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MY FIRST SHIPWRECK, Experience of an Old Btsamihip Commander By pl < h ... W. l>. lllir.l, <>n a bright August Jy in 1S-U the schooner Margaret, W illiam Thomas, master, laden with a cargo of merchandise from Holland, wa* proceeding slowly up tbe British Channel toward her home port, Bristol. She wa* a *ma!l trading vra.se 1, 1'Jli tons register, carrying a crew of four men, with ths captain mate, oook, carpenter, and two boy*, one of whom wa* niys-lf. .Six month* before, 1, a youngiler of fif- teen, had left my home *t Ml. Helena and wa* no-v serving my first term of appren- ticeship with Captain Thomas, to whom I had been bound for four year*. All that Hay the weather had heen glori on*. Toward sunset tbe clouds began to gather in htavy masses to the louthtMMt. and a little later a heavy breeze iprang up from that direction. A* darkness came on, the wind increased, blowing a strong gale, ami it bleir all night. A* morning dawned a dens* fog KI tiled down over In* ve*sel and completely ob- *cur*d everything. Sounding* were taken but the captain teemed to get no knowledge of our whereabout*. When daylight came the sea had changed color. Tin* proved us in shallow water. The lead wa* hove. The Bounding! were only twelve fathoms. " Wear ship I" shouted Captain Thoma* in a thundering ton. . The vessel wa* then umn . such small sail that she had not way enough to stay her. As she answered her helm and paid off bringing the wind aft, high land wa* seen astern. Suddenly the fog lifted. At the eame instant the wind changed to the southwest, blowing harder. A cloud of canvas flew into the air. Looking up 1 saw it wa* the jib. Che venrl luet what little headway she hod and drifted heavily to leeward. A* the fog cleared toward the laud we looked eagerly in that direction and to our Hiimay anil horror we anw heavy breaker* beating *o clote on us that there wa* no room in v. Inch wear the ihip round. The captain at once gave order* to clear away the anchor*. The mate went forward with an axe and cut the lulling* of the one on the pott side. As BOO.J a* the cable bad been cut the starboard anchor was cat adrift and thirty fathom* of cable run out. The order wa* then given to "ho.d on." As this wa* obeyed the port cable broke. The schooner immediately iwung around bringing all her weight on the star'ioard cable. The latter, unable to withstand the '.rain, parted, and then we were left entire- ly to the merry of wind and *ea. Nothing lea* than a miracle could la veil*. It wa* impossible to se whether we were driving onto a candy beach or onto tlie roeki. The *uipens was short. A tre it rndou* tea came rolling toward* us. Kinking us with terrific force, it lifted us high on its erect and carried u* forward to- ward the breaken and then drove n* with a crash mini the sandy bottom, and at the same instant down came the foremast, taking with it the jibboom and bowsprit, and all disappeared together into the tea. Wave after wave washed over u* inquick succession. Th mainmast we* split, and the nnls* made by it a* it wa* beaten about by til* gale wa* deafening. All we could do wa* to hold on for dear life. At lait one sea lie vier than all the otbcn lifted the iliip bodily am! then dashed her down with a giant'* strength onto thesaud. The bottom was stove In and fho began rap idly to fill with mater. The captain ordered our own life-boat lowered. Then taming to the crew he honied, for the roaring of the Mind was terrible, that he with four of tbe men would set out for shore and liter landing himself he would send the boat back for the other*. We had no other alternative : we were compelled to inbinit. The captain, mate, and three of the men sprang over the side, took their place*, and pushed off. As the little craft rose and fell in that fnglitfnl aea it seemed doubtful if they could reach the shore. Dumb with terror I had watched the whole proceeding*. I could only cling to the mil ..nd li\ the sin-er strength of my hands and arms save myself from being carried overboard, a* set after *ea swept ever in. I drained my eye* now until it seemed as though they would burst, to follow the movement of that little lioat on which our livo* depended. She teemed a mere speck pon the wave*. Suddenly she rose to n ui prising height then disappeared alto- gether. The next moment 1 saw the men struggling in the water. The lioat was broken into piece*, for the fragment* were brought out to a*. Kieiy one lor himself was now theory llnoiighi'iit (hi ship. How far from shore *F* were 1 could not tell. We had to take cur chances. Although a good swimmer I knew that in such a tremendous tea 1 should I* powerless. There wa*, however, but the one thing to do. liaising my hands, before rne and proas- Ing them firmly together, I drew a long breath, then sprang from the schooner's rail down into the water lieneath. When I roee to the curfao* I tried to swim. It wa* impoeciblc ac 1 had foreseen. I wa* like a child in the grasp of a monster. The wave* loused me up like a plaything snd carried n* on 1 oould net tell how or where. Suddenly a great black object loomed up before me. ft wa* part of the wreckage. I tried to ward it off, hut I might a* well have tried toward off the schooner itself /or the cea lifted me up and dashed me coward and the great ma** struck me a heavy blow over my eye* a flash of light- ing gleamed, then all was darkness and a blank, Ho*) long after I could not tell, a strange sensation earn* creeping (lowly over me. A low murmur of voice* reached my far. I wa* Iwwildered and benuml>ed, but aoou the truth began to dawn and I knew that wherever I might be I wa* not dead. Powerless to speak or move, I opened my eyes -which were large and dark and fastened them upon the faces around me. U itn screams of fear all turned and ran, leaving me there alone. Not in the Inast understanding the cause of their fright, I oloieil my eye* and endenv ored to recall all that happened. Little by Im Ir each event cumo IMCK to n y mind up to i he moment (MM struck by the Moating timber. Afsjo Sokmg around 1 discovered that I wa* lying on a bed of draw in a large I am. How I could hjive got thare waa yet a my* lery. While attempting to understand how it oame about, my ear caught tbe nouuJ of a heavy fooUtep on the board floor. Raising my eyec, to my great delight I recogui/.ed the mat*- of the schooner. " Well, .lack, yer am' dead yet, are yci ';" saiil he coming to my side and bending over. "We'd all gin yer up, and the people here ilic't yer wasaapemt;" laughing to him- elf a* lie made thi* encouraging observe- tinn. " Where am I ':'' I faintly inquired, and made an effort to rile, but could not. Every bone in my body ached and my limb* were so stiff and cold that a* 1 sank back on the straw the tear* welled up and overflowed. "Cheer up, Jack, yer'll be all right in a day or two, (aid the mate a* he again bent over me. He felt my limb*, and finding noiiv of them broken, thought sincerely that a few days' reel would set me on my feel "gain. I learned that we had been wrecked on the coaet of Wales. None of the ship's com P'uiv had been loet. .Several were more or lea* r rinsed and lame, but no one wa* Co badly injured as myse f. Some of the people saw me as I wa* being w<- <he i ashore and had hauled me in. Supposing that I wa* dead for I bore every appearance of death they hail carried me int > the barn and left me while attending to others. The schooner wa* rapidly breaking up. Her malts were gone, her bottom stove in, and the cargo was fast coming on shore. After giving me these detail* the mate left the barn to obtain assistance in remov- ing me to a more comfortable place. In a short lime he returned with three men. wa* carefully lifted from thi floor, placed upon a stretcher, and carried into th* larm- ' houw. A* we wire abcut to enter an old woman, her face glowing with kindness and sym patby, came to my side and said something to we in Welsh. I could not understand a word that inued from her lip*, but there wa* n- mistaking theexpression of her eye*, guided th* men into a warm, comfort- able room, and 1 wa* lifted from the itrvtcher and placed on the bed. The pain wa* too great lor my endurance and I faint- ed. For several days no one supposed I would live. All that pitv could do was done for me by these kind Welsh people. Day and night they watched by my bed, and though all communication wan made by signs, I felt that I was in good hands. But at the end of two week* I was able to report to Captaiu Thomas, who wa* staying a short distance away, anil in a few days I wa* again on the sea feeling no bad result from my first ship- wreck. IMM I oils HTOBIf B. A npnmc MIBACLK. Relief Oomw Whei Hope Has Almojt MprrleBret Imtfaare. In Wrdi..i Al " Doctor* have some mighty queer ex* perience*," wid a prominent physician the other day while speaking of the odd char- acter men in active buiineea life occasionally meet. " 1 gues* if 1 hadn't worked s pretty respectable game of ' bluff' a short time ago I would have '.wen badly used up. I wai sent for in a hurry to attend the oaie of a . woman in a family which I bad never ever | heard of befors. A* a rule physician* will 1 not take the risk in serious ctces unless they know the person* or have *ome one identify Hi m. I hesitated and recommended some one else whom 1 thought would respond, but the man it wa* the htiiband of the lick woman went away angry, and a short time afterward he tent lor me and I finally de- cided to go and trust to everything being all right. U hen I reached the house the husband opened th* door snd greeted me pleasantly a* I entered. Onoe I was inside, I however, hi* manner changed, and locking I the door he placnd the key in In* pocket and began to abun me. Uiiiihing with a blood-curdling oath and a remark that he propoted to tnrash me to within an inch of my life. He wa* a big, brawny fellow and I wu icared, but placing my hand on my hip pocket in a inggeitive way I command- ed him to open the door. It wa* then hit turn to become frightened, and he did a* I ordered. Then I made him back through the door, down the stoop mid into the (I reel a* far a* the curb. Then I hastily (prang into the carriage and drove away. I guess I wa* more relieved than he, too. ' Another physician who joined the gioup had a *tory to tell. He was called to attend a man whom he had often treated for epilepsy and a mild form of mutiny, and on reachii.g the homo was surprised to find hi* patient dancing about the room with an open ra/or in each hand and howling for tome onn to come and get alaahed. No amount of coaxing wa* of any avail and the doctor went for a policeman. \Vheii the latter arrived he declined to enter the room, as he aaid that in order to disarm the man aud protect himself he would probably have to injure him. The physician then decided to enter alone, and pushing the door open he walke 1 in. The man inside wa* not half hi* si/.c, yet he rushed at him with the wide open ra/or* over hi* In ad and the docter felled him with a chair, the policeman and other* jumped into the room, the patient was disarmed and put to bed and in forty-eight Lours was apparently in good health. He afterward became so violent that he bad to be taken to the asylum. Canary Captured by a Spider- The itrength of some of the spider* which i build their web* in trees and other pla-es in aud around Santa Ana, Cal. , isastonisb- ing. On* of them had in captivity in a tree in that town not long ago a wild canary. The ends of the wlnpi, tail and feet of the bird were bound together by come sticky substance, to which were attached the thread* of the spider, which was (lowly but surely dragging up the bird by an ingenious i.iilly arrangement. Th* bird hung head downward and was so securely bound with little threat!* that it oonld not struggle, ami would have soon been a prey to ill great lv captoi had not an onlooker rescued it. ge ef British Ulr Mti<-u Lord Palinernlon died in harness, but he died on the eve of his eighty-second birth- day. Chatham died at 70, Fox at A7, Put at 47, Cum-ningaat ."iH.and when Sir Robert Peel met with hi* latal accident he wa* 62. Karl Kusseil attained th* good old age of H6, but did not hold office after he was 74. Lord Reaconstield died at 77- Gladstone i* S3. . \ 4 MBrllUr ef lum.hlp Tell f Ills Release I rum Haiti-ring His V!*fcl,,.r. Verify HU ma-rui'iilt 4 Mrrrllas Care .hat l \w M ll*nr bold ..r.l KtiiK-ton Whig. The reader* of the Whig will remember that our reporter at sharliot Lake, on two or three occasions lant wmtr, wrote of the serious illness of Kdward Batting, a well- known and rospirted resident ol the town- ship of 0*>. Mr. Hotting waa to low that hit friend* had no hope of hi* recovery, and although of an energetic disposition and not the kind of a man to give up easily, he veil felt himself that life wai slipping from him. Later we learned that Mr. Hotting'* recovery wa* due entirely to the aw ol that remedy which ha* achieved *o many mar- vellous cure* that it* name is now a bourn- bold word throughout the land- -L)r. Will- iam*' Pink Pill* for I'ale People. Our reporter visited Mr. (lotting at hi* hoiini on the picturesque ihore of Succor Lake. Mr. Hotting i* a very intelligent and agreeable gentleman, lome seventy- live yean of age, bat looking and Acting a* martly a* a man twenty yean younger. He i* probably one of the best known me-. in thi* tection. He wa* postmaster at KiTinoy for fourteen yean, and a councillor of the united township* of Bedford, On, Olden and Palmerston for ten year*. He gave the Whig representative a cordial greeting, remarking that it wa* hi* favor- ite paper and that he had been a coo- tanl subscriber for forty-nine year*. Mr. Butting readily consented to give hi* ex- perience in the use of Dr. William*' Pink rill*, laying that he believed it wa* a duty ne owed to humanity to let the pui>lio know what they had done for him. " It wa* about two yean ago," said Mr. Rot- ting, "that 1 firit began to feel that 1 waa not my old telf. Up to that time 1 hail been exceptionally strung and rug- ged. My illness first came in the form of kidney trouble, which neetned to carry with it general debility of the whole system, and none of the medicine* that I took aeeined to do me any good. I am no*, of a disposition to give up easily, and I tried to light off the trouble and continued to go aboat when many an- other would have been in bed. Things went on in thu way until aliont a year ago when 1 had a ld attack of U grippe, and the after effect* of that malignant trouble brought me to low that my friends di*|>air- ed of my recovery. I did not give up my- elf for that is not my disposition, bat when I fouud that the remedies I tried did me no good, I mint admit 1 wa* discouraged, I wa* troubled with severe %n 1 constant pain* in the back, Mutations of extreme di/7.ines, weakness, and was in fact in a generally used up condition. I h*d read frequently in th Whig of Dr. William*' I'n.k Pills, and at lant the conviction force.) itself upon me that they must liave *onie special virtue else they could not ob'ain uch strong eudorsations in all part* of the country. 1'he upshot wa* that I deter IT in re! to try them and I bless 'he day that I came to that conclusion. Before the lint box wa*tini*hed 1 felt benefited, and I con- tinued their use until I wa* a* strong as ever. I have lately worked hard and hud no ill effect* therefrom. I consider Dr. Willia.ns' I'mk Pills the best medicine (old, and you may say I would not b without them in the house it they cot )f.~> a box. All my neighbor* know what Pink Pills have don* for me," laid Mr. Bolting, " and 1 would just like you to auk come of them." Your reporter acted upon the hint, and first saw Mm. I.. Kish, a daughter of Mr. Hotting. Mr*, hush laid, " What my father ha* told you i* quite true. It wa* Pink Pills that cured bun and wa are very, very t'ltnkful. Father i* now a* smart a* he wa* twen'.y year* ago." Charles Knapp. a prominent fanner, aid : " 1 consider Mr. Rotting'* care n most wonderful one and I believe he owe* hi* lif* to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Your report- er called at John W. Knapp'i but found that gentleman away from home. His wife, an estimable and intelligent lady, aaid, "we are aware that Mr. Butting was very sick for a long time and consi lering his age thought it unlikely that he would recover, but he is now at smart a* he was leu yean go and he ascribes it all to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Mr. Avery, Reevnof the Township of O*o, and Warden of the couuty of Kioutcnac, merchant, told your reporter that he has a large anil constantly increasing kale for Pink Pills, anil from all quartan ha* good report* of their curative qualities. II W. Hunt, a commissioner and lohool teacher, said he had known Mr. Bolting f< . a number of years and considered him a well rvad and intelligent gentleman, who, if he said Pink PilU had cured him, could ba de- pended upon, as he is a very conscientious man, who would not make a statement that wa* not accurate. Dr. William*' Pink Pills are a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, curing inch diseases as rheumatism, neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotorataxia, St. \ itu*' dance, nervous headache, nervous prostration and the tired feeling therefrom, the after effects of la grippe, diseases depending oil humon in the blood, such a* scrofula, chronic cry- upelas, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pile and sallow complexions and are a ipecitiu for the trouble* peculiar to the fe- male system, and in the case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of any nature These Pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Brock ville, On i., and Scheuei'tady, N. V., ami are sold only in boxe* bearing the firm's li ide mark and wrapper, at ,"il(c'j%. a box or *ix box** for f2.50. Bear in mind that Dr. William*' Pink Pills arc never cold in bulk, or by the do/en or hundred, and any dealer who offers substitute* in thi* form is trying to defraud you and sliouH be avoided. The public are also cautioned against all other in-called blood builder* and nerve tonic*, no matter what name may be given them; They arc all imitation* whose maker* hope to reap a pecuniary advantage from the wonderful reputation achieved by Dr. Will- iams' Pink Pills. Ask your dealer for Dr. Williams' Pink Pill* for Pal* People, and refuse all imitation* and substitutes. Dr. William*' Pink Pills may be had of nil druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Compuny from either ddres<. The prio9 at wiuoh theie pills art sold make* a, coutfe of treatment compara- tively inexpeusi*$sM compwed with other remedies or medical treatment. THE WEEK'S NEWS CAM A DA. C'apt. John Mackay, one of the oldest res- idents of Hamilton i* dead. St. Catharines expects a boom in building and other trade* when spring open*. Mr. Robert Duncan, a well known Ham- ilton bookseller and stationer, is dead, aged ML Three car load* of turnips per week ar hipped from Guelpa to tlie United Slate*. Mr. John J. Macdonald, the well known contractor, died in Montreal the other morn- ing. Thou, is Kensy, a convict from tiuolph, uicided in Kingston penitentiary by cut- ting hi* throat. The Quebec Government bill to put an end to the *y*tem of pensioning public offic- ers ha* passed it* final reading. Judge I.oranger ha* quashed the in j auc- tion by which the mayor and aldermen of Montreal were prevented from taking their seat*. Mn. Mary Boyer, aged 91, slipped on an ioy walk in St. Catharines a few !. ys ago and suslanx d injuries which caused death. Ex-Mayor Ciirke was recently presented with the chair in which for four years ho aat a* mayor of the city of Toronto. Mr. Tarte, the member for L'Islet, took hi* seat in the Dominion House of Common* Tuesday. At tli* close of the present session of the Quebec Legislature, f.ieulanant (ievernor Ciiapleau and Madante Chapleau will leave Spencerwood for a tour through Karope, which will occupy several months. The city of Montreal ha* at present two mayor*. Mr. Desjardin* has been (worn in to fill the office, but Mr. McShane denies thai there is a vacancy. A special of the Canada Ca/ette just tsvued contains an order in Council abolishing the alleged discrimination in canal tolls against the United State*. Principal Dawson, of Me 1 i ill University, i* at present in St. Augustine, Kla., and new* has been received tbat bis health i* improving. W. (>. Reid of Montreal, ha* been award- ed the contract for the construction of an iron spsn budge over Red river between Winnipeg and St. Boniface. The Managing Board of the Montreal Protest 'in t H His* of Indus'.ry have decided to establish a Home for Incurables on tbe Molson faim at Lougue Point*. Live stock exporter* in Montreal have re- ceived definite word from Washington that Canadian cattle will not be permitted to pas* through the United States for export to (ireat Britain. The thirty. second annual convention of the Ontario Educational Association will be held in the Educational Department bnil 1- ingi, Toronto, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 4, 5 %nd & At the annual meeting of th* Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, held in Montreal, it was decided not to pay a divi- dend at present but to commence to pay them next summer. Mn. H. T. .Stevens, who is charged with manslaughter in having caused the death of her adopted daughter, Mabel, at Mouc- ton, N. B. , ha* been committed for trial. She will b- released on thr*e thousand dol- lar* bail. A Mr*. Pilkington, of London, Kngland. ha* tent a letter to the Mayor claiming tbe i ight to collect ground rent for the whole City of Toronto, baaing her claim on an alleged grant of the land on which the city i* built by King George III. to her grand- father. The auditor* appointed by the County Council of Dufferin, Out., to make an ex- amination of the books of the late treasurer, Mr. A. T. Haun, who wa* found dead in a hotel at Buffalo recently, have reported that no error* were found. In response to the representation* of the Montreal Board nf Trade the Provincial Treasurer of Quebec state* that the (iovern- ment can make no alteration in tbe new tax law until it is *>en how it works, and re ports are received which will show what changes may be necessary. At the annual meeting of the Toronto Industrial Kxhibition Association, it was resolved to ask for a Dominion Govern- ment grant of $10,000, a* it i* intended to make the (how of IV.Ct specially attractive, in the anticipation that many visitors to Chicago will also visit Toronto. (IKKAT UKITAIN. .lohu V. McCarthy, M. P. for middle Tipperary, i* dead. Tbe death i* announced to-day of Mr. Louis John Jennings, Conservative member nf the Home of Commons for Stockport, Kngland. Dr. Kempster, a special health officer of the United State*, who has been making a tour of inipection through Kusa'a and Ger- many, told a newspaper representative in Berlin on Saturday tha* the present year will witnew a fierce outbreak of cholera all over the Continent. Mr. Gladstone i* oppose'! to any meas ure restricting the immigration of desti- tute aliens. He argues that Great Britain exported more working people than it imported, and that any restriction would i afford other nation* an eicuse to stop the entrance of British emigiants to their Dominion. The Allan steamer Pomeranian, from Glasgow, January 27, via Moville, for New York, has returned to Greenock. While over eletren hundred miloi westward she encountered a hurricane, and a mountain- ous wave swept her deck, fatally injuring the captain and arryingout to sea the first anil second mates, t wo steward*, two quar- ter masters, and five passengers. A deputation of eighty representatives of Scotch public bodie* waited upon the presi- dent of the British Hoard of Agriculture and urged a removal of the embargo on live Can- adian cattle. The reply was that a decision would be given on the receipt of further advice* a* to the health of the Canadian herds and a* to the intention* of the Do- minion Government regarding the importa- tion of cattle from the United States. rMTEll STATE8. The drain of gold from the United States for Kurope is causing some agitation among the New York banker*. The overdue steamer Taurtc, from Liver- pool, arrived in New York on Satniay evening The delay was caused by heavy gales. Uavid Rk-lisrdsM, ol Alton. 111., has jost died, making .10 penons who loet their live* in the terrible railway calamity at Wann, III., ashort time ago. George Silvty, assistant postmaster at Spokane, Wash., killed himself th* other day by sending a bullet through hi* brain. He wa* short in his account* 97, 100. The will of the late James G. Blaine has been entsred for probate. It was executed in Washington on January 7 last, and prac- tically leaves everything to Mrs. Blaine, By the fall of an immense block of stone in the m\rble quarry at We*t Rutland, Vu, en Saturday, seven men were instant- ly killed and severs! others seriously in- jured. Beer will be sold in every building on the World'* Fair ground* at Chicago, and it is expeeled SO.'XK) barrels, or $50.000 worth, will be consumed. There will be 87 booths. ' 'old and snow* still continue in Montana, with the temperature ranging fro-- zero to 20 degrees below. Keportt from the cittle growing section* indicate that itock has suffered severely. William W nrrell, one of the oldest circus clowns in the world, and father of the famous Worrell sisters, is dying at Orange, N. J. Ht was born in England seventy yeejsago. Kate Horlacker, a girl of sixteen, ia in prison in Philadelphia charged with at- tempting to ptuion her ur.cle and his family that ill* might enjoy greater liberty and poeam some money to whion she was heiress. The boilermakers' strike in ths Brooks locomotive works at Dunkirk, N. V., bast been declared off, and the strikers are ap- plying for their old positions. As fast a* place* can be made for them they will be taken back. A despatch fiom Minneapolis states that a flour truat has been formed. and that most of tlie spring wheat millers in liulfalo, Chi- cago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and tributary points have joined the organi- zation. A new litt of price* is to b* made after the next harvest. The United 4 tates Government has noti- fied Minister Steven* that hi* action in es- tablishing a protectorate over Hawaii is approved. A special to the J/atl says tbat it is no longer matter of doubt that a treaty of annexation has been concluded between the United States aud Hawaii. The I'nited State* Secretary of State, complying with the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, had instructed United State; con*ula in Canada that cars entering tbe United State* from Canada under tbs consular *eal system must be sealed by the consuls themselves or by some official of the consulate, and not by unofficial persons. Twenty- two hoases hsvs bern burned as Hastings, near Napier. N*w Zealand. Tbe coffee snd cocoa crops in Ecuador have filled, and a famine is threatened. There is great misery in Queensland, owing to the Hoed* The damage is eati- mated at $13.000.1 <M. Bush fires are doing great damage in many iia'ta of Victoria, Australia. Crops and homestead* have been destroyed. The Anchor line steamship Trinacria ha* been wrecked at the same spot on tlie Span- ish coast where th* Briliali cruiser Serpent was lost, and only seven of those on board were rescued. Ferdinand and Charles de Lesseps were sentenced to Hv* years' imprisonment, and Marius Fontstise, M. Cottu, and M. Kitfel to two year*' each, for swindling and breach of trust in connection with tbe Panama fraud*. Recent reports from Honolulu say th* natives favour ths restitution of th* Queen, and th n among the foreign element a re- action has set in against annexation to t he United >t*>tes, the general feeling being in favour of a limited monarchy under an American protectorate. str< milans of treat Wen The favorite recreation of Pope's leiture hour* was the society of punters. Nothing wan more agreeable to ths poet than to pend an occasional evening with his friend Kneller, who, to use the words of Thack- eray, "bragged more.spelt worse, and paint- ed better than any artist of hii day." Warburton tells an amusing anncdote of the two friends. Mr. Pope was with Sir God- frey Kneller one day when his nephew, a (iuinea trader, came in, " Nephew," said Sir Godfrey, "you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." "I don't know how groat you may be,' said the Guinea man, " bat 1 don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you together.all muscles and bones, for ten guineas. ' Sir Joshua Reynold* used to amuse him self in hi* last days.in hi* house in Leicester Square with a little tarn* bird, which, like the favorite spider of th* prisoner in the Haatille, often served to while away a lonely hour. But this proved a fleeting pleasure, for one summer morning, the window of the chamber being left open, the little favorite took flight, and waa irrecoverably lost, although its master wan<le*ed for hour* in the square and neighborhood in tbe fruit- less endeavor to regain it. I Had Goitre <>r sunning* In the neck since I was 10 years old | nm now 63. I used Hood's Haraaparllut re- cently and the swelling has entirely disappeared. It baa been very trouble- some. When 1 began I was feeling so d! icour. aged with the (vitro aud rheumatism I full tbat I would as soon be dead .-. iui;lit cold I could not ;,iut fainting. Now I ant I ran truly recommend 1 received a letter from now of Fremont, Mich., n. il in lich.ilf of Hood's , I i.-i.li. .1 It waa, and sent unnnVr letter from her 'li for recommending us alive. Whenever I walk two blocks with free from It all ami Hood's Sarsaii.n ilia. Mrs. .li'unlo Blgelow, asking if my ssMBDOl Hars.iparllla w;istmc , porUoular*. I havti i 'i.nikiiik; me very linn- Hood's Sarsaparilla ami -.tiitinr that *h Also has been cured." V.KH. ANNA Ht TIIKKLANII. KafeUBsttoo, Mich. HOOD'8 PlLLS *r h bt srW--.Jlni.ei ilUa._Ih*I will <U|tkw sad cur* netoaslub _,