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.vv-v- -.. __ I “My name John Natika. I cannot speak, because my tongue was out out in Russia. I lived in the neighborhood of Kiefi, my business being that of a clothier. Last October the peasants became very abusive to us Jews and many were brutally ill-treated. At first they let me alone, but in December a band 0! peasants burned down one of my outhouses. I complained to the pristayi (police captain), but no one was arrested. I accumulated a little money, a fact which the moujks soon learned. On January 3rd I was aroused by a number of them breaking into my room. The dragged me out of bed, and beat and kicked me badly. They wanted to get my money and asked me for it. When I pleaded poverty they took me out into the garden, clad as I was in my night-shirt, and put- ting a rape around my neck hung me up to the limb of a tree. When I was half suf- focated they let me down again and asked me if I would disclose the place where the money was hidden. Again I refused; upon which, without further ado, one of the men forced open my mouth, and while the others held me. out out my tongue with a pair‘ot shears. They all then ran away, while I almost bled to death. 1 subse- quently recovered in the hospital, and fur- niahed the police with the names and description of the assailants. who were, however, released on the trial}: n-_.- -l mnnvvu .â€" -'_‘.,._J oo-religionists on board the steamer Greece last Saturday. The unfortunate man is oompletel dumb. his tongue having been out out a its roots by a. band of drunken marauders. He is a pitiable object to see, esfecially when he attempts to make him- se I understood by dull nasal sounds and gestioulations. Yesterday morning his unfortunate condition was brought to the attention of Captain Heintzman. who requested him to make a written statement of his terrible experience. In accordance with this request. John Natika wrote a story, four foolsoap sheets long, in Russian. {Translated by an oflioial interpreter, the same read in part as follows : 1' _____ L uvwovus, Aulvwvu v_ v..- __-V“. Here Natika’s narrative ends. Some of his companions furnished to 9. Truth re- porter the remainder of the harrowing tale. It seems that according to the Russian criminal code. no person can be convicted of assault unless the complainant testifies to the fact in person and by word of month. In Natika's case there could naturally be no question of verbal testimony. inasmuch as having lost his tongue, the complainant was dumb. This quibble was immediately taken hold of by the lawyer for the plain- tifis. and. to the surprise of everybody, the President of Court ordered the prisonersâ€"- {our in numberâ€"to be discharged. The day after this decision took place another Jew was mutilated in emanner similar to 1 11,11- 3:0, mm -- muuuuuu. Mrs. Langzry has begun to understand something of American advertising. She took a. special train from Edinburgh to London, at a cost of 3500. No better illustration of the ferocity of the Russian mobs in their attacks on harm- less Jewe can he had than the case of John Natika. now at Castle Garden, where he arrivedjn company ‘wgth thirteen of his “A ‘_ n ..... Mme. Ristoria is to give a series of per- formances in English at Drury Lane Theatre. in London, commencing on July 3:6, with " Macbeth.” “VG-"UV- -__ -V ‘figig: in one of the subâ€"dim of Kxefl. III-IO “V Vvuw. any -._-~v The fact that Mary Anderson has set up a yacht sets at rest, for the present season at least. all rumors as to her getting married. Not even the most successful of actresses can support a yacht and a husband at the same time. The Emperor of Austria commissioned Count Beust before his departure from Paris to transmit the Cross of the Order of Francis Joseph to M. Feocre. of the Comedic Fraucaise. in recognition of the services rendered by the actor to the lufferers by the fire at the Ring Theatre. The statement that Mme. Nilsson intends to take up her residency in Paris is incorrect. acoordirg t) the London Truth. v Burgh. Bernhardt says of her husband: He is the first. man who ever made love to me of whom I felt afraid. He can make me do what he like} 1 7A,, ‘ AAAAA L IuVV-lvvvq w-_v___,n V as. after her American tour. she proposes to live permanently in England. somewhere near London. Mme. Nilnson‘s fortune has been considerably diminished by unfortun- ate purchases of houses sud lands in America and by the disastrous Bonn-e speculations of her husband. but she is still inpossession of a. comfortable competence. A .I, A A _I_L.l.: Ul ll Uuluava Ill-vtv vv... r-__ Mr. Edward Booth opened at the Adel hi theatre. London. last night with “Ric e- lieu, " in which he proved a magnificent success. He was well supported by 1%.“. Brooke. Ebden l’lympton. and Bella Pate- man. The misten-sr‘rm‘ was good. There was a fair audience, among whom were many Americans. There was the utmost enthusiasm. and at the finish the whole house gave the veteran actor a perfect ovation . Mr. Black. the novelist. is seeking inspi- rafion by hobnobbing with Arsbi Boy in Euyqt. . -â€" Hshard to catch a. man’s meaning when he carries on a running conversation. A Liverpool shopkeeper advertises that H? blo to sell oheapor than his married WW v 'tors who have to support a wife "wan . , Beeuutul (was no those that Wouâ€" u menar- little it du'k or m:â€" Wholoaouled honoety pdnted there. Beeuulnl you are those um show, Like 0 It panel where hearth-fires 3101!, Been“ ul thought- tbat burn below. Bountiful 11$ are those whose words Leap item e heut like songs oi birds, Yet whose utterance prudence girda. Beautiful hands are those that do Work that in earnest and brave and true, Moment by moment the long day through. Beautiful feet are those that go On kindly ministry to and 1:0, Down iowliest ways it God mile 50. Beautiful shoulders are those that bear Oemless burdens of home! one With patient grace and dai y prayer. Beautiful lives are those that bless- Silent rivers of happiness. Whose hidden fountains but few may guess Beautiful twilight at set of sun, Beautiful goal with race well run, Beautiful rest with work well (lane. Beautiful grave where grasses creep, Where brown leaves fall. where drifts lie deep Over worn-out handsâ€"oh, beautiful sleep! ‘ Benin-l Tm.- Ill- Tonaue Cut Out. Foolugbll. A Scene of Horror, Disaster and Death. THE AIR FILLED WITH CRIBS 0F AGONY. A telegram from Grinnell. Iowa. where many persons were killed, says: The storm was heard approsohing lrom the west with the noise 0! a. dozen thun- dering railroad trains. The lightning was not seen by most of the people. but they bed from three to five minutes’ warning to flee to the oellere. When the terror came it struck the town in strips or (arrows, and it continued blowing not over three minutes when the rain fell in_ torrents.“ The air The track of the tornado in Iowa begins at Jefiereon. 90 miles west of Grinnell, goes eastward a. iew miles south and parallel, keeps that course to Marshall county. where it turns southwest and goes straight to Grinnell. thence to Irow Ridge, 14 miles southeast of Brooklyn; then takes a south- erly turn to Henry county, and thence to Mt. Pleasant, where it stopped. The dis- tance from Jeflerson to Mt. Pleasant is 200 miles. and the velocity of the storm was about 60 miles an hour. vie-va- -â€" -â€"â€"â€" --_V was filled with the shrieks ot the pn- lace crying for help. The er e spout to the north and sligh y over the other was smaller to the south of it. They were travelling about one hundred feet apart. and must have come together at the corner of West and Sixth streets. There was a heavy noise like the firing of distant artillery for a. few minutes, the like of which was never heard here before. All at once the cyclone struck and the water came in columns, accompanied by the most terrific wind. It was continued about three minutes, possi- bly, and then all was over in the streets. The water was a (cot deep. ’lhose were terrible moments. In less than five minutes the lovely city was thrown from sane and prosperity into chaos. Thirty- our persons had been killed outright. more than a hundred wounded and over eighty houses demolished. â€" It is estimated that the fatal cyclone in the West has left 1,600 persons homeless. Aidappeal to the public for aid has been 111 e. 7 , Later reports from Story County tell of further destruction. Mr. Clark and daughter were injured at Garden City; Mr. Turner’s house and ham destroyed and a horse carried a. mile and dashed to pie_o_ee. . . . .u . - ,l__AL_:‘ The south branch of the tornado started at Garden Prairie, Boone County. at 7.30, was south of Amen at 7.45, at Grinnell at 8.45, at Malcolm at 9.15 and Mount Pleasant at 11. Many describe the storm cloud as like a long rope swinging back. ward and forward and reaching from sky to earth. They say there was a light frost on Sunday night all around the edge of the tornado. Yesterday the Fruit Dryers’ Association met at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and there was a very good attendance of members. Mr. J. H. Porter, of Hagsrswlle, occupied the chair. After the reading of the min- utes,the committee appointed to procure a trade mark for the association reported that arrangements had been made with a To- ronto lithographing firm to print a label for the use of the association, which labels are to be placed upon all boxes and packages used by the members. They will be ready for fall use. The report was adopted. Progress was reported by the committee appointed to interview the Ontario Government with a view of obtaining a grant to assist the drying industry, and will visit Toronto next week. They will ask the Government to appoint an inspector of evaporated fruits for Ontario. The standard of eligibility of members received consideration, and it was decided that a member of the associa- tion must be the owner and operator of a genuine evaporator. run upon the principle of the circulation of hot air, and having a capacity of not less than fifty bushels of fruit in twenty-four hours. Such an eva rator must be capable of drying fruit wi in three hours. After routine business the association adjourned until February, when it will meet in Hamilton. James Riordan. a brother of John Rior- den. of theMail, died at St.Louieon Satur- day. His remains will be brought to Toronto for interment. A. Freeman. formerly of Peterboro’, is the new bmdmaster of the 45th Battalion, Bolleville. . Sunday was the fiftieth anniversary of the holding of an E isoopal church service in Guelph. It was eld in a small school room by Mr. Palmer, who had a little be- fore arrived in Canada. and a piano was furnished by a lady for the musical part of the services. Permission will shortly be granted to volunteer officers to wear gold lace. By the new territorial scheme this right has been conceded to the oflieere of inilitie. _ J udgo J. H. Barry. the Democratic oan- didate for Governor of Arkansas, is a one- legged tax-Confederate. ‘ilv‘he King of Siam buys his household furniture by the ton at the rate of over a thousand dollars a ton. A 13-year-old girl living on Bayou Terre- bonne. eighteen miles from Houma. Le.. has growing upon her {moonlight brown beard two inches long and very heavy, except upon the upper lip. Louis Goudefroy Jodin. the landscape painter, is dead. Hanover Oollego. of Indiana, has con- ferrod the title of LL.D. on Miss Margaret Mitchell, instructor in astronomy at Vassar. When an English visitor to Rome asked Garibaldi what religion be rofessed. the General replied : ” The re igiou of hu. msnityâ€"the religion Christ taught by me oept and example." Charles flame, of Kentucky, has two daughters and a son. all born the sumo day, who are now 13 years old. and stout and healthy. The boy has red hair. one of the his light brown hair and the other jot glack. All have blue eyes. I"I‘he Duke of Westminster. richest of land‘s nobles. is shortly to be married to Duane sister of \lr. Cavendish. who married the Duke 9 daughter some (our and a. hell years ago. By f.the Duke s new marriage he will thus be brother m- lew to his own deug liter. and son in- law and uncle to his little rendson. The Duke is .16 earn old and has Cavendish is es young I y. THE TERRIBLE TORNADO. The Fruit Dryers. Coma-Ital Benn. 0! Another ambit-k In Britain. A London cablsgram says : The English Government and press are evidently on the eve of one of their chronic panics about Fenianism. False alarms are the order of the day. Extraordinary pre- cautions have been adopted at the arsenals and forts against imaginary attacks. Whether this is due to a real conviction of danger or merely to a political dodge it is impossible to say. Among the Irish mem. here the rumors of an intended rising in Ireland are regarded as utterly unfounded. The Government. however, seems con- vinced that preparations for armed resist- ance are actually in progress. Mr. G. 0. Trevelyan in the House of Commons yes- terday stated in a most solemn and mys- terious manner that every day brought forward fresh reasons to regard the present position of the country, not with fear. but with the deepest and increasing anxiety. This is accepted by the members as a con- firmation of the alarming rumors which have been circulated for some days past by the London press. It is. however, quite possible that Mr. Trevelyan is merely retail- ing the sensational statements furnished him by the Dublin Castle authorities, with aview to alarming English opinion and preventing concessions on the Crime Pre- vention Bill. An immense fruit crop is promised in the Maryland and Delaware Peninsula. which will compensate, in part, for the partial shortage. consequent upon cold weather in the early part of the season at the West. A Wilmington despatoh says the peach yield this season. from present appearances, Will be “ phenomenal. ” I. N. Mills, Superin- tendent of the Delaware Division of the Philadelphia. Wilmington d: Baltimore Railroad, who is said to know more about the outlook than anyone else. because he haste transport the fruit to market, says that, from the way things look now, the crop may exceed the superabundant one of 1875, when in the height of the season there was a constant glut, and thousands of baskets of peaches rot ed under the trees. In that year the rail ad and steamboat lines were unable to carry the peaches to market, and the growers were almost as badly off as when then: is only a very slight crop. This year, however. not so much trouble of this ki: 11 will be exper- ienced, as there are numerous canning factories now in operation. which will prob-‘ ably be able to use up all the peaches that cannot be taken to market in their fresh state. Mr. Gordon, of the Dominion Lands Department at. Ottawa,hus been appointed laud agent» for the Qu'Appella district,with headquarteis at Fort Qu’Appelle. His jurisdiction for the present will extend to lands west. of the second meridian. Mr. Fred. McKenzie has entered an action to recover $20,000, the amount of insurance policies in the Commercial Union and London Lsnosshire Companies on the Knappen House, recently destroyed by fire. He has also entered an action as trustee of Mr. Knappen, the lessee ,of the house, to recover the amount of insurance on the furniture against the Citizens‘, City of London and Sovereign insurance com- panies, and has had a. writ of attachment issued against all moneys now in the hands of the agents here. The cause of the refusal to pay is the use of gasoline for lighting the hotel. A desputch from \Viuuipeg, dated. last (Monday) night, says: Another new regis- tration district, to be called Shoal Luke, has been organized. with headquarters at. Birtle and with Major Boulton us Regis- trar. This is detached from the Minue- dosu. district, where Captain Briaboia is Registrar. The way they spend Sunday in Tomb- Itonc. Arizona, isindioated by an announce- ment in the leading paper of that place. to the cfiect that “ On account of the fire there will be no big pool at the keno game Sunday night. but Ike has received a fine lot of jewellery. and will give away with his pool at 9 o'clock a fine genta’ vest chain. value 810; and at 10 o’clock a lady’s neck chain. value 310. free to all players at that time.” ONE To THE 110mm Damnâ€"Carry (to Gypsyâ€""But you said you would show us our husband‘s faces in the water for a shilling. and we on] see our own.” Gypsy -â€"“ And won‘t they your husband‘s faces :;‘V}V\â€"u(a QBB'Q‘.‘ i115): Ea vour husband’s when you get married ?”-â€"Punch. Can any reasonable objection be advanced to the employment of women as pianoiorte tuners, asks a writer in Social Notes. who goes on to say: " The true ear for har- mony is the test requirement, and as many women as men possess that. The occupa- tion is not fatiguing. and it is one that, like the cleaning. re airing and regulating of clocks and wate es, might be secured to numbers of properly taught and qualified women. it the ladies who are interested in extending the area of employment for their own sex would combine to commence the movement in favor of it." Mr. Moody tells of a blind beggar sitting by the sidewalk on a dark night with a bright lantern by his side; whereat a passer-by was so puzzled that he had to turn back with, " What in the world do you keep a lantern burning for? You can‘t see I" “ So’t folks won’t stumble ov'ler me," was the reply. We should keep our lights buruin for others’ sake, as well as for the goo of being “ in the light ” ourselves. A lot of farmer‘s who had been listening to a. railroad land agent’s praise of Arkan- sas Valley soil. at last asked him, sarcasti- cally, if there was anything that wouldn't grow there. “ Yes," said the agent,quiekly. ” pumpkinswon’t." ” Why not ‘2" “ The soil is so rich and the vines grow so fast that they weer out the pumpkins dragging them over the ground." Mr. Isaac Holden, who at the age of 75 ie a member of the British House of Com~ menu. is an example of hyeioal and mental vigor continued to 0] age. Since he has been 70 he has built himself a palace which cost £100,000. He gave a feast to his family on one of his recent birthdays, and when they came to the table hie daugh- ters found in each of theirnapkineacheque for £50,000. Latest 1mm “'inuipcg- The Peach Crop. FINIANIQUL The Last Days of the Jeannette . Explorers. A Washington telegram says: Captain Delong’a note-book. forwarded here by Lieutenant Melville. contains a record of terrible suffering. The party lived on small allowances of dog meat. tea. alcohol and ptarmigan soup, suffered greatly {rem cold. and made very slow rogress. The concluding entries are as fol owe: “Monday. Oct. 10.â€"The last half-ounce 0! alcohol at 5.80. At 6.30 sent_Alexy to look for ptarmigan. Ate deerskm scraps. Yesterday morning ate my deerskin toot tips. Under way at 8 a. m. In crossing a creek three get wet; built a lire and dried out; ahead again till 11. Used us). Built a fire and made a drink out of tea caves and from the alcohol bottle. On again atnoon; very hard gonng. Ptarmigan tracks plenti- ful. At 3 halted. used up; crawled into a hole in the bank. Alexy in quest of ame. Nothing for an per except a spoon ul of glycerine. Allianda weak and feeble. but cheerful. God help us._ mvuv u vv‘u __ w-â€" “ Wednesdayâ€"For breakfast the last spoonful of glycerine and hot water; for dinner, a couple of handfuls of Arctic wil- low in hot water and drank the infusion. Everybody getting weaker and weaker; hardly able to get firewood. “ Thursdayâ€"Southwest gale, with snow. Willow tea. No news from Ninderman. We are in the hands of God, and unless He relents we are lost. We cannot move against the wind. and staying here means starvation. This afternoon _weut ahead for '"JELEEda‘iL'sBHst gale with snow. Unable to move. No game ; one spoonful of glycerine and hot water for food. No more wood in our vioinity._ _ a mile after crossing another river or u. bend of the Big River. Missed Lee; went down in a hole in the bank and camped ; sent back for Lee ; he had lain down and was waiting to die. All united in saying the Lord‘s prayer and creed. After supper a. strong gale -, a. horrible night. “ Saturday, October 15.â€"â€"Bren.kfnst, willow tea and two old boots. Conolnde to move at sunrise. Alexy breaks down. also Lee. Come to an empty grain raft. Halt and camp. Signs of smoke at tw1light to the southward. u, viv~ -.v..__ V " Sunday.â€" Everybody pretty weak. Slept or rested today, and then managed to get enough wood in before dark. Read part. of Dwine service. Suffering in our feet ; no foot gear. “ Mondayâ€"Hard night. “ Thursday, 27th, 137th day.-â€"Ivereen broken down. “ Eriday.â€"-Ivereon died during the early morning. " Saturday. 29th.â€"Dreasler died during the night. " Sundayâ€"Boyd and Gartz died during theinight Lpplline dying. . n .\ , “,1_.__ â€"_“â€"Tâ€"hxâ€"1;édz;§:â€"‘I§right and Bunny,but very cold. Lee and Knack donefiup: "Saturday .â€"Too weak to deny the bodies of Lee and Knack out on the ice. The doctor. Collins, and myself carried them around the corner out. of eight, then my eyesplosedllp. - ~ ‘A , _~_'_ “ Tuédayrâ€"Calm and mild; snow fall- ing. Buried Alexy in the afternoon. Laid him on the ice and covered him with slabs of ice. ni ghh botWeeu the doctor and myselr. Lee died about noon. Read the prayers for the sick when we found ha was going. “ Mon day. â€"-Alexy 6 ing. The doctor bap tiaed him. Read prayers for the sick. Collius’ bu-tbda 1,40 yearq old. About sun- set Alexy died of exhaustion frpm starva- tion. Covered him with an ensign and laid him 111 a. crib. " Wedueaday.â€"Cuttiug up the tent to make foot gear. The doctor went ahead to find a. new camp_; gh‘ifted py dark.‘ Normâ€"This is th'a end of the Delong diam y. Capt. Delong, Surgeon Ambler and All-Sam, the cook. must have died soon after the last note was written. “ “Sunday. ~Alexy broke down. Divine service. It is not generally known. even abroad. that the Countess of Charlemont, just deceased, who was a daughter of Sir William b‘omerville, for many years Chief Secretary for Ireland and afterward created Lord Athldmney, was a convert to Judaism. Judaism has taken hold of many minds in England of late years. Lord Amberley. Earl Russell’s eldest son, came tothe conclusion before his death, and published it, that the New Testament was entirely apocryphal. Again, we find George Eliot making the exaltation of the Jewish race the key-note of her last great work of fiction. Lady Charlemont was quite consistent in her adherence to her adopted creed. She went to the Days- water Synagogue while she was in London. In Belfast she attended the Belfast Syna- gogue. Her charities were Jewish. and her spiritual adviser was Chief Rabbi Addler. She is mourned by the whole Jewish community. The matrimonial aspirations of Lee Hale and Katie Morgan were opposed by her parents at Chattanooga. Tenn. She was kept so close a prisoner that all plans of elopement failed. as she was not allowed to go beyond the verandah of the house. At length Hale made up a party of friends, in- cluding a minister. and approached the house near enough to signal Katie to cbme out. The obliging clergyman had shortened the marriage ceremony for this occasion to a few wor s, and it was supposed that these could be Spoken before any interrup- tion occurred. The girl was caught on the verandah by a big brother. and in escaping from him fell down the steps. bruising her- self considerably ; but the ceremony was successfully performed, amid the cheers of a multitude. President Robinson. of Brown Univer- sity. took the ground in his baccalaureate sermon that belief in Christ wasapracti- cal help to worldly success. “ There have been eminent men." he said. "of high character and of brilliant parts, who have not avowed themselves to be practical believers in Jesus. But their eminence. and learning. and character, and brilliano have not been because of their unbelie . Neither is there any evidence that belief might not have added to the grounds of their distinction." THE STORY OF SUFFERING MD DEATH. A SADDENINO RECORD. Important Alum» running 'l'rlul or c... uplruloru. A St. l’eteruburg dwspuwh dated yen“ day (Mpuduy) says : , n9,.<. In; important uric-:4 was effected on‘ Thursday night, in 2‘. wood whwh 9% from the Finland littilr0ild to the rig bank of the New, ul‘t‘xvhilv the Island of Cronstsdt. which ra- Lilnlxlll from that bank ten miles. starting, ln-m u. point named Linings 0:- Cup at w it: rmnle. This side of the Neva, like many points in the environs of Cronstadt, is defended by lines of sleep iug torpedoes. which by u. simple electric current can be instantly rendered murder- one. The Nihilists desired to get 003303. sion of these torpedoes. which would enable them to arrange Hllbllittrlno mines in places of their choir-c, as they ' have already done on the ctreete or on rail- ways. This point of Li‘muncn was admirably chosen, being close to the land at a place where ships cannot plum on Account of the shallowness of the \Vl'elLL‘I'. T‘Iese designs Were discovered from papers found in the house of a Nihilist, “’Exvl'c the police arrested ayoung man about 26 years of age, tall, thin, and dark coniplcxioned. In view of the probable trips of the court by sea or river, the police ind received orders to survey the neighborhood of the coast. It was known that another mun had hired a country house, and was living there alone. He was watched at the time when the last Nihilist arrests became known, and he was obwrved to be making preparations for departure. The commissary of police determined to examine him, but on presenting himself at the house the man escaped into the wood, which was immediately surrounded by the police. A search was on; tnizml, and owing to the clearness of the night at this period of the year the ingiti-v \\ m4 observed in a tree, from the top of ". hich be tired several shots from his revolver :2: thow approach- ing him. Several of. the boldest of the police got to the foot of the tree, and began to saw it, defended ugyxinet the balls by the branches. The tree at izzht fell and the man surrendered. Among; the bombs iound in his possession \vere several of a new form, quite flat. with luups attached, permitting them by 12;: concealed under the clothing or in the hat. _ The role played by ’22:} major of hussars among the Nihilist conspirators was that of a. simple afliliu, no more hex-ions than that lately played by lieutenant Luatlg, who gave a. lodging 1:; Lieuu-nant Souha- notf and his accomplic; 3. The major was bought over by the Niizalirh. Hereceived in all 1,600 roubles. flip.) Myerzt singer who was arrested is nuuwi listiixinkuja. The name of the naval olllrc“ i»; Boutohewitoh; he is adjoin! to an en; ice-:- of naval con- struction at Nikolai: . 'l‘hcuo captures are of the highest; iirpm‘imzce. At the timeof his (all Gene) 2:! 3-,; :uiefl' had under surveillance all the [-t‘ffv-im who have been arrested. They belongc .“t m 0L u urdiuaryoate~ gory of gens dc classes. a: .i were notoriously in relation with the Arm. They will he included in one great. ,i'iul, wnerem will also appear those whom Hruexul Iguatiefi canned to he arresud 1:1: ‘3ch trullOllB of the condemned prisoners Ir: 21+ Soukanofi trial. Among them will be the tummy Stephano- vitoh, propagator of the cldudfiatlne writ- ings of the Nihilist journals. The trial willtako Place an spoil w pmsible. More Ministerial changes are talked of. No one seems to want to assume office. A: to Count Tolstoi's circular about the Jews, it is simply a. continuation: of thestalus quo. The law; against them having been neither modified nor abolished, i'm 5' WI” gain noth- ing by the change in the Ministry. A St. Paul (Minn) telegram says: Re- ports from the wheat fields of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakota and Northern Iowa show the recent heavy rains instead of being injurious were beneficial to the crops. The cool weather of the last three days has done much to save the wheat, and a week more of good weather will place the crops in an advanced stage of progress. The acreage has increased enormously in Dakota this year, probably 75 per cent. As an illustration of what is expected by the farmers of Dakota, it is estimated Pembina county. in the northeastern corner of the territory, will produce 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. The corn, which was not in ood condition, had received a stimulus gram the hot weather which prevailed before the recent storm, but is now wet, and needsa continuance of sunshine, of which at present there is little prospect. It is too early, however, to predict the prabablegutcome of the corn crop. - From Chicago we have thus 'despetch : Despstohes generally reported a. fine out- look for corn in the com sections. In this vicinity early planted corn stands eight or ten inches high, and has been cultivated two or three times. In Southern Illinois some fields have been flooded, and will not reduce much of a. crop. 0n the Indians. gottems much has been replanted. and some totally ruined, but on the uplands it is in fine condition. The beautiful Mrs. Lsngtry. who has been drawin very large houses on the other side, especia ly in Scotland, seems, like the late John Brougham, to be as attractive as a. speaker before the curtain as in” the cape- city of a. star. Mrs. Stirling, another cele- brated English actress. is an admirable speaker, and old Mrs. Keeley is one of the happiest Wedding breakfast craters in Eng- land. In America, since Laura Keene. and. more recently. Charlotte Cushmsn, we have had no good actress orators. Miss Clara Louise Kellog is, perhaps. now the best. 0f male actors the only good sneaker since Brougham‘s death is Dion Bonciesult. The annual sun dance of the I’onoa Indians is described an having a consider- abiy civilized an met this year. There were blankets inatcmi of buffalo robes. paints from a drug store instead of dyes from herbs. ropes instead of rawhide strips, and glass beads in place of wampum. The savage character of the ceremony contin- ued. however. unchanged. the principal rite consisting of lacorating the flesh in various ways. An old peasant on the southnhore of Long Island was telling his visitor how pleasant it was. " But." asked the friend, slapping his face with his handkerchief, H don't you have a great many mosquitoes and sendfiiee?" "Ya-as.” said the men, "but then we sorter like them.” “How can that be?" " We-al. you eeo, we feel so kinder good when they go away." Crop: In "I" Nonlnw‘nl. 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