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rem at. Mahm' a, "a; V. some human skate. .hat are supposed to the older Stone Age, l09.000 years. Iof the the opinion that the he average height of hr and strong. walk- A 7 “A this lay a skeleton. ’woman. It rested [the knees slightly Lhmd almost resting lder. The female hly decked with or- 1' two. The third \ y in much the same with its rig ht. hand ‘on one shoulder of E Under its head a where the s truggle wen fiercer than' 111 ,a. vast number of an by want. to seek ‘rk, through stress re the bowler mono makeni ght hideous Ith African forest, music as soon as ‘Ie latter pert of the vent. to France and I his investigations. geologists. and be. rush and importance lime. Supported by pity, an interest on net: was awakened, Sade allover Europe. rthes saw with great rnary man fully w- £0,086 e to his side, lay a. the neck and on the pmamenta of teeth e, pierced shell and ef Madagascar, so lets, they walk by :ockcrowâ€"strange, .tnres, with great Id enlarged pupils ; rds and insects in eir native forests. I, and graceful and res like a gazelle’s. yrs, who pounces in then- little nests. them from behind » wax-path, and af- :hi_s hateful pres- 8 reddish Zolor, and What smaller than the 10",an his brain was knew the use of fire, 5 of ”cue, bone and 8, and some kinds of kind of shelter; he he had a language; "d tool! care of the em to have had a. re. in b34318: and loved be proved by a care- present mouth of She 3 to the east. The s of 3 mm apinrent- ’ortunately the skull m of spiel: at. the 'ery, and the length :efore only approxi- ing of 'the American Advancement of Sci- 'hich is published by Monthly, discussed subject, “The Earli- m'. science Inclined t3 little nondescrip: rattractedsomuch :0 at tho Zooâ€"a, monkeyy h?” to. r night in search rawls through 1:53 upon butterfly or that other odd con- hecus, or “flying on his way to ike in form, but ad loose ‘between in early quartet-nary '3 {made and usqd by dmended fr;;n tailed the an head he measured his giant frame was :9 left, but it. lav he othgr tfo. B} Iof the discoveries men became inter- imes, and caverns, as were aauduously To-day Europecan men into several [through polished Lges to our present it Man Was Like. y retiring for the horizon. for Life- fifties Boucher de f0“?! «3?pr buried lemm- YEABS 0L1). 1:: one spot, 1 D , of 6f thé The answer must be somewhat general, as well asarepetition of what has many times been given, but it Is not. the less worth heeding on that. account. The two greatest. safeguards against in- The sad case of Dr. Stebhins of the Bos- ton City Hospital, who died recently from diphtheria, contracted while pursuing his professional duties as admitting physician to the hospital, may have brought to the minds of many tne often repeated inquiry as to the manner in which immunity from contagion is secured by doctors, nurses and others, whose business brings them so often in direct contact with infectious diseases. in the Qtormx SEzrit baths aré {585’ by professional dancers, acrobats, and pedes- rians to keep the feet in condition. A warm bath with an ounce of set. salt is almost as restful as a. nap. Paddle in the water until it cools, dry with arough towel, put on fresh. stockings, have a change of shoes, and the woman who was “ ready to drop ” will have a. very good understanding in ten minutes. The quickest relief from fatigue is to plunge the foot in ice cold water and keep it immersed until there is a sensation of warmth. Another tonic for the sole is a. handful of alcohol. This is a eure‘way of drying the _fee§ after being out a. nervous headache and induce sleep. Bunions and coma and callousness are nature’s protection against bad shoe leathe'r. .Two hot foot baths a week and a. linsle pedicuring will remove the cause of much discomfort. Walking heats the feet, standing causes .‘hem to swell, and both are tiresome and exhaustive when prolonged. There are various kinds of foot baths ; authorities dizfer as to their value. Hot; water enlarges the feet by drawing the blood to them; when used they should be rubbed or exer ciscd before attempting to pat on a. tight boot. Mustard and hot. water in foot bath will sidetrack a fever if taken in time, cute 1 The wisest, course is to sZek prevention in cleanliness. But when decay has begun, the best. remedy is to have the apertures filled with a. substance that hardens there- in, and thus supplies enamel so shield the nerve from irritation. Creosote: oil of tar, alcohol, opium, and other substances are often employed as remedxes for the toothache. But these only aggravate the evil, by hastening the decay, and often disordering the gums. ,m ,, , . . Cemphcra ted chalk should never be used to clean the teeth, as it acts chemically upon the enamel and destroys it. The best and cheapest tooth powder is pulver- ized charcoal, which thoroughly cleans the teeth and purifies the breath. To preserve the teeth, they should be regularly cleaned night and morning. Clean- liness in this respect. frees the breath from the disagreeable taint that. would otherwise acgompany it. Vevy few people realize the importance of taking care of the teeth. Decay sets in, then they rush to the dentist for succor and later on, are appalled at the amount charged foriservices rendered. ‘ mutiod'picks up moisture, and it is frozen. moisture which coats windows, so that the electrician keeps the windows dry and therefore clear. Electricity has come to the aid of store- keepers whose window dressings are hidden“ by the heavy frost, which makes plate-glass opaque. Various devices has been used with more or less success to insure clear win- dows in cold weather. Holes are bored in the window casing, so that the tem- perature inside will be the same as that outside. This necessitated the building of a. partition at the rear of the window recess. Others coated the inside of the window with glycerine. But no device equals the little electric fan for keeping Jack Frost away from the store windows. The fan is so placed that moving air is constantly playing on the face of the window. Air in way for a competitor who will be really formidable only because he himself has he- come rusty in his monopoly. But if he has not gone too far to alter his habibs, the competition will soon work his perfect. cure, and he will stand in the community as an obliging and enterprising merchant.â€" [American Grocer. salty. Without: competition they are more easily neglected,and when the dealer thinks that. he is most secure, he is rapidly losinz his hold on his customers and opening fine _.-_ 1, , ____ 0.. . _..â€"_ v. Monopofies are never health- The absolute control of everything soon leads men into over-confident carelessness. and there are more failures among WW0 Wh° claim tocmtrol a. market than among any other class. Politeness to customers; care In keeping everything in such nice order as to attract. the buyer ; aronstant attention to the demand’s of one’s patrons, all these are essential to successful atom-ekeeping.“d tliey are directly encouraged by competi- tion, which makes them absolutely neces~ ‘1’... > ’perience of merchants in growing localities has proved that when competition sets-m then their business begins coimprove rapid- ly. While a. town is too small to supper: two stores, it afiords but little attraction to tbe_surronnding country; other towns have their single store also ; but as Soon as th or three are opened at one place it becomes of more importance and draws a largely in- creased trade, of which the original store geIIJIeral ly get the largest share. my passes, and if we :10 not realize our gloom) fogebodingswc attribute it entirely ‘0 0‘" wlsdom, without consider-mg that we have been direct; gainers by the competition twhich at first alarmed us so much. Th}? 9x- Health in Competition- A dread of rivalry is natural to all hnma kind, and dislike ‘01- our competitors seem inherent to our very nature. For 3 Ion time perhaps we have enjoyei a monOpol of the entire trade in a certain line, or in . garticuiar district, and in an hour when w. least expected it, although the very hon when we should have looked for it, som one steps in and becomes our direct rival If his preparations are we'll made and hi finances are as good as our own, we fee sure he will do us no little harm. We beg“! to appreciate the opportunities whicfv. we possessei in the past, and we are dis. consolate tyith regard to the future. Tim: flow to Escape Contagion. Take Care of Your Teeth- For Tired Feet. .E’anninz the Frost- The man who sits appreciated will finddzggsifid 3:33:21?!) be un- called for bag 9, e f _ _ has gone by. g g. a ter the hmxted express T . .-<-”Iufliu‘. o , l i Robert Harris, formerly of Toronto Junction, and a brother of Miss Harris of 250 Kew street in that town, was one of the victrms oi the explosion caused by care- ess Brazflian seamen who accidentalfiy fired Ia. powder magazine on an island 03 Rio de J aneiro a few weeks ago. Harris was boat- s’g-ain of one of theBritish steamers station- ed there and was sent ashore with a party for sand to clean the decks. The magazine was on the island they visited, and the Brazilian seamen were transporting stores and smoking cigarettes. Two British oflicers were killed as well as Harris. Their bodies were never found and it is supposed ‘ they were blown to atoms, but the body of Harris was found next day in the bay. Blown to But xihen ti than has con than will carry him freely I it is not likely that. he will covering other secrets now the birds. u tms is so, ind'the Epeed 5f one hun- dred mlles an hour can be maintained un- abated, then the frigate-bird should be able to go more than two-thirds of the way round the earth without; stopping to rest, and in about eleven days it might cir- cle the Planet; ! . . =--v-u6 VJ uay U If 151115 13 so, and the spe dred mlles an hour can be AI, A ‘ ‘ - .. “'5 “w: u v v- avouun upycuxuca. ljhen‘, too, birds seem to have acquired, by instinct or practice,a. marvellous skill in y taking advantage of the buoyant eii’ects of Winds and air currents. To this is believed to be flue their ability to soar. and to go long distances With great rapidity withou t an): a*Pperent motion of the wings. . ' .e Irigate-bird,for instance, can accord- mg to the observations of Mr. Lancaster, fly one hundred miles an hour With its “7mg?! held in a. fixed position. Mr. Lan- caster also asserts that this powerful bird can hve for a. week continuously in the air Without alighting by day or night. If. flaia : .__ MP. Head believes that this wonderful energy in birds is due rather to rapidity of limb action than to increase of muscular stress. This in turn implies rapid combus- tion of tissue in their bodies and large consumption of food. As a. matter of fact, the temperature of birds is higher than that of other animals, while all birds that are much on the wing have voracious appetites. q‘knn «A- 1' \ A CANADIAN’S FATE IN .83 AZIL- ._' ___ .._- Irv- «v ture and methods of the animals that actually do fly we can best get at the secret, and learn how, with the aid of mechanical appliances, to turn it to our i own use. . 1 It has been asserted that birds are able to fly because they are lighter, bulk for bulk, than other animais; but Mr. Head showed that this was not so. and that birds have about the same specific gravity as the other inhabitantns of the earth, The real secret of their flying seems to reside in their abil- ity to exert a greater energy in propor- ‘ tion to their weight than other ammalsd They develop, for instance, about three‘ times as much horse-power per pound of; inveight as either man or the horse cani ' ~_._‘.. --~. 'QWVAVH at Nottingham by Jeremiah Head. presi- dent of the Mechanical Science Section. The facts and conclusions stated by him Seem tofavor the probability that the power of mechanical fl‘ght may yet be added to the accomplishment of our race. The more promising experiments at pres- ent are those of Professor Langley and Mr. Maxim, who utilize the buoyant principle of a. broad, thin plane moving edgewise through the air. In the course of the discussson many curious facts were brought; out, co ceming the flight of biz-gs. By_stqdying mhe struc- The question whether man wilz ever be able tonavigate the air was discussml at. the recent meeting of th_e British Association Extraneous bodies almost invariably find a resting place beneath the upper lid, Which is the one brought down over them by in- voluntary muscular action when the foreign substance is first felt. One easy way of reaching them is to place a bod kin or the point of a pencil across the lid, and turn it back by the lashes. The irritant will thus be disclosed, and may be removerl‘by the corner of the hankerchief, or any similar means. Two or three flaxseed put into the eye will form a glutinous fluid, in which the foreign body may be withdrawn. In ‘ case any alkaline substance is caught in the eye, the injured organ should first be de- luged with water, milk or any neutral fluid which may be at hand ; after which it should be rinsed with water containing a small quantlty of vinegar or lemma juice, with a view to the neutralization of any traces of the alkali still remaining. Lime, ‘ cement and soda are among the alkalis most likely to be met. In the casn of acid in the eye, there is to be first the washing with water and then treatment wizrn water containing a little alkali, like ammonia or ordinary soda. In any case, in the use of these reagents, care should be taken to em- ploy no more than is necessary, and it is always better that the treatment would be under the direction of a physician, or of some calm and intelligent person It is «5%.; see that even a physician, over-taxed w1cb work and aufl'erlng seme- wh’at from a. consequent; neglect of hyglemc laws, may finally succumb to that disease amid which he lingers. The strength of disease lies 1n taking its nctim off his guard:- In fact, its attacks re mostly made in ambush, an it were, usidiously and against the weakest spot in .he armor of its victim. Let a. person, in no matter how good mealth, contract a siight cold 0: get over fatigued, and immediatelyhis very strength becomes a source of weakness. T be strong- er and more virulent types of‘dizeue find a vantage-ground and a. fight begins which lests the longer, and is the hartier, as the Irpp05ing forces are the more equakiy match- ed in strength. fight. Atoms by the Explosion 0’ :1 Powder Magazine- Atoms Removing Eye Irritants. Mysteries of High-t that he will be long in dis, seczets now only known to- has contrived machines freely through the air 0171 a. stormy night in November Mr. Baring-Gould was out, holding over his head a. big umbrella that'had a handle of white bone. A sudden gust whisked the umbrella out of his hand, apd away it. went i It is hard for people who are not super stitiousâ€"or who think they are nobâ€"to understand the mental condition of persons who believe in ghosts, and are continually in fear because of some ridiculous “ sign.” In Yorkshire, England, according to the Rev. S. Baring~Gould, there is much dread of the Kirk-Grim, so called, an imaginary evil spirit in the shape of a. huge black dog with eyes like saucers. He is said to haunt church lanes, and according to the popular belief, whoever sees him must die within the year. That ended the “exhibition because, as our host explained, the weather kept cold and wintry, and all his choicer flora sulked in the bud, refusmg to make an effort until the thermometer should ascend to a. hundred and fifty, or some such reasonable tempera. ture as that. Here appeared Exignonette trees, English roses and brilliant crotons, yellow, crimson and purple. Begonias flourished exceeding- ly. Beneath a. tiny fountain that tinkled up into the hot air grew water-lilies, whilst the margin oi their home was fringed with angelica und Qrailing ferns. In the vegetable garden grew sweet potatoes, cucumbers and christephinesâ€" this last akin to vegetable-marrow. Having viewed these matters, and gloated with our guide over a. fat chicken turtle in a. tub, we visited the flower garden. “ A fine boyâ€"a. rerriarkably fine boy,” I told the father; and then he grew excited at so much unusual praise, and went into his house and brought out his wife and his other sons and daughters and an aunt for me to criticise. I scattered adulation, and even found a. good point in the aunt which the head of the family had overlooked himself. She possessed the most brilliant and wonderful set of teeth I ever saw. “ Dab my yolxngest son ober date,” he continued, this time referring me to a still smaller and, if possible, blacker fragment of humanity, who was grubbing up refresh- ments 9f? 8. rubbish heap. . “Dat my youngest; daughter,” he re- marked, pointing out. an infant of tender years and ebon blackness, who sat sunning herself amongst lizards and such things, and wo_re the same clothes as‘they. I said, “ And a. very nice daughter, too. Yqufre a. lucky man, John.’_’ The Ethiopian owner of the garden appeared to be a family man, and we pre- sently worked our way into an environment of black babies and more dogs. Having expressed unbounded interests in all he showed me, I could not. of course, draw the line at. his own offspring. Interesting Island- The Island of Grenada, one of the VVind- ward Group of the Lesser Antilles, is a place where a merchant can establish a thriving business for thirty shillings. The shops generally consist of a barrel, upturned and with a. board or two. Here are dis- played fruits, sweet potatoes, charcoal (used for the negroe’s little iron cooking pots), sugar-cane, fish and other articles of trifling value. In “ A Notable Island ” the author describes a. visit to a. garden near the town of St. George. -_ VvuJ was crushed and no thicker than a hand- spike, and the broken bones came through the skin. We dug a. grave with our bush knives and buried him, piling all the logs we could find on top, and after skinning the snake, which was 38 feet long, we started for home. I don’t believe we should ever have brought it in alive. The skin and head weighed over 200 pounds. "7â€" -_- why. The captain was in the bight, shouting to us to get another line, when, like a. flash, the snake three his tail around the tree and caught him and drew him in, and in a second had three coils around his body. “Good-by 3” He gave one gasp and was a dead man. \Ve tried to uncoil the tail. ‘ You might as soon have tried to straighten an iron bar. It was a horrid sight. The man’s face was like blood in color, and his eyes started out of his head. Gordon yelled out, “ Cut the snake in two l” and we went at it. The flesh was hard as wood and. tough like gutt-a percha, but in two minutes i we reached the backbone; the long end reared 20 feet in the air and came down with a lush, almost burying itself in the ground. We pulled Capt. Klofi'er out of the coils. He was a very large man, broad at the hip, but from the waist down his body may. pun-AL-) -___1 H , cue grass was beaten ' had been rolled along. The guide went ahead, and then stopped, holding up his bow. Creeping forward we saw an opening . With a number of palm trees around, and m l a low place lay something a bright yellow; :11 color. This was the snake coiled up, the head, big as a barrel and covered with! scales, lying on the edge of the coils, ; and I could see the dead eyes plainly. The Captain sent Gordon, one of the English- men, a. powerful sailor, and a. native hunter around through the high grass to fetch a clump of trees back of the snake, and then get a hitch on the brute’s head. The native l went up a tree like a. cat, and, after several , ; passes, got the hitch under the snake’s jaw e and back on the neck, and both men took a turn of the linen around the tree and pull- ed. The snake seemed dead, but finally moved and gave a hiss, like a steam whistle, and as the line tightened the coils began to unfold like a line of battle cable, the gum flashing on the golden scales. It was an awful sight. 1n the middle the snake was as thick as a man’s body. The reptile began to lash the reeds down with its tail. It lay quiet for a minute, and a. hisch was taken l about 10 feet from the end, and twenty men threw themselves on the body to keep it? from coiling. If we had been frogs it would have done‘as much good. The reptile gave I one twist and sent all hands flying. I was . chucked 10 feet, and fell flat on my back! in mud a. foot deep. The line was hauled taut. Our object was to make it fast to a] l 1 I < tree near by. flitched head and tail, the snake would worry itself out. For a. mo- ment it ceased to struggle. The line was made fast. The snake appeared to lengthen out, when, with a sudden twist, it parted the line and lay in a half circle. The captain was in the ‘bight, shouting fn “a 4-,. n...- -__a.L-.. 1:_.- 5‘? H 0 E‘S‘Y‘lld ti-m B‘Nflb.fln H. Capture of Dreadful Encounter. _A SNAKE HUNT. Monster In an radian Jungle. through a. swamp with h, and these had to be cut lead eyes plainly. The , one of the English- ”- and a. native hunter hjgb grass to fetch a I Terrible stories are told of the Russian thistle, for the extermmation of which the Government is asked by a North Dakota. Sen- ator to appropriate $1,000,000, The pest was taken to North Dakota. in the seed grain of some Muscovite 1mmxgrents, and has Spread withing few years over the Dakotas, Ne- braska, lowa, Bvllnnesota,and northern Wis- consin. It is a. plantpf astonishing vigor and fecundity, growxng up and Outward rapidly c‘ to the Size of a god cabin,” Shad- mg surroundmg crop? . and m0n0polizing the moisture and nutrition of the soil, and: then scattering its seed for and wide Ont every wind. So tough and poisonous are its prickles that men and animals are said to be compelled to wear sheet~iron bootlegs in passing through the that-1e fields, and it is A Dreadful Scourge is the Russian Thistle- The mint at "Birmingham. England, Has a chimney 100 feet high and 6!; feet indie.- meter, which furnishes draught for three Lancashire boilers, one 30 by 8 feet and two 28 by 7%,; feet each, and a. three-flue boiler 22 by 6 feet. There is also a considerable discharge of smoke from six large mui‘ders in to the stack, which sometimes gave off in consequence such large volumes of smoke that the mint had to be fined. To prevent this smoke nuisance the Directors have lately installed a. “ smoke annihilator,” which is said to be working satisfactorily. The fumes are no longer permitted to pass up the chimney, but are taken out of it at 3 : a. height of 1‘2 test from the ground through i ‘a large pipe in which a. current of air is maintained by means of a. fan 3.1; feet in diameter, running at 1600 revolutions a. minute. This fan forces the smoke into a scrubber, a device which thoroughly washes out the carbon and sulphur and delivers the clear gases into a. vertical trunk through which they return to the stack again at a height of about 60 feet. The carbon and sulphur which are washed out of the, gases collect with the water used to separate them in a wooden box, and the liquid is said to be useful as a. disinfectant and to be sold for such a purpose. A method of carrying steam a long dis- tance was recently described at a. meeting of engineers by Eckley B. Coxe. At the colliery which he operates in connection with his brothers, they wished to carry steam to a. water-works about 4,500 feet over the hill from the boiler plant. A itrough was made by nailing the edges of two sets of boards together at right angles. This trough was supported by pairs of stakes driven into the ground and crossing just below the boards, so as to hold them in forks formed in this way. The pipe was [laid in the trough on cast-iron plates and surrounded by mineral wool, which was held down by an inverted trough over it. The pipe was 3 inches in diameter and furn- ‘ ished steam to the pumps in the water works before mentioned. To allow for expansion a bend was made in the pipe at one side of the top of the hill and then it was turned back to its original direction. A large re- ceiver was introduced into the pipe just in front of the pumps ; this was made of three sheets of an old boiler and was 34 inches in diameter. At its highest point this pipe line is 1,800 feet above the sea, and the cold during the winter is great, yet the pipe has been in use since 1877 without causing any trouble or requiring repairs. --to a. pair of'rolls which crush all the larger part- of the materials. The mass then passes through three drums, which mix the parts thoroughly and reduce the whole to a. fine state. It is next molded in a. machine into the form of bricks which harden suffi- ciently for some building purposes on Stand- ing for several months. The manufacture of brick from blast-fur- nace slag, which has become quite an indus- try in parts of the Cleveland District in Eng land, is also carried on at the Luhrmann furnaces, near Osnabruck, Germany, where over 5,000,000 are stated to have been turn- ed out. The granulation of the slag, the first stage of whatever process is followed, is effected by running the slag along a channel together with a stream of water into a reservoir. The lime to be mixed with it, in the proportion of one part to six parts of granulated slag, is slaked with sufficient water to yields. stiff sludge and the two ingredients are thoroughly mixed mechani- cally in the following manner: The mixed slag and lime are conveyed by a. spoutâ€"to 1 which a shaking movement is communicated l A story is told of an engineer who worked from data only and who once built a. bridge of long span, getting every element from theoretical sources.’ The structure went down under the first heavy fre' ht train that ran over it. The engineer cou d hardly believe that the bridge had collapsed, as he had calculated with great care every strain it could receive. So he went to see ’ if the fault did not lie in the material or 3 workmanship. Neither of these, however showed any signs of defects, so he he re- tired to his private office and went over, his calculations again. Toward the middle of the second afternoon aiter his retire- ment he again emerged from the office, and as he passed out one of his assistants heard him mutter to himself. “Damn that dis- cimal point.” ' Although the story needs confirmation it is at least a good illustration of the danger of two much theory and too little practical knowledge in the design and execution of_engineering works. i No saucer eyes could be seen, but the 'Jcreature had a. white nose which, to the horrxfied traveller, seemed lit up with a ! supernatural radiance. Being a man of in- ; telligence, however, he would not admit to himself that he was confronted by the Kirk Grim. It must be a- huge Newfoundland dog, he said to himself. So he addressed it. in broad Yorkshire: “ Sith’ere, lass, don’t be. troublesome. I There’s a. bonny dog, let me pass. I’ve no .stick. I win’t hurt thee. Come, lass, let lme_l:y.’_’ At that moment a. blast swept up the lane. The dog, monster, Kirk-Grim,what- ever it was, made a. leap upon the man,who screamed with terror. He fell: the creature’s claws in him, and be grasped an umbrella ! That same evening a. friend of the clergy- man was walking down a. lonely church lane between hedges and fields, with no home near. Suddenly his feet and even his very breath were arrested by the sight of a great black creature which occupied the middle of the way directly before him, shaking it- self impatiently. moving forward with a start, then Bounding to one side, then run ning to the other. out of sight. in the thick darkness and the storm. ENGINEERING NOTES. It is in one sense a question of first come first served. The House of Commons usually meets at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. A member may come down to the house as early as he pleases and select a seat. If he comes very earlyâ€"say at S in the morningâ€" he has, on ordinary o .casions, a. fair chance of a good place. He selects his place and he puts his hat into it. Then he goes away, to return at three o’clock, when prayers are said by the Chaplain of the Houseâ€"at pres- eat and for some time past my distinguish- ed friend Archdeacon Earrar. In the meantime. our member in quest of a seat must not stir one inch outside the buildings which belong to the House of Commons. .1118 claim to a seat is supposed to rest on his attention to the service of the House, and if he crosses a threshold for one moment outsxde the precincts of the House. his claim to3a seat is forfeit. So he spends from 3 o clock until 3 lounging about the library and the smOkiDg rooms and the newspaper room, Mid 8'13 3 he 1 comes back into the House and US$338 t0 the prayers. Then, having complied with all that ceremonial and having 3P9“ his whole day in nominal service of the House, he is entitled to insert in a little brass frame at the back of his seats. small card bearing the printed word “ prayers” and his own name written beneath, and thus he has secured that seat for th; one sitting only. The struggle has to begin afresh on the very same conditions on the morrow.-â€"[Justin McCarthy, in The North American Review. As in England there are so many super- fluous women who could not possibly find husbands here under our present; matrimo- nial system, so in the House of Commons there are so many members who cannot possibly find seats. The struggle for seats from day to day is a. curious ans. interesting compencion, at which, so far as I know, the English House of Commons has an absolute monopoly. The may crowd the barâ€"I do not mean any place of refreshment, although they may crowd that bar, too, if they pleaseâ€"I mean they may Stand below the hue which is suppozsed to represent the brass bar that can, when occasion requires, be drawn out from either side, and so conjoined as to re- present the division between some peti- tioner or some alleged ofl'ender and the House of Commons itself. They may stand in the newspaper room or the tea. room ; they may fall asleep in the library they may walk on the terrace ; they may lounge in the smoking room ; but they cannot sit in the House. The House of Commons has some 670 members, and it has seats for little more than half the number. Even if we take into account the members’ galleries, which run along two sides of the chamber. there still is no: nearly room enough for all the men who are entitled to take their places in the House of Commons. What are the members to do who have not got seats? They are to do the best they canâ€"to do any thing they like short of taking seats in the House. v .. v- v- “v. vullvvlu, VHO she had the courage and wit; to defy them and to raise the alarm. She really earned the large , gift of money by her heroism rather than the peach-seller, Whose marks manship had be en successfully tested. , -__- n... V... “um use 1100f. The plucky girl wag too quick for him. Instead of snatching up the revolver, as he had feared, she darted for the door, calling upon her companion to follow her. As she passed through the doorway a shot was fired, but with such faulty aim that she escaped unharmed. Plunging head- long down the stone steps she screamed for help. The masked men, hearing her voice and perceiving that delay would be fatal, fol- lowed her without robbing the safe. On the ground they met a man who had an- swered the alarm signal. They brandished their revolvers and frightened him out of his wits. Then they retreated across the campus, and escaped down the railway track. A’swarm of students started in pursuit reinforced by police officers and a sheriffs posse. The robbers were tracked for two miles. In their desperation they fired upon a farmer who was driving a load of peaches to market. He had arifle and fought them at long range with deadly effect. He killed one and wounded the other, delivering the prisoner to the sherifil ate: cupicd by two women, one the secrets: and the other (a. teacher, Emma Jones. 8 was in the middle of the afternoon, and the buildings were filled with students. H Tf--, now She Thwarted Two 30me In these days when railway trains and express messengers are at the my of armed bandlts a. woman’s courage when she is confronted with masked robbers is in- spiring. A desperate attempt to rob a. safe in the banklng department of the Northern Indiana. Normal College was recently thwarted by a. remarkable display of 0001- ness on the part of a young teacher. ‘KTLAâ€" AL- â€""‘ V A Seat in the Home of Commons- _vâ€"â€":â€".vuhu ‘- said is true, such is the cuse :elated that in Siberia. the plant has fimfly :onguered large stretches of land and driven Lgnculture away from it. Heroic measures are demanded to cope with this scourge, ‘85’8 Senator Hwbmugh, and if all that in awn-:1: :.â€" A,“ A A PLUUKY SGHUULMAM. HQ