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{ i i l h f Kt. A WHITE Hui IN immune. The Story of Dr. Lenz’s Visit to the Famous Town. .â€"â€". THE FIFTH EUROPEAN I! 230 YEARS T0 333 THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Africa and Asia have each a city which is famous for its inhospitality to the white race. Lhasa, the chief town of Tibet, and . Timbuctoo. the best known city of the west- ern boudan, have the reputation of being . the most inaccessible towns in the world, and to this fact is due half their fame. i For twentyâ€"seven years after Barth spent some time in Timbuctoo no European enter- ed the city until Dr. Oskar Lenz visited the place in 1880. He has published in German the story of that remarkable journey, and an account of some things he saw in the for- bidden city is here condensed from his nar- rative. His picture of the city is also pre- sented. The history of the visits of white men to Timbuctoo is interesting, and may be summed up briefly before turning to Dr. I Lonz's story. In 1630 Paul Imbert, aFrcnch sailor, fell into the handsof the Arabs, through a ship- wreck on the Atlantic coast, and was taken to Timbuctoo as a slave. The master into whose hands he finally fcll took him to M0- rocco, where he died in bondage. .He left no record of his residence in Timbuctoo, and therefore contributed nothing to the history of African discovery. . Nearly200 years elapsed before a Euro- an was again in Timbuctoo. In 1825 the E‘bglish Government commissioned Major A. G. Laing to make a journey in Africa for the exploration of the Niger River. He started from Tripoli,‘ crossed the desert, and reached Timbuctoo in August, 1826. A month later he was murdered a few miles north of the city. The facts of his death! were finally ascertained, but the record of his visit to the city was never recovered. Timbuctoo was still unknown to the world except through the reports of natives of Africa. ’ Two years later, in 1328, Reno Caille, Frenchman, reached the city, and he is the first European who ever threw any light upon the mysterious town. Impelled to court danger by pure love of adventure, al- most without means, and with no scientific equi ment, he betook himself to Senegam- bia, lent u on winning the $2,000 in cash which the aris Geographical Society had offered as a prize to the first European trav- eller who should visit Timbuctoo and brin home a report. In Senegambia he learned Arabic and the customs of the Arabs. By slow stages he made his way inland through i . various Mohammedan tribes. He was taken everywhere fora poor pilgrim, and in that guise in the train of a caravan that was. journeying to Timbuctoo, he reached the’ forbidden city, where he spent some time. He finally jomcd another caravan and cross- 5 ed the desert to Tangier, in Morocco. His’ return to Paris was hailed as a great event. . He received the prize of the Geographical‘ Society, under whose auspices his work in three volumes, '“Journal of a Visit to Tim- ' buctoo and Jenne, in Central Africa,” was, published in 1830. Caille had taken very! copious notes, and had managed, with great i tact, to support his disguise. In one respect this matter is not so dif-, ficult as it would seem. to be sure, but still it has no prospect ap- parently of developing into a lag city like some of the capitals of the Send ese States unless European influences finally fasten u n it. r. Lenz’s little party excited the greatest curiosity, and his house was usually crowd- ed with visitors. Among the throng were rich traders from Rhadames in the Sahara, a blue cloth hiding all of their faces except- the eyes; Moorish merchants from Morocco, and big, splendidly developed Fulbe, great fanatics and distrustful foreigners. He met people from far away Senegal, natives of Borneo, and negro slaves hailing from many tribes in the Soudan. Dr. Lenz was most interested in the Tua- rik or Tuaregs of the Sahara, the formidable people who have killed quite a number of European travelers and are the chief obsta- cle in the way of exploring the great central region of the desert. They are wild in as- pect; their faces are covered with a dark lue cloth, and they are strongly armed. They wear a large on 0rd, a short sabre, and carry a number of lances, which they never lay down. Their voices grate harshly on the ear, their speech is rough and unpleas- ant, and altogether they make a disagreeable impression. Their chief, who came to see Lenz, understood both the Arabic and Fulbe languages, these three people living near to- gether and maintaining now friendly, now hostile relations. . The Kahia, or Mayor of the town, sent to the Doctor, who was supposed to be a person of great consequence traveling thr )ugh the l The Hudson Edy Company's agents were under such circums cease to make it the , course of wisdom no "to boast of their re- .. Remarkable 5.... of a “man”; 3:21. gfyodfmifinfmm 331?. tail 3 "'“"‘“°“ lhaving bee61310,500hshares at the outset, it .wasnowl 9508 or ’ . ~ not the first hunters and fur-tradezs in Brita ' zine. ’ areaâ€"[H per a “3g“ ish America, ancient as was their foundation. The French, from the Canada’s, preceded them no one knows how many years, though it is said that it was as early as 1627 that, Louis XIII. chartered a company of the same sort and for the same aims as the Eng- . _ iish company. I Terrible ‘oyage from how crlcans. “’hatever came of that corporation I doi The unloadin of the Morgan Line steamer not know, but by the time the Englishmen. El Monte, whic arrived at New York on established themselves on Hudson ‘ y, in-f Tuesday night with n cirgo of cotton and dividual Frenchmen and half-breeds had various other thingsfroui Algiers. opposite cuetrated the country still further west. , New Orleans, had so for advanced at 10 ‘hey were of hardy adventurous stock, and o’clock next morning. that the deck just they loved the free roving life of the trap- ; over the hold had been retty well cleared, per and hunter. Fitted out by the mer~_ and the stern hatches of) the hold were ex- chants of Canada, they would pursue the posed. Three men who were standing near waterways which there cut up t e wilder~ ; these hatches heard a cry which issued ap- ness in every direction, their canoes laden parently from the hold. They lifted u the with goods to tempt the savages. and their batches, and seen over the closely piled ales guns or traps forming part of their burden. j of cotton a man came crawling to stare up They would be gone the greater part of R at the light and open wide his mouth to year. and always returned With a store 0f catch the fresh air. His face was yellow and furs to be converted into money. WhiCh W118, ' sunken, and his body, hardly concealed by in turn, dissipated in the cities with devil- , his scanty, torn clothing, was shrunk and may»care jollity. ' wasted. The men stooped down. and lifted These were the‘courriers du hole, and him to the deck. THE HUDSON BAY UOMPANY. C NINE DAYS WITHOUT I‘UOD. Stowaway Burzelle Alive at. the end an theirs was the stock from which came the voyageurs of the next era, and the half~§ breeds, who joined the service of the rival fur companies, and who, by-the-way, red- “ Starving l” he gasped. “ I’m nine days without food." The ship left Algiers a week ago Thurs- day morning, and this stowaway, whose name is Charles Burzelle, must have crawled country, a good dinner on the day of his dencd the history of the Northwest territor- into the hold the day before. He had a few arrival. chickens, vegetables, and fresh wheat bread I I l The feast included roast beef, roast ies with the little bloodshed that mars it. Charles [L of England was made to be-: of excellent quality. There was nothing to! lieve that wonders in the way of discovery drink except water. No other beverage is permitted in Timbuctoo. During his three weeks’ residence in the city Dr. Lenz did not find it necessary to buy any provisions. He was looked upon as the city’s guest, and he and his party were amply supplied with all they needed by the Kahia. Curiously enough, though many fish are taken from the Niger River, they form no part of the food of the well to do. Fish are reserved for negro slaves and the poorer people. Food supplies were as abundant as in the best towns of Morocco, and the table and domes- tic service were equal to that found in Fez. As Dr. Lenz and his comrades had plenty of coffee, tea. and tobacco of their own, they lacked for nothing in Timbuctoo to make them comfortable. ' After the long journey across the desert the abundance of animal life at Timbuctoo was a pleasing sight. There were large herds of hump-backed cattle grazing be- t“ ecu the town and the river. Thousands of goats and woollcss sheep were scattered here and there over the plain, and there were big troops of camels and asses, and horses, too, besides large numbers of tame ostriches, robbed of their plumage and any- thingbutattractive objectsiu their despoilcd condition. Most of the ostrich feathers, however, are obtained from the wild birds, which are hunted on horses. The plumage of the wild birds is more beautiful and cost- ly than that of the ostriches in captivity. Cattle as well as camels are used in the local transport service, but of course the cattle are not fitted for travel in the desert. horses are a small race, but have endurance and speed. . The chief authority of the town is vested in the Kahia, M uhamed Er-Rami, Whose I 1 I I and trade would result from a grant of the Hudson Bay territory to c=rtain friends and petitioners. An experimental voyage was made with good results in 1668, and in 1672 the King to what he syled “ The Governor and Company of Adventurers of Engl ind trading into Hudson’s Bay one body cor- porate and politique, in deed and in name really and fully forever, for Us, Our heirs and Successors.” It was indeed a royal and a wholesale charter, for the King declared, \Ve have given, granted and confirmed un- to said Governor and Company sole trade and commerce of those Seas, Streights, Bays, Rivers, Lakes, Creeks and Sounds in what- ever latitude they shull be, that lie within the Streights commonly called Hudson’s together with all the Lands, Countries, and Territories upon the coastsand confines of the Seas, etc., not already actually possessed by or granted to anyof our subjects,orpossessed by the subjects of any other Christian Prince of State, with the fishing of other of fish, \Vhales, Sturgens, and all sorts of Royal Fishes, together with Royulity of the sea upon the coasts within the limits aforesaid, and all Mines Royal as well dis- covered as not discovered, of Gold, Silver, Gems, and Precious Stones, and that the said lands be henceforth reckoned and re- puted as one of Our Plantations of Colonies in America called Rupert’s Land.” For this gift of an empire the corporation was to pay yearly to the King, his heirs and successors, two elks and two black beavers The whenever and as often as he, his heirs and successors “shall happen to enter into the said countries.” The companywas empow- ered to man ships of war, to create an armed force for security and defence, to make Long exposure to . family is recognized as the ruling family. 'peace or war with any people that were not the African tropical heat turns the European l. He is a descendant of the Andalusian Arab Christians and to seize any British or other The visages of the" face a very dark color. 1 white prisoners at Khartoum, who have just escaped from their bondage, had been turn- i ed so nearly black by their long sojourn in who, after his people were driven out of subjectwho traded in their territory. The Spaiu,fiually made liiswayacross the desert King named his cousin, Prince Rupert, to Timbuctoo. Through marriage with negro women the members of this family I 1 Duke of Cumberland, to be first governor and it was in his honor that the new terri- the Soudan that, speaking Arabic, and in I have become very dark in color, and the tory got its name of Rupert’s Land. native garb, they passed unquestioned} among all the people they met in their, flight. Caillc’s story excited incredulity in Eng- : land, and some authorities expressed doubt : that he had visited Timbuctoo at all. him, and that if he should ever take severexPortman, citizen France had faith .in him, however, and an annual pension of $250 was given to him. ‘ He died in 1839, fourteen years before Barth proved that Caille had told the truth Ind had written a valuable hock. Earth, one of the greatest scientific. travellers of all time, entered Timbuctoo in I853 and spent over seven months in and round the town. He collected an astong lshing amount of minute information about ? the country, town and poople. After his' visit no European or Christian saw Tiinbuc- I too until July 1, 1880, when Dr. Lenz, iii- lho garb of a Mohammedan traveller. first.I tow the city. \Ve can ima inc his joyful! and yet anxious feelings as is little party: travel-stained from their long journey across the northern wastes, approached the forbid- den city. He remained there only three weeks, and a part of the time he was ill of fever; but he collected a great deal of in- formation, and devotes over fifty pages of ‘ his book to the city. Timbuctoo lies nine miles north of the Niger River, and about 800 feet above tliei sea. lts geographical position has not been calculated to a nicet , for the suspicious of . the natives have mar e astronomical obser- vations difficult. The city contains neither public squares nor gardens. The only ver- dure is four or live sickl little trees. The town is not healthful. 'umerous pools of stagnant water between the city and the Niger breed fevers. The town has grown since Barth’s time, but its growth is very slow. Lenz estimates the population at 20,000. The only‘public buildings are the mosques, and no "uropean has over entered them except Caille. behools are connected with the mosques, and here also are collec. tions of manscripts, many of them doubt- less of much historical im rtance, though Barth translated and pu lished the most, valuable of them. Most of the inhabitants can read and write and know a large part i of the Koran by heart, Some of the men are renowned for their learning. Lens says. that if he could have spared the money he might have purchased some very interest- ing manuscripts. It was a pity that he had to husband his resources for his further journey. The population is composed of various cle. meats. Moroccan Arabs are the twist sub. ttantial and im rtant element. Most of them are very ( k in color on account of the large admixture of new blood in their ' veins. Lighbcolored women are very rarely seen. There is in Timbuctoo a great mix- ture of people from all over the western, Bondan and the negro countries south of it, the western Sahara, and the Mediterranean States. Timbuctoo is a big market, anisotr- ing place of traders where the products of the south are exchanged for those of the north. It was never the chief town of a lav country. It is not ' ined in interest nufzolitiml bonds with t is regions around it. t is a market place, an important one present Kahia has the aspect of a negro. In the company were the Duke of Albe- I‘hcre is cunning in his face, but he is good- marle, Earl Craven, Lords Arlington and greatly interested in all new things. Dr. Lenz says there is nothing fanatical about measures against a Christian in Timbuctoo it would be because he was compelled to do so by powerful influences he could not con- tro . politics, as, for instance, in the never-end- ing feuds between the Tuaregs and the Fulbes. Almost daily the Kahia in company with some of the learned men of the town visited Dr. Lenz for discussion, chiefly upon religiâ€" ous matters. Some of these scholars were almost white, like many Moors in Morocco. 1 i l I l lnatured -withal-, laughs heartily, and is Ashley, and several knights and baronets, Sir Philip Carteret among them. There were also fi-vo esquires, or gentlemen, and John and goldsmith. They adopted the witty sentence. “ Pro pelle cu- tem” (A skin for a skin), as'tlieir motto, and established as their coat of arms a He has little influence in external i fox sejant as the crest, and a shield show- ing four beavers in the quarters, and the cross of St. George, the whole upheld by two stags. . ' The “adventurers ” quickly established forts on the shores of the Hudson. Bay, and they began trading with the Indians, with such success that it was rumored they made twenty-five to fifty per cent. profit every Their fathers, like themselves, had married ‘ year. But they exhibited all that timidity only pure-blocded Arab women. Most of the women of Timbuctpo are of negro dc- scent. The time wzis when Morozco Wielded enormous influence in Timbuctoo, and carri- ed on a large trade with that town. El- Kal, a former Sultan of Morocco, marked out with wooden posts a caravan route clear across the desert to Timbuctoo. Morocco now, however has absolutely no influence in the town, and the Moroccan trade is com- paratively small. The Sultan of Morocco is knownas a great Scherif, but the people care nothing about him. Times have changed since his soldiers knocked at the very doorsof the Sonrtliern town and many trading cara- vansanuuailymade the journey between the Mediterranean State and Timbuctoo. For a century the Tuaregs of the desert and the Fulbe of the Soudan have been usually on hostile terms, and Timbuctoo, open on every side, has naturally suffered. In fact, the town has often been the prize of war, and as these people compose a con- siderable part of the population of the town, their differences have been the main features of the political strife. The Tuaregs do not live south of Timbuctoo. The country surrounding the town is thickly peopled, rticularly toward the east, with natives iving in tents. Dr. Leuz believes that if France gains the ascendancy for which she is striving on the middle Niger and firmly establishes lierseif at Timbuctoo she can make that place the centre of enormous influence for the spread of Western civilization and the extension of her trade. If France expects to enlist any part of the native populace in her work she must keep her eye chiefly upon the Fulbc, whose influence in the western and central Soudan does not yet appear to have reached its highest point. Since Dr. Lcnz's visit the French, du- oendiu the Niger in a uiiboat, have twice reach the environs o the town. Lyin on the boundary between the Soudsu an the Sahara, Timbuctoo has a most favor- able situation. and when France achieves her ambition and _ the place she will he on the highroa to complete ascendancy in that part of Africa. .__....__....â€".â€"â€"â€"â€" Foran assistant mistress in a school in Wiltshire, for four months, there is offered a salary of five shillings a week. q l which capital is ever said to possess. The 7 wore nothing like as enterprising as the French Conrris du bois. In a hundred years they were no deeper in the country than at first, excepting as they extend- ed their system of forts or “ fac- tories ” up and down and on either sides of the Hudson and James bays. In view of their profits, perhaps this lack of enterprise is not to be wondered at. On the other hand, their charter was given as a re- ward for the efforts they had made, and were to make, to find “ the Northwest pas- sage to the Soutl-ern seas,” andin this quest they made less of atrial than in the getting of furs ; how much less we shall see. But the company had no lack of brave and hardy followers. At first the officers and men at the factories were nearly all from the Orkney Islands, and those islands remained until recent times the recruiting source of this service. This was because the Orkney men were inuring to a rigorous climate, and too. dict largely composed of fish. They were subject to less of a change in the company’s 'service than must have been endured by, l I men from almost any part of England. The attitude of the company toward dis- covery suggests a Dogberry at its head, bid-l ding his servants to “comprehend " the Northwest passage, but should they fail, to thank God they wore rid of a villain. In truth, they were traders pure and simple, and were making great profits with little trouble and expense. They brought from England about £4000 worth of powder, shot, guns, fire-steels, flints, gun-worms, powder~horns, pistols, hatchets, sword blades, awl blades, ice chiseis, files, kettles, fish-hooks, net lineal burning glasses, lookin -glasses, tobacco,l ats, lace, needles, I brandy, goggles, loves, thread, thimbles, reeches, vermilion, worst, ed sashes, blankets, flannels, red feathers,§ buttons, beads, and " shirts. shoes, and tockings." They spent, in keeping up their posts and . ships, about £15,600, and in return they whale oil, deer horns, goose, quills, bed fea- thers, and skinsâ€"in all of a value of about £26,000 per anuum. I have taken the average for severaLyears in that period of the compan 's history, and it is in our money as if t ey spent $90,000and got back $139,000, and this is their own showing I brought to England ceszorum, whale fins,‘ crackers in his pocket, and these he ate be- fore the ship left Algiers. His hiding place was covered by the deck, with the hatches closed down, and this was piled with freight, so that no one could get near to hear the calls for help he must have uttered. It is not clear how he got air enough to keep him granted the charter alive, nor can it be easily understood how'ance, he could endure the stifling heat which sometimes sets a cargo of cotton afire from spontaneous combustion. - He had torn the lining out of his broad- brimined soft but and had chewed it. He had opened a barrel of soap starch, and had eaten this until his stomach refused to take any more of it. He had chewed cotton also. Time must have passed with horrible slow- ness in such darkness and heat and craving for food and drink, and it is a wonder that was able to keep anything like an accurate record of it. Immediately after his uncovering an am- bulance took him to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where he now lies at the point of death. He is a cooper by trade and 23 years old, tall and naturally slender. He belongs in Rock- land, Me., and went South several years ago to work at his trade. Getting out of work be determined to go home. Just before he started he was robbed at his boarding place, so he says, and thus had no choice but to stow himself away in a ship. His unfamili- arity with sea-going craft led him to choose so dangerous as hiding place. A WHITE GIRL’S TERRIBLE STORY; Her Mother Conipclled Ilcr to Marry a Burly Negro. A dispatch from St. Louis says: The hearing of the evidence in the divorce suit of Mary A. Jackson, a pretty white girl of about 16, against William H. Jackson, a5 burly colored man, by Judge Wilderman, in the St. Clair County (111.) Circuit court at Belleville, developed a most revolting story. According to the evidence the girl, whose - maiden name was Mary Maloncy, was 14 years old at the time of her marriage to Jackson. She was forced to wed the color- ed ran by her mother, who six months previously had marrieda colored man. Her motller and Jackson went to the office of County Clerk Rhein, in Belleville, on May 5, 1890, without the girl, and secured a license for the marriage of her daughter and the colored man, swearing that her daughter was 17 years of age. Jackson gave his age as 21. Mrs. Jackson who does not look over 15 years of age, told her horrible story in the court-room at Belleville. She said that she was compelled by her mother to marry the colored man, who claimed to have considerable money and who agreed 3 to pay off $300 of a mortgage which rested on some property in East St. Louis owned by her mother. They were married in East St. Louis on the same day the license was issued by Rev. Edward Jackson, a colored minister. That night they were charivaried and nearly every pane of glass in the house broken. The next day her husband took her to a colored boarding house kept by Sandy Mick, on Morgan street, St.. Louis, where she stayed one week. He then took her to a house on Gratiot street, and afterward to the house of one Glory, on Morgan street, and endea- voured to have her lead a life of shame and and supply him with money, so that he might live without work. At the conclusion of Mrs. J ackson’s tes- timony her attorney, Capt. William H. Bennett, stated to the court thata white man who desired to marry her before she wedded the colored man was still willing to marry the poor woman after her divorce. Judge \Vilderman said it was the most re- volting case he had ever heard of, and the testimony showed that her colored husband was worse than a brute. He therefore granted the divorce. Well Meant But- “What a sweet child l” exclaimed the neighbor. “ Yes," replied the mother. “ Hasn’t he a cunning little nose ?” “ And such funn fat cheeks l” “ And a darliu ald head 1” . “ And such pu gy fat hands l" “ Yes (to her husband)John_, do you know I think the baby looks more like you every day '1" He Was Not Joking. “Are you married or single!” asked a New York justice of a prisoner. ‘ “I’m not married, but my wife is,” said the doomed man in a husky tone of voice. “Now, if you get off any more jokes in this court room, I’ll lock you up for con- tem t of couat." I - k h h “ Vh , 'u go, ain't jo in , a't on I'm a liflleJ ti ht. I was married and I ggot adivorce. L y wife mirried again, but I didn’t. I know when I’ve got enough of matrimony, although I may take too much whisky, so you see I’m not married, but my wife is. You don't catch me joking on any such serious subject as matrimony. ?. LATE mini rows Australian eggs are now shipped to I40!» don, thanks to an extraordinary new process of preservation. The London tailors have asked the County Council to fix the same rate for women’s work as for men’s. A whale measuring 13 feet 6 inches, and 10 feet in circumference, was caught in the \"ash, Lincolushire, on Thursday Week. About lcwt of haddock. whiting, and other fish were taken from its month. On Tuesday a woman named Falland residing at Saudback Street, Crews, jump- ed from her bed-room window nto the street while in afit of delirium, and sus- tained shocking internal injuries. Her re‘ covery is hopeless. The ear woman had only recently been confined: An extraordinary rainfall, measuring 1!) inches in the ‘24 hours, has fallen at Towns- ville, the most important town in Northern Queensland. The whole district is under water, several buildings have been carried away b the floods, and all railway trailic is suspen ed, About a week ago a box was received by parcels post at Kettering Post Office, Northamptonshire, addressed to a Mr. \Vebb, but as no owner could be found for it it was forwarded to the Dead Letter Office in London. On Saturday, as the box emitted an unpleasant odour, it “at opened by one of the clerks, who found in it the dead body ofa male child. There was a mark round its neck, as if it ‘had been - strangled, and the matter has been placed in the hands of the city detectives. A Frenchman and Freuchv omau were arrested in Jersey, on Tuesday. charged with the brutal murder of an old man in Accused came to Jersey ten days ago, and went to a middlemlass hotel, where a blood-stained waistcoat and trousers were found. A cable message from Vera Cruz stated that the steamer Golden Horn, previously reported to have been totally wrecked at Angeda, had broken in two and sunk. The captain and three more of the crew wort drowned. The cargo cannot be saved. The Recorder of Liverpool recently sen- tenced to prison for three months at hard labor for housebreaking a man with this his- tory : In 1885 he was sentenced to fourteen years transportation. In 1862, having re- turned, lic get ten years for stealing half a crown. In 1872 he got seven years for steal- ing a “ hair plait.” Then came sentences of five years in 1882 for stealing a watch and another five years in 1886 for stealing two shillingsâ€"in all forty-one years. Is there to be a new trade opened up with Australia? It is to be hoped so. A sample case of 12 dozen eggs, specially pro- served, has been sent from the up-country district of Koroit to Melbourne for ship- ment through Agricultural Department for London. The eggs will be distributed iing the dealers, and if they arrive in good marketable condition it is possible a trade will be opened up next season. The process of reservation is as yet a secret ; but it is sai to have proved successful so far as tested. A mysterious affair occurred at Sutton near Runcorn, on Sunday. A farmer’s man found a horse and trap straying on the main road. In the conveyance was a young man dead. He was leaning on the splash- board with a wound in his head. He had been dead some time.. He had ninepencc in his pocket, but no watch. The deceas- ed was George Berts, son of a cab proprio- tor of Frodsham, and he had late on Satur- day night drivcn a gentleman to Halton. How he met his death is a mystery. On Sunday afternoon on extrordinary sight was witnessed by a number of people on Shuthonger Common,ncar Tewksbury. Two gentlemen were taking a couple of dogs (a terrier and newfoundland) with them for a walk, when a flock of geese attacked them; but the ncwfonndland however, drove the geese into a 001. A large and valuable prize gandflr, Jelonging to Mr. \Vm. Sutton attacked the terrier, which had followed it into the water, and ”a fierce fight ensued, the gander eventually killing its opponent. The gander was then attacked from behind by the Newfoundland, who, after a hard fight, killed it. The onlookers were powerless to help, as the fighting took place in the water. A former City Chamberlain of London wrote thus in his Will : “ I desire and di- rect that my funeral may be of the simplest and least expensive kind without carriages if possible and that my body he interred in ground which did not undergo the ceremony of “ consecration,” believing that the Lord and Saviour has by His burial sufficiently consecrated the earth for the reception of my poor remains, and desiring to testify against a prevailing superstition that the character at the round in which a human is interred, or t in nature of the funeral ceremony or the status of the ministers who‘ may be employed, can affect the condition of the departed soul." Brought It With Him. “ I found something in my bed room last night, madam, and Lodging-house ch r (indignantly)â€"- “There ain’t such a t ing in the house ! You must havo brought it with you !" Lodger (coolly)â€"â€"“ I was going to say, madam, that I found a soveiei n in my bed room last night, and I won’t ispute your word as to having brought it with me ; so I’ll keep it.” In a Doubtful State. Lawyerâ€"Are you single? Female \Vitncssâ€"-No. “ Then you are a married woman ‘3 " “ No.” “ So you are a widow 2 " " No.” “But my dear Madame, or Miss, you must belong to one of these classes. As what shall I put you down '5 " “ I amâ€"anâ€"engoged woman. ” Every healthy girl is a tomboy by in- stinct. It is not till she learns that men are attracted by their opposite that she no- mans, or rather untomboys herself. ‘ beard. So it is, but we prefer that he should wear it rather than to carry it, in sections, on the soup plate. . from whom he had been separated fifty care. She was the cook in his bmrdi'ng ouse, and he tewgnized the style of her hash. It is execrahle taste for a‘ waiter to wear a A Brooklyn man has just found his sister, p-u.‘