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THE CIVIC ELECTIONS,
Pair of tartan socks, Socks, you will observe, not stockings, which may perhaps (though I trust not be yet another proof that the county families and feeling a draught In any case, I hope Lord Carne gie may wear the socks for long and happy years, and discard them only when they have been pronounced incurable by an "xpert darger.
DECAY OF THE SNUFF HABIT,
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EDINBURGH, November 14th. The Earl of Rosebery, who unveiled a War memorial in the head office of the British Linen Bank, Edinburgh, erced very frail as he was led to a seat beside The closing of an old snuff milf in the the Earl of Home. He remained sensed valley of the Water of Leith, at Juniper throughout, unveiled the memorial by Green, near Edinburgh, is a striking pressing an electric button, and instead example of how an old established custom of making a speech handed a note to the may disappear in the course of a life- general manager, who read the little time. When I was young anulling was m address which his Londhip had prepared, common habit, the stuff box was passed MARTELL & CO. Lord Rosebery is rentally, as alert as
it kirk aud market," but now He attends the weekly meetings practically no one indulges in Sneeshin'," Only of the board at which he presides as the as it is called in
When the governor of the bank, and no one has a one snuff mill now
habit
of first made its better grip of the things in hand,
is doubtful, hub ini appearance in 1088 it was recorded that the Scots were fonder of the "snesh-box than the pipe.. So necessary had it become, saya them say that should their bread come in competition with it they would than lose their speesh.
E fast! with women the habit was quite common, and not only did a young lady consider pretty muff-box a suitable present for her beau, but rather than abandon its use she was prepared to give up her white ruffes and handkerchiefs, In 1771 there was exported from the Clyde to Aile les 19,523 lb. of snuff. 18,008, lb, of which went to Boston alone. Although the habit of snufing seems to be disappearing altogether, 'it will
leave behind it in the Scottish Capital at least a lasting mer orial in the shape of James Gillespie's School Gillespie and his brother had a little shop in the High Street of Edin
for inding His snuff burgh, and a mill at Coilnon the Water of Leith. Their
on the arly years were the pararse of affluent. but a sudden rise in the prices of tobacco during the American War so strongly ex taldished their financial position that when James died in 1796 he was able to leave the estate of Spylaw and £19.000 for the founding of a hospital for old men and women in the city Above his old shop in the High Street there is a plaque show- ing him with an old nightcap which he always were in later years. Though frugal in his way of living, he kept a carriage, for which Henry Erskine facetiously sug Rested the motto.
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Cu the whole, the municipal electors of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other large ner expected of them. If they have not deal a deadly olon the aspirations of the Labourists, at let they have kept them from further enerbachments An
satisfactory feature "of
the generally is that the extre both in Edinburgh and Glasgow, y recieved little public support, so little indeed
that their lilagures in most cass have been nothing short of farcical. The elections are not without their lessan for the ratepayers themselves While Labour votes its total strength on every the credit of ecension, or at least gets. doing so, the majority of the other ele tors are usually too indifferent to go to the polling booths. Hence the miserably small percentages of inte recorded. As long as the margin over Labour was sub- stantial enough to eliminate the chances snatch victory perhaps no great harm of was done. It is within the bounds of p sibility, however, that unless there is change in their viewpoint, apathetic citizens may wake up some fine morning to find they are represented by a Labour Town Council..
INTERNATIONAL REGBT CRISIS.
A serious crisis has arisen in Interna. tional Rugby circles which may lead to serious consequences. 4 circular letter, dated 9th November, has been issued by the Scottish Football Union among the elubs in membership-I have to inform you that the following resolution has been anamimously passed by my Committen: ---
In conformity with former resolutions, this Committee resolve that in view of Mr. N. Macpherson having accepted" a gift to the value of £21, contry to the principles f.mateur ugby football,
"Wha wad has thocht it, That-noses-had bocht it”
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declified to return same when reques ted by this Committe, he be suspended sine die, mul that no Scot, player should be permitted to play with or against any member of the Newport (Mo.) chib, who has accepted such gift" Neil Macpher son is a Newport and Scottish Interna- tional forward, and along with the other members of the Newport team, received the gift to commemorate the club's unique fent in getting through last season's games
to without being defeated. The HONGKONG. CIGAR STORE. LTD`. phers took the form How much further the matter will it impossible to say at present, but waless
found out of the difficulty every 4 Way thing points to the likelihood of thers be ing no international match between Scot. land and Wales this season. The law lays it down that acts of professionalism include the giving dr receiving of any money testimonial, or the giving of re ceiving of kny ather testimonial,.
Except under the authority of the Union."
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al to the late Arthur J. Gould, the famous Newport three-quarter-hack. The
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points involved thet are similar to those Flashes- in Macpherson's case, and as a result the internationals then were cancelled for two
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UNCONQUERED,
Sectamen are popular abroad, because of the general foreign assumption, that Scots are a conquered nation,and, therefore, hate the English, says Mr. Man Lalam Sott, Scottish Whip under the late Cention Government. I found I lost my pularity among them when I ex plained that we were notamcunquered" race.
THOSE CONDEMNED SCOTS.
Scots, we are sometimes told, rule the universe-a compliment which is open to the biting retort. And a pretty meas they are making of it. However, at Oxford four Scots are captains of Rugby, golf, cross-country, and both
two of whom are products of
public school training. G. P. 8. Macpherson, captain of the Rugby XV, is an old Fettes boy, who had the distinction to play for his country before he played for his University. J. A. M’Intosh, captain of the Golf Club, is a son of Professor M'Imosh, Edinburgh. He is an old Mer chistonian, and was an excellent cricketer, which
game he sems to have sacrificed for
going to Oxford N. golf since
going 31'Innes accompanied the Oxford Athletic team that visited South Africa recently
under the guidance of W. B. Milligan,
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