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I \J:flfc§{tifi :Ihéfi‘fljxcgilllva Commissionâ€" Some Obiecllons Io nymnology. A last firidey evening’s New York des- ' patch says : The Executive Commission ‘ of the Alliance of the Reformed Churches , holding the Presbyterian system met here ' yesterday in the iecture-room of the Scotch Ohuxchmn Fourteenth street. There were t) resent Rev. Dr. Chambers, Chairman ; ev. Dc. Matthews, Secretary ;D:s.0xoeby, n-m:nhnu nâ€"A‘nnmflfin“ a! \TanA-I, . h. '. Ormistonand‘Hamiltonmt NewYork ; Dr. Jenkins, of Charleston, 8. 0,; Dr. Coch- rane, or Brantford,.Ont. and Dr. Waters, --ci Newark, N. J. After the Commission ruwae duly constituted. prayer having been cfiered’ by Dr. Coohrane, the Clerk, Dr. Matthews, laid upon the table certain cor- respondence with the Reformed Eresby- terian Church of the United States. This branch otsthe Alliance had. at alormer meeting, intimated that it would withdraw from the Alliance unless» the Scripture Psalms were made the exclusive matter of praise at meetings of the Council. The reply sent by .the committee at its last meeting was to the client " that the Alli- ance hadgiven no formal sanction to any special hymnology, and that as a matter of fact nothing but the Psalms had ever been ofl‘iciallysmployed in praise at the meet- ings of any of the Councils." This explana- tion was deemed satisfactory by the Reformed Church, which will thus continue its connection with the Alliance. A letter was read from the United Presby- terian Church of the United States seatipgthat the General. Assembly at its last meetinghad resolvled towithdraw from the Alliance, inasmuch as hymns had to some extent been used, and certain churches admitted, to which they were opposed. . The clerk was instructed to acknowledge receipt of the communication and express regret‘at the step taken. In the absence 0! the Treasurer, Mr. J ankins, of Philadel- phia, whois now in Europe, the clerk made east tame the. osthe contributions of the (é‘d‘ifi ,_ en; uric , at cOmpcsing the Alliance, and steps were ordered to be taken to have certain moneys due handed the Treasurer at an early date. It was intimated that several at the churches had already ap- pointed their delegates to th Council, which meets in London in 1888, and that the remaining churches Would appoint in May or nneot on year. A letter was read fro , Dr; Bfiaed, Chairman of the Com- gilttee'on Euroiaean Churches, stating the steps what had been taken to obtain funds for work in Bohemia. Dr. Patterson, 01 Philadelphia, was added to this committee, I and Dr. John Hall. ct New York, was elected a member of the Commission. The committee appointed to revise the draft programme (sent by the European section of the Alliance) intended for the Council in'London. submitted a report, which was considered clause by clause in detail, and finally adopted with several slight changes. Alter it has been again sent to the Euro pean Committee and submitted once more to the American Committee, it will be finally adopted. Too Late to Save ller Childâ€"Boll! Bodies llorrlbly fllnnulrd. An Allentown, Pa, despateh says: A frightful accident occurred at Blngen Sca- tion, on the North Pennsylvania Railroad. at noon to-day. Several hundred persons had assembled at the depot lor the purpose of taking a train for this city. Among the party were Mrs. Mary Wagner, wife of a wealthy farmer. and her 4 year-old daugh- ter. While waiting on the platform the child wandered away from its mother and got on the tracks. A moment later a special train came in sight. running at a high rate of speed. Mrs. Wagner saw the train com- ing. and, glancing toward the railroad, dis- covered her little daughter in the middle of the tracks. There was no time to spare, as every second brought the terrible train nearer. The poor women shrirked to the child to get off the tracks. but, finding that it failed to heed the warning. the sprang in front of the train. She succeeded in reach- isg the child, but belore she could get back to the platform the train dashed by and both were instantly killed. The child was thrown high in the air and landed on the lootboard,her body being terribly disfigured. Mrs. Wagner was thrown under the wheels and mangled in a horrible manner. THE RAB BIES CURE. «“ r ___- . « : "only .lsyzinens Denny: roll! 9! Eighteen Bomunllc Yum of Two Boy Murderersâ€" llndn’l lhe Pluck to Nuicldc and Got ‘ Fifteen Years in Jnll. A Paris cable says : A sensational trial for murder has just been concluded at Pas d6 Celsie, France. Last April the dead body of a. girl of 15 years of age, named Marie Ledont, was found in a field. The victim had been gagged and stabbed to the heart. For a long time no clue was ob- tained to the perpetrators of the crime Attention was eventually drawn to two cousins of the girl. who lived in the same hamlet. They Were youths of 16 and 17 years, named Muehembled, and the elder of them was the girl‘s sweetheart. These boys were arrested and handed to the magistrate a manuscript giving an extraordinary and fanciful ecelunt of a murder of a. young girl by it great serpent and s fleet deer, and ing with the death of the murderers. This, ssvingxtherlest incident, tallied i1 general. description with the murder of Marie Le dout. To this the young culprits confessed. and added that their courage ma failed them whenit came to the quesuion of sni‘ ,cide. Each was sentenczd to fi7teen years, and to' pay 4 000 francs damages to the father of their victim. V '3 Th5 Co‘mmianit’m sfijmrned to‘ mean again in April, 1887, or it necessary at an bulge: date, when called bygtha Chairman. hundred Paliéniu Treated. A Washington deepatch says :/Dr. Roy- bum. one of the lute Preeident Gaifizld’a ,physigiane. who has reiurnedvttomva visit to the laboratory 'pi Prof. Pieteur in Paris, ’euid' M’P‘aefieur told him th‘st‘out o! 1' 200 natives treat-ed for the bites of rabid animals, only , three died. and o! 600 -foteighers,~who came from long diqteuoes, only 'fi'teen died. This. mys Dr Rayburn, would be a good record, it it weife certain that all who thought they were had been bitten by really rabid animals. But people are-apt to think a dog mud that bites them, and in nine ones out of ten they are mie- taken.‘ It is hard to tell just how much twin to put in inoculazmn. I find on talking‘with theioiena in Pnie that they 'ab‘eutru’iIdo‘about it. They are not quite eonvino ad yet, but are willing to he. Unlnimuus Teslimony It lulu-Inns to Ill Euccess in Heavy Enos-ms. A Washington despateh says: The Hydrogrephic Uflice has received during the last month ahenta dozan letters from the officers of steam anu sailing vessels, narrating their experience in the use of oil in the time of storms at sea for the purpose of smoothing the water. Tuere is asii'gu- lar unanimity in the conclusions of the writers that almost at the instant the oil touched the water it spread ier over the surface and reduced the hillows tulong and heavy but harmless swells. The writers describe‘a variety of plans for applying the oil. Several of them attribute the rescue of their ships and crews irom deatruction to the applieation. Q! the hundreds of similar letters received in the peat, no instance of lailure‘ has been narrated when the oil was vegetable or fish oil. Kerosene and the lighter oils have sometimes failed to produce the effect desired. Milwaukeeflhas 016 591001 fir every twenty-six voters. A MOTIIER‘S VAIN SACRIFICE. OIL 0! TROUBLE!) WATERS. KILLED 'l‘lllflll‘l 00(18] N. ’AN-PBESB‘I TEBIAN CGUNDIL‘ In compliance with the law the registrar was in attendance, but took no active part. The bride was placed on the left of Mrs. Booth and the bridegroom on the right of the “ Gmeral." After alternate hymns and prayer, which lasted some time, the "General" read the xxiii. Psalm, and he then explained the nature of the “ articles of marriage," assent to which is essential to a Salvation Army wedding. The young people, he said, were going to vow that they would live for each other, and further, they would engage to make the interests of the Heavenly King their own. in connection With the marriage there might have been some little rippling, rocking, and storming in the past, but he hoped the blessings of the family on Miss Charlesworth's side might be given to the pair. The seven articles of marriage, which require unceasing faithfulness to the Army, having been read. the “ General," addressing the couple, invited them to stand forward if they Wished to be married “ on these terms." The bride and bride- groom stepped to the frontI much-tattered “colors” being held over their heads. Each in turn having solemnly declared that they knew of no lawful impedi- ment, the “ General" said to his son: “Will you have this woman to be your wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor her, and keep her, in sickness and in health, and never seek to prevent her deing anything that is in her power to do, or giving any- thing that is in her power to give, to help the Salvation Army, and will you promise to use all your influence to promote her constant and entire self-sacrifice for the salvation of the world, and, loreaking all others, keep you only unto her so long as you both shall live ? " Colonel Btllington Booth (replying in a clearvoice) : “ I will.” (Loud cheers) The General : “ They DRIVE heard you." (Laughter) A similar manifestation occurred when the bride responded to a like interrogatory. The “General” then joined the hands of the couple, and the bridegroom repeated after him the declaration that he took Maud Efiztheth Oharlesworth to be his lawful wedded wile and "continued comrade in this war,” to have and to hold for better for worse, for richer for poorer, especially poorer." (Renewed cheering) There was more applause when the bride made the declaration on her part. and tbériwas a burst of merriment when the “ General " exclaimed, “Now for the ring.” This having been produced by the bridegroom he placed it on the finger of the bride as “ a continual sign ” that they were mar- ried under the solemn pledges they had given to live for God and fight in the ranks of the Salvation Army. The " General ” again jitued the hands of the two and declared them to he man and wife, askinga blessing upon them, whilst all the people shouted “Amen.” Mrs. Booth, who was visibly afficted, bill fly addressed the gathering, and on the ground that the marriage would, perhaps, “ not be valid unless there was a collection,” the I flartory was taken. whilst a letter 0! congratulation was read from Miss Bmth, absent in the South of France. The bride and bridegroom were then both prevailed upon to speak, and the lady took occasion to solemnly assure her hearers that she regarded her marriage as one more link to bind her to the Army which she 1oined five years ago on principle, and because she could not keep out of it. It was not an act at impulse, but because she felt in be: innermost sou} it was the right step to take. She did not regret it, although it had meant same darkness, some lonely hours and some tears. Her husband lol- luwed her and informed the meeting that it was the brave, womanly and Ghristlike stand taken by, Miss Charlesworth during the disturbances in Switzerland which had attracted his admiration and which had led to their engagement. He had never thought of her until then, when her true character came out and he found her. to say the least, a very remarkable_young woman. i'l‘lle Lil-triage or Mr. Halli-atoll Booth and Miss Uh-rlenwothâ€"A Graphic Description 0! Ihe Ceremony. Nearly five thousand persons yesterday assembled in the Congress Hall, Lower Clapton, to witness the marriage of ” Colonel ” Bellington Booth, second son of “General” Booth, with Miss Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth, the daughter of Rev. S. Charlesworth. A large number of reserved seats were occupied,the charge be- ing a shilling. At about 11 o‘clock ,“ General " Booth entered, accompanied by his wife, whom be publicly kissed, say- ing, “ This is my bride." The bridegroom next descended to the platform, and econ afterward Miss Charlesworth came lea 'ng upon the arm of her brother-in-law, ev. Mr. Barclay. She alone, of all the women present, were no bonnet; but there was nothing in her dress of the ordinary bridal array. Attired in the regulation uniform oi blue serge, the only thing special was her white sash caught up at the left shoulder withasatin knot. Upon this sash were the words, worked in red silk. “ United for the War." A simple bunch of white blos- soms completed the costume. Four other young ladies were also distinguished by white sashes, and these, presumably, were the brilesmaids. They were Miss Emma, Miss Eva and Miss Lucy Booth. and " Captain " Rees, who is in charge of the Nursery Home at Clapton), The proceedings closed with prayer, and subsequently about 400 people au‘j warned to a. smaller hall, where a marriage feast was served. At the c7oae of the feast a lady present suggested that a collection should be made in order to provide a. wedding gift for Mr. and Mrs. Ballingtou BJOfih; but the “ General,” while expressing full sym- pathy with the spirit at the proposal. pro- vided that the gift was handed to the Army, confessed himself opposed to taking a collection on such an occasion. The remainder of the day was spent in fare- well meetings,as the “ General" is about to set out on an American tour. Mr. and Mrs. Balliogton Booth left L undon without the accompaniment of showers of rice and old slippersâ€"which are c mdemned by the Army as “acts of folly"â€"on a. visit to Nor!olk.~â€"Lond'm Telegmph Twenty-five years ago L. M. Potter, of Wabash. Iud , disappeared. His brothers and sisters thought him dead and divided their father’s estate among themselves without reference to their brother. who appeared the other day from the far West, and now threatens to sue them if they do not give him his due. ‘ Guaaie Seine. of Arkanama City, Mo., thought 1)th M V Jones had insulued her. So she got a rawhide whip and a friend, and while the latter “ held up" Mr. Jones with a. revolver. Gussie thrashed him with the former. She afterward paid $10 and costs (or he: amusement. BOOTH-UHARLESWOBTII. VOL X VIII Exploring Northern Russia .Wilh 3 Push ‘ ()an During Ills Vacation. James Ricalton, Principal of the Maple- wood public school in Newark, N. J.. tells a reporter oi the Newark Advertiser how he travelled 13,000 miles during the recent vacation ‘at a cost or $200. “I spent a month in Russia and passed through a vast amount of territory that has never been explored nor written about. Very many, in fact a large majority of the natives with whom I came in contact in northern Russia had never before seen an American, and consequently I was an object of great curiosity. My Russian vocabulary was very small, and I could bold but little communication with the natives, and for weeks I never saw an English-speaking person. I was to all intents and purposes dumb. I took with me a three-wheeled push cart, planned and built entirely by‘ myseli except the wheels, and those were made in Newark. This was, for a greater part of the time I spent in Russia, my hotel. In it I carried and cooked my meals and slept at night. My bill of fare consisted principally oi the native black rye bread, and eggs, of which I could always prccure an abundant supply, and very good. When I approached a native village I)! such sup- plies, and made known that I was an American, I would immediately be sur- rounded by a crowd of women and chil- dren, who would follow me to my cart and stand about while I ate my meals. Nearly all my meals were taken while surrounded by a crowd oi from 25 to 100. Sometimes when I went into the native houses after but water to make tea or coifae, I would be invited to dine with them. It I saw any- thing that I could eat I would accept the invitation, but this was not often the case. At night I would draw my cart up behind a barn. near a village, and almost invaria- bly I would he awakened in the morning by a murmur 0! voices, and lifting the curtain oi the cart would find myself surrounded by a crowd of hall curious. halt superstitious natives. I would immediately explain that I was an Ameri- can bound from Archangel to St. Peters- burg. and then they would become very friendly. Had I been indiscreet enough to say that I was English, my reception through this country would have been far diflerent from what it was. But the natives all seem to have a friendly feeling towards Americans. My cart was so con- structed that in case of stormy weather I could walk in the centre of it, and pro- tected by the canvas cover from the storm, could travel without great discomfort It weighed 125 pounds. and with my bag- gage and supplies weighed between 160 and 170 pounds. With it, and on foot, I could average thirty miles a day, and was perleotly independent, except for what sup- plies I purchased. I intended bringing it home with me, but it became quite dilapi- dated. and having an opportunity to dis- pose ot it to a wealthy Russian, who wanted it as a curiosity, for nearly as much as it cost me, I let it go. I secured about 100 photrgraphs, from which I shall make selections to illustrate my articles, and I collected alarge number oi curios, which have not arrived yet. The natives I found very poor and ignorant. They have a few cows and chickens, and raise a little barley. rye, and in some places oats. Upon these they subsist, very seldom having meat to eat. The country isa level, sandy plain, in some places rolling, but never mountain- ous. I was very much surprised to find it heavily wooded with spruce. pine and white birch, in some places my road lead- ing through woods for a distance oi twenty- five miles. Another source of surprise to me was the summer temperature iound in this high latitude. The summers are very short, but the average temperature during my trip through that country was seventy- two degrees, and irequsutly in the middle ofii the day the thermometer rose to eighty- vs. The Ohatham Police Magistrate has dc- oided nhab ginger wine is intoxicating. At the seventeenth annual meeting at Glasgow of the Brihish Grand Lodge of GJod Template there was a procession four miles long through the principal streets. U ader high license the number of saloons in Mleenuri has been reduced from 3,601 in 1882 no 2,890 in 1886 and the revenue in the name pariod has been increased from $547,000 to $1 500,000. Mrs‘ Horaman, a witmeas in a use: of violation of the Scott Act. 9.1: Monoton, N B., refused to any whetheror not she saw liquor sold at the hoflel being proceeded against, and she has been sent to jail for contempt of court. The ninth annual meeting or the Ontario Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held at Owen Sound on October 1211], 13th and 14th. A large attenianec or delegates is anticipated, and Mre.Luc;e, sister 0! John Bright, and President of the World's Christian Temperance Union, and Mrs. J. K. Barney, are also expected to be present. ' Any serious attempt to organize a third party would :11 'cw the prohibition move- ment back perhaps a quarter of a century. Maine has had a prohibitory law for more than thirty years. and at the last election the third party, organized and supported by Neal Dow. could only muster about 4 000 votes in the whole State. The at- tempt would not be any more successful in Canada. Indeed. it is doubtful it the attempt to make prohilition the sole issue at municipal and school elections was a wise step. A dozen issues come up in almost any municipality where candidates are being proposed. and no convention can keep free men from considering these issues. Unless in very excepti )nal cases. it would be imposnible to make a munic'pal contest turn solely on prohibition. A suc- cessful third party is out of the question Even if one were organized,how long won‘t! it he in extstence until schemere began to use the temperance vote for their own selfish purposes 7~Oanadu Presbyterian. While the orchestra was playing the prayer from “Rienzi” in the Louisville Music Hall the other day avigoroue baby struck in with a lung solo right in one of the most delicate passages. Conductor Damrosoh stopped the orchestra and eat down. When the little one had been quieted he remarked that while it was a good thing to give children a musical edu- cation. there was such a thing as beginning too early in life. Then he resumed his baton and the prayer was repeated. A 8‘). Thomas veterimry surgeon recently pulled the unsound teeth 0! a dog. The dog eat up in a chair and acted very human, opening his mouth readily. yelling when the doctor puiled, and fainting dead away when the tooth came out. AN ENTERPRISING TE lCHER. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1886. Temperance Th-blls. Too Early A! It. 4 Gold meats. 4 Dried fruits. 4 Fresh fruits. 4 Preserves. 4 Sweetmeat. 8 Side dishes for each person. I.‘ Birduest soup. II. Shark'a fin: III. Fungus. _ IV Minced bean curd Chinese pie. V. Minced chicken. VI. Bamboo shoot. VII. Shrimp balls. ‘ VIII. Fish head. ‘ Chinese pie. CANTON, April 22nd, 18‘ I append a copy of the bill-oHere at the Viceroy’s dinner, given to Minister Danby on April 22 id. This is a literal copy of the menu as furnished in English. There were also menus in Chinese. The occasion was made grand by the firing of artillery salutes, parades of soldiers and the gather- ing of many Chinese dignitaries. There were foreign and native wines, sugar bowls, napkins, knives and forksâ€"chop sticks. The dinner was served in courses. There was something between the courses. A celebrated place to visit is the We Lam Tey. or Temple of Five Hundred Genii. It was founded in A D. 503, and re- built AD. 1855. There are three enormous gilded Buddhas in the first pavilion. In the next there is a marble pagoda. seven stories high, presented by the Emperor Kien Lung. Behind the pagoda is a quadrangle. on the north side of which is the Hello! the Five Hundred Genii. or disciples of Buddha! On either side of the hall are rich gilt images. I noticed one curious image with an imitation of a felt hat on its head and a moustache on its lip. I inquired what it represented. I heard with pleasure that it was my' old friend Marco Polo. He is here enshrined as one of the genij. To be forewarned is almost equal being well armed. Following the droutl will be a long, cold. stormy winter, with large amount of snow. There will be some beautiful weather be tween this and the middle of December, and then, for at least three months, extreme cold and snow bl mkades. 0! course the cold will not be continuous. but during all this long period there will be no general thaw, an we often have the last of ganuary or in February. Bach winters always 0 “158 great sufiar- ing to man and beast. and the wise will provide plenty of fuel, repair their dwell- 11g: aqd preppre good shelter for stock. We foretold the great drouth of this year many months before it commenced. and the forces that control the drouth also con- trol the winters as to their severity or mildnesa. The depository of the dead is an institu. tion peculiar to Chine. The Cantonese especially desires that his bones shall rest near his own people. So when he dies his body is kept until it can be transported to Canton. There are fifty rooms, which are divided into two compartments. The first isakihd oi chapel, with a sort of altar, images and ornaments, withjoss sticks and urns. Behind, in another compartment. is the coffin. The coffin is usually slsbor- ate, sometimes highly ornamented; very heavy. Ooflius sometimes remain here seven years. There is no superstition, no guesswork, no astrology about these pradionlons, but the calculations are made from wish is known of the laws of nature, and It mis- nskes oocurih is from misoalaulntions, as in any other mathematical problem.â€" Prophet Foster in Burlington Free Press. The population of France has increased only 500,000 in five years. A pieoa of land was sold in the city of London the obher day at: the rafie of $10,- 000,000 per new. It will mat $4,000 and take 6,000 books of gold-leaf to giéd the great dome at Nohre Dame Uliveraiby, Indiana. The work is going on now. The stranger is at first most struck with the river life. It is eilculated that 250,000 people live in boats. There are myriads ot sampans, on which whale families are born, live and die. I saw many of these propelled by women with babies strapped on their banks. There are “ flower boats,” fleeting pleasure boats with elaborately carved fronts and profuse gilding, and sometimes garlanded with flowers. Here parties and banquets are given, the (east is spread, the girls sing and dance. They say that worse things than these are some times done on them. But I deeerible simply what I saw. ' ' ‘ There are duck boats where ducks are raised. They are filled with wide trays projecting from each side. and sometimes fifteen hundred ducks are raised on one boat. These ducks are driven to the water and the fields at stated intervals. * ‘ * The Ptoche (N av.) R"cord says the small- eah Indian agency in the munury is located in that county. There are no man. no woman. no children and one agent. â€"The residence of Gideon Read, at Amhersh. N 8., was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night and Mr. Reed perished in iha fitmes. He lormerly resided in Human. He (with a. view toward turhher :10- q mintanoe wihh owner) : " What a pretty mule dog! He wouldn’t biae me, would he ‘1" She : “ Oh. no, we give him salt bod only.” Colorado has 800 miles of first-class irri- g'tting canals, 3,500 miles of secondary canals and 40,000 miles of smaller ditches. which have cost in the aggregate about 311,- 000,000 and will irrigate 2,200,000 acres. The operation of this great water system has developed conflicting claims of various ditch companies in regard to the use of the water, which it is very diflianlt to settle. I recognized hhe English jack snipe, the peerless bird all the world over. of which we used to kill many hundreds each spring in the Ohio River bottoms. Ifi is large and fall here. The ordinary building material at Canton in a. blue brink. This blue color is created lay Qnmpening the bricks while being burned. Canton is the most distinctive Chinese city. The foreigners live on an islandâ€" Bhameenâ€"and the vest city is separate from them. It is the most distinguished Chinese city lor position. wealth and elegance. From it go most of the Chinese who emigrate to the United Seetes. ' ' ' Blu Bricksâ€"Marco Polo, I Godâ€"The Queer Places oi the Bend. A Pekiq pqrreapondent writes: I have been permitted to prepare for publication in the Sentinel. this and the tellowing letters from adiary by 001. Charles Denhy, United States Minister. on his tour to the open ports of China : " UUBIOSITI ES OF CHINA. The Coming Wlnler. Figures Don”; Lie. BILL OF FARE, 4 Dishes for each person I. Biche-de-mer. II. Ham and greens. III. Boiled pork. IV. Fish mew. 1 8 Roasts. I Roasted pork. II. Roasted pig's skin III. Roasted duck. IV. Roasted mutton. Chinese pie. V. Roasted fish. VI. Roasted ham. VII. Bmszed pegion. VIII. Roasted chicken. Chinese pie. K rniice, congee.euc. Mr. Lloyd, the well‘known Glasgow comedic-n, in a recently published auto- biography, gives some interesting particu- lars about Dotheboye‘ Hell end the injustice Ohm-lea Dickens did the headmaster. “ What I consider the most interesting period of my schooldaya has now to be re- ferred to. It was the twelve months, or thereahouts. which, after leaving Pike’s, I spent atBewes Academy,by Gretna Budge, Durham, immortaliztd in 'Nicholas Nickleby ’ as ‘Dotheboys’ Hall, Yarkshire, and the headmaster at which was a most worthy and kind-hearted, it somewhat peculiar. gentleman named William Shaw, whom Dickens, to suit his own purpose, chose to pillory as ‘Mr. Squeers.’ I can see him now as plainly as I did then, and can testily to the truth of the outward presentiment oi the man as described by D'ckene, and depicted by his artist in the pages of his novelâ€"allow- izg, of course, for both being greatly ex- aggerated. A sharp. thin, upright little man, with a slight scale covering the pupil of one of his eyes. Yes, there he stands, with his Wellington boots and short black trousers, not originally out too short, but from a habit he had of sitting with one knee over the other, and the trousers being tight, they would get tucked half way up the boots. Then the clean white vest, swallow-tailed black mat. white necktie, silver-mounted spectacles, close-cut iron- gray hair. high-crowned hat. worn slightly at the back of his headâ€"and there you have the man. And then he instituted an inquiry. which developed the fact that Billy Smith was the inventor and introduce: ot the limp, and he received a sort 0! vicarious teruling to: the whole school. The boys began to turn pale and some oi them to tumble with their knees. One slipped his handkerchief over his knees, and it fell down inside his ample nankeen trousers to the floor, while his face turned very red, and some 0! the other boys began to snicker, in spite 0! their terror. “ Oh. that‘s ihe trick. is it?" said the hennher. “OE with those handkerchiets noyv, gvgry qnepl ypu l"_ “But what was the school itself like? and how about the poor Smikee? it may be asked. Well, I can answer as to that, and maintain the truth of every word I write. It was aflue. large establishment, with every accommodation required. Itwasa lovely situation, surrounded by a beautiful garden, the heck running past at the foot of the hill, and the romantic ruin of Bowes Castle within a hundred yards of the house, 11“ outside the garden wall. The interior of the house was kept scrupulously clean, twelve female servants at least being employed. The food was excellent, and as much as you could eat ; the boys well clad ?â€"shoemakers and tailors on the premisesâ€"tor be it known that the boys were clothed as well as boarded and educated, and all, it my memory be correct. for some £20 a year. No such a thing as a Smike was to be saen here, and there Was less punishment for inattention than in any other school I ever attended. ‘ Save in the way of kindness,’ Inever,exeept once, knew Mr. Shaw to lift his hand to a boy the whole time I was there. He would walk around the school room, look over us while writing, and here and there pat a boy on the head, saying, Giod boyâ€"good boy; you'll be a great man some day it you pay attention to your lessons.’ It a lad was ill he would sit by his bedside and play the flute-on which he was an adeptâ€"tor an hour or two together to amuse him. And this was the man whom Dickens transformed into tha illiterate, tyrannical, brutal, pedagogue Squeers." Then the teacher arrived, pulling out his watch as he entered the yard. It was of the ancient bull‘s-eye variety, almost globu- lar in shape; not quite globular. but so near it that it used to remind: the writer 0! the desoription‘o! the earth in the geo- graphy, as " round like a ball, but slightly flattened at the poles.” Well, as soon as the teacher had glanced at his watch he went right into the schoolhouse and rang the bell vigorously. And then all those boys trooped into the school-room in solemn procession, Billy Smith at the head; and all limping exactly like Booth made up as Richard III. It was one of the most grotesque spectacles that any schoolmaster ever looked upon, but this one remained as solemn as an owl while the boys marched in. But when they had got to their seats he called them all back to his desk and saidl angrily : “Marin: 'bnck to your seats now, you boyngnd walk as you ayouldi’f ' . I"Wt-J can’tâ€"wé’m lamel" tbs boys baggy. “ You're lame. oh, and all the same way ?" said the teacher. Then he opened his desk and took out hi5 big ruler. “ Now We’ll see it you can walk straight! ‘ Before long Tommy disappeared behind the big waod-piie and came out with the same kind of limp that Billy had, to the great wonderment oi the rest of the boys. And presently Tommy had confided the secret to another boy for a piece of alum, and the other boy had sold it for something else, the value of the consideration dimin- ishing with each sale in a. way to delight the heart 01 a. political economist. until every boy in the school who had 9. pocket- handkerchief was limping like the maimed veteran of a hundred battles. â€"Ee (lrying to get out of it pleasantly) : “ I’m awx‘ully sorry that I must go to-m’ght, Miss Bessie. What an agreeable two weeks we’va had of it. I will go and ask your tsther-â€"â€"” (he was going to say “ to her- ness the horse”) Sheâ€"0h, Wllliam I knew it would come. and I asked pa yes- terday so as to save you the trouble. He’s more than willing. " Gut my hanakerohiel tied 'round my leg_. updezj un’ gvu‘ my knee," aaid_ Biny. _ Billy was fully aware of the commercial value of his limp. but the apple cox-ea were a great inducement. So he confided the energy to Tommy. Finally Tommy Patterson, whose father was pretty well 01f, and used to give him two apples every morning before he went to school, took Billy to one side and said to him : " Bay. Bill, I’ll give you my two apple 00:95}! you?! [earn me yqurjimpl ” A Schoolboy Story Which WIlIflle Appre- cinted by Those Who Have Been B038. ‘ , It doesn't seem, indeed. a great many years since Billy Smith came to school one day with a remarkable limp, which soon became the envy of all the rest 0! the bays, says a writer in the Boston Record They knew that Billy hadn’t hurt himself in any way, and how he could invent so complete, no regular. so pietureeque, and in every way so admirable a limp was past their compre- hension. Several hoye tried hard to imitate itLbut in vgm. ‘ _ ‘ho Original or Squcerl. BILLY SMITH’S LIMP. WHOLE NO 1,472 NO. 20. One of the latest efforts at improvement in locomotives is that of a Frenchman named Eatrade, who has constructed an engine which he calls La Parisienne. La Psrisienne. when watered and fired, weighs 42 tons. Its driving wheels, six in number, are 8% feet in diameter. The cylinders are outsue. with valve boxes on the top. The diameter at each cylinder is 18;; inches, and the length cl stroke is 2 feet and 3} inches. This engine is built for high speed. and- will carry a pressure at 200 pounds to the square inch above the atmosphere. or an absolute pressure 0! 215 pounds. Est- rede’s engine is designed to run at the average rate of 78 miles an honeâ€"San Francisco Chronicle. When George Stephenson asserted his ability. to run passenger coaches at a speed of twelve to fifteen miles an hour, scientific and practical men deemed him fit for a lunatic asylum, but time has shown that trains may be run at a much greater velocity without materially adding to the dangers of railway travel. The fl ght o! the fast express on the Pennsyl- vania Railway is a marked example of the possicilities in the way of sustaining high rates at speed. This road now runs the fastest train in America. Nine hundred and twelve miles. including seven stops. are accomplished in 25; hours. and the average time is 36 30 mllifl an hour. AI porti on of the distance, is run at the rate of 75 miles an hour. At a speed of 60 miles an heal the driving wheels 0! the locomo- tive on this train make 2581} revolutionsa minute. Wm Vanderbilt‘s spurt 0! 81 miles in 61 minutes on v the New York Central is declared to be the highest rate of speed ever attained in this oeuntry. but this speed was not a surprise to good engineers, many of whom are firm in' the bells! that 100 miles will yet be accomplished on American roads. . Thirty-one years ago 001. Meiggs read a paper before the New York Farmers’ Club on “ Future Travel- ling.” in which he exprersed the belief that railroad travellllng cars could be safely propelled by steam at the rate of 300 miles an hour. He said: “The Emperor of Russia has taken the first great step toward what I deem the ultimatum of railroad travel. Instead of cutting what I call a mere drill through the country and going around everything in the way for a straight line, he has cut a broad way for 500 miles from St. Petersburg to Moscow. He has made it all the way 200 feet wide. so that the engineer sees everything on the road. This is part of the futureâ€"the railroad from point to point with a mathematical line ; the rails ten times stronger than are now used; the locomotives on wheels of tar greater diameter ; the gauge of a rela- tive breadth; the signals and times per- tectly settled; the roads on both sides during the transit of trains having the gates of the walls all clotedâ€"then instead or travelling 100 miles an hour, we shall more saier travel 300 miles an hour.” From a fer-away country town a box of wild flowers had come to the Children’s Hospital in the city of 0â€" . Just at dusk the new nurse stopped in her rounds before one not where a poor little suffarer lay, claspng in his thin hands a. bunch of blue violets. The little fellow tossed‘and turned from side to side ; ever and anon he would start up murmuring something about “ Little Jack." than fell back whis- pering._" too late! too late." ' "Bad case, bad case, nurse; father and mother both died or same fever, baby found dead. and this boy will go soon," and the old doobor_ahqok Igighead gravely. “ Poor lime fellow," murmured the nurse. “ To die alone; no mother’s hand no wipe away the gathering down at death ; noimohher’s arms; no mather'a kiss 1 ' She ‘bmehed hack the damp golden curls from the white iotehead ; the blue eyes opened wide and a taint voice whispered, " Mother I" The nurse bent pinyineg over him. his eyes searched her face, then closed wearily. " 01, I want, my mother, I want my gather 1'] he moaned. “Poor baby.” said the physmian, “he will have his mother soon.” The child started up. “R )ck me,mother,” he cried. Very tenderly the doctor lifted the little figure and pieced it in the nurse‘s arms; the weary head dropped upon her shoulder; the hands, still holding the violets, were folded lovingly around her neck To and fro she cradled him; the to )m was growing dark, a faint streak of light came in at the eastern window and slipped softly across the ledge. “'Sing to the," the child wuhiapered ; very sweetly on the air rose and tell the music 0! that old, old hymn: Bide me, O, my Saviour, hide, Till the atom of life is past ; Nearer and name: crept the moonlight til it touched the swaying figure; Safe into the haven guide, 0, receive my soul at last.” The song ceased. “ Mother, I‘m too tired to kneel to-night,” murmured the child. then softly added : “ N :wâ€"I -- â€"â€"lay me downâ€"toâ€"sleep~â€"Iâ€"â€"-,” with a. long sigh the blue eyes closed tiredly ; the arms slim) 1d down; all was still. The moon- light fl waded the room with silver ; it lin- gered about the little white-robed child ; it fell upon the golden curls and halt- closed lide ; and the withered flowers fallen loosely new from the tired hands. There was a taint,‘ sweet perfume 0t violets as the rocks: crushed to and fro ; nothing stirred in tha room save the swaying figure in the m mnlight. ' The d We! touched the nurse and gently said: “ The child in with iaa mother."â€" Dctrait Free Press. A School 0! one Hundred and ’l‘hlrly 1 Whales Driven Ashore. ‘ As the packet Osprey of Westray, in they Orkney Islands. was returning yesterday to the place lrom the Kirkwall Lammas market, and passing through the Westray Frith, the crew descried 'alarge shoal-oi!" whales disporting themselves in the eddy oi'the irith. The boat shortened sail, and some of the passengers took the small boat. and both boats tried to keep them in toward the land. Large numbers of boats came trcm the shore. At the whale hunt the first boat came to is taken holdlof, despite the ownership, launched and manned. and every useful weapon is in- stantly secured, such as ecythes, knives, spears, etc. The shoal is cautiously ap- proached and surrqguied, when the crews, by loud noises. drive the whales ashore. A boat containing some English tourist, who ‘ had been out seal-shooting. came on the scene, and with their guns wounded some at the monsters, who ran straight ashore, the whole shoal following. At this juncture the noise of the dying whales gives a strange impression to the scene. Ropes were pro» duced, and the monsters, nearly all over twenty feet, were dragged above high water mark. The number loundrto he landed was 130.â€"Landon Standard. 300 Mlle: II] Hour by Bull. A LEVIATIIAN HUNT. Molten-less. Higher and higher rose the wind, louder and still louderit shrieked. The ‘walla ol‘. the house shook, trembled. and then- Carriewes conscious or being lifted into the pi: by some unseen tome, and whirled through the darkness and then falling. After that all was blank. She was only stunned. and when she opened her eyes she found herself in a. con- fused mass of ruins, and Alexander Hall kneqling by be: calling her nameo H 1:: 7mm} nob naaufi'suzy t6 game, over," 5119 fluid ; " I agq pop hurt iq pherlepst." " Come over I” he'repeated; breaking into a laugh. “ In is you who have come over. Miss Carrie, and I am very glad to see you, even in this unceremonious manner." 4‘ What do you mean ‘I ’ she asked. “ Why, I mean thaw you came, house and all. and planted yourself right: in my door- yazd winh a thunderous clam-at. In is a wonder you: neck was not: broken, my dear.” “I mean just that, Carrie. 1 always thought your esbin rsther shakyâ€"mine is twice as substantialâ€"sud now you will be obliged to accept my hospitality for the present. Fortunately I have a. man and wife stopping with me this week. They have slept soundly through all this bliz- zud. They are used to the country. ' But I will wake the good woman now, and she will attend to you." ' The next day Alexander said to her‘: “Since you unbsut suflfloiently -to Bill upon me in such an unceremonious man- ner.Csrrie. before I beg your pardon for my old disagreeable meanness. osi‘n’t you stoop still further and marry me. now that I do most humbly crave your forgiveness ? I have always loysd you.” n This must surely be a. mama," she thglgm. ' v Rev. Mr. Clary, formerly aresident t Woodstock College. who has- been n Colorado two years. haa returned, greaty benefined in health. â€"â€"Roberh Buchanan has juat cumplefl'edi poem on ” The Earthquake.’f ' ~ ' ’ On November day Carrie was “ tacking a comforter.” .whiob :nhe had placed to- gether out of bite at calico. The wind had been blowing with increasing inry from the northwest all day. Toward evening [It be- came terrible. and a ninety show began to tall. It Beemad to’ shake the trail little cabin to its foundation. Gnu-tie felt her heart: sink. with fear. This was something beyi‘nl any pt her former experiences and she remembered when Uncle Tom had said of a “blizzard.” ' ' “Do you really mean, Alexander. that my house bleyv 9n):- imo 30m: yang”? Mr. Tomlinson, Inspector o! Canals and Bcidgea. and iormerly inspector ol Damiuion Lighthouse, has been super! animated. Mr. E. J. Grease“, tormerly of Beth, now Manager of the Canadian Bankbfi Commerce, Jarvis. has recently ban presented with afine gold watch by“ people of the terms: place. . :1 0.: Wednesday night some vamls entered Mr. Page’s priubiug office in h". Q16, and destroyed a lot 0: type which“ no he used in printing a. new paper ithe interest 02 the Liberal candidaue in Oiwq County. ‘ ' ‘ What is probably the greatest wter well in Western Ontario was struck Friday evening on the term of John McIl'ain. 34d concession oi Plympton, vam’eto‘connty. Persons were boring-tor water. an. when a depth of 80 feet was reached a lad rumb- ling noiee was heard in the helm. In an inebent the whole top of the earth seemed to be npheeved. and anger, stones, end end water were flying in the air 30 Feet high. The force at the flaw of voter was so great that in a few minutes thehnle wee enlarged at the top to about l2 leet in diameter, but how far down the enlarge- ment continued cannot be ascertaned. The well is still flzwmg over at an enormous rate, and a email river has been formed by its overle.‘ All eflorte to plug the hole tailed, loge, etc.. which were Int into it being thrown to the top like ehipe The Deputy Minister cl! Marinnhes directed the attention 0! Owners and masters ct passeng :r steamers to t) Act. which promise that no coal oil lnp be used below the deck on passenger stmers, in which hey, or other. inflame-hie substances are stored, under a. parity 0! $100. There are upwards of 300 post-does in Manitoba. 77 in Asaiuiboia, 9 i 85's- kmtchewnn, 21 in Alberta. anle in Kaewatin. In 1882 the only ofliowuusida of Manitoba. weze QJ‘Appelle. Tolhwood Hills, Sxobart. Grandm. PrinoeAlbert. Carlton, Battletcrd, Edmonto, Fort! Saskatchewan and Sn. Albert. Argreaier 'aurpriae awaited him in the knowledge that Carrie’s claim‘ and cabin were just opposite his own’. The two cabins were completed and furnished. and the occupants moVed in. Alexander's was the more pretentious of the two in the ex- teriori and Carrie’s the more 'aumptuoua within. For ,she had brought her books and also had a few plants. and with those indeicribable iemiuiue ornaments, which some women seem to create by a turn of their hand. her'rgoma were yery 035137. ‘ -Bhe occasionally saw Alennder, they never remgnized each other; there was a sense of protection in knowledge 11th he was so near. In in was Aluandem-«She :aaw him at the post-office the nexh day and passed him without so much asaglanoe. Helooked as it he had seen an apparition and took a step lorward andihen stood still, chilled by her cold glance, in which there was no renognihion. Atter all. in, was his own fanih. He knew he had conducted himself like a bruins and an idiot' w‘he‘n-he left Smihhhown. He had realized it a. dozen nimes sinceâ€"realizad iaveonsbamlynin tact â€"wihh a dull heartache whenever he was alone wiuh himself... ' . He did so and gave Carri the desired information the next day. ‘ a “ It’s some fellow named Hall," he said. Carrie felt a sudden hanging?! he; heart and a carious excitement at he abund of the familiar unmet? Bub‘Wge it“ likély that: this was Alexander: ’It would be 1300 won- derful to be true. _-"I wonder who will be my'ngighbor ?” querjéd Cgrrje. F " I can find out at the Land offi :9,” Uncle thp r_e_glied.‘ ‘ ' ’ A few days Later. after; the legal formali- tié's‘ had been attended to, Uncle Tom drove partie out igfiook qt the oabip‘thytgwaa in process 6! grechion. “In the mining} will hate you out and show you your claim," continued her uncle. “ And I’ve chosen this site to: your cabin. IN! N fizzbaun a mile from binsâ€"just a 'uioe'wangfor you when you get lonesome.” Somshsw she was lighter-hearted and happier pinee she, knew she wasjn Dakota. than Bhélmd been for month. :Hhe knew whyâ€"~ehe did not when herseltr' It was becauaeehe wamin-the same» cannery wiuh Alexander: Hall. 10"‘gave herasense ol eomTpuu'irmahipâ€"Ihie~ veg): keowledge. " I have the lumber ailmiefiyth; your lithle house." he Bflidhfifl he drove her from the station. Genie Walton and Alexander Hallhad been lawn), but: they had quarrelled and Hallhnd gone‘no Dakota. Whenshe had no (longer surchance of seeing him Carrie tonndzahah lile was a. rather dull afiair. When, aloe: seven months, her bachelor uncle in Dakohs wrcne her to come out and take up a cluim she quickly concluded to do ah. She wrote to her: uncle that she would arrive wifihin the next) hhree weeks. and she was with him in less than two. 0t course 'Oarrie eénld not refuse. vanadian News Notes 01 To-dny. Something Like I Well. CABRIE’S VISIT. but yea aha