Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

INQUEST ON MR. BAItNATQ. Immediately after the arrival of the Scot at South- ampton on Friday night of; last week, the coroner, Mr. W. Coxwell, heldan inquest at the South-Western Hotel on the body of Mr. Barnett Isaacs Jiarnato, whiose body was on board. The coroner explained that the question they would have to decide was as to the state of Mr. Bainatus niin,l at the time when he jumped overboard. Tbe iuiy^having viewed the, body at the docks, Mr. Solomon Barnato Joel said that he was a pas- sengpr on board the Sqot for Southampton. They left the Cape on Wednesday, the 2nd inst. On Monday afternoon of last week, ehortly shortly after three o'olock, witness was walking with JMJU Barnato round the deck. WiljM 0 pf&p very tired and f'1'1 L.t. ~„t, but Mr. Barnato said "Let us 'go oh walking." Mr. Barnato asked the "time and witness pulled out his watch. As he difi so be saw a flash and the deceased was overboard. Witness had no time to look at his watch. Before Mr. Barnato gave a spring to the side of the ship, witness put out his hand to save him, but he caught the bottom of his trousers on witness's fingers and fell into the sea. The body was recovered by a boat from the ship. Every means were taken to restore animation, but without result. Mr. Barnato's mind used to wander. One hour he'was well and another he was ill. At the time of his jumping overboard witness did not believe that he was in his right mind. Mr. Barnato was always thinking, and witness would shake him to restore him. On the day in question Mr. Barnato was very bad, and witness made up his mind not to leave him all day. He showed no signs of aiiieidal tendency until the morning in question. William Trannack Clifford said that he was fourth office/" of the Scot. He" had seen the deceased several j time?, but nothing had struck him as to the state of j his mind on the day in question. Witness's attention was called to him by Joel. Witness took off his coat and jumped overboard. He was not able to reach the body, and was himself picked up by the ship's boat. Witness produced the official log. The report showed that immediately the body of Mr. Barnato was found efforts were mads to restore animation, but without effect, and that at Madeira, by special wish of the friends, the body was embalmed. The coroner expressed regret that the doctor was not in attendance, as he could at- cnce have certified the cause of death. Mr. Clifford, in .reply to questions, said that Mr. Barnato bad only to jump for about 3ft. The wind was in a contrary direction and the sea was heavy, but no voice could be heard. Mr. Barnato had a good ideTL of swimming, as he kept up so well. The coroner said that the witness acted in a very proper and plucky manner-an opinion in which the jury concurred. Witness explained that Mr. Barnato was found face downwards, probably because the wind caught in his pockets and clothes.. The coroner again expressed his regret at the absence of the doctor, and offered to adjourn the in- quest if the jury wished. The foreman, however, intimated that they had heard enough, and the coroner summed up, particularly addressing him- self to the evidence of the state of Mr, Barnato'a mind. Mr. Joel, recalled, stated that on the Monday before sailing Mrs. Barnato telegraphed to him to go to see the deceased, and he found him in a very bad condition indeecf. Seeing Mr. Barnato's state he came on to England with him. For three nights before witness saw Mr. Barnato the latter had had no sleep. The jury returned a verdict of death from suicide through temporary insanity, and strongly commended the conduct of the fourth officer and urged the corcscr to endeavour to obtain, a reward from the Eojal Humane Society for his heroic attempt to save Mr.,Barnato's life. The coroner promised to see that the recommen- datioii was sent to the proper quarter. Sir J. G. Sprigg, questioned by a Southampton cor- respondent, said that he was on deck it the time Mr. Barnato leaped overboard. He was sitting on the port side and Mr. Barnato was on1 the starboard side of the vessel. He did not actually coe Mr, Barnato go overboard, but he saw-the body in the water. Though Mr. Barnato's manner had been somewhat strange on board, when Jhe spoke to him hour before he leapied overboard he conversed rationally and showed no symptoms of insanity.

A FAITHLESS GROCER- > At the London Sheriff's Court on Friday of last wtfek before Mr. Deputy Under-Sheriff Bnrchell and a jury, the case of James Y. Crispe, a breath of pro- mise action remitted from the High Court, came on for the assessment of damages. The plaintiff, Eliza Lily James, aged 28, a dressmaker, of Sion House, Kew-road, Richmond, sought to recover £ 500 as damag3s for breach of promise of marriage from the defendant, Herbert Lawrence Crispe, a grocer's assis- tant, of Hindhead Chase, Grayshot, Hants. r 'H Mr. Montsgile Shearman, who appeared for the plaintiff, said she had been brutally and heartlessly jilted. Miss James and her sister carried on the business of dressmakers in Richmond, the defendant, last year also having a grocer's shop in the neigh- bourhood. They met in one of the principal thorough- fares, and the acquaintance ripened Into courtship, with the result that in September,. 189^, .an .9^?r marriage was made, which was accepted, plaintiff being introduced to defendant's friends, and at bis suggestion advertising her: business for sale. Soon after that the defendant was seriously ill, and on recovering went into Surrey for the benefit of his health. Although be constantly wrote, the plaintiff never saw him again, and after a few months had elapsed suddenly a letter arrived breaking off the engagement. There was, continued the learned counsel, the usual number of loving letters, but many of them were exceedingly amusing. In one letter he de- scribed the plaintiff as My own and only darling," and after putting in the necessary number of crosses denoting kisses, he added, "to be taken every four hours." Again he wrote, plenty of extra specials and a big hug," concluding, So good-bye to my darling old duck, with love and kisses." The next letter referred to an oyster supper, followed by a "smoker," and he wrote the letter" to show that he could write." (Renewed laughter.)- On January 16 be burst into poetry, writing: "When I am fat And off my bade, I shall come back "[4 To the lass I lack." He added, c. Your nightshitts fit perfectly, and are very comfortable." (Laughter.) Please consider yourself cuddled for one hour., In another letter he wrote: You can save plenty of money down here. It's only cost me lid. for a week. Two ounces of bacca ana a nail-brush." (Laughter.) Soon after this, however, the love cooled down until the final letter breaking off the engagement was received. The plaintiff gave evidence in support of this etatement and, cross-examined by Mr. Beck, for the defendant, admitted that: she had written to the latter as follows My Own Little Darling,—How is the cold ? I do hope better, and that the wotries have not been continued to-day. Please send three soda-water, packet Bryant and May's matches, packet candles, lib. tomatoes if you have any, 21b. cheese (nice one, mild, you will have it for your supper), 61b. tea, usual. The boy can bring them if you like and a nice piece of bacon for boiling.—With fondest love, always your loving old CiSS." (Much laughter.)1 The defence was that the marriage was impossible owing to the defendant's ill-beaith and lack of means, and he stated in his evidence that he was now a grocer's assistant in the Old Kent-road at 16s. a week. The- Under-Sheriff having summed up, the jury assessed the damages at £ 175. Judgment for this acaou&t wis accordingly entered, with costs. 9.

Off* of the finest specimens of laconic is the speech Of Rochejaqueline to his soldiers «' If I advance, follow me; if I fall, avenge me; if I flinoh, kill •n«

ART AND LITERATURE. F 'DECORATITB art is new engaging the attention of psychologists.* Art as defined in Dr. Murray's die- tionarj ,i» the application of skill to itnplemen'.s ef utility, subjects of taste such as poetry and dancing, works of imitation and design such as painting, scnlpttire, and architecture." Dr. Colloy March, the well-known psychologist, divides art into (1) Artifice of purely utilitarian intention (2) Artistic treatment or the shaping or arrangement of details, outlines, 1 parts, and colours of implements or structures to please, the eye (3) Ornament, a decoration applied to objects which could do without it. He believes that ornament sprang from structural handi- craft; (4) Embellishment or finery which may aritio from bellicose, proud, or other motives unconnected with love of beauty (5) works of fine art which are different from ornaments, as they have an inde- pendent existence, and their end is to excite a high order of emotion. Such works originated in aa emo- tional craving or want. All these five elements of art are employed in an urn, where artifice moulded and [' baked the hollow clay, after the model of a gourd standing in a ring, artistic treatment gave it a pleas- ing shape and colour, ornament added the designs [ of handicraft, embellishment hung a chain between j the handles, and fine art filled the middle zone with a picture t hat moves the feelings. IN a "book of appreciations," entitled "Women NoVelists of Queen Victoria's Reign," the first and in some respects the most notable article is devoted ] to -DIUHCO 'Sisters, who are "appreciated" by Mrs. Oliphant. The writer regards Charlotte Bronte as "the pioneer and founder" of the "sex- problem school of romance, thorigh" it would pro- bably have shocked and distressed her as much as any other woman of her age," since "the was proper, she was prim, her life was hedged in by all the little rules which bind the primitive woman. But when she left her little recluse behind and rushed into the yorld of imagination her exposure of the bondage in which she sat with all her sisters was far more daring than if she had been a woman of many experiences and knew what- she was speaking of." Mrs. Oliphant writes rather severely upon recent biographers of Charlotte Bronte. The resurrection people have been permitted to make their researches as they pleased. It throws a curious pathos, a not unsuitably tragic light, upon a life always so solitary, that this should, all have passed in silence because there was actually no one to interfere, no one to put a ban upon the dusty heaps-and demand that no more should be said. It gives the last touch of njelancboly to the conclusion of a lonely life. Mrs. Gaskell, wise woman, defended herself from a similar treatment by will, and left children behind her to protect her inemoryi, But the Brontes are at the merey of, every one who, cares to give another raking to the diminished heap of debris. MR. REGINALD BLOMFIELD has in the press an im- portant book on the influence of the Ranaissauce upon English Architecture. It is to be a compre- hensive, Find exhaustive work, bringing the history of the movements and changes in architecture down to the end of the last century, and is to be profusely illustrated with reproductions of drawings by Wren, Inigo Jones, and other great architects of the period, as well as with many,sketches by the author. THE time oocupied in the production of the illus- trations and maps has delayed the appearance of Sir H. H. Johnston's book on British Central Africa." In addition to the very full information which the author is so well. qualified by his experience, and habit of close observation, to supply on the subject of his book, it will include an article on Forestry, written by a native of the region in ques- tion, and an appendix, prepared by the autho- rities at ^ew, -containing a catalogue of all the known plants of Nyassaland and South Tanganyika. Books on Africa have been plentiful of late, more plentiful than at any time since the mass of such volumes which followed upon the return of the Emin Relief Expedition in,018893 but most of them have been concerned with the territories.south of the Zam- besi, where civilisation has long since been extensively represented, and only a small minority have been the result of travel and adventure in lands where human carriers take the place in the economy of locomotion a_ that in more southerly regions is occupied either by trek oxen or by trains.. lTjs good news to hear that Mr. Orchardson baa received from the Queen a commission to paint a Jubilee picture introducing portraits of herself, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and Prince Edward; These; official, commissions have so often been entrusted to men who have no special claim to attention as artists that the selection of Mr. Orchard- son, who may be depended upon to produce a really fine work of art, gives a very welcome suggestion that in the future wiser counsels,may prevail. A gallery of official pictures painted by artists of Mr. Orchard- son's stamp would be a delightful collection- some- thitg of a very different order from that to which we have hitherto, been accustomed. MANY books on natural history, more particularly in the ornithological field, have recently been pub- lished. No one of his generation did more valuable work in the study and description of, the varieties and habits of birds than the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, and the interesting memoir of that devoted student, which his son, the Rev. M. C. F. Morris, has written will be a welcome addition to the, biographical literature in the library of the naturalist. THE speech made by Canon Barnett at the general meeting of the. Art for Schools Association a few days ago is worthy. of attention on account of the importance of his remarks concerning the deficiency of the ordinary school curriculum in the class of study wh'icTi encourages the imaginative and artistic faculties.' IV cannot be denied that the average worker is, during his school days, taught nothing which is likely to lead him to take interest in any kind of art; and that this want of oeithetic training pt events him in after years understanding or appre- ciating much that would bring a great deal of plea- sure into his life. The work which the Art for Schools Association is doing is extremely valuable, bfefeause it' provides what is the best kind of art teaching, education by habituation to beautiful things; and therefore it is well calculated to supple- Lll) ment' wlmt "is at' present a quite one-sided system. No one knows better than Canon Barnett how help- ful nestheticiism may be as an adjunct to material knowledge, so that what he had to say on the subject may be recommended heartily to the notice of those people who are able to express their sympathy in a practical nianner. TnE announcement for the autumn is made of the, early volume# of an Angler's Library," to be jointly edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell and Mr. F. G. Aflalo. The editors have already arranged for volumes. deal- ing with the various groups of fresh and salt water fisb, and later volumes will probably be topo.- graphical in character, giving, with the aid of local anglers, the latest, information about particular waters. Each volume is to be specially written and fully illustrated for the Library; and the first, on coarse fish, is from the,pen of Mr. C. H. Wheeley. THE dearth of new books of any particular interest has probably been little felt by anyone not actively engaged in the publication or distribution of literary wares. Preparations for the coming Festival have occupied general attention, and the brilliant sunshine of the last few days must have driven out from the minds of most people any yearning desire for read- ing, whether in the fiction of problems or of frivolity, in books of history, travel, or biography. The winter is the time for the proper considera- tion of volumes great or_small, and before Christ- mas returns we shall no doubt have abundant mate- rial to .select from. WITIIIN-Liae next few weeks will be published an account of tbye recent war, by Mr. Clive Bigham, to be entitled The Campaign in Thegealv." Mr. Bigham, who has serveld in the Grenadier Guards and in the British Embassy at St. Petersburg, was present during the entire campaign as special corre- spondent for the Times with the Ottoman Army.

A HUGE HORSE. Perhaps the biggest horse in the world is the « White Horse of Berkshire. It is a figure 11 Oyds. long, cut in the side of a bill. A long way off it looks as though drawn in.chalk lines, but the outlines are really deep ditches in the soil, kept clean and free from grass by the people, who take great pride in it. The ditches are six yards wide and two feet deep. The eye Of the horse is four feet across, and the ear is loyds. long. It can be seen for 16 miles. When the time comes to clear out the ditohes, the people make a kind, of picnic of it, andjplay all sorts of rustic gamesL Who made the "WMte Horse," or what for, is not known for certain, though King Alfred has been mentioned in connection with it. It is certainly very old.

THE "rOMAN'S WORLD. Tn. revival of the Pompadour style of hair-dress- ing (says the Star) is passing through many little varieties and changes that are quite new, and would probably astonish the ladies, of the dajs when the real Pompadour was in the flesh. The young lady whose hair must be simply dressed as befitting her entrance into early wornatihood demands particular attention, for, while elaboration is denied to her, she leqnires to be coiffured with a touch of Fashion's Iftii st orders. Soft and pretty is the Pompadour effect, but at the, back, whence the long hair [has,, but,} lately been freely flowing, it must not be drawn up so severely, as to make a startling alteration to the setting of the face.. The mode pf. arranging this young-looking evening coiffure is simple. If not naturally curly, all round the heai, the outside strands of hair are waved. From ear to ear the front pieces are pinned up together, whilst all the remainder of the hair is combed up towards the top of the head, held while the back,part is made to bag loosely and then securely tied. The front hair is then turned back, allowing just a few short curls to drop over either temple and carried over to meet the tied hair, com- temple and carried over to meet the tied hair, com- pletely covering what would make beautiful coils but is now. pinned flatly to the head. A little manipula- tion will give a coiffure of loosely waved Ir hair with only one spot to mark where it is all drawn and fastened together, and this is hidden by white tulle. A scarf of this is tied up into bow and ends, and caught in the centre with a pearl ornament. The filmy arrangement is then fastened to stand upright upon the head rather towards the left. The one loop and end that falls a little way down the back of the head completely covers the point to which all the waves of the hair tend. It will easily be seen that, should one twist or coil of long hair be visible, it would take off the very youth ful appearance of thia style of coiffure. Coloured tulle instead of white would also spoil this effect to some extent. THIS opera season repeals the fact that many of its devotees believe no style more becoming at the moment than that which gives a very decided top- knit. Tbe very smooth and regular waves are not strictly adhered to, but when the long bair has been tied exactly upon the top of the head the waved strands all round are combed up towards it, and allowed to form hard lines or otherwise, much as they will. The front hair is parted and made to mount up fluffy and high on either side of the parting, and it is from the centre of this that the high loop stands out. This is the whole of the long hair made into one loop, and laid over a spring that will not allow it to droop or fall out of position. When this is firmly .set up the hair is coiled round it" root, and the ends that are left are made into tiny short ringlets that pin closely to the head. Almost the only elaborate coiffure is the one with two upstanding coils. The long hair is drawn up to the crown cf the head, and all the waved hair turned back to meet it; then, when these two very decided loops are secured, a long coil is twisted all round, and in and out of them. Added to this is a small scarf of tulle appearing here and there with a large twist showing below the coili of the hair at the back of the head. () ,'( •. I, .) *i- LIGHT-COLOURED evening gloves may be dry cleaned easily at home in a very short time. The gloves must be put on the hands or on wooden dummy hands, then rubbed all over with fine fuller's earth and next with a dry flannel, and finally shaken to get rid of the powder. Mix a little French chalk with sifted bran and rub the gloves with thts after the former process. Now is the time (remarks the Morning) for gir's with slender purses to make a fair show in the matter of dress at no very great expense. Any girl who really makes up her mind to do it can make a blouse, and when that is accomplished she will find it still easier to make a skirt, and there, with a smart belt or sash, is the complete gown. Cam- brics, muslins and lawns are of all materials the most becoming to young people in summer, but they cost ever so much if given to a dressmaker, and then they must occasionally be sent to the cleaner, and so with regret many girls give up their wishes in that direction. However, as the materials are cheap, if the gowns are made at home the price of several visits to the cleaner will have been saved and the pretty gowu will be a cheap, one. First, for the blouse bodice the quantity required is two yards and a quarter of double width material, or four of single, always ex- cepting silk of which six yards would be required, as the width of the material is an inconvenient one and a few frills are almost a necessity for a blouse of that kind. It is not at all likely, though, that a beginner will start with silk, but after one effort has proved a success the fact that really good and pretty fancy silks are to be bought for one shilling and sixpence a yard may induce some gtrls to try to make a smart silk bodice. The first thing is to have a tight-fitting white lining stitched, boned and finished with hooks and eyea complete, except under the arms and -on the shoulders, where the seams cannot be finished until the outer material is arranged on the lining. If one does not understand how to cut andfit-a bodice lining, the best thing is to have a pattern cut to measurement, with the darts and seams traced where they are to be stitched. Such a pattern, with a sleeve also cut to measurement, would cost about two shil- lings or two and sixpence, and would be serviceable for any number of gowns so long a& the figure does not change to any grea. extent. Another plan is to unpick one half of a well-fitting bodice and half a sleeve, cut out the lining by the pieces, of course cut- ting two of each, and then making up the lining with- the unpicked half, as a _qopy. t ^BLOCCES, bodices, blouse shirts, and blouse co< are all the rage, running up the scale from the simple but dainty cambric affair, to the elaborately trimmed article for evening wear. Their number is certainly legion, and their variety without limit. However, there :s one hard and fast rule that, must be tept to the letter, or the loveliest bodice of this kind must of necessity prove a dead failure. Who has not seen the skirt drooping sadly and untidily from the waist-band at the back and sides; or who has not longed, or dreaded, to tell some country cousin that the straight untrimmed "basque of her blouse is.* not intended to be displayed out- side, but to be carefully tucked away under tliB skiYt ? The one thing; then, io be borne in mind is that neatness is the key-note of smartness, and that, unless the bodice and skirt ibeet and remain united without the very slightest hiatus, and unless the placket hole remain closely fastened, the pretty skirt and bodice must of necessity drop out of the run- ning, and be dubbed slovenly. Some girl says But a number of the newest and smartest blouses have. boBques intended to be worn outside." This is true, but a moment's reflection will show that the basques intended to be displayed are so cut and trimmed- that directly they are seen, it is a self-ovident fact that they are not to be hidden away. Some are short and full at the back and sides, prettily corded or edged with some kind of trimming. Other;t, which are longer, either scalloped or cut in deep points, and fitting closely to the figure for some little distance below the waist, might almost be classed among the double skirts that are creeping into popu- larity under different aspects. Again, some basques, following the lines of the figure to a depth of about five inches, are trimmed with narrow gathered silken frills, rows of ribbon lace or braid to match the trimming on the skirt, and give the idea, unless very closely inspected, that it is the upper part of the skirt which is so treated. REFINED women of to-day do not (observes a fashion correspondent of the Star) wear elaboratelv- tucked and frilled under-garments, but select, tin simplest patterns. The old-fashioned yoke nig it> gown is a thing of the past. Women of dainty taste prefer a garment made of fine cambric or nainsook trimmed with lace and cut in the fullsacque style of French underwear. This has the full French sleeve, often reaching only to the elbew. Whether the gar- ment is high at the throat or turns back in a wide picturesque collar it is simple in its general cut and outlines, dependent for its grace and daintiness on the fine material of which it is mane, and the fine needlework or lace with which it is trimmed.

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I. LITERARY EXTBACTS. IN FEAR OF BEING POTBONFD. It is a remarkable I thing," said a public analyst to the writer recently, what a number of persons imagine that they are being slowly done to death by means of painless poisons. Only the other day I received a parcel and a letter from a lady-they are mostly ladies who worry me in this way-requesting me to examine the different foods she has sent in the parcel, and inform bar if any of them contained poison, as she had suspicioi s that she was being done to death by her cook. Of course, I did as requested, but, as I had expected, found no traces of poison in any of the different edibles she sent me. On another occasion a lady sent me three dozen bottles of port, with a request that I should analyse them for deadly poisons, as the wine, she explained, had been sent to her as a present by a gentleman who was her heir, and she had grave sus- picions that the wine was drugged, with the object of getting her eut of the world. It was nothing of the sort, and as she insisted upon- my keeping the wine, I had every opportunity of deciding that it was excel- lent. About twelve months ago, a young married lady came to me and said that her husband was trying to kill her. She did not know how, but she was con- vinced of the fact, and asked me to help her. I con- I. sented, and from time to time she brought me different things which she suspected were intended to bring about her death. One day she brought me a dozen pairs of kid gloves, which she thought her husband I had poisoned before giving to her. Another day she brought me wIDe; indeed, she brought me everything I her husband got her that might be made a vehicle of poison. At last, however, I grew weary, and consulted the husband. He was distressed with what I told I him, for he was, passionately fond of biB wife, azid I called in a brain expert. Of course, the lady was mad. She is now in an asylum, where, 1 believe, she is gradually recovering. But you sea the kaid of thing that I have to put up with."—Camdt s Sahird'ty thing that I have to put up with."—Camdt s Sahird'ty I Journal. DRAWING AND PAINTING COATS-OF-ART 'is.-TLere should be no attempt at reproenting, nature in draw- ing and painting the animals represented in coats-of- arms. With good drawing, the lion looks well when only a flat plain red or gold. The general lines should be simple, but drawn with force, and the details sub- I ordinated to them. The savagery of the aniusais should be well expressed. The teeth and talons (when in proper colours) should- be of a different colour to the body, in order to accentuate the rieree effect. All distinctive features should be made the most of. The work of the heraldic painter is all the better if the meaning is clearly felt and expressed. Stylo and character should be aimed at in drawing. One of the chief adornments of a piece of heraldry cous-ists I in the mantling, which give an opportunity for enrichment, and is used for all manner of shields. I This is governed by the same principles as ail other good ornament, but it has a character of its own. It has been derived from the ancient mantle worn by the knights in armour, and in its rendering suggests a fabric blown about by the wind-, the cords and tassels assisting the general effect. In the colouring or "the blazon of the charges," as it is called in the language of heraldry—pure primaries should be used in their natural intensity, in order to cause the arms I to. be as clear and distinct as possible when seen at. a distance. These intense oolours, being in small quan- tities and in juxtaposition, are, in this treatment, brilliant without being vulgar.— Work. I QUEBEC.—The view from the spacious terrace ,n the verge of the cliffs- of Quebee, the ancient capital I' of Canada, cannot fail to impress tho imagination of the statesman or student versed in the history of the American Continent,, as well as delight the eye of tho lover of the picturesque. Below the heights, to whose rocks and buildings cling so many memories of tho past, flows the St. Lawrence, the great river of Canada, bearing to. the Atlantic the waters of the numerous lakes and streams of the valley which was first discovered and explored by France, and in which, her statesmen saw the elements of empire. We see the tinned roofs, spires and crosses of quaint churches, hospitals and convents, narrow streets winding among the rocks, black-robed priests and sombre Buns, habltaus in homespun from the neighbouring villages, modest gambrel-roofed houses of the past crowded almost out of sight by obtrusive, lofty structures of the present, the massive buildings of the famous seminary and university which bear the name of Laval, the first great bishop of that Church which has always dominated French Canada. Not far from the edge of the terrace stands a monument on which are inscribed the names of Montcalm and Wolfe, enemies in life but united in death and fame. Directly below; is the market which recalls the name of Champlain, the founder of Quebec, and his first Canadian home at the margin of of the river. On the same historic ground we see the high-peaked roof and antique spire of the curious old church, Notre Dames des Victoires, which was first built to commemorate the repulse of an English fleet two centuries ago. Away beyond, to the left, we catch a glimpse of the meadows and cottages of the beautiful Isle of Orleans, and directly across the river are the rocky hills covered with the buildings of the town, which recalls the services of Levis, whose fame as a soldier is hardly over-shadowed by that of Montcalm. The Union Jack floats on a tall staff of the citadel which crowns the summit of Cape Diamond, but English voices are lost amid those of a people who still speak the language of Frsnce.- The Story of Canada, by J. G. Bourinot. WAS Tn. OLD BJETTBR ?—Ever since the last earth- quake, says a letter from Athens, the immediate ruin of the Parthenon has been a foregone conclusion in case another earthquake should occur before oertain contemplated repairs are made. The writer of the letter decla- es that, th(ugh we have been taught to- believe that only the best material was used in con- structing the Parthenon, as a matter of fact the builders employed first-class marble on the outside only, where the eye could see it. Faulty stones within, after the building became roofless, invited the destructive work of rain, frost and heat. The rotten blocks are not only a menace to the structure, but a striking testimony to the fact that ancient architecture had its illusions, and like modern architecture, was sometimes proof that builders were careless about truth in the inward parte." POOR FELLOW.—Nothing is more agreeable to the tnan who likes to teU a story, and who knows that he can tell it well, than to have for a wife a lady who is great on absolute correctness of detail, and who is willing to see that this accuracy of detail marks your story-telling. Hawkins is thus blessed in the partner of his choice. He and his wife were at a dinner the other evening with some friends-, and Hawkins had & capital story to tell, and this is the way he told it: "It was last Wednesday," he began, when Mrs. Hawkins said gently,— "You are mistaken, my dew, it was Tuesday." Ob, well, the day don't matter." It is just as well to be accurate," said Mrs. Hawkins, calmly. -1 Well, it was on Wednesday, and Jones and I were lunching together at the Cafe Royal, and P. My dear, you siid that it was the Royal British when you told the story to me." Oh, so it was the Royal. I forgot. It was the day before that we lunched together at the Royal British." Why, Mr. Hawkins, how forgetful you are. I lunched with you the day before, and we went to the Albion Restau- rant." Oh, so we did. Well, it doesn't matter. Well, Jones and I had just taken our seats and given our orders when an old man and his wife came in and You're not sure that she was his wife, my dear." Oh, she must have been. He called her Mary, and she called him John, and- That is no proof that they were husband and wife. She might have been his sister, yon know." It don't make the slightest difference whether they were man and wife or not. Anyhow, they were the queerest looking pair I ever saw. She was fully 70, and- Why, Mr. Hawkins, y ou told me that she was about 60." Well, maybe she wasn't more than 60. It doesn't matter. She had on the wildest, giddiest hat and a-" You told me that she wore a bonnes. Mr. Hawkins." Well, I don't know but what it was a bonnet. It was the wildest-looking bit of head gear I ever saw, and the blue dress she wore Blue dress ? Why, you told me that it was a red dress." No. I didn't." I'm quite sure that you did, Mr. Hawkins." This goes on until Hawkins be- comes so muddled that the point of the story, when it is finally reached, falls perfectly flat, and the scene that occurs when Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins are aloM together would not look nor sound well if printed

tPVw? INDIAN TREACHERY. THE PUNITIVE FORCE. The Tochi punitive force, which will consist of two brigades, will assemble at Bannu. Major-General Corrie Bird, C.B., will command, with the following divisional staff: Major Wilcocks, Major Eemball and Major Digby, R.E., Major Wilson, R.A., and Major Wingates, Colonel Nixon, Captain G. Rawlins, Captain Schrieber, Captain H. James, and Captain P. Malcolm, Lieutenant G. Cockerill, Lieutenant Waghorn, R.E., Lieutenant Rose, 2nd Ghoorkas, Lieutenant Haag, 18th Hussars, and Lieutenant F. Pierre; Surgeon-Colonel Carew and Veterinary Major Rayment, The First Brigade will be composed as follows: The 2nd Battalion Argyll Highlanders, the 1st Sikhs, the 1st P.I. 33rd B.I., a squadron of the 1st P.C., six guns of the Peshawur Battery, and the second company of the Bengal Sappers, and hospital staff. The Second Brigade will consist of: The 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, the 14th Sikhs, the 6th B.I., the 25th P.I., one squadron of the 1st P.C., and, the fourth gun of the 6th Bombay Mounted Battery. The First Brigade will be commanded by Colonel Egerton, with the following staff: Captain Watkins, Captain Wellby, 18th Hussars, Major Winton, of the West Kent Regiment, Lieutenant E. Annesley, Lieu- tenant H. W. R. Senior, 20th Bengal Infantry, Lieu- tenant T. S. Cox, 11th Bengal Lancers, and Lieutenant Muscroft, 2nd Ghoorkas. Second Brigade: General Symons commands, with a staff consisting of Captain J. MacN. Walter, of the Devonshire Regiment, Captain Brockman, 5th B.I., Major Grover, 2nd P.C., Lieutenant E. Howell, Lieu- tenant N. Powell, Lieutenant P. Cunningham, and Lieutenant Tuson, of the 16th Lancers.

PJIOBABLY the smallest piece of pai-it-ing in the orld is that executed by a Flemish artjst. It is painted on the smooth side of a grain of common white corn, aad pictures a mill and a miller mount- ing a stair with a sack of grain on ;his back. The picture is beautifully distinct, every picture being finished with microscopic fidelity, yet by careful mea- surement it is shown that the whcle painting does not cover a surface of half an inch square. ARTISTS usually represent lightning flashes by zig- zag streaks of light, but photography has shown that Mr. James Nasmyth was right when he pointed out that lightning flashes as a rule, if not always, re- semble rivers of light winding through the atmos- phere. There is generally some foundation for a popular notion, however, and during a thunderstorm of last Sunday we saw a flash which appeared to the eye distinctly aig-zag. It was a vertical, or almost vertical, flash downwards to the earth. The upper part was almost straight, but it zig-zaged in the middle. No doubt artists have exaggerated the effect into a conventional form, but it is not purslv imaginary.

SHE "How are you getting on with your bi- cycling, Captain Vert?" He (a beginner): "Oh! splendidly; getting on about every two minutes." THE following strange and alarming notice was ex- hibited some time back on the nands at a certain English seaside resort: "Visitors are cautioned against bathing within a hundred yards of this spot, several persons having been drowned bore lately by ordar of the authorities."