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CANADIAN- On Thursday John Tilloringbon. 3 St. “that”: fruit dealer, Ihi pod 50,000 pounds ot (Mod apples to the arch-west. The Minister of Custom. hu decided that duty must be paid on Canadian teams to- turning/{mm :work in American lumber 'uovement in wt city. ‘ A number-oi the employee in the Toronto Custom bouncing-been granted increases at salsries,'nn'd two have'retired on account oi ill-health, receiving the usual gratuities. Our English eon-respondent points out thst owing to the acarcit of horses in the British nrmy, a chance 0 on itself of which Oansdisn breeders should not be 3.19"}? avail themselves. '" ' The Government has commissioned ' r. Simeon Jones, ex~M.P., of St. John,” .15.. to visit South America and the West Indies with a View to working up closer trade rela- ' tious with Canada. It in chhnod that a majority of the pandL dwe- for aldermggig honours in Ottawa have pmmiaod . t9 ggp‘pégfi the [locals reduction 1‘10 lost J oggins nit has given Gsnsdisn neritime interests on nnenvisble notoriety. The raft was built in New Brunswick as an experiment in the shipment of timber, the ides of the builder being that‘lons braced tn- getber eonid be .towed to New Yorh‘less ex- The die ute between the Canadian Pacific and Gran Trunk railways over the farmer's eastern entrance to Toronto has been decid- ed by the Railway Committee at the Privy Council in favour of the Canadian Pacific. The Canadian Gazelle wants the Dominion Government to be invested with power to prohibit raft enterprises like that which re- cently proved so conspicuous a mum, on the ground of the danger to ocean navigan ion thus involved. ' aoious and would have died there had not a neighbor seen him and told his parents, who, almost wild with grief, were overjoyed at finding any life in their boy. After long insensibility he recovered. Last October an expedition was sent to Montana from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, to secure a number of buffaloes for a herd group. The party has just returned unsuccessful, hav- mg een unable to find a single buffalo al- though diligent search was made over the most likely territory. So many valuable specimens of remains of other animals were found, however, that the expedition was not altogether a failure. The Montreal detective scandal has eu- ed the attention of both English and merican journals. The latest comment upon it comes irorn across the ocean and is in the nature of a suggestion. It is stated that the scandal would make a good basis for a sensational novel. A robbery is com- mitted and trusted detectives are employed to bring the thieves to Justice. As the de- tectives are the culprits they, of course, fail to find anything but clues. Were Gilbert to handle the subject he would cause the detectives toarrest themselves. How he would ultimately extricate them and marry them to the various heroines, deponent saith 'lhe Port Hope Times remarks :â€"Young men who were bothered trying to think of «mating; gto give particuler young ladies, ehould ave remembered that marriage li- eeneee are easily and promptly procured, and that the coat is not excessive. Certain statements seriously reflecting upon the Toronto City Auditors, regarding grave irregularities in the Water Works de- partment, were made by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and a special committee is investigating the matter. Montreal has fifteen hundred licensed and unlicensed groggeries, while Toronto has but one hundred and fifty hotels and saloons. It seems that in Quebec a saloon keeper may become a political oflice holder, or an occupant of a seat in any of the repre- Ientative bodies. This accounts for the in- fluence of the saloon interest in the East. We do things better in Ontario. A Fredericton schoolboy. Will O'Hara, Elayed truant and was afraid to return onto. He remained out all night, lying naively than the could be carried by ship. t would appear t rat the probability that the huge structure might become unmanage- able at sea never entered the mind of the designer; or, if it did, it was perhaps set aide with .the reflection that the risks of accidents were less numerous than the chances that the raft would pull through in safety. The disaster has now happened, and the raft has been afloat on the ocean, a terror to mariners and a discredit to Can- sda. Even the breahin up of the raft will not relieve the feeling ogiear with regard to it, for it is {stated that one of those huge logs striking an iron vessel with the full loses of the waves would robably sink her. No doubt we have seen t e last of the big rait business. The shippine interest, which has watched the experiment with a jealous eye, will hope so, at all events, for the one raft contained as much timber as seventy Ember vessels could carry. under a hodfe, with no coverin'g eicépt 8 thin shirt. n the merging _he was pncon~ A Hall!“ special to the N. Y. World, Doc. 27. uyl :â€"-A state of umi-mutin pre- nlls unong the soldim of the Yor And mentor regimenta qnutered in the Wel- W Barracks. Bad feeling h}. been hté'w amon outdo oompmfea for some tigo. wo~tb -d' of figs mgigmqt md i_ts cfloete Ytepered to celebrete Christmas in old E ieh style. They hendeomel deco- nted t eherreoh end leaned invite one for e bell. Dnrlng yeetcrdey there wee 5 great deal of drinking emong the men. In fact, noes of them were drunk. when orden were leaned thet no more llqnor ehould be enppll- ed to the men of Com y 0. The men of the. company hed be enough to be very ugly. end from thet moment trouble wee muted. At 6 o‘clock the feetlvitiee and ell msantionn for the boll were bro he to n our] on .10 by the discovery that t o hare rook- hnd u not on fire. The fire m soon located in Company 0’" rtment, ud- wu quickly extinguished. t we clouly the work of an incendinry. Three of tho Ioldien were in iho place at. the time. They were pm under guard, the whole bottallon wu coiled out into the examining mounds formed in companion, extra nannies an [Innis were at on duty and orders gim on» no man a mid leave iii. hmooh tint night; that. all festivities were A: an and um! the bill was indefinitely postponed. The man were terribly enraged in the never- ity of the onion iaucd by Col. Luck. and i THE WEEK'S NEWS. shot commending efloss. eludln lull uniform was boobed end jeered oh by the lrensied soldiers. A mob of them is reported to have surrounded end badly jootled him. A court oi inquiry will sit tomorrow. The same barracks were burned twenty years ago. UN 1'32!) STAT“. The Chicago and North-western Company has just placed an order for 4,100 freight. Cardinal Manning has astonished his friends b announcing himself a convert to the tesc ings of Anarchy. “ Every mun," he says, “ has s right to life and a. right to the food necessary to sustain life. Necess- ity has no law end I starving man has a na- tural right to his neighbour's breed.” oars. M. D. Babcook, inventor of the Babcock fire extinguisher, has died in 3 San Funcm co almshouso. The commission has ordered reductions in jndioial rents in Ireland aggregating £2,000,- Mr. Gladstone, inm in+erview in Paris, said that in the event of war it would be England's role to remain a passive specta- tor of the terrible struggle. The United States consumes every day 25. 900 acres of timber. Each night we to tire with 25, 000 acres less of forest than the sun gilded with its morning gold. FOREIGN. Catholics and Orangemen had a desperate fight at Killybeam, County Tyrone. A Hungarian authority says the German army is eager for war with Russia, but Bis- marck is in favour of peace. It is reported that in consequence of the news from Massowah the Italitn Govern- ment have decided to deepnmh a reinforce- ment of 6,000 early in January, During the fire which destroyed a portion of Wakefield, Mioh., the town was entirely in the hands of roughs, who plundered the stores with impunity. A number of frifzhtfnl collisions are re- . rted on United States railways on Satur- ay, involving terrible loss of life and injury toysssengers and railway men, and causing great destruction of railway property. Uncle Isaac Wallace, oi Clarkeville, Tex., is one of the most remarkable products of that remarkable State. He is said to bo 102 years old, walks with crutches, is still able to earn a living by oho ping oordwoed, and walks a mile or two (1 y going and coming from work. That is if you can believe what you read. A young 'rl has cleverly swindled some of the good olks of Maine with a bird pro tection scheme. Some of the richest and most influential eitizens of Lewiston not only signed her papers promising to use their in- fluence to protect so birds, but also enter- tained her at theii-Jgomes, and gave her meaey to help carry on the work. Sudden- ly the pretty widowâ€"she was a widow there â€"-wes called away by a telegram announc- ing the death of her brother, and a few days afterward a man appeared with $1,600 worth of promissory notes, which it appear- ed these oitizens hid signed when they thought they were pledging themselves not to kill the pretty birds. Papers of all shades of opinion reviewing events of the year, express 3 hope that the Fisheries Commission will find a way to the settlement of Anglo-American disputes. The Times says: “The Washington Gov- ernment has shown moderstion and court- esy, end there is reason to hope that the L‘ommision will be able to sag est terms for an acceptable compromise.” 5t declares that the selection of Mr. Chamberlain is s pledge tint the British policy will not be overnel by mere diplomatic traditions, at by s business-like View of the whole case. df’fefiata’ and ufull chim'e'ot balls. The roe 5 include a. four, eight and sixteen foot trumpet. The powar for the bellows is furnished by an hydraulic engine. Americans, in men nnrry and worry, become wofully careless. The dead letter office at Washington during the put. fiscal year handled over 6,300,000 pieces of origi‘ nal mull mutter, inplnding over 194000 let- tern without unfi address "at alL Over 18,- 000 pieces of dead mail matter were band- led every dayâ€"a surprisingly large number. A miner in Strawberr Valley, California, says he has led the l' eof ahermit since boyhood, his only company being news- papers. Yet this man isable to discuss social, political and other problems ina manner creditable to a man of high social ition. Surely the newspaper is a society In itself. The great- organ of St. Agnes' church, Brooklyn, which is to rank among the most massive instruments in the world, Ins form- ally opened Sunday. morning. It has 5,- 090 pipes, tony bagkg of keys, three octagon It we. I bold tot of Cm. Shermetrefi' to make a personnel protest to the Czar again»: the Imperial mndel’ae for the closing of the six great universities of Russia at the very time the Nihilists were scatterin seditious hendbilla over St. Petersburg in t e interest of the rebellious etudente. But the Czar listened to the role“. and even ordered the inquiry wirich t e eonpt desired. There by: been no (1 or oLthe baniahrnent of the univenit re IntoSibex-ia. Tthm him~ self wonl not due to consign to snob a doom ten thousand young student: bolongin to the familial o the highest loch! ran in Rnuis. Getter Hen-lion, who In writing mwapo- per letters from Japan tothe Chicago Hail, aye :â€"“ When one reflects am there in never n fire which would till 3 hell bushel measure ; the: the Japnneoe wear no Woolen nnrmnnh, Anl“ nnlv unflnln or nlnan nn thplr ermente, and only eandale or close on their feet; that the wintera arecold enough to make ice two or three inohee thick, and that the round is often white with enow, one Wongere how they live. There eeeme to be eomethlng peculiar in the physical make-up of the Japanese, ae well ae in their plants, which enables them to endure nielyn great cold. I am told that plante which Arn- erioa are killed by autumn iiroete here live and bloom in the midst of enow and when the thermometer has gone much below the freezing point. Certe nly the people have wonderful powers and endurance ii their aeneatiene are ae care are. Every Japanese, high or low, talee his hot bath every night. He jumpe into a bath oi water heated from 100 to 115 degreee and 0930 ‘e the boil. and etende (or hour! up to waist in cold. mountain torrents. and it s eaid will break the ice in winter and work up to hie neck in lm, nod can. to I“! in ill ofl‘cqh from i}. He is certtlnly a wonderlnl Alfi- mnl. 5nd ethnological dam must yet be far- nllhed to convince me that. he in not indig- enous to the coil he lives on.” winter and work up to his nook in n, cult-unto help at) ill ofieoh He is certainly a wonderlul uni A few hours expended early in winter by farmers in making experiments for keeping applee sound through winter and into epring, will give them some valuable practical in- formation on the subject, which may he of much use to them 00th now and In after years. The best time to commence euch experimente in late in autumn. just at farm era are about removing their winter apples from the cool outhouse where they have been for several weeks, to their fruit-room or collar for winter storage but these who have made this reuroval,’an who haVe their applea already stored in butk or on ahelvu, may make the experiments to good advan- tage. now that they have more time to spare. They are to be made on the basin of the requirements that the fruit will keep heat at a uniformly low tem rature, or near the freezing point. If this is secured, there is no trouble in keeping fruit for months which otherwise might perish in a few days or weeks. Next to a low temperature, 15 a uniform one, even if considerably higher. But the moat unfavorable of all is a fluctu- ating one. cold at one time and Warm at an- other, or lubjeeted to rapid changes, die~ turbing the texture and firmneee, and the keeping quality of the fruit. . Either barrels, kegs, or boxes may be em- ployed for receiving the fruit, first placing a layer about an inch dee on the bottom, then a layer of apples wit the stems up- ward, and then another layer of the pack- ing substance, filing in all the spaces be- tween, and then alternating layers of each till full. Care should be taken that no bruised ones are used. These bedding sub- stances will prevent freczinv for a time; and some ore'nardists are 'qulte successful in placing the barrels or boxes in an onthonse or barn, resting an the earth, and with about three feet of hay or straw over them. With this double protection, they will not freeze and being kept cool all winter, they come out fresh and sound in the spring. If in a basement or fruit room, they may be kept colder than when placed on shelves or in bulk exposed to the air, and they will keep the longer for this cooler ex sure. A little experience will aid as a gni e. If instead of packing in plaster or fine bran, the less perfect material of the fine shavings of joinera, or from bookbiudera» are employed for nltemnting layers with the fruit, they will aid in protecting it from cold currents and sudden cbangea, and re- taining in: soundness. ms bek‘épt nearl uniform by admitting ool air on cool nig ts, and closing the win- dows as the weather becomes warmer. One or two cheep thermometers will be a guide in regulating it. A neat and tidy separate room, made cool in this systematic way, will keep fruit sound, fresh snd'exoellent long after the m in e promiscuous eter- ege, end with changes of heat and cold, have rotted and perished. a protecting substance. We have found that even the slight covering of tissue paper wrap around each specimen, kept apples scnn longer than when they were exposed. Hence also the reason that apples keep bet- ter headed up in barrels, if not allowed to remain too. long in this condition, or until the confined air became heated, or if not stored in a warm cellar. And hence also the reason that when packed in some pul- verized substance, which shall fill the inter- stices and prevent the accumulation of heat- ed air, a still better purpose will be answer- ed. Ameng these dlfi'erent substances areâ€" bran, baked sawdust, ground plaster and fine chafl'. If sawdust is used, that made from basswood answers well, as it is soft and is free from bad taste. Whatever is used should be perfectly dry, so as not to produce any man d. In uain pluster, which is liable to adhere to the ear ace of the fruit, II: is well to wm each specimen in thin paper before imbe - ding in in the plaster. Farmers who have stored their fruit in cello", without on cover or protection may obtain much v noble information relo- tivo to the koopir g of fruit, by performing the following experiments : To secure good results, and to be able to control the temperature of the apartment, the fruit-room should always be entirely separate from the rest of the cellar, if not in a separate building. The apples should never be mixed With vegetables or other matters, in the same place. The farmer who has not yet provided a suitable and separate space, would do well to at once partition offone,either by handsome matched plank, or better, with an eight-inch brick wall. This work may be easin done in winter in an unfrozen cellar. The tempoâ€" rary litter which it occasions can be borne for the neat and satisfactory results which are to follow. If the new apartment can have windows on opposite sides for ventila- tion, all the better. Hanging or sliding sash will give control, and the temperature In addition to this one, or as a substitute for it where it cannot be fully plied, it will be valuable to Intronnd the “gait with I. Count and select fifty good, sound applet: from the shelf or exposed mass, wrap each in paper and replace them. Count out fifty more, the some in condition, and place them aside exposed. Next spring count. the number of decayed once in each lot, and see how each bu fmd. 2. Count out nnd rhea fifty equnl speci- mens each in boxel 0 suitable size, pwkod in fine nhnvingn, fine-chopped out straw. bookbinden’ oh! , 00am and fine ohufi‘, brim, sifted co when. nnd planter; put them in a cool but not freezing apartment, and by counting the «recayed specimens next spring, compare the runlu. Yur- tgo we had the plenum of some. who: {NE on! ulh with the venerable Dr. Wllliom . Plummet. In the come of one of onrfconvernflonn we ukod him, " How do you moon: (or the {not thtt some men who If. cvldently not religion In thelr lives, can punch sermons that are to engaging and “flying 9" We shall never bigot. the sol- emn 3nd profound reply elven by the old preacher, ln word: no law and fitting, “Ulla m not gm" 3. Fill boxes Inge enough to hold hdf a bushel or a bushel, with apples in the more compact packin , u planner or fine chaff, and place them In tha barn. with a law feet of buy, or a loot or two of chnfl', upon them, and exunlno their condition In spring or Inm mar. Improvements on these modes will an‘ gent themaelveu to ombudinu; they no u cred motel by say of hints for pnotlcal tests of di orent modes. Similar trlnla may be mule with long keeping winter pours. Ilodcs of Keeping Apples. The Difference. leads, and cousin of no less a person than Lord Salisbury. Her daughter b her late husband is married to Viscount assereenc, a peer oi the realm. How Big nson be- came acquainted with a lady so mmeasur- ably above him in the socia scale is at pre- sent somewhat of a mystery ; but Mn. Mel- ville was elderly, vain, romantic in her ideas, and enormously richâ€"just the sort of a woman to {all a prey to any handsome, unscrupulous and iairly youn adventurer. Higgiuscn filled these con tions to the letter, and as an excuse for the old widow it must be at on record that since he mys- teriousl ' d sap ed from Dublin he had acquir thea ditional attraction of a clerk- m in holy orders. In other words, he become an Episco clergyman, having been ordained in Sent Africa after a short and exciting career. during which he was more iamilar with taverns and gambling hells than with churches. Mrs. Melville became enamored of Higginson, who, she supposed, was asiu lemau. As a matter of fact he had a wi e living, and had de- serted her and her children after a vain and infamous attem tto obtain adlvorce. Hig- son had no iificulty in ascertaining the social staudin and pe.-uniary position of the love-lorn o d widow. She had not long before inherited somethin like £500,000 under the will of the late uke of Leeds. He responded to her advances with stimu- lated order, and attended her publicly and in private like a lap dog. The Viscountess Massereene heard of her mother's infatua- tion and passionately protested. In vain she inxoked the memory of her idolized dead father. In vain the family influence from Lord Salisbu downward was brought to bear to break 0 the threatened meeal- iiance. The strangely assorted couple were married, Higgins“: taking the name of Whyte Melv v in order to evade certain awkward clauses in the Duke of Leeds’ will. A few days afterwards Viscouutess Mas- ereene vented her grief and iudi ation in form of a memoriam notice publ ed in the obituary :column of all newspapers, in which, after reciting in most pathetic terms the virtues of her late father, she concluded with the significant words, “He was the last of his race.” But Hi ginson is not a sensitive man and he ioun ample consola- tion. it he needed any, in the widow’s £40,- 000 a year and her lovely bankers' balance, of which he quickly proceeded to make the (reset use, although Mrs. Melville had on the wedding day settled.£l2,000 on him. nunuws muss:- snusu‘wu. [mutual-It! Caron.“ my I!“ Whom cwuu Dunno Shot AI. Higginson tired of his wife’s mature charms, and turned his baneful eyes on Miss Dunne, a pretty woman oi twenty-four, who lived with his wife as half friend, half oom- panion. She was of good birth, and her wonderful accomplishments included a fluent knowledge of French, German and Italian. Her father, Capt. Dunne, had been in reduc- ed circumstances hence her do ndent posi- tion. Dunne is related to the net families in Ireland, and the position of governor of one of her majesty’s prisons, it must he re- membered, is in this country considered a dignified one. Poor Ghszi Power, the gal- lant young journalist who was Gordon‘s trusted comrade during the long siege of Lhartoum, and who, with Col. Stewart, perished in a vain effort to break through the Mshdi’s grim cordon and join hands with Wolselty's advencin columns, was the dearl loved nephew 0 Dunne. Not- withstan ing his family connections, Dunne nun-mun Career.“ (by! In: Whom Camellia-no allot Al. The shooting aflhir in Dublin, of which you have received some particulars, is at- tracting a good deal of attention here be. cause of the high social position of some of the people engaged in it. The Rev. Henry Whyto Molvnlle, who betrayed baptuin Dunue‘n dongnter, and nnrrowly Ouudprd death at the hands of the infuriated father, has no blue blood in his veins. Ho former ly rejoiced in the nnromentio patronymio of Higginson, and worked u a jturnalin: for some time in Dublin, and also, it is said, in America. Later he entered the service of the Irioh Unetomn, married and started misin 3 family. MN. Whyto Melville was the anghter of Lord Bawnian', grand- daughter by marriage of ‘tho fifth Duke of was a. good nationalist and enjoyed the giendehip of law Butt, the father of Home ule Higginson found favour in Miss Dnnne’s eyes, and he soon acquired extraordinary in- fluence m er her, ‘rumor says partly by mes- merism, of the result of wnlch the cable has already advised you. Miss Dunne arrived in Dublin last night with the avowed inten- tion of seeing her unfortunate father through the trouble. She was in terrible distress, but firm in her resolve to remain. This morning, however, her puamour gained access to her and ordered her to return to London. She wept and implored, and even went on her knees to the soonndrel, but he was obdurate, and finally succeeded in so bending her to his will that she obeyed his every word and gesture, and she is now on her way to _th0_Brltieh metropolis; mi It in odmforting to learn that Mrs. Whyle Melville now seen Higginaon in his true colors as a heartlels. ungrateful, unscrupu- lou- villain, and will do all in her power to help Capt. Dunne. It is additionally grati- fying to know that Big neon has made him- self liable to pronoun n for higumy, and thathe will soon be «floyin the pleasure of penal servitude, n can gord Salisbury should try to hush matter: up in order to prevent a public recital in the witness box of his oouain'o chemo and follv. This is the time of the year when bone dds news is scarce. Hence, we hear one day that war in Europe is unavoidable, and on the next that the situation is improved. While it is utterly impossible to know what to believe, it is certain that the state of affairs between Russia, Germany and Austria is no worse to-day than it has been any number of times during the past few years. That war must come some day is certain. Russia‘s restlessness will not allow us to expect anything else. The Czar has a large and ponvierous army that frets and taste in times of peace. They ion; for action and to override the world. hey will assuredly got the former at possibly some date not many years off, but the letter they will never accomplish. Meantime while we cannot but regret bloodshed and useless expenditu'e of treasure, we in Can. aria can sfl’ord to look silently on with a anilty conviction that while Russians and Germans tear each other's throats and pierce each other’s breasts we shall profit by an increased demand for bread-smile and pro- duce. This, perha s,appears heartlen, but it is the truth, anr , after all, we all profit at times by other's harm. The latest news from Sofie makes it evi- dent that a new series of uprisings, mutin- ies, and invasions by Montenegrin manu- ders is about to be inaugurated under Rus- sim auspices. These, like the massing of troops' on 'he Gulicinu frontxer, are chamo- teristio m_oves in _sz_ssia’s gsmo so render things so diaagreeabl lronnd for her nei h- bore that they will nally bu her ofi'fiw ooncedin what she wants. hey may‘auo- ceed, at Feast to the extent of allowing her to dethrone Prince Ferdinand and substi- tute some friendly Prince of her own choos- in ; but it is equally possible that thin pofilcy of exasperation may ineteadprompt the no hbore to turn round and give her a gooddeo id threshing, and no the eituetion stem 3. As a matter of fact, these fluctuations be. tween confidence and despair are bound to continue until some decision to move one way or the other shows Europe what the real situtacion is and how far the several parties to the broglio are willing to go to- ward securing a genuine settlement by a com- promise. There are certain indications that Bismarck has resumed his efforts to mediate between Russia and Austria, or rather to discover a way in which their rival interests in the Balkans can be reconciled. The main points of such an endeavor will naturally be to find how far Austria can back down with. out coming to a domestic rupture with the Hungarians. and to see if this {can aatisf Russia. This is really what the whole Bu - garian difficult amounted to from the be. ginning. the on v new feature In the dead- iook‘being that Russia has in the meantime moved forward a lot of troops in order to be able to argue her side of the question more efl‘eotively. It remains to be seen‘whether this demonstration will operate to facilitate settlement or provoke a war. As the dish stands now one issue is just as likely as the oi er. dinner was indefinitely Fog ned. Report. now say that it is mere y a ight cold in the thrash, which makes it better for him not to talkmuch, and I am ensured by 3 friend in Berlin who sees him often that the ven- erable monarch has all \Vinter Ion looked and acted stronger than for several intern previous. Still that is no reason why he in notliebleto go out like a candle at any hour and my day. Sir Allen Young. the veteran Arctic ex- plorer, has been sounded on the subject, but so far he has not shown any disposition to take part in pushing reseemh into thoso reqry regions. The fact is the society, as at present situated. is not in a position to ofi'er sufficient inducement for any one to undertake a voyage solely with the object of research. . The pecuniary support obtained up to the present is limited to theTAustralinn colonies, provided the imperial government will grant a similar amount. The matter has been re ferred here to the hydmgtaphical authori- ties at the Admiralty, and as the have re- ported fnvorsblv there is little ouht thnt the money will be forthcomin . The grant, however, will be sccompmie with certain stipulations M to the presence on board of anv ship claiming the bounty of some com- petent rsons who shall have carried out n serieeo observations in accordance with the present provrsmme. It is only natural that the slightest in- diaposihion of the aged Kaine: should create alarm, and Berlin wot tremendously excited the other day over the announcement that he would be unable to’utteud the opera in the evening andA that the Ambassador-is! From information obteined from the Ad- miralty end from the Royal Geographical Society I am able to state that at present there in not any question of fitting out a special South Polar expedition, but the idea of the eo-called Anturctio Exploration So- ciety is to stimulate private enterprise by the promise of bountiee for passing beyond certain latitngiee, more Roper-n quury'u leu- "one to u. Bunk. (By‘axblo from our own Cotreapo ndml.) Losuox, Jan. 10.-Thu reunion from the old year‘s gloom) forcbodlngs of wur con- tinueu its course and Aneuian routes are fully 5 per cent. higher than they were on the last day of December. Just as the Viennese hut week exaggerated the dangers nf nu iumxcdiate calamity, so now, at the other extrewegthey are very cheerful 'over a uituation‘which to outsiders doec not seem particnluly altered. There comes Jo-day, rudced,‘ sundry motor: which make “poul- ble glut. we shall hive a fresh war panic uext wee . . The late“ Wu- anouâ€"The flllnullcn The keepers of the Fastnet Lighthouse, icon for whose safety were entertained. owing to the washing sway of s portion of the rock on which the lighthouse stands, are sate. Advices from Massowsh state that Gener- al Cegni has sdvsnced his fortified nets to 15 point nesr Dogsli. General Sen sumo. commender-in-chief. is moving his head- quarters to Fort Monhncle. Returns tuned by the British Board of Tndo show that the import. for the put month inoroued £3,162,685, u compsred with those of the corresponding month in 1886. and that tho export! 11- the umo month increased £3,230,000 over those for December, 1886. Among the pstrons of an uptown restau- rant hone who hue lost all {slth in cute. It was a pitiabh. oold evening, md s forlorn puss sat on the outside of the window ledge. looking fathetically into the warm room. Now on then she expressed her sorrow the chromatic music of the {feline tribe. Several customera were tempted to open the wmdow and let her in. One of them whole table ehutted the ledge where puss set finally yielded to her entreetiee and reiwd the sash. With a gratified, but not grateful ur-r-rr, the out come in, sprsnfijnpon the ind customer‘s table, seized in or mouth the half reset chicken that the waiter hsd just served, and turning, jumped out of the window on to the tool of n shed before the customer could My “ seat 1" much less lower the sash. Then the other customers hid their faces in their us kins, end the kind- hesrted men looked s eepish.-N.Y. Sun. they take 3 very hopo‘ulf View 0'15. 65;; Prince‘s greatly Improved condition. Doctor: flack" lie, Schndcr Km .nd Haven juued a bpllet‘injogterd’gyt in which (11-113 MONEY REWARD AVAILABLE. OLD MINES. The Restaurant Cat: