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THAT TEaRlBlE DISASTER. F ill Details as to How It Hp pened. tdrnpl U r.trrm r Wbal to Ka.iwn a* Ike CrUlr.a. Njivavr.- tpiturrBi lr a Mistake as in IMiilaee-A.wrl atrelr> f*r Ur-*av '"< I* rier y t*r Whirls** KBlve* ef lae ftcrews T_e Whele Fieri In rerll. A despatch from Tripoli, Syria, says : About 3 o'clock Ust Thursday afternoon the Engliah rteet came in light of Kl Mina, the port aii.i town of Tripoli. It was coming from the northeast -vod making directly for the harbor. The Bye hi ironclads Victo ru. Camperdourn, Edinburgh, Nile and San- euerei' were drawn up in fall front. The > ictoria was in the centre, the Camperdown was on her left and the Edinburgh on her right. When they WAT* within five mile* of shore Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon sig- nalled to tarn and form in double line. Thu meant that the Victoria and Camperdown were to go a 6ad a little and describe' a tori:, the Victoria turning to the left and the Camperdown turning to the right, then they would advance aide r aide in the direction tram which they had come, the others would swing into double-column order and advance two and two behind the leaders. A DirTKT/l.T MOVEMENT. When the order was given tbe distance be- tween th* ships was leas than two cables' length. The execution of tho order the deck in pajama* to tin 1 himself imme- I dietely ttruggl-m u water. A lieutenant ' swam up to him, pat hit arm aruund him, iu'i, daapita the handicap of supporting a helpless men. was able to get away from the aide of the sinking (hip. It took a stronq nkilful swimmer in full posMnaion of his scuaee to do this. The hntfe hull was draw- ing 10 the water as it went down, and sev- eral hundred men hurled suddenly into the water, lully dressed, had to battle against the increasing suction. A moment more and a new peril more horrible descended upon them. The great engine deep iu the heart of the hull and inclosxd in water-tight com- partments was still throbbing at full speed and the great steel flanges of the tir screws were whirling round up in the air. As the vessel sank these screws came nearer and nearer to the water, and descended into the midst of struggling human beings. The veasel sank slowly, ani when the screws were low enough to begin to whirl in the water, agi in the suction ha<l increased until there was a deepeuiug vortex like a maelstrom. A SCKNl Of UKEI-K.ST HORROR. At the bottom of this maelstrom the screws were revolving like circular knives. The poor creatures battled in vain against the suction. They wore drawn dowa an>l thrown against the switt blades. Then came I a scene which made the officers on the decks of i he other warships of th fleet-turn away sick with horror. Screams and shriek) TIM t. arose, and in the whit* foam appeared red Jened arms and legs and wrenched an i torn " | bodies. Headless trunks were tossed out of 1 th* vortex to linger a momeut on th* sur- the centre, but extremely difficult for e h , fc , th- pmtDge o( Victoria and the C.mperdown. In turning , M who kng h<JW , ceased their bow, woulapaw,th,n a few fathom. . wimmiug ^j f ht wllh the nent was . ... of each other, even if the movement was executed with the greatest precision. This movement is rarely made nod is chiefly for the purpose of training the ship command- er* to move ex: editiously away from shoal- ing waters. Whether because Admiral Markham. of th* Camperdown, conl<! not beHev* this movement was to be tried when the ships were so doe* together, or because he thought Admiral Tryon had miscnlcu- j latetl the distance he did not set about ex- ecuting Admiral Tryon's order, but signal- led that he did not understand it. The Victoria and the other veasel* bad not hesitated. Tbe Victoria begin tu turn at once, as she still held to the signal. Men clutched each other in frenzy and ' struck each other off. The deep cone of I whirling wter with the swift knives chop- ping human bodies at tbe bottom of it. was I a horror to daunt the bravest. One man : who escaped says that he saw in this great e I. ilir Kulrrtir i .-.IMI *m> anil Bis Aastsml evewaa Are *'.M*M, Hi* Highness the Maharajah Gaekwar of Boroda, who may come here this summer, i* one of thoee native Indian prince* who have a hard road tu travel eauh time they do a tiling against the will of the Knipres* He rule* over ne.irly '.!.:>< ',UOO peopls.h** an annual income of about 7,.>UO,uOU, and en- joys just as much power as the Knglish statesmen think it is beneficial for him to enjoy. The way be came to oxupy a throue was as follow* ; In 1S75 tbe (iaekwar, who was Mnlhar K to, triad some chemical experiments upon the food of Col 1'bayre, the Knglish Resi- dent. Col. Phayre died aad it became nee* esrary to find A successor to Mulhar RAO. They had a hard time, thoee English states- men, to find a prince who would be suitable at once to the natives and the Home Office. After much intriguing and fine diplomatic work they selected Gopal RAO, a boy of twelve, who, though not of the main branch, could trace his ancestry a* f.r back a* Pil- aji, the founder of the dynasty. The Kng- lish gave him a crown, proclaimed him Syaji Rao tr.e Third, and told him to go on and rule. As the English were kind enough to take charge of most of th* important affair* of the Gaekwar'i dominion, bis Highness had plenty of time for self-culture. He studied the Knglish language and mastered it thor- oughly. He read a great deal, conversed much with all the learned men who came Into his country, took a long trip through Kuropa and became a cultivated gentleman. While he was in London last year the (iaekwar was interviewed by a reporter of tbe Pall Mall Budget. The reporter ques- tioned him only about affair* of stele and the erudition of his people, and th* Gaek- war'* sniwers showed that he took a deep, intelligent interest in everything that per- tained to India. "My v'sit to Europe," he said, "ha* >or rmm BI>I LT vortex at least M of his fellows fighting I none me au immense amount of good. It with each other and with inevitable death. In a moment or so the knives disappeared and the vertex began to clos* up. THIN THK IUHI.PBS irt-LODBD. Th* ship was beneath the surface. DELAY w HIi-H WA# FATAL Th* Camperilown no ioni^r hesitated, but also began to turn. Th* brief delay, ' however, had been fatal. The Victoria had nearly turned, and the Camperdown. swing- ing around, bore down upon her. l'..>ih admirals were quick to a:L Admiral Tryon swung the Victoria so a* to receive at the smallest angle the blow which both officers saw was inevitable, and Admiral Markhanr. did the same for the Camper- down, besides reversing her screws. The 12-foot ram of tb* Camperdown struck the hull of the Victoria juit in front of tba armored bulkhead and nl united into tn thin plates ol htr starboard side. The "*r*_.oo_ picking up those fortunate armor ends at th* bulkhead and the forward part of the Victoria above the water line were ner* cardboard to the so mightily propelled. ing of wood and iron plates, and the ram and eight feet of the bow of the Camper- down crashed 'X feat into th* bo els of the Victoria. Th* Camperdown was baited by th* heavy armor of the Victoria, and as her | screws war* reversed she at once began to back away. Till WROl.lt FI.KKT KNDANIiERKD. is a great thing for any one charged with responsible government in India to see with hi* own eys tbe results of modern civilization. I think that every ruling , prince in India should visit Kurope at least Just - once. My tint object ha* always been to a* the whirl was shallow*! almost to th* promote education in Baroda. Shortly after surf ace there wss a mnfHed sound of thundsr I assumed the government in person, I or- the waters were towed up snd a cloud of dered that wherever the necessity for a steam burst from them. Again 'he shrieks school should be shown, one should lie open- an 1 screams burst from the swimmer*. ' ed at the cost of the Stale, up to the num- Tbe boiler* had exploded, the *ea had rush- | her of thirty each year. I defined the proof ed into the furnaces, and the swimmers were of this necessity to be the existence of six- heating wave* cf scalding water. Thus in teen pupils, whet her boys or girla, By .hi. less than 10 minntes death in three awful | arrangement I hop* and believe th.' every form* attacked ths officers snd c~ew of the ' village in my State and there are 3..VO Victoria death by drowuing. dea'h bv towns and village* iu the Baroda dominion* th* knif*-lik* screws and death by scald- j will shortly posaess a school at which the ing water. ' young of both sex** shall obtain II. rudi- IIEI.I* WASSTEEHY. i men's of .education. I am now previdjng With the first underplunge of the Victoria ''or several Baroda student* in England, all the boau were called away from all the who are working here with a view to be- other ships and came straining over th* coming proficient teacher* in my own calm sea to save the struugler*. These boat* State. " te one* Ihe Gaekwar has always exprened a who had ot out'of'reach of tbe terrible ri-ng disapprove of the child marriages vorux. So long as th* vortex wss there that are so Irequent in India, tha boat* dared not venture near, but they " For my own part, ' he said, on the oo- d,d lift from the .c.ld,n ) | .water severa! 7'T* a lo " ho w ". hor " J ' th "K ht ^TZ^ Jww"^ ' out "' the ^ 'T"*'," 1 the , ort " r iC ' U * 1 tbe ">" wmt V Tr'K To HI-* SHU-. Admiral Tryon stuck to the bride* snd refused to l**v* it, Jutt before the Victoria viiou of this interview, " I am determined that my sons or daughtsrs shall not marry before they are twenty. * ralsle I. -prn ln us Britain. The importance of th* inspection of liv* stock ami meats for export into tbe British snd Kuropean markets cannot b* over- estimated. A* Great Britain has insisted made her underplunge he saw what was n th| alitteoM of CGntm g| 0n . pleuro. "' - .bout to happen and issued an order for each ..._.... ; Canadian cattle when the rtm.t intn rl nil Kit* tin* Kotitm) t HA turn AI )r One Jill* Ml 11* ID V'sBll MI 1*I1 L*t,LJ3 WIICI1 MIC ^!!-Ui ^ZKXi* " v " r i SS j*p-ri. f A^uit... c,., m . ship. and. catistroph. involving all th. 8 t beyond th. . .4 that mf*ct,on did not e,i*t, it behoove. -Urom-lad* was imminent. Only the coolness tbe Government and all interested to m- and prompt action of the other commanders, -Jew r-*e.t llf ' "H"' 8 :.. y***. m ot ' lle .'"P 60 ' . lon prevented a g.n.r.1 dieaster. Th*V,c- ' which will not only not admit of the refot toria's bow wan now pointed full towards ' the shore. It seems that Admiral Tyron did not realize the extent of *he damtgo to the Victoria. A* no accident of exctiy this kind has happened before he could not know what the effect of the hole in the f B*ve* Hulrldr )* 8* Urlllwrmlrlr -uu-itle is alnvist unheard of'fpmunt; bar- bariiuisi it is th* orim* of civili/.*d human- ity. Ins&nily is almost unknown to bar banaax. and is an inheritance of civiliza- tion, liut it does not follow that all sui- ciden are the result of insanity. The I'uitad States supreme court has laid it down in life insurance eaws that the law presumes insanity to be theceof alliaieideo; but the must xmiaent men who have made exhaus- ! tive study of the subject, say that where one : person commits suicide through uissnity and without motive, six, if not more, do so premeditately. Two of the lix are led to the dead by disappointment in love one is driven to it by failure in butmes*, one by family trouble, and the remaining two are forced to it by a feeling that life i* a failure. Almost twice as many nun commit suicide from design a* womt-u. Women's greatest motive for suicide is disappointment in love; next to that u paternal opposition in her love matters. She rarely co nrnit* th*d*ed through family sorrow*, and she hss so i little to do with business that her suicide ! trom trouble* of this order hss hardly been ' heard of. Few are able to recall an instance j of a woman committing suioids through the feeling that life is t, failure; this motive be- longs almost exclusively to the male ssx. Woman is maile happy by small thing*. She will sit alone in her home the livelong day and enjoy to herself tome small kind- ness bestowed upon or a compliment paid bar. She almost invariably has a confiden- tial friend of bar sex, and has a world of plea* lire in that ou*'s society. .She gen- erally ha* a circle of friends whom she visits and who visit bar, and th* little j things said on these occasions make her life bright. She may have a husband who doe* not make himself congenial to her, yet she will extract enough comfort from the society of her female friends to feel that life is worth living. Women are far happier in ftingle life than men, and it I* because i hey rind so much pleasure in little th:ngs au<l the society of each other. j As a rule, man i* bored by the little things j I which make women happy. If h* makes a I social oall upon a friend of his *'\ he talks ! I a few minut** and i* anxious to get sway. I A small kindness rarely leaves a lingering impreaaioa upon him, and he hold* a com- | pliment in light esteem, unless it oomes from a lady for whom be ha* a deep re- gard, or it appeals to his vanity and con- ceit. Outside the laboring jlaseee almost every boy is taught at school and home to be aspiring. Hs grows up with th* feeling firmly fastened upon bin that nothing in th* medium walks of life is 1(004) enough ; he must become distinguished or his life i* a failure. H* goes out into lit* with th* chance* several thousand to one against his having the ability to achieve the great end of hi* ambition. Here and there one itart* out with sufficient ability to accomplish his aim but lacks the ilamina to plod and wait for result* : so he falls into disiipation. Of all the young men who aspire to great things, not one in many thousand* reache* his goal. The ,-reat majority of thoM who fail are tortured with the feeling that life is a failure. It i* littl* wonder that so m uiy men commit suicide from this cans*. Pros- perous business-men sometime* commit suicide because they had aspired to what they considered much greater than a busi- ness life. e r Hlxnlrr < L. ulrmnmt* I* ! venue*** Us* ifrira. Mave TraJe. R. J. (>lave, who ha* just started for Africa to investigate thr alave trade for am eastern maga/.UM, knows nerhaps m well as. any nuui sa** Stanley hinuwil th* ATM* who** busiuM* it is to catch slaves ami steal ivory on the Congo, lilavn was six yean in Africa, with St*nley, am), unlike some other of Stanley s li .'utn*nts, he catme back to civilization still firm in hi* allegiance to his leader. He hat taken no part in the quarrel among Suolsy's men, though he has written much upon the subject of explora- tions, lilav* wa very young when he first went to A/nca in Stanley's employment. H* returned to London after sum* time spent on the Congo laid up with a swollen spleen Those who have traveled in Africa think they have discovered the use of that pazxling organ, and believe that it* sol* function i* to make it* owm>r thoroughly uncomfortable, without serving any useful purpuae in th* economy of nature. Glare'* spleen shrunk to normal size during his days ol recreation in London, and h* shipped again for the interior of Africa. H* had already orosesd the cont'ient with Stanley, and he now joined tb* Kmin relief expedition. Stanley dropped tbe young man with a few black Zanzibari* on the tdgs of a savage negro village, 'MO milne from any other white man. (ilave built himself a little home, established liveable relation* with the savages snd dwelt there twenty months. He already knew a good deal of eavage African speech, and hro n* added to his linguistic attainments. He stuitieil th* natives in their savage state aud hunted big game to his heart's content. Being an observant young man, with a larger fund <>t humor than Provi- dence usually allows to mm of British birth, 'ilave brought out of Africa and that lonely year snd a naif among savages a fund of delightful anecdotes and a remarkable acquaintance with the ways of th* negro. He learned to sing a cannibal song in a way to make your hair stand on mid, and his storiex of domestic life are uncommonly droll. On coming out of Africa Glave visited til* United Slate*, and soon found 1 imself welcome among all sort* of pop>s and bin manuscript sought by the publish- ers of newspapers and magazines. H* joined an exploring company sent to Alaska by s weekly Hlus'/raied newspaper, and wan so pleaaed with th* country that hs mad* a s#M>nd expedition on his own account. With a single white companion and a few Indian guides he penetrated far into the interior, and he was the first man to take horses fMyond tbe Alaokau moun- tains. Naval officers wno know the Alas- kan coast have sometimes sneered at ilave s pretense to hsve taken horses into the in- terior, but he ha* photographs to shorn for it, and he did what ssems to ordinary folks an even morn remarkable thing .n teaching his hor*** to walk upon anowsbon*. They j were painfully awkwar 1 at it for a time, , but tliey eventually becan* skillful and fearless saow shoers. (ilave saw many in- teresting thing* in Alaska, and cam* back to write upon th* subject. After his last return from that country he attempted a ' discouraging course of lectures in Canada, | For the past six months, however, be ha* besn living in N*w York and writing for ssveral publications. His new i|nest is most important, aud it may bring him inUi hostile contact with some of Tippu Tib's adhi rente, a thing that no man acquainted w.th the Congo country uarrs to encounter. ew * rrol.n: lift. William Kinneer, in The North Amen 1 can Review for June, says that the most ' rational mode* ot keeping physical decay or deterioration at bay, and thus retarding ' the approach of old age, are avoiding all food* rich in th* earth salts, using much fruit, especially juicy, uncooked app'.es, and by taking daily two or three tumblerf uls of distillud water with about ten or fifteen Th* Victoria began to forge straight for th* shore under full steam. It is one of the ability of our claim, but maintain the pres- tige which our live stock and meat product* are, against odds, on tb* point of attaining. Admitting that we have the material, of which there i* little doubt uven in Britain, it i* mo*t important to hav* K (iovornment iaipeotion of live stock and meat products to guarantee them free from disease. Tim inspection should be expected to detect all animals that are diseased or affected with disease, and to prevent stock from becom- ing diseased in transport. Th* cattle in- spected at interior towns and cities, wh*n found free from dis*a* and from exposure to contagion, might be tagged and shipiied to tb* port of export, where they would be sgain inspected. Clean and disinfected cars won'd carry them safely to point of export, sad this should be insisted upon. If per- ired to compartment was to be. He no deubt thought that as only one compartment was damaged the other* would Keep hi* ship afloat, so when the Camperdowi, and the r P ' d'luted phosphoric acid in each other ships signalled offer, of boats he r- , a*""** A diet made up of fruit princi nhed that h* did not need them. P*"y " >* (or "* *?* "' T rj - for th* reason that being deficient in nitro- ' - gen, which is to be avuidod by persons who want to ward off old age, is espe -ia'ly abun- dant in th* cereals which w. regard as the rule* of the British Navy that if a ship is tt _ff O f ijf,. Looked at in this light, bread in danger of sinking and shore is not far m(> y ,, described a* a slow poison. The awsy she must be cot into shallow water, process by which age and death creep on us so that if she noes down she may de raised j t hus given : " Seventy per cent, of the ' sous who ship live stock were reqn again. So Admiral Tryon was makini; for human body is water nearly thr re- fourths. ' give name and place from which animals the -!'ior and^ was widening the distance j \ ot , tingle tissue ii there m which water come, and nam* of feeder, inspectors could between the Victoria and the other ships. ' M n , )t , found as an ingredient. Curtain salts trace diseases to their 01 igin. A reasonably When the Camperdown's ram struck tha ire held in solution by this water, portions good inspection is already enacted at point Victoria, AJmiral Trynn, the navigating O f whir.n notwithstanding the large quan- ' of embarkation, but ocean steamers should officer, two signal officers and th* mon at tlty eliminated by the secretions become ' be cleaned and thoroughly disinfeot- wheel were all upon the bridge, either in I more or !. d.posite in th* bofly. When ' ed, and should not be allowed to full view or in the chart house. Most of { the** become excessive and resist repul- : reiieive more than they can comfortably the crew were on the forward deck, bung- ,.,, they then cause tli stiffnes* snd dry- carry. Canadian* are already ahv* to tho ing about, trying to keep cool under the n es* of old age. Entire blockage o' tb* importance of those and other conditions bluing sun of the clear, calm day. With ! f unc tiona of the body is then a mere matter already carried ont, such a* the refusal of ths crash they rn.be.l into the battery and I n f time, and the refuse matter deposited by clearance p.pers until the veterinary m- ss far tft as possible, hut when tho, two j tn . blood in its constant pa**ag* through spoctor c.i-tiHes that the animals h*v been vessfla separated all return*! to tlieir t j,e system, stop. the delicate and exquisite iluly inspected ind are in goad condition. machinery which we call lif-. This is So tar this year the British officers allege places. DlSCll'I.ISt WAS PKUFWT. Discipline wag parted. The admiral and officers remained steadfast upon the bridge, setting an exmnpl*. Se good was the dis- cipline that within tive miuuloe after lh blow a diving suit hid Iwn brought on deck and a diver was getting in it to obey order* to go bolow and find out the extent of the damage. The untangling and the getting under full headway had taken some little time. About Iu minutes after th blow, ilie Victoria, having got something like two miles nearer shore from th* seen* of the ollnion, all at one* leaned over to starboard, and with a gre.it roll and piu;ig* buried her bow beneath the calm surface of the a. It was almost instautaneous. There was only a chance for a lew wild cri*. aiid the \ iotoria was almost half sub- merged, bow foremost, with hor swiftly re- volving screws whirring olsar of tho wa!r and high in the air. Those OD deck were plunged immediately into the water. Tie men forward Mid below hail notimo to rush to the deck, but found theiaselvea grop<ng for door* of rooms filled with watwr and com- pressed air. There wai a little nor* tim* for thos* in otfk-ers' quarter*. They heard th. shout* and warning cries and tu!iF<l to .be !most perpendicular deck. IlKS' I . death.' We cannot defy c'eath, Mr. Kinnenr says, but we may, by searching, find cer- tain ferrets of nature and apply them to the renewal of the organs who.su delay i* constantly going on in the body. The de- sirability of living to be UOorso in a worl'l which is already satisfactory enough with- out the added misery of a diet in which apples displace bread, seems to bo taken for granted. Well llrrrd Trees)*. Th Hermans are very thrifty in their habits, and no one visiting a (ierman bar- rack-room would suspect their military authentic! ol extravagance, yet iu rogitrd contagious pleuro- pneumonia in only one doubtful case, and the Canadian inspectors who disputed '.he Kntinh diagnosis had their cose almost confirmed by the British veteri- nary authorities. The coat of a rigid Mid cllotive inspection all along the line would bo most insignificant compared with it* in- calculable result.. It is estimated that in th* numbers available in this country, wln-n done systematically, the cost might be less than is per head, and a microscopic inspec- tion of hog* would not cost much more than .()."> per uent. of their worth. The restrictions so ftr upon Can 1. 11*11 cattle have only been modified, and there is no reason why th* most flimsy ground of objection should not The latest account to uniforms thy foem to us extremely lib- ! bo forever era! ; each soldier has five uniforms for regarding the suspension of the ambargo on Canadian cattle i* as follow*: "Cattle men in (Glasgow aud Liverpool now say that thoy have no hope of the removal of importation Th* veteri varying degrees of work. Tbe most inex- pensive is the oourfc linen one used in sum- mi-r about the Sarry'k*, and the most valu- able one Is that which he wears on extraor- dinary festive occasions, as, for instanon, th*) grand review of the Uuardsin thes. ring of th year ; but beyond all those which he ,rs at more or less frequent intervals is uniform which ha puts on when the ror issues his order to mouilize for TiiiMi i* taken out tho absolutely new ami with ihi* h marches to. the front. The troops that marched to lite frontier 1:1 IS70 looked as though ready lo > : ^ r . ir-.imer 1:1 i * , u looser as iiiougn rw-iy iwr Comman lr Jollicoe, lying in his Iwrlh | a review rathor thai, for 'he dirVy work of ilh fever, st*n->l up and da*h*.l to th* restrictions rsgarding th* 1 (Miadian cattle this season. nary sxsminaiions lately mad*, it is have thowed that the remov al of the bargo would be risky. " .i.l, em- Wiinted to Know- " I don't believe we can ever be happy together. I " i ,1 Well, what's tbe use of bothering ovsr triHcs, what I want is to knjw if you wil' marry ui t Tke < iiaiKlIm Banklm rstesB. The Cana>lian banking system, which is modelled upon th*' of Scotland, is one of the very soundest that exist* to-day. Ac- cording to some authorities, it ha* never yet ueen subjected to the test o' a vsry se- vere strain. Owing to the expenditure of large amounts of borrowed capital and the development of rich natural resources, th* financial situation has hitherto been com- paratively favorable. The Australian trou- ble*, however, show how disastrous may be the results of bad financial management where the natural advantages are even greater perhaps, than in Canada. Ths gen- eral situation in tbe Dominion i* one, we believe, of security. There is no branch of trade that is being greatly overdone : there i* no general inflation. The only danger, if any, lies in th* direction of the Industrie* and institution* which may hav* become in- flated a* a result of th* working of a pater- nal policy on the part of our Government. These ar represented to b* in a most pros- perous condition . If this be the case the only real source ot immediate troubls for Canada must be external. The Australas- ian trouble* ire not yet over by any mean*: in fact, years will hav* to fO by before a'l danger from their effects will bo over. Than the currency and silver questions of th* United States are ,-l >u is upon our hori- .on. Our chief banker* have warned Cana- dian business men against too rapid ex- pansion, and they themselves hav* placed th* great banking institutions in a very strong position, indeed. The annual re- port, of the banks show that all of the most prominent of them have added great- ly during the year to the amount of their aasete, which in time of financial trouble can be immediately and without low drawn upon or realized upon, while they have reduced thoee accounts which ain least raf* and secure. They hav. also a Idsd to their Reserve* and their Profit and Los* accounts, which form a double line of for- tification. It is not interesting to learn that cholera still keeps marching on and on. It ha* spread in the south of France from Cette to Nimes, from Nimw to Montpelier, fresn Montpelier to Alain, from Alais to Toulon and Lyons, and is now persistently, quietly marching towards Paris. The French au- thorities conceal the return* or flatly deny that the disease exist*. They never admit that a town is infected until the outbreak is impossible to hid*. At Mecca the <!is- esse is as bad a* it could well be, and the deaths average nearly 800 a day 1,1)20 deaths am reported from Mecca alone since June 16. The Knglish (Government bss be- ..in- alarmed, and Dr. Thorns of the Local Government Itoard, has issued a fresh cir- cular wsrnii.g all the port authoritiss to look carefully after cholera indication*. Th* authorities, it is pleasant to know, are adding every safeguard experience nan sug- gest in inspecting vessels bound for this con- tinent. Kvery cargo of rags is thoroughly fumigated Iwfore tha ship gall a bill of \V.\lts " Ar you a detective or jnst an >vy'e> policeman?" OtKcsr Mc(iobl) " Nayther. I'm on th' nignt foorce. ' rtlala and BsMala. It appears to be easier for Great Britain to makn treaties and amicable ariangemenla with her ancient enemy and eastern rival Russian than with the American Repub- lic of whole kinship so much is talked. Tms fact is illustrated in the recent agreement between th* two Power* a* to scaling by British vessel* off the Russian coast* and islands in the North Pacific. I', will b* remembered that in conse- quence of a request from the Canadian liov- rumen t made last January. Lord liose- bsry commenced a correspondence with the Russian authorities in regard to the mat- ter. After considerable discussion between Sir Hubert M irier. the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, and Lor 1 Rneebery on th* one *ide, and the Ruasian Foreign Of- fice on ths other, an arrangement ha* been made for the year ending December 31, 1 Vl.'l. prndxed, however, by Lord Roeebery'* refusal to admit th* right of tb* Russian Sovnrnrnent to make any regulations affect- ing British vesaels beyond the customary three miie limit ,'rom th* chore. For the period named, it is agreed that the British Governtrent shall prohibit it* subject* from hunting seals within a /.one of ten marine miles on all the Russian joasls of Behring Sea and the North Pacific ocean a* well as within 3U msrine miles of certain seal islands where su:h hunting is considered injurious to seal breeding. Any British ships staling within the prescribed maritime territory may be suited by the Russian Government, but mnst be promptly taken to the nearest Brit- ish authorities or handed to a British cruiser, by whom thy will be brought for trial before the proper tribunal* th* ttng- lish Government guaranteeing such trial in eachcaee. The Russian authorities promise to limit within .10,000 the killing of seals during 18H3 on the island* referred to, and to permit an agent of the British Govorn- msut to virit them in order to ascertain that the agreement is properly carried out. Whilst the claims or rights of neither Power an prejudiced in this arrangement, it will b* seen, however, that every faculty i* given for its effectual working. Ruasia trusts the justice of British tribunal*, Urmt Britain concedes for the moment a wider ocean limit than is usually given, but all seems to have been done in a friendly spirit. I 'i the wildernesses about lh* great lakes the Indians are tarns and good natured and they are glad to g*t a job s* hunters and guide* for parties who are going into the wood*. That much of their wild nature remain* with them : that they prefer life in th* open air at small pay to steady and re munerative employment in towrw. Occasion ally one of them will be found who has a liberal education, this being especially true among the Ojibwaya, a good number of whom have schooled at Saull tttinte Marie, Mich, Among tho western }n- 4 .ians, ac- customed to the freedom of the plains, education is only transient in its influence, and a story is told of a chief's ion who, after being graduated with honor* nl Hampton, was found in Montana livinf in a wigwan anil <oina about in buckskin k -. aud beads, wholly indifferent to w' a'ever chrvui a civilized life may have ha '* him.