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THE WEEK'S NEWS wMr. Robert Duncan, afwoll known Ham- ilton bookseller and stationer, is dead, aged CA‘JIADA. Capt. John Msckay, one of the oldest res- idents of Hamilton is dead. St. Catharines expects a. boom in building find other trades when spring opens. Ihi‘pgt‘i' {356331511 to 7 time United States. Mr. John J. Macdonald, the well known contractor, died in Mon steal the other morn- Thomas Kenny, a. convict from Guelph. suicidal in Kingston penitentiary by cut- ting his throw. .-. . . ___ 'fho Quebec Government bill to put. an end to the system of pensioning public afic- era has passed its final reading. 'Judgl has quashed the injunc- tion by which fie mayor and alderman of Monti-09 were prevented from taking their seats. Mrs. Mary Boyer, aged 91, slipped on an icy Walk in St. uatharines a. few days ago and sustained injuries which caused death. Eat-Mayor Clarke was recently presented with the chair in which for four years he sat as mayor of the city of Toronto. Three car load: of turnips pet finned from Guelnh to the U!) Mr. Tau-1e, the member for L'lsleb, noon: his seat. in the Dominion Home of Commons Tuesday. As the close of the present session of the Quebec Legislature, Lieutenant Governor Chapleau and Madame Chaplean will leave Smacerwood for a tour through Europe, which 'v'fi'll occupy several months. ancerwuw uu. a w... --.--_,, 7 _ which 'v'fi'll occu several months. “W 1’" """"" . py locomotwe works at Dunerk, N. Y., has The city 0f Montreal has at present tVY°I been declared 03', and the strikers are up- mayors. ML Desjurdins has been sworem plying for their old positions. As fast as to fill the office, b“ M15 McShane denies places can be made for them they will be that there is avacancy. taken “Wk- , . . _ e . .- , 1n :......mun1iu gtnies that As cial of the Canada Gazette just issue contains an order in Council abolishing the alleged discrimination in canal sous against the United btates. .___ «v . 3L v"... -- -_ ‘ Principal Dawson, of McGill University, isab present in St. Augustine, Fla, and news has been received that his health is improving. ”Pm”, W. G. Reid of Montreal, has been award- ed the contract for the construction of an iron span bridge over Red rivet between Winnipeg and St. Boniface. -‘ ‘ll’-_a._....1 vv Aunnrva wâ€"_ 7‘ n The Managing Board of the Montreal ‘ Protestant Home of Industry have decided to establish a. Home for Incumblee on the Molson farm at Longue Pointe. Live stock exporters in Montreal have re“- ceived definite word from Washington that Canadian cattle will not be permitted to through the United States for export to Great Britain. The thirty,s_econgi annual convention of : A -:-.. «All I“. vv u.vâ€"v ___ The thirty.second annual convention of the Ontario Educstional Association will be held in the Educational Department build- ings, Toronto, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 4, 5 and 6. - A. “- ‘,_1g“_ tuVIla -v-~ v Mrs. H. T. Stevens, who is charged with msnslaughter in having caused the death of her adopted daughter, Mabel, at Mono- ton, N. B.. has been commuted for trial. She will be released on three thousand dol- IN 9 "-W A Mrs. Pilkington, of LOndon, England, has sent. a letter to the Mayor claiming the right to collect ground rent: for the whole City of Toronto, basin her claim on an alleged grant of the Ian on which the city isbnilc by King George III. to her grand- father. burn“ The auditor: appointed by the County Council of Dufi'erin, 01:17., to make an ex- amination of the books of the lace treasurer, Mr. A. T. Bonn. who was found dead in a hotel M. Baguio rocently, have reported that. no errors were found. n.‘ 8V vlhvuâ€" v. v" In response to the representations of the 1 Montreal Board of Trade the Provincial Treasurer of Quebec states that the Govern- ment can make no alteration in the new tax law until it is seen how it works, and re- 1 ports are received which will show what changes may be necessary. At the annual meeting of the Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association, it was resolved to ask for at Dominion Govern- ment grant of $10,000, as it is intended to make the show of 1893 specially attractive, in the anticipation that many visitors to Chicago will also visit Toronto. John F. Moan-thy, M. P. for mmme Tipperary, is dead. The death is announced to-day of Mr. Louis John Jennings, Conservative member of the House of Commons for Stockpott, mb.â€"â€" w Dr. Kempster, a special health officer of ' the United States, who has been making a tour of inspection through Russia. and Ger- ‘ many, told a. newspaper representative in Beriin on Saturday that the present year will witness a. fierce outbreak of cholera. all over the Continent. - Mr. Gladstone is opposed to any meas- ure restricting the immigration of desti- tute aliens. He nrgues that Great Britain exported more working people than it imported, and that any restriction would afiord other nations an excuse to st0p the anti-once of British emigrants to their ‘ Dominion. The Allen steamer Pomeranian, from Glasgow, January 27, via. Moville, for New York, has returned to Greenock. While - lain: mils: westward she 1111183 "WW-Lu ~_-‘ encountered a. hurricane, and a mountain‘ one wave Fwept. her deck, fatally injuring the captain and carrying out. to sea the first. and second motes, two stewards, two quar- ten masters, and five passengers. A deputation of eighty representatives of Scotch public bodies waited upon the presi- _ _ “ ”LL 0..-..A A: Agriculture and Scotch pubuc Dome: m...“ .r._ dent of the British Board of Agricultufe and urged a. removal of the embargo on live Gan- adian cattle. The reply was that a decision -’ herds and as to the intentions of the Do- iminion Government regarding the impel-ta- tion of cattle from the United States. UNITED STATES. The drain of gold from the United States for Eumpe is causing some agitation among the New York bankers. ‘ Thewvetdne steamer Tanric, from Live:- member for L’Islet, took minion Home of Commons GREAT BRITAIN. yr week are '. for middle pool, arrived in New York on Saturday evening. The delay was caused by heavy gales. David Richardson, of Alton, 11]., has just died, making30 persons who lost their lives in the terrible railway calamity at. Warm, 11L, ashort time ago. A 4" George Silivey, Spokane, Wash. , assistant postmaster at killed himself the other day by sending a. bullet through his brain. He was short. in h is accounts $7,100. The will of the late James G. been entered for probate. It we in \Vashington on J anuary 7 last tically leaves everything to Mrs By the fall of an immense in the marble quarry at ‘ Vb” cn Saturday, seven me 1y killed and several other jured. Jubw. Beer will be sold in every building on the World’s Fair grounds at Chicago, and it is exgocted 50,009 barrels, or $50,000 watth, wi» be consumed. There wiil be 87 booths. Cold and snows still continue in Montana“ with the temperature ranging from zero to ‘20 degrees below. Reports from the cattle growing sections {fidicabe that stock has suffered severely. years ago. Kate Horlacker, a girl of sixteen, is in prison in Philadelphia charged with at- tempting to poison her uncle and his family that she might enjoy greater_liberty and William Warren, om clowns in the world, famous Worrell sisters A despatoh f1 om Minneapolis snares unw a. flour trust has been formed,and that most of the spring wheat miners in Buffalo, Chi- cago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and tributamy points have joined the organi- zation. A new list of prices is to be made after the next harvest. The United itates Government has noti- fied Minister Stevenq that his action in es- tablishing a. protectorate over Hawaii is approved. A spectal to the Mail says that { it is no longer matter of doubt. dust a. tmtty [of annexation has been concluded betweon I the United Stotes and Hawaii. The United States Secretary of State, The order was then complying with the request of the Secretary As this was obeyed 5h oi the Treasury, has instructed United The schooner immed: States consuls in Canada that cars entering bringing all her Weig the United States from Canada under the cable. ' The latter, un consular seal system must be sealed by the strain, parted. and t1“ consuls themselves or by some official of the 1y to the mercy of win consulate, and not by unofficial persons. Nothing less than a It was impossible to s GEB’ERAL. . . drivmg onto a sand Twenty-two houses have been burned at rocks The suspenr H tin a near Na ier New 7ealand ‘ ' 9'5 g , P , 4 ' mendous sea came The cofi'ee and cocoa crops in Ecuador Striking us with terr high on its crest and l have failed, and a famine is threatened. _ There is great misery in Queensland, ward the breakers “1‘ owing to the floods. The damage is eati- crashonto “5° sand) mated at $15,000,( 00. sag: azimuths? cw . W). i e 1 com: Bush fireaare doing great damage in many disappearedltogether ,parts of Victoria, Australia. Crops and Wave after wave w homesteads have been destroyed. succession. The ma The Anchor line steamship Trinacria has 'the noise made by it ' been wrecked at the same spot on the Spam by the gale was deafe ish coast where the British cruiser Serpent was to hold on for dc ly seven of those on board At last one see. he. lifted the ship _ bodil; i _ ’ 3 1 Ferdinand and Charles de Lesseps were down With 9' 819-1“ 3 The bottom was stoi ‘ 5. sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, an . ~ . V 2 Marius Fontaine, M. Gotta, and M. Eiffel L “n, ‘ ‘0 till Wlflh ‘39 ‘ to two years’ each, for swindling and breach he ”PM“ orde of trust in connection with the Panama lowered. Then W shouted, for the res Y i frauds. . _ a. terrible, that he Wit 2 ' were rescued. The favorite recreation of Pope’s leisure hours was the society of painters. Nothing was more agreeable to the poet than to ! spend an occasional evening with his friend iKneller, who, to use the words of Thack- ' eray, “bragged more,spelt worsemnd paint- ed better than any artist of his day.” W arbntton tells an amusing anecdote of the two friends. Mr. Pope was with Sir God- ‘ frey Kneller one day when his nephew, a.‘ Guinea. trader, came in. “ Nephew,” said Sir Godfrey, “ you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world.” “ I don’t know how great you may be,” said , the Guinea. man, “but 1 don’t like your looks. I have often bought a. man much ' better than both of you together,all muscles _ and bones, for_ ten guinees.” A 4â€"--â€"~- LL... w-__r_‘,, ' fter landing nunseu e orts from Honolulu say the set out gm shore and a. . naggingvrogr the restitution of the Queen, he would send the boat back for m. others. and than: among the foreign element a re- We had no other alternative: we were action has set in against annexation to the compelled to subzmt. ' . i ' . hree of the men . ' the eneral feeling hemg In The captaln' mate. and t . i 333:: Egalesl’imiteél monarchy under an sprang ("gr 1739 :fe'l 22322231533333 ' . s e 1 . . American Pmt'ecmrate' fgifii grightful sea. it seemed doubtful 1f ..â€"1â€"~»~â€"~._W . each the shore. n-__....a|.unc nl’flront Men. t’hgy CQUld F”, L__.__-. T 1-H"! mainlina the the Games. man, -~ Uuu . m... . ..-- J-" “Wu” "V _7 looks. I have often bought a. man much Every one for himself better than both of you together,a.ll muscles throughout the ship. H ”1‘1 bones, for ten fining-n we were I could not tell Sir Joshua. Reynolds used to amuse him. our chances. Although self in his last daysfin his house in Leicester knew that in such a. - Square with a. little tame bird. which, like should be powerleee. ’1‘] the favorite spider of the prisoner in the but the one thing to do. Bastille, often served to while away alonely Raising my hunds, be hour. But this proved a fleeting pleasure, ing them firmly togeth for one summer morning, the window of the breath, then sprang fr ‘ chamber being left open, the little favorite rail down into the water ‘took flight, and was irrecoverebly lost, rose to the surface I trig although its master wandered for hours in impossible as I had. fore the square and neighborhood in the fruit- clmd in the grasp of a n less endeavor to regain it. tossed me up like a. pla; _.- m. J Mum not tell boilermakers' {trike}. in the Brooks ‘7 Fr 1.... A Horse‘s Exprcsaion of Grier. 1 A horse not only sheds tears under they emotion of grief, but in moments of sadder or intolerable anguish utters a most mel- ancholy cry. In one of Cooper’s Indian novels dramatic use is made of the serum of a. wounded horse, and Lord Erskine, in a speech made in the House of Lords upon the ; bill for enforcing humanity towards animals, \,,L1A A“... An nun wit. mu 101' cuivsumb ..__--,_, , noticed this remarkable fact. An eye wit- ness relates the following: “ 0n the ad- vance to the heightsof Alma, a battery of artillery became exposedto the fire of a. con-' cealed Russian battery, and in the course of a few minutes it was nearly destroyed, men end horses killed and wounded, guns dis- mounted end limbers broken. On passing this wreck shortly afterwards I observed a. single horse still attached and unhnrt. By its side on the ground lay its late master, quite dead. The poor brute had turned? round as far as possible towards him, with its head to the ground smelling the body, and there were copious tears flowing from its eyes. . It looked so like a. human being -. J--L_..â€"_ ekge. T nnnld not. forget the ‘11“ vâ€"v- ~ ‘ . It looked so likea. human 0 its eyes . in dire distress that, I could not; forget “(1 expression for several days." ‘he late James G. Blaine has 7 tr probate. It was executed on J anuary 7 last, and prac- verythiug to Mrs. Blaine. i an immense block of stone quarry at West Rutland, Lay, seven men were mstant~ several others seriously in- Recreations of Great Men. tell, one of the oldest circus world, and father of the sisters. is dying at Orange, born in England seventy Minneapplis {states that of Grief. By Capt. Chas. W. Kennedy. On a bright August day in 1844 the schooner Margaret,William Thomas,master, laden with a. cargo of merchandise from Holland, was proceeding slowly 11 British Channel toward her home port, Bristol. She was a. small trading vessel, 120 tons “Mam“. nnrl'van a. crew of four men, with Dl lawn She was a. small trading vessel, 120 tons ! register, cerrysng a. crew of four men, with the captain mate, cook, carpenter, and two boys, one of whom was myself. Six months before, 1, a. youngster of fif- teen, had left my home at St. Helena and was now serving my first term of appren- ticeship with Captain Thomas. to whom I had been bound for four years. An flan an the weather had. been glori- vvâ€"- god b73211 bound {or four years. All mt day the weather had been glori- ous. Toward sunset the clouds began to gather in heavy mum to the southeast, ‘ and a. little later a heavy brew sprang up from that direction. As darkness cums on, the wind increased, blowing a. strong gale, ‘ and it blew all night. As morning dawned a. dense fog settled down over the vessel and completely ob- scured everything. Soundings were taken but the captain seemed to get no knowledge of our whereabouts. ' -‘ , L41 -Lnnnntq 01 0111‘ W In: L‘cauu u w. \Vhen dayhght came the sea had changed color. This proved us in shallow water, The lead was hove. The soundings were only twelve tathoms. ‘ “ Wear ship!” shouted Captain Thomas in a. thundering tone. The vessel was then under such small sail that. she had not; way enough to stay her. ;As she answered her helm and paid off ' bringing the wind aft, high land was seen ascern. I -.-. c A; LL- __._-n MY FIRST SHIPWBEGK. “OWL no Suddenly the fog lifted. At the same instant; the wind changed to the southwest, blowing harder. :A cloud of canvas flew into the air. Looking up 1 saw it was the jib. The vessel 1031'. what little headway she had and drifted heavily to leeward. ‘ 1,“: .‘IA uuu Ulllwu "w..- -- _~ J _ , As the fog cleared toward the land we looked eagerly in that direction and to our dismay and horror we saw heavy breakers beaming so close on us that there was no room in which wear the ship round. , LA ‘1‘,“- room In wuwu "vs“ u." '“’r _ The ceptsin at once gave orders to clear . “my the anchors. The mate went forward with an axe and out the lashing: of the one on the port side. As soon as the cable had been out the starboard anchor was out adrift and thirty fathoms of cable run out. The order was then given to “hold on.” As this was obeyed the port cable broke. ‘ The schooner immediately swung around bringirig all her weight on the starboard cable. The latter, unable to withstand the strain, parted, and then we were left entire- ly to the mercy of wind and see. Nothing less than a miracle could save us. ‘ It was impossible to see whether we were driving onto a. sandy beach or onto the rocks. The suspense was short. A tre- mendous sea. came rolling towards us. Striking us with terrific force, it lifted no high on its crest and carried us forward to- ward the breakers and then drove us with a -..,1 -e +1“. Experience of an Old Steamship Commander. disappeared together into the sea. Wave after wave washed over us in quick succession. The mainmast was split. and fthe noise made by it as it was beaten about by the gale was deafening. All we could do was to hold on foxj deaf life. .v 4.. ~11 ‘1... n1nnru waru uuc Ulvwowuu w...â€" -_-, crash onco the sandy bottom, and at the same instant down came the foremast,taking with it the jibboqm and bowsprit, and all AL _ ____ U‘y vuv 5"" . n, . H. was to hold on 101' deer hfe. At last one see. he .vier than all the others lifted the ship bodily and then dashed her down with a. giant’s strength onto the sand. The bottom was stove in and she began rap- ‘ idl to fill with Water. ' ‘he captain ordered our own life-boat lowered. Then turning to the crew he shouted, for the roaring of the wind was terrible, than: he with four of the men would set out for shore and after landing himself he would send the boat back for the others. We had no oeher alternative : we were fiumb with terror whole proceedings. 1 the sad and by the Si hands and arms save carried overboard, as over 113. over us. I strained my eyes now until it seemed as I though they would burst), to tollow the movement of that. little boat on which our lives depended. She seemed a. mere speck upon the waves. Suddenly she rose to a. surprisingr height then disappeared alto- gether. he next moment. I saw the men struggling in the water. The boat was broken into pieces, for the fragments were i brgught out to us. 2.“--1: “ma “nu: the crv Ullh 'vllc Unv Vuuâ€" _____ Raising my hands, before me and press- i ing them firmly together, I drew along a breath, then sprang from the schooner’s rail down into the water beneath. When I f rose to the surface I tried to swim. It was 1 impossible as I had foreseen. I was like a. ‘ child in the grasp of 9. monster. The waves 1 tossed me up like a. plaything and carried me onâ€"l could not tell how or where. Suddenly o. great black object loomed up before me. It was rt of the wreckage. I tried to ward ito , bntl might as well have tried to ward off the schooner itself for the sea lifted me up and dashed me onward and the greet mass struck me a. heavy blow over my eyesâ€"a. flash of light- ing gleamed, then all was darkness and a. blank. How long after I could not tell, a. strange - sensation came creeping slowly over me. I A low murmer of voices reached my ear. ‘ -‘ I was bewildered and benumbed, but soon E the truth began to dawn and I knew that 1 wherever I might - Powerless to speak or move, I opened my eyesâ€"which were large and darkâ€"and a. fastened them upon the faces around me. With screams of fear all turned and ran, leevmg me there alone. 7 ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ”*‘3‘-~“nnlz;“fl {the pause euvxug luv Viiv-v .â€"--_- Not in the least. understanding the cause of their fright, I closed my eyes and endeav- oreci to recall all that. happened. Little by little each event came back to my mind up to the moment. I was struck by the floating timber. nber. Again looking around I discovered that. I 3“le usav w. h terror I had watched the edings. Icould only cling to by the sheer strength of my ers save myself from being board. as see. after sea swept r himself was now the cry ship. How far from shore I not tell. We had to take tlthough a good swimmer I such a. tremendous sea. I rleua. There was, however, 3 crew he i Wind “'35 t men would i as himself H the others. : we were 11 of the men ‘ places, and ose and fell doubtful if. Patched the fly cling to lgth of my from being rsea swept was lying on a. bed of straw in a. large barn. How I could have got there was yet a. mys- tery. While attempting to understand how it came about, my ear caught the sound of a heavy footstep on the board floor. Raising my eyes, to my great: delight I recognized the mate of the schooner. - - g,” 3--.: not are vet?” “We’d all gin yer up, tho’t yet Was a sperrit ;” laughing to him- self as he made this encouraging observa- t-ion. “ Where am I ‘2” I faintly inquired, and made an eflort to rise, but could not. Every my limbs were bone in my body ached and 1 so stiff and cold that as I sank back on the straw the tears welled up and oven-flowed. “ Cheer up, J ack, yer’ll be all right in a be again bent day or two,” said the mate as over me. He felt my limbs, and finding ht sincerely that I learned that we had been wrecked on ‘ None of the ship’s com- pcnv had been lost. Several were more or me, but no one was so badly injured as myse f. Some of the people saw me as I was being washed ashore and had hauled me in. Supposing that I was E dead~â€" for I bore every appearance of death ,l ”mu hall carried me intn the barn and “ Cheer up, Jack, day or two,” said t-hé over me. He felt :1 none of them broken a. few days’ rest; wm ag§in. ‘l 1‘ AL ...-.. O “I”. I learned that we had been wrecked on the coast of Wales. None of the ship’s com- pany had been lost. Several were more or less bruised and lame, but no one Was so badly injured as myse f. Some of the people saw measI was being washed ashore and had hauled me in. Supposing that I was dead~â€" for I )wore every appearance of death ~they had carried me into the barn and left me while attending to others. ‘ The schooner was rapidly breaking up. Her masts were gone, her bottom stove in, and the cargo was fast coming cu shore. After giving me these details the mate left the barn to obtain assistance in remov- ing me to a. more comfortable place. In a short time he returned with three men. “m: nuvnfflllv lifted from the floor? placed uâ€"v- v v---- was carefully lifted from upon a. stretcher, and can house. Ae we were about to enter an old woman, her face glowing with kindness and sym- pathy, came to my side and said something to me in \Velsh. I could not understand a. word that issued from her lips, but there was no mistaking the expression of her eyes. She guided the men into a warm, comfort- able room, and I was lifted from the ‘ stretcher and placed on the bed. The pain ' was too great for my enduranceand I faint- ed. ., ._ For several days no one supposed I would 1 live. All that pity could do was done for me by these kind Welsh people. Day and night they watched by my bed, and though all communication was made by signs, I felt that I was in good hands. But at the end of two weeks I was able to report toCaptain Thomas, who was: stayin a. short distance away, and in a. few days was again on the sea feeling no bad result from my first ship- wreck. “ Doctors have some mighty queer cx- .c periences,” said a prominent physician the 1‘ other day while speaking of the odd char- 7 actor men in active business life occasionally 3' meet. “ I guess if I hadn’t worked a pretty n respectable game of ‘ blufi" a. short time ago 2 I would have been badly used up. I was sent for in a. hurry to attend the care of a woman in a family which I had never even ‘ , heard of before. As a rule physicians will f not take the risk in serious cases unless they a know the persons or hsve some one identify : them. I hesitated and recommended some 1 one else whom I thought would respond,‘ f but the manâ€"it was the husband of the sick ‘ womanâ€"went sway angry, and a short time afterward he sent for me and I finally de- cided to go and trust to everything being all right. When I reached the house the husband opened the door and greeted me pleasantly no I entered. Once I was inside, however, his manner changed, and locking ‘ the door he placed the key in his pocket ;. and begun to abuse me, finishing with a. ' l blood~curdlin oath and a remark that he _ proposed to rush me to within an inch of . ' my life. He was a. big, brawny fellow and I was scared, but placing my hand on my hip pocket in a. suggestive way I command- ed him to open the door,r It was then his turn to become frightened, and he did as I ' ordered. Then I made him back through the door, down the stoop and into the street e as far as the curb. Then I hastily spren 0 into the carriage and drove away. I guessd Y. was more relieved than he, too.” IL- -...'.‘..A nm nrrnnn ink-ow... Unpleasant Experiences tendance. was mute mum“. -.-..__ ,, ,, Another physician who joined the group had a. story to tell. He was called to attend a man whom he had often treated for epilepsy and a. mild form of insanity, and on reaching the house was surprised to find his patient dancing adout the room with an open razor in each hand and howling for some one to come and get slashed. No ‘ amount of cosxing We: of any avail and the doctor went for a policeman. When the latter arrived he declined to enter the room, as he said that in order to disarm the man and protect himself he would probably have to injure him. The physician then decided to enter alone, and pushing the door open he walked in. The man inside was not half his size, yet he rushed at him with the wide open rezors over his head andâ€"- the docter felled him with»). chair, the - AAAAA -2 Lu- Hm rmm. open “6 WfilKUu “I. L ......... - not half his size, yet he rushed at him with the wide open rtzors over his head andâ€"- the docter felled him with» chair, the policeman and others jumped into the room, the patient was dimmed and put to bed and in forty-eight. hours was apparently in good health. He afterward became so violent that he had to be taken to the asylum. Canary Gabtured by 8. Spider- The streno'th of some of the spiders which build their :ebs in trees and other places in and arouqd_Sa.nta. 41.13., Cal. , isubonish- ,, -_..¢:..:.- :n a tron m 8119. M'Uuuu K)I~--â€"â€" _,,, . _ ing. One of them had in captivity in a. tree in that town not long ago a wild canary. The ends of the wings, tail and feet of the bird were bound together by some stickg substance, to which were attached the threads of the spider, which was slowly but surely dragging up the bird by an ingenious pully arrangement. The bird hung head , downward and was so securely bound with little threads that it could not struggle, and would have soon been a prey to its great ugly captor had not an onlooker rescued it. Lord Palmerston died in harness, but he died on the eve of his eighty-second birth- day. Chatham died at 70, Fox at 57, Pitt at 47, Cummings at 58,9.nd when Sir Robert Peel met with his fatal accident he was 62. Earl Russell attained the good old age of 86, but did not hold office after he was 74, mrd Beaconsfield died at 77. Gladstone is DGCTORS' STORIES. qu~ A‘v..- _-_V and carried into thé farm- Ages of Briush Statesman. mighPY 9“?“ ‘3’" LL- In Medical At "an Quantities I wâ€" .‘w._V fiehland Current. The enormous fleet of icebergs which IS at present cumbering the southern seas bodes ill for the Dundee Whalers who are engaged on a. pioneer whaling expedition on the b _ era of the entartic ice. These domed portions of the vast ice sheet which is_ believ- ed to cover the still unexpiored continent Of which Mount Erebus, the mysterious V01- cano that belches out flame over the vast polar waste, is the most striking feature. ‘ not infrequently float for considerable d18- tances northward. They have been seen not far from the Cape of Good Hope, towering to a height 0‘ from 250 to 300 feet afoove the surface, and 38 mm", fmt. above the water means eight feet Zances nérthwird. They have been seen not fat from the Cape of Good Hope, toweringto a. Might 0‘ from 250 to 300 feet above the surface, and 38 every foot. above the water was eight fog“: below it, the thickness of the great “we sheet may be uged accordingly. W§erew ier annroache its face has not, as m A â€" - £1-â€" er approached its face has no attic regions, been at the head butis an enormous flat-to pe “matching oft am} west as u’ 7 tâ€"uun AA.- bufi 18 an “Vlmvuw ..... L" __ I 7 stretching out and west as Far as ships have traced it. This edge forms the great south- ern barz-ier, which rises to a hezght. of 66"- eral hundred feet of glacial ice, the accum- ulation: of centuries. _ 4 A AL:_ -L..-‘ mnaf ‘ika “133101): UL Wuuu.-n- But it is clear that this sheet must, like the inland ice of Greenland, be gradually sliding down a slope, since Icebergs break from it on its reaching the sea and becoming buoyed up by the water. Hence, with the exception that it is not formed in f jordsâ€" and the great; ice face of the Humboldt ‘ glacier in the north is not widely different . I ‘1, _ -....#Â¥n :na chants: Which cove! buoyed up uy one "we... .. _____ exception that it is not formed in f jordsâ€" and the great ice face of the Humboldt glacier in the north is not widely different â€"-it and the arctic ice sheets which cover Greenland and. nearly all the larger islands are, contrary to the opinions of Dr. Carpen- ter and the report of the Challenger expedi- tion, essentially the same. But we cannot recall a case in which the bergs have congregated in such numbers as, by the latest accounts, have impeded neviâ€" gation close to the coasts of New Zealand. In the middle of October fleets of them, two hundred to three hundred feet high, surrounded a. vessel near the Chatham Isl- ands in such hosts that at timee she was in great peril from the floating mountains about her. Similar ne are come from the South Atlantic, Perfect “ archipelagoes of ice- bergs” have been sighted as far north as 49 ° and 48 ° eouth,some of the detached masses being 300 feet hi h and 3,000 feet long. Early in Octo er as many as 400 were passed, and at times between twenty and thirty could be counted from the deck. Most of them are reported to have been ' “pure white,” hat many are described as of a “dark brown color,” a. circumstance which can only be explained on the suppo- ' sition that they were the bearers of earth or other terrestrial materials, which had trick- led in a. muddy state down the sides, or ' ' "A“ L--- hanlnaorl in rcâ€"‘s-f'wâ€"fi THE GREAT A‘i‘l‘ABC’l'IC ICEBE‘GI. - the original mass of ICC. , -_-unh;n; ENG Ol'lgluau unnu- v- _--, As the antarctic icebergs, like the arctic ones, must necessarily come from a. land mass~bcing fresh water and not sea. ice, as are the flees or floating fieldsâ€"this theory is not, improbable, though the instances in which they have been the bearers of the jetsam and flotsam of the antarctic conti- nent are so rare that 1: is regrettable an opportuhity was not afi'orded for examining {the “brown color." . . , ____..-...1 “not nf the " UIUWM bun-u. The presence of such an unusual fleet of wanderer-s from unknown land in the track of vessels can only he explained by the prev. alence of southeast gales which may have driven them into the New Zealand current. that sets north-northeast all through the yen: at the speed of from one to one and OLe-half miles an hour. There is certainly no ground ; for holding that the globe has shifted its axis in any appreciable degree, or that another of those glacial eriodsâ€"of which the most recent geologica. discoveries show there have been many in the world’s history, and there mey be many more before all is overâ€"is u n us, either in the North or in the South. at the Large mount of drift ice and iceberg seen in the North Atlantic last summer anti as late as the last autumn might lead an un- instructed theorist to suppose that the arctic \regions, also, had been more than usually tull of ice. The contrary will probably h- found to be the case. TEOSE WEBB GREAT D us F03 Pfllm But These \Yould Be Better '5... Ali“ n- It the past, the men tors or as fmeboot- dzLL ‘LA n1 “nan!“ If the obi sesfflfirs of who either §s_lawfu} cap WBO elmer 33 Lawn“ wr_-_fi . are enriched themselves with the plunder of Spanish galleons and plateships, are con- scious of what is going on to-day on land and water, they must feel that their most lucrative exploits were of little moment. The capture of a. single galleon in Open war by Anson enabled hm) to found a. great house, which it still noble and rich. Anson’s share of the spoil wss lawful przze money. There . . ___..,..ua cmm mleona 01 um: zyuu -._- _.. ,, . were many fortunes wrested from gelleons in the sKort and simple way of piracy. But even to the avarice and courage of the see knights of the past, lawful navel commend- ers waging war with an eye to profit or pirates, were never granted visions of such ‘ wealth as are now carried week in and week out across the Atlantic unmoleswd and with as little fuss or trouble as attends the movâ€" ing of a. cal-load of freight from one city to another. Thus the French steamer La Champegne, which sailed from New York Saturdey lest, carried out, besides her cer- go, $4,300,000 in gold coin and bare. Should any of the old pirates revisit “ the glimpses of the moon ” long enough to catch a. View of La Champagne he would think that his richest achievement was but a mere retail transaction. He would only console himself by the reflection that steem has put an end to the portunity for suc- cessiul piracy on the big seen, and return i to his gibbet with the satisfying thought that after all he lived in the only time when : such exploits as his were possible. A Flimsy Excuse. "‘ Can you lend me twenty dollars ‘3” said one congressman to another. “ It would be a. great p1easure”-â€"- “I’m glad to hear you say so.” “ But, old man, this is Lent, and I’ve made up my mind to deny myself all luxuries.” Paâ€"Have you seen with the microscope all the little animals that are in the watex ‘2 Tommyâ€"Yes, papa, I saw them. Are they in the water we drink I “ Certainly, my child.” “ Now I know what makes the singing in Eh}? tea-kettle when the warn: begins tn D A Mystery Cleared Up. Vtvhe head bf a ijord. flat-togped scip'ce, A '77- kAna Buccaneers. for the Bold Engineering BI [’15 31‘s: 5‘" notes on a. few works which I: p1eted,or whi with ex ery pro: fully completec To begin ai which owes its Sir E. W. Wat plase, as a War tower, the en; T his tower, v “'embly park, been already from Baker sate pushed forward been complemd grounds is 8-) f4 ed the park. w» opened in the ‘ composed of hu vary in depth ‘ sixty feet, accor‘ land. The Lower i in circumference in height, or 150 while it will bel every my Toe erection is polia‘m be 1450 feet abm' self is expected t4 build. The tower brid engineering ven proaching compl date of opening 11 shifted forward ac which is b in on praeuts a novel I” which is 200 feet which are to be 5 with the towers within them. When opened f0 passengers may cn which access is ob‘ 'fts wizhin the 1 piers in the bed of mg largest in} the will be utilized in When the great a: present being Russm can boast o railway in the system will szre' meme bertitory o 1 4,15 miies, or U Camdian Pacific .0. inclusive of rolling £36,763,(K)0 or £7.‘ writer m This very low 0 nature of the gm tions, and the abse ary expenses and land, which have i ways so costly. T undertaking was cu vosmck, M‘V 24’ I! On the eastern 5* men are employed. been already 09"“ On the opposme Transâ€"Andine rail! deserves mention, 4 engineering problem 1ng the mountain c‘. bone of the confine rcachin g from Bue ‘ic to Valparaiso 0 oi 870 milesâ€"411113 in the hear: of the! Andes are crossed 05 feet above 83‘ 1 _ "Of bhis mutaba Of this altitude :3 three mile tunnel, ‘ the mountains the!“ total length of ove IL ma; well be i1 tunnel in the heighw a different manner performed at 0:11 The workmen, e ficulcy is forcibly e the lefties: railwa that being bored Andes near Galeri village in the v orl sea. or only 100 fee of Mont Blanc. Near this village is being bored Lhra mountain, 600 feet tual snow. Thi nnk as one of the railway engineerig; Rate 1‘ ’wâ€"â€" ,, The Alps have be‘ frequent}? W‘ the once more, this mm 1011 p389. ““3“ n0 tunnel will be the milfi in ‘11, about the St. Gondard W‘ m tunnel. vb lm’w’m mesv _-__..'l. l\.\,’v~,v, v v , tare, NEWS singlé track in it: nonhex em half will 60115is mu wit-h a single beingfldopmd win] vent'ilauop. There is, have cross the Simplon a. railw‘Yv the 8“ would be built on a tunnel five mile! (MM? fr?“ 'v The highest m is the Brienmr 8' was opened 1!: N to a heigh‘ 0f 5.6 The journey is 1 the steepfi” 2"” vuv â€"â€" ~ In is‘ pure‘sy thronghong, and in little over 83‘ the work necessi nels, m buds and the building Another rem that up Pike’ 3