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 ^t-smhvi' aat. e New York City.M a Carnage Hire! 3TEL, opposite g'J int rooms, fitted ul 3.T3, reduced to «il pcan plan. Eleva] :th the best, M i railroads to aii I etter for long aiol •l than at any nJ v. I Austin store astq '3 leave of abseii )ai 3 a nigtrah p4 ighter be pressntj this colored ve to be presenl Tfand River Sadi ' ijiaring in our i medicines, bat as satisfied na ti| s. T. Milbivn Bitters,' ag a b!o| •^ of the high red among tbepeopld (281 J their chccolatsl vv York, when( raitcr "Waiti 1 " " Fifty cend it the amwoantl 1." "Yaws; bJ [lut in thillings;"' lomical bonsewiv] of Petley Petl ng for their bojj 1 summer suits ' ' one dollar" ubt a "suitâ€" abid parents to clotl rate outlaj' and from week t ontinued story .i men, and oi »g" d troubles. kan any rtwi-v cription: ^»^\,i I. or »6J« ^yfgj jer year; We*" ^m^- L^' "i/a nutshell ^rs- SELECT BEADINO., rfiiM- l»oni-s«Jc a»d Vfar (»» lCl»f' PlUiy, null PotBtcd. pO.MESTIC. Government has opened a' k jt Victoria, J l^- r*,, (iecpatch says work is being ""'if^i-on mines in the northern Jin'" " pntioDS probable changes ia- ,J5i°ui»^^â- ^^^^^°'^*"^^°'" ... been entered against the K \\- !^ Hudson as M. P. P. for !,„, ii more trouble in West- j County tf^}°..""y N,B.. this year than ever I -a O'Brien is suing Montreal for â- 'jj'^es for injuries received by a jonher. jna have occured at KingstoD, in uon Aâ„¢y "" ^^' sergeants have rjjeqaence. |,.ji,. man named Dionne burst a l^^^eion Boteler street, Ottawa, and Ijeatb. Phillips was arraigned before the '.aiajistrates and charged with the ' y her infant. (veinent is on foot at Ottawa, to or- Ijcaik is-ociation for the protection bouit'.aras, and shade trees. rnipment of cattle from the Ottawa â- iriBg tbe P^^^ two months for the 1 market has been unusually large. ilJ of a vrellknown civil servant 5 was poisoned recently by eating f-ter ana had a narrow escape from r-i'oroaman apparently about sixty L^jfe years of age, giving the name li, ws acci Jcntly drowned. k.3j:eason of -Mr. Elijah Piclard Lntotho pier to fish and it is sup- [upped off into the water and was (j-.tawa license Commissioners are 2 the eleven o'clock closing clause. ijarsays that the harmony of the jPacilic Railway Board is disturbed ishing of the interests of the Credit liaDdthe Canada Central lUilway. sE. Uright, a grocery keeper on street, Iklleville, states that entered his premises and stole fcjithe pocket of his trousers, Intly two young men forced a four- ion c" Mr. Uickson, Q.C. Belle- Ijeata rotton egg in which they had liorae pamt. The victim of this atro- |ic:liis since died, I'NITED .STATES. ^Eeuhairand wife of St. Louis, were iwhile crossing a creek near Breck- ktank at Karns city was struck by md ^lred. It burned all the Eiabeth, y.J., lightning destroyed Itiple of the Presbyterian church, jiamaged the fertilizer works, and |. aestructivo to many other build- bstateJ the projectors of the Storm l::iJ;;e intend to proceed with the laJera law passed in 1S80. hheatcropin the vicinity of Rcad- " ivi!l fall one-third short in con- woithe lavages of the Uessian fly. eith-.-ate at New York has com- .iirnljiDg upuard with the thermo- Jiloantaiii 'alley, E.ul)ert Wallace, fGniy iiisiiio, tired several shots at his pin-law, John Tait. VVailacd's sister pd nil] he .shot her twice. li'e men pieviously reported lost from â- r, Mass., SLliooiiers while KtrawLi have lieeu heard from. Two T-iej up after 73 hours without food mm i%s«r' â- â- ?"â- Â«â- '**. re 6m Moscow rtcently ?^""'^°' «**Pl?ceat At Uteat advices the situiUon* a* Hanoi ' conhxmed to improve. ap4 s^x comAS^o fr^rL""?^, " a mountain battery from Saigon had pawed through HaiphoaJ on the way to Hanoi, f " ti, J^^^/t'^."?â„¢^ °^ ^* Nihilist journal. the W,U of aePe9plr^ which appeared^ the day of the C^ s .ut.-uce in J Moecow, yio entlylenounced the govemmeat, andat- ta«ied the Czar and the Czarina. T ^j ^^r^"**^' i'scuR8in« the coming visit of I^rd Chief Justice Coleridge to the United Statea» says :â€" "It ia especially pleasant to observe that time has not snapped the bonds limtting English and American law." 'Iarq»ly to a,qaeBtfon ia. tl» -HoiBBe of ^t*»nion8 relatite to the America Ubor K.3form League, Sir William Harcourt »id the Government were perftptly alive to the necessity of paying atfention to such menaces. the county J)uildiii^8..' ' 'j, .,„ The ieaidentsxf Pilot Moi^id are aeekiaK incorpo riit iUB f'k a a Wtm. " Tte ^eas. Perhaps some of the meat remarkable of ancient dwelling-places are the ruined homci ot t..e liscas, still scattered aB.oat w the great continent which, by a strange misuse of terms, we called the New World. In these vestiges of palaces and large cities, on the worn stones of prand and massive monu- ments, lies the undeciphered history of that motly empire, in which fragments of sur- rounding races conquered by the Incas were mixed up in a high degree for, before the waves of Spanish invasion surged" over Peru, there was no pages ^of history to turn back for a, faithful picture of the national life no possibility of tracmg the stacc3iSiV««teps whichled the Iiicas from their early seat of civilization to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Tradition says that the first homes of the Incas are to be found on the shores and islands of the sacred lake, Titicaca and among the ruins there many objects of in, terest in gold and silver and pottery have been discovered. Some of the few rare specimentsof pottery present fair representa- tions of the people of those far-o£F times, which show that they were identical in fea- ture with their descendants of the present day. But at the period when this race of kings are first met within history, their em- pire extend for two thousand five hundred miies, and included the present States of Ecuador, Peru. Bolivia and part of Chili. It was traversed by the two great mountain ranges of the Cordilleras. A great portion of this vast kingdom was partically unin- habitable. On the plateu of the Despoblado, which lies far above the limits of "eternal snow, be- tweea the mountain ranges there is no trace of human habitation, excepting small huts of refuge built by the Incas tfn the fuain road between the northern and southern parts of their dominions. And in the desolate regi )ns around the Lake Umayo, the only distinguishing featu:es arc the innumerable chulpas or burying towers, which stand singly or in groups upon the desert plain. Pk,ound or square, these tombs are solid structures, with one cavity at the base, en- tered by a narrow hole in the side. Some are in ruins a few as perfect as when first completed many, doubtless, as coir.pletely vanished as the ashes they were meant to cover. HISTORICAL irZMS. MAlrtitoBA MATTERS. K^rMaxaa office ha* been epennd lA"' -»STJ ?i,l-' at Stony Mountain Bre ttiiJwl^ station Bfta beea-bwHtwl down. The3 P. Bl is furaifehiii* a Uite stock yard *t Partus UftMM. ,. Tb ninth PniTiacisl' Exhibition of the Pi;oyjace qf Manitoba viU, he held in the Portage from the 1st to the 6th 9' Oot*er. The employees along thcs main lip§ bf the CJ; P. R. haVfe been n'otifie£d that their wages will be redtio4d fnim the fin*' af 'this monUi. I A cititen of! Bnndba; going to the river for apail of water recently, found the body of an infant boating on the water near the bank. Brandon has voted a bonus of ?5,(M)0 and exempt from taxation to a paper mill. In addition l^e company receives a grant of a block of land from private indiTidaala. Mr, Baker, formerly oi. the C. P. R. staff, and at one time private secretary to Lord Uufferin, han been appointed General Man- ager of the Portage, Westboume lorth- western Railway. Two car-loads of potatoes,' were recently seized for undervaluation by the Custonia authorities at Emerson. Th^ firm was fined §100 and afterwards allowed to buy the pota- toes back. "Messrs. Grigg McGregor are buildin? a saw^ mill at Bfaidon, It will have a capa- city of 10,000 feet a day to start with, afterwards to be increased as the necessities of the business demand. The body of the man Alexander Robert- son missing sihce'September last, has been found imbedded in the mud of Morris river, near the residence of Mr. Lane, where it has probably lain ever since the day of his dis- appearance. The engineeir of the Qu'Appelle Wood Mountain Railway has completed the pre- liminary survey of the route between Qu' Appelle and Eort Qu'Apelle. He reports the entrance to the valley easy, good align- ments, and grades no heavier than on the C. P. R. A Winnipe.; despatch says that trouble is reported at the end ot the track by strikes of railway employees. The Indians are also troublesome, and several horses have been stolen. Inspector Steele has 'left Regina with thirty Mounted Police for the scene ot the troubles. The M. N. W, Survey party consisting of twelve men, have been running a line across the river ab Miunedosa. The line runs through the Registry Office and through German Gilles' store, crosses the river in front of the Brt:uawick Hotel, and is fifty feet up the hill to the west, as it passes Odanah. â- ^rr .8d-^I ooer- y- Donntly. a Canadian, long resident FilAnitrica, died in San Salvador. ieuas a-eut of the Pacific Steamship M'ttamer Austrian arrived at Boston "-â- iasgow with 642 passengers from i^ptrts of Ireland, some of whom go â- 'Himnsi-.iro to work in the mills. SEico's is to be Dolmonico's in name his saia that the sole proprietor of ^â- "-^'ewYoik restaurants known by Itoons name i; going to sell out for liOO, " ° Supreme Lodge of the A. 0. U. W., ^8" Buffalo, referred the question of *^of holding the next meeting to the 'Committee. Toronto, Chicago, St. â- '^opeka, and San FranciECO were sug- P latertaJonal Typographical Union FSitCu.uiiinati has adopted a resolu- l»inring sub-lists to be abolished in all "yi'eptti.ibv.r 1. Any union printer if ij* employed by a regular employee 'fi-u as a bubstitute without being â- 'I'M such. '^KNERAL. JJ'e Sir George .Jessel's will disposed "^lal property worth more than *iid Lady Onslow are about to leave te/.?" ^«Dgthened tour through Can- ^^^ United States. J fi^n Government has negotiated lUivi '^^ 'â- ^P*^^ of the law prohibiting l^l^ttation of free black laborers into [?U tas made a treaty with Chili. It litili 'resident Campero has ad- " t^ourse to insure his continuance pP'opos^d to furnish a new outlet to firj.T" seaboard bv a canal, which U_"y increase the 'commerce of the ^»«ror^nts who attempted to. cross the J "^iiel descended safely near Dea- p^own eleven miles sonth-eart'^f (j-.'^seeration of the Church of the '•"^^of the most brilliant features Y'ork is the most anciant Metropolitan See in England. It was made a bishopric by King Lucius, about ISO. Until lS;i5 the punisi nent for sacrilege in England was death. At that date it was changed to transportation for life. Louis the Fat was the first king who took the oriflamme into battle. The banner be- longed to the Abbey of St. Denis, and m as suspended over iiis tomb. The " Radicals " became prominent in England in 1S16, when Hampden clubs were formed, of which Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Cochrane and William Cobbet were mem- bers. It is said that the first Masters in Ciiancery were appointed to assist the ignorance of Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Councillor of Eng- land, in 1587. The office was abolished in 1852. The surrender of Abd-el-Kader to the French took place Dec. 22, 1847. He was imprisoned at Pau and at Amboise, although the French had promised to give him his liberty, but Louis Napoleon released hiit in 1S52. In* 1773 Elizabeth Timothy published and edited a paper in Charleston, S. C. After the revolution Anne Timothy became its editor, and was appointed State Printer, which position she held seventeen years. Mary Crouch published a paper in Charles- ton about the same time, in special opposi- tion to the stamp act. She afterwards re- moved her paper to Salem, Mass.; and con- tinued its publication there for three years after. 1 • Perhaps the oldest tunnel in the Alps in existence is tbe heading driven by the orders of Margrave Louis II. of Saluzzo through Mount Viso, and constructed in the years 1472 to 1480. It was completed at a total cost, including the paths leading to respective openings, of 12,000 florins, tuniiel has a height of 6^ teet and an aver- age width of 8 feet, and at the present time a length of only about 250 teet. It is btated, however, that, in consequence of frequent land slips, the openings of the tunnel have gradually record, and that it may have hid when first optpied double its present lepgth- The geological structure of Mont yiso n BimilMT to that of Mont Cenis, an* frequent irruptions rendered repeated repairs neces- aarv During times of war the tunnel has been blocked and walled up but Napoleon L gave orders for its complete lestoration. Tne Ridiculously Solemn aiexlcan Oance. I entered at 10 p.m., a hall iS a large old house in a town in Mexico and took a seat on one of the many chairs tnat were ranged round the room with their backs to the wall. The hall was spacious, and few people had yet arrived. Ia one corner of the hall sat a man before a small round table, on which were placed small plates full of almonds and raisins. Some ladies were seated at the other end of the room, attentively watching this man and the entrance door by turns. Their curiosity was soon relieved, for one by one the crowd poured in, and each one took his or her seat on one of the chairs against the wall. The aspect of the whole thing was ridiculously solemn. Suddenly one young man, less bashful than the rest, walked up to one of the almond and raisin- watching ladies and began to dance with her. Others followed his example, and to tiae slowest timed waltz I ever have seen, gloomily moved here and there through the room. They had come there for pleasure, I for business but what pleasure these young men and girls found in moving about the room so slowly and sedately 1 shall, I fear, never be able to find out. As each cavalier led his partner to her seat he would look at the almond and raisin President and very gravely nod. then, his " bien aimee " being seated, he would purchase a plateful of these delicacies and always m the same grave manner present them to her. She would place them in her pocket-handkerchief and wait for the next beau, As far as I could â- make out, the game seemed to be who would eet the most almonds and raisins, and I shrewdly suspect that the fruits were re- turned to the President, and each plateful represented a certain amount of money for the danseuse. â€" Galveston Xcivs. â€" .Jina i ir BMOff (^pxApiip Mid Unaeeonatable WrimMn of tti* WlBd. „^.i!0p«MpBeJ»4^.fc\ l^isJWWioro, Mont- -Bei;^:abnti|^, " Jew." withtwo/a, how theti «« 7 V«» ^aSto^^^ilS^wKll^' hS»S«fird2."the the The IS I Doing Him a Favor. The occupant of an oflice on Larned street desired to drop 5,000 circulars to as many residents of Detroit regarding a new house- hold patent, and he had just completed the weary work of directing the envelopes, the other day, when in came a telegram calling him out of the city for a day or two. He ran into a law oflBLce and left hie key and ex- plained that he was sorry he didn't have time to :nail his cireulars before going. When he had departed the lawyer said to his office boy " My son, what is life worth without the good opinion of our fellow-men " "Nothing, sir." " Of course not. This afternoon you go over and stamp all his circulars and get them into the postoffice. It will be a favor and a surprise to him." At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the boy said he had used up all the stamps, and he was directed to mwl the circulars and wait for his reward. It came in a manner to astonish him. When the circular man returned he rushed into the law office white with rage, drove the boy into a corner, and shrieked out at the top of his voice " Yon infernal idiot You licked three cents on each circular " â€" Detroit Free Press. ' ,ia So»tlLjrS^ijvitii, a^icjid* ior creejL vbic^ ^i^bmOy' alarawi the ntb«ritfeiS tt^ agr y w if inad^ inloiitaiti^ltIity.r~T»wi IfaiMiah.fg, yartrayted bere, ^as'tWO inaliac- tbe- tpffiateiea. .: jQw- wiatictai betv^een tnongkcand action is in him tani^ly close,' so cl^Me that thought is usually. immatin«, aod #heii a thoagbi has ^xopeasion of Mm' ieliitetblaUjEMlppreueKL ' Tbeie ifihilitti, |or example, have forgotten God" all e lu- cafttd jfaf f a m,; |ify 48tepuak, »e Material- ists, and certainly all Kinilistsare-rbave ac- cepted as their doidiiliiknt idea or ^th that to bring happiness or even endoitib'e exist- ence to tiM JKn^aian milllona, tlie existing method of government most be aweyt totaiiy away. Murderâ€" plain murder, aifd not only the' itabaftunafion of kingsâ€" beoomes for tbeut only an act, and, beiiig reqoired by their belief, ia acteci. The n^t oi arson is not one they discuss even in th^nght, they as- sume it and though Xre see no plain refer- ence to it, we do not doubt, from the facts at Odessa and Kief, that Stepniak, if money needful for the cause were wanting, would admit that he approved theft or forgery to obtain it, at least if the victim were a depart- ment of the state. Even this state of mind is not without examples. We do not sup- pose that Philip II. of Spain, with CathoU' cism at stake, would have hesitated at mur- der, or fire-raising, or forget y, and, in fact, be did not hesitate at tde two first. But here comes in the strange peculiarity of the case. These Nihilists are not in tne least like Philip II. They are men who possess in a degree almost unparalleled that power of seif-abnegation, of sfuppressing the carnal man, as Christian doctors say, which seems to many men, not unreasonably, the perfec- tioa of virtue. They are murderers who go to the gallows smiling and gentle; tire-raisers who would jump into the blazing houses, if that would nelp; thieves who would regard the abstraciion cf a copper coin from the stolen money for their own indulgence as a disgraceful crime. All of them hold the doctrine of free love, most of them find fe- male companions essential to their plans, but many of them, if not all, in order to de- vote themselves more exclusively to their work treat them as their sisters. Japanese Tea. Japanese tea as exported, which ten years ago rose to such favor, especially iu this country, is failing very low. It was at first choice in qualitj and the quantity produced was relatively small but the great demand for it induced the growers to abandon their ancient custom of picking only tue young spring leaves. They soon took to stripping the plants all through the seasoo, and even to adding wisteria leaves. Formerly the long and wiry tea leaf had a natural olive tint, and an especially delicate flavor but now the leaves are broken short, while their dusky brown or yellow shades are disguised with ultramarine or indigo blues, gypsuoi, or soapstone and the twenty-seven tea- firing houses in Yokohama where these sophistications t^ke place appear, from the report of Drs. Geerts and Wheeler, to be filthy, crowded, unhealthy dens. Strenuous efforts are, however, being made to better this condition of afifairs. It is curious to find also that the rich, fragrant Oolong teas of Formosa, which sprang into such sudden repute, are falling off in quality. Tbe Population ot the Air. Ancient Pantheism animated all nature. Gnomes in caverns, naiads in springs, sylphs in the air. represented life, pervading every- thing. Twenty centuries having passed, science has resnjcitated these elementary genii under the form of organic germs and we are forced to-day to recognize that the reality surpasses all the bold conceptions of the fable. From pole to pole the atmosphere transports myriads of microscopic animals and plants, They are counted by hundreds in each cubic metre of air that we breath in Paris. Developing themselves in the organic infusions into which they fall, they soon de- termine then complete decomposition and they play their parts in virulent diseases and in fermentations. No doubt is permiss- ible on this point after the admirable labors of M. Pasteur and every day a new work- man brings his stone as a contribution to the grand edifice of which this illustrious physiologist has drafted tht plan and him- self laid the impregnable f ou adations. â€" Popu- lar Science Monthly, Gas is more out of favor than ever in sitting rooms in England. The French moderator lamp, bnming colza (rape seed) oil, is the favorits light. A Very Sensitive Plant. A singular species of acacia is growing at Virginia, Nev., which shows all the Oinirac- teristics of a sensitive plant. It is ab/Ut eight feet high and growing rapidly. When the sun sets its leaves fold together, and the ends of the twigs coil up like a pigtail, and if the latter are handled there is evident un- easiness throughout the plant. Its highest state of agitation was reached when the tree was removed from the pot in which it was matured, into a larger one. To use a gar- dener's expression, it went very mad. It had scarcely been placed in its new quarters before the leaves began to stand up in all di- rections, like the hair on the tail of an angry cat, and soon the whole plant was in a qui- ver. At the same time it gave out a most pungent odor, resembling that of rattlesnakes when teased. The smell so filled the house that it was necessary to open the doors and windows, and it was a full hour before the plant calmed down and folded its leaves iu peace. Wny He Married the Bachelor. A postman left two letters at the residence of a Chicago minister, both of which con- tained an application for his services to per- form the marriage ceremony at the same time. "I hardly know what to do," he remarked to his wife. "I can't accommodate them both. Let me see â€" Mr. A. has been married before, has ho not " "Oh, yes," replied his wife, "he lost his first wife six months ago." " AndB. isa bachelor " " Yes." " TJiat settles it, then. I shall marry Mr. B. When a man marries a second time he never pays the minister any more than the law allows, but young bachelors are some- times very foolish," and the good man rubbed his hands mildly. jfBytiioimmm thwi^K •'â- ?â€" gHtts of our. ms^ 4i^8j^«»jp*iB^84,*Mrt of ita t-acR since. ^iiri|i|(^e ^vmuMrrsrevioua to tl?e'atbrm'(wfatc dicconSedl»gti^^ 9 and 10 0,'doek p. m.,) Ue -irbole slryitiMilKden with lb}M)t,.he#vy obMi^iaBd'tfae^enfife horizon ym cpttstf^y w^nmiaated kgii flashes of ligntningl The wind wa^ stropg^ but vari- mle, fl^a^tieemed to chang^ n||i41y from one storm centoe tb aaMer; SafTitire rain had tall^ppevimw-totfaepassageof the cyclone, Tf* ffSfi'-fm boar- i*fttt» ito: appearance the heavens looked like heavy storms prevailing in almqut eyery direction. When I first saw the cyclone, I now judge it mn^t'|iave been frbttf tbi^ to five miles distant^ and seemed to be approaching the spot whfere t stood. I got BsrenA dear and distinct view of its cutUn^/by the incessant flashes ofi ^atning which iUumbated tbe heaves., When first seen it was a dense, black cloud, npt extend- ing over ten degrees horizontidly, from which depoided a fonnel-shiapcld cloud, point downward. Tbe funnel a^med to rise and lower, so low at times- that the point or stem wm hardty seen, at others rising the stem, meanwhile, seemed to writhe and whirl like a gigantic snake sus- pended by the tail. It came from a point almost due south- west, and while its path in some places is a zigzag its main direction was a direct line nearly northeast. The fact that its path through this vicinity is exactly. inline with those of the cyclones which passed near Btannton in Macoupin county and through Nokomis in this county on the same even- ing leads to the conclusion that these storms were one and the same. If this conclusion is correct it juinpedor left untouched a dis- tance of about fifteen miles between its last appearance in Macoupin county and the point where it first touched the ground in this county, and making another jump about three miles northeast cf this place, again striking the eatth at Nokonlts, about tea miles distant, where it made several suc- cessive dips for a distance of two or three miles, destroying two dwelling-houses and several barns, then disappearing entireh-. As it swept past this town it travelled with great rapidity. Its speed must have been fully, if not more than, FOETir MILES AN HOUK. It was accompanied by a deafening roar, more like the din one tears at the Mbia street crossing of the St. Louis bridge dur- ing the passage of heavy freight trains than anything else I can conceive of. During its passage, at the distance of one-fourth cf a mile on each side of its track, there was a tremendous suction or side draft of wind to- ward it and blowing in a direction at right angles with its path. The width of its path varies with the near- ness of its approaches to the ground. In some place it is thirty rods wide, in others not more than ten roas. The pendent stem, or small end of the funnel, is always the centre of the trackand the force of the storm. Where it swept along the ground can easily be seen. The track of the stem proper is not more than four or five feet wide. There is nothing more certain than that there is absolutely no safety for anything in tbe track of the stem. It will take the water out of wells and in many places actually dig trenches in the solid earvh. There is no safety in cellars or caves in its immediate track, but a ceUar or cave would be a safe place if only ten or fifteen feetou either side of the stem. No house in this county was struck by the central stem, consequently the loss of life was not so great as it otherwise would have been. The nearest approach was at Mr. Blackburn's residence, alsout three mibes southwest of this city, where the storm passed about iitteen feet from the southeast corner uf the building, and within ten feet of a well. A bucket in the well was taken out and has not been heard of since. The dwelling was two stories, with a one- story L on south side, next to the storm. It was a substantial brick, with very thick walls. The L was entirely demolished and the main building down to the second floor. The window-sash and outer and inner door shutters of the lower story were taken out bodily, and the furniture and clothing of the family carried away. Tne outside of the east wall of the house left standing was plastered with a mixture of mud and sand as neatly as if it had been put on with a paint brush. A number of stones of a peculiar formation and shape uncommon in this region were showered upon a farm near its track. Small Straws were driven end foremost into solid wood and through the bark of trees a quarter of an inch thi:k' Growing wheat was twisted off and taken up by the roots and deposited again along the track in small bunches or wads, having the appearanoe of hiving been chewed by a beast and spit out. Tue leaves of trees near its track on each side have the appearance of having been scorched or partly burned. Far- mers living ten miles north of this place found next morning after the storm that they had been visited during the night by a shower of broken boards, shingles, leaves and twigs of trees and bits of clothing. Much.of the former showed from the form and ipaint still adhering that they were p eces of door and window frames and house and bam weather boarding. The storm re- volved from right to left. The workmen engaged here in removing the debris of the iron railroad bridge which was thrown a shapeless mass into the bed of the stream by the cyclone affirm that the quality of the iron hai been ruined by the cause. If by the cyclone then there is another knot for the scientists to untie. "^The Hebrew Standard tells its readers that their unpopularity iu hotels is in a great degree their own fault, being due to objectionable manners and customs and in- difference to the feelings of others. A Berlin merchant lately submitted to a diva, to whom he was paying court, two splendid dresses for her choice, and said he would call to learn her decision. She soon wrote " I like both so well that you need not trouble to call." A lady who bought heavy mourning at Algona, Iowa, explained to the milliner that her husband was not well, and might pop off at any time when it might not suit her to come to town. Possibly with a similar cj: houghtshe went ontothenndertaket'e ;1! â- " â- 1 ' â- ' r ,-N 'I U- -« ^ja" ^J mmM