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“ VVlmt is 't-he reason four the solemnity of this oath ?” “ They believe ilmt everything has a spirit, good or evil. and aft9r a Chinaman cuts off a master‘s head, he believes that the spirit will trouble him if he tells a lie." An inquest was held on the body of William McDermott, who hanged himself at Elkhorn. The evidence of his widow, his daughter, aged 8 years, and some neighbors was heard. The jury returned a verdict that he died from suicidal hanging while in a state of unsound mind. Mrs. MoDermott is progressing favorably. Aspeciul from Field, B. 0., says Mr. Carlin has returned from a trip to the lately-discovered springs south of there. There are 71 springs of petroleum within a radius of 500 acres and indications of an inexhaustible supply, with the quality first» class. The Springs are near the Crow’s Nest Pass. “ Is this the form of oath ndministerud in the courts of justice in China!" asked Judge Bregy. "Not particularly,” replied Interpreicr Chew. “The Chinese courts do not take any oath to my knowledge. I have been in America. for it long time. When I was in Portland, ()re., the killing of a, rooster was resorted to as the only thing to prevent a Chinaman from lying. Before that you couldn’t- get at the truth.” It is reportea here that nothing will be done this year on the proposed extension of the Gglt Railway inrtorMontana. Fierce foxest fires are ragiugiu the mom: tains between Banff and Donald. The Strange Oath Taken by a (‘hilu'so Wit- ness in l‘hlladl-lphin. A Philadelphia despatch says ; A strange scene was presented in Judge Bregy‘s Court when the mott solemn of Chinese oaths was administered to Lee Bang, a celestial witneml. A rooster was brought into court and set down beanie the witness-stand, Where a square of muslin had been placed. Cum-3:1. a and jaws-.nK-dk‘i were HJ‘JGI‘. in a cuspidor. The witnzss then out off the master’s head and signed with n quill dipped in the'dead bird’s blood the paper from which the oath had been read to him. The paper was then burned in the cuspidor. Tliey Wziiit Money. The call from Jolmstown for money in stead of goods is a renewable one. Nobody atadistanoe can tell what the destitute people most need, and many of the goods contributed are, as might have been ex- peoted, unavailable. With money rillwanta can be supplied. The large relief funds contributed in New York, Philadelphia, and some other places have in large part been held back-and wisely so, no doubt~ but now the time has come when the money is needed, and there should be no delay in sending it forward. The appeal which the Relief Committee on the ground make for immediate assistance is 11117 answerable and irresistible. Princess Louise has in her short mreer won universal popularity. Like all the royal princesses she has always been troubled with shyness, but not more so than might be expected from young ladies not long out in the world; but those who have penetrated the veil of modesty sur- rounding her have found in her charming womanly nature a fund of intelligence and a good share of her mother’s remarkable charm of manner and interesting gentle nature. She has a very pretty figure. She is about middle size and has a face with lenty of character. She was born at arlborough House, February 20th, 1807. Earl Fife has been for many years a close friend of the Prince and Princess. Every- body knows him and knows Well of him. He is an exemplary model of the British aristocracy. He is the sixth Earl of Fife, but was created a peer of the United King- dom in 1885. He is 40 years of age. Worth Remomberillg. Mil-Dy who drivs do not understand thnt the law gives the right of way to the pedcs- trian. A man or woman crossing the strset at a regular crossing is not obliged to lock out for the person who is drivingV the team, but the person who is driving is to take care not to jest-lo or incommodo 9. person walking. This is law and common courtcsay as well.’ How frequently do we see team? drawn up at a crossing and pedestrians made to pass around them. The Earl of Fife to Marry 1119 Prince of Wiiles’ Eldest Daughter. A London cable says: There was but one topic of discussion in the clubs last even- ing. It was the betrothul of l’i‘inccos Louise Victoria Alcxandm Dagmar of Wales, the eldest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales, to Earl Fife. Rumor for a. long time past has been busy in (lubdom with the possibility of such a match, and what gave particular strength to the possibilities of such an alliance lay in the fact that the report was most credited by those about the Prince. Yes- ‘ terduy afternoon the Que n fornmlly gave her consent to the union. The Prince of Wales is the most popular gentleman in the United Kingdom, and the Princess alone vies with him in the aflec iJns of the peo- ple. When it became known that the hand of their eldest doughter was to be conferred upon one of the most popular Peers in the United Kingdom, the Prince and Princess of \Vales were simply and purely raised into the position of popular idolatry. A Tired Skeleton. Living Skeleton (only one in America, at dime mu3€um)â€"-Theso £01113 make me tired, Sympathetic Visitorâ€"'1 u what way? “ Here I am earning $500 a- week an the greatest living skeleton, yet hour after hour, day in 311’ day out, one old woman after another stops am’ chins and china at me about the thing; I ought to out {0 get tat.” V “ Well, I am a fish! Herefwaiter. bring us a double orier of pork chops and some turnips with the peeling on." He Made a Mfistako. Heâ€"My dour Miss Ange], will you not partake of just a little pale, pink cream and one bonbon, which 1 fear will not be so ex- quiqita aiycu are qccusgtqmefi to in Boston? â€" Sheâ€"What a break! I’m not from BOBEEDL glivoinfliiapsg City. _ A cablegram gives Information as to the present condition of the European crops, from which it would appear that recent statements as to the extent of damage have very little foundation. Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy appear, as re- gards the crop outlooky to be in B highly satisfactory condition ; Austria-Hungary and Hungary moderately so; While in Bus- sia the latest cstimate is that the Wheat crop has been damaged. to the exttnt of 25 per. cent. by drought. Home and Abroad Appearances at the Present Timeâ€"Dccidedly Above the Average in Canada. An Omma despatch says: Crop reports from sixty district corrtsyondents in Ontario show reason for gratification at the prospects. All speak of the excess of rain doing much damage on the lowlands, but in spite of this the crops are, on the Whole. nemiy everywhere pronounced decidedly above the average. Grain is doing splendidly. \Vheat, oats and rye are all far better than usual. Barley is good, peas excellent and most of the root cropa are doing well. Potatoes, however, are seriously damaged by the wet, and Mills corn. Hay is scarcely up to the average and fruit is considerably injured. Further heavy rains will injure the whole harvest seriously, but, on the other hand, average fine weather new will give far more abun- dant harvest than usual. SWOKN BY A ROOS ‘15 it's BLO OD MORE SCOTCH A SCENDENCY. Notes From the Northwest. THE UROP PROSPECTS. It is not disgraceful to make a mistake. Those who never make mistakes never do anything worth mentioning. Tho attitude of men with refurence to their mistakes is sometimes disgraosiul. One who cannot see his own errors even when they are pointh out will not make much improve- ments. Until we discover and deplore our defects we will not take pains to remedy them. Frankncss in confessing faults is a great grace. When one becomes so perfect in his own estimation that he has no occa- sion to confess his faults to his neighbors, ho is well nigh beyond the reach of hope. A Christian who believed that his holiness had reached the point of faultlessness once gave way to a. violent fit of temper, and when forced to apologize told his story well enough until he came to the conclu- sion, and then spoiled it by saying: “I cannot tell what made me use such lan- guage; I think I must have been inspired; I am sure I was not angry.” “Who can understand his errors? ” “ I‘ve been a supcrstishue \vuman a’ ma. life; aye carofu’ no‘ to spill the mat, nor Walk under ladders, un' Wud never sit doon thirteen m: a denner-tableâ€"espeashully when there was only dennor for twal’. Ay, I'm a. firm believer in the supernaturalâ€" x‘m’ no‘ without guid reason. V: min’ yince o’ hearin’ that if yo h’ard n dong barkin’ at nicht time it was a. vcrra. bad omen indeed, an’ a elmir Sign that somebody was gaun to do. Weel, yue niuht, some years sync 1300, I was gnun to bed, an’ was just on the point 0' closin’ ma. een, when suddenly I h’ard a. (long liowlin’, an’ I made almir that. some puir buddy was broathin’ their last ; an’ sue help n13 guidnoes, within a. fort» nicht eftcr I happened to mk’ up a news- paper and I fund that (I man had drappz't doon deed Near Milngaz‘ic. Ever Sin’ that. I’ve bcen terrible auperstizhua.” The 1rish(hezzvou bless ’cm) have a little invention which has been 118ml in Ireland with great success. 15 would beu. gocil attachment for the ballot-boxts in this country. Ari ruterprising burglar entered a gentleman’s house at Waterford, Ireland, one night a couple of werke ago, and, after purloining everything he could find, he prepared to remove 8. large photographic camera that was Standing on a table. In Home way is touched off a magnesiumfiash light attachment that was part of the machine and tied procipitutely when the thing fiend up. 1110 next day it was dis- covered that the camera. had taken the photograph of the burglar. The negative was placed in the hands oi the police and by its aid thcy quickly imhbzd their man. l: ‘il‘nOWéxl film l1<l';.§.fu‘ wim n 3" nmy in 3nd hand and a box containing jewelery under hia arm, While he carried a sack UVei‘ his shoulder with valuable pieces of plate, books, 010., and was gazing at the tlaeh lightin open-moutth {imamrncnn This was the unimpeachable evidence of a mechnnical eye-witness and the fellow was sent up for six monthsfirManchester Com‘iu'. Mr. Andrew Carnegie admits that he is at work upon his memoirs, but adds that they will never be published while he is alive. Mrs. Rives Chanlet‘a early atoriea do not please the London Atlmwum. The "Brother to Dragons ” and its two com- panions, in imitaticn of old English, were lio‘r, it Bays, wort-h reprinting. George 1‘ erodiih’a nnw novd is said to have for its theme “ The Romance of Jour- nalism,” and to be in an advanced stats of preparation. he believed he had grounds for asking the Jur‘ga to be as lenient as the law allowed. Judge Price said this was the saddest case he had ever had to deal with, and,c.on- sidering the position which the prisoner 113(11er and the trying circumstances he had passed through in losing two sons, he feltjuetiiied in making the limit of im- prisonment as low as the law allowed. " Therefore,” said the Judgs‘, “ I will senâ€" tence you to the penitentiary fortwo years." The prisuner felt reliu‘ed; evidently he had expected a- much longer term. Good News for Houm‘ckoeperfl. Advices [mm the Pacific coast are Very flake-ring regarding the prospects for the raisin crop. The vines me doing well; and sompetenh authorities have placed their estimate upon a one million box yield. The growers there are greatly encouraged by the outlook. did anticipate nliberal return for their labors. Refill. 'I‘. Burnt»: (lots Justice Tmnperml “'1311 Mercy. A last (Wednesday) night’s Kingston de- snatch says : This morning Rev. R. '1‘. Burns, Deputy Postmaster, was brought before Judge Price. llo toliored like a child when asked to stand up. The Judge told him he had been charged with appro- priating money belonging to Mrs. Love, and asked, " Are you willing to be tried before me or ajury ‘3" Mr. Burns said, “ You.” Mr. Brittou, (3, Or, read a lengthy charge, then he asked if Mr. Burns was ready for trial. The reply being “ you,” Mr, Burns was asked to plead, and said, “ I am guilty.” Mr. McIntyre then addressed the Judge, stating that the case was the mcst distress- ing that had ever come before him. The respectable position which the prisoner had occupied for many years constituted an ‘ element in the deplorable nature of the nasz. Ilis Honor was aware of the terrible ‘calamity which befall the prisoner when two promising sons met watery graves. (Here 1h: prisoner wept aloud). Another distressing element was the position in which his family was placed. When the charge was brought to the prisoner's knowledge on Sunday he had time to leave the country, but instead he went to the Inspector’s office and gave himself up until the papers in the case were made out and he placed in safe keeping. Further, the prisoner‘s family, notwithstanding that it had been suggested to him to leave the country, do- cided to place no difficulty in the way of justice taking its course. Mr. McIntyre referred to the time of life the prisoner had arrived at, to the fact that there was abso» lute ruin for him and his family, and said 1 ,uu- Howâ€"Indeed I was, my dear; but when anybody told you so then you wouldn’t; believe it. ‘ Sheâ€"You were not so dissipated befere we were marrxgd. Nevada had a “ Dead Horse ” post-051cm. It was ordered to take a new name. and it took ihat of “Live Horse.” The Departâ€" ment wouldn’t have it, but changed it to Rosedale. How ()rc Burglar “'us Caught. Ocular Denmn .6 {1' About New Books. S HOKT BUT S‘VIFT. VOL X11 A Bad Omen Mismh vs. Sir Donald Smith has accepted the ap- pointment of Chairman of the McGiil University. Seventy-five earthquake shockshave been felt: at Susanville, 031., wick-in tho past two weeks. Serious forest fins are raging (:11 the mountains between Banff and Donald inthe Northwest. The French Canadians have selected Dominion Day to celebrate the festival of Jean Baptiste. Owing to favorable weather in Russia all fears that the crops would prove a. failure have been dispelled. The Earl of Aberdeen will preside at the grand banquet to be given to Mr. Parnell at Edinburgh in July. Yesterday pan of me Home & Water- town Railroad was washed away between (Thrumnnb and Care Viuuexw ' ‘ho watt: Carried away for M intancc (‘f fortYfl-(Tt a the earthworks. A passenger tram from Watertown would have been wrecked had not an old woman signalled it to stop. '1 he brakcs were applied, and the train stoppsd in time to prevent a. disaster. Yesterday afternoon, while the ballast train on the double track of theGrand TrnLk Reilwsy was unloading about a miio west of Lancaster, Conductor Page, who was in charge of the train, was standing on the plough when it met with Home obstzustion and was overturned. Conductor Page falling directly under the plough was very badly crushed. He received internal injuries which caused his death. The San Francisco schooner Annie is supposed to have been lost in Behring Sea with n. crew of eleven men. Work is to be begun to-aay on the Win- nipeg & Southeastern Railway, which is intended to connect with the line at Duluth. There was a. remarkable vote in the British House of Commons on Thursday againet the employment of children in theatres. The Cruelty to Children Bill proposed to disallow child labor utter 10 o‘clock at night. The Attorney-General moved an cxemption in favor of theatres The House by a. majority of 50 refused it. A resolution to condemn the Dominion Government on the Jesuit Estates matter was voted down at a Conservative meeting in West Huron. Sir John Lester Kayo has 1,000 acres under crop on his Balgonie farm in the Northwest, and the entire crop is said to be in splendid condition. While excavating for a flagstaff at Port Colborne yesterday, an Indian burying ground was discovered, and a quantity of relics were unearthed. Major Nash, of tha Royal Military Col- lege, Kingston, has purchascd some earlier pigeons with a. View to starting a carrier pigeon service in Canada. President Harrison yts'terday appointed Mr. Wm. Waltvr Phelps Minister to Gerâ€" many. G. liemple, of Gretna, who bought two threshing machines at Stiilwater, Minn., which were aflelwards seized by the Canw diun Customs officers on account of their having been manufactured in the States, has commenced suit against the Dominion Government for $51,000. The Russian army will be equipped with new rifles of amallcalibrc. The weapons will be manufactured in France. The body of an infant was found in a wvll at Lucan, Saturday last, in the rear of the old McLean foundry. There is no clue to its identity. The joint commlttee representing Lon- (1011 and London South have agreed on a 1)‘ 38 for the union of the two corporations. bola. The policy of forbidding street demon- strations, hitherto employed only against Socialists, was applied to the Salvation. Army in London on Thursday, when their procession in the Strand was dispersed by the police. The Baptist Association, at its meeting at l’eterboro‘ yesterday, pusaed resolutions in opposition to the exemption of church property from taxation. Young Carlson, whose parents own the cottage in which Dr. Cronin was murdered at Chicago, declared two men came to the cottage on Thursday and threatened him with death ii he should identify Mum] Burke, now under arrest in Winnipeg. Archbishop Tache has issued a pastoral letter to the clergy of the Archdiocese of St. Boniface, Mam, announcing the holding of an ecclesiastical council of the Province on July 10:11. This will be the first one ever 12. Gr. I. Bxu‘ueth was yesterday sen- tenced at Toronto by Judge McMahon to seven years at Kings-ton for fraud in con- nection with Central Bank transactions. Michael Fonton, St Thomas, aged 56, found guilty of an indecent assault on the 9-year-old daughter of D. McCready of that city, has been sentenced to one year in the Central Prison and 40 hashes. In the famous case of the Grande Ligne Mission and Morrissette, the Montreal Court of Appeals decided yesterday that there was no appeal from the judge'sdecision at St. 3ohn’a, ordering the girl back to her father. It is stated in Montreal that the Crown Witnesses against Donald Morrison, the Megantic outlaw, are being rapidly spirited away, and unless something is done to check their departure the Crown will be Without a case. The 01:11 Protestant Indians protest very vigorously against being dispossessed of the land that originally belonged to their fathem, and reject the idea of being bought out by the Seminary. The 8-yearold son of Napoleon Delisle, of \"nlleyfield, while playing with a toy boat; off the end of a barge, fell into the River Auraisin and was drowned about 11 £1.17]. yesterday. King Alexandcr was warmly welcomed at Krujevaca on ‘lhursday. Motboes were displayed signifying the desire of the people for the restoration of the old Sarvian king» dom. Assistant State Attorney Baker, of Illi- nois, arrived at Winnipeg from Washing;- ton yesterday afternoon, where he has been receiving Burke the extradition papers. The annual meetings of the Liberal Associations of Centre Wellington, Card- well and East and South Bruce were held yesterday. The Arabs threaten to massacre sixty British lndians at Lindi if the mnn-of-War fires 0. single shot. The burning of Mr. Wilson’s house in Mnnotick recently has caused the dth of Mr. Wilson himself and four of his family. A. woman of. about 40 years of age. said TE LEGRAPHIO SUMMARY. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, JUL 11 , 1889. William, the 15-year-old son of Henry Horace, Yarmouth, while trying to put a bridle on a horse, got his foot caught in the strap, and the horse becoming frightened, the lad was dragged a distance of 200 yards. He was picked up unconscious, and his injuries are serious. Several families were evicted on the Yon» sonby estate yesterday. The tenants offered a stout resistance, and in some cases the aviators had to use a battering- ram to effect an entrance into the cottages. Several persons were injured While resisting the bailiifs. Six arrests were made. On Thursday week Dan‘McNamara, 30 years old, formerl) of Pctcrboro', Ont, was employed by contractors to go down shore at Uheboygar, Mich, and put in some logs. Sunday he diuuppmred and yesterday his body was found floating ashore. Rev. Mr. Lariviere, before the Montreal Anglican Synod ycsiexday,said that the Protestant Church was losing ground in Quebec. He believed that since 1871 the Church of England had lost (5,000 adherents, and other denominations had lost pro‘ portionately. Dams have been playing great havoc lately amongst sheep in the Township of Lambton, Megantic, but one farmer, who has rat-Minted upon b1 uin, has killed noless than eight of his species wilhin the past few Weeks. ' It is true that the North German Lloyds’ steamers will Dolon 'e: LQ‘ " at Spat-ham â€" Tonâ€"rm, U’Tmry WUTTOIlch u%%owes’ fimrm ; wmv’mvy wnrm1 m‘: Gow'é’s’ Emma; so that the stnsmtion which is Skid to have been caused in Southampton by their withâ€" drawal was practicallly without cause. The rivers havu overflowed their banks and partially submerged the town of Bar- le-Duc, in the Department of Mensa, France, arid the surrounding country. Many houses have been undermined and destroyed, and crops and vineyards been ruined. J. McGuin, an old mm, was found under a. culvert on the Grand Trunk Railway near Kingston with an arm sobadly broken that amputation was necessary. Thursday he was under the influence of liquor, and the probabilities are that he fell off the cul- vert, inflicting the injuries. He is now at l’llotel Dicu. At aharnmaising 11% the residence of Mr. Bleuezt, Southwold, on Thursday after- noon, Jeremiah Donohue, brother of the County Attorney, received probably fatal injuries, He was struck by (L falling ben‘r, his left; leg broken at the thigh, his right leg injured, his chin crushed, and internal injuries inflicted. The ph) aiciuns have but slight hope of his recovery. Steps are being taken at the Treasury Department at Washington for the estab- lishment of life saving nations at MM- quevte, Mich, and liewnunee, WE, with a. View of having them in operation before Winter. For some time the domestic {elm-ions of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Madden, Portland, have not been pleasant. ‘ihe husband being sure that his wife was trying to put him out of the world, swore out a complaint that she had on several occasions sit-tempted to administer poison in his food and medi- cine. Mm. Madden was arrested and taken to Brockville jsil. She is considered dan- gerous, having more than once threatened to burn the buildings: of some of her neigh- bots. Rev. Peter Wright, of Stratford, has ac- cepted the call luter addressed to him by the l’nsbyteriuu Church in Portage la l’l‘flil’ib, and will in a few dgys pmde to his new field of labor in the Northwest. A sad drowning acciécnt occurred at Ver- (lun, Qua, on Thursday evening. A num- ber of boys were bathing, among them Eridia Loucks, aged 16. A po:tion of a door was taken from shore and pushed out into the water. Loucke and a. companion swam with it about the bathing place. His companion, after sometime, 10th his hold, but Eddie still kept by it and drifted out into the stream. He was buddenly seen to diaappear and ihen rise and disappear again. DR. R. A. GUNS, M -D., Prof. of Surgery of the United States Medical College, editor of “Medical Tribune,” author of “Gunn’s New Improved Hand-book of Hygiene and Domestic Medicine,” over hi0 own signa- ture said, referring to and prescribingWar- net’s Safe Cure: “ I was greatly surprisud to obaerve it decided improvement Within a month. Within four months, no tube casts could be found and only a trace of albumen, and as the patient expressed it, he felt perfectly Wdl.” As the Vaudreuil freight train, due at Bonaventure station. Montreal, yesterday morning, was one mile this side of St. Anne‘s under a full head of steam, a man was seen standing bolt upright in the centre of the trac'Z, only some dozen yards ahead and apparently staring deliberately at the train as it advanced to his sure destruction. Before anything could be done to slacken pace he was struck by the cow-catcher and thrown on to the rail, the engine and the wheels of the entire train passing over him, cutting him literally to fragments. The train was promptly brought to a halt and the remains gathered togother, when they were identified as those of a tramp, name not ascertained, but who was well known in the vicinity from his habits of walking on the track and his habitual thinking It is surmised that the man, from his appear- ance as the train approachsd, had deter- mined ou suicide. â€"Very often the “ May I ‘2” of courtship is answered by the “ You must ” of matri- many. Last evening about 5) 30 three young man named George Nixon, John McIntyre and John Dickson went for a row on the river, at Mount Forest, in a boat which they had made themselves, and in some manner the boat upset and Nixon, who could not swim, was drowned before assistance could reach him. The other two could swim and got out safely, but could not save their com- panion. The body has not yet been re- covered. Surgeon Foster, of the laboriugmen’s camps at Johnstown, Pm, reported last night that Within the lust twenty-four hours fortynine labarers were taken seri- oust sick with symptoms of typhoid fever. Many of them were sent home, and the others are being cared for in the hospital. The river channel above the railroad bridge was for the first time opened yesterday mormng. to have come from Toronto. jumped over- board from the Levis ferry boat about 8 o’clock on Tuesday night? with the inten» tion of drowning herself. She was fished out, however, and handed over to the police. Capt. Edouard Lessard, of the tug Mer- sey, is missing from Quebec. He was last seen on Monday night about 10.30 on board his verzsel asleep in ihe wheel-house. His hat was found on the deck of the tug yes. tcxday morning, but no tidings of himself has yet been received. TSJL‘Le'Teeen ils your. The shopkeeper is trying; to get rid of a few lime things he had left over from last summer. In Bond street windows there are some delightful floral paras-ole. The ground of one was of the pulest pink, and over it pale pink hyacintlis seemed to grow. There was a creamy lace border, with a narrow rushing of crepe de chine in grass green above it. A lady in mourning could use another sunshade just as pretty. It is made of soit black silk, and is trimmed at the top with bunches of Neapolitan violets. A wreath of violets and leaves forms a narrow border just above the black lace edge. A shop- keeper told me today that there was some fear that the demand for artificial flowers would be greater than the supply. “ We can’t get the more popular flowers quick enough from the warehouse,” he said. “ We are always short of laburnum and sweet peas.” It is uncertain how long flower bonnets will be in vogue. Women will tire perhaps soon of snending twice the ordin- ary amount on headgear. Another novelty in millinery is a currant bonnet. A border of red currents just like those in the kitchen garden is arranged round the brim of the bonnet. The top is covered with leaves, young sprigs and berries not yet ripe. Then there is a very attractive hat with the brim and foundation made of the young twigs of the lilac tree. The top is covered with white lilac. I hear that the Queen has recently been concerning herself with the arrangement of royal funerals, and that Her Majenty has caused a long memorandum on the subject to be drawn up, with a. variety of new orders, which extend to the most minute detail. In future the body of a defunct male member of the royal family is to be placed in the coffin in an attire of quite different material to that worn by a deceased female, and married people are not to bet-routed the same as the unmarried. The Queen’s solicit-nae extends even to the making of the coffins, and there are copious directions concerning them. Embalming is positively prohibited. One would sup- pose that the Queen was anticipating a large mortality among her kindred. 1!; ie no doubt expedient to be mindful of the uncertainty of human lilo, but there is surely no occasion to carry this forethought to such extruvegant lengths.#Londmz Truth. Floral Pm‘asols and other Items of Dress m London. ' “ Miss Mantalinfj’ who supplies the Pall Mall Gazette With racy {nachiou paragraphs, mug; Them mijam igimmfu qunsnadga Satisfactory All Around. “ 1 don’t Want to break the law,” he said, v.13 he stood in the presence of Capt. Stark- weather at Police Headquarters the other day. “ You are very kind,” replied the Captain. “ What is your case ‘2” “My Wife has Bkippofl.” “ Indeet‘.’ “ Yes, skipped out two days ago. As I said, I don’t want to break the law. What in tho cuetoma.y rule in such oaaes ?” " Let be: Ek'p.” “I am rot expected to pursue her and about somebody '2” " No.” “ Thanks. She has bkipped. Let her skip. If she retoma I overlook and forgive. If she does not I marry the hired girl. Perfectly satisfactory, air, all around, and I thank you for your kinfiness.”â€"])ctr0it Free Press. “Well, we might as well let it go. I‘ve told him about it, but he ll get it all wrong, anyway. It is perfectly awful the way those uportem misconstxus things and never get anything light.” “ Oh, we have the loveliest teachers. I’ll go and ask Miss 13â€" to come and tell you about them. She knows them personallyâ€" all the little family history, you know. But of course we don't want you to publish that. Papers are just filled with every one’s private affairs now. It is just horrid, but I suppose the reporters don’t care what they say if they just get their pay. Excuse me; I'll go and speak to Miss Smith," and she rustled away. The reporter waited While they counseled together, and, approaching, heard: “Oh, I think she’s lovely in that dress. You know I advised her to put those revers onâ€"so much more becoming than a plain waist. Oh, there’s that dreadful reporter. l‘m tired to death tell- ing him about things. You tell him about the teachers, won’t you, dear, and put those violets up a. little nearer your chin." “ I? Why, I don‘t know anything about it, and I‘m busy; I’m on the flower com- mittee ” Reliable. Young man» You are oider than I am, and I Want to ask you a question. Does a woman always mean what she says 7 Old manLAlwaysâ€"that is; if she's married. After hearing arguments in favor of and in opposition to Kemmler, the Buffalo mut- derer, Juflge Day held that testimony would have. to be taken as to the effect of the electric current on the human body, and appointed Tracy 0. Becker, a lawyer, of Buffalo, to take testimony and report to the court on July 30th next. “ 0h, nice people. Every body ought to be interested in it. They would be, too, if the papers took it up in the right way, but they won’t‘ They never get anything right, the reportersâ€"oh, I can’t tell how they twieh things.” “How Vmany instructors do you em- Ployflial’ “ Who are the patrons of the institu tion ‘2” “ 0h, ever so many, and they are just the brightest girls. Oh, it is such 3. won- derful thing that this institution can edu- cate them as it does. It is perfectly splen- did. I don’t suppose its any use to tell you about it, for you won’t get it right any way.” “ What do they graduate in ?” “Why, every thing most. That’s the idea. of the institution, to make them so seltfi-re’liant and ready for emergencies an â€"’ ” But will you“ tell me the number of grudpgks ‘2" A Reporter’s Expm'lcnce with the Patroness of u Pliilanthrupical Institution. It was the evening of the graduating exercises in a philanthropical institution. Said 9. New York Sun reporter to the lady in charge rustling around in the dignity of a. new black silk : “ How many grafluatea have you ?" “ Oh, dear me, are you a. reporter. I just dread to see one come in. They never get anything right. I never know one to. I think they do it on purpose. It is too mean for anything. I hateâ€" Victoria‘s Interest in Funerals. A RED CURRANT BONNET. GEX‘I‘IN G I NFORRVI A'IION. /é¢ Kim WHOLE NO 1,613 NO. 2. Coachmen’s capes made of white vulvet or cloth, trimmed with gold braid, have keen ordered by Newport belles. There are new fabrics for mourning brought out as regular as novelties in any other department of ladies’ millinery. Kangaroo skin is to favorite leather for men’s summer shoes and boots. Oil or cream is used to keep it soft and pliable. When those awful turmoils are over, and 11116 disturbing element-s have reanmed their normal state, the burning sand becomes aaturnted with 9. heavy dew, the sun is less angry, and the African desert more amena- ble to lifein both man and beasts. Nature’s wisdom and wonders are indeed beyond man‘s limited understanding. Very broad black borders on cards and note paper as an indication of the (extent of mourning is the very worst taste. Dreis skirts of a fashionable length trail on the ground. It is to be hoped that the mode will not be generally adopted. The Richelieu (m‘omideryâ€"fine open worked patterns on ecru batisteâ€"is a trim- ming of dlstinction for summer gowns. The steamer blanket used by the ladies this year is in the shape of a long circular cloak, which covers them from head to foot. south The tea gown is no longer worn as a reception dress. but has taken its position in the wardrobe as a. refinefl sort of wrapper. Straw poke bonnets are of sufficient size to shade the face. Large loops of ribbon, in which there are nests of flowers, trim the crown. Graphic Description of a Striking Scene in Africaâ€"Moving Columns. Under the fairest skies the desert is an awesome solitude, but when a storm comes it is terrible and appalling. I shall never forget a scene I witnessed some forty miles beyond the great pyramids, says a writer in the New York Mail and Empress. I had gained an isolated hillock, some two hun- dred feet above the level of the surrounding desert. Away to the west, about two miles distant, I descried six or seven lofty pillars of sand moving swiftly over the undulating plain. The centre one of these was vertical, and those surrounding it, at a distance of two or three hundred yards, leaned slightly toward it. The sand at the base of the columns was lashed by the furious whirl- wind into a surging sea. Desert trees of the hardest wood were torn up with their roots and hurled hundreds of yards away and high up into the air; even the grass that grew in the path of that terrible storm was shorn clean away from its roots. The summits of those columns of sand at length joined, and then burst forth from their united tops a yellow gigantic cloud of sand of such magnitude and density as to darken, as in a total eclipse, the face of the bright afternoon sun. The sand spout, called by the natives “ zobahah,” shortly after subsided, but the cloud of sand and grass, which had been raised high in the heavens, continued to darken the setting sun for more than an hour. The smaller column behind travelled swiftly, increasing in size, until it reached the site of the break-up of the other, and then added its mite to the universal destruction. With my sextant, as I stood in security, I measured the height of the centre column of sand; it was nearly one thousand feet. The other columns were rising so rapidly that they soon reached a greater height than that of the centre column. When the junction of them all took place the sudden eruption of sand, leaves and grass reached to a total height of over four thousand feet. These “ zobahahs ” are not very fre- quent, but when they occur they carry widespread devastation along with them, and woe betide the traveller and the. tent that happen to stand in their‘ way. Not more than ten yards from the column the air is per- fectly calm, but within the small circum- scribing circle there rages such a tempest as will carry away anything, however firmly fixed in the ground, into the regions of the upper air as easily as an ordinary gust of wind will blow a piece of paper. The camel, this wonderful ship of the desert, always knows a few hours before whether one of those approaching “ zobah» aha ” is likely to come upon him, and his natural instinct will guide him to a place of safety, where he lies down and only breathes the cool reactive current which closely follows the burning, almost suffocat- ing, hot air which accompanies the “ zobahabs.” The usual movement of these sand spouts is in the arc of a wide circle, and the direction of the centre of the mumr :n nimmlr intvnl‘ir‘vl‘iy from roth to 7 The elephants‘ ear is the name given to the fine, thin, flat sponge which is sold to women who seek new methods of taking particular care of their complexions. The simplicity of the style in dress this season is a. great satisfaction tothose ladies who do not like to appear old-fashioned and still who object to the complicated and bur- densome in women‘a gowns. If a savage were suddenly to find himself in the midst of a number of fashionable ladies ready to walk he would think their long-handled parasols equipped them for war, and would run for his life. There is a new and import-ant change in the mode of a lady’s carrying her parasol when she is driving. The hand which holds it has the index finger pointed up- ward on the stick. Any variation of this rule admits the possibility that she does not belong to the original “ four hundred." It is common to make the useful recom- mendation, in applying any powder to repel insects on plants, to perform the dusting in the morning while the dew is on the plants. The only objection to this recommendation is that plants are not moistened with dew every morning, or it is evaporated before the owner has time to do the work, or it may be too hot and dry for dew. The work is therefore put off till the insects may have done their mischief. A sure way, therefore, adapted to every morn- ing or to any time in each day, is to procure a. watering pot with a very fine rose, and with a fine mist moisten the plants and follow immediately with the dusting. Without waiting for a dewy morning, ashes, plaster, air slacked limo, helleboreor any of the numerous poisonous powders may be applied at any time of day. WM. ROBERTS, M. 1)., Physician to the Manchester, Eng, Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital, Professor of Medicine in Owenla College. says: “ In a. greatymajority of cases Bright's Disease begins slowly and imper- ceptibly.” This is sufficient warning, and justifies you in using Warner‘s Safe Cure before your kidney trouble becomes chronic or pronounced Bright’s Disease. SAND F union's SPOUT IN THE DESERT. Dusting on Dew. Te,ch A policeman early this morning found a woman, attired only in her nightclothes, wanaering aimlessly along by the side of St. Mary’s Hospital. When the oflicet spoke to the woman he found that she was sound asleep, and when awakened she went into a nervous condition and was taken into the hospital. She gave the name of Mrs. Annie Davis, and said she lived at No. 834 Park avmue. The} dnotlaice of the 13515 Malâ€".57 - uakihn r “mom, i case. They found that the woman’s hns~ band had gone to his day's labors appar- ently undisturbed by his wife’s eeoapade. The neighbors state that Mrs. Davis is a eomnambulist of extraordinary quality, and her antics have long since ceased to be cause for wonder among the inhabitants of the tenements along Park avenue. She is in the habit, they say, of getting up in the middle of the night and While sound asleep will go through part of the work that is to be done the next day. Breakfast is some- times prepared at 1 o‘clock in the morning, and in a sound sleep the woman will do all the usual little odds and ends of her house- hold duties without making a mistake, even to lighting 9. fire in the kitchen stove. Once or twice the woman has endangered her life by wandering on the roof top and lying down close to its edge. After Mrs. Davis had recovered from her nervous condition she was sent to herhome.â€"Brooklyn Times. A burro and a bull-dog had a fight re- cently in Fresno, Cal. Burro is Cali- fornian for donkey. The burro was browsing on coekle burs by the roadside when the bull‘dog trotted along, stopped, and without a growl, seized the donkey by the shank bone of the off hind leg. The burro kicked and kicked, and then he tried to reach the dog with his mouth, but unavailingly. Then the harm laid down on its back and brought its hind legs forward towards its head. He shut his jaws on the dog‘s back and slowly straight- ened out. The dog. without flinohing, kept his grip on the shank bone. But the donkey had just as much grit, and kept on straight- ening itself out, though the strain was causing the flesh and muscles to be terribly laceretcd. The dog let go first. The burro kept its hold on the dog’s back, and in a second was on its feet, with the dog da ugling from its mouth. The burro’s leg was terribly lacereted, but it did not seem to mind. He limped across the road, and, deliberately pausing several times to rest, rubbed the dog back and forth over the barbed-Wire fence until it was killed. The dog did not bowl from the beginning to the endâ€"Chicago Journal. Elegant Wrappers for Cigars Now Made of Patent; Rye Straw Paper. Among the latest imitations which have been successfully introduced into the tobacco trade of this city and other cities are cigars, the wrappers ‘of which are made out of a specially perfumed paper. A gen- tleman well known in the iron manufac- turing circles of this vicinity was the first to inform a reporter that smoking material of this kind was new in the market. He has recently returned from a visit to Nor- folk, Val, Where he met a drummer for a large tobacco factory of New York State. This gentleman informed the Pittsburger that he was then introducing an imitation cigar wrapper which was so deceiving in its character that experts could scarcely dis- tinguish it from the genuine. This pre- paration was made from rye straw, and one portion of the process was to steep the material in a strong solution made from tobacco stems. The grain of the straw, together with the manner in which the material was dressed would lead any per: son to suppose that it was sample of the leaf used in making wrappers for cigars of a more than ordinary quality. The flavor of tobacco was also present, owing to the paper having been immersed in the solution made from the genuine article. The gem tleman subsequently examined cigars on sale in Norfolk and discovered that they were made with these patent Wrappers. The samples examined were of an extra fine qualityâ€"Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. The best eye to me is lthe gray eye. And if there is a flock of the hazel in it, or, better yet, a. touch of the violet's hue, it is the more effective. The gray eye beepeake the constant nature. It is the truetful eye, the intelligent eye, the eye that eloquently portrays the responsive, the sympathetic, the loyal character. There is in the ex- pression of the gray eye on indefinable essence or aspect which fascinates and holds the attention and commands the confidence. The steel gray eye is the eye of cruelty. But the soft gray eye, with its pure and expressive look, who does not any that it is beautiful? And who can deny‘ that the violetgray eyeâ€"an eye that is so seldom seenâ€"is not really ravishing ?â€"â€"- Master Gcofi‘ra , in. the Detroit Free Frcss. An accident occurred at G p.mi onThurs- day through the giving way of some part of the running gear of the elevator at the Ontario Wheel Company Works, Ganani oque. Four of the employees, who were on the elevator at the time, were seriously injured, and it is thought that in one or two cases the injuries will be fatal. The names of the injured are Thos. Clark, Kingston; F. Black, Cardinal; 1". Johnston and J. Reid, residents. Clark’s injuries seem the most serious. At the meeting of the Parnell Commiaa sion yesterday, Mr. Joseph Edward Kenny, M. 1’., denied that he had introduced Le Caron to Mr. Sexton. He never knew the man. He declared that he would not admit each a man to his house, as he showed by his face thet he could not bé' trueted. 'Ihe more we study,wo the more discover our i;;norunce.~â€"Slzclly. Anemarkable Case of Somnumbulism. When fair Aurora. calls the dawn The golden day to waken, And robins on the verdant lawn The early worms do rake in. And Sol begins to light the skies And tint the heaving billow, My lady in her chanlbel‘ lies Asleep upon her pillow. Oh, beauteous sight! A cheek so fair On snowy arms reposing, And lips just parted, rosebuds rare, Two rows of pearls disclosing. The light into her chamber streams, Its bric-a.~brue adorning, And she awakens from her dreams To greet the golden morning. She springs from bed; how fair is she All in her maiden glory. Like Venue rising from the see, As told in cinema story; She opens the door, the charming sprite, And calls her brother Freddy To tell her me. the fire to light And get the breakfast rcndyl When she is dressed she goes downstairs And gives the cook some orders, Then to the dining-room repairs To mesh the young7 men boarders, The breakfast over up she springs, And tells her Inn and Hannah To wash the dishes while she sings And bangs the grand piano. ” Ew-ry inorningtimc," I said, " ’i‘llcy bake tiny loaves of broad; Criclmt-steuks they often eat ; And their drink is honey sweet From the honeyrsucklo bell, Or the crimson clover cell ; They have berry pie and tart Flavorvd with a man‘s heart ; And 0. Very favorito thing is a slice of beetlo‘s Wing." “ Pooh! cried John, " no wonder that Fairies are not big or fat I” “ Whmfdd ifair‘i'és live upqn ‘3‘ And he lookegl in pgger W158 .qn‘- At me with his. {fright young; eyos Quid‘ mywblpefqym} cousin John NEW CIGAR HORROR. Grit versus Pluck. A Modern Maiden. The Gray Eye. Fairy Food.