Show news newa WE ITEMS r FLOOD B BELOW LOW MON monteil L C E on the loth of april berthier berthil and the islands near sorel and the cheval du moine were sut submerged merged I 1 and on the dhigh lilligh wind with the tile increased rise of waier water des aes destroyed troyed many buildings ant and lives in that region on lisle de grace 4 women and 11 children were drowned all but 3 houses were swept away and the greater part of the animals anima Js grain klc fcc c were destroyed on isle aux ours il beveral seve beve several ral rai houses barns ac were swept off on isle madame 4 families lost all their property on the cheval du moine 71 houses barns and other buildings were destroyed a large number of animals drowned and much grain destroyed st on isle du pods 17 buildings s were destroyed at berthier 2 0 or 3 houses were swept away A sub subscription relieve crip 1 tion had clad been started at sorel to relieve he the suffering f IT is 1 eu curious rious that the third instance of the succession of a vice president to the vacant vaca fit chair of the president is li t in marked as were the two former instances 0 At stances by the fact that the vacancy occurs in ill the very early part of the term of office president harrison was inaus march 4 1841 and died april 4 of the same year one month after his inauguration president taylor was I 1 I 1 f in inaugurated nau au url uri d eight y years en later t r march I 1 4 IS 1849 and died jely 9 0 of the same year about four months after entering president res dent deot lincoln was inaugurated for the second term temi on march 1865 and arld was killed arll april 44 14 less ess than two months after the commencement of tho the term of office FORT sumter on the uit the identical iden tidal fah flag that kvas was lowered at sort vort fort sumter four kears years years ahro ngo ago 0 was was raised again to the same position and it now floats eliere it did before the rebellion henry ward beecher madean made an address on the occasion gen anderson run the tho nag hag up amid shouts and salutes from alithe aalthe ail all the tho forts in the harbor of charleston Charlest bu emperor of the french is ising lying laying out a city where vilere but lately was a fi ashing ing village st nazire by name near the mouth of the river loire which lie he hopes will rival liverpool ardd arid dray draw to france the commerce of all nations the population of the town has lias increased fron from i 1000 in 18 1657 1857 57 to now two lines of railroad connect it with paris and nd the government is now building amne nine ships of tuns auns each to engage in 1 n the mexican and west indeli india trade PERSIA will not in commercial matters treat turkey as well as she treats other powers and turkey reta retaliates gliates they are both of the persuasion but turkey Is Soom nee and persia is sheab and these two branches of the mahometano Maho faith hate one another worse than rival christian sects hate each other not eyen even the chance of making money can bring into good commercial relations tei ili BELOW the falls at rochester in the oel genessee ressee river an island an aia acre in extent has been ormed formed by the late flood the island is formed of flag stones and other debris that was washed over the falls the doors of several iron safes and the wheels of a street cart have bave been found oil on this island is applied to topography rii Y in france nith with wonderful success A P plan pian an of a city over twelve miles square was made in ai sixty aty days by the aid of photography while it would have taken two years to execute it by tri angul angui atlon awat DOES ECONOMY ameahr in our dr use of the word economy it means sparing or saving economy of money means the saving of money economy of time the sparing of time and soon but economy no more means saving money than it means spending spendin t money it means administration of f a house houge its steward stewardship sh p spending 0 or r 91 saving iving 1 that is whether money or I 1 time ri m e or anything else to the best possible advantage in the simplest and best definition of it economy means the wise management of labor and it means this mainly ili in three senses namely first applying your labor rationally secondly preserving its produce carefully and ad lastly distributing ig I 1 its produce seasonably ruse euse Rusk zm Z m ln |