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7".‘1CRIOI'B FACTS. ltisststed as a remarkable fact that fleshy people never commit suicide. Tbs Sammie Amsn'mn suggests rob- bing the pints of stylogrsphlc pens on which the fingers rest who the thin edge ofa piece of an to prevcn: sailing the hog-m with the ink that escapes from the Imperfect jllfsb. An Eilgllth lock-maker has construct- ed a key wi'li which, he claims, can be opened 22 600 patent-lever locks, all of which differ in their combinations. He has worked a: it three years. A curiosity in the shape of a well which produces warm water is exciting no little interest hitting the residents of Quinton, N. J. Thu well is situated in a window- glsss factory, and it is supposed that the water from the springs feeding the well panes under the furnaces and is thus heated. A little incident happened at a dwelling house in New York which serves to illus- trate the myszerious origin of some fires. A girl was creeping a room with a carpet sweeper, when she noticed smoke coming from it. Do ex-minatlon she discovered thata match had been lighted by the re- volution of the brush inside the sweeper. Mr. R. if. Scott, the English meteo- rologist, has recently taken occasion to express the view entertained by so many persons skilled in weather science, that the so-calied equinoetisl gale is a myth. Most great storms, he says, occur in the Winter half of the year, but they are no VOL. XIII. The Buried Mother. Out by the walls of a Danish town The graves stood cold as the night came down The Argelus pm er bad lorg been raid. And the bell toiled our the psalm for the dead It swung for a while from th- darkening steeple " Out of the depths," said priest and people. through all the c‘oseset town and towers (he doors were shot for the silent hours But a mother. buried 'or half a year. Woks with a crying in her car. She rose with the vague sleep still in her head And clad in the shroud that wraps the dead. She left the cold graves under the while. And took the street to her husband's hails. She felt her ions-dead bosom ache. For her seven children were all awake; And none had broken them bread that night, Jr pourci them drink. or trimmed a light. And nonehad laid them pillow or sheet: The dust of the day wars on their feet. more frequent at the times of the equin- Two “,0” to, 3,, empty cup, and on, oxes than at other times. Wedding outfits are frequently hired in France, and many firms make a specialty of letting bridal toilsttes, including prayer book, orange blossom wreath and dress. A most sensible custom prevails among the Swiss peasantry of havin bridal drorses made up of good blac silk, thus providing the bride with a handsome serviceable dress for future wear. A flea, cnosixteeuth of an inch in length, can jump the distance of twenty inches. This is .320 times its length. The common gray rabbit jumps about nine feet clear on the level ground. In proportion to length a horse, to jump as far as a rabbit. would have to clear 61 feet at a jump. There is no quadruped that has such powerful muscles in his quarters in a rabbit, and rune excel him in the muscles of his loin and back. Some years ago a pair of worsted stock- ings were made of such delicate texture that they could be drawn through a lady's ring of ordinary s‘zs; and a machine has since been invented which spins woolen yarn ruuch superior in fineness. By this means a pound of yarn may be rendered worth ten guineus, producing {'5 banks of 560 yards each in length, 63,200 yards, or 30 miles 400 yards. An orange tree in a grove nosr Emporia, Fla , has just had the season's crop pick- cd from it, and still contains four dis- tinct crops, and is in full blossom for the fifth. (hm crop is from lastJuly's bloom, and is j'ist beginning to ripen; the second is from blooms in September, and is about the sic: of ii lion's cgg ; the third is from blooms in November, and is about the aim of an egg of a partridge, and the fourth is the size of a bullet. Thero are nnuuibcr of soap treesgrowing in Tallahassee. They are prolific fruit- ors, the berries being about the sizs of an ordinary marble, having a yellowish, s napy appearance, with a hard black seed, from which the trccs are propagated. people in Tallahassee boil the fruit to make soup, but in China, Japan, and other tropical countries the berries are used as a substitute for soap just as they are taken from the trees. â€"â€"â€"-â€"0 Irl'l‘E MO'I‘IIER-IN-LAW JOKES. Who is the most pri‘ ilcicnt housekeeper in the counter The young man’s moth- us-ln-law. A man cannot be altogether bad when he can kiss his mother-in law a welcome when she comes to stay with him. It is said that the first almanac was printed in 1640. The: accounts for the gray hairs on the head of tho mother-in- law joke. ” On account of the anniversary of the death of my mothcr-in-law i will take pictures at half-price to day," was the no- tice posted on the door ofa Greenwich, Conn. photograph gallery last week. Talk about mysteries lâ€"both mothers- [u-law if a young married couple have been living with the latter over a week, and yet no separation has taken place. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided that a man has no insurable in- forest in his mother-in-law and cannot gamble on liurlifc. This fakes away the only attractive feature which has ever pertained to a mother-iu-law. Arthur Arnold contributes an article to the J une number of The Fortnightly. The writer, however, confines himself to the incomes of Royal personages, which is somewhat disappointing. and last of the Queen's children is about to enter the marriage state, and this in- teresting event might very well have tempted some one to venture upon a fam- ily biography. The Queen, in her jour- nals, tells us not a little of the home life of that happy circle before the clouds be- gun to hover, and the Letters of the Prin- cess Alice show that even Princes have their domestic cares like ordinary folk. Still there is s timeliness about Mr. Ar- nold's facts and figures, in View of the Ana“ contemplated appointment of a select committee to consider the further claims of the Queen's descendants upon the national purse. annuity to Princess Beatrice, Her Maj esty is relieved of any anxiety, respecting the income of her sons and daughters, but the question now arises what if any, is to be made for her too. Qieon, owing to the careful handling her money, and her retirement from pub- lic life, has become possessed wealth. The passing of an act enabling the Sovereign to hold and dis- pose of private estates, gave rise to this conjecture. the claims upon a monarch render it. very doubtful whether the Queen has been able to lay by a store anything like suffi- cient to place her very children, beyond the need of State assist- ance. list £385,000 per annum. Of this sum about £60, 000 is app purse, which, together with the revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, brings Her Majesty ’s personal incomeup to £140,000 a car. £320,000 derived from the Civil List no more than meets the claim upon it. Queen's establishments are neccessarily and unlike a private lady, she New York Central Railroad have won- to counterbalance dered where the company secured so a. many hollow-eyed and haggard conduc- expensive, cannot reduco them . _ calls upon her pane in other direction Windsor, Buckingham Palace, and Balmorsl, have to be cared to mention two or three pri possl of Princess Beatrice, accounts, mother, in keeping with t son'sason till he marries a wife, But life. Was cryingâ€"that was her youngest soul. Bhe washed and kissed them. and hushed their cries; While tears pressed out of her long-dead eyes. But their father. who lay on a lower floor, Had heard her step in the corrid And he rose and came, and saw her stand or. With the ch-Jdran clinging to either hand. She said. “The crying smote my heart. ' it broke my dreams of death apart. "I was loth to leave them seven. 1 died. But w hen have i slept when the child huscriedl " Take note, ere I pass to my many dead Your children woke and had no bread, “ No fl (inc one no lamp: two were at s strife; uncomforted. Tell your wife.” W TIIE ROYAL FAMILY. Revenue and Expenditure. Under this rather fascinating title, Mr. By the granting of an I provision, grandchild - There is a notion abr of vast I A glance at the civil list and numerous grand- The Queen receives from the Civil ortfoued to the privy That is, supposing the remaining The is to remain near her Roy . spondont) taken a definite form. Holyhead route. By the tunnel, Glasgow twould be brought within 121 miles of Bel- sat. by the south of Ireland, and calling at rocmstown, would go by the north and tlful is not gradually permeating all sec- tions of the community when we find a railway company supplying their employee witih Eeguiatio’n neckties (if a uniform and art st c type This is w tat the South- and that as; Western Railway Company have just done, and doubtless other companies will follow the example that: has been set. in 1862 The necktlcs in question are in color a brilliant red, and have the effect of mak- 'ng the South-Western most picturesque. red nockties is partly aesthetic and partly utilitarian. They are supposed to provide a ready-made and easily accessible danger signal. South-Western to divest himself of his necktie and wave if; in front of an advancing train to indi- cate that danger is ahead. Travellers by this line will when porters’ necktles have to do duty as emergency danger signals may be few and far between. which brightens up one's everyday sur- roundings is a matter for gratitude. Osborne tom. ‘ for, not Louis express, went to sleep while walk- vato palaces, ing along the platform at the depot here, one of which i. m be placed at, the dig. and narrowly escaped being run over by a who by all dummy engine. Passengers who have 31 asked the conductors for more bedclothes he adage, “ A have seen the functionaries start oifto get a the covering and go to sleep on the way. hter all the days of he: Conductor Fostor reached up to pull the 's purse needs to be bell-rope the other ni FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1885 THE MODERN HIGHWAY. Interesting Items ofhllway News from Various Sources. The Nictaux 6: Atlantic Railway (N. 8.) company have completed their financial arrangements in London, and that work will be pushed forward vigorously to com- pletion. The rails have been purchased and will be shipped forthwith. Mr. Geo e Stephen, President of the Canadian acific Railway, has assured Hon. Mr. Norquay,Premier of Manitoba, that the Manitoba, and South Western RaLway will be extended to White Lake poring the present year. - The Indian government proposes, with a loan of $50,000,000, sanctioned by parliament, to rapidly strengthen the railway system of indie. in both a com- mercial and military sense. There will be expended $10,500,000 in contracting a railway west of the Indus, $10,000,000 will be laid outin building another rail- way on the east side of the Indus, includ- ing a ferry across that river, $2,000,000 will be used in the building of a. bridge, $1,000,000 will be spent in the construc- tion of another road on the west side of the indus. and crossing the Pisseen pla- teau, and $1,000,000 will be expended on still another line west of the indus. The scheme for connecting Ireland and Scotland by a tunnel from Portpstrick to Donsghadee has now (sayssLondoncorre- A com- pany has been formed for the purpose of promoting the scheme, and it is said that the total cost of the tunnel will not ex- Somc Interesting Facts About the Queen's “ed “ix mullon5- ML J3me“ 13111111995» the well-known engineer, states that the work may be done within reasonable lim- its of time and cost, and a boring of 1000 feet deep is to be made in each end of the proposed tunnel in order to discover the character of the formation through which , The ninth the tunnel would depth of the Channel is 780 feet. The ef- fect of the tunnel would be to bring Bel- fast within 390 miles of London, Moville within 450, and Dublin within 478. The distance between London and Dublin by Holynesd is, of course, shorter; but there being no channel passage, the jour- nsy could be accomplished by the tunnel pass. The greatest n considerably less time than by the Probably, also, the whole of the is steamers, instead of going round and mails and passengers at Moville. Who shall say that the love of the bean- portcrs look al- But the object of the If ordinary signals go wrong, the guard or porter has only pray that the occasions In the meantime anything Passengers on the sleeping-cars of the Conductor Hanson, of the Sir. ght while nearing present. ' find their capital moving from Upper months ago that he was approaching his in 1883), of whom 1401 were passengers, 2319 servants of companies or contractors, in 27 persons pas:ng over level crossings, 187 irespassers (including would-be sui- cides), and 76 other persons not coming under these categories. In addition to the above, three passengers were killed and in injured whilst ascending or de- cending steps at stations ; 39 injured by being struck by barrows, &3., on plat- forms ; 2 killed and. 30 injured by falling ofl' platforms ; and one killed and 58 in- jured from other causes. Of servants of companies or contractors 6 were killed and 982 inj ured whilst loading, unloading, and sheeting waggons; 223 were injured whilst moving goods in warehouses, $33.; Skilled, and 169 injured, whilst working at cranes or capstan: ; 3 were killed, and 322 injured, by the falling of waggon doors. lamps, bales oft-goods, &c.; were killed, and 463 injured, by falling 05 or when getting on or off stationary engines or vehicles; 6wero killed and 233 injured by falling off platform, &c. ; and others were killed and wounded by various minor causea- making a total in this class of accidents of 52 killed and 3923 injured. Thus the total number of personal accidents reported by the rail- way companios during the year was 1186 killed and 8023 injured. â€"â€"â€"0 Alexandria and the Nile Delta. Alexandria and its people have an Old \Vorld aspect, but strangely mingled With what is new; and though a modern cllay in comparison with some others in Egypt, it is historically old. Yet to the geologist its site, and the Delta on the margin of which it stands, are but of yes- terday, and the stone, of which the mole and the houses are mostly built, is also of comparatively modern date. Except the shafts of columns and masses of stone brought down from Upper Egypt, there is nothing here so old as the London clay. The soft; limestone and induratsd sand (f the vicinity of the city are of late tertiary age, probably older than the advent of man. The mud of the Delta stretch- ing southwards of the city is most likely a deposit of the historical human period. What ever Egyptologists may make of muddled and uncertain lists of Egyptian kings, many of them evidently unhistorl- cal, or contemporary heads of local tribes, the history of Egypt as a nation must began after the Deluge. Anything pre- vious must relate to antediluvirm times. box- }mg been shot; the "cracker" proceeds \Vo may also assume, on the evidence so ably summedup by Rawlinson of the con- vergence of the history of all the ancient nations to a point about. 3,000 years B. C. that the dispersion of men after the great flood is an event that occurred somewhat 19“ than 5: 000 378319 380- “190111?an he returns home, and after suiting the 13“! Vim 3'7 that time made their W3? tf- hides they are ready for the “commission the Nile valley must have foundits condl- man," who pays the hunter about $2 per tions approximately similar to those that skin, exist now, extent and level of the Delta. know from the marks left by the inunda- tions of that early higherthan at presentwhsther because of from the Barbour line, lived a few months a greater supply cfwater or because of the ago an old gentleman who had given the bed of the river not beingso deeply cutoi best years of his life to hard work and completelylevelledssltafterwsrda became. free living. We also know from the monuments that drinker. the early settlements of the Egyptians utinai, ante-prandial and evening tod, and were on the Upper and Middle Nile, not he did not hesitate to say that a good art- on the Delta; that the earlier kings lcle of com-j uicc was about the most sat- were much occupied with works of cm- lsfying thing he ever tasted. bankmcnt and drainage ; that the Delta, probably because of its lower level and ted far and wide in the neighborhood as except; in regard to tho But. we times that: they were jured was 4100 (as cumparcd with 4187 Alligator Hunting in Florida. 5 butary The Florida native, a “cracker,” as hei called, selectss dark, quiet night. for hunting this peculiar game, observes ai writer in the Pittsburgh Dispatch, and ! entering his skiff or “dug-out," places is‘ small iron grate or cage securely in the ‘ bow. Next he an. the cage with dryi pine knots or “light wood," and deposits j is plentiful supply in the bottom of the; boat. Then with a companion to row him, he leads his rifle carefully, and seated in the bow of the boat right behind the jm k-light gives the order to push off. lnvoluntarily one feels awed by the sol- smnity of the sceneâ€"the dark brown waters of the sluggllsh and narrow river, hemmed in by swamp grass ten feet high, with here and there a tree standing out like a grim sentinel in the waste of sand and water. Occasionally they pass a fri- stream, and into one of these small creeks turn their boat, gliding ai- lenin along in the quiet night, with the moon rising slowly over the tall grass. Now all is changed. They dart into a dense growth of palm trees and scrub palmetto. The lofty cabbage palm rears its straight trunk aloft, smooth and even as a marble shaft, crowned above by a glorious foliage, while more humbly the many other trees indigenous to this warm climate stand with the funeral looking Spanish muss hanging in filmy gray drapery almost f9 the water's edge, and the small patches of ground here and there visible are covered with poisonous vines and lovely ferns. Here the “crack- er" gives the order to cease rowing and, striking a match, he lights up his cage of pine knots, illuminating the water many yards in advance. With his rifle cocked and in readiness they push silently ahead. Soon what appears to be the end of n log appears a few rods in front. The boat drifts slowly forward until the little sharp eyes of u " gator” shine forth from tho log-like head. He is immovable, transfixed, as is were, by the bright glare, and now is the time to shoot. Aiming carefully, either at an eye or behind the fore leg, he pulls the trigger, and the deed is done. The huge reptile awakes from his lethargy. A gurgling roar, like that of a bull, a violent; plunge and powerful 1ash~ ings of the'tail indicate he has received his death wound. After this flurry, which lasts perhaps for half an hour, the body immediately sinks to the bottom. To prevent this he is secured by a rope and anchored safely. When a sufficient num- to skin his game. He takes it sharp knife, and making an it cision on either side from behind the foreleg, removes the silver-gray skin from the belly and sides, the armored skin on the back and tall being useless. Then. securing the teeth. Hawkâ€"â€" Bound to Beat Bob Irigcrsoll. In Dale County, G3,, only a few miles lie was a free outer and free Ho was devoted to his mat- He was an eccentric individual and no- less extent was less important than at being in most of his ways quite peculiar. As their history advances we Well. he discovered less than two Egypt to Memphis, and finally to cities 'end and began to make his final arrange- far north on the Delta. â€"â€"â€"0 ACouvlct's Adventures. monts. He called his family around his dying bedside and made a last request. Ho had read how Bob Ingersoll had employed a secretary to take down hislast Alexander Caulfield, says the New York words when the end should come, so that woridt w“ employed “9°” 3“ lce'barg" the Sunday-school aud‘Dorces society at the foot of west 17th street in June, book. could not for, h m go as 8 appears lssotmd during a quaneiikmed “ fellow think they would, a filial retraction of his workman with an icevcxe. He was only “belief- The intemperato old man would 18 years Old. and W“ Bent to “at” Prim” beat Ingersoll. He determined that his for me. H“ W“ take“ *0 Sing‘smg‘ lsstendshould bein keeping with past acts whence he was removed to the Clinton of his life and not. a denial of his habits. Prim“ and 333‘“ "moved m the AUbum Only the immediate family was to attend state prison. Here young Csulfield was his funeral. Others were not expected P80)! JES'I‘ T0 ERNEST. The Happy Outcome era Proof-leader’s Prank. One hot ht last.) uly, whantho burden of proof-read g in a close more in the of- fice of the Kansas City Times seemed al- most sofl‘scating, when the hot air of bias- ing gas-burners and the stiflingfumos from fifty jets over typos' cases seamed befind humsnendurancs, DickShanhmight ve been seen working as only nighbfiands on morning papers can work, gazing intently at the agate andnonpareil takes, decipher- ing bad manuscript and laboriously con- tributing his share to make a morning paper. the old copy-holder boiled on through the busy rush of a “ heavy" hf, gazing through his spectacles to ca a turned “ o " or s wrong-font “ s." About 3.30 SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL. Thermometer tubes have to be season- ed. Thisrcquiresayaarortwo. When glass is new it changan'expanda, contracts and warps almost as badly as greenwocu. In Germany they are now trying a cun- position of cork, sand and lime, molded into bricks, for the construction of light partition walls. It is said to exclude sound better than ordinary brickwork, while being light and a good non~cenduc~ tor of host. Experiments have been made in France with electricity as an agent to prevent the incrustaiiou of boilers. The of sour-rent through a boiler not only causes the impurities of the water to set- tle as a loose powder, but detaches the old incrustaticn. The railroad system of Japan has at- tained a length of 225 miles, and is ln~ creasing steadily. it has been mainly built by the Japanese Government with native capital. The business results up fotbc present time have given no cause for dissatisfaction. Some time ago the discovery was made by M. Ch. Montiguy, by the means of a beautiful instrument called the scintillo- meter, that blue largely predominates in the twinkling of the stars when there is much water in the atmosphere, and that the preponderance of green or violet is With favsred brow and tiredsyss indicative of a great dryness. Sulphuric sold will remove spots from brass that will_not yield to oxalic acid. It may be applied with a brush ; but great care must be taken that no drop of the the“ '53 3 51m in “04'” “9013!. "1‘1 acid. shall come in contact with clothes or while Shanks andhls fellow-workman were “an, n it, i. ruinous to garments and to waiting for other proofs, he began to tell how night-work was wearing on him, how he could not sleep through the hot days, and yet how dependent he was upon his small salary for livelihood! He longed to leave the desk, and told how he had lost a fortune in the war and now had to work like a slave; that he was poor and discouraged with his condition, and he did not carehow soon the good angel called him to another world. A few minutes later than this the proof-reader who sat beside him came to a little telegraph “ take" which said some- thing abouta vast fortune in Kentucky. Thinking he could have a little fun by in- serting his companion’s name in the dis- patch, the proof-reader added in a few lines on the manifold paper of the dispatch these words: “The only known heir cf the Kentucky Shanks is R. L. Shanks, a proof-reader, 'ri‘upposed to be working like a slave on the imea. " The copyhclder read it and laughineg put itin his veal; pocket, where it remained for many months. Of course no one ever dreamed that there wsaa word of truth in the silly prank of a leisure hour, but it has now come to light that every word of that manufactured telegram is true. Mrs. Shanks one day found the telegram inher husband’s vest pocket, and asked what it meant. Just for fun he said iii was a true telegram which he had received. She told a sister~in~1aw, and thlsslster-fn-lsw wrote to Stanford, Lincoln 00., Ky., to knowif if: was so. The answer came that there was a fortune there for the heirs of David L. Shanks, formerly of Virginia ; that he had at one time owneda number of shares in a turnpike road. lie died in 1841, and the annual dividends had accumulated and been in the public treasuryevcr since, and that the heirs could not be found. When Dick Shanks saw that letter he knew that his father, who died just before Dick was born was theformer owner of those shares, his name was David L., and he came from Virginia. The story is a large one, but it is enough to say thatsubserjucntcommun- icationwith the State Treasurer and county officials has placed Dick Shanks’ identity without a doubt as the heir of three-fifths of the entire fund, whim has been accum- ulating for over forty years. The case is in the hands of Mr. C. J. Bower, of this city, and Dick will soon have his money. â€" j K ansss City Journal. ___._o____ To Avoid Fires. Tho Fireman’s Herald condenses into small compass is vast amount of useful in- formation having atendency to prevent fires, thuew so i- 1. Always buy the best quality of oil. 2. Never make a sudden motion with a lamp either fnlifting it or setting it down. 3. Never put a lamp on the edge of a table or mantel. 4. Never fill a lamp after dark, even if you should have to go without a light. 5. See that the lamp wickis always clean and that it: works freely in the tube. 6. N evcr blow a lamp out from the top. 7. Never take a light to a closet: where there are clothes. If necessary to go to the closet, place the light at a distance. 8. Use candles when possible when go- ing about the house and bedrooms. Those are cheaper and can't explode, and for many purposes are just as good as lamps. cuticle. Bath brick or rotten-stone may housed for polishing, the latter being preferable for delicate work. Mr. F. W. Clark has exhibited in Lon- don a new system of gas lighting for pri- vate houses by means of recuperative lamps. By a veniilatlng arrangement the lamps consume their own smoke, and the burners are so formed that the requi- site air ts heated to a high temperature and admitted into the lamps at the point of ignition. Mr. \Volil’s treatment of wrifcrs' cramp seems to be making steady progress in popular estimation. it consists of a com- bined application of massage, gymnastics, and csligraphic exercises. Any sufferer from that annoying and distreaslug species of cramp can devise a special system of relief by noting the objects aimed at by the method adopted by Mr. Wolff. When tempering cold chisols or any other steel articles heat to a very dull rod and rub with a piece of hard soap, then finish hosting and burden in clear, cold water. The potash of the soap prevents the oxygen of tho atmosphere from uniting with the steel and forming rust or black oxide of iron. The article will need no polishing to enable the colors fobcsccn. This will be appreciated when tempering traps, dies or various complex forms not not easy to polish. Never “ upset" scold chisel. It is sure death to the stool. Paper slippers arc the latest form in which paper is introduced in now inven- tions. An Englishman has psiontcd a system of manufacturing slippers, sandals and other coverings for the foot out of paper. Paper pulp, or paper macho, is employed for tho upper,whicli is moulded to the desired form and size, and fl sole is rovidcd made of paper or pastobosrd, leather board, or other suitable paper ma~ terlsl, which is united to tho uppers by means of cement, glue, or other adhesive material. The upper is crossed. emboss- ed, or perforated at tho instep or sides, which renders them somewhat pliable and prevents their cracking while in use. -â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€".«’â€"â€"â€"â€" Fun in a. Court Room. There was a delightful and interesting scrimmage in a Texan court-room the other day. The counsel for the defence and the prosecuting officer in a murder trial came to blows, and were pcgging away, each waiting for the other to pro- duce his pistol, and the audience, as isusual at the South, flying from the scene of the fight, and not, as in other countries, toward it. Tiicrcupon the Judge promptly sprang from the bench, but as he reached the floor, got; a sting- ing blow under the car from one of the counsel in the case, which be repaid with a clean knockdown. He then summoned the jury as a poasc to quell the riot, and with their assistance separated and ar- rested the combatants. lie fined them $50 each for contempt, except the man whom he had himself floored, and who had probably completely got over any contempt of court he had ever felt. No judicial officer of high rank has probably ever played such a part in a courtroom before except Andrew Jackson, who onoo had himself summoned from tho bench as a posse to arrest a desperatsicharactor, The officers of the Elmira and went asleep with his hand on over one hundred in thocord. The train rsn three miles be- 13 salaries £52,000 a yond the station before he woke up, and there are some five it had to be hacked to Elmira. The cause about; of the uenersl broken-up appearance of doomed to spend the remainder of his and did not attend. day" L3“ sepi’embe'v While a gang of When the coffin was ready to be lower- conflci“ were at work on a bargei a large ed into the tomb the eldest son drew the “one fell hm) the “at”, WhiCh made 3' lid and exposed the face to view. He then “tapiuh' The "Y went“? that a ma“ moistened the lips of the dead clay with pretty capacious. royal household, number, receive year. In addition, hundred persons engaged in and 9- MfltChM Ihonid alwsyl b0 kopt 1” who was defying the Sheriff outside the stone or earthen jars or in tin. court-room. J acksnn's terrible aspect. as 10. They lhould never be off: when! be advanced on the ruflian is said, In the rats and mice can get hold of them. There Jacksonfsn legend, to have so cuwod him is nothing more to the taste of a rat than thin. be surrendered at discretion. Despair, utter and unspeakable, never darkens a man‘s soul until he discovers that his molher-in-law has taken to writ- ing poetry, and wants him to find her a pretty and suggestive rhyme to “ Saturv ad fallen overboard. This created a day. " O. d.‘>OQâ€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" A New Torpedo for the British Government. An cliicial inspection has taken place within the past fuw days of a torpedo iu~ vented by Mr Brennan, an Australian, to whom the British Admiralty granted facilities for the manufacture of and ex- rimouts with his invention at Garrison Tooint Fort, Sheerness. The trials and inspcciiun having proved satisfactory the Admirslity have agreed to adopt, the torpsdoasa part of the national arma- ment. it is asserted that the inventor has been paid 5:10.000 on summit, and various sums, ranging from £40,000 to £100.000, are mentioned as the reward to in allutcd fur the invention. The new torpedo dill‘srs essentially from any exist~ inguysiom. itcan be directed and dis- charged either from a shore torpedo bat. tory or from a ship. Se \arate prop ill." arsactusted by means 0 wires coiled in reels within the tcpvdo, the motive power being a steam engine within the fort. or chip, from which it can be steered with t accuracy. Jets of light, produced y some chemical agency, indicate to the o tor the position of the torpedo to right. ~...o.â€".. “‘iii)‘. Lord Chesterfield, whine “ letters " our grand-{res received as the code of polite- nus, was a polished wit and an astute conflict. 0!: one occasion, Gscrge ii. and his ministers differed as to the person who should fill a position of trust. The ministry insisted upon their man, and de- legated L)l'd Chesterfield to present the emulsion for the royal algnatm in a drisrantial tone, his lordship bogged to know with whose cams His Majesty would be pleased to have the blank spaces filled up. " With the devil‘s i" answered the enraged kins. " And shall the instrument," asked the sari, without the slightest change of man- ner, “run as usualâ€"'Our trusted and welLbolmsd cousin and counsellor' f" The king buns: low a hearty lug-h m3 signsdthcoo 0n- W the Queen's palaces, whose pay and allowances must swallow up a consider- WM explain able sum. And yet these are merely items of royal expenditure. make provision for some of the Qu grandchildren, people will naturally their attention to liabilities already in- has been workin curred. The total annuity voted by Par-- doctors on the St. Louis express are re- liameut for the sons and daughters of the Queen amounts, Mr. Duke of Albany and Princess Alice the payment has been reduced to 55131000 8 Chicago express on the Erie Railway was According to precedence the Child- approaching Waverly, I mishap occurred of the Prince of \Vllel, which obstructed the rear car in the train. but also of the Dukes of Edinburgh, Con- This car is the through Pullman sleeper Will be enliilfid W from Chicach Boston, which is trans- annultiel- In fact. it has been “10 cnl- ferreo at Bingnampton to the Boston con- tour for Parliamenttogrant an annuity to uecclon, 8'“! R0!“ 9611011180. II Widowed by ed by the accident, three passengers who the payment of £12,000 a year to the were in the car were transferred to other and “mum” 0‘ cars in the train which went on to Bing- 153.” "Ch ‘0 “I "'0 IMO". Prince" hampton, leaving the Boston car to be ex- bfsry of Tack and the Grand Duchess of Muted from it. unable. funith structions were removed and the car was are more numerous to day than. formerly. in readiness for use when 't should be call- and a doubtful successon is not likely to ad for, ma discovery wu made that there be one of the troubles of the near future. 'u . Manger sleeping peacefully In one flow the altered circumstances can best of me berm, He was aroused. be met remains to be seen. The and duced a through ticket for Boston. quath and obsolete procedure of the had slept all through the hubbub of the Royal household, perhaps, stands in need accident. He said he wasn't to blame for of reform Ind curtailment. which might the accident. All he wanted was to go income. Mr. cum Bump, as he had a ticket that Arnold thinks the Grandson of the Sov- “read to we him through on that. train. year. ren, not only caught, and Albany Duke of Cambridge, biscklcuburg-Strciita. Princely leave a surplus in the Royal sraign, like the Grandson of a Duke, should become an untitled commoner, as follows when the Queen's daughter marries a subject not of Royal blood, which would, in fact, have been the pt» sitionoi the Princess Louise's children hadaha been blessed with a family. Par- hammgitwillthus be seen, haaadeliv micmamiahand. Onto! respect for one whohas proved herself a wise ad- ministrator, loving wife. and model mother, ' , we may rest assured, lwilibsdono tncauaspaintsthaamiablc lady who, for close upon half a century. ‘haswialdadthcsoeptrs of this might) i Kmpirs. ! "Octofsrsry :Iaboci teachers," mys an exchange, "seven ’rnarryarary year." How many times do 0c life's journey. 'iW1ldflW'mmleJ marry: Give us all the thomvclcrhsnrctowloniutbewoods..m it asked to bed. They mn'g Vanderbilt's son-i Now, who was recently tum appointed superintendent of the road, Arnold tells us, In to£157,000, but. by the death of the porters crawl info aborth and gotosleep. mimndmrm msifi smut-oi com the conductors and their peculiar actions ed. Eight of them sent in their resignations and went home to go to claim that Dr. Webb, Mr. g them too hard. Con- quired to be up five nights in the week d do all the work, while the colored A few nights ago, as the eastbound In tho hurry and hubbub caus- After the ob- Hs pro. Ho Without par-lav or delay a locomotive was attached to the car. The passenger turn- od over and went to sleep again. The car was whisked over the road between Wav- erly and Binghampton on special time, and the solitary and soundlyalesping man from Boston was landed there in time for his connection. A Blue Book issued recently contains returns of accidents and casualties as re- ported to the Board of Trade by the sov- sral railway companies in the United cm durin the year ended Decem- ber 31, 183i. n the twelve months the number of killed on the railways was U34 (as with 1167 intha compared previous year), whom 135 were passen- panios or con- tractors, 65 persons paming over lsch comings, 348 cups-ac: (including sui- jeldsa),and40penonsnot comingl'n the above classificadon. The numbcrci in- LMIM____.___________ good deal of excitement, during which whiskey froma bottle provided for that purpose, took a. drink himself, passed it to young Caulflold dived from the end of the ea ,1, member of the family “Hem. an of boat and swam under- water until he whom dunk freely, when we (1633,4831. reached “19 Other "‘18 Of the cam} 0’ ing poison was put in the coffin with the creek. About two miles from Auburn dun of the intempemw Cid mun, and his the escaped convict prevailed upon a far- ‘ d m -, a, u met to give hima suit of old clothes. The :ilgig:§;:i°::ay “m Nuance on journey to Buffalo was an easy one. Caulfield wanted to gettoNow York. He mania I“, “,gcflate twine“. This was all in accordance with the dead it is not a "01° 3‘ “do "9”" 3 "(461" "‘l“ 30mg ‘0 newspaper exaggeration, but the solemn Albany. 0n the way he got. into a quar- trurh‘ The reporter has every assurance rl with the brakeman, who caused his that 1, many (“(1 hammm arrest at Little Falls. lie was sent to the Albany penitentiary as a vagrant for six months. Upon March 3 ho was discharg- ed and came to New York and went to his mother's house. He tried to get work, and was upon th eve of obtaining a good situation when some of his old enemies recognized him and informed the police. Ho fled to 150s- ton,and from there moved to Providence, where he worked as a laborer. lie could not kccpawsy from his mother,and so re- turned to New York a few days ago. Again thepollce werenotiiied. Detective- Sergcants Murray and Maguiro went to the house the other day and captured him. In heavy handcufl's he was led to Jeffer- son Msrkct, where he was arraingsd be- fore Justice Gormsn as an escaped con- vict. Caulfield was remanded to await the appearance of the tilicers from An- burn, whn will take him back to serve the rest of his life sentence. Ciulfield willingly told how he got to this city. -â€"â€"‘wâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Children to Name Themselves. A farmer frcmthe State of Kansas, who is now in New York on a visit to relatives and friends, is the proud father of twelve children. He says he has bestowed names on the six oldest children, but that the other six are as yet nameless, and are do- signatcd and distinguished by numbers. The idea back of this rather novsl arrange- ment is to allow the children, when they arriveat yaarsof discretiou.to choose names satisfactory to themselves, and not to com- palthamto go through llfewidianamo fastened tothsm that theyabhor. A great many people who have been burdened all their lives by absurd names would have been glad had they had ts as con- aidsrats as this Kansas farmer is trying to be. An Efl'ciffunl Remedy. Theophllus Parsons. the most eminent cf the chief justiccsof Massachusetts, died 0 in 1813 under circumstancesaopeculiar as to cause sharp comments in the com- monly and differences of opinion Imong the doctors. He had been suf- fering from a general increasing dcbility when he began to be troubled by Sh ir- ritating humor. This increased until it spread around all his body. This irritation was violent and constant, accompanied by some fever. l: harassed him the more be- cause it was a new thing, as he never be- fors hadthe slightest eruption. He could not eat or sleep. and was wearied and then ill and kept his chs mbcr. Dr. Rand, his physician, whose prescriptions thus far had given no relief, said one day, “ There is a remedy, if you like to try it, which is sometimes i xiremcly efficacious." “ What is it 3’ “Water. almost scald- ing. Take a bath of water just as hot as you can possibly bear it, and lie there as long asyou can. I have known it to cure skin disease almost at once. " The chief justice was ready to try anything. His son, who put him in the bath, afterward said it was so hot he could not hear his hand in it, and that be begged his father to have it made cooler. But no, he got in although shrinking and evidently suffering extremely. Histayed there an hour and then returned to his bed. The humor appeared to almost dry up at once, in a day or two was all gone, and in three weeks the eminent magistrate was dead. .._....o_._._ A man has applied for the position of “sexton” of the Postnfiics Do not. Thisistombmuch! Wasnspecthswanis tointcrthadssd lotion. phosphorus. They will eat it if they can get at it. Abuuch of matches is almost certain to be set fire to if a rat gets at it. 11. Have perfectly good safes in every place where matches are to be saw and never let a match be left on the floor. 12. Never let a match go out of your hand after lighting it until you are sure the fire is jout and then itis better to put it in a stove or earthen dish. 13. it. is far better to use the safety matches which can only be lighted upon the box which contains them. 14. Have your furnaces examined care- fully in the fall and at least once during the winter by a competent person. All the pipes and fines should be carefully locked to 15. if there are any closets in the house near chimneys or fines, which there on hf. not to be, put nothing of a combusti ls nature into them. Such closets will soil silver and crack crockery and burn bed- ding. They form a bad part of any house that contains them. 16. Never leave any wood near a fur- nace, range, or stove, to dry. 17. Have your stove looked to fre- quently to see that there are no holes for coal to drop out. * 18. Never put any hot ashes or coals In a wooden receptacle. 19 Be sure there are no curtains or shades that can be blown into a gaslight. 20. Never examine a gas meter after dark. Bad Habits. Like flakes of snow, that fall unper- csivcd upon the earth, the seemingly unimportant events of life succeed one to another As the snow than together,» are ourhabits formed. 0 single flake that . is added to the pile produces a sensible i change ; no single action creates, however 1 it may exhibit, a man's character; but, as {the torn est hurls the avalanche down the j moun n and overwhelms the inhabitant “disulhhhabiuuomwpasdomacflngu ’ a... elements of mischief, which that: per _._-_..“.o-¢’. -o--- .s __ Au Aeroniuit'sfl‘crrllilc licuflr. A shocking accident occurred at the circus grounds, Charleston, thoothcr after noon just prior to the opening perform- ance of Richards A' Leon's circus. Among the outdoor attractions was a bal- loon ascension. Just asthe ropes hold- ing the balloon were cast off, the hot-air stove used in inflating it was overturned, and set the balloon on fire. The homing balloon shot up into the air at a rapid rate, with William Patterson tho acronaut, in the basket. When a short distance up tho Crowd yelled " Jump!" but he did not. head the advice, and after going several hundred feet up the balloon collapsed, and Patterson fell to the earth a lifeless mats of humanity. Patterson was 2:: years old, and lived in Wellsvillo, Ohio, where he leaves a widow and family. it was his first. ascension. The balloon was totally consumed. ,. .-. __. .e... Sens on ihdAustrnlinn Count. It is said that thoscas on the Australian coast are heavier than anywhere else inthe world. For hundreds ofmiios black, boot- ling cliffs from 400 to 600 feet high, ex~ tend without an opening of any kind into which a distressed ship might run for safety. Round the base of those cliffs the created hills of angry waves surge and roar, swept along with terrible force by winds born at the southern pole, and which, careering over thousands of miles of sea, have encountered land here for the first time. cod-.709 Who Wouldn't be a. Lawyer 1’ At the close of rolonged litigation over the affairs of the olumbia Life Insurance Compsny,t.hs dc iwra got $105,137 and the lawyers 8 1,720. This is pretty cod for the West, but we can do )Bluf ore. In the Mario-Garrison suit, which has just been settled, the lawyers for the plaintiff got 893,750 and the council for the defence 8450.000. Litigation may be h‘bjilgtb'zzt’n‘gh‘ “:3”: I m; pleasant, but it ism expansive luxury. case “on. m . :ilpfice of truth and virtueâ€"Bentham. When a girl is young she wants numer- .__â€"â€"oâ€"-â€"â€" i iars sometimes great bores. Itisnotiosd thatmsn of smallealibu ous dolls, but when she grows older hsr wants increase and she desires ssvsrai dol- liars.