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£ CANADIAN. Mr. Dalton Mdlarthy has returned to) Ottawa from his transatlantic trip. The monastery at St. J osaph, Main, has been burned. The loss is placed at $2,000. It is understood that Senator Lacoste has received the appointment of Chief Justice of Quebec. Reports from the fishing stations of Lake Winnipeg state that the catch this season is greatly in excess of previous years. The C.P.R. steamship, Empress of Japan: has cut the record from Yokohama to V 1(‘< toria. to 9 days, 19 hours and 39 minutes. John Callahan, who stole over $12,000 from the Hamilton StreetRailway Company, has been sentenced to two years in pcniten» tiary. Lawrence Roehm, president of the (lor- mania Club in Hamilton, has skipped. The Saengei'fest Committee expected $500 from him for the sale of badges, of which he had control. The Agricultural Department is invcsti gating charges of improper care of cattle on the steamer Loch Lomond, which arived at Dundee last week from Montreal, having had many cattle (lie on board. John T. McCowall, the inventor of a mechanical wonderon the plan of the “ Little World,” shot himself fatally on Monday at Hamilton, whether by accident or design is not yet huown. A Quebec despatch says the wife of the Hon. Edward Blake met with a serious incident at Point au Pie lately. “’hile driving up a steep hill the traces broke, and the carriage dashed down the ascent at great speed, throwing the lady to the ground with great violence. Concussion of the brain is feared. Mr. A. H. \Vhitney, of Toronto, died in Detroit the other day of consumption. He was on his way to the south, accompanied by his Wife. By a remarkable coincidence another A. H. Whitney, from Quincy, 111., died at almost the same time in the same hotel from heart disease, both having reach- ed Detroit the same day. The corner stone of a new Methodist' church was laid at Tweed, Ont., on Mon- day by Mr. William Johnson, of Ballykil- beg, Ireland. A largenumber ofprominent Orangemen were present, including Hon. M. Bowell. Mr. Mackenzie Bowel], Minister of Cus- toms, was seized with a fainting fit the other morningwhile at breakfast. He remained unconscious for half an .hour. The doctor who attendedlhim says the attack is the re- sult of indigestion and overwork. Mrs. Carmthers, who is accused of the murder of her husband at Rainy River, has been committed for trial by Magistrate Lyons, Rat Portage. Her case will come up at the next assizes, which will take place atrPort Arthur in July next. It is said that efforts are being made to have aspecial assize held at Rat Portage in November in order to expedite the trial. S. J. Goldstein, a Montreal commerciar traveller, fell fifteen feet down an elevatol shaft the other day and died in a few hours from the injuries which he received. The Department of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa has awarded to the l'olson Co., of Owen Sound, the contract for steel cruiser, of a speed of fifteen knots an hour, to be employed on general Government work in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The contract price is $37,800. GREAT BRITAIN. Itis said that Secretary Balfour will marry Lady Dudley, receive an earldom and be made Viceroy of India. The crops in England and Ireland are all under water and will be entirely spoiled if not soon saved by sunshine. The Marquis of Lorne says the German colonies comprise the hottest and most worthless territories in the World. Mr. Gladstone has written nouncing gambling as a formidable and growing national evil. Astawment is made that the Bank of England has been robbed of over a millon dollars, but the cashier denies that there is any truth in it. The freedom of Newcastle will be con- ferred on Mr. Gladstone next October, when the Grand Old Man delivers an address at that place. It is feared the patato crop in County Cork, Ireland, will prove a failure. The Freeman’s Journal, of Dublin, hereafter oppose Parnell. Smuggling is on the increase in Ireland. It. is sai for years the fishing population on the west coast have smoked nothing but smuggled tobacco and drank nothing but the real Schiedam. A serious riot occurred on Sunday in Eastbourne, Eng., when a mob attacked the local Salvation Army, broke their in- struments and wrecked their barracks. A number of persons were seriously injured. An immense amnesty meeting was held in Phoenix park, Dublin, on Sunday, when resolutions were passed calling upon the Government topardon the Irish prisoners under sentence for alleged dynamiting and other crimes of a partly political character. It is said the Liberal Executive in Britain have such a crop of labor candidates on their hands that they hardly know how to dispose of them. Mr. W. H. Smith’s health continues to improve, but it is not likely he will ever appear in the House of Commons again, and the question of his successor to the leader- ship is a difiicult one. Mr. Balfour appears bestfit for the post, were he not indispen- sable in the Irish Office. It is possible he may combine the two positions. Violent gales and rainstorms continue to sweep over Great Britain and lreland. The crops in many places are submerged. Mrs. Alice Shaw, the famous whistler, has demonstrated the fact that whistling even is hereditary. She has four daughters, each one of whom inherits her peculiar talent. a will l'.\'1T1-‘.l.l sr vrI-zs. A plan is on foot by which it is expected to bring 100,000 militiamen to Chicago dur- ing the World‘s Fair. One thousand cabinet-makers went on strike in Chicago the other day for eight hours as a day’s work. Rev. Dr. John Wesley Olmstcad, for 40 years editor of the Watchman, the Baptist denominational paper, died at Manchester- Bytthe-Sea, Mass, on Monday. I'HE WEEKS ‘NEWsl aletter de- ‘ A Susquehanna, Pa, despamch says fawn! ersw'm Jackson andx‘ouher soégions ofjtlio county report the presence of thobnfi‘alo. fly, which annoys cows and horsesby boring intotheir heads through the ears, making ulcerous sores. Cows are becoming dry in consequence. The whole eastern portion of chssleaer County,N. Y., was deluged by a cloud burst on Thursday evening, which carried away mills and bridges, interrupted railway com- munication, and drowned three persons. Gen. Dyrcgorth is highly pleased with the success of his experiments and has per- fect faith that the power of making rain has been secured. Fire burned over a stretch of country 50 miles long and 20 Wide in Faulk County, 3.1)., Saturday night. The farmers are ruined. Largo quantities of dynamite were ex ploded on a high mountain peak at Socorro N. M.. and the heaviest rain of the year fell, breaking the drought. - Charles Ross, 3. New York butcher, “KL“: death. The Interior Ilepartumnt at \Vashington has ordered apermanentgovernment post to be established on the Rainy river. near Fort Frances, 150 miles north-west of Duluth for the purpose of watching timber stealers from Canada, Major \V. T. Tillman, cashier of the City Falls City Bank, Louisville, Ky., who is a dcfaultcr to the extent of $37,000, has fled and is supposed to be on his way to Canada. The United Stated census showsa decrease of “2,000 in the population of Alaska, which, taking the increase through immigration into account, meansa decrease of fully 8,000 of the native population. Hogan, the Ann, Arbor, Mich., aeronaut, made an ascension at Detroit on Saturday, and was giving a trapeze exhibition at an altitude of 1,000 feet when he lost his hold and fell to the ground, He was mashed to a pulp in sight of 30,000 spectators. GENERAL. At the Catholic Conference held at Dant- sic the other day it was resolved to promote an International Catholic Congress to dis- cuss thc restoration of the Pope’s temporal power. The King of Ashautee is allowe'l 3,333 wives. Many of them are the daughters of the chiefs of tributary tribes over which the king has jurisdiction, and are sent to him as hostages. The little King of Spain does not know his letters yet, and all mental education has been forbidden him. He is so frail and so puny physically that the slightest exertion of the mind fatigues him. It is said the Empress of Austria shows symptoms of insanity. The Sultan of Turkey has abjectly apolo- gised for the recent detention of a Russian vessel at the Dardanelles. Two hundred lives were lost in a typhoon in Japan on August 16. The storm was the worst known in years and great damage was done. The Sultan has yielded to Russia’s de- mands respecting the llirdanelles, which , luncrforth will be open to Russian vessels when closed to others. The Italian Government will shortly issue a decree of amnesty to all who escaped the i levies from 1851 to 1871 by emigrating. I Thousands of the persons concerned live in . Canada. A turkish commander in Arabia subdued ‘ an insurrection in Yemen and then had a triumphant procession, in which were four- 5 teen camels laden with bands cut from the : Chieftains of the conquered district. A truce has been made between the advo- cates of the rival Holy Coats at Argenteuil and Treves by conceding the former 10 be the coat worn by Christ as achild, while the latter was the coat worn at the time of the crucifixion. The Pope is preparing an encyclicalon the different forms of government, his object being to show how much the nations are in- debted to the Church for the conciliatory settlement of difierences. Four women have been arrested at Szentv tamas, Hungary, on charge of poisoning their husbands and selling poison to other women for a similar purpose. Orders have been iSSued to exhume the bodies of many supposed victims. A despatch from Tangiers says the Sultan of Morocco is utilizing the elephant present- ed to him by Queen Victoria for tramping the life out of unfortunafes taken captive in the late rebellion. The captives are laid in a row and the elephant is made to step on them. A Woman named Lombard has been arrested in Paris for attempting to murder her husband by pouring molten lead into his ears while he was asleep. The news of the capture of Valparaiso by the Congressional party is fully confirmed. President Balmaceda has fled, and not only the city, but a. very large portion of the country is in the hands of the victors. Exported grains from Russia, other than wheat, are not allowed to contain more than 3 per cent, of rye or 1 per cent. of bran. Reports from Odessa. say there is talk there of a prohibition of the exportation of maize. The Ministry of Saxony, at the instance of leading members of the medical fraternity, has decided that drunkenness shall be con- sidered a. criminal offence pending the meet- ng of the Diet, which is expected to pass a aw confirming the decree. lllt ller With his Wood en Log The lunatics with wooden legs are not always so harmless as they appear. as a. lady residing in the Impasse Delaunay, Paris, France, has learned to her cost. Her son-in- law. who rejoices in the inappropriate name of Beaumale and is the possessor of a wood- on a. laddcr the other day trying to hang up a side of beef on ahook when he slipped and v was impaled on a lower book. He bled to p on leg, returned recently to the domestic hearth on his release from a private asylum at Ville Evrard, to all appearance in a com- pletely satisfactory mental state. His mother~in-law got up a violent quarrel with the cripple, and thinking that she could give him safely a piece of her mind, on account of his partial disablement pro :eeded to heap insults on his head. The excitement seems to have unstrung Beaum‘e once more, and suddenly wrenching oflr is wooden leg he dealt his mother«in~law a blow on the head which nearly killed her. The process of “ nagging” had, indeed, driven the poor fellow completely mod again, and it took six men to conduct him to the police station whence he has been sent once more to the asylum. THE STRANGE WOMAN. A Gcrmnn Count Who Was I'irlimizcfl to: a (‘crtain Extent. A VERY‘QUEEB 5N3!» “an Eloplng Will! "is Vere- Here'sa very queer story (says acor- respondent) about a man who undertook 10» H:\Ll!-‘.~\X,Sep:. 10.â€"l\lrs..lohnS.McLean carry oil'his wife after she had married and her daughters, of this city, now on a another. The body of James Lenncn,ac- visit to Germany, recently wrote to friends cording to the belief ofliis friends, was pick- saying that Count llowitz, of Puckan, would ed out of a. lmgditch He came a few days home some weeks ago. He was decently soon visit Halifax. in Ireland near his ago, accompanied by c. lady, and registered waited and buried, as they say, and a tomb- at a semiprivate hotel under a fictitious stone in the village churchyard speaks of name. story to the chief of Yesterday he told the following his virtues, which were extolled at length police : He says he is by the parish priest in his panegyric, while Count Howit7,of Puckan, Germany, ona the church records show that his wife, pleasure tour around the world. delphia he became acquainted with a woman who agreed to accompany him on his trip for n. time. before coming to Halifax being at Charlotte- town, I’. E. I. A few days ago the woman made a demand on him for a. large sum of money. She frightened him by alleging she would have him arrested on the charge of abducting her, which was punishable byim- prisonment for a long term in the peniten- tiary. The count evidently believed the aid her $51,000 to-day. To a. gentleman with whom he became acquainted in Halifax he told his story of woe. The Halifax man informed him that the womzm was playing a game of blackmail, and the count became convinced that the case was about as stated by the Halifax gentlemun. To a detective the woman admitted that she was a “ sport- ing " girl, and was “ playing " the count for all she was worth. She in turn became frightened and handed back the money she had received from the count, and promised to get out of town at once. The young German is no bogus count. He has letters of introductionto leading so:iety people in Halifax. W srrlous Reports from India. Reports from British India give a gloomy picture of affairs there. Disaffection is general and the respect for British authority, which has since the great mutiny been suffi- cient to preserve peace, is said to have dis‘ appeared. A slight cause might precipitate a general revolt, the consequences of which the officials do not like to ccntcmplate. It is significant that the government of India has been seriously considering the ad visabilA ity of prosecuting for sedition a number of native papers and has abandoned the pur- pose solely throu h fear ofinability to secure conviction and ( read of the disastrous re- sults of such a failure. The unfriendly attitude of the native press has long been recognized by those familiar with it as a source of danger to British ascendancy, but until lately the British authorities appear to have ignored the danger, possibly because‘ unacquainted with the extent of the sedi~ tious spirit. The papers printed in English, or in the language best known to tho En- glish officials, are careful to keep within the line of discretion, but the small native papers, printed in unknown dialects and Whose existence is hardly recognized by the English authorities, have been outspoken in their hatred of the foreign masters of India. 1 Several years ago aselectionof the utterances i ofthese papers,published in different parts of 1 the empire, was translated by a student of the Indian dialects and the attention of the home government called to its alarming nature. The tone of them all was that of bitter hatred to the British rulers and the object in constant view was an uprising against foreign domination. It was pomted out by the native editors that these “ Inso. lent dogs" of Englishmen were but a hand- ful against the millions of natives kept in subjection by theln, and that by aconcerted effort they could be exterminated and the freedom of India achieved. No attention was paid to the warning of this “ alarmist" and matters were allowed to run on as before. Emboldened by this indifference the native press has become more truculent and defiant until the government finds itself compelled to face the question of crushing out sedition or allowing it unchecked progress because unable to effectively interfere. The latter course seems to have been adopted of ne- cessity. _â€"_â€"_.â€"_â€"- A Prom! Day for Canada. September 1st was a proud day for Can ada and our great transcontinental railway. Some months ago, when the mails and pus- sengers of the Empress of India were run across the continent from Vancouver to Montreal in about 88 hours, the whole world wondered at this great feat of railroading, and almost everyone thought President Van Home a little too enthusiastic when he said i that even this magnificent record would be 1 broken iuthe near future. Mr. Van Home’s words were prophetical, and a brand new feather is sticking out; prominently from the new Dominion’s cap. The Canadian Pacific’s fast mail train, which left Van- couvcr at 1 pm. last Saturday, on the ar- rival of the company’s steamship Empress of Japan with the China and Japanese mails, reached Brockville, Out, at 9.30 on Tuesday evening, having made the run in 76 hours, allowing for three hours lost by changes in time. The run from Port Arthur to Brockville, a distance of 900 miles, was made in ‘22 hours and a quarter, being by all odds the finest run ever made by a. Cana- dian railway train. The mails were sent across from Brockville to Morristown by steamer, and at 9.45, a special was flying along the New York Central, and if all went well this train was expected to reach New York at 4.30 on Wednesday morning. If the mails caught the lumen SS. City of New They came this way, their stay name M At Phila- through A STE/INC E FREAK of circumstances, was forced to change the gave her for that of another. The man who was found dead was one John Leonard, whose absence, as it was thought, had beenextensivelyadvertised, for hisbody wore the clothing of Lennon, and partly decomposed as it was, was accepted as Len- non’s. It was identified as such by \Villiam Rodgers, a foreman in Lennon’s employ, a man who thinks that he is the husband of roman, for he gave her $500 and was to have Lennon‘s wife and the master of Lennon's mill. Andallthis confusion, thismixture of romance and tragedy and mystery, was brought about through the operation of the Iocrcion Act in Ireland. But now for the incidents of what may be termed the plot of the story. James Lennon had suffered im- prisonment under the Coercion Act. His release was celebrated in a public demon- stration. Fired anew with the spirit of patriotism, he used seditious language. At the fair of luthprcland, 3 place two miles distant from his home, he learned that a warrant had been issued for his arrest, and that the police awaited his return home. His health made him FEARFUL OF THE RESULT of a second imprisonment. His friend and neighbor, John Leonard, offered to exchange clothes and throw the police of? the track until Lennon bad time to seek a hiding- pfacc some miles away. “Tell my wife,” said Lennon to Leonard, " that I will take a months rest or so to recover, and that I will not write to her meanwhile, because the posb-umrk would betray me. Tell her not to worry, and if the police arrest you I will have a good march on them before they find it out.” The message was never delivered. Leonard fell into or was shoved into, the ditch an his way home, and the body, part- ly decomposed, as already stated, was found fourdays laterby William Rodgers, Lennon’s foreman. It was buried, and Leonard was classed among the missing, and considered to know something of Lennon’s supposed death, But llt‘l'é‘ Lennon turns up all right, and this new feature also hinges on the Coercion Act, for Lennon would not have ATTEMPTED TO RETURN from Cumberland, where he had been so« journing, had not the proclamation gone forth some days ago from Dublin Castle that all prosecutions under the Crimes Act would bedropped by the authorities. Then did James Lennon decide to return home, still unaware of the changes that were to root 1 him. James Lennon arrived home car y on a Sunday morning. \Villiam Rogers, his foreman, and Mrs. Lennon were going down the road to church. He followed them leis~ urely. The priest's residence is between the little church and Lennon’s home, and as ‘James arrived opposite the priests house Father Doherty came out on his way to celev brate mass. ceremony he had conducted and whose pane- gyric he had preached. Naturally he was startled, and exclaimed, “ My God 1 James Lennon are you dead or alive?” “ Alive and well, Father Doherty,” was the answer. “ Then, James, something more terrible than death has happened." “ “'hy, what‘s the matter, Father '3" “ Come inside, James, and I’ll tell you.” The two entered the priest’s house. Lennon related the circum- stances of his departure, and the priest reap lised how the blunders arose. Then he startled Lennon by relating that \Villiam ,Rodgers, the foreman, had determined to resign unless a share in the mill and the hand, if not the heart, of Mrs. Lennon be bestowed upon him. His resignation under Tin-1 I’ECL‘IIAR BUSINESS circumstances then existing meant ruin for Mrs, Lennon, beggary for herself and child- ren ; but as even the priest could not change Rodgers's mind, she reluctantly con- i sented, and Rodgers took Lennon‘s place in the management of the mill and home, and became the head of the family. James Lennon sat dazed. Begging the priest not to mention his existence, he started for the New \Vorld, where he thought he could for- get his sorrow, and if his wife and children were happy all would be well. On leaving Castle Garden he proceeded up Broadway with no definite purpose. When opposite the Astor House he was accidentally met by John Hughes, 9. New York box manufact- urer, who visits Ireland every other summer, and who has spent many pleasant days with Mr. and Mrs. Lennon, in the County Down. To Mr. Hughes LennOn told his pitiful story. Mr. Hughes brought him to his home and coaxed him to return to Ireland, sell his property, and take his family to America and start anew. Lennon took his advice. Turning the Tables on the Church. One of the earlier yeomen of Bridgton was a pump maker, a good citizen, but with ” no religious preferences,” One day he was waited upon by one of the church assessors, who handed him a bill for the support of York, which sailed at 5 a..m., they should be landed in London on Wednesday, Sep- tember 9, making the time from Yokohama to the heart of the empire by way of the Canadian Pacific railway and New York Central in 21 days, or four days less than the best time ever made. The Canadian Pacific’s special was delayed about three preaching. “ I bain’t heard no preaching,” said the old man, somewhat surprised. “Well, brother, it‘s your own fault, then,” replied the churchmen. “Its been accessible to all, every Sabbath for a. year. ” The old gentleman acknowled ed the corn and paid. Not long after t is the hours by hot boxes, otherwise connection with the City of New York would have been made and time to spare. When we Plant the Tree. .. What do we plunt when we lant the tree? We plant the shin whic 1] cross the sea: We plant the must to (.. the sails ; We ilant the planks to 413118de the galesâ€" The col, the kerlwn and beam and knee; We plant the ship whom we plant the tree. V’Vlmt do we plum m on we plant the tree! We plant the houses- for you and. me ; We plant the rafters. the shingles, the floors ; We lent the studding, the lath, the doors, The eamS, the Siding all parts that be: We plant the house when we plant the tree. What do we ant when we hurt the tree! A thousand t ' gs that we any see; We plant the spire that outtowers the crag; We plant the staff for our country's ; We plant the shade from the hot sun 6; We plant all these when we lent the tree. Y ABBEY. parish received from him a bill for a pump. “ We have bought no pump of you," was the answer. “ Well, then,” replied the old gentleman, with a. twinkle in his eye, “its your own fault, for I have been making them for years.” He Sympathized With Adam. If misery loves company it may becomfort- ing to know that the average “ heated term ” at Aden, on the Red Sea, is 130 de- grees. This recalls the remark of the Irish soldier, who was one of a newly-arrived British garrison there. “ Well, Pat,” said his Captain, “ how do you like the climate of Aden '2” “ Sure, cor,” said Pat, mopping his brow, “ I should think Adam was glad to be dhriven out av it." He saw Lennon, whose funeral * \.M l ARE YOU BALD ’: A Boston Doctor Tells an English Numb» per new to Raise Hair Henry Williams, M. D., of Boston, Eng, , writes to the London Telegraph: A far more common cause of the “ plenti-~ ful lack " of hair now so prevalent is bound ‘ and nervous disorders. Dyspepsia and weak; and falling hair go hand in band; and who will say that we are not a dyspeptic natlorq? Now, dyspepsia is due to our modern mo of living ; ergo, one of the great pum‘d causes of premature baldness is civilizatipp. Indeed, we can have no doubt on this po _ when we remember that civilization has a - introduced the “ chimney-pot,” probably to aid and abet. Very mmy of the “bleak and barren brows” we see around us are also due 1:?) dyspepsia. The moral, therefore, is, 10$ after your general health. At the same time, loss of hair is not always caused by loss of health. It frequently proceeds from purely local causes, and, as these causescgb be guarded against, perhaps you will alld'w me to tell what to do and what not to do in order, under ordinary circumstances, tic “ keep their hair on. ” 1. Avoid tight-fitting hats and collars also close-fitting caps unless these be of some porous material. The two former prevents duo supply of blood to the parts, hence the hair papillre are put, as it were, on short commons all the time the hats and collars are worn. The caps engender caloric, which sets up irritation and ultimately that most stubborn form of dandruEâ€"namely; pity- tiasis (i. e., a branny powder). Note that all headgear which is not porous should be ventilated at top and sides to allow a free current of air. 2. Never sit or stand with the top of t 9 head near the gashght or lamplight. heat thrown out is apt to‘paralyze the scalp tissues and dries up the hair itself. 3. Don’t wash the head oftener than once a fortnight, when first rub in the yolk of an egg, and thoroughly rinse out with warm water, into which has been thrown a. pinch of borax. Dry carefully and apply a little pure olive oil. 4. Beware of that common practice dipping the comb in water when arranging the hair. It promotes decomposition and rancidity of the natural oil, and so leads to “ rotting.” 5. If the hair be naturally dry, apply a little olive oil occasionally. If naturally oily, occasionally wash away the excess of seba- ccous secretion by means of a lather of tepid water and soap bark (Quitlaya. sapon- aria). 6. Salt water is most injurious to the hair, for which reason when sea bathing wear an oil cap. 7. Always treat the seal as if you loved it. Take to heart Dr. odfrey’s dictum that “ Every touch affecting so delicate a texture as the scalp should be soft and soothing ; every application bland and mild. " ‘ Don‘t use stiffbristled or wire brushes, and in all cases brush gently. Also always brush out the hair before attempting to comb it, and use the comb as little as possible. 8, Have the ends of the hair clipped once a month, if only to prevent them from splitting. But don’t close crop. I am sure, sir, that, thousands of your readers would be benefitted by following the above instructions ; and, in conclusion, allow me to correct a slight error in your very excellent leader. You say that “ in all countries and in all ages the loss of hair has exposed the loser to public derision.” This I is not quite correct. Lucian, for example, tells us that among the Selenites a bald pate was considered a mark of beauty. _______,_____ Longest Telegraph lines In the World. The longest telegragh line in the World extends from 18 Old Broad- street, London, to 29 Cable-street, Calcutta, a distance of over 7,000 miles. A gentlbman went into the London Office a short time ago, and was shown the Morse printer in connection with the main line from London to Teheran. Whilst he was there the instrument was .switchcd on to Calcutta without abreak. ' The signals were excellent, and the speed not less than fourteen words per minute. ,The wire runs through Emden, Warsaw, Odessa, Kertch, Tiflis, Teheran, Bushire, . Jack, and Kurrachee, to Calcutta. Another llong line of telegraph is that over which ‘ a cablegram can be sent between British Columbia and New Zealand. The wire cross- ‘es North America, Newfoundland, the Atlantic, England, Germany, both the Rim- sias,‘ in Europe and Asia, China, Japan, Java. and Australia, making nearly a circut of the globe. The overland telegraph which‘ was completed in 1872, stretches from Port Darwin to the south of the Australian con- tinent, a distance of 2,000 miles. Almost the whole of this distance was through-a. desolate country. The wooden poles were 'prepared at the nearest available places, some having to be conveyed a. distance _of 350 miles, while theiron poleswere takenand average distance of 400 miles by land. Over 2,000 tons of material (being about one ton to the mile) had to be conveyed into the interior, and the total cost was £370,000. “-4 l AN AW'l-‘IJL DEATH. ,llnrun Carey. 11 Cattle Drover Run Over and "angled Beyond Becoznltlon. A despatch from Toronto says :â€"â€"Martin Carey, a cattle drover, living with his father at 6 Wellington lane, was run over and kill- ed by a train one night. The body was found on the track at 9. 10 p. m. by John Morris, of 1 Defoe street, and Joseph Spence, of 106 \Vellington avenue. So horribly w is it mang- led that the finders were at first uncertain whether the remains were those of a man or a sheep. Both legs were torn off, the entrails were hangin out and the head was twisted round behiu the left shoulder. How the aCcident occurred is not very certain. Deceased was seen walking on the track some little time before his body was found. What train killed him is unkowu, but the C.P.R. passenger train was the last to pass before he was picked up. The affair took place nearly opposite C. J. Smith’s yard- The dead man was ‘27 years of age and un- married. He has only been home from the: old country a few days, and intended leav- ing for England again last night. Coroner Johnston was notified, but could not find anything to justify him in holding an in- quest. A collision is reported between two Steamâ€" ers in Australia waters which resulted in twenty-six persons being drowned. The official estimate of damage by. the cyclone which swept over Martinique places the amount at $10,000,0' 0, while 378 people lost their lives.