The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

! the hssiia*; ! the rather. A last Saturday night's Cobonrg despatch ays : About 3 o'olook this afternoon a das- tardly shooting affray took place in this town. A young man named Andrew MoGuire, a painter, kept company with a girl uauied Maggie Tucker for aoms time pant. MoGuire has been drinking freely of late, and Miss Tucker refused to bave any- thing to say to bim. This morning McGuire bought a seven-shooter revolver for the purpose of shooting ber. He went about 13 o'clock to ber father's residence, and after being around tbe bouse some time watching for the girl, her father, John Tucker, came home aud ordered bim away. MoGuire refused to go, and Tucker then told bim be would go aud get some one to put him away. Tucker went over to Mr. Dnmtale'a, where bis son was working, asking bun to go for tbe polio*. In tbe meantime MoGuire went around to the back yard and found an axe, and started breaking in the front dcor. Not suooeedjng with tbe axe he got a heavy sledge hammer and smashed it in. Tucker, arriving before MoGuire entered tbe bouse, ordered him away the second time, when he drew tbe revolver and fired two shots al Tucker, the first one missing him and tbe second taking effect in tb* stomach. He now lies in a precarious condition. Being an old man of about 70 yeais of age it ia thought be can- not anrvive. MoGuire was arrested and placed in jail. I'll I -. M I. \ t I I. 1C w ib. Death BpMratle u,..i,.u,.,i In rl)*ulk. F. A last (Thursday) night's Plymouth, Pa., despatch says : Four deatbs occurred dur- ing tbe nigbt from tbe plsgue. Twenty-one new oases are reported. Due physician is prostrated with tbe distiasti. and another exhausted from overwork. Many ease* of destuntijn are reported, and food is being distributed by a relief committee. It it now believed tbe disease is typhoid fever. Tbe committee of physicians who ex- amined tbe Plymouth water with reference to tbe presrnt epidemic report this evening that they hav e discovered a satisfactory explanation of tbe epidemic. At tbe bead waters of tbe mountain streams supplying Plymouth with water is a bouse in which typhoid feuer baa prevailed during tbe last three months. Tbe excreta of tbe sick were thrown into a oloset forty feet from tbe stream and washed into tbe streabi by tbe March raius. Tbe fever broke out about two weeks after tbe stream was polluted, and thus far 1,000 persons were poiaoued. About eighty. nve have died, with deatbs daily. There were five death* up to noon to-day. CANADIAN AVVAIKa IN BNULAND. What ibr Hrliaa MM *b, *lo War A "uint .11. >n il the I unit- The o..,- A last (Friday) night's London cable says : Accounts published in the London dailies concerning the battle between Col. Otter and tbe Indians under Ponndmaker are so very conflicting that in many quar- ters fears bave arisen lest the gravest consequences may follow upon tbe with- drawal of tbe Canadian forces from tbe field of tbe engagement. It baa been suggested from an influential quarter that tbe Imperial Government aol as mediators between tbe Dominion Gov- ernment and the half-breeds. Tbs official telegram issued to-day allays tbe anxiety to some extent. There is great need of official news being early sent concerning an) important event. Sir Usury Tyler and Mr. Renter, of the Grand Trunk Railway, will sail fur Canada next Thursday. Tbe departure of tbe voyagenrs is deferred. Lord Derby baa been officially requested to convey to Her Majesty tbe voyagsurs' satisfaction and appreciation of Her Majesty's message. The invalids among the voyageurs are doing well. A KKAKt't I. L.BAP. A II "ii Car in-h< . I i, tough a Draw Hi I.I K , I Pecale Kill. .1 A Outrun despatch nays : About 9 o'olook yesterday morning Arthur Brodie, son of 1'. It. Brodie, agent of tbe Michigan Central at Grosse Isle, another man named Thompson, Editb Jennings and Allen Baby, of Detroit, started on a band ear from Bloonm's Junction to Grosse Isle. Wben a few rods from the Canada Southern bridge, connecting Grosse Isle with the mainland, tbe man in charge of the bridge, unaware of tbe approach open tbe draw. good rate of speed, and Thompson and tbe girl jumped off. Brodie and tbe bay Baby, however, were apparently dazed at tbe sight of tbe open araw, and stood stock still, while the band oar with it* two occu- pants tumbled headlong into tbe water. They were Been struggling in the river by some of the company's employees, and very means were exerted to save them, but without success. of tbe hand oar, swung Tbe oar was going at a I n HO, . Ntrthe in A Paris cablegram says : The very suc- cess of the tailors' strike at tbe beginning has been the oanm of its ultimate failure. Not less than 75000 persons connected with tbe tailoring business went out on a demand for an increase of wages and a reduction of hours of labor. There is a certain amount of justice in both demands, for the hours the Parisian tailor wot ks are excessive and bis wages are terribly low. But tbe depression of business has been so general that tbe employers of labor did not feel justified in aooedingto thedemacds of tbeir employees and the strike became general. But tbe strikers and their families constitute a large army requiring food. Tbe funds of tbe tailors' association were soon exhausted, and the other unions not being able to contribute further to tbe support of tbe strikers they will have to soon yield. The Euglish tailors refrained from taking any part in tbe strike, and they havo been reaping a harvest in fancy prices for tbeir services for pressing work. _ _ A young man who was not long since a stockbroker's clerk in Wall street now pays 10.000 a year for a Scotch moor, and 1.600 a year for a hunter. He married Lady Agnes Tollemaebe Scott, lister to tbe aged and eccentric Earl of Dysart, upon whose death sh* will become a oonotess in ber own right. BUMIA III I Hem ntsmt Net he maul*aa- lhaa Ghlfla .oio Back a*) the -.. r. London cables say : Earl Gran- ville'i diplomatic position baa been weakened by recent advice* from Lord Dufferin that the Afghans are not quite ai ontbnsiaatio in their devotion to tbe British s tbe recent declarations of tbe Ameer intimated. It IB reported a tierce discontent prevails among the tribal cbisfs, owing to the rumors that the Ameer bad S'ven bis sanction to tbe marching of ritibh troops through Gandabar in tbe case of war. Tbe chiefs put no credence in the Ajaeer'e positive denials, aud are loud in their denunciation of bis supposed action. A at. Petersburg despatch states that Baron DeOiers ban informed Sir El ward Thornton that Russia declines making reference to Herat in tbe further progress of tbe negotiations with England. GranviJle in stated to have signed an agreement on the scope of tbe proposed arbitration, which leaves matters between England and Rossia open for settlement without reference to an arbitrator. Tbe Anglo-Turkish alliance has not yet been completed. Tbia is attributed to Oranville's withdrawal of tbe proposed terms on prospect of peace with Russia. Tbe negotiations bave led to a closer entente with tbe Porte on the Oladstone policy. The Journal Je Si. Pttertbourg thinks Gladstone may anticipate Sir Stafford Nor.hoote's motion of censure wi h emprise for both oi'pouenls and friends. 'IH I* TOO !UI *l I.. OM.Iil -1 III MUM l-l. The t'sar lel a Meaalle i Tw* Yeara \ h,u I h. , Will ! II no .,,.,- lion U FriheBBl*g. A last (Sunday) night's Kbarkoff cable says: A Nihilist congress was held here last week. A tort of Nihilist reformation has been proclaimed on principles no longer confined merely to tbe destruction of tbe existing social system, but to tbe creation of a new system, capable at any moment of being pat in force and of fulfilling all requirement.-, for tbe administration of the State. Tbe congress has decided thai tor two years no attempt shall be made against the life of the Czar nor any member of tbe Imperial family. Every possible effort will be made to induce the Czar to insue tbe constitution that waa actually signed by the late Czar on the day of bis aaai>t>iua- tion, but wbiob was never promulgated. A copy of this ukase was read and unani- mously approved of by tbe congress. Tbe constitution is of the most liberal charac- ter, and is based on that of Germany. If at tbe expiration of two years the Czr refuses to grant tbe constitution tbe policy of aasssimation and terrorism will be inaugurated, on a roale never yet attempted. Nihilism extntH to-day in more force than ever, and baa power ta overturn the entire social fabric at one blow. Over 4,000 officers of the Russian army are in tbe Nihilut ranks. An Anglo- Busman war would not be an element to be made active use of by tbe NihilinU. They would work heart and. soul with tbe Gjvernmtul to fight tbe common ooemy. A '!..,!, ,,, II.,, ., . A Brussels cable says : Tbe trial of tbe woman Van der Linden, alter la* ting oiote on three week* at Tbe Hague, has terminated in a verdict of guilty. Tbe woman is known aa " tbe Leyd< u poisoner," and is supposed to bave committed sixty murders, although she was pronecuted only for four, committed kinoe November, 1881 Tbe trial waa conducted before seven Judge?, and tbe evidence went tjsbow that while tbe prisoner's general object was to obtain tbe burial allowance of her victims, she frequently poisoned people out of sheer wantouress,or, It waa suggested, in making experiment* with ppieous, of wbioh she bad a large variety. The medical experts who examined her testified that she was per- fectly iane and fully renponiible for ber actions. She was sentenced to penal servitude for life, capital puuinhmenl hav- ing been abolished in Holland. lor. 41,, .1,1 of I-. M.I ..i.llu.l. lh,,n Uealh. At tbe Manchester Assizes, Jas. Smith, 40 yean of age, was indicted for having 01 counterfeit coins in his possession, an offence of which he had been previously con- victed. Oil being found guilty, be said be bad tried hard to get work, but could not do no, being without a character, and the polios gave bim no peace. He made a plaintive appeal for " just one more chance. " Mr. Justice Wills said tbe prisoner must be sternly punished and society protected for a long time. Tbe prisoner" Do give me one more obanoa. I am old and crippled. Do not *end me into penal servitude. My con- victions are only (our." The Judge" Tbe sentence is ten years' penal servitude." The prisoner (excitedly)" Sentence me to be bung before you do that. I will kill my- self. I will never do penal servitude never." Tbe prisoner was then removed from tbe dook. Ice In the N*rth Allaatle. A 81. Johns (Nfld ) despatch says : Tbe mail steamship Caspian, from Liverpool to Baltimore, arrived here this morning. Captaia Barrett reports being forced to go down to tbe forty-fourth parallel to escape a vast belt of ice, 360 miles wide, east aud west, and extending southward to the tail of tbe Groat Banks. Icebergs as low down as the forty-fourth parallel innumerable, and are to bs hundreds. are simply counted bv imi -i i. rellrlir. Mrs. MoNamara " Yes, Mrs. Cummin- key, I've been married now goin' on twenty- three year, and Mao and I bavs niter had a serious quarrel." Mrs. "Well, thin, it's a happy woman yon ought to be, for many's the row Peter and I bave bad, God be good to us all." Mrs. MoN. " Oh, for that matter, we've bad bard words time and agin, and maybe now and thin a blow, but what I mean is I niver bad to oa'l in tbe police." New York Sun. While Alexander Hibbard, aged 16, of Milwaukee, Wis., was tossing up a trade dollar and attempting to catch il in bis sleeve, tbe money struck bis month and be swallowed it. All tbe prominent physi- cians in tbe city are being consulted on the w a V (i.h >. u i. h ~i. arm. Wh* Tee* J our xt uhoui r*tral AM. A Scotch professor has made up his mind never again on any omiBideratiou whatever to tell his student! what a uign opinion be haa of tbe "Dead March in Saul." Mntio, says tbe St. Jama*' Oatette, is the delight of bis declining years, and be puts the fatuous march before every- thing. " If a student," be explained, on one unlucky day to his attentive class, " were to tell me that be bad absented himself from a lecture in order to bear the 1 Dead March in Saul,' I would consider his excuse valid." Tbe rasb aaaertion wan received with cheers. Next day tbe class waa very tbinly attended, and tbe lecture interrupted by tbe entrance of tbe janitors with notes. " Dear Sir : " these read, I hope yon will excuse my absence to-day, as I am off to bear the 'Dead March m Saul.' " " Dear Sir : Having beard iht tbe ' Dead March in Saul ' in to be played to-day at tbe cemetery, I find myself unable to t.ta,y s>way from it. Hopmg you will, etc." "Der Sir: You will be pleased to hear that, after your remarks cf yester- day on tbe uubjSci of the 'Dead Match in Saul,' I have bought a flute, etc." Tbe poor man bore up tec a time, but tbe notes of absence went from bad to worse. " Dear Sir," they began to read, " I was yesterday so fasomuted by tbe ' Dead March in Saul ' that I propose making a careful study of this solemn measure. In these circum- stances I hope you will overlook my neoes sary absence from the lectures for tbe next few days." " Dear Sir : 1 regret tbal ou the first hearing it, tbe ' Dead March in Saul ' made lean imprensicu ou me than I bad expected. As 1 v. juld be reluctant, however, to judge tbe \ leoe by Buob uligbt acquaintance, I shall, itb your permission, attend to-morrow's recital." And, wornt cf all, "Dear Sir: "We, tbe uuderaigned, bave pleasure in inf Arming you tbat we have joined a music clam tor the pnrpone of praotuing tbe 'Dead March in Haul.' Unfortunately, tbe (racuniug take* place during tbe hour of y cur leotuns, which will prevent our attendance at ili latter being as regular as we could bave wiahed." II..I . Illfc I.. It, Mil,. When the oarsman or tbe pedestrian, lu training for wime great net-, has done bin work for tbe day, he carefully defends him- self against cold ur draught. When he baa donned dry clothing he takei grateful rest, and each day he has well-regulated sleep. ilia diet ia carefully selected. Everything, in fine, ia done to guard, sustain and increase bis vit%l energies, while tbe extra work involved ia practical training g.ea on. I* tbtre any kiL,d cf work or training much harder tbsn tbo work done by mauy youi g girls 10 festive seasons? For three or lour days each week bix If they git tbtir wiob they dancu (*cd lull) alrnoat ooutiuu- onsly from V or ru in the evening to t or 3 or later in tuo luoruiug. AIILS aud nsok too cfteu, air<>, Buuuldore aud tx>tom are exposed, and nuffer altercations ol warmth ana cold tuch an a strong, hairy- ohtsted sailor v>ouid uot care to endure, and certaMly would uot eadnre even it he weLt allflay bare-cheated and bare-armed AtOLeolmeut a fair dancer is per>i>iriuK in tbe w 7nu, moist and uot overpure air o( the ball-room, at another eujjymg a resettling but motl dangerous obiU iu aouiecool room thoughtfully yet thought- lessly prepared for ttie ojiufort ol tbe dauocis. Unwholesome food is sup,!!, d to thami much-tired girla, at unsuitable aud irregular times, aud to be consumed under oouUitioLm very unfavorable tj health. An unwbulesomo excitement encourages them to exertions far beyond their strength, and keeps them (latei) from tbeir ret when rest is most necessary. They grow haggard a* tbe season ad- vances. Wort-e, in tbeir ouinion (though in tru'.b it is nature's warning), they ceaae to be attractive. They grow fretful ana irritable it ia tbe outcry of nature's safety-valve. Well for them if, at the end of the festive season, they are able to recover a part of tbeir lost energies during fc*-t Tit-UK** BUfeNIK. some among those Bucoesbive seaeous a more or IOBK prolonged period of real ana dnlues*. Not a few sink under the ttraiu. Tbe wonder u that so many survive. Oue would expect all who bave been expoaed during several seasons to so severe a trial to show tba tffeotain au after life of weak- ness and siokness. But altbouKb, unfortunately, this is tbe case with mauy, there are always who stand many of such folly (there is no other word for it) who may be pointed to as living proofs tbat there is no real barm iu the prosess those, to wit, who, being ex- ceptionally strong, have stood tbe strain beat. Jast aa there are some venerable old ladies who, bltnsed originally with splendid ooustitntiouH, bave borne, ULnmobiugly and apparently unharmed tbe barbaria m of tight laaiug, and are pointed out by observ- ers sa living proofs that tight lacing dues no barm, but i* rather beneficial than otherwise (tbe cause, perhaps, of tbeir flue ooustiutioiih !) so there are always mauy so stalwart m our race who remaining h till strong after years of dissipation, are sup- posed to prove that there is no barm but rather good in this " sowing of feminine wild oats." Boms '.'r< iir. n- Ballast. members of the Mew York Yacht Club propose to use as ballast during tbe oomiuf season flasks of mercury. Tbe idea that liquid ballast will aid a vessel's pro- gress by the impact of its swaying is very widespread, and waa certainly in vogue many years ago, aa Lord Melwin is said to bave used it in naval operations by fasten- ing otiks of water from tbe mainbtay for the purpone of increasing tbe speed of tbe vessel. Mercury would form a nuperior ballast, as ita heaviness would reduce tbe centre of gravity of H yacht tower than an equal weight of lead or iron, but it seems strange tbat its liquid state should credit it with tome I *t< nt means for augmenting tbe speed of a craft. Engineering. In Patagonia, they fine a man two goats for killing bis wife. The law is very strict on tbe subject, too, and if the fine isn't promptly paid be i* compelled to marry again. Tbat makes him hustle around for tbe goats. liinghimpton Rrfublican. A farmer near Maoon, On., has 100,000 willows growing os his place. He ban set out 80,000 this seasou, aud will not his entire levee with them, A ton to the acre is tbe average yield, and wben dried they are worth Jaoo a ton. The stad risar* H, ,-a I .uu ll.krrUK.hr,. (Londos Letter in Philadelphia Tim**.) I bave seen a thing quite marvellous in ita way. 1 bave seen a far-off result of a great war, of the dethronement of a reign- ing sovereign, of tbe exile of the last inhabi- tants of the Tuileries. I have seen tbe ex-Empress Eugenie sitting up at tbe counter of an upbolaterer'u shop pricing a curtaiu silk, feeling il to verify tbe value of iu texture, objecting to its color, asking to be shown something else something of the aame kind, only different ; a little more BO, iu fact, or perhaps not quite so much, exhibiting, aa one may say, tbe very indecision of plain Mm. Jones or Brown, who wishes to get lull value for her money and ia not going to make a mistake if sbe oan help it. Yes, there the sat, the beautiful Eugenie ds Montijo, Comtease de Teba, ex-Empress of tbe French, now Called, when travelling, tbe Comtesee de Pierrefoods. I was walking rapidly down the central aisle of the shop, myself bent on the acquisition of curtain materials for the deocration of my own lodgment, when my eyes fell upon the impociug form and tbe striking features of Ibe Empress. At first I thought I must be mistaken, for who would dream tbat a sovereign even an ex ? would so lose sight of tbe divinity tbat doth hedge a king an to sit down a>t an upholsterer's counter and bold converse witb one of the saleameb ? But there could be no mistake. It was she- These are indeed days of social upheavals. Sbe waa dresaed in deepest mourning, tbe widow's garb. The long, wteping " fall " ul crap j depending from her bonnet waa aomewnat lacking 10 freabueBit, jnat as it 1s witb plebeian widows after a few wear- ings m this mouty, misty climate of Great Britain. Her oasbsaere cloak, trimmed with crape, waa drawn in at the waist bebad, the better to adorn a figure which ia mil symmetrical, aud tbe beauti- ful, taper-fingeied bands were encased iu black glovea which tilted without a single wrinkle. Nor was this celebrated lady devoid of sume semblance of a courtly snr- rounding. Turee ladies accompanied ber, and by their deferential manner plainly kbowed how far above theomelvea they held the bittcrio pemonage with whom they bad tDe honor to be atfejoiated. Iu Lou- don, during the course of a long reuJeuoe, one tees to mauy potentate*, reigning or having reigned, t>o maiy Serene Iligb- uantB (and also auoh number* of diatuibtd oust), so many priLoeliags of this tort and that, so mauy high pbteed " aud " well born " individuals, etc., aud so on, tbat one king or queen in exile more or leaa ia not a matter to wax eloquent about. Bat Eugenie buying cur- tains in that far from aristocratic locality, the Tottenham Court road 1 At h shop, too, whose very oiaiuapriug of exinteuo* IB iis obeapueaii, combined witb beauty 1 And iu thin f ac of later yeara 1 found tbe otber day the vory beauty of tbe bygone time, HUbdued gouily by age aud sorrow. Tbe golden locks are very silvery now, the witching ryes no longer sparkle as srst tbey did, the form has lost its line of perfect beauty ; but to my eyes the f jrmer loveliness in by no means eradioated, and a paiuter who before sought to huw tbe world bow beautiful waa tbe spouse of tl Third Napoleou may well find iu the lineament- of the dethroned Eugenie tbat Mater Djloruua whose torrowa bave awakened universal sympathy, the inspira- tion which be would require to portray a sauil. Anxious to know what imprension lie made upou those who now saw ber for tbe fimt time I anked my companion, a .l,*i.l*>l AT BB4MIK. The OSftctal K..I.I* ffllablrr n al the UNI I ..l bright and beautiful youug girl, what ah* thought of her. Tbe answer waa a surprise. " Pleasant looking, but not handsome at all." "What! Nothaudtome! Eugenie not haadMine I" " No, not handsome al all," rha reiterated poaitivoly, " but very pleasant looking." Slowly leaving the shop, leaning ou tbe arm of one of her ladies, Eugenie stepped upou the pavement. Sbe walks witb tardy aud cautious tread, and carries a cane, doubtless for use at points of im quality in tbe road beneath ber ; otherwise aba bears il like a fan, say, or, still better, like a scep- tre. Her equipage was a four-seated brougham, drawn by two superb bays. Hsr ooaobman and remarkably tall footman wear mourning, livery, emblem, like the ' Q je liveries, of a woe not mitigated by tbe flight of time. Aa the group of four ladies passed over tbe wide pavement, Eugenie and the elder lady together, arm- in-arm, tbe two younger one* following, the black-coated foolman opened wide tbe carriage door and took off bis oookaded bat, holding u low, at arm's length down, until the faded flower of fickle and ferocious France was safely seated within tbe vehicle. Then tbe c*mage door i* abut with a snap, tbe footman mounts tbe box beside tbe ooaobiuan and tbe nettlesome bays fleetly spurn beneath their hoofs tbe mootb, round atones of the Tottenham Court road. -in. rim, Prawa Vile* Iu September and October, and indeed, ia all the hot month*, flies abound in tbe Nile Valley. Men were to be seen witb tbeir faces veiled, for no sooner did one open one's mouth to npeak tbau fliea flew iu and got into one's throat. They come iu myriada ; their torment ia terrible. ID bet months, between Dongola and Ambn- kol, midges rise at sunrise from tbe river, and, darkening aun and sky, madden those who are unprotected- At sunset they dis- appear. In certain months, in certain places, there is a caterpillar tbat, appear- ing everywhere, works it* way into one's ration-bags, blankets and clothing, and "Number 10" Downing street is exter- nally rather a meau uil ababby-looking two story house, witb nothing about it to indicite ibe official diguily of itsooaupajit, says tbe Lundon Daily Nei. Ou stepping miide, however, the mnbgtr idea* of iu extent at least begin tu tiLaud. Tbe street door opeua into a hall, large, rquare, and decidediy dark, with a g^od fiie burning iu au open grate, an old-fsbioued clock hoarsely ticking on one tide of it, an old- fashioned lamp swinging from tbe ceiling, a Bide table, a chair or two, an umbrella stand and a few soitta ou IM stone floor. From this ball on* seeH down a loop red- carpeted paaaage straight iu front, and there ia nothing leading away at right anglea with it to tbe left. Tbe vista* presented by these two pannages afford aa idea of extent somebs.t worthier of the importance of tbe place tbau tbat likely to be received from the outside, aud wben the visitor begins to explore tbe premises h* soon fiuds them very exteumve aud rather bewildering. From what bos been said ol tbe history of tbe place it will be readily- supposed that these amalgamated house* bave some of tbe merits aud aoine of the faults of the old-fashioned domiciles. On* gets a general sense of rather depresmg gloom, of old-faehioi,ed respectability, rather than of auytbiL^ very pompous or impostor, and, though ine plaoe generally IN characterized by t.nme inconvenient features, it is pervaded by a certain quiet and comfortable dignity of appearance. Proceeding down the passage facing the ball door tbe visitor mav be ushered into tbe dining-room, a rather sombre apart- ment, furnished in a style iu no degree above what miy be found in nvjst bouses of the upper middle olaa*. Near thin room on tbe ground floor is au equally sombre room, fitted up and furnished aa a library, and a double door uueiiing from the same passage admits tbe curioua explorer to that rather awful chimber in wbioh so n>uoh cf tbe world's history been made foi generations past the.oounoil room. It IB here that the momentous Cabinet meetings of Dawning street are held. Beyond two pairs of fin* fluted columns just enough to give a little architectural dignity to tbe obaoiber there U nothing but the annooiatiooa of tbe room to attract any attention. There is a long table aud rows of mahogany leather- covered chairs down eucu aide, aud very little else. This famous com. oil chamber overlooks tbe Palace grouud at tbe back of tbe Horse Guarda, and it appearance, both ou Hide and in, is vatitly Kan impotiug than many a bank honae room in tbe city or council chamber in a country town hall. Upstairs it ia very much aa down below. Tbs place is everywhere very uniuipoHiug aud uupruUudiug comfort- able, Lu; lor the most putt ratber itljomy aud nowhere grand. Mr. Gladstone ha* pleasant, ouzy study overlooking St. Jamea' Park aud tin- parade ground. It is, of course, replete with books and pioturH, bat it is nothing more than a comfortable study. There are two drafting rooms, Nparatei with double folding dcora, wu ou may b thrown open on tpeoial occasions, miking a tolerably large and e0eouv4 saloon. Tbe drawing- room ordinarily used by ihe Prtmier and family it a light and plraaaot tpartment overlooking the park, aud comfortably fur- nished witb just about tbe ordinary style of furniture and kutokuackH to b found in iu jut upper-olaas houre . Mr. Gladstone'* working-room is a large and rather aparsely furuiMit d apartment, which, strictly speak- with its stinging hair* itching and irritation. causes intense Tbe elaborate "icing" used on cards wbere frosted surface i-i desired IB said by the Midland Sltuiral Hitcellany to consist of powdered glass. It in dangerous material to bave about tbe houee, especially where there are children. Tbe girls who manu- facture tbe cards and breathe tbe sharp die'early, or soon become particles of glass Ui; helpless invalids. At tbe recent funeral of Gen. Frabrizt, almost tbe last of the heroic group of patriot soldiers wbo supported Garibaldi, a amall company of the original Oari- baldians (fast thinning), in red ohirts and breasts covered with medals, but otherwise la many cases showing signs of extreme poverty, attracted tbe reverential attention of tbe crowd. All the Garibaldi family came from Caprer* to attend tbe funeral. ing, belongs to tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer's part of the premises. Il i* here that the Premier trauaaots bu-iuee* with bis secretaries or others who may bave to do with him. Iu addition to the rooms that bave been mentioned there are others devoted to the ue f tbe Li bera whip and his secretaries and there are, of course, tbo rooms occupied by tbe Prime Minister's secretaries Tbe whole place, it may be addtd, is direotly connected witb tbe treasury in Whitehall by a stairoaae at Ibe back of tbe boose. Altogether, this official residenon is quite a bewildering agglomeraiiao of business and domestic apartments, but apart from tbe associations of tbe boue there is really nothing very striking or noteworthy. If it were proposed to-morro* to set up an official residence for tbe Prime Miuiiiter of tbe British Empire nobody would tor a moment dream of such a place as this for tbe purpose. Bo very plain and unpreten- tious a dwelling aa thi<t would be felt to be quite out of keeping with tbe dignity of tbe virtual ruler of England, but whether or uot Mr. Gladstone is dliuatii-ned witb hi* accommodation we are not informed. The nggestion that Dover Honae honld be taken for tbe purpose of an official resi- dence originated, we bavo reason to bulieve, not witb the Prime Minister, but witb tbe Office of Works, tbe leans having recently fallen into tbe handa of tbe Crown. Whether tbe change will be made is as yet, we understand, altogether unsettled, and by those who are best informed is consid- ered to be very doubtful. Maa*ae freTrallan. The London Contr<utor nays : " Concern- ing tbe suppression of nmoke from tbe manufactories, it appears tbat in tpite ol compulsory regulations here aud there, matters are iu much tbe name state iu Ger- many aa here ; tbat 11 to say, very little tffuot baa been produced. Herr Wtiulig, though proponing very decided interference in some respects, la of the opinion tbat any attempt to lay down a law an to the ue of any special arrangement of firing would be a failure, as it could only be carried out by such stringent interference, aa would prac- tically destroy many iuduMtries. We hh all never be free from tbo 'smoke nuisance ' till we have no more burning of coal iu grater, Tbe use of gi, which ha* already done so much iu orne directions, will probably gradually do tbe rett. Large works of all kinds will moro and more take to producing ga* and umnn it for all pur poses." American Manufacturer. Tbe iron manufacturers are iu aeaaion at 1'ittsburg, Pa., considering tbe scale ol wageH |>reneuted by the Amalgamated Association. Tbe oppoaition to tbe real* offered seems to be unanimous, and a nnm ber of manufacturers favor tbe tuspeuaion tf work rather than grant tbe prioc demanded. i