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TME VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. IsttrntlBf lum. Ahool Our Own Country. Orcal Brllala, ih. United Sl.lr., .ml All Parts ol ih, niuhc Cod*as<l and Auorlwl tor Easy Heading. CANADA. Roliert Stewart was crushed to death lietween two cam at Winnipeg- K.W. .liunivtxi was elected Mayor of Winnipeg by S39 majority over u. W. Bole. C. P R. employees at Montreal have received notice of an increase of 15 (ter cent in their salaries, to iMjgin with tbe new year. Many Canadian vessels have started Mil in search of the altandniutd Strath- nevut. lielieved to he floating in the Pa- fific. 8he will prove a rich prize to the craft that overhauls her. Sir William Whiteway. Premier of Newfoundland, is at present in Mont- real. In an interview be expressed great indignation at the lying report* respecting his province that have been sent to all parts of Canada and tbe United States. Two men. named Smith and Broom, wore Hente.nced at Toronto on \Veil- nemdiy. respectively, to fifteen and thir- teen years, on a charge of manslaugh- ter, their crime having consisted in assaulting Mrs. Mary Atkins, in the Qunen's park last May. from the injur- ies of which, it was alleged, she died. A despatch has heen received by tbe Dominion Government from Mr. Cham- herlain, Secretary of State for the i '. I onies. asklnK for full information as to the extent to which foreign imports have displaced similar Hritish goods. and the, causes of suck displacement His object U to promote trade lietween Ibe Mother Country and her colonies. GRKAT BRITAIN. The Marquis of Quernsherry is go- ing to visit his hopeful sou. Lord S hoi to. In California. The Italian Government has ordered in Kngland one hundred thousand tins of preserved meat* for the use of the Italian troops in Abyssinia. Tbe German steamer Spree stranded on Warden Ledge, near the Isle of Wight, and tugs were unable to release her. The passengers and mails were landed at Southampton. Mr. \\ S. Gillert.tbe famous dram- atist, was sued for littel by the Count - less Itreinont. The action was trii-din tbf Qiwwn'H H-.m-h DivUion of the I tin luh High Court and dismissed. Kilward C..llv- who has Inen sen- teii'-rd t" pri^mi for t-vhtwii mom h in Ix>ndon for I ii'ajnv ajid cnulty. fifteen years ago, when be was a young -u'lilit-r t-j|is:-toil to pay a visit to England dur- ing the corn in tr spring. The report is confirmed In Yokohama Hut China has offered Chan-Som-Bay to Russia for a winter station. It is state 1 1 in I'arU that President Faure will resign Iwfore next March, owing to the unearthing of a fresh fam- ily scandal Tbe Italian forts at Manwiwah and on tbe (yiast are being garrisoned by MHon, in order t<i permit all tbe sol- diers to go to th* front. When Stuart Cumberland, the mind- rwuler, rei-4-ntIv gave an exhibition in Btoekbobxl, King Oscar acted as his in- terpreter to tbe audience. Nijni Novgorod's exhibition next year is to be a Tiaiii.iiiil one. of Russian products alone It will lie opened soon after the Czar's coronation at Moscow. The captains of tbe foreign guard- ships at Constantinople had a confer- ence for the purpose of arranging a concert of measures for public- safety in owe of need. The Pope has sent 20.000 lire for the relief of tho sufferers from Turki.-:i mLsrule in Anatolia, in addition to I he JWl.OOO lire previously given by him for the same purpose. A special despatch from Moscow says that s conspiracy against the life of tbe Czar has heen unearthed there. St-vt-ial tnevn and woui'-n have lieen ar- rested in connection with the plot. M. Poincare, who has boon invent ijral- intf the action of (.he imam on tb<- m<- ttv>robv> of trie eirth. has discovered that it ha.s an influence n<4 only on the production of cyclones, but also on their direction. Advices received from Vladivostock say that the sncret treaty between Rus- sia and China is an accomplished fact . and that a survey nf the proposed rail- way from Sitieria through Manchuria has heen ordered. Cabman Monre. of Paris, who shot a pistol at M l,skr"v some years ago, will benefit hv the Uifr's elevatum to tbe Cibinot V<ire was sentenced to a lontf perm' servitude. l>ut Minister Ix>rk- roy is now about to obtain bis release. Tbe latest desitttches from Cape Coast Castle, in Hritish West Africa, indicate that King Prempeh is preparing tooffor a stubborn resistance t.i i he British, and that the Ashanti expediti >n 'ill not be tbe walk-over that at one time it was expected to lie. China has invited tbe powers to claim grants if settlements at various ports which were opened to foreign tradi- bv the treaty of Simoneaeki in order to forestijl the Japanese in the exclusive exploiting of these privileges, aa they claim they have a right to do. On the ground that she was hypno- tized, the St. Petersburg Court of Ap- peals has rt-diico I the sentence of death irtiriosed upon a girl to five years' im i '- nment. tin- evidence showing that she was ctn.iplelely under the control of the man w h-i compelled her to poison her father. the act was described as a "deed of ; courage an high att t bat of llora- tius at the. bridge" UNITED STATES. Pro i li-nt Clovoliuid is reported to he pre|>aring for another issue of gold bonds. Two liveis were lost in t he burning t-f i lie Ann Arbor Railway shop at (>\v;..ss... Mich Hv a coal mine explir-iun at Egypt, N. C.. i-n Thursday, fortv iiioji were either killeil or imprinoiH-ii in tlie shaft. The case of murderer llolim-.s. under C' -n ! i ion al Philadelphia, has Imeri a; |-ile'l to Itio SuprtMiit- Court. Jan- nary -H has been appointed for argu- iiit-tit I uuiiiR'is itvr every ton aoove 1.INHI. and i to shipowners for all ships of 1.000 t,,i,- sulnidy being increased for every SO* 1 tons additional burden or every knot addition*] speed. f lord <;i.i-i/,,. the governor of New Zealand, recently attended a cattle show at Naplar. He particularly admired a certain JIOH horn bull. The bull ilid not ailinin- I !,. Governor, and expressed that fact by unifrinoi Lsly t.jtsing his Lordship over a convenient fence Then the Governor want home. The King of Portugal, who left the country In l>rrow money, expemlcd a large sum during his recent travels. In UmdoM ho purchased several valuable paintings, ml in Paris his inclination to my bric-a-hrac, books, etc.. had to ' ! chocked by his advisers. King Carlo form Club: ".JiiKKiism betwwn nations i like bra and bluster between indi- ' Austria has tbe unusual pleasure of viduaU. It is underbred. " set-ing a surplus in its accounts of A lby girl horn tbe other day in ! w "".} r >''"'" ""'ins for Ih- yr 1814 K-.komn. In'!., is the fcnirteenth .laugh- " "'"'* , of lu<> ."^"""i? 1 "M^ndilure _ of it-.i of a fourlty-nlh daunhter of a four- 'n'y-f'"r million florins in pnttmir i.-. ndi ilaiikflrer-a r.'.-ord which is the rur " 1 ncy on a gol. I IIKM.*. and tlie , ,, unpre,,,,-.., j Itsylvania system. Is probably the oldest railunv pro-i.loni in t tit- world in active service. He in WJ yearn old. M ie than aix thousand tailors are l \i- 1 (Mil in New York, and an ex- te-, i TI of the trouble Is threatened 'A will deprive eighteen thousand K.itii'-nt workers of employment. HOLES IN THE CANVAS. A* lin|> nsnl III., ,irr I *r r <! n f Ikf tmrmtr ..' r. i i. , IV.UILI III' <-rvi'il that in- nt I' in ion for just forty years, having be- s pr,,f.rt- of mathematics in \'i, :,,, nU-nt occurre.1 at lb<) Mid . valley colliery. at Shamokin. Pa., ., a niiinl-i of men were injur- .-d. four of thtfi. fatally A counring hrok" and a tram of cam chushixl down a I.I<T (;<. rtfe Misire, a w>,:king miner of Grind Honilo, Wash., celebrated his one hundred and sn-ond birthday on 'IT .'il Ho IK in perfect health. in I <li<is a good a days work al his placer as many of tho younger minors. The. Michigan Central Hallway Com nany are, t h<- chief proinotoni of tbe oriiine, r>vor tho Detroit Itivor at Wind- t>r Ite.sntos the application to the lv.ininii.il Parliament they have a bill bofoir CongresH, and hope to be able i" start the work at an early date. Tlie Pacific Cable Company has been Incorporated in Trenton. N.J.. with ai.-ipilal of one million dollars. Tlie ob- ject of tho corporation is tho construc- tion and ifpo.ralion of eltvtric submarine ilii.- in the Pacific ocean, with tele- fr.ipiuc IUM-H and connections for tbe rahmntKsion of messages. An Italian sea captain. Gio Batta Va- sallo. of Genoa, has made a very inter nsting innovation in tbe use of sails of ordinary sailing vessels. He claims that tbe force of wind cannot fully take ef- fect in a sail, since the air in front of it cannot properly circulate in the inflated l>arl, and remains stationary immediate- ly in front part of the sail proper. He avoids this stagnation of air, an he calls it, by tne application of a nunilier uf small boles in that part of the sail where the depression is deejiesl when it is filled ; these holes are reinforced like a buttonhole MI that they will not tear out. Trials made in various weath- er have resulted as follows- ' With a light wind, a boat with ordinary sails made four knots, while the new aail incrn&ned the speed to five and a quar- ter knots. In a fresh breozo t be re- spective speeds were seven and eight and three-quarters knots; and in a : strong wind they were eight and ten knots per hour It stands to reason that the doing away with a layer of air, which cannot escape past the sides of a Mill, must increase the efficiency of the sailboat. Where the wind formerly struck a cushion of air which acted like a spring mattress, decreasing the actual i pressure of the wind against the can vas, t bis current of air now strikes t be sail direct, efficiency. AT THE FERTILE NORTH, INTERESTING Dto< KIPTION OP A PAR OFF CANADIAN REGION. 4 mfr . rrr,i,, in H.rllirr. Albert* The trrmlllo. t.untrl 111 t-rrml re !<! t.m/ln* Lmul om or Mar SrUleri !!! '>< plodcd itnd Die captain and seventeen o: the crew were either burned to death or drowned. A tliw|Mil/-h frsm Albany. N.Y.. says t h*t Governor Morton h.i.* ajrtfL\f*\ a re- spite tn Ui* fcisr at rtarlholotnew Shea, convicted of tbe murder of Robert Huns, at Trojr, on lection *L-y two years ugo. He fiitv* the date of execution A* Janu- ary 7. ana in the meantime will look orer the application for commutation liKNEBAL. Tl" Cii-ljuis are said to have defeat- r 1 'i,- Turks In a pitched battle ..' I'rinpi th* fUJiari Premier, is Oreanland Newspaper. The most northerly newspaper in tbe l world is published at Godthaah, Croon- land. It appears twice a month and is the only newspaper we know of pub- lished on the lines on which a great majority of the public seams to think ' every newspaper is run. The editor-in- chief does personally receive and set ailxoriisrinonis. write the loading edi- .Mils find lite brief lets, ink the type and then in actuality "gets his on" and pnddlos his pn>du.-u Mr. R. R. Holt, of Toronto, has just returned from a surveying trip on be- half of the Dominion Government in tbe country north-east and south of Edmonton. He has been out since last May, and during tbe intervening period has covered over 1.200 miles of new country in the discharge of his du- ties. He went as assistant to Mr. E. W. Huhbell. one of the five regularly appointed chief surveyors for tbe Do- minion, and the object of their party was to lay out trails and survey new townships of Government land, with a view to their occupancy by settlers. The region in which they were occupi- e I is aa yet comparatively unknown to Eastern Canadians, who are not usual- ly too well informed concerning the geography and characteristic? of that great stretch of territory which fornut tbe valley of tbe Saskatchewan river! and its tributaries, and which will in the future, many believe, prove Ui be among the richest and most fertile of Ibe Dominion. It was with a view lo gaining some information concern- ing the resources and possibilities of thu new land tbt a newspaper repor- ter called upon Mr. Holt at his borne, and requested the pleasure of an inter- view, which was courteously granted. THE VKRMIL10N COUNTRY. ' We started from Edmonton on Ma> 21st last," he said, "eleven of us. with -Mr Hiibbell in charge, for tbe purpose of subdividing townships and laying out Government trail* in tbe Vermil- ion country, the Beaver bills, and around Fort Saskatchewan. I cannot speak too highly of tbe Vermilion country. It lien on the banks of ! he Saskatchewan, about one hundred and thirty milt* north-east of Edmonton and is about 500 x SOU miles in extent. It is exceedingly giKid country for grazing pur|NMm, being of rolling prairie, an. I watered by tbe Vermilion rr.er which flows into tbe Saskatche wan. ami by s number of smaller streams and creeks. In addition, tbe ilivinct i< heavily timbered toward tbe north with npruce and poplar . near the Saskatchewan It is practically prairie, but there is in every portion n ample supply of wood for fuel purposes. The region is entirely unin- habited, except for tbe presence of a few haJfbreeds here and there "Our mission in tlie Vermilion coun- try was to mirvev tbe land for the proposed colony of General Booth the Salvation Army project and we diil survey one township ; we would have covered more, hut were driven back by the prairie fires, which were raging fiercely for fifty miles. Between I .1 monion and the Vermilion country there are several settlements, among them Fort Saskatchewan, Beaver l-ske. and Kgg Lako. and in those there are quite a number of attlan I lie\ wore in many cases heavy losers by the fires, which in some instance-* burnt them out of house and homo destroying their crops, houses. and all they bod. A Gorman stranger was raptured. :md tried by Major firlsbar. at I i>rt Saskatchewan, on a charge of setting th- prairie on fire; be was fin- ed 9150 and cost. " AM I have said, tbe Vermilion country is specially adapted for irra? ing There is an amplitude of iH grawt. similar to that which c.nci- tbe prairie in tbe Calgary district and tbe water facilities are unsur- passed. There is land there for thou sauiU upon thousands of herds of cat- tle. I have seen lands in California, llritisb Columbia. Ontario, ami else- where, but 1 have never seen a coun- try which to my mind equals Vermil- ion for stork-raising nurponee. The land, too. is superb. It is mostly what we call black loam, running three or four feet deep, and very rich. There has been as yet no attempt mule to grow ( n-.i Is. but I am con- fident that the Red Deer and Edmon- ton countries do no) equal tbe Vermil- ion in fertility of Mil." ITS MINERAL PROSPECTS. "Are there any mineral indica- tions?" asked tbe reporter. " U e found, along (be banks of the Saskatchewan, lots of indications of bituminous coal, though no regular veins, and at l-Mmonton coal of this kind is selling al 9ll per ton. It is t iikon from cropping* right in tbe vi- cinity of the town, and is similar to what we noticed in the Vermilion re toon During our trip. too. we came n I ".n places when 1 men had been washing for gold in the bed of the crock, but there are no parties at work there now. As a matter of fact, then- are in many place.* in that dis- trict faint indications of gold in tbe soil, but it h.us not been shown \<t by the experience of any of the pros- pect ore woo have gone, Into that country to look for gold, that it ex utt.s in paying quantities. There has. of course, never been any attempt at quarts mining there, and no veins have bern found. As a mining coun- try the district has no claims, out- side, of what may be shown in coal ili.sfoveriCB There has never been any attempt to b n-.it t- oil hi -Is in Ver Million, and their existence is not in dicaied. so far as we saw, though at Arthahiutra landing, about 300 miles north of Kdmonton, tbe Dominion i i\ eminent ban been engaged in boring for ml -.inc.- last July with a diamond drill. They have sunk 1.700 feet, but had not struck oil up to a short time before we left. A RAILWAY ADVOCATED. " While, however, tbe Vermilion district is useful chiefly as a grazing count ry. 1 think it will also prove, as a farming country, unsurpasited In the North- Went, what I would advo- cate would be tbe construction of a railroad running from Battleford which U 100 mile* north-east of Ed- monton. In n Boiilli-e.sierly direction through the Vermilion and Heaver Lake regions, and mi to Kort Sas- katcbewan and Kdmonton in connect with the C.P.R. There is no doubt in my mind that by that mean* a stretch of country would be opened up which would be among tbe incut valuable in tbe N.>rth-Wet. and the people there are hopeful that thin project may be taken up." In further conversation Mr. Holt gave many intenwting details of the other explorations and surveys in which bis party waa engaged, and of the country through which they pass- ed. He, concluded an interesting inter- view with a warm reference to the kindness and great ability of Mr. lliiblM-.il. for whom he expressed great esteem. PERSONAL POINTERS. Readable Para|rai>k. ui Msae Crcsl I oik. .rihc M.. rlil. Speaking of Hall Came, a United States contemporary *ya, "Caine U an able m in King Humbert of Italy has absolute- ly no sense of humor, it is said, and re- gards a ioke of any kind as a gross breach of etiquette. Herbert Spencer never accepts a col- lege degree nor any other honorary Hade-mark from any society. lie wants to stand w holly on his own merits or be forgotten It may not be generally known that Du Maurier, Ibe artist and the author of "Trilby," made tbe fantastic and in- artistic drawing upuu tbe labels of ApollinarU water bottles. King Otto of Bavaria, who has never once since bis accession gone beyond the I. illy walls of the castle of Kurslenrieil, where be reaiden under tbe strictest sur- veillance, has just entered his 4Htb year. Mrs. Keeley, the venerable actress Alii.*- ninetieth birthday was re- end v celebrated in London, aang the 'Mermaid's Song" in a performance of Uberon, conducted by Weber him- self, in 1826. John W. Mackay. the millionaire, rlaiuu that be can run, jump, or hop against any other millionaire in the i niteil States In his early days, when be was engaged as miner. Mr. Mackay was noted for his athletic perform- ances. Mr. Reed U tbe fourth Speaker of the United Status 11, m.* of Represen- tatives re-elected to that office after an interval during which other per- sons occupied tbe chair of the presid- ing officer of tbe House. The preced- ing Speakers thus re-elected were: i A. Muhlenburg. Henry Clay, and John \V. Taylor. King Bomba'a executioner has just died. He was a Sicilian named Gnet- in-> Impallizeri. who was condemned to death for a murder, but pardoned mi agreeing to heootuc executiuucr. When Garilieldi entered Naples be bad to flee to avoid lynching, and bad lived ever since on a small island near Palermo Captain McClure, who, with a com- mission from the Chinese Government, U visiting various countries where war vessels are constructed, with a view to tbe creation of anew navy for China, is at present in England. It is slated that when be decides what firm can best supply the uee<U, he will place the rnuet extensive single order for warships ever given. Paderewski, who is now in New York, it is aaid. looked somewhat stronger and <t little heavier than when be was last in tin- I'naeil States. All the reports to tbe contrary notwithstanding, Pad- i-rewaki's hair is almost, if not quite, i-- long as ever, and stands out from ais head in tbe same careless profusion, lie also U in tbe best of spirits, and iks forward to bis long Amen, m tour nidi pleasure. He will spend almost a year on this side, and bis concert tour Mil lie of an unusual extent, taking in the South and Canada. The death of Haron Larrey. tbe third Napoleon's surgeon, recall* an ad- mure of his father, tbe first Napo- leon's meilical adviser, at \Vaterluo. The blor Larrev lore so striking a resem- hlince both in physique and in dress .. i he Little Corporal that when be was taken prisoner by the Prussian* (hey thought they bad captured the Kmperor. and ordered him to lie shot. Hut tbe doctor who was ordered to bandage his eyes recognized him as his old instructor in medicine, and at his request Larrey was sent to Blue her. who gave him aome money and dis- missed him. IRON IN FOOD. mrl< I oiu.in. Nre r II Thsa lie r Beer. Prof, llnnge. In tbe course of a pa- per on iron aa a medicine, read liefore the German Congress of Internal Med- icine, has len ventilating some ideas which are aa much matter of general science (and therefore extremely im- portant) as they are details connected with tbe physicians' domain. He I* strong on tlie point that iron should reach our Mood through the medium of our food, rather than through the druggist's specialities. Iron, as every- liody knows, is a food element alwo- lutely essential for the proper consti- tution of the Indy. It is as rigidly de- manded by the plant as by the animal; and it is from plants that Prof Bunge shows we should chief Iv receive our iron supply. Spinach, ne tells us. is richer in iron, than tbe yolk of eggs, while the yolk contains mure than beef Then succeed apples, lentils, strawlier- i ies white beans, pea.*, potatoes and wheat, these suUstances i-c.ng given in the order in which they stand as re- gards the p ion i if u I ness of their iron constituents. Cow's milk is poorer in iron. but. as lialancing this deficiency in the food of tbe young mammal, it is found that tbe blood of tbe youthful quadruped con- tains much more iron than the adult. Thus, m a young rabbit or guinea i one hour old, four times aa much iron was found ax occurs in these animals two and a half months old. Their Different Opinions. The little dear is lost again, she said, as soon as he got home. Oh. that pug I Yes. that pug, if you must talk like a brute, and I want you to advertise for him And this is the ad. as it appeared: "l/wt A saiisage-tihaped yellow dog. answering, when hungry, to the name of llaby ; a reward will ) paid for In- i ei in -i to 37 Blank street, dead or alive." DRINKING AND MURDER, MURDERS BY DRUNKARDS ARE UN PREMEDITATED. Mcm.l SialM ! Llt|Br - The Mlad IS FadlT lS.mri SBtl Quirk ! AVCSC* Paaele in..ii I.T ti.ir.rr. England Is discussing the statement of a well-known physician of Liverpool, that murder L* largely due to drunken- ness. He says the numlier of instance* of murder would be reduced one-half if t he evil of drinking to excess could he stamped out. Many men. he says, who commit this fearful crime are peacahle enough in their rational moments, bat seem to undergo a perversion of nature as soon an their minds ars confused and excited hv liquor. Tbe testimony of all physicians who have made a carefi 1 stndy of the effects r-f drinking on tbe brain goes' to show thtt Honor die* not. as so often e.r- ronfx.iislv stated, "bring out a man's true nature." Tbe doctrine of "in vino veritas " is not sound. Some men. it is true, only excite their natural pro- penaitiea hv over-indulgence. A natural) v garrulous man will often lie so acted upon by the drink that his irarriilotisnea* is increased ten-fold. He will talk until h" is absolutely power- less to speak further. A man of solemn temperament will usually he moved to tears. A man of belligerent tendencies will defy the world to mortal combat when in his runs A man of poetic fan- cies will rival Milton in bis imaginative eloquence. In support nf the English doctor's 'heorv manv instances have heen cited Prom the police records and tb* "family histories" of murdrers have heen CLOSELY EXAMINED The result L* a powerful urmiment for Lemneranoe. In seventy-five rases out >f a hundred it has been found htat men who have committed an apparently un- called-for or unprovoked murder have wen quiet and well-behaved citizens in their sotwr momenta, but had heen Irinking to excess lust before commit* f the crime In the other rases the crime could he attributed to some set motive The motive which large- ly predominated was rohherj. An analysis of tbe cases in which drunkenness has preceded the commis- sion of murder sterns tn show that an excessive nse of liquor produces a con- dition of nervrms tensitv The drinker, no matter what hi* previoiis and normal >mperament may have been suddenly (Trows etcvsssivelv irritable. He is an- noyed tn the pitch of desperation by 1 1 iv nl causes. In an insignificant remark he detects an insult. The pUvful banter of a onm- r%nion is interpreted as serious boa- tilitv. A friendlv slao onthe hack isre- irarderl as a ehllen<rini Mow. The in- . md mind, like the law, has no rnora for tri'le*. Everything is magnified. A lnwne*s tn ohov on th n*rt of one who i" -icctistorrwid tn nbev L* construed s.* a defiance of authoritv. A wordy al- lercation is instantly transformed into a pitched battlo. in which deadlv weap- ons are emnloyed. absolutely regardless of consequences. In fact. th drinker pavs no heed whatever to the nmhahle results of his violent art* Whatever th fsncied cause of his suddon wrath may he. it tunis him into a frenzied >vast. While under this fearful influence he has heen known to kick his wife in the hrwist and stomach until he dies (a . no me.*ns infrequent caae). to heat, hi* mother to death, cut the throats of hi* children, to CiOPOE Ot'T THE EYES of A companion. Such acts do not con- stitute murder in the sense that murder is a crime involving premeditation. It is no doubt true 'hit in vorv many in- stances of the sor;. the unfort unste per- son had no idea whatever <>f rornmit- tincra murder two minutes before the violent act was accomplished. \ case which illustrates the force of the prooition that murder is due of ton to drink occurred some months aeo in England. It in onlv one of thousands of sin.ilarcases that have occurred in this .'iintrv. but is especially interest intr from the fart that the judffe in hi.* charge to the iurv lamenteMl the many cases on tbe calendar which were plain- ly due to intemperance. The prisoner was a militia man. who had just lieen discharged from his an- nual training. The victim wan a do- mestic servant, to whom he had been tvaying attention, and whom he had treated with the (rreatest kindness up to tho dav of the murder On that day the prisoner, the deceased anrl others were drinking together One nf the com- pany, a married woman, lot fall nut of her pocket a raxor which she had kept to prevent her husband doing harm to himself or anyone else. The prisoner picked it up and put it in his pocket, saying that he would take care of it for fear of r]ng*r l.'iler. the prisoner, who had pawned his (xwt to pay for more liquor, became an- noved because the servant refused to (me down stairs when ho called her. and, Roinir up. he forced open the door. Irajtjod her down stairs and cut her t hront with the raior. The medical evidence showed that the m-ui had been in a frenny of excite- ment when the murder was done There were two cut,*, penetrating to the spine, severing all the large vessels and uaua- ing almost instantaneous death. v the trial Medical Officer TVa- inan. of the prison, mmle a rather curious statement which, if tme. throws valuable light on this suhiect from the. point of view of phrenology. He said 1 h*t there were three depressions on the iiuht side of the prisoner's head, and t hat persons having such depression* in their heads were more "susceptible to drink" than ordinary people whethei this is true or not will Jwar inve*tiga- iim If MO. it would It! interesting to know eisctlv what cauaeea connection betwef n such depressions and a desire to drink. Htffh Enough. Miriam Don't you think my new hat a poem, Ned f Ned (critically) From its height, dear f should instead compare it to a short story. Wise. Indeed. Itunkins, I guess, is ahout the smart- est man of his years in this community, said the citizen who observes. Knows a great deal, doe* he I Knows a great dealt I should say so. YV hv. sir, that man knows almost as much as hi* nineteen year-old daugh- ter, who is in the high schi>L