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I HORSELESS JARRIiGES. FHEIB GROWING POPULARITY AND THEIR FUTURE i«TaBlac«ii or Their Citr â€" Wkal Hsi Krm Ooue to KcpUee the HurM !â-  Cuzlaa*! and Franceâ€" BangF sf Prleei and »t7lr!i Abroad. It one cao judge truly <^ the trend jC h ii fnfl ji preferenioes by tbe manner ta wtaoh Franre, and particularly Paris, H taidcg to tile automobile or horseless CBxriai^e, tftue wr<rld is a step nearer the era when auxt muacular labor, wheth- er of num or. beast, wiiJ be superseded by tJie warfe oi arms of steeL driven by tJh« foToa of 8te,-i.m. electricity, cona- PfeNaed air, explosive gases, or BomiB of tbeir equivaie^ta. The 'mvaeiaa of Lb« fieid of the horse by the autooacbile carriage began in Paris ofnly eJ^out liv» years ago. ;ia<l to- day it iis said tibat tbiere are 11,000 suob vefcicles in p^iblie service, besides many nuiire in private use. Fifteen hundred wve said to be in iu»e tlbere previous to July 1, amd ttue laet 3U0 were to be added at that dat«, or as aoon after aa they oould be Buuie ready. How many tihere are m all France, it would be difficult to txxnjNLte from ttiy informatioi^ ^•aiioh ie ojt hand in this c«intry, but U. is known] tiiat tbeje are thousands smd tl]i»re it> a public service oi such oartiages in ftoueji. in Lyons, and in faot in a gr«at nmay oi tbe smaUea< citiefi. From France bhe um of ttiese new veliki«s bae 8prea<l into Germany, wiore it iu o< cooeideraWe ocosequence, and now England is full of intnurest for UiB horseleas carriages and New York is learning to use and like tOiem. The Use of tiiese carriages has been aJmoet a oounjteipart of that of tba bicycle, aa fax m its geograpihical hia- tary i« conoemed, and there aeMns to be good reoaou to believe ti»t THE NEW CRAZE will spread juat m did that for the wtieel, until the imrselew carriage will be in coiiumxa use in every pari of the civilixed world. At in Che CB«e of the wlleel, it seems as if ih« one thing need- ed to tiialce tile new vehuole practicable and ccnvenieni for ooounon use is to set ingenuity to wosik in perfecting it. 11 buioh veiiariea are or can be made nn nutiii a mt n io e j that they will do their wort witi certainty and ecun- omy aad can be cared for ana handled by on ordinarily iuieli^ent man, there can be Lxtle doubt of thieair exlenfeive adofjlkin i<u bu&ilDese and pleasure, es- pecially m ciiieft. Their advantages over the tiur&e and wagon are in many r««p«ct» obvious. They can be stabled in l«cs than halt the room needed for i«ursieii aad in places where hursus oould not be kept. A doctor uug-fa* have be tevugiaai always where be could step into it Lnuui bis offiiB door or a family ouuid keep a carriage under the front â- toop. Tradesmen wwJd keep tiheir deliv- ary wagons on tie preuuses with their tMeioesB. AVben the wagons were on tlbs street ttujy would occupy in length I only hall tiuj space requjj-ed for a horse | and wagun. and traific would be less congeeted llhe noiue of horses' iron- cJad hoofs on paved streets would be •/bolushed and the greatest source of fouling Qub streets would be removed. The ouuuiiactuxers of iingiaud and tJte Continent adveitiee many styles, or ^alfrprx^pelleU vetuinles, ranging ail the way from bin yclee and tricyclee for one or two ridor^k to pusaenger unuubusea and heavy freight vans. Xbeee may at OQice be divided inio three general classes •ccordjing to t^eir sources of lower. 'l°bere are the steaniHlriven i.arTittge«, ttiioee driven by napthe. ker- 'uone. or gae, and thuse wbu-t use ISLECTRIC STORAGE BATTERIES, ilaif a dozen electric cabs, seating two passengers euA-lh, were put into use tkere in Aprkl, and since that tijne the number baa been doubled. The pu«- eengt'rs' comfKurtment ocoupies the front of tJie ia.b wuh its seat ove>r the front wheels, which are the driving wheels. A square^ ventilated bvia, carried tnost- ly by tie bind wheels, holds the stor- age b«iltBry L-«\lbs and tbe driver's seat over itam, sc that he overlooks the for carriagA serviceK tibat they have p.rvyved to have in thks cooistry for ncall pleasure craft. Tn <aie of tlhese the en- gine is ataxted wlbem the carriage is wanted for use,* aiod it ie ready in a few mimitfls to d<>'velap its full power, and tlho engine is not stopped or inter- fered, with until th« carriage is put away again, unless some long stop be made. OTihe engine runs on. whether tJie carri^ge U standin<? still or going and tib» driver ha.s means at hand through a. lerver or two of stoppEng the mrrLig© or futiing Its sp«ed at any one of three or ffn;r rates. .\\X of the ein- gisnes may he r.im at high speed and the ciwnect ion.s <ire itia<)e between them by Velr.-i, oog-wlieels, or c-harns. and ffirccSDeta. Amrmg tl» smaller of the carriaees eraitabl" for the road about w^hii"h the adveriif^ments give any infoormation is thw AxnoJd "sociable." This seats two persons, one of wbom drives it. Tt miiflit be mlled » motor buggy, T'Tt i* 7 1-2 feet Imre. 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, and wefcrhs abcnit 600 pounds. Its price in 'London is abmt Xi.50. Car- riigea wWoh sre built to take the olaces of those now in reguJax service drawn by horsea Bre„ however, miui-h larger, hcivier. and coetlier than this. The lightest oif tlww meamt to c?irry two is at Oarpemtres anfl fctip fourth furms paffw^ngem nnd ii\e driver, may weigh perhnps 1.200 to 1,400 pounds and cost about $1,100 each. Such wagons are provided with esginee oi three horse power. In Jieavier carriages carrying three or four passengers the enjrinea axe (rf four borse power and the weights vary from 2,500 to 3.000 pounds, ats-ord- jng to the style of top and finish. Such wagons oost from $1,500 to $3,000 ea<-h. Perhaps aa fair a range of prices aa any can be got from the catalogue of the Bnglieh DaimJer Company. This begins by showing a four-horse motor complete with wheels and all other wxxrking parts but with no body. Thiel price oi thia is £294. Upon this frame can be built any style ot bo<iy and top from a two-seated cab or dog cart to a pajiceJs delivery wagon.. The prices quoted for such carriages com- pl-'te are: Dog carts. £316 and £319: ptiiefons. £331 and £335; wagonettes £33.5: victariaa, £330, and parcels vans £325. mm RELICS OF CHRIST. WHERE THEY ARE ENSHRINED AT THE PRESENT TIME. •bjerh Taaelird by Oar SavUar Treasared by C'harrkeii - Hrmeate* ef Calvary â€" Where aad Who* Tbey Are. The forthcoming exhibit ion of Chrisfa tandalg tas renewed interest in tbe vaxioua toiy ralics connected with the oaioe uf Chribt. and hoa given rise to a nrunxber ojE enjquixie£ aa to the nature and niunlber of the^e relica nirtv in existence. To tihese enquiries IL de Jiely fuj-njoliea a saiiatactory anaw- &r in a repc-rt whiiji he made the oth- er day to llhe Ajuademy of llnscriptiiwa and Belles-Lettxes in f^rie. The aK«l LauiiA^Uia relics iiA aht/wi} us axe tnoae ' and otbers are at the Sainte Chapelle in Paris. TELE caoes AT ROME. The largest porttan of the true cross is at Rome. Vexy nuunjr small pieces have been taken from it, and are dis- tributed througiifHit the world. ITie inscription on the croaati has disappear- ed. The gpeox is at the Church oi aaint Mauricei in Vienjia, and there, too. is one of the four nails. The sponge which vt-as diacovexed in the year 330. disappeaxed from Constantinople in 614. T!ie placers were sUil at Jeruaalna in 1190, and finally of tih» focx nails one as fans been mentioned. is at Vienna, another i» at Milan, a third port of an iron crown at Monza. 51. de Mely tuit been studying this subjti"f for many ynara and <-nnse- quently fcifi paper en the holy relics, from, whii-h thpse faqts are tajteu, has aroused widespread interest. A PRODIGY ON A WHEEL. *iake« a Bicycle D* Amt Trick He PecU Like AeceaialUhlae. The dleverest boy bat-ycle rider is Waiis Trent, ten years old. of Tren- ton, N. J. UJB genius with the bicycle is undisputed, for he nicvt only performs all the triito ot the adult nders, but constantly o(rigiD.itea new onee of his own. It reaiUy seems as uf there were no- thing the la<d cannot do. Tbe ma- chine seems to be endxywed with life and the power o< ol edienue to hugnaa will whea ha is manoeuvring with It. He can nuuke chei machine stand alone, and then, placing his right foot on the top of the frame, he will assume an up- right position and maintain his equili- brium. Hb says there is no difficulty whatever un boianciug himself, and that It tiree him nt> mc«e tu do thia sort of thing than it does to rid» the whe*l in ordinary fa&hion. Must riders lina tins handle bars an absolute neceesi'ty in the matter of guiding the machine. Not so with Wil-j lis Trent. He frequently removes them UiJs uersun. which weire discovered alxaii the year 330 by tile impress Helena. It wa^ tbe oustom ui the Habiraws to bury all tlie implemefnts of torture with the bodies ui tiiose condtunned to death, and in ttua way baint Helena found not only tile cxQss un which Christ was cruci- fied, Uit also the cxowa of thorns, the 'ndilL^ t«ife tttxnge, the G|>eax, whii:ik piert-ed his side, etc. £>he found two ot h- er creeses ax the same time, and, wish- ing to ascextain which waa Christ's orocis, sht> caused a corpse to be brought and touched it successively with each oi tile three cioisses. iNothiing happen- ed when the fixst two cro«>»es were tutiuhed. but when it ••a'mf in contact with the third the corpse suddenly be- came alive I TaE FOUR NAILS. Saint Helena took the four naiJti of tlie Paseixm lu Constantinople Cou- stantine thereupon placed one on bm h«:liuel aa an omament, and made hKtrses btts out of two others,, and .Saint Hflenn, the slury goes, tarew the f«Mirth into the Adriatic Sea in order to prevent storms. That thif story is legendary seems to be generally admit- ted. The other great relics remained in Jerusalem until 614. in wihjch yeax tbe city was taken by Sharliaraz. iHop- iuig to save tlue relics the high priest placed ttiem. in a gulden box, wiuch be hid in a iietld ot vegetal>les. A traitoi% huiwever. unearthed the boji and took it to Sjuurboraz, who forthwith sent it to has masiex, Chusroes. Fiirsc, however, he o^iSTied it, anu, ta.kiing uhe point of the c4>eax, he made it a present tu ^'icedask who sent it with the tyungv to Ccuctanlinople. The gualden box was subsequently given to (Uerudiuus by tjiroe, Chosrues' successor, iao. gradually, all lihe relics found their way u> Constantinople, and lihexe they remained until the tenth centtuy, when aujii' of Uiem were brought to the w eat after liw fourth cxucsute. TWO KliWJ* Of RELK1?. The relics are diviueu into two classes one comprising parts of Christ s txidy and the other cuniprusing objects whicU belonged tu faun, or wuuLth had touched Of Chruit'a body all that EEWARD 0F]0,000 MARKS. GERMAN GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE RAIN. BarapcBB Hcirailmst at Work Trylag la Salve (ke Problruâ€" «ame*rtke Hcthod* Mow EMDlnyrit. The 8tit«Dtists ot Europe have taken up the proi'lem of rainmaking. The Gexman government has aJrea>ly offer- ed a reward of 10.000 marks to any one who shall successfully demonatjate that a downpioux of raJn can tie caused at a fairly moderate expense, and tbe dfaoncea axe that before many months the world wUi ae« a practical test of what may come neoxer success in the way of rainmaking than anything ever before accomalished. There is aaao another feature of the prol>lem whi.h the European scientists axe discuasing that has not previously been broujght up to amy great extent. and that is a plan for countries where rain falls incessanttly to stop such a fall. It is mut-h like consiiiering the two points of the compass. and yet aavans declare tliat as murh benefit wTil reewllt to thei wiorld by the diacov- ery of btrw lo stop ram from falling as by the dii<overy of how to uuiike it Tall. Of ih« two, it is easier to deal with the attempts made to stop rain. l«<'auBe less has l*en done in this direction. There is indeed a patent the object of « hu-h IS to deal with toxnadoce. and to â- jb them of their evU effects by means <* an exploaiou in the miilst of the tornado itself. But it would he un- fair to sciie.ni-e not to admit that if it has done nothing to prevent coni.nua; rain, it has dune, mmih lo mitigate the evil effects tlait floods bring in their tram. sm IT5M5 OF INTEREST ABOUT THP BUSY YANKEE. entirely, and rides the "uikB, " steer- ing altogether with his feet. He pre- fers to steer with his feet, anyway, and declares with emphasis that to a good riKler the handle Lars should never be a neiessiity. Hfe says also that it is nonsense for persons to say that they oan ride faster by bending forward on tht» wheel, and that that idea, so pre- valent, 13 all imagiiiation. This bo7 will ride the wheal either backward or forward with equal fac- ility. The more odd the fasJiion in whii.h be can ride his wheel the better pleased is Willis Trent. Occasionally be will talke a trip sitting on IH'E SPROCKET A\ HEEL and make tie pedals go round at a I r>imaius uxe t,h« hair anu the blood. The farmer ie pruserveu at Cori>ie, Namux and Saint lj«u.t>, and the latter at Alb- erstadt Lieuies. lr'ari», itiueuiis, Lcndoo^ Sa,ml Quentin and Bruges. Saint Ath- ainciius l«lls us h^v lujs Lilood wus ub- taained. vAucoriiimi; to hiun. certain Hebrews were cructfyiiuti an image ot Christ, and, when one mt thum pie iced the lade of the Crucified One with a speox, bluud began Co flow, wmexe- u^a all the Hebrews gatliered around the cxutis became thiieiians. Every drop of blood was piously collected, and in tune tbe vessels containing it were ii|>read throughout Christendiom. ViM mher relics oouiprise, first, tbe clothes iwom by Christ., the sandals, the tunics, the swaddling clothes, the muioger, etc; secvind, the relics of tbe lAnrd's Supper, sucth as the l>read, the communion cuph the cloth, the dish. cab top TUie passengers are shut in by a double tingeil wooden .ipron wh:<h t£e driver tipetns and abuts by meana of a lever. The biod wheels uo iiie steering, eai^i being hinged just within tihe arm of the axle and being turned together by means of a lever which goes to the driver's hand, 'fhe tires are of rublier. These carriages are let for 50 cents on biour, or at the regular m.u'nicjpttl rates fccr distance travel, and tjhey have proved popular. Other styles orf wagons, to seat thiree or four per- sons, are lo lie added to tihe outfit soon. Thie.y weigh 2,500 pounds and coet 12,500 ea<'h. In Eunipe leas progress hijs beea nude in the develcimu'.nt of the eleotrui CBitrkge than in either of the others. The favnoTie carriage's in Paris appear to be tlhxise dxiveni liy nttpthn or pet- mleujn ei^gitie.-; for the lighter traffio and thoN" driven by uteajii for the heav- iar wurk. The most souressful of those wfhich use steam appear to oe such as are provided wit.!! the SerpoUot Ixiiler.. IHma W" .in ingeni<»u!' arrangement which fa renlly not b boiler ai all in tihe pro- per Sfiose It con.siets ot a series of fmavy tulxw. each of whi<-h has beem rmiBlbipd until the opening in it is onlyi about 1-25 of an iooh wide. The.--e tuliea aie hested by a cool fire, and whom DDiweir is wanted water is infe<-ted intoi the tubes by a pump. Tbe water m turned inst.Tntly into Bteara. and the. annount of steam wa.nted is got by in- crea-slng or decreasing tIhe throw of ttie pump, ptrfpt oars, cmmibuses. and many tuther forms of motor <-nrriagea ai* nm by thix T"'^''er The greater mumbeir of ca-rrisiiKeia of all forms nre lKniw<>ver, loade wlih NAPIIHA OR on, ENGINF.«!. Tbroc seam to bave the same advantage very rapi«lrate. When in this location tiji,^ table, the Uisiin for washing the me maintains himself iu an upi ight pos-' ^^*''^ ^*^'^ ^^ Imteum; and. thixil, the tuire liy ci:ngi,ng it> the hivniile iarsaud' â- â- '^'''* "^ '^* poesiun. which include restmg b.s beoil agiunsc the froiue uf j the stone un which Christ slept in the tlnewinel. Ht can makt; teiter time in | 'j''^^*'' "^ Olives. Herod's stxircase, this position than must riders can the pillax, at wihich tbe scourging wlwn seated on tJieir wheels in the tooik place, the whip, the rope, the usual fashiion. Liuueuess never results 1 3c«iptre, the crown of thorns, the wiith him. and h« says iheae is a s*»it : purple vestment, the cross, the in- of exhilaration in riding the whe*-; in I scriptioo. the sjiear. the sptsuge, the this manner whi -h one never gains oih- pimtvrs an<! the uuils. ^l'^', ^ ., BELICS IX MANY PLACES Sometinies lie will place his feet on â- â- -. i . .,-l . â-  i- j the. pedals and, putting l-oth hands l»- ,,\^ sandals are at tVrUe, Ireves and hind him. seize the frcTnt of the hiidle i ^'^"*'^^^' tii* .»*<*J^i'in« elothes are bars. He th>.n permits brs body to drop forward untU the front wheel is be- t'weeo his knees and tile u^iper portion of hiis IxHly almost touches tht' front, ... , , wheel tire. Htf will ride very rapidly '*"\ also t rag uienis of tJ in this iHietuuo also, ind has mner yet '^"'^ luledo. and a poriio at the Sttinte Chapelle, in Paris. Cler- mcuit, C\>uxtrai, Aaiuer, 'loledc and Vi2ille; the tunics axe at .\rgeu>teuiL Treves and Aix-la-Chapelle. and there hem at t\iri>ie ion of the man- Ttie relics of the widely scatier- met with an accident while doing if, K<t is at *ajnt Denis H'.8 favorite amusemeut is riding the I Lord's Suppex are nu>rc bitycle with his K>gs cbtspiug the for-i*-^- ^^ "^P "* "^ Irento ward part of the frame whiie he clings! Though jK-puUirly suppcted to l* of tightly to the handle bars. He ped.ils ' ftnierald, it io saiti to be simply fasluon- lying in the oihex dii-e^tion. for he is "^ '•f supexb green coloured glass, the constantly moving liackward, and thus' table is at Prague., and the basJa and the diifficiillies and dangers of riding I "li^ wlmh were prpiserved al Treves. are in this way doui.le. ' Hie rides like thiB on the lnvulevards of i iviitou and never collidas with anything nor gets a fall. The speed he can make ie astonish- ing. In fact, so rarely is Willis seen riding his wheel in ordinary fashion thtit lieu ton |.ieople are as mut-h as- toniishnvl to catch a view of him mount- e<l on luis wheel us most people ride as they woulld be to see moet porsous try- ing to lerform tricks. Experts who have watched his per- toriuaBAes say that in tbe days to come Williis will iierloim su.U wonders on the bicycle as no one ever lielieved pos- sible. If exjierience and money will help him lie certainly will be able to do do, REGARDED THK WISH. First .\ciorâ€" .'iMauy a time my poor old father imploied me not to be»ome an actnr. Si' ond Actorâ€" Don't worry, old man â€"you didn't. huve diijujutea red since i he time of the rvivcJutiuu. Tue bread crumlled away at Constantinoi.de and has also disaj" peoxed. Of ihe linteum, there are frag- ments at Soisscus. t'lermont, Namar and Vlzillo. A small portkfli of Herod's staircase is at the Eacuruil. and the re«iain<ler is a* uoone. The column at which the scourging took place ie also at Rome, in the Chuxi-h of Saint Praxede, which the exception of some fragments which are at 'Venice. The present where- abouts of the rope, whips and sceptre is not quite cleax. All we learn is tbat the rope was at C^rlstein in 1515. that the whip was treaeiu'ed at CV«ist;in>-e.. and that Soi.^sons, Courtrai and the SaiuteCbaiH-lleof Paris held the s.eiv tre for a long tinne. The crown of tht^aTiis, which was giv<>n to Siint Louis by (he Emjierxiir of Conislainlinople, is nf.ivv in Notre Pn.mc nt I*ari>s. Tlmnia •have l)een taken fivni it and are olv _ _ >pci.s of veiioratii-n in mruiy places. Of j tvred dangerous ly Uritisdi vcienns fn TO MiAiiE RAUf FALL. The ntanber of attempts that have teen moxie to indtice rain to fall is legion. Money haa teen spent lavishly wxth thie end in vieiw. anu a goo<l in- vestment It would be if the success were commensfuxate with the expenditure. Scientific men have given their evi- dence for and against the success of the ext^erimenta that have been tried and yet tbe question remains unsettled. There is always the doubt of aimple coincidence of events to distuxb the .'u^Jpment on the point of strict cause an>l effect. The axea, too. over whxh the exijeriiment is to be tried cannot always Le satisfactorily defined, either with referen-e to the resuits obta.ned or the Ijenefi'ts cvnf erred. Tb» wind bloweth where it listeth, and it auxiy be thul the rainmaliiiig ai.iter.alB, suippoeing them to Le ttf- fective. are wafted to a consideraide distance before they liecome operative. or Ijefone they meet with the ne> essary conditions that instire precipiiaticn. uMJiTHODlS OF RiALV fOAJilNG. Those efforts to prodtu-e rainfall which approdch lo scientific method may be groulped tinder the following heads: â€" first, noise. It hus leen lon- teniled that the fixing of cannon and the din of battle have generallv i)een j followed by lailn. But when statis- tics are carwfvrily sifte.l there does not seem to Ie mut-h ground for the lie- lief. an»l no one would probably care to risk tfiB peave anxi comfort in the very unitrtam hope ihut a great up- roar would bring down the needed ra;n. Second. tJie exiditsion of talloons fill- ed with djmamite or other explosive, some dJBtance al>ove ilie ground, has been advocated and repeatedly tried. wijth what meusujw of success it is dif- fikujt to eay. Nearly allied to the con- cussion method is the attempt to chill the atmosphere oy tbe rapi<l evapora- tion of ftotme highly conipaessed gas. I'hen again, it is assexle<i that tbe estaolishiiient of an electrical con- nection betAveen a cloud uud the earth by means of a kite will induie rain to fall. Su»-b a means eviilently supposes the existence of a cloud ; but" .nasmuch as periods of drought are liable io le a«.coim>aniied with a long coutiiiuanoe of Idue sky, the method, even if success- fuil. cannot always bo applied, and in point of general applicaiion fails le- low the level of the ether suggestions. Ondensation Is t ht> resiult of chill- ing the air. The ascent of the lower strata of the atuine|«here .titu the high- er rvgums and the conseijuent expan- siim and loss of heat is tlw most pro- UU>le cause of rain, and it is nc>t im- possiiile that the air near the giound, bejug made to rise by being artificially heated, might tend to produi.Tj the de- sired dow njx'uj-. Mdchborly Interest la HU Dalsgaâ€" Matter* oi .Moiseat and nirtb Uatlured frooi HU OaU> Rscard. Buffalo bae twenty-iox railroads. Vandexbili boasts a $75,000 lirepiaoa. Grand Rapids factories expect to turn cnt 3O,GC0 biiycles the ooatng aeasotlj A company of Spokane, Wasik., cicw zens is organizing to ainigrate to Sfe beria. Of the SLZ votera of Malhtia, &y^ three axe Dennocrats and three Hepui>> UcalDd. Mrs. M. Young, of Woodburn, Oregool, ha^ compleud a bed quilt of 4,37$ ()ieces. H iUnm Sloiber, the newec^t Colorado millionaire had hi^ wife for a bui-inesa port.neff. Mu n i ci pal uiwnerathip of tha electria light plant in Wett Springfield is ba- ing coBcddexed. iu'-re are two famUies «w, one street in Bangor in wshitii lour generaxiuM axe represented. The State taxes for the couung year will reach the highest aggregate eve* known in Vejuumt's history It has been estimated tuat l,^oO,UOO pounds of wool was clipped from tiN 250,000 bheep in Alabama last year. The faculty at Yale prupc<>es to adopt severe measures wiih the stuileuts wh« carouse around thie streets ut might. Wueut is so scarce in the Svimgiield Mo., market that the local mills bav« been conijiened to shut down tenv- porarily. A Boston barber advertises "a sepa- rate rootn upstairs for dying ' iguor- nuntly omitting tjie letter "e frou tlM la^t word. IWhile chiqpping wood a former lit- ing neux StangfieliL Ontario, was strucV in one eye by a chip and made wholly blind in bouh eyes. Miss Jessie Acdceruiaiuk now in Bulti* more,, will soon enter upon her duiie* as assistant pastuo- ot bhe liMixth Bufi- CIST uhuxch of Chicago. oxn Suites bave expendeu $^U UUO.IMJO £cat In the lofct twenty yeaxs tlui t<Aith- oegro ochuula. >'eaxly every dollar ot ihio vast sum was lumished by tha while people. A t'itucago tAtrgiox. receuily arr<dt- ed, bocLsts i,uat witu the aid ul rle< triu- ity be can cut into any .sate lu tha city and wiiliual moJiing enough uoua to woi^en a oat. iLavid O Duunell, vktw wus ordadked to the Kouian Catholic pneethood in Boston, ie the first giaduute of tha j^adeuiic depanmcui ui \ale Uluaver- sity totnter the Koman Catholic priest- huod. Prufessur Charles Lane Poor, of Juhue Hopkins Lmv^rsity has just tia- ,sihed a cuostruciiou oi an tiquatorial telescope, wbicb he wJl take with h*m to the north next .^uuimer ui ordei to piiotugroph the st.axs Mrs. Phoebe J Clymer, of den i ran- cisou^ wtio hau been totally oiiuu lor uhaxty-oui yikixa, last wenk recovered ilers,ighl. Her family believes that this was a Oivine uispensaiU'U granted to tnem in ret-pcnae to ^onsum prayers. Two hundred ana fUiy-eigljl stons and irun monuments now mark tbe lA>undaxy Lne between the L'tiited Siute4> and Mexico fi-om the Kto Uruude to the Pacific,. TlHJ miles. DilL«tl of ubu munuiucnts are of vust-irua, LuG the principoi >.iies are ot sioue. Madstones which aae saiv lo hav« oume from the maw of a Hoiiky Moun- tain g^AU. more luan fifty years ago and to bave been applied to l.UlHl uiad- dog l.iteo. successiuily in every instauce excetpt une. axe still in service lu uia cuuniLub oi Casey anu tincolii, Ky. Stealing a calfskin fnuu me su^rs at Augusta, Me., a IS-itar-old toy took u to anotiitrr hide ucaier anU sold it to bint, anu mainaged at tbe sauia NO DANGER OF A REBELLION . Brillah Ca»l luilinnv iSa.v (hnl Ihrrc will be no Itrvalnfiiiu In lu<lin. A London i-able says: Thea^ has been sooiethiu^ .:k!' ,i evure abcmt India, bur without appaxent reason. Journal- ists liave brcii ttiiting as though an- other muiiuy was imxuinent because two l.^!riti*h officers were murdered in Poonah and tie police were comiielled to fiire ttiK>n the rioters in a suburb of Calcutta. No Sepoys have been ixincern- ed in these aftafJ*, and there is no ground for apprehend.ing an outbreak of a military nature. Sim-e 1857 India has been a military monarchy too strong to I'o overthrown. It ie evident that the people of India are disi-ouraged rather than irritable or resentful tho naive races are tem- porarily di.sheartened by plague and famine, but llieJT unrest is not ix«nsid- tb* purple veslmenta. soiue axe in the Cthiuxch of BucoXcon at ConistantinopJo, London, whiu bave spent their live« in Indi time to steiU ir«>m tiie pujciuuser ai aheepskin, whah he IvWdiy corned i»ick to tue first st^ire and sold it u,is lust victim. Mrs. N. Leihiu.in and daughter at . Jacksonville, ila., driving in a bu^sgy with a single horse, siai ted to cross the b'. C. and P. railroad tracli,>. when an engine under nigh 6peed tore the horse irum tne waggon and killed it, leaving ibe w«auMi seated in the buggy uninjured 'I'hexe IS an old geutleuiun in llairi- sou Coun;y, ^a-. wihxi is ttO yeaxs of age dua hoc ne\ *x ridden en a railroad tram or taken a iiiea: .it any kiutl ot public bouse, d's son uied in an ad- ioiuing ttrwB Iflot ^veeuk and he rel.ised to attend hie funeral l>ecause he would have hud to ride on the cars. Jodin Lewder, nicknamed the 'Wat en Crab," a bermit 65 years uld, wtaK> for forty-five years has lived aloue^ dealt in old Viuoks uud picked rags and bono* at Biltimore. died t!HTe hi.st uii;«ui.h. All the year round lie would rk^ at 2.30 o'clock in the luoriiiLtg ajjd forage l>efore d.awn. He was the son of a law.ver. The appi-oprifltion lor tbe New York Police Depannieni for the year IHtlT, as authorized by the Board ol tjitiuiiita and .Vppjvrtionmen; in tthe provisfcou.iA allowance is $0.!)l<1.58y, as agai^nst S'''.- 925.410 fox this year, .in increase ot laore than $1.01)0.000. The sum aw'^ed for by the depuiiiuent was $1.")0,000 more libanthis allow.^uoe. There is a cat that goes huutitiig at Hoisiiigion. Kan. It moikve its h^Tin- in a roundbou.** where a raUrcad main ulaced it to get warm one day » hen be ioiiwd it half frozen in ijjc ttrcct, the men made a practice uf .sbaot ins birds for it, and now the cat will fol- low for a mil p. or more a-n* naa \vti,« ca.rrie.s ii gun. and at aouiui »t sihot will run for 'ba l>ix(L