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M 10000 1.11100 LUST. The Greatest Disaster Known in the History of J span. BIG PLOODS AND LANDBLIDES. Whole Villages Buried l‘ader Avalanches from the Sioux-stains. The regular mail steamer Gaelic has arriv- ed from Yokohama. bringing details of the overwhelming disaster in J span. The pro- viuce of Eli, in the southmstern part of J span. has been visited by the greatest tragedy in the history of the country. Pro- bably more than 15,000 people hs ve been killed, several towns have been wiped com- letely off the face of the earth, and others ave been nearly demolished. The catas- trophe was occasioned by floods in the west am part of the province and by the crumbling of a mountain which buried six villages under a huge mass of rocks and earth. The early part of August was remarkable for its rains, and the rapid rise of the rivers soon became alarming, The banks of the Klnogawa River, a stream over 100 miles in length. broke near the city of Wakayamo on Aug. 19, and a mountain of water, like that which swept through the Conemaugh valley who the dam above Johnstown broke,rush- ed out among the fields and towns, wreck- ing houses, bridges, fences, temples, and all things in its path. In this district 200 houses were carried away and 5 000 were ruined by the water, leaving 30,050 people dependent upon the local cfiislals for food. Lower down the embankments of Hidaka- gown were also destroyed. fiiodlng the cultivated fields and adjacent towns. Out of sixty houses at Wakauomura but two remain standing, and more than fifty people lost their live, An official of the Nishimura district office, who arrived at Wakayamo on the evening of Aug. ‘22 reports that at about 4 P. M. on Aug. 19 an luroad of water took place at Slnubunachi, and in a few moments the li iors of buildings, in the vicinity were owned. Many houses in the district were carried away, and about 300 persons are said to luvs LOST THEIR LIVES. All villages within an txbent of ten miles are more or less submerged. In Choral- homure several hundred houses were wash- ed away, leaving only eleven buildings standing. Many persons are reported to have lost their lives in this district also. The volume of the river Kiuokuni, an adj lcent stream. swelled to an extraordinary extent, the rise being in some places as much as 13 to 18 feetahove the normal level. No bridge over the stream could withstand the force of the flood. The river steadily rose from about 6 o‘clock in the evening, until at last near midnight it began to OVElfl)W its embankments, and about four miles from the city of Wakayama the banks at the village of Iwahashi were washed away. Immedi- ately the village and its whole neighborhood, including about forty-eight other hamlets, were covered by the raging water. The depth of the flood is said to have been from 5 to 15 feet. The neighborhood of Osaka has also suf- fered very severely. From a telegram re- ceived by the home offhc from the Governor of 03.\k.t it appears that in the districts under his authori‘y relief is being given to several thousands of people. The embank- ments on the Yodogawu and Inkedapaigawn rivers were broken at several places on Aug. 21, and considerable damage was caused to farms, while many houses were swspt away or otherwise injured. In Hougumura 180 houses were washed away and thirty persons drowned. In Higashipo Murogcri and Nes- hip Marogcri several hundred houses were demolished and considerable loss of life is reported. In Hidakagori 380 HOUSES WERE CARRIED VWAY and seventy houses were more or less da- maged, while 120 persons lost their lives and fifty others received more or less severe in- juries. About 5,000 persons NARROWLY ESCAI‘ED DEATH . A telegram from Wakayam) says that many houses in Tschigawara and Shikiya, which are situated close to Kumanagawa, were carried away and many lives lost. The buildings of the Kumauo Sirius, except one or two small temples, were all swept away, but the Sacred Image was saved. According to the report from Jeniuu, in Higashi Murc- gari, about one fourth of the bul dings there [over 500) and 100 persons wern swept away. The lilkawga River rose 28 feet above the ordinary level, and villages close to the river fiamlcd, in consequence of which about 150 houses were washed away, many persons being dr' u‘ued. Seventy-eight houses and the Miwa'st police elation at Suusan were also carried away. Owing to several landslides which occurred close to the source of the Hldakagawa vast numbsra of trees, some of which were very large, were uprooted and swept on to the fields, where several thousands are now ly- in . inquiries as to the condition of various villages along the river have not yet been completed. In Goto there are still two feet of muddy water. About 1,200 housrs of the villages close to the Tomitagawa were swept away and over 500 persons are reported to have lost their lives. Another telegram from Wakayama, daled Aug ‘26 announces that aocordin to the investigations made up to that ate the total number of houses carried away in Nishl Murcgori was 1 002. while 508 others were demolished and 440 houses were more or less den-aged. Thenumber of deaths there was 863. Other villages snfi'erod much loss by the floods and the number of dead cannot be accurately determined, but for the province of Kii it will fall below 10,000. Bloated bodice and WRECKAGZ 0! ALI. DESCRIPTthv covered fiilds for miles around, and it will be months before the survivors can proceed with work. The loss in money is roughly estimated at $6 000,(X)O. Belief has been sent tothe ruined district, but inadequate facilities for collecting and distributin provisions will make the refining intense, and in the outlying districts many will die from starvation. The same rain which ruined the western part of the province of Eli by flood also wrought a most singular and ruinous dis- aster in the eastern section of the same province. The ” Kansas Kippo," published at Osaka, gives a clear account. It says: “Since Aug. 18 Totaugawa-Gc district eight persons, missing whoaresupposed to havebeon buried alive. footed here it not so great, the suffering in this district is appalling. to furnish aid to all the thousands of suf ferers, thirst. never be known, as whole towns have been wiped from the earth with no survivor to tell the story. tells the following story, says the Cheyenne “ Tribune " : to the Platte and Laramie rivers for these many years a maetodon wild steer whose aggressiveness and power make him the dread of every roundoup outfit. bative beef bears not a brand, but no “rustler” dares appropriate him. brute is called, knows no fear, and with lowered head, glistening eyes and sonorous bellow will charge upon anything in his course. rounded up with his comparatively docile companions, but he invariably rushes past the line riders as if no such obstruction to his fil ht existed. Once a CY outfit deter- mine to effect the capture of the big fellow. but after he had scared the wits from half a dcz en riders the undertaking was abandoned. of rage at those who dared to intrude on the peaceful solitude of the range, charged at midday into a camp, creating a panic, to which was idealquletness the clutter incident to the stampede of the fabled bull in the china shop. There was a scattering of equi- page and a disordered fi‘ght of the diners. One of these latter was so incensed that, con- played 'rcuud his an at dawn on the 191h it was discovrred that the rivers were rising rapidly. People in the neighbsrhcod of Amano-Gawa, fearing aniuundation, made preparations, for the emergency. "While they were thus employed moun- tains suddenly crumbled away, obstructing communication between Tsujldo Mun and Sakamotchiura, and the waters in the rivers, which rose in consequence, covered the houses in Tsujldo-Mura, the people fleeing to the temple on an elevated piece of ground. There, however, they were not fated to be safe, as the mountain of Sugi-Tama, which is at the back of the temple, suddenly came down on the village in an avalanche, burying the entire village under ground, only the upper half of the temple being left to view." A special correspondent, who made his way laboriously over the ruins. says : “ Villages of Nagato No-Mura, Tanise- Mura, Uyenoike-Mura, and Hayashl-Mura, along the course of the Totsugawawoo, were all buried under ground by the crumbling away of the Umiyabara Mountain. All the villages of Ui, Nagatono, Numata-Hara, and Asahi, at the entrance of the Totsugawa Go, face each other, and can be seen across the river, but, there being no boats between these places. no help could be rendered. The villages of Uyeno-Chi, Takatsu, Kawatsu, and several others were all either S\VEPT AW'AY OB BURIED under ground. The number of deaths in these villages has not yet been ascertained, but, as all outlets were blockaded, the loss of life must have been appalling. “The villages of Kaseahaya, Uchihara, Takigawa, chiri, Yamesaki, and Teens were also entirely swept away or buried by the overflow of rivers and the crumbling mountains. The damage along the lower course of the river and the villages skirting it has not yet been ascertained, but it is supposed that out of fifty villages comprising Totsugawa Go all have suffered more or less from the disaster, and it is a mooted point if one has escaped. “in all these villages farms, rice fields, and houses are supposed to have been nearly or quite destroyed. deaths in this small region is not yct known, but the district officials place it between The exact number of 4 000 and 5,000.” The coalmines at Patezsto-Mura, Yoshiuo- Gori, also caved in, and forty miners are missing. In Shionc Mura a landslide oc- curred. CRUSHING TO DEATH besides which forty are While the extent of territory af- lt is impossible and many must die of hunger and The losses in lives and money will As an instance of the disaster it may be mentioned that the Portuguese gunboat Roi Lima, on her voyage along the coast, was greatly obstructed by the wreckage of roofs, timbers of houses, 82"., so that on several occasions she had to stop to prevent daniege to her screw. ninety miles along the coast. greatest disaster Japan has known for cen- tu rise, and further details con only bring stories of more desolation and more suffering than have thus far been related. eso newspapers. after careful estimate, think the loss of life does not fall below 15,600. This debris extended at least This is the The J span- _â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".-â€"â€" The Demon Steer. George Wilson, a well-known cowboy, There has roamed on the ranges adjacent This com- The “demon steer,” as the pugnacious Time upon time he has been gored two horses and This prairie terror only last season, in afih trary to orders, he sent a six-shooter hall after the massive steer, but the missile flew wide of its mark. Wilson asserts that he will under-take to prove that the demon steer killed a large ear in a fair fight on the Sybille three years ago, and the cowboys will be: all their earthly belongings that the demon can con- quer any bull in the Territory. The combat with the beer was a terrific affair. Bruin was forced to the defensive from the first, and for a time plucklly met the fearful on- elaughts cf the fightiu steer, jarring the great form with blows rcm his paws. The activity of the steer was marvelous. He tagonlst as the sparrer annoys his foe, and at nearly every charge ran his long, sharp horns into the bleeding sides of the bear with the wicked “ swish " which accompanies an effective sword thrust. Wilson thinks the demon steer will die of old age. The man who attempts his capture takes his life in his hands. â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-.â€"â€"_-â€"n A Canadian Parliamentary Committee last session pretty well established that tuberculosis or consumption in cattle is transferable in milk to human bein The subject has since been disoussog‘by the Academy of Medicine in Paris. There Dr. Lancaroaux took the cund that the disease is not transmitted one the subject is pre- d to it through bad hygienic con- di one, bad ventilation, sedentary habits, or temperature. The French theory is some- what roassuring, though even thus limited the danger is bad enough. Prehapsa more statementthanthat f )l' which our Parliamentary Committee is res usible comes from the French scientists. t is to the effect that the saliva of a consumptive actually infects the atmosphere with the has been visited with very heavy rains, and bacilli of consumption. MISCELLANEOUS. -â€"-â€" In 1878, thirteen years after the close of the civil war, the United States Govern- ment was paying out for pensions $27,000,- 000. Ten years later the amount had increased to $88,000,000, and this year it is said, it will be not less than $110,000,000. This latter sum is forty per cent. of the country's total expenditure, and more than the cost of the standing armies of Germany and Great Britain. The whole secret of the wonderful expansion of the p Victoria’s residence in Scotland, cos not contain asingle man in the corps whose name is Cameron. On the other hand there are no less than three hundred and six Macdonalds in the ranks. In order to ap- preciate the ludicrous side of this state of affairs, it should be added that the High- land claus of Cameron and Macdonald have been on terms of bitter enmity for several centuries. The objects of the great dressed-beef Trust of Chicago are to depress the price of cattle and keep up the price of beef, and they are fairly well accomplished. The price, on the hoof, of a beef steer weighing 1.200 pounds is estimated at $l8 to $20. The marketable portion of such an animal is said by a stock yard commission merchant to be from 650 to 675 pounds. At ten cents a pound this would leave a margin of profit of from $47 to $49. The hide, entrails, etc., are estimated at $15, leaving the nice sum of $62 to pay for killing, carving and de- livery. The totel cost of supplying the British man-cf war Hero with explosives and pro- jectiles for a commission is estimated by a correspondent of the London Daily News at between £35,000 and £40,000. It costs £8 53 , or about $41. to fire a single shot from one of the two 1'2 inch, 45-ton, breech- loading guns. The charge weighs 295 pounds and is kept in four silken bags, enclosed in a brass cylindrical case. Toe ammunition for torpedoes, etc., being all on the same expensive scale. it is not hard to see how the total of $200,000 is reached, and how enormous would be the expense of a great naval war in these days. The recent cession by the Sultan of Zanzi- bar to the Imperial British East Africa Company of the island and port of Lamu is hailed in E :gland as a most important acqui- sition. It is looked upon as a distinct tri- east coast of Africa were somewhat circum- scribed, but the latest addition is held to be a highly advantageous addition to British territory. Following quick upon this comes the announcement that the Salisbury Gov- ernment intends to establish a new line of mail steamers between London and the principal east African ports via Naples. According to the Easternpapers the Grand Trunk is surveying a line of railway from Edmunston to Monet-en. Ed munston is now reached. from Quebec by the Intercolouial and the Temiscouata railways. A line from Eimunston, the terminus of the Temiscouata. to M cncton, will supply the missing link in the shortest possible all-Canadian route to Halifax. By the latex-colonial the distance from Montreal to Halifax is 850 miles ; by the C. P. R. short line is is 758 miles. By the brojected all-Canadian route it will be but 760 miles. been moving heaven and earth to secure a short route to the West. Now is their chance, not only to get a short route, but a ’ competitive route. When John L. Sullivan became candidate for Congress it was meet that he should, like other great men, submit himself to an interview. John’s views were not only sound and statesmsnlike, but were expressed in strictly Congressional language. On the subject of the Behring Sea difficulties, he said :â€" “I think we strike a trifle wide in under. taking to protect so much water, The smaller the ring the better. The idea of making a fool~play like that last one gives me a pain in the ear." “His Southern policy is vigorous and yet humane : “When it‘comes to fioggln’ men at night, whether they’re black or white, I’m agln it. see? I'd like to go down there on a Committee. I’d stop all such foul work." An emigration society sent out to Maui- toba a man who wrote to England a few months afterwards to say that he was starv- ing. The case was enquired into, and it was found that the emigrant had been given work .-.a a farm hand, but had deserted it. From the Minister of Agriculture the opinion comes “ that some of the aid societies are not sufii :ently careful in the class of people they send out. A ne‘er do well or an idler is not likely to do as well in Canada as at home, and it is not doing the colonies or the emigration cause a kindness to send out such ‘ chaps.’ " Mr. Carling is right. It may be added that the products of the reformatories are not more acceptable than those of the poor house, That China is at last really awakeuin to some of the advantages of western oivl izs- tiou is apparent in the decision of the Givernmsnt to push forward the Hanuow railway. The first_railWay in the Empire, a short one, was torn up by an angry popu- lace, and last year work on the eighty m lea of road built had to be abandoned in deference to the prejudices of a portion of the people. The anti-railway party actually circulated with shoot the report that Eu- rope regretted she had built railways and was now abandoning them, and was foisting bsr discarded rails on China. Now, however, a big Chinese railway is likely to become an accomplished fac 1. Perhaps the execution of the Russian railways through Siberia and Tar had something to do in inducing a decided policy at Pekln in raglard to an improvement of immense p0 tical importance to the Celestial Empire. The rivalry between New York and Chicago for the privilege of holding the worldsfalr of 1892 becomes keener every day, and is developing frantic and ludicrous proposals. The smokiness of Chicago and the consequent degradation which the ends and collars of European visitors must sufl'er, unless old world prejudices against celluloid are overcome, is being " rubbed in’ to Chicagoans, and apparently with effect. The smoke is undeniable and to remove it it is suggested the city council pass a bylaw prohibiting warehouses, railways and factories from using soft local. That the large commercial inter- enslon list appears to be that it is used for political purposes. It is a curious fact that the fine old Seventy- ninth Regiment of Cameron Highlanders, which is stationed at Balmoral duriu Queen umph over German diplomacy, which is aiming at securing the same pert. It was felt by some that British interests on the The Halifax people have‘ of the cheap Illinois soft coal for the dearer anthracite of Pennsylvania, in order to secure an atmosphere less objectionable than at present to fastidious visitors, could only be the dream of wild enthusiasm. If it could be realized, Chicago would certain- ly deserve the fair. outs of Chicago would abandon the use The farmers of Nebraska are in a bad way. In answer to the question, What rates of in- terest do you pay 2 two answered 11 per cent. ; twenty-two, 10 per cent. ; twenty nine, 9 per cent. ; thirty-three, 8 per cent; One farmer, referring to the question, said : " In 1883 I needed $100 for six months. I went to a money leaner and be furnished it to me at 10 per cent. When due I returned it. In 1887 I had a son going away; he wanted some money. I went to the same man to get it and he charged me 18 per cent. He wanted 20 per cent., and required the best security. I cannot now borrow from the same man under 3 per cent. a month. He told me a few days ago that he can put out all the money he has at that rate.” Out of 200 replies b farmers in Nebraska 88 stated the cause of failure was “ too high rates of interest, from 2 to 4 per cent. per month.” The difficulty experienced in securing a jury in the Cronin case in Chicago lends ad- ditional significance to the following words, which form part of a judgment recently de- livered by the Supreme Court of Pennsyl- vania: “ We must either recede and go back to the practice of an age when ignorance of passing events constituted a characteristic of the times and exclude every juror who has formed an opinion, even in the slightest, or we must stand abreast with the present age, when every remarkable event of to day is known all over the country to-morrow, and exclude only those whose opinions are so fixed as to he prejudgments or have been formed upon the known evidence in the case. Itis needless to say the world moves and carries us with it, and if we lag behind We must commit the trial of the most important causes in life to those so ignorant that their dark minds have never been smitten by the rays of intelligence." A paper that deals in facts and abstruc. tionsg Science, undertakes to show by a tabular statement that the population of the United States in 1990 will be more than 1,000,000,000. But to get this result the same proportionate increase for the next hundred years is taken as has obtained since 1790. This will not answer, because the percentage of immigration, which has been a material element of our growth, will con- stantly fall, and the population of a country as it becomes denser, does not, for various causes, multiply so rapidly. But however much short 0 the French billion the popula- tion of the United States will be in 1900 it will be sufficient for the timeâ€"large enough to tax the strength of free institutions and keep the lawmakers of that generation busy. It is a theme for fruitful speculation as to what will be the condition of North America and its people a hundred years from now. How will the industries and the arts have progressed, what mechanical revelations will . be made, what new trade currents established when new forces come into play? How long, in 1990, will the steam engine and the tele- graph have been obsolete? Where will be the new industrial centers, Where the mighty cereal lauds, what the relation between city and country life, between mechanic, trades- man and farmer 2 Where will the monarcl-zies and despotisms of the old world havel gone and how will their successors be re- garded by the great people that cover the North American continent? Baby “Foods.” It is stated on what seems to be good authority that food preparations for infants to the amount of $10,000,000 are annually sold in the United States. According to one of the speakers at the recent meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science, " most of these products are unwholescme,” and the Government was urged to take some action. If the truth was told at Toronto, here is an evil of pro- digious pro ortions, and energetic measures should be ta on to make an end of it. The lives of thousands of infants are dependent on various prepared "foods" and it is of the utmost importance that these articles should be pure, nutritious and wholesome. Tue purchaser must accept them on faith, unless 6 can procure an analysis and make certain that the food he buys is what it purports to be. If a slau hter of the innocents is going on day by ay, it ought to be not only known, but stopped.â€"-[N. Y. Tribune. Smart Girl. “ Laura," said the young lady's mother, not unkiudly, “it scems to me that you had the gas turned rather low last evening.” “it was solely for economy, mamma,” an- swered the maiden. " There is no use trying to beat the gas company, my doc hter. I havo noticed that the abutting c of the gas is always followed by a corresponding increase of pres- sure.‘ “ Well, that lessons the waist, doesn't it, mamma, dear 2‘ replied the artleas girl. And her fond parent could find no more to say.â€"[Ex. __ Misunderstood the Second Syllable. The young woman (on the platformfiof Elfi’el Tower)â€"“ Doesn’t it seem strong to you, Mr. Speeuamcre, that so little oscil a. tion is noticeable up here 2" The young man (eagerly)â€"â€"“ Not at all, Miss Ethel. I have no doubt thtre is a great deal of it indulged in here, but it can't be seen from below. The elevation is too great. And now, Miss Ethel, you will -I am sureâ€"you w1ll pardonâ€" ’ The young woman (arresting his forward movement by oscillation, Mr. Spoonamoro, not escalation ." (After a depressing silenceâ€"“ I think, Mr. Spoonamere, it is time to descend.” It troubled certain persons vs the time of the marriage of Lord lie to the Princess Louise of Wales to know whether he would break throu h the rigid rules of court etiquette and is e precedence of his wife. But however the duke with a prin- without waiting for the sanction of the thirteen. 7 1301' 063% Mid “U6 P" M parents. she took him to her a freezing loch-"I said q A STUDENTS WILD LIP. Klepement. hunbrufesne trntiary, taupe, Tragic J John Hester was a well to-do far or of Huron County, Ohio. He had one pretty daughter, who was sent to Oberlin to school. There she attracted the attention of an un- tamed youth from Michigan, whose wealthy parents had intrusted him to the refomatory energies of Oberlin, and no sooner had the youth declared his sudden passion than, Love, pal. father’s home in Huron County, and married him on the instant. The young man’s par- ents were at first obdnrate, but it was not long until the young people were inv ted to dwell under their roof. All went smooth] for some time. The young husband seems a miracle of reform story seal, and a place of trust in his father’s bank was given him. But soon he began again to find vice attrac- tive, and one morning, while the wife had gone on a visit to her happy ohildhood's home in Huron County. he was missing from the bank, and so was $70,000 of the bank's money. It was supposed that he had gonb to his wife, but that young woman and the Heaters professed such entire ignorance of his whereabouts and such grief over his sins that the detectives were led into paths of inquiry. After several weeks of fruitless search, however, a slew was given them which led to the suspicion that the fugitive was making efi‘otts to have his wife join him. On a certain day the officers were in Mans- field, where they suspected au a pointmeut had been made. Sure enough, Hester and his daughter alighted from an omnibus before the hotel, and in a few minutes a single carriage dro re up with one man in it. The young woman made a rush for the car- riage, but the cfiiiers were there first. Considerable rcsistauce to arrest was offered by the young fellow, who was armed, and in the excitement John Hester walked rapidly into the open country with a port- mantcau in his hand. It was ascertained afterward that Hester, who was then an old man, walked, in that day and part of the next, the entire distance that lay betwren Mansfield and his home in Huron County-â€" about forty miles. The young man was taken back to Michi- gan, tried and sentenced to a term of years in the penitentiary, but no trace of the money was found. Within afow months after his imprisonment he escaped from the penitentiary with uhorse thief, who intro- duced him into his line of business and into genteel housobreaking. After a few weeks of partnership this precious pair cf scamps, while hiding one night in a swamp, fell into a dispute over a valuable watch, which belonged to neither. In the struggle which followed the young Micliigsndor was stabbed to the heart, and in the morning his dead body was found by the officars in the swamp. The horse thief was afterward traced by means of the watch, and was tried and banged for murder. Fight with a. Polar Beer. In July. 1886, two whale-boatts wern sailing leisurely across Shanta Bay in the Ochotsk Sea, when the harpooner remarked, “ A big seal on the port bow, sir." This “big seal" proved to be an immense Siberian boar, which, caught on the ice fine in his search for anal, had taken to the water, and was swimming for land, 9. distance of at least five miles. From experience we knew this chap would be a formidable antagonist on shore, and any interference on our part would have been careful! y considered. But this seemed a sure thing and safe, so to take in our sail and to get a harpoon and place ready was the work of a few minutes. It required no maneuvring to approach the old fellow, so with a ful , straight head, a bar con was fairly planted in his back. alk about transformation scenesâ€"with a terrible snarl he leaped out of the water, he pulled at the harpoon until his brown sides bulgedâ€"with teeth and claws be crushed and twisted the Australian ironwood har- poon-pole into a thousand slivers. He “ took" our line “ hand over hand" until it spun through the “chocks” as if fast to a running whale. Failing to clear himself, he suddenly rushed for our boat, and before the order to “ Stern all for your lives” could be obeyed both feet wore on the gun- wales, and We were only saved from cap- sizlug, and perhaps something worse, by the prompt action of the harpooner, who slash- ed old bruin's paws with his sheath knife until he let go wild with pain and rage. All this had taken place in v. moment. but we had learned in that brief time that a Szberian bear in the water was not to be fooled with. Once out of his roach We took great care not to get into his clutches again, and a skillfully-thrown lance soon decided in our favor. It was a two hour j‘ll) to tow him in shore, but we felt amply paid by steak for supper and the sight of a bear that, although poor in flash, must have weighed more than 1 000 pounds. â€"â€".â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- Sensible Advxce. A curiosity of literature was that drawn from the Duke ofWellington by an autograph hunter. who wrote him a pathetic letter purporting to be in behalf of Mrs. Tomkins, washerwomau to the Marquess of Douro, the duke'a eldest son, and setting forth a lea that the young man had not paid her ill for at least three cars. After mature consi oration, the Duke of ' Wellington, who was most punctillous in matters of correspondence, sent her the following reply. " Field-Marshall the Duke of Wellington has received a letter from Mr. Tomkins, stating that the Marquess of Douro is in debt to his mother, Mrs. l‘omkins. "The Duke of Wellingtonia not the Mar- ness of Douro. “The duke re, eta to find that his eldest son has not pal his washerwcman's bill. " Mrs. Tomkins has no claim upon the Duke of Wellington. " The duke recommends her, failing ano- mnch gt that application, to place the matter in the hands of a respectable solicitor." Made a Foal of Herself. Mr. Jasonâ€"A nice fool you made of uses for a wife may r to his own house- yourself at that sociable last night. hold, that of her Ma esty continues to be Mrs. Jasonâ€"Mo? How? governedby the same rules as formerly. For Mr. Jasonâ€"Yes. you, telling Mrs. Chally instance, when the Duke and Duchess of that her baby looked good enough to eat. Fife visited Balmcral the other day the M rs Jasonâ€"Well, what's the matter with "Court Circular" thus announced the event : that 2 “H. R H. the Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife. K. T., visited the Queen and the royal that they family, and remained to luncheon.” Mr. Jasonâ€"Oh, nothing, only you know start as missionaries to the Can- nibal Islands next wees. meringue-n ' " rum Wx “more...