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WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE? I Of BtatUtlca That Tell tbe Kltent ud V*l i h- Omrio Crupa. The Ontario Department of Agriculture has issued a bulletin dealing with crops, live Hook, elo. It IB ascertained therefrom that the area of fall wbeat in 103.000 acres It us than laBt ) er and barley 174 000 leis. Spring wheat IB greater by 208.000 aore, pees by 73.000 and bay aud clover by 76.- 000. Tbe estimated yield of wheat exceeds that ol lait yer by 5 700,000 bushels, that of peas by 2,500,000 bushels, beam by 470,. 000 buahels, and of hay and clover by 577,. 000 loo*. Compared wiih the annual a vi rage* of eight year* past, there ii a dr. crease of 2.400,000 bushels in wheat, 1 000,- 000 in barley and 500,000 i.. oali, bat an in- create of 3,000,000 bu>-hrU in pea*, 4 000,- 000 in beans, aud 1.264,000 IODI in hay and clover. Tbe wheat area ii lees tban the average ol the pi it eight years by 176,000 aoree, ana the barley area b) 7 1,000 while ihe oafs area is greater by 2HU.UOO acres, peau bv 137.000, bay and olover by 225,000, ivirn by 41,000. buckwheat by 21) 000. and roots by 123.000. Tbe fall wheat through most of Wtsiern Ontario is of good quality and anujiialiy tine otop. Spring wheat will probably be better than fair, bat unsafe to predial certainly. Barley is light and nut a great deal will rate tirat olass. The oat yield is expected to be light to the aore. The rye crop has given a lairly good yield and is generally well secured. There is a fair and uneven crop in peas. The bay orop i* magnificent, save in a very few of the eastern counties. Corn is good in Kent and Eaaex and dome neighboring localities, bat not 10 good in the southern oentral aoantiea and the western peninsula. There is abundance of fodder oorn, particularly ID the oast. The promise of the fruit crop is not fulfilled. Apples will be less than a third of a orop and pears poor. Plums will be a failure, save here and there. Grapes promise a glorious yield in the Lake Erie region. Mental KltebvB >!... Ten common- sized eggs weigh one pound. Soft bailer the size of an egg weighs one omnoe. One pint of ooffee A sugar weighs twelve of sifted floor (well heaped best brown sugar weighs One quart one pound. One pint of thirteen ounces Two teacups (well heaped) ot ocffea A sugar weigh one pound Two teacup* (level) of granulated sugar weigh one pound. Two teacup* of soft batter (well packed weigh one pound. One ami one- third pints of powderet sugar weigh one pound. Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or floor weigh one ounce. One tablespconfnl : ell roundsd) of sof butter weighs one ounce. Uue pint (heaped) of granulated sugar weigh* fourteen ounce*. One lablespooofnl (well heaped) grann lated, coffee A or best brown sugar, equals one ounce. Four teaspoon* are equal to one table spoon. Two and one half teacup* (level of the beit brown ingar weigh one pound Mis* 1'arloa says one generous pint o liquid, or one pint of finely chopped meat packed iclidly, weighs one pound, which it would be very convenient to remember Tearpoons vary in size, and Ibe new ens* bold about twice as much as an old fashioned spoon of thirty years ago. mtii um-ai.i teaspoon contains about a drachm. PulnMn on AtlvarUaln*;. " By their newspaper* tliall ye know Ibiui," was the very apt reply of a success- ful merchant relative lo tbe Handing and enterprise of the business men of tbe com- mut ny. There is no safeguard like a local news- paper. Nothing can do more 10 help keep op a town and help business ; and mer obant*, above all, should give them the preft reuoe. Yet, frequently the only return the papers get for their enterprise i* de- preciation from those whom they have benefited bolh directly and indirectly. As long as this is the case newspapers will be prone to welcome new comers in tbe field, even if their visits are brief. -- Printer'* Ink. Thi* is the day of printers' ink, and the pri/e* are for tbose who use it. Your traditions and your prejudices msy be to the contrary, bat tbe world doesn't oare a fig for them. The man who sits and waits for bis trade in these days generally gets left. Don't advertise but if yon do see that your own local papers get none ot il don't stand up manfully alongside of tbose who are continually fighting for yours and the town's beat interests, and there can be but one result shrivelling up. Good sales- men, first-class articles, gilt edge ureoitare not enough. They are excellent, neces- sary, bat not enough. Printers' ink beets them in tbe long run. In tbe fierce competitions of these day* old habit* and associations limply cannot aland the pleasure. Tbe trade is for tbe man who makes liberal use of printers' ink. Grocery World. TKHK1HI.M nHT WITH A BEAR. A Ptory Whlrh On* Oan Bll or Wot Jiutaa rhcjr Like. The correspondent ot tbe Arnprior \nmicie at MUsanabie Station, Algoma, ends the following : A man by the tame if John Gibeault, employed working on iridges for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, started out after dinner to regale nmsttlf witb a dessert of blaeberries, rbicb were growing in abundance a short istanoe from tbe camp. After eating his 111 he started baok to where tbe gang were it work, and while wandering slowly along lis gaze fell upon a very large bear which was ambling along a few paces in front of bim. Bruin was s-.-iumgly taking no notice of John, but he being a very brave ellow picked up a small stone and threw t at the animal to attract bis attention, t had ihe dt aired i tT eel, for hi* bearshiu lopped and looked up at Ibe intruder, lohu was unarmed, having nothing to de- end himself except a butcher knife thatne carried to eat bis dinner with. He and Irum stood confronting each r)kher for several momenls, the bear seeminuly being lute, mined to get lo tbe opposite side of Ibe ok, and John being equally determined to prevent him if possible. Biuin anally bought he had lost too much time and started to climb up the railway bank to here John was standing between the rails. When wiihin a few feet, the bear rose on it* bind legs ready for fight. John grasped bis knife tightly andwitn clenched .will waited for Bruin to begin the bailie Tbe animal advanced until Gibeaall could ul his bat breath in his face, which made him feel very nervous. The bear then made a sudden charge, when John stepped quickly to one side and drove hia mile into tbe bowels of the bear, which caused him to howl with rage. He turned and wined John in bis powerful jaws and bvgan banning bim until his rib* o-aoked John tried to free bimielf, and in thi struggle he got the bear down, andlben began a rough and tumble fight, duriui which bear and man rolled down the bank At the bottom of the ditch tbe fight was renewed, and John getting the advantage drove bis knife into the animal's body aeversl times). The ho blood gashed from the bear's wounds in stream*, and soon Gibeault wa* oovere< witb gore. The bear fought witb despera lion, and for a time it wa* a difficult matter to say which would succumb, but as the bear was getting weak from loss ot blood bis struggles grew feebler, and taking ad vantage of an opportune moment Gibeanl drove his knife to the hilt in the beast'i heart, giving bim his quietus. John then got up and made his way up the bank, feel ing proud ol his work. He bad a few acres to go to where tbe rest of tbe men were working, and on arriving there he began le tell them of hi* encounter. His comrade, only laughed at him, but John told them t go and see for themselves. Three of then started lo thu pot mi of the battle, and I their surprise found that John was no lying, for there lay the bear stretched 01 the grass dead. A bind- oar was procure and the carcass brought to Mi-ianabiu Sia tion, where il was viewed by a large mini her of people. Ii wa* tbe largest bear eve killed in this seotiou. ttoou at i. ii.iu. Everybody knows the Dominion Immitr* tion AKOI is Kood at tin using, he has to d so much of it in connection with his depart nient. Tbe Mint gives tbe following .V good story is being tuld here by limm gration Agent John Smilb, which ID wort repeating. Whilst coming up in tbe trai some days ago witb Mtsrs. Huff sn Hobson, the Saperintt n<1ent and Kuginse of the Grand Trunk Hallway, nd whe bttween Port Credit and Oakville, a dis cussion arose ae to ihe rate of speed a whiob the train was running. Esoh gentle man thought be could guess the rate o speed more accurately than hU neighboi Mr Still gut-list. I twenty uve miles, Mi Ilut-jn xaid thirty, smi Mr Smith jcimpec up to forty-two. Alter registering tht guesses watches were produced, and tb rate of a mile was timed between telegraph polts. It was found that the ipeed was Bt-iween forty and forty four miles sn nmir. " That," saul Mr Smith, " makes it just forty-two. Yes," said the rail- road experts, " but how did you guess it so olose ? ' " Because," replied the immi- gration agent, ' I have the time card in my pocket and know just what the train has lo do here." HAM IN OHBAT BRITAIN. ketch of il ii uii MacLeod, the Widely Kuown dcottlsh Uroltor. Hugh MacLeod, crofter, Morefie Id, parish I Looh Broom, county of Ross, Scotland, 'as born in tbe adjoining parish of Assynt, owuahip ol Eiphiu, Sntnerlandshire, Nov. 4tb, 1788, ao mat he i* now in his 107th ear. lie is still " as straight a* a lamp- lost," says tbe I' ill Hull (iautte. He aa) B 9 get* op in tbe baminer between S and a. m. and goes te bed at 9 p. m. In winter IB rises at 8 a. m. and retire* at 10 p. m. ' I had," be sa>s, " to drop the croft, as 1 wold nol cultivate it at last, bat I sii.l at my own fire (peals), and I carried home n my baok a or, eilul of peats (84 pouudt) tsierday." Continuing, he state* : "I take jorridge and milk for breakfast, a* I al way e id throughout my life . potatoes and lernuga, and liah aud mutton (sail) when can get il." While in this burner be obeived ihat he had grown fond of tea, which was absolutely unknown m his . ouug os)s, ana that he was very heavy on tie wing "thin twist." That extraordinary vitality and strength are still lelt to him is [irovt u from the laol that he carries home us tori in loads of three quarters of a hundredweight, a distance ol uearly a mile, one fourth of which i* up a very sleep aaoaut and over a atony, rugged footpath. hia father, who wa* a weaver, be was himself a oral Ismail a'eo a carpenter and |oim r, and in this capacity he went much about the western isles, where be beard a deal about bnlisn empire- making Irom the mouths of meufr.au "from the fields of battle gory," from amidst tbe toils of war, and bearing on their bodies, this evident marks of Ibai proud faot. So tbe fitsi seventeen years of hi* life, being also tbe lam ot the last oentory, a* well aa the moat eventful period of European history, he is a veritable walking uno)ulo| .e'.i* ot historic lore. " You have alao met many men who bad been presstd into tbe navy ?" " Yes," be said, " 1 have. Men who were afloat with Rodney, Duncan and Ni 1mm lads of my own acquaintance They, or some ot them, were preaeul at Hi. Vincent, Cainperdown and the Nile. But the moil of people whom I met then were those who were taken awa> to fill the ranks of Ibe 7H h, 72nd and 71st Highlanders, al from tug oouuty ot ROM, to contend with tqualsaooess against Turk, Tartar, Hindoo American, Indian, or Frenchman many thousands of ('em, where not as many tens could be got now." He has ever been a man who pin H 'ied a transparently blameless and honest course of life , and as theologian which every Scotsman must neotsiarily be, more or lea*, juat as an Irishman mast be a politician, he has aud had fei equals. Thai be is, and ever was, a fim specimen of hi* olaas, clan, and race broad-shouldered, andaix feel in his atock ings goes witbont saying. There are tbiue other centenarian* in Ihe sam parish, but Hagb is the patriarch o them all, wbioh faot proves beyonc doubt that Loch Broom is ths anest sana (arium m tbe British Isles. It i* thirl; miles from a railway station. THM MBA OTTKK. II t* not to be wondered at ihat people are anxious to go into manufacturing oom panies and that the slock of various mven tions is easily floated. Details oorae oat occasionally about some of the widely advertised patent medicines and special methods ot making such staples a* baking powder, eoap and tbe kitchen necessaries which oanse conservative investors in real estate and similar things lo stare in amaze ment. A short time ago it was revealed in the coarse of a lawsuit that stock in a big baking powder company in this city had reached tbe enormous valoe of 04.200 share, tbe original value of inch share* being 1100. Yesterday a patent raedi. iue man sued hi* wife, and incidentally it wa* staled that forty nine share* ol tbe patent medicine had paid tbe enormous dividend ot (49.000 in one year. Tbe real i stale boomer H of tne Western cities, when they glance at such investment* aa these, are taciturn and crushed tor bouts ata time. New Xork World. It ha* been observed that tbe skin of Arctic travalleis has a yellowish green tinge after the long winter of six months, and the effect has been generally attributed to faulty eyesight. Dr. U)lluoren>r has studied the matter, and declares that ' tbe pigment ot. tbe A Woman HuffrimUt UruhcU. " Ii there a man in all this audience," de msnded thi. I; -ile lecturer on woman rights, fiercely, that has) ever done any thing to ligneii thu burden resting on hi with'a shoulders ? What do )ou know woman's work ? Is there a man here, en continued, folding her arms and lookin over her audience with xuperb tcorn, " Ihat has ever got uu in the morning, leaving bia lired, wurn out wife toerjjy her tlumbera, gone quietly down atairs, made tbe fire, o joked bis own brtaklaat, sewed tbe inias- ing buttons on tbe children's clothes, darned the family stockings, soonred tbe pots aud kviiles, oleamd and filled the lamps, swept the kitchen, and done all this, if neceasary, day after day, unioinplain ingl) ? If there is each a man in thu audience let him rise up. I should like to see him '" And away back in the rear of the hall a mild looking roan in spectacle*, in obedi- ence to tbe summons, timidly arose. He as the husband of ihe eKquent speaker. It was tbe firat time he bad ever bad a nance lo assert himself. How tbe Natives of the North Kill Tills Valuable Fur Animal. The spearing surround is the historic nd orthodox native S) stem of capture. A arty ol fifteen or twtnly canoes, witb two men in each, let oat in pleasant weather mi spread themselves in a long line, lowly paddling over the wate e. When ny oce of them discovers an otter aileep e makes a quiet signal by lifting hi* pad- le, then dashes his canoe toward the uimal. Of coarse Ibe alarm is taken by as sensitive creature, but ths hunter keeps ight on and stops bis canoe directly over be spot where the oiler disappeared. The ther banters instantly deploy and scatter, orming a circle of half a mile wide round the ilaoe, and patiently wait for tbe animal's uappearanoe to breathe, which must lake ilace in fifteen or twenty minutes. Al nun a* this happens the hunter nearest to t darts forward, while all hands shout and brow ap their spears. Tbe animal then lives again, without a chance to recover tsell and expel the surcharged air from its iverloaded lungs. A sentry is again placed ver this second diving spot as before, tbe lirole i* drawn anew, and thus tbe game s kept up until the poor sea otter, from ft interrupted respiration, become* so filled with gases that he cannot sink and ormi an easy victim. The clubbing is a gsmy undertaking and s only earned on in the winter season al be end of some tremendous gale. Them he old natives aet out and scad down to he far- outlying rooks jail protruding above inrt-wakh, where the sea otter are lying with their heads pushed into and under he beds of kelp to avoid the fierce pelting of tbe spray. The noite of tbe tempest covers Ibe stealthy approach ot the hunt. ers, who each armed with a short heavy oodtra dob, despatch the animal* one after another without alarming tbe whole body. Hunting by tbe use of net* is peculiar to the Aleut* of Atkaa Altoo. These people make little net* from sixteen to eighteen feet long and from nix to ten feet wide, with a coarse, diamond-shaped mesh. The nets are taken out to tbe kelp bed and pread carelessly here and there over a dealing mess of the " sea cabbage." After a few days' abeenoe the hunter* return and frequently find sea-otters entangled, Having, a* they say, lied ot excessive fright. Canadian Natural <ias for Hutt'aii. ' When is Buffalo to have Canadian natural gas '.'" asked a .Vt ir reporter this morning of Secret ry McManua. of the Buffalo Natural Ga Fuel Company. " The contract with the Ontario people has been closed," be replied, " and just a* soon as they get it piped to Buffalo we will be ready lo distribute it. In their own interest* ibey will nol delay matters." Advices from Pitttburg yesterday were to tbe ttT.ct that tbe price of natural gas had been advanced 25 per cent. Mr. Me- Mauus was aaked about tbe advance, and said : " Tbe Piltsbarg people have been selling their gas at ridiculously low prices, but I do not know that the price has been advanced " " What ii tbe price of gas in Pitts- burg ? " " That 1 do not know, bat I do know they have been selling the beat fuel in tbe known world in competition witb the poor- eat (soft coal) at such low rates as to close he market against the coal. Hu^iin .Vcwi. WAKWI.V liKKSTTBI). An Arrtcaui Baboon Welcomes a HctentUt a Friend nod Brother. The officers of tbe man-of-war I'ensaoola, which recently returned from South Africa with the scientists who went to observe the eclipse of Ibe son in December, lake muoh pleasure in recalling many of the) incidents connected with the voyage, says tbe New York Tnlaau. Une that bring* forth a laugh, even at the most aerion moments, is an experience thai Professor Cleveland Abbs bad at Barbaiuwe. He went, with a number of tbe officers, to visit tbe museam, and took oopions notes of tbe peculiarities of tbe various species of monke)B, there, especially tbe " blue monkey." The manager specially cautioned htm against the danger of approaching too close to an immense baboon, because of bis extreme playfaluuM" at times, bat tbe professor was overoonsoious of his own powers of persuasiveness, and went toward tbe fellow with a cracker in bis out- stntched liana, and kindly aaked : Tommy, want a cracker .'" The baboon made a sadden spring, caught Professor Abbe about Ibe waist, and in a second was literally wiping the floor with ihe learned scientist. The manager oame to Ibe relief of the professor, who as soon ae liberated made a hasty retreat, and did not posh the inquiry into tbe habits of tbe baboon fainny any further. The fact is that there is altogether too muc-u reverence for rascals and for ras- cally methods on tbe part of tolerably decent people. Rascality is picturesque, doubtless, and in fiction it bai even its moral uses ; but in real life it should have no toleration, aud it is, as a matter of fact, seldom accompanied by the ability that it brags. One proof that the smart rogue is not so smart as he thinks and as others think it that he so often comes to grief. He arrives at bis anooeaeee through hia knowl- edge of Ibe i-vil in men ; be comes to grief through his ignorance of ihe good in men. He thinks he knows " human nature,' but he only halt know* it. Therefore he is constantly in danger of making a fatal mistake. For instance, his excuse 10 himself for lying and trickery is that lying and trickery are indulged in b; otheri even by s'une men who make a load boast of virtue before tbe world. A little more or less lying and trickery seems to make no difference, he t specially ao long as there is no public dis- play of he* and tricks for be unotrstaud* that there most always be a certain out- ward propriety in order to ensure even the inferior kind ol success he is aiming at. But having no usable oonsjienoe to gaide him be underrate! the sensitiveness of other consciences and especially tbe sensitive- ness of that vaitue sentiment called " public opinion " and he makes a miscalculation, which, if it does not laud him in the peni- tentiary, at It ail make* him of no use to his respectable allies ; therefore no use to bis semi-criminal associates ; therefore a surprised, miserable and vindictive failure. Century Mutiattrif. Rational " How i* your stomach ? Have yon eaten your rice?" That'* Chinese. Be under the guard of God." That's tbe Ottoman's. How do yoo do ?" That's English and American. " How do yon oarry yonreslf .'" That's French. " Mav thy shadow never grow less ?" Thai's Persian. " Thank God, how are von " That i Arabian. " How do you find yourself " That's German. " How do yon have yourself ?" That's Polish. " How do you perspire ?" That's Egyptian. " How do yon live on ?" That's Rnatian. Go witb God, senor '." That's Spanish. 11 How do you stand ?" That'i Italian. 11 How do yon fare '.'" That's Dutch. " How oan yon '" That's Swedish. Met hi* Match. A fellow thinking to appear smart entered a notion store on Sixth avenue the other day and said to one ot tbe sales ladies : " Have you any eall for huabandi here ?" O yes, occasionally. Are you looking for a market ?" " Yes," said Smarty. " All right. Step right up on tbe 10 oenl counter." bow HU i . ....n in vn,,...... "Mamma," said Matter Henry, fat Amelia ha* grown I" " YDS,' replied his mamma, " bat don't say ' (at, 1 dear, say ' stoat.' " At the dinner table next day Harry was asked if he woald lake any fat meal. No, than* you," said Harry, "I'll lake aome Bar Sunday Lover. "Mabel," faltered Ibe youth in the gor geoua bia/.-r, "I am deeply disappointed. The partiality you have shown for my society curing tbe many little exc unions we have taken together and the delighkfnl iltle evening er louche* we have had an ce tbe summer season began led me lo expect a different answer." lit cause I have looked upon yon as ao agreeable tisoort lo picnics aud lawn tennii parlies and for summer evening promen ades yon have regarded yourself a* my accepted lover, have you, Geot g ?" And it is beoauM I have breii available for these things," he said indignantly, that you have acoepted my attentions, is it? You regard me merely as a summer lover, I presume?" That i* aboat the case, George," replied the maiden, as he dog a hole in the sandy beach with her pa asol. " 1 have looked upon you ae a lover in a piokniokian sense only." Cliicafn> Tribune. Curlona Kt. K ll.h statistics. In his official report jDBt published tbe chief inspector of factories give* some oartoos details ol the commissariat depart meots ol some of our great trading tsiab- Imhim nis. Measrs. Bboolbred, it appears, feed between 800 and heads of departments. 900 aesiilants and 'ho consume among tbt m from 4 500 lo 4 suO pounds of meat a week and 3 <ous of poutoee, besides dis- posing of 1(0 half quartern loaves every day. The factory hands" boy their own food, bat are provided with means of cook ing it. Mr. Whileley's great industrial town in Wtatbonrne- grove boasts of i -M." assistants on fall board, 425 who reotive dinner and tta, and '.19 women who receive tea only. Tht re are al this establishment alone, without counting tbe numerous bran chin, 1,789 persons who are partially or entirely boamed. Mr. Oorrin^e provides a free tea and a room in which 10 prepare ihtt food of IfiO dreasand mantle maker*. London Daily Ntm. Charles W. Hamilton, a naval surgeon sa>* of tea aicknets: "In the few oases which I have lately bad to deal with 1 have found tbe internal adminiiti alien <* the seed of tbe kola a moat remedy." The Kiuhluu III Flower*. There is an increasing tendency to ar- range diitinct Mowers m masses aud with their awn foliage a* far as posaible. No one will deny that tbe effect is ii.t'n.nt ly jtitier than Ibe old (aehioti of mixing any number of promiscuous blossoms of differ- in kinds aud colors. Take roses, or oar- latioui, or sweet peas, or any other irilliaul tljwer now in bloom. Fill your vases vtiiu one variety only, and your lining table or drawing-room will have a 'ar better t tTeol than if )ou had a whole greenhouaeful uf the rarest blossoms crowded indiscriminately together. Nature a very true artiat, aud the more nalur ally the dowels oan be arranged, the better they will look. Kerns and grasses may, of coarse, be used with advantage in some oases, but generally tbe foliage of tbe plant itself will be all the green necessary. tint I'ork Tnliuiu. Hebrew, Israelite and Jew. Oar broad national distinction gave us the name Israelite in Ihe time of our ancient greatness, a greatness to which all people may at some time in Ihe long future e, and then we may again -together with all God-fearing people adopt the name of Israelite. Before oar ancestors were in a national sense Israelites they were Hebrews- a name which was, and is to day, a distinction. Nothing could be plainer to a*, Hebie* refers to the race. Israelite refer* to the nation, Jew to the religion. Hrbreu Journal. They Warn (tafe. Gracious!" exc'airnsd the biblical editor cf tbe Mm: .ma l.tfrrti, " we primed a text yesterday that wasn't from tbu Bible at all '" Well,' 1 replied the oity editor scorn- folly, " do you suppose there B a soul in New York w'ould detect it?" Life. Rather Aml>liuoii. I see by your sign thai you are a dis- pensing druggist." V ..u air ' > Ye*, sir." I What do you dispense witb ? " ' With accuracy, air." I 1 was afraid yon did." n M he la.Spokfi. The English language sound* funny to a foreigner. 11 1 will oome by and by and bay a bi- cycle," said a traveller, and Ihe shopkeeper bad an attack of brain fever try ing to make out what he meant. Speaking of dancing the Bishop of Ches- ter recently said that, he himself not being a danmng man, be left it to the arohdeaoona and tbe junior oUrgymenof the diocese. At Ibe same time he aid not think il paid in the long run to fight against it. Dancing was ualuial aud was most pit again. Uia Lordnhip alao took occasion lo < nidoniu Ihe fitiioky fashion of shaking hands, a* it is cone now, with an awkward sort of loach inutt ad of a strong and manly grasp. Ne* York 8**. Trip Lepeiaou Autlt<il. The following despatch wa* received from Mgr. Botse, from K-qunnux Point, Que. : "Captain Marquis hae jnst arrived from English Bay, Aniioom. He saw the Gtiignard family, who arrived there thi* spring from Bhippegan, aud who were reported to be a:!licted with leprosy. > he father died a natural death three week* after hit arrival at Englirh Uav Th* family i* in excellent health, Mr. Marquis states, but very poor. No leprosy anywhere there. Rev. Father Thibulot never said no, nor authorized tbe use of his name. Hia itre so poor that a part of them most iihifl their I'larlers. Il is hoped that the Napoleon Third has received onier* to take those people and also call al Nataabquan in < >. -tuber. The above family i* willing to go elsewhere." What the liriuiil Trunk la to Chicago. It i* now -| n tie a long aerie* of year* *inoe the Grand Trunk became one of the great trunk line* of this country. Although a Canadian road originally, aud suit such in the greater part of it* mileage, it i* a very important part ol tbe United States) railway S)Slem, for all practical purpose*. Ever since it reached out as far a* CLicagv it has done an immense bosiue** in sup- plying New England with western grain and provisions. Tbe dressed beef busiuea* is antagonized by tbe other lines for a good while, Ihe Grand Trunk bring it* main reliance. All this ha* been done without any injustice to the railroads ot our own country. Inter dcean. How to judge a good black silk i* aa aooompliihment made easy by a contem- porary in the following directions: Poll oat a thiead of the filling and aee if it ia> strong. If il stands the test, then. rub one corner ot the silk in the hauiia. a* though washing it. After this operation, if it be ijiod silk it will, upon being brufbed oat, look a* smooth as ever. If, on holding it up to the light and looking thn ugh it, you see no traces o( tbe robbing, be sure the silk is good. The warp and filling should not differ ranch in size or il will not wear well. If you choose a figured silk, let tbe figure be small and well woven, else it will soon present a frayed appearance, and you will have to pick off Ihe little tag* of eilk that will dot Ihe breadths. IM.llluaton. " Why Hettie," said her mother, coming in to see her newly married daughter tinex- peotly one evening, "now is it yon are alone ? John Certainly didn't let you paee your evenings alone by yourself wbea be was courting you." " No, mamma ; bul ever since w were married I'm beginning to Dud him out more and more." An >u< oii.lil TMtr 'hi- Hotel Clerk (xoitedly to proprietor) The guest in No. 151 ha* committed suicide. Proprietor Cot his throat, I suppose, and ruined the oarpei ' " No ; he turned on tbe K *nd suffo- cated himaelf." " Great heavens ! Doosn't he know thai gas ooals money " -Love i* blind, wul ihe beet looking girl* do not get married first.