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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-2-1, Page 2UNUER A CLQuD. A Ti I ILLTNG TALE O3' I1 MAN LIFE, CHAPTER KXVL I0. woes DAl KNES$. The etairoase wee very gloomy and quieb ne Gueet aecend'ed, and he palmed on the landing ma finding Stratton's outer doer shut,"and atter a few moments' hoaitation, turned off to the left, meaning to have a few werde with Brattison about their friend's state. This door wasenleo shut! and the turned beck, but feeling that, perhaps, after all Brettisdn might be in, he knocked ; wait- ed ; booked again and stood listening. Off somewhere again pinking flowers," muttered Guest. " Men begin by picking, them as children, and some end their lives gathering the sweet, innocent looking things," He, however, gave one more double knook before turning away and going back to Stratton's door, Here he knocked gently, but there was no reply. He knocked again, feeling a sometime of nervousness come over him as he thought of the words of the por• ter's wife ; and, as there was no reply, he could not help a libtle self-congratula- tion at there being no admission. But he frowned at his weakness direct- ly. "Absurd I Cowardice V' he muttered. "This is nothing like noting the friend." He knocked again, and, as there was still silence, he lifted the cover of the letter slit and placed his lips to the place. " Here, Malcolm, oldfellow, open this door," he oried. ' 'I'm sure you are there." A. faint rustling sound within told him he was right, and directly after the door was opened. You, Percy ?"°said the hollow faced, haggard man, staring at him, and giving way unwilling as forcing himself to act, Guest stepped forward and entered the room. . He repented the:moment he was inside, for the room looked strange and gloomy through thee:window blind being drawn down, and there was a singularly wild, strained look in Stratton'seryes,whioh'never left him for a moment, suggestive of the truth of Mrs. Brade'e words. Stratton bad hurriedly closed the outer door upon his friend's entrance, but he had left the inner undone; and now stood hold- ing it open as iffor his visitor to go. Guest felt ready to obey, but he again mattered his -weakness antook a chair, knowing that if he was to perform a manly .act and save his friend, he must be calm and d'trm. But in spite of himself, as he took :his seat he gave a hasty glance round the room, think ng of its loneliness, and the ex- treme improbability of anyone hearing. a cry for help. "Why have you come back so soon?" said Stratton at last. "The old reason, Sort of stupid, epaniel- like feeling for the men who kicks me." Stratton made a hasty gesture. "Didn't Ike to stop away long after your being so upset Last night. Stratton shuddered, and his friend watch• ed him curiously again. " I'm much better now." " Glad of it, but your nerves are terri- bly unstrung ; or you wouldn't be ready to jump out ot your akin au the sound of a rat." Strabton shuddered. " I know you couldn't help it." " No, but it's going off now fast, and if I could be alone 1 should soon be right." " Doubt it. No good ; you must put up with me for a bit." He tried to look laughingly in his com- panion's eyes, but there was a strong feeling of dread at his heart as he felt that wild thoughts evidently existed in hie friend's brain, and that there was some terrible mischief hatching there. "Look here, Mal," he said, mastering his own shrinking by remembrance of how the strong -witted man could often master the brain unhinged; "my impression is that you want change. Suppose you and I take a run. $What do you say to Switzerland, and start to -day ?" Stratton shuddered, and a curious, sneer- ing smile dawned on his face. ' Why don't you ask me to explain my conduct again?' he said fiercely. "Because I have no right to. You are. your own master, and are answerable to yourself." "I'll tell you," continued Stratton, .with- out heeding his visitor's words, " it is be- cause you think I em mad." "Do I? Absurd 1" " Yet. That is why you are here." " I am notgoing to contradict you ; but I will toll you why I am here. My old friend and companion suddenly turned queer, at. tacked with name illness, and I said to my• self, ' If I were to be bad like that I hope poor old Mal would come to me as I'm go. ing to him✓ " A hoarse sound, like a ruppreseod sob, escaped front Stratbon's lips, and, by a rapid movement, he caught and wrung Guest's hand. But the wild look never left his eyes, and at the end of afew eeoonds he oast the •hand away. " Oh, it's true enough, old lad," said Guest, smiling. " You know it too. I want to do it for everybody's sake." Stratton made a peculiar movement in the air with his extended hands. " Come, come, don't take it that way, old fellow," cried Guest. " Sit down." Stratton hesitated, and seemed to be trying to resist, but his Mende calm, firm way mastered him. "That's better ; now then, let's look. matters plainlyin the face, as doctor and patient if you, like. You're off the Eno, Mal. There's no denying it. Overstrain. Well, it's bad. Painful for you and every body," A low moan escepe from Stratton. "Bali I don't groan over it, man. The human mind is a wonderful bit of machin- ery, and it gets out of order if you don't tape care. You haven't taken enough care, Mid have broken down, Bad ; but we've got to mend you and make yoti stronger than ever." Stratton oheok hie hood, and hie pallor wee SO ghastly, ae be now sank book m ills chair and clued bis eyee, that Guest was startled, and sprang up and made for the closet where he knew from of old that the spirit stand was kept. But at the first movement in that dire°. tion Stratton leaped to his feet and inter, oepted him. "Stop 1" he ;vied. "I am not ill. Let me be, Guest. You can do me no good." "How do you know ? 1 say I can," Dried the young man sharply, "and what's More, I will. Now, come, lad, be reasonable. You're out of gear,and you're going to sub- mit tome." "I am my own master, ee you said, and 1`will non be spied over or interfered whit." "Spied Deer" sounded bad—not like the words of a one man, "Bah i Who wants to spy over -you?" "Interfered with, then. Now, go and leave me to myself." "I shall not," said Guest doggedly. "You will, sir. Thee° are my rooms; your visit is ill-timed; please to go, and wait till I ask you to visit me again." "Hab, that settles it, if there were one doubt before. That's not my old sohool- fellow talking. You are ill—mentally ill, lad—so give in." "Leave my rooms, sir ! " "If 1 do, it will be to bring others back with me who will insist upon your yielding to proper treattnent." Yah, you oonfees then? You think me mad." "I did not say mad ; I told you what I know now to be a foot. Will you give in and let me treat you on sound, common- senee principles, or drive me away to come back with others?" "You would not dare," said Stratton, in a low, fierce whisper. "But I do dare anything for your sake— there, I'll speak out 1—for Myra'e•" A spasm convulsed Stratton's face, and he ground hie teeth as if in agony. "I can't help it, lad ; I'm being cruel to be kind. Now, then, do you persist in sending me away 1" Stratton looked round in afurtive, fright - erred way, shuddered, and was silent. "Then I am to go and send others who will treat you. I must tell you the truth, lad; they may insist upon your leaving here and taking up your abode somewhere in the country" Stratton started. "No, no; not at a madhouse. You are not mad. Only suffering from a nervous fit. It would be to stay for a time at some doctor's and I think it would be 'the best thing. It would get you away from the dull, gloomy chambers, where you hardly ever see the eun. They ere bad enough to upset anyone. Once more, which is it to be?" Guest had been etarbledenough before by his friend's acts and ways; his conduct now indorsed all prior thoeghte of his state. For, as he rose and moved toward the door as if to go, Stratton sprang to him and caught his arm. S give in," he said huskily. " You are right. A little out of order. Nerves, I suppose. But no doctor. There is no need. 1'11-1'11 do everything you wish." " Then you'll Dome abroad with me?" " No. No, I cannot. I will not." "Very well, then, I'm not going to see you grow worsebefore my eyes. 1 shall do as 1 said." " No, no, for Heaven's sake, don't be so. mad as to do that. Look here, Guest, I am ill, and weak, and low. I confess it, but I shall be batter here. It is ae you say, overstrain. If you force me to go somewhere else, I shall be ten times worse. I'll do anything you advise, yield to you in every way, nut I must stay here. The institution, you know." " Leave of absence for a sink man," "I could not ask for it. Besides my work will do me good. I should mope and be miserable away." "Not on the Swiss Alpe." "1 tell you I will not go," said Stratton fiercely. "Very well, I'll be satisfied with what you have promised. Sojust draw up that blindand open the window wide." Stratton hesitated. • "At once, man. Your promise. The air of Benchers' Inn i5 not particularly good ; but it's better than thio mephitic odor of stuffiness and gas. Why, Mal, old lad, I can smell the mebhylatedspirits in which you preserve your specimens quite plainly." A faint ring of white showed round Stratton's eyee ; but Guest did not notice it, for his back was turned as he made for the window and let in the light and air. "That's better. Now go to your bedroom, and made yourself look more like the Mal- colm Stratton I know. I'll be off now. I shall be baok.at a quarter to seven, and then we'll go out and hove a bit of dinner together," 'No, I could not go." "What 1 I'm coming, I say, at a quarter to seven, and then we're going out to dine." ' Very well," said Strattonmeekly, and his ;friend left the chambers. "''Only touched a little." said Guest, as he went across the inn, put his head in at the lodge, and nodded pleasantly to Mrs. Brads, for she was engaged with someone else. Better, Mrs, Brade—nothing to mind. He'll soon be all right," he continued to himself. "Poor old chap. Only wants a strong will over him. Wish mine were stronger, and 1 had a little more manly pluck ; but he did not ilea how nervous I was ; and, take it altogether, I did mot do so badly." What tin Stratton was pacing his room and talking hurriedly to himself, " 1t is horrible," ire muttered ; " too much for man to bear. Do I ook so wilt( ?" He stopped in front of an old Venetian mirror, and scanned his haggard counten- ance for a few moments beforeturning away with a !budder, to resume his walk up and down the room, "They could do it," he said Srcooly. "I could not help myself, My conduct would be sufficient plea, A Visfb from a couple of doctors and no matter what I said, I might be taken away. Medical sunervie- ion, he erred, with a bitter laugh ;"'r im- prisonment till such time as they chose to set me free. Well, it would be pleasant to be able to throw all responsibilities upon someone oleo if one could only 00050 to think. Bub that would be too terrible. I must give ,ap everything and trust be Guest.' He looked sharply totted the room again, and stood listening, for lie fancied that ho heard a sound, and, stopping eoftly to Tia BST; the panel dear go the right of the fireplace, be placed his oar to the woodwork, and .stood listening for some momenta, But he wan evidently diesatisfled, He seemed to be trying to make out whether anyone was in Brettisoa'e rtoin; but lie wao listening at the end of apassage turned into, te aloaot like his own, and he know that if bhu door at the ether end were closed ib was In vain. He camp away at lash wlbh n queok gas. Lure indioabing hie discontent, and etood hesitating for a few minutes, when he again started and looked wildly toward the' ere. Platte; for he was convinced that he heard minds in the next chambers. They ceased, though, direobly, and might have dome from above; but he once more went back to the panel on the right, listen- ed, and came away ' dissatisfied atilt. "I must know," he paid with a heavy WO; and, taking a hunch of keys from his pooket, ho stoodseleoting one which looked black and rusty, a good-sized key, from among those whioh had been worn smooth and remained" bright. • "This done, he stood hesitating ; and, looking atraighb before him, he shrank elowly backward t111 °beaked by a book- case etauding against the wall, whoa with an angry gesture that he should have been startled by the eight of bis own ghastly face in the old mirror, he walked straight to the door on the ,left of the fireplace.. Again he paused for a few momenta, and then, with the sweat standing in greab beads upon his brow, and the hair at hie temples wet and clinging, ho slowly and without astound, inserted the key, turned it in the well oiled lock, and drew open the door, which name toward him with a faint creak, He stood there peering into the darkness of the narrow, paaeage•like piace,listeniug, and then name away to the other eide of the room, thrust off his boots, and went to the window which he cloned again, and drew down the blind before going back to the door—entering, and walking to the end, to stand listening at the panel in the dprkaess for some minutes,before he Dame out again, acting now with decision, as he went to the door of exit from the room,and slipped the bolt, Drawing a deep breath, he now hurried morose to a little cabinet, from which he drew a bright steel implement, and then, with his brow rugged and his faoe looking old and worn, he was hurrying aoroes (back to the door of the open closet, when he caught his unshod foot in a thick Eastern rug stumbled forward, and only saved him- self from a heavy fall by throwing himself into an easy -chair. • He rose, held his left wrist as if it were sprained, and them stooped to pick up the steel he had dropped on the carpet. The change' which came over the man was terrible as he stopped there, fixed of eye, fascinated as it were, and unable to move, glaring at a place on the carpet laid bare by the rug being kioked over. And a minute must have elapsed before he could tear himself away and draw himeelf up to hold the back of hie hand across his eyee, as if to ehut out some horrible vision. The sigh he heaved was hoarse and strange as he dropped his hand again, and hurriedly drew the rug back into its former position. That done hie mental strength seemed to return, and seizing the steel tool, he lietsned for a moment, and then hurried into the dark passage -like closet. At that moment there was a sharp double knock at the outer door, and, aotiye now as meat, Stratton sprang into the room, listening to faintly heard,descending, steps. Then opening the inner door again, he saw that there was a letter in the box, and satisfied of the cause ot the interruption, he closed and bolted the inner door again, and once more crossed to the closet and entered. Then, from out of the darkness, came sound after sound as if someone was busy at work. Now it was the creaking of a hinge ; then a faint rap, as of alid es- caping too 5000 from a person's hand, and after that, for quite an hour, the reaping and cracking of wood, till Stratton came out bathed with perspiration, and looking' more ghostly than ever. "'Thio time he stood wiping the great drops from his dripping brow before taking a flask from a shelf, unscrewing the top, and drinking deeply. He listened again, and once more draw- ing a deep breath he hurried baok into the darkness of the closet, where the creaking noise was repeated, and followed twice by a deep, booming sound, after which there was a long.continued muffled gurgling, as of water flowing, and a peculiar odor filled the room, This was repeated,; and at last Stratton reeled out of the place panting, staggered to the window, whioh he opened a little way by passing his hands under the blind, and held his face there to breathe the fresh air before hurrying back to his writing table. Here he struck a metals, lit a taper, and, taking it up, moved toward the closet door like ono in a dream, but stopped' short, blew out the light, and plunged into the darkness once again. aro BE CONTINUED.) THE MAN OF MODERATE MEANS. some Views en the Relative Fsernlnoss or a fair or Shears and a Mottle or Ink. "The value of a sharp pair of shears has long been commonly recognized;" said the man of moderate means, "but I don't think the ink bottle has ever begun to receive the recognition to which its usefulness entitles it. Indeed, if I were called upon to choose between them I should unhesitatingly prefer the ink bottle. "Valuable as the shears undoubtedly aro their use is after all but limited, while the ink bottle is useful in many verve. You can trim off a frayed ehirt front or a pair of cuffs or a collar with a pair of shears, but what more can you do with them ? Nothing. "6Vhen the covering is worn off a button of what use are the shears? You get out the ink bottle and ink the button mould. Has a buttonhole grown white with wear ? Ink. Suppose you find when you get your black diagonal out in the fall that the patient moth, which never takes a vacation, has bored a hole in ib in some cenapicuoue plasm under which the white lining shows Are the shears useful hore,or do you get out the ink bottle again and saturate that white spot 'with ink ? If White threads show in a frayed edge, the ink, how neofnl 1 And what but ink, can restore color to the pale seam or make a binding turned white blank again ? "No, sir ; if I could have but one, than give me the ink bottle." London fire engines often have 10 atop on their way to a fire to take up a turn000it, sliveried functionary, who is alone allowed to have the key to a fireplug. POEM TEE WEER'SNBWSI OAB4DA. Winnipeg is to have coppers for change: Gas down to 51 per bhousand in 140n.don, Ont, There are new 1I vaeanoiee in the Domin- ion Senate, The present population of Ottawa le placed at 47,775, The radial railway fever has now struck St., Thema°. The Manitoba Legielature will meet on February sixth. Chief of Police McKinnon, of Hamilton has been dismieoed. The police barraoks at Banff have been destroyed by fire. The late Lieut. -Col. Skinner left an es- tate valued at 545,000, On February 1, free postai delivery will be inaugurated at Vancouver. A second cow affected with tuberculosis has been found in Winnipeg. The Fraser river, B. C., floods are sub• siding, and there is no further danger. Gen.Booth expressod himself at Winnipeg as most favorably impressed with Manibo- ba. The Brookville Carriage Company has cat madeermuda. large shipments to England and B Hon. L. O. Taillon, Premier of Quebec,is not improving in health, according to the latest reports. New Denver, B. C., is clamoring for a bank. The miners are paid by cheques and have no plane to got them cashed. By decision of the Supreme Court at Ob. tawa the Provincial Government has power to pass a local option law. The total amount received by the Min- ister of Finance for the Lady Thompson fund is fifteen thousand dollars,. Navalauthorities at Halifax have received. word that H. M. S. Crescent would succeed the Blake as flagship at that station. The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen at- tended the higher courts in Montreal on Saturday and listened to the proceedings. Louis Victor, an Indian, was hanged at New Westminoter, B. C., on Tbursday, for the murder of another Indian last Septem- ber. The Imperial law offioere have decided that the Parliament of Canada have power to pass a law to appoint a Deputy Speaker for the Senate. The Norwegian colony in Bella Coola, B. C., is prospering. The people are steady and industrious, and are well satisfied with the country and climate. The unemployed workingmen of Mont= real made a riotous demonstration in front of the City hall on Friday. The police made several arrests. The Provincial Board of Health on Fri- day endorsed the.establishment of a home for consumptives, to be situated in some inland and elevated tract, The Halifax Board of Trade have passed resolutions favoring the idea of conducting; all Canadian commerce by way of the Canadian railway and eteamehip lines. Because Drs. Crawford and Latimer have accepted work from fraternal societies, the other physicians of Winnipeg have pro. claimed a boycott against them. At the annual meeting of the Montreal Transportation Company, all the reports presented showed that the business treas- acted wee much leas than th at of the pre- vious year. It is reported in Ottawa that the Gover- nor•General has offered to defray the ex- penses of educating the two sone of Sir John Thompson, who are studying law in Toro to. The long-standing dispute between the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the city of Toronto relative to the Espla- nade has been settled in a manner perfectly satisfactory to both parties. A student of the Ontario Agricultural College, at Guelph, has been attacked by smallpox in a mild form. The use has been isolated, and every precaution used to pre- vent the spread of the disease. Within a few days it is probable that ex - Detective Johu Fahey, the noted Grand Trunk burglar, who was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary, and who is dying of consumption, will be released. Mr.•A. L. De Marbigny, manager of the Banque Jackques Cartier, Montreal, was presented on Saturday by the staff of the bank with a magnificent onyx vase, valued at $1,500, on the occasion of his departure for Europe. Canadian wood pulp has auooeeded in gaining a foothold in England, and some thirty thousand tons have already been sold in the British market. To retain its good name, the pulp must be made entirely of virgin wood. The operatives of Peck, Benny & Co., nail manufacturers of Montreal, who have been on strike, are prepared to return to work, as the Knights of Labor decided that the present is not an opportune time for labor to run counter to capital. It is understood that the Governor- General; in lieu of a subscription to the Thompson memorial find, has offered to defray the cost of the further education of Sir John Thompson's two sons until they have both been admitted to the bar. In view of the many dismissals from the C.F.R. in Winnipeg the men are holding meetings, and trying to devise some scheme whereby they can establish a colony and take to farming,' ae they cannot make a living at their present employment. William H, Durand, of Toronto, died on Thursday frmn the effects of a dose of morphine, administered with suicidal in• tent. A warrant had been issued for his arrest on a charge of having embezzled funds of his employers, the Massey -Harris Company. There is a serious blockade on the Can- adian Pacific railway line in the mountains near Revelstoke, A report reached Winni• peg that a bridge had been washed away, but it has not been confirmed. The officials have not been able to get a train through for a week. The body of Alfred B. Fitzgerald, *Ito has a farm ton miles north of Grenfell, Asea., was found on Sunday in his stable, with pigs and cats around it The flesh of the bead and face wee mat= away. It is generally supposed that he was kioked while harnessing his team. GREAT BRITAIN'. The Bank of England's rate of discount temaine unchanged at 2 per cont. roue are expressed in England that the Nielson Arctic expedition has met with disaster. Lord Brassey has accepted the Gover- norship of Viotoria, in succession to the Earl of Hopetouu. The oempetltion of oleomargarine has eauood a oogmderable decrease in the prise of butter oa the Leaden market, The Huila of Argyle, who fainted while addreesiag a meeting in Glasgow 'Titeeday evening, is now ptonounood to bo out of danger. The British cruiser Blenheim has arrived at Portsmouth from Halifax. She °ncoun- tared a heavy gale in (mousing the Ablantio, but auetained no damage, Vete-admiral Ames Lilphinstone Erskine is bo succeed Sir John Ommanney Hop/rine, whose command of the Britieh North American station soon expires. Edward Solomon, the oompoeer, formerly the hueband of Mise Lillian Russell, the operatic etar, is oritically ill in London, Eng., from typhoid fever, Lord Dunraven, whose name, has been principally connected with yacht raoing, has decided to take an aotiye part in British politico, identifying himself with the Con- servative cause. The Harland Shipbuilding Company, ot Belfast, are iu negotiation with a Liverpool ehipbuilding company for the construction of two Atlantic line steamers, each to be one thousand feet long. UNITED STATES. The Army Appropriation Bill, carrying 823,000,000, has passed the U.S. Senate. Mies Stevenson, daughter of Vice-Presi• dent Stevenson, died on Friday at Aeha- ville, N.C. There was serious rioting in oonneetion with the Brooklyn street car strike on Sat- urday night. The latest estimate is that GO persons were killed in the powder explosions at Butte, Montana. Granite Creek, in Arizona, swollen by 72 hours' rain, overflowed its banks aid. caused much damage to property. Mr. Abbott, cashier of the Dover, N. H., National Bank, having been found short in his accounts, shot and killed himself. Harley Davidson, of Toronto, won the quarter and mile national amateur skating championships at Newburgh, N. Y., on Saturday, defeating Johnson and Donohue. John Burke, song and dance actor, imagines that he is very wealthy and has been sent to Bellevue hospital, New York, in order that his mental condition may be looked into. Edmund O. Quigley, of Quigley & Tuttle dealers in municipal bonds, Wall street, New York, has been arrested, charged with forgery. He confessed. The Mercantile National Bank will, it is said, lose 550,000. The New York World says William K. Vanderbilt sailed on the Teutonic for Liv- erpool. iverpool. Before he left an amicable arrange- ment had been made by which Mrs. Van- derbilt will secure a divorce without con. test. The suit is now pending. A despatch from Detroit says that Eliza Courts, the woman who was brought into so much prominence in connection with " Prince Michael," of the Flying Rollers, has skipped out to avoid arrest for having illegally performed the marriage ceremony. A cyclone visited San Miguel, Cal., Wednesday night doing considerable dam. age. Robert Peck's buggy was overturned, breaking two of hie ribs, and a flying tree pierced his lungs. The Parkville stage was overturned,but the passengers escaped injury. Telegraph poles were thrown to the ground and wires prostrated. It was announced on Saturday at the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce that a project is now on foot by which the pro- posed canal from Lake Erie to tide water will be built by private capital. It was stated that a charter has already been secured from the Canadian Government, and Congress will be asked for rights as far as American property is concerned. There is nothing of an especially definite or encouraging nature in the report of the two principal commercial agencies on this 'continent. There are fluctuations in most lines of trade, but the conditions are waiting conditions, and there is no material improvement in demand, employment, or wages, though in various directions some observers are able to discover hopeful signs. Speculation everywhere is stagnant. The iron and steal trade is quiet, but prices are fairly steady. The wool market is in a tentative condition. Prices of cotton goods are de- pressed, CRNERAL. The Chinese have again been defeated by the Japanese. Archduke Albrecht, an uncle of Emperor Francis Joseph, is dying. M. Bourgeoise has undertaken the forma - Hon ot a Cabinet for France, M. Raoul Touche, the French dramatic author, committed suicide on Friday in Paris. Heavy snows and landslides have stop- ped traffic in many places on the Swine railroads. Chinese prisoner° at Yokohama report that 400 mines have been laid at Yiog- Kow. Owing to the snow and landslides the railroads in northern Italy are blocked in several places. Avalanches in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland, have caused great destruction of property and loss of life, Emperor William has ordered from the Germania shipyard a twenty -rate racing yacht for the corning treason. The imports of France for the year 1894 amounted to 4,110,465,000 francs, and the exports footed up 3,275,047,000. A proposal hos been enbmitted to the Russian Council of the Empire to establish a legation to the Vatican. The Rotheohilds' banking house in London has rooeived a despatch stating that a rev. elution has broken out in Greece. ' Sir Ambrose Shea, Governor of the Ba• hamlet' has retired, and Sir William Smith of the Leward Islands, will succeed him. A despatch to The London Times from Pekin says that General Wei, accused of cowardice, was beheaded on Thursday. The British warship Hyacinthe has left Honolulu to take some presents from the Queen to her subjects in the Southern islands. The Riforma of. Rome announces that negotiations for 'a treaty of oommbrce between Italy and Canada will be oponed immediately. • It is expected in Devlin that Count Her. beet Bistnarok will be appointed Ambassa- dor to England in succession to Count you Hatzfold• Wildonburg. The French transatlantic lino of steam- ships is about to build two 000an grey- hounds, to be named the Alecto) and the Lorraine. - They will cost 54,000,000 each. Public Prosecutor Colli was murdered on Thursday in his private office in Milan BIWARY by a 'loiter, who'stabbsd hint In the throat, The murderer, who is believed to ha an Anarchist, was arresbstl, Tho demand of iimporor W illiam that ten or a dozen fast ornioare be added to rho German navy will, judging by the fooling expressed by tate member; of .the Reichstag, be adopted without any trouble, The etatemenb of the Commerolal Bank of Newfeundlandshowe llabllitiesof $2,011,000 and assets of $1,403,000, leo preferences of $910,000 to the savings bank. It is thought the asaete 'will pay 48 or 60 °elite on the dollar, There was a boinb explosion in Paris on Sunday night. Nobody was killed, any the adjacent property was not beat wrecked. Ib is believed rho explosion was, more in the nature of a dangerous joke than en Anarchist outrage, The latest steamer arriving at San Fran eine from the Hawaiian islands brings news., of a revolution and bloodshed at Honolulu. Charles L. Carter, who was one of the annexation oommiesloners , is among toe killed. Robert Wilcox le the loader of the rebels, Albert Dreyfus, the degraded French captain of artillery convicted of treason, was removed ou Saturday to the Ile de Re, off the west omit of France, where he will be detained pending his deportation to one of the Ilea du Salut, off the coast of French Guiana, IT WAS SPREAD BUHR HOW SMALLPDX EXTENDED TO MALARIDE AND GUELPH. A Patient Who Died at St, Thomas Had Expended Certain Money Which Fount( Its Way Into Different (lands, Com, tnnntcating the Dleeeeo to Several. Parsons.. The source of the smallpox outbreak in the Township of Malahide and in Guelph has been traced to the root of all evil, money, according to the reports received by Dr. Bryce, ammo tory of the Provincial Board of Health. A few weeks ago a painter named Stover arrived in St. Thomas from Detroit, where he had eon. tracted the disease while employed on repairs to the smallpox hospital in that city. Stover walked about the streets for eev- eral days before the nature of his disease was ascertained, and spent several dollars in hotels and elsewhere. He was taken to the pest house, where he died. 'On Jan. 5, fleury Franey, a farmer, who resides near Copenhagen, in the Township of Malabide, visited St. Thomae, and while there came into possession of Boma of the money which had been paid out by Stov- er' Shortly after his return home he was at- tacked with smallpox, and is still in a pre- carious condition. William Swartz was at that time employed as a factory helper for William Bothwell, aheesemaker, at Dun- boyne. Preesey owed a small sum toBobh• well, and, on the tormer'e return from St. Thomas, Swartz was sent to collect the amount, and did ea. It ie supposed that Swartz received from Presley the money containing the germs of smallpox. A day or two later he Left for Guelph, to attend. the Experimental Farm, end last week Swartz was himeelf stricken with smallpox. HUNDREDS KILLED. Another Deplorable Calamity Whteh Has Destroyed a Persian Town. ©despatch from London says :—The Times has a despatch from Teheran, the capital of Persia, stating that the town of Kuchan, in the province of Khorazan, which wan destroyed by an earthquake 14 months ago, and which was subsequently rebuilt, was again destroyed by an earth. quake shock on Thursday last. There was, ae on the previous occasion, great loss of life. One hundred women, who were in a bath house, were crushed to death by the falling building. The weather was intense- ly cold, and this increases the sufferings of the survivors, whose houses were destroyed. The despatch adds that four distinct shocke were felt at Meshed within three days. None of these shocks, however, was of sufficient strength to do any damage. Kuohan lies at the foot of the Shah Jahan Kuh, a mountain, 11,000 feet high. The town, which is about 80 miles north•weet of Meshed, is 3,300 .feet above the sea -levet It is, or was, an important place, being on the route to Shirvan. The population prior to the earthquake of November 17, 1893, which destroyed every house in the place, was between 20,000 and 25,000. The offi- cial report of the disaster placed the num- ber of persona killed at 12,000, and 500 head of cattle perished in the valley, at the head of which Kuchan is situated. From November 17 to November 24, there were 160 distinct shocks. It was the first shock that destroyed the town. PARTICULARLY SAD. The Suicide or a Indy by the Same Method Adopted by Her Sou. A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., gays :—A desperate case of suicide, poetic. ularly sad in the attending circumstances, occurred on the Amerman aide of the river on Saturday morning last. Miss Carrie Woolson, daughter of Mrs. Edward C. Woo found her mother ina-Min in the upper part of their home on Niagara street lying on rho floor with her throat cut It was just five years before that Miss Woolson found her gifted and talented brother, Dr. Woolson, lying dead on the floor in the same room with lus throat cut, having subsided while temporarily insane. The sight of her mother in the same condition nearly drove the girl out of her mind. Her screams could be heard for two biocke away. Neighbors rushed in and medical aid Was summoned, but the woman was dead. She had gone to this room, which had not been used since hor son had committed the fatal aot which ended his life, and standing before a small looking -glace she eolocted the fatal spot over tho carotid artery and jugular vein. .'Taking the razor in her right hand she cut through them, inflicting a small but quickly fatal gash. Her son committed' suicide in exactly the same way. The daughter is being watched for fear oho mak emulate her mother's example. There is no doubb but that the mother hat boon brooding over the tragic death of her son all diose years until she went insane and ended her life as oho did. She was a woman 46 years of age, and refined and gentle in disposition, She loaves an aged husband besides the daughter.