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GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND. ,> '; ( i f The MitoLelUtown Policemen Found Guilty of Murder, A last (VVedneHdav) iii({ht'8 Lomlim cable Hik>u : Ti'lt!f(ratn8 from I'raucu rc^purt t)ia( Lord Haliubury'tf condition uauueu anxiety. Uiu reut at Uiuppe has improved bib health, but he can ueNur be robuBt. It in stated, uu what appears to be only tuo reliable authority, that Ilia Lordship is suffering f ruui lin^ht's diuease of the kidneys. Fur years he has been developing the temperak inent and some of the habits of a valbtudV uarian. Nu Knulish Btatesnian ever lived so niu(;b apart from bis colleagues as Lord Kalisbury. Uis ulever wife playsa^reat part in the political, as well as the sucial, relation of Liurd Salisbury's position. It is believed that her intluenae prevents Lord Uandolph Churchill's readmissiou to favor. There is much anxiety among the Gov. ernment supporters respecting the outcome of the Uubliu Castle appeal in the Lord Mayor's case. Bbuuldthe verdict be sup- ported the defeat in the new law will be so glaring that the Castle will have to adopt one of two courses, either smu^tjle inform- ers into proscribed meetings, or refuse to put the law into force. When tbu measure was passed through theCouiinous the weak point just revealed was discussed, but the Ooveriiinent showed no disposition to realixe the expediency of alteration. The rumors of Mr. Balfour's and Lord .Vsli- bourne's resignation in conse<iuenoe of the failure o( the prosecution are untrue. There is reason for believing that there is no foundation whatever for tli« report which has b<:en widely circulated that I'rof. Goldwin Bmith contemplates returning to England with a view to entering the House of Commons. When Mr. Smith went back to Canada recently he told some of his oldest and most intimate friends that ho greatly doubled whether he would ever again cross the Atlantic. At the inquest in the Mitchullstown shootiug case to-day attention was drawn to the fact that the policemen charged with the shooting bad been removed from the dUtrict on the eve of the jury's verdict. The Police Inspector said the men had been removed because their duties in the place had ceased, but they would return if necessary. The Coronei declared that the removal of the police was illegal, improjwr. and unconstitutional. After all the evi- dence had been submitted Mr. Harrington asked that a verdict of wilful murder be returned against Head Constable Urown- rigg and the live policemen who tire<i under bis general order. Mr. Harrington accused Constable Brownrigg of deliberately plan- ning the murders. The Coroner has issued warrants for the arrest of the men found guilty. The imjuest in the case of John Kinsella, the old man who was shot and killed by emergency men on the estate of Mr. Urooke, at Coolgreany, County Wexford, on Sep- tember 'JMth, has resulted in a verdiot of murder against Captain Hamilton, the agent of the estate, and the men and bailiffs who were ongage<l in the atlair. A London cable says: Mr, T. H. Huchaimn, member for West Kdinburgb (Liberall, iiitherto opiKJsed to Mr. Ulail- Btone's Irish iKiluy. has intimated his con version to lloiiis Itule. A Dublin cable says; In aooordance â- with the order issued by the Inspector- General of Constables, InsiHiCtor Brown- rigg and the other constables who were found guilty of murder by the coroner's jury at Mitchellstown have not been arrested. They have, however, been sus- pended from duty jiending the appual from the verdict of the jury. Much surprise has been caused by the announcement of the appointment of Mr. Valentine Hinds as a new Land Commis- sioner. Mr. Hinds is a bailiff on Lord Lansdowne's Luggacurran property. He managed the recent eviction of 80 tenants, Lord Lansdowneon his aiivice refusing to grant the r«iui:tion of 1,') pur cent, which they H nianded. Mr. E. Walsh, the proprietor of the I'rnplf, a Nationolist paper published at Wexford, has rtoei/e<l six Buuimonses to appear iu court for alleged illegal publica tions relating to the National League. A HoUttst cable says : Mr. Chamberlain, s|>eaking at Bushmills, County Antrim, yesterday, said that it was not the upper classes, but the poorer clasBes of CIsler that wore op|>OBid to the I'arnellito pro posala. Thu artisans and farmers did not see any chance of improving their itoiidition under the rule of men like the Home Hule members of Parliament. The poorer classes rightly looked forward with the great«BtdreBii to the changes that would bo involved in the creation of a rurllaiiient at l)ublin. Ill' admitted that a part of the north ipf Ireland was strongly in favor of Home Unle, but he was certain that if ho could infuse into the people of Donegal the same resolute, law abiding disposition as that shown by the people of Antrim, the ontcry for groat constitutional ohangca would become little heard of. Mr. Chamberlain, continuing, referred to the persistent silence which Mr. Cladstone had maintained regarding the form of his new Home Hule l»ill. Ihe Oladstonians, he paid, made a great parade about vague modirtcatioiiB of Mr. (lladstone's original plan, but many earnest Liberals remained totally unable to gather from Mr. Glad- stone's utterances what the changes really were. (Cries of ' Hear, h6ar. ") If an amended scheme existed, why did not Mr. GladitouH take the nation iflto his confi- dence? It was not fair for a leader to claim the absolute trust o( his followers, while refusing to give a dear insight into his intentions upon amatter of lifoordeath. Burely upon a (piestion involving the fate of tho Kmpiro, Mr. Gladstone might even at this late hour make a clear, dehnite statement which plain men could under- stand. In oonclueion, he declared that it was be- ..' yoiid the competency of tho Parlinmeiit of the United Kingdom to dispose absolutely ^ of tho destinies of any part of theKingilom. I'arlianunt might relieve Ulster of its alio- Biaiioe and cut It adrift from tho I'Wiipire, but it was not corm>etent to traiisf* the allegiance of Ulster to a I'arliaineiit at Publin. In couiiHclliiig Ulster to offer restttanoe, ho did uot mean a resort to â-  physical force. He put that aside. (Cries cf " Von needn't.") It was oonsUtutioiial I resistance he meant. If it were <leci(led 'ultimately that Home Rnle was desirable for the south of Ireland, that would not justify the imposition of Home,.Uule on Ulster, which under no circumstances would submit to it. (Cries of " Never.") .\niniated by this spirit, ihe time would never come when Ulster men would cease to be citizens of the United Kingdom. TUE KL'TU HA BLOW CAHE. Ur. J. <â- . liriKlit Tried For Murder and A(-quitt4'4l. A despatch from Sandwich (dated last Wednesday night) says: At the assizes here to-day the whole of the day has been occupied in trying the case of Queen vs. Bright, iiinrder. The prisoner. Dr. .1. C. Bright, of Chatham, was charged with ( oiiimitling an abortion u[>ou Kuth Harlow, a girl from Hamilton. Uuth Harlow wan Beduced, it is alleged, by George 1'. llnldeu, a commercial traveller, of Hamilton. The girl went to Chatham, it is said, under the direction of Holden. The Crown endeavored to show an arrange- ment between the prisoner and Holden, that the prisoner should perform the abortion. Miss Uarlow went to an hotel in Chatham. She was there visited by the prisoner, ,vho procured a boarding place for her, where it is alleged the offence was committed. Several medical men were called to show that an abortion had been committed upon the deceased. The defence rested mainly on attacking the veracity of the witnesses put iu the box by the Oown who spoke regarding the prisoner's connection with the offence, i bough the defence calleil a number of medical men, there was a very slight differ- ence bet wc*ii them and the doctors put in the box by the (Jrown. The prisoner was defended by Mr. K. Meredith, Q. C., Mr. I'euley and Mr. White. Mr. Lister acted for the Crown. The pris(mer is an old medical practi- tioner, of I'natham, and is a wealthy man. His wife, who was present during the trial, step|Hid up and kissed her husband when he went into the box for trial. The tioctor is a frail man, upwards of 70 years of age. .â- \t 10 p. ni. the jury returned with a ver- dict of not guilty. His Lordship, in dis charging the prisoner, remarked that the evidence against him was of such a char actor that he could not have complained if they had found him guilty. He discharged him with a caution to bo careful in the future. ^ KIBK AM(>.N(i TUK INtlANK. Clevvland lli«alie AnjrluHi .Srorehed t>y KIre and Mix ratlenln Lone Tlieir I.lveii. AlaBt (Wednesday! night's Cleveland des patch says: The horrors of a tierce tire, in the smokoandconfasionof which stalked the presence of grim death in his most terrible form, visited the great Insane asylum on the southern limits of the city for the second time to-night. It was the occasion of the weekly dance given the more manageable of the patients as a healthy means of recreation. About 'J.'>0 of them, in charge of their attendants, wore enjoy- ing the diversion thus afforded them when tho cry of "fire" arose, and tlames and smoke |>ourod in upon them with bewilder- ing suddenness. .\ 8tani|>ede was the result, and tho attendants had scarcely tiino to realize the situation when the room was tilled with leaping tire and dense smoke. As soon as the first excite- moiit had abate<l the attendants made a oouragtHius rush into the suffocating smoke and rescued all they could of tho unfortunates who had been overcome. The lx>dies uf six insane women who bad mot death by asphyxia and burning were recovered, and thnw more were found in an injured condition. The tire started at the laundry, a one story buildint; which adjoins tho wing in which the chapel is located. The prompt response and active work of the liremen preventeil a disastrous spread of the tlames. The loss to property will fall below »-J5,000. AN KXAMPLK TO TUK IIOVS. Trustee aud Arrlilteet Fli;ht at a H4-I11M1I Hoard Me*>tliitE. A last (Friday )ni(<ht'8 Kingston despatch says; Last night's m<*eting of tho Public School Board was one which attached much disgrace to that bmly. Une of the trustees asked the privilege of itobs ,|UestioMing till, ar, hitcct ^f thu new Central Kuliool, anil tho roHult was the examination grew so warm that several trustees left the room, when the ('hairnian ileclared there was no (|noruin and dismissed the remain- ing nionibers. The architect anil the trustee who had i|ue8tioned him went into an adjoining room, where they reHtimcd the disinssion. The architect told the trustee ho was mixed, when the latter calleil him a liar The architect then remarkeil that if they were outside he would use his list. Like a Hash the trustee let tly his loft, and bl(«)d came from the architect's nose. The blow WHS returned, and then the pugilists took hold and wired into each othur for several miniitea until the other trustees went into tho room and separated the combatants and helil tlieni till their pas sions cooled down. The tight created <|uite a sensation, as both parties are prominent residents. Tho whole affair loso out of tho diameter of a tlue. AN .\IIOPTKU DAIOUTKK'.S rKINK8. Siiuitliern a Baby auil .Seta Fire t«> a House â€" I'olHtHiH Her Ff>Mt«r Parents' Cow Kather Than Milk Her. A Manistee, Mich., telegram says'^ Min- nie Demorse, the adopted daughter of James Henderson, was arrested Tuesday fur lar- cency committed several months ago, but the real sensation in tho case has just come to light. This spring Mr. Henderson's now died, and her milk just previous to her death killed nine pigs. The girl confesses she poisoned tho cow because she did not want to milk it. Mr. Ilendorson's house was set on tiro live times iii one day a few weeks ago, and the girl uonfeBses she did that, too. Mr. Henderson's baby died suddenly, and the girl confesses she smoth- ered it because it cried and she did not want the trouble to care fur it. She is 18 years old and was adopted fifteen years ago. TUK C.tfFAKKI, SKN.SATION. Strange Slory of a Fair of Parisian Adven- turesses-Oeuerai Caltarel's Arrest â€" Ulveii au opportuuity to Couiiiilt hult^ltle, A London cable says ; The Caffarel- Limouzin case in Paris is a S'.J scandal. Madame Liniot/in is a vulgar adventuress. She is 11 years of ageâ€" a little, yellow, wrinkJeil, limping, humpbacked creature, with small, piercingeyes, extreme volubility of speech and considerable elegance of lan- guage. Last year she lived in the Boulevard Beauniarcliais with a companion who called herself ConitesBo de Boissier, Baronne de Beauregard, or Manjuiso de Clemanca, and whoso real name is Uenriette Boisay, a co- cotte of the commercial type, who used to keep a house at Parie where you drank tea, played baccarct and placed a louis under a candlestick each time you took the cards. Madame Liniouzin also has a husband, an adventurer uf smaller calibre. This trio carried on tho business of an " inffuence agency" for tho benefit of per- sons desiring employment in the Minis- tries, promotions. Government contracts, etc. W'ell in view in the drawing-room were visiting cards of eminent political personages, on which were written a few words, cards and writing being forged if necessary. The dupes on entering were struck by tliia nase eii tcfiie and the first interview ended by a deposit destined to grease the palms of the Ministers, Sena- tors. Deputies and other notabilities, with whom Madame Limouzin professed to be on the best of terms. In reality Madame Limouzin and tho "Couitesse" passed their time writing |)oliticians â€" notably M. Thibaudin and General Boulanger- -leiters containing ffattery. threats, calumnies, oilers of service and proiwsitious of a most I ompromising character. Both M. Thi- baudin and General Boulauger finally warned the trio, through the police, to lease their maiiouvros. Then Madame Limouzin and the " Com- tesse " quarrelled aud the former remove<l to a gorgeous suite of rooms m the Avenue Wagram, where she continued her agenay and entered into ralstions with Cieneral Caffarel, an officer a^ was overwhelmed with debts and hadB loilger any sense of honor or dei^'ncy. 'The " Comtesse," lirst of all, denounced her former accomplice to the police ; then followed complaints from various sources, and at length the police proceeded to watch Madame Limouzin, thinking it was simply a question of one of those innumerable tiash agencies which abound in I'aris, that uaradise of adven- turers. The imjuiry uJ further than was expeottHl. A detective sent to entrap Madame LiHiouzin was taken by her to the Minister of War and introduced to General Caffarel, to whom the detective handed a sum of money, in return for which, it was under- stood, lie would receive the C'ross of the Legion of Honor. This surprising discovery brought matters to a crisis. The Minister uf War, ill the presence of M. Kouvier, in- terrogated (jeneral Caffarel, who confessed. Tune was then implicitly given him to blow Ins brains out, but he did not have the courage to take advantage of this supreme privilege. Ho was arreste<i and is now in prison with Uailame Limou/ln. The case will be a formidable washing of dirty linen in the factB and [lersonages in- volved. Kveb the son in-law of I'reaideut (irevy, M. Daniel Wilson, is involved in many of Madame Limouzin's tried tripo- tages. With such a case as this before us, shall we say thatcorruption in the llepublic is less iiiturosting than the depravity of the Kmpire " A 'UAPITAI.'- URKK'/.K. lnteri*,*flnK Letter of One Ottawa Lad.v to Au4itli«r. An Ottawa despatch says : In the Assize Court yesterday, the local ctju„(' culebr^ of Walker vs. Birkett was heard. lloth par- ties are prominently connected in the city. The charge against Mrs. Birkett is of send ing letters to Mrs. \V. H. Walker with in- tent to extort money. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. J. K. Kerr, Ij. C, and Hon. K. \V. Soott for th" Crown; Mr. W. Mosgrove and Mr. T. McVeity for the prisoner. The letter complained of is as follows: "The Lord is the judge of the father!, ss and tho children." •'Tuesday, 'Jlitli Mrs. Walker, Histt'r I cannot call voii, for vou don't deserve that name. Vour small pretensions are disgusting, of ronrse. as all sensible |H.'Ople have felt for years in Ottawa, but 1 must confess that I did not believe you were consummate ser- pents and thieves until I received your luisband's letter. The man or woman who would i|uietly pick my locks and carry away 2.') biindreel dollars 1 feel would bo respecta- ble 1 onipared to yourself. Now for a little plittBaiit preaching ' He that is guilty of breaking the least of these,' viz., the Holy Coniniaiidments. ° is guilty of all.' ' A chain IS oniy as strong as the weakest link.' ' Tlioii slialt not steal.' ' Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods ' I'erhaps tho antiel Gabriel may be bribed to open thu heavenly gate, but according to the real regulation order of things it will be impos Bible. One must not only rei>eiit,but maki restitution also. I seriously advise your looking up that grand old doctrine. I re ijuire five hundred dollars at your hands ; if it is not forthcoming in a few days I will give myself the pleasure of treating you to some open letters on the subject, viz., postals. -IIknhikita M. Biiikhtt." AliOUTTHK HANZANILLA. Particulars of the Wreckâ€" Tbe Caiitaln .Saved. A despatch received Thursday night from Dunkirk, N. V., says : During thu tearful storm on Lake Erie last night the schooner ManzaniUa, of Uamilton, Out., was driven ashore 8i.x miles above this city, and has beceme a total wreck. She was com- manded by Capt. Geo. O'Brien, aud bound from Cleveland to Toronto with a load of block stone. All the crew were aaveii. The vessel was built by Joa. Sbickluna, of St. Catharines, aud owned by U. Williamson, of Hamilton, and J. S. Murphy, timber merchant, of Quebec. The Mauzanilla was valued at about *7,000 and i» but partially insured. Another despatch says : The crew left the captain aud vessel when the craft was a mile aud a half off Brocton, aud had great difficulty in getting ashore. They afterwards tried to take the captain off, but the breakers were so wicked and the boat so unserviceable that the perilous undertaking was given up. The crew reported the vessel's port side stove in, and her rigging all gone, and that she is entirely '.»t the mercy of the waves. The Customs authorities made every effort to get a tug to go to the rescue of the captain of the vessel, but all refused. The life saving crew held itself iu readiness all day for a tug. A Buffalo despatch says : No marine disasters of consecjuenoe are reported as the result of Wednesday night's gale in this section except the schooner Mauzanilla, which was reported ashore last night. The ManzaniUa went on between Brocton and Dunkirk, on the southern shore of Lake Erie. A Brocton, N.V., correspondent Bends the following details : The Man- zaniUa. a three-master, Capt. Geo. O'Brien, of Kingston, master, sprung a leak off Van Buren I'uint, aud vvas run ashore west of the Point at about -t.itO o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning. She was bound from Cleveland to Toronto with a cargo of block stone and grindstones. There was a crew of seven men besides the captain. The crew went ashore in a small boat, leaving the captain on the vessel. The boat was smashed by the waves soon after the crew landed. The life-saving stations at ButTalo and Krie wore notitied by telephone, but failed to respond, and Captain O'Brien remained on the wreck until late in the afternoon, when he was rescued by Sher- mau Oats and two other men who came from Barceloua in tho tisliiug boatBeechor The rescuing party were unable to laud at Van Buren, and were obliged to bring the exhausted captain to Dunkirk, where they arrived at 8.30 last evening. The vessel is a total wreck. She had au insurance in the 'Western .\8suraii e, of Toronto, of *4,000. The vessel was built by Sbickluna, of St. Cathariues, and was one uf the tleet owned by Captain James Murray, of St. Catha- rines, which laid the basis of hit fortune before he became a contractor for Govern ment works. She was a mate to the ill- fated Magellan. TUK CAT O'N INK TAILS Didn't Appear to Hurl Him Very MueL. .\ last (Thursday) night's Montreal des- patch says : For the fourth time in the criminal records uf Montreal, the lash was applied to-day at Montreal jail upon the person of a man named Desormiers, who some months ago, whilodressed in a priest's garb, comuiitted an indecent assault ufion a young girl at St. Martine. Desormiers was tried at the last term of the Court of Queen's Bench and sentenced to one year's imprisonment, with the addition of twenty lashes. To-day Desormiers received ten out of the twenty lashes. The operation took place in tho presence of the deputy sheriff and a small knot of spectators. The prisoner was necurely tied to a triangle by ills arms and legs, his back bared, and a muffler tied around his neck to prevent the lash reaching that [lortiou of his body. The lash was applied by one of the prisoners, and the whole operation only lasted a few minutes. After a few lashes DesoriiiierH was heard to exclaim, " Not so hard !" but no other remarks esoa|>ec biin, and he took the remainder of his punishment without dinching. The whipping was certainly not very severe 111 its nature, and did not seem to have much effect upon the prisoner, who, beyond a few bruises on his back, was not much hurt. The French Government have decided to place a niinil>er of life-saving buoys, sup- nlied with refreshments, on the most dangerous parts of the English Channel. A scheme is on foot to induce the High- and (Jroftera to aettle in Dritish (Columbia. The boiler of a portable saw mill exploded on Wodneaday in Scotia township, Ohio. Kent Evaiia and James Krvin were torn to shreds. The I.OSS of the California. At an investigation into the loss of the propeller California before Capt. Uarbottle and W. J. Meneilly, at Toronto yesterday. Chief Engineer Ellis, Second Engineer Mills and Captain Trowell were examined. The only new point of importance brought out was that tne steamer had not a full cargo and the officers neglected to put in shifting boards. Cniit. Uarbottle oxpreBsed himself as not quite aatistied that the most strenuous exertions had been made to save the Cali- fornia, suggesting several things that might have been done ; to which (!apt, Trowell replied that it ^as oaay enough to plan in an easy chair and carpeted ottico, but it waa a far different matter on a sinking ship tossed by mountainous seas. Our Toronto correspondent telegraphs to day : The official inijuiry into the loss of the steamer California was resamed thia morning before Mr. W. J. Meneilly and Capt. Uarbottle. Capt. Trowell detailed t1ie particulars of the disaster much tho same as they have already been jjiven iu the telegraph despatches. The in<iuiry was then adjourned iudeffnitely. UAMGKU IN KFiriUV. The Severe Criticism of Cleveland and Hht Wife tVUl€:h Leil to Troul»le In Minnea- polis. A Minneapolis despatch says : The fol- lowing is from tho article in the Vribuiu 00 the ouoaaiou of the visit of President and Mrs. Cleveland, which has caused a great sensation and indignation among Cleveland's friends : " And it is extremely hard to respect either member of this family now touring for votes. Mrs. Cleveland is a handsome, mature woman, apparently several years older than she is said to be. At least she was old enough to have exer- cised her own free choice in marrying Grover Cleveland. It is inconceivable that she should have married him except to obtain the position of mistress of the White House. Such a marriage would never have been thought of but for the aatonishiog political accidents, which, in the course of two or three. years, brought Mr. Cleveland out of the obacurity, which ia his proper element, to the highest position in the nation. • •' It is hard to have respect for a woman who would sell herself to so gross and re pulaive a man as Grover Cleveland, and one with a private record so malodorous, for the bauble of a brief social ascendancy. She is now an object of curiosity and re mark for gaping crowds, and her photo graphs are sold almost, if not quite, as freely as Mrs. Langtry's. Such is her re ward. If she can secure a re-election for Grover she will have four more years of the gratification which the highest social prominence gives and of the delight of uu flagging newspaper notoriety. After that she will simply have to put up with being the wife of as insignificant and obscure a man as au ex- President could possibly be. Cue cannot help a pang of sympathy for her. but ahehas chosen herlotdeliberately" About 10 o'clock last night a hundred men and boys, mostly members of an association of the lowest class of the local democracy, knowu as the Algonquin Club, gathered at a saloon of a rather bard repu tation and, after drinking heavily, repaired to a secluded spot in a aide street and fired the usual straw man, which bad been used on such occasions from time immemorial. The mob was led by Mayor A. A. Ames, who was foremost in the Cle-elaud recep- tion, and takes no pains to conceal his self- proposed candidacy (or the Vice Presidency. Koebvfurt on thr i*airar«l Seaiidal. .\ Pans cablegram says M Uochefort, etlltor of the I utran.'Httfiint, referring to tile Caffarel affair, said : I think the affair was originally got up by the Ministry to injure General Bonlanger. They did not succeed, so they tried to ruin liie Presi ilei.t. When they began they had no idea that smh big people would be dragged into the scandal, and now every one is afraid and would give the world to hush it up. In reply to tho incHtion as to whether he thought Gen lloiilanger would be injured, he said : No, what has he done ? How can a public mau help receiving shady people who ask to see him ? His position immiHils him to receive all sorts of people. Why, if you were to go on that principle you would convict Mme. Cornet for letting Marchandon, the murderer, into her huUAe. Upon being asked, what will come of the scandal, he replied : It will cause the defeat of the Ministry. It will not upset M. Orevy. He would simply repudiate the people who have compromised only themselves. As for Mme. Limouzin, take my word for it, she will get off with a fortnight's imprison inent â€" if she goes to prison at all, which I doubt, but whoever else escapes tho Ministry will not. KI.SKKU Ula LIKE FOK $10. A Frroch Canadian's Feat at the Chaudier* Falls. .\n Ottawa despatch says ; A remarkable and daring feat was accomplished here yesterday, when a courageous Frenchman threaded his way along the edge of thu Chaudiere Falls, passing safely from shore to shore. The mau was Francis Potvin, who has worked in the various mills in the summer and the shanties during the winter since he was a boy, and is now a splendid specimen of a French Canadian shanty mau. He made a wager with some friends in Bull that he could walk through the big kettle. The wager was taken and the money, about 910 in amount, put up. Potvin, accompanied by a number of friends, proceeded across the large table rocks on the Hull side of the Chaudiere Falls to the brink of the rock over which the water falls. Owing to the phe nemenally low water in the river aud the addition of the new dam to the former series of dams above the falls, only about four inches of water was passing over the falls, e.xcept iu one place, near the Ontaria shore, where the water was ten inches deep. Potvin, after putting on a pair of raftsmen's boots, well caulked, with the usual sharp nails in the soles, started tu walk across the face of the falls. He pro- ceeded very steadily until about three quarters of t^e way across, when the cur rent became very strong and the water deeper. Steadying himself, he proceeded cautiously, carefully planting one foot ou the rocks before lifting the other, and iu a few minutes from the time he started ! climbed up on a pier, below Perley t I Pattee's sawmill. The feat was watched I by a large number of {>eoplu, mostly meu I who were employed in tho mill, as it was ! not generally known that Potvin intended to uiake the attempt. Notwithstanding I the lowness of the water the feat was a dangerous one Had he missed his footing ' for a uioinent he would have been burled I into the cauldron below, with no possible ' hope of escaping ilealh. Anything for a Chance. " Did you ever hear me sing my new solo, Emily, ' Under tho Silent Stars '!' " " No, I never have. Is it sentimental'?" " Pathetically so." " PleabC sing it. I have the neuralgia BO bad that anytuiugwill be welcome aa a relief." The Queen Ilegent of Spain has Higne<l a decree authorizing the construction of six ironclads of 7,000 tons each, capable of attaining a speed of from sixteen to twenty miles an hour, also four large and sixty small tcrpedo boats. The Peris Joioiidl lien Debats says that an official despatch has been received announcing that the Saltan of Morocco is better and that he mounted his horse before tho palace aud showed himself to the people. I she Saw ThrouKh Hliii. ' •• Ves," said old Mr. Jones, " tho doctors arc getting mighty smart nowadays. I Why, they've get instruments and things I made so that tliey can see clean through you." I â- ' Humph !" replied old Mrs. Jones, " I I don't see anything particularly smart in that. I've beeu married to you for thirty I years, but 1 saw through you iu two weeks after the bridal." I Mr. Jones rubbed his bald head for a moment and thoughtfully resumed bis reading. ^ â€" â€" 1 Handy to Have In the Huuae. .\ paste that will hold firmly, and which can be preaerved for montha in a well stop- pered bottle, ia made by dissolving a piece of alum the size of a walnut in a pint of boiling water, to which two six>onfuls of ffour, made smooth in a little cold water, and a few drops of cloves are afterwards added, the mixture being then boiled. The Cipher tjuesllon. Jamesâ€" " The papers are full of thia discussion about Bacon." Smithâ€"" 1 wish they had put i*, off until winter." .. Why '.'" " Because bacon tastes aomuch bettor iu cold weather." A Hlrthrlght. Barber Itoonstomer)â€" You arequito bald sir. Customer (who isn't oonversationally inclined)â€" 'Yes, I was born that way,- Kjioch. With regard to the dispute between the militia and the customs department regard- ing tho duty on imported outfits for volun teers, it is expected that a drawb»kck eiiual to the full duty will bo allowed on satiafao toiy proof btiiio^ uiveu of the goods being lor the solo use of the volunteers in their military capacity. k i