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LATE BRITISH NEWS
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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"
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