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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1881-11-17, Page 23 Nov; 17, 1881- . a TO Ole. • -TIME Lar ADVIVEg T " , TIM COAL RIM. — „ - Willa 011111AN VOICE. •—• Intel NEW TAN aelaiiai — ---, A. Defigarsei Homily with a 13111014 Arlie% ostlers . Come here, Sie, and eit down beside me, ind. le. t me give a little talhing to. - • you I • t Oaend' of •That is right; stii .o ear a . e other .. . for iny the ecott. It makes more room. , out and corns, beeides being a good habit f .lad to become addicted to. or a young y th' habit,d '11 Alwityti pander to. is. an you an in time And yourself walking thrOUgh . . ' and hold° the, still waters green. meadows 0 . . • • • . • Of self.respect. You may be walking alone, te. be Inge, but you will have fewer lawn dresses to do up or' Monday morning. I . . . It Wish to epeak to you 'of your mother. _ may lie you have noticed a careavorn. look upon her face lately. Of course it has not been brought there by an aot Of yours, OM it is your duty to chase it away. I don't mean for you. to run at it d shake your skirts and tell it to " shim, n an , b d I t as you would a en, nor o . expeo you to get on the other side of the fence and throwold o eter ce.ns and pieceli of barrel . y . 1, a you 1 a he cow yester. did t t staves a. it, a . . , day. But I want yeu to get up . to -morrow morning and get breakfaet, and when your • mother .comes.down and begins :to (aprons her eurprise, go right up to her and ' kips her an the mouth. You don't imagine how it will brighten her dear old faoe. ia le tthis Besides, you • owe er a um or two. A.way hack when you . were la little' girl hdki awhen oonwhose she a - see you u e else wee •has tempted by your fever -tainted breath end evecalen face. You were notes attrac- • &ye then •as you are ' • A d 1 . now. n .a ong woe itud'abadaws she was always -ready to Mire, bythe magic of a .mother's kiss, the little • . dirty, chubby hands' whenever they were injured in -those first skirmishea Nyith this rough oldkorld. And then the :midnight. kisses With whieh- she hae routed po many bad dreams, . as .she leaned Above your restlese pillow, have all been on interest , ..• these kng, long years, Of couree elm is not SO pretty and kissable as you are, kit if you • had done your share of tlie work during these last ten, years the contrast would not'be 'so )marked. Her face has more wrinkles than . yours, far more, and yet if you were siak that face would appear , . . . . - ' to you to be more beautiful than an aogel's, asitered hovover you, watching every . „ opportunity to minister to your -.comfort, and ever f ththing y one o these . elem. to be bright wavelets of sunshine chasing each other over the dear 'old, face. • she will . leave •you one, of these days. Those burdens, if not lifted. from • her shoulders, Will break- her down. Those uh hardthth - d ro. g , ar bands a have one so uy unnecessary nags or you will 0 ' ma: things 'fb crossed. upon her lifeless .breast. Thoee, neg eo les.gave you your rs 1 • teal" that ' fi t baby , . . ... a a Kim! will , e forever • closed, an. - those sad, tired . eyes Will have opened iu eter- nity, .and theu ,you -will ap,preciate . your mother. 'but it will. be too late.. There, .. . ere dont cry ' she as tot • hleft youyet• • ' th--- /on • • . a . . n in the. kitoh.en •stringing .beans She is(lim for clinner, .anda if you feel ..tio.' badlyyou. iniglit'go-dowlrand iiiiiIiii Ahem; ated- let . her change her •ctreetahrid restatn . haur be; fore dinner.' And•aftee dinner you ni.ight . do . rip. the dishes °while she takes at,. little' nap.. . you mig , .own her lair Then ''' ht take'cl .1 - and do it ulnae het. • You need hot wind it over your finger. .ed- line 'to make little s it . Curls as ' e• I'd ' I'd with ' ' younee te . o yours/ .bPut 'give it a • aled;abrushing and • wind it gently and .acif you . eajoyed doieg • it for her: •• The young ,mau down . in.the 'parlor can wait until . you have pert . y formed these flutiee; If he expresses. an • inieatience, yen- . may 'explain to him that you feel •urider mere' obligations to .your mother than yOu do to hula • If this does- not anam to sa '' f • h' k 11* how• tie y 1111, as ma. , .for Many times he hits got lup . in the: middient . ig .. to warm peppermint .or you when. the n- lit " f you were dying of:the colic' or hownaitn tunes be has carried you ii• a . _ . Y a p ne._ down the room '' • ' ti ;because jos. . you would not be quieted anyother way. . Ask him to repeat Mother Hubbard backwards and it heis . anable to de ad - if ' will b ' proof 1'. repeated poeiite ,that he is not the,ope whohasturer. and .. explained : to - you 1,700 . tirties. Catechise' . him - . to . -find out if ':- hi • is h . .. .• • - • - • • • e t e . one ''• who gave you the black silk 'these, arid sat up St night t - • , . o make it while a goo time. Corner von we 'ff havingPd ' '' ' b. rite ed,h•admit that h ' wan up n make ire ., e.,went About a new bonnet last winter, that you might enjoy ta $12 one that Onadmired so . gh . W • f 'h' Y f ' iniamb . -ring. fromhim im .a con essme that • a stitch in Ins side brouaat there as. a.ais • • / aa . . . finery week.after week . m t the. front door put ' •could' .13/4 enestwupbiyo.uour a ,ealico, apron, and go out 'and, helpyo °our . . Mother pica eurrante. for jelly, imel-1 galas antee yet will think more of yourself, .• th ' . . ., .,e• world.will :think • WI b IL . d more or you, "Ma you ii . e aonier an better for hewn donelio ' ' - - • . • fl . . . • ' ......... 'now f4) Treat a Chald While Vander Great Keene. • . - MOW TorkPorita . . , 131arnma, called out a little boy the other night .after he luta been enugly . a .. „.. . . . up in bed, arid wee OuPPosed to be . . . . . far on the way toward sleep-" mamma, I'm afraid, my blouse hangs by the window, and it 'puts things in my mi, a atAgassiz's .... • - . . n Or .. frightene nte V' "You are not afraid wben you know it is blouse that puts the fears in,your your_.. . . . mind? e yes ; sea I can't help it, inttnima." There were two ladies sitting hi the room bele - h h d th b ' ords One ,_ve. W o . ear . 0 ..0y e. W . . .. said . "How perfectly absurd!. .WWIA won't a child do to gat 'his mother to coma UP stairs to him? I really think he ought to be u haled for akin up molt a stor as . P U . M . g . . Y. that." ,_. . The other,happily,was the boy's mother, and. ehe said -but without going to him r "If Yen • te •the . are afraid of the t legs in your mui you may ge out of bed, light your d ' t t •candle and take the ' blouse down; you can • the i t out and see look' after. .you put . 1 gli that there is --nothing .at. the wind,ow 'to frighten a good boy." • ' • • . She remembered, as if it were but yes- terdety a night a great many years , , .. . - ago, when she lay trembling, :a horrified 012i 4,, motberve4l ana there was no °nein the wide world to whom she dare to say that the lights' and Shadews mode by, the moonlight coming throullii a broken • , • .. • • Blot in the blind ere o fri Uhl- to her that she could not. sleep; but. lay holding• her breath and almost smothering beneath hes She felt 'sure her own the 'plot . . . that. Male. 6-y.easold boy was sufferieg.from the same unreasonable terror, at .Nehich he wouldlaugh in the morningwhen he would awake and see his blue blouse *siting for him • The child taking his mother's . 9 . advice, and lighting the candle, which a kindly freak of fashion allowed him to have, removed the cause of his -terror, put out the light and went back to his bed, and !' 'na • profound a very few • . minutes • P • .ound silence indicated.that he wait fast atileep, . '. One; can easily feel taanapathy' ifor. what . may seelike an aurd whim. in a child mm .th if lie or she hive paid any attention to the literature ot nervousness, and know ii anY- of the various ways in which strong. men have been afflicted- by halltv minded' ' cinations, or .have been annoyed aa• was the old -carpenter who, when. suik, celled. his son to hie .bedside and asked him , to make a shelf that was in hisrootri perfectly- true and when • the son remonstrated, he . , . . said : "Trouble's trouble; that shelf must. be ehanged.'.'-• • . • • - ... is tq, be deplored' that mothers, and all . . . thoseh h tb f h'Id d t w o. ave e care o c i reu, o no Possess their confidence, and be enabled by. the . knowledge thus gained • to prevent P. inorbid condition of the mind, Which it,ma Y - take years to outgrow. ,--- ' A. Wiiiiettol Loma Datner000. to Illhasissin ore. An entoinologisli bas discovered what ha, 1-eeernai, the octal bug or the cisie& anthreeitue. Profeasor Otto Ilechehneyer, who has been t • interviewed on the subject by a reporterof . . . , , . the Philadelphia Record, makes the f011OW' ing startliug date:neat : He Raid that, taking the result of Professor discoveries in mid -ocean, where he found, that minute corpueoles, threw off their • ' • - - ' ' : ' shells, Ana ' therm, growing together, formed, immense deposIts, it is not eurpriging that Professor Redagesh, of s tookholm whom he met in Gettingen last : : ' - ' • ' : - ' • - year, ahould. appear wIth a new species of bug, which might be considered I/diadem/5nd. ant of the pre•historio tree bug and whion ' . its now found m ooal in great quantities and threatens to undermine many value,- • ble. coal beds, " It is very noticeable," said Professor Heohelineyer, " that the scacalled coal dust is peculiar on. amount of ite round appearance. Upon examination with the microscope it is found that these particles , are . gevereci .with millions of these eimez anthracitua. Each •oribaalii, ° about the '• • ' size of the head of 7L' needle, flat in appearance, and ' are- plentiful at the bottom of coal veins, from whence .they work their way to the top, making holes' the • I d der' g 't in e miners an ren . in . i almost unfit for use. The male is of grey blaok color, and bee six spots on Iris back. The female is bread and has nine !Tots. 'Borway these spots vary in the poxes is s mething that has puzzled the scientific 9 a ' a " The pro'. Nebo have examin d them. . . feasor went on at length to give a- desenp- tion Of these buge and their evil propensi-, • ties. He said that coat oil was but another form of these hasects, but diet in ' this •lieuid state . they bed become crushed, and:those that escaped, lemma •their way. to the surface, where they were found. "You have, Often notibed," said the professor; ethat when opal its first placed haren a fire, or when it is ignited, there is a,- crackling, hissing noise, • andpitices fly about in the. grate or range. 7That is catised by the death - etruggles of these insects. The more of these there are' in coal the Tricker . .it . Housekeepera often wonder why burns it Is that one ton of octal will last longer than another, The „cause of tbis is easily . .explained- one has more of the cimex antheacitus in it than the. other. • •Boardingliouse keeperti who p.urehase cheap coal pay -half for coal and the dther half for a load of these awful . insects as a general thing.. • Servant gale, stokertain fire -rooms and housewives can- not be • tooatareful when moving about a (soar pile, for if one of these minute eteatures should get upon their clothing or flesh-, . the former . would be a eaten into boles quicker.than. by moths. • When they become. attached to, the - skin of a person they. burrow in, and. burying themselves, ••multiply fast, . produoing .0, white awellingawhieb everitirally results- iu, a • softening of ths. belles and a horrible death. . Coal rakers. who.. imbibe large.: '9 uantitiet, or Whilifferare-nlieliriettiieled-by theiteirieects. The' only Method 'yetknoWn to kill these bugs. in a coal pit is.to sprinkle • a bucketful of chloride of lime solution miei- it •the- aopciation beingabout one bucket to / . P. , a tcul'er c°a" -• • • . a - • - • - -- -- • • .• -- . • .• • . . -- .. • . • ..' A *might Man. • . . (From, tye Detroit !rep Press:I . • . 'need : to be all the faiihion,Witli lee-- turers to.. have. the .- mayor Of the teavri .or some other prominent citizeri. introduce' them to the audience as a send off., and iipcin Mut occasion in the years gorie.by when the temperance lecturer struck a' certaid town . . PC la'g n not ..over fifty miles froth - m Ic 1 a / Detroit, the Mayor stood /up ' before the a - . . .. au len a an • egan . • , . , _ • . . a. d* 0 andbegan: • ' "Ladies and -and --ladies end -and-" ...hospital, " Gentleaten," whispeted the lecturer: ' Yes, of course -ladies and.gentlenaeia I have the honor to -to. -1„ belie the honor to • „ • . • . , . --ao-" . . ' - - • Introdude," again Whispered the lac- ' - • - ,, . . . • , " That's the 'Checker -1 have the honor. t� introduce.aou-.. to the. notOriguaaam, the honoeable-the . honorable -Mister: - ..„.. t . e : . • • . , „ • . . , . • 4° - H • red another • • 1 1 aurae ere °mar . pain u - p . ,- duririg which the Mayor Walked' over. and lecturerh' - ' • • ' asked, e is name. . "Simpkins,". was the reply, • , • "1. have the. honor to • introance " he •-Superintendent repeated, as lie Walked back, "the honor-., bi DI' t • DI' t ' h ''t I • I never a e is er- is er- ang. i . remember 'anemic two mieutes•I ' Itaa of .no account,: however.... He and I have been playing poker all -the afternoonat. the hotel, and I give you My word that he is as • straight as a ten -foot pole. • Get up, Judge, • and shoot off your lecture -1" . • • . . .. . • . . . • - • ' .• . ,. t... • Texts tor Satordar-night. There ie no dignity' in idleness. . . . , . . , . ._ . . Impudence is not independence. . Do ;lot be impetient-for 'zicitorieta, • • Theve is no cale,Mity like ignorance. . - . This world belongs •to the energetic: . . • Do noidespilie anotherkkause Of poverty • • ' •Younanlie.. decided without being offete sive. , . . -. • • , - • : . Doncit hold the oPinionif of ethers in con- tempt. : : • bolongs D t ' t• 6 that b 1 Do no occupy . time . r room. to another. • • ' . ' : . It is not Bo ' hard to earn ant:hey as to ,.:- epend it well. , • • . • houla bit lov-. • The wishof your parentsshould ingly regarded.. • : ' •Seelitieism - is 'no evidence -of learning, - ' d a e ' . -' or in epen eno a . , , . Lit . esti i the refuge Ot weak minds', alld en e .. . the holiday of fools. . : ' - . . Do not sow wild mite nalese you .ish tp reap that kind of a harvest. w . In these , aaye we' fight fOr ideas, nod. newspapees are our fortresses. • . . . . It is a good rule te find Out whether it is bread or stone before yolfbite it. • • . . ,. Slosse Ilepairkahle igevelealoss••-Tlitree reendleir elltngilee .01 at French Rohe* data ,., -,„ • , - •k^ i rataftling- reyelationa a,.....u., the Inn:Pali , voice have bean meAe by ee- Preach PhYst. . .Dundee clan. Careful experimenta convinoed him •• . • .- • . - . that both among aturnale and birds the voice is. More. sharp and piercing than in the higher species of races- The ancients . . . . . , . also (he says) had, more shrill vowel than late generations -a fetot which he probably ascertained b means of the iihonograeh db Hy and F o . nee • Y onier an .ug • up somewhere by Schliemann, If we add to these facts the coniticieretion that in the individual too the coke rad 11 • , v • O 01 3' changes from goprano to tenor and through baritone .to bass, it.avould follow ( ' la that as a corollary of the Darwiniap w . t the development of the individual is a rem, itulatiou ot that of the raoei that in P . .., , • Course of tune tenors aud sopranos are destined to disappear altogether, leaving • only altos and bassos.. Eight here comes in ' _. use of thephonograph.Thelast 'surviving sopranos and tenors will doubt, leirbe employed by -government to ;levet& their life to Bin in Into the hono it h - , _ 0 O . - P Or,P fer . the beneht of future generetiouoi who wduld otherwise be , deprived of this luxury. And thus Edition's name he cleared of the awful iinpu- tattoo that in the phonograph . be invented • a mere scientific toy. But some further. observe - our Frenchman . . tions to.make. Blondes,he says„usually have higher voices than brunettee, which . • is Wane out by the. observation • that sopranos an tenors are _neua y_ light, bassos and altos of. dark • complexion. earnest and intelligent folk bass Among , . voices proem , w 1 e e nvo ous are . epos. • 1 hi tit f ' 1 t ' Before dinner, too, the voice is higher than after dinner, aoirounistance which compels tenors to dine early, in order to preserve the high pitoh of their voice. Finally, the f s irituous I i uors leads to con estion eae0 13 . • . _ g. _ • or . g , . r othe larynx,: wherefore tenors .miiat De oparing.in their use of them, while bassos. h as the lease may drink and eat as mug . . . Y 11ase. Progress a Ma Sa Va a A e- a ..ora -.e aargasee.- *rise. Thi, piens. for the new bridge - Tay, from Newport on the Fif on eForfar si e. eve 1 the •11 li finally adjusted *th the )3 Tab . wi e n 1 . Trade, and steps are being taken ereothin of the bridge mat, be ith commence .. ni pow universe y d . It ' - '' 11 that the greatest objection to the. was the weakness and general • • ' - • e a. ,, ' of the structure, through being co on ;single narrow pillars to bear line.of rails. Thia was done be! Col d • e °man Railway would not North British in the cost et ite and to prevent the former cornea' ing running' it,- ' g powere over I oulty heel:leen got over, and bridge is to have a double line - • •• • Another improvement 'which have over the old bridge is will not be -go high, The "1 of Perth " stro 1objected strongmy old bridge being erected on the gr it. would greatly impede, or else Mg vessels up the 'Tay to that evade this objection the bridge structed higher than there was i sity for. Strange to say, the sam been most eneegetic in ite eudem new bridge '11 f ge eh antler rt height; Considerable imps:even:a also been introduced in the gene; or route, of the bridge/ aud • a every precaution • ta,kee agaiest that can poss•bl bl : - 1 y • ow, even in of hurricanes In d •g • i the the engineers seem to have b elraid of the -strong east wiudiaw sweep uninterruptedly from t •while it' was a west wind that destruction. • Some people -we that the nek bridge was not to be readily a new one, but meret ing up of the old bridge. Tb • b grpund, owever, .for such au ale, old . one is in no way to he us where practicable, as scaffolding, a • be taken down aa the new one In all, the new bridge will coats, four arches, , from land to . lei m . enoing from the Fife side tin first tour • brick Ooverecain arc follow -girder arches resting ou iron pillars to the Dundee side, ' more girder arches resting on pillars... These arahes vary in . w 245 feet to 68 feet. Eleven -are 24 are 227 feet, one 162 feet, thirtee feet, ten. are 129 feet 6 iucleis, feet 6 inches, tear are 120. feet, 1 feet, twenty-five are 71 feet, two and four .are 68*-feeta beside the 1 arches. Four arches in the del feet . in 'height' above, 'high wa . Greet arecautioa lias beeu taker,: notion of the very strong river currentwhich flows there. T supporting the girders will re! foundation of oastaronaoylinder - with concrete, to within two to -water-nlark.-..-11rora,_•thott.,poin. 'feet shave:high Wiferahark tiii; 1 • will be. of brick, and will also la with concrete:. Excepting. the? • very . 'centre each .. arch: will J girders. • Thole in the centre will . two. The, double line of rails v .. .. within tbem,:as in the old . bra superstructure again' is • of wr plates varying in thi.oknens- Ir .. . , . eighths to: seven -eighths of • an . firmly braced together. ije' eaoh will be a ' parapet fivo. 1 eet - ha betlidee adding to the beautiful it of the bridge, will belp , to .breat ot•the ' Wind. ,•• The old a bridge. •• brief ;existence was, ;very popula frayellirig public. .Her Majesty 1 • • o •shortly' passed ver it before. it tion • With a • doub1e. line of • - • • ' ' .• ' every appearance -of, greater sat safety, - the ,new one • will b0 •E popular. . . • . • Daniel lama ever Ithaltwie the: home in heaven0 E'er whose eweet rest 1 humbly hone and pray, In the great company/of the 'forgiventucked I shall be sureito.find we Daniel GrIY- 1 iniew him well; in truth, few knew bina better ; For MY MIPS eyes oft read for birti the Word, And Baw how ineeidy from the crystal letter tie drank the life ot his beloved Lord. Old Daniel Gray was not a man who lifted On reedy words his freight of gratitude, Nor was he called among the gifted, In the prayer meetings ot his neighborhood, He hada few old-fashioned words and pluase0, Li111104111WitlifiaeredteXtP$111031111dayr113,11188; 041 supp.ose that in his prayers and graces Ivo heard them all eli letiot a thousand times. I see him now -his ISM his face WS MOU011% . , . P • His heenespun habit, and his silver hair-, And hear the language a his trite devotiono, Rising behina the straight-beet:ea kitchen chair. ' I canretnember how the sentence Rounded= "Help us, oh Lord, to pray and not to faint!" , And how. the " conquering . and to conquer " •• rounded — - • no loftier aspixation of the saint. e haa some ;lotions that .did not improye him, Heie never kissed his ohildren-so they saY• ; " And ilneot scenes 01 rarest dowers would MeV° - him • way, ' Less thane horse-shoe pieked up in the y•Will Be had a hearty hatred, of oPeressien• • And righteous word.for sin of every kind; .dead Alas l'thot the transgressor and transgression Were linked oo closely in his honest mindi • He could see. naught but vanity in beauty, ,. . And naught bet weakness in a fbnd caress, . Allowed indtegeeee Oa suolrfoollehnesa . ,. ' 'thi.' Mini Vet there were love and tenderness wi. n . And I ani told.that when his Charley died, • Nor nature's need nor gentle words could Win him • • • • ' Prom hi,s fond yigibi at the sleeper's sick. , And when they came to bury little Charley,. I They found fresh, dew dropo sprinkled in his hair • • ' bud gathered early And otitis breast a rose . , And guessed, but aid not know who placed if there. Honest and faithfu ' his 11' a constantin s.ea ing,, , Strictly attendant on the means of grace, . Instant in prayer, and fearfulmost of failing, Old D.aniel, Gray was always in his place. A practical old man and. yet a dreamer, • He thought that in some strange, unlooked-for way " • ' ' His _mighty friend an heaven, the great Re- deemer,wrinkles-would - Would- honor hins.. with. wealth some' golden day. . • - - This dream he carried in a hopeful spirit • Until in death his patient eye grew dim, . And his Redeemer called him to inherit The heaven of Wealth long garnered, up for . hini. , - - ' • So, iLI ever win the.home in heaven • • ' - - aor whose sweet rest 1 humbly hope and pray.It In the great company of the forgiven. . 1 shall be sure to And old Daniel Gray. . . —,Dr, ,T. G. Hoticoul. • EITRIORDINARY. CHURCH • SCENE. . ' : .. .. , .— !tinny of the Congresnilon.P018010Cd by a . Gas Escape. . . . . • A. melodrama not irailuded. in the order of servicet3 was provided last Sunday in the North Church of Lino, Maps. The furnace fires hadbeen lighted that morning for the first time this 'season, and the fiues,•not dOing their duty, a great volume'of °magas gradually 'escaped into ,the church. It accumalated in .an insidious manner, and no one seemed to be aware of its presence until juste as the services Were ending. Then tae door's were 'opened as usual, and suddenly for some reason the poison took effect... • No fewer. thae twenty. persons dropped down helplessly in different parts of the room, and scores of worshippers were more. gr less affected. . The .cherch ' wire firiallY• Cleared,. and -those Who had been entireloyercome-were-...laid. in-rolifa -upon,. thelawn, where they gradually- recovered' their senses. No One was ' fatally injured. 'lay the poitionouagae, botat is thought that the attendance .at Aivine worship- theoom, ing 'Sunday 'will .13B' materiall3i diminished, • • . ' . JP,EBELS OF, Tufa Atli.. — • • • A 'Baleen Hasily• .31am/4:ed. During file • . . fie . . . , .• . ra ... g :' . . . . .•_. ..• . . .' :,TheIntrepid:terbnalit,.S..A.,... King,.._gitea. to an Inter-Ocean...reporter some incidents of his recent 'remarkable eirperienee in. balloonieg arid tritinpma 'through . a °rail- berry swamp. in Minnesota. ' The inter -mon. viewer asked : . ' : • ' a. . - • • " You at no ' time • lest your self•pes- session ?" ---. ; . " . -, .. • • . • .. - a The feeling is one.I could not entertain,. for myeelf for one. moment : ;for the ' very moment I begin to get aarreed•-in baleen. ing-I am going to qUit it. .It is. true we cannot yet reduce the• busy:leas to-. . a. certain science, but :with a. due amoturt. of . skill; and experiemie. especially; theold air sailor feel a considerable' confidence. in hie power th. weather attains. and ...make. pert safely." -- "Well, Professor; what. was the -main gliscOvery. of the voyage ' aside from . any licientific minks that. year.. companion of the Signal Service Surveys may yet reporte to the office at Washington'?" , • • ' "The fact that a bellegn showa a di's; position to float at a permanentaaltitude during the night tinae wits never more fully or more beautifully' illutitratedon' any trip that t have taken than this. • lix thislielloon 'there wk5o small aii escitae Of .gas-aalmost nothing at night -that all night long We remakedausperided as if lawero a cloud that held us equldistant from the earth, or as if we were floating on the :top of some denser...medium than the air. There was ao dificharge. of 'ballast .nor loss of gas ; we neither ascended nor descended, but kept steadiiy along at One heightuntil morning. This was quite a ineaular . feature, becittee usually a balloon in its voyage is Constantly: rising and falling, :Its progress is • marked by a -steady series. of . ups and (loins, gas overflowing -ballast . discharged -and so over againauutil the. sand is all exhausted," • . • ‘" How do you account for this pheimme- lion?" ' .. . • • .. . .. ' . . • "I had heretofore fanind,the satne.effeets in donde, but not out of them, nor•outir-r give a. satisfactory: explanation. It has always been the fact, 'however, . that ballciOns can bili• better governed, in the night than in the day: ;but .1' never found a balloen before. that could be managed. so easily, except in clouds. Not a olohd, how- ever, -varied the expanse -of 'air oil the night of Thursday and•Peiday. The moon Was in her last quarter,. and it was bright start light, and all night long • •welaad ari Unob- stracted view eg the gee -mid, and a weirdly grend'panorama it area," ... . a • - ' • . . • • - — a • • .. it Flunk Fall kn Lenll-,Frng• . .. .,. ' a iri the catakeu.e•ht iare.-es. knOW la Iii -the average* boy there is . one thatliata ahae,a ti . extraordinary populaiity' coin-- enjoyedy '' h y es. e eap- eog... e pepu atr e ar. eater of this game is sufficient to indmate that•it wataintendedfor the male sprouts - ' " : " oath.° rising generation eirolusively. . The coroner had a sad case to dispose of yeeter- '• ' • ' ' - - - ' - - - - •• ' try, which demonstrated_ moat coriolusavely. ' ' that the giel who_playetlia/328,baeintapeitat Zeller, e peril eft. herite. E iMediae/a a, .14 : 2,001 b : 1 Ili :tyoutrig.gfirt, i residing a o. d h 8 I i rtee _hter hornet gay. an _. appy ,,:tie , h eatiadaa baf erpootih• for seaohol b La . _ .. • • on evening forehead,fe' came °1121e- wl•td a bruise 7-- her. which.••8 e said was only -a •soratoh . she hadasuatained while playing. . lea f - v g •with iv •number of. other girls ' - - . r° ' . * • The girls ' 'she explained to her mother, ' ' ' •'' ' ' d h arranged themselves Ina row, an 0 e sue- deeded in. making all. the leaps.•but • one without the slightest difficulty: When she attempted to leap thief tbe shoulders of the 1 t • .• the 'h ' dressalit th asasirl in . e.row iter . caua on. e girla bead, , and caused her to tali head forma:lost. to the. ground. Nothing was thouglat of the accaleut 'ay her frtenols: anclthe.leaptreg game W£48 ecarcely men •minee; tioned until Tuesday, when it Was re.caliead . - • ' ' • ' xiou mother • to memory by the girl s .an ti. . ! . o ' • a - ' as soon . a. the girl return . d home fromtlaatthe achool in the afternoon and complained of •a severe headaehe •-and.. began toth • •• - ' ' ' a vomit. These • symptoms were fo - lowed •:by a OW. On Wedneeday 'morning . - • the severe pain that shot through ber head . d li ta • ' • d in so g cause er. o. moan an scree. ,. rept wasoher eufferiDg.• • iitabealingered• with a c iitisuming ' fever until „Wednesday .noon,, w ett the died,- : The ' coroner .held an . inquest on her.body-yeaterday,. and ran-. 'dered 86 his verdict that the deceased came • • to her death from congestion of the brain, following accidental . concussion. I5 was a sad enough ease to warn girls againatiesp• . frog in the future. The girl wits on the eve of her eleventh year,. a bright ,child,,affeta. donate, kind, beloved by all her. associatefil and idelizedby, her grief-iitrioken mother. -St. Louis ifre.zrahli.can. , , , - .. , 'Terriak Sufierhat 01 soidiersaa : . ... ' Arnmende'sensatieri has been excited. in . Prange by the letters from northern. Africa printed in - a late nuniber of the Garatte describing the •.condition of the ' medical departments of the • armies. in ' Tunis- and Algiers.. In one hospital, which had heen .establisbed for three "mcnithathe pick were lying In their clothes. side by aide, -. Ma the ground., 'Tbere were but two boning the use of eighty men siok with typhoid ever; an 0 . oc ors .. any. .f " a the d t had hardly' niedioines at all to give them In another : • - • • -. • the. bed • coverings could not be washed for want of water, aedamen already nese wereplaced on the exhausted by sick . ,,• rugs in • which Men had lately died of: typhus fever. In another, letter.we 'read of a doctor being left for ten days in charge of a party of forty:sii eiok and Wounded meni• - with oply three days' provision, aud no drugs, except -a solatiort of morphia arid a email packet. of .givierine ; while at ahotber place im miserrof he tack ,Was .130 great• • . , • .. . . officers, of the garrison thenatielveg slabscribedate buy feed, Medicine aril pea- :cling for them... • • . • ' : ' • •••- • • . • . ' •••-- of the Ifalar. Crothers,. . .of Hertford Inebriate Asylian,.. retoorreatin his olaservittions and contentione, a ne* species of insanity plea will- be advaneed,- an made tiahold good in • regard to a cer. • tam class of offences. DraCrotherarecently tea 'Abe Medicotlegal -Societe of -Neva York that thereis a• traheirstate. following lei:brief:3/a in , which' the patient is legaily., and practicallyairresponeible for his acts. His •conduct: in that condition is purely . automatic, and be has . no. knowledge of • • - . • what . he - . ie . doing, . or „reeollectiou . of it afterward.. .14... Crothers.gave &Utile- drawn -from his etuay of sixty twe cases that had poomunder his care. In some of these oases customer .. rou i e Wou e . . . t'n 'Id b Y " - ... • - followed automatically. In other oases • - • • - - . 1 • etrange; inconsietent and. purpose esti sate would be done. . Sonxe. of the oases cited • Were very curious. • .. An atheist 'physician weuld turn uti at religioue meetings, pray and exhort fetvently, fill the °burial people with joy- over his fionveraion, Soul, • On f th t ' had • 11 recovery from e ranee,no rear, eo. tion of his behavior,. and •was angry and mortified °a hearing Of • it. - • .A baebful • • farmer . used to go , courting only In • • tins .trance state, • . Wife- beating, bigamy, forgery, horse .stealing,' and _homicide. __have - beea .committed ..ia. this trance state, and the • offender was uncon- soicaut of the vet, and accoading to Dr. Crothereasiot reap:enable for it. Convetts of Moody or Muephylave often been trance victinia, igncirant of what they .were doing. A. United .Statesi•Senittor took the pledge at d la 6 V lagospel temperance -meeting, ae a e. er lance denied' any knowledge of having ' The defence often heard from itiebruttee so. • • / that . they were ignorant Of the crime', charged upon them, shdula, Dr. Crothers thinks - receive cousideration and should .- l ' • . . .- • be subjected to competent medical,navesti- gat' ' II OW 2'• ea ' • ion.- al i a int . , , - , . , • : ' • • • AN 'EVENTFUL LieE-tiv., 18 armour:toe o . Tae death. • - d .1' Ma d • la' Liberal.lel c ppa , ember•of P for Stafford, I.Engle,nd. • DeCeasel a'most eaentful career. ' He . be - ti . . : a . . g , his father having also f oli , . , , occupation in the coal piteof La Scotland. He • b go: t — k v • • ito .W0T , h'Id educatinge'il f'.1 -.!re .-(.3 3 ' • . ..111luer t those cutys being regarded as d•111 ceeding. Before he had reached - • . - • . - - however, Macdonald : develope . . - .readin and b earuei • . . • g/, .. • Y. • .- • with what • 'books he could hands. on, .6 elt his way te able knowledgPe. • At this time. ti Ofhoth Englaria and Scotlitaci tat hour e and wereptild Wages not a mensurate with their' ardithiis'' di - .. . / . ' Macdonald $0011 becan vocation-; .. . , among his fehows He' inauaur a a . - • ./ . . a • 'lament; among the miners, then lit his Influence :to the formation. - associations, and - eaentually . t' .. . . • .. „ .. . .. reining comniunity in .Scotlend 1 :- war at ng n .... n . : a --ii E la darievedayhe ex fit . to '.• • counsel it., By hi over 100,000 men have been know • • at one time ana a Word fronill • '- them -all at :work agen. For ye: ' • . -,, been Secretary of t e ilamers'Att . • devoting his entire time and eaten • If e of .. . bis constituents. we ard ha- &tome salary, an enjoyeda ncd laii h. f 3'; It -66;v1Pg6•646:61686 .6 6 .g ..16 Twe6' . ' to his fairtily an. estate in hisinta Latterly, he has representiniu I , ,.. the town of Stauord, nue( he ° f • the few members * bieselary paid by his constitueni been said that Macdonald's wholi .: action was' dicitated by seifieh Mc . • his lateretylish mode of- life is • with his early 'efforts to mature tl f 'his tellowaxiiners „Be that' °. . .. the minere of England and Sec debted to *hie early efforts n • ey th tiehalf. for much of the privilia ' Wh li I now enjoy. • 811 0 agitation to aecure the amen the' d al. ri they %vete lit than serfs. At the present time • - • 3 • A • • h •achreveu ao in lien e in t e el • • . .• , ‘e, • • : which Duxes lama felt wheel choose to evade° it. Their sot . - • • . . • tion, too, eithihite a remarkable pare wi w a meat when- aim ' d with h quarter of a century ago. • • • . • . .. . . . . . • • Knights . Of the aineeaboies., . .. .' The dispute between 'the. two •hitteolies of the Ordee has :been carried. :into the Court of Chancery in London. . The branch .bringing the • suit allege that McGloghhui, the founder of the Order, was expelled., but ' • . he bold e that they have out 'off -from the original body, of. which. he remain* the, head: Some time ugp MoGloghlan •gave notice. of . a meeting in Toronto, but was prevented from holding:it by theihjunction . of the 'spurt.. lie conducts, a ;lean a PaPer/ and, it is alleged, hawlibelled several of his .oppoitentfa Mask() holda the Beal of the Order, as well as Borne 11200 Of fund's, Mid • the opPosition •branoh claim that he is doing so illegally: ' They .entered a suit in Chancery to testraiii hiai from „holding office, and to force him to giye up the seal and. IneDeY• ' Thaease- ocoapied Thursday and yeaterday •und the argumeet Was lengthy and fall, Mr. W. R. Meredith -fought hard for his giant, . Mr. •Blake asked to, amend his hilt, and the decree was..given by His Lordship, • after a thor- ongh review of the caeca le these -words : "The bill is amended by making the 'Supreme - Teat co-plabitiffs, The injuna- tion is continued. The defendeatis further .. restrained from preventing plaintiffs frbra getting the: money I he. is ' to give Up the geed laid pay the 'oats." • . • . .. ,, . . Pantitipori iSkirts.. . • The newest niode of making , a lady% 'Skirt is a notable instance of the . in. genuity Of .' the . Preach feminine mind.. Only • when. the wearer - -walks - -about it . is . jest . pOrisible to , perceive , that she walks in two garments instead of one. It 'probable' that the I el'.• - is e a les who. prom. ene,clein these 'strangely d.esigruid dresses ' will quicklya:AUaot tt nAion, from the fact • , that the shape . allows of real freedom and ease of movenient.- The tied.baok dresses, which Made a woraan step as if she Werein °bailie, are nevi really eucceeded by a term o grace an of garment which 'allows ! ' • d .ojegauoe, . at llas all the advantages °I appearinglike ' t"' d b k dwhile very a le - ao ress, it is so :comfortable' that it 'bears -no real ' resemblance to that terrible cOnstruotion. Women will be better walkers and better m dancers now that the- genius of the Modiste has given them freedoto, while preserving appearatioeff . by means -of . the pantaions .dresses, , Ahd no. one will dare to try.out -against leaders 'of -fashion as' those le,diee themselves cried out against the mithtisias. tie' advocates of the Bloch:ear costume • Fashion is relentless, and partake its oveh . . miurse despite all oppointioli from these outsiders who are not in the great World. Only its own high priests, the dweilere in. Ito holy ofbolies, are listened to, It they choose . to gradually - lessen the draperies which veil the actual garinent, until at last the trousers are o.penly worn and aoknow. ledged, none eau hinder theta. The pre. judiced fair Onee who cling to petticoats Will then no longer be Voted modest, but swap y o . its ione .- on on or . ' 1 lal if d L el- - W id - . , ,a, . . Elle, 'Weather cared nothirig tor tbe young meteof Litwreneeville, Ill.,•but fordeviltry made fieVeral believe she was in.lovewith. them. Onettf her lateet tricks was to invite Albert. Mictliolli and John Tenehan to call oe the Made 6Venhig, telling. eaoh thatilua other was feltioularlY odious to. her, ,and . . . . amusing hers If with the quarrel' which she felt sate woUldlitise. The result was mote eerie:us:than Wads. The rivals htta a fieroe., encounter, and Teat:than was killed. . • . .As the villain in 'tk piny at BradfordWies stealing towods his unWitting victim with a ha,ndkerchiet soaked in chloroform, at' gallery ged who wag mailed away in his sympathy for the hero, is*uted . in a loud voice, "Look out," ,Theekeitir that followed shoal& the Opera house and conipletely unnerved the villain. . ' . • • • Last year's vealshowth t the ; rns a e num. ber of persens killed,thrchiahout. India by wild beatite or enakee has- gradually increased from 19,278 in 1876 to 21,900 itt 1880. The largest • number of deathe occurred in Bengal, where 10;064'Peraons died from •aratke bites, and 859 Were killed by tigere. ) • .. , •' , Our iingaton. oOrt.esponuent telegrapnit Shat Itir: Denald rtaser, who has been Meager' tif .the Mer6hants' Bank glutei 1872, has . been offered the position 'ff:A. Intipeetor.'. Mr. E'raser' S BuocessOr Will* Me. G. E. Ilageo, .8 son of the Geiletett Manager. , • , , - .. 1 Ade Hdberta, a Chicagoan, who shot a Man Olt; .YettrA rtet the ground Of i day oWUreleased the Ogler ll nsanitY;' When -set • at rlhert/ Well& '' rushed ferward afid presented her With bouguete and Other eel. detected esteem." . , , SejoUrner Truth, a: Ordered tempera*: agitator. - now -operating in Chicago, selsehe knowa inatlY teDlPere21100 PflePle W11,01 though the Y Prated to he temperate, Chew '..tehitcco and Ilincike. • •i • The New York gen thinks Mr. Freenian shou • not ave o area enze ,as un- mg la Id 'D li -11 t • d r 1 It the word "rare," as applied to meat 'Matta- ohnitly choked, because Dryden says: • New -laid eggs with Bauchi' busy care. ' Turned by a gentle fire and roasted ram atm s. 31 iiihimut, missionary among the Santee Indiang of Dakota is suing Bishop Hare for libel. The . alleged libel nitrate o t a Bishop exam said cc . f h •h ' " `a. that 1Vr, . Erilid . • 11 pr fl' ate' i an was o ig .. . ODO of the famous dinner% atDelmoolcioat al, V.,) wag the "Grand Swett" dinner. lake Was built upiatt tho Centre of the table in whichtlee live ;Wang want. The , . • . , . . deesert was served in swan's. eggeneile, cut , out of Mar e. , Thetable was a 0 0 roses. bl • Th - - abe4 f - That the Mormons had a genuine- fear ef preeident Gaefieid% avowcad hostility to polygemy ig proved by their instietis and atterafteee at the time of 1118 'death. A private letter from 'Salt Lake City -gays that When Garfield died Mame% openly expressea their joy upoa the atteete. . GOranlissienor • Baum *tends to coxed a onerel exatainatieri of the materiels used in the manufacture of beer all ..over the country. . Itistaft lately said in the New York Xi*. ea. that -"with the exception of the Rosebery , espousals the Rethechild faroily have inter- bredin the closest manner until ono would think that, according to the accepted. rules of consangdinity,. all the dangers arming from etch family alliances would become manifest," 13kron Nathan Meyer de Rothe, child, of tendon, married a, .daughter of Mr. Cohen, -of Lmiaon. Sir Anthony mat, ried a daughter of Mr. Abraham Menge. fiore • of Londota Sir Anthony's Mater, a ils, 6 o so i , or y, years ago II iii h d It th • hid 1' t ' Fitzroy an uncle of the married. .Henry , Present Lora' Southampton, and left by LinCit daughter,• -th 1 ' 1 S' C• tt aow . e wi e 0 it ou s Liadsay, Bart., the well-known. folinder of the GreeVelthr Gallery ; and the two daugh. tern at Sir Anthony de Rothschild mearied, one Mr. Eliot ak°, a soh of Lord Hard. wieke, and the other Mr.elyril, Plower. All these marriages long Predgdoil "the Hose bay eeperugals." • It is annoutvied ftorn Peru that Adm' ' I Minitereetionimanaing the only fotreidable .PeruVis,n force afloat, hats adopted the position of Vice.Prosident la the Calderon iaoverninent. • • . . .. . Adeline Patti, be great singer, who has ' ' ' It" - • -a - . . just arriVed In Neve.York, was taken to the theatre when Very . young, She thus des - cribes.her youthful sengations :•"Whenevet my mother sang I used to get so excited, over the performance. that . I could not Bleep. Whet I thought all my family aeleepl got up, 1It a night -lamp in front Of the mirror, put on ati old ticarlet coat of c., i di f - d rt ' f mother's- • y a er A an o e o my open vAio hats, And went through all'the gestures • a ea g from y r - X 11° a ' t lat f m mother's perfo in * . h . g • r the reeled' s 'Sem anee, timMin over le ,, e. times I got through the Whole opera arid applauded Myself and throte ortirepled• neWePapera at trlYself fair bouquets. Once' UnforrunirtelYt I applatided triyeelf se loudlY that X Woke lle Corlett& Ana got gi, Bolding," When William J'. Handy, Of Soniereet Clountt, Md., lost hig slaves* the war, he declared that he -would never etoploy hired labor.. MS farm heearee a WilderneSdo and it Was a struggle to reach hie house. ''Last week he Was tient to an insane. agyltire, . . President Grevy ekes out an ei a salary of $200,000 a year. .. : , w ici Th *11 f ' ' 1 died .evial,. o a the County, en?" he other' day, tins claUsb i ' And I further dial] prohibit from. participation in tla P tiot of my estate such of my int dents as persist in wearing mous . The fainousePring of honing w 1 e o. in•ddl basin1 Hell'sHal! A Y 11 t ' h 1 1 , e Ova dne region, as ate y b. more- wonderful as iv geyeer. P times every tvVehty4chir hoursit , a great • column of water, freig stoles and Obaoured by a dense Amin. The hollew formation fo: df yards around the orifice then the uPlieelatl, and the Water is ti height of a hundred feet, . -' The/Untie; Corettnitteo has ins t110 clositig of the opera; house betause df the large expeeditine on the Governmeiat. . , a. .1 The Ontark• Cloverhment 'at Comm '-•yesterday- ' a- • t a It meeting evening appoila 0 eV, Wm.. Inglis, ILA., to. the tioeition of Librarian, rendered Vadalit by.the death of Mr, St a'. Wattort: ' Mr/ Illgli8111 £1 mitistar of the Presbyterien, Church, though' he has not been engaged in actual miiiittenal work for some time. Ito hag been prominently connected With journa anxi or anthill:ea Of l' ' • f ' ' . yeare, and is. at : present editor of the "attack: Presbyter:an. , , lio, "Matilao„,, a woinan ig not it thief 'when she looks a dregs. Scene One' has been etuelly deceiving you, darling. • E. Enter - over the e aide to ow been (Aid. of that the ediately o,dn3itted Id bridge Imainess netruoted only one 9:1180 the join the erection, y olaim his diffi. the new of rail�. it will that it air City to the ound that. mut, sail. city. To was con. ny neoes- e city has ors to get duced itt nth have al lay oft, pparently all whale that land Id bridge en most hich theta e ocean, _ (wised its re afraid intended , a tinker - ere is no in, as the ed, except and will proceeds. in eighty - d. Com - re Will be hoe, then malleable • and then • cest•iroii elth from 5 feet, two n are 145 one IS 127 no is .118 are 70feet our brick tre are 77 ter vark. genial, the and tidal le pillars • t upon a ' , filled in eaof low ato eight • iia -7- ailed in e tO the .' lave four have 'only ' ill be laid ge. The ught.iron' la three- inch, all elide there 11/ •whiela • ppearance the force duriug ita r with the he Queen dentrue ails, and bility and till more OED. lexander erliament has had n life. as a owed that iarksbire, hen but a child in eless ,pro--• - manhood d u love • • study, lay his . coasider- e miuers rkea long t all•com- agreeable. e a leader,. - toil local extended • of county he entire nd atter- . er he saw s . advice O to 'strike ni has set rs, he has ociations, • tion to the Ile has d by his ' td leave e county. aril:truant W85 • one o had s Ithas cotirse.of tams, and eptrasted e welfare 118 it Taw, Wand' ate On their es which began the ration of 10 better they have inin.unity ver they tial condi. • improvn. at was a le:8 6..11;er: i • contained holt and, distribn. le deacon- eglies." ter in the re, in the dome still turo Ave isohargeg hted- vaith Volume of bundrada les under ream tq a. Isted upon at Cairo, t entailed