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ANI11.11 416 ATION OF Akcjittita..,
A CataxtrOphe That Etas Ne:vfirliret Ese
- Innen.
(Archibald Forbes, in:Fornight1y3teinew.)
•Shan " annihilation * there is no_ more
favorite word with the . orituss.: of In8,1303C-
vres and -Sham-fights. In a- notice- of a,
inirnio battle neer Portsmouth in the Lon:. -
. den Times of the - day _I 'wrote these npeio
pcoura "this _ observation : "The gone of
the ileet would have ann1121-14ted -Colonel
'Thornpson.'s advanise on the lett along the
sea shore:" - In truth it is; as • hard: to
66' Plinhilkiite' 7 a, body ' of troops as it is to
IA eisoandal. In a literal *sense- there ie
:. nee .30-a figurative sense . to signify aloes
t1101
_soiir 21, reeorgiof auCti a catastrophe ; If
. so great as to put the force, suffering it
hors, du combat' there ia amazuig testimony
to the quantity of " annihilation" ' good
-
. troops_ _have :Accepted _ without - any such
hapless- result. - Here are - four: inetancei
, taken almost at random.- The Oonfeder-
Oes, out of 68,000 men engaged at Gettys-
burg, lost 18000, but Meade held has hand.
' from interfering with their orderlyratreat •
.
Of, that: battle. the -climax was the assault
of Pickett's division, "-the f1Ower of Vir-
ginia," against Webb's front ou. the leftot
Cemetery Hill. Before the heroic Armitage
called for the "‘ cold steel" an•d .Loarried
Gibbon's_ battdry with a rush, the division.
.
had met with a variety of experiences dur-
ing its mile and & half Savages over th
. --smooth gr9und,no to the crest. "When it
_ first came into sight it had _been plied with
s idl.shot ; then 'half ,Way across it had
. beer vigorously shelled, and the double
canisters had: been reaerVed for its nearer
approach. An enfilading fire - tore
through the ranks; the musketry blazed
forth against it.. withdeadly effect."
- This is - the . eviddnee " of ., an eye-.
' witness on the_ opposite side, who adds;
- ".but it mimeon. Inagilifieently." : Yes, it
Came onto cold steel and oltilibed muskets,
i- :mutafter a desperate struggle, it -went
back foiled, to the .apoompaniments which:
_hair marked its -adiAnce. But heavy as
were its 10$1368, itwas not 't annihilated.'
Pickett's- division survived to be once and
-4 again a thorn in the Federal side before
the final day of fate_ arneto it .at. A.pp.o._
niattOx - court hone.% At Mars-la-ToUr
:-.Alonsle 'en- two infantry divisions/nun:s-
i
bering a tainly not Over eighteen thousand
•men (for They had . Already lost- heavily at
. the Spicheren Borg) sacrificed within- ci:1
. ''.1e* ot seven thous:d during the long
simmer kaurs -while ,.they Stood 111181.1P;
. :ported attstvart- the course. of;the -French
army retreating- from Metz. But ;so -for
were they from . being -amiihilated that
;forty-eight hours - later they made- their
- 'presence Rudely - felt -. on the; afternoon
of Gravelottac In the.. -Slily . attack • on
- Plevna; Of the thirty-eight :thohsand-, men
:with Whom Xxosdner and - --SolitthoVshev-,:
..•went in, they took out aver . twenty one
thousand. • One regiment pt: the latter's
:cOrcipiandi lost 725 -killed and,1,2Q0Vounded
--L-about 75 per cent. of iti whole number—
yet the Russian retirement was not dis-
'orderly ; and next day the troops .- were in
-resolute cohesion awaiting what might lie- -
fall them. In the September attack on .
. PleV1184. of - -74,000 Russo -Roumanian' in-
fantry engaged, the losses: reached .18,000.
Skobele&conamanded. '18,000 Men, and at
the end cd- his two ,days' desperate fighting.
not 10-.000.of these were left standing. But
, there Was no annihilatiou,: either literally
-
Or conventionally, if one may U86 the term
The survivors who had fought on the llth
and 12th of September were ready at ,the
Word to -go in again on the lath, and hos
• they :marched across - the Balkana. later is
one Of the,marvels. of moderns nnlitary his
. .
...tory.
TflRILIING: SITUATIoN.
-A British Coluuibian SoSpendid Over a
Fraser- Torrent.
An inoident .occurredin the big canon 'of.
Fraaef Rivet,laist week of a nature so ter-
rifying that it niekeethe blood Of -the nar-
rator run -cold- wnile he writes: A young
Victorian •who had been engaged on the •
railway line, being mustered out of satiric
started'fof Victoria.. At to -potnt svherelt
is proposed: to throw_ a railway suspension
cross the .Fraser there is suet 'lied
rorn Which depends a sort of oage
such is used .to pauk fruit ot
in on
. steam'ers. Pasiaengere desir-
bridge
a cable
Or crat
cabb
ing to cross the river enter this oonveyatase.
Wires or etiy-s -extend •from the orate -to a
wheel or pully -on the cable - and by' means
of i line to which a' hone is attached the.
crate is drawn freint side to side of the river,
The Cagehangs. about 100 feet above the
itrectin, which .boils- and surges beneath in
a manner that terrifies any person Of Weak
nerves who may earns; himself to the con._
veyanoe. Ten days ago - the orate, While
si
moking-the (worming, turned upside d.: SVLI,
and 10,000 Canadian big:re and a cin tity
of other •light goods-. dropped in the
Fraser arid were lot. This incident wits
still • fresh in - the Mind - of - the young
_Victorian above referred to:when heintered
1
the crate caid was.; drawn towards the
Other- side. His equanimity -was ,not
restored when, having accomplished's., out
-onli-half the passage; he now the ferryman
leisurely unhitch -his horse and driv,is off.
The day was, biting cold. - A sharp- wind
_blew down the .river and whistling thrbugh
the bars of • the • orate made tne'solary
passenger's -teeth rattle and his flesh o eep.
The situation Was -alarming.. The lieu
bark' swayed to and fro, tnreatening with
every ' bleat that struck it to; capsize, and
send the - voyager into the depths of the
river. No one -responded t� his °OAS -for
more thin: on: hour. Then the ferryman,
rk
hiving finished his noonday meal, retsined
with the_ horse, made fast to. the lineand
drew _ the half-dead • :young- Man ashore.
The tituation of a person seated in thelcage
is one Of danger Under the Most favorable
circumstances, but undertbe:circuma*asce
in ,-whiali our young friend crossed itwas
pOsitiVely alarming. The ferryman, it ifii
Supposed, &sired to plaYtkpractibil joke;
but it vrillittike Most persons as beist an
exceedingly ill-timed one.-tictoriai .-C.,
Colonist.. .- • ' ..
• .
centrals* a• conaregait”.. -,
.TheiTeriri
Away
Cantid.ii
:is '
thousando
the Most
the most:
which .the
They haie
languid;
:and none
pains in.v
imagine. i
ininor-diso
the presen
• until theii
lixperieric
Prov.ince
• • 1
Undertow that -is Sweeping
-Mauy-What WHefi-Igstawa
s. Ilave to Say.; ,
unquestionable- feat that
people are tio4ay. enduring
enae torture or are aillicited by
Unaceountabler symptoins. -for,
. .
Clan aesigh no:real:ion. whatever.
Opera headoeliee ; are strangely
t7b, as ravenous ;appetite one day .
liatever. the •next,- and feet dullious parted -the body, but they
only a -031d. or apple paseing
set.' indeed,. few people reahze
of.grade • and serious dangers
e upon them: . The- following
of Well-knOWn peOpit: in *the
timely and Valuable
Rev -
I iani J.- Henderson; pastor Of
the BlethO0.14_:4Piscsoptili.Olinrch of Rr6S-
COW Ontri0 • say: - "For it 'number of
years on until reaently, 1 _bad been
gradually . 'ut 'steadily deoliningin health. -
.1 was siib`r- t to severe pains in varibui,
parts of body, shortnees of breath Al-
pitation the heart, and a distreseing,_
hacking- sugIa. • '1 Oonsulted Physioiono,.
one of Val - inform -al me that*1 had been
-carrying tcio Many pounds of
Another ited that I was on the eve Of a
general 'co i3titutional break up ; '-anOther
pronoune,„ me as . being for gone in liver
complain'. nd feeling that the lastone had:
hit it, Icipmeuced a course of his treat-
ment, wbiout,- however, - any . :benefit. -
Feeling t I was -going down hill very
fast. I caw. soinewhat despondent, and
SOTISI-1. EX.IPEDIEN*;
Row a Chicago ,IRissionarv Tried to Sao _
'Sabbath HreakIn1
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The efforts of a city miesionary'to pre-
vent' Sabbath breaking are described by o
Chicago. journal. There - was excellent
and he knew that it would be
turned -to' pleasurable. account by horse
owners. His duty,- as he concseived it, was
to interpose his reshot strance. Therefore,
he Went up to the bridge across which the
sinners.- mast drive* on their way to the
favorite roads, took * stand on the broad
railing of the drawbridge, and, in a loud
voice, repeated the commandment: " Re'4
member the Sabbath day," etc; The pollee
made horses vralk. over the bridge,- and the
crowd was so great inthe afternoon that
thelassigewas necessarily very slow. That
gave the evangelisii. an advantage. The
hearers not escape. - He made no
comments; but vociferously reiterated the
Biblioal injunction Which' they were disre-
garding. • Hour after hour he kept his post.
He Wasliughed at, but not so _much as
might -have been expected,. and retort Or
insult- was rare. T1113 two inetarices of ins
making an, impression that: came under
noticse counted for and against the potency
of- his mission._ A lax member of a church,
who had yielded to the temptation of exer-
cising hisgoodhorse, turned round .at the
further end of the. bridge,and drove directly
.hinte..` Another man mopped at the near -
eat roadside inn- andeent to the preacher a
brimming glass Of hat ram. The beverage
yzaerejected, notwithstanding _ the expret
sion of good will that went with.- it per
.
messenger. -
- - .
sigcies !soy' and 1,Ie Pa.
"Whew," eaggi,t4e grooeryman, as the
bad boy came iri'grid backed up against the
-stove, what'll' OXON smell of horse filled
the oir and connOiacted the, omen of de.
essayed eggs, " YWhaven't gone to vfork in
the 1ivery.stabW4t_tin, have you ?"
"No, but it ;*.:491x)ut the f same, I 'am
takuig care of 1241:'.-orotter„ and it la more
work than rtii0.4g a whole livery stable,
'cause you hay* tO rub & trotter about all
the time, in OM place or. another, .and .
blanket him,- an,edhim down, and treat
him 1.Qe a babirlaid•the bad boy, as he
took a leather trOing boot c.int of his, coot
pocket, and sat ii4*n by. the stove to punch
a hole in the str4ie
" Well, by gi40.-,that beats me," said the
groceryman, liWtrut on his Spectacles and
looked at the Tfind held bis DOSS as the
lobo fumes cgt:tiei fresh from the stove.
"Only two wee ago your :father faaled,
and now he *kw,. ..o. trotter, and he is a
member -of th !arch, too in good stand-.
lug, and prays, laxly; 1 swoiv, 1 have
lost confidence verybody; "
- 0, you'do0,71)4ve to worry about pa,
said the boy, -i he buckieu the trotting
boot around hie 'ti$Wil ankle, and kicked hie
ankles togetheet4-see if it Would hurt if he
interfered. • knows ; his busineas.
Times were neVkso good in our family as
they have beet-v=1,01.0e pa failed, unless it. .
Was that time.*:004*-weitiielling-stook in •
the silver mine.: pa is full of fun at
home; and mailt41 hale, and pa gets her
anything she pOs. He bought her a-dia-
.mond lice p4.Mact -week with four big
-diamonds as laii*,:as hazel ;Mite. But • nia- _
isn't going to Ifigar it here at -home, .where
people think go4busted, but she is going
to wait till thei4 off travelling, and par-
alize people 04-0 hotels. But 1 s'pose pa
has more fun 0th,‘ the :trotter than you can •
shake a Stick He paid a terrible price
for the horse, sr.04se he was learned' to trot
Without pullin0 Oil the lines. Pa goes out
on: the road,- kikr,,i!hen anbody tries to pass
bins he lets trglins lay on the dash -board .
Of the cutter 4005e, and pa, sort of shuts -
his eyes as tliOiti he was eweetly sleeping,
and the hbrae.Ast 'paws the - snow. • If
.anybody con* 'along that belongs to our
Church, pa bOinii; to \siog a hymn like he ,
was happy,. )44 the trotter gees for all .
that is out. _ • gonie of 'esn-think pa's mind
is affected by he failure, and that his
head is weaki0t they don't want to fool
themselves ,mti,?:4 on pa. A man who Can
settle With .hp cieditore-for tett cents on
:dollar, and t4d them off for the ten
cents, and prilcAs money in betide, don't
need much e*.-.4athy."
ness your pa will pull
t‘hr‘oWenghl.1, B vhat is this -I bear about
ypoottuceanooduryte# fohuni hanging around the
Well, si „. we hadn't happened down
to the .polioCC lid that morning, that .boy
would.have en.runied. 1 The judge had .
just said ii*:4011sze fine, or ten .days in the
-house of 0906.1,4fon, and the policeman led
theboy out,; as he passed Me I thought
his face waia4iMiliar, and as I knew the.
cop's sister tip 'let me go to the station and
1168 the boy used t� live :where we did,
before we co,Uke-here, and his folks were
rich then, his father failed and his
mother die4Ad, the boynever learned to
.do anything, 4c1 he has been for a year;
walking ar,a4lioin town to town, eating
when .anybe4 offered him a Meal, and
:going.withOnt?khen they didn't. Say, I „
wish I was *. -Orator, and could go around
giving lectuti* like Ingersoll and Beecher,_.
alK
I would tto boykand girls entirely, and •
I would BIC' ;:qtlieni Abet they:. were the • .
biggeet.foo - earth to neglect to learn a -
trade." ;
,." Yes, tii§ is all right; but what do yol
know by wro1 you owl& earns; living V'
asked the '.;$10,0eryman . of the bad. boy,
thi'44 Mktgl;'1*;*11him.-theoy,Indignant at the
idea that !didn't know anything,- "I
could de a Amen different things that I
have learnt'. I.-oould oome :into this. •
grocery an 4,,onble your. business, by keep-
ing giving loll weight; treating
everybody- ndly, keeping good grooends
instead of:: Or ones,and wearing afeleain -
shirt and;; Mile instead of a dirty shirt '
and a frow 'aa youodo.,* I multi --J.'
"That do' you can go," and the ,
grocerymeiAit the boy out and closed the
grocery to Ktio: dinner,: while the boy Went
to the barn Xfeed his pa's trotter.
_ , • .
finally 're- 49Inied . myself to an early desth;
At analiioture I resolvedto try. Warner's -
Safe Cart) and I may say that Ifelt almost • caaseiriasness in the Dying. .
immedie0 relief, and now . I OM nearly as , "A dying Main may be tamed with a
well as 1-eVer was in my whole life. , -My red• -hot iron and .not feel pain," Dr. Ora*.
cough h • disappeared entirelyandI Sig- ford. - Said to a -reporter for the --Afai/ • of
dom feel Any Of My old symptoms. I have &Oaten, 'Cal, - "Consciousness May . re.;
always en somewhat 'disposed to\preju- main: to the dying ahitoetto the dissolution,
.. . .
. . I
diee.-ag plat - proprietary: medicines, flint I . but generally they lope the power of -thought
feel it be an act of justice - to make this long 'before -actual' death., In cases of
stateme i for the --good-of others." : : death in :which:there seeme to be suffering
Johnle
, 1/417ans, residing* lag, Xing- street,, the writhing and-spasins are due to ;reflex
London tisays : "For tWO years thave been tawnier action. . Fear Weakens , the ner-
trouhie 'With -gravel in my kidneysand wills= system and -consequently hastens
lhave.an ere& untold . agony; . The passage death vend the reverse of.tear may prolong
of the • ravel from the; kidneys Mtn -the. life." The DoOtOr cited . a medical report
bladder hrew Me . into paroxysms. of .pain . .e--onaerning -a Methodist minister. kle 19.9
and -co iletely broke me down. - Uponthe on the VA*: of death, cold- and pulseless,
reoom» andotion. of a friend I: begon-the and friends around his bed sang his favor,
use.ofmerits Sale - which -seemed ite hymn.. As they. ceased; and While the
46 dim e the gravel and it passed from Me physician - stood timing. tbii.!-.death, the
. , . . . Cure, , .
in the f m of 'lust • I -recommend War- minister's hands moved, and he -whispered,
Der's S fe- Our& toeverybody who is suffer- "Glory!" ' 1Restoratives Were administered,
mg at las I have suffered." .,- . -- and an hourlater.theAnan tad rebovered:
:
Mrs. ri4. Letrion,:. residing ':at '5i Victoria, Be lived- many years after that, - He said
-avenue il Hinillton,- 'Mays: " For- ten.ortf- he understood every word spoken- at his
teen:..y . Ars •I'. have- .suffered from female- bedside.. 'Under the nervous -exoitement
dompl .rits and liver disease. ; I have con- And enthusiasm wrought bythe hymn, he
suited li,the prominent- docitors in .Hernil- . had exerted his mnsonlar strength, and
ton, km- hone were able; to cure me. - -Sit ived,
month _ ent or every year I -was laid .up in
bed fr ol nervous prostration - and debility,
and 'f djueutly While • wOrkingabout the
house Would faint and remain unconscious
for rn re . than -hall ,ctii, hour. - -Hearing- of
Warn e Safe Our/ea began its Wand am
now 1 boa health, , 1 All previous troubles
_hairs.' :, ,ine.• • It hasworkedwonders in
:my 4a and I :can t recommend it to all
ladle Ln the country." l' ; ; ' ': - •
harleP M. Byrne, foreman in W. IL
SaW factory, St;;; Catharines, - said:
• years ago .I began. tobe afflieted
pst distressing troubles, which ID.
in in bed.: -My symptoms were
• and: I kept getting -worse and
allthe while. Thedoctors could not;
to the nature of my disease, ; and I
•f.oat all hopes , of ever getting' Well.
ng Of some ceses'ainiilarta ni. y own—;
sit been -helped by - Warner's Safe
' began its- use • and ocinimenced to
sfrom the firsit day;-- and I sin
o say:that lam now as sound. as a
,nd ciao do- adtarik work Without its
i
lanzti Ag me."1 : • - ,. . • 1 • •
-13:! Itor, Samuel T. :Itodley, of Cliatherii;
says ;14; "1 have -seeilVainees -Safe Cure -
ery extensively; and have heard of
1 •.: - _ . . •
Bt gratifying results._ I.am convinced
is an -unequaled : medicine •for :die -
Of the kidneys and urinary organs
an freely recomniend it."
A. 1: .MoBlart, tilerk -. of • Crawford
tWindsor,- says:, " Porseveral years.
filleted with kidney ;dif6.dulty and
know*hat it was - to be- free froni-
%ating piuns,-which at times were s0.
at -I could neither stand nor -remove
thee, 1 At that tune I vrafi.conductor
Denver & Rio Grande; Itailroad, and
_ . . , .
t., nbt the - constant Jolting aggravated
Caw Noticing an advertisement of
r's Safe ' Care, : procured the
ne; and from ithe first it :acted like.
, - ' and - it . heti completely . :and
nent17 - cured --me. - .: I ;cannot too
• Temp:intend, .it, aw.,I .knoW . what - it
nefor Me."' ':'• , - . - .- - - -;
above statements are from people of-
-deniable veracity, and. suoh an Merit
eate.st consideration: : No. one Who is
;mg from any forni-of physical disorder
fford . to neglect even the slightest:
toms, .whion Can ;be - So readily- cow-.
-4 if -taken in time, and and- wiiitih,ore so:
roue if permitted to continue, . - .
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• •
The Rev. De Charles S. Robinson con-
tributes...to. _44 -Open Letters," in the Feb-'
ruttry "Century," :a - hunioreue prOtetit
against "Artistic Help in Divine Ser4oe "
as - too frequently. -rendered by . chnrch
- .t
choirs. In .part he says ! "What is the
real purpose of the Atherican Board; lisrisf
cz,. - .
any one of our chtirchesi iv -the -act of .ping-
ing in _divine Services.? - Is it to render a
'musical: thought' adequately, or to give a
006tiCt . se:I:din:sent - fitting. expresdion ?
. - . -Once . When 11_ was
preaching:in -a -chureh beside the Ands&
River, in • May, the -busiest Month df the.
-fishingseason, I gave out the hymn, 'Jenna,
lover . of my soul.' .:Theleader set it to a
tune which, for the .•.sate 'of some Man's
4 iiiiisical thought,' 'repeated' half - Of the
final Brie. When I heard the firet verse, T
shrank - With consternation_ in:: frightful
prospect of the second; for the movement --
ran' thus: :, 00; receive -4A, receiveL0b,
recieive My soul . at . last.' That d no
. harm, it was simply Unnecessary, But the
. text was . awful. When I repeat it, it will
be .supposed a joke, although I am writing
in -sad - earneat. of. -a fact . which -4nnoti '
- . a
destroyed my service : . 'Cover my
defenceless head—With the shad—with the
shad -with 0143.-shad-eriv of. thy Wing.' The
Whole congregatuitt. stirred with irrepres-
ibis , laughter,- Must : we - all be. forced' to c
'
stand this ?" - ._ • . . -
,
A Remarkable -Plum= Engine. -
_
An English firm have reeently completed
&small light compound - engine, which, in
point of weight; eclipses -anything hereto-
fore built. The engine is [made of steel and
phosphor -bronze .; all parts' are built as
light as possible,Itherrods and shafung and
alt parts possible being bored out to reduce
.weight. At a speed of only -300 revolutions
minute they indicate over twenty horse:
• power, -and weighbut105 pounds all told.
-. This engine would give fully thirty horse-
power actuarat a piston -speed of 500 feet a-
Mintite. The size is three:and three quar-
ters high pressure-, seven mid a half low
- pressure, and five stroke. That . thirty
horse-poyzer can - be had frord a proper
utilitation of steam and proper distribution
of 105 pounds of -Metal is certainly: most
• astonishing, especially so; Considering_that
the engine is compound. -A ship • of 2,500
tons. displacement was -almost unknOwn-
• fifty years ago; .to -day the transatlantic
• staamer,the highest_ class of. the mercitii-
tditnarizie, has from 8„000 - to 13,500 tons
Spiseement,. and -g engines of 5,000 to
10,000 horse -power. Several of the trans-
atlantic liners have shown a mean ocean-
- speed of twenty Miles an hour, and make
the passage in less than seven days.—Fifty
• Years of Machaniaal-Engineqing. .
. ; . . .
' What They Left lathe Oar.
_During the. recent ' raid,. on the pension
thieves at .:,Washington some startling
grOunds•torthe :issue, of pensions -•were de-
veloped.' Men who had lost a leg in.- a .-con.
-test with a reaping Machine Were found in
receipt of 'good fat sunas onoe a:. month.
But perhaps the most remarkable. aliiita of
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the lot was that of one gentleman who, on
-being investigated, asserted that be drew a
-peralionlik *hat he had. actually lost in
the' War. - - : . - •
"But what did you lose?? :demanded
the examiner. , 44 You seem to have allTyonr
niembers and faculties." .. : • • - I .: . - -
" Well," replied._ the --Olainiant,-- driven; to
the wall, .4.4I lost xny .head ..at Shiloh .and
left for home I" . . --:. - - . .:i . • _
Another should have,been -placed. on the
list for -the -rest of his life 'it. the highest .
. . . _
amount allowed by law.' 7 , . .; : .:
"-What .-ia -.your - claire -?".:-.1talt d., the
examiner. -' "What did you loess ?".•
- "- I -lost- 0350 at poker the night before the
battle of .Fair _Oaks."--,bralce's Traveller's
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Magazsne.• -:
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The nemance tst a rraitical
ix-ifoli'm n has a plainandunattradtive-
daiighter to whom no :eligible young fellow
_pays MI1011 attention. At last one beaniis
noticed to be rather "gone," and the love
affair develops for a couple of weeks. Than-
t() him the father says: -
-"Young man, I notice you are paying
very Marked: attentions to . my slaughter.'
- The young Man stammers and stutters,
_taken abet*: - - • •
• not-be:alarmed.. I am willing -you
_
sh d. Indeed, I mavvtell you thatthe
day I give you mY. daughter I Will place
000 000 in the bank to your amount.'
"You are very kind, I'm mike.- But, if _
all the Bathe to you, supposing you put
yolir daughter in the bank to.niy account
and give me the 6100,000. Salt FTIlliCi8C0
CATOTilde. - •
Mr
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Fi
with
oreask" in violence' until I was compelled
tO re
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won,
agree
flnalL
Lear'
that l.
Core,
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happdolii
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. Terrible Face et a Trump.
A.11210st everyday and night in the winter
tramps in the vicinity- of Harrisburg; Pa„
seek the cinder -piles at the iron furnaces
to keep warm, the ciinders being taken
-thither When red -hair ---One morning re -
°anti* a carter at one of the furnaces took
a bat° the edge of an embankment and
emptied it on • top • of a tramp wile
was . sleeping- on . the pile, below. He
uttered . no - ern.- and the _carter
drove. -away unconscious of the sod -
'dent. Some time afterward another carter
,
noticed smoke arising from the oinders,;and
detected the smell -of burning cloth. He
made an examination and discovered the
tramp, whose body Was rapidly .being con -
sniped. Summoning help, the chained
remains were removed from -under the load
of hot *cinders. The man's •.head and face
were (gulled, and his body burned almost
to a crisp. Nothing was ftiund on his por-
tion by which he oould be identified. He
was about 23 years of age; well built . and
niuseular. The: body was buried at the
almshouse. -
'use
the
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Hon
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Superstition in Berlin.
The inhabitants of Berlin are proud of
describing- the -capital of the German
Empire as the City of Intelligence."
This appellation is, no doubt, Well deserved,
but even in that 'centre ot enlighitenment
each • recurring Christmas shows that
countless' legends and superstitns hold
their ground. For instance, no clothes -lines
are allowed to be seen in the housebetween
Christmas and New Year, for ifithey are
not all carefully taken down it is h4lieved by
all good Berliners that. a dread! accident
Will happen. On the supper -table On
Christina& Eye there-m:64i be a carp, which.
brings 'fortune, and if the scales of the fish
are carried about in -the purse it will never
be empty during the ',coining' year. All
dreams between Christmas and eV7 Year
beoome true, and all children born at
Christmas have the gift of pr pheoy.—
PaIllfall _Matra.
.c •
A Female Skeleton. -
They .are exhibiting now in
Neapolitan lady of 25, Signora V
near a -parody of the living skel
possible to look at. She is abo
A Plafe to rut it. .
- - .
During the contest Midlothian, at the
-
last 'election, feeling ran very high. Some
-Of the village folk had drunk to Gladstone's
success so -often -in the hope of thereby get-
-ting him- to-__the.topof the poll that they
were very often &mu themselves. "T_b_is height, with a hatchet -edged face, ridged
the newit came that the Liberal cause was is her
with a =Be large enough for Goliith. This
great feature, and stiggest4 that she
W as very true on the polling day, and when
has run into proboscis ' all the Thibet
r
sheep run into tail. She might railed'
in a section of water pipe. She it shaped
from shoulder' to toe like a f ur-squara
timber joist: The exhibitor Bays it is
nikessary. to stuff her ankle to with
oottoix wool to keep the bones f m slipping
or grating M the mate-
T• • • •
•
• • ' Theirkieves'Ilarvest.
. ,
- The following table, compiled by the New
York World, &ma-, the amount of money
stolen by different classes of people in the
States; so far as their stealings -were
brought to light, during the year .ending
December 31st. -Amounts- ot leas than
05,000 are not counted. The amounts stolen
by bankers and heads of banking institu:
Mons lead in. point of magnitude, while -law-
yers have been discovered in the least
number of oases.
Occupation. No. imonnt
Bankers
Bank cashiers and clerks
Brokers- -
State treasurers
Merchants and. agents... -
Clerks, treasurers, etc , 31
Charity and trust 9 •
City employees • 20
County employees sand revenue
agents - 16
' woman g, pretty, and I would have.
Lawyers... 4 -
Totals 14s 4i3,380,000 sworn s'lle)-voi an angel.- -
ondon a,
atelli, as
ton as is
t middle
ska
:b4)
triumphant a 'small but loyal party
rung
the hell and ordered "another round" to
lionor the cloossion. One was toter gone,
that he timid not get his 44.doan," so he
hicouped„ "Drink up, chaps,- drink it tip.
This is a -glorious triumph. I canna hand
ony mair, but pour minel on iny head and
let it [gook through to my brain."
It's Plever Too Late to Skate.
- - .
ong most people the,: erroneous idea
that youth is the only season when
pg can be advantageously learned.
Ira man would increase health, and
;intensify andprolonglife, if he could
penade hiixiself to acquire this a000ELL-
pliOinent,i notwithstanding the tumbles
an( he irreverent. jeering from his juniors
wikie
sku 1i
bath
•
e I
m t
tbrriL, hing andOnt-breathing which it -
de rapidly purifies the blood. That it
seldom acquired when the person
ant of -it has passed boyhood—or girl -
4, for we must include female fasters--
ar iies nothing against the potentiality of
th Tadult Who sets his ambition in that
dution. -
he would besure to meet with. For
ng is walking what swimming is to
g. exeroises the whole system in a
energetic manner than mere , pedes -
ism does, and by the energetic in- "He tv,e4'moved out of the house."
in
19 .$3,581,000
12 1,070,000
6 - 559,000
- 863,000
2,360,000
:97(1(00
4,031,000
1,786,000
OTheing'.t SiteWas an Angel.
a
•
" Yes,".14.4 the noted detective, "1 have
- 7 queer- things in my ..:'
_.1051.0,30 _IiIi:seeuntapp.apoisegr::::::emntanuryed an
" but,lietV.p, you and] the most COM-
" Went 1'4_ ould say so," was the reply ;.,
deception I ever saw was a
experience -A -I -
" Diseeter-ed a good many gigantic frauds, .
• '4 Bus tilip'',70n't ?" :
"1 shbfOrsity not. She hag a' temper _
like a wWwind, and when she sets mad
the very :,64....viph seems to shake." • -
" 13-004440ious I And how did you man..
age -to ge\tr..3fiwn' to her true oharaoter 1" -
" We. :,-'4--: ahem—the fact is, 'married
her."— clelphia Call.
,
•,,,
,.. Difierenee In Moves; .
66 The ' ;. as right nicein Harry Archer's
landlerd:OSenting him OD OpriStMaS With
.aitr?e,ee,ir:_o.r; two taffies' rent."
"Is t? so? ' How did Harry feel over
,
"He -)0,nid scarcely retirn thanks' in -
Words; . - 'was almost moved to tears
through 'tuft." • ' ".
,,,.
"A r; bor of mini was mut% more.:1
_a
moved that by his landlord." .. •
" "Inde How was that?"
Snake Poisons.
The analyses of snake poisons, made last
summer .4 by Drs. Weir,_ Mitchell, and
Belched, have been fully confirmed by other
investigators. All of the ,. venoms
examined arr essentially alike; in every,
case they are made up of three proteid
bodies. The first reduces the blood pres-
sure, induces swellinw(cedema) and finally
brings about putrefactive effects. The
second is a virulent substance, one -twen-
tieth of a grain of which will pigeon
in two hours; itgivesrise in a few minutes
after injection to enormous infiltration of
blood into the neighboring tissue. The
poisonous properties of the third substance
are doubtful. Tbe object of the analyses is
to eliminate the venomous principle, se
that experiments may be made as to what
drug can be used to the best advantage in
neutralizing it.
-
"I wonder," said a young lady, "why
Hymen is always represented as carrying ak
tOroh."- To which her bachelor uncle sneer-
ingly responded: "To indicate that he
always Makes it warm for_ people Who
marry." • • -
7 - The Japanese Premier, Prince Sung, ad-
dressed Gen. Grant, when bewail in japan,
in English, called. Endeattring to
oompliment him by assuring him that he
was born to COMMaDa; he said:
brave Generale, you vie made to order."
The 5th Royal Scots, Of Montreal, are:
going to ado the heitd-dress _similar to
A Sucl's,7 afternoon olaswfor talians was
held fortbe first timeSunday at Shafts".
bury HiPeloronto. There was an atten
dance cit irotit thirty. - . •
Morant"..cliop of. Ossory, reoently named
nt isittii.Orted that Most Reverend Dr.
is reported 'that Signor Edmond() di
is, the acoomplished Italian author, is
g to America not only to write shook,
to'give-a course of lectures.
probationer 'was oftleistingin the par-
6huroh of Kingless's', with a view to'his
bt�ming assistantiothe incumbent. "May
ask your nameolir V' said the beadle to
it the 010110 of theservioe. "1 dims'
for ony curiosity ol my sin, but tor
esti o' the people."
for the piii:ibishopric of Sidney, N. 8. W.,
has beep mittamoned to Rome by the Vati-
can to kl oxested a cardinal.
B. me -ng of the vestry of Christ Church -
Cathedx,Q;Montreal, has been °ailed for::
the 310 inst. to oonsider the - appointment
that worn by the 42nd Royal Highlanders, , of a rec. Among the names most likely
Vim, a oloth behnet with a plume up tile I to bs'enboititted are Rev- 01111011 Norman,
Iside. The feather bonnetin no longer . to 1 Mr. itago4ontiotliew York, and Rev Mr.
be the head-dreee of kilted regiments ill theI Portiepu 4 Winnipeg. Of these the inoat
Ali** army. -•. populg,tgems -0. be Rev.Mr..Raliudord.
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