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116,000 ofpeas iP‘mnd’ 't 0 have rebuked g his sermon in ‘exclaimed from wakened her, as world’s E produce 000,000 tons of "annually to [:0 crates 0f Europe now bunt per an. c‘neese eaters, ' to each inâ€" 000 cocoauut. to the New :ry year nth With E garlic. - of cheese of cofl'oe. estimated to of $26,000? pvery year grain eaters, orth of grain Baltimore day. :xceeda annually ;y eat- ey furnish 3 Dy suppnymg I tons of beet. noro to satisfy neople live on wheat hsve Mu,- ) are used try year :oannts world is 45,- devoured be- drank the :kwheat ia esti- even year is named before n are depend food for ove eeh t1. In my year. ms of 1391 2), sin ye had r ya for yer negation can I ha made a are dotted of Cali- ] ,000,000 New of caf- fl 3d oil other c‘When didI fust think of it? Well da. . ’Twes ten now I can tell you toa year ago last spring I W33 , uncommon bad Spell o Btux'f didn’t. seem to do me any . My pocketbook was getting emptler an_d emptier and the rheumatiz was worse, If anything. I sat by the fireplace aheap, them dayfi, and, havin’ nobody to talk to, sis being mostly busy, Ithought a. good d081, and it come to me all at a sudden, ’Li“, try roots and yarbs. The gOOd Lord, Most of ’em put ’em here fora u 059- “ P rp’less is is to heal; A_,,9.|_ ___T--_ and the’m dacyi, and havin’ nobody ‘ sis bein moatl ‘ d051, angd it cone to me all 01 ’Liu, try roots and y b Put ’8!!! here fora purpose- haven't anyIcan see. ‘ . d Mother was powerful mchne reckon I come by it. Eatural. ML “-06,! haven't, any 1 can see. w-w Mother was powerful incli reckon I come by it natural. . undue credit to myself. There’s one thmg I can say, and that’s more than most 0f Ehe d”tors can say of their nasty Stuff. Ito tried it all on myself and When I found 11: helped me I give it to onhers.” The farmer looked down from the hxgh seat of his wagon upon Elms BtOOd resting one foot upon .. front wheel. His brown jeans clothes Were rudely made. He wore no but and The fariegrlooked down from me my; seat of his wagon upon 131 stood resting one foot upon » . Were rudely made. He wore the south wind blew his white hair about his simple and not altogether home}, face. Among the country people Elias passed for one not over shrewd, but honest. and “pow- erful knowin’ when it. Comes to roots and looked down on Elias. “ W81}, you "Eight as well bring me a bottle. Nancy 9‘d I necdn’t come home withpui} it]: a k net-ant. CUBIC noun: "luuvuv --- t Elias turned toward the low log house 39 in the wide fields, and presently retutnfid with a large, yellow-labeled bottle. a limped slightly and bent his head as though always in search of his, favorite herbs. 33 â€"u\u nzn’f. (‘9. “ Well, I declare, 'Lias, if you cided on a name at. last !” The slowly turned the bottle to follow ters on the encircling label : “ El net’s Botanic Blood Builder.” _ ‘ “J nut the otherIday, yours is bottle I have sold with the lapel.‘ Whole 1 unvu DUI“ IYAuLA Ill-v -wâ€"_â€"-. o n “ Does make it. look more busmess him, said the farmer. Same old price, or have you concluded to raise on us 2” . “ Same price ; and where else arr you goin’ to find such medicine for the money 2” “Sure enough,” replied the other, as be searched through his pockets for the money. “ I ain’t grumblin’. Good day, on 101' one uvzsuvv.._a ,_-v,e ,, looked after him a few, moments, then turned away with a sigh and began to gather up the dishes. A knock at the door aroused her. A tall, grim faced woman with squarely tied bon- net strings and coarse cloak. stood in the doorway. “ Good day, Mis’ Totten ; come in, won’t you 1’” Jane’s gentle old voice guavered 199 I" 'iwrsuuively. Mrs. Totten’s lips came together with a Innp. She shook her head. “ Is Elias he" 1” ‘° N:.\ no ain’t. here, so come in, won’t can 3" 3'1 ne’s voice was pleading. “my. It was only after many months expel?- menting upon himself that Elias had hm upon a. compound that. he ,fondly fancxed a cureoall. A scofi'er might have poxnted out his crippled limbs as a poor tecomzuen- dation; but. none such existed among Ehas s acquaintances, and he was persuaded to de- vote his time to the manufacture and sale of his compound. llcupilc 519" survvgu _ Ellas’s old sister, J one, noticed that the calls for 3.3.15. becamefewer; herbrother, rsnsackmg the forests and brewing his herbs, Wes so buy and so filled with en- thusiasm that he had not observed it. But one morning, when arranging his last brewing upon the sheIVes he found them all filled, he grew suddenly thoughtful and remained in the house until noon, posting on labels and listening for some ringing “ Hello, ’Liss !” to call him forth. No summons came, and after dinner he gathered up his basket and knife and set of for the neighboring pasture. His sister looked after him a. few, moments, then 1 1.....-“ {A deed, a singular attraction. Saturdays the farmers’ wagons stood before his gate, and he was always ready to chat with them, explaining in his simple, garmlous way how he came to think of it, and all its vi:- tnes. His innocent pride gave no offeme: rather, his faith communicated itself to them. Ono spring a new disease struck the‘ county. It came, they said, from frosty Rnssxa, and having once landed, swept, westwud rapidly. Younc and old were alike affected, and the doctors were puz. zled. The people of Osgood county were opposed to paying doctors’ bills unless it was absolutely necessary. Elias’s Blood Builder was much less expensive; and as to its merit, they knew all about that, for hadn’t they tried it? In consequence the road to ’Lias‘s cot. tage was much traveled at this season, and his heap of quarters was growing into so many dollars that he hoped to realize his desire to make a_srpall.deposit in the The fame of Elias’s remedy spread throughout the country, and many from the town drove out to his log house to purchase a bottle. The angle had, in. .â€" -â€"â€" râ€"rv- . town, eyed the signs painted in conspicuous places; Three black E’s on a yellow sign, setting forth the merits of Eller’s Electric Elixir,called forth his unwillino‘admiratiou. It was this last sign which finally suggest- ed to him his great name, and he wrote it again and again in his cramped hand for fear he might forget it before he could carry it to the printer. When the beatiful yellow labels came home he was overjoyed as a child, and sat up half the night pasting them on the bottles ranged upon a shelf in the little room. Still tlae strange disease nngerea 1: good county, anal scarcely a family we from it. The older members of the fa when attacked, succumbed almost i diately. The younger ones had _a fight and recovery was slow. The ‘ list was unusually long; the faces 0 people grew graver. u... s o 1 ’AL __ I--- nn§:nnt‘ fhl The name troubled him most. He had great. scorn for “ patent medicines,” but. their names had a peculiar fascination for him as he read the glanng advextisements in the papers, or, on his weekly visits to the for him. ’O 7170-83; to such dignity ‘was enough “’LIAS- ’3 Luvn. yours is the second LL _ I-L-'l " ‘1‘.-- if you ain ’t de- 3” The farmer 0 follow the let- Emma Ben- “ Where in he 2” _ - “ He’s just gone over in the far pasture. If you want. a. bottle of theâ€"" J 3110’: voice failed her as she noted Mis’ Totten’s lipe.__ “No, I don’t; I wan’t ’Lias Bennet. The far field, you say 2” She gathered up her skirts and struck of through the high grass in the direction indicated. Jane etood, dish-cloth in hand, looking after her €bood, dist help}_e§sly._ “’Lias'Bennet!” ’Lias was kneeling in the moist clay, pulling at a. refractory root when he heard his name called. He rose stifiiy and with difficulty ; his overalls were stained with yellow clay; his crumpled hat was pushed back from his eyes. His face, a. little thoughtful, its usual look of innocent pride sobered a. little, brightened at the sight of Mrs. Tgtten. _ no I U“ Why, M is’ Totten ; how are you? Glad togee you. And how's Em’ly 2” The woman’s face was purple. “ Em’ly’s dead,” she gasped. “ She died day before yesterday, and I come here a. purpose to tell you 0’ your work. The doctor says, and all the neighbors_sa.y,_ ’at ef she had 3 been taken in hand right at the start she’d u got. well, but like a. fool I give he. that poison stuff 0’ yours and killed her Poor Em’ly ! the prop of my house 1” She burst. into tears,a.nd turning quickly,tra.mp- ed_awa.y over the clayey; field. Late'in the evening Elias came home,and drawing ofi his muddy overalls sat down in the chimney corner. His basket was enlpty- 8361: after Jane came in, hung up her sun-bonnet, smoothed down her gray hair and took her rocking-chair near the fire. She looked inquiringly at her brother who sat as though he did not see her. Finally she ventured a word. “ ’Lias, what was Mis’ Totten a. wantin’ with you this aftEernqon. " ’ Bea-stirred. “Mis’ Totten? She came to tell me Em’ly’s dead.” He paused uneasily, then added with an evident struggle. “She ’lowed it. was my medicine that killed her.” Jane abuddered. “ I’ve just been over to |VIandy Green’ 3. She promised me some of her ’ezst, and I want to set sponge to- night. And they told me, ’Lias, that. Nancy Jones is dead,_ too._” When she ventured to look up a. little later she saw her brother’s face visibly shrunken and altered. The look of inno- cent pride and self-confidence was gone, ‘ and no other had taken its place. It was} a mask of flesh and blood,“ with empty eyes through which no spirit shone, “Oh, don’t, ’Lias, don’t,”slxe cried nervous- ly. “Don’t look like that; don’t look like that. no more.” Elias heard not. He sat long in the same position, his chin upon his breast. She watched his face eagerly, and finally saw a new expression come over it; it settled into stronger lines; his eyes flashed. It was a look of resolve, sacrifice. “I’m a goin’ to give it up,” he said. “Oh, ’Lias, ’Lias,” she groaned. “What’ll we live on? What’ll we do?" “I’ll give it up.” She leaned forward, her thin old face, her tearful eyes, her witherefl hands ap- pealing to him. “’Lias, Can’t; you keep on, anyway? difference! They’ll forget. won’t, ever know.” “The difference!” She read it in' his altered looks. He made her understand by gesture that he would be alone, and she crept. OE, weeping and trembling, into her own room. Through the crack in the door she could watch Elias. He sat by the fire a. little longer; then she heard him limp into the little room and presently return with a. package. She rec- ognized the highly prized yellow labels and the basket of herbs. “S“h‘ojngvagr‘er ,3, great sob and covered her face with her hands. -â€"§ré$;;tl_y__ the pungent odor of burning herbs filled the room. â€"[VVorthingbon’s M agazine. A Buflalo Girl Very Nearly Buried Alive â€"-She Was In a Trance. A Buffalo des patch says :â€"One of the most fashionable families in the city has narrowly escaped having a terrible tragedy enacted in their house, and by their inno- cent instigation. Before daylight Coroner Ransom was aroused by a telephone call from this house. The order was imperative that he come at once and remove a. corpse before the neighbors were stirring. The icoroner has tily summoned Rodney, the offi- cial undertaker, and went directly to the place. He was ushered in by the lady of the house who was on the verge of hysteria. and nervously told him that one of the serv- during the night._,The coroner was shown upstairs. There lay the pale and rigid figure of a comely,well-formed young wom- an. The body lay on its back, the hands Peficefully folded on the bosom. The coron- er pronounced it a natural death, from Superficial examination, and ordered the re- mains removed to the morgue to await aut- °P3Y- The undertaker’s first assistant,with easy femiliarly born of frequent handling of the dead, grabbed an arm to draw the body toward him, when he felt an unmistakable Jerk. He called for Dr. Ransom. The coroner made a closer examination, but could discern no pulse. “She’s dead, all right enough,” said he. “I tell you she’s alivea said the assistant, putting his ear to ---- Wâ€"-â€"â€"â€", 1...??? her heart. The coroner stooped and ap- plied his ear, and could barely hear the pulsations. A mirror was placed over the girl’s lips, and it showed a trace of vapour. "This isn’t our case,” said the coroner; "You take the comn out and I’ll CALL A DOCTOR for the living, I’m only the doctor for the dead.” Upon the arrival of another phy- sician the girl was resuscitated. Here was a case Of suspended animation or trance, he determined. Today she is as well as ever. Very fortunate, indeed, it is for her that the undertaker’s assistant was more acePtical than the coroner, or she might have been frozen to death on a slab at the morgue. Mrange Elfect of a Story: Acurious phenomenon was observed at Stewartstown, lreland, after the severe storm of a‘few weeks ago. The north and west: fronts of houses and trees and shrub- bery adjoming were thickly coated with salt. Drumcairne at any point is forty miles fI‘Om the see, so that. the storm has been cYclonlc in character. In Gsrvagh, Which is l‘Welve miles from the sea, hedge- roWS, windows, etc., were coated with a «line depasm. A NARROW ESCAPE. HAD DIED SUDDENLY Lias, ’Lias, don"t! yway? What’s the forget. Half of ’em An observant and thou htful count ' doctor in the French village of Neuviliey- 1 Champ-d’Oisel, .about nine miles“ from Rouen, made an Important experiment last ,- year, which. may be the means of saving 1 many lives if the knowledge of it comes to be Widely diffused. A violent epidemic of diphtheria broke out, and the deaths were appalhngly numerouaand his usual methods of treatment seemed a total failure. He remembered that the English had used ‘ petroleum (herosene) as an antispasmodic and antiseptic ; he determined to try it on a little girl of seven, whom he had given up.. He explained to the parents thats‘Vith their consent, he would make the experi- ment, and at once commenced swabbing the throat with the petroleum. He was careful not to have an excess of the material on his brush, as a drop too much might strangle 1n the disabled condition of the throat and larynx. To his astonishment there was improvement after the first ap- plication. He continued the treatments and the child recovered; and he used it successfully with many patients after- wardâ€"1n fact, he lost none. Lest this should turnout to be too good news to Be true, and it should prove that he had been treat- ing false diphtheria, that so closely resem- bles the true that only examination by an expert bacteriologist can determine its nature, he sent portions of the expectorated membrane to Prof. Francois Hue, bacteri- olozist of the Medical College of Rouen, and he reported the presence of numerous bacilli of diphtheria. A little observation and reflection shows how the potent fluid works. The membrane of diphtheria con- sists of a most rapidly growing plant, and 1 among the other elements in petroleum is a large amount of sulphur,which is very inim- ical to diphtheria membrane. Did you ever notice how effectually a handful of common salt will kill a tuft of thrifty grass? There is something in this oil that is just as fatal to the diphtheria plant; at once the membrane seems to become thinner; i. 0., it ceases to grow, and that which had at- tained its growth breaks down under the softening of the oil, and eventually disap- pears. We are thus careful in detailing the use of this remedy; for supposing a person, far from a physician, is attack- ' ed with some malady which produces “white spots on the throat.” Whether it is false or true diphtheria, it is an un- ' desirable inmate, very liable to be com- municated to others, for it only wants a throat slightly inflamed by a cold to find its ' natural habitatâ€"a soil where it will thrive. Of course, the family has kerosene in the house, and a bit of soit old cloth wrapped round a smooth stick will answer in the ab« sence of the camel’s hair brush always rec- ommended in regulation articles on appli- cations to surface; the point is to get that oil on to the white spots and kill the bac- terial growth then and there. The opera- tion should be repeated once an hour, the careful ridding of the brush or swab of any superfluous drop prevents choking. The person applying the oil should be careful to stand a little to one side, so that should the patient cough, no particle of expector- ated matter can get into the eye of the oper- ator as the human eye is of all culture- mediums for diphtheria bacilli, about the most favorable, and to-day many a lost eye is owing to want of carefulness. It is said that the patients experience relief lat the first application, and if the brush is properly shaken before using the only dis- comfort they experience is a disagreeable taste for a short time. W wish that a warning word might make eople more vigilant as to the care to keep the disease confined to the original sufl'erer. Among the ignorant and poor, where comfortsare scarce, it is spread by using the same handkerchief for the sick and well, allow- ing them all to drink from the same glass, etc. A German family of five children were swept 03' within nine days by simple care- lessness in these matters; but let every one remember that diphtheria is the most easily communicated of all the"catching”diseases, that its period of incubation is very short, not generally more than two days, and that it fastens on the very gates of lifeâ€"the breathing apparatusâ€"and that it is one of the most rapidly progressive maladies. No harm can come of the use of the remedy above recommended, and its prompt use may save some precious life. -â€"â€"[N.Y. A new artificial stone is being made in Germany, which appears to be immeasur- ably superior to many kindred material now in use. The sand employed, which is well dried and screened before being used, contains from 2 to 3 per cent. of clay Itis placed with a. certain proportion of ground lime into an iron drum with diagonal ledges in the interior, which is then closed and slowly revolved by steam so as to secure a. thnrnuoh incornoration of the materials Independent . a thorough incorporation of the materials with each. other. The mixture is takeu out and conveyed to an apparatus consisting of a frame of wrought iron, having a flat bed, on which molds are built up. When the frame is filled covers are placed on the molds, everything is wedged ud tightly and the frame and moulds are run on rails into a cylinder. When the cylinder is closed water and steam are admitted. The water must cover the molds, and the steam isadmitted at a pressureof 45 pounds or 6’) pounbs per square ihch. The steam i forces the water between the crevices of , the molds, the water slakes the lime, caus- 1 ing it to expand in volume, and as the molds resist tlse outward expansion the lime is forced into the sand and cements it into stone. The steam pressure is kept up for three days. The frame is then withdrawn, and twelve hours are allowed for cooling before the taking to pieces of the molds and the removal of the stone. Different tints can be given to the stone by mixing a small percentage of colored earth with the lime and sand in the cylinder. In some ex- periments made in England to ascertain the the resistance to thrusting stress of six 6- inch cubes of«this artificial sandstone, three of them, of buff color, crushed at an average of 196.6 tons per square foot, while the remaining three, which were gray, went at 177.6 tons per square foot. The total annual value of the world’s min' erala is estim tied at $1,000,000.000. The Italian: own 4, 420, 000 houses 0- which 650, 000 me in the cities and 3, 770, - 000 are in the country. “ROSE!!! AND DIPHTHERIA. ANew Arlmclal Stone A Denver, 00]., despatch says :-â€"Ed- ward Handfield lies in the morgue here to- night with a record as a burglar, forger, a ssihle murderer. Mr. and Mrs. Edward andfield, whose country place is in Ash- field, Mesa, are wealthy. Their son, after ' completing his studies in an academy, was ‘ sent to Montreal to prepare for the priest- hood by a course in the Jesuit College : the're. Young Handfield led a wild life in! Montreal. He came to Denver in June and ended up a round of dissipation. He dressed well whenever he received money from home, and his parents were lavish in their remittances“. While awaiting these he would do anything to make a living. He fell in love with Miss Ida Hall, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary Hall, who keeps a restaurant. Young Handfield lavished con- siderable money upon the 18-year old daughter of the Hall family when he had means. Handfield became impatient to get married, but he was made to understand that it required money. He forged the name of a friend upon a card, by which l means he was permitted to enter the friend’s room, where he stole two overcoats. The same night he captured a bicycle and a large bundle of woman’s clothing, by which he intended to procure funds for his wed- ding. This was late in October, and a few days afterwards he was arrested and put in jail. Then Mrs. Hall forbade the girl having anything more to do with Handfield. ,-‘-_J L- On being released on bail he claimed to have repented and desired to marry at once. ‘ The girl meanwhile had trouble with her family to get their consent to the proposed marriage. Her family did not credit Hand- 3 field’s repentance. To-day Mrs. Hall said ‘ that the young girl must decide finally be- tween the young man and her home,where- upon the girl decided to go to him and declare the engagement off. At 1.30 o’clock she entered his apartments on Welton street and told her story. The young man was reading a novel when she entered. He heard her story,then dashed for a revolver, and before the girl could call for help ‘or escape he had shot her in the breast and had sent another ball into his brain. He fell ‘ upon the bed, dying almost instantly. The ‘ girl crawled to the door and gave the alarm before she fell. She was taken to the hospital, where an examination showed no To the metaphysical mind on the anal hand and to the confident ignoramus on ‘ the other, the mysterious nature of electri- city ofl‘ers a fruitful subject of speculation. To the latter especially it seems a reproach that the true nature of electricity has not long before been made manifest, and he is always prepared to dash ofi’ an explanation with much more confidence than Newton proposed his theory of gravitation. It seems inexplicable to the public at large that the mystery surrounding electricity is not dispelled. It does not seem to occur to those who are impatient to have the great ‘ question, “ What is electricity ‘2” answered, ‘ that we are in just as dense ignorance as to 1the mechanism of other phenomena. (ira- vitation, light, heat and chemical action are in the same category of scientific mys- teries and have had centuries more of thought bestowedon them than has been devoted to the new agent. While it [now seems thatiwe may be on the thres- Vpos‘sibili’tv of her recovery. uuvusuv w devoted to the new agent. While it now seems that we may be on the thres- hold of one of the greatest discoveries of the human mind, yet it is possible, and even probable, that the knowledge of man .._J L- -_.4.-_A 4,. 4-1..“ Vvu r.vwâ€"~-â€" -____V may never be permitted to extend to the entire solution of the problem, for it is the very protlem 9f the universe itself. _ L- L- _-_-.-Aâ€"-:-_.~A r-vvov-.- __ Assuming what seems to be unquestioned that electricity, electrical action, or what- ever we may call it, has its seat in the atoms or molecules of matter, or of the hypothet- ical matter, ether, we are brought face to face with the same conditions that confront the cosmical philosopher. As the latter can never hope to have his material vision extend to the bounds of the universe, neither can the molecular physicist hope to materially appreciate the ultimate elements of matter. Lord Kelvin has shown that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, one of its constituent mole- cules would only be magnified to approxim- ately the size of a cricket ball. Bearing this in mind, the immensity of the problem which is so often flippantly referred to is evident. True we may demonstrate the exact relation between electricity and mag- netism, and may satisfactorily connect these with other phenomena, and even obtain a working hypothesis that will answer all scientific needs, but the ultimte solution may forever evade the human mind. Whatever we do learn, however, will not be through the speculations of metaphysicians or the guesses of tyros, but through the physical investigations of Hertzes and Teslas. While as a mental training metaphysical speculation may have its use, the absolute lack of additions to our real knowledge during the many cen- turies from Plato to Bacon, when metaphys- ics held full sway, is conclusive 'that nothing can be expected from this direc- tion, and merely speculative theories in regard to the nature of electricity deserve as little consideration as is now given to the metaphysical vagaries of the schoolmen of the Middle Ages. Awful End of a. Fast Young Man. Going Him One Better- Wattsâ€"“I had supposed that excessively high heels were out of fashion, but I saw a. woman on the street to-day with heels on her shoes fufly two inches high.” “ I much prefer oil lamps to gas or elec- tricity,” said Miss Emerson, of Boston, to Miss Warren, of New York. “ Dear me ! Why 2" “ Because oil is refined. ” Teacherâ€"“ What have the various ex- editions to the North Pole accomplished 2” Bull Boyâ€"“ Made g’ography lessons har- apr. ” P ottsâ€"“TBet’s nothing. I' saw a. woman on the stage last night. the heels of whose hoes were higher than her head. Speaker Peel, of the British House of Commons, has complimented President Dupuy, of the FrenchCham‘oer of Deputies, on the coolness and courage with which he conducted himself on the occasion of' the bomb explosion. The tribute is deserved, and coming from one who himself possesses more than usual coolness and courage, will doubtless be duly appreciated. The manner in which M. Dupuy and his colleagues acted in face of a. danger, the extent of WhiCh they could not judge, was an exhi- bition of courage that would have done credit to trained soldiers on the battle field. TEE WAGES 0F SIN. Mysterious Electricity. THE WEEK’S N EWS CANADIAN- AMrs.Bra.dyhasdied in W533“- 102 years. The Ottawa. winter carnival perks? ha been abandoned. The annual meeting of the Canadim Sn! ciety of Civil Engineer: will be held' In Montreal on January 9th. Mr. Andrew F. Gault, of Montreal, has been appointed director of the Bank Montreal, in place of the late Sir John Abbots. Lady Aberdeen held her first At Home at Rideau Hal! Wednesday evening. There were about two hundred yand fifty gueitl-4 ": were aooun DW‘O nunureu mm mm, suw' 4 The Governor-General has signed the \_ order-in-Council appointing Mt. Justus John J amea Fraser, of the Supreme Court 1 of New Brunswick, to the Lieutenant; Governorship ot that province. ""“' Mr. John J amieson, of Whimhurch, who 1‘ nut B39 f‘swnn‘i m‘th 1 n7!“- ‘Aflt Snfi‘dfiv.‘ , Mr. John J amleson of Whimhurch, WI" cut his throat. with a razor last Safi‘dsy, died from the wound0 A meeting was held on Tuesday nightin Collingwood, when a scheme for an air line railway from Collingwood to Toronto was formulated by Mr. Frank Moberly, C. E. Resolutions were adopted endorsing trl/n project. A man named T. Ellsworth She pard has been committed at Edmonton, H. _ .T.. for trial for the murder of a woman named May Buchanan, who is said to have been born at Ottawa, and whose maiden name was Mary or Amelia May. It is said a sis- ter of hers now lives in Ottawa and that her mother lives in Bufi'alo. ' A, most deliberate case of suicide took place a few days ago at a. settlement on the south branch of the Saskatchewan river, a few miles from Prince Albert. A man'nam- ed James Brinkman. cut a hole,- 11 by 22 inches, through a. foot or more of ice in the river, and then squeezed himself through into the river. Brinkman was in comfort- able circumstances and esteemed by all. fiRITISH. The King of Siam is seriously ill. General elections will take place in Cape | Colony, South Africa, next month. The monster Canadian cheese is said to have been in bad condition when it reached England. k Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. is suffering from an attack of influenza. There were one hundred and sixty-four death» from influenza in London last week, and the disease is increasing. The directors of the Bank of England have decided to granta. liberal annmty to the family of Mr. May, formerly chief cashier of the bank. A severe storm Tagain prevailed on tho southern coast of England, and much dufl- agg t9 shipping ‘reported. . x1, , l"-___-__ aReferring to the debate in the Commons on the navy question, the Times accuses Mr. Gladstone and Sir William Harcourt of miserable gambling with the dearest iti- terests of the nation. The wedding of Grand Duke Ernst; of Hesse to Princess Victoria. eldest daugh- ter of the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg Goths (the Duke of Edinburgh), will take place in Berlin during the last week in April. UNITED STATES. The U. S. cruiser San Francisco has beef ordered to proceed to Rio J aneiro without delay. The annual report of the United State. Secretary of the Treasury, which was transmitted to Congress. shows a. deficit of twenty-eight million dollars. Sb. J ohn’s cathedral (Roman Catholic), at Syracuse, N. Y., was robbed Monday night of altar plate, jewels and furniture valued at $1,800. The Union Pacific Coal Co. in Wyoming has sustained a. loss of three-quarters of a. million dollars in the destruction by fire of mine No. 7 at Almy, and 400 miners ore thrown out of employment. The complete police returns from the Chicago mayoralty election on Tuesday show that Mr. John P. Hopkins was elected over Mr. Swift by a plurality of more than eleven hundred votes. Three policemen of Ironwood, Mich., have been arrested charged with stealing flour and sugar from the public relief stores, which they were supposed to guard. ThePresidenthas sent to the Senate the nomination of Wayne McVeagh, of Penn- sylvania, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Italy. The disaffection in Poland is increasing, the quartering of soldiers among the inhab- itants being especially resented. Advices from Rio Janeiro show that President Peixoto of Brazil has further postponed the parliamentary elections until May. It is again rumoured that Emperor William will pardon the two French spies who were sentenced a few days ago at Leipsic to long periods of confinement in a fortress. Baron Alberto Blane, the new Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has received c. letter from the Porte congratulating him upon his appointment. to oflice. and ex- pressing the hope that he will show in his oficial position the same sympathy with Turkey that he exhibited when he was Secretarypf the Italian Embassy at Con- stantinofile. Deciding Ownership ofa Letter. A chemist at Preston, England, having written a. letter and mailed it, wished to get it back. With that object in view he went to the postoffice, sRecxfied the addresv. , L L- .1--:..-1 wcuu UV Luv rvuyv.--v, fir--._,, on the envelope, pretended that he desired to send it by special delivery, at the same time putting down Sixpence as the payment of the extra postage. Deceived by these proceedings the clerk hunted up and pro- duced the letter to have the sixpenny stamp stuck on. No sooner did the writer get hold of the letter than he tore it inte fragments, “asserting that he had a right to do what he liked with his own property. UU '1qu av nan-v- u--- His view of the matiegivas not‘acéeptéd either by the postotfice de artmenfior by the courts, and he was fin 825 (0:11:13 of- fame. Doctor (at the night bell)â€"“ Won 2. Callerâ€"“ No ; lick." G EN ERAL. (’95;