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8TAHLE7 IK HEW YOBK Troup'i Book Rflect on Him -What Bunlej taji About it. A London cable lay* : Tronp'i book add* little to the interview* already pub limbed. Troop credit* Stanley with a pre conceived idea ol the cause of the disaster to the tear guard and with the rejection a* untrue ot any statement falling to nil that idea. Be enlargee upon the difficulties ol a young and icexperienoed ofiicer like Barttelot in dealing with the wily Tippoo Tib, whom Stanley himself WM hardly able to manage, in addition to keeping control over a oamp 04 native*. Troap jaotes a letter from Stanley to Bartielot, in which Stanley expressed distrust of Tippoo, bat it was reported that the prumiae to (apply porters wa* only ooodi lional, and that tbe payment wa* to be Emm's ivory. He declares it wai in obed ienoe to Htanley'i order* that Ibe rear oolumn waited al Yambuya in preference to throwing away it* norm until Tippoo'i arrival, when the oolumn darted with ail tbal the porter* would carry. He says that after (even and a half monlhi bad paeeed, Barttelol and a section of the ex pedition were willing to try to advance, bat th* reel, including himself, dissented, because Stanley bad impressed upon them the importance of preserving the (ton* H* repeat* that Barrteloi had ample warn- ing* cf Ihe danger be incurred in venturing oat aloLe. Lieut. Troup i* inclined to acquit Tippo Tib of the charge ot treachery, and think* the latter met with considerable difficulty in collecting porters. The book consists largely of intending detail* ol Ihe experience* ol the rear oolumn and Troup'* oomepondenoe with Stanley since Ihe r* turn of tbe expedition. A New York despatch say i : Theiteamer Teutonic, wilb Henry M. Stanley onboard, arrived tbi* moroing. A party ot friende met tbe explorer at quarantine. Replying to an address Mr. Stanley laid : " Althoogn I have been absent long, I am a citizen ot the United Slate*, and I am glad to feel that 1 am a citizen of this country, Dot I most go and come whenever and wbenver doty call* me." Mr. Stanley wa* asked to Bay aomething about tbe rear guard trouble. He said : " 1 object to Ibe stirring of the matlet up unleei 1 am forced M do BO. Tbe log books of ibe rear guard were signed day by day by tbe officer of tbe day, Barttelol, Barre or Kingston, while in oamp. together with the official report* of the officers. Thi( is tbe whole affair. I am justified by all in my oensnre of Ihe rear guard, which waa the cause ot Ihe attack made upon me in Ihe book*." With Mr. btenley were hi* wife, her mother, Mre. Tennanl, and Hamilton, the dramatist, wbo will act a* historian of Ihe tour. Mn. Stanley i* a remarkably strik- ing and handsome woman. In an interview here to-day Henry M. Htanley maintained tbe truth of hi* previ on* statement regarding Major BerlMlol and the rear guard of tbe Afiioan expedi lion, lie aatd that Barttelot prodded wilb a (harp (lick and struck and kicked tbe native woman whose husband shot and killed him. The woman bad awakened Barttelol by drumming, and refused to obey him when he ordered her to slop mak- ing the noise. The woman's husband killed Barttelol while the latter wa* in tbe act of beating the woman. Mr. Htanley wa* asked, " Wai then any accusation again*! Barttelot, a* i* generally inppoaed, of immoral conduct with Ibe chief's wife?" " No," WM the |uick reply, " I never aid any inch thing M that, nor intimated it. Then wai no immoral action of any of the men M far a* I know." Ware the stones about the nativea being treated cruelly true?" wai asked. Mr. Stanley answered The log book ot the oamp, signed by Barttelot, Jamieeon, Bonny and Ward, wa* simply one long account of remorseless flogging and inhumanity. One man had an uloer seven inohe* in diameter, which was full ol mag- got*, caused by a severe beating. Barttelot even kicked hi* little boy Sonti, trom the injuriee of wbioh he died. One man look a piece ol raw meat because be we* nearly crazed with hanger and ale it. For thi* he wa* ordered to receive 300 lasbe*, Th* doctor told Barttelol it It wa* not (topped it would kill him. When the man waa able he ran away, bat was captured and shot by Barttelot'a order*. Bonny said to me a few days ago, "I haven't told yon half of tbe horrors that existed in that oamp, bat it will all come put some time." '1 he explorer justified al some length the order* he gave to Barttelot about matching, etc. It is said Mr. Htanley, when be returns to England, will bring an action tor libel again*! Major Barttclot's broiber in order to Mil the matter to the bottom so that tbe world may judge of Ihe case, Mr. Stanley wa* given a private banquet to-night. The Policemen on the Bafotjr-Valve. A Newark, N. J., despatch says : Mr* Parsons and eighl Anarchist friend* an till in jail, she and four ol the men beta) unable to procure bail. Four other Anarch ists were unable to pay their tine*. Hugh O. Penteooet called to eee Mri. Parsons yesterday afternoon, bat w** refaaed ad mission to the jail. Pentecost strongly con di-mns tbe action ot the police. There has been *o much cf Ihe Anarchistic element displaying itself here recently that th* police determined to oraab it oat. Then I* a floariibing international Hooialiilu society here, oompoeed mainly of Russians Pol** and Oermane, and meeting* are belt frequently. Th* polio* aay they will allow no more public Anarchistic celebrations. British Tarn I). . 1 1 injt. A Halilax deipatoh *ays : There has been an alarming number of desertions from tbe war ships in port. Forty three men wer* pasted at th* polio* hesd quarter* to-day a* deserter* and a nward of 115 per bead offend. Naval pickets patrol tbe streets and Ihe officers ol the ships have oalled upon the civil author! lies lor aid In searching oat Ihe inissni) men, bat a great many ol them an safe I; over the line. James Daveo, and George Hedpath, *i tradited trom Toronto for robbing Robert Bmalley, of Orion, Mich., pleaded fnilr and were sentenced to four years each al Jackson. John Ward, an accomplice, get* M 7*ar at Ira*. LOMDOM A NO OBIOAOO. Tbe %. &AJMWJI n IJ VDftUAlf ffwii CIIU. i 1).- Planxl W l>ajra ot Bavoh Other. lilnii Him A New York dtipatob lay* : Engineer Jame* Jobnalone, with two *8*i*lanl* from London, arrived in tbli oily lait week and proceeded immediately to (jotber, where they will at once begin a survey of the proposed Quebec, Montmorenoy A Cbarlu- voix Kailway, which 11 to form one of tbe moet important link* in the line of tbe new transatlantic aervice between Canada and England. The charter* of parliamentary power* have already been granted to tbe new com pany, which will be known a* the North Canadian Atlantic Railway and Steamship Hyodioele (Limited), it* Chairman beiu tbe Right Hon. Sir Henry Isaac*, recently Lord Mayor ef London. I be capital dock with which railway*, dock* and iteamihipe will be constructed and operated will EM 4,000,000. Tbe loheme i* to construct a line of railway between Quebec and a point on tbe extreme east of the Labrador ooait, presumably Hi. Charle* Bay, whence steamers of twenty knoll can readily ac oomplish the voyage to Milford Haven in ninety-four boon. Ai the distance from Bt. Charle* Bay to Milford Haven i* only 1,870 mile*, tbe laving accomplished on tbe new route by a twenty knot ittamer will be aixty boor*. On the English side the Great Western Company will make quick connection to London and Liverpool, and on this side a route to Cbioago in forty-seven hoar* will be afforded by the Grand Trunk and North Canadian Atlantic. Thi* will make the trip from Cbioago to Milford Haven five day* and twenty -one hoar*. OBBAT aTOBM IN BBITA1K. HOUM* I nr.ioinl mil V-M-U Wrecked A 1 H. I.I III- .-Irr. A London cable aay* : A heavy storm prevail! throughout Great Britain and Ireland, and much damage ha* been done. Tbe rain i* falling inoeaaantly and in many sections the country is flooded. The down- pour is accompanied by a high wind, and report! have been received of many bouu-i being unroofed by Ibe wind. Tbe storm is especially severe off shore. Telegrams from various points along the ooail Mate that an enormous wa i* tanning and that a number of ooa*ting vessels have teen wrecked. Advice* from Belfast state that a report has been received there that a yacht has foundered in Belfast Lough, and that ill owner, a nobleman, was drowned. At Liverpool and vicinity the storm is raging with terrific fury, and (how* no ign* of abatement. The damage in that lection ii great. A later deipatoh from Belfast state* that ibe yacht which was loot there was the Krania, belonging to Viscount Cantelupe, eldeil eon and heir of Earl Delawarr. The yacht, which attempted to ride out the norm at anchor, dragged ashore and (truck m tbe rock*. Viscount Cantelupe wai on ward tbe yacht and was drowned but the crew were eavad. Viscount Centelnpe wa* a nephew of Baron Sackville. lie climbed tbe rigging and cheertd the men for a while, but the cold wai *o bitter that he became benumbed and wai iwept overboard. i KKN. H 1 1 r \IK-. Inl.i. r Kllnil " the N, ..I.. mi, I'm.. I 111*' pal* anil t III(|HIII| In KTI I '. A I'ari* cable aayi : In the Chamber of )i putiea today, during the debate on the oreign estimate*, M . 1 leloaise, of tbe Kight, renewed tbe attack on the African conven- tion with England. He advocated an alli- ance with Hnssia, on tbe ground that the .nil-mil of France were identical with those of Kuiiia. M. Ribot, Miniiter of Foreign Affair*, declared France was peacefully inclined and threatened nobody ; at the lame lime abe did not conceal the fact that she was placing her armiee ID a position in which ibey would be ready for every emergency With reference to tbe British occupation ol Egypt, he aiked if anyone could luggeel a practical mean* of obtaining tbe immediate Bvecnation of tbe country. France, hi aid, moit wait for England to fulfil her promise!. Referring to the Newfoaodlanc dispute, he said th* matter was the subjeol of renewed negotiation*, which were now proceeding a* actively a* pociibli. A proposal to reject the credit for the KmbtHiy to the Vatican wai rejected by a vote of 317 to 106. Kll.l.rn BT A MANIAC. Larollt-, Una., Woman Blala by Hsr Craiy tin. i , ml. A Laoolle, Qua., despatch tay* : A liokening tragedy occurred Ibi* afternoon at Clannoeville, a imall village three mil* diitant from this town. A man namec Fournival, who has for some lime pan been known to be insane, wa* thrown ml< a fnniy by circumstances which oocurrec during tbe early part ol the day, and tbi* afternoon he rushed into tbe hone* and up to his bedroom where hi* wife wai at worl on torn* aewing. He seized a razor anc wilb a bound reached her aid* and dnw the razor across her throat, inflicting large wound from wbioh Ihe blood gushsc OTer the floor. After having committee this horrible act he rushed oat of the house and baa not yet been captured. It I* thought that hi ha* committed suicide aomewbere in tba surrounding wood*. Th woman ha* linee died of her injuries. No motive except maniacal fury oan beimpnt for the crime, as it ii understood th* famil] lived in perfect harmony. Nur. flf II,.- Kiiliir.- A young lawyer ot tbi* oity ha* given deek room In hi* oftioe to a pretty type writer. Recently when the yoang lawyer wa* at hit lunch, a man pot hie head in a the office doer and looked aronnd. What oan I do for you, lit '" aiked the pretty typewriter. 11 Are you the boa* ?" the man aiked. " No, sir," wa* th* reply, " bat I expect to be on* of then dayi." Brooklyn Citittn Information hai been received that Pen ha* impoeed a prohibitive tax on Import* lard. The new* created quite a itir on thi New York Produoa Exchange, ai Para takei 1800,000 worth of bait quality lard from N*w York yearly. Th* Peruvian ha vi' pmid a new tariff law, to take *ffeo February lit next, and a tax of 6 cent* pe ' pound i* impOMd oo all foreign lard. AOBIHMBOOOBV8 i Kiwr Be Chop* a r. lu.w CMoi"u Baad ttearlv off Wttk a Halle. A Victoria, B. C., despatch says : About o clock tbii afternoon a brutal murder wai committed in tbi kitchen of Mr. T. C. tfilligan'a residence. A friend came 10 viaii theChintit oook, Lang, and the two were BOOB heard to be quarrelling by Mr*. dilhgan. She tried to enter thn kitcben, ml tbe door wa* looked. H'ooann* alarmed, (be telephoned for the polio* and n ten minnlee an officer arrived. Finding Lung coming around tbe aide ol the house rom the rear be arrested him. An entrance wai thin obtained to the kitchen, and *f vi-tl blood slaini bviug noticed on ihe bed a si-arch revtaled the body of a Chinaman beneath the bed. It was still warm and presented a horrible -i.it Tbe lead wai nearly severed from tbe body, being only held by Ihe windpipe. Several istly slabs discovered were nu Ibw back ot tbe skull, showing that the murdered man was first struck from behind with a leavy knife, then the neck gashed. Tbe cloth** were saturated witb blood. Close ly was found a carving knife, with which he wounds had been made. Every effort had been made to conceal traces of tbe crime. Ihe kitchen floor had been washed, and in a box wen found tbe clothes usually worn by Long, which were also blood- stained. Tbe clothes he had on when ar- rested wen spotless, (bowing that be bad changed hii attire before attempting to eve the house. The name of tbe murdered man has not yet been ascertained. Tbe >ri oner ii now in custody and an inquest will be held on Monday. WKBXKBU BV TKAIM BOBBBBB. !... MI. i. ..n Hi. ji-...iiri F.K in. Hav a Marrow A Sedalia, Mo., deipatoh aayi: Train S'o. 6, we*t bound on tbe Missouri Pacific Railway, wa* wrecked by train robber* three miles eait of Olterville, near tbe notorious Roobers 1 Cut, at 2 40 this morn ng. Tbe train ooniiited of aeven coaches nclnding mail, express and baggage oan. Tbe robber! bad removed the spikes x>lli and flab plate* for a distance of three rail length!, and placed crow bars under ihe rails *o that they would ipread. When tbe engine touched the loosened rail* it jumped th* track, broke looee from the tender and ran 50 feet on tbe tie* and turned over. Fireman Lyan* jumped anc eaoaped injury. Engineer Boyd itack to ii* poet and received severe injuries. The tender turned across the trauk. throwing >art ot tbe mail car :*0 feet on tbe aide ol he track. There were four postal clerks n tbe oar, and all were (lightly hurt. The baggage and the express can were wrecked The smoker, which wa* rilled with passengers, wa* turned upside down, anc be car wai badly smashed, but none ol he occupant* wer* senouily hurt. Tbi wo chair can jumped the track but die not torn over. Tbe Pullman wai tbe only coach on Ihe track. Tbe engineer hac (topped tbe train a short distance from thi wreck to make repain on hii engine, anc he tnin wae moving at the rate of only about eighteen mile* an hour when the engine (truck tbe loosened rail*, to wbioh act is no doubt due the marvellous escape of tbe paaeengen and train. 1HI KH K IN IKH.AMI right lin . .-n Nationalist* and UnlnaUU M Un>*|li. A Dublin oable says : Mr. Balfoar let i weed i ire at 6 thi* morning, and arrived a 1 Ltetterkeony at 10 a. m. There he had a ong interview with the Catholic biihop and received deputation* ot prominen oitiMOl asking for railway extensions. Mr Balfour in a speech declared that thi present Government's period of office wonli be looked back upon as an era of iffioten public worki in th* poor districts of Ire land. On arriving at Omagh he receive! an address from the inhabitant*. Here number of Nationalists cheered for Glad slone and O'Brien, and wer* attacked by th* Unioniill present. A lorimmag moid, tbe I'nioaists, who were in Rreate numbers, finally suppressing th* Nation alisls. When the row wa* over Mr. Balfoa thanked tbe people heartily for their reoep lion. From Omagh Mr. Balfoar went t PorlBilown, where he met with an ovation In a speech to tbe people he promised a some lime in the future to (peak to then on politic*. In the meantime be th*nke< them from the bottom of hi* heart, knowing that no matter what party had miijadgec hi* work tbe people *f Portadown bad not HURMKU WBII.ll AIXBBP. i i .1 M..I.-I i .r. ! a K. nun u , City alBuy i.ii,--'. Bn*Toate4. An Oweniboro', Ky., deipatoh cay* Oweniboro' wai visited laet night by thi moat disastrous fire in her history, whiol destroyed property to th* amount o >'J60,000. At least five persons wei horned to death, while other* were seriously Injured in jumping from th burning building*. Tbe fire originated it a pantry in the basement ot the Bred( House, which wa* filled with Bleeping guecti, who were awakened and ran on into Ihe *tr**t, while many erased will fear jumped from th* windowi. Win. H Uohen jumped from a third-itory window fell on hi* back and wai fatally injured Fiv* gunti ol th* hotel an miming and i IB believed they have been burned to death while sleeping. A high wind wai blowing at th* tun* and when the hote was swept away the flame* reached thi Bank of Commerce building next door and that wa* won in aihe*. The buildini on the corner occupied by the Oweniboro Mmtngtr, with it* costly outfit, wai al*< deitroyed. The fin then spread aronni the corner and burned aeveral buildings. The marriage between the widowec Duchess of Manchester and the Marqaii o HartingtOB II offieialy annoanoril a* tins lined to take place early next cnting. B bar remarriage th* Duchess forfeit* ai property l*ft to her by tbe late Dak*. Th bfijueet* to her in hi* will win itriotly oon ditionel upon her nmaming a widow. B; thi* will oar Oraoe i* forced to dispose o on* ol th* most precious of family jewel* the famous necklace oompoeed ol 866 ma| nifloenl pearls, said to be th* Minn n Enrop*, and whlnh I* M be sold tor th benefit of the entailed **tate*. A inert santeaoe- Lead m* a dollar. MB. 1.1>MTONK OBATOHT. An Admirer IlesorlbM It as It One* Affeeied Blssself. Mr. Gladstone waul* to know something -ibout tho speech on teohLiual aauoain-n wniuh he made aomewbere between 1874 and 1 i7i. Tbe datiug is a little vagor, boi no one, writes a we.ll known oomifoiidenl tbe London t.rnutvj .Slur, is likely to bave forgot ten tua npntob amonn tbe ear vivors ot those wbo hoard it. There wai a very picked and packed audience of Liber- Is aud Tories in ihu lecture room cf the Jreenwiih Institute; tbe Bishop of .iouhestt r was ou ibe platform ; and tbere, n the centra of an mb*rraaud mob ol ooal i-obo ties, sboue tbe wvird pallor ol tbal uuf urgent Ii e lace the sallow face of tlii orator. If you see Mr. Gladstoue in ting trim 10 a big stage like ttion* which used to be put up on Biaokhr>alb ou will find tbal ail the taoee around him . t-ii.B i to be blurred nut ; and tbal head, with the deep, dark lint* stretobinn rum the tremulous nostrils to the point* ol be maisive jtw, draws your eye is if a pol of liKhl flashed f fom a dim cloud. In tbe fighting timee tbe grtat ipeaker'i eye IB rtatlea* in ihe extreme ; tbe gleaming >( it i* like dashes of black lightning, but m tbal evening when he talked about wot k men and work be seemed to have got a new aoe and a new expression. The tremen aou* power of tbe man wa* lolled to in autiou ; he looked like acme iweet old irieit who had long forgot the war of Ihe orld ; ambition, anger, reitleeuu** were all gone, and bis serene and splendid qaiet neee made one think ot Ibe calm of some mmonal sunset. The black eye* that usually remind you of an eager horseman going ilraigbt at a deaperate obstacle were gentle and steady. Then the old man roee and began to speak. I actually thought to myaell: " Why, he 1 * got a new voice for the oooanion." Softly th* cilver tone* floated over the mute audience ; tbe quaint old-fa*hioued oonrteei** wen ois inbnied, and then the matchless talker wound iuto hi* inbjeot You aoon forget that delicioo* suspicion ot a provincial accent ; you only bear tbe soft resonance of tbe voice, varied by tboee oariooi lapee* of rich hnskineai. It was bard to know where the great orator wa* going al first, for he flung oat *o many threads of argument ; but be new whither be wa* tending If be did not, gradually he gathered every skein ot hfn reasoning into one compact line, and he closed bit speech, leaving every one of tbe bewitched audience convinced that then wa* nothing more to be laid on the matter. Mr. Glad tone pleaded for the ordinary workman lie thought that the moil obscure of am an* should have hi* *en*e of beauty and proportion so trained tbal English worl might be beautiful a* well aa *troug and sound. Then be suddenly prod need a very large photograph ot an exquisite rood screen, and he need thi* witn ooniumate (kill. He had been speaking about the com panie* of workmen of tbe middle age.and he made hi* great point by saying : Now, 1 want you to observe that inn perfect work of art wai not produced in any great centre of population , nor do we owe it to any re- nowned mailer ; it wa* don* by a man who fitted up a little church in a village near Hereford, and this -nan who oarved the masterpiece which I exhibit was probably unknown beyond the bound* of hit own immediate dialriot." Mr. Gladstone had proved his point ; he bad impressed on us all the fact that tech nioal education in tbe ISth century wai moet thorough, and he asked oar modern worker* to aim at reviving the ancien culture of the manual laborer. The andi enoe wok* from tbe spell ; there wa* th* usual oraih ot cheering, and the gentle iweet-toned old prieet departed. 1'erson ally I do not think that anyone has bet tared that utterance on technical education very much. Yon will not kill me if I sa; that I wish our orator bad kept is the same subject ever since. ALL BAN1M LOOT. Ihe Barque ralk B BuppiM-d to B*r (Jon* to til* Hinl4in. It i* reported from Summemde, P. B. I. that a pilot picked up at Fish Island sevsra envelopes bearing Swedish postmark! an eddreeaed to parties on th* barqa* Falka Capt. F. Panden. Nnmeron* letter* limi larly addressed, a gold- headed cane, a box xmtaining a small amount ot money, and considerable other wreckage bave also been nicked op along the New London shore. I M rumored that during one of the 1st severe storm* parlies in the neighborbooc of Tigniab saw a large barque in did off shore at that place. \Vaile they were watching her a thick rain iquall hid he from view, and when it cleared away thi vessel bad disappeared and wa* not awn again. Everything point* to the loss ot a larre foreign barque with all hand* on hoard. Where she was from, whit he bound and wbo wen on board an ye mailer* for conjecture only. ADTIOB TO TODUe MBK. m Good Bales WhUb. If Followed WUl Briiij Fortune. I. Save a part of your weekly earnings even if it be no mon than a quarter dollar. nd pal your savings monthly in a aevinga lank. 3. Buy nothing till yea oan pay for it, and bay nothing that you do not need. A young man wbo ba* grit enough to fol- ow inese rule* will have taken the firit tep upward M success in ontinoa*. 1 may oe compelled to wear a coal a year ouger, even if It be unfashionable ; he may nave to live in a smaller House than sums of hi* young acquaintance* ; hi* wife may not sparkle wun diamond* nor be re- plundent in lilk or satin, jnsl yet ; his oniidten may not be dieseea a* dolls or popinjay i ; bia table may be plain but whoie.ome, and Ihe whiz of the beer or champagne cork may never be beard in bis dwelling ; be may have to get along without tbe earliest fruita or vegetables an may have to abjure Ihe olub-ioom, the theatre and the gambling hell, and to reverence ibe Sabbath oay and read and follow the preoepti of tbe Bible iurtead but he will be the belter off in every way lor tbis utlf diaciplioe. Yei, be may do all Ibeve without detriment to bii manhood or health or character. True, empty he**** 1 folk* may ineer al him and affect to pity him, but be will nod tbal he ha* grown strong- hearted and brave enough to aland the laugh of the fooliab. He baa become an independent man. He never owe* any- jody, and so be i* no man'* (lave. H* had become master of himself, and a master of himself will become a leader among man and prosperity will crown hi* every enter jnse. Yoang man! life'i discipline and t*'i luooe** come from hard work and arly Mil denial, and hard-earned success i* all tbe sweeter at the time when old year* climb upon your (boulder and you need propping up. Typographic Advertitr. Trlryrlv Coaches. The coming introduction ol irioyole coaches on the streets ol Detroit ha* m* with the hearty approval ol a long-nffer ing public, whose hope* are now raided tha Ihe new conveyance* will be some relic from the present alow-going (treat can. The promoters ot the newenterpria* hav* been running a (ample ol th* new coaches for isveral week* with a view to teating III adaptation to then requirements. The coaches which are to be used here), how ever, will be twice the liaa of that oarryini lixteen pauengeri while that carries bui light. Dttroit Fret Preu. Aniu.-J|1lii'ii> Both. Atohison Oioto : Th* fun a man hai watching a woman sharpen a lead pencil, a woman hai watohing a man thread a John Oliver, ol Blenheim township, WM itrioken with paralysis yesterday whil viiiting a Iriend in Waterloo township. 11 WM conveyed home immediately, lie los the power ot speech. 1'erhaps no individna wai better known or mon highly reapeotec in Ihe oonnty ol Oxford than he for 40 year*. An accident occurred near Kigand, on tbe Montreal A Ottawa Railway. John Boucher wai engaged in handling a qnan lily ot dynamite when It exploded. Om arm wa* blown off and bii lac* mnoh dn figured, hi* eyes being burnt out. Hi* bod wai also shockingly bruised, and his MOOT ery is doubtful. The Great Tua nets. Cnamr found Alexandria honeycombed with lubternnean lunneli supply inv water from the Nile to t be home* ol Ihe oity. The Bt. Gotbard tunnel through the Alp* was begun in Ihe fall ol 1878. It* length .* nine and a quarter mile* and its cost tome S 10,000,000. Th* Hud MO River tunnel is programing satisfactorily. The daily progreae 1* 3.4 lest. The diitanoe already reached i* 2,100 fe-t, the total distance to be covered being t,060 feet. The new aqueduct from the Croton dam to New York city, a diitanoe ol 99-6] miles, or including the pipe line* to tbe Central Park reservoir, of Ihirty-lhree mile*, ii the largest piece ol tunneling yet done. Ot labaqueon* tunnel* tbe moil famous I* that under the Thames at London, begun in 1807 and finally completed lor foot passenger* in 1843 ; total length, 1,800 feet cost, $6,000 a lineal yard, or total of 1X500,000. Th* cast-iron tunnel under the St. Clair River, connecting Canada witb the United Stales, hai recently been completed. Tbe total length i* 6,050 feet, ot which 2,300 feet i* under the river bed. The outiid* diameter i* 21 feel. The Booeac tunnel project wai originally considered a* far back a* 1835. It wai not until the Bhanley Brother*, ol Montreal, in 1808, took the contract that constriction wa* rapidly pushed. They completed their work in December, 1874. The Mont 0*ni* tunnel was a tremend on* engineering work, in which air pump* wen worked by hydraulic power, althounh the work wa* began by hand labor in 1857. II wa* finished in 1H71, Ihe total coil hav ing been 115,000,000. Tbe Roman tunnel* served a* aiiuednoti, tbe one to tap Lake Albanno, began 989 B. C., being fi.OOO feet long. On tbe aoqae- duol to connect Lake Fnoinoi with thi River Liris, 80,000 men were employed lor tan years, the work being finished A. D. 52. Telpherage at Bdtntmrfh. The moel recent improvement* in lei phsrage an shown in the telpher line pal an at the Edinburgh Exhibition by th* Electrical Engineering Corporation, which i* arranged so a* to carry pauengeri a* well a* to demonitrate the advantage* ot the lystem tor transport ol good*. Th* sys tern provide* lor the transport ol a wide range of material, trom mineral* and heavy Ireigbl to light package*, and an overhead line is employed, with carrier suited fur the employment ot electricity in the transmission ol thi power required. Tbi Edinburgh line consist* of over a quarter ol a mile ot track, tbe flexibl* cor- tion* being constructed in span* ot 60 feet, and tbe rigid end* in span* of 15 feet. The rope* on which the locomotive* and oar* Irani are ot steel, and U. inch** in diameter. These are tightened, M that with a fall load on th* line there i* a *ag ot about 2 feel 4 j inches on th* (pan* covered by the train. The working ot the line i* aid to have given great tatiifaotion. Open U Doubt. Botton Courier -. Doctor I hav* the pleasure ot informing you, Mr. Captious. that yon are the lather ol twin*. Mr. 0. Extra** me, doctor, bat a* there have bean so many discrepancies in th* oensn* lately, I'll hav* to ask you to oblige me witb a recount. Calon Beer. Itoohesler llrraid : Larkin In a labor parade the other day a banner was dis- played which *aid : " Drink only union beer." Gazaam Ye* , they want it itrong. Larkin I* it stronger than th* other kind ' Qeuan Oh, yes in union ii strength you know. Why It Pays to a* a Lawyer. We hav* had to far 32 presidents ot the United Stales, and all but four ot them hav* been lawyers. The British protectorate over Zaniibar has been formally proclaimed. The duel between Maurioe Hernhar it on ot Sara Bwnbardt, and M. Bonrney th* Parisian dramatic critic, who WM challenged by the former in oon*eqo*no* ol hi* comments upon Mme. Bernhardt'i per- formance in her new play, " Cleopatra, wa* fought to day and resulted in Bounty being (lightly wounded in th* arm.