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At: a. meeting held at Birmingham, Ala., a committee of reputable colored minis- ters was appomted to visit Liberia and investigate ins advantages for a. colored colony. A number of persons in the neighbor- hood of Ogle Station. Mo. have recently been taken suddenly ill without any appar- ent. cause. IL was at; length discovered that, the symptoms were produced by drinking water from a. well, which had become the nest of a. family of big green snakes. A moment. for the importation of Ameri- can cattle into Switzerland has been set. on foot. The betrothal of Miss Murel \Vilaou, eld- est daughter of Mr. Wilson, of Tranby Croft. at whose house the celebrated brac- camt scandal arose, and Lord Willoughby de Eresby, has been broken off. No reason has been made public. Dominico Bonano, the twenty-year-old Italian boy shot, in what; Was to have been a. mock duel at Chicago with Pout lBorko, another boy, is dead. It; was agreed be- tween xhe boys that they should fire in the air above each other’s heads. Borko falled to aim high enough. During the coming winter Austrullia will compete with Canada for the live cattle trade. Bishop Sullivan, of Alzoma, has been appointed by the Colonial Continental Society chaplain of Christ’s church. Men- tore. Bishop Sullivan, who has been in ill- health for some time, has accepted the position. Sir. Terence O'Brien, the Governor of Newfoundland, who is at present in Lon- don, says that a. majority of the people of the colony, through loyal to the ‘Empire, would, if compelled to choose, prefer a. union with the United States to a union with Canada. Bishop G. A. Smith, of the Mormon Church, says that the centre of the Church will shortly be in Mexico, and that a. powerful hierarchy, greater than Salt Lake, will be established. The czar’s health is again causing much apprehension among his relatives and friends. Japan is effecting new treaties with the great powers, and is being recognized as one of the sisterhood of civxhzed unions. Mr. James L. Huddart, the fast Atlantic line promoter, is awaiting che publication of Lord Jersey’s report. before asking fur- ther sibsidies or making any further an- tempts to form a company. A scheme is on foot to have a bull fight shortly in Denver, Col. Mr. B. P, Hutchinson, better know as " Old Hutch,” the once famous Chicago Board of Trade plunger. has opened a one cent cigar store opposite the board, where he once made and lost milllons. The health of Grand Duke George, sec- ond son of the Czar has takena very serious turn. The City Engineer of Toronto, has re- commended Lhac during the winter months the motermen on street cars be pro- tected by vestibules attached to the cars. Lord Rosebery is expected to speak shortly in Glasgow, when he will define the party‘s position on the House of Lords, Home Rule, and the disesmblishment of the Welsh Church. The Imperial Government offers a thou- sand guineas for the best scheme of an Imperial Customs Union. The Earl of Rosebery and the Marquis of Salisbury are expected to act as judges. It; is understood that. the long-pending negotiations for the amalgamation of the Montreal and Consumers' G43 CJmpanies of Montreal have been compieted. Major Beresford, who was stationed at Halifax a. few months ago. was on Thursday on the roof garden of the Halifax hotel. He was in ill-health, suffering from nervous prostration, and he fell ofl} dashing his brains out on the pavement five stories be- low. He will be given a military funeral to-morrow. Capt. McLaughlin McLean. of the Cans.- dian sealing schooner Favorite, has arrived at Vistoria, B. C. He intends taking action against the United States for the illicit seizure of his vessel. He was sent from the fishing grounds by a. United States cruiser in the middle of the season for hav- ing a. rocket gun on board. with which, he says. it would have been utterly impossible to have sho; a. seal. Two men named J. S. Shippey and A. McDonald, prospectors, Were drowned an Rab Portage on banurday morning. The Massey Manufacturing Company, of Toronto, is making arrangements for mov- ing into the United States, so as to enjoy the advantage of free raw matenal pro- vided by the new \Vilson Taritf Act. The Hon. Hugh Gough, the eldest son of Viscount. Gough, has been appointed gecretary to the British Embassy at Wash. Dr. Nettlesbip, the oculisc, has made an- other examination of Mr. Gladstone’s eyes. He is satisfied with their condition, and does not think that another operaxion will be requisite. .A daily steamboat, service will be estab. lished next season tebween Porn Scauley, Out.” and Cieveland, O. Mr. W. Peel, son of the Speaker of the Bribish House of Commons, and all". Morris son of Lord Morris, formerly Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, who were in Montreal recently, are making A tour of Canada. and the United States. Monroe, Strang, Lee & Company. of New York, general railway contractors, are preparing a large outfits. and wxll shortly commence work on the South Shore rail- way, running from Yarmouth to Shelburne, Mr. James A. Walker died on Wednes- day at his residence in Montreal, after two years’ Illness, an the age of seventy-five years. With the exception of Sir David Macpherson. he was the last of the old for- warders in Canada. jugs CANADA. The Earl of \Vestmeuh is at presentZin Montreal on 5. visit. THE WEEK’S NEWS $011. GREAT BRITAIN. UNITED STATES GENERAL One Who Has 'l'rled It Says It is the Most Dangerous Sport. ‘Volf hunting is probably the most dangerous sport there is. With a servant and a. couple of fast horses attached to a sleigh, I have gone out and baited the ground for the brutes on numerous occa- sions. A fat hog tied to a tree never failed to collect a pa ck. The trouble was that it drew too many. The wolves would gather to the number of 200 or 300 and devour the pig. Then we would dash upon the scene and the fun would commence. They are as fleet as a deer. To say that they are as fleet as wolves Would be more like it. They can outrun the horses every time, and if they are not picked oil" as fast as they come up, you might as Well give up the fight and permit yourself to_ be devoured. Imagine yourself making a. running fight with a. band of 300 hungry, maddened wolves and with the knowledge that if one of the fleet little brutes reaches your horses you are a. dead man, and you can possibly imagine what a nervy sport it is. It re- quires a cool head and a. good eye. If you miss your mark, you’re gone. Your only chance of safety is in keeping your horses up. It is generally a long fight. You look back and see the carcasses of the animals dotting the snow for a mile or two in your wake. and still they pursue you in great numbers. Slowly the pack thins out. Many have dropped bleeding to the ground. Others stop to devour the carcasses. The more that fall the more timid the rest be- come. When you finally outdistance the pack you have been through the most try- ing ordeal that the most ardent sportsman could wish. is tarfie beside it. If you go into the jungles of India. to shoot a tiger, you are accom- panied by a long retinue. You shoot your prey from the howdah of an elephant. If you miss your victim, there are twenty bullets ready for him before he springs. A person might as well go tiger hunting in & menagerie. The only unsatisfacnory par- of the port which wolves afford is that after you are all through you haven’t any, thing to show for your ed‘orts. But it is great sport. “It ruins men’s health, perverts their tastes, and is as effective in lowering the standard of intellect as the abuse of alcohol. The State ought to legislate in the matter. If State employees and the schools were made to begin work at sunrise and to cease work at mid-day (or two hours later, if necessary), this reform would soon lead to others. Noon would again be noon, and all shops would be closed early in the after- noon ; evening would once more be evening as in former times. The theaters would be open from four to seven, or from five to eight, and between nine and ten everything would be closed and all lights would be out, as at present in the country, where people have not yet ceased to work during the day and sleep at night. Such a. reversion to ‘elders’ hours’ would do much to allevi< ate the evils from which society is at pres- ent suffering.” Seven thousand visitors aided the people of Grand Junction, 0010., to celebrate peach day. Specimens of astonishing size were exhibived. The members of the Peary expedition, expect Lieut. Peary. Hugh Lee, a compan- ion, and Matthew Henson. a colored ser- vant. who remain at, Bowdoin bay for another year, have reached St. John’s Nfld. The party aufiered great hardships from the extreme severity of the weather, and accomplished nothing. Bijornsterne Bjornsen, a. celebrated Nor. wegian writer, inveighs against the growing custom of turning night into day. The practice, he thinks, is altogether pernici- ous. M. Barthou, French Minister of Public Works, is agibabing for the underground railway for Paris kae the Metropalinan, of London. The British cruise: Ringarooma, which recently went ashoreon a. reef off Mailicollo island, New Hebrides, hm; been fluated with the assistance of the British warships Dart, Lizard, and \Valaroo. and the French cruisers Socrfl and Loyuute. A band of Greek hrigands a few days ago carried off the Procurer du Roi, a. judge. and their two secretaries. A debachement of soldiers were sent to attack the brigands, and in the fight which ensued the brigamls were exterminated, but the procureur and judge were killed. A petition bearing twenty-five thousand names of Swiss cinizens has been presented to the Federal Counc I. demmding the adoption of vigorous repressive measures ngainsb the Anarchists} At Tuskin castle, near Nyiregnhaza, Hungary, on Monday night, a hypnobist threw Ella. von Solomon, daughter of the proprietor, into the hypnotic sleep, and suggested that she was suffering from cou- sumpbion. The girl suddenly shrieked, fell tofihe ground and expire_d. The Czar has sent an autograph letter to the Queen, invmng her Majesty to at- tend the wedding,Y of the Czarewitch and At, the National Labor Congress, held on Saturday at, Nantes, a unanimous decision was reached against A. generalsbrike, which, it was declared,was a Utoptian idea. which would blue no effect beyond duping the workinaman. I consider wolf hunting the most danger- pus sp0r_t thgrg ia.__ Tiger hpntlng in Indla. The St. Petersburg Novosti, commenting upon the situation in Lhe East, declaree Lfiat, the victory of Japan will not, mak Russia. falter in her among resolva not to permit any annexation of Cox-ea. A correspondent in China telegraphs that; an Imperial edict has been issued de- pnvingViceroy Li Hung Chang ofthe three- eyed peacock feather, because of his mis- management of the Coresn campaign. A body of Arabs, armed with \Viuchester rifles. recently assaulted the British and Danish vice-consuls and a. number of other Europeans at the Gates cf Casablanca, Morocco, and stole their dumbing 5nd valu- ables. nncess Alix oi Hesse WOLF HUNTING IN RUSSIA. Early to Bed, Early to Rise. The dynamite gun throws a dyn smite bomb large enough to wreck the largest warship afloat, a. distance of three miles ; and with such acouracy that nine success ive shots were recently planted in a space not much bigger than a battleship. These gu us are meant for coast defense. but it will be buta short time until they are adapted for use on ships. When things get to that pass that two navies, three miles apart, can with asingle discharge blow one another into nothingness “leaving not a. rack be- hind,“ the stupendous c riminality of war will bring about its own end. That is the one encouraging feature of the continued progress being made in the invention of desthdealing instruments of war. which will be pored from guns firing smoke- less powder will wreck all parts of the ship outside the heavy armor. In ships where the barbettes are insufficiently protected the explosion of shells under them may bring them down with their weight of 700 or 800 tons. If onca they give way the armored deck cannot support them, and they may be expected to go clean through the bottom of the ship, involving her destruction in their downfall. The destructionof the fun- nels will destroy the draft,the shipswill fill with smoke and the decks probably be set on fire. but it; does not appear to be overdr awn. And we have not, yet nearly reached the end of invanbions 1n cannon, though the limit. of armor-bearing by ships is in sight. It \Vas Lacking in Many of the Famous People or the Paul. “ I would give the world,” said the Em- press Catharine “ to be Able to appreciate and love music, but I try in vain. For me it is noise and nothing but noise.” The big guns will be discharged at five or six hundred yards. The detonation of their huge shells will probably, like the explosxon of a powder magazine, reduce the already wrecked ship to a hopeless chaos, destroying all her organization and the nerve thread that conveys the captain’s orders to the engineroom. Even if the armor resists the blow, the shock to the ship will be terrific. Striking the turret of an ironclad, one of these projectiles would probably, if it did not hurl it overboard, stun or kill every man in it and wreck all its complicated mechanism. This will con- stitute the first stage of the encounter. The ships will now be nearing one another, and the survivors of the tettrible slaughter will drive the battered hulls. low in the water, at one another. Ships, surviving the ravages of ordnance,will ram and sink one another, and in twenty minutes from the opening of the engagement four-fifths of the ships will be on their way to the bottom of the sea. There has not been an engagement be- tween two navies on a. large scale since the replacing of the old wooden walls by heavi- ly armed battleships; and the ability of the latter to withstand the shock of onset has never been put to practical test. A writer in the United Service Magazine pre- dicts that ironcleds Will make short work of one another. A battle will last ten minutes. The fleets will probably approach at the combined rate of 28 knots an hour. The two and a. half or three minutes that elapse before the fleets meet will be min- utes of the most extreme and agonizing tension. The compartments forward in the terrible blast of fire that will open the engagement will be blown away or riddled like sieves. Watertight doors will be use- less when there are no water-tight wells. The whole ship will be covered with debris, her appearance will be transformed by the loss of her funnels and the destruction of the superstructure and upper works. To what. must we attribute the absence of the ear for music i.) certain people '3 Does this gap belong to an intellectual order or to a purely physical order? And _is there any way to make people who have not; the natural instinct appreciate music? Napoleon I. hardly loved anything in harmony, except, pelhaps, the roar of artillery. Music, he said, Lroubled his nerves. NeVertheless, like apracticalman, he understood the advantages to be deriv. ed from it, from a military point of view. Consequently he gave orders to the bands of different regiments to play every day in front oi the hospitals to soothe and encour- age the wounded. The Boston voting lisb this year contain the names of 8,472 women voters. The great: Empress of Russia. would find herself in very good company if around her august; person she assembled in the king- dom of the dead all the celebrities who like herself did not appreciate music. She might form a very respectable court, with all the warriors, poets, philosophers, litterateurs and artists of roll kinds, including even musicians, who understood nothing what- ever of the beauties of that art which exer- cised such a powerful influence upon the soul of Alfred de Musset, who wrote: “’Tis music that made me believe in God." “Napoleon III. tolerated music with great difl‘iculty, and Victor Hugo, in the pride of the poet, had to be coaxed by the com- poser who desired to put, his lines in music. “Are not: my verses,” he used to say, “sufficiently harmonious to stand without the assistance of disagreeable noise ‘3” Among the literary celebrities whose “melophobia” was notorious we might cite Beaumnrchnis, who wrote the famous phrase, “The stuff that, isn’t. worth writing is good enough to sing ;” Theophile Gautier, who said that “of all noises, music was the dearest ;” Fontenella, the amber of “sonata, que me veux-Lu?” Who used to say that: there were three things in this world that he could never understand, namely, gambling, women. and music; and finally the amiable poet, La Fonbaine. An All’alr of a Few Minutes Wllll Few Survivors In Tell the Tale. THE NEXT NAVAL BATTLE. THE RAIN 0F MELINITE SHELLS IT IS A TERRIBLE PICTURE. THE MUSICAL EAR. A Kentucky, gentleman, who has three chermina and beautiful daughlers, several years ago corked up a. bottle of old whiskey. saying at; the time is should not be opened until one of the three married, when the liquor should be drunk to the health of the bride at, the wedding feast. The whiskey is now thirteen years old, and the girls are still unmarried. What a. luscious chance for some thirsty young man! President Casimirâ€"Perier has a strongly- developed jaw. a. look of debermination,and something of the aggressive appearance of a. bulldog. A clever caricaturist Look ad- vantage of the resemblance in appearance and name to portray him as “ M. Casimir- Terrier,” and the caricature has “ caught Princess Beatice and her husband, Prince Henry of Battenburg, lately took a. brief trip along the French coast, strictly incog, and a la Boheme. They visited Mont St. Michel, and cheerfully joined in the rush for seats at the table d’hote after watching the culinary operations in the kitchens. Princess Beatrice had with some difficulty secured a place when a. young lady opposite said to henâ€"“Would you mind changing with me, so that I may sit next to my young man ‘1” The request; was of course granted, with so laudable an object; in view. Eugenie has the London and Paris news- papers read to her after breakfast every morning, and not until she knows the news of the world does she open her mail. The ex-Empress was sixLy-eighb years old last: spring, and as a concession to the inflrmities of age she carries with her a plain umbrella of unbleached muslin as a walking stick. It is never unrolled, and no attempt is made to make use of it as a protection against a sudden shower. She usually promenades alone in en tire indiffer- ence to her personal appearance, and dresses always in black. which looks funer- eal in contrast with her white hair. n on. Far from lowering him in the public esteem, however, it has greatly increased his prestige as the uncompromising watch- dog oi’ the Republic. Chesholm Robertson, one of the foremost leaders of the great Scottish coal miners’ strike. speaks French with an unimpeach- able accent, is acquainted to some extent with German, writes two systems of short- hand, and reads Carlyle and Schopenhauer. He wears a. velvet jacket cuta la Whistler, aflects a stovepipe hat of the pattern worn ten years ago, and is profuse in his display of jewellery. He carries a cane which is said to weigh seven pounds. Bismarck was a student in Goettingen in 1892 and 1893, where his skill in fence won for him the surname “Achilles the invul- nerable” In three terms he fought ‘20 duels, and received only a. single wound, oi which the scar on his lower jaw near the lip is still perceptible; but as this was caused by his adversary’s blade flying from the hilt, it was contrary to the code, so that his reputation for invulnerability re- mained technically unimpaired. Indeed, the university authorities forbade him to fight certain projected duels on pain of exPulsion. It, is said bf Aubrey Beardsley, the original and eccentric artist whose work is the present; craze in London, that. he gets his marked shadow efiecns by laying his drawing block on the floor and working from above it, stooping over from his chair. His work is usually very ugly, but is is al- ways entirely difierunb from anything one is accustomed to. Among the victims of the cholera. in St. Petersburg is General Count Paakevitch, one of the Imperial chamberlains, and a. man known throughout Russia. In Paris, under the Second Empire,he was a. popular figure. His wife, one of the most beautiful women in the foreign colony of Paris at the time. eloped w1th Lord Hamilton, of Eng- land. For the famous charge of the Light Brigade at, Balaklava only one Victoria Cross was awarded to an officer. ID was given to Lieutenant: A. R. Dunn, who saved the life of a non-commissioned officer by cutting down three Russian lancers, and later in the battle also saved the life of a. privune. The decoration was recently sold at public auction in London. A Parisian chemist has invented a lumin- ous face powder which, it is said, will pre- vent the ghastly appearance which beauty sometimes assumes under the penetrating rays of the electric light. Lord Wolseley, who has just been cre- Med :1 field marshal in the English army, has attained that rank at an earlier age than any non-royal officer smce 1760, with the exception of the Duke of Wellington, who became field marshal at 44. Henry M. Stanley and his wife, a. for- eign correspondent writes, have fallen into the background. One never sees or meets them at any of the smart. gatherings. In fact, all Englishmen seem to take rather a pleasure in calling Stanley an out-and out fraud. A former officer of the Grand Army, Herr \Vaethe, a. wealthy man, has gone to California to purchase ground to establish a. vegetarian colony. His disciples, how- ever, are to eat fruit, and vegetables only in the raw state, live in unfurnished huts, and wear as little clothing as pos- sible. In the colony are twelve German nobleman. Kingston‘s healbh ofiicer is testing mikk delivered there. Some "ems About a Few of the (in-m Folks of the World. The Count of Paris' fortune amounted to about $20,000,000, but there are many who are to have shares of it. Daisy Majors, a 16-year old girl who has acted as postmistreas at Wampum, Pa., is found to have embezzled $1,500. Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant has just celebrated his ninetieth birthday. He went, to India on entering the army in 1820. and saw almost all his active service there. A Thirsty Man’s Chance. PERSONAL POINTERS. w“Well, you have a. nice stable to stay in, don'tvou ? Now, I have nothing but a. plain barn and no padding. To be sure, on cold nights I have straw up to my knees, bubI don’t, have any blanket; and my hair gees rough and ghaggy.” “Oh. dear,” sighed the poor rich horse. “I would much rather have your coat of fur, and I wouldn’t care how rough it was. If they would only let me have the hair that belongs to me it would be much more comfortable than a blanket. They cut off my hair and I feel every chilly wind that blows. Idon’t dance around as you see me because I feel gay and happy, but because I feel perfectly miserable. Sometimes they make me wear the over-check and blinders, and then it seems to me as if I would lose my wits entirely. Little then can I see except the sky And the tops of people‘s heads; and if I stumble, or run away, when I am afraid of something I can’t see, the driver whips me where my hair has been clipped and I can’t say a word back.” ‘ “But I’d have my neck- free and be allowed to exert my full strength domg it.” retorted the poor rich horse with some spirit, and as he gave an extra strain at his check-rein, the poor rich horse noticed the blood was starting from the corners of his mouth. “Is it the check-rein that makes your mouth bleed ‘2" asked the rich poor horse. The rich poor home now opened his eyes Wide and surveyed his companion under the lighiofnaame new idea. "Poor rich hérsé” said the compassionate attache of the dmy, “I think I will try to be content. with my lot after this.” Just. then the drayman came around with some nubbius of corn. The gay Coachman mounted his box and with a crack of his whip sent. the poor rich horse flying down the street. The rich poor horse rubbed his nose on hxs master’s shoulder and told him what he heard about poor rich horses, and the two jogged 03 together, the best friends in the world.â€"Pleadings of Mercy. “Oh, yes ; I’m gening quite used to that. Very often my mouth is so sore I can scarcely eat, and then they think I’m ill, and the surgeon with}. great long nameâ€"- v-e-r-y-t-y-r-a-n-n-y, I think they call him â€"comes 1n wnh a black bobble and ties up my head, and pours some dreadful medicine down my throat and whips me when I kick him." “Oh, well, you don’t; have much hard Work to do,” said the rich poor horse; “you ought, to appreciate that and make the best of your condition.” “I’ll'chau'ge places with you at any time,” replied the poorrich home. “My load become heavier thing) yqurs qommoqu i_s, [Pecquqe fl am so tied back and curbed and reined the half my strength is spent trying to reliev my aching muscles and neck. When don’t have to wear the over-check, the they put on the bearing rein, which is no better. And then, when we fashionabl horses grow old and lose our style and spirit, we are sold to somebody who forgets! we are not used to labor which developea the muscles, and We are whipped when we can’t pull heavy loads, and have to endure exposure and all sorts of other hardships when the least prepared for them.” “ I don’t know much about checkreins,” bluntly said the rich poor horse, and l have never hauled fine ladies around in their carriages. I supposed, by the way I have seen them petting you with their soft white hands, that, they wouldn’t. want you to be dressed up so you would be uncomfortable or suffer by imi’ “ Oh, they don’t think," sighed the poor rich horse; “ they donbtles suppose I have avery fine time with nothing to do but draw this pretty doll’s wagon. If Icould only have my choice I would change places with you. I would rather haul a. dirt waggon without, any check-rein on than to be dressed up in this fine style and sufl'er as I do." “ You find the dirt Waggon pretty heavy hauling: fgplied the rich_ popr horse: The Poor Rich Ho ‘53 and the Rich Poor use. was covered with foam, and he held his head very high. His mouth was stretched Wide open, and he tossed his head up and down. and bank and forth, and pawed the air with his fore-feet. So high were his eyesâ€"almost looking toward the skyâ€"that he scarcely seemed able to see a {at old dray horse that stood near, regarding him with a sleepy wonder, and considering him as belonging to another “set” than his entirely. The old horse did not suppose it would do any good to pass the time of day with his neighbor, as the rich horse un- doubtedly regarded himself as far too grand to communicate with such a humble person- age, so he changed the bit around in his mouth and was just about to drop 06 into a gentle doze,when a sound of distress from the rich horse caused his plain neighbor to open his eyes wide and to regard the form- er with considerable curiosity, which at length expressed itself in this wise : “You look very gay, neighbor ; are you not comfortable with your fine, silver-plated harness and shiny trappings '3" l x The poor rich horse, driven by atall Coachman with high hat and white gloves, looked very gay as he pranced up to the door of an elegant establishment on the avenue. The breast of the noble creature “ I can hear you though loan scarcel?’ see you,” answered the poor rich hora , ” for my harness, although undoubtedly, very handsome, is a. perfect torture to mé. You can see for yourself how my head/13 Lied up by a. new fangled contrivauce théy call an over-check. My eyes are almo‘st blinded by the glare of the sun, and thy neck aches, and my head throbs, and I am really quite miserable.” There are 20,000 women riders in New York and New England alone. If possible, the latter staid and conservative locality 13 more wheel mad than New York. The enthusiasm has spread to {he tiniest. town and a httle mountain hamlet of 300 or 500 souls will have its quota of wheelwomen. YOUNG FOLKS. 20,000 Wheelwomen.