A sum of about £3OOO, bequeathed by the late Mr John Stoill, of Edinburgh, has become applicable for the erection of a bronze statue of Sir William Wallace in the city of Aberdeen. In the event of England taking part in the war, Sir Lintorn Simmons will, in all probability, be sent to the Constantinople lines, and Lord Napier of Magdala be entrusted with the command of the British army in Asiatic Turkey. As showing the advance of teetotalism in the services, it may be mentioned that on beard the ships of Her Majesty's navy thero are 166 temperance societies. No less than 8000 of the crews, officers and men, are pledged abstainers. There are several largo clothes-pin manufactories in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and one in the vicinity of Saratoga, each of which is capable of turning out 1000 boxes or 720,000 pins per week. Over 100,000 boxes ci' pins are auauolly gent to Engkad*
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1008, 18 September 1877, Page 3
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155Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1008, 18 September 1877, Page 3
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