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1 i i i W gums“. .4, 13-"?er . . .w 1 .v... «‘9» . 'flrrm or QUEENSTON HEIGHTS. BY ERNEST CRUIKSHANK. (cogmsuznq levery man‘ that could be spared from the ‘ . garrisons oi llort George and Chippawa, to _ Themed?“ 1"“: eeghgemeht had 3 Very join him without delay. By two o'clock “139‘!”th mlhleeee “Poe lhe ""3"?3 all the detachments from the former post had IAGWIBIOD. numbers 05 Wheel “‘3me Pre' all arrived, leaving it occupied only by a fessed great eagerness to cross the river and few men of the Royal Artillery and the Share the glories, 0‘ the (133“ The)’ ell“ Lincoln militia, and those of Chippawa Wed h Seme‘eh‘.humher 0‘ heels-f0 were known to be rapidly approaching. carry over the remainder 0‘ the ‘thethk'I‘he fofce already assembled consisted of 1'53“)!!! ten OCka; the Phesage 0f_ the [ Holcroft’s detachment. of Royal Artillery “VG? “'33 flow for some tlme entirely with two six-pouliders, a squad of Swayze’s unopposed. and why lhey flld 130‘ mhke provincialartillerywitutwothree-pounders, better use of their opportunities has never, under Lieut. Growth“, five companies of been satisfactorily explained. One ofiicer'the 4151; regiment. Capt James Crook's of rank (Col, Chrystie) stated that he cross- and John Mcfiweuis companies of edthe river three times. andthnt Mayorluxe 13!. Lincoln, William Crook’s and Mullany went from one side to another no Nelles' companies of the 4th Lincoln, AP. 1933 the" fil'e limes '3‘"th the an)" F0” I plegarth’s, Hatts' and Durand’s companies five hours after Brook’s death they were of the 5th Lincoln, a few troopers of Mer- l? Pally “1 “nmelesmd P03395510n 0f the rit’s provincial dragoons, and the remnants fih‘l‘hgn and the heights 3'3 ‘Veuv end COL lof the two companies of the 49th and three V en Rensselaer asserted that 9-3 long 33 the I of the York militia engaged in the morning, men showed any inclination to cross, the boats were well managed. As it was, con- siderable bodies both of regular troops and militia. were brought over with a six-pound field piece, its carriage and tumbrel. Short. ly after seven o’clock Gol. Chrystie came over and assumed the command, but finding himself unable even to dislodge the garrison from the village, he recrossed the river to bring over reinforcements with artillery and intrenching tools. Upon hearing his report of the situation, General Van Rensselaer despatched an order to General Slnyth, at Bufi'alo, to move his brigade to his support, and sent over an engineer ofiicer to lay out. a fortified camp. About noon be crossed in person. General Van Relisseiaer and Colonel Chrysfie ex- amined the position on the heights and gave directions for its immediate forti- fication Engineer officers were set at work and field works traced out The gun iii the redan was unspiked and brought to bear upon the village. Colonel Winfield Scott, the future Conqueror of Mexico, having ar- rived from Buffalo during the morning with a battery of artillery, placed his guns in position at Lewiston and crossed the river to take command of the regular troops at Queenston, who were reinforced by detach- ments of the 6th and 23rd U.'S infantry and 2nd and 3rd artillery. About the same time Brigadier-General William \Vadsworth assumed command of the militia brigade, consisting of portions of Allen’s, Bloom’s, Meud’s, and Stranahau’s regiments, and Moscley’s battalion of riflemen. The pre- cise number of men belonging to these corps that passed the river, it. is now impossible to ascertain. Estimates by their own offi- cers ranged from one thousand to sixteen hundred. Some companies of militia were represented by ofiicers without men ;others by men without officers, while a few were almost or quite complete. The sound of a heavy cannonade from the mouth of the river excited the worst appre- hensions in the minds of the little band that continued to occupy Queenston village, un- til they were reassured by the arrival of Captain Derenzy with several companies of Holcroft, and aparty cf 'ndians led by Cap- tain John Norton and Lieut. John Brant. Stragglcrs from the field whom these rein- forcements encountered on the road, report- ed that Dennis' entire command had been out. to pieces, and that five thousand men had landed. Accordingly they had advanc- ed much of the distance at the double, and when they reached Queenston they were out of breath and quite exhausted. Under these circumstances it would have been folly to attempt the reCuvery of the heights, where the numbers of the enemy could have been seen momentarily increasing, but Holcroft promptly planted his guns on the high ground below the village, and endeavored to interrupt the passage of the river. Small parties of the enemy had entered the upper part of the village, where they plundered some of the houses, but they made no effort. to occupy it in force. After a few shots, finding that his pieces were too far away to reach their boats, Holcroft again limbered up, and, guided by Captain Archibald Hamilton, to whom every inch of ground was familiar from boyhood, dashed boldly across the ravine and throu h the village until he reached Hamil. ton’s Tiouse, where he took up a position within the courtyard partly sheltered by the ruins of the wall. Derciizy at once supported him with a company of the 41st, and his fire soon became efl'cctive, although he lost several of his best men. A few spherical case‘shot drove away the enemy’s riflemen, and he then engaged the batteries opposite, firing also, when an opportunity offered, at boats on the river. The battery on Lewiston Heights was still out of range, but the guns at the landing were three times silenced, and a scow, and at least two other boats, sunk in the not of crossing. Such was the pre- cision of his fire, that from that time for- ward very few men succeeded in passing the r :er. in the meantime Scott had thrown out pckets to the edge of the Woods on the wit. of his position, and the Indians were (bioched in that direction to drive them in R'Nl annoy their working parties. This was a -omplished in fine style, as their approach . .mugli the woods was undetected, and the American out oats were surprised and com- pletely route with considerable loss. A "-H age body of infantry then advanced to re- pe them, and the Indians instantly ran to the woods again, whence they kept up an incessant fire, accom nied with shrill whoops. The suddenness of the attack and the character of the assailants roduc- edagenuiue panic, which oxtende itself «,vcu to Lewisicn, where a militia company a the point of entering the boats abruptly b 'led and refused to proceed. Norton con- ....ued to skirmish with and annoy their outposts, and although several times at- tackcd. always eluded his antagonists by plunging into the woods, where they dared not follow. Numbers of the American militia deserted their coin- panics, and intent ted to regain their own shore, and thence orth their force continued to diminish. In addition to the serious annoyance and loss inflicted upon the enemy by this movement, direct communi- cation on: again opencd with the garrison at Chippawa. Upon reaching Queenston, Dercnzy had at once sent a message to General Shcafl’e, describing the sitenion of affairs, and the latter soon afterwards arrived and assumed command. Re 105: no time to ordering the -flst and militia, 9. detachment of Royal formed for the attack with the light com- Artillery With two field us under Captain of the 4lst, under Lieut. McIntyre, probably numbering in all rather more than 800 of all ranks, exclusive of the Indians, who certainly did not exceed one hundred. As the enemy’s forces appeared to be still considerably more numerous than his own, and they were busily engaged in fortifying their position in evident anticipation of another direct attack from below, the British commander determined to leave Holcroft’s two guns, supported by a detachment of | infantry, to occupy the village, and prevent. [the passage of reinforcements while, with I the remainder of his troops,he moved around their flank, ascending the heights ili rear of the woods already occupied’by the Indians, and formed a junctioo with the column advancing from CllippaWa, which would in- crease his numerical strength by 150 men. Although this iilanoellvre would compel him to make a detour of nearly three miles before engaging, he would at once escape the enfillid- ing fire of the batteries at Lewiston, avoid the steep ascent in the face of the enemy, render their fieldworks useless, and place his men on an equal footing with them on the open and level ground above. The Indians redoubled their astivity as the column approached, keeping, liowe ver, well under cover, and thoroughly succeeded in baffling any attempt to harass its ad- vance. \Vithin an hour Shech gained the cleared ground on the right of the woods occupied by them, extending as far as the portage road, when he beheld Cap- tain Richard Bullock advancing from Chip- pawa with his own company of the 4lst, and Captain Robert Hamilton’s and John Rowe’s companies of the 2nd Lincoln, strengthened for the occasion, like most of the others, by a number of volunteers from I the ranks of the sedentary militia. Fore- most among other aged men properly 1 exempt from service, whom the emergency had impelled to seize their arms again, was Lieut-Uol. Ralfe Clcnch, once an officer in Butler’s rangers, and then the district I 'udge, who had retired from command of ‘thc 1st Lincoln battalion afew years before, owing to infirmity. The combined about 930 force, and men, numbering officers , was and the two companies of the 49th, still commanded by the dauntless Dennis, on the left of the line next the Indians, supported by a small battalion of militia, under Limit,- Col. T. Butler. The centre and right wing were composed of the five remaining com- panies of the 4lst, having in support the rest of the militia under Lieut,-Col. Thomas Clarke. The two small field-pieces, drawn by men with drag ropes, preceded the advance of the line, which was necessarily deliberate. The number of combatants actually array- ed against them at'that moment cannot be exactly stated, but could hardly have been less than nine hundred, of whom more than half were regulars. Like the British, the forcewas made up of detachments from many different battalions. much diminished by desertious since the Indians had renewed the fight, numbers of men stealing down to the river and lurking there in the hope of finding means of escape. Perceiving that Sheafie was preparing for a. decisive attack upon his position,aud probab- ly having no desire to grace his triumph as a prisoner, General Van Benssslaer deter- mined to return to Lewiston, with the lin- gering hope of enlisting a reinforcement from the large body of militia still congre- gated therc. He had scarcely entered his boat, when the skulkers at the landing crowded into it in such numbers, that it was in actual danger of being swamped by their weight, and pushed off headless alike of his threats and entreaties. His departure left Colonel Scott. in com- mand,having under him Colonel Cllystie and Brigadier-General Wadsworth. Sheafi‘e‘s movement obliged him to abandon his uncompleted ficldworks, and take up a new position Oil the crown of the heights, where a slight barricade was hastily ex- temporize'l with fence-rails, logs, and brushwood, with the left flank resting on the edge of the cliff, and the riflemen on the other, facing the Indians from among the brush-huts, formerly occupied by the 49th light company. The gun in the redan could not be made to bear in this direction, and his solitary field-piece was therefore plant- ed iu front of the centre of the line, near the sight of the present monument. While waiting the attack, Scott received a message from Van Reasse- laer, statin that he had been unable to in- duce a sing c regiment, or even a company, to advance to his relief, but forwarding a supply of ammunition and assuring him, that if he felt unable to maintain his posi- tion, boats would be sent to remove the troops, and the artillery would cover his retreat. Upon Van Reussclaer's arrival on his own shore he found a few men at the landing, whom he sent over, and then, ac- companied by members of his staff and “ old Judge Peck,” grotesquely equipped for war iu‘a huge cocked hat and long sword, rode through the cantonmenta, exhorting the groups of lounging soldiers they met there on every hand to make an effort to rescue their comrades from their perilous situa- tion, but without producing the slightest effect. Scott’s men were already profoundly dis- couraged at being called upon to fight an- other action. and evinced a discouraging propensity to stray away from their ranks, which he endeavored to check by instruc- ting the sergeants to shoot those who should attempt to leave their posts without orders. The contest was begun by the advance of who, being nnprovided with weapons to resist this form of attack, gave way in great confusion, leaving its flank exposed. On witnessing the success of this movement, Sheafie, gave the signal for a general ad- vance. The entire line raised the Indian warwhoop and charged with great fury. The gun was taken and the position curried al~ most without resistance, and the cntire body of American troops forced swiftly back upon the river, the British line by the advance of the wings graduallyassuming the form of a crescent, and overlapping them on both flanks. Some of the fugitives, brav- ing the fire of the guns in the village, ran down the hill towards the landing ; a few fook shelter in a house where they were taken ; Scott himself, and a number of others, scrambled down the steep bank to the water’s edge, in the hope of finding the promised boats:\Vadsworth and Chrystie, with more than three hundred of- ficers and men, surrendered on the verge of the cliff. Meanwhile the fire of Holcroft’s artillery had rendered the passage of the river so dangerous, that the boatiuen positively re- fused to undertake it and dispersed. As no boats were waiting to receive them, a. few desperate men plunged into the river and attempted to swim across, of whom some perished; the remainder tried to secrete themselves among the rocks and thickets along the shore. The Indians lined tho cliffs above, or perched themselves in the trees whooping iiicessintly, and firing at, the fugitives whenever an opportunity offer- ed. Under these circumstances Scott was glad to raise a white flag in the hope of preserving the lives of the rest of his oom- inand. For a few minutes, even after this was done, tle Indians continued to shoot down or tonlaliawk the unresistiug crowd, either not observing or disregarding this token of submission, until it is said that Sheaffe grew so indignant at their misoon duct, that he dashed his hat and sword on the ground, and threatened that he would resign the command if they were not at once restrained. When this was accomplished, 390 ofiicers and men surrendered there. Some yet evaded discovery, and forty were brought in next day, swelling the entire number of prisoners taken to an aggregate of 958, among whom there were one general, six colonels, three majors, seventeen cap- tains and thirty-six subalterns. The loss in killed and wounded cannot, be exactly stated on either side. The Brit- ish official return is missing, but it is said to have footed up a total of only sixteen killed and sixty-nine wounded. The two companies of the 49th are stated to have lost three sergeants and 39 men alone, nine of whom were killed. Two men of the 415i: and a gunner of the Royal Artillery were also killed. It is doubtful whether the casualties among the militia and Indians were included in this return. Two Cayuga chiefs and three warriors, whose names have been preserved, were killed, and Norton and eight others wounded. Although this loss was insignificant ill point of numbers, the death of Gen. Brock was felt to be an almost irreparable blow, and by many of his opponents was COIlSldel‘ed to have fully compensated for their defeat. Lieut.-Col. McDonnell seems to have been the only other British officer killed, and none but Captains Dennis and \Villiams appear to have been wounded. No complete return of casualties was at- the 4lst, which fired a sin le volley, and then charged with fixed bayonet: upon. the rifiemen on the right of the American line, 1 dwindled, and are dwindling to mere skele- tons, some of thecompanies containing a less number of privates than officers. The ride corps from this county is reduced by sick- nessprisoners, etc., to less than the comple- ment of a company, and Major Mosely in consequence has returned home." They literally deserted by hundreds, and the two brigades of Generals Miller and Wadsworth were consolidated into a single regiment. Besides the field-piece already mentioned, and about a thousand stand of small arms, the colors of one of the New Yrrk regiments were taken. In November this trophy was displayed in the courtyard of the Castle of St. Louis at Quebec, and was thus described by the Mercury :-â€"“ It is made of blue or purple colored changeable stlk about a yard and a half square, with the arms of the United States on one side and those of New York on the other, both surrounded by a circle of stars." [THE nxn]. Underground Railroads. The London Spectator says:â€" There is no prospect of adequate relief from steam. The feeling of the people is wholly against ele- vitted rail\vays;railways on the flat only in~ crease the congestion, and practically in the congested districts could neither be con- structed nor used; and underground rail- Ways drawn by steam carriages are far too costly to construct, besides involving far too much vibration for the safety of the houses above, and too little air for the safety of the travellers below. An inner and outer circle of such railways has been construct. e:l ; but though they carry multitudes, they hardly seem to relieve tho demand, they cannot be made cheap, owing to the condi- tions of construction, and it has been found practically impossible to push them across the centres of traffic where they are most required. What is needed is either some means of motion through the air, which re- inains to be discovered, or motion through the earth at such a depth that buildings on its surface are not interfered with, that the streets are unconscious of the new subways, and that the rights of property can hardly be said to impede their construction. This motion can be secured. Carriages filled with human beings can be driven through iron pipes, 11 feet iii diameter, placed fifty or more feet below the soil, at great velocity, yet without danger either of accident or of asphyxiation. The electric motors emit neither ,snioke nor steam; they can be made to ventilate the pipes so that breathing is as easy as above ground, and they supply daylight or its equivalent, for themselves. The princi- ple of their structure is perfect; but their use has been checked by a vague impression that pipes so laid and used at such a depth would produce unforeseen evils, and possi- bly injure property very seriously. This impression will now be dispelled. Tliejoint committee, after hearing quantities of evi- dence from experts, has reported that the l evidence is “ conclusive in favor of the suffi- a t ciency and special adaptability of electric- ity as a motive power for underground tubular railways ;’f that “ way-leaves” should be granted them to pass under any public streets, on condition of their running a sufficient number of cheap trains. How We Get Our Teeth. An eminent dentist is authority for the following: It would take too long to de- tempted by the Amerieehsu Phebehly O‘Vlhg scribe the formation of the teeth, but it may t0 the hhmedl‘l‘e dlepel‘eel °l ‘1 large Pom"n interest you to know that the enamel is do- of their militia. Van Rensselaer stated officially Aweek after the battle, rived in the first place from the epithelium, the-h 1‘7 ' or scarf skiu,whilc the dentiue of which the would be impossible to furnish an exact re~ bulk of the tooth is composed, is derived turn, but estimated the number of killed at . from themucous layer below the epithelium. sixty, and of wounded at one hundred and Lime salts are slowly dcsposited, and the ‘ seventy. It was but natural that he should , too“, 1,1111) or u ngrve " is the last renjalns attelilpt to minimize his. losses, and accoru- ; of what was once a, pulp), mass of the shape iiigly we find others inclined to believe them ' of the future tooth, and even the tomb pulp Its ranks had been‘ very much greater. Leasing and J. Thompson, neither of whom would be prone 'to exaggeration in this respect,agree in plac- ing the number of killed at ninety, but diminish the number of wounded. Contem- L- in the old people sometimes gets quite obli- terated by calcerous deposits. The thirty- two permanent teeth are proceeded by twenty temporary deciduous or milk teeth. These are fully erupted at about two to 99mm accounts generally, put botl} still 2 I-2years old, and at about six years of age hlgher- Celenel Mead» '4 Prisoner: esmmeted ' a wonderful process of absorption sets in, the killed and drowned at one hundred, and by which the roots of the temporary teeth the wounded at twice that number, while are removed to make room for the advancing capcd capture, thought that a hundred were drowned alone, and three hundred killed and wounded. An eye-witness, whose letter was published in the Bos- ton Messenger, stated that Americans were engaged, of whom 900 were 1,600‘ i permanent ones. The crowns of the former, having no support, become loose and fall away. One would naturally suppose that the advancing permanent tooth was a powerful factor in the absorption of its temporary predecessor, but we have many facts to Teghlel‘su an'l lhflt the llhmhel‘ 0f killed was : prove it has no influence whatever ; indeed, variously estimated from 190 up to 400. A l the interesting phenomena, of the eruption letter in the Ontario Repository, also from an eye-witness,computedtliekillingand miss- ing at 250, while still another in the Geneva Gazette raised the number to 300. But a. British officer writing from Fort George on the 17th of October, fairly distanced all others by the conjecture that 500 of their men must have perished in the action, or in Coons Bloom, who was wounded but es- the river, relating ill support of his opinion that one boat. was seen to sink with about fifty men, while two others, each having as many on board,did not bring more than half a dozen ashore alive ill either of them. There can be iio doubt that the loss of the vanquished was severe. A single company of the 13th lost thirty men in killed or wounded, and four out of five captains of that regiment engaged were disabled by wounds. 'I'hree captains and three subal- terns were killed, and besides those who were taken prisoners, two colonelsJour cap- tains, and five subalteriis were wounded. There were one hundred and twenty wound. ell officers and men among the prisoners, thirty of whom died. The hos ital at Nia- gara was filled, and the remain er sheltered in the court house and churches. One hun- dred and forty others had been removed be- fore the surrender,to Lewistonmnd of these, not less than one hundred are reported to have been buried within a month, many of them dying from flesh wounds throzgh in- sufficient care. Van Renaselaer's failure was complete and disastrous. He had lost all his best officers, and the flower of his troops, and the entire division engaged was practically rendered inca bio of resuming operations in the field. en days afterwards he aban- doned the struggle in despair, by throwing up the comman . His successor, General Smyth, reported that he found his force diminished by more than two thousand men in consequence of the defeat, half this loss having been caused by desertiou. Several of the militia regiments had to be actually disbanded in consequence, and the men still remaining in camp allowed to return to their homes. A letter written from Man- lius, N. Y., on the 3rd of November, states that “ the militia corps on the lines have 1 l l l and succession of teeth are very little under- stood. Tfle Sabbath Chime. Although the vine its fruit deny. The budding fig tree droop and die, No oil the olive yield; Yet will I trust me in my God, You, bcnd rejoicing to his rod, And by his grace be lical'd. Though field. in vorduro once nrray‘d 13y whirlwinds desolate be laid, Oi- parched b ' scorching: beam; Still in tho .ord shall be my trust. Myjoy; for. though his frown isjust, His mercy is supreme. Though from the folds the flockdccay. Though herds lie famlsh'd o'er the lea, And round the cm ty stall; My soul above 0 wreck shall rise. Its better joys arc in the skies; There God is all in all. In God my strength. howe‘er distrcst, [yet will hope and calmly rest, Nay. triumph in his love; My lingering soul, my tardy feet. Free as the hind he makes, and fleet, To speed my course above. ' “ How I Envy You!” “ I hate being alone," said Ethel, as she How to Use the Gooseberry- . The gooseberry is not as highly esteemed in this countryas it is in England. It is 1 difiicult to get a variety which will grow in our dry climate and attain that rfeetion which it obtains in the must cimato of England. Our common variety of gimberry is so susceptible to mould that it has proj- udiced fruit-raisers against the entire I spec‘cs. Nevertheless a gooseberry pudding is a very good dessert, and a sauce of green gooseberrics an cxoellent accompaniment of broiled lamb or almost any J line dinner. The coossberry is a fruit that. is generally used just before it becomes ripe, and while it still possesses the acid of the immature berry. A ripe gooseberry is an insipid fruit, of no special value for cooking, except in i the time-honored recipe for “goosebcrry l fool,” which calls for ripe gooseberries stew- cd to a pulp and beaten with whipped cream. An English butterpuddiug with green goose- berries is made as follows : Pour a pint of milk overa slice of bread, crumbed. Stir in ten even tablespoonfuls of flour. Add the yolks of four eggs, half a teaspoonful of salt, hnd finally,thc whites of four eggs which have been beaten to a stiff froth. lieat this bat- ter carefully and stir into it a quart of green gooseberries. Put the pudding in‘argreascd mould or tie it up in a thick cloth which has [been thoroughly greased and floured. Let it- boil two hours. Serve it with an English brandy-sauce or an old~fashion hard sauce. To makea gooseberry sauce, top and tail a sufficient number of green gooscberries. Add about half a pint of water to a quartof ber- ries and let them stew in an earthen ipkiii till they are thoroughly tender. Ad sugar enough to make them palatable, but still leave them a pleasant acid. Scrvotlle sauce with meats as cranberry or apple sauce are served. Green gooseberries also make a very nice pic, either baked like a rhubarb pie in a crust, or first stewed, baked without an upper crust. and then covered with a meringue, like a lemon or apple meringue pie. The name of this fruit is n. curious example of the trainsuultation of language. It. is not the berry of the familiar fowl which saved Rome, as the name would seem to indicate,but it is literally the prick- ly berry or goosebcrry, so called in allusion to its thorny stem. Peedinc and (lore of Horses. In answer to questions asked him at a re- cent farmers’ institute, a prominent voteri- narmn says: “ Feed should not go through an animal whole, as it slowly impairs digestion. Boil- ed linseed oii is not so good for animals as raw, as it sometimes has other ingredients. As to the amount of hay in feeding horses the rule of express companies is ten pounds of hay and four quarts oats per meal. In feeding a colt vary to suit. Feed lightly in winter, and if you want to force him feed 'more heavily when you turn to pasture, and through the summer. Feed a colt no solid food until three or four months old. As feed for a cold use any three quarts of oats and as much bran a day. Oil cako é meal is too fattening for colts. Mixed hay i is the best feeding. Corn stalks are an ex- . cellent fodder, but the large amount of l sugar contained produces worms in colts -aiid horses if fed too largely. I-‘ccd cnko ulcal about once a week ill small quantity, and then stop a week. Rye should be fed only in small quantities, and for slow, heavy work, and never to mares in foal, as ! it produces abortion. Use a laxative with ‘ it. The best stable floor is look, liiid level, with room under for air, lint not for droughts. Corn is not injurious to mares with foal ; oil cake is. New corn should not. be fed until after six or seven weeks of freezing weather, Oil account of its carbona- ceous and gaseous nature. \Vater if cool, and not to be immediately driven. Watering your horse when warm does no harm if his system is all right, nor feeding either. ' Water often to avoid danger, as they will not tllen drink to excess. \Vater every half hour when journeying in hot weather, no matter how but your horse may be. Weakness of hoof is transmitted. Avoid it in animals you breed from. Wash the feet now and then. Don’t apply any oily or greasy ointment to the hoof, as they clog the pores and do injury, Never let the farrier burn your horse's hoofs when shoel ing. Knee-sprung horses should be shod with the shoe heels thicker than the toes." The Mythical Number Three- Much has been said and written of the “sacred nuniberseven.” How libontthenum- her three? Surely it may be found in as many odd combinations as the “sacred number.” First we have the Trinity ; J u- piter's lightning had three forks : tlletridcnt of Neptune three prongs ;Cerberus, l’luto's dog, had three bends, and the I’ythian riestess sat on a tripod. There were three areas and three Furies. The sun is Sol, Apollo and Libcr. The moon, too, is Luna, Diana and Hecate. The. Sabines prayed three times a day, and many nations, in per- forming the nct of adoration, bow three times. In olden times diseases were cured by three circumlocutions, eye diseases with W ater strained three times into three sep- arate vessels and applied three times. Man other odd three combinations could be citeifi but the above roves that. the seven is not alone as a inyt icol number. A Nice Legal Point. A negro whose bruised and swollen face and tattered clothing bore evidence of rough handling, recently limped into the presence of a southern magistrate. “ I wants you ter arrest Sam Jollnsing foh batt’ry, sah!” he exclaimed. “For assault and battery, you mean,” suggested the dispenser of justice. " No, sah. Jess foh buttery, sail." , “ How can that be '.'” “ Well, sah, it wuz jess dis way. Mali 3“ converging With Gimme; H 1 like com' mcwlbruk inteh Johnsing’s cohn patch, and pany." “ Indeed," said Chollic, removing his cane knob from his mouth to enable him- self to talk. " You surpwise me. I never w’en Johnsing druv ’im hum he call me a no good fool niggah." " Yes. “ “ I wa’nt gwine teh stan datno how. so feel bored when I’m alone. I am satisfied I up, andgufl-bim ‘ whwk win fence flake, with my own society." “ Then you are more easily based than anyny ever met,” she said? “ How I envy you i” The Answer Was No Boveltv to Him- " If I were to ask you to marry me what would you say 2" salt. " “ Why, then you assaulted him i" “ Yes, ssh, I did, ssh. But he done do balttjry. He mos' battered do life outsn me, so i." gnu-â€" The Honest Dealer- Dealerâ€"If you not to shine in society, “ Why, Mr. Jonesby." Elle filtered. “11% you buy dis suit. I sell him for ten taller. ally this is so sudden. " " I thought so,’.bc answered ; “ that’s about what they all say. Much obfiged. ' And then he said it was time for him to " go. Customerâ€"All right, I’ll take ’cm. Dealer's Little Boy (some moments after) i --Vy you sell dot suit so cheap? Dealerâ€"In von week dot can 111]. be all shiny. «a - v'v---- 1. â€"-. -. -.,-..\... , -e. .0.-. __ h. .. .-< ...........M..'_â€". .. mm WW,, M... and .. .r' ~â€" .._.. c... rs. . .m.‘.-~