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,1» 9' All. . . - ’l‘Wflau'll BE RUSSIA’S llflllll. i.i§i.5‘3$$?°§.flld$§eli§§ iii‘fi’fiii was hiuself attacked. He managed, how. â€"â€" liver, to get the two men away, and with Sii‘ Edwin Arnold on the present the assistance of the guard outside closed ., . , . _ :be gates, thus preventing the esmpe of the CHM” 1"“ British India' prisoners. He then procured the assistance â€"â€" of troops, but before these arrived tl 0 whole place was in a turmoil. The prisoners had BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED AND 33- :irokeu all" their fetters, and some of them Pa 3 8 TIUN MUST BE MADE. ‘ had armed themselves with swords and re- volvers of the orderliesh They were called ..._ ,upou to surrender and retire quietly to . . . "their quarters, but they obstinately refused And England "nu“ It M 3' ooo,oooa bro” ’ '0 do so. They were eventually fired upon __ . . l _ . like w” 3"” In ”cu". “mama" r” ‘ and they then fled to their barracks leavmg “I” Struggle-The Russian 3”" """ innc of their number dead on the ground. u'“"’ or right-The “u" Allernn- ’ 'l'hc troops then occupied the gaol, and an the Would )lean Destruction "r :‘u” i investigation was held by all the members “I‘m Supremacy. i of the State Council. It was clearly estab- At St. Louis the other day Sir Edwin lisiied that the rising had been deliberately Arnold, in rt ply toa request for an inter- planned, and with a murderous intent. view on the fight of Gilgit, India, said : Five of the ringleaders were put upon " The crisis is unusually alarming for trial, condemned to death, and forthWitli one special reason ; the reason is the fact executed. It has not been thought neces- that the blood of English officers has been sary to do more than strengthen Major spilled in this skirmish near Gil it. To one Vincent’s hand indirectly l‘y quiet-1y placing not familiar with Anglo-Indian iistory and within call a number of troops sufficient to spirit the gravity of such a fact can hardly overawc the malcontents in Rampur. 'Four be explained. There is a tradition in the hundred men of the Hampshire Regiment- English Army in India. and it is held al- and a similar number of the llth Native Iii- most as Gospel throughout the entire Indian fantry have marched from Bareilly to at Empire, that British blood is sacred. Once point in British territory within three iniles spilt there can be no washing it out, no of the town of Rampur. The troops wxllre- compromising, no explanation, save the main in camp within the British "border most convincing disavowal on the part of during the cold weather. Major Vincent, any foreign government implicated in the whose life was aimed at, meanwhile remains act of bloodshed ; and no satisfactory set- at Rampur. tlement except the most prompt and com- ____¢_.____ plete expiation for the shedding of English . ' ' _ lood and the blood of its officers in India Toni S New Year 3 Gift. or HAROLD GLYDDON. is an article for which the Anglo-Indian 'Twas only alittlc kitchen with u checrfullamp Empire charges £1,000,000 a drop. and fire And a gentle-looking woman sitting by : " (iilgit and the fort on the threshold of Cashmere, where the conflict occurred, are, ’Twas a picture. one would think. of which a man could never tireâ€"- it is true, not British possessions, but Cash- mere 13 a State under the protection of the Only alsimplc picture; yet how pleasant to t in eye. British Empire. The danger of trouble be- tween Russia and England at that point of the position has been great for some time, for the reason that down the slope towards this pass, on their side, the Russians have been steadily advancing for months past. Russia has lately made advances there so marked that England cannot allow them. Russia now occupies a slope of the Penn from which it will have to recede. England’s demands to that effect would have been made in any event. They will now be made in such a tone that Russia must heed them and retire from its present occupancy of the Pamir slope. A refusal to do so will mean war, nothing more nor less. “ The present outbreak arises, I am cons vinced, from the fierce, restless and turbu- lent war spirit of those peculiar component parts of the Russian Armies. The Russian coloncls commanding the frontier forces are oflicers whom it has always been difficult for the Czar, a ruler who desires peace, to control and keep in check. Their lives are spent on the frontier ; they stagnate, they grow almost savage : they are always yearn- ing for war; they have but one ideaâ€"to push on and push on towards India. There is no road to India for Russta there and al- though that particular region is not occupi- ed by us, it is denied to Russia. In Indian parlance, it is a sphere of British influence. “Now, as to the English officers and troops who engaged in the fighting near Gilgit, I say proudly that, as is inevitably the case, they have behaved nobly, andjustified that English conviction that the Queen never wants for men suited to the emergency of the moment. The occasion developed the man, as it always has and always will in En lish history. I know Col. Durand, the olriccr in command there and who was among the wounded, and he and the other English officers, as English officers should, acted gallantly and promptly. “As for the troops,I see they consisted of Ghoorkas and Cashmere forces, no English soldiers havingbeen engaged. The Cashmere soldiery are not a part of the British Army, in India. They are. the troops of the Rajah of Cashmere. who is awai'm friend of England, however, but the Ghoorkas are a part of the native soldiery enlisted in the British Army in India, and very gallant soldiers they are, too. They have the true spirit of the Sc- poy. Their battle cry of the present time is “ Maharinc Ks. Jai !’ (‘ Victory for the Empress. ') The Ghoorkas, in addition to the regulation arms of our troops in India, carry also their National weapon, the kookri, a curved knife or sword,‘.vhich they use in but tlc with terrible ell‘cct, their favorite stroke being an upper cut, which diseuibowcls the enemy. “ With the blood of English officers alâ€" ready spilt, war will follow any action save the most complete reparation and expiutiou. The British Empire is prepared for war. It is so tremendously prepared that no man can estimate the vast- extent of that prepar- ation, both in money and in men. A better time for war, if war must come, could not be selected. Whether or not war does fol- low fhis complication there will be one sure result arising from itâ€"-the Russian advance on the frontiers of India will be checked. The Russian forces will have to retire far _ _ ‘ ll h ' ~ . .. _ within their present line of occupation along , Itnllltl‘gdiiil’iidul ‘30,?" 3’: S-Eigfifgi’l’éféow_ ”“350 frontiers. ‘ The Good-Abe Beautyâ€"I dream and plan : “ I doubt if the Czar will allow matters There comes to-morrow. and then tomorrow, to reach a crisis. The inevitable result of All“ 3'0“”‘m0rmw' "“1 I“ """h" Russian defeat in a war with the frontiers of India as the battlefield would be a stu- pendous catastrophe to that nation. It would mean that England would roll back ’1‘0-‘ncrr0\\""~â€" once and forever the Russian approach on ‘ Wm [here a thrill as of mocking laugh- India, raze ("ciitral Asia to the ground from 10? one end to the c lhcr,rcstorc to the Khanates their independence, thrust Russia back be yond the Caspian, free Persia from the Ilus- The swift years speed and his life is Duty :â€" siau influence, rescue Kbot‘ussau, inevitably l u -\h. the old-limo light in the eyes is dead :. . . , . - - x . ~ , ~ lain faithful still to inydreani of Beauty; tause‘a “1‘ olution .m, Russia 15”" 51“" ”’ .,”“’ 'l‘o-morrow. tomorrow, is mine !" he said. overtnron of Russia 3 power lll laurope.‘ Such a trim and tidy woman and a home so clean and neat Should surely tempt. a man at home tostay ; Yet she waited for her husband, whose un- steady, halting feet “'ould tell he was coming with his senses gone away. Tom and Nellie Lane were happy once, for Tom was like a lover, And the planets. love and concord, lit their horizon of life; - But the dark eclipse came swiftly, scarce three happy years flew over, “Then to Nellie came the knowlrdge that she was a drunkard’s Wife. - “'ithfhe drunkard went the husbandâ€"with the husband went the man ; All their “ household gods ” went afterâ€"all Nellio's little store, Yet she bore it, hoping. trusting, as only wo- men can. Yet no change came for the better; Tom worked less and drank the more. And tonight was Nellie thinking, “New Year's Day is drawing near. How happy once we used to be upon the New Year's brink : IVlicn we planned a brighter future, which holds not-hing now but; fear. There was naught on earth I wished for be- fore Tom tool; to drink.” Butwus that her husband coming-that foot- step that she heard .2 A step she had not‘hcard for yearsâ€"the same old manly tread, She started up to meet him, but could not - speak it word. ‘ When he came in ale, but sober, and in his old voice sai : " Here‘sa New Year‘s present, Nellie " (in his eyes a new light dawningl~ ’Twas a small square paper parcélâ€"“ You'll like it. wife, I know : But you must not open it, not until New Year‘s morning, , Then I'll open itâ€"you should have had this prcseut long ago. “ I've been thinking deeply. Nellie, for I've heard a. few words spoken Ata meeting which have told me how I‘ve fallen before men : And I thought of all you’ve suffered and my heart was almost broken, But wait till New Year's morning, you’ll know what I mean then." Nellie rose upon that morning, did her work and sang the while : ’Twus like the happy time gone by when Tom and she were lovers. . _ And she took the paper package, With a mingl- cd tear and smile To 'I‘omâ€"tlioystood together whilchc took ofl’ the covers. \Vithin a bright gilt frame she read the joyous wort s, , “ I'll never touch intoxicating drink again ;" And in her heart there came a sound like sing- ing birds, For it. here her husband's signature, " Toni Lune.” He had signed the pledge. They hung it high up upon the wall : “ I‘ll begin the bright New Year,” he said, " with a better, urcr life." Amlin after days he‘ say that the dearest one of all Amongst. their “ household gods" was his New Year's gift; to his wife. To~moriow. " Ah, wait." he cries. “but it little lancer,"â€" Thcyoungcycs glowing with holy tire,â€" “And man through mo shall grow purer, stronger: By the clifl~ whence the waves their gray gloom borrow. Thcswcctest of sweet-voice Echoes lay. And murmured. " 'l‘o-inorrow ! Tomorrow! Sounding long after, And dying away 3 Bythe clill‘whcncc the waves their gray eloom borrow 'I‘lic sweetest. of sweet-voiced Echoes lay. And murmured, “ Tomorrow is mine! To- morrow 2'â€" Was thereathrill as of mocking laugh- tcr, AN EAST INDIAN GAOL. A Serious Outbreak of Prisoners. The latest Indian papers report a serious Sounding long after, outbreak in Rampurtlaol. Itappears that. on 5““ dying ““33" MN“?- 0°10“? '-’~"- 31‘1“ ‘ "‘9‘?“ “3‘5?“ - The swift ycars speed and the light is failing: the rat)! on a matter connected with the dis‘ The dim eyes turn to the misty west: of criminal lunatics. On his arrival The white lieaddroops, and he stands bewail- e was informed that three prisoners had "‘g“ - . . . h s 3d.d ,d .l . been giving trouble and had a complaint to Em “war” medal k ’mrmned guest _ " Too late! There will be no inorrow's greeting: make about the new order that prisoners Otiny grand. great \\ art: but the ruined should wear gaol clothing. The men were Phellv, scat for, but only two appeared. They were I "“‘,‘,’,.;‘;,‘,‘,;f‘ dmamcd, “5 m“ "a” were asked where the third man was, but, instead ‘ There is yet tomorrow !"'-Thc dark night of answeriu , they suddenly rushed away 1011‘ By the cliff whence the waves their gray gloom borrow The sweetest. of sweet-voiced Echoes lay. “There is yet to-mOrrow 3" she echoed. " Tomorrow 1" Was there a thrill as of tender sadness Changing to giadncss, And dying away l two ortledics with him, and these were sent to recall the men. The orderlies had no sooner entered the factory than thev were art upon bv 30 of the prisoners armed with bamboo poles and carpet knives. The were é into the gum factory. Major Vincent had knocked down and severely wounded fare I MB- AND LIBS. BOWSBB. “ What have you got there i” queried Mrs. Bowser, as her liege lord made a dis- play of a small package when he came home the other evening. “ Mrs. Bowser,” he replied, as he sat down and carefully handled the package, “ did you read of that case in Troy where a barber cut a customer slightly on the cheek and he died of blood poisoning.” “ No. Say ! you’ve gone and got another shaving outfit I" “ Another? “'hen did I ever have one ‘3” “ You got one two or three years ago in Detroit, and how did you come out with it? Mr. Bowser, you do the most foolish things of any man I ever heard of in all my life l” “ I do, eh? Is it foolish for me to want to avoid blood poisoning by shaving myself, to say nothin of the enormous saving of money '3 Yes, did get an outfit in Detroit, but I had a boil on my arm and couldn’t handle the razor. That was a cheap outfit, just as an experiment.” ” And you out yourself and pranced around and whooped until the neighbors thought we had a fire. How much did this outfit cost?" “ Only $10.” “Ten dollars thrown right away l” “ Is it ? Let 3 see about that. Having my own outfit- I can shave daily. That’s 70 cents a. week, or 2.80 per month. Seems to me that $34 per year is worth saving. In the twenty years I have been shaving I could have saved the trifle of $780. Where are you now, Mrs Bowser ‘3” “Just where I was before. You’ll shave once and that’ll end it,” “ Will it? If that’s your opinion I have a great surprise in store for you. I’ve been taking lessons of a barber on how to handle a the razor, and I can shave clean in exactly I four minutes. Easiest thing in the world‘ when you know how. Just think of the $780 I havé thrown away !” “ Well, I suppose you’ll try it in spite of anything I can say, butI shall decline to be held responsible for any trouble.” “ Responsible ! Troul-Pc l How could I hold you responsible? A ild what trouble can there be '2” “\Vliy, that time in Detroit you almost ear. ” remember a. thing about it. I’d look pretty.) blaming you for what I did, wouldn’t I - After dinner I’ll take a. little shave, and if you don’t say it’s a better .one than any barber has ever given me I’ll put the razor up for good.” After dinner Mr. Bowser took a bowl of hot water and started upstairs, saying to Mrs. Bowser as he went: “ Better time me by the clock. I may be six or seven minutes this time, but I’ll be right on tick to-morrow night.” He went into the bedroom and locked the door. Then he took off his coat, vest, neck- tie and collar. He looked down at his shoes for a moment and then decided to take them off also. “ Let’s see l” he mused as he opened the box and stood before the glass. “ The first thing is to lather, of course. That’s as easy as rolling off a log. This is something like comfort, this is. Hanged if I don’t believe I shall want to shave twice a day l” Mr. Bowser decided to put on plenty of lather. He put it on his chin, cheeks, nose until both arms ached, and no more would chuckled : “ I just hold it with three fingers, this way, and lay it on my check this way, and move it gently down. A child three years m old could do that. I’ll show Mrs. Bowser a trick or‘two before I’m through. Good woman, but she thinks she knows it all Razor just slidesâ€" l” M'r. Bowser gave a jump and at the same instant he saw the lather stained with l - a J IUUU- “ Don’t amount to anythingâ€"just the head of n. pimple l” he whispered to himself. “ Barber told me to keep my arm stiff, and I forgot. Can’t expect to get the hang of it in one minute, .you know. A little more lather.” He latliered away until it began to drop off, and then picked up the razor again. “ The idea of my throwing away $780 to the barbers l” he muttered as he laid the flat of the razor on his cheek. “ Well, bet- ter late than nevcu. No particular hurry about this, however. Feller wants to give himself time to get hang of it. Perhaps I’d better begin on my chin first. Don’t stip- ! pose it makes any great distance whether I shave up or down, so long as ILâ€" l” “ Mr. Bowser, what’s the matter?” called Mrs. Bowser, as she kicked on the door. “ Nothing!” he answered. “ Then what are you jumping around so for? I thought you’d shake the chandeliers down 2” “ The blamed thing must have slipped on me l” he growled as he returned to the glass to survey the cut. “Probably didn’t hold it exactly right. Ali! that’s more like the way the harbor told me to hold it. \Iow, ' then, take it easy till you get the hang of it. May be ten minutes this time, but on the next. occasion I’ll-â€"â€"â€"!â€"” “ Mr. Bowser, open this door l” called Mrs. Bowser from the hall. “ W-what do you w-want ‘3” he gasped. “ I want to know what all this swearing and kicking over the chairs means ! Didn’t I tell you how you would come out 1” “ You go away ! I’m all right ! It was the man next door you heard l” He heard her go away after a bit, and he went back to the glass to whisper: “ I’ll be hanged if I haven’t pretty near cut my old chin off! What in Texas ails the old thing, anyhow ! I‘ll get the hang of it if it. cuts my head off! I didn’t have lather enough.” He lathered some more. Then he picked up the rasor and carefully examined both sides and the edge and back. Then he laid the flat of the blade on his chin and smiled sweetly and whispered : “ I’robablya little nervous, being the first itime. I’ll just get used to it by degrees. That's the way to do it ! No barber ever slid a razor over my chin any richer than l that. The idea of Mrs. Boner calling a $10 thrown right sway ! That’s the way with a woman. If they can save a cent here they Will waste a dollar there. I’ll ._.._.l'j’ Mrs. Bowser heard a all and started for the stairs. She met M r. wser half-way up. tore the house down because you cut your I “ Pooh! I was probably joking. Don’t , Her words brought Mr. Bowser to him~ self. He turned back, beckoned for her to follow, and as they entered the bedroom ho silently pointed. The razor lay on the floor, the bowl was broken in three pieces, and there was lather everywhere. “ Well 2” she queried. as she picked up three towels and placed two chairs on their legs again. “ Woman l" he hoarsely whispered, “ this is too much 2" “ Why. what have I done 3” " Sure ! Done ! Look at me i” “ Yes, but you tried to shave yourself.” ” But you dragged me into it 1’" “ Mr. Bowser. you certainly can’t blame me. I told you before you-â€"-â€"” " That’s enough ! This is the limit l I un- derstand it- all, and can see just how you planned it I It is not our fault that I did not cut my throat, an that you are not now a widow ! Mrs. Bowser, leave me to myself l I have some papers to look over before con- sultitg a lawyer to-morrow '.” __ The Old Scissors’ Soliloquy. I am lying at. rest in the sanctum to-nightâ€" The place is deserted and still ; _ 'l‘o my1 rtight the exchanges and manuscripts w n e. To my left are the ink and the quill-â€" Yes, the quill. for my master's old-fashioncdaud quaint. And refuses to write with a pen: He'insists that old Franklin, the editor saint, been a quill, and he‘ll imitate Ben. I love the old fellowâ€"together for years “'0 have managed the Farmer's Gazette, And although I am old, I’m his favorite shears And can crowd the compositorsyet. _ But my duties are rather too heavy, I think, And I oftentimes envy the quill . As it lazily loans with its nib in the ink While I'm slashing away with a will. But when I was newâ€"I remember it well. Though a. score of long years have gone byâ€" Tho heaviest share of the editing fell 0n the quill. and I think with a sigh Of the days when I'd scissor an extract or two From a neighboring editor's leader. . Then lunch in my sleeve at the quill as it flow In behalf of the general reader. I am being paid off for my merriment then, For my master is wrinkled and grey, And seldom lays hold on his primitive pen Except when he wishes to say. . “ We all? needing some money to run this ma- c me. And subscribers will please to remit ;” 0r, “ That last load of wood that Jones brought us was green, . And so notty it couldn't be split." IIe isb 1negvous and deaf and is getting quite in , (Though he hates to acknowledge the latter), And I’m sorry to say it‘s a puzzle to find Head or tail to the most of his matter. The compositors plague him whenever theysee The result of it me less endeavor‘ But the darling old rascal Just lays it to me, And I make no reinonstrnncc whatever. Yes, Ishoulder the blameâ€"very little I care For the jolly conipositor's jest, . ‘ For I think of ahead with the Silvery hair That will soon. very soon, be at rest. He has lalbored full long for the true and the roar “ ’ i id the manifold troubles that irk us." His only emolument raimcnt uni food, Andâ€"a pass, now and then, to the Circus. Hei ho ! from the past, comes a. memory bright O a lass of the freshness of clover . W'ho used me to clip from her trusses one night A memorial lock or her lover. I That dear little lock is still glossy and brown But the loss is much older and fatter, And the youthâ€"he’s an editor here in the town-- I’m employed on the staff of the latter. forehead, ears and throat, and more or less 1 I aunlying at rest in the sanctum to-nightâ€" fell on the carpet. When. he had latheredf The place' is deserted and stillâ€" _ . . The stars are abroad and the moon IS in' Elgllt Through the trees on the brow of the hill. StiCk ‘30 him, he picked “P the razor and Clouds hurry along in undignifled haste And the wind rushes by with a. wailâ€" Hcllo! there'sn whopping big rat in the pasteâ€" IIow I'd like to shut down on his tail! Contrasts. When outward aspects are gladdest, \Vben days are fair and bright", Hearts may be clouded and saddestâ€" Vt’rapt in a starloss night. “'hen o‘er the sweet fields is springing Fresh blades of waving green, Over some hearts, brown and soaring, Stubbfes of care are seen. Fountains wit me watery feather Spoutcd in glistening spray Streams that scem’d molten together Now flow parted away. Go to the woods ! there in contrast Young leaves fondle and kiss Dead ones unstript by the wild blasts, Grief seems Sister to bliss! But above mlscry’s shadows Beameth Hope's golden sup- Joy ever follows when sorrows Gloomy career is run. Enxusr E. Lmou. Keeping Watch Night. Keeping \Vatch Night, here I sit. And the lights are burning low. and without the worid is wrapped In the moonlight and the snow. Mark! I hear the tolling bells, For the year is near his end. Pray thee wait r. little while. Go not yet, my ancient friend ! Thou hast garnered in thy arms All my treasures. rich and rare ; )‘lzuli'igals of nightmgalcs, Roses that I loved to wear; And my lover, who is deadâ€" . Tell me, can the New Year bring Aught so sweet as his dark eyes Or the songs he used to Sing! Comes a tap, tap. tap ing faint, 0n the silver frostc panes; Listen, though the lights are out And the moon alone remains, Lo! it is a rosy boy. . Lightly o'er the sill he trips, With a wreath upon his looks And a laugh upon his lips. " Look." be m 's, “ the gifts I bear, April days 0 gold and blue, Mating of tho merry lurk. Lilies leaved in crystal dew, Petals of the rose to drift In upon thy chamber floor. And a. gallant youth to rgdc " In the gloannng to thy door. Listening lohis wooing voicc. All my tours are. clian red to smiles, And the bells be in to c ilmo Joyfully for im es and miles, From a couch of golden clouds See. the New Year's morning breaks, And I know that time can bring Giftsas good, for all he takes. MINNIE Invma. Wise Words “I think I'll ask the boss to get this afternoon off," said the youthful clerk. " Don’t,” said the old cashier. " Why not 2" ” You came into this establishment to The lather was flying about, and the blood 1 try and get on, didn't you 1’” streaming down on his shirt bosom, me his eyes were as big as onions. " Well, didn’t I say so 2" she demanded. “ Yes.” V-\~:â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"______________.e. LATE BRITISH NEWS. Torpedo uet~cutting devices are now «as teemed so effective that tho British Adniirah ty has ordered much heavier nets for its new war ships. The cargo ship of the future will in some opinions be a five-masted vessel with auxili~ ary steam, such as is new building on the Clyde. She will carry 6,000 tons, Various English country doctors are con- plaining that the parsons help their own packets at the expense of the physicians by practicing medicine among the parishioners, although they have no medical degree. Susan Hill, on old inmate of Totues Union wilfully set fire to herself on Sunday evening, and was so terribly burned that she expired early on Tuesday morning. An affray which took place between Nor. negian seamen at- Hull, on Friday night ended fatally on Monday mornin * when the most- seriously injured man,Adolp 1 Johnson, who had gradually sunk, died. A telegram states that the ship Lord Bea- consfield, from Grangemouth to London with a cargo of ig-iron, is believed to have been lost with a 1 hands in the recent galcs. Five lads on Sunday found a loaded shell on the western shore at Southampton. Prompted by curiosity they ignited the fuse, and the shell exploded, injuring four of them. One of them named Penny has since died in the infirmary. \Vliilea scamau named Smith was ex- amining a revolver belonging to an elderly man named Morgan in a public~house at Swansea on Wednesday night, the weapon was accidentally discharged. The bullet passed through Morgan’s lung, and lie is not expected to recover. Smith has been arrested. The Rothschilds annually give 100,000 francs to be distributed among the twenty arrondissements of Paris for the assistance of deserving persons who have difficulty in paying their rents. J ohu Burns lately said at a labor demon- stration that the trades unious’cfl’ort to ob- tain an eight-hour day was a failure. The trades themselves cannot and will not en- force it, so the only hope is through legal enactment. The Liverpool mob has determined to drive out the Mohammedan Mosque. It stones the niuezziu when he appears to re, cite the czam or call to prayer, and has even broken into the mosque and maltreated a child who was praying. A cloth laid down for guests to walk on when entering a London house for dinner caused a. lady to stumble and injure her knee, and she sued. Although the defend- ant pleaded agas jet showing the carpet, the verdict gave the plaintiff twenty pounds. The British Museum has received as a be- quest the Tapling collection of stamps, con- taining about 200,000 specimens, exclusive of many cards and envelopes, and valued at between $250,000 and $300,000. Mr. Tapling was more than twenty years in mak- ing it. It is pronounced the finest collection of stamps existing. The visttors of Sandliurst College have denounced the playing of polo as a direct incentive to extravagant habits. At the same time a pole association. lately organ- ized in India by Sir Frederick Roberts, has decided to apply to the ,Goverumcnt for State aid for the breeding of suitable pon- res. A mesmerist in England has run up against the vagrant act. A Dr. Vint who professed to hypnotize, has been arrested under the clause which makes liable to three month’s imprisonment \vitli hard labor any one pretending or professing to tell for- tunes or “ using any subtle craftor device to deceive orimpose upon any of her Ma- jesty’s subjects.” At Goldington, a village in licdfordshire, a cow belonging to Mr Charles Ibbotts, dairymau, has given birth to a calf which possessed someex traordinarycharacteristics. It had three jaws, in each of which was a distinct tongue; two noses, three cars, and four eyes (three of them perfect in appear- ance), together with six legs and the same number of feet. The monstrosity died soon after it was born. A woman named ‘ Mary Ann Brickly was killed, on Sunday afternoon, in one of the main streets of Bolton by being knocked down and run over by a butcher’s horse and trap. The driver, William Helsby, was subsequently arrested on a charge of manâ€" slaughter. He was remanded by the bor- ough Magistrates on Monday morning until an inquest is held. It is alleged he was driving recklessly, and left the poor woman dying in the street. The body of Ltcut. Fraser, of the slirop’ shire Regiment, whose disappearance was re ported a mouth ago,was found in the Thames three miles below Ahingden on Sunday. he- ceased left Abingdon late on Saturday night, October 31, saying he was going to see a friend at Sutton, and was not aller- wards seen alive. There were no marks of violence on the body of Licut. Fraser, who was only 27 years of age. 1.000 Miles in a Canoe. Mr. Uddegreu, who travelled 1,000 miles in a canoe, from Gothenbur I to Calais, has arrived in Paris. He said t int he had not continued his voyage by canoe to London, firstly on account of the stormy, wet, and cold state of the weather, and secondly, be. cause he did not himself feel equal to the labour it would entail. He is now in Paris for the purpose of makin arrangements for an early departure for A rica, probably in January next, where he will do some ex. . tcnsivc canoe-ing. Mr. Uddegrcn will lcizvc Calais for London by the ordina: steamer on Wednesday next, taking his mat with him. “'liilc in London he intends deliver- ing some lectures on his summer travels, and he will also write an account of his ad- ventures, which will be ublished simultan- eously in Paris and Lou on. The Shah Going to Pieces. The Shah of Persia is described by the op- position in his country as nearly played out. Ie drinks a bottle of brandy a day, and uses much hashish and opium. The child that he broughtto Europe with him. the son of his cook, is now his sole and irre- sponsible and vizier. There is no enter- prise asi la in Persia. The. rich bury their wealt !, and are seized and tortured for it. Revolt is beginning to show in various pro- vinces. The masses of the people are afi’ont- “ Well, don't beso often trying toget ofi', ‘ ed by the shah’s surroundings, and a: he- or you’ll never get on.” i ginning to look outside (or redress. '4 l l I 1