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The Brussels Post, 1891-4-10, Page 6eteassaus TRE BRUSSELS POST. .APllll, 10, 1891, Late Foreign News. A HORRIBLE DEATH, A Priest Garroted by a Butcher. A REOF,LESS DRIVER fdOBBED, Unique 1lonument. A. tranceAastralian railroad is being talk- ed of in the colony; Inview of the prospect of the gotten previa supply failing in Singapore the French Gov- ernment has decided to cultivate the tree in Algeria. Advioas nein Hong Kong states that the Wife of a Chinaman in Kungsi, who poisouod her husband and two members of his family, bas been condoned to death by the ling - chi or slicing process, 0 punishment which is now seldom l ttlkted. It consists in slicing the flesh of the condemned person and allow- ing the victim to blood to death. A trousers -button manufacturer at Bannon advertises his readiness to pay $210 to the heirs of any Iran who may be killed in a railway amide, pt evicted he is found to have been wen ng at least six of the plane• facturer's butter's. A duel extraordinary was promised a few days ago l'otweeu two of the most eminent fencfug toasters in Paris. The quarrel arose out of Al. hi,et•ignaa's reflection upon M. Vigeante fitness an an umpire, and the chal- lenge was sent, but the seconds conoluded that utero was no cause for fighting. A great fire broke out recently in the pine forest of I ett'a Clava, which is ono of the finest and most extensive in the Alves Maritihne:, and is situated in the mountains above .\lentone, says 0 Nice correspondent. The battalion of Alpine troops garrisoned :in the neighbourhood was called out, and a sergeant and two privates were sullocated In the efforts to extinguish the flames. The Catholio authorities in Treves an- nounce that the coat of Joseph, the bus. bend of Mary, which is preserved there as a sacred relic, is to bo exhibited to the faithful during the tenet' months, when pilgrim- ages froth animas of Catholic Germany are .expected to visit neves. The garment was recently impeded by a number of clerical learned experts and pronounced to be genuine. .e . Reuler's telegram dense Vienna, Wed- nesday, Faye : —?Railway communication between this city and Trieste is interrupted. in cense month of several avalanches having fallen hem the precipitous sides of the nor row valley of the Save, in Southern Styria, through which the line rums, canning a block erne Bodtneller. Convicts frcn. the prison et ('illi have Leen ordered to the spot tt- cL : r the em•. Pastor Schaoh, of the Catholic Pius Con- gregation, in Berlin, has been garroted, and nearly killed by a well-to-do Protestant butcher named Lehmann. The latter wont to the Presbytery, and assaulted the priest for advising his wife, who is a Catholic, to have her children baptized et the Catholic faith against her husband's wishes. The sexton rescued the priest from Lis assailant, but the rev. gentleman is not expected to recover. A Berlin telegram states ,—The Public Prosecutor at Knstrin, near frankfort, has offered to reward for the capture of 0 Ger- man who, since September last, is believed to have made five atterepis to murder five different prostitutes, after the fashion at. tributed in England to " Jaelc the Ripper." Hie last victim, a woman named \\' Elden, who was attacked on Fob. 21, and received a wound, pleasuring about, eight inches, across the stomach, died yesterday. Her assailant is described as a mint about thirty years of age, with a blonde moustache. Ho wore sailor's clothes. There is a project on foot to erect antonu numb to three famous musicians in Berlin— Mozart, Haydn, surd Beethoven. A cone enitteo that has been formed to carry oat the idea has already mot ; anted the otlggoe- tion is to build a monument that shalt give sculpture free play, and be something unique. The monument is 10 rise amidst the shady foliaged walks of theThie'garten, between Charlottenbur" and Berlin and it is suggested it ehnuld take the form of an open hull, in whish the three monuments shall stand. Sheat the erection of tis Luther monnmeut at Worms there ]las not been so great and suggestive a work untlertttken ; and it is hoped that both subscriptions aid sugges- tions and designs may flow richly in to the committee. An exciting scene was witnessed by the occupants of the gambling 1'oomo net Monte •Carlo on Saturday, A visitor from London had extraordinary luck, add won in succes- sion 14 maximum stakes of 12,000—in all nearly£7,000 at one of the trent.-et-gnaranto tables. He thus accomplished the feat known as broaking the bank, and when he had cleared the table and the croupiers were obliged to Beek the cashier for morefunds to pay the player, the excitement waa unbound- ed, the people round the table cheering heartily at this signal defeat of the tummy. Advices received from Manilla say that a band of robbers have attacitod a monastery of Franciscans on the island. The plonks made a determined resistance, but were overpowered, and a several were wounded, including Father Jiminey, the prornrator, who is not expected to recover, Tite con- vent porter WAS also seriously. wounded, The police, arriving promptly on the scone, captured four of the robbers as they were leaving the grounds,. Tho majority of the robbers, however, escaped with plunder Volted at 000 dols. A serious riot occurred on Monday after. noon in the \Vordorsclter Market, Berlin, when an excited crowd attempted to lynell a butcher named \Viehert Woissonsec, who had reokleasly driven over and nearly killed two men who wore drawing a handcart, Wiobert endeavoured to escape, but was torn from the boxofiris cart, and lashed fearfully with his own whip. The police fought hard to rescue ]tint alive, anti sue. needed only after a severe struggle. Thio episode is only a resale of the excitement of the people over the rookies drivieg iw the city, which bee lately oo5tmany lives. Perhaps there is no more cirinns plate on he Pacific seaboard than Iquique, we Iles just been bombarded by the (Milian Fleet. 11 elands in a region where rain has never been known to fall, whore, as was remarked by Darwin when he visitor' Iquique in 1535, the inhabitants lino like people on board ship. These number about fourteen thou- sand, nearly all connected with the staple industry of the port, duo to thodovelopmont of the nitrate industry on the adjacontpan. pas; The town le built at ono end of a nar. row strip of sand, Thin sand is so arid and saline that it (idiom alnattempts at °ultiva- tfet. Igniqtic is tints entirely dependent on the nett for its fond, RUSSIAN NEWS AND VIEWS. Several district assemblies of the Govern- ment of Vologrla have olosed their public schools, In sumo plaoes they wore obliged to do so for want of funds ; in other places they diel it because the Government agents assumed the positions of school inspectors and principal managers, and this was not to the liking of the population. \\'hors the latter was the rase the assemblies voted to turn their public eehuolsinto parish schools. But as according to the existing latus the parish eoltools must hold their ses. sines in the church building, and theelturch- es of those districts are pt'eparedto aocotntno- date euch institution, tlteschools aro pram tioally closed. In a hospital of Odessa an ex lerimeut was made recently with Brown•Sequard'e lymph which ural peeve of great einniflc• 0005 to the medical science. On to patient stiflering from scurvy the superin• tending physician resolved to try the injeo- llon of Brown-Se.(aard's lytnplt. After ono week's trial the patient's condition had im- proved, The injections were stopped, and Ilia condition grow worse again, Then the medicine was applied again without inter. Mission, and within three weeks his recovery was complete. The lymph was pr tli med, at the laboratory of the physician who tried it, from the organs of domestic rabbits. On Fob. 11 the smokeless powder factory, which the Government began building in St. Petersburg in last Juno, was opened. After the religions ceremonies, customary on such occasions, the machinery of the estab- lishment was put in motion, midweek befoul at once. Between noon until 11 o'clock p,m, eight pools (320 pounds) of smokeless pow- der of an excellent quality were mennfactur- ad. The working capacity of the factory amounts at present to twenty hooch. a day, but this will bo considerably increased when the annex, now in comae of erection, i8 rade for the nnoufaeture of pyroxyliuo on the premises. The Socie`y for the Protection of Animals has ewer,'edanodal toelr.S.A.lehroosttL'oll' of St. Petersburg for the considerable ratan• tier in which he keeps the horses which have done service for stint. That gentleman is a member of the brandy distilling firm ofKel- ler & Co, He ]tea caused a special hospital to be built for hoses which have grown old in the service of the distillery. There are at present three horses there. One of them, named Selim, is twenty-two years old, and has been at work in the did i'ery abort 80v- etteen years. The other inmates of the ie• stitutioa are elaltohik, twenty-nine years old and retired for the hist six years, and Starik Syeday, 30 years old, and rept on charity for the 'stet seven years. His head has grown to abnormal proportions in some parts ; of his to th only the roots are left. He spends the greatest part of the day lying in his stall, and when Lholattermust be clean• ed he is helped to got up with at appliance made specially for the purpose. When he is put of his legs he is led about in the yard for some time, two men walking by his side to support him. He is fed on oats, flour, and chopped hay. Gem:Aciarhn of St. Petersburg is quite des- pondent about the religious state of the Russian people. "In the higher spheres of Russian soetoty," the editor moans, " there is to constant and successful propaganda of all sorts of heresies going on, from the oldest heresies down to those which are promttgat• ed by Tolstoi, Among the intelligent pco- pie religion has ceased to be a subject of earnest consideration, and among the lower classes of society many millions eau bo found upholding false doctrines and adhering to false beliefs. Whither we go to preach re. ligiot fateful powers stand in our way. We went to enlightened Bulgaria and beheld dark ail bloody shadows covered that land 1 We carried religions truth to Abyssinia and rte waves of the see drove our vessels back from the African shores. Wo desired to spend our religious solicitude on Jerusalem, at the very tomb of our Saviour, and trouble and contention among our own foiled our efforts. Ales ! it seems Chet the hand of the Almighty Himself inflicts snob painful wounds on the bleeding Russian heart." The illustrious editor of O,'aaartanin. Prince itfastcherske, writes an editorial two columns long in this heartrending strain. Ever since he Crimean ever many of the populous thoroughfams of Odessa have been undermined. le l t14 i s low was framed by the nntnicipal council (cloonna), staking it obligatory upon every landlord to fill up the mhte which opens from his premises. But obedience to that law was never insisted upon, and the house owners ignored its ex. istcloe. Of late several accidents Novo oc- curred where the ground en the steeds and sidewalks caved in and fell into the mines. The ntunieipal council contemplated the eu- forcemeit of the law, but the house ow-tto•s presented a petition against this measure nn tiro plea thet the mines arc used as cellars for the storage of goods, and if they should be filled up, their propet'ties would doterio- TRW ill valine. Hereupon the city council adopted a resolution obliging the landlords to line the mines which open into their houses with cemented walls so that the ground above them should not cavo in. In cases where this cannot be clone the mines must be filled up. The landlord who fails to do one thing or the other will be responsible for all aoeidonts that may bo caused by els negli- gence, and be liable to an " administrative fine "for disobedience, The Board of City Architects moreover, demon a plan of all the mines in the city, marking those whit) sen be made secure. and those which must be closed rap. Tito Governor of iiketerinoslar has issued an order thea a sttttie'ient number of boats, rafts, and sniffler tpaatus bo kept in readi- nos5 in all towns and villages of his govern. meet lying below the wets' ]mark, In 1574 and 1878 those towns and villages warn in- undated by tho molting snow in the spring, and many lives were lost. This winter the snowfall was much heovie' titan previously. A sudden thaw may agein bring an inunda• tion. The Governor, therefore, desires his people to have such moans of escape at hand if such trouble occurs, Ho has also issued strict orders to all police agents to warm the people as soon as the meteorological stations predict the comb of a were wave, I g ray v. Tho Commnniter of the St. Petersburg police has honied orders to the polite force to keep close watch over the scribblers who write all aorta of foolish petitions to the authorities for illitoroto persons. Such scribblers install themselves in restaurants, Saloons, and other plaoee of the kind and in- cite the unsuspicious end the illiterate to petition the authorities for all possible and nnpossiblo theme, to presort unjnstietiblo complaints, and to go into unnecessary litigations. Besid h money which nolo persons lose, their missives give an untold amount of unnecessary trouble for tie author. ities. The commander of tiepolice proposes to orad, this practfe° of the "professional" petition writers. " Among the saloon keepers of Vilna the superstitious belief prevails that if a piooe of rope whoptyein a person itas hanged hinm' self be prat Olt barrel of brandy, those who taste of that brandy will be possessed of an indonitablc desire for drinking, de soon, therefore, as they hear feticide icide by lhang- iug, they conte in large tnunbors to the hotted whore the miefortuue occurred, and otter largo scuts for the rope u'hielt is taken from the n00)0 of the uufortgttetu," This is 'Ha let est canto dp,blishodhe: oro,,' fremtya for anti-Sumitio purposes. Golden Thoughts For Every Day, Monday—If there are any sayings of Scripture or any teachings of the creeds of theology that seem to oppose your moral sense, that not accord with ,your highest Mod of truth and instiue, and do not draw you to higher, more humane thoughts of God and moan, then I ask you in the name of religion, and man, and God to let the just, humane and loving sentiment overrule the text and the oreed. \Whittiergives the authority thus whoa he says, "Nothing ran bo good In Illi Which oriels In oto." —J. L, Marsh, Tuesday.— "What will it matter by-and-by. Whether ttty path below was height, 'whether it wound through drub or light, Under a grey era golden stay, When I look book on it bynutd•by i What will it matter? Naught, If 1 Only tont Sure the way 1'v0 trod, Gloomy or gladtloncd, Miele to God, Questioning not of bit now, the why, 1f 1 but reach him by-and-by. \\-hat will it matter br.and.by ? 11-0111 btu nut Mix ; that toy m' petro Lifted me sk1'wurd, helped to gain, Whether through rack, nr smile, or sgh, healon—]route—all in all—by-and-by. ' —1larm:rot 13otntne. Wednesday—There can be no wino of gladness unless the vine bring forth fruit, and the Christian can not bring forth fruit unless he abide in the vino. Fruit first, joy next. The infallible recipe for Happiness is to do good, and the infallible recipe for do- ing good is to abide in Christ, This method is the way of nature Sed can not fail. The laws of the universe are its guarantee ; end these are "the ]lands of the living (fol."— [Drummond. Thursday—Unquestionably there is too much indifference among some who call themselves Liberal Christians, \Vlty is tt? I (tear persons say 'Hat it is because there is not in tech lltittds a fear of being damned. folioed ! Can this be true'! Can it ho that any antoig us scow heedless because the idea of a burning pit is exploded ? 'Must any be scared into duty and interest in the )tightest and best things of life? If this is true, I greatly pity such Liberal Christains. They are poor macefal out of whish a auntie is to He built, or to higher civilization is to be made.—[L, R. Daniels. Friday— Focus, whatever's undergone. Thou knovost, wiliest what Is .[one. (triof may be (0' mimtnclerstood: Only rho good disco ms the zoo t. I trust thee whno my clays goon. Whato'or's lost, it flat teas' von ! We will not struggle nor impugn, Perhaps the cup w'a broken aero That hearer's now 001110 might slime more clear. I praise thee while my days goon. I ]praise thee while nn' days go on. I love thee white my days go nn. Through dark and dearth, throng a and frost., )1 er With enttpy armq and treasure lost, , I thank thee while my days go on, Browning, Stttnriay—The brave only know stow to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. Cowards have dans good and kind actions. Cowards have fought, nay, sometimes have conquered, hut a coward never forgave. It is not !denature ; the power of doing it flows only from strength and great -mess of soul, consaions of its own force and security, and above the little temptations of resenting every attempt to interrupt happiness. — Verne. The Room of the Invalid. 7-H0 invalid's world is bounded by the four walls of his room, and the veriest trifle occurring within its limits is of far more inl- portanoe to him than the most stupendous events of the outside universe. A plotme hanging away makes hitn a isorablo ;a twist. ed rug or to misplaced chair causes discomfort. 1f his room is stiff and bare, badly arranged or dingy creation to hint is sltrowded in gloom. Any ono waiting on an invalid knows how the monotony of meals taken in bed destroys the appotite tend induces disgust of the most delicate fare, and this in spite of all the caro which can be talion to make tho appointments of the table dainty, and alto bod clothing pretty and bright, as well as perfectly pure and sweet. In the canoe way the embellish. monis of an invalid's room willbecorne hate- ful to hint, and the daily sight of the said fututiture amt wall -pope' a bunion greater than lie can hear, At this state of weak- ness and enforced idleness the sf$ong Hurn cries out more than against bearing the most neo le pain. It 'night, then, bo to good idea to introduce oceage:lel changes, as far as possible, into the room of the sufferer. To bring in now articles of furniture, and re- move those already there to other pats of the house. That the furniture is older or not so Moulmein° is slight matter ; it is new and interesting to the weary eyes watching from the bed. A fresh table will become quite an objeot of oiriosity, and afford conversation for clays; and a differently dewed Monett will be an exciting denim dance. A novel arratgomont of chairs or pictures Wright haven good Mead, ane] often an entire (Mango of mantel ornaments would be a per. feet odreil to the mullion nervus on which the old ores hove. g . rated so long. The Sabbath Chime. 'rake my life and let it be, Consecrated Lord, to Theo t Take my moments and my (Inv, Lot them newel ceaseless praise. 'Cake my hands, and lei, thom move At the impulse 01 Thy love; Take my Poet and lot then be Hoeft and beautiful for Theo. 'fake my voice, and lot, re sing AI \yam otoly for my Xing ; Take my lips and lot tluecs bo Viiled with messages from Theo, Take my sliver and my g6old Not a mite would 1 withhold ; Take my intellect and use Every power as thou elude choose. 'rake my will, and snake if, thine; It shall be no longer 'nine : Taco my Loma, it Is Thine own; It shall be Thy royal throne. Take my love I my Lord, 1 Pont' A pity roe, its treasure -store ; Peke myself, end 0 will bo Ever, only, toll for Thoo. Htuvergal. Give a woman your confidence), end she's got you. The world never sits down twins on a man who has any point, about MM. Cloves aro respensiblo for the first broath of snspioion in teeny happy families. Mar'riogos aro called "matches" because they are sometimes followed by soratohing, JUST FOR FUN, She (after the hath)—" My deer, I feel ae if I lead been born anew," ifs—" Int heaven's name 1 Two birthdays 1" She—" You don't mind my talking es mice, do you?" Ife—" No, indeed ; but (facetiously) I 'nay mind after we are tner. ied," She--" But 1 shan't mind then if you da," Woman is a theory, and men makes no more eo'(ous mistake than whoa heattsntpts to deal with ]tot• as he would with to fact. Alen are fade, and facts ate stubborn things. Ifo (feeling his way)--" I—I wish we were good enough friends for you to—to call me by my first name," She (ihelping bite along)—" Oh, your last name is good enough for tae." Ninety.niue mon sot of every hundred be- lieve in thole hearts that a day of judgment will conte, and ninetyeight of theta seorotly believe that somehow they will be overlook. ed in the jam. "The face of the returns," said the adman of the meeting " shows stxxtyeeven ayes and no noes." " MAL a queer looking few that must be," remarked an old lady in the bank row. The world consists principally of two classes—those who deceive Sad those who aro deceived. It is more advantageous to be- lotg to the former, but ntuolt more decent to belong to the latter. Tito Squire—"Good morning, Miss Violet, ]lent on an errand of mercy?" hiss Violet (tire rector's daughter)—" Oh, no! I ant just taking n few little pies of my own nude. mg round to thecdtagers." Intelligence has just reached me," began Mr. Blodoer, as he sat delve to the dinner table. ' lhtutk heaven if it has et last," exclaimed Ales. Blodger and the food was partaken of on silence. " Moselle no pride—no solf-respect ? How emu she permit that fellow to awoke while they are promenading on the avenue?" "Oh, that's Charley Van Ninny, and site's afraid people wouldn't know its n omen." A gentleman had just succeeded in saving a big clothing merchant, from drowning. "Alt," remarked lie, gratefully. "I see, in rescuing one, you have ruined your clothes. Permit ate to hand you my business card, Ten thousand of the best suits in the city from 0110 upwards." Mies Sharp—" Ah, eh.. Dullard, you are looking the part of the Blotch Prince to per. fection." Mr. Dullard—" 1'e -se; but tie you know, Miss Sharp, I feet like a perfect idiot." Miss Sharp (ea meetly} —"Now, that will never do, Mr. Dullard. At a masquer- ade, as on the stage, one must forget his real character entirely." .Eow to Dress Skins, A correspondent in British Coltunl'ia wants to know how to dress skins. A good plain is to soak then in warn' water for an hour. Then take bora:, saltpeter and glott- ber mite each a half ounce. Make into to paste with sufficient soft water. Spread the paste on the Ilesh side of skin and fold the skin up, flesh sides together, and put aside in a cool place for twenty-four hours. At the and of this time wash the skin thorough- ly and take sal soda one ounce, borax half an ounce, refinecn soap two ounces. elix and melt slowly, not letting it boil, and apply this mixture to the flesh side, Fold as before end keep in a warns place for twenty-four hours. Next wash the skin clean, and die. solve two minces of saloratns in sufficient water to saturatethepelt. Thou take alum four ounces, common salt eigbt ounces and dissolve in hot soft water sufficient to cover the slnn well. Put the skin in this solution for twelve hours. Then wring the water nut and ]tang up to dry for twelve hours. Use this last solution from two to four times, according to the degree of softness wanted. Finally rub the skin with pumice atone end fine sand -paper. O. P. 11, Extensions. A despatch from Ottawa says :--General Superintendent Whyte, who hes beets in Montreal for some days past, in consit&atioit with the directors of the Canadian Pacific railway, returned home yesterday. He said work on the Souris branch will be vigor- ously prosecuted this sununer. Traeklaying from Hartnoy to blilita will be finished at once aid grading the extension westward from the latter point will he commenced this summer, as the 'Mellen been permanently located. Mr. Whyte said the company would do considerable work and snake many improvements along thew-ostern division during tl,e ensuing $eason. Much will be done zobout the depot and station yard in this oily. While no charge was decided on ns to train service, it fs contemplated m resume the Brandon local at ,til early dale, tool should the passenger traflhc continue to increase the question of adding to the number of through trains will have to be considered. Don't laugh at your wife whet, alto tries to stow the hens, Site may ask you to help her stone the raisins, Tito man wile will complain that tt twenty minute sermon is too long will sit hell a day watching to couple of chess -players malting two moves. "Do you think these shoes are wort' mending?" " Vell, yas, if 1 mole and heel tem and put new uppers an tern, Zo strings are still goat." "Jost think of it," oolmnuuod the Anar. .hist wilt himself, " I find anick el in the street tad two seconds afterwards I find a saloon, Some monde born lucky," The Bonapartist loaders concur in a de• termination to disregard Prince Napoleon's will, and to rocogee/a Prince Victor Its tie legitimate Noir Lo the throne of Franco. "Did you know that Skinner has peen• monis and is not oxpooted to live ?" "No : how did he take cold`(" "He got his foot wot going around trying to find whore ire could buy a pair of rubbers ohoapost." A special kind of paper has been invent ed which, it is alleged, is absolutely im- pervious to water, and will even stand boil- ing, The waterproofing can be carried out either after the paper is made or during the operation of malting it. Prof. Elihe Thonneon sage that the aro electric light results from the vaporization of carbon. It is cetimated from the orotl- oal grounds the' to produce this ovot' 10,000 dogreos Fahrenlheib hs required. The Arab ponies which tie Sultan re. cantly presented to the throe older of the German Emperor's six sots aro said to have a pedigree which dates back to tho 1'sacred marc" on which the lxopllotfled from Mecca to Medina. "That old maid of a Miss Sicemlehhs is still flaking for itfr. ltiehom." "You should not say that," remarked her elder dear Mks eider, severely ,"considering Slcontkiue' general physique, you should rather say angled for him,' A.—" I )roar that you are goingto marry a widow with St 0,000," 13.—" Yett hero got things mixed. I ata going to tttart'y 410,000 with a widow." SALUTING WITII THE N OSE, Singular Prattler crow Kee:tenants or the parte (tenuous. The junetiott of noses is so general, and eloecribed as so forcible in Aftioe and Oceanlca, its to have given rim to a fanoiful theory tlittt it (tall occasioned the flattening of the noses of the people. But in the necounte of many of the tribes of the dark continent and of the islanders of New Zealand, Bottum., Tahiti, Tonga, and other getups, the essenliol action does not seem to be tlittt of either pressure or rubbing, but of mutual smelling. [t is trite that rho travelers generally cell it rubbieg, but the /5011011 and pressure are sometimes no grunter than that of the morales of two dogs making or oeneltting acquaintance. The pressure and rub etre s000ndat'y and one pkat]°. The juncture only means the compliment " You smell very good." It is illustrated in the Navigator group when the Hosea of friends ore saluted with a long and hearty rub and Lhe explanatory weeds: "Good 1 very good 1 I am happy now !" Tho Galmueks also go through to suggestive pantomino of greeting, in which they creep on their knees to each other and then join noses, as much as possible liko the two dogs before mentioned. In the Navigator islands only equals mutually rub their noses. 'l.'he inferior rubs his own nose on and smells rho snporner's hand. The respectful greeting of Fiji is to take and small the hand of the superior without rubbing it. In the Gam- ble, when the 'net solute the women they put the tronlon's hand rap to their noses and smolt twlco at the brook of it. In the Friendly ishulds noses arejoined, adding the ceremony of taking the hand of the person t0 whom civilities are paid and tubbing it with a degree of force upon the salnter's own nose and mouth. The Mariana islanders formerly smelled at the hauls of those whom they wish to tender homage. Capt. Dewily describes of the Sandwich islanders : " The lips ere drawn inward between the teeth, the nostrils are distended, and the lungs are merely inflated ; the faro is then pushd for, ward, the noses brought into commit, and the eer'etnlony concludes with to homey rub.' Shocking Crime in Prance. On Sunday night a horrible crime wan parpetrate-1 at 1'itiverval, a village near Poissy, in France, that favourite riverside resort of Parisiana in thesununo'. Tile victim was Madame Dagonret, aged 111tee eigl l t years, the widow of to fornhe; efayorof 1'hivo•vai. Her house was broken into by burglars. ;elle was half strangled in her bed, and then stele bed to death and thrown downstairs. A little girl of eleven, the grandchild of 0 outrdo'od woman, was the only other oocm pant of the horse. She was held down to d half suffocated under a pillow by one of tel e burglars, while his compile ions we'edespatcl - ing the grandmother and plundering tl e rooms As Madame Degnmet had given meet of her money and securities to horsot-in-how to keep for her, the miscreants by whom she was done to death could find nothing but r felt' articles of jewellery and about forty francs h1 silver. The affair is now being in- vesLigetod by the ollieiels of the pnrgad of Versailles, within whose jurisdiction the 'mirage was committed. " I," said Blinks, " started nut (n life without to cent in my pocket." "And I, " pat in Hicks, "started hi life without a pekoe" " 'What is the did'et7nco between the first sergeant and the tenor dru:nnter? One tails the roll Std the other rolls the call. One eventF, a gentleman was strolling laong the stroeot 1, Toronto, with apparent- ly no object in view but to pass noway the time.. His attention wits attracted by the remarks of a little girl to a companion in front of a fruit stand, "I wish I had an orange for n other ?" The gentlonu"t saw that the children, though poorly dressed, were neat and teens, and calling them into a shop, he loa•]ed them with fruits and cakes.—" What is yotrpame?" asked one of the girls.—" Why d° you want to know?" queried the gentleman. —"I want to pray for you," was the reply. Then theentle- teen turned lu leave, seivrcely daring to speak, when the little one added, " Well, t dont matter, God will know you any. how 1" Proper Tuna for Feeding. The femme who is up and at the barn be- fore daylight in the winter, to give his stook a hurried morning feed, before he goes away to the day's wort: at mill or marleet, will no doubt, find then, requiring %nether feed at noon, and again another after his day's labor is Clone, bays the ilIlk sriran ad/ iralor. On th000ttrary, the Milner who does loot go to the berm until u,f I cr 1 toyl ight, and who feeds loiserely, adding to little more roe they oat what is put bofore thou, until their appe- tites are satisfied, will not Deed to feed agent until the afternonu, when the 861110000050 01 fced(uv will furnish thous enough to last until morning. Probably this method will keep tho cattle in quite a5 good condition, upon loss food, than would be used by the other method, but the time spout each clay in this way may be matte more valuable than the exams of fodder, unless one has a largo stock of cattle Lo feed. Yet those who thus linger over the foo ting juncoes usually have the stook in good condition and in good health, as there ie a constant watoltfulness diet dctoots any indication of distaste or un• thriftiness, in time to prevent nay serious those. ls:idnapped and Restored After ten Year's, 'len years ago Mary Puckett, the' )3 yeatsof ago, was kidnapped by a Binck Hills trapper, Her captor dressed the girl in boy's clothes and moved to a point on the Missis- sippi river, near Arkansas, whore they lived on a flat boat, Mary was then given proper clothes to wear anclwas introtluced os the niece of bar abtlttnlm', The girl soon forgot all about her old house toed blonds. About six weeks ago sotno neighbors be- came interested in her ted inquired about her former life, All she could rumenibef was having at ono tine lived in Carroll county, Iowa, Tho girl's grandfather WAS communicated with, who immediately seat Iris $ou to investigate. Mary aueotnpauied Icor rescuer home. The trappor, when ho found his villainy had boon discovered, plead. oil for moray, and on account of his advanc- ed ago was not prosecuted. .Mary's parette are livingi, in Nebraska, and aro not you aware of the finding of their daughter, whom for 10 years they have mourned as dead, " IIe is wedded to his art," said rtits apropos of Skotohy, the artist. " You're wrong, Ho pays too ranch attention to his are to be wocldod to it, Ito is engaged to it," said Mrs. Ricks, scornfully. A bright little four.year•old boy was fool' ing tired as the dayrow to a close, and dame to his mother that Ito might say Ifs evening prayer before going to bed. •—" Wait a little while, Ernie," sant this medlar ; " lain busy writing a later,"—Tito litilo follow tvaitod a minute or two very patiently, end then coning hack to his mother, said t "Mamma, God can't wait." Ernio's mother quietly laid aside horlottor at the gentle rebuke, and the evening prayer took its right plaoe first. CRIME Di CIIINA. How the Criminals are Deteoted, cruel Tretttntent to t:xtort Ei'iileoee. The Chhteseposseee ne organised detective force, though the Acids tun el: mos visit in disguise lho alone of to notable crime for the Onion of making inquiries, and pollee spies aro often locked up wait remanded prison- ers to try to worm out noir secret, The lower climes beteg intensely superstitious, Lite judicial investigation of crime usually takes place at night. Tho judgment hall is a lofty building of wood, un• celled, end bare of furniture save for the raised dais at the north end, where is seated tho prodding nnogistrnte, attended by his secretaries, sile'Ice, and Hotel's, The only light conies from paper lanterns or cotton 11'ivlts in oil Vons, which but serve to bring into prominence the weird slmadows hitting about the corners and lurking among the woodwork of the roof. Silence prevails, the few spectators watole mg the proceedings standing like statues. The, accused, dragged from the darkness and filth of a Chtuese prison, is forced to kneel before the judgntont.seat throughout the trial, 'Weakened by 111. tt':atnloit and appalled by his otru super. stitious imaginings, ito often requires only A LITTLE J1"101.tu10 79iniLonitlNn to elielt a full confession of his guilt. If he prove obdurate, witnesses are called, From those no oath al- elitrutntion fa demanded ; the breaking of a saucer and other forms for administe big an oath to a Chinaman laid down in Eiglish lawboohcs being quite un- known in Chinese courts. Any hesitation or refusal to natter the tllagisL'otree goes. tinas--for he is judge, jury, and e'ouat pro- seeetnr all in one, and no counsel for the defence is allowed --is pretisltotl by slaps ell the cheek or the application of the bamboo to the thighs ; mal similar penalties more severely aduninietered check the giving of false testimony. Shanld tho prisoner, in face of strong evidence, persist in deuyiug his guilt, various persuasive measures are , mewed to, such as forcing ]uinl to kneel ou chains, hanging him up by the thumbs, o' euspcndh1g Ilial by the neck in a wooden frame on that his toes just touelt the gonna. ALL 51't'tl '1'Orrrt'It14' Ana 11.1.40.11. but a confession has to be nhtnined winch( w before sanleuce eau be passed, and cases ore atony, and ole the allowed for settling them short. Seldom can the stoutsst rogue, or, ulna 1 innocent man, hold out against such treatment continued throughout the night, and renewed, if necessary, again and again. When two it more persons are equally sus• peeled of theft or the like, tin magistrates nftctt stow great ingenuity in detecting the guilty. In cross-ex,tntination they are peculiarly skilful in obtaining damaging ad - t issinus, their shave manner deceiving the r.ceueed ui to the importance of the point they inquire about so carelessly. Two (i - stances of extra -judicial methods for ascer- taining the culprit among many equally under suspicion deserve to be recorded for their cleverness. Some balls ofopium taken from a piratical junk by a revenue cruiser mysteriously disappeared while being transferred to the latter vessel. Opium is very preoioue in China, and a ball is easily split up and secreted in the wide sleeves or the voluminous waistband of a Chinese sailor. The commander of the vessel was loth to institute a search of the ship and crew, knowing well the craftiness of his mea, and that, oven if foiled, Lhe opium would most probably be in the bundle of some (nnoceiLnmn. IIe tlteefore resorted to a plan as simple es itpro'eol effective, In his cabin was, as is -usual, a shrine of the Goddess of Mercy and of the Chinese Nep- Lnne, Before these deities he instituted a solemn service, which was prolonged till evening. When night fell, he mustered the 0'011' and Called thein one by one into the dimly -lighted cabin. Hero each men hod to make solemn declaration of his innocence, Itxg•'IoLixe it ItOati THE tu,tnss, Suet, clipping his finger in a saucer of water, to smear his face all over, being warned that, if he were guilty, the divinities would make his face appear streaked with black, When the thief's turn ceune, be tried to outwit the gods by rubbing his Hagar on the bottom of the saucer ; but, to his horror, when he reached the light, his face wt's toll over blank make, the wily commander having hold rho saucer over a lamp before commencing the experiment. In another case, where several servants were suspected of theft, each ratan was given to bamboo of the shite length, marked with iris name, which hod to be deposited in an urn before a small shrine in the outer prison whore they worn confined. The oiecor tautouncod that the culprit's rod would grow, by interposition of Providence, ono inch during the night. The, prisoners were that looked up, no watch being kept on the urn, On the reassembling of the court, one rod was found to ire an inch shorter than the rust, as rho thief had, undo'' cover of the darkness, endeavoured to circumvent the supposed divine power by biting a bit off his rod. When tiny artiolo disappears from a pri• vats house end ono of the inmates is suspect- ed of purloining it, be is usual, before having recourse to the magistrate, who underlings exact hugo foes for doing anything, or noth- ing, to cell in 0 priest and held to commina- tion service. :Chis tmeeist5 in I\VOltlltt TILE, 1;VIZ 5YItttTe MA bribing thein by offerings and music to hound the onlprit to death within the year. It oontinues Mr three days and eights— if the terrified thief does not confess and make restitution before that time, a result very frequency achieved. lettropetns liv- ing in Chia have tried this method, but not with nmol' success, its the g0nging and other disoordent sounds which eonstitnte the " music " so olfootuelly drive away sleep that tho neighbouring foreigners ittaist of its being intermitted during the night, and so, stty the Chinese, spoil the charm. Of tato year's, Chinese newspapers on the European model have been started, and aro well supported in the natter of advertise - meets. So now, the loser of banlenotos or other portable property can, and very fre- quetcy does, announce itis loss in good Chinese m the column of one of the tree leading clefts, offering suitable rewards for the recovery of hie ),property and the dote°. con of the thine The European settlement non' 0.1 Shanghai aloe of all towns of Chine employs regular detectives at the expense of the ratepayers, When, if over, the Chinese government will follow the example sot them by this " western " community, it is impos. siblo to predict. A Fluent Conversationalist, Mr, Murray 11111, Jr,—" But, father, this young lady you want me to starry stutters dreadfully." IVtr. Murray Hill, Sr,—"That mattes no difference Site is rich, aid after you ars married a little you will find tat she will talk fast enough to suit you."—[Texas Siftings.