2BS 
THE  RyBAL  NEW-YOBKER. 
OCT. 2S  f 
that  neither  girls  nor  boys  have  shown  any  dispo¬ 
sition  ta  correct  the  errors  or  Judge  of  the  merits 
of  those  published.— D.  t. 
Hoop  La ! 
Dear  Rcbal  cousins  Uncles  Mark  and  True, 
Jointly  and  unconsangulneous-llke,  have  discard¬ 
ed  one  of  their  young.  They  have  slighted  his 
MS.  In  two  canes,  extraneous  alike  to  the  present 
fullness  of  soul  that  induced  and  blended  them 
and  to  the  ties  of  illlaiton  which  bind  us  together 
In  couslnhood ;  and  therefore  1  submti.  this  at- 
tesliitlon  of  their  nllenlty  towards  me  to  5’our 
Byuipathy  and  HRk  whcUier  1  should  “ndvertlz 
’em,”  ns  t  he  Michigan  man  once  t  hreatened  the 
American  AgticulturlKt.  with  for  finding  in  itfl  col¬ 
umns  a  spurious  and  fort.ultoiis  advertisement. 
Uowever,  In  looking  over  the  unnals  of  paUumlty, 
more  tlian  one  kinsman  is  found  who  neglected 
nearer  and  dearer  relations,  and  therefore  It  they 
publish  ihts  I  will  forgive  Uncles  mark  and  Truk. 
Unlike  the  majority  of  you  Rural  readers  1  am  a 
city  pumpkin,  playing  my  part  in  the  theater  of 
Ufe  in  this  busy  “  Uabylon,’’  bat  bare  a  princely 
garden  where  nature  not  only  shed.s  the  usual 
refulgence  of  temperate  cllmhte.s,  but  has  also 
hills  and  woods  and  orange  groves,  like  those 
which  formed  the  uniivulefl  landscapes  of  Gra¬ 
nada— but  It  is  In  my  brain.— \V.  C.,  ^rew  rork. 
Why.lNol,  to  be  Sure! 
Dear  Rural  I  have  been  waU;hlngthe  letters 
from  the  Roys  and  Girls  for  the  past  five  years 
with  great  lntcre.si,  and  1  am  sorry  to  say  1  rarely 
see  one  from  a  Camidlan.  1  do  not  know  the  rea¬ 
son  of  this,  but  probably  t  hey  have  been  like  my¬ 
self,  always  walling  for  some  one  tostartilrat. 
Now  1  think  we  have  some  youug  folks  In  Canada 
Avho  are  as  capable  Of  writing  a  short,  e.ssay  as 
the  Amcricaus,  although  they  are  sometimes 
styled  “slow  Canadians."  Have  any  of  the  Rural 
Cousins  over  idslled  the  Dominion?  If  so,  l  would 
like  to  have  them  tell  what  part,  l  live  in  the 
County  Of  Klgln,  twelve  miles  east  of  St.  Thomas. 
I  was  otsappolnled  about  going  to  t  he  centennial, 
so  If  any  of  the  Cousins  have  been  there,  we 
would  like  to  have  a  desrrlptlon-or  probably 
Uncle  Truk  will  favor  us.  It  this  merils  a  place 
In  your  valuable  paper,  1  will  write  again.  Hoping 
you  will  luU,late  mo  us  one  of  your  comslns,  1  am 
— D.  B.,  Aylvirr,  annom. _ 
A  Resolution  oncl  Questlon.l 
DEAR  Uncle  :— We  Just  received  the  Rural  to¬ 
night  and  1  made  up  my  mind  that  1  tvould  cer¬ 
tainly  write  now,  as  I  have  written  two  letters 
and  neglected  to  send  them.  We  do  not  Like  the 
Rural,  but  are  members  of  a  Reiidlng  Club  and 
therefore  havethc  use  of  It.  Ithluk  Cousin  gypsy 
Belle  Is  jiml  right  about  piecing  iiuJllA.  1  have 
pieced  flve  and  think  of  piecing  another.  1  should 
like  to  H.sk  Anna  McM.  how  she  occupies  her  time 
after  school,  and  in  winter"  1  would  say  to  tile 
Cousins  that  the  boys  lliought  they  could  not 
wrlK'  about  Joan  of  Arc  any  Mlir,  and  so  they 
kept  silent,  isn’t  that  so.  Uncle  True?  tVlll 
some  of  the  CgusIus  tell  me  how  to  prepare  au¬ 
tumn  leaves  for  bouquets,  please?  I  lun  situng  by 
the  south  window,  the  sun  Is  just  setting  and  the 
clouds  are  tinged  with  gold  and  look  beautiful.— 
Florence  Delano,  lotca. 
PUBLISHEE’S  NOTICES. 
TO  THE  LADY  READERS  OF  THE  RURAL, 
HIDDEN  FRUIT. 
1.  Stop,  Lu,  mother  has  prepared  a  lunch  for  us. 
3.  The  ugly  cur  ran  too  fast  to  he  caught. 
3.  To  prosper,  Simmons,  Is  utterly  impossible. 
4.  1  love  a  foreign  clime. 
6.  Rolf.  1  grant  your  request. 
6.  Richard  ate  something  that  made  him  sick. 
7.  A  do  not  care  a  snap,  please  your  honor. 
8.  Give  me  a  glass  of  water,  Melony. 
9.  While  sick  I  loathe  bread ;  fruit  of  all  kinds  I 
crave. 
car  Answer  In  l;wo  w'eeks.  b. 
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GEOGRAPHICAL  ENIGMA. 
I  am  composed  of  5S3  letters : 
My  4, 10, 19,  T,  32, 2,'t  a  city  in  New  Jersey. 
My  16,  22,  3,  20  a  city  In  New  York. 
My  22,  21,  u,  23, 8  mountains  In  the  United  States. 
My  6,  2,  22,  7,  n,  13, 5,  IS  a  city  in  New  York. 
My  1, 10,  9, 14  a  seaport,  In  Massachusetts. 
My  16,  7, 13, 4, 15, 12, 14  a  City  in  Massachusetts. 
My  whole  Is  a  town,  county  and  State. 
Sir  Answer  In  two  weeks.  c.  s. 
MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA. 
I  AM  composed  of  17  letters : 
My  8, 18,  IT,  10, 1C  a  pointed  weapon. 
My  12,  9, 6, 16, 11  a  vorsiclous  fish. 
My  7, 14, 16, 4  a  repast. 
My  1 ,  6,  3, 4, 2, 12  an  American  poet. 
My  whole  gives  the  name  of  an  English  poet 
lar*  Answer  in  tw'O  weehs.  Berbix. 
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DOUBLE  ACROSTIC. 
1.  A  CITY  Of  France.  2.  llvo  duplicate  vowels. 
3.  A  lake  of  Soongaria.  4.  An  Island  In  the  Baltic. 
6.  A  city  of  Nippon.  Primals  and  finals  form  two 
Islands  of  Occauloa. 
Bsr  Ausw'cr  In  two  weeks.  Little  One. 
- - - 
PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-Oct.  14. 
Biblical  E.nigma.  — “Whoso  curseth  his  father  or 
his  mother,  his  lamp  shall  be  put  out  in  obscure  dark¬ 
ness." 
Double  Cross-word  Enioma.— Danube,  Thames. 
Double  .\orostic.— Priiuals,  IVoU';  finals,  Bear. 
SPF.CIAL  OFFFR 
OF  BARE  PLANTS  AND  SEEDS 
Having  a  few  choice  plants  now  growing  in 
tlio  Rural’s  Experimental  Grounds,  which 
we  tliink  would  be  deairablo  to  some  of  the  lady 
readers  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker,  we  make 
the  following  offer : 
'J'hose  who,  in  renewing  thoir  own  subscrip- 
tioii,  send  us  an  additional  name  (not  already  on 
our  list)  with  the  sum  of  $4.90  for  the  two,  may 
select  any  two  of  the  following-namod  plants 
and  a  paper  of  the  seed  of  the  Molucca  Balm. 
Those  who  receive  theso  iireiniums  can  divide 
with  their  friends,  or  keep  them  all,  as  they  may 
agree  iniiong  themselves,  as  our  object  in  mak¬ 
ing  the  offer  is  to  induce  old  subscribers  to 
send  us  new  ones,  thereby  ina'easing  our  list. 
The  plants  and  seeds  offered  arc  very  choice,  as 
will  be  soon  in  description  given  below.  The 
jilants  will  he  sent  Ity  mail  free,  and  carefully 
packed  and  forwarded  immediately  on  receipt  of 
subscriptions. 
Abiitilon  Uoulc  <le  — The 
host  of  the  AbuHkma.  Its  flowers  are  large  and 
white.  It  blooms  throughout  the  whole  year  and 
therefore  is  aliko  desirable  for  the  conservatory 
or  garden.  Its  growth  is  rapid  small  plants 
attaiuing  the  bight  of  flve  feet  during  the  sum¬ 
mer  montliR.  Ill  tlie  fall  It  may  be  cut  back  to 
any  desirable  size  and  potted  for  the  winter, 
when  it  will  quickly  recover  its  symmetiT  and 
resume  its  over-blooming  habit.  Its  quick  and 
exceeding  iiojiularity  is  a  sufficient  guai-antee  of 
its  merits. 
liCiiioi  lie. — Among  a  hundred  or 
more  varictios  of  double-flowered  Pelargoniums, 
new  and  old,  tliis  is  as  yet  unrivaled.  The  indi- 
ridual  flower,  of  a  delicate  rose  color,  as  well  as 
the  truss,  are  the  largest  of  their  class.  It  is 
difficult  to  select  a  more  attractive  plant  than 
Marie  Lemoine  when  freely  blooming.  Every 
truss  is  in  itself  a  bouquet.  Tho  leaves  are  largo, 
zoneless,  vigorous.  The  plaut  is  compact  and, 
like  Alndilon  Houle  de  J^^eige,  is  invaluable,  either 
for  the  conservatory,  window  or  garden. 
Ilydraii$fcu  |iuiiiculaf»  (^rand- 
iiloi’si.— Bo  much  has  been  said  of  this  now 
Japano80..6hrub  during  tlie  past  yoai-  that  little 
need  he  added  now.  It  has  stood  26*  below  zero 
unharmed.  It  begins  blooming  in  early  August, 
oontinniug  until  after  hard  frosts.  The  thyrses 
of  flowers,  first  greenish-white,  then  white,  then 
rose,  often  measure  a  foot  in  length  and  twenty 
inches  in  circumference.  Every  stem  being  thus 
terminated,  the  striking  apjiearauco  of  an  en¬ 
tire  plant  may  ho  conc.eived.  There  can  bo  no 
doubt  that  this  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  of  all 
perfectly  hoi'dy  slimbs. 
Vai'iefsaited  Am|>el4»|>t»iN  or  Vitis 
heterophylla  variegata. — Wo  do  not  hesitate  to 
pronounce  this  one  of  the  most  atti’acUve  vines 
in  cultivation.  The  loaves  are  deeply-lobed  aud 
variegated  with  wliite  and  green,  much  as  Abu- 
iilon  Thomsotii  is  variegated  with  green  and  yel¬ 
low.  From  its  racemes  of  flowers  are  formed 
fruit  as  large  as  cmTauts,  eiu-h  ono  of  which  is  a 
different  color  in  shades  of  claret,  azure-bluo  and 
gi'eeu.  These  berries,  which  aro  flrst  as  soft  as 
a  currant,  become  finally  as  hard  as  bullets. 
The  pretty  stems  ore  also  variegated,  green, 
whitish  aud  rose.  The  roots  are  perfectly  hai’dy, 
and  the  vino’s  gi’owth  so  rapid  that  it  will  cover 
twouty-flvo  feet  square  in  a  season.  For  oou- 
servatoi’y  walls  or  pillars,  for  trellises  or  rock¬ 
eries,  it  cannot  fail  to  please.  It  has  been 
growing  in  the  Rural  Experimental  Grounds 
for  several  years  without  the  least  protection. 
Molucc-«lla  laevis.  — We  will  send, 
also,  to  ALL  who  are  entitled  to  a  choice  of  any 
two  of  tho  above  plants,  a  package  of  the  seeds 
of  the  singulai’  Bhell  Flower,  an  account  of  which 
and  an  engi’atlng  were  given  in  the  Rural  of 
Aug.  17,  p.  117. 
Ilflus  of  fjjt  Mxtli, 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS." 
The  Grand  Jurj'  or,  Salem,  N.  J.,  has  found  a 
true  bill  of  murder  agalirst  James  Weedon,  Sam¬ 
uel  Collyer,  John  Clarke,  Richard  Goodwin  and 
“  Fiddler”  Neery,  the  men  concerned  In  the  kill¬ 
ing  of  Walker  la  the  prize  ring, 
Mary  Maguire  jourueyed  from  Ireland  six  years 
ago  and  settled  In  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  with  her  son 
John,  lie  died  and  sho  w'as  sent  to  the  Snake 
urn  Aluisliousc.  Recently  she  returned  to  Bay¬ 
onne  and  begged  tor  money  to  send  her  to  Ireland, 
where  she  could  die  surrounded  by  her  friends. 
She  Is  over  Tu  ycara  old.  Chief  of  Police  Whitney 
procured  her  the  passage  money,  aud  on  the  I7th 
ilslted  the  residence  of  a  friend  where  the  old 
lady  was  living.  She  could  hardly  restrain  her 
Joy  when  told  that  he  was  to  conduct  her  to  the 
steamship.  After  she  had  bade  farewell  to  her 
hoBfes-H  and  was  on  the  threshold  of  the  door,  she 
uttered  a  slight  scream  and  fell  to  tJie  floor.  She 
died  before  medical  assistance  could  be  procured. 
Death,  the  physician  .said,  was  from  excess  of  Joy. 
M.  Uazeneuve  rwenUyenlerialned  a  company 
of  geutlemcD  in  a  small  room  at  Chtnkering  llsll. 
thlsolty,by  doing  many  surprising  things  of  the 
kind  performed  by  so-oilled  .Spiritual  mediums. 
He  w'as  so  tied  that  neither  head,  hands.,  nor  feet 
could  be  moved,  according  tu  ordinary  laws  of 
motion ;  and  his  .shirr,  cuffs  were  sowed  to  the 
handiges  about  his  wrists  In  such  a  way  that  the 
hands  could  not  bo  slipped  from  thelrconllnement 
w  ithout  severing  tho  threads.  8o  bound  he  rang 
bells,  blow’ed  on  a  penny  trumpet,  and  beat  a 
drum,  all  at  the  same  time ;  or  somebody  or  some¬ 
thing  did  behind  a  curtain  dniwn  across  the  front 
of  a  cabinet,.  He  filled  the  largs  eye  of  a  needle 
w  Itli  short  tlireads  from  a  spool  laid  ujion  Ills  lap, 
cut  paper  inu)  curious  shapes,  wrote  on  a  slate 
the  words  which  members  of  the  assembly  had 
privaiekv  written  on  cards,  gave  the  marks  on  •* 
domino  secretly  8elect.ed  by  some  one  present, 
I  took  off  bis  own  stockings  and  placed  them  in  hts 
lap,  while  his  bools  remained  on,  and  his  feet  .se¬ 
curely  Ued  above  the  ankle,  took  off  tho  coat  of  a 
gentleman  who,  blindfolded,  satbe-slde  him  iti  tho 
cabinet,  with  one  hand  on  the  performer’s  breast 
and  another  over  hw  forehead,  to  delect  any 
movement,  iklssed  another  gentleman  who  sal 
beside  him  In  the  same  manner,  transferred  that 
gentleman's  watch  and  chain  from  his  vest  to  the 
prestldlgltateur’s  pocket,  and  did  other  marvels. 
A  large  number  of  col.ton-seed  oU  factortes  are 
being  erected  lu  Georgia,  Alabama  aud  MlssLs- 
alppl. 
A  man  with  fs.ooo  in  his  pockets  wa.s  picked  up 
Uolplcssly  drunk  In  the  streets  of  East  Cam¬ 
bridge,  Ma-ss. 
At  an  auction  in  Thomaston,  Conn.,  TOO  bushels 
of  pouitoes  were  sold  for  |18,  or  a  little  more  than 
2,v  cents  per  bushel. 
A  negro  woman  was  arraigned  before  the 
Mayor  of  Raleigh,  N.  C.,  accused  of  bewitching  a 
child.  The  Mayor,  however,  being  a  sensible 
man,  would  not  entertain  tho  charge. 
Mrs.  Jane  .M.  Walker,  ex-I'resldent  Polk’s  sister, 
w'ho  died  at  Columbia,  Tenn.,  a  few  days  ago,  left 
Just  100  grand  and  groat-grand-chlldrcn. 
Tho  value  of  the  natural  and  manufactured 
products  01  Rhode  Island  for  the  year  1876  was 
over  $.600  for  each  man,  woman  and  child  In  the 
.state. 
The  sandstone  slabs  containing  the  fossil  tracks 
of  a  man  and  a  bird,  discovered  at  Nortb  Canton, 
flonn.,  are  believed  to  be  bogus,  as  the  man  who 
had  them  disappeared  when  a  committee  of  scien¬ 
tific  gentlemen  agi-eed  to  examine  them  critically. 
After  reading  gov.  chamberlain's  proclamation 
to  rifle  clubs,  demanding  the  surrender  of  their 
arms,  the  Club  at  Rock  Hill,  8.  c.,  procured  a  box, 
placed  In  It  an  old  horse-pistol,  a  filnulock  rifle 
and  an  army  musket,  and  marking  the  box  “  C. 
o.  D,,”  shliiped  It  to  the  Governor.  The  expreas- 
ago  was  $18. 
A  Newfoundland  dog  In  Toronto,  sixteen  years 
old,  wears  three  medals,  each  representing  a 
human  Ufe  saved.  He  Is  gray  and  toothless,  and 
Is  carefuUy  provided  for  by  the  mother-superior 
of  a  convent. 
A  new  law  has  been  promulgated  In  Prussia  by 
which  Baptist  congregations  can  obtain  rights  of 
incorporation  In  that  country,  and  be  recognized 
as  religious  bodies,  each  congregation  to  apply 
for  It  separately. 
Owing  to  t  he  vandalism  of  tourists  and  atmos¬ 
pheric  causes,  the  sculptured  monument  over  the 
grave  of  Banyan,  at  BunhlU  Fields,  Is  rapidly  dis¬ 
appearing.  It  has  stood  nearly  200  years,  and  It 
Is  hoped  It  wlU  be  restored. 
During  the  year  wliloh  ended  last  June  seventy- 
six  newspapers  and  magazines  were  started  In 
Japan. 
An  agent  representing  several  companies  of 
English  capltiilists,  has  written  to  tlie  Tennessee 
Bureau  of  .agriculture,  StatlsUcs  and  Mlne.s,  ask¬ 
ing  whel.her  or  not  there  ore  aw, 000  acres  of  coal 
lands  In  the  Slate  lor  sale  and.  If  so,  to  Inform 
biTTi  at  once,  that  his  principals  might  purchase. 
Dispatches  froiii  Charleston,  S.  C.,  dated  Oct. 
22,  state  that  riotous  demonstrations  of  negroes, 
generally  supposed  to  be  the  result  of  the  Calnhoy 
allair,  are  reported  from  various  points  of  Charles¬ 
ton  County.  A  serious  demonstration  of  negroes 
in  Mount  Pleasant  village,  opposite  Charleston,  is 
alarming  the  wlilte  residents,  who  will  petition 
Gen.  Huger  for  troops. 
The  record  of  the  fall  of  rain  kept  by  the  Signal 
Seivlce  Bureau  shows  that  for  the  first  nine 
months  of  this  year  It  has  been  much  larger  than 
the  corresponding  months  of  last  year,  being  39.03 
Inches,  to  34.75  inches. 
Mayor  stoldey  has  been  Informed  by  the  Duke 
of  Richmond— the  bead  of  the  British  commission 
to  the  Centennial  Exhibition— that  her  MajestJ”S 
Government  intend  to  present  St.  George's  House, 
at  the  Centennial  ground.8,  to  the  City  of  Phila¬ 
delphia  after  the  close  of  tho  Exhibition. 
Advices  from  San  Francisco,  dated  Oct.  22,  state 
that  the  masters  of  the  abandoned  Arctic  fleet 
express  uncerulnly  as  to  tho  number  of  tho  men 
who  remained  with  the  ships  or  returned  to  them 
after  beginning  the  homew  ard  trip ;  but  so  far  as 
can  be  ascertained  U  seems  probable  chat  fifty  or 
sLxtj'  were  left  behind,  many  of  whom  were  Kan¬ 
akas. 
The  loss  on  New  Bedford  whalers  In  the  late 
Arctic  catastrophe  Is  said  to  aggregate  nearly 
$500,000,  and  m  covered  by  insurance,  principally 
In  the  Boylston,  New  England,  Washington,  and 
Manufacturers'  Companies  of  Boston,  and  the 
Orient  of  New'  York. 
FOREIGN  NOTES. 
The  German  society  for  the  introduction  of  cre¬ 
mation  has  paid  15,000  marks  to  the  town  of  Gotha 
for  the  erection  of  a  cremation  furnace.  Strict 
police  regulations  hare  been  published  for  the  ex¬ 
amination  of  bodies  offered  lor  burning,  and  no 
corpse  is  to  be  cremated  unless  the  deceased  has 
expres-sed  a  wish  to  that  effect,  and  his  relatives 
have  doclarcd  thclr  concurrence. 
As  an  example  of  the  almost  incredible  prices 
l)ald  for  good  building  sites  In  London  a  transac¬ 
tion  just  completed  la  cited.  The  demolition  of 
Northumberland  House  and  the  formation  of  a 
new  approach  to  the  Thames  embankment  at 
Charing  Cross  have  left  two  plots  of  eligible  land 
vacant.  Thu  plot  on  the  cast  side  of  the  new 
avenue  has  been  let  on  a  building  lease  for  ninety 
years  at  a  rental  of  £68,000  a  year.  The  land  com¬ 
prises  nearly  an  acre,  and  la  triangular  In  shape, 
though  only  two  sides  could  at  best  be  used  for 
shops. 
Two  hundred  members  of  tho  Russian  sect  of 
“  Old  Believers,”  who  had  been  haulshod  to  the 
Ural  because  t  hey  refused  to  Join  the  Orthodox 
Huivslan  Church,  h.ave  been  treated  by  tJie  Rus¬ 
sian  auihorilles  with  a  cruelty  which  has  hitherto 
been  supposed  to  be  only  characteristic  of  Turks 
Having  been  ordered  for  service  In  the  penal  regi¬ 
ments  at  Pelro-Alexaudrovsk,  on  the  Caspian, 
they  were  so  Ill-used  that  many  perished  on  the 
road,  and  others  Jumped  Into  the  sea  to  avoid 
ihelr  oppressors,  and  itio  only  arrived  at  their 
destination. 
.Swlizeriand  is  Joining  In  the  outcry  at  the 
slackiiijss  of  trade,  and  says  Its  peculiarly  national 
Industries  are  being  stolen  from  it.  Geneva  has 
no  longer  a  monopoly  of  watchmaking,  as  this 
trade  Is  being  developed  at  Besancon ;  milk  con¬ 
densing  is  being  largely  carried  on  In  England, 
and  cheeses  are  made  in  and  exported  from 
America. 
The  Spanish  Minister  for  Foreign  Affairs  has 
announced  tJiat  all  that  is  required  In  the  way  of 
paasports  from  foreigners  entering  Spain  I3  that 
they  shall  be  provided  with  some  document  to 
establish  their  identity.  The  readiest  means  of 
Identification,  however,  all  over  the  European 
Continent,  is  the  possession  of  a  regularly-authen¬ 
ticated  passport. 
An  Australian  has  taught  a  canary  bird  to  sing 
“  Home,  Sweet  Homo,"  by  suspending  it  before  a 
looking-glass  near  a  mu8lc.-box  which  performed 
that  melody.  Supposing  the  bird  in  tho  glass  was 
making  the  music,  the  bird  finally  caught  the 
notes  and  now  warbles  the  whole  tune. 
The  London  Field  states  that  In  the  first  fort¬ 
night  lu  .Septt?mber  the  Maharajah  Dulcep  Btngh 
himself  shot  2,350  partridges.  On  one  day  he  shot 
780.  Tliey  were  not  the  wild  partridge^  but  •*  hand 
reared." 
When  any  ono  is  run  over  in  St.  Petorsburgh 
tho  carriage  causing  the  accident  is  confiscated, 
the  horses  aro  taken  to  the  lire  brigade  for  public 
use  and  the  driver  Is  Imprisoned  and  flogged. 
Hence,  fewer  accidents  than  anywhere  else. 
It  Is  undersTood  that  Davlrl  MllLs,  member  of 
Parliament  for  flothwell,  Canada,  has  been  ap¬ 
pointed  to  the  vacant  seat  in  tho  Dominion  Cab- 
TUe  heat  at  Barcelona,  Ln  Spain,  was  fearful  on 
met  caused  by  the  recent  appointment  of  Hon. 
Mr.  Laird  to  the  Lieutenant-Governorship  of  the 
Northwest  Territory. 
The  missionary  societies  connected  with  Spain 
sent  an  address  to  lurd  Derby,  representing  to 
him  the  dangers  ic  which  theProtcsianUjln  Spain 
were  exposed  m  consequence  or  Ihe  Intolerance  of 
the  clergy  and  authoritlos,  and  suggesting  that  he 
should  luvlto  the  co-operation  of  other  powers, 
especially  Germany  and  the  United  States,  to 
protest  agaffisl  the  contmued  persecution  of  ProU 
estams  and  to  afford  them  protection.  In  reply, 
Lord  Derby  says:  “Our  Minister  at  Madrid  Is 
takffig  such  Steps  as  he  properly  can  txt  Induce 
the  Spanish  Oovei’ument  to  put  a  lenient  con¬ 
struction  on  tho  eleventh  article  of  the  constitu¬ 
tion  so  as  to  secure  full  religious  liberty  to  ITo- 
testentsiu  Hpalu.” 
A  siieclal  dispatch  from  Rome  to  the  Dally  News 
says;  “Cardinal  AutoneUl’s  secretary  has  apolo¬ 
gized  to  the  Spanish  Ambassador  for  the  discourt¬ 
esy  shown  him  by  the  committee  which  superin¬ 
tended  the  reception  of  the  Spanish  pllgGms  by 
the  Pope,  recently,  in  refusing  to  admit  nim  and 
his  attaches,  but  the  Aintaassitdor,  having  tele¬ 
graphed  an  account  of  the  affair  to  Madrid,  has 
received  Instructions  to  demand  an  explanation 
from  the  Holy  See.” 
The  London  Post  says  it  hears  from  a  trust¬ 
worthy  source  that  the  Egyptians  altogether  lost 
2,700  men  m  tho  recent  Abyssinian  campaigns. 
The  heal  at  Barcelona,  Spain,  was  very  great  on 
the  l&t  of  October.  The  vintage  of  black  grapes, 
however,  Is  very  promising,  and  the  wine  presses 
are  at  work. 
Harbortoii,  N.  J.,  Oct.  16.— We  have  had 
a  rather,  Inauspicious  season,  owing  to  heavy 
storms,  to  the  spring  and  fall,  and  a  severe 
drought  throughout  the  summer.  On  .Saturday 
night,  Oct.  I4tli,  we  had  quite  a  fall  of  snow, 
followed  next  day  by  a  cold  northwest  wind. 
Pasturage  has  been  very  scant,  most  of  the  sea¬ 
son,  but  we  had  rain  enough  lu  fall  to  make  nearly 
an  average  crop  of  corn  and  stalks.  Wheat  Is 
yielding  fairly  tor  last  years  crop  and  the  growing 
wheat  looks  well.  Oatsbolow  average.  Potatoes 
scarce.  Hay  rather  a  short,  crop,  of  good  quality. 
Pilces  of  Farm  produce  arc :  Wheat,  $1.25  ^  bu.; 
Corn,  6OC.;  oats,  30e..  Potatoes,  $1.00  ^  bu.;  Hay, 
$15  to  $18  ^  ton ;  Butter,  35c.  to  37c.  ^  It.',  Pork, 
7c.  to  7>s?c.  ^  It.;  Apples  60c.  bu.,  for  winter 
apples,  (for  windfalls  of  which  there  are  a  great 
many)  no  sale.— D.  J.  Blackwell. 
