â- KFTOH OF TH£ DEAD EUPEBOB'B LIFE. u Tlie Succeruilou. The heir sppart.'nt to the UermKn throne ia the now >i>iiig Crown I'riuce, Frederick Wflliani. lie lu 57 ytaiu old, and Bome of the events of hiu life have more than ordi- nary interest. In 1S.58 ho was married to the PrincoBs Victoria, daa(4hter of the Qaeen of Holland. She made him a model hasband and father, which i'? not always the case with his family. In IHH.i they oelekrated their silver wedding. He has taken part in the Danish, Austrian and Krei>ch wars, and in the last viw ho showed M'eat bravery and military â- kill. IIu was a great traveller before kis lUni'Bs and in good favor with the people and the array. Ilia son, the young Prince Willi»m, who is empowered by the dead Kmiieror's proclamation to sign royal decrees and transact some afTairs of Stati', ia 2H years old, was trained in the military â- chools at Wiesbaden, after his father had apprenticed liiin to a glover, for, like all the Crown I'rince's children, be had to learn a trade. While at school he shov^ed him- â- elf to be a pretty seDBiblc fellow, DOt above association with his poorir fellows, with whom he used to swap lanches for the sake of getting Uirman peasant's black bret.d. His left hand is deformed, and has to be kept gloved constantly, mach to the Trinc's mortilication. Ue is an accompliehed army oflficer. THE LATK KMPKKUK. The late Kujperor, had he survived till the '2'Jnd inst., would have attained his '.Ust year, having been born on March 'J'.'ud, 1797, at a iin ment when the French revo- lation had begun to triumph, over its many •nemies, incliidiig the King of Prussia. The Km|>«ror's grandfather, Frederick William II., nephew of Frederick the Great, was utill upon the throne, but died BOOH' after, leaving his kingdom to the Km- peror's father, Frederick William III. The first nine years of William's lifo were •niong his happiest. His mother, the beautiful and acuomplished Queen Louise, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg. Htrelit/., took personal charge of the lud's oducation. tAVs OK gnmow. The year IHOO, with its cruel changes, destroyed this lovely idyl. Through his vacillating course in dealing with the KmiMjror .Sapoleon, Kiiigl'rederick William toand himself suddenly isolated from the rest of EnroiM" and a prey to the conqueror. The battles of Jena. AiierBtadt and Haal- fold decided the fate of his kingdom, from which Napoleon sliced off '2.700 square miles with a population of .'>,000,000 souls. On no one dul tins blow fall more heavily than on the Queen. Her (light alter the I'ruBHian defeats was attended with much miaery and tuffi-ring, and her poignant sor â- ow failed not to awaken a responsive echo ia her children's hearts. Nor were her eahortations unheaded. •â- Children." cried the great-hearted, patriotic woman, " njxjn you will fall the doty some day of retrieving this terrible disaster to our beloved uountry. lie men and let not the degeneracy of the present day make yon its victims, lie the worthy â- accessors of the great Frederick, and if it ia boyond your |K)Wcr to re-establish the country's indei>endenoe die in defence of her honor as did Prince Louis lOarnest at the battle of Haalfeld." William lirst •• sinelled powder " in the oampaigns of IHlil and lHl.''i against France In IHIO he was ap|x>inted Ooveriior of I'omorania, and held that [lost until the revolution of IHIH broke out, when he sought rofugo in Kngl nd. In May, If^lH, he was elected a memb'r of the Constituent Aitsembly. returned to lierlin and took his â- eat in that body .June Hth, 1)448. Ue was made Commanderin Chief o' the Pri:°?iRn Army acting against tho revolutionary lorwH of Haden in .Iiiiio, ISJ'.t, and when his brother's mind gave way in IfSHl'rince William, as he was tlien ter led, was created Uej.ent, immediately disn. iBsed the aristo<;ratic party and adopted liberal policy. hlNii OK lillBSIA. Frederick William IV., hi" brother, dying without issue Jan. 'Jnd IHOl, ho â- nccevded to the throne under ti.e title of William 1., placing tho crown on hia own head at KunignU^rg, Oct. iHth, at the same time emphatically asserting tho doctrine of the " right divine of kings." Immediately uiKin his accession t') tho throne ho began a contest with the Chamber of Deputies, which becanio more and more critical until after Count Hisinarck Hchoenhausen had been appointed Prime Minister in iHCii, a civil war threatening to convulse the country. Hut the aggressivo war on Den- mark, in which Prussia and Austria were jointly engaged, served to divert the atten tinn of the people from internal troubles, and since the close of that war tlio linn attitude of the sovereign his endeared him to his Inyal subjects and made him dreaded by his enemies. IJnt his youthful training for thocireer •f arms prompted liiin to prepare to draw the Hword and assert Prussia's supremacy. Military pre|iarations were made on a large â- oale, and early in iHliO his trusted lieu- tenants pronounced the scheme ripe for eiecntion. An alliance was loncluded with Italy, an ultimatum sent to the smaller Htates in Northern Germany, war was de dared against Austria June 17lh, iHi.C, and headed by King and Koyal PrinceH a largo army was set in niutinn and the bloody battle of Hadowacoinnelled Austria to bend to the dust and conidiide a humiliating peace. In this campaign the merits of tho " needle gun " or breech loader were tirst fairly tested and the results achieved cauHod con- â- tcirnation throughout tho military world, and set the powers busy at work upon the reorganization of armies. The King of J'russia became tho head of tho North 0«rman floiifederation in 1M(J7, comprising twonty-two Btates and representing a population of about :iO,OOn,000 souls. The part phiyed by King William in the war known as the Franco- Prussian war of 1870-71 is a matter of history, and it is not • neoessary to touch iiixm it at present, but the result attained was tho v»arrior king's dream a United Germany. KMI'BIIOII OK OBIIMANY. On January IHih IH71, King William of Prassia was proclaimed Emperor of Ger- many within the palace of tho French Kings of Versailles, in the historical Uall of Mirrors, and surroanded by the stern soldiers composing the army ho had led in triumph to the capital of France. That moment was probably the most gratifying point of Emperor William's career, but the grim warrior bore the honors showered upon him with kingly dignity and true soldierly bearing. The meeting of the Emperors of Germany, Russia and Austria took place at Berlin in tho autumn of IH72. In October of that year the KmperorWilliam gaveadecision adverse to England on the Han Juan boundary ques- tion, submitted to his arbitration by the British and American Governments. He visited the Cuar at St. Petersburg in April, 1H7H, and in October of the same year visited the Emperor of Austria at Vienna. The correspondence between the Emperor William and the Pope relative to tho prosecution of the Church in Prussia was published at Berlin, Oct. 14th, 1873. Since then and within tho last year or two, the Emperor has made his peace with His Iloliness. ATTFMITS ON HIS I.IKIC. Two attempts have been made to assasa- inatc tho Emperor, one May llth, 1M7H, while he was driving in Berlin. A young Socialist named Emil Iloedel lired two shots at him from a revolver, but neither of them hit the mark, the Emiwror stand- ing up in hia carriage and calmly asking if the shots were tired at him. Hoedel was eventually executed. The second attempt was on June •2nd, H78. His Majesty was driving in Cuter den Linden, when two shots were tired from the window of a house, wounding him in several places. The would bo assassin was a Dr. Nobling, who. after attempting to commit suicide, was secured by the crowd, removed to the hospital and subseiiuently died there from the effects of the wound ho had inflicted upon himself. William I. married June llth, 1H'.",I, the rriiicess Augusta, daughter of Charles Frederick, Grtind Duke of Wei- mar. They have two childrenâ€" Prince Frederick William, born Oct. Hth, 18.11, and the Princess Louise Mary, Grand l^uchess of Baden, b< rr Dec. 3rd, 1838. Emperor William did not smoke or take snuff. Neither did he wear spectacles. Wtien reading or writing he used an eye- glass, although he never wished to admit that his sight was growing weak. His Majesty, up to a short time since, slept as soundly aa the heathiest of youths, and never took a rest during the course of the day. He is survived by the Empress, who as a Princess of Weimar, rememl)ert the glorious epoch when the genius of Goethe illuminated that little capital. She passed much of her time in the presence of the great poet, and from this early education anil association the Empress Augusta has preserved a refined literary taste. ♦ HIIITAIN'.S KKFKNCES. Cliurdilll's DrniHliil fnr u Kejiil Ciiliilllls mIoh Id Kx|H>Ni> thi* KottelilleHrt lit ille Army hikI fHitvy MHliUKriiieut l(elUM*><l. A London cablu says : The debate on the motion of Sir Walter Barttelot (Con- servative) for the appointment of a Hoyal Commission to apcertain and report upon military measures necessary for the pro- tection of the Empire was resumed in tho House of ('ouimons last night by Lord Itandulph Churchill. He rommeuced his speech by reminding tho House ttiat no fewer than 17H meniliers were connei ted with the army and navy services, and that the debate had disclosed their absolute unanimity on one point, namely, that not- withstaiuling the immeiiHt^ increase in ex- penditure, the military [Kisition of England was deplorably bud. The remeiiy of those members was the expenditure of more money, but his remedy was reform in the exfionditure. llnoagh had already been paid to maintain both services in a state of Hplendid ellicieiicy. Itut tho English eys tem was without a parallel in any other country â€" military men who had been trained in the business of arms being "Ubordinato to civilians who were utterly untrained. DEATH TRAP ON riRE. Massacliusetta I'rlutlug OfHee Destroyed by Firsâ€" Six ICmployees Lose Their Lives and Mauy are Injuredâ€" Kxcltlus Hceues. A Bpringtield, Mass., despatch says : The now office of the Evening Union was burned at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Six of the emploveuB met a terrible death. Most of them jumped from the fifth story and were crushed into a shapeless mass below. Six others were badly injured. The lire was first discovered in the mailing- room, and clouds of smoke were pouring out of the lower Btory windows before the lifty souls on the ujnier floor were aware of the danger. The tlames shot up an old elevator in rear, cutting off escape by the stairway, and mobt of the employees who escaped found tluir way to tie ground by .7av of the roef in the rear. The unfortu- â- ate men and women who crowded into tho editorial rooms met a horrible fate. Some were cut ofl in the composing room, and there is stili a terrible suspense, as several fell back into the tlames. Tho em- ployees who rutlied into the editorial room were cut off from the escape in the rear and had to face the horrible alter- native of burning to death or jump- ing to the sidewalk below, with the probability of receiving frightful in- juries The lire department re- sponded promptly, but it seemed au age before tho firemen reached the windows in the lifth story. .\ ladder was placed to reach to the fourth story, and the sight of rescue so near seemed to madden the suffer- ing persona at tln' two windows above and one by one they dropped to tho sidewalks below. Six persons fell in this way. Borne of them were forced off and some leaped madly, while the crowd below groaned and turned their heads away aa they whirled through the air. The dead are as follows : Henry J. Gouldiug, foreman of tho Vnum composing-room, burned to death ; Miss G. Thompson, proofreader, and Mrs. Frederick E. Farley, who was employed in the editorial department, fell from the window ; Mr. Lainzon, of Quebec, jumped from tho window ; W. E. llovey, of Boston, fell to tho sidewalk ; Mr. Brown, a compositor. The list of injured is as follows : Thomas Donohue, compositor, left leg broken at the knee and bad cut on the head ; Timothy Dunn, compositor, arm and leg broken ; JoHeph W. Witty, compositor, badly burned ; he clung to the window until the tiro forced him to drop, but he fell on a ladder and was saved. G. 1'. Ellsworth, compositor, compound fracture of tho leg. It ia thought that the fire started among the lumber in the closet on the ground tloor. The tlames were arawn up the ele- vator and spread through the composing room. There were more than thirty com- positors, men and women, on the fifth tloor. There was no tire escape. IIKK SKIN TL'KMBU IILACK. A Vuiiiij; I-ttdy'n MruiiKe AfHlctlon and ii tt'ulrd .Slnry «»f » CurfM'. \ Toledo, Ohio, ilespatch says: Grace Arlie, a beautiful young lady living with her parents in the Fiftli Ward, was taken sud- denly ill si.\ moiitl -I ago, and for several weeks she suffered from an apparent attack of typhoid fi'ver. At the end of the third week bright r<«l spots came out over her face and limbs and gradually extended over her entire body. A week later tho spots began to grow dark in color. In two months from the time she was tirst taken MisH Arlie seemed to have recovered from the fever and began to gain in strength, but the coiulition of her skin grew worse and worse, until her bo<ly Qnally bocamo as black as that of a negro. Meanwhile she regained strength, and ia to-day in full inontal vigor. \ relative of the family tells the remarkable story that tivu years ago Miss Arlio's father was a prosperous planter in South Carolina, and kept a large number of negroes to work for him. One of them became abusive one day and It would be jUBt as reasonable ' threatened Arlie, who, blind with passion, for tho I'romier to nominate Mr. ' drew his revolver and shot the negro dead. Laboiielieio as Archbishop of Canterbiiiy, > The wife of tho negro saw her husband or to make Mr. Chaplin Lord Chancellor, full, and, going up to .\rlie, invoked curses (Laughter.) Jlilitary training seemed to upon him. Arlie never recovered from tho dis(|ualify a man from managing thr War effects of tho tragedy, but in a year or so OIliioB. That must b.- altered. The niovcd Noi lU, locating in this city. Hois financial control, after the estimates arc a man of wealth and largely interested in granted, ought to bo placid in tho hands ' manufactures. He ia preparing to take of responsible oflicers. ICnglish oflicers < hia daughter to Europe for treatment. were made spending animals instead of, | * . like the Girman otiicirs, rivalling one another in i oonomy. Stores for a (ierman regiment could go t'l the front on twelvi' hours' notici' without prulongid letters from tho War Office. That could not bo done in England without piles of tiles passing and repassing fnr several days .Slli: I.KKT «.'(>LLKUK. All Incident that CaiiHed Hiiiu iloeeh' DttitfCtiter to Make a llasty K-\U. .\ liOuisville, Ky., despatch says ; Miss Annie Jones, daughter of Sam Jones, the evangelist, has left the female college at The German ciiryj* d'lirmiv was maintained Millersburg, Ky., under singular circum- upon £l,(J00,OUU as against X7,000,UOO for stances. Hev. Joe Jones, brother of Sam thi' English corps- This monstrous waste J<iiie8, is conducting a revival at Millers- extinded to every branch of the services, burg. A fow nights ago, at the close of A right and vigorous ini|iiiry and radical the preaching, ho called on J. B. Shockloy, reforms were imperatively iieci'ssary. Ho a smdent in tho Wealeyan Theological could not vote contldonce in the existing systi'm. It was hopelessly had. (Cheers.) Mr. Stanliope. Secretary fur War, inti- mated that the (iovernmeiit would sanction an ini|uiry into any dellnite matter con- nected with tho I'stimatea, but would nsist the appointment of a Koyal Commission School at Millersburg, to pray. Tho young man was sitting a short distance from Miss Jones. Ho knelt down, and after an invocation of tho divine blessing, besought that while Samuel Jones was going about saving sinners, tho Master's grace might bring salvation to his daughter, who was of a vagiio general character. Tho motion going to perdition as fast as she could. Miss Jones arose and went hurriedly out of the church, and later, saying sho would not stay in a community where women were not safe from insults, left for her homo at Atlanta, (la. for the a|ipoiiitment of a lloyal Commis- sion was negatived. A l)4>r«*et III the Treaty. A ('aiiadian has brought suit against a St. Paul lady for brea<;hof promise of mar- riage. There is nothing in tho new iisheriea treaty which deals with matters of this sort, and Mr. Chamberlain has already were delighted to grasp his honest hand on sailed for England, so it may bo necessary 'I'uosday ovoniiig at the residonco of his old to appoint a now commission to establish comrade, Mr. Murtagh Moriariy, Daroy hxod ruloH governing tho two nations while street. Wo were happy to be one of tho Kdward O'Mtaslier Condon Many of this gentleman's Toronto friends hshiiig in each other's matriinonial waters. â€" Chicago Newt, ~^ , . Hpeelul rrom Pariullse, One of the greatest " surprises in heaven" will lio that which certain aelocl little (-oni- panies of worsliippors will feel when enter- ing Inside the golden gates and finding that " our church " was never more heard of there than any other church, and that one i-hurch ia jiiat as good as any other church if its members boliavo themselves as well. â€" Chicago Jnurnal, largo gathering assembled there ta bid him welcome oiico again to the oily in which wore spent the years of his early manhood ; and it afforded ua unfeigued pleasure to notice how admirably Colonel Condon pre serves his youth and vigor.- -/rin/iCumiid'rtn Yon He Wants to Know. " Papa, Where's atoms ?" " Atoms '.' 1 don't know, my boy mean Athens, probably." " No, I mean atoms â€" the place whore everything is blown to."â€" Good llouie- keepiinj. Willis Allen, a negro who died in I'aris, Perhaps tho longest account book in the world ia that in which I'hil Armour, the Chicago pork king, keeps a summary of his Ky., a few days ago, was undoubtedly 120 varied interests. It is si. \ foot wide when ynars old. Ho had been a slavein Virginia, oloBod and contains tho balances taken from â- ""* papers in the possession of his owner's a Booro of ledgers. family proved the exact year of hia birth. THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Bir Charles Tapper presented a message from His Excellency, transmitting copies of the Fishery Treaty between Great Britain and the United States, together with the protocols, offering to make tem- porary arrangements for a modut vivendi, pending a ratification of the treaty. Sir Charles Tupper said he was glad to be able to announce that he bad obtained the con- sent of Mr. Bayard to lay upon the table tho proposals made by the British plenipo- tentiaries and the reply thereto in regard to the greater freedom of commercial inter- course between the two countries. Bir liichard Cartwright inquired if these comprised all the papers in relation to this ijaestion. Sir Charles Tupper said they comprised everything affecting the trade relations between the two countriea that it was in his power to lay before the Uoubc. Mr. Mitchell said ho presumed that, in addition to the proposals, considerable dis- cussion took place on the subject. He thought tho House would like to know whether the Minister proposed to the Con- ference merely an interchange of natural products of the two countries, or whether it embraced manufactured articles also. Sir Charles Tupper said there was a pro{Kisal made for greater freedom of com- mercial intercourse between the two countries. This was met with the cate- gorical refusal on the part of the United States pleDipotentiaries to entertain the question at all, because Congress had reserved to itself the uncontrolled power to deal from day to day with the tariff, free from any treaty interference. It was true, hawever, as Mr. Angell was reported to have said in an interview, that the British plenipotentiaries had pressed the question, but without avail. Mr. Mitchell said he entertained too high an opinion of the ability of the Minis- tor of Finance to believe that after ho had received at tho outsetsuch an uumistakablo answer from the American negotiators to hia proposal to consider trade questions, he would continue to press the question for a mouth or more before the conference, with- out stating in detail the concessions that Canada would bo willing to make. He thought that if any specitio offers were made by the Minister of Finance the House should know of them. The House went into Committee of Sup- ply on the item of 8'25,4C2 for the office of Queen's Privy Council ifor Canada. Mr. Mills asked who is at present the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. Sir John Macdonald replied Mr. St. Ouge Chapleau, formerly of the Public Works Department. Mr. Mills said he understood that Mr. Chapleau had been dismissed from the I'ublic Works Department for divulging for a lonsidoration secrets in connection with contracts. He did not think that under these circumstances the Government should have appointed Mr. Chapleau to the im- portant office of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. Sir John Macdonald was not aware that Mr. Chapleau was dismissed. Mr. Mills said the Government had asked Mr. Chapleau to resign. Sir John Macdonald said Mr. Chapleau had resigned and been appointed sheriff in the Northwest. On the re-organi/.atioii of Dominion affaira in the Northwest that office had been abolished, and he was appointed Clerk of tho Crown in Chancery. Sir Uichard C^artwright said it was de- grading to the civil service to have a man who has committed a grave offence pro- moled over the heads of others who have conscientiously discharged their duty. Hir John Macdonald said it would be un- just to Mr. Chapleau to continue the dis- cussion without having a proper knowledge of the facts. Ho suggested that tb"! item stand. The item stood. On tho item respecting the Department of .Ag>'i''tdi;'iro Mr. Mills objected to the promotion of Mr. Popi' from tho (wsition of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery to that of a chief clerk in the patent branch of tho Department of Agriculture. This officer had been found guilty of a derelictiou of duty amounting to malfeasance in othce, in withholding the election returns of nearly all tho Opposition members from being ga/.etted and giving precedence to supporters of the Govern- ment. When the matter was brought to tlie notice of tho Government, Mr. Pope, in his defence, made a false statement to tho House, thus aggravating his offence. In tho face of that wrong done to nearly one- half tho members of the House, the Govern- ment, instead of dismissing that officer, had undertaken to promote him, giving him tho rank of a deputy minister and a far greater degree of responsibility than he had proved himself worthy of. Sir John Macdonald said Mr. Pope had simply tho powers of a chief clerk, as his predecessor had. Tho item passed and the committee rose and reported. Sir Charles Tupper, in answer to the inquiry of Sir Richard Cartwright, said it was not his intention to deliver tho budgot speeth till after the debate oti trade rela- tions is disposed of. Mr. Boyle, in moving to add to the Monopoly Imjuiry Committee power to in- veatigato insurance combinations, thought it was proper tho investigation should bo extended in that direction. It was known to most of the members of the House that a powerful and tyrannicalcombiuationexisted in tho insurance husinesa. If tho inquiry was to bo pursued it should embrace that class of monopolies. When the committee met tho other day and tiKik stock of its powers, it was discovered these combina- tions had not been included and ho now asked tho House to add the power de- sired. The motion was carried. The House went iuto Committee of Supply. On tho item of $19u,'2u0 for departmental oontingenoies, Mr. McMullen asHod for details. Usually a very large sum was spent for cab hire of Ministers. Ho thought it would bo better to jiay lliem larger salaries and let them provide their owu carriages. Sir John Maodonald said that with their present allowance tho Ministers could not provide themselves with carriages unleaa they drew heavily upon their private means. He could produce particulars of every item. Ho concurred in the suggoa- tion that tho Ministers should be paid larger salary, and no doubt the hon. gentle- man from East York would concur in his statement that the salary of Ministers was inadequate. Mr. Mackenzieâ€" I am quite willing you sboald get all I got. The item passed. On the item of $2,000 for expenses of the High Commissioner'a office in England, Sir Richard Cartwright asked if the Finance Minister ia agaiii to be High Com- missioner, or will he retain his position in the Cabinet. He cannot attend to the duties of both offices at one time. The present position in the House was enough for any ordinary mortal. A decision on this point must be pressed for. The Fin- ance Minister is very useful here, and he (Sir Richard Cartwright) was bound to say that that gentleman ia by far the best Minister of Finance he had ever seen in his time on that aide of the House. He thought the Finance Minister was bound to say which office ho intended to hold. Sir Charles Tupper thanked the hon. gentleman for the compliment. No injury had been done to the country by the saving of 610,000, owing to his performing the duty of Finance Minister and lookitjg after the office of High Commissioner in London during the past year. He ventured to say that greater service had never been done for Canada by the High Commissioner's office than since last session. The hon. gentleman was not half so anxious as he (Sir Charles Tupper) was that he should be relieved of the double duty he had to dis- charge. He felt his inadequacy tocontinne for any long period the onerous duties that had been thrown upon him. He hoped his hon. friend the First Minister would, as soon as poasible, make arrangementa to relieve him of the double dutiea he has to perform. Mr. MiUa said the Minister of Finance was not obeying the spirit of the law in holding two positions. His absence from the country had prevented him from bring- ing down the budget six-ech in proper time. Mr. Armstrong thought the otlice of High Commissioner could very well be abolished. Tho item passed. Mr. Mitchell called House to the report the attention of the that the Governor- General had invited Messrs. Green way and Martin to an interview with reference to the Manitoba difficulty. As ho (Mr. Mitchell) understood, the business of this country is carried on by constitntional Ministers who are responsible to the House. If it was true that these gentlemen had been invited to interview the Governor, he would like to know at whose instance it took place. He would regret to hear that Ilis Excellency, after such a good record as he enjoyed, would be guilty of such an un- warrantable interference. Ho would like to know whether the Governor bad acted on behalf of the Government or had assumed a responsibility he had no right to assume. Sir Hector Langeviu said the Govern- ment, as responsible advisers of the Crown, are ready at all times to take the respoOBi- bility for any action the Governor might take in matters of State. The Governor- General had not to his knowledge or to the knowledge of the House ever beeii guilty of any interference which was not quite pro()er. Mr. Mitchell said there was another matter to which he desired to call the atten- tion of the Government. Ho read in the Montreal Gazette that Newfoundland had been asked to enter Confederation, and that the colony had been requested to send a deputation to Ottawa to negotiate. As this appeared in the Government organ, he presumed it to be correct. While Parlia- ment is in session it should be taken into the conffdence of tho Ciovernment before a communication of that kind is sent to a colony. The Goverument should not have assumed the resixmsibility without cousiUt- ing tho House. Sir John Macdonaldâ€" It ia true that those comtnunicatiouB have taken place. Sir Richard Cartwright said the House had been treated with scant courtesy that a matter of such importance should bo first made public through the medium of one of those precious paid organs of the hon. gen tienien. It is not strange but goes to show that we have got a one-man power here, who does what ho pleases. For all practi- cal pur[>oses the people of Canada would be bolter off by sending a hundred and twenty or a hundred and thirty proxies to the hon. gentleman. I'KAltFVL CATA.STKOI'UK. IlisiiHtrttiiH KHrtliiiiiake In Chtiitt â€" Devah- tHtlim t>f I'rtipertvâ€" TliuiiMtndH tif [.Iv«h LUHt. A San Francisco despatch say s : The Hong Kong Mail gives a description of tho oarth(|uako in the Province of Yunnan on December 1.5th, and is indicative of fright- ful mortality. The Mail says : In the interior department of Ching Chan the disturbances were extremely violent, being continued at irregular intervals for four days, when they ceased entirely. The De- partmental city is said to have been reduced to a mass of ruins, scarcely a house escap- ing damage, and over .'i.OOO persons are reported to have been killed by falling buildings. Many of them were buried under the ruins, while the number of in- jured is too largo for computation. Yatnen was destroyed. At the Prefectuenel city of Latnon tho effectsof tho earthquake were scarcely less disastrous. At this place, when the shock was being felt, an oiiormous eliasm opened in tho earth and water was thrown out from its ilepths. At Lo Chau in Chuen a striking change has been caused in the appearance of tho country. Large tracts of land were swallowed up and the Surface changed into a lake. In Lo (!hau more than 10,000 persons are said to have perished. Not What Ue Kx|ieeted. Bobbyâ€" Sayâ€" Do yon like my sister Belle V YoungMr. Jonesâ€" Why certainly, Robert. Everybody likes Miss Belle, do they not? Bobby â€" Dunno. 1 guess she likes you, too. She told ma you was a perfect â€" per- fect â€" 1 most forgot what. Young Mr. Jones But try to think Robert. Was it i perfect gentleman ? Bobby Naw ! Oh, I know now. She said you was a perfect nignoramus. In the Munn divorce suit which is now on trial in Beloit, Wis., tho testimony brought out the fact that Mrs Munn's parent's couaented to her marriage only on tho condition that her future hasband deed them a forty-acre farm.