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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-6-27, Page 3,T um', 97., 1890, THE BRUSSELS POST, swapotascagnmvennmentromemmainvannemassumnammaminnpmtpleamoniamosmasorramarawnscrrarammmoix..........wax.... LATE BRITISH NEWS --a 112orinons in New Zealand. STRANGE USE FOR THE TELEPHONE. A Collision it1 Sen. rAuTs or CRIME IN SCOTLAND A photographer paid Stanley reeion beef for portrait, thelest litte tiled her tieswer to 'apt O'Shea, and deniee mieteneltiet with Pal nell, Sir Henry .1 antes ham broken down «oat; I be compelled. to retire from praetice, for time at host. It Will limn prepomed that menden% o Parliament should be inado to print and dim - tribute tie& bills ln fore they in t roduce theni, al their ewe expense. The last stone of the spire of Chu lathe - dial WWI 011t ill plume 00 May 31st, and. thee efttliedral now reaelieS 111511er than nay other in the %meld, or .130 feet. The L011ilon. 0011011in,, Meet for this sea- son lias taken place, but the women who prontieed to appear (et horseback., riding astride, were not to be seen. is a little boom in emekerdom in England. For perlueps 1 10 yettiei there have nnt been so many iniceettletts kJ the Stedety of Friends as during 1110 pant year. The income of the University of Oxfoed for the present year is about t:1111,200. Oar. ing the last year the university 111854 creased its capital by nearly r 1 3,000, A t'artielinee to the report on Lo1121011.:1 Zoo• helical harden, the profits for 1 029 were ff,1,2,0110, Abollt 2,000 animels Weee 1018. '1110 01131 expenses of the institution were el 21,000. In !New Zeal:eel a IIIonnon convention litte juat elosed. it. eietings, at whieli it was offieitilly rep. trted 11011 there are 3,000 Mormons in that colony, end that 500 cen- yerts, were 1111010 during the past year. A _Mr. Fal Ward Ogee lace nititinEwt111.1.1. of Mat inghant, refused. to pax his income tax, and a large quantity of yarn wts seized by the inland. revenue au thorii i awl sold 1.y auetion. A large ineettuee id local men and merchants pnbliely thanked Mr. Cope for his aetion. C'ellege undergraduates of old.s8hool pro. pensities may learn, through a lecture by Andiew Lang lin " The Natural 1 Gentry of tioeik.ly," that 41 relative of Icetitto Man, 41 (Ade( whose lad luck brought ou him the sentence of death by his tribe, Wad tossed in a blanket, till he died. l'atti gets 1N011 a night., In 1 821 the en- tire ft.,. paid to vocalists for a season at the T.A.151.101 Open% House, from Mareli 10 to Aug. Is were 18,636, mettle 1 10,000 went for the ballet. The only singer who got more than a thoustuel 1821111,18 11 8040031.1 WitS C111111,orese. TWo 1811101 (Mover. received 0:1,7s5 awl 11,537 respectively. An A uat ralian enteician lets invented a trombone that is played liy stei110. ItS " 1 12,4 t4iLl'e the Q,lleell ' van be heard at a iliStallee of four miles. Ile had hard lilek W ith it, however, for the petmle of his own town thee e hint 0112 115 11 lalisanee ; awl 1111W he is bound to make it noise iti temie Mien part of the World. Within a, fun; weeks the Brit ish Museum has beemno possessed. of a Chinese bank note issaell from tile imperial mint, 300 year before the cirettlation of the first teapot money in Europe, or ill the first year, or one of the first years, of the reign of the first :Meg Emperor. The lirst real bank ill iti,i1,74,,6,2020,10 that of llareelona, established The telephone must have a 110W role of usefulnes8 ecored for it. Sir Humphrey do • Trafford, near :Nlitilehest,cr, has perhaps the finest; kennels in England, the kennelman's 4111 house adjoining then:. Front each kennel a telephone arrangement leads to the kennel - man's room, so that when any (log is noisy at night the keeper can speak to him so as to be heard without leaving his room. The Brieish 00110118 will be taken in 1801, The cost of the eensus of Great Britain in 183 1 \YRS 81 72,000 for a population of 9.6,900,000. For England 01111 Wales the comt.estir 1,000 of the population was ,C4 15s. 5/1. m 1 NI,. rising to 83 38. 7d. in 1 871, and zee 12s. rel. Ill 1881. The number of entailer. ators was nearly 35,000, and in. 1 801 the number will not 'be far short of 40,000. Au English statistician figures out 633,- 000,000 gallons tie the precise amount of the W ille product of Franco for the year 1 889. Its pecuniary value is something over $2000,- 000,000, awl, according.. to his caleuletion, this quantity of the wine would fill up a canal twenty.four feet wide and. twelve feet . deep extending from London to York. The enguniers of prohibition might stibmit some interesting plans for louking that canal, and after that they can consider just what they , propeso to do Willi the lakes and rivers of \ beer and whiskey. Speaking of the correspondence and the continents of tho Ilritish prase upon the ' atrocities °omit -fitted in the prisons of Siberia, the CleaRlidaaine of let Petersburg says 1 "No doubt, ill Russia as in othee ' countries, 1111 is not perfect. 11111 1,110 Eng. , lish ought to begin by reforming themselves, We know with what cruelty the Irish poli- tical prisoners aro treated. But in any ease, the leuseian Governmeut is going 1;0 Make 11 1 thorough investigatien of the facts alleged in the letters from Siberia," 80ine very interesting facts of crime are i revealed by 0 8001011 sheviff. He know of one weman who, between the years 1844 i and 1863, was committed to prison 167 times for being drunk, and when (heeds hoe in- ( variable practice! WaS to smash windows. .A. man when drunk stole nothing but Bibles, and was transported for his seventh theft. 1 Auother man stole nothing but spades ; A woman stole nothing, but shoes ; another nothing but shawls ; 11; t the queerest thief WaS 0110 W11.0 Stele tabs, and was sent to pentel servitude for his seventh tub. 14 The latest report of the Birmingham 'Preis libraries Conunittee shows that the book reeders of the past year wore divided as follows &holm% and students, 1,302; clerks , and bookkeepers, 1,1 38 ; °nand and office boys, 301 1 teaehees, 208 ; ehop assistants, 290; jewellers, 210 ; compositors and print. ors, 102 ; 11111111101% 0101 dressmialTers, 160. Almost, at 1,110 bottom of tho 1151 C01110 join, malists, 0 news agente, 2, and reporters, 2. IS thiS because they have libraries of their own, or because the people who write nowspepors lose tho taste foe veading books? A metal has boon produced that will melt at a temperature of 150 degreee. It is an alloy , composed of lead, tin, bismuth, and cadmient, and in weight, hardness, tout color resembles typo metal. molts so easily that, placed on a oomparativoly cool part of the 812/1"0 With piecoof peper melee 11, it Melt Wit 10)111 1110 pappr beieg 8corchtel, 1 I will not retain heat, but he. tetitiee leild 1111111100 t it melte, t is usts1 in the fasuitifset ure of the little automatic fire alarms for hotels. Thev give an eleetrie alarm when the metal lied to the rieffig of the toluperatitre, By a uttaminette judgioetil the if,ese of Lords has reVcoell j021,q110111 (181so 411'01,1 of the Coati of Appeal 11 it h regent 111 1.1,11,11:;:11111i1y 1,1111i,iolii a; .+.4), Ono Iiiiflit :11m.idt, I SS47, two 84110,4 vo.,els, the City ef ( 'othat 11 1,101 the Were up. liroaeliillg 4.4,11 ',fig.!' tho 1101. The t 'ity 24 Corinth 14-411 running free im Channel, The Teetieutie wee genie down Chained, eleet, heeled 00 the purl lack. Ill these eireintistollee,.. 11,1. ordinary rale re, that the I'lemetnia. lf,ap her course, 11.1111 1111.4 the City ttf Corinth efettild keep eitete j her. I It dark lies4 Illithilig 0201111 seen Intl the lighte, end at (het the Captain of the Taleinuifit, seeing a red light. "in his port low, thought that all wee right, lint as the veseele neared, the red light Waii Shia 001 011,1 it green one came into \lee'. Ins showed that the (.'ity (11 Corinth was effining nerotle hie path. Tho Dn. thing he WaS to send 11 1110.11 fOrWaril to See that his own lights were burning brightly, and then he called the Mate oil to the Imp to watch 1V1111 111111 What tho green light did. 11 Was lint till the other vessel loomed into eight that lie altered hie 11011 1.311 and tried to bring hie ship round. It. W08 then toe late, She had only juet begun to anewer her helm when she strnek the llty of Corinth straight antitiehips, and sent her to the bottom, only two of her erew managiug to sciumble eu board Gm Titeinanitt. In the litigation whielt followed Mr. .1 uettee Butt t hew the entire responsibilsty for the act:idea on the City of Corinth, but the Court of Appeal thought that the Tesnetnin WaN 11180 to blame. 'The green light W485 11 certain warnifig of what Ives going to happen, amil in steeling to loolc after his owe lights and in calling the tnate to his side the Ceptaiu of the Titentania wasted time. In the opinion of tlie 1-101100 of Lords the indecision of the Captain 10)114 not unreasonable, and the lodgment of Mr. Justice Iltitt, who had thrown the responsi- bility selely Igen the lattee ship Walt re - 8101.011. Their First Unpleasantness, rH. and. 'Alm Bolivar l'ske hail been married alteut :de weeks and were still oppressively happy. Not a ripple of dis- cord 111111 btirved the frog pond of their domestic harmony rind their life rue smooth- ly and imobstructedly. This may/381011 like exaggeration, lath you have positively 110 idea hoW Unreasonably and abslirdly happy these two young persons W4re. 11 WaS all (Welling ill May -an ordinaiT evening lu May, 1090 -and the rain hadn't stopped, " Iluenevieta," said Bolivar, looking abs street oily idsnit the 18.8111, '1 if it W01111121% be askite, too great a favor-" Whi'it is it, dearr asked Mrs. Pyke tenderly. " Pletee ley the other knee ameille. This 0110 is gutting tired," " Y011 have never said anything like 111111 befere, Deliver," she protested reproach- fully. " Perhaps I'd better go and sit 011 0 (1111111.." " 'NOW 111/11.12 get huffy, darling. You don't bmk so pretty when you frown." " I UM 110t frowning, Bolivar." " You certainty are, Buenityista." " Then I don't leok pretty 2" she ex- claimed, bouneing Anil seating herself ten feet away. " All right, .111r. Pyku You --you-you're getting tired of mo. 1 -- I -wish I was -" " New, look here, Iluenavista, don't be foolish. There's nothing to (mane' about." "I'm not iptarreling, sir len not going to quarrel, either. If there's anything of that hind done, you will be the oue who does it, Mr. Pylte," "I ant glad to hear it, my dear." "Yoll needn't call me your dear. I am not dear to yoll any mere.' "I thought you said you were not going to imarrel." "1: did, Sir, and I am not, hr spite of your conduct, Me. Peke, I am Still youe loving wife.'' "Then, dearest -" "No, ant, I 8111 1101 your dearest." "Well, linenavistre then -if you prefer it -if y011 arc still my loving wife, won't you please sing something ?" "What for ? Atte you afraid try to sit on pity knee again 2 Von needn't .-" "N'o, 110, 1311011aviSto. I thought it might elem. up the atmosphere of 11118 1'00111 a li 1110, T110.1.8 With the aspect of It martyr going cheer- fully to the stake, Mrs, Pyke went. to the piano and sat down before it. "What shall I sing 2" she asked meekly, "Perhaps-lem-perhap8 it W01.1111 mako things utiem more cheerful if you 8hould tackle 'Home, Sweet Homo. " Mrs. Pyke fixed her eyes 011 a Spa near the coiling where the wall -paper didn't ex. actly nutteh and -wailed out the touching 111010817: " ple•a•a•stires and pal -a -places the-reugh-I know well enough, Mr. Pyke, you have 01113' asked me to meg this to make 1110 appear ridiculous, hot 0111 going to do 11,-' We may rogeam. 13e it e-ove-e-er so '---I think any man W110 tries to make his wife the object of ridicule 11eVer, never cared anything for her-thum-nemble there's no -mo plate like '-I have always done oveeything I could to make home pl- pl-pleasant, and you -you know it -` 11-o- 01110, A cha-a-nrin from the ski -i los seems to '-eeenis like the ghastiliost mockery in tee world, but you would have 1111-0. 0.08" 118 the.q.01'0. W1111.11.1, seeeeek through -the W-0-0-Orld ne'er ine-e-et with elsewhe-e-ero. Ho-o-o-ome, 110-01110, sw I'll sing it through if it k -k -kills me- e•oet, sive-0-001 home, There'e nogeo place like' -ain't you ashamed of yourself, Bolivar Pyke, to sit there pretending you care anythingahout our home any more, or me either 2- 910.0.01110, There's 00-0-0-00 place like' -B-13, Bolivar, clear, I =V Yes, I will I 1 will 1-910.0-o-inne " As het. quavering voice wended the last word of the sem; a manly VOiee j011104.1 ill With lb (1000 ISMS, her trendffing li tele fingers „ were gathered ill a close grasp, het. head ' sank 011 Bolivar's shoulder, and - But white business luxe any outside bar- barian to be intruding here Let us retire. Seeend Nature, " This room is very close," remarked the guest to the head waiter, " can't I have a little fresh air ?" The well -drilled autonuttion. raised his eoice to a high pitch, " 011.0 air 1" ho yells ; after a pause add- " let it bo freell 1" Near Enottgh, Father -What time did 51011 gee in last ' 1 1, 0/ Som. -Alma 11 o'clook. ' Vatlicr-Why, you Were 1101 ill 13011 at. 12, when I looked tu your room 1 Son -I know, but I Wee under ie, PERILS OF A BALLO ON VOYAGE Some of the Dangt;rs That Attend Aerial .NaYaigtion, breve. Teas' Spes or Me AD 1 help nut 1.1tilp Progreee ,is 1 origin racrapc. or ali 1114111411 ,181.011,1111, l','Ve* sprite; shoal this t het. 2311822 ell - 1 111131081 08 128110018.1 11181828 It trial of his 11011' :iirship. 7;i01,0ti1111., eroW2111 rii• his 12.1...2“.,. t'euelly let leettaet. 1:11,212 218'03 .',121.2..1 1.".. 11.1 tedy him et. e 1,1 , te emitting 82'4, rt pi 1 4;1111,1 n41.2111,1. 1%01100. Tho ).22. do% to the ship, lois, peril • , rii1;11 1,:11 11121 Mei: 1 11, y are able to 1111,1 1,1111 0,1,1 .tily 2,1 111,.1111,, el the applittee, men ha, ;teem,' for the peeve,. of eat tlieg wit it the storm it11,1 wove,. But those wile invade the oh with 1/31101/11 2188 811.11181111.01 aceniselves to no appreehtlile extent, Pi III attends the Iron) earth, 1031 0212.), 1111010/ the lone....1, fp; the eerie! esee et at the teepee ttl y breele that 1,1oWS, 1h1118,..r lilic01,2, SRC - 1,11103 the de...ent, end while iweitlente ere not so intinereus 118 the conilitions woulf1 tO denialid, it iS fair etattenent to characterize as lueky any one who has passed twenty -env limos above the (donde, and then rem:lied terve firma in safety. IL WaS olily the otleet they Llial ':ie 00010 inhabitants of EC Oity far from Iffintlen, were throve. tato a parte:- pint exeitembitt end apprehension re• mueling the fate ef Professor Rigging, a local aeronaut. 1 Itt had prepared a 1(11,1101211 1/1 a eapoxity of 12,000 cubic, feet:, -with a ;minden. and. trapeze attachment. When he gave the signal the ropes were loosed, 1,11,1 the airship sailed away in the direetien of Norwolid. Upon remelting an alti- tude 1,1 4,000 feet tint lawaeleite became how Professor Higgins (vent tleta.ffi-, et1 frein the net of the balloon, hich ' shot op at a great rate, and rapidly ! peared in the clouds. This 280.0 un enter. gency not ineludell in. the programme, fer II iggins heel intended to theleand within the 1 limits of the field from Ividell he 1110210 his departure, The loss of the parachute, awl the perilous predicament ill Which the 1 voyager 21.21,5 thereby placed, no ear beillg attaelied tO the balloon, naturally aroused the gravest fears in the iniints of his friends and Hat iVeS. The last glimpse eaught of him tin the edge of the eky showed that be was Ina:ghee by one hand 10 It petulant rope and (Aladdin; at tho mouth ot the airship vith the other. NO one for a moment em tart:allied any hope of his eseape, and the general relief was accompanied with intense astonishment when late at night a telegram from Tunbridge announced that ho hail untied safely. 011 his return the profeisor naturally had a remarkable storv to tell. Ife reached snelt an altuude that icicles formed. on his heir end ninstaehe. The slow campe of gas from he balloon filially changed its upwitiel tn a downward progress, and the return to the lower and warmer strata of the air re- vived the unwilling traveler sufficiently so thal Ile was enabled to make it strnggle for life. lie lowered. himself to the end of his little trapeze rope, 021,1 so hung until his feet touched the earth. He could not, however, got fece until the balloon had dragged him ten yards along the ground and rebounded sixty feet into the air. At the second deseout two passing laborers nuked, forward. and held. the struggling monster down mull Higgins ills - entangled himself. Tie was half frozen and suffering from severe muscular strain, but otherwise received no injuries. It was in its way one of the most remarkable escapes on record. HEALTH. , IncopanaumomesucuswiTs, porimpoktegismemssaw IS,Wer Slifitild lie used at last, Sieve the pilr pose is liot teugnify olkivitte, lett tO 1'011 der then, aiicl distile.t. Never east teat., hetet, 00 the enteed that "they 110 13/1 1111.84118ly enough." See if the prim .tt. n hie!, yon gaze e1cal",ctil, ion 1 test the a's by 1veatieg, I at 141101 heti 811 1102,r, 013 1, If p02,211210. 111381.8' 3 yam' ty e, 1f th. y brizef, .2 eele, t, f ye 11110, 1 2;0.11 1,,,1 iseitent et the for01.11,1 !PO 10l2 1"., 210 2 21 11 2., 1. ++1 801 t 1,2 ., 18:141 ny 2,221 111), 4,2121 1 422,1 right, and anothei t !Mete. A Kew Lttle fur Boils, A Hint to Smokers, A telebrated Europtsati epee:diet hes re• 011.11M1 31 10111 1011 to 1 /4, het thof entuptien teesetting Rely prevelem among eigar..,lieft-r., The for t his i 'evidetn, • T1,,. 1,', .-01, 1 of feeble 1q. +1,,/,1•11 ,,f111 31111 11.11 11", 1,2113210 13.1'8102y the 10,21.1.1.2.21,21 01 2.01,4211.21 811 the NI 101"2 .1 1,181,0,11 13 3 2 I..2•.' 1 131 10111 ill 100,1;11,10'. 1,1•131e1 121.1 , 1812../. ft) 11,111,. 4,!11 1 1 1,14 11VM/11,2 1 to I 17-1 .1. t 4'.' 1, .11.1 2201,21112218 le it ited, eieet- iate.tg, 1 102 ...41,..111 11 All ill! •.,. :oi 1,21 will, 1 he e'.18'..1221,.1'.1 1.1.0 , lel when 1 he eeror 1,18ker puts cat tle. Ihti 1.14 1-1 1 61 nitiiNtenin-4 it 11 ids lips, lie iltfe..18 a, otel the insn who ',woke, 1 la. ,r, 1 licrehy less eete vats:Mat- , ti ith the di:4,e, 11 might, 1/221.131112., 11221 he a Matter to tat so ..!1 tely ree: .•i ,, 1 (leo 'the love of 'eget .entokere ehoeld lo eff, although it mine 1,1111.111ed that , through ignerance, many exeellent ;nee itre 11,111.1,11.12 1,1 110 prat1.1 il!2! j 1411 11,111.11,41.1:$ !of tees re tire iliter, sled lliaaeritliticist Ins noich its those who smoke, for Om rea...,il It hat he per,tei enit,l'ing front constillIptioll !uiil tn. a stens, of infeet ien e 2•7 10'1%46 11,1 1,, ill tool, thou one instanee, been 11111 !to (lace consouptioll ill it wily to the eery 0 yous0111121 hilSbalid, and 811 tile 0111011 ing 1111S1/:l11,1 might msily i1110,1 11,0 innocent awl I tffiellemling wife, Dom whom the disease ',1111.4111 112 1 11011 be cumin:talented in1111/,1111 lehildren. Cigar -smoking must be regertled 1(e.! out, of the moit 11,ilo;t1rooH, ;Is woll as one of the meet Inatleenne, praetiees tolerated i among eivilizett eteople, For Sea Sickness, (Tharics Ilentilten, a naval surgeen, publiehes title plan for einem( eta eicketets " The stietee..efel treatment it/ sea eiekitess. W hich snrgeona afloat hare so touch to d., Willi, ink which generally they are. methle effeetively to alleviate, 1201st prove my 02 - claw for bringing before the Itrofessittit the eurative effect lode (Se reabo amp ;,,ot,,,) in the few eases which I have bitely Lel to ,trai with 1 imve foiled the inteenei wheel- 1:tire:eel of the or till, holo a most see- cessful remedy. 111111 to (AI,' 111.1V211111 rd the eetel chewed elowly was folltertel, aletut forty 11iilittles, eomplete eessation of the various ayintoms of am/ II, the ;tepees. e'en, vemitieg and giddiness disappeared ; the heart 's action was regnlat tool strength- ened, and a confidence Wits felt in heavy w eather that my eases never before experi- enced attritive the niany years that they serv ed in the royal navy, and had tried th, usual remedies preseribed by their advisors. At present 110 11100(18 of :revolting sea siek- mem in thoee suseeptilt e of a IS 1010 1111 and 1 venture to believe that in the kola, or its alkaloid, We 11110e One, anti that a larger trial of this drug will tend to support my opinion. 118 well-known sustaining tool invigorating properties during fatigue, for which it is chilly used IT the natives on the west coast of Africa and the Soudan its action in sea sieliness seems to be the giving tone to the nervous system, prov. ing a stimulant -aeting generally and lo- cally." Gars of the Byes, A RUSSIAN SENSATI,ON. Society eViletee Okieet ts 10 1/111 !MOIL, /little Children. 81.210e, tine. 115.1 a 1111[111 if.. ef IVareetwe Skiffilhetkaya 11111101, (111/3 brought to jnet with ;several of her coadjutors, for 11e., .•rito.• +.1 killme illegittinato children. i! The e tetwit and her lode:ere tailed them- . "elve, "The So1b.ty of Angels," and 014050(1 it, the au...q.t. 31 eel, of -despatching the ' 21111, tee, te he , en," of ;entree for a cer- • , teeeei. eel he, ;phi t hein by 1 lie unfort- i mote or their friend:, feet Hrotrasi a discussion 111 all the 1111$01411 psper, .28 the late of illeghemate children in t eta:wry. Tie. 111211."Ility of such votifs 10:e4 found 1 0 1.'1 fe. righly per oent. oven ! 1,,, tee! the 2a, 18 the 120‘1.1.811112111. Itgy111111i , 113111 111,o,:ow, Those asylums keep the leen enly for a :dust time, and. . semi (111.111 111 1 81,8018 to bo raised in the families of pease!): e. 'there they die in ls )1111111/0,. 1110 the number of sueli MI11211'011 /le 181.1, "118.918teilee tileeetly hy. mitederers like Shublinekaya eau hardly be eet Melted. Only about three weeks ego a stuffier "Society of Ample" was die• ered in Vilna. The fate of the mitre 11110 iffiants has raised the question as 1.1 (hr. valises for the prevalence of Snell 11, orill/e. The papers hint, um broadly as the tarieowes of 111,, Censor of the press allows, dint the eniel lawe with reference to waifs art, to, he 1201 11/111 of the 21 hole troUble. An ellffil in 13 useia, if it ever grows 1,1Pt 11a4 110 standing 18.folli the laW, No 111,11)-,t what 1,,, er virtues, if lsy y11,01,,.. or by manna einlowinent he happens to p0.8.3301181 of any, there 18 no hoer and pteopeet for him tri do any good in the world or for himself. The law will not re- cognise him 105 iL 1)10121101' of society, and he 1,8,41.21 about, mei buffeted 111101 he fin& f1,12, some gmig of criminals passing their lives in a 11411,0 ill tile 1.71'.11 11101111taillS, 0ieW Of time facts it is 110 W01111.111e that sinful mothers regard it as a benefit for their ehildren to be "despatched to heaven" before they grow up to lire ill ignominy and. suffering on earth, end that "Angels" like ' Skuldiuskaya should be foiled who have no • scruples to help sinful mothers ridding themselves of their children. A 1 2,9•02,01 jollrnal 12,,,,,r2,1 that i11011,i2 hoi14114,, enrol by iikiec. t wit it a ff.; v. oil hointi...i eurbolh la old'er 2,1'2,1 radi .41.1 'Ilre owl po.1 en( suppnent icie81 jou mast If boil Ilea al r,•ady liegtin the in je. e it el will only hay,. the •t to litteteu the mire, and preemie Follett. (ion 21E deep scar.. They All Do It. Two OVer the Ilattli-yard (Thu same old feneol US the 81111 went 1 II bile etitt,e44w1.11:111 tie, other, ill eraitidellee, The scandals she'd gathered arouiel the 1'01' 28,0181.11 1118.31 ge,eiip, or they can't :deep, Thrir i8 that deuretii Weren't S1g,111.1,1t:la,11,1e,;iii.:,,12k:a"1.11'1:11 the fenee in the BUILT BY 0E{RISTIAN OAPTIVES. History 0110 net:ninth:1i or the Hessen 'rower in Africa. The Sine -Hasson Town at Relat,Africe, is a superb structure, and although ill parts unfinished and damaged by lightning, is Still lordly and beautiful. 111111 1 of hewn stone brought from Spain and by the hands of Christian emptives and 180 feet from base to summit, it present's On the outeide three tiers of large and elegant iirches oyes comparative- ly small windOws, and above the topumat arch a deep honeycomb of exquisite carving. Rims a riimple grandeur of proportion that is peculiarly its own and very impressive, siva au exchange. The ascent of tho tower made not by stairs, hitt by a series of 111- °111(001 5101108, up which a horse might be rid- den tltree alivenst, as Leo Africanus asserts. The lowest of these inolined planes, which are made of a concrete of lime and sand, very hard and filtrable, was broken away hi the time of the Empevor Sidi 1110boniet, and by 1118 odor, so that now :bladder hue to be used before a footing can be got. As the ascent is made number of spatilmes chambers, chill, 801011111 mid tenantless, except by owls end bats, are passed, end when 1110 top is reached a magnificent view is obtained of the restless Atlantic. The tOWer is not merely a stetely sentinel of the great mosque, but 0 100110111 elation and a beacon for 8111p5 at Sell. What is a Gentleman, What is a gentleman? Is it not ono Knowing instinctively what he should slum, Speaking no word that 00111d illjtir0 or pein, Spreading 110 000,11(101, nnd deepening no stain ? 0110 10110 101011-8 how to put each other at his ease, Striving, euccessfully, alseitys to pleame ; Ono who can tell by a glance at youe oheek When to be silent and when he 111011111 epeak ? What is a gentleman Is it not one lionestly ettting the bread he has won ; Walking in upyightness, fearing his God, 'Leaving 110 shun on the pub he has trod, Oaring not whether his cent may be old, Prizing sincerity- far 0.1101-0 gold, Reeking net whether his hand may be hard, Stretolung it boldly to grasp its reward ? Whitt is a gentleman 2 Say, is it birth ekes a man noble or nails to his worth Is there a family tree to ho had effinely enough to eoneoal what is bad ? Seek out the man who has God for his guide, 'Nothing to tremble nt, nethieg to hide : 13e hoe noble, or bo he in trade, Ho is the gentleman Nature has made, Explosion Omni by Lightning', StililtrellOICE, Quo., Juno 26. -At Black Lake, QUO, :the other afternoon lightning struck the powder building of the Anglo - Canadian atsbestos mine, eel fire to it, re.• suiting in the explosion of about 1,800 ' pounds of powder mid about thirty Cafle0 of dualind, The shock was very sovore and 0(1.118. ed 1110re Or leSS 111110050 10 about fifty build - Inge, but to 110 greater extent than the iffiale, toeing of glase and doors, LOSS estimated at 6,40,000, Om man was injured, God never made any black (lowers Great haste eon never overtake loot opportunity, It is important for every member of the family that due enre should be oxercistel with regard to the eyes, Children sheuld early be taught the necessity of tient& simple rube( toweling the use ,tf the eyes, and until the habit is fixed parents should very carefully note that their rognirements are heeded, It is better to have no artificial light 111 sleeping -rooms ; but as sneh light is often it necessity, it should be so shielded as not to fall directly, in never so small a beam of 11110110(10(1 light, upon the oyes of any sleeper. Neither should sunlight IX:allowed to stripe through a, window upon the bed, either directly or by reflection. "I let the Sell Shille 1111,0 nly 11400 ill the morning. to waken mo," sitys the render. Yes, bet did the reader ever think why it wakened him ? Simply by means of a nervous shock through the unopened eyes which, if persisted in, may end in life-long suffering, IVhere it. is a necessity to sleep (luring the daylight hems, as is so often the cage in the multifold diversities of labor in a city, the room ehould not be darkened, 11111088 absolutely necessary. l'o 'close the ehutters and draw the shades so is to shut out direct light will usually be sufficient, and on waking tho change to the etrong midday light Will not bo so great and tryiug to the eye. In a general way it may be said that whatever paths the healthful eye is danger- ous, and should be avoided. This inclados especially the reading of V01`3" tine or poor print ; especially when the attempt is ntatle on a nulrottel train or other 001100)11am, whore the vilwation of the VOInele constant- ly changes the foetus, and makes it dillieult to follow 1110 li1100. Reading to: twilight or any other imperfect illumination, and taxing the eye "just a little longoe after 1110 ach- ing musoles have entered. their proteat against the abuse of their functions, 511011111 not be attempted. No matter 110W absorb- ing the story or how important the taek, neither Gan in value compare with 1110 1100.1111 and otrength of tho ViS1011. In reading, or writing, the light should 001110 obliquely from the side, fall upon the sueface of the paper so as to fully illumine it, with the reflection passing nway at 401 angle 111111 without striking the readee in the face, einee the reflection from white paper is almost 118 trying as direct /ight shinieg into the eyes Let the eyo reet as soon as it begins to feel 'weary, mut nothing will nelp the matter more than some gentle phyeietal exercise, The sight sheuld never he taxed during general weakness of the frame, or con Valesc.11Ce. The ilerve, and muscles of the eye share the general. dole], ity, and may easily be overtaxed, It to not advienble to read 11111811 W11110 lying dont, though that may be bettor than read- ing or writing in constrained, stooping posteuse Sit erect when reading, and as nearly so as possible W11011 writhig. One of tho great advantages of the typo -writer, now coming 80 rapidly into Imo, is that it allows an erect positiou, and taxes 1110 eye - eight, very little comparison with poll writing, There is teeny eye which is seriously strained and injured because the owner does not wish to admit, to himself, or confess to the world, that his youthful sight is waning, This is false modesty aml littble to be huet. fill, as well, Put 011 the glass whenever it is needed; its function is simply to assist, and save 1110 cso, end if . properly Vested that organ will remain einem t and useful forgen. oral visual mos till life's close, The age when epeotacles become a neceseity varies much, but with ey0f4 nermal and well matehed in early life may be expected about the ago of 41, sometimes it will come liVe rare or more sonnet., and may not have nes Dyed at 50; but in the latter case it is prole. able thee early life has seen a degree of near-aightedness. Thu selection of proper lenses et this time is not a ditlioult matter, Those of low ful oortosi‘ - 4 Two women sat out on the front•door idoop, 1 a the eYenieg glow as the :gm went dewn Tiny told how their children 111111 skipped the croup And they sneered at the minister's wife's 110W gewn. leer weenei delight 111 0, friendly chat, hout it their lives W0111,1 be stale and Ilat 1 So they sit. on the stoop in the !gleam - Two hue/muds came home trent the lase bell genie (From the effete, they- sahib us the sun went delve, Bet 11 ready owl eager to hear the same Sweet etantlals their wivel had. huuted down. For men, though they work, love gossip, too, And that's silty their wivem 8101( some- thing new, As they meet, and talk 111 the gleam. Mg, A Gang of Bomb Robbers, Tit 01111tary 81111 official circles at Sebasto- pol quite a senSation has 110011 caused IT the tlieettvery of a systematie robbery of bombs free) the artillery magazines m thee city. rom the extent of the discoveries 11012' 1118110 by (lie police, it W011111 11111101W that the eh- strcenion of bombs; and shells hes been going 1 on cor 110111ber of years. The Deity...Vete, correepondent at Odessa says the pros.perity Moth during the last few years appeared te follew the operationg of a uertaill mechanical engineer, who ten yeatts age was a working journeyman, and the ills Any Whiell thiS in- dividual has reeently mac e, primarily led to the extraordinary discovery. He erected a large fitteory, acquired a handsome private vesidence, and latterly droVe about the eity in a well-appointed carriage.. This sitiltleil and unaccountable prosperity attracted the notice of the police, who made a raid 011 the fautory, 1111011 large hidden storee of bend's were discovered bearing the Gov- ernment math. r.l'he arrest of the engineer led to the further discovery that an organised. baud of extillorists and others were implicated the robberies. Thepol ice Iwo of opinion that the hurtling of (010 of the artillery magazines in Sebastepol lest yen. was the work of the band now under anent, who presumedly fired tho magazine to twovent the discovery of au unusually large theft of bombs. To the stone band is attributed the mysterious murder, about the 80.1110 time, of an artillery driver. Thu mystery Which chiefly exereises the au- thorities for the moment is 1103e the bombs were tlisposed of to such an extent as to en- rich so largely the organizer of the robberies and his confederates. Parisian Ruffians at Work, Considerable excitement and elarm pre. yetils among the inhabitants of the Avenue de Villiers, in Paris. 'rho correspondent of a contemporary slays that for 001110 time past 0 gang of ruffians has been amusing it- self by discharging revolvers at windows in Which lights Were to be seen (biting the 8111011 hours of the morning. The consterna- tion of the unfortunate yictims of these dastardly outrages may wen be iniagined, the more so as m not et few cases the rooms thils converted into targets 110,00 been oc- eupisel by sick people. at whose bedsides anxious relatives or friends haVe been wale:lung. A night or two ago a bullet grazed it gentleman ELS lie was readiug in his bed in 21, mote Satiated on elle of 1110 letver illothys, and, het for the Merest accident, he might have been killed outright, The Avenue ao Villiers, which lieS to the north of the Parc Monceau, intermit:Gee the Dollies var.! :11 aleslierl los at the :Nuevo 22f that name which is embllislaal with 0 statue of the Elder Dianne, is much patronised by paint- ers, and contains many a welleippointed and commodious studio, Oriamt of the Word Gerrymander. Ethridge Gerry a conspicuous ant 1-11'etlera. list, or follower of Jelfeeson, when (lover:tor of Massachusette about eight yetos ago, lad the diatriets of his State (hanged in a way which, 110 imagined, weuld increase hi de- gree and exteud in time the power hold by lite party. 'file alteration made in 11011111110X- 108, however, wore grossly and olwiteislynn- fairandindocent that the people becamdaretts- nmil drove him and iris party oat of office 111 the ensuing 010011011, :in pointing out the peculiari ties and absu 1 ties in the 8hape of soma of the districts, as &awn 011 a chart, ono of Gerry's enemies declared that a Cer- tain district, on which 110 put his finger, look - ad lilts a salamander, The person whom ho addreeeed said "No, lb is net, sideman- itor. but a, (lerryinander." Tho term :duck mut it has been applied to all shnilar pieces of parthein rascality which have been per. petrated sine() that day. Caro of Mad -Dog Bites, A German forest -keeper recommends a, cure for the bite of rabid animal, which is beilig widely Vineland ill 1110 11010spaperil. 11 emisfsts of bathing the wound with vine. gar, Red pouring upon 11 11 few drops of Inuriatic acid. IVe aro sure that any one who tries this remedy, will find it nearly as bad 8,s the bite, Muriatio acid is a power. Human Sympathy. 11Y I1.1121 T. EL BROWN, D. D. "RoiOive with them that rejoice and Weep With them that weep." Romans xte 15. Standing as our text, does in a summary of Christian virtues, it to lie taken 00 a 00111 - Wand and to be reasonably expeeted of us. As this is a command for syrup -60y, we :nay well consider what sympathy is. It, is any kind ef follow feeling we have towards an- other, a subetitutien of oureelves for another, a look at life throtigh another's eircumstances This le not an esely matter but is a task that Christianity places 1150n US. Sym- afity is not mere sentiment, which is veline related only to oureelves ; sem- it:thy is feeling for another. Men may in- , ',lige seetnuent for the mental excitement it may cause. Sentiment is selfishness, sympathy is love. I hy shoeld we have One sympathy, this quality that 1101 Ne08,18.10143 1)112 StIM1.16111, 11181 111118 118 8110 the placie Of another and makes us HMO: his very thoughts? Because inpathy le the great 'way in which Carist- inn love can exprees itself. To love a man ineallS to make his need ours and further synipathee is eseential to a Mod helpfulness. How can we ever get a true knowledge of tilif17 around us unless WEI have enough eympeelty fm. 1110111 to be a part of their Then sympathy is the Olfly 5010 founda• thin for soeial life. In eve 001111try there lo deop rift between &sees. The seater - 1a1118111 of to -day is not in religion nor ecience, but tho dangerous eectarianism of to -day ia between social classes. On one eide is selfish wealth and on the other envi- 0115 label.. HOW is this chasm to be CloSed? Argument will not do it, force only widens it. There are many elements Which Shall onter into the SO11111011, bat the fundamental principle 'will be sympathy. Let us reach eta the hand and realize the burdens which. each has to bear and let each learu to care for the other because he is a man. This craving for sympathy is as great as the craving for bread. One Call Steal bread. bet no one ean have sympathy nuless we give fie WhO (1008 not wont LO be loved. by his fellows? If you hear any one say he does not want sympathy tell 111111 he &lee not knew himself. Poor 18 110 who has no tears for another'8 Wee and smiles for his joys. The soul without sympathy is one without wealth ormusie, except the diSCord- ant music of selfishness. How, then, shall 01111'111 this quality of synijmthy ? If God Then speak the words au do the deeds Of sympathy even ma Christ felt joy ill others' 30y, and grief in others' grief, so must we 5100011 0111. message to 010 WOrld and. haSten the time when ell shall meet in universal brotherhood. An Awful Aooident, A horrible accident happened to Sam. Anthony, of the steambarge OW011 of Chat- ham, as he made the landing at tile foot of Lower Ferry street, Windsor, the Otherday.. Anthony had gone to work on the boat in the morning. It was 1118 duty 011 arriving at Windsor (lock to throw a hawser 0001' ],i10, and make it fast. He WEIS either care- less or awkwatel, for the- 116WSer entwined. his ankles, and drew line toward. the chalk hole, through which the line WM mining. So great WaS the power 011 the rOpe thlLt it ma both of Anthony's legs off at the anklee, and dem ono foot, with the shoe in which it was encaged, through the chalk 11010, leaving the other on the deck. Dr. Coven- try was called and dressed the 1111111'S fright- ful wounds, Anthony! will probably die from hia injuries. He is unmarried, 2(3 years om, Lula his 11.1110 is in ch.tham. The in 1110.11. man was taken to Gm hospital, where it VMS decided thet logs must be amputated, but the shock had been so great thet it wait considered inadvisable to perfOrnt the oporation immediately. Morbid Oonditinn of King Humbert. Private advices from Rome received in Berlin state that King Humbert, who has sleety% had a tendency towards melancholy, is growing more moroseevery day, and Queen Margherita is afraid to leave lfiin alone. Ile has not smiled shmethe death of hie brother Amadeus, whom he considered his only eon- fidential friend. Tho finitnetal difficulties of the African fiasco, and the growing unpopularity of Signor Crispi Lend to in- crease his Majesty's depreesion. Ho is a born fatalist, and considers himself the most tufineky of men. His unglioal advisors fear diet King Humbert's mind will give way undor the combined effect of worry and melancholy, and they have advised Queen Marghortta not to proceed on her contain. plated tour of the Austrian and Gorman Courts. Mother (to baby): "It's rousscr's noisy tonisy ; maven loves her little darling.• baby." Palmy (who has F18010011 spanked', "Don't believe her, baby. When you Dail grow up she'll spank you, t-t-oo 1" •