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l l n... VBLOCIPBDBS IN THE RUSSIAN “If: Smothered in Mud. SEVERE Promisâ€" IN GERMANY. A Band of Boy Burglars. Velocipcdes having been introduced in the regular service of the Russian army, as re- ported, an omcial name of Slavonic origin has been devised for them. The new name is samosksty, “ self roller. ” An unusually large number of bears is noticed this summer in the neighborhood of St. Petersburg. This, according to the ex. pericnce of old peasants, prognosticates the coming of a severe winter. The Russian language is to be taught in Japanese schools. For this urpose the Government of the Mikado serg- a number of students to the University of St. Peters- burg to prepare themselves as teachers of Russian for the rising generation of Japan. The Municipal Board of St. Petersburg has under advisementa project to place up- pliances for “ rational gymnastics ” in the parks and ublic squares of the city for the benefit of t whose means do not allow them to get physical exercise in rural places in the summer season. Two boys quarreled over their play on the ramparts on the east shore of the Copen- hagen, and the larger one chased his smaller" playmate, alad of 8. down the grassy slope and sent him sprawling into the moat, with a push. Then he ran away. The little one 17;; found smothered in the mud hours r. According to private advices from Russia. the report circulated by English newspapers that no cameras may be taken into the User’s country by tourists is false. There are innumerable kodaks in the hands of Americans in the streets of St. Petersburg and Moscow every day. No cameras have been seized, and no aur'rteur photographers have been interfered with. The wife of a Swedish railroad superin. tendcnt. described as a magnificent but spoiled beauty, recently blew out her brains With a. pistol. Her cause for suicide she set _ _-â€".d his latest e dances. here is too much reason to ear, however, that he must have had so- Late" Foreign Newslm complices among the gendarmes, for he has ten times escaped from custody. This tinie the popular outcry against him isso loud that his captors will probably not let him 0. , g A rich old lady has just died at Lyons. In her will she left the contents of her bureau to her doctor as a reward for the care he had taken of her, to which she at- tributed her long life. The doctor began to rejoice. He thought that he could now en- joy himself for the rest 7 _of his days and do no work. W’hen the bureau was opened he changed his mind. There was nothing in it except the various pills and drugs he had prescribed for her, and which she had care- fully boarded up instead of taking them. There has just been discovered near Nogent~sur~Marne a band of boy robbers who plundered unteuanted villas, and his their booty in a cave like Ali Babe and his Forty Thieves. The chief of the burglari. ous confederation is a youth of 14 named Vincent Legrand. He was captured in a field, and gave information about his com- panions, who were arrested by the gend- armes as they. were preparing to enter their cave. Two of the precocious rascals were only ll. They lately had entered a. villa, and had abstracted therefrom a heap of ! provisions and a large quantity of wine and liquors. : 'An act of bravery in the Italian Alpine L corps is reported. A few days ago the 43d ; Alpine Company were returning from Breuil 1 to the Little St Bernard, when Lieutenant Clivio fell intoacrevasse. He was able to 1 hold on to the edge till his companions came ; to his as'stance. Not long after one of the | soldiers disappeared. Lieutenant Freri im- 1 mediater o ered to be let down tied to a i rope. After doing so he found that the snow ’which had fallen on to the soldier was so thick that he could not alone remove it. He called for help, and many volunteered to be I letdown. Sergeant Nieyhet was chosen, l and was lowered into the crevasse, which was 80ft deep, and most dangerous, because ' below it there was‘ another abyss. After working for an hour, all three were pulled up, saved. 1 Speculating as to the probable cost of the 5 recent railway accident at St. Mamie, a | Paris corres ondcnt says :--The Cliarenton collision in . eptember, 1881, which in some respects resembled that of last Sunday, cost the Paris and Lyons Railway nearly £80,000. T his does not include some small life annui- i down thus briefl in a, 1 a, to} h b d g ties paid to survivors who were dependent before she shot hirself : a Ieflolloweiiiylciznigy “PO” the Vicmms- The “’05th company bird. Good-bye 1” Her bird had flown away P acouple of days before. Experiments halre been made to ascertain whether dogs could not be made to do valu- able service in time of war. They were at one. time trained to bite the legs of the enemy’s horses, and were of great value. It is now found that the only dogs likely tobe useful are shepherds’ dogs. The hunter leaves his post too often and cannot be grained to obey as well as can the sheep l 0g. The condition of the peasants of the Spree forest districts is becoming very alarming. They .are suffering from the greatest in- undatiou that has been experiencedin those districts since 1851, and they are in danger of dying from starvation, as they are cut off from communication with the rest of the country. They have only the water of the Spree to drink, and that is polluted. Work on the Trans-Caucasian railroad is progressing satisfactorily. The contingent of laborers consists of 2,500 soldiers, 900 convicts at hard labor, 300 Siberian exiles, 400 freeinen, and 1,700 Chinamen and (.‘orczrns. Besides this 125 Russians and 300 Chinzrmer. are employed in the stone works. This army of laborers does not include the higher officials, such as engi- ncers. architects, inspectors, &c. The exportation business in Odessa is at a perfect standstill. The owners of foreign freight» vessels offer to carry goods to Eng- lanr at 10 shillings per ton, but no exporter Will contract with them even for this cheap priccfor any length of time. Ir. consequence of this a scarcity of coal is expected for the coming Winter, because the vessels which carry Russian grain and produce to England come back to Odessa with coal. It has often been observed frequently how persons of weak intellect display consider- able talent for music. A German doctor has been-making a systematic investi ation of this matter, and he now publishes t 8 re- sults which may astonisb many. Among ISO idiot children he has found the great ma- jorrty to possess considerable musical pow- ers, and some of them to be really highly endowed musically. A young gunsmith in Drammen, Norway, called upon is sweetheart on his return from nguiuiing ex edition to show her What he had shot. \V rile showing her the loaded gun in the doorway he carelesslyraised the ham- mer and letit fall. The gun went off, the and fell dead, shot through the heart. he police found her lover crouching by the body, a shrieking, raving maniac. The Wonmer Zedimg draws attention to n literary curiosity of some value which has lately been discovered in the library of Herr Moses Maunheimer. It consists of the l'entatcuch with commentaries, Rashl and Nuchmanides, and came out of the celebrat- (“ll liromberg collection in Venice(l57l). It was the first printed book which issued from the “ Bromberg Press," and is one of the oldest Hebrew books extant. The Russian Government is about to build a new railroad, destined to unite the Trans-Caspian road with the town of berakhs, on the Russo-Turkish frontier. The new line, which will be 216 miles long, willbe very ini rtant for millitar oper- ations, as it wil make the distance tween Russia in Euro and Her-at comparatively a short one. o railroad is also intended as a means of facilitating the exportation to Forms of Russo-Asiatic products, especially of cotton. Two newmdealers, the keepers of a res- taurant, and two waiters at the same es~ tablishnient, were arrested at Dresden on Monday for and for allowin to be passed. before customers respectiv y the . or )ork Puck, containing an alleged libel upon the Km r William. The culprits were. uses by gendanncs through the public streets to the lice station, where they were treated w'i much severity, being interrogated by a magistrate for close upon five hours. aid over £90,000 compensation for the Clichy Levallois disaster; The much abused P. L. M. Company is generous, and makes a point of never going to law. So far the Eastern Railway has rad scarcely any dam- ages to pay. The Western stands highest in this respect. When the memorable accident occurred between Mont Parnasse and Versailles in 184:3, by which 8'2 people lcst their lives and a great many were in- jured, the Quest belonging to an English company, the compensation given on that occasion amounted to over £125,000. Affairs in' Chiii. Recent despatches from Chili seem to indi- cate that the parties to the existing civil strife have reached a stage where neither is able to carry the war into its enemy’s camp‘ with a prospect of any prompt or decisive triumph. They appear to have practically come to a deadlock, so that unless one or other party shall obtain help from without, or shall willingly surrender to its rival, the. end of the conflict must yet be remote. already the Chilians have disappointed many in that they have kept up the strife until now. The event is so different from the revolutions that have hitherto taken place in Southern and Central America, that few were willing to believe that the pending strug le would have been so long protracted. This ifl‘erence suggests that the conditions of the present strife must be .peculiar. And this is indeed true. In the first place, the Chilinns are more enlightened and civilized, have clearer views of consti- tutional liberty, and enjoy greater civil and religious freedom than the people of other South American countries. The constitution under which they have lived for now more than half a century contains many of the, best features that are to be found in the best documents of of the kind that exist to-day. It is there- fore riot reasonable to suppose that those who had been trained from infancy under such influences, and who appreciated. their privileges and loved their country, would tamely submit to the dictation of a man who set at naught all the honorable traditions and ractices of his predecessors, and vio- lateri’the most fundamental and sacred pro- visions of the Constitution which he was sworn to uphold and defend. And this, if we may believe the representations of per- sons in a position to know, is ‘what Presi- dent Balmaceda has done. First in the series of gravebffences was his dismissal of the cabinet, whose appointment had been ap- proved of by thepeople, and his choosing a cabinet from anion his owu creatures. : Then follow the disso ution of Congress and the ass tion of dictatorial power, in the exerciser; which this selficonstituted and irresponsible ruler has violated every prin- ci 1e and revision of the Constitution under which he rst received his authority to rule. 'I‘humhas be driven from him all the leading citizens of the republic who have rallied to the side of the Congress, which he illegally dissolved and which by virtue of its up- pointment still holds the charge confided to it b the electors. As at present divided the ngressional party holds the northern part of the republic, comprising the four richest provinces, constituting one-half of the territory, and ieldiiig two-thirds of the earl revenue. t has a regularly estab- government, a well disciplined army, and a navy that is vastly superior to that of the Dictator. On the other hand the Presi- dential arty which controls the southern half of t e republic, is in possession of the capital and o the national treasury which, fortunately or unfortunately, was well-filled when President Balmaceda took ofiicc. In this latter fact lies the Dictator‘s principal strength. He has more of the sincws of war at his command. Whether this advan- tage will be sufficient to turn the tide of victory in his favor, it is hard to say. In- deed the end is apparently too far off for any prophet who values his reputation to hazard a prediction. And more s the pity, since the unseemly strife is beyond question in- flicting immense injury on foreign ropertj , A noted Eu arian brigand, named, and bringing ruin upon a repubie which Holvath, alias near Agrsm. This nineteen! is believed to onya, has been arrested i but yesterday was one of the most flourish- ing on the southern continent. sun won: , Two Hours 2.! Perl! in. a Newllexlean E' ‘ l Home ", My room was at the endofa lon hall. I was familiar with every crook an turn about the house and didn't need a light, so. I passed into my room and closed the door. It occurred to met-hen totatea smoke, so I felt around in the dark and found a cigar, and attacks match 3to light it. The next minute I think you could have knocked me down with a feather. Awe. down in the darkness under the bed tvro ery eyes shown out like'burning coals just for that brief moment that the match was burning and then it went out. . Before I had time to think the creature was upon me, andwas springing at my throat, the most savage animal l'had ever met. I felt rather then saw what it was. . The creature was awolf and it was mad,” saysa writer in the St. Lruis Globe Democrat. . “Several ani malsafllictedwith hyd roplrobia had been seen in a neigborhood during the past few months. There is no animal more formidable than a wolf when it has rabies. and I knew with what I had to contend. I had to struggle with a large wolf shut up in a dark room and that, when the slightest wound from its sharp teeth meant certain and horrible death to me. As it came to me first I threw out my hands, and by some good fortune happened to strike its neck; 1 got both my hands about its throat and managed to hold it away from my face, but it was all that I could do. ‘ ' I was nervous, I suppose, and the wolf was far stronger than it would have been A“... - ......_ _ _~_4.._..._â€"â€".â€".. . SPOBGIKG IR TEE BAHAMAS- . ...~..,.«, The legion" of Gathering and Preparing for lla‘fltetnd'the Frolic ofthe Work. The vessels employed-in the sponge trade are final], varying rom five to twenty~five ton ', sloop or schooner rigged, and are built- in "' e'viocal shipyards. The construction and repair of these vessels constitute an im‘ portant industry in itself. The have small cabins for slee ing purposes. he cooking is done on deck. A out 500 of these vessels are e ged in gathering sponges. The num~ ,bé’t- rsons gathering s nges in the Ba- h'a’mas, handling them an preparing them in various stages for markets, is from 5,000 to 6,000, a ll of whom, except the shipowners, brokers, and shippers, are black people. Hands employed in clipping, washing, pack~ ing, and preparing finally for shipments abroad get from 50 to 75 cents per day of ten hours. The amount earned by_ the men who 0 fishing depends entirely on the mim- ber o sponges obtained. The owner of the vessel fitsher out at his own expense,and the profits of the voyage are. divided u in shares l among the owner, the master, an the men. I They are never hired by the month, nor do they ever get specified wages. The most tlrat‘cari be said is that the men make a tol- erable living, and the sponge fisherman \vho earns over $300 a year is the exception. The method of gathering sponges is by means of iron hooks attached to long poles. By using a water glass the. fisherman can ‘readilydiscover the sponges at the bottom, and then by the pole and hook can bring up those he may select, leaving the smaller ones under ordinary circiimstanc'eg The froth (untouched. Some sponges adhere firmly to was dripping from its mouth, and flew into my face as it struggled. It was the most desperate struggle of my life, just to hold that wolf and keep it from my face and throat, at which it constantly leaped in the most furious manner. All the time, from the moment it sprang at me first, I had been shouting and calling,r at the top of my voice. There was very little hope of doing any good with it, as the servants were too far away, and my room was on the opposite side of the house from their quarters ; but that was the only chance. It was evident- that I couldn’t let go my hold for an instant. It was just as evident that I couldn’t hold out this way long. and, that unless help came after a while my strength would eventually give way, and the wolf could teariny throat, as it was struggling then to do. And how long do you think this kept up? For two hours. Two mortal hours by the clock. I stood there, fighting for my life with that savage wolf, and shouting for help every mo nent of the time. A hundred times I thought my strength was gone, and that my arms would surely sink dowu powerless the next moment, and yet I always managed to hold him off a little longer. . At last, just as l was almost in complete despair, one of the servants was arousedby my continued shouting, and came running with his grin in his hand. I managed to hold the wolf until he made a light, and then I held him, while the man put the muzzle of his gun azainst the wolf’s head and killed him as dead as Hector. And then I went to my sister’s room and had a spell of something that would have been liysferics if I had been a. woman. Being a man, it was nothing but a case of nervous prostration. ” ___+.___..__ The Farmers' Alliance. L. L. Polk, President of the Farmer’s Alliance, in explaining recently the princi- ples and aims, and also the reason for the existence of that young and vigorous organ- ization, said : “ The farmer’s discontent arises not so much from limited latitude of success offered by the farm as from the im- positions of legislation cfi‘ected while he was devoting his whole attention to his immedi- ate business and intrusting his interests as a citizen of the nation, to representatives who have betrayed that trust. The reckless practical disregard of pretty sentiment, and the almost general repudiation of promises and pledges made in favor of the farmer for many years, have instilled into him a. notion that he must secure and maintain his ‘ fair field’ by personal exertion, if he is to have it at all ; and anything now presented spreading forth a new phase of duty or con- veying a new variety of pledge or promise comes too late to influence him to step aside and longer trust his interests to others.” It is the old story of betrayed confidence, of unfaithful stewardship, of servants taking advantage of the opportunity to enrich themselves at their masters’expense, of using delegated power as though it were absolute. But the Farmers’ Alliance will not have existed in vain, if it serves but to accentuate more clearly the important truth contained in that pithy and inspired sayin , “ Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.’ The peo- ple that disregards this oft coufir-ned truth, must sooner or later feel urn-n their necks the tyrant’s heel. It is tlu- ~l v nf every citizen to closely scrutixii/.-- : . ~ c'i.tracter and deeds of persons in positions of author- ity and responsibility. To be indifferent is to be guilt of a. crime agaisut one’s self, one’s neigh rs, and one 3 country._ A Pilgrim Father. A tablet, commemorative of John Robin- son, the pastor of the little band of “ pil- grime" who in the early of the seven- teenth century fled for refuge to Holland, was recently unveiled in Leyden, the town in which the refugees mainly lived. Persons familiar with the history of those tioublons times will know that Leyden was for years the refuge and residence of the Pilgrims who afterwards landed on Plymouth rock. They had left England, where their pecu- liarities of religious faith and practice had subjected them to annoyance and persecu- tion ; yet they found difficulty in making their escape to Holland, the authorities being willing neither to let them go in peace nor stay in comfort ; but at last when safely landed on the Continent they founded a church at Leyden, and John Robinson became their minister. ‘ Even then their surroundings were not what they desired, and at length they made arrange- ments with the Plymouth Company, which held a charter from King James for coloniz- ing America to try their fortunes in the New World. A picked body of the Ley- den congregation in 1620 returned to Ply- mouth, ari'd thence made the famous voy- age across the ocean. But Leyden was the real starting point of their momentous enterprise, and the John Robinson tablet jnow aims at commemorative justice to the Leyden stage of their eventful history. r the bed of the sea, while others are not at- tached at all, these latter being known as “ rollers." About ten years ago an attempt was made to introduce drcdges, but it was found that their use was likely to ruin the beds, because in passing over the bottom they- dislodged and brought up not only the good sponges, but the young and nusalable ones as well, killing the spawn and working great mischief. Such an outcry was raise against dredging that an act was passed for- bidding it. \Vhen brought to the vessel the sponges are at once spread upon the deck and left exposed to the sun for several days, during which time the animal matter that covers the sponge gradually dies. This is a black, gelatinous substance of a very low order of marine, life, which, during the process of decay, emits a most objectionable odor. The vessels visit what is called the kraal once a week to land the load from the deck. The kraal is an enclosed pen, fenced in by sticks of wood so as to allow a free circulation of water through it, usually built in a sheltered and shallow bay or cove, on one of the caves near by. The sponges are placed in the kraal and left to be soaked and washed by the action of the water from four to six days, when they are taken out and beaten with sticks until the decayed covering is entirely removed. Hav- ing been subjected to this course of exposure, soaking, beating, and washing, the sponges are quite clean and are taken on board the vessel, packed in the hold, conveyed to Nassau, and in this condition are sold in the local market. Of the larger sponges a catch of 5,000, or of the smaller ones 7,500, would be considered a fair lot. Occasionally a cargo of from 12,000 to 15,000 large sponges ha. been brought in, but this success is ex- ceptional. The principal varieties gathered in the Bahamas are as follows: Boat, grass, glove, hardhead, reef (white and dark), velvet (abaco and cay), sheep wool, and yellow. of which the most valuable is sheep wool. The total export in 1890 reached over 900,000 pounds, valued at $306,896. The crop of that year was above the average, being really the most valuable one in many years. Of that crop there were shipped to the United States 708,000, valued at $236,000. Bahama. sponges are not considered very good, buta ready market is found for all that can be obtained, and at constantly im- proving prices. Therc are no indications of any failure of the supply. .____.__°____. The Natives of Turkestaii. Y. D. Yoozhakofl‘, a traveller who has spent several years in the Russian. domains of central Asia, describes in the monthly Russln‘y Vlestnik the natives of Turkestaii in the. following manner: “ The two principal elements of po ulation in Turkestan ‘are the Garts and the irguesc ; the former are the settlers, the latter the nomads of the region. The relations between the two are very un- friendly on account of their various habits of life. The Kirguese are a warlike people, always on the move ; the Garts are rather timid and perfectly pacific. The former are always cheerful, communicative soulful, good natured, liberal, and hospitable, but extremely shifting, and unreliable. The Qarts, on.the other hand; are taciturn, cau- tious, shy of strangers, non-communicative, Wily, and stingy. The Kirguese will tell lies simply ' out of lightmindedness, or on account of carelessness ; they don’t think when they tell a lie. But the Gart will cheat and deceive you with consciousness, and withua view of aining some advantage by his falsehood. The Kirguese looks upon the Cart with disdain, as a knight looks upon a common laborer or peasant, and he hates the Gart as a usurer who lends him money at an enormous rate of interest and as a deceivcr who sells him goods at an ex- orbitant price, and cheats him in Weight and measure. Roaming about in the desert he considers as the most noble employment. He is always moving about cheerfully, carc- lessly, and without a serious than ht on his mind. He will mount his horse an speed on for a long distance throu h the desert for no news, or call on the Tameer(c ief of his clan), or simply for a pastime. He can have no res t for the Gart who alwa s keeps himse within his precinctsand wor s steadily at his trade, in his garden, or in his field. He also hates the Garts because they are given to the vices which’ a steady and secluded life promotes. The Gart on the other hand, regards the Kir uses as a sav- age. He considers himse wiser, more serious, and better educated than his light- minded, roaming countrymen. More es- islly does he hate him because he is a. ohammedan only by professsion, but never follows the custoins,and usages of his religion. The Kirguese is in hisestima- tion nothing but a brigand who lives without foil or useful employment of any kind ; it is therefore no sin to cheat him and take advantage of him whenever there is an opportunity for it. ” â€"--â€"â€"--.â€"-â€"-â€" There are a million and a half gipsies in Europe. weightier purpose than earin the nest ..._._‘.‘_. -. _..._.._. .__._-- .._..s _._..:..a rooster rm some Saxony’scavalrv bass new sword, three inches shorter and considerably 1i liter than the old one. The blade is straig t- and the handle is of hard rubber. The new weaptm is more easily handled but less dangerous than theone itlierto used. AtSophia experiments havebeen made in the last four weeks to :asoertain the accuracy of the rapid-firing can- non recently received from the Gruson Works in Magdeburg. At a distance of 5,690 feet, a target representing two field cannon and ten men was almost corn lately demolished by twenty-five shots. A ‘ne of thirty wooden soldiers, lying six feet apart so that only the heads were in ~ si ht of the mark smen received twen .sixl of chm shot and nine of shrapnel . Nenty of the chain shot and forty~ono pieces of shmpnell struck fourteen wooden soldiers. The launching of the armored battle a ' Sicilia at Venice last month added snot floating monster to Ital ’s navy. It ' eleven feet shorter an the launched last year in Spezia and said'to the biggest war ship in the world, an almost the exact counter rt of the Umberto, launched in Nap as three years 0. The Sicilia carries an armor four-tool: inches thick and has forty-eight great glui J besides numerous revolving cannon, mit - louse, kc. Like the Sardcgna and the Umberto, its crew numbers 673, includ‘ 21 officers of the general staff. The s of the new battle ship is eighteen knots. The Sicilia has cost more'tlian $5,000,000, has been briildin since 3885. and will not be fully equippe for action before the sails- mer of 1894. Several officers of the Australian army have taken the course in military aeronautics at the Victor Silberer Institute in Vienna. this year. Numerous trips in all sorts of weather have been made in the two great air ships Buda est and Father Radetzky, yet not a sing e accident has happened. Several trips were 200 or 300 miles long. and six were made on very stormy days. In most of the ascensions the officers were able to follow pretty closely the direction already determined upon. Landings were made in high winds, and in swamps, rivers and forests, without the slightest injury even to the balloons. The course of instruction will close this month with a series of ascensions by night in captive balloons for the pur- pose of making observations by means of flash lights. The programme for the German fall manoeuvres is complete. The Fourth Army Corps, consisting of the Seventh and Eighth Divisions, a division of reserves, and another of cavalry, will go into camp in the vicinity of Erfurt and Goths. on Sept. 12. The two infantry brigades, the regiment of field artillery, and the pioneers, also ordered out for the mantcuvres, will be brought u by rail on Sept. 11 and 12 and will be distri- buted among the stations between Goths. and Erfurt. For the parade in Erfurt on Sept. 14 the regiment of foot artillery, No. 4. from J uterbog will also be called in. Thirty thousand men in four divisions will be re- viewed ‘at the parade by the Emperor. On the evening of Sept. 14 there will be a rand tattoo of all musicians of the Foui‘th ‘ s as well as of the cavalry division, on t 8 Frederick William square in Erfurt. On Sept. 15 the Fourth Corps in two armies will fight a sham battle northwest of Erfurt while the cavalry will proceed toward Cassel to determine the position of the ad- vancing Eleventh Corps. The Fourth Cor s will follow the cavalry on Sept. 16. n Sept. 17 the imperial "headquarters will ‘ be moved from Erfurt to Mulilhausen, and there on Sept. 17 and 18 the manoeuvres of the Fourth Corps against the Eleventh Corps will culminate. On Sept. 19 the two corps will be united and will operate against a third corps of temporary formation. The exact size of the total force involved in the manrnuvres is not yet known, It will pro- bably be about 60,000 to 65,000 men. â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Pure Tea in Canada. Fifty-eight samples of ten, com ris- ing all kinds, and taken from wi el - separated establishments have recent y been examined by Prof. Kenrick, official analyst for Manitoba, at the request of the Inland Revenue Department. Unlike the greater part of the mustard and pepper which is offered the Canadian public, and which was discovered to be so shame- lessly adulterated. the tens in the Canadian market are practically pure. Considering the fact that tea is so generally used by the Canadian peopleâ€"the amount imported in 1890-] being 18,451,378 pounds, or an aver- age of nearly 3% pounds for every man, wo- man and child in the Dominionâ€"the question of the quality of our teas is one of more than trifling importance. It is gratif ing there- fore to be assured that “ the of the tea sold in Canada is practically niL” According to Prof. Kenrick, the methods of adultcration of tea are chiefly three: (1) Adniixture with leaves fromplantsothertlran the tea plant ; (2) the substitution, whollv or in part, of “ exhausted" leaves or leaves that have been already used in making tea and subsequently dried and rolled up again in imitation of genuinetea ; (3) the addition of various mineral substances in order to add weights to the tea. Prof. Kenrick adds that the coloring matter used in making green tea and which is supposed by many to be so injurious adds no a precisble weight w the tea and is practical harmless. And thus another popular fa lacy has been ex- ploded. __.____...___â€"_ A sensational story to the effect that Europe narrowly escaped war last winter at the time that Empress Frederick visited Paris comesfrom Jacques St. Cerc,tlieeditorof the Figaro, who asserts that “ the Kaiser gave and signed orders for mobilization and that it was only because the military staff delayed sending out the orders for one day the: war was not begun. During the night,” M. St. Ccre continues, " a tele rum came from Queen Victoria begging illiam not to take umbrage at what wasreally not an insult to the Empress, and at the same time arrived » a despatch from the Vienna Cabinet, which had got wind of the orders for mobilization, stating that the Paris incidentwas notacrwus bdh'. In con uence of these telegrams the Kaiser annulle the fortunately delayed orders. ” Howmuchtruth therein in thisstury it would be difficult toss . It must be borne inmind that it comes rom an inveterate enemy of the Germans and of thsir young Emperor. that it is certainly not; up‘prejw diced and is likely to be highly ct lor . 11 receiving it one would do well to add ti: traditional grain of salt. alteration ‘