... DISEASE DAN(-ER SIGNALS. JF you have pains atthe chest; if your breath- ing is oppressive; if you have shooting pains under the shoulders; if your appetite fails you; if your stomach sickens at fat ; if you find yourself always weak and weary, and ais tired when youget up inthe morningas if you had been workiing all night; if your mouth and throat feel like your having swallowed powdered glass ...

... VICTOR HUGO 'VIEWS ON'CAM1ITAL BUNISHMENT. In 1839 Hugo wag successful in interceding for tine lift, of Blarbesl, who had been co-loader with Mlatiui in an insurrection ; and 23 years later an in- tereisting correspondenco passed betwcen thereprireved invi and his benefactor. As a peer of France, Victor Hugo sat in judgment in 1846 and 1847 on two men named Kitia andi Lecomute, wvho had fired ...

... The rivor Don is crossed within a mile of the soa l by two line bridges, the oldest of which owupiei our attention. The Brig of B:lgownie, as legend and poem alie hI e named this beautiful arch in c| venerable as to colt comparative antiquity into the ehade. The river Don has always appenred with pro. phetic rhyemsters to hlve been more a favourite than the more stately Dee, on which stands ...

... Beautiful of situation, and notably a, strong- hold, Herat comes to the eye, with a grami earthwork claiming honour as the must stupen- dous in all Asia, crowned by a mighty wall, and pro- tected by a wide, well-kept moat. Here are the fiures:-Earthwork, 250 feet wide, 50 teet high wall, 14 feet wide, 25 feet high; ditch, 45 feet wide, 16 feet deep. Well may English seldier, speak of Herat's ...

... GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA IN AFGHIANISTAN, a A RETROSPECT 18301S85 On 21st May, 1880, Lord Hartington, the new Secretary of State for India, addressed to the Governor-General in Council a despatea dealing with the Afghan situation, and indicat- ing the lines on which Government proposed to treat it. Dwelling Oil the numbers of the force employed across the frontier, tie heavy financial ...

... GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS THE RAILWAY COOIGREB. ax [FROoo ur.e Oweeq COoaRSVcsioxcST] wE; Brussels, Saturday night.-The Railway Coo- I~dr gro~sslivid itstSisal sitting haire to-day, w~hen re-' o.r solutions were passed. iii favour of anothcer Con- 'she press, islen thes technical questions iii too- I Io i nectiun with railway working anod masosge- ties ment will be studied, and in) favour of ...

... (UIITRCH OF SCOTLAND E.NDOW- MENT SCHE-ME. DEPUTATION TO ABERDEEN. yesterday special services were conducted in all thie parish churches in Aberdeen by miembers of the corninittee having charge of tile Church of Scotland Endowment Scheme. In the afternoon a ptiblic meeting was held in the East Church. Iev. Jimes Cooper presided, and introduced the speakes S, who ivere :-Rev. Dr Hutchison, ...

... |GENERALRFYMEIGNINEWS __J r THE CHOL1A IN SPAIN. [FBOM OUR OeS CORBISPONDEiT.] Madrid, Saturday night-During the last 24 hours there havj been 598 fresh cases of tchplera, and 303 deaths in the province of Valencia; 64 ca;is and 43 deaths in Valencia capital; 52 casts and 28 deaths in Murcia capital; 155 cses and 76 deaths in Murcia province ; 10 cases and 3 deaths in Toledc capital ; 15 tases ...

... ' THE FALL OF KHARTOU.ll EXTRAORDINARY REPORT .BY A k FUGITIVE. REPORTED POSSIBLE BSCAPh OF GEINERAL GORDIO.N. [FROM Oct OwVE CouRasPo.NrwDRN.]1 Cairo, Tuesday afternoon.-A Coptic mer- chant who was one of the few men who managed to escape from Khartoum after the massacre has arrived here, after a long and painful journey, and has made a most astounding statement to the authorities. He asserts ...

... THE TRAWLING COMMISSIONTERS' REPORT. The Comimissioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into the complaints made by line and drift net fishermen of injuries sustained by them and their ca lineg owing to the use of the trawl net and beam trawl have issued their report. The re- port opens with a summary of recent legislation and public inquiries relating to trawlin q, and goes on to define ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, - I THE REV. C. C.' MACDONALD ANjD M M1R GALL. V Sex.,-I was very much astonished to see in your b vestelrdafy issue that, in reply to a question, . tie Rev. 'Mr M11acdonald said that, if he 81 cou id tllansge it, Mr Gall would not be retained as Sl School Board officer aiwhile lhe held his position as a tl m1em11ber of the Kennethmont School Board, to which, t I believe ...

... [ SOCIETY OOSSIP. I~~~~~~~. - -. [FFRO, TilE WOReLD.] The Ir on. I [caoh Somerset John Massey is among those sN''ix arc 5ofalt to try their fortune in the Far West. M Massey sailed last week from Liverpool, bound for Texas, where lie will settle on an extensive cattle ranche. The Duke of Rutland is at present staying at Aix- les-Bains for the benefit of his health. The bells of 3 the parish ...