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The Advocate, 1887-08-11, Page 6SROT Fti HIS TRACKS. A Tragedy on the Banks of the Nlag,ttra— Fatal End of a Quarrel, A last (Thursday) night's Buffalo de, spatch says: On unday, last George Stevens and Peter Nettle met at a drinking place at Victoria and had some words. They quarrelled for some time and would have come to blows if bystanders had not •interfered and prevented it. They parted, each threatening that he wouldget even the first time that an opportunity presented itself. That opportunity came last even- ing for the first time, and at the hour named Nettle was walking quietly down the Canadian shore with a double-barrelled breech -loading shotgun in his hand. He had been shooting at blackbirds. When a little over a mile below the bridge he came across Jim Ludridge, Jack Keller, George Stevens and another man seated in a boat and finishing the hauling of the seine. When Nettle came abreast of the boat Stevens looked up quiokly and said, "Who are you shooting at." Nettle replied, " I am shooting at birds, but, --- you, I'll shoot you if yon don't get out of the road." Nettle then fired again but wide of the boat. This enraged the men, and as if by impulse they all sprang to the beach. Stevene was in front, and as he came rapidly up the bank Nettle told bira to keep baok. Stevens, however, kept coming, and when he was within forty feet of Nettle the latter deliberately placed the gun to hie shoulder, took aim and pulled the trigger. Stevens threw up his arms, uttered a groan and fell dead, shot tlarougit the heart. He never spoke and scarcely seemed to move, so quickly had death re- sulted. The other men seemed dazed and stunned for a minute and then, after partly realizing the awful tragedy which they had witnessed, darted for the murderer. He was game and stood his ground, but he dropped the gun. One of the party pioked this up, and saying, "D—.-- you, I'll brain you," struck at him. The butt of the gun only glanced from his head, but the blow had been sufficient to out the scalp and cause the blood to flow freely. Nettle then started up the river, and for an hour after the shooting seems to have been doing about as he liked. He then went towards Victoria, and was met byConstable Riahard Griffin who took him into custody, and after be being locked up for a short time he ac- knowledged the shooting, but said it was done in self-defence. The body of Stevens still lay on the river bank, but was finally re- moved by order of Coroner Lrouglaes and placed in Sherman's boathouse for the night. The murdered man, George Stevens, was about 27 years of age and unmarried, and had a bad reputation. He had served several terms in the large Canadian prisons, and about three years ago broke out from the Toronto Central Prison in company with another convict. They were seen by the guards and fired upon. Stevens' companion was shot dead, but he escaped and came to this city. Since then he has led a vaga- bond life along both shores of the Niagara River. His mother lives about three miles below the bridge and is in poor circum- stances. Peter Nettle, the man who did the shoot- ing, is 47 years of age and has a wife and one son. They liveson Nettle's Point and have 'been known as quiet, respectable people, though it is said the father rather liked to brag a little about fighting, and was not averse to taking a hand in • a row. An inquest was held to -day by Coroner Brewster, of Ridgeway. Seventeen jury- men were empannelled, and the verdict was that" George Stevens came to his death at the hands of Peter Nettle while acting in self-defence." The community appear to be well satisfied with the verdict. Nettle is a farmer and bears a good reputation. WATCHING THE FISH. — Complaint of a Scarcity of Cruisers -- vessels for the St Lawrence.. ax despatch says: The Dornizi4 1032 ▪ • • Acadia arrived at Port Hawkesbury ye from Halifax, and sailed to return wes The cruiser Advance, which arrived tri Shel- burne last night, proceeded to.. , for North Bay, to watch the American fleet. It is proposed to have three cruiser. in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on fishery pro - teal= within a few days, as the Critic is • now there and the Advance will be followed in a few days by the Intrepid, which was recently commissioned for the service in New Brunswick. Capt. Knowlton states that when he seized the Glouceeter schooner Annie W. Hodgson at Shelburne he had no doubt the vessel was going to leave th et without making her report at th house. With reference to the fis foun deck, he states that they wer cod, tvhi ever heard were used fo bait; he ha ason for supposing she violated the treat respect. Further- more, he found no e whatever of a treaty violation. Capt. . on's official statement of the Hodgson c s taken here to -day and will be sent to the eries Department at Ottawa. The . Edward Island papers complain that fishery protection service on that coast is not sufficient, and state that there should be more cruisers to keep off or arrest the Americans, who are constantly poaching without the slightest molestation. They say that were more. of the fishery protec tion fleet on the ground there would probably be numerous seizures. Rescued by a Horse from Drowning. G A Detroit despatch says: At Higgins' Lake, Roscommon Cotinty, yesterday Mrs. Charles H. Pettit and her little daughter, aged 3 years, were boating, when the child fell into the water. The mother, in her anxiety and fright, upset the boat, and, as they were alone, the chances were they would both be drowned. Such would have been the case had not their horse, an intel- ligent French pony, which had been turned loose to graze on the shore of the lake, come to their rescuer It swam out to them, and when they had taken secure hold of its mane, stiuggied batik to shore, a tired, but heroic pony. /The animal is inclined to be balky, and he never would pull anything but a light load; but he is a prime favorite how: How Be Managed. "M dear old rend , h ow were you able to acquire such an immense fortune?" "By a very simple method." "When I was poor I made out that I wag rich, and when 1 got rich I made out that 1 Was peer." AN 'UNHEARD OF Honoll! °mono Woman and Dahl' Boasted Alive In Alld'alr—Derotion of To /Laymen. A last (Friday) night'e Chicago despatch says; The story of the attempted rescue of Mrs. Trugo and her babe, as described in later accounts, is one of peculiar horror and pathos. The police and firemen had rescued her husband and four eldest chil- dren, but she was insomemanner—readily ascribed to the confusion of the moment -- neglected and left with her 2 -year-old baby Mary. The poor woman resorted to the window. A fireman saw her, and plunging back through the smoke he re- turned to her chamber. All escape from the rear with such a burden as a woman and child was impossible. He thought of the bed cord, and tearing it out bound the woman and her baby with it and •pushed them through the window. He played out the rope until from the heat and smoke he was ready to fall to the floor, when he fastened the upper end to the bed -post and fled. Far from accomplishing his gallant purpose he had but too surely compassed the destruction of those he sought to save. His rope was too short, and instead of dropping woman and child to the ground or within reach of those below, he had, sus- pended them in front of the first floor window, from which fire poured. She swung there ten or twelve feet from the ground, writhing, shrieking and struggling as the fire swept off her garments and choked and broiled her alive, the baby in her arms. By the most singular fatality the flames which were destroying her left the rope intact. It became a necessity if not to save the woman to at least remove the revolting sight. This duty was assumed by Capt. Wm. A. Cowan, of truck No. 8, who might have ordered another man to the task, but who chose to chance the fate which he was told by the spectators awaited his efforts. Seizing a ladder he threw it up to the blazing window, and with an axe mounted and stood on its blazing rung. He deliberately entered the flames, and, as they encircled him from helmet to boots, he struck at the rope. He could not see the rope, and 'Amok with inaccurate aim once, twice, as the clothing fell from him, but he struck in vain. At the third stroke the blade cut the rope. Simultaneously the burning ladder broke and the three blazing human . beings fell to the ground. The baby was already dead, and the mother died a few hours later, and the captain lies in his home in death agonies. • Two bakers, Essen and Unsbetter, who are believed to be responsible for the neglect which caused the fire, have been arrested. The police say the pair became drowsy from drink, and instead of watch- ing the stove fell into a stupor, from which they only awoke when they and the ten- ants were at the mercy of the flames. MR. GANS' PARLOR -WINDOW KISS . — Is it Disorderly Conduct to Osculate With a Chicago Girl ? A Chicago telegram says: Justice Lyon was to -day called upon to decide whether kissing in a parlor where it could be seen across the street was disorderly conduct. The complainant was Mrs. Oleson, keeper of a fashionable boarding house at No. 1,400 Michigan avenue, a neighborhood which in days gone by furnished many a, curious scandal. Among Mrs. Oleson's lady boarders was a Miss Hanson, whose face and form were undeniably fair to see, and who, if some rather vinegary -looking witnesses were to be believed, was as com- placent as she was beautiful. These wit- nesses included numerous members of both sexes, all of whom were got up in elaborate style, and certainly gave effect to Mrs. Oleson's statement that her establishment was a fashionable one. The terms of familiarity which have for some time existed between. Miss Hanson and . Gans,a male admirer,have been the occas of much gossip among the other 136 ers and the scandal culminated last evenin hen Mrs. Oleson swore out a warrant for e arrest of Gans on the charge of disorde conduct. George Ross, ho lives acme the street from the g -house, sal "e had seen the priso dle the yo .'. • lady's hair and kiss hero r wi es couldn't tell whioh. The ladies living there gave similar testi- mony, and several declared that the prisoner "acted very disorderly." • • onsider it disorderly conduct kisse. • • oung man before a win- dow ? " asked t = urt of the tallest wit- ness. "Of course I do," replied with a proud elevation of her pely nose. At this the rest tittered a. blushed pro - dimly. .Jtiice Lyon meditated &moment and t n lia "Well, I think iere is more je e than disorderly '4ondnct. 111 disc rge t prisoner. Their seems to have , en no • m done, and its Mr. Gans is ha otne an. ,. iss Hanson beautiful, will fo 'ye them. d• -fo?are quite too mi s and young • achelors on the o ma the prosecution effective." sta e f the Press -Boom, A St. Lo. • .atch says: The mar- riage of E. C. ' • rd, of the Woodward & Tiernan Printin mpany, one of the wealthiest establishine ts in the city, to Miss Lizzie Bierks, who has for five years been a press -feeder in the house, is an- nounced to -day. The couple were married on January 29th, but fear of parental wrath led young Woodward to defer the announCement. The young wife continued to feed presses until two weeks ago. Wood. ward's fears appear to be well founded, as his father is said to be willing to give him a chance to try the world Bingle -handed. Sunrise Photographed. A successful attempt to make a photo- graph of a sunrise from the summit of Pike's Peak has been made by 0. F. Snyder, a member of the Signal Corps.—Omaha (Neb.) Bee. There are over 360,900 Children in the United States betWeiei ft and 12 years old whom lives are insure& . Hector lierliOzIti grand "Meese dedi Morts," which was• lest, introduced into %le country by the late Dr.Danarosch, will be performed at the mixt Birmingham Musical Festival, Hatidelrioratorld" Sul" will likewiee be heard on this occasiOnt and Dr. Hubert Parry will contribute an ode. 2'141. „1,a2 A GREAT FOEGER BET FREE. One of the Dank Of England Forgera Given UI Liberty Own Erhsen. A London cablegram says: George W- I nw eelnl ,t whof Wo ragsi nsge nrit eanneke do ft oEnl igf el a ni mciP rls notes,°n has been released from confinement on the ground of ill health. He eailed for New York on Saturday last. George Bidwell, the forger, who, accord- ing to a cablegram, has 3ust been released from prison in England on account of ill health, and who intends Milling to this country, is one of the Bidwell brothers who were associated with George Engles, MacDonald and Williamson in the stupendous Bauk of England forgeries sixteen years ago. The gang in 1871 left this city and went to England. 9 They began operations in Liverpool, where in a short time they netted $30,000. They then went to London, and there opened a com- mission house forthe discounting and shaving of commercial paper. The spuri- ous firm was organized by MacDonald under the name of "Warner & Co." The forgers opened an account with one of the leading banks, and bona fide transactions were conducted for several months. When the confidence of the officers of the bank had been gained, the paper of Warner & Co, presented by some of the leading mer- chants of London, was discounted without suspicion. Before the consummation of the gigantic scheme George MacDonald and one of the Bidwells became infatuated with two women with whom they lived. Upon dis- covering this fact Engles became afraid that his associates would divulge the scheme to their mistresses. MacDonald and Bidwell were then residing in St. John's Wood, Kensington, London. Engles objected to the women and threatened to out off business relations unless his companions gave them up. His companions laughed at him, and after a quarter of a million pounds sterling had been realized Macdonald and Bidwell admitted that their women knew all about the scheme. Engles thereupon vanished - and' when MacDonald and Bidwell under, took to continue the businees the plot leaked out, and the sequel showed that if it had not been for the women; in Whom they had so much confidence, they would have escaped. In their recklessness MacDonald and Bid- well presented a forged note which had not been dated. The clerk discovered the error and forwarded it to the firm by whom it was supposed to have been issued. It was then pronounced a forgery. To avoid arreet the gang scattered. One of the Bid - wells escaped to Scotland, where he was arrested, and his brother was apprehended in Havana, Cuba. MacDonald tried to get clear of his mistress, but failed. He induced her, however, to accept a passage ticket from Liverpool to New 'York, telling her that he would meet her at the Northern Hotel before the steamer sailed. He did not attempt to meet her, but took a train to Folkestone, crossed to France, and at Havre engaged passage for this city. Becoming enraged at the disappointment and suspecting the route her lover would most likely take, MacDonald's mistress betrayed him to the *English police. A cablegram was flashed t'o this city, and MacDonald was arrested on board the in- coming vessel in the lower bay. After fighting the case in the courts the fugitive was finally returned to England, where he was convicted and sentenced to life im- prisonment. The Bidwell brothers received like sentences. AN UNPAID BOARD BILL Brings About the Murder of the Land- lady and the Suicide of the Boarder. A last (Wednesday) night's Grand Rapids, Mich., despatch says: A terrible murder was committed here this morning, followed by a suicide. A quarrel over a board bill caused it. Charles J. Wernan, of Paterson, N.J., where his family is, has been for a year past located here as agent for the Metropolitan Insurance •Company. He lived at Susan Bonfoey's boarding house, and found the place so pleasant that he frequently took her out riding and to pic- nics. He is 56 years old, and she over 60, and she has had three husbands (all dead), but is still good-looking and vivacious, and has two daughters and a son. Wernan managed to keep in the good graces of the landlady, and was permitted to be in arrears for fifteen weeks' board. This morning he signified his intention of leav- ing and Mrs. Bonfoey presented his bill, and a quarrel ensued, she objecting to his departure until satisfactory arrangements for payment of his bill were made. He, in a rage, pulled a revolver and shot the wonian in the head, killing her instantly. Then, apparently in horror, he turned the weapon on himself and planted a bullet in his brain, and fell dead to the floor. From photographs and letters found in the be- longings of Wernan he is thought to have a family consisting of a wife and five child- ren—three daughters and two sons. His wife is an invalid, and in her last letter to him expresses fears of her recovery and hopes he might soon return home. Upon Wernan's person were found an empty flask that smelled strongly of whiskey, two empty pocket books and an unsigned cheque for 4100 upon the First National Bank, Paterson, N. J. The coroner has taken charge of the remains, and the in- quest will be held to -morrow. costume for Comfort. The Oriental races who have had to find out for themselves how best to bear torrid temperature, ages ago adopted costumes from which everything tight, stiff and heavy is excluded. Loose garments of soft, light, openmeshed material constitute their principal dress. The turban, as all know who have tried it, is infinitely cooler and hygienically safer than any kind of hot weather headgear worn by western peoples. Probably the latter would 'never adopt the flowing oriental robes, which certainly are, not well designed for the violent physical exertions required for the catching of fer- ries and trains. But why should not the central idea, the banishment of all stiff, hard, close -fitting garments be utilized ?— New York Tribune. Seventy-five panos with five hundred trunks of vs/111'116e, fine painting, jewellery and silverware were destroyed by the re- cent burning of a large storage building ia New YOrk city. In Cincinnati smoking is prohibited on any part,of the horse Cara. 411 DEMADRAW,E IIALLucINATIONI A Young Lady with n WealthY I.nlfer who Lived Only in Imagination. A. Boston despatch says; Investigations made yesterday and to -day make plain the faot that the ultimate phase of the Crown- inehield-Stone affair is a very sad one, sad- der in every way than g there had been a loVer of Miss Florence Stone and he had really died just aishe was about to sail for England to be married, for now the most charitable construction that can be put upon the lady's conduct is that she was the victim of a strange hallucination and did not consciously deceive her friends, who placed every confidence in her till the de- nouement proved that the whole story of her courtship and marriage to the wealthy Englif3la Crowninshield was the creation of her own brain. The Advertiser says " The wealthy lover does not exist, nor ever id;# the *letters which the unfortunate woman NVOLild read BO readily to those who were in her confidence came through no mail, and were received only at the delivery of her own diseased imagina- tion •' the royal gift that her future hus- bandwas to preeent to her on her wedding day was as mythical as the golden treasures of El Dorado. The pitiful part of the mat- ter is that those who knew her best and trusted and loved her most now realize that her whole life for the past two years has been one continued deceit, and they are fain to conclude that she was not herself in all this, which conclusion must be the correct one, for it is impossible that a woman of her character could have systematically and consistently carried on such a farce for so long a time had she been in her right mind. As it is, it is wonderful that she Could bring her friends into such complete participation in all her plans, with never a flaw appearing to cause suspicion. They believed in the far-off Mr. Crowninshield, believed in his immense wealth, believed in the ocean voyage to meet him, and for a long time believed in his death." Said a gentleman who knew Miss Stone intimately: "11 she has put others to expense, she has certainly spent a great deal of money herself in her hallucination. She had me make her two big oak chests to carry her things over to England in. I turned out two splendid ones for her, but in a short time they came back because I had put pine bottoms in them. She wanted them solid oak throughout, she said, to show Mr. Crowninshield how we do things over here. She also told me of the memorial chapel that the lover was to erect in Brooklyn. She said he wanted to build one in honor of his father, either in Brooklyn or New York, but that she per- suaded him to locate in Brooklyn, since he was an Englishman and it would make no special difference to him. How it could have happened I certainly am at a loss to know. She was sarie enough on every other topic." Miss Stone has gone to Chicago with her sister, who immediately came east for her when the result of the affair became known. It is a strange case, and there mar. yet • be parts in it to clear up. DR. PARKER'S FAREWELL. His Friends Under the Impression He Will Remain in the States. A London cable says: Dr. Parker, at the close of his usual Thursday afternoon ser- vice in the City Temple, Holborn Viaduct, announced to a crowded congregation that that was the last occasion on .whioh he would preach or conduct any religious ser- vice in England until his return from the United States of America on the second Sunday in April next. He said that he had been wondering ever since the announce- ment was first made that he intended visit- ing America this year why people thought he would not return, and after much cogitation he supposed it was because they fancied that when he got there he would find that there were no Dissenters there. Every one in America stood. for what he was worth, while here a Dissenter was almost obliged to apologize for his convic- tions. He had received from all classes of people, in high and low stations, the kindest expressions of good -will and wishes for his safe return to England. The conclusion of one letter, which he dearly prized, con- tained these words: "We sincerely wish you a safe and happy expedition." "That wish," said Dr. Parker, " loses nothing in value and worth because the letter bears the signature of • William Ewart Glad- stone.' " "BOUGH ON RATS." A Victim of Whiskey Ends Her Life With Poison. An Ottawa despatch says: Mrs. Poitvin, wife of Jerry PoifYin a mill hand who resides on the Richmond road, committed suicide on Monday by taking "Rough on Rats." The woman was addicted to drink, and yesterday when her husband came home at noon he Saw no preparation for dinner. Soon his wife came down and went hurriedly to the kitchen, where her husband heard her mixing up some decoc- tion in a glass. A moment afterwards she appeared in the dining -room doorway, and, raising the glass, exclaimed, "See that, Jerry I" She immediately swallowed the contents of the tumbler before her hus- band,who sprang toward her, could prevent her. The unfortunate woman staggered and fell. Mr. Poitvin almost instantly mixed BD emetic of salt and water and forced it down his wife's throat, despiteher struggles to eject it. He then immediately went off for a doctor, but when the physt- clan arrived it was too late. The poor victim of drink had breathed her last. She was 33 years of age and came originally from Merrickville. salvation Army Wedding. A St. John, N. B., despatch says: Adjutant Southall, of Halifax, was married here last night to Captain Jennie Langtry, of Toronto, in the presence of four thousand people. Both are officers of the Salvation Army, and the services were performed by Commissioner Coombes and ReV. Dr. rope. A Doe STOBIL—The Youngstown News says: A dog of the water spaniel species, belonging to Mr. W. G. Donnelly, was taken over to Toronto by the steamer Chicora one day lad week, and two or three days afterwardS he presented himself to his master, having rettirned all the way from Toronto US Niagara by land. Mr. Donnelly Will vouch for the truth of this assertion, , Y. • . ,. • A WARM DISCUSSION. What Drought About Dnales OnePensiOn' —Vernon Bareourt nu Dla Ear. •A last (Friday) night's London cable says; On the resumption of the debate on the Lend Bill in the House of Commons last evening Mr. Smith, the Government leader, appealed to the House to expedite, the passage of the /3i11, which, he said, would prevent harsh evictions. He would not use any threat, but he would remind. the House that unless the Bill were through the committee stage early next week it . would be difficult to pass the measure at. all. Mr. O'Kelly, Nationalist, moved to give, the tenant six months for redemption after receiving written notice of eviction. After some discussion Mr. Smith re- peated hie appeal, remarking that such amendments, if persisted in, would endanger • the passage of the Bill. Parnell retorted that if there was no time for a reasonable discussion of this - amendment there was no time for the die-- oussion of any other amendment. The amendment was rejected -164 to 142.. Mr: Morley suggested that the Govern- ment allow the tenant one month of undis- turbed possession between the service of notice and the execution of the decree. Mr. Balfour accepted the amendment,, expressing the hope that the Opposition would attempt to press the Government no. further. After further discussion a passage at. arms occurred between Timothy Healy and the Chairman, the former complaining of Conservative interruptions. The inci- dent was ended by Mr. Healy apologising. The excitement continuing, the Chairman reproved Mr. de Lisle, Conservative, for being disorderly, and refusing him an explanation suspended the Bitting in com- mittee and summoned the Speaker to the chair. The Chairman then reported that during the last division following the Healy incident, Mr. de Lisle came to him and remonstrated for not being allowed to explain, whereupon Mr. Healy approached and said, "Come out, de Lisle, ifyou are a man. If you interrupt me again I will break your neck." The Speaker demanded an explanation. Mr. Healy said he felt no regret for the course he had taken, and was willing to abide the consequences. The Speaker named Mr. Healy and Mr. Smith moved that he be suspended. Mr. Healy imme- diately took his hat and, standing in the centre of the House before retiring, said:. " I beg that none of my friends vote against this motion." The motion to suspend him was carried without a division. The sitting in committee being resumed, Mr. Chance, Nationalist, arose to speak. Being interrupted, he called the attention of the Chairman to the jeers from the Government side. (Cries of " de Lisle.") Sir William Vernon Harcourt implored the Chairman to use his authority to pre- vent systematic insult and provocation from below the gangway opposite. (Cries of, '1 Order.") The members opposite, he said, ..might move to suspend him if they liked. (Opposition cheers.) At this point Mr. Bruce, Liberal, arose, but the Chairman ruled him out of order. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, continuing; said that Mr. Bruce was one of those im- pugned. The members had witnessed incidents of systematic insult night after night. The Chairman noting that there was no question before the House, the discussion of amendments was continued. Mr. De Lisle again called for a cessation of the debate, but it was refused. Mr. Chance moved an dmendment providing that while a tenant is in actual -utoupation he shall not lose the privilege of voting at elections. Mr. Smith promised that the Government would arrange the matter, and the amend- ment was withdrawn. Mr. Smith called the Speaker's attention to the accusation of Sir Wm. Vernon Har- court that the Opposition had been sub- jected to studied insult. Such language, he said, was absolutely irregular. The Speaker agreed with Mr. Smith, and said he had not noticed that any particular sec- tion of the House was guilty of provocation. Mr. Smith then declared that he was satisfied. At this point Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt, who in the meantime had been absent, returned to the House. He invited Mr. Smith to make any charges in his pre- sence, but the Speaker having repeated his remarks and the Chairman having con- firmed them the incident closed. Mr. Healy's suspension is for two weeks. Mr. Dillon said nauch bad been said about the Bill taking away the stock -in - trade of the agitator. He would rejoice to see that happen, for a more thankless, cruel, wearing life than that of the agita- • tors had not vet been discovered. Lord Salisbury, speaking at Norwich yesterday, warned the Conservative party to prepare for a possible dissolution of Parliament. He said that Parliament had often met with an early termination when its life seemed unendangered, and that the Conservative party must organize to instruct the people against the deception of the separatist apostates, who were only too LLUMerOUS. COL King Harman, Under-Secretary for Ireland, intimated in the House of Com- mons this evening that the Government had proclaimed Dublin only under the section of the Crimes Act dealing with forcible possession and assaults on the police. How to Cool a Watermelon. The perfect Georgia watermelon is that which has been cooled in a dry well. To freeze so genial a thing in a refrigerator is to impair its troptoal tone and to deaden certain honeyful impulses that bei,t in its Warm heart. A melon in placid reflection at the bottom of a dry well, harmonizing slowly with the delicious coolness of the earth, is a melon approaching idealization. —Atlanta Constitittion. Says an advertisement in the British Medical Journal: "Skeletons have ruled firm and active throughout the year, with*, prices unchanged. We, have been able to supply the demand for thr common varieties promptly, but the finer grades were scarce, and ordere for deformities conld not always be Supplied at once: In this regard the market is still unchanged, although our broker in Parisihas orders to buy everything offered at the usual rates." Lenisville Democrat's advice: f you Want to go to heaven when yott die, you best start now..