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Interesting Item! About Our Own Conutry. Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Auortod for Buy Reading. ' CANADA. George Gunn was so nipeg on Saturday to a ment for raising a I fifty. Mr. Goldwin Smith has declined the degree uf LL.D. which the senate of the University of Toronto proposed to confer upon him. The first ten-mile section of new line built this seasan on th? Oxtawa, Arn- prior and Parry Sound railway will be completed in August. ‘ The lumber laden steamer Simon fangell, for Tonawanda. is hard and alt aground on the hhird pier from the Canadian shore of the Internation- al bridge. Principal. Peterson, of MoGill Uni- versity has left for Glasgow to take th in the jubilee of Lord Kelvin (Sir ‘ ’illiam Thompson.) Mr. J. U. Tyrrell, C.E.,of Hamilton has been asked to represent (be Doâ€" minion Surveyors’ Assodntion in Lieut. Peary’s expedition to the Hudson Strait. Jean Baptiste, or "Migh‘y Voice," the Indian who is charged with the urder of Bergt. Coldbrook of the orthwest Mounted Police, 'was cap- tured in Montana. Mr. Jas. H. Metcalfe has been noti- fied that he had.been appointed waxâ€" den of Kin sion penitentiary, at. a {113 of 8 ,000 per annum. \Varden ave] has been placed on the retired list, with an allowance of $1,400 a year. George and Alexander McDonald of {mndom Ont, have been arrested on he charge of attempting to wreck a train onitheVStragord brangh pf the nuan. The G.T.R. western car shops will likely be constructed on the old site at London at once. The office of local manager of the Grand Trunk railway at Toronto will be abolished, and Mr. E. Wragge. who has held the posltlnn for thirteen years will retire next monlh. (grand Trunkvfailvrvamt A farmer claims to have seen them place spikes on the track. r Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato are turning their attention to the mining regiéns of El" ish Columbia, and have now an came at Rosland, who 53 s that there is ten times more weth in the Trail district than South Africa ever saw. thn G. Mopre. one of \Vinnipeg's most prominent citizens, Has been arâ€" did not properly account for moneys collectgd frog: pggpertigs which he was Ina iéériirx 7 for‘ Hén. Stratford Tolle- mac e, ndon, Eng. The amount of the shortage is $6,000, THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Sir Hercules Robinsdn, with other South African officials, have arrived at Inndon. The Irish Land bill was passed to its second reading in the House of Com- mons an Tuesday night without a division. The Duchess of Marllxa‘ough will make her first appearance as a host,- ass at Ascot. She will entertain a large and distinguished house party. In the action tried in L0 don for breach of pcromise, brought by Miss May re, an act ess, against Viscdunt dley, forfifi'teen thousand pounds. a verdint was rendered for the defendant. The London Times-Echo, referring to the trend 0f politics in the United States, announces the pr ect of the mession of the South an \Vest and the formation of three unions, over the silver question. British Board at Trade returns for May show a decrease of $7,000,000 in \m rts and an increase in expou‘ts of 82. 50,000 as compared with May, 1895. Certain di lomatic correspondence re- garded by ngland as of a confidential character has been printed in the Italian green book. Mr. Balfour. inthe House of Commons. has referred to it as the "Italian break/h of faith." Leading re reeentatives of the Eng- lish peace an arbitration societies have ewnud Mr. Pulitzer, proprietor of he New York \Vorld. now in London, with an address thanking him for his ofiorts on behalf of good feeling be- tween England and the United States. ‘Mr. Geo. N. Curzon, Parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Office, ans- wering a question in the House of Commons, said that 116 tiations were proceeding with the. Inited States with the View of bringing about a set,- tlement by arbitration of the Venâ€" ezuelan dispute. By special invitation of 1119 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of England. sent under special sanction of the Queen, the Ancient and Hm- orable Artillery Company of Massa- chusetts will visit London next month, and as a foreign body of “armed men" willl be permitted to march‘ on British 801 . Commercial failures in States hast week number 195 for the corresponding Four men held up the watchman of ubakery on Lake street. Chicago, and took 81,000 from the safe. ( UNITED STATES is dead. at Cincinnati. The first session of the 54th Congress of the United States closed on Thurs- The Red Cross Society has sent fro_m New 'York $22,000 for relief work in Armenia. Three Armenians living near Fresno. (38]., were murdered near that place on Saturday. During the past month 28 Canadians ave been refused admittance into the nited States at Detroit. The United States Church Army, a body similar to the Salvation Army. has been organized in New York. Rev. Dr. Sam'er n‘esideucy of the . Two bulldo‘gs Acklam, aged 8. urday. GREAT BRITAIN tore to pieces Henry at Racine, \Vis., Sat- has resigned the Acadia College, Hali- sentenced at Win- a year's imprison- tenâ€"dollar billr to the United 234, against week last Robert Bonner Harljlsbur‘g, Pa.. president of the S America. At Shelbyville, 111., Thom and his entire family, six 1 die from the effects of eati ed ice cream. M." L. and Eva aged hei ht The business summaries from New York report trade generally quiet and unchanged throughout the United States. The coming Presidential elec- tion and widespread anxiety as to fu- ture financial possibilities are given as the chief factors in the present commer- cial stagnation. The only industry in which there appears to be any molve- ment is the boot and shoe industry. and that has slightly improved. though dealers are ordering only what they immediately require. The textile trade shows no improvement. So far. fortunately, the depression has not. been increased to any extent by lab- or disputes. Cotton, wool, and steel and iron industries are all slow. Mer- cantile collections are reported gen- erally as unsatisfactory. GENERAL. Smallpox hafi broken out and is scpuuleadmg in avana and Santiago de 8.. Muzaffer-edâ€"Din. the new Shah of Persia. was formally enthroned at Tethâ€" eran on Monday. Cuba's an 3.1" crop this year will amount to 3 out one-eighth of the crop of last year. The British cruiser Bonaventure lost seventy men by sunstroke while on a. voyage from Colombo f0 Pomdicharv. It is reported at Apia, Samoa. Germany is attempting to assist present pretender, Tamasese, to throne. In wxfimemoration of his coronation the _Czar has donated the sum of _seven- ty-flve thousand dollars to charitles. As arequt 01 the bomb explosion in Barcelona on Sunday eight persons were killed. twenty-one are ying. and eigh- teen are injured. The committee of the French Cham- ber of Deputies has unanimously ap- proved the bill making Madagascar a French colony. The Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, says that matters are in a fearful con- dition in Crete, and large (glantitles of guns are being sent from ‘reece. A despatch received at Constantinople from Canes. says that another Greek vessel loaded with munitions and pro- vigions for the insurgents has been seized by the Turkish officials. The French guardship est Constanti- nople has started for Yalova withl seventy-five thousand dollars. with which to y the ransom of the twb French 13. ies who were recently cap- tured near that place by brigands‘ The four Johannesberg Reformers paid their heavy fine yesterday, and all exce t Col. Rhodes signed an agree- men to abstain tram any interference in the politics of the South African Republic. The ’mixedi tribunal in Cairo on Mon- day rendered gudgment against theGov- ernment and he foiur Commissioners. of The 5 ar crop of Cuba. having been nearly 31 athered. there are a large number of abourers idle on the plan- tations, for Whom the Spanish Govern- ment must find employment to prevent them joining the insurgents. On Sunday two carriages containing three ladies were attacked by brigands at Yalove, twenty miles [ram Constan- tinople. The ladies were carried off, and information was received in the city thatrthey will be held until a. ransom of two thousand pounds is paid. .At a large and enthusiastic meeting; of the Milwaukee street car strikers, held on \Vednesday, it was decided to continue the strike to the bitter end. the Caisse who favoured advancing funds from the Egyptian reserve for the purpose of the Soudan expedition. An appeal will be taken. Mr. Frank Mayo, the wellâ€"known actor, while on ‘his way the other day‘ from Denver to Omaha, Neb., died on" board the train of paralysis of the heart. . The National Conference of Charities and Corrections, in session at Grand Rapids, Mich., has selected Toronto for its next ammua] meeting. \ . ~ Mr. W att Eaitorn, of Montreal, the celebrate Camdlan artist, died recentâ€" 1 at Newport, R. I. He studied under (gerome and Millet, in Paris. He was forty-seven years of age. Severe storms, with heavy rains, preâ€" valled on Sunday throughout \Viscousin, iowa, Nebraska. South Dakota, and Michigan, and destroyed a vast, amount of property. Some lives were lost. M. Bouguereau, the French painter. who is seventy-two years of age, will be shortly married to Miss Elizabeth Gardner, the American painter, of Exeter, N.H., who was at one time M. Bouguereau‘s pupil. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, of New York, having made the formal an- nouncement of the engagement of g their youngest dau h er. Grace, to Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., Mr. ‘ Cornelius Vanderbilt, , sr., rm- nuunces .that the engagement is against his expressed Wish, and with- out 1113 consent. COSTLY NUPTIALS. A wedding feast is an important ceremony in France among all class- es of society. Even among the very poorest of the Parisians a. wedding banquet is the occasion for a reckless expenditure of money in the purchase of wine and viands. ‘In Brittany a. wedding is even a more gorgeous affair than in Paris. At a recent wedding oeremon in Brittany the guests num- bered l, 00. and three bullocks, thing- six calves and five. sheep were slaug - tered to provide them With meat. \Vine was consumed in large quantities, and, in addition. forty turrels of cider were emptied. At he annual meeting of the Lonâ€" don Vesleyan mission recently the chairman referred to the work of the " female sisters," and Rev. Hugh Price Hughes invited “ young men and wo- men of all ages" to attend his meetâ€" ings. This recalls the slip of a ner- vous young curate. “ Youn ladies," he began. "or gerhafis Inhoul say young women, for Win; to embrace you all." NOT WHAT HE MEANT BYE tfié'SoBtch-Irish Saturday Comfort, of Oswe-go. B. White, ofi Mon_roe both fort, of Oswego. aged 52. white, of Monroe, Mich, h less than four feet in married at Niagara Falls, ffects'bf eating poison of New York ms Thomas in all. will re-electe( Society 0: hat the the BY TRISTRAM MONKE. The northern plains of Siberia were experiencing a far more vigorouswinâ€" ter than usual, even for that latitude, The snow, fanned by a strong northâ€" ern gale, fell in Wild, curling eddies across the iceâ€"bound, desolate plains, Wrapping the wooden houses of the con- vict mining station 0f Orlouski in a fea- thery mantle of immaculate white. In one of the houses nearest the mine dwelt the head of the settlement, by name Nicholas Ozaski, and his daugh- ter Fedora. The latter, when our story Opens, was sitting beside a roaring fire in her home, while on the opposite side of the hearth wafi a young Cossack lieu- tenant, tall and strikingly handsome: so much so, indeed. that his face won for him the cognomen of Handsome Boris. Boris Xerinka had been at Orlouski for the space of one week only, and yet Fedora had become to him the idol of his heart; such was the result of five days’ reasoning with himself, but Fe- dora, who was quite accustomed to reâ€" ceive homage, did not or would not understand that he expected her to of- fer him any; moreover, for some un- accountable reason, she had conceived a melted antipathy fior him, a dislike which at first was generated by a shif- ty expression which seemed to lurk be- hind his bright blue eyes, as well as by the downward curve of his handsome month. which would have better grac- ed a woman's face than that of a man. For some time the two occupants of nu. rnnm had remained silent, watching THE ing said For some time the two 00 the room had remained silent the glowing embers, then Fe Dunu . " My father told me that another gang of these poor wretches was ex- pected here to-day. Is that so ?" "Yes," replied Xerinka, “ it is true. Fedora, and they ought to have been here eight hours ago!" " Doomed to the mines," she cried. in a dull voice, as thOugh speaking to herself. "Poor creatures! I wonder their hearts do not stop heating when they hear their sentence; but yet they live on. only dimly conscious of the fate worse than death which awaits them. The tales of those who have escaped from this Russian prison-land cannot portray the fearful fate into which they march. But, alas! when they arâ€" rive they experience the grim realism of those tales. Ah. how I wish I had never left St. Petersburg.” Here an my. "nu. For a second she looked coldly at him. and then in a loud voice, she said: "Do you jest ?" “ No, by Heaven 1 I am in deadly earnâ€" est. Fedora. 1 have not known you long, but just a. weekâ€"and yet when I received my orders this morning 1 cursed them, for it would necessitate my leaving Orlouskiâ€"and you! But I must obey the Czar. and I cannot hear to part, perhaps forever, with you!" ,_ L: . A n . n n a + A momenlls silence followed this heartfelt ejaculation, then Boris said. ty na;ne for the joy I should experi- L” “A”! r\‘~v-râ€" ivvr - . She relented on hearing his earnest tones, and said, more gently: “Have you thought of my father?” "He has consented." " Indeed] It is very kind of him to do so, I am sure." she continued. sar- castically. “ But what, if I in my turn, say no 2" The young man clutched the arm of his chair and started aghast at her for a. moment; then, giving a sigh of re- lief, he continued, in a reassured tone of, voice: ” For a second I thought you were in earnest; it was a cruel jest.” "What if I say I do not jest V" "Ah! Stop those cruel questions. in mercy. You would not have let me call you Fedora if youâ€"you did not entertain some regard for me." ,L:,A ed voioe, rising to his feet. “ Do ouâ€"" " Hush l” interrupted Fedora. " ezu'kâ€" en to my ‘tale. and then you will know one of my reasons for refusing you. Four years ago I was in St. Petersburg; there. at a ball, I met a youn Rus- sian noble; we fell in love wit each other and in two months we were en- gaged. By some unlucky occurrence. my father quarreled with him, broke off the engagement, and hrou ht me with him here. despite my 1) eadin , and those of my aunt (with whom‘ was staying), in order that I should not see him again. How can I marry you. as I am engaged? Go to St. Petersburg. forget me. and wed some other girl. who would be better able to appremate you than I should." “ If he Were dead would you marry me ’l"_asked Boris, laying his hand on the hilt of_ his sword. "Say yes, and give me'th name and address; I will Insult himâ€"he will be forced to chalâ€" lenge me; thenâ€"’â€"' A bugle call ment, followed the neighing of " The convicts They were a motley gang of men. Women, ay! and children. too, manaql- ed, footsore, haggard. and with despalr imprinted on ' ‘aeir faceg. They march- ed on through the drivmg snow, urg- ed forward, eve;- and anon by the lash. It was a sight to cause the hardest heart to quail. I " Well, Fedora, what is your answer? cried Boris, as he looked out of the window. ‘ A bugle call rang out at thls mo- ment, followed by hoarse orders and the neighing of horses. " The convicts I" cried Fedora. 35 She walked swiftly toward the Window, fol- lowed by Boris. just in time to see them fils past. {i’hat l" exclaimed_ Bprisi,‘ in a daz- iler head. glanced . Uvmy -vc.._ , Siberia. one forgets convention- FATAL KISS. Lt he expected her to of- morwver, for some unâ€" won. she had conceived a by not him. a dislike was generated by a shif- vhich seemed to lurk be- , blue eyes, as well as by curve of his handsome would have better grac- TRAM MONKE then Fedora. rais- ed at Boris. and the co onwar one of the he saw her these, alth¢ treatment.’ ” Deserve flashing ey do you set your fellov " They sian law, ” Conde echoed, w "You will have it in a'w plied; then she continued leave meâ€"alone.” There was Vsuch_an‘ agcgp in her voce that B( without uttering 2 she was alone she her hands and crie by gobs: "Alexis! that you shoqld (j we are to outside 1] until a. b: sent back where." "Could I not penetrate any disgmsm I have come to save you!" v "Save me ?" he echoed, dqlly. "Who can be saved from the mmes?” "Hush!" whispered she. " Do you know where you are to be lodged t0- nigy} 9" â€"â€" '- - , L.:_,. full Fedora uttered a. low, glad cry.on hearing this intelligence, and replied. in a low, excited whisperz. ~ "Be ready to fly on the fifth night from nowâ€"’to fly with me!" "Burt. howâ€"â€"" "Hush! Don't question me. dear- est, but trust all to me; only be ready on the fifth night; and now pretent to be recovering from a faint, for here they come." v * I l 11 your answer now." _ “En five days you shall have it." " u-t why this delayâ€"why keep me in this cruel suspense?" "As a, punishment for your cruel bar- bari‘ty,” she replied. coldly; then she‘ added: “and also to test your courage, for it is whispered here that you axe bmt a coward at heart." "Set me any task, however erilous it ma be, and you will see if cannot give t e lie direct to the circulation of. such a vile slander." "You know the tale of that convict who was kicked to death. whose spirit, it is said, haunts the house in which he died? Well, my father told me that Ellie prisoners are going to be kept ere." "Only those four." interrupted Boris. “If you keep guard alone there on the fifth night from now, I will give you my answer. This is the task I set 3011:? w - n s , nu _ ......-.. Like most Russians Boris was an r- stitious. He would not have feare to meet a. marml foe or brave a danger. but to meet, perha s, the spirit of the convict whose dent some laid at his door, made him draw backâ€"he hesitated to gaoep; tihe‘challenge. , AL. 1:- She did not re ‘sLed on the m) n. «WW .. V.__V__V__D- ,, .w V “So this is the way you give the lie direct; i0 those who, it, appears speak the truth," she said, sneeringly, and moving away. "Coward!" _- "Stay!" cried Boris, laying a detain- ing hand on her arm, “do not accuse me of cowardice before you have heard my answer." ' It is midnight. and the convict sta- taion of Orlouski is wrapped in repose. No sound disturbs the stillness, for the snow deadens even the footsteps of the sentries outside the common prison, and those of Lieutenant Xerinka, who, arm- ed wiih bayonet and rifle. keeps his strange vigil outside the hut wherein the four convictsraiire impljsoned. ' For the hundredth time Boris cstrives to pierce the gloom, to see if she whom he awaits comes; in vainâ€"Fedora is late in keeping her tryst. A sudden fear chills his heart as the idea flashes across his brain that she may not come, but a rustle of garments ‘ Come awa too tender ase, althou .1 Acuvu 7m»... . They have been condemned by Rus- 1 law,” hazarded Boris. Condemned by Russian law 7" she oed, with a bitter laugh. " But there 0! I feel faintâ€"go!” Your answer, Fedora! Bo not Yes Fe'dora. I melgre you to give me 'And it is 3" That I shall be there] The usual prison being full, to be placed in a little but, just this hamlet, for a short tune. band of the prisoners here are :k to Tobolsk, en route for else- *yes on him. 153‘ at your self up a )w-men 2" have beenrco‘ndeln >4: Auuv. vas such an accent of pleading 'e that Boris left her presence lttei‘ing‘ a word. As 5091) as alone she buried her face in a and cried in a voice broken ‘Alexisl Oh. Alexis, tot hink should come to this." Then, her hands, she exclaimed, ris- ber chair: 11 shall not work in the mines. 1 save you! Ah, butt how?" was then. for the nrsc the young lieutenant beâ€" khat he was in front of Fe- and that she had witnesses the «fly. for her gaze 1 penetrate aPIy disguise" riding it in a'weeki’ She Ye edt it des Sta-rte 1, regardless 1 the street. at Boris, she beside the turning her mmant. she urnmg But goâ€" at rlg udge TI arcely i, and ' with V far, )lotted "Let my first kiss be the seal of truth of my answer.” She flung hemelf into his outstretch- ed arms, and raised her face to his. The instant their lips met afoot of stqel M the same moment was driven to its hilt into his heart, and Boris fell, withâ€" out a groan, at his deceiver's feet. With nervous fingers she took. the keys from his girdle, his blood stain her white fur gloves as she did so. an with trvmhling hands she unfastened! the door of the hut. “Ah, Fedora, what an an are!” he cried, impet_uously, "31 a relief you have brought to m3 Then. suddenly checking hiu added: "But; how can 1 tell you amusing yourself at. my expense have so often done?" A moment’s pause, during which her hand had sought the hilt ofi a dagger at her girdle; then throwing back her furs. she said, softly; A few seconds later the manacles fell from the wrists of Alexis. and he was free. his release being followed by that of h_is cgmpanions. . .. ... . ,#l_] v. u. ...... , ........ "Oh. Fedora. my darling!" he cried, taking her into his arms, and kissing her passionately. "One may 'hear men who have dared all for those they love, and yet how little one hears of the heroism and devotedness of your sex. How can I and my comrades. who are free from every taint of guilt, thank you, who have so haply saved usâ€"poor. Victim“ of the Russian tyranny?" "By following me. dearest,” she said, in a low hurried voice. "All is pre- pareda sled awaits us outside this village: my oId servant Moutcha, drives. so don't be afraid when on see him." Once more she kiss his flushed cheek. and then his three companion: in turn took her gloved hand and held it reverentiy in dumb gratitude and re- But little remains to be told. After countless dangers, the party reached England three months later. Two of them were subsequently pardoned and returned to Russia, a third lives in Par- is; While Count Alexis Pattowa and his lovely wife live within five miles 01 Lyons. France. and often, when algae in their drawing room. the count sin- prints a kiss on his wife's fair brow. whifipering‘ as he does so, the sinister wor : r Filly-Five Eugllsh Towns Generate It From Household Garbage. Garbage and town refuse disposal i one matter where the cities of Europe are far ahead of those of this country. An ideal plant of this kind is that at Rockdale, England. Investigators have all agreed that burning is the best way to dispose of the accumulations. This preference is due to the fact that by this method not only is all organic mat- ter liable to putrify and become a menace to the health of the communi- ty destroyed, but it has been found by actual trial that. the heat derived from the burning of this refuse may be used for the production of steam. which can be utilized for commercial purposes, and the revenue received from this source may be sufficient to more than pay for cost of burning. There are no less than fifty-five such destructors in dif- ferent parts of England. The Health Committee of Rockdale, a manufactur- ‘ln-g town 01 73,000 inhabitants, re- }cently adopted the method, with the lidea of ultimately using the steam \produced for electric lighting purposes. .It has been tound that this tough un- ‘screened refuse, running as much as ‘35 per cent of clinker and ash, will lsvaporate 1.6 pounds of water for ev- Eery pound of refuse burned, under boil- 1 ers built to produce steam at 120 pounds pressure. Coal burned under the same {boilers evaporated 7 pounds of water per pound 01 coal. The two boilers have 1a grate surface of 45 square feet each. In building the two destruct- .or cells a large combustion chamber. common to both, was provided between them and the boilers, so that the gases could intermingle. and that time should be allowed for the combustion of gases before they came in contact with the comparatively cold surface of the boll- er, noting the fact that if once the or- ‘ganie matter in the fumes were heat- ‘ed sufficiently high, no amount of sub- } sequent cooling down could again make ‘, them malodorous. It is interesting to note that it is not necessary to use coal to aid in the burning of this refuse. The plant has been able to produce 340 brake horse‘ ower. burning two tons of refuse per our. This high efficienc is obtain- ed with ordinary boilers y using a. forced drau ht. The weight of the refuse is re uoed twoâ€"thirds, and the volume three-fourths. an .v.u..u.. ~..-v- m.-- ._ The author says in conclusion: "The disposal of two-thirds of the refuse com- pletely is an important matter, but when to this is added the fact that the remaining third is rendered quite free from any organic matter whatever, it is past conception that corporations and local companies will continue to tip such immense quantities of putrefactive mat- ter away. when. if they put in suitable appliances and used the steam which can be produced, the refuse might be lmrnâ€" Ed and a profit made on the tramw- lonl” Ant 1e question w ~have been t five days, as If POWER FROM REFUSE. And 110 demem Ias‘t arriv that isâ€" thi as asked hink'ng you km ved at 11 Ir Be the seal of truth lir a1