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,, Harbors, Mr. Davies explained, was managing the commissions department of the establishment, and represented the firm on the board. His connection with the firm, of course, is at an end, and what has heoome of him Mr. Davies professes not to know. Regarding the latest developments, he said : ” The mother of Mr. Atkinson has started suits against the firm, one of which is for an entirely fictitious amount, which she‘ knows. The claim is for money on deposit. Believing Atkinson to be honest and reliable I never doubted the Barbers transaction. Barbers himself wrote me a letter to Liver- pool, admitting his irregularities. I lmve not gone into the books yet. but this lets development leads me to believe that the peculations amount to n( t less than $200,» 000. That is, as far as I can judge. It is [very probable that iurther developments will he made in a day or two.” As stated Mrs. Ellen Atkinson brought a suit in assumpsit for $130,000 against the firm. This sum is said to represent her late husband’s interest in the concern. She further brought suit for $7,169.85, which, she represents, her personal claim amounts to. On the strength of this suit, and Mr. Davies not being a resident of this country, Judge Moran yesterday granted an injunc- tion restraining Davies from making away with and carrying out of the country the books of the firm of Davies & Atkinson, the latter being the late Isaac Atkinson. By these books, it is understood, Mrs. Atkinson hopes to establish her claim to the larger sum as the executrix of hz r late husband’s will. It was in 1874, according to Mrs. Atkinson’s version, that her husband entered into partnership with Davies. The first arrangements were that he should receive 0 e-fourth of the profits for his services. He ubsequently had oneâ€"third and still later onedmlf interest in the business. He- died in 1880, since which time his son John succeeded to the father's interests in the firm. Young Alldnson,ol the Dash-u, Alklunnu &: (lo. concern, :1 lunwlwrâ€"(rvrr $200,000 Hwnllowcd Up I; J the file-ill- Ing ol the Junior nml n l lq-rk. (From the Chicago Evening; M til.) It was pretty clearly underst >od by the commercial world on Tucsday, when it was announced that the Continental National Bank laid upon the packing house of Davies, Atkinson & 00., at the stock yard, that it was not exactly for lack of funds that the firm permitted this action to be taken. The presence of John '1‘. Davies in this city, and the fact that the writ Qgsttachment was directed more par» tiCulLr y against him, together with the fact that later in the day Mrs. Ellen Atkin- son, Widow of the former junior pirtner in the house, began suit in assumpsit against the firm for $60,000 or thereabouts, and for $7,169 85 on a personal account, left it to be inferred that the old and Well- knlswn firm was already entered upon some sort of transition. Only a few, however, divined the true came, and efforts were made to suppress the facts until yesterday afternoon, when it became apparent that all further attempts at secrecy would be futile. The fact of the matter i l, John A. Atkinson, who succeeded at his father's death t) a membership in the firm, is a defaulter to a Very large amount, at present estimated in the vicinity of $200,000. Young Mr. Atkinson became imbued with the handover-heels speculative spirit of the age, ani soon found himself hopelessly entangled. Itwas the old story. He had helped himself to moneys to which he had no rightâ€"in fact, he had no right to any of the firm’s cash,for he had not a dollar investedâ€"and in try mg to win back his first loriugs he became all the more hopelessly involved. ()5 course, he could not see ipe detection. The amount was too large to be covered up, and though the senior partner, Mr. Davies, WW. in England permanently, the bank accounts could not be doctored in any way to deceive him. .Flnding it impossible, to get a straight account of his business Mr. Davies resolved to Come to this country and investigate for himself. The firm, it should be stated, was started by Mr. Davies, who is a wealthy commission merchant of Liverpool, and Isaac Atkinson, a confiden- tial clerk in his employ, who came to this city for the purpose. Mr. Atkinson was accidentally drowned in the lake off his residence in Kenwood some four years ago. The business was confined to commission and packing, and the house 'Was designed as a supply depot for the old cstmhlished house in Liverpool. Mt. Davies was seen at the G:'and Pacific Hotel last evening, but was at first loth to talk. Finally, however, in answer to a. question put by the Evening Mail repute: as to the cause of the difficulties, Mr. Davies replied : “When I arrived here on Oetober 3rd, a clerk handed me a. letter written by Mr. Atkinson, which will explain much, if not all.” The letter is as follows : CIII(‘AGO, Oct,3, 1884.â€"I have a most txâ€"rrible confession to make. I have lost a large sum of your money in speculations on the Jlonrd of Trade, nd have used money borrowed from the banks 0 pay losses. I don’t know the amount, but it must be over $110,000. The deception on my part has been going on a. long time. 1 made money at first. Encouraged by the hope of mink- ing up some portions of last year's losses, I took larger lines, and was long on a lot of stuff when the panic came lest May. Then it was imposâ€" sible to sell out, so I sold a large quantity of pork short,uiid was caught in the Armour corner. I still held on to all the shill“, after paying the loss on pork, and about five weeks ago was within a few thousund dollars of being even, but prices collapsed and left matters worse than everl All these months I have been deceiving the banks as to the position we were in, hoping that it would come out all right. But it went on from bad to worse, and every effort 1 made to make money only plunged ine deeper into the mire. Agrent many trades are still open, but the market shows little sign of doing; better. 1 know there is no palliation for the beseucss and ingrntitude of my conduct, and, were it not for my wife and little onesi 1 would end my life. As it is, I am broken down by the terrible strain it has been. “ Was the firm involved in these specula- tions, or were they Mr. Ahkinson’a personal affairs 7" asked phe rgzpogtgar._ “ The first intimation I had of anything irregular," replied Mr. Davies. “ was this letter, which is corroborated by the most painful facts.” V'TWDat will be dons about the attach- ments ?" " I permitted the attachment of the Continental Bank for $25,000 becauee this note 18 discounted on the strength of wareâ€" house receipts, the property of which really belonged to the Bank of Montreal. Let me explain,” continued Mr. Davies. “One of the strongest clauses in the partnemhip contract is to the effect that Atkinson should not speculate or do anything outside of legitimate business Without my consent, as he had no capital in the firm. The business here was simply to supply the Liverpool house; there was no outside trade." ‘ “ Some twelve months ago," said Mr. Dmvies,atter thinking awhile, “ Aykinson asked ’ 1' money. Knowing that there was amplls capital here, I wrote to him asking why he was érawing still more, amounting to £30,000, say $150,000, and suggeaced that. there must be somenhing wrong. In reply to that he cabled that an employee of the firm,named Barbers, had been speculating, unknown to him, and had paid up loaaea in margins by excessive overdraft.” “ Rumor has it,” remarked the reporter, “ that a. larger sum is involved than Limb mentioned by Mr. Atkingon ‘2" _ An efiorb was made 13% evening to find Mr. Abkinson ; but at; his home, corner of 15151) street and Lake avenue, the npnrter was told that he was not at. home, and there was no telling when he would be at home. In is said in commercial circles that the Bank of Montreal '13 still om some $140,000. which it carries because Mr. Davies is not in any'gmy in financial distress. l L, 1:,,: There are only (w; beet-sugar factorira in operation In North Americaâ€"one in West Farnham, Quebec, Can, the other at Alvora‘do, Col. . GIGANTIC STEA LING. [Vinrcln'iu n Rrpublivnn “'isctulsin Pro- m-uniouo'l‘lm Murat-ref liynchellâ€"An Ext'ilislg Hire-n8. A last (Thursdsy) night’s Lacrosse (Wis) deeputzh sans: F. A. Burton, President of the Blaine-Logan Club, was shot dead this evening by a character known as “ Sootty ” while the Republican procession was forming. The murderer was arrested and hurried off to jail, followed by a nun- dred men in uniform carrying torches and shouting, “Lynch him.” The Chief of Police andrapossc barricaded the jail doors and prevumed violence. The murderer advanced from the crowd to within a few Del of his Viomm and fired the first bullet into his back. Burton fell to the pavev inenb, and “ Scotuy ” emptied the revolver, tiring MK shots into Burton’a body and hand. He then throw the revolver M; the victim and gave him a kick. All this was done in a. moment. before any one could reuluza Wham happened. The motive of the murder is unknown. BJl‘Luu was managing the cam- paign in this ssotion. A mob of Blaineâ€" Lognn toroh~bearers and citizens: surrounded the jail and demanded possession of ‘* Scotty.” Thia was refused. The mob then procured cold Chisels, forced open the doors, put; a rope around hie neck, and lynched him 841110 45 p. m. When everything was prepared the murderer was asked to make a statement, He declined to state anything, except that he was the man who shot Burton. At thie juncture the cry went round, “ Pull him I” “ Hang him 1” “ Don’t let him live a minute longer 1" The mob seized the rope and made a strong pull, but the ruffian freed his hands, and the rope broke before he was raised from ground. In five min- utes a new rope was thrown over the heads of the crowd and fell Within a few feet of the executioner. This was adjusted, his hands and arms were firmly tied, and in another moment he was hanging in the air with his face closely pressed against the limb of a tree and the terrible tragedy was over. The body of the doomed man was left hanging only a few minutes when it was taken down lifeless and left in charge of the sheriff, who will see the remains interred. Between 9 and 10 bells rang out an alarm which was made general, and this, added to the steady roll of voices from the directi-Jn of the Count House, made the night one of awful features. The body of Burton was removed home during the evening. ()ue bullet passed through the head, two through the lungs and two into the abdomen, any one of which would have been fatal‘ The officers were unable to tit-91y the mob, who refused to listen to argumenus. From 9 to 10 (he CourbHouse square preeenued a hBBDG that beggar-ed description. The mob increased in numbers unml the entire space on three sides of the jail was a. dense mess of humeniuy, demanding that the murderer be hung. The torches of the men flared abiva the eea. of heads, and the white piuinee :nuvefl resolutely about} the fiqusre. The beat citizens were presentand watched 11 1e painful scene winh blanched faces, but with no expression of sympathy. Camjrciln-en ns Io 1hr Callie ol the Blow- upuâ€"l‘he ‘fllyslm-imu burnngursâ€"‘l‘he l’rvrnnlionn. A Quebec despsich says: There are no new developments respecting the l’arlia» ment House explosions. The police are still following up their favorite theory that , the four suspicious characters reported by the Levis boarding-house keeper, who is a Mrs. Honorn- Nolan, residing opposite the Quebec Central Railway station. were the two authors of the events on Saturday. They have also obtained their descriptions, the first being a. tell, fair man, With mous- tache and imperial, dressed in black and aged about 36; the second, a stout, middle- size man, age about 40, with a black mous- tache and slightly crooked nose, and the third also of middle-size, about 28 or 30 years old, and fair. These three put up at Nolan’s on the evening of the 2nd, and not the 5th, as stated yesterday. They had only a. single carpet bag with them then, and were so short of body linen that when they wanted to change their shirts they had to wait until those on them were taken off and washed. They nevertheless appeared to have plenty of American money. They were joined on Wednesday evening last by a fourth in the person of a. good-looking florid young man about 21 years old, wear- ing a. soft black felt hat and black clothes. He it was who brought to Mrs. Nolan’s the small black satchel which she found so surprisingly heavy. They were in the habit of paying for their meals after each repeat and for their beds each morning. The Province buildings continue to be still guarded like a fortress, and none but employees are permitted to enter them unless they are well known. Military precautions are also still kept up. The annual Convocation of University College, Toronto, took place on Fsiday in the Convocation Hall. Dr. Daniel Wilson, Preeideut of the College, occupied the ‘ choir. The following former Hemilbon Collegiate IDEtltutG students were success- ful : Gr. Chambers (Lanedowne medal for 1884), second year. Prizes for chemistry, mineralogy and geology, L. H. Bowerman, and J. A. Duff for mathemcbica. The lat- ter took special prize for speaking and reading. A. M. Macmechan also took special prize for reading. On the honor list (cleasiob) are the names of R. A. Little, W. M. Logan, H. B. Witton and G. W. John- ston; mathematics, L. H. Bowerman, G. Chmmbere, J. D. Graham, J. A. Duff; Eoglieh, A. M. Muomeohen, J. J. Elliont, U. E. Burkholder; French, 0. E. Burk‘ holder ; chemibt'y, G. Chembere and F. B. Anderson ; biology, mineralogy and geology. Chambers and F. B. Anderson. Manual and moral science, 0. A. Webster and J. R as. On the 28:11 September last the barn and contents of a well-to-do farmer of Ganboro‘ township, Haldimnnd county, named Hugh Crawford, were destroyed by fire, evidently the work of an incendiary. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford were away from home at the time and no trace of the incendiaries could he obtained. Application was made to the Provincial Government, and Gavernment Detective Murray was instructed to inquire into the case. After making inquiries his suspicions were directed towards twa neighboring farmers named Nelson and Joseph Potts, but at that time was unable to obtain sufficient evidence to warrant him in arresting them. At his instance a tire inquest was held before Coroner McOollum, of Dunnville, with the result that the two men named above were i committed for trial, beil being refused. ‘IIE QUEBEC} EX l'LIIHlflNfi. Univu‘uily Collrge Examinnlious. AN ELEU’I‘ICDN TRAGEDY. VOL. XXVII. Commillrd [or Arson. A TERRIBLE SCENE In the fourth tier were placed the idiots and imbecilesâ€"a melancholy sight neces- sarily, even when cared tor and trained in the best possible manner, but especially so when there 18 no attempt made, so far as I could learn, to raise them to a higher level or educate them. It is impossible to con- vey an adequate idea of the condition of the patients confined in the gallery, in the roof. and in the basement of this asylum. They constitute the refractory classâ€"acute and chronic maniacs. They and the accom- modation which has so long been provided for them must be seen to be fully realized. I saw in the highest story, that in the roof, an ill-lighted corridor, in which 60 to 70 refractory men were crowed together; some were walking about, but most were sitting on benches against the wall or in chairs fixed to the floor, the occupants being secured to these restraint chairs by straps. Of those seated on the benches or pacing the gallery, a considerable number were restrained by handcuffs attached to a belt, some of the cuffs being the ordinary iron ones used for prisoners, the others being leather. Restraint, I should say in passing, was not confined to the so-called refractory wards ; for instance, in a lower and quieter ward, a man was tightly secured by a struit~waistcoat. Dr. Howard had him released, and he did not eVinoe any indications of Violence. It was said he would tear his clothes, a serious matter in an asylum conducted on the contract ‘ system. The walls and floor of the corridor 1 were absolutely bare. But if the condition of the corridor and the patients presented a melancholy sight, what can be said of the adjoining cells in which they sleep and are secluded by day ? They are situated between the corridor and a narrow passage lighted by windows from the roof. Over eacii door is an opening the same length as the top of the door, and three to four inches in height, which can be closed or not, as the attendant wishes. This aperture is, when open, the only means of lighting the cell. The door is secured by a bolt above and below, and by a padlock in the middle. In the door itself is a guts-hat, or wicket, secured, when closed, by a button. When opened, a. patient is just able to protrude the head. There is, as I have intimated, no window in the room, and when the aperture over the door’ is closed it is absolutely dark. For ventilation, there is an opening in the wall opposite the door, which communi- ‘ cates above with the cupola; but what-i ever communication may be with the outer air, the ventilation must be very imperfect. Inc eei, I understand that the ventilation only comes into opera- tion when the heating apparatus is in action. What the condition of these cells must be in hot weather, and after being occupied all night, and, in some instances, day and night, may be easily conceived. When the bolts of the door of the first cell which I saw opened were drawn back and the padlock removed, a man was seen crouching on a bed of straw rolled up in the corner of the room, a loose cloth at his feet, and he stark naked, rigorously restrained by handcuffs and belt. On being spoken to, he rose up, dazzled with the light, and looking pale and thin. The reason assigned for his seclusion and his manacles was the usual one, namely, “ he would tear his clothes it free.” The door being closed upon this unfortunate man, we heard sounds proceeding from neighboring cells, and saw some of their occupants. One who was deaf and dumb, as well as insane, and who is designated 1' hmnmc incomm, was similarly manacled. In his cell there was not anything whatever for him to lie or sit upon but the bare floor. He was clothed. Some of the cells in this gallery were sup- plied with bedsteads, there being just room to stand between the wall and the bed. When there is no bedstead, a loose palliasse is laid on the floor. In reply to my inquiry, the Mother Superiorinformed me thatit was frequently necessary to strap the patients down in their beds at night. EX I‘R AORDINARY REVE LA’L‘IONS. It is as we ascend the buildmg that the character of the accommodation changes for the worse. The higher the ward, the more unmanageable is the patient sup- posed to be, the gullerlee and rooms become more and more crowded, and they look bare and comfortleee. The patients were for the meet pert sitting lletleeely on ferme by the wall of the cornu‘or, whxle others were pacing the open gallery, which must afford an acceptable escape from the dull monotony of the corridor. The following is an extract from the report; of Dr. (hike, the Euglish expert, on big visit. to Lougue _P9iau Asylum, Que.: . Dr. Tuke's Expasure of the Treatment of Quebec's Insane Passing from this gallery, which I can only regard as a “ chamber of horrors,” We proceeded to the corresponding portion of the building on the female side. This was to me even more painful, for when, after seeing the women who were crowded together in the gallery, on benches, and in fixed chairs. many of whom were restrained by various mechanical appliances, we Went into the narrow passage between the cells and the outer wall, the frantic yells of the patients and the hanging against the doors constituted a veritable pandemonium. The effect was heightened when the guichcts in the doors were unbuttoned, and the heads of the inmates were protruded in a row, like so many beasts, as far as they could reach. Into this human menagerie, what ray of hope can ever enter? In one of the wards of the asylum I observed on the walls a card, on which were inscribed words to the effect that in Divine Providence alone » were men to take their hopes. The words seemed to me like cruel irony. I should, indeed, regard the Angel of Death as the most merciful vieitant these wretched beings could possibly welcome. The bolts and locks were removed in a. few instances, and some of the women were seen to be confined by leatliern muffs, solitary con- finement not being sufficient. One of the best arguments in favor of restraint by camisole or muff is that the patient can walk about and need not be shut up in a room, but we see here, as is often seen, that unnecessary mechanical restraint does not prevent recourse being bad to seclusion. A cell, darkness, partial or total, a stifling atmosphere, utter absence of any humanizinginfluence, absolute want of treatment are but too often the attendants upon the handcuff, instead of being dispensed with by their employmint. With such a condition of things as that now described is witnessed, one cannot help appreciating, more than one has ever done before, the blessed reform in the treating of the insane which was commenced in England and France in 1792, and the subsequent'labors of Hill, Charlesworth' and Connolly. But it, is A RHAMBER OF HORRORS. RICHMOND IlILL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1884. 0t squalor and misery surrounding it. Everything about was disorderly and filthy, and the smell permeating the room was almost unbearable. No time was loan in notifying a coronerI but that ofiicial declined to hold an inquest. Constable Greer accordingly took charge of the pre- mises, after notifying a sister of the deceased, Mrs. Morrow, 14 Bellevue Place, Toronto. The remains Were evidently those of a person who had starved to death. When seen by your correspondent to-night they presented a most ghastly appearance, the limbs being shrunken and every bone on the body standing out prominently under the shrunken skin. The house was in a state of great confusion, everything lying aboutin dirt and disorder. Prominent among the effects were candies which were found in various places, includ- ing even the bed. Search among the con- tents of the house revealed several boxes, most of which were filled with costly silks and other articles of value calculated to establish the fact that the old woman was a miser. There were eight sovereigns sewed up securely in cotton and placed inside the underolothing, and besides this there was a $850 in loose cash. The underclothes numbered thirteen different garments, and the inner one was almost grown to the flesh. On the top of one of the trunks in the bed-room was a loaded pistol, while under the head of the bed was a big file sharpened at the point. The Mayor has sent word to a brother of the deceased, Rev. Thomas Seawright. Norwood, as to the disposal of the remains. Before leaving the asylum I visited the basement, and found some seventy men and as many women in dark, low rooms. Their condition was very similar to that already described as existing in the topmost ward. A good many were restrained in one way or another, for what reason it was difficult to understand. Many were weak- mirded, as well as supposed to be excitable. The patients sat on benches by the wall, the rooms being here and dismal. A large number of beds were crowded together in a part of the basement contiguous with the room in which the patients were congre- gated, while there were single rooms or cells in which patients were secluded, to whom I spoke through the door. The herding together of these patients is pitiful to behold, and the condition of this nether region in the night must be bad in the extreme. I need not describe the separate rooms, as they are similar to those in the roof. The amount of restraint and seclusion resorted to is of course large. Yet I was informed that it was very much less than formerly. Ghnslly Discovery in Binnieâ€"An 01d Woman Dies ol Starvation Among Plenty. A last (Wednesday) night’s Barrie des- petch says : The community has been shocked by a horrible case of apparent starvation which the police have just inves- tigated. The subject is a malden lady named Mary Anne Seewright, who for several years past has kept a. little shop on Bradford street midwsy hetween this town and Allendnle. It was noticed by neigh- bors that Miss Seswright did not make her appearance for some days. and the conclu- sion was arrived at finally that something was wrong. The Barrie police were accord- ingly communicated with, and the result wase. visit to the premises by the town Inspector Blain, accompanied by constable Greer. Access could be had to the shop only by forcible entry, which was effected by a rear window. A shocking sight met the view of the officers on entering. The corpse of the old woman was found lying across the doorway of the sleeping-room with a dish of flour beside it, and every indication amazing to reflect that although the supe- riority of the humane mode of treating the insane, inaugurated nearly a century ago, has been again and again demonstrated. and has been widely adopted throughout the civilized world, 9. colony of England, He remarkable for Its progress and intelligenco as Canada, can present such a spectacle as that I have so inadequately described as existing, in the year of grace 1884, in the Montreal asylum. An official deoree,procla.1ming toleration for all religious denominations in Cuba, has been promulgated. The Presbyterian congregation at St. George has extended a call to the Rev. Dr. Moffwt, of Walkerton. The Rev. Samuel themn, of Wick, Ont._ has received a. unanimous call to the con- gregamon of Kippeu and Hillagreen, Pres- bytery of Huron. rl‘he inductxon of the Rev. E. Rose. late of Manchester, Eng., to the charge of Knox Church, Elora, last week, filled the only vacancy that existed in the bounds of that Presbytery. The Bishop of Niagara. stated 8.6 a. meet- ing of the leading clergy and laiby of the diocese recently held, that owing to increas- ing infirmity he would be obliged at) an early day to either resign the see or ask (or the appointment of a. ooadjutor.â€"â€"Mail. The Rev. Canon Caswell, M.A.,1ncum- bent) of the English Church at Georgetown, Niagara Diocese, has been unanimously elected Rector of St. John‘s Church, Lunen- burg, Nova. Scotia, by the Wardens and Vestry of that parish. He will leave George- town for Lunenburg on October 28m. A London oablegram says: The third and concluding volume of Mr. James A. Froude’s “ biography of Thomas Carlyle,” has just been published, and is likely to prove the literary sensation of the present season. It embraces the period from 1834 to the death of Carlyle, in February, 1881, and is accompanied by a preface, in whioh‘ Mr. Fronds elaborately Vindicates his con- duct as Carlyle’s literary executor. The volume is crammed with hitherto unpub- lished criticisms, in Carlyle‘s rugged language. of public men, many of whom are still living. He regards Gladstone as one of the most oontemptible men he ever saw. “ He is,” said Carlyle. “ but a poor ritualist. He is almost spectralâ€"43. kind of aphantaem of a man. There is nothing in him but forms and ceremonies and out- side wrappages.” On the other hand the Liberals say that Mr. Froude’s work presents the character of his revere) master in an even less enviable light than before, and that Mr. Freude should be called hereafter, not Carlyle's literary executor, but his literary executioner. ' Labouohere says in Truth .- “I see it Etmted than the Church Mlneionmy Swwty has expended in thirty-three years upward of £120,000 on ‘ missions ’ to Jews and Mohammedans in Palestine Without} mak- ing a, single convert. The London Jews Spo‘iety spent £30,000 between 1877 and 1882 thh the same result.” S’I‘ARVED ’1‘0 DEA’l‘Il. Fromch ldlc oi Carlyle L‘hurch Chimes. A letter just received irom Mr. Thomson, and which I am permitted to quote, says : “ Ism extremely fortunate 1n being the first to explore an entirely unique region-â€" geographically and ethnographioallyâ€"a region teeming with interest, containing such features as snow-clad, extinct volcanoes, rising to a height of 19,000 feet. and now seen for the first time ; mountain ranges reaching 14,000 feet in altitude, with plateaus at an elevation of 0,000 feet, the lower plains dotted with wonderfully preserved craters and cones. Another feature discovered is the existence of a. curious meridianed trough containing a. series of beautiful lakes. The region is, in fact. an epitome of the geographical features of the Whole of Africa. The great, monotonous stretches of desert, plateau- region, or forest, are not found here. You have incessant variety and a bit of every- thing. Nothing is allowed to pull before 008. “ Of this interesting country I travelled over one thousand miles entirely new no geographers except through native reports, and several of the features have long been subjects of controversy among shay-at- home ’ scientists. But apart from this new ambition of oolonizxng the dark places of the world there has grown up with Stanley’s dim-luv- ery of Livingstone an individual spint of exploration and adventure. The Ameri- cans have headed all achievements toward the north pole; the English are busy in the eastern sees and in the heart of Africa. I am favored with some new and startling facts (briefly referred to in my previune letterr) in connection with East Africa, that me full of the deepest interest. “ My journey also opens up a. new route to Victoria N‘Yunza. infinitely shorter and more healthy than_aqy other: A New World and New Bucceâ€"Jouopll Thompson's Startling Discoveries. A London oorreepondent'writee : There seems to be a general revival of that old spirit of adventure that animated Europe at the close of the fifteenth century, when Spain and England entered upon aaplendid rivalry for the conquest of the world. To- day France and Germany appear to be entering the lists With England for the colonization of those portions of the globe which have not already been annexed by “ The Mother of Nations.” No trouble can come out of this newly awakened ambition so long as France and Germany keep clear of Englleh rights, and there is no reason why they should not. Mr. Joseph Thomson, who in 1878 80 conducted the Royal Geographical Society’s east central African expedition, the remark- able story of which was told in his book, “ To the Central African Lakes and Beck,” started in the spring of 1882 on another expedltion to the Kilimanjaro district. He travelled over one thousand miles of unex- plored country, and returned recently with a. budget of notes and experience that, when revealed to the public, is likely to prove one of the most startling narratives of modern travel. Mr. Thomson is tithing a. rest in Scotland prior to settling dOWu to work at his new book, which will direct a. new intention to the east coast of Africa, more particularly as the traveller (hie lest expedition, like his previous one, was made under the auspices of the geogrnphical society) claims to have discovered a. new and far more expeditious route to the Vic toria. N’Yenzs then hitheito known. “ It the country is interesting the people are much more so. I have visited five new tribes. Of these three are in a sense new to ethnology. They are not negroes, neither are they Somali nor Galla. In language, mode of life, religious belief, gov- ernment, election, etc., they differ from any tribes hitherto described. Their customs are of the most astounding character. Take, as an example of this, the fact that all the unmarried young men andwomen iive together in Villages apart from the married people, and so agreeable do they find it that they rarely marry till well up in years. Yet, strange to say, if a young woman should become enceinte she is immediately killed. The Masaiâ€"one of these tribesâ€"occupy the greater part of the country I traversed, and I can assure you we had some lively times among them. They are the most dreaded people in the whole of east Africa. Caravan after caravan has been annihilatedâ€"no year passes Without some disaster ; and it was only by a series of lucky accidents that I ever got through them and back to safe ground again. Stanley was not very far wrong when he told me previous to my j leaving London : ‘ Make your will or take athousand men.’ Besides this Masai I discovered a tribe inhabiting a series of enormous caverns which pierce a great volcanic region on this equator. These caves are artificial, and penetrate a great distance through solid rock. There can be but one explanation of these cavesâ€"namely, that they have been mines. Their present possessore did not excavate them, and have no tradition about their origin. All that can be said is that they must have been made by a very different raceâ€"-~probably the Egyptians. -â€"r "in; L “ of material of popular interest I have collected far more than on my previouu journey. OI hunting adventures alone I have sufficient to [make a. book. I can enu- merate four times in which I have been charged by rhinoceroeee, still more by butâ€" faloes, while I can actually say that I have been in the very midet of a herd of ele- phants, while 1 have made an aerial flight- aud s‘omersault, propelled by a. wild bull. I have twice also bud narrow escapes from infuriated negroee, and once was only Buved from transmigration into the body of a. lion by a little dog, .u r-n - .1 ~ 1- l l, “ These mobs will sufiiciently indicate to you the possibilities of my new book. The journey has been of unusual interest. both from a scientific and popular point of View.” The natives of the Congoâ€"the interest in which marvellous region is growing daily among English merchantsâ€"have some strange and curious habits. Even the best of the Bshongos burn persons suspected of witchcraft, and accept the most triVlsl evi- dence of sorcery as sufficient- for the stake. Mr. Thomson says that “at Psllebslls, for instance, for every oneâ€"child. woman. or msn-Who dies, somebody is suSpected of ILaVng caused the death by supernatural causes, sud the horrid old ugsnga, or ‘medicine mnn,’ who holds the inquest over the coffin, is called upon to detect the guilty [18KB .n, and generally fixes upon ‘ those possessed of worldly goods, in order that they may buy him off from his fell mousstion. Should the person thus so- cused be unable to satisfy the ugsnga, he or she is compelled to take the cases, the infusion of a poisonous berk; and according as the potion is regulated in strength by the ugungs, so the suspected temperer with witchcraft either vomits up the poison and recovers, dies at once from its effects, or retains it in the stomach and does not die, in which latter case the natives have rare IN THE [IE-ART 0F AFRICA. WHOLE NO 1,372 NO. 21. sport in hacking the ill-doer to pieces with their blunt knives or in cooking their victim over a slow fire.” The first days of all peoples seem to be very much alike. On the lower Congo as far as Stanley Pool phallic worship is prevalent, rustic temples ueing dedicsted to it, but the rites are far less obscene (one gathers from both writers and travellers) than in the classic days of the bacehanalian feasts. The highest form of civilization has a remnant of savagery in it. Take in point the history of witchcraft in the New England States; it is as full of superstitious fear and inhumanity as anything the deâ€" praved African can show. The Nikambas, akindred tribe, believe that all diseases and physical troubles are due to demons, “ who are represented materially, in the embodiment of the malady they incite; there is a smallpox bogey,afever-spirit, and in certain temples about Manysnga you may come acrossaloathsome repre- sentation of the foul demon who is sup- posed to have inflicted syphilis on the unhappy natives, who bring oflerings to his shrine with a. view to appeasing his cruel ravages." They have little or no know- ledge of the healing art; “medicines are represented by vague potions and powders, delivered Without any reference to their antiseptic qualities, but merely in regard to their hidden potentialities of magic.” A statement of this year’s missions and missionaries was read, as follows: Domes- tic missionsâ€"Toronto Conference, 35) mis» axons, 39 missionaries; London, do., 35 and 3E); Niagara. 18 and 19; Gueiph, 33 and 35 ; Bay of Quinta, 29 and 33; Montreal, 78 and 80; Manitoba. and the Northwest. 50 and 58 ; Nova. Sootia, 48 and 47 ; New Brunswick and Prince Edward Islam}, 45 and 44; mission dirvtrlfihfl, 11 and 11. Totals, 442 missions, 463 missionaries. Annual Fleeting at line Missionan Snclely â€"l{(‘porl of [he Work of lhe Past Year. A last (Thursday) night’s Kingston despetuh says: At the meeting of the MeLhodist Missionary Society last night, Dr. Sutherland, Secretary, submitted a. report, of which the following is asynopeis: He said that the report would deelwith only the former Methodist Church of Canada, as data. regarding branches was not available. The mission work of the Church embraced domestic or in the Dominion, Indian in Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and Keewatin. French in Quebec. and foreign, which includes Japan and Bermuda. From all these departments most cheering tidings have been received. Revivals have resulted in a. net gain of over 8,000 to the membership of the church, a. goodly portion being gathered in the mieeion fields. Reports from the Indian fields are encouraging. Indian missionsâ€"Toronto Conference, 6 missions, 3 missionaries. Total number of [mid agents, 7. London, 6, 4, 13; Niagara, 2. 2, 6; Guelph. 2, 2. 5; Bay of Quinta, 3, 1., 3; Montreal, 2, 2, 6; Manitoba, 0110., 12, 10, 16; mission district, 12, 7, 20. Totals, 45, 31, 76. The paid agents include mis- sionaries, native assistants, teachers and interpreters. French missionsâ€"Montreal Conference, 9 missions, 1]. missionaries, 3 Mummers. Foreignâ€"Japan, 7 missions, 13 mission- aries, 6 assistants; Belmudaa, 3 missions, 4 missionaries. Grand totalsâ€"506 missions, 522 mission- aries, 15 assistance. 28 teachers, 11 interâ€" preters, 573 paid agents; A last (Friday) night’s Kingston despatch says: The Board met at 9 o'clock, Dr. Carman in the chair. On motion it Was resolved to re-open the school for Chinese on the Pacific Coast as soon as a suitable agent can be obtained. The report of the Committee on Mission Premises was read as follows: First, that the premises at present occupied by the Secretary are too small and otherwise unsuitable; second, that new premises be erected on the north- east corner or the Metropolitan Chuich lot, the lot having been paid for by the Missionary Society several years ago, the building to correspond in style with the Metropolitan Church. Third, that the cost of the building shall not exceed $25,000 and that such cost can be met without touching the ordinary income of the Society. Fourth, that if a suitable build- ing cannot be erected for the above sum. the requirements of the Society shall be met by renting. The report was adopted as a whole. The Com- mittee on annual reports was read as fol- lows : First, that the general report of the Society contains the religious reports from missions, the aggregate contributions from each circuit, the names of subscribers of $25 and upwards, and the details of ex- penditure. Second, that each Annual Con- , Ierence publish its own missionary sub- scription list as an appendix tcits minutes, with a synopsis of religious reports of the missions within its bounds. The report was adopted. The rrpcrt on parsonage rents recommends: First, the erec- tion of parsonages in all the missions. Second, the promise of loans equal to 25 per cent. for a term of years at a low rate of interest. Third, that proposed build- ings be in accord With plans prepared by the: missionary authorities. Fourth, that where missions fail to erect parsonages grants for rents shall cease after two years’ notification. The report was adopted. On motion the General Secretary was reâ€"1 quested to prepare and forward at an early period a synopsis of the, missionary report to the Superintendentsl of circuits for use at their anniversaries. On motion, the Board requested Rev. Dr. Meacham to spend several weeks in the eastern conferences, assisting at their missionary meeting. On motion, it was resolved that $175,000 be taken, plus the special help to Newfoundland, as the basis of our appropriations for this year. In con- nection With the sustentation fund, it is recommended that the Presidents of the annual conferences be a committee who shall correspond on the matter and report to the next meeting of the Board. On grants to missions, the sub-Committee on Finance reported that it would require $273 645 to meet all the claims presented. They asked that the Board grant an addi- tional $20,000. which, added to the previous vote of $175,000, would enable them to pay 70 per cent. on the basis of the appropria. ticn. rl‘he Board granted the additional sum asked. The committee recommend that Rev. John Shaw be appointed as assistant in the missionrooms. The recommendation was adopted. The Board agrcrd to meet in Halifax the second week in October, 1885. The Board adjourned at 1 p. 111. With the benediction by the The finances of the society are: Expen- ditures, $159,000; receipts, $149,000. The shortage is provided out oi legacies, so that it. does not entail debt. Pc-esident. Georgia. has 137 boy convicts. METllol) HI I 5!] "N S. bet? ()u the following‘day a further demon- stration was made. Another intimation was given to the Canadian Pacific Railway agent that unless he stopped his opposition to the whiskey traffic he would be shot. No confidence could be placed in any of the constables on the spot, and a large majority of the inhabitants, teamsters and others werein sympathy with these “ Molly Muguires,” as they cell themselves. and even those who were not in sympathy with them were afraid to come forward and give evidence. As the authorities on the spot were unarmed it was deemed advisable that the Local Government should be appealed to. Ellie facts were duly brought to the notice of the Local Gov- ernment, and orders have been issued which Will secure a vindication of the law. Mr. J. M. Hamilton, County Crown Attorney, Sault Ste. Marie, who is in Toronto, has received instructions forthâ€" with to levy and transport an armed force of sufficient strength to overewe the law- less element. 0n the night of the 0th October several revolver shots were fired after dark in the neighborhood of the quarters occupied by the Ontario Magistrate, Captain Burden. and those of Mr. Alexander Maodonald, the agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway. No great importance was attached to the fact, but on the followmg day a notice was found posted in the neighborhood of the railway office threatening death to Mr. Maodonald, the agent, and to other parties supposed to be connected with him in the suppression of the whiskey traffic. The notice was signed “By order of the Vigi- lauoe Committee.” On the evening of that day, about halfvpast 1) o'clock, the night being very dark and stormy, a simultaneous attack was made, by about thirty or thirty- five men, upon the quarters otthe Magis- trate and the headquarters of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Company. Some two or three hundred shots from revolvers and Winchester rifles were directed into the building. Some of the shots passed through the windows and lodged in the logs at the back of the house occupied by the magistrate. Immediately afterwards an attack was made upon the lock-up, the front door was forced open and three cell doors wrenched ofi. A prisoner confined for drunkenness was in one of the cells at the time. He cried out, asking to be released, that the people were going to shoot him. At about the same time three newly appointed constables who were on the alert, and who were obnoxious to the whiskey gang were shot at and two of them wounded, one in the hand seriously and the other in the eye. Notices were found placed in positions where they would be certain to be taken hold of, stating that the three newly appointed constables would be shot unless they cleared out by the next steamer leaving for the East. A New Establishment a! the LVlodel Farm, Guelph. Some days ago the creamery in connec- tion with the Ontario Government's model farm, at Guelph, was put in operation. It is now running in first-class order. The building is Wellâ€"adapted for the purpose. It is large, airy and quite convenient to the leading highway entering the city. Nearly two years have elapsed since the idea of establishing an industry oi this nature first occurred to the Government, and it was not until the spring of the present year that decisive action was taken to carry that idea into effect. The system adopted in gathering the cream is known as the Fairbank system, and throughout the United States it is credited with being the most practical and expedient method yet introduced. Each patron is proxided with as many common cream cane as he may require. This can contains tour and a halt gallons. It is fitted with a glass gauge on the side by which the amount of cream which has gathered can be determined. After milk- ing, the patron puts the milk in this vessel and then places the can in a tank filled with cold water. The cream gatherer on arriving ascertains by the gauge the depth of cream on the surface, puts down the amount to the credit of the customer and then proceeds to skim the cream off, which is (tone with an ordinary skimmer. This plan is considered better than the patent process of running off the milk. From the waggon which brings the cream to the creamery, the cream is transferred to vats. After remaining over night in these vessels the cream is next morning run by spouts into two churns and the manufac- turing process commences. Those in use in the creamery are common box churns. One holds 200 and the other 300 gallons. it requires about an hour’s time to churn the butter as only ‘60 revolutions are made to the minute. As soon as the butter gathers the buttermilk is run off and cold water is thrown in. The churn is again set in motion. In a short time this water is run off and a fresh supply poured in. Thus the butter is washed. It is then removed and placed on asalting scales. By an ingenious device in this machine the quantity of salt required is weighed simultaneously with the butter. From the salting scales it is taken to a golden butter worker, a circular table on which two uiched cone-shaped rollers revolve. Atter operations by this machine for about five minutes the ‘work of manufacturing is complete. From the cream vatsa drain carries the buttermilk to atank outside from which it is pumped into apiggery. Each patron receives ten cents per inch for the cream in the can, but this rate will be increased or lowered according to the price of butter. The capacity of the creamery is 2,000 pounds. At the Central Pacific Railway depot at the mouth or the Michipicoten River. north shore of Lake Superior, there have lately been serious riots, arising out of the illicit whiskey trade. All the country in which the Canadian Pacific is being constructed is placed under the Public Works Act. Wherever that Act is declared in force, the selling of drink becomes a. punishable oflence. Some whiskey sellers at Michi- picoten have been openly defying the law. On an attempt being made to suppress the traffic, the liquor sellers called in the assistance of a gang of roughs and whiskey pedlers from Peninsular Harbor, and by their assistance the Stipendiary Magis- trate was set at defiance, but not until a serious riot had occurred, in which revol- vers were freely used. and two of the con- stables were shot. \Vln’skev THERE are, this year, 850,000 qualified voters in Ohio. Just hell of these are out- aud-ouh Americans. 0f the remainder: 250,000 are Germans, either by birhh or descent; 100,000 Irish ; 50,000 English. Web h, Scorch and Canadian, and the bal- ance Swiss, French and Bohemian; O! the letter there are 3,500 votere.eix-aevenths of them in Cuyahoga county (Cleveland). The colored voue of Ohio is 22,760. The Missouri father: did not pursue his elokyiug dapghber, bub sent; a. clergyman 9n A, L, “AA _-___IA y-vk,-- n a awifhwhroorse to overtake theveouple, in order that the marriage ceremony might be performed properly. A proposition to give the present Lord Mayor of London a. second term was promptly snuffed out by that high func- tionary, who seems to have had quite enough ofit. AdGeorgis. man recently killed his horse n an outburst: of temper and than blew his own brains out through remorse to: the deed. MSKEV Dealers I)er [he Lawâ€"Railway (lfiiclnls Threatenedâ€"Policemen Shot â€"'l‘hn Government to Put Down the Rouglm. (:0 YEltNLVlE l‘ ClfiEAMEflY. A MlCllIPlU0'l‘EN ROW.