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The Exeter Advocate, 1893-5-25, Page 6STANDS OUT TO SEA, Beautiful Drill of the. British Squadron as It Leaves New .York. LIKE A NAVAL DRESS PARADE. A New York despatch says : As pretty t< eight ars ever a regiment presented on dress parade wan that afforded by the 'squadron of Euglieh men-of-war yesterday, when they began their manoeuvres repara- tory to biddlug adieu to the allied naval review fleet and to the harbor of New York. The speotae1e of war ships wheeling in column and circling by fours with all the grace of cavalry evolution and all the pre- alaion of infantry drill delighted many thousands of persons, who stood on the grassy elope of the west side in the blazing sun of neon. The time for departure had been fixed at lialf-past 11 o'clock, and there was no need. for hurry on any of the Englieh ships. Fare- wells had been said on Tuesday afternoon afloat and on Tueaday night ashore when 'the Englieh officere had been dined at :Dehnonico'a. The admirals called on Vice - Admiral John O. Hopkins aboard the Blake and the English Vice -Admiral went to the Philadelphia in hie cutter and took leave of Bear Admiral Gherardi, commanding the naval' review fleet. The ships were all ready for sea by 10 o'clock, with the excep- tion of the washing of the decke, and tor- rents of water could be seen pouring over the aides as the last vestiges of coaling were zemoved by the hose. Signals soon fluttered from the Blake.. Captain Des V. Hamilton could bo seen on the bridge. Commander Charles H. Bayley, the executive officer of the ship, always the busiest man on an occasion of this kind, was moving about rapidly and giving orders. Answering pennants showed nen the other ships and the signal was passeddown the line. It was to haul the anchor short. BEAUTIFIIL EVOLUTIONS. Quickly other signals followed, and in a few minutes the dull clank of the steam winches on each of the ships could be heard as four anchors were heaved short, then ° broken " and hauled on board. The tide was near the end of the ebb. Slowly the Blake moved np stream while her signal- men worked with frantio haste. Then Captain Holland's ship, the Australia, got in motion and following her came Captain Pipon'a Magioienne and Commander Fleet's gunboat Tartar. Sedately as prize steeds paraded at a country fair before the judges' stand the four black hulled fighters passed up the river until the Blake's nose was opposite abort 115bh street. Then she whirled to the west and lay motionless, with her bow pointing straight across the river. The -other three ships wheeled as they came up and took the same position, all lying aide by side, broadside on to the caravels, with a perfect bow alignment. More signalling. More mystification for the watchers of the beautiful manoeuvres. The Tartar now led away, and proceeded well over to the New Jenny shore and downward toward the Philadelphia. She was guide ship for the other hips to pass on parade. Quickly now the Alpe took the positions they were to aesume'in peening the flagship of the Ameri- can fleet. The Blake swung around. A bugle rang out, and the red -coated guard of marines drawn up on her quarter deck could be seen oontresting brilliantly with the whining brass instruments and deep blue coats of the band. The " garden band" had been ordered out. The term is used advisedly. A landsman would Gall it s' guard and band," but an English sailor who would call it anything but " garden and" would be treated with contempt. Rapidly increasing her speed the Blake, her ;huge 9,000 -ton proportions looking majestic and her brainwork glittering like yellow emeralds to trick out a dusky queen, aped _past the Tartar. Then came the Australia, then the Magicienne, and the Tartar fell in at the rear. The English squadron was under way. As the Blake passed the Philadelphia her " garden band" saluted. The Philadelphia a band returned the salute. The officers and ;men fn both ships stood at the salute and the colors of both ships were dipped. Banda on all the ships began to blare. The leave-taking of two admirals is a tremendo,ts and impressive ceremony. CBEEBED BY THE TARS. Down the long line of ships ran the ssqquadron, each ship dipping as it passed. The Newark's tars were ready to give a warm good-bye to the crew of the Australia. There were headaches on both ships as a re- sult of the day before, but such a cheer swept across from the Newark and was answered back by the Australia as made all the bands in all the men-of-war feel that they were insignificant and made every sailor` man vow that an admiral's salute was oommonplace. Along the line' of the American ships rang the cheers. The rope ladders were manned with sailors, and all of them sent a lusty farewell after the departing greats. The English squadron passed the Battery ,about 1 o'clock and Sandy Hook about an hour later. The ` Blake is bound for Ber- muda, and after leaving there will go to $ai1fax. A large number of English sailors were left behind. Sensational stories 'have been printed' In some newspapers about wholesale ttesertions from the British ships. One report has it that 150 men had left the Blake alone. As a matter of fact these figures are. a great exaggeration. Many of the men who were down as deserters appeared at the man-of-war landing too late to get on board and were left behind. There have been quite a number of " desertions" from the American ships. The Newark, for instance, had thirty-six marines when she Dame here. She has but twenty- six now. Of Interest to the llnwedded.. Young women, and eepeciaily summer ,girls, who deal lightly in hearts, will be in- terested to learn from Marion Crawford's latest book, "The Children of the King," of the momentous consequences that attend an engagement of marriage in Italy. " It is nob easy," says Mr. Crawford, " to con - trey to the foreign mind generally the enor- mous importance which is attached in Italy to a distinct promise of marriage. It, in- deed, almost amounts, morally speaking, to iaiarriage ithetf, and the breaking of it is looked . pen, socially, almost as an act of y nfidelit to the marriage bond.A young y g girl who refuses to keep her engagement is Mated a civetta—an owlet—probably be - mum owiete are used as a decoy all over the country in snaring and shooting all small 'birds. Be that es it may, the term is a bitter reproaoh. Its sticks to her who bas awned it, and often ruins her whole life. Bow does a pitcher of water differ from * man throwing his wife over a bridge i ase is,water in the pitcher, and the othot fo pitoh her in the water. The Man who was tied lee time la now bona ono 'operation SENT FOR TRIAL. The ,Anti -Home Rule Orantk Who Deeigna ou Crladstoua's Iafe, Had ESTBAOTS FROM BTB DIARY. A London cable says ; William Town. send, the man arrested on the charge of. having discharged a pistol in Downing street, and also suspected of having designed to kill Prime Minister Giedetone, was brought up in the Bow etreetPoliceCourt yesterday, and again arraigned. Townsend wars also charged to -day with having sent a menac- ing letter to Mr. Gladstone, which was read in court. The letter is dated April 25th, and is as follows " Do drop that cussed bill. Say some- thing about it in the House to -night. You gave nee such a shook yesterday looking eo cheerful and happy. I had never seen you before. Your appearance compelled me to sane my hat out of respect., I had been waiting for you since moaning. After reading the newspaper on Saturday, I left home and wife and little ones. If you are removed, the bill is as dead as Queen Anne. 1 was in Brighton on Saturday expecting to find you. If it bad not been for any sudden revulsion of feeling, nothing could have saved either of us yesterday. 1 could bays fired xis shota before anyone laid a hand on me. I will give you another chance. I have a strong opinion of your cleverness. I firmly believe that if you will it, the bill will become a law, despite Saliabnry, Bal- four, Chamberlain, and the lords, but it shall not, if by taking two liven, yours and mine, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of loyal Ulstermen will be saved. Surely that will be sufficient justification. I shall look anxiously in, to -morrow's papers for an an- swer." The prisoner admitted that he had writ- ten the letter. Then several entries in hie diary were read, of which the following are samples " 1 went to Downing street and watched quietly all day, being afraid of raising sus- picion by making inquiries. There are five chambers, surely sufficient for both. " April 25.—I saw Mr. Gladstone emerge from his residence. 1 was so surprised at his happy and cheerful appearance that I raised my hat. I hurried to the park and had to weep for two hours." The prisoner appeared greatly distressed. and said that he world reserve his defence, He was committed for trial. THE BOJtDEN TRIAL. The Prosecution Affect to, Believe Lizzie. Borden is Insaae. A Taunton, Maas., despatch says : It is asserted now that the true reason for the recess of the grand jury in the Lizzie Bor- den case was because of Attorpey-General Pillsbury's deaire that a conaultaton of in- sanity experts should be held to determine the mental condition ot Mies Borden, he firmly ,believing, not in her innocence, as has been atated, but that she was mentally unbalanced. He wished that every chance in the world should be given her to show. that, if she was guilty, it, was because of. her mental condition. Blit Mr. Jennings, counsel for Miss Borden, asserted in hie argument at Fall River z " My client is not insane." He could not, therefore, assent to any ouch examination as was sug- gested by the Attorney -General, and was forced to await the developments of the trial. It is not the intention of the Government to waste any time in the examination of 'witnesses who have had visions, who have seen wild-eyed .men, or, who have become possessed of theories. It will be sufficient, it is claimed, for the proaecuting attorneys to bring out the evidence of the real wit- nesses in the case. The two most import- ant ones are Bridget Sullivan and Mrs. Churchill- If there is no great delay in getting the jury, the case, the Government ofiiciaie say, can be cleared up in three weeks. SAVED VENEy'S NECK. The Minister of Justice ,Commutes a Murderer's Sentence. An Ottawa despatch says : At a Cabinet meeting on Saturday it was announced that Anderson Veney, . Amheratburg, wife murderer, shall not be executed. His sentence wan commuted to imprisonment for life. Veney, who lies in Sandwich Jail, was to have been executed on Thursday. The jury recommended him to mercy, and a petition for clemency was, received at the Department of Justine aa late as Friday from the people of Amheratburg containing some 300 signatures. The petition claimed that the condemned man was alwaya a peaceful and law-abiding citizen. Of late years there was a general impression that his mind had failed, and he was subject to fits of mental • aberration, but was always supposed co be harmless. The petitioners believed • he was suffering from one of these attacks on the day of the ; murder. Attached to one of the petttiona is an affidavit from Thomas J hl..hly, M. D.,:of Amherstburg, which sets feral • that en August 13th and 23rd be treareci Veney. ,.fpr cerebral congestion and r, M•muia,, and believes that he was a vi.,tim of melan- cholia. A. letter from Dr. Samson, of Windsor, was attached, in which lie gives his opinion that Veney's mind is affected. Veneer murdered his wife last September, and was convicted before Mr. Justice Street. He was defended by Mr. Malcolm Cowan,of Windsor. To Remove a Mote From ybe Eye. Let the person close the aye gently, as in sleep, then with his thumb and forefinger take firm hold of the lash of the upper eye lid and pull the lid out.tfuorn the ball far enough to clear the edge of the lower lid. Now, while the lid iaheld in this position, let him give the eyeball a rotary motion from above in toward the nose. This will be beab accomplished by keemne both oyes shut and moving the eye first down, as if looking at the feet, then out, then up, and lastly toward the nose, repeating this motion until the mote is no longer felt In the eye ; then ib may be found in the inner corner of the eye and may be removed by wiping it out with a clean handkerchief. The custom tailors of New York have started a movement to induce Ward Mc- Allister and the 400 to wear the union label in their clothing. The tailors do not ask that the label be worn in a oonapiounne place, but somewhere in the lining, where it can be seen when the garment is taken oft One of the plane is to appoint several mem- bers to see as many °happiest as possible and get them to wear the label ; them• saythe ohappies would talk about it and hepeo- ple would nota in. " If I might venture," said the guest, in a low tone, as the dignified waiter .assisted him in the matter of putting on his over- coat, "to give you a tip--" •' Yee sir," said the waiter, relaxing eoneiderebiy. "�I ahonld advise you to try earnestly to break. ,yourself of tho habit of fingering your mus- tache in a severe, abetraeted manner, while you are taking a diaper order. My hat, Oaks.. Thanks.' HE WAS TIRED,„ OF LIFE., The Strange Letter Suicide Kelley Wrote to Hie Brother BEFORE HE TOOK MORPHINE. A Cincinnati deapatoh Bays : The most remarkable letter ever left by a suicide was that found on Asahol Kelley, of Winobee- ter, Ind. Ho was 32,• years old, and for years was an adventurer, roaming the world over. Some menthe ago he returned to Winchester and went into the restaurant bastions. He Dame toOineinuati a fees -days ago. He had been drinking. When found dead in hie room at the Cincinnati hotel it was discovered he had taitenmorpbine. T'be following letter was found on the table near hie bed : CINCINNATI, Ohio, :. May 6, 1893.—Mr. Ezra 8. Kelley, Winchester, Ind.: Dear Sir and Brother,—You will know on receipt of this that I have cashed in my cheques and will soon have a harp playing a lullaby for " Old Stone." I wrote to your pious brother Dennie for some money so that I could get to the hospital, but he deolined to send it. I think lle could afford to. He robbed poor old father outof enough to have let me bad it. You can do as yon please about burying me, but don't plant me at Winchester. If you can't take me to Montezuma give me to some doctor. You remember twenty years ago laab month another of our brothers took a trip of this kind, only in a more tragic way. People will soon think it a family epidemic. I have nothing to live for, no money, or no way to get along. I am broken down in health and epirite.• 1 never had but one good, true friend (my wife), and her I treated like a dog. I feel sincerely sorry for her, but she to better off without me. You will find me a rusty looking corpse, , as I have not shaved for two weeks nor bathed for a month. Don't have any religious exer- cisea over me, whatever yon do., _By way of amusement yon might have somebody whistle " Johnny Comer Marching Home," and if any of our pions relatives want to shed tears, kindly fire a few rocks at them. Don't you open the box, or coffin, or what- ever I am in, as I don't want those hypo- crites to have the aatisfaotion of seeing me dead. I go by the morphine route. If ab anytime you should move the folks from Montezuma to Winchester, please letMorrls and I remain. Either of us is too good to be buried alongside of old Ace Stone. The letter comes without a signature, but on another piece of paper were the words : "Telegraph to Ezra 8. Kelley, Winchester, Ind. Ace Kelley." On April 23rd Kelley sent this letter to his brother : CINCINNATI, Apri123.—To Ezra S. Kelley, Winchester, Ind.: " I will have a pack- age sent to you about the 25th of this month. Kindly respect it enough to bury it at Mon- tezuma without) prieat or minister. Don't fail in this. Full details will come withthe " package." ., ACE KELLEY. P.S.—You will have to come here and take charge. A LIST OF MISTAKES. A. Good Bound Dozen df Them that Induce Chronic, Bad.Tempored Invalidism. Contriving to keep up a continual worry about something or nothing ; giving way to fits of anger. Being irregular in all habita of sleeping and eating ; too much, too many kinds of food, and that which is too highly seasoned. Wearing thin shoes and •.stockings on damp nights and in 000l rainy weather ; wearing insufficient clothing, especially upon the limbs and extremities, Sleeping on feather beds in 7 x 3 bed. rooms, without ventilation at the top of the window, and especially with two or more persons in the same small bedroom. Allowing, the power of gain to absorb our minds, so as to leave no time.,to attend to our health ; following an unhealthy occupation, because money can be made by it. Tempting the appetite with bitters and niceties when the stomach says no, and by foroing food into it when nature does not demand and even rejects it ; gormandizing between meals. Neglect to take proper care of ourselves, and not applying early for medical advice when diaeaae first appears„ but by taking quack medicines to a degree of making a drug shop of the body. Marrying in haste and getting an unoon-. genial companion and living the remainder of life in mental dissatisfaction, cultivating jealouelea.and domeetio broils and always ,being in a mental ferment. Beginning in childhood on strong . tea and coffee and going from one step to another, through chewing and smoking tobacco and drinking intoxicating liquors, and mental and physical • excesses of other, kinds. Surfeiting on hot and very stimulating, dinners • eating in a hurry without half masticating the food, and eating heartily before going to bed, when the mind and body are exhausted by the toils of the day and the excitement of the evening. ,Keeping children quiet by giving pare- goric and cordials ; by teaching them to suck candies and by supplying them with raisins, nuts and rich cakes. When they are sick by giving them mercury, tartar, emetic and arsenic, under the mistaken notion that they are medicines and not irritant poisons. Leading a life of unfeeling, stupid,lazi- nese, and keeping the mind in an unnatural state of excitement by reading: trashy novels. Going to theatree,partiee and balls in all sorts of weather in thin dresaea ; dancing until in a complete perspiration, and then going home without sufficient ,overgarments through the cool, damp night air Fuller's Earth as a Cleanser. .. , The cleansing properties of fuller's earth are not as geeerally known and appreciated as they should be. When greaee has been epilled upon a carpet, make a paste with boiling water and equal parts ot fuller's earth and magnesia, apply it to the stain' while bob and let it dry. Then brush off the powder and the grease will usually have dieappoared. A paste made of fuller's earth and benzine laid thickly on stained , marble and allowed to remain for twelve hours will remove the defilement completely. Symptoms The wife•—There is a prescription that the doctor left for you to -day when he called and found you out. The husband—How did ho know what to giveThe wife'—He e said that from my appear- anoe and symptoms he knew you were anf- lering iron, chronic dyspepeie. At Cetrtreaeemeat. First Alnmunue—And what became of our valedictorian who spoke eo learnedly on the demonetization of silver i Beoond Alumnus—He's takingthe hi- oblorldo of gold mere. He (exhibiting ;isketnh)—Tb'a the beet thin I ever did. She (aympatbetieally) Well, you muan't lett that discourage yet. NEW DANGER FOR LOVERS. A Breach of Promise Suit That is Purely Buainesa, HER PURSE, NOT HEART, HURT, A Wilkesbarre, Pa„ despatch says : A new pace has been set by Mies Sadie Reynolds for all giria whose lovers die- appoint them or grow weak-kneed on the wedding day. As this fair maid in- terprets it, a bruised heart is not so', painful a thing as a eruahed purse. In her suit for breach of promise against John Brown,tbe girlish plaintiff pleads not for balm to heal bleading affections, but for cold cash to.defray the coat of a• wedding supper end her own trousseau. Mies Rey - notch' wanta the court to know that while time may heal her heart, time will not can- cel the caterer's bill or pay the dressmaker. In December last John Brown, who is generally known in this place, asked Sadie to be his wife. She gave the promise, and everything jogged along in lover -like fashion until April 27th. That day the couple went to the Register's office and procured a marriage license. The wedding day had previously been fixed for May 3rd. It was to have occurred in the evening. A large number of guests were invited to witnesathe ceremonies. And the bride-to- be's people prepared a generous supper for their guests. The invited onee came, as did the preacher, on the evening of May 3rd. Mies Reynolds, arrayed in a handsome Hown, sat down to wait for the groom. e was late. The hour set for the ser- vice came and passed. Another rolled by, and another and another, but still the form of John Brown did not appear., Then the disappointed bride entered the parlor, where the assembled people sat and startled them by announcing that there world be no wedding. She told them that they could disperse after partaking of the prepared luncheon. To -day Mrs. Reynolds began suit for $1,000 damage, alleging breach of promise on the part of John Brown. In her petition the fair plaintiff does not dwell much on the wounded feelings business that usually fills such a large portion of similar petitions. Miss Reynolds lays emphasis upon the great expense incurred in parohasing ter, wedding outfit and preparing an elaborate supper. She thinks Mn Brown ought to pay these bine. IN A DROP OF' WATER. A Lively Little Animal Built Like a Steamboat. Of all the interesting microscopic objects contained in our every -day drinking water, I think the common rotifer is the moat wonderful. Tho first view one gets of this interesting little animal, after the one drop of water is mounted in the microscope, to apt to be dieappointiug. The handling of the water and closing down of the cover - glass 'seems to frighten the rotifer, when {; he will contract himself into an almost globular form and play 'possum for a time. A short interval of perfect quiet will gen- erally restore confidence, and then the cir- cus begins.. First a sorb of uneheating.. of the body will begin. The globaler body is drawn out, telescope fashion—fust a for- ward section, then an after one, another one in front and another section in pushed out at the rear, the latter section disclosing two or more extensions, which serve as feet when propelling itself along the plate, . by drawing the rear portion of its • body for- ward, anchoring its fee, to the. surface of the plate, then by a cot.aiderablo muscular effort, shoving the whole body. forward. This movement will sometimes be continued until the patience of the observer and the desire of the rotifer to travel are about ex- hausted. Bub the little animal aeems to have an idea of just what he is looking for, if the observer has nob. Suddenly and without warning the body, except the feet, shot forward, drawing out the little animal into a form ten times as long as he is broad, showing for, an instant only two bright red little eyes, exhibiting all the ferocioneneas of a tiger when seeking its prey. The next instant, quicker than thought, the head seems to split asunder or turn inaide ont, assuming the form of the hammer -headed shark, and carrying on each side of the head, appar- ently, two little propeller wheels which;re- volve eo fast that the eye cannot follow, their revolution's. The movement of these cilia or wheels causes a current of water to set in from the head and sides near the head, bearing on the flood such small ani- malcule as might be unfortunate enough to be caught in the neighborhood. Just in. side of the head and below the wheels is situated a set of grinders working together like two segments of cog wheels perform- ing about one-eighth of a revolution back and forth and at at a rate of about six or seven movements in a second. These grind - era are ocoaaionaity given e. little extra movement, and the food that has been mas- ticated is dropped into the channel that carries ib to the stomach. There is also a movement of cilia near the head which carte outaide the radius of the wheel's in- fluence any objeotiunable substance that does not exactly suit the taste of this little epicure When entitled by the near ap- proach of danger, Mr. Rotifer contracts himself into the globular form so quickly that' the human eye cannot even guess how he did it. I have also frequently seen him when he seemed to be in a hurry to get to some distant station stretch himself out to his full length, produce a little propeller wheel, directly on the end of his nose, and in the exact manner of a steamboat going backwards, pull himself forward at an al- most lightning speed. I have frequently shown the little fellow to visitors and can- not remember that anyone ever tired of watching him. Certainly of all of the won- derfully oonstructed microscopic objeots,the common rotifer is as interesting as any. Egypt Bader English leosninntion. Tho quiet secured in Egyptunder English domination has apparently been productive of a greatly increased prosperity among the Egyptian peasantry. Mr. Gorst, the Under Secretary of State, nays that of the State lands recently surveyed and sold at moderate prices the people in one village in Lower Egypt bought $50,000 worth. During Ismail Pasha's rule he appropriated a great deal of land, which became known ars the Demeans. Within the current year about one-seventh of these lands has been disposed of to cultl- vatore for $3,500,000: The strength of France halo always been mainly in its thrifty peasantry ; and no land can long be pros- perous if the email landed proprietors bo in 8nanoial straits. The above indfcatea that the Egyptian fellaheen has money laid away !ri'secret placee which he can draw upon whoa necemery. This is nndonbtedly date to the Regltsh occupation, whish has given him good Irrigation works and at the same tlmo lessened hie taxes. Layer rakes with Caramel filling is anew echeme. The most beautiful unmarried prllticess in Europe is Clementine, daughter of the King of the Belgians. l§he is 22, and very tall. Beside one deed of guilt, how blest is guileleas woe i--Buiteer. GRAND TRUNK REPORT For the Last Six Months of the Year 1892, THE EXPRESS BUSINESS.. According to the directors' reporb of the Grand Trunk Railway for the half year ending December 31st, 1892, which was presented at the shareholders' meeting in London a couple of weeks ago, It is stated that the Grand Trunk Co. acquired the whole of the share capital of the Canadian Express Company valued at the nominal amount of $1,500,000 by the payment of $660,000, but againat this is placed $335,00 of the Express Company securities hande over to the Grand Trunk and on which was realized $335,000, leaving the net payment as charged in capital account atabout $330,- 000, for which amount the Grand Trunk acquire the whole of the Express Com- pany'sluorative business. They also acquire a one-third interest in the International Ex- press Company's stook, and the business of the American Express Companycarried over the Groat Western section. The result of the working of the Canadian Expreea Com- pany by the Grand Trunk Company during the year 1892 has, in spite of some disad- vantages at first starting, been an increase on the amount received by the Grand Trunk Company from $328,247 in the year 1891, to $105,552 in the year 1892, or $77,705 in- crease in 1892 over 1891, and from the re - porta received it is concluded that the results in the future will be still more favor- able. The report also 'peaks of the opening of thirteen miles of Toronto belt lines. The total cost to the Grand Trnnk Company is £93,620 for the whole of the bonds and stook of the Toronto Belt Com- pany, representing the rental of $3,800 per annum, which le thus no longer payable. The most important part of the report is the reference to the Grand Trunk Act, 1893, which bee been obtained to legalize the agreement with the various subsidiary lines for the pnrpoee of consolidating the system, which agreement was generally approved by the proprietors at the general meeting of the company hold ou the 31st October, 1892. This Act was submitted for formal approval. Power is granted to the company to inane 4 per cent. consolidated debenture stock to an amount not exceeding £75,000, for the converaioninto that security ofcerteinbonds now bearing 5 per cent. interest, and aleo to issue a further $20,000 (£4,109) per mile, to meet the expenditure incurred in con- structing the line, 21 miles long, between Kingscourt and Glencoe, recently opened for traffic. THE AGE OF TUE EARTH. Geology Shows Its•Age varies From 13,000,. 000 to °30.000,000 Years. Geologists have aacertained that the rate at which erosion takes place can be meas- ured; by applying their scale to the eedi- mentary rocks they have formed a hypothe- sia se to the time which has elapsed since erosion began. The stratified rocks attain an average thickness of 100,000 feet. The material of which they consiab was all washed down from high planes, deposited and left to stratify. By the inspection of river banks it is found that in places the surface of the land which has been carried down as sedi- ment in the rivers has been reduced at the rate of a foot in 730 years, while in other places, where the land was more stubborn or less flexible, it had taken 6,800 years to lower the surface one foot. The deposit must be equal to the denudation. We find that while some of the sedimen- tary rooks have grown a foot in 730 years, others have taken 6,800 years to rise that height. Thus the period of time that was required to build np 100,000 feet of 'sedi- mentary rock has varied according to local- ity from 73,000,000 to 680,000,000 years. Ib follows that the active work of creation lasted for a cycle intermediate between these two figures. The cycle varied with endless auccesaion.of periods of disturbances by volcanic force and glacial action, and the frequent submersion of dry land, alternat- ing with the emerging of continents out of the seas. These may have retarded the growth of sedimentary rocks, but they can - nob have accelerated it. A. candy of fossil° teaches the steady uniformity with which the work of creation proceeded. Since men began to observe there has been no change in the forms of animal and vegetable life. A few species have disappeared—not one new species has been evolved. Not only do we find the fauna and flora of anaienb Egypt ae depicted onmonuments which aro probably 8,000 or 10,000 years old, identical with those which are found in that country to -day, but shells which inhabited our seas before the ice age and grew in an ocean whose bed overlap the Rooky Mountains are precisely the same species that are found in the Bay of Monterey and the waters of the Chesapeake. It is evident that there has been no essential change in the conditions of life since these animals and these vegetables were first created, yet how vast the shortest period which we can assign to the gap that divides us from that remote epoch 1 Nursed His Revenge. A startling story reaches us by the Indian mail in connection with the murder of Major A. H. 8. Neill, of the Central India Horse, some time ago. It will be re- membered that the major was shot on parade by one of his men. He was a son of General Neill, of Cawnpore fame, and the man who shob him le now said to have been the son of a duffadar in the Light Cavalry who was executed for the murder of General Wheeler at Cawnpore. after having been, fogged. The man, who was arrested on the recapture of Cawnpore, stoutly denied his guilt, and urged that he had been forced to mutiny againab his will. Before being hanged he left a dying message for his Went son, and prayed the Prophet to strengthen the child's arm to avenge the death of his father on General Neill or any of hie descendants. The mon grew to manhood, and nerved under Major Neill for years before, he came to know that his officer was the son of the man who had ordered his father's execution. Lying i11 3n hospital one day the nes' wee convoyed to him by a fakir, and the dying impreca. tion of his father, now repeated tohin5, had such an effect on the mans mind that, though he had been treated with special kindness by Major Neill, he thought of nothing but revenge. Accordingly, on the oarlient opportunity ho shot the Major on parade, keeping his object ee secret that the murder seemed wholly without motive. He wail'sentenced to death by Sir Lepel Griffin, and died without making any statement. The explanation is now given by a man who was at Cawnpore during the mutiny, Geed Advice. Parson Tenthly—I find a great manly of my congregation asleep while 1 am preaeh- tng. What would you advise me to do on such occasion ? Dr. Short --Preach a rousing sermon. The colored shirt with tate white collar bas now become the property of even those who meek at dudes and dudeiem.: CARE OF CHILDREN'S EYES, Remedies In Irritation, Inflamma- tion and Accident. KEEP THEM CLEAN. Nil of bhe meet e e 1 e b'rated New York oouliets, who looks into some hundreds of eyes in very young heads about every day of'his life, said «recently to the writer, Keep them clean1') that is one of the greatest seoreta of healthful eyes and good eyesight in chit. d The resident physician is one of the large babies' hospitals in the city, a woman of many years experience, said the same day, " Look out for the outside of children's hoada. The eye, in tender years, should be watched and proteoted." Cleanliness should not only include a generally accepted idea of the word, " clean," but a medical understanding of - the m. For ordinary hygienic purposes, the normal tereye of a child in it requires bathing ateleaet twice daily. After the age • of 5 cold water may be used with safety, and one daily bathing will suffice, though the stinting of anything so easy to procure as water and requiring so little time as face • bathing, in scarcely neoeaeary. Begin at the outer edge of the eye and. bathe lightly toward the nose. Let the water drip over the tide and tear tube. Dry the eye in health with linen ; there is., nothing so cool and soothing as linen. If' there be any inflammation use a little cotton batting—what doctors call " medicated absorbent cotton." Where dust or any foreign 'substance gets into the eye remove it as soon as possible to avoid irritation of those surfaces, which, of all the human body, are the most tender. Roil the upper lid back over a small pencil and literally sweep the eyeball and under - lid with a tiny camel's hair brash, blowing the nose at the same time to draw down through the nasal tube anything which ap. preaches them. If irritation has set in from any cense whatever, the eyes must be bathed in tepid water from three times a day to every hour. When a desire to rub the eyes is shown tie the hands behind the book or bandage the dieoomforted orbs, but very lightly, as heat would increase their irritation. If the trouble turns into inflammation and there is more than a normal secretion, . the lids should be painted with boracite aoid. A small camel's hair brush is .the best'means of introducing the acid into or about the eye. Iodine may also be painted on the lids in solution, butwith both paints it is beat to bave a physician to regulate the strength, If the lids are crusted, after a oold, a troubled stomach, or following inflamma- tion, mercury salve, applied with a clean piece of linen, will be found very soothing, and is far better than washes to open the eyes painlessly, or to remove secretiono. without injury. If the lids aro heavy and an angry redt. a solution of nitrate of silver will generally reduce any inflammation and consequent swelling. It is to be applied witha small brush as in the case of iodine or boracio acid. Physicians usually order these things put up with a small percentage of 0000aine, which deadens pain, and these remedies should be applied only under a physioian's order and direction. A quite common occurrence when Baby or Master " Stara and Stripes " is to be " taken out," to the preparatory freshening and primping for neighbors' eyes, which, usually includes a bathing of the dear little• fade with " nice warm water." Now that ie the very thing not to do 1 The flesh about the eyes made soft and tender by warm water becomes easily drawn, with w change of atmosphere ; and a cold is liable, to sot in after the pores of the skin have been opened with warm water. Preservation of muscles is a thing to heed in taking children out. It is well to ID provided with a little dark green silk shade, or a veil, not too thick or to thin, for in certain strong ]ighte—say the glare of"ran- thine on the pavements or on sand, even when a cold breeze is blowing the eyes are apt to be strained ; the muscles relax and. become weak. Often the fond mother says, " Hood the wee imp notices everything." " See how , straight she looks at things." A baby is too often allowed to stare steadily ab any bright light or object which• attracts its gaze, with the result that the• muscles become over -fatigued, relax, and the eye instead of being held firmly in place turns toward the nose, producing the unpleasant and often ludicrous effect all ante familiar with. It is not wise to allow an infant to suck the thumb, or an older child to suck candy looking continuously toward' it ; for " crossed eyes " is a muscular affec- tion though sometimes following nervous trouble. Fauntleroy Must Be Suppressed. " Fauntleroy cried last night, Nora, and kept Mr. Styles awake, and, in conse- quence, he is in a bad humor this morn- ing." " Yes, madame ; but Fauntleroy wanted. to lick the paint off his toy camel." " Well, if it happens again to -night let him do it. I want to ask Mr. Styles for a, new hat to -morrow." The Married Man -I tell my wife every- thing, air—everything. The. Bachelor— Ever tell her a lie ? "Didn't I say I bell, her everything ?" " About the greatest tail -bear I know," said the farmer's boy, " is our old pea. cook." Cholly—Bah Jove, I've a dreadful pain in my head 1 Can you suggest a remedy Sinnikers--Yes have it filled. LIKIC .4 THIEF .II THE NIGHT, Con - gumption conies4t;, slight cold, with your system fn the scroful- ous condition that's caused by impure blood is enough to fasten i upon your That is thea time when neglect and, delay are full of danger. Consumption is Lung - Scrofula., You can prevent it and you can o haven't waited too long,with cure it, i� you . 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