UP IN A BALLOON. Fearful Voyage in the Air-Ship Canada. TERRIFIB PLUNGE THROUGH THE FOREST. The flight of the balloon Canada after leav- 1 ing Montreal yesterday was a. short but ter- rible one. and perhaps no other ascension has been accompanied by more startling inci- dents. As there were two newspaper men in the car, it was decided to toss a penny, the winning man to remain and all the other pas- sengers to Withdraw. The N. Y. Herald man chose “heads,†and won. Mr. Hiram A. Moulton and the other gentleman then With- drew and left Professor Grimley and myself alone. AN UNEXPECTED ASCENT. We began to ascend slowly as the crowd paid out the drag line. Suddenly a gust of Wind sprang up and the knot of men holding on to the rope were thrown to the ground and dragged across the ï¬eld at a tremendous pace, upsetting scores in their passage. At last a fence was reached, the crowd hesitated, strained hard to hold us down. shouted, and then, with a grand bounce, we were free, with 250 feet of drag line trailing beneath us. To the east was the St. Lawrence River, looking like a great silver snake, and when I looked for Mount Royal it had faded into a patch of green forest, which appeared to be no higher than the rest of the surrounding country. A STARTLING DISCOVERY. So terrible was the silence that a profound depression, mingled with fear, was stealing over me, when Grimley exclaimed : V 57‘ My God I we havevno anchor, and these three bags of ballast will hardly save us from a bad hruisingfl I did not speak. It was half-past seven p. m. when we started, and at eight o’clock we hung distinctly over the St. Lawrence with St. Helen’s Island beneath us. Here the red- coated sentinels looked up from the ramparts and gave us a hoarse cheer, which reached the car faintly but distinctly. 1r snoors UPWARD. In a few minutes the balloon began to Whirl around. “Out with all the ballast,†the little Englishman cried,and1 siezed the remaining bag of ballast and threw it over the car rail. It was too late. With a frightful crash we struck the high popular trees and cut the tops off as clean as though with a knife. Then we tore at a race-horse speed through the forest, tearing away the branches of oak and maple trees,andthrowing us both from one ;‘ 7We are going to ascend or descend." said Grimley. “ When she whirls it is a sign of one or the other.†It proved to be the former. Almost imme- diately it began to feel cold, the barometer marked the altitude a mile and three-quarters above the sea, level and the thermometer marked forty~eight degrees above zero. It required a considerably longer inspiration to ï¬ll the lungs and a painful sensation was felt in the ear drums. Grimley shivered for a while and then took a pull at the wine bottle. \Ve could feel the rush of air as the Canada ploughed through the currents on her dowu- ward course, and both sprang forward to draw in the heavy rope dangling beneath. It re- quired our united strength to pull it up even slowly, and as; we made one tremendous effort the door of the car flew open and I came within an ace of being thrown out. I caught hold of an iron bar, however, and hung on tor dear life. As the car began to tremble and shake with the frightful velocity of its descent, by a great effort I regained my posi- tion, and we soon succeeded in placing the drag line safely in the cage. “ How can we save ourselves ?†I asked. “ Keep cool and get ready for Work,†was the quiet_rejo_ihdei'. _ v _ > >_ I turned and looked at the man. He had the throttle valve rope between his teeth and in his hands was the collapse line, by which “the balloon could be ripped from top to bottom mstantly. Wewere almost over the edge of the forest and there was a. small clearing and another forest beyond. There were no time for notes, as we were within a few yards of the earth. The greatest danger of ballooning is the chance of falling in a. forest, in which case the basket is almost certain to be demol- ished and the occupants torn to death. The dread of falling was still further impressed upon me when I learned that we were speed- ing along at the rate of a. mile a minute. We still ascmded, and it seemed as though we should never stop. We had now reached a height of two miles, and the lighter atmos- phere allowed the gas to expand, which came rushing out at the open neck of the balloon. I, of course, followed his commendable example, and the liquid infused a slight warmth into our chilled limbs. Montreal soon became a little speak and we drifted over the village of Longueil, on the east shore of the St. Lawrence. Here we dis- covered two forests over which we had to pass. YVWHVWe can’t go much higher,†said the Professor, “ for our gas is not light enough to carry us." APPEARANCE or THE EARTH. And now a very curious phenomenon oc- curred. As We went up among the clouds the horizon seemed to rise with us end to keep on a level with the top of the car, while the centre of the earth seemed to recede. This gave it the appearance of a large saucer. over the bowl of which we hung. Now and then a light cloud drifted between us and the earth, but it never impeded our vision. In the growing dusk we set, as the car rocked and swayed with the wind of an approaching storm. The Professor held the barometer, while I attended to the compass and thermom- eter. The former acted queerly on account of the wire materials in the car, but in the main was correct. The dense forest that marked the moun- tains encircles a beautiful little sheet of water about a hundred acres in area. To us it looked no larger than a silver dollar. AN INVOLUNTABY DESCENT. The balloon was descending, and to pre- vent falling into the forest Mr. Grimley seized one of the sand bags and hurled it out of the car. We shot upward for a. few moments and then the car sunk again. Another bag of ballast was thrown out, but the cold air fanned our cheeks, telling of our approach to the earth. Only one bag was left. “ I dare riot throwv it over,†said Grimley; “I will keep it for the last moment. Pull in the drug rope qr _it will_cat_ch_ in 13119 ages?» “ We are making a. lower and more south- erly course now. Do you see the Beloeil Mountains? They are almost beneath us, but a little to the west.†And now a thin line wound its way among the hills of Belleville. As we came nearer it revealed all the beautiful curves and sweeps that make up the charms of the Blue Riche- lieu, a river that runs into the St. Lawrence. It was nine o’clock, and the atmosphere was becoming unbearably cold. A NEW DANGER. A new danger now threatened us, for a. much higher ascent would render it impossi- ble to manage the balloon, as the Valve rope cannot be worked with frozen hands. We were now passmg over the Richelieu, and in the distance the lights of St. Charles village on its banks streamed upward with a cheering effect. Some one in the village must have seen us, for we could just catch the yell of “ Balloon ! Balloon l†and, as the general cry went up, we clearly distinguished the words “ The Canada." We began to bear a little to the north, and a fear of recrossing the Richelieu which had entered my mind was dispelled by the Professor’s cheery voice, saying : Nearly Aspllyxiated. Sr. HYACINTHE, Que., June 22, 1879. TEARING AMONG THE TREES. DAN GER FROM FORESTS. side of the car to the other. Every time the cage struck it would steady for a mo- ment and then bound along until another bough impeded its progress, when we would receive a shock that stunned us for the instant. Suddenly we lifted clear of the trees and beganto tear over the ï¬elds. The Professor gavea mighiy pull on the collapse valve, to let us down at once before we got in the other forest, but under the great strain the line broke and to my horror we headed due east for the sinister looking forest. “Get hold of the valve rope and help,†said Grimley, ashe clambered up in the netting and caught the lines. With might and main we drew the valve open,inch byinch, and the Canada began to sink. While we dangled on the rope’s end among the rigging I saw we must strike the ground. SAVED AT LAST. “ Drop the line and cut the netting of the car,†commanded Grimley, as he allowed the valve rope to cut his wrist with the great pressure from above. I did as directed, and as we were dragged over fences, ditches and 1furrows I grasped stones and earth to serve l as ballast. Over the clearing we went, smash- 1ing against stumps and rocks until it seemed as though even the iron car must give way. Finally the gas began to pour from the valve in a heavy volume and the immense canvas . runaway stopped. And it was lucky for us that it did, as ten feet from us was a seven- foot fence, to have struck which meant death for both of us, and had we bridged that dan- ger we could not have escaped the forest, only twenty yards distant. Grimley told me to re- main in the car while he clambered up in the network with a large knife in his teeth; a huge slit was made in the canvas,which eased the balloon of its great power. A high wind began to blow now and the car was upset, the Professor and myself being spilled out in an unceremonious manner. 0N TERRA FIRMA. When we got on our feet the balloon had gone a few feet, but we held on to it until the breeze slackened. It was then half-past ten p. m., and we must have struck at ten p.m., precisely. The next work was to let the gas escape from the balloon, which was a very slow performance. Grimley held the valve open while I pressed on the sides of the can- vas to force the gas out. NEARLY SUFFOCATED. While doing so I kept up a conversation with Grimley. who was on the opposite side. I noticed something queer in his 'tone and heard his voice grow fainter and fainter. At last he did not make a reply, and becoming alarmed I ran around, and was horriï¬ed to ï¬nd him stretched out on the ground like a dead man. He lay on his face in a ploughed furrow. 1n the confusion and darkness he had forgotten the danger of inhaling the gas and had succumbed to its influence. He must have been in this condition a. full minute before I discovered him. I called him by ‘ name, beat him between the shoulders andl ‘ rubbed his temples, but to no effect. His eyes were wide open. I called for help, but the forest alone answered me with an echo. The anguish I suffered was something inde- ’ scribable. I dared not leave him as I knew of no house near ; we were in an apparent wilderness. At last I succeeded by rubbing the skin of his wrists in extorting a cry of pain. This gave me courage, and I assisted the insensible aeronaut to his feet, but he again fell on his face. After additional efforts , he recovered so he was able to walk, and we started along the fence, but could not see any r light except the million twinklings of the ï¬re flies which blazed out from the darkness of L the underbrush. I almost carried my com- - panion a part of the way, and two or three times we both went head over heels into the numerous ditches met with. Grimley soon ‘ became sick from the effects of the gas, his - entreaties to let him lie down and rest were pitiable, but on we jogged through the mud , and morass. “ Maï¬nfaa, when you went to heaven to 32313 me did you pick out the prettiest baby on God’s floor 2’†Of course mamma said yes. i â€"-The head of J. P. Ferguson of Clarence, flown, was drawn forward on his breast by chronic rheumatism. Dr. J. A. Carson effected a partial cure of the disease, and thought that the patient’s head might be brought back into place by means of an apparatus. This contrivance consisted of an iron bar, with one end strapped to the waist, and running up the back to the top of the‘ head. A cross bar was to be fastened to the shoulders, and the upper end was ï¬nished like; a photographer‘s head-rest, with a strap to buckle over the forehead. Ferguson was stretched on a table, and adjusted, not with- out considerable iorce, to the bar. His neck was straightened, sure enough, but was broken in the operation, and he died instantly. â€"-A bright little miss, noted for her quaint sayings, said_ to her mother the other day, After walking a couple of miles we saw a light and toward it we went, and in a. few minutes were at the door of a. house. It was then half-past eleven o’clock p. m. We knocked, and soon a stir was made inside. , An Imperial funeral in China is every poor show. Foreigners are not permitted to wit- ness the proceedings, but when the remains of the Emperor and the Empress were trans- lerred late in April to their last resting place at the Eastern Tombs, a stranger contrived to peep through a hole about the size of a half- crown cut in acurtain. Ina letter to the Celes- tial Empire he declares that there is no travel- ,ing circus in Europe that would not present a handsomer appearance in procession through a country town than does the funeral cortege of an Emperor in Pekin, bristling though it may be with princes, nobles, empresses and princesses, to say nothing of the august pre- sence of the reigning Emperor himself. With the solitary exception of a few gay dresses there was absolutely nothing to please the eye ; and it was impossible, while contempla- ting the undersized, ill-groomed ponies, the straggling riders, the sorry string of baggage wagons, and the common, ugly little wooden carts occupied by the princes and princesses as they were dragged along the road, to avoid exclaiming, “Is this all, about which so much fuss is made, such awe and mystery kept up ‘1’†One man would be dressed in brown or ‘pur- ple ; another in blue, handsomely embroider- ed ; a third, perhaps, in brilliant silver gray, looking from a distance almost white ; and they all trotted or centered or struggled along according to the pace each man preferred. Then came another detachment of the Guard of State ; and then a heterogeneous collec- tions of mandarins, gorgeous in every variety of tint and button and peacock’s feather, ambling martially along on their scraggy ill- kept ponies. The Empresses sat bolt upright, looking straight before them. They are middle-aged, well-preserved women ; with hard stolid faces and an expression which suggests the idea of cold rigidity of purpose. The principal features of the little Emperor’s face are a somewhat projecting forehead and a pointed chin. “ We are strangers," I said, and this seemed to rouse the man, for he got up, and, after lighting a lamp and getting his shotgun from a distant corner, opened the door and scanned us suspiciously. The moment he caught sight of the aeronaut’s swelled face and rolling eyes he seemed touched. and with all Canadian hospitality invited us in. A large can of water was given Gtimley, who emptied it a gulp and then cried for more. As soon as his thirst was appeased he sank down on the floor in a. dead sleep. I watched him with the Frenchman. whose name was Alexis Lariviere, for a short time, and then, over- come by fatigue. lay down beside him. The faithful Kanuek kept guard over us until morning. “ Let us in, we want water,†I said. The unswer cnme suriily, “ {e m camprend pas.†When we awoke it was learned that we had struck the village ef St. Judes,forty-ï¬ve miles distant from Montreal. The Professor is still sick, but will start for Montreal toâ€"morrow morning, where a delegation is to meet and congratulate us on our safe descent. A ClllNESE INIPEKIAL FUNERAI TARDY HOSPITALITY. â€"â€"The Archbishop of Canterbury believes there are signs on the religious horizon of a coming great change in spiritual matters among the people of Asia. and Africa where Women in their nature are much more joyous than menâ€"whether it be that their blood is more reï¬ned, their ï¬bres more deli- cate, their animal spirits more light and vola- tile, or whether, as some have imagined, there may not be a kind of sex in their soul, we shall not pretend to determine. As vivacity is the gift of woman, gravity of man, they should each of them, therefore, keep a watch upon the particular bias which nature has ï¬xed in their minds, that it may not draw too much and lead them out of the paths of reason. This will certainly happen if the one, in every word and action, aï¬ects the character of being brisk and airy. Men should beware of being captivated by a kind of savage philosophy ; woman, by a thought- less gallantry. Where these precautions are not observed the man often degenerates into a cynic, the woman into a coquette; man grows sullen and more, the woman imper tinent and fantastical. Taking these facts as a basis for our premises, we may conclude that men and women were made as counterâ€" parts to one another, that the pains and am:- ieties of the husband might be relieved by the sprightliness and good humor of the wife. When these are tempered, care and cheerful- ness go hand in hand ; and the family, like a ship that is duly trimmed, wants neither sail nor ballast. -â€"Parts of the Bible have been translated into 200 languages, yet in only ï¬fty-six lan- guages are these complete translations from Genesis to Revelation. How many women fail to make this dis- tinction; or, making it,fail to proï¬t by it. How many pale faces, aching backs, sleepless nights. dyspeptic days grow out of this tenâ€" dency among wives and mothers to overdo in some direction. It may be sewing, it may be cooking, it may be a. laudable ambition to have the house in perfect order, or it maybe the care and training of children which so absorb strength and energy. but in each and every case the aim, if followed too intently, will result in pain and weariness. QUICK GRAHAM BISCUIT.â€"Th1‘ee cups of graham flour, one cup of white flour, rub in the flour, two tablespoons of lard, one heap- ing spoon of sugar, a little salt, two teaspoons of baking powder, and milk to make a soft biscuit dough; out and bake as you do the white soda. biscuit. These will be found nice cold as well as hot. AUNT KATE. Moderation. a. Wise moderation in all things, is the only rule of success. Don’t, you poor over-tired woman who may read this, don’t attempt so much. Be satisï¬ed to leave something for to-morrow. Let the day bring you a resting time as well as a working time. Suppose the curtains don't get put up, or the hall carpet isn’t put down until next week ! Will it matter so very much after all ‘2 Once more we say, at the risk of being tedious, be moderate. Work is a necessity in one way or another to all of us. Overwork is our own making, and, like all self-imposed burdens, is beyond our strength. RICE MUFFINS.-â€"One cup of cold boiled rice, one pint of white flour, two eggs, one quart of milk’, or enough to make athin batter, one tablespoon of butter and one tea- spoon of salt ; beat hard and bake quickly, as in the above recipe. Very often it happens that we have too much to do, because we failed to do the work of the hour in its season. An unwise post- ponement brings us into difï¬culties. What should have been accomplished conflicts with What is now necessary of accomplishment, and the result is confusion. Besides, the consciousness of being behindhand fatigues one. The only way to avoid overwork is to be punctual, careful and moderate. Education of Daughters. I earnestly urge ever mother to be as gen- erous to her daughter as she is to her son, and give her an education or a trade. that she may neither be obliged to marry for money nor yet fall back upon baby clothes and pickles for a living. Queen Victoria seems to have been a most sensible mother, and has set a good example to every mother in the land. Her daughters are not useless women, but sensible, capable women, able to turn their hands to many kinds of work. The Princess Christian, third daughter of Queen. is the most skilled needlewoman in England. She is also a musician of superior excellence, and a wonderful housewife and farmer. Her poultry-yard and dairy are models of excellent management. Not the least of her talents is the one for cooking. Every day, when the Queen is at Windsor, she prepares with her own hands a dish for her lunch which is sent up to the Castle in a Norwegian apparatus for keep- ing it hot. Honmw Mummeâ€"Two cups of ï¬ne hominy boiled and cold. three eggs, two cups of milk, one-half cup of melted butter, one teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of sugar, one cup of White flour, two teaspoons of baking powder; bake quickly in muflin rings or gem moulds. These wlllbe found delicious and wholesome if rightly mixed and quickly baked. on all styles of dresses and garments, on bonnets, cravats, ï¬chus and other articles of dress is so general that it is fortunate that the laces so used are inexpensive. Among the new styles of the season are the Breton laces, both wide and black ; the latter having taken the place of the French lace as a trim- ming for grenade dresses. There are so many pretty suggestions given for the wearing of lace shawls, it seems impossible to make a se- lection. All of the ideas advanced in this de- partment of dress are replete with artistlc eï¬orts. Perhaps the jaunty mode of carrying the front ends over the hips to panier will suit the young ladies, and the style of loop- ing the ends like ï¬chu wraps will be adopted by ladies of maturer years. Favorite Recipes. FAMILY GRAHAM Baumâ€"Set a sponge of white flour by taking two teacups of milk and sufï¬cient yeast, or should you have your white bread sponge set, take two teacups of the light sponge and one cup of warm water, a little salt, one tablespoon of molasses, one of lard or butter; stir in the graham flour with a spoon until you have quite a stiï¬ dough, but not hard, then set to rise again, and when light put in pans, usmg as little flour as possible, handling it lightly with your hands ; let rise again and bake slowly about an hour {and a-quarter. This recipe makes two medium»sized loaves ; care should be taken that it does not get too light after put- ting it in the pans. Only Going to the Gale. Like a. bell of blossom rin lug, Clear and childish, shril and sweet, Floating to the porch's shadow, With the faintest fall of feet, Comes the answer softly backward, Bidding tender watcher wait, While the baby queen outruns her, “Only going to the gate †Through the moonlight, warm and scented, ‘ Love to beauty breathes a sigh, Always to depart reluctant, Loth to speak the words good by ; Then the same low echo answers, Waiting love of older date, And the maiden Whispers softly, “Only going to the gate." Oh, these gates along our pathway, What they but outside and in I With the vague outlook beyond them, Over waves we have not been. How they stand before, behind us‘! Toll-gates some, with price to pay ; Spring-gates some, that shut forever ; Cloud-gates some, that melt away. So we pass them goin upward On our journey one y one, To the diitrmt shining wicket Where each traveller goes aloneâ€" Where the friends who journey with us Strangely falter. stop and wait, Father, mother, child or lover, "Only going to the gate." AMO NG THE Cl! URCHES. The Domestic Relation-hiya. THE FAMILY CIRCLE. “’ork and overwork. The Use of Lace Mahometanism is striving with Christianity for supremacy. The ebbings and flowing of the tide indicate, he says, for Christianity a steady progress. -â€"They have some queer clergyman in England. One at Gloucester requested his candidates for conï¬rmation to retire to their closets and write down all the sins they had committed since their ï¬fth year for his ex- aminntion. Several seem to have complied. but the parents of the other children were so disgusted with this assumption that they took them away from the class. â€"â€"The Baptist Union of Great Britain has held its annual meeting, choosing Rev. G. Gould, of Norwich. as president. It was re- ported that there are now 576,348 members, showing an increase of 7,512. There are in the Sunday schools 399,317 scholars. The numberof chapels is 3,451, with 1,028,000 sittings, and of pastors 1,879, with 1,652 evangelists. The amount raised for evan- gelistic work was $84,980. â€"A man named Moran died of small-pox of a. most virulent type in the township of Portland, Lanark, a. short time ago. The authorities took the matter in hand, and used every precaution to prevent the spread of the dreadful disease. The family were removed and the house and contents burnt down to the last shred. -â€"The Congregational Union of England and Wales has just held its annual meeting. The Union will hold a jubilee meeting in 1881. when a history of the organization will be read, and twelve lectures will be given on subjects connected with the history of Con- gregationalism. Among the lecturers are the Rev. B. W. Dale, the Rev. J. Stoughton, D. D., Dr. Allen, J. Baldwin Brown, B.D., and E. Mellor, D.D. â€"Mr. Spurgeon, at the annual supper of the students of his pastors’ college, a fortnight or so ago, said he had determined to make provision for the training of ï¬fty additional students, and that he had conï¬dencein :1 Di- vine Providence supplying him with the funds necessary to do so. The next morning he received by post a. letter from a lady in Scot- land inclosing $20,000 for the college and an additional $20,000, from the Stockwell Orphanage. â€"The worship of St. Joseph, it is said, is gaining ground in France, although the Con- gregation of Rites has just condemned as ridiculous an Ave Joseph contained in a pamphlet approved of by the Cardinal Arch- bishop of Toulouse. and honored with the benediction of the late Pope. Not only this but the Propagateur de La Devotion a, St. Joseph relates how a. child who for four days had been unable to open its eyes was imme- diately cured by reciting this ave, which the Congregation of Rites now declare to be ridi- culous. â€"â€"The steady encroachments made upon the weekly day of rest in the city of Chicago, and which are moving in the direction of a. total subversion of the day from any good purposes, has aroused the friends of the law and order to the necessity of the action. The Interior says thatin that city, with the concurrence of the political parties and of the daily press, with one or two exceptions, the Sabbath is in process of utter destruction. The ministers of the city have therefore banded themselves to stop this tide of desec- ration and destruction. ‘ The Georgian town of Jeslizawetpol, near Tiflis, has suffered a plague of locusts almost as bad as that which afliicted Egypt in the time of Moses. 0n the 10th of April, the insects invaded the town in such numbers that the merchants had to shut up their shops and walking about the streets was exceedingly diflicult. The Russian authorities ordered the inhabitants to make a united effort to kill the pests, but the generous people refused, believing it a sin to destroy a locust, until the authorities threatened to punish every house- ‘ hold who failed to deliver daily a given ‘ ‘weight of dead insects. The canals were 1 ï¬lled with locusts, so that water for drinking ‘and washing could only be obtained by strain- ing. The houses swarmed with the creatures and many families went a week without bread because their ovens were literally ï¬lled with them. They tried in vain to drive the locusts away by lighting holy candles and burning incense. The Armenian priests re- garded the plague as a visitation from God and brought from the neighboring town the bones of Jacob, which they carried through the streets of the afliicted city in processlon, fairly wading through masses of dead and liv- ing locusts as they marched along with the relics of the patriarch. The energetic meas- ures taken by the police ï¬nally abated the evil, but not until the gardens, orchards and vineyards had been stripped bare and the peo- ple had suffered for more than a week. â€"-The population of the Island of Ceylon is about 250,000, of whom 15,000 belong to the Church of England. Newspapers in Lon- don of Liberal sympathies mention, with some show of indignation, that the 15,000 people contribute $70,000 a year for the pay- ment of a bishop and chaplains, and say it is notorious that the present bishop, exercising extreme ecclesiastical authority, has done his own Church more harm than good. A heathen population ought not, they say, to pay a bishop $12,500 a year. and add that the wrong is too flagrant to remain much longer unre- dressed. A young blind man from avillage of Mount Lebanon, who has spent some years in Scot- land learninga trade.has returned to Beyrout, Syria, and opened an industrial school, to teach the blind Arab youth to make baskets, mats, chairs, beds and bedding. Syria and Egypt are full of blind men, women and children, whose position is pitiable in the ex- treme. They sit by the wayside begging, or walk two and two, the blind leading the blind, and beg charity from the public. Christian schools have been opened to teach them to read. But this new school premises to teach them how to support themselves. The Turk- ish government expands millions for ï¬re- arms, but nothing for the care of the blind, the deaf and dumb, and the insane. Accepi, mon cher Monsiehr Rouher, the us‘ surance of my sincere friendship. I trust that during my absence the partisans of the Imperial cause will remain united and conï¬dent, and will continue to hold before the country the spectacle of a party which. faith- ful to its doctrines, remains constantly ani‘ mated by the most ardent patriotism. Why he “’enl to Africa. On the 25th of February, of the present year, the late Prince Napoleon, whose melan- choly death has already been announced, wrote to M. Rouher, explaining the motives that had led him to resolve on going to the Zulu war. The communication was dated from Chiselhurst, and was as follows : MY DEAR M. Rounsn,â€"â€"I am about to leave Europe and my absence may continue for some months. I have too many faithful friends in France for me to remain silent as to the reasons for my departure. For eight years I have been England’s guest. I com- pleted my education in one of her military schools. and have kept up my connection with the British Army by joining it. on several oc- casions, during its great manoeuvres. The war Great Britain is now carrying on at the Cape of Good Hope has lately assumed a much more serious aspect than it had pre- viously. I felt anxious to watch the opera.- tions and I mil in two days. My thoughts, whether I am near or far, will constantly turn toward France. I shall watch the phases she will gradually pass through with interest and without anxiety, for I am convinced that God protects her I In France, where, thank Heaven, party spirit has not extinguished the military spirit, people will comprehend that I am anxious to share the fatigues and. dangers of those troops among whom I have so many com- rades. The time I shall devote in assisting in this struggle of civilization against barbar- ism will not be lost to me. THE LATE PRINCE IMPERIAL. A PLAGUE 0F LOUUSTS. NAPOLEON . THE HULL MURDER MYSTERY. HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE CRIME. Arrest of the Assassin in Boston. BOSTON, Mass, June 23.-â€"Chastine Cox. the murderer of Mrs. Hull at New York, was arrested here to-night. He is a copper-colored negro, who has been engaged as a waiter a year and a-half in the neighborhood of the Hull residence. Cox appeared in Boston a week ago. and at a pawn-broker’s shop dis- posed of a cameo set of jewelry, which the Superintendent of the pawn-brokers after- wards found. The pawn-broker furnished the description of the prisoner, and search re- vealedlthe fact that Cox. after getting rid of the jewelry, went to New York and remained there two or three days, and in the meantime made some alterations in the char- acter and color of his clothing. Cox was discovered and suspected in the street here to-night by a newspaper reporter who had a description of him. The reporter accosted Cox and the latter’s ignorance of the city conï¬rmed the former’s suspicion. The reporter followed Cox till the latter entered a colored church and then informed the police, who were sent and Cox surrendered without resistance. Mrs. Hull‘s watch was found on him, and he was thoroughly iden- tiï¬ed. He was not reticent, and said in answer to questions that he had lived for a ‘long time opposite Mrs. Hull’s house, and at the time of the robbery he entered through ithe lower window and went up stairs to her 1room. He said his purpose was robbery alone, and he did not intend to kill her. Oï¬icers from New York and also one of Mrs. Hull’s boarders recognized Cox. wsnmons IN caves. All the time we stood on the top of Zingui (says the correspondent of the London Daily News) Butler's people on outpost duty had been ï¬ring at the Zulus ; but then South African warfare was new to me, and I did not even know what was a cave in South Af- rican signiï¬cation of the term. An ofï¬cer called me to the preci' ice, and told me that 8.:Zulu cave lay below me. I looked down to see a serrated pile of disjointed broken erags, piled together loosely in some natural con- vulsion. The crags were coated with a shrub having a spike of bright orange blossoms. Grannies were visible between the crags. In these the Zulus, I was told, lay hid. As we watched something moved close to the mouth of one of the holes, and a trooper ï¬red into it at a venture. He had let drive, he said, at a Zulu, and no doubt he knew what he was doing. This I know, that as we rode; idown the hill a dozen or so of Zulus appear- ed from somewhere on the table-land, ex- changed shots with our rearguard of troopers, and yelled after us as we rode away. woon 0N THEtALEBT. As Lord Chelmsford rode into camp the alarm was suddenly soundedâ€"a false alarm, of course, just to show the Chief the state of preparedness of Wood’s command. It was a sight of which Wood might well have been proud. Down went the tent ; in swarmed the men into the laager; in less than two minutes from the bugle-blast the breastwork was lined by ready troops ;’ Martini-Henrys bristled from the waggons ; and the laagered force was ready to repel the onset of an enemy. Three minutes is the time allow- ance at night for the manning of the laager, and when you reflect that men sleep all ready for action, even to their boots, and have LATERâ€"The negro has appeared very calm and indifferent since his arrest and talked without much hesitation in giving details of his crime. The night on which Mrs. Hull was murdered he remained in the house where he was employed until 10 o’clock, when he went out. He had a key for the door of the Hull house, but was unable to make it ï¬t, and consequently he raiseda window in the lower story and fastened it up to provide an easy escape from the house. He had a candle with him. On ascending the stairs he heard some one and blew the candle out. He then walked into the room and stepped up to the side of the bed. Mrs. Hull waking asked. “ Who is it I" “ The doctor,†replied the negro. The robber then seized her and dashed the cologne bottle into the face of the struggling woman, after which ‘he tied her in the manner in which she was found the next morning. The robbery was then committed and the robber escaped, soon leaving New York for ‘Boston. He will be taken to New York. ‘probably to-morrow. In addition to the watch which Cox had on him he he has a mosaic ring. NEW YORK, June 24.â€"Through the confes- sion made in Boston last evening by Cox. the murderer of Mrs. Hull, the police recovered this morning the remainder of the missing jewelry. Part of the jewelry had been given to Belle. Johnson, a. mulatto girl in a house of ill-fame on South 5th avenue. She was found this morning asleep and arrested. About her neck she were the topaz necklace. stolen from Mrs. Hull's trunk. In her pos- session was found a. pair of solitaire diamond earrings. and a. pawn ticket for other diamonds. She admitted that she got the jewelry from 00:. W. P. Bulch, the reporter who detected Cox. is of the staff of the Boston Herald, and was the cause of the arrest of E. D. Winslow, who absconded to Europe some time ago. Chastine Cox, alias Francis, the murderer of Mrs. Hull, did not put the ofï¬cers to the trouble of procuring a requisition, but re- turned voluntarily _t<_> New York to-night. : BOSTON, Mass., June 24.-â€"This morning Cox. the murderer of Mrs. Hull, gave the chi- cers a minute description of the murder. He smothered Mrs. Hull with his hands. He declared he did not intend to kill her. He told where he had pawned the diamond ring, and the oï¬icer recovered it. Cox said, “ I don’t want my mother to know anything about this until after I am hung." He said he would rather be hung than imprisoned for life. Cox appears nervous, apparently realiz- ing his terrible position. He appears to have lost heart. and to he resigned to the worst. Cox says he returned to Boston thinking B )8- ton was a secure hiding place ; not once did a suspicion cross his mind that he was in danger of being captured. The prisoner’s trunk has been found to contain a large quan- tity of clothes of the ï¬nest materials. .1 ".4 __ -_, v_.‘, Cox says that while thrusting the clothes into Mrs. Hull's mouth after she had got thoroughly awakened and had screamed on seeing that he was not “ the doctor,†she begged him to to take anything of hers which he wanted, but not to kill her. He responded that there would not be any killing if she would keep still. He never supposed she was dead and tied her feet to the bedstead so that she might not get her feet on the floor and stamp for assistance. He declares that he did not outrage her. and that such a thouflht never entered his mind. 'rnn HOSPITAL AB UTREOHT. All the wounded from the ï¬ght at Kambula of the 29th of March were sent down to Utrecht, and in the hospital there still reâ€" main 9. good many, both oflicers and men. Here lies poor Major Hackett, of the 90th. an ofï¬cer of whom every one speaks well. If he recovers from his terrible woundâ€"which is very doubtful â€"he will never see more. A bullet entering one temple passed behind his eyes and out behind the other temple, utterly destroying the optic nerves. The wonder is that he should have lived an hour after such an injury, but after ï¬ve weeks’ suffering he is still alive. Here, too, are Smith, of the 90th, wounded in the arm in a gallant effort to bring in a man whom the Zulus had shot down when he with his company was falling back from the cattle laager on the day of the assault on Wood’s position,and Captain Allan Gardiner, of the 14th Hussars, wounded in 'the thigh on the same day, after having escaped unscathed both from Isandula and the Zlobane. Scenes and Incidents of the Campaign- THE ZULU WAR. nothing to do but to pull out the tent poles and bolt for the laager, the allowance is ample. Wood himself has never undressed or had his boots off, save for his bath, since the 10th January. KING cmnwuo’s WRATH. Cetewayn is said to have killed Dabulmanzi, with a. number of people belonging to him. The reason is said to be that they exceeded the orders at Isandula and Rorke’s Drift, and that they deceived the King as to the English strength by not understanding it. If true, it is supposed he is going to cave in, and crave mercy for himself by laying all the blame on his ofï¬cers. There is said to be a difliculty to get another army together. Most of the warriors are at their own homes. THE WAR 0): mm ORANGE RIVER. The war on the banks of the Orange River is virtually over. The main stronghold of the enemyY situated on one of the islands, was carried in a dashing way by our forces. A good deal of the success is attributable to the energy of the Attorney-General, who was present, and in some degree directed oper- ‘ations. THE EXPENSE on THE LITTLE wm. The Pietermaritzburg correspondent of the Cape Argus complains that time passes, and that the military expenditure, which is now said to have reached seven millions sterling, goes on at the rate of above a million a. month; but the prospect of hostilities being brought to a. conclusion, whether by an ar- rangement or by the decisive successes of our arms, appears more distant than ever. SABBATH SINGING AT SEASIDE HOTELS.â€" Tea over, and the week day machinery cleared away from the parlors and pinzzas in all the houses, the piano is opened, the Carmina Sacra got out. and for an hour or two the 1 whole village IS vocal with the sober strains ‘of “Hamburg†and “Mear,†or the lilting in- spiration of “Hold the Fort†and “Pull for the Shore.†As music it doesn’t touch the highest artistic mark. certainly, but it is soothing and sympathetic. Thoughtless misses and stalwart young swells. who for six days a week know little melody but “Conosci i1 suol,†or Madame Angot, feel the gentle in- fection, and those who came to sneer remain to sing. Quaint, isn’t it, to see young Biceps. just arrived with all his blushing Springï¬eld honors thick upon him, roaring away like a. sturdy, red-faced, six-foot sucking dove, and TIIE THIGKPENHY MURDER. Close of the Trial at Torontoâ€" The Prisoner Sentenced to be Hanged September 12th. Tonom‘o, June 20.â€"â€"In the trial of Thick- penny this afternoon, Dr. Rydell and Dr. Lett were recalled to give evidence as to the sanity of Thickpenny. Both doctors stated again that in interviews they had had with the prisoner he professed a perfect indifl‘er- ence as to his future and expressed a desire to be hanged. he also stated that his mother had been in a trance. and that when she awoke she told him he should go to America. marry a wealthy lady, be a wood- chopper, a prize ï¬ghter and a runner. He could run a mile a minute if it had not been for the Americans, who had stunted his growth. The Americans, he said, had a great dislike for him and if it had not been for them he would have been rich. Other evidence was called as to the value ‘of the nonsense prisoner‘ talked, and as to ‘whether it was feigned or not. Dr. Joseph‘ iWorkman said if insanity had been feigned ‘it was well done. After the speeches of the counsel and a very impartial charge by the Judge, the jury retired and returned after three hours with a verdict of “ Guilty †with a recommendation to mercy as prisoner was evidently of unsound mind, The Judge stated that the prisoner was either of unsound mind, or else he lacked ability to feel his lamentable position. and sentenced him to be ‘hanged on 12th Septemmber. -~. .11». 1 TORONTO, June 20.â€"The trial of Edward Thickpenny was continued at the Assizes this morning. The court was crowded and the greatest interest appeared to be taken in the proceedings. The ï¬rst wrtness called was Henry Rowley, who stated that prisoner had come to his house near Markham three or four days before he was arrested. He borâ€" rowed a razor and shaved off his moustache and beard, also cleaned his boots and bor- rowed a thread to mend his coat. This closed the case for the Crown, and the defence was entered upon. His former emâ€" ployer and persons who had known prisoner gave evidence as to his sanity. They all tes- tiï¬ed that at times he was very eccentric, and would jump, sing and call upon his. dead mother at all times of the day and night. He had a strong antipathy for Amer- icans and Australians. The only reason he would give why he hated them was be- cause both nations were represented by an eagle. His religious views, it was proven. were very peculiar. He professed to believe the only difference between the deity and man was the former had more influence. A witness said he described as chemicals kept in a zinc box which, if men would procure, they would become as wise and potential as God himself. Drs. Riddell and Stephen Lett testiï¬ed that they had had anumber of inter- views with the prisoner who, they were both satisï¬ed, was not sane. They detailed his conversation and other things which led them to come to that belief. The prisoner continues to appear unmoved. He chews tobacco incessantly. and would rather give a. spectator the impression of hard- heurted indifference than insanity. H Di‘TRiddell said the prisoner asked him for a knife during one of his interviews, and he believed it was to commit suicide. He acted veg strangely. .. Strange Adventure ofa Precocious (Vou- pleâ€"The Girl l'lasqneralllng in Boy’s Apparel. . ‘ BUFFALO, N. Y., June 20.â€"-Shortly before noon to-day. as the Canada Southern train was leaving the Central Depot, passengers and others were surprised to see Spe- cials Wiley and Kiel, of the First Precinct, arrest two bright looking boys, who had taken passage on the train. One of the supposed boys was in reality a girl in male attire. The prisoners were marched up to the sta- tion house, and Capt. Donahue at once pro- ceeded to investigate the case. The Captain proceeded to question the supposed boy, who promptly admitted her sex. The substance of her statement was that her name was Emma Simonson, her age 14 years and that she resided at Flint, Mich., where her father was employed as foreman of a large saw mill. She left Flint on Tuesday morning last with her companion, who was Harry Clark. She had her hair cut off, put on the boy’s unit which she wore, obtained 830 in some way yet to be explained, and the two then eloped, taking a train for the city. She said, further, that she had been attending public school in Flint, and that a project was arranged between herself and Harry by letters or notes which they wrote to one another. The girl seemed to realize her position, and apparent- ly felt very sorry. Her male companion was 'next called into the Captain’s Ofï¬ce and ques- tioned. He stated that his name was Harry Clark, that his age was 17, and that he re- sided in Flint, Mich. He admitted running away with the girl, and stated, in answer to a direct question, that he did not intend to marry her, and could give no very satisfactory reason for the elopement. Last night the adventurous couple took quarters in a boardâ€" ing-house on Seneca street, and were just about leaving the city for St. Thomas, Ont, where the girl has friends, when they were taken into custody. The girl had in her possession $4 in money, and her companion’s cash capital consisted of $5.50. Harry inti- mated that he had got tired of the trip, and intended to return home even if he had not been arrested. This youthful couple will be returned to their parents much wiser in their brief connubial experience. RONIANTIC ELGJPEIVIENT‘ reaping his manly larynx with an intractable chromatic, as he looks over the book with sweet Nelly S , the daintiest little de- votee who ever carried apoor fellow’s thoughts skyward on the wings of earthly sentiment ? But there is nothing like promixity. Biceps won’t be the worse for a little vicarious devo- tion ; and if Nelly can make him available in “convertible†(or other) bonds, Why shouldn’t she? So none of your scoï¬ing, you aesthetic 1 heathen! If you don’t like the music, or the' spirit of it, light your cigarette and take a. stroll down the promenade.‘ By the time you get back the singing will be over, and the crowded piazzas in much the same tide of unsanctiï¬ed gossip and flirtation as on or- dinary evenings.â€"-Charles Carroll, in Har- l pcr’s Mugazine for July. ALGOLVIA’S GREAT WllEA’r-FIELDB. It is now a Well established fact that a superior quality of wheat is produced from the lands in this district, which has. appar- ently, greatly astonished those who so strong- ly advocate emigration to the plains of Mani- toba as being the future wheatâ€"ï¬eld of the world. “Carrying coals to Newcastle†has hitherto been a term expressive of the great- est absurdity, but in the future it may be substituted by that of carrying wheat to Algoma. for no greater absurdity can be prac- ticed than that which is now being carried on by the farmers of Ontario who are rushing in thousands to the distant province of Mani- toba, and are leaving behind them. and with. in 200 miles of Toronto, thousandsâ€"yea millions of acres of the best wheat-bearing land in the Dominion. We are all aware of the fact that it is not popular to advance the settlement of Algoma. In these days of util- izing water stretches, it is thought best to have a thousand miles of unsettled country between the two provinces, as it leaves room for future speculation and that sort of thing. but, if the people of Ontario are desirous of ï¬nding wheat-producing lands, at a very low price and within easy reach of home markets, we would direct their attention to the vast stretch of good land to be found a little in- land from the shores of Georgian Bay. Wherever the cultivation of wheat has been tried in this district it has invariably proved successful, and no better land can be found than is to be had on the forbidding-looking shore north of Georgian Bay between Spanish River and Sault Ste Marieâ€"Pioneer. Several evenings since I was attacked with a. severe dental neuralgia. After resorting to friction, cold and hot applications, etc., with-V out obtaining any relief, I lay upon my bed trusting that sleep might come and give me respite. Still the excruciating pain continued, and while I was suffering the “tortures of the doubly damned,†undecided whether to arouse some tired druggist for a bottle of chloroform or chop my head of} (with a decided prefer- ence, however, for the chloroform), I sudden- ly bethought me of what I had read on an anaesthetic which we always carry with us. Thereupon I began to inflate my lungs to their utmost capacity, and then forcibly blew out all the air I could. Immediately the pain began to lessen, and after a few repetitions of the process it had entirely ceased, being dis- placed by a delightful tickling sensation in the gums, and furthermore I know not, for in less time than it takes to tell it I was sound asleep. awakening next morning delightfully refreshed and without a symptom of my ail- ment left. Hence, you see, I was not simply temporarily relieved, but entirely well again. I Wish other sufferers would try this and re- port results. ._..__..â€"_â€" BRIIILIANT NORTHWEST I’Ros- PEUTH. While energetic efforts are being made to promote inter-Provincial trade in the East, it is encouraging to see that the West is not forgotten. A late number of the Daily Colo. m'st, of Victoria, B. 0., says :-â€"-“ A large pro- portion of the merchandise received by Mon- day’s steamer was of Canadian manufacture and production. A heavy falling off in the volume of trade with Great Bntain, the Eastern States and San Francisco is notice- able, and there is every robability that Canadian goods of every escription will shortly capture the markets of the Province.†The Chicago J ournal of Commerce says :â€" “ The Red River Valley of the North is des- tined to become the great wheat country of North America. It is the black prairie soil of Illinois in a spring-wheat latitude. During the years 1877-78, 1,326,000 acres of wheat land were taken up in this valley, and over 2,000,000 acres are said to have been taken up in 1878-79. The present crop looks good, and about 6,000,000 bushels of wheat will be tamed in this valley alone this year. The yield is always from twenty-ï¬ve to thirty~ï¬ve bushels to the acre.†The Duke of Argyll is accompanied by his piper, and during the voyage bagâ€"pipe music was indulged in. On one occasion Mr. De Cordova, the lecturer, expressed his hon- est sentiments regarding this style of music. We believe he denounced’ it as infernal and not to be endured. It so happened that the duke overheard the conversation, and call- ing his piper, said : “I want to introduce you to Mr. De Cordova. He has become enrap- tured with your playing. At nine o’clock this evening you will report at the door of his stateroom and for one hour you are to play your liveliest airs." De Cordova pleasantly apologized for having been critical in presence of the duke, and added: “If he comes let him come armed." THE GOLDEN AGE AT THE CAPE.â€"â€"The Zulu war will be the making of hundreds of people in a pecuniary sense. One contractor’s transacâ€" tions with the Government amount to the tune of £10,000 per week,or over half a million per annum. Seeing that the charges are the charges of war time, the intelligence of read- ers will be quite equal to the task of comput- ing proximately the proï¬t on this large sum. The fortunate men who have established canteens here do uncommonly well, never opening before ten a.m., and closing at dusk. The canteen here succeefls in getting rid of a very large stock quite as quickly as it can be replenished by daily arrivals from Durban. At two o’clock in the afternoon a couple of days back eight hogsheads of beer arrived three hours later every drain had been c - sumed. £3 a day for wagons is readily paid, by the authoritiesâ€"South Africa Paper. â€"Lieutenant Rose, who is a Canadian and‘ a son of Sir. John Rose, is serving with hip regiment, the 10th Hussars, in Afghanistan. On April 2, in a ï¬ght which took place with the Khugianies near the Jerulabad valley, one of the enemyâ€"an adherent of Ghilziaâ€" singled him out for attack. As the man approached him Licut. Rose ï¬red his re- volver, but though the Khugianie was bit he was not checked. Not having time to reload, and not having a second weapon free. Lieut. Rose on the impulse of the moment, threw the revolver in his antagonist’s face. This: movement had the effect of checking the man, and while he was recovering from: his surprise the lieutenant had time to draw- his sabre. A hand-to-hand ï¬ght ensued; resulting in the death of the Khugianie. The impulse which caused Lieut. Rose to threw his revolver at his opponent saved his life. â€"â€"â€"The great magnate of South Wales is Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. who owns 90,000 acres in the principality. He is M. B. for- Denbighshirs, as was his father from the age: of 24 to his death at an advanced age. His father, who repeatedly refused a peerage, was. also Lord Lieutenant of two counties. Up-i ward of 7,000 persons attended his funeral. In 1858 Wynnstry, his ancestral home, with its contents, was destroyed. Only four pictures were saved out of a large collection. To a. South Welshman “ Sir Watkin†is the ne plus ultra of grandeur and wealth. â€"A man can take comfort at a. picnic, or, he can be miserable. It’s according to how; soon after he getsthere that somebody upsets the egg-n03 over his Sunday suit. ’l‘I-IE DUKE AND Ills. PIPER. (A Forst in Louisville Medical News.) NATURE’S ANJESTIIETIC.