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â€"-The French wine crop last year fell off (3,700,000 hectolitres compared with the yield of 1877, and 8,093,000 compared with the average of the decade. Causes, phyllox~ CI and oidium. Glew’s picture of “Donnybrook Fair,” which was stolen from a Newark restaurant the other evsning has quite a romantic history attached to it. This is the third t1me it has been stolen. rl‘he artist painted the original picture in a small studio, No. 53 Beaver street, New York. The agent who had charge of it sold it to a New York furnishing house for $500. After a long search Glew’s found the picture, and the seller agreed to sell it for $500. The artist by a hard struggle ob» tained that sum, but the owner still refused to part with it. He had the painting in his store, with $1,200 as the price marked upon it. in 1867 Glew came to Newark and con- tinued on printing. He set about painting a new "Donnybrook Fair,” which was calculated to far excel the first. This painting was spread on a large canvas, and contains por- traits of O’Connell, Samuel Lover, Carleton “Zozymus” and many other celebrities. Glew worked on the painting night and day. and often with an empty stomach. To main- tain himself and wife, the furniture of their home and their clothing in their wardrobe was sold. Just as he was about completing the painting, and while he was in Connecticut collecting funds due him by portraits he was robbed of his last painting. Weary and heartsick he returned to Newark. where was taken ill, and his last days were embittered by poverty and disappointment. The picture which has just been carried ofl was valued at 620,000. Bv Meleager, who lived about the First Century B. C.J cry you Love-â€" At earliest break of day. Bu now even now, his wings the wanderer And passed away, [spread Leaving his empty bed. Bo ye that meet the boyâ€"for such is he, Full of sweet tears and wit : a fickle sprite, Laughing and free, With wings and quiver bright! Yet know I not on whom to father Loveâ€" For earth denies the wanton child his name, And air above, And the broad sea the same. With each and all he lives at feud. Beware, Lest While I speak, he cast A dainty snure Over your hearts at last. But see 1 his hiding-place, his very self, Close to my hand, behold, the archer lies, A laughing elf Within my lady's eyes. WHO COULD OFFER MORE THAN THIS ’Jfimy,? [Pittsburg Telegraph] » The following little story is a. tmoW/ng one one and the hero thereof is :3. WM 'LLknown young gentleman of this city ; Ha," has been somewhat wild in his lisbitslit is? ;e past, but for four months he had abstaiv’ ed from drink and spent his evenings atlmf/ “9‘ One eve. 11mg, three weeks ago.” 110‘ f"’wént out calling and some one gave 1"~“-»m=a‘/’élass of wine. This aroused the Sleeping my id, and he went 01'1" on a, grand 08101393” fi/rwor three days he 1ost all mastery ovu- hir I .iself, and scarcely knew Where he wg"' O/n the morning of the fourth day he war? comparatively sohered up. He wandeled‘ mt“ ’ the reading-room of one of our hOtels' Wher J lie was well known, and sat down- and stared moodily into the street. .Prr‘semjly/ a. little girl of about ten years came 1’“ and looked timidly around the room. She “$3.6, ressed in rags, but she had a. sweet, in- t911‘,"'gent face that could scarcely fail to ex- <31 24: svmnnmv 'mmm “MM.” :“ “ I don’t know,” replied the absorbed pro- fessor, “ I didn’t think I had any new facts to impart.” WHERE REVERENCE WAS FORGOTTEN. [Portland Advertiser.) A little fellow m one of our Sunuayschools was asked who made him, and gave the an- swer “God ;” but when his turn came again the question. “ Who made this beau- tiful world and all the lovely flowers and birds 7” was l'ropouuded to him. whereupon he electrified the whole class and struck his horrified teacher speechless by re- plying carelessly : ‘- The same old chap." Than came a burstâ€"the water pipes, The plugsâ€"Oh, Where were they ? Ask of the gentle plumber man Who called around next day. NOTHING To ADD. (Chicago Inter-Ocean, \Vashington Letter.) Professor Newcombe, the astronomer, is a very solemn man, and is always absorbed. so much so that he had a general reputation for absent-mindedness. One evening he was attending a wedding with his wife, and w1th the. rest of the guests passed up to offer his congratulations after marriage. He shook hands with the bridal couple in a solemn way, but uttered not a word. “ Well. you see," explained the gentleman, “ I went last Sunday for the first time in nine years, an’ I felt so much better than if I’d put in the day at pedro or poker as usual. Somehow seein’ so many well-dressed, decent people in a crowd, an hearin’ the person and list’nin’ to the hymns I used to know when I was a. boy, made me feel sort 0’ tender- hearted like. An’ the feelin’ didn’t wear away neither. I’ve felt so dâ€"d good an‘ pious-like all the week that I could lick my weight in hoodlums this here minute. Goin’ to church is the boss racket, you kin bet on that. Every leadin’ citizen had ought to go to church. Martin, take sumfin your- Ielf.” “ Why didn’t you say something to them said_hi_s wife, respectfully. Some Facts About Glew’a celebrated Painting, Recently Stolen in Newark, r 7â€"0 .......... "v m: w uuuuuvl, one and the hero thereof is a,” we; $5100st young gentleman of this city :l Hg; / gas been somewhat wild in his habitsin w 8 ast but for four months he had obeth : ’ - . . ‘ em from drink and spent his evenings at. 119' 8 one eve ""18, three weeks ago. he ’“ ‘ . ‘ . i ’ / went out calling and some one gave 11 “11.4; ~ ~ - e ‘2 - / glass of Wine. This aroused the 818913er fiev/ m a ‘ 3 'i x .1d, and he went off grand carci‘ge V _ f I nor thiee days he lost All mastery ovgr my If , d ‘ 1 k Where he we! 0/ .ise , an. seuicey new ' ' x ii the mornin of the fourth iay he wer ~ g mndeled :‘ com 'pnratively sobered up. He ‘ ‘ mto' the reading-room of one of our 10‘918, wher . e he was well known, and sat [own and ‘ . . E,” * flv stared ‘moodily into the street. ‘38“ , a. little girl of about ten years come A and .ooked timidiy around the room. She was}? ressed in rags, but she had a. sweet, in- t€311‘,"¢;ent face that could scarcely fail to ex- cft/e sympathy. There were five persons in the room, and she went to each. begging. One gentlemen gave her a five-cent piece, and she then went to the gentleman spoken of and asked him fora penny. adding, “I haven't had anything to eat for a whole day.” The gentleman was all out of humor and he said crossly: "Don’t bother me; go ewnyl I haven’t had anything to eat for three days.” “he child opened her eyes in shy Wonder and 1 ed at him for a moment, and then walked ‘10le towards the door. She turned the 1910'). and then, after hesitating a few sec- 03 ds, she turned quickly and walked straight up to him who had spoken so ill-natureily, and gently laying the five cents she had re- ceived on his knee, said with a tone of true girlish pity in her voice : "Ifyou haven’t had anything to eat for three days you take this and go and buy some bread. Perhaps I can get some more somewhere.” The young fel- low blushed to the roots of his heir, and lift- ing the mineture Slster of Charity in his arms he kissed her two or three times in de- light. Then he took her to the persons in the room and to those in the corridors and and the office, and told the story and asked contributions, giving himself all the money he had with him. He succeeded in raising over $40 and sent the little kindly hearted one on her way rejoicing. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN NEVADA. LReno, Nev., Gazette] “I’am goin’ to church to-morrow,” re- marked a well-known citizen of Reno, with a red face, in Sender's saloon this after- noon. “ Why ‘2” demanded an astonished fellow old-timer. Manet-g G H: vc Down to the kitchen then he rushed, And in the basement dove, Long strived he for to turn 'he plugs, But all in vain he strove. “ The hydrant may be running yet,‘ He cried in hopeful toneâ€" Alas, the hydrant. too, was froze As stifi as any stone. Ha fiercely tried to turn the plug‘ Bus all in vain he triedâ€" “ I see it allâ€"I am betrayedâ€" The water’s froze I” he cried. The man stood on the bath-room floor While raged the storm without, One hand was on the water valve, The t‘otner on the spout. “ DONNYBIKOOK FAIR." l) SHADE. THE PLUMBER’S VICTIM and Guy From all gonna l- LOVE «In (University Magazine.) An Irishman visiting Dublin for the first time went into a. tavern and called for a glass of Whiskey. It was brought to him with a slice of lemon in it. Pat surveyed it for some minutes in wondering silence, and then, callâ€" ing the waiter, said in ahalf whisper, “What’s ‘ that 1’” “Lemon, your honor," was the re- ‘ ply. “Sure I know that,” said Pat. who had never seen a lemon before in his life, “ but what it therefor ?" “ To give is it a flavor,” answered the other. This was a wrinkle for Pat, who returned to the hog; and, on the first occasion of entertaining his friends. slipped a slice of potato into each man’s whiskey. “What’s the maning of that at all 'I" inquired one of the company. “ Don’t you know it’s to give it a flavor.” replied the host, afiecting supreme contempt of the other’s ignorance. The grist mills at Emerson, Man, are doingabrisk business, being kept running day and night without any appearance 01 slackening. Emerson is largely attaining the position of the leading wheat market in Manitoba. Since the lst of January 38 car loadsâ€"13,300 bushelsâ€"of wheat, and 3.850 bushels of flax have been shipped from that place. The Superintendent of Police of Victoria, B. 0., has issued an order compelling the clipping of‘John Chinaman’s queue, on the ground of cleanlinesa. A B. C. contem- porary with rustic simplicity observes:â€" They must attach some superstitious value to these appendsgss, for their antics whilr undergoing the tonsorial operation were ludicrous in the extreme. Emerson is "seeking a branch bank to be opemlged by some good solid bank. The cottonwood telegraph poles used on the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad haw sprouted, and give promise of supplying a continuous line of shade trees. Seattle, B. 0.. Shipped 15,827 tons of coal in the month of December, the largest ship ment since the first openmg of the mines. The shipments for the year 1878 amounted to 125, 582 tons. Thevmails from Winnipeg to the United States are detained two days at Pembina. and comingfrom the States one day, owing to there being no mail agent on the train south of the ‘ boundayy. â€"â€"The Rev. Dr. Morris, of Lane Theologi- ca‘l Seminary, wants to know what is to be done with the Presbyterian ministers who have embraced the belief set forth in the re- cent Prophetic Conference. He would, if he had his own way with them, turn them out of the Church ; but the difficulty is that neither the Westminster Confession of Faith nor the Book of Discipline say anything against the holding of their views. Distasteful as these views may be to Dr. Morris and other emin- ent Presbyteriane, the presence of the breth- ren who sold them will have to be endured. AHistorical Society has been formed at Winnipeg. Thefre‘sire over 150 applications for speci- fications for the new sections of the Canada Pagific Railway. There are twenty-five villages, occupied by 2,841 Mennonites, who cultivate 10.470 acre: of land in Manitoba, and produce 91,509 bushels of wheat and 42,086 bushels of pota toes, besides rye, barley, oats, etc. v A few days ago the Oregonian contained a list of marriages during the year, and among them appeared the following notice: " Dec. 13._â€"Prince C. J. Nadasky and Marie von Reiche.” The oddity of a titled wedding in Oregon led our reporter to investigate, and he“? fOHOWS the true story: Prince Carl tTohenn Nada/sky, sole heir of a wealthy and influential Austrian family and a long line of illustrzoms ancestors, was, during the revolu- tionary War of 1848, a young officer in the Im-Pefli'el‘Austrien Guard. When sentence of (3931179. was passed on Robert Blum, The fa.- mo’is revolutionary leader, and a favourite of tile German people, the young officer was detailed to command the detachment of sol- diers Whose bullets were to terminate the life of the noblest and bravest man of his age. The fortitude Blum displayed at the execu- tion, and his parting words so impressed the young soldier that a few months’ study of the liberal publications of those davs sufficed to lead him into the revolutionary party. But the feudal Government triumphed, and Prince Nadasky, together with many other prominent leaders, was taken prisoner and condemned to death. Through the influence of his relatives his sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life, and he was sent to the dark toils of an Austrian fortress. â€"â€"The vicar of Grimstone and Wartnaby has refused to church a. woman on the ground that she had been attending a chapel, though she is the sister of the church organist, daughter of the parish clerk, and the Wife of a. man who sings in the parish choir. The same clergyman some months ago refused to bury a, nonconformist. â€"-Dr. Shaw, ofRochester, says that 9. Con- gregationalistis simply “ a Presbyterian who has left his catechism at home, and forgotten Where he laid it down.” â€"“ Praise the Lord 1” cried n. worshipper at the St. James Street Methodist church. Montreal, when the minister told impressively how the reprieve for the Molly Maguires arrived just half a minute tuO late. â€"It is cited as a curious fact that the pub- lic afl'airs of England, a Proteatsnt country, are directed by a Jew ; that in Catholic France the most important departments of the Government are directed by Protestants ; and that the Ministerof Foreign Affairs in Turkey is a Christian. -â€"â€"Christmas services, stained glass'windows and instrumental music have been tolerated by not a. few congregations of the Free Church in Scotland during the past year, and a. newspaper records with sadness that “ a Presbytery recently passed over a complaint of introduction of instrumental music in one of its churches by saying in mild words that such an innovation is to be regretted." Eight long years the Prince lived the life of a convict, until at the birth of the Crown Prince of Austria he was liberated, but ban- ished from his country for life. He carm to San Francisco and devoted himself, under the assumed name of H. Meier, to the busi- ness of a flower gardener, earning a livelihood and accumulating a small fortune. About five years ago he was married to a, German lady of noble birth, Who was impressed with the cultured and gentlemanly demeanour. 01 the gardener. Not mere than a year past he removed to Salem, in this State, and bought a small property for his business. But the happy pair had been blessed with a lovely boy, and the father found no rest in the thought that his dear ones were destined to lead an obscure life,away from the honors and luxury due them,and took passage for Eu- rope. He went to Vienna, and in an audi- ence with Emperor Francis Joseph succeeded in obtaining his pardon and being reinstated into his ancestral inheritance. Post haste he sped back to his family, and under his real name he was again married in this city to his faithful wife. ’lhe steamer Idaho, which left here Dec. 29. took the happy couple and their son back to the castles of the Prince in the beautiful mountain regions of Austria. â€"-The vicar of W'oking complains to the London Times that the Cremation Society is about to establish a. funeral pyre in his parish, which, by the way, is already well known for its necropolis. â€"Rev. Mr. Stafford, of Ottawa, publishes a letter of protest against the barbers of the Canadian capital. who refused to shave a colored clergyman, his guest. E .flfllfis FROLVI ’l‘l-IE til-IUCRIIES The Forlunen 0! a Leader in the Alluvial: Revolution of1548. OUR FAR WEST PROVINCES TO GIVE IT A FLAVOB‘ [From the Oregon Deutsch ZeitungJ PRINCE’fi NIARKl/‘GE IN OREGON. I Paul Morphy, who used to play chess blindâ€" wfolded against half a dozen antagonists, and win every time in a, manner to encourage the idea of a supernatural power, has petitioned a court to eject from the house he occupies in New Orleans some tenants whom he accuses of coming into his! room at night and tearing his clothes, hats and crsvats. Perhaps he is afflicted by the diabolical spirits who used to play chess for him. Mr. A. H. Siephens is said to be the best \vhist player now in Congress. He wrote the article on that game in “ Johnson’s Encyclo- pmdia." Dr. Salles Girons, flireator of the health establishment at Pierrefond, a, voluminous writer on pulmonary diseases, and inventor of a system of inhaling mineral Waters, has jus_t_die_d of pneumonia. The Earl 6f 17er killed seventy-nine wood‘ 009155 in @319 dfay. r Colonel the Hon. Everard Henry Primrose, the only brother of the Earl of Rosebery. has resigned his position as Brigade-Major of the Grenadier Guards to accept the appointment of military attache of the British Embassy at Vienna. Father Hyacinthé meditates aufiétvfié; VISR to England and Scotland, Where he will de- liver a. series of addresses. The trial of Passanante, the would-be assassin of King Humbert, has been post- poned to February, on a. plea. of emotional insanity, in order that the doctors may ex- amine the state of his mind. Prince Bismarck is reported to be earnestly intent upon the passage of the law he is now preparing. to inspect all corresponence pass- ing between his empire and foreign countries. EdmufiduAbouut says that an election to :he once famous French Academy is no longer coveted by any writer or author of eminence in France. The section on “Colonies” contains a well- merited thrust :â€" “ Q. What are Colonies ? “ A. Colonies are like plumsâ€"they drop from the parent; tree when they attain matur~ ity. It is the duty of a wise statesman to see that they do not remain after they are ripe ; otheljwigo they will rot. “A. A dispatch by Earl Granville 01' the Duke of Argyll has frequently produced {a sound and healthy irritation of the Colenial mind; but it is believed that the appoint- ment of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe to the Colonial Secretaryship would, without delay secure the object in view. In the meantime so ething may be done by extending Man- i ogld suffrage among the Maoris, and giving the Fiji Islanders, under the maternal gov- ernment of Sir Arthur Gptdon, the benefit of cheap newspapers and Tlial by Jury.” George Hueber, uyoung artist, died on a street in New York on Sunday night. from exhaustion and starvation. He belonged to a wealthy family in Liepsig, Germany, from whom he refused to ask assistance. There is at present ‘living in Griffintown, Montreal,a woman named McIllcur, aged 105. She is in good health, and promisqs to livg {navyryears yet. “ A. The Right of Private Judgment is the privilege and obligation of every right minded citizen to think as Mr. Bright thinks. “ Q. What is Toleration ‘2 “ A. Toleration is the process by which this obligation is enforced’. “ Q. What is Religious Liberty? “ A. Religious Liberty is the inherent and inalienable right of an advanced and ear- nest Liberal to punish Error and propagate the Truth. “ Q. What is ‘the Truth?’ “A. Truth is the latest phase of Liberal opinion, and is to be found mainly in the writings of Mr. Gladstone. Canon Liddon, and the Rev. Malcolm McColl.” “ Q. How i-s the separation of the Colonies from_ tin? Motheyopuutry to be efiected 7 Among the clergy present at the installa- tion of the Bishop of Montreal, was Rev. W. B. Curran, of St. Thomas church. of this city. It is seldom that Blackwood contains an article of so much undoubted smartness as " The Elector’s Catechism" which opens this month's number. An introductory note de- scribes it as having been written at the re- quest of the secretary of a. Liberal committee as a “ manual of political information.” which would be of no use to the general body of Liberal electors. It is divided into 13 sec- tions zâ€"Of patriotism, of the earnest politi- cian, of political parties, of atrocities, of the Church of Ireland, of the Church of Eng land, of the Church of Scotland, of Colonies, of the Empire of India, of the Divine Figure of the North, of Imperialism, etc. Here is an extract from the first section, on Patriot- ism :â€" “ (1) Because, in short, by vindicating our national honour and extending our ancient renown, he 1115 made us vain, arrogant, dogmatic, insufferable to our neighbors, and quite indifferent as well to those drastic measures of domestic reform which Mr Forster carries in his pocket, as to the lively [nterludes and entertainmg Conundrums with which Mr. Gladstone enlightens and adorns The Nineteenth Century.” From the section “ Of Political Parties," we take the following :â€" “ Q. What is the Tory Party 1’” “A. The party which is ignorautly and stupidly)y wedded to the political abuses and the religious fictions of the past. “ Q. What is the ‘ Past ’? “ A. The Past is Nothing. What does not exist is nothing ; the past does not exist ; therefore the past is nothing. “ Q. What is the Liberal Party ? ” A, The Party of Sweetness and Light, â€"â€"the party which seeks and secures the greatest happiness of the greatest number. (No Turk, however, need apply.) " Q. What are the Liberal Principles ? “ A. The Right of Private Judgment, Tol- eration, Unsectarian Education, Religious Liberty, Religious Equality. ment 5’ “ (j) Because he has secured the road to In din. “ A. The features of the true Patriot have been traced with rare fidelity by an incompar- able pen, and cannot be improved by any ater artist. ‘ Stay, here is the passage :â€" What! shall aname, aword, a. sound control The aspiring thought, and cramp the expml siah' ‘ A sé’eaay Patriot of the World alone, The Friend of every Countryâ€"but his own.’ And so on. “ Q. How on the other hand, do we kno“ that Lord Beaconsfield is a. false or pseudo Patriot ? “A. Because he is ‘ Machiavelli." Mephistopheles,’ ‘ Judas,’ the lineal descen Jan: 0f the Impenitent Thief,‘ ‘ a malignant Spirit.’ ‘the evil genius of the Cabinet,’i etc.. 910., etc. “ (1) Because he has consolidated our 0010 uial Empire. “ (6) Because he enjoys the confidence 01 his Sovereign. “ (1) Because he has an overwhelming majority in the House of Peers. “ (g) Because he has an immense major- ity in the House of Commons. " (h) Because he has the Country at his back. “ (k) Because he has kept the Czar out of Constantinople. “ (b) Because, though he fights fair, he hits hard. “ (01) Because he has ‘dished the \Vhiqs.’ “ Q. \Vho is a. true Patriot; ‘2 “ A. Mr. Gladstone. ' “ Q. Who is a false or pseudo Patriot ? “ A. The Earl of Beaconsfield. “ Q. How do we know that Mr. Gladstone is u. trrugpatriot? “ (0) Because he suffers from ' Ievity, 1nd he can km ;h at a. joke, especially a. ioke igainst himself. sivo £0111?” Shall one half-peopled Island’s rocky round A love, that glow; for all Creation, bound. No nm‘row bigot He ; his reasoned view . Tlly interests, England, ranks with thme, THE E LECToflS UA'I‘EUHIHM 'P'eru! Wm- ut thy doors, he sees no danger nigh. Exit penves for Russia's woes the impartial What’is the Right "of Private Judg- PERSONAL. â€"â€"An old man had himself and his trunk left on a piece of land that he imagined he owned in Ocala, Fla., and declared that he would stay there until his rights were estab- lished. It was a. cold night, and in the morn- ing he was found frozen to death. ‘ “ the Bible fled out of their hands." The Bible was then turned to see if the sheet was stolen during the day or night. and, as the latter was indicated, Mrs. Collier called her “ a daylight thief.” The Bench dis missed the case, remarking that the supersti tion was “ more like a. relic of the past" than a. belief of this “ advanced age.” It is curi one to remark how this method of divination, very commonly practiced in the Middle Ages, has survived almost Without modification. The Bible is opened at the Book of Ruth, and, balancing the key on the torefinger of each hand, which are formed in the shape of a cross, the verse is repeated commencing, “ Whither thou goest I Will go.” Where it turns the guiltyparty is to be found. A remarkable case. as showing the amount of superstition still prevalent among the lower orders in England, came before the borough magistrates of Ludlow, Shropshire, on Tuesday. A. woman named Collier was summoned under the local by-laws for using abusive language towards another named Oliver. The parties, it appeared. were neigh- bors. and a sheet having been lost off a gar- den line the practice of “turning the key and the Bible” was resorted to with a view to the discovery of the thief. The complainant said Oliver met her in the street and told her the Bible had been “turned down” to several houses where suspected persons lived, and that when Mrs. Collier‘s name was mentioned “ Seaweed,” a Newport correspondent of the Boston Transcript, asks for further infor- mation concerning the first eating of toma- toes in America. The correspondent says : It is a Newport tradltion that tomatoes were first eaten in this country about 1823, in a house still standing on the corner of Come and Mill streets. About that time there was an eccentric Indian painter, Michael Felice Come. He bought a stable on the street now called for him, fashioned it into a dwell- ing house, and there lived and died. Previ- ous to his coming, and long after, tomatoes, then called “love apples,” were thought to be poisonous. A gentleman told me to-day that in 1819 he brought them from South Carolina and planted them in his yard, where they were looked upon as curiosities, and prized for their beauty. They became later, however, a very unpleasant missile in the hands of the small boy. A charming old lady also told me toâ€"day that in 1824 she was sit- ting with a sick person when someone brought the invalid as a tempting delicacy some tomatoes. ” Would you poison her ?” was the exclamation o the astonished attenâ€" dants: and yet Come in his section of the town had been serving them for a. year pre- yious. As late as 1835 they were regarded as poisonous throughout Connecticut. Corne lived,between the time of coming to America, and his settling in Newport, in Salem and in Boston, and though Newporters cling to the tradition that tomatoes were first eaten there, he may have introduced them as a vegetable in either or both of those cities. He prided himself on having set the fashion of eating them here. “There,” he said, “is that potato; he grows in the dark or in the damp cellar, with his paielank roots; he has no flavor; he lives under ground. But the tomato. he grows in sunshine; he has fine rosy color; an exquiSJte flavor; he is wholesome, and when he is put in soup you relish him. A brief sketch of the history of the Jesuit )rder in Canada may not be uninteresting. L‘he first missionaries to New France were the Ltecollets, mendicant friars of the order of St. Francis In 1624. Father de Piat, of the rtecollets.invited the Jesuits to the colony. [‘he Associated Merchants opposed the «cheme, which was favoured, however, by De Levis, the Viceroy, and Champlain. The Jesuits had established themselves in Acadia ,n 1611. and prior to that. 1566, in Florida Early in 1625 Father de Piat’s invitation was Lccepted, and Fathers Charles Lalemant, lean de Breboeuf, Enmond Masse, and two ay Jesuits sailed for Canada. Their landing was prohibited by the Associated Merchants 'or a few days, but on the let September they planted a cross, the symbol of dominion. it the junction of the brook Lairet with the River St. Charles, and gave the seigniory the name of Notre Dame of the Angels. Shortly afterwards, Father Rene de ltohart. son of the Marquis de Gamache, laid the foundation stone of the Jesuit College at Quebec, and the order grew rapidly in num- bers and wealth. In a few years they supv planted the Recollets, and became the pio- neers and spiritual lords of the colony. In 1764 the order was banished from France. Louis XV. and Madame de Pompadour hav- ing fallen foul of them. The king was anxious that the French Jesuits should have a vicar or general of their own, and it was in reply to a request of this kind that Father Ricci, general of the order, sent the famous anâ€" swer. Sim ut sunt. ant non sint, let them be as they are, or let them not be at all. Many of the fugitives came to Canada. At the British conquest of the colony, the Jesuits, with other religious bodies, were protected in their rights and property by a special article in the terms of capitulation. In 1773, Pope Clement XIV. disbanded the order, and accordingly the order fell to pieces here. It was then urged that as the order had ceased to exist, its property, which had now become vast, should be escheated to the Crown, but it was finally agreed that it should be held by the individual members of the order as quasi private property so long as any of them survived. The last of them, Father Cazot, died in 1804 and the property passed to the Crown and was applied to educational pur- poses. Ten years afterwards. in 1814, Pope Pius VII. cancelled Pope Clement’s decree and issued a bull restoring the order. The brethren forthwith entered Canada for the second time, but the forfeiture of their pro- perty left them impoverished, though their influence in Lower Canada had always been great. It is estimated that they hold to- day s trim the value of $800,000.. blit probably this is aminimum valuation. Prof. Wise, the veteran balloonist, says balloons may be bullt of boiler iron, if built large enough. He says it is a, battle of cubes and surfaces. When the surface is doubled the cube is quadrupled, and a balloon 400 feet in diameter, of copper-plate, would lift up a. man-ofâ€"War vessel and sail away with it. He predicts great achievements for meterol- ogy when ballooning reaches its fuller de- velppmeut. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has a pen which has seen as good service as [‘hackemy’s more famous one. It is the only one the Doctor has used for all his literary works from ’57 until last September, when lle dispatched it to the makers for repairs with a certificate of honorable service. David Purkey, of Morristown, Pa.., aged 25, has married his stepgrandmother, aged 60. David must have had an eye to the Purkey- sites. A dispatch from Montreal says: There is the best authority for saying that the Jesuits 11 France have written to leading members If the order here, informing them that they expect to be expelled from France during the coming summer, owing to political troubles, ind enquiring if their Canadian brethren can recommodete some of the refugees. It is estimated that there are 6,000 Jesuits in France. It is not yet known what answer she Jesuits here have sent to this enquiry. ‘ Expected Expulsion of the Order from Franceâ€"A Sheller Asked In Canada. TONIA'I‘UES FIRST EA'I‘EN IN AfllEKlCI. “011’ ’1‘0 FIND A THIEF‘ 'I‘IIE Ila-SUIT FATHERS Both of the bodies found in the forecastle were dug out of their temporrry resting place, to which they had been tightly frozen. and conveyed on deck and laid be- side the body found in the galley. The entrance to the cabin was next examined and found almost frozen over, except a small aperture through which nothing but darkness was visible. The axes soon re- moved the icy obstruction, and an entrance into the cabin was effected. An opening was cut through two of the cabin windows, and the light which entered revealed an- other sickening spectacle, a. sadder one by far than the others, for the body of a With the aid of the axes, Capt. Kane says, the men ascended the starboard side of the vessel, and upon gaining the decks a terrible sight met their gaze. Near the galley door lay the body of a man face downward, im- bedded in the ice so firmly that recognition was impossible until after the corpse had been thoroughly thawed. The steps leading down to the forecastle were completely block- ed up by the frozen sea-water. The axes were again called into requisition and the passageway was soon cleared. Below there Was a horrifying sight to behold. Diagonally across the floor of the once cosy forecastle another body lay stretched. The appearance of the eyes, mouth and neck gave assurance that decomposition had been arrested in its course by the atmosphere of the improvised ice-box in which it lay. found in the forecastle, with its back nearly upright against, and firmly frozen to, an old sea chest. The head and face of the corpse also presented the appearance of a skull from which every particle of flesh had faded away, and such it would literally have been but for the frail and tightly-drawn covering of withered skin which concealed the bone. Another corpse was . Capt. HubertKane, who arriven in this city yesterday from Gloucester. Mass.. in the schooner Flirt, of St. Mary’s, N. J., told a very harrowing story. It is to the effect that, while ice-bound in Placentia Bay, on the south coast of Newfoundland, on the 4th inst., he descried what appeared to be a dis- mantled vessel apparently about two miles off his lee how. The vessel was also icebound. ‘On the following morning he proposed to walk to the vessel, more for the sake of satisfyinghis curiosity than anything else. The ice was frozen solid and he experienced no difficulty in obtaining the company of a number of the sailors aboard his schooner. Preparatory to starting the party were pro. vided with axes and other articles necessary on exploring trips. After a tiresome journey, throughout which climbing over immense ir- regular masses of ice was the most notice- able feature, the vessel was reached and discovered to be the hull of a large brig careened over on the port side and im- be‘dded solidly in the ice. 0f the two masts only jagged stumps remained. On the stern-post was painted “Adelaide Folquet, Dieppe.” [From the London Times] Prof. Tyndall has made a further commu- nication to the Royal Society confirming his former observations on the appearance of organisms in vegetable and animal infusions. Early last July he took with him to the Alps fifty small hermetically-sealed flasks contain. ing infusion of cucumber and fifty containing turnin infusion. Before sealing they had been boiled for five minutes in the laboratory of the Royal Institution. They were care- fully packed in sawdust, but when unpacked the fragile sealed ends of about twenty of them were found broken off Some of these injured flasks were empty, while others still retained their liquids. The eighty unbroken flasks were found pellucid, and they contin- ued so throughout the summer. All the bro- ken ones on the other hand, which had re- tained their liquids, were turbid with organâ€" isms. Shaking up the sawdust, which he knew must contain a considerable quantity of germinal matter, he snipped off the ends of a number of flasks in the air above the sawdust. Exposed to a temperature of 70 degrees or 80 degrees Fahr., the contents of all the flasks ‘ became turbid in two or three days. “ Dear doctor I feel much better. You are to kind ;‘ and looked down on his plate. He could not deceive. In a moment all was discovered, the steak exhumed, and Dr. Wells was for given for ‘the immense talent evinced on so important occasion.”â€"Ed- itors‘ drawer, in Harper’s Magazine for Febâ€" ruary. Prof. Tyndall's Observations on Organ- isms in I Illusions. Dr. Wells never ate meat on Friday’s. He was a frequent guest at the house of Dr. Francis the elder, and as Dr. Wells was very abstemious, there was a constant playful struggle for and against generous living. “ I remember,” says Dr. Francis the younger, in his heminiscences, “in particular when one morning at breakfast matters came to a crisis. Father had helped Dr. Wells to rolls, and butter, and hominyâ€"so far, good enough; but when he came to a broiled porter-house steak (it being Friday). Dr. Wells rose in argument, and urged its non-acceptance. Father persisted ; said Dr. Wells was (lying by inches ; why starve himself by slow tor- ture ? why not commit suicide ina more dig- nified manner ? He would not have a cor- ner’s jury inhis house, etc. Seeing the ex- citement of Dr. Francis, Dr. Wells quietly submitted, and received a delicate piece of the tenderest portion of the steak. The con- versation took a different channel ; Hannah More, Tillotson, original depravity. Boston east winds. and various other subjects were discussed with animation and interest. From the corner of the table I saw what was [going on. Dr. Wells continued to eat his roll and drink his tee], keeping his eye on father. and new and then, when conversation flagged. telling one of his admirable anecdotes. Gradually the steak disappearedâ€"he was burying it beneath the mound of hominy ; and, playing with hie food, at last concealed every vestige of the meat, and laid his knife and fork across the plate. Father looked down, and seeing ‘all gone,’ smiled triumph- antly, and said : “ The apostle is saved, his life is saved ; we have, at least. got the active principle of vitality into his system. Why, boys, I can see the good effects already. There is a slight tendency to apoplexy even now in his face ; his eye looks wilder,’ etc. “ It was 'irresistible. ’A smile began to ripple over Dr. Well's face. and he exclaimed, with}; sigh : Four Men and a Woman Shut mm in a Newfoundland Iceberg. The experiment was repeated, and after the contaminated airlhad entered them he exposed the flasks to strong sunshine for a whole summer‘s day; one batch, indeed, was thus exposed for several successive days. Placed in a room with a temperature of from 70 de- grees to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, they all. with- out exception, became turbid with organisms. Another batch of flasks, after having their sealed. ends broken off. was infected by the water of a. cascade derived from the melting of the mouutain snows. They were after-. ward exposed to a day‘s strong sunshine, and subsequently removed to the warm room. In three days they were thickly charged with or- ganisms. On the same day a number of flasks had their heads snippsd off in the air beside the cascade, They remained for weeks transparent, and for all the professor knows continue 50. Rev. Dr. Wells, who died in Bostg: Dec. 1, 1878. at the age of eighty-five years, was a christian philantrophist of purest stamp, and was always persistent in doxng what he con- ceived to be his duty. His character is fully portrayed in some Reminiscences of: him charmingly told byDr. Samuel W. Francis‘ of Newport, Rhode Island, a son of the late eminent Dr. John W. Francis, of New York. ANECDO'I‘ES (IF THE LATE DR ‘VELLS. SPON TANEoUH GENER ATION. EN'I‘ONIBED IN ICE [From the New York Stun] “ I am Baby Mabel Dore. Please take me and care for me, and I may be a. blessing to you. Please keep a. copy of the morning papers, for when I grow up to be a Miss in my teens, something may turn up that will make them of value to poor little me.” Last evening about half-past nine o'clock A. J. Lee. who lived at 47 Hopkins street, found a girl baby, apparently about five months old, lying in a basket and the basket sitting in his yard. Mrl Lee’s attention was called to the basket and its contents by a boy, who immediately disappeared and could not be found afterward. It is believed he left the baby where it was found. The basket and its human contents were taken charge of by Mr. Lee, and carried into the house. The basket contained, beside the baby, a bottle of paregoric, a. silver spoon, and a good supply of clothing, made up in good style. The child had a. gold ring on one of its fingers, and a belt chain around its waist. The fol- lowing is a copy of a note found in the has- ket, written in a. lady’s hand, without any signature 15-: _ Mr, Lee will keep “Mabel Dore,” and com- ply with the request. The baby is a little .Veautyw-vCincinnati Enquirnr, Jan. 15. woman was found lying prostrate in the captain’s stateroom. A few feet away pro. truding boots led to the discovery of another body, the upper portion of which was deeply imbedded in the thick ice which covered the cabin floor from the entrance to the opposite side. The origin of the plague which is now making such terrible ravages in Russia is clearly traced in the Astrakhan correspond» ence of the Globe. The epidemic appeared in the Cossack village of Vetlyan Stanitza soon 1 after the return of two Cossack regiments from the war in Asia Minor, and was very r likely brought over with their old clothes and ‘ rags. It is well known that there were many cases of typhus in these regiments during the war, but it has also been ascertained that during their return homeward no one was attacked by the disease. Prior to their home- } ward march the Cossacks’ clothes and ther ;effects were disinfected and well smoked ; bu ‘probably the men did not expose all their rags and booty to that process, and thus many articles remained infected. The re- port regarding the appearance of typhus was received by the Cossack authorities toward the end of November. An army surgeon was at once dispatched to Vetlyanka. He re- turned with the news that there was no ty- phus, but that there were slight attacks of ague and febricula. Several days passed by. when suddenly news was brought of frightful mortality in the Scanitza. From fifteen to twenty persons died every day, among a population of 600. By December 10 the mortality had increased. There died, among the rest, the doctor of the Astrakhan regiment; the priest met with the same fate, his wife and children running away from fear; several of the local chiefs were also attacked. The Cossack population were seized with a panic; they ceased to approach the sick, and feared to bury the dead. It is reported that the dead bodies lay for days in the streets, with a slight covering of hay thrown over them. At last the inhabitants reached the conclusion that the (118621.59 was not typhus, but the plague. All the bodies were arranged on deck as neatly as the circumstances allowed. The interior of the captain’s stateroom contained no ice, and the exploring party found in a. locket on the deed woman‘s neck the minia- tures of a handsome man. about 35 years of age, and a pleasant looking woman of about 30â€"evidently the captain and h1s wife. On the floor of the stateroom was an ebony crucifix, with the figure of the Redeemer in ivory. The stateroom contained two reli- gious pictures, a writing desk. :1 medicine chest, two fine trunks. valises, and satchels, which the explorers would not touch until the authorities had been consulted. The men gloomin made their fatiguing journey back to Placentis harbor, where they laid 1111 the particulars of their saddening adventure before the magistrate. who at once took steps to have the bodies brought ashore, together with the ship’s papers and other efiects secured, until full identification had been made. Atelegram from St. Pierre announced that the Adelaide Folquet, a French brig, had last been seen when she left that port on Nov. 15, with a load of codfish, herring and dried caplin, bound for the port of Marseilles, in h‘rance. AN ABISTOCRATIU LITTLE WAIF I [Erom the Buffalo Courierl His Excellency stepped to the WlndOW and leaning upon the open casement gazed for a, time upon the boiling waters of old Niagara which rolled at his feet. This was the opportunity The Courier representative long had sought. Approaching his Lord» ship the reporter sprang his pet scheme as follows : “ Splenmdly, sir, splendidly. We are all having an excellent time. The weather has been simply delightful and we could not have had a finer time during the Winter months for our visit.” “ Yes indeed. We have been most care- fully attended. We have everything in best of taste and style and are much pleased.” “ How is her Royal Highness enjoying her first visit ‘2” “ She is having an elegant time and is very enthusmstic over the grand scenery about the Falls, as everybody else is who visitsit." LORNE TRANSLA'I‘ED INTO BUF- FALONILSE. “ Are you well taken care of 2" inquired the rgpoptey. “ Are you familiar with Lord Dufierm’s idea of establishing an International Park on both sides of Niagara, River at Niagara Falls ‘2” “ Yes,” replied the Marquis, " I am fami- liar with that idea to some extent." “ By the way‘ did you see What Governor Robinson had to say about it 7’” continued the reporter. “ Oh yes, I read his annual message to the New York State Legislature, and noticed what he had to say on the subjepjz.’_’ “ I coincide with Governor Robinson’s views. I think the plan an excellent one, and one that should be put through toa successful end." " Is it feasible, in your opinion ?” “ Certainly. Everything almost is fea- sible nowadays.” “ How can it be done ?” “ Well really I have not given the matter sufficient consideration to speak understand- iugly on the subject.” The reporter was satisfied, and thanking his Excellency for hls consideration. he fol- owed the party up the stairs, who again re- sumed the sleighs. * ‘ " His Excellency left his fur coat in the sleigh and when he walked along with his hands stuck in his short sack coat pockets he looked like the Lord be is. "‘ ‘ " The ladies all appeared at dinner in full dress. Her Royal Highness Wore a black silk dress with court train, the only trimming being crepe. Upon her neck was a necklace of Whitby jet; beads, three strands. and dia- mond cut. Her hair was arranged in plain bands with jet ornaments, and she looked lovely. The other ladies were also in court costumes and the gentlemen were in full dress. “ I beg your pardon,” said the reporter, “ but I should like to enquire how you are ernjoyingi yourAvisit yo Niagara. _Falls.” _ ” \Vnat are your views oh the matter; if I may be allowed the question ?" “'In what wa); would you urge such a movement ?” “ 0, I am not preparedto say. It would take adeal of money of course, and also much time, but it certainly ought to be done.” ’l‘llE TERRIBLE PLAGUE IN “US- 81A. The Admit-hug \Vork of an Ingenious Repel-lenwilh a Great Opporlunity. The general dealrs of Loudonâ€"â€"they do not like to be called costermongersâ€"have just held their annual tea-party, under the superintendence of the Cow-cross Mission. The ruthless progress of public improvement has of late ousted many of them out of their favorite quartet of Clerkenwell. Mr. Cordu- roy was the most notable general dealer present, and told how, in his younger days, he had often received 18 pence from gentle- men to betake his berrow and his lungs into another locality. BRITISH AND FOREIGN NE‘WH. A subterranean forest of oaks has been discOvered in Ger any in a. valley watered by the river Fuldn. Dr. Maesta, a. Government geologist, who made the discovery during an ofiicial exploration, pronounces the trees to be of enormous size, and to date back in their origin to a remote period. They are entirely buried beneath the surface of the valley, but several hundred of the outermost trunks that border on the banks of the Fulda. have been laid bare by the gradually encroaching current of the stream. The wood has acquired a. deep black color, and has become exceedingly hard. It is believed that it will make excel- lent material for sculpture. One trunk that was found in the bed of the river has been removed to Berlin to be placed in the national geological museum. Whether these trees are of a. species now in existence or of one that is extinct has not been determined. --â€"â€"The Japanese Government has angagecl at a. high 54119.17, 9. German military band- master at Metz. From the Naps. (CaL) Reporter. For some time Mr. D. D. Hill. who a farm in Bag Canyon, about eighteen miles in a northeasterly direction from Napa, has been missing goats from his flock every little while, and where they went or what became of them was a. mystery. Last Saturday a young man named Henry Samuels started out with his rifle and dogs to solve the mystery. He soon ran across a large California lion of the male sex, and the presence of the carnivorous beast dispelled all doubt as to the fate of missing goats. Young Samuels at once opened the attack with his rifle wounding the animal. and then the dogs and lion had a tussle. The canines were soon vanquished, however, and then the angry beast made for the hunter, who boldly stood his ground and lodged another bullet in the lions body. At this fire the beast sprang into a. tree, and Samuels put five more bullets into him be- fore he died. The dead lion was brought to Napa. and on Monday was on exhibition at Mr. Marvin’s stables, on First street. He was of a yellowish-dark color, measured six feet eight inches from tip of tail to nose and stood two feet ten inches high. He was quite fat (goat meat probably agreed with his di- gestive organs) and weighed 168 pounds. Mr. Hill estimates his loss by the depreca- tion of this animal at about 3500 Near the spot where the lion was killed were found five partially devoured goats. It is proposed to destroy Haworth Church, which, as all the world knows, is sacred to the memory of Charlotte and Emily Bronte. A protest has been raised, but; inasmuch as Milton’s house at Westminster has been de- molished for business purposes, and Gras- mere Church, with which are linked so many memories of Wordsworth and his friends. is to be “restored.” it is not likely that the building will be saved. , A lady residing near Cleveland, 0., died a short time ago from an unknown disease , which greatly puzzled the attending physi- ;cians, the symptoms being similar to those lexperienced in rheumatism of the heart. ,After her long suffering ended in death, a ‘postmortem examination revealed one of the ‘most wonderful things known to the medical lprofession. A large burdock burr was found leecurely imbedded in the heart, against the posterior surface of the aorta, just at the 1point where it emerges from the body of the heart, completely covered with cystic-like itissue which had firmly enveloped all the large blood-vessels leading to and from the heart, which organ was in a high state of inflammation, the left ventricle being greatly enlarged. A feature which greatly puzzles the doctors is the fact that the large aorta about three inches from the heart is found to be worn as thin as tissue-paper for about the space of an inch, only the outer covering of the large artery remaining. This is sup- posed to have been produced by the close proximity of the burr in its passage towards the heart. The specimen was forwarded to the Museum of Bennett Medical College, of this city, and has been inspected by a large number of leading physicians. who unite in pronouncing it one of the most extraordinary cases on record. Yesterday 8. Tribune reâ€" porter happened in at the office of Dr. W. H. Davis, corner State and Madison streets, while several physicians were examining this medical wonder. Prof. Davis and others are of the opinion that the burr must have been breathed into the lungs while the woman was a child, as she has been a great sufierer for a number of years, during which time the burr was migrating from the bronchial tubes through the tissues to its final lodging place. â€"C‘hicago Tribune. The London Times, in a recent leader, spoke of the Hebrew as “a language which possesses but a single volume of literature.” A correspondent points out that there are 10,000 printed Hebrew books in the library of the British Museum, and that the cata- logue of the Hebrew books and manuscripts in the Bodleian Library is a small quarto eight inches thick. It might have been thought that an Oriental language was one of the things the present editor of the “Thun- derer" knew something about. The United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh has agreed to recommend to the Synod that marriage with a deceased wife’s sister shall be no longer a bar to membership in the church. It is not very long since the mere possi- bility of the existence of such a thing as the telephone of to-day was scouted. Now an ordinary telephone is not considered any- thing unusual by any one. But there is a telephonic apparatus now in operation be- tween the oflice of the Fire Alarm Telegraph, presided over by Mr. B. F. Blockall, and his residence at No. 42 North Union street, that puts anything before exhibited a little in the shade. It is an improvement on the trans- mitting instrument of the Belltelephone, and its principal novel features consist in the connecting of the apparatus with a battery. The air piece is the same as in the ordinary Bell telephone. A detailed description of the improvement would hardly be interesting, but one of its workings will. A representa- tive of this paper called at Mr. Blackall’s ofiice this morning to find one gentleman holding the ear piece to his head while Mr. Blackall was walking about the room talking in his ordinary tone of voice to his daughter Minnie at his residence, something like a mile away. The mouth piece was against the wall, and some feet away from the speaker. In a. mcment the reporter was given the ear piece and Mr. Blackall went into another room, at least thirty feet away from the mouth piece, and spoke in a tone of voice very slightly raised. The answer came as promptly and distinctly as possible, and showed that his message must have been heard with perfect ease. And all this not- withstanding that the mouth of the trans- mitter was pointed in the opposite direction from Mr. Blackall,’ the sound having to strike the opposite wall and rebound. as it were, at least twelve feet, making forty-two feet in all. Afterward Miss Blaekall played on her piano in another room. some twenty-five or thirty feet from the instrument. Then she whisper- ed in the telephone with surprisingly distinct results. Taken all in, all the new improve- ment is the most wonderful in use so far. A CALIFORNIA LION III I. AN “IJIPROVED ” TELEPIIONE. QUEER CAUSE F0“ DEA'I'II‘ A Burr lna Human llenrt. [From the Rochester ExpressJ LED