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~ aver. magnate .mti‘ t 'ieldortllC-MW ' in tin: previgus var. am! at" CHLLt‘Lolb in mm being used in the man discrete of artificial eyes. The material is lighlcr than glass. and its non-friable quali- ty renders it far more tnistworthy in eater ’ gencia. Tux anthonIe-l manufac cards in St l'etrnlhurg is stated to to days of the year at 300, this 'rect taxes have yielded ' on than the estimateâ€"; m of playing induce ; ill.” packs poi-day. l'lstinntingthep work- 3 gives a to- 'l VOL. ‘IX. f of minnow packs :u the annual mmption of this article in Russia. A tax underneath 3 tr: does not seem to be a perfect salt-mel for the rformer. A girl with llamum's cir‘us mfilled last pummcr bya fall into a net. her chin strik- ing On her knee so \iolently that her urck was broken; and now Zerello has lost his life in tho Mum: way in San Francisco. Aunu; the charred debris that have been removed from the ruins of the lting Theatre in henna were the remains of Henry melt, the chief of the claque who. after dis- playing nich extraordinary gallantry in rescuing several persons from the galleries of the burning house. lost his life in trying to save hnt overcoat. {oasis is to have a new news r to be rolled the .s‘elnl-y Var/Ill“ or [laminar/ion. It is intended to counteract the " tracts " winch the Nihilists circulate among the pmsantry. Half a million copies of each number will be struck oil". it is said. and the paper will he sold at the price of one copeck The idea of starting it is attributed to Gen. lgnatieff. TILE llritiah National Museum has receiv- ed from the late John Jones, who made a fortune as an army clothier and contractor dunng'thc Crimean war, a bequest of a couction of “'Ol‘kl of art estimated to be worth $350.0“). It comprises many ad- mirable specimens of Sevres ware. together with pictures and ornamental objects of various kinds. l'l.\Yl\'i: upon the violin is claimed to cure nervousness. 'l'he longevity of musicians has been estimated or averaged, and places the performers on the viohn in the lead. sixty'scven years. l‘ianista come next at an average of sixtydirc years; composers, sixtydonr; performers on the comet, flute and clariouct at sixty-three, and the lives of singers average sixty-six years. A plan for inducing the boys and girls of \l'orccster to read the instructive books in the public library instead of the trash has been succcssful It consists in inducing the teachers in the schools to make apractice of referring, in a casual manner, to the con- tents of interesting and solid work. Thus the youngsters have been led to choose a ' book about you and me 1'" kind of reading matter which formerly lay uuhecdcd on the shelves. 'l‘m: Vesuvius Railway having beensuc- i-essfully accomplished. it is now pro d to make the ascent to the crater of .5 ount .I'Itua in Sicily c uallgccasy by a similar plan. Acompany ins eu formed at l’al- crmo for carrying out this roject. The railway will reach almost to t to summit of the mountain, whence it fine view may be had of Sicily. Malta. and a portion of the mmthcrn end of the Italian peninsula. ’l‘nP. practice so prevalent nowadays in all largo citivs of trying to attmct purchas- era to Hllflli‘t by placards unuoum-in for sale at low prices goods " damagcl y fire," “purchased at bankrupt sale,’ or “in consc- qnencc of dissolution of copartncrship," is being restricted rigidly in Berlin to cases in which such nunoum-c-nicnts are strictly true. lv'ivc shopkeepers in tho city have just been arrestcd. and are to be prosecuted by the municipial authorities for fl‘uud in putting up such placards iuitruthfullv. Ai-m-ltbixu to an article by Prof. llruniati in the :lw/ih'ioili i§'((f(f~fl-4‘II. tllcilt-wish popu- lation of llll‘ world numbers about 7,000,000 wrsons of whom ovrr 5.500,!)00 are in lVIurop-n (if these lu'tcr, Russia contains about 12.700'000: Austria-Hungary. l,500,. 000: Germany, 050,000; and ltoumania, 400,000. 'l‘hus than four states contain about 5,210,000 .Icws: while Turkey con: lain» only 100,000; England and Holland 70,000 uncll, and l"l‘lllll‘t‘ hut 50,000. It is singular that the Jewish population is larg- est win-re it is treated with severity. llvvrivo in Kilkcnny still goes on. though the would-be fox hunters fll‘f‘ them- sel\'chiullti-ll from con-rt to rovcrthy hands of land lA‘tlgllt'l‘sl, armed with stivks and stores. Capt. llartopp. the master. being an importation from England, does not think it nest-usury to give way. He is very popular amng all parties, and conciliatory. too, when the. (weasiou demands. A *ns- not was caught lashing a hound one t a ' ; Capt. llurtopp went up to him with one fist rlcuchcd an: the other hando en. “Chocsc ! which you will," he said ; am no one was' surprised to sm- thc peasant shake the open hand in preference to becoming better acquainted with the clenched fist. 'l‘m: I‘vcunt assaults upon tho Jews in tier- ’ many llll\'t‘ been the cause of numerous law- 3 suits. One of tln- oddrst of these has been l that brought by a lh-umcu firm of the name I of Wolf it (.‘n. against a llerliu tmdcsmau for scudin ' them. along With a Post Ollice order for t to amount of a debt, the written message. “I am very glad thstl have so long led you Jews by the nose." As it hnp. pound. the firm of Wolf 4k Co. are IChris- tians. Neverthen'ss. they brought an action against the lluliu sho )kccpcr, claiming as «lainagu the sum of l marks, which they announced their intention of turning over to the Jewish Orphan Asylum at Berlin. A verdict was given for the plaintiff's for the sum demonized. PM: the but wvcu ycars works of an ex- tcnsivc character hau- bocn in prong at Milford Haven. Walrs. Connected with a design no less sanguixu than the creation in l'ombrokrshin- of a second Liverpool. Large docks have been mneutrd. a special railway laid down. and a pcir constructed 700 feet long for the acmuunmlation of ocean steam- ms. with a view to making Milford Haven “ the port of the future for American trade." It is reckoned that a day at least will be “\t‘tl in the length of the mango. while the Haven is supllalmd topussesa unequalled advantages as a p cc of landing. The docks are appmuhiugmmplctiou am the pier and railway are .... .. ...«..-...oâ€"_.~.-â€".. mtbe'l‘roynats. The Rev. f‘. A. Johnson. the Canadian minted advocate of the theory that "the sun do move," has been lecturing in Tm -. In addition toa sun revolviu around t e mirth. he dexribul-a square. t earth. " l have no reason to doubt." be raid, “ that in an: dwelling on a fourmlrm-rul earth. John. the Mvelstor. speaks of angels standing at the four corners of the earth. lime do ‘icntitic men have better knowledge than t e Scriptum? When men became too in- quiring they dineoveml them): was rouml. My friends. this is all a mistakewa grand ltltthlkm. ' h .‘h pk “ wi uitni I‘I oppoa cum Ihecarth. lf {but bop-13nd therartb is mood, at night pie must be standing on their hands. I u on t believe we are stand~ mg costar heads. I believe the earth is a pm“. plain imitatinch by water. The as- mtioasufsirntificmensbouldnot he. blindly Mvml: but an give its authority." Some of Who!”- Wput questions to hm. ladieson his a” webmastan but for .uhc themnply: “lunth to sum questions. \ on may.“ then it you about. But iftbemn ibdat more did Joshua make it stand still. as the Strap. tum prove he did. MW |Spoopeudyke sodhingly. m- y for traffic. ‘ it is said that Ihile it is night' i . The House With Closets. l flow dear to the heart of lhr- liuusckei'ping m» 3 man I I Nice children, good servants. and plenty of room = in i The well-flucd mansion in which they must ' dwclL . Hut tiritltI ot the blessings kind Fortune can give er, If she in the city or country abide. Is that whlrb she Ion rs tot-and covets forever. The big. alrycloset. ier joy and her rnlc~ The roomy. clean closet. the wellorde . closot The big. airy closet. her joy and her pride. The hopse may be perfect from garret to cel- ar. 1 “1-11 lighted, wcll nix-rd. with cold wafer and hot : And yet. to the eye of the feminine dweller. "closeness. all is as if it were not. flow ullshe hassunk like a dove that_is wound- ? . flow o‘flt she has secretly grumbled and sigh- ! . Because she saw not. though with all else sur- rounded. . The bl“, air ' rlOset. her 'oy aml her pride! The roomy. c can closet.t c well~ordercd closet The big. airy closet. her joy and her pride. l-‘ond husbands who fain would have home be an Eden. For you and your Eves all complete as a whole. . To read in. to write in. to sleep in. to feed Ill. Forget not tho closets so dear tothe soul: But build them incarners. in nooks. and ill cran- Dies. Wherever a closet may harbor or hide. And give to your Marys. your Rates. and your Annies . The big. airy closets. their joy and their prideâ€" Tlll‘ roomy. clean closets. the well-ordcrcdclogu-m The big. ulry closcts. their jov and their prulr. mâ€"d.»n.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- some up BED m. - air. Spoopendyke Objects to tbe Publicity Wnloh Has Been Given Hts Domestic mbi‘s‘ ltiwklyn lLIgle. “Na . my dear l" roared Mr. S oopeu- dyke. us he dashed into the room am fel lit- to a chair. “ did you know that that section of a stove pipe, with handy legs and a Presbyterian stecplo nose. had published a “No l" exclaimed Mm Spoopcndyke. “ You don't tell me ! Is it anything like Napoleon Bonaparte crossing the Alps f" " No. it ain't anything like Na leon Bonn- parto crossing the Alps !" snortei Mr. S p- endyke. “ And it ain’t anything like ulius Hannibal crossing the llelles out! Nor it ain't anything about Queen \ ictorla! It's about you an me, I tell you ! I t's all about our private life. and the idiot always repre- sents me as going to bed mad !" “I don‘t think that there's anythin in our private life to be nshmned of," saiil .\ rs. Spoopendykc, “and as to your going to bed mad you generally do. don’t you, dear 1‘" “\Yhat if I do 1'" howled Mr. Spooden- dykc. “ S'posc I want to go to bed on every newsmtand in the country done up in cheap binding and had type? Think I want posters out on the fences. ‘Spoopendyke go- ing to bed mad, in pa or '23 cents ; Spoopcu- dykc going to be mm , with additions and preface by the author, price 50 cents ; Spoopcndyka going to bed mad, bound in cloth with beveled edges: children cry for it and doctors tccommcud it, price Sl?" (lot tux idea that l wzuit to go to bed mad in twenty-four editions, with a row with n news company, printers’ bills unpaid and a spur manufacturer howling for his money? Validi-h-h!" yelleer. Spoopendykc. “It's a book, I tcll you ! Cut on the edges, past- ed on the buck, covered on the outside and reading matter all oror ! Know what a book is? The only difference between a. book and your mouth is that the book shuts up once in a. while! “'bo gave him the facts ‘3" and Mr. Spoopcndykc caned hack in his chair and frothed at the mouth. “ What does the man say in ltin bmk ‘:" asked Mrs. Spoopcndykc. “ llc don't say anything ! Lie don't get a chalice! You do all the talking like you do at home! 0. you’re a great womaum now ! It's Mrs. Spoopendyke this. and Mrs. Spoopcndykc that, and Mrs. Spoopcndyko around the comer. and Mrs. Spoopeudyke over the fence. Shakspearc‘snowhcrc! You .sre the leading literary. character of the day! Who gave him the facts? Who pur- veyed the information '.‘ Who told him you were an idiot that only needed a wash hill and a brother-in-law to he a (’luitcau trial ‘3" “ I don't quite know what you mean." falteri-d Mrs. ndykc. “ I know about the (luiteau trial and I hope Mr. l'or- for will win it. lint 1 don’t know anything about being literary, and as for Shaka care, 1 think he is almost as abstruse as the lourl of Education." ” What I want to know is, who gave him the facts I" roared Mr. Spoopendyke. “Who gave this ten cent author with a live acre rc- putatiou the facts? llow'd he ever find out that you didn’t know any more about keep- ing house than a frog does about keeping a bank account 2'" “ I‘m sure I don't know dear.’ said Mrs. “ Maybe he is only a newspaper man 9 who publishes facts first and then trusts to luck to find them out afterward. What does he say about me 3" “ &iy about on !" squealed Mr. S )opcn- dyke. “ llc iou't sa ' enough! i c only leaves the impression that a diamond drill. a steam eligine. fair weather and low waves might make an impression on your skull ! Do you appreciate the enormity of the situa- tion? Do you reach out and p. coni- prehensively. the unalterable fact that your market value is twenty-five cents in pa and $1 in cloth? Can you absorb tho it ea that in illustrating your red. white and blue virtues he has dragged me into his book, so as to give character to it E" "Does he mention you. too?" exclaim- ed Mm. Spoopeudyke, with an air of indig- nation. Mr. Spoopcndyke rose to his feet. Slow- l' he divested himself of his clothing and uumul the various articlts on the floor. keeping his eye liwd on his trembling wife. “ Mrs. Spoopendykc.“ said he, as he pranced into bed. " be kind enough to re- gard me u the rhea edition. The honor of cloth. with bevel mixes. gold letters on cover and the name-pellet! wrong belongs to you. With that and your literary attain~ meats, combined with your disposition to re fleet disrmnlit on an insane jackass. you col ' need your corners turned down. your hac tornod' to he a circulating library 3' With which profound illustration: of his mn- tetnpt fur-the situation. Mr. 5‘ pctnlykn dnnr his pillow over his hmd and kicked vi ' ’ “I don"t can." thought Mn. Spoopen- dyke, as she ran a thering string through theaeckof the 3". new w per; “it the man says that Mr. Spoopendy 0 goes to bed and every night he tells the truth. and tlhedocstbatl don't are what he says about me. What 1 wander out about is how longaspueh the forennn of the jury will make about Mr. Hanna." And Mrs Spaopeodyke crawled iuon her fikdthmuchamltbea outagaia toneiftbom under thebedhadnotby Arc comforts of which so few architects tell : ' A res-tune Found After Many Years. Xe-ruth Jeers-1 ' A sum of £250,000 has fallen to a Mr. , Robert Robson. Hexham. under the follow- . ing extraordinary circumstances : In the early part of last century a brother of Rob- son’s ndfather,‘taving married an heiress. I a Miss “'alker. of Cos-bridge. went to Man- chester. where be commenced business as a wine and spirit merchant. This lady died without having had issue, as also did anoth- er lady to whom her husband was subse- j quently married. In course of time the widower retired from active life and went to live in a private house. where his housohold . consisted of a manservent and two manlserv- ants. In the month of March. 1742. - it was noticed that the house was closed. but, as there was an impression that the family had gone on a visit to the country or the seaside little notice was taken of the circumstance. Gradually, however, suspicion began to be aroused. and at the end of a fortnight the house was broken into and it was found that the owner had been murdered and the house ransacked and robbed. The dead body of the murdered man was found in the cellar, and a gold watch which he wore had been taken away. An inquest was held. and a verdict of “willful murder" against some person or persons unknown was rendered. Suspicion pointed strongly to the man and and maid servants, but they abscoiidcd and .were never heard of. The murdered man i had been possessed of considerable property; * it was known that he was the owner of sev- eral hotels and a block of property in . Man- chester, and a sum of £13,000 was standing to his credit in one of the Manchester banks, butas no relative came forward to claim it the property found its way into the court of ohancery, where it would probably remained for ever but for an accident which recently occurred. Some ten or twelve months ago Mr. Robson. of Hexham. the.direct lineal descendant and heir of the murdered man, was walking along the High-Level bridge. Gntesliead.whcu he was met by a. gentleman named “fear. residing in Gateshead, who recognized him and gave him information which has led to his establishing a claim in the court of chancery, and to the pro erty being decreed to him. The decree o the master-in-chancexy is that the property is to be handed over to Robert R0 son on the 215?. of March next. and it will then have been in the court for the long period of IRS years. Mr. Robson is between 60 and 70 years of age. and is a woodman, at which occupation he has wrought all his life. He has no relative except a daughter-in-law; and it may be added that he is very philo- sophic under his huge accumulation of pro- perty; he. is neither unduly elated. nor does he feel regret that his life hitherto has been passed in toil. .._ _â€"_.__â€".â€"_.â€"._. A Clever Jewel Robbery. We abridge from a recent issue of Figaro the followng account of a robbery in the Rue dc Capucincs, l’tu'is, which is known in Europe as the American robbery. Madame Chauvct is a. dealer in jewellery, and has i uitc an important establishment. A gcn- t eman wellulressed entered her store for the purpose of having a slight repair made. He spoke French with a foreign accent. The father of Madame Chauvet carried the arti- cle which had been repaired to the Contin- ental Hotel, and delivered it to the visitor, who called himself Colonel (luston,ot Ameri- ca. The day following he paid a. second visit to the store and purchased a. small trinket, for which he aid. IIe engaged in conversation with Mat ame Chanvet,and in- formed her that it was his intention to make purchases of a few articles for the purpose of selling them again in America. He made a list of such jeweller as he wanted, and requested that the or or should be ready on the 11th inst. At the hour indicated Colonel Gaston called, bringing in his hand a Rus- sialenther hand-bag. as he stated that he did not wish the jewels put in cases. Ilc examined each piece with the greatest in- terest, there being some 30 different articles and be criticized and approved with the greatest care. He placed his bag on the case, and as he ins ected he placed the jewels in it and locke it with a. key. At this moment a second individual, very tall, entered the store and asked to be shown some sleeve buttons which were exposed in In the window. Madame Chauvet turned foramoment to look at the buttons and state the price. The deed was accomplished at this moment. The second gentleman, the accomplice of the first, had substituted a bag, similar in every particular to the one which contained the jewels, and placin bag No. I under his cloak he went out. Co onel Gaston at this moment was plunged appar. ently in profound calculations. He took from his pocket papers and what appeared to be foreign bank bills. He exclaimed: “No ; I must exchange some of these notes. Keep the bag, and I'll be back in an hour." They lifted the ba after the colonel had one.and it apparent y contained the jewels but when they examined it later it Was found to hold nothing more valuable than bits of wood cart-fully done up and some pa rs of wire. ' he value of the goods stolen was nearly lift thousand dollars. consisting of diamond nec 'lacos. wings, &c. Railroad Sociablllty. Wit boomerang. “Speaking about the sociability of mil~ road travellers." said the man with the l cmtchesand a watch pocket over his eye, “I never got so wall acquainted with the pas- sengcrs on a train, as I did the other day on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. We were going at the rate of about thirty miles 3th hour. and another train from another di- rection tclcécoped us. We were all thrown into each othe ocicty. and brought into immediate socia contact. so to speak. “I went over and rat in the lap of n cor- ulent lady from Manitoba. and a girl from : ‘hicngo jumped over nine seats and sat ‘ down on the plug hat of a preacher from I.'\ l (.‘msse. with so much timid, girlish enthusi- asm, that it shoved his hat clear down over his shoulders. "Everybody seemed to lay aside the usual cool reserve of strangers. and we made our- selves entirely at home. "A shy young man with an emaciated oil-cloth valise. left his own seat, and went over and sat down in a lunch basket when: a bridal couple mined to beumtling with their first picnic. Do you suppose that reâ€" tieent youu man would have done such a thing on on i ' occasions? Do you think if be had been at a celebration at home that he would have risen impetuomly, and one where those people Were eating bytbe res and sat down in the cranberry jelly of a total “I should rather think not. "Why, one old man who reliably at home led the class meeting, am who wuss dignified as Roscoe Conhluig's father. was sat" a piece of custard pie. when we met the at. er train. and he left hisown seat and went over to the front end of the car and shot that " of custard pie into the ear of stranger ‘ plight of. French Speculators Punished. l‘an‘s [hwpofrh [0 (hr London Times. FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, Hill. is, 1882. ; Atheists and Oaths. It is not quite easy to understand what W no Wonders of the sitcom!»- , But this little imtmment is still mon- : “tfllflerllll. for it fluid-Enos with its qualitim I of a trap theadwntagcs of r. balance which We may snppmr is fine ruuugh tor the mm! fastidious may in weigh the nectar distilled in tho dru'r-linp. ur utlu r dclil-m‘y of the season. ("for idrus 1-! weight and Mn“ an; puij l(‘l.1li\t‘. and that which six-ms a small or , light tilijt‘x'i. hunt our. point of view. may = lmcolllt‘ l-‘Il'tfil' and heavy by a Jillian-"t your v 1 prison. ‘l‘n lllCL-l uf us. perhaps. a “grain- jwcight" suggests a little thing : we know that thcup‘zhwary and a few other small ', dealt-rs up ll up the grain into llnl\‘t‘:-. quark ‘tcis. tenth» and perhaps even huudwths, { but then \vv u-ganl them as liuiinmmthir j Visionaries and laugh at their absurd little. ._.- ! pellets: yet. “magi-to say, thori- is a van- ! A We“ Inseam”. , ishmg-pomt lil onrimuds. pinch, ifsn object , ~ is small t‘llu‘d'e'll to pass. it lx‘cuu‘s larger and more important by. l‘vusuu of our astou» N0 51. James Mcfilyun, a minor in the llallru~ The Correctional Tribunal of the Seine 3°“? " {"e‘thlnklng " friends “'ho “failed "I" b:le Colliery. ill “'illlc-illfim. l" . has . ishmcnl and wonder at its llillllltuum; the to-day passed a judgment on a group of ti- nanciers which will serve as a wanting to many Directors of companies who are about tobc confronted with the problem of evolv- ing a dividend. The story was this: A per- son nauicd M. Jean Laurent Brugerolles. a financier who had been very unsuccessful and was apparently at his wits‘ end to make a living. started in 1876 a "Company of De- partmental Banks." the objects of which are not clear. The first Board of Directors was com d of a certain M. de Murry, a Bar- on T arreau, who had been a Prefect under the Empire, and a Comte de a Bassetiere. One of these gentlemen was succeeded by a Baron Kcrveguen, and M. de Morry. ow- inn to a criminal prosecution for outraging ptiblic decency, resigned. Now. all these gentlemen seem to have been unaware of a certain article of the Companies Act of 1867 providing very stringent punishment for those who make false statements as to the subscriptions with a view to attract the capital of the public. The fourth part of the capital. which is statucorily requisite before a company can begin operations, was not really subscribed. This was the first fraud. To pay the shareholders a new con- cern had to be created. It was a financial paper formnshing the shares of the Banques )epartementules, whose‘ shareholders were paid in shares of the new paper. This was followed by a corn-grinding company, the Socicte ('lenerales (fies Francsises Minoterics created for the same purpose, capital 5,000,- 000f.. M. Brugerollcs bought a mill, in‘re- turn for which and his high financial posh lion he claimed 0,000 shares of 500f. each. half paid, This company paid a high divid- end, owing to a false inventory, another of- fence punishable very severely. The result was a great rise in the price of its shares on the market. This encouraged Brugerollcs to start another company for the making of puer nUflanfuires. He again obtained in reward a handsome )ortion of the shares. Some shareholders at cngth, finding no profit accruing from their securities, put them- selves in communication with the judicial authorities, and Brugcrolles decampcd, and has not been discovered. The sentences passed to-day were five yours’ imprisonment, 3,000f. fine, and ten years’ deprivation of civil rights on the part of Brugcrolles, being the maximum penalty ; six months‘ im- prisonment and 500f. on M. Tharreau, the ex-I‘refect : 500f. on Baron do Ker- veguen, and M. Boyer, another director, 1,000f. fine. .â€"â€"oâ€"-â€"o__. Arthur Sullivan's New Opera. As the readers of The Musical Ila-on! al- ready know, Mr. Arthur Sullivan is at Cai- ro, Egypt, \vhcro‘he is composing the music for the comic 0 era which is to follow “Pa- ticnce.” Mr. \ ’. S. Gilbert sends the text of the libretto and the words of the songs to Mr. Sullivan by mail', as he finishes them, and by March or April the work will be com pletcd. The following is the argument of the new opera: Twenty-five years ago he- forc the piece commences a fairy has connnit- ted the indiscrction of marrying a. mortal. This by fairy law is death, but the Queen of the fairies commuted the sentence to banishment forlife among the mortals, on condition that she leave her husband and never reveal herself to him again. Soon after a son is born unto her. This son is hqu fairy, half mortal, being fairy down to the waist~~a real idol with feet of clay. lie is educated as a mortal should bc,:unl called to the Bar. where his progress proves so rc- markablc, owing to the cleverness and the exceptional integrity with which he conducts his profession, that in a few years he rises to the rank of Attorney-(lencrul. True to her promise the mother, although she sees the father, never allows herself to he srcn by I him until an incident which shows that a mother's love for her child is stronger than ' the love for her own life, makes her break her vow. She reveals herself to him, al- though thc penalty for the act is death. The fact is that father and son love the same girl, and the father. fancying his wife to be dead, contemplates marrying the girl. The mother, after having in mm tried in dis- guisc to persuade the father to give in for the sake of his son, as :1 last resource, un- veils her face and tells him, "Behold you cannot marry. I am your wife!" The skill and the distinguished taste with which the fairy, representing the noblest sentiments, is led through the piece. with aesthetic grace, is only what could be expected from the skilfulund successful pru that threw the inspiration on the paper. In order to bring the piece to the desired cud there comes n. «(thus a- murlu‘nu. but that for the present remains untold. P“. | Worthy of Consideration. One of the most miserable deaths that any one can die is to be burnt alive. llut this isan eventuality to which every one is exposed who performs a journey in the winter time by rail. When a railway carria 1e is thrown from the track and upset. two t rings gener- ally take place : the doors and windows generally become immovany fixed. and the carriage is instantly set on fire. The result is, in the absence of some means of cutting his way out. the imprisoned passenger must perish miserably in the flames. An instance of this sort occurred only the other day on the Hudson River Railroad, within a fvw miles of the city of New Â¥ork. and it is only one of many accidents of the same sort. In fact. no one who moves around in the world much knows how soon he may" himself he the victim of a similar calamity. Now the question arises. can nothing be done to lessen this dangch A simple pro- caution has been suggested, which is well worthy the attention of railway compote ies, and of every one who is interested in the safety of the travelling community. ‘ It is that every railway car. for the. convey- ance of passer: vers, should be fumishcd with a couple of mlia-mblcr buckets and a couple of axes. one of each being placed in a conspicuous place at either and of the cat: so that they could be laid hold of at once in the event of the necessity arising for their being used. The axes would enable such as were not very seriously injured to get out, and the buckets would enable them to extinguish the fire. in many instances, be- fore the wounded were burned to death. This suggestion. as it appears to as. ought to commend itself to everyone. Railways would do well to adopt it in their own in- terest as well as in the interest of their jnssctxgers. lint, in order to make surety doubly sure, a law requiring some such ap- pliances to be furnished in all passenger couches ought to be passed bv the l is- huue, ' We hope this matter will not be net 0*. l l-Lsatv Emmaâ€"One oi the vcryworst ‘ mommies of time is that tilcheu from area-so mrv sleep. The wholesale but blind mm- ia practice as it is errant in theory. Early ! rising in a crime againt the noblest ‘meiulstiou of early rising is as mischievous i iour physical nature. unless precede: by an rtol on the Premier of Ontario the other day, really desire. They want to bo put from the spam time of the past nine years in me am. newssityof confirming their statements in court of law by the sanction of an oath, and yet it is not quite clear that they have any- thing cquivalent that they can substitute for this. It may be supposed that their agnosticism or unbelief does not. even in their own estimation, give any greater value to their simple statement than belongs to the statement of those who believe in the ox- istcnce of a supreme ruler, to {whom they shall have to give account at the last day and a state of retribution in which each in, dividunl of the race shall be punished or re- warded according to the deeds done in the body, whether they be bad or good. At most, it may be presumed, these people only claim equal trust-worthiness with their christian fellow subjects. Ilut Christians do not always tell the truth when they are not upon oath ; and what security have we that the atheist or agnostic world do so 2' It will perhaps be said that Christians do not al- ways tell the truth when they are swm‘u to do so ; and unfortunately we are not in a position to deny this allegation. But it must not be inferred fro-n this that the sauc- tion of an oath lends no additional value to the statements of the bulk of christian people. There are thousands of people who are very loose about their statements when not on oath, whose sworn testimony is en- tirertrustworthy. Many a one will, un- fortunately, lie, who would not under anv amount of pressure perjure himself. ' Now the difficulty which lies in the way of admitting the unsworn testimony of those people in courts of law. in the absence of I anything else which is equivalent to an oath, is found in this simple fact, that it has not the samew'uluc as the sworn testimony of those who believe in the veritics of the christian religion. Besides if Atheists and Aguostics are allowed to testify without swearing, on their own avowul that they are such. what is there to prevent others from professng to be such, merely for the purpose of escaping the necessity of swearing. Hypocrisy is not all on the side of belief ; there are quite as many probably who make a hypocritical professwu of atheism as of christizuiity. Men like to purge themselves, if possible, from the chach of inconsistency; and there are tens of thousands of pcople-â€"â€"some of whom are found in every connnunityâ€"who profess to not believe in Christianity, sim- ply becausc it condemns their lives. That there are genuine Agnostics and even Athe- istsâ€"hard as it is to conceive such a possi- bilityâ€"we do not presume to deny. Ilut as the true spiritual believers bear onlya small proportion to the mass of nominal Chris- tians. the genuine Agnostics and Atheists are only an inconsidcmblc number when compared with the spurious ones. If, then, if: were admitted that the former of those classes ought to be excused, the practical difficulty would he in distinguishing between it and the latter. But until something is discovered which will he as binding upon the consciences of these unbelievers. as an oath is upon the conscience of the average Christian, the difficulty in the way of re- ceiving their unsworu testimony appears to be insupcrablc. I .__...~__... ._. ¢l'yâ€"â€"~_ . ...... A Lott-Handed Generosity. A 'car or two ago a Scotch firm of ship- huilvicrs established what was widely notic- ed at the time as a. “generous ” of awards to workmen in their eiuploy who should invent or introduce any new machine or hand tool. or improve any existing tool. or make any other change of means or methods calculat- ed to improve or chcapcn the work of their shipyard. The policy was good, though, if our memory serves, it was characterized by shrewdncss rather than generosity, since the granting of the award was conditioned up- on thc surrender by the inventor to the com )any of the right to use the new invention without further charge. The plan seems to have worked well for the company, who " have been encourang to amend the scheme " in two important particulars. They - now announce that should an invention orE improvement be worthy of agrcatcr reward than the sum ($50) originally fixed. the firm will either grant a higher sum, or, shouldi the invention be considered worthy of being i protected by patent, pay the inventor and assist him pecuniarin in disposing of his patent or in completing it. at the same time reserving to the firm the right of using such, invention themselves free from the pay- ment of any royalty for patent rights. These offers still keep well within the bounds of prudence. and indicate a sharp outlook for the main chance. The firm en- joy in consequence the pleasure of bein': generally lauded for generosity. We shall not be surprised if they discover in time that it will pay them to still further encourage the inventive faculty and habit among their workman. if not by assisting them to take out patents for their inventions, at least without reserving any right of use without payment of royalty. Assistance so rcndcr- cd might fairly be accredited to generosity ; and yet, from a strictly selfish point ofvicw, the generosity would pay haudfiomely, for the habit of constantly seeking better and more economical methods of working could ; not fail to make any workman more valu- ' him to invent anything worth patenting. 74"»... Gomedonos. The black points. fleshworms, or come- dones, which are found in the face. and cs- ciall “near the nostrils. are not at all pro- duced by the accumulation of the particles~ of dirt or dust, as has generally been believ- cd. but by pigmentar matter which is solu ble in acids. It is 'nown, in fact. that black coincdones which accompany acne oft. en appear not only on persons exposed to dust or rather careless of their person. but also on chlorotic youn girls who live in good circumstances. Tlcsidcs, observation shows that the discoloration not only exists on the surface of old romedoncs, hut des- cends al'ways to the lower parts. Accepting this fact, [Inns has used successfully acids in the treatment of comedoncs. lle gener- ally prescribes: Kaolin. 4 ; glycerine. 3 partsmcotic acid. flpartsmith or without the addition ofa «ma l quanity of some cthe- real oil. With this pomade he covers the parts affected in the evening, and if need be m the day. After several rla sail the . ones can be easily or . most of them even come out by was ing the parts with puuiicestone soap. The was malts an be obtained by handaginc the parts af- fected fora long tune with vinegar. lemon juice. or diluted hydrochloric and. The author coaclpdeo by uying that the acids act like cosmetics. as they transform the black color into a brown and yellow shade and destroy it gradually altogether : they produce a quicker dcsquama’ tron of the horny bed which interrupts the exit of the come-done: and brings to the surface the glandular openings. a..- .-q. o v' - able to his employer, even if it did not lead :a (“movable “1,0,1. , ' ' ifurniturc and pianofortcs. l'hercis no in- ' but it appears ccrtam that it became known found i‘ecrcstion'and amusement during IllL‘ mm: ordium'y spuiimt-u under the mien». . . wpc is an m idcuce of this. but when we rvul- struction Dian elaborate clock. . -\3tl¢‘5s=llll‘ in: that the. ability of the spwtimcopc t( “d l’)‘ 3‘ h~'~l’°1't¢" Ole “'0 _N°W \ Wk Tim’s reveal small particlus of matter be final whom the clock stands about-nine feet hivh. and is the finest microscope scan-hrs wit l its high- zncsscd In an elaborately curve. msc of est power in vain. that the. 'rain of matter black walnut. wpsxstmg of 406 pieces of umy be divided. not mcrclyiuto lulndn‘ths. perfect_finxslt. lunch of these pieces was or thousandths. or tons of thunmitdths, but turned!!! the mulch“ the emlluslasticlllim‘l‘ into millionths and tens of milliontlis. and With {1 KOOl that would make 11 midllef‘lllflk- that a single one of these particlcs may llv cr smile. being nothing less than a broken readily detected by this little searcher and saw file. . _ .‘ ' held up forour inspection. our womb-r and In addition to the 400 turned pieces I“ amazement enhance ouvmspcct for its no blaCk walnut. which comprise the l'mlnv- cult powers. The astronomer tells us tluft work of tho Clock-It has 63 moving “gun-‘8. u comet of ten throws out a tail longcr than actuated by machinery. smieftly arranged thcdismucc between thocarthund the sun. as i to produce interesting historical and and broad in mportiun; yet um mum-r biblical scenes. It is the intention of the forming this tail is so attenuated that. if miner-mechanic to make the number of properly compressed. a gouuonmn‘a sport. ngums a hundred as soou asliisnwmlswhich lnalltcl'il. possiblv his snuff-box. might talu- nrc rather limited. shullaffurd suchnn addi- it in, Yet w.- lim-o merely to point this tlonal outlay. liltlc tell-talc at the comet, and, presto! wc . Tiled-mm 0f "‘0 V'ka “1‘0"” “WW lkllcnll- know what tho matter is. Think of it? Not ‘05.!“ng Elbow ll llIKlSSiVL‘ and elegantly merely can we grasp infinitciiimul particles c‘arvcd pedestal. and upon thcsv the moving at our hand. but we may sweep the firm"- figures nppoar. ‘ The lower balcony show u mcnt. gather u l the star-dust and tell its proccsalou of Loutmentnl soldiers, headed composition. ,lut we huvo not yet l‘oncln‘d iynmouutcd choral and marching Past. the end of our i‘Xt ursion; indeed, we have While the 01d liberty lit‘ll pl‘OL‘lflllll3 its only cutcrcd the threshold of thcsvicutist's welcome notcscf freedom. A sentinel sn- sanctum. and thc wonst of the urcnnum lutes the Contmentals as they passand just t‘clipsc tlmsc of the portico. 'l‘hat mysteri- at the moment- a door is opcuec from an up- ous agency of fun-e rallcd electricity has per balcony and reveals Molly l’itchrr.with been utilized. not nicrrlv for the benefit of her .canuon which she lives with bulls and bears. or for lnmdrcds of utilita- sml'tlmg “ml "@315th elli’t‘l- To Show hm" rizui purposes with which we arcfumilinrizcd well tllc‘lllakel‘pf the clock has considered every day. but it liushceu used as a fairy. the details 0f llls handiwork. he has placed lingcr tit-probe Nature's hidden structuria a small revolving fan in the clovk. to bl‘ and, us it were. enable us to in! what flu- actuated after the firing of Molly‘s cannon, spl-cll‘uscupi‘ has rcvralrd to'ninhf. for the purpose of cleariu ' out the powder “ smoke. Simultaneous wit 1 this the portraits of the twenty Presidents of the United States pass in panoramic viow on a bulcon ' just above the patriotic tableau. of “'lllf‘l Molly Pitcher is the central figure, and Thomas J cfi‘crson holds up the Declaration of Independence. The apostolic procession is similar to those hitherto seen in such clocks. The Twelve Apostles file past, Satan appears, and the cock crows in wum- ing to Peter. A figure of justice raises her scales as the form of Christ appears, and during the scene a large representation of Death tells all the minutes upon a bell. When one sees the clock. the tools with which it was made, and hears the miner's story of how he bought the wood for it hit by bit us he could nflbrd from his spare change. he is sensibly impressed with human possi- bilities. The figures used in the biblical his- torical illustrations were cast by McGlynn in moulds of his own design, and there is very little in the entire clock that did not come from his hands. Now that it is finished he scarrer knows what. to do with it. .. ..._~.-â€"‘ - vâ€". .â€" A Polyglot Family. Middlclown fun. 7 -â€"- An Intellectual Rocky Mountain Burro lisnvu lnbuns l worship the iutcllcvt of the burn». llc cannot llf' humbugged. He knows when he is within clubbing distance, and when ho is not. you run yell at him until you are black in the face but he won't move. Some of the incidents that attest his sligun-ity are almost marvelous. l was once alllll‘g on a soft sandstone lmuldcr in thc littlc Town of C llu\\'ll the meandering stroct came old Skipton. driving before him one of.tlu- most remarkable looking jacks I ever saw. [it tho ruggmlncss of his physical composi- tiou he was almost scenic. Half of his loll car was gone and numerous clear places on his hidc made it appurcnt that he was ud- dictcd to the hot bath. “ \\'licrc did you got that wrrck, Ship I asked. “ Wreck." he replied srornfully, “ whv. you tcndcrfoot, that’s llcnry Ward Bench- er. He’s the father of his county. and he's just got more brain powcr that any juck in this Statc." "Intellectual is he 1‘" I cnquircd. “ Well. lshould blush. Why, 1‘“ just tcll you a little not that he did yesterday. We was :1 working up on the High Hopes, me and Jim Atkinson. my purdncr; and “'0 got to feeling a little pcckish along about noon. and I went up to the shanty to fire up. \Ycll. Jim he was racking up a few pounds of arc to have sampled and II. \\'urd was a standing by, and somehow Jim he slipped and fell in the shaft, but he caught on the bucket and she commenced o ll 'ing down and tho shaft was Muir onto a nun- drcd foot. Well, what. did llccchcr do Y Why, he know it wouldn't do to try and catch the handle no he just backed up against the Windlass and hold hard till he stopped lu-r and saved Jim's life; that's what hc did and I’ll lukc my paralyzed onlh on it. and so'll Jiln. Sci! where it took the skin off on his llllllllf'llt‘ll 2'" The cuticle was uvidcutly gum: and Ship loukcnl most solemnly in earnest. I could 'not doubt him. We went serous thr hil'l“ t and Ship look :1 little gingi-r in his, There is living at Middleton-n 'a family in which nino distinct languages are spoken, namely : English, Gernmn, l’rcnch, Span. ish, Italian. Portuguese, (frock, Arabic and Turkish. besides any number of dialects con- necth mostly with Italian and Spanish. The head of the fumily, who is a nutivc of Zur- ich, Switzerland, isu musician of wide uc- complishmcnts and reputation, who. from u. love of travel, has seen most parts of the world, having resided for consulcrablc peri- ods in widely separated countries. After ex- tended travel he settled in Tunis. North Africa, where behold. the position of lllllslfllll director for thcbcy, huvmg charge of his orchestra. llc married there a lady who was a native of Arabia, but born of Italian and English parents. Children were born to them thorn. Leaving the country on nc_- count of an epidemic, they settled next in Constantinople, and resided some years at the Turkish capital. There in: was the Sultan's chief musician, not only having the charge of the bands of all his regiments at the capital, but also of the music of thc sul- tan’s hnrcm. Other children were born to ‘ i nun: wufc “mu. them at Constantinople, He left the Turk. ‘ 'l'hcrc is no shqibuiidtng of iuqmrtulnu- go. ish capital to comb-«to America, dwelling 1. mg on lll llussxu. just now: the only vcssrlu your in Germany, and travelling in Imly by. under course of construction being tu‘qlinlf- l'orc coming here. For many years they re. armored‘frigutc ovum-rs of tlu- "Munn," sided in New York and Brooklyn. On com- class. luv the moment the department of ing to this country he continued his pi‘ofcn- ' nuvnl construction at the Admiralty hnd siun, leading orchestras and teaching music. «ti-used to exist. no nllll‘i:l.‘i$.‘lfll‘ hnvmg yet The gcntlcnmn referred to is Mr. Frank taken the place of Athmrul l’opofl'. It In Mezucr, who, with his wife, is living with obvious that no llcot C’un be kept in u blnlc their youngest son, Frank h‘lczgcr, .lr., on of cflittlcncy without constant additioim hr- thc l'itts farm, just outside of the village. in- made to It. nun-r- thc launch of tin- Of fourteen children, Several of whom wore ha fm'morcd frigah- " Dulu- of I'ldinhurgh " born in this country. only six are now liv- in 1875, no addition has burn made to the ing. and all but one are residents of Midde lussmu flcct. llurmg tln- How-n yours that town. The oldest of these, who is the wife have elapsed since that launch, 'Inglnnd has of Mr. Frank Dc Morvillc. n compositor in constructed quite an entire fleet of. or“ the Prom office, is by birth on Arabian, and mrn-of-wnr, which llusnin may in: said in speaks all the languages knowntothc fami- ban: nothing to place signinnt. . its no ly except Portuguese and Arabian. Likc iron-clad powcr, thrrcforc. Cumin is in» her father. sheis a musician, and is giving whcrc til‘llily. \\ but naval strength uln- lessons in town in both vocal and instrumcn- him is centred in the t\_vcnty cruiser”. COIM- tnl mllSic. The next younger member or posed of lmff-armorml frigate», clippormund the family. who is u resident of Brooklyn, converted mcrchmitnum. sin.- vnn dimpatch was also born in Constantino lc. 'J‘hc oldcst against our shipping. llcrr. lllbflyAlIUWf’thl', son, whose marriage waslatc v published in there must hr rapid ch-mlcnm: ll no nI-w the Press, is also by birtlrn Turk, and the \‘cemcln he :nldrd to the fleet; for thc lllf‘l'f' other thrccl-n sister and two brothers are launching of two half-urnth frigates in American born. 1551 will not nuiki- up for the illl'l'itllllll‘ wear and tun‘ and signing of tho twenty i'l‘lll'll‘l'a in thc intcrvnl. -...‘-> .v. Comparative Increase of the Russian and English Navies. ‘9â€"<-pâ€"â€"0-‘ ~Ae~ Rosewood. Rosewood was once. even if it b: not now It was used for costly ~ 77““-P...-« » A MONBTROUB RAT. Tho Narrow Escape or two children At- tacked by a 2t-lb. 'l'hclullowing story nppmrs in the Quco bu: dcspatchcu of the morning pupcrs. whirl: shown that the city of Quebec can but! off the palm in tlu: production of rats if nrr thing clbt'. lt is to be hoped, however. for thc'xakc of the children of the ancient rapi‘ tal. that the»: lnonntcrs will soon lK‘cUllh' extinct: “A l"n:ncb paper is rcsLxmsihlu for the story that a night or two ago a hugo mt jumped upon a bed in which were rowing twoyoung girls of this city. one “"154: and the other thirtccn ycars of ago. Thu-young- out had two bite» upon her lingcr, nod hm sister was bittl-n upon the elbow. 'l'hrii cries alarmed thcir parents, whcn a chase ultertho invmler m'currcd. It was finally cntra )ped behind a pie“: of furniturc. and killc withnlzcsvy blow from a stick. So large was tho animal that it was thought worth while to weigh it. nnd. act-ording to the authority allow: mentiomrll. the weight was lrmnll to is: “.34 pounds.” formation respecting its first cmployuuznt : soon after the discovery of South America. Old writers speak of rosewood cabinets and other furniture made ofit. The wood is met with oxily in South America. The French give it the name of “palisondrc :" by the Ilermnm it is sometimes called "l'alissand- crholz." What they term "bois dcl‘rmu" or “lloscnholz” is. in reality, an African wood, l with red and yellow streaks. lt seldom at- tains adiametcr of more than (-i'vht inchcu. and is cut into veneers to be usc as a bord- ering in inlaid work or for floors. llut tlw best quality of rmewood or lisandro Wood is found in Brawl. All the finest llf‘hcl‘l - tions of this wood arccxporu-d from llin f r- Jnneiro. larger ( xtantitics of inferior kinds are sent out from his, The latter soft. however, is only worked for cheaper articch the fibre having a dark red color. and but few beautiful veins. Honduras also exports a descri tion of heavy dark-colored rose- wotul.wliich is mostly made into drum-stick- and walkingvsticks. The ltio dc Janeim wood grows to a good size. and has beauti- ful veins. '1 he beat is chosen for veneers ; ' but the ordinary blocks. with straight fibre. look very rough and knotty. Roscwoml is - at present sold by weight: formerly it was ' ' of by trunks. l t contains a very stringent oil. which must be estractul by statuarch loan as ' are to the air before the wont can m a uni. It has short powm'ful smellmnd people who work it scrip to be penetrated with it. .u-.~4 .. I ‘«.â€" ln limit of the larger towns of Utilllli'fll)’ art classes have been established for tum-han- ins. and an: [ugly attended. 'l be pro ilc down by the sea are decidedly in favor o the Scott Act. lnverneu coon- rnsjority. t l-r is singular how many famous E: sh Ministers have had favorite homes It names begin with ll. llawardon. liu hen- den, lloughton (Walpole's'). llsyn (L’ha in). llo‘lwmd ll‘itt), Holland Home il’os). llou 'hton nmt' belongs to Lord Clwlmonde- ley, \ aim-lo» direct representative in the female line, and is in line condition. Hayes. where William PM was born, long since - ,.. â€"-..~â€"o.oâ€"- â€".~~ . â€"- f I . A fashion note says that the number of Heathers u alady’s hat this winterin only finite” by the extent of her finances. The ty. Cape Breton, has adopted it by alarge . s L: r mu A sum was telling I“, I Wm“). “if” mama“ 3" “‘1 almat' wido'from Inn at], m w “a a. . ac. , t. W I t ,S l m , “h f 1 h n . 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