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Lieutenant Schwatka’s Experience. [From the New York Tribune.] The :<<:xm1t';fir5 features of the recent Frank- lin smm'u expedition were presented lastnight by Limmuam Schwatka, at a meeting of the Acadeym oi Science-e, at No. 12 West Thirty- 'first stream (Innsiderable time was occupie by unloxles delivered on the lam Dr. E. Sewn}. filmucvilnr Benedict and others, and Liwmqmm Schwnllm shortenmi his address somewhat on account of the lateness ot the hour. Beginning with the use of alcohol, Lieu!" euant- Schwatka emphasizes the fact that not a drop of ardent spirits of any kind was 118(d in his sled journey of over 3.25). miles. In short journeys and hunting expeditions where there was ample room for baggage it was con- sidered that alcohol might be carried, and, if used in moderation, would raise the tempera. ture of the body slightly and tend, as else Where. to increased comfort. But on long journeys ardent spirits , could not be carried in bulk without displacing other indis- pensable articles. Alcohol was not regarded as necessary and was not considered a. good heating agent. The injurious effects of intensie cold, however, had sometimes been wrongly ascribed to the use of liquor. On shipboard the general use of alcoholic stimu- lants was considered bad, and only allowable when every possible chance of scurvy was re- moved by the character of the food. In regard to temperature, Lieutenant Sch- watka said that his party had encountered the most intense cold ever recorded by white men -â€"71° Fahr., or 103° below the freezing point. On that day the camp was moved ten miles, and no unusual inconvenience was felt. It was not the intensity of the cold that was unpleasant All suffering was caused by the direction and violence of the wind. With the thermometer at â€"60° Fahr. no especial I trouble was met with, but at s temperature I fifteen degrees higher, with a Wind blowing straight in the faces at the men, frost-bites and great‘sufiering were common. The white men would freeze their noses or the exposed portions of their cheeks. The coldest days were perfectly calm ; on warmer days, with the exceplion of a few days in midsummer, the wind blew constantly. But it was con- sidered that to men clad in warm clothing temperature was not material, and the long- est journeys could. be Undertaken without fear. When the thermometer sunk to â€"-71 ° .. ‘ Fahr. the sky was of a leaden hue, varied with browish red near the sun. Clouds ‘ of vapor rolled from everything animal. When the expedition stopped it was enveloped in steam. Musk oxen and deer could be detected at a distance of five or six miles by the vapor about them,and the Esquimaux claimed to be able to distinguish the kind of animals by peculiarities in this vapor. Water poured on ice caused a crack ling like miniature tire-crackers, and the sur- face of sheets of ice was gray and opaque from the unequal expansion. The sound of the runners was like that caused by aresined bow or a tuning-fork, and, heard at a dis- tance, resembled an {Eolean harp. In the most extreme cold the acclimatization of the white men proved as perfect as that of the natives. At a very low temperature the beard became a block of ice. and the lips and nos- trils were nearly glued together. Exercise. though important, was not so essential as has been stated, there never being a neces- sity for exercising to the point of fatigue. For Arctic explorers a strong circulation and a tendency not to perspire profusely are de- sirable. The common theories regarding the danger in using snow were at variance with Lieutenant Schwatka’s experience. At â€"-30° Fahr. the snow freezes :temporarily, the mu- cuous membrane of the mouth causing a burning sensation. If this be often and rapidly repeated it is highly injurious, but snow and ice taken in moderation at long in- tervals are of great service in quenching thirst. Drowsiness was not experienced in connection with great cold, and it was con- sidered as resulting usually from. 9. sudden change from ship board to out-of-dosr life, or from an insulficient acclimatization. Near-sighteduess, though attended with 1 some discomforts. gave. certain important ad- 1 vantages. The glasses become readily cov-l ered with congealed moisture from the heat, but with the squinting common to near- sighted persons were an efficient firotectionl against the glare of the sun upon the snow. No one who was near sighted sufiered from snow blindness while the Esquimaux were, troubled with this more than the white men. 3 They also suffered from chronic opthalmis; and the deposits caused by cataracts In. very cold weather the huts were buried two or three feet in snow. It was advisable to change these huts as often as possible, be- cause 8the constant freezing and thawing made them a mass of translucent ice,_ and exhala- tions from the breath, bodies and fires be came congealed on the wells, continually fall- ing off anod causing a little snow- storm in the 1 interior. 1 The effect producec‘i by the darkness of the long Arctic night upon human beings was consideied to be much more real than the discomforts occasioned by loneliness and homesicknefls. According to physicians, it has been found tbai darkness decreases the respiratory movements in proportion to its intensity. It was therefore held that in the long dark Arctic winter the respiratory move- ments would become much retarded, and a consequent injurious effect would be exerted. the circulation being slow and blood imper- fectly oxidized. To prevent this, crews should be exposed as much as possible to the light. “ Any chestnuts ’rouud here ?” asked one of three city boys who met an aged, benevolent- looking farmer out in Livonia Township. The old man hesitated ; " You don’t want to steal ’em ‘1’" he asked. “ Oh no, we just Want to find them out.” “ Well. there’s a few trees back there, but it I thought you wanted to steal them I wouldn’t have told you. for the owner‘s gone to town: but you’re bright, honest-looking b016,”. The boya blushed with the pride of con- scious goodness. “ When will the owner be back.” “ Well, not before dark, I reckon." The boys respectfully thanked the old man, waited till he got out of sight, jumped the fence and were soon shaking down the burrs. The shaking was easy, but the opening off of the chestnut burrs was more difficult and unpleasant. At last the boys had a . splendid pile of handsome, brown nuts on the ground, and they ptepared to put them in the bags they_hrough_t with them. -1 “ Please don’t take any more trouble.” said the benevolent old man who stood by the fence beaming kindly on the startled boys. “ I‘m not so strong as I once was, and I fear Ican’t hold in this dog much longer. If you’ll hurry. though, I guess I can keep him here till you get to the railroad track. Down, Tige, sir I" As the boys looked back from the railroad fence. they could see the stooping figure of the old man scooping the rich brown chestnuts into a two bushel bug. â€"Dctroit Free Press. With the first chilling breath 01 Autumn, falling leaves and rough northeast winds comes the season of poultry and game. It seems very strange that our chickens are so generally inferior to those raised for the table in France or even in England. Our Spring chickens, which are to the fulLblown {0111 as the tender sucking-pig is to the Winterâ€"killed porker, are small and sweet, it is true, but the usual roasting chickens found in our markets lack the rosy fullness and flavored crispness of the foreign fowl. They are apt to be stringy and soft. Everything is in the feeding of poultry, and fattening them for market is an art which needs to be better understood. In canons we can shine, but the deliclous poulwrde is not so well known as it ought to be. The great poultry staple of the country is undoubtedly the turkey, and many thous- “ OPENING OF A (YIEESTNU'I‘ B RK’ " PERILS NEAR THE POLE. CUISINE GCISSII’ ....u< ends of this sultan of the farm-yard are now in process of fattening for the great annual Christmas feed. A pious and learned divine once impressed upon his human flock the in- finite design of an aleise Providence in causing all great rivers to run by the largest { cities. Another evidence of this wisdom of Providence may he adduced in the fact that about the season of turkeys and Thanksgiving Day chestnuts became ripe so as to be employ- ed as the proper stuffingfor the bird. It is a ‘ good suggestion to the faithful that a fair sprinkling of trufl'les among the chestnuts adds infinite flavor to the dish. But the chestnuts , must be boiled before stuffing the bird with them. The wild turkey is to be classed under the head of game, but it is doubtlul whether 1 even the finest, except in the way of plumage. I is equal to the well~selected domestic Rhoda ‘ Island turkey. u' In game the great season of ducks is rapidly approaching. It may be said that in wild ducks America beats the world. As yet teal ducks are fishy and wood ducks very scarce. But the red-heed has appeared in the market, though not in very good condition. T he succulent canvas-back still lingers, and it is well that this king of the dinner table should be a little late, for the appetite cloys with per- petual repetition of a. delicacy which is so absolutelv de rigueur at every dinner party as long as the season lasts. A real pleasure to the gourmet is to enter- tain a. few of ourBritish cousins with a purely national repast known as a “ Baltimore din~ ner.” viz. : Terrapin a In Maryland and can- vas-back duck with celery salad. A whole- some sherry with the terrapin and a good Romanee Conti with the game will leave your guets with a patriotic feeling towards the United States which no subsequent events can destroy. For domestic dinners the minor classes of ducks are not to be despised, and a wellâ€" roasted mallard or a rapidly broiled broad-bill will give the greatest pleasure in the absence of the monarchs. 0f the smaller game the season brings the name is legion. First and foremost stands the grass-plover. But there in only one way to accommodate this noble and succulent bird. Plentifully buttered. folded in thick pope): and broiled over a. quick fire, he is a memo] for aâ€"â€"repuhlican sovere- eign. i (From the New York Sun.) 1 [ Moon Aguen, a Chinaman, died in a peasa- ‘ in] frame of mind last Wenesday oticonsump- g tionfi after a long illness, during which he i was :carefully attended by several of his ' countrymen, He was a member of a club I whose rooms are at 18 Mott street. The re- i mains were watched in the room at 22 Mott i street, which he had occupied a long time be- u . tore his death. Pastilles were kept burning {to keep away the demons. Yesterday. Un- idertaker Joseph Naughton found the body. ,neatly dressed in the Chinese fashion, in' i readiness for burial. He was ordered to do v everything in the best American style. He i iput the body in a handsome silver-plated mahogany coflin, and six Chinamen carried it ' down stairs and put it into the hearse. Then ithe members of the club filled the ten car- ' ‘iriages which had been ordered, and were] driven behind the hearse to Evergreen Ceme- L tery. In the oemetry the Chinamen grouped . themselves around the grave while the coflin was lowered. Before any earth'was thrown in, one of their number brought some pig, some chicken, some rice. and a demijohn of liquid of some kind. He dropped the edibles without covering of any kind, upon the coffin f top, and did the same with the demijohn, - but with more care, so that it should not 5 break. As soon as they were dropped in he motioned to the grave diggers to shovel in the earth, after which the Chinamen sought their carriages. The body will eventually be t removed to China. The law for quail is now up, and many thousands will probably be laid low by the ardent sportsmen who have been panting for the day to arrive. Meanwhile, however, the bills of fare of our city restaurants have for weeks past unblushingly possessed as one of their attractions “ Broiled quail on toast.” Until restaurateurs and the market people who supply them can be visited with condign punishment for breaking the game laws, the sport which costs so much expensive prepara- tion and anxious anticipation will be poor. A gentleman recently remarked that he thought ten birds not so bad a bag for November lst. Read the records of English partridge shoot- ing, where the laws are really enforced, and see the difierenco in the day’s sport. That poor little animal which seems to be disdained in this countryâ€"the rabbitâ€"has also come into season. If people would only take the trouble to learn how to cook him he would gain greatly in their esteem. To boil the rabbit and serve him smothered in “bite sauce and onions is a bourgeois, but a deli- cate dish. The gibclotte d: lupin, so dear to the Parisian grisette’s heart and palate, is too historical to need flescriptien here. With cold weather come the spicy sau- sages, to add one more to the attractions of the breakfast table. Like SamWeller’s mutton pies, they are delicious “ when you know the lady as made ’em." A word to the wise-â€" take sausage meat and scramble it thoroughly with eggs. It makes an admirable morning. or very late evening dish. VOL. XXIII. I never heard of a more abominable case l 7 of cruelty than that disclosed at a recent in- I ‘ quest held by Mr. John Humphreys. the ' coroner, upon a poor woman who was found dead upon the steps of the Poplar Union. At ‘ 9 o’clock at night she first applied for admis- i sion. telling the porter that if he did not let ‘ her in she should die. He answered that] without an order from the relieving officer, . which she had tried in vain to procure, " she i must remain out all night.” Again she beg- * ged him to let her in. saying : ” I cannot move furtherâ€"VI shall die," whereupon the porter replied : ”Then you must die." At , about 1 o’clock the poor creature again to» 5 peatedly importuned the Cerberus for shelter, : but all to no effect. Between 8 and 4 o‘clock 1 â€"six hours after application for admissionâ€" 5 the poor outcast died, and was removed by E the police to the mortuary. The night watohâ€" * man, who did not deny the main facts of the 1 case, admitted that he occasionally abeented himself, and left an aged pauper in charge of l the gate. The Coroner, of course, “ animad- | verted in strong language.” and the Jury ex- ‘ hibited the customary“ indignation ;” but this 1‘ revolting case must not he allowed to end: hereâ€"Landon Truth & â€"Biddulphery is a new and expressive word. -â€"Stonyhurst, the great Roman Catholic. college of England, stands about three miles i from Rihchester, in Lancashire. on an emi- ; nence commanding extensive views. It was 1 built at the close of the sixteenth century by ‘; Sir Richard Sherburne, and passed in 1754. by bequest of the Duchess of Norfolk, whose ‘ mother was a Sherhurne, to the eminent 5 Roman Catholic family of Weld. which some fifty years since gave 3 Cardinal to the Church. The size and arrangement of the rooms rendered the mansion easily converti- ble into a. Catholic seminary. For many ‘ years the English Catholics had also a famous seminary at Prior Park, near Bath, once the seat of Pope’s friend. the celebrated Ralph Allen, butthis was given up about fifteen years ago. L'IOON AGUEN'H FUNERAL. GFFICIAL CBUELTY. eh ‘1 â€"Apropo of woman’s rights M. Ernest , he i d’Hervilly remarks that women have never 2, 38- ‘ chosen the sea as a career. There were no i 10‘ women on board the Argo. in spite of the at- ! #16 tractions of the golden fleece. No women At { accompanied Columbus, although the discov- re- ‘ cry of a new continent ought to have awakened 5 '91" ; their curiosity. On land women have shown ‘ 30k 1 themselves brave soldiers. from the time of ' 1â€" i the Amazons, but they do not love the sea. » by g . . . . : châ€" . â€"-The Russians nouri ‘'11 a special grievance I the 1 against Prince Alexanuer of Bulgaria. He ‘_ ted does not speak one word of Russ, and he will i 3 of | not be at pains to learn it. Bulgarian he is 1 ad- I, rapidly acquiring, and already possesses a . _ I vocabulary of little phrases that touch the 'his I heart of the simple minded Bulgar. In his ‘ intercourse with the officials of state and the '; numerous Russian officials commanding his l army he uses either French or German, or sivo l even a little English. i â€"The Parisians have been laughing over who an “ incident" at the recent sitting of the iiles i Academy of Medicine, when 8. Violent alter- 3mi- ._ cation took place between MM. Jules Guerin was i and Pasteur. The first is 59 years old and , by ; partially paralyzed. The last is in his 80th 754 ‘ year. but still, it appears, retains. so much head i vivacity that he defied the ruling of the Presi- cent 5 dent. accused his opponent of falsehood, and had to be forcibly restrained by his friends ome . n... from actual Violence. â€"It transpired m a. Keokuk lawsuit that the defendant had sent his wife to the poor. house and married his father’s divorced wife- â€"â€"On the tombs bf the ‘E Pretenders ” at Rome they are styled respectively James 111., Charles 111., and Henry 1X.. Kings of Eng- land. â€"There are at present published in Russia. 417 newspapers in the Russian language, 54 in Polish. 40 in German, 10 in French, 11 in Lettish, 7 in Esthonian, 2 in Finnish, 4 in Hebrew, 7 in Armenian, 3 in Georgian, and 4 in Tartan â€"The practice obtains in England of call- ing trains by a specific name, as “ The Wild Irishman " or “ The Flying: Scotchman." The third class train from London to Lanca- shire still arrives daily at Preston, and after the lapse of nearly a quarter of a. century bears the name of “ The Polka.” â€"-In Russia. all the sons and daughters of princes inherit their title. They are. conse- quently as plentiful as sparrows, It is said that there is a. village where every inhabitant is a Prince or Princess Geilitzen. The title of Prince in Russia is about equivalent to that of Esquire in England. â€" A People’s Church has been organized in Chicago by the Rev. Dr. Thomas, who was turned out of a. Methodist pulpit for unortho- dox preaching. â€"The judges at the Boston baby show, possibly mindful of the fury of a woman whose infant has been scorned, declared that they could not decide which exhibits were best, and left the prizes to be awarded by the voters of the visitors. "The London Telegraph says that in con- sequence of the advance In value of many securities held by the Glasgow Bank, the liquidation is likely an RhOW much better re- sults than were at one tlme nnuclpaned, and those shareholders who have met their cells in full will be handsomely remunerated. â€"Presideut Ellot nan sent to the parents of Harvard undergm inaten an inquiry whether their sons have been accustomed to attend prayers at home, and requeeting upin- ions on compulsory attendance in the chapel. This‘is a possible preliminary to making to- ligious worship voluntary at Harvard. â€"Dom Pedro. Emperor of Brazil. Wished to test a certain railroad brake. He had one adjusted to a car, and started off for a tria‘ trip. The engineer so‘un saw what seemed c has. big rock on the track ahead, and appliec the brake, stopping the tram within a few feet of the obstacle, which proved to be of pasteboard. ~Sevency-five Harvard saudents inter- rupted a performance in the Boston Theater by their noise. Their leader had a, litlle bell, which he rang as a. signal for the applause to begin or end, and between the acts they sang college songs. The audience at length hissed them soundly. and they were quieted by a, threat to call in the poliee â€"'1‘he well-known Russian millionaire, Warschawski,has been arrested by order of the Russian Government in Odessa and brought to St. Petersburg. It is state‘i that evidence is forthcoming to show that he do- frauded the authorities to the extent of not less than 22,000,000 roubles by army con- tracts during she late war. â€"-The pretty sweetheart of 3. Peoria pagi- list was the Goddess of Liberty in a. political procession. He set out to walk on the side- walk abreast of the cam in which she rode and whip everyone who made any disrespectful comment on her. He knocked down five of- fendersun the course of as many blocks, and then, attempting to chastise a party of four, got a sound drubbing. â€"The finest and most renowned of the arches in Rome is the arch of Titus, which that Emperor built. to commemorate the cap- ture of Jerusalem. No Jew ever passed under it except forcibly, and at the present day, when the Jews are uppermost in official in- fluence at Rome, they are in favor of its de- struction. as being a. memento of cruelty and humiliation to their race. â€"â€"The recent sentence on the man Perry 3 good many years’ experience, that the efiect of the London Underground Railway robber ; these scholarships on schools is almost unre- got somewhat ” mixed " in its translation into > deemably bad.” the Russian papers. Instead of announcing th t he had received twenty years’ penal ser- Oode car in the Bombs Presidenc _ Chan- vi u-le and thirty strokes with the cat. the 1 dia Sing: second son ofy the Rajah of that WOVincinl ]Ourl18.lS 0f Rum“ Stated that i” i little East Indian State. is accused of murder- had been sentenced to ” twenty years’ I”JPN" , ing his wife. It appears that be suspected onment ““311 thirty cats. . her fidelity, and, watching her movements, â€"â€"-A burglar who had stolen a large sum of ; caught her descending a rope ladder to meet money from a house on the Boulevard Vol- fiber lover. She was seized, and, it is said. taire, Paris. was watched by the police, after tortured in a most fearful manner for three the expiration of a two years’ imprisonment. ; days before she died, when it was given out and 14,000f. in coin, which he had buried , that her death was caused by a snake bite. under the root of a tree in a public park,were L The Political Agent is holding an inquiry, recovered. He was arrested with the treasure , and, should his report be unfavorable, the in his hand just after he had dug it out from ! accused will probably be tried. as was the late , its place of concealment. 1 Gaikwar of Baroda. 1 ‘ â€"Some Galveston boys were impressed by i â€"-The Rev. John A. Perry, of Barrington, reading of the martyrdom of saints by death I R. 1., has suffered a series of misfortunes. He at the stake, and they decided to burn a pet a was a chaplain in the rebellion, and members dog in the same manner. The leader in the i of his regiment intrusted him with $5.500 movement had a theory that the poor brute’s ‘ to take home to their families. On the way 1 sufferings would result in immortal joys, and 3- he lost the money, and not a dollar of it was ‘ so be a good thing for it. A post was driven ' ever restored. Five of his houses and barns ‘ ‘nto the ground the dog chained fast, and a 4 were burned, one after another, and, though i roaring fire built. The boys sang hymns they were all heavfly insured, he had a great ‘ while their victim was roasting to death. 1 deal of trouble in getting paid. He continued â€"When we read the statistics of education ‘ to preach in Baptist pulpits, however, until in Russia we get a new cause of the discon- ' the ”“11 fire, Whlch occurred 1515915“ The {19' tent of the people, and find another justifi- ‘ fitTOWd house was worth 33:0001 “my”? in- . cation of the hatred of the despotic Govern- sured fol: 59‘009- . A» Grand Jury has indicted m“. A mm... imwnnl ne ndnnntinn shows % him for moendlansm- â€"A cause celebre has come up at Ohota â€"When we read the statistics of education in Russia we get a new cause of the discon- teiit of the people, and find another justifi- cation of the hatred of the despotic Govern- ment. A Russian journal of education shows that if all the Russian people are to be edu- cated. there will be 1,000 new schools wanted in the St. Petersburg district. 2,900 in that of Novgorod, and, not to mention other instances, as many as 5,000 in that of Churkow. AROUND THE WORLD. â€"-Frank W. Richardson, aged 85. and de- scribed as an accountant and son of a. veteri- nary surgeon has married Charlotte Gordon. aged 45, at the Register Office. Yarmouth, Eng land. The aforesaid Frank is the led who figured as co- respondent in the New- man Hall divorce case, and the aforesaid Charlotte is the respondent in that sees. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1880. â€"â€"Justice Smith said, on opening his cour at Connorsvilla, Tenn: “ William Henry Smith is arraigned for assaulting his father." The Magistrate had on a previous day knocked his father down with a club. and it, was himself that he was now “reigning. He continued : “ The evidence is conclusive, and I‘m not sure but I ought to send myself to jail for ten days. But as this is my first offence, and I certainly had a good deal of provocation, I will simply impose a. fine of ten dollars." where counsel described her as twenty years older than Frank, whom she was in the habit kissing in a “motherly sprt of way." â€"-R11sein 1s going to imitate the good ex- ample of the Prince 01 Wales in sending his sons to sea The Grand Duke Constantine has had his second‘, son, Constantine, ap- pointed Lieutenant of the frigate Duke of Edinburgh, now fitting out at Constadt for the Pacific. All the sons of the High Ad- miral of Russia. have had a. semi- -nautical training, ranking as midshipmen in the Baltic fleet, and occasionally taking a. trip to Revel or Sveaborg during the summer manoeuvres. â€"â€"~Mary Pyatt rejected John K. Amold’s of- fers of marriage for a lnng time, at Kimberly, Pa., but he was persis‘ent, and at length she cemented. There waa a great wedding, and the couple went off on a. tour. After a week the bride returned tn her home, declaring that she had no recollection of anything be- tween her last refusal of Arnold and her awakening to find, to her great surprise and displeasure, that she was his wife. She in- sists that she was out «if her mind during the interval, and declines to even see her hue. band. â€"â€"-Apronos of French military discipline we read: “A sentry placed-before the powcler magazine sees his colonel approaching. smoking an imported Havana cigar. He pre- sents arms, and says firmly but respectfully, ‘ Pardon me, Colonel, but smoking is not al- lowed here.’ The Colonel with a superb gea- ture, flinga away the cigar and gives the faith- ful sentinel a louis d’ or. As soon as he has got around the corner the faithful sentinel, with proud tears on his rugged countenance, picks up the cigar and finishes it with every manifestation of delight." -â€"A curious computation has been made on the rapidity of Basque. beolari or improvisa- tori in recent contests at Vera. and San Sebas- tian. Including pauses for rest and giving out of themes and manta, they reached from fourteen to twenty lines a minute. The highest number recited by one individual was 410 lines, out of a total of 1,610. The con- tests lasted about an hour ands. half, and the rapidity of utterance was such that. the report- ers were completely distanced. The talent seems in some cases to be hereditary, as one of the competitors at San Sebastian who was unable to appear sent his son to nepresent him, and with full success. â€"'l‘he committee appointed by the convo- cation of the University of Toronto, to con- sider certain proposed amendments to“ the University Act, recommend among other things that: The election of Senators. take place in May every three years,each candidate to have not less than ten nominators; that the Minister of Education be granted power by the Legislature to declare such of the TIni- varsity examinations as the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor-in-Council see fit, to be suflicient quali- fication for Public School teachers, and for positions in the Civil‘Sorvice of Ontario ; and that. inasmuch as thnUniversity is in fact the Provincial Universit its name be changed to that of .. The Ui‘fiity‘of Ontario." -â€"-Mr. Wilson, of Rugby, speaking of the effect of university scholarship in the English schools, says : “ Classes are formed at school, examination papers are studied, regular educa- tion is laid aside for special preparation, the , boy is cleverly steered, and the cleverest boy ‘ and cleverestjockey jointly win the prize, and divide the applause ; the honor is duly pa- 1 raded at the speech-day by the smiling head I master to smiling boys ; applause follows, I which lasts for several moments, and care is itaken to have the success announced in all E the papers. I do not hesitate to say, after a I, good many years’ experience, that the effect of ‘; these scholarships on schools is almost unre- ; deemably bad.” f â€"Dr. Talbot was mysteriously murdered at , Marysville, Mo. Some members of the family had a. suspicion that his son Albert was the “ assassin: because he was known to have ' waited very impatiently to inherit the pro. 'perty; but, in the absence of proof, nobody fdared make an accusation. So a detective ' was hired. He went to live in a house close 5 by, pretending to be a. farmertand instructed ;his pretty wife, whom he introduced as a sister, to gain Albert's afiection. This she a was quickly successful in doing, and within Ta. month she had promised to marry him. , Then she set about inculpating him, and he 1 event-ally confessed his guilt toher. His arrest ‘ followed. â€"“ The O’Dowd," Mr. Bouoicau last production at the Adelphi, which seems to have excited a good deal of political passion in London, is an amended and enlarged edition of a drama in three acts. “ Daddy O'Dowd." produced at Booth’s Theater in the spring of 1873. in which Mr. Boucieault gave an ex- quisite companion picture to “ Kerry," in the representation of an old Irish merchant. who sacrifices his hardly acquired property to pro- tect the honor of a dissolute but subsequently repentant and reformed son. The scene is laid in Galway. and some of the hustings speeches are said to palliate, if not justify, the recent assassination there of Lord M cunt- ‘ morres. â€"â€"The Rev. Dr. Cnyler says, in the Congre- gationalist that a vital question is the small attendance at religious services. " It re- quires but half an eye to discover the alarm- ng fact that this attendance is steadily fall- ing ofi. both in the cities and in the country, bcth in the East and in the West. Forty years ago it was claimed that one-half of the population of the city of New York were either wholly or partially connected with some Protestant congregation. Now only one-fourth of the population are ever seen in any Protestant place of worship." Dr. Cuyler adds that, on the first Sunday in October. the â€"George Wheeler, the San Francisco mu“- derer of his sister-in-law. who said that she submitted willingly to being choked to death, maintainsa wonderful composure. His wife visited him in prison, and he offered to kiss her. but she repelled him. exclaiming, “ Oh. you villain l” He asked her what she had come for, if not to be friendly. "I want you to tell me truth,” she repliedf “ how did yeu kill her? Don‘t deceive me, now. Tell me just how you did it." “ Do you want to know 'I” he asked, carelessly. “ Yes ; I want you to tell me before God just how you did it.” “ 0h, I’ll tell you. Just hold my hat a mu- ment, will you?" said he to a bystander, as be stretched his left hand toward the tearful wife. She instinctively drew back. “ Don’t be scared,“ said he ; “ I won’t hurt you. This is how I did it ;” and he placed his left hand on he: mouth and grasped her throat with his right. In a moment he released her and she asked, “ Didn’t :29 struggle 7” “ Oh, yes ; of course she kicked a little ; but she had made up her mind to die." fifteen most popular churches in the city, capable of seating 20,000 persons, held only 10,500. V â€"Another story illustrative of the eccen- tricities for which Russian military officers of late years have rendered themselves notorious comes from St. Petersburg. Recently a. lady of rank was traveling on the Fastovo line of railway in a first-class compartment, the only other occupant of which was an elderly cavalry captain, with Whom she casually entered into conversation. Arrived at the Ustinovka. stu- tion, she summoned a gendarme to the win- dow of her carriage and informed him that she missed a. hundred and sixty roubles from her hand-bag, and suspected her traveling companion of having stolen them. A few minutes previously she had requested him to take her ticket out of the bag, which he had done; and since that time she had discovered her loss. Search was forthwith instituted upon the captain's person for the missing money, and ahundred-rouhle note was found thrust into one of his boots. No sooner had this evidence of his guilt been brought to light than he produced a small parcel of bank notes from his pocket, with the remark. “ Are you have got the hundred roubles, I may as well give you the other sixty.” Directly after he had spoken these words he drew a. revolver from the breast pocket of his coat, set its muzzle against hi! right temple. and blew his brains out. Insensible to the dishonor of theft, that of detection seemed to him so in- supportable that. rather than endure it. he killed himself. The woman in the Grant-Hancock affair is Mrs. Grant. When Mrs. Hancock was Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Grant was Miss Dent their families lived in St. Louis. Mr. Russell was a man of Wealth and positien. His family “ moved in. the best circles." and completely outshone the Dents, which. of course was not very agreeable to the feelings of that family. Each family had a. daughter married to a West Point graduate, which added to the feeling of rivalry. Well, years rolled on, and with them came the war, and with the war fame for the two West Point graduates. After the war was ended Hancock was ordered to Washington in command of this depart- ment. At that time the Government had possession of many elegant residences in the city which had belonged to Southern sym- pathizers, and had been confiscated. These residences were used as ofiicers’ quarters, and so when Hancock came in command here the Quartermaster got him a very nice house. Shortly afterward Grant moved to Washing- ton. Speaking with Mrs. Grant as to their quarters. the letter said she wanted the house on a certain street, giving the number of the house occupied by general Hancock and his family. " fiut," said the General, “ Lizzie Russell is flying there,” mqaning M_rs. Hauqock. “Idon’t care. lam going to have that house,” and she did succeed through her. husband’s official superiority in having the Hancocks moved out and herself moved in. At last the Dents had triumphed'over the Russells. The whole thing was conducted in such a rude and vulgar manner that some sharp controversy was held between Grant and Hancock, which resulted in Hancock giving him the cut direct in front of the First National Bank a. few days afterward. Of course from that time there was a. bitter feel- ing. on Grant’s part at least. “ You can talk about your wrestling, gentle- men,” said a man on a mackerel barrel, “ but unless you know my famous lock catch you’ve no business in the ring." “ What do you call you lockcatch?” asked amen who was cutting his name in a cracker box. “ I don’t believe I can explain it. but there don’t any one want to tackle it. It‘s a sure throw every flip. and no man can meet it.” “.Wot does it cost to learn?” asked 9. man looking up from a game of solitaire. “ 1f 9. man is wrestling with me he’s lible to get it,“ returned the nmn on the mackerel barrel; “ and if he can remember it, he’s so much ahead.” “ Whnt’ll you rastle for 7 ” inquired the man who was car- ving his name, as he shut up his knife. “ Is 1 one round o'comfort for the crowd any temp- } tation to yer? " “ I’ll go one for the gang.” rejoined the wrestler. “ Collar and elbow grip. Catch hold. Ready ? ” Then his antagonist raised him and dropped him and wiped up the floor and knocked over the stove ‘ and broke the furniture with him. " Lock ketch didn’t seem to work, did it? ” dryly asked the man with the cards. “ Lestwise I didn’t notice it when you p.11; it on.” “ S’all i right, gentlemen," panted the Wrestler. “ I i make no complaints. It’s the best catch in ‘ the business, that look catch, only I reckon I’ve temporarily lost the combination. i What’ll you have ? ”-â€"Brooklyn Eagle. There is much practical wisdom among the poultry men, that does not get into the papers or books. A turkey raiser who prides him- self on sending to market the handsomest lot of turkeys in his town, for the Christmas mar- ket, tells us how he dresses his birds. The turkeys are fed as usual the night be- fore butchering, and in the morning are driven in upon the barn floor, as soon as they come from the roost, and are made secure. Their crops are empty, and they can be caught as they are wanted. Make a slip noose of strong cord for each turkey’s legs into the noose, and with a small pointed knife stick the bird as near the head as possible. As soon as the bird is dead, strip ofi the feathers, pin- ._ feathers and all. Cut the neck ofi as near the head as possible, remove the wings and draw the entrails,hefore taking the bird down. The turkey is hung up alive, and taken down ready for market. Lay the bird on his breast upon a clean board to cool. Turkeys should be carefully handled in dressing, to avoid breaking the skin, for it rubs off very easily when they are warm. Remove all the pinfeathers and pack the birds when sent to market, in clean straw, so that there will be no marks of blood upon them. Handsome, 2 clean dressing will add a cent a pound, and often more, to the market price of all kinds of poultry. Poe, author Raven.” He took, and i It is certain ' of controver articles hav eater and (K garded; and England, p1 and opinion work gives ‘ and Mr. In, theory that and omittin against hin mercy, but paint with \be used. I ject to resc‘ but if he w: sented to h or leaning ceal the that Poe, tellectual ought to h: worse, and The poet ‘ memory in l worst said i ican writer ‘L..-L .J m. 'I‘IIK’. WCDNIAN IN THE 0!!!! â€"The sale of “ gold ” bricks. made princi. pally of brass, is brisk in the West. One corâ€" ner is pure gold, and from that in clipped the ample to be anaynd. IIQDW 'l‘0 DREIH A TURKEY. LIJST THE ”01"!!! MAT (From the New York Star.) '89!" Lady Ann Blount. whose adventures in the East were given in a. volume of graphic nar- rative some time ainee,‘has written another work bearing the title of “ A Pilgrimage to Neild.” _. . . v ~. n,m,,:,, The reported intention of Lord Dufferin publishing his speeches and addresses deliv- ered in this country, and in the House of Lords, is something like the report about the Duke of Argyll. recently set afloat. The speeches delivered by Lord Duflerin in the Dominion appeared in a collected form soon after he left the country. Astonishing as it miy appear, it is never- theless a fact that 148,000,000 copies of the Bible are in circulation. Mr. Swinton, who has written much that is valuable has at length got the better of his critics, for he has completely floored the critical writer of the London Athemum, with the following sentences in a book on insects which has just appearedflin. England : “ And now as the moaning, fled its prime, a. fleeting catspaw escaping the russet tangle hung with coral red, sat momentarily in the bulging jib of the creeping smack and caused its keel to career sleepily along the waving water grass, or now the indolent ducklings again and again put forth from the red brick angle to undulate on the cool reflections. Chronologically it was autumn, adefineble period in unlimited time.” But it is nothing compared to this : “ Reciprocating stimulatory friction or articulate parts to express emotion postulates adaptive acquisition. consequent on assumed integumental tendency under attrition to de- termine a smooth undulatory surface and prepagation by transmission." ‘ . _- A. n n urdlllulu r-'r*a“"~-â€" ~., , Dr. Dawson of McGill College, Montreal, author of “ Cosmogony."end other works of a similar character, has recently publisheda new book with the title of ” Fossil Men and their Modern Representatives." It is a. work of vast interest, and must tend to increase the popularity of perhaps the most thoroughly living scientific writer in America. In oppo- sition to the theory of Denomism a reviewer tells us : “Taking for his starting pointthe primitive town of Hochelaga, the predecessor of Men trea1,where the wild Indian of the stone age once lived and where his tame children still live. side by side with the civilized European, he presents to the reader a. picture of American and European prehistoric times as they would appear to an inhabitant of that ancient town. Refusing to walk in the labyrinthine paths where the biologists are compelled to confess that the thread of Ariadne often drops from their hands, he prefers to make his attack on the secret of the prehistoric times of Europe from an American base of operations, Where the opportunity for their study, in all their essential conditions, is presented by the facts and phases of the Indian’s barbarism existing Within the envelope of a transplanted Europ- ean civilization. To the theoretical evolution- ist, standing on the highest pinnacle of modern civilization, it must seem that the rude hunter, with his weapons of stone and bone is a creature who in the scale of time, as inferrible from the grade of his culture. must needs be separated from us by the inter- val of thousands of years, but to the plain American student of wild Indian life andman- here it is seen to be a question of immediate juxtaposition in time as well as space. and therefore it is not necessarily as a question of successive cycles. The migration of savage races into the territory of civilized races, or the migration of civilized races into the terri- tory of savage races; the overlap of a higher civilization upon a lowerI or of a lower upon a higher, may be sufiicient to account for all the facts in the case without borrowng trouble and difficulty from the insolvable problems of the biological theorist." Mr. Yates has done good service in bring- ing out an edition of the works of Mortimer Collins. prose as well as verse, under the title of “ Thoughts in My Garden.” Here are some beautiful verses from the volume, on birds and their teaching : “ Q swellow, flyiqg hy windy ways, Over leagues of white sea-foam, To the nest you left in the autumn dey‘l Under eaves of an English homeâ€"- Voyage right swiftly, wandering bird, A speak in the distant blue, For the pulse of life in the leaves is stirred. And white cloves coo. Have you wintered away in the Cyclades Or on marge of mysterious Nile No matter, so that the summer seen You back in our western isle. But come more swift than the sailing ship, For the skies are calm and clear, And I long to see your brown wing dip In stream and mere. Yes. I long for the magic of indolent hours, The glamour of amorous eyes, When the breeze which fluttered 'mid tern and flowers In the moon’s rich laugor dies, When bees grow drowsy in honey bells, And the brown lurk sleeps in his est, And 21. vernnl vision of gisdness swe is One soft white breast." They had some curious tavern signs in Eng- land even within the past thirty years. One was a wicket, and on each bar waspainted : “ This gate hangs well and hinders none, Refresh and pay and travel on." Another runs thus : ‘ 'Cheery Dick he does live here, He sells a. pot of wholesome beer: His beer is good, his measure is just. He is so poor he cannot trust." A song without the letter E in in it must must have required much ingenuity to com- pose it. This is the song, and it will be ob- served that it contains every letter in the alphabet except E z “ A _j ovinl ‘swain should not complain V "Quitotic hazards run ; Alass annoys with trivial toys. Opposing man for fun. A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might : To uiz is vain, for ‘tis most plain T at What I say is right." Of late a great deal of interest has. been manifested in the ill-starred poet Edgar Allan Poe, author of that singular poem “The 3 Raven.” He was unfortunate in all he under- took, and is said to have died neglected. - It is certain that there has been a great deal of controversy over the dead poet. Magazine articles have been written in which the char- acter and conduct of Poe are variously re- garded; and now out comes two volumes in England, purporting to be “ His life, letters and opinions,” edited by Mr. Ingram. The work gives the bright side of Poe’s character. and Mr. Ingram is charged with having a theory that he was a much maligned man, and omitting whatever was likely to militate against him. It is well to err on the side of mercy, but then it is not true biography to paint with bright colors where darker should .be used. It was evidently Mr. Ingram’s ob- ject to rescue Pce‘s character from obloquy. but if he was the erring being he is repre- 1 seated to have been no amount of sophistry, i or leaning to the poet’s side, will con- i ceal the truth. It is to be feared i that Poe, though an extraordinary in- } tellectual genius was not the man he ! ought to have been. He was thriftless if not i worse' and undoubtedly threw himself away. : The poet had more friends to cherish his ‘ memory in England than America, for all the l worst said about him has come from Amerâ€" : ican writers. The eratic genius had not the tact of making and keeping friends and his ‘ defence is taken up by English writers more with the view of preservin‘f; his character than of giving a faithful portrait, and this is probably owing to the fact that less is known OUR SPECIAL COLUMN. WHOLE N0. 1,166.-â€"â€"NO. 25. ”0us any buxom fair, - Who mocks his pain and thinks it gain To quiz his awkward air. Qllix9tiq )3qu whg look for joys. "W "171705) heart to heart. ; Her eyesâ€"nfire with shy desire, veiled by their lashes blackâ€"- Speak‘ao that Krighug. cannot choose but send translation entitled “ The Indian Song of Songs,” which relates theloves of the Goddess Rhoda. for Kishna, who is regarded as almost divine. The poem, however, partakes more of the stamp of Swinburne’s, and in this re. spect is difierenl: from “ The light of Asia," pronounced “ the great Arigan evangel." The poem may be judged by the following speci- men: “ Another. gazing in his face, sits wistfully apart Searching it with those‘looka of love thatleap q "Mtge iférsrsage back. In the cqmpany or dumsels whose bright eyes in Edwin Arnold’s grand poem, -“ The Light of Asia," created such a. sensatlon on its ap- pearance in England some time since that a new edition of the poet’s works became neces- sary. A volume has accordingly been pub. lished in which are given selections from his earlier poems, and among thenl an extravagan The Great Historical Procession at its Dedication. (Correspondence of the New York Herald.) Mounted trumpeters opened the procession. clad in costumes of the thirteenth century. Then followed a standard bearer of the Em- pire, a city herald, a standard bearer of the city of Cologne, horsemen. burgomaster and ancient city fathers, with their insignia, and attributes of office. They were followed by Cologne patricians and citizens, with their families and pretty children, and then eight goldsmith’s apprentices bore a facsimile of the golden Shrine of the Three Kingsâ€"the acquisition of which was one of the most im- portant events of the history of Cologne. Archbishop Reinald von Dassel did especial service to King Frederick Barbarossa on one of his Italian campaigns, and as a reward the Emperor presented him with the sacred relics of the Three Kings, which he took from Milan. In 1164 the relics were brought to Cologne, where they were received with great rejoicings by the clergy and citizens and placed in the old Dom with great pomp and ceremony. The possession brought much wealth to the ancient city, in fact Cologne’s wealth and power in the Middle Ages were attracted in the first place by these relics. In these days, , there came pilgrims from all parts of the world to worship at the shrine. The effect which its possession had upon the Church and the city was marvellous. The Three Kings were the patron saints for all the travelers and pil- grims to the HolyLand, and from these relics Cologne received the name of the Holy City. At that time the whole Christian world was ‘seized with an irresistible desire to visit the places made sacred by the Saviour of the world. They trusted that, as the Three Kings ‘had been led by a star to the place of the ISaviour's birth so Would they also be led to {the Saviour’s tomb. Thus the pilgrims came sto Cologne in large numbers and the Cathe- ‘dral Church of Hildebold was daily filled with idevout worshippers at the sacred shrine to strengthen themselves for the journey and to make their offerings. Thus it was that the Holy City on the Rhine increased in wealth and splendor. People came from all parts of Europeâ€"German Emperors. Kings of England. Portugal, Denmark, Cyprus ; Dukes of Lethringia, Burgundy, and each royal visitor; left gmuch wealth behind him. A beautiful shrine was constructed for the relics, and a very successful copy of it that was to-day borne on the shoulders of the goldsmith’s apprentices. Fifty years after the arrival of the sacred relics the present Oaths. dral was commenced, which was to be a worthy temple for the beautiful shrine. And after other groups of Cologne patri- cians came a noteworthy figureâ€"Archbishop Konrad Von Hochssaden, who 15th of August, 1248, laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral,the temple for the shrine,which after 600 years has at last been architectural- ly completed. To the right and left of the Archbishop rode the Dukes of Limburg and Brabant, followed by a crowd of vassals of the archbishopiscopal see. Then came atriumph- all car drawn by four horses bearing demos and damsels and the first architect of the Dom, Gerhard von Riehl, with some of his workmen holding the plan of the building. Master Gerhard died in 1279. To him is due the plan of the Cathedral as has it been carried out to the present day. His-genius is shown in the beauty of the present structure and in the fact that his successors have never de- viated even in the smallest degree from the original plan of the Cathedral as he left it at his death. It was a grand ceremony at which these ancients assisted at the time. The whole space on which the Cathedral now stands was covered by a vast multitude. There were present hosts of lords, dukes, princes, who stood around the Emperor Wil- liam. There was a long procession of priests and bishopeheaded by the Pope‘s special legato . and the Archbishop, Conrad von Hochstaden. After solemn prayers had been offered the Archbishop received from Master Gerhard the hammer and the trowel and struck the corner stone and cast lime upon it. Then the Archbishop gave the hammer to the Em- peror, who stepped forward and struck the stone three times. The Papal legals did the same. And so in like manner all the bish- ops, princes and dukes. The hammer was then handed back to Master Gerhard, who then began to work with his as istants, while the vast assembly sang the psalm : “ She is founded upon the holy mountain. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, thou city of God.” While this psalm was sung the Archbishop, followed by the bishops and clergy, the Emperor, princess and people. marched in solemn pro- cession three times around the foundations, the Archbishop blessing a» d consecrating them. Such was the ceremony as performed six hundred years ago, and participated in by the originals of the knighty figures who passed before us in the grand historical pro- cession of Saturday. The groups of this div- ision of the procession, it should be added. r- were designed by the artists, Fritz and Er est ], Roeber, cf Dussedlorf ” The Men of Letters” series of books ap- pearing in England have given rise to similar publications here ; and now we have “ The Heroes of a. Christian History, ” which open with a, life of the great orator. statesman and philanthropist, William Wilberforce. He should not be disposed of with a. brief bio. graphy, hence we imagine the series in ques- tion fail to do full justice to the first hero 0! Christian history. The others to be intro- duced are Henry Martin, Dr. Dod~ dridge, Baxter, Knox, Carey, Hell, Cham- bers and Newton. 8: ring Shine rouugd him with soft meanings in the merry light of spring. ” of him in Enghnd than in the United States where he was'born. â€"It was nothing but a. wanted desire to kill as fat as can be learned, that induced two men at Los Angeles, 0211., to give a little boy candy in which they put strychnine. fie died in frightful agony. The murderers had prepared the poison for rats and they reiuse to give any reason for letting the boy eat it. They were a little intoxicated at the time. â€"The Corean Government have forbidden the sale of any native maps of the country to Europeans, and even to Japanese. The latter, however, have for some time past been very active in surveying thecoaets, and, when opportuni'y ofiered,;the interior of Goren, and their map, when published. will no doubt prove very useful, as thev have a deservedly good reputation for accuracy in their carto- graphic work. â€"The State property of France. under the control of the Admmistretion of Public Do- mains. is valued at $60,000,000, but the great bulk of this represents the palaces of Ver- sailles, Fontainebleeu, Compiegne, the Palais Royal, etc., and their value is only nominal so far as the realizing of it is concerned. The woods and forests belonging to the State, covering an area. of nearly two and avheli mil lion acres, or a seventh part of the wooden area of France, are valued at $250,000,000. The total value of the State property is put at $665,000,000. flOlfllGNE CA'l‘llII IDEAL.