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Once upon a time a. man arose in Cov- enant meeting a. said: " I thank Gori I have been Christian 30 years â€"-ofi' and on." So the orange has been cultivated in Florida for 300 years “off and 011-" When St. Augustine was occupied by the Spaniards, the orange was probably cultivated to some extent. CJnalderable tracts of land are still found, in some cases in the thick lorest, where the wild orange grows, sour enough to lead you to ask the question while you are eating it, “A1111 laughing or crying." __- .: -um...‘ t- Am .u-.,.....5 v. -.,...°. But it was left to the age of shes-m to de- velop the finer kinds of the orange, for until then there was no inducement to mice them in any greater quantity then was necessary for home consumption. as they could not be transported any distance on necount of the slow means of conveyance, the fruit spoiling before it could reach its destination. But M It became possible to ship them by rail- way and stenmahips, the last fifteen or twenty years the amount of land devoved to the cultivation of what Milton calla “ the fan-est fruit” has steadily increased until now : and 3,000000 boxes were sent out of the State during the winter now closings If all the land under orange culture were producing trees in full bearing that output would be increased to twelve or fifteen mil- lion boxes. Why has this great change come over the country? Simply becauso their is at pre- sent 7â€"7'1‘he ’omé Semi-Tropical lExposition pre- aented the grandest and most perfect EXHIBITION 0F oBANeEs ever shown in the State. The Pomologioal Society held their annual gathering in Ocala and the members expressed their great satisfaction at the extraordinary varieties of the oranges there presented. At a little distance the tables looked as if they were loaded with the gold of Ophir instead of a most luscious fruit. A stranger to the culture of the orange could obtain a very large amount of information in a very short time. Every visitor could not help but receive the strongest impression regarding rthe value of the cultivation of the orange and other citrus fruits. The gentlemanly .eondnct and attention of the manager, secre- tary and attendants added not a little to the interest of the 'Exposition, and every visitor must have (elt (as the writer certainly did) that he was well repaid for the time‘ spent You ask what; will be done when all the land now set out with younv groves comes into full bearing, and the production exceeds ten million boxes. Well, they can then be produced cheaper, the cost of transportation will be reduced greatly, the consumption will be increased, and the increased output will enable the grower to make as much as he does now, even at a less price. Think of 40,000 oranges to the acre, and that is about the average. There are prob- ably some single acres that; will roduce 100,000 orange: in a good year. magine these fine avmmetrlcol trees, about 30 feet high and 25 feet across the limbs. loaded. on the outside only, with 2,000 or 3,000 bright yellow orangesâ€"a veritable “ pyramid of gold.” Looked at from a distance, you would oerneiuly think you had struck the fabled land of gold. To our eyes there was no more beauteous sight than bhe orange-tree laden with its gorgeous fruib. in orange-raising than any other line of business. An acre of wheat will return say twenty dollars, but an acre of orange grove in full bearlng will return from two to three hundred dollars net cash. The fruit from an acre will fill a railway car, while it would take twenty acres of cotton or fifty acres of wheat to do the same. N o wonder, then, that the people have pushed the culti vation of the orange, and are lookin to it for their cash returns, just as the 0] -time Canadian farmer used to regard his field of fall wheat in making a careful examination of the var ious products of the central portion of the :State shown to this Exhibitionâ€"which has come to saay and will be in all its glory again «another season if all goes well. We believe we are correct in saying no éonntry can produce so fine and perfect an orange as Florida, and produce them in such ear. abundance and within say a 1,000 , miles of the eat Northern markets of this . Continent. his ought to place them in our 1 Northern homes in the shortest time and at , the cheapest rates. But at present it only -ooats 25 cents to land a box of oranges in New York from the Mediterranean, while from 50 to 70 cents are paid from Florida to New York or Chicago ; but time and com- ,petition will remedy this. The possibilities of Florida in orange growing are prodigious. The “hummook” or hardwood land is gener- ally considered the best ; but the “ high ;pins" lands, that is, the lands where the pine grows most luxuriantiy and reaches its highest and largest size, divides this honor 'wlth some. The level pine country, ly- ing from four to six feet above high water mark. will, with care and a good amount of ' fertiliser, produce afair crop year after year. The trees bloom in February and March, the bloom appearing in many oases before ‘the fruit of the previous season has been entirely gathered. These flowers on ac- count of their charming fragrance and pure whiteness, are considered exquisitely appro- priatein the bridal wreath. It is said the bloom from the b.tter sweet is preferred because it is more perfect and fragrant. But 2 it may have ‘ A FURTHER SIGN lFlCANCE, as there is a good deal of bitter sweet in married life to some people. Although mar- riage may not be a failure, and the orange may not be the fruit Eve gathered in Ejen, it may have been this golden orange which caused a little unpleasantness in ancient times known and declaimed upon by youth- ful collegians as the Trojan war, a fruit that The fair Hesperian tree "Laden with blooming gold, that: needs the guard Of dragon's watch with unenchanwd eyes To save the blossoms and defend the fruit From the rash hand of bold incontinence. grew upon Gathering begins in November and lasts till April. There are generally from 120 to *200 oranges to a box. The box contains two cubic feet with a division in the centre, making each part exactly a foot each way. The large thick skinned oranges are gener- ally the poorest, and sell for the smallest price. But the strolling vendor always makes the most out of this class of fruit. es- pecially with children. and those most unsc~ anointed with the orange. A mistake is Often made by those who ought to know better, for very often the plnmpest, most 110313 01" THE ORANGE. MORE MOVEY WITH LESQ LABOR juicy and delicious orange in hidden under a rusjy or mental} akin. There are three methods in vogue of es- tablishing a grove. The first is to clear up a wild grove, cutting out all unnecessary trees and budding these that remain with sweet fruit. The second is to clear up the ground thoroughly and plant budded tree-4I say three years old. The third plan is to plant the seeds and when the trees are large ‘ enough, to transplant in rows. These are ‘ called seedlings and by many native Floridi‘ } ans this plain is considered best, as they say fruit of this class will reproduce itself. ‘ now To an as oaaxos. l Same out do »n thrmgh the skin and peel it off in quarters and then divide the orange by its sections, but this cannot be done with the best kind when fully ripe without losing a large proportion of the jni:e. which is ‘ specially rich and thick ; or you may pea] the heavy skin off, leaving the inner rind on say half the orange, then out a hole in the end and suck out the substance ; or you may make the hole larger and eat it with a ‘spoon, which is the favorite way with the ladies, especially at the table. But I con- fess I like the plan of the average boy ; Peel the orange about half way down and eat it as you would an apple as far as peeled, then jam your teeth and lips into the balance and scoop it out. Of course it has the disadvan- tage that your mouth and perhaps the end of your nose will be about as sticky as con- tact with a molasses jug could make them, but you get all the sweetness of this choicest of fruit and you are satisfied that the orange has been placed where It will do most good. JOHN N. LAKE. Proud Motherâ€""Don’t you think my lit:- tle son looks very refined 2" Blunt Doctorâ€" “ Yes, indeed ; lonks as if he could be knocked over with a feather.” Why an oyster should be found clinving to an empty bottle is unaccountable, unless one believes in the mmsmigrstiou of souls, and that he oyster was once the soul of a club mm. The Point of Honor.â€"-Teacherâ€"Adama do you know who made that noise? Adam (who is the guilty one)â€"-I know, but I do no Like to Dell. Teacherâ€"Y on are a. gentleman an. “That was just the trouble. They all united in saying that: everyone should read: it, on account of its hfzy n n: .. us: luxgc. “Ma," said Bobby. “I: it wrong for little boys no tie tin kettles bo dog’s tails ?” "De- cidedly wrong, Bobby: I hope you’ll never do such a thing as that 2" "No, indeed,ma," replied Bobby emphatically ; “all I do is to hold the dog." A‘sâ€"lgiéing Young Authorâ€"It isn‘t selling at all. The critics killed it. “1.8m surpriagglwt; héar that. I didn’t suppose they could any anything against it." It was long thought that blood oranges were produced by grafting an orange tree- with a pomegranate slip, but it is now said that there is not the slightest foundation for this belief. The blood orange which it merely a. variety of the sweet orange obtain- ed by culti-vation, was first raised by the Spanish gardenersin the Philippine Islands. When It was first seen in Europe it created' a sensation among the superstitious, who- saw all sorts of disasters foretold by the bloody fruit. In the last century blood‘ orange trees brought exceedingly large prices. Husbandâ€"“Wife, I wish you had been born with as good iudgment as I, but I fear you were nob." "Wifeâ€""You are- right. Our choice of partners for life convinces me that your judgment is much beater than mine ” Friendâ€"By the way, how is your nova selfing ?_ -v . .. 1a.- :A ,JuAA44 If the British Government has really made overtures to the Italian Government tor an allied aggressive movement against the Arabs of the Soudan, it must be because they have cause to apprehend' antagonism with El Senussi. This new leader is the son of the founder of a Mohammedan religions society which extends over the whole of the Soudan, Egypi and Arabia, and which has long been gathering funds for a jaehad or lively war. Hitherto the representatives of the society at Cairo have been friendly to the Egyptian Government, but the success of the son of their founder as a military leader may inspire the society with the idea of conquer- ing Egypt in a Mohammedan crusade, which would be enthusiastically joined by all the tribes. ’ John Harkins of Boston ordered a $50. suit of clothes to be delivered C. 0. DL When the clothes were delivered Earkins gave the boy a $50 bill in payment. As the boy was ; going Harkins suggested that the bill be put into an envelope for greater safety. The boy handed the bill to him, and be apparent- ly put it into an envelope. When the en- velope was opened by the tailor it contained a $1 bill. Harkins was arrested, charged with having substituted the $1 for the $50 bill, and was convicted of larceny of the cloth- es. \Vhen he wast broughtnp to be sentenced ‘ his council movedioranew trialon the ground that the prisoner was not guilty of larceny, as he did not steal the clothes ; it was not larceny of the money, as he did not steal it ; it could hardly be false pretenoes, as he aet- ually paid the money to the tailor's agent, who gave it back to him. Sentence was sus- pended. Sure the boys were all crazy after Kathlee 0 Kelly, it's like her shadow they were. the spalpeens. There was little Cregan and big Mike Daly and Patsy Maloney all courtin l'er together. But Pat was an Orangeman, and she turned up her nose at him for a mane- spirited, law-abidln' gossoon. “ Sure. thin,” says she, " it’s the boy that does the bould- est deed Ill be either marryin’ li’ Begor, when big Mike heard that he was either moonloightin' the land agent within hail av the police. Begad, it’s ccmbin’ his onld poll wid a black-thorn twig he was either, and walkin' on his breasthone, and it’s ten years wld hard labor they gave him for his love of onld Oirish sports. And little Tim Cregan was away to the resident magistrate's to put half a pound of dynamoite in the letter-box and ring the bell. And, begorra. it‘s ten years he got for that same. And Kathleen, poor colleen, was heart-broken for them, till Pat Maloney came along to console her. “Och thin, alanna,” says he, “whoy wud ye be grievin' either thlm divlls? Sure it's meself that’s a boulder boy than ayther av thim. And, bej abers, it's a boulder deed i’ve done, for I've paid the rim: av me houldin' in broad daylight, wld sorra a scrap of police protection about me." And when Kathleen saw the receipt she was as good as her word, and We Mrs. Maloney she is this minute. ‘_._mn WIT AND WISDOM. About a hundred years ago a large party of guests (including several of the moan famous men of than day) were assembled in the drawing-room of s tine house in the most: fashionable quarter 0! Edinburgh. By their frequent glances at the door they seem- ed to be expecting some one whom they specially wishe'l no see; and the one who looked most eager of all, aluhough he never spoke a word, was a boy who was sitting in a corner all by himself. At; first, sight you wouH hnva noticed nothing very remarknble about him except that his iuce was paler and thinner than It should have been, and than he appeared to be lame of one foot. But when you cameno look closer you would have been struck with his high, massive forehead and clear, bright. eyes, which showed that whatever he might. luck in muscle was more than made up in brains. “In that sicklytlooking boy with the lame foot the young prodigy of whom you were telling ma Ina: nighc, Mitchell 1" asked a handsome and rather dandified young fel- low, turning to an older and grave: man be- side him. “ The very same; and he is a prodigy, if ever there was one yet. 1 really believe he knows by heart: every ballad that; has ever been written, and he writes ballads himself, too. But the most wonderful thing about him, no my mind, is that: he should be alive at) all.” “Indeed I What do you mean 2” “ Why, I mean than, young as he is, he ‘ has had almost as many narrow escapes of losing his life as l have had of losing mine; and that’s saying a good deal, as you kn )w. Firm and foremost, when he was only a few months old he fell so ill that: the doctors despalred of saving him,â€"” 1 , 7,3,,_» "Why. he must have had BIB many lives, as a. cat.” “Pooh l oil that is nothing at all to what ‘is coming. A little while after that, as I: was saying, bewas sent into the country with his nurse, an odd sort of a creature, who must, I should think, have been more than half crazy. Anyhow, see took a spite against the child, because herhsving to be with him kept her from going home, as she wanted to do; and at last Whit do you: think she did? Why, took him out for a. walk one evening, intending (933 she after- ward confessed); to kill him with her sols-v sors and bury his body in a swamp. “Yomdon't say so?” “Fact. I assure you; but the little fellow looked so bright and happy, and clung to» her so afiectionately. that ‘when the time- oa-me she couldn’t make up her mind to dee- it." “Weill thatw a nice piece of work” upon my word. What an extraordinaryi boy_he‘must be i" n .. r,,,h,.12‘,___ "Y BEgYOH may call him . extraordinary," What do you think he did just the other day? I had been making a cellist his father's house” and whenI got up to go, he came to me and said, 'Ii've got a present to give you, Mn Mitohellqbut you must remember that gift are to be estimated, not awordhg to their intrinsic value, but according to the intern- tion ofithe donor.” “ Oh, that’s nothing unusual nowadays,” interrupted the younger men laughing. " Why. I eawa man myself only last sum- mer, who when 1 met. him was just: complet- ing his hundreth year, and had been given» up by the doctors before he had completed his third." “Fine big words for a boy. of that size," romawked the listener, as well IS he could speak for laughing. "The hit book be learned by heart mush hawbeen Dr. John- son’a Dictionary, for the old! Doctor himself couldn’t have beaten that last sentence. ” “ Well, this boy of ours surpassed even that,” said Mr. Mitchell, “for he had an- other narrow escape before he had complet- ed his second. One night, when he ought; to have been snug in bed, he slipped one of the house and ran away over the we!) grass as hard as he could go. Before they caught; him he had caught something else, vim, a cold and fever that laid him up for several days -, and when he began to get well again they found that his right leg. was orippledl in“ as you see it now. Then, a little while. after thatâ€"" vvuu... .. ..â€"... .. “And what do you suppose the gift: turned out to, be, after all this flourish 1" continued his friend. "Why, an old copy of Adams’ Grammar, with the oovenhali 03. and a. lot of dogs, horses, wild beast, and what not dmwn in pencil upon almost) every page! I heme it: in my writing-desk. now, done up In brown mar. ” , u ,, , fl,ll. “Indeed I do, " answered Mr. Mitchell, gravelv, ”for I'm very. mac-h mistaken,“ that little cripple does not make such a. name some day that that gift of his will be well worth having.” . u 7,; .nvuâ€" Fr--. “And do you mean taxparaervo it as a relic ‘of the donor‘ 2 " But just at: that moment Shier talk was suddenly interrupted. There was a loud knock at the front door, a bustle was heard.- in the hall below, and then a firm, heavy step slowly ascended the stairs. The door flew open, and lube the room strode a big, sun-burned, large-boned man. with great, flashing eyes, while a liveried servant an- nounced: ‘ “Mr. Robert Burns." A buzz oi suppressed excitement, and a general movement among the assembled com- pany greehed the entrance of the famous poet, who was already celebrated, not only throughout Edinburgh, but: through the Whole length and breadth of Soohland. Anid the universal hustle, no one neticul the crippled boy. who. wieh a sudden flush on his chin face, was devouring with his deep. earnest: eyes every movement of his 1 chesen hero. v lav-aw nu. v. ter in the evening, the Indy of the house begged Burns to mine some verses in her album. He was just; about to do so, when a short poem on the next: page as ht his eye It: was a simple little piece, esorlb- ing a soldier lying in uhe Inow of a battle- field ; but the great: poet: read It with evi- dent interest. ‘ uvu' .uuu m... “Wha wrote you poem I" asked be, In his deep, strong voice. But the lady could only tell him that in had been copied for her out of a book of ex- tracts; and all the rest, when they looked at it, were equally at a. 1035. J nah 'hen the llttlg cripple called out: :“ 11,“..d __ 3 :1 “I kngv; whose itrifi, Mr. Burns, and if you'll wait a minute, I think I can find it foLyou.” _ _~ 7"; ".“A He ran into the next room, and came back preaantly. with a big and rather dusty book, which he opened before the poet, who cut one rapid glance at the page, and an- other M) the 1541’s kindling £306, and than said, gravely: A CLEVER CBIPPLE. Then as the boy blushed and cast down his eyes, Burns clapped him enconrsfingly on the shoulder, and added : "This boy will he heard of yet." And he 20M heard of in after years.” one of the greatest poets and writers of historical romance that ever lived, for the crippled boy whom Burns applauded was no other than Walter Scott. lnddie. " A wealthy business man not: long ago made 5 short. visit in his native town, a thriving little place, and while there was asked to address the Sunday school on the general an bjgm of success in life. i on ,,-LI__ “ But I don t know that I have anything to say, exceRb that industry and honesty win the race. ' he answered. “ Your very example would be inspiring. if you would tell the story of your life,"eaid the superintendent. “Are you not. a self- made man ? ’ “ I don't know about: that.” “Why, I've heard all about your early struggles! You went into Mr. Wheelwrighu’a off: :3 when you were only benâ€"" "So I did! So I did! But my mother got me the place, and while I was there, she dii all my washing and mending. saw that 1 had something to eat, and when I got dia- oonraged, told me to cheer up and remember te ms were for b-sbies.” “While you were there you ntndied by yoprgelfâ€"" .. . ‘7 . L” ,_4_Auc , ______ “ Oh no, bless you. no! Not, by myself? Mother heard my lessons every night, and made me spell long word. while she beat up cakes for breakfast. I remember one night I 300 so discouraged I dished my writing book, ugly with pot-hooks and mmmcle, into the fire, and she burned her hand pull- ingllonbfii . u . .,,,,, ____u. IA. “Well. it; was certainly true, wasn't it, that as soon as you had saved a little money, you invested in fruit, and began to peddle in out: on the evening train I" The rich ring; :yea twinkled and than ew moist) over the fun and pathos of some old recollection. “Yes," he said, slowly "and I should like to tell you ,5 scary _oongecc_ed with that time. FGFEuplevxn‘ayn‘Kgnfaerbhe Sunday school good. The second Pat of spoken I bought for peddling were speoked and wormy. [ hed‘ been cheated by the mm of whom I bought them, and I: could not: nfl'ord the loss. The night: after I discovered hhey were unfit bo- eau, I onpb down cellar and fidbd my baskefi as usual. “ ‘They look very well on the outelde,’ I thought, ‘and perhaps none of the people who buy them will ever come this way again. I’ll sell them, and jneb as soon as they're gone, I’ll! get some sound ones.” Mother was winging about the kitchen. as I came up the cellar etaire. I hoped to get out of the house without discussing the sub- jeot: of unsound fruit, but in the twinkling of an eye she had seen end v‘vae upon me. 7, in L- l__l...L n aiN'ed,' said she, in bar clear voice, 'whgt are you. going to do with those speckedn apples 2" “ ‘Seâ€"aell them,’ abammered I, ashamed in advance. an nuv uuvu- “ ‘ Then you'll be a cheat, and I shall be ashamed to call you my son.’ she said, promptly. ‘ Oh, to think you. could dream -f such a sneaking thing as that l' Then she cried and I cried, andâ€"I’ve never been. tempted to cheat since. No, air, I haven’t anything to say in public about my early struggles, but I wish you'd remind your boys and girls every Sunday that their mothers are probably doing far more for them than they do for themselves. Tell them, too, to pray that those dear women may live long enough to enjoy some of the prosperity they have won 101' their children â€"â€"for mine didn't.” f‘Xe'ye begun to study these things aixly, Built 1115 Rail Fence of Black- snakes. “The Traps" is the name of a locality on the top of the Shawangunk mountains, about midway between New Paitz and Tuthletowa. It: is nearly all rock and covered, as the sen- blers who lived near there say, with "under- brush, huokleberries and snakes." The moun- tain seems to be split at this point, and into the spliu banners sec traps for game. This is why it is called “The Traps. " This forenoon a resident 05 than delectable neighborhood tolnmhe following snake story, which he said he had every reason to believe was true: “Aboua ten years ago a man named. Daniel- Eashroucle, called by his neighbors ‘Mounâ€" mun uuvn, ...... __~ , ”I ' ' O‘ min Du: Huebrouck,’ owned'e farm which took in 5 mm: of the mouubain where ‘The 'lli'aps' are. One forenoon he started out to build a piece of rail isnce. He had cut the mile aboun two woek|_ before: and had then} Hun! nuuuu vau u--..- _-_e near at hand. The night before was a. cold one,endea.rly inthe morning the frostcover- ed everything. 'Dm' worked hard and feet. About 11L o’clock he went home for dinner. . The iorenoon had been cloudy and disagree- able. 'Eha wind blew cold and chilly, end- i‘Dnn' was ntiefied to go home early. About noon the sun Ihone out brightly, the wind died away and it wn warm like. ‘Monn- tain Eon, ‘ alter having finished his noon meal, returned to his work. When he reach the spot he fiennd that his fence had disap- peared.Not one roll was left. The disappear- ance of the fence which had been carefully made by him was beyond: his comprehension. Going to the spot where: he had commenced hiswork, he was startled by a big black snake. _- .K . , 1; LL, ,L,,A sun-nu. “ There. ’ said Danae he told the story. Pill be bashed, by gosh, it I hniu'h laid that there fence up yitb blnok sunken. ’ I, , .1 Lee- t_A_-_ Inwlv .vuâ€"- _ _v* “Sure enough, the snakes had been frozen Itlfi during the night, and ‘Dan, ’ thinking they were rails, had laid them up just as he would wooden tulle. While he had gone to dinner the sun had warmed them up 9. bit, and they crawled away. ‘Dan’laye that he measured the make he killed, and it was elght feet in length. He had an axe with him, and}: vzas as long as (our lengths of , _L-I- I-‘ .: LI..-L nun, nun. nu n... _.. "â€"u W, who handle. I reckon the whole lot a black- iee must: have been from six to ten feet long and aboufi hom three to four in ohea through. ” One of the veterans of the Peninsular War has just died in England. Thomas Palmer was the last survivor of the 14,000 men who fought ln the battle 01 Corunne, and saw frequent service in thnt part of the military stage till 1814, when he received his dis. charge and a pension. The old saying that pensioners are long-llved was exemplified in his case, for he dled at the age of 100, having enjoyed his pension for 75 years. In late years the veteran received greater emolu~ manta through the influence of military friends who exerted themselves to reward one of the last links, if not the very last, binding the important events at that time to the present. Sell-fiade ? The London Season â€"An Interview With Boulangerâ€"The Samoan Conference- General Notes. The London season is now in full swing, and any person in search of amusement who tails to find it must be very ban! to please. Sharing in at the shop windows ought: b0 provide ample entertainmens for a day or two, and then there nre 'he picture galleries, where as many bad oil paintings and water colors are on view, mixed With some good ones, as in any other European capital. These times everybody goes in for art, and there are a few persons who are not secret- ly persuaded that; nhey could beat Leighton and Millais out of the field if onlv they had a fair chance. In an interview the other day General Bmlanger said that if the French govern‘ ment prolonged the sitting of the Ctmmber of Deputies until next year its action would be equivalent to a coup d‘emt against: univers- al sufl'rage, end in would be the duty of every oitlz ‘n to rise in opposition. He declared that he would not be the last man to rise in case such action should be taken by the gov- ‘ ernmenv. The Samoan conference held a plenary sitting Saturday. In their report the Com- mittee on the Government of Samoa agreed upona constitutional council composed of native chiefs elected by the natives, the Council to be dominated by a Ministry in which each treaty power shall have one re- preeentative. A dlfl'erenoe has arisen over Germany’s proposal that the Powers apnnint a Premier who shall be vested with ofice for several years. The committee also disagreed on the formation of a Legislature. The discussion oi the conference had no definite result. The delegates discussed harmoniously the details of the consular regulations and the question of the improvement: of the harbor 0t Apia. i'l‘he committee was instructed to resume con- sideration of the points in dispute. The termination of the conference now seems remote, owing to the mass of details on which the commtttee is ordered to report. In connection wish the greet‘strlke in the Germsncosl mine regions the government advises employers to consider all justifiable oomplelnts and warns the strikers that any riotous demonstration will be vigorously suppressed. The government: has decided not to proclaim the mining districts ina state of siege. Advices from Esst Africa. say thst Cep- hain Wiaemann will make another attack on Bushire on Monday next. He hopes to cause a decisive rout of the rebels. Dr. Peters has chartered the steamer Meere and is preparing to leave Zmzibar. Captain Wisemann has instructions from Berlin to prevent Dr. Peters from venturing into the interior through German territory. It is supposed that Dr. Peters will persist and try to penetrate fron Lama, where he has been reoonnoitring. A Modern Instance Thnt Parallels the lie- rolsm of the Spartans. In the last RussisnTurkish war the most important situation in the Balkan Moun- tain, Shipks, was taken by the Russians, who defended it successfully, not withstand- ing they were greatly outnumbered by the Turks. The names of the Spartan king and his faithful 300 are well known in history. while the few regiments who defended Shipks against the pride of Suliman Pasha’s army are known only to Russians. I think it is great heroism ior a handful of hungry, Iufi’ering people to hold their own and re- pulse the fiercest attacks of about 40,000 regular Turkish troops (nisam). And in this case the words of Frederick the Great, who said : “ It is not enough to kill a. Russian. you must knock bin.) down” were verified. ,,_l _L The Turks made many desperate at- tempts. but could not take the position. They climbed up the mountains again, only to be set back once more. Still, as we Russians say, “strength crushes straw," and if the defence should last long the Rus- sians would have perished from hunger, in- tense cold, or the bayonets of the Turks, if reinforcements did not come. In this criti- cal moment, when the Turks, crazed by opium, made a most desperate attack, the Russians noticed far away a few companies of cossacks and regular cavalry hurrying with utmost speed to their relief. Each horse had two riders, one a cavalry. the other an infantry man. It was the advanc~ ed force of Radetski’s army. In a short time fresh soldiers relieved those worn out, the attack was once more repulsed, and in a short time the whole army of General Rad- etski was at Shipka. A battle followed, and the Turks were driven away like cattle. The tâ€"nâ€"isiiueroism and incrépldlcy of a couple of Russian regiments saved a terrible loss of Russian life and Bulgarian propsrsy. TonoN'ro, Msy lfiâ€"Mr. George Deal, of Chicago, and Mr. E. Miller, of New York have been in the city for the past few days looking at the ground to the west of the city with a View to the entrance of s. new railway line from Bufl'elo. The proposed road would connect with the Niagara. Cen- tral over the cantilever bridge. thus avoid~ ing the delay at Hamilton and {the Bridg". and shortening the time between Toronuo and Bufl‘nlo from 4; to 2} hours. This would make Toronto the terminus of the Vanderbilt system, and should the scheme be carried out, would prove another step towards making Toronto the metroleitan We understand that a Chicago man is writing a revised history of this country, based on im ortant documents recently dug up on the is e front, in which he will prove that Columbus sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. up the river of the same name, through the lakes, making a portage around Niagara Falls, and finally discovered Ameri- ca at the mouth of the Cnicago river. Our historical friend will also show that subse- quently Washington was born where the Union stock yards now stand, that the battle of Bunker Hill was fought in the township of Lake, the declaration of Independence signed somewhere on Blue Island avenue, and the first inaugural held onlthe site of the Palmer house. Chicago might have been a large town before this if it had not ‘been for her modesty.â€"[N. Y. Tribune. city of uhe Dorfiinlon. THE DEFENSE 0F SHIPKA. New Railroad Line Proposed. LATE CABLE NEWS. CEMO'fModestY.