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_â€" scrzx'rmc eossrr. l I l When in the formation of coal all tba other circumstances were alike, Carnot is of the belief that different ape t." of plants gave rise to cal of very diifcreut properties. i An invitation to hold its out meet- ing at Vienna has been accorded. by thei internationalCongreu of Ilygtene, which, has ctncltided its fifth session, held this yrar at The Hague, must we usefully. filtered through porous cu- Water free from gland porcelain is absolutely microbtb. With a single such vea- sel, 0. 20 metre long by 0. 25 metre in diameter, Mr. C. Chamberland ob. tainrd atoui‘ZO litres a day cf physiolo- gically pure water. Experiments by G. Gore, LL. D., prove that carbon, bar a, and “Leon may be so parated from their melu (1 com- ptunda by electrolysis; but, although carton was slowly deposited in IEVQMI cares, in no instance was it obtained from an aqueots solution or in a crystaline state. In the Province of Viatka, Russia, there are induced annually a 2,100,“.0 punds of ttrpcntirie oil. It is stated that Ihe annuol product of birch oil amounts to 144,LUO,LCO pounds, (4,fjf.f),L-(A), pm ds,) an indication that the ueruand f r it is now great. It is now proposed In make aturmel and filllfl.3d through the Splugen. project is regarded with great favor by ttioseintereeted in Inmbardianrailwaya, and rapport is Icoked for from Bavaria, Wt r1. :..bcrg,and otherparta of Germany. 'I he estimated cost of the whole work is air u'. 810}.‘_'UU,fJ00, (ifullfllll. and Quinquand say that sub- cutaneous injections or increasing doses (.I aqueous soiutions of pure urea invaria- t.iy terminated in tetanic convulsions and tleatli. 'I'lie convulsions resembled thoseI produced by siry;hnine, and were follow-s ed by death in the course of from one to; ten hours. I A system of railsfor street railways, iri- troduced by III. )Isrsillou, is under a trial by the Compaguie dcs Omnibus, of' l'ul‘m. It. cf mists of an ordinary bridge rail and. counter rail ( f the same section boliid to an iron longitudinal sleeper; 'I'lie abience of an (id makes the systtml a \cry durable one, but i: is very iiielas-l I.I\‘. Large steel works will soon be in oper- ation at I5i.bzio, Spain, near which there is abundance of hematite. A Spanish company, which has obtained important Concessions from the GOVt-f'lilliellt, Is to engage in this enterprise. New blast fur- naces and other appliancas are in course of construction for the siuelting of the ore and for the conversion of the product into hills, bars, and beams of Various sec- LIHHA. M. I'. ()_.zerieuve shows that the method of sterilizing liquids containing fernienta by means of gypsum filters is open to cer- ' Lulu objections. It. keeps back soluble fernienis and a very considerable propor~ tion of iilhuininoid matters. Thus, for ex- ample, bli od so treated is not. merely de- pi I\ cd of living organisms which may have been present, but undergoes other changes. . Cast iron. says M. L. Forquignon, if heated for several days to a temperature of from 900 3 to l,000° Centigrade, neither melts nor softens. butitis convert.- od into malleable iron. lts surface is Covered with a grayish t-fllorcsccricc. Its fracture is sometimes of a uniform black like that of a lead pencil, and sometimes riddled hhll largo black points which n18 regularly distributed in the metallic paste. In a note upon astronomical inciu urcâ€" nn tits, and especially on the choice of a Coiniin ri HWI’MIHIII, M. A. d’Abbiikiv pro- ll'tllIIJI‘S in faint of the wrat coast of Flor. is. our of the Axores, for the Uhltf nivri-i an, or else tor its an'i-nit-riilian, shouhi tnc latter be prefi-rrtd. He also prop...“ a the adoption of a unit of 18,000 kll‘lIIlUl-rta for the IllUJflUI‘t‘llltIlL ol celes- linl rp: ccs, this unit to be (filled a ine- giste, iron) the (lrcok iio'gisfuii. Basing his views on very wide experi- ence, those of Sir Ill‘hk‘ll'l Fiiyrcr on the treatment of rnzike poiwiing are far from ulicv'tlt"-gilig: "'l‘o conceive of an antidote (iL‘I that term is usually understood) \vc iiiuyt c nciivo of a siil).~‘tai.t‘uso subiile as to follow, “th‘lnlu', and in urrahm tho pun-on ll‘. the blood, and that. shall have the puwcr of Clilill't‘lilt‘lllig orueutralizing the p :l-livlit'lla and deadly ii.flucncu it has olt‘tlt'll on vital for ---.. .Sui'li a substance has still to be found nor do- s our iiresint exporivnco of (lf'll.8 giv’rhi-pi-fiil anticipi- tion that We shall find it." Six years ago he i xpri-senl rh.xt opinion, and it appears he lint! i-incu econ no reason to lliouily it. ..__.___-.. «-1 ..â€"â€"~ A Slit-sage fi'iiii Illf‘ late I’riiice In»; po'd. A new spiritualisric medium hssariscn, l and nuinrious members of the rtyall family have honored him with their visits. The late Duke of Albany was so much imprcswd with what he saw at one scance that llv wen: to the trouble of having a BIPL‘L‘IJI ilmibln slate iiiatlc, framed in oak wan elaborate brass mountings, and fitt- cd witha patent. llramah lock. Armed with this he presented himself one morn- ing ii: the iiiudium's apartments, and a “will piece of pencil having betndroppcd burwci-ii the slates, they were duly lock- ed (the key being attached to the Duke's watch-chain), and under these condition-g -â€"conditiuns which would appear to pro. \Valtcr was quite fitted for a Commercial elude all possibility of fraud, the pencil career. was soon hrth grating over the surface eloquently for a continuation of our of the slate... and, when the key was up present happiness, and for a time the sub- pliod to the lock and the sides opened, there was a long message. The late Duke always consul. red this a crucial test, and and again made, that the thought linger- from that day was a firm believer in the ed in his mind, and I began to fear lest, truth of “direct spirit writing." His Royal Highness always maintaiucdi shape, when the anxieties attendant on that tho mijonty of the written meiugcs be received came from his lamented and favorite sun-r l'iiut‘eaa Alice of llcaae, and a man of the late Duke's abilities and , stain lllr‘llla was not all a likely subject to humanly Iillpult‘tl upon by a “clever conjurrr" as suggested in some quarters. SUk‘llH‘lna‘l‘tl. llulvt‘tl. was the Duke of Albany of the possibility of departed spirits ct'-tiiiiiutiiutiiig in this way with those l n earth, that before his departure on that flail journey to Cannesâ€"with, p "maps, some furcb ll in: \I haplnx lit'th'puathil the aiatu he had nun-- with trio inuiiuui. prt-icisiig. if anything bsppcued, in cruimuuicaie a written rite-‘5’». on this p-rticulsr slate, and thus vs'atiaiaii din-ct prom of the our- m’lii‘ra uf itii' pixLuthiA. l-‘lr many days utter Lia deans at- totnp a were mama to olrhirl the promth mm‘ge; t'uz. up :u the present date, nous ha b c-a urea-rd. and the telitvers in spirizuilu n. f -r a hint" well-known unto; tiara-elves, c. tinicntly assert that none Illl be “aired until some long lehkl has tla;ae.l.~â€" awry, -. a.-- -. - M. A.3 l 1 "2,000,000 pounds of tar, 5,400,th0 pounds of pitch, and The 8 , By and-by we must send these babies to .list was ml 1 1 oils L isfi‘ WALK. i A MYSTERY. If I wished to tell a love-tale, I should , begin this with the sweetest memories of my life, and relate when and where “'alfer Linton and I first met; should describe my pride and happiness When I’ knew that he wished me to been me his wife. The love we bore each other thrr ugh lifeâ€"ay, even after lifeâ€"may be made manifest as I write these lines, but it a not because i lored him I have real tale to tell. Other woman have It ved as I love, and have mourned as l mourn ;, I my life, so far as the joy and grief of it o, is but the life of tnousands. Had Walter Linton, when he tint ask- ed me for the heart which was already his own, been but a poor struggling man, I should have given him all as freely as I did then. It need had been, I could have waited patiently for years, or until fortune smiled upon him. Feeling this, I had no false sentiment as to sharing the worldly goods that were his, although I was a. pennilcas girl and brought nothing in my hands. of course, kind friends around wondertd why WaI‘ter did not choose a wife who would bring him wealth I as well as love. Ah, no one could have, given him more love than I could give ' him ; that was all he wanted or asked for. He was twenty-thrte, and his own master ; I was twenty, and utterly alone in tth world. So we were marriedâ€"just six weeks after that happy spring day on which he told “12‘ I was dearest to him. Our homeâ€"a diar gray old ht use, full of pleasant. corners- was Draycot Hall, Somersetshiie, not far from the Mendip Hills Walter had recently inherited the louse and the estates of Draycot, and when We took p'iseessioii of our kingdom, which was a most as new to Walter as it War! to me. life séemed to hold all that could be desired. “'alter'a income was sufficient for the life of a quiet country gentlemanâ€"s. life to which he settled down, and appear-rd to find every wish gratified in that happy etistence. Shoot-l , ing, fishing, and but tvng gave him plenty - of amniusement, and the land, part of which he farnnd himself, brought oc-i tupstion and interest though to make, . him feel that his life was not altogether‘ an idle or useless one. Then, to make our happiness complete, the children cameâ€"a girl, then one, i two, three bonny boys. How merry and : busy the old house grow with them, the' sturdy rogues l flow proud Walter was v ‘of them l lVe were not very rich prople. Com- pared to that of scrne of our county neighbors, our income was insignificant. Draycot Hall, although not such an im-I posing pile as the name might suggest,l was by no means a small house; and,| like all rambling old places, cost a good 5 deal of money to keep up. Even when we began life togtther we found, at; the end of the year, that our expenditure and income nearly tallied, and as ex- penses increased with an increasingl family, we fllt that a few hundreds add-i ed to our revenue would be a very welcome addition. But in spite of this‘- our lv t was too happy for us to think ofi grumbling. \Vu rat one summer's evening on the lawn. The air was cooled by late fallen rain, and sweet with fragrance rising' from the freshencd flowersâ€"for the daysl v. ere lornznnd the petals not yet closed. Our ' latest. given child slept on my knee ; and as we watched the sun sink slowly down behind the Mendip Hills, my husband said 2 “Helena, how shall we manage to start all these boys in life i" I laughed at such a distant obllgation. We were still young. and it secured that so many ytars must pass before the baby on my knee would want a starting hand, I kissed the child’s little white fingers. "Why, Walter," I said, “you are look- ing a long, long way into the future.” “Yes, my giri ; nut. (rays nappy as ours pass Vul‘y quickly. It will not seem sol long before we shall be obliged to think about. it. “'hiit shall we do then? \Ve save no money even now, you know. school ; after that they will want money to help them on in professions. How are we to do all this I Our income won't increase. " “We must try and economize I an. swored, impressed by the really serious view he took. "Buthow? As it is, we can scarcely make both ends meet. I am afraid I am suitiin in living as I do. I have serious thought of going into some business and trying to make a fortune." I begged, beseechcd him to dismiss the wild idea. Were we not happy enough with all we now possessed '3 Vs hy change our mode of life which was so peaceful and sweet? Besides, in my heart of hoarts I doubted if my good. easy-going it He kissed me as I pleaded jrct dropped. Yet I could see, from remarks he now swme day, he might put it into practical money-making or money-losing might be ours. It was some months after our conversa~ Mon that old Reuben Dyke, swell-known 'chanctcr in the village of Draycot, came to the Hall. He wanted to see the mas- trl‘ l a important business, he said. This old Reuben was the greatest gouip of the Iplammihe ale-house oracleâ€"meddler in leveryone'a business. and unsolicited ad~ i warm-general to the little world around lhim. llo was a great authority among ltftu villagers runny of whom would have backed his «pinimn against the united lwisdoiu of a I’ahlr‘l and a Solomon. Hts italk and broad Somerset accent always lamuscd us. and, it may be, insured him a ,bezn-r he pti-.u than his virtues merit- ’ ed. To day he entered the room with an 1 indescribable lmk of mystery and secrecy lon his shrewd old face. He carefully Icluud the door after him and bade us a ‘ respectful good~day. Then. drawing ,quite close to us, he spoke in guarded obi-a, era. "I be jest com. rur. to tell 'ee u ther' have a-bid a chap a stalyin' at the Blue Bear vnr the last two or dree daaya. “0 ‘11 I?“ a“ I“ “And. uld um“ I“: Mebby. cur. as you're a read an about last you may fall, and by the grace of God Manuals. â€"-a darkish, picket-med sort of a club." jinn was there no longer. FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1884 “Yes, I saw mm, answered Waiter. changed thathegan toloathe what had‘ing friends. The shock was over. He ‘ What about him 3’ “Now, look here, zur. None 0' we couldn't at. vust maike out whats wer' up to. He yent one 0' them outridea, you zee. He werdn't not lookiu’ after shop- kippt rs. the were a ferretiu' about aster land. Z0 we up and ax'd un what a farm a wer' after, or if a did want to buy any land hereabouts'l He laughed and zed, zes, he: 'We be gwa'tn to make a nail- road right up droo these yer valley.’ Zea I, 'I hoap my head won't yache till We do get a raailwsay on Mendip, vor that is s devilish poor country.. ‘True,’ zes be; 'but thus be slot 0' coal jest underâ€" slong Havyst and Upper Langford.’ Zen 1, ‘Zo I've a-heserd ;' and then Izeed in a miLute which way the cat wer' jumpin'. He wtrdn't gwaiu to make our 9. raailw-ay; he wanted to soak a coal-pit, and get howld 0’ some land under false pretenses. Zn, if I war” you, zur, and if 1 wer’ Mr. Llewellyn, [should jest keep my eyes open ; vet I shouldn't wonder if, one 0' these bars dsays, he won’t be along and offer ’ee a hundred and fifty ayacre vur some 0’ your poor- est land. But my advice to you, zur, is â€"â€"doan't ’ee zell itâ€"not vor double the money.” After this important communication, Reuben bowed himself out ; retiring pro- bably to the kitchen, in order that he might regale himself with meat and ’drink and our servants with the latest village gossip. Walter and I sat digests ing his news. “I wonder if there can be any truth in it," said Walter. “I‘ll go down to- morrow and see that fellow at the inn, and ask him point blank about it." But on the morrow the fellow at the He had de- parted and left no address. The landâ€" lord only knew him as plain Mr. Smith. We never saw or heard of him againâ€" whatever his errand may have been, it was not revealed to us; but, neverthe- less, old Reuben's conjecture as to the olject of his sojourn at the Blue Boar quite unsettled \Vslter’s mind. The thought that untold wealth might be lying under our vrry feet was always pre- sent to it, and at last he resolved to em- ploy experts who were competent to give an opinion on the matter, and settle our hopes and doubts So, very soon, we were visited by Cap- tain Thomas Davies of Aberfellted, and Captain Davies Thomas of Cwmtygwyn, two gentlemen whose strangely accented English, redundant with such words as “latest” and “lnteet to coodness," was a s-nurce of great. amusement and enjoy- ment to both of us. They inspected, diagnosed. experimented, and then re-' ported. My poor dear love l shall I ever forget. your excitement, your joy, as we perused together that glowing joint pro- duction? What wealth you dreamed of and counted up l Not, 1 know, that you wished for riches for your own sakeâ€"it was for the sake of wife and children that the desire of acquiring a large fortune ob- tained such a hold on you. Ah me l how certain, how clear and straightforward it all seemed! Had not the mining cap-g tains calculated, with an accuracy that seemed infallible, every ton of coal that lay hidden beneath our green fields? Did not their figures prove beyond dispute. the profit each ton raised must bring’i After every contingency had been guard- ed against, what; read like. Aladdin's wealth lay waiting for us to stoop down, I take and enjoy Why should we not do : so 1 Then other gentlemen came to our quiet homeâ€"legal gentlemenâ€"gentlemen who were called financiersâ€"gentlemen learned, very learned, it. seemed to me, I in acreages, crops, and soils. Old safesl were unlocked, old plans and musty deeds, extracted from their recesses. I heard! the word “Mortgage” frequently; and! lelter told me he had resolved to share[ his promised wealth with no one, He would work the projected mines solely on his own account; but, in order to be- gin operations, money was needful; so he 3 had arranged with the two financial gen- town, tlemen, Messrs. Leach and Vincent, of Bristol, that such sums of money as were necessary should be advanced to him upon the security of his estate. And these gen- tleman applauded Walter's courageous resolution, and everything went so pleas- antly. Then the digging began! ' Oh, how I hated itl From the very first I hated it! Not only did it spoil one of our prettiest fieldsâ€"the one where the children gathered earliest cowslipsâ€"but it brought strange faces and rough forms to the quiet, sleepy little village. Men and women ofa very difl'ereuttype to that of laborers round about. Slatternly un- tidy women and strong surly men who knew not the traditions of the land. Men who were supposed fobeat their wives once a week, and who, we knew, played havoc with our neighbors costly preserves. Men who worked hard-very hardâ€"arid insi=ted upon that work being highly paid forâ€"who spent so large a proportion of tl ose hard-earned wages in drink that the landlords of the opposition village inns actually shook hands in their unexpected prosperity; whilst our kind, old, easy-go- ing rector fairly cried at the way in which his new and unwelcome parishoners were demoralizing the old ones, and old Reu- ben Dyke seemed to look almost patroniz- ingly u n us, as two deserving young people elped to fortune by his great so.- gacity and wisdom. So it went on, mourn after month; yet I saw no signs of the advent of that pro- mised wealth. So faras I could under- stand it, the seam of coal hit upon by those clever captains was a failure. It broke, or dipped, or something else; so the continuation had to be sought else- where. Thereupon Captains Thomas Davies and Davies Thomas mine ov.r again, inspected again. and reported so cherfully that Walter‘s faCe lost that look of anxiety that I had lately seen upon it, and he pushed on the work more briskly than before. Then they told me the right seam had been found‘-\\'alter was radiant. Out of the first money gained he would send Thomas Davies and Davies Thc nus a hundred apiece, u an extra due to their skill and good counsel Larger sums than before were furnished very rude and familiar in their manner. Machinery and engines were erected, black hen grimy blac faces met me at every b our financial friends. who came to the all once or twice. and were, I thought. more men aagagcd. and in time. great began to accumulate, and turn. once been the dearest spot on earth to me, and to long for change of air and scene. Money seemed always being paid away â€"large sums that frightened me. But was I not only a woman, who knew nothing of business 1 Yet all these grievances were nothing to the grief I felt at seeing the change in my duling'a face. Every week I noticed an alteration' Gradually, a cloud of care seemed settling down on his once gay nature, and I knew his mind was anxious and ill at ease. Ho grew tinner; his dark hair showed signs of permature grsyness ; his sleep was often restless and unrefreshing. Though now, as he ever had been, kind and gentle to me, at times with others he was moody, silent, and evidently worried. All the bright- ness ( f youth appeared to be leaving him, so much so, that my heart ached to see him, and I felt that I could bear it no longer. I would learn the wont be had to tell me, claiming my right as a true wife to share trouble as well as joy with my husband. The confidence I was resolved to claim came unasked for. One evening Walter returned home and threw himself into a chair, apparently utterly broken down. He covered his eyes with his hands and subbed bitterly. I knelt at his side and my arms were round him. Then he told me allâ€"I need not give the details. The bare truth was this: After all the money spent, the coal was of such poor quality that every ton sold was sold at a loss. And more money than I had ever imagined had been expended. Of course he had been cheatedâ€"I knew he was being cheated the moment I saw the faces of the men who had lent him the money he wanted ; but. there was no help for it, now. Messrs. Leach and Vincent claimed, for advances, costs and interest, the enor- mous sum of close upon ten thousand pounds. Walter had just come from Bristol, where these men carried on busi- ness, and after a stormy interview with them, had been informed that unless the amount was paid by Saturday, house, lands, and everything would be at once advertised for saleâ€"arid to day was Wed- nesday l I knew nothing of law; but, even to my ignorance, this sudden demand and swift procedure seemed unusual. “But can they do it 2" I asl ed. “Yes, 1 am afraid they can. Months ago, when they made me a large advance they gave me notice to pay the mortgage off. It was a mere matter of form. they said ; but now they will act upon it. They are thorough'going rogues, and I believe have some scheme in their beads by which they fancy it possible to get absolute possession of the whole estate.’ “But, Walter clear, the estate .must be worth thous’y‘s more than that amount." ' “Oh yes, 1 c' " wthe money easily enough. But I. [tree days. It will i cut my heart evi I itralkadvertised, altclliough douM “is file sale may. be stop- pe .l’ ' “Why not got to that nice old gentle- man, Mr. M inwaring?" I suggested. “You alwsy call him your family so- licitor. lde ill help you, I am sure.” i “That is Just what I intend doing. I ' shall go to London to-morrow, and show ; him eXactIy how I stand, and beg as a? great favor that I may have the money ‘ sq once. IVhen I return I will give orders - for all the men to be discharged and the j machinery sold. There shall be an end of it before it makes an end of me." , I was almost hysterical with joy as I ‘ heard his last words. “Oh. my love!" Icried. “It will all come right with us at. \Ve are after all only half ruined. '9 can let the Hall and go abroad for several years. Don’t trouble about it any more. If you could only know how happy I am to think I shall have you back once again, all to my- 3 self as of old, you would be happy too. I We will live in some quietFrench orSwiss . and be everything to one another again." So I talked to him and comforted him, until he grew more composed, and, kiss- , ing me, owned that life was worth hav- ing, even if shorn of half its wealth. That night I slept more happily than I ’ had slep‘ f Jr months. I The morning's post brought a letter i from Leach and Vincent. It was couched I in legal terms, and stated that unless the l amount due was paid in notes or gold by Saturday at noon, they would take the threatened steps. \Valter at once dis-l patched a telegram, saying the money - would be paid, and requesting that the necessary release might be prepared in order to avoid any delay. Then he start- ed for London in quest of ten thcusand, pounds. I had little fear as to the result of hisl expedition. I can read faces; and long ago I had read in Mr. Mainwaring's face the kindness of his disposition. I knew I he was rich, and that his clients werealsol rich men; moreover he had a high opinion ' if Walter, and held him in what might al- ‘ most be termed affection. When be com , gratulatcd me u on my marriage, he told ~ me, in unmia‘akeable words, what he I thought of my husband. So I was notI surprised when, on the Friday evening, I Walter returned with the semblance of the old joyous smile on his face; and,after had told me what had been gnawing at his heart for so long ; he was now look~ ing his troubles fairly in the face, and, as usually happens, found them not so terrible in aspect as he had imagined. He buttoned his bank-notes in his breast pocket and started for the railway-station. He felt better and stronger today, and as the morning was so beautifully fine, was tempted to walk the five miles, in- stead of driving, as he usually did. We were early risers, so he had plenty of time, and I thought the walk would do him good. Perhaps it was the feeling of newly restored confidenceâ€"perfect and trueâ€"which now existed between us that made hla farewell to me that morn- ing even more affectionate than it was wont to lieâ€"made him insist upon hav- ingall the children brought down, and taking many a kiss from those little rosy parsed-up lipsâ€"made him pause when he reached the furthest point to which my eyes cc uld follow him, and turning, waft me one more farewell. I should have walked with him at any- rate, part of the way, but household duties had to be attended to; so, after watching his tall figure disappear at the turning of the drive, I re-entered the house, hoping that the day would pass quickly, and hasten the evening which would bring him back again. Months and months ago I had promis- ed a friend, who sighed in far-away lands for English fields again, to make, this spring, a little collection of dried ferns and send it to her. The anxiety of the last few months had driven the promise from my mind, but as, this morning, I pictured our own projected emirration, my thoughts turned to my distant friend and my broken promise came back to me. I determined that on the first opportunity I would make amends for my neglect. Ferns, many of theta scarce ones, grew plentifully in our pleasant country; but on the road that Walter must take on his way to the station they flourished in un- usual abundance. I could obtain many varieties close at hand, but some few FORESTS Ah‘D RAINFALL. General observst on Show no Connec- tion Between the “o. A young correspondent inquires if the opinion is correct that forests increase the fall of rain, and whether more rain comes down in wooden than cleared regions of the country. In answer, we may state that we have always held the opinion that trees a: the surface of the earth cannot sensibly affect the clouds in their onward march miles above, from which the rain is pouring ; and that there is no practic- able difference between the distance from the tops of forest trees, and from the foli- age of a c -rn field or of a meadow to the high clouds above. Both would operate, if at all, in the same way. The difference in distance between trees fifty feet high and corn eight feet high, to clouds two miles high, would not be one two hun- dredth part,and one would be as likely to draw water down, if at all, froru two miles as the other. But facts disprove the theory. Many loose observations are quoted to sustain it ; but where accurate records are kept, although varying with the changes of the season on both sides, some giving diminished rains where the woods have been cleared, and others in- creased rain, the average is very nearly equal. The signal service has kept rs- cords of the rain for from forty to sixty years, at posts in Ohio and Kentucky; ior the first ten years, when the forests were mostly standing, the rain was slight- ly less than for the last ten years, when they had been largely cut away. The annual average for the first period was 34.01 inches ; for the last, 49.93 inchesâ€"a very small difference, and doubtless to be accounted for wholly by the variations of wet and dry summers. This opinion appears to have been adopted in the first place by some oiio who made a single observation, or else who thought it a handsome theory; and writers, without full examination, have copied it, and continue to copy it down to the present time. It is a common and correct opinion that forests preserve the moisture of the earth‘s surface, and pre- l LAUGBLB’I‘S. { _â€" I A Meadvills girl who has fallen in love 3 with a journalist refers to him as her pa- picr mach. i There is not much difl'erence between f spending money ona lottery and a lot 0‘ -, rye. , “How do you measure your profits 1’" i asked a friend of a lspidary. “By quartz,~ ; of course." I When a young man is fingering the mahloft him by his grandfather, can It l-o paid he is tcvelling in his ancestral "all s i i It is idle for smaiito say he is no' 1 l nigor young. He is longer. Age crooks and shortens a man. . Says Wm. H. Payne, the poet : “Two rival spirits n‘am the world." He uii~ doubtedly refers to whisky and beer. ltis worthy of notice that while the price of new rye goes up and down al- most every day the charge for old rye maintains a wonderful steadiness. It takes twentysix years for a man to become a physician in Germany. Land is scath 0\‘t‘r there and they can't spare much space for ceiiiofcry lots. The characteristic closeness Scotch crops out in the fact that a Scotch sea captain who saw a sea serpent only gsvu the poor reptile thirty-five feet in length. “Mr. Doughnutâ€"th daughter, the bride." “Most charmed, Indeed. I have not yet met your husbsiid-thaeis-tmbeâ€" tho-â€"shâ€"-grooin." “Groom, indeed! Sir, them is no groom here. No, sir; my daughter isn't marrying a coach- man." The health question tin a railway compartmint)-l.udy: “I repeat to you, sir, that the smell of tobacco makes ino dreadfully sick." Male traveller: “Very sorry, madam, but the Government recommends the fumigation of travel lcrs.” A stranger in a small town, having lost his way, accurate a gentleman on the street‘ “Please, my good man,” he says. “th1 me the way to the post oflice." “ I am not a good man,” says the person ac- costed, with conscious dignity. “I am the Mayor." V m“ a.-.‘-.._-. a... _____ __ INDIAN J Hill Iillllh" WI LES. Two of Ihofr Famous Tricks Explained. The one class who interested me par- ticularly in India were the jugglors. My investigations lead me to state positively that the most remarkable stories told about. them are fictitious, based upon the fliiiisicst foundation of fact. of tho ' grew further 03'; so I asked \Valter, if' , , he should chance to meet with any speci- l mm" tho drymg “P 0‘ “l’mlga by 3h” meme of the“, particular sort,’ to pick a shade which they afford and by the spongy frond or two, which he could place be_ character of leaf-mold at a time of the mango-growing tricks. I ll'.l\'0 seen both tween the leaves of ,he book he carrici lyear .whon their green leaves are not of them over'nnd over again, and have I wanted, especially, a specimen of the 5 pumping up the water through the stems 7 found the same oasily-riotccti d frauds to NM,th Shield Fem, which even 1",“, g from thesubeoil which holds them ; and exist in overycrsc. 'l‘lii: baskets are bell- is not very commom growing as it doe,s I it is not improbable that this may have - shaped and have a falso bottom, between in lime patches, wmeumes miles 31),,“ icontributed to the erroneous action, and which and tho cxfciior will of tho brisket He 1mgth at my idle request, but 1m.» . the more retention of water mistaken for i there is ziliiplu room for a small child to mised to attend to it. its MILâ€"[Country Gentleman. ‘ stow itself away. The spectators um not, Let us take, for instance, two perform- ances, tho iiiysfcrioiiii basket and the led him. The day wore on, and the sun got 10,“ allowed to touch or oven to come very It was time to send the dog-cart to meet the train. had elapsed in which, by any chance, it would return, I was waiting at the win- dow to welcome \Vslter home again. minutes crawled away that I was fain to conclude he had been detained in Bristol until the next and last train. I nursed my disappointment, and kill- ed time as best I could. The hour when I might surely expect him had come and ? passed. The train must be late. I opened the window, and waited and listened for the sound of his coming. At last I heard the ring of the horse’s hoofs, and saw the approaching dog-cart dimly, by the light of the stars. I ran to the door, eager to greet my husband; but as the horse drew up on the gravel, I could only see one figure in the dog-cart~â€"â€" that of James, our groom. He told me i that. his master had come by neither train, so, after waiting he had driven back alone. I turned away, very miserable and sad at heart, but, strange to say, felt no fear of evil. Business had, of course detain- It seemed unkind not to have let me know in some way, but perhaps he could find no way of doing so. There was not the slightest chance of his return- ing to-night, the distance being far too great for driving. I must wait until to- marrow. It was only when 1 went to bedâ€" alone, for almost the first time since we were marriedâ€"chat frat.“ fell upon me, and fancy brought horrid ideas to my mindâ€"that of the possibility ofevil having befallen my husband came to me. The large sum of money he carried, the lone- ly road, the black-faced colliers about the neighborhoodâ€"all combined to fill me with a nameless dreadâ€"a terror which I could scarcely put. into thoughts, much less into words. Yet I strove with my tears, trying to strangle each one as it wasborn. “I shall see him to-morrow. 'l‘o-mor- -row I shall him,” I repeated over and over again ; and as that morning at last dawned, I fell into a restless sleep. (r0 as coxcmnsn.) 'lhe MOi-iqnlto‘s Machinery. A writer in the LomIonSporfsnum thus describes a mosquito as seen under a microscope: It appears that in the “bill ” of the little beast alone there are no fewer than five distinct surgical instru~ merits. These are described as a lance, two neat saws, a suction pump, and a small Corliss Engine. It appears that when a “sketer” settles down to his work upon a nice tender portion of the human frame the lance is first pushed in- wthe flesh, then the two saws, placed back to back, begin t) work up and down to enlarge the hole, then the pump is in- I sorted, and the victim's blood is siphoned up to the reservoirs carried behind, and IOCHNZ 3 W‘kelful 0‘ Mk'nom in the finally, to complete the performance of safe, sat down by me, aed for the rest of the evening built airy castles, or rather cottages, full of peacefulness and love. When I awoke, next mom, my heart was light; trouble, it seemed, had been, the cruelty, the wrotch drops a quantity of poison into the wound to keep it irri- tated. Then the diminutive fiend takes a fly around just to digest your gore, and makes tracks for a fresh victim, or if but passed away so swiftly that its traces the fint has been of unusual good qua]. scarce remained. brrought ladnma in its wings. the wall btneath my window. just gave signs of breaking into blossom ; leanin out, [plucked some sprays and pinned them in my dress. A thrush sung from a bush below; my heart kept echoing hial "wwled- by 1 I‘d)‘ OI ‘llfllltyi I0! “16' notes of love and joy. What cared I for : QM“ "mumnentlon. | “3" Wen-b8- tably dressed children to my own love back again, and. wash hi. amuse a cat in delicate health two or three the money, or its loss? Should I not have face regain its old bright look of health recognition and happiness? Passed by his side, and without children round, would not my of Francel And we would live so care- fully, and save money as years went on, until some day might hrin us to the dear Th8 ; energy, honewak 6. Old Mid 8'8“. 1113': (3101th I operating chest, makes him a tenor and a. I threw ~1118 Wind?" ity he returns to the same happy hunting open, and the fresh, sweet air of spring: The mosquito'a marvellous combined ground. with his portable ,pcst n _ M w l The following extraordinary advertise- iment rip a in a German newspaper: haved and res hours a day." .'I‘IIE 'IEIlllOll OF THE Long. long before the finial â€"â€" e . l A Kentucky Outiaw and ms Unpuugsnod r false bottom. The basket is placed over I i waited and waited, until so many weary. t MOUNTAINS. Crimes. While a. number of mountaineers were standing about the United States court- I room in Louisville, Ky., waiting to licl called as Witnesses in the moonshinel roughly-dressed young fellow, saidfl “You are wanted for murder.” 'l‘licl young man's name is Lincoln Banks, and l he is now in jail. Ho IIVLE in Letclicr‘ ,county, one of the wildest of the moun- 5 famous mango-growing trick tain counties of eastern Kentucky. Al-l though but 22 years old, he is one of the most daring and reckless men in all that ; section of the country. His personal. bravery, his fcarlcssiiess of any kind of danger, his coolness, and the accuracy of I his aim with any kind of a. firearm have made him the terror of the mouritaiiis.l One instance of his free and easy mnu-' ners is enough to show his character, llc ‘ had some trouble with a young man: named Byman, and sworn that he would i kill him. One night a party was givcril to which Bymmi took a young lady.l was suddenly flung open and lliiiiks‘ walkcdiii. He had a cocked pistol inf his hand. Without removing his lint he1 asked in a thundering voice if that p -~ l â€"â€" scoundrcl was present There was man stirring into the middle of the floor, I which had by this time became deserted, I and taking quick aim fired at; his enemy. The shot was a close one, making a, bloody litre across Banks' temple. shots followed in rapid succession. When the smoke cleared away, Bymaii was found dangerously wounded, and the sound of the hoofs of ii. flying horse : told that Banks was making his escape. . Some weeks ago Banks got into a dis- to ’th 1 ‘ . . . . . D“ m Mrlzrgvazgn 33;;tl'i32ifhgfiffx the princrpnl (JIJJUCU‘I of their attack. The , . y l i I Moore. led fellow, who interfered with nobody, 'and was more than ordinarily peaceful. , No one seems to know what caused the lquarel. One day Banks gathered a gang about him and marched them up tho mountain to where )Iocre lived in a lonely little cabin. On the way there he stopped at a wild mountain glen. Great black cliil's rose up on every side. Turn- ing to the crowd of rough, half drunken men around him, Banks said : “That's where I'm going to kill Coon Moore." A messenger was sent up to Moore's house, while the party waited for him in tho glen. A ruse was used to get him to come, and when his unsuspecting victim lappeared in sight Banks carefully cori- icealcd himself and his friends. Sudden- lly he sprang out from behind a rock, and E levelling his pistol at Moore fired. It needed only one shot from such a man, and Moore lay dead with a bullet through his heart. The people seem to have been afraid to make any attempt to punish the young murderer, so awed were they by the terror of his name, and nothing was done until he reached Louisville. He will be taken back to the mountains and will doubtlers be tried and Mquitticd. A moonshiner who gave the above facts causally mentioned three or four other murders that have been committed in Letchcr county in the last. months none of which have been reported through the press, and not one of which has been punished. A new spell is calledâ€"“The Orange Girl." It is expecttd to provoke "peels" of laughter. “ Hello, Bob, my boy 3 who have you been fighting now 'I" “ Iain't been fight~ 'in’, father. I tried my first share to- “ Wonder what Foo Chow ages will say dly," when the story a slim-legged boarder. lit says i" said the lo! the table. “What business of the war between life be pleasant in some quaint old town 1 France and China is told l" remarked the , lime boy i “ Who cares what applicant, gruff fellow at the foot have “So you would like a job, would you, " laid a merchant in a small , “Yeth, thir." “Have you Iliad any education l" "Yeth, thir.' “Read, write and cipher 'l" “Yeth thir." old Hall again. thappy -â€"no! few int» i future ages Pekin into our affairs 'I"' “What do you read r' “N;'f,hpa‘;enh' menu in my life had been happier than Arum 'rnoug the crowd the pun: flew fut< may ; but I don't Lelia“. mmc'. m]! . laud furious unti‘: the landlord. began to whatli in 'em." “Well, I'm afraid yon . And “ alter was cheerful. He would , think that her china looked quite respect. no mo suspicious, Our peaceful and beautiful home was 33,503an out of the clutches of his oblig- ’ able beside its namesake in the far east. : 1mm my suspicious ljiuu boy; “and, ' these. I wouldn’t like Six] to | near to tho brisket, and in ii casual glance at the interior one is not apt to detect the the child, who Billinln upon the hard ground, and after sutlicicnt time has elapsed for the youngster to crawl into its place of eoiicoziliiicnt tho juggler lioi'ritics the audience by passing his sword through {distillery cases, an ofliccr stepped up and I the basket, and then upon upsetting if. ,liiyiiig his hand upon the shoulder of nishows that. the child has disappeared. Meanwhile it (luplicato child that closely resembles the first one oritois upon the scene from the background and the won- derful trick is completed. The even sillier than this. You have, of course, read how ii man of rays- terious arts plants a mango seed in ft flower pot, and then tinikcs a dwarfed fruit-bearing frco spring up from that seed. The facts of the case are simply these : The seed is planted and tho pot is then placed under it sort of tent, \vlioso voluminous folds muat not be touched by any but the jngglcr. 'l‘lic lattor thou writers the earth in the pot and does a lot of manipulating while his hands are cori- ccaletl in the tent. Meanwhile a fellow- jngglcr is performing a serum of other is . While the fun was at its height, the door; tricks to amuse and distract the attention of the spectators. When Juggler number one has had time to change the pot for another that in hidden in the folds of the' tent, he opens oiio side of the canvas ii little and the second pot can be seen ino answer for a moment, and their By- l with a half-grown mango tree in it. After another interlude of the same sort, the tent door is again opened and a third pot is disclosed, which containsalittlo tron bearing a insiigo.-< {San Francisco Call. <.’â€"o The Slcge of Gibraltar. A little past. nine o'clock on the moni- ;ing of Sep. Ill, 1782, the battering ships lope-nod fire, the King's Bastion and the lomngu Bastion. on tho sea fiico, being iiirst mischriiico was that a brisk south- !werit \virid sprung up, and liindomd the { (to-operation of the grind/oats. Secondly, ltlie l'ltrglisli refused to Consider the fire of the land I'iillfiil'llfli at all, and directed i, every gun and man possible against 'flio i battering aliipii. Means for heating shot , had bot-n prepared, and the red hot shot I was fired with the same vivacity and skill as the Cold. The Spanish prisoners after- tcrward complained bitterly tluittlioy had ' been told that the fire of hot shot (yiuld not be long maintained. In the after- noon the enemy was invisible trouble. In the evening he was silenced, and by the early morning of the Htli, eight. out. of the ten ships were in flames. The remaining took fire subsequently, and the I-lth was passed by the naval brigade in rescuing tlicrcmuins of the crews under a sullen firo from the batteries upon the isthmus. Sonicsliglit damage had been done to the fortifications, but the loss of the garrison was only If} killed and 68 wounded. They had only in; guns in ac- tion, and they had fired more than 8,." rounds. The superiorit LI grins onshore over shipping, both of t in old type, was never more decisively shown. In the first moment of angry disappointment the Spaniards wished to attempt the garrison by a general assault from sea and land. Fortunatol for them they were over- ruled by the Duke do Crillori, who rc- fusod to expose the line-of-battle ships and soldiers to certain destruction. Though the siege was formally continued until the peace in 1781:, active operations were at an end. One more extraordinary design was indeed entertained and par- tially execute-l. Miners were sent in the night fun point clow under the north eastern part of the rock, where the guns of the garrison could barely UiUCh thorn, and instructed to mine the place. This magnificent futility of attempting to blow the face of a mountain into the air by a galls: at its foot had actually been [tried xefnrc in the short siege of I727. The garrison were content. with annoying with musketry all who showed them- selves, and with blowing showers of stories down on them by the explosion of small charch of [nut-‘(lcl' in the face 0f the rockâ€"The .‘i'rfvirlriy lfctftll‘. l 1,? v i. ’ .t {a