. = ee wes se re THE WEEK'S NEWS. CANADA. Navigation-has-opened-on the Lake of the Woods: — The New Brunswick Legislature was pro- rogued last week. Business failures in Canada _this week were 38, against 29 last week. A supply of two-rowed barley has reached Winnipeg for distribution. ; There is.a great demand for railroad labor- ers in Manitoba and the North-west. Weavers:in the cotton mills at Hamilton struck last week against “a-#eduction in ‘wages. The nine-hour day has been adopted by the Winnipeg city council for corporation employes. The Montreal City Council has decided to extend aninvitation tothe Dukeof Connaught to visit the city. Three Chinamen, who hailed from Toronto, were arrested in Buffalo the other day on a charge of smuggling opium. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of America will hold their annual meeting this year at Winnipeg on July 22nd. Col. Rhodes, Minister of Agriculture in he Quebec Cabinet, has resigned his port- folio and will retire from political life. According to the electoral lists the total number of voters in Montreal is 41,989, of whom 23,731 are French and 18,258 are Eng- lish. Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet Indians in the North-West Territories, was buried at Gleichen last week. About 800 Indians at- tended his funeral. The Newfoundlanders are enforcing the bait regulations rigorously against all ves- sels, charging a license fee of 31 per ton at each time of taking bait. _ Half the business portion of the town of Treherne, on the Manitoba South-Western railway, was destroyed by an incendiary fire on Monday morning. ~ Jt is remored in Quebec and Montreal that Mr. Chapleau will give up his seat in the Dominion Cabinet and assume the leadership of the Quebec Opposition. La Minerve, the French Conservative or- gan of Montreal, thinks that Gen. Middleton should be made reimburse Bremner for the urs he confiscated during the North-West rebellion. er Angiers, Provincial Su Fath rior of the Order of Oblats in Canada, has n pro- moted to the position of assistant general of his order, and will leave Montreal shortly for Rome. The Gloucester, Mass., fishing schooner Abbie M. Deering, was seized by the customs collector at Canso, N. S., for alleged illegal sale of fish, and a fine of 3800 was imposed and paid. 7 Live stock reports show that the farmers are getting high prices for their cattle and that an active local trade isdoing. The ex- port trade opens next week, and promises to be a lively one. Reports-from—all the Territories show that fully two-thirds of the season's seeding has been done. The acreage sown is about twenty per cent. great- er than last year. . The Canada Settlers’ Loan Trust Com- pany, which has for its object the lending of money on land security to settlers in Manitoba and the Northweat, has issued its prospectus in London Thomas Kimber. a young Englishman from Topsham, Devonshire, who arrived in Montreal on the 5th inst., has mysterious- ly disappeared under circumstances which gives suspicion of foul play. Mr. McMillan, the Manitoba Government . agent, speaking near Elora on Friday night, said that fewer Ontario farmers are now leaving for the Western States while the number going to Manitoba is largely increas- ing. It is ueiy that an action will be taken against the Canadian Pacific railway in con- nection with the destruction of 1,500 sheep at Gull Lake, caused by a prairie fire said to have been started by a spark from a pass- ing engine. Senator Girard has given notice of a re- solution tothe effect that the time has ar- rived for the organization of the great Mac- kenzie basin and the protection of the peo- ple and resources of that important part of the Dominion. At Monday night’s meeting of the Senate of the University of Toronto, plans for the reconstruction of the University buildings at a cost of $226,000 were aperores. t was decided that a separate bnilding for the library should be built at a cost of $50,- 000. Sir Sidney Waterlow, a gentleman dis- tinguished for his interest in philanthropic and educational objects in England, visited ‘Toronto last week. He was a member of the House of Commons for _— om and among important itions filled by him was that of Lard aera London. The delegates from Newfoundland to Great Britain and Canada arrived in Hali- fax, N., S.,on Monday. They say their mis- sion is not confined to the modus virendi, but they hope to secure the co-operation of the Do:ninion in their dispute regarding coast fishing privileges with France. A good deal of excitement was caused in Toronto on Monday by the rash deed of a young women who shot her lover and then attempted to poison herself. The girl, it appears, alleges that she had been betrayed by a machinist employed at Burke’s factory, Richmond street west, and failing to get any satisfaction from him she visited the facto and shot her lover in the head, following the act up by swallowing an ounce of laudanum, With the assistance of the doctors, it is thought both parties may recover. GREAT BRITAIN. The Earl of Glasgow is dead, aged 65. Mr. Michael Davitt is about to start a journal in the interest of labor. Thequarry men in Holywell, Wales, have struck for an advance o fs Sir Charles Russell saya the keynote to all future refogin is the one man, one vote, prin- iple. _Mr. Handel Cossham, Liberal member of he Imperial ~~ puddenly lJast week of heart disease Sir Francis de Winton will start for Mom- bassa in May to assume the direction of the affairs of the British East African -Com- pany. The Irish Nationalists in England are de- cidedly opposed tothe idea of holding a convention at present of the Irish League in the States. - AR ,Y To navaiti rts of Manitoba and} Conimons for East Bristol, died | _ i s ed that an-English syndicate has purchased the Western railway for $41,000,000 gold. This leaves Buenos Ayres.a surplus of 316,- It-is-understood that M. Waddington, the French Ambzsssdor in London, has been instructed to urge a speedy solution of the Newfoundland fishery dispute. The French Government is not disposed to submit the question to arbitration. UNITED STATES. Three slight earthquake shucks were felt at Saratoga, N.Y., on Sunday night. A heavy earthquake shock occurred at San Francisco at 3.37 Sunday morning. The occupants of 400 homes 7in Dallas, Tex., and suburbs, have been driven out by t : The non-union carpenters of Chicago are appealing to Secretary Blaine for protection against the intimidation of the unionists. O'Donovan has been convicted-of criminally libelling Patrick Sarsfield Cassidy, a New York journalist. A recommendation to mercy accompanied the verdict. The Garfield memorial statue, ten feet high, of marble, without a flaw, was ed in ition at Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, and will be dedicated on Decoration day. Destructive prairie fires, set by Indians, have been ranging in the Sioux reservation in Dakota. Aman named Shoun lost fifty cattle and narrowly escaped with his life. The Boston Police Board has ordered that after May Ist the sale of intoxicating liquors over bars must be stopped. uture in- toxicants can only be sold in connection with ‘ood, Nineteen Chinamen, convicted at Port Townsend, Wash., of evading the Chinese Exclusion Act, are to be sent +k to China at the expense of the United States Govern- ment. At Georgetown, Del., on Saturday, three horse thieves were treated to an old-fashion- ed punishment. They were pilloried for one our, and then given a whipping of twenty lashes each Telegrams to Secretary Proctor state that over 50,000 persons in the flooded districts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas are in need of assistance. ‘The Government will send supplies to these people. John H. Kunze, who was tried for the murder of Dr. Cronin in Chicago and gran a new trial, has been discharged from cus- tody. Frank Woodruff, who obtained noto- riety in the case as a champion liar, has also been discharged, The representatives of ten of the seven- teen nations participating in the Inter- national American Conference on Monda signed the agreement drawn up by the Con- ference for the settlement by arbitration of differences and disputes between them. Judge Wallace, of Syracuse, has issued a the Buffalo murderer, now under sentence of death, to appear before him on June 17th. The grounds for granting the writ are that execution by electricity is unconstitutional. Setigeins Shevitish, socialist and editor- in-chief of the Volks Zeitung, of New York, who has been an exile in the United States for twenty-two years, having been banished from Russia owing to his political opposition to the czar, has been forgiven by the latter and will return to his native land. In regard to spring wheat, reports cover- ing fifteen counties in South Dakota say that spring wheat and oats are all in, two weeks later this year than las:, Owing to inability to obtain seed, the acreage is not as large as last year. In North Dakota seeding of wheat is finished. As a whole, the opening of the seeding season is more favorable than in 1889. Southern Minnesota reports seeding practi- cally finished, about ten days later than last ed ¢ & IN GENERAL. Full returns show a tremendous falling off in the Boulangist vote at the municipal elec- tions in France. The Berlin Nationa! Zeitung says that the Labor Bill fixes the maximum of woman’s work at eleven hours a day. Emin Pasha has left Zanzibar for the in- terior with 600 porters, five Gerinan officers and a large body of Nubian soldiers. It is announced that the Russian Synod has refused to consent to the marriage of the Czarewitch to Emperor William's sister. Giovanni Succi, who on March 17 began a forty days fast, at the Royal Aquarium in Paris, has successfully completed his task. The Supreme Council of the Protestant Church of Prussia has issued a circular in- structing the clergy to denounce the Socia- list movement. A gravedigger has been sentenced to one month's imprisonment in berlin for cutting the hair from the heads of corpses and sell- ing the same to dealers. A number of Turkish soldiers are to be tried for abducting a Christian girl from Panase, Crete, and who was subsequently violently assaulted by a Turkish officer. The Paris E/ysee declares that Emperor William is preparing to,submit to President Carnot proposals for a rapprochement, which would have been impossible while Bismarck was in power. It is stated that the Duc d’Orleans has re- fused an offer of liberty made by the Gov- ernment owing to the conditions im . It is expected the Due will be married while undergoing imprisonment. Major Serpa Pinto, who was the primary cause of the trouble between England and Portugal, has been appointed aid: -de-camp to the King of Portugal. and asword of honour has been presented to him in Lisbon, _> >_> How He Came By Them. Friend—‘' You have a lot of agricultural implements. Wherc did you get them?” ansas man—‘* They fel 9 me.” “Ah,a relative of them to you, eh?” “No, no ;acyclone did the Woss.” cur Hel and bY In boiling met for #0 use cold water to extract the juices. the meat is wanted for itself alone plinge in bviling water at once. abeas.corpus for the production of Kemmler, A TOUGH INDIAN. What a Eed Man Fall of Whiskey Went Through. To show what,an Indian can stand, when he has to, _I_may.tell-of-an-incident- which them. Towards evening, on a very cold Winter day, wren it was snowing just a little and ing-w-great~deal;-an~ indian came to the log house with a jug half full of whiskey and with his rifle. i imagine that when he star and, said he hal not come home that night, and as the night was very cold she had been anxious about him. Then the search for the lost Indian began. He -was found in one of the sheds near the barn, undera heap of drifted snow, and the chances are that the snow that was above him had help- ed to save his life. The searchers for the Indian had gone in different directions, and it was his own squaw who, with ‘true Indian instinct, had tracked him out, and she wasalone when she found him. Ap- parently the Indian was a frozen corpse. She tumbled him out of his snow bank and pulled off his blankets, and dragged him down to the creek, where a deep hole was cut in theice forthe purpose of watering the cattle. Laying the Indian out on the snow she took the pan that was beside the ice-hole and, filling it repeatedly, dashed ailful after pailful of ice water over the y of the Indian, By the time the other unsuccessful searchers had returned she had er old man thawed out and seated by the flre wrapped upin blankets. Thereisno ques- tion that if he had been foundby the others and had been taken into the house frozen as he was he would have died. Massacre of Chinese in Formosa. The last mail from China brings news of the massacre of a force of Chinese troops in The troops went out, the commanding officers, it is said, being considerably in the rear. Pretended sufferers by the raid ap- peared from time to time. On reaching the tracks the soldiers followed them up and fell into the trap, when all but a very few were killed. Out of 200 which left the post only d. Itis reportrd that, for the first time in the history aboriginal tribes are banded together and acton an organized system. Thus the eigh- teen tribes of Bhotans in the south, number- ing about 5,000 warriors, were concerned in this ambush. -Shortly after the disaster the Chinese issued proclamations offering $10 reward for the return of each of the ing was arranged, and a peace was patched up for the time by means of large presents and larger promises to the chiefs. The t_is forgotten, and—the savages are to ive on terms of friendship with their Chinese neighbors. From subsequent in- formation, however, it appears that the disturbances in the south of the island have broken out with more violence than before. Horse Shoeing. At a conference of horses-shoes recently held in London, Eng., the following rules were adopted : I. The foot should only have so much horn removed from it at each shoeing as is heces- sary for the proper fitting of the shoe, and no more. 2. The frog should take a bearing on the ground, but no other part of the frog should »¢ weakened to give this healthy action. 3. Shoes cannot be too tight if they give sufficient wear. 4. The width of a shoe need be no more than is necessary to cover the bearing sur- ce. 5. Nails are the most secure and simple fastening for horse shoes and a properly driven nail never does any harm. 6. The most important requisite in horse- shoeing is the adoption of a correct system, not the use of any special form of shoe. 7. All shoes should have a level bearing te the foot, extending from the toe to the eel. . 8. The ground surface of a shoe should follow the form of the ground surface of an unshod foot which has travelled on a level road. How Timothy Grass was Named Timothy or herb grass is the most common rass of continental Europe, growing wild throughout all that vast region between the Mediterranean sea onthe south and the North sea in the direction the name implies. It is not known exactly when it was first in- troduced into the United States, but this much is known: it takes its name from Timothy Hanson, a farmerof Maryland, who brought it into general notice as a hay grass after he had culti lit & ively for his own use for years. The botanical name for the grass is phleumpratense. Itisa curious fact that although its nativehome is Europe, the United States is the first country in which it was grown, cut, and cured for hay. Not longerago than 1785 some timothy heads and A were taken to England and exhi- bited as curiosities, Tea in the Azores. Another new tea field has been discovered. that Madeira tea will, in point of flavour, best the China leaf hollow. It was only a *» ode ace that the tea plant was first in- j .wuuced into the Azores by the Governor _| of Macao, whom ae ee the plant from almost all the tea districts of China. <A few years afterwards, hearing that the plant was already acclimati in the islands, he sent a few Chinese tea- lanters to Madeira, who taught the natives * how to manipulate the leaf. ~ happened during the Winter I was with |® the jug had been entirely full of whiskey Co The Negroes in the Southern States. The political situation in the Southern States has assumed a very unexpec ar- Goaded-to-desperation negroes borough, N. C., . | which it was resolved to adopt the policy of abstinence from voting as the only feasible to | means of enforcing their demands, and com- came on. He left, and w su 2 m : have gone to the camp, but early next morn- pellin their party leaders to keep faith ing his squaw appeared at the house and| With them. An intelligent negro, who par- ticipated in these conventions, writes to a representative at Washington as follows: ‘We deliberated a long time before taking this step. Bu; when we analyzed the vote on the Blair bill—a measure to which our leaders had sosolemnly pledged themselves —and found that, including pairs, nineteen Republicans voted against it, we resolved to trust them nolonger. We are unable finan- cially to carry on an agggressi to enforce our demands, even if we had the training and experience necessary for such rocedure, which we sadly lack; but we Lew that without the-votes of colored men the Republicaa Party cannot sueceed North or South, an, therefore, that abstinence from veting is our true policy, inasmuch as we are able t carry out that plan without money and without leaders. Our votes being missed in one or two national campaigns will be sufficiently ippreciated for the future to bring forth measures for our benefit. We nave learned low great is the need of our support, and ye mean to teach our rulers that it can nc longer be had on a credit, since they invariably go into political bank- ru as soo1 as they have got it, and pay us off in broker promises.” Had these recreant and false representa- tives, so ready to promise but so slow to perform, paid nore serious attention to the authorative delaration ‘‘Be sure your sin will find you out,” they might have saved themselves the trouble and humiliation that are apparently coming upon them. Itis to be hoped that, having taken their stand. these sable soas will remain firm, that no honeyed 5 ies or fair promises will in- duce them to rscede from their position ; fer only by making their importance felt are they likely toreceive that attention which is their due. ee — eee Stanley's Reception in England. As one readsthe account of the tremen- dous ovation given to H. M. Stanley on Saturday when he reached England, one hardly knows whether to envy the great explorer or not. Says the correspondent of the New York Times: There must have been more thst one occasion to-day when Henry M. Stanley mentally wished himself back in the equatorial jungle again. African exploration can hardly offer an experience better calculated to stagger the most intre- pid and resolute of men than was the crowd- ing, cheering and- wildly clamoring welcome with which London this evening confounded the overwhelmed rescuer of Emin. Noth- ing in his past career can have pre him or the ordeal of lionisation which yawned before him from the white cliffs of Dover this afternoon, and which literally engulfed him when his train drew into Victoria Sta- tion here in London two hours later. No visiting potentate ever drew such a huge crowd as the one assembled at Dover from all parts of the south coast, with a lar London contingent as well, te welcome the arrival of the steamer.” While this must be gratifying to Stanley's vanity—and it is possible that he is not entirely raised above such feelings—the ordeal which is before him will not conduce to steady nerves and he digestion, provided he takes in all the dinners and banquets that are said to be awaiting him during the next few weeks. tes are already announced for some dozen dinners or receptions, but twice as man othets, including a Savage Club dinner and a Lord Mayor's banquet, are still open. It is to be hoped however that the man who ran the gauntlet of savage foes, will come out un- harmed by the kindness of those who wish him every good. HIS LEG AMPUTATED. Ap Accident toa Young Manon the Lake St. John BRallway. Qvesec, May 8.—Another serious accid- ent has occurred on the Lake St. John rail- way at Beandet station, about sixty miles north of Straymond, to Ovide Lacombe, aged 22 It appears that the unfortu- nate man replaced a companion, who was unfit for work, and was in the act of coup- ling cars at Beaudet station, when he slipped and fell between them. The train passed over his leg, terribly crushing it. A loco- motive was prepared, and the young man laced on rd and brought to the city. Vhen the locomotive reached Stageast. Dr. Gendreau got on board and acecmpanied oung Lacombe to the city, where he was met by the Hote] Dieu ambulance, and con- veyed to that institution. Dr. Ahearn was in attendance, and with Dr. Gendreau did all he could for the sufferer, but it was decided to amputate the leg from the thigh as the oniy means of saving his life. A painful coincidence is that youn, m was with the deceased William Wanning when he met with an accident on the same road a short time ago, which resulted in his death, and assisted to convey him to the same hospital in Quebec. The victim of yesterday's accident was insured against accidents for $1,000. A certain comic singer, now touring in the Antipodes, relates that during an engage- ment ata prominent London music hall, after singing a song entitled, ‘‘Balaclava,” one night he received an invitation toa private box. On entering it a white-haired, poker-backed gentleman introduced himself as General Sir George Wombwell, and his companions as Lords Fife and Lurgan, and then went on to say, ‘‘I have sent for you, sir, in reference to your song of ‘Balaclava,’ which I have now heard you sing fouf times. You say ‘Four hundred gallant Englishmen fell fighting where they stood.’ t, sir, is incorrect. I took partin that charge, and allow me to tell you, sir, that we never stood, -eir,-never, but rode like the devil.” “Rode” was substituted for ‘‘stood” on the following evening. In trying to teach children a great deal in a short time they are treated, not as though the race they were to run was for life, but simply a mile heat, FISHING FOR TROUT. A few rointers for the Angler for the ipechkied Beauties. The open season for trout commenced on Thursday; the Ist inst., and, therefore a few gu ions regarding the tackle for the beautiful fish will not. come.amia: It often happens that the angler while on the stream or in camp in a big woods at a great distance from a settlement finds that the trout are jumping after a natural fly, an imitation of which his flyhook does not contain, says a writer in the New York Times. It is curious how y these game fish will be at times. Nothing then will satisfy him but the fly that he is ing for. Ifa bright yellow fly has hatched and swarms over the water the trout are not going to pay much attention to the artificial black b that is offered to them by the artistic tosser. For this reason a little know- ledge of the method of tying flies is often of much use, and will procure for the fisher- man many a nice fish. To learn to tie a fly is nota ditficult matter. Of course, to make neat, fine ones requi iderable pati and perhaps alittle knack. But on these occasions, when the trout are jumping for one species only, they will not stop’ to ex- amine the workmanship of the tly. The natural insects are not always perfect. The fish sees the right gleam of color and up he shoots at it When an angler wishes to learn to tiea fly, his best plan is to visit a fishing tackle store and obtain permission from the proprietor to be allowed to watch one of the girls making up the bins of feather and silk. If she is in good humor, in a few moments she can give enough hints to make a presentable specimen himself, o be ready for tying a fly in camp or on the stream, a little box of material mustbe taken along. <A pair of spring pliers, a darning needle, and a pair of scissors or a sharp knife are essential, Two or three lumps of wax and some'strong tying silk are indispensable. Of the material to make the bodies of the fly, a liberal supply of hackles, a little rofl of gold and silver tinsel, some floss or dubbing, several colors of silk, and a liberal supply of hooks and strong gut or snells are bof With the materials spread before .on a camp chair, or the table on which meals are taken in camp, the angler begins his work by waxing a piece of wrapping silk. From a point nearthe bend of the hook three or four turns are made along the shank of the ook. Upon the silk on the shank of the hook the snellis placed. To dent it a bit with the teeth is a ‘plan to make it hold the more firmly. This is then wrapped on tightly down to the starting point. Test it to see that it will not pull out. Next, the floss, which is to make the body of the fly, is tied on, and with the tying silk is wrapped down to theend of thehook. Here it is secured, and then the hackle to be used is tied on; the under part of the hackle should be placed uppermost, so the back will be wound next to the hook. Most fly- tiers place the spring pliers on the end of the hackle, which will straighten it out by their weight while the winding is in progress, Sometimes a hackle is run all the way down the hook. Incmost flies “it is) wound just a little distance. It is secured by a turn or two of wrapping silk. The usual loop is made with the wrapping silk, and the usual invisible knot, as made in tying on snells, is made. Thisis all that is neces- “7 for a hackle fly. n trying the other varieties, the larger and more variegated the fly the more there is to be done. A wing has to be’tied on, the tinsel wound spirally around the body of oss, and two or three tail tips have to be putin. The an principle followed out is the same. Itisa good plan to bear in mind that the material used should be tied on early in the process of making the fly. The wings are tied in after the hackle jis finished. A portion of a feather is taken and doubled so as to make wings, the feather is laid upon the back of the hook, with the tips toward the bend—or it may be reversed from that position—a turn of silk is made to fasten it, and then it is bent back into shape and _ wrapped by the tying silk. When the thread is cut a drop of shellac is put on the head. Of course there are lots of methods varying in slight details amen different fi by A little practice will show which way suits the amateur best. All the materials for fly-tying can be car- ried in a small tin box and will not take up much room in the camp ba, e. For the streain a limited quantity of’ silks and feathers and hackles can be carried in one of the compartments of the fly-book. In five minutes the fly can be made, and the angler can return to camp at night with a nice string of fish that will surprise his com- ons. Many experienced anglers who find that: trout are not rising freely to a fly will open the maw of a fish and try to ascertain what style of food they are taking. Often a clew to the right fly is thus gained. To catch a7 few with bait for examination of that kin is considered legitimate among expert fly rs, The pursuit of ‘‘ the grand sport ” of tiger hunting in India has brought to the front a lady tiger-killer of great skill and prowéss in the person of Mrs. Evans Gordon. This fearless lady, as a member of a recent Cooch- Behar hunting expedition, shot an angry tigress who was rushing viciously upon the party, and was actually within a few yards of her elephant’s trunk. Her shot, told, was as well-timed as it was well- aimed, for the other guns en , including that of the lady’s husband, Major Evans Gordon, had failed to stop the furious brute. This brilliant achievenient adds one more to the many laurels and trophies already won by this dauntless lady in the hunting grounds of Cooch-Behar. Nonconformist London is agitated by the revival of the old quarrel between the Rev. Dr. Parker, who once aspired Rev. . W. Beecher’s- successor in the Brooklyn Tabernacle and the Rev. Charles Spurgeon, the t Baptist minister. Dr. Parker, who is of the world worldly, has grave fears for Mr. Spurgeons soul and accuses himof driving young men into infidelity, distraction, and despairby his uncompromis- ng preaching of the extreme doctrines of Calvinism. By way, of proving the quality of his own Christian charity Dr. Parker winds up his letter b Se Sparen thee he is aaa by flatterers, and -exhort= ing him ‘‘to scatter his ecclesiastical harem.” Mr. Spurgeon is not in the habit of submit- ting quietly to. this sort ot thing, and big con _ assemble in Paap Rabernacte ev Sunday to witness the castigation o Brother Parker. - . ' x catching