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The New Era, 1883-08-10, Page 8.A.-ugus 10 t1.883 THE INFORMER'S DOOM. 31;ow Carey's Perfidy was Revenged by Ells Death.' EXClITESIENT IN, DUBLIN. A ra'-id despatch Bays: The news has reached • London thar James Carey, the Irish approver, has met a dog' i death at the bands of an assassin, a couttryman of his own named McDonnell. The murder is said to have been committed yesterday on board the steamer Melrose, between • Cape Town and Part Elizabeth. The news --caused-great excitement-herei ea.01Donne1l was immediately arrested. It is stated in police. circles that the Government ,took epecial and expensive measures to protect the life of the • informer.. O'Donnell took passage here by the steamship Kinfauns Castle, which left Dartmouth 'oh the Gbh inst. for Cape Town, -where shetranferred her paesengers destined for Port Elizabeth, Natal and other coast ports. The news of Carey's death canoed 'many, „ to make an exhibition of delight on the streets in Dublin. .8, large crowd. •gathered in ' front of • Cafey's late reside -lice, cheering loudly ba.. cause •tho informer was killed. The authori- ties believe that O'Donnell was implicated three years ago in the attempttp blow up the Mansion Rause, London, and escaped with Coleman to New York'. The Govern- ment seleoted.Africa as the safest place for - Carey. - It is doubtful whether he knew • his destination before sailing. It was not revealed to the police who took him from Dublin to London. Carey was travelling sander the name ' of Power. His family were with him: Carey embarked at Dart- mouth. From Madeira he- wrote to the authorities, describing the voyage, and said he had shared in conversation in which the tnvincibles and the -.miscreant Carey were especially denounced. ..He said he intended to forgetthat•Ireland.-ever- existed. calor poiseeis rums DUBLIN. 0' Donnell clogged Carey from London. Both sailed on the steanserainfauns-CaStle, The Government have/little. doubta but Carey was followed from Dublin. They believe the Fernans took the most elaborate, 'measures to prevent/his escape., Ahcorde ing to ths latest/ accounts the murder occurred at sea,. /Carey was' not killed out- right, but diedshortly after the shot. O'Donnell • sax -rendered quietly, and ,wakt, put ill irons,eand surrendered to the • police when the Melrose arrived at Port Eliza - Later advices show, that Caresasvas shot -while landing from the .111elrose at Port Elizabeth. O'Donnell was arrested. Iriehmen • in New York express the opitlion that Carey richly deserved his death. Leading Irish Nationalists claim V6 be ignorant of any organized effort te follow Carey, although -they admit his doom was certain. p ' •' A London, cablegram says: .4 corres- pondent at Cape Town says O'Donnell only took passage for Cape ToWn, but learning that Carey was a felloW-passenger he con- tinued his journey, and shot hini when the. steamer was Close to •Algae Bay, in the presence of the informers -family. O'Don- nell is calm, and is strongly , gtiarded, as it is rumored there Will be an. attempt to rescue him. A. fund to defend hina is being, • collected. . • Mrs. Carey had undoubtedly :been watched, and was the clue which O'Dons Pell and the avengers followed, for two, • days after Mrs. Carey had made her arrangements to pail O'Donnell, who had' • meanwhilebeen posted from Dublin, also, took passage in the same steamer, taking his wife with him. Theavengers believed, • that the surest ,way to find Carey .was-;.-th follow his wife, and their hopes have been fully realized. • -- •2.! A rumorprevailed in Nationaliet cir- cles in London ,on. Sunday night, that• . Carey had been shot., =An'itena stating the fact was tenderedto the News Agency.., at • midnight, but refused, as no authority was' given. It has beenaecertained that a tele- gram was received at Paris frene Brindisi,! • reading, "James Carey been shot, thank God' As the steamer Melrose did net reach Pert Elizabeth until Monday, the statement was based on a siirmise, or the statement that it was 'pre -arranged to kill • _Carey the laet Smaday_imauly was true It • is rumored -that -O'Donnell -is a relativeof Brady, the Phoenix Park murderer, and that the Vigilante _are cognizant of the abode of Peter Cathy'. . • CETEWAYO'S DEATH. . Collapse 01 ilreitish • Diplomacy hi • South, Africa. A London. cablegrain says": 'The last lapsed - lapsed with the death of Cetewaya. The: event has convinced the public of the -folly of the Government in limiting his army, without providing for his defence or limit- ing the militarypower of the savage neigh- bors. Usibepu's reported apologetic ape'ech to the English • residents at' Ulundi en- courages the hope that he may avoid a con - Diet with the English interests aisociated• with the reserve territory and John Dunn.If he refrains from invading the reserve and • Dunn's land, it is possible that ,England - 'will acknowledge his rule. The President of the Transvaal is coming to England not month to revise the convention with Great Britain. The impudent proposal of the Boers to raise a Utah after the revision of the convention .shall be completed has Callsed comment in the city. Alost likely it will be refused, as it is-considefed an in-' dication of Boer contempt for England. ., The Eflects of 1.711iiltl Atmosphere. •'Virginia City, Nevada, i a little more than 7,000 feet above sea level, yet even at that comparatively moderatee altitude,': as compared with some other inhabited elehae, tions, the himeewife findt some -difficulty in cooking by boiling, the water boiling at too low a tehaperathre to thoroughly cook meat and .vegetables: The Virginia City Enter- prise says that there is complaint' every year that the peas brought from California are as hard as buckshot.. The 'trouble is that the water' does not become sufficiently hot to cook themHere, when either meat or vegetables are being •cooked by boiling, the vessel used should have it close -fitting lid, in order that the Steam maY be con- fined. There is, of couree,no trouble about roasting meats or anYthing else, •fire being as hot here as in any other part of theworld. While strangers. hoinplitin -.nautili of the thinneea of our atmosphere; old settlers are not much distressed, and children born and reared here seem not to sufferinconvenience in any, way. They race up and down 'the sides of the momatain at fall -speed with- out finding any difficulty in breathing. • The Irish Land Commissioners, in reply to the committee of the House` of Lords, whose report contains certain strictures OD their workpmaintain •that their deoisiona are -not eubject to inquiry or review by '-Parliament. THE ENGULPHED CITY. Estimated Number of Lives Lost - Raised to ti,009. SIXTEEN EARTHQUAKES IN PANAMA. A .Naples cablegram says.: The burials of the victims of the earthquake continued 'throughout the day. Two hundred and eighty bodies were buried at Casamicaiola, 90 at -Leona, 29 at Forio, . The latest esti- mates of the uunnber of deaths is betweeh four Sala five thousand. Ou accaunt of the horrible exhalations from the decomposing remains, the Minister of Public, Works hfai ordered that the unrecovered corpses be left where they lie, and liquid lime he poured over the ruins. 'saber of ersons killed by the earthquake at Tirdlna is live.- thousand. Latest advices froni Ca.sansicciola say that a number' of English and Americans have arrived in search of friends and relatives who are supposed to have been lost. _ ' A TOWN DESTROYED. An official stationed at the village of To - aces°, Ecuador, thus describes his experi- ence during the May ,earlhquakes:. "This unforthisitte Village andthe other adjoining it.have been visited by a most terrible cal- amity', On Saturday, the 19th, at 5 30 p.m., an ev,rthquake :Occurred which ehook the °laurels and cu:racy down. Tliestitherhouses • resisted thesfireashoolsiebut a second- took place betWeeri 11, and 12 p. m, which brought every houtie to the ground with the exception of a few, which, although stand- • ing, are, totally ruined. The ground opened in many pla,cee, and during the night I counted sixteen earthquakes,and every now and then they have visited us until last night. It is pitiful to withessthe whole- sale deetruction Which has taken place.. ' In March, 1881, Casanaidciola was per- tially destroyed by an earthquake. .• The shock lasted seven seconds. It was acqem. panied • bY a noise li e su erranean thunder. Then came the crash of falling ladaffEcaTliiiiirglilsdawith -- the shrieiss-•-of - victims. • Adothere wens found with infants still !clinging to their breasts.- At the Villa Cammetti two girls, who were playing on a .doorstep, were struck -dead. by the falling architrave. Two hundred houseses STseres thrown down • and many °there were „damaged and made uninhabitable. The loss of life. was not nearly so large as on • this occasion, but more them hundred men, women and children 'perished. About three -hundred• people were iejured. The panic spread through the whole island. Steamers were sent from Naples with physicians, nurses and medical supplies. • A detachment of military also was Ordered to the spot and did admirable service. Tho population„fied in terrorto the surrounding country and.along the sea caast. _ -lhe,-Tintes says the nu p VOLLNTOs1 .113A Nil@ LIE 1TE EL . •Anoth•er Splendid Entertaininent fo_Cana.., , • dian and IT. el. ii.illenten. • , • , A London cablegram last (N-Vednesday) night says:, A banquet was given aby/the British volunteers -in honor of the -American rifle team at the -Criterion to,night.., The American and British • rifle teams were present in full .uniform. • There 'were a hundred persons at the tables, including Earl Waldegrave,Col. Otter, Captain of the Canadian team, and •others. Sir Plenry Halford presided, and toasted the Queen. Gen. lidcAlardo dwelt upon the similarity of the organization of British volunteers and tlie ArnerMan National 'Guard. Sir Henry Raiford, in proposing the -health of Col. Howard and the American ,team, said the team were well worthy of the .country they represented.' Defeat • was no dila honor to the.,. Americans, as the British victory was -very hardly- won. Al- • though the Americans had facilities fot practice,. British . riflemen were veterans who had been at Wimbledon for may 'years. • It did not. Jollovs that • althongh- thed-Britisla-'teana 'wow:two-vies •tories. the American riflemen were infesior. Thewhole of Aruerica,,naust feel that •the team had 'done; all in .their power. Col: Howard said he hoped the feeling of friend- ly brotherhood stirred:up by . the toast to President Arthar would. spread, ateong the American people,so that this first American military visit might marls a new, era ' lead- ing to a time when the American National, •Guard and British volunteers might claim to be one, and that both forces might reach the perfection so .desirable in a constitu- tional boturtry'. He heartily , thanked the British Rifle Asisociation. for the reception •given tlae 'Americans. Lieut. -Col. Otter,' responding for Canada, prCtestedethe loy- alty of the,Donainien to. G#eat Britain. - Betrothed anti Biitied in One Grave. •A Findlay, Ohio, telegrana,.atVeS ,John Montgomery a 'weal-tli'Y farther in Orange etewnehip, had a handsorae -daughter, Alice, whose hand was won EY-W-.7-.:Snsliris- industrious.young Datt/I, and the tnne of the wedding was set. Recently Swank Was' taken ill and the disease was pronounced= by the physician , to -be Consumption. Meanwhile the young lay, who had, been. suffering from a severe attack of measles, heard of.Swkink's illness, and' that ,he con- tinnally asked after her whendelitious and apiatioiaal intervalseand ehe PsSitsi allowed 'eto see him. She stayed eeveral'hours, and on het homeward journey a shower sprang. ' hp, and she was wet and chilleclain reaching hoine. Pneumonia set in, and she said that she knew she should -die, and . that they, would both be buried together. This proved true, as) their deaths occurred this week only a few hours! 'apart. According :to the wish of the young couple they were buried together. Capt. Webb's Death. • AeLondon ea,blegrana says: The death • of Captain..Webb in the Niagare, ,River hue Created a strong feeling of regret, especially in spotting circles . where •the athletic figure and the brigbtheasnest face of the swimmer-were...Well known. Mr. Chadderek, the father-in-law of the clammed, sails from England to -morrow to bring bornethe widow and orphans. The Sportsman has started a Webb relief fund. SSw0 Sparrowa isidsd bp shightninge • A Baltimore •deopatch .eays : During it storm 'at Frederick lust night lightning 'Struck a horse oheeteut tree in front of the residence of Col. L. V. Baughman. In the mornipg 260 Euglieh sparrows were found on the ground. The tree was a favorite rohsting place for the sparrowo. Wealth IS like a viper, which ie harmless if a man knows how to take„hold of it but if he does not, it will twine round hie band and bite him. -.St. Clement. The steamer City of Washington, from Vera Cruz, to sail for New York on.S'atur- day, is kept isolated in Havana harbor owing:JO the fact that thete are twenty- seVen siek persons among the passengers and crew. Letters patent have been, applied for by the Saskatchewan Coal Mining and Trans- portation Company. • ' IIIE GREAT VOILiuMgR.*.O.E.4111., What His Wife Says -A Medical Man's Opinion -The Jury's Verdict. At the inqueaton Capt. Webb yesterday at Niagara Falls; N. Y., the jury returned a verdict that Webb came to his death while attempting to swim the whirlpool rapids. •The immediate clause they were unable to determine. • ' A correspondent who was tvithilMrs. Webb when she, identified th' e body Says: She is very- intelligent„ aud bears her bereavement bravely. Mrs. Webb , told me that the ferrymen's story that her husband left her 515,000 was false. She is almost entirely destitute. -Her hurib•and- had only 21,500 saved of the 25,000 he made by swimming the Channel. This is invested in London in consols, whidh yield -her only., 5200year interest -Mr., Kyle. paid her expenses here out of his oWis , pocket. The twain were married in Lon- dou three years ago, • and they have two children -a girl 2 years old and a boy months old. Their relations were of the happiest nature, and'when last she saw her husband -he talked brightly a his prospects. She did not try to dissuade him from swimming the rapids, beeatise she thought he knew his capabilities better than she did. Dr. Palmer, of Lockport, who assisted in the post MOTteflt examination, sa&B : " the reeult of our examination I am led to the conclusion, and in this I am seconded by my colleagues, that death was caused, not by asphyxia or droviming-Or-hThiis7 local -injury by the body coming in esonta,ct with any hard substance, but by the shock from the reactionary force of the water -in the whirlpool rapids, opreing-in-c-ontact with the submerged body with such force as to instantly destroy the respiratory .power, aud in fkict all vital action, by, direct pressure and force of contact -a shock of suffioient intensity to paralyze' the nerve centres, partially deeSicate the muscular tiesuei3, and fOrestall any probable sequel • of death by drowning. The cauee•of death in passing through these rapids being thus constant, and in no way aceidental, as might be drowning ,dr an injury received :frb-n-i-Sooks, forces the conclusion that no living body can, or ever will, pass through • the rapids alive ; a fact established of no little importance, and an ominous warning gall fittutcpa,dventureis." • BADMAN TIC OLD AGE. Love StorV that is 41" Brightness and ' Nesvitot:a .1foy., - A P.hiladelplaia (Pa.)- telegram says': A veritable :romance vskte concluded -in the orthodox ,faShion in this citY•to-daY she. . the steam ship Btitisla., Crown swung up to, the Ai:Geri:eau Line dock an old: apeman who •had been walking the deck since sunrise leaned over the, taffrail, ejaculated, , un-. grainaticallye " That's hina I "hand _sheen, peared inthe cabin... Ai -hie -same motrieht a still more elderly man on the dock shrieked " That's my:Benedietal " gambolled up the •gangplank, followed by a, -.body guard ' of. -friends, and rashed after the retreating tvo-. man into the cabin. Twenty-eight • years ago a i•cone'a,s ead as. this was joysnia. was enacted by-thesame pair on the Cunard dock at Liverpool,' when Thomas .Barbour.• • bade farew.ell to Benedicta Price and . set out to An•d his fortune amid his kin beyond the sea. Kin at home had made the union of this couple ami impoesibility• for the time beings -and although thelr ages were •then respectively forty.tsvo and thirty -Ave year •they Concluded to await the. removal by • time of the family ebstructions to the course of true. love. Time took nearly a third ,of • a century •for the task, meantime upsetting most of:the institutions of the year 1855 'except the ohean. mail. Its expeditions hardly kept pace, however, With the epistolary. ardor of the lovers until alsout a month ago, when the strain on thepostal service .ceased with a letter from MIES Benedicta announcing that at last she was free to redeem the pledge she had kept so well. The result was the union and demOnstra. tied: oh: the'British 'Crosina. :As the' con- • cluding e,pifiod e.,. the happy, old' couple Peek it carriege and ,were 7driven to Pratildbrcli• 'Whete they were married in the evening. 'Berboutdovsns!EL cooper ahoP • •and.•hae.sev- , . 'eral thousand dollats investedia real ea-, A BRAVE L'..1111... How a ChildCircumvented . a Ferocious • A reliable correspondent inHants county' gives the particulars of an ant of heroism on the part of a little girl which deserves hon- orable thention, if not more. •Mr. Robin - 800, of TJppe,r, Newport, hastwo adopted waifs, a boy of 6 years of age ancha girl of ,13. The first is a bright little English lad of 6 years.; one of Miss Bert's importa- -Hans, The girl,hamecl •Greeriough, is a •native of this country, and one of which the donntry ouglit-to feel preside One day last dweek-the. claiidrenewen tc out in-aefieldapick- • ing berries, when they, were attacked by a 'ferocious Jersey . bull.- The eelected the little boy as ' his -victim.. He was tossed around and very severely injured. ' The little 'fellow mardiged .to get on • 'a fence, which gave him some respite fropa the fury of the beast; lint still hisposition, ,was net one Of • security. The little girl, steeping the'sithatiori, and with ,itri intelli- genoe and bravery which cannot be tee highly commended, gathered somehand- fuls of gravel, which she, threw' in the eyes of the bull, and so blindedhina that he was. unable to continue hi -attack, and the , boy's life vsas saved.--:phitifax iC7ironic/e. and Dressed in Seven Bliumes. • A Cleveland, 0., telegram says: Charles Smith,: of' Chicago, and John H. Mitchell, of Boston, two champion butchers, are advertised to kill and diem two large bullocks here today for 51,000 a, side and the championship of: the TJnited Statesh ves...1PalnilleotleahdePiCiaTe_Ssentst _Rocky_ River this afternoon to witness the match. Mitchell failed to ehow up, having out off two of his fingers, and his money was forfeited. Sinith, the Chicago champion, killed and dressed a bullock weighing.1,300 pounds in seven minntes and four sedonds. It was pronounced one of the best pieces of work on record. • Forgery of Dominion Notes. An Ottawa telegram says: A runior is current Were that the Finance Department igeinvestigating an extensive forgery of Do- minion notes of large denomination., Two detectives, on from Chicago and another from Toronto, have been in the city seVeral days, but they aro._silent about the matter: It is said that Chicago_ and, Montreal sharpers executed the work inMontreal, where the plates were made, and that an • Ottawa woman bad sonaething to do with the case. It was at a' recent Englieh wedding that the bride's cake Weighed 100 pounds. It was •bailt up in -three tiers, each of medallions, With basket of flowers and pillars in between. The Whole was sure monnted with a vase to hold the bride's bouquet. At the base. of this irnmenee cake, was a media§ of cupids, shells, darts and and other devices in confectionery. THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE. Shakes which Have Deitroyed Many Thou- sands of People, . 1101V CLUES AID TOIVAS WEDE, OVERWHELMED. . • The great disaster at facia's, rehalls forci- bly other caeualtiee of this kind which in times past have devastated portions of the earth. Ischia itself and, indeed, all south- ern Italy, has peen particularly'unfortunate ia this reepect. Only two years ago, on March 5th, 1881; au earthquake occurred here and 107 people lost their lives." ..The southern part Of Italy has been from Prue --ina,nampaorial famous tor earthquake,ehocke. Not alcentury bas • passed but what sorneh notable disks:seethes occurred in some portion of southern ItalY. From 1773 to 1776 thie. ,regione wee , coestantly disturbed. . No fewer than -917 eli-ookii--odenfirieds-lhates in the year 1773,' of which 501 yvero of the first degree offorce. Calabria, in sduthern. Ita.ly, extends f rom•the Province of Potenza to the Strait.of Messina. 'ItiOctober, 1783, the. warning of the coining disaster w.as: heard in 'about the middle Of Calabria. 'Immediately men and, women 'rushed to their houses to ee,611 for valuables andsto hurry the escape ortheir children...Soon the ground opened and houses aud men were SwalloWed up'. Over 40,000 Calabrians lost their lives. The ehock paseed under and reached the "oppoeite • coast of Sicily. Almost .a.t the moment that the Calabria:Ise periehed Messina fish the effects of the shock and the' city disappearedlike a flash, 60,000 of its inhabitants being buried in the . rains, snaking •a total of 100,- 000 lives lost by ..• this " . earthquake. The earliestrecorcledearthqualres in central Italy happened in AD. 63,' wheu 'Herein laneuna.was partially deetroyed. Sixteen-. years later , ' occurred the. memorable 'd•e,struction of these two' cities. For eight . days the lava poured in burning streams :dawn she' sides of Mount Vesuvius, burning .the two Cities and burying them under the liquid fire. Another inemorable earthquake was the One that on November let, 1755, shook the city of Lisbon, in 'Portugal. The asual tow rumbling ,eoise was heard throughout the city, and men and women Sled in terror from the unseen danger. 'Every house•in the quaint old city trembled and thousands fen, while in the 'Alpe the Sia libekI-ViSedreltdarire. w as; '.o u t h esco ast:Of Sweden. The • . _warm waters gushing . from the S springs of Tepli•tz cetaked to. flow, but after a while • burstaeforth with redoubled itimetuosity, deluging the .country :around with ochrestained water. Immediately after the shock the searolled back from Lisbon' and left -the harbor, bar dry, but Only fora second, and.then itairn- mensebillow over 50 feethightolled in .titon huts and • palaces,buryingthern all beneath the,watere. In six minutes 69,000 persons perished, either swallos,vedhp us the ground or.carriedeteadeathe-by the great eeaWave. Still another -and another billow rolled in inapt] the lower portion of the: city, . until: the . castleand palaces were hinder 600 feet of water. Humboldt Basis.: that the portiOn'Of earth shaken by thie eitith'citake: • equalled fourtimes the extent �f 'Europe: .0thet 'Scientists hold that the shock was•not• of sueli immense proportions, but that ter- ritory equal in extent to six times 'that of France was shaken when the earthquake occurred. ' The Waves'of shock penetrated as far as Scotland, passing -under irreud „causing tempo,rary changes. in the waters of I,Ocih. Lomond, which -suddenly rose more, than two feet,•andthen fell below' their usual level. Simultaneous with the • ,hock came the eruption Of the volcano Of Kotluggeain, Iceland. - The velooity of the • wave 'of the shock ivarhabout 2,006 feet per •second. As -early- as 4586 Lima hand Calloa, • in • ,'Peru, were destroyed by earthquakes. -.--Thea--tvap—eities--vsere„. almost . completely demolished, '. and Spaniards and Indians were . busied in the ruine. Twelve thousand 'peoplewere buried in '1812 at Caraeas. On March 22ad, 1859, Quito, in Ecuador, felt theshack of an earthquake,. and 40,000 People were killed - and di:enema ds•of -hotteep •ruiu ed. Pere was • visited in' 1868, and the, town of -Arequipa. was. wiped out of esistence: ,• Ibarra,aud, 'Olavalla Weis also deetroye inthieyear. Tidal • waves followed the • earthquake. shockeeand it ie eetinuttedthat bath's year. 30,000 'people lost • thoir,liyea. On January 22ndp1835, the eruption of Mount Cake - quina Occurred. This earthquake attracted particular attention, aitiong scientiats, as it was said that this' ocdurrence was exactly ainailar to the earthquake which occurred at the crucifixion of Christ: a The, waters rolled fat uponthe land; the cities around werehlard the time enveloped in darknees. The Wont awful scerieis tbokplace atthe time. • Fleeing men were robbed aud murdered,: and wemen dragged' todeath in the dark.:• riess. Neither, police DOi' Priest were able; to stop the scenes. of 'cnitrage ahd rapine that' followed the disappearance of the Him' and the • eruption of the mohritain. The .asaciiept city of ' Antioch hae been another' ' unfortunate ciity. In A. D11& the•Emperor -Trojan-visitecith e.sei ty, --an dein-the height:, of the festivities. the Shock was felt in the baequei halls. - Emperor;and. 1:11e. court took flight in carriages, but theroyel personage was. injured. • The; city.' Was almosteWholly ,destroyed. In 458 the' eity svae again, visited and ,the, houses and palaces wrecked. Tho. most disastrous shook occurred in 06. • Gibbon, the his- torian, • says . .at , Oda ,time 25„000 -persangea lost their lives. 'The city. was wholly .destroyed. While•the. people were fleeing by. thonsands the earth would • open .2 before them and swallow up many :thousands. The earth opened tot Only once' but many times, and thousands were heaped isp.in theArenchee. The ground was as Warm as the flocir of a furnace Mad the air was scorching hot, striking down tho,uettnds at a time. From eery opening immense 'sheets of flame burst forth, burning t� death all Who 'chanced to be near: The palaces were a heap of ruins. Not ten dwellings were left untouobdSixtyyearslater the city Wes. again populous; and ithroll-e-r-d-satilihnike 'occurred 'in:Which 30,000 people lost their' lives. Thelast event0! .this kind is re- membered' by all:. In Aprile1872,' the city was vvreokedagain and, thousandof lives were lost. The ancient palaces have now almoot entirely disappeared, and at present the dwellings are' ,principallyof poor structure. •' • It has been deeded to despatch the treof,i; Ship Himalaya . from Loudon,. with draflo for the East India squadron,. including, the Men-of-war Dragonand , Dryad, which are statiohed off Tamatave. ' The Himalaya swill go direct to Zanzibari and • on her , ar- rival, will be placed. teintorarilY at- tbe die. Posal Of the British Adiniral on that station.: In the Commionst the Secretary to theAde miralty declined to speak concerning the movements, size -and mumber of men-of:war ordered to 'the „Maurititui• or Madagascar. The answer was received with cheers. The Standard's correspondent at Berlin asserts that the Englieli and:Frenoh Cabinets have arriVecI fits-alallifileablelrfitterstiardi Weans -• corning the •ramatavetrouble. The cor- vette Frolic kit.Chatliathhae been ordered,. 'to the lYlaurithie: • • rLIJord Dufferbe and 'Lady Helen, Black- wood 'were recently received by Her Majesty at Wfudifor,Castlet: • ' Figusaigit NG Figura. Seasonable Hints fot Economic Rouses wile. The houeewife ie-alwaYa proud of a good supply of \preserves, jellies and canned fruit. In winter time these are very acceptable. Some !general directions are here given for these operations. In pre- serving, the fruit should be ripe. It iihould be boiled in a weak Syrup until it is cooked and then taken out and put in jars While the ifYitiP IS &Oiled -awe until it jellies. It CS then poured over the fruit until the jar is quite full, all air bubbles are brought to the top by means or a skewer, and the jar is . closed and sealed at once. In filling glass hire with the hot fruit, they should be first put into cold water in a pan and the water gradually brought to boiling; the jars should be taken out one by one, dried with a clean towel and filled at once, Jars will not crack if set upon • a folded Wet cloth, -Whielf-Pdarries -off-the-he ate -In ---na akin g jelly, apple skins asid corps boiled down in water will make a very nice stock for mak- ing the syrup for such, fruit as will not jelly web: It is: a' substancecalled pectin° which makes the jelly, and some fruits . have muchand some little of this. The naoet of it is in the -Skins. 'Very• nice preserves of soft fruits, as etraWherties aud raspberries, may be made and the frhit kept whole, by putting them' fresh in the •bottles, covering. tliem With cold syrup and setting them du the sun for a few days. They retain ,their !shape and coler and flavor perfectly. Whatever ie to be canned must id. cooked thoroughly first. It is then put id 'the cans, ancl the .covers soldered' down, Iing a pin1 hole in the middle of the cover. The cans are then put in a boiler and .boiled for 11,:i minutes to drive out all -die alt; they .are then taken out one by one, the cover wiped dry and a drop of Bolder put in the hole instantly. ' well done the contents will keep 5 years or 50. Glass bottles maybe used by filling them quite Lull; pressing down the corls'so that some of the liquidis forced' out; and sealing it up at once with wax. Sweet vegetables, such • as sweet corn or peas, should be.boiled •in the cans, for 3 hours at least, by which the change of the sugar into acid is prevented and then, there -will be no souring. • • ' • A Countess Who !Keeps Eighteen Cats " HanarderstrathPohce Court on Satur- day, July 14th, the: Cauntess de' le, Torre, residing in .Pembroke •square, .Kensington, wassiunnioneh by Mr. J. C. Harding, 'clerk of the Kensington Neetry, for, keeping a indifiber of cats and dogs in her '.cl.wellink roome so ae •to bea nuisance. Thomas Abbott, an inspector of nuisances, said that. • in consequence of the 'abominable stands • arising from the house where the defend- ant, occupied four roenasShe inapected them on the 4th inst., and found .in three of them eighteenhats ; and nine .dogs, which • were .beitig kept in a most Offensive manner. The animals wererunning.about the stairs and roorde, but confined to the house. He -served the Countess with a notice to die-. -continue,e p ng the cats_ and. ogs, ,11t, kei - 1-; shp had paid no attention to it. He went; there again on Friday; and h.:Lind the-iiiiikiT ance etill exiSting, _there being' twelve cats in the.rooms. Heaojtedthe Magis- trate to make aia order to. abate. the nuisance, and alsoto grant a pro- hibitory order. In answer • to .'questions,. the inepeetorsaidahe landlady of the house hadnot raised any :objection, but the neigh- bors leadoomplained. of the stench. -The defendant said she had Six • little kittens, •which ,the: inspector called. cats.. Mary O'Donnell, a servant in the house, said it was not fit, for any person to live •there-. She counted- twelve cate in the house that day: The. defendant, in answer to the char a; said elle was a member of the • oyal,Society for the Prevention of Cruelty. to AnienalS, and she took care of thei. cats which were left by people who went away, to.prevent them being starved. Mr. Shell said she must get rid of the animals. as they were dangerous to 'health. The defendant replied that she, had promised Hardiug and Dr. Ludfield., the Medial Officer'. of Health, not to keep more than her own:fear or,five-Cateand twodogs end when she gave:her. Worcrshealtvays kept it., Mr...Sheil ,explained to her that she. was liable to a 'penalty of 20. ehillinga for each • day she kept 'the animals there. An Order was granted and the Countess nauleted 4 shillings costs. -London Standard. Prices for Cattle. • London Truth, : Extraordinary prices were realized last week at the sale of a •draft of the,Short-horneof Itir. Efelforci, of Cerne Abbas., whose herd 'was established 10 years ago In Leicestershire, ' The • average for 32 covve was -170 gustseas, and 5 • balls 322• guineas. ' • Duchese 'of' Leinster,' a • • splendid and beautifully shaped animal, brought 1,150 guineas, which was given by Lord FitzharclingeS after a sharp competi- tion with Sir Csirtis. Lanspecn:h The daughter of this cow_ was sold to Lord Bective for 1,505 guineas. The bull Dilke erkeley'-C a etle-at 900 guineas. . Several -lots 'were -, bought-Ifor breeders ill. 'the United States and Canada. Among rar. Ifelford's herd are 2 cows which were bought at the Bowness sales in 1877. for 8;400 guineas. A .NeW Mode Or ilurial. • • At the recent generalassembly of cement 'manufacturers at Berlin, Dr. Frutding de- • scribed a ne'w application of dement, He explained.that ib. would be baps( to-trahe- form corpses into !stone mummies by the use of Portlica d COD:LODI, that substance whet hardened notdu any way indicating the organic ohangee going on within it. He furtherillustrated the Subject .by describ- ing various' industrial uses, of lime as a preventive of 'decoMposition. The cement in hardening takes', an accurate cast of the features which it haeloses, thus allowing, of • their exact reproduction after the lapse of •centuriev. •' It is suggested -to use coffins of rectangular shape, 1 it being farther: cola- sidered by Dr. Frialiling.that 'underground sepulture is needless,' as the coffins .B061.1 become practicallymasses bf stone,and. can therefore be btrilt into pyramicle: The London DailyNews announces in obedience to a rats:elution' of the Cabinet Council' ,Of 'yesterday, that Sir Charles Rivera Wilsoirwillinarnediately go to Paris to interview Al. Delessepe with reference to canal matt'ers. ! It is rumored that an. amended proposal in regard' to the catihar Will 'be submitted to the, Commons, omitting the. provision pledging England to 'find Money for the esinstrucs, tion of the work. ,A. number of French • financial houses have effored M. De 'Les- sens all the money required to construct, the new canal or 16 widen -the preeent oho. After a meetaig of the Managing Cernitit- • tee of the Suez Canal • Conipany • M. De. Lessens telegraphed to the chief .engineer of the canal in Egyist as follows " Coale to Paris immediately and brieg ,plans for second canal. Funds are 'asaured either -bydexecution-of British agreement or other- wise." . • Hattie Hutchinson, a girl of 10 years, is operator ofs, Texas telegtaph office, while a girf of 14 has charge of seven switches on the Chicago, Milwaukee it St. Paul Rail-, way. Tun a,atolp OP wznag., The Body of the • Reichiess Swimmer Found-An.Inquesr. As briefly stated in Saturday's Tares, :the body of Captain Webb was found floating in :the Niagara river, a short distance below Lewiston, N. Y., on Saturday after- noon by Mr. Turner, of YoungstoWn, N. Y. It was towed to Lewiston. An inquest was held on the body in the afternoou, and a verdict of found drowned was rendered. During 'the , examination of the body a ragged out was discovered oa the top of the head, about three inches in length, opened Suflicieatly to, expose the skull. It had the appearance Of being cut by a rock or:othere hard,rough substande, and Was supposed by thous present to have been done at the en- trance to the whirlpool, where the rocks in places project above the eprface of -the water, and where the currentie the wildest. This wound was considered sufficient -to--hapeciapied• death,. and jtie'-a• thought he sank immediately after receiv- ing the blow. The body Was: placed in a coffin and:removed in a hearse to . Stispen- Oen 'Bridge, N. Ye -where it will be pre- pared for shipment to Boston, Mass., where ,dirs. Webb is reeidipg at preeent. ' de Another report says: The question will long be disussed and forever remain ' urisettled as to just when and how. Webb • died. Did the waves orpela the breath from the body? Was he drovvhed, or W4F3 • he killed by striking a rock? Was he Icon-. SOI01.18 or was he dead when he entered the whirlpool? These are questions of little monsent new that the captain dead. 'Dr. -Clark, when asked 'ix regard to . the Wound in the bead, said ho thought it. was made before life was extinct,. and while would probably hause unconsciousness he did not think it, was sufficient • to cause death. He 'did not tbink •the B/11.111 WaS. 'broken. • None of the joints wire dislocated . Or a bode broken, as far los he could ascertain. • 'Some who were standing on the bank when Webb' passed thrbugh the rapids claim that he was alive anol swim - ...ming, diving through' the breakers and perfectly eonscioue of his actions, while others contend that he , was carried. along . by the fore° ofthe water. It is said by some that almoat the last act he was. seen to perform was that of putting bis 'hands to his head, previous to which he may have struck a rock, whichhaused the cut. • We .haved,it....frona-sagoocle-authoraty--that captairt himself 'said -the ortly-part he had . any fears of whatever was the Slitting rooka • steer the entrance ofthe whirlpool, and it is - probablyhere that he 'received, what, if not his death -blow, was a blow' which made him unconscious and resulted in his drown - • • .[TIIE CHANCE WEBBEAD. • "-The man whO built theAlaid of the Mist •, • says of, the Niagara.Whirlpeol.:"It seems • -to-me-a-big-lible-in-the-hottona-Cf-the-riyer, running off • into, subterranean, channels... The volume p2 water in the river:fills-it up - for anainuteer,, two, aud ea- the' seater ruShes into t•liehasin it makes these high ' waves. The hole in • thebottom lets the Water out, imd iGlpegins to Circle round and round, till it comes to. the pit, just as the 'water runs mat of a Waehhasin. . We built st log raft some twenty. feet, square, 'and shoved it :out into the pool. When the water caaght, it began to circle .round, kind . then it tipped up as it have a dive, juSt• as Webb raised•his :hand ; and 'that was the •, last We ever saw • of the logs... •Why, that .same winter the Niagara River was frozen over below thePalls, and the ice waspiled up some sixty or seventy feet high. I eaw • great bergs•as big as a whole house go into. the pool that spring when the river broke up, and it swalloWed them, up as easily as it did our raft. What chance do you think. . Captain Webb Would have " there ? He . • . , would be like a •fly.",• • • WEBB'YULFILLING DIVINE PURPOSES. . Rev. Mr. Ja,ffery, the new pastor of the Queen Street Methodist Church; Toronto, • late of Port Hope,- spoke last night of the divinity of occupation. Ile recognized Capt. Webb as he didsvery Christian man. If ,Hanlais lived and rowed as anyChristian • ..oarsman should th.ere•.was. a great heaven :far him. Subis men as .,Wehb, Haalan Trickett had'done More to bring nations 'together than any „legislation duriug the 'past hursdred jeers. If -be had said as " ,much . against Webb • as • the • press bbS done during -"the . past' .week , :he (the preacher) would have been ---eon- • demned on all sides. • He 'felt proud that Webb was an. Englishman. •, Whethet. he had done right or wrong ' Was' _ • not for them to say. • The great •question was, Was he appointed by God to do what he had had done ? What was the 'use_ of.' men, lilanaing him for doing' What he had dote"? I s , 'Had the press tried to stop him w nattey • persons had 'written him:asking hina Janata gm? Hew many ministers had prayed.fer him? • He did not. • He would alwayki he: , sorryllaitt they hadlet him go'•aed did not pray for his.succees when he did 'go. ' He believed that 'Webb bad heen called by'God to pOrforisathe-feats-he had accomplished,. andfff he had been .called by, God to !swim. then heWasOnly workiOg out the.purpoSea, ,of God. - - . •,A. .11ARJE FACE D SWIISDLIS. flows, ft Vanliee Shark • ,Shialied 150 • ' italinieslo Toronto'. mud Reaped the • , Profits... Ou. the regular trip .frona'Niagara. yes. terday the, • Chicera brought over nearly 150 Italian labOre.rs, who' when landed • lounged around the docks in . group's with' apparently no, • particular, Object in 'view. Soon, however, it became apparent •that something was wrang, as the men,, who said they were to be sent off PS work on the , Canada, Pacific, -received word that they were not wanted. On investigation it was ascertained. that "Yankee sharper" gathered the men •together at the "Falls, charging them 56 apiece, payable in „ • advance,. for getting them a ,'job whieh. • he represented was waiting for them on • the Canada • Pacifie EttilWay.. He kindly paid each man's fare down to Lewis- ton, which amounted to 55 .cente i head, after -which he forged: an order on the " captain of the Chicorasfor their passage on that steamer to Toronto, tbe order purport- ing to be signed by 4r..)3arlow Cumberland, steamship agent, onthese street. On • shipping off his human cargo the ", sharper" , then made off for parts unknown, having bitten each Italian to tho affluent of•55.45, or clearing yeatly e800 by the transaction. Meanwhile the captain of the Chicora duly presented the order at Mr. Cumberland'S office, where he Was surprised to learn that -Mta-Cumbetlancl-knew-nothing about it. •It: sWassedon found Out to be bogus.. The Italians are now here:his:oast all without • funds, all out of work, an'd no place to turfs to, They slept last night on the platform of Dime Stational -Glebe.' Only feat feet of Water in the city reser- voir at , and th puinpiug capacity of the works ie not equal to the demandS. Street sprinkling, sidewalk washing and tho , nse of handhose are prohibited by Mayor's ptoclansation. The French press &insider that the with- drawal of the English Government from the agreement with M: De LeSsepe is faior. Ible ter the Suez Canal Conapany.