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Queen's Bench Division of the High Court the murder of his wife and hrcther, and it Momma, though I ever.g It was quite time thzfohe did speak of Justice, is one of the most distinguished Was believed at the time (1850) that he had u u to her, so be cleared his throat and b n lawyers in England. Twenty years a a killed man other persons b poison. don t leak in I Am no: qm'e up to the mark' without more ado : “You know that ofefite a member if the Viceroy’s Council lnAIn’dia, The tb case in the 00 action of Sir Mr. Montague Dsttleson East India ‘ ' ‘ he. LgkewofflL" . ‘ ' much“ of Cancun “d Loam, w“ writ. anfl, Friloeuvgrgni goiltfggfiu an boat “go. But it has often occurred to meothet 1):. Like. he. hogan the preparation of a Code of James Stephen is that of William Dove, ing letters in the library of his private resi don't you think. how, that a, more export worth's attention to you is not so disinter- Criminal Procedure for that country, which who was tried at Stork in 1800, before deuce in Blakewood Square, Remington. wood moo ohoold he c“led in: ' ested as it should be. I maybe wrong, but was subsequently adopted. This work gain Baron Bramwell, for poisoning his Wife by It Was Sunday afternoon. and the rain was u thoworth will do nicely, Months,” ; he i cannot get over the idea that he has some ed him considerable distinction,. which has ssrychnine. Tue Daveshad lived unhapplly coming down with steady persistency, as uhdonmhdo my comtiwfion.” ulterior design upon us." been increased by his other writings on legal together, and there was proof that the thou h it had made up its mind to keep When on old lady 1, convinced that oho Mrs. Lamshed put on her spectacles and had social topics and by his career asaJudge prisoner had threatened to killuhis wife, Lon oners indoors for the rest of the day. Putiohlor mu u undermhd, ho,- oonomh. stared at her son-ln-lsW. “Do you suppose in recent years. . and amcng other things, had said he'wcruld Mr. Dsttluon, who was a methodical man goo n no “mooning will move hon Mr. Doz. I'm a fool, Montague Dottlegon 2" Among his more notable works, in addi- give her a pill that would do for her. .he in everything, made a regular practice of tloooo know um and did hog press the “My dear madam, you misapprehend my ticn to his Indian Code of Criminal Proce [defence was insanity, and one of the medical oing for a long walk every Sunday after expediency of mafiing 3 change, meaning," said Mr. Dcttleson with anxious dure, are a Digest of the Criminal Law of Witnesses suggested that the prisoner had such ; and when the weather presumed to u Who,7 do you thihhi. wrong, thn mm 3" snavity ; “but reallthI-ye known such fre- England, a Digest of the Law of Evidence, allowed his mind to dwell on his wifea interfere with this arrangement the efi'ect ho “id hitting down no“ hon ‘ quent cases in which kind-hearted ladies and a History of the Criminal Law of Eng death so longthet all last he becames victim upon his temper was infelicitous. Accord-e u I"; the heal-h," replied Mm Lomshod have been led away by their gratitude to- land, in three volumes. In the last-named to an uncontrollable propensity to kill her. ingly, it is our misfortune to present him to j with 5 deep high, which did not Boom quite , wards scheming physicians. I never for an work, which is by far the best treatise ever The jury the rtader at a moment when he is dcclded- ; goohioo somehow. instant imagined that Dr. Lakeworth or written on the subject, Mr. Justice Stephen ly suappish and surly. l Mr Domes“, who to pot on 3 look of any one else would be able to bend devotees good deal of space to the would “ Very aggravating." said be, throwing I grieved ohxioty, but only ouoooodod in your sturdy sense of what is right and Just orationof cases of murder by poisoning; and down his pen and going to the window ; . appearing “my and ghomdoloho. «I “not so as to serve his own interests; but he nearly one hundred pages of the third vol- “ [ comes so frequently, he stays so long, and ume of the history are occupied by the re- CEAPTER l.â€"hla. DIJTTLBSON is PL‘ZZLED. 80m“ “‘7 “551°: FOUND HI)! GUILTY, but recommended him to mercy on the ground of his defective intellect. Not. withstanding this } recommendation he “ fitsl 'v ith . Bw __ ' " '," , I 33:33:33; Sundefylws up 8 er 0 23:“ 15:31,”; r$tlatflfégémtrl€hu$hen he heâ€"â€"" ports of four celebrated cases of this nature. 31:; kgxtfiabgi azgglufiranzag°grfézghzlé Os o s I He picked up a book, and made himself comes," And you think Lakeworth expects my 1 It is ev1dent, therefore, that the Judge insanity would have been wrong. b hal ; b t h h d ' ' money when I’ve done with it and comes before whom Mrs. Maybrlck has 'ust been comm”. la in an “me I u e a H“ tone imphed that he held the young here to keep my friendship for ’him alive 2" convicted has long taken a special interest mm“? "id 3 P9413 When uh“ door: 0PM“‘1 man ersonall res onsible for the condition . and his daughter Kate appeared. She was of 51,93. Lomohyod'. in“, whotovor it mighh “ Iam bound 'to confess that this had in a “if: Pretty girl 0f “RWY: Whine gentle‘ be, and intended to know what he meant by "0339a my mind- ness and tact saved her from coming in 001- yo. no rose as he spoke and wont hook to The old lady leaned over, and tapped her lislon with her irasclble parent at times tho library, whore ho tried to mtoreoh him. son-in-law gently on the knuckles with her h th members of the household ' h h k. spectacle case as she replied: “You are w an 0 or “If once more m is 00 the fool, Montague Dottloson. You’re as shrank from the consequences of intruding “I donut think Papa likes Dr. Likeworhh'u blind as a mole If you hadn't betrayed The last of the cases which we have men- tioned occurred in 1859. Thomas Smoth- hurst was indicted for the murder of Isabella Bankes, with whom he had gone through a sham ceremony of marriage. He lived with the deceased a few months, when she became ill and died, and Smethhurst was arrested upon a charge of having caused her death by CASES OF HOMICIDE committed by means of poison, and so far as familiarity with the subject goes, there was probably no other person in England so well qualified as he to preside over such a “P05 hi“ WWW“ , said Kite as soon as the door had closed bo- . trial. administerin oison. It a cared that the "Well, What's the matter 2' asked Mr. hind her fine“. ltlhssc gltiworthy Isuspicfiznsh about a: his considered very funny when one of death of Ming gunk“ woul gawk in giving DOWN” “m?- uI don’t know why, I’m sure; but he “on” ° {man’ , i “a 09;“ the Ohorooterfi in Gillie“ and Solllven’s himasnm of money equal to several thou- ? Grandm‘mma 1?“ t “Bung very we“ doesn't seemed so pleased to see him as you You; all“ or 3“ ’ d‘ll a $33 you 1 give opera of “ The Mikado “ proposes that some- good done", but than, was no evidence that this afternoon, pops. ' do. child." age him“ I unbefierlve y a t °P ‘1 on body else shall be punished by immersion in he was in pressing want of money at the o s 3 a 9”" Y°u ° gmpe boiling oil; but the law of England once time. One of the principal points 88MB" Kate had not com letcd her errand, but - . knew from her fabhei‘P'l mannerthat she had _K“° laughed 8‘ mule’ and "idan mor?‘ your own way to daylight. I’ve made . . . b t I. was her heart, and not her gran mother s m Wm Montague find you know what it ,4 °.°m° m at 3 “me When n vi“ e” t? “Yb?” which gave reason for Charles Lakeworth’s Bays _ bl’m thaws ’lenty of time to add a “me as [manual When .8 w“ m u s frequent visits; and the eagerness with winch to it oukgow__ lent of time" humour’ he was canal“ to Jump at any ?P which she pounced upon any excuse for call- Mr Dotnl’esyon “w thatphe hayd madea‘grwe portunity for grumbling, aul would finish in“ him in to 530 Mrs. Lam!!th he‘d been 8‘ mistdke in mentionin his distrust - but he bef‘filufiege ‘0' bl?" d t I ,,. fruitful source of amusement to that lady, could not repair “110%? and ben’a hasty bhe wants t at W or’ suppose ' until she allowed Kate to see that she under- retreat. Mm Lamahed'had hinted broadly snarled Mr. Dottlrson. . stood the manoeuvre. . . “ w“ m!" “‘1‘” Mn of 23::.Z‘Zi‘ifii.“3$°§$§iiiiifii§$235.2" ML Dottleaon thaw din-m hm book and mother-iu-iaw’s favourite in connection to let him find sub for himself fin“? Irqwned savage‘y' L‘th “verylslngulzr with his daughter. He was essential- ever in mi M be he would 'be very thmg' Kine, that: your Ih‘iiteinu an“: I 1y 8‘ grasping' mercenary man’ and the cautiousiniginkin ,his invosti aticns- that mower should “bet t l: hmpecumioml fa“ always before his eyes was’ that remark about thug ossibllit’ gof mak’in a you“ wig Lukelorth w half all md 08 MW L‘m‘he‘l “‘3‘” “It” h“ w‘“ “d ccdicilhad 0116110518 for bye knew it find attendant. Whe'n t arel‘mie 3' ll; oxen a? bequeath her property to this doctor' He not been 3 ogken idly ’ The will as it stood periencedpractitione'rs iv pgwrt inastories- hm heard 0‘ ladies who had cut 03 was in map-“m fawn} Mrs anath had throw 0‘ momma“ . Ink” m we? Gill one their rightful heirs in favour Of “heir bluntl observed when she. made it that that M". Lsmmed neder new vYl Mil n88: medioal “tendmm' and mm Lamamd w“ Kate was onl six ears old and therza was We?“ 0" “ked to see 8' mtg: “gm 8 ,2 fine eccentric enough for anything. If any one no known) anti“ migfiu grow like . so this Dr. ’ Lakewurth at i chi along ' '5“ had tom him that Kym was the attraction’ her mone 8should be left to one who wo'uld "mm" .' H“ °°nfidence n m ‘3 poumvw he would have laughed at the idea. She at leash my,“ care of ikmmel Mont“ ue 1y toad]ng and Panes my comprehension had nouhing’ and would have nouhing but Dottlcscn She had a bi her oy’inion of her “hammer. ' ‘ K t. 1 what he chose to gm her i “d it w” not son-in-law at that time than she had now - In w“ ewdenuy a myslerylto d l akfiod likely that 8' man Wh° hm to push his way but he had alwa s been kind and attentive; for She shock bar hem a ow y fwd :0 he in the world would enoumber himself Witha since she wont go live with him and she on” of the wdndOX' 11“) WEE: 8' ,3 _ a; wife. Dr Lakeworth was dancing attend- had seen no reason so far to altér he: de- grhmdmoulizdtchasngeachbd thczlvolillies’ “Era “ca on the old lady in the hope of emng signs. ' , gagglothgaphysician can do little glare ’tlhan her money’ and “any aha "8:1? :3 0nd 0‘ “ What can the man be after, if it isn't him th“ the danger was mg g m vary the money?" queried Mr. Dottleson on the another. . . .. uneasy. . ' . . ' i I don t know why she likes him, papa. He got up and opened the door Bhghfly, he‘s-1:112:ng (gall: Eggfilezgpmaeghgymgig‘ “ I suppose you my“ “end for him 3 hub that he mi ht hear the doctor's arrival, and , . I donit‘qw'glne he Wm think Mrfi' Lufmgheg also ascertEin whether Kate stayed in the :2: a 8:6,spreta gigthfig “Thi‘fim 83:2; for bringing him‘kmm‘ilg ' & mtoe 011 be room during M“ L‘msr‘ed's interview with her andmcgher was alwa s of a sasvin’ “meta onadfisi u a tilltahlu" te't er the young man“ Dr hkeworhh we“ turngorf mind and she woulydn’b cnconragg that her min“ a ulna-i 3 same as l was “nigh” “palm” when he came’ and re him to ay dxpcnsivs visits if she had no the_day he ort'le Yes or. ayh t m mained with the two ladies for fully an hour 0b..“ is View I“ absurd to suppose that hate left t a mom w t on ma ng any and 8' quarmr’ whilst Mr' Domeaon 8“ fumâ€" shi'pays him to come here for nothing. If he re ly and her father walked over to the . ‘ ! . heal-flung and proceeded to address the fig- {nagggdgfiggnm :gfiggrziggeggt be .. admired Kate, he (1 cime Without being sent nre he saw roll-acted in the mirror above he neared looking at his watch. when 1586 Ratapd her grandmother can t failto know ’ a . ’ the mantel ' M l h h b- -piece. any poop e ave a a . . L h d, it Of “ talking t0 themselveav" and MP- door “punts OPe-ned' and mm mm 8th: His mental vision had been so dimmed by ' ' tioniu D°ttl°a°n “‘11:?de t‘i’t“ gm“??? a)" 3133;353:1231:0:238:13???bihupmmiiea to the atmosphere of mom! {in which his life tent ; it was is pecu ar y, oug , .. a e command see her on Tuead&y_ had been passed, that he did not understand 01mm no"! “lie himself PIOPerlY 1M0 0°Dfi' the possibility of man or woman being guided - “I'll we is him as he goes out and find . deuce “mo” hebanhiguegtbm Eh? tghgi; out, once fyor Z11, whether there’s finy actual by all? 0th“ mome- Love W“ *3 mléty gzixgggtgigieu ogghgidngfizge 1:133“ a necessity for these incessant visits.” unreal“? Outside the PM3 05 bl“ remonmg ’ _ u _ . Lokoworth " he owcrs, and therefore did not enter into his heifnada ha" “load filth In; “3h; forefiugmii asldgggriii1$§2°ggcgfin the hon, "‘Juu Epeculaticns at all. life affection for .Kate NOW: Wm Y0: T"? 9 800 t2“: ha?! come this way for a moment, ifyon please.” took the characteristic shape of finding a my what my mat ‘er n. aw wart:i w t a He led the way into me library, motioning wealthy husband for her ; she might choose youn8 .5”de '3 '3 8°“ "° 1)“‘0 °° t° “P” the young moo to follow him wibh the pom. for herself, as she had a right to ; but measur- Of 3 he 5 80h POthlng guy“ °“° 0““ 5!“ ‘70 poo, oi, whioh had goihod him the 30131-1. ing her heart by the size of his own, it never ziiiglntilli’ndflg;maa;:‘; 5 1gng "12:30:02; quot of uMBj "hi0 Monty H among his 01 15y struck him that her choice might fallupcn a hi 1 h be h“ I.“ Mer friends. _ man whom he would reject as ineligible. met 1‘“ “I yang" n: advice bug his “I wished to ask you whether there is any (TO BE CONTINUED.) Sffimgo “$71188:th think! 3110.8 needy cause for anxiety regarding Mrs. Lamshed’s _____.._.â€"â€"â€"- he's called in to earn a fee ; and when she}; health” he said When Charles Lakewonh STATISTICS. . . . ted. Well, he‘s called in to receive ill. He s never W5: gigs Lumahed is under the impression The value of the three om . . ps of wheat out of the house. I wonder he doesn i: take maize, and oats In the United States in that she is suffering from some internal ma- 1°?81085118‘1‘1tdfgni‘m‘1’ °l?':0:‘;,:::dgfilf lady; butInmvunable to detect anything 1887 was $1,155,ooo,ooo. 33°" e g? 1 wiugamwk his hula amiss. Of course any organic complaint The total quantity of coal now annually , O‘um‘m' a: 2‘33", m in meg ,lm in would be serious to one of her advanced age; handled within the limits of the metropolis mm, 51pm“; hi fin Extigs_.. m“ '0“ but I have no reason to suppose there is the is upwards of 12,000,000 tong per “mum. would slicer her will without ccrnpunctlon, Perhaps the °°nfid°nt “0119 Of Dt- Like' “mu 0‘ I‘m-“1°” h“ more than doubled- I’d forbid DrCharlos Lakewnrth the house. worth’s reply irritated his questipnerfior The census of Bulgarian and Eastern _Why' mo“ my hon-t1 if M" Lomhhod Mr. Dottelson put on his most majestic air, Reumelia gives the population of the two lives ten years longer, she'll spend every and flme 11“ Inna“: 0“ hi3 5°m°Wh3li principalities as being 3,154,375, of whom shilling of her twenty thousand in physio rubicund nose, be elevated thatfeature until 1326250 are Bulgorimg, 607,000 Turk“ and fees.“ he could bring his dull flab-like 8Y0! ‘30 58,000 Greeks, 50,000 gispies who have no This final prediction, although made by be” “9°” hi3 companion; “15 that Y0!“ find residence, and 23,400 Jews. himself, so worked upon Mr Dottleson that OPlnlon 3" he allied With llght1 “1‘88! 011 the Boston is the headquarters of the boot and shoe industry of America, the centre from D )On his heel and stem 6d Posselluve Pronoun- E: 2::figo‘i3nnd ! p ” That“ “‘3’ Opinion." 1559011de the which the marketable product of the great - - Mrs. Lamshed. who Was the mother of his 000%? quietly. . manufacturing towns theieobout isdistribut- departed wife, was eighty-one years of age, "Then the!“ no notuhl 1180855.“? "for ad. The population of these towns is and in spite of her frequent calls for the You? Tame“ frequent P'Ofmmnal Vial“? chiefly mode up of workers in the large doctor, gave every romise of maintaining “ l 0!!! d0 no'hlng ‘07 M“ Lim'bed but shops which turn out foot-gear at the rate her interest in mun aue affairs fir ten or allay fool’s 850“ hemelf- HEY)“ ground- of nearly 100,000-000 pairs every year: . even twanty years longer. “ I'm an old 1833:1321“ h lady Of her Yen“ _‘3 mmrlflll? Tea is so little an article of necessity in woman " she was wont to say ; “but I was PTO“ t0 m‘ko much 0‘ lnY bible {0611118 France that the total consumption in 1888 ' for 3,000,001 of inhabitants was only a ld u when I was fo and I of indi orition." ill-gum 3:33.: a day older digsâ€"not a Mr. ofllewn lay bank in bi! Chill! 0°11â€" llttle over 1,000,000 1b., the greater part of which was probably consumed by English, dug:- sldering what he had better say next. If he And indeed hlrs Limshed seemed almost made any “tempt ‘30 discourng Df- Leko- Americanmnd Russianvisltors andresidcnts. The average per head of the population was as active and sprightly now a. she bed boon Worth's calls, it would infallibly come to his 4 13h grammes, or less than half an ounce. half acentury ago. Fourteen year: before, mother-in‘lnw's ears, and her resentment . The use of tea, instead of increasing, is lddl ed denuded 1a e,- who might proiuce results very detrimental to lg)ng sf::r.hgcr dorccrns had 00:: to urge hlmIEll- It WOUld not do 10 “530k the P033' dlminishiug, as the average per head was the desirability of making her will. tion from this Bide: who}! he had onl? his-3‘18 14§ grammes in 1886 and 1887. Coffee, on "Make in 1111 l cried she. “I’ll make it, if Plolon! to milk “P00: W WOUld be lo“ "Sky the other hand, increases in favour. and the vou'rc afrsi ycuwcu'tlivetodolt,Smuggles; ‘0 8° to the 70°“ 0‘ the met“! Wish Mfi- consumption has more than quadrupled but I hadn't begun to thing about it ye:l Lgmlllod- 5° To” and extended his hmd- since 1841, and nearly doubled since 1861. Why should I?" However, the solicitsr's “1‘” “5' SOOd'H'wng- then. Mr- Leko- Itrcachedlts maximum of 136,000,000 lb. worth: you have relieved my mind very in 1336. and was 134,000000 lb., or more him was that he had not allowed any one but himself and the medical attendants to see Miss Bankes during her illness He ad. ministered food and medicine to her, and himself acted as her physician. The experts who were called for the prosecution testified that some irritant poison had been adminis- tered with the drugs which were prescribed, and also that the postmortem APPEARANCES Oi? THE BODY indicated that death had been caused by some poisonous irritant. There was con- siderable testimony for the defendant, however, to the effect that the symptom were inconsistent with those which would be produced by poisoning and that death must have been due simply to disease. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to death, but the Home Secretary subsequently advised the Queen to grant a pardon, upon the opinion of Sir Benjamin Brodie, the distinguished physician, that although the facts were full of suspicion against Smith- hurst, there was no absolute and complete evidence of his guilt. The risoner was pardoned, but was subsequent y convicted of blgamy and suffered a year's imprison- ment for that crime. All of these cases are interesting, especially in view of the fact that they are so promi- nently noticed in the principal work of the distinguished Judge before whom Mr. Maybrick has just been tried. It is sur- prisin to read that Slr James Stephen was boots by the crowd as he left the court at Liverpool at the conclusion of the Mayâ€" brick trial; for the first reports of his charge to the jury conveyed the impression that it was extremely fair, and gave the prisoner the benefit of every doubt to which she was entitled by the evidence. prescribed as savage a punishment as this for murder by poisoning. By an act passed in the reign of Henry VIII. it was provided that poisoning should be deemed treason, and that any person convicted of the crime should be boiled to death. This enactment grew out of an occurrence in the household of the Bishop of Rochester. A porridge was in course of preparation, and a cook named Rose threw poison into the compound. *Two persons who ate of it were killed and a large number of others were‘ nearly killed. According to Pike's “ History of Crime in England,” Rose was publicly ballet-l to death at Smithfield. Sir James Stephen says that three or four persons in all were boiled under this law, which, however, was re- pealed in the time of Eiward I. The statute he says, “ is remarkable as supplying the single instance in which death by torture has been authorized in England as a punish- ment for any ofi'enco except treason and heresy.” The first of the poisoning cases of which an account is given by Mr. J ustiie Stephen in his history is that of John Denellan. who was tried at the Warwick Assizes in 1781 for the murder of his brother~in-law. Sir Theo- dosius Boughton, a young man of 20, who would have come into an estate of about $10,- 000 a year on attaining his majority. Mrs. Dsnellan, the wife of the prisoner, would in- herit the greater part of this fortune upon the death of Sir Theodosius Boughton. unmarri- ed. The deceased had been SUFFERING FROM ASLIGHT AILMENT, for which he was in the habit of taking medl- olne, but he had been out fishing an hour or two on the afternoon of the day preceding his death. Early the next morning he ask- ed his mother to give him his medicine, and she handed him a bottle from a shelf in an outer room, to which other members of the household, including the prisoner, had free access. He took the draught, immediately complained of nausea, suffered from con- vulsions for about ten minutes, then became quieter and disposed to sleep, and. died shortly afterward. lithe mother immediate- ly conjectured that she had made some mis- take in regard to the medicine, and said so to Doucllan. He then asked for the physio bottle and rinsed it out with water. The theory of the proseotlon was that laurel water was run POISON ADMINISTERED, and Lady Boughton testified that the smell of laurel water resembled‘that of the medicine which she had handed to her son. The medical evidence against the prisoner was given by four physicians, one of them a pro- fessor at Oxford, and they all agreed that the death of Sir Tueodosius Bsughton Was caused by poison. To contradict their evidence the prisoner called the celebrated surgeon and physiologist, J ehn Hunter, who testified in substance that the symptoms were consistent with those of epilepsy or apcplexy. The charge of the Judge, Mr. Justice Buller, was extremely unfavorable to the defendant, who was convicted almost immediately, and was subsequently hanged. Sir James Ste hen says that the conduct of the Judge an the verdict of the jury were warmly censured at the time, and he ex presses a doubt whether the prisoner would have been convicted at the present day, because the medical evidence was not nearly so strong as it might have been. He seems inclined to think, however. that the verdict was right. The next case is that of William Palmer, who was a physician practising at Rugeley and who was tried for murderin a Sporting man mamcd John Parsons cok, with whom he was on Intimate terms, and with whom he had been involved in money trans- actions which created a strong motive on his part for desiring the death of Cook. Tnc poison used wss supposed tohsvc been anti- mony and strychnlne, administered by Palmer to Cook at various times while thry were in company. The first occasion was during the Shrewsbury races at the sitting room of the Riven Hotel, where Cook complained that some brandy and 'l'WO MILES A MINUTE. Startling Speed Maintained for Ten Miles by an Electric Motor. A Baltimore despstch says :â€"On a two mile circular track the startling speed of two miles a minute was this mornin main- tained for about ten miles by the t rec ton motor of the Electra-Automatic Transit Company, of Baltimore City, at their grounds at Laurel, Md. This speed (quals three miles per minute on a straight track. Divld G. chms, the inventor, conducted the experiments. The company wlll build at once a five-mile circular trail: on Long Island to demonstrate the practicability of the electric passenger system, and also the automatic system which was tried to-da , and is intended only for light express pack- ages, mail matter and newspapers. Edison has pronounced it the greatest conception since the telegraph. The road will be fenced in by barbed wire to keep off cattle, and, being insulated, the wires will be used for telephoning and signalling along the line. In the new passenger system the rails will have an upper and a lower bearing â€"l:he rail of the future, so the Sceelton iron people call it. On the wheel which runs on the upper bearing will be the weight, the lower bearing will be pressed from time to time by a lazy wheel to hold the cars to the track on curves at a high rate of speed. Across the Ocean. Ocean racing is the natural outcome of the rivalry between the difl'erent steamship lines to secure the reputation of possessing the chi that has made the fastest trl on race stress the Atlantic. Bub wh it is the natural outcome, it is also a most undesirable feature of modern travel. Last week two new hosts, one the City of New York owned by the Inman 00., and the other the Teutonic of the White Star line, raced from port to port and got into New York within an hour of each other after crowding on steam to such an ex tent that on one vessel at least a species of panic prevailed among the passengers all the way across ; and not without cause, for steamplpes burst and the machinery becoming overheated had constantly to have water played on it. One of these ts veiled and the thin was 3:51:11?” 0151; h“ 0'” {fluids "in 11834 81- th “Ending yo“ Phiâ€"lent" than 33 lb. per head, in 1888. Water which he had just been drinking. d5“ "making no“ “don. thu ‘ pipe WdYI taken cno Of her “6‘1"! “d L'hlrle' mmorsh left the house, .nd “(:3an lug THROAT DER‘DpCLLy, V0 Why 811d nine hundred or 3 thous- was in a hurry to finish them." And though Mr Dettleson went in search of his mother- Reason for sleeplesanm . “d V“ will be “mam m mld'wem’ and told another friend that he thought with no Mbmty of the anmph bdng inolaw. He meant to lose no time in put- Yauowly_why' Emmy, how bad you ting her on her guard is inst this insidious - enemy : but he knew t t he would haveto 130:3“ morning Did you sleep My 1”: approach the subject very carefully. wwnly_N°t ‘ wink. “I am very pleased to learn from Dr. Y...Ahybody sick: Lakewcrth that your fears about yourself 3-1 om, are unfounded,’ he said cheerfully. Y... who“ the matter 2 "Oh yes l 50 think“ I'm 3“ fight," "Plkd B.â€"Well you see, my wife has been in Mrs. Lamshed. "I've great confidence in the hub“ of going through my pockets at Lakeworth." night and I thought what was good for the the fact has no bearing upon this story, we may mention that the engrossing of Mrs, Liniihed's will was the last bit of profes- sional work the carewcru Smuggles ever did for his client. He was twen years her junior: but he passed from ln’s Inn to another place long before she began to use spectacles. The spring of Vitality was strong in Mrs. Limshed. Mr. Dottleson turned away from the mir- emulatod of our old friend J lm Blnoso and " Holding her souls to H10 bank Till the set galooi's ashore." For there will be no friendly bank handy just at that moment. Expedition is certain- ly worth striving after, but there is such a thin as paying too dearly for it. and it has now come a question whether this ocean racing shall not be legally suppressed and a Palmer had dosed him. The principal medi cal question in the case was whether death was caused by strychnine or traumatic tetanus. Lord Campbell presided at the trial, which lasted twelve days, and. Sir James Stephen himself was present during the greater part of the proceedings. The trial, he says, “ made an impression on my mind which the experience of twenty-sit rcr to which he had been oonfiding his “I'm afraid he takes advantage of it to and” w“ d f,"- oho goo", ho “to, .ho subsequent years, urlng which I have limit to he, .pm bop,“ on (mm but. woes. and went up Ital" to IE4! hi! mother drain your purse pretty heavily in fees." 1611 “jeep a“ night 1 no” god “,1, out witnessed, studied. and taken part in many important cases, has rather strengthened in-law, whom he found in the drawing- room with Kate. “i'm sorry to hear you‘re not well," he said, in to her side. Thsggldfisdy locked up and smiled. “ I'm Statistics just published show that the total number of paupers in England and Wales is 762, 853, which allows 28 6 for every 1,000 of the population. than weakened. It is impossible to , ve an ad uate idea of the manner in w ic'i it exhl ted in its very best and highest light the good side of English criminal procedure. "He W33" Pm." "1311“1 '3“ 0“ I“! (117' to o thrsu h but pocket. ly. "Poor fellow ! he finds it hard to make §'._Gohgsnyhhjng 3 $031 03:9“ 2;“ M,“ mu “1' W‘Y ; B.-â€"Ne. Searched the dress ovpr and ‘3‘ 8° 8 :0 P "L" over at the whole night at l: but It was bad enough to hear that this hang. coolanirhhd tho pooh“ ' PM”, . .....I 5-” 1‘ I A A_ _ WWWMJ‘e-wnr: U: 7;: .4 guppy