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i‘cal spirits, including the Secretary for Im- ‘ Beamcafield ministry into power, the up. I 30“ 3-: . W . '56! people can believe seriouslyi , I [desibility or tunnellin under no, ,a' railway fro-12o Johnnie..- . , Intern Railway mpnuy in Beg-i i a. D” ebéenb'oringsway for asses-a) weeks. - er. are now tun ‘ a 'r' 1"! use the. e'ea through {if cri‘s‘rr:r Strand the work is to he continued in? « “on D: Larson read a ppaer some time ‘30 before the French Academy, stating that he believed he had diacoveredfhe actuall lace where the Israelites ' . »a French priest. thinking his argn~' . . , ‘couclnasve, is appealing for funds forl VOL. I ii I . in :32" 0‘ P1; in order to briug_to light' beam!" ms and. uaoh s army which may. A no? ate a bar of so. on a w er, and W AN GOSSIP- theu drank: lot of soda iio take flew taste OM â€"-â€" out of his mouth, and the way he spouted ands and soap bubblu for the next ha.f hour Dream Foamy baffled this skill of fourteen doctors. who madly rforrned about him, not having been in armed of the cause of the lad's sul- fenng. They are all at luggerh-‘ada now about what to call the case. A! invention which will considerably in~ finance architecture and sculpture has just been ma Is by Dr. Gehriug, at Landshnt, in Ba'rpna. Dr. Gehring, by means ofenam- ellingdfania, renders any kind cf stone or cement harder than granite, and rvea it ab- solute and indelible appearance a any other mineral that may be desired. The enamel mayalsob: a lied to tal, 'h‘ b 't ' pp me “ m l u AudIam coutenttobe said to completely protect from rust. . - The Cur hu to go. it app"8'l, into 10- baggaggxgj 3:23?!“ out tirgment to Livsdis. “Solitude with one v , . sweet companion," the Dalgorouki. to wit, in ho Lnox'sysgdfigzxgxfiws me moat h“ u to be his chosen portion henceforth and the Czarewitch, aidel by \ council,is to as- sume the cares of state. Alexander Ro- manoff “one: be congratulated on the way lie-has closed a reign that opened not inau- spicious] , with the close of the Crimean Th war, an the liberation of the serfs. ° 0 SOME bupko swinrilers st'Uiociunati put a greorlufarmer‘through the usual process of meeting a forgotten i cquaintauce, who had drpwna prize in a lottery; of gain" with this “ateererfl' to the den of the rascals, and hem “Jere lnducetl ‘0 Imus}?! $50 "1 the But ,I have rights as a woman, and hero I bun a game. But at the pomt where he chin, my right was expected to retire a quiet loser he drew ° a revolver, and declared, w.th nrany rural oaths, that he would have his money back or take away life in the place. He got his money. _ pink Tnmrv'rlvuyeirrs 'angheu (.‘apt. Stone And none to urge,- “ my, made lifounrlvrllc, '\\ . l s., V his home, be H it ,elches a mm», or points; thorn, as even slanted two sends, informing hzs family that a "may"; may, 6 worrld lzke to raise woml for his cflin. only one M ed sprouted, and in the course of thirty years became :r fiuc trcir. Durirg a severe win-l storm eighteen months ago the 3’. never a “may cak rebuked, tree full. It was sent to a Pittsburg firm to Deth Lo,- 9011 “or byceze, be cut into lumber, and in due time returned pm. all its pun“; slenderness, kin to the to the ('aptain in the shape of a handsome Hymn...”- new. collln; and now, to crmplete the story, its ° owner has just been buried in it. LIONS roar mostjn stormy weather. It was Oblbfl'etl that when a large incuagerie 0f somebody else’s life, flung out wintered two years ago at a place when: ’l‘hat, taking hold of it, about that time snow fell nearly every day, I may stand as n cipher (lucs,nltcr :r mum 1'- the' lions were constantly I‘Oill’lll", for as root) ul wrif. as one began the rest all followed suit. Some years ago there was u large incnsgcrie ex- hibiting in South Shields (England) market- place, and during evening service in a From the garnered store of knowledge neighbouring church the lllIn8_ threw out \Vhicb man has heaped for man ; , their den p sorrorous tones, and this mingling ’l‘nking with free hands freely and after an with.the clrtntir‘g of the psalms and iino' ordered plan. tones of the organ had a remarkable effect. l)_u. Scuwsrsrumu, the Soudau traveller, has published at Vienna a letter, just receiv- ed from Cairo, which stigmatizes in strong Whenever sorrow or want or >in terms the recent increase in the Egyptian Call for a woman’s aid ; slave trade. The resumption of the traflic With none to cavil or question, by never a dates from the deposition of the cx-Khedivc look gainsaid. and the retirement of Sir Samuel Baker ; but it has increased more especially since Col. Gordoulras left. In spite of the English and French Consulates, there is every week a wholesale importation of little negro child~ ran into Jeddab, and there is no prospect of tliis'lucrntch traflic soon coming to an end. AN English gentleman was rose-utly cou- , victqd an sentenced to one year's imprison- 1 me later perjury in swearing that be com- mit ed a curtain thch of which his son was charged in order to save his boy. llalf the .sentoocuwas afterward remitted on thcfacts being presented to the Home Secretary. The contrast between this father and the Indiana man who had hir daughter thrown into jail, from which she was brought forth a corpse, for forgiu ' his name to a check for $300, is striking: If there is any dispute as to which of the two is the moro worthy of heaven it might be settled by reference to llob'lugersoll. In 'is many years since either party in If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy '3 Some cost a passing bell, )me a light sigh That shakes from life's fresh crown Only a rose-leaf down. If there were dreams to sell, Merry and sad to tell, And the crier rang the bell, What would you buy? My Rights. " 'a'cs God has made me a woman, ” A woman, to live my life out In quiet, womanly ways, Hearing the far-off battle, Heeingaa through a haze row-ding struggling world of men fight through their busy days. I am not strong or valiant, I would not join the fight, 0: ‘ostle with crowds in the highways o sully my garments white ; “The right of a rose to bloom In its own sweet separate way, With none to question lllr: p virimed “ The right of the lady-birch to grow, To grow as the Lord shall please, “ The right to n. life of my ownâ€" Not merely a casual bit “ The right to gather and glean “'hnt food I need and can “ The right I ah, best and sweetest ! 'l‘o stand all uudismaycd, “ I do not ark for it ballot; Though very life were at stake, I would beg for the nobler justice That men for mnnbood's sake Should give ungrudgingly, nor withhold till I must fight and take. “ The fleet foot and the feeble foot Both seek the Self-same goal, The weakest soldier's Home is writ 0n the great army-roll ; And God who made man's body strong, made too the woman's soul.” » Vindictive and Jealous Character of the Ozar's New Wife-Stories of Her Vengeance â€"Pavorite and Czarina. Says Le Voltaire: It was some time in England has bad the benefit of apolitical 1865: Th" governor'gclmml 0‘ “‘9 Bum" salon. "The Duchess of Manchester has pmvmws'u“preseumtw‘ior “180737183” estis herself in London for the winter, a M‘.‘ to the “riftccmcy in Ilia “Wm palace and puma. to “up” he, house the focus 0, at Riga. Nothing was lacking which could politics and’tho place where distinguished 31de ‘9 91° bnumncylm “lefa‘lcfnmmeng mgn or rim-mes,“ we» mew ...3.r:srzzr'cssshrgsas..‘.:.s;“.. ts kovc is even s. .‘ e possesses: t e . ‘. . . qualiticshretes'sary for successfully carrying I'MKB“. it??? “Rabid lithe gfrealtRlicrznfil' , out-this idea. The campaign was recently ".2! m3 5 a '“u '3 w‘ e s 00‘ n ‘8 "inmgmfiud "y a ‘ImM-r' at Whmh~ Loni u Ibo overnor- cueralnt that time was-bis .Bgacousuclrl, Loni llsrtrugt n, Lord Uni-lb. h gimme“ it” we”, .n Ch. f \- r‘mn' {ad hml‘oiio Rum” "W" Full wit-e this eiii eror's iiidc~d§~cnm q His‘ewifo was joined in the evening by a few chorcc politi- tho EMS“ am" of um wolzmn upon whose lips now hang the destinies of the empirn of the curs. I speak of the celebrated Princess Dolgorouki, now the legitimate wife of Alex- ander II. I was invited to that ball. and it was then that I beheld for the first time Mme. .- â€", who before the advent of her sister had oc- cupied the same position at the im crial court. 'l‘a wolf~msdc, of very dc icatc complexion, with magnificent chestnut hair, she was still what Is commonly termed a beautiful worrisn. Only, her eyes, which were of a deep blue. were nearly always half closed. Soc suffers from a disease of the eyes. Maid of honor to the empress, it was at Peterbof, tho magnificent imperial palace near St. l'ctersburg, that she had first at- tracted the notice of the Czar Alexander II. It is said that on one occasion the princess, feeling fatigued after a. romenade, sat down upon a bench in the par '. But also had for. gotten her parasol, and the sun incommoded nor. Then the czar, like a gallant gentle- man. placed himself before her and shel- tered her with the shadow of his lofty figure. “Are you now satisfied?" he asked, willingly. “A great empire now protects you in my person against the fire of noon- day." “No, sire," replied the princess, “for now I have two anus before me, instead of land. . . The state of. Ireland is humming worse and worse. “or best friends must bewail the terrible state of anarchy into which she is "proxy drifting. Parnell and the Land League are,“ best, but a poor substitute for the 1m erial rule, and it Is lunch to he re- gyette that dreamers like Bright and Cham- berlain should, by their illjudged pacific disposition, not only delay the pacificatiou of troubled Ireland and tho passing of renwdial measures, but also seriously iin- ril the stability of the only ministry that is likely to do “ justice to Ireland." If the result of their opposition to energetic mcas- urcsifo‘r the preservation of peace be (as it is not unlikely to be), the overthrow of the Gladstone ministry and the recall of a she: will most certainly be the very coercive measures that they are endeavouring to auveoll’. The imperial policy of the author of Endymion will not spares little blood- lettiu . far the sake of conciliatiog senti- mmta late of the Radical-Quaker type. This much is certain. .M‘o- >~ ~- A Big Game- .-\ stop.» of gambling, says a Paris corres- eut, some of my readers may remember an 'tot” which I told of a monster game of an}, 3t 3:, l’etenburg. where the cur an. nulled t‘ouut Strognuofl's nuclease winning of eight inillioua._ have just heard of ano- ther somewhat similar. of which a French My of high standing, recently deceased at Tours, iraa the heroine. The t‘ounteas do ‘ x. n, .n inveterate card~player, whoao “in It 'evrry game was proverbial; the ~ Y. is a Russian, an inveterate They nut once on their travels, “a use incess, anxious to try the strength 01 um 'renoh champion, sent up her and, wwied by a request that she would try ‘ W st piquet. Mme. de l. assented; my began after dinner, and when the sun mu next morning the Mumvrte had lost than all her mines in the Ural ha ml during a quarter cf a century. .i o norjth‘tuk. oouutsaa.“ she ale. after ' her‘lut stake, which was for some ' "that all my fortune will hear." Nevertheless it was not she. but her younger sister, who was finally destined to touch the aovereigu'a heart. A growing jealousy between 'thc sisters finally took such a shape that the two con- un ineoua rivals finally came to blows. 'l‘ e that himself witnessed in silence and on more than one mcuion these scenes of violence in which the two Amazms fought in single combat. In order to put an end to so serious an antagonism, whzch an even manifested in public, be married the elder sister to the general, whose rapid march to high fortune was ensured by this union. The new Ca iriua is now 34 years old. She is still one of the most beautiful women of the imperial court. She is rcpmached with beig boundlme ambitious, mercilessly “my. to pay any debt. but I shall send you vindictive, and devoid of all respect even w W. who will ban-I over all my title for hes lofty position. Many are the cone M as: mango ‘an far. as possible." tiara when position was ruined through use- .. 2", won. muiame," replied the French is incurred her displeasure. . W; at,“ I wdl not unseat to bemtdcuel ‘ ' ly notable is thecaae of the Prince “may by one of the most charmin al- ::0â€"-â€"-â€", who cares his d’ to her. The Wuhan I have a.ch met. I are'prineeasuad ordered a magnificent pathet- “ w b. it! But I shall send for apn'eat . mirror, mounted in gold, and above which are the print you must l was fixed an imprint crown. \Vbeocver sba W “up, a. touch another cant duringfloaked at herself in “this mirror the crown me; before the notary you still sign an jappearcd exactly as if encircling her brow. mm W 0' annuity of $3.” One day, while she was showing this mirror . '- ‘rba prion-Mm: she has to the countess. who admired the magnifi- ghoa, while the women die» ,cenceef its workmanship. Priqu could mum. whlch she not restrain himself from 9km; the princess call-theffim of the whetbutbe ‘ object annotaprel- publer. l» s .5 E l Next day, by imperial order, l'riuce ()â€"~â€"- was sent to Siberia to inspect the condition of the troops stationed near the Chinese frontier. one, which is too much for any mortal to: eat from her sister, wife of Gen. Aâ€"â€"-â€"; for. Cami, 63, were married in Washington the FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1881. if he were not greatly mistaken, be had seen in hLl' possession [just such a mirror when the was sti'l a maid rf honor. . I Dr. K‘ll'rll, phy:iciau to the our, al:o owcll his disgrace to the princess. The emperor, greatly worried and suffer- ing, had made a voyage to Finland without the [rincess. He remained in that country about fifteen days. When he came back to St. Petersburg he felt much better and less nervous. He also lcoked a great deal better. The emperor asked his private physician, Dr. Kareil, what this remarkable ameliora- tion was due to. Now. Retail is a German, of the government of Esthouia. A rough, blunt man, and rather uneducated, he was never distinguished for the delicacy of his observations. “ Why the cause is very simple, indeed,” he said to the Czar. "Come, now : what is it'.’ " “ Your majesty is better simply because you left your lieutenant-invpetticoats behind en 2 " ) The cur repented this to the princess. A few days after Kai-ell lost his office at the court. Count Schouvnlofl' himself had some dis- agreeable experience of the beautiful favor- ite's resentment. He had the agreeable but dangerous gift of making puns. And it was generally be who furnished the imperial court with its supply of puns. So long as the princess was not punned upon, everything went along smoothly ; but one day the countjdared to make, to his own cost, a biting allusion to the bands of the Princess Dolgorouki, whose name in Russian signifies Longharrd. ~ The high spirited princess determined that he should be punished at any cost, if only by way of making an example. lie was banished from the court where be molded an immense influence, under pretext of sending him him as ambassador to Lon- don, a post by no means to his liking. lie is now received into favor again ; but he has never been able to regain the great position he formerly held. Purchased Beauty. A lady correspondent who has patronized ' the New York "' boast of beauty," an insti- tution devoted to beautifying the female face and figure, says the result is simply this :â€" No woman can paint without detection. Devotees of fashion may just as well aban- don the contrary opinion. I looked into the mirror on getting out of the chair, and hardly recognized myself. My face was greatly changed. My eyes shone, my cheeks glowed, and there was a brightness and piqunncy that had not been there when I entered. But this, mind you, was in a somewhat dimly-lighted room, where the work was softened and shaded. ’l‘cn min- utes afterward I met myself in a. street-mir- ror, under the full glare of n noonday sun. Well, I was simply disgusted. The painted surface looked no more like human skin than it did like sole leather; the black around my eyes was like strokes of char- coal; my lips luld the unnatural red of scarlet ink. I walked up to the glass and viewed my artificial countenance with a feeling of repulsion. It reminded me of some cxecrablc portrait done in water col- ours. I hurricd into a. store and bought a veil, with which I covered the beautifica- tion. Then I went straightway home, and scrubbed my face until every trace of foreign substance was gone. My experience con- vinced me of the utter folly of paint as a beautifier, for by no possibility can it be put .ou without showing exactly what it is. Dry powder, and mighty little of that, is all that I advise any woman to put on her face. If nature has not imparted beauty of com- plexion, there is no use trying to make up the deficiency by artifice. It is far better to turn our ingenuity toward wearing our hair lrccomingly, for in that direction it great deal of comeliness may he commanded. But let pigments alone, unless you are content to be pretty in a hastly kind of way, and at the sacrifice of 151 outward indications of Warm flesh and blood.” A Frightful Mouse. A short time since an elderly lady of this city startled the household wtth a piercing shrink and the information that there was a. mouse in her pocket. Some one rushed to her rescue, hastily assisted her to divest herself of her wrapper, firmly grasping the mouth of the pocket to prevent the escape of the dangerous animal. The garment was then turned over to the man of the house, and be, armed with it club, proceeded to the back yard to dispatch the offender. The pocket was opened gradually, but no mouse appeared. Finally, gaining courage, he ventured to investigate, and found the cause of all the excitement to be a pocket tape measure, from which the spring had become detached and bad unwound With a whirr. Princess Louise‘s Tart. The Princess Louise is a lady of much good taste, with a large fund of common sens-r. The so rvisiou of her household affairs is upon thee model characteristic of all well- appointcd English households. A gentle- man who has a weakness for aprzcot tart dined wrfh her a short time before she left for England. To his delight, apricot tart was included in the menu, and he expressed his fondness for it. , “ I am so glad you like it," replied the hostess; “ because I made it myself. Let nio give you the recipe," and with genial interest she detailed its ingredients. Re- member, when you got home, to tell Mrs. J , that apricot tar: should always have an upper crust." Waits. Sour; women are like shut-guns. They would attrac: no attention if it were not for their bangs. Tm: new st‘lc of fall bonnet may be photographed y slamming a ripe tomato sgainsta board fence. Av old fellow now under the control of his fourth Wle always alludes to the three departed ones as his "spare ribs." “Tun fellow is just like a telescope," said a dashing New York girl. “ You can draw him out, see through him, and shut him up again." As old lad ' who has several unmarried daughters f a them on fish diet, becauaeit is rrcb in phosphorus, and phosphorus is the essential thing in making 1 atchcs. Tut young woman who ad many suitors, and from the time she was l6 until she was '2! rejected them all, referred in her later lzfe to that period as her “declining years." .-\ l-‘rrmcu writer translated " Frailty, thy name is woman." to read “ Mllel‘railty is the name of the lady." It is likely that- he had the slender Bernhardt in his mind's eye. Dnawtn‘u-xooa episode: Atlable Duch- eas, to amateur tenor, Ibo has just been wub‘ing M. Gounod'a lastâ€"“Caused 2 charming! You must really get some 3* to introduce you to me 1" his. Jam Boner, 7!, and Mia Cassie other day. Fifty years ago they were love rs, but the bride's parents broke up the engagement because they were too young. A CERTAIN little damsel, being aggravates”! past endurance by her big brother, fell down upon her knees and cried : “ 0. Lord! bless my hrttlrer Tom. Ile fies, he steals, he swears. All boys do; us girls don't. Amen." AN actress bar just finished dressing her- self for her part, and is going on the stage, when her mother bursts upon her in tears with an 0 letter in her band. “My dear child, do you know what has happen ed? Your sister is dead." “Oh, my, how can you say itâ€"how can you say it just when I have made up my fate, and can't cry? \Vhy couldn't you have waited till afrcr the third act 3" Fashion Notes. DRIVING gloves made of n leopard’s claw are a novelty. Tm: lambrequin effect is much used in wmtcr costume s. Tun newest turban for the little ones is called the Lorne. Tm»: genuine India shan is the one wrap always in fa. HASDSOME tablecloths and napkins have guy borders and fringe. Fcnxrrnns effects are creeping into cos- tumes and are much admired. BROWN plush sacques are shown which look almost as rich as seal-skin. LONG pins of jet, shell, or gold, and tiny Japanese fans are worn in the hair. RED, brown, and gensdarme blue satin petticoats have appeared for winter wear. Tm: skirts of skating-suits are made of striped goods. Jerseys are worn with them. Mica is now used in the soles of boots and shoes. A thin layer is placed under the in- sole. WHITE nun's cloth and camel’s hair are made into evening dresses, trimmed wrfh satin do Lyon. Tun fashionable bonnet is smaller than ever, without lace trimmings, and perched on the back of the head. COLOURED diamonds, pet side by side with perfectly white ones, are now the fashion or the costlier forms of jewellery. Maxv of the richest violet brocades have the flowers edged, ribbed, and valued with gold, jet, pearl, and iridescent beads. - Swaxsoowx is much used this season as a. trimming for evening dresses, and for opera and ball wraps. It trims plush beautifully. CRAPE tulle is the latest material manu- factured for ball dresses. It is lighter than crops, and less transparent than tulle, and mode in all colours. Tut: latest style in mourning stationery consists of octave-sized cards, scored so as to be folded in the centre, and bordered in heavy black lines. Sum: beautiful plush dresses have been seen this season, combined with faille in evening colours. They are exceedingly handsome on slight persons. Tun new style decollete is a revival of the old she e used when ladies wore what were called baby waists, the waists being cut straight across at the top. INKSTANDS of hammered brass are super- seding those of fire-gilt metal, the colour being found better and the work being much finer. The designs are usually classic. Boxsnr-srmxos are out of fashion, says a Paris correspondent. Gather ye roses while ye may, young ladies, and wear out the wide plush strings in which you look so well now. A nunsssmxen, who can make an exceed- ineg stylish dress and have the arrange- ments so intricate that it takes the lady who Wears it about half an hour to find the pocket must needs be an artist. Tums}: are twent -trvo different shades in silk hosiery. L1 is: who can not suit themselves out of the present assortment select black ones. The coloured cotton hosiery is as handsome in design as the silk. ALL arrangements of lace and muslin to be worn around the neck nré fashionable, and a handsome and a pretty lace fichu is all that is necessary to convert a rich strcet dsess or afternoon costume into an evening toilet. SHALL chemisottes of black silk lined with black wedded silk are made to be worn under jackets during the cold weather. They are fastened to the collar of the jacket by means of a ribbon and tied around the waist with a ribbon. \VHITE petticoats have been abandoned and the coloured balmorsls are many pretty styles, cashmere and silk are the popular material, though~plusb is very popular. The silk skirts are generally lined with flannel and trimmed wrth lace. SHRIMPS are now the favourite ornament of the ladies, pigs having had their day. Elephants are no Ion er admired. Shrimps now appear in pear and gold, coral and ruby, as brooches, bracelets, necklaces, ear. rings, lockcts, and shoe-buckles. A GREAT deal of money may be spent on black dresses this season. Jet passemcu- tcries and fringes and coloured bead buttons, fringe and lace combine to make them cle- gant, but costly. They are trimmed more richly than coloured dresses. The Priest and His Umbrella. r.._..__._.__.â€"~-_._~..-.-_._-.s ._e .- -_-_ H... . g c? Q s 2%. Journalism in England. As a factor in politics, journalism is an - miffed in the present day, to be of almost urcalcu‘ablc importance. It is absolutely l Russia and China. NO. 43. l The Fortune Bay Business. This matter has been for a long,- tirm- .1 guano «rota between the Home Goverm meat and the United States. It arose out nungcmgry m git-e “no”. for the fut, far! of a matter of dislioct trespass, committed they are patent to all. It is not possible for us to conceive of a party without its Organ,iuspired and directed in its utterances by the moving master spirit which rules more or less absolutely every party; nor can we imagine such an organ without its attendant train of supporters, each echoing more or less clearly the utterances of “ the great gun" to those whose car it reaches, and whose political opinions it sways. In no country, perhaps, more than in Great Britain does the press bears sway, equal to,if not actually greater than the legis- lative body itself. "' ‘ho Fourth Estate" as it has been called. might Without exag- geration, if influence be taken as the test of procedures, rank as “ the first,” for neither the Sovereign nor the House of Lords, can for a moment be compared in respect to the power of swaying public opinion with the press. The House of Commons, even, owes, not its existence indeed, but most certainly its composition to u very marked extent to the influence of the press. Speechifying, such as influences to such a great degree, the polities both of this country and the United States has bad its day in Great Britain; the the reason being that the press has so devel- oped. the energetic push in journalism is so marked, that there is really no room for the political oratory of the “stump” species that is adopted where the sphere of influence of the journalist is more circumscribed. A greater audience, for one thing, is command- ed by the man who speaks through the columns of the paper than by him who meets an assemblage in any given local place, and, for another, it is far cisier for a man to arrange his thoughts and array his arguments in the retirement of his study than when nervously facing a composite as- semblage. There is, however, one marked feature that characterizes the influence of journalism in the mother-country that only requires time to develop itself here, and, indcel, in every colony, and that is the power exer- cised in politics by the provincial press. On more than one occasion in the recent politi- cal history of England the country papers have not only shown greater judgment in forecasting the result of elections, but have contributed in a. very much greater extent than the metropolitan journals to the bring. ing about of that result. “’9. are accus- tomed here to think almost exclusively of the power of the great leading London dailies as giving utterance to the dicta of the two political parties, but the idea is a mistaken one. Beyond question they are ably conducted, and there is a degree of en- terprise shown by them that is certainly not surpassed by any other journals in the world; but it would astonisb some of our readers if we were to tell them that the pro- vincial papers exhibit a degree of enterprise which is not one whit behind the metropoli- tan journals themselves. Of course the figures representing the circulation of the latter are astounding. For example; the Times has a. daily circulation of 100,000, the Daily News 170,000, and the Daily Tole. graph the almost incredible number of 250,- 000. But we must take into account along- side of these statements, such facts as the following : The circulation of the N ewcastlo Chroni- cle is 40,000 adsy, while the Edinburgh Scotsman, the Glasgow News, the Manches- ter Guardian, the Leeds Mercury, and the Dublin Freeman’s Journal have a still larg- er circulation. It is worth noting, that seven daily newspapers are supported in Liverpool, five in Manchester, four in Birmingham, three in Glasgow, six in Belfast, and five in Dublin. The first-rate provincial newspapers are little behind the best; of the London journals in respect of enterprise. Most of these have their special wires, together with u re ort- rng staff in London for the collection 0 in- formation. It is computed that the outlay entailed byn special wirc, including the pay of the special employees requisite, does not fall for short of $10,000 a your. Moreover, adaily paper cannot gain nplnco in the front rank of the provincial press without obtaining all of Reuter's telegrams, which, to members of the Press Association, cost $1470, and to outsiders $1617, per unnum. Moreover, in a large shipping and manufac- turing town, such as Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds. Birmingham, or Sheffield, it is neces- sary to contract also for daily telegraphed reports of New York prices. Renter‘s tele- grams, indeed, form but a small part of the metropolitan news bought by the leading provincial journals through the Press Asso- ciation. Purlimentnry news, either fully or briefly reported, and general news, summar- ized from the daily papers, in London, or collected in all parts of the kingdom by the a cuts of the association, form components of the mass of matter regularly forwarded. London correspondence is not supplied by the Press Association, but each of the chief pro- vincial journals maintains for this specific pu so at least one member of its editorial ate 'in the metropolis. The London cor- respondence of the Manchester Guardian is an example of the best work done in this direction,and it uctjnnfrcqucntly anticipates much that appears in the London press. The “'estcm Morning News, printed at Plymouth, has also been noted for its Lon- ‘don correspondence, a great quantity of which a pears every day. The Newcastle Chronic e, to which we referred above, main~ tains two London offices, one as the head- quarters of its special telegraphic wire, the A reporter of the New York Herald fella other as a city office for commercial intelli- the story of the effective work for Sunday gencc. closing done on a certain Sunday at Bergen are. both New Jersey, by a Catholic clergyman, these used in the Times office, and the sc- Point, The Scotsman and Glasgow news printed on Walter presses, like Father Killeran, with the aid of his um- cond journal has two private wires to Lon- brella. In his account of an interview the don, besides special arrangements with the s reporter represents I“ ing of the saloon which he found open In violation of the law. and in which he spilled all the beer and whiskey on the premises :- “I won't have any Sunday skulking and minds to that at once. I heard a lot of them in Pat Dillon's place last Sunday, and having what they considered a fine time. had a better one, though eyes on me. I only had an umbrella. I ave a blackthorn at homeâ€"a beauty 3 It'll make four lumps on a head for every one that is on the stick. I never thought much of that umbrella before last Sunday, but I wouldn't part with it now for a horse. 1t served me valiantly. “'ell, when we got throu h We were thoroughly satisfied with etch ot erâ€" the umbrella and myselfâ€"and we went home to dinner. I made a complaint next morn- ing, and I had I‘at Dillon fined. I'll serve the other! the same way. [won't make fish of one and flesh of another. They'll have to stop this business, every one of them. In the future I am the rounds regularly, like a policeman, the fellows l eaten had better look out for fheruaelva. slant of these loafers would rather sit down and sell whis ythan doan honest day's work. I'll try to keep them in mind of whose day the Sabbath is." De. Pesxrhas declaredthatinhiajndg- meat, however it may be in the final judg- ment, London is one of the largest heathen cities in the world. ather Killcran as say. railway companies. It will thus be seen how great the energy is that has been expended on the provincial rees of Great Britain, and how great must the influence exerted by it. The day is getting drunk. They'd better make up their coming, when here, also, the provincial pa- r wrlf rise to the exercise of a similar in- ueuce, and thbn the day of “organs of I went in. They didn't expect me, and were party " in the metropolis will be, compan- I tively speaking, past. . You should have when, aiong with the growing prosperity seen their coat~tails trying to sweep the and development of the country, news- flies off the ceiling the minute they clapped paper enterprise will grow, until it asserts That day wrllbe 'izaelf here as in Great Britain. and other luld countria, where it is not gagged, claim- ing tobe recognized no: only as a means of instructing the epic, but as a very power- ful element in t cir Government. We... . ..._... ._...____..___. Tut; directors of the blasgow Bank, who partially _expiated their cfl’eucea by under- going an entirely. inadequate sentence of imprzsonment, do not up to be utterly broken-hearted by that humiliating expen- ence. One of them, who seems to have anv- ed something from the wreck, has sufieieut sense of the beautiful musining, like Peter B. Sweeney, to have made his exile pleasant, and has purchased an estate picturesqnely . situated near Lake Lucerne, where he in- tends to end his days in contentment and peace. Tn: bachelor world of Paris is interested in the expected arrival of a Mexican nabob, Mr. Iehihuque, this mouth. He was born intheBesqr‘i: try.beganlileasacabiu boy, and e millions in the diamond trade. Efe takes with him his daughters. by the U. S. fishermen in the matter of in- shore fishing in Fortune Bay. The fisher- men in question, hailed from Gloucester, Providence, and they, in most unequivocal contravention of treaty obligations, on- croached on the rights of the Fortune llsy fishermen, adding the additional offence of conducting their already illegal operations on the Sunday. The local fishermen \\ ere naturally exasperated at such an open defi- ance of all law,human and divine, and in the absence of other and more legitimate remedies, took the matter into their own hands and thoroughly well trounced the of- fending Yankees. 'l‘ho bald-bonded eagle immediately, asits custom is, sought a :o- !ctium in its usual mannerâ€"mi: :lby demand- ing compensation, presumably on the same scale, and according to the same ratio as the famous Alabama. claims. After a good deal of diplomatic iutct- course between the two Governments. Earl Granville lies at length givcu “ no uncertain sound" on the question. The effect of his reply is, not the repudiation of compensa- tion, but merely a pronounced insistence on the rights that were traversed by the Americans. He admits that the Fortune Day fishermen were in the wrong, inasmuch as their proceedings took the form of mob- lnw, a legislative phenomenon that is known in the more wcstoru portions of the United States as, (in its extreme form) Lynch Law. He does not deny the right of tho ('ilouccster fishermen to claim compensation, although the injury for which they seek reparation was incurred while they were engaged in an act that was beyond all question illegal! Now this seems to us a very peculiar form of justice. Suppose the same principle to be applied to the case of any other iufrsctor of the laws, a. burglar, for example. Suppose he was shot in the not of breaking into your house or mine, and got winged by the shot. \Vould be be entitled to bring an action for the recovery of compensation for such in- jury ‘.’ Surely not. Why thou should those “poachers/’mfor they were nothing else-â€" be compensated fer the injuries received in their forcible expulsion from a place, where they had not the shadow of a right to exer. cise their calling ? There is not only an el- ement of feebleness in Lord. (lranville's rc- ply, but an actual ignoriu ' of the prin- ciples of justice, that is linrdly credit- able to the Government of which he is so prominent a member, or to the reputation for a love of fair play, which the nation he represents enjoys Canadians may well “ cry out" (as the 'l.on-' don Times puts it) for they dl‘d hurt, and most unjustly dealt with in this matter. For, after all, it is a pertinent queryin the circumstances to ask whether the Fortune Boy “ riotcrs” were altogether in the wrong in this matter? \Vc vonturc to say that. so for from being in the fault they were abso- lutely justified by the circumstances in the course they adopted. If they had left the matter, according to the legitimate nndlcgal course in the hands of the authorities, what would have been the result’? Simply that the Yankees would have completed their illegal fishing absolutely undisturbed, and gone off chucklingiu their sleeves at the way in which they had “ cuchrcd" the poor Kanucks. There is an old adage which says that “desperate diseases noed desperate cures,” and this is rt case in point. The Yankees have had the laugh turned against them by the energy and promptitudc of the Fortune Buy men, and no man likes a posi- tion of that kind less than Uncle Sam. Hence the remoustrnnccs of Secretary Evcrts and the threats be fulminntcd of im- posing duties on Canadian fish and fish oil as 3 measure of retaliation. Earl Granville, in a. s irit that is thoroughly “ John Bullish," m as concessions, in response, that are alike unjust to Canada and unworthy of England. Let Secrctar Evans and the nation of the Stars and .‘tripes put on their duties on Canadian fish and fish oil. The market of the world is open to Canada, and the time is past when she had to depend on her overgrown neighbour for such favours as that which is threatened to be withheld, and the sooner the Government of the mother couutr comes to recognize this fact the better but i for her and for Canada. __..__~_«soâ€"y_._â€".--.__. ' The President Elect. Of course everybody is curious about the home life of tho President-elect. The Cin- cinnati Enquirer, which is not a Republican paper, says that “be generally rises from seven to half-past, and breakfasts en famifle at about eight. After breakfast the monring mails are opened, the newspapcrs are hastily scanned for telegraphic news, and important matters rcccive attention, the General retir- ing With his secretary and shortclrund amanuensis tobis private office, or ‘snug- gery,‘ for the purpose. After thst, if the morning trains from the East or Cleveland bring Visitors, the General receives and en- tertains them. Dinucris the sauna as break- fast with regard to instruction andnmusc- ment, it making no difference whether the visitors who partake of it are high or, low, Senators or soldiers, grand or simple. "The afternoon," says his friend Major Swaim, ' usually brings more visitors and mails. After supper the Gcncral devotes consider- able time to the thorough perusal of the New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other lead- ing papers. There are always telegrams and letters by the dozen to answer. General Garfield has two short-hand men as scorc- tarics, and lie dictates his replies to letters and telegrams to them. This enables him to do a great deal of corresponding work in a short time. Of course very important and particularly private letters are written by myself or the General in person. Every one is free to go to church or stay at home, to pray or to let it alone as he pleases. There rs but one aufocrat in this house, and that is the General's mother, and she has too much good sense to interfere in such matters. There is one thing I forgot to mention, and that is that at. meals or the family reunions we sometimes get the General deeply interested in some theme, and get him to talking about it. You know he is a brilliant convcmtionalist, and these talks often almost take the aha of lectures. They are very interesting an wonderfully instructive, for the General‘a mind is a vast a ore-house of knowledge. He has a wonder- ful rigcon-hole memory. lie can devour a hoe in an hour or so, retain the cream of It! conteuta, and tell you all about it in the most entertaining manner years afterward. lie is very fond of ruling by moral suaaioo. and he governs his family accordingly. lfis children are very fond of him, and funk upon him as their bosom-friend as' well as parent. Ilia boys will come to him when home, and talk and counsel with him about their books tions, just as freely as they do with ouch other. The result is that they are all manly and frank in theirdemeanor, partakingmuch of his character in this respect.’ " TH: British Quarterly makes the remark able statement that the number of recorded deaths from starvation, during the East In- dian famine, actually fell below that of or. dreary years. Darin the worst of the crisis more than 4,000, people were saved from starvation at the cost of about $80,000. - 000 to the State. and studies, or their plays or other occupa- a "The int. rat; and di ity of Russia unculy dumnd that the hints question“ 7:.‘31 be speele brought to an endâ€"to any Our situation is humiliating; our hr 22...; m ghbours, without much tionblv to: . :;.~r-l\'.s, compel us to lptnd scours if in l ir-.~ r-i mus itfi, and that at the time ulzcn m- li.\ll\‘ wed every Nublo for the supp it . f our isiuluc‘stricken people." In {hell lranlr terms does the Gale: s all if the n ulccid. d policy of the Czar'a trov- . erumeut fo\v..rd China, and the journal '; seems to have .‘xprmsul the gem-rel opinion V of the public. A more glance at the conflict »bctwccn final: and China will suffice to show the immuxse superiority of the diplo- matisls of the f‘clr-smI Empire to those of the Czar. 'l‘lic l'rkin Government, without Iricclsring uar against the St. l‘etcrsliurrl gGovcrument, adroifly managed to put its ‘ formidable enemy to endless trouble and to an expense almost equal to that of an actual war. The Kuloja troubles alone fook out . of the l‘zsr's treasury over ten millions of lroublcs. and the Kuldja province is as far I from being Russian as ever before: it con- r.~i. tiuucs to be an apple of discord betweru the two neighbouring countries. Again, nearly a year has passed since the Chinese Govc‘rnnicnt refused to ratify the treaty of ljr'siiis, concluded by the unhappy 'I‘chun. How 3 During that period of time Russia has been in constant fear of war. She has been raising forts on her eastern frontier, sending out hamdous and costly expeditions, and transferring her ruon~of-war to the Pacific Ocean. Now a considerable Russian army is concentrated not far from Pekiu, under the command of Admiral Lessovsky, and, at a cost of millions of roubles, IS constantly kept ready for battle. But the ('hincso Government is as far from declaring war or concluding peace as over. And the astute Chinese diplomat, Marquis Tzcu, who spends his time for months in the capital on the Nova, manages to bafllo all the efforts of the Czar's Government to come to any understanding. Such nstato of sf- fnirs irritates the Russian pco do, and bitter complaints are heard on all sir es. The Russian Liberals are particularly angry with tho Government for its gross neglect in allowing the foreign trade of China to slip out of the hands of Russia. They ntlirm that thirty years ago the lussirms were the solo masters of the trade, and no nation in the world could get a single pound of the Chinese tea unless through the Russian merchants. Now Russia is compelled to buy a large part of her too from the English merchants. According to the Chinese statistics for l. 70, the Ulrincso foreign trade both imports and exports, amounting to $347,500,000. Of all this the English vessels transported 73 )cr cent., the French 1:! per cent, the Chmcsofi per cent" the Japanese -l per ccut.. the Ameri- cans :l per cent., the Germans 2 jvrr cent" and only I per cent. remains for the vessels of all the other countries, Russia included. If thcrm figures can be believed, then it is ovulcnt that the complaints of the Russians against their Government are well grounded. It is well known that Russia is the largest consumer of tea, and yet even that article she cannot get now but from the second hands. Prof. Martens of St. l’ctersburg, in his pamphlet “ he Conflit cntro In Russia ct In China," recently published in Brussels, dc- fends the Government. lfo argues that the Czar-’3 policy toward China is, and has been for centuries, friendly and peaceful. 1f now a Chinese question has come up, the cause must be sought on the other side of the English channel. The Professor tries to prove that the Chinumnu is arming himself against Russia only because he is tired of the preaching of the English missionaries, and is afraid of being poisoned to death by the opium forced on him by the English inchhunts. We are told that the latter bring to China 80,000 boxes of opium a year, scllin at $500 per box; that this oisou had a endy putinmisory over 8,000,. of Chinnmcn of thc best classes, and that the Chinese hatred for “the devils from beyond sen" (so the Chinese cnll_the English) threatens a general massacre of the luropcnu rcsidentsin China. The Professor comes to the conclusion that Kuldjn must on no coconut be surrendered to China. It appears, then, that the Russian Gov- ernment is not disposer! to come to an under- standing with licr neighbour. On the other hand China continues to arm herself. She, too, is building forts, buying Incn-of-wnr, and drilling nrmics. \thn l'rincc Kung, the head of tho pence party in I’ckin, lost his power, the I’ckin (‘iovornmentlrcadily turned its car to the assurances of 'l‘zo Tzung Ton, the victor of (Isshgnr, that ho can easily disperse all the Russian armies at the first encounter. In line, on the side of Shins, too, there are no signs of a peace- ful disposition. llut lirto events have taught. us that not every demonstration means \vnr. ._ . a. .‘....‘->._.......- M...â€" MATTERS DRAMATIC. ' Srrsnrmrusur: fixed the age of .Iuliitot ll, but on the stage the maturity of actresses capable of playing the port makes an nlrcra- 1 tion of the text necessary. San Francisco, however, is to have n fourteen-yenr-old .luliwt in the person of n iuvemlo pro. (ligy. " )luuri. Srimoorr'," the spectacular drains recently put upon the stage at the (Thatclct, in l'aus, has cost over $90,000 to produce, and the nightly cxpcnscs aro $l,5000. As the house only holds :52,250. it is obvious that the piece must run for over n year, if it is to be :r profitable apt-cu- ntion. ‘ Tm: Passion Play performed at Oboram- mcrgnu during the past season realized 860,- 000. A balance of 829,000, after deducting expenses, was divided between the per formers. T he person who presented the Saviour got the largest share, namely, 82! . Judas realized more than the thirty pieces of silver. The disciples were paid $100 each, and the Women of thv- drama realized very little. Poor. Yorm K‘s Strum... Mr. Florence n:- latcrr that the older llooth, while playin Ilamlctiu a Virginia town, found himself without the important skull. A little darkey volunteered to get one. When Booth was leaving the theatre he felt ironic-our tugging at his coat tail. He looked around and saw the little nigger. " What will you have, sonny l" “ Please. say. I want daddy's skull, say." “ Dadd 'a skull?" " \cs, ssh. Dst used to be soloman‘s headpiece nfnre dc mewel kicked him, an' msmrny'll lick me to rags if I fun: it." .\l.ir-Mror.1r.tr.u'~ lasersâ€"vi once saw in Paris a magnificent eta e costume, made for Mme. Judie. On the s irt we! tho loveliest tablicr of rich lace I ever beheld. The dress was displayed on account of that lace: and that lace was worth, perhaps. 25f. For it was paper, wonderfully stamped, and repre- sented chains of fuchsiaa. and looked justas much a piece of real lace: as a Paris diamond by night looks an old mine gum. l'ariaian actresses wear that pa .r lace a great deal ; it is tough, wit, an very effective. To 1 we: ,a costly lot of lace, which may be ruin- cd i a night. when 8:: worth of lace paper ‘ looks as well. is considered the heig t of folly by intelligent foreigners. l'r'rnzs‘i. ul'l' rur. nv:-'.-l"ooto relates the ,3 following as having occurred at the Market Drayton Theatre. The company were per- forming the "l’rzarro," when. durin the ‘bymn to the run, the lights being paced too close to the transparency representing that luminary, it. unfortunately, took fire : the manager, who was playing the high lpriafl, observed the occurrence in” all“ winging the words, "0b [rower supreme." and, in the utmost consternation, cried out r tn the stage manager, " The sun‘s on fire," 1, then proceeding with the hymn, “ Oh power I supreme," kc” " '-â€"- your eyes, not out the sun, I say." The sun, however. continued to blaze ; the actors, notwithstanding their furs, were convulsed with laughter. The Ioanflagntlon being [at last extinguished, the l play proceeded.