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.__..._...__.____.â€". LATE FBBEIGN NEWS The Crofters Commission have made sweeping reductions in rent in the Lows and in Berra. The crew of the fishin boat Osprey, five in number, were drowne in the Tay late on Tuesday night. The Crofters Commission have assigned the island of Skerray to seven of the Duke of Sutherland’s croftcr tenants. Smallpox has broken out in many of the famine-stricken districts of Russia, anda heavy mortath has been caused. Mr. Moody’s evangelistic compaign con- tinues to be followed with great interest throughout the Highlands. On Monday, at the Glasgow Sherifi'Court, Wallace Thom, the medicinal sweetmeat manufacturer, was sentenced to sixty days’ imprisonment for perjury. Three young men residing in the neigh- bourhood of Wishaw, were arrested on Sun- day on suspicion of having caused the death of a woman named Simpson. A great political demonstration was held on Monday night in the Grand Theatre under the auspices of the College Division Liberal Association. Upwards of 4500 were present. The Glasgow ship Enterkin, bound from Hull to Brisbane was wrecked on the Gal- loper Sands, off the Suffolk coast, last Saturday aftenoon,and of her crew of thirty- one only three were saved. In Nieder-Wer'nelskirchen, Germany, a man has been fined $15 for calling another a Socialist. Russia has seven Pasteur institutions, in which 1,652 patients were treated during the year, 42 of whom died of hydrophobia. According to the reports of the Medical Commisswn of the Ministry of the Interior, there were 2,215 suicides and 665 infanti- cides in Russia this last year. The Russian Ministry of War has resolv' ed to shorten the rations of the soldiers bya half pound of bread daily (the present ra- tions are three pounds a day) and to pay them the value of that half pound in cash. In the government of Voronezh fire breaks out very frequently in the granaries of wealthy farmers and land owners. On in- vestigation it was found that in most cases such tires are due to incendiarism. The peasants are embittered against the land- owners for withholding their stocks from the market, and burn the grain for s ite. “If We must starve,” they say, "we wi lnot have the pomestchiks (landowners, nobles) enrich themselves by our calamity.” The Governor of Tamboy has proclaimed that the peasant who refuses to work when called out to clear the railroad tracks or help at any of the communal works will get no help either from the Government or from the communal storehouses. He ordered the nutrhalniki of every district to keep a list of the peasants who refuse to do communal work when called upon. Berlin police authorities are trying to devise a method for the more thorough cleansing of beer glases in restaurants. The city health physicians say that disease is spread by the glasses washed as they are at present. Luigi Emanuele Farnia, the Italian Deputy a short time ago, was a politican of unique electioneering devices. On one rainy elec- tion day he sent to each of about 400 voters an umbrella with his comnlime nts. At an- other tims he had pigs driven through the streets with this notice hang ing from the snout of each : “ Whoever votes for Farina may eat of me.” A powerful body of Belgian manufactur- ers are organizing an agitation to reject the treaties unless the terms, already consider- ed here unduly favorable, are bet tered for Be iuui. Ki Leopold, indeed has assur- ed mperor Wi liam that the treaties will be passed by the Legislature before the New Years, but a King of the Belgians may not find it so easy to control parliamentary action as u. German Emperor. The exporters of Odessa and other port cities are doing an unusually extensive trade in the exportation of cattle. On account of the lack of food large cattle are sold by the peasants for any price they can get ; and the recent ukase, which deprives foreigners of the right to own or to farm land outsidc of the limits ofcorporate towns, causes many ranchmen of the south to sell their sheep and other small cattle at very little prices. Working cattle. like horses and oxen, are in demand in Turkey, Greece, England, and Italy, and sheep are exported into Egypt and even to Australia. Russkiya Viodomosti of Moscow has reâ€" ceived the “ second warning "‘ from the Con- sor for“ publishing disquieting reports about the hunger in Russia.” 'l‘olstoi’s letter which appeared in that paper on the 18th ult. was the cause of the rebuke. The ex- istence of this most liberal and thoughtful paper in the dominion oi the Czar now hangs on a thread as the “ third warning” from the Censor is followed by a decree to stop the publication. The wine culture in southern Crimea is being extended very largely this year. Mil- lions of acres which have been lying idle are at present planted with vines. The peasants of the famine districts streaming southward have made labor so cheap that breaking: an acre of land and planting vines costs very little, and the land owners are not slow to take advantage of the position. jourials, which lately attacked Caprivi for ORASED BY A PAUK OP WOLVES. indulging the Foles,declare that the prepara- tions for the consecration of Baron Stablew- I Al’eriléus Adventure In the Pennsylvania Forest. “ The nearestl ever came to being killed," said Harrison Phillips, of the Pocono Moun- tsins, a few days ago. “ was in the winter . . . h‘ h of 1831, when I was eighteen years old. In "upon?“ changes m home policy, w “.3 those days we had to get our oxen shod in wrll bring about the bitterest debates in South Canaan Pa ”sixteen miles from the Reichstag and rearrangements of par- ’ " sky, appointed Archbishop of Poscn, have taken the aspect of arrangements for a politi- cal festival celebrating the independence of Poland. It is predicted that this year will witness ties Chancellor Caprivi m credited with where we lived,aud in February of that year schemes of electoral, political, and social my father sent me over there WM} a yoke reform, inspired by the Emperor, which are certain to be fiercely opposed by (bnscrva- tives and others. It is rumored that there is a design of meddling with Russia’s posi- tion in the empire and her relations with other German btates, one of the thorniest subjects that can be touched upon. Offers have been made to England to en ter intoa commercial compact with Ger- many, giving her all the privileges enjoy- ed by the incmbers of the Driebund in their new treaties. Sir E. B. Malet, the British Ambassador, who privately expressed re- gret that England is unable to enter into a special treaty, congratulated the Emperor on \Vednesduy last on his masterly com- mercial policy, increasing the prestige of the empire and further proving his ability to lead Europe. This broad piece of flat- tery the Kaiser swallows whole, gratified that his work was at least appreciated in an important quarter. of fonr-vear-old steers. A long thaw had taken the snow off and all the frost out of the ground, and the weather was much like early April when I started for South Canaan at daylight. It took me till 11 o’clock to get there, and when the blacksmith had fin- ished shoeing the steers it was 4 in the after noon. A regular March snowstorm had sprung up from the northwest by the time I was ready to start for home, and I saw that I was going to have a tough trip of it if the storm continued as violent as it had set in. calculated that I wouldn’t get caught out 1N ri'rcn DARKNESS, But the moon was about full, and I even if the snow-squall kept up. I had to drive the steers through thick woods nearly all the way, and as wolves were numerous all through this region at that time, I felt a little ticklish about my night end of the journy homcward. “It was sundown when I entered the first long stretch of woods on my way to the Dutch Flats, and the snow was then falling 30 fast and in such big flakes that it almost blinded me. A terrific gale was blowing, but I was going in the same direc- tion that the wind was, and I felt somewhat encouraged on that account. The storm in- creased in violence, and the wind fair] howled through the forest as I directed the steers along the trail, and I remember that I felt every minute as though great trees were going to fall and crush me. I had never been a bit frightened in the woods be- fore, for I had been raised in the forest, but I own up that I was badly scared that night. When I reached the Dutch Flatsa woodman coaxed me to put up with him for the night. I had agood notion to do 'so, but I knew that my folks would worry about me and probably sit up all night waiting for me, and so I plodded through the snow at the head of the near steer and soon passed Promised Land Pond. Then I STRUCK ACROSS THE HILL tothe head of the Buckhill Creek, and as. I was leading the steers along the trail down the mountain side the snow stopped falling, the clouds broke up and occasional glimpses of the moon made me feel a good sight bet- ter than I had for a couple of hours. “ My folks reckoned in the morning that I would be hoine by dark. I was six miles from home when the moon came out, and it was all of three hours after nightfall, but I felt all right after the blinding snow ceased, although the wind was blowing hard. All at once I heard a noise in the dense woods some distance behind me, and I halted the steers and listened. 'What I heard made me shiver, for it was the howling of a. ack of wolves, and I quickly saw that the b ood- thirsty brutes were running down the trail directly toward me. There were at least a dozen in the pack, and I instantly realized that they were bent on attacking me. The winter had been uncommonly severe up to the time of the thaw, and in a twinkle I recalled the fact that wolves had slaughter- ed a gcod many domestic animals in the Pocono Mountains within a few weeks. So I put whip to the steers, and in a. moment I had them going at a brisk trot behind me. The bowling puck rushed down the hill like a 101'- of fiends and before I had gone“ an eighth of a mile further the hungry brutes were l EXPLORIN G NOVAIA ZEMLIA. A Solitary Explorer's Years of Work in an Almost Unknown Land. An interesting man has for three years been studying the geography and physical conditions of one of the bleakest parts of the world. His name is K. Nessilof, and he was first heard of in 1888 after he had spent a year studying the twin islands of Novaia Zemlia, north of the European mainland. He said he intended to devote five years to Novaia Zemlis, and he has now completed three years of investigation. This persever- ing young Russian has returned every year to Archangel, on the northern coast of Europe, with valuable botanical, mineral, and zoological specimens. - He has carried on his work with only one or two assistants, and they have passed at least one dark win- ter in that bleak land. Only twice before have white explorers wintered in Novain. Zemlia. The first occasion was when the famous Dutch explorer, Willem Barents, rounded the northern part of Novaia Zemlia and with his little party spent the long win- ter night of 1596-97 amid much hardship and discomfort on the northeast coast. The se- cond occasion was not many years ago, when some Norwegians attached to an exploring party were so enamored of the life they led among the natives, who had a. temporary home on the twin islands, that they remain- ed behind when their comrades returned to civilization, and their friends saw no more of them for a. year or two until they grew weary of their isolation. Nessilof, in the spring of 1889, reported the discovery of four coalfields and deposits of iron, copper, gold, and sulphur, which he said would pay for the working. He also collected a great deal of information regard- ing the animal life of the island, kepta care- ful record of the meteorological conditions, and surveyed at large extent of country. While engaged in tracing the coast-line he discovered three new islands, one of which about nineteen miles long and three broad, he named Possiet island. Last winter Nos- silof lived at the western entrance of Mat- thew [Matotshkin ‘2] strait. He had a Cum- fortable house, which had been specially constructed for him after his own plans in Archangel, and was carried on a schooner to Novaia Zcmlia. The significance of'Nossilof’s work is that almost single-handed and alone he is explor- ing one of the least known parts of the world. The best maps of Novaia Zcmlia show little more than blank spaces in the interior. Seal hunters say the island is very rocky, and it is likely that in the interior there are mountain chains running parallel with the coast. The country has no inhabitants, but is visited annually by Samoyeds from the neighboring mainland. In recent years a. number of expeditions scientific and commercial, have touched at Novaiu Zemlia, but the island is still little known, and even the greater part of its coast line is not yet accurately laid down on the maps. During the summer of 1890 Nossilof made several excursions into the Kara sea, col- lected many birds and animals, surveyed a part of the coast, and took surroundings. He says that last winter was unusually stormy and that the sea remained open until spring. Torrents of rain fell so that the country was covered with a coating of ice, and many reindeer died from hunger. Hundreds of seals were frozen on the ice and fish were thrown up in heaps on the shore. The Weather during last spring and summer was very severe, and the temperature did not rise above 41 degrees Fahrenheit up to end of July. The explorer was, however, able to carry on the scientific work of his expedition without interruption and to make large zoological investigations. This enthusiastic Russian has led a more isolated life during the last three years than almost any other civilized man. He has faith that there is good to be obtained from Novaia Zemlia. and believes it will pay to develop its mineral resources. A Wild Boy. Another wild boy has been found. Dr. Ornestcin, of Athens, writes to the Berlin Anthropological Society that near Trikala, ss'ArrIsc‘ AND sxa RLING at the heels of the steers. The steers im~ modiately began to plunge and bellow, and the wolves hit their legs until they started on the run and came near trampling me under their hoofs. “ Seeing that the steers were ungovern- able and that the wolves would kill me if I got in their path, I throw my gad away, seized the yoke of the near steer and jump- ed astride of his neck. The steers kept the trail and ran like wild cattle, bellowing at every bound, and I had all I could do tc. keep from being hurled headlong over the near one’s horns. I could tell from the howling of the wolves that they were close at the heels of the runaway steers, but I had no chance to look around. I expected every second that the steers would sheer ad from the trail and bring up against the trees, but scared as they were they kept in it until we had led the wolves all of two miles down the Buckhill Creek. The steers panted in the frosty air and the wolves continued to bowl. By that time all the clouds had disappeared and the moon shone so bright that I could see ahead in the woods quite a. distance. “ Suddenly I heard some one shout, and the next moment I saw three men standing at the side of the trail several rods ahead. Before I realized this the steers dashed past the men and then I heard rifles crack a num- ber of times, and I noticed that the wolves stopped howling at the heels of the steers. Pretty soon the steers slackcned their speed and I talked to them until they came to a walk, when I jumped off and halted them, turning them from the trail. The rifles kept cracking up the creek, and I ran back and found that the three men had killed elcvcn of the wolves. They were my father and two older brothers and they had started out in search of me, fearing something had hap- pened me. I was about used up, and us I said before, I came nearer losing my life that I In the various departments of the Rus- 5 on the frontier of Thessaly and Epirusa bov sian Ministries of Roads, of iiitercouiniuui- has been found in the “'00‘15 l" “- Wild state, cation, and of imperial Property extensive I sometimes going on " all fours,” sometimes plans have been sketched for; thorough g walking erect,.incap:ible.of speech, but im- mpogmphic and agronomic mapping 0f the? itating the v0ices of animals exactly. In territ )rics along the transfiibcrian railroad l summer he nourished himself principally on built by the Ministry of “"ar. The new) milk, visiting the cattle of the neighbour- maps are to five exact information about i llOOd by night- In winter he MC room and the natuxe o the soil over an area of fifty to! acorns. He “'33 taken ‘0 Trikala, Md seems a hundreds rersts on both sides. They are l to “CCU“OUI himself to the people, but can- to designate with precision the rivers, i not learn to articulate word}. It has been mountains, and woods, and the ualities of I found that he was the son of a \Vallachian the soil for farming purposes. '1‘ is gigantic i labourer. Dr. Ornstein does not mention work is to be done to establish Russian the b0)"3 age- settlements along the line for the benefits of the peasants who emigrate from the interior It is expected that even before such settle. ments are established on afirm basis, the in- creased traffic on the new mid will repay all the expenses of prospecting and mapping the territories. A Cautious Sleep-Walker. All souinambulists should adopt the plan of a Dundee (N. Y.) sleep-walker if they wish to avoid a disastrous ending :0 their nocturnal travels. The Dundee mun keeps a treadmill beside his bed, when: he “'lll The remarkable agitation in the Polish population of thceastern provincesof Prussia, whiih broke out recently. is spreading and growing more rabid: The national Liberal 08a roof. night than I ever have since then.” _..__._.._._____ Where Isinglass Comes From. The best isiuglass comes from Russia, where it is obtained from the giant sturgeon which inhabits the Caspian sea and the riv- ers which rim into it. This fish often grows to the length of twenty-five feet, and from its air-bladder the isinglass is prepared. It is subjected to many processes before being ready for sale, but the Russians, knowing it has the reputation of being the best, take great pains in its preparation. and in the world’s markets it has practically no rival. A great deal is made along the Amazon, in Brazil, but it is very coarse and inferior, and is used for the refinin r of liquors and simi- lar purpose. The a ulteration of good is- inglass with the inferior kinds can always be detected b placing samples in boiling water. The best isinglass will dissolve, step on it the minute he gets up. He can lcompletely, leaving no visible residuum, then walk in his sleep all night rithont be- while the inferior variety will show threads ing in danger of tumbling down a well or of fibrous tissue and be of a dark color, often almost brown. The Gudewifs. M3 gndcwil’oâ€"she that is taebo. sue sail seeme sang-sweete tee in.) As her sin croon tuned wi‘ the chiel 6 Or spinnin' wheel’s. An' tairc she’ll be an‘ saft an‘ light AAg’muslip‘bright” l d 3 er epic apron. Jimpy ace The~round lier waists.â€" Yet a e as rosy sail she bloonie lnti the rooms WHAT THE YOUNGSTBBS SAY. Pretty Hard for Their Elders to Beat Then In General Philosophy. Little girl of 7, being asked why she ate her tart all around the edge first. and con- sequently got her flu or covered with jam, answered reproachfu ly: “ Meg, don't you know ? Duty first and pleasure afterward.” (TR: :ggfigxl‘g‘“ baith “1‘9 an' dine) Tootunis (aged 3), seeingr the cook pluck- Ri a rose, lung rinset \\'i' the mine. mg a 80058 i K A “'53: ‘3 l“? undressing the goose to give him his bath 2" Little girl to her nurse, who had told her the story of Adam and Eve‘s dismissal from the garden of Eden : “I suppose the were both sent away without a character. ‘ A girl, on lieaiing of the raising to life of the widow’s son, thought it over quietly, and eventually remarked : I presume they had to pay for the grave all the same a" Mother (re rovingly to the little irl just ready to go or a walk): “Dolly,t at hole was not in your ‘glove this morning." Dolly (prom tly) : “ here was it then '1" Litt 0 girl (to new governess) : “ I know renez gardc means not before the children. amma always says it to papa when he is ' going to say something at dinner she doesn’t want me to hear.” A tiny «irl of 2i years, when nurse feudi- ed her to be dressed for dinner, exclaimed ;' ” Oh, dear ! there is no yest for the ’ickcd.” One day, after giving an object lesson on volcanos, a teacher asked a child of 8 what name was applied to a mountain which brought forth liro from its mouth. “ Why, a Spitfire of course,” was his answer. it was promised that a certain very small boy should have his portrait painted. 110 was greatly distressed, saying, betwrcn hi sobs : “ 0h, father, I don’t want to always hang up on the wall !” A boy of 5, having been checked to no purpose by his mother for teasing her when she was busy, was thus addressed : “ My dear little hey, if you loved mother you would try and please her by doing what you are told.” “heieupon replied the boy; “ Mother, I’m trying to please God ; I can’t please everybody.” - Little girl, reading the chapter in Genesis ‘ recounting the fall, comes to the curse pro- nounced upon the serpent: “ On thy belly shalt thou go.” “What!" exclaims the child, “did he go on his back before '3" Tommy, who has listened with breathless interest to the story of Daniel in the den of ‘lions, and how the wicked men who accused him were punished: “I is so glad those poor lions got their breakfast at last.” The following quaint question was asked by my little niece, aged 6 years: “ When 'shall I have holes in my head for the hair- pins to go in ?” (Momma, explaining to licrlittle girl,agcd 5, that everything she does and says is written down in a large book in heaven): L. G. asks: “Are all the naughty things, too 7” Mumma: “Yes, dear.” L. G. (pensive- ly): “Then I think I’ll take a piece ofludiu rubber With me.” Once Tommy was silent at the request of his elders for many weary minutes, and when he could no longer contain himself he was told that silence was golden. “ch,” quoth be, “but you know we want change sometime.” A child of 31: years had been taught by his mother ii. text in the morning. “ Make me a clean heart, 0 God, and renew a right spirit within me.” At night, at the end of his prayers, he, unasked, repeated the text in the following form : “ Wash my heart, 0 God, and hung out to dry." A little 5-year-old of my acquaintance in- Tlien the good boy manifests his intention tervicwcd his mother th‘.’ other day “90“ the subject of angels having Wings, and, on of getting down and crawling over the floor- . . _ . _ but foiled in this he concludes to crawl all i being told that there ““23 reason F0 heliexe that they were so equipped, exclaimed : over you. You haul him down and say,-â€"- u 0 u , . mamma how funny they must look If baby wont go to sleep papa must when asleep feasting like turkeys." whip him." . . . . - n A little girl on being asked by her mother ‘ Goo, goo, he screeches. whether she was not glad to hear that an old The merry little chap! How mean you . , feel for having threatened him! You begin friend, 0f whom she was V9.17 fond, had re- covered from a dangerous illness, replied : rocking him to and fro m such 8' manner “ Yes, of course I’m glad, but still I’m sorry that he couldn't- go to sleep if he wanted to. .. , Y . V Then you sing everything you know all in {3:11:39 "Ob to has his own way some- , . one key ’ .or to“ to one you cannot Sing a A little girl whose attention was called to nOrig,fizzifggttfigggnyfigz:liid a, half and the fact that she had forgotten to say grace ’ 'before beginning licr meal, shut her eyes the boy lives through it all, and has vitality I - nieekly and said : “ Excuse me. Amen.” enough to POP' UP M the close “nth 9‘ Constance, aged 35 ; her mother, having forgotten to do something for her which she had promised, said : “ O darling, I forgot t it ;wasn’t it naughty of me '2” Constance replied consoling : “ Oh, no, mother dear not naughty, only stupid 1” Little Dorothy (to old wooden horse, which she insists on taking to bed with her every night, : " You dear old love ; I am a good mind to call you my sweetest night- mare.” un~kist agnine; Sallseate. me at her table-spread, \h hite as her bread.â€"â€" - “‘here 1. sac kissen her for grace, Sal! see her face _ Smpdgcd. yetayc sweeter, for the bit O_tlou.re on it, Whiles. willow. she all sip “71' me Luvc‘s tapmaist-bubblin' ecstasy. â€"[Jam es Wliitcomb Riley, in January Lii‘rix- co'r'r'S. The Ideal; Ah. dream not, gentle outh, :l‘hat the maiden brig t and fair. “I ith the eves outshining angels' And the flowing golden hair. That the maid of faultless spirit, And of soul engaging mien, Will stay to weep and perish In your cottage on the green! Her brow sustains a star That the love of Heaven bestowed, And her robes are lucent ether 0! no passing earthly modc : And though pity move her bosom And she visit. then by night, ' Ilcr home is in the regions 0f the immaterial light. Awake the song of love And her praise thro' life prolong,â€" “htli a constancy unchanging Wreaths her name in dcuthless song; Oh, worship her and land her And her foot prints stop to kiss, But believe not she will tarry In a land so cold as this. BY “'ILLIAM GRE lG. Papa. Puts Baby to Sleep. Your wife wants to “run over to mother’s’ and you promise to put the baby-to sleep. \Vell, mamma departs, and you take the ' white robed babyâ€"-thc nearest to an angel there is on this earth, no matter how liemay cut up and tear about in the hour to come. You pick him up and sayfondly butfirmly,~â€" “N ow papa’s little baby boy must go right to sleep.” “ Goo, goo,” he says. I suppose that is his way of saying good- night. It is also his way of saying forty other things. ' “Now baby shut his eyes," you say, as you cuddle him up. “Goo, goo,” he says, with his eyes wide open, and a sort of intimation in them that he will shut them when he gets ready to do so, and not before, “ Baby,” you say, a little more severely, “papa. wants to read his paper, now, and baby must go to sleep.” If ever a child said “I won’t do it” with his heels yours says it about this time, for the way he lets his little pink heels fly into the air can mean nothing less thanadistinct and positive “I won’t.” You hold him firmly in your arms, and he begins to squirm. He writhes and wriggles with unexpected strength and pluckily con- tends for freedom, until you let him go through slicer admiration of his grit. “Goo, goo,” he says, which means that he’ll show me a thing or two. You begin to feel scared. “ Baby, dear,” you say plaintively, “ won’t papa’s nice little man go to sleep now? That’s a good boy.” cheery,â€" “ Ya, ya. ! G00 1” Then you shake him and say,â€" “ Here, young man, I’ve had just aliou enough of this. You’ve simply got to go to also l Go to sleep!” ow you’ve made him cry. He slips limply down in your arms and opens his[ mouth in one prolonged yell, followed by I another and another until he has emitted a thousand of them. You walk the floor with him; you jump him up and down ; you coax, and scold,and wheedlemll to noeflect. By-and-hy his cries grow weak and few ; you feel his little form relaxing in your arms his little limbs hang limply, his head lics heavily on your shoulder, his eyes droo , and with that saddest of sounds, the sob-l hing of a. sleeping child, he wanders into' dreamland. A Terrible Wreck. Particulars have reached Liverpool of the loss of the vessel William L. Bradley and the entire crew, excepting the master, Captain Lee. The vessel was bound for Weymouth from Charleston (North Caro- .w_.____ line), when she was overtalkei; by altcrribh;x ' storm. The sea ran ver ll r i, am one 0 Death Of a Famous Hallway Dog. these, which Capt. Leg, be ievcd to be u The deith is announced of “Help, ’ the : great tidal wave, almost completely en- railway dog of England, which has just 00- } gulfed the vessel. The crew of eight hands curred at Ncwhm'en, where he has been , were on deck at the time, and every one of staying since he retired from active sci vice. i them excepting the captain and male was The dog was trained by Mr. John Clipson, :swept overboard. In a few minutes the who had been 55 years guard of the tidal ' vessel sunk, and the captain found himself train from London Bridge to NEWlmVOD. f floatin on the top of the wlicelhouse. The and the idea was to get “ Help I isappeurcd with the vessel, but a ” to act as a ' mate medium for the collection of money in aid of 2 short time afterwards Captain Leo saw the the Orphan Fund of the Amalgamated 3 cook flouting by the aid of a piece of wood. Society of Railway Servants. It was the : The on lain tried to succour him, but found late ROV- Norman MEClBOd, who, 'BUUCk E liimscl too weak to give him any assistance with the excellence of the object for which and he believes the cock was drowned. the d0g WM to be trained obtained a fine ? For the next 21 hours the captain drifted . Scotch collie from Mr. \V. Riddell, of 1 about on the whcelhousc, and was then Hailes, Haddington. The mission of “Help” ‘ picked up by a Spanish vessel and landed at was made known by a silver collar, to which i the Canary Islands. Captain Lee believes was appended a silver medal, Ila-Ving on it i he is the only survivor of the crow. As the the following inscription: “ Iam Help, the a William L. Bradley was an American vessel railway dog of England, and tiavelling 5 Captain Lee obtained a passage in a steamer agent for the orphans of railway men who ' and was subsequently landed at New York. are killed on duty. My office is at No. 65 Colebrooke Row, London, where sol-strip. tions will be thankfully received and do y , acknowledged." At the Bristol Dog Show A Strange 01mm. in 1384 “ Help”was‘prcseiited ”“11 a-silver A Vienna correspondent says an extraor- medal, and his "f5" ”ml?“ 10 guineas. dinary case is reported from a village in Altogether the faithful animal. Who was 3 Western Hungary. A man, aged about very dOCile. “’05 instrumental m ohm-““112 ; thirty, asked for shelter over night from a upwards 0‘ £1000 {"7 ”’0 orphan fimd- 1‘0 .' peasant woman whose husband was absent lSS4,also, M" F' W. Hughes, 9‘ the GM- lat the time. He said that he had come ham Club, presented the 0g With a silver ‘ fro” America, and displayed a heavy pm.“ 00118? and which 3"“ he. constantly "193 , containirg about seven thousand llorins. with tokens of the esteem in which he and i The woman, whose cupidity was aroused, the cause of ”10 orphans wore held, by the i cut his throat during the night and conceal- public. In former 3'93” f‘Help’ “’33 8-,ed the money. 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