The daily witness, 27 décembre 1878, vendredi 27 décembre 1878

[" Vol.XVII.No.30+ \u2014 AirfUr* oj truth*, mama, ft ami draiK* iavariatlf bmwI W aulowt with tlu uams ami a>ldrt** o/ Ih* umJrr ; e:\\rr~ wU no nails* fan t* talfH of thtm.B1RTIIM.HTTKOJ».\u2014+>\" Ilif ïl«t liMt.i lit 10*\u201c I'adlfui \u2022tre«tl Ur wtf^of ii.U.W.KUUou.N.P.of a daurütor.MUKKAY.___It U:M Nt.Câtlionne ou Um 2l>h Inat., U.«Iff of Jairn-» Murruv.ol u son.HOWKI.U\u2014At 1\u2018oial Hi.I\u2019harlot, on lUo UStli tiKL, U»e wtloof W.Novell, 'i.T.tUilw«y, of a Juu/liter.o linn city, ou ilio Sifud ln»t., the wife of Ur.j.J.crc*.of n dauirliter.Il At'\"N.\u2014Hu lu* 'J7th I net., Ht 1M1 Mn^dnlen rlre-t.I'oli \\ st.( litlie*, the wile of .lauu-e Uumm.of * lUufrl»-ur.MARRIED» TIMUKItUAN-WmiliK.-IuthU eltjr, ou theiWth iuhI.ut I he Kreklee (\u2018horob.by the Ibv.J.H.It luck.Mr, Henry «\u2022 Tlmmcrmnn io leuiwlU Browu, dau/btcr of KoiH-n Wood», b''«i.No curd*.81 >il*>Ti:il\tAIIKKN.\u2014on the Vbtu iueU.at Uic I\u2019hureh of the Uouaiah by I lie Kev.J.II.tiri,»\u2019ii William ëlmls-»r, of Mveri o .1 l-n».'.to Mtiriou L.t «Uuir itcr of the loti- M\".George Warren, of Montieal.ti-K-TltH.tiK.~lii ihit city, «t HU Buiphen* f lureb bv Ibc Rev.f\u2019unon Krouii.tieorife I^ih, to Au/urfu Kup« nle.thlnl «lo'ipliter of Wcl Trurtfr, K»\u2018l\tt HOAR\u2014WKK5HT.\u2014On the -J ilh in»t., nt t'ie reildence of the bride\u2019» mother, by the Itev.II.JolinrUm, I rank II.Kttan, of Detroit, to Kmuiallue, * University of Halifax opened on Thursday af tv moon in the Provincial Building.Considerable routine business was transacted.A letter from the registrar of the University of Toronto was read, stating that mutriculatiou of the Uni vemty of Halifax would be accepted as equivalent to the Toronto matriculation, if the privilege waa made reciprocal.A Freak ok Nature.\u2014John Parker has a curiosity in the shape of a half cow and half moose ; the part from the shoulder* backward is formed like a mooee, and the head from the end of the nostrils to across the eyes is also moose.Its actions are those of a wild animal.Ic was raised by Allan McAdam, Bailey\u2019s Brook, Anti-goniah, and will W sent to England.ENGLISH LABOR TROUBLES.In regard to the impending great colliery strike in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, a correspondent at Ram.-dey writes \u201c Perhaps the men never before evinced such a determination to resist The union leaders, who favored conciliation in previous disputes, now advise resist-aaoe.Through their efforts, a deputation which was to meet the coal owners at ShefH-ld will speak in Whalf of the whole 100,OOJ who are affected.\u201d WINNIPEG.Nor Dead.\u2014It is reported that the death of McLane, who was shot at St.Agathe, is untrue, and that at last accounts he was improving.FIRES.THE AFGHAN WAR.A correspondent at Khurntn says an Afghan foldier in the British service wm hanged for firirg to warn his countrymen of the advance on Peiwar Pass.Eighteen others were sentenced to terms of from teven to fourteen years penal servitude for desertion.Another correspondent at Khnmm says the Coclamation of the Ameer of Afghanistan has en discovered, dated November 11th.It ¦bows he had declared a holy war against the British.EASTERN AFFAIRS.A special from Vienna says the Macedonian insurgents are rallying ; means and resources are being supplied them from Bulgaria.A decree has been issued in St Petersburg abolishing the passing forward the reserves to SU vacancies in the active army.Thirty steamers have been chartered at Odema to convey home a portion of the Russian army of occupation, in conséquence of the thri-nt-o-iag agitation among the Tartars of the K*x >n Bates.The brick dwelling, corner of Foster Avenue and Dundas street, Gobourg, of George Boulter, together with part of contents, was destroyed by fire on Christmas night.L«b* about $ »000 ; in.sured for ffl/iOO in the Mercantile of Waterloo.-Un Thursday morning, about four o\u2019clock, the dwelling of Mrs.R.Young, Georgetown, Ont., waa totally destroyed by lire, with the contents.The fire spr- ad to two buildings I on either side, Mr.D.McKinnon\u2019s waggon shop I and a cottage owned by Mr W.Uae, both of ] which were also destroyed Los* not definitely ascertained, but Mrs.Young's building waj insured for $700 ; Mr.MeKiuunnV for $ *00, in the Canada Fire A Marine, and Mr.Roe's for 92,000.Cause unknown.-Booth's saw rndt.Ottawa, took fire on Thursday afternoon and had a narrow escape from destruction.It originated in the lower part of the building, and could not bt* easily got at.TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION.TMI 1'RChENTATIOM OK AN AIIDHKHH TO Til HON.MK.TILI.BT.Ottawa, Dec.20.Th« ten*I»ranee people of this city presented the Hon.Mr.Tilley this evening with an address of welcome on his return from England.The ceremony took place in the Dominion Methodist Church, in the presence of about six hundred peraona, among whom were many old and con \u2022detent advocates of temiwrance., The Rev, Mr.Stafford, paator of the Dominion Church, presided, and among those on the platform were the Hon.Dr.Tup|>er, the Rev.Measra.Gordon paator 8t.Andrew's Church ; Phillips, Meth odist Rpi»co|»al ; Cameron, Baptist ; Pollard Phillips and Kerr, Church of England ; Hun tiogtou.Reformed French Presbyterian ; Or Hartley and McKelleghan : Commissioner Johnston, of the Cuatoms : Aid.Henri M.Bat tie, Mutcninore, J.M.T.Hannam.\u20191 he Rev.Mr.Huntington opened the meet ing by reading the 1st Psalm, and the Rev, D.M.Gordon, B.D., lad in prayer.The choir then tang a chorus, after which the Chairman made a few remarks, referring to the Hou Mr.Tilley V biit-litv to the tem|>erauce bauner.Mr.M.Pyke, President of the Temperance Aatocialicn, then read the following addbkss : LETTERS FROM READERS.AMERICAN.OBIT.The Rev.Leonard Woods died In Boston o Tuesday, aged 72.From 1839 to IN (} oe w»< Preaident of Bowdoln College, and wti the author of many volumea.FROZEN TO DEATH.Ex-Congressman Owen Jonsa started from his residence at Wynnewood, on the Pennsylvania Rad way, on Christmas night, to visit a neighbor, aad waa found before midnight frozen to death by the roadside.The deceased represented the lifth Pennsylvania district in the 35th 0 -jngre PESTILENCE AND FAMINE.A telegram from Ceara, in the north of Brazil, to Rio Janeiro, reports that deaths ioUte capital from small-pox number 000 daily.distress in the interior of the province is appalling.People are devouring carrion ami the corpses of the dead.TROUBLE IN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE There is trouble in the Wurhf office in New York with the compositors.They heard on Tlmraday afternoon tli«t a reduction in wages, or eubatitoting new and non-union men, wa* contemplated, and a committee waited on Mr.Huribnt, hut got no decieive answer.At 10 30 that night all the compositor* were discharged peremptorily by the publisher, and a hatch ol aaw band* marched into the composing rooms t > take the places of the old hands.A strong force of police waa on hand, and no tenable occurred The old hands left in a briy.They are very indignant over their dismissal.Mach excitement Cvaile.The World doorway i« guarded, aud stairway is lined with policemen.Typographical Union No.G will act on the matter.CANADIAN./from the Morning Paper*./ OTTAWA Dbswbid in a Well.\u2014A five-year-old aon of Me.Charetts, of Nepean, waa drowned on Christ-¦as Day la a well which had been left uncovered by a carats\u2014 boy.LONDON.IfoBMOVWM.\u2014The Latter-Day Saints, or ¦mablfahud themselves in soiree on Ohriat-recitations were f»l lowed by tbs pve\u2014tatloa of prisse to school MOBMOaiRM.\u2014 ibe Jjatter-Moncoos, have ao far establish \u2022his dty that they held a public \u2014as Kve.Readings and recil .Tm N*w Wat\u2014 Piraa vara tested a few dayaafojl^filllac the\u2014 with water, partly from 1er, parti partly born the wellain the oil f\u2014og district, and on Christmas Day it waa found that the pip\u2014 at the eastern and of dty contained larve Tbsra is considerable at the eastern end of the quantities of oil refusa, over tbs matter.A FINE FOIN T OF FORM.Sir,\u2014In answer to numerous enquiries aa to the grounds of the derision spok-u of In an article on the Temporalities' Board Suit, which ap|K»arfd in the Witness of the 18th inst, I trust you will allow me to give a short explanation.In March last, an Act waa paaaed in Qaebec \" To provide for the issue of the writ of injunction in c< rtain cases.\u2019* Section 4 of this Act provides that \u201cthe writ of injunction shall not mue, unie** the person applying therefor first gives good and sufficient security in the manner prescribed by and to the satisfaction of the court or a judge thereof.\" In the prêtent cæe, the boud and man tie HWeptfrom n land that is hourly desecrated utid polluted by its existence.In harmony w ith your past record, wo believe you urc demined, if spared, to bear an lionnrednnd intluen-tinl part in this great struggle.Ii will at once be u duty and pnviii-gc t«» lie engaged in *o gl irions nu en terpriw, ami long after the i.mirot victory nud thanksgiving is post impnrtul history win tell of yourelo-»|i;eni advocacy, abnm\u2019nnt lulmrsnnd rmiurnt example, which, added to the ('hrittluu virtue* adorning year life, have made your career the part of \"the Just, wl ich shmeih more and more unto the perfect day.\" With n gieat deal of pleasure we refer to Urn fact Mint in the Order of the Sons of Temperance yon have occupied the distinguishnl posiiioc «»f Most Worthv 1'iitnarch of North America, anotliee you tllle«l with no lev* dignity and credit to yourself than to the satisfaction and advantage of that influential organization, ihc mcuihers ofthat body cau point with just pride to one of Ibeir nmulier, who.amidst the greatest ditiioiil-tic* and temptation*, maintained uiisultlsu the grout w iitchwoid of their Urdc-r.nml who has truly illustrated by bis lile ai d adorneil by Ids character the sacred p.inciple* of I-ove.I\u2019urity and Fidelity.W c ce*ire in an especial manm-r to convey, thnnnii y* n, to Mi*.Tilley.«>ar respectful compliim-nt* aa»i ne>i wi*he* for hf the railway will have t> be changed.\u2014Napanet Express.The Pktzkbokouuh Shooting Cask.\u2014After a tin rough investlgath.u into the clrcum-»taiicr* attending the death of Wm.Montgomery, thu C«»r< net'* jury return«>d the following verdict : \u201c That the ufoieMaid William Mootgomery came to his death by a bullet fire»! from a pi «toi in tl t- hands of R N.R»eared, white ('ampaiia showed signs of distrti-fl, being stiff ami lame.At 0.23.40 m the latter had made 195 miles.After hu.>-per both men resumed their work with muen vigor, ai.d at e ight p.m.the paw was very brisk At 10 29 20 Campana had finished 2)5 miles, wl en lu» left the track for the night.\tO'1» ear y was then sixteen mile* ahead, and still walking.\u2022 i nipana yesterday left the track at 9.28.40,wi«ii 200 H-ile* to h s «Tedit.O\u2019Leary at 10 ha»l a inpleled 285 mile* and was still on the track ho that be lead* by over 25 miles.O'Leary, al-th» ugh not working up to his Loudon record, ia steadily gaining on hia opponent.HANLAK IK ENG LA VI».This will be alively rowing season in England, and doubtless the principal event will be th* race between Hanlon and John Hawdon.of DelavaL John Bright,of the \u201cMushroom,\u201d offered to find a mau to pull against Hawdon, un-1 then made known to James Percy, Haw.ion's manager, that he would bring forward neither KUintt, Boyd nor Higgins but Edward Hanlan, the Canadi*!» champion.A meeting waa held in the office * man was rescued from his perilous position.Had it not been for the woman'* presence of mind and pluck th* man would in all probability bar* fallen between the can jmd been killed.Her name, we believe, is Mra Shaffer, and she deserves honorable mention.\u2014//«ifi/ajr Chronicle, Dec.IHth.WHICH IS THE PERJURER ?MORE ABOUT THAT AT.LAMBERT LlqUOR I\u2019iSE.It will lie remembered that in this case, which haa been of very special interest to a great many, the witness Bernier for th-» prosecution swore that he bail purchase»i liiiuor from n woman whom he described iwrfectly, and who was at once known t»> be Madam* Vigneux, wife of the defendant Alter the revelations in the second prosecution, which was successful, it was determined to take proceedings for perjury againKt Lefebvre, one of the m Unease* for the defence.HU Honor Mr.Dngna, aa a preliminary step, aent A aub-|M»-na to Madame Vigneux, who seat word that she waa too ill to appear.Yesterday, however, she i.i.hwered ti.e summons, and being solemnly plan ath (-he «wore ou the day in question riie waa in btd hrii g confined, and bad nevir sol i liquor to the witn* as Bernier.For the present this U an end t»> the proceedings.A Fibht Stort.\u2014A correspondent of the St.John Sun, writing from Port Hastings, O.B., und< r date of the 14th inet., gives a borrowing account of the reception awarded a shoal of black fish\u2014bottle-nosed whale\u2014that vuited the baibor of Hawkesbury the day previous.There wn* great excitement, and about three hundred (Mople assembled on the banka of the shore to witness the inqieiiding massacre.Men, women, an«i children, armed with axes, pitch fork*, boat-ho«>ks, scythes, and carving knives, ran to their ntH/ka in the water and commencxtd the butchery.The barber aoon became purple with blood, as the large fiah rquirmtsl and spurted blood aud water from thirty to forty feet in the air.The dying groan* and snorting of the fiah was something teirific.Atxiut one hundred fish were captured, averaging from ten to twenty feet long.The value of the capture U set «Iowa at about one thousand dollars.\u2014Halifax He porter.SNEAK THIEVES.HTRALINU TURKEYS.A boiler-maker Raiding tn Ontario street naui ed James Connell, 22 years of age, and James Wilson, stonecutter, took it into their heads to have a dinner worthy of the festive se»*.>n.So they sallieil out and made a raid upon ihe butcher «hopof Jam»a Black, on Dorchester street, and carried « ff two tnikeys.8u i constable Lavoie, however.t»*-k the thieves into custody.Yesterday His Honor Mr.Dugas sent them to jail for three months each.SHOr DOOR THIEF.At G JOTne-dav evening three p!sees of win-S?y,Wr.re »t«»l« 1» from the door of Mr.Gilbert H» try him.The United States judge, if the case were one connected' with the Fe«Ieral service, bad doubtleae the right to prevent injustice, and was in duty bound to exercise tbn\u2018.right.If he had not that right, Congreee ought clearly to pass laws ensuring every citizen of the United Stot a a fair trial bya jury of hia peers.\u2014JF.Y.Witness.Tub Death is announced of the Bt Hon.Wm Hopetoun Carnegie, Earl ot Northsik, at the age of eight)-four.He eucoeeded to the earldom on the ceath of hia father, in May, 1831, and marrie4, in 1843.Georgina Maria, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Hon.Sir George Elliott K.C.B.He ie succeeded by his only ¦on, George John.Lord Roeehill, late Captain and Lieutenant-('olonel Soot* Fusilier Guard», who w\u2014 bon Dec, 1, 1843.; V Ç- *.- - ' - UIT EDITION.Fmdat, Deokiibbb 27, 1878.THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESa COTEMPORARY PRESS.MU.BUSKIN IN THE COUttT.Th« tiUl of the action for alleged libel, bronchi by Mr.WhUtler against Mr.Ruakin.wan c »u-chided yreterday bofore Mr.Haron Hoddlwt m and a epeclal jury.The iutereat mandreted la the case eontinuud unabated, and the little court waa denaelv crowded.The Attorney-General reaumiug nia addrtM on behalf of Mr.Kukkiu, .aid he would ask ito* jurors t » aconn- Eauy him, In iuiagination, to th» Groevenor u given by Mr! Whistler wheu in the witness-box, he doubted whether they would b * much wiser.Then the lady would any, Oh, h >t represent any more than you could get from a lut of wall paper or silk.I should say exactly the same iu regarl to the other picture.G.Are composition and detail important elements in the merit of a picture ?A.V ery, and without them a picture cannot be called a work of art.\t\u201e .By Mr.Sergeant I\u2019arry\u2014I think Mr.Whistler has very great power as an artist; but in these things 1 do not see it displayed.CJ.Wo know that Turner is an Idol of Mr.Rnskin ?I think ho should Ih.* nn idol of ail painters.aiuting and music.I should not consider the '' Nocturne in black and gold1' a good picture.All Mr.Whistler's works ares within tbe nature of sketching.Q.Do you still retain your opinion that these pictures only come \u201c one step nearer pictures than a delicately tinted «'all paper ' ?A.Ves.Mr.Bowen, in summing np the case for the defendant, said that the line which the law drew with regard to libel was clear and sharp.Tue critic most not descend into a man's private life ; he most not rake up dirt to cast a; his nains.He must not, if he criticised a man's public performance,indulge in jKTsonol malice ; but Ivyoud that, whether tbe matter be literature, art r politics, the critic was not bound to speak with bated breath.He might say what he liked and what he chose, provided he did so honestly, with-ont travelling out of the subject matter before him.Of this nature, be momtoined, air.Beskin's criticism was ; and there waa not a scintilla of evidence that that gentleman had done more than he conceived to be bis duty to the Kblic or to the art which he loved.It was for i interests of artists themselves and for the general public that comments on art should be tree, provided they were honest ; and he hoped it would be long before an English jury eoaseot-ed to forge a single link which would chain free criticism, and thereby do irreparable damage to the future of art in the country.Mr.Sergeant Parry said Mr.Buskin hud placed hi™»»» in as lofty a position as a man oould occupy in order to condemn or to praise art.Whatever might be the genius of Mr.Buskin, that wss no reason why bo should exercise his great powers of criticism, and bring down oil the influence he hod gain«-lt m older to crush and rain a comparative!» struggling man.Mr.Buskin had been reprt seated as a very bene vole at man who was wrapped up in art\u2014in nothing else ; but the fact was that hs dealt with personalities, liked them ami inlugled them with hia wiitic/.In the \u201c Fors Üiavigera.\u201d Mr.K'iskin quoted the sentence, \u201c A iran who would give his labor for nothing would lie a social monster \u201d an 1 described the author of that sentenc* at an utterly worthhes and insignificant nersou.In the name publication he described Professor Goldwiu Hn.ith as &\u201cgoone,\u201danl spoke of the lirrskliucy of Sir Henry (Nile at Kensington ax having \u201c corrupted th« lystem of *rt-teaching all over Knitland into a état» \u2022if abortion an 1 full»hood, from which it will tike twenty years to recover.\u201d Mi.Uuekiu\u2019s criticism upon Mr.Whistler's pictures was almnet exclusively in 'he nature of a iH-raoual attack, Mr.Whi-tler had not shrank from any public investigation, but bis detractor bad.He did not *upi>ose the iilhintitf estimated himself as a man of geni'is ; but he was a conscientious, hard working and Industrious artist, and was he to la» expolledfrom the I*aim of art by tbe man who sat there as a des|sit ?Mr.Baron Huddleston, in summing up, said it was of the last importance that the critic, havii/g mind enough to form the judgment, should have the strength toexpreM it, and it ha 1 always been held that it was of the highe>t importance tint a wide margin shnutd im given to tbe critic to express thtt judgment which h- had hoimtly formed, au 1 for that pur pom there was no r« as«n why he chonld not me ridicule as a weapon, Whil-t the critic was a'lowei louse un-pariug censure he must be careful to c inline himself to rriticisin, and not to make it the veil f< r {lersonal censure, and not to allow his love for censnre to lead him to tise it for the nnrpom of showing his imwer.A criticism might he fair and town *ù/c though the language w.va strong.But if the jury thought that the defendant had n»ed the words of hie article not as fair and bona up his more serious contribution* to nerrasn -nt literature, that ultimately led to hi* death, ife took great pride in his home and iHoad acres, it Kennett Square, Bonn., his native place.He designed his own house, Vedar-cnift,\u2019 and spent a great deal of money in its erection, and th it with the \u201d00 acres of land which he owned and had greatly improved, wa< a source of expense rather than income to hioi.He hail a handsome c< impotence when hi went abroad, all of which he earned as a journalist, author and lecturer, never having earned any money except by his pen.Ho desired to maintain his property in Kunnett Square, and he set to work immediately to pay off the debt.During the last four yean ne ha* accomplished this, his income amounting to from $12,000 to $18,000 a year, but he obtained it by very hard work.\u201d The Little Pmsci or Naples has suffered much in health since the attempt to assassinate his royal father.His night* were disturbed by vivid dreams, in which the figure of the awassin appeared to him and all the incidents of the affair were rehearsed until be awoke with a cry of terror.It bos been found necessary to give the boy a quieter life with his books and playmates, and lees of State ceremonials.The lETEBTlB'Nclof the Jeeuitswith matters concerning the government of the Church, especially in France and Belgium, has induced the Holy He* to issue secret bat very severe instructions, absolutely forbidding the Jesuits t> meddle with diocesan affairs.Groceries, Provisions.&c.U LA OK LOOK'S I>\tMtUAH.t'l KKU II.OI\".To hf h.il *t lur olit turn!, suit U 1* Ih.- \u2022pni to k.-I .I>a of I'lio'fi* butter for tbe llotiiHyi.Dun l forget Ihi- place, .1 YOCNIJ A Wcf.HMiOK'M, 1M M.I.awrrut-o ilm-l (upttonlti- tlu- MarkH, JOHN HE & 00N, Purveyors by SiH tial ApiKilnimi-ui Ui II.K.11.TIIIC IM HE ON KOIMII ROM, LONDON.AI1KKDKKN AND KKVILI.E (Kpaïu).¦ \"UE A, ^ liai*aoriireil from Hi» Uaji'itr On* \u2022I .ivl \u2022 4% i^« Kinrrof Npsin.ai'oavrnt-.os lor Eve yt-ara, |M-rml(tiux ilium ulom to proaerro MARMALADE In unv pari ut S|iaui.Their .'Iii-iiikU.Ii- i» Bivuarr.l at NKVILI.K iromOrm in-a fr*-»h ifiiilu-r.-il from 'li>-liar li-n».Awareleil (iOLD MRPAL, I\u2019url* Kxhthitiou, D*7*.boiav Un- hiitlii'»t a» ird ublaiiuhli*.J.M.A N.woutil i-all uUi'iitiun to the l til !*« raté qf HAl.4*-4*LN I\tr«-k it%*rrii*Hi% j r»j«>d IOST, *d Mt.ulreal.l-.\"li laax-mlirr, 1*7* payable at tnree momhr.The public are hen-by c»Btlor.e«i'not u> rc^oilate any of the above nop*, aa ihe tiay meat ol rame h«« been Ktopj i d.\t\u2022I.Ill DOX dD UK.Wanted.ill.-u ri-.II, % IT o/ »l.I\tr .1 4 u\t-.J Hn-ltr ^ im rai* CM.\u2022 Xt PEM W«»Kli-ac* lo,-nhas rr-c\"»»*-\t__________________________ W\u2019\u2019ANTED, a Bom© tt»r seven I v V Hoy»! ane* tro.n lb to I.'i year-.' \\.i le- *o.-n on apptlcHilon to 0.Mi MILL AN.Sei tfullv a*k lor any anmillr* of tbe above, which may ha left at the In-atltutiou, B51 Doroheater atreel, er will be called lorul their dwelfinp If-w dcilred.If.MrSflLI-AN.Searrtary.H> LEI\u2019, those IiiumInohio now Store»\u2014the Art* ,A*».« latmn llitlhlmir *1.Cal leria# *1 reel heated will.water Ihe (ItBSUoa i*uih-u- |ia*» d lor enrrrluf on 4 larye lueratlve retail t u* t.e** will I»- rented lor a lena of «rai* In RUIfabUi to un'* For | ur»i> ular* apply »u II.MI'.NRO.J:i llruu*wi« k «ire.I or Oil M.Janie* *-.For Sale.pAL\u2019NDKY WORK._ o-C The Committee of Ihe Homo for Prtendle*» Wotnea No.D7 I'pper St.Urbain »treet, wl»h to Inform the pa' Hr that they are now able to execute all Laundry work en-truitrd lo tl-«m with prmaptiieaa, ami on faroruhle term» API' T U Al a.MII.VKK.Vlnlton.pROTEbTANT HUME K«ill KBIKNDLKHH WOMEN.Ko.e h ** l lietnrrwpb .All,mn* i leefr I,mind llibl'\u2014.bound Vocal and l«*tri.m, nlnl Mu*l.- IJ(«,k*.i blldteu * I\u2019M\"\u201ere Ro,,A- Çhnrtmaa at ' N- w A.\tA .,t l be I »-\u2022\tJï1\u201d, IIV A Kl».D RAIN PIPES, l'OltTI.AKT» CRMNNT.MO Al AN f KAir.KT.t AKAOA t KAIF.KT VIBR HKH'K*.FIKK t DAY.11 lit HALE KY W.Af F.I*.M'UKIK X * o from M.\u2019^ara, ,i*lioa.Allaii 4i * o , 3ft'.» Not to Ixwuo moot nml J.M til*»».14 8».Jamoa nl.au.l bn ii bora of t'oiumli'o''\t.1114111 VAIX4Ni:8.Socr.ol t omuillto'.Jk TMKANMTA!i COMMÏÏNÏ- .MIiiN of St.«l-orjc* L(m1«i*.So.11.y.K.jC Jr a.K.k A.>1 , will Im Held for Iho laaUlUlOB utliifa'or tlin «\u2022i.auln* \\ far.on Kt.Joan a fay^BIl»AT.iholîTlb Dim Inal., at tli Uritiali Maaonlo t'liaii ima.Noirf l^«^ll\u2022 atreol.at ¦.* v.tu.lly ordor.It, MIC'llABla.Hocy.CltMIOi ATlOK or TH« WlTNKSH dnrint tlto Week rudipK Doc, 21at, au.t tho corroapontliag week (il iMt y oar !\u2014 A will tm Im'I Klid IN LODdK, S4N, K.H.A.F.4: A.M.¦.The Iti-irular ( oiiiinuiiu ation of lht« Lol^e , lield In lbe reeetred andTiekete limed at the Sécrétait\u2019a «**«* 112 St.Sraoeoia Xarlrr atreel.daili up to .t p m.Ala,,, at the Umk on TCKSOAT, TRCRSDAY, and SATI RDAÏ.Irom 4 to ft p.m.Slagle Ticki-uonoe latuel will not be change'! nor re catreil in payment for tamily llckett.Tiekctr loit will not be ropLioed.New auburnbcra will plesae apply peiu-mally to Urn Secretary.Hit-a for ae non.91 each aa be aecured at the Kink on prodnotum of acasou ticket.ALEXANDER MOFFAT, Seey -Ttraa.B IliLK {SOCIETY MEETINGS.1M7».Annir-riRif Mi-c»ingJ of Omm-b Blbln HooloUea.at which Public mldnwicj oa week da/a.and Sormona on Sundaya.will lie given by tho Rev jAiini Onras.of tho Montnml Auxlliaiy Bible eoclctr, mid the .Mlniatero of the Uoiprl in lb\" diir-roat localitlca, uccording to the arSer.date nnd limcglreu b^low.All are rcapoctfully iartted to attca'L St.hnatoebr.Krtdar.January 3.at 7 p m.Si.Auilrewa.Saturday Jan 4.at 7 p.m.Point Fortune.Sun-tay.Jan 5, at 11 nm.I'Auhtcg, Sunday.Jan ft.nt 2.3U p.m.Went Haw kcabury.Sunday.Jan.ft.at , p m.1,\u2019Orlgnal.Monilat.Jan.ti.at 7 r-m-*Vaohleek Hill Tueailar, Jan.7.at , P-nt.Imckell iKIrk Hilll.Wedn -aday.Jan M.at 7 p.m.'Kenyon (Dunrerat ), Thurailar.Jan 9, at 7 p m.Indian Lamia Friday.Jan 1».at 7 p.m.14.Plan\u2019agenet Mill*.Sunday.Jan.12, at 11 a.m.Ktcerille, Sunday Jan.12 atT p.m.Weal Boxboro Monday Jan.13.at 7 p.m.'South Finch.Tuea-lay.Jan 14.at , p.m.Dunbar.Wedneadar Jan.1ft.at 7 p.m.\u2022Wtn.heafer.Thnrailay.Jan.18.at 7 pm.Moreewaori, Ftiday.Jan.17.at 7 o.m.'Wrut tVIncbraler, eainrlar.Jan.18.nt 7 p m.Inkeiman, Sunday.Jan.19, al 11 a.m.If.Mutttilain.Huuday, Jan.19, at 2.3U p m.AT ben tho Mo-tirgi fail on II» Sul.bain.tVr\"WilU>* a Sermon on Ihcaulj-ct to aullthr occaaien.wd U laJ» nimble (bat all îottnallly of buaini a* rlmuld bc dnlta It > pewTloua Me-Ung-aay Saturday nlpht-tvben rractlo- aMy\u2019,i| the trlcoda of the cn im> in the vartoui localltlei \u2022lean,- y Ire tbcac «pl>olnln>.ut» the prr.firT\".hU°m^rP,l»« thing local.A Ions no ke taglren.t1»1»1 m*Y done wl ho.it InoonvB iIclcc.\t,\t.If the boor fixed .treto t nan liable ntnnr place, x.a filamla nPl plciun- cti info It lo ault tbcmaclTea,onlr UaAreot nmc fruit the next proc.-diDg tnllie oex.fottowtnr appoint met t ami Inform him of the change.^ Will Editor* of total pnpera ploaac publlah iuch meet- *\"î?!fr»*rrlupondra 1 \u2019 plenae a-ldn-«a tho Agent to plaça Biarkml thua*.or to Moiitn-nl.\t.\t.OoDcctlnna will be taken up nt each Mee'lng,\u2014plena nttma'c thi*.4AMEH 41REEN.TrareHlay Agoni M.A.B.S.SPECIAL NOTICES.CANADA TKMPBKANCK ACT.1878.motive to tempieamoe societies A ay no pain of the Carupla Temperance Act, with noggeationa aa to how to proceed to aecure tendoptioo, nod forma of declaration nactwaar/, bas baen pabllahed by order of the Qjebec Branch of the Alliance, and may be had at tha WlTMM Office, Montreal, at the cheap rata of\t___ rim CERTS FIR HUEDREU COPIES.Sir A.T.Galt's grant a peach at Sherbrooke tor sale at tha aame price.Apply to the Witness Office, Montreal, or to tha undersigned.Thomas Gales.Montreal, Dec.17,1878.SlGMOB Caisoli, who received a aeeere wound fak defending King Humbert from the auraolt of an eewa**tn.waa greeted with wild entbaaiaam W tho Chamber of Deputiaa.Garibaldi him- mU waa not rasairad with loader plnndiu whan ko took hkt tool to 1878.Heo., IK78.Deo.I«77.DAILY.\tDAILY.Mi.m'ay.Kith\t13,710\tM.niday.17th l ut aday.17Hi\t13.71H)\tl ueaday.IMih tV< (iiicdar .l trm Li ou fuvoi'uliio toruia.WEEK I.Y WITNESS.IDu per line, ou ii wiMtklr luaertton.MONTREAL ALMANAC.Sun Rni-a.7 48 Sun Ntti.4 13 Menu Seta.J.8 32 Moou rimaea lor Dm.d h 44 i*8#k.lavra.Third gr .18 10 l-.eym.New Moon.23 4 31 cTi-n, l-'lrut Ur.31 9 4 mi.ru.Finit Or.1 II 4t i Full Moi u.9 MftUi Che ilaili) ^itttoi».FRIDAY.DECEMBER 27, 1878.()NB Does not Nsed to viait great Kallerien t > discuvtr a tendency or rathtr fashion just now prevalent in the direction of the incomprehensible in art.The moie the pictures are made up of lines arranged after the fashion of straws in a whirlwind or of shades that suggest the emptying of dustman's bags the more artistic the book or magazine that contains them is thought to be.Mr.Whistler, one of the geniuses of the Gros-vt nor Gallery, an institution which is a sort of refuge for artists excommunicated by the Royal Academy, has taken to painting pictures with nothing visible in them.Some of his extrava-gances recently met with a severe castigation from the powerful and unsparing pen of Mr.Uutkin, the king of art critics, who remembered that he had seen cockney impudence before now, but never ex|iected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineaa for fiioging a pot of paint in the public's face.Mr.Whistler proceeded against Mr.Kurkin for libel, and no case has for a long while awakened more public interest.We copy from an English paper the report of the conclusion of the case.An EnoUIRT into the steamship * Pomerania\" disaster has resulted in the acquittal of the captain and the officers in command of the vessel at the time of the accident, and the declsration that nil that human effort could do to prevont loss of life had been doue.To the first part of this verdict no one will be inclined to demur.Captain Schwansen refused to take a place in the boats,but stuck to the ship, helping others oif.aud went down with his ship, though he afterw.tnis came to the surface and was picked up by a passing steamer.The first officer,after making almost superhuman efforts in behalf of others, lost his own life, and the other officers are reported to have acted bravely and with great self abnegk-tion.But with regard to the general efforts of the nailers, they aeetn to have been most dirt cted to saving their own livra, and these efforts were very successful, for out of oue hun-r'red and eleven, all told, one hundred and eight managed to save themselves, or to be saved, while ont of one hundred and nine passengers fif y li vra were lost Such a fact speaks tor itself, and a British committee, such as that which enquired into the \u201c Princess Alice \" accident, tvi old hardly have been satisfied with the effort put forth by the sailors to save th# lives of others, however Miccessful they were in their own behalf.Great disasters have not been uncommon among German steamship# of late, and it is certain that such enquiries aa thras will do little to lessen their number.______________ APPLE-BARRELS.Several enquiries have been made here recent* ly about the true aixe of American apple*barrels as compared witli Canadian barrels, or the com* mi n floor barrels.After careful enquiry from fruit-dealers and others, aa well as measuring the capacity of numérota American apple-barrels, it appears that there is no fixed standard as to the size of such barrels, since many of them are very little leee than floor-barrels, while a few have a cspacity of three wine gallons, or two and a half Imperial gallons, lest than the common flour-barrel, A good many of them contain about two wine gallons, or one-fifteenth less than the floor barrel, and this is the amount of difference that is generally allowed.Any person .with a moderate knowledge of arithmetic can easily aw certain the cspacity of any particular barrel of apples, or flour either, as there is often considerable difference in the size of flour-barrels, by measuring the circumference of the barrel in the middle or largest place, and also at the second hoop, or ebont one and a-half inches from the end of the stave.From the fint of these mea* \u2022urements, two and a half inches is to be taken, which gives the interior circumference at the middle of the barrel.From the measurement taken around the second hoop four and a-half inches are to be taken, owing to the increased thickness of the hoop.These two soms are now to be multiplied together, which rIvm the sqnate of the mean interior circumference of the bar' rtl ; and this sum multiplied by decimal .079M and the latter product by the Interior depth of the barrel in inches, gives the content of the bsirel in cubic inches.This latter sum divided by 231, the number of cubic Inches'in a wine gallon, or by 277 15th, the number of cubic ioebra in an imperial gallon, will give the solid content of tbs barrel in gallons.This remit may be compared with a flour-barrel, which usually bolds th rty wine talions or twenty-five imperial gallons.To give aa example\u2014Most of the American apple barrels will measure around the centra about 61ft Inches, (ram which taking 2ft inches for the interior circumference, l#av« 51) inches.Around the second hoop it lueaiufes 6fift inches,from which taking -IJ inch»-# for the interior circumference at the end, gives M iuchei ; : then 51) multiplied by 51 gives 3,01)2 incite#, the square t f the mean circumference of the interior ot the barrel.Thi# sam multiplied by decimul .07258 produce# 232 45022, or nearly 23\u2018jft iuche#.This latter sum multiplied by t*»-uiy seven inches, the usual iaterhur depth »»f the barrel, gitesOIOtf^ cubic iuche#, which divided hy 211, the number of cubic inches in a wine gallon, gives very nearly twenty eight gAllon*.If this numbei, t\u2019»4fit>l inches, be divided by 277 1 5, the number of cubic inches in an Imperial gaU»u, the result will b*> nearly 23 1-3 imperial gallons, or two-third# of a gallon le** than three imperial bushels The captcity of any barrel may he readily computed by the above rule, hut allowance mu»t be mad# for tho greater or lees thickness of the stavo and hoop, alway# making a reduction of three inches from the outside girth for each half iuch in the thickness of stave and hoop, to get the true circamftFence of the interior of the barrel.The interior depth of a flour or apple barrel is about three tojhos le*s than the outside height of the bairel j the interl -r depth of a pork-barrel is about four inches U«s th#n the outside.Tl e above mode i f cftlculatWt i# given as l>o-iug the most easily performed, but the result» are a little less than the tr ie amount, the difference being about one i|nsr» in a cotuiu'iu btrr«l.ECONOMY IN DIET.One of the principal elements in tha prêtent ; distress both in England and herei# the increase I i er|>ensivener8 of our habit* of living aa compared with those, of our ancestors, aimug wlnm the i getting of new articles either of dress, furniture I or luxuty was comparatively a very rare occurrence, and whose food wa* simple and cost only a few halfpence a day.Any proposition to relieve distress by suggesting cheaper modes f ob ! taining a comfortable living is usually met with i opprobrium from those who would be the greatest gainer# by the solution of the problem.Mus Corson,who had made the matter of economizing food-material a study and a practical success in 1 an eating-house carried on by her, was mobbed when at a time of great scarcene#s sh# ventured i to lecture on fifteen-cent dinners for families.The people, imbued with the principles of Socialism, ! did not want to learn to live cheaply,but to have as much money to spend as their neighbor# whom they imagined to be richer.A clergyman, whom name is much venerated in Canada, was J in his earlier days treated in like manner for giving some similarly good advice to the people j an ong whom ho was laboring in one of the hotbeds of Chartism in Scotland, and bore thereafter until he left that parish the soubriquet of \u201cHerrin' and iwtawtie#.\" It is a curious fact that the working classes of Britain, in addition to spending an unconscionable proportion of their earnings on liquor, will expend the remainder on luxuries which must of those who live in higher refinement would never think of aspiring to.Being ignorant, they seem to set their chief good in what they eat and drink, and regard a free expenditure on these thing# as one of their natural right#.It would therefore be with much difli lence that we would on the bare score of economy suggest w me return to the simplicity of our ancestors, even though we know that families could live quite as well a# they are accustomed to live at an expenditure for fool of only a few cents a day.We msy be allowed to do so, however, on hygienic grounds.The increase of general wealth in the world has led to the us» of a much more stimulating diet than nsed to prevail, with it* natural consequences\u2014overused nerves and a general ieflammatory condition of the system incompatible with health\u2014to #ay nothing of the secondary effects of over enterprise, over-work, overtrade and bankruptcy, instead of that leisurely competency which i* within th * reach of all who do not transgress the law# of their nature.It is not \u2019 possible without prostration to make very sudden changes in one\u2019s in de < f living, and a precipitate rush to a diet of mea! and vegetables would probably convince the perron who attempted it that such a change w#s a grievous mistake.But a gradual increase in the proportion of stomach-dwtending food used, and an acquiescence in the quiet it enforces, would doubtless relieve many an over strained system and moderate the speed at which many an overtaxed life is marching to its end.To descend to particulars, we should recommend abundant variety of vegetable#, including beans, turnips, artichokes and oth-rs which are cheap and abundant all winter, and oatmeal in th# shape of porridge, and wheUmeal in small rolls, than which nothing ia more easily made without yeast or baking-powder.The baker\u2019# bread which is ordinarily sold in Montreal i# quite indigestible to many people.We do not know how it ia made.In New York they have been looking into the matter, and find that the bakers use alum and carbonate of soda end sulphate of zinc and many other minerals.A public analyst interviewed said that he did not know whether the ingrodlenta were unwholesome or not.The alum had the effect of contract-ing the mucous membrane of the stomach, hot then the carbonate of sods was calculated to have precisely the opposite effect, guite a cheering prospect for the poor stomach.If any of us become aware of a contrat between discordant powers in the Inward parts, after eating what we imagined to be the staff of life, we shall be apt to conclude that it ia the mineral# which onr baker has rant there to tight together, and to ask ourselves whether we cannot be allowed to eat the good gilts of God unalloyed by mineral poisons._____________ Th« \" OneaohV CauiRa.\u2014From the London F\u201eld we learn that the British schooner \u2022\u2019 Omagh,\" Mr R.F.Cope, recently cruising in American waters, baa safely returned borne after viaitiog Eastern porte, Halifax, Uuebec and Montreal She sailed from Montreal on her homeward voyage September 7th, and, aftertak-irg in a supply of provisions at St.John \u2022, Newfoundland, left for Cowet, England, S^tember 19th, at noon.The paraage to Queenstown was msde in the very eatlsfactory time of 9 days and 13 boon.The greatest ran in one day was 208 miter, und-r single reefed nsalnaail.gafl topsai , foresail and sqnaraeail Perhaps the brat evi dance of a fine hull for speed was a four hoots ran at an average of 12ft knots.The total nom-bar of miles tailed by tne \u201cGneagh \u2019 on her voy-aea waa 9.000L q UK FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH.A VARY LAbliK ATTENDANCE AT TUB Ol\u2019ENINO TEA HEATING.me three month» eg.» the very handsome r(.tilth edifice, with adjacent partonaKe,\u2018>u tho ,I,, r of Crsig und St Elizabeth street#, wo# I un I a»ed by the Methodist Church of Canada tor (he F/tneh corniregailon under the Kcv.!.N.Beaudry.Ls#t evening lh« |>euiug ti a him ting wax field, and attracted au audience wtiitfi Isiily packed the building.I** WAi eervrd in the lecture room, alter which the an* tiiti.tr wtiw in bird in the body ol the churoh.It was t xpe-cted that the Hon.lames .Vrr u would have occupied th« chair, but in hi# ah-Hetco an excellent niUiitut# was found in Dr.J.R Alexander.The Itev W Williams, Secretary of the Frrnch-(/\u2019an»di*n Miraiouary bsihty.led in prayer, after which The Chairman in the course of hi# remark#, referred t» heverul interesting place# he had titiittd during a recent tour iu Europe, and said that while he partook of the sacrament in the eburt h built hy tbeHuguenot refugee# iu London, anil suhraquently in Pari#, stood liefore the great bell which ha»! tolled for the Ma##acre ol St.Bartholomew, he felt more jM.werfully than ever tbr cl aiu b of thu Frtuch-CAuadiftu work iu Canada.'J he Rev, L.N.BiahdRY said it would helm porsiblc for him to give expression to all he felt i n thi* joyful occasion, but referred to the kind Ticeiition# he bud In-eii accorded while soliciting oid in Oi taii'.'toward the purchase of tju-church.In 1 ondon from a small Congregation, there was $1,500 subscribed toward the project.He aleo referred to the growth of his (oiFregation, which had been doubled Hince i tit< ring the new building, while the Sunday-hcKf.ol had bet?u quadrupled Iu conclualou be expressed the belief that before ten ^ year» there would In* eucb an exodus from the Church of Rome as would astonish the world.Thu Rev.Hugh Johnbton.B.D., in the course of a buoyant addre*#, referred to a state meiit made by Mr.Beaudry that the ladies had been approached for SH*i»tauce before the gentle nu n.a# they knew the right side to begin on.H» said he would scarcely apply the compliment n adeby a clergyman who on being a»ked how it wantfiatthe laoits had such influence over the men, replied that God hud \u201cchosen the weak thing# and the foolish thing# to confound the things that were mighty.\" The Rev.W.I.Shaw, M.A., wai called on and responded iu a few well chosen remark# The great missionary work among the French-Canadian# was not sin-ply to shake their faith in their own church, which wa# better than no faith at all, but to bring Christ to them.In addition to the addresaes there wai presented a vsry pleasing and varied programme.Mie# A.Beaudry recited \u201c The Old Clock on the Stairs,\" and Rev.J.Alien read an in-irrehtiiiK selection.Tht* declamation* in r rt^nch ly MademoUrelle Poirier and Mr.N.Aubiu, were delivered with great feeling, and were among the moat interesting of the evening.Mesar#.G.H.\u2019 and Fred.Holland on the violin and cornet, accompanied by the organ, gave a very tine selection, which was dmervedly encored.The singing of hymns in French wai unusually tine, THE DETECTIVE SERVICE.A SECRET SERVICE FUND WANTED, At the meeting of the Police Committee yesterday afternoon, Detective Cullen w## called u|ion to explain regarding the expenditure of money for \u201csecret service\" in ferreting out criminals.The explanations he gave had particular reference to the \u201c working up\u2019\u2019 of the recent burglaries in thi* city and the breaking up of a large gang of thieves, for which our detective force deserve all praise.He stated I hat for definite information, which immediately iHiiuted out to him the ringleader* iu the nefarious burine##, he had given one person $¦\"» and another $20, out of his own |x*chet, and that these sums had to be paid be fere he could get that information.The result f the expenditure wa* the recovery of over $3,000 worth i f stolen property and the arrest of seven dsngtrou* burglars and thieves, and (Detective Cullm was understood to intimate) the owner# of the property had neither re-imbursed any of t he expeiiM# in the case ru»r rewarded the service, home of the members i f the Committee having exprert-ed the opinion that if the persons robbed were requested to refund these $20 they would do m>, Detective Cullen differed from this view and gave a practical illustration of a direatly opposite course of conduct.Thi# wa# the ci#e of a gentleman whose ov*-rco*t,coutainiB< $2.200, wa# stolen front the hall of Li* house, and the coat and money being afterward# recovered with a great deal of trouble, the owner thought it very hard that he ehould have to attend in Court as a wit-nees and rot rective the fifty cents a day \u201c tax \u2019 1 he result of the discussion which ensued upon the subject was the decision to refund the $25 spent by Detective Cullen, that the Chief of Police be infctncted to write to the owner* of the property recovered and ask them to re-im-burse the Department for this expanse, and that the nutation of establishing a secret service fund for the Police Department lie considered at the next meeting of the Committee, ('ENSURING THE DETECT IVES.Aid.Grenier, Chairman of the Committee, took thi# occasion to remark that an impression very generally prevailed among the public\u2014 and he bad Irecome imbued with the same \u2014that the detectives (whose abilities were, however, fully recognized) exerted thems-lve# far more to recover itoleo property where there was the prospect of being paid for their service* than when the c.mtrary wa# the rase.To justify this statement of opinion he declared that he had put the detectives in the way of nearly half a dozen thette without any result having ever come of it.In one case they would not so much as hear his story.He was fclad to say as a mark of their ability that where there is a reward to be received they are general ly very successful, but when there is no reward expected they are not so successful.He thought that the detectives should receive nothing except their salaries ; but all this showed the necessity ot a fimd to meet all expense#, which the Chairman seemed to favor.fre the Provincial Hui>erinteudent of Education with the object of having It generally adopted iu the Provint-».MILITARY INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG.COLONEL LABRANCHE\u2019S 8CHEMR.Lieutenant-Colonel Labranche seems to have one mission iu this city at least, which is to keep up the military spirit of our people, old and young.Drill I# ht» butines#, and he is wrll up in it.An intimation, therefore, that he is about to submit to our educational authorities a scheme far the instruction of the young in military matters should meet with consider- \u201c I do not intend to cheat the boys out of their play,\u201d eaid the Colonel to our reporter to-day.\u201c It is a feature of my plan that military instruction shall form a part of the exerti«e# of the week exactly in the same way as do reading, writing or arithmetic.It I# proponed that thiB4etudy form a part of the forenoon or afternoon work, say two or three time* a week, and that it be not taught iu extra hours.\u201d\t.In answer to a question as to hi# plan of in structing he said he would have hi# scheme fully prepared by the time the Catholic ami Protestent School Commissioners met, and he would Mibmit it to both boards for approval It would b* premature to make it known at present.He hsd received three communications from school boards in the United Mutes iu reference to the scheme, and had promised tolFt them have it after it wan snbmilted here for approhn-tion.He intended trying it tir#t in Montreal, and If U met with tovor here would lay it be- WEIGHING COAL.FRAUDULENT 1'KAOTICXM -REFORM WANTED, At the meeting of the Police Committee yet-teiduv, a li tter wsh read from the 51«mtr-*al Board of Trade calling attention to abuset iu connection with the public service of wrighiug coal as |>erfomed by th« licensed weigh-iuasti-r*.Enclosed with thi* letter was oue from Messrs.Evans Bros, coal mm-haut*.which called attention to the recent expo* in the \\VrrNK#q of fraudulent practices in connection with the weighioc of coal, and made the following suggestions in the way of desirable reform : 1st that the Board of Trade should liceme and nave under their control two or at moat three fit persons to act as coal-weigher*, who should give security as a guarantee for the pro|>er performance of the service; 2nd, that they should keep an ample number of publia bt-sfes throughout the city, with a capable and rt liable weicher at each, whose names should be made publicly known ; 3rd, that a large otti dal number lie placed on each licensed coal tixrt, which the weigher should write on the weigh ticket given by him, so that a load could to easily traced ; also, that both the official weighers and their deputies should be sworn to perform their duties faithfully, The matter will be considered at tho nest meeting of the Police Committee.'\t\u201c PROFESSIONAL THIEVES.\u2019\u2019 A Toronto gentleman writing from Guelph.Ontario, says: \u201cYour article on professional thieve# iu a recent issue is timely, and 1 trust it will not he lost on our magi*trates.To show that a more etriugent enforcement of the law is absolutely neceraary I need only refer to the «\u2022see of exhibition thief das.W.Brown, alku Wilson.Your reader# will rerrember his arrest at Montreal a# he was leaving the express office, where he bad just signed a receipt for a parcel containing $500 worth of gold watches and up-IM-udage#, stolen from citizens of Toronto during the wet k of the Provincial Exhibition.After a tedious trial, which occupied several weeks, the case lieing poetp«itied from time to time, the pri-toner pleaded guilty to the one count of re-ciiving stolen property and wa» sentenced to two y«ar* in the penitentiary ! No wonder these * professional#\u2019 think well of 4 \u2019anada.The magistrate, according to the Ulobt, had the powtr to sentence Brown to fourteen year*.Comment is unnecessary \u201d ADULTERATION OF BAKING-POWDER.Of late the adulteration of bread, arising from the use of impure baking powders and other deleterious materials, has been brought to tha notice of the public by the press.A few days ago it was announced that the Board of Health wa* about t«» make an investigation of the mat* ter.A reporter «»f the Witnkhh called on Mr.Klw>n Waller, chemist of the Board of Health, and was much surprised that he had received no notification as yet to make an investigation in regard to the adulteration of bread.He hsd simply, he said, received a letter from Dr Mott stating that an investigation was likely to be made, bnt as yet the Board had given him no official notification to institute the enquiry.\u201c In your connection with the Board of Health you have had considerable experience in the chemical analysis of food from time to time, have you not?\u201d the reporter asked.\u201cOb, ye#.\" \u201cJudging from your experience, what do yon thick regarding the adulteration of bread and baking |K»wdeis ?\u201d \u201c I made an official investigation of that matter a few years since, and discovered that alum was used largely iu the composition of hakio* p iwders in the place of cream of tartar, also that sulphate of »«>pper, sulphate of zinc, etc., were u*ed by baker* to whiten and give a more delicate texture to bread.\u2019\u2019 \u201c Do you consider the effect of these adulteration# injurioiiH?\u201d \u201c I hardly know what to think of the matter.The t fleet of the alum on the system ia to contract the mucous membrane of the stomach, hut this « fleet is partially if not wholly neutralized by the action of the hi-carlx nate of soda, which ia com-hired With It.\u2019\u2019 \u201c Are there any ground* to suppose that the adulterations to which you allude are practised still?\" 11 think there are, particularly in respect to baking-powders.The manuf.ictnrers of this article are so numerous that there is naturally a great strife going on among them.Of course the one who pnalmn-s the cheapest ar'icle i* the brat man, for the poorer classe# being largely in excess of the richer, the srticle which can be bonght for the h ast money finds the readiest sale.\u201d\u2014 N.F.Witnu*.CITY ITEMS.Ali>.Grenier, who has been ill for two weeki past, was able to be in attendance at the meeting of the Folice Committee yesterday afternoon.The Trade or Montreal.-In the artiola published on Saturday relating to the trade of this port the term \u201c shippers\" was inadvertently uaed for \u201c ship agente.\" The Toronto \u201c Mail,\" not to be oitdone by its Liberal rival in the Queen Citv, bai started an agency here, of which Mr.A.McKim will have charge.The LAraaiRii Battalion.- It appears that while «mly one company of the Laprairie battalion, new being organized, bai been gasrtted, the other five companies are nearly all tilled up, and all their officer# are chosen.MtiBrumxH in the financial account* of the various departments of the Civic Corporation are the rale this year.The surplus in th»* Police Department will be between $2,000 and $3,000, exclusive of the large reduction on the salaries account.The Officbib of the Canadian Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland elected for the ensuing year ara : Colonel Dyde, C.M.G., President (re-elected) ; Alexantler Mitchell, Vice Prraident and Mecretery-Trea-surer (re elected).A new club hai been re-ceivral into affiliation, the Thistle Club of Carillon.Argenteuil County.Five Caledonian club medals have been allotted for competition among the olubs in good standing.Further About Haplet.\u2014A few daya ago we mtiitioned that the individual calling himself Hadley alia» Griff# alia» Seville had been arrested in Man Francbco for swindling people, in tne States as well as this city, by means of forged Utters of credit on the Union Bank of London, England It is further stated that while iu Portland, Me., he succeeded iu defrauding two banks out of $12,000 and other persons t«i the extent of $1,500.When circumstaucss favored him he represented himself to be \u201c laird Ashburton.\u201d Brothiuh\u2019 Quarrel.-A machinist named Prévost, living on Canal street.St.Cunegonde, had su altercation with his brother Wednesday; which resulted in his striking the latbr in the face, knot king him down and otherwise mal treating him.The police took Prévost into « ukti-dy, but when brought to the stall »u he re-fut-td to give hi# name, and struck violently at the constable He was finally dragged iut»» one of the cells,where he rnuuiued till yesterday a.m , when he wa# arraiyntd before Justice of th# Pssce Dclirie, and fined $10 for resisting the police.The action for assault was withdrawn, the brother ralu.ing to prosecute.Prevwt ha# I XI, iron- than «nie in jail for disturbing l»**ce in Ht.Cime».onde, and ia looked upon ai a bad character. Friday, Dkckmueh 27.1878.THE MONTEEAL DAILY WITHE.'sa \u2014\u2014On OhrUtuiM «v* the eiuplojera of the , »(JU< Moutienl Strain l.Hmary i0| Inr mauaK^f.Mr.J M.UicharJeuu, with un nddrt-Mi mii u hmuluouio wulkioE>o*uv with hi* name ineerted »i* «n it IduuuPKU'i* Couhi \u20141ulh»i>ay.\u2014Juliu McKroy, 21,*'art«r.druokcnuteii 1\u2018striok MoCu*-.7d.wilk-inA'.diiviuir witbout u nuoiber, $1.5U l acti or 1U «lay».Mioliue' MD I* * tor c »r lot* ; the nrice id 1 is ah-uii .6ti |H-r DM* It s.hm no a y.sold a superior Dnrlsni cow (spriBRrrl tu Tbo» Danlop.\u2022» no h.»« ¦mre »hipi ed he: buck 10 Perm *or breedln-r purooses.This cow fra* within nb ut two monihs fr on oalv i And weigh* 1,370 lbs ; the price paid for her wa» $01).| Mt llATHS Will al®» jasa1* MITNTCII'AL DITK.S.Public Notice is hereby triTi-n Hint \\i- SKSKMHHTS.Ul'SINKsS I'.»* Mild W.ITKU lives will require lo Is- pnll on orb-dam io secure vole* at np-yronoliinR Musirii-At.Klatiov» and on all sum* rtoualulaR due nnd unitiu i arterlhuldulean iNnuRAsa at Hie rain of Tun exit CUNT, per annum will be charRcd, Bv order.JAMKh f.i>.black.City Treasurer.OTW TllHASrKKR'S OrncR.) ITrv IIai.i.,\t> I7H.S \" 111 IIAI.I.Montreal.Dee.2tiin, 1H7 MON1 T1U5ALUKNEKAL NOTICE.IIU8PITAL.From and after the 1st January.1H79 no out-door veil' t will be Rrunird unless u(Min the prexom.iiinn of w i-rr'itlonie, siniirR toat *lie partr prrsi-nilnR ihe order is know n *o the *irrM>ii Ririnc ih Is* signed bt A Ooverror ot the Hospital.A suhsentirr to the llnspi .I of not less Uisn $.ft.A memlmrot the Mrd'oal Bonrd, or A elerRYumn resident in Montreal That houKsot oertltieates may Ih* obtainetl by up; lies-tlun to the Htewanl at the llospit.il.By order.Committee of Management.Y NNUAL SAiïïr- of hriflisb.Amerb-au.and Canadian Miigazines, Penodi-eats, uml Illustrated and other NewHpapers.lor IM70.at the ReudinR Koom of the Young Men's l hrislian Asm» elution, on SATI HDAA .'JMblnsl., ni 1 o\u2019clock.The pmvliHxrr to receive the mugn'iue ou th\" arrival ot the folio wing number.I».A.Ill DDF, Secretary.KiiiL 7 vautaiTlk FHOPKHTV FOR HALF.I uni instructed tootfer for sale thnt splonilltl bulKdiig site formeriy know n as ibe CHANTAI.I'.AL.ACh PHOPKRTV.I'OUR PROS TALK A.3112 ft.3 in.on St.Catherine street.3(13 fi II ni.mi Cuilicsrt stroft.150 ft.on I'nlversltv st.80 IL 3 in.ou Metitll Cdllege Avetioe.Amounting lo 76.100 sup.feet.Kx|>ert* Ht'd expcrieni'ed buy orx will observe h-iw m mr advsulaxes tld» site |«>sse«»es for generMl hu hllnz pur-posi-e.aidas >¦ pus ton l or shops, music hall.Tn re Rcyai, oninv kindred bnlUBuc ittunnot be surpass \u2022 l, d eqû died la the eltv.This prepertr also bmtijr situ »:1- INU I\u2014'Patent Kelt snd dravel Rooting new.and rei'niritig in nil Us branches, promptly ns.enuxL Balls-faction cusiantced.\tT.HKRNAN.Bouse 59 Deiislc st Office.87 8t.llonxvenliire «L 1 > ECBNT TMPOB1ATIONS.From Yokohama\u2014TKAH\u2014llalf-ehoal* and catih'i, selected.Kn m I\u2019atra»\u2014OL'RRAN l\u2019 Halt p**i iVn o'clock.JOHN J.AMNTON, Auoiioaear.\u2019\t¦ 1 ¦V w.wiihw.N JEW MAUMALADK! KKI.I.Kit'8 AND MOIU\u2019H.Toni* Putes en atnlk.TKYIPKHANCK RBVKttAUKM 8yru| s.all kinds.Uluger Ale.bod* WaU'r.Minorai Waters, Nwiut Apple Cldrr, ko., fcc.Ont N.V.LOFFKK la still the favorite.Orders are coming iroin all part* of the Dominion.HOtlCFFOKT rilKKHK.A »ph-i did lot of thischotce;Kresch Stilton just ro.eivel.IMPERIAL MKAHFKK.We veil exclusively by IM PKRIAt.MKA8UBK.wliloh is f>ix boitlra to 'h\" gallon, mstca I of Kiva bot los a* la eommoulv i S 'il.D'\u2022 lo bu hoped C o appr ae in ; « s\u2019 ¦ ion of I\u2019urlHimi'M w II pii.s an AM mak ng on:- * an a .fc\"., just 0|>ening nut.MrOIIIUON A IIAIKD, ITALIAN WARKIIO0 4K.8'.James street.RRANCII\u2014St.I'atheriue street.F OK THE HOLIDAYS.FURS, fiNOWfillOKS, TOBOOOANR, MOCCASINH, fce.At this season a u.eful pr.-nen; I»! more hi e MiValde thsn a merely fan-y srtlrle, aad 'B'lieale* maih Inner Judgment.JOHN IIRNDKUSDN, A Cl»., 283 Notre Dime «ireoL yASELlNE .JELLY I* the only UKM'INF RXTItACT OF I'RTHOI.KI M.tlx prepnrations are v.isi l.ixs Pomaio.\u2022\u2022\tCold Dream.\"\tI'Hiupnor lee.I'amp'iiiwuli.'d.Hold by xil drugRtais.1JL1NT OLAS8WAKE, LAMP8.1 fce., dlreet tnuu the faciory, new and beautiful pattern».< ryxtal Ten o' » Fruit Bowls and Man'll, >ii.vi ia.Fal.Vd*.Celerlo* (\u2019OTore l l^hix:** I'late*.I\u2019loXlni, n ,1.hound ind oMung Dishes Dres'iu wltb plated covir», Jegn.Horse Hai'alie., Nappies.Mustinls (its.Plain and Kugrawwl (iobleia.Tnmhle s.Mu»'* fc:'., fce \\ large variety of l.unpaanJ Lump Kumlshlng*.Those iii'eadnig to make nreseal* to thiir friends will pieuia evumine these good» i.t No.(IS 8 f.JONhP.'l N I'ItKKT.A.3IOIIDY.QLEICilîS! SLEIGU8! O BOYS\u2019 POtNTMlS.GIRLS\u2019 C0TTRR8.DiU,L.V 8LKIU8S, UABIKV BLKtUII8.All .elllug to suit Ihe time*, at YV.YV.HOMHRK'ri, 113 Ihenry st.qX)M THUMB COUCHES.SOKA8 snd CHAIRH in gra.t variety, at (J.AKM.HTKOMJ .V CO.'H, VI -iorl* s,|nsre.gANTA CLAUS M'RBOl'NDFD BY ALL KINDS OF SWKKI'MKlTH KOK TIIK HOLIDAY»».If you want line fresh candles, get your su.>)dl as fiorn JAN.YV.TKwTBK A CO., 158 AND 180 MoOI-L 8TURKT.(Opposite Albion I'oveL) * DRYSDALfi\u2019S Holiday Gifts ! IMMKNHK VARIKTY\u2019.To suit ALL Agrw, ALL (\u2019losses and ALL latte*.POETS ! KKD LINE Edition, boautllnlly bouad.rlo b, Gilt kdges.only $1.00 each.Latest Pattern* from $1.00 to $20.00.CHOICE FANCY GOODS! Autograph Albums! Scrap Albums, AND \u2019.ms MD NEW mu's CARDS Of every kind.Assorted Pi ckage* sent by mail if dr-ire '.JU t KNILK BOOKri A riPM'l AL 1 Y\u2019.Spiv'iil D «conn's to Toachors hnying ,\tntitles.Fine lam y Matiooerr, Papetrios.fce , lie.(inii-14 .y mai' promptly fc'teoded tv.W.DRYSDALE, \u2018J3J NT.JAMBS N CKEBT.OLIDAY GOODS.Fine Pariau and (thins Statuary, Irtdiwcenl Gl.tn.Ilusgeriau CloUanne MaJoliea and Torra l olia Wans.llarh's.whole akin*, which (hey aie oifortng at the fol'owing prices Terms, NET (\u2019Aa 11 Iti-st Na 1 D tek.\t$s.00 Best No.2 Dark,\t7 00 Best No.3 Dark\t0.00 ¦JiflE NEW ELIXIR OF LIFE.Tim crï7À~Rii)l)X AND KVENINO, We *l!| hold at 4 \"r\tNo.428 NOTRE I14MK g p a isle ot a large % wortiocnl of Fme F un from one of ihe ii'NlHlIK M'tRtl vlltrt \u2022\u2022\t( lOllkB %l.28 Blre 8«i'ail woel 1l)*>-ow Hearer\t14 08\t7.74 lirewu kl'Muow IPave».11 *81\t5 80 HKVri' »*KA JACKBTw.Former Ke4ane# pree.\tin AH Wool 1*\u2014 Jsi-kHl.$8W»\t$ I 10 a ¦ \".« I II.aver Pea Jackoi*.ctlia heavy.7.18)\t4 26 Ali Yte« l 1 a«ii>i ll^\u2022»Ter P-'a Isckel, su|, rior quaiilr .8 00\t4 78 Hite I\u2019riwldi-st\tI'c*\tJackei*.\twell ll Ills lied.5 50\t3 28 llii.» e P, a Jie-kela\tall wool\t.\tf.OO\t3 09 lllui-Pilot Pea J,ekcls.extra ipislity 0 75\t3.50 llriiwn Pilot IV» JackeU extraunsliiy.\tft 7.»\t-1.59 BUY H\u2019 Ml IIIIDI.M ITK Kormcr tied see# price.\tlo Vi rr licavr I .nsdlsn Tweed hubs all W .»,|.$!'\tINI\t$7\t18» Fane* lured tinl»\t.\t.8.181\t1190 .,.fw.1 alla\tI o .'>0\t7.24 l.ls.kllelh Mois.I I 181\t7 78 Ei.i ke hi 1 kerScilalB sll «t'e»\t.\t8 50\t4\t2f> ¦ I I,n St Mg\t9 I\"'\t\" liml.1 n 1 Cork Fulls, very 'asnieushlc\tH 50\tll 89 F.i.ey Wouled Suit*, various rallerns.12381\t7 74 OHDKK DKHAHTYI8VT.1 iii r arrang) n.> u's In this dap*r'men' sre so eamnlcoi n, lo 1 ,-elude die pnarihiliiT of d'«sppolnte>enl.onlr tke .'-mlltnl > clin» Is-lng eaiid'ireil.Aar girai ni nul grlugintr' «at » ruction wdl be i»krn hark, .aothsr i,r IIn mener relunded.Prlei-S are n»w rni icsg I I'M Y 30 I'Kl; eg N I.J.G.KRNNKDY A 4 0.31 Ii 33 HT LAWK8NCR NT.I H) THE MUSICAL PUBLIC.We hare ji lt re-eired In»» Allier' Wrl» r 6tk Arena* Ken Yotk an iMorimost ol hU unrirale-l grand, syiars sod upriglit P am s, w leu will la) sold during tke huh 'njn si a Urge r duct on on New York price».Th > non ru - nt lestimonr of all great mii(M*n» of ih» |r.»cnt da I.lhut AI.HFRT WKIIFR\u2019S Plsoe* are super or «0 nil \u201e 1er sslr-nije Dlsscl'on I'-wnr, ten- snd da-ah.iily anil ; sriicclarly nl *1 prolengatlon of Mae orslsria# *1 Ii.which mak \u2022 it »o des rahlc an *.enmpasimesi i|.< li> man Tolee.On *1 tbc»c ms's 0/einallcnoa jd the j'f- f miucni »up,»rioi ly ol Ibe tteber Etan'W, sue the tetters ot SraAi's*.N*u»»ov t.Tnniso, Patti, At-HotK Mamksov, liars Kino and tkn leabag «nb*» and ir.tulcis»» of the prswcl day.t ail aad examine the I* aoo* snd compare pnre« at Iks Weber PUao Agency.NKW Y (IK K I\u2019l Alfll IT» \u2019*» ROfINN, I *4.1 Ht.Join ri» «I.; iwriptive (Valcgne» free by mail.___________ LJlOUK.l ew huudml bhi* t.ci Fsm ly Flosr.I rom 1 «nad*.rt ten.nnd Minnesota Mdl*.|s,t rreeived snd æ'hag at re «j \\cry loi nnces.All «uaranteed.APPIuRri.Ihn «\u2022 He I rated F lor holiday n.ie «clilsf c*r*ply Till»-.Fl LI ER A I'll.537 tit.Paul *tr 11.r*t door from Mr Jill siren.w /BAITING PAPER, péril».\u2014Old newspsper*.sniiabl'- tor wr.pulng.will he ,ui,n d for one week «I Ibe rale of .F per ft», lor psos-M!-; .tirs* hant-n puuods^Apply atjhi* office._ rpQK ULbTICR 8LBD, PAT EXT* I rd in 4 *B1'a Feb.IP 1F78.B< «\u2022 h*iir|ele.J 1* tba welld lor rieu Ih.*l»e.i and durability, h gui?or»*-mitid Ti.ee up ruin.og gear, rinsers snd enw* h«r.are loimc .I y * non lieu DOS pirro of ineial.Vinor cn< w eborrln.iwo *«*\u2022¦; v omr d*11 ' I ft, r doe* a way w , h .Udoel SCO .iraosr, rosl ; Victor > lo he.tt nsg.r Md (artel \".v.ei-ni.»l v-uls.-nr.d by tue Vu'.oi tVringcfî ., Hr., kW J.R.H«ITH .0.cl.rii tr- «.tno tr.de ^\tÏTo.lrV QUEL! HnIN MATH Trù M v \u2018 If\tMllli.I* Iib« MaIi \u2022¦4 iX-sIrV\ttile 75c «I .Sd $1\tLace < *ri UiB* allure- Window Cornuw Pote.fc'.oanuk* m* Repp, I, 1 wsr.s.t .Ion c»rp« .3 0.4mt.44s.2?Tin el V I \u2022 lei*.58.«te\t.\u2022» rjfr'* ' » pet*, IKJr 9 e .« l he.Hrmp Carped.80.e 19*.4m. Ni a THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.umi ijmn BY 1IKSBA 8TRETTON,\tqu oi *\u2022 JESSICA\u2019S FIRST PKAYT KTC> (SuiuIay Mayaù\tj CSAFTEB X JIX.a ruu.* /j KsaioN.liii'ltard HtTford hu» tieU iiway to tho htubl«H, kir* own nUblen now, Mli\\ ordered tho jrroom to middle Juatiu'h tionie for him.The man demurred, und aai\tmMter miKht wnut tu ride hinm-lf, wl ^^.npon Hi«:hurd «truck him «hurply uero«H (he ahoulden», quite ufter the manlier of o\u2018je so grateful to Justin for giving Îou an estate, that you should allow him a fair icoine out of it.Whv, man alive ! nothing on earth could have shaken him out of it ! There was no flaw in tho will ; not a doubt about it.We drew it up, and have tho instructions still in your father's owu hand.Everybody said you richly deserved to lo disinherited, and you would be a disgrace to tho name of Ilerford; whilst he was worthy of Ufriog the name and the lands.If you don\u2019t give him a share, you are a mean scoundrel.\u201d \u201cThen I nm a mean scoundrel,\u201d replied Richard, with a sneer.\u201c I should call it mean to keep a brother out of his own for tcu yean or more.He ought to be thankful if I do not 'sue him for the income he has spent, of my money.Could you reckon how much would be coming to me if he had put It into trust ten rears ago P By (leorge, f\u2019ve F»ome enough loss, without charging myself with sny more.\u201d \u201c I wish for nothing from you,\u201d said Justin, *\u2018 and I need hardly say it is out of my power to restore anything to rou, of the spent income of the estate.If you had come back when yon saw the advertisements begging of you to come, you would have entend into pome\u2014ion then, and I should hare remained vicar of Herford.\u201d \u201cThere should be a law that all wandering heirs put in an appearance once in seven yean,\u201d mid Mr.Wataon, \u201cor forfeit their claims and righto.Of course Dick must have the estates ; but what is to beoomo of vou ?You\u2019ve fallen out of the ranks of the clergy almost, and there\u2019s small chance of n preferment for you.Beeidea, this strange story will run through the country like wild-ftro.and nobody will understand it rightly.I\u2019ll be whipped if I quite understand it myself.I think vou might hnvu kept quiet with a clear we must make some terms, you know.Vou cannot be turned out like a beggar on the world, at your age ; and with our pretty little bloMow into the oar gain.What «ball you do with Pansy F\"\t.\t.'* Oh ! runny need not turn out, xaid Richard ; \u201clet her stay with her grandmother.There\u2019s plenty of rixmi in the old plflce, and I like to ice pretty girls about it.\u201d \u201c Pansy can stay with me, of course,\" inter-posed Mrs.Ilerford, \u201c though she has been a little too mu«\u2019h petted to bo of any real use.This will boa sad blow to her, but it will do her good, I hope ; poor, «|>oilod yhild ! Hlio won't be quite so flighty and high-spirited ; not made so much of.If she was a little more humble, and kept herself more in the baek- I round, she would bo really a nice girl ; though am her grandmamma.She hsiks much too big to be my grandchild,\u201d added tho vain old woman, glancing at herse lf in the mirror, and lifting her shapely hands to the braids of hair upon tier forehead.\u201cPansy will go when I go,\u201d said Justin shortly, \u201c I can make a home for her.I am ready to transfer the estates to you as soon us tho nec« isary documents are ready.Of o >urse it will la- burdened by a dower of I'iOO a year to our mother bequeathed to her in the l iter willF\u201d (T\u2018 be Continue J.) of MISCELLANY THE DAILY NKW8PAPEB.(Continued.) , word may be said about tho progress the printing press towards perfection.The changes have all been from direct or reciprocating to rotary or revolving motion.At first tho typo was inked by \u201c ink balls,\" and the paper was pressed on it Fiy a flat platen brought down upon it with pressure by means of a spring or screw.Inking is now invariably done by rollers, but tho direct action of a flat platen pressing against a flat bed is still preserves!, not only in all the smaller and simpler presses, but in these which do papera requires very ingenious machinery.The re are further improvements «till lu tho future.Wo «an imagine lithography completely supplanting typo or stereotype printing,\u2014as it has begun to do, the impression of tho typo being transferred to stone, or some oth* r lithographic surface.If lithographic surfaces could bo mode cylindrical tlioy could, teiug smooth, work against ouch other, and so print lioth «idea of tho paper at the same time.The whole press would thus con-sist of two impression rollers and two more to ink them going round just as fust ostliochemical character of tho ink would permit.The Witness has Fmd to purchasi- a now machine about every five years to keep up with the times, and it is not prolmblo that it will bo otherwise in tho future.As the sheets are printed they arc gathered from euch of tho eight receiving tables and carried off to tho folding machines, of which there are four on the same flat.Tluso are unable to do all tho work as quickly as required, so that some arc sent up to tho bindery above, and folded by hand.l.ct us, for a moment, consider tbe antount of paper which goes through the presses on thD floor hi a year.There are, devoted to papers, an eight*cylinder rotary for tho Daily, a two-cylinder for the Weekly Witxe* THE NBWiBOY 6 FKSTTVAI the very finest work.Tho first great step towards increased speed was made when the paper was pressed against the type by a cylinder or drum.This is the character of most newspaper presses, and of a good number in | the Witness press-room.In those presses \u2022 the types still travel backward» and forwards ; kept quiet If prttty clear coesetonee.If every man to to potot out tbe flaw fai hie titles, property would always be changing hands TU go hoeae and s\u2014ah Fleet; he's as keen m \u2022 hawk.Bat A YELLOW LA1IORKIL on a flat Fad, which lias to stop and reverse its motion twice for every impression.The next step in advance was tFiat wliieh placed tho types ulso on a cylinder, so that there might be for them only one continuous motion round and round in one direction.This is illustrated by the large rotary presses in the picture of the press-room, one of which, tho fonr-eylin-dcr, has just been removed to make way for Kees adapted to finer magazine work.re is still in the rotary press the nooeiwity of feeding by hand A number of machines have been invented to feed themselves from a roll of paper, thus introducing another rotary (notion, mid to \u201c deliver\u201d tho paper by stiu another rotary process.None of those pressas, so far, have come to such perfection us to print from typo l» well and aa fast as the groat rotary pro.»» now used by the Withe»», Fmt they are oonctantiy improving in construction.Such ihvsmom haw, of oourm, to print one side of the paper and then the outer before tho shed leaves the pram, and would have to d diver these perfected sheets as tael from one exit as the rotary doea from eight or ton.It is in these points where the difficulty to found, as ono sido lies to be printed brime the in\u2019c is dry on the other, and the rapid disposal of the finished addkessino machine.reach four tliousand four hundred and twentv-ono miles.But such figures as these simply dn/e one, and wo will leave them an l follow tin1 papers a little farther.Thi so take two courses.Some go upstairs to the mailing room, while others are counted out to tho newsboys for street sale and to the dealer» throughout the city.The newsboys i are a most unruly lot, and to bo kept under control are compelled to wait in a room, built on purpose for them, until the papers arc ready.This time they occupy in quarrelling, cutting their nanu s on the side» of the deal partitions, and calling out to \u2018\u2018Miss Dray,\" tho traditional name given to every young lady who has had charge of that department for tho list ten years or more.Should n gentleman lake her place tor the uoneo, ho is called Mr.Gray.A» soon ns the papers arc tv tidy they are counted out to the newsboy», each of whom has hi» particular beat or stand in tb< city.Some, with more enterpriso or capital than others, buy bv wholesale, and »< 11 to other» with leas capital.A few, standing on tho street corners, nave regular custom ers who pay or not, a* the case may F>e, c:vh night; and as the business men pa»», one after another, tho papers are handed to tFiom almost 11» rapidly as tickets at a crowded ooacort-rom.Often they are snatched from under the Igiy\u2019» arm ; hut no matter, without any system of book-keeping, or even a l*ook of original entry, each customer will bo told the exact amount ho owe»'at any time, and without a moment's hesitation.I hose newsboys Eell from ono to twenty dozen copies daily.They pay for the Witness eight cents a dozen, and sell them at a cent each.Thus the newsboy's income will average from four cento to eighty cents per day\u2014the latter no iucou»id-erable stun in these hard time».Although unkompt-lookiug,rough in manner FKiistcrous ond unmannerly in speech, there i» often much that is goml in the newsboy, and Mr.Beatty, of the Witney Office, keeps a sharp eye after their character and intere-ts.About once a year the office give» them a din ner, or something of tho sort, which they at tend as one man, r, more properly, as ono boy or girl, for some of the \u201c newsboy»\u201d are girls.It is ono of these occasion» which is shown in the picture.The l»oy standing with his arms full and legs crossed has just Ficon informed that he could \u201cpocket,\" and now wants to have his picture taken.Much of the businON» oueo done by the newsboys has been taken away by the fruit-dealers grocers, confectioners throughout the city, most of whom have regular customers to supply.To thcuo tho papers are sent hy four carts built for the purpose.They are shown in the picture of the building, some of them in process of being laden and others departing with their loads.During the day the number of papers to be sent to each dealer is plainly marked on prepared laltel», on which are printed the name and address.These are arranged in order according to the route they are to he taken.As soon as tho papers are printed, they are rapidly and securely tied up m bundles, with the label exposed, for the carrier; trad in a few minute» after the ptytor Tlic manner of addressing papers adopted in tho Witness Office is to print the names and addresses, with tho date when the subscription» expin», directly on tho papers themselves, in red ink.This method has sever il disadvantages, but these are counterbalanced by the fact that when once the name is printed it can never eetne ofi', ns is the case when addresses are printed on little slip» of colored paper, and then pasted on.In either method the subscribers\u2019 names are first sot op in columns, under thtir respective post-office», these offices being arranged alphabetically for facility of reference.It will bo noticed that the post-office is only printed once, and then in largo heavy type, the subscriber»\u2019 names following it in the column, f ive of these columns, containing on an average two hundred name», are placed in u \u201cchase\u201d and locked up.There) aie altogether in the otlice some throe hundred and fifty of these chases constantly in use.They have to 1».* continually revised, at which from two to ten men are constantly engaged.WFien the mailing time conics tho chase which lo )>o used is inked ami placed in tho mailing machine, which is shown in tho engraving.The machine is worked F>y the operator\u2019s foot.A paper is put under the hammer, as shown, and the treadle being pressed the name tho chase beneath i» plainly stamped on the paper.Only tho first paper of each rare'cl has tho name of the post-otli.!© as well a» that of the subscriber.When all tlie paper» going to one post-oflieo have been stamped, they are tied in one parci^, and that witli the name of the post-office being uppermost, the gt ucral address of tho whole is known.When the parcel arrives there it is opened, and tFio postmaster makes the further distribution.Tho»o who read this account will understand how it is that sometime» papers go astray.It would be wonderful if, out of nearly a hundred thousand name» always in typo ut the Witness Offioe, wliile change» aro con-stuntly lieing made in the lists, there were not some mistakes, and it is creditable to tho system adopted by newspaper publishers that tho numlier is comparatively so small.J!termination of the Witness from the beginning, so that it had, as it were, to create it» own advertising business.A not her custom against which it set it» fact* was that of u»ing I large und varitd typo in advertisement», see-1 ing that when all do ihi» they neutralize each ether in point of prominence, and get much less value out of their space, - besides making 1 u very ugly and very vulgar looking paper.| It was held that among advertisements pnnt-td in uniform type, a «mall number printed prominently would lie worth a great deal to those who c hose to pay for them, and more in proportion to the fewness of them.This end was gained hy charging double to all who thought the prominence worth the price.Iu-stesd of putting difficulties in the way of making changes in advertisements, the Witness does it» best to get the advertisers to put ,q new advertisement» every day, behoving thet were this to become universal tho advertising columns would bo a» much studied as tbe reading columns.Hero aro one or two points not understood by all advertiser» : ono, that it is of no advantage to draw attention to commodities that are not worth tho money tin y ure sold for.If purchaser» are disappointed, tho more attention drawn to the good» tho worse for tho business,\u2014those stvindliug concerns that live oa first transactions always excepted.Another thing is that it is Iwtter to have an advertisement where it will Fxs looked for by those wanting tho article than to have to draw tho attention of everybody to it.To get jieople into the habit of looking into certain quarters for certain things should 1)0 tho primary object of all advertisers and advertising mediums.Some Montreal men are proving adepts in tFio art of advertising and making it very profitable, while, on tho other hand, there i» nu way of throw-ing away money faster than by unwise advertising.Some idea of tho amount of business width is done in advertising may t>o obtained from the fact that in 1877-7H, one of the dull years, twenty-four thousand two hundred and ninety advertisement» were received in the WnwMg Office, a daily average of seventy-nine.This was obtained almost without any canvassing.A business that depend» largely on canvassing must necessarily adopt prices that will cover canvassers\u2019 commission.There are many traditions in tho Witness Office in regard to remarkable answers to advertisement».A firentleman, ono bright summer\u2019» day, lost a favorite canary, and hurried to the Witness Office to make his loss known.His advertisement was immediately sent up to tho compositors\u2019 room to bo set up, and while this w n» being done the bird flew in tlirough the window and perched himself on tho a.iu.KKOM BOlmi.from 1\u2018lattaburÉrli.Moucr\u2019a Juni'tlon, nui llt'ininiutrford, at lU.liU a.in.From Newport, Uaaoir.WntrrltMt, anil iutiimi'iliate ata-tnma nt M.A5 a.m.nud I'.lto p.m.From Kow York, Albany an>t Uouso\u2019a I'otnt.at S.55 a.m.and 11.00 p.m.Krom Nt'W York Troy, Ititllaml, St.Alban», Si.Jobna H.M a.iu.* From Ibaitoii, N'aalina, Coitroril, tYbiti- Itivrr Juni'llou.St.Albiina and St.Jolma at K.V> «.in.and K.IIO p.m.From St.Jobna and iutormi'diatr atatloua.ut d.-ô p.m TRA1KH I.F.AVE ItONAl KNTI KK nUI'OT AH FOM.OWHi noise V'SKl- For Frraoott.Ottawa, Toronto Clitraxo amt lnt\u201cruit,di«t« phfttt.!>.!0 a.m.and p.m.Mixed for Urook villi* m l'J.115 p.m.For Cornwall and In' a.ui., U.1A ii.m.4.15 p.m., 0.15 p.m.n'ronu SHinrdata only at 1.45 p.m (iolNti sot ni- For Ko'i.a*\u2019« Point.Alhacr and Sow York.7 a.m.nml 4.00 1*.in.For Now York, via Si.Albans audTroy.and via St.Al haiiMtii'l SprliiKtloM al 7 H.m.nud t p.m.For St.Jolma.si.Albana.Moa'ou, ana Now York, at 7 mm.and I p in.For St.JtdniK.Waterloo, 51.i)T0if and Newport a' t a.m and 1 p.m.F'*' lleuinnntrlord mut Minier'* Juneltou, conuoctlBS tliniutih to Now lork, .it .1.15 p.m.lidlNO PaHT- For lalatid Pontl, Pntnl Lev I and intermediate station* at 7.tMl a.m.For Uieh'uond, Itlnnl Pond, nud iutermediat ¦ flat ions, at :> 15 p.m.or Si.li.vHfia'tio.at 0 15 6.m.For Kielimntn! Poim l.o I.Kiviere tin Loup, Caeonna.St tietave (.Moils),M.Jolm.Halifax.Island Pontl, .m.\\y.O'ltulFN Pasat'iiirer Aient U.T.R., U:i St Jauu-s Str.et.Montreal, G OVKRNMENT RAILWAY.(W\u2019KSTRKN DIVISION » Q , 5!.«.AN IK O.KA1IAVAV.Hhorfcat nml .Vost lliroi\u2019t lloult* to Ottnsvn.Uattl inrtlicr notice Trains will loave lloohebtjra Depot ns follow* KxiireasTriiin* for Hull at\t.0.'t0.v.tn.\tand 4.:f() p.m Arriving al IInil at.'J.OII\tand It.ili) p.m.Express Train* from Hull nt.\u2018J.IO n.m.\tand 4.in p.m.Arriniiirnt lloebelaci\tnt.1.40\tanti K.10 P'm.Train for St.Jerome at.4.011 p.m.Train from St.Jerome at.*.7.00 a.m.Trains leave Milt* Kutl Station ten minutes later, tlereral iitHerit\u201413 Plnoe D'Arme» .St|uare.Ticket Ofllee\u2014'JO'J st.Janie* sireet.V.A.*TARK,\tV.A.HC1KTT, Oen.Fretylit nml Pa*.Ayent.Gen.Sinwnntendent.QUEliKO, MONTREAL, OTTAWA AND OCCIDENTAL RAILWAY.WESTERN DIVISION-NOTICK.On and after January l»t.1*70, the Tram fo* St.Jerome will leave lioehcInga Station at 5 p.m., n*t ad of 4 p.m.h» al present.C.A.HCOTT, Ueneral 8 perlutcnlent.Momreal, Dec.*J!l.1878.TAKE M E M P II R EM AGOG.I HnuiiÂrsl JEWELLERY I JEWELLERY ! ! WM.MUKItAV, 71 mt.jomkpii htkkf.t.Calls the attention of his frit-nda and the publie in iren-ernl to hi* well assortrsi Ktin-k of Hen la' Watches, Ladl-*»' Oold iiml Slln r Watches, æi» m liiild and Silver.Itl.irs, Limket», (\u201croases.Sue Gold Nrcktrl».Prlees uunarallehsl in the idly.Parties wlatiluif to in.-k.* I .r.-iti*.til ve v YenPs Present», should (lie him u enll tuevi.ta* t.i par-chii*ti>£ elsewhere.All y,«i l* Kuaia.ilee I »> r \u2022pri seiitetl.Note the at>ove address, 71 KT .'OSEl*II STREET.WHEELER & WILSO NS NEW STRslUHT NEEDLE.LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES TIIK IIRhT I N TIIK WOULD ! KXl\u2019OSITION I SIVKRSKLLK.Part*, (let.Jl.1478.Wheeler It Witsoi.areawarded fr:tad Pi ;\t*of the nxptMitlon.the only (intnd Pnre awarded tor *twiny; .M.ieUine», over eiirlitv eompeti'ora.V/HEEi.ER & WILSON MFG.CO, 1 mill :i FLACK D'AUUKh.* gNCOURAGE HUM E Il ANC FAC l'C « K.Our nieehnnlra will stay at home, nud Iho country will pronper.The s'ioeatakers will «ell irore Ih«>i* nud the bakers inori* br< nil, A At*.Sstabllfhed in Cinml* In 1SUJ.LA WI.OR.Tht oldest hotisotn theeitt Notre IKitmi' alreet, Manufaeiurer\to( iir*t-ela«* SKWINU-MA< HINES FOR FAMILY AND MANÜFAC TCUI.NO Pl'UPOSKS.Price*.Imm F;t5 upwanla.Kntis«*atlsi'aetion iruaranlet'd All ki'.tla of maeliliie* n*pairetl and improved.Chartres moderate.Ajrvnt* wauled.OLDSMITH\u2019S HALL, ;a':t NOTRE D4M8 STREET.Sailing of Ocean Steamore.rjUNAIO) LINE.ITROM RRW VOUH.THE \u2022\u2022 SCYTHIA \u201c WILL SAIL MKDNKHDAV J«a.lal.Til OH.WILMON, f\tAceuL Dominion line op steam* SHIPS.UCNNINO IN CONNECTION WITH THF.OUAND THI NK RAILWAY ONTARIO.MKMPIHS .MISSISSIPPI TKCTONI A.ST.LOUIS.OF CANADA.:t \u2018Jtlit ions \u2022J .500 tima J 'J50 inn* ol K *J.150 ions lb *if \u2022J.tSl 1 tens is >MIMoN i K NAS I KHKi .\u2022A SSI A .UKOOKLYV 8,500 tons 5.8 >0 tous 5.3150 tons 5 15') tons 8 500 toa DAT!\u2019.Ol\u2019 HAILIN'!!.Steamen will sale a.fitllows from Pnriiand.Me.; MUWISMiFFI.Nov\t;iii'b.yl'KDKC.Deo.\t14'k.DOMINION.Dec.\t5Sih O.N1.AKIO.Jail.\t11th.BATES of Passage fob the winter months.( atiln\u2014Montreal to Llvrrpotd.R50 a*id ÿiit) ; Italurn, fUO amt Al in.No»lwr»ge taken Throueh Ttokets can I* * ad at all the pnneipaj Oran* Prunk Ualltvav Ti.'ket OlHee* In Canada au l Threayh liills of Lidiujf an» Rrauled to and trout all pail* o' For Frelatkt or PaasaRC, apply, ii London to llowrlnf.Jamteaou ts.Co., 17 Ka*t Iu.iia Ayenuo ; iu Li vat pool, |c Flltin Main A.v'ont^omer;-.54 Jam *» *t : In Ce'l-s*.lo W.M.Macphersou ; ut all ilf.tnd IreuW hallway **d., ta ®rl°\tDAVID TORI!ANI\u2019K A < ».EXCHANGE COl'ttl XTATIONAL iJNK 1.A\tt>»*' r**TKA.MS'IUI\u2019h \u2022 \u2022luttliiwo M, .M*]uet V'11 kly hi m Nt w York, a» loi wa:\u2014For LI V EhlHMlh an! ÇIKI.NSTOWN every '.AVORIi.VY.For .APTItAMPTliS «\u2022 ! I USDON dtree.' eviry WEDNESDAY.I.aret st ve*»i lx I the world.Ac 'ontmodaDou* i*.|*t,rji'i-'\t.I.t to t'n'.nu Ir, nt Mot.' *.ul to l.tverpoolor Lon*ion t n v.*\u2022: tavo-ul h* tema.Steera .-e (w itn IhroONh rillw iv iieke» to New Yoik) h Urerpool, London.Glaeirow, I ndonderry .g loenatowu Rriatol.Duldin.Del fast, nt v.ry low rale*.\u2022* t, t iii'lt-.P.K» * Me ijn *.Bro t lwar.Now York l>.IIATTKKHRV.1.18 Sh James st.Montreal.Apothecaries, &c.POR BRIGHT\u2019S DISEASE.I'ae It lehr lieu Keniil Water» For Dial* tes and Dropay, use Kiehelleu Rraal Water.For Alhnminaria ami Grarel.u»e Uiehell u Uenal.Walar.For Chnmie Inflatninatlon ot the llladder and Kidney Diseaeo* ireneral y.use Kiehrlieti Renal Water.Country order* promptly filled.J.A.IIARTE.DrtiaaUt.4 DO Notre Dame «treet.WATKKLOO AND IUADOU RAILWAY.Hhot'ient nml onlv Itnll Route lletween Mont* real i>*' tel» ru Pviein* sbouid apply ta CHAH.ROHH Meebaith al sm' Mine Fnirirrrr.PATKNT SOLICITOR *J'JW Jo'.in Street.Montreal.E STATE .inilN IUNMOIIE.All partira tmlcbte i to or barm* claim* arainst the essaie of the la'r .lob I*, nm ire w Hi ti!t*#*t' forward, same \u2022tlulv nrie*li'il to WILLIAM REID, 81) St.Joseph «treef tor aeUlemeui.\t.1.* .HI VYIOKK, Executrix.IAS PKKKIGO.WM.KK1D, Kxeeutars.Monlrr tl.Dee.5 IS\"8.Oil ! OH ! HIE ROAST BEEF.DROWN BROS.Windsor Market.18J8 SI.Cat t-\u2022 rlne slit**», r*«pee'fiillv reMirn Ihauks lo theeau»e\u2014 1.\tThe most «killed workmen are employed.2.\tThe best mat* rial* are uaod.8.Th« ffuurantce given for all work Is strictly adherad to.All order* promptly and carefully attended to.ROBRUT ALKXANDKK, 41 PL Antoine ssme!.Professional.DR.\tA.LAPTHORN SMITH, memliernflbe Ht.yal Collrce oi Sur/mas.Enff-d I How III tie Obitetrle*! Motlrlr ot London, late Dr i.'-uiffi-nn to the Ki st Loktloa I knfflanal CbDdr.n's Ifosi !«l no.I i.t \u2022 t »«ry tor Women, ttffie -bourn: D till 1 i n »\"¦* *,\u2019 till4 p-w.41 BRAVER HALL TkRBYCB.ROMAN S HOSPITAL, NO.Sf HT.ANTOINK HTKKKT.Dtaehaes *1 '.Vomen treated daily a*.11 \u2022'clack très cl IMkwT s.) Nrw llninsa lek.N.l St-otla St P h.1.iNcm louudland forward-, ilallv OB Hallifax.' Whence destiaieh isbv | Pa- kri leavl'ff HaDtas im the tlth anti 5.'»r*l I July.I -LEAfK\u2014, a-u.r.u.m-oTIToTT 7.4Y 8.0 I .« .4-'>J .i rt.La vkili.k de Nt-**l la xlaoe, via-k-vi* de Port-neuf, n'est liriei-e et tiUe Vllifflniue dn cahauea oenatruit»» | ar de* ueittiqui f -ut l.« péch» k la petite morue ont éit\u2019 eut pot tees i>ar le cintrant et deux personnen te* «ont nuydea.La POLICE de Paria an ii-i le j iurnul illuxtre la Jnint tiurilr, p urutie nsa-/, m-suvuiae grivure repii*«eiitiilit Napol^oll IV let evalit, du hvt'.du Ltône, le »» rtuetii de hdéÜU5 de ((Uelquea u ilalii* Utéa téptiMicatnea.I.fh iiamkh d'Attlialiaalia ne «ont réunira eu meociation.pour venir en aide aux |iauvr«a ape, de la nécessité qu\u2019il y aurait k réformer la mimique d\u2019église.Il parait qu\u2019en Italie surtout le cuite romain est aaaaiaonué de musique profane.\u201c Le croira-t-oo?écrit k c-p opoe le correspondant de Vt/nirtr», j\u2019ai enteu-du naqa n< # temple# la valse tie Faust et le < ariettt*# de Mme Ancot.'* Noua le croyons ¦au# fieine, dit un journal de France.Kt non# ajouterons qu'ici >u Canada, un ne fait pa* mieux.11 n\u2019tkt pa* rare d\u2019eot» mire dam, lVglia«,au # -rtir de la U.r>#e, Ira air» de dai.»# le# Glus SAUtillant#.Lj , ft.m n'y avi.ii» miu* pas enteudu ** Pria* gona donc dveau» i atirou .Lb t omité de m.-iubre# du (rongr:* chargé de U fii vrw ja\u201ene «t aur le# nu il), tint m-tyeoa de ctunbsUro l'éitt lé-nh\u2018waU avoir pria «a mi#4oo kcu-ur et a# pré-l-aremt vemeut k I» remplir.U ,v,| r^lüi latiYtedi, et a fait le , h*4« de d-.ti/,* m'hîi,*! la-ur Md.r J* comité .la»,# »e# recherches, en n »* ÏÜ' /TV'; IU ^ 'Yronl «10 ptr jour pan ihntt-ut le temps que durera IVaquêt*.|,% Inumhieavoté un crédit de «'>0.odo p.ur Ivi i!tp« usr» du comité.CeJ.,1 ci entrera in média-Uinruten fonitioo» , t aVlf.-rcora tie prtans le quartier de Hackney on pn li-j Rue île» set-onr# k 1.0.V.I personnes.I,e* p-r# inné# i bargées -b- visiter le* famille# pauvre* tlaus ce# quartier» iliaent que la miaère e«t atTreu*« et que 1rs fonda qti'eMea ont k leur di#|)o#iti hi ne pr-uvert suffire k soulager ceux qui sont dan* 1* déf ii-sre.A Poplar et k Millwall plu# de mille ouvriers sont sans travail et endurant île gmt ie« privation».Un l*,.# POI'R LA KCIENCB.\u2014 Voilk en.tr« un fait qui eat tout k l'honneur d« U ro i tbli | te française.La Si maine dernière, ^fln¦\u2022 veuve -L an Ihynautl a fait h l\u2019Acvléinle frvm,- »(«« une ( \u2022tnmtiiiit-ation dont »e «ont ému# au plu* haut jioint b-* membre* présenta, même 1-** -I-dsiiuI re trouvaient Ih ! Il #'agissait il# la flotation d'nn nrix annuel de |t),000 tran,*« k décerner, k tour de rôle, pa» cbantue de* cinq cla-ae* e».rances alone, but with a chemical analysis tbvre are special ca*«e iu which yoo would have jicaitive proof of death from poison ; but thieia not one of these caees.\t.Q.la there any suspicion ^ from the fact w the FAILURE OF AN KX-ALDKRMAN.BBOCGHT AROÜT BT GIVING ACCOMMODATION rartE.Tfce followiug ars thi- trauaartiona Uila moruing : SI Montreal at IffUj kdo.at!UN%i llHOuurtoat og; ft5 do.at «17^1 2» CotiaolitUied at I 21 Merchaut»' at 7K!«i ; 20 do.at 70 i *0 do.at 70Q To-day the Banque Nationale took out a wm j fc0 Uo ut .^50 Montreal TelegrapU at 111 of attachment against the firm of Laberge A Co., CDiitractora, composed of August Laberge, m^^rbey,T^fthi^yP*rto^\ttsfc^Vbe iMtK\u2019irû was placed in the stomach after dsath.A.As .\t.\t.\t, mucj, «xceed 9^1,000.The iXL'dïhkhî^k\tayut b^u;.it was lircught, and a» the bottle was one of those aelf-kealtUK four lb.glase-jara, and It was iu the Fame hint?a« recciv^a from C jfODiîr, It would be isDpoaaible.\t.Q.Ia it lawful, prudent end according to the requirements of medical juruprudetice to expose the ktomach of a deceased person without Iteing proiierly sealed, and without retaining |i«eltive evict uce for identification, for a peroid of four or five days ?A.I don\u2019t know the law\u2014that a for the jury to decide.\t.Mr.Murput\u2014That\u2019aeLough ; you don tknow the law.\t^ w\t.u By Mr.Prowse-Q Is not morphia the actite a?ent of a number of different drugs?A.It is the active agent of the different varieties of poppy.\t.\t,\t11 Q.1« not morphia frequently taken In small quantities to tranquillize the mind ?A.Not to my knowledge.\t.\t, Cj.How much morphia would cause death .A.That would depend on the state of the stomach, and whether the jiersoo were accustomed to drug*.Half a grain has caused the death of an adult, and one man took thirty grains and recovered.THE VERDICT.After a short deliberation tho following verdict was returned s We the Jurors of the inquisition lioldcu and taken on i lew nt the IhmIv of Klctinrff I\u2019Mton, do say and declare that n* tlio'late Rickard I\u2019uitou bud.for some time piior to hi* death, la-en 111 a weak condition of IxxH urd in h\tntutt* of roiou, too jurorj ofoie>aid ora of opInioD that tho death uf tue \u2022aul RicliarU I'ottou was canted by exhanstiou and grief, and 1 hut thruirh morphia was found m bis stoinacti then-is not .sufficient evidence to prove death from that ratl\u2019H*.\tSltfNKI» JtY TIIK JURtiW!# JiR, o\u2019leart not employed hy the .eina life INHUllANCE COMPANY.We have received for publication from the maiiapemcnt of the .Kina Life Insurance ( out-pau> here, the foilowieg letter addressed to Mr.A.A.Murphy, one of the jurors, iu regard to a statement rnaue by him at the inquest this forenoon : A.A.Murphy, E*eary in any way w-hat-ever.In justice to the Company and oawlves, we think you should publicly correct the state-m» nt ns reported in the Witness and .Sfor,as Dr.J.J .Ihtgdale is the only physician employed by the .Ktna Life Insurance Company in the city of Montreal.We remain, truly yours, Obu & Christmas, Managers Eastern Canada Branch.J.R.Alexander.M.D, Miiuager Montreal District Branch, Monlrfitt, Dec.27, 187H.EXPLANATION.Mr.A.A.Murphy, in reply, stated that the gentleman introduced to btm on a former occasion wss not the gentleman who gave his evidence 1 efore the jury this morning.Hence the error.A LEI TEE PROM DR.o\u2019LEABV.(To the Editor of the Witims.) Sib,\u2014I see In yonr noon edition that at the meeting of tho jury in the Patton case Measrs.Ogilvie and A.A.Murphy, well-known Conservative jiolitictaiis, were rather in had humor on account of our delaying them for some winni**' which time they employed tho imhI wa> they could ; one, Mr.Ogilvie, making an attach egsinst the Quebec Government on account of my being named to analyse the late Mr.Patton a nti roach, on tho ground ihat I am not a competent chemical analyst.Is Mr.Ogilvie a judge in such matters?The other, Mr.Murphy, rocking a most absurd and false.statement, and all that in tny absence, which absence was canned by our working, Dr.Girdwood and myself, up to four a m.tbia morning to complete our at alyais and save those gentlemen the Miipojance of a subsequent meeting.Is that P.ritisb fair play?Our report-such a report a* should lie presented before a jury ompoeed of non-medical\tUnow before tho public, and I am willing to be judged by it.Aato the allusion of my being connected with ths .Ktna Ini ntsncc Company, I have only to state that 1 1 t-ver was employed by the said Company uhh\t«1\tD 1\tM\t8\t»0 .1)\tD\tto\tD\t11 1\t9\tD\tto !»\tf|\tiu\tD\t»\tit\t4\tto ,23\tD\tto\t24\t:t 1\tJi*\tD\tto mi\to\tto\tDD\t0 I IKI\t\tD\tto .3\t\u2022J\tto\tDD\t0 i\t3\t\u2019J\tto \tD\tfo\tD\tu 1\t\u2019J\t6\tto -it\tÎI\tUl\tDO\to !\t31\tD\tto ID\t0\tt«)\tDD\t\"1\tID\tD\tto -ill\t3\tto\tDD\tD !\t31\t: p.m.a *i o o u 2 1 0 1 0 0 0v> 00 00 00 21 IKI 00 THE DARK SIDE OK LIFE.UROCKBT SHOP BROKEN INTO.Octave Guilbault at an early hour this morning broke into the grocerv shop of Mr.Win.Hcroggte, St.Denis ktret t, and stole three coats, sardines, lobsters, &c.Mr.Juntice Duga* at the Special Hessions conrlstuwd the culprit to three v ara in the penitentiary.Guilbanlt graduated in tho Jtefr.rmntory School, where after throe months confinement he was allowed to dsnart without finikhing hisrer.tence.When His Honor wass^ sinteme, the pisoner exolaimsd.\u2019 Had I not lieeb dbtufbsd.what a haul I would hxve madt ! the SEMMïLHAACK bokolaby.Owen Phillips, a young b>y.was arrest-d at about threnoVIovk this morning betwtron the iron outside d«ior and the inside door of Mr.%V ui Semmelhaack\u2019s shop, No.803 Notre C*|r'9 st i ret.The door window waa broken.> Tne proprietor, who live* above, heard the noise of gloss breaking, and coming down stain caught the prisoner in the poaltiou dMcribed.Although nothing wss found in the poweesion of 1 hlllips, vet a gold plated chain, which the complainant identifies as his property, was picked up on the sidewalk in front of the shop door.The accused is remanded.JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.Owen Phillips was to day fully committed to «tar d his trial for breaking into Mr Snmmel-hack's jewellery shop.Henry McNeil, printer, waa admitted to Wl to anawer a charge of having stolen good, (handkerchief) in his poseewmm.Mr.K.Roy appeared for ihe accuser!.Mr.Bentlsy.with whom McN.il worked, was one of ths bondainen, and stated to the magistrate, Mr.Dugs», that |be would continue to employ the younfmaa a* formerly.A LARGE r.UJ/AS CASE.To-dsy, at the instance of Mr.Jesse Joseph, a cat lia» was served upon Mb.Michael Donovan, ut his residence, for $7,000.Mr.Donovan was formerlv of the firm of Donovan, Williams & Hhannon, who held a lease of the premises from Mr.Joseph.The firm went into insolvency, and Mr.Joseph took the capia» for the amount of rent tor the four unexpired years of the lease.CITY ITEMS.George J.Carter.Esq .of Danville, I\u2019.Q., has been appointed a Queen\u2019s Councillor by the Prov iucial Government.Murderer Captured.\u2014It is learned that Bowen, the alleged murderer of Frank Daly, near Coaticook, and who escaped from Sherbrooke jail about two months aco, has been traced to and arrested at Galveston, Texas, by an American detective.Re-arrested.\u2014The notorious Kearney and Tifih were re-arrested about 1 this afteoooon by the High Constable and Detective Lafon, on a charge of having stolen goods in their posses, sion.Two watches were found secreted in the cellar.The River.\u2014The weather having moderated there is no appearance of the formation of an ice-bridge below this city to day.There is considerable floating ice iu the centre, which passes down freely.The shore ice extends far out into the river on both sides, aud it appears to lie very ktrong.but the channel where the water runs swiftly is all open yet.NEwsbov»\u2019 Festival.\u2014The member* of the Montreal Young Men\u2019s Christian Association propose giving the newsboys a festival.n the evening of N*w Year\u2019s Day, in th.ir building.The boys will be admitted by ticket A full dinner will be served at five o\u2019clock, to be follow-ed by a select entertainment The friends who desire to aid in this can do so by sending donations of provisions, fruit, &c., to the Secretary at the Rooms before noon on the 31 »t Gone West.\u2014It is said that the produce cim-mission firm.No.32 Victoria Square, which left this city rathrr suddenly some weeks ago, has turned np in Colbnrne stroet, Toronto, under another firm name.This firm had a peculiar way of doing business.It distributed circulars all over the country a*king for comlgninents of pro dace, which were sent under tho impression that high prices would be realize*! as represented.The shippers were, of courue, deceived, but the swindlers managed to ju»t keep within the law.An Unnecihsakt Luxury.\u2014Some surprise was created in the Police Committee yesterday npon the presentation of an account for $1* for - a morning daily paper for the different Slice stations, with the explanations by e chairman that the account had already been paid, probably In advance, that he had been totally unaware of this ext>euse of the department, and that he did not know by whose order the palters were supplied.He ex- {iressed the opinion that it was a useless expend-lure, and said that to obtain the news uo one would think of purchasing the morning pai*ers, as It was well-known that there was three times as much in the Witness and Slur, and besides these only cost one cent per copy.Nearly all the other members of the Committee concurred in the views of the Chairman.With reference to tin» remark in the Gaztttf.thi* morning in connection with this subject, taking ex-cepticn to the department receiving tho National polio UaxUc, a copy of which happened t » lie rn the Committee\u2019s table yesterday, it may be stated that there is, doubtless, information In this paper useful to chiefs of city police forces, all if whom, it is believed, receive it, although it is, admittedly, unfit for general perusal.THE KlNoSKY FALLS DISASTER.besult or THE coroner's inqumt.Ths following are ths namss of ths vlo-Uma of the disastrous pulp boiler explosion |a the paper mills at Kingssy Falls, near Danville! RQ., on TuewUy Blght lsst namely .\u2022 \u2014J- Thom peon and J.Armstrong, kdled outright ; Rely, Pan nt, Johnson, Lemleox, De roche, Robidoux and Ooellstto, wounded.It was found necessary on Wednesday to ampotato one of the legs of the nnfortunate man Onc-llctte, who is not likely to recover.The other injured wen are doluc well.An Inquest was held yesterday by the Coroner of Artbabnska District, the result of wbfoh wm a verdict of accidental rtd wiU make au inve% ligation, the cause of the accident being, as fat 1 .ox I-os, Dec.\u2018-J\u2019\u2019 ft 00 |> iu \u2014(ionsitl», 94 11-16 for uioto-v ; !)l 11*16 tor account : ALj», K6'y: .'if, 11H^ ; Prie, 21 j do.preferred, 35; I C., 70.NEW YEAR\u2019S GIFTS.A S U B C I A L 25 pmt CKNT- DISCOUNT tVIIJ, UK ALLOWED DI KING TIIK TORONTO MAKKKTS.(Sin-fiat to On' Wiliie**.) Toronto.Dec.27\u2014Market wore ayliro ia gram, but weak all overt flour niiotvs no improvement t u