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mo The French Bembtri Whydih and i few Other Port* llh Ullle ! Uo.'J, W.rrfcr. r) lal l A telegram from Pan* ayi This French Moadron off 'be Dahomey coait bombarded Uhydah and other Daliomeyan ports about tie beginning of th* nv<nth, and the Frcoch troop? then proceeded on their expedition to Hie interior, under command of I'ol. Dodds, whoe policy U to drive the King mo a corner by vigorous a. lion. With the tint arrival-v>f re:nfor:emDta Col. Uodde began to enlarge the circle of the outposts. while f.jr:ifymg at the -a,mt ume the oli ixiMtions. He opened tiro tew road*, one Iroin 1'o.ti N'oro to Sltete. on the Adjara Kiver, near the Bnluli frontier at Lugo*. the other binding Porto Xovo to Dangbo, a |ilce i>etwen the Ousme *n<l ta Adjira, otar the spot where Capt . OuJard was kill- ed in 1S90. It u said that eoToyt from tb neighbor- ing tnl hare otferel their co-operation (unit the Dahouieyana. tiret enthusiaim prevails. Numerous dertiout are taking place from the Dahomey army oa account of hunger and fear. Ths rine season will last i niu O.-t. 1.) Col. Dodo's has.'i.iXX) Dim. be u>( a lumcient fore* to ho. i the different Uuoas independently of the lupport of the eihipe anchored at Kotoau and '-rand Popo, Kotonu and Porto X*vo are now in a thor- ough ilie of def.-nat, and (Jrand Popo is occupied. The Sa:e, the Ta!:iman, and other thipa are free to ?ruiae about, and it i n/alculaced that they will beable to nuri- n ths blockade in'a very effective man- .'ather Dorgerie. the mmionary. who concluded the treaty with Behaxmn, in which tbe latter contented to recKni< the F.fnch Protectorate on the coaat for the conii'ltration of a d'.beidy of 'J).OOO trace* per annum has been inter viewed at Nantes. where rie resides. Hedrawia picture of LWiomey. the conquet of wh'ch be adto- eatci. which represenu it as a commercial pariblite It isa very rich country, he *vi, eoteted both by the Engliah at La^osand t i'dJermani al Togo. In French hii>l. he c>nu.lrr, i: will be a veritable treasure. ' Ko-.ona." ht says, "which only contains two French commercial houses ,a i a trie- grip uc station, produced is |!9O. when, owing to the war , buiiueaa was alack, a revenue of .130,000 francs. " Several companies of the) Foreign Legion have been sent from Algeria to Senegal to re-place U: Senegalese riflemen despatched to lU'iomey. The Seuenial contirjen'i coniiit of 4'JO men form-1 into thre com- panies. They are mott'.y reteran warriors, mary ul them being covered wi'.b scar*. The troops are quite distinct from the re> k uir Tirailleurs of Senegal, who are cum- pieiely fused with tiie Ficnch army. These UV.T lorm the maiu body of the I>ahomcy exptdilion. <V,. Poddi hats full reliance in tbsir military qualities r. e eipe-lition underlet. IV>dd. -\dvanc- IT- g TOT, Porto Novel r Abemey, will pau by AUm*. Obos. Agany. and I'anaa. where BtfhanuD has Ins military camp. The de ti:vf action, it it anticipated, will take place there An official despatch frem Porto Novo lays ttualCcl Itoddt advan.ed agamil Hakw The l%yhcmeyns, not .<nly m>.ke!e but in all thr neighbouring o> ititry. evacuated the district and lied northward, wi'.iuh* French in pjituit. sit. Augost -2R, I**). It reached Motcow and spread throughout tbe north and At Riga, on the K.luc, it took upun iy> cr 70 British coal vessels, which bore i: to dunderlaad and Newasllse. It wai alao conveyed by Huaaiau troop, then engaged with the Polish revolution of IS-To 31, to Warsaw, and iheace to P<ieen, Berlin, Hamburg an I London. alHicunj each mem- ber oi the United Kingdom. Irish emi- grants b o igh: it to*(^ub<sc in IsoJ whence I ip **'! _ the couulry op to Detroit, rcaderiug incapable the entire force of soldiers going by way of the lakes to the Hlack Hawk war, oue reg.ment lo>- ing over Aw men in a week. 1 1 was earned wtt and south, reaching New Orleans, wber* acute rtOuO deathi took place oat of . population of So.OOO. tne epidsmi of 1SJ1 began in lower Ben- (al. over-ran India, tinted Afgaanistan in 1M4 IVrsiaaud M*hed in 1M.~>. Teheran m ISM, J .ly ." .. I'M?. It alto visite-1 Trebuond and Poll, Constantinople and olessa. pau- ing up th* P^nuhe to Germany and thence to Hoi. AC land England. In 1314 German im-nurants carried it to H^vre and thence to New Orietns. from wiueh it spread as fat west u San Francisco. Another great epidemic commence-! in India in April, IMM. and by railroads and steamboe.li travelled widely, reaching Italy, Kiig.au'l and France, and passing from BAT*. e).le wlik Mere Ifc i j The former mayor of Brussels, M. An ipa.-h, laid the resident* of the BtUiac cap- ital under great obligations to him by en- closing tbe river Senae with brickwork, and thus bringing about an important aad need- ed improvement in the health of th city, a* well as by his construction of the fin* boule vard that BOW ,-onnects the northern with the southern side of Brussels. It was m this boulevard tha: the city's arst great PKlE'01 la Irtklag reaUaealal Car*. market was erectv:. of Several small halls in Persistency U a great virtue, bat it is hard to admire u a - v Lois is short only to.ii letter* in it. OB a certain evea:ng no*, locg age Iitart- I Three-quarters of it u a "lie " aad half of u ed oat, writes % gentleman whose veracity an " if." LI nit to he oneit-one.!, to walk a dutaace of two ii.iies. My object was to call upon two young ladies wr.h whom I had an en- iZagement for that evecm^. My pa;o lay ] along one of two parallel valleys and act the ndjc between. I had traversed m* va.- ley toad and had reach*! the nnoiit of the fo^owing aa trai., had climbed over a high staked and ridered ra.1 line fence in the woods and was ;ust various parts of Bruisels had previously been uwd as temporary markets, and tcey '. in/ *.h e i^e ot the umber that (Barked the have been successfully earned on ever , crest of th- slope. It was joit beguuniag to since . lut. but mil I. grit enough to see across One of tt.ese hslls was erected DO: far the .-al'.ey I was facinc, when, ail at once, from the r:vr :n the Plac J >t. Hery. I saw cox og ,', tae i.^pe, aimoet uut no: arid reached Astrakhan m Ruwia. [ Th> market was connected with tne river by a subterranean canal, constructed to car- ry to the S^ine the drainage uf the i pare and the sewage f-on: the neighboring Oar- <len street. The rats cf the Senne were not lonr in discovering the proximity of the market to their haunts. One nocturnal vim suthced to ihow how completely the butch- er's stalls were at their mercy, and what splendid suppers were to lie had without even the trouble of the asking Night a'ter night, in fact, did the rats beuiquet orf quite directly toward me, A I should say there were at least iO of | them, in sotaewoat open order, light. noiseless tread, in CUB '.mental r irst six rr.en o: cnuiually tine form and ! bearing between them a black velvet cover- edcoma with silver han-ile*. Attire Three cornered i.ats. low reacnic j vests, military coats, knee lreec~.es. dare itockmgt and | low-cut thoea . buckles. Bat the face* were most remarkably noticeable. an "if.' " And wheel you asked her to wed the declined " - Ye* See duannasd Be with- oat ceremony. " I>.d she thank TOO for :h* sea: ' ' " No : bu: after she settled down in it she smiled sweetly and begged me not to rise." " Do yoa oeliev* all yoa see, H..II ' "No; I am you whenever we meet, bat I don t believe you more than a tenth of the Urn*. ' He " Is this t-.e in- -..me yon're eve beec in love. darling ' " She though tie**. y Yes, be: it'iso nice that I hope :- * b* tbe last. " ' You matt be the oldest hen in the 3ock.' said the new rooster as he surveyed hit harem. Yei. ' r-pi:ed Biiiy . I'm the Neater of the barn-yard." Shs " What did papa say. dear, when .1 him you wished to marry me, dear ' lie" I do not remember what a* said, darling, b-i: I know I felt hart," When 'ti T:?'. blows his trumpet, I woudtr - \ In tones like rolling thunder Ta ra ra boeut-de-re T - colt for th* belated clubman te reejiz* that th* towering fetcale whu stands the head of the stair* is the timid little ho once tainted in nj arm* at the from^which'sssy comiiunic-atinn iVto'beTnsd "-." jhis m<enicui exps-lie:-.: had toe de with this continent. Any moment now, may ttgna.1 ths arrival of a plague smitten vessel in our midst: and it behoves us to act accordingly. The proximity of winter is an advantage to ui. but there is yet time for a terrible visitation. A dollar of pre- vention will save thousands of dollars of sired effect : the meat was uolongriroawe-l and eaten, and the butchers began to recuv. er confidence. Yei one morning the meat cars. [Montreal Star. I .! I l IT l tl IT wept all this in brief but intense eagar- such, as ouly one with utter d - tn the ip. ritual could give. 1 watched tbe feet oa the soft suow. no i:-ark, ao > stall, were found to have W*thefr"oe !." them grid, into the tracer, w. cuts "-here sum. hind H i.r:ers of beef l! *"* o-tTie forms met contact w,t, trees no break in time or step, no attention to the obstacles In th* a:s: moment I had determined to follow then into the growing glootv. and the woods, come what would. Aai I did. H.rrl... . F.ilr, * had disappeared there, half of a sheep ; bare bone* lay everywhere tomdic-.w what had been taken away. That the I.MS had been "a: it again ' was evident. But how had they overcome the difficulty of tneiinc plates !" There was only one way IB which the couM ^ -^i^, ^ ld t oat was to set a wauh on th rooents, and thus 9ur- 'Ihe Boeton Herald says : It takes two pnte them in th* middle of their enterprwe. paru* to make a quarrel, but it often On* of the injured butchers readily agreed happens that the patience and wise foresight to pass a night among the .tails. He rad of a liable pcnoii can prevent what would not been tong at his post before he saw a otherwise be a losing contest, Hut the procession : rats, most of them showing IB Canadian policy of toe preeent adminiatra- their appearance unmistakable signs of tion his nut been of a character calculated good living, ascri. Jiug from til* outlet sew to nuke the Canadian* regard us m an 1011- er* t'p th* boarded stalls tbe animal* cable aisutner. A special edort seems to a*c*nded with eoae. Bat on reaching the haw been mad* to prove to our Canadian .-ine covered pillars that separated them . neighbor* that 'n the opinion of the I'nited from the hanging meat above, they formed seconds. 1 was ctee* to the rear ceeSa bear- States itovernnwnt they were al best of but thearselvc*. as promptly as if th* move- er. on the nghl Sand side. Bat I cleared little account, and if any problematic*' (fain men* were ev .-. it th* word of com- the fence, and whii* my breath was getting could result to the I'niud State* from the mand, in a closely massed group at th* foot short, hav.ag come pell nie'.l nearly .130 injjry of their industrial interests, the pre- of the pilliar : by cl.mrng upon each other yards, I ran along ice t'eace in time tc tee em administration wati|uite o]ual to the the group rapidly grew in height. I'p-T. pallbearers, cotfiu and proceasion all go attempting to lecare that end. In- the plattorm thus fonr.ed of rats' bodies through the obstruction lite so much mist. MAS. Hi>>, WITH THE I was material and had weight. I sank into the leaves and snow and 1 had to cal culate on trees and !ofs and the dusk in- creasedit WAS toon down grade and into - wood. I hurried as I saw that tn mar.-h w Mild cut slan'.iu^ly across the . rail fence dovn the now steeper incline, and yet all tills time I watched the spectral -m. I defected a litt'.e away from the coJatB to reach the fence sooner and we were cow near ths lowest point, bat in my hurry I mused nr foothqld on the rail and loe: sovte " Great Scott ' the market's going up like a racket ' W.i; noil we de* exdaiirej Lombkia to Shearer, his stock broker. Weil, the best tnmg to do is to try and bear il," was the smiling reply. JIBES--" After all. the difference be- tween a so-.-iety girl aad an actress is only a seasonable one, " Siymme "What d y* meta' ' Jinks " Veil, one is engaged for th* Summer, the other for the Winter.' Witherby " I mad* the mistake of my lif* thismornuu. I told my wire I didn't like heroew gown. P.ankingtoc "What, was she angry*' Witherby "Oh no, it wain . that : but see wants anoloer one," Maa; * What a beautiful new gjwn Jaa* u wearing. Did she bring it from abroad'' Clara "No : it's her last seejoa's dress. Tbe dressxaksr turned it uastd* out, aad now she sayt .: i :r--. the otaer sxi*. Mrs. Van Cruder" It strikes rue. ray* dear, that flirting has bev .-me almost a science I: :*:; ".e . :.-. o: c CM. Kdr.h Theodora " Yea man ma. that's so. You can': gel along w.thoa: th* m*r Vnow. Th* Village Pastor Tohnny me yoa have bisn to Suniay school ' The BadBn - Yea. sir.' Tne Village Pas- tor" But. Johnny yocr hair is wet. ' Th* < y " Ye, sir ; it's a Bapt.it Sunday "Well. Bntget. and how :s vour husband* ' Washerwoman ' " < all used up, x .T ' Mistrets . wbai alls him'" Was'-erwoi- .- - Indad*. thin, mum. las: n iht he had I .. UIIT Ckelera I r I il rrulr. hundred yean before the birth ot I'hrm, Hippocrates mide a reference to chnltia, which tfives us reason to l ifve the.1 that Asiatic disease hail then visited 4;refoe, while Aret.*u of l'appa<locia. A. l>. fn, i.alen, the celebrated phi'twopher. A. V Ml. Arabaiius, of IVriiam.n. A I nil Aleiaiider of Trallei, S'J, have r*:rr n>-e< showing their knowledge of tre 5'iague. Ku^i-ne .Sue. in his ' \V,m.lerui|( sw," has lent a weir 1 terror to tho oholera 1 v -nnectini; U wuh that ntytliioal morul, wrno, driven by deetmy, slowly peramlm- IstcMthe earth, brinftinii with him the awful cnurgv, and it i> a itrange feature of the eHi*ie that in the various oouutnes it hu wisiti'd it h.is generally ad\*nced at about he it>eed of a man walking. Hit, as it u Brtall) cvried by fugitives or othert, it now yrofreoses with tbe speed of modern travel, ami ilc-tic. tne imee of trerbo. un!eis ohevk- e>.l by precautionary meaiuree of I he etrict- r t kind. There irems to be some connection be- t ween tic ituodecennial Hind.v reli^'.nii pilgrim ge and the spread of cholera. as the ye.rsl7.Hi, ITlN. 17S1, ISlT-l!', l-*-Ji .!!. 1 l 1 Ct, lS.Vi-.V-, l<r.. i;;. were noted fonts Srovslrm-e. thi March '. v .'n>i. I7>i|. eome ve tliouuiid Hutish troops, who had en- (jamped near the great temple of .lujjjernaut very shortly after the great fiuodtcr nnul pilgrimage, weie attacked and die>-l by d>rr-r(, there t*>ng. in .td.lii ion to the >le.ui. SO' cues the tint day, ml l>y the thin! day .1 W* were on the sick l:ii. The epi<lennc was ctrried to Madras and l'!cuu t-v tlif In ISi7, some 3d yean later, the gaiu Ivcame svnous. spreading up teiin^ei to Allaliaba.1, turning south to ihe province of Himdeleund when it f isten ni upun an army of 90.WO inea undi*r tt:e Mr>|imol Hutinc*. then warring c:rnt lt>e Mihrattas. At Allahabad KMUi natives luad tliftl, w!<ile of the army me'M> sue i to the dinease. the line of marvh ; markexi ly bumlredtof oorptr* tiniil ll* vlioie route rrseu.bled a baulerleld I -if.Tvnnents were stricken almost the in si'a nn Iv.-y lirewruvir. while with lie fli;l-t of lo*ertert, vamp follower!, oto. . tlir | < li<wmintii far and wi.le. 1: inaich id from town to town AIM hatnlrttn \illage with such regularity that its arrival could l<r foretold almost to ft day. b I om iv.n Jmy il fussfil up tho Persian i.i.lr to the only l>(ri (<out!iein Persia. Ituihire, and thence i- >!mat. lVeciitins ai to qnar i laved l<|Mhan. and the plaijiu* sought \c/>l, I.- lioi in and Kehil, froaiwhi.'h latt it wiu rarnetl lo Astrakhan. Fi-oni l<ornl>ay it r:kj also carr <-d to B.iMorah, eoim l^.iixi )<e -pit 'lyui(j there wiilnn ISiiays. and then u (Msurtl ak'ug tin- lisrn and K\:phnte>e to lU^iliatl, Pamascut, Aloppo and the Modi- tcr rauetn coast. I n I ">.V> cholera again broke out in Iiuiia, M I lutilwar. tlm great > cutreof thrpi'^nm jr. at which sev era) million- cf s.-uN waMii lilt enery twe!ft> \ear. Thefljrnm MA.III rnl it tliioiiK-A thf i-ountry.' *-nl il t ook Ihe Kreat north weit t-entral ' cirsktan '...le, re*iU"j Orul>uig m Uitt- terccurse ltw*en nations does not dirfer other rats ascen led. and standing on t:ieir 1 coold distinctly see both rails and terms at materially from intercourse iwtween indivi- hind legs, rested their forelegs against the the same time. linali. Tbe pride, th* weakness and th* pillar. These rat* then served as meant of But 1 aaw ere yet the procession was ensitiveocss of a man will he oaiefully con- ascent for a third body of rodents, and tbe i hrough the fence trial th* column w*s slow sidered by a ti.rewd negotiator when en- composition }t the ladder of rats went on :n,; up, and I waited, standing in deeper tleivonng to bring lum into an anticable until the frost beam of wood .u the top of saw by the fence, at th* same panel where frameofiiiind.au>i subjects which are cal the pillar was roaobed. No sooner was the they passed, to tee the robed figures of th* A youDg married Ivlyhad gone t. culated to giv* o3r nee and c*us* resentment la Uer complete than the mass of the in- re*r. of wnich I had seen the leas:. I scaa- I J*** iy a goose. was a will be .crupulousiy put aside. '- i iers waiting below ro* up m great ne-i the pprwwhing face* as triey cam* up. making up h Wo do not believe tliat any on*, even the swarm, over th* backs o: their div.-ipl-.ned 'Ine do/en or so preceding th* " sister*. " , '"""'' 2 ! '' '~* L most ardwxjt upholder of Mr." Harrison's ad- confederate*, and reach mg the croes beam as I shall call theai, were as young nten in Ust ths saleswoman I :aupa:;e iiiiuistration, will maintain thst this reason- with its suspended he *b'.e, because effective, form of diplomacy, inaates of uucy nonru hooks carrying choice later boyhood, but not once did i-n of the .irishmen!, precipitated entire throng look at me or in my direction, has beeu employed in our negotiations with themselves upon the fool with the uevour C'auada. On the contrary, it <ceni to ui ing /eal cf . famishing army. that we have been utterly regardless of the m - eSfect which have on the i bat our eelf Msertiveneu might ther side of the border, and have on one or two occasions behave-l in a manner that hat been li'.tle short o: insult '.'> men p<>isesed of a high degree of nir i n - > r M v teea lie L*l. _ ^ A telegram teached Liverpool on MOD lay national spirit. Fake, for cvample. th* from I'uptam .'.!. : th* Liverpool screw : y o.oaing in xo compwi* me CH-VJV. treatment that was accorded to the tanaJ tau steam -tiij: Sarah ,|ohff . .wiling that ^re. were r'hng pas: me eo cl coinmii'ioners who came to WaihuigMa four-mast.l :i> Phracian bad capasa**) T: tB4l [ vX>o [j havs touclie*! them. A oei some time *f> on invitation of our ":atc ie vinday uight off 1'ort K-in. l!e of Man. o j unutterable !onliue* and an mere** prtment to consider certau important in- ud that th* imp ln.l disapjpeared. and ternational qnesuons. Vnleea report* an nothing was seen of the crew The 1'hracian .. ... . entirely misleading, thet* Canadian olric-.alt ws a new saip.and waic ...nung roum! fro-.n :rnp -.,lse luddenl were discourteously diimissexl because that Port llasgow in tow o the -<erah Joliffe. -h. mid.t of the treatment h appened t favor th* interests **> bad oa board a crew o Liv*rpool of th* Preei.ieat m tbe personal contention rutTert. who led Liverp.>ol on th* previous then join* on b*tween httn and his secre- Fr: lay in th* Sarah JolitTe especially to taryo: State. This is merely one incident bring round the Thracian. it it i.ot exact- out" of a long list of illustrations that could ly known how many wsnt, but it is under be given of the donunosrus manner in K>o.l tn.t '.h* number w about riftsen. which the pretest admumtration has carried Tiptjin Herbert P.rown was tnoanmandof on itsnegotnti-ns withfanada. | the .hip and h. had his wife with him on \Ved*not mean -y this that inch treat- 1 the i 1 fated trip Beside* :h* above ment junines I'ana.U'in aitempt.ngto evade might b* eithe' one cr two orticen, bat thi* the tru* mejuimg of the treatie. by which it uncertain, so that th. number of persons is bound; but it must beevi.leiu to any ono knowv. to have be-n on board would be tna.t our cvurt* of action h.is prevented us U.ut seventeen or eighteen. Ouriujj Sun- fr>imappro*wiiiii,{the(..>ii.li*n(.:overuiiieut day night and Monday morning heavv in th* friendly 'and amicable, spirit that K tle. prevailed, and u was during terrirto epairtPg. uncarn would lul,ttoe.lvreccle from a p. w ,t,on^uall thai the veel torned over and up of groaa. Jying or d.ttant tn.mpe lU .rroneonsly taken Any r /..-.no m.tVer how foundered. She. of course, was in ua'.last. echo of **Wg be.l. sigh., m much of aii imbecile he nuy I*, can s overn >1 left the^'iyd. on the pr.viou, Satar cadenced low and qur by martial law; any negotiator van involve d.xy a nation in war, but u it the proof of a wise cuse me. mji am. lie sai i angrily your husband can't have ben naif in choosing you?" Fanay " Why are you . * I should think you would be rv happy en ^aged to such a nice young man u be u Annie " Oh, I'm afraid he won't be true " ^* hy. he's very, veiy Rood. Yes. but I a-n" afraid' he s to* WITHIN THI CIKCI.S. I glanced toward tn* head oi the pr v*s- sion, and law that a cir:le was forming, the pallbearers nearly ready to halt, having come far enough around to face m* 30 yards to m '" away. i a't h* " Th* rear *od of th* procession waa slow- good to be tra* : ' . , ompUt* ti-.e circle, th* Wooden " And so Miss "."a*se and Mr. x really go: married. Was it a let* "* match*' MisiSmilax "On tbe contrary, r * v " - :d call u a ha:e mtch. ' Woouea- w like terror came on me, "Why, I don't understand you. Miss W.-y it was I know not. bur an insan* Sou lax Why. she hated t'o W an old v ;v)**ees*d m* w rush into m%1 a sud h* hated M be poor.' t: rung, regardless o: ai'y sirthly proprteiws : With ihaMatsag teeth and n*nou> un i-ei lines. I p!-ir<ed forward to link* into th* center, and 1 h\d c->m* to within a few feet of th* circle nearest me. when iny foot caught unier a treacherous sncw-v-ov*r*d nag and I fc-nn.i n.jsilf about to fall head- Ion,; into th* ciulst of th* silent, solemn, gnost-lik* group : At rXSUBTHlY WA1U But now there went forth a sound snch as pcrhapehatnsver ye: had a parallel on earth. Something strn.;e. weird, wild. lone, do- ] snair.p*. uncanny a wail thai seem*l made Oh : for a carload of ice cream And a lake of lemonade. A million fans all run by steam, A county or two of ihade. Clothes as thin as g-aoty tiles Of husband* who have strayed ; Oh ' for a blat from polar vales Or the glance of a Boston mud I the wraiths sank shivering into ths eartn and ou: of sight. I saw them, as it eemed r-e Liverpool agents of the vessel a nation in war. hut u it the proof pt a wise err .J.-jsr*. 15. 1. Soley and L'o. . aad t<i* . . ..-.... i-raveiy iwm lor i ruler and a wist n.c-vt.alor to be al-le. by on!y i.re they knew among the rifjier. with my mortal erv-s. .ink dovtn - _ juJgrneat. t*cl amUood r-asvuing. to gain -aa tha: of Kit/certld. wh > wai the hJ .now .urt..-e and d.sappear ^ .,; 11{ator , deefred eiula without th, use of force niau. Tbe tu r W cru.sed ar-und till to ri*t : I.*J- *****? ,'., and made for t M Till. J l> OF t> tllli. 1U rsie rifkl efaBravr tvlear U Bor la Wh<le swimming in Crescent lake, near Creecent Ciiy, Vis., the ouirr day. riichard Burnham. a l.Vyear-old Ivi. bad a Barrow escape irooi dea.h in tbe ;a of aa allica- tor. When lUirnham disiwereu thea'. k . u>r underneath him and about to rise he r*e'.y swiam for a txxxii of logs several >teire.l eiuls witnout me use oi lorve "-ii-"- 1 i i~, h r ,,.i,i .k. Ifc'e sno .Ui.Ue.1 of by this test -and it is the ouly j daylight on MoiuUy morning lu th. hope of summon : 1 got .<n my t, , ; . . ...u n,w 'r.\ n v u .>.i,^li 111 t LAnS. . r:.CK \.^.*r . Th* tet thit.m these modem days, i-an be prop erly applied -the C'anadian policy of :he prr-eent drmni.tration muit be classed as a was. .-? c,--ire. believed that all of the poor cou-picuous failure: all the more w if il p-.>ple ha-l met wuh_ w.tery grave, lea*la. by lar^e expenditures t>f money, to the duplication ofcaital servu-e* in th* reat lake*, where) e>|iial, if not better, service could b* obtained without tlieee. rapiv. seeing some of th* crew, hut nothing could snow from my woolen i i:t tens, stn: about u. cl be seen of cither the vessel or her crew. It *u!y with my Mick wmcb . ^. f My e wol, th, , wtatr ".- only th* about me wool. th* wintry I went down ao.l into th* ^IrMe by KBxIl.a >avl Orer. Letters reveiwl from Shanghai give particular* of th saicule. on the SM of last month, oi Lioutouant ArthurU l'aw''<n. ,>:' the Hruish vxrsni,' I'eiiguin, while that (hip wai at .Anchor lit S 'anghai lUrbor. The other orH -ert of th- vessel heard the report of A pistol ihol aN>ut half-p*st seven ' tilth* rn'*rnink;.au.l on entering l.tfii tennt lawston's cabin, whem-e th* sound pr>. wleil, they found him lyiui; dead on his iv>l. with a j>it. J . shot through Jiijbra-n. the l>ullt having entensl lli.- r:;ilt lemple. It waa itated al ttt* r.;.ct that the deceased ,>mcH-r had l<e<a somewhat do pirsseil of lat. but there wu nothing :n lu ,irnu *n"'.;r to in lic.\te t h tl he was tikrlv to cnmmil suicide. The jury rrturuet) a veulictof " Temporary insanity." A Gerjerona Rival- IV'-*" Wli\t :\ ijumritA- ,-f rio* yc>u threw aftr the brrd* '" I'Ura " Sho'U ne*\l it U-tere he g*'s his put into lVu s las "to report th* clearing, down onto the road and ho disaster, and ws then ordered to Liverpool, where she arrived on Monday trghr. Although a nstive of Yarrnonth. Nova Scotia, I'aptam V>rt>wn resales in Helens- burg, Scot Und, and leaves a family of six children. The riggers were most married men, and also leave large The Thracian wai a four masted barque of ' Aa larnai rhieacwaeaea. She has been discovered at riaisanoe, a suburb of 1'ari., in the person of .].. .-.t t T eUf*4'V'v* *es*a* ( aea *><w ar^ - - . girl .-ailed Jeanne Hu^-ie Moreau. agevl ^*- *!>' J * ^> flmil, ^:>' ">'' b " ; endowed with a most extra- H^ ^. f h ' -.'.' "f :. ardW, memory. M,e ,. a walkm^ .. - r,* wm. gone JWrpttJ : - tons regutcr. She was on h*r way to th* Mersey to lad a cargo of coal at Uirkenhead for San Krancic>i. When thi c)clo t v-,ha on all matters appert.\:nrng to th* history of VrB-e, ami especially to tbe Kreat Revolution . i< au adept ai*o ir. nat disaster became known there were'ruaiy ural '.KV.ory and at thf same time answers .ad scenes, as the relatives oi tbe !ot wero making iii'jumes after the poor fellows. I'h* Thracian belonged to the 1 hraciau Mi'mg Ship Companv il.inute\l>. whose mans^tr,; owner, wero Measr*. W. Thorn fc>n a.-, i i .>. , o. .. Jehu's. N. B. How Nioftllo Got Evtn- Irat* Vitrer-"! found inv best coat i-iik;ini on the fence, with th* tail torn all t piecee. " IVmjjhter .;uiet'\ ' "Vou shouldn't have kft u in tlie hail." \Vrty shouUln t I \1 . '. ke'.y Mr. Nicefello put it on over his other Ut niht. It was a little c.vl. .1 er I pree mie you forgot to lie up th* without hetitti MI or rrv-r practical ques tioas about cooking, ordering, and house .-am* up nearer th* tur- the ivy u he swan: along Opening Ins huge jaws, he was close them upon the trunk ot the w hen Kichard made a Jn* and w-n I > -r -^ " :ee: under water in the direc- tion : th* Icysk As the boy csm* to the turfac* tn* alii- .rstc'r (rot his twarings again and gav* ctiae Kichard was nearly winded and th* reptile ,faiped on hi-n. W!t*n the lx>y was a Iml* three feet of the logs, the rptile elo*eJ his thigh He was anions thought for help Bu: Vhok rose to th* .urta.-e Again in alv.it a half a minute, th* alligator having evident- ly let i-o of him IB oru*r to <et . tresh i and a better one. P-.ck iea-bevl for a loe; and caugh; it with both hand*, the alluv.^r nsirij; up from ary hero whose >'. and who was decvrated by (ieneral ' de La Vayette after the taking of 'the HAS- alle. Mrs. Wink. "Why do you hate IVaoon lioo\l so IV Mrs. Minks 'Hi* lost patien,-* with a c-> int[ baby in a railnvd tr > any iu*n w:ll v ' > ihat." "'. but it was ray > \ Ihck pUe<l t.xv It was a question of would pull th* harvler aud win. The animal kept loo*r :,is .;ain, and jus when the boy w M .Vvt '..- fall hack into the WI.T. - v with pajn aiul half lead, son'* men t'rom tr-ein.l. AJ.-; mx>u ti'< scene *n.l rescue. 1 inm th* arr-ii! o~T wuh ci-jtw. NN au.l brought to ln ; . . was found to length. measure 11 feel ai> i - .