f i , . 3‘{^WT f .r--' -S' ,j £ !% J If -V- 'r®*>5gyi f


J ■> iP’ '■ '> J "


house EUOE


we have to Lofthouse


Workhouse! ; health for he last five


>r a special Matron of


met With an >ot properly his she felt ! position of the position LSter, it was 0 resign his 1 an annuity


I November


ras confined ved to his pab, and put d to remain


I experience learly thirty-


Workhouse


tt to North he stayed


came to the he Spring of ring of 1873 New Work-


unconscious and passed


inday morn- widow and re, a host of


ly afternoon, )f the Board officers, and


M . J A M E S , THE BOROUGH


Grocery & Provision Stores, 6, Church Street, Clitheroe.


TEAS.


No better value in the trade at Is., Is. 4d., Is. 8d., 2s., and the well-known Golden Tip Leaf at 2s. 4d.


SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF 1 ^ New Fruits At the Lowest Possible Price.


a committee ■ ill coniiec- odge, which m on Satur- ;d to give a o provide a abers of the ;n members le in the se-


.— Chatburn ly afternoon eroe. The r muster of poorly re-


ilayefS being e homesters matched by al, York St. - over, Chat-


ing the first lis put num- iree was ad- j was, there- coming very' managed to , the result


THE CLITffERUE^ TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1898 ARTICLES BOILED DOWN,


GENERAL NEWS.


...One pound of Indian tea will make lyo- strong cups of tea.


...Pans sends £^30,000 worth of toys to En­ gland every, year.


...About twenty new books are published daily in Great Britain.


...Twenty words per minute is the average at which, longhand is written.


...The average amount of sickness m human


life is nine days out of the year. ..It is estimated that 2,000,000 bicycles have


. : Sir Raly’dore^dfe Keyser, a former Eord


Mayor of London, is dead. The Eail of Crewe is now progressing fa-


vourably towards recovery. , _■ ■ ' t e n ' "s -


PLEASANTvPARAGRAPHS.


. It takes 1,000 of the Korean coins known just before our-dividenfls are de”crafed,” said as “ cash’ to equal half-acrown.


- - • • ■ ; - a railway'accountant.'j years old. . e at lloience for a few months. 4.1 been buUt in Euroiie and America up to date, . and foraging , parties are out. daily. 2 to 3 p.m. ^


silver ignots which have lam untouched'for Paris owing to his action in the Dreyfus mat- England, whose hours average 14 daily for ing a watchful eye on the latter a pretty cood nearly 200 years. ^ ^


. .111 tne, Jiank of England there are many Zola is at present intensely unpopular in • • ter. .


T„ ft, T> , r T- I , 1. .


“ th e l i le d T s t ’’ h ! S ^ ^ •


playing polo. walks. p . students. ^n. imposing tablet has been erected on a„ • , 1.1 ., , ,


...It is said that if the “ voice” of an ele­ phant were as loud in proportion as that of a nightingale, Ms trumpeting could be heard round the w'orld.


alwaj's shown the keenest interest in firemen and fires.


Wales from childhood has One day of real London fog is said to in­


crease the gas bill by £40,000. about 2d. per head.


^®nse. a wage of los. per week.


Jos Kyber (or Rarbar) Pass is picketed, ted 111 three languages, is about to make its fow myself the luxuiy of a nibble. ThelacSJ appearance in Berlin.


. . .. An international matrimonial paper, priii- qucnlly only a glass of wine), but I never^l-^ 4 1 . . 1' ' - I l l ■ A palmist once told the Tate Mr. Terriss


...Three expeditions from England will watch that his end would ise sudden and swift. the total eclipse of the sun in India onjanuary Prince Henrv has imt ns Hr Arlpn ■


n.lluring (oftenest hard cash, but . Sf »*ijr (b glciOj, \JX. ,.iVlilC- Lf Ul* .A;


is, that however confident 1 may feel about*'^”^


...In the Klondyke region in midwinter the “ Briglit,” said Mr. VUliers to a friend, “al- ...Dartmoor, which occupies one-fifth of the ..any. foithcoming dividend. Pm never m pos- sun rises from 9.30 to 10 a.m., and sets from ways spoke best when attacked.’’ -


..;The Japanese do not care much for novels, Among 27,000 new books printed last year


.


county of Devon, is the largest tract of un- session of what iipsierb term a ‘ dead certain-' , ty,’ ami for die following r^^


determine, the. divided amongst the: sHarehpl-.;;


stated that there are 80,000 barmaid.s and, of course, the traffic i-eceipts. By kefep- " idea can be got of how the half-year vvolT;


der^tb^cxpc^aureo[du.ci^A engineers:^ . and the locomotive engineers’ departments,'


. . .Brazil is now the principal coffee-produ- • The late “ Lewis Carroll’’. never wore an •••Eouf hundred yeais ago only seven metals finish up, provided the published estimated ‘ cing country of the W'orld. In 1895 the crop overcoat in his life, and was fond of l one. was estimated at 7,000,000 bags.


•One million three hundred thousand Newspaper correspondents are to ascom- ' - u u - r


pounds’ worth of pickles and sauces are ex- pany the London expedition as far as the -"The people of Boston, U.S.A.. propose Ip ('*''“ •^'"^'•7 rolling-stock exjieiises are sub- ported from England, to other countries year- railhead. ly.


a lethal chamber for dogs similar to the one in operation at the Home for Lost Dogs


tile largest) educational corporation m the .China. world. Every year it examines over 10,000


.1 , „ j ' • .


. 1 he jellyfish has no teeth, but uses him- killed. self as if he were a piece of paper when he is. hungry, getting Ms food and then wrapping - himself about it.


TKo Wo . . ,


Irince Henry IS the bearer of . very costly in Battersea. from the Kaiser for the Emperor of


..u u Y I.- the spot where Sir Henry Havelock-Allan was ,,,, « . 0


...The use of petroleum is becoming common in China. As a result lamjjs and bil-stov'es are being imported heavily. Most of them ,


come from Japan and Germany.


in Germany under the name of sugar-honey, and consists of sugar, w'ater, minute amounts of mineral,substances, and free acid.


...During the influenza scare eucalyptus oil


This IS came into such demand that over -20,000 pounds w'ere sent to England from Califor-


...P’roiich Guina is said to have the most vio- “ Anthony and Cleopatra” has been lately iiia. Tlie tree'has been planted in immense lent thunderstorms in the'world. The thuii- der is almost deafening, and the peals come


>n Spanish at Madrid before an quantities-there. in quick succession. 1 -


...A celebrated physician divides fruit into five classes, each possession a special cura­ tive value— the acid, the sweet, the astrin­ gent, the oily, and the mealy.


Our Motto is to be as


R E D M A Y ] S r i E S ’ P


Good as any! Better than many! Cheaper than all I


All Goods direct from our own Warehouse.


All Garments at Wholesale Prices.


ling last the rn Parochial ary-’s Church ■ s were pre- R. Wright, Hartley, C.


■ ). The re* as follows :


, Halstead’s rod.; Stan-


libblesdale) is of Earl he hands of Gift (in the fid.; Hal- Tipping’s


iwments to ry’s salary, ilrs. Thiiro- phan, £ 2 ; , Mrs. G.


£?,1 us-


Ir. J. Quinr oung fami­


ly, widower, idow, £ 1 ; Mrs. Eaw-


A. Parker, ; Hitchon, , £ i ; Mr. r ; Medical


'STHORN


home, who t us as a n the town


een failing! everses he. ess about Liverpool,


nd was in* Cemetery


leld many He was,' e, member


jr of the he Parish


in of geve*


k R E D M A T N E S , OUR CLOTHIERS,


I, Church Street, Clitheroe. Great Choice in Photo Albums,


Birthday Books,Text Books Birthday Cards, Teachers’ Texts. ^


At the .Times


...Shipments of horses are being made from the Argentine Republic to LiverpoohChina,


jf.jg v ...A shepherd at Chambery, Savoy, employs


duce a Teachers’ Superannuation Bill during together. The horse understands the orders the coming Session.


Government will intro- .a horse instead of a dog to keep the herd given him, and carries them out as intelli-


The Cretan Assembly has protested


and-Japan. Higher prices prevail in tha li«rs died thirteen days after completing his -lh>s style of ornamentation denotes that the coming along naturalh- ri.nV ihne h. country than for 10 yeai-s past.


Buy from the Maker and save intermediate Profits.


pulation of any country in the world. "The Carjienter, and Florence Nightingale' are iii- • J silver has been the astonishing increase in growth during the last hundred vears stances of the New WomauT


...Russia has the most rapidly increasing po- .According to Mrs. Chant, Mrs. Fry, Mary • • - -


ninety-sixth year. ^-rnenter. nnrl


nually. ...There are in this country about 3,000 ob-


t e n . te t io n t o . .,non,ooi a * Nego.fa.i.j. a j , ,aki„« place teveen .I.a


1 orte and a London banking firm for a loan greatly crippled. 4 per cent.


the variety of reticles m.-Me S ■ , f -n 1 •


servers who send up to London j^riodical Mr. VUliers w-as never married. He lived have adopted th e tL lA o u ^ -h o u ^ s y S greatly' simplifies time-tables, and is general-


repor s of weather exjxinence on hills and in London and frequented Ms club^^especial- railway, telegiaph, and postal w L . It in valleys, on moors and heatlis, m towns ly Brooks’s, almost to the last. _


an M ages. ^


...The Houses of Parliament are partly don Court on Saturday as the rate of interest mistakes in “a.m.” and “ p.m.” lighted by 40,000 electric lamps which num- cliarged by a certain money lender. her IS being constantly increased. Fifty e.x-


the system in order. ..An adventurous individual has just com- q'jjg Sulian of Zanzibar, who is about to


fair unknown is this time said to be English, icaniiot see to set their snare.s at night, game rCriininal Investigation Department as to the when the mooii is full there is plen- giving away of their resjxictive private pho-


employed to keep ding to rumour, about t.o be married. The moon. When the moon is dark ., aiid poachers - . . . .


.,\rthur Balfour is once more, accor- dejjend nriiicipally iijion the state of the .


2,400 per ceiit. was mentioned in a- Lon- ly convenient, as it clearly does away ivith ...The price of game in France is alleged to


item for the superstitious-Mr. V il- •


young lady is marriageable.


"’ °s*: striking trade effect of cheaper J®® astonishing


the best-trained, dog.


against the Ambassadors’ proirosals for the ...In some parts of China-the young w-omen we.y their hair m a long single


Jo .cutting and carving (1 vvould not say ®y the Board at the last moment.”


DICK TURPIN UP-TO-DATE. -------------


' ‘‘We have lately had reported to us The ...A substitute for honey has been introduced doings of a highway thief who may certain-


ly claim to be the inventor of a new- dodge,” said a detective officer to the writer. • “ I daiesay you have often m crow-ded su­


burbs and in the gloom of night, seen young men, in very- scanty attire, dasliing madly past along the streets, these same young men prac­ tising for foot-races and so on. An inge­ nious thief has profited by such doings to c.arry out some of the most daring,w.atch and valuable sti.abcMng robberies both from ladies and men (chiefly.the former, of course)'that- we have heard of for a long w-htle. “ He generally chooses a road along which


a great number of sprinters go every evening,- and he is supposed to wear or take off, as may best serve his purpose, a false raous-


t"ined a.bnght scarlet thread, tache. In dark roads people who see Mm think that he is one .n .


t 1 1 ' , , w ,•


of the ordinary scarcely recovered from their astonishment before he is off again with some I’eluable, and it is almost impossible to identify him. Quite a number of well-connected young men have nearly got into trouble for assaulting the police when they have been stopped and interrogated; but the-tMef is still at his


sprinters, and they have


THEY-KEEP DE'PECTIVES’ PHOTO­ GRAPHS.


“ Very few people know' that there are most - - strict instructions issued to the men bf tlio


Now there are fifty-one, thirty drawings are periodically. adjusted with the ’


“ of which have been discovered within the victual tiguies. But tile rest is problematic, ' : bscausc some of the heavy items for perina-


I 5 • Vi / 7


Ihe Indian Budget is better by 28 lakhs Cheshiie, and it is said to be at least 10,000 friends and utter strangers, .’dying forjlhe A ot lupees than the estimate. ,


Prince Alexander of Teck is now with his .Ne.arly ^£1,000,000 worth of patent me- regiment in South Africa,


dencp nt flit


The Poet L.aureate has taken up his resi- dom each year. n fr.


dicines are exported from the United King- .


piophetic. out is sometimes e^eed-'j. I


petrified oak has lately been dug up'in “All soils of pfeople, embracing personal,,^ ‘ straight tip,’ both button-holejmd write to,;'


PIL' ,,,


.i .. V i


ANTICIPATING’^THE .DIVIDEND. ■ “ You’ve no idea of tlieovay^Pm. pestered"


..Ihe foot of the reindeer is most peculiar influenza. Fatal cases are luckily rare, in construction. It is cloven through the


.


middle, and each half curves upward in front. They are slightly elongated, and capable a considerable amount of expansion.


merce. . .


are 38 resolutions waiting to be or otherwise at tlm forthcoming meet- ®f W® Associated Chambers of Com­


died violent deaths. ------- ♦ ♦ ♦ -


LITERATURE TO MEASURE. England is the banker of the world. The The postmaster of a little town, in the West ..


HARDLY A PLEASANT OCCUPATION. Vie™'"! Anti-Semitic Town Council is said to of England was also a bookseller, and knew by the possessors be desirious of raising a lotui of English capi- something about books. A man who had whom w’e captured not a j-eim •'‘go, ha^l the taJ.


made a fortune as a railway contractor in the portraits of quite forty well-known officers, “ I’m certainly not in lovi


iand you could so^rcely “ Although having other things


ter,” continued the speaker, a railwayJnspec- Square.


tor, “ my principal duty is to test the sobriety A certain Captain W. C. Oldrieve, of Bosr • r 1


“ 'I'he wav I iro about it is this I rnn. *r!vp fn hnifl t. ronvemtion howpvpr hripf"


on the weather. t e S g S n S S A r g “ AYhile doing this, I try to be on the foot-


into .and out of the large termuial station to Atlantic. which I am attached.


boxes! '


° aon. sumnier-Iike cliaracter of these win- Heve?”


His boots will be a pair of cedar .


, , >' ^ - 1


of all drivers and_stokers whose engines work ton, willmext July essay to walk .across the. TT- u • . -'ll 1


most approved style, with the e.xception of book-shelves. Uiifortunaiely he


. Office. You are a bookseller, Mr. A., I be- “ Yes,” answer#cl


after measuring tlie shelves, he drove town, and called at the Post , , „


. . . . the.postmaster, want ten feet of history', ten feet of poetry-, ten of .u in g . h


A certain low-class photographer who had -.'ot hold of a collection of this kinu re- photographed e.ach picture, .and we founl that he offered to sell packages of these pho­ tographs to shady people of all kinds. before we got any inkling as to tMs he had sold scores oif sets of a dozen or two-eacli,


But suiu emes oi . uuze cwo-eac


u-itli n<! monv'men a*# liossible"^askinfr tlipm months is susi^ected to be the cause of “ Very well, I want you tOi fill up my’ library and had in this way done good.business” te ! ;


*-b® *S>. Mr.^Villiers was called feet of religion, ten feet of science, and ten Spanish robbers are very polite. An En- ;


» with tire odour of liquor about them must be Mr. AV. H. .Ashford, the Inspector of the for failing to notify the existence of scar-


\->anabIy dismibs.-uj is pas^u on tnern. R nnswl mi Ihem great'^y


and sent home, suspended until judgment (in- fet fever in h'is house.' ..i.M.r


At a sa .le of. letters m Lond .on, on Sntur- the judicious selection of books ill the hbrti- . . . . . seldom these irregularities crop up now, but Liissnu’s fetched just fid. a page.


excursion tra iV an 1


iMosto. , and are the outcome of mis- nken kindness P® the part of the travelling


..oin nf (Fe realm iiist o


“ R.ailw.ay men s habits, I must admit, have jay, two p.ages of Mrs. Langtry’s handwriting were valued at 5s.; while six p.ages of Zlie


my serviL"®® in this direction are still retained. The convict Lames Hobbs sentenced to the cases arise in connection with ^


r I, I ,V- «hni-e in the Liberator frauds ha<t been re- »dvice to the latter leased on liceiise.by reason of Ms health.


to h i fm ™ S c t io n , . 'H ’d«Bkingthe sa^ held in St. Marj-’s Church, Guildford.


ty of ni.aiiy lives, by oftv^tng him a drink The Southern Division of Wolverhampton whilst .at the post of duty.


(for which the late Mr. Villiers sat), is the “ Although I’ve been m.any years at my jj^jy constituency in Englaml that has never


present j»b, I h.ave never yet overcome^my Been contested since it was formed. natural repugnance at this aspect .0 t. _____ ^


• f


____ _ r A-\T


e v e r y m a j n


r. ni-i^FmNO fr.m NEKVOUS & rni,s'°Ai; S Hhonid^fna f«>


•iiapioasanLAmi will effMi ^ e" NOBTolS. “


. siMHMHow


.The Barmim and Bailey Show at Olympia received a valuable addition to its attractions


(the' other day, when Nellie, the African lioness, gave birth to a litter of three cubs.


belief among the pe.as.antry that .1 dream of w.alnuts will te followed by misfortune. In jj^jy especially, tlic walnut-tree has a bad


In some European countries there is a firm


name.' The country people call' it the "tfjtcbes’ tree."


. ?.T i.i.’j IS iA -sji'f y?;


I Address (a postcard will do): Dr. TIBBUE8’ Vl-COCOA, Limited, . 6 0 , S1, & 6 2 , BunhIII ROW,’


jjj . CPlfiMowerttlflnlhlsrapcr]. ^ sen-itude m 1893 for bis tne i^ioerator rrauas, n.a.Deenre-


is to let'their sooi.'’-'"’'‘ll t® tbe trusty-and-sel- The Rev. CMorles Lutwidge Dodgson tinnert enmne-i,'tj''er take file form of a (Leiyis Carroll) was buried on AVednesday at leading him on Guildford, Surrey. A memorial service was


woods, semencea to wtltiammu—umtuwHiaJii^n—UMiHi


CAN BE TESTED


ii’VH f ^ L. 4 ;


London,>E.Oi( ^


•t'. 'V*:. -‘..'L" !


r.t- -V f ‘I# "I I* ' , -.y. >> . visitors to his house complimented him upon ^ --


plate of the locomotive, and my orders are ^be Bar at Lincoln s Inn, but there is no feet of other sorts of books. I understand giisAm.-ui -w.as once accosted on a lonely road explicit and strict., Everyone whom I detect apparent record of his h.-iving practised. you know your business, .and I le.ave the choice by a ruiyyan. " Sir,’” s.aid he, “ you h.ave iny'. 5'®


®' After spine further talk the order . ,„.jy j trouble you for It ?” Tho


reported to head-quarters, and those under N.E. Sea Fisheries District, has been fined "'‘J? accepted, .and executed to the owners Englishman drew out-a pLstol .and told the its influence instantly taken off their engines


when foUmy fie ^yas mistaken. '• Sir,” said the rob-


ber, “ I perceive tliatT am. Will you do me the honour to communicate your name, that I may remember you in my prayers.”


torious swindlers, and especially swindlers of the sw-ell-mobsman order, sets of dozens of photographs of detective officers,and we know that these portraits (many of which have had full particulars as to height, jieculiarities or gait, and so on, -written at the back), have been most closely and persistently studied An American sw'indler


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