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SUMSTROCK Y UEOKUI M IN V1U.I fKKM. OHAiTKH XIII. Buruu henl down ud triad to raine .In*'- phiiic to hw feet, thai lie might lead her to chair ; but the milted. " N<," he said in a low passionate voice; "you have not cast me down. It U he who has done thu." "Ye*." said (ireville sternly. " H w I who hare done thii, by my charge : and it ill whoiliuulit rite you up. ao<l humble mywlf to you, child, but not yet not yet." He turned and walked alowly to the door, to (land there with hu back to them, wait- ing ; and Burn* followed almoat directly, to turn Itrlnrek* passed out, and meet joae phine'seyM fixed upon hu with a grateful " It ii impossible, Captain Urevtlle," lie aaid in a quick iingry whinner, aH they p- pruached Manton ' room ; but his host made no reply, merely going on before him with bowed head ami a look of agony in hu coun- tenance which aeemed to have aged him by ten >cun. They entered the room very jjenily : but Kenee heard them, and itarted up to look piteonily in her father 'i eyes ; while Manton opened hif, and gazed from oce io the other uuestionmgly, a* if aiking for help .ml relief. (reville felt hii hea-1 and hands, and then bent 'Still in no much lower over him. pain '" he whispered, Manton made no answer but a n which told all ; and the captain wiped clammy dew from hi* temple*. ile, the he added after a pauie, " it it not tlie first Sn~h a creature- ii not fit to live." He hurried Burn* on u> the deuaely wood ed part where the cottage* of the black* were clustered. Ai they approached one of the beat of the cottage*, superior to the rest, and with the garden better kept, Gre- ville uttered an ejaculation. " I might have known," he> laid. " I wit* mad not to have had it destroyed." " What- what it it !" cried Uurns. "There it is," aaid Ureville bitterly, a* lie pointed to a good-sired tree ri*ing behind the cottage" the machincel." Burn* looked eagerly at the tree with it* mall Hpple like fruit. " A deadly Kuphorbia, leaning with vir- ulent poison." He waa about to enter the garden, when a black woman came toward them from one of the cottage* with a curiou* shrinking iter. "Where i* SemiramiaT" aid (ireville clooly. " I n't know, Maasuh. de bonne. " a wild cry ; but de dog came oat agai.i dir- ectly, and made for another, tk reading the narrow pathway quickly, and d.i)>iug through the low doorway ai once. " Hah .'" cried UreviU* ; " that'* good." He dog ran round loe room, came out, and, Doee down, made straight for '/he plan- tation, where a group of labourer* *tood to watch them approach ; and as the dog paid no deed to them, hut wenton along a narrow palii by a patch of cane-ground, they one by one left their work and followed at adU- tance, " Another proof," aaid (ireville in a low voice ; " they tell roe plainly that she ha* taken to the foreoU see her taken. Look Burn* wsa already watching the lagaciou* beast, which was straining hard at the They will follow us to at Nep. " thong a*, with no*e down, h* followed a CHAPTKR XV. The next morning dawned with Manton plunged in a deep sleep, which lasted for nearly twenty -four hoar*, and from thi* be awoa* weak once more a* a child. But the convalescence was one long dream of happinea*, from which be aeemed to be rudely awakened on* day by the return of the ihip and the call back to duty. "Ye*," aaid (ireville, a* tr-e time for parting came. " Some day, if Kenee doe* not changu her name. " Two year* after she wa* Commander Manton * wife ; and the captain accompan- ied her and her young husband hack to Kngland, where he had elected to end hi* days. For the time hod came when the dreamy plantation life had liegun to pall. Think she go to She i. " No : we have come from there. Incline. " He wont on, followed by Burnt. " I have been a father to these people," said (ireville angrily, " and yet there i* no one I c-an trust. That women lie* tome at once. They say anything to eacape blame. " He thrust opun the door of the cabin and er.^ered. Not here," he aaid fiercely. " But .he iliall be found. They will try and hide her." " From love ?" ' From hate. There i. not a black on the 4 Can't -can't you do something?" came ' island who will nol help her ; for foa- lhal iu a hoarse whisper. she should work some *pell mother words, " I ant doing something, ' said the captain dr.'g food or the water, out of revenue." ' but we mini wait. When did you drink th*t water?" Some time toward morning, I think or was it morning?" said the sufferer faint and be had found a successor in Burns, who narrJw winding Irack right in among lhe '< ui '\f d . , the """"? u P n wr ?" l ' D , lo " K tree. t*yond the captain" clearing* ; and, wlbheUl promiM from Josephine that .he forgetting the heat in hi. excitement. Burn. wo " ld hli H* hurried on behind in lhe dark overgrown Ten y 8 *. "^ P**** 1 "*. Mon tbe track, one which wa* rarely used. young people met again, and it waa in anawer to a question that Josephine **>id : I wa* a foolish girl, and knew uo better then Kenee. Yen, I loved him dearly. Then in a minute my love w.a turned to hate, and I told lhat wretched woman, a* I told her all my trouble* then. Ye*, I hated him; but I would sooner have died than cauaod , Then, aay no ly. " I don't think I touched it in thr night, and yet I seem to fancy 1 hoard the glaa* strike ayiucsl the vessel." Yes; in the night," *aid Burn* quickly. "I heard you." "No," aaid Manton, after a few minute*' pauae, dvnug which be had draggled hard ' She gone." to bear a lernhlr paroxysm of pain "no; I ^Mione ' did not touch it in the night. I am sure He hurried Burns to where the men and women were at work in his fields, and every where there wa* a shake of the head in au wer to his qneationi. N'o one had Me " Mis ami* " that morning : and at last, faint wir- beat, < ireville turned back. tk Burn, followed him, and at the gale they wrri* met by one of the black labourers. " Ye* : what is it ?" cried (ireville. " Maiuh look for " Miramia, dey ay. \\ here does this lead to '.'" said Burn* at last "To a kind of meeting-house io tho forest. I never interfere with them in thi*. It is of jio use. Tired ?" "No, I think not, "aaid Hums, whoseetn ed to lie ei.du.-d with fresh strength. Kor < , the next hour neither spoke, but with the * m P* 1 "' * nd ' dog tugging silently ,t the throng, followed Hf*.*" ' " " " '" the path in and out among the tree*, till, all c at once a large roughly lhalched hut blocked further progre**, the path going in under * II the low doorway, and Burns's heart leapt Dot, 2.3.1 1-4, waa bred on the farm of to hi* mouth a* tbe dog uttered a growl and ,j h n Muagrove. Norlhwest Arm, Cape Bre- bounded upon something dimly seen in lhe ton, N. S., Hi. .ire was a hone call.xl Lord windowless .belter at the farther end. < Nelson, by Bellfounder Morgan, a very fa*t Hah!" ejaculated (ireville as Uir dog I ail j goo> \ DO r*, (bowing a lot o' the Mor- i a gamey little French - great driver, *nd quite that pirtof 'he oounlry. Thi* Mu- I auimil and laking ibc kerchief from hi* ' grove, who raised Dot, was a seafaring man, jawH. -"Seek her, then." | and left his slock in di >T. ON *>> IIBCMTCV. Hah I ejaculated (ireville as kbe aoc ' and good bor**, ihowi *ei/cd what proved to be a gaily coloured ; KM1 . Hi* dam wa* a ! handkerchief. " We are on the right track. Canadian mare, a gr I (iood dog!" he continued, patting the ! fsjt for that part of th har/e of hu friends. Id when she wa* bred, turned out in a back forert again; but the path hadoeased. There | putu re to live or die. Late in the fall, The iloij made a plunge forward through Thi* mare waa a screened opening at the liack out into the ' sjid was afterwards wa* morning. 'Hei. wrong," .aid Burn* in a whiaper to i i rville. " 1 diatuii-tly keard him touch the bottle amd glau. " (reville looked from one to the other run oualy, and then walked to the window, and stood thor* thinking whether '.here wa* any thing he could do to help hm guest. As h* left the bed*ide. Kenee let her head ink again in despair, for she oould gather no hop* from the face before her, and once , more a terrible silence fell upon the group; while Hani*, after looking intently t the *m drawn countenance of his frien.f, on tiptoe to apeak to (ireville. who was leaning out of the window, and aremed to be trying to reach snowthmK below him in .I'ligit tho flowers which covered tho top ol the veranda and climbed upioea.1 tlie jalousies. The next moment he wa* alanding up right eiamining a kind of chaplet or neck lace formed of the bright red seeds of the snake wood. " Have you ssen tin* before ?" be whisper i-.| t.i liurnB. "That? Yes. I have *em our nune, 'Miramis, wearing il constantly. Why'" "Thu creeper is liruken and lorn down ton* where ?" The msn pointed to the na. ' 'Kutusgo fishin' di* mawnin', nail ; and 'Mintmucome down and shout to man wiv a boat ; and he come ashore and talk, talk ; and ilen 'Miratnisgot in deboat, and da man lit' in urn big bundle and set de sail and go right away. " I. this true?" cried I ireville, catching th 3 man by the throat. 11 Oh 'is, maasah, all de treof. 'Mirarai. gone right away." " Ah !-.vnd why " 'Cuw a buckra maaiah very ill." That will do. < .> !" aaid (ireville : and the ma* who was trembling in every limo, were, though faintly visible, footstep* on the moist isrth, and the *c*nt wa* strong enou v' h for i he dog to go on as rapidly as he J f ou r day* old. Tucking one of her ears. The brollier of Ihis Muigrove, open, and it waa evident now that they were ascending a steep slope, but diagonally. she ha* made for the mountain," laid Ureville quietly. r>w words were spoken in their breath 1 le*t auent. bul from lime to time the sceiut seemed -o frenh, and the dog tugged so lhal (ireville grew excited. " Keep a lookout forward," he aaid. " We i K >n~to put him hurried awa ' ' Her con captain slowly. mint l> near her no* down before she <au when they went out to look for her, they found her lying dead, with a colt, perhap* a boy twelve or fourteen yean old, look lhe lillle cult under his arm, carried him home and fed him on cow* milk until hi* brother re- turned from his voyage. Upon seeing the cult the *ailor ordered the boy to kill it, Iclling him the colt wa* BO small it would never be worth a dollar. Tbe boy begged to have the life of the Ii' tie 01 ^han spared aud finally go', pcrinis- ' a flock of pen with I want In run her I ( h*ep, where he often gave th* colt a port reaih the wood* ay. feasi on of her guilt.' aaid lie Then von will have her followed aud piini*h*d for the crime ' ' said Barns. " If he die* -yes, If 1 save bun BO. The chances are that I should never have her found The woman ha* th* reputation of being a follower of Obeah ; and, as 1 have told you, such as .he are suppmiil to bring death to tkoee who are their enemies, ami tie iwople fear them. No : wo shall never see her more. " firevill* whispered to Barns to slay where he waa whil* h* wenl baok Io the up some little distance nheed. " There she i*," he whispered. " Quiet, Nep ! Sh* ha* not beard us. Keep level witn me uow," he continued ; " aud a* soon a* we are clus* up, wine her. Ill hold the dog. It wa* a time of Ureathle*. interest a* they drew nearer lhe softly ruing vaour ' alxiul the window," aaid (ireville hurrindly; room where Josephine wan seated alone; " aud the persou who did it aeems I? have ' and ten minutes posaed before he returned, dropped lhe necklace on lhe verauda top. ' to aign to Ibe young man to follow him Io What should you *av it moanl?" " Sonic one must have climlied out. " " Or climbed up, ' said I ireville excitedly. "Oonie down with me. We can tlo no- thing here." I'uulcd aiid wondvnng. Burns followed him into the room where Joeeplnne crouch- ed upon the mailing in the same attitude *s that in which they had left her "Josephine, my child," laid lireville an bsrply that the girl sUi led up and looked at him wildly, "W hotel* tin*?" She took the necklace he held out, and (Irevillo watched her closely **he rnplu'd " It belong* to Minium " ' When did yon aee it laal " 1 l.ist night, I think, when ah* came to Sh came to any window." "Ah!" cried <reville. your window' When " It wae when I went up to bra " Why t Tell me the truth." " I mi ti-llu.g you til* truth," eid the airli-oldly. "She often comes to my win dow of a> night. Ills nonBc-iiM ; but lhe tbinkishe is wUei woman, and slut make* im uill her my troubles, and promice* me that they ahall all depart. " "Hah :" said (ireville iharpely ; "and you i.d-S h*r uf your troiibln last night ?" .loteoliini- wa sili ut for a few moments. " Why dnyou noti|ieak, girl?" aaid (ire- \ 'lie sternly 11 1 wa,* think ing, "said Josephine (lowly. " I waa IM so much trouble that I hardly know what I said. Shu told tin-, though, that my trouhly nlmtild not las!." " You foolish girl '" oried the captain nngrily "I believe you mini. i-iil. clnld ; but it i* through you that this horror has lie, II i iliard " " I I d.iii'l understttiid." "Then I will not eiplain. llurnx, rmnu with me." I he v""R man gazeil at lntn wondeiin^ ly, and t In n followed him out into the gar lien wliere tlm lough palm *teiu which inp- ported tho veran<ln beneath Mantnti's win- ilnw nhowixl tra'fn lui'b n* would have been the liedrnom, when to all appearance, the minutes f Manton'* life were drawing to a cloae CHAPIKK XIV. After a ahorl stav, tbev left the room once mnrv and went out into the garden. " Iranuot bear it. Burn*, cried (Jrenlle in agony. " It will kill her loo. 1 must do aomeihing. " He utopped abort, with Ins brow rugged and teeth vet, thinking intently. 1'nen, with a look of rag*, he turned auddeiily upon hi* companion. " It wa* a lie," he laid I ought to hav* known a beggarly, transparent invention ; but it trickedinr for the lime." " I do not understand you, ir. " " That black acoundel, Brutus: .be sent him with that tale to nut me off the sient. She has nol left the uuiid, but 11 hiding m the wuuila. "But tlie man" "I tell you they will all lie, and invent i-hildi h lone* In nave one another from punishment. I know them by heart. Coma tn the plantation again. I'll nave the truth from ill- in, or " At that moment a low, deep mouthed bay- ni|{riN.fronil>eyoii.l the lioneo. "Ah! ' .aid (irevillo, he never lies! Come .jukkly. Now I hill know the truth." Hums followed him a* he hurried Ui the far tide of lhe honae, where ltnn<*r'* great lif\y . In MI-.! ( 'Him n h!n.>i|liii>iii. I wa* onsiii '., and which now rose up on its hind legs and IMUI-.I and fought to get ni it smaller. "Imwn, Nep! down, NepV he c ried; and the dng crouched at once while his chain waa slipped from hi* collar. "Hut MI rely you are not going to hunt the woman, Mir, with that, savage bea*>?" " I am not going to hunt a woman, sir, but a vile murderer. You need not be alarmed : a word from me is enough to re- -i i I'M that dog." (turn* w is silent ; and at a word, the liv hounded before, them nn their wuy hark to the woman's cabin, about which several women were grouped a* they approached ; i of hi* own crust of bread and sometimes I got him a plate of porridge left over from (ireville uttered a ory of satisfaction at he ,; breakfast table. In the *pring th* lil- ilrew llurnss aUenttoii to a curl of smoke] tie colt wandered off with the aheep. *um- uirrvd with them, followed them to the barn in the tall, wintered with them, and ran with them lhe next summer The following winter lhe boy got an old pair of pong runner* and fitted uo a aled. Us also made a harness from a few old straps and ends of rope and began driving th* little fellow, whose *peed at once attracted his brother's attention aud pleased him *o much that he got a genuine harness made. On* day towards sprint; the sailor wenl into Sidney, got on a racket, sommenced to blow svo.it the little colt'* spenl, and finally made a match for $100 a aide agamat the crack trotter of the town, beat three in five, mile heat*. On tbe day of the race) crowd* wenl to ice lhe trot, nol expecting, of coarse, lhat thr In tie sheep, a* h* wa* called, would make any show wilh tbe crack trotten of apour place, which betrayed the woman's hailing pi and. making rvi i \ effort not to treedou iho loow stone* which promised to rattle beu nealli iheir fret, they gained lhe mouth of a hollow, oul of which the .moke rose ; but to their surprise, the dog tnrned off to Iheir left, and suddenly threw up it* head, whin ed angrily, and .napped at a tiny curl of smoke which rose from between it. feet. " Sulphur r iried (ireville. " l"ah !" liurn. hod already stepped aside, for he hail inhaled the choking fume* which they could now nee were escaping from crack* in the loose vulcanic soil, upon which the vapour wa< being coodeuied IM a pale yellow ernorew enoe. "I thought we bad run her down, ' (aid (Irevill*. " I 'roof that the old volcano i* not quite head: ()o ou then, bey. mb.ill overtake her soon. She must Sidney. The betting wa* slow, 10 to 1 against the sheep, with but few taken. The aailor iuveated all his summer aavmg* at those odds, and bet hi* *ilv*r watch and gill chain against CIO, then got in and drov* the colt himself the tint two beat*, and wa. We beaten iu both. He then called the boy. who have had been a .ilenl spectator, and who** eye* lieen here aforn. perhap* to fetch sulpluir or I were tilled with tears by Ih* unfair treat- to perform *ome uiuinbo-Jumbo Iruk* to frighten the weak fool*." lid, For the dog was tugging to get on, after dragging them in and out ainongal the monl of hi* liltle pel, and told him Io gal in and drive th* eol. The boy cheerfully mounted th* old pung runuers, and a* soon as lhe word was giv*n for the third heat huge vesioulatod nvuwo* of pumice, bare of called on the coll. which responded gamely vegelatiau and glistening in the sunabine, shol to *h* front, won the heal wilh east it suddenly made a dash downward for and almost shnt out the crack trotter. Dot al.ut a hundred f*et, lurned In at a broad ! won lhe next two heat* without any trouble cavernous ritt in I he mountain side. and then which ended the race. The sailor gave the drew back, Ibnw up it* head, and uttered ly K*>. nd after lhal the little coll wa* a deep mouthed bay. called Dot, and wa* the bos* of the road. MUolo earth!" cried Ureville excitedly. | Dot waa often .ubjeeted to hanh treat " In with you, limn*, nud bring her out. ment ,unl severe hardships when lhe aailor No,sh*ismy servant. Holdtbedog. Illgo.' wa* at home. He wa* lin*lly aold to a Hums, will, his heart beating heavily, drunken coal cutler, who often let the little , tbinsl hi* hind beneath Nep's collar, and j fellow *land all night at tho tavern door in I eld him fail. cold winter wealher wilhout a *lilch of This rifl led n.loquite a litlle cavern, whoa* eovci ing At daylight he would run tbe interior wm 111 up by lhe nun ; and there, ' little f*llow seven miles '.o hi* home. not twenty feet from them, lay the figure of , lhe black woman, apparently iloeping after pony to a oa*ual observer, but he carried When 1 got IVjt h* wa* a lorry looking her toilsome climb. .. _ me home, -JUO miles, on .addle in four and (iioville pressed forward into the cavern, !a half day-, and trotted in '.'..TOfor me on .id staggered l*ck, choking v ol.mtly. | th* ice ill le than ihree months after I " (ioodhcatena !" herjaculalrd. "I could bought bun. not breelhe. Bui us ' ihat woman ! The spring that he wa* right yeats old He said no rnoi e. bul turned Ins heed to ' took him to St. John, N. B. aud entered him the sharply blowing breee, look a deep in ' in a free for all on lhe Torryburn track, lialation. and then pluuged inlo tho cve, , There were **ven (tarter*. l>ol got lhe and alaggertMl out dragging after him the word Ivlly 40 yards behind the pole hone, hody oflhe wretched woman, till he wa* a ' yel he diatanced th* whole lot of them in few yard* from the opening, where lie low tliu first hat. The Judges claimed t hat be orrd her soflly down. had a " peculiar gait/' and ruled him oul, "Dead? gasped Burns. " Ye*. There inuat havu been a freiih es- cape off ume*. " aaid (Srevilloilowly. "There. for which the people drore lhe judge* fiom the stand aud broke up the day's .ports. \Vo never got Dot', winning* nor the money ISurni up hy made by one who had rlimbrd up. The piece oft i .ink was rugged with the gront dry footalalks u? thu old palm leave)*, which ' i.nt all Hrd in l.orror at lhe sight ol had liecn left so a* to form support to the I .lug. deeper that had been planted Io run up, so Ol lhat an ascent was *sy enough, but not without iliiiui Imiif the clustering items and leafage of a beautiful ltUK>tin\illea which was in several place* broken and lorn away. "There is no doubt her*," .aid harply. "Home one ha* uliiiilwul thi. JOTS) t," " Vfe," n nil. -.1 rireville, as he lient down in eiamine the iireopsr ; and look hem; som* of thii ha* been clumsily Ibru.l lck. Here ia a piece lucked iu that bu I rnken rifllil off." Them WM hn-4. snl look In (ireville 'a faces* h* liirne.l **"" <hn \eruida. ' \Vhai ire ynu going io <lo'" said llhiiie, who wa* startled by tin- u iu liis companion 'seyu*. "lo, boy' \Vhsl would ynu , 1. 1 to the. rptiU> yo'i have foler<d loihe rialt B\ 4^1- .ctratiirc ynu h^r fe.d an I ii-mh.. wh'iiit I. i 'dried and *tiui|( you to th.- heart? li'irA It out au.l crush il. -All 1" rev i lie laughed bitterly. " N on see," he said. "One would think I luintml my people with thi* hound. Here, .V*p ' In wiln you boy !" He strode right into the> cabin, and after a few moments' consideration, snatched np .t gown lyiiit! " the lied. " Here, hey, here !" he cried, shaking the cotton rlrewi ; and the dng made n plunge, buried hi. lu-ad in il, annllcd np other articles of nttiie which lay alMHit a* If their owner had just made a change. ; and Ibe dog ton 1 at them Mci/eil them in hi. poHurful jaws, aud shook and turned them oter,growling and snullling ulxiiit. " Th " *t willd* now utrady '." (Ireville look a leather thong from his picket, fanli'in-il it to tlie. dog's collar and tod him In the dour. " Now, hc|^i. a "you will ..Hm *ee." Th* dofl llle.l I (i bound off, but settled down Urcrtly with I'-i iiie nlnm Io the gmuinl. nnd feil them In nnd nut to one 'of the cottages, where a woman withiu Ml uy h.; not been a cloud ahmil the 'crater for ! we bet in the pools, amounting to over months. 1'oor fcwli.h wretch ! She must ' r.'.OOO. All the New Brunswick hon*mn v* staggernl in there, worn out. to lie left th,. track. The morning after th* rac* down an.1 rost, and lieen overcome.- -Lei u Uiirteen hone, were JHsM on the can and tliack, i>d .end I he people Io fetch ber sent home. The intention of iheir owner. ao ..U-, .i own. Look Ten minute, later (Ireville and Iturn. were toiling down the mountain, th latter liegmning lofoelan exhaustion againat which In- loul.l liardly tight. It wa* i|inte dark when they reached the nluiiiaiioii hotifto ; and upon (ireville hurry ing in the *ick chamber, lie found that there had l*en apparently bat little change. Man- ton was gaxinu with a fixed (tare in Kenee'* eye., too mncli pro*lrittd now to be able Io a* expressed was never to lake horses to that cut throat track, and they never did to my knowledge. 1 took little IM to Boston, and after showing a fast mil* there sold him to the late \Vcaiey I', llalch. He trotted in many race* the following cummer, and his peculiar gait was never questioned. He never wa* lent for a record, but a 'J.'-ti clip was an easy thing for him. He was rigbl up to lhe .boulders of winner, in i'J4. Mr. Ualch old Dot Io Hiidu Dohle, and a few weeks o^.at.U'h.Trn^^ in his pat ienfi f.ce and a oouplVof bour. i *'j" , lX>1 ' le "* ">t*n hr-- l"l,,,,b. drew a long deep Lalh. ,m| I '*< ht 7^ '^7, ^ w't wbis.ero.1 word* in Ren.*', ear which made ] llll ' on - Ho *" oil<Kl '"'>-' W.8. ber .1*1 1 lo her feet, fling heraimx ub.uit "' American Breeder. h*r tdtbei 'H nei'k, and burnt into nn hj m.-, i cal fll of wr|iia>:, | ust a* a low wailinj! chon.s eame thi.xigli ill* open window from the direction of the cabin* of the blacks which was answered by a moui nful howl aud the r it lie of a chain. Setmrnmis had lio< n borne down from th. uiouiiia.ni, uiul W.IH UuiigoaiTiid to h-i hill. " Yen won't *ait m* at all," a* th* man kid to to* taller who rcfuard him crht. I ..u.l,>n pay* it* ga* coupanie* annually 4,400,000 for a c<mm<l:ty which coat* to pr.rehio* only 1,IOO,(VO, thn* giving the inuiiopotie* a clear profit of t'l ,.'*>t,iK*J. The oft diacuavod problem of a .ubslitula for dynamo* in electric lighting by provid- ing a cheap, inodorou*. inoffensive electri* battery, capable of supplying sufficient light for domestic uses, is again claira*4 be mil ved by M. 1'oudroux of Paris. By hi* new battery he claim* the ability to employ a great surface of zinc in a cell of lhe desir- ed moderate capacity containing bat a .mall qaantity of liquid, and with the ad- vantage of the ingredient, of the solutions, as he i-tate., being very cheap. According to statement* by those praeti- eally engaged in the industry, the manufac- ture of gu** bottle* by machinery appean to powoM *om* decided advantage* over the ordinary method, even with the appli- anee* and proce**** thu* far developed. (lathering the gla*i metal in the usual man- ner, it is allowed to run from th* rod inU au iron cup, which holds the quantity re- quired for making the bottle, when a hol- low iron plunger at the bottom of the cup U p u. bed up through the mu* and the cap reserved, leaving the glaa. in a plastic con- dition impended from the hollow plunger, through which air i* admitted. The cup, which i* hinged, is uow removed, and lhe movement of a level admit* a small qaantity of air ; the bulb U then flattened at the dot- torn and dropped into the mould, which lat- ter i* at once closed and th* air applied, tins movement completing the Bottle, which i* taken in hot to the annealing oven. A much-needed invention ha* lately been brought to notice in London and received the commendation of the press. U consuls of a simple and inexpensive device for auto- matically .hutting off the gai when it has been blown out instead of being turned off in the usual way. The principle upon which thii mechanism i. baaed i* th* expansion and contraction of a metallic loop made of (ierman silver and *teel, which is adjiuted vary close to lhe gaa flame. One end of lhe loop i. free, while the other u secured Io Ibe future; a valve containing the ga* is attached to th* free end. and, when the ga* i* burning, the valve u open and the gaf freely escape*. If, however, the ga* I. blown onl, lhe property of the loop i* quickly Io cool and contract, and th* valve will .hut off the gaa. The device i* aaid to lespond promptly to the change in tempera- ture. German engineer* ari of the opinion thai quite a success ha* been achieved by the re- cent establishment at Offenbach of a system ol pipe, for the transmission of power by compressed air, the laying down of the pips* having been commenced about a year ago, and the work being consummated in lhe face of many dirlicullie*. The total length of pipes thus laid amounted Io 7,700 yard*, of which I.TirJ consisted of pipe one fool in diameter, 1,710 yard, of eight inche. dia meter, and 4,347 yard, of four inches dia- meter. The pipe* were laid about one and one-half feet below the footpath, the con- nection* of th* pipe* being mad* by mean. of India rubber, according to the method punned for similar work in Paris, and valve* are provided for .hulling oil lhe air from separate length, of pipe. On the in- itial trial of th* system, made by the engi- neering authoritiea of th* town and by the I Boiler Inspection Association, it appeared that there wa* a loa* amounting to U. 1 1 of an almoephere in seven and one-half hour*, lhal is, U.39 of a cubic metre per hour kilo- metre. a loci equalling 13 per cent, on lhe daily output, lhe power Irannnitted being, on an average, 50O hone power a very fa- vorable showing. ( )ne of lhe most notable mechanical achi- evement* of late i* the great pulley which ha* been placed in the mill of the Williman- ti<-. I'onn. , Manufacturing Company, for transmitting power from the mammoth en- gine of thai plant. Thi* pulley weigh* seventy tons, i* twenty eight feet in dia- meter, and ha. a face nine feet across ; it i* caxt in twelve lection*, each section carry- ing a .poke and a segment of the rim, the latter being lacked ui it* casting by what i* technically known a* rib work, in appear- ance reeembling a *erie* of heavy iron panelling. Including the hub piece*, there are twenty-.ix parts to the wheel. The poke* alone weigh W.OUO pound*, the inn alone W.UUO, ami th* bolting together of lhe sect ion* i* by a **rie* of lso-_>\ and -Jf bolt*. The power from t h* great engine U distributed from this pulley by three belt*. one about 4!l inches wide and two of J4 in- ches width each ; the wheel make* 00 revo- lution* per minute, the ratface travelling exactly one mile in that space of time. The haft which thi* prodigious pulley hang* upon i* soin* '-'I f**t in length, including the disks at either end, and of itself presente the enormous weight of '27 ton*. Tho di*covery of late, by some foreign chemists, that nickel combines with carbon monoxide to form a nickel carbon oxide, promia**, it is thought, to b* useful iu con ne.-iiou with the development of nickel } dating. At that time the experimenter* ailed to obtain any similar o mpouud of carbon monoxide with another metal, it i* taled, but considering it strung* lhal nickel should he lhe only metal capable of entering into continual ion with this particu lar ga*, investigation was continue.! more especially with iron, and undet viry varied conditions reuniting finally in demonstrat- ing lhe fact thai iron is volalixable, although apptirently in very small quantities, in a current of carbonic oxide. According to the account given hv the txnerimen'em, and published iu the (Mi iiifalJoui mil brief- ly, they volatilised some finely divided iron in a current of carbonic oxide at ordinary ttmper^luros, the deposit, given all the known reaction >f iron iu remarkably bril- liant colors. The exhibition at (ilaagow, Scotland, of Mr. Mills'* new method of propulsion for marine craft ha* be*n exteiisivaly described, and w. uld appear nol dissimilar iu it* main feature to what had previously been propos- ed in this country. Th* plan consist, in the placing of the propeller at the bow in- stead of the stern of thr ship, this change from lhe usual construction being made by the inventor in view of what be regard* as. two legitimate consideration* tint, that the revolution of the screw propeller in it* ordinary position at the sttrn of lhe vessel produce* a vacuum, which must be rilled by the inruihing water ere the ship obey* the forward impulse, aud wound, that lhe water at the bow of the ship often resistance to itsjiiovcnient. Concluding, therefore, that ll.e propeller should be placed at th* bow, the ('Inn in this ease i. that the shaft is carried through the bow, bearing a conical propeller with a diameter nearly a* greal M the beam of lhe bin. The outside of the cone consists of webs protecting at right sngles to lhe surface, ana arranged tn > piral, the action being thus a boring ci'