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—Cayenne FoPPor. BoflJug Witt9T•
Bees, Etc., Used as Weapons ofWarfare.
A Dublin cable says: The evictions at
Rodyke continue. The tenants are offering
all the opposition in their power to the
Sheriff and his guard of police and troops,
and find various means to seriously annoy
the officers. In some of the houses from
which the ocoupanta were to be evicted
cayenne pepper was bnrited, the fumes of
which nearly choked the bailiff. Boiling
water was also thrown from the windows
noon the evicting force. At two houses
wlere evictions were effected collisions
occurred between the police and the people
and a number of arrelits were made. When
the Sheriff's force arrived at the house of
tenant Liddy and ordered the family to
leave, a daughter of Mr. Liddy threw an
iron hoop at the bailiff who attempted to
force the door. The hoop missed the bailiff,
but struck a police inspector. The girl was
arrested. A brother of the girl was also
arrested for inciting the crowd to violence.
.Another daughter of the tenant, who de-
nounced the treatment her family were
receiving, was struck by a policeman and
felled to the ground. This maddened the
crowd, and they advanced for the purpose
of attacking the officers. Michael Devitt,
who was present at the eviction, pleaded
with the people not to use violence and
barely managed to avert a collision. After
the Liddy family had been evicted the
police made an attack upon the house of a
man named McNamara, which was strongly
f Ortified. Crowbars were used and a hole
was made through the wall. McNamara's
wife and children were in the house and
°tied piteously until Mr. Davitt shouted
words of comfort to them. McNamara was
arrested for pelting the bailiffs with dung.
The bailiffs smashed the furniture of the
house out of pure malice. The force, after
leaving the house, proceeded to that occu-
pied by tenant Hussey, for the purpose of
evicting him. It is thought the police have
extremely warm work before them.
When the eviotingforce reached Hussey's
house they were received with a shower of
boiling water, stones and bottles and a
swarm of bees were let loose upon them.
The tenants desisted from pelting the
bailiffs only when the troops threatened to
fire. The bailiffs demolished a wall and
entered the house, but were repulsed bleed-
ing. The eviction was effected only after a
struggle of two hours and a half. The male
defenders of the house were arrested. A
meeting of tenants was afterwards held,
at which Michael Davitt repeated the ad-
vice he gave them yesterday, to resist evic-
tion by every means, and defied the Gov-
ernment to arrest him.
Bodyke is in county Clare and the evic-
tions are on the estate of Col. O'Callaghan.
CASTLES IN THE AIR.
New York Magnates to Build a Grand
Cathedral.
A New York despatch says: New York
was astonished to -day to learn that a pro-
ject was on footto build in the Empire City
a mammoth Protestant Episcopal Cathe-
dral, a second Westminster Abbey or S.
Paul's Cathedral, in fact. Bishop Potter
is ex -officio President of the Trustees and
of all the committees. The Board now
includes among its prominent members
Rev. Dr. 'Morgan Dix, Dr. William R.
Huntington, Rev. E. W. Donald, Hamilton
Fish, Stephen P. Nash, George MacCulloch
Miller, Samuel D. Babcock, William W.
Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan Cornelius Van-
derbilt and Richard Aaichmuty—names
whichin themselves are a guarantee that a
building done ander their 'direction will be
worthy of the city they represent. The
plan is to erect the grandest church build-
ing in America, and one of the greatest
cathedrals in the World. It is only set-
tled that the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine—as the edifice is to be known—will
be situated on Manhattan Island, and, if
possibl ,e on a lofty and conspicuous posi-
tion, Where its monumental character will
dominate the entire island. For this pur-
pose a plot at least four times the size of
that on which St. Patrick's is built will be
needed. Bishop Potter will issue a circular
letter in a few days giving the ,plan of his
official sanction, and subscriptions will be
called for to carry forward the work. The
proposed cathedral, it is estimated, will
cost about $6,0Ct0,000.
Fighting in South America.
A Panama despatch says: A veritable
"funeral party" recently took place near
Meriden, Yucatan, Mexico. A general row
broke out among the guests who had as.
sembled to celebrate a marriage ceremony,
and daring the fight seven persons were
killed, the groom being among the number.
The following cable message addressed to
the Consul of Ecuador at Panama from
Guaquagnil, Ander date' of May 24th, has
been rebeived " A fight took place in Es-
meraldas on the 18th inst, between fifty
regular soldiers and two hundred moun-
taineers under Sandoval. The latter were
defeated. The 'y lost twenty men, had
several of their number captured and lost
thirty rifles and a dumber of carbines."
Personal Points.
, Rev. Dr, McCobh,Presideat of Princeton
College, is ill with bronchitis.
Haggard's beat novel has had a curious
experience in an English puhijo library.
"King Solomon's Mines" is placed among
the Works on niindralcigy.
Calvin S. Brice, who was a poor school-
teacher at lima O.; few years ago, he
leased jaraes Lime,
Bennett's gorgeoas
villa at Newport for the summer. Mr.
Brice has made his fortune as a railroad
consolidator, and his tio,osaations have the
merit of being legitimate;
An anarising incident °courted recently
in Lonalm at Buffalo Bill's show. Mr.
Justice Lopez was strolling about the
Indian 'village and fell in with a papoose),
aged 3 years, who promptly lasoed Mtn
round the neck with a rope and Minted to
let him go. Loud was the latighter of all
who beheld the judge bound by an Itaia
baby.
A. Chinese gentleman was admitted as a
practising lawyer to the bar of New York
last week.
The Value of the predate of the fisheries
Of the Dominion for 1886 wall' 418,679,283,
sn inoreasa in the value df the produce of
4056,000j
compared with 1886,
• 2,411,1.tra°46.31.
A BIGAMIST'S ROMANCE*
Strange Story Breught q .4ght by the
Thiughter oi A Vatnn.1.41A ItitlitTaY
Engine Driver,
A Hants; N. 04 despatch Pays: The
recent death of an engine driver on the
Intereolonial Railway, known as jeseph
McLellan, has led to the discovery of a
romance connected with his life! He came
to Halifax from Edinbargh, Scot-
land, thirty-five years ago. His
real name was Joseph McGill. He
deserted his wife and seven children
there, On his arrival here he assumed the
name of .Joseph McLellan. Shortly after-
wards he obtained a position on the Inter -
colonial as driver, and was engaged on the:
road for the third of a century. His
deserted wife and family never
heard any trace of him. Twenty-
five years ago he was married again,
to a Halifax girl named Sarah Tobin,
by whom he had four children, who
survive. Last year the aged bigamist, ap-
parently struck by remorse in his old age,
revisited Edinbargh and sought out his first
wife and children. They were all dead ex-
cept two, a daughter,nowMrp. jane Fraser,
and her sister Sarah. These he told the
story of his shame and crime, and promised
to make provision for them out of property
he had accumulated. He returned again
to Halifax, but never revealed his romance
to his second wife aid family. Recently,
while oiling his engine, he.fell off the step
of the locomotive and struck the sharp
spout of his oil can, which entered his head
above the ear and killed him instantly. A
few days ago his daughter, Mrs. Jane
Fraser, arrived here from Scotland, made
affidavit of the facts of the case to Judge
Shannon and has obtained administration
of the estate of her late father. Thus she
and her sister will secure his life insurance
and all his property, and the second wife
and her family are left out in the cold.
4. -
IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED.
Pathetic Story of an Aged. Couple who
Chose to Die Together.
A Jersey City, N.J., despatch says: Pro-
fessor Charles Siedhorf and his wife Matil-
da, aged 91 and 92 years respectively, tired
of a long and futile struggle with destitu-
tion, committed suicide this afternoon at
Union Hill. Siedhorf, it is said, was a
professor of chemistry at one time at
Heidelberg University. He came to Union
Hill about thirty-five years ago. He sup-
ported himself by writing for the newspa-
pers, making translations 9,ncl occasionally
lecturing upon chemistry and electricity.
In 1872 he opened a boarding wheel, which
prospered for several years, but his patrons
gradually deserted him and the school was
closed about eight years'ago. An invest-
ment in a patent cooking utensil cost him
several thousand dollars and he gradually
became despondent. The couple had been
living in poverty for some time, and the
authorities had decided to remove Siedhorf
to the county hospital. He was granted a
week to arrange his affairs, and to -day
when the poorraaster called at the apart.
raents occupied by the couple Siedhorf
asked for an hour longer. When the officer
returned he found the couple lying on the
floor. The woman was deadand the man
died before medical aid arrived. They had
taken cyanide of potassium.
Siedhorf left anamber of ramblingletters
bemoaning his circumstances. He leaves
his scientific books to Columbia College.
•
Wearing Apparel in a Bottle.
PrettyAnnie Pixley, a New York
i
favorite, s quite as delightful and droll in
private life as she is on the stage. I
remember grossing the Canadian border
once in company with her and, her philoso.
pher husband, to wit, Bob Pafford, whose
presence at my elbow reminds me of it.
Somebody had presented Bob with a
bottle of choice brandy in case of sudden
sickness on the train. With woman's
characteristic thoughtfulness, the little
Pixley stored the bottle in her handker-
chief.
In due coarse an officer of the customs
came alongand spying the hand -bag
asked the mischievous owner what it con-
tained.
Without an instant's hesitation or con-
fusion die replied: "Wearing apparel."
"Will you open it, please?"
" Certainly,' wasthe ready response, and
giving it a flip the bottle of brandy was
brought to view.
"Call that wearing apparel?" asked the
astonished official.
"Yes, sir," demurely answered the little
woraan. " It' s My husband's " night-cap."
No, my son, the bottle was not con-
fiscated.
Northwest Food Products.
At Senator Sehultz's Committee of
Enqiiiry into the Northwest natural food
products, ills evidence of Mr. Forget was
concluded yesterday. He stated that the
Indian can eat three thnes, as inneh as a
whiteman. Bacon .S.VAS unhealthy food for
the Indians, and in time of scarcity the
Government should supply fresh beef,
potatoes, wild rice and barley. The,
Indians should be encouraged to, grow
bailey, for which a make t might be found.
Hops might also be cultivated, as they Ore
easily picked by children and SqtlaWs. In
the riven running into the Saskatchewan
from the Rocky Mountains man with a
pan and a shovel could make OM per.
day washing for gold, with occasional rich'
finds.
Even the Second -Hand Were TOo Dear.
"1 reckon we'll have t6 give up the idee
of puttin' pictures in ourparlor, 1V1inuada,"
remarked jererniali Turnipseed, DA he throw
the bridle under tho table. Why ?'' asked
Miranda, "Too clear. Why, I prited one
at the city to -day, and the dealer sez, sez
he "(Thitt's an old roaster; its price is
Why,' sez I; 'look it likos.second-
hand pictur'. Yes, it Id,' sez he, Then,
thinks I, it a second-hand pictur' costa that
nincheit'S no nee Mt price a new tin; So,
Miratidy, I reckon we'll have to hang up a
few mottoes', ' Goa Bless .Our Home,' and
the like, and let the pleturs go.."--1?ittsintro
Cennanereiczi.
119 Didn't Cat -ch the word;
Mutual Friend (to travelling Yankee) : I
want to intkoatico You to Count Allegro
Pianti Conosfietti, Of the old
Traveltling Yankee: Glad to meet you;
Connt. I haven't got any rizorti to hone;
at present; but if you'll give m yonx card
tonietabor you.--Tid•Bits.
T4i4,4c*TZ4PT:14P $V.111-PSCr-447',
r..r49 'Peat sl*PeriPtion to the Qlteen's
(Kingston) endowment .ampunts to 339,000,
0401.1SiVe ofMr.j, caiTIltheeP -019t09.
Thomas, the 7 year-old on of . jainsp
Kavanagh; of Kingston, fell fiff the*had
there on Saturday might and was drewited;
'A deputation frpna the Montreal Bar will
preeeed to Ottawa to -day to urge on the
Minister of Justice the necessity ,fOr An:in-
crease in the salaries' of judges,.
The specifications for the railway to the
boundary have been prepared, and tenders
for its eonskuction
the Manitoba `Glovernment,
The Wife of J. w. Bell, M, ,P.• has
received a letter ftern him at the 'Toronto
Asylani, and it Spealiffe of 'his recovery of
health and probable early return lo his
home, • ; • -,
Thebody of Mr, Gillespie, a yoring mat,
ried man who disappeared frond his home
at Clifton about • a month ago, was
found in the Niagara River at Youngstown
on Friday afternoon.
$t jean Baptiste Society of 'Ottawa has
adopted an address to the Queen; and, in
the name of the French population of
Ottawa, congratillates Her Majeaty on at-
taining -to the fiftieth year of her reign.
A memorial from Quebec and *pntreal
shipping agents and leading captains of 'the
St. Lawrence urging the desirability of
providing a harbor of refuge at Father
Point will shortly be forwarded to Ottawa.
On Saturdayafternoon a farmer named
Win. while driying.acrocis the'
Grand Trunk track ten miles east of King-.
sten, was struck by an engine and killed.
His body was carried several 'miles on the
coweatolier.
A burglar went through four of the
boarders' clothes in Mrs. Graham's board-
ing house on Park avenue, London, yester-
day morning, and secured three watches an
chains, one gold and two silver. The back-
door was left unfastened. PTO ohm.
In reply to an inquiry whether Lord,
Lansdowne could accept an Invitation to
visit Montreal on the occasion Of the jubilee
celebration, Hie• Excellency states that
owing to .previous engagements. ,for the
seine event he is unable to leave Ottawa.
On Saturday afternoon the "body of a
female infant was forma, buried in the
gravel on the river bed near Kensington
Bridge, London. An inquest was held and
a post =rim naado, but owing to the de-
composed condition of the bedy it Was dif-
ficult to determine whether the child was
born aliveor not. The inquest was
adjourned for a week.
Efforts are being made by the city of
Hull to compel the new Eddy Manufactur-
ing Company to pay the Roman Catholic
Public School tax. Previous to incorpora-
tion, Mr. Eddy, who is a Protestant, paid.
the Separate . or Protestant school rate,'
amounting to 11800 a year, the Catholic'
school rate amounting to $4,000. The
company will contest the payment.
,
William Embledon, aged 21, a resident
of Harvey, York County, N. B., was
instantly killed on Saturday afternoon on
the New Brunswick Railway, near Maga-
guadavio Station. He was coupling cars
loaded With logs, standing between the
cars. The coupling link missed hold and
the cars came together, jamming Emble-
don's head to a jelly between the .ends of
two logs.
The Greek Government intend negotiat-
ing for a gold loan of 330,000,000. .
The final estimate of the victims of the
Paris Opera Comique places the number
at 180.
Prince 'Bismarck is anxious for a renewal
of the TripleAlliance on a firmer basis than
the last. .,.. •
The Hessian Government are following
the Prussian Government in abandoning
the conflict with the Vatican.
Two officers; said to have belonged to the
United State e army and navy respectively,
have committed suicide at Monte Carlo. •
Dr. Merell Mackenzie, of London will
perferm a amend operation on drown
Prince Frederick William's throat On
Wednesday.
Gen. Perron, the new Prenah Minister .of
War, has offered Gen.; Boulanger the com-
mand of an army corps, but Gen. Boulan-
ger has asked for a few Months' rest.
Prof. Stein, the eminent political econo-
mist, of Berlin, has issued a painnhiet.
Showing the military importance to Great
Britain of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1
The Empress of Germany is greatly en-
feebled. She does not venture to walk in
the grounds of the .palace any more, her
daily exercise being limited to that derived'
from being wheeled about in a chair. ,
Ring Christian IX. of Denmark has paid'
a visit to his daughter, the Duchess. of
Cumberland, at the asylum at Penzing.
Tho' conditionOf the DinflieSsig nrichangeol.
The King,passing through Vienna incog-
nito; visited the Emperor:
The Anieer of Beichera has dithaliased all
the officials Of his Government found in-
triguing against He hag infOinied
the Governer Of Turkestan that he and. his
subjects are impatiently waiting for the
great, link which will el:inflect their country
With Russia and diffuse civilization
throughont Central Ada.
A considerable alnetint of Central Asia
produce, especially eaten, is being sent to
Rugsia over the extension of the Tran.
Caspian BoilWity to Samarkand, in Asiatic)
Butida, 'linage has forbidden that Chinecto
shall acqniM land in towns on the Facifie
coast: They Will only be allowed to lease
estates outsideOf Owns,.
The New 2e91and Onvernhaent, Sir
Robert Stout, Premier, wa ,de,feated it a
test vote. taken fn the Colonial Parliament
on Wedneaday, The Ministry at bnaO
resigned. Parliament tad dissolved :04a
an appeal to' the COUntry 'taken,. The
regular eleCtiOns hot been Set'for Septern-
ber next; There had been general dia.
Scitisfaotion in the .'eolony for Setae tired
past osrir Jnlius Vegel's land inatiOnali-
zn,tion salient d and hid general initnagenient
c3f the Department of cFmnan6e, and it is
very probable that Major Atkinson, the
popular leader of the OppOsitiont Will be
returned' to &Wei%
„
Sir Mailed Dilke'd reitilatitableniticle iia
"The FortnighMyRevieW " of the Month,
obapled With Lord Randolph Churchill's
Speech atWelvethampton rrlday'inght,haVe
ended by searing john 131111 Cierintibly con-
,.cerning the lamentable state of his do
fences. Sir Charles, speaking from diplo-
matic knowledge acquired abread, asserts
firth° Most positive terms that any war
between one of the great European Powers
and ngland would involve a foreign inva-
sion ef the latter. On the other hand,
Lord Randolph, speaking from knowledge
acquired as Cabinet Minister, apserts that
Malta, one of the principal strongholds of
GreatRritain in Barone, is not provided with
provisions or ammunition for more than
three weeks -
Mr. W. Reid, editor ,of the New York
Tribune, has been dangerously ill for the
last, few weeks of • typhoid fever'. He will
recover. ,
Th9 annual iineeting of the American
Medical 'Association will be held in Ohiqago
on Tuesday, June 7th, and will'continue in
sessien until the Friday following. Erom
1,000 to 1,500 physicians arid putgeons nre
expected to be present,
4, A New York despatch says the report
that Walter P. Phillips, general manager
ef the United Press, has been drowned in
the St.Lawrence, is an error. Mr. Phillips
is at present in New York and in his usual
health.
A Texas & Pacific) express train Was
robbed by four masked men, eight miles
west of Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday
night, and In,sso was taken from the ex-
press car and three registered letters from
the mail car. The passengers were not
molested.
A State hall is to be given at Rideau Hall
on June 21st in honor of the Queen's Ju-
bilee:
The License Inspector at Kingston is
prosecuting the keeper of a militia canteen
for selling liquor on Sunday.
Bishop Walsh on Sunday blessed the
corner stone and foundations of St. Philip's
(R. C.) Church, at Fetrolia. The building
will cost abodit $8,000.
The Governor-General and Lady Lans-
downe will go on a fishing trip to Metapedia
at the close of the session, afterwards visit-
ing the citadel at Quebec.
The annual meeting of the, Bank of
Montreal wastheld in Montreal yesterday,
the reports being unanimously adopted and
the old Board of Directors re-elected.
The London Board of Aldermen last
night voted $3,000 towards the expense of
the railway ,demonstration and Queen's
Jubilee celebration on the 20th and 21st
in2thTe schooner Alfred, Capt. Longmere,
has been seized at Annapolis, U. 5., for
smuggling oil from the United States. It
is stated that other seizures are likely to
follow.
The body of an unknown child was found
yesterday4 morning at the end of Percy
street, near Stewart's bush, Ottawa. Death
had been recent, and evidences of foul play
were evident. •
It is rumored in Montreal political cir-
cles that Mr. Coursol, M. P., has been
offered a seat in the Dominion Cabinet in
view of , the reported resignation of Mr.
Chaplea`u, 'and that Mr. Gironard, M. P,
will be asked to accept it if Mr. Coursol
refuses. .
A daring robbery was perpetrated yes-
terday morning in the Montreal Post -office,
o paokage Containing, from twenty-five to
thirtY.I.registered retters being abstracted
through the wicket of the registry office
while the clerks' backs were momentarily
turned. _The -thief got sblely away with
his booty, and so far no clue has been ob-
tained.
The Department of Marine at Ottawa
has received advices that five Newfound-
land fishermen, picked up at sea in a small
boat by the barquentine Maria, were landed
at Little Glace Bay, Cape Breton, yester-
day morning. They were almost famisheel
and had been adrift on the ocean for seven
days. Their sufferings were terrible. One
of them had his toes frozen, which will
have to be 'amputated.
The Germania admits the truth of the
report that Duke Paul of Meeklenburg-
SchiVarins has, returned to the Baran
Catholic ChiliCh.
Emperor William caught a cold during
his visit to Kiel last week, and is compelled
to remain in his apartments. There are
no serious symptoms.
The London Times says Gladstone
audaciously triumphs in his Own wrong.
His apology in his speech at Swansea for
the obstruction methods in Parliament of
the opponents of the Government Irish
Bill, it admits, gives the Government a
grave difficulty to confront.
A despatah from Lagos says that a
rather serious dispute has arisen between
the Englishand. the French with reference
to the ownership of a portion of territory
on the dorarat near Porto Novo. The Eng-
lish and the riatiies had hauled down the
French flag.
The King and Queen of Italy yesterday
attended, the Coreniony of unveiling a
meiiiiinent;to the Italian soldiers wild fell
in tho recent battle at Dohgeli with the
Abyssinians. A number of survivors of
the battle received demonstrations of sym-
path00)41 the -041e.:
A collision oCcurred in the St. George's
Channel yesterday between the British
iharefucr Hrarriburg;. • kern NeW Mirk far
tiverpOol; and 'the steamer Torii. The
Siferamer f(WaS 'dui:11'4/8,nd hi* captain and
four seamen drowned: The Tern Was 009
tone burthen, and Was from Mediterranean
ports.
The, House of ,Commons re -assembled
Yedterday—the'anniVersary of the defeat
of Mr. Gladstone's Government last year
on tho budget preposals. BusineSii is so
much behind :that a drastic step Must
soon be odOpted. The House W3nt into
committee on the post -office estimates,
and Mt. Raikes announced a new 'system
of patterns peat Which mat With geheio,1
approval:.
A Calcutta cablegram saycl It had boon
proved beyond doubt, by the picking up Of
the captain's chest, that the Steamer Sir
John Lawrence was lost in the recent
cyclone off this coast. The steamer cp.rried
'750cpassengerit, and it is belieVed the whole
number wore lost. Who largest part of the
passengers are native ladies wliewere going
to juggernaut; in Orissa, to delobrate the
Juggernaut Festival. The catacitrephe had
cast a feeling of gloom over the Hindle°
cemMunity hero, and all the bat fanillied
are in mourning for relativeS or friende who
were among the passengera.
A Quee.iidettii despatch says The Plan
of CaraWattl has scored a victory on the
Ponsonby eptates by the landlord's accept-
ance of the terms offered by the tenants,
scores of where haybeen evicted within
the Past fe;blight- OrehleaSlY nough, the
tenantry on the Ponsonby estates were the
first to adopt the. Plan of Catepaifln-
was their.ptiest, the Rev. Father Keller,
who was mearceratea, and On this estate
young O'Hanlan was killed. The yiotory
for the Plan is regarded as one of the
greatest importance, because this landlord
has been supported by the Landlords' De-
fence 'Gillen and the Orange Clubs in re-
sisting the tenantry.
The French and Russian ambassadors
have lodged the objections of their Govern-
ments to the ratification by Turkey of the
,AngloeTurkish Convention relative to
Egypt. M. Nelidoff, the Russian Ambas-
sador, in communicating his Government's
objections, hinted that if the Sultan rati-
fied tho Conventien sudi action alight post
him his throne. He also indirectly oliarged
England with bribing the Grand Vizier with
£800,000 sterling and other Filen officials
with large amounts to secure their approval
of the Convention. The Sultan after his
interview with DI, Nelidoff immediately
summoned Sir Henry Drummond Wolff,
special British envoy, and ,questioned him
as to the truth of the charges. Sir Henry
indignantly denied that he or his Govern-
ment had been guilty of bribery. The
Turkish officials who were said to have re-
ceived bribes also warmly protested their
innocence.
Half a million has already been raised
for the purposes of the new Proieptant
Episcopal Cathedral at New York.
A Chicago despatch says: Just oneward
declared yesterday in favor of boodle and
anarchy. Except in Chicago's Sixth Ward
the vote throughout the o3unty averaged 3
to 1 against tho twin evils.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the aged million-
aire, of Washington, philanthropist, was
suddenly stricken with paralysis in the left
arm and left log yesterday afternoon while
at the dining table. His condition is not
considered serious.
Flirtations at Sea.
Courtesy to fellow -passengers at sea is
imperative. Nevertheless, it is most unwise
to form intimacies with ship acquaintances.
Adventurers of both sexes abound on the
ocean vessels and unfortunate indeed have
been some Of the complications I have
known to arise from an indisereet disclo-
sure of family affairs to these persons. Re-
specting the flirtations which are so preva-
lent on shipboard, I wish I could "meat
the eye" of every decent girl who is about
to traverse the ocean, and warn her, as she
values her good name, to beware of the
many fascinating male foreigners whom
business or pleasure calls on shipboard, and
who are ever wont to beguile the tedium of
the trip by indulging in any amount per-
mitted of flirtation, intrigue, or whatever
you choose to call it, with any nice -looking
woman who will lend herself to their wiles.
I recently made the trip on a vessel with a
very respectable family from one of our
large western cities, an invalid mother, a
grown daughter and some small children.
A very handsome young British officer, go-
ing out to join his regiment in Canada, was
among the passengers,and the girl's infataa-
tion for him was so marked as to be at first
ludicrous, then offensive to all the rest of
the passengers on the vessel. With aiffi.
culty she was prevented from accepting his
invitation to join him in his proposed trip
to Niagara Palls. The purser of the ship,
as honest a soul as ever lived, took the mat-
ter in his own hands, and never lost sight
of the girl until he had put ' her on board
the far west train and seen her start home
with her mother and small sisters and
brothers.-04re Logan.
A Sacrifice to the Devil.
When the writer' of this article was a:.
parson in Yorkshire he bad in his parish'
a blacksmith blessed or affficted—whichi
shall we say ?—with seven daughters an&
not a son. Now the parish was a newly:
constituted one, and it had a temporary/
licensed service -room; but in the week.
before the newly -erected church was to be.
consecrated the blacksmith's wife pre-
sented her husband with a boy—his fikst
boy. Then the blacksmith came to the -
parson and the following conversation'
ensued:
Blacksmith—Please, sir, I've got a little.
lad at last, praised be, and I want to have,
him baptized on Sunday.
Parson—Why, Joseph, put it off to.
Thursday, when the new church will be
consecrated; then your littlo man will be
the first child christened in the new font in.
the new church.
Blacksmith (shuffling with his feet, hitch-
ing his shoulders, looking down)—Please,,
sir, folks say that the t' feat child as is.
baptised i' a new church is bound to dee
(die.) The old an (the devil) cloinas it.
I've seven lasses and but one lad. If this -
were a lass agin 't wouldn't a rifilttered
but as it's a lad—well, sir, I won't risk fit..
--Cornhill Magazine.
Deceived by a Crow.
A. letter from Tuscola, Ill., says : A few
days since, while John Van Dyke, a well-
known nurseryman of this city, together.
with a friend, were riding along in a baggy
near Newnaan, they heard, as they passed'
Martin Epley' s barn, what they took to be
the pitiful cry of a child proceeding from
that building. " Oh, pa 1" 44 Oh, pa 1"
the child seemed to say, and Mr, Van
Dyke, thinking it in distrets, gave tho lines
to his friend, ltaped out of the buggy, and
went to its assistance. On opening the
barn -door no child was to be seen, but
instead a pot crow which the family had
confined during their abSence. Ho was still,
satisfied there was a child around until the
crow with a peculiar twist of the head and
neck, Would bring out the cry, plain and
distinet, 11 Oh, pa," several times, It is,
said to have learned the words from hear-
ing the children repeat thorn. It is also,
asserted that, by splitting a crow's tongue,
118 can be taught to talk 'plainer than a.
parrot.
Just Five Minutes Too Late.
It is related dint upon one ocoaRion, when,
domtiodore 4i:taking was in obtarnand of
the Scotia., a inAgy little gentleman carne
to him just as the steamer was leaving
Liverpool, and askellif he thought the
Sootia would arrive in NeW York upon a
dertain day in time for him to °etch tho
noon train for Philadelphia. Jadkina looked
at him a moment in silence, and then;
taking out his watch, replied;"1 feet;
sit, we shell be fly° Minutes toe late