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The New Era, 1884-09-12, Page 2Sept, 19 1884. . A. CIRCUS licatROR. litailweav Car Containing Sixty People Burned. Up. HEARTRENDING SCENES WITNESSED, A Small Window the Only Means .of Escape. Greely (Col.) despatch says: The burning ot a oiraus oar nine miles north of Greely was attended with indescribable horrors. The burned oar was next to the engine • in a train of 17 care containing Orton's Anglo-American Circus, which left Port Collins about midnight for Golden, ever the tersely, Balt Lake it Pacific Road. The train was nearing Windsor, a email station near Greely, running about 25 miles an hour, when the engineer discovered the car to be on fire and ravened the engine. There were 60 men in the oar, arranged in three tiers of berths on either side. The forward side door was aimed, and the men in the bunks were sleeping against it. The rear side door ' was aim eloped, and the men who awoke -• discovered the lower unoccupied berth next to it, containing the rebbieh, .to be on fire, filling the oar with smoke and out, tang off tempo in that direotion. The only means of egress was through a small window between the car•and the engine. John Pine, of Edgerton, 'Wis., and Muer 3Ifil1ett, Iowa, crowded through the opening and tried to pass in water from the engine ' tank. Owing to the auffeeeting gases it was difficult to arouse the deepen. Some were kicked and bruteed in a sleeking manner, and PITCHED OUT OF THE WINDOW. The screams of those unable to get through the blockaded aperture were terrifying. In the wild glare of the flames the eight of the burning viotime outside, who, writhing in agonyacaused the wild beasts in the adjoin. ing oar to become frantic with terror, mak. making the Rome appalling. The per- form ' ers who occupied the rear oar,. gazed With white feces, upon the awful spectacle. In the midst of the confusion three heroio souls appeared equal to the occasion and bravely out their way to their companione, to find them already in the agonies of death. Albert Lake, in charge of the animals, and his friend Kent walked over the cactus in their bare feet pouring buckets of oil on the blistered unfortunatesand wrapped them in blankets. An old Pacifie Comet soldier, named McDonald, formerly - of Porepaugh's Mow, was terribly burned, the flesh hangingin shred. THE HEARTRENDING CRIES of the men on the prairie, the smothered appeals of the dying within the oar, the roar of the flames and the howling of the - animals;ama-dirtliteane ie7R-itaffibre-beyond description. The odor of roasting flesh, the distant cry of the coyotes added to the general horror of the scene. The voices of the dying grew fainter and won ceased. Ideantime the eugine had gone to Greely for assistance, and it returned with Dr. Jesse Hawes. Many of the rescued. it being pulled through the small window had 'their limbs broken, jointedislocated. Hands' and feet were found burned off; ahd toasted trunks of bodies were found in one place, legsin another, and piles of toasted,. shrivelled caresses were pulled out of the ruins. At daylight a fiat -oar carried the charred bodies into Greely for interment. The burned bodies were placed in a huge coffin seven feet wide and ten feet long in Greelynemetery. Rev. Mr. Reed, Presby- terian Church, conducted' services. A' coroner empannelled a jury who were unable to learn the cause of the fire or any import- ant facts, as the managers, with the re- mainder of the company, left immediately for Golden to fill the afternoon engagement. It ie impossible to get a complete list of the dead, as many were engaged but a day or • two and were unknown. • FRENCH A.NGLOPHOBIA.. Fretting and Fuming by Frenchmen Un. equalled Since the Battle of Waterloo. - A Paris cablegram says: Never since the battle of Waterloo has publicaspinion .in Prance been more savagely hoetile to Eng- land than at the present moment. The papers of all creeds have united in trans- ferring their hatred from -Germany to Eng.. land, and are constantly recalling the fact that when "Prance has wept or France hes bled perfidious Albion has rejoiced." The official .Republique Franconia is as loud and bitter as the Cri du Peuple, while the Bona. partist Pays for once gives tongue with the .Debates and Voltaire. What they consider the supercilious hypocrisy and Mem. high moral tone adopted by the entire Eng- lish press has fairly exasperated France and rankles in the breast -of every Prenehman. A prominent- French states- man remarked to your correspondent last night: -"Even supposing that the slanderous comments of the Times and Standard were true concerning our victory at Foochow, yet it does not lie in the: mouth of any Engliehman touttetone, wad of disparagement after the bombardment Of Copenhagen years ago, and especially after that of Alexandria, where the logical min - sequence of Admiral Beynioural 'aotion Was the wanton deettuation of a city, the third in commercial ineportemee in the Mediter- ranean, and handing over an entire civil- ized community to pillage and fire." •The Republique Francaise scoffs at -the deremialos of the London press, and conopedes them to orocodiles' tears. There is no doubt but that Egypt is at the bottom of all this hatred and venom towed& England, that now is fanned into something Atkin to frenzy by the comments of the English papers on the French victory at F000llow. A IMAM FOR A BRIDE. She Changes Ber Mind at the Church. Door and Bides oa With an Old Lovers An Eaton, Ind., report says The, con- gregation gathered'at a wheel -home near here on Sunday eipeoted to witnehe the marriage of Miss Annie Poore and joseph. Thompson. The attendance was accord- ingly large. At the appointed hem Mi Poore appeared in a buggy &Peen by a young man recognized by many as a former lover. Boon afterward Thompson arrived in a buggy with the minister, and alighted. Nies Poore remained in her louggy. When asked to alight, she coolly told ater expectant lover that she had ohiniged her mind, and drove off. Thompeon jumped in his buggy and gave chase, begging her tp fulfil her promise. The raw tiesti an emit. ing one, in full view of the oongregatiot2 and the minieter, but it was fruitlese, Thom - von returned without his bride, and the • .roinister left without a fee. Good game for evening -cold rossfpait. edge for supp er. Leaking gesanaine have killed nearly all the elm and maple shade trawl M gOrd, Conn, 111111111.1111111. WOLSELEY IN COMMAND. The Expedition to Egypt to be on a Large Scale. GENERAL GORDON REPULSES THE ENEMY. London cablegram pays : The taped'. tion for the relief of General Gordon is to be on a much larger wale than at first contemplated, The War Office has con- traoted for 400 more boats on the Nile, MO being rendered necessary by the large additional contingent of troops which 11 19 now decided shall be sent. This oloange of plane is due to theetimilatiots of Lord Woliseley, who, when requested by the Governnient to take thechief command, made it a condition that the expedition should be on a scale adequate to the difficulties to be eucountered. Orders have been sent off toalay to employ extra, hands at Woolwioh and Deptford, who will work day and night until the reqtaisite Mores are ready and on board. Notwith- standing General W0106187'0 recently pronounced opinion in favor of shortened enlistments and nenthinl soldiers, he now hamlets that the corps ehaltconsist only of septioned veterans, not likely to suceuteb- te tatigue in a, tropical olitnitte. The increased force 18 required to keep open the line of communication from, Wady Haifa to Khartoum, and to Chastise -any rebellious tribes likely to attack the expedi- tion in the rear. Lord Wolseley Will start for Egypt on Sunday, The British newspapers approve of the despatch of Lord Wolseley to Egypt. The offioial announcement of hie appointment says the preparations which have been in progresi for,some weeks tor. the expedition up the Nile resemble'in a great degree, those adopted in 1070 for the Red River expeditioia, which gave Lord Wolseleyano experience whioh no.other officer pommies. Lard Wolseley'e appointment is dtie to the statement of General Stephenson that the present plan for the campaign via the Nile 18 impraoticable.' The rebore attempted io capture Khar- toum on the 12th, and contitmed the attack until the 14th; when Gen. Gordon cleverly 'outflanked them. Many rebels were killed.. A London cablegram says: The an- nouncement 'that Gen. Wellesley brio start for Egypthas mused a Ooneiderable flutter in Paris, where it is believed that his em, ployment betokens a much- more vigorous &hunt the narb of ;the English •Govern - went in Egypt. The Frani% papers say that the increased forceis sent, not to release Gen, Gordon, but to take possestion of the country. • Bow ' far the Government sharee these -views il not kioown, but an important despateh hes been telegraphed to Baron -De Comae], the French Arnhem - dor at Berlin, and M. Barrere, the Frenoh representative at Cairo, who bas been on a visit to Parisi hint been ordered to return at onoe to Egypt.' The English Wer Office, now that it has deterhained to adopt Generat Wolseley's plans for the autumn relief expedition to Khartoumeaseeres-dieposed-Wadopt-every- proposition that oan lead tethe safety and moms of the enterprise. The latest idea of the officials at ,the Horse Gitardeis very novel. It is' proposed to procure from Liberia, on the *set coast of Africa, three hundred .Kroomen; who are to act as "hewere Of Woad and drawers of water " for the British sildiery. . The Idea is that these men,wile come from one • of the word olinuttes in Africa, ' and' One that is almostinvariably fatal to •Europeeniii, will be able to do eaten of the hard work re- quired, without suffering -from the climate of the Bonded. The international Marao- ter which the expedition will aesurne with these allies is the 'subject of nut:MMus jones'aud cartoons in -the comic papertedme of which represents the British' 'Grenadier ridieg Pick -et -back on a naked blaokamoor, The Oommiseary supplies are' declared to be asiourionsly assorted as the motley crew they are intended to feed. They ;include, large quantitiesof conapressed beef trona a Chioagtafirm canned vegetables; oondetsed milk andhams preserved hi parafin. • The tebele lest night removed two mines' *hi& had been laid near the town of Suit- kien for explodieg when they attack the gar. dam' They also • captured three dhows near the 'harbor.' and killed -roue sailer& The dhows escaped and have gone :fifty maw southaChere the rebels: have Collected a terge force. The noan-of-War Condor will proceed there. Gen. ,Wolseley hail appointed' Gen. Earle emend in -coinmand. Gen. Earle* brigade has been Ordered to -reach the.second oats. rad in Ootober. . ' Gen. Stephenson, disapproving of • the 'Nile campaign, eshe to be removed. ANGLOP/IIIBIA. IN 'KAMM. • Mitred oil Britain Openly Shown in Ite. publican Circles. •-• A London oablegramaitys : The hatred of England, whiela 19 always latent in France, • has now become rampant, and every movement on the part of Mb English Government furnishes a text for a tirade in the Parrs papere. All. the preparations for the autumn expedition in Egypt are, in. the minds of the French editorial writers, only added proofs of the proverbial perfidy of Albion. They say that Mr. Gladstone only waited until the termination of the Egyptian conference 'and the rising of Paeliareent to put in operation a plan • which he had long eontem- plated, and wbioh meanei no.„, ' less than the db,sorption by England not only of the fertile Soudan, but of all Egypt. One paper says that Disraeli earned his earlship and the gratitude of the Queen by making her the Empress of Ladle', and that now Dir. Glacletone is tre- =lousily following in a greater man's foot. dep. He hi trying, the writer oe,yea.to capture Egypt and cares nothing for the Imo of life, of treasure or of honor that may be involved, if only he oan add this other bauble to the diadem of his aged MiStrOBS. Theaattotit sourrilots artiole that has yet appeared is published in La France, a paper whioh has its circulation entirely among republicitne, and Is auppMed .to reflect in some degree th'e views of Presi- dent .Grevy. The article indulgee in the Moat disgusting .personal abuse of the Queen and,the Ponce of Wales. 813111 to Jail tor Fainting Big .lieett low. • A London cablegrain says : A man with the fatal name 61 Puokridge fulfilled hie imbibed destiny by art Implement lesson on the danger td too =Mit political zeal. In 1880 he not only wore yellow ribbon to prove his devotion to Censervative princi- ples, but painted his deg yellow. The animal, not taking kindly to the paint, eickened and. died. Ruakridge was prose- mited by a humane society and sentenced td six weekte imprison's:tent with hard labor. He flea tO Boulogne, whioh fulfils the same funotiOns to English refugee e as Canada to American amblers, but returning reoently, in the fond hope that the escapade was for. gottein is now doing his sentence. , Cienversation should be pleasant without Retfrrility, witty without affecitation, Ira! Without indecency,learned Without eon. mittalness, novel Without falsehood, • ANSEIMOORISNIONSISOOSI1111111, THE THEATRE OF WAR. • Very Odd WOW that ?MO Among the Celestials, WgDDINg AND BURIAL DELEDRA'TIONS. Chine. iatbe country of long teepee and Meet feet; a country where tee is drank without milk or sugar, and where two little ivory etioks, skihEuhly hatulled between the finger and thumb, replace ,the fork and epee's 3 a country where you mit the fired man you meet your elder brother; where, to ask a bootnaiker hie address it is necee. rimy to ask "what noble patinae" be in. Manta ; a country' Where the creditor hea the, right to make an insolvent debtor pay hie bill with a. piece of hie flesh, and where the debtor, by *ay of revenge, hangs him. aelt at his creditor door a country where the son ruine himself to buy a coffin for hie dead father, and, covered with a hempen garment, walks backward as he follow hie sumptuous funeral; a °country Where people work for their rim instead of working for their bread, but which is of earth and not of lacquer -work and porcelain.; and where, as in other corm - trim, the hueband loves hie wife and the • orange -colored mother' loves her elant.eyed children: It is a country, moreover; where elneloride attaches great impedance -M. the persotirappearatimeof the bridegroom, and the bridegroom equal importance to the. moral qualities of the bride; and the basis of. many Chinese dramas, as Of dramas in other parts of the world, m the passion of love., Women have, been forbidden to 'appear on the stage since the dew when a _celebrated. Woes mimired the Emperor with al fetal caprice.- The men, who under - 'take female as well as male parts, play with good expression,--atti use a super- abundance ot gestures, some of sv,/aiab,. though derived -from the obsiervation ot reality,have ar last acquired a purely con- ventional yelled: An actor who, pivoting on his left foot, makea a oboular move- ment with his right, is understood t.? be getting On hem/Mack. . To out the air with a riding -whip is so: indioete, through' the connection of cense With afloat' a gallop. - .• begetters. Tbe' exhibitioti of pieces, ot gold cloth with 'Wheels painted- on thegt hite almost an -arbitrary meaning,and eignifiee.• that the Emperor horning.. • , Etiquette- isrigidly observed. *A Young girl walking in the street . MOSt not. turn her head round; not . at home isshe to glance Blyly at visitors. She is to remem- bey, moreover, that girls who are always laughing and -talking are not esteereed,:and that virtuons women have been honored from the earliosit titles. The philosopher Mendze grieved when he saw nis mother break her shuttle; the woman Tsoun threw herself on a mord . in order tosave her husband's:life ; the mother el Ao, being so. poor that she could not buy writing mate - fiats, taught her sou to read by tracing • oharacters in the sand. Women -should be able to 'read, write and use the counting a household.They thotild read hooka of piety and stories of morality -aotieni, while avoiding love poetry, songs and .aneo- dotes: Idbecien Mould be reeenved ; and they are cruelly enjoined never to weepy themselves with other • people's . affairs. Men ougist never to . talk Lei domeetio bantterea_while woniet Should -.never' talk of anything else. When a Visitor is in the drawing -room, the lady of the holies Should not be heard raising her voioe in the kitchen. Women are no to paint their tams', and Wear . striking. colors, for the insufficient reaticiii.that itathey do men: jir. look at them. Young women, as well as young men, are to be dutiful•te their parents, and alWayein a good burner, even when- their 'father and mother ere not: 'China is, in short, a- country of primitive manners and primitive motels, very simple, tranqiiii and pietureeque. How far ,the Americen .verstoh of the Chinese funeral differe from the .Celeetial. original inity•be judged from the following account; which le kindly furnished • by Mr.. Frederick Cartnan,'•ef Me .State Board of • Health, and for many years a resident Of the -Flowery Kingdiabo. On the death of a Chinarna,n the relatives are notified of the sad event, and repair tothe • bonse to eon-. •dole withthe bereaved. The eldest epn immediately &mode; 'emeriti hand, to the nearest' -Well Or- .riyer, to procure water .with which' to •weele the remains.- of his father. Setae...Money- is • carried in die bowl, and thrOwn into the well, or river; sti that it May appear that the water is pur- chased, and not the gift of oharity. The. body is then' attired the m.cist costly r Ohm possible, to produoa the impreseion ef reapeetabilityin the spirit world, mid is platted bathe coffin With, a fedi in :one bend , and a &be ot paper in theother, upon which: a Chinese prayer is written. The coffin, whioh is called .the "longevity boards," as tionstrected of stout, planks, three or four inches thick; rounded on the top, and resembling,' when teished, ' the . trunk of a tree.- Into this the body is laid, • resting -upon a, lining of lime. The edges are olosen With Mortar to guard against the • osostpeof any offensive odor: It is thus an .herinetioally sealed ottekeita...Thishome for the dead is sometimes a wetly investinent, ranging all the) way from 05 1002009. When sufficient means are Collected to de- fray the expenses of interment (whittle may. not •oeciur for twit .or three years after death), a piooesaion is formed, headed by a band of sacred niusiciatita.with a coolie sent •long Way 'in advance , scatter paper money:by the road, rip that the devils can be oconpier plaiting it uR long enough • to, give the body a.tiliatioe to slip . by. The. .anceitrel tninet hethen eent along, care, fully Maimed it a Sedan chair and carried en the shouldere of two stout bearere„ and acoonepanied byIngle. WAN, 'Mow* the nook and. greatness Of the deceased. The coffin whom next, after • whioh the mourners follow dressed- in white, with white bande. 'around *their heeds. :Thole usually occupy wheeibarrowe or chairs, or. are Supported -upon' the arms of strong Men; and give expresiiion to their . grief lecusidwin argotsin the Meet Meliorate *attains. • On arrival at thegrave cracker' ere firectoff, libatione poured out, prayers recited, and ell. the- needs of the deceased supplied by burning paper money, servants! (goatee and furniture, which are inome. diately converted by the Are into the identical artioleo useclin the spirit land. The, grave is a mound of (minim' shape. A ,•Itiolty plebe is selected, where Neater Simonet reach, or white . ants attack the coffin. The chief natitiettere approitah Mad kneel befOre the coffin, knock their heads, and scatter their libations freely, Mod amid a Volley of fire-orackerie the bereaved .pAatrottil take leave of their beloved and leavelairn to pursue his own Oweetpleasure " Wandering aimingthe geniV-41bany The following atiesiete of Artemee Ward is related by a Waterford, Me., correspond-. mat: Mr. Abbey, Manager of the Opera EtOnse ineSan reanoisco, at one time tele. graphed to him follotve "A4 Ward What will you takelbr twelve nighta in San Francini° V' Ward received the telegram while lying on a Oda.' Withent rising he urned it Mr and wrote on the back: "Mr, Abbey : Brandy and Water. A. Ward." A FICKLE FAIR, ONE Repudiates lier Matrimonial Eagagelnent With a Neva Seetia ClergymAn AND FLIES TO A HAMILTON LOVER. deepatah from Kingston says; Three years ago when the General Assembly of the rge4byterian Church of Canada met in the city there was in attendance among other ministers Rev. Andrew Troy, of Wal, lace, Ouneberlitnd county, N. S., a gentle- man who had charge of a prosperous churoh at that place. He was billeted according to onsteno, and was sent to the house of Mr. Charles Monroe, on Wellington street, where he was cordially regeived and hos- pitably entertained. There be met the charming daughter, Mies Euphemia, of his Met, and then sprang up an intineaoy which, &afar as he was concerned, ripened into love. The • young lady is a splendid mueenat. By the time the assembly broke up the conquest was complete, and baok to his Maritime home he carried in his heart the image of his fatr one. The joyful feelinge which it produced 'vizor° fed and watered by the regular -interchange of iet. tem, and se filled his oving heart that in course of time he propped and was accepted, In Montreal last year they met again and his, happiness was complete. His mingregedion viewed with pleasure his sivenaohing union, and fitted up and refurnished the manse and sent' him Off last week with a parse of 4t400 to bring - home hie bride. Arrangements were made for a reaknifioent reception to the minister and his wife. A. cononaittee was apptimtett to received them and get -up a suitable enteettintnent for their benefit, and every- thing was done to make a favorable impres. Dion upon the lady when she ahould arrive. He reached hire yesterday and was cor- dially received, and found that tlie prepare - demi for the approaohiug ceremony were cOmplete and eatisfactory. The wedding gapers were ecured, a large nunober of invitations had been sent out, the minister and Beaton of Qbalmers Church notified, the -trousseau completed, the bride's cake ordered and the bridesmaids chosen and everything was in readinees, and the choir, of whioh she was a•mensber,had diligently privatised mthe fine 'mind° ID ordei to launch' 'bee forth, on the sea of matrimony in a fitting manner' t and splendid presents . came pouring into the house 'from 'her numerous friends, but a ohmage bad come o'er the spirit of her dreams, and it is Mid to have taken the shape of a former lovar who was still pining for her in the west, and on Sunday afternoon she told Mr. Gray she wasgoing out to see her brides- -maids, but. when -he offered tp Moorripany her she refused' his escort, paying she had some private matters to etolk aver, with theta. She betookherself to the rnaillOat, where she had managed to have .a large trunk sent ahered•of her. There she bought a ticket for Toronto and boarded the steamer Cersioan, whioh was just about to stars'. Baena She left she wrote a note to her parents and one to lac7i-alling thelatter she did .not love him, that she beuld not,nieary him, and iaoneequently he,d lone away. The notes were found shortty after the boat had left and one for Mr- Gray was handed to.. him wok he balled tO take tea. The 'shtick quite onereame him for a time, bathe soon- reeeemed,-andawith the Young lady's father took the fe,stexprois en. Monday mbining for Toronto; where he no doubt Met the young lady as.she stepped off the boat yesterday morning. The wedding • was_tO have been..one of the grandest ever celebrated in the city, One reason..given for the young lady's strange action' an that Mr. Gray's voice had been • impaired since their last meeting .by havieg. e fish bone caught in his throat', Another, and proba- bly cerreot, one is thea a• former lover residing. in Hamilton was brought totime by the newe of her approaching Marriage and sumessfully renewed his vows just when lie was about' to lose Ler. :Mr, Gray does not intend to Midst on the marriage taking gem; but he Will require to know the. • true litwardnese Of her strange and heartless am. The affair has oreetedquite a sensation in the city. lT ANIWOBA AND VIER atoitirnweiwy GrentiStaim and Datruetion.olFroperti -Marcos Car Blown 2611 the track- ' non. 151 r. Mackenzie's Trip. , A Winnipeg despettoh .; of ' Thursday night's date says: The heaviest sterna in maty sears , 'laded thui .Provinoe lest Dight. The rain poured in torrents and the lightning was very vivid. Samna houses were blown from their foundations, and sheds were blown•down, sidewalks torn up, and the fronts. of houses blown tiff. Lightning struck the Hudeon Bate Com. pany'e storehonee, and ripping up the roof, did damage to the extent ef ti,botit 810,000. In Pleadingly. the English Church., was blown down, several hinnies moved ' of their foundations and graiu steaks levelled to the ground and Battered over the prairies'. Reports from Other country dis- trions show that the etorm raged from Vermillion Bay, on the east, to Breeden, on the west, but . that the severity of the storm centered in Winnipeg. A great deal of rain was lodged in some looalitiee, but: in others little or no damage was done. The wind blew at Bubb a territio rate as to blevea street oar off the track in the city. This is the first big storm ire many years, Hon. A. Mackenzie returns, from the West to -night. Sir Heetar Langevin started to.clay for the Rookies. He laid the corner 80118 of the lunatic) asylum at Set. kirk yesterday. , , . An investigation into the °amid of the finamial muddle" is now going.on. The �it Solicitor' so far, has explained av..iey several of thecharges, made spinet hire. • • JOIINNIAPS BITE. Narrow Eseope el a Boy From a terrible Fate. ANew 'York telegram says: Johnnie MaeIntover, 7 yeare of age. wed on the roof of hie father's Ionise, in Hester street, to -day to fly hie big kite. It flew so well that he did not realize that he was ap- proanhirig the edge of the roof, so intently was the little fellow watching the huge toy. Suddenly a drone gust of wind oanght the kite and literally lifted him from his feet, suspending him fully 05 feet ,above the pavement. The lad Swung against a tele- phone wire about on a level with the top of the building, wheia, loosing his hold upon his open of string, he grasped the wire and hung directly aboVeethe street, There was great excitement in the street, when Franz Newman, a lad of fourteen, darted up the fitairway and . wont upon the. roof. Re roadie his way to , the edge, and, leaning over, caught young MenIttover by his mat collar, and lifting him off the wire, awung hat to a plead of liafety. vv.s. ••••. Pop corn is pladarded it the Clrystal Palacio, London, "nut sold to the nobility." You Mity take the 'greatest trouble and by turning it amend find joy on the ether side. The annual min dance of the Cheyenned nu the Canadian River, Ark, eentinned Without cessation three day h and nights. • Uttest from Scotland. Lord and Lady Bombay will entertain a large coro_pany at Dalmeny to meet the Prince and Princess Of Wee. While in the North of Scotland NEr. Gladstone will, it is understood, be the guest of the. Earl of Fife for a few days. The death is announced of Mr. BObert Abernethy, of the firm of J. Abernethy et Sons, ironfounders, Ferryhill Works, Aber. deen, at the age of 59. Professor Trail, who is Provost of Old Aberdeen,has been presented by the Town Coated with an address on the occasion of hie marriage. On the lObli Aug. the new Parish church of Clienrinnes was etzuok by olig4hrtonh.ing. The belfry took tire and WO destroyed, also part of the root of the h , The resignation of Sir A. Matheson of his mat in the TIOlise Of Commons Makes Mr. W. E. Baxter, the member for the Mon- trose Burghs, the senior elooteh member; that is, the member who has sat longest, oontinuoualy. Christina Macdonald, the ".Inverness Glantem," died inthe Northern Infirmary. lately, She was 6 feet 7 inches in height, and made a tour of the colonies and America, and was well known in "Davie Broven'e," Glasgow. The late -Mr. James Moffat, of Carnegie Park, Port -Glasgow, bus left money and lands calculated to yield about 21,800 annually to found an orphanage for Greenock and. Port -Glasgow. The estate is to aconmulate till it yields 26,000 a year beldrethemphanege is. built. Mr. Jaime Napier, Mille ,of Stonehaven, died recettly, aged 37 years. He wag the author of " S tonehaven and its Historical Associations" and " The Honors of Soot. land "-the latter being a detailed account of the preservation Of the Sootolo regalia when Dennottar Castle was 'besieged by Cromwell's array in 1651. - ' . Right Hon. ,George Harrison, LL.D., Lord, Provost of Edinburgh, and Lord - Lieutenant of the county of the City of Edinburgh, received the honor of knight- hood at the hands of the Queen on the 11.th Ape. et Osbert° ; and at a meeting of the Edinburgh Town.. _Council_ on_ _the . Idth.. be was warmly congratulated on the honor conferged on him. • . - •• a , The ceremony of aiming on the new water supply of North BeFivick wee per- formed on the 12th Aug. by Mee. Brodie, wife of the Provost of the burgh. After, Wards, 'ail a luncheon given by Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart. and the Magistrates and Town Council,. the freedom of the- burgle was conferred upon Mr, A. J. Balfour, of Whittingnatm, M. P., in reaognition of his generosity. in connection -with the new water suprly. .. . ' The following are among thepublic bequests of - the late Mr. Alex . Martin, Othilview, Stirling : Stirling Rival Infirm- ary, £500; Glasigow Royal Infirmary, 21,000 ; Glasgow • Western Infirm_ty or alloepits1721.-;0001-LIVerfpool Boy-iiriToffirn- ary, 21,000 ; Liverpool Northern Hospital, • £500; Liverpool Bentham Hospital, 2500; Foreign Missions Fund of Churele of Soot,' land 2500 • Home Mission Fund of Church of Soetland, 2500. .: The honorary go-id-naedal Of,the Royal College of Surgeons was awarded to Sir Wm. Jamas Erasmus Wileon, in recogni- tion -of his great liberality in his contribu.; tions to the museum, in the.endow.nient of the Pathological Curatorship. Since thie Medal was founded in 1800 it: -had only been presented to Si% gentlemen, namely - James Wilson in - 1800,- James Parkinson In 1822; Joseph' Swan in.1.825, George Ben. nett, of Sydney, in 1834, W. L. Crowther, of Hobart Town, 1860, and Dr: T. B. Pea- cock in 1876. . „ leltGAtatove ILA.T1i: IltuNN. . A Girl 'of It Afflicted rilmtlarly .to • Neyeille. A Boston despatch says : Ratio Dunn, it ,pretty 'and well-develeped Kiel of 17; wan - arrested.. yesterday. on onarge,of bigamy; the gift mother being the informant. When Katie • was 10. years Old hee•patents• • rein ved from Charlottetown, P. E. I., to Hal fax. :Four years later she'...beeame tiiM and ated with Gdoege MoDonald, of Summerside, and they were -married. They did not. live happily together, and.. after five months •. parted. ,Not long after shebecite iefatuated with a yonng mania • named -Maynard, who had been keeping company with her.. Three menthe Afterthey were separated by his being transferred with his regiment to England. Subsequently she became • acquainted in Halifax with Wm. Bennie. ter, ahernees °leerier. -Two yeare ago she and het Mother removed Id Farningbam, Mess. The lovers kept hp a correspondence, . and she induced . Bannister to come te Boston. Five weeks after her dePartnre ate OaMe her and they agreed to marry: Bannister heard that his intended had kept company with other parties; and -asked if there Was any -truth an - the story. She denied it, and on Saturday last ,they Were 'married, The mother, learning of the vredding, Caine to Boston and informed the police, when the girl was arrested for . • bigetny. . Lost Loudon. A cablegram from London says "The discovery• of the naked body of a young girl about 8. Years old, with comely face, long brown hair, fine dark eyes and whits testb, in the small garden in front of a house in the fashionable and decorous suburb of Maida Vale, which Mary Ander- son affecte, has created a sensation, and renews 'the talk about the mamba of undetected mysteriee in London. ' The annual paw report mentions that last year the 101311 of 12,441 children under 10 was reported, and though only six were unrecovered, this, with 130 adult's who cannot be traced, and 30 dead bodies picked up.in the streets and 'unidentified, makes a bad yearly total of sintster mysteries. One of the beat evidences that tbe Ameri- can people of this generation live better than their fathers did is found in the steady and rapid growth of the trade in tropical fruits. It 1E1 not many yeare since the great majority of people scarcely knew what a banana was, and considered mum and lemons as luxuries to be afforded only itt siokness 011 geeat commons. Now, net only these, but other tropical fruits, are bought and eaten almost, as generally, and freely as apples, and the consumption melons, peaohes, pears, plums and berries is on the Ramo Universal and extensive scale. This ie a Mange win& tends not only to gratify the taste, but to promote health, whielt is the foundation of human happinese, and is of advantage to every, body. There is little danger that any Dom. =laity will spend too muoh, money for ripe and sound,' fruit.-Matieheater (MIL) Mercury, True glory consists in doing what de- serves a. place in history, writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it. British ropt4 ForolNIR XontaXs,- The Empress Eugenie is at Carlsbad. The cholera, microbe was discovered Ara- by Dr. Padni, an Italian, in 1854. Tbe Xing of Sweden's first son, the Duke of Sodermardand, was baptised amid great rejoicing at Tuilgarn Castle, Zululand is desuribed as miserably die. turbed. It is expeeted that the Boers and Usutus will ;shortly fall out again. In old days the bondsmen " applied the Egyptians ' -„ nowadaye the Egyptians threaten to spoil the bondholders. The Queen of England's last book will shortly be translated' into old Norman, Frenoh for the benefit of the Channel Islanders. Dr, Samuel Kinns' "Moses aud Geo- logy," showing the harmony of the Bible and Science, has now reaohed It seventh-. edition, The Governor of Alsace-Lorraine has been summonedlo Berlin to center with the Emperor upon important matters con- nected with that Province. The Figaro comidere it wise in time of epidemic not to wear a round -topped hat beating resemblance, to a melon, for fear of attracting this -attention of the cholera. .• .A historic tree cf Liberty was destroyed lately 01 Straebtarg by a thunder etorm. It was a tall poplar, planted in 1792 to commemorate the foundation of the French Republic. Prince Plenty, second son of the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, has fitted up- a studio near Pottedam, where he spends mot of his leisure time painting in ; while he may often be met .in the neighborhood with a small camera, photo- graphing some picturesque spot. The attempt upon the life of Emperor William on tne occasion -of the inauguration of the" Germania " statue, has now _been proven against the prisoner Rupsoh beyond all doubt, He has himself given a oirpum- stantial account of the fiendish plot, wine& hie stricken conscience alone averted at the last, minute'. The French have now been in Madagas- car over a year, hat aro mareely further advanced than they were on the first day. The squadron has shelled several towns or. villages on the seaboard omapied by theae. Home, and troops have lauded and taken . posseasion of Tamatave and arajunga, the two principalports. But all this has not brought matters never *solution. .A: statement drawn up for the French Ministry of the Interior shows that during ' the past year 1,308 wolves wee destroyed in France, 32 being she wolves with young, 774 males or females, and 493 young wolves. The sums paid out as premiums amounted to 103,720 francs. The greatest number were killed in Lower Brittany. Dr. Holub, the Afriban traveller, has. sent letters to Vienne stating that the expedition • has been delayed by bad weather and the consequent indifferent state of the roads. Dr. -Holub, who oom- -plainerof-theaextirbitsariaprielesincirobliged to pay for provisions, has -made some - valuable additions to his naineralogioal,*. botanical and zoological asollectione, and reportelhat all the members of the expedi. • tion are well. , , • At a. meeting recentlyof the Smoke • i Abatement Committee n the London Healtheries' it was demonstrated that 42 • per. mid. of the heat- generated in the domestic grates of London passed chimney - :tali° without being utilized in warming the rooms in which the grates burned soft mat.: Yet such is English prejudice that John Bull would not burn anthriniite if mines -61 it were underneath all Surrey. . • Curiosities of the Press. Peris eighty daily papers -more than any ether city in the world. Chicago is the centre of -the 'book trade for the west, the sales. for the year 1884 exceediug 119,00000010 amount: The Earl of Crawford and Baloarres has printed,, for private oironletion, fifty copies of a list of the Bibles in his famous, collets - tied. •. . , -- -To the' British Mueeum ,has reoently been added &copy of Caxton's "Chronielee , of England," of which oniyL our perfect copies are known, and the I./idiotic, reprint Of Luther's Bible, printed," as Luther said, "by that knave Weirdo." In an English juvenile pUblieation lately a prize was cffered for the best selection of ' a hundred famous women, and the editor received,. literally, nearly a ton of replies, which. numbered. 4956, -•and involved the ' use of about 252,000 sheets of paper. • The natiVe printsrs of Bishopstowe; accerdiug, to information xeceived from . Natal, are now engaged in completing- the setting up of the Zulu translation of "The. Pilgrim's Progress," which Bishop Colenso,,, at the tinae of his death, .left in .an 'uniin. ished state. The de luxe edition of Lord' Tennyson's work's, now in course of issue by the Mao- millans, isenialosed in covers of rossetti blue, over which runs a filigree work in ' gold, the morn and oak leaf lending them-. selyee to the design. This cover is said to be the work of Mrs. Orrinsmith, who for many years was a fellow -worker in the arts with Williabo Morris. ' A Braaten gentleman went abroad last-. winter withat list of 150 books on musical • subjeote which he desired to purchase. All I, were published within the present century,, and • though he cetivassed the. prominent bookstores of London,. Faris, Leipsie and. Vienna, he had discovered, at the end of •, his trip, only four of the books he desired. , Ile has since concluded that the remainder-, of his natural life will be inadequate to . gomplete the collection he has undertakep, • Market tor Canned ,Goods. . The market for canned fruit of the best quality is certainly not glutted, eitye the San Flambee Chronicle. . The. reason for . • the failure of the - demand last year was that much inferior stook was put upon the market, and go all suffered for the fault off a few. The remedy is to use more pare in ° seleoting the fruit and putting it up, and thug gain a reputation for the very best 'quality. A !Ingestion worthy of notice, too, is to use glass instead of tin for re- • 'oeptaeles. Glass would cost more to begin with, but the use of it would pay in the, end. dOiertain Scotch makers have tried peeking jam in earthenware pets instead of tin, and their suceees ie certainly an badi- dation of what might be done in Oaliforni,a. If the happy day ever mew when boat. !reopen clan buy fruit put up in glass are tit as cheap a rate as they can pub it u,p themselves), there will be n6 slecknesa the demand. It is only bemuse the hone. canned fruit is so much better tlint it ie now preferred • The first butterfly men in spring,if a *Lite one, is understood to bet&i en, n the weld of England, good luck throtighoub the - year; but to make sure of yew uok it is necessary to immolate the prophe o insect; for eueli is the inherent vi1ettes 1 human nature that an inferior oreaturefis seldom permitted ta beCOMe an object t human legend without cementing the peretitien With lig blood.