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Nearly one~third of the women married in Gratiot count . Mich. last year, were under 18 year-so age. Nineteen were 16 years old. four were 15, two were 14. and one only 18. -__-_-.. â€".~ "mm-.. 3. May 2. 1610. Mr. Speaker may stay impertinent speeches. 4. Nov. 10. 16-10. When a business is begun and in debate. it any man rise to speak to a. new business, any member may. but Mr. Speaker ought to interrupt. him. 2. Apnl i7. 160]. If any, Qfifirfluous motion or tedious speech be offered in the House. the party is to be directed and ordered by Mr. Spogkert ___V_---.--, ...-. -uv-v-u .uupgula, M.P.. has discovered some standing orders, dating between 1610 and 1641. which were passed over by Sir Erskine May when be summarized the statutes bearing upon the regulations of the House. Professor Rogers has brought these orders before the notice of the Government. They are as follows : 1. April 14. 1604. If any man speak impertinently.or beside the question in hand.“ stands with the orders of the House for Mr Speaker to interrupt him, and to know the pleasure of the House, whether they will further hear him. ,_~_ .. v-uv ‘ unuvnvu v; pErlimnentm-y obrsitili'uotion, and s eculation as busy as to the introduction oft 1e cloture. In the meantime, ‘Mr. Than-0‘1}! Rogers, 1"!) l.-- .1:__,A,, Thop prolonged debate on the Address has agaip directe atteptnog to thy question of ._.v - uvu are too full. the crop largely consist (as they did last. year) of much inferior fruit. He gives the following test: Take a glass jar. till two-thirds full of rain water and put in a few branches of the peach, 10 or 12 inches in length. and put in the window of a. warm room. In eight or ten days they will come out in bloom, if the fruit buds are good; but if they are bad, the leaves will come out, but the fruit buds will turn black and come off. As to the condition of the peach crop on the Niagara. district “ doctors differ." Mr. John C.'Kilborn, of Beamsville. says the crop is safe. Mr. James Taylor. another fruit grower, declares that it is a total failure, not a single sound bud appearing on his trees. Mr. Taylor says: “There are two arties, one of whom contends that the peac crop is destroyed by the fluctua- tions of the weather in the spring of the year. The other party. to whom I claim afiinity, contends that when the thermo- meter reaohes 10 deg. below zero the fruit buds are destroyed. Now, it happens that on two occasions during the past winter this has been the caseâ€"on the 30th of De. cember touching 11 deg. below zero. and on the 3rd of February 12 deg. below zero. This is by a self-registering t meter. I find. on referring to my diary or the last twenty years, that on every occasion when the thermometer went 10 deg. below zero the crop was destroyed. A TEST. Writing about the peach crop from Beamsville Mr. J. C. Kilborn says that there the thermometer only registered 5 ° below zero. and a close inspection of the buds since the thaw of the last few days shows that they are in prime condition. Not one in five is bad, and that is more than enough good ones, as when the trees: Vegetables are the life and soul of healthy living, and should not be neglected at any meal. Fish should nBvei Bé‘fimed, but steamed, so that no flue properties are dissolved in the water. The un'certaintyr of meal-taking brings wi‘tk it a_ cra_v_ing for ptimulants. “V"--- r"- ....... Food i5 only; coarréoxvvhen coarsely cooked, as the plainest materials contain nutritious an_c_l_da.inty elements. Stefis should not 717» â€"cool'i'ed too long. than tl‘lqy evgtporate valuable particles. Food with herbs, condiments, spices and entries is an exhilarating medium, the sup- port of our nervous system. our aspirations, our highet: temjencies of life. Boston pork ihilnbzans are a delusion and a. snare. Exclusive diet on peas, beans and lentils does not devlop the brightest and quickest tone of mind. If meals are kept irregularly in youth something creeps up in adult age which shows diminished vitality. Loose meals are one cause of loose morals. The want of a. warm meal in the middle of the day is to people who have had per- haps but a. slight. breakfast and have been in the cold winter air the cause of disease and. want. of vitahty. _ It is impossible to get warm in cold wglather with undigested food in your atom- ao . The stew is the great dish of the future. Bread is the principal eta. of life. But it in not the only stay an developer of life. Where muoh bread and-heavy flour xdumpling are eaten without due admixture of animal food or vegetables, We shall find the people of rather an imaginative! eullen, J-__._J do ’ed'temperameut, Profit; 1507561183; ha its and likely to be ed await by exces- sive means of religious and at at excite- ment. It's a. great mistake to eat half raw steaks on a co (1 winter’s day. Half-raw meat yields much less nutrition than well-cooked meat. Fawn-amoroihwsmllllon om 0. 1‘ Ortoltmmuomo. y .8 That I used to noon wound And beau The beautllu Annabel Lee. here were other all-ll In the neighborhood. But none was I puch :0 she. And this we: the reason“ that long ago, My love (all out o! a tree. And hunted herself on a. cruel rook; A Iolomn mm to soc, For ll 3 lled the hat and own and looks 01 wgoboaumul Auuubgl Lee. Cullnurv Gems. From Mrs. A. Lowia' “ How to Live in Winter." â€"â€" â€"~â€". .v. uv. .uvwvuu 'I‘o climbw that hickory txeo. Forh had she angledk below with me. We'd had no lko ory nuts may be. But I would have had my Annabel Lee. ~-- - -- vâ€"v I1-..“ lull nu . o Thaiibouudâ€"fiz'; soul to Anuab‘él Loo A133 1937:9113 qutppst for her interest 7..---- â€"-vv_ v... v vv'lv Mwl Brinééleams of dreufis'inrrno Of the desolato and the dos rate Into 0! tho beautiful Annabel 0. And I often think as I sink on the brink 0! alumher’s sea, 0! the v‘varmyin’k link ml...‘ |.-.....n H.-. .___u . , We loved with a love than was lovely love. I And my Annabel Lee, And we went one an to gather the nuts That men cell hlc 'oroeâ€" And I ate 'ed below ln the rosy glow While e skinned up the tree; But no sooner up than down keralnp Ceme the beautitul Annabel Lee. “393”? Qallld moon and the hectic noon Shutting 00' Discussion. The Peach Crop. Annabel Lee. .w -._--..-.. v- .. -_.vvvu The cost of runn‘mg the Intercolonin railway is estimated at an increase of $200,000. The maintenance and re airs of canals is increased by 884.000. a net increase in the estimates for postal service is 91.500. The following is a comparative statement The dismissal of the weights and mea- sures omciala appointed by the late Govern~ mom, and the substitution of friends of the present Administration. has resulted in an increase of expenditure in the weights and mej‘tsurcs and gas departments of 842.000. The estimated expense of government in the Northwest Territory is increased from 317.000 to 830.000 ;-for government in the district of Keewatin, from 85,000 to 87,500. Twenty thousand dollars is required for the erection of rmanent headquarters for the Northwest ounted Police ; 81,250 for ex- pensesof the Dominion Government agency at Rio Janeiro ; 85.000 for the expenses of consolidating the Dominion statutes, and $10,000 for the expenses of the commissions of inquiry. These four latter items are entirely new; notmthstanding the much promised economy in each department. In Ontario the following is to be voted : Ottawa. drill shed, 81,800; Belleville, public buildings (site), 815.000; fortifica~ tions and military buildings, $6,000; penitentiary, $12,000; St. Cstharines, post~ofiice, 815,000; Brantford, post- oflice,eustom house,etc., to complete.81,230; Windsor. post-office and custom house, to complete,86.000; Rideau Hall, rose and stove house for the conservatory, 32,250; Cornwall. post-office, custom house, etc. (site, etc.). 38,000; Toronto, militar- buildings,82,000; Stratford, public build: iugs, 815,000. The total estimate for railways and canals chargeable to income is 870,500. The most noticeable item in this eonnection is that of 36.000 for a survey of Trent Valley navigation. Possibly the Government’s practical interest in this work is in no small measure due to the unexpected vacancy in East Northumberland. Another estimate of 310.000 for the renewal of the piers of the Burlington Bay Canal is‘ made. Carillon Canal, dam and slid Grenville ............................. Culbute Canal. improving app St. Peter's ................................................ Mun-a Canal, towards construction of. Miscel nucous ....................................... Lachine ................................. . ..... Cornwall ................................... St Lawrence River and Cnnuls.. Welland ............... ' ....................... §t. Anne'g Lock and Canal .............. Turning to the estimates for the construc~ tion of canals chargeable to capital. it is noticed that the vacancy in East N orthum- berland has induced the Government to make a grant of 825.000 towards building Murray Canal. The details of the vote for canals chargeable to capital are as follows: CANALS. 000, making-a totai estimatâ€"é‘Bhâ€"aécagag‘gf the Pacific railway chargeable to capital of $19,765,000. Under the head of Legislation the vets for salaries in the House of Commons shows an increase of 8600; expenses. con? mittees, etc., 8500; and that of publishing debates, 83,562â€"making a total estimate ; expenditures for this latterwork of 818,565“ Under the head of Railways chargea’ile to capital, $8,000 is estimated for t m- pleting the deep water terminus o" the Intercolonial railway at St. John‘.’ and $130,000 for the construction of a wliarf‘ and elevator at the Halifax terminus of the ‘ same railroad. The sum of $260,000 is voted for the Canada Central Extension ‘subsidy, $3,385.000 on account of the Can- ada Pacific railway from Prince Arthur's Landing to Selkirk and the Pembina branch. The item on account of the rail- way in British Columbia is increased this year to three millions, as against one million last year: Seventy thousand dol- lars for telegraph lines and roadway, and 850.000 for station and terminal accommo- dation are also asked. The first subsidy estimated for the new- Pacific Railway Syndicate appears: and_is placed at 84,000.- Total consolidated fund...825,305,788 smlwfiffi Redemption of debt .............. . 1,311,566 2,758.88) Railways and canals charge- able to ca ital ..................... 11,404,642 14,180,000 Public wor s and buildings chargeable to ca ital ......... 210,400 321.850 Doininiqu lands 0 argeable ....... Dominion lands. c uning' "t’i’hifié'ill ......... Weights and measures.. Inspection of staples ..... Adulteratiou of food...... Minor revenues ............ Railways and canals.... .......... . Public works ........................ .. East-9mm? Noiihviéit'fiifiii'fiiéh"581335.12: I-2_A ,n-_, , agilewoii beé'v'éiiiiSé'S _._V.__--_ rv..wuu giggiélpgifiéogs ................ com _..a.nies .... Subsi ies .............. Geological survey -_ 21-..- distressed seamen............... Steamboat inspection ............ Superintendence of insurance Militia............. .......... Railways and canals, charge- able to income ...... . ........ Public works and buildings. chargeable to income ......... . Ocean and river service ......... Lighthouse and coast service Fisheries ..... . ......................... . Scientific institutions ........... Myine hospitals and sick and ..._-- w__ â€"vU-‘. “68.717170711131113 census......... Immigration and quarantine Pensions, including superan- _..-‘. ._ luud ................... ...... Charges 0! manogement........ Civil government... ......... . ..... Administration of Justice ...... Police .............. ..... . l’onitentiuios. .. Legislation... ............. .. ..... A159. ugripufiure and statis- P5111}? debt. including sinking The Proposed Expenditure for the Year 1881-9. Drum. Feb. l6.â€"The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 80th, 1882. were laid before Parliament this afternoon. and show an increase for the coming year. as compared with those for the current year. on account of the Consolidated Fund, from $25,305,788 to $26,189,896, an increase 0! 8884.108. The summary of the estimated expenditure of the next fiscal year as com- pared with that for the current fiscal year in all departments of the nnhlin “HA... V w._ vâ€" w. ‘0“. in all departmentsflovf the phh-lio service makes the following exhibit : Total .................. Total capital to capital ...... 1;...1: .... .. Excise. DOMINION :ESTIMATES. Total BEBVICB. nun... .u. .... n... ..--.....-. x. u... ... "nun-nu . nu u... 813.2%,6m 817,277,730 $38,532,397 $43,467.6m $8,889,341 89. 901.953 904.639 215,017 921.99! 060.363 Total, Total. 1881-82. 1,243,502 473.533 487.971 84.400 46,400 239, 750 100300 3133111 040,831 ‘8 800.9(1) 175;ooo 47.93109 10;ooo 10;000 10,000 1' 966 1,943,500. 70,466 10 ,(XX) 3 ,457,5% 7483(1) 194M 15,1100 Mrs. L. Kisbey. of New Brighton. is the possessor of a cat who has passed twenty yearsin this 'ero wooden country. There are 2.800 shoemakers int Chicago. The average of wages is 91 a day. Itis proposed to erect a city prison in connection with the House of Industry, Kingston. -â€"It must have been often remarked this winter how much enjo ment a boy can get from a single skate. o the adult mind, the pushing hour after hour with the skate- less foot to get seven or eight inches of slide for the foot with the skate. seems an altogether discouraging undertaking, yet to all appearances the boy with the one skate is even happier than the boy with the two skates. It is equally true. too, that the one-skate boy is slwn 's followed by a squad of other urchins who ave no skates at all. and who envy him an account of his good luck. while hoping to borrow of him when he shall be called in. ADVERTISING NIAGARA.-â€"Tller0 are many items going the rounds about the unusual sights at Niagara Falls. One says the "wiresleading to the Bangup Hotel were frozen into a solid mass." Another has it that an Englishman. John Andrew, slid down the cone and nearly lost his life. " He boarded at the Buster House," inuo- cently adds the item. A special despatch was sent out about the great glacier near the Skinner Hotel. A correspondent says that you can slide from the Grand Sucker’s House clear to the foot of the falls. Every item about Niagara has a hotel in it. Strangeâ€"Detroit Free Press. There is a vast difference (observes a Western journalist) between the sleighing parties of to-day and those of old times. The farm waggon body has placed on the runners of the wood sled, a lot of straw was put in the bottom, and the young men and women seated themselves on the straw. The fiddler always accompanied the party. They would drive to some tavern (they had no hostlers then) when the first thing in order was to get a drink of “flip." Flip was simply cream beer. which was served up in large mugs. Every landlord had an iron rod about two feet long. with a ball on ‘ the end about the size of a walnut, which was heated red hot and run into every glass of beer, which heated it and made it foam. This was called “ flip." After drinking flip the music struck up and there was a dance. and those who did not desire t. dance played games of different kinds. A despatch from Montevideo, on the Hastings Dakota road, says every man in town turned out yesterday with a snow shovel. A volunteer force went through 23,000 feet of snow, which ranged from three to five feet deep. The anxiety to re-establish railroad communication is such that the business men have taken the matter entirely out of the hands of the railway com any. Drifts twenty feet deep are frequent y met with, in which the snow is packed so hard that a shovel can hardly be forced into it. Out of one cut, a mile long, between Granite falls and Minnesota falls, the snow had to be thrown ‘ out by tiers of men, one stationed a few‘ feet above the other. - lelmoI-cunary Downfallâ€"Immense Loss of Cattle and Sheep. SLPAUL', Minn., Feb. 17.â€"The Pioneer ess publishes an extract from a private 1 ter from a gentleman in Helena, Montana. He fears he will lose all his cattle and “sheep. He says: “ I paid 845 per ton for ‘ the last hay I got for them. This territory 1 will lose at least one-fourth of all its stock, both cattle and sheep. The snow in most {places is three feet deep, and often from nine to twelve feet. Cattle with suflicient remaining strength will often follow a load ‘ of hay coming into market 15 or 20 miles, ‘ with the hope of catching a stray bite. The streets are full of dying animals. Fifty died the other day, all in one lot, just outside the town. I fear this last snow Will finish them all. It has snowed every day for seven days."_ The jobbery in connection with the Gov- ernment’s purchase of the Prince Arthur's ~ anding rnilway at acost of 814,000, merely ' present it’to the syndicate, has already been exposed. The Ottawa Geological Museum job is swelling in proportions, an additional 89,250 being asked to increase the amounts gone before“ The above amount will, after deductin the supplementary appropriation on capi account. swell the total expenditure for the current fiscal year to an amount largely in excess of that for any previous year since confederation. Sir Alexander Galt is credited with an additional sum of 81,294 to defray ex enses in establishing his office, apart from t e thousands of dollars already gone that path. Canada may find before long that in this respect she is paying too dear for her whistle. The House of 001m mons debates publication exceeds the estimate ‘by 810,000â€"pretty expensive. speeches in Parliament are now becoming. The shuffling of the deputy adjutants- general and brigade-majors, together with1 retiring allowances, cost 818,400â€"rather‘ stiff expenditure. considering that the 1 changes are merely experimental. Canaan. Pacific“ railwayâ€"additional amount required for working ex. Domxiifdni'iifilfiijillli Geological survey ................ Rqrmxloat Mounted Pollca Gan tnspoq!ioy_â€"aalarigs...........; .‘vfimuwi “VII” W“ 10110“.- Miscellnnooug................. IIAiAli, ....-.ou---.-.. account of the Consolidated Fund: For 1878 and 1879. 028,669,078; (or 1879 and 1880. $23,427,882; for 1880 and 1881. $25,305,788; for 1881 and 1882. $26,189,890. The first of the above was submitted by Sir Richard Cartwright. _and that sub- mitted to-day is $2,500,000 In excess. IUPPLIMINTABY ESTIMATES. The supplementary estimates for the fiscal year ending J une 80th. 1881. the current fiscal year. were this aft rnoon laid upon the table. These estimates are for 'a total of 8865.586. The items are as follows Civil Government .................................... 8 4,248 Penitentiarles ................. islation ........ M itia ............................ 19.345 Bailws and canals (chargeable to cap tal) ........ ..... 171.349 Dn‘sll- “paâ€"I... A. vlvu uvkumvuuu Poniteutiuiee......... {elationm M m.......... “,2 , capital) ...... V ................................. .: Public wot)“. etc" (chargeable to ca pita!) Public works and bull ugMohurgeable AA: ______ :o'inc’dxfié) ................. I chgn _an_d river service. Qébiéhiéifsfi? .WES'I‘EBN SNOW BLOCKADB of the «um-m for seven! yam us on mount _01 rthe Cop-Olmsted Fun : Fox Sleighhx Parties. nun-unnuuunu u... n... Tnmrr-sxx Houns ansn A Lamâ€"A man near Lake George while cutting wood in the mountains, was knocked down and a log twenty inches thick relied upon one leg, securely holding him tothe ground. The weather was intensely cold. and he was miles from any human being. His leg froze. and he suffered greatly from his cram ed position. He worked until dark and (El through the night endeavoring to cut the log in two with his ooket knife. After thirtfv-six hours’ her work. with his hands I) istered and bleeding, and when he had nesrl succeeded, he was found and liberated.â€" ontgomery Standard. @1133 _ FASHIONABLE Loxnox’s Lassaâ€"In Lon- , don the latest eccentricity of fashionable life is the shee fold drawing-room. Screens , of various kinds have been increasing in numbersâ€"folding screens, hand screens, banner screens, table screens, and fire screens~but the drawing-room screen to s the lot. It is a low wooden fence, or pa i- sade, painted in that sad green that wsthetics love, which stretches from one post of the foldin -doors to another, and opens in the mind 9 with a real wicket gate and a real latch. The sheepfold does not pretend to be a real division of the rooms‘ so as to bar the progress of intruders, for it is so low that it can easily he stepped over, but it is intended to signify that the purposes of the divided apartment are dif- erent, one division being for work and study, the other for visitors and trifling conversation. One or two ladies have been training ivy along their screens. Carlyle once asked an Edinburgh student â€"who tells the story in the Milwaukee Sentinelâ€"what he was studying for. The youth replied-that he had not quite made up his mind. There was a sudden light- ning flash of the old Scotchman's eye, a sudden pulling down of the shaggy eye- brows, and the stern face grew sterner as he said, "The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder; await, a nothing, a no man. Have a urpose in life. if it is only to kill and divi e and sell oxen well, but have a purpose ; and having it. throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.” Although Carlyle was always praising ‘ silence, he himself was an incorrigible , talker. He talked to denounce the habit in others. On several subsequent nights the brutal] whippmge were repeated, and at length the religious father was arrested.â€"Cincinnati Enquirer. , ,-_- .â€".â€"â€" -v- vuwu uvl. Lnlwxn. “ That’s just it,” said the bnfte; “ and I'll make her remember them before I’m done with her." V‘rfiélâ€"l,'§h; j{$751th 33;"‘l’i’erfiéyers. and .I’ll make her do it if I beat her till morn- mg.” The neighbor suggested that possibly the little innocent had forgotten her praygrs. H 'l‘lant'n .‘un‘ :4 n .._:_1 LL, L,, . ._._. v. unluulv child on her knBeé; gi'tifhér father standing over her with a. club. Salgy said : u “r,1I I - "nipped Because Blue \Vonld no! Pray John Seby lives at Aurora. with his wife and a little girl of only 3 summers. For several nights of late the neighbors have been shocked at the exhibitions of cruelty which Seby has made upon his child. On one occasion he seized a stave and began beating her. As the neighbor entered. the spectacle wee presen_ted_ to him of a. little \Vhlpped Because Bile \Vonld no! For some months past the police at Fort Saskatchewan have been unpaid, and as no funds seemed to be forthcoming, Captain Herchmer hit upon the expedient of fining them. with one or two exceptions, from $15 to $75 apiece all around. As a. stroke of finance, we commend this to the notice of Sir Leonard Tilley. It is said that the firm of Powers Co. are about to withdraw from Fort McLeod, and prices will take an upward flight for the want of competition. Col. J arvis, who has had a severe attack of hemorrhage of the nose and inflammation of the brain, has been pronounced out of danger. Whiskey seizures are on the rise at Fort McLeod, the heavy penalty not seeming to deter the speculation in the least. The Indian agent is eatahlishing some soup kitchens at Victoria, Saddle Lake, White Fish Lake and Lac La. Biche. Pincher Creek, near Fort McLeod, has twenty-five stock ranches and farms, and oats are worth five cents per pound, Henry Long, of Sturgeon River, planted four bushels of potatoes last spring, and took out one hundred this fall. The CanadlunNorlhwe-t. The Edmonton paper says: The H. B. C. is selling Prince Albert flour at 812 per 100 lbs. Bufl'alo are still scarce this side of the line and are likely to remain so. , , ~ â€"-â€" ~--â€"---v- “““J require by simply reaching to the bucket ‘ and removing or adding one or two weights. He remains in a sitting posture, and should any slight change of position occur the tension of the rope will support the weight of the head. With those appliances for his support, the unfortunate man will have to remain practically in the same position until the injured parts become united or death ends the case.â€"Pittshurg (Penn.) ,ma‘ Ans-n 1n“ --_-_â€"vu u. ur ,, ~ a-.. h ments attain their normal condition. To this end a muslin bandage three inches wide was wrapped tightly around the neck. and to it were attached two lugs. one on either side. To these a rope was fastened and run over a pulley fixed to the ceiling of the room. A bucket was suspended on the other end of the rope and in it were placed various weights. so that the patient can adjust the contrivance as occasion rnay ranni-- I.-- ~:_._I__ M- A A ,- A French Canadian Said to be Living Wilt his flock Dulce-area and I. Have, Prospects of Recovery. An accident occurred on Monday at Ramey. Clarion county. which proved to be one of the most extraordinary cases ever recorded in the history of surgery or jmedical jurisprudence. James Gaupe l, a ‘French Canadian 'employed at Ramey's mill. tell from a trestle about 12 feet to the ground. After recovering from the shock resulting from the fall. he was unable to move his head, and Dr. Edwards,attendlng ghysician. discovered that the neck was islocated and some of the bones broken ; but it was evident that the spinal column had not been severed. The doctor reset and ut the fractured neck in position. and set a ut devxsing means to put it in place, until the broken bones and con_tnsed lig_a- innn‘n ..aa-:.. LI. _3,, . AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. â€"â€"A poor but witty German who asked alma in vain of a. man with the out. said: " If your heart were only as ten or as your toes, I should have plenty of bread to eat.” 7â€"- w-wuu ' became affected by a permanent disease. _ The sufl'erer lapsed into idiocy, and then into madness of a more violent kind ; and he was shortly afterwards shut ‘ up in the asylum, where he has remained ever since. After the first trans orts of delirium had passed off, the man came more calm ; but he could never get rid of theiidea that he was made of glass, and that the least shock or blow would cause him to break‘ to pieces. He remained, therefore, perfectly quiet and silent, being afraid even to speak, for fear of preci itat- ing the catastrophe which he fancied) was ever im ending. For eighty-three long years he asled this singular existence, only once opening his li s in speech, when he asked foralittle to acco. At one other e'riod his intellectual ‘ and ph sisal aculties appeared to be'aroused, an that was when during the siege of Paris he could hear the shells bursting in the air at no real; distance from his place of retreat. it this time he was seen to grow nervous and less lethargic, and towalk about rest- lessly, humming some words which had no intelligible sequence or meaning. He sur- . vived, however, and relapsing into his usual condition, has so lived until the age of 103, testif ing, in a somewhat strikin way, to the e ects of a totally placid an inactive tranquility both of body and mind in pro- longing life. No little credit is.howevor. due to the authorities at Bicetre for having thus preserved for 83 years an existence which,from the first, was utterly useless and uninterestingâ€"N. Y. Globe. Mr. H. P. Stephens, the author of the libretto of ” Billie Taylor.” the Operetta in course of preparation at the Standard Theatre. was one of the special war oer- respondents of the London Times during the Franco-Prussian war. " man of glass.” The records of the asylum at Bicétre, where the man died, show that as longmgo as 1797, when he was 18 years old, a certain J ubissier was brought to the hospital suffering from mental alienation of a severe kind. His malady had been caused by a wound inflicted by a pane of glass, which fell on his head ; and before the cut “could _ be healed the brain A very extraordinary existenée was broughttoaclose afew days ago by the death of a man who was knowmas the “ man nf "Inna ” "‘11:. -AnAan -2 Al.‘ -gynwfl "From this,” said the reporter, “yon deduce”-â€" ‘ “ Only one deduction is possible,” said the other. “ A. D. 1888 equals A. M. 6000. Q. E. D." To complete 6,000 yrs Proséfif K._15.'.'.:::: girth o! 9h_rist.A.M. the temple ............ 4â€"I.Kings, vi., 1. To the division of theékingdom ......... 40â€"Ezekiel, iv. Divided state of the kingdom ............... 390â€"Ezekiel, iv. The captivityin sec- ond of Darius ...... 70â€"Zech., i., 7, 12. 16. Remainder of Dari- us' reign ............... ELIâ€"Rollin. 1.131399 ..................... 12â€"Roilin. nD‘AUDncuu-u grtaxggxeg "nu...- TO Messiah, the Prince.69weeksot yearsâ€"483â€"lessao years, the age of Christ at his bap- A! __A the him} J udgea ...... Saul .......... To the building of _thertemple ............ Haul-u............n-.-u.- David.. In the wifdéfiiéé's..:: T9_ th_e givision of :I‘o_§he 193v .............. v-vu .u HUI-Ill ““0, said the pmp 01191;. ‘v‘ This letter shows it,” and he produced the following: canoxonooxou. TABLE. , To the flood ............ 1656â€"6911. v. ,1 toQ9, and vii .6. ham ..................... 427â€"Gen., it, 10 tom 811632, ._A A -L- “9 A Mathematical Method of Dealing' With It. The untimely death of old Mother Shi ton prevents her being burned at the s s in the cheerful and e eotive mode of sup. pressing heretical truth in vogue among our ancestors. and the men who have devoted their dszzlingly ori insl minds to the sitting upon Mother 8 ipton have at length been reduced to the necessity of emplo ing mathematics instead of fire. One 0 these gentlemen. resident in Brook- lyn, who begged nreporter with tears in his eyes to suppress his name,deolared that by dint of hard work he had been able to postpone the general wind-up of esrthl affairs for seven years. " It isn‘t much. ’ he said sadly, “ but it everybody would do even so much we needn't worry for some- 6€mn H Eighty-Three Years of ldlocy. "nun...- IOTIIER SHIPTM’S PBOPIIEGY. THE 111A“ 0!? GLASS. 4112 1881 “Baâ€"Daniel, ix, 25. and Acts,vii., 4.‘ 430-6a1.,iil.,17. 40â€"Acts, xiii., 18. Gâ€"Joshua, xiv" 7. 450â€"Acts, xiii" 20'. {oâ€"Acts, xiii. 21. 20â€"Rollin. 40â€"Acts, xiii, 22, and II "f3