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CANADIAN. On Thursday John Tillerington, a. St. Catharina fruit dealer, shipped 50,000 pounds of dried apples to the North-west. The Montreal detective scandal has en- gaged the attention of both English and American journals. The latest comment upon it comes from across the ocean and is in the nature of a suggestion. It is stated that the scandal would make a good basis for a sensational noveL A robbery is com- mitted and trusted detectives are employed to bring the thieves to Justice. As the deâ€" tectives are the culprits they, of course, fail to find anything but clues. Were Gilbert to handle the subject he would cause the detectives to arrest themselves. How he would ultimately extricate them and marry them to the various heroines, deponent saith not. The lost J oggins raft has given 'Canadian maritime interests an unenviable notoriety. The raft was built in New Brunswick as an experiment in the shipment of timber, the idea of the builder being that,logs braced to- gether could be towed to New York less ex- pensiver than they could be carried by ship. t would appear that the probability that the huge structure might become unmanage- able at sea never entered the mind of the designer; or, if it did, it was perhaps set aside with ‘Ithe reflection that the risks of accidents were less numerous than the chances that the raft would pull through in safety. The disaster has now happened, and the raft has been afloat on the ocean, a terror to mariners and a discredit to Can- ada. Even the breakin up of the raft will not relieve the feeling ogfear with regard to it, for it is [stated that one of those huge logs striking an iron vessel with the full force of the waves would probably sink her. No doubt we have seen the last of the big raft business. The shipping interest, which has watched the experiment with a jealous eye, will hope so, at all events, for the one raft contained as much timber as seventy timber vessels could carry. The Minister of Customs has decided that duty must be paid on Canadian team re- turning from work in American lumber woods. Montreal has fifteen hundred licensed and unlicensed groggeries, while Toronto has but one hundred and fifty hotels and saloons. It seems that in Quebec a saloon keeper may become a political office holder, or an occupant of a seat in any of the repre- sentative bodies. This accounts for the in- fluence of the saloon interest in the East. We do things better in Ontario. A Fredericton schoolboy. Will O'Hara, glayed truant and was afraid to return ome. He remained out all night, lying under a bed , with no covering except a thin shirt. n the morning he was uncon» scious and would have died there had not a neighbor seen him and told his parents, who, almost wild with grief, were overjoyed at finding any life in their boy. After long insensibility he recovered. It is claimed that a. majority of the candi- dates for aldermanic honours in Ottawa have promised to support the license reduction movement in that city. Last October an expedition was sent to Montana from the American Museum of Natural History, New York. to secure a number of buffaloes for a herd group. The party has just returned unsuccessful, hav- mg been unable to find a single bufl‘slo al- though diligent search was made Over the most likely territory. So many valuable specimens of remains of other animals were found, however, that the expedition was not altogether a failure. A number of the employee in the Toronto Custom house have been granted increases of salaries, and two have retired on account of ill-health. receiving the usual gratuities. Our English correspondent points out that owing to the scarcity of horses in the British army, 3. chance ofl‘ers itself of which Canadian breeders should not be slow to avail themselves. The Government has commissioned Mr. Simeon Jones, ex-M.P., of St. John, N.B., to visit: South America. end the West Indies with a. view to working up closer trade rela- tions with Canada. The Canadian Gazette wmts the Dominion Government to be invested with power to prohibit raft enterprises like that which re. cently proved so conspicuous a. failure, on the ground of the danger to ocean naviga- tion thus involved. 'lhe Port Ho 9 Times remarks :â€"Young men who were thered trying to think of something to give particular young ladies, should have remembered that marriage 1i- censea are easily and promptly procured, and that the cost is not excessive. Certain statements seriously reflecting upon the Toronto City Auditors, regarding grave irregularities in the Water \Vorks de- partment, were made by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and a. special committee is investigating the matter. The dispute between the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways over the farmer's eastern entrance to Toronto has been decid- ed by the Railway Committee 01 the Privy Council in favour of the Canadian Pacific. A Halifax special to the N. Y. World, Dec. 27, says :â€"A state of semi-mutiu pre- vails among the soldiers of the Yor and Lancaster regiments quartered in the Wel- lington Barracks. Bad feeling has been brewing among certain companies for some time. Two-thirds of the regiment and its cfiieers repared to celebrate Christmas in old Eng ish style. They handsomely deco- rated the barracks and issued invitations for a ball. During yesterday there was a great deal of drinking among the men. In fact, most of them were d1 unk, when orders were issued that no more liquor should be suppli- ed to the men of Company G. The men of that company had had enough to be very ugly, and from that moment trouble was assured. At 6 o'clock the festivities and all preparations for the ball were brought to a sudden stop by the discovery that the bar- racks had been set on fire. The tire was soon located in Companv G's apartment, and was quickly extinguished. It was clearly the work of an incendiary. Three of the soldiers were in the place at the time. They were put under guard, the whole battalion was called out into the exercising grounds, formed in companies, extra sentries and guards were put on duty and orders given that no man should leave the barracks that night; that all festivities were at an end and the ball was indefinitely postponed. The men were terribly enraged at the sever- ity of the orders issued by Col. Luck, and ‘ THE WEEK'S NEWS. A young girl has cleverly swindled some of the good folks of Maine with a bird pro- tection scheme. Some of the richest and most influential eitizens of Lewiston not only signed her papers promising to use their in- fluence to protect song birds, but also enter- tained her at their homes, and gave her money to help carry on the work. Sudden- ly the pretty widowâ€"she was a widow there â€"â€"was called away by a telegram announc- ing the death of her brother, and a few days afterward a. man appeared with $1,600 worth of promissory notes, which it appear- ed these citizens h Ld signed when they then ht they were pledging themselves not to ki 1 the pretty birds. FOREIGN. Catholics and Orangemen had a desperate fight at Killybeem, County Tyrone. I The commission has ordered reductions in jqdioial rents in Ireland aggregating £2,000,- Mr. Gladstone, in an in+erview in Paris, said that in the event of war it would be England’s role to remain a passive specta- tor of the terrible struggle. that commanding officer, cladin full unifor m was boobed and jeered at by the frenzied soldiers. A mob of them is reported to have surrounded and badly jostled him. A court of inquiry will sit to-morrow. The same barracks were burned twenty years ago. Americans, in men nnrry and worry, become wofully careless. The dead letter office at Washington during the past fiscal year handled over 6,300,000 pieces of origi« nal mail matter, including over 19.000 let- ters without any address at all. Over 18,- 000 pieces of dead mail matter were band- led every dayâ€"a surprisingly large number. A Hungarian authority says the German army is eager for war with Russia, but Bis- marck is in favour of peace. It is reported that in consequence of the news from Massowah the Italian Govern- ment have decided to despabch a. reinforce- ment of 6,000 early in J anuary, Cardinal Manning has astonishod his friends by announcing himself a. convert to the teachings of Anarchy. “ Every man,” he says, “ has a right to life and a. right to the food necessary to sustain life. Necess- ity has no law and a starving man has a na- tural right to his neighbour’s bread.” The great organ of St. Agnes' church, Brooklyn, which is to rank among the most massive instruments in the world, was form- ally opened Sunday morning. It has 5,- 000 pipes, four banks of keys, three octaves of pedals end efull chime of bells. The reeds include a. four, eight and sixteen foot trumpet. The power for the bellows is furnished by an hydraulic engine. Papers of all shades of opinion reviewing events of the year, express a hope that the Fisheries Commission will find a way to the settlement of Anglo-American disputes. The Times says: “The Washington Gov- ernment has shown moderation and court- esy, and there is reason to hope that the Uommision will be able to sug est terms for an acceptable compromise.” t declares that the selection of Mr. Chamberlain is a. pledge thuc the British policy will not be governed by mere diplomatic trsditions, at by a business-like View of the whole The Chicago and Northwestern Company has just placed an order for 4,100 freight cars M. D. Baboock, inventor of the Babcock fire extinguisher, 119.3 died in a. San Francis- co almshouse. The United States consumes every day 25,900 acres of timber. Each night we re- tire with 25,000 acres less of forest than the sun gilded with its morning gold. During the fire which destroyed a. portion of Wakefield, Mich., the town was entirely in the hands of roughs, who plundered the stores with impunity. A number of frightful collisions are re- ported on United States railwavs on Satur- day, involving terrible loss of life and injury to passengers and railway men, and causing great destruction of railway property. Uncle Isaac Wallace, of Clarksville, Tex., is one of the most remarkable products of that remarkable State. He is said to be 102 years old, walks with crutches, is still able to earn a living by chopping cordwood, and walks a mile or two daily going and coming from work. That is if you can believe what you read. A miner in Strawberry Valley, California, says he has led the life of ahermit since boyhood, his only company being news- papers. Yet this man is able to discuss social, political and other problems ins, manner creditable to a man of high social position. Surely the newspaper is a society in itself. It was a bold act of Count Shermetrefi to make a. personal protest to the Czar against the Imperial mandate for the closing of the six great universities of Russia at the very time the Nihilists were scattering seditious hendbills over St. Petersburg in the interest of the rebellions students. But the Czar listened to the protest. and even ordered the inquiry which the count desired. There has been no danger of the banishment of the university rebels to Siberia. The Czar him- self would not dare to consign to such a. doom ten thousand {oung students belonging to the families 0 the highest social rank in Russia. Carter Harrison, who is writing newspa- per letters from Japan to the Chicago Mad, says :-â€"“ When one reflects that there is never a fire which would fill a half-bushel measure ; that the Japanese wear no woolen garments, and only sandals or clogs on their feet ; that the winters are cold enough to make ice two or three inches thick, and that the ground is often white with snow, one, wonders how they live. There seems to be something peculiar in the physical make-up of the Japanese, as well as in their plants, which enables them to endure safely great cold. I am told that plants which in Am- erica are killed by autumn [frosts here live and bloom in the midst of snow and when the thermometer has gone much below the freezing point. Certainly the people have wonderful powers and endurance if their sensations are as ours are. Every Japanese, high or low, takes his hot bath every night. He jumps into a bath of water heated from 100 to 115 degrees and enjoys the boil, and stands for hours up to his waist in cold, mountain torrents, and it is said will break the ice in winter and work up to his neck in immersion, and seems to feel no ill effects from it. He is certainly a wonderful ani- mal, and ethnological data must yet be fur- nished to convince me that he is not indig- enous to the soil he lives on.” UNITED STATES. A few hours expended early in winter by farmers in making experiments for keeping apples sound through winter and into spring, Will give them some valuable practical in- formation on the subject, which may be of much use to them both now and in after years. The best time to commence such experiments is late in autumn, just as farm- ers are about removing their winter apples from the cool out-house where they have been for several weeks, to their fruitâ€"room or cellar for winter storage ; but those who have made this removal, and who have their apples already stored in bulk or on shelves, may make the experiments to good advan- tage, now that they have more time to spare. They are to be made on the basis of the requirements that the fruit will keep best at a uniformly low temperature, or near the freezin point. If this is secured, there is no trougle in keeping fruit for months which otherwise might perish in a few days or weeks. Next to a low temperature, is a uniform one, even if considerably higher. But the most unfavorable of all is a fluctu~ ating one, cold at one time and warm at an- other, or subjected to rapid changes, dis- turbing the texture and firmness, and the keeping quality of the fruit. Either barrels, kegs, or boxes may be em- ployed for receiving the fruit, first placing a layer about an inch deep on the bottom, then a layer of apples with the stems up- ward, and then another layer of the pack- ing substance, fl'ling in all the spaces be» tween, and then alternating layers of each till full. Care should be taken that no bruised ones are used. These bedding sub- stances will prevent frerziny for a time; and some orchardists are quite successful in placing the barrels or boxes in an outhouse or barn, resting an the earth, and with about three feet of hay or straw over them. With this double protection, they will not freeze and being kept cool all winter, they come out fresh and sound in the spring. If in a basement or fruit room, they may be kept colder than when placed on shelves or in bulk exposed to the air, and they will keep the longer for this cooler exposure. A little experience will aid as a guide. ' To secure good results, and to be able to control the temperature of the apartment, the fruit room should always be entirely separate from the rest of the cellar, if not in a separate building. The apples should never be mixed with vegetables or other matters, in the same place. The farmer who has not yet provided a suitable and separate space, Would do well to at once partition offone,either by handsome matched plank, or better, with an eight-inch brick wall. This work may be easily done in winter in an unfrozen cellar. The tempo- rary litter which it occasions can be borne for the neat and satisfactory results which are to follow. If the new apartment can have windows on opposite sides for ventila- tion, all the better. Hanging or sliding sash will give control, and the temperature may be kept nearly uniform by admitting cold air on cool nights, and closing the win- dows as the weather becomes warmer. One or two cheap thermometers will be a guide in regulating it. A neat and tidy separate room, made cool in this systematic way, will keep fruit sound, fresh andfexcellent long after the mass in a promiscuous stor- age, and with changes of heat and oold, have rotted and perished. In addition to this care, or as a substitute for it where it cannot be fully applied, it will be valuable to surround the fruit with a protecting substance. We have found that even the slight covering of tissue paper wrapped around each specimen, kept apples sound longer than when they were exposed. Hence also the reason that apples keep bet- ter headed up in barrels, if not allowed to remain too long in this condition, or until the confined air became heated, or if not stored in a warm cellar. And hence also the reason that when packed in some pul- verized substance, which shall fill the inter- stices and prevent the accumulation of heat- ed air, a still better purpose will be answer- ed. Among these different substances areâ€" bran, baked sawdust, ground plaster and fine chafl'. If sawdust is used, that made from basswood answers well, as it fine”. and is free from hifitaste. \Vhatever is r» used should be perfeo y dry, so as not to produce any mould. , 1 In using plaster, which is liable to adheré to the surface of the fruit, it is well to wrap each specimen in thin paper before imbed- ding it in the plaster. If instead of packing in plaster or fine bran, the less perfect mmerisl of the fine shavings of joiners, or from bookbinders, are employed for alternating layers with the fruit, they will aid in protecting it from cold currents and sudden changes, and re- taining its soundness. Farmers who have stored their fruit in cellars, without any cover or protection may obtain much valuable information rela- tive to the keepix g of fruit, by performing the following experiments : 1. Count and select fifty good, sound apples from the shelf or exposed mass, wrap each in paper and replace them. Count on: fifty more, the same in condition, and place them aside exposed, Next spring count the number of decayed ones in each lot, and see how each has fared. 2. Count out and lace fifty equal speci- mens each in boxes orsuimble size, packed in fine shavings, fine-chopped oat straw, bookbinders’ chips, coarse and fine chafi', bran, sifted coal ashes, and plaster; put them in a. cool but not freezing apartment, and by counting the becayed specimens next spring, compare the rtsulcs. 3. Fill boxes large enough to hold half a. bushel or a bushel, with apples in the more compact packing, as plaster or fine chaff, and place them in the barn, with a few feet of buy, or a foot or two of chaff, upon them, and examine their condition in spring or summer. Improvements on these modes will suggest themselves to orchardists ; they are offered merely by way of hints for practical tests of different; modes. Similar trials may be made with long keeping winter pears. Years ago we had the pleasure of some- what frequent talks with the venerable Dr. William S. Plummer. In the course of one of outloonversations we asked him, “ How do you account for the fact that some men who are evidently not religious in their lives, can preach sermons that: are so engaging and edifying ‘2" We shall never forget: the sol- emn and profound reply given by the old preacher, in Words so few and fitting, “Gifts are not graces.” Modes of Keeping Apples. The Difl'erence. DUBLIN'S LATEST SENS £T10N. A few days afterwards Viscountess Mas- ereene vented her grief and indignation in form of a memoriam notice publiahei in the obituary Lcolumn of all newspapers, in which, after reciting in most pathetic terms the virtues of her late father, she concluded with the significant words, “ He was the last of his race." But Higginson is not a sensitive man and he found ample consola- tion. if he needed any, in the widow’s £40,- 000 a year and her lovely bankers’ balance, of which he quickly proceeded to make the freeet use, although Mrs. Melville had on the wedding day settled1£l2,000 on him. Higg‘inson filled these conditions to the letter, and as an excuse for the old widow it must be put on record that since he mys- teriousl disappeared from Dublin he had acquire the additional attraction of a clerk sh: in holy orders. In other words, he had‘become an Episcopal clergyman, having been ordained in South Africa after a short and exciting career. during which he was more familiar with taverns and gambling hells than with churches. Mrs. Melville became enamored of Higginaon, who, she supposed, was a single man. As a matter of fact he had a wife living, and had de« serted her and her children after a vain and infamous attemptto obtain a divorce. Hig- ginson had no difficulty in ascertaining the social standing and pecuniary position of the love-lorn old widow. She had not long before inherited somethin like £500,000 under the will of the late uke of Leeds. He responded to her advances with stimu- lated ardor, and attended her publicly and in private like a lap dog. The Visoountess Massereene heard of her mother's infatua~ fion and passionater protested. In vain she imoked the memory of her idolized dead father. In vain the family influence from Lord Salisbu downward was brought to bear to break 0 the threatened mesa]- liance. The strangely assorted couple were married, Hi %inson taking the name of Whyte Melvfi e in order to evade certain awkward clauses in the Duke of Leeds' will. Higginson tired of his wife’s mature charms, and turned his baneful eyes on Miss Dunne, a. pretty woman of twenty-four, who lived with his wife as half friend, half com- panion. She was of good birth, and her wonderful accomplishments included a. fluent knowledge of French, German and Italian. Her father, Capt. Dunne, had been in reduc- ed circumstances hence her dependent posi- tion. Dunne is related to the best families in Ireland, and the position of governor of one of her majesty’s prisons, it must he re- membered, is in this conntry considered a dignified one. Poor Ghszi Power, the gel- lant young journalist who was Gordon’s trusted comrade during the long siege of hhartoum, and who. with Col. Stewart, perished in a vain effort to break through the Mahdi’s grim cordon and join hands with Wolseley’s advancing columns, was the dearl loved nephew of Dunne. Not- withstan ing his family connections, Dunne was a good nationalist, and enjoyed the friendship of Isaac Butt, the father of Home Rule. llxmordlnary Career of the Man Whom Captain [Dunne Shot Al. The shooting affair in Dublin, of which you have received some particulars, is at- tracting a good deal of attention here be- cause of the high social position of some of the people engaged in it. The Rev. Henry Whyte Melville, Who betrayed baptaiu Dunne's daughter, and narrowly escaped death at the hands of the infuriated father, has no blue blood in his veins. Ho former ly rejoiced in the unromautic patronymic of Higginson, and worked as a. j(urnalist for some time in Dublin, and also, it is said, in America. Later he entered the service of the Irish Customs, married and started raisin a family. Mrs. \Vhyte Melville was the aughter of Lord Bateman, grand- daughter by marriage of the fifth Duke of Leeds, and cousin of no less a person than Lord Salisbury. Her daughter b her late husband is married to Viscount assereene, a peer of the realm. How Higginson be- came acquainted with a lady so immeasur- ably above him in the social scale is at pre- sent somewhat of a mystery ; but Mrs. Mel- ville was elderly, vain, romantic in her ideasr and enormously richâ€"just the sort of a woman to fall a prey to any handsome, unscrupulous andfairly young. adventurer. Higginson fonnd favour in Miss Dunue's eyes, and he soon acquired extraordinary in- fluence over her, rumor says partly by mes- merism, of the result of wuich the cable has already advised you. Miss Dunne arrived in Dublin last night with the avowed inten- tion of seeing her unfortunate father through the trouble. She was in terrible distress, but firm in her resolve to remain. This morning, however, her paremour gained access to her and ordered her to return to London. She wept and implored, and even went on her knees to the scoundrel, but he was obdurate, and finally succeeded in so bending her to his will that she obeyed his every word and gesture, and she is now on her way to the British metropolis; guilty conviction that while Russians and Germans tear each other's throats and pierce each other’s breasts we shall profit by an increased demand for bread-stufls and pro- duce. This; perhaps, appears heartless, but it is the truth, and, after all, we all profit I at times by other'e harm. It is comforting to learn that Mrs. Whyte Melville now sees Higginson in his true colors as a. heartless. ungrateful, unscrupu- lous villain, and will do all in her power to help Capt. Dunne. It is additionally grati- fying to know that Higginson has made him- self liable to prosecution {or bigmi', and that he will soon be enjoyingo the p easure of panel servitude, unless rd Salisbury should try to hush matters up in order to prevent a public recital in the witness box of his cousin's shame and follv. This is the time of the year when bona fide news is sceroe. Hence, we hear one day that war in Europe is unavoidable, and on the next that the situation is improved. \Vhile it is utterly impossible to know What to believe. it is certain that the state of affairs between Russia, Germany and Austria is no worse to-day than it has been any number of times during the past few years. That war must come some day is certain. Russia’s restlessness will not allow us to expect anything else. The Czar has a. large and ponderous army that frets and rusts in times of peace. They long for action and to override the world. They will assuredly get the former at possibly some date not many years ofl", but the latter they will never accomplish. Meantime while we cannot but regret bloodshed and useless expenditure of treasure, we in Can- uda. cm afiord to look silently on With a. The latest news from Sofia makes it evi- dent that a. new series of uprisings, mutin- ies, and invasions by Montenegrin mareu- ders is about to be inaugurated under Rus- sian auspices. These, like the massing of troops on 'he Gslicisn frontier, are charac- teristic moves in Russia’s game to render things so disagreeablcgall round for her neigh- bors that they will nally buy her ofi‘ by conceding what she wants. They may nuc- ceed, at least to the extent of allowing her to dethrone Prince Ferdinand and substi- tute some friendly Prince of her own choos- ing ; but it is equally possible that this policy of exasperation may instead prompt the neighbors to turn round and give her a good solid thrashing, and so the situation stands. The Latest War Rumorxâ€"Tho Sltuallon more llopeful~lluugarrs Rela- tions with Russln. LONDON, Jan. 10,â€"Tha reaction from the old year’s gloomy forebodlngs of war con- tinues its course and Austrian rentes are fully 5 per cent. higher than they were on the last day of December. Just as the Viennese last week exaggerated the dangers of an immediate calamity, so now, at the other extreme, they are very cheerful over a. situation which to outsiders does not seem particularly altered. There comes to-day, indeed, sundry rumors which make it possi- ble that we shall have a fresh war panic next week. As a matter of fact, these fluctuations be- tween confidence and despair are bound to continue until some decision to move one way or the other shows Europe what the real situtacion is and how far the several parties to the broglio are willing to go to- “ ard securing a genuine settlement by a com- promise. There are certain indications that Bismarck has resumed his efl'orts to mediate between Russia and Austlia, or rather to discover a way in which their rival interests in the Balkans can be reconciled. The main points of such an endeavor will naturally be to find how far Austria. can back down with- out coming to a domestic rupture with the Hungarians, and to see if this )can satisfy Russia. This is really what the whole Bul- garian difl‘iculty amounted to from the be- ginning. the only new feature in the dead- lock being that Russia has in the meantime moved forward a lot of troops in order to be able to argue her side of the question more effectively. It remains to be seen whether this demonstration will operate to facilitate settlement or provoke a war. As the affair stands now one issue is just as likely as the other. It is only natural that the slightest in- disposition of the aged Kaiser should create alarm, and Berlin got tremendously excited the other day over the announcement that he would be unable to attend the opera. in the evening and that the Ambassadorial dinner was indefinitely postponed. Reports now say that it is merely a light cold in the throat, which makes it better for him not to talk much, and I am assured by a friend in Berlin who sees him often that the van ereble monarch has all Winter long looked and acted stronger than for several Winters previous. Still that is no reason why he is not liable to go out like a candle at any hour and any day. Sir Allen Young, the veteran Arctic ex- plorer, has been sounded on the subject, but so far he has not shown any disposition to take part in pushing research into those dreary regions. The fact is the society, as at present situated, is not in a position to ofl'er sufficient inducement for any one to undertake a voyage solely with the object of resenrch. From information obtained from the Ad- miralty and from the Royal Geographical Society I am able to state that at present there is not any question of fitting out a special South Polar expedition, but the idea of the so-called Antarctic Exploration So- ciety is to stimulate private enterprise by the promise of bounties for passing beyond certain latitudes. iTHE MONEY REWARD AVAILABLE. The pecuniary support obtained up to the present is limited to theZAustralian colonies, provided the imperial government will grant a similar amount. The matter has been re- ferred here to the hydrographinal authori- ties at the Admiralty, and as they have re- ported favorably there is little doubt that the money will be forthcoming. The grant, however, will be accompanied with certain stipulations as to the presence on board of any ship claiming the bounty of some com- petent persons who shall have carried out a series of observations in accordance with the present programme. The keepers of the Faatnet Lighthouse, fears for whose safety were entertained, owing to the washing away of a. portion of the rock on which the lighthouse stands, are safe. Advices from Massowah state that Gener- al Cngni has advanced his fortified posts to a. point near Dogali, General San Marzmo, commander~in-cbief, is moving his head- quarters to Fort Monkucle. Returns issued by the British Board of Trade show that the import: for the past month increased £3,162 685, as compared with those of the corresponding month in 1886. and that the expouta it the lame month increased £3,230,000 over those for December, 1886. Among the patrons of an uptown restau- rant is one who has lost all faith in cats. It was a pitiabl. cold evening, and a forlorn puss sat on the outside of the window ledge, looking pathetically into the warm room. Now and then she expressed her sorrow by the chromatic music of the [feline tribe. Several customers were tempted to open the wmdow and let her in. One of them whose table abutted the ledge where puss sat, finally yielded to her entreaties and raised the sash. With a. gratified, but not grateful pur-r-rr, the cat came in, sprang upon the kind customer’s table, seized in her mouth the half roast chicken that the waiter had just served, and turning, jumped out of the window on to the roof of a shed before the customer could say “ seat 2" much less lower the sash. Then the other customers hid their faces in their napkins, and the kind- hearted man looked sheepish.â€"N. Y. Sun. Doctors Mackenzie, Schmder, Krause and Hovell issued a bulletin yesterday, in which they take a. very hopefull view of the crown Prince's greatly improved condition. (By cablefrom our own Correspondent.) 0LD WORLD NEWS The Restaurant Cat: