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Peri iD Ihe Floods Will Wipe Out Two Villages. .lOIINSrOWN, I'.\„ WASHED AWAY Appalling Sijhis, Tlirilling Kcscues Dreadful Deaths. and A VERITABLE EIVEB OF DEATH. DiBastera by the Floods in Other Parta of PeDDSjlvania. HoUK4-it b/ tlitt l->u/eii.<i IfluallUK Uown Mrrum With Living KrolBlilii. A Ubi ( Kriday ) night's Pittsburg dcapstch 8»>a : A uaddeu (reuhet ia reported iu the North I'urk Kiver, oast of Johnstown, ia the AllvgbaDy Moantsins. Two-thirds of JobiidluwD is said to be under water and the railroad and telegraph lines are wanhed out. I'lttsbarg has had no wire oommanioation with Johnstown for three hoars. Latbb.â€" The flood at Johnstown has re- salted in an awf al oatastropbe. It is said the reservoir above the town broke aboat 5 o'olook this evening and the immense volume of wator runhed down to the city, carrying with it death and destraction. Uouses with their oooapants wore swept away, and ucoree, probably handrods, were drowned. There is no commanioation with Jobnittown, bat a telegraph operator in the Peniuytvauia Railway tower at Sag Uol- low, twelve miles this side of Johnstown, says at leaxt seventy -five deail bodies have floated pabt. The wires are all down, and no traiLU are runtiiag east of Ulairsville. wbiuli Id about twenlytive iniled west of Johiiatuwii. There is no way to get to the soeuu of the dieaalvr, and full par tioalars can banlly bo obtained tonight althuogh every t fTort is being made to do HO. The latest reliable information received from Johnstown uomes through I'enusyl- vauia railroad otTicials, who aver that over 200 dead bodies have been ooanted Hustiau down stream at Johnstown alone. A special from Ureenburg says a report has reached here that the greater portion of Jobnstowu has been lloodol and hun- dreds of lives liavo been lost. Houses are floating about and the people who are free are panio stricken and are ^fleeing to the mouutains. At a point near New Florence eighty live peruons have been seen lloating down the river on drift wood. A report CO lies tbat but 1 vo roofs of the houses in JohLttiwn can '>e seen. The Cove lowu and Now l-'lotunoo bridges have been washed away and all the baildings along the Cuvumaogh, between New I'loreuce and Johnstown, have bern carried away. The railroad towers have been abandoned by tho operators. Auotber speoial from Oreensburg says Johnstown is completely eabinurged, and the luds cf life is intHlimable. Houses are going (luwn the river by the du/.en, and people uaa be hruu olingin({ to the roofs At Coketowu, a village uf Stjveral hundred inhabitants, the huoses are almodt entirely covered, and a great many dwellings at ltlair<villo are submerged. Hcarcely dwelling in the vicinity of Hnag Uollow can be ueou. A derpatoh from Latrobo says : Tho Aascuialiun I'ress train, from prosenl sppearanues, will not be ran nearer than six or eight miles of that part of Johns town whoru the flood was worst. A despatch from Oraddook ntys: Tho telegraph wires being down ubKolutoly for sis ur seven miles below tho immediate eoeuu uf tho disaster, and being in unwork- able shape fur three or four miles' distance, it was half past 7 before an accurate out- lino of tbo iffuut of tho tidal wavu could be learned. The chief olliQiaUof tho I'ittsbarg end of the main line of the I'ennsylvaniau Railroad rvoeived most uf their lirst infi>r- matiou from the signal tower at Knag Uol low, six miles west of Johnstown. At a c|uarter of H o'clock a boy waH reuoued by a man in the signal tower, lie said that with his fathrr, mother, brother and two sisters ho wau swept away iu tho tight (rams bouue whii'h Mas their home. Uo was washed away from the building, but said tho other raembi rs of the family wero in it when it wag swept over the breast of the .Newstone railroad bridge at Johnstown, that it oapsi/. c) a few seconds later and thoy were all drowned so far bh ho uould see. The railroad operator ollioially reports that before (lark they wero able to count ll'.l pnrsons i:linging to buildingH, wreckage or drowned and tloating in the current. If this in correct tho damage in tho town proper muHt bu in tho nature of a oluan sweep. Ah early as 1 o'clock tho alarm was Hunt to Johnstown that thore was danger from the ilam. Tho railroad ofti- cials were nolitled and in a very short time began to oarry people from tho town to plaoiH of safety. A TKnmill.K HIKNK. DisaBter overtook Johnstown about ti o'olook last evening. As the train bearing tlui special oorrespondenta sped eastward tho reports at each stop grew more ap- palling. Al Derry a group of railway oflloials were gathered who had oorao from Uolivar, the end of the passable portion of tha road westward, Thuy had aotm but a s nail portion of the awful sueuo but enough to allow them to Imagine the rest.. Down through tho I'aoksadale came the rushing waters. The heights of the Alleghenies look ilown in solemn wonder at tho sueiie of the most terriblu destruction that ever struok the roniantio valley of the Conemaugh. The water was rising, when the men left at (> o'olook, at the rate of Ave feet an hour, ('linglng to improvised rafts, oonstruoted in ihe death battle from float InK boards and timbers, wore agonized men, women and nhildron, their heart- rending shrieks for help striking horror to the breasts of the onlookors. Their ories weroof no avail, ('arrled along at railway â- peed on the breast of the rushing torrent no human ingenuity oould devise a moans of rescue. With pale oheek and hair cling- ing wet and damp to her cheek a mother was grasping a Uoatiag timber, and in her other arm she held IIKII llABK, ALlirAl>Y IJltOWNID. With a death grip on a plank a strong man, just giving up hope, oast an implor- ing look to thcH9 on the bank. An inHtaiit later and he had sunk into the waves. I'rayors to thoir God, cries to those in safety rang above the roaring waves. The special train palled in at Bolivar at 11.30 p.m., and the trainmen were there notified tbat further progress was imposaible. The greatest excitement prevailed at this place, and parties of citizens are out all the time endeavoring to save the poor unfortunates that are bein^ hurled into eternity on the rashing torrent. The tidal wave Htrack Bolivar just after dark, and in live minutes tho Conemangh rose from six to forty f^et and the waters spread over the wholo country. Soon housaa began tloating down, and olinging to the debris were men, women and children, shrieking for aid. A large number cf oiti- /ena at once gathered at the county bridge, and they were reinforced by a number from Gartleld, a town on the opposite side of the river. They bronnht a number cf ropes, and these were thrown over into the boiling waters as persons drifted by, in efforts to save some poor beings. For half an hour all efloits wero fruitless, until at last, when the rescuers wero about giving up all hope, a little boy astride a shingle roof managed to catch hold of one of the ropes. He caught it under bis left arm and was thrown vio- lently against an abutment, but managed to keep hold and was successfully palled on to the bridge amid the cheers of tho on- lookers, liis name was Uessler, and his rescuer was a train hand named Carney. The lad was at ooca taken to tho town of Garfield and cared for. The boy wa.s about IU years old. HIS KTallY (IK rilK C.VI.iMITV is as follows : With my father I was spend- ing the day at my grandfather's hoaae in Cambria City. In the house at the time were Theodore, Kdward and John Kintz and John Kint;i, jun.. Miss Mary Kintz, Mrs. Mary Kint/., wife of John Kintz, Jan., Miss Trcacy Kintz, Mrs. Kica Smith, John llirsA and four children, my father and myself. Khortly after 5 o'clock there was a noiso of roaring waters and screams of people. We lookul out tho door and saw poisons running. My father told us never to mind as the waters would not rise further, but soon we Haw boueca being swept away, and then we ran up to the door above. The house was three stories, ami we were at laei forced to the top one. In my fright 1 jumptjd on the bed. It was an old. fashioned one, with heavy posts. Tho water kept rieing and my bed was soon alloat. Gradually it was lifted up. Tho air in the room grew close and the house was moving, btill tho bod kept rising and pressed tho ceiling. At last the posts punhed tho plaster. It ylllded and a eection of the roof gave away, then sud- lionly 1 found myself on the roof and was being carried down stream. After a little this roof commenced to part atd I was afraid 1 was going to be drowneil, bat just then another house with a shingle roof tloated by. and I managud to crawl on it and tloated down until nearly dead with oold, when I was saved. After I was freed trom the house I did not see my father. My grandfather was on a tree, but he mast have been drowned, as the waters were riling fast. John Kintz, jun, was alao on a tree. Misii Mary Kiiitz and Mrs. Mary Kint/. I saw drown. Miss Bmith was also drowned. John llirsch was in a tree. The four childron wtre drowned. The scone was terrible, l.ivo bcilieH and corpses were lloating down with nie and away from me. 1 would see a ptrHOii . there would be a shriek, and then they would disappear. All along tho line weru peoplo who wero trying to save us, but they could do nothing, and only a few were oaiiijht. This boy's story shows what happened to one family. (lull ONLY KNOWS what has happened to tho hundroU who wero in the patter of tlui rushing waters. At the lower bridge, which crcsiCH the Conemaugh at Uolivar, a young man and two women wero seen Cioming down the river on part of a tloor. At tho upper briilijo a rupu was thrown to them, hut this thoy failed to catch. Between tho two bridges the young man was noticed to point towards the elder woman, who, it is sup posed, was hid mother. He was then seen to instruct the woman how to catch the rope which was being lawered from tho other bridgf. Down came the raft w^th a rueh. The bravo man stood with his arms around the two women as they swept under the bridge. Ho reached up and seized tlio rope. Ho was jerked violently away from tho two women, who failed to got a hold on the rope. Heoing that thoy would not bo resonod, ho dropped tho rope and full back on the raft, which floated on down llin rivor. Tho oarrent washed tho frail crait in towards the bank, and tho young man was enabled to seize hold of tho braiu'h uf a tree. The man aided tho two women to get up into the tree. He held on with his hands and rested his feet on a pilo of driftwood. A piece cf floating debris struck the drift, sweeping it away. Ihe man hung with his body under the water. A pile of drift soon collected, and he wan enabled to got another insecure footing, lip the river there was a sudden crash, and a soction of tho bridge was swept away and lloatod down the stream, striking the tree ami washing it away. All threo wore thruwn Into tho water and were drowned. Uesoiiing parlies are being formed in all towns along tho railroad. Houses have been thrown open to tho refagoesand every poHsihIe means ih being used to protect tho homeless. Thii wrecking trains of tho rennsylvania Uailroad are slowly making their way cast to tho unfortunate citizens. WlUT AS Ol'EHATOll HAW, Harry Ki«hor,a yuung telegraph operator, who was at llohvar when the first rush began, says he know nothing of tho dis aalor until lie noticed tho river slowly rising and then more rapidly. News then roaohcd us from Johnstown that the dam at Honthlorks had burnt. Within three hours tho water in thn river rose twenty foot. Hhiirtly before li o'olook ruins >>! houses, household utensils, barrels nnd kegs came floating past the bridges. At H o'olook the water was within six feet of tho roadbed of tho bridge. The wronkage floated past with- out stopping for at least two hours. Then it began to lessen, and night coming sad- denly apon as we ooald see no more. The wreckage was floating by for a long time before the first living person passed. Fif- teen persons that I aaw were carried down by the river. Une of these, a boy, was saved, and three of them were drowned jast below tbo town. IT WAS AN AWyUI, HIiillT, and one that I will not soon forgtt. Hun- dreds of animals were lost. The bodies of horsec, dogs and chickens floated past. The little boy who was rescued at Bolivar had two dogs as companioas daring his fearful ride. The dogs were drowned just before reaehing the bridge. One old male swam past. Its shoulders were torn, but it was alive when it went past the town. TIIKV WEnE A1K.UI). " We were afraid of the lake," said a gentleman who bad lived in Johnstown for years. " We were afraid of tbat lake seven years ago. No one coald see the immense height to which that artificial dam bad been built without fearing the tremendous power of water behind it. The dam mast have had a sheer height of 100 feet, thus forcing the water that high above its natural bed and making a lake at least three miles long and a mile wide out of what could scarcely be called a pond. I doubt if there ia a man or woman in Johnstown who at some time or other had not feared and spoken of the terrible disaster tbat has now come. X'eople wondered and asked why the dam was not strengthened, as it certainly had become weak, but nothing was done, and by and by they talked less about it, as nothing happened, though now and then some would shake their heads as if cod- scioua the fearful day would come some time when their worst fears would be traosoended by the horror of the actual oc- currence. Johnstown is in a sort of hollow between two rivers and that lake must have swept over the city at a depth of 10 feet. It can't be, it is impossible, that snob anawfu thing could happen to a city of 10,000 iu- habitants, and if it has, thousands have lost their lives, and men are to blame for it, for warnings have been uttered a thouaand times and have received no at] tention.'' Later. â€"The firat reporia of the loaa of life were entirely too low. It ia believed that at least 8,000 persona have perished. Of these 700 or bOO were burned in the fiery furnace at the viaduot. Two thousand coflins have been ordered for bodies already rescued. Conemaugh ia laid low, Cambria City ia gone, Johnstown is utterly demolished and not a hoase stands in Colville. A IIKAVK TOUNO WOMAN. An KiiElne Diuhcd by 8li Incliei* From H*r Hetul. Hut (•lie Kept Her Merva and (tiived Iter Life. A Philadelphia despatch says: Edward Brady, a lawyer of West Philadelphia, has a daughter who has no equal for pluck and courage. .Vfter having been precipitated down a 110 foot embankment in the dark at Berwin, Thursday night, to the track of the rennsylvania Uailroad,ber body pinned to the ties by the debris of a wreaked phaeton and a straggling horse, so tbat she coald not move, she lay there while the weatern express train came thundering on, not knowing whether ahe would be killed or not, and never fainted. Fortunately her head was nearly six inches from the rail. She felt the heat of tho fire- box as the engine dashed by, bat smiled when re- leased and wanted to clamber ap the bank herself. Mies Brady and her escort, Mr. Ward, Htarted Thursday morning for West Chester. Just after dark they started for home. Before reaching Berwin Station the roads turn abruptly. Ward got out and went to the horse'a head, but the animal began to back towards the ombaDk- raent. Ward ran to the phaeton and tried to rescue Miss Brady, but it was too late, (leorgo W. JohuHon and bis brother William, who live on tho other side of the ombankmont.oame rushing down andacross tho track, bringing a lantern. Sud- denly from I'hiladelpbia came the rumble of tho express train. One of the Johnsons >. /.M the Untern and sprinted down the tritoh j'lst as the headlight gleamed around tbo curve. He waved the light frantically. The engineer put on the brakes. Mr. Ward called to Mien Brady and asked if she could move herself, and she answered " no." Another neighbor who had joined tho party added more despair by crying : " My God, the girl will be killed." Tho two men aprang to one side, the train otashed into the home and the phaeton, both of which projected over the rail. The train camo to a stop just before the last two cars reached the debris. Mr. Ward, by this time fran- tio, sprang forward expecting to see her beheaded. Before he oould reach her he heard her voice saying she was all right. She had never lost her nervo while the hot breath of the engine suorlod in her face and tore away the phaeton and horse from on top of her. Miss Brady was easily ex. tricated now. Her shoes bad been torn from her feet. One of the horse's feet had been oat otY and three o( his legs wore broken. Tho train remained in the oat over an hour and tho conductor endeavored to persuade Miss Brady to come to town iu a special train fitted with a coach. She rofuHdd, said she was all right, even at- tompteil a pleasantry or two and walked to a drug store, where h»r wounds were dressed. She had <iuite a ssvere soalp wound and a largo contusion on her fore- head. FiiKiniiii K T. RoiiKUTs, M.D., Physician to and I'rofeesor of Clinioal Medicine at University College Hospital, London, Kng., says: " Bright's disease has no symptoms of its own, and may long exist without tho knowledge of tho patient or practitioner, aa no pain will be felt in the kidneys or that vioinity." This acconnta for many peoplo dying with Bright's Disease, or advanced kidney malady. The dineaaeia not suspected until it reaches a fatal period. If Warner's Safe Cure is nsod at the proper time, the fatality from that disease would be greatly dooreaaed. Dr. Thompson also says: " Moro adults are carried ofl in this country by chronic kidney disease than by any other one malady except oonsamption." 'V Corner l.dt llvtter Tliiiti ii County. Ui(ih Knulish tadiea often send money to tho United States for investment, and as thoy genorally bay houses and lota, or something 0i|uall^ aa good, they show more wisdom than their sisters in Ainerioa, who invest their money abroad in empty titles, empty heads and empty pooketa. â€" Jlftiii- hhe$ter ( Kng.) Mirror. THE OATBBPILLAB PLAODE. An Innumerable Army MarcliInK Tbroa«h Muiueâ€" ItJtIlway TrslBo Impeded and Kvery Urceu Thing £aten. A Bangor, Me., despatch says : The caterpillar migration now going on in Pisoataijuis county, along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is alarming the entire northern portion of the Stale, and much alarm ia felt throughout this section that the more southern coanties may yet be ravaged. The phenomenon has been going on for nearly three weeks now, and uo solution has been given of the mystery. Karly in the month great swarms of small green caterpillars were noticed south of the Mattamiscontia mountains, in Penobscott coanty, bat no attention was paid to them. Two weeks ago the people in the vicinity of Milo were astonished by the visit of an army of the insects nearly five miles wide passing the town and folloving the railroad. Do Sunday two weeks ago they crossed over to the south side of the road, swarm- ing over the rails for a space of ten miles, blocking all traffic, aa reported at the time and delaying trains over ten hours, as the insects when crushed made the rails BO slippery that the engine wheels would slide, regardless of the sand used on them. Over 300 section men and citizens failed to keep the track clear, anii it was five days before the long procession passed. Once across the little travellers started towards the northwest, following the road betneen Dover and Brownville, seemingly headed for Sebec Lake. Their number is inestim- able, being millions on millions, and their passage is like tbat of the destroying angel, for every speck of green vegetation dieap. pears under their voracioas attacks. Fortunately the region they are still con. fined to is almost entirely confined to lum- bering, so the cultivated farms are happily few and far between; bat these belong to poor settlers utterly unable to withstand any direct loss, and those whose plantations have been in the way of the invading host have boon tiaanciaUy ruined, for the early crop baa been swept away. The loss has already gone away up into the thousands, with no immediate signs of abating, as the migration is still steadily progressing. The greatest annoyance is lo the rail- road company whose line has been selected by the caterpillars aa the best promenade, and being unable to cope with the ditlicaliy are meeting with great obstacles in running their traina, all of which are from two to eight hours behind daily. The entire coanty has riaen up for their destruction, bat it ia impossible to manage them, and the subject under discussion is the feasi- bility of firing the forest in front and along- side of tbsm so tbat they will be destroyed. Where they are going is as much a mystery as their origin and if they change their course southward again and visit the agri- cultural regions the damage they will do the young (.rops will be something enor- mous. So far, as stated, their coarse seem to be directly in this direction. Last Sun- day the army was over five miles wide, being stretched along for ten miles more. STRUCK WHILK PBEACHINO. Au EvaUKelInt Uit and Blinded by Ll(bt- nlOK' A Danville, 111., despatch says : The people in the country near Uillaboro', Fountain coanty, Ind., have just erected and dedicated a new cbarch. Rev. J. C. Meyers, a prominent evangelist, residing at State Line, Ind., has been conducting a revival. Last evening tho church wau crowded to suffocation and the windows were all thrown open. About 8 o'clock, as Mr. Meyers was in the midst of his ser- mon, a small rain cloud passed over the church. It only discharged one bolt of lightning, which first strack and com- pletely destroyed the church chimney, and then, dividing into branches, ran down the stove pipes, melting and destroying the stoves and tearing up the tloor before it entered the ground. All the congrega- tion were more or less affected, bat none of the injuries were serioas. The main branch of the bolt, on leaving the chimney, descended the palpit chandelier, directly over the head of Mr. Meyers. Ue jumped high in the air, and, turning a somersault, fell heavily, face downwariJ, on the floor. He was thought to be dead and it was more than half an hour bsfore he showed any signs of lite. Un the back of hia head, where tho bolt struck, is a seared place an inch in diameter. The face ia burned, eyelids badly puffed and eyesight gone. Uis friends brought him to Danville this morning for treatment, and although able to distinguish large objeotc. the oculist thinks bliudness will be perpetual. Kind! or I>lun». Geo. W. Cline, the President of the Grimsby Fruit Growers' Association, writes: "As to kinds of plums for plant- ing, the list may be long or short, just as the planter likes. The varieties are nam eroua that are profitable for this section. but the following list is long enough and good onongh for any one, and the trees can be easily and cheaply purohaned, viz. : For earlyâ€" Imperial Oage, Smith's Orleans, Washington, Niagara and Bradahaw. Medium- Lombard, General Hand, Pond's Heedling and Yellow Egg. Late- tOn»cken- bos, German Prune, Heine Claude de Bavay and Coe's Golden Drop. There are others I would add, but they are not so easily got, such as Victoria, Columbia, I.ftwsou's Ctolden (<sge. Dnane'a Purple, lilass' Seedling, Mnnro and several others, but we have here plenty from which to ««>lpct, and it is very doubtful it we ever will get any addition to these that will be any more proiuctive or any raoro profll- abla tor the grower. An Optical Uclunloii. Young Uadger, from New York, on the first morning of hia visit to his uncle .'Vbner'a farm appears bright and early in a pair of white flannel trousers. rnole Abner (taking him aside)â€" Gee W hitaker, nephew, why in blazes didn't you tell mo you was so poor? Here, boy, take this 93 and run down street to the store and buy a pair of pants before the women folks get ap. â€" Clothier and Fur- nisher. ^ â€" Judgeâ€" Is there any reason why I shall not pronounoe sentence upon yoa '.' Pri- sonerâ€"No ; do by me just as yoa would do by yourself were yoo in my position. â€"The fine new building ot the Canada Life Insaranoe Company on King street west, Toronto, will be completed and ready tor oooapation on May 1st ot next year. QDKEM'S UBAWmO BOOM. SoniKthlog AI>ontthe Drcaa of If rs. Liacola tVlisn Preiented, A last (Wednesday) night's London cable says : The drawing-room to-day was certainly remarkable for the number of splendid ccstames worn. It is trae the royalties were in mourning, bat this served only to show oS toe costumes of those who came to the throne to be presented. A good deal of cariosity waa expressed amoog the ladies to see the new American Minu- ter's wife and daughter. They both passed through the ordeal remarkably well, and indeed the American presentations cama out very strongly. Mrs. Lincoln wore • handsome jupe of black silk, trimmed with black tulle, and embroidered with jet. A long train ot black silk hung from the waiat, for though it is optional to wear it from the shoulders, one feels the weigh\ more when it is so placed. The low-cut corsage was of the same material, trimmed in the sama manner. The court plumes and lappela were black. Mrs Lincoln wore a collarette ot diamcnd ttare, fastened on black velvet, and small diamond earrings. She carried a boaqaet of parple Sowers. Miss Lincoln, who was presented by her mother, looked very fresh and pretty in a charmiog debu- tante's gown of while poult de eoie. The front of the jape w&a covered with tolle, hung with tiny silver pendaEts, that shimmered as she walked, held in place by a chatelaine of daisies and grasses. Tha train waa also of white poult de eeie. The corsage was trimmed with tnlle, daisies and grasses. Her court plumes and lappela were white. Pearls were her aole orna- ments, and her bouquet consisted ot pure white exotica and maidenhair fern. Canned Guads and the Front, The Canadian Packers' Association held a meeting Friday, in Toronto, Mr. W. Boulter, President, in the chair. In view of the large sales recently and the prob*- bilities ot a light crop, it was decided to advance canned corn, making the minimum price 'J'ito per dozen. Reports were made by memoers on the damage to their cropa by the recent frost. After taking into con- sideration the damage done, it wsj decided that it would be \ery inadvisable to offer the new pack of goods for sale until tha season is further advanced. Mr. A. £. Carpenter. Hamilton, said that he had not seen the effects, bat bad been told that all the tomato plants had been ruined. He had seen beans cat to tha ground. Mr. Teskey, Wetland, reports cherries 90 per cent, destroyed, grapes frozen and loat and tomatoes all cut to the groand. Mt. Fenton, St. Catharines, reported from a number r^t inqairies that the froat on Tuesday night at points down near tha lake ice was ^ inch thick. Thermometez registered '-'5 â- ^ , or 4 ' below freezing. Grapes very seriouely damaged ; one vine- yard of >'9 acres and other large vineyards are totally destroyed. Plums will cot ba more than 10 per cent, of a crop. Soma fielda ef tomato plants entirely destroyed and very few plants are left for resetting. All corn that was standing baa been cut ; also beans. Strawberries are more or leaa injured. Some ot the late settings maj produce fruit, bat it will be very light. He had learned nothing definite about peachea and apples. Hrlp Tonrseir. Fight your own battles. Hoe ycur own row. Ask no favors of any one, and you'll succeed a thouaand times better than 00a who is always beseeching some one's influ- ence and patronage. No one will ever belp ycu as yoa can help yourself, because no one will be eo heartily interested in your affairs. The first step will be such a long one, perhaps ; but carving your own way up the mountain you make each one lead to another, and stand firm while yo 1 chop still another out. Men who have mada fortunes are not those who have had Â¥5,000 given them to start with, but boys who have started fair with a well earneci dollar cr two. Men who acquire fama have never been thrust into popularity by puffs begged or paid for, or given in friencjly spirit. They have outstretched their own hand* and touched the public heart. Men who win love do their own wooinu', and I never knew a man to fail ao signally as one who induced hia aSectionate gtandmother to speak a good word for him. Whether yoa work tor fame, fcr love, for money, cr for anything else, work with your hands and heart and brain. Say " I will," and some day you will conquer. Never let any man have it to say. " I have dragged you up." Too many friends sometimes hurt a man more than ncue at all. DomlntuQ Cuntonis Clianges. A number of C'rders-in Council have been passed recently in reference to cuatoma matters. Veneers of wood, shaved or cut with a knife direct from the log, not planed or otherwise smoothed or manufactured in any way, are rated for duty under item No. 153 of the schedule at 10 fer cent, ad val- orem. Second process molasses, testing by polariscope less than 35 degrees, when im- ported by mauufactarers of blacking for use in their own factories in the manufacture of blacking, may hereafter come in duty free under certain conditions : wire of iron or steel, galvanized, tinned or coppered, or not of li'> gauge or smaller, when imported by manufacturers of wire clotb, wire work, brashes, pianos and plated ware, to be used for these purposes only in their own fac- tories, is also placed on the free list. Yarn* made ot wool or worsted, the same being gensppod, dyed and finished, wheaimp«rtea by mannfaotnrers of braids, cords, tassela and fnuges, to be ns;d for these purposes only in their own factories, are placed on the free list until theendof the next session of Parliament. The llrder-in-Council in- terpreting item No. 57 of the taritT so tar as it relates to plough plates, mould boards and land sides, which expired at the close of last seaaion, is continued in toroe until the end ot next session. hH 8ent Home tu Die. Harry Finch, a third term convict, was releaseii from the Central Prison yesterday on a special pardon granted by the Minis- ter ojl Justice in order that he may go to his home in London, Oat., to spend the few honra ot lite remaining to him. Finch ha s a bad record, having been an inmate of the Kingston Penitentiary as well as the Central. « However hard ii may ba to live on a small salary, it is a good deal harder to die on one.