The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

A letter from a gentleman living at Clover Bar, some distance northeast of Edmonton, contains the following: “The month of May was warm and dry. We had a flurry of snow on the 3rd of May and a slight frost on the night of the 4th of May, neither doing any damage. On the 27th. heavy showers in the afternoon. The Blst of May was very warm, and appeared to be warmer than any day last summer. The water in theSaekatchewan river oom- menoed rising the middle of the month. Seeding is all completed, and at this season of the year I have never seen the crops looking so well. The seed wheat brought in by the Edmonton J; Saskatchewan Land Company was indeed a. boon to the settle- ment, and I look forward to the best har- vest ever reaped in this district.” A Winnipeg despstoh says : The printers’ strike still continues. The Times is issued as usual, sufficient compositors having been secured to fill the strikers’ places. Prairie chickens are very plentiful. Okotoka. is the name of s. new settlement in the far west. 008.! was discovered at the bottom of a well 60 feet on Pacific avenue, Brandon, on Saturday. As soon as quartz can be supplied in suf- ficient quantimea the Argyll millwill be run night and day. R. Francls, with a. stafi‘ of eight men, is busily engaged extracting the nuggets from the Keewatin lode. A new mine is being opened by the C. & N. Co. at Wood Packer Island, some dia- tauee below Lethbridge. The vein is tour feet two inches thick, and thequelity ofbhe coal is said to be excellent, improving as they go deeper._ War parties of the South Peigen Indians are reported out in the west. Judgments have been obtained at Cal- gary by the men recently dischargedby the C. P. R. againflt that company, aggregating $51,300. A rise of water is driving the miners off the Saskatchewan River. A meeting of citizens of Emerson has been called to hear a. proposition from their creditors. The town is so financially em- barrassed that all the officials are to be discharged. The assessor and collector have resigned. At the Court of Revision thggse‘esement is being reduced 50 per cent. The petition for a poet-office in the Stur- geon River settlement now ask: that the name be Sturgeon instead of Wilson Valley, as at first proposed: The Department of Agriculture has just issued the first crop report of the season. It covers 355 townships out of 475 in the Province. The land prepared for crops is about 75 per cent. more than last year. Three hundred and twenty-three townships report over 240,000 acres of wheat, an increase of 20 per cent. over last year; oats largely decreased. The condition of all the crops on the lot of June is reported good, except for a want of rain in a. few places. where it has since fallen. The probability now is that the wheat crop of the Northwest will reach 2,000,000 bushels more than last year. While a. telegraph repairing party which were camped at the point where the line crosses the White Mud River on the North, 9. prairie fire came along and burned down [our miles of poles while they were looking at it. The insulators were broken and nothing was left but the wire. The vehe- menoe of the fire was such that there was no possibility of. etopping it. From Moose Jaw west four times the area. of any former year is under crop. The Canadian Pacific authorities estimate that the surplus wheat crop of the Northwest will be about five million bushels. and the Hudson Bay Company’s oflioers estimate the surplus at seven millions. A despstch from Fort McLeod. North- west Territory, says: A dispute arose be- tween 21 Crow Iudmn and a cowboy here. The latter shot the Indian, who, in the throes of death, raised himself and shot his slayer with a. revolver. Before dying the cowboy put five more shots into the Indian’s body. Three tiers of lakes have been discovered at different elevations close to each other and near Holt City. Sherifi Chepleau is so enthusiastic over the discovery that he has gone back to investigate them. These lakes, which are about a mile in extent,each contain waters of a deep emerald green abounding in trout. This is the veritable paradise for sports- men.and there is great excitement over the discovery. _ Mr. W. 0. Hamilton, barrister, Regina, last week received a. letter irom Meerut, Bengal, East Indies, from three gentlemen of the Royal Artillery. asking for prices of land and particulars respecting the country in the Regina district. A meeting of the Farmers’ Union Coun- cil was held at Brandon yesterday. Reso- lutions were passed urging the local unions to take advantage of the Incorporation Act, condemning the elevator monopoly, the new Judicial Board Act. and the land law regulations. A committee was appointed to wait on Mr. Burgess. The union sup- ports the Local Government for its action in the recent trouble, and urges an appeal to Great Britain, regretting that a re-dis- tribution of seats was not made. A com- mittee was appointed to consider the shipment of grain this season. Beautiful bouquets of prairie flowers are offered for sale on Sunday by the Indian children along the fashionable drive above the old fort. an the Portage. Some of the bouquets are beautiful, the colon! being so nicely blended together. Mr. Burgess has arrived at Calgary, and will go to the Rockies. ()4 his return to Cal- gary a. deputation of miners will Walt upon nim regarding the mining regulations. A Winnipeg telegram Bays : Meetings of the Farmers‘ Union are to be held throughout the country to discuss the present political situation. Next week Francis Murphy will begin a series of temperance meetings in Mr. Moody‘s tabernacle in Chicago. Two hundred and sixty-eight horses from Montana. have been seized at Calgary for violation of the Customs Law. Rev. Mr. Spurgeon’s birthday jubilee was continued in London on Thursday. Earl Shaftesbuxy presiding. The vacancy in the Board or Truntees of the British Museum, occasioned by the death of Wales' brother Leopold, has been filled by the Dean of Windsor, who is a. strong advocate for opening the museum to the public on Sundays. Messrs. Geddes, Oswald and Begg have been nominated for the representation of Calgary in the Northwest Council. The first law against slavery passed on the Ameriaan continent was adopted by (he first Legislature of Upper Canada when it was sitting an Niagara. The new Cunard steamships now build- ing are to be driven by engines of 17,500 horse power. Just imagine the sort of pull that is 1 A Winnipeg despatch says: The Times printers went out on strike to-day, but the paper was issued as usual. Coal has been discovered an Langevin station. Half-breed ponies are selling from $20 to $125 each at Regina. A cheese factoryis being built at Otter- burn. ’ Indications Ihm there will be u Splendid Harvest. The weather is oppressiver sultry. Three cowboys have been arrested at Medicine But for stealing 15 horses. There are 468 men and 24 teams engaged on Winnipeg sewers. 1!! “no!” AND THE NORTHWE S'l‘ A fllnn Clubs Ills Partner to Dom]: and Mutilulcs Himself to Avert Suspicion. A Detroit despatoh says : Andrew Long, in jail charged with the murder of his wife near Muir. made full confession in the presence of the sheriff and two others. He says about midnight he went to the barn without putting on his pantsloons, got an oak club, and came back to the house where his wife was 111 bed. He struck her three or four blows on the head, and think- ing he had caused her death, he then got a razor and out his hands to make the peeple believe he had been attacked by burglars. Then got a gun and knocked out a light of glass and fired through the opening. He roke 011' a nail that fastened the window and threw it down, and then went to the barn and turned his horse loose. He went back to the house. took the money out of his pantaloons, hid it in the straw and carried off the pants.- loons. He then returned to the house to see if his wife was dead, and found her still breathing. He took a club and threw it into the grass near his wife’s window, after which he started for the house of Frank Connor, to give the alarm. He threw the razor into a pasture lot on the way. When he returned he found his wife still alive. He says he has a distinct re- collection of all that transpired, and did it as deliberately as he would go out and get an armful of wood. He says he cannot give any reason for killing her, except he thought he ought to. This is the most brutal and cold-blooded murder ever com- mitted in Iona county. The motive which induced Long to commit the crime is still locked in his own guilty breast. The con- fession was made at his request. The money was found in the place where he said he hid it. A Munoie (1nd.) telegram says: Thomp. son Walling, formerly a resident of this city, but more than thirty years supposed to be dead, has suddenly returned. Mrs. Walling, whom he left a young wife with three children, has been married tw1ce and has lost both husbands. The first husband and wife met last night for the first time since 1849, Eight years prior to that time, April 1st, 1841, Walling mariied Miss Susannah Shater, a daughter of a prominent farmer, and in 1849, when the gold fever was at its height, he went out with a num- ber of gold-seekers, among whom was Charles McLaughlin, the California mil- lionaire, who was shot in a San Francisco hotel by a railroad contractor. Since 1852 no word was received by Mrs. Walling from her husband, and as years passed‘ he was given up as dead. His father’s large estate was adminis- tered as if such was the case, and Mrs. Walling was remarried to Horatio V. Wilcoxen in 1862. In 1885 Wilcoxen wasj killed in a saw mill, and in 1868 Jeremiah Veach married the twice-desolate widow, living with her at Springport, Henry County, until his death, in 1882. In the ‘meantime Volney Wilson, a prominent ‘citizen and staunch friend of Walling‘s, ‘never gave him up. but flooded the west with letters of inquiry. In February last Walling, while deputy postmaster at Weatherby, Oregon. under a postmaster who himself had been absent from his family for twenty years, picked up the letter postmarked Munoie, and directed to the postmaster, and, opening it, found it was an inquiry for him. Correspondence with Wilson resulted, and yesterday Wall- ing returned and spent last evening with his wife of thirty-five years ago. The meeting was a sad and impressive one. Years of trouble have brought gray hairs and wrinkles to both of them, and the children, who were little more than babies when the father left, have grown up and have families of their own. It is more than likely that a remarriage will close this romantic history. int The news of the strange affair soon spread, and any number of people went down to the dock to see the steamboat. The commodore was kept busy telling his story, and the people that swarmed about him reminded him, he said, of the crowds of insects that he saw the night before. Alter Thirty Yen" 0! Absence n Mlmcic Mun Returnsâ€"Enoch Arden with Pleasant Variations. 0f the 1,200 immigrants landed in New York city by one steamship on Thursday, half of them were assisted from Ireland by the British Government. An English company proposes to put a. large amount of capiml into Mexico in the industry of preparing ixtle and other fibers for market. An enterprising New Orleans man is also developing the asphaltum in the Loguna. Madre ol.‘ the a tub. A German showman named Hagenbmk has a. Uiugalese menagerie at Hamburg, which includes 22 sacred elephants brought: from Ceylon, and he values the whole of them at about one-third the appraiaement put on single alleged epeoimena in this country. REVol‘TlNG \VIFE MURDER- A NIATBINIONIA l: ROJIANCE. VOL. XXVII. A CLGUD 0F BEETLES. THE YORK HERALD Operations \Vllncesrd by a Large Numbn- ¢,I I'rnI-Iicul man-qt ng .Plrnivkinu l’nrly. A Guelph despatch of Thursday night’s date says : To-day some 700 Grangers from the counties of York, Grey, Simcoe and Feel paid a visit to the Ontario Agri- cultural College here. The party came in two sections. Those from the county of York numbered about 200, and came by the regular train from Toronto ; the greater number coming on the Hamilton & North- western from Gollingwood, Barrie, Orillia, and other points along the line by special tram. Upon reaching here they drove to the College grounds, where they were met by the President, Mr. James Mills, and Professor Brown, who extended to them a cordial welcome. After partaking of lunch in a large, airy tent belonging to the institution, Mr. Mills and Professor Brown, in short addresses, explained the objects and work- ings of the College. The remainder of the day was spent in examining the buildings and experimental plots, and the farm gen- erally. Unfortunately the party visited the farm when nothing of importance was to be seen in the cattle sheds, Prof. Brown’s recent live stock importations being still quarantined at Quebec, and the fat cattle, which were undoubtedly the finest lot ever shipped from Guelph, having been delivered yesterday for export to Great Britain. In the experimental field, however, there was plenty to interest and in- struct. Experiments in crops are at present being carried on with the view of ascertaining the influence of difierent manures on the same crops and soil. A new and highly interesting addi- tion to this department is the introduction of “ rain gauges,“ lyoemeters and earth thermometers, which record the tempera- ture at difierent depths. One of the pleas- ing features of the excursion was the pre- sence of a large number of the gentler sex, who seemed to enjoy themselves, and no doubt made a thorough examination of the departments in which they are more directly concerned. These excursions to this eminently successful College of Agricul- ture are, no doubt, a source of great profit to the yeomanry of Ontario, as the presence of those here to-day, who have visited the college three years in succession, would go to prove. Mr. Dwight Moody. the American Evan- gelist, followed Mr. Spurgeon. After a. few words of congratulation to the pastor and the people 0! the tabernacle, Mr. Moody said he desired to heartin and thankfully testify to the inspiration he had obtained from the prenchings of Mr. Spurgcon, and from a contemplation of the example afforded by his lifework. Brief addresses were also made by Mr. Pentecost and other evangelists, and the utmost enhhueiaem was manifested by the vast congregation. ALondon cablegram, dated last (Wed- nesday) night, says: A most impressive scene was presented this evening at the Metropolitan Tabernacle at Newington Butts, in this city. The occasion was the jubilee service in celebration of the fiftieth birthday of the Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The vast edifice was packed in every part with a congregation which was especially notable for the large number of evangelical clergymen which it contained. Almost every Baptist minister in the city was present. There were also clerical and lay delegates from Baptist churches in all parts of the United Kingdom. The princi- pal event of the evening was the discourse by Mr. Spurgeon. This was mainly per- sonal and reminiscent, the distinguished preacher giving an outline of his ministrations from the time when he had. as “The Boy Preacher,” conducted revivals in his native ccunty,Essex. He said that it was true that these ministrations had been blessed with a wonderful degree of success in bring- ing souls to salvation, but the secret of the success was simple. It was due solely to the blessing of the Holy Spirit attending his work, and this blessrng had been obtained, and could only be obtained, by earnest continuous prayer, supported by absolute belief both of the mind and heart in the efficacy of prayer and the reality of Him to whom it was addresed. “ Make your whole life a prayer,” said Mr. Spur- geon to the clergyman present, “ and God will single you out for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that shall abundantly bless your labors. Pray without ceasing, pray upon entering your pulpit, during the service of song, and during your sermon while preaching to the unconverted, imploring them to turn to the Saviour. Prelude each appeal to them with a peti- tion to God to add the force of Divine conâ€" viction to your words, and thus your tongues will become those of men and of angels irresistible in their potency." _ “ The meanest: man I have seen in all my practice.” said a doctor, “ is a. patient of mine in the west end. I waited on him for ten years. furnishing medicine and everything. and never could collect a. cent. and the other day he sent a. great big basketful of bottles to my office and wangeiime to buy them.” “ Well, what 'harm was therein that askeghris companion.» “Oh! none 30 speak of; only the bottles were the same ones I had been furnishing him with for the ten years I attended him.” An Erie. Pm, deepatch says: Having succeeded in escaping from her burning house this morning, Mrs. John Roth rushed back to get her wardrobe and some savings. Being missed, search was made for her by the firemen, one of whom brought out through the smoke what he thought was the body of awoman. It proved, however, to be the body of a. large mastifl that followed Mre. Roth every- where. Subaequently the woman’s charred body was found, and in one hand were molten pieces of silver coin. The (iron! London Pl'uuchcr on “is A Montreal despaich says 2 Mr. Samuel Carsley, the head of the grant; retail dry goods house here, hits taken action through Mcssrn. Abba-M, 'J'aiti a2. Abbubb against Bradstrert’s commercial sgenny for $950,000 damages for circulating reports among its clients that plaintiff had asked his English creditors for an extension of time. Plaintiff denies that there was any ground for the impeachment. MR. SPURGEON’S JUBILEE. A VAST CELEBRATION. Have not Anlwd nu Exleu-ion. A \Vomun’s Terrible Dcmh. Tlllfl MODEL FA R."- Pllenomeuul S Iccess. A fllcnu I'lnn. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1884. Prof. E. W. Stewart writes to the New 3 England Farmer : “ A variety of food is as important in pasturing as in stall feeding, and those pastures having the greatest , variety of grasses are the best. Some old pastures contain a large number of varie- ties, each having its peculiar qualities of nutriment, aroma and flavor. Such old pastures produce the finest flavored beef, mutton and milk. Too little care is taken in seeding for pasture to select a sufficient variety. The greater the variety the better for the thrift of the cattle. In addition to the standard timothy and clover, other varieties are valuable. such as blue grass or June grass, {lat-stalked blue grass or wire grasses, rough-stalked meadow grass, mea- dow fescue, sheep fescue, orchard grass, ‘ red top and sweet~scented vernal grass. Occupation for moles. An Indianapolis (Ind.) fruit grower says : “ Last year I put twelve moles in my strawberry patch of five acres to catch the grubs, and they did the work. I never had a dozen plants injured during the summer either by the grubs or moles. I know some people do not care for moles on their farms, but I want them in my strawberry patch " Plan: San Flowers. Plant sunflowers everywhere, where you can find a place, about the barn or fowl house. It is well known that this plant is especially valuable for its health-giving qualities. All that is needed is to press the seed under the soil, and the plants Will care for themselves. On the margin of the sink drain, near the out-house or pig sty, or in the unused runs of the poultry yard, , these plants will be filling the place of the health committee, and the fall crop of seed will make a valuable change of diet for the fowls during the winter and spring. Cm nnv Early. When hay 9 used for feeding ani- mals on the farm something besides quan- tity or weight is to be taken into considera- 1 tion. The ultimate object of the hay is to ‘produoe flesh and fat. The grass and clover should be out not With reference to the greatest weight of hay, but the greatest weight of flesh. If hay is not digested in the stomach of the animals that eat it, nothing is produced but manure. Observa- tions show that a large part of the hay made from mature grass and clover is wasted. It is rejected by the animals to which it is fed, or it passes through the stomach without being digested. As a rule, the younger the animals the greater is the amount wasted. They cannot digest hard and tough hay as well as older ani- mals can. Work horses and oxen,of which there are few in the country at present, do better on the hay made from mature grass and clover than colts, young cattle and milch cows do. During the past few years the producers of beef and mutton have turned off their animals at a much younger age than was the practice in tormer times. This of itself furnishes an argument in favor of early out hay. Observations made \m the summer show that young animals > refuse to eat the mature stalks of clover, timothy and red top. Observations made in winter show that they decline to eat them when converted into hay if they can obtain other kinds of food. The general conclusion to be drawn from these obser- vations is that gram-s and clover intended for young stool: should be cut sometimes before the seed matures and the stalks become hard. It cut at that time the hay will become tender and nutritious. At the period of blossoming most forage plants contain the maximum amount of foliage which is of the greatest value for food next to the flowers themselves. Cut when most of the blossoms are at their full size, clover Use the llarruw. By the frequent use of the burrow much labor can be eeved. On many soils the young grass and weeds spring up very quickly, and 1t allowed to grow to a. moderate height require the cultivatorfbub it the barrow be passed over such fields as soon as the grass begins to appear the ground can more easily be kept clean. Every seed that germinatee and is then destroyed is so much out of the way. and if the land be kepli fine and loose by frequent harrowing the benefitimparhed by destruc- tion of weeds and grass will also be in- creased by the good condition of the eoilfor crops. In reply to the inquiry as to What will keep maple syrup from turning to sugar, I have to say that I have made maple sugar and syrup for the past twenty years. and have no trouble in keeping it. I boil it down thick and then ’put it in earthen jugs and then cork and seal them air tight. The syrup must be boiled only thick enough for table use, and will keep for ten years. I Will give one instance which oc- curred in my own cellar : A two-gallon jug ‘of syrup remained in there for two years, {and I don‘t know but five yearsI and was 1 covered with water six weeks in the spring, ‘ and when we opened it it was just as good as at the time it was sealed down. Butler Fucking. The following suggestions in regard to packing butter may prove beneficial to those interested. The style of the package has more to do With the sale than most shippers are aware of. The tubs should be well soaked in brine before filling. the butter packed solidly, and filled within half an inch of the top of the tub. Cover the top with apiece of new bleached cotton soaked in brine, and tucked neatly down at the edge. In packing butter and getting it ready for market, neatness is indispensable ‘ and, besides that, it pays. Never pack two ‘ colors in the same package. Light colored or streaked butter always sells hard and at ‘ low prices. Use the best fine salt you can get. Tare your tubs correctly. Grnln in Orchards. The reason why grains are objectionable crops for orchards is that they do not receive sufficient cultivation to give the soil the amount of stirring during the grow- ing season which is necessary to give the trees the greatest benefit. In many localities potatoes are the favorite crop for young orchards, but it is probable that corn is generally better, since all the stirring which the soil receives in growing this crop comes at a time when it is most desirable to encourage growth in the trees, and give them plenty of time to ripen their wood before winter. Good Reasons tor Culling Grass Be- fore it lluu Gone lo Set-ll. EARLY IiAYING ADVISABLE. Suggestions as to Butter-making, Orchard Culture and Cattle Pasturing. FARM AND GARDEN. (Compiled by a Practical Agriculturist.) [harping Maple Syrup. Varier in Pasture. Tulipa and hyacinths, if the bulbs are not too large, can safely be left in the ground for two years, covering the bed with verbenas or smalLrooted bedding- plants. Soot is one of the meet vaiuable aub- atunces the gardener can employ. That from ooalis better than that from wood. It can be employed as a fertilizer for any crop, and it is not only valuable as a manure, but to drive awnyinaeote that attack cabbage, turnip, radlsh and other vegetables. Blackbirds are losing their shyness in some parts of Scotland, and have ceased to congregate in large flocks. Some of the birds have built nests in the shrubbery of door»yards, and others in green-houses, this season. It is thought “1M5 their presence in the vidnity of houses will be beneficial indesbroying insects. Onions should be sown early. The seed should be scarcely more then pressed into the soil, but the pressure should be strong enough to make the muck quite firm. A recent autopsy upon a valuable horse at Bridgeport, Conn., revealed that death had been caused by pieces of zinc which he had chewed from the lining of his manger and swallowed. California breeders are importing Here- fordoattle from Australia. and New Zealand. The animals cost less than those obtained from England, and are reported to be very fine spccimons. Mention is made in foreign papers of a. creamery where each horse gets an allow- ance of buttermilk daily throughout the year. The system has been continued about twelve months and “ found to answer in most satisfactory manner." Malaria is frequently carried through long distances by the winds; therefore it is well to ascertain whether there is any malariwbreeding marsh, or other pesti- lential locality, in the direction of the pre- vailing winds. These may to some extent be counteracted by having to pass through a. timbared country, as timber has the property of absorbing or destroying malaria to a great extent as it is borne through by the winds. A good sane-crow may be made by aus- pending an old barrel between two posts in such away that it will be moved by every passing breeze. A. better way to frighten away the eagaoioue birds in to take alarge bottle, knock off the bottom and suspend the top to aslenting pole by means of twine. Fix eehort string to the cork andlet it hang down inside the bottle. This, with a. mail or two on its end, will make a strange noise for most of the time, the nails striking the inner surface of the bottle. affords hay that is relished by all kinds of stock. By cutting grass and clover quite early much of the danger of lodging is prevented. It is easier to out and cure four acres of grass or clover that stand upright than one that is lodged. The hay made of lodged grass and clover is generally of very poor quality. Contact with the ground has caused some of the foliage and blossoms to become musty, and in some cases to be covered with dirt. The roots of the plants are likely to be injured by having the stalks that spring from them lodge. Grass and clover grown on rich land are quite certain to lodge if their cutting is neglected till the seeds mature. By cutting them early two crops may be harvested from the same ground. The second crop will often be as large as the first, and will be of special value to the young animals. For forming a good, compact sod, frequent cuttings are very beneficial. This is seen in the treat- ment of lawns. The ottener they are out, ‘ the better is the sod produced. I! it is ‘ intended to convert a meadow into a pas- ‘ture it is advisable to mow it frequently with a view of making it a firm sod. When it is expected to harvest a. crop of clover seed the first cutting should be done early in the season. When all grass and clover were necessarily cut with the hand-scythe two mowings of the same field involved much labor. Now that the work of spread- ing and taking as well as mowing is done by the aid of machinery the amount of manual labor is greatly reduced. Up to the present time the supply of prairie grass has been so abundant that few have tested its value for hay when out at differ- ent stages of its growth. Some are of the opinion that it makes very little difference at what period of its growth it is cut for hay. The practice is to delay its cutting till the clover and tame grasses are secured. other Rural Notes. Barley is the best food for fattening young geese, ' Cabbagea and cauliflowers should be well hoed and cultivated, and careful attention halite _d_e_at_roy the _w0}'ma. _ A badly-cut skirt goes out in a sort of point at either side below the knees. The effect is very ugly. Another defect oom- mon enough is what is called“ ndip"st the side, which means that the length of the side breedths is unduly great as com- pared with those in front and at the back. To see a skirt tilted up behind and before reminds one of a. rocking-horse, a compari- son that no woman would like to have applied to her dress. In another direction, too, failure is frequent. The well-cut skirt falls in a. line which, while fitting as closely as fashion directs, yet leaves the knees perfectly free. Want of skill 'in cutting results in a. dragged effect, which gives the wearer a hobbled look. Tightness has solely been aimed at instead of the quality in subjugation to the more important ones of grace and freedom. With the chart of science at one’s commend the breadths fall into their proper respective positions, and the skirt is at precisely the same distance from the ground all roundâ€"London News. It “7119 Sent Home. A city lady, while out “shopping” the other day, after teasing the clerks beyond the forebearance limit, pompously ordered a spool of thread to be sent to her house. She was surprised and her neighbors were intensely interested shortly after she had arrived at home. A common dray, drawn by four horses, proceeded slowly up to her door. On the dray, with bare arms, were a number of stalwart laborers. They were holding on vigorously to some object which she could not see. It was a most puzzling affair. The neighbors stared. After a deal of whip-cracking and other impressive cere- monies. the cart was backed against the curb. There, reposing calmly, end up, in the centre of the cart floor, was the identi- cal spool of thread which she had “ ordered.“ It seemed to be coming all right. \Vitli the aid of n. plank, it was finally rolled. barrel-Isnhion, safely to the sidewalk. After a mortal struggle it was “ up-ended ” on the purchaser‘s doorstep. The polka, which was introduced into England some 40 years ago. Is in rhythm simply the Polish national dance known as he krakoviak. How u Skirt Should Hana. M Teefy WHOLE NO 1,356 N0. 4. The Bogus Baronet Likely to do Ihe Country Some Service- A Toledo despatch says: The boorish scoundrel who calls himself "Sir Charles Neville. Bart.,” was brought before the grand jury of Lucas 00., 0., on Wednesday for indictment on two charges, one for bigamy and the other for perjury. The result is not yet officially known by Mr. Moore, attorney lor Mr. Whitney. but there is no room for doubt that he Will beindicted on each count. Among the new witnesses for the prosecution was Rev. Mr. Brice, of Newark, N. J., who performed, as he thought, the marriage ceremony which united 8. Newark lady to George Perryâ€"as Neville was then known. Previous to the prisoner’s appearance before the grand jury he was taken into the Sheriff’s office, where he was met by Rev. Mr. Brice, who advanced, extended his hand and saying, "How are you, Perry? ’ Neville appeared to recognize the Newark gentleman at once, and responded to the salutation cordially. “ Do you know me ‘2" asked Mr. Brice. " Oh, yes, you’re from Newark," said Neville, who the next instant discovered Mr. Mooreâ€"attorney for Mr. Whitneyâ€"sitting back of the door, at which he turned pale and began stammer- ing doubts as to the identity of the Newark gentleman. As the case now stands it seems very probable that Neville will serve from 10 to 15 years at Columbus. ’I‘rngie End to a Romantic Episode-â€" Tattooed for Love. A Minneapolis, Minn., despatch says: The suicide of James Haslett, while seated at stable in the garden at the rear of Booth's verandah, in company with his nephew, 0. Spencer Pratt, when he drew a revolver and blew his brains out, , is a terrible ending to a romantic ‘ love episode. The body bounded several feet into the air and fell out in the middle of the aisle. Haslett was a highly educated man and came from an aristocratic family in New York. With his nephew he arrived in the city from New York on route to the Pacific coast, where the two proposed to pass three months in pleasure seeking. About a month ago he came east, and expected to claim the hand ofaladyat his old home, but arriving there found that she was married. This disappointment broke his heart. Since leaving for the West the thought of suicide had been uppermost in his mind, and it was with the utmost care that his young nephew restrained him from self- destruction. The two entered the veran- dah and seated themselves vis-a-via along the tables, where they chatted pleasantly, laying plans for the future, but the conver- sation of the elder man was constantly broken. In spite of the cautious watch kept on him by his partner, he suddenly drew the revolver from his belt. As he did so young Pratt jumped up and endeavored to wrench the weapon from his hand, but by a super- human eflort he got the muzzle to his head and fired. Tattooed across the breast of the dead man were these words : “ I am the slave of Mary Haslett,” and on the arms the same words in another form. There was a similiar inscription on the abdomen. These incisions were still deep and appeared to have been borne for some time. Mary Haslett was the woman alleged to have disappointed him in love, but it is said was not his wife, as the similar names might imply. Haslett was formerly in the sta- tionery business in New York, and had retired from business with a competency. The grape belt in North Essex was so badly damaged by front that the yield will not; be more than 50 per cent. The Tappin farm, 130 acres, south of Woodstock. has been purchased by Richard Newton for $8,000. Eye in New York is in good demand at full prices; Canada. quoted at 74in to 75%. Barley is inactive ; No. 1 Canada at 920 to 93:3 and No. 2 at 890. There have been Bales of bran at $12 per ton free on cars in Montreal, which is con- sidered a pretty low figure. A citizen of Rockford, Dakota. writes that near that place is a solid body of oxide of tin 900 feet wide, it being the richest development outside of Cornwall. England. Hiram Walker is going into tobacco rais- ing on an extenswe scale this year. On his farm in Sandwich East. Ont“ he intends planting 100 acres. He planted the first lot last season and the growth and quality proved very satietaotory. The plants are raised in hot-beds and transplanted. A Philadelphia telegram says: Bishop Simpson died this morning. The distin- guished Bishop of the M. E. Church of the United States was born in Cadiz, Ohio. on the 215t of June, 1810. He lost his father while still an infant, and the whole care of his education devolved upon his mother. He took the degree of M. D. in Madison College in 1833. He, however, felt it his duty to preach, and was licensed as a local preacher; he was ordained & deacon in 1835, and elder in 1837. He was Vice- President of Allegheny College from 1841 to 1851. and professor of natural science. In 1848 he was appointed editor of the Western Christian Advocate, and was made Bishop in 1852. He was a warm personal friend'ot Lincoln, and contributed greatly by his zeal and eloquence to sustain the cause of the Union during the civil war. A Buffalo telegram says : John Green- wood, a. watch tinker, was brought to No. 5 station by a police officer who found him on the street acting in a strange manner. He was partially intoxicated, and the police surgeon recommended that he be sent to jail for a few days to sober up. Greenwood says he came from Sandwich, Ont. where he acted as hangmen at an execution. He asserts that the friends of the dead criminal are after him. Turkeys are in demand among the vine- growere of Fresno, who want them to range in the vineyard and catch the slugs that are now attacking the vines. They found the turkey an excellent hand at the busi- ness. They would hire men and set them at the work, but a. sufficient force is not obtainable when needed. But the turkey (loan the work nearly as well as a. men. and while catching the worms is earning his own [0011:73an Francisco Alta. Lelia. J ohnaon, a female member of the Boston bar, has distinguished herself in winning a. suit; {or a deserted wife, who sued for the custody of her children. The Sandwich llnngmnn in Trouble. “ SLAVE 0F MARY IIASLETT.” Turkeys Almost as Good as Ilen. Dem]: of a Methodist B NEVILLE AGAIN. Rural Jottings. husband. To add to her affliction her three children were attacked on Friday with scarlet fever and diphtheria. The mother refused to give the boy medicine and he died on Sunday morning. When the doctor celled yesterday the insane women drove him from the house and became so violent that the neighbors were afraid to approach her.‘ The doctor informed the Health Inspector, who went upstairs and met a. sickening sight. The dead body was rapidly decomposing end the two other children were almost at the point of death in the some room. The health officer disinfected the house and placed a maria in charge of the children. " Edithâ€"Here is a pretty Foam, entitled “ He and I,” by Adelaide Proctor. Who in she? Terry says he can give no idea of the condition of Garrison’s afiairs. He is a very old man, sick and feeble, and his bodily condition is such that he cannot take care of his business. Melville C. Day, his son-in-law, thinks with careful manage- ment there will be far more than enough to pay all claims in full. Garrison has been partially prostrated by the heat and ex- citement and is quite ill. His failure created great excitement in Wall street. Amongst the preferences are the Bank of California. 080.000; Bank of New York and National Banking Association. 3200,- 000 ; Union Pacific Trust Company, 5100,- 000 ; T. W. Pearssll J: 00., $50,000 ; Emes £5 Moore, $30,000 ; Michigan Car Oompsny. $70,000. A Camden, N. J., deapatch says Mrs. Mary Ann Cast-Indy became deranged geoqntlxon_acoo[mh of the death of he: Mabelâ€"A well-known writer. You oer- tai_nl_y pavg hang] of her. 7 Mabel~1 don’t know; but she is evi- dently an eastern girl, judging Item the tit_l_a_91_ thsipoorin. Edithâ€"Oh ! of course ; but Imean where does she live ‘2 Edithâ€"Why, how does the title indicate thgg ghq iafln easfiern girl? Mabelâ€"Were she aweatem girl, the title would not be " He and I." Edithâ€"Indeed! Why, what would It be Mabelâ€"” Me and Him.” ” Mister.” said a. wizen-faced man to an uptown druggiat last night, “Gimme a. qugrjer’s worst} _oj_prus§_ic _aoi¢_i. plqasa.”A “ Don't want nuthin’ with pruasio acid," replied the man; “want: essence of valerian. other night man axed tut valerian out in Pittsburg an’got pruslic acid. Didn‘ want to git none o’thafi myae’f, so I thought at I axed tut that I'd gigaleriaq." r_ _ A Very Old Man in Troubleâ€"Many Mll- llons Involved. A New York telegram says: Kernan’s agency says that owing to the physical condition of Commodore Garrison. his friends have advised him to make an assignment in order to protect sll his interests. He has liabilities of about five millions,with assets of fifteen millions. He has no interests in Wall street. His liabilities will be liquidated and he will then retire from active business. “Prussia acid I"â€" yelled thé- druggist; “why,mau, ibis a deadly poison. What do ygu want with pquaqio pqid 7" V He got the thing he wanted.â€"Wash£ng- ton Hatchet. He was a. young lawyer, and was deliver- ing his maiden epeeoh. Like most young lawyers, he was florid, rhetorical, scatter- ing and weary. For four weary hours he talked at the court and the jury. until everybody felt like lynching him. When he got through, his opponent, at. grizzled old professional, arose, looked sweetly at the judge,_ and said : __ "Yofirhonohl will follow the example of my young friend who has just finished, angsubnnit the_ca.se witnonp argnment." A large district in Droghedu, was sud- denly deprived of water the other day. and the water company’s men were puzzled to account for the stoppage. On examination being made it was found that axpipe had been stopped by an enormous 09 several feet in length and of unusual thickness. COMMODORE GARBISGN FAILS. Then he sat down, and the Silence wal large and oppressive. Let no man complain of the shortness of life until he has measured the full capacity of a day. Discontent with one’l gifts destroys the power of those that one has and brings no others. He that hath pity on another men’s 140:. row shall be free from it; himself ; and he whet delighteth in end soometh hhe misery of another shall at one time or another fall into the same gulf. Three eetetee in Leitrim, Galway and Mayo were put up for sale in the Landed Estates Court, Dublin, on May 6th. There was no bidding whatever for the .Leitrim estate. The tenant on the Galwny estate bid £1,420, and it was sold for £10 more. The Mayo estate brought less than fifteen yeere’ purchase. Never speak evil of another while you are under the influence of envy find malevolence, but wait until your spirits are cooled down, and you may better judge whether to utter or suppress the matter. If there be any one principle more widely than another confessed by every utterance, or more eternly than another imprinted on every atom of the vieeble creation, that principle is not liberty, but law. The friendship between great men is erely intimate or permanent. It is a Boswell that most appreciates a Johnson Genius has no brother, no co-mete; the love it inspires is that or a. pupil or a. son. News has reached Belfast of the death of Dr. Hunter. the first medical missionary to China of the Irish Presbyterian Church. He died on board the steamer coming from China to Brlbain. A handsome granite monument in the form of s. Scotch cross, 15 feet in height, has been erected in Duthie Park, at Aber- deen, to commemorate the gallant conduct at the Gordon Highlanders in the Egyptian “Maia-z- _.___ The hearing in the Hammeraley will case has been adjourned to October, during which time Becky Jones, who refused to answer on the stand, will remain in Lud- low street jail. The General Assembly of the Irish Plen- byterian Church commenced its deliben- hone on the 2nd inst. Rov. J. Maxwell Rodgers, of Londonderry, was chosen Mod- erator. Isaac V. Williamson, 2:. hardly ever heard of I’hiludelphlan, is the richest man in that city and is worth 920,000,000. He is a. bachelor, living Without ostentation. and he gives a great deal of money to worthy charitable objects. Show me the man you honor. I know by that symptom. better than any other. what you are yourself ; for you show me than what your ideal of manhood is, what kind 0! man you long inexpresaibly to be. On May 28th the premises of Evans d: 00., oil and colormen, Limerick, were de- stroyed by fire. The Government has sanctioned the Plan of the Cloghar Valley tramwsys. The iue runs from Tynan to Maguire‘s Bridge. and is in length thirty-six miles. Mr. Michael Mullins, of Kilkishen. died on May 19th, in the 65m year of his age. The mackerel fishing on the coast of Skibbereen is yielding a rich harvest. An Insane Molher’n Neglect. Not tram llle West. \vhhoul Argument. Lute Irish Notes. What He \Vnmed.