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/.^ »t • I â€" FUEUKRICK ANU VICTOUIA. What Uauaer ot Mitn the Late Kmperor Wa»â€" Hl» Widow'! Future. A )}erlin cable says : A ln^e nnmber ot deathbed i^nec^Qtes add last sayioi^s of the late Emperor shoald be taken with a large sabstaatial grain of salt, for His Majesty could neither speak nor write daring tho closing days of hisanhappy life. One of hia phyBioians said : " His eyes talked, bat that waa all, and his own wish at all timea waa to have hia royal consort near him. When she waa by, he was con- tent to wait the inevitable end. The love and devotion of the Kmpress were beaati- fal to behold. Bhe was the solace and comfort of the Kmporor in death, as she had been bis dearest and constant friend in life. I had a long talk with Dr. I'ersias, the spiritual adviser of the late Emperor. He said : " I have, perhaps, had better op- portunity than any one else to atady the fate Kmperor'H character. I maat say that to me his most prominent characteristic was his gentleness and breeding. lie was a famous aoldier, a jaat ruler, but, above all, he was a true, honest gentleman. No higher type ot man has ever lived, for bis Bmallest thoughts were noble and pare. It was because of this that Her Majesty the Kmpress re<iaested me to read tho aervioe from the text, ' Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall soe God.' " The Kmporor took the holy communion on Holy Thursday. His death was utterly painless. His last two day> were passed in a serene contemplation of the uture. Tho Imperial widow will go to Switzer- land for the purpose of recuperating her health, after which she will take up her residence at Wilemahone Palace, near Cas- Bel. It was in this palace that Napoleon III. was held a prisoner after Sudan. It was left to the Empress by the will of Wil- liam I. Tho opinion that the Kmpress will spend most ot her time in England, though nominally living in Germany, is generally entertained. In the coflin of the dead Km- peror Her Majesty placed a small gold chain, towhich three lockets were attached, containing miniatures which she had always worn until his last illness. The royal widow's dcHpatch to the Km- peror's mother, who was at ]5aden when her BOD died, was as follows : " Bhe, who wag so happy and proud to be bis wife, weeps with you, poor mother, for the loss of tliy only hou. No mother over pos- aeased auch a sou. He calm and strong in thy grief. Even in hia last momenta he sent greetings to thee." 8TANLKV IN IIAIl LUCK. Bia Svudaneite Allien Ueaert Illniâ€" II» U Kttacked by the Nativeit-Iii Wauu<le<l and Nurruuudrd lijr the Kliemyâ€" Help Needrd. A London cable says : A despatch from Bt. I'aul de Loanda, dated yesterday, says several deserters from tho Btanloy ei[iedi- tion have reached ('amp Yambunja. They state that, after traversing tho I'pptsr Aruwhimi, Htanloy struck into a rough, mountainous country, covered with donae forests. The natives, who were excited by roporta spread by tho Arabs, diaputed the paaaage of the expedition and there was continuouH lighting. Btanloy waa stiverely wounded. He was oom[>ellod s<ivoral times to construct camp in order to repel attacka and waa obliged to use tho reserve pro- visions that were intended for Kmin Iley. The Koudaiiese attached to the force had all died or diBap{>earod. Tho doaertera eatimate that tho caravan lost onothird of its men, and they aay that many of thoaa remaining were ill, including the l:]uropeans. Htanloy waa encamped when tho denortors left. Ho waa surrounded by hostileB and waa unable to aond news to Emiii liey or directly to Yambunja. Major Uartellot had returned to Yanbunja, where ho waa awaiting the men. .Mr. Ward was collecting to form a powerful expedition to go to tho relief of Btanloy. Theaiokneaaat Yambunja waa loasoning, but only HO of the 125 /.an/ibars aurvived. Tippoo Tib re- coivud d'ifi men to form two caravans and started for the interior about tho end of January. Ward loft Uana on May :iOthfor Ijeopoldvillo, where he waa to embark the men and provisions in the Congo (State flteainer for the Aruwhimi. Karly in May Htanley left Htanley I'alla, taking ISartol- lot's first reinforoementa and Hupplies. Yambunja advices reach tho middle of April. The time the deserters left Htanley ia uncertain. Governor Jansaon loft the t'/Ongo on the l.lth inst. on hia way to Enro^w to consult regarding the sending of assistance to Stanley. P0I80MBU HEB OHILUBKN JLui Took the Fatal DriiK Ueraeir-Twci Child r«u and tho Mother Ueutl. A Pittsburg, I'a., despatch says : Early this morning Mra. Josephine Morike, re- siding on Sycamore street, Allegheny, administered a dose of atryohnino to each of her three children, aged rcapeotively H, £ and il yeara, and then took a dose of tho poiaoD herself. At 11.16 o'clock themother and two youngest children were dead and the oldost dying. Tho haaband and father had loft home but a few minutes before tho poison waa administered. He ia a mill employee at HhefTenbnrger'a rolling mills, and can aaaign no oauae tor hia wife's ter- rible deed. ^ lie Made lllni Kiiiperor. A despatch from The Ilagno says : Ur. Mackon/.io has started for London. In an interview with a reporter of thu Dayhlad to-day bo said that he had parted on friendly terms with all the Gorman dootora •xoept one. Ue had been fully aware, he said, of the gaugronons nature of Emperor Frederick's malady since Kobroary, but if ho had ftdraittdd it a regency would have been probable, which would have pleased a section opposed to tho accession of Fred- erick. A communication from Dr. Mao- keniiie, which appeara in the l.nncet, shows that all hope of farther prolonging Em- peror Erederick's life was abandoned on the night of the IDlh. "Throughout his illneas," the doctor says, " the Emperor Ottered no word of complaint and gave no sign of impatience. The dootora and ser- vants who attended him wiUalways olierish the memory of his grateful acknowledg- ments of services that ordinary patients exact as their right." . m 80 Sweet thiit Ho Swallowed Her, Bh I The Bwoet girl graduate ia in our midst. â€" Memphii Avalanche. OLD WOELD NEWS BY MAIL. From England. Mrs. Home, widow of the spiritualist, in a memoir of her husband just published, claims both Mr. Ruskin and Mr. Bright as converts to apiritualism. Bhe prints lettera from both addreased 10 her husband. There are in England 317 female black- smiths, who swing heavy hammers, and 9,138 women employed in nail making, who make naila for horseshuea, 10,522 women bind hooka and 2,302 assist in printing them. Uev. Mr. Spurgoou's mother, who has been in failing health for a long time, diod at Hastings last month, in her 73rd year. Bhe waa barely 20 when her famous son was born. General Sir Andrew Clarke, speaking at Chatham on the 7th June, said the British volunteer forces, properly administered and associated with the regular army, was sulficient to repel invasion. Nearly £2.'>0 haabeen subscribed for the memorial to the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," moat of tho subscribers being ladies. Mra. Uliphant and Miaa Mary Anderson are among the number. From Irelajid. The late Col. King-Harman owned an eatatu of 44,000 aorua in Ireland. At Barrington's hospital, Limerick, on Juno 2od, a man named Hanna died from hydrophobia. A policeman in Wcstmeath murdered his sergeant on the 8th inst., and then killed bimaalf. Bloaiie A Bona' Sanitary Engineering Warehouse, Btephon's Green, Dublin, and Booth's Watch Factory adjoining, were de- stroyed by fire on the 7th of June. The oflioial ratcatcher of Armagh Work- houae, having killed 7'.t'') rata in that insti- tution during twelve montbe, has been awarded £2 remuni'ration by a resolution of the Guardians. T. Naughton, a wealthy farmer, was gored to death by a bull near hia residence at ballycasay, near Limerick, on the 5th of Jcnu. Hid remains were so mutilated as to be almost unrecognizable. From Scutlaad. Margaret Bisset, Uuntly, ia in custody, chari^ed with poisoning her child. The aittings of the Kroe Church Asaembly at lavvrneaa were brought to a close on Juno 5lh. Next year's meotingof Assembly will be held in Edinburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Kuisell, of Flowerbill, Airdrie, have just celebrated thoir diamond wodding in the houae which they have oc- cupied for M yeara ot their married life. ll«v. A. D. Mackenzie, of Kilmoraok, one of the few surviving miniaters who attended the Inverneas Assembly of 1815, preached in Gaelic in the now Assembly llall re- cently. He ia still halo and vigorous. Aberdoiiians are greatly excited just now over a divorct^caae of J. Ferries, bookseller, againut hia wife and nine co-defenders. The wife says it is purely blackmail, and that other throe have paid I'orrioa 1180 to keep out their name. The late Wm. McQoaker, a Glasgow hatter, haa bcr|uoathed the whole of his estate, which 11 is expected will realiw £35,000, tu the British and I-'oroign Unitarian Bociety in tho support of the principles of Unitarian Christianity in Scotland. At the High Court of Justiciary in Eiiin- burgb on Juno 4th the Ualashiela shooting case, in which Andrew Wood waa charged with shooting hia sweetheart at Galanhiela on 2'.lth February, waa diaposod of. He waa aujuitted on the ground of insanity. Itov. Ueorgu Uitchio, 1). D., who was interred in tho Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, on May Mlat, was the eon of Uev. George Ititchie, U.D., one time minister of Tar- bolton. Ho waa HI years of age, and in 1H70 Moderator of the General Assembly of tho Churoh of ricotland. Tho weather in Buotland, esp»>cin11 v i'l tho Highlands, early in June was uiuiauai,; sovorc. Long continued hail and snow- storms were experienced in many districts, and nearly all the Grampians were white. 60 severe a storm in Jane haa never boon recorded, and the loss sustained by the sheep farmers muat have been very great, many laniba having perished. At Balmoral anow fell for twenty-tlvo hours one day and was lying several inchea deep. James Grant Ogilvie, ninth Earl of Bca- tlold, diod on the 5th inat. Deceased, who Huoceede<l hia nephew in the titlo, but not in the eatatea, roprosentiid the counties of i;igin and Nairn from 18t;8 to 1H74. Ilis Lordship waa Viceljicutenant of Elgin- shire, Deputy. Lieutenant of Banffshire and Inveruesa-shiro, and lion, ('olonel of the lOlginshiro Battalion of the Keuforth llighlaiideru. Ho, who was horn in 1817 and waa (xipular throughout Morayshire, is succeeded to the title by his son Francia William, Viscount Uoidhaven, who waa born in 1H47 and ia now in Australia. HII|iH or tlieToOKUU. Tho tongue will aometimca make tho moat awkward slips. It is told of a clergy- man in one of the towns near Boston that he had given him to read from the pulpit an announcement that " the BoUingham praying band" would conduct at tho even- ing mooting ; but by aomo strange perver- sity of the unruly member tho congrega- tion waa astounded with the announcement that thero would be a service by the " Pray- ingham btilly-band." A Natural LlDKUlat. Fond mamma (showing the baby to visitor): " 8h-hâ€"he'a asleep. Tho little darling. Isn't he the sweetest you e\ or saw'/" Visitor (in awestruck whisper): "Decidedly. Can he talk?" "Talk? I should think he could talk I Why, he can aay 'goo' and 'ga' and 'yow.' I'ioked them up himself, too." • The 8o»Ron IIah l)ef(UD. Mra. Sciuildingâ€" I auppose, Mra. Snagga, that your daughter graduatea this year. When do the commencement exercises begin? Mra. Snaggaâ€" Yoa, dear Jennie will be through college next week. Dr. Firstly will preach the tobaccalaureate aermon next Sunday. The death is recorded of Olat Svendaen, a Norwegian huto player, who for many yeara tanked close to the head of the pro- lasaion in London. OUERBNT TOPICS. CnaisTiui K. Rom, the father of the loat Charlie Koas, seems to have a permanent place in the sympathies of hia countrymen, and hia movements are always read with interest. He haa just been reappsinted maater warden tor the port of Philadelphia for three yeara. A C.M.iKonNi.i firm made a contract with a party for lumber at 911 per 1,000 feet, provided the defendant would not aell in four countiea to any one else. The plain- tiff sued for $10,000 damages for breach of contract, and the lower and Supreme Court have denied the prayer on the ground that a trust ia illegal and against public policy. The Gazette Geograpldnue observes that the Andes Mountains are notably sinking. The altitude of Quito has been diminished 22 metres (75 feet) within 122 years, the I'ichincha has sunk Cli metrea (21G feet) during the aamo period, and its crater has sunk 12'J metrea (42:) feet) in the last 25 yeara. Wuiiii comes from Salt Lake City that tho Saints have bought 400,000 acres ot land in the Mexican State of Chihuahua, and propose to establish a polygamoua culony of great proportions. Doubt may be expressed, however, aa to whether the Mormons would be permitted to settle in tho great Catholic country of Mexico. Tiiib late Mr. Dennis Crouton, of Dublin has left £00,000 ($300,000) to religioua and charitable institutions. Among the bene- factions are $.00,000 to the Episcopal Church ot Ireland ; 950,000 to the British and Foreign Bible Bociety and 875,000 to the Churoh Missionary Society for Africa and the east. TiiKaE died recently at F'orthill, Dover, in bis 'Jlat year, Thomas B. Rutley, who, before tha daya of railways, conducted the bullion waggons betw3en Dover and Lon- don. His bookti show that he had over twenty millions of specie under his care. His laat consignment was two and a halt tons of silver, which he brought from Lon- don and shipped in the Downs for the East India Company. Amijmi the inventive processes shown in the Glasgow Exhibition is one by aSbcflield firm, which demonstrates that ateel, when mixed with manganese to the extent of 24 per cent., becomes almost non-suaceptible to the induence of a magnet. As the non- aosceptibility goes on increasiug propor- tionally to the percentage of manganese, it is juat possible that the proportion of 20 or 27 per sent, leaves the steel wholly non- magnetic in the sense that the poles of a magnet would fail to take up any fine particles. For watch building and nautical purposes this will be a very valuable con- tribution to the discoveries ot the day. Thk Holmden farm, near I'ithole, Pa., which was aold during tho oil excitement of 1805 for SI. 500,000, changed hands on F'riday at a aale for taxoH for less than SIOO. On this farm waa the famous United t'tatcs or Eraser Well, which started with a llow of 250 barrels a ilay in the winter of 1805, when oil waa 81 a barrel. It is said that Thomas Holmden Hold the farm to Duncan, I'rather >V: Co., for 925,000, but his wife refused to sign the deed, and they paid her 950,0UU more to overcome her objections. Subseijuently this farm waa aold to the Garden City Petroleum Company, of Chicago, for 91,500,000, of which 8750,000 waa paid in cash. TiiKiiK is groat excitement in Australia over the silver mines. Two or three com- panies out of nearly a thousand organized in Melbourne have paid dividends, and this haa set the town in an uproar. Now com- panies are organized every day, and the Btock is immediately taken. Everybody is speculating in mining stock, and the fever runs as high as ever it did in Ban Erans- cisco in the passionate daya of tho Com- Btock loile. Melbourne stock exchange aeata that went begging at 81,000 a few months ago are now in demand at 87,000 and 8ti,000 eaoh. Thero is but one result poaaible, and that is a reaction, heavy loasea and financial depression. Gi..i.'< i'>w has a system of automatic tele- phone call boxes. There are 70 of the boxes ccattered about the city, and every Bubacribor has a key to them. A non-sub- scribot wanting to use them must first ring up the exchange and ask if the connection he desires can be made. If it can he drops the fee, which is either three pennies or six, according to the distance he wants to talk, into a hole in the box. The pennies as they fall break a circuit and ring a bell at the central otlico. When the bell has rung tho required number of times the central otlice make the connection. At the end of thu three minutes allowed for conversation the connection is broken automatically. The average time taken to put two persona in telephone communication in Glasgow ia ;I5 seconds, in Birmingham 40, in Liver- pool 32, and in Dundee 20. This was ascertained from the results ot ten calla in each town. The United States Consul at Auckland, in a recent report, says that rabbits have HO eaten out the ranges of New Zealand, that the capacity for maintaining sheep is greatly lessened, and the docks have fallen off in numbers. At the Stock Conference of 1880 it was stated that rabbita reduced by a third the feeding capacity of the land, and that the weight of Ueecea had decreaBod by 1 lb. to l.J lbs. each. The number of lambs decreased from 30 to 40 per cent., whilo tho death-rate increased from 3 to 13 per cent. Since 1882, when tho Uabbit Act became law, Government haa expended £7,000 on Crown Lands alone, and it is estimated that during the last eight years private puraons have spent £2,400,000 in extirpating rabbits. The methods gener- ally in favor are fencing, poisoned grain (gunerally phosphorized oats) and ferrets, weasels, and stoats. Hkui: is an anonymous scrap blown hither by a cross current of the regular journalistic breeze : Tho term bandana applies to the figure and not to tho goods, color, size or i]uality of the handkor- chief. The bandana figure is an arrange- ment of white blocks, about a cpiarter ot an inch stjaare, each with a round or Hquare hole in the centre upon a baok- ground ot solid color. The blocks are grouped in diamonds, squares, circles and other geometrical figures scattered over the handkerchief in any faahion that pleaaes. A border ot white lines, dots, bars or bands surround the whole. They are made ot either cotton or silk, and come chiefly in yellow, rod and chocolate oolora, with oc- casionally a lot of blue ones. The colors are always very deep and vivid. In size the smallest are about two feet square, and from that they run up to huge spreads large enough for a child's bed. Plans for a bridge across the Straits of Dover are aaid to have already been pre- pared by the Creusot Company and M. Ilersent, the well-known contractor. This is on the authority of London Iron. The bridge is to be about twenty miles long, the superstructure to rise 100 feet abovo sea-level, and the span be- tween the piers to be 1,000 feet. The bridge ia to bear four lines of rails, and each of the piers will contain a place of refuge and be surmounted by a powerful light. The authors of the scheme believe the foundatioua may be laid by means of compressed-air bells, the mean depth of the channel being only about six fathoms, while the greatest depressions seldom reach ten fathoms. The estimated cost of the work ia £32,000,000. The metallic frame- work will weigh 2,000,000 tons, and the construction will take about six years. The scheme will shortly be laid before an inter- national technical committee, after which charters from the English and French governments will be applied for, noaubven- tion being asked. Iron says, " The bridge scheme will go the same way as the tunnel scheme, ot that we feel eure." Ontario High Court of Justice. AI/TUMN ASaiZKS, 1H8H. The Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, and of Assize and Nisi Prius ia and for the several countiea of the Province of Ontario, will be held as follows : The iicwi. CUiff Justice Gait Torontoâ€" Civil Courtâ€" Tuesday lltb Septem- ber. Criminal Court Monday, stb October. Simcoeâ€" Monday, '22nd October. OranKeville -Tuesday, aotli October. Mil ton ~ Monday. 5th Noveiuber. lirauiptou â€" Monday, 12th November. Th^ lion. Mr, Justice Macifiihoft. Wellandâ€" Monday. 17th Seiitemhor. CayuKa â€" Monday, iHth Septenibor. Hanuitouâ€" Monday, Ist October. Ht. (.'atharitioti Monday. l.'»th October. Stratford -Monday. 82u.l O.aobur. Herlin -Monday, â- -•ytli October. Uuelph -Monday, 5th Noveiubur. Brautfordâ€" Monday, 13th November. The Hon. Mr, Justice Rose. Whitby -Monday, 17tli September. Hollevilleâ€" Monday, 'iltli September. Kingstonâ€" Monday, hth October. Hrockvillo- Monday. 15th October. Cornwallâ€" Monday, -lluA October. I*ictonâ€" Monday, 'iltth October. NupimiM) â€" TbuTHday. ist November. CobourK -Monday. 5tli Ni>v«mb€r. The lion, Mr. Justice Street. Owen Bound- Tuesday, Utli September. Harrle- TburBday, 30tu Heptember. l.indHayâ€" Monday, Hth October. reterboro'â€" Thursday, 11th October. I'erth- Mon^lay, J5tb October. liOriKnal- Friday, I'Jth October. I'euibroke â€" Tuesday, 23nl Otrtober. Ottowaâ€" Tuo»day, JOth October. 7'lw Hon, Mr, Justtctj Falconbridge. London Monday, 10th September. Chatham Thursday. 2Uth Sopteiuber. St. TlionioHâ€" Monday. 1st October. Sandwich- MoUilay. Hth October. Sarnia - ThurHday, Uth October. Ooderichâ€" TuMaday. 16th October. Walkertou Tuesday, 2ard October. Woodttockâ€" Monday, Kith Oclobor. CHAN'CEIIY KIVISION. The Hon. tlie Oiatu-ellor, Toronto Thursday. 1st Novi-mbor. Woodstock Tuesday. IHtb Septomlior. Strutford Monday, 24th Kepieniber. Harrio Tueulay, -ijril Oc-tober. Whitby Monday, •J.lth Octobor. Ijindsay Monday, '2IIth .\<iveniber. I'oterboroâ€" Friday. iWth November. The Hon. ';Mr. Justice Vroudfoot. Htautford Monday. 17th KeptemlMir. (iuelphâ€" Thurnday, '27th S^'ptonibor. t)weu Soundâ€" Thursday. Isth October. Hamilton- Monday, l'2tti November. Hiuicoe Tuesday, â- 20tb Novenibor. St. Catharinesâ€" Monday, SiHh November. The Hon. Mr, .lusticc t'crjueon, Walkerton Monday, Ist October. I, ondonâ€" Monday, Hth October. Clmtliainâ€" Thursday. IHth October. Sandwichâ€" Thursday, '2.",th Octobor. Sarnia -Klonday, '29tli Octol>er. St. Thomasâ€"Monday, Jrd Duoomber. Cioduricliâ€" Monday, lOlh December, The Itoti. Mr. Justice UoberUon. Ottawa -Monday, Ist October. Cobouru -Monday, loth October. Hullevilloâ€" Monday, Wth October. Kingston Mi>nday, oth November. Hrockville -Thurs<lay,Hth Noveiubor. Cornwallâ€" Tuesday. '20th November. Uarrletl Four HUea from Land. A nniiiue and interesting ceremony waa performed off the mouth of tho Tyue on Tuesday. In the morning there arrived in the Tyne, on board tho steamship Norge, a Norwegian ludy, tho intended bride of Capt. Marsteen, who arrived with bis ves- sel on F'riday. Soon after the arrival of the Norge, Mr. Ole, of Steenbnrg, having chartered the steam tug Brothers, and made every other arrangement for the in- teroating event, accompanied by a minister of the Norwegian Churoh and one ot tho English Church, boarded the tug at tho new quay, and proceeded to soa a distance of some four miles, when, being outside of English jurisdiction, tho happy pair were married on the open sea. The reason tor so novel a procedure was tho inability ot Capt. Marsteen to remain in port over tho number of days re<iuisite before the mar- riage could be legally celebrated on shore. On the completion of tho ceremony the Norwegian national fiag was hoisted to the maathead, and signals were sent up to friends ashore. â€" Pall Mall Gazette. A Death Tniiiip. The other day an oxhauated stranger dropped apparently dead in a I'ittaburg street. He w»o carried into a drug store and alowlj revived. Meanwhile it waa noticed that the soles ot hia ahoea had been worn away and that he clutched in his hand a note that read as follows : " Dear husband, do not oomo homo until you have matched the inclosed samplo of worsted. Your loving little wifey." Several married men present expressed surprise that the stranger had recovered at all. All tho horoea of tho country do not die on tho battlefield. ALI. ABODT EGOS. Odda and £nda of Ghat hj an Kzpart Candler. .'V man busily engaged in holding eggs up before a candle attracted the attention ot a New York Sun reporter. An interview waa the result, and here it ia : "What are you doing?" " Candling eggs. You see I pick up eaoh egg and bold it before the candle. The light shines through it. I can see at • glance whether it is cracked or specked or spoiled. It it is cracked I set it aside to b« sold at a low price. Bakers and confeo- tioners and some prudent families buy cracked eggs, and they are aa good aa any eggs not cracked, but they must be used within twenty-four hours." " Is not that an old-fashioned way ot testing eggs ? " " Yes ; but experience proves it to be tha best, and it ia quick. An expert can candle 30,000 eggs a day. It has been tried to test eggs by water. A good egg will sink and a bad egg will fioat, but you cannot find out • specked egg that way." " What makes specked eggs ? " " Lying in one position. An egg should not be left many daya in one position. If an egg is turned every day it will keep a long time. An experiment was once tried by G. H. Dennis, President of the Dutchess County Creamery, as to how long an egg could be kept good. He kept one on hia desk nine months, and turned it every day and it kept good." " How long are the beat eggs kept before they get upon thetablesof the best hotels?" " It takes about four days, because they are bought in bulk in the country and must be carefully asBOrted before being placed on tho market." " How are importedeggs kept from spoil- ing on the voyage ?" " They are carefully watched and turned. They come in caaea eaay to handle, and an expert soon learns to handle them quickly. It adds about a quarter a cent a dozen to the cost, but we can pay that and the freight and yet sell eggs that come from France and Germany cheaper than we sell Western egga, and some think they are better. We can get them here in about twelve days from France. England also gets many eggs from Germany and France." " How about desiccated egga or canned egga ?" " Some use them and say they are good and cheap." " Why don't we use duck eggs and goose eggs '.' Why should substantially all the eggs in the market be hen eggs ?" " Because people prefer hen eggs, juat as they prefer cow's milk to the milk of any other animal. Few people like the flavor of duck or goose eggs. The eggs of the shad aro very palatable, hswever. But hens* egga aro universally liked, and they are good, strong, easily digested food, often reliahed by the aick." One-sided Krror. He (after a long and rapturous embrace) â€"Oh, my darling Aggie, how I love you 1 Sheâ€" I'm not Aggie. I'm her twin sister. He â€" Why didn't yon tell me ? She â€" I thought you knew. A Oaaua UelU. Edâ€" Why did you thrash Bill ? Alâ€" Why, he said I didn't know nothing about English grammar. â€" The typewriter ia the only woman who takes kindly to dictation. 8ho|>i»lnK for a LIvIq^. Verily, the New Y'ork woman ot to-day is rapidly multiplying her means ot inde- pendent and honorable livelihood, writes a correspondent. The other day, in the throng ot a groat np-town dry-goods estab- liahment, I enooimtered the manager at a moment when one eye was severely bent on buaineas, whilo tho other followed with an admiring glance the graceful and hand- somely attired figure of a lady who had juat swept by. Instinctively, mj mind re- verted to the ever-present shoplifter, and I asked whether he contemplated having this particular lady searched. " Searched !" he ejaculated. " Why, she isn't a thief. She's a shopper." " Bo are they all â€" all shoppers, are they not ?" " Y'ou don't understand. She's a pro- fessional shopper â€" bnya on commission for people who live at a distance and can't get to tho city. Thero are thousands of women who are willing to pay a slight advance in order to receive thoir goods from New York, becauae u aoiinda well among their friends, and they're always sure of being correct aa to style." " But how dare they trust a stranger ?" "Why, my dear sir, it's regular business. I suppose that there aro at least 50 pro- fessional shoppers in this city. They ad- vertise in many out-of-town papers, and send their personal circulars broadcast among a good class of people in other cities. They give first-class references as to ability and character, and that's enough. Take that woman that just passed for instance. It a lady in Maasachuaetta, Georgia or Ken- tucky writea to this bouse about her wa recommend her, of course. Why ? Be- cauae we know sho's all right, and beoaose her purchases foot up handsomely every month â€" the'tribute's mutual, don't you see ? Some of those shoppers make as much money as any salesman in an ordinary retail houae. They receive a discount from the firm and add a commission to their customer's bill. Thus they dig the golden ditch at either end ; but as they are blessed with brains and taato above the average, why shouldn't they ?" "AquH Forty" Too Weak for Hliu. He was an old-timer. He had commenced in early youth at hard cider, and had graduated in tho liquids up to straight alcohol. Ho was in town this week, went into a drug store and picked up a bottle and poured out a full glass ot something, awallowed it down, thinking it waa spirits trumonti. The druggist, noticing him with the empty glass in hia hand, rushed back, exclaiming, "My God, man, you have drank aquafortis!" " Was it ?" said ho. " Well, just give mo a little aqua fifty. That laat was kinder good, but I want something a leetle stronger." Tho druggist collapsed. . m Tho names of Messrs. Andrew Hobertson and Hugh McLennan, of Montreal, are already mentioned in connection with the vacancy in tho Senate caused by the death of Senator Ferrior. In the conservatory at Jay Gould's home, at Irvington-on-the-Hudson, there are not fewer than four hundred varieties of palms and tree ferns, besides a vast collection of smaller plants. Tho roso-house, which ia perhaps the most delightful part ot the conservatory, ia filled with the fineat sum- mer and winter rosea to be found in the United States. Daughter â€" Mamma, the chimney sweep on the Bbot of tho house has just kissod hia hand to me. Mother- How shocking 1 Bim at once into the bedroom and yniSh yourself. Jtftl... »-i.