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l 4‘ is“ 5 By“ [he V ‘4 Death of Theodore Knight. r stusn, 15 rue “Nsw Your 11an " RY CHAP I‘ER III. I own I had been impressed and stirredby what he said or by his manner of saying it. In my emotion I forgot the hundred excel- lent reasons I had to urge against him. A wiser man than I, however, observing how the subject agitated his interlocutor would have dropped it, introducing anew one. I shall never cease most bitterly to reproach myself for my folly in pursuing it. if our conversation had stopped at that point the act, the crime, that followed it would very probably never have been committed. In my nnwisdomI said :~"Weli,even so? What of it! Why should you fear death so ? What is there to be afraid of 2 Yes, indubit- ably, each mother's son of as may die at any moment. But why should we dread death, shrink from death ‘.' The bodily agony, even if supreme, cannot be of long duration ; and as for the future life, if there is one, we have no reason t) expect that it will bejworse than the present." “Ah, there is just the point i" cried Knight. “I‘be future life 1 You say, if there iscne. I am convinced there is." “Well, even so i What of it 2 What I fail to understand is why you should fear it. What shadow of reason have you for imagin~ ing that it will be less eudurabls than the! life we know here 2 ’ “It is not a question of imagining, Nor- bert; it is a matter of demonstrable fact. In the future lifeâ€"here is the horrible knowledge that lies upon my conscience day and night, torturing it like a coal of fire, racking me with an utter horror and dread of deathâ€"in the future life my por- tion will be hell.” I looked at him. His face was livid. His lips were drawn be ck until they expos- ed the teeth. His fingers were clenched. His eyes stared fixedly at the wall in front of him. with a light in them that was almost maniacal. “ Holll \Vhat‘.’ What? Good Lord, Knight, what ails you? To make you talk like that, to make you look like that? Are you hoaxing me? Are you acting? O: are you imbecile? Hell! What do you think you mean 2" " I am not hoaxirg on, nor acting a part, nor am I imbecile. I mean what I say, absolutely, exactly. After my death I shall find myself in hell.” “ May I be permitted to ask a ques- tion 2" “ Twenty if you like.” “Very well. Since when have you be- lieved in hell ‘9 '-â€"you who, of all rational- ists, used to be the extremest 2" “ Since I cut my wisdom teeth. Since my eyes Were opened to the obvious. I never was more of a rationalist than when, pluck- ing up my courage, I dared to follow my rea- son to the farthest depth it would lead me and then recognised the necessity, the inevi- tablenesss of hell. “ I declare, Knight, I think you are losing your mind. Wont reactionary talk is this? Those of us who are enlightened, in this age of the world’s development, have seen clear- ly that given any personal future life at all it must be but a gradual and natural sequel to this lifeâ€"a logical continuation of itâ€" that the soul will begin there where itlcft off here; that it is the heisht of absurdity to expect an immediate and immense transla- tion (0 a heaven or to a hell. Yet yoaâ€"-â€"l Do you live in the nineteenth century or are you floundering in the ignorance and the superstition cf the twelfth? You talk of hell. Well, taking hell for granted. what crimes are you guilty of, what deadly sins have you committed that you deem yourself doomed to hell '3" ‘ “ None that I know of. I have committed no crimes, to my knowledge ; and I believe my worst sins have been venisl. But that is neither here nor there, or ratherâ€"no, that again is just the point. I will speak of that in a moment. What strikes me at present is the sublime conceit of ' those of us who are enlightened.’ “ but new and special revelation have you receivedâ€"you who are enlightenedâ€"that you describe with such confidence and such complacency the nature of future life? Oh. the comfortable the flattering theology of men l The future life shall be but a natural and gradual sequel to this lifeâ€"a logical continuation of it. We shall begin there where we left off hereâ€" smoothly, easily, without break, without violence] I tell you, man, in the future life every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. There is no reason, no purpose, no justice, no excuse, for a future life which shall be but an easy and comfortable continuation of this ; so that I, who have the start and advantage here, shall have the eternal start, the eternal advantage over yonder poor devil at this moment beg- ging, or perhaps stealing, or it may be even murdering in the streets. In the streets, Norbert, shivering under the open'sky, in body and mind and soul low and evil and loathsome, while I sit here in my safe house, before my fire, well fed, well clad,clean and virtuous and beloved. The valley must be exalted, the mountain and hill laid low ; the the crooked must be made straight, the rough places plain. They that sow in tears shall reap in ij. There must be a heaven and a bell to correct the inequalities, to atone for the injustices that we are in the midst of here. Hell l heaven ! Of course I don't mean a hell of tire and brimstoue, a heaven of music and glory. I mean a hell and heav- eu of the spirit ; two opposite conditions of the soul." Knight had spoken with such sincer- ity it was impossible not to take him seriously and answer him respectfully. Therefore I said: -â€"“Well, granting all that, granting hell, havenâ€"everything you wish â€"I have not yet understood, and I am particularly interested to learn, why you anticipate hell as your indidviual let . You tell me you are guilty of no crimes and and that your worse sins have been veniai. I, who know you pretty well, should say that you have led a singularly moral life. Why, then, hell for you? ' "As I said a moment ago, the very point of the matter lies right there. I am rich, Norbert; and it is easierâ€"it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for srichman to enter into the kingdom of God.” I lost patience. “'Jh come Knight,” I pro. tested, “You don't mean to say that you believe sachâ€"suchâ€"“ I hesitated for a word. . I ever ; I should still be arich man. “Such what 2" demanded Knight, turning large, surprised eyes upon my face. “Such-oh, well, you know, that's utterly unreasonable. That's nonsense. Because a man chances to be richâ€"because he has inherited wealth or legitimaetly acquired it â€"be must be excluded from the klngdorn of God! 0'3! you know as well as I do that's preposterous." _ "Unreasonable! Preposteroasl' Knight repeated, with the air of a man who mis- trusts his hearing. “Exactly so." . _ "Youâ€"you forget, perhaps, who said it?" “No. I remember perfectly who said it.” “And do you venture to assert of any smallest word that fell from His'lips that it is unreasonable or preposteronsf’ “It was to’your construction of the word that I applied those terms. It wasn’t meant literally." “Cin you tell me of any figurative con. structicn that it will beat?" "The ‘eye of a needle‘ referred to was a famous gateway, through which it Was dif- ficult for a loaded camel to passâ€"difficult, mark you, but not impossible. It means, therefore, that the average rich man may have some difficulty getting into the King- dom of heaven, because the average rich man is apt to be purse proud and ungcner- ous.” “ A deceit and a sham, Norbert," Knight cried: “ invented by easedoving ecclesiastics, themselves rich, to the end of reconciling their nuchrislian luxuries to such shreds of Christianity as they had left. Accord- ing to that reading. Christ’s declara- tion is virtually meaningless, and I think we shall be safe in assumin that Christ always meant something when e spoke." “ Well, then, it means a bad rich man." “ It doesn’t say so. As it stands it covers all rich men.” “Well, then, it is unreasonable. It never could have been so meant by Chirst. The notion that all rich men, good and bad, withoutldiscrimination, are destined to per- ditioa is monstrous. I know no sane person who will maintain the contrary.” “ I am sane." I was beginning very seriously to doubt this. But I confined myself to saying, “ Well 2" “ Well, I am sane, and I will maintain the contrary. It was meant literally; it is literally true. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." “ Which is a mere repetition of your pre- vious assertion, not justified by the faintest scintilla of argument. I shou d to hear your reasons, though, if youhave any. It’s a singular thesis. I should be interested to know what circumstances you can allege in support of it. But, waiving that for the moment, there’s a manifest way out of your dfiiculties. You believe your- self doomed to hell because you are rich. Well and good. Sell all you have and give it to the poor." “ Ah, yes, if I couldâ€"if I could. But there’s the worst of it. I can’t.” “Can't? Oh, well, then you simply lack the courage of your convictions and hell will serve you right. If a man sees his salvation tangible before him, but is too weak to grasp it, he has no one but himself to blame if he is damned." “ Oh, Norbert, you are obtuseness itself. Materialist that you are, you conceive by the word ‘ riches ’ material riches only. Those indeed I could give to the poor. But that would not menu matters in any smallest degree. The poor would remain as poor as Material wealth is nothing. It is my spiritual wealthâ€"my wealth of soul and mindâ€"which damns me. That I can neither sell nor give away, nor sequester, nor in any wise forfeit nor get rid of. That is entailed upon me. So long as I draw the breath of life in this body 1 shall be a rich man, and that is my damnation. Superior parts and culture, the love of the woman who tomorrow will be my wife, refinement, virtuous predisposi- tionsâ€"there is my wealth â€"I cannot alienate it. ‘ Ilcoked at the mm in amazement. “ I give you up,” I falltrvrl. “ So well as I comprehend it, you mean that you are to be damned for your virtues ! It’s a para- dox which I own myself unable to cope with. Go on. I am waiting to be convinced that you are not insane.” “ I said at the outset, Norbert, that you would probably not understand me. I said, too, that perhaps it would be better for you if you should not understand me ; better for your peace of mind, I meant. But then, on second thoughts. I said, it is per- haps always best in the long run to recog nize and confess the truth. Thus far you have not understood me; I will show you the truth so vividly that you shall not for- get nor doubt it over again. If you like, mind ! I make that stipulation; for I warn you beforehand that the fruit of the tree of knowledge is bitter, and that if you taste of it it will poison your life as it has poison- cd mine. it's for you to choose." "Go ahead." I said, lightly, “I guess I can stand it." ” A: your peril, remember. \V'ell, here; you cried outjust now, ‘he expects to be damned for his virtues !' and you derided that for a paradox. Thereby you showed that On these su'Ychts you hav: done no in- dependent tninking ; that you have swallow- od whole the empty books of formulas which constitute the diet of those people who take their creeds at second hand, their theologies by hearsay. You' showed that you still pro- fess the ethical doctrine which deems it most and roper that a man should be rewarded for t e good he does and punished for the evil; saved for his virtues and damned for his sins. Now I say that is indeed a paradox â€"a fallacy, repugnant to the feelings of every man who has a sense of fair play, inadmis- sible to the mind of every man who will give the matter two minutes of fearless thought. For consider a little. It roceeds upon the assumption of a free wi ,â€"a free will, and constquent moral responsibility. But you, who know a few principles of science, you know as well as I do that there is no such thing, that there can be no such thing, that no such thing is conceivable in man, as a free will. nor, therefore, a moral responsibility. You know that we are one and all of us under the iron and all exclusive dominion of Necessity: that we can no more help doing what we do than we can help being what we are. According to be WHO“ 1 drama in which we are actors. the law of cause and efl'ect, you know that what I do is the unavoidable result of what 1 am at the moment when I do it; and you know that what I am at that moment is the unavoidable result of my heredity and my environment ; in other words, of my two sets of experiencesâ€"my preconceptual exv perfumesâ€"that is, the experience of my an- cestors back to the beginning of life, and my postconceptual experiencesâ€"that is, my ex rieaces since the planting of the seed rorn which I sprang. You know that I am no more accountable for my moral character, nor for my intellectual abilities, than I am for the structure of my body or the color of my eyes. You know that the sinner is no more to blame for his sins than the good man is to praise for his good deeds ; that the idiot is no more to blame for his infirmity than the philoso her is to praise for his genius; that the nuchback is no more to blame for his deformity than the grenadier is to praise for his handsome figure. You know, in one word, that we do not make ourselves. If I am an idiot it is due to my heredity and my environment, which have given me this structure of brain ; if I am a poet it is due to my heredity and my environ- ment, which have given me that structure of brain. By the same token, if I am a knave it is because my heredity and my environâ€" ment have shaped me thus and so; if I am a hero it is because my heredity and my en- vironment have shaped me so and thus. Is the tiger to blame who waxas wroth at the scene of blood 2 Can the poor beast help it? If I pick a pocket it is because I cannot help it; if I cut a throat it is because I cannon help it; if I save a life it is because I can not help it; it I write a good book it is be- cause I cannot help it ; if I ruin my life through a folly of my own commission in is because I cannot help it In no case am I to blame, in no case to praise. Factor N eces sity, and you obtain Heredity and Environ- mentâ€"well and good. You know all this as well as I do. Now here is what I want you to explain .â€"If yonder wretched wife beater, thief, cutthroat, liar, besotted brute, if he is not to blame for his misdcings, since he cannot help them, since he is the poor prisoner and victim of necessity, why.I beg you to explain, why should he be damned for them! Why not as justly damn him for the color of his hair ‘2" “Just sol Why, indeed ‘3" cried I. My dear Knight, you have expended a vast deal of energy and ingenuity in knocking over a man of straw. I have not said that he should be damned. I say no one should be damned, that the very notion of hell is in itself intolerable. But certainly I can’t see why, if the sinner isn’t to be damned for his sins, the virtuous man should be damned for his virtues. He can’t help it, either. As justly damn him for the color of his hair.” “No, no: stop there. You go a step too far. You forget, you ignore, the principle of fair play, of turn and turn about. For one moment look with me upcn the world around us; contemplate a little the life See! Here is a world in which one man, thanks not to himself, but thanks to Necessityâ€"to his heredity and his environmentâ€"to his birth, to his inherited faculties and predispositions, to his educationâ€"grows up to be healthy in body, strong in intellect. virtuous in his impulses, happy, rich; rich, it may be, in the material comforts of life, but richer in spiritual wealth, in his clear conscience, his high and able mind, his generous heart, in the love and the respect which he is em- powored to win of his fellows. And here, Norbert, here in this same world, another man, thanks not to himself, either, but thanks again to Necessity, to his heredity and his environmentâ€"bis birth, his inherit» ed faculties and predispositions, his educa- tionâ€"grows up diseased in body, dull in mind, depraved in soul, a coward, a liar, a criminal despised and i'fj acted of all decent man, poor in all the good things of life, poor in spirit. Now there â€"there is an obvious. gross, terrible in- justice. Is there not? Horrible to think of, horrible to admit, yet absolutely undeniable. You will go with me in saying that. A blood curdling, soul sickening injustice. And in view of it, one of two things we must believe is trueâ€"either this world is a mono- trosity created and governed by an arch devil; or else somehow, some time beyond the grave, the injustice that appalls as here must be amended, stoned for, wiped out. Either this life drama isa wanton tragedy of woe and evilâ€"an ad bestias spectacle de- vised for the gratification of the arch floodâ€"- or else in the fifth act, the act upon which the curtain of death shall rise, Justice shall come upon the scene, and exalt the valley and lay low the hill, giving to the poor wretch who has had his hell of pain and evil here his fling at heaven; to me, who have had my heaven here, my taste of hell. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy, and vice versa. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Into that kingdom it is easier for a oimel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter." (T0 or: CJNTINUED) _________*â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Tried to Make Him at Hone. “ You couldn't- give me a suite of two rooms with a bath-room adj )ining, could you?’ asked a you-1g and a: ltnetic neophyte of a Montana hotel proprietor. “ A what ‘3 ’ asked the dszad Montanian. “A suite of rooms." ” A which 2 ’ ” Why, a suite of roomlâ€"a pahlor and a bed chambah. " “ How many is there of you 2" asked the dsz .d landlord. “ No one is with me.” “ And you want two full rooms to your- self, and a bath-room thrown in? Well, if you ain't got the check I don't know who has. Hero, maw, show this chap up to that little room over the kitchen that ain’t got hit four beds in it. He wants to be kinder private, he does. And he wants a bath, too, so you give him a sseser of soft soap and the towal after the res; is done with it, and then show him where the pump is. Tnis ain’t ex- actly Boston, but when a gent from the Hub favours me with com'ny he gets the best we got, he dose. "â€"[Drake's Magazine. Mat cal Endearmeuts. Two rival belles at an evening party were seated in the conservatory with their respec~ cavaliers en j oyiug their supper. The gas was turned down somewhat as it should be in a conservatory at an evening party. "My dear Jalis,"said one of the fascinating creatures, “how beautiful your complexion isâ€"in this dim light!" "01, thsnk you,” responded her Sivaki ; “and how lovely you look in the at l" The Strangel‘erce Which Is Pauling the hypnotized, says a writer in the New York World, he is but an automaton, moving. acting, thinking at the will of the operator, who can produce any sensation that he may desire. He can destroy sensation and pro- duce complete anmlthesia. The fiigers of a subject can be sewed together, drawing thread through the flesh, and the victim will remain an amused spectator. You can render any sense hype tense pain will be felt at the slightest touch. other person in the room can be heard save the operator, yet the faintest whisper by him will be heard distinctly across a wide room. A watch in his hand can be heard at a dis- tance of thirty or forty located even when the subject is blindfolded things which in a normal state are forgotten are easily remembered and recalled. A young man who had lost a email article was made to remember where he had it last, and was sent for it, and returned with it as a matter of course, though he had searched long and painfully for it when in a normal state of mind. an idiot, but not impossible to hypnotize a feeblevminded it indicated in that respect which development to such in acuteuess and mental strength. crimes. At the request of a physician present I suggested to a young lady whom I had hypnotizsd that she was sufiering with a g sore throat and a high fever and was ill. ed so rapidly that in the space of five seconds the the rate of forty boats to the minute. my opinion that I could hays killed her by increasing the heart’s action, audlahat a phy- sician would have signeda certificate of death by pneumonia or paralysis or the heart. and yet, hypouotizsd, would commit mur- der at the operator’s direction as readily as she would eat an apple. was placed in her hand and she was instruct- ed to kill a person present, and she stabbed him with but little hesitation, and on being awakened had no remembrance of doing the deed. She would have committed suicide with the some indifi’srcnce as she committed the murder and made no plea against it. The story that comes from France that such a thing was done and that the operator who commanded the suicide is to be hanged for murder is all a probable thing. whether the story published is an invention or a fact. A business man who could be hypnotizzd would write a check at the command of the operator and then forget ever having done it. so-called Christian science lie in the domain of this new science. thought transference is here. a dividend of fifteen per cent. as the result of its first six-months' operations. pretty penny and will not fail to aid another scheme that has been in contemplation for some time. United States by this same syndicate to value properties for the North American Salt Company. He has visited a great many properties and made an exhaustive examina- tion of their capabilities. will be awaited with great interest on this side of the Atlantic. give the press the result of his examinations of American salt-fields before sailing week. But it is understood that it is likely i ran arsrssrss or EYrNOTlSiL Scientific World. When a person has become thoroughly reaethetic so that in- Every sense can be intensified, though no feet distinctly. and Memory is made r x acedingly acute, so that It is impossible to hypnotiza person, and there is a use of premises It can be made the instrument of many pneumonia. and that she had Her pulse increas- physicitn said that the increase we; at t is She was of a gentle, kindly disposition, A paper dagger The whole phenomena of faith cure and Whatever there is in ______.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" ‘I‘he Ehrlich Salt Union. The English Salt Union is_about to declare Thls is 9. Thomas Ward was sent to the He is back in England again by this time and his report Mr. Ward declined to last to be such as to result in placing in England a large proportion of the securities of the American company, especially among the shareholders of the English Salt Union. Their fat home dividends would not make them averse to investing still further, especi- ally as their agent appears to have been deeply impressed by the extent and value of the American fields as compared with English property of like character. These facts show which way the salt breez ll! are blowing just now. It is fortunate that salt is plentiful, but still over so infinitesmai an increase in its price adds to the burden which these rapacir us trusts are imposing on the people. ___-___.â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Forecasts of the Future. \‘Ve do not remember the last date fixed by the Rev. M. Butter for the end of the world, not the method by which he arrived at it; but it does not matter, for the busy prophet has recently revised his calculations and is now peddling in Paris a new set of forecasts of the future. He has discovered that the period between the years 1890 and 1901 will be that of the “great crisis,” and that the world will come to an end on April llth of the latter year. There will be great wars, during which German will be over- come by France, and Great lidtain will lose Ireland and India. General Biulanger will be the man of destiny during the war. and he will be followed by Prince Jerome Napo- leon, the numerical values of the names of each being the mystic number 666 The first trumpet will sound between October 2nd and 203i), 1896, and the “casting down of Satan and his angels to this earth from the atmospheric heavens" will take place about December l5:h of the same year. He will then “rage furiously on the earth" from that date till August l4‘h, ii-zh, 1897, “when he will become incarnate in Napo- leon the antichrist," whose advent to power will have been preceded by “the Roi Horse of Universal War and Red Republicanism." and will be followed by “the flight of Christians into a Wilderness on the Win a of the GreatEigle.” We hope Mr. Baxter s pampulot in which tale is all explained, is selling well, for his ingenuity and persever- ance certainly deserve reWard. H5 owes the public some apology, however, for shift- ing his dates so frequently. “When the collection was taken up, President Harrison dropped a quarter upon the plate, which was carefully watched, and the coin picked out by Dr. Stewart, who collected the ofi'ering, as a keepsake." This occurred in Philadelphia recently, and the Indianapolis “J Jurual" speaks of the incident as adls lay of the “extreme of snobbery." It may much worse than this, however, for there is no mention of the doctor having replaced the coin with an ordinary every- day quarter from his own pocket. This is a matter that should be cleared up. result of the vibratory electric action due to the trains, has has lately been ascribed to the formation of magn the compression of the rust on the metal The rails are thus action of moist air in the same manner as in iron oxidised by fire. holes from one-thirty of an inch in diameter in the bottom ofa . sheet-iron pan along one-side, holes to be - one half inch apart. flat plate of iron or a fist stone slab, pour in the solder, and tip the pan so that the solder will flow through the holes, drawing the pan . along the slab fast enough to leave trains of solder cooling in the form of wires. This will require a few trials to succeed well and. make the wire even. stuff, knot will be on the right side. it under the button, and prevents it from. . being worn or ironed away, and thus be- ginning the loosening process. the pin. holes with thread, draw out the pin, and wind the button. sustain the button-hole. ever come off. SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL Boiling water will remove tea-stains, and- rnsny fruit-stains. Pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent its spreadku‘ over the fabric. One ounce each of cloves. cedar, and rhubarb, pulverised togéther, makes a good perfume for closets and drawers, and the » mixture helps to prevent moths. To bathe the eyes properly, take a Iargu ~ basin of cold water, bend the head close our t, and with both hands threw the water with some force on the This has something of the same efi'sct as a. . shower-bath, and has a toning~up influence. gently~closed lids. The preservation of rails in use is not the motion or of an. passage of tho etic oxide, produced by protected against the “'ire-solder is made, by puucbiuv small -secoud to cnesix teonth Set the pan upon a How to Sew on Buttons.â€"-When you be» in, before you lay the button on the cloth put the thread through, so that the That leaves Then, before on begin sewing, lay a large pin across the utton, so that all your threads will go over - After you have finished filling the your thread round and round beneath. That makes a compact stem to possible pulling and wear of the Buttons thus sewn scarcely The simplest and safest way to bore holes in glass is to use a copper or brass tube, quite thin, of the siza of the hole. hole in a small block of wood about one quarter of an inch thickâ€"hole to fit the tube loosely. with bee's-wax, so that the hole corresponds- with the required hole in the the tube in the hole and pour emeryâ€"No. 90 â€"and water into the tube with a spoon, and turn the tube back an‘l forth with the; fingers; are little grooved pulley may be put on the tube to work with a string, in which case a centre should be placed at. upper end to snide the tube. hole of any size, from one-eighth of an inch to an inch or more, may be cut through or dinary window- glass in a few minutes. Boron Fasten the block to the glass glass. Insert: In this way a Mr. Rene Verhcgen of Brussels, writing in “La Clinique” on the use of sulphonal as he has seen it employed in Wulzburg under Professor Leube, mentions the great success- whioh was obtained by its means in cases of insomnia, even when the patients were suf- faring cardiac disease or Bright's disease, and when the drug was given for a prolonged period, occasionally for as much as three months. In many of lhe oases other drugs. such as opium, were contra-indicated. The dose usually employed at Will z'mrg is fifteen grains, and it is found that this is always sofii:ient; it is sometimes given as a powder from serious conditions, such as and sometimes as an enema, when, although from its great want of solubility a portion of the dose is almost inevitably wasted, if: nevertheless appears to answer its purpose. Som-e of the Brussels physicians are now be. ginning to employ suphonai ; but the sul- phonal used seems to differ from that which is employed in Wulzburg, as the effects are. said to be less certain and more tardy in. making appearance. With regard to the accident which has 01> curred to the German Navy at Apia, 51: might be advisable, says the “British Journal of Photography.” to refer once more to the theory of 1):. Z anger of Prague, who suggested, as will be remembered, to make use of photography for the prediction of the weather. According to the doctor, photographs of the sun taken on ortho~ chromatic plates offer a most infallible means to indicate with almost absolute Certainty the approaching atmospheric and subton rsnean disturbances at least twenty four hours before their setting in. In those photo raphs zmes are often to be seen aroaur the sun’s discâ€"i. e., rings of circular or elliptical form, of white or grayish. colourâ€"and, if these zmos anpear of very- large diameter and of unusual heaviness, this indicates that violent storms, thunderstorms, or magnetic disturbances will soon set in at the place of observation. At every ship's station should therefore be established a small photographic laboratory. in which photographs of the sun could be taken as often as possible. A r'uch more reliable prediction of the weather Would be afforded by this means than by the aid of the barometer now generally In use for fhin purpose, and precautions could therefore be taken in good time. THE BRIDBEROOM DBO PPBD DEAD And After his Burial [no Afflicted Bride Married a Rival Sulfur. A large crowd of people assembled at Mount Hope Church, Lamar county, Ala, on Sunday morning, to witness the marriage of Julius Sioarer and Minnie Moran, two prominent young people of the neigh- borhood. Just as the preichnr began the ceremony Shearer sank to the fl mr and died in a few moments. He had heart disease, and the excitement of the occasion brought on a fatal attack. Among those present in the church was William Ltuglcy. a rcj lewd suitor of Miss Moran. At the first «ppor- tunity Langley approached the young lady and told her that Providence bad interposed to prevent her marriage to Shearer. He insisted that she ou ht to marry him. as the Lord was clear y on his side. Miss Moran finally consented to marry ngie assoon as Shearer was buried. Snesre a funeral took place yesterday morning. and Langley and Miss Moran were married with out Provideutisl interference. “ Well, Johnny, I shall forgive you this time, and it's very pretty of you to write a letter to say you're sorry." “ Yes, ms; don’t tear it up, please." “ Why. Johnny 2" " Because it will do for the next time."