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THE WEEK’S NEWS. The French-Acmlimx convention opened at Clare, N.S., \Vedncsday. The actual settlers ( x'z'iving at \Vimlipeg, Man, during Juiy numbered 1,04}. NIH. J1me \Vhoelcx‘, a pmmhmnt lady of London, cozmniital suicide Tuesday. F'mm‘ rose 13 cents per bag at \Vinnipeg Tuesday owing to the rise in Wheat. David Langille was crushed to death in a s'mpymid at River John, N.S., Tuesday. Horses in various parts of Manilalm and the Northwest are afilicted with glanders. American capitalists are said to be buying up Fort William lots. It is reported that the C. P. R. Company have purchased the controling stock of the \Vabush C. E. Vullf, a. Belgian, employed in C. E. Vullf, a. Belgian, employed in Montreal as a. ncvs szet‘ reporter, has (115- appeared. Fruit is being imported by \Vinnipeg from California, the inxportutions occupying 51); day in transit. A big naval demansimtiun will take place at l’hlimx before the British squadron leaves ‘ sworn in to cope . , x Judge O’Reili) M<mdz1y.Hn\v 1 111 0115:1110 11511111a 1 . 18 Judge M.11:Ma:1011 1121.1 11elive1 e11 j111g111011t in the 0V ictmia Univexsity case, (1135011111151 the 1111111161011 1 '11s: 11311101211 fxom C1)- hourg. with cent BCTU‘L‘H abASlSlfilm. John W . Ma 1y, the Calfm'nian million< mite, has been clcciezl a (lii‘ectov of the (lana- dlali Pacific in \‘1V. Lieut. sums, w .1) distinguished himself in connection with Stanley’ 5 late 9x1: edition, is at his home in HI Jean Arc‘ufl. i the steamship Lu down {he ‘nurquc suspended. T1 1e fiuht between $110 Cauadi am Pacific, t1101’m: 1c 3 1 a: 111 Occidental and Uri ental lines has been (1901111211 011111111 apeace agt'cu 111-3an ru' Wed. Vv'hile last year Manitoba had to import several hundred thousand doll-M3 worth of oats, Ellis year. she will export a. couple of millions worth. Mr. J. J. \Vitiii'my, pi‘esid at of 11:01}:â€" dusti'iai Exhibition Associmtian, is laid up with a fractured knee camp, he i‘esuib of a kick from a Festive horse. Capt. Oslen and crew of the Narwegimz Imrque Guerda, wrecked on Sex-hie isiaml 0 the 27th uit., have arrive-:1 at Halifax. They tell a thrilling story of their rescue. Adospntch fmm (lliigm‘y . .L the Mai-v ions of Southern Ailiez'tu. are exe ' . most; pei'nicim" influence 0n the Biumi Indians by 0:24,: Ming the doctrine 01:" poly- ganiy. centred at Calgary. , .e COXItl‘ilCL for the Monix' 11 Court ‘ i'cymhs J been awad'dmi to 111‘. (Hadstuns, My .,.1233 been reorganized as a town, and a nncil was elected hyac- . . chunmum )‘(JsJJY thy. J. S. Lng was elected maym'. A large party of English capitalists will soon survey the north share of L‘ihmdor and report upon the feasibility of Ben-.ier’s Libra» dor railway scheme. 111 the firs‘ 11155 11.11111 onupetitimx 111 ilttm 'Juesday ‘ltcH1e112111c1'sof"'}01<11 the 11 t prim 1L * \11‘1311' Ll tyociety 1m ‘v'atex 'm 1111; 59134111 1. 1111(1tlze 21311.1 “1‘. 11101111111. band of LL“ T W1) 1111111311111 fo111 dc: 1 4 Chinew montl‘ This 15 c0"c :510111 111111; ; I111. 131111 1 E1151. ., wI1 <1 11115 in" 111 the weeks 111:: pm- H113 111i11cr11‘. c of 111:1ki11'r i111. ..1c1us, 9x1 the 1191111915 0. the convinced :11:1:111111111g 0pc 51210 11111 511011 bu 1::111 .011 r) A gm. :1 stem L \‘x 11m: pu" 0: 1 0;th t0 ‘= tend hm 01min Trude of Port ' Bmmlon, Mama Jm Prince Henry until May In: ‘ '1 inmth‘, H a Nnrzinvcst ram mttlu :1 xx Englmmi, and thvir utility as s,‘ to be mate-1. Mr. Thom as, a "H'L'lstoni‘m, elected to rcpwsent (3: 'nnmhcx out uppnsition. A portinn of U113 m‘my service n \ 11,, J 011-1) Bums, Um labor imtor, to \Vulcs in as» l . in can" strik- . N0 Wm s can cxu > of complete pamly s of tunic ME all sorts A Wales. Huge c«'>lliel' smiling usual; 33.; steamers and grout ocean linen; :n‘e lying : the dock in absolute iilleness far there not; a. ton of coal in sight in put into t‘ron Meanwhile from the, adjoining; district which are accnsmmml to In: scrveel by 11 110W idle railwaysmmne (x ‘nplaénts of s 101‘ news in the supply of provi .ans, ' ' ‘ and dwindling tulle, as w " sonal inconvenience of the inn markets are deserted. and t' filled with police, while the v in readiness for any Qinex'ge“ different points of the line. 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M1.U‘11a.11es A.D11121, in an in ter'iew London, said he felt quite celtain - that t lMcKinIe} ' 11111 W111 pass 011 t1 1e lines formu- lated by So :rctmv 131111113. AMERICAN. The flint; glass works at Pittsburg have been reopened. John Boyle O‘Rciuy, editor of the Boston Pflof, the we I-klmwn poet and Irish Nation- alist, died on Sunday night from a self ad- minisstercd dose of poison. The stm'y telegraphed to W nington from New York that 24 sailors escaped from British ships have been captured on American soilisxmt credited at the State Depur went. If such has occurred it will be x‘egm'zLd as a serious 1) ‘1: 0f Internation- al law. The Erie Raulway Com'mnv has g'ch an entrance into Chicago. Nicholas Luni‘. g, whose wealth is esti-- mated at $20,000,000, died at San Fraucxso Tuesday. me harvest in Hungary is ruined by the fiomlz‘. Prof. Favre, the eminent Swiss geologist, ls (lea-d. A death from cholera occurred in Madrid on Monday. Prince Napoleon is said to have landed in unis carrying an Italian passport. The pope will build a new palace in the Vatican gardens for a summer madame. A 1 .1113 001' 16511011119111. says :â€"T11ere is 3. 101101. of AIIISI'L'L 1111 11111110111 in .111 11111011: that occurred at L110 Prison of Saiute 1’elug1e 11610. 1119. editor of 11 newspaper 01111011 Jamille was 501113110011 to eight (121315 1111- prisoument for some attacks made in his journal on‘Goltmel Vincent duringtheunti- 3011111115131; campaign, and, by order of Lhe ) 'strate, 110 \vc11 .L to .3 11116 Pe‘ ugi to saiieu ,ier111111sc.f 111111 511.10111131111111311111est. 101113 (treat 1151:11113111119115 1119 «101011101: of L119 prison re fused to let 111111 111. “1 011 111115., go somewhere 015:, I Can’t have you 1101./,” said the nffiuiai. “But I want to get ," persisted the edl:;t)r, who perhaps 110- sii'ed 1,0 escape L110 turmoil of to-morrow’s “IL 311 you I can't have yuu, ’ zap ied Govczuor, ‘111111 I won’t 113* .1 ,11 (1‘0 ‘11) 31 e 11111 ‘ trate who sent you . ' The wants,” 10.11'1121115t trudged over the L1) Lhe 181111113110 Justice, 111111 the 111113115. ethen 10111 111111, wit -. an apoi ogy of a 111-314 .N‘ :1111Le Pelayie was full up, and 1711.1L he would have ['1 110 1113 eight days in a) 3’1'1s.. 1111111 b.111te111s 1-1. The editor, :111'.)\'91',11001111011 to g.) L11ercfi-voluntarily, ' 1Lâ€"â€"11ec‘.211-111gt11:11. Sainte Pelagic was . . 111L 1 021 111915 against L118 press 11:111 3.1111135 retire-.1 into temporary .311, {1111 t 1.1: 1111195.; they found room 0 1.1 1111.1 110‘; go anywhere. . - 'csts far L110 1)1' aeut {)1'.tm1)11,- cm truer for North London, 1 1111 1111111051 011 L113 body of Maria Laugc, 11 ' 11L 1131155, 11110 00111111111611 wide by prnsoniiz'fJ 1 110.1'511.f. {)11 “32111195 1 111011111151 11111131141011111111099113011 living 51 11. 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Chief Justice Carson has nfiirmed L' 3 con- st‘it‘uLioualicy of the prohibition law in South Dakota. some ofthe131191-'s‘1.v011‘111g {1111111101 in her 1' 011 “'11" sh: \\ 01:1 to the house, tak- with 1101' a “1111130111311, W110, 011 forcing ut1t)01',f(1111111 (1110011501 1.13111 011 the bed .te 1102111, 51101101115; dressed 102111y 101111- 11t,11;1\'111;ru1111er :1 311101141 :1. 1111-11 of .r', :)v.;s. £11111 .1 new 11111'0.’ \\ 111tr‘ stuck. 011the ."<1 111‘111'1111011 111.116 sev che11 .0 was f1)1111.1 1-9 11011011 cyz11 11110 of . _111, 111111 111111111105 showed that (10- ;11 11.11 110111 1110 1 5011 £10111 the t1 1110 ' ' 1 , 1 (1111‘ 111tt0:1$1110111e. 11ml wife is victim 1111 the priest; broke into 1 1113, 111111 wants 11 to accompany the e hospitnh 1111t,1n presence of the c1 1-01.1'11 1111(1'10 fear of the 1' 11 .. 1111's the young;r 11011121115 husband, ho 1111.. 11141-11911 to go away. He was 11111105: 111:1’311':1tely stes1. ‘He affirmed that '11.: 11111111111g-sthk gun 112111 gone 011' accident- 1111; at the 111011191111 he raised it to tap ”14111110 Colinct 1311 the shoulder to remind 1' that she owe-1 113111 11 certain 511111 of nanny The priest is :1 man of abant 40 11 of 1110,11'110 11:15 been without any em- 111 11111111v 101' s01 (31“:11 ye 111'3. He had aheady 11. 11113 11111118L1fnnto1io11s fm'his eccen'ricitics. 111111111113 Colinet, W110 ms 27 ycrrs 0111 111111 110011 1111111911 only fo'ur 11101113115 ’lhe 31.11- 1111.1 11111 1,1 has 111-01 ed that 111. 8110115 to her ‘ we A111): (10111111211 was leached: 11t the ., 1. 11f his \ ictim, 11.1111 that since the wed- 1 “1111:1319 Coiinet has never consented to cyan 1101‘ door to 1111‘ In )‘xll‘ .2', mm of t}: 0 most fre~ Lad/c. as 1: Saturday eof -1 [IIIHHCL \ ‘ ted (81‘ s ensmt , . ms its 011th; . T! m man, who been fol‘:(»\vi:1g‘.uulmxlUolinet, the 3 of El Carpenter, about the town during '9 than half an hour, suddenly pointed wnulxu tick gun at the unfortunate m and .shut her dead on the spot. On Begging far Admission to a Gnu}. “Hunt-n Rho! hy The Prince is indeed a. very hard-working man, for his life consists of a constant rush from pla 'e to place, and from duty to duty ; but nothing is neglected and nothing forgot- ten. In the matter of tours, blending pub- lic, social, and private functions, the. Prince has done, and continues to do, an amount of work that has never been equalled, much less excelled. During his lndian visit he was always engaged in some interesting public business, and varying his ceremon- ial and Royal duties with recreations of an active and exhilarating nature. It has been the he with his European tours. No living man has received more public addresses, or conversed with more of the public men of all countries, or had better opportunities of ac- quiring the most cosmopolitan information. The range, rapidity, and variety of these qu ‘i-public tours once furnished I’Imch ' the materials for a. humorous tale of nagic and mystery. An ambitious mortal was depicted as intent upon following an il- lustrious person in his travels by means of a magic opera hat, which conveyed him from place to place. He kept up the chase for some days, flying from capital to capital, 1 from country to country, from Court to private castle from public ceremony to pri- vate entertainment; until, physically and. mentally exhausted. he was glad to be rid ‘ of his opera hat, and to resume his quiet life as an ordinary being. The story conveyed some little useful teaching. The Prince Of‘ \Vales‘s coliected addresses run from 1863 to 18:53 and are Iii in number. The more num- erouseddresses touchsuchdiversifiedsubjects as commerce, agriculture, education. public works, medical charities, and general phil- anthripy. They are short, kindly, and ap- pi‘eciuti 'e, obviously hearing about them the stamp of the Prince of \Yales’s individ- uality Not only has His Royal Highness a remarkable memaz‘y for duties, 610., lmt also for faces and 111mm. Once seen, they are never forgotten. It is a common remark by those who know the life of the Prince, that if he had been :1 private gentleman instead of Prime of \VaJes, he wou‘id have mm :3 the most distinguismd statesman the world has seen, for he seems to 13735053 the happy knack of heixr: able to grasp =1- xmmher of subjects {Lt one time, and always saying and doing the ' right timeaml in the right THE PRL‘JCE AF”) I'RINC 55 0F “'ALES AT “(HIE The world at. large little thinks how hard the Prince works. \Ve have known him to run up to town early in the morning to {Lt- teud some Show or other he has promised to patronize, then some public dinner later in the day, and after that, a theatre or dance. Or perhaps he has ‘neen at a funeral or wed- ding in the early part of the day, a. levee in the afternoon, and a ball at night. These are '9 outlines of what His Royal High- ness has to get through. Journeys to and fro, changes of dress, and other duties must, of course, be reckoned for. rl‘he Prince of \‘v'ales is undeniably the best dressed man in Europe, if not 111 the world. His w ardrobn is larger and more \" ied than that of any other man of fashion. is 011 reeonl that, upon a recent taking of an inventory at Marlhor ou<rh House, it was found that the H011 --1ppa1ent to the Throne possessed as 11111.11y as 300 pairs of trousers. How many waisteoms, morning coats, after- noon coats, jackets, huntirgsuils, dressoeats, ovci -coats, and ulstcrs it was never leur,11ed but the stock W as sui iciently huge enough to set up 1. first- -class clothintr establishment. T he p1inee does not confine his trade to any one tailor. Usually the prince dresses in very good taste; he has numerous valets, and one of these attends solely to his warn- 1ohe. The Prince clothes himself 111 such garments as that worthy may select for him. He is very fond of black clothing, and the P1ix1ce Albert coat, named 111 his honor, or 111o1e properly speaking, the frock coat, is one of his favourites. He 15 also very fond of \a1nished boots and white over gait-ers, and he delights in a silk hat. He has such an extensive wardrobe that it is seldom he Wears the same suit twice 111 the same month. \Vhen the Heir to the Throne goes to the Scottish moors for a shooting trip or for fishing, he arrays himself 111 High- land costume. If he is to attend a military gathering, he always wears his regimental uniform. If he gsoe to Oxford or Camlnidge for 'n visit he apparels himself like one of the students, w eaiing the ordinary cap and gown. His sons follon his example 111 the mat ter of dressing well They are both partial to the fre ek coat, varnished boots, and silk hat that so delight the father. Many) mph: who are disposed to exag- 1101': 11s emf-1') little incuienxt and to cavil at u my 111111115v 11t1011,:11'e 1‘. .W11ys 0.1 thelook- out 101'1112'111011ts 10'111111110' the \\ ay the 1’1'111 avends h 3 Continental 65111111213 3. “ e wouul bev to 1e111i11d1snch tint: .10111r11 it is “e. ‘1 know imwfo 1111 His Tic) 1111 H1gi1ncss is of 1101-503 and all appmtaining to them, yet. he his 11 101' see11t11“Gra11dP1'ix de Paris” "1,111, simpi) because iti s on the English Sal)- mm, 311 bath. ' 1he Princess of ”Wales really works very haul: the entire nation know how much she has «lone for years for English society, and how she has preserved it from the t1'1oiouvh s agnmtion that would otherwise have m ertaken it, with a Queen who seldom (f1 0111 awe and othei causes) appears in the midst of her 10) '11 subjects. Her Royal Highness has ‘111141 :1, \ ery trying position to fillE- , no one could 11: we filled it so \1ell,f01‘ she is a queen in all but name. \\ hat she ets th1oulrh is something “ ontle1ful. \Ve have known her out in the 11101 11mg, at the dairy, the industrial schools, etc. ., then home to luncheon. After that, one 01 t vo inter- VlCY'S, - then a. walk iound to View (lecora‘ tions, eta, fora. 111111 to take place in the evey1i1w.Afte1 that, off to see the school children l1>1\ e tea. prov idcd for them, - hack rgain tn 1l1e,s for dinner . Then at ten p.111. 11:9 1191' entrance into the ball room, g0 thmngh 1111Lhe fatigue of1eceivingm1dpntt- 11'“ at then' (3:130 some hundreds 00f pe eople who have been 1111ite<1,a11d remain with them until :1fte1'L L11'0 in the morning. Hm’o breakfasL served as usual about nine, and then st111'Ln‘1ffo1' a drive of several 111i1( s, in 3101111113 and 11 heavy S1101 'sLan, to grew .1'1‘1111 her presence the pa 011111111111 bof :1 tes‘imonial to a we11k1m 1'11 huntsnmn. The position the Princess 1.101113 is 110 si11ecu1'e,1)11t she 1191131111 1‘ 'e 311 the hea1tsof the peon1c that a e 31111911111010 than 11 (111:11 Let ()1 e 091111111 V 11 <1 111111 5110 became the bride of A1herL 111111111111 11.1111 wenmy confidenfly prophecy 1111111 she \1'111 continue to (10 So. 91mm 171101111”11/\'. “That baby Willnevcr be a 1131. He .1 ans ent 911): £50. " “ ‘1'}:y,t he little idiot“ ent and - day after the census m 111 w 1.: he According to t'ie present indications Can- ada will have more wheat to export this year than during any year in the history of the country. The two provinces specially in- terested in wheat growing, Ontario and Manitoba, have excellent crops. In Ontario a large part of the crop is harvested and some threshing has been done. In Manitoba all that is necessary to mature the largest crop the province has yet grown is aweeh or two of fine weather. Ontario Will have an enormous crop of fall wheat. The low price of barley last year and the uncertainty of United States legislation regarding barley duties had the effect of turning more atten- tion to wheat. The acreage has been largeâ€" ly increased, and as it was 826,537 last year it is probably not far from 1,000,000 this year. In 1887 it was nearly 900,000. Add- ed to the increased acreage is the certainty of one of the best crops in many years. The average yield during the years from 1882 to 1888 was 18,768,000 but this year it is very probable that it will not be short of 25,000,- 000. Placing the spring wheat crop at 9,- 248,000, the average for the years between 1882â€"8, the total Ontario wheat etc will be over 34,000,000 bushels. Manito )3 gives every promise of being a big wheat producer this year. According to Government re-_ turns it has 746,058 acres and r ymoul- ture and the‘whaiercro ‘ kn fexoeb‘ lent. The assistant president of t 1e Can~ adian Pacific Railway estimates the crop at 18,000,000 bushels and the Manitoba Gov- ernment computes it at 20,000,000 bushels. li straws show which way the wind blows, Canada will send her ships abroad well laden with this year‘s grain. rl'he total Canadian crop will probably be considerably in excess of 50,000,000 bushels. The hay has been so heavy that some country papers are asserting that it has been carelessly sav- ed, owing to the low prices. 1f true, it was a. pin . ions poor policy. It may be high ne: t year. A letter of application, said to have been written by a young woman in Montreal in answer to an advertisemmib by an English lady forascrvant, has been going the rounds of the press, and as it is quite a. curiosity in its way, and eclipses all others of itskuul, we would help to save it from oblivion. The letter runs as follows : Dear Maidannâ€"vl thinl: your place will suit me very well, as I knew the ad 'nnmges of travelling in widening the mind and strengthening the character generally. If i came tn you I should require the use of the piano three evenings 3, week to keep up my music, and on the other three evenings l should wish to go out with u gentleman friend. 011 Sundnv' afternoon and evening, when my friends usually come to see me, I should want the use of the diningmoom to reeeivc them in. I Should not mind taking the children out sometimes when you are especially lmsy, as I like to obli e,1>ut I could not undertake it regular. 1 oping; to hear from you, as I fun sure we shall suit each other, if the wages are good, I renmin, etc. Those who are trying to make themselves believe that Christianity is losing its hold upon the people, will derive little comfort from a consideration of the foregoing figures, whose significance will hardly be set aside by the oftâ€"quoted objection, “That an ill- crease of numbers does not necessarily imply an increase of aggressive energy, or of the Christly spirit.” 0n the other hand, those who have the welfare of the church at heart will find much to encourage and inspire in the record of the past year. “ There are in the Unitizd States 151,201 churches of all denominations, 103,300 min- isters aml nearly 22,000,000 members. Dur- ing the year there has been an increase of 8,500 churches, nearly 4,900 ministers and nearly 1,090,000 members. The most num- erous denomination is the Roman Catholic, with its 7 ,500 churches, 8,300 priests, etc., and 8,277,000 population, of whom 4,676,000 are estimated to be eommunicants. Then come the Metho'iists, with, in round num- bers. 4,980,000 eommunieants; Baptists, 4,292,000; Presbyterizms, 1,929,000; Luth- erans, 1,086,000; Congregationalism, 491,- 000, and Episcopalians, 490,000. The in- crease in the Catholic population during the year was 421,700. The estimated gain in Catholic communicants was over 238,000. The growth of Protestant membership was 068.000. The Methodists gained more than 256,000, the Baptists more then 213,000, the Lutherans 98,000, the Presbyterians nearly 40,000, the Congregationalism more than 16,000 and the Episcopalians about 9,500. The aceessmn of new members was even larger than these figures, since in every de- nomination there were deaths of members whose places were filled by new acquisi- tions. The number of deaths in the Meth- odist Episcopal body, for example, was re- ported at 28,300.” The genuineness of this epistlc may be doubted by those who have never grappled practically with the servant girl (lifliculty ; but to them who have had experience it will cniitain nothingincredible, though, pcr- hups, it is in little stranger than anything they have had to do with. \Vho is to blame for this state of things, and how it is to be remedied, are questions which may well occupy the thoughts of those who would cure the evils of society. There is every evidence that the lumber- men of the Ottawa Valley are just entering upon what promises to be a term of depres- sion. A prominent, lumberman said the other (la-y: “The M cKinley bill has thorough- ly demoralizell the lumber trade, as Ameri- can dealers will buy but small quantities, just enough to fill standing mulers, fearing that they may have 2L large smcli on hand and the duty as proposed ‘ne lowered. The lumbermon are not to be the only sufferers. The New N. ork Independent is to be thank- e& for giving in convenient form a. state- ment of the present strength, as well as the progress during the past year, of the princi- pal churches in the United States. Accord- ing to the Inclcpendant’s figures, Somc of the firms who went heavily into square pine timber as \Vinter cannot get an (“for for their make and are going to be bad- ly bitten. The outlook for Ummdizm himizer and timber is a serious one, and uni something now unlocked for turns up to imblc us ts; dispose of our 531091; at even a mic mnveriug die cost {1E l)l"‘1il‘.t'bi')i! it will be with an effort firm a mum-er of our 'li‘mbei' and timber men will be ubie in tide over the depressiC-‘i until markets in}- prove. ” Churches of "lo, linilcd Slates. he fit-rvaut Girl Question, Cnumlu’s “'hoat Surplus. Th9 Lumbrr Trude. Nothing in the way of engine power can be less complex than those of the new lifeboat. 'VVhen once started they do not require to be stopped or reversed. They have simply vt9_go_straight ahead with thaws is just to drive water throng 1 he tiimat the rate of about a ton a second. The maniâ€" pulation of a valve by two handles directs the course of this great current, and determines whether the boat shall stop dead or go ahead or astem, and that without any communica- tion with the engine room whatever. There are no paddles to get carried away, no screw to foul, nothing to get smashed up ifshe runs aground ~ only a tremendous outrnsh of water at various points about the hold Hand if the rudder should be carried away, as has already been shown she can be steered with the greatest nicety by her turbine alone. The well of the boat is situated abaft the machinery, and will accommodate thirty passengers. It is a wonderful little vessel. The chief feature is the application of the turbine. Of course a paddle steamer would be of no use for lifeboat work, and to the screw there are many and serious objections. The turbine seems to meet them all, and the suc- cess of the boat the other day was very re- markable. Her mean speed on the measured mile has given about eight and a half knots an hourâ€"just a trifle under. ' Going at full speed she was pulled up in little more than half her length. In forty seconds she made a complete circle, and in less than a minute Without the aid of her rudder and by a very simple manipulation of her turbine alone. gested a boat to be driven by a. turbine wheel instead of a screw, and eventually the idea was adogted and the other afternoon a. party of gent emen made a trial trip. The Duke of V01 thumberland 1s 50 feet long 9;, 14 feet 35,5 inches in exheme breadth, when fully loaded has a. draught of 3 feet 3 inches, and the horizontal compound surface-condensing engines are of 170 indicated horse power. She is built of the very best steel, and though so small a. heat she is put together with no less than 72,000 rivets, exclusive of anythin connected with the machinery. She is 0 immense strength, though extreme- ly light. It is calculated that she might list over to 110 degrees without capsizing, prac- tically she cannot be upset, and might be re- lied upon to live in the wildest sea. that ever beats about our coasts. The rapidity with which in these days we outgrow former scientific notions and opin- ions is strikingly illustrated by Prof. Drummond in his new work, “Greatest Thing in the \Vorld.” “But yesterday," he says, “in the University of Edinburgh, the greatest figure in the faculty was Sir James Simpson, the discoverer of chloro- form. The other [My his successor and nephew, Professor Simpson, was asked by the librarian of the university to go to the public library and pick out the books on his subject that were no longer needed. Ant] 1.. Ir" . Bogoslov has been an active volcano since 1796, when the island upon which it is situ- ated is said to have risen from the sea. Al- though always marked on charts as extinct. several times in the past year smoke and steam have been issuing from the crater, and from his original height of 1,369 feet the volcano has been eaten down to 884 feet above the sea level. Prof. Elliot of the Smithsonian Institution has vimted the is- land upon which the volcano is situated, and has made important scientific investiga- tions. The flzn‘e of fire thousands of feet in height can be seen at night issuing from the mountain. Mount Shishaldin, which is 5,952 feet high, on Analga Island, is emitting steam and smoke, and, it is thought, will soon be in a. state of erupt-ion. This mountain can be seen at sea for nearly 100 miles, and will be of great good to navigation if it should become active, as the pillar of fire can be seen for a. great distance and will serve as a. guide through the dangerous Oumnak Pass. his ”reply to the librarian vaus this : ‘ Take every text-hook that is more than ten years old, and put it down in the ccllnr‘.’ Sir James Simpson was a great authority only a few years ago; men came from all parts of the earth to consult him ; and almost the \\ hole teaching of that time is consigned by the science of to-Llay to oblivion.” Such instances emphasize the statement frequent- ly made, that notwithstanding our many and marvellous scientific discoveries We have only skirted ‘ilnng the frontiers of know« ledge, the great field of Nature being still an undiscovered land. At length the problem of applying mechan- ical motive power to a lifeboat appears to have been solved. At the be inning of 1888, Messrs. R. and H. Qteen, of filackwell, .sug- News brought down Port Townsend by officers and passengers on the steamer Amgo confirms the reports as to Mount Bogoslov being in a state of activity. About; two months ago there was a violent earthquake on all the islands in the Aleutian group, and soon after Bogoslov, which is 011 Omnnak island, began emitting steam and smoke and fire and lava . A Berlin paper desc‘ilms an exciting ficene which occurred the other day at the Lehi‘tei‘ Bailmhol. A builder. accompanied by his little son, a child of three, went; to pay a. visit on board a lmzm‘v limb was lying at anchor ill the Space. The child, Who was left alone on the «l V morlmlanced itself, and fell ()\’(‘,_i‘ :Ci, The stream, which is way ”Ll’l‘l at 1! ' I t zu'ried it away so mvifily that - :~ix:~L-tm_/I's 011 the banks ‘5va it up fu- Em .i wt. at that moment a 1110(llc:1l>".‘\ul“1‘.‘x, } :~ , Ln be walking a little lOWOV' 1‘ x “m: "N \ r' with his (log, a huge Ht, 1‘ 'l'hu young man’s at- tention \vui ::_.t."a.(:tcd by the child‘s ("filinfli * . \i'rli‘lil 1:0 pointed out, ll“ ' i The (log, :mxinw Hwy i115» imam", C(mmand, 'l int->134: w m";- IN: the young man ‘ :‘e, bill. finding iii/c hold of the . acious animal : it taken off. lam-‘ml lower Hy. \YiJUll was a. :1. and brought oi the person; I _ in l’ ӎ la F; clnlh 3:11.. rcturnul t“, " this (i' (lawn lhv: pcwurful sit out zilivu :Llil‘nl liii’, 4, "me it up fol medic: 11 >1 ml little ‘mwov '1 huge Hi. 1 tentim: Wm; H ”Elihl‘s "19.4,“;(1 ' Ah ‘ 1v"! dm‘“: 1hr paww ful s“ it out alivu mm“! 1 w, who witnessed the scene. ACE!VE “manor.“ IN NORTH AMERICA, 0:15! of Them “111 Make a Fine Light- house When it Brightens E71) :1 Little. A Steam Turbine Lll‘c- ‘ont. The March of Ellllt'alioll.