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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-7-23, Page 611AVEC A BIG 11ME, lbw Emperor William is Being Lionized By the Cockneys. RECEPTION An IESTIIITIES IN 1.01100111 A last (Wednesday) night's London cable says : Emperor 'William this afternoon took lease of the Queen and left for Loudon, where he occupies a suite of apartments et Buckingham Palace, The object ot the Emperor's visit to London was to be present this evening at the grand "command" performance at the Royal Italian Opera, which was perhape the grandest perform- ance in the history of Coveat Garden. The staircases and corridors of the opera house were lined throughout with the Yeomen ef the Guard, and with detachments from the Grenadier, Coldstream and Scots Guards. The performance was the finest spectacle ever witnessed in Landon. The interior of the opera, house was lavishly festooned with roses, and on the front of each of the 200 boxes were three huge bouquets of red and white roses. Several thousand pounds were spent for flowers alone. The royal box consisting of five boxes thrown into one, located at the zentre of the first tier, was a bower of exotics, and was draped with bright yellow and gold satin surmounted by an enormous Prussian eagle. The audience was conn posed of the best known of the aristocracy. The mea were in uniform or oourt dress. The women were ablaze with diamonds, the display of which was unprecedented. It was after 9 o'clock when the Emperor and Empress, escorted by a troop of ca,valry, arrived at the theatre. Fabulous prices were paid for seats. The Imperial partyiarrived at Padding- ton this morning n due season. The recep- tion there was devoid of ceremony. The Emperor and Empress, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh drove ip an open carriage to Bacleinghaan Palace, at- tended by postilions. The route was specially guarded by police. A few houses were decorated. A dense crowd at the palace gates gave the party an ovation. The guards of honor at the palace con- sisted of the Coldstream Guards and "Beef- eaters," To -morrow the Emperor and his party and the royal family will hear the "Golden Legend" at the Albert Hall, and the same day the Imperial traveller may visit the naval exhibition. The great event for London of the Em- peror's visit will be the passage to and from B•nekinghtun Palace on Eriday next of the Emperor and his party on their way to Guildhall. Business along the route of the procession will be practically suspended and windows overlooking the route are selling at high prices. The Emperor will probably proceed to Guildhall via the Strand, Fleet street, Ludgate Hill and Cheapside, and may return by way of Queen Victoria street and the Thames embankment. The most elaborate preparations have been made to decorate the streets through which the procession will pass. It is expected the pageant will exceed in pomp, military and eivic display, anything seen in this city since the Thanksgiving ceremony in St. Paul's over the recovery of the Prince of Wales from the attack of typhoid fever which threatened to end fatally some years ago. The proceedings at Guildhall will consist of reading in the library, anaddress of welcome by the recorder on the part of the corporation, the Emperor's reply, the pre- sentation to the Emperor of the freedom of the city of London in a massivegold casket, and a hmeheon, at which other short speeches will be made. This will be the people's welcome to the Emperor. The Queen's welcome was given. at Windsor Castle. The artistic welcome is given to- night at the Royal Italian Opera and to- morrow at the Albert Hall, and on Satur- day the military welcome will be extended to the Emperor byevolunteers, assisted by regular troops. The naval welcome oc- curred Saturday last, when the young Em- peror landed at Port Viar_ia_l_ ON A DESERT ISLAND. Sufferings a the Crew of the Catnpadre at Bluff Harbor. A London cable says: A despatch from Auckland, N. Z., reports that the barque Compadre, bound from Calcutta to Chili, recently caught fire astern. After an inef- fectual effort to subdue the flames, the cap- tain steered for Bluff Harbor, a seaport of the Province of Otaga, N. Z. He had suc- ceeded in bringing his vessel to the mouth of the harbor, when a tremendous hurricane overtook her. The exhausted crew spent their last energies in attempting to keep down the raging fire, and at the same time force the unfortunate barque to face the wind ancl seas which beat upon and rushed over her. , It was, however, to no avaiL After a desperate struggle with the oppos- ing elements the barque was driven upon the rocks. .After incredible sufferings the crow of the barque succeeded in swimming ashore. Here the miserable men were forced to spend. 103 days and nights, suffer- ing the extremest wretchedness of exposure and starvation. On the 104th day of their being cast away, their distress signals were seen by a passing sealing vessel, and the sorely tried sailoie were taken off in safety, but in a distressing condition of weakness and emaciation. During their enforced stay on the island one of their number wan- dered into the bush and was never heard of again. It is supposed that suffering drove the man mad. PRONOUNCED INSANE. A Noted I0hilanthropigt's Sad Fate --A Claimant for.11er 'Wealth. A Kansas City despatch says : Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the noted philanthro- pist of Stamford, Ob,, was adjudged insane by a jury here to -day, and a curator will be appointed to care for her property in this State. David McCormick, a noted contrac- tor of this city, will combat the transfer of Mrs. Thompson's property into the hands of the curator. Mr. 'McCormick was engaged to be married to Mrs. Thompson's niece. The niece died, and McCormick claims the property which was to be given by Mrs. Thompson to her niece was upon the latter's death given to him. The property is valued at $20,000. The two Jixtrikishe men who came to the Czarowitz's rescue have, besides receiving decorations and pensions from their own Government, beee. each given a gold medal, $2,500 cash and a. life pension of $1,000 a year by Russia. They will not have to propel Jimilsishae for a living, after tide. A Mixture of mortar and sugar has been used, for at least twenty years, as e good, cheap stibetitute for Portland Cement. Iron gate -posts set in it ate tiefirin as though Me - bedded in e rock, lieeiclee then 0e/heat with a smell addition of taigar makes it sidewalk which edmpares favotably even with the. muchnsrized granitoid.—alt. LouiS DenWerat. • —Titne wasted in fault-finding cart leo. better employed seeking profit, TUPPER AND FEDERATION. He Presents a. Scheme to the Imperial Federation League. PIIIIPERENTIAL DUTIES FOE TftEtXiLO3HTd3. A London cable sive: Responding to Lora -Salisbury's cleinantl for a plan of -Lai- petial Federation, Sir Charles Tupper has submitted to the Council of the Imperial Federation League a scrim of definite pro- posals. These embrace the admission of the High Commissioners of °allude, Australasia and South Africa to the IMpe al Privy Council and the Imperial Cabin t, while holding positions in the Federal Cabinets of the respective colonies; also the establish - meat of a small preferential duty within the Empire against foreign goods. This Six Charles Tupper believes would give the colonies a needed voice in Imperial affairs, and at the same time make the unity of the Empire a matter of mutual interest. Sir Charles Tupper con- tends that it is neither predent nor right to expect the colonies to contribute to an Imperial defence fund in view of what the colonies have done or are doing to strengthen the position of the Empire. In connection with this argument Sir Charles instances Canada's immense oatlay to strengthen British interests in North .A.Inerita and the East in connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway and the St. Lawrence canals. The High Commissioner hacl the honor ot sub- mitting these proposals before the largest and most influential meeting the council of the League ever held. The council unani- xi-Musty decided to appoint a committee representing all parts of the Empire to con- sider the proposals and to prepare a definite plan for the federation of the Empire to submit to Lord Salisbury.. TO FOMENT REVOLUTION. A Movement on root to Organize a Mexican Filibustering Expedition. A Washington despatch says: A letter has been received by a Government official here, which appears to give color to the report that a revolutionary movement is being fomented in Mexico. The writer says that a man calling himself Capt. Annett has been engaged in Norfolk, Va., in shipping men for a treasure hunt in Mexican waters. The captain said he wanted only seventy-five men, but the writer is informed that he has shipped over 200. Moreover, he has learned that the vessel whis is to carry the party is now secretly engaged in taking aboard a large quantity of arms and ammunition at a port on Long Island sound. The writer says he does not want to get himself into trouble, and, above all, does not want to fight, and, although he has signed to go on the expedition, he will withdraw if there is any illegal act in contemplation. The officials here are not disposed to attach much importance to the communication, as they believe that a filibustering expedition would be conducted with more secrecy than appears to be shown in this ease. They are also puzzled to guess the destina- tion of the party, if it should be of warlike intent; but the chances are even that it is meant to aid a revolution isa either Hayti or Mexico. CHARGES AGAINST OFFICERS. The Servia's Passengers Dissatisfied Wilk the Treatinent Given Them. A New York despatch says: The disabled steamer Servia was brought up to her ..dock from her anchorage off Bedloe's Island this morning. The actral damage done cannot be definitely ascertained until a survey is made. The crank -pin did not fiy to pieces, but merely cracked, and the engines were stopped at once. Fifteen of the Seryia's passengers sailed on the City of New York this morning. Of this number was Prince George of Greece. Many complaints are made by the passengers of their treatment by the Cunard officials here. It is claimed the agents are uncertain what to do until cable instructions arrive from the other side. One passenger from Iowa said the company's treatment was shameful. Be said passengers were detained on board and not permitted to remove their baggage to catch trains to- day. Great bonuses were paid for Mammal, - ate passage on the other steamers of the line. Fifty school teachers, because of the great extra expense, are likely to give up their vacation trip abroad. One man paid $1,000 for an immediate paseage. WORLD -GIRDLING TRAIN. Ile Will Reach Chicago at Femur Beating All Records. A New York despatch says: The steam- ship Majestic reached quarantine at 11 o'clock. Among her passengers was George Francis Train who is -completing his eizeuit of the globe ilia race against time. Mr. Train is nearing the end of his fifth trip rsround the world. He started from New Whateom, Puget Sound, 56 daysago with the purpose of girlding the globe in 55 days. He will not do that, but he says he will beat all previous records, including his own which stood at the head. He sap he would have beaten his own expectation had he not lost four days by a southwest monsoon, three days by missing the English mail steamer at Shanghai, and three more in London by missing the Etruria, ten days in all. The steamship Majestic, in which Mr. Train arrived here to -day, made the trip in five days and 22 hours, or within three hours of the best time on record. At 4 O'clock Mr) Train left the Grand Central depot on the Chicago limited. He expects to reach Chicago at 4 o'clock to -day. A mouttatoEs monsEwimatiar confesses to a Brutal Crime Committed Nine Tears Ago, A I.ancaster, Win., despatch mare - Lan- caster people were startled this morning when they learned that the aged mother of Louis Sisley had on her death -bed confessed to the murder of her son's wife nine years ago. In 1882 Louis Sisley was married to Miss Beckford. The second night after the wedding the dead body of the young bride, perforated with 'bullet holes was found lying in a pool of blood in a wheat field near the house. The murdered woman's) husband was arrested, and held to the Cieenit Conn, after an examination lasting 28 Oar, but, the case was never brought to anal. 'Men convinced that death was near Mrs. Salley confessed to the doctors that in a 'quarrel over mine matter that angered her terribly she seized her son's revolver arid emptied the chambers into her danglher-in-law's body. She carried the body into the field, and laid the este/ beside it, tre gem the idea her guilt, but remained sileat. Efe refused to live with her, however, i clever!? The gentleman--33ecause I selecte There is very little ebb or f2car a tide in the Arctic, but occasionally there are very strong current% All witter there its a general flow of tide and ice toward the ' smith, while in summer tide flaw storth- ' ward. of suicide. he seld her son was aware of DOMINION PARLIAMENT Mr. Desvdney introduced a bill to amend the Northwest Territories Act. It pro- vided for the election of membere of the Provincial Assembly for three years, the abolition of the Advisory 13oard, gave the Council of the Legislature powers previously held by the Board for the dieposition of th liquor question, and also proyided that I lump sum of money should be placed th dieposal of the Legislative Assembly. The bill inade it illegal for anyman to hav liquor in his poseession unless lie.luta a per mit in hie own mune. Section 110 of th ,Act, which dealt with the dual language was altered iu accordance with the resoln tion of the House passed last session. Powet was given to the Legislative Assembly to repeal the provisions of the Act relating to the liquor traffic. The Legislative Aesembly would have the same powers as those of the ProvMcial Legislature in regard to liquor licenses. Mr. Mills (Bothwell)—Does the bill pro vide that the advisers of His Excellency shall enjoy the confidence of the majority o the Legislative Assembly? M. Dewdney—It xnakes no provision for an executive at all. The following bills were read a third tine To incorporate the Afontreal & Atlantic Railway Company, and for other purposes. Respecting the Toronto, Hamilton & Buf- falo Railway Company. Respecting the Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway Company. To revive and amend the Act to incorpor- ate the Quebec Bridge Company. To incorporate the Bahl° & Fort Erie Bridge Company. Respeeting the Ontario and RainySItiver Railway Oompanee To incorporate the SteaniBoiler andPlate Glass Insurance Company. Respecting the Canadian Land and Invest- ment Company (Limited). Respecting the Ontario and Qu'Appelle Land Company (Limited). Respecting the St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway Company. To incorporate the .Anglo -Canadian Flee - no Storage and Supply Company. Mr. Charlton said that Mr. Wallace in saying that he had been rejected by the Orange Order was telling what was false He had never applied to join the order, and did not wish to join it from what he knew of some of its chief officers. Mr. Wallace said his remark was that not many months ago Mr. Charlton expressed an ardent desire to become a member of the Orange Order. Mr. Charlton—The hon. gentleman is mistaken. Mn. Wallace --I have good authority for the statement, and I can give it. Mr. Charlton—Give it. Mr. Wallace—Mr. James L. Hughes, of Toronto. Mr. Charlton—I have only to state that the information is incorrect. The last time I met Mt Hughes he informed me he never met ene without feeling like swearing. I told him he had better swear. The House went into committee on Mr. Bardett's bill to prevent frauds in the sale of 'certain articles. Mr. Girouard moved, seconded by Mr. Kirkpatrick, that the Committee on Privi- leges and Elections have leave to sit while the House is in session. The motion was carried. Mr. Foster introduced a bill to amend the Chnsolielated Revenue and Audit Act, Sir John Thompson introduced a bill further to amend the Supreme and Ex- chequer „Courts Act. He explained that the - hill -was a provision for reference to the Supreme Court of constitutional true -Mons, in almost the identical words of the resolu- tion introduced by Mr. Edward Blake last session. . Mr. Monerieff introduced a bill respecting the Canadian Life Insurance Co. Mr. Wilmot introduced a bill respecting the Inverness Railway and Mining Co. Mr. Speaker announced that Chief Jus- tice Sir William Ritchie, deputy of His Excellency the Governor-General, will at- tend in the Senate Chamber at half -past 3 o'clock for the purpose of giving the Royal assent to the bills which had Passed both Houses of Parliament. GIRL WIVES IN INDIA., An Evil That Ought to Die 13efore the Century, FEARFUL FATE OF WIDOWS. Dr. Emma 13reinercl Ryder, a New Yor o bPeirilfeiaonith‘evhe°vsoemeiv°01ikindilija, Bis°11itivin° the aid and endorsement of the intelligea o savs in the Home -Maker : If I svrite plainly it is because the awn e necessity of my theme demands it, because , am impelled by my love for little childre to write 'whether I will or no. " We in India are living in an ago o ages telling.' The waters are being troubled The saving of the children must be estab lished by law or we will sinls again into th quicksand of indifference, and the littl girls will be forgotten. The people's mind are being stirred on this great question ' The hearts of the multitude are feeling th f first throbbings of awakened sympathy fo the Little Wives' that have so long suffere in their forgotten homes doomed to an ex istence, the misery, degradation and hope lessness of which there is no equal on th face of the entire earth, "The time has come for action, and it i to the men and women born outside of Indi that the Hindu must look for help an strength to bring about this change. By such aid now a great light can Hood tilt land, awl from its brightness will be born full-fledged manhood and womanhood Millions of pad -faced little girls stand mute with helpless hands and await thi action. 'c history of the widows as written by Pundita Ramabaie and as seen here, is sad beyond description. The ill-treatment o the widow, be she young or old, is as bad a human ingenuity unapt in the cloak o aseetism could devise ; no humiliation, no penance, no disgrace has been omitted. So superlative is it that no added tortures have been omitted. So superlative is it that no ,,added tortures have been developed for a hundred years. Widows often prefer death to the wretched existence that is in store for them ; and many., as soon as it is known that the husband is dead, commit suicide rather than live On and submit tothese hard- ships. A widow said, when asked if she had any children, I had one little girl, but she died one week after her marriage ; and I am so glad she is dead, for now she can suffer no more.' " In coming to India I expected to find women and girls that would much resemble those I had seen in other tropical countries —in Mexico, Central America and on the Isthmus of Panama—healthy with dark faces and laughing, bright eyes. I can never express the sadness of heart that I experienced when I met thesehalf-developed women, with their look of hopeless endur- ance, their skeleton-like arms and legs, and saw them walking the prescribed number of paces behind their husbands, with never a smile on their faces. When I entered or passed their homes the sound of music never greeted my ears, save the discordant tom-tom' at the sunset hour. "If I were to name one product of vice and crime tlaat would soonest touch the hearts of all good people, I would say, a neglected child. What more wretched sight than to see a little child unhappy ? Childhood should be the period of happi- ness. Unhappiness, depression and fear prevent mental a,nd physical growth. The girls of this land drink in fear with their mother's milk—in fact we coulcl say they are brought up 'on fear. "The Indian mother as she bolds, her little girl in her arms, is afraid lest its cry- ing should disturb the unwilling father, his brothers or the mother-in-law. She is afraid of all her surroundings and this fear is im- parted to the child ; it'is fear and suppres- sion all the way from the dawn of existence to its extinction. When the child is 5, 6, 7, or possibly 10 years old, and the day arrives for the little girl to be taken from her mother to be transplanted into the home of the husband, picture that mother as she sorrowfully gathers up her little wardrobe perhaps one or two extra sarees and a few glass bangles of bright colors to please a child, and makes them into a bundle, then sees her little girl carried from her to a strange home, often to a life of scorn, of contempt, of abuse, perhaps to a cruel death in a few short hours 1 "1 expected the little girls in India would be the same precocious, strong, fully - developed girls that I found in other tropi- cal countries; and how great was my aston.- ishment to behold the little dwarf -like, quarter -developed. beings, and to be told that they were :wives, and serving not only their lords and masters, but the mother-in- law, and often a community family of ten, twelve, fourteen or twenty. Talk of matur- ity for these little creatures ! They can never come to full maturity, for they were robbed before they were born, as were their ancestors. "A few progressive Hindu men ac- knowledge that the custom of child - marriage is a bad one, but they are powerless when opposed to custom and religious law. The Hindu would go down to his grave sorrowing if he was deprived of 'ghee' and red paint' with which to decorate the toe -nails of the bride and groom. The vanity- of the Persian would be mortally wounded if deprived of their marriage ceremony of the looking -glass, and the Penis would not consider their marriage at all binding if the couple were not tied together with a sheet. "A Hindu reformer of education and renown said to me, Things are really not so bad ; and then too they are righting themselves. There are fewer baby mar- riages now than they were a hundred years ago. It is better that a few hundred child -wives be sacrificed each year than to have English law interfere with Hindu do - /nestle affairs. We wish to make our own laws about these things.'" , But meantime thousands upon thousands of girl wives are suffering. ^ Their reform is too slow for me. RAS A BROTHER IN TORONTO. David Dav.ls Kills Himself Because Mrs. Insley Refused to Marry Him. A New York despatch says: Because his landlady Mrs. Maley, would not marry him David Davis committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon at Bound Brook, J., by shooting himself in the head. Mrs. Illsley keeps the Elm Park Hotel on the outskirts of the town. They were in love with each other, but Davis was jealous and ill tempered, and Mrs. Maley did not dare marry him. He repeated his importunate pleadings and when she persisted in her refusal he knocked her down. Then she ordered him to leave the house. That was a week ago last Monday. Returning on Tuesday night he took her in his, arms, kissed her, told her he could not live with- out her and promised to hold his temper. He again asked her to marry hire yesterday, and she refused. In a rage he rushed into the house, grasped a revolver, put the muzzle of the revolver to the side of his head and fired. He was dead in an instant He had previously attempted suicide in Toronto, Ont., some years ago. It is believed that Davis is an assumed manse, as all letters found in his trunk coming from his brother in Canada were signed Laurens NOTED TOUGHS FIGHT. Probability that One Haynie from Injuries sustained. A New York despatch says: It is re- ported that "the" Allen is dead. While a game of cards was in progress in a saloon in Bleecker street early this morning a quarrel arose among the party, and John Caereero, known as the "Sap," attacked Allen, and bit off a large piece of his nose and stabbed him in the back and face with an ice -pick. The Jap was pounded by Allen's friends until he became unconscious. lie was afterwards removed to the hospital, and Allen taken to his brother's house 011 45th street, The latest report is that Allen ie in a dangerous condition. Fifteen years ago while Allen was keeper of a faro bank on Broad way be shot and killed Edward Mailer a private detectiveandgambler. Allen Bald the shooting was accidental, and AS there were no witnesses to contradict him he escaped punishment. For years he kept the "Mobile" on Bloecker street, the moat notorious resort for dissolute charac- ters in this city. ' The lady—Jack, why don't you svrite a boolt, or paint a picture, or do somethini a millionaire for a father, and I think that was clever ehough to last a lifetime, When Edison's kinetograph comes into general use, We shall at last be able to see what that sweet voiced operator at the cen- tral office really looks like. The new low shoe is niade of brown Ruta sa lealler HS agreeable to the touch and smell ex a lady's pocketbook. —hefact that men was ereastetd a little 'IoeVer than the allierIt ants:, ribt ii:fere/Mtmage the Siiiiireet girL DOWN ON TUBERCULIN. A Pittsburg Man's Experience Winn Koch's Consumption Cure. A New York despatch says: Dr, L. S. Painter of Pittsburg has arrived from abroad. He was one of the fist Americans to be treated in Berlin with Koch's tuberculin, In speakingof his case yesterday he said: "My experience was horriblie, I ten afraid they have killed me. They have killed them off over there by hundreds, but now the lymph treatment is used in only two hos- pitals and nearly all the physicians of repu- tation and skill have diecarded it." Dr. Painter mid that Prof, Virchow, who has performed hundrede of autopsies in lymph cases, has esta,blished the fact that instead of working as a cure the lymph will actually transfer tebercalosis and that on an analy- sis it will disclose the presence of bacteria, New York Weeldy: Mr. Lakeside, of Chicago—Mighty pretty woman,that, next door to you Why don't you flirt, with her? Mr. Swampsite—She isn't manied. There is a whole world of difference be- tween the north and south poles. REVIEWED BY TEE EMPEROR. A Millioii People Witness the Volunteer Parade at Wimbledon. A Leaden, Pablo says There were 16,000 volunteers and 0,000 regulars on the grounds at Whabledou at 3 o'clock. The force was divided into two brigades, the Duke of Cam- bridge being le supreme command, with the Duke of Connaught as bis essistant De- tachments of Life Guards, Horse Guards, dragoons, lancers, hussars aad artillery arrived early in the day, and these picked cavalrymen were soon followed by the regu- lar infentry of the line, and after them came the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Scots Fusilier Guards. If these really fine, troops were well received by the crowds which had by that time gathered on Wim- bledon's sward, it was as nothing M the applause with which the gallant Ifighland reghnents, England's bonnie Scots, marched to the front with bagpipes playing the tunes the Highlander loves so wall. At 3,30 the Duke of Cambridge inspected the troops preparatory te, the arrival of the Emperor Witham, At 4 p. m. the German Emperor appeared, when a royal salute was fired and the Im- perial standard of Germany was hoisted. The prince of Wales, escorted by a detach- ment of Life Guards, accompanied. the Emperor. The Emperor, who wore a field marshal's uniform of the white Cuiraosiers, was mounted on a magnificent black charger. Not only the Emperor but the German military critics behind him were of the opinion that the march past was performed in splendid style. So much was the Em- peror impressedwith the soldierly behavior of the volunteers that upon several occasions he addressed complimentary remarks to the officers in command of the different corps which met with his warmest approval, re- ferring in warm terms to the smartness of the men's appearance and to the precision with which they passed the reviewing point. The march was in this order : Horse artillery by batteries at close intervajs ; squadrons of cavalry ;artillery batteries ; infantry. * The volunteers were in full marching order. They mustered well, a majority of the regiments coming by the railroads, although many marched all the way. The Life Guards and other cavalry arrived early. The number of spectators was incalcuable but it is estimated at a million. The stands erected for privileged guests, members of Parliament, lords and ambassadors, were packed to the edges. The Duke of Con- naught and General Sir Evelyn Wood commanded the infantry, which was divided into two divisions. The march past occupied an hour and a -half. The lines were then re-formed and the imperial salute was again given. As the Kaiser passed the troops to and from the saluting point the united bands played the German national anthem. A royal salute closed the review, and the Emperor and the imperial and royal parties at once returned to London and pro- ceeded to the Crystal Palace. STAGG IN THE BOX. Tale's•Faunous Pitcher Addresses the T. P. S. C. E. Convention. A Minneapolis, Minn., despatch says : To -day many of the Christian Endeavor delegates were in the Twin City pulpits both morning and afternoon, but full ses- sions of the convention were held, the only recess being to allow the delegates to go to church in the morning. Before that time 5,000 delegates and others were hi their seats in the Auditoriunx to hear Presi- dent Wm. R. Harper, of the Chicago Uni- versity, give an interesting Bible study with applications on " Nineveh's Fall,, ' the prophecy of Nahum. The short session closed with a fifteen minutes' prayer ser- vice, led by Rev. B. B. Tyler, of New York City. One of the finest audiences of the convention gathered in the Auditorium in the afternoon. "To everyman his work" was the motto for the session, and the first speaker was Mr. .A. A. Stagg, the famous pitcher of Yale, and at present under engagement as instructor in physical training in the new Chicago University. As Mr. Stagg came to the platform he received an ovation from the delegates, who have been specially anx- ious to see this well-known Christian ath- lete. The young man, Mr. Stagg declared, is an. object of interest and a most impor- tant factor in the future development of our land. The Lord Jesus Christ came as a young man, and His example as a worker should constantly be beforeyou. Young i men have been prominent n history for their effective efforts M all departments of useful activity. The speaker closed with an earnest appeal to every young man in. the audience to join in the glorious opportuni- ties for Christian usefulness which open on every hand. MORE GREAT CAVES. Rivals to the Kentucky Mammoth Dis covered in Oregon. A San Francisco 'despatch says.: The Examiner announces the discovery of enormous caverns in Josephine counter, Oregon, about twelve miles north of the California line and about forty miles from the coast Many of the passages within the cave are described as of great beauty, con- taining in them semi -transparent stalac- tites, great milk white pillars, and pools and streams of pure clear water. The party spent a week exploring the cave, and found innumerable passages and chambers, and several miles from the entrance they dis- covered a small lake of clear water and a waterfall thirty feet in height. All kinds of grotesque figures were found in the various chambers. Large numbers of flash -light photoraphs were taken. The only sign of anima'l:life was found a short distance from the entrance, where a few bones indicated that bears had usett it for a lair and carried their prey there. It was estimated that the main body of the cave is 1,500 feet from the Surface of the mountain, and the cavern itself appeared to be fully as large as the Mammoth cavern in Kentucky. Forty -One PCPSOBEL Killed. A Nanaimo, B. C., despatch says : A land slide on the banks of the S'kenti River at the North Pacific cannery occurred recently, re- sulting in the death of one white woman and 40 Tndians. Early in the morning of July 7th those residing near the cannery were aroused by an avalanche on Sloop Mountain, baek of the cannery. Nine homes with their oecupants were swept away. Thirteen bodies have been recovencL Excavations at Winchester, England, have brought to light the Inatulive founda tions of the palace of Willitien the Con. queror and the Norman Kings. One frag- inent of the wall is eighteen feet long and four feee thick. Aseistant U. S. Secretary Spaulding has informed the Collector of Customs at Og- densburg that at a certain steam dredge re- paired in Canada is neither enrolled nor licensed under the laws of the United States, duties should be assessed on said re- pairs according to the component material eit chief value entering into the same, TEA GOSSIP. 3ntaa'see.exaa. Itoidssio0horortelinour courtsm iosot:0, And cuddled mo up to him '111 my staybutk made me sore. e look back at those happy times, and in my Like IsUltiolAcileelviosicoeg chapter from a Fairy's.. [testy dreale, AlasluLtleLierSsINa'Oerst Joys aro ON'01` shorteet in As far as he's concerned I've not been kissed for many a day. Ms big moustache 1 never teeupon my lips or whenbicOa ho diel Ile isn't dead—but he's ray ilusbAnd "w. —Cincinnati Enquirer. —The Caspian Sea is the lowest body of water. --There are about 2,700 ties in a mile on a railroad. "Ah, I'm maddest when 1 sing," Sho sung in plaintive key. And &l d_all the neighbors yelled : aro we so are we! -Zn.ixnlent bream clothes are the latest 12 Lo —New York has 3,543 public school teachers, —Every man has his price, but bribes are given away. —Three St. Bernard clogs owned in New York are valued at $14,500, ECONOMY. "We must eeonoinize, my dear," His wifo said very sweetly. Her face took on an earnest look Which won his heart completely. I think," she said, " that flannel shirts Would suit you very nicely; For summer time is coming and They are the thing precisely, Your laundry bill, you know, is large For shirts, and °nee end collars; 7NVOILIC1§LIve, you see—and tor my uhczagte. I need Just twenty dollars." —Each of the 1,500 street cars of New York earned $20 a day last year. —It is when straws are made ur., into hats.. that they show which way the wind blows. —"So your husband is dead. What didhe leave you ?" "I haven't inquired. I ana perfectly satisfied so long as he has left me."' IN BATHING. She wears a smiling face, As in the sea she goes; 'Tis well she wears it, tor She wears few other olothes. —Fancy buttons are coining into promi- nence. They are used on the oblique opening of the polonaises and Princess - dresses. —One half the world does not know how the other half livos—nor in many eases, would the former half be willing to have it-. known how it lives. TILE PATIENT GLIMMER BOARDER. Ho slept up in the attic With the boys and hired man; He made his morning toilet • With a battered old milkpan ; He lived. on pork and gravy And overwoighted broad, And the flies and skeeters ate him From dawn till going to bed. He bore it very meekly, Nor [grumbled all the while, . And though they charged him double Repaid it with a smile. But ho -weakened one fine morning And fainted dead away When they, asked if he could give 'era "Alin at pitchin' hay l" —"Ab, Jim, we poor folks has our trials"- " Yes, I's had a good mealy ; but it ain't the' trials that annoys me, it's the verdict they bring in afterwards." — Jules Verne in his younger days was a. devotee of the baccarat table. He was at - that time a handsome young fellow, with blonde hair and blue eyes. —He—She's a remarkable -girl. She. doesn't hesitate to tell everybody that she in - 27. Don't you admire her for ib? She— No, because I know she is 30. LORD ON BIB KBE. Dear friend, don't hunt the editor With pistol or with gun; And ash: him if be said it, or Expect that he will run. His threadbare linen dustor May still his patches hide, But his muscles are developed And the Lord is on his side ! —Chattanooga. News. — Heinrich Schmilinski, the greatest mil- lionaire of Ifainburg, is a very nice man. He has decided to leave his inmiense for- tune to build. an asylum for unmarried. women. Dickens Sees Himself. "1 hope you have seen a. large -headed: photo, with little legs, representing the un- dersigned, pen in hand, tapping his fore- head to knock an idea out. It has just. sprung up so abundantly in all the shops that I am ashamed to go about town looking in at the picture windows, which ,is my de- light. It seems to me extraordinarily ludi- crous, and much more like than the grave figure done in earnest. It made me laugh w en I first came upon it, until I shook again in open, unenlightened Piccadilly." He returned to Gad's Hill, bringing this with him, and telling us that he had been so amused with it, and so fascinated by it, thinking it "so irresistibly funny," that he stood looking at it, roaring with laughter, until he became conscious of a large and sympathetic audience, laughing so heartily with him that he had to beat a hasty re- treat.--Chartes Dickens, by Pen and Pencil Too Much for Mr. Whittier. "1 knew an Irishman in Amesbury," Mr. Whittier said, his eyes twinkling at the re- membrance, "who was very much opposed to social equality for the negro I said to him, But there are many Catholic negroes in Brazil the West Indies and other places. The church accounts of them as it does of thee. .And thee'll have to come to it in heaven. Thee'll have to meet the negroes. there on opal terms ' I thought that I had silenced him with an unanswerable argu- ment He sat musing for a, moment ; then,. looking up at ma And can't the Lord makel them white in heaven, Mr. Whittier?' "-- Boston Pilot. A Tender Correspondence. CORA TO JAKE. DEAR JAKE,—Come to -morrow evening,, sure. Pap is at home, but is laid up with as sore foot. See? CoRA. JAKE TO CORA. DEAR Con:a ;lid i.o ctipli't come to morrow le evening. m n account of your papa's sore foot. See? Jean. Cause to Fear. Farmer Peastraw—Is this horse afraid of ' the cars ? Jock Key—Hc ought not to be. I got him from the street railroad company. coon He (deeply in love, but proud at Lucile* —Do you love inc? She—No. He—Well, I fancied you did, you know : and I wanted to tell you I'm already en- gaged. —Springfield Graphic. The King of Ashantee is allowed 3,333 wives Many of them are the datighthrs of the chiefs of tributary tribes over which the King has juriedie,tion, and are sent to him as hostages tven good people go to the bad when. they become missionaries.