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THE WEEK'S NEWS CANADIAN l>r. Rarn*>r<io, the philanthropist, ii at present in Winnipeg. An unknown man was killed on Friday night by a (.'. P. R. traiu on th track near Savoune ta,ioB. Johnny Kyle, aged seven, wat drowned in tho old canal at St. Catharines, by falling off a log. Tneattendanceat the Montreal Exhibition wan fully fifty per cent, leai than was ei pected. At the Labour Congress in Montreal a resolution wo* passed advocating theexten- lion of the franchise to women. The lumber merchants from Beyrout' Turkey, are in Ottawa, with the object of ascertaining whether* trade in lumber can- not be established between Canada and Turkey. Mr. Louis Joseph Ptpinvau states that his change of creed from the Roman Catho- lic to the Presbyterian Church wai not actuated by a desire to escape tithes, fab- riijue assessments, and special tax**,but for reasons which he will shortly mike public. Pickpocket* got among the passengers o n the <>r*u<l Trunk express train on Thursday night between Detroit and Suspension ('ridge, and relieved quite a number of persons of watches, purses, and other val- uable articles, fhe thieves escaped detec- tion. A committee of British Columbia seal- ers was appointed on Friday to draw up a memorial, setting forth that the new regula- tions would prove ruinous to Rritmh Col- uinliian interests, tnd asking the British Government to buy their schooners and outfits at a reasonable compensation. The Montreal Presbytery assembled Tuesday to Ty the Campbell "heresy Prof. Campbtll replied at length to the libel, and the Presbytery, after a long de- bate, foucd the professor guilty on the first count of the libel, which charged him with , ..._., . ,, ., nesy in teaching a view of the mspir- Shore train one hundred and forty miles ation of the Holy Scriptures which impugns ' and discredit* them as the supreme and in- *T_ li:i_i - . - , f source of religious truth. The of Asiatic fallible source of vole stood twenty-one to thirteen. HUITHII. A charwoman of the English House Commons died on Thursday cholera. A petition has been lodged against the return of Mr. Cooke, who defeated Mr. Pulley, (iladstonian, in tbe recent election in Hereford. The insect plague continue* in Kngland notwithstanding the cooler weather, and wasps are painfully plentiful. Lord Lansdowne will continue to per- torn, the duties of Viceroy of India until the middle of January, when he will be succeeded by General Sir Henry Norm ma The miners of Nsrth Staffordshire have gone back to work at their old wages. The Scotch press continues to complain strongly of Mr. Herbert Gardner's action respect ing Canadian cattle. A medical commiuion reported on Satur- day that the British Houses of Parliament are iu an unsanitary condition, and require a thorough overhauling. Surgeon Parks, who was a member of both the Stanley and Kiiun expeditions in Africa, died suddenly on Sunday, while The jury in th* Paul Halliday i-aae has brought in a verdict charging Lizr.ie Halli- day with murder, and declaring that the murder was premeditated. George W. Dye, one ofth- wealthiest planter* in North- Kast Georgia, iidead and has left his fortune of over half a million to the negro family who attended him for the last titty years. The ne Cunard steamer l.iicania arrived at New York early on Saturday morning, making the trip in five days and fifteen hours snd forty-six minutes, thus breaking all records for maiden trip* westward. Receiver William N. Dykman, in charge of the wrecked Commercial Bank in Brook- lyn, makes the startling announcement that the institution hod lost $I63,<IUO through investment* in the St. Kevin mine in Colorado. He said he would at once be- frin suit* against the director* who had floated the worthless paper. GENERAL. In the manoeuvres at Metz on Thursday Emperor William commanded tbe Six- teenth army corpe in person. An official decree has been issued an- nouncing that an international exposition will be held iu Franc* in 1900. Much anxiety i* felt in Cairo because the Nile a* yet ha* shown no sign of ris- ng. Madrid will hold an Universal Exhibi- tion from the beginning of April nntil the end of October. Prince Bismarck'* condition is causing the greatest anxiety. His son William and several family friends have lately been summoned to Ins bedside. A despatch from Varna says that despite the silence mamuir.ed by the Turkish authorities, there is no d-iubl that cholera is spreading in Constantinople. T.The'Germau Government calculates that the Imperial revenue will be increased by one hundred million marks by the propos ed wine, tobacco, and boene taxes. Twenty masked men held up a Lake from Chicago on Monday night, and stole from the expreu car one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in currency. United States Acting Attorney -General Whitney has declared that bicycles are personal effects, and are entitled to free entry into the country as such, when neces- sary to the comfort and conveoien' e of the owner. Dr. Kosse, Prussian Minister of Public Worship, has announced in a circular that children whose families have no religious faith need not receive religious instruction in the Public school* except at the request of their parents. Letters inst received in England from an officer of Kmin Pasha's expedition confirm the report of the murder of Kmin, ami an- nounce* the finding nf a box of his despatch- es written shortly before he was murdered. Tbe German Foreign Office is informed that the Cuinese Government is preparing a protest agsinst France's new aggression in Siam, and has given orders that the Chinese squadron of ircn-clails be made ready to sail at a moment's notice. Tirol, Ira. I There is a disposition among many people to accuse men and women of culture of a certain degree of snobbery which is regarded as the outcome of intellectual vanity. They are supposed to be proud of their attain- ments, wrapped up in their owi. thoughts, regard lesrfanil perhaps con temptuousol th< visiting the Duke of St. Albans'at Alta Craig. Col. Gate has arrived at Simla, and an- nounces that he has mode satisfactory ar- rangements with the Russian commission | who have not enjoyed their ad vantages, and regarding '-he boundary between Russia and taking pleasure only in the society of a few Afghanistan on the Khnsk river. prof le of similar t*jtes and habits. Grave A despatch from Nottingham announces "njort'c* is done to the great majority of that six of the principal lace and hosiery ] intellectual people by such un inference, factories at that place have been closed on | f course there is such a thing as intcllectu- ac'.-ount of the lack of coal incidental to the prolonged miners' strike. Sir Howard Grubb has finished an object glass for the new equatorial telescope at Green jrich observatory. The casting of a twenty-eight-inch len* for the telescope took about three years to complete. One of th* effects of the long coal miners' trike in Kngland is the scarcity of fuel, and the Midland railway, as an example, has issued an order to lay off thirty passenger trains on and after Monday next. Sir IVhtred K*y Shutllewortb. Parlia- mentary Secretary to the Ad mralty, has announced that as soon as the people of Newfoundland desire a change in their Hindi! ion (he matter will receive the care- ful consideration of the Imperial Govern- ment. Tim London Standard says that every- thing points to a dissolution of Parliament next year. Mr. Gladstone, it says, deludes himself if he thinks that the constituencies will endorse his Irish policy. Lady Henry Somerset has written a letter Raying that Miss Frances Willurd is still ill, and that she has been compelled to abandon all public work for a year, during which sh* will Uke a complete rest. The stukina colliers in Yorkshire are doing great damage to mining property. They have made repeated attack* on the mine buildings, which tliny have destroyed by Are, and the looal police havn been utterly inadequate to cope with the riotous mob*. Mr. Herbert Gardiner states that the English Hoard of Agriculture, in dealing with the question of removing the embargo un Canadian cattle would have to act on the advice of the three eminent veterinary experts who hod reported on the matter, and it was, therefore, necessary to adhere to the decision already given. ISITr.l) STATES. Mrs. Cleveland, the wife of the President of the United State*, gave birth to a girl on Sunday. Five thousand dollars' worth of smuggled i from VictoHa, K (.'. , wai seized at rancicco on Friday. i from many points in Minnesota 'ndiuato that Sunday was I Of al pride and selfish isolation on the part of some individuals of this class, but the oases of the kind are, fortunately, few and far between. People) of the stamp referred to aie seldom broadly or highly educated, lor real culture almost invariably produces humility, for the more a man knows the better Joes he realize his own defects and the amount of knowledge that exist* outside of himself glimpse* of the vast area of knowledge yet to be attained. It i*, in fact, the diffidence of mdf distrust, the doubt of capacity, the fear of failure, whioh prevent men of superior mental gift* from making tlinii more generally useful in the world. Of course there are some among them whose pe culiar abilities are happily productive in tiio sphere of literature and oratory, iome who are giving out the results of their scientific or historical researches, and others who are dliectly occupied in the work of teaching iu all its useful and practical departments as well as in the higher walks of acholaitio life. But outside of these there is a very large number of cultivated men and women who lead comparatively obacure live* and who would gladly make them available to raise others to a higher level of thought if they had sufficient faith in their power to do so. To such it is often a matter of deep regret that they meet with so little sympathy or encouragement wbun they try to effect this and the sense of failure is frequently the real cause of a self -withdrawal which has come to be stigmatized an intellectual aris- toracy. It would be well for those who are disposeil to underrate intellectual effort to consider that self-culture alone, though ap- parently non-productive, never ends with self, lo undervalue it, or to be tempted to give it up on this account, would be a great mistake. Bayond the personal gain to such a one there i< a Kain to those around him, , even though he make no direct effort at all. Kvery one who raises his own mind to a higher level, by that very act raises the community of which he is a part. Is it. not a noble spectacle, well worthy of a civilized country, when a private citixen, with an admirable combination of patriotism and self respect, say* to himself as he labors : I know that in a country when there are so many at>le men all that I can do can count for very little iu public estimation. Yet I will endeiivor lo store my mind with knowl- edge and make my judgement sure in order that the national mind, of which mine is l>ut a minute fraction, may be enlightened, :L . be it ever so litlle. This was orl tor Hi '1 osoohy of th ancients and it is Imitation even at this Uu day. the phil- open to I? trtri ha idred guests. / Chicago Man (showing him roucd) .,, I. M.lior... hi > ^ / llThjj the Columbn , , utn( ChurUs vf"oortl| *'"\ . .JRt, Ont. , Jhs wh*re all these riot* originate." '-- and lived ix'ary^j with sniugglug Stranger (closely inspecting the statue) I in Chicago CP' / L THE Till .* or Wholesale Hurjrr i.j Mea Wbeee *V Helen Was I. !!!> for Ike * Bare. Thuggee, summarily defined is, or rather wa*, a profession by which, century after century, thousands of Indian males. Brah- mins, as well ai Mohammedans, bound themselves by the most nolemn oaths, and under religion* ceremonies carried out with I the sublimity attaching of old to the Kli-us- mlan Mysteries, to unite in secret societies whose purpose it was to punish tho human race, and thus to merit the approbation of Bhowanee, by whom men and women are abhorred. This punishment took the form of enticing rich travellers to become the companions ot armed bands of Thugs, who, preUuding to be merchants, or soldiers seeking service with the Nizam, or with Holkar, Scindiah, or others among the powerful feudal princes, offered protection and companionship to defenceless bunneas, or traders, to lahoucars (sowcars) or bank- ers, to zemindar* on the road to big cities laden with rupees, bars of silver, or bills of exohauge, which they had received in pay- ment for their crops. Even professional robber*, or dacoiu, were followed for day* and nights by wary bodies of Thugs, who attacked and murdered them when a con- venient spot in the road or jungle was reached, and robbed them of their plunder. All this homicide was wrought by the simple apency of a silk handkerchief flung from behind over the head and throat of a victim, who wa* IXVTVNTAVEOCSI.Y !TJtAXUI.ED, and in most coses his or her neck dislocated by the dexterous application of the bhuttote or stranger's knuckles, under the victim's ear*. One essential preliminary to the successful and undetected perpetration of 11 these countless crimes was that the Itigghaes, or grave diggers, attached to each band of Thugs were sent in advance by the commanding officer the organization of these bands was strictly military to an indicated npot some miles ahead, in order to prepare the grave for the victims about to be murdered, (treat skill was shown in electing a fitting spot for the execution of the murders and the preparation of the grave, so that no evidence of the crime should meet the eye. The spot selected was often on the edge of a bushy stream, where th* unconscious victim was asked to descend from the vehicle in which he wa* travelling, so as to lighten the load of the bullocks or horse* which had to climb tbe high bank on the other side. Scarcely had the px>r wretch's foot touched the ground before the deadly handkerchief was round bis neck, snd the foul deed was accomplish- ed. The burying party then ran forward, cAught ip the body, and carried it to the grave prepared for it, either among the bushes or locks, or in the be*l of the stream. Kvery member of the murdered man'i party or escort, including women and children, was killed simultaneously, by other bhut- totes, or stranglers, and within a few min- ute* th* bodies of all were buried together in one long and deep grave, into which hug* rocks were Hung, to prevent the keen-scent- ed jackals from burrowing down and de- vouring the prey. The murderous band of robbers then be- took themselves once more to the road after a delay of a few minutes, and such wa* their knowledge of the country in which they were operating that, under the dexter- ous guidance of thsir leaders, pursuit wa* VIRTUALLY IMrOSWIBLE. Scout* were continually thrown out in advance, on the tlank, or in the rear of " Bhowanee'* faithful children," and such wat the skill and vigilance under which the lives of thousands of rich victims were sacrificed year after ye%r that for centuries total immunity, not only from punishment, but even from suspicion, was the reward accorded by Bhowanee and her bloodthirsty husband, Siva, to these scourges of the human race. Meadow* Taylor, in hi* three volnmed work entitled "Confession* of a Thug," tells us that most of the information sup- plied in bis work came from a rutlian called Ameer Ali, who told him that, before he turned informer to save hi* worthless life, he had, as a Thug, put to death with his own hand 7 III victims. " Ah ! Sahib," he added, regretfully, "If I had not been in prison for twelve years, the number would certainly have been 1,000." When Ameer Ali was five years old his father and mother were killed by Thugs. The boy w\ spared t lirough the interposition of one of the band, and wa* reared as a Thug. A chapter in Meadows Taylor's work telU how Ameer Ali's father had persuaded a rich sowcar to accompany the band of Thugs which the old man commanded from the sowcar*s home in Nagpoor to Hyderabad, whither they were all bound. The sowcar imagining himself to be in honest hands, informed the liead of the band of murderers thai he was about to carry a <!OOr> 1>EAI. UK TRKAXrHB together with some valuable jewels an 1 merchandise, from Nagpoor to Hyderabad. "Just at nightfall," said Ameer Ali, "the sowcar came to our camp in a small travell- ing cart, with two servant* anl three ponies on which his tent and baggage were laden, and with ten bullocks and their driver*. Altogether there were eight men, including tho sowcar. He was a large, unwieldy man and I thought him a good subject for my first trial. My father, to whom I mention- ed my thoughts, was much pleased with me. Daily did I repair to my instructor, an old and accomplished bhuttote, in order to make myself perfect in my profession. Our journey lay through the richest, manu- facturing district* of Hindostan nntil we apprnaohod Oomraotie, between which and Muug'iour three stages interpose. "Soon," whispered my father to me, "I shall decide on the place for ending this matter, among some low hills and ravines not far aheaxl. Tho guides were called in and gave a very clear description of a spot admirably adapt- ed for our purpose. I now felt that my tune bad tlmost come. Perhaps it was a youth's weakness, but from that moment I Kept out of sight of the sowcar as much as possible. An involuntary shudder crept | over me when I did see him : but it was ' too late to retract and I had a character to I gain. It was generally known through- out our bund that I hail i.be sowcar assigned to me, and all looked forward to my first trial cheering and encouraging me with a few words whenever I drew near them. The handkerchief was then intrusted to me by the Gooroo, with the solemn words : "Take this sacred weapon, my son ; put thv heart into it. In the holy name of Kalee Bhowanee, I bid it do thy will !" I the same ; the Prince of Waldeck ; the Grand Dukes of Olilcnberg, Mecklenburg- Srhweriu, Mecklenburg-Sirelltz, Baden, and Heine: the Dukes of Saxe t'obnrg and Gotha, Anhalt, and Brunswick. In Den- mark the King Is Lutheran, as is aiao tbe King of Sweden and Norway ; hut in these three countries the 'Lutheran Church is Kpiscopaluu. In Holland the young Queen, who is twelve year* old, belongs to the Dutch Reformed l.'hiuen. In the State of Luxemburg the people are nearly all Roman, or German, that is Old, Catholics ; but tho Grand Duke is of the great Protestant house of Nasiau, as was his predecessor, the late Kint; of Holland. In Switzerland there is n i Slate religion. To the Orthodox Greek Church belong the Kmperor of Russia, the Kings of Servia and Groece, and the r'rin.-o of Montenegro. The Sultan of Turkey is a Mohammedan. Thus thirteen Kuropetn sovereigns or chief rulers appear to be Roman Catholics, fifteen Protestants, four of the Greek l'hur<h, one non-Christian, besides the President of the Swiss Republic. wnl Death fan EaglUhaaaB ! Intelligence fr.nn l'.mi;ilore records a fatal accident to Sub-Conductor (!. H. Priest, of the Barrack Department. The de- ceased wa* returning home from the Talavera (ports in his dogcart, accompanied by hi* wife and a barrack sergeant, when the pony made a luddeu swerve at a very swift pace, which overturned the trap and pre- cipitated the occupants with tremendous forceou to the metalled road. Mrs. 1 riant was badly shaken, the barrack sergeant slightly hurt, and Conductor Priest, who had fallen on the back of his head, fatally injured. He was carried to the North Station Hospital, but he died 84 hours after the accident, never having recovered consciousness. Mrs. Priest lost two children in Bnrmah within the past two years, and is now left with a little girl IS month* old. Sub ( 'ouductor I'riest win one of the most popular men with his comrades. He wai th* life of one of the dullest stations in Upper Burmah, and will be remembered with the warmest feelings l>y th* warrant and non -commis- sioned ollicers who do duty in Myingyan during the put three y*rs, pa'.icularly by those of |M .Medical and 1'ommiasariat. Departments, and the Norfolk, Cheshire, " We remained in conversation tome and King'* Rifle Rogim*ut*> time, and Uien thrw onnelve* on our ear- pets to snatch a rrief rest. Before long we were roused, n.. I ill moved out together. THE NKIUT WAS BEAfTIKI 1., the road excellent, and we pushed on in high spirit*. The booty we ware about to secure, the tact with which th* whole affair had been managed, wonld mark it as an enterprise of superior craft and skill We had proceeded about two cow (four miles) when one of tbe scouts made his way to my father'* side. ' Is tbe hole cleared '' asked my father. ' lushalia, it is. Ses you yon dark outline of hills ? A stream runs from them, and in it* bed we have mode the bhil, or burying place. Von will say we have done well. It i* half a cuss (on* mile) from here' All were warned to be silently at their post*, and each man or pair of men hung clone on th* rear of those assigned to them. A man came from the front, whispered a few words to my father, and again went his way. From the top of bank we looked down upon a small stream, with high and steep sides. This I felt intuitively was the spot, and at that dread moment my father, in a low voice, murmured 'Hooshiaree !' (caution). He then went to the aide of the cart and represented to the sowuar that the bank wa* so steep and the bed of the stream so stony, that he would have to descend. He did so, and the whole scene is now before me. The bullocks and tlieir driver* were all in th* bed of the little stream urging on thsir beasts ; but it |was easy to see that every stranger had a Thug behind him, awaiting the signal. At tha*. supreme mo- ment I eagerly clutched the fatal handker- chief and kept withit, a foot of my uncon- scious victici. '.ley Kalee !' shouted my father. It was the signal, and 1 instantly obeyed. Quick a* thought the cloth was round the wretch's neck. I seemed endued with superhuman strength. I WRENCHED HI8 NECK, dep into which I had thrust my knuckles ; he struggled convulsively, and wa* dead before be touched the ground. I was mad with excitement ; my blood boiled. One turn of my wrist* had placed me on an equality with others who bad followed our holy profession for years. " We descended into the bed of the stream, and were led to the grave. We proceeded along the bed for 100 yards, the eight bodies being carried each by a couple of men. Passing through thorns, which tore our garment* at every step, and in profound darkness the moon could not pierce the de'jae foliage above our heads we came suddenly upon the grave There was only one big hole it occupied almost the whole breadth of the stream. It was very deep ; the lugghaes were sitting at the end, sharpening their stakes wherewith to pin down the bodies. My father compli- mented the digger* upon their dexterity. ' This,' he murmured, in a low, cle,r voice, ' is a grave that would battle even tbe nose of a hyena.' As each body was thrown in an incision was made in the abdomen, through which stake* were driven, and in this way room wa* made for the gases to escape, so that the corpse* might not (well. The hole in the bunhes through which we had crept was closed with great care, and after the grave had been filled with huge rocks and stones, and covered with prickly bushes at the top, we turned and went on our way without a word. Th* hindmost man broke off a thickly leaved branch, and, trailing it after him, obliterated every foot- mark in tbe dry sand. " *-h.- Krllulun. llplnloi. of the Xovrrrlin r I rope. \\ I'b very few exceptions it is not diffi- cult to ascertain the professed religious opinion* of the sovereigns or chief rulers of Kurupe. Th* following are Roman Catho- lics : the Kmperor of Austria; the Kings of Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Bavaria, Saxony, and W urtembure ; the King of Spain (if at seven years old he has religious opinions), tho King of Roumania, and the Prince of Bulgaria : although in some instances a large majority of tlieir subjects are Protest- ants, ninl in the last two cases belong to the Greek Church. The Princes of Monaco >nd Leichtenstein are probably Rom.tn Catholics, and tho President of the French Republic. Of Protestant sovereigns there are Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Anglicui Episcopal Church ; the Kmperor of i.erinany, of the Evangeli- cal Church, a sort of compromise between Lutheranism and Calvinism : and the re- maining minor German Sovereign* are much Cholera ! Rare**. From nearly every country and also from Egypt and Arabia, we have had report* of the existence cf cholera within the past month. It* ravages in Russia, where it first appeared in the spring of last year, have continued ever sine* that time, and are even more widespread nt/w than they were in the summer of 1 802 ; they were distressing in Italy during the paM month, but they are now lessening ; they have for weeks been severe in Austria- Bun* gary, especially in the Hungarian part of the empire ; they have decreased an the dis- ease advanced westward, entering Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, and Great Brit- ain, in whioh fiv* countries there havi been between two hundred and three hun dred cases, about one-third of them fatal, In England, tbe place most seriously affect- ed is the port of Grimsey ; in Holland, if is Rotterdam ; in Belgium, Antwerp ; ia France, Nantes ; in Italy, Palermo (iroo*) the subsidence of the disease in Naple*) ; and in Germany, perhap* Berlin, thongt the case* there have been few. We hav. not heard of more than one case at Ham- \ - -- burg this year, an^rthat was in July. The infected placesJt'QwIiich we are most di- rectly inteteiHo 1 are, of course, those at wh;"h. emigrant* take (hip for thin contin- ent, and these at this time are, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Marseilles. There is never any emigration from Russian port* ; there i* not any DOW from Italian ports ; there is not any from\be small English port ol Grimsby. But it is unusually large this year from Antwerp, Rotteodain, and Mar- seille*. Th* Jewish Russians who are da- barred from Hamburg go to the Belgian and Dutch port* ; many Italians go to tha French port on tha Mediterranean. Every week immigrant-carrying ship* arrive in New York from one or other of MU***^U. The Russians aboard of them are tr^rFVi country in whioh cholera has been epidemic for eighteen months ; the Italians may be from the infected regions of Italy. They are all, of course, inspected before they caa procure passage tickets ; and it is said that it would hardly be possible to keep a closer and more rigid supervision over them than is kept corutanly at tbe port of New York. The sanitary authorities of all the countries and cities of western Europe are displaying remarkable energy this year in the enforcement of measures against tha cholera. The recent discoveries in science are of great service to them ; and the sys- tem of sanitary co-operation that wrs pro- vided lor last year, has proved to be especi- ally advantageous this summer. Never be- fore during all the ages of the ravages ol the great Asiatic plague has it met with such resistence west of the Black and Baltio seas as in the year 189.1. The results thus far have certainly justified the maintenance of this resistance. It calls for the utmost vigilance on the part of the Canadian authorities along the border, to prevent the entraace of immigran.* from the infected European ports until after the most care- ful inspection. SVS Wit! An eccentric sailor years of age, an Aus lived in PhiladelpiyTTnae . paid the penalty'' tor a self-iofli He had existed for 7*i days without food. He lived with a friend nan Bachiet, and on June 11, seeing neither knife, fork, nor spoon oa/<he bieakfast table, he declared angrily tiiat he woijlfj' never eat again. Every morning he scoop- ed up a large quantity ot water from under the hydrant, but no solid food wonld he allow to pass his lip*. He hiss been repeat- edly tempted with beef, mutton, veal, chicken, and duck, and dainties of all descriptions. 1 he choicest viands, as they have been brought to him, have been chuck- ed away. In vain did the doctors and pi lest* expostulate and entreat the latter impressing him with the enormity of hi* moral guilt in punning a course which practically meant suicide. Kven the remonstrances of the Church and the threat- ened anathemas for commuting felo-de-se failed to move him. This strangely obstin- ate man hod 700 dollars in tbe bank, and with this he ordered his few small debts to be paid, and his body to be conveyed to hi* native village on the shores of the Adriatic. He parsed away peacefully and withou' pain oa Sunday f oreno >n. Kn*k to Wenier Australia. A correspondent writing from Perth, Western Australia, gives a most enthusias- tic account of the new gold rush. It ap- pear* that everyone is certain of making his fortune, and that steamers from Mel- bourne are crammed with wo<ild-l> million' aires. The excitement began when Mr. Sylvester Browne, the owner of a claim known as "Bayley's Fkud," arrived in Mel- bourne with i;<>Oo/ in his possession in the early part of July. No leas than .'<<KM diggers promptly repaired to tho Yilgarn district, in which theolaim is situated, and which lias about 3oO miles north-east of Perth. The other main field, the Murchi: son, is still further up the coast, witi Geraldston as its port. The Murchison tiaKj is considered to have on the whole the best chance, as it is some 3^,000 miles <{iinre ; and has only been one-fourth prospected. Farmrro und Enlrymen. The la'est scheme for robbing the dairy* man is the " Gilt Edge Buttor Compound." It is tbe old black pepsin fraud with a new name. The coat of the preparation is three cents and Is sold at 9 1.50. The directions are the same old delusion about a pound ot butter, a pint of fresh milk ami e.nough of the compound to cover a dime, and get two pounds of butteraathe result of the combina- tion. The post-om'ce address of the fraud is Windsor, Canada, but iSe real headquarter* of tho fakir who operates the scheme is located at Chicago. A few mislircctud let* ters falling into the hands of the Canadian postal authorities furnish us with the de- tails of gilt-edge butter compound, and we writ* to warn our readers against this LatfljP humbug.- [American l>airyinan. The latest scheme lor defrauding farmer* ay* the Monetary Times is for a person to call upon them representing himself as a grocery man retiring from business and anxious to get rid of his stock, and he offer* to sell a chest of tea for a small price per pound. The tea is tested and found to be as represented. After the tea is delivered, if the farmer weighs it, tw tinds it to he very much short in weight, and when he gets a little way down in th* chest, '< find* $he coateuU worthless stufi.