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 •« -ff5 •â- â€¢r •3" .:•'"â- â- Â»â€" -^f l»»»i-.'-i 'I 'I* it LATE NEWS NOTES. Mr. LichtoUer, a cotton mannlactarer at Bolton .has failed liabilitieB, £8,000. In the House of Commona a bill prevent- ng the shooting of trapped pijfeons haa passed its second reading. The Diet, by 192 to 261, has rejected the proposal to insert an item in the budget for the Bconomic CotmciL A hundred thousand pounds in bullion â- were withdrawn from the Bank of England recently for shipment to New York. During February the British imports in- •reased £3,867,000 and the exports £645,- 000, compared with February last year. The valuable paintings, plate and the fur- nitere at v\ ortham park, the country seat of Barl Stafford, burned recently, were Bived. The Indiana Episcopal convention haa elected Dr. Isaac L. Nicholson, rector of St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, Bishop of In- diana. The appointment of Gen. Blumenthal as German Minister of War has been revoked and General Bronsart Von Schellendroff has been appointed. Conductor Hamilton, who was in charge of the Pacific express when the recent col- lision occurred on the G. T. R., near Pan- das, has resigned. The Chinese Governor whose intrigues hindered the delimitation of the Knldja frontier, has been dismissed. His successor has been instmcted to expedite the delimi- tation. The statement of Mr. O'Kelly that Mr, Pamell iatenda to resign his seat in Parlia- ment and proceed to America in the event of his land reform bill being rejectsd m uq- foundedi A life convict named Ulm h?8 been par- doned after an imprisonment of twenty-nine years in Michigan, for murder, of which there is little doubt he was entirely inno- cent. The Western Window Glass Manufac- turers are in session in Pittsburg. The trade is reported in a very depressed condi- tion, with the future outlook improving. No change was made in rates, and the question of cutting wages was postponed. It is stated in Baden Baden that Prince GortschakofTs illness is due to a recent at- tempt to poison him. After severe vomit- ing Uist week the doctors discovered traces of phosphorus. The police are investigating the matter. Jadge lawson, in opening the Dandalk Assizes, said the revelations at the hearing of the con»piratora at Dublin, far from un- hinging his mind, gave him the liveliest sat- isfaction. In the report to the Setretary of the Navy, Washington, Lieut. Harber states that he probably comunicated with every native in the LenaDelta, but found no trace of Chipp's party. The great floor mills throughout Minne- Eo a are not producing one-third of their capacity. A number now running will close this week because of the scarcity ind high price of wheat. In the New York Assembly the attempt to pasti the five cent fare bill on the New York Elevated roads over the Governor's veto was defeated. Two hundred settlers recently invaded part of the Sioux Indian reservation, lying cast of the Mississij-pi River, and put up shanties. Thousands of others are preparing to lollow. The intruders will be ordered off the reservation. The Minister of the Interior said the en- forcement of the military service in Schles- wig would only affect 450 citizens. The meafcure was free from terrorism, and did not inflict needless hardship. The decision in the case of Byrne has been postponed until after the Cabinet Council on Friday. The jxistponement hrs been made in order that papers forwarded by the At- torney-General for Ireland, justifying the dtmand for extradition, may be considered. The Times' Dublin despatch says it is rumored that Patric Egan has left Paris witli the Land League securities. The police are tracing him. It is believed he has gone to Spain. At a meeting in London on behalf of the t^cotch Crofters, Mr. Waddy, member of Parliament for Edinburgh, condemned the ousting of a diligent population for the con- venience of a fow English lordlings and Am- erican millionaires. The Roumanian Deputies have passed the bill for the expenditui e of fifteen million loi for th' erection of forts made necessary bv the political situation. The Prime Minister sa d the sole object for the construction of the forts M-as to guarantee the neutrality of Roumania. Ecuador advices state that the Dictator's steamer "Hoacho" took the sails, charts, chronometers, compasses, c,, from the Eng- lish ship "Mysterious Star," off San Lorenzo. An English war ship has been sent for, and the matter threatens to become serious. Advices from Cnracoa state that the shoot- ing at the American steamship "Valincia" occurred through a mistake of the chief officer of the fort, and the stupidity and neglect of duty of bis subordinate. The Qoverndr haa apologized to the Ameriuvi Consul and an apology has been forwarded t J Washington. The agent of the Washington Department of Agriculture in London reports that con- tinued rains and floods have done great in- jury to the wheat crop, and gloomy appre- hensions of the worst failure for years are felt. The area i* reduced and much re-sow- ing will be necessary. Tuere is much alarm at the spread of foot and mouth diseases among cattle. Very large quantities of firewood have been coming into Quebec on the Lake St. J Im Railway, sometimes as much as two trains per day, and the receipts for some time past have been over 100 oords daily. In consequence of this large supply, the wood merchants hve reduced their prices oiae dollar per cord, and three feet beeoh is aaUing «t tne low figure of $3. 50 per oord. »l2n4e between Qenaiuiy »nd Ita^ is erolr- iagMfn^ti»*tt« Bt.QoatardBMibn.jia nuuiiiig extra trains. The inoreuM is moet- ly in ceaJ and iron, in which Bngland has aitherte h«d • monopoly in Italy. Smug- gling, howerer, u increaaing man rapidly than trade. It is conducted by gangs of Swiss and Italians, who, when arrested, pay fines from a common fund. They are aided by trained dogs. At a meeting of the local board at Swine- ford, County Mayo, it was reported that great distress prevailed in the district. Over thirty persona in the poor-house are suffer- ing from famine ferer. Seven hundred names are on the list of persons needint; re- lief. The distress is the greatest since 1847. People refusing to enter the workhouse are dying for want of food. The Procnrenr has informed Byrne that the charge of c(mnection with the Phcenix Park murders has been withdrawn, but a new charge of complicity in the attempted murder of Juror Field and Judge Lawson has been preferred against him. The Pro- cnrenr has just received testimony from James Casey's brother, Peter, showing that Byrne attended a meeting of "InvLncibles" in Dublin in August, 1885, at which Brady, Mullet and Carey were present. Byrne professes complete ignorance of the doings of the "Invincibles" and says he never met Peter Carev, Brady or MuUett. Capt. O'Shea has written to the DaUt/ News, defending Mr. Pamell against Mr. Forster's attack in the House of Commons. He says that immediately after the Phcenix Park murders Mr. Pamell drew up an ad- dress announcing his retirement from politi- cal life, and was prevailed upon by his friends, only with great difficulty, to alter his mind. M. Clemenctau, while delivering a speech in favor of a^evision of the constitution, was seized with a nervous attack. The ses- sion of the Chamber was suspended for three quarters of an hour. Upon resumption of the sitting he completed his speech, but ap- peared very ill. He is suffering from influ- enzia and gastric derongement. Ho broke a small blood vessel while speaking. A conference began in Paris which will consider the rights and relations of industri- al property. M. Challemel Lacour, Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, presided. The principal object of the meeting is to secure in certain States of Europe the same advan- tages as regards patents, designs, trade marks and commercial names as are accord- ed by other countries to their own subjects. Nineteen States were represented, including the United States. Origin ol Some Common Azpresslons. The original of the term sub rosa dates from the ancient cuttom of suspending a large ro8e,or bouquet of roses from the middle of the card-room ceiling, just as we, on a particular occasion, hang a bunch of mistle- toe. It was noticed in course of time that card-players â€" especially those of more mature age â€" generally kept their racy remarks, scandal, gossip, and whatnot, for the card- party; and many an improper story or dis- graceful piece of back-biting was gleefully repeated over the nightly rubber, of couMe, al'waya in strict confidence. As this al'W^s took place beneath the suspended bouquet, the words sub rosa came to mean anything entTe nous â€" which was to go no further; and this meaning bas been retained until the present day. The saying " Those who live in glass hooves must not throw stones," dates back to a time at which London was full of Scotchmen, immediately after the union be- tween England and Scotland. Then the Dnke of Buckingham, who was no friend to the Scotch, devised various expedients to Vex them, and, among others, organized nightly parties to smash their windows. Oue of these Mohawk escapades being traced to his Lordship, a Scotch party, by way of revenge, smashed all the windows of the Duke's residence in Martin's Fields. This mansion had so many windows â€" in the days when daylight was a luxury â€" that it was known as the "Glass House," and, on these being broken, the Duke appealed to the King, who, with a touch of native wit, ar onoe replied, "Steenie, Steenie,) those wha live in glass houses should be carefn' how they fling stanes;" and the apothegm has, as we know, been preserved to this generation. I i â€" â-  I â-  Wagner's Last Moments. With reference to the last moments of Wagner in Venice, it is reported that his death was the greater surprise, as only on Monday evening he went out for a walk with some friends. He was in good spirits, and with his companions mae merry over the de}lorably dismal weather he had had since his visit to the Queen of the Adriatic, where he had hoped for brighter skits. It was only at a little after midday yesterday that he had ordered a gondola, with the intention of taking a ro« through the chief canal, but he had hardly tjiven the necessary instruct- ions when he was suddenly seized with ill- ness and appeared to faint. The matter was not considered serious at first, but was regarded as a transient attack of weakness which would soon pass off. But as the time weut on, and the illustrious composer show- ed no signs of improving his friends began to see that the case was more serious than they had supposed. Thay became alarmed and sent for a â- â- edical man. There was, however, unfortunately some unaccountable delay in finding one, and, as a matter of fact, at 3.30 o'clock, just before the doctor arrived, Wagner expired. The cause of death was heart .disease. He died tit ting in his chair, in the library, with his family, wife and children, aronnd him. For some time past Wsgner had had a presentiment of his approaching decease. He haa frequent- ly said tnat "Parsifal" was his last work. One or his Irienda asked him. "Why?" " Because, " replied the composer. "I feel that 1 shall soon die." A subscription has been opened in Munich for the pur- pose of erecting ip that capital a monument to tke deceased musician. â€" Londan Standard. Ioira'a Jofcaa. Dore was a practical joker. Learning that a village priest was taken suddenly il he established himself ia the confessional box aud heard the oanfaaaion of a wealthy female neighbor. Meeting her at d nner shortly aftar, he proposed to tell her for-' tnne, and botii alajrmed and start ed her by repeating the secrets of her life. On apo- thar occasion in a Swiss Tillage, in order to win abet that a party of £ gliah tourists would nat be able to get any guides nazt day, he gave a ball to which he bvitad every raida in the neighborhood and kept it up all ninht, so that they had to sleep all th* next daj. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL nVX MUiU TKS BKIXCT BXAOIMO. War Iteanr-CeaolM. PttHy â- Â«* FatotoO. DOMKsnC. ' At Regina, the C. ?. R. engine house has been burned. The Wilton cheese factory, Odessa, has been destroyed by fire. James Hendenonwasfincd fZOforsssanlt- ing Earnest Kraft at Hamilton on election day. Mr. James Deveraux, of MoKillop, was accidently kicked by a horse, and died. A effort is being made by military men to have a grand review at some central point in Canada on Dominion Day. Mr. Andrew Howard, of Amerst Island, recently caught a sturgeon in Mr. McMul- len's pond which weighed 179i pounds. It is currently reported at Ottawa, that Right Hon. W. E. Forster, late Chief Secre- ta^ for Ireland, is to be the next Governor- General. Romain Chabot, awaiting execution at ArthabaskaviUe jail for the murder of farmer Ayotte, attempted to escape, but failed. A man named Michael Curran was re- manded tor examination at Montreal.charg- ed with assaulting and cutting his wife with a knife. The' first election for Mayor and Council of Selkirk, Man., created great excitement. B. J. Brown was elected Mayor by a ma- jority of eleven. At Dunnville, a German named Jack Hynes, quarrelled with his wife about the deed of some property, and shot her because she refused to give is to him. In the Seath-McCeady forgery case at Montreal, the accused will have to answer for his forgeries at the Criminal Court, the Grand Jury having roturnecr true bills against him. UfflTEJ) STATES. The Governor of Missouri has pardoned Clarence Hate, a noted member of the James gang. Yosts, a wealthy New Yorker, suicided at the residence of the American consul at Dumfermline. It was rumoured in Washington that ex- Secretary Blaine and his carriage were shot at recently while driving the streets. At Mount Barmel, Pa,, recently the old breasts at the Reliance colliery caved in, cracking a large area of the surface under nine houses. George Carson, of New York, arrested on a charge of stealing 971,000 from the Guar- antee Trust and Sale deposit Company, was digcharged. In the Pennsylvania Senate Emery de- nounced the Standard Oil Company as hav- ing bribed officers of the State aud Legis- lature in past years. After being stationary for forty eight hours and not varying an inch for a week, the river at Memphis began to rt cede, and has fallen very fast. Secretary Folger has directed the special agent of the Treasury to make a thorough investigation of the subject of importation of Hawaiian sugar on the Pacific coast. A caveat against the admission to probate the will of Henry Seybert, of Philadel- phia, which bequeaths over a million to pub- charities, has been presented by tho heirs. Governor Begoile, of Michigan, has re- ceived a letter from Lord Dalhousie, an English peer, inquiring as to the effects of oc- caaional marriages with the sister of deceas- ed wives. Daring a conversation Dorsey, the Star Router, accused Judge Lilly of obtaining Reredell as a Government witness. Dorsey became excited aad struck Lilly, injuring him severely. QBKERAI.. The steamer Horton reported aground near Gallipoli, has been floated. Prince Bismarck haa had a serious relapse and is now confined to his bed. Two columns of the expedition to crush the rebels in South Oran have started. The Spanish Government has decreed the banishment of Maceo, the Cuban retu- ffee. The Pi ince of Wales has left Berlin. A deputation of the Blucher Hussars bid him adieu. At Melbourne a coalition Ministry under the leadership of Mr. Graham Berry, has been formed. Byrne has been released, the Freaoh au- thorities not deeming the case one for ex- tradition. The Danubian Conference has agreed up- on the terms of a treaty, which wiU be sian- ed by the Powers. Egan has been under police supervision for some time, and left on Thursday un- known to the police. Twenty-nine Socialists on trial at Vienna have confessed to conspiring for the murder of a wealthy manufacturer. Advices from WelUugton, New Zealand reports that the Maori obiefs Whiti and Toha have been released from prison. In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone decbned to give a day for the discussion of tke Kiimainham treaty negotiations. Serious trouble ia anticipated in Paris, the Government having .xpressed its determi- nation to suppress a projected Socialist de- monstration. Hodnett son of the recently sentenced Bantry agitator, |has been arrested on a t^X*^^^^'^^""' *^ dymaniteto It is reported that the mystwious "No 1 has bees positively asoertaine* to be at nroseotin A.eri«K»ud that papers have «S»StLir^ WsahiLglun asking for his P-t'^^JSTK*^ Tamatave, Madagascar, to Feb. 26»h. unonnoa the arriva lot four French «nM-of-Wtf on the north-west ooast of theislaad. Tha natives were axoiUd Mid VI era preparing to resist the Frsneh No B.itian war vassal was preaaat. bo^Shrfor f24,r [The g«enhom will T;^r:L"";obberwa.«abledtol2 AiK«)in ten months, but a Nia^M» ^SlU iJS^vited down •6.26510 mne How m^ better is itto rob at Nmgara Falls than out West? Atrampgetsaaoldbucnitatona house, him three blocks with a dug. How It takes twenty blows of a hammer m the hands of a woman to drive » *«"P«^y^ Sbree inches. She miss« the nail twice where she hits it once. How many blows lis she strike in aU. snd how far can her v^(^.bc heard when she strikes her thumb A gentleman who has a library of 12,000 volumes, opens ten volumes per year. At Ihis mte how long wUl it take him to reach the last book! In one month the owner of a three-minute horse Ued ninety-four times regarding his speed. At this rate how manv times would he lie in a year, and how would it help the speed of the horse any A s.;hool teacher gives a pupQ fourteen paragraphs in the science of government, thirteen examples in arithmetic, three pages of history, one page of grammar, one of or- thography, and half an hour writing as a daily lesson and expects him to pass 75 per cent. At this rate how long wiU it take her to rush them into a lunatic asylum T If a lawyer charges a plumber $5 for ad- vice, and the plumber charges the lawyer $5. 50 for stopping a leak ma water pipe, hew much is the lawyer ahead A saloonist buys a barrel of whisky in bulk and draws two barrels from it by the drink. There is nothing to figure on this. The figuring was all done by the saloonist. Family xabrartea. Every 'amily should be supplied with books, and each household should, as far as their ability will allow, procure a family library. There is no estimating the value of a few well-selected books. Children should be induced to begin early to improve their minds, and nothing draws them more to study than good, sound periodical lite- rature, and well-selected books â€" books adapted to their age and progress, and their education. Money cannot be better expend- ed. Instead of toys and perishable gifts, purchase books for your children. Every lew months add something new to the li- brary, and be sure to preserve the old works. Let there be in the house a bookcase, shelves, some places where the books and papers are deposited have them caicfuUy pieserved, and soon a little handful wid swell into armiuls, and the minds of tiie children will expand with tho increase of the library un- til a good store will be found in the house, and much knowledge will be gained by the growing children. Good books, a taste fcr reading will keep the children at home and make them happy in the family circle, when otherwise they will be straying off, hunting society, looking for something to engage the mind and satisfy the craving of a hungry intellect. Crames and v»orldly amusements are substituted for books and intellectual culture where there ia no library at home, no food found for the inquiring mind. Let parents think of these things. Much, Vi ry much, depends on the early training of the child, in regard to study, as well as other things. Common Flirases. The term blackguard has a very common- place origin. In all great houses, paiticu- larly in royal residenoes, there were a num- b«of mean and dirty dependents, whose office It was to attend to the woodyards sculleries, etc. Of theseâ€" for in the lowest depths there are lower stillâ€" the most for- lorn wretches seem to have been seleoted to oarry coal lo the kitchen, halls and other apartments. To the smutty regiment, who attended the progress and rode in the carts with the pots and kettles, which with every other article of furniture, were then moved from paiace to palace, the people, in deri- sion, gave the nami "blackguards," a term since become suffi ien ly familiar. "To the bitter end " is clearly an old nautical expression. A dictionary, published in the r."^-.?.*^* °^ ^^^ eighteenth century, has bit, a turn or part of a oable " biss," the mam pieces of timber to which a cable bitter, a turn of the oable abont the thnber called " bitts." that it m^y be veer- It, "" i!,"^^^. ^y,^"l«; ««id "bitter end" (of a cable) is that part which is wound .round the "bitts" when a ship rid« at f?f k";* â- ^"® ??,*^*â„¢ °*^* «^'-«»ioo. "to horn the old nautical words, as meaning the l«t 00.1 of the cable, or f^om theXt end, the very "bitter" dregs. ItisasW expression, another form of" I will fioht yc« to the death," In it bikr o^y J^ NORTH-WEST A large mastiff, recently purchased as a companion for Jumbo, ilr. Baraum's big elephant, was introduced to the mammoth at B idgeport. A woolly dog of inferior juz. was d..placed by th. new comer. Jum- bo was greaUy attached to the wooU; dog. and when the mastiff was introdaoed evS oed his displeasure by a low grumbling. ?K^^"'**^'7 he caught t • mastiff around S±I'V'^^•" ""*^ '^^ threw hTm across the building with tremendous force. The do«5 struck the elephant Pilot and was m.tantYy killed. PUot: stung by the bW became enraged, and began charging th; other •Uphanu. Thaw was a Ir^t trnm* petmg for awhile.«d a general etepSLtw^ seemed imminent. PinaUy slipnoosaT ware «o» 'bout Pilot, and he wi^^t^^'o J^fS^^^'i*"'" that'paorS^. ois^l on behalf of her youngW. mT SS- nm upenat nd«i the oatohmg of PilotTt^ho V*,"^^ »J*rt from his oSpaxdoM JtS ha had been seaaved. *~«»u»«imiw Culled from Onr Pralne Pj-^^ Wood in West Lynne ^* cord. "'• mj Portage la Prairie is annl^; I porationasacity. PPH(»J V7heat has taken a rise of bushel at Brandon, and now bt^" Dry cordwood sells at t3 -in ' Prince Albert. Oats are ver! -i The Morris River dam^^N located about 600 feet no tho BedSiver Anew Post Office Sheppardsville, with Postmaster. has beei Robi in on A gentleman, just returned ^^ of the Woods, reports therea/ev!.S cellent slate in that district. Grain at Emerson is comine ir, I ly. Prises are a little b tter vâ€" ' brings 80o. oats 40o. " ° ' It is estimated that there will k 000 feet of logs taken Oct 0^1, the Woods and Rainy Lake tkisL The registry office at Marnj^l probably be moved to Baie St p people in that district having /J' Engineers have commenced to r» surveys connected with theBhortl? 18 to connect Emerson vitt the P Motmtain oountry. ' The Department of Agriculture tistics have secured a car load of Fyfe wheat for seed purposes wit), supply the farmers of the conatn-, The first pile on the newrailwav fie bridge across Red fiiver Em; driven last Wednesday. The con of the bridge is ?200,000, to be by the first of December. All the rails for the C. P • E, =, entered at the Port of Emeraon bei stead of at Winnipeg as heretofon, quantities of rails are arrivinf i are being piled up adjacent to the. A petitionhas been in circnlatioij been largely signed to present to m John Norquay. praying to have tis of Lisgar teparaied by the Red h part on the east tide to be called it ents County. Coal has been discovered iyxm\ Prince Albert, Being near the be cheaply got out. Mr. Johnson tiinate discoverer and proprieior, east for machinery. This will pm boon to the inhabitants of thetofi surrounding country. A sample of ore taken from tii peg consolidated mine, Lakecftht was recently tested by the Camdi. Company,and the assay showed tha ing percentage of twelve huDdrec per ton. Work on the C. P. R. branch », West has been going on all wiiB swamp oountry along the route, be prosecuted to a greater advaiL, districts in the winter than in tis season. It is expected the roao opened for traffic about Augusta Brick manufacture will be com Selkirk West early in the Bpiuj lent clay can be obtained. Ontht of the river, where bricic makiiif ried on last summer, the presenct stone in the clay prevented ths of a good article. A largely signed petition askinj third of range eight be cut offfromr of Portaj^e la Prairie and added to of High Bluff and Popkr Point ed into a separate county, has the Government and is now in tin the Executive Council. A duiii1«| lie men are making a move to division. The Winnipeg Commercial m neas difficulties in the Nortb-^^f brought tol igiit some peculiar ces. One firm went into basiaesi side town with a capital noteicf* and obtained goods to the ammi' 000. They failed as a natural"" and the mouinicg creditors are dering why they happei'cd to fools of themselves. Again nl^ vice ' Don't give too much credit Floods m EnKloBd. Even those who do not realia" tent of the suffering which thsM* inundations are prepiring forn" ciate the dismal and desolate up they present to the eye of thfj Whole valleys are submerged, w'l taller trees are visible. Aiong'f'l the Thames and the K'nnet «JJ water cover the grass and the '"J osier beds, so that only the pi^' aware of their existe ce. The tributaries have buried all marshy lands along the Great way, and even last week i«iy to overflow the rails. In t^e r ties the Trent Valley « » liaiiilj waters; snd between LeiC^f'TJ the meadowsare ikean ii!lain"»^,iF something weird and almM' ' wide expanse of flood, obliv sign of I2e, and suggesting »' what danger and destruction' with Co: fenental i^^^^^f^i flood is but a puddle. I' 'Ti whelm villages and sweep a»^ herds. It does not devas atewj' and make them objects of i^ ^J thy. Yet it has its tale to kU., breadth e oapes and London Standard. roelanoho'Jl It has been noted that, b"^^ the great aimuul growth o'^], j pulati.»n and residences, » j^i tons of coal leas were e»'*^^ f tion last year than in ^JVpifH Several causes have tena*" result. The winter wa» «"" t had to be warmed and te(l smoking agitatioa had i stimulating inventors to n of nre-iJaees and in inafl^^jff: them. London, as ^f-^ft^l always been wasteful jji more good fuel carted 8«»r j from the aah-barrels of od» of our mer bants than wo» warmth and and coo»"» Parisian family ior a we**- fell, these adve: pretty well." but I wanted 'â- ^-^-'â- '^^'•^^"â- ^â- â- ^