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M.‘ TEEFY, ESQ” Notary 1 Public, CUMMISSIGNER IN THEQUEEN’S BENCH, .~ .=Toronto. D.B.»READ, (2.0. l J.A..BOYD B A May 7.‘|866. ‘40.” RICHMOND HILL POST OFFXCE. GREEVIENTS, Bonds, Deeds, Morlgages. WiHH, Am, x\’c,. drawn \vnh anemiun andprommimde: Terms moderate. Richmond Hill. June 9. 18M. 1 Consultations in the office on the mornings of Tuesdavs. Thumdnyn and Snmrdays. 8 to “La. m. UTAH consultations in the office, READ & BO V D, Barristers, Attorneys at Law, ‘ Solicitors in Chancefyfis, BARRISTEH, Afimnayâ€"atâ€"Law. JOHN M. REID, M. u, 008. OF YONGE AND COLBURNE STS., Solicitor in Chancery, ' CONVEYANCE R, &c, &c., &c Oir‘mcaâ€"In the “ Ydrk Herald” Buildings, Richmnnd Hill. 0:}- Money to Lend. July, 5th. 1866. 5-1}; Cash. Tlmrnhill. Juno 9, X865 Barrister unb fitmmcyâ€"mâ€"flam, SOLICITOR IN CHANUERY, 850 . (ZONVEYANCIGR. AND DIVISION COURT AGENT, m R. HUS l‘E I’lEll’S numerous friends wlllploase accept lHS sincere thanks In: their liberal patronage and prompt payment. and would announce that he will continue to devote (“a whole of his utlumim‘. to the prac- tice of Medicine. Sun-gary and Midwifery. All anIS. (night or day,)promp1|yattended to. Elgin Mills, Oclobor 5. 1866. ‘ ILL genernny be found at home before half-pas! 8 mm and from 1 to ‘2pm. ‘ All parties owing Dr. JILangslafi‘nre expect- ed to call and pay prompfiy. as he has pay- menls now that must be met. Mr. Geo. Burkilt is authorised to collect,and give receipts for him. Richmond‘llill, June. 1‘65 77, King Strept Egact M‘NAB, MURRAY 851ACKES, Barristers & Attorneys-at-Law Solicitors in Chancery, V coxvxnuxmms, &c. OFFICEâ€"In the Court House, . .TORONTO August 1, 1866. v 59 A card or twenty lines. do . . . . . . . 6 5n EAdvertisemems without written directions naerfad till forbid. and charged acgordingiy All advertisement: published fol: a less period than one .month. mus: be paid for in advance. All transitory advertisements. from strangers orirregular customers. must he paid for when andvd in for inser'ion. UEFICEâ€"OVQI‘ the Gas Company office Toronto Street. Toronm. Toronto. August 1, 1867 Em mama mmwgm Six lines and under. first insertion . . . . $00 50 Each subsequent insertion. . .. . . . . . . . . 00 [3 Ten lines and under. first insertion. . . . 00 75 Each subsequent insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 20 Above tan lines, first insertion. per line. 00 07 Each subsequent insertion. por line. . . . 00 02 Una Column per twelve months. . . ... . 50 00 Half n column do do . . . . . . . 30 00 Quarlea of a column per (waive months. 20 00 One column pei six momhs.. . . . . . . . . 40 00 Hulfucolumn do . . . . . . . .... 25 00 Quarter ofa nolum n per six months. . . . 18 (In A card of Ion lines, for one year. . . . . . 4 ()0 A card of fifteen linos. do . . . .... 5 ‘25 A card oftwenly lines. do . . . . . . . 6 5n Manufactured and for Sale flooring and mhar k;mber dressed, Fellows sawn and shingles for sale hy And dispatched to subscribers by the earliest mails.'or other convayance, when so desired. 'The YORK HERALD will always be found to contain’ thalatest and most important Fareigrn and Provivtcinl News and Markets, and the ‘ greatest care will be taken to render it ac- ceptable to the man ofhusiuess. and a. valu- able Family Newspaper. TERMS :â€"One Dollar per annum, 1N AD- 'vncz; if not paid within Two Months, One Dollar and Fifty cents will be charged. _Allletters Addressed to the Editor must be [mat-paid. No paper discontinde until all arrearages urn pIid : and panics refusing p‘apers without paying up, will he held accountable for the subscription. DR. JAS. LANCSTAFF John Langstaff THOMAS SEDMAN, Carriage and 'Wagg‘on ’ MAKER. -. EB. ‘ "&'c'. 8pc. m; Residenceâ€"(Nearly opposite the post Ofiice. ' Ribo‘nd‘llfl. EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, _ BARRISTEH AT LAW» f, VCONVEYANCER 8w mmmwa airman}. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CISTRENS' AND PUMPS 1 CW):- 2 mark 3.5mm RICHARD GRAHAME, GEO.,,B. NICOL, S'rmm IVlILLS. Tummmu LAW CARDS. 'I'HOR N H ILL IS PUBLISHED Rant, ’nQ'er Thompson’s East India Hans-6) TORONTO. on the Elgiu Mills l’lnnk Rand. A large Stock ofS'rAvms and SHINGLES. kem constantly on hand.und sold uflhe lowest Prices 715- (hflnmfi examine Sloclf’bvfore purchas- ing elsewhere. I 1 ESIDENCEâ€"Lot 26. 2nd Con. Markham r HE Subscriber begs to inform the Public that he has leased the above llolcl. wherehe willkeep constantly on hand a good snpplv of first-class Liquors. ($10. As this house possesses every nccommodaLion Tra- vellers can desire. those who wish testny where they can find every comfortax‘u respectfully in- vited to give him a call. DAVID EYER, Jun, Stave & Shingle Manufacturer Tho host of Wines, Liquors and Cigars will hu !'uuud m the har. Counl‘nrmhfe accnmmodav [ion for tmvmlurs. A careful “Osllm‘ always in allondance. ' - ' " Ladies and Gentlemen, who require a true chart of the foot, can procure one in either French Kid 01‘ Calf, by calling and ordm‘iu-z it at T. DOLMACE'S. End the public generally, ‘ that he has opened an HOTEL in the Village of Maple. -1lh Con. Vaughan, where he hopes, by atten- tion 10 the comforts of (he travelling commu- nity. to merlta share of their patronage and upport. Good Slubling. &c . Richmond Hill, April 4, 1867 GIDEON DOLMAGE. Proprietor Richmond Hill. Dec. 1865. 528-” THE OLD HOTEL, Cieaued and Allen-ed to this latest style Stamping and Machiua Embroidery dune. ’l‘HE. Sufiscriber begs to infonp his Vfi'iepds Post. Office Addressâ€"Richmond Hill June 1865 Manufacturnr nml Dealer in all kinds ofMen‘s Women‘s and Children’s BQOTS 81. SHOES, Maple. Jan 1866. Gent’s Hats cleaned and Dyed, Two doors nurlh of G. A. Baruards Store. 1111107, 1865. ' 1 Mafplé Hotel! l‘hornhiH, July 4, (857. Kepx on hand. SAWING done promptly; also Lumber 'l‘ongued 8; Groved PicLNic pafi'ties and Ten Meetings supplied at the lowest. pnssible rates and on the shortest notice. MANTLE and DRESS MAKERS. LOOK AT THIS Planet] Lumber, Flooring, 6w. Richmond Hill. Nov. 9 l866 GEO. MCPHILLIPSSL SON Provincial Land Surveyors, LUMBE RING- ABRAHAM EYER PLANEING TO ORDER, Al the lowest possible rates. Saw Miil on lot 25, 2nd Con. Markham. 2} mlllos easlof Richmond Hill by lhe Plank Road Richmond Hill, June 26,1865. 4- ly }3EGS leave to noxify the puhhc that he has purchased the business and good will of W. S. Pollock’s establishment. and that he is prepared to furnish BREAD and FANCY CAKES to those who may honor him with their patronage. Richmond Hill Bakery P. BASING’I‘WAITE, BEEN] 8IBISEIIIT BAKER AH erers strictly amended to. Richmond Hill, March 21, [866. Bon n ets, Fe] t & Straw Hats OR the Counties of York. Peel and On- _ tario. Residence: Lot 8, 6th coucess.on Markham. Post Oflficeâ€"Unionville. Sales atte‘nded _on thé sho'rtest, notice' and on reasonable terms. Orders left at the " Herald”1 ofiica for Mr, Carter's services will be prompth amended to. Juho,27 1807. Give John a call when in Town‘ Toronto. Dec. 1855. 27 DANIEL HORNER, Jun, DOLMAGE’S HOTEL, NEW SERIES. MALL-OY’S AXES JOHN CARTER. LICENSED AUCTIONEER 'I‘mmx HILL. HEN RY HERON, Proprietor. One of the oldaat and cheapest houses in the EGS respectfully to inform his customers and the public lhut he in prepurud to do V01. VIII. N0. 17. 38 West lVlarkquuure. ‘2 doors south of King Stmet. In any quantity. and on short notice Misses M. & A. RoutIidge, LATE VAN NOSTRAND’S, JOHN BARRON. RICHMONDVHILL AND YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVERTISER. PHYSIOLOGY. SEAFORTH. C. W‘ Lot 20. 2nd cuceossion Markham FOR. SALE BY RICHARD VAILES. 32-ly TORONTO. l-lf Hf One day l escaped, and took the road to rejoin them. I was saunt- ering along, eating my usual break- {east of bread and cheese, when l distinguished at some distance what appeared to me a black dog ol‘ enormous SJZC lying across the road and lest asleep. I‘ was at first afraid to approach it; but being Sure ofa beating il l returned home, and finding trvsell' nearer to my father, who willingly allow- ed himself to be moved by my tears when a co:recti0n was meditatcd, lmade a detour, and passed the animal eta distance, holding to- wards him a piece of my breaklast, to manifest my amiable intentions. Lfttle noise as I made, as he was but hall asleep, he perceived me, and, rising, came towards me. Then I threw him a morsol ofbread which he smelt at, and appear- ed to swallow with much satisfsc- tion , for he approached me. to ask lor a second. allowing me to cares; him; though growling all the time. Crumbling my breakfast behind me. and thus affording an occupa- tion to my strangs companion. in whose society ldid not feel quite easy, I traversed the mono- tain. and attained the edge of the wood bordering upon our pasture. There he ceased to follow me; and I entered the meadow, where l lound my lather, to whom i relat- ed what had belallen me. He left me for an instant, returned, took his gun, and in the evening after a useless‘pnrsnit, told me that I had made acquaintance with a bear. On the first occasion of my en- countering a bearl was seven or eight years of age. In the summer, you know, our'people withdraw tn the mountains with their herds of cattle, which they led to the pas~ lures discovered hy'the melting of snows. My parents had gone with the rest, and had left me alone: in the house, confided lo the care of a domestic. Adventures with Bears. The morrow comes; and the maiden Left alone, for a. false love weeps, While the widow’d mother’s darling 7Neath the blue wave soundly sle:ps. The student disappointed, sees The wish’d-for prize in another’s hand; The soldier slain in the night attack, Fills a grave in a far-off land. In my twentieth vear l dWelt in La Manrienne,-â€"a famnns haunt of bears. Happening one day to read an account of these formidable hunts ofulden times, bv which the [18.110113 who colonized the northern regions and Africa gained their subsistence ; it excited in me so great a thirst for adventures, that when a neig-hbonr named Ray- mond, a tnrinus hunter of bears and ot‘chamois, renewed his lnvi-_ tion to the to join him, be hand to great astonishment that I eagerly accepted 1t. As soon as he became convinced that l was in my senses. Dreaming sits a soldier youthful, In his hand a tress of hair, Gazing on it, he 1S buildingâ€" Building castles in the air: Dreaming of the coming morrow, When, the din of battle o‘er, Victor-crown’d to her who gave it He’ll rethrn to part no more. Dreaming sits a. student ioneiy; In his attic mean and bare ; Though a man, he too is buildingâ€"â€" Building cast} es in the air: Dreaming of the coming morrow, And the contest for the prize ; “ What though others strive, I care not; Mine it is,” he proudly cries. Dreaming sits a widow’d mother, Aged' not by Time but Care ; Like the maiden she is busy Building castles in the air: Dmaming not of coming morx'ow, Day long look’d-for. now so near; And she'mnrmm'Sâ€"“ Ere another Sunset, Charlie w1ll be here.” ~or rmhmfi thatI was notâ€"he look upon himselfto brovide me with the necessary weapons. A quart- erbf an hour after we Were among Dreaming in the golden twilight, Sits a maiden young and fair, While the shadows slowly lbngthen; Building castles in the air: Dreaming of the coming marrow, Brightest day in her bright, life; All her love and trust rewarding With the holy titleâ€"Wife. fliimiure; BY A SWISS. TO-MORRO W. 111mm). “ Let Sound Reason wrzigh more us than Popular Opinion.” RICHRIGND HILL, FRIDAY, SEPT. 2'7, 1867. The hall honr having at. anl, end. I prepared to retreat. As I was about to lower my carabine and hastilv quit the solitary wood, whore I full but hall assured. a noise that could not be caused by the flight ol a Chamois sounded alongthe path. I said to m§self that it must be Raymond; and I advanced as I thought towards him while the noise likewise approach- ed. It was evident that something was trampling under foot the boughsdetaohed hv autumn from the fir~troes; but the tread appear- ed too slow and too heavy for Ray- mond. l begun to be afraid..â€" a universM tremor seized me,â€" and by a last my ot the setting sun that p'rnetratetl- brokeuly into the wood. I recognised the new-‘comer. He was a bear of large size, with little fiery eves and fallow hair, and gained upon me gravely with lowered head. not yet suspecting my neighbourhood. At this moment, though without strength to fly, lhad shouldered the butt end of my weapon, and urged by fear, my finger instinctively pressed the triggPr. I know not how it happened that I possessed this day an address which would certainly not have belonged to me on any Other; my bullet reached the animal, and he uttered a {right- ful war. I have always thought ll‘mt I deprived him of an ear. an hour slipped by in like manner, whilt: the increasing shadows in- vaded. little by littte, the space around me, ‘hough the sun's ra'vs yet liiumined lhe horizon. he Icaan his two {are paws upon the trunk of the tree which I had before chosen for my reluge, l was already established upon a pretty strong branch ten feet from him. 'I know not it lerrm‘ gave me \vings‘and courage, or if my cha- racter once delivered from its every day trammels, were urged by dang- er to the heroism of an extreme energv, but! bravaly‘and with firm firmfoot awaited the enemy, my eye fixed upon his, and my hatchet in my fist. In two bounds he was beside me. lhad by this time disembarrassed myselfof the caruhine; and when During a quarter of an hour my eyes wandered alternatelv towards the two extremines of the path that Iravérsed the wood. Nothing appeared. The second quarter of it was scarcely six o'clock. 1 cool- ly prepared my cambine, and re- mained in an altitude of expecta: lion. As soon asi found myseif alone, my first movemenhwas to climb up a Iree and inspeclmy position, in nrder not 10 be surpi‘ised. 'I‘wnight already extended its floating sha- dows beneath the fir trees, though At first he remained standing against the tree.- devouring me with his eyes, and breathing through his nostrils with a horrible rumbling noise; then he began to mount. .When he arriwd near me, lltftédt-he-hatchet and struck at 'him-‘ I didil 100 precipitatelv. for' the blow'giided over one of his paws that was in advance, and rnademan incision in the skin, without cutting off the limb. With the beat hufintenthis method in de- CiSit‘lejt when his carabine becomes useless. and danger presses. he takes refuge in the nearest tree, 'maiting ot'hls hatchet a defensive It was a heauti gl autumnal day. Toward’s five o‘o.ook in the even- ling. alter havingmountered noth- ing. save a heath-cock and two quails' which Raymond poached and lodged in his» bag, we began to think of teturning home. In tra- veraing an immense wood, almost imprevious to the rays of the seIt-. ing sun, Raymond. who was an- noyed at the ill success ofour chase remembered that there was a short distance among the rocks. a kind oflittle meadow, where Chamois were in the habit oi grazing. He“ placed me. on the lookâ€"out. recom- mended me to employ both eye and ear to prevent their escapeand left me; advising me to descend the mountain. if at the end at half an hour I perceived nothing, and he Was not returned. i saw him buryvltimselfin the wood, then lie down uoon his face and crawl like a serpent along a rock, behind which he disappeared. the mountains, our carabines on our shoulders, and little hatchets. with wellsltarpened edges, passed through our belts. i The evening before, Raymond inot havmg succeeded in tracing a {sing (3 Chamois, and believing that ;I had rammed to the vil'age as he ihad recoman me. had descended ithitherhimseifl and retired to bed :without troubling himself. further {about me. in the morning having Eli-arm that] had not reappeared he ‘hnd immediaIeiy relaken the way tolhe mountain in search for me and all the viliage had followed lhim. All at once the bear ceased to dig and began to snuff windward. it appeared to me that a distant sound came through the fir-trees. The bear. lowering his head, listened with me. The noise approached, and ldistinguished my own name being called upon through all the mountain with tumultuous voices. Apparently my ferocious adversary became aware that powerfulsuccour arrived ; for alter having again snuffed the breeze, which brought to his ears cries from every side, he looked at me with an expression of nrufound regret, and went his way through a wood. Minutes passed like centuries; the. night came on. and my courage began to fail. I could no longer see my frightful enemy; his rumbl- ing respiration and the dull sound of his indefatigable labour alone reached my ears with the lust sounds of the valley, where I re- flected that eVery one, happy and tranquil slept in peace while I was delivered to- a torment: of which nothing can give any idea. "After having listened ior a long time, without hearing any one coming to my aid, 1 thoutght that it was all over with me, and that the hour had arrived to regulate with heaven the afiairs of my conscience. I passed the night in prayer. The dawn appF-aredâ€"Ihe bear yet Ia- boured. The tree began to reel. At this moment I closed my eyes. Five minutes afterwads Ray- mond was at the foot 0! the tree. ll was time; it fell as 1 descended. His intention was to dig around the tree that it might fall. For a bear, the matter was not ill con- ceived; and I soon learnt that these animals are not wanting in pre- severance. Happily in examining the tree which had afforded me an asylum. I had acquired the certainâ€" ty that it was strong enough to make a long resistance; or I be- lieve that I should have precipitat- ed myself at once, so horrible was it thus to lace the perspective of in» ovitable death. Butl hoped that Raymond might have heard the howlings ol'the bear, and that hea- ven would not entirely abandon THE sea is the largest of all ceme- terles, and its slumberers sleep without monuments. All Other graveyards, in all ntltervlands, show some symbol ol'tlistinctinn between the great and small. the rich and poor; but in that, oceanâ€"cemetery the king andthe clown. the prince and the peasant. are like distin- guished; The same waves roll OVer allâ€"the. same requiem by the ruinslreley ofthe ocean is sung to their honor. Over their remains the same storm beats. and the same sun shines ; and there, unmarked. the weak and the powerful, the planted and the unhonnured, will sleep on until awakened by the same. trump, when the sea shall give up its dead. and considering it due to his honâ€" our to have his revenge, remained undecided for a short lime, uttering stifled howlings that lost them- selvas in the depth of the wood. in the end, after having recommenced climbing towards me, he all at once slapped, appeared to change his determination, and rc-descend‘: ed Then 1 saw him smell the earth around the fir-tree. When he had finished he looked towards me a last time. as if to assure him- selfthal I was still there. and ad- dressed himself to his work. 1 What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend int0~an enemy,- for his joy at your death will be in proportion to what' you leave him. u weapon. If he cannot reach the animals head, he endeavours to detach a paw; it is rarely after this check that, the bear does not bury hunself howling among the mountains. Butmy friend 100 slighth wounded to abandon the pursuil, We have only 100,000[. left, she replied. Oh, I swear it, Verv Well; give it me. The money was given over. Now,1hen, let Ihis affair be forgotten. Never speak of it to your husband, and he shall know nothing. As for van. sir, give me your delicate Iillle lhumbs. He placed handcuffs 0n lhe genllmnan, conducmd him lu_ Havre, put him on :1 ship bound for America, and left him with the French abieu, Go, hang yourself elsewhere. Vidocq stenped out ol his place ul concealment. Tableau! My children, be calm. or I‘ll break bmh your heads. said Vidncq. We. undersland each other, I supposrn va tell me, where i§11ie stolen mom'y l Vidocq came to Paris, and hand- 0d the 100.000f. lo the merchant, saying, Your cashier was the thief, but he had spent 50 0001. of the money with a danseuse. I embark- ed him for New ank. Afterwards no happier family was ever known than that of [Le merchant. BULK OF THE GOLD IN THE V\’0RLu.â€"â€"Accor(iing to estimates given in a New York paper. the whole‘ amount of the gold in the world at the present moment is about 5350000000 dols. in value. It may he oliulorest to see what the bulk ol this amount of gold would be if it were all melted and run together. Pure gold is more than nineteen times as heavy as water; acuhic loot ol water weighs 1000 ouhces avoidnpois. A cubic foot of gold would weigh, then, over 19,000 ounces, avoirdupots; and every such of fine gold is worth, according to our cnmage. somewhat more than 18 (lots.; so that the whole cubic foot of gold would be a little more than a third ofa million dollars. A cuhic yard of solid gold would be worth twen~ ;ty-seven times as much as that, or lover nine million dollars; and 650; cubic yards Would contain some-1 what more than the 5.950 000 000 dollars of gold in the world. These. 660,cubic yards would be contain- ed within a room about fiVe yards liigh‘ eight yards wide. and sixteen yards longâ€"say a good sized par- lour, or store of n'ioderate size. But, says some one, gold is so lmalleable that even this small bulk of it would gild over the whole earth. But he either ever-estimates the malleability of gold, or more likely, under-estimates the size ot the earth. ll taltes 1.2807000 leaves of the thinnest gold foil in make an inch in thickness. or about fifteen millions and a third tomakc afoot, or 46,000.000 to a yard. A cubic "yard of gold, then, could be beaten Bzeakfast was_served; a young man was shown in and addressed thus by madam-«Very well.Arlhur; he is gone, but he suspecis us. The rival of Carpemier Went over a long tirade of love and desolation. concluding with these words :-â€" Only one road is left open for us; let us take what is left and embalk forâ€"- Very well. then, go back home, make believe you are going on a journey, and introduce me into the house. This was‘ .done, the merchant IeIt home, and Vidocq secreted himself in a closet near the chamâ€" ber of the lady. ' But 1 but !â€"â€"â€"no matter'abnut the buts! You wish to find your mnney, dont you, and you haw: confidence in me? Since you insist upon knowing. she is handsome; butâ€"â€" Ofcourse 1 have, since I am here. Never mind all thatâ€"your ca- shier ls lwcnly’five-is your wife handsome? 'Twcmy-five. Bul I am sure of him', - as I am of myself; he has been robbed. He is a Vlclim like myself. Are you married. Yes. How old is your wife? Is she handsome? Is she hunest 1 Oh. yes, my wife is virtue itseli -â€"-honorable. attached to .116 above. 1 TERMS $1.00 in Advance. A rich merchant went to hini to consult on a deficit of 150.000f. which he had found on his books. V‘idncq demanded, Whal. is the age of ymu cashier. The lagl cxpléil 0t Vidocq the famous French detective, is said 10 have been as loilows :-â€" VIDOCQ’S LAST EXPLOIT Whole N0. 4'80. >MWVVVV There are some who do not exr ert the pOWers thevfthink they poso sess. becanse they do not occupv a position adapted to call forth these powers. They stand idle, because, they say no tnan hath hired them. When asked‘tl‘there is nothing for them to do, they reply, in eflect, nothing worthy of their powers- Those who thus wait for stations- worthy of their supposed power» may spend a lile in idleness. The true than d0es vigorously whatso- ever his hand findeth to do. He is never out of employment. No one need ever be out of cmptqymom l‘hore is always work to be done- Some complain that all avenues to e’mplovment are closed to them. They are not closed to those who» have a mind to work. A merchant tn London had made what was then regarded as a handsome for- tune. In consequence of losses occasioned bv some panic, he fail' ed. Ho surrendered all his pro. yerty to his creditors. _ He Was not. out of employment 3. week. He took the first thing that offered- Though he had been the head of a large establishment, he took a clerkship in a comparative small one. He attended to the duties of his clerkship as faithfuly as he had attended to the duties of'the firm of which he was once the leading partner. Of course it was not many years before he was again among the merchants of the City. Let no young man wait in idleness- for a situation worthy ofhis powers. Let ,him do with his might whatso- ever his hand findeth to do. ‘ The, way to get a better place, is to perr lorm in a first rate manner the duties of your present one. [The way to prepare for greater useful- ness is to make yourself as useful as pUSSibte in your present calling The Magnesium light at Sea. The American Magnesium Com- pany, of Boston, have lately exhiv bited an nparatns showing the adap-v of the magnesium light for signalv ling at sea. They claim that the light from a lamp constructed in the same manner as the one exhibited has been seen at a distance of sixty- five miles. The great difiiculty; hitherto with the magnesium light- has been the unsteadiness of the- llnme, owing to the want ofsoma mechanical arrangement whet-chm the flame could be properly fed with the metallic strip. This~ lilt- now been completely overcome by a delicate clock-work arrangement; the delicate ribbon of magnesium is given off in just sufficient quantity to supply a steady and most brilliant flame. It is stated that the main obstacle to a more general use of magnesium as an illuminamr is fast disappearing, the difficulty being the cXpense oi the material. Not long ago the manufactured slips of metal which are burnei to pruduoe the flame. cost $16 per ounce ; they ‘now SBll l'or 383-50. As the con‘ sumpthnn increases. and manufac- lurers become more experienced, the price continuesvtolfall, lac the supplv is unlimitetlE-Journal 6f Applied Chanistry. Pownroms.~â€"Prof. Blot, ‘in his lectures on cooking, deprecates the practise ofcutting off such ,enorm- ouslv thick parings lrom potatoes as is the custom of most people, to save the trouble of neatly digging out the eve, which lies deep below the surface. The lecturer’s caution seems to have been directed stmply against the shil’tless style of - mani- pulation, which wasted a certain hulk ofpotatoe. If this were: the extent of the evil, it would hardly be a serious fault, as potatoes are cheap and plenty. and the time saved might offset the waste of 'food. The truth is, however,.that almost the sole value of the piotatoe is near the surface, so near that a ‘very thick peeling would take ' the thiggest part of the nutrim‘ent. This is at once made obvious by examining a‘thin slice of potatoe with a microscope, when the starch granulus will be found lying in the greatest number in a belt under the skin and decreasing towards the- centre. They ‘ are placed there for the nourishment of the young sprout, which springs from the "eye' and which being, like beauty, "only skin deep," is re-- quired to go no deeper for its loud during the germinéting process. This starch is, for all practical pur-1 poses, the entire nutritnent which the potatoe contains. there being‘ only two per cent 01 gluten, while seventy five per cent is clear Water. So if it is worth while to eat xthe- potatoe at all. it is obviously loolish to throw away the nutriment and save only the water-cellm-Camw dian Messenger > HOW TO GET UP. HIGHER. out so as to cdver 463K ’ yards~â€"somewhat lesémxw acres, [or there are 4840\1‘2 yards 10 the acre. Then as (h: are 640 acres to the square mihk the whole 660 cubic yards of gold cowd be beaten 0:11 so as to cover about 10,000 square miies. That is, a tram oniy 100 miles squareâ€"- less than the extent of Vermont. and a little more than a fifth of Bilher New York or Pennsyivania.