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& â-  ^-'-l^ r -•â- :. , V.^ Â¥f A kohjvntic sTOKV. ] A Viirli'ty AitrchH tli« ll^lrr»^ of u Lurge KurtuilM ill Kiifflliud. A Port Hoi* dcBpatch b») b : MUa ICthel Crowell, loriiiorly of tins town, but iiuw an Knglisli variety aotreuB in Hulf»lo, N . Y., has fallen heir to JIOO.UOO by the death of a near relative in Knglaiui. Nettie is hor Btaije name, and Bhe ia Baid to bo very prettv, a blonde, about 20 years of a.V.e. Her Btory in that her fatliur wan a wealthy manufacturer of cutlery in Kiinland. When Bhe waK an infant her mother died, and four or tive years later the father reiuar- rie<l. The Hte|miother took a dislike to little Kthel, and in manv wavs made the child very unhai)i)y. I'lnally Mr. Crowell, to secure" doineBlic jieaoe and protect Jiib child from cruelly, Bent Kthel aoroBs the o<ean in charge of a trustworthy nurse. The woman and her charge took up- their home here, and the father sent them a Buthcient Bum for their living expenses^ It waaonly a Blijiend, howeverâ€" SU or S* per week. \Vhen Kthel reached the a«e of 10, and becoiniiiK tired of tlie monotony of Tort Hoik;, «hf ran away frain the humble home provided for herBcif and nurao, and, after manv hardahips, tinally essayed to earn a living on the variety Btatje. In this Bhe has been fairly BUCceBsful. A short time a«o the stepmotlier died, and accord- iiiKlv, as there were no other ehildriii. Miss C;rowell is the only natural heir to her father's proiM-riy, which will probably not fall short of the'lis^ures stated. A KIND IN I'lCCAIillXV. A Loiidiiii uablenrani siiys: tioTiB proci fdinn in Piccadilly, s,.rl.- ..f .Mlflerluil* VnulU lll«<overe<l - .Mi-ii>rlilM» of a lt>e-i;«iue Iniy. The excava- on tin' Hiie of the new pniniseH of the .Junior 1 ravel- Kth' Club, have l>rnii;iht to hi;ht many iiitere«tin(4 ohjccla. The houwa whicli are built on that portion of the tlioitmKlifRre have for their foundati.MiB a seiiea of well- formed ar<he8 at a depth of about Bixtetn feet Iroiii the Burfate. In |)ier(int{ some of theae i4reat (hnieulty was e,\|rLrienced on account of thotouiihneBS of the substance of which they are conatruoted. This haviiij; been overcome, a series of subterranenn passatieB apparently connected were dis. covered. '1 heac were full of foul nases and contained a vast (jUantity of lubbiah. amoim whi'di iiumeroiM artidiH of inttreat have lH!en found. Among the most remark- able are a red h'raiiita tomb dated l.'iO'.i, some bronze armor, several fowling pieces richly eniboBsed, a lamp and a Ur^e i)iian- tity of vellum manuHcripts. '1 he vaults have been only partly explored and further dia'!overie8 are anticipated. TOKTIKKD FOK TUKIB MONEV. An «)lil Man and hl~ Wife Set ou Klre liy .Muake)! Itohbers. A BpeoUl despatch from Hempstead, Texas, Bays : " The county ofticers have retuniod from Ueid'a Prairie, the scene of the late terrible outrage on John Hchultz and wife, Germans, over 00 years old, and report the perpetration of acrimethat would shame a Havai{e. Hoon after dark on I-'ri- day uijjht last four men, masked and other- wise diBguiaed, entered the house and demandtd all the money about the premiaeB. When refused the robbers com- menced pounding both the old man and his wife with pistols. Thoy then bound their wrists, and pouring keroaeiie oil on the persons of both told them thoy would burn them alive if the money was not produced. When refused again one of the villains set lire to the kerosene and they were horribly burned. The muscles of the calves of the old man's legs are nearly burned asunder, and little hopes of his recovery are enter- tained. Mrs. Schult/., although terribly beaten on the head and badly burned, will recover. Mr. Schultz was left for dead, and the robbers then searched the premises and found a one dollar bill and iAd in silver. Two men are now under arrest charged with the crime, and the others impliofttcd the ofticefH exiwct soon to have in custody." ♦ I>K.*TII IIKKOUK UISHONOK. Terrible l.e»|i of ii <"ouiitr.v Olrl In Fl.vlnu From a Villain. A Minneapolis Minn., despatch flays : The expel leiicc of Mary Sylvester, who came to Minneapolis from Pages Hotel at Kxcelaior .t. eking eniployment, conlirms the assertion that there are men in thih city whose necks wouhi look better adorne<l with hemp than with a white collar and nciktie. Miaa Sylvester, a pretty country girl of nineteen years, entirely unused to life in the city, arrived in Minneapolis and applnd lor work at the intelligence oliiex- of l.ew Miirrin , No. .')17 llemie|)in avenue. Murray made her Ins clerk, took her to the dime museum in the evening, and, on pre- tence of finding her a boarding house, took ied to aaaaiilt TELiEQEAPHIO SUMMARY. Kffort. are being made to i^fa-f^Mr. Krastus Wlman t., deliver an address on Commercial Union in Montreal af er the meeting next Fri lav at Waterloo, <^ue. Mr. Erasta. W.man laid the f""";|»''0» stone of a new Methodist Church at Cooks^ ille on Saturday, and spoke for an hour on Commercial Union, his remarks being very warmly received. On Katurdav at London Judge DaWs re- fused to set aside the c,v)m» on which Mr , , „ • 11 „ . J u.^ I THE DECLINE OF HOOPS. River, attacked a Moveavi village and had '" I a tight with natives, several of whom were ^^^ Alack We are Again Threatened With I killed and a number wounded. One of .|£„,_ ithe attacking party was wounded by an . ,. ., ^ i, j -i „t arrow but not serioiiely. At a subsequent By the end of 1V.7 hoops had alm,»t 'entirely gone out of fashion. In t-nglana 1 tind that at the court the wearing of these expedition the natives lied and tlieir village was burned. The Marquis of Lome contributes an article in the current number of " The Liberal Unionist," in which he asks whether a yvholesome local autonomy cannot be granted Ireland by the organization of Provincial Chambers on the model of what Canadian statesmen wish Canada to Henrv Taylor banker, was arrested, and income. In Dublin a council or delegation ihat Rentlemau was lodged in jail, where j^om the several Provincial Chambers he remained over yesterday. might meet at College Green to pass ordi- The body of Mrs .lohn Fares, the far- nances affecting inter-Provmcial intereats. meVs wife who rowed out in the lake in a Irish representation m the Imperial Par- smlu boat Tast wect has been washed Uament would still be retained washed nine miles ashore at Point .\lbiiio, about below I'ort Colboriie. A farmer at Ipper Wakefield, Ottawa county, has discovered a rich iron mine on his farm. He recently paid »1,000 for the property, for which a firm of_ New York capitalists have offered him S2.">,000. A company, with a capital of JMOO.'KX), has just been formed in Montreal to reopen and oiierate the be«'troot sugar factory at Herthier. Quebec, which ia expected to be in full operation by next summer. l-'red. McUerniott. while oiling a thresh- ing machine on a farm of W. Nicholl, at Southwold, Kltiin Loniity, on Saturday, got one arm caught in the pulley. He waa lifted three feet and tluiig to the ground, his arm being broken in three places. The impression is growing in Quebec that Lieut. -tiovernor Maaaoii will not be asked to lecoiibider liia reBignation, but that* new JJeiit. -Governor will be ap- [lointed. Rumor haa it that Sir \. 1*. Caron is working hard for the appointment of .Judge Baby. whoU a relative. KOIK BABES AT A MIKTU. Benjamin Tul>bMB«»lde Him»elf with Grief â€" Nine In Five Veara. Mrs. Charlotte Tubbs, of Caroline county, says a Raltimore special to the ,t/or;ioi.'» Journal, haa driven her husband nearly crazv by giving birth to a (juartette of blue-eyed, red-faced, bald- headed babies, each weighing from three to live ixiunds. Mr. Benjamin Tubbs would no doubt have been delighted at thia family presentation but from the fact that sixteen months ago liis wife made him a Christmas present of her second pair of twins. (Jne year previ- ous to that she gave birth to a son, and ten months previous was the mother of twins. All the twins and the quartette are girls, and the onlv boy was the single birth. N me children" in five years. This is the maternal record of Mrs. Tubbs, of Caroline county. Nothing was thought of the rapid increase in Tubbs' family until the last (juadruple addition, and now poor Tubbs is almost beside himself. He could scarcely not know what precursors of crinoline, by ladieB attending the Royal drawing room, was compulsory until so recently as ltl4, and one of the inducements held out to the Princess Charlotte, a rare tomboy, who hated any restriction ou her strong young limbsâ€" to niarrv the Prince of Orange was that pet- ticoats were no longer worn at court at the Hague. Perfectly plain skirts in all but- wedding dresses seemed to have been in vogue in France in Vd'-H. and the com- parative exiguity of the gowns led to a cor- responding diminution iu the quantity of material re<)uired. In December, 17');,the Qifcen had a gown of <jrand velourt noir, and six vards seemed to have been the average of stuff allowed for the skirt of a It must be remembered •>"' that much FKLI. FIVE HI NItKKII KKKT. Fearful Fiile of a lialli>oni..l al uMlsHoiirl County Fair. A Princeton, Mo., telegram hays : At the Mercer county fair yesterday afternoon, Randall iilakeslee, a half-breed Inilian, made a balloon asci-iiBion hanging to a trapeze bar. In the abcent the ballomi Bliot up suddenly, ^'i^illg iilakeslee a wrench, and he wa>- unable to pull himself on the bar, hut managed to hold himself up by a loop w hioh he liad drawn around his wrist. After travelling about a mile and a Inilf, sfrengtli gave out, and when within .'jHU feet of the eaitli his grip nlaxeii anil In- fell to the «'artli, lighting on his feet in a i orn- tield. His thighs were broken and driven into the triinkof his body. ICeA4-ut.(l liy II Urate tVoiiiaii. A New Haven, (!oiin., despatch says: tllss I'arkiiinon, of I'liiladel] liia, vOio haa lieeii Hpendiiig the season at Itraiiford Point, IS regaided as a heroine Bhe saved the life iif W .('.Munsoii.a New York Jiroker, a day or t wo ai;o. 'i'lie broker took Mi.-<s Oliver, of Ni'W Vorl(,oiit for a hiuI in a boat. He waH not very akilful, and his a^vk waul llloveiiientM mused the boat to upset. .Misa Oliver Bwani aahore. Mr. MniiBoii cnnld not ewim, and would liave drowned but for the preuence of mind of Miss ParkiiiHiin, who iiiHlitiitly took a boat, rowed qiin kly nut anil aHhisled the unlucky broker into it just af he w as going down for the last time. He wan brought ashore, whore he soon re- covered The KiirH|ieil CttlivleU. A Kingston despatch says: The steam yacht . I una by which the convicts escaped from the (lenilentiary, was found by a farmer early yesterday morning nine miles weBt of Oswego, Slink near the shore, wiih hor bow out of water. Deputy Warden hullivnn left for there thia morning. Nothing has been lieard of the men. .\ liorae procured from a livery stable keeper in Oswego yesterday morning by a man who answers Hchoonos' doBcription is miss- ing. The police are on the track. The yacht Jiiiia formerly belonged to Mr. Allan, of Hrockville. boh of Hirlliigh .Mian, and was traded by him for the steam yacht Nellie, built at the prison by the ronvii:ts. It is said that there was clothing on the boat. A l(nliiantl<* MHn-liiKe. Last week Hamuel Mearns, a wellto do bachelor of Hi. Joseph, Mo., left Montreal to visit relatives in Komptvillo. There he made the anjuaintanoe of Miss Katie Wil- ton, a highly esteemed young lady of Hrockville, aged IH years. They met on Friday last, were engaged on Saturday, and the following Monday weroipiiotly married at Ht. .lames' Church, in Kemptvillo. They have left for a trip to the White Moun- tains. her into a dive, where he tried to her. Heconiing desiM'rate, she jumped ]j,^i,„p of MoutieaV to inyestigate the througli an open window thirty live feet to charges against Father Labi He's coloni/.a- thegrounil below, breaking her left jaw ,„,„ lottery have tinisliid their enquiry, and all the ribs on her h'ft side. She is | qi,ey Btate' that while the lottery has not also intirnally injurned and cannot live. | beeii very Bucci«sful they believe it has Kxcitemi-nl is running very high, andtherC| i^.^,, lionestly conducted Rain on Saturdav checked the bush tires 'support the live, and does in Loughbi.ront:!.' township, Fiontenac to do with the nine. A subscription has CO K.tv, which hail been raging for several b.eu taken up to get him and 'â- ''''»'>'''>'_ days on the north side of Lougbborough ; batter ac;ommo lations. It is remarkat^lt ThettameH swept over a tract one that the four babes lived, and 'r'"" «'!« â-  ' 8 jundof their lung powerand otherhealtliy indications they will all live to keep the t .vo pairs of twins company. Physiciaiis from all the country round have been to see tile plunonieua. The mother is doing well. The babus were born a week ago. and the fourth was born just live hours after the first. Lake. - mile wide, destroying everything in their course. The committee api>ointed by the .Vrch- lop of Moutieal velvets and brocades were woven wider in the last century than is the case at present. There ia one entry, how- ever; of ten yarda of green taffeta for the lining of a gown of green gauze; the taHeta was probably narrower iu width than tne velvet. The" Marquise de Chastelux had only seven vards of white crepe for tne pet'ticoatofa grand habit with dounces. The reallv economical nature of the iiueen IS shown'in an invoice for September, \i»l, wliere she is charged triding sums for shortening the enda of three muslin cravats and retrimming them, and for -doing up an old petticoat of brown poult de soie. In December, 17SS, the Princesse de Lam- balle paid ready money to the extt-iit of twelve hvres for a pair of court cuffs ol worated lace (known in modern times aa yak), a pair of sabots and apairot "barbes in black worsted. Almost simultaneously a whole bevy of court ladies gave orders for •• sabots." •â- â€¢barbes" and cuffs of worsted lace. In January, 17^;.. the year of the revolution. Mine. Eloffe furnished the Princess de Solere with a sumptuou-i court dreas of white talfeta trimmed with satin and white jet, with a rich bouquet or spray of roses and aweet peas. The distended dress cost nearly I.IUO livres.-<». A. Sala in the Furtni'jlitly I!(i-ieu-. IS serious villain. talk of lynching the cowardly Liquor Law JollhiKs. James Kennedy, of the North American Hotel. \VfM)dstock, Thursday pleaded guilty to a cliarge of violating the Scott Act and was tmed ?.'>0 and costs. ISraiit County C?ouncil refused to pay P. M. Grace's salary and he entered Buit for the same. A writ was accordingly issued and served on the Warden. Since then the Council has evidently thought better of the matter, and a few days ago they paid into the court the first quarter'saalary, together with tlie costs of the writ. The Halton Police Magistrate held a sittingM of his court at Georgetown on Monday for the hearing of charges i>re. ferred against " Gallagher" for dispensing •long" and â- short " at the camp uieeiing. (ienrgetown, iMM and cost:^, and Klias (lark, of Clark's Hotel, sentenced to two months' imprisoment, being his third offence. At DeBeronto on Wednesday John Mc- Keegan waa lined J.'IO' and costs or two months in jail for selling liquor to an Indian. He arrived at the K.-lleville jiil yesterday. A petition sigiieil by 'J.'iiJO names, asking for the repi-al of the Scott Act. has been posteil up in the office of the SherilT of Norfolk. At Siincoe Thiiraday the following per- sons were fined ^'>(l and costs each by ^lag- Istrate Hrowri for violation of the Scott Act : H. Stoddard, \ H.Keinp, K. Moore and O. Colver, all of Delhi, and R. Brown, of Waterford. Till* tluiier CHine to tlie Iloor. New Spirit Who are yon ? Trumi>et- toned Angel â€" 1 am Fortune. " Fortune, eh ' On earth I heard that Fortune kiKHiked once at every man's door. I never saw yo.i and I died as poor as a church mouse." " I knocked once at your door, but you were not at home. " •• Where was I'?" " At the saloon around the corner." •' Well, why didn't you go there and knock'.'" " 1 went thi're." •• I did not sec you " "No, but the saloon keeper did."- Omn/ia World. HtraiiKe Uest4ir«tliin of Kpeeeli. Henry Saunders, of Oak Lake, Manitoba, lost his voice two yeara ago through ex- pnsiiro in the Northwest reliidlion, and has since been completely dumb. The physi- cians had given uj) all hope<i of his recov- ery. One inorning last week Mrs. Saund- ers was greatly surprised at her husband taking part in the conversation as though nothing had occurred. Mr. Saunders waa a resident of Winni|Ktg during the boom. The Oovernment granted him a yearly Iiension of 9'JOO, which he now prays may le continued. Cometoiloln McOarigle. A Chicago despatch says : Mrs. Mi^Oari- gle, wife of the fugitive warden, left the city last evening on the steamer MiiBkegon. She had with her the children of the family, and it ia supposed they go to join the oonviuted boodler in Canada. Lime is said to be a good preserver of timber. Hhips and barges used for the transportation of lime last longer than others. A small coasting schooner laden with Hme waa cast ashore and sunk. She was raised and set afloat once more, and remained sound for thirty years. Again, a platform of pine planks was used to mix lime on during three generations ; tlien. An F.mliarrasHinent of Vlrtuea, A little girl, wishing to make hor father a present, was very much at fault to know what to buy for the purpose. After piiz/.ling her brain considerably and getting what suggestions she coulil from thu other niemliers of the family, she finally wont to her mother in despair, and said : •• Only think, mamma, I don't know what to get papa for a Christmas present ; he dcn't smoke, nor drink, nor nothing." â€" Easlern Arqui. The discovery of some liones in a barn on Mr. Reid's farm, in the Township of Thnr- low, which was burned on Monday, leads to the supposition that the lire was started by a tramp who perished in the flames. ' The Sultan of Turkey has been having a good deal of trouble of late. Not long ago his liarem revolted, and His Oriental Majesty has been much annoyed by caricatures which have ap|>eared in the comic journals of Vienna. The Sublime I'orte has officially roijuested the Austrian being no longer reipiirwl, was neglected, j (lovernniont to interfere in behalf of the and at length hidden by grass that grow Hultan, and tlie result is that the offending Lit J'olri' says that Sir ll-ctor Lai gevin has undertaken to intimidate the priests of Oaawa County, whom he e.xpecls to be favorable to the National party, by notify- ing their suiK-riors that the clergy are for- bidden to meddle with [lolitics. The Montreal coal •combine" received a decided check Saturday. At a imeting of the Water Committee it was decided to accept .'tlK) tons of Welsh anthracite from Mr. Bairdat Jl .")0, if the Superintendent was satisfied it was e<|Ual to the samples submitted. On Thursday last Wesley I'rquhart, the IT-year-old 8011 of Alexander Crquhart, of I'ndora, near I'xbridge, went to lead a bull to the back fields, when in some way the brute attacked and kllli-d him. No one witiies-ied the dreadful occurrence, and the lad yvas nat n^issed until late at night, whe«fc-t»J'' <Clljl was found sjiockiinjl, shown any vicious tendency. On Friday a convict named I>oherty was placi'd in a dungeon at the Kingston Peni- tentiary for qu.trreliing. and on Saturday evening he was found hanging to the barrier door dead. He used his suspendi rs. Dolierty was a cranky fellow, and had Bi'rvtd four weeks of a second term. He came from Toronto, where he v^ as sentenced to three years for not |iaying for a dinner in a hotel. He laid Ins case before the Minister of .lust ice, and probably because la- was not released took his life. Three years ago he Btru k ai. other coimot with a pi k and <lug a hole in his chest, nearly killing him. Acting on the advice of his physicians. Kni|ieror William haa abandoned his pro- posed journey to Konigsberg to meet the Czar The.-\u8trian army manu-uvres at Konitz have been concliideil. Kuqieror Francis Joseph review-e<i tha troops and expressed hiiiiHelf greatly pleaaeil with their efhciency. King Otto being a conllrined maniac, the Bavarian I'let, which (>|h<iis on the lllh inst., will discUHS the advisability of de posing him in favor of tiie Regent, Priuce Luitpold. A life-si/e statue of Father C'ahill, a Catholic I'riest, whose body was brought from America six years ago, was u'lveileJ ill Glaanevin cemetery to day. The British steamer (ilenshiel, which arrived at London yesterday from New York, hail on board the crew of the British barque Alic:o Roy, from New York, .\ugU8t Mth, for Quebec, which was abandoned at sea. l.f S'onl (Paris) says there can be no (jueHtion at present of sending a Russian General to Snila. That can be done only whoii the authority ol Turkey is com- pletely restored in Bulgaria on a legal baHis. The journey of Count Herbert IJismarck to Kngland ia thought to be for the purpose of attending the coining marriage of the daughter of Lord I.ionilonderry, Viceroy of Ireland. The ahip Fala of Redar, of Glasgow, bound from Hamburg to ('alcutta, with a cargo of salt, foundered off Yarmouth, the cargo having shifted. I'lve of the crew were rescued and twenty-four drowned, most of whom were Qermans and Swedes. The discussion of the Gorman spirit monopoly has led to the disclosure of the fact that I'riiioo Hismarck ia concerned in distilling on a large scale. He owns dia- tilleries at Varziii, Miadov and Wendisch over it. Sixty years afterward, on clear ing the ground, it was discovered sound and well preserved. editors have promised to ridioule no more the sensitive monarch of the Turkish llmpire. About Seu Caplalut. A recently returned European tells the fjllowing story of Capt. Cook, the com- mander of the luibria, now the fastest < iinarder, and bv which Beveral of our Hannltoii mercha'nts travel. The captain was taking a mid day observation while the sun was somewhat hidden by mist. .Ys he was putting down his instrument a pas ».,-nger said to him: 'The fog preventid you from getting an observation, didn't it, captain'" â- â€¢ It did not prevent you from making voiir observation." said the captain, as he went toward the chart room. The anecdote will be appreciated by those who have crossed the ocean with Capt. Cook. A thorough seaman, attentive toduty night and day, he is not known to travellers as a so ial captain. There is a wide ditTerence in these sea-dogs in this respect. ('apt. Murray, of the Alaska, Capt. tileadell. of llie.wiiLts.jiuu;'.''.'"^'.'''' i'*';<ii> i;^*!.!?*". saloon. On the contrary , Capt McMicken, of the Ktiuria, is known by eyer\lx)dy for hii social qualities, and he makes warm friends on every voyage. Cain. Perry, lat â-  of ihe Hrittannic, was of similar dis. position Both are |K)piilar on account of their gallivntries to women. â€" PrincesB Clotilde has just finished a mantle she has enbroidered for the Pope, at her seat at Moncalievi. I'aris. The mantle i-. of white satin, embroidered with g dden flowers -Intiesediys of many divorces this B4vini,;of'a venerable olit lady would make a good ina.xim to pin in the hat or bonnet : " .My young friend, marry for love and wish for your riches." â€" .\ Western papt-r asked : •' Is there a Wile in tin- city to iay wliu makes her hus- band's shirts .'" The folbiwinj; answer was received by return of post : •• 1 do, but he won'i wear 'em." Henri Uodu-fort recommends a 'â-  Ladder of Honor " to lie- awarded to M. I'erry for having cliuuied so successfully out ot duel with Boiilanger. .\ii enterprisini! Last Tawas, Mi. h.. crawled ninter the seat of a buggy the hen and njoyed a two hours' ri le into the wootla. .She laid an ei;g while riding. Aimer Jones, of Berrien county, Georgia, who is nearly 100 years old, attended preaching for the first time last Sunday at what is know n as the Gaskiiis Church. Among the many curious inissions to be found in London is the •' Sea Khell Mis Bioii." .Vocordiiik' to a Btatenient in a Lon- don paper, the mission has distributed over lO.DOO boxes and bagsof shells which repre- sent over 4.0011,000 shells, to aa many }X)or. sick and invalid children in London and elsewhere. The largest dam in the world is to be built across the upper end of the Sau Mateo canyon, about four miles west of the village of San Mateo. The dam will con- sist of a solid wall of concrete from hill- aide to hillBide. It will be 700 feet long, 170 feet high, 17.'> feet thick at the base, and "JO feet thick at the top. The reser- voir which will be formed by this dam will have a capacity of 3'2.0OO.OO0 gallons, and sometime in the future will be connected with the San Francisco water-shed by a tunnel tive miles long. •' It often has seemed ({ueor to me that so many object to ninht air in their bed- rooms," observed an intelligent I'liiladel- phia gentleman. " We can't breathe any othsr at night. The choice is between Ruddiger, the annual output of which is probably pure air from without and cer- A ."iister's Heroic Aet. A Nashville despatch says ; At Wool- wo th, Tenn., the house of Perry Buchanan, a poor but honest man, was burned to-day with its contents. One dauj;hter, about 5 v a a old, yvas burned to death. Another, about A years old, cannot possibly live. One abjut 10 years old may recover. Mra. Buchauan"had her arms burned to her e'bows. The lOvearold child was out in tile yard, out of "all danger, but looking back she saw the tUmes surround her little :i year-old sister. She ran back into the fire and brought her out, but was almoit burned to death for her bravery. Seeking Her Vncle. •â-  Please, sir, have you seen a gentleman with Kit a little girl'?" •' Well, and what if I have, little one .' " •' My Uncle John has lost me, and I thought if you'd seen a gentleman without a little girl you could tell me where he was." â€" //"/i^r'n Youug iVop.V. â€" • On the Train. Old Ladyâ€" Conductor, I hope there aia'l going to Ik- a collision. Conductorâ€" 1 guess not. Old Ladyâ€" I want you to be very keer- ful I've got two dozen eggs in this basket. estimated at ti, 000,000 litres. Mr. Gladstoiise has written a reply to the Duke of Argyll's recent attack. He says ; " The Duke of Argyll is an old friend, whose attacks I prefer bearing silently. 1 do not excuse tyranny, but I wisli to have the National League dealt with legally, and not by the arbitrary deoi- tainly foul air from within. Half the dis- eases from which we suffer are caused by keeping the windows down. The ijuietness, the absence of dust and smoke, etc., make night the beat time for airing a patient. In great cities night air is often the purest that can be had in the twenty. four hours. It is conceded that the air in Londou is sioii of the Vioeroy or Chief Secretary for never so good as after 10 o'clock at night, Ireland. " Windows are made to ofien, doors are made It ia learned that the expedition in New to shut, yet too many of us seem to Guinea, despatched to ini|uire into and forget that. I keep bed-room windows punish the perpetrators of the recent open these summer nights, and there isn't massacre of missionaries and native a more healthy family iu the city than Christians at the mouth of the Heathe mine." Thk cargo of the City of Montreal, which was destroyed by fire in mid-.-\tlantic a couple of weeks ago. must have s;iven forth a great blaze. It consisted of •2.U31 bales of cotton, 5,011 boxes of cheese, L'.IO'i boxes of bacou, ."i7.'J boxes of canned goods, 'iOO tierces of lard, Im:i tierces of [lork, 100^ barrels tongues, 50^ barrels of lubricating oil, l..')>t0 barrels of lubricating oil, 45 barrels of cottonseed oil, AA hogsheads of tooacco, 7Hi hogsheads of tobacco, quantity of fresh meat, o,t),iH bags of copper matte, 1 OlHI bags of llour, 1.000 shooks, 4.161 staves, OH barrels of l>eef, ',t barrels ot blad- ders. AAA tubs of butter, AAl sundry packages and i'J empty barrels. Prof Kgbert. ol Albany, announces that in investigatiii)! the orbit of the comet recently found by Mr. Brooks he has identi- ti d 11 as a return of the Olbers comet ot Hl.j, which astronomers have been expect- ing to apjiear at some near date. Vi -ATION IS OVKK •• Vaeatioii is ovi.r." llie small boy cried. All J llle tears frulii his eyes di<l wipe ; â- â€¢ Tie- liatefiil ohl sclioul i»e>;ins. ' lie sighed, - -fust as apples and pears are ripe. .\im1 a fellow must lose all tlit- fvu't and fuu t'au^te va -atiuu is over and school s heyuu." â- " Vacation is over," the fanner said, .\s Iu* rubbetl his tiaiids witli glee. " Ami a man eau enjoy liis own fruit, instead Of having boys skin each tree ; Ancl tlie iioG will havu something better to eat Than a thievish urchiu's trouser seat.' â€"Of the six members of the new Bul- garian Cabinet the names of live end in â- ' off." The stability of a Ministry so ex- tremely "off" color is not so well assured. â€"Little Nephew : •' I'ncle, you must bo a sort o' cannibal, I â€" " Uncle (ou a visit) : •• A what, sir ? What'd'yer mean, sir ?" Naphew : " "Cause ma said you was always livin' on somebody." â€" Reports come of another gold discovery in the Upjwr Ottawa district. This time it is in the vicinity of North Bay, 48 miles west of Mattawa. Prospectors say the quartz is of a good paying quality. â€"Mrs. Henn, the wife of the English yachting captain, has been exciting the admiration of the ladies of Bar Harbor by her chic yachting dress. The material was of white duck with a very loose blouse-like waist and a broad, rolling collar of dark blue, open at the throat, such as is worn by Her Majesty's men-of-war's men. The arms of the Royal Yacht Club were heavily embroidered on the sleeves, and a regular navy cap completed the costume. â€"A. telegraph operator, no matter how expert he may be, becomes in time a sort of machine. In sitting long hours at his instrument listening to the monotonous tick of his sounder he becomes deaf to reason, and perpetrates the bulla that in his waking senses he knowa to be wrong. Here is one that caused considerable con- sternation in a New Y'ork family. As the operator received it it read : •' Unclean Gua died to-day." It should have read : " Uaole Aagua died to-day." '%. m> 1-. Ju