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Tidings of the tong -Lot Ar ot
Explorer,
1113..ZtektaCts, to Fraternise with. the
Pritisla Lion,
Contemptuous Reception of a 4,11'eareb
of July" Resolution by Congress—
/blabbed. lw nue Own Countrymen
While Insulting the Plug and Queen
of England.
A Washington despatch dated yesterday
gays the following ia a resolution Bee.
eentative Robineon (N. Y.) made /metal
attempts to introduce into the Rouse with-
out success ;
Whereas, on the centennial anniveroary of
pulling down the English fiat; at Itorktown ItY
Washington and his compatrtots, the English
Sag was rehoisted and saluted without the•
authority of Congress or custom ;
And whereas at the 'very time the salute waft
given the English Government was trampling on
the last vestige of free government by sUsPend-
ing the right of Itabeaa ocrpus, suppressingpublio
meetings, and crowding theix, jails with honor-
able gentlemen unaecused ef crime, andoome of
them, American citizens, and others chosen and
honored representativein Parliament of Unix
own people; therefore,
Resolved, That WO eXteMd our sympathies to
those pernots and membera of Parliament suf-
faring imprisonment under an unheard of des-
potism.
Resolved, That this Efouse does not approve of
the salute given to the flag representing this
unheard -of -despotism, and that said taint° was
untimely and uncalled for; unusual and insult-
ing to the memory of the brave men who, one
hundred years ago, pulled it down and hoped it
would never be raised again on An:writ:an soil ;
insulting to millions -of our fellow-citizens—to
whom, and whose ancestora, it was, • and la an
emblem of tyranny—and insulting te other
friendly Powers, whose flags were not saluted,
though, they deserve equal, if not superior, recog-
nition. '
Resolved, That the Secretary of State is herebr
direated to communicate to this Hansa at the
earliest moment whether any person or persons
claiming to be American citizens are now, or
recently have been, suffering impriaoninent in
British jails, and if so, what crimes are aAlegecl
against them, and what efforts have been made
to secure their speedy trial or release, with all
Correspondence relating to same.
Resolved, That the Secretary of State is herelt3
also directed to communicate to the House copies
of all correspondence with foreign Governments
within the present year relative to the extradi-
tion of alleged criminals, or in relation to the
sacred right of altylum in these United States.
Resolved, That while we appreciate the
womanly sympathy of Victoria in the sorrow of
our departed President's family, and can excuse
her for not being familiar with ourwritten consti-
tution, yet her Ministers should have known that
the reception of any present, of any kind what-
ever, by any person holding Office under the
United States, without the consent of. Congress,
would be a violation of our constitution and an
invasion of the privileges of this House.
°ALMS OP PIGTAILS. •
CRUSHED IN UTE TOE.
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ltliming—Terrible Sufferings and Pr
venous of the Explorers.'
A New York; telegrara says: A Londe
deeparth saya that the Governor of, Siber
heti Just itilinedn.Preelexeation annOuncin
that the Arai° tibia J.O.annette is safe, wit
all on board well, and the , eq men
intact. The (11evernor has taken is ePeoi
interest in Arctic, explorations, and son
out ou his own amount a party �f expe-
deuced aud reliable explorers, who final/
f mud the relining vessel, The peep
aboard, the Jeatnette were much astoinelie
wheu they were informed hy the, explorer
that they had become the Objects of th
solitude of all civilized nations. Afte
ascertaining that the Jeannette was abs
lutely safe, and all on board well and fur
provided for, the Siberiana hastened hex
to the Goverpor, who- despatthed epeoi
couriers with the news to have it sent t
London with all pOsaible speed:
Wanntorm, Deo. 20.—The Secretary o
State received to -day the following fro
the Charge d'Affaires of the United State
at St Petersburg;,
The Jeannette waa crashed in the kie on ann
llth, lat. 770, long. 1870, be crew embark°
three boats and were separated by wind and fo
Number three, with eleven men, Engineer hse
villa commanding, reached the mouth of th
Lena, on September 19th. Stibsequentlynumbe
one, with Capt. Oolong, Dr.. Ambler and.tWelv
men, reached the Lena in a pitiable condition
Prompt assistance was sent number two, but sh
is yet not heard from. • . •
(Slaned) , •Etmemen.
In response, the following Was , trans
witted "Roffman, 8*. Petersburg,—Ten
der the hearty thanks of -the President t
all authorities or persons who have in an
way been instronniatel in. aseisting thd
uufortunate survivors from the jeannett
or furnishing inforreation to this Govern
ment. (Sigted) Faeriecinteeten, Secreta
of Eitate„" •
LONDON, Dee. 20,—A despatch, froin
Petersburg says that the news reached th
Governor at jakutzlc, Eastern Siberia, tha
on the l'Ith of September three natives D
• Onions, near Cape Barhay, 140 Versts nod
of Cape liikoff, discovered it boat ocintain
Mg eleven men who stated that the
belonged to the jeatnettei and had under
gone terrible suffering. On hearing th
• news the District Deputy-GoVerner, with
a doctor and medicines, was immediately
dispatched to hem the shipwrecked sailor
and instructed to bring them to •Ja.kutzk.
The Governor Was also instrinted to do
everything in his powerto xecover the
remainder of the drew, 506 rohbles being
given him to defray the lire
expenses. Engineer Melville has
telegraphed the American' • legation
of St. Petersburg that ' the , jeannette
was surrounded and crushed by.ice oto.lhe
23rd of June in 'at 77 north, long. 1574W,
The crew left the ye/3ml in three' be• e
About fifty miles: from the month of the
Lena they were separated byliolent winds.
•" and thiok fogs,. Boat-No,,3, ottomanded
by Engineer Melville, arrived on the 2901a
September at the eastern Month a tile
River Lena, where it was.stopped by
blocks of ice near the village of Bolenenge,
inhabited by idolatere.Boat.Nri. 1 reached
the same spot. The °Mu/rants Of •these
beats state'.hat Lieut. DelOng and Dr.
Ambler; with 'twelve tither!, landed at'the
northern mouth et the Lenaand are in a
earful nondition; suffering—from—froeh.;
bittenlimbs—ie....party of inhabitants of
Bolenenga started immediately for, their
assistance. Nothing is known beet
Engineer relville 'forwarded • by the
natives a long4 .espa4in to Bennett; of the
New York la ad, 'For want of funds. they
have been for warded.by post. ' The seamen
who were in ,the'boat had joined their com-
rades, and stated that De Long,Dr.Ainloter.
m4 beyebse others reached the northern
mouth of the Lena and were starving.: An.
expeditirm was, at once sent cut to rescue
them. The survivors lost averythieg.
Knei ,eer Melville says that • motley. is
Aly. needed, and should be sett by
sgrapb to Jektifik. He ' • urgently
quested 6,906 roubles to be transniitterd
,mediately to the Governor of /aka&
/or the rethrio. and care of the shipwrecked
men. •
WABEINOTON, peo. 29. -George Kerinex,
an authority on Arctic -matters, considers
that there is a strongprobability that the
missing boat,. belonging totheJeannette
reached an inhabited station on the Siberian
coast nearer to their veseel than the month
etthe Lena. It Such oese they Might not
be heard from for a month or more. He.
says' the retreat of these boats across 200
miles of iee-enciimbered Arctic eato the
mainland is a remarkable achievement,
and paralleled only . •by the retreat of
Barents and his men from the northern
extremity -Of Novaya ZembYa mill of the
crew of the Tegetthoff from .Fmnz Josef
Lanck., The fact that Delong and his -men
wore three months at sea, and on the, ice
ia open boats itself telltra mournful story
cf.hartlithip and suffering.
The Besi of Advice.
If i man catches le,tartar or lets a/tart/it
coteth him, he must take his' dose of tar-
taric: acid. and make as few ugly; faoes as
1,e eau. if it theee.legged Mini come
flying through the air he must be thankful
for emit e plain token Of love from the
woman of his choice, and the beat thing he,
can do is to sit' down on it and wait for
tile next little artielei • . Some poo -
1 le like rows --I don't envy their ehoice ;
id rather walk ten mileit th get' out of a
d• -pute than half a mile •to.get into one,
navecif tensteen told th be bold and, take,
tl e bull by the -home, but as rather think
that the amusement is more hlemant than
1 rofiteble, I shall leave it to these who are
ertelted already that an. ugly poke with
e. born would hot damage their skulls,
r-lnu,or, Heys " Leave Off' strife before it
mo,ldlod with," which is much the same
t,- if he had said : "Leave off before you
tee; 'I." Whet you see a mad dog don't
r:;• I., with him, unless you are sure of
e logic ; better get out of his Way, and
c body calls you a coward you, need not
c .fl iiu.4t; fool—everybody knows that.—
ti hman: Spurgeon.
7..1r. -Job It William Pease, 'of Nem/title.
. Fyne, n Quaker, has given the mansion
1.1ewu as Benwell Tower to serve as the
). ',Iasi of the new Atiglioa,n See, It hi
veli,e3 at .C12,000, and Mande at it conveni.
ent diatatute of two miles from Nem:4141e.
The gift derives it peouliar fitnessfrOm the
cirettlustance that Benwell Tower etauds
on the sits of an old, border tower which
formed at obe time the liummer teeidence
of the priore•O,Tynemouth.
A mientifio ditoovery of great iniportano
it reportodto have been made in Liddeedele
St -attend, including shoale of fishes, most
cf them quite new to Interne, besides env
etaccaue end many perfeotly preserved Boor.
pines These foam's weretfound in a 'few
feet of cerboolferoue ithale on the banks of
tho Esk,
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mow a, Badge of Servitude •Beenme . a
National. Custom.
A recent imperial: edict on' the subject
calls our attention to the origin cif the pig-
tail,.which is now the distinctive mark of a
native of the Flowery Land. It it one ef
the strange phenomena of .the country,
'where everything le ao ancient, and- where
so fewinnovations have been' tolerated,
that this pritetice„ which was originally the
badge of conquest, should have been not
merely accepted, but permitted to inter.
„twit° itself so closely with the national life
that it wontnnow-tequire forcible measures
to, 'Mine the people' to forego it. For in
the days belore - the Manchu ohnqueet,
• when the throne. was occupied by the great
dynastleti of antiquity, the Chinese.allowed
, their heir te grew as best it pleased them' ;
and they wereoven known to some of their
neighbors as the " long-haired race," But
when the great beldier. Nooraohu marched
southward from Moukden to conquer China
'and establish the Manchu dynasty, he gave
an order to his lieutenants 'to .00mper the
people, as they submitted, to shave their
heads in token of their surrender. The
-Manchus werothneenabled.todiscover ata'
glance whieh cif the Chinese were vanquished
and which were not, while the thorough-
ness of their anemia was expressed in .the
meet fortealandeeephatio manner. • This.
praotim, which Was adopted partly from
the exigencies /tatting out of the conquest of
the multitudes of !Mims by a Mere handful
of' Tartar soldiers, was continued and
became in integral gortion of the Manchu
system of government, and the result has
tended to confirm the wisdom Of thefound.
ers of the present dynasty. The popular
views on the subjeot of the pigtail have ncit
yet been- aseeriained with any. degree of
certitude.; but it may be remarked that all
the insurrections of the last twenty years
have put forward, as one' of their features,.
the intentionto renew this.Practioer which
has; there been represented as a badge of
conquest. • There now,' hoevever,' seems
more chat* than ever of its perpetuation:
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' The netteatioui• et the Poor.
• We do not expect: good tabies and chaird
if the wood is warped and the • Workmen -
ship bad; we do net leek for' fine etre*.
berries if the mots he choked with -weeds
and the gardener careless of everythitg but
Watering at regular intervals; yet 'sive
expect children to grow into good unhand'
'wernen (and bemoan the depravity of the
• lower clasees), whet the development of the
• bey. into tioenhood has been checked in
• every possible way, except. that he has,
been sent -hi school 'regularly, and taught
to read and write. We expect a boy who
• has.no playground but the street, no kiwi, -
ledge of the world b•eyend the *city in
which he lives (except from reading books),
m.
00 experiee of reel pleasure to make lite..
worth much, tO hint, nothing to 'develop in
• him the love of 'the beautiful, except it
ohancetree or stray Bparrow.; to knowledge
:o1 any power•but that of money, and tona
that thall•make itateem •Ywerth his 'while
to do auything but ,try to get money—we
expect him to be a good workman,‘ it geed
' husband, a god 'father; ,because we have
told him in school it is his duty.. Alwaye
hungry,. we expect himto learn to be
moderate; always between tweekuge brick
Walla, we expect him to develope into a
right-thinking,. broad -minded -man; never
krioWing real freedom of mind or body, we
mpeot hire to learn self-gOVernment.
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The servant Gm Question.
•-The London Times in an editorial on the
meeting of the ' Women's Emigration
Society on Wednesday says: "Canada is
the goal towards which the society woold
point. If any' colony would attract an
independent supply of womet ernigrants
that colony is British Ncieth America. The
voyage is the shortest and leaet expensive.
The emigrant is not out off irrevocably.
front the comforts of the mother courary,
as civilization is as widely diffueed there
as la any tolony. The climate is healthy,
and above all, the colony iiethoroughly
Eugliah. It ii,permeated and perforated in
all directions with English society,- and
types of Englishlife and English thoughts."
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Novel "Cure "for Snanll.pox.
A tr.' Hines Writes to the- Liverpool
Mercuv on sMall.pok, and sends the fol4
lowing recipe, whielo he clainn to be an
invaluable remedyfor the dread disown
" I am willing to risk my reputation,,ad
publio mato if the worst oases of small -pox
°tweet be cured in three days, simply by
the use of emelt of tartar, One °tune of
oreatir of tartar, diesolved in a pint of
watee; drank at intervals when cold, is a
certain, never.failing remedy. It has cured
thoesands, never leaVes4 tnark, mover
eacisee blindnese, and eNoidatedioes, linger.
Jog /limas."
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111- Lebeer NVIentnan Inemigrant ;Rid Ile.
trayeu Find, "Lobbed.
A, vagina despatch oem Erie, ra„, Bays
Nary Paler, a. young girt rriw came from
thidentiour mouths ago, and Who arrived in:
Erie the day her brother hung /Apse%
being left alone in a strange land', hawked
her savings, $150, and hired out to work.
Two young ruffians named Linderman and
Kautz conepired th rob her, Linderman
professed love, and asked her hand. She
cemented to marry him, amid, cajeled by
shedrew out the money and
went with him to Cleveland, There both
the ruffians barbarously ill-used her, and,
having got all her money, they took her to
New 'York and literally sold her to the
keeper of a house of ill -fame,
mowers ot soap.
A pretty experiment haft been recently
described by the well-known Belgian phy.
sicist, X, Plateau. He bends fine iron wire
so as to present the contour of a- flower ef
six petals, The central ring to which the
petalare attached is supported ono forking
stern, which is i
stuck n it piece of wood,
After oxidizing the wire slightly with weak
nitric amid the flower is dipped in glyoerio
liquid, so as to reoeive films in the petals
arid the central part. It is then turned up,
placed on a table near a window and
covered with istoell jar. For V time M first
it appears celerities, but soon a striking play
of colors commences. In the experiment
M. Plateau desoribes the flower continued
showing modifications of oolorfor ten hours,
when dusk stopped observation. 'Next
morning several petals had buret. The
'liquid mind was of very mediocre quality.
M. Plateau recommends preparation og
the liquid thus: Dissolve a fresh piece of
Marseilles soap, out up bite small pieces, in
forty parts by weight of hot distilled water.
Filter after cooling, and ,mix thoroughly
three volunies of • the solution with two of
Prima glycerine. The solution should be
left at rest till all air, bubbles are gone.—
London Timm -
Mrs. Lungtry.
The New York "Frorld's special says that
Mrs. Langtry will probably join the Elay.
market Theatre Company.
The New York Tribune's /medal says
Mrs. Langtry's appearance at the Hay-
market brought • together an audience
unprecedented at this season, the house.
overflowing with rank and fashion and
celebrities of all kinds. Her friends and the
public are egually delighted and surprised
by the merits of her performance. per
twenty, supposed to be too delicate for the
stage stood the test well. Nobody eocpeoted
from the debutante, almost without untrue -
tion, such &knowledge of stage 'leanness, 80
moll ease, and so maturate a conception
of a difficult part such skilful
use of a delioious voice, or snob evidence
of marked dramatic aptitude. The press
unanimously applauds Mrs. Langtry; she
has still much technical knowledge to
acquire, buten agree that she has a brit -
tient future before her. Bancroft, manager
of the Haymarket •Theatre, alter seeing
rehearsal, offered her an engagement .on
liberal terms. She excepted, and begins it
January.. Sioci says some day; when she
will have conquered -dome •of the' difficultice•
of the art, she hopes certainly to visit
America. '•
'mite. Captain's t4tory. '
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Test I have had some pretty olose
shaves M my. lifetime," ' answered the
oaptain, as he set down his glass and took
a seat by the itoVe.
" Go ahead," called three or four atom°,
Just- seventeen-yearriagothia-falk`when
wasaltiling the Martin from'---" •
Here six of the men took out pencils and
serape of paper, and began, to jot down
tames and dates, 'and, as' the captain
observed it, he continued ; • " But I think
the closest reiss•I ever had .was about ten
• years ago, when I cormin,nded the Daylight.
One night toward.the hot of November we
were trying to melte Buffalo. That Was to
be our last trip. Well, that was the darkest
nightI ever saw, and the wind blew great
guns. The schooner climbed mountains
• high and then slid down itaif she meant to
strike bottom, and I thought everyplunge
would be her last." '
"And she finally went on her beam
. eta? "asked one,
• "Ob, no—she redoes level as a duck."
• "And didn't she lose her masts?
Not one. She went into Buffalo with
everything as taut as you please." •
" Then where was tlae miss? "asked it
petulant voice.. .
"Why, I came within Jour secoiods tf
missing the midnight train for Detroit!"
was the calm reply, rut he turned over his
quid.—Detroit Free Press. •'
Extern/eve Stlk Robbery,
Losmon, Ont., Deo;. 15.—This morping a
wholesale silk robbery took place at Green's
:wholesale dry goodshouse'and. two per-
sons have been arrested. They are a
young man•and an old one, and the plan
they adopted, was for the young man to
pretend to be a buyee and attract the atten- '
tion of clerks while the old man filled his
'overcoat with silk. The overcoat was
peculiarly made, the lining being in the
•shape of a magician's pocket and capable
of holding a, terse amount ef duff. Detec-
tive Wigmore arrested the parties and the
goods were found at a second -band store,
where they had been sold. The parties
arrested gave their names as Wolfe Cohen
and Joseph Sands, of Detroit. There 'is
reason to - believe that they are . from
Tororito. The goods found consisted of
• three pieces of silk, valued by Messrs.
Green ,St Co. at 0200, a quantity of white
handkerchiefs, table clothe (colored), table
(sloths (white); white, napkins, agate but-
tons, spool thread, and other articles too
numerous to mention,. Itis not unlikely
the cheaper geode were bqught and paid
for as ,a cciver to • the valuable haul of
silks, eto.
New Steam Navigation Co.
pplication for letters' patotot of incor-
poration under the joint Stock Companies
Act have been made to Parliament as fo1-
lnwB:.117 Hon, George Allan, Thomas
• Stayncir, Sohn H. G.' Hagerty; Henry J.
Grasett and teredefiek Williatn Itingstone,
411 of Torento, to constitute them and
others it body mrporate under the ham; of
"The Toronto Steam Navigation Company
(Limited)." The purposes for which aunt-
poration is sought are to carry on a' pas.
Banger, freight and general forwarding
buiiiines on Lakes Ontario, Heron,
Superior, Michigan and Erie and the Illy or
St. Lawrence. Ohief place of bueiness,
Toronto ; capital stook, $200000,
At a marriage whieh took place in Bain -
burgh it ehort time ago, the presents
tecteived by the bride enthral/ea an old
piano, prised as having been a gift to her
mother's family, so fox beck as the year
1817, from Sir ' Walter Seott. • Tt was
unc‘ierstood *6 have been the instrument on
whih Sir Walter's daughters, Anne and
Sep la, had received their first instrilo.
time bin:ludic ; but haVittg only thirty-six
notee, it had been replaced by a more
modern piano suitable to their adVanee.
toed.
ODDLT4HRID ORAL
Gallien.100 Strange Clennium—flunme lin
COMmitied Suicide,
SERIO-00100 MOMENT AT TOR TEAL
A, despatch from 'Washington says:
Theodore Mills, who took the cast of
Guites,u's head, says that the circumference'
14 the head is .93f inches; self-esteem, ;
lirnriese, 6, The faculties on, the, left side
of the head, appeared normal, but the right
side wag almost fiat, aa though diseseed.
The front of: the head was found to be
an inch ahoy* than behind. It is the
moat ourions shafiod bead Mills' ever saw.
It having been i mored last evening
that Guiteau had en: 'Sea, a reporter
visited the jail and foL. biln In _fin
unusually good condition. •.2:57porter
mentioned the. suicide rumor, when the
assassin replied, "Stuff and noneenee 1
That's too ridiculous. Why, what on
earth should I want te commit wield° for?
I'm perfectly satisfied with the way things
are going. I have never any doubte for
the issue. The Deityhas taken care of my
case thus far, and has taken pretty good
care of me," .
Scoville thinks tat() weeks more will be
required to finish the trial,
Regarding his recently published state-
ment about .the prcgress of the -trial
Guiteau says: "I need, money; Weiner/a
is businees ; I was offered $100 to make
that statement for publication, and I took
it. I shall be glad to furnish more of the
same kind at the price any time,--
WAsunaroor, Deo. 213—Dr. Hamilton, of
New York, took the stand.
Mr. Scoville desired to have the rule
enforced for the exclusion of witneeses. He
made the request because eaoh witneas he
examined upon the same topics, and the
same questions he asked each. He deemed
it unfair that they should have the benefit
of listening to all the evidence and in this
way uncortiolously preparing theinselves
for uniformity of testimony. • He also
desired the Court to direct that ltwould be
improper for expert witnesses to read the
reports of examinings of experts.
Jodge Cox—It is not the:praetice of
Cotirts to exclude expert witnesses.
Mr. Scoville re-sta,ted the reason why
experts should ba excluded, and thought
the rule for exclusion should • apply to
experts even more pertinently than to wit-
nesses to facto.
Guiteau—Please state your Bide of the
case, Scoville, and let the other side state
theirs. Don't undertake to argue both
Bides That'sa silly kind of speech to make
anyway.
• Mr, Davidge argued against the motion.
• Guiteau, speaking quite rapidly! said—I
will out this short, judge, by saying.I am
perfectly. Willing to have them here. I
want them to learn all they can. I have
so notion confidence in their honor and
intelligence that—
. Mr. Devidge—That is -precisely what I
aro coming to. '
Guiteau—You are on the right track,
judge. I'll take you'on my side. You are
engaged for my side of this -case.
' Aibeieitiorie Bien.
The -most -successful thitikera 'ere natiallf
•-frtigal'in their habits of .eating. and drink-
ing yet thie is not always true; as, in the
ease of Dickens. and • • Bayard Taylor ;
these Men • died long before their 'time.
Cateful living would, without doubt, have
• enabled them to extend their lives mahy
years, and to give much riper • prodoations
to the world. Sir Isaac Newton was a
. close student, and lived to be . more than
-fourscore:years-of -agee---He-used to say
:that he could not think clearly until more'
than five hours had elapsed after' a ineal.
The roost eminent-I:nen 'of our time are
vet), .careful • A. T, • Stewart the
merthant prince Of America, lived frugally,
aud Jay Geoid, thefricheet man • on the
°continent today, is Baia to. be the Most
absteinious. ':Commodore. Vanderbilt was
exemplary in this reepeot, as were Hemet
• Greeley,Abraham Lincoln; Salmon P.Chase,
Edward Everett, and Min C. Calhoun.
Peeple cannot eat their loaf 'and keep it at
the same time. They cannot squander
their vitaljorce in high living arid (tenth:mit
to give their best effort to. the .world. A.
MaD•ought to be able to write hie beet after
he is 70, for theit. he hes had. experi-
• once enongli to thew hoW 'to; begin to
live. When wethink of au& men as Hum-
boldt; Longfellow, and Whittier,doing their
best work in the evehing.of their lives, we
feel eonseious .of a lack in the abridged ex-
istence of Dickens, Poe and Byron.- We
feel satisfied when men die' of old age ;.but
mourningmemory lingers long at the grave
• of genius out' down: by, dissipation before
its time.—,Fideileh. ••- • ' •
The Vren;ela Army..
The total effective strength' of theFrench
army, in 1882, will araount to nearly 500,000
'men and 126,000horses.on the active estab-
lishmett, without. taking intO consideration
the reserve and territorial forces. OE these
472,000 reten and 113,000 herein belotig to
the army, the rereahodor being accounted
for in the gendarmerie, who are under the
same administration as the army. The
infantry coneieta of 327,780 men, divided
into 144 tine regiments, 30 •battalions of
rifles, 4 regiments of zouaves, 3 African
battalions, 5 companies et light infantry, $
• regiments of Spahis, or native troops, a
foreign legion of 4 battalions, and 65 aectious
of troops of administration, corresponding
with our brigade 'depots. The cavalry
•consists of 77 regiments; viz. : 12 of
cuirassiers, 26 of dragoons,, 20 of chaaseurs,
12 of hussars, '4 of ehasseure d'Afrique,
and 3 of Spalia—making a total of 69,00Q
Men. The 38 regiments ef artillery com-
prising 56,000 men atul pontooners, work.
men, artificets;, cit, bring the total of this
breech of the eervicer" up to 7$,000. The
ettgineere are divided into four regiments,
oontatuing 11,000 men ; and the military
train'oonsiste of twenty squadrons, with a,
total effective strength of 11,700: • To
officer title army the French estimates pro-
vide for 371 general °Moors, not so very
many -More than We require to • coth.
wand less than half the number of men.
The title of marshal is' still held by three
offieers—MacMahon;Canrobert and Lebceuf,
btit hi future the highest rank in the army
will lie that'of general of division.
The Princess Louiselas been ordered by
her physician to visit the • south of France
for her health, and the Margeis of Lorne
will convey her there before atarting mn
January for Canada, The Princeshas
contrIbuted it, sketch to a series of illestra-
tons for an arthile on the revival of lam -
making at Venice, whieh eppeap next
year in the "Century Ilfageztne." I The
other sketches of the series are by Miss
Clara Mottelba, one of the strongest-eou-
tributore to recent exhibitio,ne at the
Grosvenor Gallery, in London, and a per -
Bonet friend of the Prince/11s.
Alexander Eamon, a ineniber Of the
Liblitlogowshire constabtilitry, stationed at
•Botness, hes died from the effects of
exposure on the clay of the Royal review
in Vainbiargh.'
A gentleman has contributed $62,600 to
the fund for the relief of aufferers by the
Vienna theatre fire.
TIME GALLOWS.
Ifoung Girl Babied and Illturdeirod—Her
Destroyer Reels EMI Doom.
A despatch from Warren (Ark.) says
Howard er. Edmunds (white), formerly*
respectable planter,. who ruined and
murdered his sisteron-law, a young girl,
was hanged to -day. Edmunds was known
far and wide as one of the most respectable
young planters in Previ County, and owned
it fine plantation and much valuable
propeyty. Some years ago be courted and,
married a highly respectable young lady
named 'Mum Watson. They lived in
apparent happiness for a time, When Sallie
Watson, a young sister of the wife, only 14
years of age, came to live with them. The
girl was very beautiful, aud.Bdmunds 110011
fell desperately in love yritlisres.lia•aarn
. miniuy
.114119LV.102,'.:11.12' Zinn. Fearing that it
disclosure of their intimacy would affect
his social standing in the eommunity, he
laid plans for her destruction. On the 30th
of last June he decoyed the unsuspecting
girl into the woods near his residence, and
there murdered her in the moat brutal
manner. The deed was so fiendish in its
details that it was difficult for his neighbors
to believe Mm guilty 01 9. °rime so foul, hut
a, chain of circumstantial evidence egeinet
hirii was woven so strong that he was
readily convicted a,t first trial, and the
genefal expression now is that a most heart -
tear, and cold blooded murder has been
avenged.,
tuaxecircleil, NOTES.
Some Items ot speeted interest to Gentle.
men ofthe Cloth.
Rev. Dr. Sullivan, of Mentrealeis ill.
Dr, Ryerson still continnes to improve in
heelth slowly.
Bev. Mr. Galloway, has refused the call
from the Presbyterian punch at Tilsen-
• burg, and the congregation have invited the
Rev. R. M, Ere'', of Simeoe, to the pastor.
ate.
• A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says
Rev. A. 0. Walsh, rector of Port Royal,
has juet left that island for itiontreal. H
ie
got nto trouble with his churchwardens
and congregation, who nailed up the church
against hire. He raieed an AmoyiOf car-
penters and laborers, and broke into the
church amidst the execrations of the popu-
lace, The disturbances were continued for
two weeks andmost disgraoefulscenes Were
enseted. The parson, on the recommenda-
tion of the bishop, has resigned his charge,
and started for Montreal.
•
' ' ThePerAiaLoOvreeellsYpTonrdwien"tea;the Phiia-
. delPhia 2'elegra11;, after writing of the simple
wedding preparations of Mlle. GrevY, thus
speaks of another case in high life, notice..
able by contrast: • • '
: But in the matter of dresses, commend
me to the trousseau of the youngest daughter
of the Marquise de Guadare, the future
Princess del Grade, Which I was permitted
as it special privilege to behold at Worth's
• the other • day, when the :dresses were
arranged in a show-mora,tobe inspected by
the family. They imenber twenty-two in
• all, of course each one inspected being
.lovelier than the last: The 'wedding dress
iteelfsvas. comparatively—simpler-It-was-
compoeed ol w corsage and train of white
• satin, with a skirt front' :of white watered,
silk; laid in two large folds on either side
and finished, with a • heavy fringe. • The
oorsage was bordered around the edgewith
a deep, double, bias fold of 'sago, and
trimund, as were, also the sides of the
'train; With folds' of tulle held in place with
bouquete of 'orange flowers. Next came a
'ball dress of White tiille apy_igged witk,
silver, vaporous,, delicate- and • poetic
looking, made with a Mural corsage drawn.
into folda, the 'ant and weirit being trimmed
with long trailaof honeysuckle. This Wee
it dress fit for Queen. Titania,. herself. A
'Was
toilet near te this mrial oreatiOn
was ecimptised of. a °Meese and train of
sapphire blue velvet, the former out away
over the skirt front in,a Louis XIV, square
the latter drawn baok and felting in long
--Voluminous folds, being edged with a plait;•
ing of 'old gold satin set ,underneath the
hem. The underskirt.was rich White satin
embroidered with gold stars and trimmed
at the sides with • curved. ruffles of cream
lace; among which were set' large rosettes
fonioed of incliTide- gold. band. A bouquet
of phok mines and white jessamine Was
placed at the left sideof the; corsage,
.*hioh was opt 'open- en Corur, tind had
'.half:long • sleeves trimmed • with. .white
lace'and ' with, a , torsade •of the• gold
einbreidered satin. A pilablue velvet
ball •dress was made in genuine
Louis XIIL: style, With 'deep"tabs
at- each side of the Waist, and a wide sash
of white satin. It Was cut low in the neck,
and each .ene of the short .sleeves Was
• formed of a 'single -high riff, inside of
which was placed half-lengeleeyes of white
lax. DoWn the froht of .the Skirt and
around the hem Was. plsoed. a. Wide 414
beautiful paasementene of 'silver and pearls,
the corsage and 'thieves being edged • with
• silver beads,and a, bouquet of tea roma
and heliotropes adorned the corsage.
Then there was a walking costume of
garnet velvet; with -tuffs and. Min of old
• Venetian lace, and a black silk dress trim-
med with scarlet 'satin; grounded, brocade
and other, elegant thilete literally too minaer-
oos to Kiention.. . ••
•
Sluing the. City for Loeb* Ille Girl.
An. Altoona '(Pa.) despetoh says James
Stinson, of this place, Was the ward of a
rich aunt anti her prospeotive heir. He
was engaged ,to be married to Mary Price,
an 'estimable young lady. She was a
• church -goer. He was not He always
accompaniedher to the (shun:Moor on
Sunday evetaihgs, and then waited outside
with the aervicee were over, to take her
home. A number. of young men Were in
the habit of : congregating about the
• Methodist Churoh door on • eimilar
duty. • The church banes. came to look
upon their pregame as a nuirtanee.. They
procured the passing of a city ordinance
forbidding the =atom under penalty of fine
aud imprisonment: This frightened all
the loungers but young Stinson. He per -
anted in waiting for his• girl. On a recent
SundeY night a polieeman arrested him
turd looked lone up. oyer tight. This was .
diegrace his girl could not overlook. "She
dismissed him. His rich aunt Was also so
Fidanditlized that she changed her Will, dia-
litheriting him. To recompense himself
for these losses Stinson has brought suit
against the' city, placing his damages at
950,000.,
•
Nearly 2250,000 Will fall to the British
Crown from the estate of the late Mr. Par-
ton, of Cheltenham, whose will does not
dispose ef moro than £60,000 out of a for -
tette exceeding £300,000, and: who Was
illegitimate and leaves no issue. It is
understood that he had fully intended to
distribute his property among the children
of hill btothere and sisters, hie paxeme
having married after •hie birth; and no
douht the authorities will recognize their
claims, espedally ,as ah informal memoran-
dum of his testamentary intehtions hag been
entind.
Canon Partridge, of Roolleeter, N.B., hes
been sleeted reciter of St. George's Parish,
Halifax. ,
TOR WWI 1,031114 REM
Why Ile is so Indignant Wide Conusel-
WASMITOTON, Deo, 22.—The most striking
occurrence in the trial yeaterday was
Guiteau's own revelation of his growing
fear that he will be convicted. Be never
abused Scoville so freely for what tut calla
" brother-in-laW stupidity," but which is
in reality the force of testimonywhich
Scoville cannot break by cross-examination
and whieh a muth more skilful oross-exami.
ner could not break, and every blow of
which the 8,88a88M shows he feels in his
inmost soul. Every day adds to the pros.
peotive length of the trial,•--:„• eeesee. '
este r
In the. 4191417+4, 431,31 AWArr)
. Ir.
I:tam/non, of New York, paid,—" In nearly
all asylums systems of rewards and pun-
ishmeiate are in vogue la dealing with the
insane, showing it is recognized U131:1017
treatment. They oan distinguiph 'bet en
right and wrong, and can control the
actions."
„ The witnesses yesterday' were experts,
and they all expreseed :the belief that
Guiteau was perfectly sane,
reline Leopohni Marriage.
"The marriage of Prince Leopold," eels
London Truth, ‘; will be celebrated at St.
George's Chapel, Windsor, -either during
the last ten days of March or .during the .
first fortnight of May, It in impossible to
make any more definite settlement as to
time until the financial question has been
settleeby Parliament. The arrangements
respeoting the oeremony will be precisely
similar to those at the wedding Of the Duke .
of Connaught. The Duke and Duchess -of
Albany will reside permanentlY at gaze-
mont after their noarnage. The Duke's
becks, picturesaod other. :i proper-
ties ' have recently been removed ,
there from Windsor. With regard to the
peouniarY arrangement, it willbe proposed,
probably on Monday, February 13t1, to
increase the Prince'income by £10,000 a
year, and the same' jointure will be pro- .
vided for the Princess as was given to the
Duchess of Connaught. Claremont was
ettled on the Queen for her life after the
death of King Leopold; on the demise of
the Crown it will revert to the xountry.
'There is an idea in court circles of pro-'
posing to great a reversion of the place to
Prince Leopold; but Parliament tong ago
showed itself so decidedly. averse to
arratgenoents of this description that' the
groject will doubtless be dropped." •
Nutmegs.
Natmegs grow ort little trees which look
like little paper trees, and are generally
net over twenty feet high. The flowers,.
are very much like the lily of the valley.
They are pale and very fragrant. The
nutmeg is the seed of the fruit, and mace
is •the thin covering over the seed. The .
fruit is about as large as- a peaoh. When '
ripe it breaks open and shows a little nut
imide. The trees grow on the Islands of •
Asia and tropical America. • They bear for
70 or 80 years, having ripe fruit upon them
all the seasons. A fine tree in' Jamaica
• has over 4,000 nuts on it every year. • The _
-Dutch-used-to have all -this- ttitincig-trade;-". • - • - •
they owned the Bajada Islands, and
conquered all other traders' and destroyed •
the trees. To keep Abe price,up they once
burned three piles of nutmegs., each • of •
which was as big as it ohuroh. Nature did
not sympathize with such meanness. The 1' •
nutmeg pigeon, found in all the Indian, •
Islands, did fpr the world what the Dutch
had determined shonld not be done --car-
ried thosanuts,_whith are,their,food,_into
airtre sun corintriee, and trees
grew again and the world had the benefit.
,
the bitory and the judge. -
•
Frequent noise' in the 'corridor of - the
Cincinnati :Court' House disturbed judge.
Harmon, of the Supreme Court, and he.
resolved at length to Make air example of
the next offenders. It was notlopgafter-
ward- that loud laughter arose: "Go out,"
thundered Hia Honor, to an officer, "and
arrest those men." The 'mandate Was .
obeyed, and . three offenders was quickly
arraigned at the bar. TheyY were the city
solicitor, the clerk of the court, and a
venerable lawyer. "ayPi.it plane your
Honor," explained the lawyer," we didn't
'know' that *e were disturbing anybody,
especially this honorable -Court. Brother
Thomas, here, was ' telling 8, dog etciry,apd '
it Was the dog-goned funniest story I ever .
hoard, and Brother Hardacre and I couldn't
• help laughing at it Perhaps' it your
Honor Would listen' to the Story, in miti
getien of the offence;, it' reight=" " Never
mind;"•the judge interrupted • I will dia.
charge you this time, but 'dont offend • •
•
sponge Grafting- on the Unman Subject.
contempoeary calls ',attention to an
•interesting, new and ieeportantccintribtition
to What ,we knew Of • the surgical healing
•
process, which comes from the pen of Dr. .
Hamilton, Pathologist t� the Royal Itfirin-
ary, Edinburgh, and it published inthet,. •
current number of the Edinburgh Medical
Journal. It speitka- °fit as " Sponge Graf t-
;" and, although the experiments which
led to its discovery were of it purely mien -
tide eharaoter, it is not unlikely that they.
may. prove to possess even greater interest
from iselinical standpoint. Dr, Hamilton, •.
while engaged in the study of the "process •
• .
of healing,...!!....sias _led' to the belief that in
the prawn of organization of a' blood. clot
or e, fibrinous exudation the effused mate- „.
rial itself only plays a, inechauical and pas-
sive part, and that their vasoularisetion is
.not owing to -new formation of blood -vessels,
but rather to a displacement aa'd pushing.
inwards of the blood -vessels of sorrounding.
tiesues." ••'
Salt in Diphtheria:
In a Paper read at the Medical Society •
of Victoria, Aostralia, Dr.' Day Mated that, Ir•
haying fot many years regeided diphtheria,
in ite early stage, as a purely local aged;
Mon, charinterizecl by a marked teudency•
to take on 'putrefactive demmpositiou, he
.has trusted most to the free and constent.
application of antiseptics, and, when their
employment. has been adopted from the -
first, ahd been combined with judicious
elithentation, he hes salchow soon blood
poisoning ensue. In consequence of the •
great power which ealepo,eseseett in proem t-
ing the putrefactive deoomposition of meat
end ether organio matter. Dr. Day hes% •
often prescribed for diphtheritic petients
living far away from .medical aid the fre-
quent use of a gargle composed of a table.
spoonful or more. of Salt diasolved in it
tumbler ef water, giving children who
cannot gargle a teaspoonful or two tti drink
occasionally. Adults to use the gargle as%
times
pp
rmophyladeaty.ieor preventive thee° •or four
• In One of the letters of Sir Charles Lyell, '
leeetttlY published,107tesicliaing picture of
Queen Vietorials young children, working
with spade and hoe, and being rigidly paid
by their father with day -laborer's wages,
that they might got an insight into the
condition Of the class. In another letter
Lyell relates how in it long talk he lad
With the Quint at Osborne tan explained,
at her request; the principles Of Datwirtisitu
,