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. 1 i juiji;," y i."mmi. m n araT»»-»»-iri!«'. i »i » M»i' â-  â-  " i; fME VERY LATEAi FROM ALU THE WORLD OVER. iattrMtlnt Itami About Oar Own Cvuntry, Qreat Britain, tb« Unltad Statei, and All Part* of tha Qluba. Coadaoaad and As«ort«<l tor Bmty Readlox. CANADA. Acccurriin^ to tie ivnaufl taken on Hay 261 b. the populatiuu of Winnipeg ia »1.6t9. Th«i hi^h w»t«r in the Fraaer River ia (ubsidinf , and railway traffic has been reeuniod. Mr. T. A. Waordell of Dimdaa hoa b«en elected Grand Master of tlte Cana- dian Ordt>r of Oddfellow*. Tii« crop outloolc in Manitoba oon- tinu«s to improve, and the proai)ecta tor a bountiful harvest are promiaiog. Tiie OttawB City Council has adopted * t^y-law prohibiting bicyclista ^cing faster than eight miiea ait hour within tlui city limits. Assistant Engiiuwir B. C. Barrowhas been reixmuueuded for the appolnt- znent of City iij>gine«r of Hamilton in •uoo(«sion oi the Late Mr. Hasklns. John ChaxltoD M.P.„ lias entered suit against the New York C^'ntral iiailway Couji»ajiy for liamages for injuriee re- oeiveil in as accident at Tonawanda lart Deoeiuber. United Btalca officers are in Edmon- ton, Alberta, looking for a man known as Cigarette Charley, who is accused of murdering a aon of A.W.G. Ott at Whealon, 111. Mr. George Olds, until recently Gen- eral Traffic Manager of the Cana<lian IPkcifio itailway, haa been apiK>inted as tile representatives of tiiat road on the lioanl of MaujK»ra of th» Joint Traffic Assoc iatioa. A aborta«e of neaxijr |4,000 discovered ia thu buoks of the late town treasurer of Btratfurd has b(?«n made good by Wm. Lawrvnoe, son of the deceased, who was ap[MJuated treaauxer on his father's death. A number of well-known Toronto bankers and financial men, who were interviewed on i'riday, expressed the opinion that the ad<4>tion of a silver alandard by the tnit«d Ktates would â- enously aJfeot the business relations of the Duuiinion ivilh that country, and that Canadian inveatmenta would un- doubtedly suffer. GREAT BRITAIN. A {Meragc has been conferred upon Sir Uorculea llobinson, the Governor of Gape Coluuy. The Infanta Eulalie of Sfiain ia in London, where she is entertained elab- Bratsly during tike height of the pre- â- â€¢ut season . Returns of the British Board of Trade for June shi/w an increase in imports of 9ti,U50,UUU and an increase in exports of $l3,6^,tm aa compared with June, '95. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Oofupany of Boston, on Friday visiteJ, by qxfcial invitiation, Alarlbarou0h Bouse, and were given a oordiai wel- come by the Prmce land Frino^n of "Walea Thu Imperial Uouae of Commonabas voted in favor of compelling the India Exchequer to pcsy the expenses of the trooiw iieut lu ijuakin lo replace the gurrison tnwjjs timre who are being UKe<l in tliro tioudan expedition. Lady Mary liligh, a daughter of the Earl of llurnler, C4«mmitt«d suicide on Sunday night by drowning herself in a pond at Colduuu hall. She was in (loor he.'ilth and was d/^pundent over a disappointed luvo affair. The Allan State line steamer State of Nebraska, from New York to Glas- gow, refused to auswer her helm while asrendiug the Clyde on Tuesday, and c«lli(U'(l with the warship Dido. Iloth ve«H»-.ls htid several plaU'H smashed. Mrs. Anna UixiBiiiH, %vife of Mr. Frank E. IIo<l|jitib. a TViruuto lawyer, while riding a biiycle in London, Eiig,, «i \Vedn«!aday. fainted, and fell from the wheel, and died iu a few minutl^8. A coTouer'a jury rendered 'a verdict that she died from aiujplexy, induced by Mn-stroke. The Town Council of Birmingham boa bofor»i it an offer from Mr. Wil- liam Ma»-keiizi«j, president of the Tor- onto Slre«f railway, and Mr. Jaines BoBB, president of the Montreal Street railway, to iHircbase the whole street railway system within the town. UNITED STATES. Mn.. Monroe H. ItKaenfeld at New York, is rwoveriiig from the effects of a five weeks' (raiic«. Police of Fargo. Dakota, believe they have James Dunham who murdered a family of six in California recently. Alonzo J. Wailing, convicted of thte murder of Pearl Bryan, was sonlenced yesterday to bo h.unged on August 7th. At. the convention of the ChrlsUan Endeavourera held in Washington, it was <ln-ided to meet next year in San Francisco. The New York Suai (Democrat) bs^ bolted th«'. Deiiioi'ralic pliitform, nndez- horta all Dwuotirale lo joipjKjrt Mr. McKinloy. Three cotnmisBionerR have been «p- pointi^ by Governor Ilustinga to in- vestigate the Wilkeslxirre mining dis- ister and discover who is to blame. By the explcnion of a Chicago ft Northwestern locomotive boiler at Trombly, Mi<h , one man was killed awl three others terrlldy injured. Emll Oebhar»lt, Charles Habel and Wll Uam Sauchagrln have been arreot- •d at Detroit, cliarged with smugfdiug old iron and steel from the Canadian lide. One of the largi(v.L life iiis\irnnce ror- poratlons in N«w York Ls dLsrharginjr a munber of its vlerkn nwin^ to unusual dulQ«M in its busineas at the present tijne. Bv Ihe •Mplcf'irm of an oil lamp in Burialo on WediiPfMlny night, a dwell- ing- house was destroyed, three people wore killed and a fourth was probably fatally injurnd. The New York Boaj'd of Health baa made spitting uiion the fhmrs of pub- Ito btiililingx, bouts and cai's on off<'nce, t>uni<>h<il>le ty arrest and iniprinon- ment. The law bt^comes a section of tke Sanitary Code. Tljle Filteburg, Pa., city auditors have flalalied their examination of the books of ex-City Attorney Mureland and his assistant, Uouittt, and report 9297,000 unaccounted for tn the books. 0'iA>novai> Il<».«a reieully recalled to uiiud au old-timu friend who had been sent to the penitentiary, and at once aat down ajid wrote a letter to Gov- ernor Morton, asking for his pardon. He waa SDUiowhat startled to re<'eive a reply slaliu^lhat his friend had been deacf for tlkiee yeajs. Business throughout the United 8tat4»s coulinuw unusually quiet, and aixonliug to re^Kirts from the two pruioijial commuxcial agencies in New York, not muj>h chaaigc. for the Ixstier is aj>par<^tly imiueuialely proixible. ihe duluuciB Las tieeu increased aome- wliat by unfavorable weather, and con- siderably by uneii^iness aa to the fu- ture fiuanctil position of the country oausetl by tlvB action of the Chicago oouveiitiun.1. L'olleotious ai-e unsalis- fitctory, and there is a general disposi- tion to curtail credit. Wool is de- presaed, with no satisfaolory activity in tite demand for fall gix>ds. Iron and steel ia iu lessened request, with no prospect of preaeut revival. Boot and shoe oianufaiuturing is still active, but the outlook is weak. UKNEUAL. Dantzig baa a case of Asiatic cliolera. Three thousand houses have been de- stroyed by floods au the west coast of Japan. The cattle plague in Australia oon- tinuea. Entire iierds of cattle axe be- in^ destroyed. It ia romoured that Abbas, the young Khedive of Egypt, will visit £)urope dur- ing the present summer. It is rumoured tliat Abbas, the young Prince of ^NuyJea is likely to marry Princess Kleua of Montenegro. Baron Uirsuh's widow has donated four million pounds to promote the emi- gration of Hiusion Jews to Argentina. The rumour ia again revived that the Transvaal Government has ordered 60,- 000 rifles from German uiauufacturers. A Cairo despatch says it is reported that there are ;20,00U Mahdists in Don- f:olaa, and that they are resolved upon ightin^, A German sub-marine calde company haa txsen formed in Berlin, to lay a cable from Germauy to Spain, and thence to the United States. It is reported in Constantinople that aixty thousand Kurds in the Diarliekir district have revolted and are pillag- ing the villages indiscriminately. The town of Cobrin, in the Province of Grodno, RuiSiia, bas been burned. Three hundred houses were destroyed, and two tliousaud people are homeless. British troops made an attack upon the Malaliele position at Thelia Imam- kia on Sunday, and were repulsed. They repeated the altaok cm Monday, and were successful. There were asventeen cases of cholera land five deaths from the dlteoae among the Egyptian soldiers at Cairo on Mon- day, and four coseH and four deaths among the British soldiers in the same plaoe. A despatch from Athena says that R4isBla is prompting France to occu()y Crete and hold it against Great Brit- ain's tenure of Cyprus and Egypt. The British fleet has Lieen so strciigthcnexl in Cretan waters as to almo5t l>lo(;kade the island. s .^ Thi' new Shah of Persia has aimouno- ed that henceforth publio posts, digni- ties, and tuilitary titles will be bestow- ed soluly on the merits of the candi- dates, and that no money consideration will lie allowed weight in the matter of appoiutrntuita It is related of the late Jules Simoif that when he was <lire«:ted to make an official rt'iKirt em th« Paris Exposition of 1HH9 the amount named for the work was |8,U(IU. Ill', however, of his own ao- oord, reduced it to 93,400, to the amaze- ment of all office-buidera BIRD'S QUEER DEATH, Impnlrd on a Wriilhrr Vane, II Hwlnni Viitll n Hkrirlon. One of the strangrat monuments In existem'e Is situated near Cold Sprlngf, N. Y. It is slowly disappearing, and in a short time will have entirely vaniah- •d, but it tells a marvelously true tale of the life and death of the Leiugi which oausud it to be erected. It ia cotniKMed of the liones of a swal- low which met its <l«atb on the weath- er vane of a barn while in full flight. Everyone has noticed the peculiar driv- ing motion which s» allowa make while •o the wing. It xvas this method of (lying that caused the bird's death. In makins its quick dive it evidently miscalculated, or el.se did not see the vane, which was arrow-shaped, puiut- ing directly toward the sw allow. The farmer who owned the liarn no- ticed a Idrd perched on his weather vane. The vane was swinging in the wind, but did not trouble the bird, which apparently refused to l« uu- •eatod, The next day (.he bird was atiil there, and the day after as well. The farmer determined to investigate. He found the bird impaled on ttie vane. Ue left it where it was and it swung there for months. Why it did not fall to the ground tvas a my.stery until when only the skeleton remained it waa found that the sharp point of thH vane had penetrated the breast lione. Then the iwnes dropiied apart one by one, and now nothing but the brp.ast bone remains swinging with the vane, like the gibl«ted form of a malefactor in olden timea INDISCREET KINDNESS. Miss Peggy Watson, a village nota- ble in her day, always tried to say the pleasanteat things she could; she ad- mired and prnLse<l, and did all in her power to make people happy. She was afraid that Mrs. Berry felt sensitive iibcut lieing <leaf, so when she sat near her one day at the sew- ra. â€"••..- w,».. â€" «u«. , >«v, \rii\r y**^y n^j ing society, she niid, smiling: I don't think you're very (leaf, M Berry. What did you s.iy t asked Mrs. Berry. I dtm't think you're very deaf I re- peated Mi«,s Peggy, somewhat louder. 1 don't uudersland you. said Mrs. Berry, becoming nervous. 1 don't think you're very deaf I cried Mi/is Peggy, in a lomi, high voice. Please say that again, urge<l poor Mrs. Berry. And then Mi.«i8 Peggy, with the kind- est of intentions. htt«l fairly lo shout in her friemt's ear: I don't think you're very deaf I ^iOUSEHOLD^ " 6Coi,DING WOMEN. Formarly the "oommon tcold" â€" the woman who made her neigbbors' lives intolerable with her raging temper, b«r bitter tonifue, hisr slandera and calumnies â€" was found everywhere. Laws were passed recosul^iug her as one kind of criminal. 'There were two forms of punishment hy which she waa repressed or daterred, or cowed into gentleurss ; viz., the cucking-stool and the brank. The cucking-stool assum- ed various shapes, but it generally con- sisted of a chair on one end of a beam, which rested on a bar so as to make a see-saw. Sometimes the chair was hung from the beam by a chain. The culprit being tied on the chair, the other end of the l>eajn went up and the chair went down Into the wator, sousing the wokoan completely. The; did this three times, tkfter which they let her go. Such stools belonged to nearly every parish ; like the stocks and the pillory, they ftormed part of the furniture of justice. For instance, about London. There waa one on Bankside with which they ducked the wives of the players. There was one at Ratoliff ; one at Eingstoc-on-Thajnes, and there was one which stood till the beginning of this century l>eslde the great pond or reservoir of the Green Park. Apparently the chair and the cold bath did not ootnpletely destroy the female tendency to aoold, for it wae found necessary to invent another pun- ishment which was extensively adopt- ed, although not authorizeti by the law. This was the "brank," or "accjld's bridle," which consisted of a smajl cage formetl I)y u-on hoope to fit the head, with a pujce of inm which press- e<l the tongue and formed the gag. Thus adorn«>d the aoold was either led or carried aTwMt the town for all the world to see. Sometimes she was plac- ed on a high scaf fuJd. The brank was used in some places down to the be- f inn ing of the century. Its disuse, its Lsappearance, the universal oblivic«i of the punishment makes one incline to the lielief that the so<ild bus also dis- appeared. However, such is not the case. The disease or infirmity of .scoliling still exists, tmt in a miu-h milder form. The mildness of the modem form is mainly due to the im- proved conditions of life. Two hundred years ago the village household waa insufficiently fed, the Clity as well aa the quantity of the 1 was bad, work was hard, men were rough, buslnnda beat their wives habi- tually, in cold weather they were thin- ly clad; in hot wtvither their clothea were too thick. If there waa any in- dulgence possible, it took tbe form of be«'r. Tea did not exist. Children, hungry and cold, crimi .^U day and alt night ; everything combined to exas- perate a woman. W hat woiKler if, trom time to time, she lost control of herself and became copiously eloquent over her wrongs f Things have greatly improved. Tl» hus)>.xnd no longer â€" or very seldomâ€" l)eats hi-"* wife; the food bos become cheap; wages have K<'ne up luxuries, formerly unattainable, have become necessaries; the scold is dying out of the land, because there is so little left lo aoold about. PORCH PARTIES. One who is the possessor of a com- fortable, roomy veran<la ia fortunate now that thu summer days have come. No matter how unpretentious a little home may be, a neatly-kept lawn and a veranila covered with vines adds a charm which nothiug else could impart. Few things can be so uozy and inviting as one ot these porches, shielded by climbing roses or dark, green vines from tile light, with some low, cush- ioned chairs, a hammock strung across and a aiuall tea table, for comfort. And on summer eveulugi when the family gathers there and a ueighlior or two come in for a chat, dull care is for a time forgotten. Tbe young people gather there to sing an<l laugh. I'oeoii'ly one of the number a guitar or mamluliu, or even the pro- saic "mouth organ" aounda sweetly in the moonlight. Later some lemonade or other summer lieverage with some dainty small cakes are Uispeused, and so the bajipy evenings pass. On pleasant afternoons tbe houae- wUe entertains her "soiial few" on the veranUa where they have brought their "kuitliiig" IU the good olil-lasbioned way, to chat as buuaowivta will. Here shn brings her daintiest china, her de- liciotis coffee, cak(» and luscious Lwr- riea with thick, rich cream, such as city folks never have. What a picture of comfort, lieauty hnd enjoyment. Such small gatherings are a real pleasure, where no formality exists oud nothing is elalwrute. 'ihere is, however, one thing which mars the unalloyed enjoyment of these porches, and that is, insects, flies and mosquitoes. Insect life is very disturb- ing, and even if all siirrouiiding.s are ideal, life is made miserable by their buzzing and torture. In the South, and many places in the North, also, the verandas are enclosed by netting, over which the vines and flowering plants climii, making a veritable bower of loveliness. 'fhe cost ia trivial, and the conil'urt secured more thau compensates for the money expended, SERVING TOMATOES. Boile<l Tomatoesâ€" Choose smooth to- matoes as near of a size as possible, drop in lioiling salted water and boil until they can be easily pierced with a fork, lift out on siiuares of buttered toast, score each on tup crosswise, seji- •on with a lump of butter, some salt, pepper and a very Utile sugar and serve hot as p^^ssilde. Stuffed a\miatoes.â€" Take out the «Bed and pulp and mix with chopped cold veal or ohioken, a little lean cold boiled bam, minced fine, the mashed folks of two hard-boiled eggn, a sliced or minced onion, a tablespoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuLs of grated lircad crunilis, with salt and pepper. Put the mixture . i>ack into the tomatoes; place them in a pan and set in the oven to Itake, Scalloped Tomatoes.â€" To prepare it peel large, ripe tamatoes. slice, and sprinkle with salt. Cover the lx>ttam of a baking-dish with a layer of stale bread crumijs, then slices of tomatoes, more bread orumbs, with bits of butter, salt and pcppor; continue to arrange thu ('.maloi:s and seasoniDjc in this way until the dish is full; spre.ad the top with butter and set in a hot oven to bake an hour. Tomatoes cut open, the centers filled with butter, pepper and salt, and the halves pressed together and baked ia a hot oven, form on ap- petizing entree for dinner. Stewed Tomatoea.- After being peel- ed and chopped the tomatoes should l« put in a saucepan and set over a slow fire to simmer for an Iiour; then to every pint of the stewed tomaroes add a tablespoonful of gratiwl bread crumbs, a tuaspoonful of butter, a pinch of white pepper and ailt each, with half a teaspoonful of sugar, and let cook for half an hour. When done they should }» smooth and thick, but not stiff or full of lumps. Tomato Sauce.â€" Tomato sauce is de- licious with meats, and especially with fish. To prepare it take one pint of canned tomatoes, one onion, four cloves, sprig of parsley, one tablespoon- ful of I. utter, one heaping tablespoon- ful of flour, sj,lt and pepper to taste. Stew the tomatoes, onions, cloves and parsley together fur fifteen minutes, then press through a sieve. Return to the fire and add the butter and flour which have been rul>l«d together to a paste; when thick and smooth season to taste and sunmer five minutes longer. Tomato Salad.â€" Peel with a sharp knife without acaldtug, and slice. Make a plain salad dre»sins or a mayon- naise. If vinegar ia used In the dress- ing do not put it on until tbe salad U ready to serve. Some cooks slice a small onion in the tomato salad and others use lemon juice instead of vin- egar. For a mayonnaise dressing without oil, which many p'ople dislike, the following is very good: Put the yolks of two raw eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, a da,sb of cay- enne and a pinch of salt in a small saucepan; set over the fire and stir un- til thick; take from the fire and add gradually, a drop at a time, a table- spoonful of vinegar. Set un ice imtil ready to usd, stir in four taldespoon- fula of cream. This dressing is used for asparagus, spinach and other delicate veg- etable silads. Any vi^jetable sal- ad should be served very cold to be thoroughly snjoyed. Sliced tomatoes, ice cold, sprinkled with powdered sugar and lemon juice squeezed over them make a delicious breakfast dish for hot weather. WHIPPED CREAM. To prepare whipped cream for short- cake select moderately rich cream. Very rkh cream will beat to butter be- fore it will froth, and cream which is too thin will not whip to a stiff froth. 'There are various utensils in the market for whipping cream, 'The whip used by practical ooolcs is a simple egg-l>eater, such as may lie purchased at from 5 to 10 cents at any noutfe-furnlshiiig store. Tbe cream should be set (about two oupfuls at a time) in a large earthen bowl, which is placed iu a pau of crack- ed ice and should Iw rapidly beaten with a whip when it is (x>ld. Begin Lieating Bluwly and increase in_ the swiftness of your strokes until the whole is a stiff froth. A RUSSIAN PRISION. Inhumua I'uitlHliiurul For the Mllghtritt ^liilatloii «r KuleH. A correspondent who was recently re- leased from a three ytxirs' imprison- ment in Ruaiia for a crime of which he. <lues not even know the name writes an account of the biutal severity with which he waa treated. He says umuug other things: "On entering the prisou of Petropa- wlovski one feehi as if one was in a cemetery. The sight of St. Peter on the threshold, for which one looks in- voluntarily, is all that is lacking. When I entered my cell I could aee nothing, so complete wa<i the darkness; Indeed, there is notbinig to see, for if there were, the prisoners would assured- ly kill themselves with it. "It was here that I underwent the piuiishment of the 'tomb.' I was de- U«ted in tapping the walls of my cell OS 1 tri"d to attract tbe prisoner's at- tention ni'Xt door. Then 1 was car- ried away to the 'tomb.' "This is a damp, puisoiious |>it dug out in the ground, in whiuh it is im- poatible either to stand upright, to lie. or even to sit down. Cue remains, in short, .stooping so long as one's im- prisonment lasts. Stooping, that is to say, aching. 'Here I remained for almost a month, fi«l on dry bread and water, while the guarils jeered at me cea.selessly through a little caging alx>ve. 'I'hen, when very nearly dead, I was taken to my cell agoiin. "Surely His Satanic Majesty; should f;ive place to the man -.vho invented bia" TO AVOID SEA SICKNESS. Proi. Charleris, of the University of Glasgow, says that chlorobrom will prevent sea sickness on short voyages. He says that previous to start iug the traveller should take a blue pill at night and citrate of magnesia in the morning. Follow this with a <lose of chlorobrom when embarking, remain in the cabin and mal de mer need not lie feared. A full dose is two tablespoon- fuls. If the voyage is made at night this does abould Tie taken before re- tiring. If the trip is made in the day- time, half as much will suffice for the first done, and a second dose will rare- ly lie required. Chlortibrom is not a pa- tent medicine. It is formed of chlor- alamlile and bromide of potash. DID Hiri^AN IT? Friendâ€"And are you now out of danger ?" ^I^„. Convalescent â€" No; the doctojr'^vya he will pay mo two or Ihiee more vislt^. A STUDY OF FATALITIES. PIODRES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS AMONQ INSURED PERSONS. Largent .'tniuber of Uratbd Oeenrred Amaas ramiem-Nol a Kutalltjr Wblle the !â- â€¢ •u-ed Was Oa Au Urran SKaiuer. With every new hivention there ar« new "oenacee and dangers to life, and this danger is greater in proportion to the attention the machine attract* and lt« novelty. It takee but a little while, however, to put in training tho legislation lookhig to the regulation of all new devices, and in this way the danger is retstricted or largely remov- ed. A statistician has been collecting and tabulating a record of deaths ot uuured pensons. By this means It was possible to iisoeiUin age, cir- cumstances, condition, environment, occupation, and all other necessary points bearing on the case, aays tho New York Ledger. It ia a curious fact that the largeot number of deaths occurred among farmers. This is not, however, duo to any unusual risk in farm life, but simply to the fact that a large pro- portion of formers insure their lives. There are, of course, dangers attending farming, but tho healthfulneas of tho occupation quite counterbalances tho hazard. Out of 75U deaths among the policy holders meniioned the largest number were victiuu to what are cla.sslfied us railro.id aoi lents. ThU includes the casualties caused by horse, cable, electric, and steam rail- roads. Thirteen employes and 120 other persona, died from injuries re- ceived in this way. The deaths are arranged iu classes, and the second largest is IIU. These were killed by falls or by being struck by falhng obJ4.'ct6. By drowning 118 died. It ib interesting lo notice that out of the number not a death occurred while the insured was a passenger on an ocean bteamer. This emphasizes what one of our most eminent rail- road manager said some years ago, that it is safer to travel by somo lines than it is to stay at home. This Is certainly A FINE SHOWING, and one th;it we cannot fail to appreci- ate, as when one of the greatest ot ple.isures i3 couide,! with th* greatest safety the delight is largely aug- mented. Of deaths oaiise«l by injuries from horses or vehu-le«. there were eightv- four. S«'venty-.six homicides are In the list, and it is cominenteil on that the numl>er of deal hs by violence haa increa.sed enormously within the post few years. In 1873 they were but 5 per cent, of the whole numtwr, where at present over 10 per cent, are re- corded. Car«'lei<8neas in the handling ot fir»- arius is rtNsponsible for seventy-two deaths. In almtiet all of ihe.ie cases the persons were alone, and while suicide is in a number of instances strongly su-^prted, there Is, of course, no positive evidence to that elfctt. So general U thti custom of owning and handling firearnas that there is no way in which to decrea/ie this danger. It u< si'arc«'l,v pii«»il>le to incorporate in an insurance policy a clause lo the effect that the iiuoired person shall not himdle firearms; therefore this risk, gre.it aa it is, must l>e taken. There were forty-eight poi,s<oning cases. Stryi'huine, atropine, cocaine, cannabis, indioa, and hydrochloric acid caustetl one death each, aconite and arsenic two. carbolic acid three, chloral five, and opium thirty-four. The opium caws in'-lu(le<l ail prepara- tions of that drug. As far as dis- covered four ihloral and twenty-two opium death'* occurred when the vic- tims took an overdiae â€" whether with iutejit or not is the question, as most of these iiersons were habitiul con- sumers of upluut in some of it.s forme. In most of the other caaee, where one death occurred, the iwison waa taken through mistake. 'Ibe atropine vio- tim died from the druggist's error. Twenty-five persons died from the ef- fects of the beat, three from exposure to cold, three were STRUCK BY LUiHTNlNG, three [lerlshod in tornadoes, .and one ill the Charleston earthquake. Ex- pliwioiis, burns, ^alds. and other ac- cidents resulting from fire caused thirty-one deaths. The elevator, ma- chinery, and various tooU are responsi- ble for twenty-five more. The account cIo:i«-s with a list of miscellaneous oaMualties, among which are a fall from a bicycle, a blow in the eye with a pitchfork, a fall from a ale<l, several from asphyxiation from gi.s, thr«<e from goring by vicious horned cuttle, and one man cru,she<l to I death between a ferry-boot and the wharf. Although railroad accide.nt8 are responsible for u number ot deaths, none ot these occurred amiKiig conductors, officials, or section-mas- ters. Ibe. building trades were the occasiou of tbirteeu deaths, occurring among people engaged in thi..! occupa- tion, 'ihe circular saw encUid the days of three men, and four were killed m cotton gins. It is said in defence of si>me of these latter accidents that they happened to l)e people ignorant of machinery and only casual visitors or lookers-on. Such tables aa these are extremely interesting, not only from the insur- ance agent's standpoint, but liecause they furnish some pertinent sugges- tions oil the hapiieningB imkI hazards of our e very-day lite. OUT OF TUK QUKSTION. I â- understand you stood fur a whole hour in the doorway last night talking lo the polic«mian, Katie f Shure, you wouldn't have me sthjind t h*>re for an hour and say nothin'. ma'am ? INCONSIUBRATB. First Chum- I'll never spealt to that Fred Buuiption again. He had tl? au- dacity to liaok oni of the parlor the other night throwing kisses at me. Second Chumâ€" Why. the heartless creature I And you right thtsie witk- .ip r«ach:i'.> â- Â«-â- ,«,-<• X ,<^ "ft*