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\lt < rrf ! NBW*. !,. K..I Hl.< i lo An Episcopal church ia to be built at Fort MacLeod. Tbe retail store business at Calgary is overdone. Calgary has a brewery which manufao- tores "hop beer." The iron work on the bridge at Medi- cine Hat ia completed. It ia rumored that new police barracks are to be built at Calgary. The Mounted police at " the Hal " have been beaten twice by the citizens in rifle matches. It is understood that tbe appointment of Mr. Philips as collector ot customs ol Emerson baa been made permanent. There was a theft at the Queen's Hotel, Calgary, a day or two ago, aud Ibe amount hypothecated waa $200. While Mr. Dorrough and partner, of High River, were absent from home a few daya ago, some one broke into their premises aud itole 1710. It U said tbat tbe settlers around Cal- gary would go into sheep railing heavily, bat fear the Indiana and their destructive dogs. Mr. Barter, of Sheep Crick, started tor Deer Lodge, Montana, on Thursday last, and purposes bringing about 1,000 bead to place on Sheep Creek R*nge. Inspector Steelr. of the N. W. M. P., will have command ol about 50 men in the mountains tLia summer, and Inspector Uerohmer ia expected to take charge of tbe Calgary party. A Dominion City report aaya : The fourth and only remaining child of Maloom Angua Arnand, aged 4 yeara, died to-day from diphtheria. Tbe whole family baa been taken away in 10 daya. A short time ago a Cree Indian died at Medicine Hat, and instead of being interred the body was wrapped in skina and hung in the air to petnfy, according to Indian custom. " Mud fever is a disease among horses in Winnipeg. It is so called, a* tbe local press explains, because it ia contracted from the fatigue and hardships incident to travelling iu tb* almost impassable thoroughfares of tbe city. Millers at Portage la Prairie have been horning large quantities of bran. They are now endeavoring to obtain a low rate from the Canadian Pacific Railway to enable' them to ship il to the east. The present' rate ia 30 cents per 100 pouuds. The other night Sarah Miller, daughter of James Miller, C P. It. section foreman at Regina, eloped with John Kelletc, another section foreman, who waa boarding at Mil- ler'*. Sarah apparently retired for tbe night, but some time before 11 o'clock she jumped out of her bedroom window. Tbe sulphur springs, a abort distance from Padmore, on the C. P. R , have been found to possess excellent medicinal quali- ties. These, with tbe bui>mg springi to be found adjacent, are certainly great attrac tioua for tourism, especially to persons in delicate health. The Calgary lltrald aays tbat the March and April calves on tbe ranches have nearly all been aaved, and are now lively and hearty. The cows are in good condition , tbe winter losses have been very slight, and everything indicates a prosperous year for the ranchmen. A large glacier on Tunnel Mountain took an immense slide oo Saturday night, and hundreds of tons of ice came thundering down the aide of tbe Hookies. The men in the various camps along tbe line were roused from their sleep, and every one imagined that tbe mountain itself was tumbling down. The noise waa heard maty miles distant. Advices from the end of tbe C. P. B. track report tbat tin has been discovered in the lower Selkirk range in llruibh Colombia by a party of minsrs prospecting for gold. A similar discovery was made some time ago at Harney'a Peak, in tbe Black Hills region. The mine iu the Selkirk ia said to be a surface one, and to contain an extraordinary abundance ot ore. The Calgary Herald reports tbe discovery a few day H ago, ot a very fine apecimen of natural cement on tbe bauka of the How River, a few miles weat if the town. It ia the aame kind of material as that wbiob waa found near Morlev laat fall, and wbiob is reported to be plentiful in Florida, where is said to be superior to atone for build- ing purposes. It has been used almost entirely iu building tbe town and fort of St. Augustine in that State, where it la called ooquiua. Scientists oall it calcium carbonate, or carbonate ol lime. The latent advices from Indian Head, near Chief Pieapot's reserve in tb* North- west, state that tbe Chief aud 70 lodges, about COU men, were threatening to raid Battlaford if they did not get amistanoe The only Indiana now out on the reserve are five lodges, and they are all sick aud enable to get away. Chief Pieapot aud five sub-chiefs had a talk with th* Indian agent, aud stated they would do no barm il they are fed, but could not, and would noi stay on their reserve, aa U was too low and swampy, aud tbat their people are dying five and six eaob day. The disease was principally quick consumption. \ ,....!. i l.lll - .. n, ,,.,11 . A Iriend of Wm. U. Vacderbilt said last (Sunda)) evening that one of tbe lasl acts of that gentleman before sailing for Kuropi yesterday was to return to General anc Mrs. Orant the deeds of their property which they had transferred to him in pay ment ol the 1150,000 cheque be gave tbe General on Sunday laat, receiving a worth leas cheque of Orant \ Ward'a. Mr \ underbill accompanied the return with the remark that General Qrant could pa] tbe amount of the cheque at his leisure. IKISIRS IF TIE rilltESS HICK. I'nui. . < fall. II. n. Pi, IH 10 the II- h A London cablegram says : The Engliih edition of the ' Memoirs of the Princess Alice " was given to the public to-day. It is published by Murray. In substance), it is the same as the German edition. It in- cludes no ntw correspondence of any par- ticular importance. Tbe Prinoess Christian, under whose care the edition has been pre- pared, eon tributes) the preface. In this aba says the domestic aide of the Princess Alice is alone dealt with, the extracts) from letters being selected by Queen Victoria. " They ihow," aaya Princess Christian, " how devoted she waa to the land of her birth how her heart ever turned to it with reverenes and affection, as the country doing for liberty and the advancement of mankind more than any other country in tbe world." The Princess Christian concludes tbe preface with a reference to the sudden death of tbe Duke of Albany, " whose name often occurs in bit sister's letters." Writing of my dear brother to my mother she said : " May God ipare that young, bright and gifted life to be a comfort to yon for many years to come ! ' Aa my brother was the laat of as to see my dear sister alive, ao he has been first to follow her Into the silent land." The concluding portion of tbe book aims to supply some further idea of tbe charac- ter and personality of the Princes* Alice beyond that presented in the German memoirs. The Princess ia apoken of aa having great delicacy of features, but with a sameness of expression. " Dignity and gracefulness," itjis said, "characterized her e.ery movement, and though so per- f sotly natural and simple in her manner she never forgot she was a princess. She could encourage the timid : she also understood how in a moment to check anything like forwardness, where it waa necessary to silence presumption, by a glance." An editorial note on the 1'riucess Alice's free-thinking views says: ' After tbe ssd death of her child tbe Princess returned to the faith in which she was reared, and died in it, a devout Christian. Two portraits of the Prinoess are given, one as she ap peared in 1800. the ether taken in l7n, the year of her death. The aale of tbe book does not approach that of tbe book. I.I t H. t , . imi .n I II. ..,,,,.... \. ,hl, . \,i. mmd \t i.i.. .. ! I .. ., 'I .... i,. A Milwaukee despatch says : S. P. Kurt, a wealthy Bostonian, who came here a few 'ears ago to take up his residence, dropped lead in tbe Metropolitan Hotel to day. Ue waa Vice-President of the North Chicago tolling Mill Company, and one of tbe nob- eat men in the city, lie created a great social aenaation by marrying Liuie Thomp- son, one of bis servant girls, on March 26th aal, and had joat returned from an ex- ended bridal trip to occupy a new 5100, MM home. Hia first wile died leaa than a year ago. A NMlmblr i'i. .. in A correspondent of a fashion paper aaks 11 What shall I get for moths?" We shoulc not get anything, but if the correeponden ia fond of the moths a very acoeptabli present would be a sealtkin laoque. Auburn Newt and liulletin. There are many who despise half tb world ; but if there be any who despise tb whole of it, it is because tbe other hal despises them. riWJIMlL IISIMD I irli d M mmi . O. > I. r tor < . , Ml,. on the O I.I I o . r H U.I .B Ik . > r >. A London cable despatch says : Mrs. Anna Btutt waa convicted to-day at Elber- feld, in Rhenish Prussia, OL charges of having rid beraalf of two obnoxiooa hua- banda by poisoning them. The first bus- and became tiresome to her, wneu she ill in love with Slutt, and Btutt, it ia larged, aided her in bar first Borgian ttempt. She soon became weary of him oo, and becoming enamored of a third >ver, managed to have Stutt (all senontly 1 and die before he could make any dis- lOsures. In her second effort to become a idow Mrs. btutt acted alone, not daring o take her lover into her confidence. He teoame alarmed at Btutt n sudden demise and broke oif bis relationi with the oman. This attracted suspicion aad led to tbe investigation, which resulted in tbe woman's trial and conviction. The prisoner * rather prepossessing in appearance. She as sentenced to fifteen years' penal servi- od. < n i.k j.iiin*.. Tha Krl of Koseberv will pribatly sue oeed the late Duke of lluocleuch v Lord Liieuteuart of the county of Mid Lothian. Tbe Duchesa of Buocleuob, who waa a daughter of the second Marquis ot Batlv L fervent Roman Catholic. All her chil dren, however, have remained Protestant. Sir R. A. Mackenzie Douglas, tbe news of whose death at Waugauui, New /.ealand, iss just been received, was the only sur- viving son of tbe late Major Sir R. A. Douglas, of Olenbervie. General Gordon's fatbsr was a Scotch man, bat hia mother was English. His <randfatbar ia said to have been a loyal Highlander, who fought againil I'rinoe 'Larlio at I'reatonpana. There diad at Cornwall Collage, Ham mersmitb. London, oo April 7th, Karaa daughter ol the late John Clark. Orchard Uouse, Old Aberdeen, aged 101 yeara and 1 month, having been born on March 7th, 1780. Tbe marriage of Eliza, youngest daughter of Sir Peter CoaU, to Mr. J. L. A. Hope. London, son < f the lav* Hon. Jamae Hope Wallace, ot Feat hers tone Castle, was oele brated on tha 2 1 In ult , in tb* memorial church erected by Sir Peter at Minnishaot Mr. Low, manufacturer, Dundee, resided in Belmout Castle before it waa destroyed by fire on the 'Jlst nit. In Belmont Park is a tumulus called Belliduff, which tradi tlon assigns aa the spot on wbiob Macbeth tell in combat with Maoduff. Mr. Kilpalriok, Sinilbaton, on* ol the oldesl farmers in Ayrabire, died CD Apri 22nd. He waa over 80 years of age when be died. His wife, who was) a aiiter of Dr McCoab, of PriDoetou, pre deceased him by several years, but be is survived by a large family, among hia aona being Mr. Wm Kilpntriok, Provost of Ayr. At Trondbjem yon' are far enough noith or practical purposes. You are on the xty -fourth parallel of north autnds aa ar north as tbe south of I'&eUad. By making tbe voyage from Trondbjem lo lolde in favorable weather, you may prao call y see the midnight sun and also as much as is necessary ot the rock scenery of le coast. In June, the sun seta between and 11; it rises again before 'i ; o that, though iu orb is below tbe horizon or three or four hours, there ia aunligbt all arougb tbe night. Such, at least, waa my xperwooe laat June. In the far north- wset there were streaks of cloud, gray, rose, ink, orange and purple, beneath which tbe un suddenly dipped into tbe sea and went ut of sigbt . but the glory of sunset con- nued all night. The darko*m of the arkest hour was never greater than that t a summer evening in England. On deck a could read all night, even tbe amallest ype. The sea was smooth and clear as a mirror. All night long tbe sailing ships went n their course. All night long tbe sea-gulla nd other birds, of which by the way mere re marvellously few in Norway, were flying croea our bows, and tbe minuteat bjeota on shore could be distinctly m. Tbe effect was intensified y tbe appearance of tbe moon, hioh waa at fnll . and just as tbe sun aet in a warm glow in tbe northwest, the moon became prominent in tbe southeast, lear and cold and silvery. As going to bed n Huoh a night was out of the question, we e in aiiitnl on deck till aunriae, which came bout -' o'clock. Aa tbat hour approached ie glow, in tbe nortbnortbeaat became me re intense. Suddenly tbe orb appeared n a niche formed by the intersection of two .lands, and sent out level rays which ooded tbe islands and tbe hill tops with ouug light. VraaenUy as the vapors on he rocky islet became condensed, a weird alo was formed around tbe tun's disc, so hat it seeiuexl like the eye of an eagle look- ng out on tbe desert of waters. Deep and ark were tbe shadows cast by fishing-boat and rock. The shimmer on tbe rt| plmg rater waa like tbat of moonlight. 1!> u J iy , a* the suu got clear of tbe i'uri/ on, rosy hues stole over the sky, and nature rejoiced u the glories of s usw day. Ooo-i Word*. Thr starlkquiilir In KBglMrf. The British newspapers have been dis cussing lately the earthquake on tb* eastern coast ot England with an amplitude which shows bow tbe nearness or the novelty o ao event baa often more to do with the attention paid to it than its intrinsic im porlauoe. Historical researches disclose that in 181C, an earthquake " twisted tbe spire ol Aberdeen church ." and that in 181! a like calamity " damaged buildings," am that in IH.VJ a shock tbrew down some walla at Shrewsbury. Obvioualy, however, al these disasters combined wire not equal to the trembling felt on the .' 'rd of April a Colchester, Langenhoe and Wyvenboe where chimneys and some othsr structures were actually tumbled down. Tbi*, to be sure, ia not quite ao bad as what has hap pened to Casamicciola and Caraoaa. but i provokea even that scientific authority, tbi I'.nijuu-rr, to say that " it needed but slight!; greater velocity of wave particle not only tc have laid low the towns in the eaatern counties, but to have made mountainoui heaps ol briokbata and rubbish of London. Obedience ia the crowning grace, tha principle to which polity owes its stability life its) happiness, faitb its acceptance creation its continuance. Exactly in pro portion to the majesty of things in th scale of being is tbe completeness ol thei obedience to the lawi thai are set ove them. Dr. Handamitb, of London, has dia covered a process by wbiob color on uiarbl may be rendered imperishable. Varsa u.i (.,,!,,, Burlington Hawkeys.! This month ia a good time to pay tha nterest on your mortgage and renew th* otes you gave a year ago. It is also a retty good time to take up the notes you nwitlmgly gave to tbe peddler laat Christ- maa under the impression that you were nly signing a contract. Oats tbnve bent in an elevator. A far- mer who baa thirty thousand bushels of us in an elevator need not worry about ie weather. Alway* raise oats in a good levator and keep out of a deal with the 'bioagn man. Look after tbe bean poles yeu had left ver from laat year. You will loon a long time before yon find any. They have gone, partially into tbe insatiate maw of the all- evooring fire-place and tbe neighbors have tolsn the rest. If a good horse ahowa symptoms of going Imd and is developing a lew first class pavin*. it is time to sell him. Sail him oat f tbe county, if possible. Beware of the eaoon who has a little blaze faced " pacin' mare " tbat he wants to trad* for ' juat nob a boas." Kternal vigilance ia the price of th* wtato crop. About ten boors a day, da- 'oted to crushing potato bugs with bard ticks, will probably save tbe upper part of be patch for you. By tbe time you dig he potatoes you will be so dingusted with iverythmg pertaining to potato culture hat you couldn't look a potato in th* *y* without a feeling of nausea, and aa lor eat- ng one But this enables you to sell tb* whole bushel without a pang. Young hena lay more eggs than old ones, .'bin is because the giddy young tbiugahave not learned their value. In a few yeara hey know just bow to stand around on a strike whan eggs are VI 75 a dozen, and hen rush out and work double time wben i are so common the tramps won't sal hem. .. i Drlak. I It. Kev. C. U. Spurgeon saya to the boya Vater ia tbe strongest drink. It drives mills ; it's tbe drink of lions and bo and Samson never ilrank anything else. .et young men be teetotalers, if only for economy's sake. The beer money will soon >uild a bouse. If what goes into tbe mash ub went into the kneading trough, families rould be better fed and better taught. II *hat ia apenl in waste were only aaved against a rainy day, work houses would never be built. Tbe man who apenda hia money with tbe publican, and thinks land ord's bows and " How do you do, my good ellow ?" means true respect, is a perfect timpleton. \ve don't light fires for the lerriug's comfort, but to roast him. Men do not keep pot-houses for laborers' good f they do they certainly mas their aim Why, then, ebould people dnuk for the [ood tf the house .'" If I apeud money for be good of any boose, let it be my own and not the landlord's. It is a bad well nto which you must put water ; and the x>er bouse is a bad friend, beoauae u takes four all and leaves yon nothing but bead aches. He who calls those bii friends who et him sit and drink by tbe hour together N ignorant, very ignorant. Why, Ke< Lions, and Tigers, and Eagles and Vultures are all creatures of prey, and why do ao many put tbeuiselvea within tha power o ilieir jaws and talons .' Such aa drink au< live riotously, and wonder why their faon are 10 blotobv and their pockets so bare would leave rff wondering if they had tw grains of wisdom. They might as well as] tn elm tree for pears as look to loose habit for health and wealth. Those who go tc the public house for happiness climb a tree to find fish. >. " - ,,, -S, M.I,. II A commercial traveller makes the as touuding statement that a few evenings ago he waa fleeced out ot M20 by a member tbe Dominion Cabinet at a game oallei draw poker." The traveller bails from Belleville. At Oliver'a wire mill, Pittsburg, Pa,, yea terday Fred Hogati attacked Simon Kiev because he allowed the wire to beoom tangled, llogan pounded Kioe's face to i jelly with a hammer. lie cannot live llogan baa been arroeted. The, London AJftrtuer circulates tb report that a manufacturer of spioea, col fee, etc., named John Cozen-, has levanted leaving I O l"s to tha tuue ot severa thousand dollars in the bands of merchant and others there. A Milwaukee paj-er records the arriva at tbat city, en route to Minnesota, of an immigrant family ot Danes, consisting of father, mother and 15 children, I ' of whom were tied together with a rope. They had come all the way from Denmark in this way ; thus saving the parents, each of whom had a baby to carry, the trouble ol keeping them together. Bishop Dianey, ol tha B. M. E. Church, in expected to arrive in a week or two. He has been abeent in Kugland m connection with a scheme for raising money to found a college in tbe interests of the B. M. E. Church. I , i M m. ... .1 kf m n i-- Benoritaai have bat a faint idea of kissing that art from which ao few possess) tbs capacity of extracting the moat available iiaoy and I one day offered to abow a lark eyed, raven-haired young lady bow los Americanos performed the aet. She laugh ngly agreed it ia unnecessary for me to say that the male member* and duenna 'era cut of the way and I advanced upon ler ; my left arm encircled bar waist, ex- tending over tbe right shoulder downward . my right arm, bent at the elbow, afforded my hand an opportunity of accumulating it r d ILL i 'led chin. Gently folding baok bar lead and throwing a rapid aeriaa of looks of unutterable nothings into my ayee. I ga^ed clean through bar's for a moment, and iben with a long-drawn breath I tapped bar ipe. Il waa a revelation to her ; she juivered visibly, but, instead of returning my kiss, abe broke away trow my embrace and ran off lo look herself up, frightened, i leaned, but astounded. 1 was satintiad hat I bad done myself and country proud, although, to be candid, il waa merely a mechanical operation with me, done for ibe sake of effect, as I did not really care 'or the girl. 1 think she remained iu maiden meditation for two days, but at last I saw her, and she told me, with a deep olnsh, that she wished sb< bad been born American, to be kissed like that Mexico Corrtiponitrnee I.oui$iillf COUTUT- Journal. M n. ,11, in. A short time since two individuals were ying in one room very sick, one with brain ever and the other with an aggrevated of the mumps. They were su low hat watchers were needed every night, and it was thought doubtful it the one iok of fever could recover. A gentleman waa engaged to watch every night, hia duty Ming to wake tbe nurse whenever it became necessary to administer medicine. In th course of tbe night both watcher and nurse ell asleep. Tbe man with the mumps lay ratohiug the clock, and saw that it was ime to give tbe fever patient bis potion. Ie was unable to speak aloud or to move ,ny portion of bis body except his arms, but seizing a [illow. be managed to strike be watcher in the face with it. Thus auddenly awakened, the watcher sprang rum his seat, falling to the floor, and hwakened both tha nurse and the (ever patient. Tbe incident atruok tbe aick mat very ludicrous, and they laugbeti heartily at it for some fifteen or twenty miuutea. When tbe doctor came in Uie he found his patients vast!) said he never knew no sudden Ibe better, aud now both are up Who says laughter is not the best of medicines? And Ibis reminds the riter of another oaaa. A gentleman was suffering from an ulosration of tbe throat which at length became so swollen that hi life was despaired of. His household came lo bis bedside to bid him farewell. Eaob individual shook hsuds with tha dying man d then went away weeping. Last of al cams a pet ape, and sbakicg tbe man.s land went away also with its bands over eyes. It was so ludicrous a sight that the patient waa forced to laugh, and ,ugbed so heartily tbat tbe ulcer broke and his life waa saved. Sanitarian. morning mprovsd ; turu for and well. Ot i.,,, < Trial S>7 J ... The following are some of tbe theories respecting tbe origin of trial by jury : I. Phillips and Probst maintain thai 1 1 originated among the Welsh, from whom t was borrowed by tbe Anglo- Saxoco. X Coke. Von Maurer, Phillips, Beldan, ipelman and Turner regard it as having been original with tbe Anglo-Saxons. 3. Bacon, lllack>tune. Monteequien, Nicholson and Bavigny hold that it was mported from primitu* Germany. 4 Konrad Maurer thinks it is of .VortA German origin. 5. Warruius and Woraaae agree mat il waa derived from the Norsemen through the Dane*. 0. Hioas and Keevea think it came from tbe Norsemen through the Norman Con- quest. 7. Daniel* says the Normans found it existing m France aud adopted it. et. Mohl thinks it derives from the usages of the canon law. 'J. Meyer thinks it came from Asia by way of tbe Crusades. IU. Maoiejownki says it waa derived from tbe Slavonic neighbors of tbe Angles) and Baxoas. II. Brannvr, Palgrave aud Stubbs derive it from the Tbeodoaian Cods through the Frank Capitularies. i " , . n>. l.awai. In order toat a lawn be kept in th* best possible condition, a top dressing of well- rotted barn yard manure abould be applied Broadcast. It should first be composted with rotten turf, ao aa to form a fine mould, aud then be screened and carefully raked in among the roots early in December, so tbat it will nourish and protect tbe roota. Where this has not been done, amiuouiated superphosphate, or better, fertilisers prepared expressly for the lawn (which are comparatively odorlesn. abould be applied broadcast aa early in the spring aa possible. Top dressing a nice lawn with uufrrmented atable manure filled with foul weed seeds is a practice which disfigures tbe lawn, and is not com mendable m neatly kept grounds. A fine lawn cannot be maintained without frequent mowing. Tbe lawn mower is much to be preferred to the scythe, even wben tbe latter is used by an expert. Tbe lawn-mower enablea the operator to begm the cutting very early, while, as tb* dry weather approaches if out as frequently as it should be, tbe fine blades of grass fall V..I.I,, I . <, . II,. nil. nil. I CHI,.II. . Recruiting statistics show that tfie chances ot tbe lassies of Kugland all mar- rying are growing fewer and fewer. Last year, for instance, no smaller number than 83,000 bale aud hearty young fellows, a poe- mble sweetheart and husband every one of them, joined the color*. In other words they sought glory or tbe grave and a red- coat, instead of a pretty maiden, tbe ring and a cosy fireside. A soldier cannot marry fur yeara, ao that the effect of this drain ot . i 000 brave and gallant lads isudraftorT 83,000 marriageable young men, stuff them iuto barracks and leave -I i.OOO young wo- men Hgbiug to the strains uf Tb Girl I Left behind Me. ' Soldiers, of course, are ueoeseaty. We are too rich a little nation to be allowed to sit at peace if our hand were Dot near a good sword, and a good arm between both and the national heart. All the same, howover, H.'t.OOO honest, mar- riageable girls, girls who could mind a baby aud bake a loaf, sew and work for aud love tbe lad ol tbeir choice, and all left lament- ing, widowa era wivea, ia a sad sight. Kng- lith t.tchtatft. H i.- < >i,,.i !., noi ,!.,. tfmtmt. Tb* bite of a mad dog, it would appear, is not so fatal aa ia generally sucp >ned A report upon tbe xubjeot for the Department of tbe Seine, issued by tbe t'aris Prefecture ot Police for tbe past three years, shows tbat of 1 ">' persons bitten by rabid dog* m 1--1. M) died . in 1HJ, 'j oat of '.7 bitten died; and in Inc. I. ' only out ol ". With regard to the treatment of the bite of a rabid animal, the experience of the French doctor* shows that the only remedy wbioh can be depended upon to destroy the virus is tbe prompt applies tioo to the woond of cautery by red hot iron. Twenty persona died of hydrophobia iu the Department ot tha Seine in 1881, '.' in IS*2. and I in 1883, as far ae the official returua show. Tb* de- creasing number of deaths from this oauae ia attributed to tbe stricter measures adopted with regard to ownerless dogs. During tbe three yeara mentioned, Il~<>t stray dog* were captured in Paris and tbe Department and destroyed. St. Jamet' Uatttte. in a ahower u;on tbe roota, torming an efficient mulching Tbe lawn mower should I Eleven new policemen were appointed be used even upon newly seeded lawns aa . *>>' >he police commissioners in Toronto soon aa tbe grass is high enough to out. ye'terday, owing to the extension ol tbe Lawns seeded down in April have in acme city limits. There were 4 -' applicants. instances been out as many before the tire! of August. aa aix times A .. . u .., t'rasr. Miss Loomia, known aa the fat woman," attempted kuiride al the Elgin Poorhouie, near St. Thomas, on Wedussday evening, by winding a handkerchief around her neck aud attaching the ends to a door. When she jumped from a chair tbe handkerchief broke, but she lias at the point of death from tha effeota of tbe choking. She weighs 315 pounds and is insane. The clever turn everything to account. It ia better to wear out than to rust out. Modesty ia a bright dish cover, which i makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath.- />I>MI//IM Jrrrultl. Mr. Bell, of the Duodaa Standard, i Driukicg in Paris baa increased greatly within tbe last 18 years. In 18>;i; tbe yearly consumption of alcoholic liquors amounted to I- gallons per head ; now it ia ."it gallons. At a meeting of the Women's Medical College iu Toronto yesterday, Mre. J. Harvie announced tbat Mr. Samuel II. Blake bad promised a scholarship of S-'iO annually (or three or five years. In illustration of tbe Scotchman 'a love of country the late Duke of Bucoleueb said : I would rather die in a snow wreath on the brae* of Yarrow than on tbe softest bed on tbe shores of tbe Mediterranean." Carl lleoeok an emigrant on tbe ateamer Amsterdam, made an insulting proposal to a young womaa in tbe steerage last week. Twenty woman got at him. pounded him black aud blue, and pulled all his hair out. The announcement ia made through the last night against tbe Scott Act. Two slaves, formerly owned by Davia, now own Ins plantation, for which they paid $'.00,000. The Wiarton rVrA.i saya John Pollock, ot tbat place, baa invented a perpetual motion model which has now been running ten mouths. " I allns feels sorry fur de young feller what is smart befo bis time," says I'nole Mose. " De flowern whut blooms de soon**' i* de scones' ter die. I Messrs. J. I! MoArthur. Fred MoKeu/ue Jeff am i Sedley Illanohvrd, ot Wmi ipeg, have been appointed CJueeu a Counsels for Mani- toba. According to Trot Waoklyn, tbe manu- faoture ol gas from limed coal ia a success, as it reduces the amount of sulphur com- pounds to three grains in 100 cubic feel, and increases) the yield of ammonia aud tar by h* abolition ot the lime purifiers. There sra 't'l unoccupied booses in Quebec city.