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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-09-08, Page 2' • Tyra_ outotomo. - - - (87.0andpapa.) I'm very fond of -Marra eldest hoz . But -no one for a monsentcan, suppose - pl_easant, when he drops a heavy toy- - -Upon the-worst.or WEI/1y gouty toes. • dote.on little-Sitty, ehe's- a Iambi. Batin allkindlinessiX beg.to state, • • I'm not -enraptured to ftn.d raspherrYiani z • Benevolently spreactOpon my pate.- . , . There's Tommy too, 'ho, bless hirn has a • tura • . rot Chemistry,andft: times. through the - day. •. : Bring*in. strange -corn °undo:that first blase and burp, , - • • 'Then bangi and there's on eyebrow blown While Ar.thur who wotik like 0, be. a clo_wni Will spank the baby'With a pewter spoon; I can'tpersuade hi ni wItli-my fiercest ,frOwn, That I was not brought up as -Pantaloon, • While -they are homet•tbro schoollto in their power,. :, ,.....• _. For persecution seems theirchief delight ; . The Poet tells us of the " Children's Hour," , But here's-an.hour that lasts.froto Morn till .: -• night. • L' - ' ...And so whet all the lioziclaya Fite orer, - And they return to salutary -role; _ 1 Brune to. think therilif -esterroe no more, .. Anatedprofoundlyt ankfulthere's a, schoel. . • :CallarieetalaAtAisT ittarme. , - - - - -: _AVIlitatlatie laitaatei11itia nal Dein l•e . • " lam eat tA Near /kirk- repot Of yesterday's: date ) .- , ,: , , .-:. . nays :- A -little. group). -cif Chinamen Stoed • around, On open Ocala n; the -establishment • of :Undertaker aanies. Naughton,. at No. 40 , Mat staiati on, Friday morniog, and gazed at the -features of its -tenant Wong -Tung,, - a_young Mongolian, who, died of consump- tion - oh Thursday. Wong Tung: was -at stranger tomoit of- the_ company, and was one- of thereeent .'arrivaiefrom Califerniaa .. yet the membersof the little Chinese cot- . , ,'enyin Mott street,. with -a epiritof ehatity *atoll might -king a blush to the cheek& of - -the . sootillerited : Ch- ins who hoot at -.theta in the; streiets, had: subscribed, oney eneugn to_giveltheir dead country: n &handsome -coffin and a.decentharial: ' Al . ; the- solemn -visaged. group had sur- . aline the remains_ foa ta- few moments in . silene they removeci_the clothing from the dead ongel and en:eased, him in_.e. new bine: sue:'penterocins: and Chinese shoes, • aridp t upon, hie. head -a- finely spun hair ea package of title and fruits' was de- • eded- in- the coffin; One of the party took a. wooden. oomb 4n4, ,:holding it oaer the coffin,. ntoke it in two, totting the pieces• . fall upon. the body.: At- the same time he horriedly. uttered OlChinese prayer and. turned. his back to the °or*, -ati though frightened at what; lie liaa . Ilene. •A . peek of cards tised . ia . the Chinese - game of • " hi - ki." IWO. placed - - Upon the shoulderof - the deed naan and -- tbehigheet: card in the pack was:drawn out -and tbrown- upon hi breasta4 signal Of .... _ _ , . _ . triumph. One of the Spectators suggested • that the card was a delic-ate symbol of the "last: trump...of: Gabriel," - At noon ' the: a eoffie was placed in a ilearse and conveyed to No II Mott street, ',where: two carriage • loaaa of- Chnitemen fell inth line tad ea _ ' eaprees. waggon containing the clothes of - the dead man and. al*. Of Chinese prayer _ 'papere bronght up the reei. •.A Chinaman. •eat on the seat with the driver. of. the . ' hearse, . and . att the "funeral • procession - I started away. Itealicgon- to throw slips. of• , p.aperto the rigiit and reit. This is done. ' nocercling to the Chinese_ auperetition that the dealt, having- his ,, attention atttaoted, • etops-to _pick up the .. papers and cannot ' overtake_ the hearee. There. were enough fragments of. paper ,tflying 'in • the.. -air • to keep his, satanic; majesty. quite - buay„ although the.paesiega spectators *ere astonished at the alah- The reMainS. were • • -taken to a plot inthe-vergreens Cemetery, • whioh was recently-. =Chatted by a rich • it . Chitutitian, residing a . Newburg and pre- - Seated to the Chinese . lub. The coffin was - lowered. it the gr Se anathe moartiers- • • 4 scattered iicea and f agrcienta of chioken alongside �f- it. ' en; the grave was • eleiled Up the, clothingof the dead man -was pliteed On thereetinciend burned. Handfuls -�f thed paper slips, each one • beating - a, _ prayer in Obinese C11aactors,. were thrown - inte_the ilainesivtvhilalotnea the_ mourners • held' lighted a- Jess"' *inks to their hands • -and 'muttered._ incantations ::._ in _ their '• native tongue. It pies a. remarkabler- sight, this . groupof . heathens oharit• -. ably a burying their 40cl...brother in a Christian oneetery, itz)d 'breathing piques t� Lord Buddha with the marble cross of Chriatetid-canuprearingitself upanall sides.. • ITO tearswereShell: bat the -faces of the mournersavereenfficreut proof of their ear» nestnete. Fiiiiilly, the thanea burned low and the "Joss" sticitaiwere planted in the a. monad.. The party' then placed a Small -,_ board inscribed, with ehitierie hieroglyphics at the head of the gra4ein lien. of a head- : stone, end_ retired, leaying a. heap. of -amok, ing ashes and adozenburning "Joss"-stioks tia testimony that,: whatever faults Wong Tung might. hive, had; he lived faithful to - -• his :religion - and was, a Candidate for the • "Seyentla Heaven.!' ' i -,- Coutirtnatioa tit tfte fli ce ot Walesrsons. •• The cOnfirmatiou. 0 tinee Albert Vator 'ti wit 9, , gt Whipping- - and Prince George_ of rs took place. yes- terday afternoon„ A ,_. ham -Charon,Newpoat, Isle of Wight, the " cetemony. Teeing pert ' reed by the Arch-. in ' °bishop of Canterbtaya *thavlione werethe Dean - of- Windsor tid Canon Connor. OcouPying seats in the claineel Were Her •' Majesty the Queen, the Prince andPtiocess . of 'Nava -the Duchess of Cottnatight;Princess Beatrice, the Duke o Albanya•Princesses . 1 Victorio, Louise and , Maud of Wales, and PrincessesSophie and 1 Orgaret ot PrUSBia. The. chancel was beantifully decorated with floWers, and on the isonemunion tieble was an 'exquisite cress of white lilies. • Princes_ Albert Victor 14.nd George wore the • - uniformaef midshipmen Of the royal navy, , and by special -desire io -the` Queen every Id rank on Wien': Her a jesty's ship Bac- chante Woe represente aCapt. Lord Charles • 'Scott and the other officers. being in 'full uniform. • . Canon Cjianor read Inthe pie:fade to : the - - Order of Confirniation after which. the - Archbishop .impressiai;ly. addressed the• candidates; and ' en performed the -1 - perem.onyof laying on f. hoods: By Her 3 ty'S Omni:Land', e Musical portion c11 t .6=40e -was rendered by the choir of, henna' -ackuto14 Newport—Loudon 'tete get from! te »45�a day at es, have been , plentiful • itert, at an • average_ price_ utia.•' A. BABBA*01Jsi DEEP. Aa Old Ban nude to Sit on a Bed Hot -• stave..aud Afterwards snot. - On the.I0th of next month the trial of Frederick Vinten, alias- Fred Ward, and alums,Finnegan_, -Who are jeintlY indicted. for burglary -in the -first degree 41;ha feloni- pull assault,. Will take 'place at• Suffolk County 'Court House, Riverhead, .L. I. The facts of the case, avkiiish read like a ohapter froro.the life of Jack _Sheppard,' or that of Vidoeq, the-reat French detecitive„ are as follows Ah011t two O'OhiCh on the Corning of the I5th of December Vinton and Finnegan -broke into the toil -- deuce -of Chtletophet RoynoraofGreetipert, L. L, one oftheWeelthieat :far -tilers of that place, and demanded his Money,: Rayner, who IB 72 yeats old; refused- to -tell them where it was. 1 Vintonseized a. lanap whioh was • in -» the teem, and removing the covers feom a stove which - Was in • the remit, poured» the oil into it andset it On fire.. . They then -deliberately 'forced the Oki -gentleman to:sit:down upon ,the burning fluid. • The Pain waS so great that he was foroci to -tell them where the money was, which only amounted -to about17. The _heartleseasillaine. then_prepared_ttaquitathe_ houee . but before doing SO Finnegan drew a..revaver„ and handing.- it - to-Vinten, told. him to !hot the old man., Vinton imniecli- Oily did so; theloall striking -Raynor it the the right breast._ The *oiled proved not -to be fatal- one, but the old man has Aever. fully recovered. from the effectsof thetreat- • moat he received that night, and has ever sinew been -partly demented. 'Vint* was: for this offence on January consitable of _Riverhead; and was confined in the jail at that place. He escaped in the -latter part Of February, and - by the -use of forged letters .of introduction, obtained employment on- the Elevated Rail- road of Ne*Yerk, almost immediately -after his escape. Capttilii Wiry, of.the New • street station, »who was tufotteed' of the escape, placed. Policeman- -William-X. Norton the nese. • alle succeeded in tracing Vinten-, and arrested liun in the engine house of the :EleVeted Railroad Cempany's pita - at Sixty-seventh street and:Second:avenue, im May 6t1I. Viten was sent back to Riverhead -jail, where he was on joinetl- by his compouion, Finne- gan, whowasarrested byPoliceman.Norton on - board of a fiehing-smaalk on. May 15th. Oo Jaiiy. llth Vinten 'again _managed to escape,by meaxlia -of false keys made -eat of tin and: Wood.:- Captain Caffry. again placed- Policeman Norton On, the case, Detective Sergeant Heidelberg - being - detailed by Inspector Byrues for the same • purpose. After 'about a . month's Chase Vinten was again arrested and jailed., • :Short cuts Astioss tile Atlantic. ••• Persons who dislike long voyages will be ale& to learn that a project -is in. -hand -by whiah the.alreacly short tithe taken to reach: Europe from this country they be still fur- ther reduced; That plea contemplates- the eastert coast of Newfoundland ssfurnish- ing a starting point and the Western coast Of Ireland is providingthe _point of ter- mination, tnuti- embracing a distend -re of only 1,600 Miles. 'That "the: enterprise: will aome day be perfected .quite probable, and it is already calpulated thatit may be put in operation by. 1888 or 188'T. This seems e 'rather long. while to wait -for • People who have never . been. to.. the - Old _World and who Went, togo. But if such: peOple- dread the Sea they will naturally stole that. It is. much better to wait for a few years: than to run the risk of prostration from the tdreadful mat de . For those who Rae -.remote • 'froth Newfoundland of course: 'a long rail- road journey: will be necessary,. but railroad journeys •of whatever length are less • abhorred by inapa personethen thehorrcirii of ocean travel. 'As the passage atiross the Atiantio has already • been out down- to • seven days; it is an. interesting speculation as to- how much further it, Call he red -octal! According to our present rate *of» progress, itproterses tobeccime - a mere .bagittelle by 1887. idnyerioritr of Afternoon yr Owspaporit. 'Pau aptly illustrating the truth of the .statenient-- that the'. aftettoon, papers get thefirst mention' of art iinportatit piece, of news,the U Hee. Obseruerreay that it Ayes. the afternoon papers that teinounoed the nets 'of -Congressman epafield's eominia tion at .Chicago; thenews' of President Garfield's nominatibm and of Robertson to be collector't. the news" OftheresignatiOn of NetYork!s, two- senators, the .neWs of the assaseination of the President at Baltiniore &Potoraec depot, the news of the sente.noe of the . issassin, and- the news' of the assassin's execution," -.Of not one: in_enior- able event in history- Of the peat: twelve. mouths did_ the Morning' papets.maketlie &et mentiona—Reflato Comaterciai. . The Bev. Phillips Brooks, one of- the most eminent-- tareaohers in America, and kundoubtedly the most eminent one in Bos- ton, is travelling inEurope and.will shortly be in Londob. The Lick Observatory, in » California, is • under way. It is -on -Mount Hamil- ton, thirteeu mites from San Tose; and -nearly 4,500:feet abaci sea level; with an unobstruOted view of the heavens, except a small part • of the northeastern herizon, shut out froin-iew by a nePahbering moun- tain peak. There are to be two &mei, in one of 'whiClia twelve -inch - equatorial • telesope now erected. The other is to • contain the great: thirtyanx--inch telescope, • the glasses for whioh are now being grciund ateambridgeport*,_ Mass.- The observatory is of the most substantial character, and will be completely equipped, and, although removed from- -centres of population and of Scientific Work, it will be easily accessible froth Sin Jose_ by a maintain road. »con- structed for this purpose, •- AlloCkland worean has Made a1 quiltcon- . taining 3,69Er pieces.' It is unnecerisary to ' say that this 'Rockland woman is nigh on to 100, - near wore glasses,' milks all the cowl on .the farm and makes all thebutter, besides doinglierhouseWorkahelaingin the hay fieldigoing to market- every other day - and getting through O thousand and One other duties lathe courseaof the twenty- four -hours. Of °puree - this Rockland Woman is' no exception to the general rule in the inzininerable raceof patchworkers. _ It is; reported in -England that- Ogres -AI mason of Daniel Defoe is in indigent eircitirestatioes, old a- penitY- subsoiption from readers of "Robinson Croce" iapro- posed for his- elief. • , • WAS SHE BURIED ALLIVE4 _ A. . Ifi orrIbte Possibility. Begarding a Lady . _. Who Was Jac -eel -sly intessednr7Wasit. •.luatin. .. •- - 1 As the atm was going dean amid orinisOn_ and amethyst--, eplendots last Sundiy,1 O scene -so,appalling q to blanchthe -faCes and press' the liferfbr the rnionienti frcen , out the hearts of: thine who. -witnessed it, took place- iir-CongreisiOnat cemetery. The relatives of a tleoased lady' were there to remove the body frOM the. receiving ' vault where it had been -deposited to await. the return . of the husband in order to interit with kindred dead.' The cirounestantiee t- tenaing the illnessaand- 'death- of the- 1e4i3r were unusually sad; Mrs. Baiter had butata - oently retuned home from a sotatheriastaa ,. tion - where she went to join her- 'husband, . , who is master's mate in the .11nited. States navy. A eciiiiplioation. cif ameladies 'ren- dered her such a sufferer ' that, opiates - were resortedto in order to alleviate' pa n. When.her recovery -Wei despaired of t e husband was telegraphed for, but was ii ,a7 ble to return jib= immediately, -He ar-- rived - th.e latter. part of last week :when arrangements for the final ' burial- were , .- _ , made. ''' • • ,• , 1 When the casket lied bete:Aitken from the vault the .husband- expressed the desire to look for the lot time - apon.hie beloved dead. The attendant: lifted the outer lid-ao -that tlie faoe Could -bestowed through te_gbasia The Changed positionof -the body 14. dis- arranged -condition-of the Olothieg at Olee . excited the ago:tieing suspicton that a living -body had • been placed among the dead:-• The • . carefully arranged hair -hid been .torn frern its fastening rand laid o'er the shoulders in. disorder,- , The floweire that had 'beau placed on het boom *were Scattered._ The folded hands: had been Wrenehed -asunder onal , the palms were open and fingers' strained -apart and the -eyes were started frOm: their sOckets. -- The ' Changes which would neutrally - ocout after elapse of eleven days , fit= death might eoCcitint for some Of the alterations whipli had bleu plaiee, butthe.dielieveled hair,the i appealing expression':of hancla and features! -create the horrible fear that the -unhappy lady sunk away intathat counterfeit of ,deathauspended.- aniMa- tion—and revived to fiaci herielf coffined and: entombed as dead. .. . . summer Wen's*. -. -There, wines a loud OrY from our great» watering' places for fresh and more ab tta dant supplies- of eligible menthittaa s unmarried mezi anywhere this side of: 50,- with impales ranging from twenty Multi. . . sand to fifty thogettatd dollars per annum: The available stook on hand Of this species of goods -a -never 'very largehas- becorcie greatly- reduced.. EVen at Newport, whin, h always boasts- of :a • very ..ohoice assert,- ment the market is almost entitelrbaire. - of desitable men - for matrimonial purposes, Perhaps there has been anore rove made- at 'Saratoga and Newport this 'suromer.-than ever -.before.. ` It is not, . - iteWeaet, -of the kind , Which . =likes.. or prOnffites- ?her- riage. - - H baud hunting • and ;wife irr hunting • , e • - supposed , to .• . be •the serious . impatiens .. of - maids and ,"atia bachelors at. watering places. Flirtations are siniply delightful relaxations, and ini4 be. looked Upon as fleeting amusements, in, -colitredietinction to- the heavy bitsinese of payingwhit are tailed '.' serious - atten- tions.'-' Men ' who ge-lo Watering places nowadays are, ase, atile„ less' desirable as htithendsthan those *he. stay • 'away. It may bssafely predicted thet. there are. but :few of the tougher ilex Who go. to Our fash- ionable sunimet resorts for :their- own athisement. Vathere mount guard *0 er their daughters and • brothers loeha of er their siliterii, r .- :" * - In Newport the -bomPlaint is that t e ball -rooms are filled with" Mere boys." iint Out cif their teens, ,and that_ Men •-over 25 are rarely seen: .Theamen of Mature age _whO frequent . the dance are, as: a rule, of the evergreen Species, who - having discoV, ered the 'secret of - perpetti;tyouth, aspire t-ci no higher ambition. :They do -not meary. the -middle-aged- individual, Whose - yoUth was not gilded, and who aspires tobecome a sodety man, ale; feature of4atering plate life.- Be is, as a rule„ reputed riCh,:_blit. his: • manner. andhis -adoent- are frequently lin harmony,With his traditional antesedeh s and fee this nekton:he is not peppier With. the women• The Yet* blab Of fottuRe am leisure,athe high - prizes ..in themittria ainuaerrient ,.in • the, • inohotonotivound of monist market -find, apparently, io- viatteringellocie -occupations; ited when they_ do condescend to-pia:in enappearapeetke. no pains to disguisetheir Weariness. Where have they gone? Where arethey to feinia-7 1,5Iany arein HtirOre. '. 4. pow hignher are cruising in their own or :their I. friends' yachts-. _Many mote are -scattered-all. Over the country, from. -Maine tO-,'Virginia aid from the Atlantic; to the Pacific,- in quiet nooks .where. "-society". is not and Where fishingabothig, gunning, :arid' sea ,bithing abound. - - ---:•''' ' -•f ',It is very doubtful •-if Many Men' delib- • erately. setthemselves about itiarryings theY:WoUld.deterraine to: join-- the: Churl*, i . for nstance. • The inesouline theory. ,ef man's- tepee into matrimony is that he is in the way of the flashatif lightning and is .stiuok..- He might. have Staid SA home Or under cover and he would...120e esoepod. The:season thuS far, 'though -profitable for- -suiumer hotel keepers, hap been _e very -bed one:for mothers afflicted With marriageable daughters.—New . Yong Telegram. - - - • The villain of the latestLond,:in inelo- drima,_"Pluok," is a bigamist, a forgerFa murderer, .railroad wrecker, and an aendiary. Itisthrough him that Sonle fine 'scenic displays are given,. notably -if a smailmp on a railrea.din the_ mouth.° tininel. The Stage is fairly filled Up with» the broken oars, engines and baggagtasuitoa ably interspersed with smashed men -*.and • women. This( has. been arrangedby the villein to kill 'off -the good people in the play." Be escapes_ during the confusion of the disaster, and gets -around in time to _cone up smiling-fer a murder in the neat -act. Here he slays a banker and 'buries him in his own 'vault. Afterward, haVittg» assembled most of theinnocent peoPle in Ono. - house, he sets fire- to it and tries to throw the hero- into -the blaze. But the hero: has muscle, and nots only :flings the villein into his own, 'fire, but pulis the good ;elks out', - - •-There are epideirdos of moblenessatairell • as epidemics of disease.Frowii. A 111ELAVE LADY. Extraordinary Services of n Iron Woman nt it Hallway .DIsater - • Geeslin. • Aalg-themanYindividual: f daring thereeltaeeideltlte pioneer 4ixollVisibli train at Mud- 4az I Creek, Ga., none (saye a despatch fro Chattanooga) is --more worthy of . mentiou than that of MiSB A.nnieMartin,of Augusta, _ who is now visiting friends at 4,.thp.is,:G1.,.- NV hip the accident oecsurred Miss Marti was. an occupant . of the, first ear. Whe the cart had settled - upon the top of t engine; and ' the: hot • steam- was ponri into the coach, • threatenig death all '--the - passengers, a gentleman 'thre a . cloth over Bliss. Martin's • .faesi proteother from the steam andassietedh r olit_Of &window. She -was not content wit being- saved herself,- but immediately e t about- the taek of saving those :who Wer not BO fortunate. She' :saved the liv of two ladies and One gentleman' by dra ging theni - _through the windows :Of . th coach". .How this young lady accomplishe feats at which the stoutest men: quailed i • attributed» to an apparent- supernattir 1 streegth: the excitement she di covered-4- ladywho" was being' tishe beneath a coach, where death- . finis •overtake her . in a few: monient.. She turned to. a, young man wh was standing near by and implored. -him t rescue the lady, but he Cotardly.responde that he would not .risk, his .- own life. save that of any one. Then Miss Martin with her OWn hands, extricated the sufferer who proved to be: a- marriedjinly. Sh continued to.WOrk Until alt the passenger had been rescued from the car, end the carried budketafter bucket of water unti the laet spark. had been extinguished i the engine.. _Theleroism of Bliss Marti was performed in the facie of great clangs •to herself, for it Was dirseovered after th -exeitement had -eubeided-.athat she -ha received :several:.severainjuries. Her ar was dislocated in two pieces,. her. sid seriously scalded, besides other bruises o her person. Her name will ever been. .deared• to the parties in the -ill-fated coach a . . '21arriage in China. - .•- : . • . - 'Aniong the .pure Vhinese, and e_speoiall emong the higher claSsee, the, affeir is -, much longer and .more -.Serie-us one. Fro the almOst.."Turkish.striiitneSs With:Whio fenieles are :secluded, it isaaompatatiVel rakethat a couple see each - Other previou to betrothal, and still- -Mere _ s0. that, ther 'should be any acquaintansie betiveeathem This has given rise . to , the . necessar employment Of :a • character -evivalentt the tuft-pa/on: Or marriage -broker. Of ancien Brittany, to Mrroy'S.Perisian midrib:10 ..nial - agency office, or the daily laiarrieg advertiserrightii of our oivn. - papers.... I your wish is for marriage- in the abstract the broker will find:you a fittitig par bus first and negotiate the tranifer after. -.I you: are , less -_ purely :philosophical, -'an . with to consult our own tastes as well a. -the interests and "inorefnie of the .nation •you are only -to Mune the, party,and z th broker becomes year "-accredited; embessa dor: , -There :is; however, one: :preliminat ,peint t� be. ascertained; Iles -your intende the 'Hama- surname etc:yourself?. If :so, i is ta. :fetal, aiffitailty; as the laws of -.Chin Would not permit .theinerriage.: If, he ever, she is Chun and :you are 'Issor sh IS Kwau or Yu, - and•leii- rejoice in an -Other 'patrOnylnlo monosyllable, gliVnex step is for the broker to-btain .- fiena eats -.a. : tablet. 'COntainieg the • nerme,". age; dat end h'olir-ofbirth, etc. -Thera, are-. .the al tekentoe divinerand compared, to see 'the -union promises happiness ;' if the - -liter is" favorable (and:. crossing the pal -With: Silver -. iS found to be: aeaffectti 1 with fortune "tellers in China as it 18 e1 Whore) ' sad the -gates - are equal,Ilaatie the station -and Wealthof, the two famine • are similar; the,:prOpOsel, is made . in d form,' The."Wedding...,tireaente are the sent, - .0,0, ' if accepted, »the yoUng..Coup are considered ».as . legelli: betrothed:- ,hicky ditylniist neat be flied fOrtlie we ding, - and here oli r. -friend...the diviner . - ,- - _ again: called Upon ::•--Prit,i1Oultn the great . . -_ daYthe briclegroonageteaanewhattandtitk. B.. 'a new maitte,'Wbit4.the lady, vhosp-liair h - e hitherto hung down to *her heels in it Sing • f rn heavy . plait, - at .. e : same time becos initiated auto the -, style of • "hair:civil* preValentemong" . . hinds!: inertia:- ledie , whichctinaistshatristing.the hair intal a form of,an: etegge ated tea-pot, .and.'sh porting - it in that - ,tiliepe7With ea 'narrow •plated gold grim e over the _fotehead, an 1 aWhold system -of beditine behind it . .. .. . . _ . . the _wedding. mo ning, .preeepts and ,ce .gratulatiOns area. at :te . the ibridegrOo and eracingthe:reit :a: pair - of -.geese ;- ii, t sent, we Might:- rnagiite, 1)3:Peon:Le wicked Wag or ...irreoliiithable 'baChelor as. AT. -pp a s'onal refiebtiOn oltheintelleottiel state f .his. friend;but as iniblein _ Of 'demest c unity and affeotion, %The ladies, -, too," .: Chinaas well as e SeWhere, indulge. in - little fashionabl'e- ' tying :oh »the- oceasio . _ s - - and eo the reledvee of the bride spend t . Morning with •her,,, Weeping -oVer-:her 1 pending departure, or, more probably, the r own ispiniterhooc..—Froin --"..71he , Chinese ; their Harmers .and. ..Citstontr," - is - . Poi* -sc. i.e.:Tie, e 1.nt.i.ity. for SegtentOsr... . . t A very interesti g occurrence took pia e: in the•First Presbyterian Church, Brod villa, on Sabbathiast during the morni g Service. • The ordinance of .baatiani w e administered to ten children by the, petit r,. ReV, G. Burnfield,'• the water used. bei g brought from the Wordan:in Fale2tine. - • . , Queen Victoria's %caddie -3,g present to t e Duke of Westminster. Was a very Ilan Some thoroughbred riding horse, -'- Thirtaatwo Members of the British P r - 'lament, among whose naines.-Occiirtho e of John Bright, ;Sir Charles Dilke„ Sir ' . :Vernon Harcourt, _Samuel "Morley, Jose h CoWen.ancl.H.-C. E. Childers, have adopt total abstinence. . _ , Signor Sagambati; the Italian pianist, IS spoken of as "Lizst's latest rival. His h ir is bushy, and be: has one of those un o- mantio combinations of straggling gott 0 and _ imperial- which are unaccounta ly affected by a few' Italians. _ -. . . .. . ,, -The Prince of,Witles is-, described by :English writer_ai being very jealous of ti e thilitoy reputatioo_ of his brother -hi -1 the GermaotCrown Prince.: He is Emile, s to Perform- 1 ome Warlike feat,- hut Dip* vented by h s pother% fears for his safe y. ' 'a-Alexatide g. StePhene, passes one he ,,r !everyday iii reading -the proof -sheets -of is _orthooming history of the United Stats., TEA. TABLE GOSSIP. —Hungarian bands are popular in En — The elligator at the Toronto Zoo is —London World :--" Scotland lives by the associations which Scott invented, fer her." - _ —St, ,Tcultes Gazette :--" The onion in some form of shalot, ga1ie, chive, or leek, is the basis of all gastrononiy." • —In 1884 the Methodist Church of the States will have ekisted onehundred years. • —Of course, whip your children if yo cannot govern themby moral suasion; that Is to say, if you are stronger in the arms than in the brain. .• —The shrine of St. Charles 13:mimeo at Milan Cathedral is of crystal and encased in solid..gold. -On the outside of the shrine is the single word Huiraitat. — There ere slat 340,000,000 of Chris-- tians in the world at present • —Five Roman Catholic priests are attached to the British army in Egypt. —The first republic was that of Phocis; in Greece, whichwas established 1,000 B.C. _ _ _ — Three thousand federal soldiers are buried in the National 'Cemetery near, Natchez. •' .—A Virginianwho had waited eighty-eight •years for tobacco to kill hirnhad to commit suicide at last. aajitalas Tobias,. of Philmont; has a cprn on his .tep! , -Ere applied keresene recently in =hopes of.. a oure The - corn became : inflamed and his physician soya it mak be' necessary" tO anipiitate the toe. the Dublin • Exhibition 1 ai wise . of , . . razors of ,Daniel -0Vonnell1 the --kit. e veriusekoreatesplich interest. - They are large anol:.have, transparent bone 'handles;; studded: with Ornamental' egair rivets. The"t nitine-Of thefamous owner is neatly en- graved * --- - ---,The latest joke played on Oscar Wilde and the hotels is to advertise the apathetic. -to lecture.: in ittown he never heard of and - had no intention f of appearing. The .aa- Niihoe:egeht whoputs up the .jobjnnipa his board bill. - ", ere are Paris dogs which Wear o: their collars a medallion bearingthe photo- _ graphs of the f air miner or Some particular -friend others. Cothumee atetall' bOote made of doeskin. For •dogs they are fasa toned with "rings.•of India rubber, and -Should- beworn - by every respectable deg 741--W1- Lhoengaooens•.-,SQa4ttawadatalyki. tiRg:a : • f: We are ' a' &feting *little _f -rem the reaction which. ArnoldMr led x haPPY time certainly, against our excessiVe satisfaction :with our- .setires:androtir.„"Worlcs. Weareso -131;14 on our guard -11-ONV against:. our old ;insular -tiOraplateney that we. are in some d.enger of running into. the opposite extreine." • made a *igen:Ms - attack on-Sir—Garnet Weiseley in the Hansa of Commons lately Alluding -to Sir Garnet's - pet 'officers as the Ashattee Ring," the "Colonel &SA that outside of it there Was no -'. Salvation. • If lie was.- to give: - advice:10*o young officer about- to enter the army it. would be to -Cultivate. that Ring: - .0ther. wise heavould relegated - 'to:honorablei ban- iihnient or hopelessly shilinid. . _ . —Pollok Castle, lately burned, was one of themost"iiitereithig Country houses- in :the west of, Scotland; • It was built in the- pictiiiesque old .Soottisli: . baronial style about 200 years ago- The walls and • entratioei of the -courtyard' were very quaint ;- everywhere were t� be seen Carved Stone representations of the elephantand thegreyhound, the supporters of the Cr-aW. ford-Poilok families. .The original Rebeeckin &tett% hoe " 'was Miss RebeedeaGrate; a beentiftila JewesSasid. the daughter' of• Michael Gratz, an Austrian, Who settled in Philadelphia. hi. 1730„ and made Money in Mercantile pur • She Was Very beautiful and feikin love, but remained single- all her life on: account.of her religion. Scott -learned of. .her through Irving When the latter visited Abbottsfordin 1817.. _ • --London Saturday, Review; "There large admixture .of -truth in the-apparentlya paradoxicel - proposition that, • of • all branches of study fiCtiOn is . the most': instructive: No reader of novels of Senti, nient and society *pan have hada personat-. experience as Wide as the collective know ledge ledge Of -his novelist leachers. » To a -man who'is.at the Bathe -time curious and colt scieusly incapableof making shah' dietiov erieS for himself disoresureii ." by female: _wtttets :of feminine p.eouliorities furnisha revelation§ whiell Would be otherwitie unet; t.ainable.".. ' .- • • - .111asOlite.' - • • The following mayibe relied on as a list of old Masons; and -if the "oldest" is not among them he must be old indeed : Initiated. Col. Nathan Huntoon, Unity, N. H 1803 James Franklin Chase, Nantucket.. .. ... 1807 r Capt. Sylvanus Hatch, Chocolate. Calhoun - County ... . . . . . . . ............ . ... . ... n69 Walt. Garret, New Hartford, Conn 1810. , George Lee Bowe, Agawan, Conn 1810 " = Knight, Dover, Efig., January 1811 Silas Forn, Westville, Conn...... . . . .. 1811 PhillipChetham, 'Stockport, Eng., October=- lion. James;Garland, Lynchburg, Vs 1812 James Scott, Middlebourne- 1812 Elijah Pratt, Castleton, N. Y ' • 1812 Arternas Hall, Bridgewater, Mass 1812 — Noyes, Croyclen,--Eng. • 18Lol John B. Hollenbeek, Burlington, Vt 3.813 • Elijah Stansbury, Baltimore.... .. . .. ......... . . . 1814. Capt. Hiram. Ferris, Eon du Lac, Wis 1815 The Secretary of the Prefecture of Poi' in Ilaris has prepared a report, in whic it- is confessed that the preseht police regula- tions are insufficient for the protection of •the city. The number of police has not increased since 1.871, though the population - has risen during that time, chiefly through •additions to the. dwellings- in thesuburbs, by about 400,000. The weak point is the more thinly peopled quarters between the outer boulevard and the fortifications; where the beats, Which increase in extent as they diverge .from the centre of the city, are, extensive. •The total force is 5,361. • The -British army medical- department reports that uniformly black troops suffer -much mor6 than- white men from the evil influences of tropical climates. For exam- ple, iii,the Vest Indieslast Year, while the mortality among white soldiers was a little mbre than eightand ontaholf per thousand; the caOldredinen died at the -rate of nine- teen per thousand.