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Alan I. lull- Powder» 'l'o the Editor at the Scientific America: Bu.â€"-Iu your iuuc oi the 7th inet. I noticed on erticle on the ebove eubjeet by Henry Pemberton. jun., u eleo come editorial mark- by youruii. With reepect to Mr. Pmberton’e remake, I would etete thet it in evident he iormed hie opinion on entirely e theoretic-l buie. Hie opinion is one which would very probably be exprcued by eny number oi perpone who rely on theories inched at on iaote. Mr. Pemberton etutu thut when an elum beking powder ie need in linking, the domino oi the eium ie precipi- tated end becomce insoluble by hating. A very dietinguiehed eclentiflo men writer to no. end uye : " 'i'hie in a matter oi experi- ment. end lecll thue obteined ore undoubtedly worth in more thun concluelone derived tron: theoreticei eoneideretione." _ This lut paragraph hu embodlod in it my vi." on thin subject. and u mum me it would hue been proper (or Mr. Pemborton to hue undo I flew uporimonu with brad or biscuits mad. with n nlum powder, to no i! the dummy ya: reglly in an insolu- No or in n soluble oondiiion. before ex- pressing Io decided an opinion. I am per- ueil well ewuo that when on nlum inking pow or in need in hating. the einm is metormed into ,onother ninmins nit. provided the constituent; of the powdet on combined in exeoi ohemiod equivalent}. If. however, the oonstltuonu no not in mot equivalem proportion (which is more wobble than «hernias. u chomioa poighn Iro Ioldom, .it over. . adopted by manulecturers). there will be a certain per cent. of alum lelt unaltered. There would. therelore. be present in the baked product in either case an alumina salt ; and in the last. ormore probablo case, in addition to the alumina salt, some unaltered alum. So that. supposing a portion 01 the slum was trans- formed into sin-insoluble alumina salt (which has not been proved as yet in the baked pro- duct), it is evident persons eating the baked product would run the risk of taking into their stomachs the unaltered alum. It is true the per cent. of this would probably be ‘ small. but by its continued use would certain- ly bring about serious disorders in the system. As regards the alumina salt, let us stop a minute. Wagner states: “,The active principle of alum is evidently the sulphate of alumina. not the sulphate oi potassa and ammonia.” That alumina is the poisonous element of alum, I think the tollowlng provings clearly demonstrate which Itaka from my Encyclopedia 0! Materia Medica: “It destroys the appetite, produces sour tructations, heartburn, pain in the abdominal ring. the rectum is rendered inactive, constipa- tion or loose bloody discharges are produced." From these provings it will be seen that the eflects of alumina on the system are substan- tiallythe same as alum. That is to say, that alumina bears the same relation to alum (being its active principle) as morphine does to opium or nicotine does to tobacco. Sup- posing, again. that the alumina salt iormed in baking was in an insoluble condition (which I have already stated has not been demonstrated), and not considering the amount 0! alum leit unaltered, I doubt it the public would be willing to run the risk of eating the baked product. tor tear that the heat of the oven‘was not in the proper condi. tion to render it all insoluble. Supposing, on high scientific authority. I should state thatasalt oi antimony (take tor example tartar emetic) it added to a cup 0! tea would be completely neutralized: by the tannin or rendered “ insoluble " tor instance. How many persons wouldI find willing to drink the tea? Not many. I am quite positive; and this is the view I think the public will take about alum baking powders. When they can obtain a number of powders on the market composed ol wholesome constituents. I think they will not careWo run the risk with alum powders. As to the alumina salt being in an insoluble condition. I shall, in a future article. have something more to say. to satisfy the scien- tific men; but I think the public will have received. alter carelully reading the above, suificient satisfaction or explanation to con- vince them that alum baking powders are most dangerous to use. _ llle Private ”pl-ton of Englnreel nld luau-Insert. Alexender Brown. colored. known es e wonderiul lip-whistler hes been e prisoner in the Jzfiereon Merket Police Court, ’New York. under e 10 dey's sentence ior disorderly con- duct. Bis history is e remerheble end ro- mentic one. He is considered by meny to be the best whistler of his kind living. Bis ebillty to imitete the rongs of birds, the noises 01 iowls. the grunting of pigs, the music of stringed end wind instruments, the screeching oi wheelberrows. noises of reilwey cers. end even steem-boet whistles. is mur- vellons. “ Brown. the Whistler," wee one 0! Jerret dz Pelmer's first troupe 0! colored jubilee folks which went ebroed to pley “ Uncle Tom’s Oebin." One oi his principal puts in the pley wee to imitete the whistles 0! river steemboets, end iew foreigners ever leerned thet the noise s mode by e colored men’s lips end not by genuine steem-plpe. Brown says he contracted to go for 630 e month end find himseli. He soon discovered when on the other side that he had made e sorry bergein. He ssys the English fleece Amerieens st every point. They cherged him en English shilling for every shirt he got weshed.e shilling "ior looking crosswise." end two shillings ior every ordinery end very villeinous lunches. In such en expensive country this meegre sslery wouldn‘t support him end he couldn't get it reissd. Besides. he couldn't stend the London logs. He oiten bruised his heed bumping it egeinst ts end things during the demp deys in ndon. end wee lrequently estonished thet he didn't knock his breins out in the log. 80 he end fifteen other members oi the tronpe returned home. He says he wee errestsd beceuse he whipped some bed boys in the street “ for splitting e brick on his heed." Be is put et white-weshlng in the prison end iewelcomed there by the other inmetes on eecount oi the liberel whistling periormeneee he gives them. H. B. B. Prlnoou Loni-o very mum, mm tho skins of upcolnl “union to tho nhjocc of domestic ooonomy u u put at u you“ In!” odnomon. New York, Nov. 28, 1878. ”A 19:30 mm in onto" it being done It BRO“‘N. 'l'nfl ‘Vlllfll I488, Hun A. Mon. jun . Ph. 1).. E. M. The 0. P. Pnlbyury o! Edlntnmh hu “owed n uloénuon condemning m. Govern- mon‘ (or waging In: ugdnn the Am»: 01 Alumni-“n. on the around thu it wu “ un- called to: And lniqultom." The met] eteemer which arrived et Letth recently from loolend. bringe intelligence of the loee 0! five veuele on the eoeet of Ice- lend to the end 0! October during terrific nether. Three violent ehoehe o! earthquake were telt in loelend in October. A letter he. been received troln the Dam- ftlee Town Council from the Queen'c ltememhtencer to the effect thet the Lorde ot the Treeeury. in relerence to the Henna. field gilt, bed now eettled thnt the whole per- eonel property. which will efiotd e land of £10,000. ehell he epplled to the improve- ment 0! educetion in Dnmtrlee end Galloway. Two fishermen while out fiehing recently of! Portinerou eeught in their note 3 large bottlenoeed rhuk. With come difiieulty they men-god to get the monster beeehed, but not before he hud demeged their nets to the extent 0! several pounds. The rare eepture at once beoeme the objeet ol attue- tion. end wee Ihortly alter pureheled by e loeel flehdeeler lrom Belteoute, who hed it on exhibition et Duly. Thin in eteted to be the only epeeimen which hue been caught on this pert oi the coast. although ehuh have 0! lute been teen in the neighborhood. The fish meeeuree seven nnd e hull feet long, and 1 weighe over {our owt. A letter has been received irom Sir G. Camp bell, n Kirkcaidy, who is a: present in America. in which 110 mm “ um Sundry cloning in America in natural and no party miles 8and criol pgainn it. It' ll curried out for all class: equally.__ qure u no iravoller. bona fide or othere, allowed exemption. I} used to like 3 little whiskey and water eti night to settle enything down end make me sleep, but in Ameriee I lound that on Bundey I simply could not get it. I sleep, however, quite as well without it. so much no that this experience mede me give it up from choice on other nights. Bo, tor the present at least. I em reformed." One of the heavieet enow etorme experi- enced in Skye for many yeare fell a few Bundaye ago. The {all waa very heavy alter nightfall, and the ground in some placea waej (or a time covered to a depth of about eight inchee. It in eeldom enow lalle to each an extent in Skye, or. indeed, that the extensive ehecp iarmere o! the Inland have any cauee of concern for their eheep from the danger of enow drifts,” their brethren have in the nply- ing dietricte of the mainland. Thie year, however, the enmmer wee exceptionally fine, and tne old people cherieh the belief that a eevere winterâ€"particularly one of treat and more etormeâ€"ie invariably the precureor 0! an excellent comma: and an abundant harvest. Recently experiments were made in a sugar refinery at Greencck with one of Biemene' patent dynamo electric light apparatus. At present extensive alterations are being made on the refinery. and the electric light appara- tus has been procured for the purpose of enabling the alterations to be proceeded with‘ by night as well as by day. The machine lor‘ creating the electricity. which works at the rate of 1.000 revolutions per minute. and is driven 03 the ordinary chatting of the re- finery, is placed 150 fort irom where the ;carbons are burning. and which are kept in their position by machinery in a small glass case. The experiments with the apparatus were 0! the most satisfactory kind. The place where the alterations on the refin>ry are going on was lighted up most brilliantly, and the smallest objects could be distin- guished. The Dstroit Free Preu o! Wedneldsy. speaking of the Internnlonal Bunch Show, which commonest in $11M city on Tueadny next, than alludes to the Canadian on- trlouzâ€"Mr. Arnold Burgess, oyner of the Rob Roy Kennel. has entered his famous stock of imported English setters, including the two cracks, Rob Roy end Druid, both field trial winners, also his Queen Mab and Nilsson, who have won several first prizes. Nilsson is newly imported, and has not been shown in this country. Mr. Burgess paid a very high price for her. The dogs which are entered by Mr. Burgess are valued at 820,000. The great Canadian Kennel. owned by L. H. Smith. ol Strath- roy, enters the very choicest of the Kennel, including Leicester. Peris (the great Centen- nial winner), Clip, Temple Bar, Less 0' Gowine. and several others. Mr. Smith is ‘well known as the pioneer of imported “‘ blue bloods," or, as they are now called. 1 " Llewellyn setters.” No doubt he will send 1 his best here, as Detroit was the first to give his setters the splendid reputation they have since sustained on many herd-fought fields. The Big Point Kennel Club. of Ohathem. enter their famous Mike end Bridget, both pure bred Irish wuter spaniels. They have taken first prizes in this country since their arrival, end they had obtained numerous prizes in England before being shipped. Wm. B. Wells, iun.. of Ohathem. sends a fine string of English setters. including his celebrated Star, who obtained first prize at the London show. Mr. Duncan 0. Plumb, of Toronto, sends two entries of very fine blood. Major Milli- gan. of London, enters a very fine Newfound- land. The performing trick dogs will be an especial feature of the show. The contest for the prizes takes place every afternoon and evening. The committee now feel essured in saying that this will be a finer collection of dogs than was ever before brought together. A telegram has just now been received claiming entries of for terriers, Scotch deerhounds. etc.. all from London. Pie-phonon” Ill-ll for Clecke and Watch". In eFrenoh journal, M. Olivier Methey. e ohemiet oi Neulohetel. explains the method of propering phoephoreeeent diel- ior wetehee end eioche. eo thet the hour eenhe eecerteined et night. The dieie ere ueuelly mede cl peper or thin end-bowl, enemelled like vietting eerdl. They no _covered with en edheeive urnieh. or with white we: mixed with turpentine, upon which in ducted, with e fine eieve. powdered euiphide ot herium. The lulphidee ol etrontium end eeleiuln poueu. like the euiphlde olberium. the property of romping SEEM» or to (h. {@1731} 10' lnohu oi mane-Inn who. ifiL“iB-'.SÂ¥.‘;Jfié§,‘baia» 50 long. Am} the d d bu nmninod In duknou to: nun] dug it lopu l}! pholphgmlggnoo. but this In A,A __ L‘..- A- THE DETROIT DOG SHOW. lean-h Nam. 8P0“ TING, III Dere’ lelteeryr “lauded... Without l'eod or Fireâ€"Pete“! lxperleecc of I New Illeewtelecr. Newouru. N. B., Jen. 8.-â€"A men named George Brown,e mechiniet. eeme here from Fredericton leet week in eeeroh oi employ ment. Leeving here on Wedneedey leet he eterted ior Bethuret through the wocde by e route teken by fishing pertiee in the eummer. end with which he wee eeemingly not ieml- lier. The tint dey he iollowad the highwey ee ier ee Anthony Celn’e. twelve miles in reer oi Newceetle. where he lodged ell night. On Thuredey morning eiter hreekieet he leit Oeln’e. endeiter following the highwey for ‘two or three milee etruck into the woode ‘elong e treok leeding to eome cleerencee. lEerly in the evening he reeched Mltchell'e meedowe. ehout twelve milee irom Oein’e. where the hy-treck terminetee. Here he eemp ed for the nightin e eummer or bueh cemp. without iood or tire. During the night or eerly next dey heevy en'ow iell. end Brown tried to regein the highwey. but ieiled. On Bundeyevening he eeme to e helt two or1 three mllee iron the highwey. end within eix or eeven miles of where he cemped the first night. Unehle to proceed. being ex. heueted end bedly ironon. he remeined in the eeme piece until Tueedey noon. when he wee iound bye eottler. Brown wee brought to town end promptly treneierred tothe county elme house, where he in receiving medical et- tendenoe. Hie hende ere ewollen. end the toee oi one oi the loot. both oi which ere badly irozen. ere bieck end will probebly be emputeted. The weether wee nnneuelly mild tor the eeeeon. or he, would not heve been iound elive. A Young and neonatal Lint] Dcaerted by as Faithless Lover. Some seven months ago a young and bean- tiful lady, by name, Miss Oeeille Greenhank, arrived in this town from New York. She was the daughter of a Protestant German pastor in Neulehatel. Switzerland. and having married and become a widow. was advised to visit a relative who resided in tile Swiss colony settled in Pennsylvania, U.S. Upon this advice she accordingly acted and was well received by her maiden aunt. who took a great iancy to her. She endeared herself to all her acquaintances by her pleaaing and winning ways. While there she became acquainted with one James Holland anative of Montreal, and he induced her under lalse promises, to visit Montrealt Here, while pending the fulfilment o! a pro- mice of marriage, she was engaged as a milli- nsr in a first-class establishment on Notre Dame street. Alter several luefiectual at- tempts to prevail upon Holland to fulfil his bargain, and thinking all he had promised wes deceit, Miss Greenbank entered an action against him for breech of promise, which case was to come off in the Superior Court next session. Holland. fearing the consequences. fled to Cincinnati, from which place word was received by telegraph this morning that he had committed suicide in a bar-room by a pistol bullet. while under the temporary in- fluence oi alcohol. Thus ends Miss Green- bank's breach 0! promise anit.â€"Montreal Port. ' A BREACH OF PRDJIISE DIJl‘l'. The out men or amen-pox in the villege oi Embro. Oxford county, hee caused eome o! the oitizene to peek up and leeve for neighboring towne. The chnrehee end eehoole ere ell cloud. end meny of the etoree ere eleo ehut up and the elerke dieoherged. 80 let es we een leern the villege peper hee not been leaned {or eometlme peet. end there eppoere to be e general eeeeeeion of hueineee. The eorreepondent of e contemporary enye the doctor is to blame {or bringing the dleeeee to the villego. A nephew ‘0! hie wee the tint to take it. end alter hie deeth the doctor burned inleoted bedding, eto.. in deylight in hie gerden. The dieeeee bee einoe epreed repidly. with the remit ebove mentioned.â€" c'linlon New Era, Jan. 2. Benn Porr-Homnnâ€"A new method of planting telegteph polee he: been introduced in Penneylvenie. The ground is eteked oi! et dietenoee of 200 (eet epert. e men eterte of! with cextridgee of "eleotrie!powder." and with e orow bet in his hend. The be: ie driven tour or five feet into the ground. e oertridge with e lighted (use ie dropped into the hole, end the men prooeede to the next eteke, but beiore he xeeohee it the eertridge hee explod- ed. meking e cavity ee big ee e flour bone] in the ground, end e geng 0! men who follow plent e telegreph pole in the epot. In thie we, (on: men will let up 100 to 150polee per dey, end ete ooet two-thixde leee then by the old wey. His Brawnâ€"A negro minister, who mer- ried rather sooner efter :the dseth of his first wife some of the sisters thought proper end becoming. excused himself es follows: "My deer bredren end sisters my grief wee greeter then Icould beer. I turned every way for peece end comfort, but none cems. I seerched do Scriptures from Genisec to Be- beletion end found plenty of promises to de widder, but nsry e one to the widderer. 80 I took it det de Lord didn’t weste sympethy on e men when it wee in hispower to comfort himself; end hebin s. fuse rate chence to merry in the Lord, I did so and would do so egein. Besides. Bredern. I consider det poor Betsy Wee juss es dead so she would ‘ever be." Prof. O. F. Thwing has collected very valuable atatietice oi the religious life in American colleges. The majority of pro- fessors in nearly all American colleges are communion“: of Chriatian churches. As to the etudents, nearly halt oi the total numo her in the United Statesâ€"2.000â€"are reported as decided Christians. The proportion of Christian students to the whole number is, in Harvard. one to five; Dartmouth and Bowdoin,ona to three; Yale. two to five; in Michigan Univeraity and Western Reserve, one to two; in Princeton, Brown, Marietta and Ill pon, three to every ma , at Amherst. Williams. Wesleyan University and fierce, tour to five. Loer Ann Founn â€"A curious one of reeti- tution is mentioned in Belgium journeie. In Aug net last e box oonteining 18 .000,irenoe' worth oi eeonrltiee was etoien {tom e ienn honee et non quieree, in the Commune oi Heinenlt. A ehoxt time eg 0 the box wee found to heve been depoeited during the night in the serden belonging to the euro oi Henripont. who et onee bended it over to the police. It etiil eonteined 16, 000 irenee. Mr. 81) nfa eon ie audited with thin deeign on hubby e heppineee. ' “ When I em merry- lng young eonplee I genereii tell the ygonn led, to let her hnebend be t e heed. for thet ie wording to Scrip tore end to netnre; but I eiweye ed‘viee her to be the nut, end twitt him round which we, ehe line. " hOIl‘ IN 'I‘III WOODS. IOI‘IBLI DIA‘I‘I 0? A B )1 A'l' PA‘KVIW. MIG A greet meny vieitore were drewn to one 0! the minor hoteie on Ooney Ieiend during the peet two enmmere by the entice of two treined beere cheined to etekee in (rout of the home elluded to. One pecniierity oi the beere. end one which provoked mnoh mirth end proved meet profitebie to the proprietor of the hotel. wee their inordinete cepecity tor beer. The mele beer. en eni» mel of nnnenei eize end beenty. for e beer. who wee known ee Big Ben. hee ireqnently drenk ee meny ee filty bottlee oi leger beer e dey. He need to etend on hie hind feet, end holding the bottle with hie tore pewe. ewellow ite contente. Like meny enimele of e higher order. Big Ben never knew when to etop. end would oiten become very drunk. While in thin condition be wee ireqnently kicked end onfled ebont by the men who had given him the beer. In the % winter time the beere were teken to Perhvilie end cheined in e yerd oppoeite Thom’e Reed Houee. 0n Mondey etternoon e perty oi boye commenced enow-beliing the hem, end were driven ewey by Mr. Thom. About en hour etterwerd e led nemed snmnel Stretch. thirteen yeere 0! age. who bed treqnentiy. pieyed with the beere. epproeched the lerger ot the enimeie tor the purpoee oi petting him. When young Stretch oeme enfliciently ncer. Big Ben enddenly epreng on him. Rendered inrione by the enowobeliing which he hed re- ceived eornetime beiore, the enimel eleeped the boy with hie fore pewe. end hugging him tightly ornehed in hie ribs. At the eeme time the beer eenk hie teeth into the boy'e neck. covering the jngnler vein. end inflicting e wonnd which provedelmoet inetently fetal When young Stretch firet tound himeel: being drawn into the (atal embrace of the hear he cried out in terror. A atabie man working near by heard the cry. and armed with a pitohtork. rushed to the lad’e anil- vtenoe, but the hug and bite which ended the boy'e life. were the work of an inetant. The tragedy occurred in lull eight of the neigh- boring hotele. and in a moment a crowd oi men eeme running toward the beer. The brute growled furiouely and ehowed a die- :poeition to fight. Mr. Thom. armed with a‘ hatchet, etruok the brute on the head. an'd‘ Mr. Peter Ravenhall plunged a dirk-knife into Big Ben's body several times. When young Stretch was carried to Thom‘e Hotel he was quite deed. Nothwithetending the etabe lrorn the dirkknile and the blowe from the hatchet. it took five ehote Iron: a revolver and two ehote from a Ihot-gun to kill the beer. The {emale bear. which wae chained eome distance away, exhibited no excitement during the attack on the boy or the subse- quent killing 01 her mate. The deeeaeed boy resided in the Village of Parkville, about two miles eouth 01 Prospect Park. Min Maud Granger. the aotreu, who came near dying from the efieota of a done of laughing gas, on Monday last, was ionnd yea- terday in a daintily inmiahed apartmentâ€"â€" halt parlor, hall bondoir-in Weat Twenty- lourth atreet. A bright coal fire burned on the hearth, and lit up the room and its appointmenta with a oheerlnl, ruddy glow. By the light was revealed Chriltmal term and green, it droning table loaded down with costly kniok-knackl in gold, silver and velvet, pictures, brieoa-breo. and bijonterie, heaped together in artistic conlueion, and last, but by no means least, the miatreea 01 all this inviting dis- order. Bhe eat by' the lire, in evening ‘dreu, and toyed with the earl of a sleek little terrier, who snapped viciously at the glen-comer from behind the fold: of her ear. “ I had e nsrrow eseepe indeed." she seid, “ elthough it wee not so much the poor den- tist's isult. He has given me leughing gee frequently beiore; but leet Monday I was out o! sorts and very nervous. end I suppose I should not heve gone to him et ell. I had e wisdom tooth which hed troubled me greatly, end the doctor told me I must heve it out, so I went. Dr. â€"â€" (you must excuse my not mentioning his neme) geve the usuel emount oi the gee, but it bed the most remerk- eble efleet. They told me eiterwerds thet‘ I lsy tor fiiteen minutes es though I were‘ deed. I lost ell sensetion ior e time. could see. end heer, end feel nothing. They told me that I stopped breething end thet my heert did not beet. When I recovered. I lay es if in e dresln more then two hours. while five doctors did everything they could for me. I could see them working eround me end hear every word they uttered, but I could heve no more moved bend or foot then it I were deed. I don't know how I dressed to: my pert thet evening. or how I looked. for thet metter. I remember ssying e few lines of my pert end coming on end 03 the stege, end thet is ell. I wee so weak thet they hedte osrry me into the greemroom eiter the lest set, but the eudienee were very kind. though some of them must heve suspected thet I wee intoxi. oeted."â€"â€"New.York Sun. Dec. 26. Liquor-drinkingrn Scotland he: been told e blunt truth by the Lord Provo-t oi Glee- gow : thet the lore of £5,000,000 which hae fallen on the ehereholden of the City of Glaegow Bonk repreuntl hut ite Iix monthe' expenditure ior'etrong drink. He then indi- oetee to his countrymen who are devising meene to relieve the oelernity. thet they could wipe it off by reducing their liquor hille one hell lore yeer. What if they should mekeecleen sweep. end with heroic Ieli- eaoriflce give up the other hell i Woonco'mm Wmmm. â€"A firm in Sheffield recently nbmdoned the denlgn of the old- tushlonyed tnditioml tort of no 3nd adopted the form of the Amman no. A up“ man of the imp rand no wu um to Mr. WOW!- none. {tom whom the lqoylhblo pony]. 05rd woo received. uknowlodging receipt of tho tmpioment and probing itl quulitlol. The firm now do" 3 good basin." with Whit hlfl been culled the " Gladltono Axe," ordon coming in tor twenty to thirty dozom at a time. Tn: Own-r Fnoxrme Townâ€"The ed- vence veeeel oi Le t-elle'e exploring expedi- tion entered the Niegere River on Deeemher 6th, 1678â€"200 eere ego ieet month. It wee a few deye eter thet Fether Hennepin iiret vieited the Felle. At thet timeâ€"200 yeere ego thie weekâ€"the river wee no 1011 oi running bioeke oi iee thet Le Belle ieered the deetrnetion oi hie veuei et Lewieton, where the expedition hegen the erection oi e building. Le'ieton they, thereiore. chin: to he the pioneer town at the {routerâ€"200 ween old.-â€"St. Kiu'e New. Maud Grangct’l Experience. Killed by I Bent. The division proper is a curiously-managed ceremonyâ€"very roundebout in the estimate of many persons. Alter the Speaker has cried“order. order!" the Sergeant-at-Arms. with his doorkeepers and messengers. close and look all the doors leading into the lobbies. corridors, passages. etc. No member outside can enter, nor can any within make their exit; the number within the chamber is thus strictly definite. end all must vote. Until 1836 it was the custom for one party or section to go into a lobby. while the other remained in the house; but since that year the eyes have been directed to pass into the lobby at the Speaker's right hand. while the ne I walk into the lobby at his leit. The Bpeaier names members to act as tellers, selected impartieL ' ly irom among the supporters and oppon- ents oi the motion. two each; end the members nemed ere not allowed to shirk the 1 duty. They place themselves at the lobby doors, two and two. each to check the count- ing oi the other. Two clerks. as well as two tellers. are placed at each door. holding alphabetical lists of ell the members of the house printed on large sheets oi stii! paste- boerd or cardboard. As the members re« turn into the house irom the lobbies the clerks mark off the names. while at the some time the tellers count the total number withoutfnoting names; .411 any one is disabled by infirmity irom entering end quitting the lobbies. he is counted at his seat in the house. When ell have reoentered from the lobbies t e (our tellers approach the table; one of them. belonging to the ma- jority on this perticular question, announces the numbers. end when the Speaker has indorsed or sanctioned this announcement. the importent but slowly.menaged ceremony endsâ€"oiten amid loud cheers from those ' members who constitute the majority on thst - particular occasion. A member sometimes - goes into the wrong lobby through inadver- tence; then there is no cscspe tor him; no- lens calms his vote is recorded according to the lobby in which he finds himself. Dur-_ ing the past sessions. instances of such misadventure were not unirequent. Instences have been known in which even a cabinet- ministcr'e vote is recorded on the side which he really intended to opposeâ€"much to his own mortificstion. A member thus awkwardly} pieced usnelly takes some mode 0! m ‘ the frets known to his constituents and the public; but the oflieial record remains un- elterable. It has occasionally happened that only one member approves of a particular question or motion; he is the only eye; and as he is not allowed to count himself, the house at once decides that “ the nays have it.” Many sessions ego a stranger was descried in one of the lobbies alter the door hadbesn closed, end was counted by two oi the tella ere; but the clerks iound him out and rec ported the case to the Speaker, who duly admonished the intruder. U. 'FF-I A DWI-Ion II Illa no.” or (human. Sandal-land. Greet intereet bee been excited in eeien- tifie eirelee in Englend by the etertling en- nonneement thet Mr. Normen Loehyer. the well known eetronomer and epeetroeeopiet, bee reelized 3 portion at leeet oi tbedreeln of the elehemiete, in the trenemntetion of one metel into another. Mr. Loehy er bee not yet himeeli mede the dieoovery pnblie. .thovigb' he bee eent e ebort preliminery note to e Perie Aeedemy oi Scienoee. end ie preper pering e peper to be reed ehortly before the Boyd Soeiety. The etetement ie that, by the eid oi e powerinl volteie current. Hr. Loekyez hee.1n the presence of eome oi the meet eminent Eng lieh ohemiete, voletilized eopper ‘within e gleee tube, dieeolved the dm found within the tube in bydroe eeid. and then ehowed. by meene oi the epeotroeeope, thet the loin ‘ no longer eonteined eoppe 1‘, but eeleinm.‘ The experiment wee rep eeted with other. metele with eorree pending reenlte. nickel: being trenemnted into eobelt. Lemming the ebeence of experimental error, two eoneln- eione only are poeeibieâ€"thet the enbeteneee hitherto eeeumed to be elementery ere in reelity ellotropie modifioetione of one primordiel enbetenee, by tbet ell lpeetroe- eopio enelyeie hitherto relied on ee fleeing? trnetwortby mnet be eltogether ebendo " It ie not eteted thet the reenlte were teeted by ordinery ehemieel reeetione. In either eeee there hee been none emong the men! chemieel end phy eieel dieeoveriee oi reeent yeere more preg egnent with reenlte for the future oi ecience then thie, ehonld ite eeen reey be confirmed. . f A convenient tom oi potteblo glue ll given by Mr. Ohenill end in beeed upon the nu o ehredded geletine. A emeli portion of th ie pieced in e wide-mouthed bottle, to whieh e little weter end ehout one-iourth ert oi aleoiel eoetio eoid ere to be edded. T gela- tine will eweii up into worm-like pieeee end will be quite eleetie. It will keep in thin condition indefinitely when properlymnpered. When required to: uee. tehe e I. portion of the ewelied geletine end worn the end of it in the ileum of e notch or eendle endit will immedietely " run ” into e flue. eleer glue, which con he epplied et once to the ertlele to be mended. Ii the ehredded gele. tine. eeunot he ohteined. the beet quelity oi white glue my be eoehed ior e ehon time in weter end then cut up into thin etripe with e pm oi loin-on. Mr. GIouI 0mm BInd. who did noon“, in Nuna- 0mm, MIII.. and tho flm Idluon of " Undo Tom'I Ibln.” 0! WM“: 800, 000 min hIVI boon lIInId. Whtu’or your lot in 1110 any be. h» "on oouuumunt rule : Though to". or wrrow’l cup yo pus. Yo muuun play an lulu. Your aroma no will team 3 ban. But no": 0' them tire: Fonk m toruko the tryin' pm An' 13' tum tho nu. Our sonovn no but Ihudod 303: An' come to al'o uI unto. To unk’ In men on humbly who An' no. in. s' pretence. When lubed wl’ one. '1' low to cheer. Relief yo tun desire. Ne'or lea' your tr ln' pan for fur Yo I" into the to. Yo cums sea the lloht ”out The Mood- thnt hide your w”: A glen}: any oongqqnd bur npou't, Tho'hu yo lo'e msy humble b. An' hu 3 nut o: "u: 80’" uohuy her nlthoush yo no Ammo: nah Ind bruv. Tho ootwud slam in 5' ye scun. The inward yo acquire: Sag x905: _lot_t_thg_1rtry1n'pan The hope for which ye pny. Whawor {our ills. be sure yo get Nae mt r than yo require: 80.6 but than: l.’ without s trot An' shun some ithot nu. T0710} l'nto the are. Whto’u You loot. a clcnllnc IIICIIIIOI". WILL“ ALLAN.