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_ ARTHABASKA Que , Jan. 2‘9 «The execu- tion of Lachance, the Bulstrode muiderer, $00k place, according to law. this a m , at 8 o’clock. The inhabitants of the district were on the way to the niece of execution from an early hour this morning notwithstanding the severe weather. The interest in the affair was very great, as both the 11111 has were well known in the vicinity. When the murder first leaked out the investigation placed it on Lachsnce. The parents of the unior tnnate mun were so sh’ected by it that they could not remain in the country. but left for the United States to try to relieve theirminds lrom the agonizing thought ever present be- fore them. The appearance of the prisoner this morning suggested nothing of brutaln; but rather the reverse. He has a. short and slim frame. His appearance indicated a man 0! about 20 01' 21 years of age, and that the 1 deed for which he suffered the or. t1 eme pen- alty of the law was not premeditated by him, but was the result of his févered state of mindin being frustrated in his designs, in‘ itself a punishable offense. He slept but every ‘ few minutes during the night. but this morn ing took s very hearty breakfast. He ap~ peered to be somewhat stupefied by his posi- tion, as if he did not fully realize it. Father Restor was With him during the whole of the past night. At 8 o'clock, the expected time, there were outside the wells at least 1,000 spectators, but not many had permission to get 1ns1de the jail. At eight o’clock the pris- oner made his appearance on the scaffold with his hands fast to his side as is custom- ary. As he crime-up he had his coat thrown over his shoulders. and was without any covering for his head, and as ~a consequence, shivered greatly. as the air was biting. Father Restor addressed those who assembled to wii- hesu the. execution. and stated that Lachance admitted his crime. The bolt was then drawn. He writhed in a most marked manner. His mouth opened and blood and water came out 0! it. As the spectators witnessed the horri- ble contortions of the malefsctor, their sympathetic feelings were aroused Never theless they did not lose sight of the ciieaiful deed which ended in this man 1(1‘ for the guilty man. After the body was suspended fifteen minutes it was out down, and an in- quest held by the Coroner. The body was then coflinedy and buried in a corner of the jail yaid A Birmingham elockman recently took an ‘ English detective into his confidence. He htated that in April,21879. he was in London [on business, and in a restaurant on Cheap- side met with two strangers, with whom he entered into conversation. One of the men was‘a Russian and the other a German. The men produced some rough designs. On an- nouncing his readiness to perform the work, he was'told that he was to assist in the pro- paration of internal machines. One machine had to be arranged so that it could be fixed under the ground a little way, and from the place where the ”, crutch " was fixed over the pendulum wire a. little contrivance had to be constructed by which a small lead pipe could be attached, and through this pipe a wire had to be carried. A second machine was to have sharp hooks affixed to drive it into the bot- tom of a railway carriage, the clockwork movement being‘made to explode the charge at any time, from one minute to forty-eight or more hours. The third machine was to be more simple, having to be so constructed that it could be put under a garden wall or any pathway. This contrivance was to be worked with very thin wires. Another machine was a dynamite bcmb. to be placed under the seat 0! a private carriage. The last machine sketched out by the conspirators was to be of miniature“ size, so that it might be easily placed Within a bouquet. A thirty hour move- ment was required, similar to that found in an American alarm clock, and the charge might either be of nitrorglyceriue or dynamite. 'The men told him that an attempt would shortly be made to wreck the royal train on its journey to Moscow. The clockmaker asked time to consider the proposal and arranged for an interview in a week’s time at New Street Railway Station, Birmingham. They mettaccording to appointment and adjourned to a neighboring coffee-house. where he was asked to sign an agreement pledging him to the strictest secrecy on penalty of death, and promising $500 on completion of the work. He told the men he had made'up his mind to undertake the work. and. despite their per- suasions and threats, persisted in declining their overtures. After the departure of the men he was continually apprehensive of Ni- hilist violence. I l Execution of Lachan ( ‘ strode Murderer, HE ACKNOWLEDGES HIS GUllT. THE GALLQ'XVS An Afghan never thinks of asking for quar- ter, but fights with the ferocity of a tiger and elingstolife‘until his eyes glaze and his. hands refuse to pull a pistol trigger or use a knife in a dying eflort to maintain or kill his enemy. rl‘he stern realities of war were more pronounced on the battlefields of Afghanise tan than perhaps they had ever been in India, it we except the retribnte days of the mutiny. To spare s. wounded man for a min- ute was probably to cause the death of, the next soldier‘who unsuspiciously walked past him.” ' ' ‘ One thing our men cer- tainly learned in Afghanistan, and that was to keep their wits about them wh« n pursuing an enemy or passing over a hardwon field. There might be danger lurking in each seem- ’ ingly inanimate form studding the ground, and unless care and caution were exercised the wounded Afghan would steep his soul in bliss by killing a Kaflir just when life was at its last ebb. This stubborn love of fighting in extremie is prompted doubtless by fanaâ€" ticism. and we saw so much vi it that our men at close quarters drove their bayon- ets well home, so that there should ha no mistake as to the deadliness of the wound. The physical courage which distinguishes the untrained mobs who fought so resolutely against us was worthy of all admiration ; the tenacity with which men, badly armed and lacking skilled leaders; clung to their posi- tions was remarkable, to say nothing of the sullen doggednees they showed when retiring. But when the tide of the fight was against them and they saw further resistance would involve them more deeply, .there was so sud: den a change always apparent that one could geareely believe the fugitives hurrying over the bills 'were the same men who had resisted up desperately but a few minutes before. They acted wisely ; they knew their powers in scaling steep hills,; or making their escape by fleetness of foot ; and the host generally dis‘ solved with a rapidity which no one but an eye-witness can appreciate. If cavalry over- took them, they turned like wolves and fought with desperation. selling their lives as dearly as men ever sold them; but there was no rallyin the true sense of the word, and but faint attempts at aiding each whenâ€"Calcutta Pionrer. 922.3: 5 ~11 ~.â€"~'~râ€"-o m min anew» 'Now stand and look about you. Here me the dying camp fires of a. company nf uoldiern To the right the greunrl is bmkcn imo awol.‘s like green waves. On thz’: 1qu is n scraggy plain. Ahead, seeming only two or three miles away, is a mountain range. The sol- diers will have to ride a. long ten miles to reach it. You can see their backs as Hwy ride over the crest of a swell hplf a mile av ‘- Now look behind you Ewe-my tuftm‘ heads axe peeling over the ridge, not 300 feet from the campfireâ€"twenty pairs of eyes glint and gleam and blaze bateast‘ne cavalry disappear, Now twenty Indians rise up and pm r and look. They were hiuiug there a 511]] hour be- fore the hoop left, but they were not strong enough to give battle. They waited on in hopes that some would linger behind and {all INFERNAL MACHINES AN AFGHAN IN FIGHT CUT OFE Bu: a vutim. Like tigels the) bug (zed the grass â€"like snake-a they wormed theemselves along â€"hL a devils. they bided their time. Hal) ! Every redslun has disappeared like a flash. The Clank of sabros has almost died awayin ‘t‘m distance, and no bird utters its note nea'r the deserted camp. What is the alarm. Thud I :hud! thud! It is xhe hoof bmls of a horse. A trooper returns a: a gallop, searching the ground with his eyes. There it isâ€"the iron pin with which he stakes his horse. He'overlooked’it in packing up, am} has returned to make good his loss. He gives one anxious look around him, and {hen dismounts. The pin 15! in his hands wlmn there is a rush of feet. and he struightens up to find himself the center of a circle of dfimnus. Not a yell has been uttered â€"â€"not a shot fired nor a bow bent. He is a. brave old trooper. He hears the scars of arrows and bullets. and he has sent more than one red man to hislong home. See how pale he grows as he looks about him and sees the circle complete ! Sue the despair in his eyes as the devils mock him I The troop is two miles away and riding ahead at a. trot. He clutches the. stout iron pin with firmer grip. but; after a momenthis fingers relax and it falls to the grass. If he had raised it to strike a dozen arrows would have entered his body before the blow fell. He is trapped, and there is no hope. Before the troopere have missed their com- rm 9 he has been captured, tied to his horse, and is riding away at a. gallop. As he leaves the camp he turns and looks back over his trail. Three or four miles away he sees a line of blue for an instant as the column sweeps over a ridge. Now it fades out, and he is doomed. There is a. malicious chuckle how every savage throat, and the trooper {MW a chill creep met him at the sound. l'ho gallop slnckeua. There is no hurry. The cat has the mouse and enjoys its suffer- ings. Over ridgesâ€"across little valleys-â€" skirting hillsâ€"and here is 9.10116 tree beside a. purling stream. Behind it is a hill. .,1 Between it and the creek is a level spot of ground a hundred feel; square. The red riders diemount, pull their prisoner from his horse. and the animals are ruumed loose to crop the rich short grams. Despair first nerves a man totuke desperate chance. Then it unnervee‘him and chills the olood. An hour ago the trooper’s face was like bronze. Now it is as white as the snow lying on the crest of that grim mountain fifty miles away. Bin he is no coward. A coward will lament and beg and entreat and demand mercy. The old man shudders as they bind him to the half grown cottonwood. but no Worl passes his lips. He does not look at the Indians, but over their heads at the green plain â€"Vhe grovesâ€"the silvery thread winding around the glorious sun which ie warming the heart of every living being beyond that circle of savaged, 1 ‘ V- m. . “,3--. Now an Indian leaves the circle and ad- vancee to the tree. He laughs in the face of the prisoner. He peers imo his eyes. With his keen knife he reaches out and savers an ear, and waits for a scream of pain. It does ‘not come. The teeth shut hard, the eyes grow stony in their Haze, andithm is all. The swift, sharp knife severe the other canand the fiends about with pleasure M the ghastly figure be- fore them. They hepe to hear screams and shrinks, but. may are disappointed. The blood. trickles downya chill shakes the old manâ€" nnd then his white lips are pressed closer than be‘ore. Not one Indian now, but. the whole circle. Thny crowd around him with sharp knives, and each seeks some new tenure. Fingers are unjointed, the nose is sliced off, cords and tendons are exposed, p “Him is poured upon the hair and fired. and after each hellish 302 they drnw- back and hope to hear his surcnms of agony. Not a Beund escaped his compressed lips. His Wide open eyes were fixed upon it distant grove. and they never moved. 'They had one more torture. With devilish glee they ran here and there in search of whatever would burn, and a fire was kindled around and upon the bloody feet. The flames wavered and sputtered among the blood wet grass. and more fuel was heaped on. The morning brat we fanned the blaze lnlo brighter lilo. and as it mounted up the savages danced about the tree and shouted till the hillside mug Awu‘l O The flames take hold of clothing and flesh but the stony eyes look through the veil of smoke without a, quiver. The horses scent the roasting flesh and stand with beads high in air. I110 Indians sniff it and dance with greater energy. All of a. sudden the prisoner .étraightons up, hla head drops forward and the flames burn away as a. corpse. VOL. XXIIE um u...“ The sun mounts higher, passes its zexeith. and when it is low 111 me west a. troop cf cavalry sit onthcirhorses around the 10116 and b‘ackened tree. The soldier was missed, an d here is the end of the search. Au Jflicer rakes "over the ashes and uncovers a fuw buttone,the 1166' of a. wet, two or three 11mm, and whis- pgm to himself : ‘ '- , , ,L__.‘_..L-< W... “W. . And these red demons are «apt over by puilant‘mopista, prayed for in churches, made the wards of charity, and pepted by a govern- ment “hick fondiy dreams that they have souls! Attention, company ! Forwardâ€"- right. Wheel!" - M. Quad, A. fow years 2510 a steamer drew into the Bay of Naples with a. lot of passengers, among whom were a small party of Americans. The night had bien rough and the ship was bo~ hind time. It was 10 o’clock already, and no breakfast. The stingy captain had resolved to economize. A stout, quiet man, with a stout hickory stick, went to the captain and begged for a little coffee, at least. for his ladies. The captain turned his back, fluttered ‘hlfl coat toils in the face of the stout, quiet man, and walked up his deck. The stout, quiet man followed, and still respectfully begged for something for the ladies. who were faint with hunger. Then the captain turned and threatened to put him in irons, at the some time calling his officers around him. The stout men with the stout stick very quiet- ly proceeded to thrash the captain. He thrashed him till he could not stand; and than thrashed every oflicer that dared to show his face, as well as half the crew. Then he went down and made the cook get breakfast. This was an old Californian, “ Dave Colton," as we used to call him up at Yreka. Of course, an act like that was punishable with death almost. “ Piracy on the high seas” and all that sort of dishes was charged; and I know not how much gold it cost to heal the wounded hmd and dignity of the captain of the ship. But this Californian neither knew the law nor cared for the law. He had a little party of ladies with him, and he would not HOG them go hungry. He would have that cof‘E-e it it cost him his head. Dear Dave Coltun ! I hear he is dead now. We first got acquainted one night in Yreka while shooting ':\t such otlier.â€"â€"Joaquin Miller in, the Cali- forum n -â€"Experimom~s by Prof. Unlm. of Breslau with the manic light show that letters, spots and colors are Men at nmuch {stealer distance through the medium of elemric light than by day 01' gnelight. The causation of yellow was increaswl sixty fold as compared with daylight, cf rod 517; fold, and. blue two fold; showing that. ulncm'ic would be very useful where it is necessary to observe signals at a great. dis- tance. THE LADIES WANTED SOME BREAKFAST. 'SQUIRE M’GLELLAN’S SLED. How the Newly-Converted Miser Was ( )verreached. Probably the largest wood sled ever bullt iu mummy. says an exchange, was one devised byi’p‘quire John McClellan}. For a. number of years it was one of the 10- cal curiosities of the Town of Woodstock, 001111., the early home of the McClellan fami- ly. The narrator’s father, who saw it fre- quently when a boy, says it was nigh thirty- two feet in length by thlee in breadth. The Lemns were of squared eight inch timber, with studs to match, and the “shoes’ or run- ners, were over a foot in width. For drawing it there were two “tongues,” or poles, in the forward end. It was never usesl save on ope special 0ch - sion,when the .emn consisted of fifteen yokes of oxen The story of its origin is as follows; In the parish where ’Squire MoCellan re- sided it. was the custom every winter for such of the men who had wood lots to give the par- sona cord of hickory wood each, and thus make up to him a winter’ 8 supply of fuel. The ‘squire. in particular was always punctual 111 December with his cord of nicely prepared hickory. In that parish there was a, man who had the reputation of being “snug,” niggardly and apt to Shirk his due share of the burden of paying the minister. Indeed, his remissâ€" ness in this matter had been a standing grievance in the place for many years. One autumn there was a revival ofrefinious interest in the place. and many members of the church were stimulated to earnest labor, and to live more strictly. Among these was the penurious man above ulludsd to. whom we may convmiently designate as Brother Zâ€". Not a little to the astonishment of his neighbors, who had had ample experience of bio miserly dealings, he arose in prayer meet- ing one night and exhorted to liberal givings, not. only to the parson, but. to all benevolent objects. -Waxing exceedingly earnest. in lan- guage and tone. he declared, among other things, that he would that winter give the minister a load of wood. “ Yea, brethren," he exclaimed. “ The Lord has opened my heart! 1 will give him a. load of wood. and a. big one. I will give him the biggest load you can draw from my woods to his yards." This unexpeected outburst from so drouthy a source was the parish wonder for a week. Many thought that Brother 2â€" must be near his end. “ Tn11y,”sm'd ’Squire McClellan at the deacons’ meeting, “ the Lord must have opened Brother Zâ€"«‘ 8 heart; but," he added with characteristic Scotch shrewdness, “ it may soon close and may never open again. It. behoves us in the parson s inter- est, to avail ourselves of it Let us build a, sled that will curry ten cordsâ€"and do it at once.” So thought the others and the monster sled was privslely but expeditiously framed in a hawk ymd and, early one snowy morning in December, Brother Zâ€"â€"-â€" was amazed to see drive to his door apparently all theox teams in town, drawing the titanic sled accompanied by a. shouting throng of teamsters, and all the small boys in the parish. A The ’Bquire was riding on the sled. “We’ve come for the parson’s load of wood Brothrr Z- l” he called out. ‘} Yoggaderfilmg the biggest load we could, and I am glad. 'to hear that you have lately had a, fine lot of hickory ohopped. Brother Z , however, seeing the mag- nitude of the sled, tried to explain and to demur, but in vain. The crowd roared him into acquiescence, and with a wry face he finally led the way across the snowy fields to his freshly corded tiers of hickory in ths lots It is said that fully ten cords of wood were loaded upon the big sled, under the squire's supervision, and then, to the tune of a most voc1ferous gec-hawing, the enmmous load was successfully sledded to the pamou’s doorway. , 1 ‘ Thénabrthy minister, equally amazed, but more agreeably 80, issued forth to learn the cause of the uproar. “av-Géiocifipgedfiler, good people,” he cried, rub- bing his hands. “ What; meaneth this? Have the windows of heaven opangd» ?" _ _ “ Nay, nay, parson I” exclaimed the squire, “ but the Lord has opened Brother Zâ€"-â€"’s huart, and that so great a gift could huve is- sued from so small a. receptacle is one of the wonders of saving grace. Qfiestion not, but. take it. and keep ye warm.” The minister 115d roaring fires that winter, but it was long before Brother Z‘reeovered his eqnanimity. A Pastor’s Plea for the Opening of Liber- ies and Museums. A large congregation gathered Sunday morning in the Anthon Memorial Episcopal Church, New York, to hear the rector, the lev. R. Heber Newton, discourse on "The True Use of Sunday : A Plea on Behalf of the Workingman's Petition for the Opening of Museums, &c.. on Sunday.” The text was the twenty-seventh verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of St. Mark : " And he said unto them. The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." Mr. Newton said that the question of Sun- day Observances was an oldone, that had come down to us along the centuries. There was the same coniroveray in regard ta it among the Jews when Christ came, and it had never ceased to be a point of argument up to the present day: 1 The original Sabbath was obnerved as a day of rest and cf worship, and not exclu- sively for spiritual purposes. It was a social institution, and existed among many other peoples besides the Jews. By degrees the spirit of religious observance was more and more stamped upon it, until it began to seem as if man was made for the Sabbath and not the Sabbath for man. In Deuteronomy the meaning of the com mandment ordering its observance is clearly explained. The seventh day was set aside for the bigherliie oi msnr when he should be ‘ delivered from toil in seeking breed, and could devote his energies to building up his manhood. As the Sabbath became more and more devoted to religious Observances it be- came an end to itself. It was devoted to the culture of the soul alone, which. although the most important part of manhood, is yet not the wholepf it. The original object. was to cultivate all branches. Jesus on several coca. ‘ sions protested against their narrowing of the field, and he must have understood well the danger of more license. He did not wish it suiiocsted in the deed orthodoxy of custom, nor have it separated from innocent joy and healthful culture. “’0 have road of the old New England Sun- days, devoted to pmyor. song. and long eer- mons. and many of us recall childhood. when our joyous natures were suppressed, libraries closed, and only the Bible left out to read. It was an if it was denicdthat there was anything else in the Kingdom of God but a high Spirit uul faculty. The true use of the Sabbath for some is a day of rest. Men are working harder and harder every day, and do not realize it. On the right and left they are tolling about us from overwork, while yet in their prime. In olden timers laboring men worked out of doors. and drew in health and strength from constant contact with nature. They could afford to devote one day to their TRUE USES OF SUNDAY. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1881. spiritual needs. But in our timeithese labor- ers are operatives in factozies, toiling me- chanics, working ten hours a day for six days. Worn out in body, exhausted and en- feebled, they crowd into tenements. What are we going to do with them '2 They should have the Sabbath as a day of rest, as a. day of physical culture. This does not apply to those who have manifold opportunities for culture during the week. but to those toiling millions who have no other chance. I saek for them an opportunity to build up a foundation for something better. A few years ago street ears were forbidden to run on Sundays, and the workers were told to swelter away in tenements and to love the God who kept them away from green fields. mind. There are more chances of making a Christian of a cultivated then of an ignorant men. Education broadens the faculties, ele- vates the intelligence, and gives a knowledge of higher objects. The libraries and museums should be thrown open to business men, clerks. and others, who have often nothing but a bare bedroom to go to. Itgfwould give them opportunities to read and eaucate them- selves. At present great numbe s) of people, who work six days out of the se en. are prac- tically debarred from enjoying the great libra- ries and art collection‘e in this city. Imagin- ation will not make men, but‘ it helps to elevate them. Contemplation of great works of art create in a man a desire'to live for some- thing higher and better. I plead that in these centres of culture there may be given to these classes opportunities of cultivating this side of their manhood. ‘~ The Sabbath should be & GM of spiri‘ual culture for those who do not lack opportuni- ties of physical and mental culture during the week. They can rightly devote it entirely to their religious feelings, and will be the better and holier for it. The robber presently moved, off into the woods. and as the vehicle onoe more rolled over the plank the editor rubbed hiagdst fiber 7‘ wuekied? “A . A u. ,1 ’ w; w > Soon after the completion of the plank road between Detroit and Lansing, a. period of twenty-seven or twenty- eight years ago, the editor of a newspapel located about half way between started for Detroit one evening on the Wagon of ateamster. After traveling about an hour the vehicle was stopped bye, highway robber. The teamster sh lied 0111; about; $12, but when the editor showed up the “pot” only reached fifty cents. “ You’ve hidden your money in your boots I" shouted the robber, and he made the editor pull them off. No more cash being found, the robber insisted that coat and vest should come off fora close search, but at the and of the search he angrily demanded : “What 50th o} a man are vou to set out. on a journey with only fifty cents in your pocket ?" .. . ... 1v K V‘V‘WI’am getting my ride for nothing, and I was going to pay my expenses in Detroit by advertising the hofel a; which Estop." _ “ How much advertising will you give me to let you mi ‘2" “A straight column per week for four weeks.” “ Well I’ 11 take it, and the teamster is the witness to our bm‘gain.1’ll lend the copy in time for the next issue.” “ Egadl but \isn‘t thisa lift for me! I found a chance to pass 013 a bogus half dollar. got a. splendid item of news for my local and worked up a column ad. to help tid’e me over the dull season! I tell you the Herald will be on a paying basis in lest; than a year l”â€"Detroit Free P7685. y George Washington will be remembered by many people as being the person who owned a little hatchet and couldn’t tell a lie. He was also the father of his country. It is not on record that he ever visited Guelph. That place did not exist when George was laid away. But, in poking about ini the founda- tion of an old chimney in Guelph, Richard Mahoney run across a letter written one hun- dred years ago. by George. The manner of its getting to Guelph is one of those things which no fellow orm find out. The paper is of good texture and tolerably‘fivell preserved, although somewhat yellow. The letter is as follows 2 “ Dun Sm: I could have Wished, as Gen. eral Howe is about to make his journey (in consequence of leave formerljgrentedhim), that you could have remained at the Point. till his or General Patiereon’sketutn, but, as this seems inconvenient from a. pressure of family matters, I yield my consent to your immediate departure thence. provided Gen. Heath sees no particular inconvenience re- sulting hom it at this time. “ I am, dear Sir, “ Your most obedient servant, “ GEO. WASHINGTON. The following story is told by a gentle- man who is intimate with President Hayes and President-elect Garfield and whose personal truthfulness is vouched for by the Cleveland, Ohio, Herald : “In the little vil- lage of Bedford, only twenty miles distant from Cleveland, there lived.sonie thirty years ago, two charming and attractive girls. To one of these President Hayes had become an ardent suitor ; but the parents of the young lady had vigorously opposed their courtship, 3 on the ground t2 at young Hayes was poor and gave evidence of hardly sufficient ability to warrant risking their daughter's future. The marriage was broken'ofi. and the lady is today married. and well known to Cleveland ‘ people. The other young lady had received ‘ some ottentions from young Garfield, and was well disposed to reciproeate them. Her parents. however. objected to their intimacy, giving as the reason of their opposition the poverty of Garfield and the anything but bright prospects of his future. The most re- markable coincidences of the courtships were that both young ladies lived in a. village of not more than five hundred inhabitants and both refused two future Presidents of the United States, because of their povervy.”â€"-N. Y. Evening Post. 3 One of the most extraordiuary stories ever ‘ told appears in the Erie (Penn) Dinpatch and reads as follows : “ Brakaman Snodgmse, of Corry, met with an accident at that place while making a coupling that has probably never before been experienced by any man who lived to tell the tale. He had his head caught between the bumper}! and was so hor- ribly squeezed it was not deemed possible that he could live, but he is now getting along finely. His head. which was once round, was pressed by the accident out long and slim. He is also from‘one-half to three- quarters of rm inch taller. The terrible squeeze which his head received has made him cross-eyed. but. strangeas it may seem, his mind is as clear and bright as it ever “ Brig.-Gen. Glover.” W36.” -â€"Tbe spinal column of winter don't seem to exhibit any very alarming symptoms of fracture. TWO REJECTED LOVERS. ROBBING AN EDITOR” AN OLD LETTELB. “ NEW WINDSOR, Jun. 29, 1781 A NEW HEAD ON HIM. WHAT LANGUAGE DID CHRIST SPEAK? Was it Aramaic, Greek, or both 'Pâ€"A Learned Orientalilt's Opinion. At. their weekly meeting on Monday the Baptist preachers compared theories and con- jectures as to the language spoken by Jesus of Nazareth in his conversations with his disci. pies and his sermons to the multitudes. Yes terday a. reporter for the Sun asked one of the most distinguished Oriental scholars of the country for his opinion on the point. “ The discussion of the Baptist ministers as reported in this morning’s papers,” said the eminent Orientnlist. " does not give me a high opinion of their common sense. The connec- tion between Bras and Phoenicean is too re- mote for serious consideration. As to the language spoken by Jesus. we must remember that in his time not one but three languages were in use in Judea. The pure Hebrew had long before died out and been succeeded by the Aramaic, which was a kindred language, received from the Babylonian conquerors. l‘his was spoken by the peasantry and lower classes. Latin was used by the lioman ofli- cials in all formal proceedings. 'u‘rteek was employed by the upper classes, by merchants and by most of the inhabitants of cities. Hence the superseription on the cross was written, as we are told by Luke, in Greek and Latin anrl Hebrew. “ That Greek was extensively employed is proved by the fact that all the apostolic epistles were writtenin Greek, and thatPaul’s discourses were delivered in Greek, except upon one occasion. when it is expressly men- tioned that he arrested the attention of a Jewish mob by speaking. to them in the com- mon tongue. Greek was, inthoee days, what the lingua franca is nowin Oriental countries bordering on the Mediterranean -â€"the medium of intercourse between people of different nationalities. It was more than this. It was like French among the Europeans of the last century. All the noble Roman youth learned to reed, mute and speak Greek. and on one occasion even the debates of the Roman Senate were carried on in Greek. “ At all events, Greek must have been epoken by the Sakur. at least a. part of the time, for the occasions on which he med Aramaic words are specially mentioned, as for instance, id misiugthe dead girl, in open- ing the dumb man’s mouth, and when he uttered his last words on the erase. If all his sayings had been in Aramaic. these special phrases would probably not have been singled out as they were, and the interpreta- tation of them given in Greek. Of course, when he spoke to the peasantry and rustics generally lie used the language with which they were familiar, and which was, as l have said, the Aramaic. ...‘..- “ The case may be illustrated by that of a. Catholic missionary in Wales or in a remote district of France. In Wales he would speak English in the cities, and Welsh in the coun- try and the small towns. In France; he would speak French in the cities, but elsewhere the peasant dialect, Whatever it might be, of the locality which be was viaiting ; and he might, for certain official purposes, write documents in Latin.”â€"N. Y. Sun. 5‘“ Yes. I scan sfost ot‘ the fight," responded me géntiui‘nun of: mi? hydf‘ifimfma‘ “agar inquiries of the reporter. " You know the little fellow came dancing down the street. and waltzed right up to the big one and f felched him one in the eye. I knowcd there would be a cotillion so I chasseed to one side. The tall fellow balanced to corners, and hip- ped the little fellow across the cartmck. He jumped up and polkaed mound until he see an opening and went in. a 1 “u vr’vuâ€"â€"-O .0... ”.77, W, “ For two minutes it was all hands around, till the little fellow got a hip lock and flung the big one. Then he got up and schottisched after the little one. and got in on his ear. The little fellow forward teed and lifted him under the chin. Then they had a grand change for wind. and ladies in the center, which fetahcd ‘em both down. Then the quadrille was lively. you bat l The big one reeled mi and caromed on his eye, and than it wasgenta the same for about three minutesl “ You’d thinkthey were walking; for acnke. The little man varaouvienned about like ahof. wire, but the big one stoofi. on the forward and back till he got a show, and it wae seat your partners for the little man. 0h ! you can bet she was a. redowa from the start to the finish. only I like to have seen the little fel- low mazonrku him.” “ May I ask you: busi new?” inquired the reporter. _ ,. 1. - u 4 , "14-4. ATE-Egg for parties. You might publish my card and give me n. URNâ€"Ear. A Woman Saturates Her Clothes with Kerosene and Sets Fire to Them. LONDON, Jan. 29.â€"~A terrible affair is re- ported from the township of Westminster. Last summer a women of middle age and of German extraction entered the family of Mr. Thomas Wilkins, and though she appeared to be a tramp, was received as a. domestic. On Thursday evening last, about 7 o'clock, the woman went into the kitchen, where she made up a large fire. the family taking no notice, as she was in the habit of doing such things, but it appears that after build- ing the fire she took off all her clothes except her undergarments and saturated them with kerosene. It is thought that she poured oil on her undergarments to. She then laid the clothes she had taken off on the stove, where they were soon all aflame. Mr. Wilkins, heur- ing piercing screame,ruehed into the kitchen and saw things as described. He threw his coat about her and succeeded in smothering the flames. Dr. McLellun was quickly on the spot, but despite all his efforts she suc- cumbed to her terrible injuries some hours afterwards. A gentleman traveling in Virginia lust sum- mer had occasion to take a stage ride in order to visit the natural bridge. Riding on the seat with the driver, he fell into conversation with him, and fonndthat he was an old hunter, who was a. veteran ‘ in killing deer, bears and smaller game. Passing a stream, the traveler inquired if it contained fish. " Lots of ’em,” Was the reply. " What kind ?” “ Mostly trout,” said the driver. “All these mountain streams are full of trnut.” “ They must be fine eating,” was the next remark. “ Fine eatin’ I " exclaimed the dn'ver. " You just go up to xhe mountain and ketch half a d xzen trout about twelve inches long, clean ’em without wthin’ ’em. rub in some salt,1‘oll 'em in Injin meal and bake ’em in the ashesâ€"â€" good eatiu’ 1 Why, atmnger, they beat ham! ” HOW ‘I‘Wo Connecticut Men Lost $450,000 THE BANDLIASTER’S ACCOUNT. In the fall of 1879 D. and N. G. Miller. of Briflgeport. 0001).. placed r5450.000 in the hands of E. A. Kent d: 00., brokers, of Broad street, N. Y., with instructions to use it in speculating in com and wheat and lard. A year ago they were told that their money was all gone and that they owed the brokers 310,- 000. The Millers began suit for accounting. In glanting a. motion to make a second answer Judge Barrett said: “ The defendants present HIS VIEW OE TROUT EATING. A TERRIBLE END. THEY BOUGHT OPTIONS a most extraordinary answer and affidavit. I‘hey acknowledge the receipt of enormous suns of money from the plaintiffs, declare that these sums have been absorbed and sub- stentielly assert that they canfurnish no com- prehensible particulars as to the process of absorption. This, they say. is in accord- ance with the custom of the Produce Exchange, of which they are members. the pleintifi'a’ money forming part of a com- mon fund, the transactions being mostly what. arecslled options. They cannot assign any particular option to the plaintiffs, and after the transfer of options they cannot trace them upon their books so as to determine by whom the sums lost thereby were actually paid. All thin is simply a meaningless jargon, and the defendants may as well understand, once for all, that the law will not tolerate such trifling. ’1 hey had retter act fairly in the matter and make a. clean breast of it ; either frankly con- fess the plaintiffs’ claim or give them data sufficient in law to justify the absorption of their money and. property. if the difficulty arises from the existence of a common fund, let them give full particulars With regard thereto and Show how pluintiffs’ connection therewith caused the absorption of their part of the margin.”~New York Dispatch to Phil- adelphia Times. TAPIOCA Souv.â€"â€"Muke agood beef soup with two psuuds of meat and bone. and two and a‘half quarts of cold clear water, simmering for four or five hours and adding an onion, same paisley and carrots. Put in a very little Halt. Let the stock when done get cold. Take the fat off the top and wheat the soup, putting in a inbiespoonfulof tapioca. to a quart of stock. Season to taste, and add 2. few drops of lemon-juice. Manor: OUTLETS, TOMATO Swenâ€"Take half a can of tomatoes (selecting the most sofid part) and stew them twenty minutes with a little parsley, two cloves, pepper and sa‘t. Put a teaapoonful of butter in a clean Baxcopan over the fire and when it reaches t': a bubbling point add a. large teaspoonful of flour. Mix this smoothly, and when thor- oughly cooked add the tomato, which must first have been passed through a soive ‘, stir the sauce well. Broil quickly over a hot fire half a dozen well‘trimmed mutton cutlets. arrange them on a hot platter and pour the tomut0~sauce around them. This dish should be served smoking hot to be good. LOBSTER Swornâ€"Add to a half apint of drawn butter sauce the chopped meat of the tail and claws of a lobster, a. pinch of the coral which has been previously dried in the oven and pounded, a little salt and a little cayenne pepper. The bits of lobster should be about the size of a. dime. Sprinkle what is left of the pounded coral over the fish when served. Put the fish over the fire in cold water with a little salt and vinegar in it. Boil gently till done and drain . thor- oughly. BAVARIAN Cnmm.â€"â€"Make 3 cream with a} quart of milk, nine sheets of the best French gelatine. sugar to taste. and the yolks of eight eggs. Dissolve the gelatino in a. little warm watt r, take the boiling iri. k 011' the fire and add the gelatine ; when i: has cooled a little add the eggs well beaten. Flavor it with any essence you like, strain it and divide it into three basins. Color the first a deep red with 'coehineal; the second green with spinach greening. and leave the timid to its original color. These operations must he done while the cream is still warm. and it must be kept. so in a bain warie during the following pro- cess : Lays. shape in water on ice, pour some of the red cream into it, to the thick- ness of less than half an inch. When this is. set pour in a similar layer of the plain cream, and when this is set pour in a. layer of the green cream. Go on pouring in layers in the same was until the mould is filled. When the cream is quite sat turn it out and serve. Care must be taken, in pouring in each kind of cream, to got ouch lsyer the same thick- ness. This is best done by measuring with water how much liquor will go to make a layer of the required thickness, and then get- ‘ ting a, cup which holds just that quantity, and , using it to measure the cream. »ther Michael O’Reilly, pas-tor of St Culumbkills Church, Carondelet, has sued the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for $50,000 dam- ages for printing a story of an alleged fight between the priest and a carpenter, in which profane and indecent language is ascribed to Father O'Reilly. â€"The Irish constabulaly comprise a. di- vision of 12,000 infantry that could in forty- eight hours be either broughttogether in four brigadew one for each provinceâ€"or concen- trated at any point in Ireland. When so concentrated the force would be ready to take the field at ones, being drilled to act in bet- talions, and having three hundred officers whe have gone through the same trainmg. The officers are an inspector-general. deputy inspector-general, assistant inspector-general, county inspectors. first and second-class. and sub-inspectors. first, second and thira-class. The pay ranges from £225, thclowest, to £700 a year, the highest. ~Depredqtions in Galicia by bands of rob bers crossing over from adjoining Russian territory are reported in Vienna jwurnals. Private houees have been assailed at night, forcibly entered, the inmates bound and mul~ treated, and all valuables that could be found carried off. In one case a church was robbed of its sacraments plate, the priest. being forced to deliver it up. When assistance came the robbers were, in each instance, gone; but the tracks of horses remningli to Show that they hailed from the other side of the Russian border. Fifteen years ago these depredations were frequent; but the vigilance and energy of the authorities; had almost wholly checked them. and; inspired the belief that. they were ‘ no more to be apprehended. â€"A short time ago some Russian peasaam were drawing water item a well in Gadiatch, when one of them spied a. picture of the Virgin floating on the surface of the liquid. They were soon joined by two village girls, who. the picture being pointed out to them, declared that, only two hours previously, they had seen it flying about in the air, and watched it as it gently descended into the well. This story spread throughout the ; district of Gadiatch like wildfire, and as soon ‘ as it came to the ears of the landowner upon whose property the “ holy well" was situated, he lost no time in building a. chapel over the spring. To this chapel the population of the ‘ district has since repaired in daily increasing ' numbers, leaving the churches empty of their congregations oven on Sunday’s and eaint’s E days. so that the local clergy eventually epâ€" l plied to the police authorities for an official investigation ot the alleged miracle. In com- WHOLE N0. 1,176.â€"â€"-NO. 38. plinnce with this i‘equiaiiinn, the Shanovoi of 1 Gadiatch forthwith betook himself i0 the i chapel, seized the miraculoua picture and i deposited it in the police ollice. Subsequent j inquiry has brought. to liglin the {act that the j Virgin’s counterfeit. presammcnt had been i pu‘chased of a irajveling peddler by the specu- lativelundowucr above mentioned, who had utilized it. with the maismuco of his pea- santry, for the creation of n. meted ahrine upon his eetate, and, had already cleared a. handsome sum by appropriating the money offerings of the pilgrims who had flocked to the " holy well ” from all parts of the surrounding country. '3 his ingenious gentle- man is safely in prison, awaiting his trial for sacril'ege. HOUSEHOLD NOTES. ~After a performance of ” The Black Crook” had proceeded haltiugly for an hour at Lynn, Man, the manager informed the audience that the dramatic company did not know their parts, and the play would be con. cluded with the ballet alone. â€"-There is a goose at Liltlecote Farm, in Willshire, England. which is known to be nearly ninety years old. and may be a good deal older. It was presented to the father of its present owner on his tenth birthday (in 1808) and it was then considered aged. ~â€"The address against total abstinence which the Rev. Dr. Crosby lately delivered in Boston has led the Rev. Dr. Malialieu. of that city, to pray in a. public meeting for “ that Rip Van Winkle of the temperance cause who was here on a recent occasion, and give him a. baptism of commonsense.” â€"Tom Davis had some photographs taken at Zanesville, Ohio, and gave one to Lizzie Murmy in the presence of Ida. Bridwell, who wanted one, too. Tom would not part with another picture; and Ida at once committed suicide. â€"ank Thomas arrived at Rochester. Minn., on his wedding trip, and there saw the opportunity ta steal a mule. If he fled with the beast, he must leave the woman behind. The mule was sleek, fat, and handsomemhile the bride was scrawny and ugly. He deserted his wife and stole‘the mule. â€"Wude Sipple is dead. In' the days. of reckless gambling on Mississippi steamboatr, he was a. famous thief. His exploits in steal- ing the money which the professional gamblers won were extensively related. But of 1846 years, when out of prison, he go‘ a living by petty pilfering. and died poor at 80. -.--Aw:oug t:‘4hz‘.1‘ (luties entaiied 011' a new Vicemy in Ireland by his first drawing-room is that of kissing the cheek. not only of each fair debutante. but of every lady present, ' MTha Rev. John A. Huegli of Detroit has brought a suit, for $5,000 against the man who accused him of withdrawing from the Roman Catholic Church and joining the Lu- theran In order to many. -The English and Scotch volunteer corps. acting upon instructions from the Govern- mem, have taken steps to secure their stores and armories. In some instances the looks of thu rifles have been removed. in others the arms themselves and the ammunition have been removed to the nearest barracks. â€"â€"'1'he Jesuits are reported to be negotiati- ing for the Imperial Hotel at Dover, in Eng- land. which is to be occupied by a. number of the brethren expelled from France. They have leased Park House, near Sidmouth, a. large, fine place. with extensive grounds, and commanding charming views of the sea. ‘ â€"â€"The parents of a little girl at Calais. Me. declare that she was cured of St. Vitus dance by placing her for nine successive mornings on the back of a donkey. with her face to the east and saying : “In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." The treatment was devised by an aged Free Methodist. ~â€"D1'. Oscar Jennings, aphysician of stand- ~â€"Dx'. Oscar Jennings, a physician of stand- ing “ In Paris, writes to the London Lance: that in the treatment of mental diseasehe has constantly used music, which calms and soothes the mind, and 18 too precious an agent to be neglected. Concerts form a part of the regular treatment in many asylums. It will be remembered that Saul found Batis- taction in music. ~Bayard Dally of Logansport, Ind., shot his betrothed wife, Annie Beokly, laut month because she refused to give him a dirk with which to kill a rival. She was given up to die, but surprised everybody by slowly recov- ering ; and 9. few days ago as soon as she could stand on her feet, she was married to the man who had nearly murdered her. â€"A singular story as to the proceeamgs of Prince Bismarck in Turkey is told by a correspondent of the London Standard. In the Turkish empire there is a. large quantity of property belonging to the mosques, known as “ Valiufl‘ ” property. An agent was sent by Prince Bismarck to Turkey as long 'hgoixs 1865 to gather information respecting the value of this property in the different pro. vinoss. to diacover whether it might not be delivered from the “ dead hand ” and render» ed serviceable to the purposes of the State. and to estimate the income obtainable from it, under a rational system of administration. The calculations based on the facts collected were worked out under the superintendence of Herr Busch. who estimated that in Euro- pean Turkey the “ Vekufi” property wasworth over £260,000 000. ' â€"The question whether Charles H. Bishop of Boston, killed himself intentionally te- m’xins unsettled. He had a. good-natured struggle with his barber over the possession of a Vial of cyanide of potassium, which the workmen in the shop used for removing dye Btains from their hands. He professed 8 (le- sire to swallow the poison, but was under- stood to be joking. and laughed as loud as anybody. Having got the vial ho drained its contents. Even then it was thought he was. looling,and had not really swallowed the stuff. but he died in a few minutes. No [no-- tive for suicide has been discovered. and it is conjectured that he was moved by {cowardi- “895. â€"There are now in the field between 16,000 and 17,000 men fighting on the colonial side in the South African war with the Basntosmi whom nearly half are European colonists and the remainder natives. The expense of this force is enormous. The direct war expendi- ture cannot be less than from £350,000 to £400,000 pot month -, and as nearly all these men are citizen soldiers. taken from their families and their business, the indirect loss must be nearly if not quite as great. â€"â€"Tha English Chancery Paymester holds at this moment the enormous sum of myenty. seven millions sterling for chencery suitors, but is likely, very shortly, by virtue of a. new not, to receive the whole of the money paid. nto court in the Common Law Division. an sum in hard cash this gentleman will eventually represent it consequently becomes difficult to conceiire, imagination equally fail- ing to reckon the amount of misery and hep- piness bound up in the huge money bags of which he holds the strings. -â€"The New England Divorce Reform League is a new Boston society, with such men as Gov. Long, Theodore Woolsey, Presi- dent Chacbourns and President Chamberlain as members. Whether the intention is to discourage divorce altogether, or to merely re- form the ways of procuring it,does not clearly appear. In an address recently delivered in that city, the Rev. Samuel W. Dilke said that. divorce was a Yankee notion, and was spread- ing in New England faster than anywhere else. “ It is the native American element which generally avails itself of the divorce laws,” he declared, ” and the increase of. licentiousness in New England and the do- struction of unborn life are to be attributed to the looseness of morals caused by the relax» tion of the marriage bond." â€"-â€"In his recent dredging expedition from Charleston, 8. 0.. across the Gulf Stream. Commander Bartlett oi the United States.‘ Coast Survey was surprised to find the depth. much less than was expected. Thleiindueedi him, although the trip was one primarily for dredging, to extend the work of sounding ; and he accordingly ran a line 0! soundings nearly along the warmest band 0! the Gulf Stream, commonly called the axis of the stream, for e dietanoe of 150 miles, from lutitude’ 32 ° to latitude 33 deg. 30 mine. north. on which he obtained depths varying, from 233 to 450 fathoms, where it was supâ€" posed that the depths would range from 600 to 1,000 Sathoma. At the northeast and of this line, in about latitude 33 deg. 30 mine. north. the depths suddenly increased. in 3 distance of fifteen miles, from 457 to 1,386 fethoms. â€"Peier X, of the Berlin News,p1inteaihia notice in his paper the other day: " If you. know of a good servant girl who wants a place, send her to this ofiice." Next day be printed his experience as follows: “ You can deceive your guileless little wife, but he: father’s wifeâ€"never.” AROUND“ THE WORLD.