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SPITBOBON'S Jl'Bll.l I tirrat fit r !<< her III* A VAST OKLiBRATION. A Londou cablegram, dated last (Wed- nesday) night, says: A most impressive scene WM presented this evening at the Metropolitan Tabernacle at NewiogUn ISutu, in this oily. The occasion WM the jubilee aer\ ioe in oelabration of the fiftieth birthday of the He,. Charles Hddon Bpurgeon. The vait edifice WM packed io very part with congregation which wae Mpeoially notable tor the large number of evangel oal olergymen wbiah it contained. Almoet every Baptist mmieter in the city WM present. There were also clerical and lay delegate* from Baptist churches in all part* of the United Kingdom. The prinoi- pal event of the evening wae the discourse by Mr. bpurgeon. This waa mainly per- onai acl reminiaoent, the distinguished preacher giving an oatline of l.n ministrations from the time when he bad, as "The boy Preacher," conducted revival* in hi* nati.e county, Essex. He laid that it waa true that tbeae ministrations had been blesaed with a woaderf ul degree of eacoee* in bring- ing souli to salvation, but the aeoret of the uooees wae simple. It waa due solely to the hlssaing of the Holy Spirit attecdicg nia work, and this bleating had beeu , and could only be obtained, by at continuous prayer, supported by absolute belief both of the mind and heart in the efnoaoy of prayer and the reality of Him to wham it wai addressed. ' Mike your whole life a prayer," said Mr. Spur- Keon to the olergymen present, " and God will single you out for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that shall abundantly bleu your labori. Pray without oeatiug, pray upon eatering your pulpit, during tna service of song, and during your ermon while preaching to the unconverted, imploring them to turn to the Saviour. Preludj aaou appeal to them with a peti- tion to God to add the toroe of Divine coo- notion to your vordi, and thus your tongues rdl become those of men and of angel* irraHLstible in their potency." Mr. bright Moody, the American Evan- gelist, followed Mr. Kpurgeon. After a few words of oongratulation to the pastor and the people of the tabernacle. Mr. Moody aid he desired to heartily and thankfully testify to the inspiration he had obtained bom the preachings of Mr. Spurgeon, and from a contemplation of the example afforded by hit lifework. Brief addressti ware aX*o made by Mr. Penteoott and other evangelists, and the utmoat enthusiasm was manifosted by the vast congregation. A i <>l n Of III I I l I k>r ahewrr a llu I ... I - A despatch from Troy, N. Y , says: Thii morning the tow-boat Connecticut, for- uerly paatenger steamboat running between this city and New York, reached Albany with a flotilla. Commodore Tem- ple, the old river man, in charge. Tne deck presented a strange appearance. It was covered with a repulsive yellow mass, and the other parts of the veaael were all bssmtsiad with an odd-looking nub stance. Commodore Temple said : About 11 o'clock last night I was standing on the forward deok. Jutt at we ware passing " Perry't Reach " the atmosphere suddenly darkened and be- came tilled with ineeota. For a time I was completely dumbfounded. With i sound like a pattor of rain -drops on a window the mass struck the vessel. We were turned into contusion all hands of us. The engine was stopped, and the orew flew aroucd like mad. The ineeote flew into the rooms, oomplatoly filling thtm and driving the men out It waa a sight to ate the men rush about driving the pesky thing* from their faosH The whole thing lasted twenty minute*, but it seemed an boor to those on board. I have seen many queer thicgi dur- ing my boating lifetime, but this is tht worst on record. I was actually soared. Why, I oonld not see the pipe-light*. The bugs oame along so bard that when they struck mo they really hurt. My face lookt as if it had been pounded. The more we killed the more seemed to come. I thought the world was coming to an end when the cloud passed. The darned critters covered the deck nix inches deep. They were the siz of the ordinary grasshopper and bad yellow winge. They oame trom the west and wen travelling east. The now* of tbt strange affair soon l>read, and any number of people went down to the dock to ate the steamboat. The commodore was kept busy telling bit story, and the people that swarmed about faim reminded him, he said, of the crowds of insect* that be saw the night before. TUB now Kl sTABa. Op rll. \t Itn. ..<! k. 1.r M r PluB>hrr < Fracttral Blew A HI* rtcsUrkls* BSjsjBf. A Gnelph despatoh of Thursday night's ayi : To-day some 700 Grangers from the oounties of Y*rk, Grey, Simeoe and Peel paid a visit to tbe Ontario Agri- cultural College here. The party oame in two lection*. Those from the county ot York numbered obout 200, and oame by the regular train from Toronto ; the greater number coming on the Hamilton it North- western from Colling wood, Barrie, Orillia, and other points along the line by special train. Upon reaching here they drove to the College grounds, where they were met by the Preaideiit, Mr. James Mills, and Professor Brown, who extended to them a cordial waloouie. After partaking of lunch in a large, airy tent belonging to tbe institution, Mr. Mill* and Professor Brown, in abort addresses, explained the objects and work- mga of the College. The remainder of tbe day wa* spent in examining the buildings and experimental plot*, and the farm gen- erally. Unfortunately the party visited tbe farm when nothing of importance wa* to be seen in the cattle ahedt, Prof . Brown'* recent live stock importation* being still quarantined at Quebec, and |be fat cattle, which were undoubtedly the inest lot ever, shipped from Guelpb, having been delivered 1 yesterday for export te Great Britain. In the experimental field, however, there wa* plenty to interest and in- struct. Experiment* in oropt are at pretent being carried on with tbe view of ascertaining tbe influence of different manures on the same orope and soil. A new and highly interesting addi- tion to this department ii the introduction ot " tain gauges," lyoemeten and earth thermometers, wbiob record the tempera- ture at different depths. One of the pleas- ing features of the excursion WM tb* pre- sence of a large number of the gentler aex, who teemed te enjoy themselves, and no doubt made a thorough examination of the departments in which they are more directly concerned. These excursion* to thii eminently tuooesef ul College of Agricul- ture are, no doubt. source of great profit to the yeomanry of Ontario, as the presence of those here to-day, who have visited the college three year* in succession, would go to prove. A -TIA l-Kl.TtoniAI. KOTI >< K. Alter Thirty Veen < AIMCSK* ntumrt. HI.AVK or .nAKV ii -.it i i tort ! M.HiiBil. I uoo. d tar I o> . A .Minneapolis, Minn., despatch says : The suicide of James llanlett , while seated at a table in the garden at the rear of Booth's verandah, in company with bis nephew, C. Spencer Pratt, when he drew a revolver and blew bis brains out, is a terrible ending to a romantic love episode. Tbe body bounded several feel into the air and fsll out in tbe middle of tbe aisle. Uaalelt was a highly educated man and oame from an aristocratic family in New York. With his nephew he arrived ID the city from New Yerk en route to the Pacific coast, where the two proposed to pass three months in pleasure keeking. About a mootb ago hi oame east, and expected to claim the hand of a lady at hi* old home, bnt arriving there found that she WM married. Thii disappointment broke his heart. Bine* leaving tor the West tbe thought ol suicide bad been uppermost in bit mind, and it wai with the utmost oars that bis young nephew restrained him from self- destruction. Tbe two entered tbe veran- dah and seated themselves vis-a-vis along tbe tables, where they chatted pleasantly, laying plans for the future, but tbe oonver- sstion of the elder man was constantly broken. In spite of tbe cautious watch kept on him by hia partner, be suddenly drew the revolver from hit belt. A* be did so young Pratt jumped up and endeavored to wrench tbe weapon from bii hand, but by a super- human effort he got the muzzle to his bead and .'rod. Tattooed across the breast of the dead man were these words : " I am the lave of Mary Haslett, ' and on the arms the same words in another form. There wa* a similiar inscription on ths abdomen. These incitions were still deep and appeared to have been borne for some time. Mary liaalstt WM tbe woman alleged to have disappointed him in love, bnt it it said was not hit wife, M the similar names might imply. Haslett was formerly in the sta- tionery business in New York, and had retired from business with a competency. NKVII.I.K A;AIN. Ptoasui A Munoi* (Ind.) telegram says : Thomp- son Walling, formerly a resident of this city, but more than thirty years supposed to be dead, ha* suddenly returned. Mr*. Walling, whom he left a young wife with three children, bat been married twice and ha* lost both husbands. The first husband and wife met last night for the first time sine* 1 "i j'.i. Eight year* prior to that time, April lit, 1841, Walling married Mis* Susannah Shater, a daughter of a prominent farmer, and in 1841), when the gold fever wa* at its height, be went out with a num- ber of gold-aeekan, among whom was Charles MoLaugblin the California mil- lionaire, who was shot in a San Francisco hotel by a railroad contractor. Since 1852 no word wa* received by Mrs. Walling from her h&akand. and a years passed ha was given up as dead. Hi* father's larga estate waa adminis- tered at if snob was the caae, and Mrs. Walling wa* remarried to Horatio V. Wilooxen in 1862. In 1865 Wilooxen wa* killed in a aaw mill, and in 1806 Jeremiah Veaoh married the twice desolmo widow, living with her at Bpringport, Henry County, until his death, in 188'J. In the meantime Vpjaey Wilson, a prominent citizen 'aDd^Juocb friend ot Waiting's, never gave him up, but flooded the west with letter* of inquiry. In February last Walling, while deputy poatma*ter at Waatberby. Oregon, under a postmaster who himself had been abaent from hi* family for twenty years, picked up the letter postmarked Munoie, and directed to the postmaster, and, opening it, found it was an inquiry for him. Correspondence with Wilson resulted, and yesterday Wall- ing returned and tpent last evening with his wife of thirty live years ago. The meeting wa* a sad and impressive one. Years of trouble have brought gray hairs and wrinkle*) to both of them, and the children, who Were littlu more than babies when the father left, have grown up and have families of their own. It is more than likely that a remarriage will close this romantic history. BBVwtVTINU WI*K Til KOkK A Otmm lb. HI. r-.rm.-r te Umlk * iluin.ir. tiim.rif i. Avert pickM. A Detroit despatch aaya : Andrew Long, in jail charged with the murder of hia wife near Muir, made full confession in the presenoe of the sheriff and two others. Hs says about midnight be went to the barn without putting on his pantaloons, got an oak club, and oame baok to the house where his wife wa* in bed. He struck her three or four blow* on the head, and think- ing he had caused her death, be then got a razor and out hi* hands to make the people believe he had been attacked by burglars. Then got a gun and knocked out a light of glass and fired through the opening. He broke off a nail that fastened the window and threw it down, and then went te the barn and turned hi* borne loose. He went baok to the house, took the money out of hit pantaloons, hid il in the straw and carried off the panta loom. He then returned to the house to tee if hi* wife waa dead, and found her still breathing. He took a club and threw it into the grass near his wift't window, after which be started for tht bouse of Frank Connor, te give the alarm. He threw the razor into a pasture lot on the .y . When he returned be found hi* wife still alive. He says he ha* a disMnol re- collection of all that transpired, and did it an deliberately a* he would go out and get an armful of wood. He aayt he oaiiuot give any reason lor killing her, except be thought he ought to. This is tne mott brutal and cold-blooded murder ever com- mitted in lona county. The motive which induced Long to commit the crime i* still locked in bis own guilty breast. The con- fession was made at hi* requeet. The money wa* found in the place where he said he bid it. WAV S)N HVCIAL.IM.il. All ! A I- I Mvrlrllr* rtapsirri -Hii-lorrmnr A Berlin cablegram says : Field Martha! Baron Von Manteuffel. Governor of Alsace- Lorraine, ha* begun a vigorous and relent- lee* warfare against Socialism in that Province. He bat dissolved a number of workingmen'e associations, evening schools and benefit societies, charging that they were vehicle* for the propagation of Social in tic doctrine*, and were in fact nurseries and hot-beds of sedition. Among the benefit organizations thus suppressed U the Germania Society, and at its members axe almost all Germans much surprise and indignation U ex- preeaed at it* suppression. The measure* for tht repreeaiou of Komalitm have also extended te the expulsion from the Pro- vince of two workmen named Diebel and r'roedler. The specific charge against these men is that they have been endeavoring to secure the election to the German Keioh- stag of llerr August Babel, the famous Socialist leader, woo is now a member of the Saxony Diet. The severity of these meaauret forma a marked oontraat te the liberality which has hitherto characterized the rule of Baron Von Manteuffal, and U is aid be ha* received a bint trom Prince Bitmatck te the effect that he must stamp out Boeialiim at any cost, or a new governor will be appointed far Aleaoe-Lorraine. <.KHIO> - tSJL,BBA t OPIUM WBBVr. Alarwsloa Ouibrralt l ihr Hlu. in n .- M. b lie. A Pan* oablegram to-day aayi : Tbere re alarming reports of cbolera at Toulon. It it saU tliat two hundred deaths occurred yesterday and tbe oily is in a state of panic. The Government has ordered the barraoka to be evacuated and sanitary pre- cautions are being rapidly taken. Eight thousand persons left Toulon yesterday. In consequence of deaths of pupils in the schools tue remainder of the pupils have been sent home. L.t : i'ii . The report of cholera at Teuton is confirmed. The troops and dock laborers faavt beon chiefly attacked. The disease it pronounced Asiatic cholera, and quaran- tine has beon established everywhere. Lelia .feunson, female member of tbe Boston bar, lias distinguished herself in winning a unit for a deserted wife, who ined for the custody ot hsr children. Mis* Lillian Kuasell ha* been engaged to Appear at th* Alliarnbra Theatre, London, fine will make her appearanoe in Bnmand's burlesque, " Itlaok Eyed Susan. Th* friendship between great men is rely intimate or permanent. It IB a Bofwell that most appreciate* a Johnson Genius hM no brother, no co-mate ; the love it inspirM U thai of pupil or son. A dry air store hM been constructed by Lord Fitabardinge at hi* Berkley CMtle farm in KogUnd, with ths object of asoer taming whether it i* practicable to store butter whan it i* 1*. ptr pound, nctil win- let, when it would fetch !i. Tbr R* K ii> Barmri I.Ik. I. i. ,i. the I o.cmr. >., ,,,,,, A Toledo deepateh say* : Ths boorish woundrel who calls himself " Sir Oharles Neville, Bart.," was brought before the grand jury of Lucas Co., O , on Wednesday for indirtuip"* on two charges, one for bigamy and the other for perjury. The result is not yet officially known by Mr. Moore, attorney for Mr. Whitney, but there is no room for doubt that he will be indicted on each count. Among the new witnesses for the prosecution wa* Rev. Mr. Brioe, of Newark, N. J., who performed, ae he thought, the marriage ceremony which united a Newark lady to George Perry -a* Neville waethen known. Previous to the priaooer'i appearanoe before the grand jury he was taken into the Sheriff's office, where he wa* met by Rev. Mr. Brioe, who advanced, extended hia hand and saying, ' How are yon, i'eny." Neville appeared te recognize the Newark gentleman at once, and responded to the salutation cordially. " Do you know me?" asked Mr. Brioe. "Ob, yes, you're from Newark," taid Neville, who the next instant discovered Mr. Moore attorney for Mr. Whitney sitting back of the door, at which be turned pale and began stammer- ing doubt* a* to the identity of the Newark gentleman. At the oate now ttand* it neeniH very probable that Nirille will serve from 10 to 15 year* at Columbus. Mr. Wilkint, fishery overseer, left Belle- ville yesterday for the baok country with 300,000 speckled trout and aalmoo trout fry, which will be deposited in the northern Rev. G. Bract, B.A., of St. John, N.B., WM yesterday morning, at Kingston, mar- ried te the youngest daughter of the late Dr. Diokdon, Medical Superintendent of Kookwood Asylum. A mat maay workmen have been r- Mated in Wanaw. Lodz and other Polish town*, on the charge of being AnarohisU. A Very *>M lu la I tbcr i|n. MII- ll.n. lnolx-,1. A New York telegram says . Ksrnan's agency says that owing te the phytioaJ condition of Commodore Garrison, bis friend* have advised him to make an assign msnt in order to protect all hi* interests. He hat liabilities of about live millions, with aeaets of fifteen millions. He baa no interests io Wall street. His liabilities will be liquidated and he will then retire from active business. Terry says he can give no idea of the condition of Garrison's affaire. He i* a very old man, sick and feeble, and his bodily condition is tuch that be cannot take care of hit bnaineu. Melville C. Day, hia son-in-law, thinks with oarafdl manage- ment there will be far more than enough to pay all claims in full. Oarrison hat been partially prostrated by the heat and ex- citement and it quite ill. Hi* failure created great excitement in Wall street. Amongst the preferences art the Bank of California, S0 000 ; Bank of New York and National Banking Association, $UOO,- 000 ; Union Pacific Trust Company, S100 - 000 ; T. W. Pearaull A Co., 150,000 ; Kmet A- Moore, 930,000 ; Michigan Car Company, 170,000. IF il i li ol 'I Ihodl. I Kl.hup. A Philadelphia telegram sayt : Bishop Simpson died this morning. The distin- guuned Bishop of the M. . Church of the United States was born in Cadiz, Ohio, on the 21 tt of June, 1810. He lost hi* father while still an infant, and the whole o*re of bis education devolved upon bis mother. He took the degree of M. D. in Madison College in 1H33. He, however, felt it hit duty to preach, and was licensed a* a local preacher . he was ordained a deacon in 1835, and elder in 1837. He WM Vice- President of Alleghany College from 1841 to 1851, and professor of natural science. In 1848 be WM appointed editor of the H'ntern Chrittian Adioeatt, and WM made Bishop in 1852. He WM a warm personal friend of Lincoln, and contributed greatly by bis zeal and eloquence te sustain tbt cause of the Union during the civil war. n I n. mi. 'loih, i . Nrglect. A Camden, N. J., despatch lays Mn. Mary Ann Ctsaady became deranged recently on account of the death of her husband. To add to her afflict ion her three children were attacked on Friday with scarlet fever and diphtheria. The mother refused to give the boy medicine and be died on Sunday morning. When the doctor called yesterday the insane woman drove him from the bouse and became so vuleut that the neighbor* were afraid to approach her. The doctor informed tht Health Inspector, who went upstair* and met a aiokeniog eight. The dead body wai rapidly decomposing and tte two other children were almost at the point ol death in the same room. The health oftioer disinfected the bouse and placed a nurse in charge of the children. EGYPT'S PATE. A Crowded Ujiumoxk*) to Hemr Oladatone's) Spoh. FRENCH AND BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS. A London blegrarn sty* : Tbe House of Common- M packed this evening to it* utmost CH. .c.ty. the members' bench** being full occupied, and the naileries crowded v. ,ih people anxious to bear Mr. Gladstone's statement cf tbe preliminary negotiations for tbe Egyptian Conference. The Prinoe of Wales, and scores of mem- bers of the nobility, occupied seats in the 1'een' gallery. The Liberals to-night are profuse in tbeir expression! of approval of Mr Gladstone's presentation of the subject, and tbe Tories are thoughtful and indis- posed to talk. Mr. Gladstone said the neutralization of Egypt would be deferred until England withdrawa trom the country. He stated tbe provisional conference of the powers would decide with regard te Egyptian finan- ces, but no decision which they might form would be in force until Parliament gave il* assent. In tbe Lords Earl Granville explained the conference scheme. Lord Salisbury said tbe statement of the Foreign Secretary contained much that WM precious to British interett* and WM full of menace for the future peace ot the world. A Pari* cablegram tayi : In the Cham- ber cf Deputies tc- lay M. Ferry eaid in 1884 France has been quite inactive a* far a* Egypt is concerned, inasmuch a* ah* declined to take part in the British expedi- tion. It WM too late now to think of reviving a scheme ot co-dominion. Egypt is neither French nor Euylisb ; her fate is a matter of concern to all Europe, and will always be European question. Mr. Gladstone'* Government reoogaized the fact, and WM the first to propose the naturalization of Kg) pt. Franoe ha* tb* beet chance possible to settle the question with the Gladstone Cabinet. It is neces- sary that harmony be maintained between two nations whona aooord U so important to the peace and liberty ol the world. (Applause). Il is necessary also to limit the Ecglian occupation of Egypt, bnt France ha* no intention ot tubmitung a French occupation. OPERATIONS. is telegraphed that OIL, -.III I IM. > . . M. r ill ,,.,.. n-lun ! \ ., i, T|, n I , , . in tor iho lln..in IMI I- 1. I.I A Titnsvill* (Pa.) despatch lays . From all parts of the oil region reports are favor- able to the proposed shut-down. Except with wells already under way, work is being suspended if the Alleghany, Brad- ford, Middltfield and Maoktburg districts. In the latter district all the operator! bnt one have joined the movement, and the prospects are that by July lit there will be little new work In hand from Riohburg te Pittaburg. Some drillers and tool dressers are preparing to leave the region. Eight men in Warren have applied for passports to Iius% , they intend going to the oil fields at Bf.ku, on tht Caspian Sea. The Hurfwlck ll>ii(ino la I iubir. A Butlalo telegram saya : John Green- wood, a watch tinker, WM brought to No. 5 station by a police oftioer who found him on the street acting in a strange manner. He WM partially intoxicated, and tht police surgeon recommended that hi be sent te jail for a few day* te sober up. Greenwood says he oame from Sandwich, Ont , where be acted M hangman at au execution. He aaaarta that ths frisnds ot the dead criminal are after him. Mil ! t >! d mi Kalrn.loD. A Montreal despatch says : Mr. Bamutl Canley, the head of the great retail dry goods house here, baa taken action through Messrs. Abbott, Tail A Abbott against llradttrttt'i commercial agency for V.X),000 damages for circulating reports among its clients that plaintiff bad Mked hit English creditors for an extension of time. Plaintiff denies that there wa* any ground for the impeachment. lloi,. for ih, Ol.l M.ld. Now let old maids anxious for husbaudt, and rich oues, too, rise up and bestir them- selves. A close etudy of Swinburne, Koeaetti, Ella Wheeler and other poet* of the fleshy and passionate school, will en- able them to use tbe proper vocabulary and style, and a short term in prosody will do the rest. Then let them put all the love- sick longings and maudlin tenderoea* they can find in sentimental noveli and bad digestion into rhyme, and publish il, even it it ban to be paid tor at fall advertising rates. Soon bachelor* all over tbt land will cry for quarter and ruth into matrimony to escape the deluge of tender verses, ani so shall the great army of old maid* grow small by degree* and beautifully lea*. Cleveland Leader. The polka, which WM introduced into England acme 40 years ago, is in rhythm simply the Polish national dance known M he fcrmkoviak. Billy Emerson, toe minstrel, also arrived in the Oregon. Out of hii professional friendfi aays Emenon is going to Ban Franohoo to get married to a wealthy lady Lotto will return from Kurope early in September, and will oommenoe her American tour at Dkly'a Theatre, N. Y., on tbe 15th of the name month, and she will begin her MMOO In an English adaptation of tbe French vaudeville by Mi-ilhao and M*laud entitled, " Nitoucht." Mr. John A. Btevea* U writing new play which he will produce lext season under the title of ' A CbriitmM Gift. The Queen hM reigned exactly forty seven years to-day. In 'be case of G. T. Tolly, the ex-English baok manager, held for extradition on tbe charge of forgery, at New York, the oourt decided yesterday that his aots purporting to be giving receipts far investments in tbt funds of tbe bank did not amount to foa- gery, M he WM an agent ot the bank and acting in the course of bis duty. Tolly WM therefore discharged. Us was immediately re-arrested in a oivil suit for recovery of the amount of hie peculations. The anthracite coal companies have de- cided to suspend production for two weeks next month, and to advance tht price of stove and chestnut coal twenty- five and fifteen oeu ts per ton retpesti vsly. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the American millionaire, hM returned to London from a prolonged ooaobing tour in the south of England. He praise* highly tht excellent road* and the social habit* ot ths people. l'tl, N.Y-.on Aug. 6th will cslebrale the 107 anniversary of ths battle of Orii- kamy, in which Gen. Hsrkimer toll, by un veiling monument to the hsroet of that From Cairo it is telegraphed that the position of DongDha is regarded M becoming more and more desperate. Tbe commander of tbe camel force together with 300 men, have joined the enemy. Tbe Governor of Gondola reiterate* hi* demand, or succor, and advice* tbe Christians there te embrace Islamism in order to facilitate their return to Egypt. Tbt Porte hM 1.3,000 men ready to Mud to Upper Egsfit. It u intended tbat they hall disembark at a port on the Ked sea This action is due to the newe that there U imminent danger of ths Mahdi's move- ment spreading into tledjaa There i* a panic at Assouan on account of the rebel ad vanoe. 1 1 i* reported that ths Porto will poet a force of 10,000 men M an army of observation on tbe Egyptian frontier near El Ariah. Another English regiment it going M Kenob. half way between Aasiont and Assouan. II WM - Hi lloin. A city lady, while oul " shopping " tb* other day, after teasing tbe clerks beyond the forebearanot limit, pomponily ordered a spool of thread to be tent to her bouse. She WM surprised and her neighbors wen intensely interested shortly after the bad arrived at home. A common dray, drawn by four bones, proceeded slowly up -to her door. On the dray, with bare armi, were number of stalwart laborers. They watt holding on vigorously te some object which she could not see. ll WM a most puzzling affair. Tbe neighbors stared. After a deal of whip-cracking and otber impressive cere- monies, tbe cart was backed against the curb. Tbere, reposing calmly, end up, U the centre of tbe cart door, WM the identi- oal spool of thread which the had " ordered." Il teamed to be coming all right. With the aid of a plank, it WM finally rolled, barrel fashion, safely to tht sidewalk. After a mortal struggle it WM " up-ended " on the purchaser's doorstep. ss> Wuir4 Bur TIB**. Tbt story is told that a young man wrote to Henry Ward Beeoher, commend- ing himself M being very honest and anxious to gel on. His letter closed with the request "Please get me an easy situation, where my honesty may be re- warded." Mr. Beeober gave that young man tome advice which probably MI him thinking. It WM to the effect : > Don't be an editor, if you would have ' an easy time.' Do not try tbe law. Keep out of tbe pul- pit. Avoid aohool-keeping. Let alone all ships, stores, snops and merchandise. Abhor politics. Don't prsotise medicine. Be not a farmer nor a merchant , neither soldier nor a sailor. Oen't study. Dout think. Don't work. None of them an easy." These restrictions must have sadly narrowed the sphere of that young man ambition. What WM there' left? aavt the professional baseball club or tbe police force. , | i r At Walla**}-, Cheahire, England, tbe otber day, Mm. Craven WM summoned for libelling Mr. Edward Moms, optician, Liverpool and New Brighton, in letters accusing him of poisoning his wife. Tb* authorship of the letter* WM admitted, and Mr*. Graven pleaded that tbe statement! were true and capable of being justified. She WM rim m it ted for trial at the Awii/es, and application waa thin m*de for warrant againtt Mr. Morrii on the charge of murdering hii wife. Mr. Morrii WM at onoe taken into eoitody and remanded. It is stated that an application will be mads to the Home Secretary for leave to exhume the body of Mn. Morris. The hearing in the HammeraUy will *e*e lias beeu adjourned to October during which tame Becky Jonet, who refuted to answer on the stand, will remain in Lad- low street jail. A handsome granite monument in the form ot a Seoteb cross, i ;, f set in height, has been erected in Dutbie Park, at Aber- deen, to commemorate tbe gallant conduct t the Qardon Highlanders in the Egyptian