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The New Era, 1884-07-11, Page 2,Tul-v 11 1884 - THE CHOLERA. Undoubtedly the Asiatic Type Prevalent in France. CANADIAN VISITATIONS IN THE PAST. PAST YItITATIONS IN CANADA. The London Free Press says : It is now msny years since cholera visited Canada, but in pest times it has claimed many hun- dreds of viotime, in thie country. The years 1632, 1834 and again in 1848 and 1856 were marked by fatal and alarming visitations, when the death cart, with its little yellow flag, was a familiar object in the streets of our cities, when fires of tar were kept burning in hoist of dwelliugs, end gunpowder was discharged in great quantities from :saline's as a disinfecting agent. Dr. Fenwiok, of this city, who passed through two or three A the epidemiee referred to, speaks confi- dently of the theory thet the disease is atmoapherio. Inveetigaters of the period at Queheo tested this pointby sending up small pieoes of meat fastened to captive balloons, quite out ot the reach, as sup- posed, of any impurity connected with the ground. When these came down they were found to be exoteseiVelV putrid, :showing, as was claimed, the existence of the disease germ in the atmosphere. Another reason why the cholera was thought to be in the air was in the fact that even the raftemen far up the river Ottawa and other lumber -regions were stricken down with it. On April 30th fatal cases of cholera occurred on the British troopship Cr000dile, from Bombay, as she was entering the port of Plymouth, England. The cable has been recently quite silent as to the drivel. .?stipteient of any new oeses at Plymouth. All investigations of cholera epidemics appear clearly to show; as a prominent authority say, that the prime factor of its outbreak is " the introduction into the locality of the specific infecting matter, s being accomplished in general by the arrival A infected persons." Theories have been propounded to account for the extension of cholera by the prevalence of abnormal atmospheric conditions. High temperature, it is stated, favors the spread of the disease, and so far as excessive heat debilitates the system or aids in vitieting the atmosphere thio no doubt fif true. But it is well known that some Ape most fatal cholera epidemics have raged through rigorous winters. A Washington correspondent telegraphs: In the oourse of a conversation upon the subject Surgeon.General Hamilton said tbat he did not believe that the cholera, reported to have appeared at Toulon, would extend beyond the controlaof the French health officers. I. had probably been brought from Egyptin the troop ships returning to France from that Muntry. There was little danger of a direct •im- portation of the disease from Egypt into Use United States' for the reason that our imports from thatcountry are confined to rags, which are rigidly inspected by Gov- ernment officers. The Surgeon -General added that cholera was, of all diseases, perhaps the most difficult to quarantine against, and looahtes threatened by it should adopt every preoaution in the way of perfeot cleanliness and attention to hygienic conditions. - IINQUE8TIONAI3LT ASIATIC! ormagne. • A telegram from. Paris says : Dr. ater. man, phyausian at the Hotel Dieu, being - questioned this morning, thought that the epidemio at Toulon was unquestionably Asistio cholera.. .In the event ot its spread. ing througb Paris, he recommends the immediate closing of all the. barracks, :schools, workshops and prison e which it might break on -brand the 'dispersal of the people inhabiting them; sheathe free use of disinfectants, suchas coraoeive sublimate, protoxide of mercury or pure iodine and ' enboutaneaue injections" A morphia. It would be useless, he say& to change one's ordinary habite from the fear of disease. As a precaution against cons Legion, he would advise the attendants on patients to relieve each other in attendance frequently. THE ORIGIN OF THE EPIDEMIC. .• In an interview with M. 1%ateur, the famous French medical investigator, yes- terday, a correspondent said : All 'medical authorities who have been consulted, among them Sir William Gull, of London, agreed in ridiculing the idea that quaran- tine is efficacious be stopping cholera. M. Pasteur replied: All the French faculty are absolutely of the opposite opinion. The English have e happy knack of defending theories convenient -to them and their commerce. It as universally reoognized that the cholera • has been imported from India, though the English doctors commissioned to investigate the matter report that it originated last year in Egypt. • What does Sir. William Gull know about cholera? He is merely Court phy- sician. Besides, I don't believe that the English dootors would dare stick to their theories now. Correspondent -Admitting your'views to be correot, would it not be in logical order for the quarantine • laws to be applied to towns where the (Melees is raking, juet as in the case of :Mips'? . M. Pasteur -That would .be a return to the barbarism of the Middle Ages and an outrage on modern ideas of individual liberty. Correspondent -Do you think thadisease walla:Tread very far? M. Peskier -4f it be the real Asiatic cholera, about wheal we :Mall know more to -morrow, it will spread all over France, doubtless, but with -what degree of vim. lence a is impossible to say. The old - tangled notion that such and such diseasee always rage with the earne intensity has been exploded. The virus may be of any degree of intensity, from zero upward. I have in these (pointing to hie laboratory) rabies virus almost imarcaoue, and game infinitely more terrible than that doge die of. This outbreak may poesibly he a weak one. • A NEW YORK ItIVSTERV. A Merchant Dragged tram n Coach to Die on the Street. A New York despatch se.ye : Early this morning a coach turned into Sixty-fourth street from Nieeh Avenue and suddenly stopped, a man jumped out, dragging the body of a man after him then re-entered the math and was driven away. Before the police reached the spot the man dragged from the coach was dead. Papers oti the body showed it to be that of A. B. Warner, manager and•Treasurer of A. B. Warner, Son & Co., iron dealere. The police are investigating the 011130. Warner was promis nent in moiety and a member of the Man. hattan Club. The affair is very mysteri. 008. In the Fretioh Chamber of Deputies lest evening, M. Do la P01030 attar:kart the Anglo. Fran& agreement with regard to Egypt. M. Ferry defended the agreement and wad rth1100 W0tIld go to the Conference Unict. tered with finanoial engagements. A Vote of oonfidencie in the Government was pro. posed and met with Unemituous fever. • MANITOBA AND TIM NORTHWEST. Man Killed by Lightning and TIMM-SW jured-Cl. P. K..atal the Customs -- Guilty ot Murder by Stabbing. •A Winnipeg der:patch Says: A heavy •thunderstorm passed over the greater per - tion of the Northwest last night, doing much good to the orope. The lightning article a small house at St. Boniface, killed Evangelista Gaghon and injured three men sleeping in the same room. Gagnon was unmarried, His family formerly lived near Montreal. The lightning also killed several oattle near Portage la Prairie. The wind did some damage to barna and houses in the Weetbonene diettiot. The C. P. B. authorities refuse longer to pay the customs officials for examining the trains ou Sundays or holidays! or after riffle° lamina Collentor Mingaye says the work will not be done witheut extra pay. Travellers wil !therefore be detained at Se -Vincent and Gretna or come through with- out baggage. • Iroporters here complain that freight is unnecessarily delayed by the C. P. R. at St. Vincent. Coneignraents take eleven days for the sixtyseix miles.The feeling here is that both moves are intended to discourage the all-railtra Me, the C. P. R. being willing to pus the public th any in- convenience to favor the lake repte. The coroner's jury at Port Arthur fend James Troy guilty of wilfully murdering John Hickey by abashing •the night before last. He was sent down for trial. Rein is badly wanted in this region, but in Northern Manitoba it has been descend- ing in abudanee. Reporte from Moosejaw, Swift Current and Maple Creek say that the crops there are withering. The Brandon and Broadview districts are also parched, and unleee ram comes soon the magnifie cent; crop prof:pc:de will vanish.-Winnipte Sun. DARING STREET ROBBERY. • -- Blontiettl Bank Messenger Robbed ot '• $3,000 in Broad Daylight., A Montreal telegram of Wednesday night's date says: One of the boldest rob- beries that has taken place here for some aisle past occurred to -day on Craig street, as Mr. ,,Fuller, a meesenger ' of the Mer- chants' Bank, was proceeding on his daily rounds presenting promissory notes for payment. In passing a poet on the side. walk that was deoorated with evergreens a branch tell on him, which he -proceeded to replace. As he was "engage& in. the act a horde of A'merioati sharpers, who have been here since the carnival pioking pockets, surrounded him as if to give him aeeistancea After his work wat: accomplithea he put his hand in his pooket a,nd found that hie book, containing notes and cheques for $3,000, had been abstracted. The documents are fortunately endorsed as payable to the bank, and theaefore are of no use to the thieves, and it will be no loss to the bank if they are not returned, as payment of them has been stopped. So careful were the bankers here teday that they would not entrust messengers with the money, lest they might be attacked 'The the nritori- OUB pack of scoundrels that have -been attracted to the oity to • reap a harvest from thealtiflux of strangers, who areapro. verbially fleeced when from home. Detec- tive Kellart ie said to be on the track of the .parties. • THE eioneetters COMING. Contemplated 1 xodus from Utah to the Northwest -An Alleged Understanding with the Canadian GOYCIIIIMCIlli. A Chicago telegram says: I have just had an interview with a aprorninent lawyer of this :say, whoants as counsel for the Mormon . Church in Utah. , He has been 'entrusted with many delimae matters by them, has been several timesout co Salt Lake City, and knows their whole linsinese thoroughly. He says that it is their. inten- tion, A the United States Congress passes and enforeel an Anti -Polygamy Bill, ' to mike an exodus out of Utah into theCana- aadian Northwest Territory, provided they can make suitable arrangeinents with the Canadian Government by aeouringthem- selves in their religion and in their polygamous practices. They claim" they havehad indireot assurances made to them that the Canadian Government will give them favorable consideration, and it is likely that a delegation will leave Salt Lake City for Canada in a few days. They will propose to the Canadian .Government to take up a large section of country, induce immigration, make it bloseorn as the. rose, as they have done in Utab, ' and that they will be peaceable and law-abiding citizens in every way, provided they are given liberty in matters of their own religion and in regard to their views of marriage. 'I'EN TIMES MARRIED. . The Wandering "Cure AU " and Nis Crimes -A Modern Don Giovanni. • A Louisville telegram says : " Doctor Hirschberg, •wise was captured by the police immediately after hia release from the•'Workhouse, prbves, according to reports,' to be the moat epee- eively married ' man that hate been seen oe Kenitiojay wafer many days. 'Thie wandering 'acute all" was preeented to the City Court BOMA OIX weeks ago on the charge of bigamy, and Judge Thompson sent him to the workhouse fora year. On Satuiday he was released, but the doctor had hardly replaced hie foot in the central part of the city before he was arrested- en a warrant :sworn to by a lady_ from Chicago, charging him with bigamy, add as result the dootor is languishing iu The Chicago lady says the has information that she is Hirschberg% tenth wife. The first woman she knew of his marrying was a nurse at the _Cincinnati Hoepital. She was a German. Afterward, at Buffalo, he married an Irish girl. His next bride was taken at Cleveland and was a pretty. Jewess. Still later, at Montreal, he took unto himself a Froneh girl. At New Orleans a mulatto was 'added to the list, and since then he has married six.different Areerioa,n women. MISSIONARIES ATTACKED. • ' A Protestant Mission Rouse in Mexico Destroyed by a Mob. A City of Mexico despatch says. the Pro- teatent mission at Colima, on the Central Railway, has been attacked by a mob and destroyed, Rev. A. W. Greenman and others 'escaped to a neighboring boucle. Thee were pursued and aired upon. Re- turning the fire they killed one and Wounded several° A tee mob, wintils die. persed. The mission party was then' pro. :tooted by Federal aoldiera; Mr. Greenman is now ab the American Legation here. The Mayor of Cello:se, having encouraged the attack and refdeed proteotion the mis- sionaries, is responsible for the disturbance. A despatoh via London says the former Bedouin lieutenant of Hicks Pasha has arrived ea Wadahalfa. He reporte that El Madhi made an attaok on Ithartotun, but was repulsed with heavy kese. The date of the sataok and partioulers are not given. Hostile Whets are massing in the vicinity of Dongola. The Nile is :bang rapidly. PRIM FLOM'S II TIE 11011THIVEST, *looms) vantage Ramie in the Neighbor. hood ot Calgary. A. Winnipeg despatela says: Advices from Calgary report considerable datnage by floods west of that point. Railwey bridges up the Bew River have been swept away, and also the railway bridges over the Bow and Elbow Rivers at Calgary, also the traffic bridge over the Elbow there was partially destroyed and traffic stopped. The total damage is about 0100 000. • Five inches of ram• fell in Bow River Valley between Sunday and Wednesday night. Truffle will likely be re-eeta,bliehed by Monday, ° SIXTEEN /IND TWELVE. Marriage ot Two I hildrett-The groom Soundly switched. despatch from Wheeling, West Vir- ginia sums : Monongahela County, known as the Athens of West Virginia, is agitated over a novel •elopement. The families of Wm. Jones and Mrs. James McCormick, a widow, are residents on adjoining farms. The former had a son aged 16 and the latter a daughter aged 12. Jones is wealthy and Mrs. McCormick is poor. Young Jones conceived a violent passion for Mies McCormick, whith was encour- aged by her mother, and arrangements were made for eloping to the nearest town beyond the border of •the State s. into Peunsylvania. The girl trot disappeared, and the mother gave it out that she was lost. The neighborhood turned out to • search for her. The boy seoured a horse !corn hie lather on the pre - tenet) of joining in the march. -Ine followed the girl to a prearranged hiding place, and went to Pennsylvania, where they Vasee married. They came home the next da with the marriage -certificate. The father out a switch antl.ge.ve the, boy a thrashing. He then sent him to a military:school, •at Si t. Albany, The girls mother nstituted a suit against Jones, in behalf of her daughter, for damages, laying the :suit at $5,000, and alleging the alienation A the husband's affection. A license is not required in Pennsylvania for marriage. Jones ' claims that it is a scheme to mulct him. The girlie pretty, but illiterate. The boy is intelligent and popular." GARFIELD'S 'TOMB. • , . A Grand and Noble Mausoleum tor the •, Martyred President's Rental's', A Cleveland despatoli-say,s : The Garfield -National Monument Association to -day deoided upon the designs for the imonu- ment. It will.be of tower form, (3arved and sculptured. The tomb is made the prima - eel object of the memorial. The tower rises from broad terraces, reached by Wake spreading steps, A projeoting porch at the' base oontains the vestibule, Op the gide of 'which is the keeper's dam. On the other lee a room for the relics- and visitors' • register. The • vestibule leads into the round vaulted chamber, the stone roof A which is oarried on eight massive • polished granite oolums, in a &role around the eoulptured tomb in •the centre, The pavement is tiled in harmonious colors and designs, the whole being lighted by richly mullioned windows. A spiral stone stair- case lead:, from the aisle to the top of the tower, 250 feet from the ground. The band on the frieze of the sculpture is six feet in height, extending around the base pf the tower, which is forty feet square. The frieze is divided into pa,nease with bass - reliefs representing Garfield A': an educa- tor, soldier and statesman. Garfield's remains will besenclosed in the Orypt beam's, she level of the chamber under the carved tomb. A family vault is provided at the backot the chamber. •' • . •STABBED SIXTEEN TINIES. Lying at the Point ofDenth-The Would. be Assassin at Large. • ' A Belleville telegram of Wednesday night's date says: A stabbing affray which is almost certain to result fatally occurred at about 8,30 yesterday evening on the pre. raises • of Michael Kennedy, 4th con. of _Tyandinagaa about 16 Miles from this city; There bad been a logging bee during the day, and, tveo men, named John McAuley and James Alexander, • engaged' in s 'fight, in whith the former bit one of the latter's fingers. Joseph Norden, one of" the by- standers, upbraided McAuley for his mode of fighthig, and in response to a challenge engaged in a conflict with McAuley, who • drew a knife and stabbed hina sixteen times in thelace, shoulders and upper part of the body, One of the wounds being in the left 'lung. • Medical men were" summoned from Deseronto, who gave it as their opinion that the yietim could not survive. McAuley • made his escape, and up to latest account:3 had not been ceptured.. Pan -Presbyterian Council. A Belfast despatch says : After Dr. Weed had presented hie report yeaterday- to the Pan -Presbyterian Council Use meeting adopted resolutions in which it was stated that the Council was specially gratified at. the reaped. Iewas then ap- proved. Efforts were made to raise £5,000 in behalfof the ancient Moravian and Bohemian Chart:ha& The Council heard with lively :satisfaction etatemente as to the condition or the Churches id Europe and America, and tusked for the general support and prayers of the stronger Churches of the Alliance in their behalf. Ministers from various Refortned Churches on the continent spoke of the Parisian feeling in favor of the cause, and expressed the hope diet the Conference would meet in Paris before many years. Rev. Dr. Breed, of Philadelphia, read a report on the continental churches.' A fraternal address from the Ecumenical Methodit Council of England was also read and entered upon the minutes of the meet- ing. Dr. aleVioar, of Montreal, read a report in relation to the Canada Preeby- teriati Church, and made application for adrniseion to the Council. —, --- Sternly Electing ot Northwest Land co. A cablegram from London Heys: The anntal meeting of the Canada Northwest Land Company was ihold to -day. The meeting was a very stormy one. The Chairman replied to and partly endorsed circulars recently issued by Lord Elphin- stone, in which a change of the policy in the matter of immigration was reoom- Mended. Others etrongly objected to the policy proponed by Lord Elphinstone, &specially on immigration matter& Finally ty resolution was agreed to appointing an impartial committee to ibtinire into the whole matter and report to an adjourned meeting to be held on the 21st day of July next. Thb Visitors who are in Montreal to oohs. brate the St. Jean Baptiste Society joined the local members and went off on an excursion on the St. Lawrence yester- day. The congress held its seeliieln, when eloquent addregeee Were delivered by pro. • minent statesmen and others on patriotic subjeote. About 10,000 person e were aboard the fleet, of river steamers, and enjoyed the trip down the river amssingly. THE TORONTO TRAGEDY.Evidence Given at the Toronto Assizes Eesterdert...The Prissiness Discharged A Torohto despatoh says Chief Juetioe Cameron held court yesterday from 10 te.m, tal e o'clock last night. The Cure murder ease being on, the Courteroom was as full as the constables would permit. Hattie Jeffrey, who looks as if her confinement had done her good, came into Court neatly •attired, and took a seat in the prisoner's dock. John Falvey also seem to have braced up since bib incarceration in Castle Green. He was allotted a Beat beside Mrs. Jeffrey. Detective Iteburre who has worked indefatigably on this case, aesieted Crown Counsel Irving with the case, and Mr. E. F. Galbraith appeared for the defences The day was spent in exam- ining Crown witneeees. Not a single new fact was elicited. The deaf mute Mont. gomery was examined at three -hours' length with tbe aid of ids son as interpre- ter. He failed to positively identify either Mrs. Jeffrey or Falvey as the persons he he saw quarrelliog opposite his house. He could not identify Falvey's clothing, although the latter wore white pants and vest on the morning of Curr's murder. Tbe mystery surrounding the ease seems to be as deep as ever. The jury were looked up for the night. • Our own oorreepondent telegraphs to -day • Tbe Curr mystery is a mystery Ball. The trial of the prisoners Falvey and Hattie Jeffery was continued this morning before Mr. Justice Cameron, but the evidence was not of of •a • new or interesting • nature. The deal and dumb man, George Brorolield,was recalled and eonfronted,with the testimony given by him at the Matinee He was very oontradietory, and et the con clueion of his ,examination Mr. Galbraith submitted that . the- evidence was Wholey insufficient to establish the identity A • the prisoners aWith the murderete, • and Without calling any witnestses for the defence asked that the Crown be anon -suited. His Lordship con:spared, and inanddressing the jury told -them that the: main witness, Bromfield, was - unreliable, and that his • testimony was so disjointed that no weight should be attached to a. After other witnesses he did not consider that the stories connected the prisoners &Mealy with the crime. Hethen instruoted the jury to return a verdict of assquittal, which they did without leaving the box, and the prisoners were discharged. A CRUEL 10.0AX. The Disastrous Effects ot a Practical • Joke Played by Women. A Qleveland despatch says: Mrs. Maggie Burns was brought to death's door as the remit of a oruel practical joke perpetrated by three of • her feminine acquaintances recently. A few; wee& ago dirs. Burns left town and left her husband and little son at home. In her absence three.women -Aggie Lump, • Blre. Callahan and Mrs, Pierce -called at the house for es visit, and not finding her at home decided to await • her return. The husband went to work, and, being left ealone, the three Women thought it would be extremely funny to • scare Mrs. Burns. The cheat% and tables were upset and everything put " topsy- turvey." A dummy was made and clothed in a suit of Burns' clothes and laid on the floors the supposed head, tied with a white bandage, resting • against ' the sewing meohine. Then they secreted themselves. Pers. Burns, who is of a nervous tempera- ment, came home and was etruck epeeoh- less with horror at the scene. The poor woman, seeing the inanimate form' im- mediately imagined. that her husbandhad committed suicide. Tottering to the house of a neialsbor, she gapped out that her hus- band was dead, aud fainted away. • A , physician was called, but she went from one spasm into another. .When she finally revived sufficiently to 'talk, it was found that her reason had left her. • For days she hovered between life and- death.' Although she is now considered out o danger, the shook has left its impression.upon her mind, and she may never fully reeover. TERMING A WOMAN. • :Jealousy Ot a Divorced Wife and Its • Reim An Aurora, Ind., despatch says : In a Fourth street tenement house there lives John Horton and his divorced wife in • separate apartments and a Mr& tOwene. For BOMB time the former Mrs. Horton -herd suspected her late husband--ot-inti. Macy with Mrs. Owens. She became very jealous, and to -day, with three women friends, Went to Mrs. Owens' mem, shut 'the door, gagged her, tore her garments from her and poured tar over her writhing body, using a large paint brusla to paint her effectually. It was intended to apply feathers as well, but the Woman who pro- mised to bring the feathers failed to 'do so. When their work was completed. .the women released their victim, after many -threats of punishment if she should disclose their names. She was too mad to keep her premise, however,and as quickly as poesible prooured assistance and told who her Assailants were., The women will be arrested to -morrow if Mrs. Owens suomede by that time in ridding herself of enough of the tar to enable her to appear and swear out warrants agabset them. • A Clever Thiet's Expedient, Mr. Vrignot, a &mart young Parisian thief, finding hinieelf discovered when - intent on lead stealing, promptly entered a house by a thylight and requested a young workwoman at her sewing machine to save him. " I'll sit here and peel agile potatoes, -and vasen the police come they will conclude that Dam your loiter." At this interesting juncture the police eanae, and one collared hirn on " speo," exclaiming, Got you at last, my boy." "You hear, my pet," said Vrignot, these gentlemen mistake me for some other fellow." •Mite Melanie, how- ever, who WWI not fascinated with her impromptu adorer, maintained an ominous silence, and the would•be lover was led off to jail. -At last the Use of sparrows:* has been diecovered. His body is served up on toast as a reed-birdeand his wings are dyed red, yellow and bide and sold as those from South American birds. Simply as a, spar: row, the sparrow's usefulness is a Matter of dispute among doctors. The damage fiord the flood in the vicinity , of York, Pa., will aggregate at least $500,- 000. The submerged district includes, besides numerous privateresidenom, stores, lumber yards and some of the large fee- toriee. Eight bridgee, including one of the Pennsylvania Beare:id, have been swept away. ° Muth live atook jiai perished. Thousands of feet of luinlier have been washed away, and the -valuable contents of many buildings wholly ruined. MU& dis- tress will ensue. Dr. Smith, of Sioux City, Iowa, is to deliver an address before the Cobden Club, London, next Saturday evening on the desirability and neereirsity of free trade in developing the &grim:aural resourees of the Western States of marks. Latest tram Ireland, The projeotof theeertisana Exhibition in Dublin is sastaning shape. Pr, j, S. Hughes, brothers of the late Baron Hughes, died on May 31s1 in Dublin. New potatoes were exhibited in Bantry market on June 3rd, grown in open air at Crookhisven. • A farmer named James Curtin, living at • Com, near Castleieland, was shot recently by two disguised men. The pilgrimage of Lough Derg, approved by the Holy See, was opened on June and, and will close on Aug. llth. Dennis Molloy, the man with five wives, was tried in Dublin on the 5111. • The psis- oner was found to be inaane, and was ordered to be detained during the Lord - Lieutenant's pleasure. On the 7th a vote was taken in the General Assembly of the Irish Presbar- terian Church on the instrumental MtlfsiO question. The instrumentaaist party moved to the effect that discipline should be exercised against congregations using instruments. An amendment was moved Betting forth that it would be disastrous to the Church to do so. The amendment wae carried by 266 against 245. • Mr. Butler, a young Irish landlord, has married the' daughter of the herd on his estate. The union has been strongly opposed by the gentleman's friends, but the recent death of his father put him In pos- session of £4,000 a year, with some £30,000 bard cash, and he at once arranged foe the marriage, wheel __greatly rejoiced the • tenants, who have hefd festivals. Mr. Butler, the day before marrying his 'nimble bride, also, embraced the Roman Catholic religion. • THE WERE' LATEST. — • Coats for Poodles -A Novel we:tee-chain -Taw Parasol of the Period. In poodles : Russian towellieg is the new- est poet for the poodle toy dog, so that they can eajoy the bathing with their mistresses at thole:nth. • . A novel watch claaan has alternate links of gold and three odd coins joined at inter- vateld flowers, such as buttercups, daisies and dlindelions, are the summer bouquet of corsage. 1, • Bracelets of oxidized silver and coins: of Louis XIV., suspended, were worn by a lady lately on a visit to New York, and greatly admired for their antique pettern. • The parasol of the period has a mer- maid's head e,dorpedavith lifelike roses for a immune. • •. • An advertising dodge of noise, if not weight, is a wound.up topewhich spins in front of a dry -goods etore and beam a device of some article within painted on it. The top is worked by electricity and spina for a quarter of en hour at a time. • • Bismarck's Children. • The Prince has three obildren-a daugh- ter, the'Countess Mary, who was born in 1848, and married about bur years ago to Count Rantzau, and two sons, Counts Herbert and William, both of whom are younger than their sister, and unmarried. The termer is in the diplomatic service, and has in his official capacity beer: attached to ieveral embassies, and recently to that in London. The latter, who bears a strong personal resemblance to his father, has devoted himsela to the legal profession, and has been a member of the German Parliament. Both served at first as pri- vates iti the Dragoon Guards in the last war, during 'which the Prince • evinced male anxiety on their behalf, riding out after them as often as circumetances Per- mitted. 'Both of there work from tinae to time in the immediete neighborhood of the 'Prim:stain whose bureau his aon.in.law also found employment. I may mention, too, that the Prince Is the happy possessor of grandohildrenes fine, sturdy little fellows, the eldest of whom oceasicnially pays a visit at his grandfather's palace, with the ottp of the yellow cuirassiers on his fair, young head. Curiously Sensitive In the Hoepital of the Royal Guards at Paris was a private soldieraviso had re• oeived a violent kiok on the back of .his head from a horse. The excitement of the hair produced was extreme, and could only be kept under by almost continual ,bleed. ings,. both looal and general. Amongst a series of • phenomena produced by the state of preternatural ,excitation, the seneibility axquired by the hairs of the head was not the least remarkable. The slightest touch was felt inetantly, and cutting them gave great pain, so that the patient would seldom allow any one • to come.• near his -bead, Baron Larrey, to put him to the test, gave a hint to an aesistant, who was :standing be- hind the patient, to clip off Borne heir with- out his perceiving it. Thai was done with •great dexterity, but the soldier broke out into a volley of oaths, succeeded by com- plaints, and it Was sense time before he could be appeased." Wonders of Nature and Art." • . A Fish* Problem. • Along the vent aud north shore. of .Lake Ontario, ftom Niagara' to below 'Belleville, the water is almost covered with dead shad, commonly called "shiners," Much con- jeeture has been indulged in regarding the phenomenon. The most plausible reason that has yet been adduced for the iinwonted inortality among this species of fish is Oast it has been largely caused by a parasite Which attaches itself to the gills. The parasite is supposed to be bred in platen where sewage was permitted to flow, into . the water i There s also a slight mortality among the email sunfish and rook bass in Lake Simooe, The Natural • Hietory Society, of Tormato, will make an investi- gation shortly, tvhen the result will be made public. TUE MOON INHABITED. Towns, Villages and Cultivated Field* Van be Seen. At the astronomical observatory of Ber- lin, says a translation from Nya Pressen Hasingfor, a • disoevery has lately been made winch, without doubt, will 0M1130 the greateet :sensation, not only among the adepts in :science, but even among the moat learned, Prof. Blendmanu, in that city, has found, beyond a doubt, that our old friend, the moon, is not a mere lantern which kindly furnishes light for the loving youth and gee companies of our planet, but the abode of living, intelligent beings, for which he is prepared to furnish proofe most convincing. The 4uestion has agitated hu- manity trom time immemorial, and has been the objeot of the- greatest interest. But the %intone have always differedvery widely, and no two minds lield one and the some. Already ite ancient times the belief prevailed that . the moon vsetear" inhabited by some higher organized, intel- ligent beings, somewhat resembling man, and in order to communicate with them the earthly enthueiast planted !owe of trees several miles in length so as to form the figure of the Pythagorean theorem. The oelebreted alaronerrier Schroder, in the beginning of the present century faboied that he could detect place on the outface of the moon which periodically grew lighter and darker, and from this fact ' he derived the conclusion that the phenomenon was the proof of existing vegetation. During the last few decades,. however, the • idea, of life on the moon has been held up, to ridicule, and totally scorned by men of learning. But, never- theless, it has now been prove a to lie oora rect. By 'accident Dr. Blendmann found that the observations of the moon gave but very unsatisfactory results, owing to the --intensity of the light power of the moon's atmosphere, which is that strong that it affects the correctness of the observations in a very high degree, He then conceived the Kea to make the object -glass of the refractor lees sensitive to the rays of light,and for that purpose he darkened. it with the smoke of camphor. It took months 'of experimenting before he succeeded in finding his right degree of obscurity of the glass, and when finally foetal he then with the refractor took a very accurate photo of the moon's surf:a:ea This,he.placed in a sun mieroseope, whirat gave the picture a,diameter of 551 feet. The revelation was most startling. It perfectly overturned all hitherto entertained ideas of the moon's :surface. Those level pleans which formerly were held to be oceans of water proved to be verdant fielde, and what formerly were coneidered mountains turned out as deserts A Rand and oceans of water. Towns and habitations of all kinds were plainly 'discernible, as wellas signs of in- dustry and traffic,. The leerned prefers:sox% study and observations of old Luna will be repeated every full moon when 'the sky is clear, and we venture to predict that the time is not far off when we shall know more about the man in the moon than as being an agent in English polities. • • Musical and Dramatic Notes. • Sarah Bernhardt is said to be taking lessons on tbe flute. Mr. Augustin Daly's company will leave for England shortly. This manager will complete his arrangements for departure next week. • • Mlle. Rhea is going to Europe on the 5th: ot July. Her last tour throughout the • country has been crowned with success and the lady's return will be waited for by a large host of friends.. - Lawrenee Barrett and Henry Irvieg in the sante bill Would make Renee howl. ' It is stated there is some likelihood of their appearing together tn Shakepeareitn playa a . year hence in London. Janisolie, the German actress, will play in English 'kat mason. She will be" mane aged by Mr. Harry Sargent, who introduced Modjeske.-and Rhea and may really be regarded as the teeter of their fortunes in America. . , At Covent Garden Verdi heads the list co operas in this season's repertoire with eigh works, followed by Donizetti with seven , Prteyerbeer with six; Rossini, four; Anber. tour; Bellini, three; • Wagner, three; Flotow, two; • Thomas, two; Rahenstein, one ; and Bizet, one. , • Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan have re- ceivedthe usual notice from Mr. D'Oyly Carte, te have ready within six monthe a. new operetta if wanted. The tWo authors. • beve already had a consultation, and a, new idea is sketched out. •---- Grinned, is speaking of Wagnerism re- cently, said "For my part I • cannot • admit that continuone recitative ie continn- 0118 melody. In Mozart alone is %Mann- • outs melody to be found, and not that • everlasting phrase without goal or limitation, that musical sprinkling, those symphonic effects without a definite form." A Toronto despatch says: Robert Gran has left his opera company completely stranded here." Their board bill, salariee' arid freight charge:3 on baggage have not been. paid, and they cannot get their cos- tumea, as the baggage is in the Custom H01180. Grau borrowed $100 from the manager on Friday, and has not, been -seen ince. Bangles and Frizzes. Gathered Spenoer waists are again, ja Med's dress is less ceremonious this sea- son, and 130 are their manners. The lace plastron waistooet is as fashion- able on the other Bide as here. Blue and grey are the most fashionable combination colors for street wear. Spew:sera of black -banded lace are worn_ with black silk or colored silk skirt& Lace falba all around dressy, broad - brimmed carriage hats are again Os vogue. Lowarovsned hats are worn only in • the country, either by ladies or .gentlemen. Dresses of black and white silk used in the composition of the costume are in high favor. Children's stockings are dark or bleak, Often -when white or the palest tinted dresses MO Worn. Challewhite Valenciennes ie the latest craze for trimming black silk dresses and black parasols.' Mushroom and gray shades in all the varieties possible are the rival colors for dresses for etreet wear. Velveteen and poplin combine well for severely =stele walkieg snits, but admit no. shirrings or pulling& ea • The beautiful fashion of wearing fitsWere in the hair is revived in Paris, but this is for evening only, of mimeo. Fais sorap-bage and sorap•bage of °okra Not Cooked in a Bag. Delighted young husband-" What a treasure you are, my love 1 I thought you 'were so bound up na music and painting and embroidety and aura] things that you would not think of giving attention to such onpoetio things as Meals, but here yeti have one of the moist delicious plum -puddings I have ever eaten." Blushing bride-" Ohl 1 do not forget that you always liked nice things." ' "But getting me such a delioaoy muat have taken you oonaiderable time ?" "Well, it did; but that was because neither laridget nor I kneW how to get it open."• t ' Get What opal, love?" "Why, the can the pudding oeXae in." , •Joseph Renli, a handsome young bnlitok- • smith living in Greenville section of jersey Oity, yesterday caused Polipe Justice Sal:s- hag to mane a warrant for the arrest of Mark Sohinidt, a barber in Greenville, on a Charge of malicious miechief. Up to Satur- day last Joseph Was the possestior of a handsome black roolutache. After going tei Bohmidt's pliers 40 10 dialled on Satur• day last he fell asleep, and while he slept one of the barber% removed the prized moustache. Bolsi:nab will be brettaht MOM the Magistrates silk or fine woralens covered with lace are among household deeorative feeble& • Dog -collars and beacelete to match, both broad whenever the nook is long enough to admit of a broad' oollar, le the accepted etYtaae lAts overgarments, hese drones and lithe colder:time of all kinds are trimmed with knote, flota, brava, loops and Cascades of elttin velvet ribbon. . It iabet aeath that withal: the martyr, bit the