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The about fifty hot gases. fiber main-â€" 3, glycerine, seed oil, and is forced by La where it is den. W hen Id solid, and and varnish- uses are or- e coverings, ,ing to these biz-om two to the main;- met. mentinlamp te the objecs :he ceiling by l to overcome mpassesto so; wanted, . the cases 1. It 13 aim I came, be ispoyf a, thus protect- gzpheric action .11 cat-trying out. sed in a. metal ml: and sides, a like an ordin- his case a. plane .1: an ordinary n engineering xe engines for L3 commended 5 Age of Steel. minating com. ed them in its r economy in L1: is resorted up some ten uanne engine ing 5661: been fir” 3 one hbrse ‘er pounds: of : is found sex-v. met, in is said, the shellac. res has now be. eem, as the re- experiments, a . if the accounts aée. A good Anithout. the -two streams burners, one r regencrator, rbeing warm- lamp casing. this construc- n the ceiling, 13 the feed m- for re. rn the high- way to the D ISDUS'I'Il. .ts th‘e cold . The pré- the boilers , first. by the per hour and :d, and next being emit.- d to the metal: from between met. from the difficuity of at by forming etched orna~ g a. metallic; _ For a. yellow. emnloyed, and cad Bf being filing. This uplicity,and vessels. N ow when a. person is nauseated, he is not pale in the face only _;bnt heis pale over the entire surface of the body .there is not a contraction in the blood vessels oqu. b‘ut also in the brain ; there is I e skins of fruits are to be eaten, they hclyletd‘ be first purged of germs. The 3km 5m,” germs ; the b10011; of the pelach 3nd ‘5' ’ e is made up 0 germs,â€" 113““an s11:)awrgtflag’ofmicrobes,â€"-zmd when thesmsku,8 fie eaten, the microbes enter the stomach, Lad aux-e they find one at“ the finest field. not free blood enough to keep the heart; going, so as to keep the person in his ordinary condition. There are thousmndg of chronic dyspeptics suffering from cold feet. This is caused by an irritation of the lumbar ganglia of the sympathetic nerves, situated close by the nerve trunks running into the legs ; it is a. contraction or spasm of the blood vessels in the legs; induced by chronic irritation, that keepsnhe feet. cold ;otharwise they would be kept; warm by reason of the dependence of the Iimb3,as was intended by nature. New ibis __.4. I..- A..-_.J_-. -1-,, , ~~-â€".â€". â€" «a .9‘5 not by exercise alone that this trouble an be cured; the only way in which it can be permagently cured, is by relieving! the abdominal Irritation, and by relievigg the J;'nOnA Bl'nmnnk A-) L', A gnommaz nut-anon, and by relievifig thé izlaced.stom1ch, and that can be done}, correcting the diet, Y Many persons in poor heal th are troubled, even during the summer and early fall months, by cold hands and feet. These limbs should be educated, if possible, to keep themselves warm ; for certainly a cure cannot be effected by toasting them overa stove or a. register, or by taking a hot bottle or bag to bed ; all these methods make them colder afterward. Primarily, the cause of this trouble is want of exercise, so all the exercise possible must be taken. But some one says, The more exercise I take, the cold. er I get. This is due to a reflex contraction of the blood vessels. The large nerves in the abdomen are connected with the blood vessels running down into the legs, by numbers or sympathetic nerves and branches, and when there is an irri- tation of the ablominal nerves, there is a. contraction of the blood vessels, thus con. fusing the blood. When a. person is nau- seated, he is always pile. \V'ny ?â€"Because the irritation of the nerves of the stomach causesgx contraction of the blood The writer quite agrees with Prof. Keen, the eminent Philadelphia anatomist and surgeon, who asserts that every physician should have as perfect knowledge of the kitchen and the proper methods of food preparation as of drugstores and the methods of'eompounding medical agents. 05 the two, the knowledge of dietetics and cookery, would, in the writer’s opinion, be found much more valuable than the knowl- edge of drugs. Both kinds of information areirnportaut. but a. thorough knowledge of food stalls and their relation to the needs of the body must he of inestimahly greater value to the physician, thonthe in- formation gained by the most thorough study of pharmacy and material. medics. Physicians frequently prescribe iron for unremic conditions without considering that blood cannot be made of iron, but must be made, if at all, from the food. .‘tryc‘nnia. is almost universally administered as a. remedy for weak nerves, the fact that nerves cannot be made of strychniabeing ignored. Weak nerves can be improved by proper nourishment only. In proper nour- ishment lies the only remedy obtainable for nearly all chronic maladies. Hence the importance that the physician should be thoroughly posted on the subject of materio. alimentaria. If a. good cooking- school and experimental kitchen could be connected with every medical college rnd every student he required to take a. thmrough course of instruction bith in practical and theoretical cookery, and dietetic-s. a revolution in the methods of treating diseese would quickly follow. “The absence of phthisis in high, dry, mountainous regions has been accounteq for by reason of the altitude and absence of moisture in the atmosphere but here occurs a somewhat curi‘ous fact; namely, that the cow does not thrive in high, dry, mountarn- ous districts, but in the low, swampy,m013§ region, where the succu'ient and bush grasses grow, is the place where the cow flourishes, and it is in these regions also that tuberculozis abounds in both the bov- ‘ne and human subjects. “Scrofulous females in the hm?“ race usually secrete an abundance of milk, be- cause in scrofula there is an unusual ten- dency to glandular enlargement a.n_d ac- tivity. As the mammary is th?1‘1311933 type of glandular structure,it is stimulatefi to increased action. A scrofulous cow la usually the largest milxer, and the .closest. kind of consanguinity has been pracncedhy cattle breeders,wit11 the object of producmg a. scrofulous animal, not, because sue rs scrofulous, but because the pmicqlnr form she represents are the larges: ytehlers of milk. We fiml, too, that eunsangumeuus breeding has been allege! as one of the causes of tuberculosis in the humtm .1‘3-0‘3. where it never can be conducted “fit“ so close and intimate blood relatives as m the dairy animals. 7 -_ --..- ~â€"~~ , s've causes milk is on) of the moss Wide“: ?‘:»,lha.s been of consumption, and on? Xi“ great white very aptly . {gésxgvatei} TR? “fact has been plague of clvuzzatxon. , n for many ‘known to the medic-‘1 Pram-$101 measures years, and yet, no very radxca the sup- ‘ch reference to . . have been taken W1 _ . , whlch 13 Pressien of this cause of (llselsgimns more accountable annually for 1113.1;er of the eni~ deaths tha.n cholera or any 0‘ e ‘ demic diseases. ‘ _ Beefsteak is consumed in grams“ quan- tities than ever, owing to its present cheap- ness, and cows’ milk is swallovveq at all times tad at all places without the shghtess Inquiry into its antecedents, and W‘mm‘i the slightest inquiry into its wtccedents, and without the application ofany'means for the destruction 0? mischievous microbes which the lactile fluid may comm“- D?- E. F. Brush calls the cow “ the wet “11938 of consumption,” and makes the following interesting observation concerning the rela- tion of cows to this dread disease:â€" There can be In donb; that the use of the fléSh of cows and of unsceri‘xi_28d COWS’ Should the Skins or” Fruits be Eaten? Cows and Consumption' Oold Hands and Feet- Helical Oookery~ the use of g “ Goal heavens ! Something must be idone !" cried Captain Lloyd. Ani then, i with a motion to those outside to be quiet, A the brave captain leaped on the back of the inearest horse, and stepping from back to : hack of the animals, ran to the blazing l shutter, tore it from its hinges, and pitched lit, from the window. Then he made his . way back no the door in the same way as i before. l So quickly was the act performed that {even the horses Were scarcely disturbed, fThe building was saved and” there Was no ; panic, which would have heen as disastrous - as the flames. The captain’s eyebrows and moustache were scorched, but that was all. i “ And they’ll grow again,” he said with a The sacred fires of India have not all been extinguished. The most ancient, which still exists, was consecrated twelve centur. ies ago in commemoration of the voyage made by the Pursees when they emigrated ersia to India. The fire is fed five nty-four hours with sandal wood ahd other fragrant meterials, combin- ed with very dry fuel. This fire, in the village of Oedwada, near Bulsar, XS yielted by the Parsees in large numbers. during the months allotted to the presxdmg genius of from P times every tWe tire. laugh. Styls are (1m; ‘r-sign us whi :h a. man’s eye puts out, saying :0 him, “You ought to go to an oculist ;” they showa. strained con- dition of the eye,â€"â€":ha.t; the person. should go to an eye-doctor and have spectacles adjusted to his eyes. Straining of the eyes causes a. congestion which exhibits itself in this form. At that moment one of the inside wooden shutters burst. into flame. Horrified the officers looked as the burning shutter: and realized the hopelessness ot the situation It would be impossible to get the six thousand men and horses out, and they must stand h and see their comrades perish miserabl y There was no water near, and if there weri. how get at the fire through those densely: crowded horses ‘3 . ”The firmes crept upward toward the rafters. _ They were disappointed. The convent was occupied by several thousand Infantry, and the lower galleries were so densely packed with the horses of cavalry and ar- Liller‘y that it was hardly possible for a. man to make his way among them. The “ Historical Records of the 43d Light Infantry,” that famous regiment which played a most important part in Eng- lish warfare during the last quarter of the eighteenth century and the early part of the nineteenth, contains a. stirring incident of prompt action Which averted a. tragedy. Worn out with a. hard march, the Brigade under Captain Lloyd approached the con- vent at Benevente, Where the cavalry and reserve still remained, hoping ior shelter. One of the very best means to prevent taking cold is to make yourself proof against colds. If a. person is frequently taking cold, there is doubtless great sus- ceptibility to changes of temperature. Dr. Browu-Sequard says: “If you fire apt to take cold by getting your feet wet, then get your feet vict every day. Harden your- self to it,â€"sit down and put your feet in cold water, then in hot water, then in cold water, then in hot water again, and so on, repeating the operation, leaving the feet longer and longer In cold water, until you can keen them in cold water for half an hour. If you get a. cold by the wind blo w- ing on your neck, get some one to bloav on your neck with a. pair of bellows, and then desist for a. minute or two, and blow again; longer and longer, until you can stand the blowing steadily for half an hour Without taking cold.” Two of the officers stood looking in as the dubious prospect through the single door that, gave mgress and egress. A sud- (len cry of alarmpgrst fgor‘n the.lips of one. “ Look there !” he cried, poi numg over the backs of the homes. M. Boussinzault has made a. fresh loaf of bread the subject of minute investigation and the results are interesting. New bread, in its smallest parts, is so soft, clammy, flexible. and glutinous, that by mastication it is with great difficulty separated and re- duced to smaller parts, and is less under the influence of the saliva and gastric juices. It consequently forms itself into hard bails by careless and hasty mastication and de- glutiti'm, becomes coated over with saliva and slime, and in this state enters the stomach. The gastricjuice being unable to penstrate such hard masses, and being scarcely able even to act upon the surface of them, they frequently remain in the stomach unchanged, and, like foreign bodies, irritate and incommode it, inducing every species of sutl‘ering,â€"oppression of the stomach, pain in the chest, disturbed circulation of the blood,congestion and pain in the head, irritation of the brain, and in- flammation, apoplcctic attacks, cramp, au'l delirium. I. J are thoroughly cleansed would not be so liable to the action of germs. A rusty nail thrust into the foot Will produce lock-jaw in many cases ; and this is because, on the soiled nail there are often present germs of tetanus (germs which produce lockjaw) and the nail carries them through the ski - into the flesh. Now skins of fruit, bein“ infested with germs, when eaten, car '3 those germs dowu into the stomach slow with the fruit, and these germs then ca. 112 the fruit to decompose. Many persons me not abie to eat raw fruit for this reason are we willlqu an abrasioxi, a. sore, and pus, and we will wonder that such a'little thing could cause such asore ; the reason is that ‘firms lmvefound cheirwaythrough that abru- Si0n;p113~rriz1kirx'.rgermsareadwaysnobefounzl just. under the edge of the finger-nail, and when the sliver is thrust in there, it is equivalent to an inoculation of PUS, for when the germs are carried in there, suppumtion begins very quickly ; whereas other portions ofs the body which for growth in the world. The skin protects the fruit from the action of these germs- But if the skin is bruised or broken or injur. ed in the slightest degree, the microbes get inside, and then the mischief begins. It is exactly the same as with the flesh of a human being ; a. little Siiv er will get under the skin, under the finger nail, and soon Danzers of Exting Fresh Bread. To Prevent Taking: Cold- A bong-Lived Flame- Promptly Done- Styea- The wind uprising stirs the tree, And fast “nth Sliver tears it weeps: The little bird _more cheerily Pipes with lus ten-der throat, and keeps His faith m sunshme tho’ it sleeps! There swings hi5 pretty nest below: ‘ His mate sits l1stening to his song. ’Tis love that; makes her bosom glow. ’Tis love that whispers, all day long, “ Sleep, sleep, my nestlings, and grow strong 1” Ah, dreary sky. and dripping tree, And wind phat sobbest in the wood, Know well. If anywhere love be. She hath thp sunshine in her hood : For cverythmg to love is good! It rains, but on a. dripping bough A lime bird sings clear and s Neat,â€" I think he knows not why nor how, Except that with his slender feet He feels dear nature’s pulses beat. The title justice, applied to a. judge,| comes from England. where many judicial' oflicers have tor ages been termed justices. l Goodnight! good-night)! I do not fear the end, T1119 iconflict with the biliows dark and 11g 1 : And vet. if I could touch thy hand. my friend, I think it would be easier to die; If I could feel through aa’: the/quiet'waves OE‘mpil deep hair Lhy tender breath :1.- mm . \ ‘ I could go downWard to the pfucc of graves \Vitihcycs a-shine and pale lips smiling sti ; Or it maybe that, if through all the strife A11rlup xin of parting 1 should hear thy cm I woulld come singing back to sweet, sweet; ifc. And know no mystery of death at all. For. lying low upon my couch. and still, The fever flush evanisncd from my face, I heard them whkper soft-LY, "’Tis His will: Angels will give her a. happier resting place!” And so. from sight of tears that fell like mm, And sounds of sobbing smothcrcd close and low. Iturncd my white face to the window-pane To say good night to thee before I go. Notes of the Day. GOOD-NIGHT. Goodwlfight, dear friend! I say goodnight to t. we. Acro§s the moonbcams, trcmulous and . whlte. . Brldging all fmth between us, it may be. Lean low. sweet tricn'l ; it is the last good- night. Their brxlllant, hues are box-1463725 like the rcs‘. 0b, 110er W ith fladnes ' "- Light a s from the Somce of Live an illuminated life in others‘ sight. IVhiIC sunburn-t tiger-lilies from his place Warships the sun-god with each heckled face; And marigold and huttcrcup confess Their bxfdliant, hues are borrowed like the The broad-faced sunflower, with unflinching grace. L'yoks pacrqn saint serenelv in the face. Esc‘hscholtzxas from their fringed bed below Against the grayish background all agiow (Whose cups canary. gold, or yellow are), Claim the same artist, as cmenr‘lnln Sufi’er the birds no lose, bereft. so 10m: 015 us? Is not: the blackbird m ute for doubt? ~ Is no part wanting to the thrush‘s song? No liquid note 1ch out! Doeslthc moon show behind the hedgerow 0 "IS. Black bars against a. spectral sea of light? Reigns our one star over 'the heavenly realms "“ King. on a clear, cold night? They bloom. sing, shine, our absence hindcr- ing not-z They are but; waiting till ourselves have ranged Enough. so we rovisit‘n: that spot M'L)’ find them a 1 unchanged. ~ [Augusta De Grmchy, from "Under the Hawthorn.” The rose acaci't. does it carpet nevi The pathx'ay with its wnxcn rod? Drop the smooth berries from t bough Into the violet bod? The early lilacs. bloom they 1-: Purple and white, 1»; they for years? , Old Crown Imperial on the Sheds he his hoax-dud tears? The 01d Garden- No chlange, you say? Nozhing of loss that It) 1:? Trees, flowers, are they as lovely as of yore 2' . _ Docs Sprzng sun deck thh coral and green bells Our favorite sycamore? Until at last. o’ereomc with fear, Exhausted. in despair. I cried, " I’m lost. foreverlost,” And would have perished there. Had not the wounded sorrowing bird Been listening: for me. near, And come again with welcome note, My fainting heart to cheer. “ Come to thy father‘s love." it mid, ”He waits to dry thy tears. Thy wounds to heal. thy heart to bless. .3 nd to allay thy fears.” “ I will.” I said. and sought to rise Up from the burning sand. And. struggling forward from the ground, I grasped my father’s hand. He had been near, his home was there, Though blind ed by my sin, I had not seen his love was home, I gladly entered in. r" U u." Irudely thrust the messenger Axxay. and bade begone: 31ml turned {1.33.111 unto my way. And stubbornly passed on. And farther far into the gloom, \Vith tired, b‘ ceding feet I trod w hile ho“ Iingg \w ind and storm Against my p1ogress bean. I wandered very far from home In deserts dx-czu‘ and wild. My father’s heart; was grieved for meâ€" His wayward. weary child. A little bird with snowy wings Came fluttering to my breast. And whispered to my tired heart, “ Come home : come home and rest.” “ Thy father now doth wail: for thee. And longs thy face to see : Remrn, then, to thy home-his love: He’ll gladly welcome thee.” The Wanderer’s Return- The Song in the Storm- GOIden Influence. â€"[Hester A. Benedict. -[Jamcs Buckham‘ 3 in others‘ sight. â€"[Cizu‘a. C. Furnham. It‘ncy an}: on rank wmcy have bloomed , or yellow aFe), caiendula. wuxcn blossoms [1-1. H. Hill. m ossy bank the laurel N o matter what its previous course may have been, the retardation that it suffered during its passage through the air sutficed to turn it into a different direction, and_to send it along another path than that whlch it had been following. Among .the Kondeh peOpIe, who live on Lake Nyasaa, in Africa, the favorite form of suicide is to enter the water and allow one’s self to be devoured by a. crogodile. Although the rESistance of the atmos’ phere was not sufficient to destroy the mo- tion of this strange visitor, which contented itself with so brief a glimpse of our. globe, yet it carried the effects of that reswtance out into space with it, and can never shake them off. . The selling of antlered bucks’ heads is Just now one of the industries of the North Woods. The heads are sold at $8 each and it CONS $16 more to prepare one for use as a. hat rack or wall ornament. Hp advocates no impracticable Christian theories; his life is one entirely of good works, and his influence for good among the Russian masses, who have not yet reach.- ed the state of cynical unbelief of the lower orders in other countries, is greater, per- haps, than any other Russian under the Czar. The festival in his honour at Cronstadt, an island most difficult and inconvenient of access in winter, was attended by great crowds of people, rich and poor, who made their way accross the ice of the gulf to the isolated port. from St. Petersburg and other places Thirty priests officiated at the church service on the occasion, and deputa- tions from various benevolent and other societies, including even the beggars, pre- sented the reverend father with gifts of silver-bound Bibles and holy pictures. The most touching sight of all was the gift of a small bunch of flowers by a poor sickly woman with a. child in her arms. An eyewit ness states that the crowd and Father John were moved to tears. At a. banquet in the evening. at which the Governor and Admir- al of the port presided, panpers, mendi- cants, an'l moujicks sat check by jowl with ladies, officials, and naval officers. to drink to the health and lmvv 1”“ A‘ Father John, Ffom this point. it receded frorq the earth, its elevation when last; seen bemg no less than qinepy-eight miles. ‘ Once in a. While the meteor plunging into the atmosphere of the earth is neither con-' sumed by the heat developed through fric- tion nor precipitated upon the surface of the globe, but pursues its way out into open spgce _ag_a§n. In July 1892, one of these escaping meteors was seen in Austria and Italy. Careful computations based upon the obser- vations which were made in various places have shown that it was visible along a track, in the upper air, about six hundred and eighty miles in length. When at its nearest point to the earth it was elevated forjyntwo miles above the surface. - Its brief career within human ken may be compared to that, of a comet travelling in a. parabolic orbit, which, as if yielding to a. headlong curiosity, almost; plunges into the sun and then hastens away again never to return. .. This is a curious proof of the influence and reputation of this wonderful man, who, in the midst of his Russian surroundings, seems to approach as nearly as any one per- haps could approach in these days to the first apbstles. His extraordinary healing powersâ€"for he is a medical man as well as a. priestâ€"and the spiritual and bodily cures effected by the faithful acceptance of his earnest consolations, are attested on all sides by many sorts and conditions of men. To those who believe in Father J ohnâ€"and their name is legionâ€"the age of miracles is not yet over. Crowds press round him whenever he leaves his humble abode, and are happy if they can only touch the hem of his modest garb. Father John’s life is one of uninterrupted and self-sacrific- ing charity and Christian ministration among the poor, the sick, and needy, not, hOWever, refusing his presence and prayers to the well-to-do and rich, who send for him when all other help fails, and never in vain, from all parts of the country. He has no vast business organization of charity and no corybantic Christianity like “General " Booth, and no religious politics like Arch- bishop Nicanor of Odessa. Although enor- mous sums of money have passed through his hands to the Russian poor in all direc- tions. he is still a poor man, living in the humblest possible way. Steamboats and trains in which he journeys to and fro on his truly Christian work are besieged with such crowds that the police have to protect him from their pressure. The report of his appearance in any house in St. Petersburg~and the news sprea’ls like wildfireâ€"brings throngs of poor people running madly from the surrounding streets to get within the range of his healing pres- ence, to receive his blessing, or to implore his attendance at the sick bed of relatives or friends. Sire was originally used to designate the proprietor of a. farm. Rising in dignity in was.a.fterwa.rd applied to a. nobleman, then used in addressing a. monarch. Father Ivan, or John, 3f Cronstadt, known and revered in every nook and cor. ner of Russia, has hitherto been almost eu- tirely unknown to British readers ; but a circumstance recently reported by the xjritish chaplain at Cronstadt seems to indicate that the Christian influence of this remarkable priest of the Russian Church has at last found its way even into the United Kingdom. A short time ago a. let- ter reached the British clergyman at Cron- stadt addressed in English to the parish priest of that port. It came from a. corre- spondent in county Kerry, and earnestly begged for the prayers of Father John on behalf of the writer, who appeared to be in great distress or: mind and body. . 1. Next to the Czar Stands Father John. The recent celebrations in Russiaâ€"one the centennial anniversary of the storming and capture of the Turkish fortress of Ismail on the Danube under Souvarof‘f, and the other the thirty-sixth anniverary of the entry into the Orthodox ministry of Father John Sergeyefl', one of the most remarkable aria [opular men in the Russian empire, attracted the world- Wide attention. No comments are needed to explain the patriotâ€" ic outpourings of'the Russians over the his- toric siege and savage reduction of Isnnil. but of the celebration in honour of father John of Cronstadt there-isflmuch to relate that is strange and interesting. THE GREATEST! RUSSIAN. - An nsowu m me any“ Striking Miners in England [lave a' Fierce Battle with Police Another London special says : â€"â€"'I'wo thousand striking miners attacked the Sut- ton Heath collieries at St. fielen’s, county Lancashire, last night. They drove away the mine officials, broke the machinery at the pit shafts and split up the wagons. When the police arrived the miners had armed themselves with Wheel spikes, poles,- stones and pieces of broken machinery. The police charged clubbing the men right. and left. The mob surrounded them and stoned and beat them, and finally drove them back, carrying with them three wounded. The police charged twice more before the strikers would yield. They caught 10 of the men most conspicious in leading the mob and locked them up at St. Helen’s. Four policemen and three miners were severely wounded,and several more on each side received serious injuries. It has transpired that an old servant of the Blucher family, a. man named Ewald,7 years of age, heard the shots in the wood fired by the gardener when he attacked the Count and Countess. Ewald ran in the direction of the sound,fea.ring that someone had attacked his master and mistress, and on the way met the gardener hastening to the castle, where he subsequently shot and killed himself. Ewald attempted to inter- cept the murderer, but was himself shot and severely wounded by the fleeing gar- dener. Many larvae of beetles and other insects are used for food ; the bee gives honey and wax, the coccus manna. and cochineal, the Spanish fly a blistering drug, the gall insects an astringent and the silk worm an article of dress. A table showing the monetary system of the world has been prepared by Director of the Minn Preston. The smsfistioa show that the aggregate stock of gold is $3,582,605,. 030 ; silver, $342,700,000. 30.5 Racoyszea paper, $2,635,973,000. An {Informed Repnrt as to the Distin- guished Gentleman‘s Health. A second despatch says :â€"It having been reportei that Herbert Spencer was dangerously ill at Brighton, the represen- tative of the United Press in London caus- ed enquiries to be made at that place to ascertain the facts. It was learned that Mr. Spencer was at his London residence, No. 64 Avenue road, N. W. An enquiry revealed that the report was a canard. Mr. Spencer has been in feeble health for some time, and his condition to-day is no wors' than usual. The Troublesome Tribesmen Said to be Surrounded by Moorish Troops. A Madrid despatch says :â€"-â€"The Herald to-day publishes a. despateh from Tangier stating that the forces of the Sultan of MorOcco have surromded the hostile Frajana Mezquita and Mazuza Kabyles, who made the recent attack on the Spanish garrison at Melilla. The place at which the tribesmen are said to be surrounded is between Talifel and the Atlas mountains. 15‘0an arise THEIR POSITION. A despatch to The Paris Temps from Madrid says that the Moors are at work night and day digging trenches around Melilla. They are also busily engaged in strengthening the heights dominating Fort Guariach, the attempted building of which on a site occupied by aMoorish saint’s grave precipitated the attack upon. the Spanish garrison at Melilla. The natives, accord- ing to the correspondent of The Temps, are throwing up breastworks on the river Onra. In an interview to-day Senor Canovas del Castillo blames the Government for its inaction in the face of the hostile attitude of the Moors. The Countess Blacker Recoveringâ€"The Coming Socialist Conn-ass. A despatch from Weitzow, Pomerania, to Berlin, states that Countess Blucher,who was shot on Tuesday by a. gardener, is re- covering from the effects of the shot in her neck. A representative of the Emperor William Will be present:- at the funeml of Count Blucher, who was killed by the gar. dener at the same time his wife was wound- I reported to you at. the time, I had no better brigade under my command. I am glad of the opportunity of emphatically denying the absurd story, which is M ungenerous as it is untrue.” “ Nobody ever suggested that I, in any way, dealt. with his Royal Highness difl'er- ently than with the other general ofiicers commanding brigades; nor did I do so. He: took his chance like everyone else, end, as Mr. Chllders and Gen. Wolseicy Belly That the Duke ofCommnght was Shielded. A London special says :â€"M r. Hugh Child- ers, who was Secretary of State for War in 1880â€"83, has entered the controversy regarding the Duke of Coanaught and the Egyptian campaign. It was charged thata telegram was sent to Gen. Wolseley, the commander of the British forces in Egypt, ordering him to place the Duke of Con-~ naught in a place of safety during the bat- tle of Tel-el-Kebir. It was also charged that, in compliance with these instructions, the Duke, who was on the right of the line with the Guards Brigade, was, with his troops, ordered to the rear and out of dan- ger. The story had its origin in The Man- chester Guardian. Mr. Childers has written a letter to that paper emphatically denying that any instructions or suggestions were despatched to Egypt relative to the Duke of Connaught. He encloses a letter received by him from Gen. Wolseley declaring that the story is absolutely untrue. Gen. Wol- seley adds : Serious Riots of Minersâ€"Spain’s Trouble in Morocco â€"Germa.n Affairs. The Duke of Connaught no Coward. FOREIGN CABLES. THE TEL-El-KEBIB STORY. THE MELILL.‘ AFFAIRS. A STUBBORY FIGHT. HERBERT S I'ENCER. GER“ AN AFR; ’5 35.