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The Sentinel, 1884-09-05, Page 3'-P ' u • •-.LADIES' pouilettig. Fashiols Freaks as 4emplilied it the Dressmakers. .SOME" HOlerSEItOLD DAINTIES.• - mint 4ase's i3udeet) . oninseal Nine Days. oid. I find that oatineal-porridge 18 greatly . : improved by being made some days before itierecitelted, then stored in a . closed jar, brought foftli- and heated_ for use. The. chang effected is just that whi theo soft ing .of-• the fibrous,- materiel; --and. IL r fealty -- may - be . expected, viz:, sweetening, due to the formation .of Rugs This eweetening I observed many" year ago in some. gruel that Was partly eats one *bight- and left standing until pee . Morning, when I:thought it tasted sweets -but, to be assured of. this, I had it warme •• agein two .nighta afterward, Sty that - *4 might be testeu under.the same. condition of temperature; palate, , etc., as at firs The sweetness wage still _ more -- dis tinot, but the :experinient was carried n - further. . I have lately: learned' that- ia ensilage notion is . not absolutely *netv. . friend who read my Cantor leciturei tell Me that he has Jong been - accustomed t have eleven dishes of.. poericige in ilia larder • corresponding to the -048_6f the*" week, a . that next Monday's breakfast - Wall °poke the -Monday before, and so on, eeele )381D it 4 war - again on the day fixed for its fina - elLe . tion, and each- being thus seven ;day ,. old. He finds the- result more digestibi then newly -made porridge. The Waseca nine days' old- peaee:pudding-,is a siniila antipipation, and I fiud, rather curiously that nine days is about the limit; to *hie it may be practitially kept befor_e mildeee— Moldinesseeis: -suffi-oiently established t spoil- the pudding. I have nor yet tried berrel fult of pease-puddlog or moiseene pease -meat, closely covered and -powerfully pressed down, but hope to do so. —F rom -‘' The Chemistry of Cookery," 1.)y in Motile Williams. - , . .: - ' How 10 serve -galiaon. -. ware, floral designs, Showing morning glo- ries, pansies.and grasses forming the °ruse mental work. - • .Polarian sale* woollen stuff for einke ets, ulatees and trimmingee It eerries in sniouth, curled, fleecy pile surface,..iinitat? ing•the Rkina-ot.the Persian Jambe,. • Breasts of sea fowl, spaegied with gold, laver and a medicated Obrorne .powder. said to be .,a disinfectant - for cholera; are fashionable triminings for entuninhets end . , lerge bonnets - - • * A,eovelty in hate is called' the " Cadets joy. ' It - is of gray -felt with a COni08.1, crown and a heartshapedbrim _turned close against the left side - Of the crown .while the eight -side ers narrow and slightly rolled. . • 6 For and- Albout -Weaken..- . The boy - of a liai lett over ' night enoloseden three °dens or caskets, One 'of them of lead, in .the- church at ..Digny, France, Was cremated. by spontaneous 09111- 011Sti011. - • . ' • : -* 31/Za. Van Cott, the revivalist, has been engaged in her - specie Work for -nineteen yeare. - She is now in her .54th year, and haysthat she is the ispiritiel mother Of 40,000 settle. • • •, . fashionable lady, in -boasting of her new "palatial residence'," said that the• . Windows were all ef stained gTess, ". "That's too bad," cried her mother,- "but :won't soap ane.ttirpentine.teke the steins out?" Some -English gide wear the divided ikirt for a lawntenniscostume, 1410 they -cover it with attune which. comes within three inches of the :edges of its frills, and itis diffleult to see the superiority of- this cies- turde. oyer that with the ordinary skirt: Still, anything fot refoinie • ✓ The •B-liaiite,_ a tvell,known: Bengali , journal, is edited by a lady, Srimati Stearns h Kaman Deviithe daughter of Debendra Nath Tagore. - She is not, however, the 3,, °nip Bengali lady whohas distinguished e herself he the field Of journalistic literature,. d as the late Boma- Sundari Devi starteds 'vernacular Magi -Zinc) ancloonducted, it with .- ability for many years. - Some Houieheld Rings: . . The easiest and belt way to remove jelly, blanc -mange, eto., from .moulds is to wet a cloth in boiling water and wrap it around the .mould' for a minute. Then With a little care you will bah° no troublein the jelly out. A delicious Way ea servo salmon is to cut it in shoes two or three inches the*. Put these into *a baking -dish withlittle lumps of butter put- on etch slice, some chopped parsley, a small • onion minced very fine, plenty of. pepper _and. salt are also to be *scattered over: the fisn. Bake - until the nah ia flaky. This an improvement if itis basted often. Drain the Ash. before • putting it upon the -platter. Tomato eauce may be served with it if you choose. - Delicious Apples. The tart apples which are now0n- the market arealmost without flavor, To give there flavor and to make a- really- appe- tizing dish for supper, prepare them- in this -way Pare them and take ,out the' cores i• fill the spaces made with dates. Then put the .Apples into & -deep earthen baking-plate;pour *ie little water over them and, bake until tender. - Less' time will lie required for them than if the sleine were left on; it is necessery to remeniber this,',or they will be left too- long in .the oven, and lose their form. Take a Vacatfon Anyway. •. One Of the best testilts. of e SUmrgee'tioa-'- tiop: and. a little trip away from heme is to enable one to see that the World is wide,. and that out pert of it is only e. part of it, and the advantage gained fromthis know- ledgeistheM our charity- and kindly -feeling for our neighbor, who differs , greatly from, U8 t is increased. We find that the old adegms true-; it does take. all Muth; Of piopW to make a world. Then. with what increased delight the usual routine, com- mences in the home again. -If any one doubts in regard to the good effects of a • brief rest', and what physicians calla changeof air and scene, let her try it. However hard it may t•eem to unclasp the' baby's clinging hancie, and to say good-bye to your restless -little boys, it will be better for them in the end. - From the ceaseless activity and the urgency *of ea mother's daily lite, there muetbe periods of rest and Change, „and if no. other •moinber Of the family can get away for a week that one.. should; . be the mother, for in the regulated life of a sensible man there is not the friction and the strain upou the nerves Whichthe mother necessarily feols But the ideal, journey is when Lather and mother go together On a few days' outing-, audit there is any power to make'parenti appreciate all thag _their 'children are to them itis the power which separates_ them fora few days. • Fashion's FreakS. Re ever goes out of fashion. . . • Yello- flowereafe very fashimiable; • Pen will be revived for fall hate and bonnets. • Sleeves are to be worn lower on the shouldere. . • .--, . e : Round turbans are the novejtee for early ,- fall. wear. - . r' - ' ea . • ron-rust browns are the riv s f o gray _ e- and mushroom... _, • • , . . Moths in spun silk • webte 'of- gold are worked on tidie le Wings of -sea gulls are Seen WIT in many * a laelyia boudoir. • •-• ' -- - - Astrachan Jersey olothoomes among the new wool stuffs. • . e - - Lace dre;es are worn in the streets of ip... Parie,hul t in New -York; VeIvetestatin and lace costumes will be • all -the rage in the early fall. , Fancy feathers will be more worn than ostrich tips on the first fall hate. e Motifs, of embroidery and beads will be much used for dress decorations. : Elan Ica3g Turkish jackets of Velvet broche will be the first dressy- fall. wraps, . Moliere fronts of all sorts are tabooed by women:of fashion on the other side. * Cockades of Owl feathers sprinkled with -.7 golddust appearan:tong fallmillinery goods. Velvet leaves veined and edged with gold : will beused for bonnet trimmings and,dress •, motifs. - . _ The latest in lianas is a black thorn With ' a guinea pig Of ebony perohed on the solid silver handle.- .. Jet and Chenille will play an important part in dress trimmings, dioorations and motifs next season* - The latest Water pitcher is of Egyptian . , .• - A -pretty fancy is to Cover the pill9w ler the ' baby's carriage, and tomake & little. robe for him of some light • materiail like that used for curtains. . The lining may he of white, fiutitls far more - gay and sat- isfact3ry to the baby _ if lined. with some beight.00lor. - -- - Pineapple pie is a delicacy of -the season; chop the pineapple, sweeten to yogie.teete, Make a- rich crust,. hake in a deep plate, and in piece of a top elegise put strips of the dough across, Web_ them in milk if which . you have dissolved a little sugar. - liis will give the crust a delicate :brown sed mike it tender.. , ‘' - - - - .. ' - •• - . . , A new Way to make tarts :was pooiden- tally di800yeri3d• by the writer. Roll out pie eiriist quite -thin, and - out intio threee cornered pieces; _bend the edges pward; and put- a generous spoonful . of jam on eaohethen out very delicate:strips .f Orli and place SOWN like slats; wet , : Ai • gi of- -the slats, and: pressr.t A :12 i troly against the edge Of the ter. Bake quiekly.. -. Now that Apples are a novelty,. and are welcomed .in any form; a..goed . dish for the Oleos of- a plain dinner is made. by paring. and removing :the. core; from as. Many ' applee as you. will peed: - Boil the !apples in a little water, or, better stilesteginithene until tender. *Meanwhile cook some rice in milk, and when that is done put a the* layer in a pudding dish, and -thee Put the, appleelp ; fill the species with rice, but do. not cover the apples entirely. Setve With ' -• - - . a sauce .of milk sweetened and - flavored with nutmeg. - • Preserved tomatoes are ge luxury appre elated in winter; To - seven - pounds a tomatoes- add one pint of: vinega , -three ii and -a half pounds ot sugar, one ou oe mech. of cloves,* allepice and cinnamon,- 'Scald and peel the tomatoes (very, elle, • Opes are -best, drain theni. 'Let the -vmegae, "sugar and spices &et fin ftee inintives, then put the tomatoes into the kettle; thesei should boil for at least half an hour; if they Were not sudoessfully drained, three-quarters af an hour is none too. long. Keep thein- in jars Closely covered. •• • i . . • Inatrittionial:Coatedv. - A matrimonial comedy, which caused. some. amusement in this district 8ome tithe. ago, issued in !barges of assault at the Sheriff Court brought against . the perties chiefly' interested, who are. farm servants,. namedMargaretBiggins and William Bale They had made arrangements to get mar- ried,' and the _guestswere assembled, when,. at the last moment, Bole deolined to allow the ceremony to proceed unless a pe mised dowryshould be forthamniiig. The bride had engaged a lawyer to draw up mar- riage _settlement, .but e failed- to p °duo: - satisfactory - evidence of .the exists ea of any funds. The . wedding Was aocoe ingly broken off. Biggins,was charged wit hav- ing, on the road from the farm of West Oyerland, on June 29th last, assaulted Bole, by tearing the buckle or strap from his waist, biting hint on thethigh, and attempting to throw a jug of vitriol -Upon him. She pleaded not guilty, but was convicted -and finial in £2 or 20 day' im- prisonment. Bole weeereonvietedof haying, oil a subsequent 0004.1011, asiaulte Big -- gine, :and was fined in. -21 or 10 1 days' imPrigionment.,Edinburgh Scotsman... • .., A Lover's Device. A young man in Oilliushan, N.L, fell deeply in love witika"yOunglady of Hood* Falls. She, alas! did not reciprocate. i What did the young than do? Did he Mope around, and get thin; --- and , reduc his father's moat bill 10 per cent. 2. - Ne lie:.; be went and set the .girl's father's house on fire and then saved her from the Mimes. Success rewarded hie bravery and devotion, and now he is hard at work helping the old gentlemen build another shanty. When gegirl begins to -take an interest in the condition Of St young man's Wardrebe it iffik sign that they are engaged. When she loses all interest in it, it is a idgn thatthey . have parted—or are =Period, acoor ng to the Philadelphia Call. •,- - Twelve of the 27 translators of the new. version of the Old Testament died • wing Ole 12 years occupied in thMwOrk. , 44‘.161- OF: CARRODIA. Ari SuteAstfivqiait to in Oriental In a• . a r=0.1"t•41V.bott .4C(.03 a!llif,ade#0e • . - .B.CDolAphzteli a heutenane. On '. *nerd .1 French. *at tireill'el,- ei ilea' an . account Of _recent -viiiit. tO .ivg NorodoMiof Cambodia: ..e.The reyee eesieonee," he say., e is:a.t etc n le . ilea. - 'Seeerel ehOusand people are todgedie the erklosure _all Of Whint are at 94(3bed -tO: the eeevece of the. king. 'At the end, ct tI4i.tIcaCk4ourtyard.,_ Surrounded by ,iifferentk: of of - buildings, stands the E gropeal. pzil - - Whit% is quite similar to bbo OWelilings osthe rich merchants of Sai gon.-- Belli:412w, in *nether enclosure, is .1-;114- is . 4edivi, 'oil SO apart for tbearn3 the hati.i.4'hilbittion, gardens 'and huts 1 axle is close teethe .- profane. . The man e ,_ . .. _ ,,he : . dans a: the '.oat eneegetice purveyors o tbehaireee; Te.y-hope to obtain favor by givieg 'their 4e eelooking; .daughters .. to : the Klee. !The Weeeen are allowed to go • out an. by ehe of t .08E1 attange otiprioias com- ing. enogghi-h:- ., ng the -:mOnezobs •Of- -the ea;, whO-are. To! turns cruel :and paternal. - thee rarkeile eed: • to !hairy, the: king giving::. fp-. ' . ' - his :.'olaiMit• ..at -_ the regiest. •,:r,62-=' ie lovers.; --; but, on the 'ober .hieed, . iy .giatsntipt to enter the sae -ed hArerh_. purreptitiously iii • punished Wife the- eitthoeiseverity. _ Whe first time I vietted Ceizahoeeeeae. young bonze,: in high -.favor:Ai the dolt, . was diecovered :flirting with one 4f the-- rettieetvives of NorodOnc. if Vie lattele. zoo; 'ding to the usual custoni, otdered the twci.Jotrers- to be burned ali've. The'-accuged, beeWever, escaped the-penisle- went ' through .. 'ice intervention Of the *Old cineeni *the; 4.• ho ia a zealous Buddhist aevotee.. elintellthat time it - appears that the fair sex hS•4e .not become meet. . but their .puelehineeet: has ;been changed. . On reeeenineefeeireeeur eexpedition, the king, wbo:haci erene Jeo, visit - the chief of the -French gotectc„ftttii, asked tor some details as to the rEtirorOtin method of executing, or 'rather r- 4.4riotin.41, .. criniinale. M. Moura, 'without .:•4taebifg 'much iniportance to the queetiOn; grtalp.od his :niajesty's.. Ouriesity, . But what vit to-netoutehment When two Lents bi:e.iikti we learned that four yoling wome4 op .the harem had been shot in tbeEneaseie rtielitare -style, .and their heacla taken 61'fond hung Up for. :the • en. OotiriageMene tee the' other ladies of the honsehole I e .,11 .- - .: *- ... 'The kiog . ceived ' us Cordially, . and proinised. toeeelitate to the -utmost . of - hie abty . . due ' : fircbgeoleeical. „researches-. 1 Afterivard klea lied for one of our doctors: He wag 1-03.ed .,,. y a recent falleind it is en ' ertiele oft faith la Cganbodia. thatareinfirne or le41210 knells pnilt to govern. . He told tis in confidenee- .that : he.--• was -obliged, in confotmity -t7itii the " stiperstitious .tittstores of ,- his.:0-dejeatq :.tee.00rietilt. innumerable quacks., aaroloders and diviners. None of -thorn w.a4 able 23 °tire blip,- 40 all agreed .in trep.utieg • to Dvie sPiritstleeepersistenee of his trouble. e Oar , doeter immediately. placed h:3:-1 at the .disposition of; -hie •niejesty. . aerentriny: required that -: the august inVilid-4 could Ono, be examined through _the.' iteimediary -of one .of his insuffieie4y'. o.. this Method; and a - wives, but gee' lector * :OenViiiced 'hini of the examinatgou of'lielie hurt *- 0 and the remediee Applie ". 'On -tag q . .Of the-palaoe- we _blind - & door . a''' roup cif. ,b•onzes- on. - their knees, preyiel r the recovery of the king; - (Allege ...Weee ping . through the:. streets.- oheinting- :. Nrid. ,singing . .psalms. _ publics .prayers ' hed b n. otelekekthioughout the kingdom, :erAiceend ehe. pagodas. 'angle in front. of every:ebougee :tali bembeo _Canes were placed at. dressed:with -ribbons of various 6131004 Besides the : Statues .of Beiddegs, :Ot the riles: roads ,. and in the in- teruir-ot tee..Cle esedwellings, Odorifeeeint terehee teeeee pt.'butning. .Trade was suspended; : T ..pecple. appeared Outdoors in their:h4liday. Ostu,ines. In the. evening ant4 late .41. nighL, tbe streets were filied With people' esieyirigetemhes. or lanterns. , The isonieds. er4_ the ;o9itg aliCI !Of.. the tom *pm' were inizo wit:he constant deionatiOns of fireeireekersu ;id 4. ea -Sky- was 'continu- ally : atreaked. rob i reekete;.•whose expire aims and brilfliekty. were intended to drive away' the bad- .--birits. that. Were bent .ott toeinenting..thelpvereignee. - 7. "The next de4, weinetaliort rif •Cortege,. detn3posed of atout. 20 •natives, .WhO were iiihing' in: AIN. and before -. whom the. etrOwd of....gecipb: opened a Passage With great respec,t,-. • :T.his.wasthe- seem of. the little sdia of e•NoOdoin,.whO was: mit for in airing. • r214431:- ceeld ‘,.res • ieated -.upon tee shoulder el' e; Utile dignitary of theeetitiet A servan*Nival14-• behind and -' shaded hiin with. a ‘11.'.** )304 - T.his. royal:: baby was deessed.' Fe .p.si?..k gown eta brilliant: color; He Wore `4,liackkce and bracelets, and on° Shaped, tith th •- exception Of -a little top7 his ...nkle.were4ings of gold. His hair woe:: knot care:40.11y 'illed hp-en:the submit Of his tactile -end. thes.was surmounted by one 0! those white L4mirie flowers, whose sweet perfume ----c;•he -Oft: en here prize highly, and: they -gladly- 'ine-te effetinge of Won the altars OBI -40W! • _.. . - . - . .,. . ..11- . . -..mh oild'' -4awye.iesLexicon: I -WITOR-IPINDINAA IN INDO. . The Ordeal 1,* Wider Almionii Ike Tribea 'of Central : The ordeal byeseatet is universal amens' the barbarous Non-Aryttri tribes Of Central Indigiefrord the Blitele in the west country to tbe Wild men in :the almost unexplored jungles of •Beetat and -the far east- toward . the Bay of BengeL Here :is description Of one. Water zest, taken .few year*: ago from the mouth of t Xpert witchfinder among the7Blieele,whe mc,t, into serape for applyingit-to Ail old Woman.- .• A. bamboo. is stuck up in the middle of 11_4 water. Tee accused is taken to be ;eye_ . hold of :it.. and by it descende to: Vhs bottom. • : In . ehe s. 'meantime onee ef. , the villagers shoots au , Arrow f reui his . t bow, .and another. retie - p:ca it up And' bring it 'back ito 'the place. •whenea.. *it was shot. -If the woman is able Ace -re- , main tinder water until this: is done the is: • declared- innocent, but if she comes up to . . . . breathe before the arrow is returned into i• -the .bowinatt's• hand shale a tine .witch and must- be swung as such." In the erase from wheel this-.accoteut is taken the woman failed inthetoot, and Was .tionsequently swung toand fro, roped up to . a tree, with A bandage -Of red peepee en: her eyes;'but it is obvious that this.. kind of. ordeal, - like. -almost all primitiv erdeals, is contrived:BO est° depend for its effect . much upon the manner in Which it is conducted, whereby the. operator's .1.iiirer becomes worth galo•• Ae'skilfulearcher will Shoot just aB .. fagas he chooses.. :Ordeal by witer ia the question ordinary, which may probably be conatruoted as an. inquiry whether the water fetiokor water spine will accept. or :reject •tbe.-- Witch, -.whether - he is Mi her :side or -against her; and this seemed the -heat generaleiplanation of a world-wide custom. Another rikeleal to by heat, as, for teatimes, the peeling Of -a coin out . of . burning ;oil. But the question extraordinary -18 by swing; ing-Op„.1 issued tree, ..or by flogging with swittilies of • a particular- Wood. Swinging beforeaa. idol, with a...hook -through the musoles �f the.back, -is the well-known the- by.which 6 Hindoo devotee_ himself to the .god, and flegging with roes from gesaored tree inginifeetlYadds superhuman virtue to, the ordinary effaiit of a vigorous ' laying on. In woman suspected of, bringing ohOlerii into the village .was deliberately 'beaten to death with reds of the castor tit tree; Whit& is exoelleut for purging witch - reef t. , It is. netial also teknock out the front teeth of a notorious witee ethe prac- tice also appears to he 'Li -Mine -dad with the • .beiief„weli known-. in all. countries, tha-.. "-witches assume apimee" shapes; for in - India they are -7 supposed `' ocoasiou ally- to trareform themselves - into wild, 'beasts, A , sUtieretition analogous . to Or' EUropean )yoantlitopy. .-A good many years, Ago. there. " was an old map_prac- don* as a physician -east -Stinger; in, the elimaleyes, Who Was notorious as a sor- cerer, insomuele that his reputation of. havingeleiroured'ipany-,pergionge Under the ferin'of a..tiger coat him 0208C:of-his teeth; which were extracted -bye the: rajah; who: thenbeld iff--i-t-Tiotintry, Bo._ as • to-, render him . less formidable :during his cOnstant. Metembrpheses. , Shaving' the- "heads of feinale:wttchesie very common -among the tribes- Much .infeetedr- by . sorcerers; it .is eitployed aia an antidote, not.merely as -a degrading punishment, so. that 'MN -IS tempted to erabeeiteceigin to some -reeon,..- ditenotion of power residing in the hair.; andthuseeen. back toward-Sanison,- to Clive, With :the beautiful' locks, -and to the- eerniliar :devils of early Christian times,' who are said to have a peculiar. attaehment .for ivoniele with fine tresses.—Sir A. Lyall's - Young:Leeeeeee : (Much, elated)-.":Mr.Coke,' corieretul e ine 1 You _know I told you "hoc. i onsq Well, ..sir, . Fee won it. Yes, sir; apittakj, Won my first wee l" Coke an old • lafiyerj•-•‘# you're -excusable under the circturtences, but with a little experieece ;yew ray yet do honor to your prefeesion." ' Yong Lawyer," Excusable under the- OirtiugAtinoes l I don't -undet7; .stand•: your meeDing,-.-Mr. Coke." -Coke-,- "Don't .m.tdersta;td. Listen t if you .liad been alav*ozof operiende you Would have • lost that OA SO t tten you would advise your client . to !Ipzioal1, and it skilfully managed ' •• : might,:.: _have : been Made . to last for:years, 4-ati leeet as long as he had any mongry.: Bub yon have Won, and that's an end of it. '. Let it be. a leeson to you in. future."--4etton Transcript. - ' , . - - &ma lOals Remarked. • 'The old Lie terrible Gen. Blare, says the New Yorkbfal, is very rude with his sub- ordinates. itttalti he detailed his ordnance officer to pen him on the 000881012 of an official colemnity. The ceremony finished, theuteuant_returns. " gems," add the general, "that you were badly egzessetie You were remarked " Why, aeuaral---- tt "Y3,yrs seed you looked like a fool." - "But, ginerA, 7: had the honor to repre. sent you 1" - - -A wheat 100-geetiii-lengt Montseey, lads, 10111 Week. w•PA *Wight •- Same Tali Mena . • _ - Queen Elizabeth had a Flemish *porter who was it feet 6 inithilk; but John Marilee .ton, or tee Child of Hale, who was born in 1678,Seeeeded thie, for he was 9 fest '3 :Indies.Charles.. Munster, who Was One of the Hanoverian Guard, and who died in -1676, WM 8. feet 6 inches. • Capella, the Swedish gianteeilio exhibited in London in 1742, Was 8 feet in height. Of living giants, perhaps the inostlimotis is: Captain Bates, a native Of:Kentucky,'", but a resident of -Ohio, who attained a height Of 8.feet, and bis wife, Miss Anna Swan, of Nova Scotia, has a Similar height. • Chang Wu _Cion, the Chinese giant, measures '7 feet- 8 inehee. The Emerald We ..teiet.been famous for -giants. Animag the moht Celebrated of the 'Irish giants was Charles Byrne, -or O'Brien, who diedin 1783 at an early age of 22.. Hie death Was hastened by excessive drinking,. to which he was addicted, but espeeielly- ifter:the lois of all his money, whichehe bee made ' by exhibiting : himself, :which he had..invested in & single -note of £700, or 88,500.- In height he was 8 feet 1'4 mohese It is not often that more than one giant Is found In a family, bUt.of ell the celebrated tall- folk was the -family that Jaines Toder Oatorefrom. He was born in 1795 and -died in 1829, having - reached the height Of 8- feet- 6 inches._ He had two sis- ters of gigantic growth; one at the age -.of 18 . was 5 feet si inches in height; he other at the age of, 5 Semi was nearly. 5 feet. - .:Patrick Coster was gi celebrated -His .heiget was etseed to be, nine :feet, though a- memorial tablet .at. Bristed. says . his height . was 8 feet three 'inches. He made a competency and died in 1804. Heetaio, was Afraid that the doctors *mild, rieetire his body; and left Orders thelehe be .buried in e brick lamb, seouted by Itonj Wee. It is singular what a dislike these giants all had of the dissecting table, though they . were,. perfectly - willing to mt- liihit while alive. . There was once a clerk in the --Bank of England of great. height,' whose greatest fear Was that the 'doctors Would get his body - after death, : and he left the limit -complete directions in regard to the -disposal of , his remains.—Cincinnati Enquirer. 4 , A.' novel -way of presenting_ the aged "Pinafore". opera has been adopted by an opeigi troupgi at Asbury Park, N. J.- A " male:of:mai" has -been bulit on Sunset Lake; teeth of Asbury Perk, and the Play is given on itethe audience . Witnessing the per/opium* from the'ehore. BUtieroup ,00mee aboard.* .a row -boat and everything is as realistio aa Possible. . • ,w IReinfoteement* have beensent from -Portugal to Quilliamme, on the "east coast Of Abide: The Nile .has begun to -Ike again: . ..The judges who presided over • the trial of Stelltheohere the anitrohist who was - &n:ultimatum:heel sent to the hanged atVienna last month, have lately Rajah of TSIMM, delandiu ,tharelease of -dean bombarded with letters timitaining a the crew of the steatAsSp isetOtWithitt * great variety of threats againet their live0.1fOrtnight. " . • . . • ,_,...., „01_ .THE :7,:tfeLtEitA• tie it -Why ihe Chinese iiii Exempt al 1 e - DOes chciie. ra. - tap- 77.1.gehein.e. 2 .Is Canton ..._ s• .,,,,,,., 'specially deoimab hy it? . If not; why not?. I do not eskeeeee que-stionatconcern. mg.Tonquin, but pqtriet ' them to .0hina proper. I have .nr.let rvisited China, but -the published ,ac0-0.0s, the crowding, tha filth and the g6ne,4.liabizs of thainbabi- tants of large. Cleiegee, towns,, espeoielly- where, as at cauto,t, 4 vat popelation live afloat on the ,reeeeh of a., Ise:wage-laden river, shows that.. .;x:141- most favorable ocin- ditions for the prOrpgation. of this disease . arifettcrupulouely_fiitiled: We do. not.hear . of any t'1441)14 yzq.C./../.1:t/ns 'at.; Canton. . Had _ . .. sucti i -i,...:“, iota-. twat ,...:ziine, within thfilast . half century the :t rnimt have been. trumpeted fat ape .Wide . by the havotrit mut have n:lade i if t lie tea trade.-.. A genera; 'quarantine of our tegiShips would be an ape. preciable fact. If I1).1.4 right concerning the , practical immunity 4thie ga4tern 'country from the • special fi,.:01e --.0f .the .East, the fact is very instruct:O.. The* .Chinese --are , drinkers of 'toiled #4.ter, and they drink it hot before it has bed. One to. eool down and Mates any fresh se 44y of -disease -geniis. Theircordinary evet-, (fay •domestic beverage latea madeon a 1aroal3. in a large tea-- pot kept in a -paddefeeesket t3. retain -the heat Of the infusiofi, ..1The -whole loudly is supplied* -from tlis r reservoir whenever thirsty. Over and move thie there .is the. complimentary or 44,rious beverage. made in smaller qUantitlf3.*n Special oticaSions. The big pot to wbi01-41refer is that of the common poor -peotiVoist those who would supply, the .vietiirne. i.Voholere were epid,- eniio. Besides tke -i-irpoiling of--tbe water there is probitbly-iei0her eietiseptic agent . in suoli a ..beyetake-leeigethe astringent 'and an‘eightli in thf4iness. Ten of - these steel- tubes - out' o'.' Oates over twelve feet, shops for preparizie dap metal work' have at night and daY tithe- -aid of electrie - from 900 to 1,200 ie:Were employed in the bridge within six i --,4A0.0.. : Iminense work- shops presses :' ' --O,!.ern.ployed . to make selves fortunate if i-104. can oolhoete the -lights.... The gantil '.iipti4 are so long . that; in length,- fourleet tAz width, a d . an inch - put -.t3gether; the **shop itself iit move - largely -extracted ireetife family teapot.- . work of pfoparing t.43.iteal, laying fotinda. - Ivoilinien also resi.4§,,*d work is -.carried through -the workelgo003ere the parts are The London Tienesetseetibes the operations, . .tions for piers,. etc, #ied - the capital . in- . instead of attemeeieg to. -oarty them able, with all itk. Ohuderous Machinery: work in coutse ofeaetruction le this canti- lever been erected on. gee reeroued, where the On:aline:it of = the -0,0, --which must be (lee of the,greeteee.,:piecies of _engineering vested in plant amenets te half a Milli011of , and .supplements. t/ii:-•,-Written account with old ' and - reiipectek iiewepaper. Although dollars, the coneraee4e-will conaider them. leiter bridge over ..6e4-Foith. in . Scotland. an illuettation,a get- departure for that . . . ii-e.ssig oribroi:n wetland . .. ,,...-...,, ,'.,,,:4,. , .. .._ . tee plates, beep to'leWerid eiveted-togethet, Melte up a steel tubj.*elve feet in diame- ter. , Each cantilevp is to rise to a. height of 350,feet above. the 4Mense. . stone piers; and --- will stretch .: til... -w' arms 650. -feet in ' length, - right -.ilia 404 ot. ;the ;centre. A novel _feetere. of teeveCenstruotion of the :viaduct -pieta, .whicIpOrm the approaohe�. to the. cantileverh,40.that the guderaltire put . 'Upon them .ark On esthey are built above the water ley 4, ethd the whole •uepet strOoture is then 1,.*ii. tied up gradually as • theeniasenry is - litttpt',iinderneath, -until it. has beee raised eee.eindeee feet higher than ' at ' present. .- ell* .00mpleted bridge will be- high eneughe4ee water to permit the. passage of - shite.kiederneatk, and its Upper works will ttkoliMore than 350 feet abeve the water level4 i:, -- - ' ... ' 6 - -- • - i:' -.: 'r,-- - - . se wants to Wee 1,1 lFemale Burglar. - Daniel F..-Shugrulii.' A see -burned young fanner- from Windieeeelle, Conn.,- visited - • Brooklyn yeetardaytT,4find a wife... He had . visited Castle etaedeie; but did not find among the inimigraiete), any one Whom he tvaeltiniug . to mare:', . , Then he went to Brooklyn, and told tririi4nrpose of his visit -. to.Pelice Sergeant klAkieui at the Washing-- - Von Sreet`Station.3...„,•,-.f. - . , • -i ", There is one yorM woman in Brooklyn . I Would like .to"marreeP he said, " and that -. is EEllilaall's srithealael3eyealI4 gir. I :Who has beeWelt: arrested for. burglary::eeyersi tinies, and is. - at present teepriug aoeoz in -the peniten- tiary. • eThe : .letergeetee, suggested to ' the. yoting farmer. thatElfei might rob him if . he imiirried her. int.; Shugrue - gold he - -- *Might be isould zefeigiyher and Irene the - detieriptions he hae -,:eeed Of her in the patens' he was titire be Woted like her well enough - to make. heOlis -wife: To -day he - Will seek to obtain; ki4iterview with her. in the penitentiary.; ' ge lettthis note. at the polies station: ' ' ' ' * .. • ' • • - ,- ,, AUG. 17bh, 1884. Diem -Sm: ' Their: Tearer, Daniel • P. - Shugrue, wouldn't •' ;get a young lady, if -- sheeliould want to ivry ;a good; honest and faithful hpaban , ejf you know of any . - or hear cif any,: ple*-i:e me knew. Derate F. leneimuz.,:zi4 Y. ' 3 • 1 • - • - . •, , - .,-.•.eue*IliOai•giaat"*. • 61 211. ! . • De .1 -Asset,* Net :. The may Pettit At. Pins V., *holm name -is -inseparableeassooiated with_ the glorious battle of Leeentoehaseacogirdizig to dootenente• disoeeeeted in the Pionibine Library, by 'Signor :,eieeeitiga Neater:4;T Die.. learned librarian t-414- i philosopher, con- ceived . the project --eetlie canal and began.' to prepare measuriOlor. 'its fulfilment. ' The ' proposal ' of tke -Pope was highly As.. - pleasing to the Reeublio of eirenioe, which. .00neidered that .ifee..eeestige on the ocean • would suffer if the kt_;Tghicaybetween the - Indian - -0oean - an !ie Mediteeranean . were construcited. ',Woof -Nardueed•cone. . Veered thediscover:* og, the fact to M. De Lesseps, who admittle *that he had never . knOWnit preViouity.• `i In BOLOS parte of-...o•eegoil farmers are . oompelled to protecttheir crops from the ravaging blackbirds.* ts use of shot -guns. Franklin inartiett- -21, Mozart at 25, . Byron, Washington511;ellington and Bona.. parte at 27, Peel at 11,.Wadsworth at 33, Wilberforce at 38. lalttier at 42, Addisoniat 44; and old Parr, ta.g4,LOhis' third time, at - • 102. , - * -