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.â€"_â€"__â€"â€"â€"â€"_-nâ€"â€"â€"‘â€"â€"-â€"_â€"_'-â€"-â€"-â€"_â€"â€"â€"_= FOREIGN__Ec|10ES. 4 Underground Railway in Parisâ€" Lormon Missionaries in Calcuttaâ€" Wiue from Raisinsâ€"Public In- struction in Italy. 850., rte. After twelve years agitition, a concession has been signed for an underground railway in Paris. There have recently been two trials of the navigability of the canal from St. Peters- burg to the sea, which is to be formally opened by the emperor before long. The original Eddystone lighthouseâ€"the work of Smeatonâ€"has been erected on the Hoe, at Plymouth, and a formal open- ing of it by Trinity house officials recently took place. The fund being raised in England for a menitrial to the late Dr. Pusey now amounts to ,over $151.5(0. Canon Liddon has recently put his name down for a second donation of $2, 500. A party of Mormon missionaries has late- ly arrived in Calcutta. The leader is an elderly Englishman, who has spent _mauy years in Utah, and one of his companions is a son of the notorious Orson Pratt. This is not the first occasion on which efforts have been made to obtain converts to the Mor- mon faith in that city. Impecunious noblsmen and gentry in England find disposing their ancestral libraries the most convienient way of raising money. The example of the dukes of Marlborough and Hamilton is to be follow- ed by Sir John Thorold, who in December proposes to bring to the hammer the valuable library of Syston hall, in LllJOOlD’ shire. An idea of the consumption of ice in Ger- many may be formed from the fact that in Stettin alone, since the beginning of the year, upwards of fifty thousand tons of ice from Sweden and Norway were imported in 116 steamers and sailing vessels. From eleven marks a ton, the price has latterly risen to KWenty-four marks, and is likely to go still higher, in consequence whereof the manufacture of artificial ice is attracting much attention. The islands of Mauritius and Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, which are 115 miles apart, are to have telegraphic communica- tion with each other by means of signals flashed from the mountain tops. The in- strument adopted for the purpose is the heliotrope, a small mirror which is used in trigonometrical surveying. The population of the two iilands is 400,000, and, as Mauritius is about being connected by cable with all parts of Europe and Asia, the heliotrope will include Reunion in the sys- tem. The sun telegraph, which has already been tested, will be useful in transmitting intelligence from one island t) the other of the approach of cyclones, which are uim- men and very destructive there. The nnmher of works sent in to the Royal academy this spring reached the enormous total of S 093 an increase of 811 over last year. Of these only 761 were nnreservedly accepted by the counril 2116 being classed as “doubtful, and 5 216 entirely rejected. In the end as many as 1 856 works were ex~ hibited, and of these 1,656 Were sent in by outsiiers, the members of the academy being represented by a sun total of only 202 works. This total included 166 paint- ing, 23 pieces of sculpture. 9 architectural drawings, 4 engravmgs, as against 906 paintings, 263 water color-drawings, 169 pieces of sculpture, 135 architectural draw- ings, 47 miniatures and enamels, 58 crayon s drawings and 97 engravings, all from the hands of non-members of the Royal academy. One of the industries of thrifty France is the making of wine from raisins, which is carried on especially at Marseilles, Cctte, Bordeaux, and Bercy. About seventy thousand tons of raisins are imported into France from the neighboring high countries and Syria, costing nearly $7,500,000. By softening into water, and the addition of sugar and alcohol, a harmless wine is pro- duced, of which no less than three million hectoliters are made. Another dodge is to treat the settlings, the residuum of the native harvests of Spain, Portugal, Sicily, etc., with sugar, alcohol. and water, and make from the compound what is called “second vat " wines. Thus France, in spile of phylloxera, retains her position as the greatest wine-exporting country in the world. An improved electric railway about 4?; miles long, and 39 inches gauge is now in operation between the cities of Frankfort and Offenbach, the time being about 25 minutes. The four dynamo-electric ma chines are driven by two steam engines of 125 horse power each. In connection wirh the cables which conduct the current of electricity, 3. switch is provided to regulate and direct it. The conductors consist of tubes slitted along their entire length at the bottc m and insulated on poles like telegraph wires. A small cylinder slides or runs in the tubes. and from this a conductor con- nects the car and the dynamo. The use of this conductor prevents interruptions and cut-outs, which are caused by frosts and moisture when the carriage runs on a con- ductor, as in the Berlin- Lichterfelde Electric Railway. Great excitement was caused a few days a 0 on the Thames enbankment by the cfiase of a porpoise up the river by men armed with rifles on board a steam-tug. The porpoise was a large and lively speci men, and gave his pursuers some trouble. He was three times fired at near West- minster bridge, the last shot evidently taking effect, as he gave a tremendous leap under one of the arches on the Lsmbeth side and then disappeared in deep water, the ebb running down very rapidly at the time. Only a day or two previous a por- poise was seen beyond Chelsea bridge, and several have lately been seen within the mouth of the river. A female porpoise, in fine condition, measuring four feet six in- ches, weight fifty-six pounds, was caught the day before 03 Sufferance and Providence wharves, Belvedere road, by a lighterman, who succeeded in hooking it with his hitcher. The Russians are reducing their army ex- penditure by $4,500,000 per annum. Ac- cording to the Moscow Gazette, this economy is to be brought about by extending the time of service and decreasing the annual number ofrecruits. Instead of the 260,000 recruits serving respectively three years for infantry and four years for cavalry, it was decided at the last meeting of the com- mission charged with the consideration of the subject: 1. To reduce the Caucasian re- giments and the whole reserve forces in times of peace so as to diminish the stand- ing army by 100 000 men, 2. To fix the period of service at five years for infantry and artillery and six years for cavalry. 3. To settle the annual contingent of recruits at 190,000 men serving a period of from five to six years, and at 44,000 men serving for nine months, which will diminish the annual levy of recruits by 25 000 men. If the annual cost of a recruit, ls put at 845, this reduction will save more than 84.500000 per annum. The Italian gavernment has recently pub- lished some figures on the subject of public instruction in Italy. The budget of public instrucuion has risen from 16 300,000 francs in 1871 to 130,400,000 francs in 1883; the number of schools from 21,358 in 1811 to 42,510 in 1881 ; and the number of pupils in the sarno period from 1,008,674 to 1 928.700. There are, moreover, 701 gymnasiums or secondary schools with 3,674 professors and 41,124 scholers, and having a five years‘ course of study. Above the gymnasiums, agaid. are colleges to the number of 298, with 1,601 professors and 11,133 students, and acourse of study lasting three years. In addition, there are 383 technical schools, with an attendance of 22,120. Lately, the Roval universities, 18 in number, registered in 1881 10,592 students, the two most im- portant being those of Turin with 1651 students, and Naples with 2,851 students. There have still to be added 21 high schools indpendent universities, instructingal and together 1,948 scholars. This year's vintages in France are likely to be of quite exceptional excellence. A good vintage, however, does not, unfor- tunately, mean what it once did, the ravages of phylloxera during the past six- teen years having so largely diminished the number of vines. A few figures will show what havoc has been made by this soourage of French vinelands. Fourteen years ago there were 2 400,000 hectares of Vineyards, and now there are scarcely 1,000,000 under cultivation. The production has fallen within the same period from 72 000,000 to 30_000 000 of hectolitres. Not only has ex- portation become immensly reduced, but importation has to be resorted to for the supply of this country. Within only the last four years wines have been brought into the country from Spain, Italy, and Greece to the value rf 1,000,000 francs. Of the 1,500 000 hec ares dex astated, not more than 20,000 hectares have as at be replant- ed' which is not to be won cred at, con- sidering that it costs as much to replant as the soil itself is worth. A Human Skye Terrier. The passenger who attracted the most attention during the voyage of the City of Chicago from Liverpool to New York was Theodore Jo Jo, a hoy of 16, whose face re- sembles that of a Skye terrier. His face is covered wrthalong waivy mass of silken hair, which in color is between light red and silver gray. It hangs upon his brow down to his eyes, parting in the centre and waiv- ing off to either side like that of a fancy terrier. It droops from his checks in long wavy locks, grows from the nostrils, and hangs from both ears. The length of this luxuriant growth of hair varies from two to four inches, and it is so thick that the skin beneath is visible only in scattered spots. To.» eyes of this dog-faced boy also resemble very clrsely those of a terrier. They are slighin nluish in color, almost perfectly round, and the whites are visible entirely around the pupils His mouth is furnished with only the two canine teeth above and two incisors below, and all four are thin and sharp, resembling miniature tusks rather than human teeth. The entire body is covered with a growth of thin, light hair, but the thick heav locks are found only on the face. He spea a Russian and German tolerably well, and a. few words of English and took great pride in showing that h could write his name by signing it Lto th back of his pictures in large, flowmg charac ters. Tho dog-faced boy was captured in the forests of Kostroma, in the center of Russia, about eleven years ago, with his father, who is described as awild man, with the same peculiar face which the boy now p'ssesses. Jo Jo was then little more than a baby, and his face was comparatively hair- less. The father was exhibed all over Europe until three years ago, when he died. â€"New York Times. “"40”?â€" Alaska Devil . Victor Hugo's description of the devil fizh has always had for me a. terrible fascina- tion, but here in Alaska. this land of won- ders, the Indians recount stories equally startling,and almost all of them subslautially corroborated by good testimony. Yesterday an Indian hooked up from one of the wharf posts an octopus five feet from tip to tip, and to the query “What are you going to do with him?” answered 2 "Me eat him," and in fact with them the flesh is esteemed a great delicacy, although when alive the animal is an object of terror. The flesh when boiled is perfectly white, and tastes something like cods‘ tongues, but while eating it the re- collection of what the dainty was when alive takes away all enjoyment. It is not such a harmless amusement this fishing for devil-fish, and one which everybody would choose for an afternoon sport. There is only one really skilful fisher in town, a mission boy. who fearlessly wades into the water near their haunts, and, seeing the animal, tears him from the rock. Of course his so- tanic majesty resents the intrusion upon his rights and retaliates by winding one or more arms around the limbs of the boy, but with a quick and peculiar motion the In- dian tears them off with a noise resembling the ripping of heavy cotton cloth, at the same time slitting open the sack of the ani- mal. It is adangerous proceeding, and one which makes the beholder cringe to see the soft slimy arm of the octopus winding itself around and gradually taking hold with its innumerable suckers, surely and gradually drawing its victim down. Only on one oc- casion, historically speaking, has one of these creatures been found of sufficient size to attack a canoe and one Indian was the only survivor. Increase of Wealth. An English statistician maintains that the daily increase of Wealth in the United States is upward of $25 000,000, or about $838,000,000 a year, which is one-third as much as the increase in Wealth as the whole of the rest of the world. England, whose increase of wealth is next to our own, makes only a profit on all her business of $300,000,000 a year, or but a little over a third of our own. FALLING A MILE. A Startling Adventure in a Balloonâ€" Dropplnlz Like a 8110: From the Clouds to the Earth. Monday a startling experience of Messrs. Gaston Tissandier and Friederick Gowev, husband of Nordica, the American prima donna, showed that the practical dangers of ballooning are still far from being surmount- ed, however well actual disasters may be avoided by coolness and skill. These two gentlemen ascended from the Tissandier establishment at Anteuil about 1 o'clock, to continue a series of scientific experiments upon certain theoriesadvanced by M. Gower. They sailed slowly part Paris to the south- east at a height of about 1,500 feet, and dis- appeared in the direction of Vincennes. In answer to the inquiry of a Morning News representative M. G )mr relates what befell the voyagers afterwards. "We were at a height of six thousand feet above the village of Fontenay. A fete was going on there, and the faint echo of drums, mingled with the cries of children and the ‘alrking of dogs, just reached our ears amid the awful silence of the heavens. \Ve were among the clouds of the lower heavens. We were among the clouds of the lower stratum, and had before our eyes the magnificent spectacle of their formation. The forcas of nature moved them ti and fro in a kind of sullen majesty, now piling them into a mountain just above our heads, and, then, as the mass toppled to its fall,dir=pers- ing it suddenly, as by a blow from the hammer of some invisible Titan, making rifts through which we saw the fair, green lands, and quickly closing them, as the vaporous monster rolled into fresh combina- tions. It was the inner temple of creative power, perhaps the greatest sight revealel to human eyes, and we stood entranced in silent admiration. “Suddenly we felt a breath of cold and biting air, as though the World had revolved beneath us and brought us over the pole. At the same moment the needle upon a ver- ticle scale (from which I had been reading indications of level) began to travel with a startling speed. A sound like the roar of surf filled our ears for an instant and then gave place to the noise of the fete, which had now swolled into a cry, as it seemed, from every living thing below. Tissandier threw out sand, and the sand flew up in our faces. Our breath came short and hard, and we felt the rushing air as on a steamer against the wind. We were falling. sudden- ly, as though the great globe above our heads had given wayl Yet nothing visible had bspp-ned, save that the undersurface of the envelope had all at once grown holliw and wrinkled. like the face of an aged man. The clouds were gone as by magic, and the eirth was rushing at us, With its thousand voices in full cry. Tissandler stood cool and firm, dealing out the ballast With steady hand and counting the bags that remained. “ ‘ Stand by the anchor," he said, quietly, as if at his study table, ‘ and be ready to cut away when I tell you.’ “ Down we went ; the drag-rope touched the earthâ€"trailed across the fields, with scarcely percepti‘ryli difference in our fall The ground seemed alive with men hurrying from every side, with here and there a horseman among them. A meadow was jns‘. benath, and a quick glance beyond showed the edge of a forest. The balloon trembled as from a blow, and our speed across the field was suddenly doubled. We had fallen into a squall. “ ‘ Cut away,’ said the steady voice of the aeronaut, and the anchor fell. Over went a bag of ballast, too, and, thus suddenly lightening by thirty pounds, the balloon re- gained its poise at fifty feet above the ground, and our fall of a mile through the air was safely ended. " Never was sound precept more quickly followed by practical illustration. Less than an hour before Tissandler had been dwelling on the need of reserving ballast as a precaution. -‘There are in the air,’ said he, ‘ occasional rarefactions into which a balloon can fall without the slightest warning. \Vhen you are near the ground it does not much matter. But no prudent aeronant ata height of a thousand meters or more will allow his ballast to become even nearin exhausted.’ And this was precisely what our own case showed so shortly after- ward. We encountered a partial vacuum, a. veritable pit in the air, where the lifted power of gas suddenly fell to almost nothing. Air was, of course, on the Way from some area of a greater density to restore the normal pressure. and of this we had ample evidence upon reaching the ground. The anchor struck the soft earth in the most favourable position, buried half its liukes in the soil, and was snatched out with scarcely an effort by the flying car. Again and again the heavy iron bounded fifty feet into the air, and it was only when a score of stout laborers had laid hold of the drag-rope (at cost of a few tumbles), that the gambols of our playful monster were brought to an end. Aud then Tissandler, while obliging hands folded and packed the balloon, produced a notebook and his map, and calmly completed his record of the ex- cursion.”â€"[Paris News. W A Tale for the Marines. The sudden change in the weather remind- ed the young woman of her sealskin sacque packed away up-stairs. She brought it down and showed it to her father. “ It looks a little worn and shabby, my dear," said the old gentleman ; “ I will give you the money to get a new one before cold weather sets in." “ Oh, no, you needn't, papa. A little cleaning and brushing and it can be made to look very well for another season at least.” She then went into the kitchen and made some biscuits for tea. that reminded the writer of swansdown, only they, weren't quite so heavy. The name and address of this girl will be given to any young man whose references are satisfactory. Paying for Value Received. " How much did Mr. Smith give you at his wedding I" asked a minister’s wife of her husband. “ Two dollars.” " Well, that’s a very insignificant sum for a rich man like Mr. Smith to pay for such a service.” . “It does seem a small amount," he replied, " but you must rem: mber that be has been married before." â€"â€"â€"â€".o'â€"'â€"â€"_ A bicycle to run on ice may be called an icicle. A.P. 2 ENOLOGY. EXAMINATIONS GIVEN BY WALLACE MASON, at 362 Yonge st., Toronto, NE mouse ACRESâ€"mwnsuie ELDON. lot 4, Concession 1st; choice land, good huildlugs‘ orchard, and fencing. G. S. KING, Cannington. "M e is w a a i E n . Active pushing man wanted to wholesale my famous teas to consumers. Salary from $600 to 2000 per year. Send stamp for particulars. JAMES LA T, Importer, Tot-on H. WILLIAMS. SLATE AND FELT RGOFER. Manufacturer and Dealer in Turret] Felt, Roofing Pitch. Bulldlng Paper. (‘arpet Felt, mount lowest Prices. 4 AnsLAins ST.EAST, - - Toaonro. F. E DIXON & CO. Manufacturers of Star Itlvet Leather Belting l 70 Elna Street. East. Toronto. Large double Driving Belts a specialty. Sun for Price Idste and Discounts W. & F. P. Curried: Co 100 Grey Nun St., Montreal. Importers of Portland Cement. Canada Cement, Vent Linings, Drain Pipes, Chimney Tops. Water Lime, Flue Covers, Whiting, Fire Bricks, Plaster of Paris, Fire Clay. Borax, Roman Cement, China Clay Manufacturers of Bessemer steel sofa. Chair Bed a Spun gs SMOKED SAUSAGES. The most convenient meat for farmers in their busy f reason. These imcats are cooked and read Sold by grocers through the Dominion Ben to W. CLARK P. 0. Box 342 Montreal- illan Line Royal 113.11 Steamships. Bailing during winter from Portland every Thursday, and Halifax every Saturday to Liverpool, and in summer from Quebec every Saturday to Liverpool, calling at Lon- donderry to land mails and passengers for Scotland and Ireland. Also from Baltimore via Halifax and St. John's N. F.. to Liverpool fortnightly during summer months. The steamers of the Glasgow lines sail driving winter be tween Portland and Glasgow. and Boston and Glasgow alternately; and during summer between Quebec and Glasgow and Boston and Glasgow every week. For freight. assage. or other information a ply to A. Sc umacher EL 00., Baltimore; :1. unard & Co, Halifax : Shea & Co., St. John's N. F. : Wm. Thomson &Co., St. John. N. B. ; Allan 8t 00.. Chicago; Love 8: Alden. New York ;H. Bourlier. Toronto :Allans. Rae & 00.. Quepec ; H A. Allan. Portland. Boston Mon- tree. for use for price Coleman Patent Harness. mmarmmrussmfiiurmfl In altyhombardmuno tresseanbelajuudt work as qualities guaranteed Price 810. Territory for sale In United States and Can“; Addressâ€" J B Dewey & Co. Uouaom. On HAND STAMP $1335? of 5.33“? scription. Seals. etc. Bronze Medals the last four yearn at Toronto Exhibition. Agents wanted KENYON, TINGLEY, a STEWART M'FG. 00.. 72 King St., West. Toronto. E E KNUTT’ Sneenlator’s Mart. Adelaide St. East, Toronto. All kinds of real estate sold or exchanged on commmâ€"‘ sicn. Money loaned on all kinds of real estate at 10'. est rates of interest. Application for money from farm- ers - specialty. Rents collected and estates managed. in to rn or country. N. B.â€"Beet of references on appli- c timi. UNI RAWBONE st 00. We are again in the Gun business and can supply you with anythlna in the Sporting line at wholesale prices. same as charged to dealers, We have now the 'inside track" of the Gun business and no one else can sell at our figures. Tho only article we do not cutl on is the Winchater. n“ we don't care to sell it, but instead offer you the beau- tiful new Colt Repeating Rifle in every way safer and. superior. (fully Warranted) at several dollars less. Bend. 60. for our new ill. catalogue containing fish and some laws. Nola change of address. we having moved from Yonge St. are not in any was connected with the old. stand. R \WBONI & Uo . Practical Gun Maker! Shalteshury Hall, Toronto. a All kinds of .Gun ,re~ pairing done infirm-class style in our own workshops. q I will supply two year old vines of the NIAGARA. WHITE GRAPE witIJut any conditions whatever at Two Dollars Each. Agents wanted, apply to D. W.,Beadle, ST. CATHARINES. Dominion Line of Steamshifis: Running in connection with the Grand Trunk Ran. way of Canada. Hailing from Quebec every Saturday. during the summer months.and from Portland every Thursday during the winter months. Bailing dates from QUEBEC 'ro LIVERPOOL out. 18 ’Sarnla, Montreal, Oct. 25 Brooklyn, Nov. 15 *tfiancoutver Nuanbl Toronto, Nov. 23 ates o passage: is in ucbec to Liverpool .50. 860, $55, 330. Return,a5‘50. #10 .3117, 3144, accordinzto steamer and berth, Intermediate 335. Bteerage. at IOWest rates. The saloons andstaterocmsin steamer- marked thus: * are amidships. where but little motion is felt, and no cattle or sheep are carried on them. For further particulars apply to any Grand Trunk Railway Agent or local agents of the Company. or to DAVID TDRBANCE d 170., General Agents. Montre- l‘flE MODEL Washer AND 11h, . y. BLEACHER. Weighs but 6 pounds. Can be carried in a small vallu' Illustration shows Machine in boiler. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refuneed within 30 days. 1000.00 REWARD FOR ITS SUPERIOR. Washing made light and easy. Mihe clothes have that me whiteness which no other mode of washing can pro- uce. No rubbing required, no friction to injure tho fabric. 10 year old girl can do the washing ll well u an older person. To place it in every household TEE PRIOR HA5 all)! REDUCED to 82 50. and if not found satisfactory, money refunded. See what the “Canada Presbyterian," says about itâ€"The Model Washer and Bleacher which Mr. 0. W. Dennis ofiers to the public has many and valuable advantages. It is s time and laber saving maubin substantial and enduring, and is very cheap. From in the household we can testify to its excellence. Delivered to any express ofice in the Provinces of On‘ turn and Quebec Charges paid 3.00. Send for circularl. AGiENTS WANTI D. o. W. DENNIS, TORONTO BARGAIN HOUSE, 213 YONGE snrtn'r. TORONTO. our. ‘0rezon. 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It Is Light and Easy to run. silent and Rapid in movement Plain and Simple to lean. It is strong, durable, and well built, the very best material that money can buy or skill produce. It was awarded five medals and three first prizes at the Dominion Exhibition last October. It is rapidly superseding all the old fashioned makes everywhere. See it try it, buy it, and make sure that you get it. 1783 Notre Dame St., Montreal, and King St” West. Ioronto. ‘