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John Reginald Hooper was sentenced on Monday at Three Rivers, Que.. to twenty- five years in the penitentiary for attempt,- ing to murder his wife at Louiseville. Be- foresenbence was passed on him Hooper spoke for three hours, claiming that the :itnesaes and jury were prejudiced against 1m. Latest advice from different points state that the Fraser river has receded fully six feet from the high water mark at, all points between Popcum and Langley, and the ploughlng and seeding of lands covered by water a short time ago has commenced' A large deputation waited upon Sir John Thompson, Sir Frank Smith, and Mr. Ans gers in Ottawa, and requested a. Govern- ment grant of not less than five thousand dollars towards the Toronto Industrial Exhibition for 1895, which itirproposed to holdas a Dominion Fair. The request was very favorably received. sufierers. Finance Minister Turner, oi British Columbis, has wired the Govern- ment’s thanks, but say: the reports sent out. have been greatly exaggerated. Hon. Mr. Turner fears the efiecta will be worse felt; towards fall. In addition to the $500 voted by the City Council, the citizens of London have con- tributed 3879,90 for the Fraser River flood Mr. Gladstone has declined an invitation to visit the United States owing to his ad- vanced age. The Countess of Aberdeen is making a. tour of Ulster, in behalf of Irish home industries. The Anglo-American Lodge of Freemasons at its meeting in London on Tuesday night, installed Mr. Reynolds master. The convocation of Toronto University yesterday conferred the honorary degree of LL. D. on his Excellency Lord Aberdeen, his Honor Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpat- riek, Hon. G. W. Ross, Minister of Eud- oartion, Vice-Chancellor Mulock, Q. C., M. P., President London, of the University, and Rev. Dr. F. L. Patton, president of Princeton University, N. J. GREAT BRITAIN. Bullion continues to flow into the Bank of England. A large deputation waited upon the Government in Ottawa to urge that; a grant of a quater of a million dollars be made for the proposed interprovincial bridge between Ottawa. and Bull. "'F‘ Mr. W. W. Ogilvie, of Montreal, receiv- ed a telegram from his Winnipeg office stating that the crops are now looking well, being in advance of this time luv year. The wheat, is better than in any previous season. Mr. James G. Huddart, the steamship promoter, arrived in New York on Satur- day from England on his way to Ottawa. The University of Cambridge will shortly confer upon Capt. Malian, of the United States cruiser Chicago. the degree of L. L.D. A 10-year-old boy named Larocque, of Lachute, 011e,, bought some tobacco s few days ago and began to chew it. He amt]. lowed some juice and it. killed him. The City Council of Toronto, at it: meet» ing Monday, voted five $housgnd dollars towards the expenses of the British A690- ciation, which is expected to visit che city in 1897. The Pall Mall Gazette.) in an article of Friday on the propased federation of the Australian colonies, points out that a diffi- culty exists in the protective tendencies of Victoria and the free trade principles which dominate New South \Vales. In Leeds Wednesday two thousand dele- gates were prennntrto consider the resolu- tions against: the House of Lords. There was a. decided feeling in favor of curtailing or abolishing the ve‘o power at present possessed by the Upper House. The Bench and Bar of Quebec entertain- ed Sir Louis Napoleon Casault, Chief Jus- tice, to a dinner in the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec. Miss M. D. Allen, graduate and medallist of Queen’s University, has been appointed to the poaition of science teacher in the Ladies’ Presbyterian College, Halifax, N.S. It is announced that Sir William Harcourt, will retire from the Commons at the close of the present session, and then be elevated to the House of Lords. TBIEI WEEK’S NEWS Robertâ€"’Loaney, aged 21, was drowned while bathing in the mill pond at Elora. on Friday evening. ‘liis home was at River- View. In the ‘ Impexial House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. John Morley, the Irish Sec- retary, stated that the feeling in Ireland is healthier now than it has been for a. gener- ation past. In the House of Commons on Friday the Secretary to the Admiralty said that the reason certain supplies had been purchased abroad was because they could be obtained cheaper than at home. A meeting of ladies was held in London on Monday with the Duke of Westminster presiding, and a committee was formed to couduct a campaign against the disestab- lishment of the Church of Wales. The Senate and House of Cambridge University on Tuesday performed the cere- many of conferring the degree of LL. D. on Capt. Alfred T. Maban; commander of the United States cruiser Chicago. ~At s congress of labor electoral associa- tions held at Brantford Wednesday, it was A new post-office has been opened at Port “'hitby, South Ontario, and another at Dudley, in East Simcoe. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge died on Thursday. He was educated at Eton and Baliol College, Oxford. He was appomted Lord Chief Jfistice of England in 1880. He was seventy-three years of age. At the conclusion on Thursday of a. sham- fight at Aldershot, the Duke of Cambridge sharply criticised the blunders made by the artillery and the cavalry, declaring he had never seen such idiotic tactics. It, is reported that the reply of the peo- ple of Ireland to the appeal for funds to support the Irish parliamentary party has exceeded all expectationfi. In is believad the subscribed amount will reach ninety thousand dollars. \ CANADA. Af'n'ahy car and boat service was com menced in Hamilton, Ont, 13.51. Sunday. The jurors at Three Rivers have found J. R. Hooper guilty of attempting to drown his wife. . Under pressure of the Buffalo City Coun- cil, who refused an application for a right- of-way, President Wilson, of the Street; Railway Company, has announced that hereafter no Canadians will be employed by the company. Two prominent representatives of Boston commercial bodies appeared on Thursday before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to oppose the Retaliation bill, which will make it the duty of the President to suspend the transportation of goods across the United States in bond in case of dis- crimination against American shipping on the Canadian border cnnals. Mr. William Walter Phelps, emMinister of the United States to Austria, and later to Germany, died at his' home at Tea. Neck, N.J., Saturday mqrning at 2 o'clock. His ailment originated from typhoid fever. The Czar has appointed a. Court of Hon- or to regulate duelling in the army. The political situation in Peru is compli- cated and a. revolutionary outbreak is feared at Lima. . Fifty-one additional deaths from the plague, including that of a. British soldier were reported at Hong Kong on Saturday The House Committee on Labor in Washington is making an effort to compile statistics regarding convicts labor and the effect of labgr-saving machinery on the workingman. Rev. James Johnson and a quartette choir went to the Tomb: prison in New York on Sunday and conducted service for the bene- fit of Mr. Wiman, who was deeply affected by their presence. Premier Crispi has received eighteen thousand messages congratulating him upon his escape on Saturday from assassi- nabion. Mr. G. E. W'ade, An eminent sculptor of London, Eng., has been awarded the con- tract for a fnonument in memory of Sir John A. Macdonald. It will consist of a. figure of the late statesman, twelve feet high, in his robes of office, on a pedestal twelve or fifteen feet high. It will be un- Veiled with military honors on the first of October. UNITED STATES. The Indiana miners, in convention M, Terre Haute, decided to reject the terms of the compromise and remain out until they can work for 70 Cents a ton. :vâ€"~ It is stated that King Leopold of Belgium is perfectly willing to submit the dispute over the Angloâ€"Belgian agreement to an international conference. Sir George R. Dibbs, the Premier and Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, has submitted to the Premier of Victoria a scheme for Australian unity. Dr. Percival, master of Rugby, preached in Westminster on Sunday night, and, re- ferring to Lord Rosebery': horse-racing predilectiona. said that when an English nobleman patronized the turf, with its weedy growth of dishonesty and degrada- tion, simply to gratify a feeling for excite- ment, and did not make an effort to reform it, he was to be condemned. The Deutsche Bank, of Berlin, has obtained a. contract to supply the Govern- ment of Roumania with silver coins to the amount of fifteen million dollars. The Comte de Paris, the eldest son of the Due d’Orleans, is betrothed to Princess Henrietta, daughter of the Count of Flau- ders brother of King Leopold of Belgium. Owing to the floods in Austria, railway tnffic is seriously impeded, and in many places the passengers are conveyed to the trains in boats. There has been some loss of life. announced that the labor asaooigtions expected to Add thirty representatives of labor to the membership of the House of Commons at: the coming elections. Sir George Grey, ex-Governor of New Zealend, speaking at the National Liberal Club, advocated a large extension of the system of local government in every portion 01 the Empire. Sir George said he believed that very little would be required to make the United States and Great Britain abso- lutely one people for common objects. The foundation stone of the new Pro Les- tant cathedral which is to replace the old Dom éhurch at Berlin was laid on Sunday with imposing ceremonies by Emperor William. A newspaper of Brussels announces that the Danish have captured Raschid, ex- Governor of Stanley Falls, and Rumaliza, the Arab chief, who fled after the recent defeat of the Arabs. It is rerorted that Emperor William charges the English Government with du- plimty, and has informed Sir Edward Malet, the British Ambassador at Berlin, that England will have to thank herself if hence- forth he should reverse the friendly policy of Germany and return to PrinceBismai-ck’s distrust of everything English. It is said that Sir Edward Malet‘. has tendered his resignation. At a meeting of the directors of the Manchester ship canal, held on Frflhy, it was rezolved to make an application to the Manchester Council for the sum of five‘ hundred thousand pounds to assist in the completion of the final work on the canal wThe 'Popg will ghomy publish his jubilee epcycllcal, 19 whlch he will express his de- sire for a. unxon of the Christian Churches. making a. sprang appeal to the Protestant denomluatxons. The Spanish warship which was sent with a. Treasury official to Mazagan in order to receive the first instalment of the war in- demnity which Morocca agreed to pay to Spain, has returned to Tangier, having been unable to obtain any of the money promised. The Pope on Sunday received a number of ladies bemnging to the Association for the Assistance of,Poor Churches, among the number being the Misses O’Connell, descen- dants of Daniel O’Connell. The spring and autumn maneuvers of European armies cost annually over $0,- 000,000. There are suspicious craft in the Behring Sea, flying the flags of Germany and Nor. way, and orders have been issued to the United States fleet to nrrest them if they attempt to catch seals. This may lead to International trouble. A census just; taken shows that there are 100,000 bicycle riders in Chicago. In the neighborhood of every large office building there is a. stable for the silent steeds. GENERAL- Without dust there would be no blue firmament; the heaven would be blacker than we see it on moonless nights. On this black background the glowing sun would shine out sharply, and the some sharp con- trast of intense light and deep shadow would characterize the surface of the earth. There would be nothing to subdue thi sharp contrast but the moon and stars, which would. remain visible by day. The illumination of the earth would be similar to that which we observe when looking at the moon through a tele- scope; for the moon has no atmospheric en. velope and consequently no dust in suspen‘ sion. It is due entirely to the dust that we enjoy our soft, uniformly difl'used day- light, for which our eyes are especially adapted; and it is the dust which contri- butes so much to the beauty of the land- scape But, while the foregoing explains how the dust makes the whole vault of heaven light, it does not explain why it is chiefly the blue rays of the white sunlight that are reflected, and, only to a small extent, the green, yellow, and red rays. This is dependent on the size of the dust particles. It is only the finest of them that are borne by the air current into every sti-a.‘ tum of air, and it is only these fine, widely diffused dust particles that are of any sig- nificance in this connection. Now let us consider the mechanism of light and the extreme shortness oi the ether waves which constitute its essence. These waves, 31- though all microscopically small, vary considerably in length. The fineatmospheric dust includes many particles large enough to reflect the short blue ether waves, fewer particles capable of reflecting green and yellow, and still fewer lorge enough to influence the long red ethereal waves. The red light, consequently, passes through the great majority of the dust particles com- paratively unhindered ; the blue rays on the contrary, are intercepted and difl‘used, and so become visible. This is the reason that the finest dust â€"s.nd so, too, the firm- amentâ€"appearsAblue. Without I! There Would be No Fog, No Clouds. No Ram. No Snow. No Bril- liant Sunsets, and No Cerulean Sky. When a. ray of sunlight falls through an aperture into a. darkened room it is render- ed visible as far as it extends. What we actually see, however, is not the ray of light, but the particles of floating dust ren- dered visible by it. It might appear at first glance, that the part played by dust particles in nature is of no great scientific or general interest; as a matter of fact, however, they play a very important role. Dust IS an important factor in almost every phenomenon of the earth’s atmosphere. In the first place it is due to the dust that the heavens are blue. When we lift our eyes to the vaulted arch above us we see sun- light reflected by every particle of dust ; there is nothing but the dust between us and the sun to transmit its light to us. Light traverses all gases, no matter what their chemical composition. in straight lines, and is invisible. The dust intercepts and reflects it on all sides, and makes the whole atmosphere luminous in the same manner as it makes the track of the sun’s rays visible in a darkened room. AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN MOST ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA. So, then, the finest dust appears blue. You may observe that the wreath that curls upward from the burning end of a cigar is blue, while the smoke drawn through and exhaled is whitish. The par- ticles in the latter case have united and be- come large enough to reflect white light. 80, too, in the country on a clear day the sky is blue, but in the city it appears whit- ish, because of the greater number of coarse dust particles in the air. It is especially on mountain heights that the sky is so intensely blueI because the rarefied atmos- phere supports only the finest dustparticles. At great heights the sky would be almost black if there were no dust particles in suspension. We see it grow pale as we look at the lower strata. of air toward the horizon. DUST’S PART IN NATURE. But why is the sky in Italy and in the tropics so much deeper blue than with us? Is the dust finer there? As a. fact, it really is. Not that finer dust rises there; but in our climate the dust porticles are soon saturated with water vapor, which makes them coarser. In warmer regions, how- ever, the vapor retains its watery character and does not condense on the-flouting dust. It is not until the aerial currents have borne it to higher and colder regions that it is condensed to clouds. This brings us to the most important role played by dust; in our atmosphqxe; its influence in determining rainfall, due to the fact that vapor fluidifies upon the dust particles. . A It may be accepted as beyond question that, of all the water, evaporated by the sun. from the surface of land and sea, not one drop returns which has not condensed upon a particle of dust as a nucleus. This is easily demonstrated. We fill a. large flask with air which has been filtered through cotton weddings until all the original dust is driven out and the flask is full of dustless air. Into this dustless air turn a current oi steam from a kettle, and you will find it transparent, and, therefore, invisible. Not a trace of the cloudy appearance we associate with steam. The only thing noticeable is that the inner walls of the flask begin to drip; the vapor condenses here as it cools, because there is nothing else for it to condense on. But blow ordin- ary dust-laden air into the flask, and the vapor at once assumes the familiar cloudy appearance due to its condensation on the dust particles; and it begins to rain in the flask. The reason for this is that 2er vapor condenses on the dust part-«ieg and freights them until they sink as rain- drops. Without. dust, then, we would have no fog, no clouds, no rain, no now, no bril- Of course when all three papers have been passed around, each player In a s drawn a head, a. body and legs, but each has drawn them on a. different, slip, and to match other portions of a body which he has not seen. The papers are then unfolded ’ and inspected, and the combinations are always found to be curious and laughable. The picture given above was produced in [snob a._g_a.me. A Then he folds the paper over so that the head shall not be seen, and passes the paper along to the next left hand player, who draws a. body for the head, also carry- ing the lines a. little below the fold. It is then passed on asbeforesnd thenext left-ban d p 1 by e 1‘ draws the legs to finish this body. It adds to the interest if each player has in his mind a particular sort of creature, so that. the head, body and legs which he draws would, if they were all on the same paper, produce something like a coherent picture. The " mixing up” in such cases is likely to he funnier than if each player had takena new tack with each paper. An Ann: sing Modlflmllonor Cramboâ€" Pictorial Insleud ofPoellcnl. A very amusing pictorial modification of the old game of “ crsmbo," in which the last: word only of Aline of verse is furnish- ed by one player to his next neighbor, who thereupon has to write another line to rhyme with it, is described by an exchange. This new game is pictorial instead of poetical. In it three or more players sit: around is table. Each has a pencil and a piece of paper folded twiceâ€"that is into three sec- tions. Then esch player draws a. picture of the head of some creatureâ€" man, beast, bird. fish. or imaginary and monstrous object. He carries the line of the neck of his picture just over the first fold ,bo serve as a. guide to the next player. Steam Engine Breakdowns. According to Prof. Sweet’s investiga- tions, engineers will find the cause of steam engine breakdowns to consistâ€"among other occasionsâ€"in the fact of water in the cylinder, and that it is the inertia of the flywheel that produces the damage. This may be prevented in the case of every engine with separate crank and flywheel, the Professor remarks, by mak- ing the connection between the wheel and the shaft a friction connectionâ€" that the flywheel fitting a. taper seat on the shaft, a taper of say two or three inches to the foot, and forced on by a feathered washer nut or cross key, serving the purpose, the cost under this arrange- ment not being a. noticeable feature, of course, compared to the entire cost of the engine. Further, Prof. Sweet remarks that the impossibility of throwing the flywheel out of true by keying would be worth the cost, and when done, it would only be necessary to adjust the friction to the legi- timate work, so that in case of accidental resistancethe flywheel would slide along, leaving the balance of the engine at rest. Since scientists began to realize the im- portant part played by dust in the economy of nature, measures have been taken to count the particles in a. given space. In London and in Paris, at the surface. a cub- ic centimeter has been found to contain nearly aquarter of a. million particles; on the top of the EiEel Tower there are about half as many, while in the high Alps there are only about 200 particles to the centi- meter. A great deal of the dust at high altitudes in cosmic dust, consisting, like the meteorites, of carbon and iron. liant-hued sunsets, no cernlean sky. The surface of the earth itself, the trees, the houses, along with man and besst, would be the only objects on which the vapor could condense, and these would begin to drip whenever the air was cooled sufficientâ€" ly. In winter everythingwould be covered with 3L crust of ice. Our clothes would be- come saturated with water condensing upon them. Umbrellas would be of no avail. The vapor-laden atmosphere, moreover, would penetrate to our rooms and condense upon the walls and furniture. In short,the world we live in would be quite another world if there were no dust. The Shrinkage of the World. Vice-Admiral Sir John Hopkins, com- mending the British cruisers Blake end Tartar, which have been visiting Boston, on Monday evening made a. statement, to a. number of press reporters, in which he said 2â€"“ The distance which parts England and America. lessens every day. The ties which unite them grow eyory dey _st_ron_ger. Against this silent and inevitable drift of things the spirit of narrow isolation on either side of the Atlantic struggles in vain. It is possible to read that the two branches of the English people may remain forever separate political existences. It is likely, though, that the older of them may again break in twain, and that the English in the Pacific may assert as distinct a nat- ional life as the two English peoples on either side of the Atlantic. I trust that in the near future a real and higher federation of our naval forces may occur, and that the glorious flags of your country a‘id mine may guarantee abiding peace and protection throughout the world." A few Sundays ago, on the family of Mr. W. A. Wykeham Musgrave entering their pew in Theme Park Chapel, Oxfordshire, Eng., they were surprised to see a partially built robin’s nest. on the book ledge against. a Prayer Book and a Hymn 15601;.“ The family immediately decided to occupy another seat and leave the little redbreast unmolested in its strange abode. On the following Sunday the nest was completed and contained five eggs, and on the succeed- ing Sunday the bird sat on the eggs during the whole of the service. It has now beun {mad that. the bird has hatched four young mini. and tho mmher flew in and out of the al‘wel fun-m9 the service last; Sunday with food for her younga A Robin’s Nest in a Church. PICTORIAL CRAMBO. Brussels has started a CM: Club, which has just held a. successful show. There were 116 entries, including five Siamese of Sreab beauty, and three MMJX cats. The United States contains 194,000 square miles of Coalfields. Color-blindness is far more common among men than women. The speed at which a cricket ball is de- livered by a. fast bowler is a mile a. minute. The tail of the kangaroo is the fleahiest part of the animal. It is considered dainty food‘when boiled initsjownskin, which after. wards may be drawn ofl like a. glow. The Greek Church employs two rings in the marriage ceremonyâ€"one of gold, the other of silver. It is estimated that there are less than 10,000 paupera in the Japanese Empire. with its population of 237,000,000. A sooty chimney can be cleaned by firing a pistol or gun up the fine. The concussion dislodgea the Boot and it tumbles down. In times of scarcity the South African natives sometimes rob the nests of the ter- mites. and as much as five bushels of grain hsve been taken from a. single nest. Counting the bearing and non-bearind orange trees in Florida, there are estimated to be 10,000,000 trees. California is crediteg with having 6,000,000 and Arizona. about 1,000,000. Gun caps were first used in the English army in 1822. Japanese children are taught to write with both hands. The French army is three times as large as it was in 1870. The Paris sewers are the largest and most complete in the world. The Queen has taken 447 prizes at Eng- lish came shows for products at her stock farm. The Hungarian Crown has experienced more vicissitudes than any other Crown in Europe. Th8 rock of Gibraltar is an exact repre- sentation of a. lion lying in a resting posi- tion. The starfish has no nose. but the whole of its underside is endowed with the sense of smell. A merchant in Germany has been fined heavily for using aquotation from the Bible to head an advertisement. The number of telephonic stations in Germany, which was 1,504 in 1881, had in- creased at the beginning of the present year to 63,558. The Caspian Sea is the largest incloaed body of water in the world. It; varies be- tween 740 miles in length and 200 miles in breadth. The chimneys of ocean steamers are much larger than is generally supposed. They range from fourteen feet to eighteen feet in diameter. The names of delinquent taxpayers in Saxony are conspicuously displayed in tea- taurants and soloons, and any persons who serve them with food or drink are liable to have their licenses revoked. There are at the present time 17,051 WesleyanMethodistSundBy schoalsinGreat Britain, an Increase of 503 in ten years. The children number not less than 948,503, an increase of 106,557. » The cheque cannot be proved to have existed in the commercial transactions of Europe, outside of Italy, until late in the seventeenth or early in the eighteenth century ; in England not till about 1760. Cremation is gaining favor in France and Japan. Last year, in the crematory of the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, them were 3,741 cremations. In Tokio, the chief city of Japan, the average number of cre- mations is thirty a. day. Some Intel-calving Items Called FE the World's Four (‘orneran New York has 3,497 policemen. Lontion has 10,100 union printers. A racehorse clear: from 20 :0 24 it. at a bound. The Turkish Government, has forbidden the importation of all patent medicines into that country. Statissic: show that there are in the United States morejhan 6,000,000 farms, upon which dwell over 30,000,000 people, who furnish more than 74 per cent. of the value of exports of that. country. According to the law of Holland 9. man cannot be punished for kissing a strange lady in the streets against her wish. The Appeal Court of Amsterdam have just de- cided that. “ to kiss a person cannot; be an offence, as it is in, the nature of a warm mark of sympathy. AContinentai doc 60! warns people against. kissing domestic pets. An examination of the saliva. of cats, Le says, was found to be rich in all sorts of minute bacilli, while 5' dog’s saliva contained even a. greater num- ber of bacteria. A keeper on the Wadhurst Park Estate, Kent. recently shot a fine female specimen of the white-tailed eagle, the first. of the kind ever known to have been captured in the south of England. The bird measured seven feet six inches across the wings, and three feet from beak to tail. Roughly speaking. the British Empire extends over one continent, 100 peninsulus, 500 promontoriea, 1,00013kes, r2,000 rivers and 10,500 islands. The Assyrian Empire was not so wealthy as this is. The Roman Empire was not so populous. The Persian Empire was not so extensive. The Spanish Empire was not so~ powerful. There is a remarkable sympathy between the eyes. So much is this the case" mu: any serious injury to the one is almost cg- tnin to affect the other, hence the necessity which often arises for the removal of the injured eye mainly forthe sake of saving the other. This sympathy has been shown to extend so far that color perceived by one eye alone excites the retina of the other. Cigarette smokers in Paris were rather dismayed to find that for years one of the hospitals there had contributed its quota in the manufacture of cigarette papers. The cotton wool and lint, after being used in the wards, were regarded as the npecial perquisites of the servants, who sold them so manufacturers of tho particular industry to which we have referred. This proceed- ing, which has now been put a stop to. was carried out nub rom, and. it my resdfly be surmised, was never widely |~~'ow:.‘ or perhaps consumers of Parisian dgarettel would have been fewer in number. PITHY PARAGRAPHS.