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tier dre _to the drag:lefty,
And the lag-tr- breeze makes e neatIntne•trees•
Md murmurs a. 1ullftby. , .
tele July.
When thetatgled cobweb pulls
The corn-floweas blue cap awry,
And tlie tanaean ...over the we.1
_ Te bow to the butterfly, •
It is July.
When tn.°. heat like a mist -vee floats,
• Ana poppies name in the-ryee
And the si'iver note in the streamleasthroat
Ras sotteeee almost to a sigh,
• It is July.
WIe the.hours axe so still that Time
• rorgets there, and lets them lie
•tWeath petals pink till thenight stars wink
At- tale eunset the sky,
When each_ fingeaeost bythe way
. says-. that siumberton is nigh;
Whee the grass's tail, and the reeds fall,
• Ana nobody wonders Why, - •
•• leis
-Susan Eartley Swett, in. St. Arioltoica for Jaty
LONDON TME.
Rill1R-Or that the Red Coat
is DOOMed. •
AUCTIONIN G • CHURCH IAVINGS.
flaunted Gentlemen net Preeentable to-
titejeste-lehe etepression
° Hill-
TheUumilton ordaen Salee-etietlog
irelsifild
•
- ... .
• Setureay- and Sienday r.iondon *scable-
_ grams are as. followit :-, - • -
'
. T,h. .e lehge,st. day. a .the:year hes:66e
-end gone, finding:4righind still hilddled hp
• in, warm, clothing and overshadowed. by
. umbrellas,: the fashionable jeke being u We
are ' apprOachnig the termination of the
- •
winter." Loudon . is orawded.. At: the
west end the: thoroughfares are nightly
., ere -NV -dee -with carriages .going to balls -aria
dinner parties. Rut already there is a, sign
of the -end of the season in the last meeting
a the, Fo : ,.- --hand ,Club. On the-licirse
Tip
. engirds' p fade twenty-three- coaches: were
ranged a reaSt, ;- twelve, started to drive to
the Gry tat Paeace, wh.ere therawere dinner.
and, a: display - of fireworks. - The hat-
- levees)lire ale°, being held: It iita =Haug-
' instance -of the stringency of the regula-
,tions. that gentlemen wearing riiffies of old..
lace, which. are a violation of the sumptu-
ary heave a the court ot Queen Victoria,
were condueted by an official to e side made
where -theobnoxiette decoratiOes, . were cut
trete thek waste- before - they were per-
- mated to appear. iLit. the presence_ of royalty,
-• - 4eaidng of levees, reminds me to men-
tion . the renewal - of the ruttier that ,red
Otis% in the British army are likely to be
-abort:tiled in favor of a left conspicuous
color, The Coneervettliteit -are- horror,
struck and exclaim, "Only one thing
, nil:tains .ta be done ; abolish the arniy.
' itself.- • As for the'. navy, its useleeenese is
•'patentsince laritiela subteeta Cait he
• slaughtered under its gene. AS if to add
bitteruese to.: the dregs • of- the clap of
humiliatten„ it -is Vi. fact that the- traditional
• , enemy Russia has sent two ironalltds to
• protect, the Russians at Alexandria, who
• - _number one family. - . —
The steady opposition of the Irish party
-. 10 the Crime, Pretteutien Bill has resulted
- ie many important concessions' by the
t GoAiernment, - The rightof search, . for;
arras by night ' has- been . abandoned,. and
- aeliteat tha most objectionable sections of
• the presa eleuses have been thrown out.
The limitations actually.' trepesed on the
• ight ofseizere were already passed and,
exeraised in the case of the United. Tre.and.
The power to. try - reed for treason -felony
• without li, jeryis may to be given for deeds.
committed' after the passage of -the Act.
. - Alleles coevicted enderthe Bill are to be
treated- is first-class misdemeanants, not
as ordinary felons.; the Government must
,- prove that -an. .accused person_ hien alien.
b.efore proCeeding to .expd him. These
' coneeesiens are regarded by the- Irish mein.
• hers aeot (teats importance,: and justifying
•, the persistent opposition which hes:delayed
• the peogress. of the meastirewithout afford-
ing the - Govern:Meat any -pretext for
• charging the -Parnellites With . Wilful. ob.-
stattetioue The result is due to Mr. Par-
nett's.. F15:111 -til leadership,: and he, has, his
Peaky once more completely-bilis:aid.
-- 'While . the Land Leaguers are 'in the
• . cleat& dreaming about schemes, et- nation-
alizing the land, the landlords: with. °better
• _songs. are busy organizing a movement
whereby.they hope -to -grind to powdert , the
•unfortunate tenants Wha obeyed tthe -non-
. rent meet:test°, and as a consequence have
' Peen evicted from their farms: Thescheme-
- ie regarded, eerhepesomeethat prenifiturdy,
aft a deathblowtothe Land League, and
- . fitly enough it has leen :devised by 'Mr.
Havanagh, of Borrie, a descendant of. Mace
' • •
WhereOn one or the . parsons propinied a
vOte..of thanks to the auctisrieer,:tv.ith- the
woidit tar -think' yeti ' are -a verygood
fellow?' ..- This disgraceful weangle tends
further to direct- public 'attention to . the
odiont system.. _ Even the. -Conservative
Standard WORMS Churchmen that if the
areapathetie their energies may -someday
tiiake ita. grievance which they .could net
remedy. Meanwhile the melancholy; fact
• rentainsthat Of thei two Bills introduced
intoParliament this sesion to deal With
the question, one was talked out:atid the
• other stands but little.better Chance. ,.
• The HopeeWith•Sir AlleilYOUng in -com-
mand. and apicked crew of officers and Men,
has sailed from the Thanies in .searish of
the Eira, making first for Nova Zombie,
provisioned for two years, and one year for
the Eire. the HOPeis completely equipped
• with light ice boats, sledges -and tents, for
use in cased the -loss ofthe vessel. There
wattneuelimysteryalmostee the last moment
-respecting the leadership of the eXpedition,
rival candidates pressing their' chains with.
much persisteeey; bat ,Sir Allen, being the
favorite in 'high quarters,, carried the day.
Ite is believed that if both theEirtiattel Hope
return safely they willbringmostimportatit
diecoveries in.F.reneJos.ef Land; tending to
show that the future route to, the Pole will
lie along its shores. ` - •, . •. .
g
Talkin f exployatien,. I iney mention
that c
n* at. the ork of- Messrs. Burtoend
'Cameron ii 'a recent. visit to the Geld
Coast will, e issued shortly. There are no
outward - signof. of - a great rush to the
Wondrous:gold seeking shere yet.• .
Engineer - • Melville • telegraphs - from
Yakutsk tender the date of 'April 10th att
.followse "I have searched the eoastfront
the Rivet Alinek to" the. River Java, but
have found no traces- of the second ,cutter
or Ieeut.Chiprie' party, . r ha.ve buried the
remails .of Lieutenant: .De Long, • Dr.
:Ambler, Mr. Jerome J. -Collins,. also the
Seamen Lee, Gertz,Dressler, Knack, Her -
sen -and Beyd, and the Chinese servant Ali
Loin, I have secured every paper Peitain-
ingte the expedition. The seaman Eri�k
son end the Indian Aleide had alteadybeen
buil?), in the River Lene.- I ani now en.
10 - for Irkutsk." . . .
An Armagh deepatch says: - Several
hundredmen marched tneougit the pity
t� -day in military order singing rebel !wags
and execrating the -Queen. They afterwards
drilled:' -.
The-ProvisionsI Honorary -Board of the
Land Corporation Sootety. for the purpose
of defeating the ' influence. of the • Land
League is compoeed of the Maiceite of
Drogheda, the Marquis - of 'Ormond, the
tquis of Waterford, Bart -Ross; the Bart
Of Longford, : EarI 'Fortescue, Lord
Ardilaiin, Lord Cleneurry, Lord Ventry
and.. others:- The 'proposed capital is
2750,000,aed the guarantee fund -21.25.,000,
•which has already been subscribed.
Advances, at. - a •moderate rate of interest
will be niede to enable landlords to retain
the manaeentent of grazing farms. In Some
cases the company will ..undeeteke ' the
meetageinent of farms at short lease at low
rental, giving the :owner a share of the.
profit. .t • - -
-. A Dublin despatch says: - Disguised
assassins Vitally shot Thomas 'Magaghrey,
a • censtabulary pensioner, while , he Was
sitting in the . looge house of .. a wealthy
fern:ter at' Kilkeean. - _. - -. • :.
_• The movement • .for :the severance et
Norway from -Sweden , and I the establish-
ment of •e Republic, is assuelingincreaeing
propOrtions,. *- 'Unpleasant- - cemplicetimis
elre expected. • - - •
There was rioting at Cork ten Saturday
night, and to -night -the shutters were torn
from the shop -windows -to replenish • the
• bonfires_ for. the 'celebration tat St. Johtes.
• Eve. Shots were eichanged and the police
Atoned.-
- CROP REPORTS.
State or- Affairs Along -the Linea
of the G. R:
• The following have been gathered
-Great Western Railway officials , with
reference to orep prospeots along the lines
•ef •that system- :
DISTRICT-..-SITSPENSION • BRiDGB TO ./3ANILTOIT,
. . •
. • nicrausivs. .
•..' Fall wheat is reported as looking exceed-
ingly welland promiees. a large yield, fully
up -to the average. •Oh seine portions' of
•high land it is considerably whiter killed,
but this is made up by exceptionally heavY
°rota in the low_er and protected landieSpring
wheat pronaises a full everageerep ; larger
than averageacreagesown this year. Heavy
grains are looking well -and present indictee
tions are that the yield will be large with
the exception �f Indian Coen, which is a
failure on accountofprolonged Wet weather.
Fruits promise_ an abundant . &op.
'Potatoes looking weil and the yield-- is
expected to be large. Hay, clover winter
killed to a considerable`extetit and will be
less -thee an average crop.
'
DISTRI0T7-WATERDOWN TO TORONTO,. INCLUSIVE..
Fall wheat is reported as -having been
winter killed, and will not yield muith
more than one-half the average crop.
Spring grains are looking well; -large ?ors -
age eown.• and promises a good avetage
yield. Roots ptomise to yield an abundant
crop. Fruit, heavy. crop expected.--
IRICT--1NDAS TO- LONDON, INCLUSIVE.
-Fall wheel is -looking well and lute every -
appearance of yielding a good average crop.
Spring grains are rather backward, owing
to the ;about wet weather, but with favor.;
able weather the indications; are thee they
will yield: heavy crops. ROCAS and :fruits
"have every appearance of being a very
large icibp.Corn. (Ipdtan), not • =rah
sown ; the erop will be vely light ; 011
account of Wet, 691d weather the seed
-rotted in the ground -and' liad to be
_
replanted: _ Hay; light crop, clover -being
largely Winter killed. -
DISTRICT-4RANCIITON 'TC! I'AIATERSTON INCLIT;
Crops of all kinds.. along -this district,:
With -the exception ot hay, Which is ex-
ceedingly light, promise to :yield largely:
• and the expectaticraii ire they will be -fully.
tip tothe average. •
DISTRICTRARRISTON TO SOUTIJAMPTONt
Two. Rick Women.
•
Fifth avenue. New Rork, -contains two.
-ladies of great wealth; each of whom may
be said to live alone, with• the exception -of
servants.. One of these. is Mrs., A. T.
Stewart, who occupies a palace which cost
•61,000,000. • The taxes alone, on thiagrand
• establishment, are 612,500. • She hasa
dozen servants and a house -keeper, but
. •
otherwise lives alene, - though • often
visited - by her yeateg and expectant
relatives. The :other is Misa Har-
riet Lenox,. sister et the philanthropist,.
who oceepies _ the -house built by
the latter when Fiftleavenue first beearee
an aristocratic. street. She also lives alone,
with -the exception be the servantle, but her
purpose in life is to carry mit het. brother's
'philanthropic . schemes, for: which- reason
he made -her his sole : heir. Oid Robert
Lenox, founder of the family, -. had :o'er
children -a,- sew and, three' daughters.
• Harriet fa the last ef the line, whicili, in
the event of her - death, wtil become
extinct. She Is; like her late -brother, a.
recluse, but devotes her time and her
wealth to benefiftenee, which is adminiee.
_tered through approved channels of use-
,
fulness. -
i a, companY
Moriough, who- brought the Saa_04. 0,3r. i
with- ft the_BritiehTteitsuiy, and Ministerial whip,
-Mr. R. W. Duff,..the tie* Junior Lord, of
The proposel iffto- form_
capital' of 4150,000 end -work the .evict -ed has a remarkable political: record. ' He has
. forme, and thus'Prevent evicted tenants represented Banffilhire sines 1861, . and has
-tram getting back their terms: If vigor- natter -yet hadto sibmit to a contested elec.,
•()tidy 'Carried; out thiswould prove- a, atm. He -was; of . course, reelected the-
- -formidable difacifityinthe wayef the Land. Other day by acclamation.
The Lowlon gazette ' eamouttea that the
The season ofFrenbh-playaitt the Gaiety •
Queen ha•s appointed Very Rev. John Tub
Theatre. eontinuEis its course, II, Coquelin
leoh, P.D., LLD:, Principal of -.St:
and his associates replacing Sara BEitI14 Andrew's- University,- to be 'Dean of the
harcit. Royalty frequently occupies: abox Order of the Thistle, and Dean of the
and - society - follows ',suit,- pretending to
ChapeUtoyal-in Scotland, in room of •-Rev.
• understand the Whole thing thoronghly‘ ' - johh Macleod, D...T.Y., deceased: . • .
Mine. Nilsson has signed. a contract With •
. There died recently at the Manse of
- Tar, Abbey for a, concert, tour in the United
- ,4taktes. and Canada. The disputed. Posses- Morven, Sootland,Rev:JohtiMadleod, Etri-','
skin ' of Mme. Nilsson's- services between Dean of the Chapet:Royal, Dean Of the
of the Thistle, eto.,Iii the 82ndyear
- Xeisrs. 0 -ye and Maplesen were all runtorfi; Order
of his. age-, and the-58bh, year of his ministry
• the non -fulfilment of her verbal promise to
---.Mr. A.bbey is thin settled.- The dispute. in the Parish:Of Morven. • • . -
with Mt. Gye will befought by • -- . .
. .
:.: in the courta. Mine. Nilsson will niake her lima Szxsz.-Itiding on the box .seat
•first- appearance at Boston at the -beginning with the-drivet of a- four -horse coach, with
of the Dingiest season. . •-- • some hesitatioul said, "Your near leader,
That old eeelesiastieal scandal, the site Mr. Tones, doesn't-draw.muchaloes he ?"
, of -church livings-, has cropped up again •a Not an ounce!" Was the promptreply. I
this. week... 'At an analog in the city an- ventured ferthet the natural inquiry,
attempt -was Made to sell the advewson or -" What is the. good' of him,then ?" .To this,
. _perpetual curacy Of Charminster, hear question Mr. jonts, graciously vouchsafed
Salisbury. A clergyman who Was present an answer, which, for its fat -reaching
-
protested. .against_' the sale,_ when the wisdom,' have earefully treasured up ever
auctioneer retorted, " I really do not under- since, .-and-haYo found that -it explains not
.stand you gentlemen who live by tithes." a,few things' in life: "Well, sir," he fetid,
• The clergyman retorted, • "We don't." etthis i0. a four -horse coach, and he counts."
- Said tbe auctioneer, "Many of you do." -, '---. RDear Pae Pi said. Mrs. Partington
tt,This,"; rejoined the clergyman, at not . tht ether day, "young girls -nowadays -are
the selling ofthe tithes of another clergy- . not what their -Mothers used to be. Half
. man; itoWthe sellingOt eou180-FmaOthe of them areauffeterafrOninervoimprespib..-
,auotioneer withdrew the. l'Ot :tido. sale, tion 1" '"------ '‘,':' ... - ' - 4 - - 4 :• '-' --'
Leaguers.
• Fall wheat in seine portions of this dis-
.
Witt has been badly winter killed,more
especially on the low -lands, while that
sown On high lands is looking fair, but en
the wholeeit is expected the yield. will he
larger than laseyear, �r about three-faerths.
of an -average orqt. Spring . sown grains
are.looking well and promise a !ergo . yield.
In the vicinity of Paisley the acreage sown
is.less than usual, farmers gob* 'nu:hie into
the raising of roots and feeding of cattle
than formerly.
DISTRICT-hOWANSTOWN TO KINCARDINE,
. CLITSDIS. • .
Fall wlieselooking Welleen some lands;
has been more or less :winter killed; but.on
the whole the total yield is 1expeotedtobe
• larger on aitinint of inores.eed , acreage
sown. • Spring eovin grain oropspromise an
abundant yield, and are extensively sown
.
•
in this section the presentyeer. • •
CRUEL SPORT.
Stalking_; Of Iris1imn in
Ireland.
rittraDisais.irEs****A.Y.i •
. A. London cablegram dated _yesterday-
.(TlitirsdaY) says: • - • -
_ Another terrible double ninrderhas taken
plate in Ireland.' John H. Illakeiagent to
the -Marquis of :Clanricarde: emit the 2110-
quis.hinaie1fee telegraphed yesterday) and
his -servant, named TeddyEeene„yirere abet
dead neer Eauglirea 'Out Dublin
correspondent -- telegraphsas; - .falloWs :
County: Galway --hat again been, the:, Scene
of a dreadful- double unirder.:. Abreit
ha1f4iest- .11- this morning' •Mr.- Blake, a
justice •of the •%peace% and,L, agent • to
the . :Marquis. - of: Clainriceide, was
driving • -with , his • servant from 7
hisresidence at, .Rothville, Killula, to.
Leuglirea.:-..They Were ---fired at a party
of flien.eoneealed inside -a.hedge and rid-
dled - 'with .blilletse beth were instantly
killed,r The bodies were . subsequently
found...by, peasants.: There: have :lien he.
:arreste yet, -114.-Blalse had been :eeveral
tithes threatened; Helwas-20 years of age;
Recently: he- married a relative: of Lord
Clahricarde..- When =tittered he .was
going ta.attend a -meeting of the landlords -
and -graziers to cofinteradt the reaent united -
soden Of the herders in thediptriet.. Lord:
Clinricarde _recently received a notice from
his tenants that they -Would ;pay rents if
certain ahatementawhioli • they demanded -
were allowed His Lordship replied, refus-:i
ing any dictation;and stating _that -he would
enforce his' tights. Since then legal - prce
ceedings.,haVe.been taken. Mr..Rlake had
reeeived several threatening letters tat the,
qttertereestiena a few days ago heobtained
ati -efeetment decree against SOLne tenants
The assassination took place en the pablict
road two flatlet' from lemighrete---Peliefe and
'soldiere -scented the country; for
assassins : The :place of -the murder 18 not
:far from where Mr: Rinke and the ,drageon
• were killed a fortnight ego.' _ • •
•At Bally.nlare, eetitity Antrim, teritilway
statien near Belfast. taday, Jobe MeCaus,
1 -and; a merChatt who Owns land, and litie
, -
servant ware attaoked by a Man- named
McCullagh • with -, a reaping -hook. This
was done in the presenceof severalpersons.
MOCanalaiid, Who ia 70 Years old, -hits died
from hiaweimd, and .his servant's life is
despaired of.' McCullagh has been arrested.
A rumor .Urali in diroulatiOnto-night that
Earl -Spencer, Lord-Lieutenantot Ireland,
had been -Murdered: The rittner..proved
. -
t� :taste _ , .
cablegram fifeei London to Neve York, T
through-private:Sources,. says there is an
effort- in -official etreles to --veil- the -.dig;
quietude felt in Consequence of the -units in.
Egyptian affairs In the event of Wer with.
-Egypt it is understoodto be -the intention
O f the leaders ot the revolutionary-perty 121
Ireland to. take advantage: of Eeghtnclai
embarrassed 'condition to .precipitate
-gerietal rising; Tae- news of the threat-
ened revolution in Ireleetleaueee consid-
erable excitement. . It is now believed:that
plans: for such movements were directly
d iscussed
efted, the' resent Parnell dinner.
at London. • : -
•-Cardinal -McCabe. has -issued a pastoral
denouncing the --hetrid deedef vepgeanee
. .
in -Ireland.-
-HOW GAII.IFIELD -LOOKS.
00v. Sherman az Iowa Visits the Vault -
- and See/ the Late riesident's lioneek
'Gov. Sherman, of Iaika, who-- is visiting
at 'Elmira, N. Y., -said to a reporter there
the other day: "1 saw Preeident" Garfield
aday or two ago in " Cleveland. You n
not look -astonished I really BMW him
hie spirt, but his eite-form and featureei
had *Wiled his tomb to .a.5 homage to
spotWliere the martyr Presidentwes el
ing. The.'ivatplunati in charge,' On le
ing 'whence 1 - came -and -who: I
asked me if I •,wOhld like to- see
President: I was As greatly surprised
you can he. -Thesiznply showed tne he we
earnest, invited me tide- the tomb,
"seemed apd „removed :the lid 'from
sacred, casket, tied -there lay. Gen. Gar
before me, just as he -lookedethe day -of'
funeral -as .if in. a weary, enrefree
bleep. I wee' surprised; far, deepite
Om018,49n of those noble -features-'I
at Mtge stiuch with their likeness -tol
General tie I hid seen -him: alive. Ire.s
that years- will -pass ere the preger
traces of the -emhalmerta 'work willli
been removed frem all -that isielton e
Of -Geilield;" - e.
A. inporteref the Herald, •with the a
pitied in hand, visited Lake View C
tery tO make 'au innutry in .regard- to
matter tied leant if it :was tree the
remaine of the deed Presideet had
exposed to view Sven to sattetythecuri
of the, Governor of 'Iowa. The sex
:being interrogated about the enatter,-
it was. true that GeV. Sherman had .
.allowed to visw- the: remains of the
but that he had nothing tie Bey or do i
ease. The keys of- the vault wit° in:
session of Lieut. Veit Vliet, of -tlie
United States Infautry; the • offic
'6herge of the detail of solaiersgaardiu
tornb;, arid the Lieutenant unloCk'ed the
Of the vault, uesereWed the lid that e
the -glass plateset into the op of the
and allowedGov Sherman and par
view; elie remains,CieeelandHereact..
•
DISTRICT-.-ILDERTON TO BRIAGRAVE, TNCLUSIVR..
• Fall wheat is looking remarkablyand promises a large- yield, telly up to the
average. Springeowei eiops are -also
ing- as well as could be desired, and there is
every prospect of the harvest being _an-
alundant one.: • -
.. • - -
DISTRICT-.-STRATMIROY TO. SARNIAt - INCLITSI#E,
AND PBTROLLA.
Fair wheat looks well and promises -a
,good average yield.-Sping • sown. grains
-slut look very healthy and present appear;
arms indteate a large yield. Farmers .are
very hopeful and expect that produce of: all
kinds -will be abundant:
• -
DISTBICT,-.1tOMOK.A. TO WINDSOR, INCLUSIVE:
• . Fall wheat looks excellent, More than
-average-acreage sown.. and present indiea-
tions are that -the orop will:be a large one.:
Spring sewn grains also look well --- and' if.
the weather is favorable an exceptionally
large yield is expected. • Cone,... however,
will not be over hell an average; trop, end
the acreage will be much less thatrithe
average. Hey promises aneverege crop.
, .
DISTRICT -•;.-FORT 'BRIE TO EICITID, INCLUSIVE,
-4.ND PORT STANLEY. -
Fall wheat promisee to be an average
mete • Spring sown Oates -ere looking very
favorable and present prospects are that
-the yield will be. large. More than usual
-
acreage has been sown this year. Apples
promise • every indication of being's very:
heavy crop, in fact more so than for many
years- past: Hay is expected to be about
three-fciurths Of ..et •cecip. Roots are ex-:
Peoted t� be a fair .average crop?
reseetee-nneiceeene TO, SPBINGFORD, MOLD.
SIVE.
-Fait wheat_ promises a iarge_yield ; more
than average acreage sewn. Spring soWn
• grains are leaking exceedingly well and
present indications are the yield will be
very large. Hay in this distriot is reported
as likely to be tiefeir average orop. Fruit.
abundant: ••• .
Judging from the remarks-oitr. Agents;
there is every _appearance of the awning-
harveet being a Meet bountiful one. .
_
•
The revolution ceptieuesinEcuador. It
is said the Government spies- off...paired by
the revoluttonistswere shot. There is
much alarm at Guayaquil; recruitingfor
the Government is being actively pressed.
Otto Brand; 37, Master mariner. of 'Hull,
England, was htfaiged lately for the murder
.(death resulting- from cruel treatment o!
an apprentice :on the high seas.. The
British-authotities are resolved ick repress
• oruelaction to seamen • and helpless boys,
and the_ Sectetatyof State, in view,of the
details, turned a deaf ear tp Brand's plea
that lie. "•did not meant() killiiim."
. 41 Late isettpee
Apropos - of the recentsolar eclipse, a
story Worthy Of Hichlaender has -recently
gone the round of the Germanpapers. •
appearethat eit the morning of the event
alluded to Captain:I Von of the
Fusiliers, issued -the following verbal:order
to his oompa;ny, through, ;his sergeant:
major, to • be. communicated to the men
after forenoon parade: ."-Thisafternoon
solar eolipite-Will take place: At .3 o'clock
the whole company parade : in the bar
rack yard. Fatigiee jackets and ceps: -
shalt .eiplain the eclipse to :the .men.
Should it rain; they _will assemble in the
drill- Shed." .The sergeantroajor, _having
set down his csomManding officete rnstruc-
tette in writing,as he . had . understood:
them, formed, the company into Wee;
square at the' conalusiOn .of the.mierning-
drill; and read:hie Version Of -the order to
them; thus.: "This afternoc4 a solar
eclipse Will take place in the haffeck Yard,
by order of the captain, and will: be
ettended-by the W,hele company, in fatigue
jackets and daps. The eaptEiln will con-
duct the solar eoliPle in person. Should it
rein, the eclipse will Ole place in the drill
shed."
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.Marriiige with a -Deceased Wile's le ter:. . -
:• At the recent Meeting Of the Preshyt rian
GerierefeAesembly in St. John, N." ,
-oveitute .on the question of marriage
a deceased wife's sister,signed by . .
Laing; -Alex. McKnight; :Robert ja e,
WM.- Gregg aiid J.' MaedOmiell, was -
presented::: .Ita terms were these :
• "Whereas in the Confession of Fait it is
expreeply declared. that e. ;1718;11 ma neit
marry any :of his relations V.arer'. '
thane be may of :his own, and that,
such .marriages - cannat be giti;
meted by -any eonsent of the p
or the -law of Man; .whereas, eh law
of the land apd the law of the Churn are- •
thus at varienee, and diffiatilties en y be.
:expected to arise from a; eollision -be ee:n .
them, therefore it is respectfully ver-
'taredto the _ Venerable the .1.3r eral '
AsSemblytatake this Matter irate con
sideration and appoint a commit e to ,
investigate We, Scriptural ground S on
which the zherriege referred. ,to 18 Cole-
demited, and report their jedgment.,'i with
their reason for it,- to the: next Gel eral
Assembly." .
Principal Grant, moved, fteconded% Dr.
Gregg, 'That the penimittee donsi t of '
the peofessOrs of biblical interpretati •in -
the -colleges Of the Claurch, vie., Dr. C ven„._
Professors Mowat, Scrinagere _Weir and
Ca."
.ecav-eti •
thought
hesides hese
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there should be upon- the oammitteq the •
names of. seine who had made tbisl Sub4
ject a special study, and- Moved; -sec ded
by -Mr. 'Sedgwick, and it was agre d to,.
"That besides the eticive named
lowieg be. added : Dr. Malcar, Dr. C egge-
DralcHnight, Rev. S. G. Laing, a. B.
Blair and 4. Boss." '
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• • Tidal. Waves an the Lakes.
Thegreat wave ,wbich-tineted -into leve- -
land. witlisecleteriefic force Friday me ning
hasrevived the stories of sin:4er phen ena --
betetefere: Lake' Supetiot Ate 1789,
opposite Isle. Royal, there was & s ddeu -
fall of four feet in the .waters. Wheui they -
returned - they . did so with a rus), .the _
vibration continuing for several hour' .t
1.834, the waters .above -the- Sault apids.. -
suddenly :receded; and in half a,. .hont, -•
returned withgreat velectity. In , 4., gust; -
1845, Dr. _Foster states that'while,. in an -
open boat between :Copper Harb.o' said- "
Eagle River; an i3DOTECtORS surgef et in._
height and crestedwith foam tolled O Ards
the epore,Tsacceeded by two or three ells, • -
Dr Foster obeerved. repeated -flow . and .
refits:of the waters in1847.;,1848 and 409,
tt, ,
which preceded or followed '_etornie ' n the
"•
No,. sir,"" said a COinstockagey.) barber
to a .snspioious-looking transient' customer,
who affably remarked, aft -the lather :Was
being laid on, that he supposed there were
agood -many Men who failed to pity their
shaving softies. - " No; sir. I used; to give
credit,- but I never -do now -.in fact, nobody
ever. asks ter tick any mote:" "How's
that? " Well, yousee"." said the barber,
trying:the edge of, his razor .on hie thumb
nail, ":I had a set ofeitiffewhO used to.ask
me to chalk it down. I got tired of heeping.
books; seal adopted a new system. When,-
ever.I shaved‘anceof these -nla standbys I
ptit-a 1ttIe nick in his nose with my4azor,
and -kept tally in. that way: They get SO
they didn!t want-tci run bills;" There was
a tremor in the • onetomer's-- voice as ..he
asked from. beneath the lather,: "Do you
object to b.eing.Paid intadVance ? • -
. A ruater- WAs. cirOulated in Meohanioi.
_Ville, N.Y., the other evening„thatahaman
hand, apparently that Of afull-grown man;
had been land in -the taint; of justice
Talmage's office, which was blamed.
re -Candy, and caused considerable eXeite.
ment. The.nian who foundittook_it to a
shop; locked it and informed the officers.
The next Morning it was ekarailied, and
was found to be a man's glove With:. the
fingers burned -off and thaternaiiideraloilely
filled with ashes, WhilepartiesWere look..
ing in the ruins • for other portions Of the.
body: to Which the Bittnioeed hand belonged,:
jitenty'wes found; -thus giving an asspr-
_awe that ea -lading. hadbeen -enteredby
Mrs. Eleanor Parker -Long, of Phila. . . -
delphia, has bequeathed an estate 'valued at 1 burglars and set fire
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-8200,00010-found a home -for orphan girls. The small boywho: was sett by his
naother toinvite some neighbors to tea -was
asked by the, invited if his maternal permit
would expect theta if .it rained, to which
he naively .replied, -" Oh, yes, I heard her
say she wanted to have it over with." .
Joachim Itaff, composer and pianist, is
dead. • - "
especially for children of soldiers who -
served during the late war, and of firemen
whose lives have been sacrifeted in the dis-
charge of duty.
Thesix stakes -man is at 10 EC olid; at
20, wild,- at 30-, tame -if ever, at 40 wise;
at 50, rich, at 60, good -or never.
lake. In 1851 D. D. -Brockway rep ertedi
in a perfect calm, a sudden -ripe of o foot •
and three inches, and in anther t and.
one-half feet: April 14th; 1858, th Mil--
waukeie Sentinel 'reported a eitangb b level ,
in Lake litichiga,n ef six feet.- May 1.0tee'
1823, acoordipg to De Witt Clint 1 n at.
Otter Creek, on the Canada shore, wave
came in nine feet in height, and th same -.
acourrence took .pla.ce et Kettle Cr k; 20'
miles • distant. • Another in 1830 ports
three Waves at Madison Dock, Lake unty,
Ohio, the -first rising 15 or 20 feet. 1844 -
or 1845 a wave came into Euclid_ Cr ek 15
'feet in height, carrying -everything lel ore it.
41 Vence 200 Miles Long,
_ The longest line of fence inthe world
will be file wire fence extending fr, '-the
Indian Territory west across the Texati
Panhandle, and thirty-five miles in New
Mexico: We are tuft:anted .that eig tyAvi
miles of-thiftfetide is alrea,dy.under c tract.
Its eoutse Will he en the hue' of the 'Cana-
ilian "Liver, flied itspurpose is t�s,p the.
delft of the Northern cattle. It i a bold
and splendid- ehterprisef and Will pa, large., -
percentageon the investment. Tifence .
willtberover .1200 • long. -c rendon
ar-•1
-Newaf .
Imifilifibting nutrition by -per ec ng the
digestion and assimilation_ • of f� , DR.
WEEELEVR CeMpteittid Ehxir Of Pho phates
-and 'Cilisaya aticontplislies all , at t18_
.hythe aid of inedieine in r toring..
the*rliated frame to health:- It is f .mthe •
blood we derive our Vitar.-power, d. the -
Material for buildhit...hp, the :orgel 3s -and
andoepairing, the rayagesOf -sease,.
aiAlt, is the speciallnhotion of thI PhOte
elates' to 'Ad 'netlike ifl pettectin those '
little cells 'orbleod globules that con, ain all
the elements of the body, 1
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ati.Mek: Ryan has !peen appoin d Celt
ledarett-Custom for Blentreal.
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