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The bare-back rider made his appearance again and was so ecclesiastical in his circuit riding that several of the decons threw him large pieces of tobacco. The person again came forward and began a sermon. He ar- ranged a spnng-board and invited mourners to come and kneel around the altar. He stated that the grand ministerial combination per- formance was by no means over, but that he would take the opportunity of saying that at the conclusion of the grand combination a laughable “ clurgicel ” concert would take place. Just then the shout? entered and ar- rested the person for failing to pay his license. The person attempted to explain but the sherifi hurried the wicked innovator to Little Rock and imprisoned him. â€"Arkansas Gaâ€" zette. Saturday night a large tent was erected near the Dogwood church, and early Sunday morning a hand-organ began operations, People flccked from every direction, and when the doors were opened there was a rush. Every seat was occupied, and everybody wanted to see What would result from such a mysterious arrangement. Around on one side of the tent were rude cages containing a double headed dog. a one-eyed calf, a three- horned goat, a large black snake, a crow. several chickens and a razor-hack hog A band had been employed. and played with peculiar enthusiasm. Finally Greasy Pars, dressed in red tights, made his appearance and announced the advent of Phil. the circuit rider. Phil came out, and in musical propor- tion to a galop played by the band. flew around the ring. Then Jim, the clown, came out and began joking ti: 9 sinners. Bo cal'm' himself “ old religious stick 1n the mud, " and applied many other original circus jokes. The person sang a hymn and at its conclusion said : ” E! any one wishes ter buy dis song, I’ll jist state dat a. boy will be sent roun’ ’mung de congregation." (Guelph Herald.) The Hamilton SPECTATOR, of Tuesday, re- ports at some length a prohibition meeting. which took place at the village of Waterdown on Monday evening. In the course of the report our contemporary gives the speech of a Reverend Mr. Ware, of Lincoln, Nebraska, but at present, to use the clergyman’s own language, “ a temporary resident of Guelph,” of course the Reverend Mr. Ware made a fearful onslaught on the liquor sellers, but with that portion of his speech we have nothing to do. Every man or woman has a perfect right to their own opinions as far as that is concerned, and it is only when Mr. Ware offers a gratuitous insult to both Guelph and its people that we condescend to notice either him or his remarks. Mr. Ware, we beg pardon, the Reverend Mr. Ware, stated, according to the SPECTATOR. that while in Guelph he had “ counted 73 drunkards in one day and no arrests had been made.” These are the clergyman’s own words. We do not believe in the use of strong language, but after such a deliberate insult to Guelph and its citizens we cannot refrainfrom administering a just and well merited rebuke to this reverend abstainer from truth. Gneph is noted for its freedomfrom drunkenâ€" ness, and the police court records Will hear us out in this statement. Enquiry from the Chief of Police gives us the information that for the number of its inhabitants there is less drunkenness in Guelph than in any other town or city of the Province. And yet this reverend itinerent parson dares to make such a statement as he did at Waterdown. We do not know 'Mr. Ware. and we do not desire his acquaintance, but from what we can hear of him his temporary residence in Guelph is not as a minister of the gospel, but as the agent of a Yankee Land Company, , filling up his spare time, no doubt, by tin- worthily filling the pulpits of such ministers as are blind enough to let him occupy them. But perchance we do our reverend friend an injustice. At the time he saw the “ seventyâ€" three drunkards in one day," he may have been taking a horn or two himself, and seen not only double, butlike “ Dandie Dinmont" in “ Guy Mannnering," fifty people where only one really existed. But joking aside, we do not purpose to allow Mr. Ware to per- ambulate through the Dominion iibeling either Guelph or its residents without enter ing our protest against his remarks. Let him recollect what the good book says in re- gard to the terrible fate of Ananais and Sapphira. Greasy Pars saw the necessity of a change. He studied all night and finally adopted a course which he thought would strike the taste of his congregation. Next week the people were startled by seeing flaming adver- tisements posted around. The preacher was a man of means, and had certainly done his work at enormous cost. The hills read: “Come to Dogwood church next Sunday; grandest ecclesiastical combination ever known before. A large collection of relig- ious animals have been purchased and will positively be exhibited in my own and only ministerial show. Phil, the young circus rider will astonish the congregation by his bareback riding, and Jim. the clown will get off the most side- splittingjokee on the sinner. Don’t forget the date. Admission, twenty- -five cents. Hundreds of curiosities not advertised will be exhibited.” No one could understand it. The white people and colored alike were astonished. Greasy Pars was asked, but merely remarked. “fur further particulars see de small hill." “ Wall, parsin, hits dlb way : A man kin go ter church any time, but I’ll be dinged ef I doan hab ter take de circus on de fly‘ Now, since yer had mentioned hit, Pars, lemme tell yer : De people is tired 0b yer ole fash- ioned noshuus. D9. wants suthin’ new. De White folks has a big organ an 119 boss sin- gers. Yer hainm got nuthin’ but yerself and de ole hymn book. Get up suthin’ ‘tractive. Gin de boys authin‘ new den da’ll all come. I‘Se gwine ter de circus, an’ whenebher yer gits up yer meetin’ house in a ’tmctive shape I’ll come tar church an’ not afore.” The preacher was thus “ put 03” by each of his deaconshand. disgusted, he closed the meeting and ordered the doors to be nailed. Several days later, while Greasy Pars was sitting in front of his house, his deacons, one by one, passed. Finally the one with whom he had had the above conversation came along. “ Whar yeI gwine. deacon ‘2 ” “ I’se a gwine ter de show. ” “ Thought dat yer had to pick cotton all de time, an’ couldn‘t. come ter church ? " â€"â€"Talmage is to be tried again soon by his church for deceit. This is a stupid move. If any man has allowed himself to be deceived by Talmage, the best thing he can do is to stand it and dry up about the matter.â€"Bos- ton Post. â€"-A horse laugh may be “Hay, hay.'â€"â€" Rome Sentinel. Neigh, neigh. “ Go ahead." said Greasy Pars, “ Go on, but when de final horn toots doan yer sen’ fur me. De debil is snappin’ de nail grabs oh hell at yer dis bery minute, an’ de smell ob sulphur is gettin’ so strcnp dat I’Il hub ter leave the neighborhood.” A “ OhY I‘se too busy ur pickm’ cotton,” said one. “ Yes can’t speck a man ter drop his business ebery time yer toot yer horn 7 Pars,’ yer’ll hab ter hub 11 leetle ‘sistency hangin aroun’ ’bout your garments.” " Yas. but de Lord’s got Abraham 1111' Isaac, 311’ Jacob, and Paul, an' Peter, an’ a. whole paisselob uddera to help him. an’ I haint got nobody but Jim. ‘Tilda an’ ole Emma‘s son Phil." “ De Lord’s business is more pressin’ den yourn,” replied Greasy Pars. A “ Grand Ecclesiastical Combination" lhal Came to Grief. For some time Parson Campbell, “ Greasy Pars.” as the boys call him, has been at- ‘empting to conduct a revival at his church nem‘ Little Rock. For some reason un- known to “ Greasy Pars” the work lagged. The meeting had been in progress a week, and none of the Deacons had ne‘én present. " Greasy Pars" went around and asked the members concerning their laxity. P1183“! (7A MP IKE LIA’S CIRCUS. A REVEREND ANANIAI. In London it is the fashion to mufiie the throat. Parisians, however, are wearing broad turn-over collars of linen and lace,with the wide, flowing Medici collars of velvet or brocaded satin worn with them. The collars of linen are simply fastened with a stud or brooch and no how or tie is worn. A new style in neckerchiefs is laced down the front by a cord, which is twisted about little pegs like those in laced gloves andis fastened be- hind under a ribbon bow. It is trimmed on the edge with lace and is pretty and gay looking. A novel cravat, shaped exactly like a gentleman’s, is intended to be worn with a habit shirt. It is of silk, embroidered on the inner piece and crossing pieces with floss silk in a design representing grapes and their ten- drils. Another 01 similar form in old gold satin is embroidered with holly berries without leaves. French mulle handkerchiefs are trimmed with fine lace. Drawn work or “tied work" is a novelty in decoration, while the monogram is small and worked in floss silk. Gravats come in all the brilliant colors of brocaded silk, and also in the graver hues of Japanese and Chinese fabrics. Necklaces of Parisian twilled silk in varied de- signs are also worn. They are very broad and are sometimes worn with a slide or scarf pin. They are called the De Joinvillette scarfs. The delicate fisherman’s green. palest blue and Parisian mauve colors in floriated patterns are worn by blondes, and peach blossoms and frou-frowbuff by brunettes. Directoire collars of black velvet are richly embroidered and trimmed with gold lace ; they are also made of garnet, purple, wine or dark myrtle green velvet. or brocaded satin de Lyon and edged with a frill of creamy Lan- guedoc lace. (moms AND sunrours. The long cloaks worn last winter are not likely to be in favor this season as they cover up and destroy the beauty of rich walking suits. There are, however. pelisses of black woolen goods or gros grain silk, which are lined with bright colored satins. such as red, sapphire. blue and old gold. These are trimmed with black lace and are tight in the back. At the neck is a large bow with a fall- ing loops. The same garment will be trimmed for winter wear with fur and passementerie. Fur lined wraps are worn for carriage and outside wraps at opera. but they are cold and cumbersome for walking. For dolmans the trimming usually consists of jet fringe or pas- sementerie, with silk or velvet bends. They have either square or pointed sleeve while the plain coat sleeve is considered the style for a regular cloak. English jacket: of light- colored cloths, with large plush collars, cuffs and pockets, are worn with street costumes. The large buttons and the pretty linings of heliotrope, old gold, pink. pale blue or cardina Sursle, are marked features of these jaunty jackets. Bands are used on black silk and satin de Lyon mantelettes. and are of the satin fringe and jet. Passpmenteries are heavily embroidered in jet, and are alike re- markable for their‘beauty and expense. Among the furs are seal dolmans, heavily trimmed with black fox and lined with quilted satin of old gold. scarlet. blue and elegantly embroid- ered on the sleeves and border. Other seal dolmans and sacques are lined with ermine. Another style is along ulster, splendidly lined and embroidered. having large revere and pockets of black fox. Very elegant circulars, lined with astrachan, are also seen. Stylish collars and muffs, made of the plumage of rare birds, of mixed grave and brilliant colors, are costly novelties. Muffs are about the same size as of last season. BRIDEBMAIDBy COSTUMES. They adopt the English fashion of wearing large quaint hate or bonnets. At a recent wedding the bridesmaids wore princess dress es of pale pink, a combination of pink and brocade, and large hats of the Gainesborough shape,trimmed with Breton lace and immense crushed roses. At another the bridesmaids wore dresses of cream~colored Indian craps, striped with satin ; in front a. deep fluting of orape fell over another of blue satin. A tunic of the crape was looped up with bows of creamâ€"colored and pale blue satin. The bodice was in the shape of a coat and of strip- ed pala blue satin. A Louis Quinze hat, cream color. was lined with pale blue satin and trimmed with cream-colored feathers. Plenty of creamy lnae was about the neck and wrists, and silver ornaments. The brides- maids at a fashionable New York wedding wore Wattean dresses of white dotted muslin, garnitured with lace and decorat d With bright flowers ; and they carried baskets of wild flowersâ€"one of buttercups. one of violets,one of roses and one of coxcombs. In small head coverings there are pretty, soft-crowned turbnns of black velvet, with bands of jetted cook‘s feathers and black plumes. and very little bonnets of white plush. with white ostrich feathers clinging closely to them and falling over their briml, and trimmed with a colored ribbon laid over the crown and forming the strings. Cape are worn of silvered plush. fitting the head closely, and orna- mented on the left side by two shaded feath- re. exactly matching the plush, and having THE WEDDING TROUQBEAU. The richest bridal dresses worn recently have been made of white satin or brocade trimmed with lace, or Surale silk embroidered in bouquets and vides. They are are in the . Princess style ; the overdress of lace, or lace arranged as scarfs. forms the entire drapery. The garniture oonsists of flounces in masses 2 land trailing fringes of pearl or chenille. Seine ' lot the brocades are white or pale gold, white or lilac, on delicate blue, and on white. and i one is in shaded colors on an ivory-tinted l ‘ground. A handsome wedding robe recently i ‘seen was cut in the classic style with heavv , graceful drapery at the back. The entire 1 front was of silk corded with gold. edged with ‘ white lace and embroidered with blush roses, gold buds and pansies. The flowing sleeves were short. edged with lace and lined with the embroidered silk. A cashmere dress of the same outfit was of the palcst blue. The skirt of the costume was short. and kilted the entire length. The Jersey bodice was nearly covered with an embroidery 0t daisies and violets. A similar toilet of mauve was rendered more elaborate by the addition of paniers of lace, thus making it suitable for ordinary dinner dress. Another elegant robe for a bride was of brocade and white satin trimmed with Languedoc lace. The skirt had a long train, short front, which was massed in crimped silk. chenille fringe and lace. Lavender. mauve. pearlcoler and the pink‘ ish lilac tints are worn as the principal even- ing dress, next after the wedding dressâ€" in a bride’s outfits. These shades have al- ways been the first choice ior the dress in which a. mother accompanies her daughter to the altar. plume or tiger’s claw fastened a little to the left of the front. Black bears’ claws are used for the black and white plush caps. The new ornaments for these hats are gilt beetles, grasshoppers, garnet, jet and gold-stone beetles. carnelian cornucopias; mounted in silver and gold, bands and crowns of Jet, jet in besdsandin strings. Birds’ wings, feathers, breasts and heads ; in fact, birds entire or divided are used on hats and toques. Few owls’ heads are worn this season. Wide- brimmed, soft besverhets are considered very stylish, their only trimming consisting of plumes and wings or birds' heads. The long nap beavers come in colors to correspond VOL XXIII. GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. THE THE LATEST IN CHAPEAUX‘ NOVELTIEB IN LINGERIE Physlcnl Forces Which Produce Ilse Pre- sent Shape. The Camptes Rendus of the French Acade- my contains a remarkable paper by M. Faye on the physical forces which have produced the present figure of the earth. After re- marking on the use of the pendulum in de- termining the figures of the earth from series of measurements of the intensity and direc- tion of gravitation force at difierent parts of the earth‘s surface, he draws attention to the very curious fact that while the direction and intensity of gravity are aflected perceptibly by the presence of hills such as Schichallion and Arthur’s Sector even by masses as small as the great pyramid of Gileh, g1gantic mountains such as Himalayas, do not afl'ect the pendulum indications in any sensible manner, except in certain cases where upon elevated continents there appears to be a veritable defeat of attraction instead of the excess which might be expected. Indeed, the observations are sufficiently striking to seem to point to the supposition that not only under the whole of every large continâ€" ent there were enormous cavities. More than this, the attractmns at the surface of all the great oceans appear too great ts agree with the distribution presumed by Clairant‘ s formula, which' is exact enough for most pur- poses. Sir G. Airy’s suggestion that the base of the Himalaya range reaches down into the denser liquid interior, and there displaces a certain amount of that llquid, so that the exterior attraction is thereby lessened, is one which, inherently improbable, fails to have any ap- plication in explaining why the attraction above the seas should be greater than over the continents. M. Faye propounds the following solution to the difficulty: Under the oceans the globe cools more rapidly and to a greater depth than beneath the surface of the conti- nents. At a depth of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) the ocean will still have a temperature not remote from 0 ° C., while at a similar depth beneath the earth’s crust the tempera- ture would not be far from 160 ° 0. (allowing 108 feet in depth down for an increase of 2 ° in the internal temperature). If the earth had been but one uniform rate of cooling all over it, it would be reasonable to assume that the solidified crust would have the same thickness and the same average densxty all over it. It is therefore argued that below the primitive oceans the earth’s crust assumed a definite solid thickness before the continents. and that in contracting, these thicker portions exercised a pressure upon the fluid nucleus tending to elevate still further the continents. The hypothesis, M. Faye thinks. will. more- over, explain the unequal distribution of land and sea around the two poles, the general rise and fall of continents being determined by the excess of density of the crust below the oceans, and by the lines or points of less resistance to internal pressure being at the middle of continents or at the margin of oceans. France is borrowing her fashions from England in regard to her visiting cards. They show the name in gold letters on a black, blue, or other novel ground, and the coat of arms is added in one corner. They make the suggestion that elegantes who are not so for tunate as to have inherited armorial bearings from their forefathers can easily substitute for them some distinguishing emblem that will pass muster with that large section of society which is not acquainted with the cience of heraldry. Among the novelties are salt and pepper boxes of hammered or beaten gold and silver, in imitation of the old anpeiian styles. They are very quaint and antique in appear- ance and shape. Match boxes for gentlemen are made of frosted silver. with fern and grasses engraved so am to bring the two shades of silver into contrast. Card cases are also made in the same way and of oxi- dized silver. Carlotta, the lady aeronaut. who made a balloon ascension from the Chenango County (N. Y.) Fair grounds at the recent fair, found herself in rather an unpleasant situation be- fore she reached the end of her ride. She fir! landed on the farm of Simon Turner,in Pres- ton. some five miles from Norwich. after a trip of about half an hour. during which she reached an elevation of two miles. Encoun- tering a cloud of rain, she threw out ballasts and everything in the basket, but the balloon became heavy from rain, and, decending, dragged upon the tops of forest trees, finally lodging upon the top of a basswood tree eigh- ty feet high. A party of men whowere out hunting discovered her perilous situation and proceeded to the rescue, which was no slight task. A long ladder was procured, and upon ascending the tree it was found necessary to cut limbs from it, and the lady was with difficulty rescued, after remaining in the tree top for an hour and a half in a drenching storm. All manner of ornaments for the table or dressing-case are displayed in great numbers. Card receivers of French gilt are studded with rubies and turquoise ; enameled candle- sticks, watch stands, paper weights and ink- stands. Jewelry boxes in two or more shades on a. setingroundand lined with 5min, make dainty receptacles for rings and other jewels. As the tight-fitting close dresses do not admit of pockets the bag or reticule is almost a necessary of the toilet. These are made of silk or satin. macrame lace, leather and seal, and are neither hand painted er embroirdered, though the heavier ones sometimes have the monogram of the wearer. Among the new floral designs are those of the bow and arrow, star, column, ox-yoke an antique vase, pitcher, embroidery in its frame, an anchor, an altar and a marriage bell. a. crescent and star. 3 shoe. :1 fan, a pipe of ;peace, gypsy kettle. and a gun and target. â€"If any gentleman with a. turn for writ- ing and unable to find a. publisher wishes to embark in literature, he may have a. monthly medium of communication with the public all to himself at the low charge of p,$250 by purchasing the St. James' 8 Magazine, the copyright of which 13 advertised for sale at that sum. At a New York lunch party presents were given to the guests at the beginning of each efthe eight. courses. If this lashion is uni- versally adopted one will have to be a million- aire or else be considered inhospitable by not giving any parties qt Aall. Says an Eastern paper: “ To the male mind, nothing that a woman can do for her- self, short of lopping of} her nose or her ears would be more disfiguring than the arrange, ment of her hair in plastered curls upon her forehead. Why a respectable woman ever consents to make herself hideous in such a fashion is an impenetrable mystery." GRIT-CHAT. An art decorator has carried out anew idea and has ennched the walls of a chamber with woodâ€"carving, instead of hanging pic- tures upon them. with the new dress goodsâ€"wine color, sap- phire and ciel blue. The Tam o’ Shanter hats are caps of black velvet, with two feath- ers drooping from the back and a bird’s head pressed clowly against the side. Some of them have bands of plain ribbon finishing the edge, with flat rosettes of the plaid on the crown. These are particularly becoming to a. bright young face. A AERONAU'I‘ LADY’S NARIKQIW ESCAPE. FIGURE OF THE EARTH. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1880. The Saskatchewan Herald, of the 13th ult. conmins the following items of news : BATTLEFORD AND VICINITY. The police goods have. for once, been re- ceived in the season in which they are sup- 1 l I poged to be ured. The crops at Duck Lake are generally of a most satisfactory character, and the settle- ment is progressing rapidly. Most of the lots are taken up, but great inconvenience and no small amount of unpleasantness amongst neighbors is due to the impossibility of making homestead entries, although the land has been surveyed for some years. The settlement has received a great impulse by the establishment of a mill within its' limits. Stobsrt, Eden & Co.’s steam grist and saw mill was received last week, having arrived safely by the Hudson Bay Company’s steamer Northoote. The grist mill will be in opera- tion towards the end of September. Stobart, Eden & 00. also imported at the same time a threshing mill to be worked by steam, and equal to 600 bushels per diem. summon. The orops, although so late in getting in last spring. are magnificent, but a little late. Harvesting will commence this week, and the crops will ripen more uniformly than they have for the past few years, as there was this season more moisture than usual at the time of sowing. mm a mural mmuu, unwa- ‘ On the 12th of August 11"» Cameron, of Prince Albert, was brought before Colonel Richardson, Stipendiory Magistrate. at the instance of Superintendent Herohimer. on a charge of blocking up the Queen’s highway by building fences across the mail trail. The case was postponed till the October term of the Court. when it rests with Herchimer whether he will proceed or not. Cameron has, in any event, to remove the fence, al- though he will be allowed to take off his crop. The Colonel fully explained the law, whioh forbids th_e closing up of old trails. A All the Indians on the reserves up Battle River are on their way in to see the agent and to have s big talk. They claim that the promises made by the Commissioners are not being carried out, and that the provisions to which they are entitled while at work are be- ing withheld. Some of them talk of leaving the reserve altogether. Messrs. Thomas Rosa and family and Jno. McLeod, 0! Gladstone; Edwin McEwan, F. A. Bateman and William Humberatone, of Winnipeg ; and Abraham Creighton, of Owen Sound, all bound for Edmonton, passed west on the 6th ult. ramcn ALBERT AND nucx LAKE. The Indiana at Duok Lake are particularly quiet, and do not appear to recognize Beardy as chief any longer. The late arrests have had a most salutary efleotL; Mr. D. Ross, of the Edmonton Hotel, who takes every opportunity of recommending to his boarders the excellence of his potatoes, was parading one on the 11th of August from seed planted on the 27th of May, and which turned the scale at a pound and e‘qnarter. This he said he got among his small potatoes as he is keeping the large ones to exhibit at the Agricultural Show. 0n the 28th. Kuguat Mr. D. L. Olink and family arrived from Manitoba. He will farm in this Vlcinity. The most anxiously looked for man at pre- sent is Mr. Indian Commissioner Dewdney. Holders of I. D. muchex‘s want to know “ how is the reason" that they cannot buy anything with them. anon. mu. (Correspondence Winnipeg Free Press.) . There has been qmte an Influx of immx- gmnts and land speculators this week, caus- ing ponsiderable stir. Marcus Smith is here locating the C.P.R. crossing, which will be at sec. 18, tp. 16, r. 23 w., on the property of A. H. Seoutin ; thence on to a. point seven miles north of Birtle, crossing the Assinniboine at the mouth of the Shell river. The past season has been unusually wet, and frequent heavy rains have kept Battle River so high as to be unfordsble. Last week the water roee suddenly to nearly summer level, and would have carried ofl the new bridge but that it had been made secure by the board of works. The waters in the Sas- katchewan also rose several feet. permitting the steamer to make a trip later than can be coirnted on in ordmsry years. Merchants are opening out in this place, mill owners are looking out for a mill site. and there is a constant flow of heighten, traders and immigrants, which gives to the place a businesslike aspect. and speaks well for its future. The Government buildings which have been occupied by the Mounted Police are now being remodeled {or the use of the Indian Depart- ment. The farmers are about through with their harvest, and are now enjoying themselves in bagging ducks and geese, which are very plentiful about the lake. Among the freight brought from Edmonton on a recent trip of the Lily, was: quantity of coal from Carlton House. When the people of Winnipeg get tired of trying to get coal from inland fields they will be able to secure an inexhaustible supply from the Saskatche- wan coal beds, where they lead it from the banks of the river directly on to the barges used to convey it away. Queen-ml Candidates [or Senior and Junior Mnuiculallon. Tonomo, Oct. 9.â€"The following is a list of the successful candidates for the recent Junior and Senior Matriculation examina- tions. There were 25 candidates for the former and 24 for the latter : A raft containing four hundred logs for Mr. Mehony, was brought down from Edmon- ton last week by Mr. Donald McLeod. The run from the pinery to Battleford just occu pied six days. It was Mr. Mahony‘s inten- tion. when he left here, to order the shipment at once cf one of the Waterons’ portable mills. so as to have it ready for use this fall. J. J. Elliott. Tram Hamilfion csllegiizé 'IBKtiI tub and Public School ; T. A. Ferguson, from Upper Canada College; W. Graham, from Jamon MATRICULATION.-â€"-J. W. Bunting, from Whitby High School, one year, Picker- ing College, one year; A. W. Burt, private study ; G. E. Durand. from Toronto 001- legiate Institute; A. M. Dymond, from Upper Canada College, and one year private study ; v v um .. On the26th August, Supen'ntendent Hereb- imer, on returning with Mr. Galt, from visit- ing the reserve on Battle River. came across a camp fire left burning. A party of Indians were just leaving it. Superintendent Hereb- imer made the party return and extinguish the fire, and at the same time cautioned them against such carelessness. While Oolnuel Macleod was crossing the Belly River recently his horses became en- tangled in thur harness, and all four of them. together with the driver, named Hoadley. wera drowned. The Lily brought. nearly a thousand bags of flour and a. quantity of miscellaneous freight on the 6th, alter discharging which she returned to Carlton to take a load for Edmonton. Harvesting is over here, and notwithstand- ing the recent. prevalent ruins. the grain has been secured in good shape. Boot crops promise a morodhan usually abundant yield. hale-l lnlor-mion tron the Prairie Provincni. UNIVERSITY our 'roRoN'ro. THE FAR WEST. «By telegraph to the New York Herald.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Oct. 6th. 1880. Word has just reached here giving some particulars relative to a fight on the Montana frontier between American and Canadian Indians. The written dispatch is dated from Fort Quappelle, and states that a serious fight has recently occurred on the Coteau Hills, between Canadian and American In- dians. It appears that the former, who were from Oceanman’s and White Bear’s bands, left their reserves at Moose Mountain, some seventy miles northwest of Fort Ellice, about the beginning of September in the pursuit of bufialo. They soon reached the Missouri Coteau range of hills extending from the in< ternational boundary in a northwestern di- rection toward Old Wire’s Lake. Camping on the edge of the Coteau Hills, one morning just as they were breaking camp they ob- served a body of Indians riding toward them over the hills. As it was evident from the appearance of the riders that they were on the war path the Canadian Indians immedi- ately corralled their carts and threw their tents over them. When the riders came up Ooeanman’s brother jumped out of the corral and asked what they were. The rider replied, “Indians and Grosventres.” and asked who the Canadians were. No sooner had the reply “Stoneys and Ojib- ways” been given than theAmericans, who were armed with Winchester repeating rifles and well supplied with amunition, opened fire. Oceanman’s brother retreated to the corral, in which he and his companions kept up a brisk fire on the attacking party. Though only armed with flint arms the Canadians re- sisted so desperately that the fight was kept up all day, all the male Canadian Indians be- ing killed, as well as anumber of women and children. Three women succeeded in esoap~ mg. A Pcene on lndlscrihnblo Sufl‘erinxâ€"ln- hum-n Men and Bow s. errsnvno, Oct. 11.â€"-It is estimated that from 500‘to 700 people were on the first section of the train in the disaster here on Saturday night. Esch car was filled to its utmost capacity. The passengers stood up in the aisles and crowded on the platforms and hung on the steps. It is stated that the engineer and fireman of second locomotive jumped from their engine without reversing it or attempting to prevent the collision in any way. Some people on the rear platform of the first section, seeing the engine approach- ing, also jumped to the ground. The engine weighing 75,000 pounds struck the motion- less train like a thunder bolt and plunged into the rear car, splitting it apart, crushing solid timbers and snapping iron rods like straws. The car was diiven upon the one in front of it and telescoped. The rear car was lifted from the trucks and held high in the air. The confusion and terror of the passengers rendered them help- less. The check valve to the boiler then snapped all and the steam spread death on all sides. The scene that ensued is inde- scribable. The scenes at the hospital where the injured were taken were also terrible. Thieves plied their trade among the wounded and dying, and boys sold scraps of flesh and bones as relics of the catastrophe. Mrs. Elliot, wife of the conductor of the first train, who was one of the victims, had been ill for some time, and the news of her husband’s death killed her. John J. Farley. a prominent merchant and Democratic politician walked home after he was hurt and urged his wife to go the hospital to nurse his daughter, who died soon after he did. American and Cnnndian Indians Engage in Combat Near the Borderâ€"Fears 0! an lsxteu-ive Rising. A TIMELY ARRIVAL. An Ojibway from Fort Ellice, who was fol- lowmg in the track of the Canadian Indians. heard the firing in the evening and concluded that they had found bufialo, and pushed on rapidly to overtake them. When he got near he noticed the American Indians, of whom there were between twenty and thirty ; in full retreat. as they evidently thought that he and his two oompanionswere the advance guard of a large party. On reaching the corral the Ojibway entered it. and found the bodies of eight dead Indians. be- sides women and children. Among the dead were the brother of the Stoneys’ chief, Ocean~ man. and his head man. Near the corral was the body of an American Indian, which he scalped. There were also three Winchester rifles left on the ground, which justifies the belief that the American Indians carried off some of their dead. The Ojibway took the scalp to Fort Ellice, where the scalp dance was kept up for several days. The scalp has been divided up and sent to various friendly bands in the hope that they may be induced to make common cause against the Ameri- cans. Oceanman, who is much roused by the loss of his tribe, has communicated with the Indian Commissioners, stating that when the treaty was made he believed that war was to he at an end and that the Indians were to live in peace. He is now poor and ill supplied with ammunition, and expects the govern- ment to deiend him and his from the Ameri- can Indians who may cross the line to the Canadian hunting grounds. If something is not done he threatens to go on the war path next year. E. J. Irvine obtained first-class honors in English and second class honors in h‘rench. J. McGillawee. from St. Mary’s Collegiate In- stitute; J. W. Roswell, from the Brantford Collegiate Institute one year, and Hamilton Uollegiate Institute one year ; and J. W. Twoâ€" hey, from Welland High School, whose names were not in the report of the June matriculation examination, passed that ex- amination. Roswell obtained first class honors in English and history, and second- clnss honors in classics and French; and McGillswee obtained first-class honors in classics. FACULTY or mnmcmn. Matriculation.--M. R. Saunders, from Up- per Canada College; Emily J. Irvine, from Woodstock Canadian Literary Institute. passed in groups II. and III. of the second examination for wemen. (Group II. mathe- matics; group III., English, French and German.) noxons. The honors and scholarships obtained at the senior matriculation will be published in n. few days. Samoa MATRIGULATION.â€"L. H. Alexander, from Brampton H. S. ; A. Anderson, from Paris H. S. ; May B. Bald, from Welland H. S. ; G. A. Bingham, private study ; 0. Brent, from St. Thomas C. I.; J. L. Camnbell, from Collingwood G. 1.; R. R. Cochrane. private study; 0. L. Crassmller, from GoderichH. S. W. E. Marshall, from St. Mary’ 3 0.1.; J. Mofiatt, from Brantford G. 1.; T E. OFlynn, from Brantford C. I.- F. W. Sheppard, from Berlin H. 8.: D. S. Skinner. from St. Mary’s C. 1.; W. Smith, A. M. Springer. R. K. Sproule, from Brantford C. I. ; A. Stevenson, from Whitby H. S.; J. R. Stillwell, from Hamilton C. I.; W. A. Toole, from Culling- wood 0. I. Collingwood Collegiate Institute; C.E.Lount, from Galt Collegiate Institute P. McCul- lough. from Brampton High School ; W. D. McKenzie, private study and private tuition ; J. H. McMichael. from St. Catharines Gol~ legiate Institute ; N. Shaw, from St. Thomas High School ; G. McK. Wrong, private study. THE LATE DISASTER AN INDIAN FIGHT JERUSALEM AS A PLACE 0F RES- IDENUE. A Scotch printer without a penny in his pocket arrived in Detroit one day last week. after a four years’ journey around the world. He sailed from San Francisco as steward on a ship bound for Tokio. but in consequence of a quarrel with the ofiicers was compelled to go ashore at the Sandwich Islands. After setting type in the office of the Honolulu Gazette he was engaged as hostler to help take care of a stable of thirty horses that were being shipped to Melbourne. His stay in Australia lasted nearly a year, during which he walked through the various provinces and visited the bush, until in the fall of 1877 he shipped on n. coasting vessel at Hobart Town, and for several months was knocked about the West Indies. Ship- wrecked, he was picked np by a merchant- man, and was taken to the Suez Canal. From Egypt he traveled as servant to English travelers. and, as a vagabond, through the Holy Land, and at last brought up at Con- stantinople. In this way he went up the Danube, and during the summer of 1878 was a sailor before the mast on the Baltic Sea. In the fall he traveled on foot to Geneva and Rome, whence he sailed to Genoa, made his way to Madrid and at last arrived in Paris in March. 1879. After work- ing as a printer in job olfices several weeks, he earned enough money to pay his passage to London, and in July sailed from Liver- pool to Havana and Charleston, 8. 0., where he arrived about a year ago. Since that time he has tramped through most of the Eastern States and is now on his way to San Francisco. Jerusalem seems to be growing in favor as a place of residence for foreigners who find their native countries uncomfortable. The foreign Jewish population has, according to Consul Moore, increased considerably of late years. That community is now estimated at 15,00f‘, including native Jews. against 10.000 in 1873. The right of holding real property in Turkey, conceded to foreign subjects by the Portocol in 1868. probably accounts for the increased immigration. The German colony at Jerusalem now numbers nearly 400 per- sons ; that at Jai’fa about 300. There is a third German settlement at Coifi'a. of about equal number with the last mentioned. The settlers are mechanics, artificers, carrier! and agriculturists, and are fairly prosperous. No public works have been executed ; yet it harbor at J sffa, a good carriage road or tram- way from that town to Jerusalem, and good roads all over the district are urgently needed. A railway would not, in Consul Moore’s opinion, be,under present conditions. remunerative unless as part of a system of railways for Syria. and Palestine. As the ancient Greeks had no cotton nor silk and‘very little linen, and as sheep’s wool was the principal texture from which their clothes were made, they took peculiar care to cultivate with special care such breeds of sheep as produced very fine wool. Such breeds were those of the Greek city of Teren- tum, situated on the Tarentine Gulf. In or- der to improve the fine quality of the wool still more, the sheep were covered with clothes in cold weather, as it was found by experience that exposure to cold made the wool coarser. Thus clothing these sheep from generation to generation resulted in a delicate breed With exceedingly fine wool, ac cording to the law established by Darwin in regard to selection and adaptation to exterior conditions. This product of Greek industry was trans- mitted by them to the Romans, whose great agricultural author, Colunella, states that his uncle in Spain crossed the fine Tarentine sheep with rams imported from Africa, and obtained a stronger breed, combining the whiteness of fleece of the father with the fine- ness of the fleece of the mother, and hav- ingobtained such results the race was per petuated. The absence of other fine textures made these Spanish sheep so valuable that in the beginning of our year they were sold in Rome for $1,000 in gold 3. head, an enor- mous price for those times, when money had much more value than now. When the Barbarians invaded Italy these sheep were all exterminated. while the greater portion of the Roman possssions were laid waste. But inthe less accessible mountains of Spain the Moors preserved the breed, and it is to them that modern Spain owes the mer- ino sheep, which are the direct descendants of this cross breed of the Greek and Afri- can ancestors referred to. It is a valuable inheritance. too, which that country owes to the combined Greek, Roman, and Moor- ish civilization, and of which our California wool growers also earn the advantages, by the prosperity of this breed of sneep, which was there a few years ago.â€"Scientic Ameri- can. ALMOST AN AcornENr.â€"Early on Monday morning last, about 5.24 (exactness of time is this reporter’s great hold), Mr. Erastus Johnston, who resides on the north half of the south half (exactness again) of lot 249, in the 26th concession of the “township of Bar- ton, in the county of Wentworth. about three quarters of a mile and seven inches and a~lralf from the city limits (more exactness), got up and proceeded to dress himself. He put on his but first, then his boots. then his pantaloons, then his vest, and finally worked himself into his coat. For breakfast he ate a quantity of ham and eggs, together with , potatoes and ome et eeteras. He saddled his horse, Duke of Bengal, sired by Tom Sayers out of a nameless bay mare by Tippoo Jingo It appears (” It appears” is one of this re- porter‘s strong cards) that it had been raining during the night, and the roads were more moist than would have been the case had the rain not fallen. The saddle by some nesns (“By some means” is another strong card) was put upon the horse wrong end before; but Mr. Johnston noticing this just in the nick of time had the neces- sary nerve and presence of mind to turn it around. Mounting his horse Mr. Johnston rode down thelane, dismounted at the gate, opened and closed the same, and re-mounted, riding down the concession line on the north side of the road. Just after he had passed the big forked elm Mr. Johnston met Mr. John Smith, (this reporter puts in the “ Mr.” lest some of his unsophisticated readers might imagine that John was a wo- man) who bade him the time of day and passed on. Mr. Johnston continued riding down the road until he came to a large boulder which lies in a fence corner opposite the finely cultivated farm of Mr. Thomas Brown. (You will observe that Tom is not a woman either ) It will be remembered by readers of the Daily Stufier that Mr. Peter Jones’ white mare shied at sight of this stone some years ago. Had Mr. Johnston’s horse shied on this occasion he might possibly have been thrown off, and might have hurt his left leg, just below the knee, severely. ORIGIN OF THE NIERINO SHEEP Some reportersâ€"there are none of this kind in Hamilton. of course â€"have a. remark- able faculty for “padding ” a marvelously thin skeleton of a. two- line Item into half a colum of circumstantial although totally irrelevant, detail. Something after this fashion : WHOLE N0. 1,163.â€"-N0_ 21. A NISDIIEI‘ [101‘ AL l'l‘ELVl. A TRAVELING TYPO. '8er "So would 1. Been prospecting for old junk, eh I You'll get six months for that." " If you’ll come up stairs and help me out I'll give you a. dollar l" “ I am caught in this window ind want to get gut." " Not much, yer don‘t," chuckled the ga- min. “You can’t drop no coal-scuttle: on my head.” “But I don’t mean to." " Mebbe not, but you've got a bad face on you {or all that. When did you get out of he jug ?” “ Boy, I want your help.” “ So does your aunt, Don‘t get me to stand in with no such dufier as you are.” "A dollar ! You can't play no dollar store on me, old man ! If you make up an- other face like that at me I'll hit you in the eye with this old lemon. I don t look starched up, but I don’ t let any man insult me all the same. "Naw I don't but I‘ll bet the perleece do! Yov ve got one of the hardest mugs on you I ever saw and I've a good mind to giv_e you one just for luck! Look out. now!’ ' “ The sooner ye call, the sooner ye'll be jugged! Here's to hit you square on the nose." "Don’t you know who asked the citizen. 'I believe you are the boss hyena who knocked dad down at the caucus, and I m going to drive your nose back exactly an inch. 1' ' The boy could’nt help acting that way. He was born 50. It would'nt have been a bit like a boy to run up stairs and release the man. He did’nt have a, fair show with his spoiled lemons, but boys soon get over disappointments. ‘ Then came, with the same step of ”meas- ured eternity, the ossification of the joints of the jaw. and he was fed between the rigid teeth. How slowly death moved cannot be described, but when the inflammation had seized his heart in that last prolonged spasm, nature no longer could give warning of its agency. What tortures took place under the drawn curtain of that human mystery can no more be told than the secrets of those honors in the lowest dungeon of the Inquisition. Death came, but it was like the fading of the mist-line into the clouds. and as we stood about that chair no one dared to utter his thought-mo one could tell whether death was life or life was death. When he was buried his fixed limbs were broken with hammers in order that he might be placed in a coffin.” There was another case yesterday of a boy who couldn't help it. A prominent and dignified citizen was looking through the third story window of a block on Jefl‘erson avenue, which he had thoughts of renting, when the idea suddenly struck him to look into the alley in the rear. He raised the sash of a window and peered out u on ash boxes, coal-scuttles and barrels o straw without number, and was about to close his observations when the sashcame down with a thud and struck him behind the shoulders. In his fright he fell _to his knees. and while the solid part of his body was all right, the lighter was over the win- dow-sill. In addition to the weight of the sash any movement of the body was accom- panied by pain. The sash could not be reached with his hands freely enough to lift it. and it soon occurred to the prominent citizen that he ought to have help, He could not expect it from behind for he was alone in the store, but as he looked down into the alley a boy came stumping along to find something worth lugging away. “ Hello! boy, hello!" called the citizen. " Hello yourself," replied the boy as he looked up. He made as if hs would throw, and the citizen dodged. This was such fun for the boy, that he kept it up for three or four min- utes, and an offer of two dollars had no effect on him. Then he gathered six or eight old lemons and oranges togetheg and said: The opening of the back door of a store and the appearance of a man disconcerted the lad’s aim and the lemon struck the cit- izen‘s hat instead of his nose. His yells brought a climax, but the air was full of tropical fruit even as the boy dusted down the alley and turned a corner. -â€"Jerry Merrick’s adviceâ€"Wait till you get it 7 â€"Men who smoke much are liable to be- come absent minded. Think of this when you are asked for the loan of five dollars. wIndianapolis is likely to get cheap amuse- ment this season. The manager of one theatre has reduced prices one-half. and his rival threatens to open his doors to the public free. “ Say, 'boy, come under the window here; I wqgt to speak to you." “ If you throw at me I’ll call the police!’ exclaimed the citizen. â€"-"Mary Jane. have you given the gold fis fresh water 7” “N9. ma’am. What's th use ? They haven’t drank up what's in that yet. â€"The Pall Mall Gazette points out some- what triumphantly that Brazil, the one South American monarchy, baa been as distinctly a success as all. or almost all, the other South and Central Amencan republics have been failures. l He was kept under the influence as much l as possible. In nine years he had lost every ipower of muscular effort, and sat in his chair ‘ a living corpse, only to be moved to his ; bed, when he became a mummy with a spark of life still glowing. The time shortly came when he no longer lay in his bed. but sitting in his invalid chair became the enthroned embodiment of a soul too miserable for life, too sacred to be freed by other hands. 80 he sat, year after year, with his muscles fixed in iron, his eyes looking upon a world as dreary as misery could print it ; his voice sinking in his throat only to be expelled by hunted nature in wild and piteous cries when the pain racked into hopeless cowardice the strong heart that had led his men up to the dreadful caverns oi cannons‘ months without a flinch. Fixed and rigid, the poor boy was a sphynx, endowed with life and deprived of movement. Every joint in his body became 'ossifled by the chalky deposits. and not even a movement that provoked deathless agony became possible. Even the joints of his neck became rigid, the fingers stiff, and the limbs petrified. He was a stone frame, with a cov- ering of flesh and the soul of a living man. The muscles of the eye even failed, and the lids falling upon the weary balls shut in for. ever the darkness that was about him like the gloom of the grave. Flfleen Years 0! Slow Torture Betas-e Deansâ€"An Extraordinary Sun-y. “ One of the most heart-tending cases that ever came under my notice,” said a well- known Louisville physician to several gentle men who had been discussing Dr. Tanner's prospects of a miserable death, “ was that o! a man whose death could not afleot his rela- tions, because he had none; but the manner of his dying was so awful that it was a call upon common humanity for sorrow. He was a young fellow who. at the breaking out of the war, when he was 20 years old, enlisted ,and fought with courage under Confederate 3 banners. In the terrible warfare about Nash- ville he was exposed to the rains and colds, and contracted inflammatory rheumatism, from which he never recovered, and which caused his resignation. He returned to his home a miserable creature, and never was able afterward to walk. For fifteen long years he was dying as slowly and surely, and with as much torture as the most refined cruelties of human invention might have pro- duced. Opiates ? Of course opiates were ad- ministered, but what of the moments when the influence had waned, and when, rushing upon him like wolves of torture, made raven- ous by hunger, the pains broke through the veil of ineensibility and tugged at his frame with teeth of cruelty ? The very immunity which opium gave added another horror when it was withdrawn. -â€"The hum has reached the cider mill. PETBIFIED WHILE ALI VII. He Couldn’t Help It. am ?” softly