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A full statement of claims on behalf of in “he vessels seized in Behr'ng's Sea. during the put season, has been prepared by the Fish- eries Department for presentation to the United States Government. HOM E. CANADIA 21'. An emphatic protest has been entered by the Victoria. B. 0., Board of trade against the discontinuance by the Dominion Govern- ment of the steamer mail service between tint city and S an Francisco. , It is reported from Washington that the British representatives will allow American fishermen the privileges they claim in Canadian waters until such time as the dis- puts is terminated by the proposed Board of Arbitration. The Dominion Government are said to hsve ordered the Customs ofligials at Mani- toba boundary ports not: to grant re-entry certificates to persons desiring to ship grain over the American railways and the Grand {Prank to Montreal. Mani. It has been discovered that n. consp‘mcy existed for many years between officials of the Montreal Courthouse and certain hwyers by which the Provincial Treasury III-I been swindled out of thousands of dol- hrsby old law stamps being used over again. The recent decision of the Supreme Court on the question of the ownership of mineral lands in the British Columbia. railway belt will be appealed against to the Imperial Privy Council by the Provincial Govern- Canada. has lost $3,000,000 within the pelt two years through embezzlers who have heaped to the Unified Stategwith the money. Mr. McGibbon, Inspector of North-\Vest Indian agencies, arrived in Ottawa from Regine recently. He states that the Indiana throughout the North-West are pros rous and contented and are melting won erful progress in agricultural pursuits. The industrial schools are working very Intiltnctorily. A! zmerican embezzlers have taken moi‘e than $20.000,000 over into the Dominion in the same period, Canada may still claim that the balance of trade is in her favor.â€" Philsdelphia Press. Prof. Sheldon’s work on Canada, which has been sublished in London, points out shat a. goo living and something more may be earned in Canada. by artisans. farm labor- an, domestic servants and everyone else who will work conscientiously and is steady ud thrifty; but there is no room for pau- rs, loafers, drunkards, windy agitators or 001s of any sort. The Stonewall, Man, News says zâ€"Ar- thur Mollard made a. wager of 35 that he could fell, chop, split and pile five cords of wood in ten hours. He commenced Work It 7.30, and exactly 8.11230 he had the whole five cords nicely piled up, thus com- pleting the job in seven hours, and winning the wager with three hours to spare. To get the five cords he was compelled to fell 45 trees. Horse car drivers receive commiseration, but they are in reality healthy men. Fresh nir and regularity of life compelled by the time-table produce good results. “ There is only one drawback to this business," raid one driver. “and that is we don’t get 'exer cise enough." Rheumatism is a pet trouble with the drivers, and some of them get round shouldered from the weight of the cluches they wear, for a driver during seven months of the year puts on everything he has that will go on. The editor of the War Cry, Staff Capt. A. Summer, the oflicial organ of the Army in Canada, was interviewed by a Toronto reporter recently. He was found at the Headquarters on Albert street, the editorial room, as usual, being on one o! the upper flats of the building. “ Our ofi‘i- cen are increasing at the rate of about two hundred a year," said the Editor when ask- ed about the progress of the army. “ We had our eighth death among our oflicers to- day. Some people say that the officers of the Sal‘Vation Arm are short lived. Now the statement will a ow that it is not correct. Our officers have averaged 500 a year since the establishment of the Army in Canada, that is taking the number on duty each year and dividing that by fiveâ€"the number of years in operation. This, you will see is only alittle over one death in 500 each year which is above the average death rate mthe Dominion. “ Yes, the War Cry is published in ten or a dozen different lan- uages. We have three ofiices in Indie or which we issue the War Cry in three difi'erent Indian dialects of the Hindostanee language. It is published in Stockholm in the Swedish, in Zurich and Amsterdam in German, in \Vales in the Welsh, in Paris 1 in French, in Rome in Italian, also in the Danish and other languages. We have not at into Japan or China as yet, but we issue 316 War Cry in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Van Diemau’s Land, and in the United States in San Francisco and New York. So you see the paper of the Salvation Army is pretty well circulated. Up to this week we have published the War Cry in French in Toronto for circulation in Lower Canada. The French name of the paper is En “ Avant '3” We are moving it to Mon- treal where it will be issued hereafter.” UNITED STATES. W. K. Vanderbilt owns the English estate of John Hampden, famous as the foe of crowns and the friend of commonalty. George Miller, of Akron, 0., will be bur- led in a coffin made from the wood of a cherry tree which he planted for this pur- pose 60 years ago. In a Virginia newspaper of thirty years ago is a long account of the sentence of a. woman to two years’ imprisonment for teaching slaves to read. A Michigan boy who had 1,000 buttons on a string explained it by saying that his father is a minister and “ has the sorting of the collection basket.” Congressman Townsend, of Illinois, has introduced in the House of Representatives a bill for the creation of an American 2011- verein, to include Canada. mâ€"anm»n.mâ€"- gran-u- .AAV-.<_ m span-om Owners of vessels seized in Behring’s Sea are said to have prepared claims against the American Government for $500,000 damages, but they have not yet filed them at V‘Vash- ingbon. ~ _ . V A r THE WEEK’S NEWS. A young woman of Bangor, Me., who had been forbidden by a. jealous suitor to go to a. dance with a rival, had the jealous swain arrested and lodged in a. cell. and she went: to the dance with the other fellow. Cofi'ee John, the proprietor of a Minneâ€" apolis restaurant, on a bet of $10. recenth ate 500 oysters in two hours. He ate 125 raw, 125 stewed and 250 steamed. and finished with thirteen minutes to spare. Half a dozen book agents were arraigned before 8. Pennsylvania judge for obtaining money through false pretences. The judge held that they had done no more than to tell falsehoods in order to sell their goods. and that the law would not warrant him in im- prisoning them for plain. ordinary lying. There recently died in Rockland, Me , an Italian musician, F. A. D. Singhi, whose life was not of the ordinerv. He was when a. boy apprenticed to an ime ge peddler of Lucca, and with him crossed Europe on foot with a load of images on his head. Cu reaching England he run away with and en- listed in the English armv and was sent to Canada. While the regiment was at Que- bec the band played a. selection. widelv advertised as the composition of the band- master. Young Singhi recognimd it as an old Italian melody. That evening at the barracks he whistled the air. until he was interrupted by the bandmaster, who asked him where he heard that. The Italian was quickwitted. “Heard the band plav it.” he said. The leader was pleased and Singhi was put into the band. He afterwards (le- serted and went to Maine. where. after earning aprecerious living by shoemeking and berbering, he at last got solidly estab- lished as a. musician. He was horn s. Ro- man Catholic. became a. Methodist and died I a. Swedenborgian. FOEIQN. A blessed old age was the lot of a. couple named Beyer at \Veimar. Germany. They were near the aixtyfifth anniversary of their wedding day when death released them both on the same day. Two more divisions of Russian troops are to be moved to the Galician frontier. Ans- tria has made railway arrangements by which she can send an ample force to the front in twenty-four hours. The Czar. in his congratulatory telegram, hopes that the Pope will enable him to bar- monize the needs of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia with the fundamental principles of his empire. Turkey owes Russia $20,000,000 and can't pay the debt. Russia. wanfs the cash and must have it. There’s your Eastern question in a. pint cup, and Russia is bound to have a. leg of Turkey early in the spring. I t is stated that Pope Leo’s jubilee gifts include 60,000 chasubles, 12,000 cups, 8.000 Crucifixes and a great quantity of other eccle- siastical properties which will be beibited. Their value is estimated at $15,000,000. The Emperor of China. owns evrry foot of land in his dominions, and fixes taxes, rents and impost as he, from year to year, may deem fit. His subjects obey without ques- tioning his motive or wisdom. and are generally quiet and easily satisfied. 0c- casionally, however, they awake from their lethargy, and then are the most determined end dangerous rebels in the world. The London Economist and other British financial journals declare that the specula- tive activity in England just now is greater than at any time previously since 1879. “ Good times” often come without "unusual activity inlthe'speculative markets, but spec. ulation seldom comes without “good times." The prospects in England, as in the United States, are that general trade will be active during a large part, if not of all, the coming year. The fact that fifteen to twenty-five steamers a. month are now arriving at the mouth of the Congo. illustrates the growth of commerce in that region since Stanley showed the importance of the great river. One ocean steamer has already ascended the river to Boma, fifty miles from the sea. and the best channels are being marked‘by buoys, so that deep-draught vessels may safe] y navigate the lower river. Dr. George Wasburn, of the Robert Col- lege. Comstantinople, writes to The New York Independent :â€"There is certainly a. growing sympathy with America. in Eng- land. I have seen more and more of it every time I have been there since my first visit, more than thirty years ago. There is not much change on the Continent, I am not sure they like us as well as they did thirty years ago. There is certainly more abuse of Americn in the Continental papers than there was then. But in England the change is wonderful. An American is no longer a stranger there, and the essential unity of the Anglo Saxon race has become a. popular dogma. The peaceful arbitration commission which went to America this year was simply an outcome of the popular feeling. Most of the very rich men of the day have three or four houses each, which they keep thoroughly furnished and ready for occupation at a. moment’s notice. James Gordon Bennett jumps iron: Paris to. New uvluvu Anna“.-- J -71 York without notice and he always finds a. fire lightedin his bedroom and his cooks have the daintiest viands on his table. J ay Gould cm gravitate between Fifth avenue and Irvington, and United States Secretary Whitney has one house in New York, one in Washington city, one at Grasslands near the President's country home and another a: the seashore. Almost all of the million- aire United States Senators keep up estab- lishmentsin Washington as well as at the homes in the States which they represent, and Senator Stanford has a. half dozen homes any one of Qtygiréhrwould satisfy a prince. Lord Randolph and the Czarâ€"The Emperor William’s I‘lnessâ€"The Czar's Troubles â€"A Typical London Fog. LONDON. Jan. 17â€"Donghty little Lon Randolph Churc ill has shown signs of mounting a high orse again. He has been treated in Russia wifh such distinguished consideration bv the Czar and manv of lhe Grand Dukes. Princen. and nobles that he in in danger of losing his howl. If we mu? trust reports from St Patershurg. his lnrd Fhip has been won Over corrrpivfelv to the Russian side. and is going show declaring that Lord Salisbury shall never join the cen tral alliance. Mr. Gladstone is prolonging his stay in Florencp. and is having a most cheerful time. His health and strength are increm. ing rapidly, and the excimhie Italians con- tinue to demonstrate on every possible nona- sion in his honor. He receivns many vi‘its, returns few. flees literary men especialiv, and gains their hearts by proving that he knows a." about thvir work, Mid bv aiways marching M? to gah their last book if he hap- pens not to have it. In‘erent in noncenfrater‘l now on the pro. bshle fate of Ferdinand, the self-made Prinne of Bulgaria. It lacks as though a crisifi wan really coming in that vnung nnn’s affairs‘ There is everv indication lhat he will not be able to last until spring, for Germanvhas turned once mare vinlentlv against him to accentuate fhe. lovemaking between Bis ma.er and the Czar. and Ferdinand ha? no. thing to relv Imnn “ave a. most faint henrtwl support from Austria. suphort which is: nnlv moral, and which is based solely on hatred of Russia. Report: from Railin announce an improve- ment in the condition of the aged Emperor. but the improvement is onlv slight and un fortunately his illness has left signs of men- tal defierirn'vion. A friend writing from the Berlin court informs me of a most dis. tressing anti curious result of the Emperor‘s maladv. He has losf entirely the facultv of counting figures in ary shape. Prim,» and the value of morev do not I‘OnVPV tho slightest meaning +0 his mind. although on other topics he is quite hims‘ l‘. Morphin in large doses was adminiséered during the last illness to reduce exhausting pain and procure 31991). but fho wonderful old man always awoke smiling and quite conscious No one is more surprised than his docknrn af- his marvellous hold upon life, and while if. is expected that some morning he mav fail to wake up at all, the recuperativa power which he has already dimlaved is most as tonishing. it iauniv ersallv helieveri in Bar lin, my correspondent wrifes. that the Crown Prince is doomed hovonri all hone. and a moat bitter feeling exists fhere against doctor More.“ Mackenzie, whose advice ‘ overruled that of the German surgeons. who wisherl to resort to an operation which. though extremelv dangerous. might have, caused a permanent cure. it is evnn said that it. would he unsafe for Mackenzie fo annear in Berlin. Thnre is no imnortant change in the condition of the Crown'Prince. Rullctins are issued constanilv, and fhe doctors express conflicting opinions, hut that is all. The Prince speaks resignprllv. and shows that he is alive to the internals of his people hV ex‘nressing the hone that the social'world in Berlin may not he movA ed bv his illness to susnenri its fesfivi‘ies. and thus iniure the already not overpros- perous tradesmen. ‘ The Czar, in the midst nf his other tlouhlen. has junk had *0 decide a, delicate family mnfior. Duke Nicholas. his cousin. and one of his aids de camp. has fallen in love with 2. middleagari widow. That wnuld not hava henn anvthing very unusual for a. Russian Grand Duke to do. but Nicholas went further. He mutually insisted on marrying the ladv. Thpre was a. great to do in the imperial familv. Nicholas re- mained obflurafie. and finallv appealed to We Czar. and induced‘him as the hvad of We family to give his consent to the mafch, It need scarcely be said that the marriage will be a morrmnatic one. The imperia‘ bride- grnnm is 31 years of‘ age and fhe bride is 40 ,HAIAJ LL- _.......‘.. -t 5 .NV-,-â€"-. Gossip has alreadv coupled the names of young royalties. including Princess Louise of Wales and Grand Duke Michael, fhe Voungeat brother of the Czar, Princess Vic- toria. of Wales and fho Duke of gparta, heir tn the throne of Greece. and the Pfince of Walea‘a eldest son. who will be King of England some day, to Prim‘ns Alexandria, the eldest daughter of the King of Greece. This hig citv has just weaned from a. week of the most typir‘al anrt of Landau fog. Twenty omnibusws were lost on Tne=day in the borough on the Surrev side of London Rridge and bumped around dismallv for hours in total darkness with their loads of flu-rifled passengers, who dared not quit their only asylum. Evervthing mmmhle has bepn running into evervthinaelse. Traf- fic nn the river has been stormed. commerce and health have snf’f‘orefl. and “wives: alone have nrnspered. The keeper of the Zoo‘og. ical Garden monkev house announces sol- have nrnspered. The keeper ot the Zoolog. ical Garden monkev house announces sol- emnlv fhis mornino.‘ in his report to the Board that his mnnkeyn are suffering from severe mental deprnsmion. If such is the case with our ant-92mm vou can readily im- agine how we feel who have not the resource on foggv davn of swinging hv long prehon- sile tails, or of eating nuts with four handsV An attempt to tvrsmnize a. voung woman hm: just been mule in lower Amtria. which Will arouse the indignant svmnafhv of thflus. mule of vnung Women in Canada. The ‘ heads of schools fhere oomplaiued that voung ‘ school marms all went and married just ma thnv were getting erperienr‘ed Burl useful, and Hint the unimnce could not be borne. ‘ A bill was nc‘uxllv inh‘orluced Into the Leg- islature in favor of enforcinsr celibacy among female schml teachern. The bill was re. jected two days ago. after an interesting and WW humorous debate. The friends of the school mistresses contended that it was with the hope of marrying’ that lots of good girls Went into the school-teaching business. and that to cut ofl" the bright hone of marriage would be to keep manv bright girls out of the school room altogether. Old man calling down the stairs to daughter at 1155 n. m.â€"Clara ! Daughter â€"Yes, papa. Old mamâ€"Ask that young man in the parlor which he prefers for breakfast, mill rolls or Vienna bread. “ Ah, my son,” said the minister. “ I’m glad to see you in the Sunday School at last. Is this your first Sunday 7" “ Yes, sir.” “ How do you like it ?" “ Oh, I guess I kin stand it until after the Christmas tree.” OUR SPECIAL CABLE. Mrs.Beecher on Familiarities i that Breed Contempt. ‘ It is hardly possible that the young can understand or will accept the old maxim that “ familiarity breeds contempt” with favor. To their young hearts the term “ familiarity ” is only associated with real friendshipsâ€"the endenmcnts and unre~ stricted exhibivions of sweet cuufidences and affection between parents and children. brothers and Piste”, and their pleusantmien‘y home life, As a general thing they know little of life except. its rnse~tinted side. The rough and stony pluces which adversity brings, the heartm has that home when those most trusted are nroved false, “hose protestations of unrlyinglove and confidence and free and easy approaches, are found to he unly the guise to inveigle and deceive for ‘ their own selfish ends. All this bad know- ledge is not common to youth, nor is a judgment, born of experience, easily at mined who can teacn them to distinguish between the true and the false. Few. unfortunately, however, barely reach the early stages of mMurity without being compelled to recognize the cnrrecmeas of this old and homely adage. Too great familiarity, even with the nearest and: most intimate friends, may not always be wise or desirable or lead to the happiest results, and heyoml a certain line it. is a license that: re- fined and WELL-MANNEBED PEOPLE NEVER VENTURE UPON. It is a. fault that is very liable to spring _up_in ehildhood. and is, at that early age, lucked upon as rarhm- more amusing than an noyiug. so that in its firsfistages is is missed by with little notice~merely a. childish fni hle. But if this aggressive element is dc» veloped in early ywuth and is allowed to tske root; and gather strength, until the child is suppose~l tn rmch years of diacro Lion. it becomes a. settled habit of the moat offensive nature, especially to persons of re- finement and (ielicucy. If parents who, through 'hat; unrausonahle fondness for their children are never able to recognise any faulf‘l. could he sufl‘iciently rowed to see in a little child whereunto this habit is inevitably tending. and honestly labor to eradicate that cu- imiry by which a. child is led to pry into matters that are the person- al rights of others, it would soon be held in resfraint and rooted out. But if they blind- ly suffer this undesirable trait to take root and gather strength, as the child goes on towards maturity. it will then be hard, if not impossible. to eradicate it. and it must become offensive to all who are uompelled to come in contact with it. No douh9 persons to whom this disigree- able trait has become a deeply-seated habit have many desirable traits. Kind-hearted to all, it may be, honest and true i: all their dealings, yet few, knowing this weakness in their character care to associate with them. feeling that it would be impossible to be near them any length of time before the effort will be made, and persisted In, to dis- cuss your own private affairs in the most familiar style, ready, to be sure. to make full exchange. and open before you every- ‘ thing connected with their own history in the most intimate and confidential manner. Often it is very evident that nothing wrong is intended, and therefore one is at a loss to decide how to reply to the UNCEASING TOBRFNT 0F INQUIRIES. There are, however, specimens of over- familiarity that deserve to be met only by open contempt. What more embarrassing and exasperating than in a. public convey- ance, where, where escape is impossible without attracting attention, to have a. perfect stranger begin to ask questions and makeIremarks as if on the most intimate terms. and with a. freedom that would be scarcely tolerated in one‘s own family? There is a class, to be sure. who really know no better, who have lived where there was lit- tle opportunity for improvement, or any ex- ample or teaching to rouse them to a. sense of the gross impropriety of such liberties. For such one can find some excuse and some commiseration. And yet. even when ignor- ance is offered as an excuse, do we not feel there should be an instinctive sense of pro- priety sufficient to withhold even a hea- l then However charitably one may endeavor to look on such peculiartiee, it ispitinble to feel how barren that mind must be, how little food for thought it must possess, that finds excitement or interest in asking how many yards are used in the dress of a. perfect stranger with whom they are not likely ever to meet again, how much the lady gave for 'v ' U ' v _. 1b, what size shoes she wears, how many pairs she buys a vear, and an interminable list: of inquiries of a. similar character. Does any one think such things seldom happen? A great mistake! We have lis- tened to similar questions when travelling. and have been put through the same or a similar catechism often enough to know that it is not an uncommon thing. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER AND WORSE SLDE to over-familiarity which can cause pain too scute for any feeling of contempt, the abuse of the natural familiarity which springs out of the closest family relations. Nowhere else are the laws of good society, if we look no higher, so often set aside or overlooked. When held in check by that genuine good breeding and politeness which springs from a sensitive conscience and a pure and noble heart, the familiarity of family love and home relations becomes a playful tenderness that leaves no sting and causes no heartache. But love is often a vain show. instead of a bond to hold the family together the very tenderest of all home relations is viewed as furnishing a license for impoliteness and neglect such as none would dare to approach a. stranger‘with far less an intimate. “ Is it not my wife? Is it not my child? Who shall dare dispute my right to do what I will with my own?” If the head of the family â€"ite rulerâ€" speaks unkindly, it is because the bonds that bind them together are his safeguard. There is a sense of security from exposure in family pride, in part, but stronger than all else is the knowledge of the womanly love that seeks to hide all errors. The wife or daughter, and sometimes sister. are often spoken to by the “ gentleman” of the house as he would not dare to speak to any other woman. however insignificant. But more particularly in this BRUTE SENSE 0F OWNERSHIP manifested to his wife. A brother finds no particular pleasure in talking sharp or domi- neering over his sister. He is well aware she may resent it, and retort; even more sharply than he addressed her. For a daughter, a. father, unless lost to all sense of shame, has usually a. peculinr tenderness by which she escapes much of the oppression that other members of the family are expos- ed to. The restraints of Society often {Jove a. stronger protecrion to the wife from her husband’s in'itsbilityand unjust censures, than his professed affection tor her. And. more’s the pity ! It is often the case that: polite, deferential attentions will be more frequently profl'erred outside the family circle than from her husband. Do any need to be told whereunto this tends ? The daily papers are full of what may follow. But cruel, unnatural and mean as this is, it is not always confined to the masculine in the household We wish that we could pmve that a. lady never “ answers back," when “reviled, revilul‘h not again," never returns railing for railing, a sharp retort for a bitter word,, or meets diecourtesy With >qual neglect and indifference. We blush to a/zknmvledge that THE WIFE IS PERHAPS AS OFTEN RESPONSIBLB for the beginning of evil in this respect as her husband. Public opinion has as strong hold on her as on a manâ€"even stronger, as wo- man has more of that kind of pride which holds her back from the open exhibition of the irritation that is driving her almost furi- ous than a man. She will nnt allow the public gossips to hold her up to the gaze of the world if self-restraint is possible. But all the courtesy and amiebility, the deference and respectful attention exhibited in public or to friends outside, are worthless to man or woman if the same is not more earnestly extended to each in the sacred precincts of home. Love that shines in the most kindly acts, respectful attentions, qu ck to see what may be needed or gratify- Lugâ€"the most perfect courtesy at home or nowhere. All that is found outside should be but the overflow of that which is un- changing ind perpetual in the charmed circle of home. There is where we must seek for the true lady and gentleman. If not fully developed and aacredly maintained there prominently exhibited elsewhere, the sentiment is spuriousâ€"a. counterfeit. Ten- derness may be the exhibition of that spirit which is that: kindles the home fire, fond and loving, and carressinz as may be its revelation, it never degenerate: into that over familiarity that is the bane to tho beat and noblest emotions. If young people, whether brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, would but give this idea respectful attention, look at it candidly instead of calling it sentiments] talk ; if before they quite decide ‘50 throw it aside as of no importance they would look around therp, not governed by gossip- ing reports, but by what is going on daiiy right before their eyes, if they would can- didly examine life as it moves on around them they would soon guard against that familiarity which they cannot but see is injurious. It is a coarse representation and not the true diamond ; it destroys true re- finement, develops the coarser, harder parts of their character, breeds not only contempt, but in the end inevitable coldness and es- trangement. This idea. once accepted as true, how soon we should see a large increase of refinement, genuine politenessâ€"the gen- uine gentlemen and lady. We should find them wearing these higher and more noble attainments more as an every-day working garment than a fancy dress only exhibited at parties, balls and state occasions, and then folded up and locked out of sight, never more to be paraded till needed for public exhibition. Thnee bound together by natural ties or bv marriage need to exercise all the gentle- ness and forbearance, the courtesy and affectionate politeness that they possess, increased and purified by careful nurture. Recently M. Ferdinand de Lesseps celel brated the anniversary of his birthday, and entered upon his 83rd year. He can lcok around him and see but very few men of anything like equal eminence, who are as old as he. The German emperor is 90, Dr. Dollinger is 88, Moltke and Bancroft, the historian. are each 87, Kossuth is 85, and Professor Owen is 83 ; but it is not easy to extend the list. Yet it is astonishing to note the large number of living great men who have passed the ordinary limit of hu~ man life. Of sovereigns, the Pope is 77, and King VVillism, of the Netherlands. is well on his 71st year. Of statesmen, Mr. Gladstone will be '79 this month, MI. Bright is 76, Prince Bismarckis 72: M. Jules Gravy is 74, M. Leon Say and M. Leroyer are each 71 ; Lord Selborne is 75. Sir Rutherford Al- cock is 78, Lord Sherbrooke is 76. and Lord Granville is 72. Of generals : MacMshon is 79, Lebmnf is 78, and Bazeine and Cialdini are each 76. Of poets: Lord Tennyson is 78, Mr. Bro .vning is 75, and Dr. Oliver Wendell Homes is 78. 0f musicians : Verdi is 73. 0E engineers: Lord Armstrong is 77, and Sir John Hawkshaw is '76. 0f painters : Meissonier is 72. and finally, of showman, Barnum is 77. Perhaps, however. M. Chev- reul, who is fairly started on his 102ml year ought not to be omitted. In any case, the catalogue is far from being a complete one As it stands, it is sufliciently remarkable. We have mentioned the names of thirty- three persons, the average age of each being over 78. It may be doubted whether, in the history of the world, thirty-three men of as considerable celebrity, and of as great average length of life, have ever before been alive at one time. An exchange says that a folded news- paper placed under the coat in the small of the back is an excellent substitute for an overcoat. There is considerable warmth in a newspaper, that's a. fact. Many a man has become heated by simply reading an article in a newspaper ; and at such times he wants to make it hot for the editor, too, Coal is twenty dollars a ton in San Eran- cisco. When a coal vessel is due the cos) carts assemble on the wharf and await: its arrival, the delays sometimes covering days, during which time the drivers are encamped in close proximity to these vehicles. The cause of the extraordinary price is the scar- city of vessels to carry the coal. If San Francisco had a northern winter it would not be a. good place to be poor in. Mr. J oeeph Chamberlain, during 9. visit to Baltimore, in some remarks to the graduate students of John Hopkins University, de- clared his inability to agree with Mr. George's theory of land tax, as it was in effect robbery of a large number of people of their property. But there should be some improvement in the methods of land-holdâ€" ing. The fine race of peasantry that were in Europe during the Middle Ages has pass- ed away, and it should be the aim of legis- lators to restore this class. THE SPARK mom son‘s ALTAB Mas. HENRY WABD BRECKEB. 0ld Men.