ae tne _ A THEATRE HORROR. -- TERRIBLE CALAMITY AT OPORTO, PORTUGAL OVER 280 HUNDRED Lives Loser PY- THE BURSING OF A THEATRE -- UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED CHAKRED BODIES TAKEN FROM THE ROINS--A GAS EXPLOSION FOL- LOWED BY AN OCTRREAK OF FLAMES--~THE BUILDING" WITH -"PREOVLE- a8 THE TIME.--HEARTRENDING SCENES. eee March 21. _White a performance was jn progress at the Banquet Theatre last Pecagernies explosion of gas occu and the theatre took fire and was destroy- ed. The house was fulPof people and a number of lives were lost. Ten bodies have been recovered from the ruins. Many FLOWERS IN JAPAN, GO-ZAKA._ GARDENS, | thi FI 4 ug 4 Bleral su Demons in Simnenciteiienee Art. No one goes to Dango-zaka except community tend, prune, dwarf and culti- vate their plants'in peace until the chrys- anthemuma begin to flower. Then Dango- zaka becomes a gay fair. Banners, flags, pennants, lanterns and gorgeous posters ge aed Beautiful Designs in wieeinaier, som < Meupeinnal in the chrysanthemum season, ant the iitrie uy pesrees oie Reawastee "JT assure you nojene learns dresemak fog for fun. Sometimes ladies learn i In FLORAL WONDERS OF THE DAN- order to undetStand better the pe their own gowns, Dut one. usually learns " becanse she expects to make a itving by ithe trade.' The speaker was a fashionable modiste, and she was telling a/ reporter secrets 0 sston. quiet, neat looking giris, all sewing. re there any schools wheraggress- making is taught?' waa asked. never heard of any. When a girl desires to learn the business, she usually goes as an apprentice, as at any other trade. "How long does it take to learn a de! the ee of, the steep, narrow street, Py" ] - 1 the st persons ured. 7 That greatly depends upon Ue ti bioiiery pholida dstrodge up and down, and gent Usnatty a girl oy tinster thre EIGHTY BODIES RECOVERED. before every peanten entrance an eloquent ¢oo4. in one season. A dressmaker foneee~ heen taken | ers site, » Turk: fashion, ii ng be able should have a quick eve ie form and | ea itirerte STF. Stie~ strait --be~wometiring "of ter : from the ruins. Most ot those burned his hands over a hibacht, or panacea pee 7 ed tion to having there mechan- 4 were in the third tier boxes and galleries, | |; i, i Bei > artist*in addition g mer z Fi ities yj charcoal, aud sings the merits of his ; rF skill. Most women know something 9 eetwee a wate oui: tthe d rs ehryaanthe mung. The Mle gardens 7 "sewing, and have littl diffeulty, ; seh con cg ay pie tans themselves are models of landscape art (+ yeqen it comes % o fitting, trimming ite when the ee ad hres hy and arrangement, all so many poems in ani flui dresses, where real taste 7 = gg Pregl he ute, rocks, trees, vines and flowers. Dwarf anc ! are required the novice is i upon Many on reaching the street rite pines, dwarf maples, dwarfed everything, ' if eo seriously injured that they vomited | 01. ranged in prosaic rows or benches, but esamaker earn after she : ood. Nearly afl the victims w h the pet chrysanthemum bushes are now " tators. The actors escaped ge © | hotisel in temporary "huts or sheds of 2 aor oo her i aud costumes. Many in the theatre) >. .500 mats, in order that not a petal apn Ll we Kn gee $2.50 themeelves unable to reach the ability. li «.c is smart she can g 2.5 t th ind Soii may uncurl or drop, and that they may be a day, but may uot get more than doors jumped from the aapoeninigg i '¢ | Kept at their perfect stage as long as possi- 31.50." That ier sie Lal tates lee corpses were foun ee a e 4 hoe Bashes as tall as those in the em wiive $60 otis Fen. . , Forowomen he sa : G: brok wr thus adding t the msdteiben, ror's garden, covered with as superb and perintend the work earn abont $25 "a roke ow ™ Snely tinted blossoms, are there, but not (.. : ' 7 in euch week. They are wonien of long re i gangs of. workmen are exploring the ie ruins. Two bodies were discovered locked a in a close em . Lisbon, March 22, --No one yet knows 'how rong lives have been lost™in the at Oporto. The iatest ailvic state that eo ® of # hundred bodies fragments of bod ve been recovere' It ia believed that pe the people in ies, Rallaries, which held over 200, were HEARTRENDING SCENES. Oporto, March 22.--The bodies of aiaty- six victima of th ha vided to enable the searchers to work --- interru The fire inated by the blowing of an age 6 ie tected against the scene tected. ga je saw yr ~ and alee to lower the. curtAin, fore he could reach it the .e buralng'» sethery fell on the stage. was a panic immediately. Yasue eheaset parteol the house the at- was principally of the erie jer Many sailors ze porters, who ftileealy crushed down the weaker people in their rush for the doors, using their fists, shoes and knives, and mercilessly - e SLASHING THEIR WAY TO THE FRONT. Girls, children and woman were literally house was 5 orewiad, an attractive, b ag me being pre- program: the actresses wore the finest ae. d procession: Their had left in their dres- ere totally destroyed. The nights in Madrid. The actresa saved herself by jumping froma window. The other members ot ¢ pany found an easy way to the The burned theatre, which was formerly ® circub, was constructed of w The authorities are blamed, because the build. ing been condemned. Promises or Support. A BIG MEETING OF RAILROAD MEN IN BUFF- ALO To ENCOURAGE THE STRIKERS, pi March 19.-- §:-- Fully 400 engineers and firemen, me of the Brotherhood a, the vosnabanatiaked 29 divisions of the I Brotheraood of Locomo- au of the. resolution was sent to Grand Chiet Arther, IP Snes . "There are many unknown heroes whore names are never blazoned on 1 histo And one of the nly ate dows ta tha ssi a pets humming a hymn. = 'he 'Time to Act. c = If you.ace threatened with Headache,, 'Constipation, Bilionsness or weakness, pro- vure at once a bottle of Bardook . Blood regiments as in the fmper gtomiida, These florists, too, have ina bushes bearing 100 and 200 separate full blown flowers, and bushes A i skillful grafting has made the great of variegated blossoms Took Ii like one well mazeng ged bouquet of long stemmed flow- The =: Syitialitlss of Dango-zaka gard fre set pieces of flowers that dwarf "all matted sheds, which are so many tem- porary stages without footlights, tableaux with life size figures are arranged. T faces and hands of the figure ate of "-- or composition, but their clothes and th f-aecessories and scenery are made of living flowers, trained so closely over frame- works that one eens even suspect a mechanism. ywers are not. cligeed, and wired or toothpicked into place to wilt in a day, but the plants forming the lower parts of the pieces grow in the ground. For the upper courses the plant * seen 4 with all its roots, and they are | rapped in straw and cloths and watered} pee day, as if they were in the ground, * instead of being propped up inside pend skeleton framework. The b drawn to the ontsile. realized in this = jag way. Groups; of ladies are lite in flowered | gowns, kimonos of w A chrysanthemunis being lined with and having folds of pale lilac at the neck. | The tableaux represent scenes from history Shintomiza theatre, and in one case illus trate the last sensational ey tel with which the J: ringing--represented in this latter ¢ us by | a floral Mrs. Druse plunging a dagger | into a prostrate chrysanthemuin man. In one garden alcove three youngsters | stand around a. huge vase of pe he From a hole in its side gush steams of white chrysanthemums and a small boy with a distressed countenance and a red rysunthemum coat. The -_ and illustrate the ony of the boy ho had presence of mind, and by break- ine a hole in the side of a huge water jar, saved the life of their playmate, who. had ant wouht-have-uro "Th boy in the jar is a common subject with the artists who embroider of \iecorate porcelain, lacque er or bronze. In another! garden that is a study of rocks there is a charming little pool in a rocky niche, overhung and almost curtained by trees, On a ledge over the > poe sits Edisu, one of the seven house! gods of.luck, clad in chrysanthemum ie and holding a fishing rod that has just hooked a small! chrysanthemum fish, As a picture, this} little lone fisherwor:an is thé most cha' ing thing in Dango-zaka, and the tiny lit- tle amphitheatre, with its high rocky walls, its mirror pool and parted curtains of maple branches, is worth raving over, without the contemplative deity being in- luced, The great piece of the year is A scene rans wee more that women at . Other floral efforts in. that line. Under! py deep crimson or yellow, and legends, from the latest plays at the |P° jSeveral trial ascents made prov res are life} _ jwas the answer. rm- li riencg in the trade. So far ns dressmak- ing et home--tis concerned, the-pper pat- jterns have simplified mat 'rsa great deal. Tei Male dressmakers enrn trom $3 to $64 e vane busi , |tcwlars like t never yet saw 4 man whocouk! <> skirt properly."'"--New .York Mil and cxpress. (hiennatomtnis ARON Patféons for MUIWATY Uae. as | Balloons Yor imiltary service in the talian campaign in Abyssinia have been * lnonstructed at Paris, and were experi- mented with upon the Champs de Mars cecently. A great many echentlate and military men were present, among them the Duke de Leuchtenberg and Gen. Fed- eroff--who will, no doubt, have opportun- ity for using similar balloons in central Asia--and the manager of the halloon -- ar of the Italian army, Connt Pe-. Each balloon inflated contains 250 to outs meters of gas, and can be folded up to fill only one cubic meter. Thus folded, \itis placed in a box of a wagon, which holds Te ithe windlass with the cable to which the balloon will be attached. taining the hydrogen gas al inflatinze the | "Water being scarce in 'abyniais, the jgas will be prepared in Naples and trans- ported in tubes of about eight feet in length and five inches in ey sae in which it will be compressed by a for of 135 atmospheres, -- a amen will carry forty tubes, to be ¢ into the balloon at the' place tn it shall as- cend. The cable holding the balloon cap- ltive is supplied with two telephone ae m8. which the aeronaut can observations to the men on t oes a@itirely red Patistactory. --Foreign Letter. Drinking Russian Tea. A fine looking -- holding a red conf @ restaurant 4 erence wit! waiter attracted the attention of a neigh- | vr he same table the other day. With | ro gentleman's dinner the waiter brought to him a cup of tea and half a lemo gentleman squeezed the lemon. juice into his ne = "De von it with three Inmps of s +4 ou drink that becanse you ike it,' said the --. "or be- cause you have to?' "ItigR "Tbegan aciukion it. a cause my doctor, who is a Russian, recom- imended it, and now I have become as imuch a slave to it as a drunkard is " uor. I was ill last spring. The doctor would not let me have cham avhen I was getting wee and I would not drink water. I take the Russian tea three times a day with my meals and sitar supper 1 have it brought tomy room,--Idrink from six to twelve me Of it during the even: ing. I have gained fifty pounds since I from ancient history, where t Jingo and her councilor, Takenonchi, stand i the deck of a clirysanthemum | ship, bound for the conqnuest_of'Korea, and receive omens from the gods of luck! and the marine deities, over whom Jingo Kogo had control. Only the forward half} of the sh ip is shown, but that is more! than fifty feet long; a prow of yellow! chrysanthemums and a hull of banded red | and white flowers, riding ona green sea flecked with a foam of white flowers. Seeing this life ie ship of living chrys-} anthemums, that has been on view for a. night and is good for a fortnight} longer, makes one smile to remember the tiny floral ships that the florists of the: western world build up as marvels of| their art. The giant of Alazku is a splendid fel- inl thirty -feet high, with shoes wtores flowers, and the mask face pair of bis rolling ayetalle that hold Japanese children spellbound. One chrys- anthemum man fleeing from the giant hag climbed a live pine tree, and two thers are: hiding behind a mossy green rock. One florist has a large landscape piece, with a waterfall of white cheyenne themums pouring through a gap in a motntain range and spreading thto a green ron with red eyes and foaming mouth iscolling and disporting itself. A rus peted-wi m woma leads achrysanthemum onsen ridden by a chrysanthemum man, across the bridge. dig demon coming out of one end ot it and) rnd wore! ug some pi below. This colossal piece and somewen derful bin pang setae sggemoe with 290 | odd flowers on them are passing attrac- - tions fi garden noeneatat for its beau- tiful landlecapen.: ~~ Ja apan Cor, -- Democrat. = Tat order that # "1 detest him ;[ Wig, de octet said @ yeung girl, "Why. do - what Teall bisa ? I call him "the little tin ".PREEMAN'S WORM POWDERS re- aad sure to remore alt volliee af Teo Prompt action is. ry rome ct inay becured Sales ithécomes ---Smith's Tatkative Wife. ----. "Well, poor Smith! He is rid of that ae wife of his." What! I--I ful of cream this morning." "Land sakes! "Did she drown!" of fine butter before she out-of the creain.*'-- is an art, and we jena how Sees Smipress began ana jive valua! word and voluminous : orementy of mighly | has The third monumental piece of this season | represents a temple drum and standard, ' ierttte feet. heard" ---- wi "Why, she fell headforemost into a tub- "No; Wait her chin churned forty pounds could be ptilled) ypahorm e Temerok tL botiles drinking it, but it is a dangerous jdrink,"' he said, buttoning his overcoat up close. "It opens a @ pores, and Iam tingling from finger to toe. -I should catch coll now vi t is the bese thing with which to throw off a a if you take it at night.""---New York S Craze Among Chicago Boys. The latest craze among the boys in some parts of the city, particularly in ae park, is to make optiections ot the nam sl é er is raier itinpleasant for startling "out trains go by, but all of the eta to are i the contest in ecessary \@ boy in pursuit of an object = instruct- and ble to him as this would 'la house on purpose and put an old stove in it and agree to bara down an impress were named by the various men who have risen from the sleeping car employ to a residence in the Illinois Lena erage and that they selected such wonderfal names out offa feeling of peatinnena toumadaedett. For horrible example: Octorara, y- edap, Kiskiminctas, iene Pen-twyn, akarusa, % A saaitage Syosset, Twohig, W: Wegree, Winer Escataw pa, Eutobicoke, The Ol! Time Hama, Judge Samuct Lampkin lately sent to shatt--doser- from: ny wet ~| specting pig sist have 'died pee to have been so idealized. In these hams rt [Bait you. catch the flavér-of. the smoke of- half smothered oak chips above which or drifted With, the seasons into perfec [sees fe e) purifier ti Gnad: he ften, Rusiagonish time cua 7 and Tiadag! hton.--Cificago Hreratd. "2 ithe wr: jsmokehouse, of a4 vintage of ae eon worshipers ire st mply * = Use "Mana 3." Cowdinos Pow- ders for loss of appetite in your horns James Demavae. sells. Gaeue season's Japan tea at ten cents per pound, and « fine Gunpowder tea for 124 cents per pound... Going, going, but not all gone ; we have still a large lot of fine Valencia raisins which we are selling at Se, per Ib, goods are well worth 10c. Call and ex- amine them at Walsh Bros., the place for j big bargains. SSI Eh EE on me } -- Vite is the king of them all ' for piles, rheumatism, kidney complaints, | dyspepsia, general debility; nature's ee buitt you up if i are aMic | Try Elixir Vite and be happy Bald) by all druggist MenicaL Procress. --The great t physio. logical discovery of the sey etinuth cent- was the circulation of the bi "Phe t- 'great medical discovery of the nineteenth century was an aiterative for the purity- ing of the blood. These two discoveries, Harvey's circulation theory and Ayers Sarsaparilla, are prominent landmarks in the history and progress of Medicine. If you have a chain, watch, or locket thas~s worthless on account of it being brass, get it plated in either gold or silver, py h will make it look equal to new and ill last better than most new plated goods, Will guarantee work to be strictiy first-claes and give satisfaction as to = and quantity of metal on, rd Bectrer, Electro-plater, plating abn opposite Windsor hotel, Stratford. Moat f Vsetul. i. A. Hanson, of Bowmanville, Ont., seys hehas found Burdock Rlood itters o be a good medicine for Liver Complaint, Bistace, Headacheand Dimnessof Vision. Bb. 13. B. improves the appetite, ids di- gestion and gives renewed strength to the worn wat ays stem. A Lesson is to be learned from the sight of a bald head, Falling out and premature gray- ness of the hair can be stopped if taken in time. Do not let it run on without making an effort to save it. Get a bottle of Dr. Dorenwend's Germain '* Hair Magic ;" it stimulates the growth, gives fresh vitality, and keeps the hair its natural elor, sides it is a superb dressing. Ali droggists sell it ; ask for it. Dangerous Uounte erfeits Counterfeits are always cangerous, more so that they always closely imrraTR THE RIGINAL IN APPEARANCE AND NAME. The a success achieved by Nasal Ba itive curs for Catarrh and ead has induced anprinc'pled parties to imitate it. The public are cautioned not to be deceived by nostrums imitating Nasal Balm in name and a: rar ance, bearing such names as Nasal Nasal Balsam, ete. Ask for Nasal 'Balm and do not take itnitation dealers may ruggista wee upon you. For sale by alld sent post- on receipt of 'price (50c, pl $s) by Phar sing ulford & Co, Brockville, Ont; i a all ' Flavoring Extracts are absolutely er sr To Tavern and d Shop-Keepers. N N'ane er Sues civen 'geo "Liceneet rte hd year 88-0, will require to ie thets F applications ¥ nepector Before the Ist of April Next. A. M. SISHER, nepect Amulree P.O., March 9, 1888. road GQQEALED TENDERS marked if tad Mounted addressed " Police Clothing --s to the Honorable me President of the Privy Council, Ottawa, will be received up to noon o! nm Monday, 16th A Printed forms of tender, containing full informa- tion as to jeg and quantities required, may 'on to the unde: the cheque * oa be pein: '© payment will -be made to newspa rt- is advertisement without authority having first obtained. FRED. WHITE, Comptroller \.W.M. Police. Ottawa, March 12th, 1883. 637- "THE KEY TO HEALTH. Gradually without weakaing the peareets teenaei Bilious Disorders. and Aci "Acid Paaec waaay PROF. Low's SELPHUR ; SOAE is we en sys a mass Pere, 'WALL PAPER! NEW STYLES FOR 1888 vcaechaaiianee -- 70: Prices Much Lower Than Former Years. 203------- "TT St as "STREET, STRATFORD. " SCHOOL. BOOKS! Don't waste time, but go direct to DUFTON'S, where you will be sure to get anything you require in above line. Everything in the Line of School Stationery sells at Astonishingly Low Prices. For example, my Five (5) Cent Scribbling Book is the Largest, Nicest and Best ever sold here. Ask for it, Ajj other Lines cf School Stationéry Equally Good Value, NEW : BOOKS Canadian Almanac for 1888. Office and Pocket Diaries for 1888. sf Subscriptions Received tor the Daily'and Weekly EMPIRE, and any Other Magazine or Paper. J. H. DUFTON; No, 1 OLD ALBION BLOCK. FRESH PAINT! We have jus* received a Full Assortment of PREPARED PAINTS Over 80 Different Colors, in Cans of _ Gallon, Half-Gallon, Quart, Pint, and Half-Pint Sizes! CITY BOOK STORE. --ALSO-- CARRIAGE PAINTS, In Quart, Pint and Half-Pint Cans. W. & F..WORKMAN. "YOU CAN BUY ~THuE-- Best Canadian Refined COAL OIL 15 CENTS PER GALLON --AT-- WALSH - BROS, The Place for Bargains. W. H. ROBERTS, '| Watchmaker, - J ewener = Fate, Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Jewellery, Spectacles, Fancy Goods, Books, Stationery, Toys, Xmas. Cards, and a variety of Goods too numerous to mention, all suitable for the -+- aS Call and see whats: a viciety I have got, and what Bargains we are giving. Spectacles to suit all sights.. Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery Repaired and Warranted, at W. H. ROBERTS'. _CORCORAN'S HOLIDAY SEASON, _ Has-a Larger Variety this year than ever before, of -- : + |'Three Grape C Concord: 'Wine. "This Wine was made ication Selected Grapes by oye of the Best Wine Makers mm the Province. It is Absolutely Pure, First-Bun Wine-of Fine Flavor, and I can sell it for about the same Price that Mixed Wines * of Inferior Quality are sold for*by Parties from the Large Cities who Solicit Orders here. od AMES CORCORAN. REDE ORE Bape BONS