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Fire started in a. building near the Hotel Victoria, at St. Moritz,Switzerland.on Mon- day morning, and there was a panic among the guests of the hotel, which included (he Duchess of York. the Duchess of Tech, and the Duke of Aosta. Tauregs and other hostile varies made a sortie, and were cut; to pieces by the Arabs. Reports from Seuegall. West Africa, state than the French garrison at Timbuc- too, after Phi-e? days’ fighting wizhrthe The cruiser Latsuta, which recently left the Tyne, England, presumenly to join the Japanese fleet in the East, has been detain- ed at Aden by the British authorities. It, is popularly reported in Berlin that the position of Dr. Miquel, the Prus- sian Minister of Finance, is shaken in consequence of difierence of opinion be’ sween him and Chancellor von Caprivi. Three children were lulled on Sunday at Kovno, Poland, by hailstorms. President. Peixobo, of Brazil has officially confirmed the news of the rebel General Saraiva’a death . Emperor VVilIiam has decided to presentv a. trophy of the value of five thousand marks, to be competed for by the crews of the difierent German universities. It is stated in New York that Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt. is about to begin separation or divorce proceedings against her husband. The condum. of Mr. Vanderbilt recently in Paris in connection with a notorious woman is said to have been outrageously scandal- ous. O’Donovan Roses, the Irish “patriot,” having failed to create the excitement or evoke the enthusiasm that he anticipated in Ireland, and having been defeated for the deputy ehrievalty of Dublin, returned to New York on Saturday, and will continue his dynamite crusade at, a. safe distance from the bastiles of the British Government Chancellor Blackwell, in his address before the Knights of vahias in Washing- ton, stated that the Mme had come to declare that; no saloon-keeper, bar-bender, or professional gambler should be eligible for membershlp. Citizens of Sacramento, Cal., have sub- scribed $100,000 for the erection of a monu- ment. over the graves of the three soldiers who lost their lives by the bridge disaster during the recent. strike. An outbound freight train on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and 85‘ Paul railway was held up on Saturday morning aha. small station between Cook and Lake counties. The watch of the conductor was taken and a detective who came to the conduccor's aid was shot dead, and the bandits, two in number, then disappeared. Chairman Wllson says that the outlook for genuine tarilf retorm in the United State: 13 very bright. The bill appropriating nine thousand dollars to carry into effect, the provisions of the income tax clauses of the Tariff bill was passed by the United States Senate on Friday. The American Public Health Association will meet. in Montreal on an early date,aud the indications are that the meeung wm be a very important one. Mrs. Celia. ThaxLer, the poetesn, died suddenly on Monday night at her home at Isle of Shoals, N. H. She was fifty-nine years of age. Mr. Hall’s decision to retain his position as Provincial Treasurer in the Quebec Gov- ernment has caused general satisfaction among Montreal business men and among the members of the party in the Montreal district. An unknown man was found on Wednes- day night, on the rocks below the Cantilever bridge, Niagara. Falls, on the Canadian Hide. He was alive, but. died shortly after being carried up the bank. He is supposed to have fallen asleep and rolled over the bank to the rocks. one hundred feet, be- A committee has been appointed by the Young Conservatives of Winnipeg to pro- test to the Dominion lJ’vovernment against the employment of Americans by the Northern Pacific railway on the linein Manitoba. The facts of the case will be brought to the notice of Sir Charles E Tupper and the other Ministers. who are expected to visit Manitoba this fall. GREAT BRITAIN. The Queen has returned to Balmoral castle. Sir Charles Tupper’s health is much im- proved. Major-General Sir John C. Cowell, Mas- ter of the Queen’s Household, died sudden- ly on \Vednesday an Cowes, Isle of Wight. As the United States cruiser Chicago is short of otficers, Rear-Admiral Erben has been compelled to decline the banquet, ten- dered by the municipal authorities of South- ampton. The total amount subscribed to the Irish Evicted Tenants” fund is thirteen thous- and pounds, and of this the United States and Canada contributed only three hundred and eighty-four pounds. The Queen’s yacht Elfin, with the Prin- cess Louise and suite on board, ran ashore on a sand -ba.ak at the mouth of Ports- mouth harbor on Tuesday morning. The party was landed in the yachts boats. Prof. Smckley, who recently joined the Roman Catholic Church. according to a Montreal French-Canadian paper, will shortly resume his duties as professor of literature in the Univermty of New Bruns- wick. Mr. Hugh A. Allan, in an interview in Montreal, said that if a fast. Atlantic ser- vice could profimbly have been maintained his company would have established it: long ago. The natural difficulties a. twenty- knot service would have to contend wit/h would render such a. service impractic» able. The commercial treaty between Great Britain and Japan was ratified on Satur- day. The \Vesbminster Gazette, referring yes- terday to the demonstration on Sunday against, the House of Lords, said it proved to be a damp political squib. WEE WEEK’S NEWS. low. UNITED STATES. G ENERAL. CANADA. Dealerâ€"Only thls, madame, and it really is quite a success. 0n arising in the morn- ing you touch a spring, and it turns into a washâ€"stand and bath-tub. After your buth, you touch another spring, and it becomes a. dressingâ€"case, with a French plate mirror. If you breakfast in your room. aslightpres~ sure will transform it into an extension table. After breakfast, you press these three buttons at once, and you have an upright piano. Thaz’s all it will do. except that when you die it can be changed into a rosewood coffin. “ I’d like to be a. fine, large bank check,” re marked the girl who was very pretty but p0 {rsm It is characteristic of European justice that. the manager and the superintendent of the electric company whose wires caused the accident to the laborer. were held for contributory negligence and were sent to jail. Mrs. De Flatâ€"“Have you anything new in folding beds ‘3" The death of the animals resulted mostly from the sudden stoppage or primary cessation of the respiration. The functional disturbance lasted in some cases a sufficient length of time after the end of the irritation to produce death by sud‘ocation. During the asphyxia the heart action still continu- ed, but if the respiration is allowed to stop for about two minutes secondary cessation of the heart action ensues, the same as in cases of mechanical suffocation. Not in- frequently, however, an animal would spontaneously begin to breathe again and wo_uld fully recover after awhile. In none of the animals was it possible to produce experimentally the protracted and gradual diminution of the functions of the heart which was obsorved in the case of the laborer. Nor was it possible to detect anatomical changes which might have been the cause of death. The doc- tor supposes that molecular. perhaps chemical changes, takes place In the gang- lion cells of the lungs and heart, and is now following up this clue with experi- ments. Remarkable Sin-("ass of Artlflclnl Respira- tion In a Man Plrkcd lip for Dead. Electrocution as a means of executing murderers is not yet. accepted by foreign experimentslists as necessarily a sure method. Recently Prof. d‘Arsouval report- ed to the French Academy of Science on electric-wire accident; witnessed by Picou and Maurice Leblanc. which became note- worthy from the fact; of the successful employment of artificial respiration to resuscitate the victim. Dr. Kratter believes that danger of an electric shock for the animal organism appears to increase in degree with the higher development of the brain and the central nerve system. In this way he ex- plains the death of men by currents which do not effect rabbits or guinea. pigs, though both electrodes be fastened to the head. There is a panic in the Island of Cyprus among the Christian population, owing to the partial Withdrawal of the British gar. risnn, and the reported intention of the Imperial Goverment to evacuate the place. Such intention is denied at the English For- eign Office. A sudden sparkling or. one of the dynamos of the electric-light. station of St. Denis, near Paris, indicated nahort. circuit, on the line. The dynamo was quickly cut out, and stopped. The voltmeter reading was 4,500 value between two wires, and the ammeter read 750 mille-amperes on the Another field of experiment in which most interesting results have been attained is Lhatinsbituced by Dr. J. Krabter, of Graz, Austria. His researches extend to the physiological and pathological eflects on the animal organism of currents of 2,000 volts or less. He experimented on white mice. rabbits. guinea pigs, cats and dogs, and in his just published paper, read before the International Medical Congress, at; Rome. his conclusions are thus stated: Sir Robert, Duff, Governor of New South Wales, upon me assembling of Puliamem, said Lhatdn accordance with the mandate of the electors, the protective duties would be repealed, and replaced bv income and land taxes. l'he defeat of the Dutch troops sent to punish the Rajah of the Island of Lambok, not. far from Java, seems to have been more serious than at first supposed. One hundred and sixty-four Dutch soldiers and foul-seen officers Were killed by the natives. Wll‘e. - The attempt was at once made to cause the lungs to act by moving the arms al- ternately up and down, but without avail. The mouth was then forcibly opened and the tongue was pulled out and allowed to recede. This being the best method of producing respiration artificially. the lungs actually began their functions almost immediately. Two hours later the man was able to speak; He had burns on his hand and back, but otherwise not injured. The accident occurred at a place where the three wires were supported eighteen feet above ground on a bracket fastened to a stone wall. The bracket curried several cross-pieces, and on the lowest one sat the laborer who had received the shock, holding the conductor with one hand. He had been sent up to fasten a telegraph wirev had touched the live wire with the wire he held. and thus short-circuited the current through his hand and back to earth. The man had therefore received a. 4,500-volt currant of fifty-five alternations per second perhaps for several minutes, and when he was found fully a quarter of an hour had elapsed since he received the shock. He gaVe no sign of life, and it took another half hour to remove him from his perilous position and stretch him on the ground. Comméuting upon these facts. Prof. d’Arsouval considers electrocution objec- tionable and of doubtful effect. TOOK 4,500 VOLTS AND REVIVED. “Why '3" inquired her companion. "Because its face makes it va!uable.“ Evolution of the Folding Bed. The Maiden’s Wish. Mrs. Alice Grinnell, a wealthy Widow of seventy-two, of Wichita. Kam, who a few day ago married Jerry Hoskins, a. young farmer of twenty-two, has been charged with having deeded to her boy husband a Governor Greenhalge has appointed a. native West Indian to be a. Jusuce of the Peace for Suifolk County, Massachusetts. He is Charles H. Kemp Sturgeon, and a. naturalized resident of Boston. He is studying America and American laws and hopes to be admitted to the bar soon. Dr. Cyrus Teed, the Koresh chief, has iven cum to his followers in Benvercounby, ennsylvania, the information that; he has discovered a. process by which gold can be produced as chegply as iron. ' Young John Jacob Astor, in his new house facing Central Park, New York, has carved in marble on the outside his own bust, his wife’s, his baby’s, his father’s, his grandfather’s sod ever so many more. Arthur Smith, 14 years old. sank in 14 feet of water in the Mohawk River, near Rome, and he was under the surface ten minutes before he was rescued. He was restored to consciousness and will live. A wan-ant has been swore out for the arrast of Enoch Filer, who controls the ma.- jority of the coal mines in Mercer county, Pa. He is charged with importing pauper labor. The railroads of Florida have a mileage of 2.500 miles. Compared with the popu- lation of the state, they are more exten- sive than the railroad: 0t any other south- ern commonwealth. The territory of Oklahama has 6 Episco- pal, 165 Methodist, ‘25 Bapbist, 24 Congre- gational, ‘25 Catholic and ‘24 Presbytermn churches, 3 Epworth leagues and 50 Chris- tian Endeavour sociemea. \Villxam Armstrong, of Norwalk, Ohio, died recently at the age of 98 years and four months, left six daughters and one son, and grandchildren, great-grand- children and great-grew-grandchildren to the fifth generznion. Over 1,000,000 kangaroo skins are annu- ally Inanufchured in the United States for bootmaking. The amount of wire in the underground CODdUILS of New York city is estimaced at, 34,000 miles. In is estimated that the recent. sbrike of coal miners can those directly conterned in it, $13,000,000. On the Indianapolis Board of Health is Dr. Earp. The board passed a resolution for the compulsory uprooting of weeds on vacant. labs. The doctor was among the first, victims of the law. An astonishing femLure of a brilliant Newport, R. 1., reception was the milking of a. gorgeously decorated cow on the lawn in full ‘IleW of the assembled guests. The milk was (‘isbributed in glasses by girls appropriately dressed. King William, 1; 5-yeer-old Normandy horse that, died in Chicago recently, was a. giant, of his race. He stood twenty-two hands and one inch high, weighed 3,027 pounds and had a stride of twenty-one feet and six inches. Rev. Joshua V. Himes, aged 90 years, and said to be the oldesn Episcopal clergy man in the United States, assisted the Battle Creek, Mich., church the other day in its celebration of itsfiftiecli anniversary. He is still in excellent. health, and his voice is firm and resonant. The officers in the parks at Boston are to use bicycles. Mississippi is the greatest tomato shlp- ping state of the South. California almond crop of this year is the largest. ever grown. A Chicago man who cheered at, a. woman who was riding a bicycle in bloomers was fined $25. Mrs. Spencer, of Bourbon, Ind.. now sixty years of age, has had eleven husbands and seven sets of chxldren. Two hundred scrub horses were killed by owners in a. California city lately on account of the scarcity of feed. The Austrafian lady bird, an insect which makes war on fruit, pests, has been admit;- Led to the United States mails. Dr. Bridgham of Sullivan Harbor, Me., has captured a. turtle 100 years old mat. can carry a man on its back. Russia and Italy are the two European count-ties from which have come the majority of immigrants who landed at. New York during the first half of the year. There are 28!) iron and steel manufactur- ing establishments in Pennsylvania, with an invested capitalof over $2,000,000. As a. fuel for vessels oil is about, one- quarter cheaper than coal, according Lo exâ€" periments recautly made at, Chicago. Dr. Judson B. Andrews, superintendenb of the New York State Hospital in Buffalo, is dead. He was a. great student, of mental diseases. Under a. decision of the Supreme Court, of Connecticut. boys and their trunks cannot be held for board. Yale youngsters gave rise to the decision. After being a. mute for two years a seven- yearâ€"nld girl of Vineland.N.J., has sudden- ly reenvered her speech through seeing the blood flowing frum a. cut: on her finger. The largest farm in the United States is aituabed in Louisianajt being 100 miles one way and ‘25 the other. The fencing alone for it; cost $50,000. William Waite, aged 46, of Chesterfield Ind., was found leaning against, a tree dead He had been there fully thirty-six hours. WHAT UNGLE SAM IS AT. A monumem over the grave of Henry C. Work, who wrote ” Marching through Georgia,” has been proposad. Martin E. Yates, of Goshen. Ind., died from the effects of opium poison in the VVindaor Hotel in New York. Governor Hogg, of Texas, while in New York was ofiered a law partnership worth from $20,000 to $25,000 a year. Charles \Vinne, of Kingston, N. Y., was anested,charged with cutting out. his balky horse‘s tongue with a. slip noose. Neighborly Interest In Illa humanâ€"“at. ters of Moment and nil-[h Gathered From His Dally Record. ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. Astor women own $3,000,000 in jewels J war chest for sudden emergencies. The , cost of the army and navy is stated in the budget for 1893 an 282,700,000 rubles, but, in is evidently larger already, because Rus- l sialms to furmsh her army with rifles of 1 small calibre, of which about onevthird I may have been delivered,while the rest will I not, be ready before the end of 1896. On coming to himself he found that the cloth of the umbrella which he had been holding was completely burned off its steel framework, the metal being twisted into every shape. He attributeshis safety to the circumstance that the umbrella has a. wood- en handle ; had it been of metal he must have been instantaneously killed. Ball Lightning. The occurrence of what is known as ball lightning is so rare that; every instance of it; is of some Interest. The London Lancet: lately described anarrow escapefrom death by this form of lightning, which was ex- perienced by a. distinguished surgeon of Louvain who had gone to visit a patient, in a. neighboring town. He was overbaken by athundersborm, and what: he described as a ball of tire descended upon and render- ed him for some time unconscious. An Australlnn llepiilo More [0 be Feared Than a Rattler. “ \Ve heara great deal about the deadly qualities of the rattlesnake,the adder and the copperhead,” says a. traveller, "and pretty nearly everybody has shuddered at the de scription of the horrible effects from the bite of the Gila. monster. They have a. snake in Australia, though, whose fangs are more deadly than those of all the others I have mentioned combined. I allude to the tiger snake. The reptile does not grow to large proportions, at length of three feet. being a. pretty good size. and its skin resembles the cont 0! the animal after whom it is named. The bite of the tiger snake is in- stautly fatal, and chemists who have analyzed its poison as far as possible are of the opinion that it possesses precisely the same qualities as prussic acid. Persons have been known to walk out of their hous- es ou the briefest sort of an errand and to have been found dead five minutes after- wards from the effects of the tigervsnnke bite. “ The Government of Australia has a. standing Oder of $5,000, or a thousand poundsr which is nearly the some thing, to be given to any one who may discover a. remedy for the bite of a. tiger snake. A man named Underwood, sol have been told, once discovered the. successful anti- dote, and proved its efficacy by allowing himself to he bit by the deadly reptile and incurring no evil eilects from it. He went- ed £2,000 for his secret, however, which the colonial authorities refused to pay. One day while drunk Underwood was giv- ing an exhibition and allowed two tiger snakes to bite him. In his mendlin state he had forgotten where he had laid the bottle containing the antidote and he died in a. few moments, his secret perishing with him." on the lead: peaches are produced in 45 states and territories, with Georgia and Texas far in the lead ; pears and cherries, are cultivated in 46 states, with New York and California leading ; apricots in 43 states, although the great bulk of this fruit is raised in California, and prunes and plums in 47 states with California, of course, far in the lead. Country visiLors to New York almost always \{isit Trimty churchyard, fine gang-y of the Stock Exchange, Brooklyn bridge and Castle Garden. Since the investigation of New York’s crime infested quarters has been given such prominence in the news- papers very many strangers now go “ slum- ming” on their account, visiting Hester street and the shady precincts in the Ten- derloin district. - From statistics it appears that apples are grown in 48 states and terntories of the American Union, with Ohio and Miphignp The Russian Budgets Show Always line "out Beautiful Eqmpoke. It is rather difficult to form a correct opinion on the financial condition of an autocratically-governed empire like that of Russia, Where little reliance can be placed in the official publicatlons. It must be acâ€" knowledged that the Government hitherto has rigidly observed its obligations toward its foregin creditors, yet English capitalists have sold nearly all their property invested in Russian securities,andthisfor the simple reason that the finances of a country which goes on borrowing annually, even in time of profound peace, deserve no confidence. The Germans have followed, and France, having bought most of these bonds, is now the foremost creditor of Russia, the sum total of her securities in French hands be- ing estimated at no less than 5 milliards of francs. The deficit of the famine year (1892-3) cannot have been less than 200,000,000 ru- bles. The Russian budgets, as they are published, show always the most beautiful equipoise. if not a surplus ; but in that. of 1894 the surplus , given at 61,870.00 ru- bles, is in truth a deficit of 87,474,000 ru- bles,for the so-ealled surplus is obtained by treating freshly-borrowad money as clear extraodinary income withoutreckoning it as a. debt on the opposite side amounting to an increase of 162,500,000 rubles from last year's internal loan zit-1:1; and the remaining bonds of the unsuccessful 3 per cent. loan in Paris. Detlucting the profit of the conver- sion of the 6 per cent. loan the debt in- creased last year by 113,000,000 rubles. In curious contrast to these facts the Russians boast, of the gold boarded by the Finance Minister at home and abroad, the former alone amounting to 620,500,000 ru- bles. The alleged reason that this gold is to cover the newly-issued notes is evidently a. pretext, as these notes are as little con- vertible into cash as the 0111 ones. The cause of this extraordinary policy can only be that the Government wishes to have a large amount of land and giving him nearly $10,000 in cash before he would marry her. Her relatives have laid her case before the courts. R USSIAN FINANCES. THE TIGER SNAKE. The Private Dairy. There is no issue not can there be any between good butter made on the farm,und that made in the associative creamery. The true issue is against poor butter everywhere, pcor cows. ignorance and ill considered methods, whether in the creemery or on the farm, end the consequent waste of labor and profit in either. Why Stone Heaps Kill Trees. The commonly observed fact that a. pile of stones around a tree is sure death to it is thus explained by American Cultivator: There are a. variety of causes. Stone heaps make u. harbor for mice, which burrow in the loose 5011 under the heap. and bark the trees under shelter of the stones. Apple and pear trees are. often destroyed thusâ€"â€" in fact, nearly all kinds of trees, when surrounded by stone heaps, are sure to be more or less denuded of their bark. But a pile of stones around an oak or a butternut is usually fatal to it if kept two or three years, though the hark of these trees is never eaten by mice. The reason in this case is that the stones mske & mulch around the trees, encouraging the growth of roots in warm Weather close to the surâ€" face of the ground, but in winter the stone heap is no protection against deep freezing. and the destruction of of the tender, suc- culent roots of the tree near the surface seriously injures it. The repetition of this process three or four years in succession usually finishes the tree. Lastly, business ability may be mentioned as by no means least of the essentials to success in dairying. A man may under- stand the whole process of butter man- ufacture; but, what, matters in, if he does not; possass the faculty of selling same in a. good market. to appreciative customers ? Good business principles include buying grains and feeding stufis in quantity at wholesale when prices are low. in keeping only the most, productive stock, and allow- ing no Wastes of either manure or feed. Value of Pedigree. A man should take the pedigree of his stock and study it well and if he finds there is good material back of it it 15 best to keep it, if he finds it is inferior he must weed it out and we must all be not only good dairy- men but good agriculturists to understand. that word “ weed.” It applies not only to the garden but to the stable and cattle as well as everything else on the farm. So we see there is an actual money value in pediâ€" gree. We shall find that the men who will study it and will take a. pedigree bull and place that animal at the head of his herd, Will in time build it up and will strengthen every animal therein. If he will take the offspring of that animal and breed them back to him fixing his type on the second generation of calves and going still further search for a. pedigree rich in milk produc- tion and breed these cows on that second animal he will find he has indeed struck a. mine of wealth. Patience and perseverance are further attributes of the ideal dairyman. Amara must trample his temper beneath his feet, and never indulge in harsh measures, whether provoked or unprovoked, in the- treatment of a milch cow, for severity and! ebullitious of anger are sure to make their effects plainly visible in the yield of milk. Dairy cows are nervous and high strung and will not stand the same handling that might be accorded to an ox or a mule. Perseverance means to the dairyman con- stant pressing forward, breeding up his herd. increasing from year to year the average production of milk and butter per cow. studying details and conditions so that he is more and more a master of his business as the years roll on. A Next, the dairyman must be a. neat man. It is 5! positive fact that good milk and butter cannot be produced except perfect cleanliness is observed from first to last, and cleanliness means that the milk must be exempt from foul odors as well as from the presence of any foreign matter whatso- ever. Milk will surely be tainted unless the air of the cow barn is kept sweet and wholesome. Especially in hot weather is ventilation necessary and the liberal use of absorbents, such as plaster and dry earth, to take in impure gases that are sure to injure the milk. The dairyman should be very watchful and quick to observe any symptoms than denote lack of thrift, and health among his cows. Oftentimes a. slight. disability, if not, noticed and checked at, once, soon develops into diseases that may baffle all skill to effect a cure. In other words, “a stitch in time saves nine.” \Ve do not expect to find a perfectly ideal man, any more than an ideal cow; but perhaps the nearer perfection is reach- ed in either case the better for dairy enter- prises. The dairyman should be an exact man. He must drop all mere “ guess work." Guessing too often proves veiy expensive. The book and pencil should be held in con- stant requisition. Accounts are as import- ant- and necessary to the dairyman as to the banker or merchant. Exactness should apply to every detail. Having formulated a. good ration for a particular cow, let the same amount by weight or measure be fed to her regularly at each feed. Always feed and water at the same hours as far as pos- sible. A dairyman near here boasts that if he should enter his cow stable ten min- utes before time for watering, not a cow would rise from the floor, but on the ar- rival of the proper hour every cow v‘vould promptly jump up upon appearance of the attendant. This is certainly a. good illus- tration of what strict adherence to method will do. Much has teen said and written about the best, cow for the dairyman, her points shape, etc., but, we do not hear often of what manner of clay the dairyman himself should be fashioned. As the dairy- man no less than the dairy cow is essential to the prosecution of successful dairy busi- ness, the man himself should receive so much consideration as the cow. Qualifications of the Dairyman. TH E FARM.