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 rit I*' ' h k* â- J If r' r^ f v.,; 'i ti AN ENGLISH WAR C0£- BSSP0ND8NT. " Archibald Forbei oiica« prirata aoMicr Then bU oiiinn muat have been very hojnble and bii edacktioo aelf-aoquircd." Not ao faat, ^0x1 ri-adera. Tb«re are tltM* wbo have poverty thmst uyica them, aad others who tbraat poverty npon theiia*lvar. lam afiail Archibald Furbea belonifod to tbe latter claaa. Hia father, Loiia Pcrhei, wai a Hresbyieriao Doctor of Di'inity, while hia motiier b;;l«ngel to the old fam -y of Lealie. Livii.g in the north of SoutUud, Forbea siuil.ed tiiat at aclioal, then with a tator, and tiaally at the Aberdeen acireraity. Though ixce \iuii in cla^aics, he had such an aversion t m .themitics that when the aen- atui ai ademicns recently prop aed to confer up .o him t(ie drgree of LL. D., an irate pro- fessor exc aiii.e'i " I can never consent to such a mockery. As a student Mr. Forbes was 'plongi.ed' in milhema-iCj. I shall never const ni that a mm ^h•ul I receive an honorary d grefrom this UNiver^ity who has failed to psas hisez- aminationK." Furtanately for Forbes, suci-ess (^n the ' batilc fi ,1 1 docs n^jt depend upuu the ap- p-ndix of LL. I). Djiin^ Foibcs' second colleg ate year, his father dropped dead in his pul^^ii. There Iwing niLe oriil Ireu.a d little for.ui.e,Aruhi- ball ]• ft Ab' rdeen for Kdinburg i. with de sigi.8 ti' tupoii the law, and seconily upon the church. While enaeavouriug to lietiile u|Kin a career, he i-penc all his mooe), anl f-ll in love with a y lun^ lady, wi.h wl om he arrai g. d to »!o| e in a gig on a ci-rla.n .Sunday when the ob lurate father was to br at church. Alas, " the b. st-laid Bch-iiie8 •' ni.ct an I n.en ;;aug i-it avlcy? ' The ob ur- iite TatiK r Haylaid our hero, reiiioustt. ted Wiih piacticai d-Urinioation, ami turned the ltiv....ojn outhinioa ditch, whence he aro!))' aaihieruud wettyr. .\_i.rainin, tiia majority in ISoO, ForUs l)ec»iii«; p i-icisel o- i'J .VJO, and de ermineil to join acou.siu n (,'a..ai;i who owi eda arj;. tnut ot Und mar l^kc Huron. O.i rea^ h- ii.g l^ucl.cc, h lii.gired i-. the old town, he.. I hy tlic learning tyea of his Imillord li-u^h i.r. Altiie eii I of three mouths, the w 1 1 .;otchiiiau had cxnausteil his rrsonrc. ». confesse I Iiih uverty to the la^d t.rd's diu.{iiter, aud abaid n- d tht; idea oi joiuo.. his .couxiii. With ught thiiliui.s m hi piick- 1, lit- sliii|.e I for home as a sailor, and sti end t'.vi:lve hours a day f. r weeks, when h » vtti-el liecaii c watcr-lo. ge'l. No timln r- bh \i ca I Sink, iitber«i-r Foibi-s wouid hay. â- ^- ue to ilii- li t om. Theie w;j» no cooking f r a \vek. Ii:e btini; inaiutaiiicd on biscujis and silt meat. After tever. 1 aai ors had been watliei overix ard, the irew tok to t!.e b .at, »hii:h wasiicked up by thecotton s'op .\l .n-H Taylor, f om N.-w (Jrleans. h iiuiiiy that the erew were sa lly disease'l, K. rlie,»lio ha l^tudii d ii e icinc fn amateur, jjotoui the ine lie i.e-ehe-t,kii c Lne paiien. an I eur d ilie re-t. O cou-e li .s susee '• tiblr he rt lell a (.rey in the c iptaiii's rlaug t'-r, up'ii whiihi, wlieti hi iilii.;; h r f re» 1 ill I. trj»oil, ai:er three- iiioutli's lasie ot gall w^it'-r, he i-i|uaud led his las. eight thill Di;n in ;^raoe.' What was to ho doie? Xevi r without res' uree, Forbes sold a tine li.- d ,la».s, a id, with ll.e iii:uey, went to l.o d n, where he w.k nerjiited III tl.e Ijoyai D.tgo.n!-. Le- .sp 'e lii^ t. iidi iicy to "laiks," he maile rapid ii'alAay. liiadditou to lis a|i|.ointmeot a.-, .seliii. l-tc.clier t.) his c nijaii) Forbei was male a '.iiH-'jUarteimasti r ner^ a ir.wi hout tlie rautx ot scrj^eint. Is he li.ippened to be th on y man â- â- ! his coinpai y who coull solve ihe lojortiig stU|eoilou.t piobleiii in Uientil anthill, tic, â€" " If one man is allowed tiie ti iriy-se.euUi part ..f ..n ou -ce oi' pep- Jier pei day, what is ihe amount to I* drawn for two hituditd men per uet-k.' ilarii iioiipi-.M d this, Foi bis »a.s let "If lioni put. i.-iiiii' lit drills, aod became an oli- jict OI iiiliniKiiion 1 1 his eompanious. Al- rea-ly :iiti. lis l.y hi-n had Ijeen ai cep ed for " 11.11 eh'hl WoiiU"anl the "'Joriihill .M..i%i/ 111-. ' Sliortly alter, l.e (om|jeted lor ik p i/e essay of fifteen guineas, lo be wrilt. It i.y ii workint^-in.iii, 'On the advao- t.i^- .-i I .i{ 111 ther .-. uiitry derives Ironi lier C0...1 i.s,' He ua-. ti.eii -t it oiieil at W. e- •loM.wn- re 1 1 III I lie. arec nspicu.'Us'y ab eir, iii.d ;is til Ml » n tiling all. lit tlie colonies, lioiv c .nlill.c ol.iain ilat.s? Hi little tahit bsr tiM bed. vMi cook, waa the book wUak re id before going to aUep,â€" Bvhrec'e " LmA of the Btfooa I" Fothea wee the flnt nnn imehitiiil to ride' round Paris befoie the city wm sntiw^y ia- veetad, and wbaa waitinK at Maaax fur the prOKreea of the eDviroameai, he reeMved orders to rctom home. The " Uomia« A.I- vertis.-r^ no longer required hie serveea, for the qaamt reaeou that thia i wrnal slrawlv bad a correspoi.dent inside of a dty which waaaioot to be l«eeixed F.rhes reached London lo three d^ys, sole possessor ol in* firmation conoeiiiing French plana. As hi- essay in war correapondeoc« had abraptiy ended in r.call, he coi.cla.ied to return lo his miserable " L .ndon Scotsman." How- ever, he determ ne I, if pnasible, to sell h s knowledge. Aa "The Times" turned a deaf ear to his application, Forbes st4Kd in F eet street, and t- ssed "odd m.n oat," towhi'fa of three papers â€" " Daily New^" "Standard," aud " Telegraph "â€"he ahonid go with his copy. Toe "Daily News' won the toss. H.- f.nnd favour at last, and was told to write three columns. On return- ing to the offije to state that the sub ject was not yet exhausted, (he editor re- plied " Write on, then, until it is. We'l take as much as yon bke of tlii* kind of copy." Forbes wrote six colnmns and arrani;ed for atothtr artic'e to app.-ar the day after, but I when be pre^enU;.! hit second manuscript ' the manager sai I " I iion't think we want it.' The tone greatly i.ritated the already jaundiced Forbes, who pditely requested Mr. K lh|n^oo " to tto to the devil, "aud then proceeded to fo elsewhere himself. Chas- ing the coriespon lent up the street, the manager fi ally oveitook and calmed him by the magic announcement " I want you to go to Metz to-night for us." It wa4 four o'clock in the afternoon Forbes lif three hours later. This was his first eiigagemmt upon a j .urnal with which he ha-i bet a otineced ever since." .\t M tz Forbe-. b .an to revolutionize war • orresp. n ence by living on f..repoate, wii essing ev. ry figh" nd su stitu inu fer curt telejjrjms i.f ha'e la t-, loni; .1 scriptive let- ters te ejrsphed lu full. A -coidingt Forbes, -ucueisful w .rcoi res pond nee .irpen is upon three a'tri utes â€" faeu ty of orgunz^iion, capacity of (il.yscd endurance, and the gi't f luc d writ.ng, resulting irom studiously oiuirel military knowie l^e. From aj.ur nalistic as well as from a military pom' .1 view, the lae of a cimpaign must I e te- cure open communication and pre-., i c- in the right pl.ice are luiliapen-hble. Forb s i-eeniB to sn fi a battle afar off, aud o. r. a.l t live in squa.'or, as h« niil lor six w-ek- .*ithiM easy range of Fiei.ch cjnnon b- fore I Metz capituluteil. It was the «eite-t an- I tumn ou ri c -rd, unii typhoid lever an i .iy j -leiitery wire his ci.n-t nt com anioni. Dur- j ing a sjitie, F .lb 8 lec ive.l a fl -sn Wound In the leg whnh con inue.l o| en f.r m nt i», I Out w'hicii di.l not toice him to have the front. Korthiscsix weeks he iid not s. ep in a be I exei pt ou oecusi nil v ~rg to t e teli-^rapliic b.t-e at .SairinUk^k. Bcfo e the eapilul I ion was elT cted, he wa-. t-it fi st o e 1. 1 M Iz, ami iufoim.ly joinii-g the rani- tary voiunteeis, he devoted hiniselt to the r. iiiov.l of s ck and w.-und d, llOIUof whom were ii a state ot s. iiii-pulreiae i n. As he most infectious diM.r.lers reigned, n- clu.iing the rare type of fl .ury t\phu!i. Fori ess lig was att eked with gan^iene, w'li cii ha-i to lie burned out with u.tric .iCnl. f constant 8mokini nevir removing his bo' ts. ami carrying in his mouth a sponge i-a urat'd with vinegar, he managed to keep on h s lc.;s, hut w .s hiially or.iereil to Kug- lan I. le-l, by a longer stay in so foul an ai- m .-phere, uinputation su.uld bee .me nc- ee 8 iry. i) reaching London, Fo'bes showed hn. dis.ibled leg to Mr. Kjbiusun, who remarked wiili a shuililer •«^ of tha " Drily Kewe." and Mm MXt Utnimm Mr. Bobm on fowid his cotre epu *- M* as i ssB on the floor with the Loadoa linctac7 for a pillow. Ok retvniag to -IBna, hit aa tfe Coi^ mmm waa euUapMac. iGifcea aktared 1^ I« Gh^MlIa gat« aad tha^aaaa aHepwc a n«0hed Dombcxiwabiafaiataaa UVosMa. ka Perte ds la WVU dimac, tha A*wt VenaUlista LmI iarad ti» ta. -eoveriny an .. d i-m-y.- .â- |...lii, he c.'lhct.d hi- o.aier- ial ir 111 .t, wiovc his issay, and Mcuie.l the pri/. Uwuij to literary earning-, Foili.s hid till, e ui 1. i-y than his feliown, and cmse- IK-Iitly i;ot 11. to fnipient tn.nbie. Hi» i.i ml- 1- « •i.-i.eral War.d iW â€" w.isa ttrict I â-  I. 1 lari.in, .,11 1 in ti .1 ..ut punishment M It iriM.'l Towaid tiie III I .11 hi- iiiili- -ry II.. I, whi.-h :ited liv.-, je u-^-, folie- U.M- I ,.11 J. o ehanet.-i I happy ch .ni;e, will' li wt.ii il pr.ii ably b ive I. d to pniiiiotn n ti»'l 11 it III- ii 1 t'l :;iv. n way and ciu-xmI liiiii t.i 1 1 iiiv.lid. i. Alter eudiiriiio ignor- ant .im\ li..-j..tal tie.itimiit for ei.i.t. en iiioiciii lie « lit t. l.iiihli.n, g.it well III six we k ,. .Ill I w.i.-, llie.i sent to AM "Asa lellow-man, I say ynu ought to lay up for s X months ar j^ newspaper manager, I wish \( u would start fort.ie Sti^e of Pars to-n ghi, " Forb'-s started iminedia'ely, and his leg got Wl 11, probai'ly owing partly to his ruie of beiui; a teetotiil. r seven d-.ys out of twen- ty-, ne. .\itach d to the head-ipiariers of theaimy ci niinaniPed Iy the Crown Prince of .Si.\on_\, Forbes witnessed the ha.deit tightiug ot th" siege. .After the final bom- birdni.jiit of .St. 1 ui?, he contrived to ge.t inside the wa Is, which had been re.luced to a ino-t dil ipidated condition, aud w is otfer- .1 fond by a Pr.it. staiit pastor. Tne meat Dasp si ta fi«htia| a»»Md, dotiag wiiieh Doabrowiki, wh« hai â- saatsd • •aiU waa woaaded, awl faU ii«a Furtaiei arms. All then ran away. Tiia next morDinir, Forbea waa " r«qabitiaaad" by th« CuTaaiBaiatB to aid la enetiag a hanw cade across the Rue Hivoli, and again, later i I (he day, to delend ao ind feasible posi- tion, the defenders of which promptly di-ap- peared. Some boars tier, Â¥â-  .rbrs stood be- hind shelter in Bne L Fayette ami watched the Versdilikta Uke the Grand Opera Hooae. There followed a p mdeman- inm of mdiscrimiuateslaughtr. U .table to communicate with England, F.irbai sot oat of Palis with great difficul y, and brought o London the news that Pans was in flame*. Ue returned to the dis ricted city in time to witness the final down all of the Commun- ards in the slums of Bellevue and in Pere la Cnaise. On the abdication of King Amadeiu, Forbes visited Spain to watch the new re- public, the difficn ty of directing which was matenally enhanced by the puHty of its letd. rs. They wonld noithtr liribe nor be bri wd, an.l without bri «ry no government Can live in Spain. Casteiar i- a dreamer Whose aspir .tiuns are toigolfor this work- a-day woild. Figueras resigned because, hy his own confensioo, he had nut iron enough in hs system to be a leader of m»n. Fin.ii' g the rspubhc a my tb, Forbe*. in 1872, went in search of the civil war in C .tal i i i, and founi Contrerasin cooim.nd of t .e Re- publican troops at Barcelo a. This lat scoundrel, who in a carnage lo- kel aa broad as he was long, afterward coodicttd the communistic insurrection in Carthageni, when a penny poet-man and a aboe-n.aker were joint preaideuts. Forbes tnml to induce C.ntreras ti march against the Cirlista, ai d hnally the fat comma, der snccrede.. in g. t- tin«! h s army one day's march out f B r. e- I 'Ua, oi the coiiclusion ef which tea ihe army triumphantly mutin ed,and wer vlori- ..Usiy mar bed back. Di gusiet with Con tr.r.s, F roes underw.nt four m .itiis of oushwhackng with the Casliats, whom ha lound personally pleasanter than (ne royal' lots. Tuey ha i little lighting capacity, but died like gentlemen. Re'urniiig to England, Forbes sug est. d the Ash niee w..r in a letter to tl e " Daily News,' his pr.p iritions liein^ carried out immediately, and their utility bt ing an- ofiiciady aciiiowledged by miliary me natts. Hatl hi alth prevented the iuventoi of tl.i wir fr in re|ort'n.' it. In the b«Linniug of 1874, a famine deao- lat'd Tirb ot, a densely pO| uiate.l distr c f B -ngal, W'leie t le people swarm like fli. s. Forbes pis£^d tne suiunMram ng thise mis- r ble pe pi., uumwrs of whom died, though $13U0),f(X) weie expended in miti^at n. he h'-rrors of the aiLuation. One giea lifi ulty in p'ev. ting stirvation aiose fiom tne exi.-t. ncc of caste. N.' i'oo.l cooked l.y one ca.-t eon d be tattn by aiother Fui lies saw a woman come to a i rough foi f.'od who, on observing that the people naudling th s food wer.^ of inferior caste to heise f, lay down and died with her infant in her arms 1 After receiving a sunstroke from which he lay insensible for two .lays, Forbes r. turned home after eight months' aiise.ce. He be- j came cog' zant of the ntriiiue for the restor- ation of Prince Alfonro of Spain, who was then a boy 8*1 tel.ow, aud a fine ri.ler, with .1 certain dignity, and a c nain amoui:t of ready brains. Aec mianying Alfonso to .\}a.irid, Foibes assist d at ti.e coronation ami followed th- kin.- 1 Navarre in pursuit of Carlists, w bo were finally paid to give up a h-st cause. Gladly lenving the land of hidalgos, in Ai.gust, 1875, F..rb. s we.t with the Prince of Wales thiough India,whe'e life was niaile up f pageants tnac unroll, d themselves like gori,eous pauoramas. and di.^played the jealimsies of native princes who qu .rrelled ab ut precedeuce, -cowled, sulked. 'and even Went away altogether. B it, though thar princes hated each other, tney learned to es- teem the Prince of Wa es, whose manners toMardthem were irrepioacbabie. He com- liine.i tact with dignity, and always did the right .hing at the ri.ht time. According t Foibe Eng and'a hold on India would not riMi Smg to !â-  !â-  iii» yyg T ki km, «h« Latd of tto Whte ll^haB^ a«aai^ Ooidaa VabtailMfc, ate. «*o had allUarelativML Aoea7 "4. It JSwnf To^ a Middkaai muBarcli m. iB^y, Furba aaa aoe ae ad by the Ca.eatta jraaa uf haynf ieaa to M aa^sj for tlwi_ poaeof briugiug aboat thia CSBaaaa catM pbe, and thoa soociag a asiiaatiiiii I Oa way down ihe Irrawaddy, Ptirbca read the telegram which recounted tne disaster of Is- anduia, and in in an boar later received thi core order, " Go and do the Zola war " Ht had a ragne notion that the^Zalaa lived ii South Africa, and a geognunueal friaad ii RaoKOon told him that Dnrliaa was the i«a- port to make for. So for Dnrfoaa he headed â€" away acroaa India, from Calentta to La* hore, from Lib re down the Indus to Kw racbee, from Kunachee by steam to Adas, from Aden by steam to Z^nsibar, and iraas /^^«iti.i. a^ain by steam down the ao«tb- eastern ooast to Port Durban. Discor^nng at Ulandi that Lord Chelmsford waa dis- patching no immediate courier, the war cor- respondent started at sundown from the ironiier, rode aluoa thr agh a trackleKS country swaiming with Zulus, and rrao ad (be te.egapQ-wire, a distance of llOmiiee, in fifteen hours, whence ha sent the earnest ace unt of the victory to England, as welia« to Sir Garnet Wubi ey and Sir Bartle Frerv. His report iu the " Daily News " wa* raad aloud in both Houses of Parliament, atom clamourous applause. Anxious to giva details to Sir Garnet Wol.l. y, Forbes con- tinued his ride to Pe ermaritzburg, 170 milea farther on, which he accomplished ia thirty hours. The entire ride occupico ninety -(iz bonra, three of which were given to 8 eep. All this waa done by a man with a contusion on his leg, caused by a spent ballet received at Ulaudi, which afterward 8up,nrated, and compelled his return to En t! land. During his enf rc-nl vications, Forbes has 1 ctured on tbe Fr nci-Ot rmau war and the Zulu campai,;n, aud nas byspecai iuvitatio. addieeaed the United Senvc- Club, the uigbest military institution iu England, on " Russian military oper.tions in Bu'saria." On this occason the Duke of Cambridge paid him the compliment i.f off ring to take the chair. While thanking ttie c..mmauder- iii-chief, Forbes sa d tnat be would nemure appropriate it his old co onel, no.* G«. erai VVardiaw, should presue. Ih. General' dm BO, and when the lecturer staiea tuathe was pr ud to see in the ehair a gallant office will., in times long pa-t, ha I more than once ssueil the stem edict, "Let tuaC man have ten daya' pack diill," the coufes ion was .reetoi with shouts of laugnter, in which Gen ral VVardiaw heartily joiued, declaring, Ou rising to propose a vote i.f tnaoka, that he had no ricdlection of the little occur- en ei referred to, Lu' it ever he did give M Forbes punishmeut iinll, it was doubt- less most richly deserved. Sucii is the the outline of Archibald For- bes 's caietr â€" a true war c.iriepi.ndei.t, wbe thinks a fight the most exquisue de- li(.ht n the world, and cousidtra a compl- Cited technical battle the most elevated euj yment of which the huui-.n mind is cipable Mtta Mr. Tonm. a Middl.*w â-  a g la lf a t wm ta £n' Mtaaâ€" his podMSo4 baiii« Mtrkiaad I bi when he waa erortin^ tnm fbUnSaaa ta iirtkfiMMtol Da D raaso la imim raddldHta tflM BtTLli fciMllliiil tha graatar 0trlte« ' feia iawaUad iaao itl oaa aad Boaiaga^ note is a ** of vhi^i .Aasooiated with eaoh eirea'ar r of indication," tha objaet roru the identity of the per- tha ina^maant, aad, [y fruat tha not*^ it ai««yoo«M ha gat tar llk^abniary, 1877, how- _ali dMih biok to tha bank of iaa«^ Thi^ ha4 ba*« aaahed abroad, let- ters afiMKeatia* haviag been obtained to oover them. jBpw, it wU be asked, had thaaa documeat* beaa gott From (ha taati- mofjy of Sh.-rwoad, who ga«a a w da t ai against John Wataoa^ tha Man aocssad of oeing the forger, it appears that the la(ter 0|iened a sham acoonm with the Southwark .ranch of the London Joint Stock bank â€" a .ranch of the l.aak that iaaaed tha latter* of eradit in the firat inataoee. He there sot oiraalar notes equal in aamber to the etoien instranenta, and wi'h them, of course, "letters of indicattoa." Tbete aotea he oaahed, promptly. He ne±t banded the ** letter* of indication " to SherwoiKi, wbo, iiy chemical means, soon alterad them ao aa to fo iiaty fur the stolen notes. Allheafh the jury found Wat^n guilty, it is prob«ble that S erwood is the more dangerons adven- turer of the two. He is evidinty a man of seme scientific attainnieats, aud ha on blusbiiigty admitted thst he acted as a hind ofchemcal adviser te " pr. fe«sional " for- gerr. Nay, be pretends to be in pi sa-sa i on of a p an which would render forgeries wrought by chemical sge ts imp-ssible. Toia valuable secret) however, he has i-ot been able to sell in New York, owing, h.- tiiinks to the faot the trsnaatlaut o dete • tivis, who, hs insinnates, are in oolln- n with the forgers, prejndioe the minds of he autboritiis against him. Let us hope tb-t if there l.eany tfflj enoy in hia device hi* attempt to beuefit society bv disposing of it here will m t be met with the chuling neg. leot that has caused him to withhold ao va • aable a s- cre( from his own countrymen. vkkh vata ghM t« bia bv kia«i jMNt%.tB. tkS-SMiMM of Baisaa, Aaotig thaa» is tha gol d e n eraw, « ki«(i mSm? ail with diamenda aad paaria, given San Fiao.iaoo. Ma Tbokas Gould, the soalptor of tha bi-aa iful sta ue of the Wtat Wind, and the baaa-plief of Hamlot'a fluiahod a boroii KtaMbanrhA L whieh ia to ba I (oe wtas wino, ana toe amlot'a Ohoat, has Joat atatoo in bioaae of King a* Mm iMdwkh lalwifi. Brit ah Calnmbia and Ooafederation- ITEMS OF INTEBEST. consisted ot par' of a youn^ Kray horse that I ^. *°"'h » month's purchase but for military lilt an 1 shi.A th' l»ei 11 li:s (-U ill ^-Kill,' giiii d a ii'v Kiirlw- s til si »a- piib'i-' 1 1 .Stiir; II. I •' .Miiriiin-.' A.i ei;:lit • 11 1 1 lie th.' " hill, N. u com. had been kille.l l.y a thell Diiriii t'le 3 e^e, F irb s wrote letters in full, wliicli were sent ti an agent on the iioniier, who teUgraj.hel tlicm to London. lliis feat exciteil great ^u pi ise among the Gci mans, who ki.cv tint F .rbes ha.i per- ini-'.«(oii from the I'rowu I'lince t.. telegraph only ab'.rt messages Irom the fices witlyn hi-i army. One ilay a F -roes te.e^ram ap- peared ilat.d at .a place wh.ru there w.-w no te:e.;rapii • fli e. It wis rci^orted to Prince .lershot lo (Jetrue of Saxony'a st^tf by a jealous corres- ..us how easy- bad i'.-ir I eriiUK soldier, Kn.land .s|HC. of e .m spoil lence. cut ii.iiiKMi t joiiriialiin Ml Im;."i, ill the "Kviuing I'll.- a casual writtr on the .- ii-er, an 1 one-- ncivul li.r a p. rajrapli accept! d liy • 111 till" pr-miiMig in iiiariiiil alt. i piilli-liini.an ariicle in Ihe "t 'oriini.l " oil •• .Vimy Uelorm, ' ami aiK.lh.-.- ill 'S Paul," iiliied " .S.. di. r- Wixe^," bi.tii I.f winch wi'ie we I ri'ceiveil, K..rlM.-. -t ri... a ap. r cal'i-.l ih i " Inn ion Si-..iHni.ii â-  inluicUd like every iitlier iie« .s pa|*r. t.. till .in i. bing v„i,|. It pr.vid- .( "^cote imeii with c n.len.-e.l news from tiieir own conntry. Liit :.a they either failed to see â-  Its iiecci-Mty, or i.\pei-t. il to jiet It for notli- ii'i:, the eiliti r ilid i-ot a.nats a fortune. He ike.1 out a precarious exi-tence b\ lice S...11.-1I drait at e and iiiu-ical criti- i-isni contriliuti.l l-i the " .M .mm.' .Viver- tl-.r.- ri.l..rtiiii:»?ely for ar., Forlies is not the 1 nly r .inple. I tilt- wron;.,'lii in in the wron^; pi ic \\ hen i-e-it t.i pr-.n luiiee upon the Iiii-nt-. I.f a peri..rnier on" tin- pedal piano- lortc, till 1 \-s..l.l cru-.ar.le.l the artist from a ;;\in'iu t!c point i-l view nn.l praiseil liiiu ;is an aci-..U.t till til.- i.ri;ikin-,-out of the F:anco-(ier- iiiaii war, F. rlcs naa'engao.d in writing a iiiivel lor his pap.-r, while cherishing th» idea tha' nature had desi.ned him lor ».-ir corre.-i»imlci.ce, an idea he r..ni- iiiuiiic...ti.l to .l.iniis (;r.iiit, v-ditor of the '• .M..riiiui' Adverti-er," who Miun after said to fiilll â- â-  I've 1 oneiuded to 1 llVr you a position as war correspoii.ien' t'ln ose whiciiever side you [irefer, ' llaxiii;; -tuditvl G rniau tactic*, .-.cijuired a .s'iyhi kii..wiedt.c of the licriniii lau.;uagc, and leeliii,' sure t'lat the G, rmau e.agle w-oiiM win, the ex solUer-editor went .lirict t.. Siarl.ruck, ami. witnessed the •• baptism by lire," on August "J, IS7t». It i-i stiange that ho should tfavc LeheM the ilili-at at S.-daii, sen Louis 'ap leon .lead at I'iii^elhurst, and liii son dead in .\tri. ,1 A; Si.i.linick. F.irbcs helped to save the life. if M j r Kittle, »h.i belonged to the eelebialuil In.iian (Juiiies.aii I has sine been ki led 111 .-\t\;^ianistan. Following the Ger- mans as 1 s| ec'.ator. .\I. jor Bittye lost his t-.-uiiH^-r oil s e n,' a s. Mier killed Uside him. Sc /iii:,'thi- .lenl man's needle-gun, he opened upiKi ih.- French, and prmnptiy rect-ived a .â- h..»s. pot l.ullet in the ribs. F -rbes picked np the iinpe'uous mijor, carried him to a I lac.- if selety, auiltenitxiraiily repaired him by III a-iiig him in brown paper plaster- id "Ver witi piste. Pres. ut at the -battUs of Courcelles, Viouville. «i d tJravelotte, Forbes ailvanced with til' Ceriiiaiis to Paris. He and bis couipanious «ee so far forward as to be ig- cor lilt ot the tl ink movement to the litht which ended in the battle of S'd.in, and held ou their way alone through Chalons uiiti: a -tuaiy warned by the Frenc'i in the strc. t to 1 e c ireful or they would fill into the ban '.s of the Germans, who had been seen in the mighbourhood. Recoverin.; toucli of the (;eriyans, Forbes was under fire the entire day, and the next morning wit- ne-sed N.ipoUon's surrender to Bsmarck. He an I his young Dutch companion, De L:e d.-, were the only civilians who witness- e.l tie historic event. Ou the 1! Jit of the day Napole n left for \\ ilhelnishoho, Forbes and I) • Tiejde, being unable t.fin 1 quarters e'sewbere, asked for lodging in th • Chateau Bellevne. which had beeu the ex emperor's temporary resi. fence. Their reiju. St wa8graiited,but without fod. While F.rbes was writing his despatch on the table on which the capitulation bad been signed, De Liefde satguawin,' a ham-bone tiken from their own stores. Failing by t IS nieans to appease a ravenous appetite, he threw the bone in disgust upon the table, and up et Foibea's ink. On retwming to the Chateaa, three months later, Forbes was gravely shown the stain of his own ink as a souvenir of the capitulation The French comminder had upset the bottle in his rage at Moltke's exorbitant demands It was then that De Liefde and Forbes tonsed for the right to slea in the ez-£mperor's bed. The ever Incky Forbea won. On a 1 Forbei dined with this :d to explain the' i ;coin- poudent.. Tiiat sime night stall, and was aski I prehensilile. "\Miy, • he replied, j.stingly, "I hive my owu privati! wire, and shall telegraph Ir .ni here diiectly." 1 Knowing that orders bid been given at Piince (icor^e's ollice to r. ceive no tele- .gram that uiglit fr-m him, Forbes ijuietly wr.te a letter directed to his tiouticr .i-cnt, and put it in the p st. 'riie next j day, it was telegra he.l to London, and copies 1 f tlie " l).ily N.-ws " were sent t.) Prince George with Mr. Forbes' c^mpli- iiieut.' P. ndinif the capitulation of Pins in Feb- luary, ISTl, some fifty j.umiilists waited biiiiKrdy toeuter on the si.le of Versailles. Forlies ariai|...e.l to enter by the north, I ihrouglu St. Denis, and ace mpli^hed his purpi-cn horseback, ilrcsse.l as a Prussian, 1 and was, in Koiiseepieuce, very 1 e.riy killed l.y a diuiiken Naiioiial Guar.l. ilaviu;; little knowlelge of French and iio kn.wledge wUitevcr of P.rii., he had gre.it dilticulty in fi iiliiig Mr. Washburue's hmeau, wh. re Fat (.'.louel llofi'inau, w-jjo gazid with surpri.-e uiMU the lirst man he ha.l s. eu iioui the ex- t rior world. He sent the stran:er to U .- thank's Knglish Hoiil, in the Fan .our, St. I Hoi ore, the inly hotel o|«u during the sieiie. F..rl.es bn ught forth lr.m ins w 1 et five ptmnds I.f Sliced ham, which U .ihanK s people put on a large covi re.l plate a d exhibited in the Fiubourg at ten ceutimes a peep, as the first uutsi le marketiug.to enter Pans. Alter w alking about dark streets all night, F.irlMS, who had st;ibled his horse witimut leave, ro.ie to Viucennes. where he pass d the Prussian lines. He tlien gdlopel fif teen miles to Ligny, the terminus of the iei man nilroad system, which he reache.i in time to catch the train for Germany, but kilhd his poor horse in the tfTori. Q" wiut the war correspondent for tviei.ty-two hours, without stopping. Pie .chin.; Ctrie- rhue at two o'clock in the morning, he made his way to ttie teWraph-otfice, wh.re the two g rls in charge re'U-ed to take a long teieLiain until iiay set in. Coaxing and bribery, however, accomplished their pur- pose. At eight o'chiok the desi.atch was finished which yave the hrst details of the interior of Pans that had reached Eniilan.i for a week. Taking the next train to P^ris. Fori es eutered tne Hotel Chsi ham on the morning of the third day after his departure, ud was roun.lly chatfrd for his delay by two journalists who had just got in. F incy their feelings on read.ng the "Daily Xe«8 " Couriers were so unirustworthy • that it was not unusual for Forbes to carry news to England twice a week. He was often the only passenger, and n.arly died from fa- tigue. After witnessing the great parade at Long- champs, Forbes ou ihe same day accompani- ed the German troops into Paris. Leaving the German c rdon an.l entering thdt part of the town sti 1 in French handi, he was assailed Iy the mob as a German spy. A fijht ensued, in which Forbes's ch.thes were torn off. " Let us drown him " shouted the mob, who threw him on the ground and proceedeel to drag him over the atooe streets. Rescued by a National Guard picket, the supposed spy was taken to a police-station, and brought before a magis- trate whose sister spoke English, and who testified her belief in Forbes's representa- tions. Ou being released, Forbes borrowed apparel from the brother of bis benefsctor, w ho accompanied him to his hotel "How can 1 rt-pay you for a I that you have done for me? asked the corr»pondeat. " More easily than yoo think," rep ied the French woman. " My brother and I are literally starving. He hss rec« ived no salary for six months, and, as gentlefolk, we cannot stand in the queue with the popalace to receive alms. Donbtlesa yon know pers us ccnnect- ed with the diatnbution of England's gift. Any food will be a godsend." As one of tha English A'raoners happened to be staying at Forbes' hotel, a hamner was dispatched to the Frenchwoman, who went away sob- bing like a chUd. That same night, Forbea started for England, and wrote his aocoont of the entrance into P.r.s before he hs" waahcd the blood-stains f n m his head and rule. All save tra ers, detest the English, and they are only friendly ihrough interest. Kriiish milit.ry rule is a senii-depotism, not always wi-c y directtd .Xpril, 1876. found Forbes ava-n in Eng- land, but the breaking out if the Servian war Closed him to joi.. Genera Tchernayeff, .1 Russ an .SjhUvophil who undertook to or- ganize the Servian militia, and accomplish, d wonders. By presenting a bold front and throwing up eanh-woiks, he so impressed the Turks with a belief lu Servian strength that a war which should have ended in a fortnight waa prulong-id four m.'nths. More tiiau one narrow escape from c ipture and death serve 1 to keep Forbes on the alert, wh le life in camp was curious enough. On the approach of winter, clBcers and men were quartered in holes excivated in the grounil and covered over with sod. Piled up in the c ntre of each subterranean cnmp was a hui.e (ire round which all slept. M c • that nil.b.ed hairaud whiskers Were frequent comp^inions. â€" not to mention less agreeable vermin. Forbes brought to Be'gra.le the ti. lings of the S-rvisn coliapae, having ou this occasion seen a bittle that lasted nine hours, travelled by p-wt loO mi es, and tele- giaphed four columns to the "Daily News" in thirty-f.jur hours. In the spring of 1877, F-rbes joined th-- Uussiau army in the c .mpaigu against ti e Turks, and, owing 10 Russian secretiven ss, was torely pnzzl. d to learn where the Dan- ube w.iuld b--- crossed. Thanks to Prince .Nlirsk' who gave him a hint,he was the only English Correspondent who soived theprob- leni, anil hurryng to Bucn.rest with the neas. again lii.l his journal great credit. Sole E glihh corn spondent present at the murderous an.l di-astrous Russian assaultou P.evua, iu July, 1877. Foib s was decorated with the or.ler ot S auislaus for personal intrepidity in rescuipg the Ru-si.n wound- ed. By despcrat. Iy nding his horse to death. Forties reached Bucharest â€" a dis- tance oi 100 mi es â€" the dy alter th; battle, ai d tele:raphed eight columns nf • lescription, which appeared in tt.e " D .iiy News" ot the f. Lowing morning. For sixty hours he underwent continuous phy»i- cd and mental exertion, almost without f..o-i and entirely wi hout sleep. The faTuive 'e egiaphtd to Loudon bore so hard ou the Russians that ail amicipated the writer's e.\pulsion from the Muscovite army. Rec- og iziug the tmth, however, of the Ei..- I sh account, the Rustiau military leaders instructed their press to accept it as ac- curate. Again, having witnessed the fight at Shipka Pass, and being convinced that the Russians could hoM their position, Forbes quitted the scene of combat at six o'clock in ihe eveninir.on the retu^u j .urney to Buchar- â-  St, and tiding all night reached the imperial head-quarters the next morning, ha-.-iug outstripped t'ne Russian couriers. Taken before the Emperor, who was anxious and careworn, and very shibhily dressed, Forbes ^ave him all the infoimatiou at his cnm- manl, and was warmly thanked for his promptitude. Ra.letsky had exclaimed at Shipka Pass: "I've got this place, and, pliase God, I'll keep it as loi g as I'm alive." Forbes assured the Emperor that the Pals tvould be held but as reports of a different nature reached hesd-qu.rters during the d.y, F.'bes passed mo e than one oiaiicaM quart d'ktun, the German -military attache of the imperial stuff assaring the Emperor that F n^s had led them astray. At last news came that corroborated his statements whereupon the Emperor turned upon Major Lignitz, exclaiming "You were wrong. I believe Ignatieff a Englishman is the only man among you who knows anything about war." Forbes and MacGahan shared between them the descriptions of the September attacks on Plevna, which lasted fi^e dayr. At their conclusion, Forbes, shattered by exposure, fatigue, and fever, abandone.1 the field and nearly died at Bucharest. He left the interest of the " Daily News" in charge of those two masters of war corre-pondmee H. A. MacGahan and F. D. Millet, both Americins anil both peers of their Fn^tsh ecnfren. MacGahan died at bis post, be'ov- ed by Bulgtria, whose wrongs be publisheii to the world, and thereby rii^nted his death wasdeploied by friends and empb.yen, aa an irrepariib.e loaa to joumaliam. Millet acc^mplish^r)wooderfnl fasta, aud Lves to tell the tale ib his American studio, wcere historic paihtaag claims tmie once giren to lactares^e wnting. In tha aaa^ td 1878, Forbaa want with da Oainet Wd^ln to take ynssiasion of that pestiferoas ulani, Cypras, and, Cyrus W Field, with his wife, son, and diiu.:lit r-in-Iaw, are going around tne world. They Will not go in eighty days â€" bat in a steamboat. Astronomically apeakine, the orbits of the lordly lu key and cranberry sS'ioe soon cross each other, and these two will then be in conjunctioo. The daughters of the Duke of Richmond are pr-rsistent and successful fisberwom'-n, and as catchers of salmon are said to be rival- ing their countrymen. The estate of an English m'ser named R ho. lea was lately wound up. It real z d $390,1)00. The sale of his effects in his resi- dence resulted iu $28.75. 'Vera Sas-sulitch, the accomplished as- sassin if the Ni iilists, should come to this couutry and bc^ire on "Kings I Have Tried to Shoot." We believe such a lecture wonld go off well. Ax Englishwoman who wrote to the Lin- don Queen to know what would bs a init- alile outfit for Nile travelling, was bidden to get a smill nilin,{ whip, as the natives a.e sometim-s very importunate, and nothing ebe would keep the-n off. Malta mnst be a paradise for habitual topers. In V iletta, the capital of the island, there is now a grog shop for every seventv- five inhabitants, including women and children. In addition to these there are, of course, the toldiers and sailors, who are the principal frequenters of many of these estab- lishments. Lord He.vrv Gordcs, brother of the Mar- quis of Huntly, and tormerly of the firm of Newton, Gorcon k Co., tobacco and ;,'eBeral brokers, is a bankrupt. L«jrd Henry's grandfather, Lprd Huntly, had the same ^ad fate, and the sheriffs occupied his house. The present p. er, aa able man of high char- acter, repaired the foi tunes of his family by marrying a Manchester millionaire's daueh- ter. 'â-  Two Truth, in c mmon with other papers here and elsewhere, hss received a growl fiom British Co umbia in the shape of a lartie circular in wh'ch the grievances an I mani- old wro i^s f that province are set forth. The great iioubte is in the non-fnltilmenton ihe part of the D m nion Government of its engagement to bull ' t-.e line of rail .• ay be- tween Esqu-ma.t anl Nanaiino, al hough "tie D.minion tariff," comes in f. r a riy cide a-sault. In this matter, indeed, the circnl ir IS som. what illogical, for we cannot for the lite of u- see how (he buddioi; of the ine in q.estion won d affe- 1 the tariff or the tr-ide with the U it d Sia'es. This, how- ever, msy pass. The circular may be sum- med up as containing three distinct state- ment*. F rst, it s.ys to the Dominion, in effect, "You promised to build this line of railway within a specified time, when we of British Columbia oid you the great favour of joining you in C .n ederation. Secon.lh, you have not b gun to do it further ths'i getting rails f r tlie line. Tuirdly, if you don't set to woik at once and get it done we will separate fron you and lexve you out in the cold." Now to all this there is just one answer. It i« hard to see how British Columbia would net her rail'vay built if she did separ- ate, for the day is past when provin- cial G.iVir. meuts could find financiers ready to lend their m.mey for schemes of local im- provement that could only be remunerative to the lenders in the course of a couple of generati ms or so, if at all. Thia much also is very clear that it is only through sheer inability that the Dominion Government has tailed, so far, to implement its promise. It was easy for Earl D..ff, rin to gush and give taffy when he wan ed to ingr.tiate himself With the British Colnmbians, but his note would change cons dorab y if he had to set- tle thd details of :he finan.isl matters of the country. In fine, British Columbia must await its turn, aud need n .t expect that, for Its siike. the whole ol D.iminiou interfsts must " Uke a back seat." When it is p s- aible for the Dominion Government t.) fulfil its promise 1 1 that prov.nce it wiil most as- sure !ly do 80. but until that lime comes, it is worse than useless for the Mayor of Vic- toria or any other Columbian to threaten us with separation, and its train of attendant pains and (.enalties. atHaK.ln)a. Clama. Moaan" will, whan oa tko atafa, apeak to t'l" prap'a aboat her, aad giva directious to the otdar of the orohaatra, all in fnll po aeaaion of haraalf, and ia tha uexc m 'BMat will throw hanaU iate bar part, ahad raal tears, aad thnll tha baarer, aa if "puasaaaad " by quite anotbar paraoa. A ooaD many czoellont aad graoafal actt«8.-es oome from the ballot Cariotta Iiaolateq was a danaaaae, ao waa Mma. Ce.esie, i-o waaPoliv Marahall, ao wa- Ly.lia Tbompaon, *« wa* Marv Qannoa. Charlotte Cnebn an was orignally a singar j so was Mr*. Kealey, who sang in " Obaron " and many Eugliah opcraa. Aj.saBT Woisw teU* bow, onoe npon a tiasa, ha and aoasa of hia ohama, hearing thatOITen auh waa oeming to Etretat, or- ganise I a riumph 1 reception in hia hunonr. A oolleu ion of arm* and oostnaes was pro- oared fiom a friend's honse, and half a docen halberdlera, worthy of a pla-e in the force* of the Grand Dachess of GeroUteio, Were drawn np in military array in front of the hotel. A boy, atired a* a herald, waa mounted on a jackaas, and two toy cannon thundered a salute, while he hal ereiiers presented aims. Wolff bimelf came for- ward, aad pitaented tne key a of tha hotel on a plated oalver ti the maratro, who ao- oepted the whole thing with eff..aioo, didn't aee tbrongh it a bit, aud, aa (be teais stooii in hs eyes, tzclaimed, " Oh, bnt this is too much, too much I" Th-^ same sort ot juke waa carried out mtny ye-rs ago. with equal success, at Pe orrow, L.dy Moleswoith's a.at in Comw 11, when Lady £., famous for the tremendous airs sue ttave birsell, came on a vuit. S -me wags in the house got np triumphal arch'-s, w th ' Welcome, n»ble Charlotte 1" " il il, Que. n ot Socie(y 1" and o her tomfoobry. " N 'ble Chailotte" gulped it all d iwn with infinite gusto but, when her hnsb-nd, a i-eusible man, came to hear of it, he was gr a Iy mortified. raoaatly ioia of to bo JT laitiiiii lir T*^ "â€" r^rir T^iii iii a Im^-tttffiv fa«fci»gl«f^»ia« UaipUaa •«• i1» Avmrwat Vaaieo tf i i l iiia hatg^ i^olai ara fainfaQy txtagtmr* ia UMir §» aral gat-af of (hiafiag kanaaa. A BaCBtt odMal in that fl tyl l Baa thooaaad laavaa wtn bateg aado *«aiy with taaaal one port akwii TuflKag 'o toala pa9*$l,400 for hia baby'a oradla. W; aaMia hia M j aty ba baa beaa impnasd apaa. â-² ano.) oradla eaa be paMftMaS IMM« for iS 50. A TOTma thief, oa baiax arraatad at Bead- ing, Pa., aaid he hoped Ood woald paralyao him if ha waa aot iaaoeaat. Within a hft daya he waa atriokan with paralyaia, aad ho ia now firm in tho baliof that it waa in ooa* aeqaanoe of hia impioaa prayer. A* tho jOUai' haOgivaB by tho Qaaaa at fitaly. thaCKi^ Daha at Baaaab w aad Piiaeaaa of Walaa, LoM sisters at Lackawaxen, P. were engage.l to marry two l.r..ther», and the d .uble wedding was to take place about the holidays. Just bef. re the eltctitin, one of the girls asked her lover to take her to a Republican meeting, but he, being a Demo- rat, refused. She appealed to his bn.tl er. a Kepublican, and he accompmied her. The sister who remaine.! at home aud the Demo- crat brother, finding their political sympa- thies m accord, agreed t br, ak up the previous arrangement and become man and ' J lu "'« ;;'«'» "'et with favour all round, and the wedd ng will Uke pi ice accordingly, each of the four taking a different mate. SoLoMo.s- Jones of B oomburg, M I., was 0 when, after many years of poverty, he received $2,000 in pension money. He had no relatives t leave it to when l.e died, and t-h.retoie made up his mind to 8i«n,t it all himself. In view of the probab'y short time rcntainmg to him in this wo. Id, he felt that lie must be fast an.l funous in bis W). He marned a young wife, and gratifi- ed tier love and dress; he got in a large stock of beverages, and dmuK them reck- less y he bought a fa=t h..rse, and bet on n m. At the end of three mouths the last .^..llar waa gone, his wife deserted him, his hors di. d, and he is still without auy im- mediate prospect of dying A Benoveient Man. "Any chestnuU around here " asked one of three ciiy boys who met an age.l b^nevo- leut-lookng farmer out in Montgom-ry county The old man hesiUted. "You don t went to steal 'em ' he asked. " Oh, no we just wanted to find out." " Well there sa few trees back there, but if I thought you wanted to steal them I would- n t have told yoo, for the owner's gone to town but you're bright honest looking boys. The boys blushed with the pride of conscious g..odness. " When will the own- er be back " " Well, not before dark, I reckon. ' The boys respectfully thanked the old man, waited tUl he got out of sight, jumped the fence, and were soon shaking .town the burrs. The shaking was eaay, bnt th^ opening of the chestnut-burrs was more difficult and unpleaaant. At Uat the boys had a splendid pUe of handsome, brown nuta on the ground, and they prepared to put them in the bags they brought with them. Please don't take any more trouble," said the benevolent old man who stood by the '*1fe beaming kindly on the sUrtled boys. " I m not so strong as I once was, ana I fear I can't hold this do^ much lot ger. If yeu'll hurry, though, I guess I can keep him here till you get to the railroad track. Down, Tig^r, sir I " As tha boyi looked back from the railroad fence they could see the stoop- ing figure of the o'd man scooping the rich, brown obcatnatainto-atKo-baaherhag. â- â- â-  m- A UTTLB boy, named Johnny, from the interior of the Bute, who had been raised on a stock ranche. and had heard a good deal aboat the consequencea of stocknitn killing ytarliegs that did not belong to theB,caaie to Galveston to lire. "The other Over a Century Old. A reporter for the In lianapolis Journal has bagged rare newspaper game in the per- son of a c- loured nirl reputed to be 115 years ojil. The reporter found her a*; No. 176 Yan les street, snd was s. on ronvinceil that she was jDOTe than a century old. The old l«dy was sitting by the fire sewing, and the reporter was intr.duced and pnicieied to interview her. She ia quite deaf, but by drawing largely on his reserve lung power thii rep .rter sncceed-.d in making himelf undersdKid. She said that she was born in N.rth Carolina, and was brought to Ken- tucky when she waa a child, by her fir-t master, Joseph Bryant She did not remem- ber what year it was. She was on the site of L'luisville when there was but two or three log cabins there, and she described the place as a big swamp, and that when she Was there it was fill d with wild geese and ducks. She afterwards became th.^ clave of Judge Doak, now dead, who live.l in Shelby County, an.l fiom whom she takes her name. She is known as Amy D lak. She is the mother of te 1 children, the you.igest of whom is 53 years of aije. Their youngest child IS the mother of Mrs. Cooper, an.l has urandc jldr. n 12 yeara of age. Amy's other children were s Id from her long ago and if living are scattered over the s .utheru states. She knows of the whereabouts of but two or three. She has seen her ch Idrens chil.lren d..wn to the fourth generanon. I he report* r askeil the d.nghter, Mrs. Wbitton. how she knew her m .ther's sge. Sae naid that just before le-ivingKentUrky she asked Mr. Doak, a son of Judgd Doak, about it, and that he lioked iu bia father's books and found the record of the purchase of Amy, and that this shows that ahe is 115 years old. The ld lady is quite feeble, and wears all the marks of extreme old age. Her eyes are unu-nally bright, however, ai d light up wonderful y when she talks alxrat the occurrences of one hundred years ago. Her memory is very good of the evenU of her ealy life, but is alaioat a blank in regard to the happenings of the past ten years. â-  â-  1 Oar Girls. "The chief end"of woman is to be married. Thia will be acknowledged to be at leaat os- tens.bly the main object and purp se of the average woman's existence. Naturally then we should expect her to prepare herself and be so educated and traioecl that she may efficiently and satisfactinly fill the sphere she will then be cilled on to occupy. But, aa a matter of fact, we fiod that the very opposite coun-e is being pursued, and so- csUed "accomplishmeBte' are a cqni red by girls thst may more or less successfully qualify them for shining at parties and balls, bnt which are utterly uaeless, or nearly so, in the home circle. Why is this ♦ Probably (we might almost say cerUinly) the reason isto befonnd amongyouug men. Thoy evince Stasre Liocs. A London correap'indent of the Cinrini'a'i E'lfutrer B^yt Mi. Sothern is ezcetsiv.-iy anzi-as that hia broth r artist Eiwin Booth should succeed in Lond.io. The o'nly questi n about the matter is this, will th.1 London public carry its horror of the old school of acting s.i far as to over- look the American " Hamlet's " great ability on sct^'unt of his persona'ion being built-uu somewhat on the traditi-msl lines "One thing about Edwin Booth should have gr at snocess here, ' said Mr. Sothern. " and that's hia legs ' "His legs?" " L gi are never those of the ordinary hnmau type when attached to a tragi d an, except in Bioth's case? Now, take For' rest's legs. You rememb r Forrest's leirs '" ••0.,yes." • " Simi.ly the tmnks of giant trees which he was en(.agel in dragging on every stage, splitting the ears of the groundings with them. Then the antipode if Forrest's legs are Irving's lew, almost invisibleâ€" the minus of al-.-ebra. Then Macready's legs â€" remem- ber Macreaily " " I uever saw Mscready." "He was heavily handicapped by legs. He walked in this way," and .Sothern rose from his easy-chair and strode about his dining-room, dragging first one leg and the# the other after him to the toe-point. " R. gu l*r 'C.ii"hea' walk, don't you kn.iw? Nuw, E Iwiu Booth's legs are the le^s of c mmon life, and as such I think will meet with general favour." A Prima Donna Ijost and Found. For several days not a little anxiety has been lelt here by the friends of Mile. Marie L'tta regarding her welfare. She was to lac bee^ _t o^r Lo.ne in Bloomin:toD last Sunday, an.l, acci.rding to her agreement with her Chic go managers, she' was due in thia city last Monday, having to appear here next week. Not appearing at the ap, ointed time, it waa feared she was sick somewhere, or foul play suspectid, and on Tuesday tele graphic communication was opened with the opera company in which she snd Tagliapietr had been giving opera throughout the South. This company was traced into Texas, en route to M. xico, and, although many des patches were sent, notbin.; could be heard of LitU's whereabonU. At last her friemis enlisted the infiuence and authority of the Superintendent of the VVeatem Union, and yeaterday it was brought to light that all the despatches forwar ed to the lost prima donna had been quietly and remorselessly interceuted by Ta^jilapietra, whose plot it was to keep Litta in i.norance of the exact date of her engsgement here, in order tha' he might continue the large business which the Opera co 1 pany was doing, and carry LitU with him into M zco. As soon as Lt a was m- de porsona y aware of the situation of things, she telegraphed at once to Chicago and Bioominxtoo, and relieved the sus) ense of her f ien.ls and managers. The d. spatcb to Vlanagers Slayton aud Carpenter was as fo'lows " I havc just dis- covered the diflSjulty. Will leave at 8 o'clock for Chicago." day Johnny^ Sunday school taacher asked him • " Whr illd not Abraham offer "Perhapa laaae ilidfi't belong illd not Abraham offer up Isaac?" to the old every bidy eUe, fell a victim to fever. Nev- ertheless, he oootrivod to be at Simla, iu the Hiaialayaa, shortly before the outbreak of the Afghan war, and at hia own peril carried a mark and brand-f ^jA gABpu iBARig fc tddng leaaon* in En like -American hand*. Thia account appeared ia a apecial Tho abort tbe first diapatihas annouiicaug seat to tha snoot ss. "DaUy M *J**^,tle»»»ekelsof the the .Amencan. Hha. shekels Uve I ' I hare French, Du»ch, Swiss, «id English ahek- elc Hare, ou American hek b?Ya^ Ihave some Amencan ahekeU but y^w goin^ to take JB bafota I jstffio^h. a very foolish preference for the botteifly order of girls, not considering that, for mar- nage and management of a home, more solid qualities are indispensable. In consequence of this preference, mothers who have damrh- ters to get " off their hands " take pains to give them the t,tinj qualities snd tfcTy turn out wives who know nothing of domestic "'^•â- Â°Â«Â» "d •«. aa much at a^ with reprd to the very fi„t elT M?Sou.i%«° *° n.ke%ome hapty h-.!L^ 2" ^** ""K* " " regard to Lt^ y""" " 'â-  London reoenUy «do!^? " the obj^ of hu .Son Zij^J |^""»'*«d when too late, that not h^nLh'^n" °°* "" '"• fir-t thingTb^t houi|ehold matters, bnt absolutely glfrirf i, friends. NatnraUy enoogh he got savaT^ fn^i^r" "5 ""J**" b^fhe only 1«S^ •tand that he oomhl not help hunaalf What K^^bn?" "" f»rth:?'ari.e we do liXf r^r J*"'"*;^'" "r they will be little f r edification. We are aorry f. r that ?onng man, bnt who ««. help hii? There u ou^ij one way oat of tho fix'.hat we know of and wo wonld not like to aagvaat that to Jj-^_T»._a Chang. o air "TLoIthi Tbe Brothers OfTenbach. Jacques Offenbach was *ollowed to Paris in 1813, says the Vienna Jfeue Frcit Prette, by b 8 elder broti.er Jmes. Jacques was then 23 .nd Jules 27. J .cqnes was restless and ambitious, and rein .in. d a young man to the end. Jules was sober, mediutive, md ffereut to fame, and an old man at 20. Jacques played tho cello, and soon found himself iu the current of Parisian life. Jules played the violin, and kept to his cheap lodgings. Jacques died unexfectedly, in the exact teimpo ot his character. Three days altsrrward Jules followed him into eternity, and the newspapers mentioned his name for a meet the first time. In 1847 Jacques became lender of the orcheat a in the Theatre Francais, and appointed Jules his firat violin and vice "sKent. And when J cques f.nnded the BeuffeePa.isiens in 1865 the elder brother was appointed leader of the orchestra, but proved to obstinata and too little appreci- ative of Jacques' wicked music to long re- niain in the position. S ich intorchanges of sentiment aa this would happen at re hearsal " Too slow, Jules much too .w." The time ought to be twice as fast, 1" "On the contrary, much slower, if acy- thing I ' ' I have composed it, and ought to tha PHaoa aad IMooaaa of Walaa, lUa, Sir Bartio From, aad othora of diatino- rioo were amoiu; the gn.-ata, and the Queen daooed aevaral roola, tha tint for many yonra. A PauviuaiKiB n^Mmmm^ filled to deliver a woman a trunk at the railroad atation • i h- in the atipnlated time. The delay cansed h r to mis* a train, and she was very angry. When the cnlprit appeared she delibe atialy doubled ' er fist aad abuek atiaight out from tha aho.ildar, knocking him down. Thxy have a new way of cnr ng women 'a byst ries in India. They tie the pati nta handa and feet together and then thm-t c -t- ton wicks steeped in oil np thir nostri s and into h. r ears. A woman who has had hysterioal dnui b naaa will recover her speeoh w a very sTiort timo ander thi* trratn.eat. In excavating for the St. Gothard Railway near Am ateg a magnificent glacier garden a series of so-called giants' kettles, or enormous holes torn in the rock by the action of glacier millstones, has be n laid bare. One half of ot the I. ardi n lay a rose the railway track and had to be blasted awiv, but he other half has been walled around, and will be caref lly preser-ed. At L'nares, Spain, lately, three mioeia were einking a shaft, and after charg ng the bore holea with dynamite, two climi«l to tbe gallery above, while the third rema ne 1 to li^bt tbe fus s a'.tacbod to the charges. Having done so he ig .ailed to his comrades and was being hoisted up, when, on neanng tie top, he lost bis bold, and fell a disfancT of fifty feet to lhe,-:lPtt..m, where he lav, •â- tunned and disabled, c os« to the lighted fuses. O e ot bie eomrades iii»tai.tiy pu. his knife b. tween his tee'h and, iesc nding by a chain I: ddi^r. Severed the fuses us they were about igniting. • " EvKN the wealth)-^ -Hindoos cannot ind good domestic .ervants. One of ttieni writes: "The good servants are gone who u ed to- know how to hold your umbrel a over your head, jioiir the ater.over your hands after meals, and exag erate yo r resources before your fnende. This me class of men has dis appeared, and a de-enemtc species of epidem ic-stricken, untraineH'young arbariaiis have taken their place. They plunder yon when Sent to the bazaar they steal x our clot es, voir rice and they are .so reedy tha' they lick off the very syrup from the surface of your sweetmeats. " The Gianl Dake Constantine of Russia is said to be a very agre. ablf man in s.«iety, having pleasant words and complimenta for all sortt of prsns; but in priva.e he is curt in spetch, and uses words not found even in the Apocrypha. He was marned young to the ban.lsomeat piincess in Ger- many, but they are on y on "terms of rea- pectiul tenderness," as Too lies was with his wife, he travelling abroa.l by himself and she by herself. In hie priva e affairs he is orderly, thiifty, and makes g.K)d iovcst- menta. He is tbotlgbt to be ambitions, per- haps too much 'so, sod' looks as though he f It himself watched by s jies, and glinces about without turning his head. The terror of Peoria street, Chica o, is a miniature fire insurance patrol, composed of recklessly zealous small boys. Six of their number act as horses' drawing the rest in a -s all wagon, which was unwisely pre ented to them y the superintendei^ of the adult patrol. Ibey usually operate on bonfiiws, over which they ^preail wet blanketa in the ordinary mannei, and t ey run on the side- 'alks because, as we are infoimed, "they can kn ck more people down there than they could in the niieldl? of the street" They re- cently concei\ ed the idea that a hou.se was on pre, and with wild whoo s rocwded to sub- jugate the ima.inary dames. I hey chopped ho es in the roof, broke the windows and »as the upiolstered fumimre. That *ss oinga litt e too far. They arg to be suppresse.1. In 17(55 la.' -zt calculate tha there were in France 79,000 iijonks an.l Sit.dOO -u S Ti.e I'limber of monks s now tar beiiind what it was a century ago, but t.'ie nu nber of nuns is considerably above it. Kghty- six d ffereut orders of monks a-e represented in France, and they have 2,02b' e tablish- ments 2S1 d fferent orders -or nuns are re- presen.e'l, and they have 12,004 establish- ments. Seventy-two per cent, of the n.c-nks aud six'y five por cent, of thj nuns ate en- gaged in education two per c "nt. of the mouks and twenty-two per cent, of the nuos are engaged in attending on the sick, and tweuiy-two per cent, of the monks and e ght per cent, or tbe nuns are d- voted to a purely contemplative life. The Braabiten «ho have ju«t bron expelled, are one of the -mallest ot the religious orders in Fran ;e they have oniy three establishments, with twenty-five memb. ra between t'lcm. The largest Older is that of the Cnristain Bro- thers, n ho numbe d 900, and have even in- creased l.rgely since 1861, when they were only 6,398. QtTKEN VicTOKi.\has been getting into hot water with the German coart. Her daugh- ter, the Ciown Princesi, during her last V'sit to E. .gland, lata serious quarrel with her moth, r about s. me.private matters, and this quarrel has not yet been made up, de- snite a visit of the Ettipt^ess of Germ n'y to Windsor Ci- tie in tne capacity of m-.-diator. The Crown Princess,' si uce her marriage, has gained the reputation of being a regular spitfire, and it js g.-nerallj believed that, her hnaband succeeds to the thmnej SSS^T'i**' 5i' â- â€¢â€¢ •â- a harfaa nit* !**ll apoa aiy word wS3j» i t«««oa«lyjMi.7^ Yoa woahl aot beuij,^*! IBB AiionnT or WW 1 •»aa in onr ftKd city 2^^ •i»,M^aBdl*tm,J^«* MtMsyaa ban.!*. iT*' anr Yoooangil ' ik..* ware wasteful ofV" parfaotly indiff.renTL^.. waa not certain ywitO*. by," for they wr.n^h^ v Jot,botitwascertaiV,.V oabtaU that they ,:" to make a very eoinw.--7J if pi ' very com oTj^lJ tifnlly su p le 1 ubu"' gone a great deal fanj.! there only been s.oie^.' management. I meet am ilmoot every day, aol h„ the' little biack pipe „,' "terns along like a /i,I.' told me 10 the most luf, ' very long ago, that J^ baa little besides tum,p,"r' his chldren wont helo),'"J •ot keep thorn at achoiw !!*^ lor y=t lie »,r knowledKmtnt, apen 1 x^^- all whar, snd whiskey, and at least li. 25 eenis a day to be wuat might not that Meâ„¢ It b -tter spent al, tli,,.^ IS easily counted up it e»Cuty.HveceuUa week -• that that IS near y 'k**' ur. Tiiat man Will b.,T ye. ui sure as f.,te wh b- â-  r charactel st.i, eutv. nt a veiy exoeMii..nal Where you ge oi.e better w. rse. I could out a doit, uot yet quite pauper,, hot O.V THE ROA„, 4s^ A po'.r b y was la ely », 'en lary for stealing. The to ke p him for iw hat b 'ml. l.y puffing ani »nioy,„ i irteeu yotra ohi, an/ ' used sheleens of i^ J'J him and tinishei y,** ttei/i was ti.i unl ceua told of old hag that kept tbt »._ a W'bisk y. euc ID raged lizr- *^" be is. Now he waa n.* 4 ^.~. almoat to fooliahne-s, bt\^ around him w.^re doing, Htj ^l. of it. Did any of the r.-a.ien â-  â-  aee pretty broKen down a-.«cn^| uid ^iila g..in.t shjut with j for broken victuals tor ttia 1 1 protesting that they WTe itr- were the 1 ttle ones at ho nt? ' watch them, kind eood Samtr-.. will see. Do they eat what {^ They know a tnck worth t*,, 'oed ti.eir pigs or they §eil keep pigs, aye, or they ttW u^ oonest who will not b^ jq^" they go at the whiakey »itb tb^ YOf BET! If the kind and foolishly clu not help at the door withoa: enquiry, it wool 1 be a great bia is to be done There w 1 deal of destitution, ai rfut.' cause, the poor wretck* c^ lowed to stai ve but I an ^^ after all is done, tbe ««•..* clamorers and thf drunken wiiigf' share, as they have gotten io tct by What about the 'â-  wi'k'.r;, aUat " tramp " kidney r 1: 1, j" j " but it is certain, at any rue, tui-^i Krowsinnnmbersaud impudenc-.' ceptioD, of course, they dntii, and they are generally ttrusg u Wonld it not be well tj trv :â- : prescription, " R.j.jt hog or die V I: u. 1 when both hf and Bimirck will have rather a hard tune of it to retain the reins of govemm-nt m thur own hai ds. Another cause of do- mestic giev^nceb. tween the courts of Liondon and Berlin is that the Oueen has en- couraged yonnu Prince William of Prussia to marry the girl he loves. This has given great • ff^nce to the E .press, who thinks Pr nee William u marrying beneath htm. Still another i ffenc, in the eyes of the Em- press, has been the Queen's active interest in promoting the ma, ring* of the Princess redenka of Hanover w ith one of her father's orderiies. In tbe mid»t of this storm in a teapot the Queen is enjoying herself after her fashion at Balmoral, although winter has set m. Her amusemento are not of an ex- pensive character they coasist mainly in «. ru*** l^? "'"••^^ »'" »'«'â-  pet poor. She hkes Balmoral for the bracing air, which â-º has an excellent effect on her health and spinte. "But know I ' "And I have to direct it, and therefore muat know better than yon " Jules wasn't to be msnaged. If he had been allowed to have hu own way, •« La Belle Helene" wonld have become a lady of deportment, the operetta an oratorio, and the cn-can a dance suitable to a youmr aUy hot dispute through one act of opera- bonffee, the brothers aeparated. JuleVre- turned to the study of Germsn masters, and became d-orister of the mwnnerchor "Ten- "•^ w "*.'" *•'•" which in Germwy would have developed iteeU. Bnt for Paru he was want'ng in the quality oL tha jnmn. »ng-jack, and could only dream. in lingland for ladies to wear enormous Lee- horn 8-raw hato, on which there was veAr heavy duty, a cunning importer hired a num- ber of poor women to oniaa with him ftwjue it- l^^^Z*!^ *^"" " " toTetom with splendid ha s on, while there own old hooda were tucked away in their pocketa. i^nera was no duty on Leghorns actaally be- ing worn. ' Im daaghtor of th* ez-Khedir* waa r«- oeatiy maniod to Daood Pasha, a brave bnt savajB aoldwr who paid off dabta to the •^â- M ka« a milboadaUafabaforo hia **4W*^ «1* ke oeakl veB aflatd. aa tha bnda brooght him, beaidea ready money seven palacea and forty thousand aorta of land. '^nraaT In TaakoadoM haa reaohad a ^ahgrad*. For aemal daya a faiWw ia aoeten haa beoa 8»nptifc.g tka eopper loof froai aa oooapiad baaanaaa baiUiMu iat it away to Jaak ahoafc ^^ A Big Find. £26,000 which M. Pages lost in tha North- r?J"»"'V[.""°°"' P*"*. hMoommuni- V^ "ar*'"' "^^' ^-*»» says «. "^^'Tf' " P«'i:ul»r. attindit on bl'J±^"""' ^^"^^ "T intarerti.4! snd show how some men are bom to fofl fortune thrust upon them. Ezdot wsa r?th"ii„*"'°°«!' *^ '"'*«y '^^ 0?» f!ni •="°«1«^ when they noticed on Th.;^ u 5*-^'*. ""PP*-" in » newspaper. They kicked it along befoie them for\2me distance, and when Eielot was getting into the train, going ho ne on short leave, one of h't comrades, picking np the packet, thrust It into the canvas forage bag slung at hia side, Ez dot going on his way without havios perceived the little pleasantry. Arrived at Nenilly, where his parents live, his mother, emptying the forage bag discovered the bundle, and, thinking it was a picket of newspapers, pot it 00 a table in the kitchen. There it remained for four or five days, till a married sister, calling in and seeing the packet, was moved by onwoatad cnnouty. Opening it, she diaoovered docn- """ r^P"*^ "• ^26.000, the loas of which Mr. Tagea had advertiaed throughout Europe. The Borppean paper. w^T not, however, read at NenUly, where the Cow fter dtPAwu doubUesa has it all ita own way. The aoldier and hia parint. n^t nneial Frenohman'a inatinct and had re- conr.e to the maire^ That functi^aJT oo»mnni,»Ung with Pari., ape^iily bro^l » i^tSl!^'*^.'*^**' It iroaid be iTJi^^iT??' •°PP'«»«»» *o the a.ri»Uve U weconid have • reoord of the feehag. of tbe atelier who thrnat tha paoket npon Xaa- liule I* ** «â-  *«'â- * Priaoe Nafioleaa ia aboat to " a aawapapar pnpnatoc. RAH KOK H.VNU.V and our City C juncil fbi im'.; (be freedom of the city cmierre; and that relieves him from ui-t: if not all eternity. lau't it c menwhi call themseuea de*i; spee table, like ^c.Vurrch, actual. y vota for i«eb a thin.' will it take to ge: into au Aidcri. tbe ilea, that the really res nij'i,.- ers of this ciiy don't care a r». Uanla and all hia ways an I «p that haa been doue by him, na.^^ cou raged a large amount oi get.. disaipuion, and as a tavern ke» do hu best to deba-ich the vis; Island, and sit tax tree all tb;\ ing it. It 18 grand to see h.*iju themselves respectable, will pu,;. very lowest claaaea of the cjam:. election time comes on ALL "KXBMPTIONS " iEE'lil incurably bad, but to add an tae municipal paupers is quite to..»:ii. nable, and of all the little m .-a World, to think of fussy iit:U H ehsmpiun assailant of all " eie-np; ing in tor it Now if we art to ti ptions because of the go ,d d ct exempted, I would ten inn s rit:-: ininiatera and doctors of the citj commoners for ever, than tats ytt, young man, who has don n .t 0:-- (hing for Toronto, except enablmjil many gambling "snorts " to mJu i. money on histoid. Isn't th««ir:a,i body (0 say about Can wla' Ja bn,' true, however, all the same, Jet pe.f out against it as loudly as sher like. I did mean to tail WHAT I SAW OK KISti flWOR the other day, and about my v;8,tt: sylum, for I changed my mmd ui J that dreary, yet bright and chttri ing, but you see, I have kad sj eji atn.ut the po.ir, that 1 hav; uetaeri space. I'll be up with the arrentu am much older, and, ia the nisur.: my word be marked, and let taotei «»y how it haa been fulti led, wsai that the city Counc lof next y.ar ' be a whit bet(er than the present all the members be UontervaiVw'k.' thiuk they will be. But reUiy now, how could 1 tiniirii speaking of the St. Andr^iw s supjes'-d Street Rul way? Qa how eL^aa I cm be, when inspiriog " ba'ild Jun' corn " auppliej the necaasary stent a caution to hear Alderman .McMcr Scotland and the Scotch, andhoirii ther Scota " a^iplauded, anl drani tune of who knows how many • though the funds of the society arf "♦ low, as every bo-ly knows. I'/r ii** That's ay e in order and • .S ots «" will always bring down the h.uft A* to the (treet Riilwav sapplrit-^ room to ita passengers. Oa .loi"'" lam, bow could you expect it I^* ager of that railway can nimage bets that comes to, or my name is not Jalvv. r.cH Pamell and His Tenanu (Frjm the Uanchester Kvirat.f: At the last meeting of t c i" (Ireland) Union the Chaiituaii r,t^ desire that Mr. Parnell would i-it* of the conntry, so t:iat he might te'.. was an impostor. Many jKHiple ••' believed this of the redoiibt-iUe ch»!^ tho league but now the ia.! se- cerning out. Mr. Dennis .ie.lait"' that the grea est cases of ll.ll.i^hip eome before him as a ma;,'istra;e o^.-' Mr. Pamell's property. 0' '""•"" proceeded the Chairman. • P"" to eject on a anmnion^ an ' ..v had a man %iiwe.)BaU(oi' ' " tion for malftClB' i^dCcs. " tattC M one whoa Mr. PanV^ ' ' from which ht eiacted Inot "• was not all ke haaTo tell M:. â-  ^-'" face when he can get tuv oipi't. c' has to lemind the distin.uishe i mf Cork that the rental of one o« nlmi â- - 18 treble the poor-law ValuatU'H- back he boasted to Mr. l»enni- aold the County Carlow proj^-'Hy. • not pay th.- interest nn^e n»..ney i** boy it, so well tfiaThMiJ 0" **" I^ had money left, with WW'h ' ""H per y elaewhtre." HowhSl h '";|°*f, Mr. Dennis explains " Me fi "^â„¢!^ an s to take out leases at an iP "**7. And this is the story rdatcd iU P '*, magiatrsta aud Chairmma (tuaiy**^' «aa wham Iiiskman ava aaked to.'T, Aanyr, and iiward whata help t^/fT ed to snbacribe their hwd-eerncJ^"*^ OAL NoifiNATioH opthol««* !• year. ,wwi^ lh»t are su go to w« '• ^-J- oehool meeting S»taSwe3tae8dayoftbey« ._^-na Hot Coffee at all '"'^^ery'8 Bakery. .AP and reliable watches at Jewekf. Fleaberton. «-- oecSViththoSrAS-AK. I of 1881 for $2.28. fH. Daily Mat* durmg ti.e iWinion ParUameut -^^ ^^^ BB taken bere. r^ ean walk 1,000 miles can •«• • •^" crowiVJ wi 0t» and cheap Kt»oa» likd d'B. QcKBY.â€" Howis itthnt M. RI gon. sells that Tea for 5! '"â- jitj keeps it up ho ha? got the T. sure. See Mr. Doll's advcrtiaoaiQ veek. He has the hiirg^^t si 'â- ilTorware, watches, c., over in this sectiou of couutry. Get all -your writing done Davis, Flcsherton. H^dois neatly and correctly, and l your iiterests promptlyâ€" clmi The Daily Gluhe frora the to theelcse of the DotaiiiiotJ nent for o^'y '" '^:"" • tions taken at Vzn olhoe. To ENJOY Xmas proi.trlv. ftdvise you to get 5 or 10 IcFarland'8 40 cent te and rich flavoro.l, aiil w-'v'"' the cheipest tea uor'-h «•.' 1 • i iNBtKE with R. 1^ MDtS the TIIE nESTO'lii'i'Ul-iO^ da. Dont throw your by insuring with uiitc! nice and Jgentt. McFAr.i.\Ni« has juf t i Raisins, Xmas Curi'tint; ars, Xmas Spices, I.cin Citron peels, and ii ^o cheap, Ir you want tn ili-jv i^c f â- or otlier pr jicrty. Mini y and adilr*:fi .Ni' tfl't. .v •.. tion in li. Davis' no\* cut'l largest ever issued in '.li' Ci The aniiu.'il m»i-ti' g "f Agricultin-il Sxcieti-.s i;^ ti Thursihiy i.i the r. annual meetinj ' f 1"' Bocieties, c"incs mi the t.' day of the year. Mb. j. II- Ii^«: 1. "f « has a lot of very fiiiL' -l;--!;' du^tion I if his .i\v;i J'.... w our teeth irst.r wliile lie showed u.s throujh hi-, h :â- ' meut. Ar\xnTisE yotir sinty c; ;tj have l.ist a. y. tli" nttiv you a bill of .laiuri-'o in ^o barn yurd If you liav;iii poaaaaaiou, yon luuy havo ble with them for iiollii ble to iirosocution :ts vertisiug them. Ji-sT think of it, y.vV. ling lovely IJrocadc Si. tit; Ifi ceuti per yard, cIk m Ladies' wove Cli.uJs "•' worth §1. Ladies' kul cents, usual price 1. Mitts, GO cents, xt-wA ii| Tliey are selling fast. The Editor of th.' Ti i â- dard Bays â€" " Marlihik- i.a the best building* in liivyl of them would d' i:-i Toronto," Your luii'i i Farewell, tlie *y""»' t-. i| notwithfetaudiu^. A coMF.ET in aid •! l| Church fund, at M:\\\i-ll,| the sfhci'l of tbe vili.-it.' evening, 14tli ill^t. Tiiol was large, and evinced tli«j .tion of the etiterlaimuent repeated ap plau.ie. A ina.| performers were from M:! The best pieseut yo;i c friends wouKl be one I'f $6 Over-Coats; or set uf or handsome tShawl r Glovea or ict of Dish- Mantle or suit of CI jI McFarland will give yc.i above, or 1,000 more choose from, much ru| prices, At a meetin;^ of L, held in tlie OniiiLre II " tbe following i.flicers w.r| the ensuing war â€" Bn Elliott. W. SI. \Vm. Wl Jnlin McFaddi II, Ciiaj'l.iH Walker, SLcrettiiy Jul Treasurer; Couiniitiuf, W.J. Walker. Wiliit.mi Walker, Thos. Wyvdl. As THE Imliduy iir.Miaj peo['le naturally lii-^'in they can purchase ilm n the annual pliiin puil.lii;^ vant.ii;e.. We would them to try Mclntyiv. think it 110 hanu to '-tali the stomach aUi " sluml I, liim, asho lys he lia t wn. and tli •• l" i* alv. est. Don't fail to call ui^ Wilcox is dicil Vy that there is n.^tl.iiiK Irk for pushir.? lui-i: ' fore is not sati^^n^^ ' v. fni than a vtholo pa^'w â- ! liil inforfti his frieu.is and i Iy, where lo buy tlil id New Year's pri.stiitl eays it is not good fr lal and Wilcox, wishinj; tu low mortals to be guild Book, is offering wevS.lil fli upwards. Bo sure advei tiscment. iti;^ A rAVotruTB Mott,«han albaau, tioo tho iadepeodai paragra|ih wi**' ha* her autotjia^ wj" 'T' waa, "In the tme â- wi'TVi noe of the k\! tha w-.fa ia eqoal, their depeodeni a*d Ikmx ohiiaafcoBB are redprocaL atjr^vered at aay bouse la IMO. ajid CJattl] ub^ having good fat wiil find it to their i and addreaal Berere House, ' I atill on the ' I HMvely pay tha highest i ril C. W. A. SFE|