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Dope Results of Observations (‘oncernlnu the Career of the Great Ameri- can Illluard. As in the case of the tornado, the direct origin of the cold wave is shrouded in mys- tery. It is known that a majority of cold waves make their appearance in the North- west east of the Rocky Mountains; and it is also pretty well established that they are due to an inrush cf cold air from the regions of perpetual snow and ice at the north. But why that re on should be any more hospitable to col air from the north pole than other sections. where cold waves form‘ less frequently or not at all. is an important ‘ problem that has never been solved. The- ories have been advanced based upon the vastness of the plains in that region and their capacity for absorbing and giving oil" heat, but no theory on the subject has been generally accepted, and the greatest meteor ological authorities in the country do not attempt to ex lain the phenomenon in their writings. Co d waves may form at any mo- ment. The seem to depend not at all on the time of ay, and but to a limited extent on the season of the year. They do not come and_go in cycles bat erratically. ‘ 1!- LL- -m--- Areas of high and low barometer move elmoet invariebly across the United States from weal: to east. Most areas of low baro- meter u-e formed in the region east of the Rocky Mountains; and as these low areas move easterly, the high moves in and we heve a oold_wave of more or less intensity as the result. ui‘hgl'ié'is shown that in the {our years under consideration, 114 of the cold waves observed origingted eaft- of the Rocky Moun- n ,ljh -1 LL--- wuss: sun-u 5" -_ VJ -.-_. ,, Lieut. Thomas M. Woodruff. the officer in charge of the indications office in St. Paul, made something of a study of cold waves which connected with the chic! weather office in Washington, and the re- sults of this study are given in a pamphlet in the “ Signal Service notes ” series, pub- lished in 1885. ‘I he pamphlet contains the substance of all that is known with refer- ence to this subject, Lieut. \Voodrufl‘ made his studies from the tri-daily weather charts of the years 1881 to 1884 inclusive. After stating in a general me that a fall of tem- rature succeeds or fol ows an area of low ometer; that a rise precedes such an area, and that with respect to an area of high barometer the rise and fall at tempera- ture usually occur in ‘reverse order, he says : , I, __.-_.-L-.‘ mac-A tains, or caulie down the east side of these mountains from the British Northwest Ter- ritory, while 34 other coid waves observed came from the Pacific coust. With but few exceptions, all the cold waves in the North~ west appeared first at Helena, Mont, and these few exceptional ones were felt first at Bismarck, Dak. “ \Ve must conclude,” adds Lieut. VVoodrnfl', “that these waves have their origin in the vast regions of ice and snow near the arctic circle, far to the north of our stations. » uuv v Secondâ€"Those which move in a south- easterly direction and cover the entire coun- try in their progress. Thirdâ€"Those which move southerly from Montana. and Dakota to Texas, thence through the Gulf States, and then northeast- erly over the Atlantic coast States. It sometimes occurs with this class that {the cold wave is first felt in St. Louis and Shreveport before being felt at St. Poul and Chicago, and that then the cold wave takes general movement eastward of the second Tlll'} SWEEP OF THE 0014]) WAVE. uv. vu v- v..- --â€"---_~. With respect to their progressive motive, cold wavea are divided intq _three classes I:‘ w-u "qu u..- _-.-..-._ _,., Firstâ€"Thosethat move dirc ctly across the country from west to east, and which follow an almost invariable path along the chain of eat lakes and across New England. hese do not extend to the States south of the Ohio. The second class was the most numerous h the four years observed. The rate of pro- gress was very variable. Considering Helena as the first point of observation, there Were six cases inwhlch the cold wave was felt simultaneously at St. Paul and Helena; 19 in which it reached St. Paul 8 hours after its appearance at Helena, 19 in 16 hours, 11 In 24 hours, 12 in 32 hours, 3 in 4) hours, 2 in 48 hours, and l in 72 hours. From this it will be seen that of all the cold waves that reach St. Paul from Helena, 73 per Elana. cent. emve within twenty- -four hours. ~As a rule, it is found that the maximum effect of n cold wove occurs at each station in a very short time after its occurrence in the Northwest, enerall within twenty four hours, and 0 ton at t e northern and ywest- ern stations at once. There are many other onrione facts con. neoted with the progress of cold waves. Many instances oc gar, says Lieut. Woodrufi', where the temperature at a given station, at the time of the appearance of the cold wave in the northwest, is lower than the minimum afterward produced by the cold wave. It often happens thata cold wave sets in from the extreme Northwest. and upon reaching the Mississippi Valley divides a part going northeasterly to the lower lake region and the other part southward to the Gulf States. In either case the intensitllappears to be greatly ‘dimin- ished. Thienaotion seems generally to be due to the sudden develo ment of a storm somewhere in the Bout ern part of the Missouri valley. Sometimes a storm of slight ener y remains in Kansas, Mie- eonri, and the indian Territory, and has the effect of retarding, or even totally destroy. ing a cold wave. Again, when a cold wave in retarded in this way it neema_often __to ther force and intensity, and rush rapidly orwnrd and spread over the entire country. Another frequent feature in that after n cold wove commence: the temperature con~ tinuee to fell in the North-went, end an- other wave is formed entirely distinct from the first, from which it becomes separated by a warm wave. The warm wave in only 3 narrow belt, but the cold woven are per- ieo_tly dintlnct. en '0, . 1-7,,j__fl .---., __-__-. The tables grepared by Meat. “’00de chow that col waves are most numerous and moet severe in the months of January, February, and March, although some very levers ones do make their appearance in other month: of the year. Aleo it appeare that the most decided changes of tern ra- ture appear upon the 3 P. M. charts 0 the Si ai Service, and that the moat decided “fin moat severe cold waves follow severe norms. The prediction of the pro was of a cold wave is attended with a goo deal of difficulty, largely on account of the fact that there is no way of determining which of the three path: it willitake. 8:168 on the qunllt, and Ive limo ; the pun-pom to w lob it directed. Aotlvlt llke zeal, In only valuable as it ll applluf, but most people beatow their pnlu on the quullty,” 3nd glve little heed .l“-A_ _I I III! ”CC- When Tippu Til), the real: slave and ivory trader of central Air ca, returned to Stanley Fallslust spring he was not welcom. ed by the other Arab and half-caste traders. Some of them are almost as powerful as him- self, and thou h they had for years acknow- ledged his leafiership, they new combined to oppose, and even to fiiht him. The reason was that Tippu Til) ad turned his back upon his old business and his former friends and had engaged in the service of the Congo State, to suppress the slave trade at Stanley Falls. It was hoped that with the large force of men in his sevrice he would be able to cope successfully with the slave merchants if they undertook to carry on their murderous raids in spite of his inter- diction. Tippu Tih believed himself that he needed no assistancein thework of assert- iu his complete authority over the Stanley Fa la district. . ... . ,AI. All 1' an: “In“ sum. Tippu Tib overrated his stren th. All the traders combined against im and bluntly ave him to understand that it he had so] himself to the enemies of the “ trade” he had better take himself off. for the merchants intended to do as they pleas- ed. This was a great disappointment to the old leader of the slave stealers, for he had expected to convince the most powerful among them that their reatest profit in the future was in the direction of the legitimate ivor trade by way of the Congo River. T e next boat down the river carried a report from Tippu Tib to King Leopold, in which he said that before attempting to co- _,,‘.‘I erce the slevers into submission he would await the arrival of ammunition, of a. smell force of soldiers, and of two or three white ofiicors whose counsel he desired. He had in his camp a considerable force of his own men, and he wlshed to have them reinforced by only e small body of trained soldiers from the lower river. Ce 1;. Van de Velde, one of the oldest and best nown agents of the Congo State, was accordingly sent from Belgium to the Congo. He organized at Poms his party of less than 200 Honssa soldiers from the Sondsn, and accompanied by‘ three-“white officers he wvvm Iv“ u; v..- v- star up the river. His expedition, it is supposed, will reach Stanley Falls this week. This is the first attempt of the whites in the Congo valley to stay the progress of the slave traders with military leroe.__ It is very likely that there will be stir- ring times at Stanley Falls as soon as an ac- tive efi‘ort is made to subject the traders to the anthonty of the Congo State ; and it is certain that a harder fight than Gordon’s against the Soudaneae elavere will be re~ quired to stop the traffic of the Zanzibar merchants in the upper part of the Congo basin. The Governbr-Genernlship. The report that was current in the cable dispatches some time ago that Lord Lans~ downe, now Governor-General of Canada, was to succeed Lord Dufi'erin as Viceroy of India, and that Lord Stanley, of Preston, brother of, and heir presumptive to, the Earl of Derby, was to reign at Ottawa, has been confirmed. These chan es, we pre- same, are sup oaed to be base on a system of promotion, at they remind us most forc- ibly of Mr. James Anthony Fronde's remark inhis latest book, “'rh'e English in the West Indies,” that the Home policy, in ef- fect, has come to be a matter of rotation in colonial office. No matter how efficient or inefficient a Governor of any province or colony may have proved himself. when it becomes advisable to remove him elsewhere ; the pieces are merely moved on the checker- board. In this instance the changes have been made necessary by the resignation of Lord Duffel-in, which some people affect to regard as a surprise, whereas the truth is that he proposed to take this step two or three years ago, when Lord Salisbury first took office, but was persuaded to re- main at Calcutta owing to the then critical state of things on the Afghan bound- ary and in Burmah. Now the situation at both extremes has greatly improved and Lord Dufl‘erin doubtless feels at liberty to carry his original purpose into execution. But what is his lordship going to d031, He is notoriously not a rich man and for many years has fed on governorships and Viceroy- alties until the salaries attached must have become to him more or less of an object. That a man so diplomatic in debate and so astute in policy will be allowed to seek se- clusion is out of the notation. How, then, will he be employed 3mm stran t feature .. _Ann-:In ammo-nan" flea}. i. 1’. Ah nnhnflv as regards answering that is that nobody appears to know how Lord Dufl'erin stands relative to Home Rule. Some say that be his well affected towards it; others that he is coming to England to denounce Mr. Balfour and to take a prominent part in attacking that entleman’s course in Ireland ; others again that he is going to support Lord Londonderry at Dublin C astle. and yet others who believe that he is going to enter the cabinet as foreign minister. To {whatever party his lordship allies him- self he will undoubtedly lend both strength and influence. But, of our new governor. Lord Lansdowne cannot be called a bright or a brilliant man, and is no more li e- ly to set theGanges on fire in India than he has done the St Lawrence in Canada, but for all that he has a latent force of charac- ter that in cases of emergency stands him in good stead, as was shown by his attitude during the O'Brien episode. Moreover he has that necessary adjunct of the modern flwernor an indisposition for meddling. is successor, Colonel Frederick Arthur Stanley, Baron of Preston, created so in 1886, comes of too staunch astock to be reall the “ amiable nonentity" that the Pall Mal Gazette declares him. In fact such is the history of the family that in spite of the Eolitical instability of the present Earl Der y, it is almost impossible to think of the family without reflecting upon the discovery made by the London Times at the death of his father, the Rupert of Debate, ‘that there is but one word in the English language that rh mes with Stanley, and that isâ€"manly. ur coming ruler may not be an orator or a man of letters, but he has had much experience of official life, having been In Parliament for twenty~three years and filled the positions of a Lord of the Admiralty, Financial Secretary to the War Office, Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for War, Secretary of State for the Colonies and President of the Board of Trade, an office he will resign to come to Canada, and is, therefore, well qualified to preside over Ministerial Councils. More- over, he is described as hospitable, affable and sensible, and what more can be desired of an occu ant of Rideau Hall? lie is married to ady Constance Villiers, iourth dau hter of the Earl of Clarendon, and is the ather of a large family. The King of the Slavcrs. A nlynerlouu Incident by the lit‘llllbcd o! a l‘hnluuoogu am. The killing of Lewia Owens by James M. Barnes last month will be recalled. But there is one peculiar feature of the case, or rather a feature ihat grew out of the case, that. has just come to the surface, and that is as yet kuowq to but few Christanoogana. ____-_ _.....- |°"’vv-â€"v._ 'â€" A low months ago young Barnes came here from Georgia and formed a partnershig with M. J. Nix to engage in the boot an shoe trade. After a few weeks Barnes sold out to Lewis Oa’ons, one of the wealthiest and best-known men in 'l‘enneosee. It ap- pears that Barnes and Owens quarrelled over the settlement, and, after being struck . in the face. Barnes drew his revolver and shot Owens three times, the third shot bein fatal. though not instantly. The wound man was carried to his house, where ever - thing ible was done, but nothing con (1 save n 111. However, he fought desperately to heat back the rider oi the pale horse. and so gallantly did he struggle that he lived several days. Saturday, Jan. 14, came, and . Barnes was for the second time taken before the magistrate, and after a stubbornly fought trial he was released on hail, the magistrate holding that inasmuch as the vic~ tim of his shooting was still alive, murder was not yet committed. The next day Ow- ens grew worse, and toward evening sank into a stupor. Those who had been watch- ing by the bedside knew the end was not far Among those who remained through the night was ex-Mayor Sharp. A little after 4 o’clock Monday morning, Mr. Sharp left the room in which the wounded man was lying fora moment, and a circumstance that soon occurred in the feature referred to in the beginning of this story. Mr. Sharp does not like to talk of the matter, but he con- sented to tell it to your correspondent, and his own words a_r_e need. . u .1 ,,,!LI, __‘_ lllfl V".- I'V‘uv â€"_v __V “I was standing." he said, “with my elbow resting u n the mantelpiece, looking down into the re. The coals were nearly consumed, and the apparent efforts of the embers to burst again into flames again ro- . minded me of the heroic efforts of my friend to get a fresh and strong hold upon the soul that was surely, though slowly slipping awa‘y from him. And I was running over in my mind the vicissitudes of lifeâ€"how fleet of foot misfortunes are; how sorrow comes across our ath at the meridian hour of the brightest ay, leaving a shadow by usâ€"when the lines of Horace came to me : ‘ Pale death with equal tread knocks at the cottage of the poor and the palace of the rich.’ The thought was still lingering in my mind when I was aroused by a tap on my shoulder. Supposing some one had en- tered while I was absorbed in thought, I turned to answer, but no one was there, and the door was still closed. I was start- led, and immediately returned to the wounded man’s side, where I iound the watchers as pale as the watched, and trem- blin like aspen leaves. They asked me if I ha been making any noise, and on assur- ing them to the contrary they looked at each other in amazement. They said that just before I entered the room a sound as of the meaning of the wind seemed to pervade the room, and peculiarly appalling sounds J2n13_ -LIâ€" vuu IVVW' “_‘â€" -vâ€"â€"~~~~ 7' . . . â€"not loud, but ominousâ€"were distinctly heard ; and that for an instant the lamp, which had been turned low, almost went out, and the little light left seemed to shine as though through a fog. What it was I know not, but it couldn’t have been fancy on the part of us all. There were two other watchers beside myself. Besides, I was in aseparate room,with the door closed, and I had said nothing to them of the tap- ping on my shoulder. If I were a Spiritu- alist I would believe that the soul of Lewis Owens, just starting on its journey home stopped to say good~by to me, for when we went to look at our charge he was still in death . " Mr.Sherp is one of the best-known citizens of Chattanooga, 3 meml‘er of the her, ex- Mayor of the city, intelligent and fearless. He is so well known and his word is so trustworthy that those who‘have heard the story cannot but believe that something supernatural attended the flight of Lewis Owen’s spirit from its prison home of clay. After the soup had been served, and just prior to serving the next course. the host ave his signal and rose from his seat, as id every other gentleman at the table, all the ladiee remaining seated. Each gentle- man then moved to the next gentleman’s seat to his right. When this was first done the ladies, not being let into the secret, were very much surprised at the unusual conduct of the gentlemen, and could not at once comprehend the meaning of it; but when they gathered its full intent, and the charm there was in it, it was decidedly gra- tifying to note the merriment and interest with which they received the innovation. Just prior to the commencement of the next course the host gave his signal again, and each gentleman again moved one gentleman’s seat to his right, and so on. The entire set- ting of the courses was so harmoniously ar- ranged that at the close of the dinner each gentleman had visited, for a short space, every lady at the table and had at last re- turned to her whom he had escorted in to dinner. Omaha Jewellerâ€"“Here, air. is 301001; which will, I think, please your esbhebic mates. Ab precisely 10 o‘clock every even- ing a chime of bells rings and a bird hope out. and sings a cargl.’{__ _ . . up W _g|‘ Ullln all“ I’ll: u w wnvle Omehn himâ€"u 1 will take thetlf you wlll make a few changes in-it.” “ With pleasure." “ 1 have I daughter end I wish the clock for the lor where she entertains her com- pany. ‘ix it so that at 11 o’clock .1: night 3 mllkmen'e bell will ring and a new-boy will eklp out and yell, ‘ Morning pepere.’ " In front of the poutoflice of Vnraailleo, Mo., there in n placard on which in the fol- lowing announcement :â€" Stampe .......................... 2 cents. Stamps licked................... .3 cents. Stamps licked and stuck ........ . ..4 cents. “ If I might venture to make a sugges- tion, medeme," said the tombstone agent, In a sombre yet respectable manner, “ I should say the motto ‘He has gone to a better lend’ would be en a propriete one.” “ You forgot, Ill‘," eeld t e ledy In bleak, With ool dignity, " thet he llved in Bolton." “AS IT A MAN'S SOUL? An Enterprising Postmaster. A Good Painlly Clock. Novelty in Dinners. A fact not generally known is that the tea trade with Great Britain is rapidly de- serting China and bein transferred to India. Heavily taxed hina tea cannot compete, it seems, with the duty-free tea of India, and if the taxation is not remitted the teaotrade of China is within measurable distance of extinction. The entire crop of India tea in l890 will be laid down in Lon- don at a cost of 6d. per pound or under, while the average cost of the Fooobow Con- gou this year was 91, or pound laid down in London. for teasi erior to those of lndla growth. It is thought to be too late to re- cover the lost ground. but that timely and vigorous measures may yet enable China to retain a good share in this important trade. ‘Other causes have contributed to the de- cadence of the China tea trade. Among those mentiontd are negligent cultivation, imperfect firing, excessive admixture of dust and stalks, and fraudulent ractioes on the part of the native tea guil s. For- merly it was the practice among tea growers to trench the ground of the plan- tations, manure the plants and prune them at least once a year, while every year some were replaced by new shrubs. Now, how- ever, no trenching, manuring, or pruning is done, no new stock is planted, and the worn-out trees are so stripped, that four and even five crops are taken instead of ‘ three, and the last zcrops are turn oil‘ with shears or hill-hooks. Owing to want of sap in the leaf, the teas are so lightly fired that they commence to deteriorate within three or four months of packing. The dust and stalks have lost the continental mar- kets and those of Australia and Canada to the Fooehow teas and caused the latter to be replaced by teas from Ceylon. The loss of the tea trade is undoubtedly a grave blow to China, but its gain by India could be taken as another argument in favor of Imperial federation and fair trade, as showmg how thoroughly inde- pendent of all outside supplies the British beThe orocuses land1 hyacinths are fleadg gin ' topus t eir reen ints t oug the b11228 beds and lawiis of 33x- suburban gardens, and more than one morning dur~ ing this month of January has brought with it a feeling of a ring time in the air, giving leasnre to al save the gardeners, who read a too earlylbuddi of tender growths. More indicative still of e mildness of the season is the reawakening of the birds. An observer of natural phenomena reports that in Lancashire the birds, in spite of the great autumnal migrations, are just now everywhere very plentiful. Golden plovers, numerous during the frost, are since the weather grew milder away again to the hills. The flocks of lapwings are reported to be very large, and the frosts have not been sufficiently prolonged to drive them away to the sea-coast to rocure food. The same observer has heard the throstle and blackbird singing almost every da this month ; but, adds this Lancashire ilbert \Vhite, though there are plenty of skylarks with us, they have not been singing much y_et, as there has been little sumâ€"London Daily News, Jan. 27. A postmaster in a. small village in Missis- sippi has written to the postmaster general asking him to discontinue the office. He explains that his neighbors, who are wool rowers, became distrustful of his rabbit 0g, and in consequence, he states “ it turn- ed up missing. 80 I am left here “ with- out the means of sustenance. So if you ex- pect me to get up nights for the train you will have to forward at once some pork and beans or some other nourishment, or a new postmaster will have to be appointed at this place.” He adds in postscript : “ Mr.â€" wsnts me to split him some rails if I can get rid of this office ; so hurry up with the grub or the discharge." The office wss dis- continued in response to his sppeal.â€"Roches- ter Democrat. A Torontonian in Vancouver. A former resident of this city, writing from Vancouver, B. 0., to a friend here says :â€"“There is a great demand lor brick- layers at $5 per day, plasterers $5, carpen- ters $3, stonemosons $5 and painters $3 per day, and a man can work, with the excep- tion of a few days, all winter. Builder’s labourers at $2.50 per day. With the ex- ception of 01130 rent a family can live here as cheap as in Toronto. House rent here is very high. A house that rents for $12 in- Toronto is $30 here. Lumber is about 30 get cent. cheaper here than in Toronto and rioks are $10 fier 1,000, so you can build a house here as 0 ea}? as in Toronto with the exception of labor.’ Brown (to Robinson, who is reading a telegram with a look of anguish on his face) â€"“ What's the matter, old fellow? Some~ body dead? Robinsonâ€"(crushing the tele- gram with both hands)â€"“No; somebody alive! Twins.” In Salt Lake City the houses of the Met. mons all have two front doors, even the smallest of them. Some have also two wood- sheds and two wells. A house that is begun with only one room is frequently lengthened out room by room and door by door as new wives are taken. A curious complication has arisen in con- sequence of the murder of the Woolfolk family by Tom Woolfolk near Macon, GIL, which wee one of the moat revolting trage- dies of this generation. The murderer now lies in goal under sentence of death, and he has been up romhed b the heirs of both his murde [other an mother. No one but the condemned men know: the arti- onlere of the crime. If he killed his other first, his mother's heirs will come into the property; but, if his mother died first, hie two_eurvivlng eletere end blur-elf. succeed Empire might be made. "V Uâ€"- ...._ _._--__ we.“ go the property. A full 66mm!» from this monster in expected before his execu. tion in order tn clear up this point. , A good desl of ianltie being found in the United States with the manner in which “ Old l’lohs ” at Washington has been doing his work of late. During the past year or so his " indications ” are said to have been singularly tenacious and misleading. This winter half a dozen cold waves which never turned up have been predicted tor the East- ern States, while no warning was given of the great blizzsrd in the North-Welt. It my be _that “ 91d Prob: " is losing his _J|I L---- A‘ .. gr“), advâ€"ifflno tiofooble will have E0 to- tum to the good 01 method of spyln out weather by mount of the goose bone an the ground hog. The China Tea Trude. 110 Got llis Discharge. Spring in England. New York horsemen in driving put a few folds of paper across (he chest underneath the overcoat as well as at the back, and find cfi’eotuel protection against the cold winds that prevail at this season. The paper is like a wall in completely protecting the wearer. An English County Court judge has com- mitted a lawyer to prison for saying that something which fell from his honors lips was “ an unjust remark." Another judae has just come into fame by calling a. Witness a liar. The witness promptly retorted that the judge himself was “ a liar and an im- pudent old vagnhond." This witness did not get committed. It is stated that a London firm has re- ceived en order from the Russian Govern- ment for n fleet of balloons for war nr Each balloon is to carry a car w ioh will acoomodato six men end will cost. with appurtenances, $2,500. The balloon: are bein made of a preparation of asbeetoe whic is strictly non-inflsmmnble and they will be fil'ed with rarefied air. A little Esquimsu woman. who left har native home on the eastern shore of Green~ land when 15 years old and has resided in the United States long enough to learn the language and to doveloy the fact that the Esquimanx are as wh to as other people when the dirt and grease are washed off, is lecturing to interested audiences in Chicago. Among other things she says the geople of her nationality never wash or hat 0 in all their lives, have no rulers, no form of gov- ernment, everyone does exactly as he or she pleases, and are all contented with their lot, as they know of nothinrz better. A Philadelphia grocer advertised to 've every thirteenth customer the amount 0 his purchase free. The plan seemed asuwese at first, and business thrived, but one day the boys put up a job on him. Twelve of them walked into the store, and each made a trifling purchase ; the whole bill for the dozen was less than a dollar. Then the thirteenth man walked in and ordered a barrel of sugar, ten pounds of tea, ten pounds of coffee and a box of cigars. The grocer faced the music like a man, but at once took down his sign and put up another saying that the offer had been withdrawn. An Iowa clergyman has challenged the “ faith healers," “ mind carers" and “Chris- tian scientists " to a test of their powers. The terms of the challenge are that the sub jeets shall be deaf, blind or afflicted with cancer, and for every serge efl'ected the cler man ees so pa 1 to a mission fung.’ A aged-lamb“, Kid" healer nag Schrader has accepted the ofl'er, agreeing to y a like sum into the same fund for every allure. The test will take place in Chica- go at an early date. Speakmg of the chal- lenge the Chicago News says :-â€"“ No student of the history of medical delusions will ex- pect any practical result from this business. Least of all will he expect the collapse of the " faith cure " when Mr. Schrader finally confesses his inability to make the deaf hear and lthe blind see and the cancer-stricken who 0. There seems to belittle doubt that the Panama Canal Company is on the verge of bankruptcy, the French Ministry having de- clined to sanction M. de Lesseps’s last de- vice ior raising money, the lottery scheme. When the crisis does come the effect will inevitably be disastrous. The London» Standard says that M. de Lesseps’s greatest enemies could have wished his project no worse fate, and that th_e resnlt of the crash will be appallinq to the French people. The company has absorbed nearly $2,000,000,- 000 of the savings of the poorest and most industrious classes of the rench peasantry all ever the country, and not a cent of this vast sum will ever be returneditor the lend- ers. This is bad enough, but it is not im- probable that the Government itself may be seriously involved, if not partially bank- rupted. Its loans are obtained through the same financial groups upon Whom M. de Lesseps has been leaning. and it is this fact, it is said, which has led Ministry after Min- istry to put off disclosure of the real state of the affairs 0! the Panama scheme. Matters have evidently, however, now reached such a point that _ e Governinent feels compelled to face any risk rather than allow the - ple to sink any more of their savings 1:30 the rojeot. The situation is a serious one for renoe in more ways than one. The New York Tribune gives an account of an organization which is being formed in Kansas to promote an extensive emigration movement amongst the coloured peo la in the South. Recruits are to be ga cred from the American cotton belt, with its out- lying tcbacco, sugar, and rice fields. The objective point of the migration is South America, especially Brazil and the Argen- tine Re ublic. The promoters of the move. ment calm to have $2,000,000 of ca ital pledged to aid them in the work. an ex- pect to be able by the close of the year to offer free transportation to hundreds of thousands of plantation labourers. The latter are said to be discontented, restless, and anxious to find new homes in some country where they can live in peace. “ We are offered a welcome,” says the lead- er of this exodus, , " in a country where we can have our homes and not be driven from them, where we can earn our money and not be cheated out of it, and where our votes will be counted when we vote. We have waited in the Soutn until our hearts have failed us.” Should the movement be successful on any large scale it would ress very heavil upon the chief a cultnra in- dustries o t 0 South, wh ch would be threatened with rain by the loss of the best classes of labourers. The very fact of an attempt being made at such a wholesale migration may, however, react favourably upon their condition at home. It would be turning the tables very efi'ectually if, in- stead oi being longer at the mercy of the planters, the coloured labourers should find themselves in the position of being able to exact. better terms trom their employers, and a fuller recognition of their rights from the politicians. He (with deep pm!ou);â€"Oh, Geraldine, m darling Ilove you no. “ave on no. B mfne. dearest, be mine. y 9 She (with suppressed emotion)-â€" 0h, Jack. you ere no sudden: I must have time toâ€" ---. g‘ luv v "He "(an ntdedly)â€"â€" Don‘t mo ti darling. i‘ulmo In nothing; monnoyantlt; thing, and you've got plenty. nnnnnnnn The One Thing. 5V6." éié.’ 'fio‘pi kmghvou‘lns. um J Wonk." MONEY Blblcl “amt! ~. indir- Word.)