The Aberdare Times

BIATJI MOM EATING ToADSTOOM.—A terrible ex- emplification of the danger of mistaking toadstools for mushroom* is reported by the LiUral de Seine-et-Oise. That paper announces that a family of the name of Andrieux, consisting of six persons, have been poisoned at Mureaux, in the department of the Seme-et-Oise. through eating poisonous fungi. Medieal aid was summoned, but all six died in fearful agony The victim* are a mother, her three daughters (Wed 2« 19 <mi lB TW. nW»Ir), .0. son-in-law*

THE MURDER OF MR. BOtJRKE AND HIS ESCORT. The Dublin Correspondent of The Timet, in alluding to the murder of Mr. Bourke and his soldier escort, writes :-The fate of Mr. Bourke and his escort has called the attention of the authorities to the expe- diency of altering some of the existing arrangements with a view to a greater efficiency of the system of police and military protection. Mr. Bourke was one of the bravest of men his courage might he called foolhardiness, but it was indomitable. He knew for more than a year that his assassination had been resolved upon. A correspondent of the Daily Express states that he was told twelve months ago that twenty-four men were lying in wait to shoot him on his way home from Claremorris to Curraghleagh, but he declined protection, saying that he would shoot any head that appeared where it °u?ht not to bo. He always carried a Winchester rifle, and when approaohing his own woods used t"> fire several shots into them to olear them. An incident occurred some time ago which illustrated this practice in a rather startling manner. A constable was recon- noitring in a wood which he knew Mr. Bourke was to pass, when he drow up and fired 16 bullets into it before he passed. The constable, it is said, found it necessary to get quickly under cover or he would have had a bad chance. Mr. Bourke was repeatedly warned to have protection, but he refused it, and it was only within the last two or three months that he was per- suaded to allow it. He had three dragoons at Rahassane and two infantry soldiers at Curraghleagh, By a singular omission of the authorities, however, the dragoons were without their horses, and these would only be provided at the expense of the person protected. The result was that, bringing but one guard with him and having him on the same vehicle as him- self, he lost the advantage which a separate and double guard would have afforded. It was a dear piece of economy which cost him and the poor trooper their lives. The fact that the soldier's carbine was un- loaded was due to another regulation the folly of I which is unhappily proved by thia outrage-namely, that no trooper is to carry his carbine loaded un- less at full cock, and, as it is liable to go off by the slightest accident, the practice is not to load until the occasion arises. Poor Wallace was in the act of getting out his cartridges to load when the messenger of death intercepted him. The authorities are now considering the propriety of arming escorts with the Winchester repeater. Better experience ought by this time to have taught both the persons threatened and their protectors the necessity of adopting the most efficient means of defeating the purpose of the assassins, who are ever vigilant and prepared.

Two fowling pieces and a Snider rifle which appear to have been used in the murder of Mr. Bourke and his guard on Thursday were found on Saturday in a field near an old abbey about two miles from Castle Taylor. Two of them had been recently discharged, and the third had a charge about 6in. deep in it.

THE FUNEKAL OF CORPORAL WALLACE. The funeral of the unfortunate soldier, Corporal Wallace tookjplace on Monday. His remains, which reached Dublin on Saturday evening by mail train, were interred with full military honours at Arbor Hill Military Cemetery. The deceased belonged to the 1st Royal Dragoons, was barely 25 years of age, and a native of Shotts, Lanark, N.B. He was a young soldier, having completed six years and 105 days of irreproachable service. The bands of the Coldstreams, the 21st Hussars, the 53rd Shrop- shire Regiment, and the 1st Royals followed the remains, which were on a gun carriage, drawn by six horses of the Royal Horse Artillery. A contingent of corporals was furnished by each regiment in the garrison. The public were most respectful in bear- ing, the greatest sympathy being expressed. Lord Clarina and staff attended to pay the last compliment to the body as it passed the infirmary gate for the last time. The coffin was covered with wreaths of im- mortelles—one presented by his Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant, one by the officers and men of the 18th Hussars stationed at Gort, and one by the Soldiers' Institution.

REWARDS OF £2,000 AND £1,000. A proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant has appeared In the Dublin Gazette, offering £2,000 to any person or persons who shall within six months give such infor- mation as shall lead to the conviction of the person or Eersons or any of them who committed the murder of Ir. Walter Bourke and Corporal Wallace of the Royal Dragoons. A further reward of £1,000 is offered for such private information as shall lead to the same re- sult, and a free pardon and the special protection of the Crown in any part of her Majesty's dominion to any person concerned in or privy to the murders other than the actual perpetrators. A reward of JS50) is offered to any person who shall within three months give such information as shall lead to the conviction of any persons who have received, harboured, main- tained, or concp Jed, or assisted in endeavouring to escape from justice, or who shall receive, harbour, conceal, or assist in endeavouring to escape from jus- tice, any of the persons who committed the murders.

The election address of Mr. Walter Bourke, issued to the electors of Mayo in May, 1880, will now be read with some interest. Mr. Bourke said:- I offer myself as a candidate for the representation I_ offer myself as a candidate for the representation of this great county. A Mayo man—and, like Mr. Parnell and other tried men, a landlord and a friend of the people-I advocate the following principles which I maintained seventeen years ago on the same platform with Mr. A. M. Sullivan: Home Rule, in conjunction with the Irish party, and in accord- ance with national aspirations; peasant proprietary and free trade in land, with the immediate fixity of tenure at fair rents, and protection of tenants improvements; free denominational education ex- tension of the franchise; abolition of the grand jury system, and taxation by representation. My long absence from Ireland has debarred me hitherto from joining in the efforts for the welfare of her people. I shall, if returned to Parliament, devote myself with the utmost of my ability, independently of all English parties, and in concert with those most actively engaged in the good work, to the service of the country, and to the advancement of measures calculated to develope our agricultural resources and promote our commercial prosperity."

THE INCREASED VALUE OF LAND IN LONDON. Probably the necessities of a railway company do not lend themselves to any eriterion of value iD reo spect to transactions in land. But one episode in the career of the Metropolitan Railway Company's City extensions is certainly startling, if not instruc- tive. In 1873 the MetroDolitan Railway Company, pausing at the Mansion House Station, found them- selves prepared to part with a valuable site a little further eastward, at the corner of St. Thomas Apostle and Queen-street, Cheapside. It consisted of 1,060 feet, and produced by sale at public auction, £ 4,900. The freeholders eventually let it at a ground-rent of £ 350 per annum, and a spacious and sightly building now occupies the site. The enlarged ambition of the railway company has now imposed upon them the necessity of re-acquiring the property from the free- holders, which they have accomplished, by arrange- ment, at the price of £ 10,000. This price is more than doable the price paid in 1873, but even this (says Land) is not so remarkable as the circumstance of a ground-rent out of all recognised proportion to the rack rent realising nearly 26 years' purchase, and that by arrangement, too.

LORD ZETLAND AND THE GRANGE. MOUTH PUBLICANS. Judgment was given on Monday morning in the House of Lords in the appeal of the Earl of Zetland v. Hislop and others, in which the appellant sought to reverse the judgment of the Court of Sessions dismiss- ing four actions against tenants of his lordship to pro. hibit the sale of any kind of malt or spirituous liquors in the buildings held by them under lease. The Earl of Zetland sued as superior landlord under the terms of various feu grants or leases. The de. fendants pleaded want of legal interest to enforce the restrictions, and consent and acquiescence during the prescriptive period. It appeared that the town of Grangemouth contained 5,000 inhabitants with a large shipping and other trade, and was built on Lord Zetland s land. There are now there fourteen houses and shops licensed, consisting of two hotels, seven dramshops, four grocers' thops, and a restaurant." The Lord Chancellor said that fn the Court of Ses- sion Lord Craighill thought the restriction inconsis- tent with public policy; but the Lord Ordinary and Justice Clerk proceeded on a different ground- namely, that the court was asked by the appellant to enforce the restriction, not for the protection of his OTO patrimonial interest, but in order to cive effect to his views of the moral and social R« /fhf T the community at Grangemouth. He (the Lord Chancellor) found upon the record a distinct statement of injury to the pursuer's patrimonial interest. It was contended that the allegation did not connect the particular trade carried on upon the premises with the alleged injury but the object of a restriction of that nature was that the landlord might judge for himself what number of public-houses and in what part of the town might be permitted without prejudice to his other property. There were ether defences besides want of interest which could not be disposed of the parties must proceed to proof. As to consent and acquiescence, the cases of the several defendants were distinct; but the pursuer had made out a case which was sufficient to entitle him to relief. The cause would be remitted, with a declaration that the actions should proceed. Lord Blackburn concurred, and, Lord Watson having delivered judgment in extemo, their lordships remitted the case accordingly, with a declaration in favour of the appellant's right to sue and with costs.

ANOTHER BALLOON TRIP ACROSS THE CHANNEL. An enormous crowd aisemWed at Maldon on Saturday morning to witness a balloon ascent, of which we take the following particulars from The Times It had been intended that Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, Miss Agnes de Crespigny, and Mr. Joseph Simmons should go up in a balloon called the "Co-lonel," and attempt to cross to France, but the weather being boisterons and Mr. Simmons thinking three would be too many for the lifting capacity, it was decided not to take the lady. On the balloon being inflated with about 40.000 cubic feet of gas, Sir Claude de Crespigny and Mr. Simmons took their seats, and the order was given to let the balloon go, but in consequence of some cf the men on one side sticking to the ropeil too long the car was jammed twice against a briok wall. A spectator named Mulligan was also crushed be- tween the car and the wall, and sustained a fracture of the ribs. Sir Claude threw himself backward out of the car, and his leg was broke in two places by the concussion, and Mr. Simmons suffered a severe wound on the head. When Sir Charles was out of the car the balloon rapidly shot up. The last seen of Mr. Simmons was that he was without a hat, and was waving his hand to the assembled crowd, but was perfectly cool. Four surgeons were quickly in attend- ance on Sir Claude, who was quite unconscious, and had, in addition to the fracture of his leg, several of his ribs broken. He was carried away on a shutter, his wife and sister, in a state of great distress, follow- ing the bearers.

We take the following additional particulars from the Daily Hews The Colonel when inflated stands 75 feet in height, is of 42 feet in diameter, and is constructed of indiarubber charged with a preparation of birdlime. The aeronaut carried in the car 9001b. of ballast, an aneroid barometer, a compass, sandwiches, cold tea, and a bottle of beer. In case of descent into the sea, the car was fitted with a cork gunwale, and a cork jacket was provided for each of the aeronauts. During the prooess of inflation the Colonel was still further weighted with 36 bags of sand weighing 841b. each, and was held by more than a score of men hired and specially paid to hang on by the car and rapes until told to let go. Finding all complete at half-past twelve, and un. willing to risk the balloon and exhaust the men by remaining longer on the earth, Mr. Simmons called for his campagnon de voyage. Sir Claude with some little difficulty made his way through the mass of men and took his seat in the car. The gigantic balloon was at this time surging and straining to and fro, threatening with every gust of wind to overpower the men, or to carry them all bodily into the air. Ex- ternal bags of sand were unhooked, and while the balloon was still fairly in the middle of the paddook, the aeronaut, it is said, gave the word, and Mr. Waller the signal whistle, to leave go Had this been implicitly and simultaneously ebeyed, there can be little doubt that the Colonel" and his freight would have cleared the wall and adjacent housetops, and have sailed freely and easily away into ethereal space. As bad luck would have it, several of the men stuck with grim tenacity to the edge of the car, though carried completely off their feet, and in no small danger of being bor,ne aloft. Having, however, shaken off the main power of restraint, but being still partially shackled, the balloon, carried by a stiffish whiff of the north-easter, went in an instant direot for the wall, and, to the horror of the people, came into un- questionably violent collision with the coping, knocking off a "couple of feet from the top layer. Sir Claude de Crespigny was at this time seated in the stern of the car facing the aeronaut, who was standing at the opposite end hauling the ropes. On receiving the first blow, which made the wickerworkof the oar creak audibly, and seemed for a moment to stagger the balloon. The "Colonel "made a slight rebound, and on this the passenger was seen to rise from his seat and seize the ropes. Instantaneously the car struck again, grazing the wall two feet lower than before. Sir Claude was now observed to put his foot on the edge of the car, and whether of his own volition or in response to cries of come out," was assumed to be attempting to leave the balloon. The car on receiving the second blow lurched forward. Sir Claude fell back among the men near the car. The two coliisions and the fall from the car were all but instantaneous. More hands being laid on the balloon it was pulled down and dragged again to the middle of the paddock, but still swayed somewhat riskily, while Sir Claude, evidently in pain, lay on his back on tha grass. He declared his leg was broken, and asked Captain Humphries, who was holding it, to put it down, and send for a hurdle. Mr. Gutteridge and Mr. T. Tomlinson, sur- geons, attended him. A little brandy was obtained, which, however, he declined to drink. A shutter was brought, on which be was taken to the house of Mr. Gutteridge, in the town. Meanwhile, the aeronaut, bleeding slightly from a scratch on the hand, but otherwise uninjured, being ap- parently unaware of the nature of the accident, called on his passenger to rejoin him. On hearing that his leg was broken he expressed his surprise and sorrow. Then, calling on the men to leave go, he soared slowly up into the air alone to the height of about a thousand feet. The band played, and the people, ignorant of what had happened, cheered, as, feeling the breeze, the "Colonel" travelled away very fast, and in two minutes was lost to sight in the dense and humid atmosphere overhanging the Blackwater. The course taken was south-west, and, at the rate of the wind on the earth, Calais, a distance of about 70 miles, would be reached in less than an hour.

connection with the above, The Times of Monday pub- lished the following letter :— Sir, I beg to hand you a few notes upon my voyage in the balloon "Colonel" yesterday. The difficulty in making the ascent was almost insur- mountable. When the men made a rush to seize the balloon after we came in collision with the brickwork they found it almost impossible to hold on agaiuBt suoh a wind, and I am glad that their entreaties for me to get out of the car were not responded to I was too much knocked about to be of any service to Sir Claude de Crespigny, and it was not until I was just entering the dense clouds that I found myself in an almost helpless state-my arm was very painful and my side seemed to be "caved in." When Sir Claude de Orespigny waa out of the car, I had to replace ballast equal to his weight, for I had allowed & very great margin for ascending power-in fact, when Sir Claude de Crespigny and I got in, I had 1,0001b. of ballast to make sure of clearing every- thing but it was almost impossible to battle with such squalls. It is always unsafe to start with too much up. ward force, and it was especially so yesterday, as the clouds were very low. I was anxious to see which way I was going, but this was not possible all the way. In a few minutes after I started, I began to listen for the breakers and heard them. This satisfied me that the wind was a true wind from the earth's surface to a great altitude. At 1.15 p.m. I came down, and had a peep at the sea; the sound of the breakers I had now left behind me, there was in a few minutes another similar sound, and I again concluded I was right for France, for I cjuld just perceive a sandy coast line before me. I presume I must have at this moment been about midway over the sea, between Canterbury and Maldon, whence I started. I did not remain too long shut out of sight of land and water for it was only surmise concerning the true wind When I again dipped below the clouds, I was over land, and, of oourse, guessed it must be Kent. A few minutes later and I was just to the West of Deal every house in it was very distinct—Dover just to the right of my course-shouts coming up from Deal. It was exceedingly difficult to keep low enough to be under the clouds with the object of seeing around me the coast line, and, at the same time being high enough to get a good sweep of it. At about 1.45 I was over the chalk eliffs between Dover and Deal, a very few minutes later I was over the Calais-Douvres steamer, and could see the pas- sengers waving to me. Twelve minutes only was occupied in passing from the English chalk cliffs to the French coast. I was near enough to Calais to see all its streets and objects of interest. I now took off my cork jaoket, and at this moment I remembered that I had not money enough to return from a long distance. I believe by what I afterwards experienced that the kind-hearted French people would have passed me back from any distance in their power, but I did not know so much about them when I was up, so I began to look out for a suitable land- ing-place. There was nothing in my track that I could fix my grapnel to, so I went on looking out for hedges or ditches, till I thought I was nearly 100 miles into France. Nothing was passed but fields merely divided by the crops. I now had a large city just before me, and came low enough to get a hearty greeting from the people, who rushed into the principal place or quadrangle. Some of them told me the place was called Arras, I passed over to the other side of the town, and determined to descend shortly after, it was no use waiting any longer for hedges or ditches. The grapnel began to tug away at the standing props, and I went bundling over them about two miles while I was crippling the balloon, and at last the car had pushed its way enough to col- lect a mound in front of it sufficient to put a stop to the trip. whK rU8t.icsA8°on cam« UP to help me. M. Dubus, Ewi of, fubert-street, Arras, Pas de Calais, was ?, convey pe back to Arras, where the car was instantly recognized as that which had floated over the town so shortly before. After being hospitably entertained by many kind people au buffet de la gare I took train to Calais, vid Haze" brouck, steamer to Dover, and here I am at home safe and nearly sound at six a.m.-I remain, yours faith. fully, J JOSEPH SIMMONS. 68, Kellett-road, Brixton, London, June 11.

a leaderUpo,n MF' Simmons' balloon ascent in a leader, from which we make the following extracts tenar^ o7th«rS«f° k iTithin ?.*VigIe year of the cen- tenary of the first balloon, which was sent up on the Klnl T' -7?3'Ay the brothers Montgolder.P Their with heated air, Lt in the fol- fho «L» 8 Charles employed hydrogen gas for purP°8e- £ In September the MontjUers fir,f n«rlnCar l? a fire t>alloon. and placed in it the first aeria1 travellers—a sheep, a cock, and a duck. The cock s leg was broken by a kick from the sheep, but other- 7 nSfk! assorted trio sustained no injury. • human aeronaut, M. Francois Pil&tre de Rozier who was afterwards killed in an attempt to cross from France to England, made his first ascent in a "captive" fire balloon, tethered to the ground by ropes. In the following month, accom- panied by the Marquis d'Arlandes, De Rozier *7 a ka^oon and ten days later MM. Charles and Robert ascended in a free balloon inflated with hydrogen gas. The first balloon was sent up from England about the same time, and in February, 1784, the first which crossed the Channel, while in August of the same. year the first human ascent from British ground was made by Mr. Tytler. Thirty-seven years elapsed before there was any definite advance on the achievements of the first two years of aeronautics; but in 1821 Mr. Green showed that hydrogen might be replaced by ordinary coal gas, and that a balloon might be inflated and despatched wherever there was a gas manufactory capable of supplying the necessary quantity. The manufacture of hydregen had been a diffioult and oostly process, and the substitution of coal gas brought ballooning almost within the reach of the million. The efficacy of the substitute was abundantly proved by the famous trips of the great "Nassau" balloor, which went up from Vauxhall Gardens in 1836, and descended in the Duchy of Nassau, after having travelled about 500 miles in eighteen hours. Since that time there have bren innumerable ascents, but there has been no progress. The balloon itself re- mains essentially the same, and none of the many endeavours which have been made to guide it., coutw have been in any important degree successful. The atmospheric currents which prevail near the earth's surface afford no indication of the direction of those in higher strata of the atmosphere and no aeronaut when he commences a journey, can have any certairity about the direction in which he will be carried or the place at which he may be able to descend. The siege of Paris by the Germans afforded an occasion for the em- ployment of balloons for military nurposes, and several were sent out of the city. M. Gambetta, as is well known, was carried by one of them, and was thus enabled to commence his task of organizing resistance to the in- vaders. The fact of his having been thus conveyed stands alone in the history of aeronautics as the one great practical achievement which has been wrought by the agency of a balloon. Of the others which were sent up many went wide of their intended destinations, and some fell into the hands of the Germans, so that it became dangerous to use balloons as the bearers of intelligence. Before long their career would have been finally stopped, for Herr Krupp de- signed and manufactured a swivel gun, borne on a light carriage and discharging a small shell, from lihich it would have been scarcely possible for a balloon to escape. As soon as a sufficient number of these guns were in the hands of the besiegers, the destruction of any balloon which might arise within the city would have been rendered almost a matter of certainty but the capitulation of Paris occurred just at the time when the guns were being delivered, and hence the chief interest which attaches to them is as a means of preventing the employment of balloons for similar purposes in future. As regards the attainment of knowledge, the antici- pations once confidently put forth by aeronauts have not been realized, and the ordinary trips to a moderate elevation are wholly useless. Mr. Glaisher, in his adventurous ascent made nearly twenty vearsago, when he reached a height of 29,000 feet, lost consciousness, partly from the rarefaction of the air and partly from the low temperature and it is manifest that, before this condition was reached, his power of observing would be seriously impaired. Mr. Coxwell, on the same occasion, was for the time deprived of the use of his hands, and it was only the presence of mind which suggested to him to pull the valve string with his teeth which enabled him to prevent the ascent of the balloon to an elevation at which both he and his companion must almost certainly have perished. Notwithstanding the information obtained by Mr. Glaisher's ascents, the British Association for the Advancement of Science has suffered aero- nautic investigation to fall out of its pro- gramme. When a hundred years of experiment lead to no improvement in a contrivance, and when a research bears no fruit in twenty years, it may safely be concluded that the subject is wanting in the essentials of vitality, and that it had better be left alone. There can be little doubt that balloons may have a limited field of usefulnesi in warfare, as a means of sending up signals, and possibly for the pur- pose of reconnoitring, or of throwing down missiles upon an enemy. For these purposes the men who worked them would carry their lives in their hands as a matter of military duty, and the danger would constitute no valid objection to tha service. But in civil life the balloon should be regarded aa a thing that is played out.

Sir Claude de Crespigny is progressing towards re- covery. He has expressed his intention of ascending, when the wind is favourable, for a cross Channel trip from his own residence, as soon as he is sufficiently re- covered.

ROYAL BAPTISM AT POTSDAM. The correspondent of the Standard writing from Potsdam, saya that the baptism of the infant Prince of Prussia, the third direct heir to the German and Prussian Crowns, took place on Sunday afternoon in the New Palace at Potsdam, with all befitting pomp and ceremony. A large number of Royal, Ducal, and Imperial guests, representing the Prussian, German, and foreign reigning Houses, assembled in the Tamerlane Saloon in preparation for the event. The other invited guests were gathered in the adjoining Shell Hall. Among them 1 observed all the Ministers of Prussia and Germany except Prince Bismarck himself, whose state of health still requires that he should be spared excitement as far as possible. The Diplo. matic Corps was ri presented by Lord and Lady Ampthill, the latter appearing in a magni ficent amber satin dress with a head-dress consisting of ostrich feathers adorned with diamonds. One of the most striking figures was Count Szechenyi, the Austrian Ambassador, a nobleman of remarkable stature, who was attired in his picturesque national Hungarian costume. The German Army was repre- sented by numerous officers. There were also among the guests a number of the most distinguished of the living savants of Germany, The baptismal act was performed in the Jaspis Gallery, which had been transformed for the purpose into a temporary chapel, the officiating clergymen being the Court chaplains, Dr. Kogel and Dr. Stocker, with several assistants. Thither, at the signal of the Court Chamberlain, Major Ton Liebenau, the distinguished company repaired. A few minutes later entered the Royal and Imperial coriSge, headed by the Emperor William leading the Crown Princess. They were followed by the rela- tives and guests in pairs, who took up their posi- tion in a semi-circle round the altar, on one side of which, upon a couch, sat the young mother, Princess William, beautifully attired in a robe of white satin, her husband. Prince William, wearing his uniform as Major of the Guard Hussars, being by her side. Immediately in succession came, upon the right side of the altar, the Empress Augusta and the Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein and the German Crown PriRce, Prince Albrecht and the Grand Duke Sergius of Russia; while on the left side stood the Crown Princess and Emperor, Princess Albrecht and the Duke d'Aosta, the Grand Duke of Weimar, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Frederick Charles, Prince Henry of Prussia, and Prince Leopold, the only son of Prince Frederick Charles. Meanwhile the Choir performed a chorale in admirable style. While the last stanza was being sung, the Crown Prince led his youngest daughter, Princess Victoria, into an adjoining chamber, where the infant Prince lay. Almost immediately afterwards another eortige en- tered the hali, headed by the Princess Victoria, carry- ing the infant Prince in her arms, its train being borne by the Countess Keller and Baroness Gersdorff. The chorale being finished, the Rev. Dr. Kogel delivered the baptismal address^ referring in grateful terms to the extraordinary Providenoe which had watched over the fortunes of the House of Hohenzollern, particu- larly over the present German Emperor, who could proudly look on three generations of his successors. His Majesty, who had hitherto been perfeotly calm, was visibly moved at this reference. The Crown Princess, who had hitherto held the infant Prince in her arms, now handed him to the Emperor, who held him while the Chaplain performed the act of baptism by marking the sign of the Cross on his forehead and chest. At this juncture the infant Prince cried lustily, giving a striking proof of the possession of excellent lungs. The name given to the Prince is Frederick William Ernest Victor Augustus. The princely spo sors having then solemnly vowed to perform their duties, the infant was handed round to them, and the ceremony was concluded. Hereupon the assembly proceeded to congratulate the Princess William, who then adjourned to the Music Saloon, where her Royal Highness held a Levee. The proceedings concluded with a Court dinner, at which covers were laid for 220 guests.

HOSPITAL SUNDAY IN LONDON. On Sunday morning the Dean of Westminster preached at the Abbey from the words, "With such sacrifices God is well pleased." Adverting first to the primitive idea of sacrifice, the Dean ascribed its origin to man's consciousness of his weakness in the presence of the Supreme Being, whom it would naturally be his wish and object to propitiate. Hence the notion that the most valuable victims were the moat acceptable, and hence the savage rites in which children were passed through fire to the i.;rim idol of Moloch. Judaism never thus trampled on the parental instinct, though sacri6ce, and the sacrifice of valuable possessions, remained for ages the only method of public worship. Purged of all grossness and impurity, sacrifice was the' central doctrine of the Mosaic system until, thanks to nameless and unremembered Jews, the growth of the synagogal worship established places for the more spiritual sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving. In the heathen world poet and philosopher alike de- nounced or ridiculed the efficacy of material obla- tions, and these at last were superseded by the sacrifice of Calvary. When all the civilized world was Christian, Christianity, itself dependent on the full and sufficient offering of our Lord, enjoined no sacrifice but its teaching inevitably suggested that in the vicarous sufferings of Christ was to be found the pattern which his followers should imitate in their deeds of charity. In this way self-abnega- tion and almsgiving became associated with the ancient principle of sacrifice, and charity-to use the word in its limited sense-which was all but ignored in the ethics of heathen communities, took rank as an essential virtue among Christians. It was hardly necessary to remind the congregation of the object for which their alms were now asked. In these days the casual mendicant was not satisfactorily dealt with by casual alms, and the hospitals were most admirable instances of that organized benevo- lence which afforded the only means of coping with the vast mass of modern pauperism. It was known that many of these institutions needed nothing but money for the extension of their good work; beds were vacant in many of them and more patients might be reoeived if only the necessary funds were forth- coming. All, therefore, who remembered how the great Physician rejected no sufferer's appeal would contribute to the best of their ability. Canon Barry preached in the afternoon, and the Bishop of Carlisle, before a crowded congregation, in the evening The collections on behalf of the Fund amounted at the early communion to £3 4s. morning service, S122 17s. 6d.; afternoon, JE45 5.: 2d. and evening, 258 13s. 4d. making a total of JB230.

There was a large congregation at the morning service in St. Paul's Cathedral, when the Bishop of London preached in aid of the Hospital Sunday Fund, from the words, "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death." (I John iii., 14.) Dealing first with the text in its spiritual significance, the preacher remarked that of the many agencies by which our love for our brethren might find exercise few could compete in their claim upon our sympathies with those institutions for which an appeal was made that day. All there knew what sickness was even when mitigated by the comforts which wealth could pur- chase but when it visited the poor—a family perhaps living in a damp basement or a wretched attic, when the air was impure, nourishment scanty, medical aid wanting, nursing unhandy, the patient being the bread-winner, or a mother on whom depended the care of the children-then sickness was a calamity indeed. After speaking of the way in which the hos- pitals supplied the wants of the poor and afflicted, he concluded by urging his hearers to make some real sacrifices of personal comfort in order to contribute largely to the assistance of these institutions. In the afternoon the Archdeacon of Middlesex, in the absence through illness of Bishop Claughton, preached, and took his text from the Epistle of St. James (ii., 15, 16, 17)—" If a brother or sister be naked, and desti- tute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." The preacher, urging the case of the hospitals as a strong one, and begging his hearers not to think of them as abstract institutions, not to subscribe to them as they would pay the taxes, and not to treat them simply on the principles of poli- tical economy, then drew a moving picture of the accumulated sufferings housed in our hospital wards. In the evening the sermon was preached by the Rev. R. M. GPier, vicar of Rugeley. The offertories were-morning, JS127 afternoon £ 12J.; evening, jB48 total, £296.

The Rev. C. H. Spurp-un conducted the entire morning service at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, in the presence of a large congregation, the floor and galleries, upper and lower, of the vast house of worship being all filled with as many hearers as they could hold with any degree of comfort. In his brief opening prayer Mr. Spurgeon made allusion to the occasion, invoking God as the Healer, and praying that those who were waiting for the moving of the waters of the Pool of Bethesda, although its porches might at first be a hospital, might find it the Gate of Heaven. He next gave out to be sung Psalm ciii. (version 2 in the Metropolitan Tabernacle Hymn Book), as he did the other metrical portions of the service, the whole being germane to Hospital Sunday. The same Psalm (verses 1 to 13) formed part of the Scripture lessons, being preceded, however, by a portion of Exodus xv. and followed by Psalm exxi. A beautiful hymn (599) written by Elizabeth Scott in 1763, came next-" Why droops my soul with grief oppressed," &c. The central prayer opened, much in the form of a 19th century litany, with petitions for all sorts and conditions of men, especially the sick and afflicted. After supplication for Chris- tians of every name and denomination, the Tabernacle, with its branches, its orphanage, and its pastors' College, whence nearly 500 ministers had gone forth into all parts of the world, was next remembered, as well as all English speaking believers on both shores of the Atlantic. Fervent prayer was offered for our country and our Queen, with thanksgivings for the blessings, temporal and spiritual, enjoyed under Her Majesty's sway. The Most High was besought to quiet Ireland and to wash away her bloodguiltiness. Christ the Physician was the subject of the hymn 394 which introduced the sermon, before proceeding to which the preacher earnestly urged the need of liberal contributions to our hospitals, whole wards of which, he said, would otherwise have to be closed. His text was the last clause of Exodus xv., 26—"I am the Lord that healeth thee." He applied this name Jehovah the Healer" to—(1) our circumstances, (2) our bodies, and (3) our souls. The morning collection yielded-in gold, E28 in silver, jB92 in bronze, £9 15s.; total B129 15s. The evening congregatiop was appreciably larger than that in the morning, the building being even more densely packed. Mr. Spurgeon preached from John xii., 32—"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." The evening col- lection raised the aggregate to JE202, being £6 less than last year. —————————————

The sermons in aid of the fund were as usual de- livered at the Synagogues on Saturcay. The Rev. Dr. Hermann Adler, who preached at the Bayswater Synagogue, took as his text the words of Job xxix., 11.20, commenoing, When the ear heard me then it blessed me," &o. He spoke of the great boon con- ferred on the poor by the arrangements under which ministers of religion could supply them with recom- mendation for admiseionss to hospitals and for surgical appliances. The collection amounted to £80.

At the Great Synagogue, where the Rev. Dayan Spier preached on Isaiah, xxxviii., 16, "So wilt thou recover me and make me live," JB250 was colleoted. It is thought that in spite of the large sums con- tributed by the Hebrew community for the relief of the Russo-J ewish fugitives, the aggregate collection in the Synagogues will not fall short of those of previous years.

At Christ Church, Westminster-bridge-road, in conformity with the established practice there, the Rev. Newman Hall made an appeal for hospitals in the morning, and in the evening foi the temperance organizations identified with the church and con- gregation. The subject of the morning's discourse was willing service as a source of religious joy, the lesson of cheerful giving and cheerful doing being drawn from Chronioles I., xxix., 9, where it is recorded that The people rejoiced for that they offered willingly to the building of the temple. The joy of the people, it was pointed out, was due to reasons which should prompt Christians to support hospitals. One of these was gratitude for the benefits they conferred. Another, analogous to the sense of proprietorship in a building, was the satisfaction of personal identity with the work they were doing. Just as a parent felt that what he did for his children he did for him- self, so should a man be able to say when he passed one of our hospitals, that it was his hospital because he bad an interest in it through having done what he could to support it. With this sense of proprietorship what was given was retained, and realized the liberal man's epitaph, which was George Moore's maxim, "What I spent I had, what I kept I lost, what I gave I kept." They had had a successful bazaar last week, but he trusted they would show by their liberality that, whatever they had done for their own building, they would not forget the claims of the sick poor. In the evening the death and career of Garibaldi were referred to, and from the words I will smite the oppressor," the devotion of Garibaldi's followers was cited as an example to those who were battling with the' oppression of intemperance which supplied so many hospital cases. Although the collection was for the temperance funds, it was announced that con- tributions for the hospitals might be folded in paper. Such contributions raised the morning collection of 228 to 230. The "Dead March" was played at the close of the service.

THE CZAR'S PALACE AT PETERHOF.—-This palace, where the Imperial family is now staying, is less strictly guarded than Gatchina, and a correspondent of the Paris Figaro was recently able to stroll about the park unchallenged, although eyed suspiciously by the Cossack sentries posted at every few yards. The Palace is alow, plain building, tinted yellow and white, and stands on a height overlooking the small town, the sea and Cronstadt in the distance. The grounds reach to the sea-shore, and are prettily laid out with fountains, statues, &c., but a deathly stillness reigns everywhere, and the place seems deserted. The neighbouring peasants, says the journalist, are taciturn, and reply to rail questions, "How should I know?"

llttsffllairartts JWtlligtitfe. HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. THE DIVISION ON THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL, The Conservative party issued a strong whip against Lord Dalhousie's Bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sifter. The whip was so far effectual that the majority in the House ot Lords included all the known opponents 01 the Bill except six, who were either abroad or absent from illness. Several Conservative peors admitted that they abstained from voting for the Bill under party pres- sure. Itiswotthy of remark that 16 .bishops voted in the majority against the Bill. The number of absentees-chiefly from unavoidable causes—among the supporte-s of the measure was 30. The division was the largest.. ever yet taken on this subject in the House of Loras. In 1879 the Bill was rejected by 101 votes to 81, in 1881 by 101 to 90, and in 1882 by 132 to 128.—The majority against the second reading of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill would have been reduced to three but for an accident which befel Lord Minto, who reached the lobby just in time to find the doors closed. Hia lordship had intended to vote for the second reading."—Tuesday'e Daily News. AVERAGE PRICES OABRITISH CORN.—The follow- ing are the average prices of British corn for the week ending June 10, as received from the inspectors and officers of Excise :—Wheat, 47s. 9d. barley, 27s. 5d. oats, 23s. 9d. per Imperial qr. Corresponding week last year Wheat, 44s. 8d. barley, 31s. Id. oats, 23s, 2d. SUDDEN DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL HALL.—Vioe- Admiral Robert Hall, C.B., Secretary of the Ad- miralty, died suddenly on Sunday night of heart disease, at his residence in London. On Saturday Admiral Hall was at the Admiralty, apparently in good health, and transacted business connected with his office. He went home in the evening seemingly quite well. He, however, was suddenly taken ill on Sunday night, and died soon afterwards. Admiral Hall retired from the post ot naval secretary about six weeks ago, but was asked to carry on the work of the office while Mr. Hamilton (who had been ap- pointed to the position) carried on the late Mr. Burke's work in Dublin. FLUNKETANA.—Squire. "Yea, duckie, James shall give you a ride if you like. James, just carry Miss Rosie up to the nursery."—James. "No, sir, never I I don't mind a-carryin' hup that theer cheap claret an you makes 'em use but bemean myself by carryin' up a human bein'—why, I'll leave fust!"—Fun, TREASURE TROVE.—In pulling down an architect's house in the Rue Vieille du Temple, No. 26, in Paris, some workmen have discovered, hidden in an old wall, a copper vessel said to contain 40 kilogrammes of gold coins of the reigns of Jean le Bon and Charles V. Supposing the quality of gold to be really as large as represented, it would be worth as metal alone over five thousand pounds sterling. Information was given to the Commissary of Police, who decided not to interfere in the matter, as the discovery was made upon private property. DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA.—In New South Wales, the drought has had the effect of compelling the Govern- ment to offer the graziers and stock-owners a great concession in the matter of railway carriage for their flocks and herds. The only chance of saving the lives of thousands of sheep and cattle from starvation and thirst appears to be that of removal to a district where pasturage is te be had, and where water is abundant. The railway department of the Government offer to convey sheep at the rate of 4d. per head for 100 miles. There is some talk in the colony relative to an in- surance, providing the owners of sheep against loss by drought, the same as a trader insures against fire. TAXATION IN CANADA.—The following is an extraot from the speech of the Governor-General on the pro- rogation of the Canadian Parliament on the 17th ult, The removal of the duties on tea and coffee will lessen the cost of those important articles of food to the people, and the repeal of the stamp tax on bills of exchange and promissory notes will be appreciated by the commercial community as a relief from an irk- some byrden, while the transmission of news- papers and periodicals free from postage will be accepted as a boon by the whole country. Onr manu- facturers, already in a prosperous condition, will be further aided by the abolition of the duties on metals and other raw materials used in their several produc- tions. It is satisfactory to know that the buoyant state of the revenue will permit these reductions, amounting to about a million and a quarter dollars, to be made without inconvenience." A LITTLE LKARNINe-Small Boy: "Please, Ser- geant, oan I have a new dictionary?" Sergeant (who gives out books): Why ? Small Boy "Be. cause the latter half is torn out." Sergeant: "No; I knows you fellers in the second form ain't got so far as all that in the dictionary. "-Judy. THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND IRELAND.—The Yearly Meeting Epistle of the Society of Friends in England just issued makes the following allusion to Ireland:—"We turn, with an interest not easy to describe, towards our Irish brethren and- fellow- countrymen, for whom, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, there has been aroused in this meeting a deep and heartfelt sympathy, under the peculiar trials through which they are now passing. It is not our purpose to revive the recollection of wrongs or out- rages which have afflicted so many hearts, and made so many homes desolate. We would rather point to the spirit in which they ought to be met. Wrongs are not to be redressed by violence or passion but rather by patient exercise of love and by genuine moral courage in maintaining the truth. We cannot too often remember that all men are by creation brethren, ohildren of the same Father in heaven, and objects of the love of Christ Jesus. Then would hard and acri- monious feelings cease, and all bitterness and evil speaking be put away." EXCAVATIONS AT TROT.—Dr. Scheliemann is carry- ing on new excavations at Hissarlik with the assistance of two eminent German architects. No fewer than 150 workmen are daily employed in laying bare the foundations of the ancient cities. Two perfectly distinct cities have lately been discovered in the burnt stratum, the lower one resting on the large walls which have hitherto by mistake been attributed to the second city. Hissarlik now turns out to have been the Acropolis of this lower burnt city, this being proved by the walls and the pottery, as well as by two vast brick buildings, one of them 43ft. broad by 100ft, long, the other 23ft. broad by less than 100ft, long. These buildings seem to have been tem- ples, a separate gateway, flanked by enormous towers, leading up to them. There are besides three or four large buildings, apparently dwelling-houses, but no smaller buildings. The city walls now stand out very imposing. They rest on a substructure of large Hooks, 33ft, high, afterwards superseded by great brick walls. All the treasures formerly found by Dr. Sohliemann are now ascribed to the first burnt city. Dr. Schlie- mann has found in the temples copper nails of a very peculiar shape, weighing from 1,000 to 1,190 grammes. The second burnt city, being the third city from the rock, and hitherto identified with the Homeric Troy, turns out to have had but very small houses and no lower town at all. IT s AN ILL vviJNu, <xc.—iviany complaints reach Mrs. J.'sears respecting the present "epidemic" of what one facetious correspondent calls (b)easterly winds. For her own part Mrs. J. don't complain. Even an east wind has its good points; fcr instance,' when a good nor'-easter is blowing half a gale, the old lady's appetite increases, inasmuch as she eats her meals then with so much more gust-o.—Judy. THE FIRTH OF FORTH BRIDGE.—An arrangement having been made with the last of the opposing parties to the Bill for authorising the construction of a bridge across the Firth of Forth, this Bill, which after a long inquiry passed the House of Commons, will proceed unopposed through its stages in the House of Lords. Tne settlements which have been made will in no way affect the plans of the bridge itself, which ia calculated to sustain a rolling-load three times greater and a wind pressure five times greater than was intended in the original Bill passed previous to the Tay Bridge disaster. The cost of con- struction is estimated at 21,730,000, which is guaranteed by the four trunk railways of the North. WBEELY TOO BAD.-Why is an artist and a horse and cart equal to two artiste ?—Because they can draw each other.-Funny Folks. HARVEST PROSFECTS.—Rain has fallen freely throughout the week, and the green crops have been greatly benefited by the moisture (says the Magnet). The accounts from all parts of the country are decidedly encouraging but we have now had sufficient moisture, and a higher temperature with brilliant sunshine is requisite to bring the wheat to perfection and enable the hay crop to be secured in good con- dition. From the Centinent and America the accounts are satisfactory. THE RELEASE OF SUSPEOTS. A Parliamentary return issued on Monday, signed by Mr. R. G. C. Hamilton, the new Under-Secretary, and counter- signed by Mr. Trevelyan, gives a list of all persons detained in prison under the Protection Act. From this it appears that on June 4 there were 263 prisoners so confined. The return affords no means of compar- ing this number with those incarcerated at similar periods of previous months, but from former returns it may be gathered that on February 1st there were 512 "suspects in custody, on March 1st the total was 587, on April 1st it was 511, and on May 3rd 386. A THRILLING INCIDENT,—A "thrilling incident" took place in the driving Park at. Scranton, United States, on the 26th of May. It was the fourth day of the spring races, and A crowd of about 5,000 persons were present. In scoring for one of the heats the horses came up to the wire at a desperate rate of speed, and Nellie, a high-spirited mare, broke into "a dead run." Her run, indeed was so dead, that it nearly brought death to her driver; for her bridle-bit was snapped 18 two, and ehe shot ahead of the rest in a wild gallop. The driver, Barney Desmorest, however, preeerved his pressnce of mind in this moment of extreme peril. Leaping from the seat of the "sulky to the mare's back, he crawled up to her shoulders. Then, stooping forwards, he caught her by the neck and shoulders, and brought her to a sudden standstill just as she was about to take a flying leap over a steep embankment. Thundering cheers greeted this act of courage, and Barney Desmorest was the hero of the hour. veteran horsemen who were present said it was the finest dis- play of pluck they ever witnessed on the track. TALL MEN.-The New York doctors having had the question put to them whether a man can add a oubit to his stature, agree that there are ways by which stature can be affected (say the Detroit Free Press). People who drink limestone water like the Kentuokians and Tennessians, who are famous for being tall, owe it perhaps to the fact that they absorb so much lime which goes to the making of their bones. So oatmeal builds up the bone and muscle of the Scotch, and makes them tall. Dr. Mott said Folks who feed upon good healthy and simple food have the best chance for growing to be tall. Tallness seems sometimes to be a family trait, and runs along through generation after generation but, on the other hand, tall children very often grow from short parents, and vice versa. There doesn't seem to be any positive rule about it, and I don't know that there is any mode of determining from the height of a child at any given age what it will grow to at maturity." There is a belief, however well or ill-founded, that the height of the child at the age of two years is juat half the height to which it will attain at maturity, WILD FLOWERS.—The American Agricvl poses that wild flowers be cultivated in- gardens. It is possible, in most part country," it says, to make a beautiful gat out the outlay of a dollar fer plants. C persons referred to visit European gardens see European catalogues, they would find common plants around them are elsewhe valued. Aside from the trees there are ma that may find a place in the garden, and herbaceous plants from which a proper sele keep a garden gay the whole growing season EJECTMENTS IN IRELAND.—A Parliament just issued shows that the total number of decrees granted in Ireland at the last Hilar was 3,784, the total of rent in ftrrear in which these were granted being £92.331 Eight hundred and thirty were granted in 775 in Munster, 1,113 in Ulster, and Conn aught. COLOURS OF CATTLE.—Our American ooni taxing imports of whatever description, mal note of the kind, colour, and age of all liv that have been landed in the* country, and now being published by them (says Land m It is shown that some 1,500 cows of the breed have been landed in the States, and t is given of 1,200 of these, leaving 300 to be for. It appears that of these 1,200 cows tl 691 roans, 208 reds, 238 red-and-whites, 57 It is too much the custom in England t( shorthorns that are not all red,ovall white,asr< they are in reality only red-and-white, or red. Every shorthorn breeder is aware th is the colour he most wishes for when a fave drops a calf. Red is the next he favours, ai all desired is white. But this craze against no doubt carried too far, as some of the fi ever bred have been white, and have come cows or red bulls. The richest roan colour II strawberry roan. The colour of shorthorns h to do with their quality, shape, or mak cattle, like horses, are of all coloura. STORED ELECTRICITY AFLOAT.—Since I brought to the knowledge of the scientific "box of electricity," popularly so cnllec uses have been made of his accumulators (Ii But the latest practical application electricity, the lighting of the steamship on her recent passage from Havre to New electric lamps supplied by Faure accum perhaps the most important. The Labradi board at Havre 145 accumulators, said 30,0t0 amperes of two volts tension. 1 charged by a dynamo-machine on shore, ferred to the steamer just before she sailed, the batteries were placed in the enginc-i were used in supplying the light aboard th Upon the arrival of the steamer at New Y found that less than W0 ampfcres had b leaving the balance in good condition purposes. There were eight lamps kept e lighted, six of eight-candle power, one oi one of fifty-candle light. BILLI BEFORE PARLIAMENT. —The week issued on Monday shows that a total of bills has been laid before the House of Con session, of which 87 were Government mease of these have received the Royal assent, tw passed and three have been agreed to by th The only bill issued from the House of Co Monday was one brought in by Mr. Hi William Harcourt, and the Lord Advocate provision respecting the pensions, allowa gratuities of police constables in Great B their widows and children, and to make 01 sions respecting the police of Great Britain. WHY SHOULDN'T HE ?—An American wr —" We often hear a young married womi against her husband, in a jealous spirit, fo so much of hia mother," Well, why shoi What sort of a man is he who does not c mother? Do you think because he has c that he must forget the good woman who young life in his interests, who cared for infancy, and loved him when he was only s nuisance to everybody else? You will hai fine man who has not a fine mother. M matter if the mother's vanity is flattered I liking her gingerbread better than yours, a that she alone of all earthly seamstresses c shirt ? Smile at the kindly weakness. He tor other things-your yo uth, your beaut} his mother has lost. NAVAL EXPENDITURE.—A Parliamentary been issued of the actual expenditure for service (excluding the conveyance of troops year from 1860-61 to 1880.81. The year th the greatest expenditure was 1877-78 (212,34 next being 1861-2 ( £ 12,094,110), and ( £ 12,028.884; the three lowest having be< ( £ 9,374,328), 1869-70 ( £ 9,509,655), and i ( £ 9,619,424). During the three last years for the expenditure has been JB10,942,647 it £ 10,201,573 in 1879-80 and B10,115,175 in 1 THE LORD LIEUTENANT ON SECRET ORGAJ -Earl Spencer received a deputation on from the Irish National School teachers. he referred to the recent outrages as proi dantly that an organization existed in Ireh murdered and maimed in open defiance < It was the duty of society to destroy these tions, and it was an object which the G< and all law-abiding classes of the commu strain every nerve to secure. As an essent of attaining that end, he earnestly hoped th before Parliament would be speedily passed, MORE CONFOOLISHNESS.—" Have a dr- No thanks I've had enough." Well, tt have enougher 1"—Judy. AN ELEPHANT SCHOOL.—Jumbo's home C coming winter is likely to be in Mr. Barnum Training School in Connecticut, were most < animals spends the cold season and pas different grades of tuition in readiness for 1 The San Francisco News Letter tells us of a v school where twenty elephants were gathe room moving their heads monotonously fre side, "weaving" so the keepers called keeper declared to the reporter that elepl very short memories, that they soon fo injuries and kindnesses, and when enrag attach their keepers before any one else. ferred Indian elephants, those from Afr stupid and vioious. His pet was an 800 elephant, which he said gained 21lbs. an h< the first few months of its life. A BETTER BiTE !—An ingenious tramp, to wring tears and money assistance from tl hearts with a new scheme, gave it an exr trial in the North End (says the Detroit F, He has decided not to patent the invention. a North End lady of his unfortunate cond asked if he might eat some of the grass in The lady, not less amused than surprised sai tainly." He went out, and getting down oi commenced on the grass after the neglected popular fashion of Nebuchadnezzar, and a not enjoying the diet any more than ths sinner of olden time. Presently the tramp' eye caught sight of the servant eirl beckoni from the back yard. He thought a rich r his humility was in store, and instantly r Did you motion to me ? said he. Yes ? did you want ? He now wore a look ef n ful expectancy. "You may go in the ba< you want to. The grass is taller there." FLOODS IN HUNGARY.—By the sudden little river Nellsitsch the town of Vershei almost overwhelmed. In a very short t: number of houses fell and two bridges weri all the persons who stood on one of the bi swept away. Besides a number of adt been ascertained that twelve children peri) floods. KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.—YOU have tr< feelings are injured, your husband ia un wife frets, your home is not pleasant, your not treat you fairly, and things in general c pleasantly, (says an American paper). W< it ? Keep it te yourself. A smouldering found and extinguished; but when th4 scattered, who can pick them up ? Bury y The place for sad and distrusting th'ngs ii ground. A cut finger is never benefited by the plaster and exposing It to somebody's e up and let it alone. Charity covereth a m sins. Things thus covered are often cover a scar, but once published and confided t friends, there is no end to the trouble they Keep it to yourself. Troubles are transient a sorrow is healed and passed, what a com: say No one ever knew it until the troul over." THE TIMBER OF THE FUTURE.— It is calc Europe has 29 per cent. of her acreage Russia's enormous territory is made up of 4 forests, in which she has 200,000,000 act forests. Sweden and Norway calculate th fir, maple, birch, and other useful timber S. of their territory Austria 26 per cent. G per cent. France only 17 per cent. and i less, 7 per cent., chiefly cork, oak, ant Portugal boasts of 5 per cent, in timber, Britain 4 per cent. In 1838 Great Britai sold timber to the value of two millions st< Scotland is the only portion of the kingdoc included, that is now planting or has plan to any extent. The pine forests of the being consumed by fire more rapidly than of the settlers 75,000 men and 80,000 horsi ployed in the pine timber trade, and if t consumption keeps up or increases the supp exhausted in a measurable number of years now is the chief country that is supplying in fir timber and deals OUR FOOD SUPPLY.—It is evident tha must import as she now does foods to the vi hundred millions sterling to feed her populi Land and Water). Live stock declined by in 1881; butter from jS12,000,000 to £ 10,80 on the whole the imports of food declined from 1880 to 1881: bread Btuffs to £ 40,000,0' imposts vary but little from year to year. are no doubt much misled by the Americans power of supplying us with bread stuffs and n facts are now clearly showing that, with an in of a million people a year who oannot possib anything in the shape of food for along time arrival, the home demand must necessarily that it is not at all impossible that the or two will show a most alarming deel exports from America to this country corn and meat. A population which is fast ing 60 millions will require an amount of fe4 must not be overlooked. At present the pre live stock to population in America is 32 mil) about a half sheep per head, and 13 million or one bullock to four people. England has per head, and one bullock to five people. that the States cannot keep up her supplies, id coming on to take her place, and our own < the South, Australia with her 70,000,0008 New Zealand with her 13,000,000—a propor sheep to one inhabitant-these are the pi which we must look for supplies to feed 4 people, who eat, we are told, double the mea of any population in the world. The oute< this is, that the future of the English farmi brighter than it haa been for some time. Pr still be high for food of all kinds.

ANOTHER BEAR FI&HT.—A gentleman just returned from Marionville, Forest Co., Pa., related a thrilling adventure which some lumbermen had near the above named place recently. Three men in the employ of a heavy lumberman started out from the town to go to where they were shantying On the way they stopped &??l £ 7 h°ge pile r°ck8' fnd ^«e stretching out rerniS 6Tyment' When the? considerably SS'11? *Ten u,0re, ltartled fey the sudden g" Jl \°u -hefr from a in the rocks almost underneath their feet. Two of tha m*n had each a revolver, 22-calibre, and one had an old fashioned navv. These they drew, and the first discharge knocked another bear from the den, and shl f°N°wed ^7 the two cubs. The men I afraid to run over the rocky ground, and their Was to Their revolvers were small for such game, bi»t luckily the ground was strewn with small rocks, and these were brought into play. During the struggle one of the men was struck By one of the brums and the fiesh torn from one side U £ nai?,ner- The battle was a long one, but the men were finally successful in killing tha two old bears and capturing one of the cubs alive They took the little fellow to the camp, and getting help there, went back and secured the dead bodies of the parento.

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. One by one the ancient heroes are smashed. It turns out that Ajax had a bad case of rheumatism when he defied the lightning. "Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up," and yet eome men expect a puff every time they give a dollar to an indigent old woman's society. Prof. St. George Mivart, in his work on The Cat," says that "it has language of sounds to express its emotions "-which nobody can deny. A Texas paper savs -that thousands of good men are spoiled by marrying the wrong woman. The woman who marries thousands of good men must be very wrong, and no wonder the good men are spoiled. A Detroit sporting man, speaking of ladies riding and driving, says :—"As to the matter of getting out' of a trap now, most any woman can get down grace- fully, but not one in a hundred can descend from the back end of a buggy when the horse is running away without feeling that she is going to overdo the thing." The bustle is about to assume proportions again, but, man alive, you mustn't call it a bustle. The new fangled idea is a "tournure." P.S.—It is made of newspaper, same as the old style. Send in your sub- scriptions now. Long Island people no longer use the term "fire fiend," They now say "naming angel." Fire a few days ago destroyed an, accordion factory there. A man from Indiana, stopping at an Illinois hotel, looked at the printed notice in his bedroom Please do not blow out the gas." The occupant of the ad- joining room heard him remark I pay my money, and I'm going to blow out my gas if I want to." An American philosopher sagely says-" Content- ment is said to be better than riches, but the latter is good enough for me." The political language of the Orient differs vastly from the plain, commonsenae brusqeness of our own land. For instance, when a Persian meets a friend. he says "Thy visits are as rare as fine days;" but when an American woman sees a caller coming up the front walk she remarks, 1 There if there ain't that everlasting Smith woman again. It is a big difference. Have you any eggs ? inquired a peaceful-looking old man, as he leaned over the counter of a hardware store in Ohio, recently. No, sir this is a hardware store we keep nails, stoves, &c. answered the clerk. Well I did want some eggs," slowly drawled the old man, but I hain't particular and you may give me a pound of nails." "What part," asked a Sunday-school teacher, 0f the Burial of Sir John Moore' do you like best ? The boy was thoughtful for a moment and then replied, "Few and short were the prayers he said." "You English boast that the sun never sets on your property," said an American to an Englishman going West. I never boasted anything of the kind," was the quiet reply. Well, all the Jones's and Browns say so," continued the American, "and I must inform you, stranger, that we beat you British by thousands J of miles, for our country grows so fast that there never waa a correct map of it, aa no surveyor could keep ap was a correct map of it, all no surveyor could keep up with it yet,"

Collections were made in about 1,800 churches, chapels, and places of worship in the metropolis, as against about 1,600 last year. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London and Middlesex attended in state the morning service at Westminster Abbey; and in the afternoon the service in St. Paul's Cathedral, where they were joined by several of her Majesty's judges.