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je t'm OM r(vivi';rv thii lot- blilALblSll Ix'Jdi ilui'iuili V-i l'.!,';k ,,x^,g^ r,.r Cialmuon, ana in ___ du'5 Uiiii- arrive:! in nr.ixorU couiny. • SIOKY OF KLAL LIFt THAT Penllptm ii.i £..h>ii as Ih'^ fncls wcic pre- BEADS LIKE A NOVEL. Is.-ni.',! i» him. u.-. liU rclew, Pertd- __ I l';l"ii riluriii' 1 to i,iveftxx)l. Ills' c> ii- ... . . . ^ . , . fiinmcjit hill! tohl biiralily utii»n him, lttnorri.1 M,». Ari-fs.e.1. Trlr.l «»«• | h„,| ihe new« of his wife's ilivorce •"-' and I Sriilrnml to rrullrulUry for Lite on II < hnrRc of Miinlor- Thr Sii|ipaKr«l MuralrmJ Hitn 4'ikuieM ISat-k ^'I'oiii ! his r niifti-. nnd n>inoinl tti Gnoigiii threw him iiiio Ji yiol'-:il, hruin fever. On TV hfj loft his .'orini^r iioiiie, the .sfi'iii? of liis joy ami great mi.ifor- tuiir, and sought llio liorne ut liis forin- pr wifu. now ih« wife of aniither, with the purpoifo of li.uinnr his Iniy at any â- |"hn ni-ws' of !liiitoi;'a rot urn and Penllt'torl's con.sc(|iicnr i)iirdon had pre- opdeil him to (icorgia. It wiw too much (for Mrs. J^t-ndU'toii. or. ra(h«r Mrs. I ]>vit. Sli" folt hi'r.si'lf a liigamist. I Shi' imincdi.'iti'ly left Devit, and a week I before Pendleton arrived at Atlanta I .she licrame a raving luiiniae and Isad to lie -^ent to the asylum. Pendleton ... I .securei; his ho.v and worked hi.s way to gcthtr. and U> increase their haiipineas i t'aliCoinia. Fleing a man of fertile re- there had come to them a ..right .x>y. , --;-,!}« ^^ ^[j^^^^lr^jlt In the sjime village lived Uuy flinton. fruit grower, who was also the pos-ses-ior of eonsider- Mr. Pendleton's .sun, Ooorge, was able wealth. Mr. Ilinton was a sturdy, t<x. young when the event.s above .rp_- •ortled occurred to renieinl)er much H«i<tk Auirrlru untl Hun UIm IVleiid Uc- Irnneil. In 1874 Oeorge W. Pendleton and his wife. Mrs. (X'tavia Pendleton, wore re- siding in the little village of l-iverjiool io Brazoria count}-, Tex. 'I'hey had been married alx>ut three years. They Were Aell fixed financially, owning a large area of fine grazing hinds adjac- ent to their home and scvcru! thousand head of cattle. 'J'hey were of conger ia! temperaments and lived happily to- pushing fellow, and a man greatly es teemed by all his neigliliors, but he was unhappily married. One morning Mr. Hinton rode up to Mr. Pendleton's house 8nd told Pendleton that he was going Ui Vebisco, aliout twenty miles di.si.Tnt. and iusked if bo would not go with him. Penlleton replie.l that he had no busi- ness in Vehuseo, but that he wanted to ( abuut his mother, and his father care- fully kept the faets of THIS AWIl :. DRAM.\ in real life, in ivhich no one wa-s to blame, but all the vieiims of the iron hand of fate, from him until he arrive<l at his majority. On the l«jy's vfaihiog the age oi 21 year:, his father told him of the sad romance of their lives. Oeorge was anxious to learn what had ..... .. It. u 1. u I- 1 n . • J'ecouie of his mother, and, obtaining Bee a Mr. Holt, who lived on Flastrop ^ i^^ father'.s ,hrmission to do so. visited Bayou, alxiut half wiiy lietwt.en Liver- J Oeorgie. On iiKiuir.v m the asylum, he pool and Velasco, and that he would ''""•'''>'''' 'lilt she had been diselnirped go that far Ti- <"'" f.-!.."ri= .to,..o,i .yP'Ts before .is cured, and that she Had The two friends started fjoiie to live with a brother then r<*id- off tog,-ther, and Mrs. Pendleton says ; mg at some place in North Carolina th.at the moment her Imsliand mounted ' '" North Oarolina he learned thai the his horw she was .seized with a stranse ' !''''""'i" "i'ii v\ honi Mrs. Devit was liv- and awfui foreU.ding, and that s.u- : ;.?f, J":^,.,;--,"^, .^^'erV^iS" -w!: count h.inlly restrain herself from beg- i iiionth,-, ago, and soughl out his jiarent. (ring luT hiLsband not to go. I Th- meeting of the iiiolher and fon, so Mr. Pendleton returned home late ! ^^'Jj^ parted, was a most affecting thai afterniKin, tired out wiih his long i " (Jeorge sulaptiuenlly wrote bis falher ride. At the supfier table he told his of his mother's course after learning •vife ihtt Mr. Hinton had confided to "fbi.s innocence. That teller rekind- hini that he had left home for giKxl ; I;Ll.'''hIrr "'',' i'T" '" *"'?'''':' ''"'f.'"- ,1,., 1., 1 ,• ., ,, . , . tuns heart. ari>l he cro.ssed the coniin- tnil he and hi.s wife could not get along ent .ls fast as sleam could bring liim t^(,-')lher. and rather than live in and remarried the companion of his A pnv«-cvvT iir>ir early manhood. Airs. Peiidleliiii is .vet A CON.SIAiNT HOIL ] a b-auiiful e.oman on the .sunny side 4e ha. t (Hided to leave her what pro- ; "J ^'.Vi- *'r. Pendleton is in llie prime ixrty he h,i..! and seek fortune and hap- , ' i il..'''..i„„ , , ,. i . .i Mit,,,,.- :„ „ „ ..I . .. ,, '" a'love facts were related to I ho pinefcs in someoMier i-ountry. Pcndle- ' writer on the evening of iliis happy ton sjud that he had tried to dissuade second marriage. Mr. Pendleton also Hinion from leaving Li.s wife bu! with- . '"'J 'be writer that the lunly Ideutififd out av.i,. Tin Mtter sai 1 th.t as ye. ! ^ 'i;::li;:i^;^'^,::;^' if r::.^'^^^.^^^. He ail'l his wife had no (hildren, and hinge;! at llou^u.n, Tex., some years as it vviiH clear that they conid never "f^'' 'â- <"ife«»el l<i having murdered and live tofrether in pe.acc, he thouglil jt 'â- '''''"'''• ____ was wise to sep:iniie Inforc offtining ' of their unliippy union should arrive "^^^ LIZARD HAS AN UMBRELLA. to comrdicale matters. Pendleton also ' l<dd his wife that llinion had left bis ' " *'"" ""'' " ^'"" ""'• W'ih' «><â-  iorVut wife all h.. passesso.l except a few dol- j '" """"•"- "'' I*"*' «>>»• l.irs, .ind that to help him out he (Pend- '"'"' frilled lizarl is found in Austral- lel(iri) had iHiught his w.ileh. 'â- '" "oods, l«-ing lolerably abundant in .^rr. and Mrs. IVndlelon thought it f'"'"' Queensland ami the Kimberly wise to s.iy nothing alKiul Ilinlons de parture to uiiy of the neighbors, as Ih.y did nor vvmt Mrs. Hinton to think Ih-m in any man-ier iuslruinental in her hashiiel's having left her. district of ueslern Australia. It lives on Ix-ctle-s su<di as are found on the tree liiirks. It has some charuelerisiics of whicdi .\atiir.' tells. Three (liclures ac- company ih" arlicle, giving from, rear. Two week.s liter, v\ hile (rating break- "â- "'* â- "*'''" viuws of the animal, il isaboiit fast one mdrniiig, ihero came a knock '''ive feeflong. niejisiire.l from head to III the front dixir. Mr. Pendleton arose • '"i' point. What makes it remarkable amTon''.>n,'.;',i'.',?,Vi."'r'*" "'*" «"?"""""; ; "'"^i^'s of two things-its hurry walk and on o„em„g the d.H,r was cnfronled t „„^,, i,„ fi(^,,|.„g anger. - • 1( carrieji a sort of natural umbrella ' top alHiiii ils neik, which it elevaies j suddenly wilh an ularniing effect, even to ordinary lizard killing dugs, scaring by a (li.pulv sheriff, who slepjieil for- ward an I slipni'd a pair of handcuffs on his urists. Pendleton was, of course, Mirprised, and asked the officer what it meant. "Vou are charg.-rl with the murder if Ouv " •His tween Iho rod Iteivrers and the Brah- min, in fiu:l. we fult quite certain that there was none; and yet we did not feel like condemning the man upon suth jK'culiar evidence. While we were discussing the mat- ter, ( he Brahmin stood by awaiting our decision and the promised reward. When he learned that we were not yet (juite satisfied as to the cook's guilt, he buried himself for a moment in thought, and then hit upon a very clev- er stnilegemâ€" a strategem, indeed.which would do credit to a Solomon or even a .SherliK-k Holmes. He termed it the Ordeal of the Sword. The Brahmin called for a tulwar, which was iramediatoly lirought him. Add.'-essing the servants he told them that he w;is aliout to saspend this sword in a dark nxim, but liefore doing so he would jiray over il, invoking the wrath of the Ueity upon the guilty man who dared to touch it. Should he do so the weaiKJii would inslani-ly cut him down. The words and tlie solemn air of the man sunk deep into the minds of his superstitious hearers and their faces sho'.M'd great anxiety. The Brahmin now entered the ordeal chamlier a lorn* and susjiended tiie tul- war, after which he^ smeared the weap- on over with red paint. Then closing the shutters so that the room was so dark that the Busp«'nded sword could barely lie distinguished be went out and st'.-od liy the door. He next called one of the servants to him and after tell- ing him V. here the tulwar was situated, he vvliisjiered to him solemnly that if innocent he was to touch the blade an'l retire by the opiiosite door. The man went into the room and presently came out at the other door, where I was sta- tir>ned to receive him. 1 looked at his hands an>l Saw that they were well daulied with the red paint. He was kept feet long, an inch and a half broad, and j"*""".'^ .^''om the others, and two more ..-,... -1 t • 1 .1 1 .ei went in turn through the same test, a quarter of an m.li thick. I hese were At length came tlie^ cooks turn. With to 'h! used in his strange exercises. ashen f.ace and trembling knees lie ent- Tlie ceremony he was aliout to per- p"'''''! .'be ordeal chamlier, the solemn form, was known, he siid, as t!ie Nole '^^i^n^'^f iii^ ''^i^f '•'â- 'K'''K in his .sup. ,,. , ,. ,1 erstitious ears. Three, four, five mm- thanlnun. It was some years ago de- , utes pa.ssed and still he did not come clnred illegal, and, theietore, it was now out. i was liegipninir to fear that the rarely practiced fellow had fainted from fright, when Af. <â-  ' • . 1 . 1. suddenly the d(X)r opened, and, nearly After a few introductory reinnrks. L,^„j „.i,j, ^..^^^^ the miserable wretch our parly gathered at the front of the | staggered out. He h;id scarcely taken hua.s', under iin porticoj and the m- three steps from the door when his fel- vestigaiion Ifgan. 'faking a brass ^ low -servants turned ujiou him. drinking iiiiig from his lo -kel the Hr.ili- I "The tulwar! the tulwar I have you luia sipped down to the Hooghly â€" theltouched itf" they cried, moat holy stream lliat flows from the "Yes, yes." he gasiti'd. ..1 i*ili...l n^rt i.a......>l "'rl...â€" _ T. - 1 BHIAU'SSTEAME POWER THR REMARKABLE WORK OP AN INDIAN DETECTIVE. <'nt(llli<K » Tiller b.r h IVrnlliir 4'rrrniony â€" RiiuiImio IMviitiiiic Umiii Puliiloil Wul the 4'iilj>rit-'rhe Vt-rtllct Hunlulued by Anollier Miindrrnil Te.'>t. I was visiting a friend in Calcutta. The day liefore my arrival he hid lost a very valuable gold watch, which he had thoughtlessly left e.\p0(«'d upon his dressing table. He li 1 (luestionod the servants concerning thi> theft, but to no purpofip. Finally he advertised the missing article, offering a reward of a hundred ru|X!es for its dis'overy. "Why not send for lien Ali?" suggest- ed someone. "And who, pray, is Ben Ali ? " inquir- ed my friend. "Have you never heard of him I Ho is a holy man vUio by long study and deep penance has liecome endowed with the power to delect criminals. He is a priest and thief-catcher combined." «i'en Ali was accordingly sent for,less 1 may. say from any fail h in his power, than from the curiosity to s-r-e bow he would pro.;ced. On bis arrival we found him to lie a short, simswy indiv- idual, remarkably intelligent looking, and possessed of a very easy and gentle- manly liearing. He brought along with him two bamboo rods, each aliout eight holy stream Siur-d tjangesâ€" and filled the vessel ivith water, iteiurning, he brought for- two ward and laid uiion the ground llie mystic r<Mi..,. These he prayed o THE BRITISH PACIFIC CABLE. The EnleriiriM- Pnsliril Ihrail al a «'«ufrr> rnre iif Ihr litslrulluii < olanlr«. The -Australian mail brings advices of a Pacific cable conference held at ";f f'Uy Hiuton," t'npi. Bennett replied. { Uicm as an unibndla opened in the â- " iKvly bus lHM.,n found in a skirt | faie of a cliurging bull. Hence it of wood.s on Hastr. ri Bayou. There is much damaging testimony against vou. I would advise you not to talk until you consult a lawyer." I'eiidleton was dumfnunded, not so much Ml the charge against him, for he thought he could easily clejir hiui- iielf. lUi he WHS al the news of HINION'S niCATH. The unfortunate iiiun however had no conception ef Ihi array oi circmnalan- tial evidence he was c impelled to face. I ime m a ciiiirging nun. itence it Is ; called the frilKvl lii;ad. Ils teeth are not of much u.s.- as a ilefeiice against a vigorous animal, but when il tights j il uses ius hing, lithe tail in a way to bring long brasies on one's hands ; in j fiu't, could it Ih) properly trained it I might serve as an aulomatic switch, which, like the nuigic rub-a-ilub-.luli stii'k. Would at the word administer a Ihriusliiiig Io the ilisoU'dioiit child. Kniiii I he scientific point oi view the .iw^^.J'.i . A""?' i ''^'i;"""'""''/ '!«â- "« i 'real ures (xs-uliar niellKsl of ambula- I..Z? \ll i\ '" \ "^ ;'•".'"" ''iV' ''*'•'" ! ''"" '« ""••'"• ii'lpresling. bec^iusp it pre- Inv . \viil".?M"\r'"''".'^v. •""?'"'!' I **â- '»'« «^" ''•''â- â€¢"irdl.v irrolesque appearance nyOi!V?h,. i!,?i,.' ..iV;,'::!!!*.!'..â„¢'.,!!!',"'.'; i"' •'""•'I •'"";?• "!".'•'â-  !'spe'ially troiii the fie lon'i >n.l f l, . I . U 1 I i.i . 1 .-.vj' II ..iiiTTn, iiiirir |-....iifri,|ii\ MOIll I lie e, ., , .,1., 1 .„ i' â-  "'! '""5'- ""niewhat I rear. 1 (walks bi,H.de.lally, or on two r^s ' r..'. II r" "'"'"'f ';•''."« "'"Tlw-t, like a birdk im.l so iiiiieh does il ^. ii. i l',"n'l>'-lon and Hmlon had i nwmble a bird in ils walk that it „L/' wr'riu:'^;^.^!'.': . ':â- !::.. "'i;^:'!"? T''"^ •» '«- "•" connecting Unk between 1 Boine two Weeks Ix-fore ; that Hiiilon when he left home wore his gold walch; ; thai a couple of l«>ys out hiinling that j nflefniMin, liad seen Pendleloii ami Hin- ton standing under n tree talking; thai afli-r the boy-s huil pa.s-sed out of sight I he> had heard a gun or pistol fired in tiie (lireclion they had aeon the ' two men ; that I'endleton had relurned to l.iveriHKil lliat evening wearing llin- â-ºons gold w.ilch ; tlial Ilinlon had never since hem seen alive, anil Ihit th(^ iMrdy hiid ln'en found under the vi'ry tree where he and Pendleton were seen by the l>oys. The law in Tpxa.s seals ii defen.hint's lips He ciijinot testify in bis own b<v half, and having no way to disprove the cose the .Slate had inu<le again.^^t him Pendleton wius coniiiiil.ttul to jail wilh- oiit bail. On final trial he was c^mvicte.d nnd senleneeil to (he penitentiary for life. Mrs. T'en'llet<m was present at the trial, and strange to .say, after hearing the ti'Sliinony, bclipved her hii.sliand guilty, but saVM now she cannot .see how she ever could have liclievtMl il, siiico she knew him U» he brave and honeal. About two yttara after that IVIra. Pendleton SKCURKD A DIVORCE, ^ een the aiicesU)ri of birds and the lizards of lo-ilay. It walk.s in a hiirrv, and the pholographs were secured vvilh .some diffieull.v from living siieciinens in Kng- lund, the most rapid niller-blind shui- t«T of an Anscluilz iK'ing iiece.ssai\v , as ordinary shullerN did nol workfiuit enougli, a dim, blurred streak being all till' pietiire they got. When walking erect. Its only mode when m a hurry, it leaves a track In the mud .showing Ihii'e <'lavv8. Jleaders will ri'member i lie Ihree-Kwd Ir.u'k in the sand Htoncs found in various inus- oiims. The pmfes.sors reniembered them, tiKi. and 1 lie.v are now calculaled Ihal tlie,s<( sandstone tracks were made by another such animal us this Austra- lian li/.ard. An old (luarryman onc«* told about weing a set of Ihejie sanilstone tracks blurred in phu*.s b.v aimtlitr kind of tracks, just as if one reptile had been chii.sing anolher. 11 niusi have been a highly inlere-sling race, wilh the rou- singist kind of a fight al the end. ITIl-; RECKLESS SUIiTAN. rlien, Ofien your hands." He did SOâ€" there was not a si)eck of red ii|ion them. Conscience had nuide prayed over, 'a coward of the fellow, and the unsoiled sprinkling ihem as he did su with tUe;h,inds that Ijetrayed his guilt. IcKsed vwiter. This done he produced! Seeing ihat the game was up, be 11 leaf containing some red pigment wilh | broke down and made a most abject which he daubed each knol m the liam- confession. At bis direction the watch I COS. .Vll this was done very slowly was found concenled in the hollow trunk and wilh much wearisome ceremony, so of a tree. A.s this was his first offense. Ihat by the time the rinls were prepared, my friend forgave him, deducting from there was quite a crowd of sjieciators. the wages due him, b.v w,aj- of a leason, "Sahib," .said the Braluuiu. advuuciiig t however, the hundred rupees reward, and bowing defereutiully to my host, j which was duly turned over to the Ind- "all is no., ready; but I require two ian Sherlock Holmes men of tht^ siiiuu creed or religion to hold the rods. Xo cross .sects or creeds will do; lliey must Ije influenced by the like fear or favor of their gods." ' laki- your choice," replied my friend, indii'iiling with a sweep of his bund that a selection might U- made from Iho as.siiubly. Bui this vva.s easier said than done. Nearly all refu.sed [loint blank to leiKJ theiii.selvcs to onv such iierlorin- , ance. At length, however, a crtiple vol- | *'i"n*y during the la-st week of Junu- unt"ered, wheieupou lliey were siatioii- â-  ary, when definite action toward real- ed tacing each other alioul eight feet ij,i„ , ,i,e project of a cable from Van- aiKirt. llie rods were then lifted and, . , . . ,• ... „ . . (he four ends placed under, the mens | '°'^^«'' ^'> Australia and New Zealand four ariupiis. lUith lightly supported j **is taken. At the i-onference were (he pur.ill.d liamlioos from below with official reprewmtatives from New South " aV';;,^.:;, 'it." prnver and a fresh I )J-"-' Queensland, .^uth Australia, sprinkling of the rods with the sncred I *^ ''*''''" Australia. Victoria. New Zea- v.aler, the Brahmin gravely informed ; land, nnd Tasmania. Among the offi- the mystic liambtKis of what he had phil delegates wore the Posim.istprs- learne<l ciiiicermng (he stolen article. and ,, i » n .i. . â-  u ., - (hen Imi.il.ly requested them to proceed I ''^l"'^*' "f •*" '^e colonies, the Post In the place whence il was abstracted 1 Of I ice and telegraph services being con- iind afterward to |H)int out the thief. ! ducted under one department in Austra- Standing cU«e Uside the supiK^rters i ,i„ „„,, j^„„. x,.^,a„a, ^s in Great Bri- ol llie rods, the prieal-delective kept re-; . , . minding the slicks of their duly and i ''^'"- 1 he deliberations of the confer- sliiuul.itiiig them lo the p«'rformauoe of | ence were nol made public, but these it by reimnting the words "Sigi, si>ri ! ] re.soluliuns were passed: il i II e, jui o â- .'â-  (soon soon I qui. k.iui k ) , That in the opinion of this conference lor a couMderalil. luue houever, there i a Pacific cable snould lie wnslrucled was no inanifes(ation. At length an ^ and owned jointly by the various liov- exclamatory outbreak from IIk- Hriih- i emincnls inierested. min Hn-i<miice<l tluit sonietliing was | Thai the cost of ils construction, alKiul to happen, and to our suriirise. | working, and mainten.mee lie Uirne in ollie we saw the rods cross each other hor- izontally, anil allernately rise an.l de- .scend. They v\ere now, he *lold us, oU'ying the mandates of the diety. He further informed us concerning the phenomena we were alioul to witness. The risls, he said, would Ixind in the ^ direction they required I heir support-' in (he norlh of New Zeiviand aiid Slon ers to go, vvhioli was first lo the place from which the watch was stolen, and ;if(erwards (hey would point out the thief by iH-nding towards him; and when (he iK-r.son .so puinteil out was nuide to sit on the ground, the Uimboos would, on being held over his head, seimrate anil descend, inclosing liLs head lietween Hiem. It wa.s a very slow and tedious pro- cess. For some minutes the bainliooa remained motionless, then they liegan Id bend, and the supi«)rlerH were lidd lo iidvanci' in the direction of the out- side curve until the rods again ln'came straight. This was done over and over again, the advanctvs varying from a few inches to three or four yards. Uy de the following proiH-rlions, namely: lirKit liriiuin one-lhir.l, the IJnminion of Canada one-third, and contributing AustrulasiLin colonies one-third. That the route from Fiji lo .'Vustralia hf vut Norfolk Isl.in I, tlien"e bifurcilnig to (he nearest coiivenieni landing pliu'es ton Ba.v (.Vuslralii). ITiat the colonies contribute jointly and equally to Ih.' umlerlaking. There h is been a consideralde obstacle in ihe way of unanimous uotion by the Auslraliii' colonies in regvrd (o (he Pacific ca.le in the fact thai Soulii .Vus- tralia owns (he itreiit overland lele- graph line, i,l(l.> miles long, strelching acnxss the continent from north to .SdUlh iKilween Port Dajwin and .Vde- laide, over which Australia niuv has telegraphic c<iiiiinunicalion with the rest of (he world. The cable .system from India and Kttglaud terminates at Purl Darwin, on the north of Ausiraliu, and I he Porl Darwin-Adelaide land line cmiiiecls wilh it, carrying all the Aus- tralian (elegrapliic business to the rest A correspondent of the l.iini',. â-  ijtand- urd says of the suKan: "He is i.bsolu- and was married to a Mr. Devil. Short- telv roidcless as lo (he fate of bis peo- ,^"(1.7 nr,J','-'i'[''T' '" P""" •'*^"; "';''' ' I'''* ""'I his empire. So long as he has all the properly toriiierly owned by i . . ,.,. , ... '^ , . Pendleton, which hail been awarded to : "'" * irca.ssian girls to amu.se him, his her by the divorce courl, and romovivd ' ppl regimenis to line the roails on Fri- willi her husband lo Adantii, (in. j days when he goes (o (he ninsnuc. his I'enilleliMi had been in Ihe peniton- favorite priests (o pray wilh and liis tiarv iibnut two mid a half years when courl laiffoiins to make merry fur him; u letler liearing hi.s address and a South «o lung as his army of spies enables Amerii-im iKcitnmrk arrived at the bim lo iirre-s( and su|ipress (lie unruly LiverpiKil PosI Office, l( vvius forward- and his trilH' i-f sycoplianis are ready ed to ihe peiiilenliary aul liorilies at t.o innir honey inln bis willing ears ; s.i Hunlsville, and on lieliig njiened was long a.s twenty fill )iaHhius run uii the found lo be from (Juy Ilinlon, the man ^ ibliz bill behind Ins victoria and (lie for killing whom Pendlei.m was serv- gales clang heavily after him when he |pg out a life setllence. Pendleton im- rejudies Ihe seclusion of the liaroiu â€" ho ttidialely wrote Uintoif of the strait be i» nalisfied," gives the riMls led tlieir lie.-irers in thisl„f the woiTd. If (he I'acific cable is way, along the veranda, in through the L,-„„st rueted it will seriouslv iitfeci the U'driiom door, and up to the dressing r(,„si,i,..«^ of this line, priib'ablv dimin- talile. Then lieiiding slowly, one of the ishing it by one-half. The "line was rods acdially touched the very spot laiiK in 1S71-72 by ihe South .\usira- wherc llie w.alch had lieen last laid. , linn Government, and ia owned and oner- Iteturiiing in (lie same man ner to the- â-  • • • .... . \ . veranda, llie rod Ivarera now moved slowly along in front of the nine native servanls v»!io had been placed in a row, arni'-s leuglh apart. The bamboos remained rigid enough until they (xniio opimsile the sixth man, who proved to Ihi Ihe C(M)k. Here, strange to si.v, they belli gently forward, curving oiitward, unlil at length they touched him on the breast. The man's face turned liv- id wil li fear. The nine were then ordered to sit upon the ground and the final test was iiiade. Again the bamboos remained in- aclive until the cook was reached, when they oiH'iied, bent downwards, nnd in- closed the culiirit's head. This was rc- lieated several limes with the same re- sult and it was clearl.v to lie seen that (he man's coniiuinions looked upon him as satisfactorily proven guilty of the crime. The result was quite a surpri.se> to my host, for the cook had been with him several years and vvius something of a f.norile. He was rather inclined Ic lauL'li at tlv tthot.' aff.-.f, a- ..ti».vrrt Sti!; niiilur of us cruld quile ignore the decision of the rods. As far as we cuuld son there waa nu ciitlosion bo- ated by il. Al (he conference last •binuary (he other Aiisd-alian cidonies resolved that they "would be willing jointly with Grwit Britain, loguiriMilee South .'Vustiiiilia again.sl lo.ss in contiec- lion with her transcoiilineiilal line in consequence of the construction of (he nevv cjvble." In con.sideration of an agreement that .Soulh Australia shuulil have her financial (vosilinn in' regard 111 (he overland guariniiwd, "ona iKisis of average id the pjiat five years," (he reprcsenlalives of that colony agreed to join on even terms with the other colonies in the const ruciioii of the Pa- cific c:vble. The set I lenient of this difficulty ma- terially clears Ihe way tor the British Pacific cable project. Canada has all along been anxious to have I he cable buill, and has 'â- eni Commissioners (o Aus(ra.lia (o urge on (he colonies the desirability of the enlerprise. Great Britain would like Ihe cable it only for strategical purpo.ses. It is likely, therefore, thai some definite plan of actual work will siKm be agreed upon. The conference muHiinteil a committee .<o "consul! on all important points wilh the Ag<'nl.s-l)eneral for the Australis- iun ooloiiies" in l.undou. THEY MEASUEE Umi RESULTS OF TESTS OP A WONDER- FUL APPARATUS. MachlBn Thai da Muitl Harvelloas TblBsit â€" VIrls at SixaadTklrtren-laar Henl- al Calibre. A machine to measure brains, known as the pendulant chrunoscope, is in oiwration in the School of Pedagogy in the Tniversity of New York. A " child is abown a shutter and told to pre^ a button as soon as the shutter drops. The interval between the drop- ping of the shutter and the pressing of the button shows how quickly the child can respond to an optical im- pression. The eliiidren who respond the meet quickly are tbe smartest, and the! schools of the future will grade them accordingly. Charts, giving" the results of a great many experiments, prove that girls are brighter, on the average, at six years old than seven, and that after seven they get bright again, and also that they are dullest at thirteen. The pen- dulanl chronoscope that is responsible for those charts shows, too, tiiat boys average better than girls in brightueas and general capability. One chart give.s ihe results of experiments in seeing double objects. It shows that ' the girls were markedly better in thi» , lust thaji the olhir. j THK STUDY OF HANDWRITING. Handwriting is denned of great con- . sequence at the school, and the sub- ject LS examined with scientific ac- curacy. Professor Shaw, the dean, says, for examjile, ttuit they have made seven thousand tests for the sake of . comparing vertical with sloping hand- writing, but that Ihe reaulu have not, an yel, beuu fully enough examined to hazard a conjecture an to which will prove the butter way. They have also made elaborate tests to discover when fatigue begins, in vv-riting, and when speed begins to decrease. Wilh many people fuiigue begins before the writing ; doeti, but ihikt isu i tbe kind of answer that the profe.-^iors looku<l for. They j found that, on an avera,^B, speed uoed . not begin to decrease until the tweniy- fourth line, but ihat before that. In rapid writing, farigue has begun, and is shown in nervous twitchings in the letters. In these tests, the line, "John is flying his paper kite," is used, for ft has eleven long letiera, and the cum- binalions and lorms are admirable for tbi' desired purpose. THfc.' STUDY OF NAMES. Some in their tests include the writ- ing of adulus, as well as of children, and Professor Shaw says that jourual- ists are den-idediy (he most rap;d writ- ers as a claas. ; "Their writing is always well form- ! ed," as he courteously expresses it . but, as he truthfully adds, 'it is hard to read." j .Vnothcr machine in the school is the pleihlsmograph, which finds how intelligent a cniU; i« by ils general nervousness. It i.s a lulle rubber b»d- lows. attacheil to a rublx-r luLw, which carried a small lover. Ti'e bellows is placed against the wrist a. the pulse, and the he.irtlieals make little gusts of air paiis through Ihe bellows in such a way as tj move the lever and record the beats. How a child is affected by various experien-es and feeliugs may thus U( lu-curalely kiuvvn, as ihe ma- chine will record il ait. It is intended U> faslen a plelhismograph on a girl s wri.si in ih.; moniiog. ;ind nol take it off nil the days schooling is over. I'hen the record will lie examined, and the teacher can see just how everything b;Ls affected the girl during the diy. HOW MICH CAN YOl SI FFEB. In stime respwis the algomeler is the moisl inlercsiiug apparatus of all. The school has nol oiie as yet. but is g'dng to gel it. It is an iusirument that will show the amount of pain that can lie endured. It is like a small pump, with a spring balance in the handle. A piston, wilh a metal disk at the end, projects from the tuU-. The liiak is j)ressed against (he child uniil a pain IS felt, and the brighter il is the scon- er it cries i«ul. .Nui brighter liecause it slops the pain li> crying, bul localise ' it has better brain j>i»wer. A dullue«ur to pain proves duUuejw lo mind. Ihe iKJBsibilities of such an instru- meut ore wonderful. [•Jxaminationa tor Wt«i Point or for the colleges will no longer be matters of long study and car.'ful exammatious, bui the mental livsts will be rapidly and scientifical- ly applied. The candidate who will stand punishuuut without flinching will 1h< promptly reje<-ted, and the et- â-  fe*ts of this new .system on the school lite and athletics of the fulure will lie radical and far-reaching. A RlVErS MySTERIOUS TIDE. Pe<-ullar>ty ur llie Kiver Ht. Lawn-iire. The tidal movement in lh» SI. Law- rence is uot the familiar diurnal one com uon in the ocean and other exten- sive bodies of water, salt or fresh, and caused by the attraction of the moon. It is something much more mysterious. Ihe allegation is that the big river has a total tidal p 'riod of about four- teen years, and ilial is that il falls regularly and continually for seven con- .seculive years, dropping its level four or five feel, and then raises for the next ensuing seven years. those who make this assertionâ€" and its most per- sistent adherents are the fishermen and guides who study the river as a mutter of busine.s.s frma day to day and year to yearâ€" art< fortified with "apparently excellent evidence. They will show you the islands suli- merged for twelve yeais (hat only shnw Iheuuselves at the lowest water during the two remaining years of the period. They will rovv yoii out to per- peU'liiuUir cliffs, upon whix-i» sides they their fathers and their grandfathers liefore thciu have marked high water, and the alleged dales seem lo confirm the lhe«iry. What makes this singular movement of the water more aiHiarent is the tiw.l that Ihe lordly S( Lawrence is net subje*u to the floods and dr^jughts which raise and lowor the level ofal- uMwt all rivers iimny .times during the course of each .year. ' Fxcept for Ihe almost iiiqx'rceptible "tidal" ri.se or fall, ;us the cjiae mii.v Ik^, its level is constant the year around. Weeks of heavy rain do not disturb its steady volume or sjKiil Ihjj angler's .sport by m.iUiiig muddy the' cltiar water.