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STORIES FROM THE DIARY OF A DOCTOR. A DOCTOR'S DILEMMA. "I mppoee there 1s nothing for It but to take your advice," he Said. " Too will not rspent it," I answered^ M Shall I write te Russell for you to. nightr " Better wait until the morning," he replied. " 1 will sleep over all you have aid, sod giv* you my float decinon then." " Well, I mu: Isav. you now," I replied. " I have promised to look in on one or two patients thie evening i we (hall moot at breakfast.'* Tb* aeit morning I wa* down early, and entered my breakfast-room before eight e'oloot. I noticed that a place we* only laid for one. " How i* this Harri* ?" I aid to my servant. " Have yea forgotten thai Ur. Kevwral i* in Ihe house ?" " Dr. Feveial left tin* morning, sir, 1 replied Harris. Hs cam* down stairs very early, and told me to tell you that you would find a note from him in your study. I euauired if he would like breakfast, but heseiii that be did act wish for anything. He was out of th* house before half-past ix, sir." I hurried off to my (tody in *om* alarm. Feveral's nets wae on th* mantel- piece. I tore it open ; it ran a* follow* : "Mv dear Halifax, -I regret to *sy that I find it impossible to remain in your house anoihsr hour. I spoke to you last night about what 1 believed at the time to be a delusion, namely, lhat I was followed wherever I went, I now perceive that thi* i* not a ilelusioc, but a grim realuy. Even in your house I am not af*. La*t night two men enter- ed my room they watched me from btbiod th* curtains, an 1 did not leave until uayligii t. 1 have risen early, and am leaving London without delay. My tear it lhat 1 have already made some eitraord- Ittary mistake in my dispensary, and have, perhaps, during my queer lapse* of memory, givrn m.dicme which ha* deprived a fellow- ertalurs of life. In this way I have un- doubtedly laid myself open loth, punish- ment of the law. Ih. men who came :nto , icemen. You will *n't stay longer in Bty r. 1,111 were understand thai London Yours, riice can it was so good to see Arthur lik* hit usual self again. I wa* upstair* in my loom it wa* a little after twelve o'clock when somecue opened the door in great excite, msut. I looked up and raw Arthnr he almoet staggered into the room hi* hair 'a* pushed wildly back from his forehead he went a* far a* th* mantelpiece and leant againt it. 11 ' What ha* happened f I astsd. " H* pulled at hi. collar a* if It would choke him before he replied. " ' I have just committed murder,' h* aid then he (tared itraight pest me a* If he did not see me. " ' Oh, nonsense,' I an*w*r*d ; ' you can't poeeibly know what yon are laying.' " It is true I have taken a man', life,' he repeated. ' I am ruined : it i* all up with me. Thsre U blood on my hand..' "'Sit down, dear, and try te tell m* vtrything,' I said to him. "I went up to him, bnt b* piuhcd m* aside. " ' Don't,' he aaid ; ' my hands are stained with blood. I am not Ut even to touch you.' " 'Well, at leaat tell m* what ha* hap. pened,' I implored. "After a time he grew calm, and I got him to apeak more rationally. " 'You know thos* awful lap*** of mem- ory,' he began. 'A youngman astranger cam* to consult me this morning. I iiagnoeed his case with my usual care, and then went to prepare som* medicine 'or him. I went into the dispensary as usual. 1 felt quite well, and my intellect seemed tti me to be particularly Keen. 1 remember distinctly pulling some ammonia and some lalicin into a glass then followed an awful blank. I found myself standing with a bottle in on* nand, and a gla>s containing medic-ins in another I didaom.Uung with the botlle, bnt I can't remember what. After another period, in which everything wa* once again a blank, I came to tny**if. I found myself then in the act of giving a bottle ma<le up in paper, and stale 1 In tne usual way, to my patient. " ' "l!v th* way, "I laid, "would ycu net like to take a dose at once ? If so, I will fetch you a glass even the first dose of this medicine will remove your troublesome symptoms *imu*l immediately." " 'The man to whom I was speaking wa* a fine- looking young fellow of about three cr four am! twenty. He heslitated when I suggrsteil that he should lake a dose of medicine directly. After a pause, he sal I AKTHI-R KFVEEIL." Tk. moment I rad thi* eitr*ur.iinary that he weulJ prefer to take the medicine when he returned to his hotel. I shook hands with him, he paid me his fee, and then left the house. A moment later I returned to the dispensary. I lucre made letter Iput my baton and wut out of the | the following awful discovery. In a mo- house. I went to the nearest telegraph , ment of oblivion I had put strychnine office, and eent lh* following mesiage to instead of valerian into the medicine. The Mrs. Keveral : Your husband called on me last 'quantity of .irychnine which I had used night j would kill anyone. I rushed from the be was not well; he left suddenly this house like a distracted person, hoping to he morning, giviug noaddre**. If you have HI time to follow my patient. I made no clue to hi* wherstbout*. com* and se* 'inquiries about him, but cjuld not catch ms at once." sight of him anywhere. Kven one does of To my surprise, no rep'.y cam* to thi* j that m*<licme will kill him. He will die of telegram for several hotrs. In th* evening j convulsions even after the first dose in all I found a yellow envelope lying on the slab ' probability he is dead now. Oh, what a in my hall. It was from Mrs. Feveral it me.lman I was to return u. Hialfordshire !' ran as follow* : ' """"' lo comfort my husband, Dr. "Thauk you for Ulegiam no cause for Halifai, but soon found lhat my words had uneumeee. Arthur r*turue>l this morning, no', tb* slighttst effe. t upon rum. I saw .looking better an. I cheerful. H" is buiy in that he was not even listening to me he ihe dispensary now I have not shown him your telegram. --lN'i><.n> I i VMIU. "This i* not the last of what may turn to mix hi* medicine* they were found In the) diapeuary unwashed. Dr. Hussell, on namming one, found tome drop* of (iryohnine adhering to the bottom of the glass." "Then thit hope is over," I answered. "Well, ws must only trust lhat something prevented your husband's victim from taking the medicine. Our first duty i* to find that young man immrdiately; o>ir aecond, to follow Feveral. Will you rest here for a few moment, while I think over this strange uase?" I left the room, ordered Harris to bring the poor young wife some refreshment, and went off to my consulting-room to think over matter*. I was busy, u is true, but I resolved to east everything to the windi in the cause of my unhappy friend. posed victim is alive and unhurt, Feveral will in all probability so--n be restored to his normal state of health." " Perhaps you are right," sai-i I>r. Rus- sell, " auj if so you bad better comf with me at once to < onsult Hudson. He is a hr.wd fellow, and will in all probability soon be able to trace the man to whom the strychnine wa* given. But how do yorn propose lo tind Keveral T" " We will tackle Hodsoa first," I said. " I want to set him to work without a moment's delay." Dr. Russell rose, put on ms bac and great- coat, and we soon found ourselves in Snort Street. Hudson, the privats detective, happened to be in we had an interview witn him. 1 put the oas* a* briefly a* possible in his hand. ; he promised to take I had known Feveral since he was a boy. . u up ; a*-ur.,i u* that it wa* a very eaey I wa* not going to desert him now. I | and promising investigation, and told u. oems back presently and told Mrs. Feveral that I ha i made arrangements which would enable me to devote my time for the present to her service. "That is just what I should bavs expect- ed," *he replied. "I won't thank you in words vou know what I fool." "I know lhat you are brave, and will help me instead of hindering me," I rejoin- ed. "Will you accept my hoepitality for to-n ght, Mn. Fevsral ? My servant* can, 1 think, make you comfortable. I mean to yjo to Staffordshire by the next train." "Why so T" I most set intiuir.e* on foot with rrgard to your husband's patient I mnst find oat nis name and all possinla particulars about him. I hope to be back in town with news tor yon early in the morning. In the meantime, will yon hold yourself in reed that in all probability we should know whether Feveral's victim was alive or dead by the following morning. As we were returning to Russell's house, a young man came up and spoke abruptly to the old doctor. " How do yon do he said. " Will yon take a messige from ms to Feveral " " Feveral is from home at present," re- plied Dr. RiiM.ll. " What a pity. The fact is, I heard from my brother this morning. He par- ticularly begue<1 of me to tee Feveral, or by tome means to convey his thanks to him." " I liopvyoar brother is better. North," aid Dr. Riusell, in a kindly tone. " Tnank*. he i* getting as fit as possible h* thought Dr. Fevetal would be glad to know about him he i* now at Mont* meee to accompany me the moment I get Carlo, having a right good lime in short, a clue as toFeveral's present whereabouts?" "I will do exactly what you wish."*b* answered. I aaw that her lip* quivered while ihe spoke, but I also percsiv*,! to my relief that sh. had no int*ntion of break ingdown. A few moments later, I found myself in a our walk. his nerves are completely restored, and he proposes to return to work within the next lortnighr or so." Dr. Ruseilsn>i a few more words, assured North that he would give Fsveral his mee- ag* when he law him, and w* continued hansom cab driving a* fait as I could to Paddingtoo Station. I took the next train down to Staffordshire, and arrived atWeit- fieH, the small country town where Feveral had nis practice, about nine o'clock in the evening. 1 drove itraight to Dr. Ruseell'i nouse. Us was in, and I was admitted immediately into hil presence. The old doctor knew me slightly. When I appeared he came eagerly forward. 'I can guess what yon have come about," he said ; "that unhippy business in eon- nection with poor Keveral. His wife told me that she was going to town to consult you. Of course, I an, glad lo see yon, bat I don't know that you can do anything." "I mean to find the man if he i* still alive," I rejoined. "The wnole caae points to suicide, doe. it not ?" replied Kuisell. "But lit down, won't you ? Let u* talk it ovr." I removed my overcoat an<l *at down on th* chair wnich Hu*s*ll indicate.). "I don't believe in th* inicld* idea," I began. "If Feveral meant to commit euin te. he would not have drawn a thous- sand pounds out of his bank. He is undoubtedly al the presenl moment suffer What is that about Fsveral sending a patient to Mont* Carlo ?" I asked, sad- denly. " 1 knew uothiog about It nntil North mentioned it," said Dr. Russell. " Both th. North, hav. been down with influenza tn* younger surter-d considerably ; he went through just the sort of nerve storm which seems, in a diferent degree, to have affected poor r'everal himself. I did not know that Fsveral had recommended him change I am surprised that be sent him to a place like Monte Carlo." " \N hy so?" 1 asked. "On account of the gtming-tablea. There never was a man who had such a horror of gambling as Fevers]. His father was bitten with the craze years ago, and, a. a boy.be learnt something of the tremen dous evils which spring from indulgence in such a nee. That he should recommend a patient to put himself in the way of temptation asinnishe* me a good deal." I thought deeply for a moment or two. "Do you tiappen to know,"! asked th:n, "when the Norlhs had influence ?" "Why do you ask ?" I hav* a reason for wish ing to know. In cros*ed ihe room aa I was s[eaking and, going to ons of the windows, Hung it open out a bad business," I could not help saying lo myself. The next event in my friend's queer story scarcely aurprised me. Within forty- eight houre after his sudden departure, Mrs. Fsveral called to sec ms. I was just going out when she drove up to my jr in a hansom cab. I had last seen her as a brids she wa* nnw in deep mourning. She was a r> mark ably handsome your g woman, withansitraordmary fairnessof complexion which one seldom sees in an Ki>|(li*h girl. It suddenly flashed through my memory that Feveral had married a young girl of Noraegian origin. Ihisfact accounted for the whiten*** of her skin, her bright bine eyes, and golden hair. She ste|.|>ed lightly out of the hansom, and, seeing m*, ran up th* step* to meet in*. "'.ana Cod you ar* not out," sh* ex- claim* 1. "I am In great trouble. Can I * you immediately !" "i mainly," I answered, lea ling the ay to my study a* I spoke. " How is and leant half out. Hs began lo look up and down the street, in the vain hope of seeing his unfortunate patient amongst the crowd. "M shall nevsr see him again he is a dead man,' he repeated. 'He is dead hi* blood i* on my head we ar* ruined.' " 'We must try'and find him immediate- ly,' I -aid " 'NonseLse, we shall nevsr find him,' rsplied Arthur. "As h* said Iheee wo.-ds, h* left th* room. I paused to consider for a moment, then I went to consult Dr. Ruasell. Mf husban .'* partner is, a* you know, an old man. H* wa* terribly disturbed when I told him what he 1 happened, and laid that immediate steps should be taken to find the poor fellow who had been given the wrong medicine. He went out himself to inquire at the different hotel, in th. town. Meanwhile, I began to search for Arthur. I could not find him in th. house. I asked the servant* if they had seen him. No one knew anything about him he clue to hi* aid Dr. ing from a degree of mania, bat it does not short, if Fsversl gave this advice since his point in that direction. I want.if possible, lo get a clue to hi* whereabouts ; and, what is sven far more important, to find out if the strychnine which, in a moment of oblivion, he out into his patient's medi- cine ha* really Te4 to a fatal result." "That I can't tell," replied Russell. "The young man wno came to consult Feveral yeeterday morning appsars to be stranger in West field. Just after Mr*. Feveral left for town I succeeded in tracing him to a commercial hotel of the name of Perry's in a bed part of the town. He mult have BISMARCK OF THE EAST, STAMBULOFFS MURDER MAY MEAN TROUBLE fOR EUROPE. Will ( i~..rii lUt ftlavs The While Ciar i ike *.nfc Weald Xec Approve f a B. pnl.llr ! B.lj.rl. War -.i.rms Will nwep e>vrr ike Bui. The drama now iwiftljr develoy;ng in Bulgaria it 10 big with poMibilitiM of the trouble for Europe that iu mall**t detail* art watched with intense interest. The a*sa*iuat.ioii of . 1 Stmbulofl ; (be return of Prmo* Ferdinand. driven back te hi* port by ih force of that public opinion which not >TCO royal ruler* may dicrogard, and the mueinn of the Metropolitan Clement to Sh Petersburg are all indication! of aa approaching dorm whtcb will bo heard far beyond the Balkans. The death et .-itambuloff means the re- sumption of Ruieian influence in the Balkan Peninsula. It meant more : It impiiee, within a few year., the exteneion of Pan slavism ; the probable disappearance Austria a* an Empire the aboorption IB fMl, by the great Knaeian communny of the 17,000,000 S.avs now within Austria* boundarici. KTAMlt LOFF A PATBJOT. Stambui,,!: wae by no means a good man but he wae sincere in one roepoot he wai an honeei and ardent patriot. J'hu means ibat he pieferred to tee hi* country eman- cipated trom all foreign influence* ran. or tnan held in tutelage by Kueeia or Aus'ria. The reeult wa* that when the proper time came in the opinion of the fewer which felt itself offended by hi* patriotism he wa* murdered by bravo*, quite in the manner of the thirteenth century. Europe suppoe. *d hereelf weaned from all each savagery, but it mutt be remembered that Bulgaria u on the confine* of Europe. I.HRMD nU>H TRB TrBU. Not far away i* tb* tavage Turk, frod wbem Bulgarian* liar* learned many of tbo eruehiee wnich they pot into practice ae oon a* Roaiia bad remoTed the Tnrkiih heel* from their reck*. Stambulofl would never nate contented to the torture of hi* prisoners to make tnem oonfoe* if he had not inh*rito<i,a* it wore, a legacy of cruelty from tb* Turk. Bulgaria ha* certainly been a land of savagery lino* the Roman campaign of 1877. The knit* and the revolver have been nied by dip. .<mau almoet a* much a* in* dinner party and the policy of persuasion. Dynamite ha* even been enlisted against pereou* wno were obnoiion* because they were laboring to fire Bulgaria, real inde- pendence. BCLGARJAX ATaocrriBa. The "Bulgarian atrocitiee" committed by Bulgarians ihcneelveo hare been almoel equal to thou of Batak, which roueed the world, and precipitated the Russian ampeugn Of cour of liberation. own attark, it may give me a present whereabout*." "I can't eoe your meauing, 1 Ruaeell, with impatience. "A* a fact, the youngest North was down with the mala.iy immediately aft-r Keveral had made hi* own quick recovery he had a inert, sharp attack, followed by great depression- I nat.ooalmt, yet honed hi. fellow country. F.verei .poke about him to me oie d.v. I \ " do " *"* _ k T A** ..'".. d *?? aid, casually, that he should hare change I did not know nntil to-nighl that my course Koeeia uses this a* an argument ageinet the complete political independence of Bulgaria. "Tnes* people cannot govern thsmeelves," say the Russian agent* a* ><>ria. "Look at Stamhuio i ; be wa* n your liiim.au>!, Mr. Feveral ? I hop you I '''' ""' K ol >* " ut ln '' carriage. Dr. Russell presently returned to say lhat he tir not bringing me bad news of him? ' "I am," she replied. She pressed her nand sinlileuly to her i ee". "1 am not going t break down," she continued, Diving me an eager nor I of p'iieli. glance which showed me a qlimpee into her brave sprit. "I menu to resc'i* him if a man could get 110 trace of the .irenger. Almost { at the same time a telegram wa* brought to in,-. I tor* it open it wa* from Arthur. " 'Don't attempt to follow me,' he said - . in it; "it is best that we should never meet can Ix- reocuo-il, ' ihe continued. "No ene I agm. If I can I will provide for your can help me if you can't. Will you help! future, but we must never meet again. 1 me * You have always heeu my husband'* greatest friend. He has thought more of your opinion than that of any other man living. Will you show yourself friendly at this juncture ?" "Need you ask ?" I replied. "Here is a ohair sit down and i*ll me everything." SB* did what I told her. When she lipgitn to speak she clasped her hands tightly in. gether. 1 paw by her attitude that sie was making a strong effort to control lier. eelf. "I asked my husband to visit you a few day* ago," (he begun. " He had spoken of someuf hi* symptoms to me, and I begged of him to put hi* cue into yn ir hands. I hoped great things from your ad vine, Y>,ur telegram a couple of ilaya ago naturally frightened me a good deal, hut almost in the moment of r.adingit I received mother from my hr*t>anil, in which he asked me to eipoct him liy an terly tram, ao<l told me he WM bettor. He arrived ; he looked eheerlul and well. He said lhat h* Iwlioved hi* grave .ympUimehad suddenly lefi. him. Revsrsl patients were waiting to consult him; h* wont off at ours to the dispensary. I fell quit* happy aimt liim, mi, I tele- graphed yon to that efect. In tl evening he was wonderfully cheerful, ai.ci taid he did not think it necessary to go to the ex- pens* of a charge. He slept well lhat Bight, and in the morning told me that he foil quite well. He wsnt out early to visit some paiieiii ami cams home to breakfast; afterwards be spent some hours, as uaual, IB his dispensary. I had l*en very un- happy and depressed slno* the dsath of my nild, but that nerving I felt almost glad There was no signature. " That is the whole story," said Mrs. Feveral, standing up as she spoke. "After receiving my husband'* telegram, 1 went to his bank and found to my aelonishment that he had ilrawn nearly all the money we possess. He took a thousand pound* away with him in notee and golij. That fact seems to point to the conclusion that he had no intention of commit ting suicide; but where has he gone why did he want so much money ? What did he mean by saying that he would provide for me ? I know that he i* not responsible for hi* actions it is very unsafe for him to be alone. I thought the whole thing over, during last evening and daring the long hours of the night, and resolved to come 10 you this mi ruing. I muittiod my husband again, Dr. Halifax, and I want to know now if you can help me to search for him." " I cert.tiuly will," I replied ;" the story you have just f-l.l me is most disastrous. I warned Feveral the other day that he was in no fit state to dispense medicines at present . He did very wrong not to take my advice. Of course, I ought not to blame him, poor fellow, for he is not responsible for hi* own action*. Two dutie* now lie befor* ui, Mr*. Krveral." "Ye*?" she replied, eagerly. "We inns' *irst discover whether your huslmnd ha* really caused ths death of this man or not. After all, he may only have imagined that he put etrvchnios Into the medieme." 'No, no," sh* interrupted! "there is no hope of getting out of the terrible dilemma in that way. My huaband used two glasses walked straight to th. hotel after Laving my partner*! consulting room. The waiter there telli me that he looked ill when he entered th. houer he observed lhat he carried a bottle of medicine wrapped up in paper in his hand. The bottle seemed to be anopened when the waiter observed him be asked for hi* bill, which h* paid, and in ten minute*' tim* had left th* hotel. Yesterday wa* market day at We.tfl.ld, and there were a good many strangers in th* town. Thi. young man vi lently attracted no special attention the waller did not even know his na >*. He arrived early in the morning, asked for a room, had a wa*h and change ; had breakfast, nf which hs MS very liltls ; went out, evidently to consult my partner ; returned, paid hi* bill, and vanished. Wher* h* i* now. Heaven know*." Th* oase must be put Into a detective', hand* immediately," I said. ''Have you a good man in the town, or .hall I wire to Scotland Yard?" "There is, I believe, a private detective in Short Street," answsred Russell ; "bat may I ask what is your object in following up this man's history ? If he really dies of the medicine, we are likely to know all about the affair soon enough. " "There is just one chance in a hundred that he has not taken the medicine, * I replied, "and on that chance, we should act promptly." I can't follow you,", replied the old , impatiently. " If r take* the medicmi le matter ? II the thing i. known, it will be disaitroui lo ns in every way. It is hard -nough, Heaven knowi, in th.ee limes of keen competition, to keep on.', connection, and if it were bruited aboot that we had a mad doctor on the premises, bo adm mistered poison instead of cure. advice was acted upon." (TO Bl THE WESTERN GOLD FIELDS. iBtllokmaa plnlea of relBBskla'a Treasures. Hrul.si noisome prisons, and accumulated ail immense lortane from Ihe presents of contractor*. If the 'Bismarck of tb* Bal- kan*' wa* no better than that, what might have been eipected from tne President of a Bulgarian republic? TEARS RirrBLIi-AXIkal. So apeak* M. Hiiroro, Russian diplomat al Sofia ; and so echo hi* friends. The fait i* lhat the possibility of a. Bulgarian Re- Mi. Mitchel, ,nne, Englishman now \&gfrStt*S$ in Montreal on his way boms, has been in British Columbia and the North- West for ths last three year*. Mr. Innea take* a lively interest in mining operation*, al- though not a practical miner, and hi* faith in th* mining possibilities of Briiieh Columbia is unbounded. He is about to visit Kngland now with a vlsw to forming a "development company.* "The possibility* of placer mining alone in Bnflsh Columbia" Bay* Mr. Innes- normous and practically nothing ha n done to develop them. (Quart would even form a coalition with Austria his bitter enemy and rival in everything IB Southeastern Europe rather than so* a republic in th* Bulgarian valley* and the) student* from Robert* College at Constan- tinople coming to lit in a real Congress to legislate without dictation from St. Peters- burg, and without the fear of Vienna before, their eye*. Would the** same students become hard and cruel like Stambulod if they had the power f Who can tell ? ann.sere po.*en nea o our, , . we should IOM all our patient. In a month'. ' 'J" n l '>P d '' beds, be , ,t , laid that two mm working on Canon ' r ' k . ln '" vicinity of Golden, bad esour DKBADB miTOLCTIOIC. are enormous ana practically notnmg na I Austria has too keen and constant a dread yet been done to develop them, yuartx ' of revolution te take any chances in thi. mining and placer mining are both being Bulgarian matter. She knows that the carried on in Kast Kooteoay, bnt there are example of a successful popular government no large companies at work there just in her neighborhood mighl mean the spring- now. Several rich proepect* have, how- Ing up of republic* in Ronmania, Sema and ever, been reported there this spring. The in thoee mountain provinces whuh fell te> mining people in t his diitrict are for th* j her shar* when th* spoil of tb* Turk was most part simply prospectors, having little I divided at Berlin in 1878. or no means at their disposal in order to Bulgaria has no hops, lor the present, of develop their properties ; what n required independence worthy th. name. A revolt*- ID thii district ii a development company lion, eren should it have for it* pretext a formed for the purpoee of acquiring the rash to the relief of the oppressed peasantry most promising prospects and sufficiently in Macedonia, would limply afford the pul ihe properties in a stale lo be present- i Salisbury would nol enter upon i ed to the British investor. Al Golden," | limply to gst them out again, continue,! Mr. Innea, "placer mining teems to be the prevailing industry, and the employment is apparently profitable, for the people are fairly well to do." As an illustration of tbs wealth that is lime." Don't yon see my point ?" I answered. >',, t JUU *w HIT LTVIM* i A mllw w VI VIA. , . . . J . | I . . . IUUU > llw MI *">"* IJl VK '... u> i " In order to prevent your having a mad four hundred dollars i wort* of gold in | ^ g. M noD . nlitT i, politic*, fnvolc doctor on tfi* premises. I insist on ' two w " k< J oi1 ' ' ." I social lif*. incapable of any wise or w having this thing cl.ar.d up. If by a lucky ' " * h SA^ftJ^^ifSi ><>" He laughed at St.mbuloff wh. ">7 ' chance the young man who called at your ipeniary this morning is still alive and well! Keveral will in all probability recover voes generally in u*e. without the assistance of machinary or any uiieini < i iii" Y'niriw 111*11 wnu < tiifj'U nti > irui i i 1 ffrVKl l '. fJIIi>U we** iwwa ii\i UIBVJW jwmvuj dispensary this morning is still alive and PP""". *." '?' mln ' "" I concerning his murd.r. Not much can be AnMAM a*nAr&l]v in llftdt .. n ... .. . PBINCB riRDINAND IN DAXQIB. Prince Ferdinand, if he oan show that he was in no wise concerned in the conspiracy for taking the life of StambulofT, and if some assassin doee not empty bis revolver at him, may cling to his throne a lutle longer. Th* Russians will imile en him as long a* h* init* their programme. He seem* fnvol\is in worthy move. He laughed at Stambulotf when the talesman was alive, and mad* joke* from the mania which now threaten, to overbalance h.. reason. From the nature of th* medicine given, the patient wa. most likely only suffsring from soms simple disturbance. He refused to take the medicine while in Feveral's oonsulting- Mr. Innes said lhat he had two brother*, at work on a claim in Canon I reek, seven milee and a half from Golden. The gold o far taken from thi* claim was aent to Victoria to be assayed, and yielded a re- turn of 18.43 per ounce, or 92i \ thousands mviiuiua wiiiiv iu ro.viBi IUUBII i L i UK , . - . . . room-it is svident that he left the hotel ' 8n"". " unprwedental assay in thi* nth the bottle .till unopened it i. net dlt ' rl wrong, therefore, to infer that h* wa* better. Being better, it i* also on th. card*, although I know it i* scarcely likely, that h* never touched th* medicine at all. If this i* th* case and the fact i* known, Several's reason may be saved." " Oh, poor fellow, I doubt if he is in the laid of ths living," Interrupted Dr. ROB. Mil " I am certain he is alive," I replied : " bnt the fact is this, doctor t h* will be insane to the end of his dayi if he has really killed that yonng man. If hi. sup- The whole province, said Mr. Innes, is teeming with minerals bnt awaiting the necessary capital to develop it. Not Serious. Young lady (out yachting) What ii the matter, Capfc. Quarterdeck ? Captain The faot is, my dear young lady, we've broken oar rudder. Young Lady I wouldn't worry about that. The rodder i* moeily under water, yon know, and it isn't likely people will notioe it. xpeoted of him. The Russians will displace mm whenever thiy are ready to defy Kurope and to enter boldly into pooesssion of Bulgaria. SToRMS ARI OATHXRIHO. Vast storms are *ooo to iweep over the Bast. In ths coming political convulsion. the Turkish power in Constantinople will probably b* wrecked ; and if Auauu.in op. Dosing th* march of Russia, happens to bet beaten, "Panslavism" will be a living fact, and not th. cold abstraction which even it. professors in Russia were beginning to believe it. Poor Stambuloff's mutilated and ampu- tated hands, exhibited beside his body when h. lay in state before his funeral, seemed outstretched appealing to Europe and the world, loliciting pity for the infant nation which is in dangsr of absorption by greater power, and of being ensnared under tb* web of Russian autocracy.