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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1884-08-01, Page 2August 1 1884- TIOE OREELEY EXPEDITION. Terrible Sufferings of the JX 'plovers. -...„.._.....-. Tut; BESULTS 0132'411SW,- A Eiji. Johns (NiId.) despatch Sap : Sergeant Long; of theGreely party, lays he and Brainerd were the first to bear •the whistles of the rescuing steamers. They helped eaoh other to crawl GM of the tent. WhenLong got clear of the entangletnent of the tent which had been swept to the ground, he rove with great diffioulty and succeeded in clambering up to aro*. Long reoognized the approach of the reeouers ..'• Re °Mae dOvni, Went towards the ofoniPi raised a flag pole and flag whichbad been blown down during the gale and held it for about two minutes, until hie strength gay° out, aud it was blown once more to the ground. He then advanced, tottering in the direction et the little steamer, and in a few minutes the hand of Captain Ash bad grasped his. , Maurice Connell, who is still exceedingly weak, dated that for some bye after hie ramie he had no recollection of anything that crammed. He did not hear the awakening scream of the whistle. Whew hie comrades ohook him upirom his prostrate position in the camp and told him su000r was at hand, he exolaimed, "For God's sake let me die in peace." A teaspoonful a brandy called book the fleeting lite spark, for Con. nell could not have survived more than a few hours. . • The story told by Connell from hie recol- lection of their starving experience is simply heartrending. ,Hoty they burned hair off their sealskin coats and out them into stripe, boiled them into stew, and ate voraciously of them till their stomas:she rebelled and nausea and weakness ensued.' The difficulty of keeping heatin the body was very great. The rule otl the damp was to permit no one to sleep longer than . two hours. He was then awakened roughly and called upon to shake •himself, beat hie hands and pound his feet until he restored circulation. This was' found absolutely neoeseary to prevent torpor or possible death. The survivors are all doing well, but still' weak from nervous prostration. Sergt. Frederic* relates mournfully the tragic story of the pad death on the ioe- covered ground of George Rice, the artist of the expedition. Rice and Frederick volunteered to leave the camp and premed 25 miles for meat cached near Cape Isa- bella. They had a sled, rifle and hatohet, with providons for five days. Theytrav- elled three days, but failed to find the cache. On the way towards their camp Rice beoame weak and finally gave up. Frederick camped that night under a frag- ment of a boat, and -next day revisited his companion to pay. his last tribute to his remains. Frederick retained oufdeient strength to drag back the sled to camp, where he encountered more woe in form of the death of Limit Lockwood and another. of the party. . , . ., A St. Johns (Nfld.) deepatoli says: "The following,detaile of Lieut. • Greely's'Are tic expedition are full of interest. After passing two winters at Fort Conger in ed. entillo research, Lieut. Greely,, with his whole party intact, broke up their encamp- ment and commenced -a eouthweet dement Thie wart accomplished amid great perils from gales of• winds, ioe nips, and other ca,sualties.Cape Sabine having peen reached, a temporary house was. built of donee and covered with boats and sailsbrought along by the party. On the 29th of September winter quarters were established at Cape Sabine. The commissariat had beeonoe very meagre and the cache of provisions left by the Pretexts last year but poorly supple- mented it. The steam launch had become fast in the ice a few weeke previous and had to be abandoned. During the -whole winter the party were conetrained to exist on quarter rations. All kind's of food had to be utilized. For,oix weeks privioue to the rescue, regular provisions ceased to be given out. Seaweed, ehrimps, oeslekin, saxifrage and every variety of shrub were greedily devoured. Death made its first havoc in the ranks early in July. One of the men dropped off with sourvy. On the 9th of April Lieut. Lockwood and Rice, photographer, succumbed •after a heroic • attempt to Nome for their starving corn. rodeo about 700 pounds of meat, supposed to earthed at a place named Bear Creek, distant fifteen miles from the encampment. Israel, the astronomer, perished on May 27th,' Lieut. Kishngbury died June lst and Dr. Posy, naturalirit, on June 61h. Not ,one of the victims realized thatdeath was near. They all died tranqiiil and painless deaths. Two Eskimo also periehed, one of otarvation and the other was drowned, his kayak being pierced by some -newly,, formed ice, on April 17th, thus cutting off all hope ' of gettieg any supply of seal meat for the starving explorers. The Eskimo were meet faithful and devoted followers and helpers of Greely. Eliseo was,reoeued a,nd safely brought on board the ship Bear, where he died in afew days: Lie is an ex. traordinary instance of human endurance.' While away some ten miles from his tent last winter the temperature suddenly fell to 68 degrees below zero. Hie handeand feet were frozen to the bone, and he was drag. ged by his comrades in an almotst dying --condition to his hut. His feet and hands were literally amputated by incisive frost, and in this terrible state he lived through the dismal months that intervened between that time and the rescue. The bodies of twelve victims hese been brought up by the steamers Bear and Thetio;•' embalmed in tanks filled with aloohol. The survivors are all doing well, and rapidly gaining flesh and strength. Greely, who was in an ex, oeedingly critical condition when trans- ferred to the Thetis, is now able to move about. Yesterday morning he drove out' for an hour's drivel° get the country air and returned benefited. • The rehab occurred on the 220, of June, under circum- stances of great difficulty... The Thetis and Bear lay off shore about 300 yds. A ter - rifle gale was blowing, and a heavy ice nip was apparently inevitable. Greely and the other survivors had to be transferred from their camp to steam -loon& and whaleboat in sleeping bags, and while steaming from the land to the ships the destruction of the whole party at one time seemed codeine The eta swept furiously over them, and the fury of the wind threaten° at every instant to capsizethem. At length, hey were safely platted on board, where every possible preparation had been male to insure their recovery and comfort. It was discovered duridg the past winter by Greely thM Cape Sabine was pad of an island, and not a mainland as thought by previous geographers. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow °reek now called Rice's Strait,in memory of the dead photo. grapher Greely says that a large amount of valuable soientifio work wart done during the two oeasone spent at Fort Conger by himself and hie lieutenants. About 2,500 mild of exploration were °Hooted. Many valuable obeervetione, inagnetio,thermortien trio and meteorologic were made. The winter of 1881 was the merest The mean of thethermometer during February was 48 below zero. Solls were rammed aa high up In the latitude an 81 and 62. Seyeral varieties ot. ducks were obeerved and a variety of other birds known and unkaown to ornithologist* Over a hundred nonsic- oxen were slaughtered during the two winters' residence at Fort Conger. Their flesh proved very valuable food. The whole official work of the expedition, the plans, liketehes, plintogrephici plates and soientiflo oketelieli have been Saved and brought home, The party reached the highest lati, ludo yet reaohed, 83 degree; 25 540, A. Washington despatch osyri Comman- der ot &shaky telegraphs as follows from St Johns to -day: The surgeon controlo all matters offs:101m the, did and diversion of Greely ond party, Aetiog wider his ad. Vice, Grady mid �'o men only leave the ship When he prefeiribas it. Tile men are always required to' lie aboard M 8 p. ro. Grady le • spendiog a day or two in the quiet enjoyment of Consul Mulloy's house under the surgeows' (counsel. All of the party are well and gaining daily, Oreely • has never complained of the intrusion. The surgeon's are especially careful and atten- tive to everything touching their health. The bodies of the dead will probably be taken to Governor's Island, and placed in charge of General Han000k Until the de- cision is reached as to their final disposi- tion, The President has received the following: London, 1-july 21. -To • the Presidiont of the United' States, Washington: The Queen heartily congratulated the President and tbe people of the United States on the rescue of Lieut. Greely and the gallant survivors of • the Arctic expedition. We trust favorable reports have been received of the [sufferers. (Signed) Tim Queens, Windsor Castle. • The President replied as follows: To the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Windoor Castle: The President, for him- self and for the people of the United States,' sincerely thanks the Queen for her most welcome congratulations uponthe rescue of Lieut. Greely and the survivors of his partyand is happy to say favorable reports are received se to their health., The President takes this occasion to express anew his high appreciation and that of the people of the United States for the timely gift of the Alert, which generous not added spirit and encouragement to. the expedition. (Signed) ,Onzsrmi A. Alumni, Preeideot of the United States It MASTRO Ceil HAILSTORM. Markham Townehip Crops Totally Destroyed. The injury done to the crops 'in the township of Markham is even worse than attret reported. The hailstorm on the 121h inst., was something terrific). The farmers in the locality noticed two email clouds, one in the northwest and the other in the northeast. They came into collision just south of Unionville, and people who witnessed the storm say that the sound was similar to that of the Falls of Niagara. The sight of the,whirling doubloon grand. The farmers in the fields becoming terrified, expeoting thatthe storm would sweep ail betore it ran to places of shelter. The storm burst forth with violence indescriba- ble. The wind, however, did .LInt hist long; and • the shower of hailstones, of extraordinaryeize, .continued for almost 20 minutes. - After theise few min- utes, some of the finest mops in Ontario were utterly destroyed. Beautiful spring wheat .was driven into the ground; and the fields looked as it.the grain had been out with dull reapers. The stubble is uneven and an occasional head ot grain which escaped falling hailstones still stands to show what the orop wart before the storm. Many of the hailstone's weighed two and three °ulnae after they had lain on the ground for some time. The windows on the north side of the farm • houees were mashed. The roofs of barne.have to be re -shingled, so great is the damage. The farmers are cutting up their opened; grain for feed for live stook. Old residents re- member a storm ouch as this on the 12th of July, 1856.. ' • KICKING MORSE LAKE. . , • - s.oustruction „ of the C. P. IL -Mining Prospects-Dissatielled Navvies. (Correspondence to the Macleod Gazette) Progress in railroad building up in the mountains is very slow, much different from the prairie work of bet summer. The names. of the different towns be- tween here and Calgary are Morley, Ka- narskin, Silver City, Holt City (Le.ggan), Summit or Steven City, Tunnel:.. City and some few more, all of them cities. . There are some fevr prespeotore, but the reports are nothing extra. Silver City is almost deeded now, the Queen of the Mils being the only mine which is doing anything, or being worked. The track will reaoh the tunnel within the next month, and then it will be at a otandetill for some time. • Crowds upon crowds of men are coming and going all the time, especielly navviera. Among the latter there appears to be great dissatisfaction. Everything is mierepre. minted to them by agents in both Minnesota and llbiaitoba. They come up, take in the situation, and want to return, but can't, on acommt-of being broke- EVeryolie litres in hopes of a great find in 'both quartz and placer before fall, but I fail,to see any very favorable indications. . NORTUWEST LAND COMPANY. Mr. McLeod Resigns the Chairmanship • of the Board -Election of Directors. A London cablegram soya : At the last meeting of the Canada ,Northwest Land Company a diopute arose as to whether the meeting had been properly adjourned or not A small body of shsfeholders remained behind after the -Chairman had left, re. organized the meeting and adjourned it till to -day. In pursuance to this arrange. went the company met teday.. The report of the Committee was presented and referred to the Board of Accounts, . and subsequently adopted. Mt. MoLeod resigned the ohairmanehip of the oomPany, and donned reelection to the directorate. The following were elected directors Sir Geo. Wariender, the Earl of Mar, Lord Elphinstone, and Messes. Alexander, Hen - down, Peacock and Edwards. °Plumbers Will Appreciate This. Princess Beatricii-" Ms, there's a Man at the door pays he wants to buy Windsor Castle." Queen-" Memo on up I Call the pollee. Ho ballet be a lunatic. There is not a Wan in England rioh enough to buy Windsor Castle.' Princess Beatrice- " But he is an ArneriOali." Queen- ' What is his bushiest 2" Prindese Bea. triee-.44 He it a plumber." Queen--" Ask him 11:0 -Philadelphia Call. In an action for breach of pretense the °thee day In England the defendant's counsel asked the fair plaintiff, " Did my client enter int* Poeitive agreeMeili to marry you ?" "Well, nob exactly," ohe replied, "but he courted ine a good deal, and told my Aster' he intended to Marry into our family." 11111111MIALWAT CIVIL • • 2; rerun sa4 4e WHIM Orstall deddiat to an Eugilak SIMS* •1•••••••••••••••••••.,,,. ' A CRASH INTO A. DEP RIVER. lib • - ' A London cablegram eays : A terrible •moident °courted this morning to the express train on the Manchester it Shef- field Railway. The train started all right with a ar1 ennmber of passengers and was -going ell ' gh wed when the axle of' the engine broke near Penniston. This is a -small muket town on the river Don, in the West riding of York, and is approached by a bridge over the river. When the axle broke, the engine jumped the track and drugged modal carriages after it to the river below, The scene was one of terrible confursion, and the cries for help of the Paneengere who were wedged in the broken carriages were heartrending. Assistance was at once obtained from the town, and those who ourvived the crash, together with the wounded, were got out. Twenty.five persons were killed and forty were Jointed, many of them very seriouely. A gang of workinen was at once Bet to work and the interruption to traffic was alight. 111LACK SKIN AND GOLDEN tillftl.S. • The Remarkable Case of an Only CUM, A Cleveland, Obio,, despatch says: The strange sight ot a girl with golden curls. readung nearly to her waist, and yet with akin as black as ebony,was presented in this city yesterday, on the arrival of a party of three, who dropped over on their way east. This freak of nature is the only ohild of a family named Morgan, residents of Phila- delphia.. Until within a short time she was noted for her beauty, and moved in the best circles of moiety. It was finally die- oovered that for some time she had been an habitual arsenic eater. Step were taken to overcome the unnatural habit, shortly after which she became seriously ill, and for a long time her life was despaired of. Upop her recovery a remarkable change in ber cohoplexion was noticed. Dark, yellow spots began to show themselves on her face. There) rapidly extended and, grew darker, until she was as black as an Ethiopian, The Orin on the body, not exposed to the air, however, romaine yellow. The case bailed the physicians, and .4 trip' to the Hot Springs was advised. She was taken thither by her distracted parents, but to no purpose. They are now on the wity home. The young lady is otherwise in good health, i but s, however, morbidly sensitive, and has isolated herself from the world,. refuel- ing to eee even her most intimate friends. She was olosely.veiled and attracted nd attention until-an-acoidental glance die - covered the phenomenon. FATA.L CAM RITE. A. Pet Feline Kills Fier Mistress by Biting Fier Thumb. • A despatch from New London, Cern., says: The wife of Capt. Cleve Geer, of Groton, one of the beat known •rearinere in this port, died last week from a oat bite. The woman was carrying the oat aboard her husband's %camel when the feline buried its teeth in her thumb. The arm became affected and swelled to twice its natural size. Mrs. Geer suffered great .pain until the time of her death. Charles Potter, of this city, is now afflicted with trouble eimi• lar to that which Mrs. Geer died of. He was bitten by a ant on Sunday, and for three or four days suffered terrible pain. His arm was badly swollen, but after Thursday he seemed to obtain relief and to be tecovering from his affliction. It is said teday that the owelliug has appeared again and Mr. Potter is in the same condition that he was when first bitten. • , . • A SWINDLING DOCTOB. He Atteimus by an A Hulce to Chew Insurance companies. - • A Redding, Is., report says: There is great excitement here over the finding •of the dead body of a man in the office of Dr. Eli Quigley. A fife was diectovered in the dootor's office this morning • and -the partially burned body of a. dead...man was found on a cot, whit% wee ablaze. At first it was thought to be Quigley, but on examination it proved' to be the headiest trunk of the partly decomposed body of. a Man named Lytton, who died and was •buried in June. Investigation revealed the fad that Quigley had disappeared and that he had an insurance policy on hie life for 81,000 in the Northern Mutual, of Milwau- kee, and 26,000 in Barker's Association both taken out within a year. The conolto don is, Lynch's grave was robbed, hisbody placed in the office, and the premises, fired in furtherance of Quigley's echeme to swindle • the insurance companies. Branum Winton Obtains a Control; of the Entrainment New kork from the By. A New York despatch says: The acquire - Mont by Erectus Wiman and his friends from the city, authorities of both ferry franchisee from the foot of Broadway giyea that party practical control of the entrance gate to the oity of New York from the bay and all the surrounding country. The pro. jot, which finds . encouragement in this aotion of the oity authorities, -involves an enlarged terminal and storage aocommoda. tion in the harbor by means of bridges between New jersey and Staten Island Aots to authorize, which were progressed in Congress during the reemit seesion. is °lamed that the storage on provisions, fiour cotton, and tobacco, ahd other pro - dude from the West ond,t3guth for export 'can be redneed 20 per cent. by the com- pletion of the project. • Gored ut-is Shrine. ' A Montreal telegram says: Several of the notable cures at the Blume of Ste. Anne de Beaupre are reported among the 1,800 pilgrimS who •returned yeeterday. Mies l'innard, of Russell county, Ont., who had suffered for years past from an apparently incurable nervous disorder, was carried on a chair to the shrine on Tueoday, and is now in fall possession of locomotive powers. • Bow easy 'tie when destiny proves kind. With full -spread oils to run before the wind:. But they who 'gainst stiff gales laveering go, - Must be at once resolved and skilfol, too. -Dryden. 'Tis an ill thing to be ashamed of one's poverty, but much Vitra° not to make, use of lawful endeavors to a,v0id dicks. , •, Good actions crown themselves with lasting dap Who deservee well, needs not another'e praise. •• -,Eleath Abraham Lincoln had even less or a record than Go*. Cleveland hes when he was taken up foe the Preeidenoy. He had oerved one tern1 in the Home, and had made a campaign for the Senate and been defeated, Yet Abrahatt Lincoln war pre. !erred to Seward or Detighie, with long records. A short record may be a good one. • It is heartrending to Moths° the _,egoren. sion on a young manta We when fie *mike IMO an itieereata saloon ,With just enoOgh to -pay for two plata and home his girl soy I guess some vanilla Ant" A CREEL DEED, •Toronto Orientating Shot in Baltimore-, Tod Murderer mad His Iftelluni. higi 03=44 Baltimore despatch says: terrible tregedy was enacted, here look evening at 102 North genet., a house ill -fame kept by Jose autobini, who in pow summering at Long Branch, the place being managed in her absents' by, Pearl Snow. The victims are Meanie Thorp, alias Frankie Robinson, and May White, both of Toronto, Canada; the •murderer' being g3eorge W. flazeltiiieof Wameatown,. N. T. The woman ivhite .ltespe an linPrePer bolifie at fl Nelson street, Toronto, and Mamie Thorpe was one of the inmates of the establishment there. The two women, Hazeltine and E. S. Vau Wilma, the hitter heing of this oily, left Toronto on Thuroday last arriv- ing here yesterday morning and going direct to 108 North street. The women were friends of Pearl Snow. Wine was drunk freely during the evening by the °ogee p arty. About noon Hazeltine drew a -pistol from his pallet and said he would kill somebody, but the weapon was taken from him before any shooting could be done. During the afternoon VanWitzeo became intoxicated and retired to sleep, the others remaining in the parlor. About 5,30 p.m. Pearl Snow went out of the parlor leaving Hazeltine and the women White and Thorpe alone. A few minutes afterwards Hazeltine asked Mamie to give him a diamond she wore. She refused, where. •upon Hazeltine drew two pistols from hie pocket and said be world kill her it she did not give up the bauble. She again refused, and Hazeltine began firing. Two shots took effect in the woman's body. She re.n into an adjoining room, exclaiming, "1 am slid," and expired in a moment. In the meantime, May White, who had grappled with the murderer was shot twice in the arm and neck hut her wound o are not' necessarily fatal. An officer then ran in and arrested Hazeltine who refuses to make any statement. Van Witzen was also lanceted. Mamie Thorp was a handsome brunette, 24 years of age. May White refused to diadem her par - outage. • An inquest was held to -day, when Hazel- tine was thoroughly identified. The jury rendered a sordid that Mies Thorp came to her death at the bands of Hazeltine. He was committed. The prisoner is about 22 years old and a son of wealthy parents residing in Jamestown N. Y, He has retained ex -Governor Whyte as counsel. Biay White, the injured woman, is in an • improved condition this evening. Mr. ja.okson, bf City bland, L. I., the father of the Thorp woman, has been notified by telegraph of hie daughter's sad end,' but no response has been received. MISS DELANO'S TERRIBLE *KATO. A New 'York Belle Fatally Burped While Dressing for church. A Newburg (N.Y.) despatch says : Miss Lira Delano, the youngest daughter cif War- ren Delano, died on Monday in terrible agony. She was dressing for church on Sunday, and used a fluid limp to heat her crimping pins., Suddenly the lamp exploded,' and her clothing became enveloped in flames. She rah through the house, scream- ing, to the lawn, where her father met her and wrapped a rug about her. But she was then in a dying condition. From head to • foot Miss Delano was terribly burned, with the exception of that portion of her body protected by corsets. She was 19 years old, and very beautiful, a belle in New York society in the circle of her sister, Mrs. Jas. R. Roosevelt. . • • Woman Slummed to Death. An Ottawa despatch says: Mrs. Emily Boone was burned to death at Mount Sher- wood, neer here on Saturday. Shortly after one o'clock ix. NsTatch,orn, eignalthen at .the concession -street crossing of the° Canada Atlantic Railway, perceived omoke issuing from a house on the south side of the track. • He opened the -do-oi-ea found birs.,Boone enveloped in flames The un- fortunate woman was lying on the dooretep leading from the dining -room to ' the kitchen, and a chair close beside her was also buthing. Mr. Watehorn tore the bhrn: ing dress off the suffering woman and extinguielied the fire that had spread around the room. He then ndtified the neighbors and medical aid was sent for immediately, Doctors Potter and Marks soon afterwards arrived, but so horribly burnedwas the poor woman that death entitled .st half -past three o'clock,- Mrs. Boone has been a sufferer from a paralytio etroke and was somewhat helpless. She was alone in the.house when her clothes caught fire. The deceased, who was 53 years of age, was the wife of Mr. W. Bdone, a cutter and tailor; who is at pre. sent working at Mattawa. • Northwest Crop Prospects.. A Winnipeg despatch says: The Depart ment of Agriculture has issued the orop, bulletin for July. The reports ,received from 325 townships report that wbeat is muck improyed by the rain during June, and promises a good harvest. Cutting will •probably begin ten days earlier than last year. Hay is light iumnny places, but will. be up to last you's average. Oats, barley and root oropp continue poor. Potatoes promiee good • yields. The heavy rains which have fallen during the last few days improve the primped very Much. Farmers are reported as raising dock to s much greater extent than formerly. A Clerical Grinder. South Kenoington has recently been visited by a novel "charity organizatimi," comprising a piano organ, worked bya footman in full livery, contributions being a:Mooted by a well known clergyman, who Sonata donations, which he receives on a silver salver. The explanation, as given by the reverend gentleman himself, is that the idea of" working" a piano organ °cour- ted to hini as a likely means of collecting additional sumo for the muoh needed relief of the outcast poor in his district. He has been working the streets during the past teo days, and proposes doing.so for sOn3e. time to ,come. • The piano is a rather elegant one, and upon it is a white muslin curtain having the words "For charity" On it in embroidery. As might be expected, the "show" is followed about by a large number of pereone. Settled. , Do you call this a fresh egg, madam 2" he asked, as he turned from his plate to the landlady. ' Sir I" she mid, in s voice Meant to paralyze hira dear threugh, " 1 am nu hen, and I do not know. I am simply a poor, overworked laiodlady who ran 814 behind expenses last montb."-Detroit Pree Pres& The Court of Alabama Claims at •tifish- ington is on the point of oompleting a miss of judgments, numbefing Intwebn WO' and 8,000 in the aggregate. The awards, including interest, will amount to about 82,700,000. • They will be aubmitted to the Seoretary of State for certifteation within a Week. Large linen lawn hemstitohed ocitiaree are pretty neckwear. * THE GREAT PLAGUE. 'Terrible. Paolo as Maresti/lleu arid ' Mcsirloin. „THg ISCIA.R74 IN EIOLAIID. .117717,11s:itiaoPhi: 1 A London cablegram says : 'The indiffer, wee to the subject of cholera whioh has characterized England has disappeared under the appearance of oases in Liver- pool, and the panic will Boon be here. Already it has attacked fiercely many Americium, who are taking almost the next eteamer back to their Own country, and those assodated with the comforts and business of Americana io Europe are ahead driven distracted .by appeals as to their opinions on the oompitrotive eddy of journeys on the Continent, while many young ladies find cablegrams ordering their return at the moment they put their feet upon European soil. In Franeethe plague continues to produhe its mixture of tragi- cal and farcical. Clovis Hugs* the pet and Radical Member 'for Mareeillee, °zoom. partied ,the Ministers who paid s visit to the plague -stricken city for the purpose of arreeting the panto, and has given a painfully graphic) account of the eighte in the hospital. _The - limbs of the patients are black' and icy.. Nothing ohows life but the eyes, which look staring -and enlarged, They exprees ..nothing but indifference, and when eonie of the visitors premed the hand of a boy of 121e gave nd sign, did not even turn to look at Ins visit- ors, but kept hie eyes steadily fixed on the sun.lighted blue sea, which he could [see from his bed. A lady whose bueba,nd died in one of the towns outeide Marseilles has been refused by the Mayor to see the corpse ol her husband or even to enter her own house, and has to encamp in the open air. /instances of heroism shaman) with the terrible prevalent cowardice, The :Sia-, tem of Charity are true to duty. • The 'Duo de Chartrese, one of the Orleanieb Princes, has followed the example Of the Ministers In visiting the hospital. The le,dy who is the head of the female suffrage movement, Instead of sensationally selling her furni- • ture after the manner of Mies. Muller, calls on all the Members of her association to go to Marseilles to serve as mum. . Mr. Lebow:here's correspondent in Paris, apropos of the plague, advisee- English and American visitors to send for a doctor of their own nationality, instead cif a French. man. The good French practitioner will not pay night visits, and the substitutes are young and inexperienced. A het is given of the good doctors, in . which figure Dr. Prott, eon -in-law of Marion Sime,, Dr. Chapman, a great friend in her early days of George Eliot, and Hon. Allan Herbert, brother of the Earl of Carnarvon. " The writer of this artiole deg:darks, that ice-bage to the epine are the greatest of all restorere of dissipated- , energies. He especially recommends then to ladies who want} to cure themselves ,of the Morphine mania. Another cablegram says : 'Cholera has made a long stride northward, appearing at the sa,me.moment near Paris and in the Mersey,. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs a minute account of a clearly established case of Asiatic) cholera within fifteen miles of Paris, and thinks it to be directly ,tratieable to the • fad that the patient was standing at the Hotel de Ville, on the fete .day, beside a lady fresh from Marseilles. The patient has recovered. The steamer St. Dunstan, from. the Mediterranean, via Marseilles, arrived at- the Mersey yesterday. Two, deaths had occurred otter the ship left• Marseilles. The, health o at Liver- pool "Ironounood ths.mntme to be, undoubtedly tbosof •• The w.hole crew were downwith choleraic diarrheas: The•ship wasquarantined. The Amulet!' Coneul-Generare orders for a, thoroughinspection of. ships outward bound for America, will be rigidly enforced. Sundry questions have been &eked in Par- liament, and officialprecautions are becom- ing more generaj ond striking,. but the public continues to take things quietly: Summer tours 5nthe continent aremostly abandoned. The English' watering. playa promise to be crowded. I hear daily of Americans who are returning home on aocount of the cholera. The deaths and panioin Toulon and Mareeillen are &rem-. .ing, •The eondition of the Thames excites alarm and large sums are expeioding. There is a dead rise of sewage, which, though dis- charged far below, • waohes up past the Parliament Houses. • The Iingagement SUB On. "Von have heard of papa's. trouble at tl1e bank, George, dear ?" the naked from neath the lapel of his coat. • "Your papa's trouble at the bank!" ex- claimed Georgo,turningwhite. "Certainly not. What Is at ?" o Why, he io 04,000,000 behind in his aceounte, and an investigation is to be had." "In that case," replied George, coldly, struggling to release himself, "our engage- ment must-'--" • "And mamma got a despatch from him to -day from Canada," interrupted the girl, holding him down by main strength. "He readied there only tins morning, and.is will- ing tn-iletile matters ,at three mote on the dollar." "Oh 1" said George, retureing her head his shoulder, and strohirig '• her ,ringlets fondly. -N. Y. Sun. • Wiggins* Dark menu Theory. Mr, Richard A. Proctor, the astronomer, sits down emphatically on Wiggins'. " new moon" absurdity. He says "1! is a mis- take to notice seriously the preposterous, notions of such paradoxists SA Wiggin!, Hampden Grimmer, Parallax, et hoe genuo triune. 'there they are in earnest, argii- ment with them is like argument %nth a 5. year-old ohild ; where they only pretend to believe the nonseneical • notions they advance they will pretend as readily that they oan' see no force in argument for their • edification. To say the truth, ouch men do very little harm. Those alone are dis- turbed by them who were idiotic to begin with ; and it is rather _useful than other - whit) to get these sifted out in some such way, so that they may be recognized for what they are." • Monk Still a Man. •The nionk does not always cease to be a man. The inembers of an, ornithological oongreile that was lately held at Vienna visited, with their wiveo, the wealthy Benedidine MonaeterY at Melk, on the Donau. The vedette idolaters, rich dining. hall, well.filled library,holentifie otilleations, • gardene, park, the lovely view and a generous collation raised their admiration to the utmost As they left an enthheisitio lady mid to one of the younger monks: " You Are inheaven here." Re was cosi to the occasion. We should' be;"41ie re. " but that we laok the angele."- From a Vienna Letter. • The Mark Zane Expreso aye:!The Eng. bah wheat drop appears to bedqUid to average. "Ate Neetillgeh News. hoaLiemiltiide. Ifertgbueeorn, emoalrktiettIociV . 4eurlideeno, limed unprecedouted, soore of 102 out of a possible 105, With seven Shetit each at tWtl, five and Wand yards with a Dna- bore witch rifle. Bev. Donald Munro, Free Churoh minis. ter of Reay, in the Presbytery of Caithness, has resigned hie paetorate and his (mimeo- ti013 With the Free Churelo in consequence:1 of the General Asseiribly having eanetioned the use et instrumented robe) In the pub.lio . serviod of tile Chiirch. • The British •Manth al COMInanding• in,Chief has awarded firot-class pendoner Donal, d *Hey, late Scots Fueilier Guard% the silver medal for i(naeritorious servine,"' and the'dlicere 41 the Brigade of Guards have also evidenced their appreciation 0! the worth of the old soldier, who has served 41 years, by presenting 'him with a puree, ot sovereign's. Mr. Millaie, the artist, has rented a largo shooting ground 111 Sootland, including a. salmon fishery on the Tay, and will [spend the summer and autumn there. It is announced that Mr. D. Cameron, of Loobiel, is being pressed to reconaider hitt. decision to withdraw from Parliamentary life. The Tories are desirous that he should again contest the county of Inverness. „ The Free Church of Scotland lounges its membership yearly: In 1881 it • was 812,426 ; 40 1882,314027; in 1883, 314,604 and in 1884 it is 322,265. Stated roundly, the Churoh has added 10,000 to its member. ship in three years,. • Competent authorities state that the recent drought in the north and eastern districts of Scotland has not been equalled in severity since 1829. --In [Rime of the counties, notably Invernetts,shire, not a drop, of rain had fallen Rot Mee weeks. -- DECOY BABY, citAHLES. New Jersey Inventive Gettitts 'Wasting • Its Sweelness ou the &seri Air. Three gaudily painted, and improbable. looking cradles stood. blistering in the sun, yesterday afternoon near Oita Of the Jereey City ferries,and were tenderly watched Mr by a tall man with long hair and odd boote, polished with stove-blaoking and dotted with red clay, The cradles were evidently not strong or large enough to hold a healthy baby, and, when a young couple came up, ' and gazed intently at themthe tall man talked rapidly antiv!itli great animation. " Certainly tlAY lire not for babies," he raid, " and in order to understand the use to whioh these cradles • are put you. must first call to your mind the nature of mosquitoes, and the fact that a great many , people, objeot to sleeping under mosquito. netting, because it gives them a feeling of ' suffocation:, ' " Very well. A gentlemen living in New Jersey (that's where I was born and raised) buys one of these ertidlee, which are very light and easy to carry. He takes it home, otretches a piece of • mosquito netting tightly over it, puts it in his bedroom and goes to sleep. •' "The mosquito is fond of baby and has aq,exoelsior nature -that is, he always tries tab the harddst thiug. He imagines there is a baby in that cradle and he works hard all night.trying to get at it ;, too busy even to sing. In the morning the man *rakes up • refreshed, without a pimple on. his .nose, and finds the mosquito . panting: exhausted on the window sill. The • thing is never known • to fail. • They are only 85 • coots apiece, and I will , eell the right to manufacture them in 'any . State but New Jersey for 015000. No, I; haven't sold a great many yet, because true genius needs' time to make itself known. Look at the steam. engine -look at,Chris-• topher Colnenbutlook 'at .Patti-zloek..v--- The tall man carne to and, parted "the hair from his eyes, and the- young co . had fled. -New York- Stilt. . • Chopsticks and Bagpipes. • The Chinese Commission gave &luncheon in the new restaurant attaohed to their , court in Health Exhibition in London. A . variety of Chinese dishes were offered, including birds' nest soup, •beohe-de.rner,, lotus and ehork's fin, with which were , served Shaoheing wine hot and •imperial - tea. As Chinese cookery [pure and simple would ecarcely suit the general taste, the dinner. ,arrangements were being placed under the dimotion of one of the best chefs of the west end clube, and the dinners a la Chinois commence for the publio the fol- lowing week. A native band played , during the whole time of ludohbon, com- mencing with the " Hoa-tchou.ko MOSSO national air, followed by the • Vifanshow-Heiang," a chorus with bag - piers, expreesive of wishee of • happiness . then the tapa-pan, or the iight board's, and the chin -Jan -fang, which details' the tender Failings of a young wife whose husband is . absent on military duties, but who suddenly retorts, to her joy and delight The ta- ku-pan, or" big drum," and the pa-Haien. ohuHsi, a 'chorus with bagpipes, . followed. The concert closing with "(Tod Save the , Queen," rendered With Chinese instru- ments in Chinese faehion, is deedribed as a most extraordinary performance. Boiled Lettuce. The lettuce is a neglected vegetabte, although it constitutes a prominent in. gradient in eVery good salad. At one time the lettuce was suppose to possess soporific propertiee, but`of late years it has, perhaps too hastily, been disestablished as a drug in the repertory of the tfierapeutiet. • Soma . are now strongly insisting that lettuces ohould be used more generally an food, suggesting that they ought to be boiled. After such treatment they are said to be as palatable as epirach. If this be the fact, it is wort}* hnovnng, as gpinach' is neoeii- eerily •excluded from the diet pf the exalurio pcitient, and it is preoiedrin lhia oleos of cams the soothing properties 01 the lettuce, it it have any, would be *aluabler-Lancet. tailug Heroism. • "1 would like to ask you to take some- iceoream, dear," he said, looking hesitat- ingly in the windows of a saloon, but after that dieastrom affair in Brooklyn a. few days ago I am afraid to," and he made - an attempt to forge ahead. "What affair was that, George ? " she asked, holding him back with both hands. "Why, over one , hundred and fifty people were poisoned from a single freezer. " mttet have been terrible. Still, George, dear, there is a possibility of our escaping with our lives, and if we do die 1' -lierethe heroic, girl gave him a lookopo love unutterable-." we will die togethgl." Good Advice for the Times. The suicide of Mr. Burnham, the broken- down Nevr York otoohbrolter, irresistibly brings g to mind the tvell-knOwn lilies, of • Holmes: Mao that those W110"Ve got their boX • Of cash beneath the strongest lecke Should Stock their faney with fain*, gooks And rusk 'upon spebulatioe's rooks • Without the least &Woo 1 mow. .0-• The King of Cambodia hag sent to the Buddhist Pali College, Coition, a brtosh made of His Majesty's own hair, tobe tteed for sweeping the room in Whit% the image of Buddha is kept.