JULY 9 
463 
THE RURAL 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Hon. J. C. Pope, Canadian Minister of Marine 
and Fisheries, Is reported to be so seriously 111 that 
his recovery Is not expected. 
Ex Gov. Bishop, or Ohio, brought suit against the 
Gazette, of Cincinnati, for libel, In accusing him of 
sharp practice In the manipulation of several state 
Commissions in the Interest of his party. The jury 
reduces the amount claimed by the ex-Goveruor 
from |eo,noo to $ 500 . 
Mr. Henry G. Vennor, the weather prophet, has 
a handsome mustache; he parts bis hair In the 
middle, and lie Is forty-one years old. His early life 
In Canada was spent in poverty. In the Unlversl- 
ty of Montreal he la a professor, and he Is the au¬ 
thor ol a book called “ Our Birds of Prey.” 
Prince Alessandro Torlonla of Rome believes in 
practical charity. He keeps two doctors espec¬ 
ially to attend to poor families who have a horror 
of hospitals; he entirely provides for 300 children, 
and educates 350 more; and he has established an 
asylum for old people and a hospital for the blind. 
Every day he gives 120 dishes of soup, with br-ad 
and meat. It Is said that no one has ever applied 
to him tn vain. 
- 
[Nashville Dally News.] 
Terrible. 
Such Is the term Mr. C. W. Purcell, of the 
National Stock Yards, Chicago, 111., applies to his 
sufferings. He says : “ 1, for one, wish to speak a 
word or praise for St. Jacobs Oil. I suffered with 
a pain In my shoulder and arm for some six 
months and at times 16 was terrible. One bottle 
of St. Jacobs Oil, however, cured me thoroughly." 
—Ado. 
•YORKER. 
THE CYCLOPEDIA WAR 
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200 Oar Loads Hard Wood Leached Ashes 
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