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The treveller is moot Agreeably our-prised on hie errlvel ot Usrecee to find 3 hrge end well-Appointed hostelry. much superior in to Arrangements and appointments to the ovenge hotel ordinarily to be found in Sfon- hh Amerios. It in well ordered in I! it: pnrlioue end purprieee, egreeably neat end cleeu, end is pervaded, moreover, by on ot- moephere of one and homoliko repose, in .11 in aspects and belongings holdln forth promilea of good livin and comforts In on- tertainment. Like a the larger houses in the city of Canon the hotelin of two stories only: Lgving e‘eithey do in content fear of ,.._L LL--- 1mm. kmn (aw only. unions .â€" ..- w- __ , -, , earthquskes, although there hove been few of these cslsmitous visitations of late years. the inhsbitonts of the Venezuelon capital do not rear lofty dwallings or public build- ings that b the slightest disturbance of the north won d certainly be thrown down, burying in it mean oi ruins hundreds of citizens, involving the lose of many lives. I have said that trembliugs oi the enrth have not been of frequent occurrence, nl. though in 1813, as will be remembered, nu- told misery and the loss of 10,000 lives were conned by the great earthquake of thst year of hideous memory ; nevertheless the peo- ple, mindful of this horrible visitation, live in constsnt expectation if not in momentary dread of the horror of_ a like disaster. " VI l__‘k...li.‘" mean u; Luv uv-uu v. .. --._- Certain it is that the woefnir foreboding: indulged in by the victim of apprehensions and v no unrest interfered not one jet or tittle w th my enjoyment durin my delight- ful sojourn in the beautiful val ey, A GARDEN 0F RDES which has, alas, so often been the scene of geological disturbances and, more disastrous still, political revolutions and social upheav- als. I can, however, in all truth and verity afiimâ€"not in a spirit of bravado or reckless boasting -â€"that 1 would as soon think of being deterred from visiting Caracas or ot being warned away from it by the fear of earthquakes as I would by rumors of wars' and “ short-winded accounts of new broils.” During our first night’s stay in Caracas, in the valley of endless midsummer, we were somewhat troubled by the mosquitoes. The attacks of these pestilential visitors served to abate somewhat our enthusiasm at find- ing ourselves (in the middle of Winter) so- journing in a region where we could enjoy the luxury of sleepine with all the windows of our apartments wide open without find- ing it necessary to oppress ourselves with the weight of extra blankets and Jcoverlets. -I--_J-.._ chums AM Its CLIMATE. THE FACES AND EXPRESSIONS of houses, the color and. wording of sign- boerds, and the characteristics of shops and the dispiay in their windows. So, taking heed to know again the street corners and crossings he passes in his perigrinations. he may "dander about” the city in search of sights and wonders, in quest of amusement or opportunity to study, enjoying the pro- cess of absorbing from his novel surround- ings the knowledge that is to be gained by travel in foreign_lan(is. .‘ e ”"7. A cum 1nd Which Every Prospect rum. nae-1v. .â€" -v--_ni v . For my part, I enjoy nothing so much as turning myself loose in a strange towa, pro- vided always it be worth study in the matter of picturesqueness and color of the scenery, as well as the quaintness or even oddity of its people. It pleases me to try to find my way about without guide book or courier, unaccompanied even by a friend familiar with the nooks and turnings, or without appeal to passer-by or casual po- liceman. I carefully go my way at my own sweet will, reckless of losing myself, feeling assured that all in good time I shall “ come out somewhere." Indeed, there is a pleasure in being for the time entirely “ turned round " and apparentlyâ€"one never is actu- allyâ€" lost ; for, like the Irish sailor’s mar. linespike, which, by reason of being safe at‘ the bottom of the sea, Was not, according to its owner’s way of thinking, lost or misiaid, so one is never hopelessly out of reckoning, but is always sure of turning up all right at the right time at the right place. Besides, the light-hearted gadabont can always com- fort his heart with the “ self-thou ht "' that although he may not be sure in w at direc- tion lies hisi owl, there can be no doubt that he is in Peking or Penscg, for instance, or, as in my present South American experi- ence, Caracas-“ Big Indian not lost ; wig. wam lost 1" But let me go on with my toe ion -de- layed description of the city, which I ope may be graphic enough to enable the reader to form some picture of it in his mind. The streets and avenues (calle y avenida) of the town are, as a rule fairly well paved, and although not frequently watered IN THE DRY SEASON or swept at uny time, are neither very mud- dy when in reins nor dusty when the sun is shining. Lying on a plain that slopes ently from Wonderful mountains towering n the north, between the valley and the see coast, toward the bed of the Rio Guslre, (famous is well drained and abundantly supplied with sweet water which is drawn from the surrounding hills and conducted to the heart of the city through well-construct- ed equeducts, some of them many miles in length. it Is compxretivel easy for the people to keep their houses 0 one and whole. some, and this they succeed to a certain ex. tent in doin . being aided in no inconsider- eble degree %y the vultures thst ere to be seen hovering in the eir over the town. From time to time these soaring sosvsngsrs |' WILLIA! AGNIW l'AflON. uwoop down to (out upon gramme mano- ol gubogo or filthy relulo thnt otherwlu would be left to lnloot the .1: and brood a pestilence or become on offense to the e u and now of MRI-b . This foul and in. gusting bothered trl no to be soon in thonundl lnfestlngtho neighbou-hood of the "oh-twin" where are daily slaughtered droves of cottlo (.th fumhh meat for the bet- ter elm of well-to-do inhgbltanu: The olima‘e oi Caracas is, no doubt, ex- ceedingly healthy, as witness the well-la. vored a pearance of all classes of people. At no t me of the year, it the sanitar con- ditions oi the city are strictly cared or, is there any likelihood of the outbreak of an epidemic or even of sporadic cases of ellow fever, cholera, or any of the other fil dis- eases common in countries lyin near the equator, where the ignorance, in olence, or negli ence on the part of the people to their phys cal welfare subjects them to attacks of terrible plumes and wastin sickneeses. The temperature of the valley is at all sea- sons moderate and only slightly variable. Even in January, the coolest. as well as in July, the hottest. of the months. when less favored citiesâ€"Hamilton and Winnipeg for instanceâ€"lie baking and grilling in a fer- vent heat, with the thermometer ranging from 15 ° to 20 9 higher than it ever has been known to register in the vale oi Chacao, the climate of Caracas is delicious and wholesome. Prof. Ernst, the learned cura- tor of the museumiof the University of C_ar- was, is my authority for the etetnuient that never in the course of many gears he: the degree of heat exceeded 84 Fahrenheit. To this testimony in to be added thet of the Whom memory gooth not back to the com trary. Likewise at La Gnayra, at the foot of the mountains, on the seashore, where the heat is not all times tempered b the genial influence of the trade winds, t e mercury seldom amounts above 90 ° , and this too at a place lying almost on the isothermal line of greatest subeqnatorial heat. It is within bounds to say that at Marcuto, a watering ‘ place three miles to the east of La Guayra. ‘ where the quality and gentilit of Van. eznela resort during the fashions le seaside season, (December. J anuary, and February.) the heat is never so oppressive as it is during many days in some parts of Canada. For nine months of twelve the blessed trades blow with unvarying consistency across the Caribbean, and although at sea level the climate is much warmer than it is among the hills, it is nevertheless sal- ubrious and by no means so enervatin as at places further to‘the eastâ€"Trinidad, or ex- A _.__A-L__A__‘ am le, or Barcelona; or to the westward, at $118110 Cabello and Coro, on the Vene- zuelan coast. Situated, as had been already stated, 3,000;ieet above tide water, surround- ed by grand and lofty mountains. Caracas is remarkable for the geniality of its climate. As a Winter resort, a city of refuge from the torture and trials of our Northern Win- ter it hasâ€"for so my experience of it teaches meâ€"no equal on the American Continent. Even Florida and Southern California are not to be mentioned with it in any compari~ son that can possibly be made by those whose judgment in such matters is to be re lied on as trustworthy or unbiased by preju- dice born of ignorance or the hope of divrd- ends from railroad stocks or profits deriv-‘ able from the ownership of so-called Winteri hotels in the reaions named. \Vhen desira- 1 bility of climate is taken into consideration, and to it is added the fact that in Caracas and at Macuto one may be comfortably, yes, luxuriously. housed and provided for in the matter of food, it is passing strange that travellers from the States and Canada are not to be met with at all the street corners of the Venezuelan capital. Especially during the days of blizzards, chilblains, pneumonia, snow, slush, chill winds, and bitter weather; that is to say, from Christmas till May day, when living in Montreal is no more nor less than unadulterated heart-breaking woe and misery to poor humanity endowed with abnormal sciatic nerves, big toes, meteor. ological shoulders, delicate lungs, inflam- olo ice! shoulders, aeucate lungs, unnam- ma 1e duets, tubes, neree, weak, overtaxcd or malformed membranes. Victims of dye- phonia, clericorum, diphtheria, quiusy, up than, bronchitis, and other nosological pheno- mena, with supersensitive organs, would do well to flee from these torments and seek refuge in the mollifyiug air of the vale of Checao. ‘ Caracas is moreover a city possessed of more attractions than are merely climatic, and no one who has visited it will deny that It is ngood place for man to dwell there, not only bemuue of and glowing skies, but because everywhere in, about and around it there are beautiful orchards, groves, and plantations, quaint villages, flower and vine covered farmhouses, fields of living green and quiet pastures by the sweet waters of the Rio Guaire and other winding streams. There is beauty enough in all one sees in this charmin place to fill the heart with gladness an content. In the midst of the city is the‘ Plaza Bolivar (not Bol-i-var as I was taught, in my early school days to pronounce the name of the liberatorâ€"but Bo-lee-varâ€" throwing the accent strongly and sharply on the second syllable, breathing the linal 1 “ var " gently diminuendo.) This square is 1 what may be termed the heart of the town, ‘ and from it extends the (our grand avenues that divide Caracas into quarters and regu- late the system ef naming the streets after the four cardinal points of the compass. The four avenidas are, respectively, called Avenida Norm, Oasta, Sur, and Rate ; that is to say in our English speech, North, West, South and East avenues, and each has its beginning on that side of the plaza indicatedand‘suggestegi by the name‘ given to it. The fourboulevsrds extend win a straight line from the square out into the country in e. northerly, westerly, easterly or southerly direction, as the case may be. The streets running parallel to Avenidsy Norte and Sur to the west of those thorough- fares are designated by even numbers : those to the east of the avenues by odd num. bers, Norte l, 3, 5'. km, up to Nort.S l5, and the streets (cslles) crossing these at right angles are similarly numbered by odd num- bers, it they be to the north of Avenldss Dana and Bio, and by even numbers if to the south of them.__ qu uu u... AvenidnlNorto (Northern-avenue) extends toward the foothills of the and mountains of Caracas on the north of t a city, towering between it and the sea. It ascends gently from the plaza for nearly three» nnrtera of 3 mile to where tho l‘anteon l‘uclonnl oc- cupies a prominent alto ON THE “ORDERS OF THE CITY. Avonldu Esta Itretohoa dovm a modonbe descent put the Temple Cnndolulu, the OLDEST WEATHER-“183 INHABXTAST ITS DELICIOUS “WEATHER Brest church of the parish of the same name, out to the pleasant and fruitful estatee of San Bernardino, La Gula and the Curdia Guzman. three beautiful plantationr of sugar and groves of cocoa. Passing these it reaches the terminus of the Ferrocarril Central, the railwa to Petare, a romantic and quaint town neitnilcs away at the eastern end of the vale oi Caracas. From the south side of the Plaza Bolivar Avenida Sur dmends into the Valley of the softly- flcwing Rio Guaire panning in the rear of the Temple Santa Teresa. which stands on the northern confines of Plaza Washington, where is a statue of the “ Father cf his Loun- try." Avenida Oeste is but one-third the length of either of the other avenues, owing to the nearer approach of the hills to the central plaza ; it conducts one to a flight of stone steps that rise to the summit of Mount Calvario, in the midst of Paseo Guz. man Blanco, and on the top oi which is a colossal statue of El Ilustre America. Be- yond this is the station of Ferrocarril. La Guayta~Caracas, up whoee tortuous track our train had climbed the afternoon of the day we left the sea behind us to seek the Mecca of our pil imaie, Caracas, in its wonderiul valley 0 delig t. _ 4L2._:L_ A” j ____...-__2_- Thmke to tile activity and regressive spirit of Gen. Guzman Blanca. mean he: in these late yeere become a really beautiful and picturesque city ; it is embellished with puma-cue plazas, algledaa, public built!- inga, and Indutuél. The 5603“ are well pnved, and nowhere can one find a more pleasant or than the well-laid-out and carefully-kept Paeeo Guzmm Blanca. whence from the top of Mount Calmio, amid the shade of beautiful trees. surrounded by flowere and blommin ehrubbery, one can obtain viewe of the val eye of Caracas and Autemano that would betlle the power to paint word pio- turee of them of even the great master who Wrote of the Delectable Mountains, or of him who sings of the glories of the rose» atreWn vale of Cashmere. Just before sunrise on the morning after our arrival at the hotel, I step d out upon a balcony that hung in front 0 my window, which gave toward the north, and from it enjoyed a wide ranging view of the moun- tains of Caracas. It was a grand and never- to be-forgotteu sight. The day was dawn- ingâ€"-“ the jacund morn stood tiptoeâ€"" There the quotation fails of accurate appli- cation, for the mountain tops were not misty nor obscured by drifting clouds, but distinctly lined against a gray sky that faded rapidly to warm and dazzling azure as night fled precipitately away before the face of day. The grand peaks towered 6,000 feet above the valley still sleeping in shadow, and as the sun rushed up the east, orag and innacle became suffused with a wonder- ul light that transformed rock and precipice into glistening ramparts and hat- tlements built. in all poetical probability, of ‘gold and precious stones. The light crept down the mountain sides illuminating the ribs and ridges, still leaving the valleys in darkness, the sun peeped over the low hills at the eastern end of the valley DAY CAME IN ALL ITS GLORY â€"â€"â€"the white walls of Caracas shone dazzling whiteâ€"the roofs of its dwellings put on a rich and mellow red of tiles that contrasted beautifully with the green of vines and overhanging palms and wide-spreading trees. It was a delicious morning, the air fresh and health-givingâ€"deep in-drawn dranghts of it exhilarated and set the blood freely coursing through the veinsâ€"a gentle breeze cooled and soothed the face and eyes; it was as refreshing to the whole body as a bath in a mountain brook in midsummer; the atmosphere was clear and sound-boar- ing ; it was luxury to live ; the world made merry, and one could not but feel contented on one of the gladdest and sweetest mornings of the whole long year of Summer: It was on an ideal May morniu â€"a May morn- ing such as Englia poets sing. According to my calendar, however, it was near the middle of February, and no doubt further north it was behaving itself as suchâ€"in Caracas it was all smiles and graces, gentleness, an geniality. ._ __A _La-_‘_“- -â€" I was in the midst of my rapturous en- joyment of the feast that nature had prepar- ed for my eyes when a rap at our chamber door announced the coming of J ohn-Jean~ Hans-Juanâ€"he answered to all four names with equal alacrity. John was a “ charac- ter”-â€"-he was born of African parents under the Dutch flag that floats over the island of Curacoaâ€"his native speech was Papieimen- to, he also spoke Spanish, mumbled French, and said he “soik Ingleeiseh” and speak English he did as well as the writer could ‘ understand him, which is to say not at all. During my stay in Caracas I practiced what little Spanish 1 could pick up on John, and John retaliated by setting me by the ears with his smattering of Papieimento English. He was amused at my attempts to {speak Spanish, and no doubt had sufficient cause. As for his hit-or-miss manner of drawing a bow at a venture to shoot at Anglo-Saxon words, it diverted me beyond measure, al. though I kept a grave face and tried,with all my cars and understanding: to make myself vw. \- wâ€"v. .._._-_ ~ ..., “W a _ “ kenapeckle” of what he wu trying to ask, or be“. The object of J ohn’a coming was to take away our boots to polish them, and to any inquiringly “ How it brikfus 2" “ Aqui 1'" " A present 2" To me, in virtue of supposed suyetior acquirementa in the matter of spogk-lngfhe lgngllage of Sancho ,‘J-_!__ ALA]. un- vv. v- w -.__.._ P5615, Wu: left zhgfiwsk "of 3rdering that men] which I had learned from M eistorschaf was called " Deanyuno.” The Duke of Gumbel-land's Claim. Emperor Frederick’s death robably de- stroys the Duke of Cumberlan ’3 last hope of recovering the large private fortune of which he was practically robbed by the Ger- man Government. Old Emperor William wanted to rertmre it to him; but Prince Bis- marck overruled his desire. ‘.m ror Fred- erick was determined that he a ould have it, and, had his life been spared, would doubtless have carried out his design in e ite oi the Chancellor. But now the Du e’a righteous claim ll not worth a cent on the thousand dollars. The United States, not to be beaten in the competition among nations for instru- ments of destruction, has also found a new eXpiosive, to which the name "emmensite" hoe been given. It in said to be twice as powerful u_¢iypnmite. its inventor, a .Dr. fimmana, thinks that with an up roprlate gun he could by mount of his mu “char 0 acoelentlng ourtridgo of emmemlto obta n I nnge of twenty-seven miles. CHARMING PU BLIC GARDEN Fifteen Ila-dud lives Reported to llave lee- Lost. St. LOUIS, June '26.â€"A City of Mexico special says : â€"Duriug the past ten days the table lands between here and Zacatecas have been visited by unprecedented rains. Every mountain rivulet along the Central railway for more than two hundred miles has been converted into a destructive torrent, and the valleys present the aEpearance of lakea. Many cities and towns ave beeninundated, and Leon and Silao have been partially de- stroyed. “ 0n the 18th inst. the following telegram was received from Silao :â€"“ 1t commenced raining heavily esterday after- noon, and continued all nig t, raising the Silao River out of its banks, breaking at the north end of the town and passinv through the srreete with irresistible iorce and vol- ume. Mont of the housee here being adobe, they soon became saturated with water and began to_fall. About 325 houses have been Gaza-eyed. HOMELESS AND STARVING PEOPLE. The station buildings are occupied by homeless people, who are unable to obtain anything to eat, except watermelons and fruit found floating in the water. The rain has been general, and the whole country around Silao is flooded. Several dykes have given way. It still continues raining." 0n the 20th it was learned that the flood had been more destructive in Leon than Silao. On Monday, the 18th, the river broke over its dykes, and notwithstanding all efforts to check its course it made rapid headway and finally flooded the city. As the rain fell the river rose rapidly, its volume of water flow- ing into the town, gradually wearin away the foundation of the buildings, whic com- menced to.fall as night came on. On Monday night the people, believing themselves secure from the flood, went to bed in those parts of the town where the water had not found its way. The steady downfall of rain into the extensive water bed of the outlyiu country increased the flow of the rive ‘, an ra idly extended its channel until over half of eon was under water, and a loss of life commenc- ed unparelleled in the history of any of the great inundations of modern times. APPALLING L358 OF LIFE. As the buildings fell the unfortunate sleepers were either crushed to death or drowned. One wnole night of terror fol~ lowed. Men, women, and children fled to the streets in their nightclothes, some to find shelter on high ground, and others to be swept away by the flood. On Tuesday morn- ing the rain was still falling. All night it poured, until \Vednesday morning saw the lake surrounding the city undiminished in size, with steady rain disturbing its surface. In the afternoon, however, it ceased raining, and the waters commenced to recede. It is estimated that 700 rsons perished. There is a strong stench tom the heaps of rub- ‘ bish that once formed houses, and one is led to believe that there must be bodies buried under them. There are also bodies still floating in the water. One hundred and eleven bodies have been recovered without moving any of the ruins of the houses, and hundreds of bodies must be buried under them. The destoryed houses are estimated at 2,000, and the loss at $2,000,000. Many other towns have been badly damaged, but the loss of life is only reported from Silao and Leon. The Mexican Central railway was washed out in anumber of places. The State of Guanaj uato and the Federal Government 1 are doing much to succour the victims of the flood. Comedy and tragedy go hand in hand in Hindoo tiger hunts. An amusing example of the former is given by a traveler. A tiger had been wounded, but although one of his hind legs was broken, it made its way into a patch of high grass, and hid there. Guided by the Bheele, the elephant entered the grass patch for the purpose of driving out the tiger. The cunning animal allowed the party to pass, and then sprang at one of the Bheels. “a little, hairy, handy-legged man, more like a satyr than a human being." The Bheel dashed to the nearest tree, and owing to the broken leg of the tiger, was able to climb out of reach. Finding him- self safe, the Bheel " commencd a philippic :aqainst the father, mother, sisters, aunts, nieces and children of his helpless enemy, who sat with glaring eyeballs fixed on his contemptible little enemy, and roarinv as if his heartiwould break with rage." _ “As the excited orator warmed by his own eloquence, he began shipping from branch to branch, grinning and chattering with the emphasis of an enraged baboon; pouring out a torrent of the moat foul abuse, and attributing to the tiger’a family in general, and his female relatives in particu- lar, every crime and atrocity that ever was or ever will be committed. “Occasionally he varied his insults by‘ roaring in imitation of the tiger; and at last, when fairly exhausted, he leaned forward till he appeared to be within the grasp of the enraged animal, ended this inimitable scene by spitting in his face.” Sometimes the tragic element prevails. In one of these too numerous instances a man-eater, which for six months had been the terror of the neighborhood, had been traced down and was seen to creep in a ra- vine. The beaters were at once ordered 03', as they could not be of service, and might be charged by the tiger, which had already been rendered furious by the wound. Un- fortunately these men are in the habit of half intoxicating themselves with opium before driving the tiger from its refuge, and one of them having taken too large a dose refused to escape, and challenged the tiger, drawing it defiantly. In a moment the animal sprang upon him. dashed him to the ground_with a_b_low of his_paw,. and turn- ed at bay. After a series of desperate charges he was killed. The hunters then went to the assistance of the wounded man, but found that he was put all aid; the lower part of his face, inelndiog both jaws, having been carried away as i by a csnnon~ball. The terrific effect of the sin le blow indicates the power of the lim which struck it. Had the blow taken eilect a few inches higher the whole of the head would have been carried away. By a similar blown tiger has been known to crush the skull of an ex so completely, that when handled the broken bones felt _ss if they were loose in nbng. The wonder at this terrible strength diminishes when the limb in measured. The tiger which killed the iooLhnrdy man was b no meene elm-go one, meeenrin 9 feet 5 nohee from the nose to the tip oi t e tail; yet the girth of the fore-rm we: ‘2 feet 7 inches. The corree. PLOODSJN MEXICO. Two Tiger Stories. pending limb of a very powerful man scarcely exceed- a foot in circumference. I have not had the opFortunit oi dissecting a tiger, but I have he pad to ieeeot a lion. which in poeeeeeed oi elmilar powers, and was struck with wonder at the tremendone development of the mneelee of the lorlea. ‘ â€"Good Words. W Lord Woolsley on Artillery. A great deal had been said about the moral efi'eot of artillery. It wae very considerable. but he believed the moral effect of artillery was greater than the eetual or pouible efl‘ect. He law a number of drawings and etatietioe before him on the platform, and when he fir-t glanced at them they looked fearful and demo- ralizing. but he oonleseed, when he came closer and looked on_ the other side. his nightmare disappeared. He spoke in the presence of a great company of men who had been subjected to the fire of artil- ery. It was ayery uncomfortable and a very disagreeable feeling to hear these shells com- ing towards them. and to see them drop ing in their midst. But those who talked a at the awful and uncomfortable sensation which came over a man when under artillery fire, he would only ask if they had ever been under a close fire of mushetry, be. cause if they had not, he would tell them it was still more dreadful. If they got over the fearful excitement which the bursting of great shells gave rise to, he thought the sweeping and dead- ly fire of musketry was still more deadful. 0n the subject of the moral efi‘ect of artil- lery while in action, he could not do better than draw their attention to what' took place in the Indian mutiny. Our men were always looking round to hear the guns go ofi‘, for it was that which gave the men oon~ fidence. He had known the enemy fire blank cartrid long before they came into range, with 9 object of inspiring their own men with confidence and to strike terror in- to us. That was a good illustration of how considerable was the moral sheet of artillery in action. There was one point, he was very sorryto say, had not been referred to in the course of t e dis- cussion. He confessed that he was rather astounded at this fact. When he came there he expected to hear a considerable amonntof discussion, or at least a reference not only to machine-guns, but also to quick- firing guns in the future. He could not help thinking that quick-firin guns Would play an important part in t e warfare of the future. With respect to the machine-gun, he had a conversation with Mr Maxim at Hythe, some time ago. He (Lord Wolseley) said to him, “ Can you produce a machine. gun that will pump lead into an enemy at 3,000 yards ‘3“ He said he would do it, and he had since written to say that he had done it. He said, “ I will not only at 3,000 y‘ards, but with great effect at 4,000 yards." he could do that, there was a had look out for artillery, as they could not make use of cover as infantry could. Mrs. Persons, relief. of the anarchist who was executed last autumn in Chicago, is making things lively, as becomes an ortho- dox anarchist. Driving through the streets of the city the other evening, the legends upon the carriage, “Let the voice at the people be heard," and “ My silence is more terrible than speech,” attracted a large crowd. The lady in vigorous accents ad- dressed the police as “ blue-coated murder- ers,” and was finally arrested for breaking the law prohibiting the distribution of hen - bills in the street. Mrs. Parsons had been scattering hand-bills advertising her late husbmd's book on anarchy, thus fulfilling the mission of the true anarchist, which is to agitate for revenue only. The good work of coloniz xtion is still fur- thered in Quebec by the bad [015%er qyatpqt. -__-__ -_ _-w-- 7., V", A recent announcement sets forth that in the colonization lottery a piece of property valued at $5,000. another valued at $2,000, another valued at $1,000, ten lobe valued at $300 each. thirty-five bed-room suites, n hundred watches valued at $50 each, a bun- dred valted at $40 each, and several other prizes, have been drawn. Lotteries and ratllee are illegal because wrong, but when promoted for religious or national objects they are tolerated. It is held that in this form of gambling the end justifies the means. Sea Fisheries of the United Kingdom. A return issued yesterday by the Board of Trade shows that the total quantity of fish returned as landed on all coasts, exclu- sive of shell fish, amounted in 1887 to 6,029,- 000 cwts.. or say 301,000 tons, of the value of:,£3,779,000, which, with the addition of the shell fish, having a value of £324,000 makes a total value of fish landed on the English and Welsh coasts in 1887 of £4,103. 030. The corresponding 0 ures for 1886 wereâ€"quantity of fish land , exclusive of shell fish, 0,412,000 cwte., or 320,000 tons of the value of £3,688,000; the value of the shell fish landed being £269,000â€"making e. total value of fish landed in that year of £3,957,000 ; consequently. although there was a decrease of 383.000 cwta., or 19,000 tons, in the quantity of fish returned as landed, exclusive of shell fish, it a pears that there was an increase in the vs no of r the same of £91,000; the value of the shell 1 fish returnedlas landed having also increas- } ed by £55,000. Dcnthfi GeneFal sir mincan Cameron, "9 C. B. The death of the above gallant general is announced. Sir Duncan was the son of Lientenant~General Sir John Cameron, K. 0.11., and was born in 1808. He entered the army in 1825. He served throughout the Eastern campaign 1854 5, and command- ed the 421 Foot at the battle of Alma, and the Highland Brigade at the battle of Bala- clava, and received the medal wlth three clasps for the scifieof Sebastopol, etc., where he took part in t e assault on the ontworks. For his service during the war he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath and an Officer of the Li 'on of Honor. He was ap inted oolonelo the 42d Foot in 1863. “SO in the same year groceeded to New Zealand in command 0 the forces there with the rank of Lieutenant-General. In 1861 he was made a K. C. B. He was Gov- ernor oi the Royal Military College at Sand. hunt from 1868 to June, 1875. For several {learn he has been colonel of the Gordon ighlanders. Sir Duncan was ap ointed ‘ Major-General in 1858, Lieutenant- eneral \ In 1868, and General in January, 1875. Gambling Above Reproach. Anarcnlsm in Chicago.