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A new line of steamships will run next season from Montreal to Newcastle and Hamburg for the grain and cattle trade. The fleet will consist: of five boats, three of which are now in London undergoing the necessary alterations, and belonged to the old North German line. The Dominion Steamship Company’s liner Toronto on Monday landed at Montreal an- other party of refugee Russmn Jews. The capacity of the De Hirsch Institute is now overtaxed, and it; is said that an appeal will have to be made to the Government for as- sistance. A London cable states that; 6,000 men have been thrown out of emplo ment in the Cumberland district; owing to epressiou in the iron trade. The Millers’ Association at Leeds, Eng, has advanced the price of flour 13. 6d. Mr. Parnell, who is at present in London is reported to be in the best of spirits and health. The English Government and the Church authorities are much exercised over the un- doubted growth of the feeling in favour of disestablishment. The wrought iron nail men of Worcester- shire and Staffordshire, to the number of 8,000, have struck against the proposed re- duction of 10 per cent. in their wages. The beautiful park presented to the peo~ Ble of Belfast by the well-known distillers, unville, was formally opened on Monday, Earl Dufl‘erin presiding ever the ceremon- xes. Ontario Government Detective Murray has another murder mystery on hand. This time suspicion points to a. woman as the slayer of her husband. On January 3d last Thomas 15. Carruthers of Rainy Lake, near Rat Portage, was found in his cabin with two bullet holes in his head, dead. His Wife was aecused_of being unduly intimate with a mill-owner, named Fotheringham, and the men quarreled about it. Fother- ingham absented himself for a time from Rainy Lake and during his absence the murder was committed. Mrs. Carruthers was arrested in Terento and has been taken to Rat Portage for trial. Mr. William O,Bricn has returned to the West coast of Ireland, where he is hard at work finishiing the novel that he began in priggn. Notwithstanding the deprossiou in the English iron trade and the \Velsh tin-plate trade, 10,000 coal miners have gone on strike in South Wales. Attention having tressed condition of Mr. Vincent Scully, the defeated Par- nellite candidate for a division of County Kilkenny, Ireland, was in Windsor, Ont, the other day on his Way to Alberta, N. W, T., where he intends to locate his son on a large ranche. It has been ascertained that a body found in the canal at Buffalo was that, of Andrew Ryan, a. Canadian, Who worked last winter in the lumber czmpa of Pennsylvania, which he left to go to his home at Peter’s Bridge, on the Grand river, having about $200 in his possession. He fell in with thugs in Bufialo and was robbed, after which he drowned himself. The oflicers who, in consequence of the recent insubordination of the Guards, have been looking more closely into the private life and associations of the privates and non-commissioned officers, report that an acrive Socmlistic propaganda. has been going on in the army for some time. Rev. Mr. Spurgeon’s friends hope that he will yet recover sufl‘iciently to resume active work. ~ The tenants of Lord Lurgan in Ireland have arranged to purchase the estate for £236,000 under the new land purchase act. The alleged intention of the Dominion Government to relax the restrictions upon United States cattle imports is said to be causing much anxiety in Canadian shipping circles in London. The City Council of Vancouver, B. C., will cooperate with the Kingston Memorial Committee in the scheme to 0'” :t a monu~ ment to the late Sir John J'acd :ald. The case of Edward Hundcock, Toronto, charged with the murder of his daughter, was sent for trial to the Criminal Assizes by the Police Magistmte last week. Major \Valsh, who has returned to \Vin- nipeg from his trip to the Souris coal fields, reports that there is plenty of coal in tfe district. A fireâ€"utenac County farmer has beg!) fined$40for skimming or watering mllk supplied to a. cheese factory. The Montreal Star suggests the formation of a. coalition Government by Mr. Edward Blake and Sir John Thompson. Mrs. Richard Tossel, of Kingston, Ont“. recently called her descendents together,and assembled around her nine sons and daugh- ters, twenty-six grand-children, and Six great grand-childern. An velectric railway is to be established between Selkirk and \Vinnipeg. IA farmer near Port Stanley has secured a yzeld of 51 bushels of wheat to the acre. It is proposed to perpetuate the memory of the late Sir John Macdonafld in Brantfori by building an annex to the Stratford hos. pital. Mr. T. A. Moss, an English gentieman, is looking over Manitoba with the inLvntion of building several cheese factories in 1!~‘t province. President Van Home has arrived at Montreal from Europe and denies thaL thch is any foundation for the rumors that the C. P. R. and G. T. R, will unite. Sir Henry Tyler believes tlmtya, s'ecrmd tunnel under the St, Clair river W111 be shortly required. THIS WEEK’S NEWS CANADIAN. _ lam-11‘ has advanced 25 cents a barrel in W mmpeg. The Court of Queen‘s Bench in Winnipeg has decided that squatters on the school lands must give up passession. The fi*st shipment of flour from Brantford for the \Vest Indies, one hundred and fifLy barrels, was made on Friday last. Mr. Alex. Calder, teacher in a Govern- ment university in Tokio, Japan, is visiting his old home in London. Hunt, the Portage la. Prairie 1': charged with shooting his hired man been committed for trial. GREAT BRITAIN. been called to the dis- the town of Working- m'mer has The house at Appomattox, Va.., in which General Lee surrendered to General Grunt At Tacoma, W. T. an m-ronaut named Johnson fell from a balloon to the ground a distance of about 2,000 feet, Saturday, and was instantly killed. He was said to be in- toxicated. During a thunderstorm at Norfolk, Va. , on Saturday, fire started by spontaneous combustion, and eight large Warehouses and factories were destroyeé. One item of the loss was $80,000 worth of peanuts. Thomas Harrington of Pittsburg has dis- covered a. new metalâ€"a. combination of nickel steel and manganese bronze. It is impervious to acids, indestructible by corâ€" rosion and can be wrought into spikes, em, either hot or cold. The Moscow police have received secret orders which will have the effect, of expelling every Jew from the district; within two months. At Coney Island, N. Y,, Annie Harkness, of Terre Haute, Ind., made a. balloon ascen- sion on Saturday of 500 feet, and attempted to descend by means of a parachute, but the parachute failedto open, and the woman was instautfy killed and horribly mangled. Governor Northend, of Georgia, has sign- ed the bill to prohibit the sale of liquor within three miles of any church or school, except in incorporated cities. This means prohibition in Georgia, as either schools or churches exist almost every three miles, and where they do not structures will be erect- ed at once. A Japanese paper tells of a large snake swallowing a woman alive. Owing to the excessive price of rye the German Government has decided to use wheat in making bread for the army. Bad crop prospects are reported in Bur- mah owing to drought. Cotton is a com- plete failure in many districts. The Russian ukese forbidding the export of rye will seriously affect Germany. 0f the foreign rye imported into Germany this year 90 per cent. came from Russia. The Pope has referred to the exhibition of the holy coat at ’l‘reve as laudable and opportune, and promising indulgence to pligrims. Baron Hirsch is negotiating with the Turkish Government, to rent land along the railway in Asia. Minor for a Jewish colony. He offers £400,000 yearly for the land. The Government of Portugal prohibits the imporbation of foreign wheat from Septem- her 1 until the native crop has been conâ€" sumed. A gentleman who had an Irish servant, having stopped at an inn for several days, desired, previous to his departure, to have his bill; which being brought; he found a large quantity of port placed to his servant’s account, and questioned him about having had so many bottles of wine. “ Plase your honour,” cried Pat, “ to read how many they charge me.” The gentleman began, “ One bottle Part, one ditto, one ditto, one ditto.” “Stop,stop, master!” exclaimed Paddy; “ they are cheating you. I know I had some bottles of their port, but, by Jabers, I did not taste a drop of their ditto.” A collision occurred between an express and an excursion train on Monday on the Jura-Simplon railway, near Berne, by which thirteen persons were instantly killed and eighteen seriously injured. David Jacobs and Mrs. Mary Johnson, who were sentenced to be hanged at Ches- terfield, S. 0., on Friday, were respited by the governor after they had taken their places on the death trap and the nooses had been adjusted. The British Bank pended. The Czar has officially decided on the new rifle to be adopted by the Russian army. The new Weapon is to be manufactured in France, and it is estimated that it, will take three years to effect the re-ammment of the army. The foreign Ministers have informed the Chinese Government that a joint naval de- monstration of an effective naoure, in which the British, French, German, and American squadrons will take part, will be ordered in the near future unless speedy reparation is made for the injuries complained of by the Ministers. The wheat crop of France is so much be- low the average that to meet the normal demand of the country it will he requisite to import 82,500,000 bushels. Baron Hirsch has signed a document em- powering Dr. Lowenthal and other gentle- men to purchase lands in the Argentine Re- public to the value of $10,000,000 for the Russian Jews. Advices from many points in the states of Conballa and Durango, Mexico, show that water is scarce, crops poor and there is no money. ton, in Cumberland, England, contributions are now pouring in to alleviate the sufferings of the people. In the Salisbury-O‘Brien case an agree- ment has been signed by which Mr. O’Brien undertakes to pay his debt with costs into court, Lord Salisbury undertaking to facilitate an appeal he the House of Lords. Cardinal Manning, in a. letter just made public, denounces the employment of lotter- ies and raffles at bazaars for works of charity or religion. The Lord’s work, he says, ought; to be done in the Lord’s own way. Christians must not encourage lower mo- Lives. The Dublin Daily Express says Mr. Par- nell is about to issue an address to the Irish race at home and abroad, giving the inside history of Home Rule, describing the mati- tude of the Liberal leaders towards it, and appealing for funds to carry out an inde- pendent policy. UNITED STATES. A burglars’ syndicate or trust is said to have been formed at Milwaukee. The Minnesota. Farmers' Alliance has re- pudiated the “ hold your wheat "circular. May White, aged 15, is gradually awak- ing from a seven weeks sleep at Munith, Mich. Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of the tenth President of the United States, (lied on Sun- day morning at her home in Nashville, Tenn. The Windstorm in Minnesota. on Thurs- day covered a very wide area and destroyed everything in its path in- the shape of uncut grain of Australia. has sus detour must be made, so as not to give these keen-scented animals a chance to get the hunting party’s wind. SIGHTING THE NAVY}. Seyd and I now trotted twenty or thirty paces to the front and commanding a halt we eagerly scanned the horizon. It was full day now and the sun was a. rod ahove the waving field of rotten plants. Taking our glasses, and seated back to back on our horses, we took along sweep of the plain before us. Not a. speck, nor cloud, nor moving creature was to be seen, and with a half muttered curse at. our ill luck I was just about to remove my glasses from mv eyes when three or four dusky objects moved slowly out of the distance into range of my field of vision. Hitrzm, Taluqda'r, (lake (deer, Taluqdar, look), whispered I, excitedly pointing with my hunting crop to the distant slowly mov- ing dots. Wheeling clumsily in his arm- chair saddle, he tool: a long look and gruuted, Ho! char. Yes ; four. There they were, the beauties, a. couple of thousand paces directly to windward and grazing peacefully withouta thought of danger. We dismounted immediately and got to the 06 side of our horses, interposing them between ourselves andxthe garpe. The next; momenta. fierce cheetah leaps with great bounds outl of the cotton plants note. dOZEn paces from him. One terrified cry and off goes the buck like a. rocket, fol- lowed by the panic-stricken herd. Palsied by sudden fear their fleet limbs refuse (40 do theiz best at first, and ere they are fully under way the leading cheetah is close on (‘OI'RSING ANTIELOI’IZS “'l’l‘ll LEOI’ARDS. The drivers started with the cheetah carts in a broken and irregular line, and in among the cages the footmen crowded, while we brought up the rear walking on foot, beside our horses; :1 mode of progression that made the stout 01d Talnqdar grunt, and grumble most audibly. From time to time a brief halt, was made just to make sure of our game, which we were nearing at a. brisk pace. \Valking in this loose soil in heavy riding boots is no little joke, and ere we had gone many hundred yards I was bathed in perspiration. The bandies and shuffling hoofs of the bulloeks raised a gray film of dust around us and parched our panting throats not a little. - ' i The door being open the aperture is plunged below the height of the cotton trees and out glide the Cheetahs invisible almost to us who are by their sides. The buck becomes restless and suspicious but the insatiable curiosity of the animal is now made the means of luring him to his doom. One of the keepers unwinds his red turban and waves its lengthy folds in the air, at the same time uttering a. shrill,:sha.rp pierc- ing whistle. The buck, with ears cocked forward, his large eyes wildly staring, his nostrils expanded, and neck craned to its utmost, trots briskly forward half a, dozen paces; another piercing shriek of whistle and he stands rooted to the ground as if sculptured in burnished marble. An Exciting Day's Sport Among [he Black Anlrelopes orlndia. At the first streak of dawn our cavalcade put itself in line of march. First matched a dozen trainers, carrying stout sticks and shortcurved bull/119‘, or native sword, stuck in their girdles. Next came six Cheetahs in cages, each drawn by a. smart. trotting bul- lock. The mimals stood with lowered heads, grim, hooded, expectant; their long tails now and then lashing their ganm flanks and occasionally they would emit; a. low, whining cry. Some lifiale distance be- hind followed le Sudder Taluqdar mount- ed on a. superb Arab and lolling in a. demi- piqued saddle, padded and stuffed before and behind for all the world like a. huge armchair. " The black buck could plainly be seen with the naked eye, and breathless with exertion and keen expectation our little party ap- proached nearer and nearer, until suddenly the leader of the baud, u. glorious fellow of4 or 5 years, raised his head and saw us. A quick little snort of fear and an angry stamp of hoof brought his consorts huddling round him. \Ve had come as near as it was safe, and in fact were less than one hundred yards from the antelope. Instantly on the buek’s signal of discovery our bantlies were turned at right angles to the direction we had been coming, and moving very slowly we made a pretence of going further away. This move- ment brought the doors of the cages toward the deer. The lordly buck, though watching us in- tently, seemed satisfied that we meant no nearer approach, and moved smartly about in little jerky walks In front of the herd, who were also gazing our way, but confident in the judgment and courage of their leader, did not appear to think of fright. The carts were now halted, and the drivers swiftly removed the cord that held the bullock yoke under the animals neck. As deftly, the peepers had .removeal the hoods from the heads of a. couple of our largest and fleetest Cheetahs. Instantly the suberb brutes stood erect, gazing intently before them for a single sec- ond. Then, sighting their prey, they as in- stantly crouched cat-111w at the bottom of the cage. The keepers had removed the chains and opened the door and the driver had tilted the cart and cage off the bullocks’ necks even before you could speak the or- der. These several operations, though long when detailed in words, are, in fact, done with the quickness of thought. natives traversing the fields that_they allow a. handy with people around it to rumble past at fifty or sixty yards without more than a sharp glance of curiosity. It must be understood that the Cheetahs are always taken up wind, and if a. band of deer are seen away to lee\\'ar(l a painful and fatiguing detour must be made,so as not to give these keen-scented animals a chance to get He wore a. regulation fez round the rim of which was wound a gorgeous turban of scam let and gold silk, a double-breasted bottle- green frock coat with double rows of brass army buttons, loose trousers of tweed, cut a. la peg-top and patent-leather dancing pumps ; from his belt hung a cavalry sabre and an elaborate couteau-de-chasse. I also carried a. long, hornhandled hunting knife and each of us had a. pair of field glasses slung across our shoulders. Our syces, or grooms, jogged at our stirrup leathers and a couple of pcons closed up the rear. After some two miles of travel we left the cart-road and struck diagonally across the cotton fields. All the attendants on foot now huddled as closely as possible to the leeward side of the cages. stopping behind tin l 8.3 le S are 50 OFF LIKE A ROCKET‘ SUPERB BRL‘TES‘ ust-c as of travel We left the diagonally across the :e attendants on foot: :ly as possible to the ages, stopping bghind zgible, kin: ‘ed to the 1 fields that he carts of the hat-they allow .it to rumble Without more the Meanwhile the other cheetah following the does was not successful in pulling down his prey. For it. must be understood that if a cheetah does not come up with the game be. fore the frightened animal can recover its faculties sufficiently to put itself at top speed he stands no :hance of capturing him by continued pursuit. This fact no one knows better than he, and instinct has taught him to give up the chase altogether if he does not succeed in ranging alongside in the first mad burst. It is the suddenness and swiftness of his attack that the cheetah must count on. Immediately they give up the chase the cheetah takes to skulking in the cover and being enraged and half dead with hunger he is not to be carelessly ap- proached, especially by strangers, and I have known even the regular keeper to be mauled in attempting to fasten chains to his disappointed charge. l The game and its pursuer rapidly out distanced my horse, but I could easily see the chectah’s fatal spring and hear the (lee- pairing cry of agony as the buck staggered- ‘ stumbled, and fell, and hardly had. ‘ the fierce brute buried his fangs deep in the ‘ buck’s throat and slung his heavy paw over its quivering shoulder to hold it down, when I was alongside. My reeking steed, i panting, lathered in perspiration, stood with ‘trembling, outstretched limbs and quiver- ing, bloodshot nostrils, while Igazed on the expiring spasms of our gallant quarry. ‘ rm: QUARRY. In a. twinkling all was over. The buck lay still, and nought was heard but the savage growling of the triumphant cheetah, perfectly content, motionless, save for the frequent lashing of his tail, the brute lay low upon his quarry, casting now and again a. glance askance at me and my laboring horse. His reign of triumph was of short duration. His keepers were quickly up with us. The chains are deftly clipped into the rings. A few heavy blows With a thick cane and the cheetah is dragged off the quarry and is once more a captive. The bucks throat is cut at once and th warm blood flows freely. One dexterous blow with a sharp tulwar and the beautiful head with its pair of dazzling home is held aloft with a shout of triumph. After being fed with a part of the slain beast the cheetah is hooded and once more chained in place. The buck is slung on in front and we join the assembly of servants and peons who have staid with the other Cheetahs, who were not let loose. the buck’s heaving flank. His mate is ten paces behind, but straining every nerve after the flying does, which are diverging from the line their lord has taken in the mad flight for life. And whatWere we doing during this thrilling drama? \Vhen the Carts had halted I first took a. pull at the girths of my steed, loosezed the hunting knife in its sheath, and with foot in stirrup and left hand tightly grasping rein and crop I gazed over the saddle for the blissful moment, when the cheetah should show him- self. The Taluqdar stood pufiing by his saddle, and by him his two syces ready to hoist him into his seat. When an animal is at. large like this it is usual to lure him by a bait of flesh carried along for the purpose. I have never known a. cheetah attempt to renew his charge on a keeper who stands his ground and stoutly belabors the animal on the slightest refrac- tory demonstrations. If the morning is not too far advanced another band of deer is sought for, and another pair of Cheetahs are run if game is raised. About an hour before noon the deer stop feeding. as the grass and young shrubs become dry, and then they seek shelter or lie in the cotton where they cannot be approached so easily, and if you put any up as you drive along they seek safety in flight ere you can loose your cheet- ahs after them. At the cheetah’s firstbound I had swung myself into the saddle, and with a wild yell in which all joined, I buried my rowels deep into my horse’s flanks. Willing brute he needed no urging, but with a. gay shake of the head he stretched himself at racing speed in the wake of the flying buck an bounding cheetah. The keepers and cart- men all followed pell-mell, the shikarees showing a marvelous speed as they ran through the yielding shrubs. I soon dis- tanced everybody, and encouraging Chief- tain with voice and spur I kept my eyes on the fast fleeing buck. Rye which has heretofore furnished cheap bread to the poor of Europe, is now dearer than wheat, owing to the Russian order prohibiting its export. In ordinary years Russia. exports to other nationsof Continental Europe about 6,500,000 quarters, and statis- ticians say that other countries cannot make up for the withdrawal of this largequantity, Canada. and the United States not being able to supply more than 1,000,000 quarters. Wheat will have to be substituted, which Will increase the demand and price for that grain. In this Russia. may find large profit, but it is possible that the order of prohibi- tion may be suspended after a. time if the supply of rye appears to be more than suffi- cient for home consumption. again-seek to gain temporary advantage 6f a. small governing force. The admission by Mr. David Bonner that the bicycle record for a mile was already threatening the trotters’ is a. great point for wheelmcn. Mr. Bonner, in the course of an interview, says: “It maybe that in two or three years crack trotters will have to do their best to keep away from the time of Jones, Oswald, Windle, or Murphy on a pneumatic." Mr. Bonner is undoubtedly right. It is becoming demonstrated that a. man is capable of more thorough develop- ment than a. horse, and that there really seems no limit to the extent of man’s ability in the various branches ef athletics. Add to this fact that the machines are also being constantly improved, and the trotting record is obviously not an impossibility for the coming wheelnien. The last act in the Manipur revolt and massacre has been played. The masmcre of the British officials in March has been follow- ed by swift punishment likely to make an impresssion upon native chiefs. The officials were treacherously butchered and British troops were promptly sent to punish the assassins. The people suffered. first, and then the ringleaders in the conspiracy and massacre, though they were members of the reigning family, were ignominiously hanged in the presence of the populace, and two less guilty ofiicials were transported for life and their property forfeited. After this exhibi- tion of British pOWer and determination the Manipurians will think twice before they Virture and laziness may live together, but they are not usually on the best terms. Prof. Baldwin took a newly married coup- le with him from Elitich’s Gardens and de- scended in safety. At Manhattan Beach Prof. King and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hunt had a. narrow escape from death. J an thirty minutes after the three had ascended from the beach the larger of the two balloons at- tached to their car burst, and the air ship descended with frightful rapidity to the earth, a mile and a. half below. The basket; struck the ground with great force, and its occupants were thrown out. A Bridal Couple Have a Thrilling Wedding Journal. For several months past scarcer a Sun- day has passed at Denver, 001., Withoufi there being one or more balloon ascensiofis‘. Hundreds who rushed to the spot, expect- ing to find the three people dead, were sur- prised to discover their fears unfounded. Mr. Hunt; was quickly on his feet. He helped his wife and Prof. King to arise and then the three sheltered themselves under the collapsed balloon while the bail and rain descended about them. That none was killed is a. miriacle. M}. and Mrs. Hunt fortunately escaped Wich only a. iew bruises, but Dr. King was not so lucky. He fell on his right: shoulder, which is badly bruised, and his right arm is helpless. It was nearly 6 o’clock when Sherman Hunt and Miss Mary Johnston of Arvada, who had determined to make their wedding trip in a balloon, appeared in the enclosure near the tossing gas bags. The words that made them man and Wife were pro- nounced and the couple announced them themselves ready for the voyage. The balloons, however, were not ready. The gas generating tanks leaked and the balloons filled very slowly. It was intended to have two small balloons attached to the large one, but Prof. King decided to do with- out the third balloon. He stepped into the basket followed by the bridal couple, and a. moment later the balloon shot upward. No ballast or anchor was taken in order to give the ship greater buoyancy. The people cheered and shouted as the air ship rose higher and higher. Big black clouds cover- ed the sky and the lightning flashed. The bride waved her handkerchief and kissed her hand to the multitude below until her form became indistinct. The smaller balloon acted as a sail, and whirled the big balloon around quite rapidly. Suddenly the large balloon appeared to grow small, and immediately after the air ship began des- cending. A groan of horror went up from the crowd as the descent of the balloon became faster each minute. The thousands who were watching the progress of the balloon shut their eyes in horror. The balloon had reach- ed an altitude of nearly two miles above ground when the explosion occurred, and was rapidly disappearing, while the para.- chute, which was the only hope, worked poorly. Faster and faster and faster came the three people clinging to one of the small- er balloons and the parachute. At last they struck the ground. The following extracts from the letters of Daniel Webster and his brother Ezekiel will indicate how the young men had to struggle with poverty through their college days. The reader will remember that the horfi‘e farm was mortgaged to pay Daniel’s expenses through college, and when it was proposed togive Ezekiel similiar advantages the father and mother had a. council. “ The farm is already mortgaged, said the old gentleman, “ and if we send Ezekiel to college it will take all we have, but the boys think they Can take care of us.” It did not take the strong-hearted, saga.- cious woman long to decide the matter. “‘Ve Can trgst the boys,” shg §ai_d. So the matter was settled. Daniel went back to Hanover, while Ezekiel went,bund]e in hand, to Dr. Wood’s and began the study of Latin, his expenses being but a. dollar a Week. “ Money, Dan, money E As I was walkin down to the office after a. letter I hap ene to have 1 cent,whi2h is the only money have had since the second day after I came on. It is a. fact, Dan, that I was called on for a dollar where I owed it, and borrowed 1t, and have borrowed it four times since to pay those I borrowed of.” Hzâ€"“Oh, Miss Jeanie, I just; worship you. I am over headâ€"and ears tooâ€"in love with you.’-’ Sheâ€"“ Oh, Andrew, I can fancy now how deep your love must be.” An ambitious young preacher occupiml the pulpit of a. country kirk, in the temporary absence ofits minister. The headle, asis usuall,fai1ing to reach his pew in time to hear the text announced, wluspered to an old wife next whom he seated himself, ” Now, Zeke, you will not read half asen- tence-no, not, one syllable â€"before you have thoroughly searched this sheet for scrip, but my word for it, you’ll find no scrip here. We held a sanhedrim this morning on the subject of cash. Could not hit, upon any way to get you any. Just before we went away to hang ourselves through disappoint- ment it came into our heads that next week might do. “ These cold, frosty mornings very sensibâ€" ly inform me that I want a. warm greatcoat. I wish, Daniel, it might be convenient to send me cloth for one, otherwxse I shall be necessitated to purchase one here. I do not care What color it is-â€"a.nythiug that will keep the frost out. Some kind of shaggy cloth, I think, would be cheapest. Deacon Pettingill has written ofl'ering me $14 a month to keep school. I believe I shall take it. ‘ Whaur’s his grun’ ‘2” “1 the old woman, scornéully grun’ ; he’s soomin’ I“ In November, 1882, Daniel was at home in Salisbury, while Ezekiel was struggling with poverty at Hanover. Funds getting low in the Webster homestead, Daniel writes under date of November 4 : “‘ The truth is, the father had an execu- tion against. Hubbard of North Cluster for about/$100. The money was collecting and just ready to drop into the hands of the creditors when Hubbard suddenly died. This, you see, stays the execution till the long process of atlminietering is completed: f‘ Ezekiel writes to Daniel at about the same time, the two letters probably crossing each other : “HI‘have now by me 2 c‘énts in Alawful federal currency. Next week I shall send them, if they b91111.” A ” We are all here just in the old way, always behind and lacking. Boys digging potatoes with frozen fingers and girls wash- ing without wood.” DROPPED ABOUT TWO MILE“. Daniel and Ezekiel. Grun’ E” exclai {. “He has nae