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PROCLAMATION~ M1scellaneous Items. THE KING OF OILS D‘ C. O’BRIEN, \VM. MALLOY, H. MUSTARD, Proprietor, Ingersoll, 684 In one of the summer months of the year 185â€"app1ication was made to a. great London insurance com- pany_to_insureAthe life 9f My. _Andrew MaeFarlane, of Raw Material street, Manchester, for a very heavy sum. Mr. MacFarlane was not a young man, being described by himself as between forty and fifty, and the sum was of such an unusual amount that the company thought it necessary to use more than ordinary caution. They therefore stipulated upon seeing the gentleman personally, and having him examined by two of their own medical men in their own oflice in London, in addition to the usual pre- liminary investigation. -Ih'. (I D. (lardette, in New Yprk Leng-r Mr. MacFarlane accordingly ap- peared one morning, looking a. most robust and healthy middle-aged gen- tleman, with a fine, broad, ruddy, closeâ€"shaven face, and iron gray hair. The examination was pronounced satisfactory in the extreme. Mr. MacFarlane was a more than usually healthy person and the policy was granted Without delay. One morning of November of the‘ same year London was shrouded in‘ one of its densest fogs; That com- bination of smoke and vapor to be met in its full perfection in no other part of the globe, pervaded street and river. Fog had reigned supreme over the metropolis the Whole of the previous day, and had become so thick at night that foot passengers had great difficulty in finding their way along the streets ; the crossing of a wide street or square looked like diving into some dark and unexplor- ed expanse, all landmarks were swept away, the lamps were scarcely visi- ble one from another; experienced Londoners found themselves turning the wrong'corners, and the cabs and the cabs and other vehicles had no chance of reaching their destination lexcept by adhering to the ourbstone. That November morning the news- papers bore witness to the dangers of ‘ the previous day in many a lengthy‘ catalogue of accidents. As morning broke the fog seemed likely to rule another day, but as the sun gained strength he brought with him a fresh breeze, and the fog lifting like avast curtain, once more disclosed to the persecuted Londoners the features of their lost city. Homeâ€"when the friend hath provbd faitblesa, And life wears a lowering face. Then who doth not feel The deep sorrows that steal o‘er the heart as it sighs for thy peace? Light was pretty well established when a party of riverzmen were seen carrying the body of a drowned man up the stairs of London Bridge. On coming to the .top with their ghastly burden, a gentleman in a dark beard and mustachcs, who had been watch- ing their movements over the parr- pet, came'up and looking steadily at the dead man’s face, exclaimed: -‘ Good God 1 its poor MacFarlane.” The men stopped; a crowd was present as if by magic ; and in scarce Ilomeâ€"‘tie with grief, and deep anguish We sigh for ghy days that are gone. For the light and the shade or thy green forest gludeâ€"j _ Homeâ€"when we toil through the deser 01' sweep o‘er the fathomlesa am, What diviner can tell The emotions that swell In the bosom that's longing for thee? I see the forests bend and bow . I hear the bowling of the blast; The heavens grow black with storm, and now. The breakers roar. And in this phantasm o! the past. The shattered fragments of a mast Are hurled ashore, Home-when the heart is difltracted, Ah, who doth not then sigh for home? Or who may not weep, ‘ O’er the visions that sweep, Through the brain of one fated to roam? Thy rhurchynrfl [ writhe, shriek, struggleâ€"all in vain ! Flung, lashed and livid, on the sand, Then tossed, torn, seaward huried again, And gone for aye I Lay on my brow that cooling hand, 0, Love, I wake in facry land This Summer day I A langerous South-wind scents the air, The drowsy woodlands scarcely nod. A Summer peace is everywhere 0n shore and sea. But I have passed beneath the rod. Nor yet been lost; ; and she, thank God In saved to me. ’Twas but a priming whisper borne Athwart the shimmering field and flnod From Cancer unto Capricornâ€" A zephyr breathâ€" And yet it changes a]! my-mood, And the quick currents of my blood Grow chill as death. How on. the slightest thing of things# A stray leaf floating from the tree, Home rccreant retiospection brings To heart and mind ; Though in the instant act there be No light, no link, no syfnpathy, The twain to bind. Thus on this sweet, still summer morn, Whilst in a sensuous trance I seem, The slender lance leaves of the corn Are, sudden, stirred. A ripple mars the mirrored stream ; And the soft image of my dream Is bruised and blurred. A MIDSUMMER VISION. LOST IN A FOG. HOME. wflh‘moss-Ttovercdflbfig RICHMOND HALL, ONTARIO, CANADA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1875 At the inquest, after the evidence of the finding of the body, Woodley stepped forward 83nd deposed that he was well acquainted with the deceas- ed, Mr. MacFarlane, of Manchester; that he had seen the wife, who was so dreadfully affected by the shock her nervous system had sustained by this sad event, that she was danger- ously ill, and totally ineapeble _0f The divisional surgeon deposed that there were no marks of violence on the body. The coroner, in summing up, mere~ ly observed to the jury that it was evident that this unfortunate person had been drowned in the Thames; there was no reason to suppose that, he met his death by any foul play,: nor was the supposition of suicide: warranted; the unfortunate man, it‘ appeared, had gone out in the full; enjoyment of his usual health,‘ strength, and intellect; they were all , aware that in the dense and danger- ous fog that has prevailed accidents were extremely likely to happen, es- ecially to persons unacquainted with ondon; it must, therefore, be pre- sumed that the deceased had, by some means unknown to them fallen into the river; the body had been satisfactorily identified by a most respectable Witness, who had moreover brought from the widow a list of articles, which tallied exactly with these found on the body ; they had heard of the sad condition of that unhappy lady, and there appeared to him no necessity for adjourning the inquest for her resence; nothing therefore remaine for them but to igive their verdict according to the ‘facts. gaqumcqâ€"m wumn met no handed in a doctor’s certificate; he held in his hand, he said, the mar- riage certificate of the deceased, which he would produce if the jury desired to see it; that he managed to procure from the distressed lady a list of articles on MacFarlane’s person when he left home yesterday on bus- iness, since which time he had not been heard of until witness brought the sad intelligence of his untimely fate. “ I shall consider it my duty to at- ten ; but in the meantime, I must communicate this intelligence to my poor friend’s wife. They came into town only the day before yesterday.” “Very well, but. first I must see how she bears this cruel shock.” The next proceeding was to the station house. The sergeant on duty heard the facts, took possessibn of the property, asked certain questions, took down the gentleman's name and add1~essâ€"-“ Mr. Woodley, of Liver- pool, now at the Covent Garden Ho- tel "~and informed him that he would be required at. the inquest. “ Her attendance will be necessnr *, sir." The pockets produced little or nothing leading to identification. A watch with a chain attacked to it, a locket containg hair, and ornamented with a blue cross, a purse with money in it all in sovereigns, a packet-hand- kerchief marked in cipher, and a bunch of keys told little. The gentleman therefore accomâ€" panied the party, saw the contents of the pockets removed, and the body examined casually. There were no marks of violence upon it, and there was little doubt that it represented one of the victims of the fog, an opin- ion pretty freely expressed by the bystanders. “ Found drowned,” was accordingly recorded. The coroner observed that the body ought to be buried immediately; and ordered it to be given up to Woodley. He then made out and forwarded to the register the necessary informa- tion as to the cause of death and the finding of the body. “ The bod will go to the dead- house, sir. erbaps you would have no objection to go there with me, first, and Witness my removal of the valuables 0n the; person of the de» ceased.” 1y less time the tall and unperturbed hat of a policeman was to be observed calm and stationary above the sway- ing multitude. V y “ Do you identify this body, sir?" “ I do.” “ Your name and address, if you please, sir ?” “ I will go with you to the station, if you please.” In due time the insurance com- pany received application on the part of Helen MaeFarlane for pay- ment of the sum insured, a regular assignment of the policy from her late husband was produced, and her claim was further supported by a copy of the entry of the registrar- general. The company felt some little hesitation at first, and postpon- ed payment for further information. They desired to see Woodley, butitn being shown that that gentleman had quitted England, after due investiga- tion they felt that they could not dispute the evidence, and paid over the money. In that wilderness which lies west of Brompton, at the time we speak of there existed a Liliputian cottage, wherein dwelt George Richardson, lately manager and confidential clerk, now junior partner in ii. merchant’s house in the city. One evening in II. But when, as the day advanced, the fog, instead of clearing, increased in density, and she perceived that a journey to the city was impracticable then the reality of the parting first came full upon her. It was their first separation, and the suddenness of the thing, and the uncertainty of the post, and the distance, and finally the breaking up of her little plan for the final add overwhelming good-bye, overcame her, and she returned to her room and was no more seen for several hours. the final one. In her secret little heart she had determined to make an expedition to the city, and have the real good-bye at the proper time, and she was looking forward to the sur- prise and pleasure it would be to George. So she put up a cheerful face to his, and returned his last nod from the cab with a pleasant smile. She bore the parting better than poqlqha‘ve began expected, for, truth “ Foolish girl 1” kissing her. “ The steamer won’t start in a fog; don’t alarm yourself about that. Besides, it is only the morning frost; when the sun gets up, it will be bright and clear.” By afternoon the fog was so thick in the city and on the river that Richardson felt certain the steamer would not start. “Iwish you were not going in this fog.” “However,” thought he, “I will have my trunk taken down, see the captain, and sleep on board, if neces- sary, to be ready directly he is able to get under weigh.” George had literally to feel his way through the narrow lanes to the river. By-and-by he found the wharf gates, but all beyond was a blank, save Where some red spots of lights, looking strangely high and distant, told him of lamps enveloped in the misty cloud. Confident, however, in‘ his knowledge of the place, but in reality deceived as to all its bearings, on he went, till in a moment his foot trod only on the empty air, and he fell headlongâ€"a splashâ€"and the black river closed over him. One struggle to the surface, a desperate iattempt to strike out in his thick great coat and water-logged boots, and George Richardson was swept away by the remoreless tide only to be yielded up a corpse. The next; morning when the cab drove up to the door, there was a thick fog, and Bessie felt alarmed, as women do at parting, with a vague, undefined dread of some calamity. “In a month, I hope; but it may be six weeks or even more ; so don’t be uneasy. I‘ will write, you may be sure, the first opportunity, and I may be back before my letter.” “ How soon shall I hear from you, George ?” However, it could not be helped it seemed, so the little woman hustled about and got his things to rights, and stood in the little dining-room with the tears welling up into her eyes. “Why, you silly girl, the parting must come sooner or later, and Why not in the morning as well as the evening,” said he, smoothing her hair caressingly. Bessie did not see the force of this reasoning. To a woman a parting is no parting at all unless it; occurs at the last moment. “ Shall I not see you again after you leave home to-morrow morning 2” asked Bessie Richardson, anxiously. Bessie’s face put on a disappointed look. “ No, darling; you must wish me good-bye then.” November, 185â€", home came George and startled his little Wife .by an- nouncing that he must start on a se- cret mission toLeghor-n the next day, events of importance connected with the business 'had occurred there re- quiring the presence of one of the Partners: and the lot had fallen 11pm “ Therefore,” said George, “ get my things ready, and I will take them with me to the office to-morrow morning, for I shall not have time to return here.” A month passed away, Bessie was daily expecting the promised letter; but the postman passed the door, or only knocked to bring any other but the looked for envelope. George would surely be at home himself, and allay her fears by his presence in a day or two. Did he not say he might return before a letter could reach her ? him as the junior, in respec 20f ‘age as well as of positjon in 1311 ' _1'm. _A steamer was- to leave the river the next evening. Six weeks and no letter. Bessie became really anxious; away she went to the senior partner; he was somewhat uneasy himself, but, so far from adding to her anxiety, he as- sured her that that there was no cause for alarm. They had expected to hear from Richardson, certainly, but it was quite possible that his voyage might have been longer than they calculated. His letter might have miscarried, or he might be at home himself any day; in short the good old man almost reassured the poor little wife, and she went home more tranquil in her mind than she had been for many a day. Two months had now elapsed, and it, could no longer be concealed that the records of that inquiry, and all doubts removed that the remains there represented as those of MacFar- lane were in reality none other than those of poor Richardson. There was no possibility of direct identifi- cation at this distance of time, but a record of the articles found on the body (which had been given up to \Voodley) had been preserved at the police force, and were identified by the wretched wife as the contents of her husband’s pockets on the fatal day. But who and Where was Wood- ley? What interest could he have in falsely swearing to the body? Was it a conspiracy or a mistake? More tracing of evidence ; and now was found a memorandum in the re- gistry that the insurance company had asked for information concerning the deceased, and received a copy of the entry. This was a slight clue ,' a light broke in upon the darkness that had hitherto surrounded the in- quiry. The insurance company was communicated with, and after having investigated the facts, came to the irresistible conclusion that their cli- ent MaoFarlane had undoubtedly given evidence of his 0Wn decease, and was, in the society of Mrs. Mac- Farlane, who had completely recov- ered from her indispositionwenjoying a good slice of the company’s capital in some foreign country. But What became of the body? More restlessness of detectives and further Circumstances were relieved of their veil of mystery. A drowned man had certainly been found the xery‘mornin g after his disappearance. Meanwhile the partners set every engine at work to discover the truth. Detective officers came to and fro, ex- amined and cross-examined with ceaseless activity, following up the scent like hounds. By degrees the facts unfolded themselves, and it be- came evident that Richardson must have been drowned that night of the fog on his way to the ship. We purposely pass over the horror, the ineredulity, and the despair that followed one another in poor Bessie’s mind when the facts broke with full force:up0n her. The feelings of the bereaved Wife must be sacred. At length, however arrived the steamer itself, without Richardson. It was then ascertained that no one answering his description had sailed in her. His trunk, purposely left undirected in order to maintain the secrecy of his journey was found on board. The members of the firm were now fully convinced that some fatal accident had befallen him. They sent for Bessie’s brother, and begged him to break the matter to his sister, to clear up the mystery that hung upon her husband’s disap- pearance. The estimates of the coming peach crop all point to the same being of reâ€" markable magnitude, the aggregate number of baskets being fixed at from eight to ten millions from the Maryland and Delaware peninsula alone. Stren- uous efforts are being made to find mar- kets for the yield, and a degree of en-1 terprise is manifesting itself among the fruit growers which can hardly fail to win merited remuneration. A special train will be despatched daily over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to carry supplies to the cities of the West 3 r 1,150 cars have been chartered to trans- ‘port the fruit to New York and other eastern cities, and it is stated that- the American Steamship Company of Phil- adelphia are fitting up huge refrigera- tors in their vessels, so that from 25,- 000 to 30,000 baskets may be carried to Liverpool at each trip. there was grave cause for apprehen- sion; but for as much as poor Bessie on every trifling occasionâ€"to wit, when George traveled by railwayâ€"â€" pictured to her mind the most awful accidents, or if he was half an hour late for dinner, felt a calm certainty that semething had happened, so she did now resolve that nothing could be wrong, in proportion as real rea- sons for alarm increased, insomuch that as they became almost certain- ties to the reflecting masculine mind â€"so did they diminish in this un- reasoning little woman. In fact, she dared not admit the idea into her mind ; she resolutely excluded it, steadfastly clinging to that lightest bubble of hope in her sea of doubt, and resolved that darling George would be restored to her arms in good time. It could not be in Nature or in Providence that one she loved so well should never look upon her face again. So her heart reasoned. The necessity of transporting so large a quantity of perishable freight in warm weather, quickly, seems to us to offer a. good opportunity of practically test- ing the preservative properties of com- pressed air. It is a very easy matter to render a portion of a car airtight, and to force in air by a simple hand pump until a pressure of three or four atmospheres is reached. This could without difficulty be maintained over a long trip; and if the effect stated by M. Bertâ€"namely, complete preserva- tion of the materialâ€"is obtained, an enormous saving in the cost of ice and in labor may at once be made. We should be glad to learn of the results if any one should adopt these suggestions. FScieizitific American. An Enormous Peach Crop. no' balm for these two Souls, who walked home together with but a single thought about wild animals. There is a mystery about the American lakes. Lake Erie is only sixty or seventy feet deep ; but Lake Ontario, which is 500 feet'deep, is 230 feet below the tide-level of the ocean, or as low as most parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrance; and the bot- tom of Lakes Huron. Michigan and Superior, although the surface is much higher. are all from their vast depths on a level with the bottom of Ontario. Now as the ' discharge through the Detroit river, after follow- in g all the probable portion carried off by evaporation, does not appear by any means equal to the quantity of wa- ter which the three upper lakes receive. It has been conjectured that a sub- terrancan river may run from Lake Superior, by the Huron, to Lake Ontario. This conjecture is not im- possible, and accounts for the singu- lar fact that salmon and herring are caught in all the lakes communica- ting with the St. Lawrence, but no others. As the-falls of Niagara must have always existed, it would puzzle the naturalist to say how these fish got into the upper lake without some subterranean river; moreover, any periodical observation of the river, would furnish a not improbable so- lution of the mysterious flux and re- flux of the lakes. [to the pocket, and scooped out the :gum drops and peanuts, with a sly ‘ Wink at is nephew, who stood, lookâ€" ,ing on with anxiety at the proceed- ling. But in the last mouthful the majestic beast took in the ammonia bottle by mistake, the cork came out, and about an ounce of hartshorn ran down the throat‘ of the greedy beast. This beverage is said to have a revi- ving and stimulating effect, and in this case it proved its power, for a more revived elephant was never seen on earth. With a wild yell he grabbed the protuberance behind the lady which had been the cause of his disaster 5 she was “ pulled back ” some before, but as the exasperated trunk yanked at the bustle and ac- cessories, all former attempts at that style of wearing gear seemed pale and sickly; everything was “ pulled back,” until the young woman look- ed like a statue of Niobe in blue calâ€" ico. The man, with great presence of mind, shouted “ shoe,” and the gentlemanly clerk of the elephant, with a long prod, persuaded him to let up. But the fun was over for the She were one of these pockets be- hind, in which, besides her handker- chief, she had deposited an apple, a handful of peanuts, a 'quarter of a pound of gum drops, a small bottle of ammonia, and some other trifles. She and her swain, after admiring the complexion of the huge beast, turned their backs on him to watch the monkey and the live kangaroo, and gaze into each other’s eyes; to do this better they leaned back on the rope which enclosed the stately monarch of the forest, who saw the apple protruding from the pocket of the unconscious fair one. He hes- itated a moment, and was lost to all sense of honor and self-respect, for with shuffling movements he imitated the example of our common mother, plucked and ate the fruit, returned. A fourteen-year-old servant girl in the employ of Jerome Brockway, Who has been spending a few days in the wilds of Pike county, Pa., had a narrow escape on Saturday last from being strangled to death by a black snake. She was sent by her mistress out into the woods to pick whortleberries. She crossed the lake in a small row boat, and , accompanied by a. small Newfound‘ land dog, walked about three-fourths of a inile into the woods, where the her- ries were plenty. After filling her basket, she sat down on a log and ate her lunch. As she was about to start ‘for home, a large black snake sprang ‘ about her neck and began choking her. The afi‘righted girl screamed at the top of her voice for assistance, but there was no one near enough to hear her cries. At length, when she was so ex- hausted that she was unable to cry out, the snake twisted his head around so that the girl could reach it. At first she was afraid to touch the monster. Then realizing that she must do some thing or perish, she caught the snake about the neck, and choked it until it relaxed its hold and fell to the ground. The girl then threw it against a rock. and succeeded in killing it. She tied a small hickory withe around the snake’s neck, and dragged it home. It measd ured six feet eleven inches. An Elephant Picks 8. Young Woman’s Pocket. On Tuesday the entire population, except a blind woman, Rouse, went over to see Queen’s great show, and have a nice time. A young lady from across the Jersey took her suit- or and an opera glass. The young lady says she thought the perfor~ mance real romantic until ' she stop- ped to see the elephant. A well dressed dog wears a collar and pants in the summer. THE YORK HERALD Ermaâ€"- [Correspondence of the Kansas City Times.] Depth of the Great Lakes. .UBLISHED AT THE OFFICE Issued \Veekly on Friday Morning. Attacked by a. Snake. YONGE S12, RICHMOND HILL‘ ALEX. SCOTT, Pnormmon. One Dollar per Ammm in Advance WHOLE NO. 891