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“ What‘ahout the cost? ” ",“We will contract to run any number of streetcars eighteen hours a day at $4 a day each. We have submitted an offer to light the Labrador at the rate of 810 a day, which is less than the oil lamps cost. The uses to which portable electricity can be put are end- less, from lighting a stand lamp, rocking a cradle, or running a sewing machine, to driv- ing a railway train or illuminating a city. The systems of electric supply which convert steam power into electric force require machinery of the best construction, as in- equalities of action cause corresponding fluc- tuations of force. An are light supplied from an unsteady machine is in a constant waver. It does not matter how unsteadin the supply comes to an accumulator, “and water power can be utilized as well as steam power. The “Home is stored and given ofl in a steady stream." The fact that the storage of electricity is ’ possible has long been known. The Leyden jar stores electricity, but gives it nearly all off “in one discharge as soon as a circuit is J, ado. ' About twenty years ago Gascon ~- ante found that lead plates, frequently charged with electricity under certain condi- tions, acquired the power of storing elec trinity and parting with it gradually. But he could not get his discovery into the shape of a practical apparatus. This was done by M. Camille Alphonse Faure something over a year ago. it did not attract public at- tention until May, 1881, when Sir William Thompson published a description of it The apparatus is simple in construction ,A sheet of lead, perforated with small holes, is coated with alayer of red lead on both sides. Against each face of red lead is laid a sheet of parchment. The plate thus overlaid is sewn up in a cloth jacket. with the cusp tion of a small portion of one corner. left bars for the purpose of-connecting plates together‘ in a metalic circuit. A wooden case, such as: one of those on the Labrador, contained four 1 teen such plates. They are arranged like i voltaic piles, seven of the plates being con-i nected by a metal strip at one end of the box} to form the positive pole, and the seven al- 1 ternate plates connected at the other end of the box to form the negative pole. There are several lorms of accumulators, but all are constructed upon this principle. Acidulated water is poured over the plates so as to cover them, and the apparatus is ready for use There is no waste of'substance. and the same, cell may be charged and recharged. A four- teen-plate cell, like those on the Labrador“ is charged with 300 emphcres of electricity of two volts tension. A sixty-cell battery wculdi keep a fifteen-candle power Edison light 1 burning for 400 ‘continuous hours. One of l the merits claimed for the invention is that the current given ofi is a steady. even flow. so that electric lights jed by it do not fluctu- ate in intensity. The quantity of power stored can be multip'ied indefinitely by in~ creasing the number of cells. “ We are going to sell force for any pur- pose. We can drive locomotives, stmmboats, or train cars, and light streets or buildings We can drive a locomotive 200 miles an hour with ease and will: smoothness, for there will be no piston rod to rock the machinery. In Paris last July we ran a. tramway carrying flit] people with lhe force supplied by forty Faure accumulators placed under the seats. We lifted a wheel and got the our ofl the track. [Its molar was strong enough to turn i: around on the cobblestones 'und put it back on the track again. Anxrate of speed can be with“. The power is Vself~regulsting, __._ 4.28» -c- .4;a:-..n.u “WE” are you going to do ‘2" he was asked. A Fafire company has been formed for the United Scams, with a capital stock of 310,-- 000,000. $250,000 paid up. Mr. Walter B. Whiflpg is one of the promoters. Three months ago, when 9. new servant girl came to e. well-to-do family, says an exchange, the mistress said she desired to post the girl in advance on one ceraain little point. She and her husband belonged to an amateur thea- trical company, and in case Jane heard any racket around the house she must not im- agine they were quauelingâ€"they would simp~ 1y be rehearsing their parts. The “ play " began on the third evening of the girl’s en- gagement. The husband taunted his wife with extravagance, and she said he played »" poker.” for money. and eheire were upset and footstools Were kicked around. and threats were made of “ going home to mother." Next meming the mistress saigl to the girl: The apparatus is known as the Faure accu- mulator. Its function is simply to shore up electricity for use when it is wanted. The accumulator is placed in circuit with an elec- tric “ dynamo," and the electricity trans- mitted to it is storcd up. The packed up electricity can then be sent anywhere, kept any necessary length of time. and will be gradually and equably discharged along any circuit that may be attached to Athe apparatus. “ Did you hear us pfaying our parts in “The Wronged Wife’ last night. ?" “ Yea'm !” “ H; was simply a rehearsal, you know; and you musn’t think strange of my throwing a vase at my husband and calling him a ‘ vile wretch 1' ” “ The electrieity was stored in them as far back as April 24.” he said. “ They were then shipped from Paris to Havre. and taken aboard the Labrador. On Saturday evening, April 29. we lighted some electric lamps from them. We have been lighting eight lamps from them all the way across the ocean. and have drawn ofl only a small quantity of the electricity stored in them. The lamps ranged from 5 to 53 canale power.” ' Three or four nights after that the curtain went up on a. play called " The Jealous Hus- band,” and Jane heard sobs, sighs, protesta- tions, threats, and exclamation. ‘The next play was entitled “ Coming Home Tight,” and was mostly played in the from hell. Then fol- lowad “ The Depths of Despair,” “ Threats of Divorce.” and “Such a. Wretch 1” until June was at last tired of having a private box and of being the only audience. The other mom ingshe appared in the sitting room with her baton and her bundle under her arm, and I;Xesvm t?" I ""“ For what reason ?" ‘ “ Please, ma’m ! but I'm tire'd of tragedy ; I’m agirl as naturally likes to see hugging and kissing, and love-making. on the stage, "and when Marks, the lawyer comes in on what -do-you call-it. I'm sure to be tickled to dealing! I think I’ll try some family where-they re- hearee comedy and have a. deal of kissing. and : perhaps I may come in 9.3 a. ‘ snpe,’ and get ‘a small share of it for tnvself l”â€"Exchange. stored in Boxes to be Used when Occa- sion Requiree~A Novel Contrlvance. On board the steamship Labrador of the French line, which arrived yesterday, several wooden cases of about the size or soap boxes were stored. Mr. William Lockland, an elec- trieal engineer, under whose care the cases came, connected an Edison lamp with a series of them by means 01 wires, and, on turning a. button, the lamp shone brigh‘ly. In the boxes electricity is kept, to be drawn (11’ as needed. I “Pleaaefinu‘m, but I'm going this morn- ing 1" .‘ ff Emit I gqing away 2’" -â€"The English board of inland revenue at- tributes the decline in drink revenues. on which Mr. Gladstone dwelt in his budget, to wept of means rather than the want of inn olination. and anticipates a return to the old figures when trade improves. MLGlsdstone, however, points to the savings bank deposits as indicating that there is sgrowing tendency to save, since these are higher than in the prospering year of 1872. On close examina- tion the London Economist is compelled to side with the Board. ‘ -â€"Why is it that nine persons outvof every ten really enjoy a grievance? â€"-The prodigal son was a. vast deal better man than people are willing to admit, for he could have satisfied his hunger at anytime with mast pig, and Was too eonscientidufi to do it! ' SEE WANTED COMEDY‘ ELECTRICITY ON TAP. Mr. James Gordon Bennet, of the New York Herald, is to sleep in a bed in th new ynum Namonna, wh'ch has cost one thoufland dollars. The outside wood work, railings, much covers, etc., have cost $5,000. A Washington merchant sent out invitav tions to a. farewell dmner on the eve of him departure abroad. which were engraved on the backs of photographs of himsefl. The mint Julep Qvaé invented by a. Yankee who, having gone to the South discovered a. begiiof mint growing in :3 yard. “ Unhasting and uiiresting from his height The sun slid down the slope of after, A11 avalanche of glory an hour, One fleecy cloud o'erhead that flecked the blue. Lay fringe l with silver like (in angel’s robe Afloat upon mid-air, too bright for shade ; While in the South the gods of summer showers Let down their golden ladders and in haste Watered the mountain edge and plain above The heighpe of Queenston, column-crowned A “ranger from France being in Belgium he met a. citizen and asked “ Will you kin dly tell me where is the Rue des Penitenbs ?“ The reply was “ I cannot recall its exact localiby just at this moment, but I will make it my business to find out, and if you pa as this way to-morrow at the same hour I will let you know with pleasure.” A lady at a dinner party being unfortunate enough to have a glass of Burgundy upset on her dress. which was a deleaate ciel bleu satin, she had the front draped with a silver guaze, through which the satin on the biue ground shines with charming effect. The curiouity has been to know where such a. piece of valued satin came from. Another part of “ Canadian Idy‘ds,” by William Kirby. the poet of Niagara, has been republished from the Canadian Monthly. It tells the story of “ The Bells of Kirbz ’Wi‘ike'." - 1n the interludé'tfie“pbét'tell 1‘13 :‘ ' A new building has been erected in Philar delphia to be called “ The Bazar," buc in- stead of having one proprietor it is to have several who are to carry on various kinds of business. An old lady is living in Strasburg, Alsatia, who was born on the 15th April, 1781. She has lived all her life in the same city, and was married before the battle of Waterloo took place. Dickens’ story of little Nell and her grand. later is thought to have been suggested by that of the Lady of Tears, in De Quincy’s “ Three Ladies of Sorrow.” A crusade has been commenced against tight-lacing in England. The means (am- ployed are the publication and circulation of a pamphlet entitled “ Words to Women.” wl1efé lies ' Our country's darling on his bed of fame." It was a gay and festive scene, and the oc- casion the celebration of the Queen's birth- day. The distant falls gave out their thundering sound. The dances on , the green were in the height of merriment when May. a youthful maiden joined them. “ May was the finest. with her tossing hair. And thousand. charms in motion everywhere.” Her thoughts turned to a similar scene in another land and sought out her uncle who, away from the merry throng, sat with a. book on his knee. Inviting her to choose and read a tale. she chose that of “ The Bells of Kirby Wiske.” a story of the time of George the Fourth. The Atlfioupheric Railway is supposed to have been predimed by Coleridge in his “ Ancient Manner ” by these lines : Among the latest coined words is “ manu- rial.”whioh is well enough a far as sound goes. but “fertilizing” is etter, and will likely remain in use. The word “ fortnight,” so common at one time. has been substituted by “ two weeks.” which is neither as elegant not euphonious as “ fortnight.” Four New Jersey millionaires are interested in the sale of roses, for wearing of which there is a. perfect craze in New York. So great is the demand that the artificial roses are sold in great quantities. If it be true that the Dowager, Frinceaq of Wales, widow of George third was sucked by toads, it follows that Goldsmith in his “ Ani mated Nature ” is right in saying that toads are not venomous. The scene changes from Queenston to Bal- sam lake,-one of the most charming of our inland lakes, and as the story runs. John Ashby is introduced as a. pioneer, who. with a number of others from English villages and breezy worlds, had reached the fifth year of their solitude amid the woods. It was the autumn time, “ The equinoctil gale had ceased mnong The_ bulgmm pines and hemlocks, buugh to Easter Sinday will not fall again on fihe 9th of April until 1939; then again in 1944 and 1950. bough, Locked in a. phalm with a forest g‘ 7_ Thus linked the hills together in EL chain, The calm of Indian summer had set in, Mornings of hoar frost, smoky, sleepy noons, Beheld the sun’s short; quiet beams.” . None of our poets are so apt in delineating the seasons, or the beauties of nature as they appear nowhere else than in a Canadian autumn. But Mr. Kirby is equally at home in descriptions of lake and river scenery. What could be finer than this : “ The whole duty of Man,” a book which has never had an equal of its kind, is said to have been written by Dorothy. daughter of Thomas, Lord Coventoy, and wife of Sir John Pakington, born in 1620._ “ The Wild grapes hung In purple clusters, acorns uncupped fall, With must of beech upon the leafy ground While far as eye could see the maple; blazed, Like distant camp fires in the piny woods: Breaking the solemn gloom of evergreen With _touch of light and Warmth. The glassy lake Dotted with rocky islets overgrown With mimic forest. each a fairy land And empire of itself for fancy and dreams." A missionary from the old land had ar- rived. and on the following Sunday the first sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was to be administered in the wilderness. Among the worshippers that day were John Ashby's two daughters. The story tells us: “ Eve Ashby held her sister’s hands, and sat With far off look and parted lips, intent. To catch a. haunting from memory’s depxh That floated up, and in her startled ears Renewed the music of the byâ€"gone years. ‘ O listen Hilda! Hear you not she cried, With lifted hand that touched her startled ear ‘ That old funisher chine chime float in the suit ‘ The bells of Kirby Wiske are ringing, ringing Have in my ears £1.11 day been ringing lost. Their triple vedence as on Sunday morns It came across the meadows, Where the thrush Sang 1n the hazels and the Skylark rose Above us in mid-air, as we passed on, Or stood upon the bridge to watch the fishes.” The superstition that the bells of Kirby Wiska if heard in dreams or reverie mm; for one that God required had taken hold of Eve, and thus she spoke : " Twas always said, you know, my darling Hilda: To hear those bells in dreams or fantasy, Twas certain sign that God was calling in Snme Weary soul from earthly labor, As they to day are h uppin calling me." Hilda held to the legend too, yet she felt for her trembling sister who heard the chime renewed. The sacred feds-m was held, a goodly number assembled in John Aehby’e to par- take of it. All went well except with Eve, whose thoughts had centred on the ringing of the bells. She had imagined her Lord was calling her home to join one who had pledged his love in the old land one summer eve. “ When Wiske ran rippling by our linger- ing feet, a sudden change came over her, which caused Hilda. to wonder forâ€"- CULLINGS BY THE WAY. “ For Why, divers on that ship so fast, Without, 1), wave or w ind ? The air is cut away before, And closes Irom behind" VOL. XXIV. Rev. Andrew Kennedy. a well known min- ister of the Presbyterian church, died at Lon don. Out., Friday, aged 93. He had been 70 years in the ministry, and for a. number of years past acted as agent of the Presbyterian publication board of Philadelphia. Winnipeg Times : Rev. John Pringle. M. A., late of Georgetown, 0nt.. preached at both services in Knox church yesterday to crowded congregations. Rev. Mr. Pringle is a. very eloquent preacher and an excellent reader. The rev. gentlemen has been placed in charge «of the congregation until Rev. D. M. Gordon, of Ottawa, the chenen pastor shall arrive. The choir sang well, but is is much to be re- gretted that the congregation do not enter more heartily into the service of song. A meeting of English Quakers is to be held this month to consider how the practice and system of the sect may be broughn more into harmony with the usages of the present day. ABOUT PREACHERS, CHURCHES AND RELIGION. One of the strongest reasons why persons profess to hate the Bible the Bible hates what they are doing time. Alabama. men won’t begin a. religious dis~ cussion until after they have handed their relolvegs t9 a third party.» _ The death is annéunolad in England of J. N. Darby, founder of the Plymouth Breth~ ren. Said the wise old lady, with solemn truth- fulness : “ If we could once see our lives as God sees ’em, it woulé skeet us ’most to death." The ex-Rev. George C. Milne, the agnostic Chicago preacher, read from Hamlet the other evening in costume. He talks of going on the stage. The substitution of a b for a p in the Bos- ton Advertiser’s otherwise beautiful account of some Emerson memorial services made a line of a poem appear: “ We brayed and sang together.” The Rev, Dr. Sullivan, bishopnelect of Algoma, a missionary jurisdiction in the northwestern section of British America. is a. plucky Irishman who gives up a rich parish and big salary in Montreal to build up the church in“ the. .Wesee Bamako (interim The Evangelical inieters’ Association of Benton voted that it was " the duty of the repuliiie to educate her future citizens in morals," and to this end a committee was :appointed to produce a. text book. This task ‘was found difficult, and the committee sought 'to tum it over to the Secretary of the Messa- ‘chusetts Board of Education, but he declined to undertake it. The association has now formed a. new committee, including a. Univern enlist, a Swedenborgian, a Roman Catholic, and a. Hebrew, and a. series of books are in _ preparation. .u up“ “n! a, The sacrament; partaan of the angel’s hand touched her’s upon the dish. and as by a lightning flash the veil of mist was rent for her to gaze upon her Lionel. He spoke and said : Twas then she seemed to see the vision of her lover who-â€" “ In sapphire robe and golden sandal, dressed With gluwiug hair that heavenly odors shed, Who swiftly came and knelt down by her side In the communion. ‘ Her fall of marble purity had caught A glow as of the morning’s dawuy red Wnen Eden's Uherubim with flowing swords Tlmt guard the tree of life 11-0111 touch profane Cleave through the cast, a pathway to the sun." r Recently the bells of St. Bartholomew’s Church, in London, disturbed the slumbere of an old lady and gentleman, who considâ€" ered the law was bound to relieve them from the disagreeable tintinnabulation. The clear- headed Sir George Jesael has now decided that, in order to grant an injunction, the noise should be such as to cause annoyance to persons of ordinary nerves. Evidence was given by Canon Smith. the vicar, show- ing that. taking a radius of seventy-five yards around the church. a number of re- spectable old gentlemen and ladies had sut feted no disturbance from the bells. The bells will, therefore, ring out their peels as “usual. A number of Philadelphiaus, who die- agreed with all the christian churches as to ‘one or another dogma formed a society under the name of “Outcasra of Israel” and hired a hall for meetings, but at their first gathering, last Sunday, it was demonstrated that they differed as radically with one another. Sister Miles announced that she was leading a con- zuecrated, wholly sinless life. Brother Harts- ;hom said that sucha thing was impossible to your humanity. I‘You are not spiritual enough to comprehend it.” said she; "you are to!) nnimal.” “It seems to me," retorted .‘he, “that the animal is interrupting me now.” Then the discussion became an unseemly quarrel. A painful sensation has been caused in 1 Vienna by a story from Crac'ow, according to which a nun in a convent there has been in- humanly treated. She belonged to a good 1 Silesian family. and gave all her property to the convent eighteen years ago. But for a faithful old servant who followed her into the convent in order to be near her, she would have died under the treatment she received. Her brother could only obtain an interview with her by calling in the police. She had to be supported by two nuns. and appeared in- a. terribly emaciated condition. Having re. fused to accept a young oonfessor she was confined alone in a cell. and the sisters were :forbidden to approach her. The story runs that she had Worn the same gown for eight» -een years, and no change of underclothing or .shoes or stockings for seven years. Her cell had not been cleaned for a twelvemonth, and .she was never allowed to leave it. The straw of her bed was rotten and full of ver- min. The sistrrs with her contradicted her statements, but she persisted in imploring her brother to free her from her terrible posi- tion. The brother could only provide her with food and clothes. Until the afiair has been decided in a. court of justice the nun 'will have to remain where she is. “ Rise up my love ! my fair one, come away. The flowers appear, the singing time of birds ls come, the turtles Voice is in the land, Heav n’s gates of pearl toâ€"day will be open wide, For thee to enter inâ€"my love, my bride. At that dear voice she stood in spirit up, And gave her hand with perfect faith and trust To go with him Wherever he would lead. Again the bells of Kirby VViske rang clear, Their aerial chime, and nearer than before, A joyous peal as on a. marriage morn, Transfigured, purifi (i, set free from bonds 0f earthly life, Eve. robed in blue and white, Stood saiumiest among the shining throng ; A dove flew in the open window. And amoment sat upon the table, As i ve waved adieu, And hand in 1121,1111 with Lionel went up The golden stair and vanished into light." Gsu. Abe Buford, whose renunciation of the turf. under protest, was lately announced in Louisville. is making addresses in lavor of Christian horse racing. He is now a zealous Methodist, and declares that he will obey all the rules of the church ; but he advises that they be so modified as to let members run‘ their horses. It seems that trotting is countenanced already by Kentucky Melho» diets, and on this point the General relates the following story : “ My particular friend, John M. Clay, has been a turfman all hislife. Some five or six years since he concluded the ‘time had arrived when it was his duly to be- come a. member of the church. The reply he got from the pastor was that he must give 'up his race horses. He would then talk to him on the subject. Mr. Clay then asked him if his neighbor. who handled a large stable of trot- ting horses, had not recently become a mem- certain is that all the RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, JUNE 1 The New York Sun says : As the question has been brought before the board of health, it is opportune to suggest that 9. reasonable discipline should beimposed upon the ringing of church bells in populous quarters of popu- lous cities, It is certain that within the sound of our metropolitan church bells, some of them annoyingly discordant even to well- conditloned nerves, there lie many men, wo- men and children upon sick beds and death beds. It is legitimate fa; municipal govern- ;ment to protect each snfi'zimrs against the “startling nndrdeyessive after 2" otz'tbfirmopm tone oi Sabbath bell-ringing, pleasant to” listen to when the listener is in the mood for it, but to others, and especially to invalids, a distressing ordeal. The ringing of chureh bells at the present day in towns and cities, where the course of time is marked by time- pieces in almost every household, is simply s. matter of form, of tradition, and not of necessity. Perhaps, from a sentimental point of View, there may be no sufficient reason to abandon the custom where it is not held objectionable in the neighborhood, but some of those dreadful‘bells ought to be , silenced. Bishop Paine is 90. In asking the Metho- dist conference at Nashville‘to relieve him from further active service, he declared that sixty five years of ministry had not shaken his belief in the truth of the Christian doc~ rine of salvation. The modern terms of scientific skepticism had not raised the shadow of a doubt in his minefi- The Rev. Dr. Yancy of Low :rille says to Gen. Abe Buford: “l‘he hofirrax». and the Church agree in one thing at leastâ€"they agree to disagree. And this establishes the fact that in the estimation oirthe public they are antagonistic, the one to the other. The race has no sympathy for the Church, and the Church has none for the race." Other clergyman of Kentucky are as strongly op posed to the General’s proposition that the race course can be Christianized, and the whole blue grass region is stirred by the dis-- cussion. But he holds to his belief, main- taining that in his early days on the turf there were no such abuses as now exist. “Breeders of fine horses,” he says. “then ran them also, and there was no concentration of a great number with one owner. They were then scattered among the farmers through the country. and the race course had nothing of the bad feature it now has. The iarmexs and breeders would bring their horses to the race track, and they would race them for pure love of the sport. There were no pools, and one gentleman would just say to another ‘I bet you $10] or 81,000, as the case might be. Most of the betting was done on the field. Higher individual bets may have been made then than now, but there was not near so much money at stake. All that is changed now; the breeders sell their colts as yearlings, when a sporting man takes charge of them and runs them. When the breeders ran their own horses we had honest races, and there were no pull backs. They would bet on the fair, one gentleman against another. Now millions are wagered. and gamblers run the horses, and frequently one wins more money when he gets beaten than when he wins.” The question raised by Gen. Buford is likely to come before the Methodist Church for set« tlement. as he hints that he will go to see some races next summer, and if he does his Methodism Will be imperillcd. ber of his church. His enemy was *Yes, but his horses are trotting horses ; yours, Mr. Clay, are race horses ; we have no objection to trotting horses in our church.’ ‘ I‘hon.’ says Mr. Clay, ‘ I understand you to be of the opinion that your members can trot but can. not run into heaven ' So Mr. Clay retired and joined the Catholic Church.” Gen. Buford’s position has been assailed by the Apostolic Times, and. he rerlies in a card. concluding as follows : “ My earthly career is drawing rapidly to a close, anti my great aim now is to win the race for eternal life ; and, as you have before said, if I can pass through the pearly gates of heaven in uchuriot drawn by Enquirer and McWhitor (t 70 of his race horses), I would about with great joy, and would be far in advance of you, Mr. Editor, should your chariot be drawn by a pair of mustang politics,” A brief cable dispatch, announcing the success of the observations of the solar eclipse on Wednesday by the European astronomers who went to Egypt for the purpose, contains two very interesting statements. The first is that the spectroscopic observations of the French astronomers indicate the existence of a lunar atmosphere. If this atmosphere is of considerable extent these observations may result in some change of opinion concerning the physical condition of the moon. Many have held that there were indications of a slight atmosphere in the moon, but we have been so long accustomed to_hear our satellite spoken of as an ” airless and waterless desert,” and a "dead world,” that it would be’a genuine surprise should it turn out, after all, that the moon is not quite dead. Still, even if the moon has an atmosphere, it is probably greatly rarefied. so as to be in- capable of supporting the higher forms of life with which the earth is stocked. The absence of signs of water upon the moon also militates against the notion of its being inhabitated.~ Those who believe, however, despite the apparent absence of the firs; requisites for the support of life, that th moon is not destitute of inhabitants huve always maintained. with a show of reason“J that we ought not to limit the existence of, living beings to such conditions and sur- roundings as our earth presents. Because we cannot survive unless we have certain gases mixed in certain proportions, or, in other words. what we call water and air. we should not assume that all life is restricted in the same manner. In fact, the earth itself furu nishes sufiicient examples of the various con- ditions under which life may exist to warn us against jumping at any conclusions concern- ;ing its ultimate limitation. If it turns out that the observations just made in Egypt have demonstrated the existence of a con- siderable atmosphere surrounding the moon, believers in the theories of lunar habitability w111 feel greatly encouraged. The other announcement that possesses special interest is that during the eclipse a fine comet was discovered close to the sun; This could not have been the Wells comet, which is still at a considerable distance from the sun, being. in fact, more than three weeks from its perihelion. If it is a. new comet, haw happens it that th astronomers. who are constantly sweeping the heavens in search of such objects. have let it slip into the neigh- borhood of the sun without being detected 7 We do not recall any other instance of the discovery of a. comet during an eclipse. The important part that photography has played on this occasion is another interesting feature. The observers, it is said, succeeded in photographing the spectrum of the corona, and also in determing the place of the new comet byrthe same means. There is thus every indication that the full story of the doings of these astronomers who went down into the land of Egypt armed with the marvelious instruments of modem science will prove of extraordinary interest. ~“ Violet. dearest, do you play that tune oiten? ” asked Hugh Montressor of his affi- anced. “ Yes, pet, and when we are married I’ll play that tune all the time.” Then Hugh went out and swddered himself to aeath. AN INTERESTING ECLIPSE. “ Yes sir.” said Herbert McIntosh, looking up into the face of him who had spoken. “I love Myrtle with a rich, warm, tempestuous love that wrecks not of obstacles, but sweeps away like a mighty avalanche, the difference in social position that exists between us. My passion is a (leathless one that, like the mighty simoon of the desert, gathers force with every instant of its existence, and stills alike with its hot breath the life of man and beast. I know the appearances are against me. I am poor and honest, and last Satur- day night I had a king-full beaten at the Owl Uluh. but I cannot conceal my leve. You are rich and successful, and I can see from the window of my little room in which I work the high walls of your packing house, and hear the plaintive cry of the stricken pig who has his interior scooped out and is out into hams and clear sides before the echo of his death shriek has ceased to linger in the musk-laden air of the stock yards. You are living under turquoise tinted skies, while I am in great luck to have a sky at all. It is not my fault that you are rich; I love your daughter and she returns my love, and say- ing this, Herbert looked anxiously in the direction of the window, his breast gave a great throh of joy as he saw that the blinds were closed and the old man could not throw him out. “ Hark ye, my lad,” said the pork packet Whilea. cold skating rink smile hovered o’er, his face, “ you say you love my daughter, and would win her for your bride. 80 be it. I have naught against thee save thy poverty. Come to me withm a. month with $1,000 gained by thine own industry and skill, and Myrtle shall be your wife. If you fail in this her hand is given to a. friend of mine who owns a glucose factory.” (From the Chicago Tribune.) “ So you wish to marry my daughter?" These words were uttered by a man who fairly hissed them through his teeth as he stood with a cruel sneer on his lips in front of a young man, the nervous twitchings of Whose clear-cut features told more plainly than oauld any words, however freely inter- sporsed with adjectives, the torture he was suffering. “ Bu; you will no't farce her against her will ?" said Herbert. pliglgted her troth to me.” > “I know not of your childish vagaries.” replied the old man. “ I have said my say. In three minutes I shall untie the bulldag.” Herbert went away. Midnight on Wabash avenue. Flve men are seated around a table with a hole in the center of it. Herbert is in the party, and opposite him eat his hated rival. the man who owns an interest in the glucose factory. Herbert is dealing. Herbert looks at his cards and beta $100. “ Five hundred,” says the glucose man. “ A thousand." says Herbert, reaching into his pocket as if for the money. g.‘ Yés, ToEtie,"=.‘he human?! 7'“ in Qhe ‘f‘sill. We 'can five with your folks in the winter." “ Straight flush," said Herbert in low, bit- ter tones, as he laid the cards on the table, and pocketed a. thousand dollar bill, whmh his adversary threw across to him. " Oh, never mind getting out your roll until the hands are played,” said the glucose man. “ I will be easy with you and only call. I have four aces." The next night Herbert and Myrtle occu- pied one chair in ‘he parlor of the pork pack et’s residence. “ We will be married in the fall, my sweet,” she said in soft, low tones, kissing hi5: passionately as she spoke. _ They Pour Turpentine Over a Poor Welsh BOY. A shocking case of brutality has just come to the knowledge of a. London Free Press re- porter. There settled in the vicinity of Bel- mont recently a Welsh family, and like people of their station they sought employment, and one of their number, a lad of about fourteen years, was engaged by a farmer in the neigh- borhood. He was smart and intelligent, and possessed of considerable vocal ability, which he was not slow to exercise in amusing his employer and a hired man, who enjoyed it very much. One day recently, however, he refused to sing any more Welsh songs at the request of the men, and they immediately undertook to enforce compliance with their request, and for that purpose began to torture their victim. After expanding a. considerable amount of brutality, it was decided by the fiends to commit an act of which anyone with a spark of manliness would be ashamed. Seizing hold of the boy they tore the trousers off him, threw him across a bench and poured turpentine upon his person. These are the facts as far as could be gleaned, but it is probable fuller particulars will be forthcom- ing before many days. The Free Press says: Constables Schmm and Brooks proceeded to the country on Fri- day afternoon, and took in charge George Bratt and Ernest Broadway, who are charged by Richard Hughes. a lad who was in Bratt's employ, with illâ€"using. abusing and cruelly tremng him. The particulars have already appeared in the Free Press. The prisoners deny the charge, and will come up before Squire Peters at the west end Bureau on Monday next for examination, having been admitaed to bail. WILLING TO GIVE ALL THE SECUR- ITY HE HAD. (Crawfordville (Ga.) Democrat.)' Mr. Oscar Holden recently issued a circular which stated the advantages of guano (for which he was an agent) and that it would be sold to good parties on approved security. The other day, as Mr. Holden was deeply wrapped in overhauling his mail matter, a tall, ungainly negro walked in. “ Morning boss," said he, tipping his hat and scraping his off- foot in token of respect. Mr. Holden acknow- ledged the salute. “ Boss, I’se been led to believe you sells yjueno. Is (lot so ‘1’" Mr. Holden assured 1m it was a- fact beyond dis- pute. " Dey tells me you sells it on time. Is flat so 3” The inquisitive darkey was an~ swered in the afiirniative. “ Den I wants free tons right ofi on time." Mr. Holden asked him if he had any security. “ S’curity? What’s I don’t want s’curity Iwants the juano.” At great length Mr. Holden told him what was security, and that it was necessary for him to give a mortgage on something to insure the payment for the guano. The derkey studied for a long while. He scratch- ed his head and patted his foot impatiently. Finally a happy idea struck him, and he ex- claimed :' " Well, boss, I ain’t got no pror perty ter morgage, but I need the juano mighty bad. I’m mighty willing to give you a mortgage on the juano 1” He didn’t make the arrangement. â€"An analysis of stomach hitters later made in New City. fully proved that persons find of life need not purchase arsenic or a pistol. â€"" Well, shake once for the quinine.” as he ague said to its victim. ~ It is stated that the weak part of the St. Gothnrd tunnel again shows signs of giving way, and that it will have to be further stayed by another ring of masonry. In three other places the vaulting stands in need of repairs. but no dantzer is apprehended, andthe repairs can be made without interruption of traffic. TWO HUMAN BRUTES. 1882. WON AT LAST. to marry “ She has ~Maahed strawberry will be the popular color for the next two months. â€"A declaration of wore: Watchful mother: “Bobby, I must put a new seat in your trousers I” â€"Buckwheat cakes have-gone out and buck beer has come in. â€"The potato-bug is making preparations to come and see us. -â€"A winning hand ; The shapely one which is encased in a No. 6 perfect-fitting kid glove. -â€"The education of a real estate man is never completed, There is never a time but he has lots to learn. -â€"The difference betWeen a. blonde and a locomotive is, that one has a light head and nhe other a head light. A“ Where shall we look for independ- ence f" There‘s your mother-in-law and the Pullman oar porter, air. â€"How many people are there in the world who'would like to find out practically whether riches adds to 0119’s happiness or not ‘1 â€"If you wish to know the climate of any high mountain, why go to it and climb it. â€"Oincinnati Saturday Night. We assent. â€"-Hete’s a. point for y1 hundred thermometers. T touch 85 before September. â€"“You don’t seem to relish wit this morning.”anida would-be wag to Foote. “You haven’t tried me yet,” was the cruel reply. â€"-“"What is your income ?" was once asked of a dated Parisian Bohemian. " It is hard to tell," was the reply. “ but in good years I can borrow at least 10,000 francs.” â€"â€"An Indiana woman applied for a divorce because her husband killed a mad dog which was about to bite a. good looking school ma’am. â€"'.".,he young man who passed a. pleasant evening now wishes he had stopped and par- ticipated in the enjoyments.â€"Philadelphia Sunday Item. â€"A North Carolina. eagle missed it when he made a. dive for the bed quilt banging’on a clothes line. He got tangled up and was killed with a club. â€"Fnshion at a. picnic demands that a gir shall get wet scener than to hoist an um- brella that does not mtztoh her suit.â€"New Orleans Picayune. --The “ digitated ’ hose is to be all the rage this summer. No matter whm foolish ater of stocking comes out, some women are sure to put their 1001: in it. -â€"Don’t hang up your stocking yet. Give summer ten days more to get ofi‘ her over- shoes. If she refuses, then get down your cutters and call it last winter. â€"A Boston paper is in “ favor of women voting if they want to.” ,We would like to 538 the man that would make them vote if they didn’t want to. â€"The old proverb, “ the better the day the better the deed," doesn‘t apply to an instru ment conveying real estate drawn up on Sun dayâ€"Boston Globe. ~â€"“Wha.t is the national fishery question 2‘” pompously exclaimed an orator; and u. squeak ing veice in the audience responded, "It is, Have you (403 a. bite 7” â€"Young man, don’t marry a “glided butter- fly.” Marry a good-looking girl. The but- ter will fly fast; enough when you got to houae~ keepingâ€"Smuben Republican. -â€"0xtails are quoted in the New York market at only a. dollar a dozen, and here it is within two weeks of fiy-lzime. Perhaps some Yankee has invented a substitute. --“It‘a no use to feel of my wrist, doc- ther,” said Pat, when the physieion began taking his pulse ; " the pain is not there, it’s in me hid entoirely.”â€"Boston Transcript. â€"“ I can’t do it,” never did anything. “ I will do it,” has worked miracles. This little point is nicely illustrated by the man who was trying to crack a. saie.â€"Oil City Derrick. -â€"â€"A Pennsylvania judge decided that when a. farmer sells pomtoes he is not obligated to state in advance that they have been frozen. He can tell that after he has pocketed his cash. ‘ â€"“ Jewellad garters are all the rage," says a. fashion authority. Yes. we noticed ’emâ€" or at least there were some in a show window marked seventy-five dollars.â€"â€"New Haven Register. â€"A woman who feels that she must pin? her waist, pad her hips, cramp her feet, pain her face and wear false hair to secure admir- ers, will find herself nowhere beside a circus street parade. â€"â€"A young lady in a. Boston ofliue is so par- ticulnr about her personal appearance that she always takes a peep in the mirror before answering a call at the telephone.â€"Somer- ville Journal. -â€"“ With all thy faults, I love thee still,” quoted Tomson to his wife the other evening, after a particularly harrowing lecture I; la Uaudle, “And the stiller the bitter,” he added under his breath. â€"â€"The fact that a South Carolina. woman broke her neck by lookmg over her shoulder at another woman’s bonnet will be excused by the sex on the ground thathit was last year’s bonnet trimmed over. -â€"First dispatch : “ He shot himself by ac- cidemi” Second dispatch : ” But they are, however, examining the bank accounts.” Third dispatch : " Usual shortage of between thirty and forty thousand dollars.” -A New York State man who tried a fly- ing machme 0! his own invention last week had no advice to give to those who crowded around. All he said was : “Work in ‘ durned fool’ somewhere on my tombstone.” â€"-Japauese exeomioners see the point as well as other folks. When they have a. job on hand they tell the victim to hold still for about aminute and they’ll cure his headache. It is the victim who doesn’t laugh at thejoke. â€"What are your views of Europe, my dear sir?” patronizingly queried the ubiqui- tous note~book mauler, as he poised his ready pencil. “Mostly stereoscopic,” was the curb reply of the travel-stained Senator. â€" Brown pointed his gun at a. partridge; the cap snapped and the bird flew off. “ Just my confounded luck I" exclaimed Brown. ” Miss fire every time." “ Have patience,” counselled Fogg, “ you may have better luck in another world.” â€"The Hungarian pianist. Count Zichy, has but one arm. “ Send him over here! " exclaima the Burlington Huwkeye. “ Let us make him the fashion; let it be the thing for pianists to cut ofl one arm. Then it will be an easy thing to break the other wiih a club, and the Republic will be at peace.” â€"-Good advice is always free of charge, but it is one of those things that. people do not banker after, even if they can get it for nothing. -â€"Joke for washday: Mistressâ€"” Why didn’t you answer the bell, Mary ?” Maryâ€" “Faith. mum. didn't you tell me ye had a. ringing machine.“ â€"â€"A witty lady somewhat given to exaggeru ation, was trying to tell a friend What a. poor appetite she had, and said, “ I eat very little; a flea would be a barbecue for me.” WHOLE NO. 1,248.-â€"-N0_ 52, *Egomic fiudget. be“, you,boysl Buy a They are sure to â€"Vouched for. by 3 Cleveland reporter: “ A nloe looking young man. who seated him- self is a well filled north side ear. held» ben‘ twesh‘ his jeweled fingers the stump of a cigar, giving out its dying fumes. They have not a pleasant odor, even to old smokers, and in this case it was specially vicious. One bright little miss, a, dozen years old, seuoily remarked, so as to be heard : ' If he will throw it n'way I will pick him up alonger stump as soon as we get to the park.’ It was not long before that young man went to the front platform.” â€"A wideâ€"awake parsgrspher suggests that only about one out of fifteen of the American girls who go abroad to become great singers or pointers are ever heard of after returning home. The other fourteen marry Italian counts, and when night comes on are too busy taking care of the monkeys and mend- ing tamborines to hunt up their old acquaint- ances. --Mr. -â€"â€"â€"â€" Harper, one day in his office, was accosted by a grave~looking clergyman. who began to ask for aid for some charitable fund in this wise: “ My friend, I come on business of the Lordâ€" " “ Yes, yes," inter- rupted Mr. 4-â€" Hsrpar, “ There’s seyeral brothers of us, and the one who attends to the business of the Lord _ain’t in.” â€"[Quiz. ‘ “ Committed for Trial on 8. Charge of Rape , The Elora Express gives the following ac- count of an alleged rape in West Garafraxa : An old bachelor named Thomas Girvin, aged half a century, and looking as if he required some one to look after his toilet, appeared before G. Barron and J. M. Shaw. on the afternoon of Tuesday last. charged with haw ing committed rape upon the person of Caro- line Amelia McKee, of West Garafraxa. Mr. Burns appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Muir for the defense. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been boardimrg in the house with Mrs. McKee and hang}- band for some time, and kept a bottlal‘of whiskey for the purpose of treating friends. He often treated his host and hostess; and other friends. 0n the morning of Tues- day, the 18th of April, Mr. Mc- Kee, who is a young man, left his wife and first-born at home with the old man and went to Arthur on business. No sooner had he turned his back than the old bachelor ledger went to his room and brought out a small glass of whiskey which he offered to Mrs. McKee, who accepted and drank it. A few minutes afterwards she felt dizzy, and reeled and fell upon the flower. The hour was about 8 30, and when she recovered con~ sciousness the hands of the clock indicated 10 30. She found that improper liberties had been taken with her during these two hours, and going out into the kitchen at once accused the old man of it. He stoutly denied that he had been guilty of any wrong doing, but upon being closely cornered admitted that he had drugged the liquor and accomplished his nefarious purpose, offering her 8200 to keep the matter quiet, and threatening to have her life. should she inform on him. His dire threats kept her tongue still until last week, when she informed her husband of what had transpired. He laid an informa- tion against Girvin, and the magistrate com- mitted the old man to stand his trial. - Gon- stable Garrard conveyed the prisoner to the Guelph jail, where he is now incarcerated awaiting his trial. â€"A country scene: “Ah! the city board- ers are coming 1 Johnny, go and kill that guse. Borrer Mr. Hand’s cow, an‘ go down to the store for a. dozen fresh eggs.” â€"-â€"Logic in Logic, and it does not follow that Noah brewed beer in the ark because the kangaroo went on board with hops. â€"â€"In India. eggs are hatched, by the heat of the sun. Performing the part of a hen, therefore let it no longer be the boast of Englishmen that the sun never “sets” in British provinces. â€"Some folks can’: be made happy. The lady we referred to cried out from her seat in the coach " How thirsty I am I” unfil the exasperated passengers stopped at a well and gave her her fill. Was she satisfied? Not at all. She teased their lives out during the rest of the-journey by continually crying, “0, how thirsty I was I" How Be Saved Bis Train and the Lives- of His Passengers. Between Reynold’s station and the vil'age of Mechanicville. on the Boston, Hoooack Tunnel and Western railroad, is a deep out. On one side is a frowning hill of clay and sand, and on the other a deep ditchl Last evening this spot came near being the scene of a terrible catastrophe. The passenger train on the above road in charge of Conductor Edward Arnold left North Adams at 4.55 p. m. and came thundering down the track. At the cut the road makes a turn as it comes into Mechanicville. The train was just enter. ing the cut when the engineer. Charles Bille- way of Mechanicville, discovered that the hill was moving and that in a moment it would be ‘down upon the cars. causing great damage land probably loss of life. He knew he could 1 not stop in time to avert the accident. so he grasped the throttle with a. strong hand and pulled it open. 0n sped the train with lightning like rapidity. and it had barely cleared the cut when the earth tell with terrific force, covering the track ten feet deep for a distance of two hundred feet. The passengers who saw the land slide were greatly excited, as they thought death to them was certain. The train was stopped and a flagman sent back to notify approach- ing trains. Had that earth struck the train it would without doubt have been hurled down the embankment, and the loss of life must have been great. During the day about 100 ltalians were at work in the cut, which is being made wider, and had it come down earlier many of them would have been an- tombed. The large steam shovel at the end of the cut was nearly buried in the Sand and clay. Silloway is one of the oldest and most trusted engineers on the road. A few nights ago a Dooly County, Ga., far- mer, whose place is on the river, was walking around near his stock yard when he heard a squealing among his hogs. He looked over the fence to learn the cause, when he found a large alligator had a dead hog, which it had killed, and was trying to make its way to the river. He ran to the house for his gun and called to several of his hands to go with him to kill the alligator. 0n arriving at the lot the hogs had disappeared and so had the water monster. They followed to the river bank and, instead of alligator tracks, discov- ered those of two persons who had the skin of an alligator and had used 1t to accomplish the purpose of stealing hogs and make the owner, if he should discover them. believe it was an alligator. The rowing of a boat down the river could be distinctly heard. but there was noth- ing to pursue in, so the matter was dropped until a better opportunity was offered for catching up with the perpetrators. -â€"-There are some people whose only object in life seems to be to prove that one may reach a ripe old age without ever having used his brains. There are men in this world so obstinate that they would dispute with a} siguboard aboux the distance to the next town. â€"The old adage, “ Honesty is the best policy,” is a very odd saying. If a. nmn is really honest he don’t care whether it is the best pohcy or not. and as for the rest of the world. they don’t believe that it is the best policy. â€"The many friends of the lily of the val- ley will be sorry to learn that a practical Scotch professor. writing in the Edinburgh Medical Journal. calls their favorite flower 3 drug. and has even gone so far as to destroy millions of them to make an extract With which to experiment on frogs. From all ac- counts the little favorite will Mk! 8 distin. guished place in the materia medica. IMPERSONATING AN ALLIGATOR. A BRAVE. ENGINEER. A BAD OLD MAN.