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THE REVOLUTION " SCARE."
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Saturday' it Louden. dablegrara 'nye :
One ot the events of the week ia the.
holding Of the ethoperative Oortgressat
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Oxfard, Workingmen came frore-a,11 parts
• Of the country to peacefully diecuss the
• amelioration of ,the condition of the
proletariat,. the quested whicli. across. the.
- Channel is. attended by the violent and
. barren- CorananniSm of Louise Michel and
her . followers. This. quiet, buSiness,Iike.
_ Method of top -suiting the question is a
hopeful- Sign amid the sinister threats
• Which hang over society. Lord Reay, who
• prekided, pronounced it, although disliked
by toe -ultra revolutionary parties, to be an
intelligent effort to attain . the end which
: those: partiest ignerantiv. strive after..
• The Qnakers, are also in thw. field gravely
-
pondering aver the necessity of patting
7theraffebieg ,marc in accord With moderit
modes .of thoughtand ways: -of 1441rig.
.The question was referred to a corcunittee
for report. •
Turning .tothe social events of the week,
" one eau only .say that ecipiety•keeps.gteacilly
• trithebeaten path of Loudon amusements,
ntirtifiled.by .polities, and 'earpleee of the
warnings- which the prophets of -evil ecca-'
. • sionally lay on its breekfaattabIe..- Two
such indigestible :morsels appeared this
week in the World and : I'intes., -The former
. says, in an article - headed "' TheRevolu--
tion," that "Socielys• is firnaly persuaded
. that the netresult of events between
••_gaster and • Whitsuntide in and
• efut . of Parliament .has -brought us
• perceptibly nearer to what is fashionably
called the revolution.' A 'considerable
• section of society is just:nott sufferingfrom
• real panic. The scare created by. the
Phcenix Park assassieatien haanot -yet
, passed. It has been revived by ihe sue-
- Nolan -of assessitia. •Eugland. ; 'a dread..
the like of which" has not within tho-
. memory of man been experienced -before,
• has :fallen upon the polite world; Cabinet
•' Ministers and subordinate members of the
Gcwerfurient; are ',attended by escorts of.
• :polies ; dynamite- is .suspected to lurk in.
-every sack and basket." The article then
goes on, to speak of the laud question in
•-• Ireland: and Egtheici,..the great increase of
idle men in London, ,its explanation being
that theta is no Market or .superfluous
later . in theagricultural districts,
whilein the .towas the supply is deplorably
excessive. " The English 'ewer orders are
law-abiding, lord,-.1oviug, -and 'almost its
. eycophantic. &stile shopkeepingehiss.
•--Theeequalities eciestitate the sheet anchor
of Our •social salvation and -political
Butsuppose. -the lower orders once
-derived from Ireland or elsewhere a notion.
• of their real - pdwer, 9,nd turn, as trodden
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• 4Worms,-ta Show howugly they can be!
The, latest. :Fetian- scare is a threat to
• ' blow up the Purfleet.- niage-Ziee., A man
withinthe: walls was -challenged by it gen-
try,' and answered, "All rihi, chummy,'
„ and disappearediav-er the wall. The alarm
• • hell was rung, the gintrd turned out, the
police quickly joined in the pursuit, but
there•was n trine. Of the mysterious being.
The affair has aeateci a great 'sausatiola in
- the locality., the inhabitants being afraid of
• • the propinquity of gimpottder sfithaient, as_
they think,to lav half.of
Another little ilutter occurred in Leiees.
. ter during • the visit of the Prince and
Princess- of Wales. A drunk and disorderly
. man approached the toyalcarriage and
- wanted to shake hands With the Princess,
who pushed hint away with her . parasol.
• The Magistrate.. gave him Sevendays. at
• hard Taber, but the Prin ce telegraphedtp
. • the Mayor of Leicester -requesting himto
. remittheremainder of the seutence'at his
and the Prineess". special wish the mac
was instantly -released. The royal couple
have been, busy this week opening parks.
- and town halls, and visiting thehorseahow
at Islington, where a, -remarkably . strata
pony, named Lady Jambe., thirty inches
• high, has ar great sensation.
•The Q 'rthday•- was celebrated
to -day. Thepictu squcaand stirriag cere-
mony of trooping thcolors and the *trade
of the Horse Guar s took place in the
. presence of many o • the Royal Fatritly.
• the evening' there were official; banquets
given by the officers of State, the Prince
Of Wales; dining with Mr. Gladstone, the
foreign ambassadors and Ministers with
Lord' Grafiiille, Lord Northbrook enter-
taining the naval. and Mr. Childers the
Military, big wigs, .Therai were "numerous
- receptions by - the_ wives; of political cele-
brities, and.filially, to complete the jubilee,
• "- Great Paul" was rung for the first time.
The French' play season at the Gaiety
theatre has every prospect of continued
• success. - Sara. Bernhardt is considered:to
•have gained forceand intensity in, render-
,..ing. her famous. rola. Herhusband has
•- gained great faVor as an acto-
r, apart from
the interest naturally attaching Whim as
being Sara Bernhardt'S husband. .
Henry E. Abbey, who managed the
• American -tour of Sara Bernhardt and
Adelina. Patti, -has succeeded in. -inducing
Mr. Henry Irving to accept n engagemEint.
•• for a profesgionaltour in, America, , Mr.
Irving will -probably make his Bret eppear-
• - ince. in New York on October . '29th, 1883,
six menthe. He will be accompanied by
-Miss Helen Terry and his whale company,
and watake. with -him the whole of his
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scenery and prOperties, which are of great
" •-•- Value, auil which willnecessitate the char-
• tering of a ship for transportation from
• London. - ••
• All fashionable and financial Paris. was
•- the Wedding of 'Mlle. Lucie, de Botha,:
child and M. Lambert. Mlle. Lucie is an
amiable - young lady .. of . her hus-
band is..barely....n.- Over three thousand
invitations Were issued for theceremony,
but a good half the •guests were left
outside tlihrtabernacIe. for want Or: robni.
'Among those • more- fortunate who were
ableto get in might have been noticed the
Duo d'Aurnale, the DIM. de Nemours, and
- &host of literary and aftiatia',Iionit.,-- The
bride briaga her husband a. Snug Jittle
• dowry .of one million dellareebut it must
not be imagined that he will ha allowed to.
• make dila'', and drakes ofit;.the:. whole
• sum is to be invested in the Rothschilds'
• Bank, and M. Lambert Will only get the
• itaufract Of . • • -
A.stratiggi scene occurred at -the Cirque
d'Ete, Paris, a few nights- ago. The
Marquis de Boisherbert and his charming,
wife, from Whom he is seperated, met there
aiteideuttilly. The Marquise had her little
boy with her, and Was sitting quietly in the
front eeats. when her husband came behind
her and forcibly carried . off the child, not
hoWever till his wife had stabbed him in
tbe face with a tiny gilt dagger whioh
She: was wearing in her bonnet. M. 'le
Marquis it appears had -objected to the
child being in the.company of a gentleman
who had, accompanied, its- mother to the
airbus. The Marquise was at first die.
treated, but- her anxiety was quicki.y
calmed when on driving home she found
the boy sleeping quietly in bed. Hie father
had, had tune to refleet, and probably to
repent of his violence. It is understood
that the heroipe. of ,this *affair will soon
Make -her appearance on the operatic 'stage..
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. A Naughty. Papa. '
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A. boy went intaa;Istor the other morn-.
ingilimping, and seemedto be -broke up
generally. The proprietor asked.hira if he
wouldn't sit down, and he- said he eouldn't-
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very well, as his, back : was lame. -He
seemed discouraged, and the proprietor
asked him what was the matter. "Well,"
said he, "there is no encouragement for a
bay to have anyfun nowadays. If- et boy
tries to play an innocent joke hegetakiCked.
all over the hause: You see, my Old roan
19 110 spring.chicken;:and though his eyes
are not what theyusedto be, yet he can
see a. pretty girl 'farther theta can. Tho.
other day I wrote ¬e in a fine hand and
addressed it to him, asking him to heona •
•certain corner at half -past -7. on •SaturtitY
evening and signed the name of Daisy to
it. At supper time p was all shaved
up, No had his hair plastered over
the bald apet, End he goton some
dean cuffsand said he was gOing .to
the lodge .to initiate some eitedidates, and
he Might not be in till\iate. He didn't -eat
Much supper and hurried off, rwinkedat
ma but did not say anything. At half -past
7 I went down town'and he was standing
there- "by the post -Office corner in a.da,tk
piece.., I went by him and said:
pa, what are you doing there?'• He Said
he was waiting for a man. I went down
street; and pretty soon I went up pn the
other corner, and he. was standing there
You. se -e he didn't know what .corner Daisy
was going to be on and he had to cover the
Whole four Corners. I- asked him if - he
hadn't found his man yet, and he said no,
the man was &little late. I went up street,'
and I saw pa cross - over hy the drug store,
and I could see a_ girl going by with a water-
proof On, but she Anted along, and
pa looked kind of solemn, the , way
he does when I :ask bird . for new
clothes. I turned and came back; and he
was standing therein the doorway; and I
said: Pa, you will:catch-boa if you stand
around Waiting for. a mai t • You gc; dawn. to
lodge and let ate wait for the man.' Pa
said: 'Never you mind; you go aboutyour
business, and I will attend to- the man.
Weil, when a boy's pa tells him to never
mind,. my experience is that boy wants to
go -right -away from there, and I went down
-street. I thought I would cross over. and
go Up the other -side, and see how long he
would stay. There wasa girl or two gomg
upaheadofme, and I see: a, _man hurrying
&creek- from the drug store to . the other.
corner. It Was pa, and as the girls, went
along and never looked around, pa looked
mad andi stepped into- the doorway. It
was abouti3 o'clock then, and pa was tired
and I felt sorry - for him, and I wept ah
to him and asked for half a dollar
to go t� the theatre. I never knew him
to shell out se quick. He gave ne e. dollar,
and .I told him I -would go and get it
. changed -and bringhire back the half
dollar, but he said - I needn't _mind the
chabge. It is awful 'mean of a. boy7that
has been treated well to - play it on hiapa
.
that way, and I felt ashamed. As I tuteed
the corner and sew him .standing there
shivering, waiting for theman,. my_eopr
science troubled me, and I told a police7.
Man to go and tell pe. that Daisy had been
suddenly taken -sick, and wouldnot be
that evening. Well, when I -went
home the joke Was se good I told ma about
it, and she _was, mad. I guess she was
mad at me for treating pa, in that way.
'heard pa come 'home about 11' e'clock, and
ma was -red -kind to him.! She . told
him to warm his feet, 'cause they
was just like chunks of ice. The
She asked him how Many they
initiated in the lodge, and he said six; and
then she asked hinrif they initiatedDaisy
intheledge, and -then she began to cry. In
the morning pa took me into the basement
and me the hardest talking to th,at
•I ever had—with a bed -slat.- He Said - hat
he knew that I wrote that note s1.1 the
time, and he thought he • would retend
that he was Woking: for Daisy., hist co fool
me. But what did he give me th'. z dollar
Joe? Ma and pa don't seem to .11 each
other pet any more, and, as for the, tliey
both look' at me a.s though I was a bar,i
citizen. I am- 'going to Missouri to tah
Jesse James': place. There is no encour
a;gement for a boy. here." And the bp
limped out to Separateacampleof dogs tha.
were fighting.—Peck's Sun. '
TIIE REVISED OLD TESTAMENT.—It IS Doti
anticipated that the Revised Old Testamen
will be issued for 'about eighteen month
yet. Theloompany of the revisers are, how
'ever, ' gettipg, on quickly. They bait
:reached in their secoad 'revision theendo
and will renlain in the United, States for the second chapter of Daniel. They are, 1
is whispered, making changes even greate,
and More numerous than those which were
made in the New ' Testament by the
.Jerusalem chamber coLqiutny._
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41110TOGBAPILY MADEBAIM
Every Han His Own. Taker or squares.
-;--What a Traveller May Do.
Another advance has been made in. pho-
tography. ' Every traveller. or every person
whatsoever, must have wished at some
time or other that he or she was an artist
—a painter, a:sketcher, or draughtsman
or draughtsworain ; that this mountain,
that lake, this here or that there could be
.put down in black and white and, carried
away. It may, or may not be true, but it
is said that art studies arepur-
sued with . more: zeal in Picturesque
places, and - that pupils in drawing
and sketching are more . numerous
and more diligent after the summer travel,
is completed. A lawn remarked: "By:
next season I Shall be able to sketch the
glen.ti, Nature is the great teacher, and ,
inspires the studentito imitate and to equal.
But this striving with the pencil to repro-
duce nature or anything else- is 'new un-
pecessary. A photographic apparatus has
been invented by • which every traveller Or
afiy ono may sketch by photography. The
-outfit weighs about two pounds, and can be
carried by a strapover the shoulder like, a
game bag,or fish basket. When a hit of
scenery ceraes.in.view that is worth ta4ing.
away, or an old mill„bern, house, group, or
anything that takes your fancy, you un-
harness, place the camera OD 0, tripod, and
in 4 twinkling you hair() the object in view
transferred to a prepared plate, which may
be 'developed" when your travels are
over. Every time the train, stops for lunch,
which is often in the west, for the people
-
must besuppOrted,•the phOtograhhie artist
may "take" the whole town while the
other •passengers are lunching. Very far
west the conductor of a train would wait,
probably, -for the artist to photograph,
develop, sell and realize -on the spat before
he week on to .the next. station. -This
photographer's- outfit is very moderate in
cost, and canbe operated by any one;
though he may have no kilowledtts previ-
ously of photography. . There is it-e-t•aoliation
in labor -saying machinery.--:Providen0e
Journal. -
•
Mint as to • Mow Not to Talk to Chil-
• • dren.
One'day I sat in a ear on the gangue
bratiCh of the Eastern: road behind a pale;
,careworn lady who was taking a little boy_
fro Boston to Maiden. As the little boy'
was of a very inquiring mind,and every-
thing eeerped to attract his attention, I
couldnothelp listening to Some Of his
questions. • •
"What is that -article ?" the little boy
commenced, pointing to 94,ack Cif hay- on
the: niaKsh. ' .
Oh, that's hay," answeredthe eareworn
lady. . •
• " What is hay, auntie ?": •
"Why,- hayds hay, dear."
13ut whatis hay, made. Of ?"
Why hay le made of'dirt and water and
" Who makes it ?" -
"God makes it, dear."
• Does He Make it in the day time Or in
the night ?"
In both, dear."
k‘ Ana -Sundays ?"
"Yes, all the tine." -
"Ain't it wicked to make hay onSunday.,-
auntie ?"
• "0, I don't knotv. I'd keep still, Willie,
that's a dear. Aentie is tired." •
And atter remaining quiet a moment little
Willie broke out: .
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Et. James! Gazette : It mnst he aul
astonishing reflection to the pillager -gamer-.
ation of Englishmen that the, famous
university .men of fifty years ago whom
they constantly hearpraised had not the
smallest tincture of 'science.The Oxford
men—Newinsuatdanning and Arnold—knew
•nothing •of it. The Cambridge man .- Dar-
win, When at school, which was a principal
feeder of Cambridge, heard his pursuits
described by the head master as the culti-
vation of stinks "---which, indeed, became
the popular university term for them.
Mr. Gladstone ,is still. younger by seven
Years than Palmerston when Premier.
Winnipeg despatch says Acton Bur-
rows has been appointed Deputy Minister
of Agrioulture and Statistics.
The Marquis of Conyngliam is dead. He
was equerry to the Queen and a Lietiteri.
ant -General.• -
: _GArliffiALD11
----, •
Heizoring. 'the Bead - Eatriot-,4uteresting
. ' incidents o his .litua Moments: • -
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- A Biome despatch (dated Saturday) Says '
The Chamber of Deputies was Crowded to
excess to -day. President Farini: delivered
a panegyric on the deceased General; dur-
ing which the---;twbele Howie remained
Standing. Depret taPtesidentnf the, Conn
oil, presented two -
national fete till t 18th haat., and decree-
ipostponing the
e
ills, One ,
ing funerahhonorS, and the other providing
for the erection of a rnonurnentto Garibaldi
at the wit' of the State and the payment of
pensions of tenthoUsand lire to the wide*
and. ea611 Of his five children. President
Farini•Moved resolutions that the Chamber
-
adjourn until the i2th inst., that the mem-.
hers attendin a bi dy the popular dempti-
Strations in honor of Garibaldi, and that a
deputation go to Q prera- to be: present at
the funeral: . Both bills and resolutions
were adopted. The Senate comtnernorated
the death of 'Garibaldi in a similar manner;
f . All the Liberal joUritale:appearin Mount-
ing' and publish eulogies of - , Garibaldi:
The action Of - the French Chamber of
Deputies, Wheadjeurped as a Sign -Of mourn-
ing for Garibaldi, ; produced an excellentimpreSsiOn. i.Ricciiiti :Garibildiand Major
'Canzio have arrivetd at Caprera. Prepare-
. tiene for the cremation of the remodelar have
been suspended. 1 - ' ,- - , :
/LONDON, June 3.# -The l'imez' obituaryon
Garibaldi Says: • "All his deeds will bear
eriticisna. Itwopld have been happy if he
had,shokert less and Written nothing, - ..
- M-ADAi;ENA, Jdne3.—During the attack of
-broae aids to whicli Garibaldi sticcenabedhe-
Seyeral times higutted if . the steamer con-
veying Dr. 'Allsanea.i to Caprera- had been
sighted.- Being answered in: the negative
he seemed disturbed.. He . also; -asked for
news of his Kim Mantis, awIshortly after -
:wards .-qiiietly! expired. „ His features
appear • as if - he. idept. -. The ' death'
chamber . is arranged as . a. mcittaary
chapel, The -614 of ' the deceased
=General - is . dressed . in white•Noncho and
the embroidered :eiv he habitually wore.
A -body of marines is posted in the chamber
as a guard of -honor. Garibaldi's will orders
his body to he . cremated' and the ashes
preserved in a - porphyry urn near the
tomb of his dead child at Canters. The,
will is dated -.-Septeinher 17th, -1881, and
entrusta the execution of his wishes to his
wile. Dr."...Albaneei arrived • this mot! wllig;
The steamer was delayed owing to a dense
. ptitta, •June .3. In the Chamber of
Deputies to -day ,13arriglicie expressed the'
.grief of the Republicans at the death of
Garibaldi. Lattesean reminded the Haase
of the help Garibaldi.,had afforded. France
in her misfortunes., and moved the adjourn-
ment as a sign. :of mourning. Despite.
the protest of the Right the motion carried.
by 301 to 146, .amid the cheers of the JAM
,Connat,-Jiine 4,..-Gatibaltli's family will
obey the injunctions of his _will regarding
cremation. ' • -
. "-Where da staracome irons., auntie?" "
"1 don't know; nphody knows."
"Did the moon lay 'em9" .
"res, I guess iso," replied the wicked lady.
Can the moon. lay eggs, too?' • :
"1 suppose so. . Don't -bather me !".
A short sileace when Willie broke out
again : . • -
".Benny :says oxina is a Owl, auntie
they?"..-
" 0, perhapa stir .
"1 think a whale- could. lay eggs—don't
you, auntie ?": • -
" 0, ye e I guess -so," said, the shameless.
*brain. ' • .
"Did you ever Hee a whale On his neat?"
"0, 1 guess so I' .
- "Where?" -
• " Imean no. Willie you musthe quiet;
I'm getting crazy!" •
". What makes you strazy, auntie?"
"Oh, dear! you ask so many questions.',`
"Did you ever see a -little fly eatSugatl"
"Yes, dear." - .
"Where ??
" Willie, sit down on the Beat and be
or I'll shake you. New, not 'another_
word!"
And the lady pointed her finger Sharply
to the little .boy, as if she was going to
stick it through him, If she had been a,
wicked Woman she would have Swoin.
There are eight million little boys like
Willie•
DINNIE- AND CUMMINGS. .
The Scotsman says: "Donald Dinnie„
champion heavy -weight athlete Of the
world: will sail from Liverpocil for New
YOtk early in June, and will make his first
appearance, at the ,annual ' genies of the
Caledonian Club- of the .Hudson County,
On July 4th. -The champion intends
that this will he is farewell tour. After
fulfilling his engagements in the States
and Canada, DinnieTwill visit California
and Australia. George Davidson exPented
to accompany Dinnie, but We learn from 4
recent letter that it is \doubtful if he will
be _ able -to come, owing,: to indisposition.
William CIIMIDhigS, the champion runner
of the world, from one to ten miles, is
coming. Engagements for Dianiel and
Cummings' appearance may be Wade by
addressing -the 'Scotsman offish); New York."
Din*, the alleged. " - champion," Might
have made .sorae engagements ahead With
Mr. Roderick McLennan, had he been to
minded.
• -
Mr. Robinson; the.. G. W. R. Station
Agent at Paris, has been ailing for some
days btit is now recovering.
Sir Charles Hall has-been seized with
paralysis and resigned he. office 'of Vice -
Chancellor. •
Bronson -Howard has ahnost, finished his
itifw play., which- is destined for the Madison
• Sitter° Theatre. - ,
—In a western Mine there is this notice:
" DO not fall down this .shaft as theteare
men at work at the bottom of it."-
-The editors have struck. So we are
informed by a gentleman with a spring
poem and a bladkeye.
Mortality and !Mateo; on Boar
'A Quebeo. despatch says: • The
fever ‘-eptclexiio among: the passe
the steateship Prussian - has ..not
conquered: Yesterday -One death- o
and that was of a child -ef. IQ year
belonging" to. Dr: Cotellier, physi
charge of the ,Marine Hpsaital.
two of. thepessengets of the Prassi
have been suffering frarathe 'cliseas
and the of the third is -mom
expected. Beeides.„-thes-e ere. a
three or four Very serious came and
(bent. Altogether some thirty-one
are suffering from this cause. You
eeetative has just learned. that
fever has 'broken. out in several
in '• St, . Roche„the sufferers
persons who had -oorae into con
with one or more Of the "suffer
residing dose by the --hospital.
twenty five of the ill-fated pesseiage
Prussian have come to an -mitre
einem-heir arrival in this port 04
evening- last this Matter Was brough
the notice of the Quebec :city -Conn
-no action was taken, though -severs
cillors expressed themselves - loud
damning. the laxity displayed 'forth
fax quarantine :authorities in
people suffering from soseriousan e
to leave that pori for the interior,
ronty:eadangering the liveeOf the s
but oho of these with .:whom they ,
contact. Whoever is to blame it is
impossible to say, but -a *Het inves
should be made by the ,GOVernme
the party made an example of. -
Tremendous Sales! -
. _ .
The druggists of this city are doing a big
business now in thesale of St: Jacobs Oil.
One druggist On *hem we Called on- Satur-
day -..afternoon; , stated that although.- his
sales were large at first, they have alibied
lately. - • -
,
Another said that so popular has the Oil.
become that he could hardly keep the supply
up. Not -one to NheID we have i3poken but
have -it a high receia to endation and said that
it tetuat be effectirig scores ef cures,Or there
would not be such a demand for it: -.
The people have got the St. Jacobs Oil:
-fever bad and no hiisteke,andconfideneeiu
its caring qualhie is still growing stronger.
Of course; this wauld not be so, unless the
remedy 'was hilly meeting its every promise.
Bankrupt School Boards.
-
Montreal is in the midst. ota
educational crisis. " -The iehool -
both Protestant- and Catholic, ha
badly -bitten of late with the el
building mania, have spent all the
-on arehitectiiral adornments, and t
find themselves in a bankrupt 90
.
The result is that the teitche
received notice that their Services`
be required after this ..month; and
-
public Scheele will be closed On t
August.-
-• Lawrence Barrett w_ ill pass the s
in London, Eng. .
.---A new kind.of English glass
by taking it before .it is :fairly mel
While it ith hill of bubbles and sh
wlaile half liquid, half solid.- - It
peculiarly fragile and appears Vene
Soma of the revised - figures and Opin-
ions- concerning the sun; as the result of the
most recent observations, aided by improved
methods and appliances, are Of -peculiar
interest. Thus, the:. fernier ahoulations
which placed the sun at 94,900,000 piles
frora the eat]] , and which remained
unquestioned fax so Many years,. are now
changed, on the higheet authority 80 as to
present a Medi distanced 93,100,000miles.
Not less iriterestig are those investigations
Whieli deal with the solar temperature,
respecting which. the most diverae-ppinichis
ha, existed until lately. amopg Men of
science; these oridens differing, it feat,
all the way fitan millione to the compara-
tively low temperature of 3;632 degrees
Fahr. The figures now most generally_
received are those of Prof. Rosetti, of
Padua, Who, after the niost 'profound and
prolonged_ study, places the sun's tempera-
ture at about 18;000 degreegFehr.: Another
notable fact is the recent discovery- of
• oxygenin the „ennYs atmosphere—the firSt.,
,discovery; indeed, of theexistenceof any
non metallic element there. '
—I cannot remember ever havi
it in print, but I heard the stor
years ago that Charles 11. cifferecl a
to .-.any- one who Could find a t
porringer." Some man - dig
reward on producing these lines:
"The Duke of York a daughter ha
Be gave the Prince of Orazige-he
•:So now your Majesty wilFsee
Pint found a rhyme to porrtnaer
• --Notes and
. - .
. ,--Last_bunday evening a Bosto
stiddeniy paused ioniesclat near t
of his sermon and said, "'We wou
glad if that yonng. Man in the
Would 'come inside and .Satisfy
whether_ she is or is not here.- Th
be Much better than keening
drift on the roccupants of the ba
And itrthe solemn silence that
the Congregatioa 'eouldNhear.a son
side as of the retreat of in army
'acre.
PROFESSOR An OLD has been giving his
,opinion concerning . the relative value -of
.barley and,:cotn for production Of butter,
cheese, and Milk. In brief it is, that corn
is far preferable to barley when the object
is to produce the most and the hest hut -ter,
but for obtaiping milk . for_ cheese' or for
selling milk' by Measure; barley is more
profitable. There IS often wanteda way
to dispose of barley that is too much off
oolOr to bring a good price in the market,
and here it is. „
-
VICE French Cabinet have decided, upon
the proposition of the Minister of Marine,
to ask the Chambers for a supplementary
credit for a : scientific expedition to the
South Pole. 1318 .expedition will be
organized in. concert with Gerfaany, Eng-
land. and Sweden. It is for the purposeof
making meteorelogicel observations, dur-
ing two danseautive years, at the North and
South ' Poles. Prance and -"Gereatiny will -
each send a ship to the Beath Polet. Eng-
land .and_Swedeh will send one each to the
North Pole.- -Te outlay for Fiance Will
amount to 500000 francs (£19415).
There is a rumor that the French GOV-
enimept Will glitz( 1)200,000 for Menkaosy's
"Christ before Pilate." - •
4
—After the circus is -over alter thewild
beast eheW is done: PITO SOD Of toil
(epetatioitlly)--' That . was a bully ahoy.
Did you See the lion -tamer, hey ? " Second
Son of toil—"Dtdn't I? I tell you, it takes
him to -boss a lion. Why, he just knocked
that old- lieness &bent. RS if she had been
his Wife."
Diritto states that the King of Italy has
Promised to acst as godfather for the haunt
sot of Prince Viirilliam of Prussia.
s
scarlet'.
era by
t been
urred,
of. age
an in
0 -day
•„ who
,-died,
tarily
still
treat -
MODS
repre. •
carlet
milies•
being
Gegen;
a
far;
Of the
y end •
riday
before
il; -but
Coun-:
con-
Hali-,
14:Ming
ideinics
us not
erers„.
•me in -
„aa yet
gation
eculiar
• oards,
been -
borate,.
funds
y now .
dition.
-have
• ill not •
at the
1st of
miner
made
and
ping it
s' not
an.
g seen
many
eward
me to
d the
eries.
divine
e close
all -be
stibnle
imself
would,
Bowed
a out- •
th ban -
Ten thousand young hatp. seals valued
at 24,000, haveheen hauled on s ore by ;
the inhabitants. between Grignet -a Cape
Norman, On the northeast coast o New.
folindland, within one Week- of th ir aP
pearanee. - '
A CRABBED CREATUR
That nature cares loraiideuteila'
owu bas become an eqablished fact,
observers; Who does not love the so
the ,brig,htly scintillating
from the phospho
Sea,aalheyebreak against th
in the Sunimq night until
heiselfe weary ot the opet
.turns tliesounding surf to
the opnposite shore, le
• stranded some badly -mu
snail,which wanders sol
on,tobemiat
:ion
. worldly Store
- its back. 0
same beach
found ..our c
ce.an edible
crab—whose
apologY for
lug at all. see
to'ba its "Oil
4 - furnish adele
• -
slier-
o all
nil of
aves
cent
ocks
ture
tion,-
,exds
ting ,
ated
ash:.
its
ipoia
the
y
the
hicf
s to -
y to
ble
ate
1111-
ake
tery
ugh
red, .
ing
es a •
the
lie 1,
lin
94)- '
UFO
111.1
ood
ter&
out
the
and '
ian
Vcr, •
er,
8111
ets
vay
meal. to forn
Weds. The erah being covered with a hat
pedetrable shell, it is not easy to molestor
him aftaikt herefore he Ayages war in his*
world unceasingly when once attacked. Alth
tiny, he camacit be- said to be devoid -of tinders
big; having ten -legs to assist his locomotion
however, avails hint little, for, when conqu
he never turns his back to his enemy, sta
into's. bold run, but, like many politicians d
election finie, shpS off sideways. There co
time in the life of this pugnacious fell -Ow whe
years bring hint niore bone and. muscle th
can dispose of withcomfort„ and he lindS
_self in a very tight place his Shoes pinch
and -he begins to realize the practicability
nlyingto Dante Nature for more room or al
. in • proportion to hiS inereasing 1ze. N
slowly responds to the call; but in her attn
time provides a new home,- se that the
prising little Creature does not wander
bonieless, but is provided for suitably, as wa
:old sailor, who dropped his, rheumatism
crabbedness when he applied the Great Ge
Remedy, ST. Jicoas 011.: This last, how
may Sound rather fishy to the skeptical ro
and to suchwewOuld reply in language toe
be-misunderstood—in words illustrating
that even the wawa of time cannot wash
or sealv epithets affect. ST. JACOBS OIL t
has rendered the 1resand homes of myria_ s' of
sufferers -brighter than eVer the electric hall an,
which•peoplepauseto admire along- the way: 'till
More happily served than the old sailor wt an
inValid; who wrote thus concerning his case
"CROOKED HAERTEL."
Accept a..--Itholisand thanks for- that,-" go
remedr." , I suffered for many years withh a
anatic pain in niY limbs. My legs were di
together and- people palled me "Crooked
tel." -I Used ST:•JA,COBS OIL and wilt cured
now feel so well that I think I could dance,
myyoung days. :TORN IIAERtEL.IVOROUt
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