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SOTAL WEDDINQ DEESSE8, The Hafnifioeut Oostameg Woru at the Qreat f renob Wedding Yesterday- FOEMS IH BILKB, BATIBB AND UOE A cable correBi«iiident Kuppliti the M- lowitiK additioi'.ul particalarH of the wed- dint; of t'lB Uuko of Ansta to Princess Letitia in Tarin yesttrday : The ciivKlciide escoriiii^ the carriages, vbicb wikM composed ol ofliceis clad in roediii'val Bavoy costomes and dividud into f(iar trniips, were dressed respectively ia blue and ^reen- It in the first time since 1m5'-I that a member of the Bunupurte family has made a marriasje into one of the reiKDing fiimilieu in Kurope. Thn wedding rcjbe ff Prinoess Letitia was of white silk, the stjle of the First Empire, itdurned with rich silver embroid- ery and wreaths of orM^e fiowers. Bhe wore a splendid diadem indiamondd. The fimud mantle wab uf white iii\k, uud was over six and a half yards in length. At- tached to the corsage, it formed an im- mense train. Un it were embroidered in silver SCO bees and 100 eagles, the emblems of the hoase of Banuparte. The three sons uf the Duke of Aosta presented their facure step mother with a p<'ari necklace which cost SC.0.000. The Queen of Italy looked well in helio- trope silk. The Queen of I'ortUKal wai dressed in a rich cream brocaded silk. After the woddin(;, all the characters in the jflf havini; nsHembled at the palace urounds, the sceno presented was most brilliant and piuiureai|Uu. The llower basket was now full of life and the bright- ness cf varied colore in oostames of cava- liers etaadiotj on its cater tdna gave addi- tional animation and a black mass of at least 100. 000 people coUeoted aronnd com- pleted the most imposint; piotnre. Twelve bands played to^juthcr a wedding march arranged upon Mendelssohn's. Koesath sent thu following telegram to I'rinoe Jerome : " An old man, an exile from my nittive land, diviil-'d from the past by an abyss, I vet retain deeply ){raven in my heart one feeling â€"that of gratitndo. There was a time when I was entitled to apeak in the name of ilongary. That time no longer exists ; yet I may state that many Ilanga- rians, like myself, are mindful of all that J'riuce Napoleon accomplished for the free- dom of Hungary, and that they unite with me io sending their congratulations on this solemn occasion." The two modt magoilicent ilresses wore worn by Queen Margheretta and Princess Mathilde. The former wore for oharch a mauve satin, brocaded with rippled lines in thn same color and having a direc- tuire coat in a pale silver gray brocade of the same pattern, made with long, s<|aaro ends at the back, reaching to the skirt hem. This coat has a deep vest in mauvo brookde, elaborately rmbroidcred with steel cord and steel and crystal bea<ls ; the skirt breadths part in front over straight folds iif thii gray brocade, each side of the open- ing being edged with embroidery to match he vest , ihii short dolman wrap of the grap bro<-n<!« is also bordenil with similar embrui !• ry and is luixl througliuat with plain inAiivii satin. Thu I'nrir'ess Mathilde wore a tulle of bluish pi nrl oolor, th'i front and siiles and skirt elatwrately embroidered with gold and bordered with golillaoe, and the former dotted all over with cpots formed of a single gray puarl and omi gold spangle oonibinHd. The edge bkirt front was ilol'bed Willi deep fringe in gray paarls and steal bt-adM, falling over a baud of gold lace. The train, over four yards in length, is In pearl gray faille brocaded with bou'juets of red and pink roses, with their foliage intermixed with gold Uownrs. This magniUcent silk was manufactured at Lvons over twentyyears ago expressly for the Empress Kugenie. After tliu deatli of Napoleon III. the Empress presented it to the Princess. The sides of the train are each oanght together in a single long, narrow fold, whicli is held in pisuu by bow knot shaped ornaments in gold ptsscmenterie, and ii is lined through- out with gold yellow satin. riiH Duke of Aosta and Princess Letitia have been at the royal ]>alace since Thors day, receiving dr]iatatinii8 and presents. Probably the most worthy of mention is the gift of 400 ladies of Turinâ€" a Hedan chair, richly ombelli><lied, and intended to remind her of a lost art of Turin. Also a gift from the municipality, a tapestry chest in thu style of the seventeenth century, con- taining specimens of the richest brocades, silks and velvets of Italy. Ho ended the long talked of marital />'(<•. Henceforth Princess Letitia is sisierin-law to her own mother, stepmother to one set of cousins and aunt to thu reuiaimier, while the Duke becomes soniii law to his sister, nephew to liia brother and brothor-iu-law to his nephoWB. A rretty Kxperluient. Suspend from the ceiling a thread which has previously been sonked in very saltwater and then dried To thin fasten a light ring and announce that you are about to burn the thread without making thu ring fall. The thread will burn, it is true, but the ashes it leaves are composed of crystals of salt and their cohesion is strong enough to sustain the light weight of thu objsui at- tached to the thread. Another form of thn same experiment is to make a little hamtnoi k of muslin to be suspended by lour threads, and, after hav- ing soaked this in salted water and >lried it, as before directed, to plsue in it an empty egg-shell. Bi-t the hammock on lire ; the mutilin will be ooiisiinnd and the tlame reach the threads whiidi hold it, without the eutl falling from its frail support. With great care yon may oven succeed in performing the experiinont with a full egg, in place of an em ty nhell, taking the pre- cauliOD, however, to have it previcinslyhard boiled, that yon may escape an omelet in case of failure. Loncevltj, "Longevity I X should say longevity did run in our family," said Mrs. Hprig- gins. " Why, ,lohn was six foot two, Bill was six foot four, and Oenrge he had more longevity than any man I ever sec. He was six fo9t seven if he was a foot." A 80RK0 rVL. HPKCTACLE. A Touog Man FIdiIs Bla Bride In Ber Coffin â€" She Fell Dead at a Dance, TVblle He wka on HI* Way to the Wecldlne. A Detroit telegram says: A sad little cortege left 31 Twt otielh street before o'clock this morning for Woodmere Ceme- tery. All that was mortal of Mary Cowan, a good-looking girl of 21, was laid ta rest in that city of the dead. Uobcrt Crawford, who lived at Uelray, was the onwelcome suitor of the girl, the letter's stop-parents turning a oold shoulder upon his advances towards Mary. Shu was, however, deter- mined to marry Crawford, and the wed- ding was set for last night. Their ac- qnaintancu bad been of about a year's duration, and within the last three weeks she left her step-parents' home and went to Delray to live with Crawford's sister, Crawford himself being absent on a lake steamer. On Saturday night some of Mary's friends invited her lo indulge in a last dance before her marriage, and she ac- cepted it somewhat against her inclination. During the progress of a iiuadrille, towards the close of the evening's pleasure, Mary suddenly became faint and dropped limp and lifeless in her partner's arms. She was quickly given air and sprinkled with water, but she did not revive and physicians were called, liy the time the latter arrived the girl was dead. The doctors made an exa- mination and found that she had been very tightly laood. On opening the corset the Besh was found to be doubled over under the pressure of the stays. The phy- sician's verdict was that she had expired from the bursting of a blood vessel, caused by overheating and tight lacing. Mary was always a remarkably healthy girl, and the doctors in view of that fact could arrive at no other cotclnsion. The corpse was brought to Detroit Sunday and was viewed by a large number of friends. Young Crawford arrived at his sister's bouse last night to claim his bride and was nearly prostrated with the sad intelligence. Unknown to the dead girl's step-parents he appeared at the funeral services at the house this morning. He was the picture of grief and he was too late to get a view of his aflianctd's face hefon- the lid was shut down. Tie remained outside during the most of the ceremonies, and then, moved by a strong impulse, he made bis way into the bouse and re<|n('Stod that the lid be raised. His wish was granted ; bo took one last, long lingering look at the lovud features of the dead ; then, burying his face in his hands, he. sobbing, turned away and moved sorrowfully out of the room. HOOSVC TUNNKL AUVENTURB. Workmen Orercoinn by Oaa In a Tnnnel are Uescued before the Kxnnss it»a In. A last (Sunday) night's North Adams Mass., despatch says : A terrible di'jaster was narrowly averted in thu Iloosao tunnel yesterday afternoon, when (>'J workmen em- ployed in the tunnel were overoomo by the coal gas from a passing locomotive. The men were divided into three gauge, :i'J being masons employed in repairing ibe brick arch, 2'.^' in the electriolight gang, and U in the track gang. The extra freighttraiu No. 31 went east shortly after ',» o'clock, followed soon alter by No. I'J west, tilling the tunnel with smoke. When the second extra 111 came up thu grade with a heavy freight, the engine had lost steam, so that when the train went into tho tunnel the Qre box was filled with fresh coal. The masons, working about 1,000 foet from the west end, were only slightly affected by the gas as the train passed, but shortly after the flagman towards the west shaft reported lo Overseer McGrath that tho trackmen in the 3,000 foot section and; the electric light men in the IJ.OOO foot section were overcome by gas, l^xprcss No. 33 bad just entered the tunnel from the west, and McGrath ordered it ilagg«d, which proved a wise precaution. He then ordered all the men from their work to rescue the track and electrio light men. Posh cars were forced into the tunnel and the rescuers found the men lying all along tho track, some partly and some wholly overcome. All the men were placed on the cars and brought out into the open air. Kijjhtecn men were found unconscious in the i'>,000 foot section, nearly all of them being on tb<' ertStbound track. Had the east-bound express been allowed to pass the slaughter would have been terrible. Some of tho men were so badly overcome that it was several hours before they were fully restored to consciousness. It is thought that two of the men will die. N Mrs Lnnipe Chandler Mnnlton has ijona to Marienbad to recuperate from the dissi- p«tions o( (ashittnable London. IXIWN Tl> DISATH. UeartreiidInK etalla nf llle <irt>at Uur- rlcan« in <'ulm â€" lluudrcds lieatl, ThuukMiids llouielrss. A Havana despatch ys : In Caibarien the damage done to erty by the recent cyclone is enormous. X' le total number of lives lost in the city and its suburbs is forty-six. The situation at ^'uelta Abajo is sad indeed. The tobacco crop is a total losa, and over 3,000 houses, shanties and other small houses are totally destroyed. Ihesi thousand people are left homeless and in great misery. The greatest daroace caused on the island by the storm was at Kagua and in Isalxdla. Uver 1,000 buildings wern destroyed. The sea rose si.\ feet. Many of those who escaped death from Hying timbers w<'re drowned. The loss uf life in Uagoa alone is over 400. A passenger train in Isabella running thirty miles an hour was caught by the wind. The rails were bent as if they were hairpins, the train being precipitated into a marsh which completely covered it. Hevonty-two lives were lost. In Magna the only building standing is the residence ol Domingo Madariaga on tlix coast at a place oallud Uigneratta. The Kpanish schooners America, Anita, Begunda, Ignacia, Esper- anxa and Aloona are ashore and total wrecks. In Ceiba del Agua over 100 houses were destroyed. The damage caused by this terrible hurricane is estimated at over 910,000,000. Over HOO persons lost their lives. Thnnsands of iiersons are homeless and perishing from hunger. A special from Caibarien says that seventy-two bodies, victims of the late hurricane, have been recovered. â- ^ l''Mi;ts Mot <l(tuernlly Known. A club of society womoii in London is going to start a large poultry farm near London. Bee culture is also included in the scheme. The city of Pueblo, Mexico, has just hs>l a hailstorm so violent that her streets and roofs were blanketed with white, and all traffic for the time suspended. Topaz, is not a particularly valuable stone, but it has now gone to the top as the latest fashion fur beautiful, whitetliroated women's necklaces. Thx result must be a rapid advance in )irii:<\ whiidi change, with some people, will only add to its lujuid, golden charm. I'rom the report that of fiGO convicts received in a PennHylvania jail last year only eighty had learned a trade, the lesson is drawn that every boy ought to learn a trade. But it in^y have been that tho eighty went to jail in consequence uf practising tha very traihsthey had learned. In New Mexico the Kpanish language is the laiignagx of the luiiirts, the oouncil and the assembly. Li'Kiiflatlve debates are carried on in Spanish, niid laws are fraiiieil in that languagi- English is a su^iondary tongue, and a ptrson is at a decided disad- vantage even in transsiting business unless he is familiar with Hpanish. All 111 the Kaiiilly. i'lmployerâ€" Ho you think you ought to have an increase of salary'.' Clerk â€" Yes, sir; 1 will socii need double my present pay for I intend to ini\rry. Ueally, sir, I sliould like to accommodate you, but my business is not protltablo just now, and every i;eiit I add to your wages must oume out of the small margin on which I support my family. " Oh, that's all riyht. Thu money won't gooutof iho family. I intend to marry your daughter." 8lf ns of Portent. Fanâ€" Oh, Lil, when is your friend's marri- age coming ofT? Do tell her to have pity on her friends and let it bo soon, so we shall hear about soniethuig else. Lil -You won t have much longer to wait. She and Tom have quarreled every day for a week, and I believe that's the last stage of neoessarjr preparation. Ltttrst NtirtliweHt Niews. Miss Macl'hergon,of immigraiiou fame, is in the city. Hon. Edgar Dewdney, in his iprech on nomination day, says he is against prohibi- tion being continued in the Northwest. According to the Calgary HrrnUl, over 1,000 head of cattle have already been secured for export from the Alberta ranges. Tho Hudson Bay promoters had another interview with the Lieutenant-Governor to day. They said they received a promise of a guarantee upon DL'.-'jOO.OOO, and, with- drawing their former objections, they will accept this if they can do no better. The Methuiiist delegates at present in Winnipeg have been interviewed un the question of a union uf tho Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The general opin. ion was that, while such a fusion was desir- able, there were difficulties in the way that would prevent such an amalgamation, at least io the near future. The Local Government have decided to bonus the Hudson Bay Kailway seheme to the extent of }°i, 600,000 and no more, the conditions to be of a east iron nature and to call for a uomplcled ro,d. It is said that the company will accept the offer, althon;>h thiiy wanted 84. .'.00,000. They hoped lo induce the Northwest Legislature to pass al its next srssi n legislation calling upon the Dominion Uovernnient to hypothecate a i>ortion of the suhiiidy which the North- wiBl Provinces yet unorganised will receive in tho future and to aid the Hudson Bay Itoad with it. Thn Methodist Board of Missions has considered the items of tho schedules, showing in detail the amounts asked fur the su|>port of missionaries on various foreign tields. The total amount asked for the ,Ianan work was S'i'2,47!i. Tho amounts for Indian work in the several ronforenoes were as follows : Toronto Conference, 83.300; London, J3, sri,'', ; Niagara, SU, 220; Gunlph, 81,078 ; Bay of Qiiinte, 81,723 ; Montreal, 91,20j ; Manitoba, 816,020; British Columbia, 815,227 ; ijraiid total asked for Indian work, 845,503. Tho amounts asked for conferences severally, for dnmestio missions, were as follows : Toronto (Conference, 812. H40 ; London, 811,414; Niagara, 85,014; Unnlpli, 81'-).I'i0 ; Bay of (Juinte, 81».5fi4 ; Mon treal, »'24.350 ; British Columbia, 1)8,543; Newfoundland, 823,885 ; Nova Scotia, 914.44fi ; New Brunswick and Prince Kd- ward Island, 815,434. W. Bissett, farmer, of Mincotu, was killed by falling from a load of grain, the wheels passing over his head. David Ogilvie, hotelkeeiHir, of f^ast Sel- kirk, while duck-shooting yesterday, acci dentally discharged the contents of his gun through the calf of his leg. He died last night from loss nf bloo<l. 'The Methodist Mission Board has ad journed. Much time was spent in dis- onasing the British Columbia report. Uov. Mr. Starr presented the case and pointed out, that while the Methodists had a great hold among the Indians on the coast, their work was being discredited by tho reports of the Government agents and others that the Methodist missionaries Arere nening the sends of sndilion, inciting the Indians to rebellion, and, in addition, were guilty of immoral practices with the squaws. These representations wern made to the Govern- ment, and it was charged that the removal of the Meilakahtia Indians to Alaska was due to missionary persuasion. The Board regarded the question as a moat serious one and a long time was spent in discassing the various aspects of it. It was felt that the honor of the Church demanded an im- mediate investigation. A commission of three fathers was proposed, a start to be made at once. It is most probable that this proposal will he adopted and that an immediate start will be made. Two years known citizen of A SOUTH SEA ItOUACE. The Lonely Inhabitants on the Island Ojee. A New York telegram says : years ago Charles Murtagh, Jan., 16 old, the son of a well Brooklyn, while looking over a large map of the world noticed iu thu South Sea a cluster of islands. The furthest was the island of Ojee. A boy's pride to writo a letter to such a place seized him, and he asked bis grand- father about the matter. Grandfather Murtagh had been a seafaring man in earlier days, and among his bosom friends had been a Captain Green. The latter left these shores many years ago, and bad never been beard of afterwards. As a freak Murtagh told his grandson to address the letter to Green, and the letter was d'jlivered to the captain of a vessel bound for Australia. Last Monday the boy received a letter in answer. The edges were badly crumpled, and the missive had the appearance of hav- ing been handled over and over. The letter was opened, but no date was found therein. Farther down it was seen to have been written in July, 1887. The letter young Murtagh wrote really reached aman named Green, an inhabitant on the island. The writer and a number of other white people were alone on the island. More than thirty years ago a vessel left New York for St. Helena, and the com- mander was Captain Green. There was a crew of 14 men, besides two women. Every- thing went well until the vessel almost reached the Canary Islands, when a gale sprang up. The ship foundered, the crew took to the boats, and finally, after many months' drifting, landed on the coral reefs of the island of Ojee, 7,000 miles from their original destination. There were no signs of habitation visible. They were castaways, with no immediate pros- pect of hearing from home unless by the chance of passing vessels coming that way. So it continued tor years. Those on the island intermarried until the population reached H. Plenty of game was found on the island. Finally a whaling vessel came that way, and some of the survivors went on board and engaged as seamen. The ori- ginal number on the island fiually dwindled year by year. Many died, until now only three men and nine women remained. The writer next s»id that for four years there had not been a vessel in sight. The letter had been written some time, but could not be dated, as it was not known when the next vessel would pass the island. The writer declared it a lonesome spot, but now there were plenty of cows and pigs, besides other cattle. Plenty of game kept him alive for years. How the World lihauces. The .S'c-otti»/i /.fiidcr says: "How differ- ent the world will be in a century may bo gathered from two or three inventions that are just now being critically examined. An electrical oarriage was tried the other night in St. James' street, and proved a complete success, rnnning up and down the road as rapidly as tlinni>h pulled by a team of horses, and absolutely ander control. And now an enterprising inventor purposes to build rowing boats wholly of aluminium, thn lightest known of all metals, and one of thn toughest. A third invention promises a chemical substitute for silk." Solomon Asher, a Philadelphia dancing master, who has just returned from an ex- tended trip in Europe, says that Amerioans are every where regarded as the best dancers n the world. A 8a<l. Sad Tale. A stranger with a sad, tired look and a manner indicating that he wished to escape general observation, came wearily into a little western town the other day. He slopped at the town well to slake his thirst ami bathe his tlushed face and brow, and while he drank a deni/.en of the town drew near to qualT of the cooling water. He, too, had a careworn face and an air of gen- eral discouragement. " Stranger hero, ain't you?" he asked of tho wayfarer. " Yes- stranger now, but I used to live 'round here." •• No -did you ? Lately ?" " No ; its nigh on to ten years since I left." " And you ain't been back since 7" " No. 'there's been a good many changes, I see, since then, and I don't reckon there's many left I useter know." " Mebbs not ; who'd yon know I" " Well, lemme see â€" there was a woman named Watts I useter to know â€" Bally Watts." " Did you know Sally Watts? askod the denizen of the town. " Knowed hor well. Iâ€" Iâ€" did you ever hear of Bally ?" " Yes, I " " Don yon know Bally Watts?" â- â€¢Yes-I I " The wayfarer looked carefully around, lowered bis voice and said cautiously : " See here, mister, I've a favor to sk. It ain't much. Would you mind not men- tionin' to Sally Watts that a stranger was 'round astin' for her? She'd know it was me.an'I'd rather have ahyener oni my trail than Bally Watts. Shu's an idee I'm dead, an' I want her to cling to that idee. If you know Bally Watts, mister, mebbe you know how nigh she comes to bein' kin to the devil. If she ain't a Zantippy I never see one. Lookeu hero stranger; you've got a sympathetic kind of a face and I b' leave you know how to feel fer a feller that's went throngh what I've went through with, an' I feel as if I'd like to confide in you. Stranger, I useter be mar- ried to Bally Watts?" The recipient of this confidence gave a little gasp and wrung the hand of the poor wayfarer, saying with deep fervor : " Pity me, man, I'm niarrid to her now I" â€" Detroit t'rte I'tcih. THK CANADIAN HOT 8PBINGS. An Apparently "Infernal Hole" in tlie - Kocky Monntalnsâ€" Some Woaderfal SiKhts. lE. Spragge in Toronto Oiobe.) To the tourist the most interesting points will be the hot springs, flowing from differ- ent elevations of Sulphur Mountain. They are owned by the Government, which, at the lower spring, near the town, has erected very ornamental buildings for the use of bathers. The water at this point issues in two distinct ways from the mountain, offering the peculiarity of both inside and outside natural bathing facilities in warm water. Within, scooped in the cave is a large grotto containing a pool 00 feet in cir- camferance, from whose bottom issue sev- eral springs at a very high temperature, cooled, however, by a stream of cold water falling from one of the walls at the height of four feet and reducing the water to a tepid state. This cave was formerly entered by a ladder through a small opening in the roof, just large enough to admit a man's body. A. small outlet to it was subsequently dis- covered, which has been enlarged and con- verted into a tnnnel 100 feet long, now- giving access to the grotto. The pool is lined with concrete and surrounded by a wooden platform furnished wiih benches. Seated upon one of these, gazing first down into the dark waters, then up to the lofty root and walls carved by the action of the sulphuric springs into every imaginable variety of stalactite and fungoid formation, inhaling the brimsloney vapors at a tem- perature of 'Jo ° , BO more weird or internal apol conld be dreamt of. Truly Stygian resorts in which davils might well disport themselves. Without, not 100 yards from the cave, is a basin, a large open pool just at the base of the monniain, which has been enclosed and converted into an ideal swimming bath ; here the watercan be regulated to any depth by means of a waste pipe. It is of a clear blue indigo color and may be seen issuing from the bottom in round indigo blue spots. The temperature is quite as warm as that of an ordinary hot bath, and this may be enjoyed in the open air under a green hill beneath a brilliant blue sky brilliantly reflected in the clear pool. Two miles from the town and hotel is the upper or hottest spring high on the side of Sulphur Moun- tain. At this point the water gushes from the rock at 120° Fahrenheit, and from it is oouveyed by iron pipes to the CP.R. hotel below. The beat acoommodatiou at this spot is afforded by Dr. Brett's excel- lent bath-house, which provides every con- venience for bathing and swimming. The Qovernuient have made no improvements here as yet, probably owing to the distance from the town, beyond cutting a good road at tha side of Sulphur Mountain. Snddea Collapse of Peruvian I*Hp«r money. Reports received in Washington from Callao describe the sudden collapse uf the paper money of Peru. Part of this cirreucy, amounting to '20,000,000 soles, was issued by the banks at Lima ten years, and guaranteed by the government. The re- maining 40,000.000 soles is government money. Its purchasing capacity declined several years ago to one twentieth of that of silver, but in the absence of any other circulating medium, il continued to be used by the people. Finally, in the brief period of ten days, confidenoe was lost in it so rapidly that it was virtually repudiated in all business Iransaotions not directly cou- nected with the government which receives it in half payment for duties on imports, and pays it out to its employees. The amount of silver in circulation in Peru is very small. The banks and Commercial honses of Lima and Callao could not pro- dace !],000,GOO soles. The experience of Peru is bat a repitiition of that of every other country that has violated the scien- tific law in establishings as a circulating medium an article that has no exchangeable value itself, and is uot made redeemable in a commodity that hasâ€" only swift and disaatroas.â€" i''rom the Scienec. Ilayglug: at tlie t&nees. Barclay Warburton, a Philadelphia dude, being asked how he kept his trousers from bagging at the knees, replied : " I only wear a pair of trousers one day and I don't know what my man does with them after that. To prevent their bagging for the twelve hours in which I wear them I have them lined around the knees with card- board and I never sit down." Being asked what a man is to do who cannot afford 865 pairs of trousers a year Mr. Warburton replied : " Wear kilts as the Highlanders do." N<it I>aiij(erous " Julia, perhaps I am staying too late. Is not that your father tapping on tha floor overhead ?" " Yes, Arthur, but don't go yet. He isn't dangerously mad until ho goes tearing along the hall beating tho gong." The French court has rendered a decision which, if it were to be followed in this country, might give no end of trouble to speotaole and burlesque managers. Mme. BchatlTer, an actress at Rouen, absolutely refused to wear tights iu a piece for which she was cast, whereupon the manager re- fused to pay her salary. Bhe sued him, and the oourt decided that " the obligation to show one's legs was not of necessity a part ot the dramatio profession," and gave judgment tor the plaintiff with costs. A Child's Awful Ueath. j.'hursday afternoon ' ty five tourists visited the summit Pike's Peak. Between 2 and 3 o'clock a severe electrio storm, acoompanied by a heavy fall of rain, ooourred. The visitors took refuge in the signal station. Laura Cook, aged 11 yea-s, daughter of Goorgs D. Cook, ot Chicago, was standing in the doorway while the storm was at its height. Suddenly, and simnltaueoasly with a deafening crash, a blinding light filled the oom, and tho S[>eotators were horrified o see the blue blaze ot a lightning bolt strike the unfortu- nate girl full in the face and circle down- ward aroand her body. Bhe was knocked lifeless to the floor, and a fearful sit.'ht met the eyes of her friends. Her bead was swollen to an enormous size, and her br<dy and limbs were cot in strips and horribly mutilated. The incident ia a peculiar phenomenon, and old mountaineers claim It to be the first serious electrical disturb- ance ever occurring above the clouds in the history of the state. â€" Colorado Springn Special to Ontaha Itee. A Lovely Wonaa Overheard one say ot her, " By heaven ! she's painted !" " Yes," retorted she, in- dignantly, " and by heaven only !" Buddy health mantled her cheek, enihroned on the rose and lily. Yet this beautiful ladv, once thin and pale, with a dry haoKing cough, night-sweats, and slight spitting of blood, seemed destined to fill a con- sumptive's grave. After spending hun- dreds of dollars on physicians without benefit, she tried Dr. Pierce's Goldeu Mrdical Discovery ; her improvement was scon marked, and in a few months she was plump and rosy again, the pictnre of health and strength. A Keverse Rule. "My calling," said tho letter-carrier " differs materially from all others." " In what way?" asked his friend. "Most' people get their walking papers when they are discharged, don't they?" " Yes." "Well, I got mine when I was appointed." A porter in a Cincinnati whiskey house went into a room where some empty casks were stored, carrying a lighted candle in his hand. Knocking the bung out ot one of the barrels he stooped over to examine it, when a terrific report was heard, and be was hurled across the room. He was badly- injured and tha bailding was set on fire. . f-'l t