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Despateh to the Colonies Calling for :1 Con- ference on the Subject. A London cable says : Right Hon. Edward Stanhope, Colonial Secretary, has sent a despatch to the_Governors of colonies under responsible governments, and a circular to the Governors of colonies not possessing that form of government, an‘ nouncing the Queen‘s summons to a con- ference to be held here next spring to disâ€" cuss the subject of Imperial Federation. In the opinion of Her Majesty’s Government the question is urgent and capable of use- ful consideration on the subject of organizaâ€" tion for military defence. The time. has arrived, the despatch says, for a better understanding between the Imperial Govâ€" ernment and the colonies. A system of defence should be established throughout the Empire ; but no new project, entailing heavy expenditure, is contemplated. Postal and telegraph service, second only in im» portance to the question just referred to, needs considerationi n the interest of the re- quirements of every part of the Empire. The Colonial Secretary deprecates the discussion of any scheme for the political federation of the Empire until colonial opinion has been ascertained. The proposed conference will be purely consultative, and will consist of the Agent-General and one public man from each colony, the Colonial Secretary presiding. An Ottawa despatch says : An extremely romantic marriage which took place here yesterday furnishes subject matter for all the young people of the city. The facts are briefly these : Miss Elizabeth King, of Rochesterville, a maiden lady 82 years of age, died on Sunday last. She was pos- sessed of considerable wealth, estimated at about $100,000, principally in real estate securities. In her \villehe left it all conâ€" ditionally to Miss Chrissie King, a young lady of 19, who had lived with her as com» panion, and to Gilbert Allan, a young man of 24, who had paid considerable attention to Miss Chrissie and had won the favor of the old lady. The condition was that the young couple should be married to each other the day the testatrix was buried. The burial took place at 3 o’clock yester- day and at 4 the marriage ceremony was celebrated in the house of .recent mourn» ing. The happy groom is the son of Hugh Allan, retail dry goods merchant. Explorer \Volfl'Finds a Horde of Dwarfs in Africa. A Very Romantic Episode \Vhioh Tonk Place in Ottawa. A Brussels cablegram says : The explorer Ludwig Wolff, just returned from the Congo, has been interviewed by your cor- respondent and reports having met in the Sankourou region many tribes of dwarfs, generally measuring less than four feet, beardless and with short and woolly hair. They live by hunting and are wonderfully agile and good~tempered. Many thousands of them are dispersed over this wild region and aré known under the name of Batonas. They mix very little with the full-grown population. This, says \Volff, confirms the ancient conjectures of Herodotus and Aris- totle as to the existence of a race of pigmies in Africa. ” These African Liliputians received me very hospitahly,” said Mr. When Bishop Binney called his attention to Hind’s attack he acknowledged that, seeing that his first wife, whom he had for long years thought dead, was still living, in the eyes of the Church his second marriage was unlawful, and he immediately deter. mined to separate from wife No. 2 and regard wife No. 1, living with the French officers in Algiers, as his only lawful spouse. He went home and communicated his resolve to the woman with whom he had lived happily for fourteen years. The blow fell upon her with crushing effect, but like a heroine she agreed that it was the only thing they could honorably do, and she immediately left her home and sought the protection of Rev. F. R. Murray, her pastor, at whose house she now is. \Volffi A Guelph despatch says : A meeting of breeders of shorthorns was held in the City Hall on Wednesday night, nearly 100 being resent, to discuss the desirability of modi» ying the present standing of the Dominion Shorthorn Herd Book so as to admit of_ a considerable number of cattle being recorded in the new book which are not now entered. The discussion lasted two hours and a half? and ended in a committee, composed of the following gentlemen, being appointed to meet the Board at the next annual meeting in February: Messrs. W. G. Pettit, Robt. McQueen, Daniel Talbot, Thos. Waters, Wn‘i. Donaldson, James Laidlaw and James G. Wright, The man who frequents thepawnbrokel’s generally goes out on three balls. While a boy named Ollver Allen was skating on the ice on Lake Champlain, N.Y.. and pushing a cutter occupied by two children named Edith and Ralph Flannery, aged 12 and 5 respectively, the ice gave away and all three were drowned. Fourteen years ago Mr. Sumichrast fell in love with the handsome young widow of Charles Almon, a lieutenant in the Royal British Artillery and son of a wealthy Nova Scotian politician. When M. B. Almon died he left his son’s widow a for- tune. After the engagement Sumichrast told her that when a youth he had mar. ried a dashing French girl in his Hungar- ian home. Their life had been an unhappy one. They were divorced, he had never heard from her since, and he believed she was dead, but if alive the divorce was per- fectly legal. Mrs. Almon was satisfied, and married Mr. Sumichrast. Years ago Prof. H. Y. Hind, the British expert witness be- fore’ the Fishery Commission, held a pro- fessor’s chair in King’s College. He be- came friendly with Sumichrast, and found out all about his previous history. At a recent meeting of the church synod radical differences of opinions sprang up between Bishop Binney and Profs. Sumichrast and Hind, were continued at the Governing Board of King’s College, 01; which all three were members, and Hind employed an Edinburgh lawyer to ferâ€" ret out the history of Sumichrast before he came to Canada, and the whereabouts of his first wife. It was found that she had marriedaFrenc-h officer and is now living in Algiers. Then Prof. Hind ad- dressed a circular to all the Episcopal clergymen of the diocese, declaring that Bishop Binney was backing up Prof. Sumi. chrast, a man whom he knew for years had been living with a woman not his wife in the eyes of the Church. This produced a crisis. Voluntary Parting After Fourteen Years of Happy Married Life. A Halifax despatch says: One of the most extraordinary social sensations ever known in Halifax came to the surface toâ€" day, when Prof. Sumichrast separated from the woman to whom he had been married fourteen years because he did not believe that in the sight of God he is her husband. Prof. Sumichrast is the most cultured literate and linguist in this part of Canada. He was formerly Professor of Modern Languages in King’s College, Windsor. Subsequently, he was editor of :1 Halifax newspaper, and for some years he has been Principal of the Girton House, where the sons and daughters of the aris- tocracy of Halifax finish their education. This school is supported by Bishop Binney and the leading men in his diocese. Meeting offihortlIm-n Breeders. A REMARKABLE SEPARATION. FUNERAL A ND VVEDDING. A RACE 0F PIGMI BRITISH FEDERATION. The bird then mounted to the collar of the unfortunate man and seemed deter- mined to bear him away bodily, but just at this crisis other men came up, and by their united efforts the bird of liberty was finally conquered and securely pinioned. It was found that his wings measured nine feet ten inches from tip to tip, and his talons were over four inches long. Dreadful Gale on the British Coastâ€"Loss of Life and Property. A last (Wednesday) night’s London cable says: A terrible gale, accompanied by lightning and thunder, prevailed last night and this morning in the southern counties of England and in the Channel, where a number of vessels were wrecked. At Brighton much damage was done to ro- perty. Throughout the United l-King om rain and hail fell. The storm caused wide- spread disaster. In Scotland there was also a heavy fall of snow. The gale abated somewhat during the day time, but raged with increased Violence during the night over the whole Kingdom. In the west of Ireland the storm was terrific. Steamers are delaying in making Queenstown, and all the harbors are filled with shipping. The high tide at Limerick is flooding the warehouses on the water front. and at, Armagh the spinning mills have been stopped by floods. Damage to property, accidents, and some cases of houses being set on fire by lightning are reported from all parts of the Kingdom. A French vessel foundered off Dymchurch and six persons were drowned. On the Danish coast many vessels have been wrecked. Four ships struck on the Elsinore breakwater. The gale was of unprecedented violence. At Liverpool and on the Isle of Man the barov meter sank to the lowest point within the memory of man. The storm is now passing to the eastward of Scotland. Telegraphic communication on the Continent is greatly interrupted. Heavy damage was done at most of the seaside holiday resorts, where trees were uprooted and many persons in- jured by falling tiles and chimneys. It is feared there has been a great loss of life. The papers had no telegram from the Con- tinent last night. A Minneapolis, Minn., despatch says: Prof. W. F. Carr and Samuel Curtis, who were surveying on Nicolet avenue, near the Washburn Home, were attacked yesterday afternoon by a large eagle. The bird dropped down like a bullet, and, knocking ()urtis’ cap from his head, assaulted him with great fury. The man caught up a crowbar, and for a few minutes defended himself in an unequal combat, calling lustily for his companion. Prof. Carr coming up, the savage bird turned upon him, caught him by the leg, threw him down, tore his trousers and, sinking his tulons in the fleshy part of his leg, inflicted a serious wound. The capture of the eagle goes far to ex- plain the fact that lately the farmers near the Washburn Home have missed sundry pigs and sheep. Two Men Have a Battle with an Enormous Bird of Freedom. I notice a remark that Lady Colin Camp- bell was so proud of her connection with the Argylls that she wore, at one of the Queen’s drawingmooms, a dress on which were emblazoned the Campbell arms. This is incorrect. Lady Colin never wore any such dress at a drawing-room. The person who wore it was Lady Archibald Campbell, her sister-inJaw. Lady “ Archie " is very aesthetic and this wonderful gown of here was an artistic adaptation to modern ideas of a mediasval costume. On it not only were the Campbell arms worked, but those of her own family, the Callanders of Craig- forth, which, though it may not date back to 1180, when the first MacCallum More was knighted, is still an old family. By- the-way, Lady Colin Campbell’s father is a lineal descendant of that Col. Blood who had a weakness for Crown diamonds in the time of James ILMYork Town Topics. Rev. Edward White. who has been aston. ishing the London religious public by his merohants' lectures on the animals of Scripture, has been on a. visit to his old charge in Hereford, where he has given a fresh illustration of his inventive faculty by an able lecture on“ Number in Nature an Evidence of Creative Intelligence.” The Ministerial crisis in France, coming at this moment, is naturally watched here with the keenest interest. The advent of Elemenceau to power just now might have grave consequences. Customer (to photographer)â€"I don't think the piqture (jiges {Ile justice. Photographerâ€"My dear air, if photo- graphy did justice to every one who has his picture taken the art would soon grow un- populanâ€"Harpcr's Bazav'. “ Let us not forget,” continued the veteran, amid breathless excitement, “ that the securityâ€"even the existenceâ€"of great nations depends on their might; that, above all, the greatest ' resources for the whole safety of Germany lie in the excel- lence of her army.” There was dead silence for a time, but cheers rang out when, referring to France, he said: “ So long as public opinion there clamors with unvarying and stiff-necked bitterness for the restitution of the pro. Vinces regained with so much bloodshed, so long must Germany repeat that she will shed her last drop of blood in holding and defending her conquests. Standing in the middle of the House he turned toward the little ultramontane leaderY while the De uties crowded thickly round him, and hol ing a roll of paper in his hand began to speak. The scene in the Reichstag was striking. Herr von Windhorst, speaking in the name of the Centre, had protested that his follow- ers were patriots filled with devotion, and though declaring he thought the Minister for War took too dark a. view of the situa- tion, had declared his willingness to give the Army Bill fair consideration, when the old Field Marshal rose. Excitement in the Reichstag Over the Old Genei-al’s Impressive Language. A Berlin cablegram of Saturday’s date says: The gloomy hints thrown out by the German Minister for War in the Reichstag yesterday were meant to make and have a. deep impression. Had they stood alone they might have been explained by tactical causes. Today, however, they were followed by a declaration of the veteran Von Moltke, uttered with an emphasis rarely used except at great criti- cal moments. FIELD IVIA ‘HAL VON MOLTKE. ATTACKEI) BY AN EAGLE. A DEYASTATING STORDI. VOL X V III THE ()ne of the Campbells. A Lost Art. Upon cross-examination Lord Colin said he had never studied surgery,- but had attended lectures on gynaecology and anatomy in the College of Surgeons, and possessed sufficient knowledge of the for- mer science to be able to say that Lady Colin Campbell had had a miscarriage. Witness said his first illness occurred in 1872. He was afterward attacked by a similar illness in 1876, which he did not fully recover from until 1884, when he became perfectly well. Witness remembers ed the trial of his wife’s limited divorce case in 1884, and recollected that a juror then asked him to say whether he had suffered from any disease capable of being communicated to his wife. He also heard his counsel say at that trial that there was not a single charge of any kind against Lady Colin Campbell. Ellen Brown and Mrs. Duffy, witness said, had told him in July, 1883, what they would testify to. 11nd witness believed that their statements had been admitted. Witâ€" ness often remonstrated with his wife about taxing her strength. When asked if Lady Colin had ever lied to him, witness said she had often “ used deception.” Lady C. cor- responded With witness regularly after she left him in 1883 until the final rupture between them. He had kept only one of the letters she had written during that time, which was dated in December, 1883. The letter began: “Darling Boy," and was signed “Your Arab.” Witness admitted saying at the previous trial that he had told his wife to take precautionary remedies to prevent her having children. (Sensation.) Lord Colin testified that his means were limited, and that Lady Colin had provided £1,000 to furnish the house he had occupied. Lady Colin had bought the furniture and decorated the house her- self. Witness admitted that he had twice been afflicted with an infectious disease, the first time in 1870. The case was then adjourned. Alast (Thursday) night’s London cable says: Lord Colin Campbell’s side of the divorce case was concluded today. The Duke of Marlborough’s counsel opened for the defence. He said the Duke was fear- less of threats, and would appear as a witness and swear that the charges were groundless. The alleged case against the Duke consisted of ordinary incidents. The small talk of society had been turned into allegations of impropriety. The only exceptions were the exceptions of Purfleet and Leigh Court, and he would treat of these especially. Lady Colin’s life was devoted to charitable works, and was inconsistent with the charges brought against her. Even if the Purfleet and Leigh Court allegations were true, could the jury say there had been adultery? The correspondence with Lord Blandford related chiefly to the borrowing of books. Lady Colin was engaged in literary pur- suits; she wrote books and worked at journalism, and she frequently found it necessary to borrow books of reference. The Leigh Court charges rested entirely upon the evidence of Rosa Baer, whom nobody could trust, The Duke’s counsel declared that Lady Campbell and the Duke did not occupy adjoining rooms at Leigh Court. Lord Colin knew the facts of the Purfleet incident long before the last trial, yet he then stated that he had no suspicion against his wife. If Lady Campbell had been guilty of adultery they could not have obtained a judicial separation. If Lord Colin was honorable, how could he now without further evidence bring this trumped up charge? Counsel admitted that Lord Blandford was at Purfleet, but declared that he was there alone. Lady Campbell would account for every hour of her time between Saturday, August 12th, and Mon- day, August 14th. He trusted the jury was not prejudiced against the Duke of Marl~ Lord Colin Campbell, resuming, said that on the occasion of his asking Lady Camp. bell to show him the letters, she said to him that unless he signed a paper before she left the room, binding him to live apart from her, she would go to her solicitor for advice. The witness refused to be coerced or intimidated into sigfiing such a paper, and asked Lady Miles, who was preSent, to go with him to another room, which she did. After a conversation with Lady Miles witness returned with her to hold a family council with Lady Colin, to whom Lady Miles said : ” Colin desires me to say that he has made no charges against his wife.” The witness then expressed to his wife his willingness to submit the condition of his health to a medical commission, and agreed if. the result should be unfavorable to him to accept her conditions. But he stipu- lated that Lady Colin must abandon her correspondence with the Duke of Marlborough. Lady Colin, witness said, would not agree to this, and iet’erred Iii-m ~ $6â€" “M7"fifi”1fl1€ "BUIIIE 'm refusing to see him alone thereafter. Wit- ness denied that he had been guilty of adultery with Mary Watson, and testified that he had taken action looking to his wife’s arrest in Paris under the advice of his solicitor. Here Mr. Blood, Lady Colin‘s father, arose in court, and, shaking his fist in the witness’ face, said: “In making these infamous charges against your wife it’s not the first time that you have lied.” Mr. Blood was sharply reprimanded by the judge. Lord Colin Campbell testified that Lady Colin had admitted to him that in July, 1883, while he was ill, she had received two or three letters a day from the Duke of Marlborough, and had also received a number of letters from Gen. Butler. These letters, however, she refused to show to the witness, although requested to do 30. Upon being pressed for an answer by the judge, Lord Colin said he was sure that at the time he had also asked Lady Colin if she had brought anybody home with her from the ball which she had attended on the previous night, and that her ladyship had denied bringing anybody with her. A last (Wednesday) night’s London cable says: The trial of the Colin Campbell divorce case was resumed to-day, Lord Colin Campbell continuing his testimony. Previous to the resumption of Lord Colin’s examination Lady Colin’s counsel were informed by the judge that the court refused to order Lord Colin to give further security for his wife’s costs. DEN Y ANY IMPROPRIETY WITH HER. Counsel for the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Blandford Both Lord and Lady Tarred With the Same Stick. SOME SENSATIONAL STATEMENTS. LORD COLIN IN THE BOX. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1886. Professor Forbes, State Entomologist, has completed a thorough examination of Southern Illinois wheat-producing counties where losses have been. caused by the ravages of the chineh bugs, and he finds that the infected area has largely increased during the year. He considers the outlook in consequence very gloomy for the 1887 wheat crop. CANADA AND ROCKY MOUNTAlT-I LOCUST. An Ottawa telegram sv'ys: James Fletcher, honorary entomologist of the De a'tment‘ of A ricul-n ,. s eakin pmasoflg, reports the discovery of no new injurious insects. Two, however, which will receive special attention before next season, will be the grub or maggot of a small fly which has attacked the stems of timothy and other grass crops in most parts of Canada, and a small beetle which commits serious depredations among the spruce forests of Lower Canada. In July last, in response to inquiries from the farmers of Manitoba and the Northwest, who feared, owing to the dryness of the season, that the insect called the Rocky Mountain locust would commit great ravages in the dryer parts of country, he visited the heart of the dis- trict where these insects breed, a plateau west of Regina, anti upon examination found that the fears were without founda- tion, as the specimens collected and sub- mitted turned out not to be the true Rocky Mountain locust. This point as to the .exact identity of the specimens is one of great importance. as this Rocky Mountain locust is by far the most destructive of the many species found in Canada. It was the fact that the insect was committing great depredations in Dakota and the other States just south of the line which gave rise to the fears that these ravages would extend into Canada. One swarm of the Rocky Mountain locusts committed depre dations in the Wood Mountain district in the month of June, but they passed away before any serious damage was done. Mr. Fletcher thinks that owing to the rapid manner in which the country is being settled there will never again be any deâ€" structive invasions of this insect like that of 1874, that when'the country is fully settled the insect will entirely disappear. The Prince of Wales has set the fashion of wearing wide and curly brimmed hats in England. The King of Holland is an admirer of American institutions. He heats his palace at Amsterdam with an American base- burning coal stove, and he has his eye on a. tin egg poacher. Queen Christina. of Spain has won for herbelf the enthusiasm of the people by pardoning Villa Campa and his comrades and wiping out Cuban slavery. She is no. longer the Austrian woman to them, but their monarch’s mother. King Thebaw’s state chariot has lately been exhibited in London. i It is of the pat. tern used in Europe 100 years ago, and it is literally coated with sheet gold, inlaid with bits of glass. Within there is only room for ongperson. 7 The members of the Royal Family of Sweden frequently take part in improvised dramatic performances in the palace theatre. The other day “Hamlet” was performed, the Crown Prince executing the role of the Prime bf Denmark and his sister, Princess Alexandra, that of Ophelia. Queen Marie, mother of Buvaria’s two lunatic kings, visited Otto the other day, but he failed to recognize her. Prince Carl of Sweden is such a. beauty that his photograph is found on every toilet article used by Stockholm women. Ex-Khedive Ismail Pasha. of Egypt has been consulting Dr. Mctzger, of Amster- dam, Holland, about his health, which has been failing lately. The Em ‘erqr of Morocco is a great lover of velocipeges, only the royal feet must not touch the treadles. He has sl&ves for this purpose when he goes out for his rambles in the palace gardens. He has just ordered a. veloclpede broad enough to hold a. com- fortable bed, on which His Majesty reposes while his slaves take the exercise. He \Vaited Too Long. “What do you think of such a man as Jones?” demanded Smith as he met an acquaintance on the street. “ Idunnoâ€" why »” “ I’ve known him for twenty years, and yet when I wanted to borrow 810 he demanded security 1” “Ah! you should have struck hhnmineteen years ago !”â€".- Detroit Free Press. The Queen has forbidden the admission into the household of Windsor Castle or within the Castle precincts of newspapers containing reports of the Campbell divorce case. Lady Campbell gave her evidence with perfect composure and the fullest self- possession. She gave ready responses to the questions asked. She wore a plain blue serge dress and black bonnet. Her whole style was that of simple elegance. She is tall, lithe and shapely, and has full black glowing eyes, with a, clear pallid 03m- plexion. In reference to her career, she stated that she was educated in Italy and spoke Italian and French before she learned the English language. She sang, painted and wrote books. She was also a journalist. She sang at forty charity concerts, not one of which Lord Colin attended. She taught night classes of factory girls, visited the poor in the day-time, and served soup for two hours, and worked daily among the poor of Saffron Hill. A London cable says: Lady Colin Campâ€" bell testified in her own behalf yesterday. She entered the witness box amid profound silence. She was very paleéand testified in i a slow, distinct voice. She said that until the family meeting at Thurlow square in 1883 she had exchanged letters daily with her husband when absent. Before their marriage Lord Colin asked herif she would consent, when married, to their occupying separate rooms. She consented and Lord Colin asked her not to divulge the fact that he had made this request, but she insisted on telling her mother. The nature of his illness was unknown to her until May, 1883. She never pressed Lord Colin to marry her, but her mother disliked long engagements. Mr. Gully, on behalf of Captain Shaw, said his client would deny upon oath that he had ever had improper relations with Lady Campbell. The story of O‘Neil was an absolute fabrication. Captain Shaw was an old friend of the lady’s family and a man of unsullied life. The case was then adjourned. borough on account of his previous appear- ance in the Divorce Court. The Duke had not opposed Lord Aylesford ; on the con- trary, he had made what amends he could by offering to marry Lady Aylesford and settling £10,000 on her child. Inseot Pests and Animal Maladies. News from Crowned Heads. CHINCH BUG RAVAG ES. 4‘ The Duke has heard from Lord Colin also, and has reason to know from other sources that these accusations are false. The Duke, therefore, can only regard Lady Colin’s letter to himself threatening further legal proceedings as written in pursuance of the attempt at intimidation which has already been tried unsuccessfully with Lord Colin. Under these circumstances, Lady Colin will understand that the Duke must refuse further communication or corres- pondence with her ladyship.” “ Forgive me for writing so long a letter and for entering so much into details such as these that my life for the last two years has been made up of. I thought it only right and fair that you, as my husband’s father, should have some idea. of what the real state of things have been. ASKS TO BE LET ALONE. “ I have left out entirely the question of how much my health has suffered in every way, but if you will take that a little into consideration, joined with what I have described in this letter, I hope you will see that the one thing I ask for, non-moleste- tion, is, under the circumstances, not a very outrageous request. “ If Colin persists in his refusal, the whole question, with all its details, will have to be decided in open court. It is he alone who has forced me to this course against my will. There is none other open to me which in justice to myself I can pur- sue. If he will not grant me the protec- tion that I ask I must obtain it otherwise. “ Again, I must ask you to forgive the lengthened detail of this letter. “ Believe me, your affectionate GERTBUDE ELIZABETH COLIN CAMPBELL.” THE DUKE’s REPLY: In reply to this came the following: “LONDON, August 16, 1883. The Duke of Argyll has received Lady Colin Cam hell‘s letter of the 15th. He has also hear from his son, Lord Colin, of the accusations which Lady Colin has brought against her husband in the form of a petition to the Divorce Court, h This correspondencé wars anterior to the first suit, which resulted in a decree in favor of Lady Campbell. An interesting statement has just been ublished regarding the progress of ethodism in London during the last 100 years, In 1792 there were in London district 3 circuits, 11 ministers and 3,514 church members. In 1886 there are in the same area 93 circuits, 185 circuit ministers, 27 departmental ministers, 63 supernumeix aries and 36,000 church members. At the former date there was one Methodist in Londen to every twenty-one in the Provim es. Now there is one to every eleven, Joseph Lambert, laborer, has been fined 13 and Ila 6d costs under 19 Geo. II., c. 22, sec. 1, his offence being that he was swear- ing violently all the way from Stratford to Tiddington. The Act provides that “ a day laborer, common soldier, sailor or sea- men ” shall be fined Is for using profane or obscene language; “ any other person under the degree of a gentleman, 2s; and for every person of or above the degree of a gentleman, 59. For a second offence, in each case, double ; for the third offence, treble.” The clerk said he had never known the Act to be put in force before.â€" London Truth. indjflmit at, antâ€"ADI n em v nape; Dmitri-i1» misc 1e .fifiv’e‘en him an me, he told me I should not be angry with my poor little woman, as, of course, she was jealous of me. NOT JEALoustUT ! “ Certainly, the two extremesâ€"over familiarity one hour and positive violence the nextâ€"that he indulges in are not likely to increase my respect for him nor enable me to keep on its pedestal the Colin I fell in love with. 1 am not a jealous woman in any way, and I have the greatest contempt for people affected with that vice, but even I could not fail to remark the difference between the absolute ignoring of my presence in his room and his effusive delight when any one else came in. “ If I tried to interest him in anything I had seen or heard, if I tried of my own ac» cord to do some little thing to please him, all my efforts were met with absolute inat- tention; but if anytrifle put him out I was the scapegoat. “Many times, about such trifles as my wearing a linen collar or a serge dress, he has sworn at me and ordered me to leave the house, as if I were a servant, and this before we had been married a month. His treatment, his curses alone, would have been enough to arouse most women. SIGNS OF ILL TEMPER. “ With regard to his women servants, I was made into a sort of go-between. When he constantly ill treated them, even to the extent of striking them and knocking them down, I was sent for to soo.he and console them, so as to try and persuade them to excuse his behavior and return to him. I have had to leave my room at night and go and sit with the nurse for hours, with my arms around her, when she was sobbing from his personal violence, and make ex- cuses for him in every way I could imagine. Then, after one of these outbursts, he would think nothing too good for these women, and on one occasion, when he was “He has told me plainly that he will separate from me unless I consent to cohabit with him, and he persists in this decision. In justice to myself I cannot consent to a private separation. If we are to separate, the reasons for my refusal to live with him as his wife must be known openly. “ Girls have illusions, and to be first ini- tiated into the mysteries of matrimony by being given a. cutting from a. doctor’s letter in which I was recommended as a. salutary prescriptionwwould shock any girl in love with the man who thus treated her. Throughout, this idea of my usefulness seems to have been the principal one. A London cablegram says : On the cross- examination the following correspondence was read amid the most profound silence and attention in the court: “ No. 79 CADOGAN PLACE, S.W.,1 “August 15th, 1883. J “ MY DEAR DUKE,â€"As, no doubt, you will soon be leaving town, and as it is not likely I shall see you before you go, I hope you will not think it ill-befitting that I, as your daughter-in-law, should give you some explanation, painful as it may be to both of us, of the causes which have led to the pre- sent deplorable state of affairs between John and myself. WHY SHE DID NOT LIKE HER LORD Lady Colin’s Letter to the Duke of Argyll. THE CAMPBELL SCANDAL A Tax on Profanity. BITTER SARCASM‘ WHOLE NO 1,482 NO. 30. A Quamel that n ark: _ munltnfil in. .. ul'ztgedy occurred In a louse 1n Lnlversity Lane, off Centre street, on Wednesday night about haltpast 11 o’clock, the princi- pals being an enraged Italian lover, Jose Fasoli, his fair inamorita; Rosie Shane, and a successful rival, William H. Swin- bourne. It ap ears that for some time past the Italian ha been paying his addresses to Miss Shane, Who at first showed a prefer- ence for his company, but latterly displayed a marked coldness toward him. This en- raged the impetuous lover from the Sunny South, and en cting that there was another man in 6 house he placed himself on watch. Late last night he visited the house and found Swinbourne there. A few hot words were exchanged, and then, it is alleged, the Italian drew from under his coat a large carving-kdife with a blade thir- teen inches long, and made a slash at Swin- bourne, at the same time announcing his attention of carving up the whole house- hold. Constable Hart was called in and he arrested the Italian, afterwards securing the knife. In the row Swinbourne received a cut in the hand, and in consequence Fasoli was charged with feloniously wound- ing. At the Police Court he pleaded not guilty and was remanded to Tuesday next. â€"â€"Toromo News. Two costumes which have been seen here lately have attracted the attention of the ladies. The first was that worn by Miss Lillie Eustis, the niece of millionaire and philanthropist Corcoran, upon the occasion of her making calls upon the ladies of the Cabinet. Miss Eustis is a decided blonde, and will bably formally enter Washing- ton socie this winter. The costume referred to was a late importation from Worth. Over a full plain skirt of ohamois color in loose drapings was an overskirt of dead leaf color. A monk’s cowl of dark 010th, lined with a darker shade, hung down the back of the short-belted jacket. In front, on either side, extending from under the cowl and loosely-knitted across the chest were broad scarf ends of the Chamois cloth finished at the bottom with a cluster of large iridescent beads in strands. The hat was a soft, round felt of dark brown, the brim trimmed all around of a lighter shade. At the back the brim was slightly wired and formed in three indentations. On the left side the brim was fastened high on the hat with a large cluster of English sparrows. The second costume was that worn by Mrs. Secretary Whitney at her last reception. The dress was a beautiful toilet of white silk grenadine, long bows and ends finishing the drapings of the tournure on the right side. The entire front of gown was formed of a white silk illusion with the stripes of seed pearls between which were intricate patterns out- lined in crystal beading. The illusion was Shirred at the neck, forming a full vest, and fell from thence in cascades to the edge of the skirtâ€"Basron Traveller Correspondent. “ Funny thing about my ancestry," said Ole Williamson, a son of Scandinavia, the other day. “ Away back my original ancestor was Ali Oleson, his son was Ole Alison, and he _named his boy Andrew Ole- son. His son was John Anderson, his son Andrew Johnson. My grandfather was Jacob Bergetrom, his brother William Stromberg. My father was called Henry Jacobson, and they named me Ole William- son.” “ Then your son â€"â€"-” “ Will be William Henryson.”â€"Chicago Ledger. Twenty-six years ago the steamer Pacific burned and sank in the Ohio River at Uniontown, Ky. The other day a hogshead was dug up from the wreck, and, being opened, the tobacco was found to be as bright and good apparently as when it was packed. A big wolf attacked a. little 8-year-old girl as she was driving the cows to water near Comstock, Minn. ; but one of the cows charged the wolf, tossed it in the air, and then the farmer’s dog came to the rescue and the wolf fled. V _ \a v ' ’ "" _"DV‘V"“ on board the sleeper. Various speculations were indulged in as to what Messrs. Jackson and Davis were doing as their engine sped over the flowery land, whether they were polishing their horns, or indulging in a horn and so forth. It is a matter of record that the passenger never made such excel- lent time as it did on that occasion. Up hill and down dale it flew, and through the grassy meadows of Alberta it sped, strictly on time. As night came on, and the headlight of the pur- suing engine began to glimmer in the distance, the ladies on board the train invaded the smoker and gazed anxiously back. “ Here she is l” and “ There she is 1” followed with little shrieks of merri- ment, beguiled the hours, and lonely bachelors came to the conclusion that “ those fellows on the engine had all the luck.” It was not till a quarter past 8, at Gleichen, over 200 miles from Maple Creek, that the travellers finally caught up, and entered the rear car triumphantly with an armful of buffalo bones apiece. The ex- citement was tremendous, and “ Qu’- Appelle ” Jackson, and Mr. Davis, of New York, were the heroes of the hour. What did it cost them ? Well, 236 miles at $1 a mile means 3118 apiece. They did not own up to this, however; it was another man on board the train who told us the figure. Attempts to Butcher His Girl and His Suc- cessful Rival. A Passenger Train Pnrsued by a Loco- motive. The Calgary Herald tells a very good story of “ Qu’Appelle ” Jackson and a New York gentleman named Davis. While going west to Calgary they disembarked at Maple Creek to get a buffalo horn or two. Polished buffalo horns, bound together by a strip of Indian blanket, sell for $5 a pair in New York, and 75 cents a pair in Maple Creek. This opens a field for speculation. Our two travellers began to speculate. In fact they were speculating still when the train silently drew off and sped westward to Calgary. Maple Creek, with all its attractions, does not compare in the minds of tourists with several other places along ,the line. Its public buildings are soon exhausted, and its trade in buffalo horns, although brisk, is mono- tonous. Our tourists, with a cart- load of horns on their hands, began to bethink themselves of the ladies of the party, reading novels and playing bezique in the distant Pullman. To think is to act with some people. After much telegraph- ing and delay, the two belated travellers procured an engine and at 3 o‘clock pulled out of the station amid the applause of the aborigines and began a stern chase after the passenger, three hours ahead. It is gratifying to know they were not forgotten r__.,1 u , u Pretty- “’ashington Costumes. candinavian Family Names. A JILTED LOVER A STERN CHASE. “I’ve heard of this gas business,” said a. hotel guest from the country, as he toyed with the ws'Rer faucet, “ but this is the first time I ever seen it.” The latest theory of a. preventive against sea-sickness is .to ride up and down on elevators as frequently as convenient for several days before embarking. He will of coursev look disgugted at the turn the conversation is taking, and you haggep touajdq, ” Wt; sax ‘ lpqomotive.’ ” . Th8 oiliy ansiver to this last query is “At the depot,” and if your victim don’t laugh you can.â€"â€"Bufialo Courier. Then he went to the head of the stairs and bawled . “ I say, landlord, the gas pipes is chock full 0’ water.”â€"â€"New York Sun. V “ Yes, indeed, and if you were to die, John, I’d be just as fond of my third. I’m not a woman to care for anything but love.” “ Father-in-Iaw,” said Graves to the stupified farmer, “ my real name is Graves Marbank. Let us go into the house and consider this important news.” They went in. In a week Graves and Louise were married. Domestic affairs were rushed in those days, just as everything else was. In a month ten paying wells were struck. .The speculation prospered, and in the course of a year a large town had been built on Farmer De Loure’s farm, and was peopled by settlers who arrived from every quarter of the globe. Marbank sold out early and moved to “ the States,” but he took Farmer De Loure’s hoe with him, and it was hanging as an ornament in his parlor in Kalamazoo the last time I visited his happy family. His eldest daughter has probably covered it with red plush and made a key-rack of it before this.»â€"Ayr Recorder. “‘ Say, we dont say chestfiut any longer inguffq‘lp. . We’ve gqt a_ ne_v_v gag.”_ This will change his vfacial expreésion to one 2f sugprifae, and_then you crush him. “ You dEm’t See where {hat comes in, do 37011.7”. ' He is interested by this time and answers pro_13nptzlyJ “ N o, where ?” If you want to be very new, and at the same time very neat, just take your victim byfltye coat 0911a; and Whisper: “ Are you as fond of me as you were of yourufirsfi husband ?” The farmer spat on his hands and took an earnest grip upon the hoe, when Graves held before his eyes a paper which set forth that one “ Anthony De Loure did sell and devise unto the said party of the second part, G. Marbank, his heir and assigns, upon certain conditions hereinafter speci- fied,” etc. While the old farmer stared at Graves and the paper an excited neighbor rode up on his return from what was called the depot, a platform in the woods, where there was a switch of the Canada Southern Railroad. “D’ye hear the news?” exclaimed the newcomer. “Why it seems that some young fellow named G. Murbank has found oil, d’ye hear ? Oil, right here in this val- ley, and he’s sold his secret for a. starter. A sindicut has been formed up to St. Thomas, and a. train of men and tools hev landed at the depot this mornin’. Why, darn it, they’ve got a city built over there a’ready, and they call her Petrolia, and more’s coming on the train termorrow. Guess I’ll go home and dig for oil!” and away he went._ Afortnight afterward Loise De Loure sat sewing in the sunshine beside the kitchen door. A smiling, well dressed young man came up the path, and before she could arise, gave her a kiss full on the mouth. She gave him one stare of aston- ishment and delight, then she made him take it back. It was Graves. The young man fairly shone in an entire new suit and exhibited the first suggestion of a. mous- tache. “ Why, Mar Graves was about to startle me,” cried the rosy maid. Just as Mar was about to startle her again there came a flu...) rt 1w“ . J :uumt'uys Tlqu wcw'emy identified as those of Farmer DeLoure, who appeared carrying in his hand the hoe he had used in his early arguments with the young man.‘ “ Got done walking,” answered Graves. “Ride now. Own a. carriage. Own all the land in sight. Own this house. Own this barn. You can stay if you behave.” “ You walk,” said the farmer, as soon as he saw who the v1s1tor was. One rainy morning Farmer De Lonre and several of his neighbors were astonâ€" ished to receive a call from a well dressed, lawyer-like stranger. He said he was agent for G. Marbank, a wealthy gentleman from the States, who desired to secure a large tract of land for the purpose of experiment- ing with stock raising and grape culture. The stranger talked well, stayed to dinner with Farmer De Loure, and finally went away with peculiar land contracts for many of the “ back lots ” belonging to Farmer De Loure and his immediate neigh- bors, who were offered temptations they could not resist. “ Hoed Into Luck ;" or the Success Which Overtook a Homeless Youth. Away up in the township of Enniskillen, just beyond where the Canada Southern Railway emerges from the shade and soli- tude of atamarack swamp, lies a little town whose stride toward decay and abandon- ment was no less remarkably rapid than was its origin. An hotel, a church or two, amill that does not grind, and several empty buildings, speak of better times, but it has been many years since the place may be said to have existed. One day, about the time men were deserting home, family, friends and their senses to rush to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, a poorly- clad, half-fed, but intelligent-looking lad asked for work and food at the farm house of Anthony De Loure, near the site of the present town of Petrolia. The boy said that his name was Graves, and that he had tramped from St. Thomas. The farmer took him in and was so pleased with his work that he kept him, although he learned that the youngster had escaped from a reformatory at Detroit. Time wore on and Graves made himself valuable to the farmer, and became a great favorite with the farmer’s daughter. The friend- ship of the young people soon ripened into love, and the first sorrow the young girl experienced was when her father knocked Graves down with a hoe handle for pro- posing for her hand, and suggesting that he would probably get the girl whether her parents was or was not enthusiastic over the match. That blow made a poor boy rich, a pretty girl happy, an old man angry, and built a town. It was suggested to Graves the idea that he had better leave the De Loure farm, and forthwith he packed his few possessions and resumed the honorable profession of a tramp, with which he had in previous years thoroughly familiarized himself. He travelled to St. Thomas, where a kind woman answered his request for a wrapper for his bundle by giving him a newspaper from “the States.” Graves went on his way. One day, while resting by the side of the railroad, his eye caught an article in the newspaper wrapped about his “ duds.” This article gave an account of the great discoveries made in Pennsyl- vania. It spoke of petroleum floating on the waters of small creeks, and forming in little pools in holes made by the cattle in the mud. It showed him the great secrets contained in the things we now look upon every day as ordinary, and he began to think. He loved pretty Loise De Laura and he had grit. A ROMANCE OF THE OIL REGIONS. This is a Bufl‘alo Joke. He Had Heard of It. The Loving Wife.