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AN UOBAK HORROR. Ifcr'st Ml kf tsrrlwi ( Iks las IscuUa-lluB tkis TIM is iki *a| ! lae>I. DISTRESSING 1JKTAIL.H. Oo Saturday moruing, December '-'J i J MVeutecn person*, (WO pSJUHlOgerB aud fifteen of the crew of the ill ftd ateaiuer BAU Auguatiu, which was burned in tue Bay ot litoy on be 16tb alt.. were lodtd at Dover from the tteniuer Uru tully, bound to Bovruww. ud taken to tbe Dover National bailors Uome luavery di treated condition. Tfcey wore tbe Ul of the crew rescued from tbe burning ship, Mid tuo atateuit uu 11! tha chief eugiueer, Mr. Armstrong, uJ "I Mr. Vioeii, a iii--.-i. ger, aud tbe chief ofattk in ibs Liverpool bffiee of the firm to wbiob tbe veel belonged, oooUiu many diatresmug detail* wbiob bail uot hitherto oome to baud. The Ban AugUBtm w a large steamer ot three thounkud tons, a-id wai sound from Mauila to Liverpool with a cargo of nu^ar aud tobaooj. Tba followiu< is tbe cuiel engineer's narrative of tbe dUaater, bin statement being aUo aigaed by Mr. Vmes. He ty : " Tbe San Auguitin l*fl Ciruuna on Saturday, P.O. IJUJ. t 4 p.m., ibe weather at tbe ti'oe being MieBorately tine. All wont well uLitil Sunday, Deo. 10. h, wben at 230 p. ui. tbe fourth engineer npirtedto me mat there wan aiuolo oomiB)! tuto tbe engine rom. I immediately went, aud saw Mtiioke issuing from 'tweeu deck* through the tide partition. My Ami iiai.remuu was that Uw coal in tbe bunkers bad taken fire, and I eut buiun in u t < examine it, aud found tbe tire raging lu tbe oleau iiueu store room ou tbe staroourd bidr. la the meantime the ore bone was panned down, aud wa commenced playing OD tue fire. Tue douse amok* tbeu niltd the narrow passages, and rendered i; impossible to remain ibere lomger. l>,r.-ct;;. afterward tbe lire began tospieid to lb oabiui ou tbe pirt mil*. We then ulot>d the water tight o >mparttueuU, lutkiuj; every.llirt to oou&ae toe limit" of ibe fire, the water being continually playing on the fire. At one time we ihoug.it we bad the fire under our control, but u broke out agmiu, and in ipite of every effort it spread fore aod aft. About 5 p. at. we ciitu ailed a brig, wbiob oame clo-e op to us. There wan a high tea at toe time, aud our captain, Mr. Juan, um mooed ut on to the bridge aud held a consultation. He then ordered tbe i to be itopped aod three boats to be aud towed. We had eighty-five, koula ou board, including two pajugers. Borue of the orew then got uito tbe boat*. One of the boaU, in charge of the tbird officer, wae damaged, being towed, aud after being away au hour a >d a bait returued to the ebip, beiug unable to make the brig owing to tbe heavy sea. The men were completely exhausted in getting them on board again. Oue poor fellow wae crushed betweeu tbe snip aud tbe boat in netting him ou board. He lived till 4 p.m. the next day ID great agony. We siw uo wore of UM other two boate. We bad threw boat* remaiciog, one ot which waa destroyed by the nre. At 11 o'clock the same Li<hi - sighted two steamers. The osptaiiu taB ordered the other two boate to M lowered, and all tbe married meu to get luto them. Tbe obief officer, who wae in ebarge, took a lamp, and we oould aee the boats uutil eloee up to one of tbe steamers. Uu Monday moroiug, tbe 17th mil., while Capt. Juao wan g ui K from aft to tbe bridge tbe main- ma*t fell, oruibing him between tbe daviu aod the maat, and cutting his right foot off a little above the ankle. Tbe aeoond oflioer wae following tbe oaplaia, aud, ee- ing the aooident whicb had bwfallen him, returutd to tbe catia and *bot himiwlf Uirotgb the bead witb a revolver. We paaaea bnokete of water along, and by tbi* meaue managed to reach the oaptaiu, and earned bim into the imoke-roum, where hie woande w r re' drctted by tbe d ictor'e aeeietant. About tbe same time four eea- men were trying to paie from aft to fore, wben tbey fell into tbe hold and were ter- ribly burnt Their oriee were heart- rending. In the terror which tbii produced one) fireman subbed bimxnlf through Ibe breaal with a dayger, aud two other men threw themaelvee overboard. At daybreak next moruing the iteamer G jverour came in eight aod bore down to UK. Two boate were tent, bat kept too far off to be of moon Mrvioe. One sailor, a powerful swimmer, managed to reach one ot tbe boate, but another poor fellow wae lost in tbe attempt. About '2 p.m. another learner hove in tight aud aent a boat, wbiob oiue muoh oloner, and by throwing ue a life line, at laet luooeeded in naviug five or aix of tbe orew. Capt. Juan ewaug bim- elf overboard with a life- buoy, and tried to swim to tbe boat. Finding tbe life-buoy and a jacket be had ou too muoh fur him, be threw then, oft and struck out. But the heavy eea aud tbe weakoeu he wan nCNriDg from the loas of blood proved too much for him, and after about tide u minutes' hard Htruggling, tbe poor fellow threw up bin arm* and aank. Oue of our paKHengers, Mr. Koderigotz, about tbe nane time, with nix of the orew, jumped over board wuh life-buoy*, but tiiey were all lost. Mr. G >Kua, our third (.fiber, then jumped overbourd, and, in a vaiu attempt to reach tbe boat, sank. Tbe boats tbeu left ue aud did not return. Tbe xteamiihip Uovernor steamed awsy about fi p m , tbe other remaining till nearly daybreak, wbeu she weut away. We passed a terrible night on tbe hot iron deck, oar boote beiug nearly burnt off our feet, and Home of ue> neerly blind with the beat. We alio xuffered greatly from the want of food snd water. There were now seventeen of ui remaining, including Mr Vines and myself. We now began to give op all hope* of rexone. Our vhel was a complete wreck. Toe foremast aud funnel had fallen and tbe deck bad fallen in About tbe next morning we sighted another steamer, which proved to be tbeGroutully, bouud for West Bartleponl. The chief officer, Mr. Boyle, oame off t> ue in tbe lifeboat, at great rish to himself and crew tbe weather at tba time being very rouxh, witb a high sea. After five hours' ezertiou on their part tbey "' OB nafely on board. Owing to an arrangement between myaell and Mr. Vines, we being tbe only two who poke Entilixb, I wa> tbs first to leave tbe ship, Mr. Vines sUyin till last We were all nearly totally blind and greatly ex hanetert and scorched- We oaonot express UM gratitude we owe) to Capt. Htott and bis orew, wfcorgave us clothing and treated us witb every kiudusM." Tbe crew left for Liverpool early in tbe f teruoou by free paaws ou the London A Chatham liue. Before tbey luft, bowtver, tbey expree>d their gratitude for tbe way in which tbeir wanta bad been miniatered to at tbe National Bailors' Home. THK i>i > t II i l> M I M A %lrnrlnir ttll(r I Amtmf ibr PMrer.-AII Wrll. A London cablegram says : The Argwy U ft tbe Celtic on tbe 5:b iustanl, 1.260 tniles from tbe Lutrd. The rest of the Celtic's passengers were well Tuo Celtic, prior to ttfenlnut the steamer Argony, ezperieuoed variable, but on tbe whole, fairly fiue weather. She was perfectly sea- wortby aud amply supplied with provuions. lie* captain wai in nopen of being picked up by tbe Britannic. More of tbs Celtic's ptumeugem would have goue on board the Arg >y if the latter o mid have aecommo- datrd them. Tbe four paaaeugera lauded at Falmouth state that at one time tbe gale was so heavy that the Celtic's bil were blown out of the ropes. All tbe oacvax on board tbe steamer wts utilized. Tbe Bothnia was nigbtd Oeoember il'Jth ; only uumbers were ex- ubaoged by tbe two steamers. Tb^Celtio'H inwreugare ooosid>-red tbe oapuin of tbe Csltia somewhat dilatory in figualliog. It wan a week before auo'her viMtnel wan xig- nalled, meanwhile her fr>h provisions gave out, but she had salt stores enough for a year. Uu January 4th tbe Italian steamer Independenoia wan aiichted, wben the Cdltia anked to he reported "All wt li " at Nr>w York, but declined annistauoe. Tbe steamer Argosy offered to tow tbe Celtic, but the offer was declined. \Vheuitwaa learned that tbe Argo-y oould take only four pansengers there was great excitement ainoL'g bueiuess meu ou tbe Celtic wboite Ume wae valuable. Lots were drawn for the coveted berths on the Argosy. Two of the f >rtuuate four went on board that steamer, nod tbe other two sold their placee to tbe highest bidders. A M>, in i worm. A -lllr,li-\ ,r-<tl.l l,,r,.,.i ,,, I In,. II- elaw. A \Vasbington despatch ays: W. L. Uecjamiu, a colored man, appeared in court with his nephew, Elpbonso Kell, a 15 year-old lad, and a<-ked that he be com- mitted for inoorngibility. lie told tbe court the boy had made several attempt* to poison mejuibsrs ot tba family by placing vermin pomon in milk and it water which tbey drauk ; tbst he bad poisoned cattle belonging to him aod had attempted to set tbe bouts ou fire ; also that just before Ohriatmas be, had attempted to out the throat of one of the obildreu in the houe while she alept. Tbe boy acknowledged bia uncle's story was true, and ooufecaed that while living in Baltimore; be bad Current LONDON LIFE. Cottip ot ths Metropolis the World. of lOTKs rtUMll, rOUTICU, IID TlimiUL. A London oablenram says : The Queen will epeud a considerable part of the spring on the) continent. She goes at firot to Baden-Baden, aud afterwards to Darm- stadt, to attend tbe wedding of her grand- daughter with 1'nuoe Louis Batteuburg. Tbe Prince and 1'riuoette ot Wales are also expected to be tbere. after making a long in tbe Riviertt, whither they gosbortly. Mr. Woodville. a rising young artint of genius, is design u ^ a historical proeeaitiou, in which artiste uill diaguise themselves as the old mavterri. A man has been discovered in Birming bam who kept tiie body of bis sister for twenty years because he bad uo money to pay for a deoeut funeral. Tbe I >. i\ly Nfici baa created some sur- prise by reading L^rd Hartiugtou a lecture ou the backwardness ot his Liberalism, but this suggests ibe sensationalism of tb,e iodividust new-paper rather than auy division in tba Miniiterial rank*. KraiiciH Utltou. tbe writer on heredity, offers 1500 in pr /.-. for the best extracts from family rtioords, and oammentators foretell tbe advent of the day when Eug- lii>b marriage will be the rei-ult neither of love nor money, bat of a scientific exam- ination. H-juior ontinjos to ascribe Iho recent accident to the Czir to NibilibUi, atd the latest Rtory is tbat the npy who led Col Budrkiu into the death trap bal previously introduced a woman into the palace at Gatnohiua, who fired a shot an the Czar was driviug in tbu grounds. Information bM been reoeived tbat British ageota in Madagascar are collecting information of tbe damage caused by the French to Boglih property ana commerce. Tbe reoeut operation! of tbe French navy promise to produce more trouble than the inadaotaot Admiral Pierre. A crazy statistician ban oloulated that duricg bis dramatic career Barry Bullivan has oummitted 17,000 murders aud been killed U.OOO times. Irving has a record of 15 000 murders, and ol death by violence 7.000 times, while Charles Wyndbam basin Kuglaud alone been divorced from 2 800 wives (on tbe stage). A North of England coroner has announced that out of 253 inquests in one year in a manufacturing Uwo 62 were on children under a year bo died through tbe absence ol tbeir mothers at work or at ths drinking saloon. The lowest death rats waa ou Fridays, whan the wages are spent. Tbe highest on Sunday, in oonne- queooe) of Saturday's drunkenness. Britiah journalism is driven by keenness ot oompstitiou to stranger enterprises every day. Tbe ruling orsze as to the dwellings of ths poor resulted in one making numerous enttiei lor racing on a arge seale with text hot sea left bsr under isr husband's w ill. Tbs ouiiii-< sporting season promises rell Tbe Sportsman's Defence Aanooiation is obtaining copious fuud-t to oppose the hrestened action of tbe reforming Radicals u Parliament to suppress betting. l-ITEIUKT NlWi. The daughter of Bhsridan Lefaun is con- tributing a story to " Tiusley's Magsaios." Marie Colom bier's book, " SaraBaruum," as reached UM .forty-third Frecoo ediriou .Mrs. Harrison, daughter of Cbas. Ki gn- ey, is tbe authoreas of " Mr Loriuier'n ~iuoces," which waa published last year. It is now announced authoritatively (bat . >uinj. Jestniugs u tbe author of "The Millionaire," tbe lat story in " Black- wood's Magazine." IHEITBICAL KBWS. There will be no siguinoaot novelties ntil the pantomimes are got ri 1 of. Carmen S>lvs, tbs pseudonym of the Queen of It >umania, has written an opera bretto, wbiob has been set to music by the Iwedieb composer, Uallstrom. Ida Cavendiah baa resumed the part iu he "New Magdalen" of Wilkie Oollint, which abe created ten years ago, and if loiug well. A youug American lady. Miss Wbeelook, IBS made some BUCC-HI ai Kltira in 1 Ernaui " iu Paris, though she appeared with tbe dieadvantage of but tea days' tudv. Princess Ida " is a great success at tbe itvoy, tbe muxia especially being not I- ent, aod orsatiug great hopes of Sir Arthur Bullivaii's v,raud opera, which is now iu land. Tbe composer himelf is batter. In tbe theatres tbe sue- eas of Gilbert A iullivaii's nsw opera coutinuts nuobexktd, aud tbe same applies to Mary Audervou, who banks 500 weekly, and is to be sculp- ured by Couut Oleiobeu for tbe Princess of Wales M. Yanoorbiel, manager of tbs Paris Grand Opera House, has decided that iu uture the memberx of his company shall bave no titulary right to any given part, and that uo role -hull be held to belong to hs artist who created it Margaret DoVaue, an American, ha* d Badlers' Wells Theatre lor tbs priug season, in which she will appar in iuakHpearean characters. Miss DaVane comes from Alabama. Her grandfather ran formerly Oovornor ot that Slate and udge of tbe Supreme Court. She is a niece of Senator Wm. Eiog. aunt, who both died from tbe effects ; that be bad attempted to poison otbsr people aud cattle while in Baltimore, and bad set hie. mother's) boose tfu fire. He waa com- mitted for examination as to bis mtusal condition. I III 'II KHr. U.H >. A llrpraKni mm* Nraspalkclto Hwnlenr administered poison to his toother snd I reporter getting smallpox and in anothar being garrotd, while a third has just been biojgnt before a Police Magistrate for per- ambulating as an amateur beggarmao. TIIB leading feature of Home politic* is tbs formation of a Liberal group to oppotw tbe County Franchise Bill, unless it shall be aca->mpaulad by a scheme of redistribu- ion of ParlUmsnltry seats. Lord Grey, member of Parliament for Northumber- land ; Wm. M. Marriott, member for Brighton ; and other Whigs lead the move ment. Iu England thers baa oome a sudden lull in political controversy, Sir Richard Croes is the only Conservative orator, and nobody minds him, tue little brains he lias beiug gensrally fuddled with champagne. Mr. Gladstone has driven many of bis entice mad by holding his tongue about K/ypt aod China. Mull his admirers think bim more versatile and wonderful than ever because he ha* discoursed learn- edly on jam a* a substitute for butter, and proved that the consumption of foreign egg* is eight times greater now than it wa* 27 A last (Friday) night's Norfolk, Va., dexpatoh savs : Jobo Jsrvis, ths murderer of Claudiua W. llonney, was banged at half- mt 1 this afternoon at Princess Anne ;urt -houtte. H* said last night be felt at the time of the murder an unooutrolUble desire to kill Bouncy which be could not resist, and expressed sympathy for hi* victim's widow and children and regret for the deed. Ue went to the scaffold calm and collected. When asked if he had anything to say us replied " no," but n-Ked the by - itanders to pray for him, wbioh WM done. HIM neck waa broken and death was psio- . _.... . "H. Tbe murder for which Jarvis wan I * ,,__ ' laugsd wa* the malicious and r >ld b'.ooded sot of a morose and intemperate man, who I Fancied himself aod family wronged in a! auHini-ss transaction. During the trial the murderer maintained a sullen and stolid in- difference ; all he would say was tbat be remembered nothing about the crime. He w 50 year* old snd but recently married. Hi* victim wa* of middle age, esteemed in hi* county and Istt a wife and six small children. u ioi i Nlarvlam lafcarrr*. A Portland denpatoh says : Several hun- dred discharged railroad men boarded a pasneuger train onStturday near Pendleton d demanded to be taken to Portland free. ' Tbe rfficiale refnsd, and called on the heriff to remove the crowd from tbe train. Tbe train was on an Indian reservation, and the State authorities were powerleHC, Tbe crowd then took poeisession of tbe train and defied tbe C'flftnels. Oen. Mylel ; was telegraphed to aud ordered two cam- i paniee to the scene. Tbe troops arrivtd in the evi-niiig, but the rioters refused to vield. Tbree hundred roughs came from The reports of last week respecting the Tranavaal settlement were too confident. It is true that Lord Derby adheres to tbe exclusion of thft great trade routes from the Transvaal ; on the other band the delegates demand tbe whole oountriei of tbeir f riendi Massow and Mosette, through the heart ol wbioh tbe trade routes run. To concede this would be a vital injury to Oape Colony. Public opinion < msequently demands that Lord Derby shall stand firm, more espeoi ally SB the Boern bave got everything eUe for which they bave asked. i KIUWX4I, NOTXH. Oliver Wendell Holmes ii expected to visit Kogland duriag tbs winter aud make a lecture tour through England auc Boot land. Edward Why inner, tbe Alpine celebrity has left Englaud for the avowed purpoxe ol trying the ascent ot Mount Nihma Njaro iu Equatorial Africa. Justin McCarthy, jun., son of tbe novelist and historian, is the favorite Nationalist candidate for Parliament for tbe city of Cork. A marriage has been arranged between Pudletou to aSHikt the rioters. The ' Howard Russell, ths well known war cor 1, borers were discharged in the beginning respondent, aud the Countess Malve^a, of of tbs week, and spent tbeir wages in Ferrar*. whiskey and riotous living. Tbey ars now I The sudden illness which befel both Sir holdii g a meeting. Tbe.oitizeus are doing Arthur Hollivau and Frederick Cly is attn tbeir best to provide for tbem, as they are bnted to their having dosed themselves too distitute Five more discharged men are , freily with the waters of CarUbad. f-xpeoted to arrive on Sunday, disturbance is anticipated. No serious The sportiutt world is null vary much disturbed by the retirement from the turl of Lord Falmoutb, one of the few sports men who never betted, and who ran his North w..t >H.l v nltn An Ottawa telegram says : One of tba : horses squarely. great works tbat will probably engage tha | Rosa Bonbuur, tbe great painter, h attention of Parliament is the improve- ' recovered her health, and writes her friends ment of the navigation of the Winntpegosui in London tbat nbe in about to resume her and Manitoba lakes by cutting a oual work at her home in Champsgae. Her hair across tbe neck of land separating the two has become snow-white, lakes formed by the two riven which run ftobert Buobana.. tbe poet and draraat into and out of Water H-n Lake from the , i( ,. , of nervou , pro .tration, and i* at times dt lirioux. His attsok is ascribed to bis oloae attendance at the Theatre Fran oaise. Hs has suffered from a severe attack of neuralgia, but is recovering. I Kl'iiHTMO NOTTS. Lady Stamford, through Sir Frederick Jobnon,is also ruuking important entries northern end of Lake Wionepegosis. A canal out through Mossy porttge would connect tbe waters of tbsse lakes witb the Saskatchewan river, above tbe falls at tbe month of this rivsr, and thus give unin- rrupted navigation. Oa Christmas Day, among other Presby- terian Churches open in Ediuburgb were St. Giles' Cathedral, ths Free Hint Church and H'.Bernard'Chnroh; and in these Carintmaa by mot were sunn, aod address*! suitable to the ooraoioo were delivered. In other cities and towns In Scotland tbe day war claim*. Plnuger " \Vlton has made entriei for tbe Oity and Suburban Handicap. Tbe opinion of sporting clubs i* favor able to Mr. Walton, aod it in believed tha< he hei uo intention of defaulting upon an} generally obeerved as a holiday. Tbe Dowager Uucbew of MontroM is HOW BA1LWAY8 AKE UI V -.IIOV I- I I t- K b. lii. !. -. ,.tl I ruO>r<l la DMUk. A last (Wednesday) night's Urm'.cn. Pa , Isnpatch says: Fifteen or twenty men were employed in clearing snow from tbs ailroid track at about 7 o'clock tbit even- ug, in a out jnat east of here, when an accommodation train rounded tbe bend, ad before ths men c mid get out they were run down by tbe train. It backed up, and tbe dead and dying were seeu scattered along tbe track for fifty yards. Tbs bodies of two men were found badly mangled, life already extmet. Five other* were badly ujured, aud one has sine* died. After the accident ths men erawled out of tbe snow n all directions. It is feared tbe bodies of others may be discovered. The aooMent wa* caused bj the failure of tbe men to bave a lookout to warn them of the approach ol trainr. It wa* dark, and the locomotive* near by with steam escaping made it impossible to bear tbe train. A VleTBV TB4UICDY. -r.on. flu, n. d ! Death In I h. Ir Hods. A Raleigh ( N . C ) despatch says : On Saturday night on the plantation ot W. O Taylor, Lsnoir County, an entire family of negroes, William Croom, wife aod -n obildrsn, were burned to death. The night was tbe coldest for twenty years, and it it supposed a large fire was mads before retiring, and tbe house caught from the blazing brand* rolling on the floor. No news of tha event reached the neighbors until noon on Sunday ; then a neighbor visitinv tbe family found nothing but tbs ashes of tbs house and the remains of eight human beings. Tbe father aud mother were found near together, the infant between them, where the bed stood. Tbe skeleton of one child was between tbi* spot aod the door, the others were in the usual places ot rest. It is supposed newly all died of suffocation. I.rt-Hl -lor m at < on. , l.lnnd. A Nsw Tork despatch says : Ths gale on Tuesday night and yestnrday mornint oaused $500000 to tl. 000. 000 damage at Coney Island. Tbe inhabitants feared the island would be submerged by tbe great tidal waves. The Manue Railroad was almost destroyed. Culver's iron pier v wrecked at the outer end ; tbe old iron pier also suffered. All sheds and house* near the beach were entirely or partly demolished ; bathing- houses were carried to tbe sea. Brighton Bach Hotel aud the surrouuding property were damaged to such an extent, it is said, as to suugest tbeir possible demolition should such visitation be repeated. The promenade HUcoumbed, and tbs music stand and drug store fell a prey to the waves. Tbe piazza and lower part of the building wars damaged. Eogemann's pavilion wa* de i'.royed. ill, u Ik* first vinin. < ill. i r P A despatch says tbat Morgan Machainer ticket agent of the Oonuotton Valley Kulway at Hartville, 0., has for some time been missing tiokste from his office To catch the thief he rigged out a shotgun on Thursday night in a manner tbat the opening ot tbe door would explode the weapon. On Friday morning, forgetting ths trap, be opened tbe door himself, si usual, discharging the gun, tbe content* o which entered his abdomen, inflicting pro bably a fatal wound. Devil'* Lake, in northern Dakota, dots not, In any sense, deserve ite name, for it is a flue sheet of water in the midslof beauti ful scenery, aod tbere are no evil trs/lition concerning it. Tbe fact is that tbs Indlsns called it Spirit Lake, aod the white man re garded a spirit ae necessarily a devil. Reel dents talk of changing the name back to tbs original Miuuewakan. Hr. link. on iDlrrnrttrll IS) Ike l.mlr AC Til SUIT KUTIII SIITII ill IN IBLU. (Toronto World.) A reporter of ths World had an interview wiin Mr. Uioksou at the Queen'* last night, itilways, he said, were run on a system. Cue system under wbioh ib Great West- ern was run was ths rssult of yesrs of fexperienoe, and it had been gradually inprovsd and altered as experience sng- geoted. Men were fallible, and iu dealing with them or with aooideuts of this kind regard must be bad to human fallibility. We learn by experience where thing* can >e improved. But it is ouly after mature deliberation and siperienN tbat our rule* are changed, a* under tbe circumHtauoea it Homelimes happens that au alteration may end in contusion rather than improvement. Nothing could be clearer, it seems to me, than tbe working time-table and the rules under which tbe Great Western is operated. Tbe World tbe other day, I noticed, said tbe Great Western bad been tuned luto tbe irai.il Trunk and tbat tbe acoidmt would uot have happsusd had the Western re- mained a separate line. Tbere is not a single officer ou tbe Great Western diviaion :hat has to do with the operating of tbe ine wbo ban been moved from his post, aud there has not been a siugle change to the regulations. If obangva had been male that obaige might bave been levelled with some force against tbe company. The suburban train* are run for ibe con- venience of tbe people of the suburrw, uot 'or tbe profit of tbe company. Tbere i* one thing lout sight of sometimes, aud it i* this, tbat tba suburban trains both here aud in tbe neighborhood of Moutreal were started to supply a felt want ou tbe pikrt of tbe people m tbe respective localities. It the officers of tbe Oraud Trunk con- sulted their own convenience, and perhaps he interests of tbe company, they would discontinue these traius, which are not money-making, and are a source of much :rouble, and n quire a great dval of pains in working them , but I pemonslly frit tbat in tbe nt-igbborhood of Montreal, and uo doubt the late manager of the Great Western similarly thought the same with regard to Toronto, tbat snob a service was required by the people in or near these cities, and so gave it. People also ars apt to lose sight of tbe fact that if you oall for this aod that additional convenience in connection with these trains, it become* mpooeible to give snob a service on the terms under which it was first given. A* it is the train* are a great eonvs>ni*De*> to the public, aud of no pecuniary benefit to the company. As to Government or any- body inquiring into the accident, the com- pany baa no objection whatever. A* to a Mltlement with the repretsotatives of tboee killed or injured, what we would like to do is to see somebody looking after tbem witb whom we can deal, aod deal with tbem in fair and proper spirit. Tbe Grand Truuk has beva working at double tracking ite line for tbe last three or four years, aod we are looking forward to double line all tbe way between Toronto and Montreal. Perhaps tha company may ask for legislation this com- ing session in tbat direction. Aud while speaking ot double tracks that reminds ms a good deal ha* been said about the ao- oalled circular trip up tbe Grand Trunk aud down by tbe Great Western. These very circular tripe do iu a measure give tbe bent tits of a double track. We send a* mnob as possible of our through -bound western traffic over tbe Grand Trunk or northern line, and have the ea*t-bound traffic com* down by the Great Western. This avoids an immeme number of trains crossing one another, prevent* many delay* and therefore lessens tbe time of tbe jour nsy (a mat er of great importance) aud is consequently ranch eaaier on those who operate tbs lines, on tbe train men, tb* switchmen, etc. The northern grade is tbe sasieet to climb, and therefore we send the west bound freight, wbiob is the heaviest, over tbat road. Of course tbere is a oar- tain amount of local and the passenger traffic on each of these lines which ha* to go in both direction*, bat this syxtem of oirdular trips is practically and efficiently a great step in tbe direction of double trscks. Hew I- on I. 1 alllpl. . Two rich Polish landlords agreed each to isolate two hens, two ducks, and two geese from tbe poultry yard and allow them to multiply for fifteen years. Superfluous male and maimed female birds onuld be sold, but tbe total sle was not to exceed 10 per cent, ot the win le fluok at tbe close of fifteen jears. At tbe end of that term the possessor of the largatflook was to get the smaller flrak and 10,090 rubles in cash, to bs distributed among charitable institu- tions. Up>n Nettling the bet, a short time sgo, the loser had 1,890 hens, 630 ducks, and 376 geese, a total of 2 C93 birds. Tbe winner bad 1,084 hens, 965 ducks, and 80S geese, a total of 2 84 i birds. A Pop,.l,,r -,.,,, h II.. II...I The ballad " Auld H .bin Gray " was written by Lady Anne Lindsay to au old Scotch tune called " The bridge-room grat wbeu tbe sun gaed doon." Auld K <biu Gray was her father's herdsman. Wben Lady Anne w\s writing the ballad and piling distresses on Jeanie, she told her young sister that she had sent Jamie to sea, made tbs mother sick, and broken the father's arm, but wsnted a fourth calamity. "Steal the cow, Sister Anne," said the little Elisbs',h, and *o "the ooo wa* s tow n aw a'." EASILY FMIVKN.-II Is aasllj proven that maiarlal > v. r, constipation, tor), MM; nt tbe liver ami ki>lnv*, K*nnU debility, nerTouineoa, and nruniliiit: ailments ylrl i readily Iu ibis lireat dlsssse cm.querur, Hup Kilters. It repairs thu nvaM of disoaM by ouuvertmg lli food Into riob blood ami it KI VMS new life aud vlvor ts easjcd and I o Arm always Mins Hannah Lewis, President of the Lnd League in Anglesborongb, died recently. Tb* young man who was kicked out by bis sweetheart's father say* : I bad uo objection to tbe old woman's shoe being thrown after n* wben tb* wedding wae over, but tossing tbs old man's boot before tbe event i* quite another affair, and it hurt my feeling*." i J