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â€"It is noticeable that the places in Eng- nland which have supplied names in families are not genernlly the large towns, but rather the smallest Village's. London, for example, is a. very rare surname ; Bristol and York, the two largesu medimml cities. are but spar- ingly represented ; and even Lincoln. though rendered famous in the person of the myrtred President, is far from common. On the other hand, there is hardly a. petty hamlet. in Eng land which has not given rise to a surname, and some of these surnames are now home by large numbers of men. â€"-An envelope marked as containing $5,000 was found to hold nothing but blank paper, on being delivered by an express messenger at Fort Wayne bank. The puzzling question for a jury to decide is whether the money was in the package when the the oempany received it or a fraud was perpetrated by the bankers who sent it, Positive proof of either theory is not obtainable. â€"The last member at the British; royal family regularly embalmed was the Princess Charlotte. The operation took place under the direction 0! Sergeant Surgeon Sir Ever 3rd Home. The process disgusted George IV., and hence was not repeated in the ease of other members of the family. In com- pliance with George 1113:! express Wishes, he and Queen Charlotte were simply wrapped in care cloth. â€"After a thorough discussion, the congress of Jurists at Cassellhas unanimously answer ed the important and much-debated question, “ Is the State bound to imdemnify con- demned persons when acquitted on a second trial? " in the affirmative. Only such cases, it is held, should he excepted in which the accused has brought about. his own condem nation by pretended confession, or by con ceclment of facts the stating of which would have led to his acquittal. â€"Lang and Lykins. rival tobacco dealers at Petersville, Ky., agreed to settle their dis- pute in 9. duel with clubs. The Weapons were four feet long and two inches thick. The fight lasted twenty minmes. The left arm of each man was broken in warding of blows, and their heads and shoulders were {rightfully bruised. Lang won by a stroke that: rendered Lykins insensible, -â€"â€"In a. cave in the mountains of Virginia resides a hermit of immense size, with long white hair and heard. He is over 80 years of age. and for 40 years has not spoken. When he wanis anything of civilization he Indicates it by signs, but for months at a “me he so- cretes himself and communicates with no one. It is said that; he has lost the powm' of speech by disuse. â€"â€"The London Figaro says that Adelina Patti is reported to have accepted an engage- ment for South America during the season ofr1882-3 at so high a rate that, should she economize her salary during her Somh Amer. loan fees. her fortune will be large enough to enable her to “reject with scorn the paltry few hundred guineas a night she is likely to he promised elsewhere.” â€"The other day there was seen in London, for the first time, the blue ribbon, the em blem of the teetotaler, worn side by side with the token ef the wearer’s adherence to the Roman Catholic religion. Uar *inal Manning has eanctionedmthe blue ribbon arms by accepting a position in its ranks by the side of the Rev. Newman Hall. In doing so he writes to give his adhesion, because “ he considers every Rood cause tending to draw the human soul hem light to darkness as the work of no particular creed, but of God Him- self." â€"A girl on avisit to the fair at Omaha consented to marry a young merchant of that city. and the impromptu wedding party went to the Protestant Episcopal church. When brought infiront of the rector, she saw that he wore his vestments, and declared that she would not be married by a minister dressed in that way. No persuasion moved her, and she went away. â€"Ghinese merchants met in conference a few week's ago in London at a place called the Wah Yes Tong, otherwise a. club. Dele- gates were present from Manchester, Liver- pool. Leeds, Birmingham. California, New York, and Bombay. It was decided to ask for the appointment of a Chinese Consul to London, and '0 send letters to various clubs ih China, recommending emigration to Lon- don and Cyprus. Opium was dlscussed, and the trade in 1t was condemned as the curse of China. is g bar. â€"A quality of California redwood is its ready absorption of water when heated, which for a time makes it almost fireproof. The quickness with which fires are extinguished in San Francisco has often been remarked, and the celerity with which blazing buildings are often transformed into charred remnants â€"0f the $235,000 assigned to the National library. in the French budget this year, $40,- 000 is for binding and $100,000 for camiogm ing. The process of isolating the library from other buildings has cost over 31.500.- â€"â€"An edition 19 luxe of Mr. Blackmore’s npvel, Lorna. Doone. is about to be published. This will be the twenty first edition of the book. Young novelists may be comforted by the fact that Lorna Doone went begging among the publishers for a long time. ~Intetmarriage between whites and blacks in a penitemlary offence in Texas, and those who break the law usually take care that there shall be no evxdenee of any ceremony. But. Eldred, a Dallas lawyer, made a public weeding on taking a mulatto for a. wife, and in consequence is now in jail awaiting trial. â€"â€"The Supreme Court of Connecticut has decided that women are eligible to member- ship in the bar of that State, and Mary Hall, by virtue of this decision and the certificate of the Bar committee that she has passed the necessary examination. will be admitted to practice law in Hartford county. quen have been already admitted to practice law in Missouri, California. and the district oi â€"Hanson cabs, of precisely the Landon pattern, are to be introduced in Philadelphia by me PensylvaniaRailroad Company. ‘l‘wo persons may travel a mile and a half in any direction fmm the station for seventyfive cams. â€"0ut of the nine chiefs of the London newspaper reporters. five use Taylor’s system of short hand. while Pic-man, Gurney. Mayor and Byron can claim only one each. The body of stenographera prefer Pilman. â€"»I honor the journalist because he does work that is needed from day to day. He is the contemporary historian, and quietly sub- mits to oblivion ; in fact, takes it for granted, and puts on no aimâ€"Kate Field. â€"Saven murderers are m be hanged to gather nnxt month at Ea‘outon, Gm. wWiliium Snakespeare is running for Sacfietary of State in Miehimn. Wiiziam at one time showed quitea genius for writing poetry, but pclizioa woos witha tempting grace. â€"The National Dress soelety of Great Britain ofiera a prize of £50 for “ the dssigu of a female garment commuing ease. olugnuce. comfort and health." The divided skirt has been condemned. â€"IL is shown by statisiica just. issued ihat last year there were 17,251 known thieves st large in England, of when: 1 260 were in the city of London â€"â€"â€"Two Toronto elopers were. 59 aw? 19, with the forbv years saniomy ham m the WOXXIEL‘. 7A young Virginian has inwth 2. china called the “ lung deetwyu.” IL out 150 cigarettes a minute, â€"â€"The Australian cricket team takca away from England over £11,000 m ham! Cflbll B} the last match atKénsinghon Oval Elia-y urtted ovelr £900, â€"An Italian organ grinder, enraged by bad business. smashed his organ mm an : xe at Springfield‘ Ohio, and made a bonfire of bhe pieces. greatly facilitated by the entire lack AROUND THE WORLD £1 3- turns â€"A London paper says that the Mahara. jab Dhuleep Singh has signified his intention to contest) Whitby at: the next general elec- tion. The prince, who is well known and highly esteemed by all classes In Whitby, was asked to oppose Mr. W. H. Gladstone. the eldes: son of the Premier, but was obliged to decline the invitation for she reason that he was not then prepared. Now. however, the prince is determined to be in good time. The Maharajah rented for several years Malgrave Castle, Lord Normenby’s seat near Whitby. He is about 46, and has an allowance of $125,000 a year from the British Indian Government, but has been much em- barassed of lace years by reason of his expen~ sive style of livmg. â€"-Two gentlemen named Sturge and Har- vey made a tour in Jamaica soon after the emancipation of slaves, and gave some very curious infurmstion in a book they subse quently published. At: the Metropolitan Girls’ school in Spanish Town there were at onetime four or five half caste children of n Governor, the Duke of Manchester, and one of the Duke’s Secretary. Bullock. The dreadful state of social disorganization in Jamaica is legibly written even on the sur- face of society. Miss Bullock’s freedom was purchased by the Indy patronesses of the school. but nothing is said of such purchase for the dusky Misses Montague. â€"Mr Spurgeon, though in much better health than when he preached last spring, still bears traces of the sufferings he has undergone. His feet are gouty. and this de- tracts from the promptness and agility with which he ascended to the pulpit in former times, when the female members of his oon gregation would rise and peep over each other’s shoulders to watch his movements. His hands are swollen and twisted with rheumatic gout so that his gesture is no long- er free and unconstrained as of old. but his voice still possessed that charm and variety of tone which in times past have overcome the scruples of the most obdurste. â€"â€"Two French doctors at Grenelle have conducted, at the expense of a rich Swedish philanthropist, a series of experiments upon pigs, for the purpose of ascertaining the afloat of alcohol on the internal organs of drunk ards. Fifteen pigs were treated upon various descriptions of alcohol, and then killed after the process of alcohol‘zation has gone on for some time. Each pig had a difierent description of liquor. One had whiskey, another brandy, a. third absinthe, and so on. When killed their vital organs were found to be marked with small spots re- sembling ulcers. Their flesh was sound. but when sent to market it was seized as unfit for food. At a recent beauty Show 'at Buda Peeth the first trophy was carried ofi by a. local non pareil. The second prize fell toapamgon from the United States. The two next in merit were a fair Spaniard from Castile and a German belle from Dresden. Two of the English professional beauties, who may be seen in photograph Windows here burning up their eyes in a. snow storm, and otherwise looking lovely, thought it would be a good thing to Show the foreigner a wrinkle in the maner of feminine charms, so they hied to Pesth. One was marked eleven in order, with a certificate ; the other was not placed, and created a scene. even striking, it Is said, the judge, who was Mayor of Buda. â€"Ths services in the Protestant Episcopal church of the Ascension, Chicago, have for some time been conducted in a. most ornaze manner. A climax of ritualism was lately reached in an advertisement that the feast of St. Michael would be celebrated by a. solemn high mass, conducted by the Rev. Fathers Ritchie, Benedict and DorSet. It was further intimated that Bishop MeLaren would bear a port in the ceremony. The Bishop published a card as follows : “ As it might be inferred that I am to officiate at an office called ‘high mass,’ I desire to say that such a. inference would be entirely incorrect. The Book of Common Prayer contains no such office.” â€"â€"A pearl making industry has sprung up in the Thuringian forests of Germany, and a large demand for the goods from abroad has made a. boom in wages. The secret of mak‘ ing the so called lack lustre pearls was acâ€" oidently discovered by 9. workman who put one of the original samples in his mouth and felt a tiny grain of sand upon it. Previous to this acid had been tried without success, but the lucky workman tried rubbing up the pearls with common sand, and in less than a. week hundreds of his fellows were making a living at the same work, and handsome goods were produced that now find a. ready sale in the markets of the world. â€"St. Patrick’s Cathedral, one of ihe but- tresses of which recently fell, killing several persons who were around, is built on the old site founded by St. Patrick. It was erected in 1119 by Archbishop Cumyn. In 1362 it was destroyed by fire, and two years after was partially restored by Archbishop Minot, who added ihe steeple ; but the spire was no: added until 1750. when the church had he come a Protestant institution. The edifice had some years since lapsed into a. state of decay, when ii; was restored at considerable expense by Sir Benjamin Guineas, father of Lord Ardilaun, It has been closed for the last few months for the purpose of can; ing out some necessary repairs. The buttress which tell with such fame] consequences, was built by Mr. Kingsmill for the late Dean lPakenhsm in 1845. â€"-Preparing in time : We were very much shocked yesterday at seeing Col Percey Yerger, one of the most influencinl citizens of Austin, in an advanced state of intoxication “ Why, colonel, what is the matter with you ?” asked several of his friends. whereupon the colonel bteadied himself on a lamp post and asked them in a. broken voice it they did not read the papers. to which they replied that they did. “ Well, then, didn’t you (hic) read that Asiatic eholere’s (hie) camin’ this way Be herein leshn two years (hic) Brandish and whiskish only sure remedy. rm ready for Asiatic cholera right (hie) uow.”â€"Texas Shiftings. [ â€"Pasquale Farale of Naples, bequeathed to Queen Victoria an unpublisned opera, to be perfmmed for the benefit of the poor of Lon- don, and 33,600 for the purpose of granting yearly forever three marriage portions of $60 each for three poor girls of London between the ages of 16 and 25, who are to be chosen by lot. The double bequest has been made known to the Government of London through the regular channels of formality, and the tortuous official course of getting possession of the treasures has begun. Meantime the English puss shows a disposition to make light of this benefaction. Frcnnh mater-prise is steadily persevoring in the work of redeeming the desert of Sahara by means of artesian wells. A number of wells have been sunk along the northern bor~ der, more than 150 in the Province of (Jon- stantine alone, and the Work is advancing into the interior. One of the curious phenomena which the digging of these walls has brough, to notice ia the existence of fish and crabs at. great depths. The learned engineer M. Jua who for twenty years has direc‘ed the work. avers that he once boiled and am a drab which had been drawn up from a depth of 250 feet, and that. moreover, it was an excel- lent flavor. Columbia, and may practice before the Sup" ems Court of the United Statas after three yeare’ practice in the highest (sauna of any Hmte. Territory, or of xhe district of Colum~ bin. VOL. XXV. â€"No novelist ever devised amore intensely dramatic and pitiful situation than was wit~ nessed last week beside the track of the Southern Pacific Coast railroad near Alameda, California. There was an accident on the road, owmg to the sinking of a part of the track. The engine was overturned, and the fireman, Dan Driscoll, was caught by two iron bars, one of which crossed his breast and the other one of his feet. He was not severely injured by this, but the bars held him inextricably fast, and meantime, on both sides of the track, which at that point lies on a low trestle bridge built across a long stretch of marsh land, the salt tide pouring in from the Bay of San Francisco was rapidly rising. It was evident that unless speedily removed he would be drowned. Six men labored with deliberate energy to save him. They wrapu ped sheets about his body and exerted their combined strength to pull him from beneath the bars that pinned him to the track. He cried piteously that they were killing him. They tried again and again, but without avail. A levee was built around his head to keep the water from reaching him. Buckets were brought, and as the water oozed in it was bailed out. Then they raised his head and held it as high as possible above the water. For two hours these labors were ceaselessly continued, but at the end of that time the levee broke, and the friends of the doomed man found that they could do no more for him. The water rose rapidly about his body and reached his chin. Then all caught held of him and tugged desperately, but in vain. A friend held his hand over the unfortunate man’s mouth. but the water rose to his nostrils, and he was drowned in the presence of the helpless crowd. -Judge Lawson. who has created such a sensation by the fine and imprisonment of High Sherlfl Dwyer Gray, is lowâ€"sized. stout, very near sighted, with a. rather forbidding expression, and waddles in his walk. He is a. native of Waterford, and 65 years of age His career in Trinity college was distinguish ed. He was a scholar, moderator, and gold medallist, took double first honors, and suc~ oeeded the late Isaac Butt as Professor of Political Economy in 1841. His career at the bar was equally distinguished. He was called in 1840. tooli silk in 1857. became ser. gesnt in 1860, Solicitor General in 1861, Attorney General in 1865, and in 1868 was made Judge of the Common Pleas, from which he has been recently transferred to the Queen’s Bench. He is regarded as being, with Sullivan. the Master of the Rolls, the best~black letter lawyer on the Irish beneh. He was member for Pertarlington. the small est borough in Ireland, from 1865 to 1868, but was a failure in the House, his style and de- livery being weak. Americus (Gm) Record. A few weeks ago English sparrows made their appearance in this city, and already they have caused much annoyance and, we add, several cuss words. The little things seem to have a particular spite against mocking birds, or else the mocking birds have prejudice against the sparrow, for where the sparrows are you can never find mocking birds in that vicinity. One family in town, who have a splendld grove of trees, formerly had nightly visitations from the mocking birds, and their singing was a source of much enjoyment but, since the sparrows have come the mocking birds no longer appear, and during the even- ing those detestible little things can beeseen flying among the trees. We think every small boy in town should be armed with a rubber gun and allowed full right to kill all he can of them. It would not be long before they would be runout, and then our beautiful singers would return. â€"It appears from chemical investigation that opium is generally worse than it appears to be, trom the fact that, on account of its many uduitereaione, its strength can only be guessed at. Some samples lately analyzed showed that over a. third of the muse was composed of crushed linseed. Other samples are found mixed With liquorice, oashey, se» same oils, gum arubie and tragaesnth, sand vegetable earih. lead, starcn and animal exâ€" crement. A lot import-ed into England looked well, but contained only2 per cent of morâ€" phine. Bullets of clay. chopped poppy leaves iumex leaves, tubercles of heiianthue, dshlia, colchicum and dried mushrooms are found, the resinous character of the substance being supplied by a plentiful use of pitch. Turkish opium contains raisins, crushed poppy, desic outed eggs, wax, resin and pulverized brick. One sample wan made up of opium. clay and dried excrement. â€"-If good music was served up at Bay reutb, of other entertainment there appears to have been a notable lack. One of the visitors to the Wagnerian performances writes that guests at the inns and restaurants were numercifully impoaed upon ; the prices were exhorbitant, and the accommodations wretched. One evening there was a banquet which Wagner spread for the entertainment of his artists. but to which other guests who were willing to pay for the enjoyment were admitted. A considerable number pald their way at this meal, but for three quarters of an hour they were forced to wait without getting a morsel to eat. Finally they were compelled. in sheer despair, to satisfy their hunger with cheese. Otheraviands that were were set before them were not fit to’eat at all. Wagner’s conversation was supnosed to make up for any defects in gastronomy, but it does not appear to have sufficed for that purpose, {or the paying guests were deoideély angry. â€"â€"The farmers have made such a. profit on lunflowere this season that they are praying that England will send over a man of the Oscar Wilde strips to make mulleins and burdocks fashionable for button-hole bou- quets.â€"-Cineinnat1 Gazette. - In the French journals a discussion has again cropped up as to the value of snails as food. It appears that the snail (Helix poms. tie) possesses very nourishing qualities, and is worthy of more attention than it has hither- to received. The analysis of the well~known chemist, Payee, shows that the snail contains 70 per cent. water, 16 per cent. nitrogen, 8 per cent. fat, 3 per cent. animal salt, and 4 per cent. of animal constituent parts. The ancient Romans were well aware of these good qualities, and used the snail as a stimu- lating remedy for a bad appetite. just as now- adays we use caviare or oysters, and had a peculiar way of preparing it. From Italy they were transpened to France. They are still a fivorite dish in Bohemia, and are dsiiciously dressed in the best restaurants of Prague. w A Prussian provincial composer has pro ducad what he mills an “ Egg Polka," Its purpose is eminently practical, as may he gathered from the following “ Directions for Use," printed on the back of each cepy : “ Let. the polka be placed, open at the first page. upon the pianoimte desk. ‘Then drop the egg into n. sipkin half full of boiling water. Set the sipkin on fire. Then play the polka. throuyh in bnixst time; as per metronome indication. 0n completing the last bar the egg will be cooked to a turn «that is, its yolk will be fluent. and its White about as yielding to the touch as the flesh of aripe plum. Thane who wish their eggs hard set will play the polka andanm maestoso. The contrary efiecs will b5 produced by an allegro viuace render ing of the composition. THE ENGLISH‘SPARROW PEST. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 1882. â€"~Sun shades will be carried quite late this year. A pretty dusign jug: introduced in a cobweb embroidered in gold threads (ex:end~ ing over one third of a. dark Benin covel), m which is an immense jeweled spider. The handle is ornamented Wlth a bow of gold- oolored satin ribbon. â€"â€"â€"A pretty trifle in dog collars consists 0 silver or gold bronze clmins 1);. flat links, these are fastened on a broad band of red or blue velvet and secured wish a. buckle. 1n the center of the links is a small plate on which is engraved the name of the pet or owner. Tiny bells are attached to some. â€"A very becoming fichu is of pale pink crape and ficelle lace combined. The fichu is intended to (31086 in from. The center of orape is trimmed with c~ide lace, and fasten- ed at the neck and waist with bows of pink. watered ribbon. A fall of lace round the neck gives a soft and pretty finish. â€"In feathers there are a large variety to choose from. Ends and birds’ heads. of bright and gorgeous plumage ; cock feathers from the ordinary barn door chamicleer, or Spanish game cock; ostrich tips. and large handsome plumes of the Inner in the new and lovely shades. â€"A simple morning cap is made a pleated lace, forming a point in front and narrated as it reaches the back. A soft silk in folds is laid on the pleating, and on the upper side with narrow pleated film. A how of the silk joins the ends at the back of the neck. -â€"A coqueuish costume for in doors is a. black velvet skirt, trimmed at the bottom with a thick ruehe of velvet lined with yellow satin ; a. polonaise wit-h Watteau pleat, and full paniers of figured yellow satin trimmed with black lace, with cuffs and high collar of velvet. The skirt, of course, is short. â€"â€"-A very pretty but is called the J oyau. It has a very high, square crown ; one side of the brim is broader than the other. and is faced with velvet and dented. In each dent nestles aluvely little bird amongst loops of nbbon. A bow of ribbon at the other side and two handsome buckles make a charming finish. -â€"'1‘he very latest fashion in England is to dipense with bridesmaids and substitute a page in fancy costume in their place. At a recent Wdeng the page wore yellow satin brocade, with stockings and shoes to match. A hat of gold colored satin with of yellow plume. â€"Women of taste now wear whatever is most becoming and suits their complexion without regard to what is called fashionable. And the one who knows how to dress up to her fine hair or eyes. a white throat or lovely arms, will have suflicient genius to conceal her defects and present a picture which is truly artistic and' charming to look upon. â€"A novel tidy is made of canvas de con- gres, richly embroidered in floss silk and gold thread at eisher and, with small figures orna- menting the center. The tidy, which ls a. yard long and eleven inches wide. is caught hghtly Eugether with a gold cord and tassela in the center, and fastened on‘ the ton of ihe chair, both ends falling over the back like a sash. â€"A skin of bright striped tennis linens with an overdress and basque of blue tennis cloth or flannel, a red silk hankerchief tied loosely about the throat, with a little red polo cap wom jauntin upon the head, is a tennis toilet par excellence. -â€"Lawn tennis dresses are made of white flannel, nun's veiling, or cashmere, and trim med with cardinal, strawberry red or some other bright color. A sailor hat trimmed to match the dl'kflé completes the costume. â€"-Ottoman silks are rich and efieetive They are in all the late shades. A dark green ground, wi‘h brigh‘ red figures, or a dark maroon and pale blue, are beautiful oombinaciona. -â€"-T‘ne wea‘xding dress of the new Duchess of Westminster was a simple White fuulard, costing seventy-five cents a yard. and her husband IS the richest nobleman in all Eu- rope. â€"Bonnets composed entirely of flowers or small fruit, with satin or Silk strings, are warn at the theatre. One very pretty bonnet is of two shades of 'violet's, the crown being made of the deep English violets and the edge of pale Parma violets tied with narrow satin strings of the two shades Another is of red and white entrants mixed, with very. broad strings of bright crimson aural)! -â€"For stree‘ wear the long pelisae. with a mobs at the bottom and up the fronts, is much in vogue. The skirt is plain with a heavy ruche at the bottom. -â€"-Steel ornaments for millinery and dress trimmings will be very popular. Some of the designs are quite pretty. Ear drops, combs, and coronets of steel are to be seen also. â€"A mock philanthropiax has been sent to prison for a. year from Euglewood, Ill. He had run an institution for feeble-minded children withom any children, but with profit to himself. â€"No£e papal with rough edges, which looks ms though It had been tom from 8. larger sheet, is the newest thing in papewrie. _â€"Casbmerea embrmdered in silk have de- signs of flowers, wheels, circles. balls and leaves. Some olthe figures are quite large ~â€"Jackets are an the rage just at present. These mada of red surah are very pretty, and may be trimmed or not, according to the taste of the wearer. ~Bridal shoes are embroidered in pearls and trimmed with lace to match the dress Some are embroidered in silk and trimmed with orange blossoms. â€"â€"”Zamura” is the name of anew silk dress It is very rich and soft, and will not wrinkle. It promises to be very popular. ~Flounces of black Chantilly lace, so long out of vogue, are again revived for full dress toileta of elderly ladies. ~Aprons of ficelle lace with a single pocket, and trimmed with bright colored ribbons, are warn with home toilets. «Repped satin is the newest material, it is lustrous and woven with flat gram names from selvedge to selvedge. â€"-Buttetflies made of feathers and beads com- bined are among the pretty ucvehies in m11~ Jinery. â€"Black grog-grains are always fashionable. They will be worn as much as ever this sea.- son. "The V-shaped corsage will be open al- most to the waist, this season, and filled in with lace. ‘_ â€" Silk braid with gold and silver threads interwovenis a pretty trimming for stuff materials. ~â€"Velvat flowers on â€"woolhn materials in very marked contrasts appear in {be new fall goods. ~â€"Bmcaded plush flowers on an ottoman ground is the lutest mode in ribbons. â€"â€"The latest thing in bracelezs are links of Roman gum fastened with a clasp. -â€"Ribbous of velvet and plush face, with Git/orgy: bacAks. look very handsome. ~Whim undressed kid gloves, buttonlees and very long, are worn by brides. 7â€"Sieeves will be a trifle wider this season. «Mole skin and close clippei plushea will be used very much this Winter. WHAT WOMEN WEAR THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IN RAILWAY CARS. E01 nearly a year past the elentric light has been in suoessful use in passenger coaches on the London and Brighton Railway, by means of what is known to the scientific world as “ stored electricity," supplied from one of Faure’s accumulators, charged by a. dynamo machine. A tentative experimentâ€" the first of the kind on this side of the Atlan- tic. has recently been made with the appliance named, on the Pennsylvanie Railroad, on a. train between Jersey/City and Philadelphia, a brief account of which cannot but be interest- ing to our readers. The experiment was conducted under the directions of Dr. Dudley, the electrician oi the Penn. B. It. 00., andhad for its object the testing of the feasibility of using electricity in lighting their cars, in the place of gas, the illuminator at preseet in use. The car used was an ordinary passe nger coach, and herein were placed seven electric lamps of eight. candle power each, there being two burners to each lamp. The electricity was supplied from a reservoir underneath the mid~ die of the car, this reservoir (known as Faure’s accumulator) being a wooden water tight box about three feet in length by one foot wide, containing the necessary electrical apparatus, a. minute technical description of which, could only be intelligible to electri- cians. Suffice it therefore to say that the electricity stored in the reservoir, was transmitted to the carbons in the lamps, by wires on each side of the car, and can be cut off or supplied at will, by means of a simple key. Its light, it is said, was soft bright clear and perfectly ‘ steady and regular, and was so well diflused throughout the car that a newspaper could be read in any part of it. Additional interest is imparted to the exper- iment by the declaration that the cost is only one third that of gas or oil. The report adds that every car can be furnished with an acâ€" cumulator charged with the neediul quantin of electricity ; or one accumulator may supâ€" ply a whole train. It would undoubtedl) make a veyy strong fert1lizer. besides furnishing gun ponder, etc. but whether we raw stuff is worth $60 9. ton or not I cannot say. If it is worth anything like that figure I should say a Texas bat; cave is better than a gold mine. One can scarcely conceive of the great multitude of bats there are in the world until he has gone into one of these but caves. They not only eover the walls and roofs com- pletely, several tiers deep, apparently, but they actually hang from the roof in enormous bunches. When you stir up one of there great pendant bunches of bats there is a squashing and fluttering to be sure. The substance cast down by bats is rich in nitrate of potash. For the manufacture of that salt no other substance in the world can compare with it. I saw any quantity of it in the Banâ€" bera or Medina cave, which by some mineral process had been converted where it lsy into pure ssltpeterrapparently. I should think I explored that one in Ban- dera or Medina, several hundred yards, as I judged, until I came to a fine creek rushing and roaring through it. Beyond the creek I could see another opening, leading no doubt to still deeper and darker depths; but I had got enough of it and refused to venture an» further. In this one I encountered a lay of guano immediately on entering. and it eonâ€" tmued a great distance. I could not judge how thick the deposit was, but it was eer~ tainly many feet. There could not have been less than several thousand tons of it. and it was accumulating with great rapidity. I should not be surprised now to learn that the cave has been so completely filled up by the deposits that the bats can no longer go into it. Dr. Dudley was accompnmed by a. number of electricians, all of whom pronounce the expenment a grand success; and following Dr. D's report to his company, it is highly probable that this system of lighting rail. way trains will be largely adopted.-Monetary Times. The only one I ever venture to explore was either in Medina county or Bandera. They are not very comfortable places to go into, as one is continually haunted by the {our of rattlesnakes, she beers Wllih cubs. and the danger of falling into unknown abyssee. Besides the great; hordes of bats flitting around your light, hitting you in the face. and becoming entangled in your hair, is an uncomfortable feature. producing a sort of creering feeling in a fellow. Then there is the ever present danger of your light, becomA ing extinguished, leaving you in darkness blacker than pitch, from which you might never emerge. However ardent an explorer he may be who ventures into one of these things. and however interested with what he sees, he is continually wishing that he were out of it. They are regular witch holes. If there be WiliGhuB in the world, there you will find them. Texas Curiosities that are Probably Worth More than a Million. Galveston News. The bat caves of Texas have been known to bear hunters and turkey hunters and other adventurous persons a long time. They are numerous in the mountains or semi-moan tainoue regions of the limestone district. I dare say, if any one should turn out ti! hunt them, they would be found by hundreds. Whenever you find a considerable cave with an opening. there you will be quite sure to find bats by the million. I have never seen the caves mentioned in the article, but 1 have seen several. "’ ‘ ' The Accepted Theory of Suction in the Feet Disputed. Herr H. Dewitz has communicated to the Berlin Society of Natural History some facts that bear very strongly against the generally received theory that flies adhere to perpondi~ cnlar walls and ceilings by virtue of some sucking power in their feet. He asserts that the feet of flies cannot possess the sucking property ascribed to them, for they are hard and destitute of muscles. The theory has long been contradicted by the experiments of Blackwell, who found that flies could climb the sides of a. jar under the receiver of an air pump, where there was no atmospheric pres~ sure, and who asserted that the power of ad- herence was due to a sticky matter secreted from the foot hairs oi flies. This assertion was generally regarded as not proved, and the case has rested there. Dewitz reports that his investigations have shown that Blackwell was right. He has watched the exudation of the sticky matter from the feet of the flies by fastening one of the insects to the under side of a plate glass and viewing it under the microscope. A perfectly clear liquid was seen to flow from the ends of the loot hairs and attach the foot to the glass. When the foot was lifted up to be put down in another place the drops of the sticky mat ter were perceived to be left on the glass in the exact places where the foot hairs had rested. The adhesive fluid appears to pass down through the hollow of the hair, and to be derived from glands which Lsydig dis covered in the folds of the foot in 1850. A. similar adheswe matter appears to be posses~ sod by bugs. by many larvae, and probably by all insects that climb the stems and the under sides of the leaves of plants. HOW FLIES CLIMB‘ BAT CAVES. After all, it were more sacred to be buried a few feet under‘the sod than to be , a display for the pleasure of sightâ€"seers here more than seventy feet under ground. unless one were hidden in a tomb like the one therewith the cross at its base and somebody else’s skull affixed to its front as a symbol of death. At frequent intervals we pass the columns of stone, painted in sober black and white, all in strict harmony with the funâ€" eral surroundings We go on and on, around and around, sometime catching glimpses down some long dark gathering of the tail end of our procession and again at the other side of its head. through narrow avenues and wide ones, passing gloomy open- ings barred with heavy chains, all filled with skulls, bones, tombs. inscriptionsâ€"death. We have passed many thousands. but that young Spaniard a little ahead of us, has tried in Vain to secure a tooth from every skull that contained one, and as he passes hopefully to the next. the grizzly things scowl at his un- natural wish, or grin at his certain failure. Occasionally we pass a policamsn in some dark corner, the darkness made blacker byh=s little piece of candle, his uncouth shadow dancing fitfully ovar the wall of skulls and bones. How they leer It is as though each was elbowing his grinning neighbor to call his attention to the motley line of ghouls, who do not hesitate to prey on their teeth, or to hold a smoking candle under the inofiensive jaw. On some, one fancies he can see an ex- pression of pain, that the solemn request, out where all may read, “ Protect our remainsâ€" it is the honor of death,” has found few who heed. Here is one with ragged saw cuts across the knotty forehead. and one not quite severing the top, as though he who had done it forebore to do it such violent injury at the last. Look at them as they are ,strungtolong like apples in‘a peddler‘s stand, as far as the flickering light from our candles will reach. All of them grinmng like so many school children up for the inspection of the honor- ble directors. What a length and breadth of grizzly grins and weary states, of yawning chasms that but too plainly expresses eyes, of toothless jaws of low freheads and high, of large heads and small ones, of legs and arms, and shoulder blades, of ribs and thighs. and all that goes to make the human skeleton ! On past yellow skulls and black, white and green, brown and blue. each resting content- edly beside its neighoor, perhaps on that neighbor’s leg bones, or en the arms of a brother skeleton, a half mile away through dark and damp galleries. On again past the Fontaine de la. Samaritaine, past the tomb of Aspairt. concierge of Val de graca. who lost his way here and perished in 1793, through two domelike chambers twenty five or thirty feet in height, and at last we reach the steps leading to the world and sunshine and cabâ€" bies. We follow the crowd, up, up, around and around, another spiral stone stairway. until the daylight streaks down on us and the pure sweet air of heaven kisses oureheeks. Step out so, and hand your candle to the old woman here, who will bless you for it. Very well done. and here is our cab. One breathes freer when he has heard a human voice in the dismal place. Travers- iug gallery after gallery, turning to the left, to the right, straight ahead, and back almost, going gradually down, down, deeper into the earth, we come at last into a larger gallery, around the walls of which are piled. in artistic array, the skeletons. On this side is the inscription, telling of their removal hence in 1784. They knew nothing of the reign of terror, when a guillotine was queen, and their quiet repose was not disturbed by the im- mense number of bodies and bones being cast in their midst. The rolling rumble and heavy jolting of the tumbrils freighted with human souls on their way to the court of la guillotine was lost to them. There is a grim sociability in the way they are ranged side by side. It is not hard to realize that they were once full of busy plans. pretty schemes and human affairs, though they come to this favor. Arriving as along gallery. three and 8. ha! feet wide' and perhaps six and a half high, cut out of the solid sandenone. we file along like a. procession of ghosts, our 200 candles flaring, smoking and spluttering, our foot- steps reverberacing in a faint wierd way, as though the yawning openings of pitchy black- ness on either side were swallowing them up. In is for the American gemleman, with his high hat still pervereely pointing at an angle to break the wondering silence. As we pass a gallery temporarily barred with loose stones. he exclaimed. “ Guide, what do you call this 7". , ... -‘ Zees, saire, erâ€"umâ€"ahâ€"zees aire some atone. wire I” with a. desperate attempt to invest his answer with the appearance 'of valuable information and unquestionable authbrity‘; at which the ' gentleman looks in- credulous and says, “ Dear me I Umph l” A prolonged groan goes up from beneath the sputtering candles, followed by a suppressed laugh from those who understand, and anx- ious inquiries as to the cause from these who do not. -C]awt color and a. delicate shade of pink form a lovely combination in some of the new toilets. In we go, Spanish, German. English, Fre- ch, and all the rest of us, each tightly clutching an unlighted candle, unmindful of the damage it may render his neighbor’s coat or dress, but keenly alive to the effect his neighbor's candle may have on his own. There is a murmur of disappointment as a belt is occasioned just as we can see the little stone entry house, but it is a short one, and as the procession moves again in a long line silence falls, and each is busy with his own thoughts. We borrow the flame of our pre- ceding ueighbor’s candle and enter. Down, down, down. around and around the liltle spiral stone stair case into the mysteries of the damp sepulcher. With this bit of information and open sesame, we proceed to the main entrance away upon the Boulevard d’Enfer in a. little courtyard opening into one of mmilar aspect, from which descent to the vast. labyrinthian charnal house is gained. We find a crowd of 200 people, gathered from the principal na- tions of the world. A: last the gatem are opened ; a buzz of satisfaction runs through the crowd at the prospect of ending this creeping half hour in a relentless sun. Thus it happens that not until recently did I see the famous catacombs of Paris. As you doubtless know, the catacombs were formerly subterranean quarries, worked even as early as the time of the Romans, from which was taken a kind of soft sandstone which hardened by exposure to the air. There are more than sixty entrances to thoae quarries, though of course only one or two are used to admit vientors. In 1874 it being perceived that there was danber of them eav- ing, the Government ordered piers and but- tresses to be built. It was at about this time the bodies of the Cemetery of the Inno- cents were removed here. What is to be Seen in the Catacombs of Paris. PARIS, Aug. 30.â€"When one comes to Paris to work, and, moreover, does not greatly care to undergo the ordeal of conventional sight seeing, one doesn’t see much. Friends come and go, each asking in his turn if one has seen this or that place of interest, and often one has to reply, not yet. WHOLE N0. 1,267 â€"â€"NO_ 20. AMONGST GRINNING SKULLS. From the frequency with which dispatches announcing the discovery of “ another comet ” have followed each other of late, the uninitiated might be led to infer that the crop of comets this year is to be so large as to glut popular curlositv and scientific inter- est. This might, perhaps, be true, had each of the many announcements marked the ap- pearance of a distinct comet. In plain fact. there have been but four comets seen thus far in 1882. The first celestial vagrant of the year was discovered by Mr. Wells, of the Dualey Observatory, March 17, and for a long time it monopolized the attention of astron. omers in both the old and the new world, owing to its unique features. Although the period of the Wells comet has not yet been fully calculated, enough is known to show that the comet will not return to view under 1,000 years The second comet of the year was seen but once, and then for only a very short time. by the astronomers who were ob- serving the sun’s eclipse from Egypt last spring. It was described in a brief dispatch which noted the success of the observation of the eclipse as “ a fine, bright comet close to the sun,” and astronomers for a long time watched for its appearance, on the supposi- tion that it would be visible on its return from perihelion, but without success. The third comet of the year was discovered on the morning of September 13, and duly chronicled by Prof. Barnard, of Nashville. Tenn. At first, owing to the place of its dis- covery, in the constellation of the Twins, it was presumed by some to be the reappearance of the famous Pons comet of 1812. but this was subsequently shown to be an erroneous supposition, owing to the direction of motion. The Barnard comet, which was at the tune of discovery a faint telescopic object, about one and one-half seconds of are in diameter, s new approaching perihelion. which it will attain about November 7. At the brightest it will be but about three times as large as when first seen, and though it may possess features of great interest to the scientific observer it will never cause a ripple upon the surface of the unscientific world. Without reference to any theories ad- vanced as to its identity, etc., it may be stated that the Ornls comet, so-called, will take the front rank as a “ popular ” object. The many' alleged nakedneye discoveries of late have simply been glimpses of this grand object by one or another person in one or an other locality where the sky, at morning, was momentarily freed from the heavy clouds which have curtained the heavens so long of late. One may see it with the unaided vision any clear morning now from 4 o’clock until near sunrise. It rises about forty minutes in advance of the great luminary= a little to the south of the latter’s point of appearance. Like a long, narrow, luminous cloud. inclin-, ing southwards, its tail first comes to view, contracting with perfect regularity as the nucleus surmounts the line of the horizon. The tail on yesterday morning was clearly outlined for a distance of at least thirteen de- grees from the nucleus, and from that point a faint bifurcation could be traced for seven or eight degrees further on a line with the star Regulus. The nucleus shone with the mag- nitude of a first magnitude star, and, in fact, was faintly visible when Regulus had been ex- tinguished by the dawn. The latest epheme- ris of this great comet shows that. brilliant as it appears, it is now at least as far distant from the earth as is the sun, and that its dis- tance from the sun is about 70,900,000 of miles.â€"Albany Argus. Not only has the intellect of the worm been sadly unappreciated for centuries till Mr Dar- win rehabilitated that sagacious reptile but it appears now that his value as a viand has also been grossly misunderstood and underra- ted. A group of French gourmets. whose fate it is to do for the cookery of the future what Wagneris doing for its music, are happily following up the labors of Darwin in this dire ection.and,having recently tried this tempt- ing morsel, have communicated to a grateful public the result of their first researches. ty guests were present at the experiment. The worms apparently lob worms, were first put into vinegar, by which proce-s they were made to disgorge the famous vegetable mold, about which we have recently heard so much. They were then rolled in batter and put into an oven,where they acquired a delightful gol- den tint and, we are assured, a most appetiz. ing smell. After the first platent the fifty, guests rose like one man and asked for more. Gould anything be more convincing ‘2 Those who love snails, they add. will abandon them forever in favor of worms. And yet M. Mon- selet, the great authority in Paris. has told us sadly that no advances have been made in the great art of cookery since Brillat-Sav-i arin, and that all enthusiasm on the subject died out with Vatal when he commited suicide because the fish had not arrived for the royal dinner. â€"Partners in the butcher business are a joim concern. If a fly wades into yourjelly up to his gam- brels do not mash him with your spoon before all the guests, as death is at all times depress- ing to those who are at dinner and retards digests. Take the fly out carefully with what naturally adhered to his person and wipe him on the table cloth. It will demon- strate your perfect command of yourself and afiord amusement for the company. Do not stand up in your chair and try to spear a roll with your fork. Say “ thank you” and “ mueh obliged” and “ beg pardon?’ wherever you can work in these remarks as it throws people off their guard and gives you an op- portunity to get in your work on the pastry and other brie-a-brao near you at the time. Toothpicks are generally the last course, and children should not be allowed to pick their teeth and kick the table through the other exercises. While grace is being said at table, children should know that it isa breach of good breeding to smouse fruit cake just because their parents’ heads are bowed down and their attention for the moment turned in another direction. Children ought not to be permitted to find fault with the dinner or tool with the cat while eating. Boys should be. fore going to the table, empty all the bugs and grasshoppers out of their pockets. or those insects might crawl out during the festivities and jump into the gravy. The child should be taught at once not to wave his bread around over the table while in conversation, or to fill his mouth full of pota- toes and then converse in a rich tone of voice with someone out in the yard. He might get his dinner down his trenches. and cause his parents great anxiety. In picking up a plate or saucer filled with soup or with moist food, the child should be taught not to parboil his thumb in the con. tents of the dish and to avoid swallowing soup bones or other indigestible debris. Children should early learn the use of the fork and how to handle it. This knowledge can be acquired by allowing them to pry up the carpet tacks with this instrument, and other little exercises such as the parent mind ma_y suggest. 7 Children should not appear displeased with the regular courses 1V dinner and then fill up on pie. Eat the less expensive food fivst and then organize a. panic in the preserves. By Bill Nye. Young children who have to wait till older people have eaten all there is in the house should not open the dining room door during the meal and ask the host; it he is going to eat all day. It makes the company feel ill at ease and lays up wrath in the parent’s heart. . Do not close out the best of your soup by taking the plate in your mouth and pouring the liquid down your childish neck. You might spill it, and it enlarges and distorts the mouth unnecessarily. When asked what part of the fowl you pre- fer do not say you will take the part that goes over the fence last. This remark is very humorous, but the rising generation ought to originate some new cable jokes that will be worthy of the age in which we live. TABLE MANNERS OF CHILDREN BAKED ’WORMS FOR FIFTY. THE COMETS OF 1882.