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Why the Cioverniir of the Muarltlim was Withdrawn â€" A UiiuiKrerable Indi- vid ual. A London cable Bays : The suspenaiou of Sir John Hennesgy, Governor of the llAuritiuH, 1ms caused a sensation in diplomatic circles, though it is generally »4linitted that Lord Salisbury is fully justi- fied in iuflictiug this unusual and very aevere disgrace by the conduct of the Governor. BirJohn I'ope Hennessy, K.C.M.G-.has the unfortunate reputation of causing dis- turbances wherever he is Kent. A thorough Irishman, ho was born in Kerry and edu- cated in Cork, where he evidently imbibed â- ome of the fighting qualities for which lie is famed. From 185'J-(i.5 he represented King's County, Ireland, in Parliament, as m Nationalist, and made himself so intensely disagreeable to the Government that, with a view of getting him far away from the House of Commons, he was ap- pointed Governor of I..abuan, and subse- quently of the West African colonies. Con- trary to the general expectations the deadly climate of tlie latter failed to affect his health in any way. In fact he appeared positively to thrive on the fevers of the place. In due course ho was promoted to the Bahamas and the Windward Islands, where he almost caused a revolution and created such a disturbance that it was found neces- . lary to transfer him to Hong Kong. Here ho became the bosom friend of the heathen Chinee and the sworn enemy of every white man on the whole coast of the Celes- 1 tial Empire. When he at length left to assume the Governorship of Mauritins, not a single Knropean member of the colony was present to bid him farewell, his name being e.xecrated by the whites on the ground of his doctrine that a Chinaman was in every way e(jual to a Kuroiwan. Since lie has been in the Mauritius the whole of that usually traiKjuil dependency has been kept in one constant state of fer- ment by his quarrels with his Deputy- Governor, Mr. Clifford Lloyd, 'i'hc latter, who is remembered in Ireland as the most harsh of all resident magistrates and aa the bitter enemy of the Land League, is equally notorious for his ciuarrelsomo dis- position, and the person who proposed cooping up two such men as.Iohn Hennessy and Clifford Lloyd on the Island of Mauri- tius must have had the deviltry in queation â- nggested by Foine remembrance of two Kilkenny cats fastened over a clothes line. Matters at length got to such a pitch thatone-half of the population of the colony refused to speak to the other half, and Mr. Clifford Lloyd, after a frantic scene with his chief, left for London to rei>ort matters to the Government. The latter found the matters to be siifliciently grave to despatch the Queen's High C'ominissioner in Houth Africa on a special niission to the island in tirder to inquire into the stite of affairs. It is on the strength of the latter's rcixjrt that the Cabinet has taken the very un- vaual and grave step of sus(>ending Bir John Hennessy from his functions of Gov- ernor before either recalling liini or giving him an opportunity to resign. H£B DBEAM. nKGKAMKD ANI> <'<IM>K.MNKI>. failure or KITt»rtii to ObUtln tht^ lt«*prlc;ve of the Manlerer of Mffr. liH|aien*o. A Madrid cable says : With tli. refusal of the Supreme Tribunal to commute the death sentence of Father Galeote, the mur- derer of M[,'r. Is<|uierdo, all hopes of saving the priest from tlic garrotte have vanished. Strong efforts were made for a commuta- tion rather for the puriHise of saving the pncsthoml from the blot of the execution of a cleric than from any love for the disso- into Galiotc, whoso conduct was long a zeproach to theChurch. Father (ialeote is the priest who, in order to revenge him- self for an order of suspension inflicted apon him for immoral ((uiduct by the fiishop of Madrid, shot the latter with a revolver at the doors of the I'ro-l'atlicdral on Palm Sunday last. Ilefore being exe- cuted by means of the garrotte on the plain outside Madrid, Father Galeote will l)e â- olemnly and publicly degraded from the priesthood. One by one his ecclesiastical voBtments will bo removed from him, and after his head has been shaved to obliterate all traces of the tonsure, his hands and the crown of his head will be scrajwl with blades of steel in order to erase all traces of the Bttcred oil with which he was anointed on entering the priesth(H)d. During these proceedings a dirge is chante<l by the "freres de minericorde," the cowls of whose monkish garments are drawn down over their faces, leaving only two little holes for the eyes. On the conclusion of the (Cere- mony the criminal will bo seated on a chair with his back against an upriglit (xwl fixed into the scaffold. A steel collar, the ends of which are passed through the post, is fastened round his neck, and as soon as the yellow bag has been drawn down over his Uce, the e-xecutionur gives a turn to the windlass, which causes the steel collar to tighten, and at the same time forces the point of a screw against the spinal column, which it breaks. The- bodv is then left during the whole day exposed to the public Caze on the scaffold, and is only removed for burial at nightfall. IiriO-EI) AFLOAT. Destruction of a Kmnll St4'unier -l»ne of the Crew l>rf>n'ne(lâ€" The Captain unit Four Men Itatlly lliirne<l. A St. John (N.H.) despatch says: The small steamer Bir John left this port last night about 11 o'clock for Hhuloe, N.S., with a general cargo. When near Ulack Point, a short time after leaving port, fire broke out in the galley of the steamer, and rapidly sprcsd over the vessel. The only boat was soon launched, bnt it upset and drifteil away. As their only rhanco, {'apt. Purdy then took the helm and steered for the sho.e, two miles distant. After much â- ufforing from smoke and fire they ran the â- vessel on the rocks, when the captain jumped overboard and reached tl.e land. The next man to jump, John Sinclair, failed to reach the shore and was 'irovned. The remainder of the crew, four nen, ihen This story being true, in order not to wound the susceptibilities of any one now living, I suppress proper names as well as a few of the least important details. As to the improbability, that is a matter of no concern, because it is simply true. As to its impossibility, I leave that to be dis- cussed by the inciedulous, who are so wise when they know nothing about a matter. About ten years ago Lady Dash was staying at a large hotel in a fashionable watering place on the western coast of France. We will call the hotel the Lion d'Or, although that was not its unme ; the Lady Dash's daughter Blanche, as it is more convenient to have a real Christian name than to subsist on continual initials. The Dashes had just arrived with courier and maid and an immense pile of luggage, Intending to stay till Faster, when they were due at Kome. After a rather early dinner they si)ent the evening in the gardens and listened to an excellent band while chatting with some friends who had just turned up. Lady Dash at last said it was delightful, but it was time to go to bed. She led the way in her handsome black draperies, a lace veil thrown over her white hair. Dlanche followed slowly, loath to leave the moonlight ou the sea, the preg- nant shadows in the garden, the scent of flowers and cigarettes, all the brightness and the beauty outside under the stars, and shut herself within four walls with a candle instead of a glowworm. Her mother glance<l over her shoulder to see if she were following, and then disappeared iuside the wide oi)en doors which led into a brilliantly lighted hall. Although the hotel was already crowdeil, there were a few fresh arrivals standing by the bureau, lilancho ooked round with idle curiosity at the same time as a man turned away from the sort of pigeon-hole, with the number of his room in his hand, and came quickly across the tcsselated pavement. He was rather under the average heigiit, with broad shoulders, short neck and long arms. The light of the chandelier fell full on a pair of restless eyes, a pale, ordinary face, a short, dark beard, such as nine Frenchmen out of ten affect, and a scar on the left cheek. Itlancho sto<xl quite still, every scrap of color leaving her face, and then ran upstairs as fast as she could, panting and terror- stricken, to find her mother. Lady Dash was quietly taking off her veil when her daughter burst into the room. She closed the door behind her and then said excitedly : •' We must leave this place at once. I wouldn't sleep hero another night if you promised mo thousands of (munds." •• My dear child, what are you thinking of? We've just come." " Never mind, wo mast go at once. Where's Mary?" " Eating her supper, I suppose. You must be mad to talk of starting off at this time of night. Nothing would induce me," taking a seat on a small sofa and looking very determmed. " But, mother dear"- and Blanche knelt down by her and seized her hand. " Why, child, you are cold as stone ! What is it ?" rubbing her fingers gently and look- ing down with growing alarm into her agitated face. ••You know my horrid dreamlast night," her lips quivering â€" " how I thought I was being murdered. Just now, in the hall, I saw him." " You saw whom ? I don't understand." " The man who murdered me," shak- ing from head to foot. " I should know him anywhere. He has a scar on his left cheek." " Hut, my dear, this is childish non- sense. Who pays attention to dreams. I dreamed most vividly one night that I was shipwrecked. Am I never to go into a boat again ?" " But that's different. Oh, mother, do you want to see my throat cut ?" " Don't ask such horrible quciitions. You must bo reasonable. We can't leave at this time of night. It wonld create quite an efcliindn-. You shall have Mary to sleep on burst in the pause that followed. Again it was tried, but the lock resisted ; then there 1 was silence. Every sense seemed merged in listening. They waited with white faces and clammy hands, their nerves strung to the utmost point of tension; but tin murderer, if murderer he were â€" was balked, and did not come again. T * * Lady Dash was never more delighted to see the sun than on the bright morning that succeeded tiiat endless night. Bhe felt utterly worn out, but she ijuite agreed with Blanche that a move to Pau was advisable if that man were still in the hotel. Mary, having been told of the wretched night her mistress had passed, urged her to go to bed now in the broad daylight and get a good rest ; but Lady Dash stoutly refused, confessing to herself, though not to the maid, that rest would be impossible. .\fter a hurried breakfast she sent for M. Paul, the proprietor, who was dismayed to hear that the apartment, which had been engaged for a fortnight, was to be thrown on his hands at an hour's notice. He demanded the reason so pathetically that Lady Dash was at last induced to tell him the real facts of the case. Then his face cleared and he begged Madame to dismiss all uneasiness from her mind, ka to the Monsieur with the scar he had lecft the Lion d'Or before dawn, but the poliee werr already on his track. The bon Diu had mercifully preserved the English ladies by means of a dream, but others had received no such warning, and_ had suffered in different ways. M. le Baron had lost his silver cigar-case, Mme. la Comtesse her necklace of pearls, M. le Prince a porte nionnaie containing b<mk notes to the amount of £C,000, Mme. B â€" a gold watcti, Mile. C â€" a handsome bracelet, etc., etc. "But all these ladies and gentlemen, did they sleep with their doors unlocked ?" incjuired Lady Dush, feeling that they had brought their misfortunes on themselves by their own imprudence. "Not at all, madame; but the vanricn had an easpon irivance by which he could turn a key 'n a lock, and so open the door. ' " Then why didn't he open ours?" " It must have been the light that pro- tected you, madame. He saw â- ;, and guessed that you were sitting up." Lady Dash shivered at the danger they had run, but allowed herself to be per- suaded to stay. Common sensetold Blanche that the Lion D'Or was the last place to which "the man with the scar ' would return, unless brought there involuntarily in the hands of the police. Ho she allowed herself to go to sleep at night without lis- tening for his footstepe. It was a relief to her mind when the thief was caught and finally sentenced to a considerable term of traiaui /onft. This hap])ened ten years ago. The term of imprisonment is proba- bly over, consequently Blanche lives with the sword of Damocles hanging over her head ; for imtil the man with the scar is known to be dead she knows there is a |x)s- sibility that the dream may yet be fulfilled. Abiit umen. the sofa." " .Mary, spider!" "Then who goes Into hysterica at will stay with you myself,' magnanimously. " Anything to satisfy assented to this with a deep you. Blanche drawn sigh. She could not help seeing the difficulties in the way of an immediate departure, but, as far as she herself was concerned, she would rather have slept in a cow house than under the roof of the Lion d'Or. Lady Dash could not l)0 exiK'cted to consent to the cow-houae, go she reluct- antly gave way. The two ladies having ascertained that they had a sufficient atock of light and literature, and having securely locked the door, established themselves in Blanche's bed-room and prepared for a wakeful night. Lady Dash's nerves were on the alert, although she ixxdi-poohed the whole affair, and she started uncomfortably when an old gentleman sneezed on the stairs or a waiter dropiwd a pair of boots. By and by the hotel became quiet, the doors ceast>d to bang, and the last scrap of conversation was silenced. Lady Dash, after reading, or pretending to read, for gome time, began to grow drow';> Alxjut a yvrd from the bed was the diM)r, of which Bli. nche had a distinct view as she sat ut a littlu ornamental table placed at the end of the bed. Lady Dash, when her eyes were oik'u, could also see the door across the corner of the bed, but she diil not think it necessary to watch it as her daughter diil. There was a looking-glass draix-'d v.ith coarse lace, into which Blanche felt com)H!ll(Hl to look every now and then, as it stood on her right hand. As the night wore on she had an iineasy feeling thatthere WHS somobo<ly standing behind her, ond at the next glance she would see him reflected in the mirror. This terror grew on her till she was afraid to look over her shoulder, and she felt as BEJOICIMO WITH EMPRROKWirMAM TttlTy from Son to Father »tul from Father to tirandfather. A Berlin cable gays : lim|R'ror William on Saturday celebrated the 80th anniver- sary of his entrance into the Prussian army by receiving all J>is comman<Uug generals, headol by Crown Prince Frederick William. The Crown Prince addressed the Emperor as follows : ' The army cele- brates with Your Majesty the day uixni which, eighty years ago, you entered the army. On severni occasions wo have been fortunate in coming before onr chief in war, to thank him for leading us through aevere struggles to glorious victories. To- day, however. Your Majesty can look back upon sixteen years which have be<>ii richly blessed by iieace â€" yearn, above all, dedi cated to the inidisturl)ed development and strengthening of the Empire, which was only establlRhed after long waiting and struggling. This work of peace succeeded because Your Majesty's conqietent and active leadership raisr<l the ca|>ability of the army to that state of perfection of which every German soldier is justly proud. The Prussian principle, that no difference exists between the people and the army, because both arc always ready to defend their country, has by Your Majesty's care become the property of the whole German nation. In this natural capability lies our greatest security for the maintenance of peace. May I then again tell Your Majesty that our strong and united nation, in grate- ful love and faithfulness, always ready for sacrifices, trusts in its Kmpcror and leader in war ; looks with joyful confidence upon him as the preserver of the ))eaco, and cherishes the wish that Go<i'H blessing in fulness may dwell upon him." The Emiwror, replying, refcrre<l to his father, who, he said, allowed him to enter the army in the hojic that he would ex- ixirienco bettor times than Prussia had endured. Providence had jjermitted him to see such happy times in the fullest measure. These better days were es|H?cially duo to the succesnea of the army. Here the Emperor, much move<l, embraced the Oown Prince and ofterward General Von Moltke, to whom he spoke in an earnest manner, thanking him for his unparal- lolle<l services. Finally, turning to the other officers present, he said ho hoped to meet them again on the 1st of January, IMHH. The city was gaily decke<l with flags last night and the whole city was brilliantly illuminated. The Emperor attended a special service in the Cathedral, driving there ' a carriage. Crowds lined the streets through which he passed and un- ceasingly manifested their enthusiasm. .\ military ban()uet was helil, at which eighteen commanding generals and :<li) colonels and staff oflicers were present. TUB LANU or FKUKTHITEN. Truveltiiii; 111 till* 8now tVltli th*- Tempera- ture at 50 Oe^reeH Helow Zero, The vaiKir of the breath will at once ix)udense on the beard in the shaiie of ice that will keep accumulating indefinitely if not removed, says Lieut. Kchwatka. writing in the Youth'ii Vompaiticii of his Arctic ex- periences. Of course we tried to keep our beards as shoi t as possible, but living as Esquimaux, shaving was completely out of the (juestioii unless we lathered ourselves with a snowball and shaved with an icicle. So all our efforts were confined to what 'we could do with a pair of scissors, and even then the ice would manage to get at this slim hold and build itself up into a ball of varying |)roportions. Our methrxi of re- moving it was ijeculiar. «When we stop |)ed to rest we would bury our mouths in the palms of our open hands and breathe with deep inspirations for a miiiute or two. This would always make the ' y mass drop off, especially if the beard was kept short. If the reindeer hood conies too close up around the chin it also will accumulate ice in the same way, and in keeping it far enough away to avoid this the full chin is generally exjicsed. The chin, the uose, the eyes and parts of the cheeks are the only portions of the face exposed, for the hood comes do>7a closely to the eyebrows. These exposed parts of the face are subject to frequent nips of frost, which during a very disagree- able day of wind and low tem^ierature ma) exceed lialf a dozen an hour. The cure is to take the warm hand out of the reindeer mitten and apply it directly to the place Until the little white spot which attracted the attention of some companion walking by your side disapiiears, for so complete a local amrssthctic is frost that you would never have known it yourself. This is especially true of the protuberant parts of the chin and cheeks, but some times upon the nose, just at the instant of freezing, is felt a hornet-like sting that makes a [lerson feel like jumping twenty feet into the air. I have often been asked if such bitter cold air would not freeze the tongue in the mouth while breathing, and I have notice<l this sensation apparently once or twice when the thermometer stood at about 70 degreeg minus, but could at once get rid of the feeling by breathing through the nostrils and closing the mouth (or a short time. The question naturally arises : Why not breathe through the nostrils all the while ; but doing so continuously always results in such a persistent catarrh that it does not take one long to return to the usual method of breathing through the i< outh, as by far less disagreeable. Every one has heard about the drowsiness that accompanies extreme cold, and supjxjsed by many to be caused by breathing intensely cold air. None of my party exi>erienced it in the least in all our winter's trip if almost constant travel in not only th< greatest cold, but the longest continuea cold emlnred by white men. showing that, living as the Eaquimaux do, no such dia- comfort or danger nee<l be (eared. 1 have said that this intensely cold weather was usually accompanied by calms which made it quite bearable. I remember one ([uite noteworthy exception. One morning the thermometer at H o'clock showinl us that It was fiH degrees below zero, but as it was calm and (juict we loaded our sledges for a abort daVa jonrney to »he igloo of an Esijuinian, where we could buy reindeer meat for our ilogs. We were just ready to start when a wind sprang up that felt like facing razor blades. Had it come ten min- utes sooner we should not have thought of going, but lieinu loaded we started. The dogs trotted, and we ran along the whole way, except for one short rest, until we reachetl the welcome snowhouse. Both the white men and the Esijuimaux were frozen in unex|)cctcd places. At the en<l of the journey the ther- mometer showed .").'; degrees minus- that is, it wo« warmer by 13 degrees. I told this to the K9<|nimaux with inc, but I think from the incredulous glances they took ai each other that they voted the tlurmometei to be the most accomplished .Vnanias they ever met, and wondered how we could allow ourselves to be duped by it. ». Freaks of Convicts and I'nruly Tramp*. .\ R<)uad of six convicts working on the Augnsta A Chattanooga Hailway. near .\ugusta, Ga., overpowered and disarmed their guard yesterday, imprisone<l two trustys in a hole just dug. and with picks and shovels triumphantly inarched into the adjoining woods and escape<l. A telegram from Philadelphia says : The tramps in the Lancaster County (Pa.) workhouse, who recently struck for roast beef and were put in irons as a result, are a villainous set. On Saturday night at midnight the Irish tranqis, aideil by a few English and .\mericttn brothers, bi-gaii a terrible attack on their German associates, some of whom were severely punished. Nightwatchman Shaub ran in among them Adams-Jefferson 3 Jetferaonllurr-Cliu ton. i. MadiBou-Clinton < itrry 7<. Monroe-Touipkius J. (^. AdaiUH-Calbiiun CL'UIOL'S FIGVBXIS. ... Kepubllcau uud Koyal Kulcr« In Octavea, The following numerical collection of those who have been Presidents and Vic»- piesidents of the United States is quoted from " Bayne's Chronology; ' 1. Wafhington-Adamii. 1. Von Uuren-Ii M. Jobs* son. 3. Harrison-Tyler. â- J. Polk Dalla». 4. Picrce-KiDH. 5. pierce -Kiuc. 6. Iluchaiianltreckin- ridfie- 7. JHckBon-Calliouu-Vao7. LiDcoln-Hamlin-Joiui- Ilurcn. Win. 1. (iraui <,'«Ifax-WiUon. ii. Havt?!,-Wli*wler, :). (JarneUI-Anhur, 4. LlevcIaitd'Huiidrickn. This arrangement makes each Mrie.; cS seven a chapter by itself, v.ith the critical IKiints on the o<ld numbers. If this is in accordance with musical roles, it would fol- low that every seven should indicate a eimi- lar harmony. For example: John Adama t<j Van Burcn ; John Q. Adams to Pierce ; and, as an octave. C^leveland wonld follow !• illmore â€" in which event it is rather singu- lar that both should hail from the city of Buffalo, N.Y. Of course it may be a men- coincidence without another illusiratio.-i. Yet, admit- ting the musical rule, there may be good reason to believe that one administration docs reflect anotiier, both as to men and measures. The transitioti from .Mr. Lin- coln to Gen. Hayes, and froni tht latter to Mr. (.'leveland, was evidently u natural con- tinuation. On the other hand. Buchanaa led the way to Grant, and the latter to (iarfield. Harrison Tyler i<resupnoged Taylor-Filmore, and with i. iikv fatality, extending even to Cleveland-Hendricks. The tendency to return to tiie original starting (loint has boin ilemonbtrated over ami over again in tin- lii>.tor> if every nation, in process of which the original class of men reappear and often from th* old localities. Thus, it wrmld be iio snr- |)rise to find the octave to Franklin Pierc« in New Hampshireâ€" a man, perhaps his opposite â€" a man, instead of catering to old prejudices, may seek to educate the South- ern mind out of them. But should ths Vice-President be taken from Alabama, as Mr. King was. it might be well to consider thu probabilities in his case, for whils nothing is more certain than lifath and taxation, yet a man intended for high poai- tion should be strong enough to bear the strain of it. The same peculiarity is seen in tht- order of the British monarchy. The Stuart dynasty cameto grief on the si-\cnth James (James 11. of England). But lest that should l>e regarded as an old bUi>erstition» let us go backward from Queen Victoris* thus : \NiUUm III and >!ar> .lauies 11. CliarleH II. Croniwi'll. I. Victoria. Mar.. William IV. (ieorrfe I\'. tiuorge 111. Kdward VI. H.'ory VIU. H.iiry VII. iTl*. diirl Kiohiird III. Kdvaril V. Kdwaril IV. ?i. Oi'DrRe II. CtiailfK !. II. (iforKO 1. .lames I. 7 vjuecD Anne. Elitabotb. This is not regular historical division, for it is plain that Cromwell was the octave of Henry VIII. Nevertheless, thare are other octaves not less definite. ?'or exam- ple, from Bloody Mary to William and Mary, and from the latter to Victoria, who has thus the misfortune to inherit the bit- Wrnw* of tbo oonquMtt of Ireland tiiidar William of Orange, as well as the pledge of i\ Protestant succession conseijucnt upon the revolution of lf)8«. It would follow that another revolution is at hand, or has actually (K-currcnl, and this would b<: a remarkable commentary tifion the luw of musical harmony were it not an actual and active force in nature, subduing all thin(;s unto itself. â€" Uotton Tratucripl. About ItutM. My wife tells me that the hired girl tells her that she saw a rat stick his tail in a bottle of California cherries preserved in heavy syrup. After the tail came out acv- eral rnts licked it. The Kalamazoo story goes that the rats got the eggs up a long pair of stairs in the following; way ; Aamail rat hucge<l the egg with all fours. The ex- pedition then took hold of his tail and he was pulled up the ataircaao. The Chicago fall and winter fashion is to suck the egg downstairs and wear the shell up to be<l for a nightcap. Will any one tell mo why a rat that could get into my house through an inch auger-hole will bite off from the side of my house a hole the size of a wash- boiler? i tried tar the other day. I heard, some ton years ago. that tar was good for the scalp. Next 1 heard it was good for rats. It is. It appears to make them hap- pier. They will not enter a woo<len trap. As the store clerk would say, the wooden trap was not (wpular with thim. But the wire â- ' fixing ' that goes through their gills as they come through the hole seems to lx« an invention of considerable danger to rats. The real way to catch them, though, is in the cage. I have seen seven in one cage, all and discharged a number of shots from his caught between midnight and morning. pistol before the attacking party retreateil to the old building in the workhouse yard, which they call their fort. Officer Shaub was considerably cut and bruised about the face ond hea<l. The tramps are <iniet to-day. but there is no certainty as to how long they will remain so. Mr. T. H. Cox, a member of the firm of I Cox Brothers, manufttcturer«, Lochce, has 1 intimated his intention of giving £12,000 I for endowing a chair of anatomy in the Her mother was fast asleep ; jjniversitv College, l)ur:<iee. This donation if she were no protection to ^^ another of the fruits of the approaching her. She longed to wake her, but a"ew ,, :,j|,j|pp ^^^ .. it would be cniel. Suddenly there was ,, , , ,„ i ,. , t • , j a sound; every hair on "her head' .Hnreasonablo Old Man (to bruised and „too<l erect and cold water ran down "i«'me<l son)-" Iliere you are, wi h one «,izcd in San Francisco on their arriv ?;ot ashore by a rope secured by thi captain ; ^^^^ „,,;„„. ji^^ i^j^rt beat so loud that she •'>" «""8''<1 ""'• ''"*" '"'"â- '' *''""'• "^ '•"<>f>cate<l from Cl-.Mia, and in the chests were found rom the vessel. Alljif the s"rvi.";s are | ^.^,,1^ gp^^j,pjy y^^^^. auyU,;,,^ pi^p. j.^dy shoulderblade, broken orm and fractured ,!(,ooa five-tad boxes of opium and J.^fi ""' '' 'â-  ' â- ' ' ' -- i^- _.-_. ^ ids of partially prepared opium. This Manitoba Weather and Wheat. X wheat buyer just in from a trip throughout the Province says that tho country is as badly off as Winni])og and its vicinity for snow. Sometimes by leaving the beaten track a little sleighing can be obtained ; but generally sjieaking the coun- try roads afford neither decent sleighing nor waggoning. This greatly affected tho grain market, .\sked whether the output this year would eignal lost, he said it was a question on which the buyers themselves could not agree. Two of the loading buyei"" of the city have a wager up, the one that the amount eximrted this year will surpass that of last yer, which amounted to about a, .500,000 bushels, the other that it will not r<pial it. It is estimated that so far about two-thirds of the grain has been marketed. â€" H'iimi;«';; Free Vrfnt. Not long ago a lot of cheats of tea were al more or loss burnt. They ha.l to remain , j,^^,, ,,^,, a„.,jke.nod The I lytMing else, l.ady and was staring hard on tho beach in the cold till daylight. ..... . ^^ j,,^ ,,^„^ ^ j,_ jj^^j.^ ^^.^^ ^ sound-^an captain reached hero this afternooH. I he „„n,i„takable cautious footstep. They did steamer was built last summer was valued „„t look at each other, but kept their eyes at »10,000 and was insured for 9r.,0( 0. Mie fi^ed in the same direction. Breathlessly was owned by (,apt. Purdy and his brother, jbey watched and saw the handle of tho one-tenth of the awrage crop of BackviUe, N.B. 'â- â- â- ^y.n ' door turn. Their hearts seemed ready to be none for ahipment north leg, with whiskey enough in you to start a liquor store, and all for â- â€¢ college game of football. It's (.iitrin.'f.ius, disgraceful." Bruised and Maiinc ' Hon (reproachfuUy)- Thn orange crop of Louisiana is loss than There will pov. I Nine years ago 1 jwisoiaxl all the rats in my ' block. They died under my back parlor floor. This regrettable episo<le hag caused nie to join the Cruelty to .-Vnimals Society, and I take a far more merciful view of the rat question. The life of a rat is a sacred thing to me, so far as (loison is concerned â€" Chicago Krening Journal. The Sloriii |n l^nKland. A London cable says : The British tele- graph servioe, which siitTered bo severely from the storm of Saturday, the 'ifith ult., has not yet been completely restorecl to working order The destruction of wires was tho most seriom that has occurrp<l sincA" the Government ac<|nired tho service sixteen years ago. The strongest poles were in many cases dragged out of tlio grjiii.d and hurled over hedges into adja- cent fields. Tiie Great Westeni Railway Company is amoi g the heaviest sufferers ; the interruption to the wires along its lino is general. Over MX) Koyal Engineers are assisting the jHist office authorities and tho railway companies in the restoration of tho systoni. The lines are now ojien to Beachyhead and Lowestoft, by which communication luis been resumed with France, Germany, Hol- land and Btilgium, and tho Submarine Company's wires have been improved. Tho total dainagd is unknovrn ; but it must was sold tttauction a we«-k ago and fetched [ amount to many thousand jwunds. over $2.'".,000. A. frosli detachment of the Salvation Army, consisting of two men and two women, arrived at Quebec Saturday and ooramenced services ou Sunday. Father, you seem to forget that you w. ro a young gentleman yourself once." Mo>iTiu;.u-'« population is now wid to be over 100,000. %.