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A HOME BLOWN VP.
S'Lroe Parsons Billed In the Wreck of
Saysuans'. Boarding House.
A Savannah, Ga., deapatoh given the
portionless of an explosion reported yester-
day: W. J. Bullard's boarding house, a
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morning. Three persona were killed and
six injured, two of whom will probably die.
Tbece,were eighteen people in the house.
The explosion shattered the wane, which
collapsed in en instant, a mass of rains.
Moss --of-- the occupants of the house were
asleep and were hurled from their beds,
and either,bnried under the falling debris
or thrown on top of it.
The killed are : Mrs. W. J. Ballard, Mr.
Iookley and Gus Robie. The wounded
are : John Roberts, right ankle fractured
shook ; L. 3. Tate, contusion o ace an
chest ; Meedon Hywood (colored). shoulder
dislocated and bruised ; J. A. Rives,
Slightly bruised ; Edward S. Everitt,
Slightly bruised ; Mrs. Edward Se Everitt,
slightly bruised ; Sam ging (colored),
badly braised abontsbody.
The first person taken out of the mine
was L. J. Tate, collector for the Citizen's
Bank, who was sleeping on the second floor
and was pinned down by falling timbers.
A. few minutes later the mangled body of
Mrs. Bullard was found eight feet under a
pile of bricks beneath the room where ehe
was sleeping. Robie's body was taken out
at 3 o'clock and was laid in Franklin
Square on a mattress. Robie name here
from New York a month ago, and was
employed by MoDonoghue & Co. as approll
man. He elept in the front hall room on
second floor and was found unders sheet
an the bed, where he had evidently been
killed as he slept. He has a wife in New
kirk-iromt-wbromrherreeeivedariette. -a--day
ape; or two a He was about 40 years old.
The 'body b11— I;;ookiey,-- was found
about 4 &cloak. It was the last taken
out of the building. J. A. Rimer', who
was sleeping in the front room on the
third floor with Roberts, wee hurled
to the second floor, and was pinned ' be-
tween the bed and floor until he was pulled
out by the firemen. He did not see Roberta
after the explosion occurred. The first he
ing_noiae and hien name
the crash, and then a blank. The next he
knew was being taken out from under the
debris. He was slightly bruised. Mr. and
Mrs. Everitt; who were sleeping in the
front room on the seoond floor, were pulled
out from under the ceiling above, which
+ held them fast. Mrs. John Paige and.
baby, who were sleeping in the room bank
of Mr. and Mrs. Everitt, escaped unhurt
and were lifted out by the firemen. As
fast as the injured people were taken out
they were carried into the rear of Andrew
Jaokson'e residenoe, just east of the fallen
building. Jaok Roberta, who slept with,
a. A. Rimes on the third floor, sustained
severe injuries about the body and
bead. Mr:Hellard, who was sleeping
with his.wife, had a marvellous escape, and
received bat a few alight bruises. Mrs.
Bullard was dead when . taken out. She
was fearfully crushed. The cause of the
explosion is a mystery. There are many
rumors of an ugly nature, but nobody will
take the responsibility of making a direct
statement.. Orbe man ineinuated that there
had been a row in the house toward the end
,of the jollification in which the inmate
bad been indulging. The building was a
three-story tenement, builtin the French
flat style, and faced north and south. The
two top floore were used as sleeping apart-
ments. The explosion blew the entire
building to the northward. Some of the
furniture was blown serosa - St. Julian
street into splinters, while the flying bricks
went in as far as Bay street. The entire
structure collapsed inward on Congress
street.
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4 NATURE'S TERRIBLE DEED.
He Hills HU Three Children with an Axe
and Then Suicides.
A Halifax deep ftoh saye : News has
just reaohed St. John's Nfld., from Labra-
dor of a fearful crime committed at Big
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neeleig Brock 1!Vgd . man named Ttl r9.
Oliver, with his wife and five children. On
a Sunday he told his son that he saw some
partridges aorose the river and that he had
better go and hunt for, them, and if they
were not there he could go further on.
Oliver then took off hie ehirt and gave it to
the lad, saying it was better than the one
he had - on. He also sent his wife and
daughter in the same direction to piok
wild tea. Oliver then took hie -Bible and
lay down on the bed. Before leaving, hie
wife took her infant boy of six months
a ;t on _thn has
Defenceless Armenians Slaughtered.
A Constantinople cable Bays : The fol-
lowing are the details of the recent riots at
Erzeroum : On Jnne420th the soldiery
were ordered to disperse the Armeniana,
who were holding a meeting in a church
yard. The soldiers began a massacre of
the Armenians, and the Turkish populace
joined in the attack. The shops and houses
of the Armenians were pillaged. The sack
lasted four hours. The British consulate,
at which- on the same night a fete was
being given for . the benefit of the poor
Armenians, was stoned and its gates and
windows broken. The consul and the mem-
bers of his family took refuge in the cellars
of the building and the fete was abandoned.
The American mission served sae a refuge
for 50 fugitives. Numbers of. Armenians,
relying on the promises of Tnrke to escor
them to places of safety, were murdered in
the streets. Fifty bodies have been found,
mostly., of persons who were bayoneted ;
350 persona were wounded, and 100 are
missing.
Six Battles Fought.
A San Salvador deepetoh says : News
has been received confirming the reports of
the snocese of the San Salvador forces be-
yond the frontier in Guatemalan territory.
The Salvador army has now gained six
battles, capturing p large quantity of arias
and ammunition. Many were killed and
wounded on both sides. The Salvador
forces are now pushing their way into the
. interior of Guatemala, and are meeting
with eacoeae at every step. Great
enthusiasm prevails, and 1 the 'intention is
4i to overthrow the Government of President
Barrillos before Doming td any agreement.
Salvador is determined to free itself from
the yoke of Guatemala and to assure its
•edCl liberty and independence.
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THE DISGRACED GUARDS.
Exciting Scene w Their Departure
for Africa— The Girl I Left Behind
Me."
A London cablegram says : The scenes
connected with the exile of the seoond
t teresting and ttt tsactoseleing. The men
were paraded at daybreak, and were
marched along the Victoria embankment to
the Victoria station. Early as was the
hour the streets were crowded, and at least
20,000 people accompanied them, the men
cheering, the women and children eying
and sobbing. The arrest of the six Grena-
diers and their trial by court-martial had
tended to oast a gloom over the whole bat-
talion. When sentences were pronounced
at the parade yesterday some painful
scenes occurred. The oldest soldiers
n been =e eo e. or ria t v a s range
misfortune a veteran named Perren
was one of the unlucky prieonere.
An older man named Riggs, belonging to
the same company, heed been transferred
to the reserve the day before. Later in the
day the prisoners exchanged their regi-
mental for prison garb. The precise hour
of their removal to the Brixton military
prison was a well -guarded secret, while
their transfer to the ambulance waggon
was so quietly effected that only' ere few
soldiers caw them. When the men
emerged the spectators raised a loud shoat.
They were handcuffed in pairs and
escorted by non-eommiesioned offieere.
They appeared dejected and haggard. One
soldier in the regiment shouted, " Pat
your heart comrades." Several prisoners
burst out crying after the departure of the
men. The story of their fare-
well parting with their wives and
ohildren spread through the bar -
reeks, - roes—eM—Idren,-aweethearte- and
comrades crowded into the spacious yard.
Painful meetings took place in- the yard
and in the canteen. Outside stood a great
crowd of sightseers, who gazed curiously
and sympathetically between the railings.
The couples separated, the women hurry-
ing away with their friends and children,
taking a farewell kiss from their father.
While these pathetic scenes were going on
in the yard different ones were being
enacted in the canteen Y,ogng women
who seemed to have plenty of money were
there treating their lovers. - The taps were
continually running, and the flowing bowl
apparently lightened the burden of the
men for the time. They forgot their mis-
fortune and indulged in jig dancing and
singing. At the sound of the bugle
women rushed outside. At 5 o'clock
the men were drawn np in double
line, and 15 minutes later the colonel gave
the order to march. The great gates at
the Buckingham Palace end of the yard'
were thrown open, and while the bend
played the spirit -stirring• British Grenad-
iers the, battalion marched out -and were
greeted by the Wields and cheers of an
enormous throng. A number of policemen
were formed in three line to open the way
for the soldiers. After thepolice name
sappers and miners, and behind them a
band and Col. Eaton at the head of the
regiment. At/ the battalion appeared in
the road a mighty deafening cheer went up
from the assembled thousands. The
column . was repeatedly broken,
caused by women seeking their hus-
bands, with whom, when found, they
marched some time. Several men kept
pane with their sons. It is said that at
the inspection yesterday by the Dake of
Cambridge it was noticed that the men
shouldered their arms in a slovenly
manner, there appearing to be an inclina-
tion on their part not to obey orders.
Subsequent inquiries have elicited the fact
that an nnderstanding,eaieted that on the
order to shoulder arms being given they
shonld remain motioless. Fortunately the
men altered their minds at the Inst
moment on seeing that some of their com-
panions were obeying the orders. A re-
porter interviewed a soldier of the Grena-
diers, who says that his companions were
entirely in sympathy with the men of the
econd battalion, and that there will cer-
tainly be tronble melees certain reforms are
made.
Wl ger
half way aorosa the brook ehe heard the
report of a gun, and looking around she
eaw the doge running from the door, but
thinking nothing was wrong ehe continued
her journey. After she and her daugh-
ter bad gathered all the tee required
they returned home. ?ere the poor mother
and daughter beheld a sickening eight. On
the floor was the baby ehe had left perm -
fully aleeping with its father. There
seemed to be a little life in it, but on taking -
it up she discovered that the little head was
battered almost in pieces. The nextsight
that met her horrified gaze was the body of
her daughter, a girl of 11 years, in a sitting
posture on the floor, with her head fear-
fully mangled, in fact literally beaten to
pieces, while across her legs lay a boy aged
6 years, with his head almost split open
but Still alive and moaning. The poor fel-
low lived till sunset. She next discovered
the body of her husband etretohed on the
floor behind the door, with s gun-graspsd-
in both hands in the grip of death. A bul-
let hole through his head and one eyehang-
ing on his cheek told the tale of hie death.
The distracted mother, after waiting till
the boy died, ran to Seal Cove Point, a
distance of three miles, where her nearest
neighbor., a family named Coves, lived,
and told her awfuletory. They buried the
vioti me near the house in which the crime
was committed, placing the gun in the mur-
derer's coffin. Tile.obildren were killed with
an axe.
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His Life Saved by a Boy.
A Portland, Me., despatch says : Yester-
day a wealthy Montreal man attempted to
board a train at Old Orchard after it had
started. He ran to the rear end of the
baggge. oar and caught the railing, but lost
hie footing. As he was banging to the rail-
ing he swung between the care and was
losing hie grip when Frank E. Helly, of
South Berwick, a boy pedlar, saw him and
managed to pull him' on board the train.
When he had recovered he asked the boy'a
name, and said he had saved his life, and,
promised to Bend him a ehegne for 1)5,000
when he reaohed home.
Cady..I oward..do.Waldon__has__exprea ed.
her intention of endowing, at a cost of
00,000, a ward at the Wed Kent Hospital,
as a thank offering for her recent recovery
from a ierione illness.
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BURNED AT BEA.
The Egypt's Crew Saved by the Oil -Laden
Manhattan.
A London cable says : The steamer
Manhattan sighted the Egypt in fall blaze
in lat. 40.28 north, lon. 38 west, but being
laden with oil dared not go near the burn-
ing vessel. She lowered 'her boats, how-
ever, and saved all on board the Egypt.
Capt. Robinson, of the Manhattainawho
formerly sailed in the National Line, in-
formed the rescued officers he had only
enough provisions for 40 persons, and a dis-
mission was had as to whether or not to
make the Azores, 250 miles distant. It was
finally decided- to proceed for Dover, and
everyone was placed on short rations.
There were 640 head of cattle on the Egypt,
and all were burned to death, or, breaking
loose and plunging overboard, were.
drowned. For a time there was much eon -
fusion on the Egypt, but no panic. The
National Company chartered a tug at
Dover to meet the Manhattan and supply
her with provisions. She started at 6
o'clock this evening with a full supply of
provieions and other necessaries for the
rescued people. Capt. James Sumner, of
the Egypt, is the commodore . of the Na-
tional Line. , The companyy do not insure
their vessels, but put the amount which
they would have to pay as premiums into
a special fund on account of their vessels.
Denver's Cloud -burst.
A Wedneedey'a Denver despatch says :
At midnight last night occurred a
catastrophe that has temporarily isolated
the towns np Clear Creek Canon from the
world. An immense cloud -burst near the
forks of a creek poured a deluge of water
within the narrow walls of the canon. It
completely demolished the two iron rail-
way bridges at the lorke, and, as far as
can be learned, annihilated ell the
denaturise in the vicinity. The restaurant,
the depot and the outhouses were swept
away. It is believed no, lives were lost.
The immense column of water, laden with
wreckage, went tearing down the canon,
with the result that from the forks to
Golden there is scarcely a vestige of the
railroad left. The greater portion of the
road -bed is destroyed and all means of
communication are gone.
A City's Health Imperilled.
A Canton, 0., despatch nye : There is
a fierce war being waged against the owners
of slaughter houses in this city. Some
time ago the Board of Health leaned an
ediot that they should go out of the city.
The owners refused. The members of the
Board of Health made en investigation of
the slaughterpens yesterday,, finding mat-
ters in horrible shape. At one place where
bologna sausages are made they found mil-
lions of maggots Drawling over the meat to
be used in the manufacture. Other alaugh-
ter hooses were found in a similar" condi-
tion. The water along the creek where the
houses are situated is filled with filth for a
mile. The Board of Health says they must
go and the ownera say nay.
A Cyclone Visite Marshall.
A Marshall, Minn., special says : At 5
o'olook yesterday a blaok cloud resembling
a great serpent reaohed downward from
the dense black masses of storm clouds
that had formed during the afternoon and
moving in a southeasterly direction. It
demolished the buildings of three !Armen
living nine miles northwest of here. A
ohild of Felix-Dearan bad its leg broken,
another , ,.ad night,
head _ crushed and,. ciiod
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aurin the ni ht, and Mee. Dearan was
seriously bet:Heed. Mrs. A. M. Opdall and
child were blown by the cyclone on a wire
fence and seriously bruised. Two of
Opdall's horses were carried Brom the barn
to r'1 peaturb near by without injury.
Miss MAy Rogers, an Iowa girl, has
compiled a, Waverly dictionary in which
Piero than, thirteen hundred ebareetere of
Co t'0 novels are described with haustra.
tive atritiiii 'tris 't e text.'
He, feeling lain way—An honorable man
should marry only ter love.' She--Cer•
tainly, O, certainly 1 --if he can afford it.
V.E1kARSABLR- OPERATIONS. ONTARIO OFFICIALS.
Some of the Difficult Things. Done Success- They Inspect the Concord Reformator,
fUUy by Burgeons. and Review the Methods.
The first honoreof surgery are awarded The Ontario Prison Commission, which
to those who are the first -to perform dif&- is now on a visit to this oity, has been
cult operations. Judged by this standard, greatly impressed by the systems adopted
-z• air a- , 1,q , #y Q I M.,,At. Y OfieAQhusette for' _the •
%s^,-s�RS?�'A^� 7. a . u. G.. i . ''rr;.. �!4a: x WscZ+^m�;.: r*�.,...
po -w , s..,r.•.iesd1 � wtitle ,-, nl hment and reote;mditeri-OietilikereF '
g►ur,6uG of aurgaca:l atrjenae, Y;; bctlod Eoijal classes. The commission was 000npied
all the forenoon and evening yesterdan in
hearing the evidence of Mr. Fred G. Patti -
grove, secretary and executive officer of
the Prison Commissioners. Mr. Petti-
grove's 24 years'' experience in prison
affairs emiently qualified him to speak
upon the nature of- the work that is being
done, as well as upon the results that have
attended it. He described ins comprehen-
sive and graphio way the whole nonce of
treatment to which the prisoner is cub-
• .: , r i m the moment he first ,forfeits;
the first rank among the surgeons of
the world, eaye the New York Ledger. In
his 33rd year he planed a ligature round
arteries within two inches of the heart—
an operation sufficient of itself to place
him at the summit of his profession. In
1828 he performed what is universally
allowed to be the most difficult feat ever
attempted in surgery.
A clergyman was affiioted with an enor-
mous tumor in the neck, in whioh were
imbedded and twisted many of the great
necessary to take out entire one of the
collar bones, to lay bare the membrane in -
closing the lungs, to dissect around arteries
displaced by the tumor and imbedded in it,
to apply 4Q ligatures and remove an
immense mass of diseased matter. All
this was done without the aid of chloro-
form. The patient survived the operation,
and subsequently dieoharged the duties of
his profession.
Dr. Mott was the firet to operate sno-
cessfully for immovability of the lower jaw
and the first to entirely remove the Iower
jaw. He was the first to enooeed in sewing
up a alit in a large vein, and be did this in
some cases where a portion of the vein had
been sliced away—an operation of incon-
ceivable delicacy. He once cut away two
inches of the deep jugular vein, which was
imbedded in a tumor, and tied both ends
of it. In the course of hie long professional
life he tied the oorotid artery 46 times and
amputated nearly 1,000 limbs. Sir Astley
-tr6opei trutetneetearked °4. Dr; - Mott has`
performed moke of the great operations
than anyman living or- that ever did live."
A great surgeon is frequently tempted,
by the mere love of his art, to perform an
operation not strictly necessary. Dr. Mott
held this practice in abhorrence. He need
to relate an anecdote of his last visit to
Paris, which shows that some surgeons are
not so scrupulous. A celebrated Paris
surgeon asked him one day if he world like
i arfrw . •e gin aL aperation
" Nothing would give, me more pleasure,"
replied Dr. Mott. The Frenohman mused
a moment. and then said : '+ However, now
I think of it, there is no patient in the
hospital who has that malady. No matter,
my dear friend, there is a poor devil in
ward No. —, who is of no use to himself or
anybody else ; and if yon come to -morrow
I'll operate beautifully on him." It need
not be said that Dr. Mott declined to wit-
ness the perpetration- cf a crime so
atrocious. _
To Hamper the Lotteries.
A Washington despatch says : The House
Postoffice Committee to -day agreed upon a
substitute Bill in lien of a number of pend-
ing Bills adverse to lotteries, and ordered it
to be reported to the House. The substi-
tute prohibits lottery circulars and tickets,
lists of drawings, money or drafts for pur-
chase of lottery tickets, or newspapers con=
taining lottery advertisements or drawings
from being carried in mails or delivered by
carriers, and a penalty not exceeding $5,000
fine and imprisonment not exceeding one
year is to be imposed upon any person de-
positing such matter in the mails. ' The
Poatmaster•General is also to be authorized
upon evidence of the existence of a lottery
or gift enterpriee to cause registered letters
directed to the company to be stamped
" iraadnlent" and returned to the senders,
and he may also forbid the payment of
money orders addressed to a lottery or gift
enterprise. ,
A Madman's Deed.
A Lockport, N. Y., despatch says : At
Wolcottville, a German village ten ,miler'
southeast of thin city, yesterday afternoon
a lunatic named Yago beat Poormaster
Schultz so severely with a shovel and an
axe that Scholtz died in the evening.
/ago had been in an asylum two or three
years, but was recently permitted to return
home, apparently' restored to reason. He
soon, however, became so violent that
Poorm.aster Scholtz, accompanied by a
constable, went to Yagd's house to take
him and return him to the asylum. .He
attacked Schnitz with a shovel and an
axe, and soon beat him into insensibility.
He then fled, and has not been captured.
MrseHojack-Jolen,dear,. the,dooter,sayys.
you'll have to live en oatmeal for a week.
Hojaok (despairingly): Oh, this is gruel
Great preparations are being made at
Lima to receive the remains- of the Poru-
vian heroes who lost their lives during the
late war with Chili. They are being
brought from different pointe by Peruvian
men-of-war, and will be reinterred at Lima.
The Peruvian man-of-war Lima brought
to Ignigne the remains of Vloe.Admiral
Oran and others. She Was escorted '1rorff
i'ipiot iiyvhb="'Ch'iilunmarii war
Esmeralda.
--Ice cream a la lawn Jennie is served in,
balls':
Not Intended as a Warning.
A New Jersey woman, attempted to fill
an oil stove yesterday while one of the
burners] was lighted. She - was horribly
burned and is now dying. Of course thie
is not mentioned here as a warning to
Brooklyn women. They know a thing or
two better than this, and when they desire
to experience the sensation of seeing how
near they can come to ,killing themselves
and yet live, they light the fire with kero-
sene, eat ice cream bought of an Italian
street peddler, or try to cross the rapid
eranait tracks on Atlantio avenue.—Brook-
lyn Union.
He Found His Man.
A Fresno, Cal., despatch says : John D.
Fiske, a lawyer and opera house mana'er,
was shot and killed last night by Joseph T.
Stillman, an inventor. Stillnnan had been
hunting' for Fiske all day, and found hint at
last in front of the Grand ''inion • Hotel.
Stillman claims the shooting grew oat `of
an attempt of Fiske to blackmail him. He
says Fiske has been demanding half inter-
est in certain patents of his, and threaten-
ing that unless Stillman gave him such in-
terest he would tell Mrs. Stillman of an
alleged intimacy with another woman.
Stillman declares he was driven to despera-
tion by Flake's threats.
A Poisoned Meat Feast.
A Rice Lake, Wig., despatch says :
Twenty-one persons are in danger of dying
from eating supposedly poisoned meat, and
several of the cases are very critical. State
Dairy, and Food Commissioner Th1omb was
summoned yesterday to investigallej
meat, to the amount of 75 pounds, was
planed on sale at a local market. The city
physician says that the sickness is positively
due to eating this meat. The peraone sick
were taken with violent vomiting and
cramps.
Jealousy Leads to !Warder.
A New York d%ps.tr-h este; : Patchello
Bonohette, an .Italian, murdered Francisco
Frank, aged 30, at New l3ochelle to -day.
Frank was married seven months ago to
an Italian girl, and Eonchette has been
infatuated with Mrs. Frank for some time,
This afternoon Eonchette went to Frank's
house, add advised itre. Frank to leave
her husband, and go and live with him.
Frank attempted to put Bonohette• out of
the house, when the latter drew a revolver
and fired four shots, killing Frank instantly;
Bouchette was arrested.
The Deadly Level Creasing.
A Grafton, W. Va., despatch eaye : Wm.
Golden, his wife and three children 'started
to .roes the main line of the Baltimore &
Ohio Road near the roilroad hotel, but see-
ing the yard, engine coming np the 'road
they stopped to let it pass. Mr. Golden,
was holding -his 2 -year-old boy in hie arms.
and hie wife a month ofd baby. While
watching the engine a paaeenger train came
along and struck the.family, inatantly kill-
ing the husband, wife and two children
and fatally injuring the boy who was in his
father's arms. The little fellow died in an
hour.
" I don't object to your rates," said the
summer boarder to the farmer, but 1
kick against your mosquitoes' bill."
-And now cornea a Britisher, who knows
Prince George, to remark that His Royal
'Ighneee hate fuss and parade, detests
receptions, likes • to mingle with good
fellows, smoke and swap motion, and will
make hie stay short at Newport if he fa not
let alone. '.
�.Ah advettieer.offeKa 1naxx@d.Agate'
slery" for este; We presume- elf kinds et
men have to wear hosiery, but why this in.
vidions-dietinotfon between men who are
sober and men• who are mixed 7
sentence. The common, jails here are con-
dnoted upon pretty much the same principle
as those of Ontario, exoept that the latter
are used mare largely for sentenced pris-
oners than the former, The houses of cor-
rection which form so large a teedure of
the penal code of Massachusetts/ hive not
been introduced to any great extent into
the premier province of Canada. The
members of the commission were greatly
interested in the thorough and systematic
method of treatment of juvenile offenders•
adopted'by the State, and apparently work-
ing with such excellent effect. . The probs-
tional treatment of the erring urchins who
fall for the first time was new to them, and
the system of primary sohools, of which
Moneon is so excellent an example, has no
parallel in the Dominion. But, above all
and beyond all were the visitors struck
with the reformatory at Concord, which
they were shown over by Col. Gardner Tufts-
in t1i-e_a.ft;rnann Soine.of the membera of
the commission have vieited the prisons
and reformatories of almoet every country,:
but nowher&bive they seen such an heti.
tntion as exists at Concord. ' Th gg��'' beheld
with astonishment the wholesome;`atmos-
phere that pervaded the plane, the unique -
arrangements that must operate success-
fully,—if any arrangements can operate
successfully—in the reformation of the
criminal, the wonderful surroundings, the
machinery, the schools, the pianos and the
rev Tape-tr o— oio 11--visit—
some other institutions to -da , and will
afterwards proceed to New York, returning
to Toronto by way of Elmira.—Boston
Herald.
About Cucumbers.
Many people are under the impression
that the cucumber is very indigestible, and
when they eat it they do so under protest
and with apprehensions of possibly dire
consequences. How this delusion can have -
arisen it difficult to say, unless it be that
the cuoumber is often eaten with salmon and
other indigestible table friends. It is not
the cuoumber, however, but the salmon,
that Bite so heavily upon our stomaoh's
throne. Cucumber, in fact, is very digest-
ible when eaten properly. It cannot, in.
deed, be otherwise when it is remembered
that it consiete mainly of water, and those
parts which are not water are almost
exclusively cells of a very rapid growth. In
eating cucumber 41 is well to cut it into
thin slioes and . to masticate them thor-
oughly. Even the vinegar and the pepper
that are so often added to it are of servioe
to digestion if not taken in excess.. The
cucumber, as every one knows, belongs to
the melon tribe, but in our somewhat cold
country it does not grow to any very large
size, and therefore it is firmer and looks
Iess digestible than its congener, the melon:
—The Hospital..
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After Life.
It cannot be that earth is man's only
abiding place: It cannot be that our `life
is a bubble oast upon the ocean of eternity,
to float a moment upon its surface and then
go into nothingness and darkness forever.
Else why is it that the high and glorious
aspirations leap like angels from the tem-
ples of our hearts and forever wander
abroad, unsatisfied ? Why is it that the
rainbow and the aloud come over with' e,
beauty that is not of earth and then page
cff and leave rte to muse on their faded
loveliness ? Why is it that the stars whioh
hold their festival around the midnight
throne are set above the grasp of our lim-
ited faculties, forever mocking ns with their
unapproachable glory.? And, finally, why
is it that bright forma of human beauty are
presented to the view and t en taken from
ua, leaving the thousand reams of the
affections to flow back i Alpine torrents
npon our hearts ? We ere born for a higher
destiny than earth. There ie a realm where
the stars will be spread out before us like
the islands that slumber on the ocean ; and
where the beautiful beings that here pees,
before ne like visions will stay in our pre-
sence forever. --George D. Prentice.
The First Railroad Accident.
The first great railroad accident occur-
red on the Great Western road of England
in 1841. A train was rushing along when
a mass of earth and atones fell from the
embankment and obetrnoted the way.
Eight pereone were killed_ and many
wounded. The coroner's jury returned a
verdict of "accidental deaA in all oases
and a deodand of £1,000, an"engine, tender
and carriages." The old common law pro.
vided that when any personal ohattel was
the cause of death it should bo forfeited to
the king. Part of this ant was not enforc-
ed in later years, but a heavy fine was im-
posed on the owners of any ohattel doing
personal injury to the king's subjects.•
This law was observed` as late as 1847,
when parliament abolished the practice.--,
Detroit Free Press.
Dainty Mosaic Work.
In the matter of the daintiest handi.
work, think of a face wrought in mosaic,
in which 1,700,000 pieoos 'were used, the
largest of which was less in size than a
millet aced l Such a trophy of patient
Mee ie recorded of an , artisan who, in
snob minute detail, has given the portrait
of Pahl V., who lived in the Sixteenth cen-
tury,
The apseased valuatipn of real estate in
Brooklyh this year, for parposea.of taxa-
tion, is ;431,074444, an inor°osee of $23,-
874,300 over last year.
Advices Irene Lanziliarstate that n l t i
foreigners there except the Germane wel-
come the ostabliehmept of a Britieh pro-
tectorate.