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The next day we prepared to see the city. .A short drive across the spacious granite N orrbro Bridge brings us to the magnificent palace, the grandest in 9.11 Euro e, We make the easy ascent of the hill whic is bordered by marble balnstradcs», columns of Tuscan granite, and lion} of Maine. This palace, ex- i‘he cradle is ellipty~our baby is dead; The angels have taken our pet. From our home that. was happy-little darling has fled, But his image We’ll never forget. His room in now vacantâ€"that. swaet éhildlsh voice . I}: hushed m the silliness or night; Our dear one no longer With glée‘ may rejoice, Little treasure has flown from our sight. That cradle is emptyâ€"our child’s in the grave, In its tomb we have laid mm to sleep; Above him the flowaa and sweet willows wave Arouncl them the ivy vines creep. The}? he safely reposesâ€"i‘rom longer and arm From the (are 20f me world and, its strife; No elm-row can annoy himâ€"nor fears can 3 arm Heaven'claimed him and took his young life. The cradle stands emptyâ€"we miss him at ., Alt-six o’clock in the evening the writer and his companion left the railway carriage, and among these islands of the capital sought out the Rydberg Hotel. From our parlor wearied traveler may be continually amused by the ever shifting panorama of life which moves heroes the open square of Gustaphus Adolphus, and by the magnificent view of the palace, which beyond the handsome Norrbro Bridge, seems to have been 1% down from the skies, like a house not maze with hands. The centre of the open place is ap- propriately adorned by an equestrian statue of the hero after whom the square is called, and by whose memory all good Swedes will swear. Upon the right may be seen the palace of Prince 0sc:r,the eldest brother of the present King, Christian XV. At the lelt stands the Royal Opera House, built in _1782. During a masked ball given at this house, in 1792, Gustavus III. was assassin- ated at Ankerstrom, a Swedish officer in the interest of the an‘stocracy. Here also. Jenny Lind, of melodious memory, made her debut, and acquired her World-wide fame. i morn, We miss him at noon and at night; The heart. once so merry ls dull and forlorn, ms kisses were mama’s delight. We feel all forsakenâ€"for our darling that’s gene. Even nights when we go to our real, None no fondle 1n glee upon his ma’s arm, 01' pillowed So mug Ion her breast. The cradle stands emptyâ€"also the chair, The little red shoes and the ares The hood and the veil our baby (ll wear, We’ve naught left but. them to caress. We know that in heaven he ls at. rest, Hls Spirit has gone on before; He lives in etermty happy and blast. Soon we'll Join him to pan nevermore. . With, perhaps the exception of Constantl- nople, the most beautiful city in the world is Stockholm, the city of seven islesâ€"the if Venice of the North," It is situated upon each-‘sideof the Outlet of Lake Malar, which after a journey of one hundred miles from the west, here discharges itself into the letic See. Placed around this watery basin, as it seems in the midst oi the waves and of islands, raised terrace-like over thehills, and then Settling into the velleys,between granite rocks, here naked and sterile, there covered with dwellings and virgin forests, it presents a picture ever changing and lovely. By many it is thought that the approach from the sea, is far more beautiful than the entrance from the Main. Coming from the Baltic and the strait of Lilla Warten, one sees the steeple of St. Catherine, the first glimpse of the capital by this route ; and shortly after the shores and the islands of the city break upon the enchanted beholder in all their full magnificence and beauty. The rocky cliiis on the south adorned with houses and gar- dens, rising terrace above terrace in pictur- esque manner ;' Skeppsbron, with its stately buildings ; Slottsbscken, piled with chiseled granite, while here and there the eye catches glimpses of church and obelisk, squares and bridges, equestrian statues, and swiftly-glid- ing wateromL-ibuses, as they puff along their hackless course from Kastellholmen to the luxuriant forests and beautiful villas oi Djurguden._ The London Lancet says : “The long series of victories won by Oxford over Cambridge in the yearly aquatic encounter from Putney to Mortlake seems likely to shift to her patient and plucky antagonist, whose success on the last three occasions has been as (de- served as, for the sake of wholesome rivalry ina truly national sport, it was desirable. The inevitable result of this change of for- tune will be to make. Oxford redouble her efforts to recover, and Cambridge her exer- tions to retain the superiority which has been lost and won. Training on both sides will be practised with increased system and severity, until its conditions, already tryâ€" ing enough to the strongest oarsman, may be pushed in even his case to danger ens excess. Warnings given some years ago must, therefore, be repeated with em- phasis, and both trainer and pupil be made to understand that it is less the immediate than the remote consequences of overâ€"discipâ€" line and over-strain which have to be guarded against Cases, doubtless,have ocâ€" curred in which a regimengabruptly adopted, with particular reference to the impending claims on ‘muscle'and ‘wind,’ has proved mischievous to the subject’s health; indeed, the recent break-down of some two or three of the originally selected oarsmcn on either side may, in part at least, be aSCribed to the shock thus given to previous habit. Neither can the repeated spurts put on during the varied fortunes of the race he always answer- ed without injury, immediate or remote, to the contending crews, whose voluntary mus, cles must necessarily overdraw on the reserve force of the non-voluntary till the heart’s action becames irregular, and the beginnings of mitral or even aortic insuffi- denoyvsre laid. But the ultimate efi‘ects of such strain on the constitution, insidious and rarely till after-life perceptible though they be, cannot but be more or less injurious. Professional water men, as a rule, are not long-lived; the death of the English cham- pion last Autumn in Canadian waters being the natural fim's to courses of over-training and over-exertion in a man young and strong indeed, but belonging to the neuro-sanguine- ous diathesis. Our University youth, how- ever, who, of course, have no intention of making athletic sports the business of their lives, are at a disadvantage unknown to professionals. Their transitions from a life of comparative ease to one of stem discipline, and again their relapses from the latter to the former condition, are too far between and too strongly, contrasted to conduce to continued sound: ness of constitution. A day or two sulfice‘ to make an oarsman of the Tyne or Thames as ‘hard' as may be necessary; and even the test of the final struggle leaves him little distressed. But weeks or even months are required before, by a constant process of sitting, an Oxford or a Cambridge crew can be brought up to the requisite standard of staying power; and searcer have they re- from the contest into studious, or at least academic, life when the newly-imposed habit is changed for the old one, and-the in- tellectual strain to make up for the time lost to the schoolis added to the sufficiently mi- ohlev'ous relapse from athletic to customary regimon. We have no wishtopush these considerations'too far; but they undoubtedly must .be' duly Weighed if University sports urgeneral, the annual boat race in particular, are not to usurp a place in academic life prejudicial, not only to the genius loci, but to the physical as well as moral development of their votaries.” (5) B. W. 1 Balmora], Huldlmand 00., April 20, 1871. A WOAL AUTHORITY ON UNIVERSITY RACES The Cradle Strands Empty. Stockholm. 'A quatxos. The following remarkable narrative has been supplied to the Western Mail by a cor- respondent, who vouches for its substantial accuracy : Some years ago. a nativs of the Rhondda Valley, a locality which has sup- plied the colonies with so many energetic young men, went over the main to the shores of that modern El Dorado, Australia. He re- mained there for ten or twelve years, making it was reported, a “ mint of money.” Sudden- ly, about two years ago, he made his appearâ€" ance in the town of Pontypn'dd, accompanied by a young lady, gaily dressed, and of fascin- ating manners. The interesting couple had with them a pretty little girl of three years old. They spent some time in visiting the re. turned emigrant’s friends,and the little family appeared “as happy as the day was long." Butâ€"oh, these “but’s”â€"â€"the husband and father was one day missing, and it was found he had suddenly departed ior‘the antipodcs, leaving his young wife and child in the more “settled” principality of Wales. It sp pears, however, that the young wife was a woman of mettle, and not easily daunted, for after being supplied with money by her father, who is a respectable old man residing in the neighborhood of Swansea, she faced the world of waters, and arrived in Aus- tralia within a fortnight after her truant “better half,” causing him, no doubt, con- siderable surprise, if not pleasure. Seven or eight months ago t e gentleman in question again made his appears anoe in Pontypridd, having returned from Australia, accompanied by his little; girl, but without the lady who had formerly passed as his wife. He stated he had dis. covered his wife was not his wife at all, for the best of reasons, that she had another husband living. But..it soon became evident that matrimony had still its charms for him, who had, according to his version, made so luckless a first venture; for before long it was reported in town that the man with a “mint of money," the “mint,” no doubt, giving additional zest to the affair, was utter- ing “sweet nothings” to' more than one charmer in Pontypridd . and the neighbor- hood. It was stated that his ambitious flights had carried him out of his proper sphere, and the envious w_ere saying, “What check 1” The result of his energy in the realms of Cupid was that ho wooed and wonâ€"gin other words, that he marriedâ€"a respectable young lady, living with her parents in the town. Being a man of active habits, he felt idleness ii'ksome,and accordingly rented an old-es- tablished ublicshousp in Pontypridd, the keeping of which has since supplied him with occupation, On Friday morning last the whole town and neighborhood were startled by the intelligence that the Austra- lian lady had, during the night, made her appearance in Pontypridd once more. Gentle or' ungentle reader, it was not her ghost that appeared, but herself, in real flesh and blood, charmingly dressed, and looking as fascin- ating as ever. Hundreds of women, many of their number from 4‘ Ochor y Graig,” collected in the neighborhood of the Australian emigrant’s hostelry, ex- pectng to see a struggle of two for one. It must be confessed that the liveliest sym- pathy was expressed by the crowd for “num- her one ;” for she at the very outset declared that she only wanted her little girl. "If he (meaning her late husband) preferred aban- doning her he might do so, but she would have her little girl and then return home, for elusive of its spacious wings, occupies a quaâ€" drilateral of three hundred and ninety-one by four hundred and eighteen feet. Much might be said of the particular beauty of each side of its wings, Italian gardens, and of the charming views. The south flout possesses the highest pretensions to decor- ative adornment. Six Corinthian columns, of such gigantic proportions that they reach from their base to the windows of the second story, tower aloft on each side of the arched portal entrance bearing on their capitals groups of triumphal emblems in bronze, of corresponding colossal dimensions. We have been particular to enlarge in our description of this palace, a triumph of the genius of Tessin, for the impression doubtless prevails, that in the northern cities some- what remOVed from the older and more familiar European capitals flne architectural displays are not to be seen. Of course, in the palace there are muse- ums of sculpture, and painting, and porcelain, as Well as a royal library. This library contains one hundred thousand vol- umes, and about five thousand manuscripts. Among the latter is found the Io-called “Devil’s Bible" (Djefvulsbibelu), taken by Konigsmark during the Thirty Years’ War, in Prague. It is probably the largest book in the world, and is therefore called gigas librorum (the giant of books). It is written upon parchment leaves, for which it is said not less than one hundred and fifty asses’ hides were required. It has obtained the name of the Devil's Bible from a legend tnat a monk, who was sentenced to death, saved himself by writing the whole book, with the assistance of Satan, in a single night. Bibliographers have discovered, irom the character of the difierent styles, that it was written during a space of time ex- tending from the ninth to the thirteenth century, and consequently the age of its oldest parts is nearly one thousand years. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, writing from Boppaid, relates the following extraordinary incident : “Professor 'Knoodt, of Bonn, attended Divine service lately in the Church of the Carmelites, in this place, in order that he might be present at the first communion of one of his relations, a pupil of the High School. The teacher of religion had addressed the new ‘communicants, and heard their confession of . faith, when Pro- fessor Knoodt was summoned into the semis- ty. He was here requested by the clergyman, Beinroth by name, to leave the church, as, i being excommunicated, the mass could ‘ not be celebrated in his presence. I’ro« , tessor Knoodt answered that he could not comply with this request, since by so idoing he would acknowledge himself to be separated from the Catholic Church. He re. quested the clergyman to put himself for a ‘ moment in his place, and he would see why i he still considered himself a member of the , Catholic Church, in spite of the excommuni- 3 ation of the Archbishop. Professor Kuoodt 1 also stated that since he had been excommu- ,nicated he had frequently attended divine \ service at Bonn without molestation. He dwelt in the scandal that would be given, , and the personal insult to himself involved ‘ in a public expulsion from the church, and ‘ insisted on the fact that he had been 3 excommunicated by means of a private letter, not with the prescribed public formalities, so that the clergyman had no right to act as ho was doing. All these representations were vain, and at the conclusion of the conversation Professor Knoodt returned to his place in the church. He had mentioned in the course of the discussion that Profes- sor Reinkens, of Breslau, was also presents After a few minutes the clergyman appiared on the steps of the altar in black robes, and announced in a solemn voice : “,Two excom- municated persons are in the church. As long as they are present I cannot proceed ,to the holy sacrifice of the moss. I, therefore, hereby request them to depart.” A painful silence followed, after which the clergy- man again rose from his knees and said : ‘I hereby, for the second time, request Professors Kuoodt and Beinkens, who have been ex- cluded from the communion of the Catholic Church, and are here present, to depart.’ Professor Knoodt, who was kneeling at only a few paces’ distance, then asked if he should be permitted to speak a few words to the congregation. He wished to say that he would leave the church, as he was unwilling to disturb the festival of the young com- munica’ts, but only on that account. The clergyman replied: ‘I forbid you to speak a single word.’ Professor Knoodt then left the church. This affair has caused great ex- citement in Boppard." Romantic 11mph“; i’pnyyrldd in Wales. An Excommuuicated Professor. -â€"A colored member of the‘ Téxfia legisla- ture was recently seen with a, £911 of green- backs in his hand, over which ‘he chuckled so loudly as to attrac No atfention of a by- stander, th said, ' him, “What are you laughing at, Jim?” Jim replied, “You see that money?" “Yes,” “Well, boss, I just got _In Jackson, Miss., and adjoining coun- ties boardering on Pearl River the insects commonly known as buffalo gnats have at. tacked farm horses and mules, and are so numerous; and severe that many hundreds of animals have died within the past few days. The insects cause great apprehension on the part of the farmers, many of whom have no team with which to cultivate their crops. . â€"The Wausau (111.) Wixconsin has the following editorial announcement with refer- ence to the recent local election : “Our worthy father was elected ,olice justice our WOFthY launcher W95, elficlrciffiflsesspfi BSD. 01“ worthy self, be it known, ran for alderman in our own ward, and, unfortunately, was de- feated. -â€"0n the night when the revivalist Ham- mond closed his labors at Atchinaon, Kany the lightning struck a. building where a “gathering of infidels " was in session, while “265 feet away: in the Methodist church, were 1,000 persons singing tho praises of Jesus.” But nobody wgs hurt. -The puddlers employed by Messrs. Atkins Brothers and Benjamin Haywood are ona strike, demanding an advance of wages The action of the puddlete, who are 125 in number, throws out of employment 700 iron workers. â€"A man named Cluck shot and killed his wife in lndianapohs on Tuesday. After firing six shotfl and making sure of his victim, he cut his own throat, making a fearful wound. His wonnd has been dressed, and itil thought he will recover. Family difficulties are supposed to be the cause. â€"It is thought the Governor will veto the New York City Charter on constitutional grounds, in which case it is regarded as doubtful whether the necessary two-thirds vote to pass the bill can be obtained. â€"The state department of California have sent Prof. Whitin: to Inyo county to collect all the data and investigate on the spot all the phenomena of the earthqu’akea which disturbed that region. -â€"-In their zeal to exclude sectarianism from the public schools in San Francisco, the framers of a bill which has passed the Legis- ture have enacted that “religion shall neither be‘taught nor practised" therein. wThe hotels of Cincinnati will not no- commodate the crowds who will attend the Liberal Republicgn conventionéand tempora- ry quarters will be provided in private houses on both sides of the river. â€"The Boston Transcript says “ 01d Probaâ€" bilities ” is now besieged by a. tremendous crowd of political wire-pullers in Washing- ton, to secure bad weather for the Cincinnati convention. â€"A lady of Rochester, Minn, has obtained a. patent fdr a fan, to be attached to a sewing machine, and operated by the same power. ’ â€"Thcre is but one woman in the Nevada state prisdn, ' and she is serving a. twenty. seven year fierm for murder. ‘wa. The change is so greht to call forth ivery little comment. Last Friday, while ‘the House was in Committee of the Whole, the Government asked for a grant of $45,000 ‘for five years, to carry on :1 Geological survey of the Dominion, the Hon. Mr. Howe giving ' good reasons why the usual custom of Parliament should be departed from on the oc- casion. M1‘.Mackcnzio opposed the grant, on the ground that it was contrary to the principles of Parliamentary Governmont to make an appropriation but from your to year. Now we happen to agree with our member upon this pointâ€"that, as a general rule,‘ Par. liamcnt should be called upon to make money grants only from session to session. If Mr. Mackenzie had always acted upon this principle, there would be no Occasion for our Writing this article and exposing his inconsistencies. In the Ontario Legis- laturo this mighty stickler asked, and, by means of a corrupt majority obtained a. money grant for twenty years in advance, and not the small sum of $45,000, but of two niillionsâ€"mortgaging the Province of On- tario for twenty years to come, anticipating revenues which may never reach the Pro- vincial chest. What ought to be good con- stitutionul law at Ottawa cannot be bad con- stitutional law in Toronto, yet our member has one code of political morality for the House of Commons, and another for the Local House. Mr. Mackenzie’s memory is occasionally very poor, and he forgets that he asked an appropriation in Toronto for in- suring the public buildings of Ontario, and that he has insured them three years in ad- vance contrary to his own recognized stand- ard of parliamentary responsibility. The fact that he insured them with himseb‘ makes no dilference, the principle is the same. A mighty stick'er is the member for Lambton, , when he thinks he can make a. point against an opponent, and an unconscionable latitu-i darian when he wishes to feather his own nest.â€"Sarnia Canadian. ~Silver jewelry is manufactured to a large extent now, and is quite fashionable in New York and Philadelphia. she didn’t want to harm him, poor fellow 1” She welkedjrom. the White Hart Hotel, where she wail staying, to her alleged hus- band’s house“ It is said the incidents oi the interview were pathetic in the extreme ; anyhow the crowd was in a state of intense excitement outside whilst she was within. But she had to come away without “her little girl.” From that time until Tuesday night she was incessant in her Mfiinpts to get her little “Cassy.” “I have traveled 16,000 miles,” she said, “to see my child. -Isn’t it a shame I cannot get her? The train in which I traveled through America was blocked up for five days in the snow, but my wish to see my dear little girl was more powerful than the. ." And then, with flash- ing eyes, she said, “I won’t go away without her I” Such intensity of feeling was evinced by both sides that many feared the consequen- ces would be alarming. On Tuesday the husband agreed to give up the “little girl,” conditionally that she was to be taken to the neighborhood of Swansea to be reared by the Australian wife’s father and mother. This the mother agreed to, and a friend was ap- pointed to accompany them to Swansea. Meanwhile, the little girl was given up to the delighted mother on Tuesday night. That night or soon after one o’clock on Wednesday morning, before ' the “ breaking of the day," there was a knock at the \Vhite Hart door. To the query, “Who is there ?" the reply was given, “It is me, manna," “me” proving to be a shrewd Cardiff cabby, who had come up, according to arrangement, l‘ in the dead of the night." The Australian mother then wrapped her little girl, who was fast asleep, in a large soft rug, and, after si- 'lently wishing the White Hart family “good bye,” was in a few moments rapidly on her way towards Cardiff. By dint of much energy on the part of the Cardifi J ehu, she was in time for the first up mail train to London, from whence she proceeds to Aus- traliarby the very first vessel that sails. Great was the consternation of the “ father" when, about eight o’clock on Wednesday morning, he discovered that ~‘number one" had been “one too many for him," and that the child and mother were far beyond the reach of his pursuit. The Hon. Alex. Mackenzie is a great stickler for constitutional practice; yea, a mighty stickler; and what is still more re- min-liable, his love for the constitution de- pends upon the latitude in which he hapâ€" pens to be. W ile in the genial Capital of Ontario, Mr. Mackenzie is hy no mcans such a stickler for the constituti'm as he is when in the bracing atmosphere of Otta- A Mighty stickler. UNITED STATES. â€"0n a recent trip of the Memphis Belle near Vicksburg, Mrs. C. W. (Earhart; already cabined, was confined, and the twins were pribbed in less than two hours after the lady came on board. â€"We read that the unfortunate err-Empress of the French has been obliged to order a printed blank informing parties applying to her for pecuniary relief that she is no longer able to afford it. â€"-Mazzini's large fortune will be inherited by his grandniece, a young lady of consider- able literary ability, and at present art critic of a daily paper at Turin. wThe influential London committee which was formed in concert with Messrs. Bischoffsheim J; Goldschmidt, to represent the interests of the Erie shareholders in Europe, recently resigned their functions, the fact of the affairs of the Company being in the hands of a respectable board in New York with, Messrs. Bischoifsheim 83 Gold“ schmidt as agents in London, rendering the further existence of a Committee of any kind unnecessary. The three Directors of the Erie Railway, resident in England, however, still act as an advisory body. -â€"'I‘he wife of a tradesmen, at Plymouth, England, recently met with an accident; which caused two of the fingers of her hand to be bk nt over her palm. She had frequently declared that she would rather lose her hand altogether than be thus crippled, and a surgeon having refused to amputate it, she went to the railway and laid her mm on the rails. Au advancing train,more (romplaisant than the surgeon,_ out 05 the hand very cleanly at the wrist. The woman then took a cab to the infirmary and had her wound bound up. â€"A Glasgow volunteer named Roberti M’Kinnon was showing his friend his rifle in a whisky shop. He put in a. cartridge and‘ accider: tly discharged it, under the impression that the rifle was at half cock. The be:l pierced the heart of his friend, a flasher named Brown. M’Kinnon was immfddiately apprehended. â€"The British Medical Journal has reason to know that some emineni; members of the House of Lords, are desirous of entering into the Upper House one or two eminent medical men', authorities in sanity science, to assist in sanitary meaaures. It is probable that a formal expression will b0 given to that wish, â€"-Mr. Eastwick has protested against al- lowing England to become the refuge of the political agitators of the world. He charac- terized the publications of the International society as revolutionary and blasphemous, and declared them liable to suppression un- der the law. â€"Salisbury Plain is spoken of as the pro- bable scene of the next autumn manoeuvers. At a meeting lately it was Eannounced by Colonel Loyd Lindsay that Mr. Cardwell had not succeeded in procuring suitable ground in the North of England. â€"Tho Great Eastern steamship has just been chartered to lay a. new transatlantic cable to connect England with New York direct, and is now lying at Shereness awaiting the completion of the'cablc. â€"--We understand that Professor E. H. Palmer, of Cambridge, is engaged upon a metrical translation of the “ Diwan,” of Beba ed din, Zoheir of Egypt, an Arabic poet of the time of Saladiu, which will shortly ap- peax. â€"Rizk Allah Hassoun Effendi, the well- known Arabic poet, author of the “ Tarikh a1 Islam," etc., has establirhed a. printing-press in England, for the production of standard Oriental works. â€"â€"Henry Wright, pace curate at Wakefield, Yorkshire, died the other day in a London prison. Misconduct, downward course, and finally intemperanceâ€"such is the summing up of the story. â€"Burlesques have been very unpopular on the English stage, and war is being made against them by managers and critics genâ€" orally. -~A woman in Manchester, England’ has been arrested for chloroforming women, and while they were in an insensiblo condition, cutting oil" and stealing their hair. â€"All save one of Queen Victoria’s‘ladies in waiting are widows, her choice since Prince Albert died. They receive £1,800 per an- num, and are .the widows of the deceased peers. " â€"It is reported that the Roman Catho‘ic Archbishop of Westminster, Manning, is to bc made a Cardinal. --The statistics of religion for the United States just completed at the Census Office show the total number of church organiza- tions upon the lst of June, 1870,to be 72,- 451 ; the total number of church edifices to be 63,074 ; the total church accommodation to be 21,659,562 ; and the aggregate value of the church property to be $354,429,581. The statistics of church accommodation for the principal denominations are as lollows : Bap- tist, regular, 3,997,116; Baptist, other, 363,- 019; Roman Catholic, 1,990,513; Congre~ gational, 1,117,212 ; Episcopal, 991,051; Lutheran, 997,332 ; Methodist, 6,528,205 ; Presbyterian, regular, 2,198,900 ; Presby- terian, other, 499,344. The value of the church proper owned by these denominations is: Baptist, regular, $39,229,221; Baptist, other, $2,378,977; Cathcllc, Roman, $60,- 985,566 ; Congregational, $25,069,698; Epis- copal,,&36,5l4,549; Lutheran, $14.917,747; Methodist, $69,854,121 ; Presbyterian, regu- lar, $47,828,782; Presbyterian, other, $5,- 436,524. -â€"â€"One of the well-disguised blessings of the Chicago fire is beginning to appear. The flames which played such havoc with costly paintings and statutory there have brought from over the ocean three magnificent firt- galleries, the contributions of the artist‘s of Ffance, Germany and England, to their brethren of the Garden City. The French collection alone is valued by 300d judges at $20,000. All three are to be sold very soon. that for my vote. he been bought four or five times in my life, and dis is de fust time I ever got de cash for myself.” â€"Darke County, Ohio, is ina terrible state of excitement over the liquor law. Nine suits, for sum ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 each have been entered against saloon keep- ers and the owners of property occupied by them, the plaintifl's being the wives of in» temperate husbands. One woman whose hus- band was killed in a drunken brawl, has brought suit for $10 000, while the wife 0 the man who perpetrated the homicide has sued for $5,000. All the saloons are closed. â€"â€"A queer thing happened in Philadelphia lately. The van started with three occu- pants from the court-house Ior the prison,- but when, upon arriving there, the ofiieer in charge unloeked the door, no prisoners were to be seenâ€"only “a. long aperture” in the floor of the vehicle. Through this opening the three insides had got outside and into the street. One of them was Murphy, the New York thief ; the other a Philadelphia burglar, and the third (who has been recaptured) had been stealing pigâ€"iron. In all the annals of cesapes, we never read of another like this. â€"An incident of the California earth- quake: A family consisting of a man and his wife Land several children, living in a brick house near Independence, were startled by the shock, and father and mother, seeing that the house was sure to fall, hastened out with all their children but the babe, which lay in their bed. From the door the mother turned to rescue her darling, but the walls crumbled and their house was a heap of broken adobes and boards. The mother and all the rest escaped. She ran back through the debris for the body of her babe, and there, on the mattress, with the walls of adobe on each side and a. board over it, lay the little one, crying, but without so much as a bruise on its whole body. GREAT BRITAIN. --'l‘he “ intermediate "; prison at Lusk, Ireland, is the crown of the Irish system, and is the stepping stone by wh'xch the con- vict returns to society. The Springfield Republican says of it: This is the most cu- rious prison in the World, being entirely without walls, on an open common, a dozen miles north 0f Dublin, Without armed guards, and yet never losing a convict by escape. Its buildings are barracks of corrugated iron, such as are used in England for soldiers and laborers on public works, they have cost less than $20,000, and are large enough for 50 or 75 prisoners. Here the convicts do film work and reclaim waste land; they labor in gangs like ordinary workmen, with very few overseers; on Sunday they go to the parish church at some distance from the prison, and yet they never run away, neven- flght, nor steal, nor commit serious ofi‘ensesfi and froInmlggmgil;a they go out into the world} agam, n ,Jfi‘ -. u..." . uv‘vlv \uv ,â€" ping Athe seed, a little Earth gfiould be kick .éd over the powder, so that it may not come; in direct contact with it. r-.-_.vn_, . If powdered bones are employed, a barrel of the powder may be mixed with a barrel of good 38L es, and the whole turned into a. half molasses cask, moistened with two bucket- fuls of water, and stirred up well with a hoe. In a week this will be ready for use, and it forms a most efficient and convenient fertil- izer for all the cereal crops. We think it dues inc-'0 for corn, in giving plump, full kernels, than any concentrated fertilizer we have employed. A handiul is enough for a. hill, put in at time of planting. Before drop. “h”. tL,‘ .H J A I'lh‘l -4, «on HA“â€" braces all the great essentials of plant food, namely, potash, soda, lime, phosphoric acid, and the nitlogenous element. This is a very conventaut way for farmers to dispose of their store of bones. lf plenty of axhes can be prycux'ed, it will facilitate the decomposi- tion of the bones to employ twice as much ashes as there are bones the solution will be effected sooner, and more perfectly. .. ,,, ,v Bones may:'bel dissolved in inoistencd wood ashes, if care is taken to brlng thorn completely under the action of the caustic lye. To accomplish this, it IS necessary to break the bones into fragments and pack them in a. tight shallow box with an equnl weight of good, sound wood ashesn Mr. with the ashes, before packing, twentv fif pounds of slaked lime and twelve pr" .2; ‘1; powdered sal soda. (carbonate 0’ I“: 5t0 every one hundred pounds of f' A :0 “)Tho box into which to conduct ' h"? “5 93- e be made of rough board" ‘ a Process may . . , .s, but it must not be itilgcll‘ltés 31:2,)“ frank A not be over eighteen ,. , nay be as broad as necces- ‘ 5}“3” The b.0st should be packed inlayers ; In“ “90.” the bottom a layer of ashes, then a my? Cr bones, and so alternately until the box is filled. About twenty gallons of water nLust be poured upon the heap (that is, for ‘ every one hundred pounds of bones) to sep- arate the mass, but more may be added from time to time to maintain permanent moist- ure. In three, four, or six weeks, the bones will be broken down completely, and the whole may be beaten up together, after add- The manipulation described above is adapted to_the preparation of superphoshaate from ground raw bones. The only variation is in the amount of acid needed. For raw bone powder, only half as much acid should be used, or six gallons for a barrel of bone dust. The processes for its manufacture are the same. ing an equal bulk of g'ood Eirtedé compost is of the heighest efiicacy1 braces all the great essenfinln nf ' To dry this pastry mass so that it can be pulverized, is the most troublesome and pro- tracted part of the labor. Superphosphate shculd be made by the farmer in the summer after hoeing, when the weather is warm. He should provide twenty or thirty ;rough shallow boxes, in which the moist mass can be placed and put in the sun to dry. They can be taken under cover in wet weather. Before drying a barrel of sifted loam should be mixed with the bone paste, and thorough- ly worked into it. This greatly facilitates drying proeess. When the mass is dry it can be pounded fine with a mallet, or it can be ground in any kind of a mill. The powder thus manufactured is most excellent, and when further diluted with two more barrels of dry soil or loam, is equal to the best super- phosphate found in the market. ' A handlul put in each hill of corn or potatoes at time at planting will give fine grcsulta. 'lhis superphosphate must not be mixed With lime or ashes, as from their action it will undergo decomposition, and new salts will be formed. It may be mixed up with dry fish pomaco, and form a very perfect and excellent fertil- izer for all kinds of crops. To convert the bone ash into superphos- phate, procure two or three good sound mo- lasses casks, divide them in the middle with a saw, and into each halt put two hundred pounds of the powder moistened with a couple buckets‘of water. A common hoe may be used to turn over and mix the pow- der and water, and also it maybe used to stir up the mass after the acid is added. Oil of vitrol or sulphuric acid should be pur- chased in cnrboys, and the common commer- cial strength is suitable, that of specific gravity, 1.70 or 140 9 Twaddell. A stone pitcher holding a gallon is a suitable vessel in which to receive and measure the acid: and in turning it out of the carboy, do not be nervous or act in a burly. Turn it out gentâ€" ly, and be careful that it does not spatter upon the lace or clothing. Place the carboy upon a low box, remove the stopper, and, tipping the ;vessel, allow a small, smooth stream to tall into the pitcher. The two hundred pounds of bone powder will require the entire contents of the carboy ofaeid ; in fact, ,a little more is needed to produce per- fect decomposition. A carboy holds about one hundred and fifty pounds, and one hun- and seventy-five will be appropri- ated by the bone if the ,action is per- fect and entire. The contents of u carboy, howev<.r, have answered in our experience. The acid must be added gradually, one gallon at a time, stirring with a hoe, and waiting for the ctfervcsence to subside before more be added. In a few hours the action will be over, and a liquid ; resembling water w111 be seen floating upon the top of the powder. This liquid is excessively sour, being free phosphoric acid, holding a little soluble lime in combination. Many who have tasted of this liquid have supposed that it was uncom- bined oil of vitriol, and fearing that it would burn up the crops, have been afraid to use the mixture r Bones cannot be dissolved in acid econom- ically, unless they are reduced to a fine pow- der. Pounding them into small fragments will not do, as but a part of the bone sub- stance can be acted upon by the acid when fragments are submitted to its action. An insoluble coating of sulphate of lime forms around each fragment after the first action of the acid, and this arrests further decomposi- tion. As a matter of experiment, we have submitted powdered bones to the action of strong and dilute acid, for six months, and the solution at the end of that time was lar from being complete. Dr. Nichpl gives the following interesting information; aged on actual experiment, in the Journal of Chemistry. It is so specific and detailed, we print it: If a farmer has ollected a pil ; of bones which he desires to t for plant food, he can accomplish the end in two or three different ways: list, by dis- solving them in sulphuric acid in the raw condition: 2nd, by dissolving after burning to whiteness : am, by dissolving them in connection with caustic lye from ashes and soda. Raw bones are very difficult to grind in any mill accessible to tarmers, and therefore it willbe best, if it is desired to make “ super- phosphato,” to construct a kiln of stones, throw into it the bones, along with sufficient wood to kindle them; and, by igniting the wood, the bones will readily take fire and bum to whiteness. In this state they are brittle, and can be ground in a bar‘:, plaster or gristâ€"mill. The organic matier, or the gelatine, is destroyed in :this process, and the bones lose about twenty-seven per cent, in weight. V uvwvvn My snuucx, uucl‘ auu- mam bull; quood sifted soil. This Utilizmg Bones. men.” rison~ at Lusk, e If‘Ash system, which the conâ€" ‘hc Springfield is the most cu- ', as it em- distressing resulting diseases, such as lassitude, imability for business, dimness of vision, ch. Robert "Arthur, machinist, Catharine street, Hamilton, among hundreds of others, testifies to his cure 0sz very bad case by their use. One box is sufl‘icient to produce a beneficial result. If not, procured at. the druggists they will be Sent, by mail securely wrapped from observa- tion a n receipt of $1. by the ‘enel'al Agenj for omi iQuL J. BELL SIMPSONJ’S SPECIFIC IDILLS, Winch forces WBIISKERS and MUSTAC'HE ‘30 grow heavy In HOLAYAX POWDER ! The only known cure for N ERVOUS DEBILITY,NOCTURNAL EMIS- ' WHOLESALE IN‘ 42 YOU1\T"1 ' Myrms N AVY. â€"â€" With each succeeding month the Myrtle Navy tobacco comes into more extensive use. The only difficulty ex- perienced by the manufacturers ‘is the difii- oulty cf filling the orders which crowd in upon them. The only cane for this wide and widening popularity is the excellence of the article. We know from personal inspec tion of the premises that the greatest care is exercised in the manufactureâ€"the tobacco when sent out being as nearly pure as it is possible for plug tobacco to be ; and we are assuredpn authority which we cannot doubt, that the leaf tobacco used isuthe best for the purpose that can be bought in the Virginia market. It is no wonder, then, that every man who has ever used the Myrtle Navy is sure to ask for that brand whenever his supply runs short. It may be known by the letters “ T. & B." stamped on each plug. Ask for Myrtle Navy and take no other. Sent. privately sealed Witnout. the knowledge of an y person. Post free on receipt, or 50 cts. or 8 for $1. E. KLBROWN. SPRING rFIRâ€"ADE, 1872. DAVID McLBLLAN & 'Co. 53 KING STREET WEST HAMILTON, RE SHOWING A LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK 011‘ GENTS’ FURNI;aHmGS & JEWELLRY, SMALL WARES, FANCY Goons. IIOSIERY, GLO vms & CORSETS, HOOP SKIRTS AND BUS’I‘LEB. N. R~Ortlers by letter promptly and care- fully filled. GRAY, RENNIE_ Succeeds ‘Nhere Others Fail! All who wish particular information, and a large map, showing correctly the Great West, and _ all its railroad connections can obtain them, and other knowledge by addressing General Passenger Agent, B & Mo. R.R.R., Burlington, Iowa. The roads. are splendidly fiuilt, have the best bridges, finest; cars, the Miller platfmm and coupler, and the safety air brake (to pre: vent the loss of life that is everywhere else happening) ; Pullman’s sleepers, Pullman dining cars, large and powertul engines (to make quick time and good connections). and in a word the best equipped roads in the West. So that if you desire to go safely, surely, quickly and comfortably to any point in Southern Iowa, Nebraskaxanmspr on the Pacific Roads,be sure that you go “By Way of Burlington." Aprlt 12, 1872. Such is the policy of the BURLINGTON Roun, which runs to three great regions in the West: lst, to Omaha, connecting with the great Pacific Roads. 2d, to Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska, and all that beautiful region south of the Platte, filled with R. R. lands andhomesteads. ad, to St. Joseph, Kansas City, and all Kongas points: Advertising alone does not produce uuccess. The thing which is advertised must have intrinsic merit, or else large advertising will eventually (10 it more harm than good. If you have anything which you know to be good advertise it thoroughly, and you will be sure to succeed; it it is poor, don’t praise it, for people will soonfiiscover you are 1y- mg. â€"The Bruntford Courier of Tuesday even- ing contains the following :-â€"An Indian named David Green was found murdered this morning abouta mile below Newport, and mangled so horriny that it was almost im- possible to recognize him. He had been atu tavern at Newport last evening with a numâ€" ber of other Indians, and this is the last that was seen of him. The perpetrators of the foul deed have not yet been discovered, but we hope they may speedily be brought to justice. It is expected that Whiskey had something to do with it. â€"â€"-A petition is in circulation for signature praying that executive clemency may be ex- tended to Phoebe Campbell. It is not being extensively signed. - Gents’ Jewellry, SFE THAT Orders by mall carefully filled March 26. 1872. HOW April 19, 1872 . March 26. 1879: ‘VERY YOUNG MAN IN THE COUNT- THRlEE WEEKS ..rts, Collars, Fronts, Scarfs, Ties and Bows, Hosiery fir Gloves, Small Wares & Trimmings Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, California. TO THE TRADE. RY, if needled, to try the SIONS, IMPOTENCE, dz THOSE Umbrel_|a » filings, Corset, , Skirts & Ensues, WALNTED!‘ Hamilton. February 27, 187‘ . L'ORONTO. A COMPLETE STOCK 0F Take no Cheap Imi+atioans I YRTLE NA SMOKERES! if faithfully used UL 101' JJULHIHAUU WM. Gr. STAR , Drawer 91113.0. GRAY, RENNIE & Co. ’Box 7, Shrétford, Ont. ABORT-1338, STREET, ‘00., PROPRIETOR. GENERAL STAGE OFFICE, HAMILTON, ONT. YOUR Tamarack “fit. and Br 4“"““’r "‘“W “"W ,uge Rivers, ami twent miles on 1th“ lym ?' llneo said road. (in. at Riga 0f the SuX'VGYOSI PINE SEMION’ I“ .d are m the heart of the An which Chicago is so large- 1y Fupplled. I ‘ARMXNG » on CREDIT of’lmsue sold to actual settlers; ly pnymw’: 4e quarter down, balance in year- simus or ‘ 45, interest 7 per cent. Persons do» “on 9‘ . locations for farms will, on a piica- my .u she OFFICE, IN GRAND RAPIDS, a fur- r' .ued with Txcxm‘n OVER THE ROAD, en- ,itliug them to RETURN OF FARES, in the event. or purchasing any of the Com ny’s [arming land. For information about t e lands, prices, location, &c., address WM. A. HOWARD, Land Commissioner, Title Pen/ed. Grand {tapidsy Mich. AMERICAN HOTEL, I . KING STREET WEST. F. W. BEARMAN, MICHIGAN PINE LANDS HARVEST TOOLS, BLACKSMITHS’ TOOLS, TIN, CANADA PLATES, & c ALSO Agents for theJ‘CALpEIy‘IPig Iron Nos.l,3. and white. ‘ ADAM HOPE & 00., Hamilton Out. A pm 8, 1372. r a.(.p,-8m. Excellent Farming and April, 25, ’72 For Freight or Passage, Eagply to TEMPER- LEY’S, :GARTER & DRA L. 2l Bllliter St., London; WILCOX dz WEEKES, Barrican, Plymouth; ROSS d: 00., Quebec; or ME DVVAY. . SCOTLAND NIGER. .. THAMES . QUEBEC TO 'iiéfiijON: CABIN - - . . - BTEE RAGE - - . . . CABIN - - - - - - 60.00. BTEERAGE - - ~ - - $ 24-00 Tllmuge Tickets from all Points West am Re- duced Fares. Certificates issued to persons de- slrous of bringing out their friends. Tap Mun Bllls of Lading issued on the Continent and in London for all parts; of Canada and in the United States to DETROIT, MILWAUKEE, CchgGQ. and otlger points 1n_the“:est. 900,000 ACRES MEDWAY, via Hallmx, N.S., and St. Jolm,. N. 13., Wednesday, 3rd April. SCOTLAND, for Que bee and Montreal direct, \Vet‘ nesduy, 17th April. NIGER, for do. \Vetlnesday, 24th Aprll. THAMES,for do. Wednesday, I“ May, And direct every WEDNESDAY thereafter. COMPOSE D of the following FIRST-CLASS IRON STEAMSIIIPS :â€" ~_- --.-, “Auuvv4\1 ' v 1 TWLED THAMES}, fificfb’n! Nwmi, SEVERN, NILE. THE STEAMERS OF THIS LIN E are Intend- ed to sail ‘VEEKLY, as follows, during me Season of Navigation 01‘ 1872,to and from LON« DON, QUEBEC & MONTREAL, (Calling at PLY- MOUTH, 0nbward,1‘or Passengers, and ISM/lug" the Port. EVERY FRIDAY.] SCOTLAND. MEDWAXL .TEVIOJ“ munnnn m‘v . “IHITE LEADS, “GENUINE.” “No. 1," “No. 2,” and ‘I No. 3," of fins brand, are unsur- pnsaed tor body and brilliancy of shade. Pack- ages contain full net weight. The pa mm are warned that carcaln other brands are H lbs 1 short in every so-culled 25 pound package. Examine the brand and do not be put with inferior paints. The BEST is always CHEAP- EST. Sold by respectabledealers in Paints through- out Ontario, and to dealers only by uuw auu AuUUuulJ uUVul’ w1u ()6. CIRCULARS glvlng full particulars are sup- plled gratis ; any wishing be Induce others to emigrate with them, or to form a colony. are invited to ask for all they want to distribute. Apply to GEO. S. HARRIS, Land Comm'r. For Iowa Lands, at. Burlington, Iowa, And for Nebraska Lands, at Lincoln, Neb March 28, 1892 a.f.g, BETWEEN London, Quebec & Montreal. Iowa & Nebraska Lands: FOE SALE BY THE Burlington 6: Mo. River BrPu’. (3‘65, MILLIONS OF ACRES.“ ‘ 0n Ten Years’ Oreflit at 6 yer‘ct'. Interest. No part. of principal due for two lyears, and thence only one-ninth yearly till pa (1 in mu. PRODUCTS will pay for land and improve< meme within the limit, or this generous email. WBetter terms were never oli'ered, are not nOAYL‘a‘nd pgojggbly {love}- yill be. 7 Title Pen/ed. October 30. 1871. I 11E SUBSCRIBERS OFFER FOR. SALE A Large Stock of HELF HARDWARE, BAR IRON, CUT NAILS,HORSE NAILS Apr-11 4. 1872. ITIARDWARE 1 TEMPERLEY’S LINE. FOR SALE, And every'TdiasnAYVthereafte-i‘: RATES OF PASSAGE. FROM LONDON. FROM QUEBEC. m: z sTAMPED DAVID SHAW, ~OF-,. (112-6111 lawd ws-Gm ELBIGfl‘kflow Tuesday, 7m May. . “ 14m May. ‘ “ 2m May. " 28th May, . AL _._ MONTREAL ; SP "ndid 'I’ORONTO