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* *'>' . - $ '&*&>!?& .?2 ±*" m*.x § ^ £ ry 4^s ®*&r a-i^v G B cs# [Editor's Note.--This account of a sev- -entseth century scientific expedition was published In the Auburn <111.) Citizen, March 18. 1886. as an item of local in lerest. there living at that place at that time many descendants of Pauly. the en­ gineer--the Poleys. Parkses, Fosters, aad other families being represented in the Jist. The original manuscript in French Iras in the possession of John Pauley of Kansas, who was at the time of the put-' 'k$ licatietf viaitipg his Illinois kinsmen. This account if particularly interest- ing at this time, & ft describes the con <Jit3ona prevailing on the coast of Cali­ fornia. in IT©, an event fittingly celebrat «d by the Golden Gate Oaty. The malady described bjc Pauly, vblcb dtdmated the ranks of the French exp«- <HUon, occurred at the same time as sev­ eral other tvrf ters mention a very aeverd prevalence of scurvy in California, and •was probably the same l •Mt • v l . \ l i -V • • >lf>' -, • * < v W* i. -'A'J r.afcfe&w. I.I. &RMER MINISTER TO ARGEN- . found lifeless , ^'LONDON STREET, * . AIO EVIDENCE OF A MURDER Believed to Bo the Victim of Heart Disease--Had Held Several Impor- l^/ tant Diplomatic Positions Under 3\the United States Government. "" '"/j* *;-4 ri\ '&*! -.ye HE observation of tie tran­ sit of Venus on the0 3d of June, 1796, was an object of interest to all the C°?j learned. The Royal Acad­ emy of Sciences proposed to the king, Louis XV„ t6 the necessary outlay to send to California for this purpose. The M" M. L'Abbe Chappe undertook this voy- -age with a courage worthy of his tseal for the progress of science. I was se­ lected to accompany him and we set sail for Mex­ ico in the month of September, 1768. After a perilous voyage of about 3,000 leagues, we arrived in Mexico on Easter day, 17159. Time was passing; we stopped but eight days to re­ fresh ourselves. The viceroy procured us mules -and provisions, and we undertook to perform by land a part of the remainder of our travels, which was about 300 leagues. Amid lofty mountains, <Lre*dful precipices and arid deserts, we encoun­ tered new dangers every day. * We failed from f*ar a thousand times. We were also oppressed by the excessive heat, which left us hardly strength enough to drag ourselves. A thousand insects of every species gave us no rest by day or sight, and we had constantly to be on our guard against the very ferocious beasts with which the •country is covered. Moreover, we lacked the nec­ essaries of life, for the provisions that we got in Mexico had been spoiled by the heat. We were obliged to live on wild cattle and whatever fruits ~we could find here and there. Wf made our halts 3tiear some river or spring, that we might slake 'tte burning thirst with which we were constantly •consumed; to find one it was often necessary to anarch a whole day's journey. = Arrived in the evening in soihe valley, or on the side of some hill, we would endeavor to take ; I fe upon the ground (et a la belle etoille), the repose *hicb our cruel fatigue rendered so necessary. ^ l> When scarcely asleep we were often aroused by * storm, and then by the impetuous torrents that ' came down upon us from the heights of the moun- . s t a i n s . M a n y a d a r k n i g h t w e h a d t o s a v e o u r - '•Selves and our equipage, fearful at every step of tumbling down some of the precipices. ' After running a thousand risks we arrived at t. 'j-i J"8* at P°rt °f San Bias, on the Pacific? ocean; l1^ence we embarked for California on a brigan- L ^ *ine which the viceroy of Mexico had had pre- pared. The Pacific ocean, although .very tran- i'V)" Q®**. ls n°t the less dangerous on account of the (vigies) with which it is filled. >\'\i ' The great calm which prevailed at that time «aused us to despair of arriving in time to accom- ' plish the object of our voyage. After six weeks' ^ sailing, during which we made but 150 leagues, | IV <m the greatest breadth of the sea, the shortness of the time caused ns to risk a hazardous exploit. The part of California near which we found our­ selves was the port of San Jose--so dangerous that no one had ever landed there. The access to It is guarded by the incessant waves that break impetuously against the rocks. The Spanish astronomers who were of our com­ pany wished to wait for a favorable wind to land •at Cape St. Lucas, which was distant but ten leagues. The landing there is indeed less danger- ®u«, but we did not follow their advice because we were pressed to arrive at the place of our des­ tination; we resolved to attempt to disembark at Ike first land we should discover. While these gentleman were yet deliberating, lour Indian sailors and myself let down the long hoat; we took with us half o£ the instruments. I tendon; --William I. Buchanan of ; Buffalo, N. Y., former Ameri­ can minister to the Argentine Repub­ lic and Panama, who had been close­ ly identified with several important American diplomatic missions, met a tragic death on a London street. He was discovered lying on a sidewalk in Park lane near the American em­ bassy, in a dying condition, and was carried to St. George's hospital, a short distance away. But life was ex­ tinct when the ambulance reached the hospital. The cause of death is not known, but it 1* supposed that it resulted from heart disease or apo­ plexy. There were elo marks* of violence on the body, nor had robbery been committed. Mr. Buchanan, who had come to London on a mission for the United States government in connection with the Venezuelan claims, had been here for several weeks. He previously had visited Berlin and Paris. He took up quarters at Clarldge's hotel, one of the most fashionable in the city, which ls located about a mile from Park lane. He left the hotel for dinner, early in the evening, attired in eve­ ning dress. No one has yet been found who knows where he spent the evening, but it is supposed that he was walking home when stricken. Washington, Oct. 18.--News of the death of Mr. Buchanan came as a shock to his many friends in official Washington. Since President Cleve­ land's last administration Mr. Bu­ chanan had Irregularly, it Is true, but with very short intervals of intermis­ sion, been connected with the depart­ ment of state in some of the most im­ portant diplomatic work that has en­ gaged the attention of the department. The uniform success that has attend­ ed his undertakings and his fine, per­ sonality have caused him to be re­ garded as one of the most successful of American diplomatists. He was remarkably successful in his relations with the Latin-American peo­ ples, not only because of his complete mastery of the Spanish language, but also because of his ability to enter into the peculiar mental processes of the South and Central American people. Mr. Buchanan was born in Coving­ ton, O., September 10, 1853. He went to Sioux City, la., when about 24 years old, where he entered business as a merchant So well did he manage the Corn pal&ce exposition held in that city that he was called upon to repre­ sent his state at the World's Colum­ bian exposition In Chicago. Mr. Buchanan was appointed United States minister to the Argentine re­ public by President Cleveland in 1894. •> r agreed with the Abbe Chappe that, if we per­ ished he might find other means to land else­ where with the reBt, which would be sufficient for making his observations. I 'embarked then in the long boat with my four sailors, steering di­ rectly for the coast; the nearer we approached it the more we were sensible of the difficulty of landing. We were constantly thrown back by the accu­ mulated waves, and our boat threatened'all the while to ship water. When on the point of losing courage, one of the sailors discovered, at a dis­ tance, the mouth of an unknown river. This dis­ covery animated us; we reached the coast by this mouth but with great difficulty. 1 sent back the long boat for the Abbe Chappe ahd the Spanish astronomers, who arrived safely enough. Arrived on the peninsula the twenty-first of' May, 1759, 13 days before the epoch of the tran­ sit of Venus. We found no (azile a pouvolr nous mettre a labir), the Inclemency of the weather. The savages that repaired to us said that a con-, tagion was prevailing in this country which rav­ aged it completely. The Interpreter who trans­ lated this added that they said that in order to withdraw ourselves from the influence of this ter­ rible malady, it was necessary to remove some hundred or more leagues farther to the north. The means of undertaking this new journey, broken down with fatigue as we were; we had neither horses nor carriers to transport our bag­ gage; it ̂ was impossible to march on foot, and we shrank from a journey through a desert. All these reasons decided us to occupy ourselves with bo business but that which had brought us. We labored to construct, an observatory, which was ready the twenty-eighth day of Mayj six days before the epoch when we would have need of 1$. We made our observations on the third of June, with the greatest exactness. The contagion made new progress every day; a general sorrow reigned in all this part of Cali­ fornia; we were not long without participating in it in a distressing manner. This dreadful malady /came upon us six or seven days after tlje observa­ tion. We were wholly without succor; we could not be useful to one another, because we were at­ tacked almost all at once. ' . * The little medicine that •%» had brought from • France was useless, from want of knowing how ja apply it. Nevertheless, the abbe, all sick as he was, con­ tinued his observations all the time. After ob­ serving an eclipse of the moon, he at last yield­ ed to his faintness, the delirium of his disease left ' him. but little time to examine himself; he died the first of August, 1769. We were all dying (I and the companions of our voyage), when I had the sorrow to close his eyelids. > Our situation and our want of strength induced; us in this case to bury him without much cere­ mony. I devoted some moments to regret for the loss 1 had suffered, and in the height of a disease • from which I did not exi>eet to recover, I took the precaution to collect all the papers relating to the Object of the voyage. I placed them in a casket wiih an address to the viceroy of Mexico. 1 earnestly begged some Indian chiefs who were!, about me to make this casket safe in case we should all die, and to transmit it to the vessel which ought to arrive in the month of September to take us. My intention in this was to secure to my country this valuable depot. I remained in my condition of sickness, pain and wretchedness until the twenty-ninth of September. At last the captain of the vessel arrived; he had landed at the island of Ceralvo, which is situ­ ated some 30 leagues from San Jose. My joy was so much the greater In seeing-him tjbat he pressed me to quit the fearful place where M. L'Abbe Chappe and all the rest had died. We were car­ ried to Ceralvo. I forgot to say that this cruel contagion had taken from us the chaplain and nearly all the persons that formed our little com­ pany. Although sick and oppressed with grief, I waa. compelled to undertake the perilous route which I had followed In coining, sometimes upon mules, sometimes upon the backs of the Indians, when it was necessary to cross the streams. With all this trouble, I reached Mexico the twenty-third clay of November, 1769. There I was received by monsieur the marquis of Croix, the viceroy of that country, with a com­ passion worthy of that good patriot. He had had the kindness tor send to meet me a carriage and his physician. Arrived at th^ capital of Mexico, and having paid my respects fo the viceroy I was lodged by his orders at the expense of the city.; When 1 left Mexic^ the marquis de Croix rec-, ommendi'd me cordially to the commander of the Spanish fleet, in which 1 embarked. We land­ ed at Cadiz the twenty-first of July, 1770. The court wa>i at the Escurial. I had myself taken thither, and presented myself to the marquis d'Os- sun, then French ambassador in Spain. He re­ ceived m'? with marks of kindness and consider­ ation, and gave orders to show me whatever they have to show strangers in this royal house. lie caused me to dispatch in advance of the party, the strictest orders through the minister of customs, that at no pass on my route most be searched cither myself or the chests In wh<<:h were the observations which I bore. I did not arrive iq Paris till the fifth of the fol­ lowing December. I sent to the Academy the ob­ servations that we made in California. This so­ ciety expressed the greatest satisfaction with my ieal and my services. They presented me to the king, and to all his ministers. They solicited for ate a recommendation of my labors. His majesty, Louis XV. granted, me a small pension of 800f. . The government is too equitable to leave me in vrint in the flower of my age, afflicted with the e*ils which I have Incurred for the service, and indispensably obliged to have a servant to lead me. I tsope, then, from l/is justice and from his- goodness, that he will grattt me an increase of the pension suijlcient to enable nte to accomplish with ddceucy the rest of my public career. KNOCK-OUT IN 12TH ROUND HELD TO STRICT ACCOUNTING Chinese Police Officiate Are Expected He Urgent in Preventing and Vj ^ Punishing Crime. W^- ln lemon-colered silk- a Ci^nese dip- ®ton*t on at* Atlantic {Mty pier tflked J" "' 'X'-,! •About Chint^e laws.. • 's;., ^. ! ' *'>"•' '"fiomto Xf pur laws; you knou^iggfe .TW stimulating," hp said- "F'of ex- ample, Chi owed money to a money tender. Chi would not pay, and the • .y * r« "Our police are excellent, thanks to the stimulus of jour law. When a crime is committed ft sleuth is put upon the case and given, say 30 days, to land the criminal. If the sleuth fails, he himself pays the penalty of the crime, less two degrees. Thus, if the Sigel murder had occurred in China, a police official wouid now be money lender hanged himself on Chi's doorpost. Chi was condemned to de^th. You see, he was really respon- slble for the money lender's death.* "A son able to support his parents is imprisoned for life if he won't do so. A son unable to support them is im-1 undergoing life imprisonment. That, pisiso^ejfl tof thr#e years, as we hold-- | too, is a just and stimulating, law. and quite rightly--that there must Wl Fof « trie1 ftfti«e*><*B. «W(itlNil something wrong with a young man nor punish such a rrlme as the Sigel who can't support his parents. j murder, then they should be them- 1 f - - ^ , * {. '• if* \ I ^ V 4 •' selves punished for fdieir rank in«*; •ui'Aw T' " '*'• "v ••'* •^mvnfr&r Oeed %Qunnety at H our navy's gunners oan &hoot ltf- tle; targets so full of holes nobody la able to see the exact score they can sh6ot up an enemy's big battleship* so thoroughly that nobody c*n tell or many care to know which .guns woo the victory. The target practice oil vtwgmn^^s^ouid make every American proud of our ships *"4 ol the men in them. 4!£j< Johnson Whips Stanley Kejshel a Bloody Battle--la Carrip^ ? from Ring Unconscious. San Francisco.--In a furious battle at the Colma arena Jack Johnson, the heavy-weight champion of the world, knocked out .Stanley Ketchel, the middle-weight title holder, in the twelfth round. The end came just when it appeared as if the white man was getting more on a par with his heavier foe than he had been ln the previous rounds. Rising suddenly from the floor whe;se Ketchel had sent him with a puma behind tile ear, Johnson flew at the white man so savagely and un­ expectedly that Ketchel, who was step­ ping back toward the ropes was taken unawares. Before he could put up his guard Johnson'B right fist, driven with all the force of his muscular black body, landed with a thud on the jaw, and like a flash the colored man's left dashed into Ketchel's stomach. As Stanley bent forward from the force of the blow JohnsOn swung his right once more and landed fairly on Ketch- J®*- |; Blame Socialists for Spilt. Toledo. O. -- That the split In the Ohio Federation of Labor is part of a socialist movement to in­ jure the American Federation of Labor is the declaration of a resolution adopted by the bolters' faction of the Ohio Federation of Labor. The reso­ lution intimates that Max Hayes of Clevetand, who was one of the leaders of the fight to seat electrical workers and Central Labor union delegates in opposition to the wishes of the nation­ al council, desires to head an opposi­ tion organization of union labor,, Predicts Spanish Revolution. ^ t ' Paris.--Alejandre Lerroux, chtef of the Republicans at Barcelona, in an interview here predicted a revolution ln Spain and the establishment of a republic. He considered the execu­ tion of Ferrer the outcome of the per­ sonal vengeance of King Alfotpf. Storm's Dead Total Nlnety-Th#ee. Nashville, Tenn.--Figures received by the Banner show that there were 98 people killed and 100 injured in the recent cyclone ia Tennessee, Ala- bama and Georgia. •' ; 1. « ' Oen. Drum Is Dead. Washington.--Brig. Oen. Richard C. Drum. U. S. A., retired, a distinguished veteran of the civil war and for many years adjutant general of the army, died in Drummond, Md. His death was caused by diseases incident to old A ;. •; _ _ - ^ •-y / « MUI Destroys*# Beiolt Wis>--The last of a number Of paper mills at Rockton, III., near here, was destroyed by fire. The loss Is $80,000; insurance, |20,00p. Hi# origin of the fire Is not known. r c " r i -- - " " r f " -- - FpR PAN-AHERICAR HMLR0A0 LONE MAN' LOOTS CONCERN AT HIGHLAND PARK. Shoots Marshal When At# Fj ; Aid. Escape--Bandit One* a c. - " Lawyer. Chicago.--Trusting unavailing!j to, an automobile lor escape, a .young man known in many cities under the assumed name of L. Harrison --> but almost positively named in Los An­ geles, Cal., as Lamar H. Harris, a fu­ gitive lawyer of that city--robbed a bank ip Highland Park Wednesday afternoon and then ended a losing re­ volver battle by taking his own dis­ graced life. In the duel between desperado and pursuers. Marshal John H. Sheahan was grounded. The bullet struck his star over his heart and glanced into his arm. The bafik was the private establish­ ment of David M. Erskine & Co.; the price of the fatal endeavor was The tragedy was enacted in 15 min­ utes. A borrowed chauffeur, Fred J. Schwab, employed by J. E. Keelyn of Evanston, owner of the borrowed au­ tomobile--neither of them with knowl­ edge of the purpose or character of the borrower--were figures in the progress of the drama. Keelyn. who met the supposed Har­ rison at the Avenue house, Evanston, for the first time on Tuesday night, rented him the machine. Schwab drove. So little did the chauffeur suspect the nature of his customer's quest that when, after an inspection of three north shore banks, any one of which might have been robbed, the machine was stopped in front of the Highland Park bank at three o'clock, he let the engine stop as well. When the bandit ran from the bank and Jumped into the auto, it did not start. ;> Schwab cranked and cranked, J>iit the cold had affected the engine. The actions and the appearance of the dead robber both led to the con­ clusion that he was a stranded and desperate amateur, a "high roller," re­ duced to a crime as the last resort. In Los Angeles his description and his garments . alike caused the police to assert that he was Harris, who was a member of a prominent family in that city. A month ago he forged several checks in Los Angeles find other southern California cities and disappeared. Financiers and Builders Have In Mimt ^ u Line to Connect the Two • [ j | . wev**raJ - railroad - magnat es' have tyeen approached by officials of the bureau of American republics, it was admitted at the headquarters of the bureau, with a view of interesting tllRHl |jj CCu»*aTvi.C! vaQu qJ Q Paw. American railroad through soutl Mexico, Central America Ind far ns LtO THE PIRATES ARE CHAMPIONS In Seventh Contest Pittshurgs Win World's Baseball Championship by Beating Detroit 8 to 0, | Detroit, Mich.--Pittsburg, four tifn«« winner of the Nationaf league pen­ nant, became the champion baseball Sou$Ji America. As yet none of the capitalists has informed the bureau of an "intention to# construct such a road, but Director Barrett believes that by the time the third Pan-American conference meets in Buenos Aires next year a definite proposition will be ready to submit to the. American nation with a view of asking for moral support. It is rec­ ognized that governmental aid must be gfven to this project, just as the United States assisted in the construc­ tion of the great trans-continental lines to connect the Atlantic and Ft cific. The prospect, not only for obtaining the co-operation of the nations con­ cerned, but of procuring the consent of capitalists to undertake the great < feat of connecting the two American continents by rail, is regarded by of­ ficials in Washington to be brighter now than ever before. They feel that the dream of James G. Blaine of con­ necting the two continents in this manner may be realized by the. very generation that followed him. SPIRIT OF WORKING TOGETHER Explanation of the Splendid Recjl#? *!fde RaHrpai^^ - .* * American; , - third time thte yeaf American railroad reports that it has operated its lines for 12 months with­ out losing the life of a single passen­ ger. The Santa Fe, with its 9,794 miles of actively operated track, taies place with the Burlington and the Pennsylvania, on this roll of honor. The Santa Fe carried 12,605,697 pas­ sengers without a fatality. Wonderful as this efficiency record is, its explanation Is as marvelous. "Even more than to heavy rails, bal­ last or equipment," says one of the road's officials, "we attribute the suc­ cessful record for the year to tie spirit of working together, which must run through the rank and file of the men operating the trains." In other words, American railroading is rid­ ding itself of its greatest operating reproach by sheer will power. This is the force that has leveled mountains, filled up canyons,' bridged arms of the sea itself. It can have few loftier ideals in the practical work­ ings of a railroad than the mainten­ ance of the sacredness of human life. There is every reason to believe that „ ; its success has been repeated upon ea" °f^WOrW ^day when its other Hnes, and that it will be ex- husky athletes routed Detroit by the J tended to 0^her 8ystem8 still as It score of 8 to 0 in the seventh and de- j becomes a matter upon whk?h all cidisg ^contest of the series. This victory keeps the big flag in the parent league for the third year, Detroit having thrice failed to wrest the biggest honor that goes with base­ ball from the National league pennant winners. The Pirates put up the game of their life, but Detroit played its usual snappy infield game, but luck was against the team in getting hits when they meant runs. "Wild Bill" Dono­ van, who started to pitch for the Jen­ nings tribe, was as wild as a March hare, and in the three innings he last­ ed he passed six of his foes and hit one. He presented the first two runs to the Pirates In the second inning without a struggle on their part, for not a hit was made off his delivery in this period. Mullin, who/ succeeded him in the fourth, was not the pitcher of previous battles. The strain told on him and he did not have the con­ trol of former games In the big series. The real he/o of the world's cham­ pionship is Charlie Adams, the young­ ster from the Louisville American as­ sociation team, who has crowded Clarke, Leach and Wagner tc the background by his great work. He won three ,4>| fpu| pjtorJes fpr his team./ s c o r e . • > . . ' * • Pittsburg ..« * * l o'fM 0--8 10 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 6 1 Batteries--Detroit, DonoVan, Mullin and Schmidt; Pittsburg, Adams and Gibson. American railroads feel * proud spirit of emulation. HERO WAS EASILY SATISFIED OFFICIALS WERE IN WRECK New York, Central Train Derailed-* President Brown and Other Offi* ^ cers Shaken Up. Poughkeepsle, N. Y. --* A wreck, caused by a broken rail* in which President W. C. Brown of the New York Central railroad, W, H. Newman, former president of the road, and W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., a di­ rector, figured, while returning from an inspection of the company's lines, occurred at Rhinecliff, on the Hudson river, about twenty miles north of here. One passenger, a peddler of New York, was killed and. ten were injured, none seriously. Stricken in Church PulpK. ' Bedford, Ind.--Dr. J. W. Newlind, 8f years old, was stricken with apoplexy Sunday while conducting services ln the First Christian church In this city. He was known a<i the tether of the Christian church b«re. ' Wife Sues; Doctor Ends Life. ' Fairfield, 111.--Dr. Button Smith Of Orchardsville committed suicide at five o'clock Saturday. Domestic trou­ bles are supposed to have been the cause. His wife recently instituted divorce proceedings. < Revolution in Nicaragua. Colon.--A dispatch received hers by wireless telegraphy from Biuffields, Nicaragua, saya Gen. Chamorro.v a rebel leader, marched on Greytown and attacked and defeated the govern­ ment troops, 19 being killed. Gen. Juan Estrada is reported to be march­ ing on Cape Gracias, where 2.000 gov­ ernment troops have been concentrat­ ed to oppose him. The dispatch states that the revolution appears to have been well planned and broke out simultaneously on U» Pacific and J* iantlc coasts. 8d^ed Train from Wreck, and Ofi^ Desire Wsf* to Be Given Money r. . 'or Whisky? ;"-J ______ ' :<4v A disappointing tramp hero wp^ one "who saved a train from certain disaster in August, 1905, on the Cin­ cinnati, Hamilton £ Dayton railroad Several yards of the track had been swept away in a washout, and when v the tramp, who, rushed along the track" and warned the driver by waving hie coat above his head, was asked by the grateful passengers for his name and address, in order that he might be further rewarded, after they had raised a purse of more than $100 for him, he replied; "My address Is the United States, and it ain't never been more definite, and I guess it never will be so long as whisky's Sold in more than one place. I've got enough money now to keep me alive for six months, at five cents a uriak, and I guess you've done your duty by me. But the nearest saloon's at Hamilton, and that's a long way for a man whose been <Jxy since morning. Give me a ride to Hamilton and we'll cry quits." And to Hamilton he went, and when the passengers last saw this tattered hero he was rushing Into a saloon, where he entertained crowds of loiter­ ers with the story of how he saved the train, and then treated to drinks. rt-.jy- , Blowing Up the LocMu Would It be easy to blow up and de­ stroy a lock canal by the malicious use of dynamite or other high explo­ sive? The question has been debated mitch In connection with the Panama canal. The Engineering News calls attention to the fact that an attempt made in 1900 to wreck the Wel- land canal ln this way produced sttt* prisingly smsjl results. After two weeks' examination the two men concerned selected lock 24, and each lowered a satchel containing dynamite and a fuse to the water be­ hind the gate at each end of the lock. Both charges were exploded, but the dynamite failed to carry away the gates. '* • ' Although the explosives blew a hole about a foot In diameter, through each gate and loosened ̂the hinges, the gates remained ia position, holding back the water. ^ . ,;.-d A Useful Remedy. " ' Little Jamie, aged three, was play­ ing with bis little friend. Jack. At the time Jamie chanced to have a rather heavy cold and was sneezing quite often. Jack's mother heard him sev­ eral times and sympathetically asked: "Why, Jamie, what a cold you have? Doesn't your mother give you any­ thing for it?" "Yes ma'am." Jamie very respectfully answered, "She gives me a clean handkerchief." whereupo* he produced the prescribed "remedy.** --Delineator. Advantage in Electricity, of the railroad comj which have adopted electricity in tie regular service of moving trains, seems disposed to give out any fig­ ures showing the cost of operation, but it is declared tht£t in point of con­ venience and regularity of service the electric has shown a decided tupe(V£> ority over the steam service 1 ^