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 "THE WILD TRIBES OF THE SOUDAN." Probably one of the most interesting re prions to the British pablic jast now is that mysterious territory which bears the general name of the Soudan â€" a territory which stretches far across the African contment from the Red Sea, and of which the Khed- ive's dominions form but a very small part. There are some portions of the Soudan which have not been trodden by European feet, at least not so far as recorded. And the ad- ventuious career of the Mahdi lends pecu- liar interest- to the portions of the Soudan near the Nile and its tributaries. The pre- cise whereabouts of the False Prophet is not known just now, but there is a general im- pression that he is bringing under subjec- tion the independent tribes on his flanks, so that he can advance with greater safety to- wards Upper Eg'ypt, In fact, the latest news suggests that the Mahdi may in a few days be before Khartoum, where the White and Blue Niles form a fork. In a book just published entitled "The "Wild Tribes of the Soudan" Mr. F. L. James. M. A., gives a very readable account of sporting experi- ences in a part of the Soudan which few of the Canadian public have probably heard of before. For a frontispiece it has an engrav- ed portrait of a "profeasional beauty" of this region, and the lady is ugliness person- ified, rings from nose and ears assisting in the ugly effect but she is a fair represent, ative of her ra^e (the Bases), who would be certain to gain the palm for deformity of feature if there were an international com- petition. But these strange people are not likely to attach themselves to the Mahdi, or join in any fanatical rising, because they seem to have no religion whatever. In his preface Mr. James apologizes fcr adding another to the mauy books on Afri- ca, but the apology is scarcely needed, ir- asmuch as the last expedition of the three refeiTcd to in the title-page was made intoa territory previously tinexplcred. The ttni- tory in question, the Base country, lies be- tween the Egyptian Soudan proper and Abyssinia, and the Base themselves are re- puted to be fierce and treacherous in their dealings with strangtrs. Mr. Powell (bro- ther ot Mr. Powell, the late membtr for Malmesbury, whose fatal balloon ascent is fresh in the public resollection) perished at their hands, together with his wife and child, some fourteen years ago. Mr.James, however, while finding these Base a very debased and brutal people â€" and' of this he gives ample illustration at page 99â€" found no difficulties but sucn as could be met by d«c"sicn, tact, and watchfulness. At the beginning of the book Mr. James gives some amusing extracts from the re- plies to his advertisement for a competent medical maa. One applicant stipulated for a cigar after dinner and supper, a glass of mild ale, and meals at regular hours. An- other, after giving a long list of his qualifi- cations and requirements, concluded by saying, "I am engaged in devising a series of tests to determine whether people are re- ally dead before they are buried and Egypt is a good country to make observations of this sort in." Mr. James' descriptions of the country and the people are not so full as some per- sons would like, but he w r jte the book as a story of sporting adventure and not for sci- entific purposes, and the "general reader" will like it all the tetter for its non-elabor- ation, especially as the numerous excellent engravings give a good idea of the country and the natives. Mr. James shrewdly points out that travelling for sport is cne thing and travelling for exploration quite another, and that any attempt to combine two can only end in spoiling both. It must not, therefcre, be complained if the book is so largely a record of wild beasts killed and wounded. For the benefit of all interested in such matters, we give a list of the game mentioned in the book, taken from a very copious index â€" antelope, ariel, buffalo (very frequently mentioned), elephants, gazelles, girafi'es, guinta-fowl, hippopotami, leopards, liens, ostriches, panthers, partridges, sand- grouse, and wart hog, to fay nothing of ven- omous snakes, and, on one occasion, a boa- constrictor. Not that Mr. James was by auy means unobservant of all the points in aa unexplored country which give general in- terest to a record of travel. There is a-nple evidence in the pages of his book that he and his friends did not go to the Base oountry merely "to shoot something." For instance, the book is accompanied by a map of the councry made by Mr. W. D. James and Mr. .Aylmer from daily astronomical observa- tions. Thus, as the author says, a portion is added, however small, to the map of Africa. The map is also made a very practical one by the marking down on it of every place where water is to be found. Among other things which the travellers took out with them from England was a magic lanteiu furnished with slMes specially chosen.which they frequently exhibited, much to the amusement and an: azement of the apectat- orj. Mr. James' hunting party comprised ten Europeans and a number of natives, the force being thus Strong enough and suffi- ciently well equipped to ensure respect under crdirary circumstances. They left the oort of Souakim, on the Red Sea, on the 15th December, ISSl, and proceeded to Casfala, the capital of the ferule Eastern Soudan, and in regard to the extent of population next in importance to Khartoum, the people of the region being a mixture of Arabs and nsgroes. Here they were unfortunate enough to lose one of the Swiss servants from an attack of dyaeutery. Ca«a'a is the centra fcr a number of Germans who gather wild animals for tlie various zoological col- lections of ^^irope and America. One of these Gormans, whom Mr. James met, had spent eight winters in the Soudan, visiting Europe every summer, He bad also been twenty-three times to New Yoik selling his animals. Haikota, to the east of Cassala, is the residence of the Beni Amer chief. Sheikh Achmed .Ageer, described as the best-man- nered and most plausible Arab the author ever met with. This important personage called upon the traveUers, and volunteered assistance to them in ' getting through the Bases country, sending with them a aetach- ment of four horsemeu â€" ^for a consideraticn of twenty-five dollars per month for each man â€" this being the Sheik's method of levy- ing taxes on travellers coming within hii jurisdictiem. In the region of Haikota the country literally swarmed with guinea-fowl, and there were abundance of partridge, while the sportsmen often shot the telelan^ elope. After aoine daya' honting the aporting pbr^y entered the Bases coontry. They came suddenly upon eight or ttn Bues, who fled in terror, leaving up a baobab tree cne who was appeased with presents. At Base vil'ages the chiefs were found amenable to the influence of gifts, Manchester cotton set- tin/ their minds right. The exhibition of a icagic Isntem was a great suocess, and the per raits of the Qaeen anl Prnce of Wa'es we re received with i aptnre. Follow- ing on these came pictures of the wildbfa|Sts of the country, the crownng success being the picture of a man escaping up a tree from a crocodile, which opened and shut its mouth in its attempts to get at him. Mr. James talks of another expedition to the Soudan, and in view of this we would sug- gest to him ttat a Punch and Judy show might prove even a greater hit than a iragic lantern The coon'ry abounded in large game, while the rivers swarmed with fiah. ^n attack was made upcn two members of the party while out shooting by a body of Abyssinians who had raided across the frontier. The freebooters wounded an Arab servant, spearing him in the abdomen in a frightful manner. His companions could not discover his whereabouts, and returned to camp without him, but next morning he reappeared having crawled eight miles amid awful agony only to die nearly aa socn as he reched the camp. Base volunteers accom- panied the travellers, and the Sheik's son, Longay was a devoted follower, cleaning the knives and otherwise making himself useful. "He often, too," says Mr. James, "induced others among his people to work for us, when without his help they would have done nothing at all. On parting from us he fairly shed tearj, and altogether he waa the best specimen of the completely 'untutored ravage' I ever came across. "The r ative servants declared the Bases resembled baboons, and they rest by placing the sole of the right foot against the left knee, a practice believed to be common among tribes on the White Nile. The Base grow durrah, the staple food of the Soudan, which contains much starch, and is considered more nourishing than wheat. They also manufasture from it a kind of sour beer, of which they drink a great deal, with the results to be expected. They catry liquids in closely- plaited baskets made from palm -leaves. Ccn-?equent on the dread inspired among their followers by the Abyssinian raiders, Mr. James and his party went westward and pitched their camp on the banks of the Settite, a tribu- tary of the Blue Nile, where lions were "lagged in plenty, besides hippopotami, giraffes, antelopes, and such small-deer, while the river yielded fish of over 30lbs. weight. The kelb-el-labr seems to be a fish specirlly delightful to anglers, as it is "a most sporting fish, always fighting to the last ^aip. In this respect, as in its appear- ance, it resembles the talmon. It possesses a move able upper jaw and frightful teeth, which fitting into one another are very sug- gestive of the rat-trap. The best sport was, howev9r, with the beggar, which is exactly like the perch except in regard to the si ripes, which it lacks. The author believes that it is with the milky juice of the quol-quol the Abyssinia m catca fish. They tlirow a quantity into the water, when the fish be- come insensible and float on the surface; and "a drop of this juice inadvertently get- ting into one's eye is (aid. to to be sufficient to cause blindness." Wart-hogs and a boa- constrictor were also "bagged." One lion shot measured n'ue feet two inches in length, and had a splendid mane, unusual in the Soudan. Subsequently they again parsed through the country of the ugly folk and embarked for England at the fort of Masso- wah. This is the baldest outline of Mr- James' narrative, but it will serve to give some idea of the ground he covered, and as it was strange ground fcr Europeans his book w.ll be read wiih special interest. The Bases get a bad rame from the-r neighbors, bat Mr. James found them verv agreeable, even if not good looking. The book is very re-aiable alike for the matter it contain? an i the n.anner in which it is presented, and it is sure to be eagerly perused, while other Iravellerj, especially those of sporting pro- clivities, will be disposed to try their luck amniT the wild tribes of this part of the Soudan. Hydrophobia. The following notice respecting rabies or dog-maonefs (hycrophobia) has been issued by the Brown "Animal Sanitary Jnstitu- ticn" undtr the Govern -nent of the Univers- ity of Lcndon This disease Occurs in dogs of all ages, and may appear at any season of the year. It is recognized by a change of demeanor of the dog, which becomes deject- ed, morose, inclined to roam, and anxious to hide itself. The animal gnaws at wood, stones, and any refuse which it sees, snaps at imaginary objects, and becomes unusually excited by strange or sudden noises. It rubs its throat with its paws, as if striving to get rid of some object lodged there at the same time there is a more or less abund- ant flow of saliva from the mouth. The ani- mal is, moreover very easily excited, and barks with a peculiar, harsh, strange cough. The dog will attack its master, or animals of any kind but it is most easily roused to fury by the presence of other dogs. It is feared and shunned by healthy dogs, not only when it attacks them, but when the disease is in a very early stage. There is throughout the disease no dread of water. Before the tendency to bite shows itself, the animal may be unusually affectionate to its master, licking his face and fawning upon him. In one form of the disease called "dum madness" there is paralysis of the jaw and therefore inability to bite. Precautions in cases of supposed hydrophobia:â€" If a dog has shown any of the symptoms of madness mentioned above, or an unusual tendency to bite other animals, it should be at once loose muzzled and securely chained up but it is advisable that it should not be destroyed until it has been examined by some author- ity capable of determining whether the ani- mal be rabid or not. Owners of dogs are warned of the danger they may incur by al- lowing their faces and hands (especially if scratched) to be licked by the animals, even if they show no sign of madness. All dog- bites should be immediately cleansed by suction and washing, and the wounds should be cauterized as soon as possible. â€" Charles S. Roy, M. D., Professor- Superintendent, the Brown Institution. The weakest spot of every man is where he thinks himsdf thestrongMt. Erolntien in Bnc:whe«t Cakes. "Buckwheat cakes I" said a man in a downtown restaurant. "Wheat cakes " said another man by his side. In a short time a waiter brought three broad thin disks, that were white within and a crisp brown with- ont, to each man. In looks the cakes were exactly alike. A man with a sensitive taste could have determined after one or two trials that they did not taste alike. "I ordered buckwheat just because the name brings up pleasant memories," said one. "Here is a case in which evolutioj has ruined the thing evoluted. When I was a boy my father used to carry buckwheat to mill and bring back a grayish flour. My mother mixed it up at night, and the next morning I sat down to breakfast before a heapâ€" but no matter. We won't talk about it." "Yes, but you said something about the evolution spoiling the thing evo- luted ?•' " The buckwheat flour. The buckwheat of my youth was cleaned and then ground between the stones like any other grain. Not long ago a man who wanted to make a beautiful flour to look at concluded that he could do so if he could entirely remove the shuck from the kernel of buckwheat. To do this he made a machine that consists of four serrated or corrugated rollers. Two are placed at the end of a screen over which the grain passes, and as the grain passes be- tween them it gets a nip that breaks them up and separates about all the meat from the husks. Then the meats drop through a short screen, and the husks pass on through the second set of rollers. They are further broken up and the remaining meats are sep- arated. The meats are ground and this white, tasteless stuff is the result." " That was only the complaint of a man who thinks there is ud times like the old times," said a flour dealer to whom the above was related. "If he wants ground husks instead of clean flour he can get it, and for less money. Few mills now grind the shucks and all togather, but the Hour is to be had. If the new-process flour were not better than the old, it would not now be taking the lead. â€" Neio York Sun. Living Outdoors, The capacity of statistics to yield inter- esting results is observed with admiration. One statistician proved beyond doubt that more people died in oed than in any other way, and he argued from this that it was dangerous for people to go to bed. Figures recently prepared for the French govern- ment show that of eight hundred tramps who were arrested in Paris for vagrancy, twenty ranged in age from ninety to ninety-nine years. The evidence afforded by these facts in favor of sleeping under a rooflcES sky is rendered still more conclusive by the admission from the mouths of some of these ancient wanderers that they had not occu- pied beds, except when they were in jail, for more than thirty years. Years ago it was contended by men of science that the natur- al position of man was on all fours, and the proposition has been reproduced very lately. No doubt it is man's vanity that makes him walk on two feet instead of four. It was probably vanity also that first suggested to man that he should live indoors with an ar- tificial covering over his head. He would be much more healthful if he spent more of his time out of doors. It is unlikely, not- withstonding thestatistics which have been produced in favor of living out doors, that societies will be established for the abolitir n of houses. In a country like this, where people are compelled to live indoors so much in the winter season, it is not surprising that so many should suffer from colds and coughs and lung diseases. â€" Toronto Tele- gram. Comfort from Old Newspapers. Brittle "wood-pulp" newspapers are more impervious to wind currents than the thick- est carpet. Three or four layers of them with the air spaces between, are as good non-conductors as a plastered wall with its minute air cra3ks or as an ordinary bed spread and one or two placed between the blankets are equal to an extra quilt, to keep in the warmth of the bodies of the sleep- ers. Tacked on the beams over a cellar, a few thicknesses of newspapers are equal to an extra floor or ceiling placed there, in keep- ing the rooms above warm. Nailed up so that they will not be wet by rain, around the horse and cattle stalls, or the chicken abodes, or any buildings occupied by ani- mals, human or otherwise, newspapers axe warmer than the outer board siding, rough or planed and they can' be renewed at pleasure at no cost, and be removed in spring for additional ventilation. In short, the judicious use of newspapers may be laade to save half the fuel in well-to-do homes, and supply its lack to the poverty- stricken. We call the special attention of benevolent societies to this fact. Farmers may by using newspapers save much feed otherwise used up by the animals in keep- ing warm. Eggs will be far more abundant if the hens are kept warm, by lining their winter quarters with newspapers, and stock poultry go through well on half the feed otherwise required. Don't Specbiat«. There is not the slightest doubt but that the present financial crisis existing all over America iS due in no small degree to the spirit of speculation that has swept over the land during the past two or tluree years. Legitimate business, when properly con- ducted, is generally attended with success, but when the attention of the merchant is attracted into the wondrous snare of specu- lative gambling the reverse is the case. This passion for speculation has wrought much evil in the ' country, and no one knows such to be the case better than he who has watched the record of business in the North- West since the advent of 1881. It matters not whether the operator de- votes his attention to real estate, bank stocks or grain margins, the result is all the same. The amount of money sunk in this way every year, even in the Dominion of Canada, if it could be ascertained, would astonish every one. ^Uiis it is which must, to a large extent, be nreld acoouutable for the demoralization in oommerdal and mon- etary circles that now exists.â€" ITtnnipeo CommerckU, OTTE YOUNG FOLKS. Grandma. Daisy Dutton. A maiden of four, Started one day To brinR from the store A basket of egKS, For mamma to make A beautiful, frosted. Birthday Cake. Swingring the basket To and fro, Skipping along. She tripped her toe. Qnfcftly the basket Flew from her hand. Eggs all broken hay in the sand. Daisy's brother, Seeing the wreck. Cried "Now you'll have A whipping, I s"peck V 'Tm not a bit Afraid," laughed she, " For I've a grandma At home, you see " straightened out to run, with ore blo»t^ the hoe I cut her head clean from her C* I straightened her out and was exta.- ' ' cuttj; Disagreeable Habits. Nearly all the disagreeable habits which people take up come at first from mere acci- dent or want ot thoughtik They might eas- ily be dropped, but they are persisted in until they become second nature. Stop and think before you allow yourself to form them. There are disagreeable habits of body â€" like scowling, winking, twisting the mouth, biting the nails, continually picking at some- thing, twirling a key or fumbling at a chain, drumming with the fingers, screwing and twisting a chair or whatever you lay your hands on. Do not do any of these things. Learn to sit quietly â€" like a gentleman, I was going to say, but I am afraid girls fall into such tricks sometimes. There are worse habits than these, to be sure, but we are speaking of those little things that are only annoying when persisted in. â€" Kind Words. Facts About Birds. The Rev. Mr. Wood, in a recent lecture in Boston, explained the peculiar structure of the skeleton of birds, combin'ng the great- est strength with least weight, and describ- ed the peculiar breathing apparatus, which also serves to increase the buoyancy of the bird. The air even enters the hollow bones of the limbs and wings. He related, in il- lustratien, an anecdote of a sportsman who, desiring to put a wounded bird out of pain as speedily as possible, held its head under water for some minutes, but the creature re- mained as lively as ever. Upon making an examination it was found that cue of the large wing feathers had been shot off, and that the bird had been breathing through the quill. The vertebra of the neck in all mammals are alike in number. Those of birds vary from thirty in the swan to nine in the common sparrow. He gave a curi- ous description of the methods by which birds of prey change the focus of their eyes, which, as in the case of the hawk and eagle for instance, are telescopic when looking at objects at a distaace. A hawk half a mile in the air will discover a field mouse en the ground. As he rushes down to seize his prey the form of the eye is changed so as to always keep the object within the focus of vision. As compared with their buls birds are enormous eaters, the food censumed largely going to the production of heat. Many interesting remarks in regard to the structure and use of feathers, the modifica- tions in the physical ccnformaticn of the dif- ferent species to adapt them to their widely varying modes ot lile, were brought out. Robin's Slide. Once on a time, when Robin was a little boy, it begnn to rain and it kept on rain- ing for a day and a night and another day. "It's a genuine January thaw," said papa. "It's a mean thaw," said Rjbin "when I wanted to slide." "There'll be enough snow left for that," said Aunt Helen, But R^bin couldn't be quite sure of it, until be tumbled out of bed the second morn- ing and found the fields were covered with a glistening coat of ice. "Loots like a frosted cake," cried Robin; "and there's a reg'lar pond at the foot of the hill in the pasture. I can slide right across it," "I wouldn't," said mamma "maybe it won't bear you, I don't want you to, iiobin," "No'm," said Robin, slowly and he meant to remember, though he didn't be- lieve mamma knew much about ice, any- way. "But I can slide down the hill just the same," said he. "I'll stop before I get to the bottom." That was just what RDbin couldn't do. I don't believe he much wanted to. Whiz-zz went the slay on to the ice, almost taking his breath away. "Whoop 1" cried he "it is " Oh dear At that very minute the ice cracked dreadfully, and into the water, which wasn't deep, but so cold, went Robin, sled and all. He screamed as loud ag he could, and the noise brought out mamma and Aunt Helen, and Jotham, with his rubber boots on. #otham was the hired man, and he waded in through the ice and water and pulled Robin out. Robin's teeth chattered as if every one was trying to make more noise than all the others. And when he got to the house he was put straight to bed under a mountain of blankets, ana dosed with ginger. Bo the fun was over for that day. "I d-don't like thaws," said Robin. •They're awful horrid." "It wasn't the thaw that made all this trouble," said Aunt Helen, severely "it was a little boy who didn't mind his mo- ther." "Iâ€" I think 'twas the sled," said Robin, faintly. What do you think Where Tonng Snakes Go to when Swal- lowed by Their Mother. Abour twenty-three years ago, in Beebe, Ark., I had a guinea hen sitting near my house, in the garden. One day, while hoe- ing in the garden, I notioed the hen flying, flattering, and apparently fighting some- thing. I walked, hoein hanC oaretollynp to the nest. Curled up in the nest lay a blow snake, or wliat some call a bull SDake. I carefully approached her, and when she her, and prapsring to take her length^ a young snake about six inches lonp^ about the size of a common lead "" made its appearjnoe. 1 cut its and othe rs f dllowed, until I had heads off of twenty-seven. Some oF'tl** remained dead in the cavity of theirmftft so that I know they did not occupy a !,] ' in the stomach. The snake had swalln twelve guinea eggs, which I rroceedeH*^ eject by squeezing inm her stomach ,, ttroat. The eggs I feund came from "' apartment, and the young snakes from other. This induced me to examine h head and neek which I had cut off. j ]â-  covered that thera waia3 opening unJera tongue, through which the yonnj; snak' entered the cavity in which they wera fonn? apd that that cavity was separate and d tinct frjm the stomach where the gub eggs we n found. 1 toek two smooth slid I ran one down the throat from above tt tODgtfe and the other through the oDen- under the tongue. Both came out h through separate and distinot ra«a°a Hence I say snakes do not swallow the^ young, but something like the opposum i kangaroo have a sacs or pocket icr then which is entered through tho mouth 2i under the ten gue. Some one may wantt! know wha was done with the guinea m^ I answer, I put them back in the nest and in about a week twelve young guinea chicb were hatched from them.â€" Corresponder^, American Field. iTEWS ting Engraving on Eggs. Some time ago there was a man whostooj upon the street corners anl ni the publj fquares selling egg shells upon which were engraved names, devices cr flowers. The art of engraving upcn eggs is connected with a curious and little known historical fact In the month of August, ISOS, at the time of the Spanish war, there wa? founl ;n the patriarchal church of Lisbon an egg upcn the shell of which was announced the appica'-h- ing extermination of the French. This fac' caused a lively fermentation m the mindi of tho superstitious Portugese po[iulat;cii and came near causing an uprishic. The French commander remedied the matter very ingeniously by distributing throughon: the city thousands of eggs tbalbore eiiffra-' ed upcn them a contradiction of the oredic- ticn The Portugese, greatly astcirshea, did not know what to think of it, butthons- an 3s of eggs giving the lie to a predictic; engraved en one only, had the power of the majority. In addition, a sew days after- ward, posters up en all the street corners pointed out the manner in which the miraoi; was performed. Tiie mode of doing it is very simple. I: consists in writing upon the egg shell wii: wax or varnish or simply with tallow, aii then immersing the egg in some weak acid such.for example, ai vinegar, dilute hydro chloric acid, or etching liquor. Whereve; the varnish or wax baa not protected tk shell, the lime of the latter is decompose: and dissolved in the acid, and the writiic or drawing remains in relief. Although the modus operandi presents no difficulty, a few precautions must be taken in order t. be successful on a first experiment. In the first place, as the eggs that are to be enpraT- ed are usucaUy previously blown, so that they may be preserved without alteration, it is necessary before immersing them in the acid to plug up the apertures in the extrem- ities with a bit of beeswax aid, moreover, as the eggs are very light, they must be held at the bottom of the vessel full of ,i;id by meais of a thread fixed to a weight or wcund round the extremity of a glass rod, li the acid is very dilute, the operation, though it takes a little longer, gives better results. Two or three minutes usually suffice to give cha'ajteis that have suffisient relief.- Naiure. The Soudan. A good many people are at present puz zled over the "Soudan," of which they hear so much. They are not quite sure if i: would betray an unpardonaole amount ci ignorance for them to confess to a general kind of unacquaintedness with what tliis Soudan is and how far it extends. ^\"ou!i it give these peopleâ€" who, by the way, need not be ashamed to confess their ignorance- any kind of satisfactory information to tell them that Soudan is the name given by the Egyptians to all their dependent empire stretching from the Third Catarac: for ai i- definite distance towards the lake?, and frot the Red Sea to the western border of the Darfur? This empire ccmprises much oi Xubia, all Sennaar, all Kyrdofan and all Darfur. It is said to be about 1,000 miles square, or as large as India. This vast ex- tent of a millicn of square miles is sail to be inhabited by about 12 000,000 people, most of them Mussulmans, and many of those oi excep"onal ferocity, fanaticism and daring. Eventually, it seems likely, the English will have to tackle with this wild, ferocious crowd, if, at any rate, it invade Egypt, which is far from unlikely.â€" Zo«(/o« Xuci. Wild Tobacco in Xeyada. In the vacant lots, ravines and favorable spots in and about Austin, Nevada, as also in all parts of the State, native wild tobac- co grows profusely. It seems to acquire little or no water, but the fresh, green- looking plant grows vigorously in all its stickv juicy nastiness everywhere. It is simr a filthy weed, which few respectable anim.is care to browse upon. Over in Como, where I was twenty years ago, an old Missourian, who knew all about tobac- co, headed down and trimmed some of the most vigorous plants, and thus succeeded in making quite a perceptibly recognized substitute for real smoking tobacco. T^^ Plates and Shoshones smoke it to a small extent, but they much prefer the white man's tobacco. Yet this shows very con- clusively that tobacco can be raised in Ne- vada with the most perfect facility, if n"' with profit. Tobacco is said to gro iv in anf locality where cabbages can, but in this State it certainly grows in localities where cabbages would perish from thirst cr any other nutriment. Perhaps Nevada may be- come noted as a tobacco-producing State by -andby. *^ ' A bad man shows his bringing up wbeS he is brought up by a policeman. The Halifa rMolntion pi partment ini one. The c aeariy $15,0( The 1 ate C! Montreal, Co very ecc?ntri bought his cc ever since ha The recen dkastious of .. sides the tot: \ial Hotel, eig nets were d nearly §100,( The St. Lt treal has bee^ of property i to be the 1 panies have last five year sugar End were destroy porarily out laotory of D destroyed wi Rev. L. M da Presbyter mosa, ofi° th over -J, 000 I idols, and d God. A cha lage, and in habitants e\ ian, and evei The buinii church in Smith is tf nearly S:iO, 01 about S-JO,00 will be re-er( of brick and The congreg Methodist ct The Cam Richelelieu was wrecked and taken charges for r 000, and bes of $0,000 mi these chargf we»-thand si tion by the 1 claims. The for the conip: Dr. Alphe liamentary I suddenly al If. He had his death v; blood vessel years of age, tlen an ot i a upon constit fice for over the parliame P. T. Ban rink in Bridj A great sti ern States is Snow fifte ported from New Yorl §10,000 out The civic 000 and thai 000. The divorc dining. La against .300 i Statistics for lbS3 she ductionconi] Triplets, Jtcob Kile. Back's Coun Reports ir to the younj coast, as far United St; ceived from contribution The l" S. ed the apprc to be used i; tie diseases. The New ' inps for the at .?1 3,000, 0( ed ctiicials. Pennsylva timbe r, H WiDiamspcr 000.000 fe-t The repcri ent of State 1 year ending the expenses During th( not lets thar have been roads and re] States. The outpu last year wac aserage valu mouth of SIC bituminous v During ISS $115,000,000^ lie debt. In has paid over 000, OCO less 1 on Septembsi The Bos rd Society of Pi accept the gi Joseph E. Te den should b day in each y The St. Pai Indians, num 3,000 persons land, worth, i liOO horses, w and receive ai ttom the Grov ites that tt Dg them rid. The steam wrecked on 1 mii ' .p t