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 r.MEM EVENTS. and ' i* â- â- ,â-  â- â- .;n'.rv n; Twenty r.t first I a: !.: IvUDan Cr-thcilie Cliuiv]i was ,â- â- : Desuroiito, Out., ou Sunday It cost 84,000. ichik'acnii Laudur. ,f Ottawa, is ,iiHLd Chaplain of the Seuatci I thL llev. Mr. .Tolinson, duc-eas- f.ir )ntari( the new Provhicial ' w.is re-elected by V,jj,,..itii .11 fi'i' "^^'t-'st Huron on the 10th jl^. [,ital weekly earnings of the Grand viiik lailwiiy are reported at 8307,781, ' jIk- corresponding -week last year "-,;, :,s:i, showing an increase of §12,108. It is proposed to establish a new glass ,,.'^s c"iiip;iriy in Montreal with a capital â- iliiO.lJOO, and application will be made ;(,^. Muebec Legislature for an Act of .. ,,iji,.nitiin. very line new Methodist Curch was itcd at Sarnia on Sunday lOtli inst. â-  IS ;i C'illl' -rill" N'.itic icautiful brick building capal)lc of persons and dating about 1,200 nvcr 830.000. 'las been given in the 'nmida (ia- â- , tli.it -application will be made toParliii- ,,ir f.'i' an Act to incorponite the Canada ::i]icl'allCC •iv. with ind (ieneral Assurance Coni- leadtjuarters at Toronto. :_';t:iilili--r named Mathieson was tined ",1)1. I !;c Toronto Police ^lagistrate a jilaying ;i prohi])ited 11" iiie penaltv c pr 1-M!lti f r The penalty was intlictcl visKiUs of an old English ago. I'nited State.^ an indusay in (Jiig tile Kiver ;,;-^,.d over 200 years â- _ .ai riling for the ,-: lias liicome ([uite jMi ts of CiUiada. Al nut., thousands tire nuw being ;:. "hc hind legs ;ire skinned, pack- l.;.:icl.s oil ice. and exported. i.-;iil\- ;i young -man named (Mllit'S. ti student of the .)ntiirio â- iilnita] College. iuel]ili. tlied sud- t" liiMiiorrhage of the lungs. His s a minister in England, and the .1 liad be. !1 â- rt C'f â- ~v,v. l)ut a few weeks in tliis siiiuvs thtit th^ L'tuiadian ',000. the gross I'acific md the number â- ad ill c 'perati 111 1.M31 L'ck I pf Itist W'ar till' ,IM(I an d th iUlllll The .•ani- ji- 'f laiiiil\' named tittem]iting to Chatlui'ii, ill ;i stoi'iii rucetitlv. ot a. v:i-d in y. netir I lietivy rlie mtiti, wile am tw. 1 1 1 Tlu-y I I'll. leave lamilv Iv of ti ..111 Pticitic itiilway is i;ir.\' III ill ' I irking order t'l tlie sum- K. irky ^lountaiiis, 120 miles .tirv. This is tibmit one tliou- liis Wist of \\'innipe,' It is now that thi.- entire rotul ti ilu- ',il' w the Pticitic 111 be ciiiiipleted in ahout two Thi- tiiir new buildings recently com- .rtiii in Moiitreid for a Methodist Theo- 'iial riillege. were fornitilly t.ipened on jr b'lth. Senator Ferrier, a leading t.cial tiiember of the Church presided. The liiuldings are of .stone, of neat design, iL'iixSii feet and four stories. They cost 'â- â€¢iur 841). 000. TlkTc are several pauper immigrant â- .nulies in Toronto now, and the Mayor IS lifL'U investigiiting into their cases. H;s impression is that the mendicants ...ik,.' 'tiii-r • I'll :t-;iLt- Am 't.iiiii lilt :i worse case than need be, in til enlist .sympathy. There will «.â-  ti strong outciy against immi- if sii many paupers come. :hfr litirn burning by smoking ,s t.iiik place at Y'oi'k township, near i'l-iitii. ii-eeiitlv. The btirn l)elong- t t.i 'riii.uias Mulholland, ami the loss !- -S.'iiK), witliout insunmce. The iramp â- - 'irpiii- there tuul while smoking the ' iiM t u a.-- dime. -Mniost every week •'ti'ati .-iiiiilar accidents from similar Tj" I'l.n ,iii (.'iiti'ee House Assocititiou •i ti A" lui'ti iti active business for a little â- "-•."t." vrar and the tintincitd report is â- â- ' ' t: â- umg. .\ dividend of per cent J ':â- â-  111 decltired in tlu; year's opertitions. -ill a .siiia laid by for rest. ver 1.200 •"i tire every day served with refj-esh- '•;â- :.â-  at tlie two houses now in the city. ' â-  ii itsL-.s aiu proposed. till- presentation of tui tiddress of â-  :iiiiiie.-s of welcome to the new (lov^ â-  ::'|i linicral bv tlie Carleton County ' 'Hull, Liinl Lan.sdowne stated thtit he •-"I 'nail a faiiiier at one time himself, "" iiiit a vrry successful one,, iis he had • much of his time to politics and tliu neglect of his fanii. A gtod ler ftirmers do the same thing. â- lal Intends to have tuiother grand ai nival, to commence in *Febre- .le sum of SIO.OOO is being raised '"-â- ft the expenses. Among the attrac- "" amiiiunced are- an encampment ()f ""i;e;.N Norwegian skating, an Es(iui- .â- â- ;'u\ village, tTibbogan parties and the '^•â- - besides an ice ptdace. The carnival •tt winter -was a grand success, and it ' 'it;lit thousands of sight and pleasure ' ' Kcis to the city, A d(.-putati(m of the Women's Sutfragtt â- ^â- ^S'ciation of Toronto, and some repre- V^'t'itives of the City Council, waited on -ae Hon. (). Mowat and the other mem- ;-'s of the Provincial Government a few '^ys ago, a.sking for legislation entitling ""en to vote. The Premier expressed bing the mails. He confessed his crime tmd told vhere a large number of letters had been concealed or destroyed, and how- some hundreds of dollars of money had been taken. The carelessness of the country postmaster in sorting the mails on the floor and in locking the mail-bag, had much to do with the mat- ter. The boy has been sentenced t(j im- Iirisonment. The official report of the Bureau of Industries for the Province of Ontario shows a great falling off in the principal grain crops last harvest. The total number of bushels of fall wheat harvested is esti- mated at 21,329.320 against 40,921,201 last year, the average yield per acre being not quite half as much. The aver- age yield of spring wheat was a little better than last year. The yield of barley is estimated at 1«,090,380 bushels against 24,284,407 bushels in 1882. The yield of oats is put down at 55,482,797 bushels, being an increase of about 25 per cent over last year. The quantity of rj-e is estimated at aliout '^.000 bushels, being half a millon less than '82 and the yield of peas at 10,728,137 bushels, being somewhat of a falling oil" The hay crop is much better thtin usual. (;RE.\T WilTAIN. It is proposed to construct a ship ct\nal through Ireland, separating the North tmd the South. syndicate is being formed in London for thtit purpose. A large sum of money has been collect- ed on this side of the Atlantic in aid of the families of those punished for the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke in Dublin. It has just been distributed by ]\Iiss Ford, of the //-('.s/i W'urhl. I'XITEl) ST.^TES. in Chictigo over (300 persons tire em- ployed in the manufacture of saustiges, and the (piantity made is rep(.irted to be tibout 130 tons per day. The United States Supicme Court litis recently given a decision that the suicide by an insane person does not invalidate his life insurance policy. The I'nited States railway companies have spent over thirty millions dollars on railrotids in Mexico. Over l,(iOO miles of track have been completed. In Eiist Bufiah.), recently, a Itirge cooper-shop in coui'se of erection wtis blown down and six persens insttmtly killed. Seven others were badly injured. There litis been ti decreti.se of the I nitcd States surplus revenue during the past yetiv of 812.(;4-1:.000. This is Itirgely iw- ilig to a decrease 'n tlie taxes levied in scvertil departments. A man ntimed llobert Hcnnaii. now ti cuiivict in the AlViany Peiietentitiry. for foigery. is reported to litive become heir to the esttite of Baron Bernstein, in 'Vmtiuy. vtilued tit two million dollars. .\ ktrge tire took jilace in Norfulk. 'ii- giiiia, recently, destroying 7.000 bales of cotton. 50 car loads of lumber, and a numbei' of ctirs. besides other things. Th-j loss is estimated tit over half a mil- lion. The N. E. y-'i '/â- //! I';- stiys that the crop of Imckwhetit in the I'nited States this year is veiy small. But little was sown in most of the States, tmd there were frosts thtit destroyed the most of itbeffre it was I'ipe. The missionary committee.if the Metho- dist Episcoptil Church of the United States, at its recent session in New York, voted 848,000 to aid in supporting the coLjred conferences of the Southern States. The full (piota of the United States Army is 25,000 men, but there are now something like 2,000 less than that, as the number of enlistments do not keep pace with the losses, by deaths, desertions, and other causes. A large paper factory is at work as Sav- iinnah, (ieorgia, for the manufticture of wrapping ptiper out of rice straw and ptilm leaves. Over four tons a dtiy of ex- cellent wrapping paper is the dtiily output from such materials. At Savtmntdi, New York Sttite, a train of three box cars on the West Shore road, wiis thrown from the track, and went down tin enbankment thirty feet. The cars were luxdly broken u]., and tilxmt thiity men btxlly injured. But one wtis insttmtly killed. The St. Louis (h-tmd Jury litis indicted ber of prominent i)ersons for par- gambling enter])rises, and a num ticipation m -â- vi-n •-;i'.\-l Ml,, â- ttltvl ity, "0 'ViV â- '"nself persontiUy not unfavorable, but "6 gave scant encouragement that any â- â- ^ch measure would be introduced soon. A y ,ung boy named William Powell, has '•een for years driving the mail bags from 'good station, near Ottawa to Russell, «'l has recently been suspected of rob iliarply censures the (Jovernorfor ptirdon- \\v' convicted gamblers, and recommends t-lie withdrawl of the pardoning power from His Excellency. The following is a statement of the United States currency outstixnding_ tit November 1st Old demand notes,_858,- 800 legtd tender notes, all issues, 834G,- C.Sl 010 (me-year notes of 1803, 840,815 two-year notes of 1803, 810,750 two- year coupon notes of 1803, 820.350 com- pound interest notes, 8214,770 prac- tional currency, all issues, 815,30().241 total 8302,392,742. family of destitute Irish immigrants, consisting of a man, wife, four children, tmd an infirm old woman, mother of the wife, were returned from New York to Ireland a few days ago by the State Board of Charities. The family state that they were heh^ed out by the poor hiw guardians of May( ., Ireland. There has been a good deal of complaint made about pauper im- migration this year. Some time ago Lafayette Cook, an ec- centric citizen of Auburn. Maine, pi'edict- ed that he would die on the 11th of Ino- vember. That day he appeared in his usual health, went out for a walk, and returning he told his friends he would prepare for his coffin, which he did. He then laid down on a lounge and soon fell asleep and died the next mommg. He could not be roused. An examination was made but no evidences of poison could be found in the body. A Javanese Superstition. One of the grossest of Javanese super- stitions is that the " kaiman " â€" the Jave- nese name for the crocidile â€" is actually the evil spirit personified. The dervishes for their own motives of profit, of course, do all that is in their power to foster this belief. '" Sedan " (Satan) is the name be- stowed upon the crocodile by the natives of Java, and every incident or misfortune, whether death by misadventure, pestil- ence, failure of crops, c., is attributed to his agency, it being presumed that on such occasions the spirit is for some rea- son or other, displeased with the people. In order, therefore, to appease the suppos- ed demon's wrath, the Javanese, instigat- ed, of course, by their dervishes, come to the conclusion that some animals must be slain and offered up to huu as a sacrifice, and arrangements are accordingly made for that purpose as follows The person who is suffering from any calamity which he supposes to have proceeded from the anger of '"Sedan," goes at once to the chief magistrate or Mayor of his village {hipelUi kam2)0)tij) and a consultation takes place. After this the Mayor causes all the inhabitants to be summoned together by means of the beating of a peculiar- ly shaped wooden bell, which has a sin- gultirly doleful sound when this tocsin is hetird the Javanese assemble in great numbers and fix a day and hour for the sacrifice, which usually ttikes place at sunrise, and the sufferer from calamity is enjoined to bring two sheep and a goat to the dervish t(j be consecrated previous to the sacrifice. When the hour of sacrifice arrives the people collect in great numbers in front of the INItiyor's residence, dressed in their holidtiy garments the dervish makes his appearance, arrayed in a long gown and a turbtm of many colors. As he advtmces, the whole assembly pros- trates itself, uttering prayers aloud. At a signid from the dervish the jieojjle rise, and, by the directit^n of the Mtiyor, txre formed into j)airs (in silence) for the saci'iticial procession, the dervish proceed- ing at their head to the place of sacrifice. In front of the dervish wtxlk four men, in vestments of various colors, having their faces painted with yellow. These men strew flowers and ptilms in the ptith of the advancing dervish. Next follow several pel-Sons letuling the consecrated animtils destined for sticrifice, tifter whom comes the otiicitil who is to sltij- the tmimals. attended by the ^Vltiyor and the men of the highest standing in the village. Then follow the rabble, the women ttiking the Itist pltice of all in the procession. They then ptiss through the mtiin streets of the town or villtige until the place of cere- mony is retiched. In the case in (luestion tliis was a large, .sandy pltiin, nctir the seaslioie. A huge stone was set up to scr\'e tis tin altiir f i r the )ti'ering to ' " Sedan, ' ' the evil spirit. Here the leaders of the consecrated tmimtils destined for sacrifice knelt down, while the dervish ascended the steps of the tilttir. As soon as he retiched the altar itself the whole assemb- Itige fell on their knees and joined him in a prayer, wliicli was loudly uttered, and with many gesticulations the dervish then, with most vehement adjurations, addressed the spirit himself, imploring him not to visit the Jtivanese with any further caltunity. Strangely enough, from some water at hand two or three crocodiles at this moment put up their heads, a coincidence which, of course, produced a great imjjression on the super- stitious assemblage. Probably, however, the truth was that the crocodiles were at- tracted by the rank smell of the goat. The dervish's addressed to the evil spirit concluded, room was made for the person who had been a2)pointed to sacrifice the animals, which had previously been bound and Itiid upon the sand. This official tidv;\nced armed with a most formidable knife, and with considerable dexterity laid open the bowels of the victims, which he then placed in a row and decorated with gtiy-cf)lored flowers. Next followed another prolix prayer from the dervish, tifter which he bestowed his blessings up- on the entire assemblage, who, in the full conviction of having tippeased the evil s])irit. retired to their homes tmd smoked l)ipes if opium which they alleged to be for the glorification of their deities, but which it seems more reti.sontible to con- clude was for their own self-gratification. Soon after the crowd had dispersed, that very sensible " evil sjiirit " crawled out ff the Wiiter with a grunt of satisfaction and proceeded to devour the sheep and the goat with which the ignorance and super- stition of the Jtivanese htid provided him. --Tinsli'ii's ]\I(nja::iin' Animal Intelligence. At the north side of Dublin there is, at Clontarf, a sea inlet where the water at certain times of the tide is very shallow. A little stream flows under the road into the sea at this place The bridge beneath which it passes has pretty high parapets. A huge dog, a frequent companion during my student days, used to mount one of these parapets, employing it as a lookout when he happened for the moment to lose sight of me. Mrs. Comerford, widow of a distinguished barrister, was my land- lady. This dog, aided by an accomplice named Bran, slew Mrs. Comerford's red cat. a great favorite, and buried him, all but the point of his tail, in the garden. The accomplices demeaned themselves in the most innocent manner, but betrayed considerable confusion when their delin- quency was detected. It did not seem to occur to their canine minds that the mere tip of the poor cat's tail, when the body itself was out of sight, could possibly in- criminate them. But to return to Clon- tarf. It was the practice among the lads about, when the depth of water suited, to wade out and catch little flat-fish. These abound in great numbars, and lie common- ly on the sea-bed. The waders went in bare-legged, and when they happened to thread upon a fish, kept the foot in posi- tion until they could stoop down and se- cure their prey. One of the fisherboys was one dtiy attended by his dog, and when the intelligent creature saw the work in which his master was engaged jmiceeded to help him by plunging about, and whenever he felt a fish kept his paw" upon it until his master should come u]» and place it in his creel. This curious methi.'d of catching flat-fish is not confin- ed to Clontarf. 1 was walking one day along Con's Water, called after the old chief ttun of the name. Con or Coiisttrntine O'Neil. when I ob.served a barefooted lad wading in the shallow water â€" for the tide was out- -iind from time to time casting something on the btiiik. He was catching flat-fish with his feet. 1 did not detect his occupation, in which he scmed pretty successful, until 1 went close up in order to see what he wtis tibout. Natvre. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. An English correspondent draws atten- tion to the increasing employment of girls in various business occupations in London, and adds the suggestion that instruction in the details of commercial clerks' work might be advantageously imparted in class- es formed for that purpose, and instructed under pp.jper supervision. There is, per- haps, ill) more interesting member of our youth than the well-mannered, well-taught girl, whose energies are addressed to the important work of earning her living. Perhaps no city in the world can present a more agreeable spectacle than London during the early morning hours, in which quiet, neatly dressed, and scrupulously well-behaved girls go in great numbers on foot, by omnibus, or rail to their various places of business. The girl of this class and period is a distinct and valuable pro- duct of rational education, and, as an em- bodiment of capable and modest self-re- liance, is a clear addition to the civilizing influences of the time. A niece of Kosciusko is said to be in one of the departments in Washington a great-granddaughter of Jefferson is in the Interior Department, and a needy descen- dant of a relative of George Washington has lately received a government appoint- ment. The Princess Victoria, betrothed at seventeen to the heredittiry Crown Prince of Anhtilt. isthegreat-gretit-granddaughter of King Frederick William 11. of l^russitt. while the Crown Prince of Anhtilt, eleven yetirs her senior, is tiic great-grtindson oi the stmie sovei-eigii. critic of )uida's iiow-is S!;i:-.;esls tliat her tirt. vigorous tmd clever as it is, is not ti desirtitih: art to eidtivtite. "•There is a Viinttige-groimii for the itutlior of fiction midwti\- liL'twccn tlie ei[UtUor;td fervor of )iiidi"s romance tmd the arctic temperature of gtirdcn-ptirty flirtation. The (lenoese lover v.Jio slnots himself in the moonlight, while his false mistress jeers tit him in the jirescnce of his rival, may be a no moi'e heroic pei'sontige tlitiu the crazy youth who. seeing his Itidy wtill't olf with ti soldier, scrawls on a jKiper, 'This is thy work. Penelope Ann." tmil w-alks into ti pond in the neighborhood. Wbat Hore or Iiess Promtcent People are Saying and Dolos. It is said that Mr. Blaine is always look- ing out for the Maine chance. Jules "Verne is growing fat, and his hair is turning white. He is fifty years old. Thirty smacks have been built by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts for the Yarmouth fishermen. Albert Bierstady. who has been sketch- ing in the Alps, htxs lately returned to America. Dr. Henrj' Power, F.B.C.S., says that shortsightedness is a defect of culture and civilization. During his stay in Boston Matthew Arnold will be the guest of Professor Norton, of Cambridge. Over the door of her summer cottage by the sea, at Gloucester, Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has this inscription •' Let your peace rest upon it." It is thought that the strength of the late Mr. Yale, of New Htiven, like Sam- son's, liiy in his locks, as he left eight million dollars, accumultited through tlieir means. An American physician recommend.s beefsteak and btiked potatoes as perhaps the least harmful of the things that can bo eaten at night, especially, he says, if the beef be underdone. Miss Nichols, ti gratluate of the H^.^Ui ston High School, seventeen yetirs old. received the entrance prize of two Ituii- dred dolltirs to Smith College, litw^^ig passed the best examination. The Itxte Captain IMtiyneReid wrote one of his works in Newport. Rhode Isltuid. and it is only last year that the U. S. government gave him :i i)ension for Ins services in their Jlexictin War. Professor Morse says that the geimine old Stitsuma ware is \-ery rare, and tally about ninety years old at the most, and thtit the Nationtil IMu.seum of Japt^;.., t;t Tokio, has but three sjieciuieiis. President Eliot, of Htii-iard, litis had a letter from I'rofessor dowett. Mtister of Btulio], Oxford, tmd trtmslator of Plato"s' Ii'il"!!"i: urging tlitit some arrangements be ma'.le in regard, tn .\t;ierican svraleiit? going to )xford. Sartili AVilsoii. a ;;egicss â- if se\ei ty- se\"eii, who luis liad ti good euitcatio:;. lias been tetichiii^ ti private school fur y^iung children in New llii\e:i. CoimecUcti:, tor ixty years. !ler ftuher was tv slf ;â-  ;n ji:it city, and boU',iit l;i ffe-,do!.i. hte I if the iiiemi-els i f tile Core:. !ass\ a tliletir rreiic'i talker, 'el r. 1 ir â- ; lo relit, i!)i ill iiirse I if instnict ibe i'nited ion under Pr iiroii Ml irse. .â- â- .Il'iioU -Mr. iias tttkeli a tlic poivh III liis own li.-t thoiudi not lit Stilem ti I mtister Mtisstichusi, Ensilisli. I tii- Kil- States •lessor iii.'in' si .11 illo! his el'S et .•.Iciitt s e: I 'i^i-ajili of stmlv. .M lie^r ;4i-,; titsoll liiii! sitting in r. .-Mcott roads paraly/ed side, abh' to exjiress tllou ' .-tnd diettues retilies, al- ecoverilig tlie Use of his He sulfers fiiiiii nut lieing his iler,^- in wiiicls. al- ns minii is cleti.r. 3A^ jpfll^iR^ WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE VEOCRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WIL!. SEE BY EXAMINING THIS MAP, THAT THE Chicago, Rock Island Pacific R'y, Being the Great Central Line, affords to travelers, by reason of Its unrivaled geo- Braphloal position, the shortest and best route between the East, Korthetast and Southeast, and the West, Northwest and Southwest. It Is literally "nd strictly true, that Its connections are all of the principal lines of road between the Atlantic and the Pacific. By tts main line and branches It reaches Chloaso, Jollet, Peoria, Ottawa, L« Salle, Oeneseo, Mollne and Rock island, in Illinois; Davenport, Muscatine, Waahlnston, Keokuk, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Fairfield, Den Moines, West Liberty, Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan, Cuthrio Center and Council Bluffs, In Iowa; Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, in Missouri, and Leaven- worth and Atchison '.n Kansas, and the hundred; of cities, vlllaees and towns Intermediate. The "GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE," Ae It is familiarly called, ofTers to traveler* all the advantages and comforts Inoldent to a smooth track, safe bridges. Union Depots at all connecting points. Fast Express Trains, composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, WELL HEATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES a line Of the HOST MAGNIFICENT NORTON RECLINING CHAIR CARS ever built PULLMAN'S Ateet designed and handsomest PALACE SLEEPING CARS, and DINING CARS that are adcnowtedged by press and people to be the FINEST RUN UPON ANY BOAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In whioh superior meals are served to travelers at the low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH. THREE TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and the MISSOURI RIVER. TWO TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, via the fanwus ALBERT LEA ROUTE. A New and Direct Line, via Saneoa and Kankakee, has reoently been opened, between Newport News, Richmond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and La Fayette, and Counoll Bluffs, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Intermediate points. All Through Pasaengers carried on Fast Express Trains. For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which may be obtained, as well aa Tickets, at all prinolpal Ticket Ofnces in the United States and Canada, or of R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN, VIM-Pres't A Gen'l Manaser, ©«»'» T'k't A Paes'r Ag^ CHICAGO.