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Te SCs uie i to do a cornet sand m couple of fiddles or some such combination is got under weigh, and as many couples, in bare feet, as can find room take the boards. Ths vaise is undoubtedly the prime favourite. . The atyle of this dance is best described by Jack bimself. Talking to a young subâ€" l:eutenant who prided himself not without some reason, on his grace in the ballâ€"room, a quartermaster said, ** We dance the valse by Inpinning re=nd but yours is a kind of «prilgy ‘op, sir." The steering and reversing are, however, excellent. Quaint met of qradrilles are aiso performed with wonderful precision sud accuracy, and a form of kitchenlancers,involving many novel figures, is always seon. The old dances,t00, the poikamazurka, Highland schottische, MUCH HEARTBURNING occurs over the corner men. Each man thinks that these are easy billets, and than he is specially qualified to make the greatest impression on the audience. 1 have knows more than one troupe come to grief on this «uestion, and think it a pity there are not cornersfor each member. They might have at least a * triangular dn-cl.' f â€" Dancing is another favorite pastime. Exery fine night when there is :lothing else 1 7 & hy o g on en TW e hours. **Massa" Johnson is chosen with universal consent, as a man of easy manners and striking presence is required. But 1 regret that often wre picking out painfuily as with & pin "The Blue Bells of Scotland" on mandolins. The instrument which is sometimes really well played, and a pleasure to hear is the banjo. Itis principally used for accomâ€" panying singing on the upperdeck. Well itis for m ship if some officer with musical taste take the heterogeneous crowd in hand and forms them into a string and reed band. I bave seen this Cone with such success that pleasant and reliable dance music could be supplied when wanted, songs accompuanied, and very creditable selections played. Such music is invaluâ€" wble for concerts and entertainments given for chrities on shore or on board, and I have seen them referred to in the lcal press in such terms as ‘"The excellect string band of H. M. S. Blank discoursed wweet music during the evening." But what Jack really loves the best of this kind of thing is m nigger minstrel, or »a he would call it, a ‘blackface" show. The rehearsals give amusement to the performers for many weeks, Comgoaing topical songs and jokes soothe many lonely Eut besides this there is much individual playing in the men‘s messer, In one mess may be fcund a man serenading his lost love or addressing his mother‘s grave on the gentle Alute; in the next a smilor is whistâ€" ling Irish airs on the shrill fife; a third and others are scraping wild and lively jigs on the fiddle; while yet another or two are of music, and ye play nautical an fellow, as he won or lost with equal good temper. His favourite events were comâ€" posite ones something like this. Run a mile, ring 50 quoits, carry weights & wile, ring 50 more quoits,swim a mile,altogether against time. It was a cunning enough plan, as sobody knew how long it would take, so our friend generally won back what he had lost on single contests. Masic is the chief thing to pass away the evenings from 5 to 9 p.m. First and foreâ€" most is the "‘squee gee" band, This is s file, drum, and anything else tand volunâ€" tarily got upin ships whose complements are not sufficiently f:rge for & proper band. The members as a rule cannot read a note for the on decl MANâ€"0‘â€"WAR AMUSEMEINTS recent years A NAVAL CHAPLAIN‘S EXPERIENCE ON A SRITISH SHIP. Mow Oflicers and â€"Games of all Singiog, and ] Ins tramen(s Amnsements 0 The great chane 1usc E7 e first wach, another has to get hree hours‘ sleep before midnight Adle watch, and a third must be r 4 a. m. . However, ‘ ).i0 dWB P n Sn Pettie WONDERFUL EFFECT rs and Wen Amuse Themsclves s of all Minds, Athletic Sports, . and Music on all Kimis of t after m few months can 1 other airs with Constitute â€" the â€" Chief "the Jolly Tar. e which has occurred in ie build of our ships ange in the habits and lueâ€"jackets. In former a ship would take five oing out to Australia» mndarn cruisers will do lies, ’ in excess of that amount. _ The countries han | expected to show the greatest increase over nu8® | 1§04are the United States, i om $39,500,000 and | to $46,000,000; South Africa, from $30,â€" rest |696,330 to $16,000,000; Australia, from _ | $41,760,000 to $13,000,0C0 and Russia, from aid, '$£7.616,000 to $30,000,000, Smail increases and | are also promised in Mexico and other tion | gold.producing districte of the world. Th "‘)_’. ' ggures given for Russia this year are simply heir | based upon & report that there would be a ¢Y>" | large increase, and the actual figures may ckâ€"* | be much larger than the conservative one mes | adopted. The contest will be a close one igh | between the three leading countries for the ."k. honor of the maximum production, but the ‘°K" | chances are now favorable to South Africa, ured 1 Australia _ wilt probably be surpassed by made | cither South Africa or the United States, fait and the figures thus far received justify the belief that South Africa will lead. The the production there has already reached a total. p to | in eight months ot 1.516,573 ounces, which / un | is more than the } feeding the infernal fires." "It takes the P. and 0. steamers about a week to run from Aden, at the southern end, in Arabis, to Port Said on the canal, and going either way the boats always atop at one or the other of these two ports to take on « gang of Arab firemen, for no other race has been found that can stand the awful heat of the furnace room in this torrid climate. These Arabs are thin, muscular fellows,almost as dark as negroes, and it is worth running the risk of fainting to get a glimpse of them when they are at work stark naked down in the boilerâ€"room of the vessel, looking like a band of devile "The water of the Red Sen, as may bs imagined, is also very warm, and I have heard it asserted that it loses oy evaporaâ€" tion each year enough to make itself an aqueous blanket twentyâ€"three feet thick, Naturally it is one of the saltest bodies of water on the globe, _ It is really a sort of an arm of the Indian Ocean, you know, and receives no water to speak of from any other source. It has been estimated that if its supply were cut off by closing the Strait of Bab el Mandeb and the Suez Canal it would take only a few years for the fierce sun to dry it up entirely. _ "I have traversed it six times, and I have been on the verge of collapse every trip when we reached Aden or Port Suid, so I think it likely that many of the French sick and wounded soldiers will not survive Hasougery . _ . reto c "The heat is terrible. For nine months in the year the mercury remains at about $8 degrees in the shade, and when there is a breeze from the torrid deserts to the west or east it is hot as the breath of a furnace. A year frequently goes by without a drop of raio falling, and I have beard inâ€" cregx‘blo stories of the heat which the desert sands along its banks seem to store up. 1 have never cared to land to verify any of them, but an Englishman told me that be put & thermometer in the sand once and the mercury slid up to 178 degrees. "The veritable hell of our earth," re marked the Calcutta representative of a commercial firm, home on his biennial vacation, the other day when hbe saw a cable despatch stating that the invalid soldiers of France‘s Madagascan campaign would be returned via the Suez Canal instead of voyaging around the Cape of Good Hope. ‘"‘it isa sea that is literally infermal in its beat. It does not look large on the maps, but it stretches for nearly fifteen hundred miles between the incanâ€" descent shores of Egypt and Arabia, and its greatest width is less than two hundred, 1893.. 157,297,000 _ 28,203.831 ©129,003,109 1894 .. 179.965,600 _ 39,606,330 140.209,270 1895. .. 200,000,000 _ 46,000,000 154,000,000 These figures show that even if the discoveries in _ South Africa _ are to be treated as m fortunate . macciâ€" dent for the supporters of the single gold standard, the gold production of the world has been steadily increasing with this element eliminated. The production of the world, exclusive of South Africa, will be nearty as large for 1895 as the production including that of South Africa was two years ago. _ The product, exclusive of that of South Africa, moreover, will be nearly 50 per cent. larger for 1895 than for & considerable series of years before 18$9. The big product of the Witwaters« randt and the other South African mines has simply piled another 50 per cent. upon the nermal gain in other countries and made the present product nearly twice what it was in the years from 1873 to 1888. The amount of gold now available for monetary uses is, of course, much larger than the amount of gold and silver avail« able for such uses in those years, because the demand for gold in the arts has not increased in proportion to the production, and the demand for silver in the arts is still supplied from the production of that metal. The Heat is Killing Hot and the French Sick and Wounded from Madagzascar Will Have a Hard Time. of 1893, and much mere than twoâ€"thirds of the production of 1894. The figures will be large without assuming any further inâ€" crease during the remuinder of the year, but if the history of the past three years is verifed, each succeeding month will show * ’im' over the month which went before. \â€" The largest increase in the United States will be in Colorado, which showed a proâ€" duction of $9,491,514 in 1894, and is now estimated to show not less than $13,000,000 for 1895. The minersof the State claim an oven larger increase, but the officials are conservative in their estimates, California will probably increase her product from $13,570,397 to $15,500,000. There has been some confusion regarding the production of Mexico owing to the large amount of gold which has been smuggled across the border to escape the export duty which is levied by the Mexican Government,. Mint Dirâ€" ecter Preston of the United Stater made special efforts last year to verify the places of origin of the gold received at the Ameriâ€" canrefineries,and marked up the production . of the country, as a result of his inquiries, wbove the figures claimed by the Mexican Government. It was found that as much as $2,500,000 had been extracted trom ‘ Mexican ores in American refineries, in wddition to $1,000,000 imported into the United States in Mexican pullion. The comparison adopted of the world‘s production of gold for several years past exclusive of the production of South Africa‘ will become still more interesting whe THIE LARGE FIGURES for 1895 are included. While the South African production has steadily grown for nearly ten years, the product of other countries has also grown, so that the total, exclusive ~f South Africs, increased from $104,855,300 in 1887 to $115,764,361 in 1891. The comparison for the four years since that time, based upon recent estiâ€" mates for 1895, will ron as follows : Total South African Total Without Year Product, _ Product. _ South Africa. 1802 .. &.40 815100 $23,220,108 $123,591,992 It is a wellâ€"known fact that the harder the day‘s work or the dirtier the weather, the more merry is Jack. _ I am convinced that a happy ship is nearly always aamart ship, and lLikely to tarn out a good fighting ship ;so may our British Blueâ€"jrckets ever be cheerful over a job of work, and merry and free when it is over. THE GOLD PRODUCTION FOR 1895 T on Sm Pss Older far;fly men spend their spare hours very profitably in tailoring, as all clothes worn by the men are nomeâ€"made, and the sound of the sewing machine is seldom wbsent in spare hours. _ Making cloth and cord mats and woollen shawls is very comâ€" mon, especially during the last year of commission, Large Increases in the United State«â€"The CGrowing Production in South Africa. The indications continue to point decisively to & gold production for 1895 not materially below $200,000,C00, and perhaps Dt / o ine h eant taveitd hi o S on barn dance is rarely omitted. All these are performed without any tendency to horsa play, though the restraining influence of the ladies is absect, in fact with a gravity which sometimes approaches the stage of melancholy. Of course, the men often give dances on shore in return for horpitalâ€" ities received. These are very excellent and enjoyable afairs, and conducted with a decorum which I am afraid is sometimes less marked at much more pretentious shoreâ€"going entertainmens. . 3 &c., are still well supported, while the TERROES OF THE RED SEA. AGCREGATE PRODUCTION *‘Thus I spent several or maybe only one ‘precious second in egotistical circumspecâ€" tion, â€" After that my thougits turned upon the consequences which my death would have for my family. I must try to save myself for the sake of my wife and children, 1 argued.. The friends that were with me are probably lamed by terror, and I must dongle their energies by calling for help, if I can,. A good way to spur them,I thought, would be to cry out, ‘I am all safe, but must have a drink at once.‘ ‘Then I manâ€" aged to be presentâ€" whenâ€"the. news of my the thoughts and feelings funderwent durâ€" ing this short space of time. _ And all my thoughts,notions,and ideas were thoroughly consistent and coberent; not mixed up and jumbled up as in dreams. â€" First, as already intimateds 1 saw the possibility of my fate 1 calculated to myself : Ten to one I will be a dead man upon my arrival at the bottom ot the mountain. â€" If, however, I find myself alive and fully conscious, I will have to take some of the vinegarâ€"cther which, on leaving the Santis, I placed in my vest pocket. A good thing, I mused to myself, that it is where it is. 1 would scarcely be able to reach for it if it was stillfin my. knapsack, where I used to carry it. L will take cwo or three drops of the ether on my tongue, I continue in my thougbts. _ That will revive me and keep me from taking cold. But what about my stick ? Ab, that may be usetul if I live, and besides, it is a beautiful alpenstock. I will keep it. And, true enough,I held on to it. Then I thought thatit might be well to take off and throw away my spectacles,that they might break and injure my eyer. I reached for them, but was unable to do as intended. "‘I reckoned that my descent down the mountain side lasted five or six seconds. It would take me For this reason, I say, the victims of more or less sudden death by accident, such as falls, drowning, explozions, being run over, or swallowed up by machinery, die a happy death, They know their fate, but have no time to regret it, They know that pain is in store for them, but have no time to feelit, Their main feeling is one of surprise, but not unpleasant surprise. In all cases where death follows the unconâ€" sciousness produced immediately, without interval, the victim should beenvied, This summe=, an old lady whoso two ons had been accidentally killed said to me : ‘Oh,if they had only opened their eyes once while 1 held their bleeding heads in my lap.‘ Poor woman, unconsciously ske wished her beloved boys a moment or moments of the most excruciating pain, of dread and terror. I explained the case to her as above outâ€" lined, and made her poor old heart rejoice instead of weep. "‘In case of accident followed by sudden deach the state of unconsciousness is not preceded by any pain, and while the body is approaching this condition a second is equal to a thousand years in duration to the mind of the stricken person, _ When the loss of consciousness occurs it does so with infinite suddenness, Death, following in the wake of unconsciousness, works no change physically or mentally perceptible by its victim ; the state of quietude, of painless expunction, remains unshak= **Quick as the wind I flew against the rocks to my left,rebounded,and was thrown upon my back,head downward, Suddenly I felt myselt carried through the air for at least 100 feet, to finally land against a high snow wall, _ At the instant [ fell it became evident to me that I was to be thrown against the rock, and I did my utmost to avert that calamity by digging with my fingers in the snow and tearing the tips of them horribly without knowing it. I heard distinctly the dull noise proâ€" duced when my head and back struck against the different corners of the rock ; I also heard the sound it gave when my body bounded against the snow wall, but in all this I felt no pain ; pain only maniâ€" fested itself at the end of an hour or so. «‘No, there is not even that feeling of paralyzing terror in facing sudden death, or what appears like sudden death, which overcomes one in the event of lesser danger. . Neither myself nor the half hunâ€" dred rescued victims of Alps climbing whom I have interviewed on the question experienced anything of the sort at the supreme moment. Our feelingsâ€"those of myself and my colleagues in dangerâ€" corresponded in all respects, we were serene ; our mode of thinking was uncomâ€" monly rapid, but at the same time full of selfâ€"possession, Dr. Heim gives the following description of his journey down m mountain xide, which, as he fully expected, would end in certain death. "I was coming with two friends from the summit of the Santis in St. Gallen, when, at the height of 5,400 feet, we found ourselves opposite a snow fiold lying beâ€" tween two mighty rocks that had to be traversed. running apeak for several miles, it seemed. My compunions hesitated to take it, but I decided to slide down on both feet, standâ€" ing up boldly. I went down with unâ€" equalled velocity, but there was no danger until I made a movement to save my hat, which the current of air was carrying along. I fell and lost all control of my limbs. "I have viewed the bodies of the brothers Wettstein, who recently died by falling off the Jungfrau,. The faces of both these young men bore the stamp of serene happi~ ness. Iam quite sure that, as they were rolling to their graves, they experienced the same lofty feelinge that I and others underwent white standing at the threshold of eternity. Their happy and composed features indicate that at the time of desth they were above physical pain®, that they had made their peace with God and the world ; a conciliatory feeling dominated their minds ; they were rushing down into a blue, rosy, mu}gn_lficem }'lym:en, so soft, still FAR MORKE PLEASANT, more tranquil, more hopeful, than that of persous who apparently departed this life well prepared for the long journey, and, in many cases, resigned to their fate. take ten people who died in their bed and ten who expired in their boots and comâ€" trast their features you will find that the fucial expression of the latter is *Thank the Lord, it was all over in a jify.‘ In reality, there was nothing to overcome. The death agonyâ€"if, indeed, we can speak of such under the clrcumâ€" stancesâ€"did not last a minute, neithe" was it of a second‘s duration. If it had been, its photographic counterpart would appear on the victim‘s face ; but if yon **The relatives and friends of persons having suffered sudden death often lament their fate for a special reason that has no existence in fact. They dream of horrible tortures to which the departed, in their opinion, have been subjected. Others get over the shock by saying to themselves, Four or Five Scconds of Delightful Ex: perience While Eounding Down the Face of a Mountiinâ€"De the Dylag See Meaven From the Earthly Shore * Dr. Heim, the celebrated geologist and professor of the Zurich University, declares that sudden death by a tall, by being run over, or by being swallowed up by maâ€" chinery, water, or by snow avalanche is the most beautiful way of leaving this lifeâ€"is indeed preferable to any other mode or fashion of dv;mnfxrc for the unâ€" known regions. «*To drop from a precipice," says the doctor, means, subjectively speaking, ag glorious an end to the victim of accident as Geath un the battiefield, It strikes man suddenly, without asking ons to become acqusinted with those nasty emissaries of bodily dissolution, sickness and pain, while the mind is clear end during increased mental activity he takes flight without the least feeling of uneasiness. I have looked into the faces of many Alp climbers who met death by unlucky falls, and, like others, failed to read of previous sorrows, of fear, anxiety, pain or terror. CURIOUS TESTIMONY PRESENTED BY A GERMAN PROFESSOR. THE JOY OF SUDDEN UEATH bliss/ulâ€"and then suddenly all was Wmm cfend IT WAS A PERILOUS PATH, TWO HOURS TO DESCRIBE k @ '&%4 An account has been taken in Austria Hungary of the Christiannames of persons » the Empire. _ The name of Francis heads the list with 1,834,000 then come 1,384,000 persons who rejoice in the name of gohn ; then Joseph. which numbers 1,085,000 ; Leopold has 584,C00 admirers, and Wencesâ€" laus 441,000. Of the Christian: names of women, Auna rules supreme in Austria with nearly 2,000,000 ; then comes Maric with 1,652,000 and Elizabeth has place with 1,260,000 admirers, } Chloroform‘s Effect on the Mind. _ "*I dare say many of us," said Sitr Jame Crichton Browne in his late lecture on dreamy mental states, " recollect the story of the professor who, having experienced a magnificent thought in the early stage of chloroform inhalation, resolved that he would by one bold sally lay hold of it and so read the riddle of the world. Having composed himselt io his easy chair in his study, with writing materials at hand, he inhaled the chloroform, felt the great thought envolve in his mind, roused himself for ao instant, seized the pen, wrote desperately he knew not what, for even as he did so he fell back unconscious, (On coming to himself he turned eagerly to the paper, to find inscribâ€" ed on it, in -pnwlin%l but legible characâ€" ters, the secret of the universe in there words, * A stroug smeil of turpentine perâ€" vades the whole.‘" Bicycles Good for the Lungs. Ofall mears of training the respiration Dr. Fortesque Fox thinke cycling is th* best. When a person first takes to cycling he is troubled with shortness of breath, his heart beats uncomtortably and his legs get tired, but after some training these discomforts disappear. Why should no people liable to attacks of asthma also train their respiration by such a kind of exerâ€" ciseâ€"of course, on the condition of the keart and lungs being in perfect health ? Cycling exercise first of all increases the depth of breathing, and that without fatigue, as the respiratory movements are wutomatic ; at the same time it will accusâ€" tom the rider instinctively to take in at each respiration the volume of air required to aerate the blood and to eliminate a fixed proportion of carbonic acid, leaving in the circulatiou the precise amount compatible with health. Wood That Will Not Burn. Fireproof wood will form an important item in the building of futare menâ€"ofâ€"war and other vessels, The process consists in forcing sulphate and phosphate of ammonia nto the wood by hydraul:c pressure,and it is said that the mostgratifying results have been obtained from woods treated by it, they having been subjected to high temperâ€" atures ‘without igniting, the only effect being a slight carbonizing on account of the intense heat, With a steel jacket,to protect it from the offensive attentions of theenemy and noninflammable inside wear, themodern warship will be a reasonably safe craft in which to put the public money and the lives of the aquatically inclined portion of ts population. but I‘ had actually lain perfectly lli”.'pn-onem‘s were allowed on the decks, without the least mental or physical perâ€" | jrom which only a distant view of the formance, for over half an }'mur before I shore could be obtained, for one hour gave that sign of returning life. My daily, At night the dashing of the waves friends who had watched me from above and ! against the sides of the hulks added to the afterward sat at my side for a considerable | gin caused by the time say so, _ Without seeing them I took es e the vinegar bott‘e from my vest pocket, SHOUTING AND SWEARING reached for my spectaclee that "’f“_d &*/of the most unruly convicts, who never my side, and felt of my back and limb8 seemed to desire to sleep or be willing to to find out if any bones were broken. 'permlt others to rest. T'_N! fact that 1 failed to notice my' On board the Success, when ready for friends, and did not even look at them, inspection, waxen figures of the convicts of l is explainable only on the theory th&t | the past will be shown, in their usual autiâ€" I conbxuuefi‘ thinking yc'herc I had left tudes and coarse garb, in the cells they u.,f of my seifish calcuiations when unconâ€" ‘ one time occupied, Notable among them | sciousness overcame me; it was the instiDCt | w;}] be the figure of the notorious ‘‘Captain" ‘ of selfâ€"preservation that d"f“"“'“d my ! Melville, who for several years haunted the feelings upon regaining life. Forty MiDUt@8 | country between Ballarat ard Melbourne, I had been dead to the world und “‘}""”’ | to the terror of goldâ€"laden diygers attemptâ€" and at the termination of this period I was 1 ing to make their way from the gold Gelds the same selfish being as before. I cri¢d | to the latter city. He was credited with for help, because, huving no recollection Of | many murders and countless robberies, and the comatose state in which I had been, 1 ! when finally arrested he admitted that the ‘ thought my friends at least a mile 0T tWO| proceeds of his crimes must have footed up away, as they were at the time 1 reached | 1, quite £250,000, which he claimed he had the foot °€ the mountain. l hidden in a place known to himself alone, ""And did &he heavenly thoughts re0cCUT | 4y n result, for forty years since people to you, also?" the professor was asked. l have been trying in vain to find out where ‘*No," said Dr. Heim; "I experienced | yelyilie hid his illâ€"gotten gold. . As he was them only at the moment of‘ standing on | in the habit of riding to the top of Mounts the threshold of eternity. Then my '°“l|BorAn and Anakie, from which point of rose gloriously to. the occasion, but the vantage, and by the aid of a powerful certainty of ‘death being removed, MyY | fold.plass, he was wble to espy the returnâ€" material instincts and spirits trinmphed. ing diggers, it is believed that the treasure oâ€"â€"mgeoâ€"_â€"_â€"_â€"_â€" must be hidden in the neighbourhood of You Don‘t Have to Swear Off one of those places, but all attempts to C (oins : find it have proved fruitless, When after says the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture / ;ri@1 and conviction, Mclvilie was confined in an editorial about Noâ€"Toâ€"Bac the famous oulbourd the S.xccen; he watched his opporâ€" tobacco rhablib ;,"",’x', II;WCOK;“’:' "fn_'.n‘e"{ tunity, and, at the head of a number of cases cured by Noâ€"Tâ€"Bac, one, a promines St. Louis architect, smoked and c‘;ewed for {’;,2:‘ desperadces, suddenly rushed upon & lt oridimies hi bbntala utA un ind t iore ced » ** To return to actualities, I will repeat that during my downward journey time seemed to stretch indefinitely, and the facuities of objective observation, subecâ€" tive feeling, and thinking, worked simnlâ€" toneously without interfering with cach other. _ There was mo confusion, no ferp!cxity ; my calculations were logical ; acted with lightning rapidity. "I thought to do so, too, when I began to cry out, as intended, ‘I am all safe; bring me water,‘ or words to that effect, for help, because, having no recollection of the comatose state in which I had been, 1 thought my friends at least a mile or two away, as they were at the time 1 reachel the foot of the mountain." "And did the heavenly thoughts reoccur to you, also®" the professor was asked. "*No," said Dr. Heim; "L experienced them only at the moment of standing on the threshold of eternity. Then my soul rose gloriously to. the occasion, but the certainty of death being removed, my material instinots and spirits trinmphed. says the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture in an editorial about Noâ€"Toâ€"Bac the famous tobacco habit cure,. ‘"‘We know of many cases cured by Noâ€"Tâ€"Bac, one, a prominect St. Louis architect, smoked and chewed for twenty years ; two boxes cured him so that even the smell of tobacco made him sick.‘; Noâ€"Toâ€"Bac sold and guaranteed by Dr. B. R. Hopkins no cure no pay, Book free. Sterling Remedy Co., 374 St. Paul St. Montreal. But if there be nothing beyond this life as athcists assert, why the heavenly phenomena? Why not a blank instead of w paradise ? When consciousness left me a black veil flitted across my eyes. My mind‘s eyes were filled with heavenly visions to the last. Who will explain it all ? not an exceptional one. Reconsider the following facts : I, like the others, had about made up my mind that I was to die, which means that I was to enter upon a new lease of spiritual life in eternity. The rapidity of perception peculiar to a person in that state then placed me into my new sphere, even before I was ripe for it, which is a perfectly natural * I have heard a man say on his deathâ€" bed : ‘I see the ungels ; 1 see Cbrist opening his arms to receive me,‘ and classâ€" ] ed these utterances with other delirious ravings I witnessed. Toâ€"day, their sigâ€" , nificance, to my mind, is no longer doubtful, especially as the testimory of Sigrist, above quoted, and that of many | others, proves that my experience Wul not an exceptional one. Reconsider the following facts : I, like the others, had ‘Itis an open question to me whether the above described senzation of going to heaven is not a very strong argument for the teschings of the Christian religion. The mind of man becomes clear and pure on the threshold of eternity ; it becomes the mcat wonder{ul machinery for thought and obâ€" servation. lt« retrospective facilities are marvellous, Can its prognostics be waved aside ? ** After finishing off all earthly affairs ; and making peace with man, the independâ€" ent soul sees the heavens open ; all around is beauty and happiness a world steeped | in blue and roseate tints. I should say | here that I am far from being a pronounced | religious man, At no period of my life| have l been given to speculating much on l the teachings of the Church, but when | about to dic 1 experienced all those sensaâ€" tions which are rscribed to deeply devout j persons during their last moments on j earth. in quick succession, each figure being disâ€" tinct, and incidents being perfectly and completely pictured. \When I had arrived at my present state and condition I saw magnificent blue heaven opening to receive me, _ All was serenc huppiness, while rosy and violet clouds marked the horizon. Into this heaven I floated with perfect equipose, with beautiful anticipation, while my munâ€" dane eyes perceived my body flying through the air, and saw the snow field below. I heard a dull thud ; I had struck theground. death reached home. Iheard my wife and children ery and lament,and I tried to conâ€" dole with them. I even cracked jokes in this endeavor. Again I saw with my mind‘s eye the corfusion that would reign in the university on account of my failure to begin lecturing. That brought back to me all my struggles, my early training, my trials, and small triumphs. My life from childâ€" hood to manhood glided past my mental observation like a living picture, vivid, imâ€" pressive, joyful, and sorrowful, as it bad been. Popular Christian Names. TABLEAU FOLLOWED TABLEAU PSYCHOLOGICAT PROCiSS io dn _ A German has invented a device to preâ€" vent any fluid from boiling over,even on an open fire. It bas a specially constructed porforated rim through which the overflow returns to the pot. (One of the benefits of this system is that milk can be kept boiling for a lorg time,and thereby sterilized milk, forming & nutritous and healthy food for ‘ babies, can be obtained, . Prevents Fluids from Boiling Over |n punched tupe taking the place of the ,ending operator. Its greatadvantage over other systeme is that over a single wire as many as 1,000 words a minute can be sent between points as far distant from each other as New York and Chicago, while the very best that can be done by other high speed systems does not exceed 150 words a minute. _ The weather was unpropitious for such a tost. _ The first message sent‘ ! however, over a line of high resistance 218 miles long, was received in perfectly legible shape as was every other sent during the test, The speed, which was at first 720 words a minute without decrease in the eligibility was increased to 940 a minâ€" | ute, â€" Mr. Delaney, stated that with a wire weighing 850 pounds to the mile, ,which would give m Jine resistance much leas than that used toâ€"day, he could send a thousand words a minute with equal legiâ€" bility and at a cost not exceeding five cents for 50 words. The sysiem is an electroâ€" \chemical one, the message being received on m moistened tape, the dots and dashes appeoring upon it in dark brown produced by the action of the currens upon the tape. All electroâ€"chemical systems heretofore have failed as high speed systems because the dots and dashes would run together so as to be indistloguishable. and upon conviction were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment in the prison hulks, ; whicn were stationed in Hobson‘s bay, Melbourne. On bourd these vessels a mos terrible system of discipline prevailed, in fact, its administrator, the then inspector genera! of naval establishments, a son of a Cornish baronet, Sir Jchn Price, was beaten to death by a gang of desperate conviots, who rushed upon him, determined to kill the inventor of the muchâ€"haced system of control, some idea of which may be gathered from the following facts:â€"Each convict had his history recorded on the door of his celi in the hulks,and many of the most notorious records will beon exhibition, Artempts to jump overboard were frequent, although, the convicts being heavily ironed, those who had the temerity to jump sank like iumps of lead, to rise no more,. Many of the prisoners, whom no amount of punishâ€" ment could subdue, were continually cursing and yelling in the most horrible manner, Whichever way the visitor turned there was something repulsive to the eye or ear. There was want of space for bodily exercise, w total absence of any kind of useful ocâ€" cupation, and almost total isolation from wll the usual habits of mankind, The narrow walls of the cells were the limits for exercising the body, except that the prisoners . were allowed on the decks, from which only a distant view of the shore could be obtained, for one hour daily, At night the dashing of the waves against the sides of the hulks added to the din caused by the Every side of convicet life in the old days on board the hulks will be depicted on board the Success, expecially the different modes of punishment, and the epecula tors who have purchased her expect to reap a small fortune as the result of their stroke of enterprise, A Thousand Words a Minute Can be Sent Between Distant Points, A test of the telegraphic printing ma chine of Patrick Delaney for sending mai matter was made in Philadelphia recently. The new system is worked sutomatically, in charge of it, and succeeded in pulling away from the bulk in safety, although fired upon by all the bulks and warsbips in the bay. He was soon recaptured, however, and at his trial detended himself brilliantly, delivering a speech of great power and impressiveness, during which he dilated in burning words upon the horrors of the penal system on board and Success, and causing such a sensation by its publiâ€" cation in the newspapers of Melbourne that a monster meeting of citizens was called and resolutions were passed in favour of abolishing the convict hulks, indeed, the popular feeling aroused against them was so »trong and general that the Government was compelied to commute the death zentence imposed upon Melville to imprisonâ€" ment for life. He was transferred to the gaol at Melbourne, where, according to the official report, he committed suicide. The unofficial version of the affair is that he was strangled to death by a keeper during a struggle whi h the desperate man madefor liberby.. T. Aun O1d Hulk Fitted Up to KRepresent Conâ€" { viet Lie in the Pastâ€"Gruesome Plc I tares of Former Punishments. ’ Londoners®, it appears, are now expected to flock to a new attraction, a floating 'chnmber of horrors, which promises to outrival the chainber of horrora at Mme. Taseaud‘s famous wax works exbibition. This floating exhibition of terrible hapâ€" penings of the past is an old convict Luik, the Success, which recently arrived at London from Australia, aiter a voyage of five months‘ duration, and which is moored at Blackwall while beiug prepared to receive the public. The Success has been used for exhibition purposes in Australian waters for ycars past, but just as she was upon the point of being demolished she was purshased from the Government by specuâ€" lators and taken to London. The hulk is more than a hundred years old, and is the only one remaining of five terrible floating prisons established by the Government of the colony of Victoria from 1850 to 1855, as a result of the discovery of the gold fields of Bendigo and Ballarat, and the subsequent rush of the colony of, among others, many thousands of deperate, lawâ€" less men of nearly all nationalities,. Naturâ€" ally crimes for m long time were most frequent, and busbrangers and other® thrived upon the robberies committed wlong the roads followed by the lucky digâ€" gers who tried to make their way home with their newlyâ€"acquired wealth. fn fuct these lawtreakers eventually became so bold that they attacked the Government escorts guarding the consignments of gold sent trom Ballarat or Bendigo to Meibourne and other towns. . When bushrangers were captured tney were treated with A CHAMBER OF HORRORS, AN OLD TIME FLOATiING PRISON TO BE EXHIBITED IN LONDON. NEW TELEGRAPHIC MACHINE. (hoame Muptemie o e es chor THE URMOST SEVERITY KILLED THKE KEEPE! For Sale by McFARLANE & CO,, â€" Wholesale Agents for Durham and Vicinity At least twoâ€"thirds of our chronic diseases and ailments are due to the imperfect action of the nerve centres at the base of the brain, and not from & derangement primarily originating In the organ itscif. Tho great misâ€" take of physicians in treating these discases is that they treat the organs Having Completed our New Factory we are now prepare0 to FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY. We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the differâ€" Lumber, Shingles and Lath always how tze derangem it ui the nerve coutres will cause tho derangement of the various organs which they supply with nerve force; that is, when & nerve centre is deranged or in any way diseased it is impossible for it to sapply tha same quantity of nerve force as whea in a healthful condiâ€" tion ; Lence the organs which depend upon it for nerve force suffâ€"r, and are muable to propeily paform their work, and as a result disease makes its appearance. Sash and Door Factory. == The la‘est discovery in the scientiâ€" Bc world is that nerve centres located in or near the base of the brain conâ€" trol all the organs of the body, and when these merve contres are deranged the organs which they supply with nervs flaid, or nerve force, are also Gorasged. When it is remembcred that a serious injury to the epinal cord will cause paralysis of the body below the injured point, because the norve force is prevented by the injury from reach ng the paraâ€" lyzed portion, it will Le u:xdcrstoo.i{ how the deransem nt of the nerve Our Stock of DRY LUMRE is very I can be filled. Almost Mr. Jas. E. Nicholson, Florenceville, N. B., Struggles for“?ovon Long AYERS @®: Eat into the Flesh, Decided Improvement. Ayet‘s onz AYER‘S PILLS Regulat (lual SRralk Mr. Nicholson sa};s: T consulted docâ€" tors who prescribed for me, but to no purpose; the cancer began to spread to my chin, and I suffered in ngony for seven long years. Finally, I I began taking Ayer‘s Sarsaparilla, In a week or two I noticed & CANCER ON THE LIP, Encouraged by vered, until in a under my chin be months my lip be using the Sarsa& the last trace of Admitted at the World‘s Fair. ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheetin Passes Belief AND IS CURED BY James K. Nichalsons Mysteries of th this result month or s Sarsaparilla cancer dis b ols () pomgengs Sarsa In stock. t .. C &J. McKECHNIE ths nerves. Ii gives relief in one day, and absolutely cffects a permanent cure in every instance,. Do not allow your prejadices, or the prejuâ€" dices of others, to keep you from using this healthâ€"giving remedy. It is based on the result of years of scientific research and stady. A single bottle will convince the most incredulous. South American Nervine is withâ€" out doubt the greatest remedy ever discovered for the care of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and all Chronic Stomach Troubles, because it acts through the ness of Females, Hot Fiashes, Sick Headache, Heart Discase. The first bottle will convizce asuyone that & cure is certain. This remedy has been found of infinite value for the cure of Nervousâ€" mess, Nervous Prostration, Nervous Paroxysms, Slecplessness, Forgetfalâ€" ness, Mental Despondency, Nervousâ€" _ ‘The wonderfal cures wrought by the Great South American Nervine Tonic are dus alone to the fact that this remedy is based upon the foreâ€" going principle. It cures by rebuild. ing and strengthening tha merve centres, and theroby increasing the supply of mnerve force or nervous as i not the nerve centres, which are the cause of the tromble. Moiesty about one‘s mental acquirements isa good thing, but it must have been carried too far in the care of a witty Irishman whom a correspordent onse met. . The Irishman was at work at a stone quarry, puiling up loads of broken rock out otf a shaft, with a windia«e. The windluss was exposed to the sun, and the labor was very bard, but the mat. had on his head a «traw hat from which the crown had been toro. mai your brain? . Pat paused in his work, and looked steadily and wonderingly at his questioner. B:ains!said he. Me braine, i« it* An‘ do ye think that af I had any brains 1‘d be rurnin‘ this windlins ? M Mrs. Lizze M. Trost, of Monmouth, e , runs a grist mill. She turns on power d watches the mauchinery while her sband writes poem®. k here said the visitor to the Irishâ€" aren‘t you afraid the sun will injure A Question of Brains aree so that all orde For Over Filty{Â¥cars. Mrs. Wixsrow‘s Soormaxé Sy®Ur has been #ued by millions of mothers for their children while teething. . Itf disturbed at mnight and broken of your rest by a siek child suffering and erying with pain of Cutting Teeth seni at onee and get a bottle of ""Mrs. Winslow‘s Sootk.g Syrup" for Children Tecthing. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immedia} tely. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it. It cures Diarrhoea, reâ€" ‘ gulates the Stomach and Bowels, eures Wind Colic, softens the Gums and reduces Inflamâ€" mation, and gives tons and energy to the whole system. *‘Mrs. Winslow‘s Noothing Syrup" for children tecthing it pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of the best female physiciaus and nurses in the United m P::fedtweaty-five cents a bottle. y ruggists througbout the world. Be sure l.mlggl:-kj for "‘Mars Wixstow‘s 3 cooruine Syeur." One day last week there was a jam of logs in the Upper Mississippi above St. Cloud which wasestimated to contain 259,â€" 000,0 )0 feet of lumber ; and a little farther up the river there was another jam, w hich xtended for almost twenty m iles. First Laborerâ€"Whata thats bo:s mean by *Hoora, burra‘? Second Laborerâ€"Not *hoora,‘ but ‘harry‘ Thut means he wants yeh to worrk faster. First Laborerâ€"I sorry I aske. 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