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THE VERY LATEST FIOM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Inttrcating lUmi Abaat Oar Own Coaatry, Crest Briutn, th« UnlUd SCatet, and All Parta ol tba Qlobc, Coodtnaad and Aasortad for Ba«y Reading. CANADA. The BrUJsh wfirsblp Intrepid is «t BalLfaz. The next mnnual meeting of the Royftl Society of eenacU will te held In liall- faz. I'^ayard Pittat,, aged 7, of Hamilton, WQ» (tivoD 7 yeara in thf Industrial BoLool for attempted larceny. A |jroJei-.t is un fouft to build an eleo- trii' read from Hamlltom to AlbertoD, through Anraster. Dr. Win. MoN. Jonee, prinoipA.! medical officer of the quarantine sta- tion at Vancouver laland is dead. Rojiorta have ixeu received at the Maruie Departiueul oi a terrific atorm m the Durtb shcr« of Lake Superior. Application will to made at tho July eeesicm of Parllameiit to lnoorporat« the Hudocm Bay ajid Paoifio Railway Company. April deposits in tho Government sav- ing liaiikA amoi.uit£d to 9:!3ii.90ri, mak- ing tl7.'ZC5,i!59 on depooit at the end of the month. HegulatiouA respecting qiurantina have been issued in revised form as •mended by an order-in-C'ounuil cd on the 4tb inst. The by-law removioK the (jovernment of the hospital frora municipal polltkca to a board of goveniors was passed by the Hamilton Cit^r Council on Monday Digbt. Michael Horn and Mark Tompkins have each been aentrnced at Hamilton to 12 years in the penitenilary for fraylaying and robbing Mayor Tuck- Btt's cafihier. Col. Bt«cey,^«nier of theSt. Thomas Street Railway, ha« made an offer to electrify it, provided he la afiven an eight or ton year oontract for street lighting. Lleut.-Col. 'A. H. Mocdonald, com- manding the Guelph Garrison Battery, ia about to retire a^er 25 years' aer- â-¼ice. He will be succeeded by Lleut.- Col. Ni.oll. A mass meeting wua held at 6t. John. N. B., to protest aguinit the ac- tion of the Kederal Government in omitting that port (rem the tenders called for the fa«t Atlantic line. Mr. Thomaa Fred 8. Kirkpatriok, brot her of the Lireuta&ant-tiuverDor of QnUirio, who was in the Civil Service for the past twenty-three years, died in Ottawa on Tbursda,y morning. The Montreal coroner's Jury appoint- ed to investigate the killing of the Belgian RouKseau by Ponn, bis French brdther-ln-law, returned a verdict that Pons had acted in self-defence, and the prisoner was set at liberty. Mr. Fitzhugh, of Montreal, represent- ing Mr. Uuy.H, the general manager of the Urund Tiunk railway, said that there was no truth in the report that men arc In-ing dismissed from the lo- comotive chops liecau«« the (iraud Trunk in future intended having tbcir engines built in the United States. A Halifax evening paper announces that the scheme of coast defence which Ih l>ring prepared for aubmission to the C-inadian Uovernmcnt estimates that three fast cruisers, with quick-firing rfuns, would lie necessary on the At- antic to iiover the Uuif of St. Law- ri'tM'c and coast waters of Nova Bcotiai and the Uay of Fundy. GRKAT BRITAIN. The Prince of Wales is going to pay a visit to Mr. William \Valdorf AstoV at Clivedon in Juno. Owing to the block of Uovernment businesN in the Imperial House of X^om- mons it is almost certain that an au- lumn session will be called. The Irish Nalionjil party have decid- ed to (V,>U a nalional convention of re- prewntative Iristinien from all partsof -ma)d»y HI ai|(|n(| oi •joem o) p]joM oi|4 ber. air John ItuHocll Hevnnlda, pbysician- in-ordinary to I hi- (Queen's iiousehold and presicient of the Royal College (< I'hyHK'ians, is in a critical condition, and growing weaker. Sir Oouiild Mnckenzie Wallace, of London, at one time a well knom-n newspaper mnn, has Iwcn offered the Dost of Uritish Ambas.sHdor to 'i^lrkey In succession to Sir Phillip Ciirrie. According to the report of the Brit- ish Ikmrd of Agriculture, five per cent. of the Danish butter submitted for analysis wa,s found t<j \x; adulterated. While Canada's sampIeiH were all pure. A manifesto sigiK^ by Mr. Henry Lalxiiichere and eighteen other Radi- wil nieiiilxirs of the Hoiitte of Commons hiui lM'<'n Issued, announcing the for- mation in the Uouse of an advanced Radical s<v;tion. At a mt'c.ting of the anU-Harnellite memliera qf the Hou.-io of Cominons on Wednesday, it was resolved to make Siirnest efifoitt to brinK about a recon- ciliuiion with tho I*iirmllile.s, and to re<on.struc(t a united Home Rule parly. Mr. Cbamlierlain, the. Secretary of Btaie for the Colonies, presided on Thursihiy night at the South African annua' dinner. In Iiih addrcfw he ex- prnsHed regret at I Im Nuiiill pro^rcsH which htui lieen made towards the re- oimciliA.tioii of the Dutch and English in South Africa. tJNI'l'RD STATES. The cariM'nler.s of Buffalo are on strike for .in cinhl-hour day. The strike among tho shi[)-huilderH at Cleveland, Ohio, has ended. A terrific sitorm of wind, rain and hail pas-sed over Waahinglon on Tues- day, and broke ui> the Cabinet meet- ing in progre-ts at the AVhite Houkc. At Wnahlivftoii fire swept a whola blo(!k of oonimeroial btiildin^.s. opposite the SmilliKoninn lostltutlnn. Four fire- men were crushed to deaith by falling walls. It is Btjit«d positively in Washington thait the Ttriian difficulty bas not yet been settled, nor any Indemnity been paid to (float Ilrllain by the Veneaue- lan Oovernment. "Aiinl" Harah Raviland has tieen ra- lensed from the state prison at .lack- aou, Mich., after serving n term of 80 years. Shn will visit h«' dnughtsr lirho the despatch tays "lives in Can- Congress on Wednesday agreed to the Oorliss amendment t« the United StAtes Immigration Dill, which renders all contracts with aliens to perform labor in the United States null and void. One at the most successful mining men of Colorado is said to be Count James Portales. a member of a famuus old German noble family, who has bsen in the west about twelve years. He la a skilled metallurgbt. . It Is rei}orted at St. Paul, Minn., tha/t the private fortune of Archl>iahop Ireland, estimated at |l,50O,00O, has been dissipated, owing to the depression of real estate in Bt. Paul. The Corliss amendment to the Unit- ed States Immigration bill, which ren- ders all contracts with aliens to perform labor In the United States null and vol.lI, was agreed to in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. GENBRA'L. Ifark Twain has l»en lecturing to crowded houses at Johanneaberg. The port of Antofaf^asta, Chili, was visited by a destructive cyclone on Sunday. , A despatch from Cairo says that a death from cholera is reported amon^ the Egyptian troops at 'Tourab. Cairo. Egypt, had nine deaths and U fresh roses of cholera on Sunday, and Alexandria 20 deaths and 73 new oases. Emperor WlULam has prohibited tiw entry of the Cologne Gazette into bis castles and residences. It criticised bim The report that the Cul>an insur- gents are using eiploslve bullets \b confirmed. A chandelier fell in an opera house In Paris on Wednesday night. In the panic that followed one woman was killed and several persons injured. Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony, and Six Graham Bower, Imijcrlal Secretary, l^ve sailed for England. Emperor William has offended the clerical party in Germany by declaring that clergrmeo have no right to ipter- fere in politics. Two steamers will deave Hamburg next week for German South-west: Africa, with 416 soldiers and 200 tons of war material. Col. Lieliert, of the Prussian service, hks accepted the mission of organizing the Cblne«« array, and will leave for China next week. Mr. Cecil Rhodes has telegraphed to Cape Town saying that if be effects a function wiih Capt. Napier the Mats- bele rebellion will be broken. Advocate Cloote has been appointed British Diplomatic Agent at Pretoria in Buooaewion to Sir Jacobus De Wst^ who resigned a few weelos ago. A despatch from Vladivtetock says that nuiet has been restored at Stoul, and that the King of Cores will re- turn to his palace from the Russian Legation. Several thousand persons took part in a demonstration in Paris on Sunday, near the statue of Jeanne d'Arc, de- manding the establishment of a nation- al fete In her honour. The British. French, and Russian Em- bassies at Constantinople have each re- ceived cheques tor ten thousand pounds as indenmity fur the outrages at Jed- dab in May last. The daughter of General Hippolvte, lately deceiLsed President of the Hay- tian RepuMic, Ls at yresent in Paris for the purpose of perfecting herself in tho French language. Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, heir-presumptive to the thrones of Aus- tria and Hungary, the eldest brother of Einp«'ror Francis Joseph, is dead. He was sixty-three years of n,?». A German military court has sen- tenoed Count von Kotze to two y«irs' imprisonment in ii f<>rtre«.s as a punish- ment for his duel with Baron von •Schradr'r, which re<>ultcd in the death of the latter. It is stated (hat the filibustering â- t4'nmer Laurada, liound for Cuba, has on board thre*' cannons invented by Josef C. Perrault, of Montreal, which are of such a deadly character that they oould annihilate an army in a few min- Ut4-S. Minnie Allen, now in prison at Wau- pun. Wis., claims that she kille<l Mont- gomery Gibbs, a Buffalo lawyer, for which orim<^ Sadie and Clarence Itobin- mm arc now suffering. Minnie Allen fni-*' Clarke) says she was born in Ow- eri .'kiund, and passed pari: of ber life in Toronto. CHEERFUL PROSPECT. What n VonuR MlulHter Had to laitplre I'ieaiiHiil Thon(bti. A tiervous young minister, in visit- ing a neighljoring village, had an un- pleasant experience. The old lady at whose bouHe he stayed, in showing him to bis r<H>m, said: > "It ain't anyl»dy I'd put in this room, this heie room is full of sacred as-socia- tiona to me," she wMit on. "My first] huvsliand died in that lied with his head on Lhejwi pillowH, and poor .\lr. Jenka died silting in that corner. Sometimes when 1 come into t hw room in the dark I think I see him silting there still. My o^vn father died Inyin' right on that lounge right under the wiuduwi there. l'«Kir pa, he. was a Spiritualist, and be alius suid he'd ap|HMir in thia room after he died, and eometiuiea 1 am foolish enough to look for him. if you should see anything of him to-night, you'd Imtter not tell me. It'd l)e a sign to me tliat there was soinc'bincr in Spiritualism, and I'd haie to think that. My nan l>y my first man fell dead of heart disease right where you stand. He was a (loinor, and there's t\\T> whole skeletons in that closet there lieloiiged Ut him, and a half dozen skulls in that lower drawer. If you are up early, and want wmuithinK to ainiusc yourself with l»>fore breakfast, just ovmn that cupboard there, and you> will find a lot of dead men's Ixinoa. Mv" IKior lioy thought a lot of them. Well, good-night, and pleasant dream.s." PANIC-KTRICKKN GKKSK. During a terrific but. short thunder- storm at Lythiiin, Fugland, on a recent evening, large flo~ks of wild duck.s and ge4>An flew over the town In a panio- stricken conditldn, screeching very loud- ly. They had Iwn driven from the tanks of the river, and so low did t liey tly in 'he country that farmers went '" ->«d knocked them down with stic.ka CONGO GUmL EIM8, STRANGE FEASTS OF THESE AFRI- CAN GENTLEMEN. AmazoBS Rilled in Bsllle Are Preserved (• FnrnUb Food For Savace Monareh'A Table*â€" A French Traveller's Experlesee •n the Congo, The cannibal kings of Afrloas tribea Still adhere to their horrid food and in- dulgie in It whenever they can. When one of a king's numerous wives dies ber body is smoked and kept in the royal pantry antU required to furnish forth a festal board. The cannibals believe that the virtues of the dead are trans- ferred to th« person that eats the flesh. M. Xavier Pens, a member of the Bo- oietie de Geo-rraphle and Anthropo- logia of Prance, has spent thirty-five years of his life as an explorer land trader In South Africa. He has, pro- bably, a more intimate knowledge of the tribes of the great Ck>ngo region than any Other man living. A TRAVELLER'S ADVENTURE. The chief wife of King Dongo. the ruler of several flourishing Tillages on the Congo, was a famous Amazon prin- eess, for whom, according to custom, King Dongo had paid to her father a Tery large sum in native commodities. One day, returning from a trading expedition up the Congo River, M. Pene, with his negro servant, stopped at one of Dongo's villagea to request additional bearers for the rubber they were conveying to the coast. King Dongo was not at the village, but was expected in the morning. During the night the village was fiercely attacked by enemies and in the fight a number of Congo's people were slain, among others, the Amazon princess, bis chief wife. "When I opened my eyes in the morn- ing." Mid M. Pene, "The first thing on which they rested was King Dongo. He had returned at dawn. From tmder the cot on which I slept he had drawn a short ixjx and into this was putting the limbs, trunk and head of a woman. I judged they were those of the Amazon who had been killed in the skirmish of the previous night, but Dongo was sulky and would not tell m« what he meant to do with them. Closing the box he pushed it under the cot and left the but. "I had no inclination to remain in such company and followed the king. I searched aliout the village for him. but in my absence from the hut he had returned and taken the lx>x to a vil- lage a few miles away. I vainly wait- ed for his return all that day. the vil- lagers advising me that in bis present mood it would be dangerous to approach Dongo. A HOllRID FEAST. "The following morning I determined to wait no longer. The villagers were demoralizing my own negroes. Ever since the buttle they had l)een feasting on the slain and were beginning to ei- hibit that ungovernable fierceness which is the result of cannilMlism. They were literally drunk with blood. None of the negroes would accompany me to the other village as they were afraid of the King. AVhen I reached the villsige the negroes were almost afraid to direct me to the royal aUide, and tried to dis- suade me from disturbing Dougo. "As I walked towards toe group of palm trees which sheltered the King's nut I noticed smoke was pouring from every cruck and cranny of tue walla and roof. As I neared the hut I heard a man's voice rai.^ed in hideous shrieks and lamentations. An offensive odor assaile<I my niw^trils. "I knocked loudly on the hut door and Dongo suspended his waitings long enough to order me away. I had no inteniiom of going until I had obt^tined what I wanted, and so knocked again. Re<'eiving no answer. I pushed open the door and ste[>ped Inside. For a moment I nearly fainted ; then I rushed out for a breath of fresh air. King Dongo sullenly followed. A STRA.NGE SMOKE-HOl'SR. "In the minute's glimpse of the hut's inttvrioir I saw a sttrange sight. Sus|>end- ed from the roof of the cabin were the legs and head of a humanâ€" the hoad a woman's. In the wntre of the room a wood fire was smouldering, and the strange <Hiar that had assailed axe on approaching the hovel was a hundred times intensified. I asked the African King in his native dialect: "'What Us the matter? Why do you so inhospitably forsake your friends and, shutting yourself in your hut, indulge i nthes«- unmanly tears* Is it worthy of the great warrior, the great King? "'Alas, no,' replied the African 'It ia all for this woman. Unhappy wretch thint I am, I gave nearly hull I owned to buy tier from her trilie. They are very powerful and may demand many ivory tu.sks and ostiich feathers and muiih cattle for her death. That Ls not all. !<he was the chief woman of my household. Never weie there t.uch farms as those .sh«> sujierintended. With her half my revenue is gone.' " 'Che«'r uii â€" ciicer up I" I advLsed. 'Thing.s may not l)e so baa a.s you think.' " "nUng.s lire very biul indeed,' replied the monarch; 'but, since I must Uwe so much. 1 will not lose her IxKiy. When I eat of her flesh ber courage will In- come my ciitirage ; she wa* braver than all th« warriors of the tribe. AVhen I eat ixf her flesh her wisdoan will lie- come my wisdom ; she was wiser than any princetis of the Congo. Thus will she clwer my heart in hours of deap.iir. nnil her vlrtue.s will again be mine. When hunger of the heart comes in Dongo he will but taste of the fle.sh of his queen iiqd the evil spirits mu.«t flee oway. Great will lie Dougo's p<m'er in battle and great will lie his wisdom in council.' "'Then,' said I, pointing to the cabin, those Ihiuijs su.'jpttnded from the ceiling of the hut are the remains of your wife?' " 'The white man has said it,' "'And you are sinuking It to pre- serve it ?" " 'With prayers and incantations which you iiave interrupted,' assented the King. 'Hud it been a Mack man hla deatli would have been the price of his presumption. But the work Is al- most finished. Will the great white man state his errand ?" THK CANNIBAL.*!' BELIEF. "I promptly stated it. As he listen- ed IKmuo went into the. but to cut down tke [lortions of smoked flesh. He brought auit the box in which the bodyhad Been placed to convey it from the scent of battle, and, for all I know. King Congo may to this day be forti- fying ni.s courage by on occsisional nib- ble of smoked wife. . "Certiain it is he became one of the most powarful chiefs along the Congo, and andcd by conquest many villages to bis possossion-S. Tne negroes feared him greatly, and no doutrt: Dongo himself ascribes it all to that horrible cannibal tonic wnich he keeps stored in the chest under bis cot. This occurred only two or three years ago." INVITATIONS. BY ELIZA R. PARKER. The progress of our people and the improvements in the social code of even our small towns and rural districts re- quire that a knowledge of the pre- Tailing rules of etiquette should be oo- qoired. In no particular is this more important than that of invitations for various oocasluns, as a vag^e idea upon the subject leads to errors which are, many times, mortifying, showing as they do the ignorance of those send- ing or receiving them. During the season of entertainments,' many notes and cards of invitations ore received by people who go into society which require answeis, but regarding the sending of which they are very negligent. In sending out cards of invitation for a formal party, an idea may be given cft Ita style. If only a small affair, it may be so announced, "Small and early" being placed on the cards. "Danc- ing" may be placed in one corner of the card. "R.6.V.P.," which stands for the request, "Repondez s'il vous plait," is also often added, though the request in plain English for an answer is quite aa much used, and ma; have more force in it. A hostess should arrange to send ber invitations out systematically, or con- fusion win ensue. When a large party â€"dining or luncheonâ€" Is to tie given, a list of the guests to be invited sLuuld l)e prepared, and as each invitation is addressed, the name should be marked off. It ia now good form to send Invita- tions by main if more convenient than by a meSN>\UKer. In small places, for on informal en- tertainment invitations may he writ- ten on a visiting card, or in ttte form of a friendly note. If more convenient, friends may be given {lersonal invita- tions. To such an answer is not ex- pected, as it is presumed absence up- on such occasions causes no inconven- ience to the biiKt(»s. For house-parties, now becoming pop- ular in our country homes, less form- ality is indulged in. It is necessary,, however, to send such some time in ad- vance, and to specify the length of stay expeote<lâ€" OS. from 'I'hiirsiJay to Saturday. This is an English custom, much to be conuiiendetl'. It relieves a guest of all dread of staying lieyond a season of welcome, and does not pre- vent the invitation being extended, if so desired on the part o^ <<ie hostess. All formal invitations require an answer whether accepted or refu'sed. It is not at all neo«;ssary to give a reas- on for refusing an invitation, unless one wishes to say a previous engagement prevents acceptance. No well-liri-d per- son will offer excuses of length, or mention penumal reasons for deolluing an invitation. Wedding invitations, are, of course, the most formal given. They should be sent out two w«>cks liefore the event, and should either lie accepted or decline ed, exc«pt ufion the occasion of a church weddmg, uuacoompanie.d by an invitation to the home of the bride's parents. Invitations which meet with no re- cognition, either by attendance, an excuse, or after-oall, should never lie repeated, as to ignore suoh a civility on the part of a friend is an unpar- donable breach of courtesy, to say nothing of the want of good manners disolaye<l by suoh neglect. When douljts as to tbt» propriety of replying to an invitat ion are entertain- ed by persons unaccustomed to the rules of society, the better plan is al- ways to be on tho safe side, and answer suoh. If not exactly in keeping with the rwiuirements of the occiision, the well-bred host««s to whom it is sent will certainly regard the mistake with a dogn* of indulgence and good will which would not be extendjea to an omission of courtesy in the opposite dirr ection. Common sense has far more to do with the olsitrvance of minor ixiinte of etiquette than is usually supiHned, and when combined with kind feeling, will not lea<l its possessor far astray. " GOMI'Dll'lABh^ SLIPPERS. The requisites are, one pair sheepskin soles, one yard of one-inch ribbon, one hank of Oermantown yarn, two large steel knitting needles. Cast on fortv stitches, and for No. 3 soles knit back and forth till the strip is 12 inches long. /»â-  .«,....,> f**^ l" U4 >•"••«» Hind oft sixteen stitches and knit till the entire strip measures 15 l-a inches. The dotted lines in Fig b show where the slipper is folded and the crosses, where the two edges are joined together. Fig a shows the slipper romplele. MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON. Tho mountains of the moon are Im- mensely larger in pro|iortion than those of the earth. The moon Is Ivut one forty-ninth the size of the earth, but its mountain peaks are nearly as high. 'rwenty-two are hif^her than Mount Hlanc, which is within a few feet of three miles high. The high- est is u little more than four miles and a half. NELSON'S OLD SHIP. ni« FoadroyoBl C4> b« PHrcbawd by «. ttyadleatc of Eacllshmen, The cable brings new* that Admiral Nebcin's old line of battle ship, tkoi Foudroyant, which has lain for ser- eral years in a German shipyard, ho* just been purchased by several Eng.i lishmen, imbued with a truly patriotid spirit, and it is their purpose to re.^ store the grand old vessel as nearly ta ber original condition as poseiide anct then exhibit ber in oil the ports of tha world. Thus there is a cammeroial as well OS patriotic motive behind the 004 tion. All Englishmen treasure Nelson re* lies, and it is net to be woadeisd at, therefore, that they have an especial! fondness for the Foudroyant.for it was said Nelson regarded it as his favor-* ite ship and loved it, "as a fatheil loves bis child." . Not long agoâ€" only in 1892â€" tha Eng« lijsh newspapers and periodicals teem.- ed with articles about Nelson and bia ship, because at that time the British Admiralty had sold the hull of th«i Foudroyant to a German firm, at tha Baltic port of Swinemude, to be broken) up for the timber in it. The ship wa« built of wood throughout, for sh« ploughed the seas at a time when steel and iron oraft had not been thoughfc of. The onnoimoement of the Admir- alty's purpose created A GREAT SENSATION. In all (arts of England. and pub-> lie spirit was so aroused in favour oC preserving the ship an an historicali ivlio that a fund was started for its r«^purchase, the sum necessary for that puj-pose, it was estimated, being about V3U,(XK). Money was freely contributed, but before the full amount was realiz- ed it was announced by the London agents of the German line that Iheyi had disposed of the ship by private sale to a few Englishmen, and that it would soon tie sent back to England. There was great rejoioinig thorefora when the loudroyani woo towed into the Thames and anchored. It seems, however, that a Oermoa who msKee a specially m dealing in such relics subsequently bought whaO [remained of the famous old lighter, and it is from him that the hulk ha* just been purcb«u:«d. i'hey intend ta spen<l a good deal of money in refit- ting the ship in the style prevailing ia Nelson's time, and will even go to thei extent of reproducing the fuiuiiure of the great Admiral's cabin. Knglishmen still speak fondly of the Foudroyant, and hardly ever mention Nelson's name with- out linking hers with his. She I was a great high, bulky ship, with guns 00 every deck, and a mas- I sive carving of Jupiter for her figure- , head. When she wad towed into the I 'rhamee a few years. a«o there was but I little left of her, and her grand, bro- j kt-n-nosed old figur<'head had Iweusaw- , e<I off and stood pouting, as it were,ia i the midst of the ruins of the main I deck. ABOL I THE FOUDROYANT. She was, in 1798, one of the squadron of Commotloiv Sir John Borlost War- ren, who frustrated Commodore Buna- part's plan to land troops in l.ougli Swilly, and took the French 7i-gun Iloihe and three frigates. The Earl St. Vincent sent the Foudroyant in 1799 to reinforce Admiral Nelbou's fleet at Palermo, and on June 8 Nelson huidted his flag to her mizzenmastlwsajd. It was in his room on the Foudroy- ant that Loni Nelson annulled ibe (treaty mode liy Captain Foote witb the Ireccb garrison, which had .sur- rendered with the condition that they should be sent to France. It was on board of the Foudroyant also that Francisco Coracciolo, who had com- manded the Tancredi in the fleet under Hot ham. but who des<Tted to take ser- vice in the Parthenopian Republic, was convicted by a coui-t-martial and sentenced to 1* hanged at the yant arm of the Minerva. The Fjiglishmen who have under- taken ths work of refitting the Foud- royant lielieve it will be completed be- fore next fall, and that next spring she will lie in shape to be taken to the various ports of the world for exhibi- tion. XYPEWRITERa Miss May H. Ash worth Is at tho head of a typewriting department introduc- eti May, 1895» for the benefit of the members of the English House of Com- mons. She has a staff of five young women, who are proficient typewriters ami stenographers. Some of them are also expert linguists. The nature ot the work requiretl is thus described by Miss Ashworlh: " There are many occa- sions when a member of Parliament wants some letters, or a speech, or a note U> his constituents typewritten, and, when be does; we are "at his ser- vice. He may also have a foreign let- ter, written m a language with which he is not conversant ; again we ai'e at his servU-e. Or ho may be in a hurry, and have .several letters to write ; so he sends for one of my staff, dictates them to her, and they axe written down as quickly as he siMiaks." 'I'his employment ot women in the British House of Com- mons is an innovation that attracts much attention. One dav. after the head clerk had written dictated letters for un oUl mcmU\r, he rushed out of the nioni, seize*! the arm of a friend» ""d, dragging him in, cried excitedly, " J ust think of it t This young lady haa written ten letters for me in five min- utes. It's marvelous 1 Simply marvel- ous !" ^ TKl.EPHONB IN WAR. 'rive telephone was put to 11 novel us» recently during the Cuban war. A Cu- ban General, Pablo Olivia, arriv'uig at the outskirts ot a town In which was a Spiiiiish garrison, fotuid a telephone, and, ringing up the Spanish comman- der, called on him to surrender within the hour, under penalty of having the town V»iun»d, At the end ot tho now he called up the fort again, and found the garrison reiidy to surrender, upon which he entero't the town without firing a shot. •v*