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..-..:-WW3. .-, ._ . .5 l 1x. "‘ But I wanted to see you. i THE BURGLAR’S GHOST. I am not an imaginative man, and no one who knows me can say that I have ever indulged in sentimental ideas upon any subject. I am rather predisposed, in fact, to lqok at eve ' g from a purely practical standpoint, and this quality has been further devel in me by the fact that for twenty years have been an active member of the detective police force at \Vestford, a large town in one of our most important manu- facturing districts. A policeman as most people will readily believe, has to deal With so much practical life that he has small op- portunity for developing other than practic. al qualities, and he is more apt to believe in tangible things than in ideas of a some- what an rstitious nature. However, I was once no or the firm conviction that I had been largely helped up the ladder of life by the ghost of a we] -known burglar. I have told the story to many, and have heard it commented upon in various fashions. “‘liether the comments were satirical or practical, it made no difference to me ; I had a firm faith at that time in the truth of my tale. Eighteen years ago I was a plain-clothes officer at \Vestford. 1 was then twenty- three years of a e, and very anxious about two matters. irst and foremost, I desired promotion : second, I wished to be married. Of course I was more eager aboutthe second than the first, because my sweetheart, Alice Moore, was one of the prettiest and cleverest girls in the town ; but I put promotion first for the simple reason that with me promotion must come before marriage. Knowing this, I was always on the lookout for a chance of distinguishing myself. and I paid such at- tention to my duties that my superiors began to notice inc, and foretold a successful career for me in the future. One evening in the last week of September 1873, I was sittin in my lodgings wonder- ing what I could do to earn the promotion which I so earnestly wished for. Things were quiet just then in \Vestford, and I am afraid I half-wished that something dreadful might occur if only I could have a share in it. I was pursuing this train of thought when I suddenly heard a voice say: “ Good evening, officer." I turned sharply round. It was almost dusk, and my lamp was not lighted. For all that, I could see, clearly enough, a man who was sitting by a chest of drawers that stood between the door and the window. His chair stood between the drawers and the door, and I concluded that he had quietly entered my room andseated himself before addressing me. “Good evening,” I replied. “I didn’t hear you come in.” He laughed when I said that-11. low, chucklin , rather sly laugh. “ No,” he said ; “ Ig dessay not officer. I’m a very guiet sort of person. You might say, in actâ€"noiseless. Just so.” I looked at him narrowly, feeling con- siderably surprised and astonished at his presence. He was a thickly-built man, with a square face and heavy chin. His nose was small but aggressive ; his eyes were little and overshadowed by heavy eyebrows ; I could see them twinkle when he spoke. As for his dress it was in keeping with his face. He wore a rough suit of woolen or frieze ; a thick, gaily-coloured Belcher neckerchief encircled his bull-like throat; and in his big hands he continually twirled and twisted a fur cap, made apparently out of the skin of some favourite dog. As he sat there smiling at me and saying nothing, it made me feel uncomfortable. “ What do you want with me?” I asked “ Just a little matter 0’ business,” he answered. ” You should have gone to the office,” I said. We’re not supposed to do business at home.” “ Right you are, guv’nor,” he replied. It’s you that’s got to do my job. If I’d ha’ seen the super- intendent, he might 1111’ put somebody else on to it. That wouldn't ha’ suited me. You see, officer, you’re young, and‘nat'rally eager-like for promotion. Eh ‘2” “.‘Vllflt is it you want? ” I inquired again. “ Ain’t you eager to be promoted?” he reiterated. “ Ain’t you new, officer ?” I saw no reason why I should conceal the fact, even from the strange visitor. I ad- mitted that I was eager for promotion. “ Ah l” he said with a satisfied smile ; “I’m glad 0’ that. It’ll make you all the kcener.â€"Now, officer, you listen to me. I’m a-goin’ to put you on to a nice little job. Ah! I dessay you’ll be a sergeant before long, you will. You’ll be com limented and praised for your clever conduc ' in this 'ere affair. Mark my words if you ain’t.” “ Out with it,” I said, fancying I saw through the man's meaning. “ You’re go- ing to split on some of your pals, I suppose, and you'll want a reward ‘Z ’ He shook his head. “ A reward,” he said “ wouldn‘t be no use to me at all~â€"no, not if it was a thousand and. No; it ain’t nothing to do with reward. â€"But now, officer, did you ever hear of Light-teed Jim 1 ” Light-teed Jim ! I should have been a r detective if I had not. “'liy, the man 'nown under that sobri not was one of the cleverest burglars and t ieves in England, and had enjoyed such a famous career that his name was a household word. At that moment there was an additional intercst attached to him. He had been convicted of burglary at the Northminster Assizes in 187 l , and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. After serving nearly two years of his time, he had escaped from Portland, getting away in such clever fashion that he had never been heard of since“ Where he was no one could say ; but lately there had been a strong sus- picion amongst the police that light‘toed im was at his old tricks again. " Light-teed Jim 1"I repeated. “ I should zhink so. Why, what do you know about im?" He Hailed and nodded his head. “ Light~ teed Jim," said he, “ is in Westford at this ’ere hidentical moment.-â€"Listcu to me, ofiicer. Light~toed Jim is a~ in' to crack a crib to-night. Said crib is t e mansion of Miss Singleton, that 'ere rich old lady as lives out on the Maplcton Road. You know herâ€"awfully rich, with nouth but women- servants and anini 1‘» about the place. There's come We! y -‘al *able plate there. That's what Lightâ€"teed im's after. He'll get in through the soullery window about one A. u. ; then he'll through the back and front kitchens and into the butler’s pantryâ€"acoly it's a butleress, ’cos there ain't no men at allâ€"and there he'll set to sickening for brain fever, sir. no person entered this door, in or out, for nigh on to an hour, as me and Missis on either side of mine. he was not there. stairs. But then the women must have seen him. There was only one door to the house. I gave it up in despair, and began to smoke my pipe. whiff I had decided that if any one was “ in- matter to my chief. I’qytland give him the tip about this ’ere jo ." ed“ How did you come to hear of it 2 ” I ask- “Never mind, guv'nor. You wouldn’t understand. Now, I wants you to be up there to-night, and to nab Light-teed Jim red-handed, so to speak. It'll mean promo- tion for you, and it'll suit me down to the ground. You wants to be about and to watch him enter. Then follow him, and dog him. And be armed, officer, for Jim’ll fight like a tiger if you don’t draw his teeth “ Now,look here, man," said I, “This is all very well; but it’s very irregular. You must just tell me who you are, and how you come to be in Light-teed Jim’s secrets, and I’ll put it down in black and white.” I turned away from him to get my writ-- ing materials. 1 was not a half-minute with my back to him, but when I turned round he was gone 1 The door was shut, but I had heard no sound from it either opening or shutting. Quick as thought I darted to it, tore it wide open, and looked down the narrow staircase. There Was no one there. I ran hastily down-stairs into the passage, and found my landlady, Mrs. Marriner, standing at the open door with a female friend. “Mrs, Marriner,” I said, breakin in upon their conversation, “ which way (ii that man go who came down-stairs just now ‘3” Mrs. Marriner looked at me strangely. “ ’l‘here ain’ t been no man come down-stairs, Mr. Parker,” said sheâ€"“ leastways,not this good three-quarters of an hour, which me and Missis Higgins ’erc, as ’ave come out to take an airing, her having been ironing all this blessed day, ’as been standin’ here all the time and ain’t never seen a soul.” “ Nonsense l” I said. ” A man came down from my room just nowâ€"the. man you sent up twenty minutes since.” Mrs. Marriner looked at me with an ex- Pressifm betokening lfhe. most PFOfound upper chambers. He, however, heard the ascOD‘Shment' Mra- Elggms Slghed de§P1Y- woman groaning below, and thereupon re- “Mr. Parker," said Mrs. Marrmer, “sorry am Ito say it, sir, but you’re 8.- There ain’t Higgins ’ere will take our Bible oaths on.” I went up-stairs and looked in the rooms The man was not there. I looked under my bed, and of course He must have gone down- By the time I had drawn the last toxicated,” it was probably Mrs. Marriner and Mrs. Higgins, and that my strange visitor had departed by the door. not going to believe that he had anything supernatural about. I was I had no duty that night; and as the .honrs wore on I found myself stern in my resolve to go up to Miss Singleton’s house and see what I could make out of my infor- mant’s story. It was my opinion that my late visitor was a. whilom “ pal’ of Light- toed Jim’s and that having become aware of the latter’s plot, he had, for some reason of his own, decided to split on his old chum. Thieves’ disagreement is an honest man’s opportunity, and I determined to solve the truth of the story told v me. Lost. it should come to nothing, I decided not to report; the If I could really cap- ture Light-teed Jim, my success would be all the more brilliant by being suddenly sprung upon the authorities. ‘ (TO BE CONTINUED.) ._._ .I_ _ Lost a River. According to the Los Angcles Herald, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company has lost a river, and in consequence has a bridge whose occupation is gone. The Whitewater River has flowed from the Sierra Madre Mountains across the sands of the region just this side of the Seven Palms as long as any one can remember. \Vhitewater was located where the river crosses the railway, and was supplied with water from its current. During the last heavy ruins the Whitewater rose in its might and devastated the whole country round about, washing out the bridge and the road bed and playing the mischief generally. Soon the rains and river stopped simultane- ously, and the river has not been found since. It appeared to become ashamed of itself for doing so much harm, and has ap- parently slunk away in disgust and sorrow. t is entirely gone. At no point does it cross the railroad, as it would have to do were it still in existence in some new course. The railroad company, in order to secure water for its station at ‘Whitewater, has been obliged to builda pipe line way up to the mountains, at considerable expense. All last summer, during the hottest, dryest weather, the river ran placidly alongâ€"in fact, it has neverfailed until after its “jag” of this winter. Now it forms one of the mysteries of that mysterious region, the Colorado River desert, and pethFe is flow- ing by the Pegleg Mine and possibly rippling beside the treasure laden Spanish galleon which lies somewhere in that region buried in sand. Volatihzation of Iron. Quite recently Messrs. Mend and Quincke discovered that nickel combines with carbon monoxide to form a nickel-carbon oxide, which promisesto be useful in connection with the development of nickel plating. At that time the experimentalists failed to obtain any similar compound of carbon monoxide with another metal. Considering it strange that nickel should be the only metal capable of entering into combination with this particular gas, they persisted in their investigation, more especially with iron, under very varied conditions; and they have at last succeeded in demonstrate ing the fact that iron is vnlatilizable, al~ though apparently in very small uantities, in a current of carbonic oxide. his result was communicated to the Chemical Society, and the particulars of Messrs. Mend "and Quincke's experiments are reported in the Journal of the society. Suffice it to note here that they volatilized some finely divi- ded iron in a current of carbonic oxide at ordinary temperatures: the deposits from this process gi ' all the known reactions of iron in remarks ly brilliant colors. The practical im rtance of this discovery may or may not considerable, as further re‘ search will be needed to establish the con- ditions under which the action can take work on thesafe. Sonic ofhis late pale in place. I 1 cm... as... .fl TWOKER GUILLOTIITBD. .1 Violent Scene on the Seateld. The death sentence was carried out at Paris on Monday on Done and Berland, upon them for the murder, in the most brutal manner, of Madame Meusnier Dessaigne, an old lady who lived alone in the prettily-surrounded village of Courbevoie, on the left bank of the Seine, some six miles to the north-west of the capital. There were five persons implicated in the ghastly trmdy which was pgijpetrated in January last. The accused was not finnllfiut upon trial until the 12th of last month. a details were ofa revolting character, and publici indignation was intensified by the fact that the two victims now guillotined were mere of Berland’s mother, who kept an infamous den, and was held by the Court to have taken a sufficiently active part in the ghast- ly business to call for sentence of death. The years of this abandoned woman almost equalled the aggregate ages of the four youths, and, apart from her fiendish physiognomy, her behavior during the three days’ trial was at times disgusting. The motive for the murder was robbery, it being supposed, as shown at the trial, that Ma- dame Dessaigne was possessed of consider- able money. The. youth Berland was sent by his mother to the victim’s house. with a letter. The unsuspecting lady asked him inside, and while she was in the act of read- the address he BUTTED HER WITH IIIS HEAD, and then thrust his hand into her mouth to tear out her tongue. At that moment Dore rushed in, and plunged a strong awl into the unfortunate woman’s head. She sank to the floor unconscious, and then Berland began to kick and jump upon the victim’s head and face. Deville entering at this point, saw what was taking place, and leav- ing Berland to finish his foul work, he and Dore went upstairs to search for the un- fortunate womau’s money. Remaining a considerable time upstairs, Berland became suspicious of them, and proceeded to the first." h and instruments in the hands of| turned and administered more kicks about her head, and so ended her life. Chotin had up to that point remained outside keeping watch, but he was then called into the house, and the four youths having taken a parting look at the disfioured corpse, they shut the door, and proceeded to the den of of the woman Berland, where they divided the plunder, which, however, amounted to less than 19f. They were received by the woman with an encouraging remark. In due course the police got on their . track. During the trial Dore pleaded that he had been led astray by the woman Berland. Her son cooly told the Court that he had been drinking. “ The sight of blood intoxicated me.” Deville averred that had he not known Berland and Dore he should have been an honest workman ; and Chotin set up that he had been influenced by Deville The glimpses given of THE LIFE OF THE \VOMAN’ and Dore. Berland were horrible in the depravity which they indicated. However, at the end of the three (lays’ trial extenuating circum- stances werc accorded to Chotin and Deville and they werc'respcctively sentenced to ‘20 years’ penal servitude. The Parisiaus are and principally on this ground steps were taken to obtain a reprieve for the woman Berland. It was even rumoured that Madame Carnot exercised her good offices on the side of clemency, but this has been contradicted. None the less the culprit was reprieved late at night, and this appears to have been accepted as a signal that her son Dore would pass through the hands of “ Monsieur de Paris ” within a very few hours. Just before midnight it became generally known that the executions would be carried out shortly after daybreak. The work of building the guillotine into the four sockets, whose positions are well defined by white stones, was expeditiously performed and the executioner havingtested the motion of the knife and the certainty of the trigger which releases it, and its impetus imparting a leaden weight of nearly a 100 lb, he and his attendants withdrew inside the prison gates to announce that so far as they were concerned everything. was in readiness. The Prison Governor, the District Commis- sary of Police, J nge d’Instruction Grefiier, and the Abbe F aure were likewise in read- iness to perform their several parts in the grim function. At a quarter past four these representatives of law and religion entered Dore’s cell. The culprit was still asleep, and upon being roused be received the brief notice of his doom with A MEANlNGI-ESS STARE. Not a word was uttered in response to the Judge, and upon being handed over to the executioner and conducted to the pinioning department known as the toilette-room, be preserved the same stolid (lcmeanour, and submitted to the strapping process with ap. parent indifference. Before setting out in the procession to the guillotine, however, he looked around the room, and seein r the chief \varder, thanked him for his kin ness 3 towards .im. As the corlcge, with the boy- ' ish-lookiug culprit us the central figure, passed through the great gates and on to- wards the fatal platform, the Abbe Faure recited prayers for the dying, but there was no response from the object of this minister- ial solicitation ; and there is a general im- pression gathered from the halting steps of the doomed young man that he arrived at the foot of the scaffold in a half-conscious condition. Diebler does not waste any time over ceremony, and,taking in the situation at aglance, hegaveasignal to hisattendants, and Dore was instantl thrown under the knife, which was .imme iater liberated, and the culprit's head fell with a thud into the has. ket underneath. The now vast crowd was ke t well back by the soldiers and the police, an they gave vent to their disap ointment in frightful howls of execration. he knife having been readjusted, the ofiicial's pro- cession re-formed and returned to the prison, where Berland, who had been awakened in readiness, was already rtially dressed, and maintainin an air of ravado. When ap- prised of t e cause of his bein called so early, he'jocularly remarked to t e warders, “ Then. there’s no more card playing for me." Upon being informed of his mother's reprieve, he uttered an ejaculation of aston- ishment, and by no means seemed pleased. The completion of his toilet was hastily accomplished, and, taking his procession, he jauntin walk across the prison yard and down the open road to the ' otine. In short, he maintained his ve demeanonr until within a few paces ace in the strongly averse to the execution of women, I l of the guillotine. Turning upon those who were actingas guards, he tried to-force his way back. A desperate struggle ensued, but it was not of long duration, as the stal- wart and experienced attendants easily overpowered him, and. thrusting him down on to the platform, held him until the exe- cutioner had ended the writhing b ' liberat- ing the knife, his head falling into t is basket at 4.30. The conduct of the Abbe in retirin several seconds before Berland was execut was severely criticised. The crowd at last broke through the military cordon, and positively gloated over the spectacle of the leadless bodies. ___â€"â€"-â€"¢â€"-â€"-â€"â€" Growth of the Face. Durin the net ear investigations u n the physgical ng-owth of children have bggn conducted in the Worcester schools. The preliminary tables on the rowth of the female face bring out some acts of consid- erable interest. There seem to be three distinct periods, the first ending about the seventh year, and the third beginning about the fifteenth year. A striking pecu- liarity is the seemingly abrupt transition from the types of one eriod to those of the succeeding. The su den disappearance of the lower widths of face, and the e ual- ly sudden appearance of the types 0 the succeeding period, e. 9., the sudden shootin g up of the widths to almost adult dimensions at about the age of 8 or 9, ofl‘set by the equally sudden disappearance of the dis- tinctively childish characteristics at the age of 11. These peculiarities also appear at the ages of twelve and fourteen respec- tively in the succeeding period. This would seem to indicate the very slow growth of some children until the ages of about eight and'fourt-een respectively are reached, and then a very rapid‘development of each individual to her proper position in the series. This Axel Key found also to be true with respect to the total height of the Sweddish children observed by him. In the second period very many of the forms are already adult, and if not at their fullest development, have very nearly ap- proached it. From the fifth to the tenth year inclusive the growth is somewhat slow, about 6'5 millimeters in all, but for the next four years, the period of adolescence, the growth is 6‘2 millimeters. From the four- teenth year on there is very little advance, the maximum seeming to be reached at about 128 millimeters in the twentieth year. On comparing this growth with that of the male face some differences are noticeable. The male face is,with perhaps asingle exception, larger for the same period of life, and for the some years it appears to grow more rapid- ly and continues to grow later in life. Mas- sing the cases after twenty, the advance is seen to be far beyondlthe breadth attained at nineteen, rising to about 138 millimeters. At about nine years the two types approach very near, and it is not at all unlikely that, as found in the case of height by Bowditch in Boston and Peckham in Milwaukee, the female face may for a short period become the broader. Further investigations will be required to determine this point, the present investigation having been made on not more than twenty-five hundred persons, including both sexes. W A S no ilcleriug. Volcano. An encounter between the soldiers of the 103M Petrozavodskiy regiment, encampcd four versts from Grodno, Russia, and the easants of the suburban villages, occurred une 26th, and is regarded as ominous of the coming struggle between the fainishingr peasantry and the military. It happened in the following-manner: Every day, after the exercise in rifle shooting by the soldiers, the peasants of the suburban village come to gather bullets, which they melt and sell as lead. They are so eager to do this that they often venture within the range of the rifles while the shooting is going on to pick up a. lead ball. They sometimes pick uP unexPIOded cartridges» and lil“‘°“81‘-Iarinorclads un uestionably got the ignorance of their contents, get scr- iously hurt. But they don't mind this, for a pound of lead, which is worth abouttwenty kopecks, keeps a. person in food for a whole day, while he would otherwise have to beg or starve. On June 26th a large number of peasants came out to gather the bullets while the shooting exercises were still going on. They were very pertinacious and ventured beyond the line guarded by soldiers. One of the guards quickly report- ed the case to his officer, and the line of guards was immediately enforced. But when the shooting was ended and a detachment of soldiers came out to take up the bullets unexploded cartridges around the targets, the peasants attacked them,and two soldiers were badly hurt in the scuffle. Two of the ringleaders were arrested and will have to suffer for their venture. But the affair, insignificant as it appears, is commented upon with some apprehension by the Russian press, as it shows to what extremes the peasantry may go when they are impelled by hunger. Rapid Marine Engine Fitting. A smart frat of engineering has been per- formed at the Central Marine En inc W’orks lVest Hartlcpool, England, in t ie rapidity with which the screw steamer Silvia has been fitted with her machinery. The vessel was launched about 4:30 1’. M . , on Tuesday, June 23, from Messrs. Irvine’s shipyard, and proceeded under the sheerlegs at the Central Engine Works. The engines, which are of 500 indicated horse power, together with the large boiler and funnel and all the connect-Tm «1 and fittings, were fitted on board i: weniy-four hours ; the making-up engths t. ' steam pipe, the ladders, gratings, and platforms were fitted and steam got up in the boilers, and the engines satisfactorily steamed in presence of the surveyors at 10 A. M. on Friday, Jun026, the vessel steam- ing back to her berth in two and one-half days from the time she left the stocks. This is an illustration of the advantages of mod- ern machinery and organization in facilitating the output of marine machinery, and it is be- lieved that so larg: a set of machinery has never previously en put on board in this short space of time. Appreciated Its Value. A sweet little girl was bidding her boy playmate good-bye and on this occasion her mother told her to kiss him. She olfnrcd him a roguish cheek, and when the salute was vely iveu began to rubit vigorously with er han kerchief. “ Why, Laura," said her mother. “ you're not rubbing it off? " "No, mamma,"answered the little maiden demurely, " I'm rubbing it in.” Him. mamas or in. The Fleets of Europe Experimenting With Iron Clad: and Torpedo Boats. Lesions learned by Enx‘nnd and France. Austria‘s plan of mobilisation has in. cluded twenty-eight vessels, divided into two squadrons, one for the attack and the other for the defence of the Dalmatian coast. Germany’s fleet, also divided into two opposing squadrons, comprises twenty~ six vessels, un er Viceqldmiral Deinhart, including seven or eight ironclads. fiance. in her Mediterranean maninuvres, emplo ed more than 10,000 men. The Eng ish manmuvres, conducted in the North Sea, have as usual called out very large forces, |comprising two main squadrons and two l smaller fleets. ' The climax in the French mauosuvres was l an attack upon Toulon, which was defended 3 by forty batteries mounting 134 guns and by torpedo boats. The attacking fleet, headed by the Formidable, and numbering about sixty vessels of all sizes and classes, includ- ing several of the best modern French armorclads, opened a concentrated attack ainst the St. Mandrier fortifications, and a ter beav ' firing forced their way into the harbor. . ne of the lessons drawn from the manoeuvres, which this year were very satis‘ factory, in spite of a few collisions, was the excellent service of the heavy armorclads. It was otliciaily reported that these vessels during nearly three days kept up a high rate of speed and without accident. It was also laid down as a proposition demonstrat- ed by experience that if a squadron of armorclads of inferior speed is aconipanied by an adequate number of swift unarmored cruisers or despatch vessels, it can inform itself of the movements of a faster hostile squadron bound for the western Mediter- ranean, and thus be able to check its de- si us. It was futher shown that the ves- se _ most needed by France are large, swift cruisers. Still another noteworthy feature was the successful employment of a captive balloon towed by a war steamer. The French originated the use of balloons on shipboard three years ago, in experiments with the Implacable and Indomptable, and then founded a regular naval balloon station near Toulon. Last year these experiments were repeated, with improvements in tow- ing the balloon, and this year a small steamer took it along without difficulty. It is found that the balloon, attached by a line several hundred feet long, can be tested at the rate of ten knots, and that the com- mander can ascend to any height required for observing the enemy, and give his orders by signal or telephone. Thus, after doing away on war ships with the lofty masts that once furnished lookouts, naval science is bending itself to supplyin their place with the captive balloon. In the next naval war we may erhaps see some officer winning renown, ikc that of Far- ragut in the shrouds at Mobile, by this nlew form of going aloft to direct the bat- t e. a The British manoeuvres lasted three weeks and included both tactics and strategy of importance. The critics fell upon them as usual, finding fault with trivial details, in the same spirit that caused one of them, glancing across to our side of the Atlantic, to .declare that “ the naval manieuvres at New York were a greater fiasco even than the performanccso Admiral Tryon’s and Ad- miral Seymour’s fleets in British waters last year, and all because of the fouling of the cables of the Concord and the Newark, which is an incident hardly remembered here. Still, it is generally admitted that most important results have been shown, particularly in the rapidity with which the English squadrons in home waters can be mobilized. There was also something of a reaction in favor of the tremendous llO-ton guns, which were worked with remarkable ease. Finall , the otter of the torpedo oats by attacking them and their protectors. Those critics who like to take a gloomy view, consider that the man- oeuvres show. that the many torpedo gun- boats builtbyJohn liullare a waste of money. The real lesson is to be gained by taking the matter the other way about. What is shown is that England’s great navy of power- ful battle ships. on which she has spent enormous sums, and which is the chief source of her naval reliance, is not to be neutralized merely by an enemy’s torpedo fiotilla. It was certainly more important for her that the result of the manoeuvres should show a victory for her armorclads than a victory for her torpedo craft. The anxiety also in regard to the uns of the heaviest calibrcs will probably c less marked after the experiences of this summer. The general conclusion must be that this fifth annual series of manoeuvres is fruitful in sugges- tions and lessons, like those that have pro. ceded. .â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" The Cable Speed of Electricity. The experiments now in )rogress at Mo- Gill College, Montreal, un er the auspices . of the British and Canadian governments. to ascertain the longitude of Montreal by .direct observations from Greenwich, have led to the accomplishment of a remarkable telegraphic feat. The English papers re- port it thus : “ The first thing to determine was the length of time it took a telegraphic signal to cross the Atlantic. An automatic contrivance, whereby the land line could work into the cable, was provided. and a duplex circuit was arranged, so that the signal sent from Montreal would go over the lland lines to Cause (Nova Scotia), thence over the cable to \Vaterville, Ireland, and return to Montreal again. Attached to the sending and receiving apparatus was a chronograph. which measured the time. Out of two hundred signals sent, it was found that the avers e time taken to cross the Atlantic and bac again â€"a distance of 8,000 milesâ€"econ led a trifle over one second, the exact time being one second and fiveohundredtlis. Professor McLeod is carrying on the experiments with Mr. Hon» mer, the manager of the Canadian Pacific telegraphs. A Merciless Man. A disappointed fish peddler was belsbor- ing his slow but patient horse along Jerrard strut i. the other day, and calling out his wares at intervals as “ Herrin', herrin’, l Ire.-.h he: rin'." A tender-hearted lady, seeing the act of cruelty to :he horse, called out sterulv from an upper window : . " Have you no mercy 2" “ No, mum,” was the reply, “notin‘ has north" ' winâ€"q My“... . -v. VI 2 '--~t~.rw_t v. urn-wa : mm MM um m 'w mm w’ .... ,..._.. M<w;\...~ .. “new-.. Mu... w -‘. uniâ€"m. on... 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