... of signing a document which was witnessed by the Magistrate, and superintendent of police, may have some moral effect, but speaking generally, the difficulty is not so much iu inducing an inebriate to sign the pledge, as to induce him to keep it. He may ...

... light the possessor thereof might as well let the world have the benefit of it, and whatever may be said about a good cause speaking for itself, it is very certain ►bat that cause will make infinitely more rspid progress if some 'pains are taken to let the ...

... ago and conveyed to the workhouse. Under treatment he recovered bodily strength, but is unable to speak, although he indicates thst he was able to speak a fortnight ago. He can hear, and show assent or dissent to questions. The man's name is not known ...

... Maria; but you only speak as you hear others speak ; you are their mouth-piece. Ask them what was William Tell ; but a rebel ? What was Kosciusko? What was Cromwell ? ask Lord Clare that. I don't want to cried Maria. 1 speak my own convictions. You ...

... Royal Commission on London traffic. The points urged by the Board are undoubtedly such as call for attention, bat when they speak of one improvement alone, which is likely to toot twenty millions sterling, it is impossible to avoid asking the question where ...

... ground from many injurious insects. Forests of leafless trees are to be found in some parts of Australia. They respire, so to speak, through a little stem, which apparently answers all the purposes of a leaf. The tree is known as the leafless acacia. The ...

... ARNCROACH. A COMPLIIIIICNT TO ARNCROACH CRAFTSMEN. —Speaking at the opening ceremony of the exhibition of the Decorative Trades in Edinburgh last Friday, Sir John Ure Primrose. Lord Pro• Yost of Glasgow, alluded to an incident which occurred during a ...

... British Cotton Growers Association, and by some of the representatives of Britain in tropical Colonies. Sir Alfred Jones, speaking at the annual dinner of the Association, declared that Africa was about to send 10,000 bales, that before long a quarter ...

... Officer of the Local Government Board that the pipe was no nuisance. The Chairman also contended that Mr Russell Johnston in speaking of an enormoos quantity of sewage was guilty of a misuse of the English language. It was decided to reply to the Committee ...

... rate. With respect to the United States, there is a firm conviction in this country that a war between the Iwo great English-speaking Powers is a thing not to be thought of, and if Germany stood alone, she would probably think more than once before she provoked ...

... and we understand that the emolument granted is the highest gained by any profeaai , nal resident in the vi'inity, which speaks 'very highly for Mr Cameron's abilities and credentials. ...

... sea defence works. If this conference can Baptist any satisfactory solution of the problem, much will have been gained, but speaking generally, the sea laughs at these coast defences, and whisks them away as if they were pebbles. Mr Thomas Stevenson In his ...