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Summary of Foreign. Dcmestic, and War Items.â€"Ccncise. Pnhy. and Pointed. Thomas Brodie, the well-known proprict 31‘ of the Exstem house, of Bowmunvillc, has died from apoplexy. An electric company have commenced operations in \Vinnip g. The steamship Madras with two cases of smallpox aboard, has arrivod at Victoria, Fer Heason, son of S. R. Hesson, M, R, has been appointed collector of customs at Brandon. The nude body of 3 mm was seen floating about the river at Hall’s boomS, Quebec, 1'0- gently. A large bell, to weigh about five tlmus- and pounds, has been ordered for the Cathed- ml at St. Boniface. Richard \Vagner, the telegraph operator, stabbed by a tramp at Cornwall recentiy, is dead. The degree of D. C. L. was conferred upon Hon. Mr. Lynch at the annml convocation of Bishop’s College. held recently. The construction of gas works at; \Vinni~ peg, with capacity of supplying a city of £00,000 inhabitants has commenced. The Canadian Pacific proposes running a fast train daily between Montreal and Ottawa in two hours and forty-five min- utes. Mr. Robergcs, contractor on the North Shore Railway, is preparing his claim for 30,000 against La Scna‘rtl. An appropriation has Mon made 201' the erection of a, “ Castle Gardens‘ for the re- ception of immigrants. llochclaga is spoken of as the locality. The Grand Lodge of Good Templars in HES- sion at \Voodstock adjourned to meet again on the fourth Tuesday in June, 1884, in the City of Toronto. The steamer Toronto. which sailed from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal, had on hoard 350 emigrants, 2'20 of whom are sent out by the London Samaritan Society. The British bamun Marie, bound frmi Hong Kong, struck a rock tweive miles from Victoria, B. C. A11 emigrant child died 021 the Canada Southern Hail“ ay train the other day from spasms. The coroner reports that there was arow on tho train which frightened the child. Frank Ouellettc, aged 2], who left “'iml- 801‘ a few weeks ago to engage in railroading in Minnesota, was run over by the train and instantly killed at St. Paul. Two month ago, \Vm. Rice, landlord of a hotel at Confllerflnt. , suddenly disappeared. As he had about SLTOO in his possession when last seen, fears of foul play are enter- mined. A young man namcd Ah‘xandre Malefigcd 35 years, is missing from Montreal. Apache atrocities have been renewed at Chihuahua. An order from the Militia Department 51L Ottawa was received at Niagara camp the other day to prosecute one of the officers of a battalion north of Toronto for not having turned out with his men to camp. General James Conner, a distinguished citizen of North Carolina, died at Richmond recently. A riot occurred on the boat Grand Repub- lic at Belle dock, Newhavcn. Several persons were injured. A recumbent statue oi Gen. Lee has been unveiled in the mausoleum of the Lee chapel at Lexington, Va. The Delewal‘e River, l’a.,is still rising anxl all mills and furnaces are idle. A crusade against trade dollars has been started at New York and New Jersey. The Newark, N. 3, banks have voted to hereafter refuse trade dollars. A despatch from “’ilkesbarre, Paw, says the partial stoppage of water run- ning into the Conyngham mine has been effected. The temperance party in Ohio are rejoic- ing over the decision of the Suprtme Court; sustaining the Scott Liquor Tax Law. Four men and a boy lost their lives at Muskcgon, Mich, by the fall of a (lock with an immense pile of lumber. . The Minnesota State Republican Conven- tion favors submitting a canstitutional amendment for prohibition to the people. The saloon keepers’ tax was paid in Gin» cumati recently. It amounted to a hun- dred and four thousand eight hundred (10L hrs. The printers Ion all the Omaha papers struck for an advance in the price 01 com- position from 3'2 to 35 cents per thousand ems. The proprietors: offer 33 cents. The steamer Belgravia, from New York to Liverpool. J1me l6, has been spoken three hundred miles southeast of Halifax in a disabled condition. Her saloon passen- gers were taken off by the steamer England. An accident on the Detroit and Bay City was caused by a culvert giving way. Five persons were injured, but not dangerously. David Tate of Ontario had his hip and back slightly wrenched. Licut. Bolgar, the Austrian editor who killed his opponent in IL (11101, has been :10â€" guitted. The British troops are preparing cholera camps in the country surrounding Alexan- dria. FIVE MINUTES SELECT READING. Royal Society, is dead. E11 was born in 1788. The Syndic 0f Dervio, Italy, has been sus- 2 pended 1mm oiiice owing to the recent fatal ( fi ’6‘ at the puppet show there. Tawaiko, the Maori king, is about to pro- C:Cd to England in order to have an audl- ence with Queen Victoria. Placards have appeared at “'arsaw incit ing the police to general revolt, and to all! 3,309 with the Nihilists. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. G01}, Sh: l‘}dW§Lr(} quineLPresident of the UNITED STATES. DOW}. I‘Il‘. ‘ ‘ ‘RAL. The House of Lords again rejected the hill permitting: marriage with a deceased wife’s sister upon its third reading by 1-15 nays to 140 yeas. The report; that an agreement. had been arrived at between France and China on the Tonquin question is denied. Russia has offered to become mediator. The damage by the great fire which broke out a tew days ago on the Island of Gutujewsky, at the mouth of the Nova, is now estimated at 10,000,000 roubles, Tight pants and tight dresses have both gone out of style. but it seems as if tight men never will. La Paris says Earl Granville has just re- fused to comin with the request 01' the Marquis of Tscugr to remonstmte in afriend- 1y manner with Francs, in regard to her course in Annami The \Vexiord Borough Ciub has chosen by unanimous vote a. brother of the Redmond, the Irish National League’s representative in Australia, as the candidate for the borough, made vacant by the resignation of Heniy. A comnfttee of the Upper house oft'ne Prussian [and Tag has approved of the Church Bill, and its unanimous passage is certain. (Jamey, the informerx was among U c pas- sengers who embarked for Amer!" . Carey’s whereabouts could not be t ‘ A shorter man than Tom Thumb : The man without a penny. The man who always puts his “ best foot forward :” The one~legged man. It is strange, yet true, that no matter how much you batter at a. knot, when you batter it out you always leave the knot-hole. If you desire to ridicule the figure of a companion in the most approved style, tell him he is as hollow-chested asa box of straw- berries. It is a snbject of much comment that Bis- marck’s health recently prcvent’rrl him from receiving the Prussian General Mantcufl‘el. The London Thus in aleadiug cdiboriul says there is reason to believe the French (Jabmeu is divlded on the 'Fonqum ques- tion. The man wl.o wrote a little pamphlet enti- tled, “ How to Get On in the \Vorld,” was put ofl" a street-car because he hadn’t enough money to pay his fare. A boy without hands has been arrested in Altoona for robbery. Being minus hands, he seems to have “puthis foot in is.” The time will not hang heavy on his hands \\'hi“e in jail, anyhow. jail, anyhow: y N 4 m “What’re doing withtha‘u cigar, you little rascal ‘3” exclaimed a father, addressing his son. ” Ma said that if I hit that out again she’d make me smoke, an‘ I hit her again an’ am smokin’. ” Higher education : “ \Vhy did you take your boy away from my school ?" asked a. teacher (2f an old negro. ““"all, I tell yer, I heard the white folks say dam dc niygai‘ was in neezi of higher eddyuation, an’ I sent my boy up on de hill." Father to his from-thc-university-backâ€"re- turning son. “Well, thou hast, of course, no debts ‘1” Son: “ Three thousand marks.” Father: “\Vhat ! 3,000 marks ‘3”Son : “\Vell, art thou not proud that thy son a. so great credit hath?” \Vomzm who has been looking over blank- ets iua. store : “\Yell, I didn’tmeau to buy. Am just looking fora friem .” Clerk, politeâ€" ly: “ Don’t think you’ll find your friend among the blankets. \Ve’ve looked ’em all through.” Host (really in agony about his polished inlaid floor) : “ Hadn’t you better come on the carpet, old fellow? I’m afraid you might slip, you know.” hlesthvith a wooden leg): “ Oh, it's all right, old fellowâ€"shanks! There's a. nail in the end, you know.” A well dressed gentleman sauntered up to a street-car driver in Austin avenue to ask him what time it was, when the driver, with an emphatic gesture, called out : “Keep away from that mule. He kicked at a dude yesterday. He ain’t afraid of any- I)Ody-!’ Village postmaster 10 his wife : “ Here is :L postalcard to Mr. Jones saying that; his brother and five children will be here on Saturday. Now keep that card till then, ‘.Vu nu, yuan yuan uu LJJGII, 4.. "J . and I will be at the depot, and when they find 110 one to meet them I will take them all over for ” Accouutcd forâ€"Weekly amateur (with a vocal organ on him like unto that of a suck- ling (love, playing Macduil): “Ha! ha ! My voice is in my sword l” Critic in the gal- lery : “ That’s all right, than, ole mumble» Chump ; we was a wondering up here where it were." inquirerâ€"You wish to set Mr. Snaggs and his next door neighbor to fighting. Easy enough. Some dark night just take a load 01 ashes and 01d oyster-cans and dump them in Snaggs’ back yard. He’ll lay it to his neighbor and sling him Over the fence. The neighbor’llbe madder than a candidate for ofllee beaten by one vote, and will sling ’em back. Then things will hum; lawsuits, pulled noses, and bloody heads will be the result, and you 0111 sit back and see the fun. \Ve are assured of the genuineness of the following curious notice, addressed quite re- cently, to the members of a Friendly Society, which need not fear a, "run" upon it, if the procedure therein described he rigidly ad- hered to : “ In the event of your death, you are requested to bring your book, policy, and certificate at once to the agent, Mr.â€", when your claims will have immediate at- tention.”â€"â€"Chamlmrs’ Jom‘nal. Newspaper English : “The tramp Roder- ick. who burgled the two houses on \Vest Hill last week and was jailed Sunday night, broke out last evening, but was p0â€" liced clear to the river, where, finding escape impossible, he wharfed himself, and suicid- ed. The body piled itself at the bridge and will be coronered in the morning. Truly‘ in the mizlsc of life, we are deathcd." A blackmailcr The Only Way to Get It. WIT 1904-->>0§ AND HUMOR. A negro postmasth ‘han Tom Thumb : on «own >>o¢ may be out while the straw is somewhat green. If fully ripe, cut in early morning and rake and bind late the following after- noon, to avoid shelling. Shock carefully, as the straw must be well cured before being housed. \Vhen wheat follows the out crop, the stubble may be stirred with a cultivator, to give the scattered grain a chance to sprout before ploughing. should be harvested as soon as ripe, lest wet weather cause them to sprout and rot. A second crop may be grown by planting the early and quick-growing kinds by the first of the mouth. The late crop should be kept free from weeds and the destructive potat) beetle. Farm Notes for J my. SUM MER i‘ALLows, once so common, are now considered of questionable value as a means of bringing up the fertility 01 an over-cropped soil. It is Cheaper either to apply some commercial fertilizer, or grow a scavenger crap, like buckwheat, and plough it under as green manure. Theie is considerable less of soluble plant food in a bare fallow, that growing plants will take up and hold. The mechani- cal improvement of a heavy soil by fallowing is not to be overlooked, and the killing of the weeds in foul land by the frequent stir- ring of the soil, is another important advan- tage gained by a summer fallow. Nearly all these good results are, however, obtained by a quick-growing crop, that is turned under before weeds have time to form seeds. ‘Lutu-bagas 01‘ Swedish turnips may be sown until the middle of the month. The ground cleared of early potatoes is especially fitted for a crop of turnips. The soil must be rich, deep, and mellow, and the seed, three pounds to the acre, sown in drills thirty Inches apwrt. To be of the best quality wheat should be out when the grain, crushed between the finger nails, breaks into four and shows no signs of dough. If there is a heavy harvest, it is better to begin the work a little before this, than to have any out after it is “ dead ripe.” Improper shocking of the sheaves is a great source of loss. Each bundle should be set firmly upon the ground. The best way to do this is to take one in each hand, bringing the two down with their heads close together. After three pairs have thus been placed in a row, two more are set on each side, making an oval shock. The heads of all the bundles are brought close together, and the cap-sheaf adjusted. A larger shock may be made ot four pairs of bundles, with three sheaves on each side. The cap will consist of two sheaves, and the whole shock of eighteen bundles. Fodder corn may be sown from week to week through July to furnish an excellent supplement to the pastures, that are fre- quently short and dry in late summer. Golden millet is a productive fodder crop, and on rich soil is ready for cutting in a. few weeks from the time of sowing. If there ls any left from green feeding, it may be cured into excellent hay. Hungarian grass may be sown early this month, but the soil must first be made rich and mellow. need to be kept clean and frequently curried. \Vashing the legs is advisable, especially if the animals are worked in mud and dust. Clean the stables daily, to prevent the ac- cumulation of troublesome flies. A weak solution of carbolie acid or a. decoetion of smart weed will aid in keeping off the flies, while the team is in the field. Fly nets of light cloth are inexpensive, easily made, and should be worn by all work horses when in the harness. Grass alone is insufficient feed ; to it add a good supply of oats and corn, ground together and mixed wet with out hay. It is sometimes best to feed the horses in the field. Feeding oats on the ground is wasteful and unpleasant. If the flow of milk is once reduced, it is dilficult to bring it up again, therefore use all the extra feed necessary to prevent the decrease. u‘rreen fodder alone is not enough to piece out the short pasture and some ground feed should accompany it. A cool, dark stable is preferable for cows to a hot pasture in midday. Dry earth makes a better su’mmer litter than straw. intended for the butcher need abundant feeding. Oil cake with the ground feed is excellent. Store sheep will thrive in a good pasture, well watered and shaded. The im- portance of a cool shelter from the hot noon- day sun cannot be over-estimated. Sheep troubled with dysentery will retire from the flock, and unless looked after, may be lost. Remove the sick animal to a cool shed, and give one ounce of castor oil,[followed by bran or oat meal mash. Flies are often trouble- some at this season. If maggots are found, apply tar and grease, and clip the wool closely about the alfected part. If to meet the early demand, the young pigs may be pushed rapidly by good feed- ing. Sows need rich fool in abundance, to produce a full flow of milk. Young pigs should have a separate feeding place. run in clover stubble is relished by swine. Provide a bed of sand in the yard or pen. Pigs to come in November should be spoken for this month. If the stock is not what is desired, begin at once to improve it by secur- ing the use of some pure-blood male.~A meri- can Aqricuflurist. Little girls’ dresses of Turkey red or blue pcreale are made with 10w, square necks and short sleeves, to wear over white guimpesl. Blue bows are on the red dresses and red bows are on the blue ones. There are twelve tucks down the front and back oi the long waists, and embroidered ruffles cover the skirt. Their White Pique dresses are trimmed with open guipure embroidery, and ahrimp-pink hows are worn with these. Live Stock.â€"~Hints and Helps. FOR THE FAREIER. EARLY POTATOES FODJ )ER CROP, \V'HEAT. ROOTS. HOT L OATS (‘O\\’S. SJIEEJ PIGS. The Chinese of California are one of the standing wonders of the State to emstautly succeeding seasons of tourists. They con- sider them as one of the inventory of things to be done on the coast, and when they have gone through the Chinese quarters, which is apicture in miniature of the life which Eastern theorists find so full of all the vir- tues, they think with that experience they know everything pertaining to the problem of the Chinese in America. So Chinatown must be visited, of course. as it is one of the curiosities to be seen, which is easily done, it being in the very heart of San Francisco, but a. few steps from Kearney street. In this section all the Chinese, thousands of them, are congregated. It is a city within a city, its people having manners, customs and civilization as distinct from our own as are their own cities of Pekin 0r Canton. It is a city of China within a, city of America. In fact. you are transported (3,000 miles by walking a hundred yards. The Chinese quarter is a rectangular block, seven squares in length by twu in breadth. The houses are nearly all TALL, DECAYED BUILDINGS, swarming with tenants, hundreds of human beings packed in a space that would but con- veniently accommodate one white family. Partitions are placed in between the ceiling and the floor, making two whole rooms where there ought to be one. A long, nar- now aisle runs down the centre, with shelves one above another at the sides for beds, which remind one of the bunks in an ocean steamer. The blocks are cut into sections by narrow alleys filled with squalid, under- ground dens, and attics whose overhanging dormer windows shut out all but a. patch of sky. The main streets are lined by the stores of the great Chinese merchants, in front of which Chinese workmen and porters are busy packing and shipping goods that have been manufactured upon the premises by Chinese labor. There are large stores which have been converted into workshops. where dozens of Chinemen can be seen turn- ing out boots and shoes in all stages of com» pletion. It is interesting to visit the jewel- lery establishments, where dozens of Chinese goldsmiths are at work making Chinese jewellery and various little ornaments from the virgin gold. They are very handy fel- lows, and their patience is worthy of culti- vation by those who consider themselves superior. On inquiring the price of any lit» tle ornament, they first weigh the article and then add to the worth of the gold the cost of labor performed in the nnnufaeture. To visitors, I say, don’t fail to purchase a ring as a souvenir of the place. One of unique workmanship can be bought for “ five dolls,” In passing on our attention is arrested by the clerk,ceshier, accountant, or whatever he may be, seated at the desk writing in those strange Chinese characters, which we poor heathen WOULD NOT rnssUME To VXDEIVTAND ; with deft fingers he dips in smali pointed brush into the moistened surface of a cake ofink, and with many a dash and artistic stroke, everyone of whose curves is a line of beauty, makes out his accounts or memoran- dum, as it may be. Trades of every characâ€" ter and description are pursued, from husks- ters stands and hawking, all through the category of business avocations, to the ex- tensive markets where nearly everything is sold. The meat market is, perhaps, the most interesting feature of the heterogeneous commerce. Here is gathered together a conglomerated array of delicious viands which comprise the toothsome morsels ot the Mongolian’s dietâ€"an extensive supply from which the heathen Chinee or the Christian American may select a. choice tidbit to please his palate. Here we find rice, mice and frogs, sharks’ fins, fish with teeth, fowls’ brains, sea gulls’ eggs, clams strung along a curious cord, small sausages on the ends of strings, ducks‘ legs dried, small sides of pork glazed and ornamented, ducks, fowls and fish scientifically dissected, besides jellied looking masses of queer meats, the ingredients of which no fellow can tell us. less he’s aChinese. The prevailing meat is porkâ€"mo beef, n0 mutton. Here I have seen many different kinds of vegetables that I never saw elsewhere. The Chinese are ex- tensive and clever gardeners and import seeds from China, as they do very many oth- er things that may be seen here. There are fine art stores, and stores where rare and curious China were may be bought, beautiful fans which conceal knives five or six inches long, curious baskets filled with paper flowers, and ornamental silk pendants hanging from beneath. Goods can be bought in these stores anywhere from twenty-five cents to 8500. Odd little stands, presided over by Chinamen, are ERECTED AT THE CORNERS 01: THE STREETS, to furnish refreshments in the shape of sugar cane, fruits, nuts and oranges, real Chinese oranges, small, but oh, so delicious. All kinds of candied fruit, toted out in small dishes and kept under a. glass case. One old Chinaman was selling candy from a box in the shape of awChinese junk. In traversing the streets you will often come across a Chinese shoemaker seated on the sidewalk, with his tools beside him, mending Chinese shoes, while the owners squat down beside him and wait till they are done. Most of the cellars along the thoroughfares are occupied by barber shops, and the Chinese mode of wearing the hair must make business good for them. As a stranger stands and watches one these donghty knights of the razor, he is led to believe that the Chinese barber has not his counterpart the world over. The skull un- der his manipulation soon becomes as smooth as ivory. This done he passes on to the pig- tail, which he brushes, perfumes and dresses with very great care. Other cellars are used for factories, and others for opium dens. These latter are mostlysituated down alleys, where it’s not any too safe to go without a guide and protector, for there are often longr dark passages to be traversed before enter- ing the places, where you can find Chinese stretched out on bunks, each with a little lamp and long pipe, the bowl of which is not much larger than the cup of an acorn and near the same shape. You will see those who have just commenced the opera- tion, those who are a little further on to- wards forgetfulness, and those who are en- tirely oblivious to a‘l surroundings. The modus operandi of the opium smoker is as follows: He takesa little ball of the drug on a Wire and cooks it in the lamp, TUP M} AND TWISTING Tm: WIRE, to keep the melted globules from fallinw. \Vhen of the proper consistency and shape, he plu ;3 the 5"”:1 _ ll lmwl of the pipe with i’, Chinatown, San Francisco. then holding the pipe to the lamp he puffs rapidly. Dense clouds of smoke arise and the victim to the habit continues the opera~ tion until he is overcome by the narcotic, when he rolls over and loses himself till the following day. A very intelligent Chinese merchant, who speaks excellent English, in a conversation with a gentleman on the evils of opium smoking, said : “It is the curse of our people ; it takes away strength, it never gives any. It weakens a man, thins his blood, and steals all his energy. It makes him cold, makes him what you call invalid, no good for any real work.” Invalid, he is indeed, for of all the thousands ol Chinamen I have seen, I do not remember having seen but a very few healthy looking ones, all pale, sickly, flabby, uncanny looking ob- jects; which one gazes upon with a feeling akin to disgust. What the W’orld of Royalty, Rank, Fashion and Eminence is Say- ing and Doing. Awarding to an English paper. Mr. Langtry is rusticating on n. weekly stipend of $15.75 from Mrs. Lungtx‘y. The Duke of Marlborough seems gm finally Outbin Blenheim. His Limou res enamels a , j g are now comlng unuer the hammer. Lord Duflerin is enjoying a well-curred London holiday, and all the great dinner givers are struggling for his company. King Alfonso of Spain wants all the 1m» Lions to take part in a grand celebration in Spain of the Columbian discovery of Amer- ica, and not to hold the celebration in [taiy or America. Sir \Villiam Knollys, Usher of the Black Rod and formerly Comptroller to the Prince to the Prince of \Vales, was, although 88, recently made Colonel-iu-Chief of the Scots Guards. He has since died. Olive Logan has discovered a Scotch girl to whom the Prince of \Vales sent; a noscgay which terrified her parents to such a degree that the Caledonian lamb was promptly shipped north of Tweed. The Paris abodes of the Rothschilds are reputed worth $7,000,000. That of Baron Alphonse is memorable as the residence of Tallyrand. In the embrasure of one of its windows he had a memorable conversation with the Czar, and there the renowned di- plomatis‘b died. About the heaviest bribery scntenue on record in England ms that inflicmd 0n Sir Mauasseh Lopez, :1 Ct’il'istianized Jew, for bribery at Grampound electionâ€"~850,000 and two years in jail. His grandson, the present baronehhasbcen a Lord of the Admiralty. Another is a Judge of 1110 Supreme Court. The plan proposal by Lord {Merge H, 1 ilton to enable the landlords to sell out 20 their tenant‘s, \1110 are to be aided bv the Government to purchase. would entirely meet the convenience of his father, the Duke of Abercorn, and hundreds of other Kand- lonls who now have incomes reduced fifty per cent. and can find no buyers. The Hon. A. Anson, rector of \Voolwicl), England, has resigned his living to engage at his own cost in missionary work in Mr 11- west Canada, whither he will proceed for two months this summer, and then return to organize a. band of workers, with whom he will return next Spring. He is a brother of the Earl of Lichficld. The fame of the Rev. Henry Cm ‘ford Tucker never spread beyond the boundaries of Georgia during his life time, but now that he is dead we learn that he was a bap- tist pastor, forty-seven years without ever a dollar of salary; that he married and Luri- ed more persons than any ten other men in the State, and that; he “as the father of thirty-one children by three wives, It is now said that the Duke of Albany proffered his services to Mr. Gladstone as the successor of the Marquis of lorne, and, considering himself as cnmpetent as that nobleman was when appointed, made sure the oil‘er would be accepted, and commenced reading up on Canadian subjects. The news of Lord inisdowne’s appointment came to him like a, thunderelap, and lie told his disappointment to a EGJI‘ neighbor of his, Mr. Kennard, M.P., who let the secret; out. Fear of the Fenians is the exc 13-? for the refusal. Percy \V. Hastings, living in Laominster, Mass. whose body below his neck was con:- pletely paralyzed by a fall in a gymnasium three years ago, has learned to paint in water colors, holding the brush between his teeth. An attendant mixes the colors and puts the brush in his mouth. His skill is said, bthhose whthave seen the rosu tof it, to be surprising, and his progress is so rapid that his li'iends actually expect his paintings to attain celebrity by reason of their artistic value, independently of the physical dexter- ity which produces them. The objections made to Lonl Rosebcz'y as Under Secretary to the Home Department because he was not in the House of Uom~ mons, have called attention to the disad- vanges accruing to men placed from the first in the House of Lords, like Rosebei‘y, or called too early to it. Lord Durham. one of the ablest statesmen England has pro- duced, “lost touch” of public opinion by it. The present Earl Grey would have filled a higher position had he not been called too early to the Lords, and the Marquis of Sal- isbury would have been more useful to his party and more powerful had he remained Lord Robert Cecil. The Duke of Argyle, too, would have been a greater force in the lower House. The following anecdote about :1 nuser il- lustrates the masterfulness of (wanes when once it. has seated itself in a man’s soul : He was a blind millionaire, and about to be operated upon for cataract by a skillful oculist, who was to receive 50 louis d’or as his fee. The operation on the right eye had been most successful. “ I can see !" ex- claimed the millionaire, overjoyed ; “I can distinguish the colors I recognise my precious cash box.’a “ Very well, then,” replied the practition- er, “let us lose 130 time, but commence on the left eye. " “No, 110,” said the miser; “all things considered, I’ll pay you at; once ‘25 louis. I had lief remain blind in one eye anal save the 0“ . n3 " r ,4 (‘D ’1 PERSONAL PARAGR APHS. A Miser‘s Avarlce. o0.