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· " 'I'he SinkiDg of the 'Alabama.' " . FRIDAY, AFIUL 16, 1886. Ftom the ao3cn'.lt, in the Oent11,ry, by John Mckintoeh Kell, the second officer In oommand of the .tl!abama, WI! taku the fol· lowinl( : "When the firing ceased, Capta!z, Semmes ordered me to · dispatch a.n offioe1 to the Kearsargt to si>y that ~ u: ahip wai. tinhing, anc\ to a6k that they send boats to eave oul' wounded, a1 our bo1ta were dla abled. The dingey, our ~ma.llfst b Ja.li, es 'aped damage, I diopatclied Mast~·r'e m!\te :b ".1llman with the requeet. No boats np· pearlng1 I had one 01 our qua.rter boats lowered, which wao slightly i.~jured, und I ordered the wounded placed in her. Dr. Ga.It, the t 1frgeon who was In charge of the m11.ga.zlne and sl'lell-room divl3ion, oa.me on deck 11.t thio m0mentand waa at once 1ut in chuge of the boat, with order" to take the wounded to the Kearsarge. They shoved o.ffjustin time to ea.ve the fOJrfellowa from going down ln the ahlp. "1 now gave tho order for ev,ry ma.n to jump overbl ard with a spar and eave himself from the alnking ship. To enforce the order, I walked forwurd and urged the men ovuboa.rd. As soon as tho decks were cleared, eava of the bodies of the dead, ! rEturned to the atern·port, where ltJod Ca.pt1.1ln Semmes with one or two of the men o.nd hie faith.ful atew&rd, who, poor fellow ! we.s doomed to a wiAtery grave, as he could not swim, The Alabama 8 stern-port WM now almost to the wa.tel"a edge. Partly ttndreesing, we plunged into the Bea., and made a.n offing from the sinking ship, Cap· ta.In S<imrr.ei with a. life preoarver and I una gr·atiog, "The .Alabilma aetUed stern fo1e:nost, launching her bow·e high in the a.Ir. Graceful !lVen in hor death-struggle, oho la a moment dieappe:i.red from the fac· of the waters. '!'he se:J. no~ presented a ma.es of living heads, striving for their live.!1. Ma.ny poor fellowl!I ~ank for the want of timely aid. Ne:H me I eaw a float of empty Rhell· boxes, and 011.lled to one of the men, a good swimmer, to examicelt; he did so and replied, 'It Is the doctDr, sir, t' e:i.d.' Poor Llewellyn! he re1lshed almost ln sight of his home, The young Midshipman Jlrhffih Rwam to me and offered his life preserver. My grating was not prov:ng a very bueye.nt f1o!llt, and tho white caps breakin~ over my head were distressingly nnoomforta.ble, to say the lsast, l\foffit sa.id : ·Mr. Koll, take my life· preserver, sir; you iu·e almost ex· haueted.' The galle.nt boy did not consider his own condition, but his pallid face told me that his heroism was superior to hie bod!1y suffering, 11.nd I refu~ed it, After twenty minutes or mor e I heard near mo some one ca.11 out, ·Thero is G ur first lleutem1.nt,' and the next moment I was pulled into a bo&t, in which was Oaptain Semmee, stretched <Jut In the etern·oheets. au 'Pallid llB <;leath. He had 1·eceived during the &ctlon a Blight contusion on the hand, and the strnggle in the water had almost exhausted him. There were also scvul\l of our orcw in tho boat, and in a few moments wo were alongside a little steam yncht, which had came 11.mongtur floating men, aud by throw· Ing tb6m ropes saved many lives, Upon reaching her deck, I aspntalned fer the firGt time tba.t she was the yacht D eerhound, owned by Mr. John L<J.no&eter, of England. In looking round I saw two l!'rench pilotboats enE,aged in sll.vlog our crew, and fina.lly two boa.ts from the Kw.rsai·ge." D.ISASTR.OIJS FIRES. BllITISH FIRES OF A DESTRt'CTlVE CJU.R· AC'l'ER AT THE AN'.rll'ODE S. THE LIME-KILN OLUB · When tha meeting t:ad been oprned in due form Brother G ..rdner Hid: "It ha.a bia suggEet, d by sebe~i.l memb~ra da.t die club orter hev a. watchword, We started out wid c:ne1 but It eome how got Jost in de bushes an' nodody eber went back to l<iok fur it. While I bas no partick· I.er objeokebun to a watoh\ford, my e~peri ence wid 'em hss ta.ught me da.t dey ha.a g0t t() be put up in a. good deal of rnga.r to be of any 'co:int, 'Liberty or D _,o.th' e.m a good watchword; if picked a.t the right sea.son of de ye!l.r, but it won't prennt butee from wearwg out nor chillin' from rr~in' fur bruA. "I once knowtd a. m&n who took de wi>tohword of ·Da.r Am Room at de 1'op.' H e kept it in 'his pocket all day and put it under hie pill1u at night In two y'an he was In de poo' house, Ih found room on de top floo·. "l knowed 1.i.noder man who 'dopted de wntchword of: ·Neher Daspllir.' It hit him exactly. Whrn his wife wau b'arrut, hie chlll'en hun.v y 1>n' his rent two monthe behind he p1t o.n a smilin' face 1\n' t.honght of his watuhw<Jrd. He sa.t <Jn de fenc 9 In de 2ummcir1 r.n' ~ot by de ea.loon stove in de winter, an' de la.a' I heard of him he we.sin jaU fur six months fur pickln' up property befoogln' to anoder man "It e.tn't in de motto s ~ muoh as in de m11on. You kin shou'li: ·Upw11ord an' On· wad !' ll'n' still go down h\ll a.11 de time, Whih I has no intrnshun of bein' perscn al I would rng~est de follerin' peroonal watchwords: ··Samuel Shin' ·I.at Policy Alone.' "Whaleb<Jne Howker: ·Sell Off Scme o' Yer Dogs.' "l'Jokl"'E Smith: 'Laziness am de doah to de State .Plie on .' "1'ru11tee Pullback: 'Da man who libs off his nayhu ~a shouldn't growl ober de fare.' '·Rotunda. Js.okson: 'De ·man who hns too much gab am WUijS off than a.dumb giau.' "De sunjlck a.m one which '11' ill keep,im' any of you who am doepiy interested kin bring it up at de next meetiu'." Tb.e Seckete.ry of "'.l'he High Old Boya " brano.h club, at Lo11ieville1 reportt>d tha.~ hill orga.nizi1ion wi..s in a bad way. The Preei· dent had skipred the city, the j'loIJitor was iu j 2il for Ia:s3 preter,ses, and th.i '.l'teasurer tad started for New O ritian~, takh:g the club money with him. The m ' mber~ h::d bteome divlc:ed on th e question: "Is a paper collar goed tnough for a. colore<l man ?" and at the last meeting thirtern p<a· pie were crippled for lifo, Under these cirou1mtancee ile htlieved It hiu duty t? surrender the cl1arter. " De Sackretary wlll write him to mail m de charter a~ onee," observeci t he Preoident· "au notia will be sent out dat de Louisville bnnch am no mo'. I ne her 'speo~ed much from d&t brnr ch, Fae ·a am, de cull'd populashuu of dat city am a curas lot au' uoc to be depended (Jn, Day nebber did etan' up a.gin advardlty worf a cent, an' if dar am anymeetin' on hand everybody wa.nta to be boss." llOR THE ll!lJS:i;JUM, The Keeper of the Sacred R9llca reported the receipt of the following valullble a.ddlti one to the mu~cum : Frcm Boston- A kerosene can carried by one of the American army ae Wlliohlngton crossed the Dela.we.re. Aleo, a ta.ble-log supposed to be 3, 000 years old, and t o have once belonged to an Egyptian King, Frllm Memphie- A butcber-kndoa with the name of "Plato" engraved on the b1mdle. HE DJES, An Archaioloeical Find in Egypt, Gen. Grenfell has had the good fortune to disoover an ancient Egyptian necropolis In the Libyan desert, opposite ABl!ouan, on the left bank of the Nile. Among the tombs e.lready opened a.re severe.I which da.te from the twelfth dynasty (circa ll. c. 3,000) , e.nd are constructed In the ety le of the great Lyoopollta.n eepulcbree In the mountain above Slout. They consist of two or more halls, or oba.nbere, oonneoted by corridors, the roof befog aupport -.d by columru1, and the walh decorated with colored bas re!lefa in brilliant preservation. Several of t hese tombs appear to belong to members of a nolile family, the heads ot which were prob ably Ge>vernore of the province. The la.rgeat ls " truly' magnificant sepulchre, me&Suring 140 feet in depth by forty feet in breadth, and conte.!n!ng thirty columns- some Equare, some round. It pur· porta to be the t9mb of a certain prince of upper and lower Egypt, who lived in the reign of one Neferke.rr., and who Is repre· sentad in one of the wall paintings as a lame man leaning on a crutch. A fine ~brine e.nd an 11.ltar oocupy their original position In the lnnerqioat chamber, and are in perfect condition, The soulptures are very curious, and the aspect of the whole t cm 'J Is reported ae ex · tremely &rohalc, From the second to the end of the eleventh dyna.sty ther e were, however, many kings named Naferkara; and until the inscriptions a.re fully deciphered it is iID'possible to say under which ruler this lame funo~!ona.ry flouriale-l, The tomb h attdbated by those en the spot to the third dynasty; but it seems for many ree.eons more likely to date from the time of the.t Neferkar· who succeeded Merenra cf the sixth dynHty. The founder <Jf this line, Atl, w.ia a native of the Ma.nd of Ele~ ph11.ntine1 opposite Assouan, and the pface first rose to importance under hlu sucoeasors. It was during the reign of Mercnra the.t Uqe., a fa.moue General and Pl'lme Minister, q ua.rrled the granite of Aseou&n for the sepulchre and aa.roophagus of his sovereign, and bullt a fleet of thirteen vessels at Elephantine for the tr&nsport of the same, Pending further details, we should there· fore be lnolined t;o a.scribe the large tomb to a gentleman of that period, eapeolally if the neighboring twelfth dynaaty tombs are those of hls descendants, In one of the1e latter there were found a seriea of Osirlde 1tatues, representkg the diseaeed In mum· mled form. done In b~ked clay er . terra cotta, and placed In recesses along the corridor. This, e.t all events, la an entire novelty in temb deooratlou. The cemet ery will probably prove to be of great extent, 11.ll there Is evidence cf its having been in uae down to a late period, The large tomb, usurped by 111.ter comers, we.1 found piled to the ceiling with mummies, mummy cases, e.nd funerary furniture of R omm tlme!, including upward cf s":x:~y memorial stel::e. Gen, Grenfell I.a actively purlluing his work of discovery by the help of our English Eoldiers. -vho continue to open and clear out tomb after tomb, The London Times auggesh thab a wellserved fire ping, with a hose abtached, le the besb wear,on with which bo conftonb a riotous mob. Slates which have r 1ofed Garrlck Castle for 300 years are found to be perfectly sound. Yet the Irfoh quarries whence they were ba.ken are all but ldle. E~.>rts are etill being made to discover the golden ca.ndleatiok of Solomon's Tem· ple wltlcb Titua c11orrled bo R ome In brlumpll, and which ls aupposed to be ln the bed of the Tiber. Oanvasback ducko have been hard to secure on Ohesap ~ake B ay this winter owing to the legal prohiblUon agairut big, long gun1t1 and have been steady at $4 a pair in market. ......... The Secretary 11.nnounood a communication from Chicago asking If the President of the Limo-Kiln Club believed In h11.nglng for murder, and IlrothH Gardner replied : " Da.t an' de B1ptiet religion am two of de thiDgs I believe in wld a.ll my heart. I go furder. I believe dat ebery convicted burglar 11hould be treated a.a a con'Vioted murderer, an' also, be made to pull hemp, De man who commits crime wld his eyes wide open merita de full punishment of le.w, an' it am no mo dan a Just law which demands an eye fur an eye an' a tooth fut a tooth. When lt comes to gittin rid of red· handed murderers an' murderous burglars,. nuffin' am so oalkerlated to give d.e public se.tlsfllcksbun as de ki:wwledge dnt de h11.ngme.n knowo hlo blznees an' bas a. n<Joae waitln'." :To TIIE DITTER END, A poi hl ca.rd h orn a lll.wyer at Montgomery, Ala, gave irntice that hP had been retained by the H on, Free Soil Chlvington to b~gin a. suit aga.inst the Lime-Kiln Club, faying his de.magee &t $50,000, M r Chlvingt on applied fer membership a felv weeks ago, and was r· jected on the ground that he titill curled a lot of bird· shot fired Into him --ilve yean atz.o by the owner of a wahrmelon pa.tch near Opelika The ple.intifl declares the statement to be fa.lee, and will sue for he a.mount n11m0d, T he Secretary was Instructed to reply to the d foct that the snit would be contested to the. bitter end. MORE IMP ~STOBS, 1'he Secretary a.nnounoed that three different impostors were travel;ng through the conntry at the present time persona.ting m~mbera of tho Lime·Kiln C'.ub and duping ma.ny innocent people. The worst of the 1rlo l8 a. chap who olalma to be the Rev, Penateck, who 11 opera.thig In Missouri and K1msas, H e la bow legged, blind of one eye and talks through his noae, and baa been selllng memberehips In the club for $1. . 0 11 motion of Waydown Babee, the President wr.a authorized to offer a reward ef $25 or the dead body of an} of the three, WHY NOT, Judge Chewso a.rose to Hk for Information, He had heard dozens of people bi q nlra why the club did not celebra.te Waablngi;on'a birthday, and he would now a!k the rcaaon. "Mo' dan two y'ara ago. sah," replied the President with condderable· austerity, "dis club roaolved t o celebrate but once a y'ar, an' It was furder decided to combine Thankaglvin', Chris mas an' New Y'ar'a into one gin.e ra! holiday an' ce.llJt 'rhankechriayear's. lf members would post up on puraeeain'" it migbtsavG ' em mo' or lesa embnra~ament." "Doan' we celebratel~o'th of Jnty ?".asked the Judge. "Not a.a a. body. If a.nybody wnnts to drink lemonade, eat ookernnts an' foller a brasa band aroun' town dar am no obj eck~huns, but aioh of us aa prefer to sot down ~antler de plum tree in de bu.ck yard an' feel orry kln ·not be deprived of de privilege by any & cltsbnn of de club. W 0 will now e~clpe homewards." Accurate Information, Wifa-Mrs. Smith Is an awfully elovenly wom:;.a, She leaves sverything t-0 the aer· vante, and her th?lle children jud rmi wild. It's a ehame, Hneb!lnd- How do you k new all thill, my dear? Wife-How do I know It all ? A n I not over there half the time ? There are so many theorlea tonohl:og the sinking of the magnificent steamer Oregon, that another may bo ventured in WARRANTED SUPERIOR TO WHALEBONE. the abseno~ of a b9tter, or at lerut until the divar givas hh testimony as to the na ture d the two holea in her hull, and Everything in the Harness line, including TRUNKS, VALISES, &c.,, th!a tneory may be embodied In a aoien ti away down low in price to suit the times. fie queshlon, "We.s bhe Ot egon eunk by an w :olite or m :ollt:.es ~·· Livy mentions a shower of atones that fell a.b Melunt. Alban, near R '.lm ll. The fall of a. greab stono at E5ospotaml,. on the HelleepJn~, is mentioned by Pmtarch. Pliny, in his · day, not only saw it, but defforibea ib as being as large as a wagon ~nd of a brown oolor. Near the village of Enslshe!m, in Alaace, a stone welghlnz two hundr ed and aix·y p ounds fell from t.ha sky. A terrific shower of stones fell in Normandy in 1803, the largest of which was 2eventeen pounds. Tho great black at one at M ecca, khaed by Pilgrims, and the great sbrnng· Are now showing large purchases of Spring Goods which we believe er atone on the P1ramid of Cholula were will command your favorable consideration. An inspection of the meteoric or ::e ·olittc. In sever11.l Westel'Il States large ::e:ollbes ha.ve fallen, and ln same is respectfully looked for. We will take great pleasure in show- ing our goods.Tcx~s. about two yea.rs a.go, a. tremendous obone foll from the heavena, emoking hot, and burled Itself several feet in the ground. '\'6'e have just received a nice raog·e of Lace Cu i·1ai1a Sections of the largest of these atones v:u-y1ug in price. :f1·01n 60f.'.· to $6 a pail". have be!ln dlsbributed among the mueemns. Now, rerolltes do not fall perpen· A fresh. oi~ening· oC 'J.'able J ... inens n·on1 2:ic. p·~r yd. up; dloularlv, but obliquely. There are nualso Table NattUdns C1·om 7t'ic. to $ 2.i'»O pel" tloz. merous instances tn which bhey have d11.ehed throvgh honse11, killed the inmates and buried themuel vee In the earth. We would like you to see our latest in Colored Cashmeres, These ehoba from the oky are constantly new shades, which are one and a quarter yds. wide, at 25c. per yard; falling. Who knowa bull the Preeldent and some other lost steamers, and the also :figuretl goods at 12! cents. These are rapid selling goods and fated Oregon may not have been snnk: by will soon be cleaned out. one of the awful mes11engera from the sky, breaklvg Into two parts when it reached Our stock of Embroideries is also very complete and will be fonnd . tha latter steamship, and hence the two to be of interest. perforations In her hnll ~ Tho momentum oh large rernllte would be q nlte sufficient to sink the stoutest armored veHel. It THE FLAMES ADV AN CED like a huge wall, cle~ring aU before It, and would be a ehob in her Eide w,hioh 11ho As usual we are showing a la,rge choice in Cloths-English, Scotch. where the vegEJtation was more open the could not rea!st. and Canadian-and furnish clothing to order by the be st. fire mounted bo the higher branob.es and t ailors in town. apread from tree to tree, en veloping everythiDg In its lnild embrace, ;i.nd 4 Pretty Incident. levelling the foreet bo the ground. The The St. John N. B. Globt tell!l the foltown of Oampsrdown was ab one time in lowing 11tory of a. ohlldlsb. offering: "'dhe aeriona d anger but a lai;ge body c,f the wa11 a tl.ny ll tble tot, not more than 1i!x re~ldent11 assembled and rmcceesfully com- years old, wlth a pair of the most wl11bfal b111tted the advancing fire; but aL two blue eyes ever you saw, and a perfect o'clock the wind changed, 1md the fires shower ofgolden he.tr falling down over attacked the town ab the opposite aide. her small eho'Qldera, alm<Jst hiding from At this blme tho smoke 110 obecured the v!ew a very pretty face. Yesterday morneun's raye that artltioial lights had t o be ing she presented herself a b her 1w\iool ln used in the hcuaee, and the poultry were Wmter street buildtng much later than deceived by appee.ranoe11 and went to was her wonb. The teacher, with a otern roost. The experiences of the residents expression of countenance, asked the child of the townahips of Oobden, Elingamlte, if she had any excuse to offJr for her E!Uminyt, Yeo, Baronguook, Irrewlllipe tardiness. The little one advanced !lo the Blruigurra. and Lorne were very similar, beachcr'11 desk, and as she reached "the though ln some casea the houses in tho foot of the throne," ohe timidly withdrew outskirlis became a prey to the flames. from beneath her $pwn a paper parcel, The pretty llbtle seaside of Lome narrow· and began undoing tn. After taking df ly escaped de11brucl ion, and had tho neveri:.l rolls of the pR.per wlbhout reaching change of wind been delayed but a little the conbanbs, she aa.w that the teacher was not a vestige of a habitation would have becoming Impatient. "Please, t eacbt1r," S~ingles, remained. The telegraph signal station and the blue eyes bscame more wlstfal on Oape Otw11oy was 11erlouely bhreir.t ened, and tender than ever, and bhe childish but the llghthome keeper and his assiat- volca began to tremble, "Please, tes.cher ants with great dlffi. l.c ulty beat out the m!lmma ehe bought me a rose-bud for :yo~ fire. Many famllles reaidlng in the forest yesterday, and I put It in a cup, and the have been rendered homele113, and several water dot froze, and I waited for lt to lnatanoeJS of great heroism have been re- me lb and lb wouldn't, and-" She could ported. A case of great hardship occnrr· go no farther. The blne eyEJ11 became ~uf od near Oabden. The father of the faml- faee<l with tears and sobs aasumed the ly waa at work in the township, and the place of the trembling voice. Mechanmother, with a famlly of nine children, tos.lly, the child handed the parcel to the including an infanb ln arme, was at home teacher. She removed the paper, and Bowmanville, August 28, 1885. 35. In the forest when the firEJ came upon the there lay exposed a little child's cnp, all '"' - =========--.-=-=-=""""""-- - --------=-==="'""'="""" house. They fled from the building for beautifully flowered and deoorabed, having their llves, having w.o time to eave any· inside a beautiful white rosebud, surround. thing. Their sufferings for the remaind- ed by frozen w11oter. The stern coant e· er of the day may be faintly lms glned. mmce of the teaaher relaxed at this sight; The 11moke was nuffooating and there was the peace offering had completed its mlsgreab danger of the fire nwooplng dolll'll eion, the cbild was forglven, upon thf,m at any moment. 'I'he mother ~-~----- -M.ANU FAC'l 'URER OF-. - and children had t o walk over the heated Thoueandg on thousands of men in L on· ground and glowing emb ers and their feet a.nd legs were dreadfully b arned don live the year r ound at the r.i.be of ten during their wanderings. E rentually they or t welve penca a day, cqaal bo twenby or KING STREET, BOWMA.NVILL encountered a neighborJng "selector ," twenty-four cents of Canadian money, ln- Hae now on hand a number of \'ehlolea {and is manufacturing a grea.t many more) of the ne'ffU! patterns and beat finish, which I am offering for sale a t the !«>west prices consistemi ,, who, to place them In security, under- cluaive of food with shelter. with due regard to workmanship and qnalit.y. The following ia a list 01. %Al took to fire a patch on some rising ground The Increase ln membership In beathen the principal vehicles manufactured by me where when it wae oleal'ed, they might land;i is bhh·b:y t lmeo greater bhan &b home Double Covered Oarriages ... ................................................. $200 Upward11 1 t&ke refuge ; but at the momen t the wlnd in proportion to the number of ministers Single Phretons .................... ............................................. 100 11 changed and the whole part7 were for a employed, although the test· of discipleOpen Buggy ...... .......... ......... .. ............ .......... . .. ....... , . . ....... 70 blme ship are of the moat trying nature. Top Buggy. .. ... ... ............. .. ... .. .. ... .. ..................... .. ........ ... .. 90 IN IMMINENT PERIL, A young New Engla.ndor recsntly m&rD emocrat Wagon ..................... ....... ..... ............................. .. 65 and bub for the presence of a pool ot 1·I d full-blooded Indian girl H e mav Lumber Wagons.... ..... ..... ... ................................................ 55 water they must htlve perished. The e a · , coaches from Cobien to Port Oambell and wear the trousers ln that family, bu b th_e Light Wagon.............. ....................................................... 40 WI h l h- _, t chances are even that before the year 18 Express Wagon ........... ................. .. ............... ,......... ........... 75 f i-om B lrreguarra ~ uo i::c e sea, o h ·u f h h i Skelet on .. ........... ..... ............. ...... . ............. ........................ 60 pass through the burning fol'est, r.ud they out II e v11 wear moat o t e a r. Sulky.......... ............... ............... ......... .............................. 40 repeatedly c;i.ught fire, and nhe passen· A wild hog fo northern Alabama has gers had to exercise the utmost vilgllanoe become the acknowledged master of a Possessing superiorucilit!ee for manufacturing carriages, I Intend to sell very cheap or 08 all to prevent their clothes from b eing ignit- large trnob of wooded cuuntry, Hunters or approved credit, and by so doing I hope to greatly increase my number ot sales. Would sell the wood parts only, or the gearings or buggies ironed, ed. The danger from falllng trees was give the place a· wide berth. A few day11 also great. In one instance as El gentle- ago tho animal lacerated a. pack of hound11 man was driving along, a burning tree ao badly that they will never be of service fell a.cross the ehafta of the buggy between again. At the Shorteot Notice, Painted and Trimmed if Desired, · tlie horse and the aplashboard and thr. A. J. Holland of Mason Valley, Nev,. At the Factory I also do Planing, Matching, 1'urning ana Sawing with Circle, Band or·scro ddver eecap'ld with a severe cut on hie haa raised th'fee kittens that he obtaiued Saws, and prepare all kinds ot lumber tor oarpenters nd others for building purposes Ornamental and Plain Pickets for fences in every etyle reQuired. made to order. · leg. The great extent of the fires is from the nesb of a wild c&b th~t he. had ahown by the fact thab the G e.r man killed. They have become thoroughly .b arque Mulvlna. while off Cape 0 Jway, domosticahed and, though now bub four ALL! was deluged in asheu, which covered the months old, ~re good ratters. deck to 11i ~epth of a q uarter of an Inch, The ialand of Arran, off the west coHt and the llght was so obscured by_ the of Sootland, ls said to be 110 mlld that smoke and driving ashes that the bmna,· allll3 and camellias thrive tn bhe open cle lamp had to be lighted to enable the ~r, without In jury, In winter, albhoug'h man a t the wheel bo see the compase. the latitude ls t hat of tho n orthern part Slmlbr acoo11nbs are given of other vea- of L!!.bl'ador on the continent. sols which passed the locallty a t the time. ' Purify the Blood, correct all Disord ers of the In ot her parts of the colony, at Gordon, A recent study of the geology of bhe near H a milton, and on the M urray river Sa.gmmay by the Abbe La Flamme of J"IVE R, STOlllACD, .K.IDNEYS AND BOWELS. and in the Goul.burn valley, seriou1.1 con· Quebec convlncel'I him that bhe abysmal They invigorate and restore t o health Debilitated Constitutions, ana fi agmtlon13 took place, but as no denae gorge of the.t river oweB lts depth bo th0 are invaluable in all Clomplalnt s Incidental to Females of all .Agee. For forest t xlsbs in these Iooalit.ies the damage eimple acblon of the water, continued Children and the aged they are priceless. was mostly confined to the destracblon of through such long periods that t he canon crops, graas and fencing, and in a few of the Colorado ts called receab In com. c1ses barns and oubhoueeLI were sacrificed. pa~l1:1on. " ,, . '.!'he frogs on the Sbate RaHro~d Is an infallible remedy for Bad Legs, Bad Breast s, Old Wounds, Sorel! I have nex t to deal with the ravages of and Ulcers. It is famous for Gout and Rheumatism, For disordere of t he the :m tagonietlo element- water. Soon throug!l western Massnohueetts are b eing - Chest it has ilo equal.after the wind changed on the 5th inst., filled with wood, In or~er to prevent accirain c t>mmenced to fall, and lb continued dents like that ~bioh happened lately, For Sore Tln·oats, .Broncl1itis, Coug hs, Col!ds, In mt\ny plaoss with fncreaelng force for where, by catchmg hill foot in a frog, a nearly 48 hours. Thl.s downpomr efieot- brakeman wiu run over before he could Glflndular Swellings, and all Skin Diseases it has n o rival; and~{foir contracted and stiff joints it acts like a cha.rm. · ually ehecked the spread of the fire, and get looee. Fmy membar11 of t he engineering defn all bub the moab dense portions of the foreats ccmplotely exblz:guleh11d it, bob it partml!'nt of Columbia Oollege will occupy Manufactured only at Tno~us HoLLOWAY's E11tablishment, also oooa1doned inter.me sufforing b bhoac' barrMka n~xt eummer on Bantam L ake, 78, NEW OXFORD STREET, (late 633, OXFORD STREET), LONDON -' who had been rendered homeless by the near L itchfield, Conn., t11.klt1g their meala fire and who had been drlven from their at a neighbor ing hotel, An instrumenb And are 11old e.t ls. l !d., 2s. 9d., 4e. 6d., lls., 22s., a nd 33s. each Box or Pot and may be had from all Medicine Vendors throughout tb.e World. ' homes clad in the ligh test garments s alt · honse ii! being bnilt, and a. course of pracable to the intense heat. TheBe unfort- blcal study will be followed. A son of Whrchasers should look at the J.abel on the Pots and Boxes, It tJae ~ llidre11 18 :a 533, Oxford Street, J.ondon, they are spurlou1, nnate people were, In many _lnsbancea, Jay Gould f<~ one of t he clas11. The commencement of the year 1886 llas been sl~nallsed ln Vtctoria by the occuu:ence of terrible bmh fires 9 &uoceeded by ao unprecedented downpour of rs.In. New Yi>ar's d&f wais fine, and dur!og the ancc-cecling days the temparabnre Wt x ed hotter uutil it culminated ou Tuesday, the 5th January, In what is regulad}' known e.11 "a regale.r scorcher." ln M .Jlbourne the heat was terribly oppressive, though the therm.omeber did not regiober more than 101 degrees In the shade, but a. fiel'ce hob wind prev11.iled, whloh oan only be likened to the blast bsulng from the m.oubh of a furnace, In some places tn th9 country the thermometer showed as high as 113 degrees in the shade and 149 d-ogree11 In the aun. Sometime on Sunday, or early on Monday, bush fires commenced in the Cape Otway and He:yte!lbney forests, and the st.rong north wind which sprPDg up on Tuesday morning fanned the Jhmes until hundreds of ~quar·e miles of denlle bush country were enveloped In fire. Fortunately thfo porbion ot the colony is not very thickly settled, bub small townships havo been formed on the out11kirt11 of the foreots and a number of "selectora" are held iu thelr midat, o.nd to the holders of tbi11 foreat land most people are disposed to attribute the orig!n of the fire. It la the pract.fce 11mong "selectors" to clear t heir l~ncl of undergrowth by burning it off whenever tl.e weath1Sr permits It to b ecome sufficiently dr;y, end the paat sea!on or· two have not been favorable for ua good burn." The 1.1prlng j1111b pa.st and the preaenu ou.n1mer have been ex-:iep~lonally dry and warm, und the early daya of the :eear drlEd np everything. The Intense heat of the 5bh, combined with the strong ~oorch!ng hob wind, caused the "burns" to get beyond the control of their originator~, 11.nd with almost lightning rapidity the whole country was the scene of an immense conflagration. Those who eaw the firei give graphic dcar.rlptions d the awful nature of the cataetrophe. Where the undergrowth we.s thick com11alled to camp out without 11helter of any b:lnd and with bub little food, as the ro&tlP and pathways bo the settlements had !>ecome coq1pletcly blocked with fallen trncs. In Billarat a great Jbod was experlen::ied, the lower portion of the town being 00mpletely Inundated, and a great deal of d:image was done bo property. EVERYBODY THAT OWNS AHORSE If you want a WHIP that will outwear anything you ever bought, call at W. H. MAY'S and buy a The Mystery of the Grei1on. GENUINE BULL BONE, VT_ :a:_ EADY ~.ASON EROS_ '- Knitted Shawls in all colors from 85 cents up-. . -COAL! COAL' Messrs. McDOUGALL & METCALF beg to announce that they have received a large consignment of Celebrated Lehigh Coal, and are prepared to fill all orders at LowEsT PRICES~ -We intend to keep on hand an assortment of Lumber, Posts, Lath, Cordwood, &c. Office, Old Foundry Lot, corner Church and Division Streets. ROBT. McDOUGALL. HENRY METCALF. . HA I NE S' CARRIAGE "WORKS, GEORGE C. HAINES, Proprietor, CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS, CUTTERS, WAGONS, &O. = All Kinds of Vehicles Repaired-I FOR THE PILLS THE OINTMENT