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l 1. of course, and a mill-dam with trout in it, at... -.-.- THE DEAN ANB HIS DAUGHTER CHAPTER I. , That youth had a very fair alto voice, in when x 50.53 he}: a; the earlier days of I virtue of which he sang in. the parish choir. my life, I wonder why I did not- fcllow the i I” “W3 napkin!“ ‘0 39° him “it 1'13 tongue example of Bsmpfylde Moore Carew, and l “1 ms Cheek When my ‘13 aPPY hither run away with the gypsies. Many of them i Slumfilled ‘hfough the Words " mnlfOld came through our parish on their way l 3133; . backwards and forwards between the south, The“ “7‘”? 3 “W Of my S'Outbfnl trials- and Exmoor and Dartmoor in the north. 5° “1° Yell" a“PPM 3W3? “um I “'35 , Oasulston was 1 think, the most miserable twenW- I kept “0 “00”!” 0‘ “ma ; Why village in all North Devon. For miles and 9h0uld I have (loin 80 '3 There was flowing miles were w“ not & hedge_notbi,,g but in the past to which Icould_look back, nor he”,a “amt, “one mull. The rive,- mn nothing in the future to which I could look through the parish, and there was a mill, ‘OFWM‘d- r i Andromeda, chained up by her hands to which used to lie under the shadow of the the rock, was not more helpless. But she old stone bridge ; you could lean on thel had a chance which I had not. At any parapet and watch them hanging lazily moment the sea monster might put in an about the stream, each in its own especial appearance and devour her. I had no nook. prospect of any such sharp, sudden and Myfatherwsslhe VicarofOssulston, and merciful end to my sufferings. There I Iwas his only child. The Vicarage wasa wasâ€"chained. Twenty years from now stone house of eight rooms, roofed with I should be an old woman. And the stone roughly chipped into heavy slabs. We twenty years showed no hope, prospect, or kept a'couple of cows, some pigs, and of even chance of release. It was horrible. course poultry and ducks. Ineed scarcely One day there came a break in this ’say we had an orchard} but the trees had i terrible monotony. My father received a not been grafted for years, and were long letter which evidently puzzled him. It past their prime. \Ve burned wood and could not have been a County Court suin- turfâ€"being many miles from the nearest mons, for he anticipated those and knew railway station, and even from the canal. their contents before their arrivaL Our roof was thickly covered with yellow Neither was it an ofler of preferment, in stonecrop, houseleek, and other such which case he would have at once made parasitic plants. In the garden my fa- his way to Pentridge, the nearest railwny ther allowed old gooseberry and current station, and have done extravagant things i trees to run to waste, and there Were a few in telegraphy; perhaps even have borrowsd .wall-flowers. Once or twice a year my acouple of pounds, on the strength of the ' father went to Exeter, coming back with good news, from the landlord of the “ Bull ‘ clothes for himself, a supply of tobacco and Hotel” at Pentridge, und so have hurried spirits and rough stuffs, flannel, calico,print, up to London, by way of 'taking time by and serge, to be made into garments for his the forelock, and making assurance doubly daughter. He used to bring back some sure. » _ ' ready-made boots and a few other domestic Evidently it was none of these things. necessaries, not to be procured at the Village Equally clear was it that it 'meant seme- shop. V thing, and as the something in question Of myself, and my education, with the could not possibly be for the worse, I was [exception of Greek and Latin which he content to wait. “ugh? me more 91' 19“ lh°r°uflhlyi and Of That afternoon, my father, at an earlier “film‘g ill“ might °°n°em me: he t°°k hour than usual, betook himself to the no heed Whate'lfm Exc‘cl’l" that I had t° ,room which he called his study. Let me go to church twme on bundayai I was “5 give the inventory of this apartment. little luolmd after 15 an Exmoor com There were several battered volumes of 7'11 WM hspPyi however: in my °Wn W‘W' Bohn’s Translations of the Classics: there For Icould not even remember the loss of were some Odd volumes of south, Burrow my mother and there was nobody to care or 1 and T-n , , ,, .- - trouble whbre I went or what I did When and pafizfgepir 1:56 gigs Eafiilgg sofblffié I was six years old, I recollect that I used “Encyclopmdm Britannica ,n Alfordas to steal the fresh eggs early in the morning, u Greek Testament 1: Harold Browne 0,, make'little holes in them with a pin, suck the-Arcades, Paleyls “Endences n and a cut the contents, and carefully pulverize few'stmy novels in yellow pas’teboard; and bury the shells. n B n u , -" My father often wondered why his hens iclegrfiesfifiigfieifbh Tiigngfiib 9(1):;22‘ did not lay as regularly as they ought to Jones 1) “I, . ,, . . eter Simple and other such have d°“°i but he “ever secme‘i 17" trouble ecclesiastical and uneccle’siastical romances i himself as to how I got my breakfast or 0 . . i indeed, whether I got any breakfast at, all: 1,; glew?::t:ixpe’egi 2:30” saggbgig‘; 3:21:12 1“ “Tm” there were apples and Pl‘m’P' was fa shelf with bottles white and black, After _dinuer I could forage for myself in most of them empty. On mils against the. the k’tc’wn’ for my father dmed alone' walls, hung in various stages of dilapid- Sometimes I did not see him for several . . 2 _ , ation, overcoats, leggin s and water-proof ., days together. When his own dinner was garments. There was a so an old double. over, he used to sit in an arm-chair in his buttoned I", a. ‘ e . . _ powder flask and a shot . r001", BmOlie 1‘ long clay 9199 “nd dun" . belt, for nle f’atlier, being on, terms with ’ “PM” and Wale“ “men 1‘” had enough the surroundiu farmers considered rabbits iogwco and enough 5pm“! he used to 3° to a lawful partgof the tithe of which the em . Statehad iniquitously despoiled him. I entered this sanctum sanctorum with- out terror. 1 was too old for my father to smack mo, and there was really nothing else of which I need be in the least degree afraid. But I knew it was his habit to transact important business in the study. Uuimportant business, Such as the bill of the baker, he used to transact at the gar- den gate ;and so, when summoned to the study,I knew. that there was something more important on hand than the weekly accounts, or the prospects of the potatoe patch, or the precise reasons why the old brown Cochin lien should havo left off lay- ing. ‘ My father was in an old wooden aim- chair, in which he looked almost venerable. It was close to the table, which gave him an appearance of having that very moment abandoned his work. There must have been in him, at some time or other, some vague instincts of art, for the pose and the surroundings were really clever. As I . opened the door I almost seemed to hear a wretched stipend. l .. _ . . He once in desperation thought of writing $221} be” ngle for- th“ “3mg. ofl'h‘.’ 01"“ a book on antiquities, count-y history, and i My . . v , . parent arranged his necktie and natural history of Devonshire, but he run er i "m his fingers. through his hair ; mien he got further than ordering several reams of l twisted his on} ,. . . ‘4 _ _ _ ‘. f y ling round. u on his little foplscip and a big Jar of ii.K,_ for both of I finger, bringing the small brilliant diamond wnicli lie was ultimately sueilin the County Court, when an order was made against him {121211333 #21235; ggfimggfigf, play. Then to liquidate the amount by monthly instal- ‘ .. Take a gem, Miriam n fie éommence’d . . - * ) “10.11” 0f four Shillings “T” V Then, when I had obeyed," he proceeded . My father was now perilously Close “POI! ' cheerily, and in a. tone of. assurance,as if he sixty years ofage,butlmd aplcnsunt 116-bit 0‘ _ possessed the secrets of the Universe, and telling everybody tlint_ho was somewhere inlay wimhim only to hold up his little between forty-Six and fifty. Age had cer- 'finger and to at once stop the rotation of taiiily put a very few traces upon him. [the can}, upon im axis, . I i . . Like all selfish men he was thoroughly well Q a My. dam. “lend, I may say my oldest preserved, and if he had been a duke, with ! friend, for long years have not, diminished the medical resources 0" 3 duke! and “ml an affection which was commenced at Rug- diical opportunities for travel, change 01;] - . - . . . ~ . . )V continued at Canibrid c - m. climate, and specml attention to every min-i ' ’ g ’ md confir . . . . , Ioil and consolidated in riper life; my dear, flagel‘ml ‘Ei‘gmll‘lgtitgxfiftidggggps'$.23: , friend, I say. Sir Henry Craven, is exhausta _ _ cl b his manifold ' ' nothing to worry you. and With plenty of i y dunes m town’ and _ . . . . writes to say that he wants a few davs or money, it is pcrfectlypossible to tl‘lllt. With weeks of entire rest. of com.“ I'have Providence up to an immense age. - asked him to share our humble roof; liis His own views of life and his nrrange- l wealth is enormous, his influence immense. merits, so far as they concerned himself, ll believe that to morrow he could get me were simple enough. He had his income - made a. Bishop; you may he sure I shall as Vicar and his bit of globe, which be piu- not lose the chance, and you must use your deutlyletout. Duringthe summer months, wits to aid me. He is u. man of the when London was empty. he made a clear world, and men of the world are profit. Some fashionable London preacher captivated at once by an ingenue. You would come down and take the Vicaragesee, my dear, this place is lonely, for three months, undertaking all the re- ‘ desolate, and remote, You have no com. a (liabilities of paroohial service. Out of ‘ panions of your own age ; you hsve not; t iis temporary transfer my father used to ' lime pleasures and innocent enjoyments, make a comfortable annual sum. In fact i which it is the chief sorrow of my life that His great occasions were when a neigh- bouring farmer asked him to dinner. He always accepted such invitations. i “ \Ve must be all tliingsto all men,” he used to say solemnly. I fancy he gave this precept a somewhat liberal interpretation, for I know now that the peculiar condition in which he used to return home was due to strong waters, and that his late hours the next morning, with his anxiety for dry 7' toast and weak tea, had the same explana- 101). I have since heard that lie was a. disap‘ pointed man. He ought to have taken high honors at his university, but instead of that he somehow failed to take a good de- gree. He ought to have had a Fellowship and a College living, but his claims were passed over. As he got on‘ in life, or rath- er in years, his friends persistently gave him the cold shoulder. The livings he had been positively promised, and which had been given to other men, were more numer- ous than the number of pounds in his own Sir Harry is here; and you’ll Want a ,ittle blue ribbon round ‘ your waist, and some velvet, or something, round your neck. Here is a twmshilling piece. And now pray be as quick as you can, for money in travelling expenses is no object to Sir [and ironed, for you’ll have to (line while Henry. He thinks nothing of ten shillings this world should be so unevenly divided. He may be here very shortly. He must on no account find us unprepared.” ' ' And herewith my excellent parent strol~ led away down the village to visit his senior churchwarden, intimating that he wished to accompany him. By a singular and happy coincidence it was one o'clock. Mr. Tliacker, a prosperous blacksmith and wheelwright, was just about to dine ofl‘ bacon and broad beans, with a treacle dumpling to follow. The call of the Vicar was positively opportune. My father and I for a fly. It is odd that the good things of . I stayed to dinner, and after it he smoked a pipe with Mr. Thacker, over which they djscussed the present average prices of market produce. He also intimated the name and rank of his expected visitor, whereat Mr. Thacker put aside the tobacco air, and produced a box of cigars, together with a choice bottle of old Hollands. “Hehedalways himself,” said the church- warden, “been a hard working-man who had paid his own way, every farthiug of it, and never been beholden to anybody for any- thing.” This was a home thrust which made my father gulp his Hollands at the temporary risk of sulfocation. Mr. Thacker added that good men were scarce, and he, for his part, should like to rice my father made a Bishop or a Canon at east. “What does it matter, Mr. St. Aubyn '2” he profoundly observed. “Some of us ride to the hounds in pink, and some in black. ’Tisn't‘ those who ride in pink that are always in at the death. Give me a man who knows the country. Look there, the ‘Hsllands are your way. It’s only April now. \Vait till the hunting season. I shall see you in gaiters long before you’ll see me in my old tops. \Vhen you’ve got the guitars you must remember an old friend, and let me have a good Cathedral lease. I never like to trouble a friend, especially a gentlemen and a reverend entleman like yourself, and that little matter of three pound ten last Michaelmas may stand over as long as you like. Here’s my hand upon it.” To forego u very doubtful debtof seventy shillings for the prospect, however remote, of an advantageous lease, is not, as things 0, a. bad speculation. Evidently Mr. Thucker did not think so; for, as his Vicar left, be pressed a. sovereign upon him, with some incoherent remarks about the number of turnpikes upon the road. He must have forgotten, in his etcitement, that his reverend visitor had been a foot passenger, and did not live more than half a mile away. / operatic airs as we walked back. He had been, in his younger days, one of of the lending spirits of a musical club. His head was erect, and his chest expanded like that of a pouter pigeon. Indeed, his enthusiasm was positively infections, and I began to picture myself the proud possessor of a silk dress, a sewing machine, and a. com- plete set of Tennyson’s poems, inaccessible luxuries for which I had often yearned when sitting alone in the twlight upon the kitchen hearth, knitting mittens and stockings for the winter, and surely puz- zled over thestockings in the matter of heel. ' . I held a brief council of war that night with Mrs. Peel, our old domestic, in which we rehearsed the household stores, and went into a number of minute economic details. There is an infinite amount of trouble involved in such small matters as linen, the best china tea. service, and the to mporary reproduction of almost forgotten household treasures that are resting in lavender and must be furbished up for this special occa- sion. But my father did not interfere with us, and so upon the whole we settled mat. ters more expeditiously than might have been anticipated. ‘ (TO BE CONTINUED.) N0 ESCAPING THOSE EYES. _- Scientific Explanation om Pecullnrlty No- llccd In Many Portraits. How is it that the eyes of some portraits seem to follow a spectator around the room? It is thus explained: Suppose a portrait have its face and eyes directed straight in front, so as to look at the spectator. Let a straight line be drawn through the tip of the nose and halfway between the eyes. On each side of this middle line there will be the same breadth of head, of check, of chin and of neck, and each iris will be in the middle of the whole of the eye. If one now go to one side, the apparent horizontal breadth of every 'part of the head and face will be diminished, but the parts on each side of the middle line will be diminished equally and at every posi- tion, however oblique, there will be the same breadth of face on each side of the middle line and the iris will remain in the centre of the whole of the eyeball, so that the portrait will preserve all the character of a figure looking at the spectator and must necessarily do so wherever he stands. In portraits the apparent motion of the head is generally rendered indistinct by the canvas being imperfectly stretched as thc slightest concavity or convexity entire- ly deforms the face ofttiines the obliquity is considerable. The deception is, therefore, seen best when the painting is executed on a flat board and in colors sufficiently vivid ho farmed his Vicarage, and the summer Iain unable to provide for you. And I ‘to represent every line in the {me with months in which he let his house were the < too," here my father expanded his chest, season of his fat kins. t tolerable distinctness at great obliquities. and assumed an appearance of intense ire-’Distinctness of outline is also most neces- Alwsya struggling to make both ends sponsibility, “feel myself alabarer in the sary to a satisfactory exhibition of this meet, he somehow contrived to satisfy the {Vineyard Whose ‘uflma W0“ h" not Yell optical delusion. problem from his own point of view. For ’ 691110 to his hand. I am WMtlDR my “bili' my own pg“ 1 know no more dun. lties and my time_iu a small parish, when I wretched. miserable being than a stupid 0311M '10 be leading P“le Opinion. warn- man with a few worthless and fourth- inn attain!“ the error! 05 the lime. Md; rate university credentials, on the strength Pomllnfi 011‘ the “‘10 PMb '0 take among 1 of which he believes, or has one, be- the many rocks, shoals, gulls, and quick-l lined, inst. be en; take the wax-Id by sands that beset our age. And so, my dear: IIOUR. vwe must be practical. Get the house in; l l hf father had for tten all that he ever ’ 0'49! 3 Kat 50'“ "nth “‘1 'PODG!’ the l knevz, if, indeed, be ad ever known any- grease spots out of my Sunday suit: we1 “fly mde knom' but‘them "e name" thing ; and in the private bar-room of ihe it!“ my study i! In": in order. and make village inn he was, as I know perfectly well, the reception-room look as pretty as you ; the general butt of the company. They cm. Jussins. our churchwarden, has a pretended to listen whim. theytreatcd him groeflhouee. lml no doibt Mrs. Ju gins “fly Virgin“ "ilk" 8 W. B. Wamsley,.of Ohio, is the owner of a madstone. He gives this history of it :â€"-“ The stone was for centuries the property of an Indian tribe in Virginia. They used it to cure snake bites, and it was almost worshipped and kept by a great medicine man. Where it came from origin- ous traditions. Some say it was found in the punch of a milk-white fawn, other: that it dropped from Heaven. One of the at it from the do whiskey and water; and when the time Will 19ml 3'0“ ‘ {cw Simmmml 0' CA 090‘ ’ Ind’m “d mod it during hi. ukume' so cams-foaolosin , he was, in considemiiou larias, or something of the kind in tsp . 8 And if you have a muslin dressâ€"I l-el’ifi’ave “and! “d me“? “155' Pm but 9”“ l{you lzai'câ€"-you had better get it Washed 1”" “me.” of his idea, sent home in charge of the stable- e far more than 2,000 persons have been The gold in his Waistcoat pocket imparted elasticity to my father’s tread. He an HEALTH. Simple Home Remedies. Half a teaspobnful of table salt dissolved in a little cold water and drunk, will in- stantly relieve heartburn. If taken every morning before breakfast, increasing grad- ually to a teaspoonful of salt in a tumbler of water, it will, in a few days, cure any ordinary case of dyspepsia, if at the same time due attention is paid to the diet. There is no better remedy than the above for con- stipation. As a gargle for sore throat it is almost equal to chlorate of potash, and is entirely safe. It may be used as often as desired, and if a little is swallowed each time, it will have a beneficial effect on the throat by cleansing it and by alloying the irritation. In doses of one torfour tea- spoonfuls in half a pint of tepid water it acts promptly as an emetic, and in cases of poisoning is always at hand. It is an ex- cellent remedy for bites and stings of in- sects. It is a valuable astringent in hein- orrhages, particularly for bleeding after the extraction of the teeth. It has both clean- sing and healing properties, and is a most excellent application for superficial ulcera- l tions. Mustard is another valuable remedy. No family should be without it. Two or three teaspoonfuls of ground mustard put into a half pint of water acts as an emetic very promptly. Equal parts of ground mustard and flour or meal, made into a paste with warm water and spread on a thin piece as muslin, with another laid over it, formf the often indispensable mustard plaster. It is almost a. specific for colic when applied for a few moments over the pit of the stomach. For all internal pains and con- gestions there is no remedy of such general utility. It acts as a counter-irritant by drawing-the blood to the surface. In cases of croup, a small mustard plaster should be applied to the back of the neck. The same treatment will relieve almost any case of headache. A mustard plaster acts as well when at considerable distance from the affected part. Common baking soda and turpentine is the best remedy for all cases of scalds and burns. It may be used on, the surface of the burned place, and when applied prompt- ly the sense of relief is magical. It seems to withdraw the heat, and with it the pain, and the healing process soon commences. It is the best application for eruptions caused by poison ivy and other poisonous plants, as also for bites and stings of insects. All persons may use milk as an article of diet under nearly all conditions. There are those who say that it makes them bil- ous, but I think this is a mistake. A per- son who is sick may take milk with the greatest possible advantage, because it contains, in a form easy of assimilation, all the elements essential for maintaining nutrition. It is the natural ailment of the young animal, and certainly answers a good purpose for the old animal, provided it is used properly, and not poured into a stomach already overfilled, as though it had in itself no substance or richness. New milk may be taken, as far as disease is con- cerned, in nearly every condition. Perhaps it will require the addition of a spoonful or two of lime water.. The addition of a little . salt will often prevent the after-feeling .of fullness and the wind on the stomach which some complain of. :If marked acidity of the stomach is present, then perhaps a little gentisn may be requisite to stimulate the stomach, and it may be necessary to give it in small:doses and repeat it often ; but ice-cold’milk can be put into a. very irrita- ble stomach, if given in small quantities and at short intervals, with the happiest effect. his need in cases of fever which formerly it was thought to feed, and when scalded it has a desirable effect in summer complaint. But it is as an article of diet for people in health who wish to remain in that happy condition, that milk is, or should be, most appreciated. For the mid- day lunch of those whose hearty meal comes at night, or for the supper of those who dine at noon, nothing is so good. The great variety of prepared cereals give a wide choice of food to use with milk. Bread with berries, haired swcet apples, boiled rice, cracked wheat, oatmeal, hulled corn and hominy, taken with ,pure, cold milk, make the best possible light meal for children and for all adults who have not some positive physical idiosyncracy that prevents them from digesting it. The men of the finest health and longest life are the men of simple and regular habits, and dmilk is their standard article in such a let. SOLID PETROLEUM FUEL. flow the nrlquelcs Are Mode and Admin“ mch from Their Use. Fuel bricks of crude petroleum are exten- sively used in the Italian navy, and are made as follows: The mixture, which is madein the proportion of 15,:- pints of petro- leum, 10 per cent. of resin, 5}, ounces of powdered soap andllé ounces of caustic soda, is heated and stirred at the some tine. Solidification begins in about ten minutes, and the operation must then be carefully watched. If there is a tendency to remain liquid 0. little more soda is added. After the mixture has been stirred until the mass becomes nearly solid, the thick paste is poured into the molds, which are placed for ten or fifteen minutes in a drying-stove. The briquettes, which are of the same size and form as those largely used in France and Germany, are then cooled and are ready for use in a few hours. Sig. Maestracci recommends the addi- tion of 20 per cent. of wood sawdust and 20 per cent. of clay or sand, which makes the briquette both cheaper and more solid. In trials made in Marseilles on several tug beats the petroleum briquettes furnish- ed about three times as much heat as coal briquettes of the same size. They were burned in , the ordinary boiler furnace, without any special preparation, gave out very little smoke, and left little or no ash. The advantages claimed for the ' troleum briquettes are the absence of mm c and a large reduction in bulk of fuel which must be carried, as compared with coal, while the risks attending the carrying of liquid fuel are avoided. The Sultan of Turkey nearly always dines alone. Tables, plates, knives and forks are eschewed. He uses only a spoon and his fingers, thus fishing out the food from the little saucepans placed on the floor. WHEAT IN THE ran soars. It is Grown at For: \‘ermllllen, 350 mica North of Edmonton. How far north wheat can be grown on this continentâ€"that is, in Canada-“is Mill a matter of doubt. The present limit of settlement is practically the North Sas- katchewan river, or say as far as the fifty- fourth parallel of latitude. In this North Saskatchewan country there appears to be no more climatic dilllcuities to contend with in growing wheat than are encountered in Manitoba, 300 miles further south. \Vheat has been successfully grown, however, 300 miles north of the North Saskatchewan, or a total of 600 miles north of the famous wheat country of southern Manitoba. A news item has recently been published which directs attention to the fucr. that wheat is grown several hundred miles north of the present limit of settle- ment. Last week the plant for a small flour mill arrived at Edmonton, in Alberta territory, which it is intended to take 300 miles n0rth of Edmonton, for the purpose of establishing a mill at the Indian mission station of Fort Vermilliou. The plant will be hauled in wagons across the country from Edmonton to the Atha- baska river, and thence down the river to Fort Vermillion when navigation opens. Vermillion is about 350 miles north of Edmonton, and about 550 miles north of Winnipeg. It is near tlielifty-ninth paral- lel of latitude, or in nearly the same latitude as Churchill, on Hudson Bay. There is no regular settlement in this distant northern region, and agriculture has been confined to experiments at the mission stationsumong the Indians or at Indian trading posts. It is cluin ed that wheat has been successfully grown at some of these mission stations for years, and the fact that a flour mill is to be established at a station so far north as Vermillion, indicates that the mission peo- ple have faith in the capabilities of the country. Small flour mills have previously been established at some of these mission stations north of the Saskatchewan, and the Indians are bein taught to cultivate the soil; but this is t e most northerly mill yet undertaken. It wheat can be success- fully grown as far north as Vermillion, th- wheat area. of Western Canada will be shown to be even vaster than has been cale culated upon in the past. LATE BRITISH NEWS. The Cunard Company have declared a dividend for 1893 of two per cent. A Mr. Samuel lLewis is said to have won over $80,000 at trente et quarante at Monte Carlo in four days recently. Another player, a. Hungarian, won $30,000 there one day last month. The gold product of West Australia last year was double that of the previous twelve months. The total export for the year . was 110,391 ounces. The prospects for the present year are most promising. Some high prices were realized for post:- age stamps at a four days’ sale in London two weeks ago. A Madrid two reals brought $100 ; 8. Geneva double stamp, $110 ; a Cape of Good Hope error penny stamp,bluc, $2l0, and a Canada lQ-penny, black, $250. The proceeds of the entire sale amounted to about $13,000. A proposed law that any new building etected in London shall have its front not less than twenty feet from the middle of the street has brought out the fact that there are in the heart of the city thirty-two miles of streets less than forty feet broad. If the principle were generally applied, on a plan of reconstruction of streets, land to the value of about $40,000,000 would be sacrificed. For the first time in the history of the English university boat races a married man, Sir Charles Ross, rowed in one of the crews this year. He was married two years ago. The hard times have been severely felt in religious circles in England. The Ad- ditional Curates’ Society, which furnished funds to provide curates for poor parishes where adequate clerical sorvxoes are not available, has had greatly to curtail its grants, withdrawing 170 grants in a total of 1,102. This will deprive as many curates of a large part, if not the whole, of their income. The society hopes for bet- ter times this year. The waitersemployedin the British House of Corr. mons have been forced to rise and op- pose a labor member, Mr. Cromcr, in his endeavor to abolish the tip system in the House restaurant. Strong sentiment is expressed by com. merciul bodies in the British Straits Settle- merit in support of the request made by Hong Kong for the coinage of British dol- lure, of the same weight and fineness as the Mexican dollar, as an easement of tho sil- ver situation. Two new cruisers are to be built for the British navy, each of which, it is claimed, will have greater horse power, by several thousands, than any other war vessel afloat. They are to be named the Powerful and the Terrible, and will have 25,000 horse power with natural draught, which is estimated to give a speed of 22 knots. ' Australia is greatly bothered just now by an Indian uestion. The Chinese im- migration evil ias been checked by strong restrictive measures and the imposition of a heavy head tax. There is now a great and growing influx of Afghans, l‘anthans, and . other Asiatic tribes from the odd corners of India, and these people have become a peril and nuisance in many ways. W Bl: Threats. “The captain of the I taliau Anarchists" â€"-or,atloast, aman who gives himself that high-sounding titleâ€"has fallen foul of the police. He is a Bavarian tailor, named Singer, and he hadeddressed several letters to a rich Nurember widow, de- manding that she should deposit 20,000 marks in gold at a certain lace by a certain time, unless she wished) tones her chateau blown up with dynamite and bombs. It was added that 30 men, with two hundred-weight of dyna- mite and ten bombs, were ready to do it. The police were informed of the fact, and they succeeded in finding out the man. whom they arrested. He was prosecuted and confessed his guilt, but declared that the whole thing was onlyZa silly joke. The judge, however, took a very of the case, and smtenced the joker-toll months’ penal servitude and five years’ his 0’ legal rights. serious viev‘~