The Brussels Post, 1891-9-4, Page 31
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JESSE JAMES OUTDONE> Dotte, DISTN,E3g Nil 81-3IA,
PO 1'1.'11. set 1 el r children ro Herod ;
Bright.$ ate Coatagione.
Tleie h sli 11 ti
other animal ettn give (euro mime ni the
Ficirit, A horse has 1,..en deseribed
1,,a11.1.0 8 101011 00610 )101,a WO: 101
110W0VOr (400 110 am), he leeennes, in
both respeete he fells far shod in the 41111111
81 001110108 as they are found in the clog ;
and Ole hater, too, in intelligenee, eepecially
if properly reared and brought up in the
house of and hy his owner, le tue, behind
even the elephant in sagacity. HOW ralth•
1111 IA U10 (10g of the blind man, and how 10.
tolligent that of the shepherd I Even our
own little terrier of the household at 1111(100tells us steno plately that he can reason and
think, He, liko ourselves, makes' his blonde
and has his ithentie$, both biped and quati•
mined. One of the eats in the house lies
with 11101 and 81110)1)00)81110)1)00)within Isis fore paws
or nestles on hie bread ; the other eat he
will not tolerate, and the twm
o otel and eplt,
at each other whenever they meet. One of
the meek tho dog nony laver and pa(10141111140,but the other he does not faney much ; nor
has he any inelinetion, as ('1)10,ie, toren after
the cook, and, If the way to his heart is
through hie belly, the better -paid 0000000
should alwaye be hie favourite. •
We have known dogs strike Op strange
acquaintance:3. A cross bred terrier
belonging to friend of 0(100 1(0(1 to he given
away or sold because it preferred the dee-
pen), uf policemen to allot of its master. It,
did hot matter which policeman, so long
110 Ile wore his unifornt of blew. pltun
clothes the officer was rot noticed ; it pre-
ferred the sergeant to the private, 0011 nt
any time would leave its ocher, even when
going for a walk to follow on his lonely
beat Ow m10011111,11 of the peace. Some few
years ago a literary man of our aeauttints
(1,0013(1,0013took up hie abode for a time within
the classical city of Edinburgh. Be had 0.
family dog, very effectionate and very old.
He was vevy does bred, too ; for fifteen
yews before a pug lutd been his father fuel
a smooth terrier his mother. This dog
cultivated liking for tramcars, and having
onoe or twice anoompanied his master from
Princes street to Leith, took to doing the
little trip on his own account and by him.
8e1(. The conductors got to know him,
and Snap enjoyed his rides backwards and
forwards. until the time came when his
residence -was in Cockneydom end the
tram 000(100100) proved neither so kind
nor so considerate 0.0 the Scotsmen.
The great sagacity of a dog is found in his
actions and the:Intelligence he diaplays with-
out any.peovious training. He likes a ride
in a train or on 01101(1, and he learns how to
obtain it ; he wishes to make his escape from
some temporary confinement, and he medi-
tates over the means until the opportunity
ocean. He must think and cogitate, for a
dog, like a human being, does his best work
quietly --bustle and burry him, and he fails
where otherwise he would prove successful.
Trainers know this,. act accordingly, and
the most patient and least passionai
te s the
best. A. dog knows when he does right
and when he does wrong. His countenance
lights up when 010 has pleased his ouster ;
when he has not done so he looks es guilty
and crestfallen as any unfortunate biped in
the prison dock, and he appears before the
rating, 0111101101111011he feels he deserves, has 0010.
111011001(.
Some weeks ago art English gentleman
long resident in Moseow came back to Eng-
land, bringing with him a uouple of very
fine and handsome Russian wolfhound flogs.
whose names were Korotta and Pwalai.
They were confined in separate large partly
open crates, from which they were daily re.
lensed for exercise on the steatner's deck •,
041(1l both hounds, by reason of their good
temper and docility, be tame great favorites
with the 00010. 00 0110 000001011 the elder
dog, Korotai, WAS having a run by himself,
when a sailor gave him alarge piece of black
bread. The dog ate a porton and carried
the remainder to his companion still confined
in his orate, and, pushing the bonne bench
through the bars, bade, oven as plainly as
words could have spoken " Pwalai, eat 1"
And rental did eat, and no doubt in his
heart. thanked Korotai for thinlung of him
in his 41100110e.
1e0 00111p0)
14111)1)a, n1,
In Broad Daylight a Man Eaten a Bank
and Takes Away Sin/
eftot •rwo lira to Gei ifenry.
•"f 000lo J11111011' 1100114 Were 011 lthilic 0,0 Col.
ontbes Grove, 0, small town 111 Ohio, the
other slay, and the statuary thereabouts is
now wild with excitement,
et daredevil entered the Keystone Bank
at about 1.1 o'cloek, shot the cashier end
another nem, terrorized the whole town,
and eseaped with 120e. The man Is (10.
801111811 SS 11,110(116 foot 711(41100 tall, kitty
eat, with face end small black In usteolto.
lie wore a black alpaca, sack coat of the
80100 material and color, blue striped Iron.
8008 and no vest, He appeared to be aboae
15 years old,
He jumped off a freight train this morm
hog, and going to the hard were dove ofjohn
Cettwford asked to see sonte revolvers, He
selected two and 0011011 1118 storelceepor to
load them, When the latter had 110110 SO,
the customer (molly (111- 0011 the guns at his
heed and said, " pity yea in eold lead
if yea want me to,"
Ho then left the store and went to the
Keystone Bank near by, 'T. J. Marple le
cashier of the hank, Iie opened up as usual
this morning. Being Satueday 0 essay 1,1101.
ness 0008 expected, end he had taken one
91200 in eoreenletelte, and 11011 them neer the
paying teller's desk,
To protect the motley lying on the euen•
ter a plate glass about two feet in height is
run around the top of the bar. Sitting on
a chair out hi the lobby was 01. Syford,
big strong fellow and courageous. His
chair 0008 tilted hack as he conversed with
the cashier, who was not Itusy, owing to the
early hour of the day.
TAKINO TME BANK /10 STORAL
Suddenly a man entered the bank. In
either hand he flourished a, monster revol-
ver. His eyes roved wildly about the room,
and without 00001111 he began shooting.
The first ball flew harmlessly through the
air and lodged in the wall above the eashierti
head. Before Mr. Marple conld make a move
to secure the revolver that was always kept
for such an emergency, 8, mond shot slate
tered the bones uf his right arm, and the
cashier fell from hie chant pierced in the
right side by a deadly bullet.
-Turning to Syford, the desperado, spoke
for the first time, and in the foulest lan-
guage ordered him not to stir, or he would
meet a sinillay fate. At this juncture
liam Vandetnark appeared on the scene.
He WINS a prominent farmer living in Union
township. He had driven into town this
morning with some hogs and received an
order on the bank for his money.
The desperate truth without 0 weed facecl
the old farmer and leveled his gun 01 1(10).
The unfortimate victim hed turned just
half way around when the ruffian fired. It
struck him in the side just above the hip,
and passed almost through his body. He
fell, bleeding and senseless, and still Syford
sat horrined and spellbound.
The fellow broke the plate glass, end
shoving in his arm thyough the ragged aper-
ture, raked up all the menet., amounting to
ahem. S1200, and thruet it (1110 11010 side
packets of his long sack coat. By this Gine
seemed people had been attract° 1 Ity the
sounds of the shots.
The desperado inside realized it was
time for him to be skipping. Again brand.
isiting his revolvers, and In true Western
etyle, 1111 clashed out on the street. There
was a wild seatterment on the part of the
people. No one was looking for thieves and
murderers, and there was not a weapon in
the crowd.
ANOTIIRR VICTIM VALLS.
7110(1000 fellow felted to get out of the
-way in time, and Henry Buck fell piercod
Ly 0 hall front the revolver that eircaely
scored two vietin,s, The robber Hyatt several
times and shouted 1 " I'm a seeond Jesse
Jamee," with appropriate oaths attached.
The fellow ran down an alley, and was
lest seen disappearing into a big corn field
at the edge of the town. The wildest kind
of rumors were afloat, when the news spread
over the towel and eureounding country like
wildfire. W. T. Marple, brother 01 1118 oash•
ier, 0111113 110 Lima, and the local police and
citizens front here and all the towns went
10 (11.1181111 of the new Jesse James. They are
11001 scouring the woods in every direction,
and say they will bring him to town a
corpse.
It was thought once he had been sew
rounded in some woods, but he was not
found and the seareh still goes on.
This evening Vanderwork died. lg. j.
Marple the cashier, soon recovered 0011-
1301011811e04, end was able to keep up long
enough to direct the movements of the
police. The ball passed through too near the
flesh in his side to reach any vital part.
TransMiseien Of I'hysleal Defects,
Color blindness is a menclition which is
certainly capable of transmission to the
progeny. In one family the (00100 (110110 00000
affected through seven generations. Deaf.
mutism is likewise handed down from, w-
ent to effild, while it has beton clearly ascer-
tained that 1.he chances of the children
being deaf is, ahnost seven times greater
when both parents are affected than when
only one exhibits the ailment. More curl-
ous still, perhaps, ttre those cases in which
we find whet; has been celled the hemorrha-
gic for bleeding) habit transmitted for gene-
rations. Here, owing probably to some
structural weakness 10 the blood vessels,
bleeding, even of a slight character, is with
diltiouley arrest:eel. As rowels the (8(1(1001'.
04108 of this condition in the offspring, it may
be added that in one case which was thor-
oughly investigated three out of four 1001e0
exhibited this 000(1111011 0) one generation,
thirteen out of fourteen males shoeved this
oonstitution ibo the next, white only one out
0(1 111)10 males were affected in the third.
Doubtless the tendency to bleeding was
dying out in tho third generation, Ina that;
face deaf not iu the least invalidate the con.
elusions to be drawn front the maul bream
miseion of the malady in the preceding
generations.—(Dr. Ando:eve Wilson.
Corsets On Young Girls.
" Mothers alseat to put corsets on their
young daughters for the first time awl begin
the pecteess which they call improving their
figures (1) should read the =tonne pablislad
receetly in a medical journal of the eximsri.
monts of a Veen eh physician," says the New
York Times, While traveling in India he
procured a ntinber of female monkeys,
whose forms he explains are very sientha to
those of wonionf and enveloped them in 14
plaster of paris moketotte near like art ordiii-
Po cored OS possible, Then he gave them
chloroform to see bhe effect of the clad
stricture upon the revisal:WM Several of
the monkeys died very quickly.- All tint',
fored seriously. these days of dress
foemet.hygionto waists, and the like, a beim
ileum Is easily atteinablo without the strap.
py corset, like 0 coat of mail, which has
been thought necessary,
Tne Emperor's Broken Knee.
The French papers have been printing all
kinds of stories aloout, the Emperor of Ger-
many, oue avowiing thet he was drunk when
he injured his knemeap recently, lout the
following told by Paris Eclair eclipses them
alt:
On the night following the departure of
the Lnperita yacht Hohenzollern from Eng-
Aand the crew was beaten to quarters and
was surprised to find the quartee-dock bril-
liantly illuminated. An alter hed been
erected on the deck bearing tho 01 el ancl New
Testaments and the Kaiser stood by, wear-
ing a white chasuble with a orooi0 j his
hand and a black and white mitre on his
head. He read the most warlike passages
front the Testaments and invited the crew
to respond, He then preeched a long sermon
en the duty of sovereigns to their people,
the whole service lasting from 11 gm. to 2
min, The WOW was teen piped togethee. At
50(10, the Kaiser appeared on the bridge in
the ueifortn of a high admiral, looking ex-
tremely haggard, and, addressing the com-
mander, seal t' Sir, retire to your cabin;
I shall bike charge,"
The commander replied " Siro, permit
eta to observe that we IWO 11110 dangovotts
passage and that it is advisable for your
Majesty's safety-, as well as for that of the
dew, that soder remain in command,"
The Emperou respond 1 " Never mond,
God will inspire nue"
The commander bowed end retired. The
tecond officer remaining, the Emperor
angrily bade hiin retire, the officer respect-
fully probeseing.
The Emperor then said : " Yon resist,
wretched creature 1 You trouble the spirit;
of God which is in me. This is the mtge.
cum of God upon you!" dealing the officer a
heavy blow on the cheek.
The officer turned crimson, but remained
until the Emperor solved him by the throat
and (rialto throw him'overboard. In the
struggle that followed the Emperoe fell and
broke his knee cap.
The sailors watched the scene, paralyzed
with feat.. The ocoureenee was one Mutt
cannot) be forgotten, The Emperor howled
with nein, his oyes started from their
sookets, ho loaned 01 1110 moan, he swore
taribly, and in face displayed all the
symptom of madnese The officers, after a
brief consultation, careled him into a cabin
padded with mattresses. Nobody was ad-
mitted except, the doctor end the Empress.
Moe wore necessary to help restrain him
until hie leg was bandaged and a straight
jaeket was pia ott him, The disis lasted
throe days.
What Ailed
For those who have eyes 10 000 the present
always bears the impress of the past.
" 'Why do yen stick out the tnicldle finger
of your left hand so etraight while yott aro
eating ?" asked a lady of a tramp, '1 Wae
it over broken ?"
" No, madam 1 but during my halcyon
days / wore a diamond ring on that finger,
and old habits (0)0 1101(1 to break.,"
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Th0 st0rie$ of misery in Itessill are aht104
1,0,1 leIlllbO,111 .1.1 " • 1 • •
HEALTH.
offering their shill:Iran for sale itt order '
to bey fowl, and dealers at Conetantittople,
1 moving of: this, have purehrosed through
tgents in ate 1118011u1 011111(100 11 tionsiderable
umber of female ehildree. Many sheathe
have remitted from famine, end families may
he found actually it:whiffing from bungee and
huddling together tot their 000101021 tnimery
The stewards of th•own lande and forward
have been instructed to allow the peasantry
to enjoy free (100181(0 0(011 freely to gather
mushrooms, whic11 are largely consumed
among the lower clams nf Resat:the, and to
wither wild feta in the forests end woode of
the State. This, however, floes not itnewer
the demand for suledantial foods The fam-
ine dipples also the finterwes of HURLS., alld
1118 behoved that for this reason there will
be no war for many months, The collection
of State and local taxes in e t least twenty
provinces vill fall eonelderaidy be-
hind the usual amounts Besides, large
0111110 (100 required to prevent whole
populations from perishing of starve
tion. The Goveenment authorities, being
wow aroused, are exerting themselves with
energy, [led the dietvibution of relief is
going on as rapidly as poesIble, When a,
quantity of grain readied Marinpol, in
the Provinoe of Yak:aeries-allay, on
Tueeday last, the people were so weak with
want that they 0001.0 hardly alle Lo corns"
and get their portions. They walleyed
near the plash of distribution, presenting a
pitiful spectacle with their 01011 Nees end
wasted forms, A force of police teas present
to preserve order, but instea11 the police had
in several instaneee to keep the applicants
tom falling through sheer hunger and weak •
ness. Nor is the misery confined to the
lowest class. Among the applicants at
Marinpol wen noblemen and tradesmen, the
latter ruined in ltusiness through the loss
of custom on twomont of the famiue, and
the former deprived of the margin between
their debts and their income, on which they
had depended. The prohibition 01 0110 ex-
port of rye tytts none too soon if the more
frightful results of famine were to be avert.
ed,
A Sunday in 11 orway.
The service at the church began at ten
o'clock. The interior of Oe building 00115 es
plain es the exterior. The seats were of
rough wood, and men and women sat apart.
As in our cone'ry elturchea, so here—the
service Wee Cr/alit:Cad in a similar manner,
but the grave faces and attentive attitude of
the humble villagers left no doubt of theie
sincerity. The numbers of tlle hymns and
tunes were notified on a blackboard where
all could see ; and service began by the clerk,
who lolled against the wall with 1118 hands
in his pockets, pitching the Gine in a high,
snacked voice. The singing, like the re-
sponses, fell almost entirely to him alone,
though 110011 and then one of the oongrega-
tion would join in when least expected.
After an earnest discourse the clergyman
p111011 an ancient crimson velvet gown, and
(Idlninisterecl the Lortl'a Sepper, those who
partook kneeling before railings. Evevy
time the clergyman offered the bread and
011118 he said to each communicant in a low,
impressive voice Alle dine aynder
naadige forlaclelse, i navn Gud loader, Gad
Son, og Mule den hollige Aand." Calay all
thy sins be graciously forgiven in the name
of God Father, God Son, and God's Holy
Spirit.) The Communion was followed by
Baptism, awl then came the double wedding.
The marriage service is similar to ours,
but no rtng is pra on dueing the aeretnony,
A wedding -ring 18 0001111 on the 01(1101 110(41 ef
both men and women from the time they
are betrothed. As eoen as the wedding
party entered the church the brides were of
course the centre of attraction. Their
heads were surmounted by high silver
crowns tapering to a point, which gave them
a most comical appearance. Over their
bodies they wore breastplates made of
circular mirrors, with a profesion of silver
brooches and chains. No gloves ; no brides-
maids. Ono ceremony sufficed to unite the
two couples, who thereafter departed foe
their new homes. Two fiddlers in the Hese
curt led the way; the noel: and follow-
ing one conteined the newly married, whilst
frIonds and relatives in other little carts
and carioles brought up the rear ; the
tamed solemnity clutracteeising the whole
of the proceedings. (1(1 00.1,0 now two o'clock,
and, despite the intereat and novelty, we
were rather tilted with nay unwonted
service of four hoe re' d ur ttion.
The Norwegian Sabbath oommeuces on
Saturday night at won, and ends at the
same hour on Sunday, so in tho evening we
walked up the valley, which evoey minute
increases in wild grandma, until Ivo reached
ale little solitary hotel of Krokom, perched
high upon the moon taitt-sicle, within sigh -t of
the Rjaktte foo, and within heaving of its
rear.
•
Volatilisation of Iron.
Quito recently Messrs. Mond and Quinolte
discovered that nickel combines with carbon
monoxicle to form 0, nickel•carbon oxide,
W111.011 promitses to be useful in oonnection
with the develitpment of (Coital plating. At
that time the experimentalists failed to
obtain any similar compound of carbon
monoxide with another motet Considering
it strange that nickel should be the only
metal capable of 011 1011119 into combination
with this particular gas, they persisted i
their investigation, more especially tvith
iron, under very varied conditions ; ancl
they have al lase suet:ceded ht demonstrat-
ing the foot that iron is vnlatilizable, al-
though apparently in very small quantities,
in a aureola of carbonic oxide. This result
was communicated to the Chentical Society,
and the particulars of Messrs. Mond and
Quincito's experiments are reported in the
Journal of the society. Suffice it to note
here that they volatilized some finely divi•
ded iron in a current of carbonic oxide at
ordinary temperatures ; the deposits from
this process giving all the known reactanne
of ison in remarkably brilliant colors. The
practical importance of this disoovery may
or may not be oonsiderable, as further re-
search will be needed to establish the eon-
ditions under whieh the action can take
plaes.
It Turned His Heart to Praise.
Daimon (of the Mt. Pisgah Colored Metho.
dist Church to the retiring protor)—De flock
hab hulk up 0 o'lection an' bonght yer die
heah 'Altman' thnopieeo to show de lub doy
feels to deb posture.
The pa,stor (examining the Waterbury)
—Brehm) aft' sistorn, I's ovahoome wif
gratitude an' can't find words to tiptoes my
teeth's. Do oongregation will jine msingin
'Dere nebtth =din' spring abides.'
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Warm 'Water,
With baler 411 20 cents por pound, skim-
med nitik at 25 cents yor cwt., oorntfoddet
at 95 00 (100ton and a cost of 615 for warm.
svator 120 days for 40 oows, the results
1811 1110 Wisconsin experimeet dollen show a
profit of 9(1040 in 1880 and a loss of 95 08
in 1800, leaving as an average 1011 the tWO
years 910 21 010 0 herd of 40 cows.
1110 eolitsuieeseesi 01 emalipex, tearlet
I ever, inunips, the plagne,"
cholera, pillow fever and other einement
dieessees, has beets reeognizell almost aa
loug OA 1110 11.1(100.008 0101I1S01 VON 01111
reeent d1e:040010) 111 bacterielogy have
Awn that nntladiee Inemerly unsuspect-
ed of contagious pro 'sorties, such na nasal
catarrh, ordinary 111 lallinlaileu of the eye-
liels or commoot sore eyes, monsumption,
boils, look.jaw, told even words 011i1 many
other forme of skin (i1$014110A are 000 11191000
by communinatiou of the germ causes of
thetie maiadies. 10 0011(1111 000011 that the liet
of contagious maladies is certainly large
enough ; nevertheleee, 0. nuelieal journal re-
cently reports the malts extenfive 10.
000.1'0I180 111 00101.1011 10 the cause of Bright's
disease of the Icidneye, 011)1011 have been con-
duetwl by Prof. Mennaberg,by which it an-
num; that this formidable inaltuly mist also
Wadded to the list of " catching" disorders,
At any rate, this seems to be true of eertein
foems of the dieease. g
It has long boon known that Bright's
diseese frequently? follows pneumonia, ery.
eipelas, typhoid feed, scarlet feed, and
sweoral other fevers, all of tvhich are infecti•
0114 01' contagione ha character. But 14 11000
appears thet there le 0 peouliar form of the
disease in width the eutive cause 18 0
specific:germ which acts directly upon the
kidneys, tioinetitnes affecting also the heart.
It is found that theme germs can be cultivet-
ed outside of the body, that they are found
present in the (111118 01 persons suffering from
this disease, and atat they disappear when
recovery occurs, A pure culture produced
outside of the body, injected beneath the
skin of rabbits and doge, gave rise to violent
inflammation of the kidneys, and of the lin-
ing membrane of the heart, a complication
which not ihfrequently arises from inflam-
mation of these organs.
early eases of acute inflatnination of the
kidneys occur which result in recovery. It
Is evident 1110(1 0:1 overworked kidney would
be leas able to defend itself against the at-
tacks of invading microbes, than one of
which only a torinal and reasonable amount
of work teas required. The use of condi.
ments, alcoholic liquors, the excessive use
of flesh food or a highly albumittoue diet,
and all the causes which are reeognized as
predisposing to disease of the kidneys, fever
the development of this disease by weaken-
ing the ability of these organs to defend
themselves eatairist the germ cause of the
malady.
Row to Oontrol the Oough m Whooping
U°1
A. Swiss phson
ysies,1D4h; Ne.egely, has sug-
gested a method which he claims to be un-
ifermly successful in arresting the cough in
whooping cough. No medidne is adminster-
ed. The physician faces .tho patient aud
places his thumb upon the sides of the little
boue which lies at the root of the tongue.
The forefingers are placed over Ole oars, and
the other fingers at the sides of the neck.
With the fingers in this position, the thumbs
are passed upwerel so as to elevate the
hyoid, bone and the larynx, evhich must be
raised and held in position f rom one minute
to a, minnte and a half. The author of this
method claims that a single application is
generelly suffideut to relieve an obstinate
cough. An attack of hysterics aecompanied
by the sensation of a hall in the throat,
nausea, etc., when of nervous origin, seem
sided headache, and facial neuralgia, it is
claimed, may also be cured by the same
rnelecithiovedc,Sometimes several applications are
ChOlere, infantum,
A French physician has discovered et germ
which seems to be the <muse of cholera in-
fataum. That this disease is produced by
germs, has long been behoved, but tile axed
germ which causes the malady has never
before been isolated. This recently disooy-
ed germ is found to he present in all oases
of cholera infantum, usually 111 very large
numbers. It may be cultivated outside the
body, and evhen injected into the tissues of
1011111018, produces symptoms assembling
eholera. The germ Is found to produce a
very poisonous substance identical with
that produced by the goon of cholera. This
substance when introd.uoed into the body
in small doses, produce:et symptoms of (101.
00111(19, in large closes produces death,
Doubtless the germs of cholera infant=
are generally introduced in milk ; hence the
best preventive of the disease is to be found
in sterilizing, or boiling, the milk, When
child has already coutraoted the disease, the
best remedy is to be found in large hot
enemata, ancl withholding milk and all meat
preperatione, from the foocl. Farinaceous
preparations such as well boiled and strained
barley gruel, should constitute the diet.
Milk should be withheld for a few days,
until the movere symptoms have passed
away, as tnilk furnishes food for 11110 (10001.
The Oable Speed. of Electricity.
The experiments now in progress at Mce
Gill College, Montreal, under the maniocs
of the British and Canadian governments,
to ascertain the longitude of Montreal by
&red observations from Greenwieh, have
led 10 1110 accomplishment of 0 remarkable
telegraphic feat. The Ignglish papers re-
port it thus : "The first thing to determine
was the length of time it took o telegraphic
signal to doss the Atlentio, An aetomatic
contrivance, whereby ate lend line could
work into the ceble, was provided, and a
duplex alma was arranged, so that the
signal sent from Montreal would go over the
land 111108 to Canso (Nova Sootia), theme
over the cable to Waterville, Ireland, and
return to Montreal again. Attached to the
meth% and receiving apparetue VMS a
chronograph, which measured the time
Out of two hundred 01901110 sent, it was
found that the average time taken to cross
the Atlantic end back again—e, distance of
8,000 trdles—ocoupied a trifle over one
seeond, the exact time being one seeond and
fivehendredthe Professor McLeod is
001(17109 011 the exporimenes will -illy. Hos.
mint the menages of tlie Canadian Pacific
telegraphs.
trong Prowling.
A reverend gentleman having got into
diffieuleie$ With his congregation, Wend it
necessavy to hand in his resignation. On
Oto eve of his departure ho preached 0 fare.
Well admen, and sought to improve tho
celcasion by firing et parting shoe " You
ungratef ul and .godless people," ho boon,
severely, "111 is clear that God deo noir
love you, MS I 'MVO buried tone of you mince
I heed boon here ; mid it is certain you
don't love o(10 another, for I haven't me11.
od any of you, It is equally plain that you
do not love ine, for you have not paid me
my last quarter's salary. However, I
shall henceforth be independent of you all.
111000 ebbe:hied (1 (100111011 as chaplein of a
gaol." And then he tlooly gi4V0 011t the
text—" I go to prepare apiece for you, "
Pony Sermon,
" Pony 101,1,' prea(la,r, is 0,
1'0011ill(!4( ..11,801)010 Nelr ni11i110, Who was
torine.'', 11i the reiploy Capt. 4a.,k Oraw.
h,..‘ 01 1 101( neither ef these 000,
.10). bis 0008.111 110 reeltes in 10(11 411150 -
actor of " Potty Bill." The one whish fol.
lowa le by many vonsidered the bett 01 the
series.
It's 0(1010 tient fur me to make a gospel ,
play from a regehir pnlpil, an' I feel as
mush out 0(11(800 in Ole fine ;harsh ae an
Apache fustian 'd feel in camp on the
Heavenly siele to' the Blvd 0' Life. My
style 0' talk len% suitable fur skit it plash
but I see a menden, of eowboys before Ina,
an' it Li to them I will make a talk. If I
hut a beech o' my einem rennin' with an-
other herd it's 1117 duty te 0011 01111111 out if I
can and threw them over onto that portion
o' the righttious range that I'm a workin',
hence all I say will be fur the dear bort, my
compartiosos ro' the saddle an' rope. The
0081 0' you have yer men herder here to hold
you 00 the right range en' keep the gospel
breadth' ieon hot, 001 001)1 w'at I've heerti
hini say he Num knowe lee bustnese.
" Beye, when 1took et pot poor 010 111010
feedin' en the devil's cumin an' entreat
yew' (11(1110 (011(1 wit li my 0011-0)onirsit. yellr
poor pickno' with the luscieue glues n' re-
demptien I'm rennin' 011-11 netkes 1(10
tire:I 0 It emu sloes 0 To your blinded eyes
the ranges o' otin tney look pleasant. Tlut
valleys an' the dives may look bright an'
green, an' temptation's loveliest flowers
peep forth to lure you on to feed upi»1 pas -
Gael notivished by the polluting rains of
0101 BAC licentiousness. In that bright, green,
inviting glass lurks the deadly loen weed of
damnation, just tus poisouous to the immort-
al seta as the l000 weed o' the range is to
rennin' dock. You may think you can
:lewd this poison an' avoul it --feed around
it—lout you cao't do it. It thesis its poison
over all about it, and when you are tasting
0/pleasures which to your eyes look innocent
an' harmless, this poison o' sin an' ruin is
fas'nin' itself upon your souls an' plantin'
there the seeds of eternal misery. I've been
locoed there tnyself, boyo, au' I reckon I
know w't Thu talkie' about. But, thank
the Lord, a rider from the henut ralleh above
got a rope on me—the rope of salvation—an'
yanked ine oft the devil's range an' put upon
my soul the brand o' the redeemed.
Yon mustn't think, boys, that in order
to be Christians you must wear faces as
long as the face of a Texas steer and do
your prayin' in a high-toned corral like this.
I blieve God loves to hear a hearty laugh
and to see a smith' face, an' I believe at the
last great roundup if one o' them coffin•faued
fellers shows up at the bar o' judgement
with the eloom of a graveyard on his phiz,
the good Lord.'11 ask him w'at's a hurtin' 101111
an' continue his case all he feels better. It
isn't at all necessary, if you want to pray,
10 (10 to a church to secure a ileatie' 1 God's
time isn't all taken up lookin' after His cor-
ralled stook. His great allseein' eye is Con-
tinually molten' the range in searoh o'
strays, end He'll listen to a prayer from the
saddle or from a supplicant Itheelin' in the
wild grass o' the range just as closely as
from a man kneelin' on 0 081(181 10 a grand
cathedral. Neither is it necessa,ry to have
on your best togs when you approach
the throne o' grace. God never looks
at the eut of a man's duct's. Chris-
tianity '11 flourish jus' as well under leather
'chaps an' a wool shirt as under store
clothes. If you feel like prayin' in the
saddle jos' turn 'or loose an' you'll find a
ear. ‚0(1011)' in the saddle every clay
on the drive or on the round np, an' some o'
my happiest moments ere spent in coin -
muffin' 0theu all alone on night herd, far
100::',I0'08-1enPo'f'en heard it said that a cowboy
can't feller his profession an' be a. Christian,
an' I'm holiest enough to edmit that at
times there is a sort o'clash in the attempt
to keep the devil from chippin' into the
game w'en things go wrong. When 14 011000
of a steer that out loose from the herci, if
your horse hits a bog an' loses his feet an'
llops yon in the 1110i1 011' water a foot deep,
I confess it would require great Christian
stamina to enable you to git up smilln' an'
pedalo' the Lord, but with the genooine
brand o' grace in your hearts you could do
it. Things of'en go wrong with me on the
mega an' at times I have a breaehy feelia,'
like I'd be happy if I could jump out o' the
corral o' religion fur about ten minutes an'
talk like I used to, but God gives me
strength to resist, am' w'en the trouble has
passed I (801 011 the happier fur havin' mot
an' cobquered the temptation,
" Boys, if pm knetv w'at religion is you
would start a stampede from the ranges o'
sin that all the devil's riders couldn't head
oil% I wish you were all onto 11 as I am. I
wish I could show it to you as I see
it. Won't you ma louse front the old head
and come over to greener pastures an' livin'
waters ? I tell yo, boys, there is tio alkali
in the River o' Life There is no loco nor
cadus on the ranges o' Heaven. There are
no dangerous rivers to cross on the trail to
glory. There is rto short grub at the great
home ranch above. The bread o' life Is not
made with Kansas flour, baltin' powder an'
alkali water. Everything at the great
much is pure, 811( 0)' anpleasure there
reign supreme. Won't you come with me
and try it a whirl 1 You needn't say so
right here, but wherever you may meet me
come up to 100 an' say 1 Bill, I've
heard 001110 0' yner gospel talk an'
I think it is about straight. I want
to jine the outfit you're a ridin' fur,
en' I want you give the foreman a talk for
me.' God bless you, wherever I may be, ru
gib right clown off my horse an' interduee
you to tho 1.ord and see that you are start.
ea in on the range in temper shape. I'll
show you all the watee holes an' bogs an'
cross trails, aft' ear marks, so you will have
no trouble in takin' hold as handy as on
that's rode the range fur years. May the
good Lord throw out His riders an' head
you all 011 1110101 the trail of sin an' in the
end safely mewl y011 up st, the home ranch
above, will be my constant prayer."
How o King Keeps Cool,
The King of Siam is said to have in ono
of his country palaces a wonderful pavilion.
It was built by a Chinese engineer as a re-
fuge for the Xing during the extreme heat
of the summer. The \vans, ceiling, and floors
are formed of piens of plate glass an inch
thistle They 8110 00 peefoctly tated together
with a transparent commit that the joints
are thyleible, and no fluid ean penetrate. The
pavilion is 28 feet long and 17 wide, and
stands itt the middle of a huge basin made
of beautifully colored marble%
When the King enters the pavilion the
single door i$ closed and cemented. Then
the sluice gates aro opened and the basin
is filled with water. Pligher mad higher it
eises mitfl the pavilion is covered and only
the ventilators at the top connect it with
the open air, When the heat of the sun is
$o great that the water almost boils on the
surface of the freshest fountains, this pavil-
ion 08 110110101101131 ono), And this is the way
the King of Shan cools himself off in hot
weather. /1 sounds very delightfuL
LATE CABLE
--
Reoeption of the French Fleet—Berry, the
Hangnien---Politios in Britain—Mr,
Gladstone's Health,
Great satisfaction is expreseed in Peels at
the graelous manner ill 10111011 Queen Vidorla
reeeived Admiral Gervais, La Liberte re.
marks that the reeeption 0( 1110 100011011 fleet
by the people and authorities of Portsmouth
and 17 the Queen herself surpasses in point
of cordiality awl ltincluess all the promises
of the programme, Le $oir calls on the
French Govertoneet to be AS adroit es Eng-
land, and, seeing that both countries
have need of each other, to take advantage
of England's advances by arranging the New.
fowl:Bend, Matlegaticar, and especially the
Egyptian difficulties. This would detach
Englan4 from the triple alliance, "She
affirms that she is already detached," says Le
Sob., " ana we wish nothing better than tO
believe it 1 but we ehould thee be tnuch
more certailt." Le Soir thinke Italy would
then aloanelon the allithee, so that Germany
mei Austria would be left alone. It sug-
gests that Germany, to overthrow the
Croestadt agreement, nught throw 0000
Auatrio., leaving her to be attacked by
1180810 0:111 Italy, while she hereelf attacked
France,
Mr. 1011108 Berry, the leading hangman
of Great Britain and Ireland, is at present
engaged la a controversy with the physician
of KArkdale Pri-on in Liverpool concerning
the execution of one John Conway on last
Thursday morning, on which occasion the
heacl of Mr. Conway was nearly jerked from
hie body at the end of the rope. Berry
asserts that this accident occurred because
the physician insisted on a six-foot drop
instead of four feet six inches, and the
physician says in effect that the man's head
nearly came off because Berry was drunk.
Of course, Berry insists that he was not
drunk, though he admits having. taken a
brandy and soda before the execution ; but
the reporters who were present say that
his conduct was extraordinary.
The prospects of the Lewisham election
are improving daily for the Gladstonian
candidate. He has made immense strides
with the lukewarm electors, who, without
strong political convictions, look 11(1011 400109
as very much of a bore. The new register
shows that so great has been the change in
the constituency since the last election that
out of the 10,000 voters 6,000 are absolutely
new residents, and as these are to a. great
extent workingmen, the radical element will
surely predonnnate among them. The Tories
are lamenting that the election falls in the
full holiday seaeon, when so many of their
supporters are absent on vacations, a cause
which will operate to a. much smaller degree
with the Gledstonians. Whatever may be
the result it is certain to record a startling
political change as compared with the last
election.
Mr. Gladstone is in the best of health and.
shows not the slightest dimuintion of energy.
He has had a long correspondence with his
lieutenants this week, and has watched the
Parnell -Dillon controversy with so close an,
eye that Parnell had scarcely time to print a
misstatement before the watchful Liberal
leader at Hawarclen was upon his track and
setting him right. Yesterday, for a little
recreation, the Grand Old Man drove over
to the new village library, where he remain-
ed for five hours cataloguing the volumes as
O labor of love. This morning he removed
with his axe& tree tvhioh, to his experienced
eye, seemed superfluous.
Famous For An Hour.
It is not often that 0 nonentity is mistak,
en for a notability for several days. Yet
that is What happened quite recently at a
small watering -place in Upper Austria. All
of a sudden the town was convulsed with
the delightful intelligence that Girardi, the
famous Viennese comedian, Was 111 its midst.
A charity concert was in process of organiz-
atiou, and forthwith a deputation waited
on the groat man to solicit his assistance.
It was graciously accorded, and the deputies
withdrew in high feather, one of them re-
marking how strange it was that all eater
should have so fine a beard. " Wily, don't
you know," replied an omniscient colleague,
that actors always het their beards grow
in the holidays." On the eventful night the
concert -room was peeked to suffocation, and.
a vigorous round of applause greeted the
appearance of tho famous actor. Whet
followed may best be described in the words
of "710 Vienna News': "Instead of the
excrutiatingly funny song expected by the
public, Herr Girardi began a seneimeetal
:Hay in a very hoarse tone of voice. This
rather astonished the audienee at first; but
they rapidly mile to the conclusion that a
must be a first-rate imitation of some opera -
singer. The object: of the Inimiery they did
not know, but they roared with laughter all
the same. Gicardi was entered and sang
a romantic Italian aria, and once more the
audience were convulsed at the subtlety of
the imitation. Next morning it happened
that the olliciel visitors' list was published
from a perusal of which it appeared that,
barring a certain Samuel C4irardi, described
as "merchant," nobody of that name was
stopping in the town. The actor's name
being Alexander, the extent of the blunder
was soon apparent.
The White Tyrant Among the Finns.
The Czar and Czarina have mot with au
extremely cold reception during their pre-
sent visit to Finland, where their stay in
former years has been reckoned among the
pleasantest events of the whole year. To
talto one instance out of malty, the famous
Finnish Choir, the Muntra Musikanter, or
"the Jolly Musicians," have hitherto given
seleotions of Finnish and Scandinavian
popular songs for the Czar's amusement ;
but this 30081 111107 have dissolved, expressly
to avoid singing before their Majesties, who
have been mewed only by the local author-
ities, the people holding sullenly aloof. The
Char was greatly surprised at axis abtitude,
and said to a, well-known Finnish politician 1
"Methinks the Finns have greatly changed"
The answer he reoeived was "Your
Majesty, the Finns ere the same as ever.
They don't know how to dissemble. They
zing when they are merry, and weep when
they are sad." The Empress WO painflaly
affected on hearieg that the Finnish Choir
bad dissolved, and the Governor of Viborg,
General Grippenberg, was requested to sob
meads right. He addressed himself to
Baran Enorring, director of the Academical
Singers' Club at 1/elsingfors, and invited
them to go out to Willmannstrand, and
give a concert in honor of their Majesties.
But the reply 1000 that the feeling in the
country and the finances of the Academical
Singers forbade them to accept the invi.
tation. The General, overlooking the form-
er reason, Offered 150 kronen it head for
expenses, but the answer he received was a,
refusal of unceremonious curtness,