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LADY ABERDEEN'S TRIP "Throa?h Oaaada With a Kodax" by the Countess. (Prom " Ouward and Upward.") A trip to Canada ! Yea, we had often talked about it. We had paid a visit to India, Ceylon, Australia, inamauie. New Zealand, ami we much wished to ace some- thing of this ether vast and (air Dominion, which formi part of the British Empire. Bat in spite uf oar voyaging*, we have never been friends of the sea, and when we talked of Canada we wore always very oonaciooa of the fact that the wild waves of the ocean separated its shores by the space of seven days from Britain. However, last year oar desires, coupled with doctor's advice, overcame oar fears, and on a flee evening in August wo found ourselves dropping down the Me-sey, on board the steamship " Parisian " of the ^ Allan Line, one of the largest ships plying m between this country and Canadian ports. Have you ever been on board an Atlantic liner when in port ? If so, you know how delightful everything looks. A large beau- tifal deck above, snag little berths below, splendid saloon, a reading-room, a smok- ing-room, books, music, games, and you look in the pretty little prospectuses banded to you about the interior arrange- ments of the ship, and you see pictures of a happy company sealed at long tables en joy- ing the best of fare, ladies and gentlemen singing and playing, reading and playing at games, and altogether having a good lime of it. Look at the pictures given on pre- ceding page, and say whether life at lea does not seem a very attractive thing, sail- ing along in one of these brave ships under a good captain, with all the good things cf life at hand, and no cares, no rosponeioili- ties, no work, no telegrams, no letters ? bo one inmm, and so one continues to think for an hoar or two after starting, bat wait a wee, and see if yon don't begin to wish that you could give effect to second thoughts, when you find yourself toamng about in the Irish Channel in gala a tew boors later. Bat the least said about these experiences, and the wishes then rashly attend, the better, aid so I will tell you nothing of that August night, nor of the long wait we had next day at Moville, near Londonderry, for the English mails, which bad been delayed some boon m crossing from Holyhead to Kingstown, in come- qoenoe of the storm. I should hie, though, to be able to give) you a sight of oar last glimpse of the shores of " Gold Ireland," as we saw them disappearing next evening. A succession of bold bluffs and headlands jutting oat into the sea, one beyond the other, as far as tbe eye could reach in the gathering darkness, the green slopes here ami there just visible, and the heavy black clouds wbioh had been overhanging ns all day fringed with a glory of red and purple and orange Lord Aberdeen and I leant over the taff rail and caught some whiffs of a dear familiar peat-smoke, which asnt as happy to our oabins that uivht. Fray enquire no farther yoa shall hear none of oar groans. Suffice it to say that the 750 passengers on board were in a decidedly subdued frame of mind tor a tew days, your editor amongst the number She b*d not yet even conceived the idea of tolling her * friends of the II. H. A. something about this expedition, or else she would doubtless have used her " Kodak," to bring before you various scenes and attitudes of different degrees of misery. Our (ellow-passen- gers therefore escaped the danger of be- ing introduced tboa to yoa, and I shall hope to show some of them to yoa iu a happier aspect later on. When we began to be in a state to realize one another, we found that we might almost consider oar- selves already in Canada. \V were of all degrees distinguished Canadian Cabinet Ministers, Governors. Senators, Profes- sors ; business men were there, and so were alo emigrants of many various classes and from all countries, bound to many various destinations. Borne were going to; the first time to seek their for- tune, they knew not where ; some were going out to join friends who bad already prospered ; some were returning from pay- ing a brief visit to their friends ia tbe old country," as we soon became Canadian enough to call it. Amongst suob company, who were all also so willing to impart information to strangers and " ten- derfeet " (this being the name (or new- comers in Canada) we were abla to pick up a good deal about tne country and the people amongst whom we were going to live for the next three months. I will try to niter down to you a little of what they told u by degrees, bat first I want to introduce to yon a number of youthful emigrants, in whom I think yon will be specially inter- sited. These are a party of fifty yoang girls of all ages, from three to seventeen, taken from misery and destitution to Miss Rye's Homes, from whence they will be dratted either as servants or else adopted into colonists' homes. Muoh care has to be used in selecting only suitable, healthy children (or emigration, bat wbeo this care is used, there are endleno openings tor tbm ln|Canuda. Miss Maopherson, whose name is well-known an having been the first lady to undertake the emigration o( children, told as that this year she had bad VOO applicants (or obildred, of which sh had only been able to supply 150. Those little ones whom we saw on board the "Parisian," were all toll of eager expectation regarding their new homos, and after the first few days of soa-siokuess and discomfort consequent on the vaooina- tion, to which every steerage passenger to Canada must submit, they made them selves very happy, with their skipping ropes and various games. A part of the ship had been partitioned off and fitted up on purpose for them -a little dining place, a row of little tin basins and two atorys of little box-like berths, where they lay snugly packed away at night, with the kind matron who bad crossed the ocean some forty times on like business, sleeping in I little oabin opening into this special section The chaplain accompanying the ship often had special services for the children, and it was very pleasant to hear the bright hymn-singing, which always brought together a number of the other passengers As we think of those little ones we wonder how they are netting on in their soattorec homes. We had hoped to see them again n Miss Rye's Home, near Niagara, of which a picture is given, bat, to oar regret, we never managed the expedition. Tbe matron told us that very probably a fort- night after we landed the children would all be engaged or adopted in homes where hey knew they would be oared for. I think I have behaved very badly to yoa in not having photographed either these chil- dren for yoa, nor a typical poor emigrant Norwegian family, who would have made i delightful group it 1 could have made hem understand what I wanted. There they were, father, mother and a whole succession ot little llaxen-haired boys and girls, the latter each with a little yellow rig-tail, after the (aahion of some ot the oreign dolls we boy. There are always a lumber of Scandinavians in every ship oad of emigrants going to Canada, (or they are most thrifty, hard-working >eople, and when they get settled generally soon send money home to bring out their relations. I shall have more to tell rou about them by and by. Meantime, . moat tell yon about what ia ilways tbe great excitement of a voyage to Canada. We were aeven days out from Laverpo'jl, and were preparing in various ways for a concert which was to be given on behalf of the Liverpool Home (or the Orphan Children of Seamen who have per- shed at aea, when a rumor went round that an iueberg was in eigbt. An eager crowd was soon scanning the horizon witb telescopes and field glasses, and before long i tiny, cone-shaped, glistening white bill love in sight, resplendent with shades ot transparent green and blue. We looked at t, and we photographed it, and we sketched t, and we talked about it till another, aud tot another, came in view, and daring thai ivening and next day some 13 were aeen n all the various lights of sunset and son- rise and mid-day. They were very beautiful, and I wish that our Magazine dared be extra- vagant enough to launch into colored pic- taxes, and I could thus give you one or two of my sketches. As it is, yoa mast content roarseK with seeing an iceberg much nearer a ship than we had tbe opportunity of seeing il, much nearer, too, than oar cap- tain would have oared to have it. These cebergs, which are morsela detached from the great glaciers ot Greenland by the summer aun, oaase great anxiety to the offioers commanding ships on tbe Atlantic. L'bis is more especially tbe case in tha neighborhood uf Newfoundland, which is very aobjeol to fogs, or, as tbe saying goes, t is celebrated for " fog, dog ana ood." Jftt-n and often ships have to lie oatside tbe Biraits ot Belle Idle for daya enwrapped n dense fog, afraid to budge, in case one of toeee great ice monatera may be looming near at hand, ready to overwhelm the unwary seaman and bis craft. This very ship ot oars, tbe Parisian, had a narrow oaoapa in May. In tha log she ran alilt against what wad called a small icober^, jut which one of tbe passengers described to me as having a moat alarming appear- ance. In a moment there appeared as a vision just in front of the bows a towering white mass, part of which atemed to overshadow the deck. Thia passenger told me that tbe feeling of alarm was swallowed up in an over-powering muse uf wonder aud awe at the marvel- lonaoeM and magnifioenca of Ihe scene presented, and that il waa only later, when the skill of captain and officers had averted a catastrophe, that tha perilous position in which the ship bad boon placed was [ally realized. The bright sou and clear skies wbioh we enjoyed gave us immunity from all auoh dangers. We dtileji pe*0b(ully through the Straits, on either side ot as tha line of Ibe low blae hills ot Labrador and Newfound- land gleaming m tha sou, and in th-j redeoted light ot long, trailing, flaky, pinky-white deals, which we scan began to asaooiete with Canadian skied Then we floated onl of night of land again into the great Golf of Bt. Lawreuoe, on into the big river itaelf, along the picturesque shores ot French Canada, dotted with groups of cosy wee tin-rooted cottages, in wbijb live the French Canadian fishermen, and every now and again a picturesque litiln church aud school. It was all very poaotf ul, and a great oontram to the beginning o! our voyage. Bui I must not linger 'onger over oar voyage, and so I leave yoa till next month, within sight of the beaatif ul oity ot Quebec. AN OOUU AS GUrTA-PMBC* A AB Kutt Indian Utuii lhat l/loirly blm Cra<l Kubbtr. A Portuguese scientist, Senhor la Cosia, is reported to hve discovered t excellent and abundant substitute for; I tta perch* ia tbe solidifiod (laid wbioh issues from tbe nivol-cautsm, a true that grows wild in the Coooan district of the Bombay Presidency, India, where it is generally planted for bodies. The gam is said to be insoluble in wat-r, soTteuiug under heat and hardening in oolo. Wnou moulded the gam retains the given shape, oan be oast into thin sheets, and is capable of taking tbe minutest impressions on its surface. When it tbwa from the tree the gum is white, but when dried it has a chocolate color, closely resembling gatta-perohs. Afraid uf Procnutluallon. Albany Journal : Jake Jimpson (after the eogagemeal) Shall I name tbe day dear? Cora Bellows Ob, dear, no ! JakaJimpaon (with a look of fright) Why not, darling ? " You are too procrastinating, Jake !" Such it IMty. Mew York Herald ; " Yes," sbe said, battering away at tbe managing editor, " I know tbe newspapers don't tell the troth half the time." "No?" he said, regretf ally. " Is that so ? I'm so sorry. It was only yesterday I read a notice of bow buautiful and charm ing yoo were." They ara to Meet In Wiublng^ou on Wash- ington'* Birthday. Ten Ihoosand women will meet in Wash- ngton on Sunday and Monday next. These 10,000 delegates will represent more than 700,000 women members of dabs, ooieties and unions in the (ourty-foor States of America. Letters have been lasaing to and fro between the active pirita for many months, and there is like- mood that next week's Congress o( Women at Washington will be the greateat Assemblage of the kind on this continent, or in any other part of the world. It is not one cause that is to be repre- anted, bat many. Suffraga associations, emperauce unions, religious orders, edooa- ional clubs, will meet on a common level, he members all moved by the aanv ntereits and working (or the same end. Everybody will have an opportunity to say something, whiah ia a pleasant feature uf be occasion in itself, and almost every abjeot of interest to advanced women will le touched upon. Tbe Convention is a lirect ontgrowtn of the International Jouucil held at Washington iu ItttW, when he women of seven countries oamo to- gether (or diacoesion. The basis of the irinciple waa then defined as " unity (or ihe general good of women and through hem of all humanity." The work of organization has t-iuco been carried on with nargy and enthusiasm which speaks volumes for the future success of the council. Mias Frances Willard, who calls lerself " the little old maid," will preside at all the meetings. TUB UOMFKSSION OF KklHf. The United Btatm Presbvtarlau Uenerul Aaniiibly Maku Important Ctmngea. A Washington despatch says Tbe com- mittee o( the General Assembly o( the Pros- >y lerian Cnoroh of the United States on the revision of tbe confession of faith, ftur a very haimonions session Usi- ng eleven days, completed its work and adjourned last night. The changes made have generally met with unanimous pproval. The report will be presented to ibe assembly in Detroit next May and by t referred to tbePresbylerieafor adoption or rejection. Tbe changes made in ibe state- ments of the confession have been of great mporlanoe, bat have in no way impaired ibe integrity of the system of doctrine so ong held by the Church. Hl LMt Skat*. Yonkers Suttman .- " Are yoa going to skate any more to-day, Clarence?" " No ; I'm through !" were the last words from Clareno*, as he disappeared in an air- bole. Tbe Connecticut wheelmen have adopted a novel plan of arousing public sentiment as to the condition of tbe roads. They are collecting photographs of tbe worst patches ot road that oan be discovered and ot vehicles damaged by passing over rough places. TBM THOUSAND WO A VICTORY FUK Untud Duke Aleii. Dea-ntdm and 1>1- mli a BuMlun AJuilritl. A St. Petersburg despatch says : Admiral Virkofaki, who was recently assaulted by strikers in the admiralty shop building dockyard, on aoooant of his alleged tyranny, was summoned before Grand Duke Alexis, the high admiral of tbe fleet, to explain his actions. The Grand Duke was dissatisfied witb tha Admiral's ex planation and dismissed him from the post ot command and of tbe Port of St. Peters- burg and transferred him to Vladivostok. Tbe Grand Uoke alau ordered that tbe demands of the otrikufg bo satisfied. Notm from Scotland As a result of General Booth's recent visit to Glasgow tally 0,000 have been subscribed to the Darkett England" scheme. The number of emigrants who left Ihe Clyde for places oat of Europe during January waa Ml, of whuin 600 omj to the United States. The Rev. Dr. Black, of Wellington Church, Glasgow, will, it ia understood, bu Dominated (or thti moderaiorsbij) ot the U.P. Synod ibis year. Tbe Countess of Aberdeen baa been elected President of thu Scottish Women's Benefit Society (in tho plaou of tbe late Couuleas of Roatiberry) aod the lion. Lady Campbell of Uiytbswood Vice- President. Mr. John Wilson, M. P., at a temperance gathering in the City i'emple, Lou-loo, ex pressed his belief that if all Scotland were polled to-morrow three fourtns of its iu habitants would be in favor of prohibition. It is proposed to endow 60 uow parishes in Scotland, and (or this purpose an effort is being made to raise (rum 150,000 to 200,000, oiio bal( to be oonmbuud looally, and the other (root the members o( the Church at large. Tbe oldest of the Scotch Lords of Session is the Right Hon. John ioglia (Lord Glen- come), Lord Jus'icd-Gturral, a^a80; the youngest is the Hon. Moir ToJd btormontb Darling (Lord Sturmonth Darling), agod 46. Tho ttuqiuhaiiUK i Ulng. A WiliianiBDort, Pa., despatch says : Everything now indicates a flood cf not loss than 26 feel in tbe Kusquuhanna River. Tbe river rose about a foot pur boar thia fore noon, and at 2 p. m. was 13} feet and steadily rising. Advioea from points up the river are that it ia still reining and all tbe streams are high. Lum- bermen are very uneasy, and many merchants have commenced to move goodi from tbe tower stories. A |26 foot flood will bring the water up to the Court House square. A flood is reported on the head waters of Pine Creek, at Galeton. On that oreek a boom broke, lulling nearly 10,000, 000 feet of logs escape. Latest advices from Clearfield state that the water ia wiih in (oar feet of the height reached two years ago. uliinur for the freak*. A New York club recently gave a dinner to all tbe principal freaks in the dime museums. Living skeletons, fat women, turtle boys, contortionists, magnetic women, Chinese giants, calf headed boys, three armed and four legged born dined and danoed with their boats until a very late boor. FUcatorlal. The Crinuon : " Did the Ushman have frogs' tegs, Bridget ?" Sore I couldn't see, mam ; be bad his pants on." In some languages, notably the Japan ese, there is no word lor kiss. Miss Weehawken -I sleep in feathers, bat I believe it Is unhealthy. Mias Palisade What Is that t Look at the spring chicken ; see bow tough he is." SWEPT BY THE PLOODB. Eoor Thousand People Driven From Home by the Rising Water. A Virginia Town's Uepl.irT.hle Condition ./ohn.towu. Pa., Again at the Mure/ of the Hood. A Johnstown, Pa., despatch says : Tho oondations of many houses have benm un- der-mined by tbe flood entailing heavy loss. The bones of a victim of the great flood were washed ap by thu waters yesterday. Street cars are running again, and it is ex- pected the Cambria Iron Works will resume operations to-day. Tbe most serious oss is the destruution of bridges, as tbe dif 'iront sections of the city can have no com- munication by waggons or trains (or months. The people living below this city are still n great distress, while (arming communities are heavy losers. A Wheeling despatch aays : Tbe Obio River rose here all day yesterday. The damage has been very great. Muoh suffer- ing will result, aa a large area ot tbe oity is under water. The wholu of Wheeling Island, the 7tb ward, is flooded, and last night most of its 4.000 inhabitanta slept on aigb ground in the main part o( tne oily. In South Wheeling hundreds ot houses of working people employed in milla and fac- lories are under water, and in the buainess centre many of tbe whole- sale bouses are tixided. The post office and uoatom house ia partly sur- rounded and the baatment tilled witb water. Business is almost entirely sus- pended . Mo trains are arriving or depart- ing. The depots are under water and tbe railroad yards blockaded, tbe engines and oars standing in water over their wheels. The Slamm and Windsor hotels have water in their first floors. It is not thought there will be a further rise of more than a fool, which will put the water a little above the 45 foot utage. Reports from glass and pottery districts along tbe river show heavy lussos are sustained by the flooding of factories. A MOKRIBLB LIKUD. A liauk Fratldaau Choke* Bl> Wife to Death. A Clark dispatch says: Samoel Cowlea, President of tbe Pacific Bank and one of the oldest citizens, waa arrested yesterday, charged witb having murdered bis wifu on Feb. 4. Mrs. Cowles was choked to death in herbed chamber. The alleged motive is $5,000 life inaoracoe, which the husband took oat on his wife in the American Legion ot Honor. A ttUMNB 111 UK UK3BBVK1J A PBIZB. Watched Balky Horse and Bad MuthlasJ to Bar. A fanner, driving a mulish -looking horse, attached to an dd time "omrry-aU," ornate to town, declares Texai Siftingi. His horse stopped in front of a corner drag store and refused to go on. The farmer urged the animal and then proceeded to beat him with a rope, but without avail. Of oourse, mndreda of men came up and offered idvioe. A balky horse ia perhaps more ruitful of suggestion than anything els* jan hope to be. One man told the farmer o twist bis tail ; and another one said that a handle o( fodder held before his eyes would have the desired effect. After awhile be farmer turned to a quiet man standing m tbe edge of the sidewalk and asked : " What have yoa got to say ?" " Nothing." " Isn't there aomo mistake about bat ?" " None whatever. ' " Are you sore ?" " I am certain." " Is it possible," said thu farmer, " that on stand there and nee a balked horse and ave no suggestions to make ?" " It ia not only passible, bat it is an bsolii'e faol." " Where do yon live?" " In thin town." " Are yoa going home soon ? ' " Yes Bat why ?" " Well, I have a bushel of fresh eggs bat I want to present to yoa. Here take his basket, and when yoa need any farm ruck let me know and it shan't cost yoa a out. I admire genina and must say that jron are the most remarkable man I ever saw." Brokeo ltriitti-iiit.ii. i Random Notts fruni the Current Mows.) Brakeman Signer. " Struck by a bridge" Brakeman Nelson. " Fell from a train." Keil. W:B. Brakuman Carlisle. " Switched to death." Jaylon, O. Brakeman Eden. " Crashed while ooap'ing." Elyria, O. Brakeman O'Donncl. " Run over and killed. ' Santa Fe. N. M. Brakeman Terry. " llis foot in a frog." :hectowi;, N. Y. Brakeman Pollock. " Kan over and tilled." Memphis, Tenn. Brakeman Caulking. Switched to death." Mount Morris, N. J. Brakeman Harris. " Crashed by bump- ers." Birmingham, Ala. Brakeman Sullivan. " Jammed to deatb." Meobanioaville.N. Y. Braloman Phillips. Knocked off bj bridge ; killed." Btataburg, N. Y. Etc., etc., etc. CouUucl of a Clargruiti at lujiikuianlou. A London cable aaya : At Newton Abbot, Devonshire, to-day, Rev. Dr. Pope waa iiifd 2 (or brawling in ohorob. Dr. Pope attended a religions borvioe on Son- day, and while tbe communion was being administered walked up to the officiating clergyman, wrested the obalice from his bands, and drank the wine, while standing near the altar rail. Dr. Pope then returned tbe empty chalice K> tbe clergyman, re marking in a voice beard all over the church, " You're no Christian. Yoo are unfit to administer the Communion. " By this time Dr. Pope was greatly excited. lie stood gesticulating near the altar during the real of tbe service. Tbe court to-day was crowded with clergymen and others. Amid considerable excitement Dr. Pope at first said be was not guilty, and afterwards pleaded guilty and apologized for bis con duct in ibe church. Dr. Pope's lawyer said hit) client's mind bad became unbalanced, and it woold not be just to be too severe upon him. .IUMPKO THK TK.V1K Tha Flruian ami Two PnMfngent Killed tititl Several Hurt. A Charlotte N.' '..derpitohaay* : A mixed passenger and freight train on tbe Chester A Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad jumped the track on tbe trestle two miles sooth ol Newton yesterday afternoon. Tbe killed were : J. Hoag, fireman ; II. M. Morrow and W.W. Ross. Those seriously injured were : Frank Coulter, C. C. Dnolap, conductor ; M. Johnston and K\>v. J. M. Little. The rumors circulated in regard to Mr. Gladstone's state of health are not founded on faol, as be la enjoying good health for a man ot hia age. After a long struggle tha Sootb Dakota Legislature has eleottd James H. Kyle as Senator by a combination of Independent and Democratic votes. The tragic death ot her daughter, tbe Connless Waldstein Warlenberg, has caused the Princess Metternioh to close her salon. The Princess is still famous for her beauty and wit. Many of her extraordinary escapades and gallantries have been for- given her ot recent years because of the strain ot insanity she inherited from her father. She baa lately spent a good part ot her time in Francs. Ton young man who tent a manuscript to a New York newspaper office, where it got lost, ooght to have kept a oopy. On suing for the value of Ihe manuscript tbe judge nonsuited him on the ground that newspapers are not to be considered the custodians of all tbe effusions sent to them for publication. The judge showed a wii discrimination in taking such a oase from tbe jary. " Wby do yoa pat up that sign, ' Hands off,' on tbe outside of your build ing '.'" " Because my men are on a strike.' Fxperunents in tight lacing) have just been made on some monkeys. They were put in plasters o( paria jaoketa shaped like slays, and another lot of tbe plaster made to imitate tight petticoats. Nearly all the monkeys died under the treatment, as was naturally expected. The experiments may have been useful, bat it was rough on tbe monkeys. Bostomans are getting tired of taking sitting drinks, aa they have to do under tb present law. They want to stand before tbe bar, aa it saves time, and incidentally money, because they take their drink an! go, whereas it they sit down at a table a friend may drop in, and that will mean two or more drtnki before the sitting is ended. Tim Servant It is a ouriDos fact that there is nothing which is ao wholly unanimous as tbe desire that other people's daughters should be cooks and chamber-maids. We never think ot it as a thing desirable, or perhaps sapposable, for our own ; and thia face Mems to damage most of our arguments 'or others. Artemus Ward was willing to send his wife's relations to the war, bat we are not inclined to contribute even these to the kitchen, for we should hold, rightfully, that it was " menial service." Sow if we draw the line at menial eervies 'or ourselves and oar relatives, why should we speak m-veroly of those who draw tbe ine at juat that point for themselves and their own relatives ? The whole difficulty ol ibis mooh-vexd question seems to lie precisely there. Harper'i liatar. HoottUh Military Chancea. On the 2nd inst. it was officially notified from tbe British U'ar Office that tbe 13tb Hussars, on leaving Edinburgh and Glas- gow iu tbe spring, will go to Ballinoollig ; aud that the Caoiuroo Highlanders, going from Edinburgh in June, will proceed to Bradford instead o( to Ireland, as origin- ally proposed. The battalion for Glasgow is the first Royal Soots fusiliers, now at Dublin ; and the orders for the lat Royal Boots are that they will arrive at Edin- burgh in June. Tbe changes proposed tot the Scottish line battalions in the spring are 2ad Black Watch from Belfast to Limerick, and 1st Seafortb Highlanders, Dublin to Fermoy ; tbe 2nd Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders are to go from AMereot to India in the next India troop- ing svason ; tbe 2nd Royal Boole from Malta to India ; and the 1st Gordon High- landers from Ceylcn to Mauritius and tbe Cape. It is probable that tbe Carabineers (Dlb Dragoon Ganrds), between leaving Leeda ftnd arriving at Edinburgh, will go to tbe ( "urrigb for drill. 1 M Track ol the Keapcr. The following ate tbe mortuary statistic* for tbe month o( January, giving the rat* of death per thousand of population : Mon- treal 1.72, Toronto .110, Quebec .283, Ham- ilton 1.42, Bt. Jobo( N. B.) 124.OHawa 1.56, Halifax 2.07, London 1.04, Winnipeg .98, Victoria (B. C.) 1 37. Kingston 1.42, Brant- ford .70, Hall 1.04, Charlottetown .58, St. Thomas l.'lt, Gaelpb 1.13, Windsor .12S, Belleville ./'i, Stratford 1.00, Sherbrooke 2.11, Three Rivers 2.84. Peterboro' 1.07. Woodstock 1.08, Brookville 90. Chatham 1.48, Sorel 1.95, St. Hyacinth,- 2.50.Qalt 95, Frederiotou .82, St. John's (P. (j ) 1.03. Stratford appears in the retorns for the first time. It ia noticeable that Ihe returni abow a great dedine in the death roll as) mpared with January ot last year. Bos ._3 grippe waa raging at that time, and that (aot easily aoooonts for the difference. I1H11 IN TUB 8BA. " There are nan iu the sea," said Uie maiden (air, " Ai good as ever WITH caught, so thro !" AnJ aba lilted her l>eau, and away went be ; Aud shu louoJ, nkhnugh there were flab in the sea Aagood aa ever wore l>ruRht to land, They wouldn't come out at hut command ; And tho txMiiufnl maid grow palo and aad, And winhed she bad kept the one auo bad. Even mourning underwear has been adopted, tbe garments being either altogether of black silk, or if cambric be preferred the wbite material is trimmed with black lace. The gradations ot mourn- ing are nicely marked. For " second mourning " or " bait mourning " tbe dress) materials are black and white, or more commonly lavender and white, and to accompany the ooatome tbe accessories are appropriate, even to the stockings, these being striped in two colors. Lsnt preasea tbe button. Society take* tbe -