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MODERN MIRACLES. Dr. Charcot's Experiments on Nervous Patients. EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS. Oomplete Cures Obtained by Means of Hypnotism. A Paris despntcli says : A scries of the most extraordinary experiments iu hypno- tism, made, under the direction of Dr. Charcot, by his assistant, Dr. Uabinski,of theSalpctriereHospital, surpass all hitherto conceived j>ossibilities in medical science and causOB u profound sensation in Parisian society. These e.\periment8 prove as i>er- fectly practicable the transmission by magnetism from one jMirson to another of certain nervous phenomena, such as dumb- aess, paralysis of the legs and arms, violent pains uud coxalgia.audthe final elimination of the evil from the original sufferer. These cures seem at first sight to be nothing short of miracles, and certainly they etjual in dramatic intensity many cases narrated in the New Testament. As many fantastic and more or less exaggerated accounts of these experiments have ap- peared in the Parisian papers, I resolved to go at ouco to the fountainhead authority, and called upon the famous Dr. Charcot himself at his magnificent mansion, on the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Passing through the hall, worthy the artistic taste uf a Medici, I entered the large waiting-room. It was decorated with historic relics from the most ancient cathedrals of Europe. In this room on the floor was spread an Oriental carpet. There were forty or fifty patients waiting their turn to be summoned into the great man's sanctum. Many of the patients were violently afflicted with nervous diseases, and some of tlicm jerked their heads about and contracted their muscles in the most startling maimer. Dr. Charcot said â€" " All sorts of exag- gerated accounts haje appeared about the experiments in transmission by hypnotism. In fact, unless the public arc provided with precise information in matters of scientific discovery, they naturally mistake the North Pole for the South I'ole, and error and confusion become widely disseminated." •' Will you give mc," I asked, " a .„- statement making clear to the public mind •â- .Jhc exact state of medical science concern- . 'ing hypnotic discoveries?" ' I" Certainly," replied Dr. Charcot. *' These experiments are conducted under my general direction by Dr. Ilabinski. This is how Dr. Uabinski carries them on : The subjects are seated back to back and a magnet is held to the side of one of them. It is not necessary that there should be actual contact between the subjects, but if there is tlie transmission is more rapid thvi-when they arc at a certain distance froi&i one another. TIIIAL OF aiRL PATIENTS. •• The experiments of Dr. Babinski must be divided into several categories. To the first category belong experiments made on two young girls who suffered frem hysteri- cal epilepsy and cxliibitcd alf the phen- omena of extreme hypnotism as they have been described by me. The patients were first hypnotized. Then Dr. Babinski pro- duced, first in one and then in the other, different apparent hysterical symptoms of paralysis of the arm and of the leg, cox- algia, dumbness, etc. The patient thus at- tacke<l by uii artificial hysterical affection is brought into rajjport with his companion, near whom tlie magnet has been placed. In a few moments a transfer takes placeâ€" the symptoms disappear in No. 1 patient and reappear at the same instant in No. 2. They pass tlius from one to the other Moreover, it Is easy, by sugge9tion, to rid No. 2 patient of the affection. '^"' IHIW M.U.AlllKS MAY UK Cl'BKIi. " In a second category of experiments M Babinski took male or fenale patients pro senting different phases of hysteria, not artificially induced in this case, but mani- fested spontaneously â€" that is to say, inde- I)endently of all suggestionsâ€" such, in fact, as led to tlic admission of the patients in ((uestion into the hospital. He then placed tliem in rapport with one or the other of the subjects of experiment referred to above. Tliese he hypnotized preliminarily, and at their side put the magnet. The hypnotized subject thereupon at once dis- played the same manifestations of hysteria as those of the patient ot whose side he had been placed. Bnt the latter retains his malady at the end of the experiment. " M. Babinski then, by suggestion, re- lieves the liypnotizied subject of the affec- tion that has been transmited to him, and resumes the experiment. By repeating the maiKBUvrcs a number of times m<u-c or loss considerable ho has succeeded in several cases in bringing about an attenuation and even a complete cure of the malady." nXIIEB CASES OK KlCCESHFll, TIIKATMKNT. " Here, for instance, are a few of the ob- servations made by >I. Babinski : In two oises he obtained a complete cure of hjfteric dumbness; one of them was of eight days' and the other of two months' standing. He succeeded in causing the disappearance in a, few days of hysteric paralysis in the right side of the body of a year's standing. In a quarter of an hour, and after four successive experiments ho cured a case of hemiplegy that had arisen ten hours previously. The attempt must be the oftener repeated the older the affection happens to be. " In a tliird category of experiments M. Babinski obtained the transmission to a , hypnotized subject of certain phenomena associated with organic affections of the nervous system, such as softening of the brain and cerebral licmianthropia in children. These last experiments yet need completing. M. < uakcot's CONCI.L'SIONS. " The different experiments here dis- cussed will be seen to have interest for psychology on the one hand and ff)r therapeutics on the other. But M. Babinski thinks that they are not yet numerous enough to make possible the construction of any theory on the subject, and it is his intention to continue his researches. In the present state of scionco it is impotrsiblo to explain in any way the mechanism of the transmission in question from one sub- ject to another. But what of tliat? Facts Uit always be accepted wnen they are rigorously observed, even if their inner meaning be unintelligible. Now, as the facts stated above have beeu ascertained with all the methcKl and vigor that ought to be employed in scientific researches : as every cause of error â€" notably, the iiossi- bility of pretence â€" has been carefully avoided, M. Babinski hasdeemed it his duty from this moment to make such facts known to the medical public." These experiments have awakened re- newed interest in neurypnology, or the science of nerve sleep, and on the tables of the most fashionable «i?o(u in Paris are to be found James Braid's treatise on the subject, with the preface written by Brown- Se<iuard. In fact, hypnotism is the great sensation of the day. WRKCK AND K.\PI.0S10N. Strange CatuHtrophe f>ii Hoard a Wrecked Sc'houiier. A San Francisco despatch says : The schooner Parallel, which sailed from this port for Astoria, Oregon, on Friday, was compelled to return owing to strong head winds. She reached the entrance to the Golden Gate yesterday evening, the wind had died out, and being caught by a strong tide the vessel was swept ashore at the southern end of Point Lobos, inside the famous Seal rocks and opposite the Cliff House. The life station is near by, and the crew were promptly notified and has- tened to the scene of the wreck. The cap- tain and all hands on board the schooner had taken to boats, but as it was impossible for them to make a landing on the heavy surf runnuig they stood away for the entrance to the harbor. After being aban- doned the vessel drifted in a northerly direc- tion and into a small cove whore she pounded against the rucks, and at mid- night was rapidly breaking up. It was known that the vessel had a large quantity of giant powder on board, bnt no danger was apprehended. The men from the life- saving station, seeingthat nothing could be done, and knowing that the schooner had been abandoned by 'iie officers and crew, withdrew from the scene. They had hardly reached the station building when a fearful explosion occurred, scatter- ing destruction on all sides. The schooner beating against the rocks had caused the powder to ignite, and the entire quantity on board, nearly 100.000 pounds, had exploded. To those living in the neighborhood the effect was frightful. The signal station was completely demolished. The life-saving station was wrecked and the west side of the Cliff House, notwith- standing its elevation, was blown out and every window pane in the building broken. The large concert room on the beach and other buildings lower down all had their windows broken and were otherwise more or less damaged. The long carriage shed adjoining the Cliff Kouse was tumbled into a mass of ruins. Adolphe Sulros' conserva- tory on the heights above was shattered to atoms and all the windows in his house were broken. Three members of the life- saving crew, who had built a tire on the beach and had decided to remain near the wreck, werehurled into the air by the con- cussion, and w^ere severely injured by being dashed to the earth. The remaining members of the crew who had returned to the station rushed to the rescue of their injured companions. They 'jarried them to the station, where medical aid was pro- cured and all else was done to relieve their sufferings. f J CLUVERIUS HANGED. TIIK IMI'KRIAL INSTITITK. To lir I'nuiKlod us a Memorial of Her MaJeHty'H ,Jiibllee. .\ London cable says : A meeting was held in St. James' Palace yesterday of gentlemen interested in the promotion of the establishment of the Imperial Institute. The Prince of Wales presided. Explaining the object of the meeting, he said the general feeling of the people of the Empire favored the giving of some si;,nal proof of love and loyalty to the Queen on the occa- sion ot the jubilee of her reign. The Imperial Institute was the fittest memorial that could be erected. This would form a practical moans of communicating with the colonies. Ho commended the idea of such an institute, which, he said, would be regarded as a centre froi.i whicli the knowledge of England's commerce and industry would be extended. lie relied upon assistance being found to support the institute, and predicte that it would be a lasting benefit to this and future genera- tions. A resolution was passed that the Im- perial Institute would be a fitting memorial of the Queen's Jubilee, and directing that the people of the Queen's dominions shall be appealed to for funds to support and maintain such an institute. flohn ItrlKhtnnd Federation. .\ London cable says : Mr. John Bright, in a letter declining an invitation to atteinl a meeting of the advocates of Imperial Federation, on tlie ground that he had no sympathy with the objects and purpose thereof, asks the projectors of the move- ment how the proposed federation would deal with the fisheries dispute between (Canada and the United States. If Canada was independent, ho asserts, she would yield to the arguments of her powerful neighbor, and if there were no Dominion of Canada the dispute would soon have been settled by English concession of Americ->'s reasonable claims. The federation project, he says, is mainly the offspring of the Jingo spirit, which clamors for vast and continu- ally widening empire, and seems almost reody to boast that the Empire can fight the world outside of its own limits. Mr. Bright says ho would recommend sensible men to let the question rest. Among the Stories tcid at the New Eng- land dinner in New York last week was the annexed : " There was an old preacher once who told some boys of the bible lesson he was to read in the morning. The boys, finding the place, glued together the con- necting pages. The next morning he read on the bottom of one page : ' When Noah was 120 years old ho took unto himself a wife, who was 'â€"then turning tl o page â€" ' 140 cubits long, 40 cnbits wide, built of gopher wood and covered with pitoli inside and out.' lie was naturally puzzled at this. Ho read it again, verified it, and then said : 'My friends, this is the first time I ever road this in the bible, but I accept it as evidence of the assertion that we arc fearfully and wonderfully made ' " â€" A quarter of a century hence real mil- lionaires will be few and far between. The Young Sichmond Lawyer Pays the Penalty, HE MURDERED HIS SWEETHEART COUSIN. At Richmond, Va., Thos. Cluverius, the youthful lawyer, whose execution for the murder ot his cousin had twice been post- poned, was hanged. He died protesting his innocence. The Cluverius-Madison case excited the greatest interest not only in Virginia, but throughout the country. The accused v as a collateral descendant of President Tyler, a lawyer of good repute in King and Queen's county, and superintendent of a Sunday school. His victim. Miss Madi- son, was also a collateral descendant of President Madison. On the 14th day of March, 1885, her body was found in the city reservoir. Investigation showed that she arrived in the city early on the morn- ing of the previous day and registered at the American Hotel as Miss F. L. Merton. Cluverius arrived in Richmond on the same day and registered at the Davis House in his own name. He called on " Miss Merton " at the American, but found her out. On her return she sent him a note by a small negro boy. The latter could not find Cluverius Bnd returned the note to the clerk at the American Hotel, who kept it. The envelope was not addressed, but another was found later in the room occu- pied by " Miss Merton " addressed to Cluverius.'^'It was this that led to his arrest. The note read : "I will be there as soon as iiossible, so please do not wait forme." After the discovery of the body and the arrest of Cluverius, who was posi- tively identified as the man who had called upon Miss Merton twice on the 13th, it was developed that she was Cluverius' first cousin. They had lived in adjoining counties and vv'crc about the same age. She had mentioned him to some of her female friends as her sweetheart, and said that she expected to marry him. An exam- ination of the body also developed the fact that she was in a delicate condition. There were evidences of a struggle near the reser- voir embankment, and mrde and female footprints were clearly traceable. The dead woman's hat was found near a small- pox hospital a few hundred yards off. Her shawl was found hanging on a fence in an entirely different locality, and a bag containing her clothing was fished out of the river a mile from tlic place of her death. But the most important and significant find was a watch key which was positively identified by a watchmaker as the one he had made for Cluverius, while it was recog- nised as having belonged to him by numerous of his aciuaintances. The trial was lengtliy and hotly contested. It was proven that Cluverius and Mies Madi- son were in the neighborhood of the reser- voir on the night of the murder. The suicide theory was advanced, but this was disproved by tlie evidences of a struggle, and the claim of the accused that he had not seen the deceased for several months was clearly shown to be false. A motive for the crime was shown in the factthathewasengaged toanheiaess. The cvidq^li^waB purely ciroumstantial. The accused's previous good charactci was in his favor, but it took the jury but a few moments to return a verdict of guilty. Ho had numerous believers in his innocence who manifested their sympathy in many ways. THE DEAD STATESMAN. Particulars of Lord Iddesleigh's den Death. Sud- KEPT HEB POST AT TIIK HELM, A 'Ilrttve Sailor Lass Mi-ctM llentli with Spartan Herolsiu- Tliu IIiiiiiHntic Story of a Daughter of the S«a and Her Trasio Fate. A Victoria, B.C., despati h says: The sealing schooner Maggie Darling went ashore on Pebaloff Island hist Monday night. A fierce storm was i .iging at the TRIBUTES TO HIS WORTH. A last (Wednesday) night's London cable says: Mr. Manners, Lord Salisbury's timerand wIiViI the wi-ecjiuas boarded' next private secretary, says: " The moment Lord Iddesleigh came in the side ante- room he sank down upon a chair. I was iu the next room. Hearing groans I went into the ante-room and lifted him to the sofa. Doctors were in immediate attend- ance and remedies were applied, but he never spoke. He died twenty minutes after he was taken ill." His son, Hon. ! teen years Henry Stafford Northcote, was sent for, ' schooner's but did not reach his father until ten | SINOULAItl.Y STRANOLEI). A Deformed Girl Mfi-tt Her Death While Kx«>rriNlnf;, A New York despatch says : Rebecca, the l(l-ycar-old daughter of Rev. J. U. Paxton, of the 42nd street Presbyterian Church, was strangled to death in a most singular manner on Sunday night. She suffered from curvature of the spine, and used every night an apparatus of ropes and pulleys, attached to the wall of her room, for the purpose of straightening her back. A maid servant usually assisted her in the treatment. On Sunday night tlie servant being absent, the girl attempted to operate the contrivance alone. Through some false movement, a brace intended to support the chin Blipp<d and caught the young girl by the throat. She was unable to relieve the pressure, or to make any outcry, and must have died very (juickly. Her body was found by her father an hour after he had bidden her goodnight, and who,sceingaliglit in her room later than usual, entered after calling without response, and found his daughter dead. SWUPT DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE. Tw VirtfniH of llie Awful Avaluiielie In Molilalia Territory. .\ Fort Keogh, Mont., despatch says : On JttM.2nd,Toiiy Wiseand a Swedenamcd Mar- tin were at work on the side of Sheep Moun- tain, near Cooke City, developing some mining property. A huge slide swept down the mountain and buried the two unfortu- nate men into eternity without a moment's notice. 'Tliey wore carried thousands of feet below and their bodies will not be found until the snow melts next summer. minutes after all was over. He left later for the Pynes, in Exeter, the family seat, to tell his mother of her husband's deatli. The body has been removed to the family residence in St. James' Place. There will be no inquest, the doctors certifying that death resulted from failure of the heart's action. The Queen was deeply affected by the news of the Earl's death, and immediately sent a telegram expressing her sympathy with the widow and family. Mr. Glad- stone, who always highly esteemed Lord Iddesleigh, was much affected, and, with Mrs. Gladstone, sent the following tele- gram : " We are sorely grieved by the news of the death of one so eminent, respected and beloved. We must reserve a more particular expression of our feelings until later." In an interview this evening Dr. Lang- ston said : " I was summoned to Downing street at about 3.15 p. m. On arrival I found Lord Salisbury and several gentle- men in a room with tiie Earl of Iddesleigh. The Earl was lying on a sofa. He was in a semi-conscious condition, and excessively l>ale. His eyes wore closed, his pulse was scarcely ^perceptible ai d his heart was still. The pallor was t.iat of death. I applied restoratives directly, but they were without effect. I cannot say precisely wh( n he died. If he was not dead when I arrived he passed away soon after without a struggle. The Earl was older physically than he was in years. In his condition the cold journey from Exeter yesterday was very injurious. Without a post mortem examination I cannot say positively, but think the deceased suffered from fatty degeneration of the heart. He might bear much fatigue and excitement without ill results. 'There was nothing unusual in his sudden collapse. It by no means follows that the Earl was laboring under excite- ment." Dr. Mortimer Granville, Lord Iddes- leigh's physician, has issued a bulletin, which says : " Lord Iddesleigh for many years past suffered with cardiac affections, which, while not placing his life in imme- diate [leril, rendered the prospect of its sudden termination only too ^xissible. He died of syncope. The melancholy event, although startling to those around him, has not been unforeseen by his immediate friends, and it has been anticipated by his medical attendants." Sir James Fergussoii, the UnderSecrc- tary for Foreign AfTalTii, in an ilSWrviow said : " Lord Iddesleigh, a moment before leaving the Foreign Office, spoke to me very calmly about quitting office. He expressed the hope that our separation would not be permanent. Stanley, the explorer, was waiting to see him about the Emin Bey expedition. Lord Iddesleigh asked me to see Stanley and make another appointment for late in the evening. Lord Iddesleigh was looking well, in fact better than usual. He conversed with me very pleasantly, and when we parted he was in good spirits." It is intended that Lord Iddesleigh's remains shall be honored by a public funeral. It is probable that on account of his death Parliament will be still further prorogued. Next to Lord Salisbury, Lord Iddesleigh was the most prominent mau in the Conservative party. He was greatly trusted and highly respected by all parties. As leader of the House of Commons ho was al.vays courteous and never gave pain to an enemy. His death is not only a great loss to the Conservative party but also to the country. morning her captain, who wiis a daring young woman, was found ili lul at the wheel, to which she had clung till the last. The name of this heroine was Cali]i Macdonald, and the story of her life was a curious one. Capt. McDonald, Calin's father, spent all bis life in the seal industry. He was the owner of the Maggie Darling, and seven- ago Caliii was born in the snug little cabin. Four years later, it is said, Mrs. Mc- Donald el. isd with a Government agent and nothing more was heard of her. Calii), therefore, spent the rest of her life on board the si hooner with her father, her kuowledgo of the world outside its wooden walls consisting only of what she gathered on brief visits to the shores along which her father coasted. She was truly a daughter of the seaâ€" bright, pretty and brave as a man. /. thorough seaman she was, with a full knowledge of naviga- tion, and she stood her watch with the rest of the crew, consisting of two men. About six months ago Capt. McDonald died and Calin took command of the schooner. She pursued the seal industry with an enthu- siasm that surprised even the old hunters, and the sailors obeyed her even with alacrity. A gale was raging last Monday night, and heavy seas made rough weather for the Bchoor.or. With difliculty she wa put about and headed for Pebaloff Islands. The seas ran higher and higher, and as night came on, H. Jackson, one of the sailors, was washed overboard. Calin stood firmly at the wheel, while Hine, the only remaining sailor, tried vainly to keep control of the sails. About midnight, in Bpi« of the endeavors of the hapless pair, the schooner was blown on a reef and firmly wedged. At the moment, the main- mast went by the board and Hine was carried into the sea by tlie wreckage. He succeeded, however, in reaching the shore, after hours of exposure in the freezing waters. When morning broke the wreck was sighted and a boat's crew put out to save the skipiier. As they approached the wreck it was noticed that the foremast had fallen and lay extended across the deck and over the stern. They called loudly for Calin, but no answer came and it was feared that she also had been washed over- board. Two of the crew voluntered to board the vessel, and with difficulty they succeeded, only to find the form of Calin hanging over the wheel, crushed to death. The body of the girl captain was taken on shore as carefully as the circumstances would permit, and the old salts mourned a brave lass. A CHILD'S TEKKIIILE FAtL. Snow-Illockeil in Montana. .\ Fort Keogh, Mont., despatch says : Many stage coaches are blocked in Western Montana and numerous casualties reported. The snow is terribly deep in the mountain roads, which are impassable. On ilanuary 2nd Tony Wise and a Swede named Martin were at work on Sheep Mountain, near Cooke City, when a huge slide swept the men to eternity. TRAGEDY IN A CHITKCH. MrH. StisHli ICrown Falls Dead at a KpllfflouH Ilevival. i\.n Adrian, Mich., despatch says : A re- ligious revival has been going on for some days at the Second Baptist Church, con- lucted by Rev. Mr. Green, with successful results. U x Tuesday night Mrs. Susan Brown, uii influential member of the church, was taken with tlie "power," and, jumping to her feet, she shouted "Glory! Hallelujah !" and fell to the floor dead. Some minutes elapsed before the congrega- tion realized the tragedy, and then a scene of great excitement ensued. The deceased was aged 05 years and was a slave up to the time of the Emancipation J'roclamation. She has a number of children in the South, and was a worthy woman, well-known among the best families. Octtliiftp DrunU In Mexico. Mescal resembles Holland gin, and is no more intoxicating than that liquor would bo. Tequila is a product of the same plant as mescal, and is made after a method that gives it the smoky taste of Scotch whiskey. As for pulque, its intoxicating qualities are not greater than those of beer. â€" Springjield Hepublican. â-  _ ^ Two months ago young Tatro, a mere boy, was caught by a shaft in a mill in Grosvenor<lale, Conn. Ho was whirled around, liis right arm was torn from the socket with such force as to send it a distance of fifteen feet, his left leg suffered a compound fracture, his right knee was dislocoted and fractured, and lie was other- wise fearfallv hniiflcd, and yet to-day he is alive r.nd well, ilrllllant Social Event at WaHhlngloii. A Washington despatch says Mrs. Cleveland's luncheon to-day in lienor of the President's niece. Miss Hastings, was one of the most brilliant social events of the season. The floral deoorationa were beauti- ful. At each cover there were large corsage bouquets of pansics, some deep purple, others white and yellow. Only water gob- lets and others for appollinaris were at each plate. There were dainty china cups of fine ware filled with bon-bons for each lady, the cup and saucer tied together with gold or purple satir> ribbon, these colors alternating, which these ladies carried away as souvenirs. Miss Hastings, who wore a pretty dress of pale blue creoo and lace, sat at the foot of the table with Miss Vilas on her right and Miss Lamont on her left. Mrs. Cleveland at the head of the table, had Miss Manning on her right ond Miss Kndicott on her left. Dropping Sixty-five Feet iin<l EHrapIng; Death. A Newburg, N. Y., despatch says : A frightful fall of ()5 feet and miraculous escape from instant death occurred here at noon to-day, the Victim being little Annie Barrett, the .I years old daughter of Alfred Barrett, janitor of the post office building. Little Annie, with a still younger brother, was playing in the hall at the top of the post office build- ing, where the family resides. From that floor to the basement a line of stairways descend with a six-foot square well hole in tho centre. The stairway is protected by ballusters 'JJ feet high, and, there being no ono present but the child's '2-year old brother, it is conjectured she climbed upon the railing, lost her balance, fell over, and, clearing everything in her downward course, struck on the hard basement floor, (J5 feet below. Her fall was heard and as- sistance quickly reached her. When picked up she was dazed, but in a short time she was able to speak. Her injuries consist of a broken right thigh and a lacerated head and face. Her teeth were driven through her lips and four of them were knocked out. Ono cut on the head measured three inches. Blood came from the nostrils in considerable quantity, but for all this if not nternolly injured she may recover. Her ymiitoms are favorable to-night. An Oxford University man insisted on keeping bees. One day a local clerical dignitary told him plainly that his bees must be sent away because a gentleman commoner had just been stung. He replied instantly : " Mr. Dean, I assure you that you arc doing us a great injustice. I know the bee well. He is not mine at all, but I belongs to Mr. Bigg, of Mcrfon." A NOVEL HAKKICADE. An Eviction Stopped by a Priest In Chaln§. A Dublin cable says : At Bossnianagher, County Limerick, a landlord named Des- terre attempted to evict a tenant named Frost, who owed him more tlian £700 for rent. The police, followed by a large crowd of people, uikui arriving at ]'"rost's house found it barricaded, and outside the front entrance a huge pile of stones. In front of this pik', and securely bound to it by jl.vins, was Father Little, the porish priest. The police surveyed the scene, and found that tho priest had been chained if. such a manner tliot an entrance to the house could not be forced without dis- turbing him. This they were disposed to do, but the crowd threatened to assault tho ))olicc if they laid hands on tho priest, and finally became so demonstrative that the police drew their batons and charged upon the people. The priest, still chained to a pile of stones, vehemently denounced the landlord, who had accompanied tho police to tho house, and Dcsterro finally agreed to settle the matter by allowing Frost to purchase his holding on tho basis of an 18 years' rental. Duried In a Snow-SIIde. A Winnipeg despatch gives the following particulars of the recent disaster to a C. P. K. train through a snow slide in the Rockies : The train was delayed by a snow- slide east of Donald. Fortunately for the passengers tho slide was not a great one, but while the majority of them remained under but a few minutes, tho rest did not escape so lightly. Ono ot tho men was buried entirely out of sight for ono hour and thirty-five minutes before the gang of searchers came across him. Ho was re- moved i.i a very weak and semi-frozen con- dition to a car, and with proper attention soon revived from tho shock. E. Cooper, of Santa Barbara, has proved that olive culture can be made to pay in California. Ho has a grove of (!,000 trees which yearly yield 50,000 bottles of excel- lent oil, which he sells for 81 a bottle. â-  ... Jl-:. i : â-  .â- .;,