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A last (Thursday) night’s Pittsburg des- spstch says: The battery boilers in the iron mill of Lyon, Shorts dz Co. exploded at 2 o‘clock this afternoon with terrific force, killing and injuring a. large number of per- sons. The mill is burning. The Fire Department and a. large force of police have been despetched to the scene. The explosion shook many buildings to LA dbetoundations, and smashed the windows. It terriblyirightened the residents on the south side, who rushed from their houses in terror. The fragments flew in every direction, setting fire to the Lake Erie Railway shops and a number of dwellings. Thousands flookcd to the scene, and a. tearful sight met their gaze. The boiler department, a. brick structure, was a complete wreck, as were a. numberof passenger and freight ears and the master mechanios’ shops of the Lake Erie Railroad, While a. row of dwellings on the opposite side of the street were in flames. Men, women and children were running about wringing their hands and calling for friends whom they supposed to be killed or wounded. In the ruins of the Hanging department were dead and dying, some with arms and legs cff, some dis.- figured almost beyond recognition, others suffering from painful burns and soylls. At the time of the explosion twonty men were at work. Nine escaped; three were killed and eight badly injured, four fatally. Four children of Charles Douglas, who 7 lived across the way, were badly hurt. The killed are: John W. Allen, top of his head blown off; Charles Douglass, side of his head blown off; John MoGsvigon, soslded and his sides crushed in. It was subsequently found by her that her husband was paying too much atten- tion to other women, and she obtained a. divorce by decree of the Supreme Court of New York. The husband offered no oppo- sition to the action, and returned a portion of the fortune. This did not satisfy the divorced wife, and she sued her husband in the courts here, asking that he be com- pelled to return the sum of $220,000, or give her an account of what he did with the property. The defendant, Fisk, replied that the lady was still his wife in the eye of the Canadian law, end to-day, in the Court of Appeals, it was held that he was right, and that the New York divorce was not valid ; that Miss Stephens is still the wife of M. Fisk, and therefore has no action against him. This decision of the courts admits the New York marriage law, but throws out the divorce law. Fisk and his friends are jubilant over the result of the appeal. New York Decree in which n \Venllhy lleiresfi Figures Pronounced Invalid in the Dominion. A Montreal telegram says: The cele- brated case of Virginia Gertrude Stephens, of New York, who married Henry Julius Fisk, of this city, has from time to time excited considerable interest in fashionable circles here, owing to scandal growing out of their separation and its cause, and afttrward in the courts, in which the wife sued for divorce. In May, 1881,,Miee Stephens, who was the daughter of a wealthy contractor, became heiress to a fortune of $300,000, and in the same year she married Mr. Fisk. They afterward went to reside in Montreal, and the wife handed over to her husband $220,775 74. A Little Girl’s Fenriul Denth. A Napaneo report says: On Tuesday last a little girl. 8 years of age, daughter of Mr. Seth Thompson, of Camden, Kent 00., met with a fatal accident of a most terrible nature. About 4 p. in. her mother was preparing a chicken for supper, and going out for a couple of pails of water, left directions for the child to light the fire and put on the kettle. Nothing is known how the accident occurred, but as the mother was returning, to her horror, she observed the little one running towards the barn, her person wrapped in flames from her burning clothes. Her aunt, who lives near, also saw the girl at the same moment, and called to her to come that way. Mother and aunt met the child, and While the former threw the water over her, the other smothered the flames with her dress. The child’s clothes were completely destroyed as far as the waist, and above that hung only in charred shreds. The flesh on the lower limbs and body were literary roasted, and holes were burned into the shoulders and arms, but her head escaped almost Without injury. The skin pealed from the body in large patches Where she stood when the flames were put out. The girl remained conscious for a short time. but was unable to explain how the accident happened; she suffered little pain until the following afternoon, after which her agonies were terrible to behold, until death relieved her sufferings about 10 pro. on Wednesday. LATEB.â€"Houso has died. Stewart and Mlller are not expected to live through the night. . The boiler was split in four fragments, the largest being blown 200 feet, landing in the middle of the river. The cause of the explosion is unknown. It was just after dinner, and steam had been turned on (My a few minutes. “* The injured are: Louis House, leg and arm broken and otherwise injured,probebly fatally; Wm. Stewart, legs broken, injuries believed to be fatal; Wm. Rodeman, com- pound freoture of the right leg and other injuries, probably fatal; Thomas Smith, hand blown off and other injuries, probably fetal; Christopher Miller, badly scalded; Edward Malley, head hurt; Patrick Welsh, shoulder fractured ; John Douglass, a. boy, scalded seriously ; Jessie Douglass, a. little girl, scelded seriously ; Willie Douglass, injured about the head; Baby Douglass, sealded with steam very ee- riously. The neighbors did all they could to relieve the sufferers. Pardon Tillinghast, of Danieleonville, Conn.. Who is entirely blind, barely distin- guishing day from night, has recently yer- formed some wonderful feats in mental arithmetic. His attention was called to some facts in regard to the combination of figures 142857, If multiplied by 2 the product is 285,714â€"the same figures and in the same order, only starting with another ‘ and changing the first two to the extreme right. Multiplying by 3, 4. 5, a like result, is obtainedâ€"that is, the figures are the same and succeed each other in a similar way. This led to a careful study of these figures, and he soon found that, preceded by a decimal point, they are the decimal equivalent of 1-7. He found, too, that this is the repetend of a repeating decimal; His thoughts were in this way turned to the fraction 1-7,and he performed mentally the operation of reducing its square, 1-49, to a repeating decimal having a. repetend of 42 placesâ€"six times as many as that of L7. Then he took the cube of 1-7, equal to L343. and performed the prodigious 1e W of turning this into a. repeating decimal whose repetend has 294 figures, or mix times as many as that of 1-49. All this, 0! course, without a mark to aid the caculation of the memory. It filled ltiiure hours of a number of days. He would work the divi- sion ten places at one operation, hold-.1 g in memory the result, including the mo ain- der, for hours or days, till he cm ld trek the next ten. and so on until he had the entire repetend. The necessity for frequent provings of his work added to its complica- tion. The mathematicians of those parts doubt whether this mental effort has ever been excelled bya blind mamâ€"Hartford Goumnt. SCENE OF Wâ€"ILD c ” TERNATION Boilers Blown Up and Many Peeple Killed and Wounded. A Remarkable Blind Mnllnemnliciun. THE LA‘V 0F DIVORIEE. FEARFUI. EXPLOSION. BflASI‘ED ALIVE. 1 A PRACTICAL QUESTION. On Friday last one of the men engaged in hauling timber for the new house build- ing for Lewis was, it is said, questioned by him as to whether I“. would be advisable to continue with his house or throw up the contract.- The reply was, “ If you are innocent go ahead ; if not it would be better to abandon your plans and spend no more money on the building.” No answer to this was made by Lewis. Ii THERE ANOTHER WOMAN ? When Coroner Holt “an inquired. of to-day as to his opinion of the allegation made that Lewis had been devoting himself to a Naugatuck Valley lady, and that her fascinations had led him to regret his engagement with Rose Clark, he exclaimed : ” Now you are treading on dangerous ground. The red flag is out, and you know what that means~4 keep a respectful dis tance l’ " The force of this reply can readily be appreciated as indicating that the Neugatuck Valley Inay possibly supply something new in the case. A word was said about Norman Amblor’s credulity and the reliability of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch, with whom he resides in New Milford. “ There is another man.” said Mr. Holt, “named Ambler, who possibly may come to the surface.” Governor Weller today offered a reward of $1,600 for the arrest and conviction of Rose Clerk Ambler’s murderer. THE LOVER CLOSELY WATCHED- The lover of Rose Ambler, Wm. Lewis, is under strict surveilence us the suspected murderer. Last Sunday when he went to church he was closely watched, and, when under the soothing influence of the person‘s sermon, he dropped off into a. gentle doze, one of those men of keen eyes and analy- tical mind was so close to him that he could have caught any words that might have been muttered. no matter how faintly, by the suspected men. Lewis is growing nervous under the curious glances of every one Whom he meets, but he has so far shown no sign of conscious guilt. Hie manner is simply that of a. man who, knowing that all his actions ere watched, does not feel free to talk or act without restraint. The detectives still talk about new and unpertent clues, but decline to tell whet they are. r Ilow Io Get Bid 01 n Fulllxiul Equine Servant. A last (Friday) night’s Niagara. Falls, N.Y., despetoh says : The attempt to send ahorse over the Falls on Saturday night last has created considerable excitement in this village, as some of the parties inter- ested are very prominent citizens. The old horse had done duty well for years," served his masters faithfully, and he had the right to die a. naturaldeath in apssture of clover. The owners. however, decided to let him swim to the Fells over the rocks and be shot into the boiling waters below. The poor animal 1n his frantic endeavors to escape broke his left hind leg, and finally landed in Prospect Park, where he was shot. Officer Lobstein immediately came here from Buffalo to investigate the case for Col John Byrne, agent of the Erie County Society for the Protection of Ani- mtla, so that he could investigate this matter to the bottom. Yesterday warrants were issued for the arrest of D. R. Jermult, of the Cataract House, and Henry Whalen, Patrick McCoy, Edward Clary and John Clary, emgloyeee of the same house. The case will be tried before Justice Clark. It is stated that Mr. Jerrault says he hai'no intention of practising any cruelty on the animal, but believed it would be better to drown than to shoot it. By way of strengthening the statement of Lewis that he was at; home preparing for his do.in round of selling vegetables, Elihu Osborne, who lives in the house of Mrs. Joseph Peck, says Lewis name ‘there as usual on Monday morning, September 3rd, at 3 o'clock, for his usual load and went away at the usual time. Lewis has' heard of his being watched by the detectives and has let fall many words of a. not very com- plimentary character as to his opinion of them. ‘ A Stratiord, Conn , telegram says : This has been a day of s eculation, and of‘work also, on the Rose 0 ark murder case, if the mysterious movements of de'lebtivesflvho are ubiquitous, can be accepted as an indi- cation. At this time what Wm. Lewis has done and said both before and since the murder of Rose Clark i9 receiving the closest scrutiny. He does not make a. move nor utter a syllable that is not watched with the sharp eye of suspicion. At the same time the olewe which looked most encouraging last week, many of them, are now abandoned theories. THE Vicriii‘s 'mrnaa. Captain Clark, father of the' murdered woman, was met today at the village poet- oflice. He is a man of sadness, and while appreciating the sympathy expressed for him almost universally in this his terrible affliction, does not have the heart or ccurago to dwell at any length on a sub- ject which is so evidently weighing him down. He was aware of the intimacy existing between Rose, and Lewis, and of the peculiar features cf the case which impelled her to visit his house, but as to the views he held regarding that intimacy he felt that until a verdict of some sort was reached by the jury it was wisdom to maintain silence. Scnld (-11 Eyes. There‘s a. peculiar sensation in having your eyeballs eoalded as I did at the Hot Springs, Ve. Ever try it? They boil hard, just like a couple of eggs. The colored gentlemen left me in the bath fitteen min- utop, and then told me to come out. You know how ahriveled a. piece of meat looks when it comes out of the pot? that was my case. Then I began to leak. Iforget how many pores there are in a human body, but every one of them was a living spring. I Went to bed and worked for three hours trying to mop the dew off my forehead fast enough to keep it from running into my eyes. But it was no use. I'd like to see some of our able beer drinkers go through one of these hot bathe. How t ey would spill beer when they came out! It takes 8. good four h0ure,euch ebath. The actual bathing and dressing consumes about an hour, and you have to lie down for two or three to cool off.â€"Corrcspondcnce New York Times. Never strike a balance. It may trip you up at the wrong moment. “'qu (“livers mul the Public are Thinking 0! in the Case. TH£ HOSE AMBLER MYSTERY UiSflLVED. A (J RUE 55 EXI‘E RlfllENT. VOL. XXV. ADDITIONAL REWARD OFFERED. HER AFFIANCED LOVER. “ Finally, with the aid of kerosene, I succeeded in gettmg the stuff off so that I could be more at ease. but it was 48 hours before I could shut my eyes. For a. week I was scarcely able to get out of bed. Then I heard that the same gang were preparing to attack me again as soon as I was well enought to stand it, and I came away at night in fear of my life." When every {quare inrh of Houwton‘s body below hin neck had been tnrred the operator took the bag from his oomganionh and, inverting it, shook it slowly over the prostrate men. A quantity d old chicken feathers that had served for pomebody's pillow fell out and covered him. He'was rolled over, so that the feathers would fall on every part of his body. Then themenelipped awey. Ae won as he round himself free Hous- ton got on his feet and made his way back to the house. “I cannot tell how I got there.” Houston said yesterday. “Neither oenI describe my feelings. I had com- mitted no crime. I had wronged no one that I knew of. It was ahorrible cond1tion. I was chilled through. My teeth chat- tered. My hands trembled so that I could hardly hold the knife with which I tried to scrape the etufi off. My head was in awhirl. I could hardly control myself at all. After awhile the tan: began to stiffen and drew the hairs. The pain was awful. I could notwieh that even the men who did it should suffer half what I did. ‘ Bad as the pain was, it was nothing to the anguish of the dis- grace. as I looked at my little boy asleep. Crlllcnl State 01 Aflnirs in the Event on War. The regular army of England loots up to 190,000 men. The reserve is about 30,000 strong, and the militia about 140,000, of whom 25,000 are in the militia. reserve, and there are about 180,000 enrolled volun- tears. The actual combatant force is very different ; of the 190,000 regulars more than 92,000 are abroad ; of the militia 28,000 are deficient from the paper strength. Suppos- ing war broke out, having completed the garrison of foreign fortresses such as Gib- raltar, Malta and Aden, and England‘s ooaling stations, requiring at least 10,000, exclusive of India, and having afforded India a reinforcement of 10,000 men, the problem would arise how to meet the peril with the remainder. Having apportioned 6,000 men for each of the fortresses of Ply- mouth. Portsmouth and Dover, and 10,000 for the ooaets of Great Britain and Ireland, Captain Hagier, the great military authority, states there would be no more ‘ than 30,000 troops to strike a blow against ‘ the enemy. ' In telling the story of his trouble Hous- ton, whose character is seribusly assailed 'by his neighbors, says the other night he had some trouble with his wife over some money. Each used harsh language, and talked very loud.’ On Wednesday, the 25th, his-wife left him with the children. He thought nothing of the fact. that she remained away after bedtime, because he supposed she would come in with her mother from the depot. When,therefore, he heard a knock soon after the train passed the station, he got out “of bed clad only in his shirt, and opened the door. Instead of his wife he found five brawny men. Their faces were streaked with black marks as if charcoal had been drawn across them in every direction. The man at the head of the gang instantly seized him by the arms and drew him out on the landing. The rest joined in and attempted to pulls. meal sack'dcwn over his head. He twisted and turned and shouted for help, and in terror begged them not to kill him. They did not get the sack over his head, but a powerful hand was clapped over his mouth. and he was carried ‘ down the stairs. They carried him down the hill to the road, and along the road over the creek, and 100 yards beyond to; the long. low shed that shelters the horses of those who worship in the little church further up the hill. Back of the ‘ shed. is a meadow, which is separated from ‘the‘ road beyond the shed by a low stone wall. There they met two other men, dis- guised like his captors. They had a pail and abag with them. Houston was laid on his face in the stubble, after his shirt had been stripped ed, and one of the men tooka. broad whitewash brush from the ground, dipped it into the pail, and began to rub it over Houston’s right leg. The brush had been dipped in tar. Both legs were tar-red, and then his body up to his neck was covered. When this was com- pleted he was turned over and the opera- tion continued. The tears and appeals of the victim caused only a chuckle from his foes. ' A despatch from Buffalo says: An enter- prisingGsnadisn steamboat man proposes to send a. 647 ton steamer over the great cats" met. (on fire if need be), providing,of course, that he is fully indemnified for the menus sacrifice he proposes to make. H13 propo- sition 1s made to Mr. Noble, passenger agent of the Central Hudson Railway, and here it is : WESTERN EXPRESS LINE, } ST. CATHARINES, Sept. 17, 1883. DEAR Sm,â€"If sufficient inducoment is offered, the hull of the propeller Glenfinlas will be sent over the Niagara. Falls, probably on fire, about the lot of October. Please let me know as early as possible what amount you will contribute, each railway to advertise at their own expense.â€" Yours truly, II. ZEALAND, Master. ‘There is no hope at present of purchasing the propeller Glenfinlas for any such trip as proposed. After this proposition, «of Capt. Zealand, however, the Maid of the Mist must be regarded as out in the cold. A servant girl from Foulmire, Cambridge- ahire, is now in Addenbmoke’s hospital, Cambridge, England, euffariugfrom paraly- sis, the result of a practical joke. It appears that, upon going into the larder in the house ere she was living at Foul-. mire, ehe‘ j a. man’s hand moving back- ward and forward at the top of a. partition. She became much alarmed at the move- ment of the hand, and, as she did not see any person, her terror increased to such an extent 8.5 to bring on paralysis. The girl is ow speechless. A Nimrod aged 71 years, living in Maui- toba, went on his usual hunt the other day with his son, and before sundown he had killed 72 ducks to his son’s 39. TRUMBULL, Conn, Sept. 20 â€"-The State Attorney has issued warrants for five men accused by Chas. Houston of tarring and feathering him recently on the ground that he abused. his family. Public sentiment is agginst_Houston. The Fate‘ \Vhioh Befel a Lian \Vho Raged at His Wife. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE VICTIM. TARRED AND FEATHERiD. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, OCTOBER..4, 1883 THE BRITISH ARMY. A Novel Proposition. are still in vogue. but fewer rows of stitch,- ing are used than formerly, the preferred trimming being a‘flat mohair braid put on flat, or made to give the effect of'a cord. Many are finished with bands of velvet in contrasting colors. A wide bias band of the velvet is placed above the hem of the underakirt and another borders the over- skirt, while the jacket has a deep collar and cuffs to match. The new plain cloths for these suits are shown in grey of several shades, dark green, shades of blue, sap- phire, violet, several shades of brown and dark purple. A costume of dark green has a foundation shirt on which is fastened three triple box pleatings each fifteen inches deep ; over this is looped a short apron overskirt. The waist is double-breasted, with a number of narrow tucks down the front and back, and has a standing collar. A costume of navy blue has a plain skirt with a narrow pleat- ing around the edge, a long overskirt that reaches to the top of the pleating in front, and draped very high on the hips. A dress of dark gray has a kilted skirt with a long and full apron front overdress, much draped in the back; underneath a deep cutaway open jacket is a close-fitting waist of dark red cloth. White silk waistcoats with dark green or dark blue costumes are seen, with turn-down collars and lapels. onIr-oHAT. Sleeves are still high on the shoulder and slightly full. Jerseys campoeed entirely of beads are worn with dresses matching them in color. Shopping bags are worn suspended from the left shoulder by a. leather strap. Ribbon vélvet is the most fashionable trimming for street dresses. Spanish lace scarts are worn with black silk dresses. Bangles and snake bracelets are still much worn. High standing collars are still worn fas- tened with a small jewelled stud. Embroidery is worn ou’ everything, and evgry_kinq _is magi.“ Moorish caps of cardinal are worn by little girls. Diinsy blou‘se bddloes, caught in at the Waist thb‘a. band or sash, are worn by girls begween qhe gges of_ IQ and 12. Interbwiued Vacant draperies are some- times used to replace the overskirh in walk- ing_d»re_aaee. A novel feature 11 the new dress fabrics is the introduction of chenille thread in goods of a contrasting color. Bunches of flowers, circles, squares, in raised chenille on such colored groundings as myrtle, brown, gray and dark blue are used’for draperies and trimmings, and form exceed» ingly pretty and dressy costumes for street wear. . All rhades oi bouret-ts are to be seen in stripes or in clusters of rough thread or in stripes of rough threads alternating with ottoman. A new brand of velveteen appears, called the“ Brevano.” It is Genoa- faced, and a very excellent imitation of the celebrated Genoa velvets. The dark colors are very handsome, and make stylishc walking skirts. Thisymaterial is much used for bodices, which are so much worn just now over skirts cf other. fabrics ; for dressy occasions the effect is heightened by 'having the basque edge out in blocks, under which a. lace ruflle'is set. A street costume of black velveteen has the bottom, of the skirt trimmed with {our nkrrow knife- pleated ruffles, the close-fitting waist is‘ long over the hips in front and is finished at the back with a short puffed drapery. A cape of velvet is curved on the shoulders to suit the shape of the high sleeves ; another of brown silk and velveteen as the underdress, trimmed around the bottom with a narrow pleating of the velvet. The front of the skirt is of the silk, puffed, and between each pufling is a narrow shirred trimming of the velve- teen. The silk overskirt is open in front and looped back. The velvet corsage has a wide, open collar, and shows a puffed vest of the silk. A very wide material of soft wool has printed figures. of various designs representing the cross~stitches of tapestry needle-work; these are shown with dark grounds, with the stitches wrought in all the fashionable combinations ;' thus a gray ground is ornamented with a red figure, a dark green with a red and gray, a brown and gray,on a dark violet. An entire dress is made of these goods, or in combi- nation with serges or bison cloths'l The latter are in plain colors with shaggy sur- face, in wide, stripes and inlargeblocks. For deep mourning there are cheth and serge combined with crepe. Lady’s cloth is a so largely used. ’ « ‘Gilb lace and gilt braid are employed in the trimmings for the neck and sleeves of dresses. Pointed velvet yokea are worn with woolen dresses trimmed with vgndyck poiqbs._ h The fashion of wearing mull fichu, tied in Puritan style across the shoulders, no longer exists. Oinamenta of tortoise shell and'of amber in the shape of daggers, pins and buckles are worn in the hair. Long gauntletted embroidered gloves of suede are worn for driving, shopping and wigh walking c_oahumes. One of the; features of dress trimmings is the cutting of the edges of skirts and tunica into turgebtg vuudycks ggq sea-1pm. A pretty style of acreage which will be popular for demi-toilet during the winter is in white silk gauze, figured in small flowers in their natural hues. A brilliant shade of plum color and another of rich dark blue have quite taken the place of strawberry and term cotta in populgrity. Ladies’ long cloth coats reach to within four inches of the bottom of the skirt be- neath them, and are trimmed with a. band of furfive inches wide across the foot; narrower band up the front and around the sleeves. Tulle, in delicate shades, such as pale pinks, blues, greens and yellows, w1ll be the favorite ball dresses for young ladies this winter. They will be generally trimmed with garlands of roses or some small dainty flower. Jealousy made a. sick woman well in Denver. The immediate remedy was her rage at her young nurse, who confessed to her that she was to be her successor. Ex-United States Senator Jerome B. Chaffee says that 23 years ago, when he entered Denver, he invited his tired fellow passengers of the stage coach to take a drink, and laid down a. 320 gold piece, con- cerningwhich the bar-keeper said, “ All right.” That transaction made him a. temperance man. New Materials tor Autuinn \Vedr Dres- Goods. FANGIES 0F FASHIflN. TAILOR‘MADE SUITS I am helpless en' forsaken; I am childless en’ alone ; I haven’t a single dollar that it's fair to call my own' My old age, knows no comfort, my’heurt is scant 0’ cheer ; - . The children run from me as soon as I come near; _ The women shrink and trembleâ€"their aims are fear-Lestowed ; The dogs howl curses at me and hunt me down the re ad ; ‘ ' My home is where night finds me, my friends are few and cold; . e . 0. little is there in this world for one Who's poor and old! But I’m wealthy in experience, all put up in good advice, To take it, or not take it, with no diflerence in the price ; ' You may have in, an’ thrive on it. or run round it, as you please ;- But I generally give it wrapped up in some such words as these : Worm: or beetle, drought or tempest, on a ‘ farmer’s land may“ fall, But for first-class ruiuation, trust a. mortgage 'gelnst them all. ‘ ‘ ‘ WM CABLEI'ON. A Contiguous Crop. Sir J. B. Lawes has just made public a noteworthy fact as havmg come within his own personal observation this year at Rothamsted. He has eight acres of man- gels under experiment on land which has grown nothing but roots for upward of forty years, and he has been much struck with their more rapid progress and’bstter appearance, compared with his main crop of mangels, thirty acres in extent, which has been grown on the ordinary farm rota- tion. This has resulted notwithstanding the circumstance of the main crop having been heaVily manured With dung, and hav- ing 1% owt. of nitrate of soda applied as a top dressing. He thinks the cause can be traced to the abundant growth of weeds this summer, and the difficulty he has experienced in keeping his main crop clean, whereas it is necessary on his experimental field to pluck up every wild plant as soon as it appears, and he thinks it very likely that those that established themselves in his main crop and were not destroyed quickly enough abstracted therefrom more nitrogen than was supplied by the nitrate of soda. This is extremely proba. bio, and farmers cannot too strongly be impressed with the idea that every weed they allow to propagate is athief'which appropriates plant food from crops. This is why the best farmers are great enemies of weeds, and attack them root and branch on all times and occasions. But Sir J. B. Lawes was a short time since only intent on teaching the doctrine that weeds might be utilized, while Mr. Warington, one of his most distinguished pupils, in a public lecture at Cirencester, actually termed them, under certain circumstances, “the farmers’ best friends." The lecture in question was on the loss of fertility-by nitrates being washed out of the soils by rains and carried off in drainage waters, and Mr. Warington argued that, as the weeds growing in stubbles would be likely to arrest and appropriate those nitrates which would otherwise be washed out and lost, it was wrong to destroy them, and that they should be rather encouraged to grow all through the Winter, purposely that they might perform this friendly duty and prove serviceable. He consequently argued against autumn cultivation, although hith- erto considered to lie at the very-founda- tion of good farming. Value on Iho Sunflowrr. Prof. Bergstrand, of the Royal Agricul- tural Academy of Sweden, publishes a most laudatory report on the virtues of the sun- flower seed cake as food for cattle. He ‘states that it presents a remarkable con- stancy of composition, rarely if every met with in other cakes as met with in com- ‘ merce. it contains from 13 to 16 per cent. ‘ of fat, and 85 to 36 per cent. of protein sub- stances, and, has therefore, anutritive value far above that of most ordinary feeding stuffs, besides which it has a most agreeable taste, and is altogether free from bitter or any injurious matters. Some careful experi- ments on its effects upon miloh cows have been made at the Uituna Agricultural, Institute by Baron Akerbjelm, which? tend to show that it both improves the quality and increases the quantity of their milk, the butter from which is also of exceptional excellence. Many practical farmers in the neighborhood have also made trial of the same food, and are unanimous in their favorable verdict. Their miloh cows all took greedin to the cake from the first day it was fed to them, and in all cases an improvement in the quality of the milk was quickly noted. For draught oxen and fattening bullocks alsr‘ it is equally suitable, especially for the latter, whose meat presents an unequal richness of flavor when thus fed, and may be given in small quantities to horses with much advantage. mixed into a thick mesh with chaff. In comparison with other feeding stuffs this cake is very cheap, and it can be given in larger quantities than most other cakes without any ill eifect. 0’ lost my hold, And grew weary and discouraged, and the farm was cheaply sold‘ , The children left and scattered, when they hardly yet were grown ; My wife she pinel an’ perished, an' I found my- self alone. What she died of was a. "mystery," 9.11‘ the doctors never know ; But I knew she died of mortgageâ€"just as well’s - Iwantedto.‘ "' r If to trace a. hidden sorrow were Within the doctor’s art, They'd ha' found a. mortgage lying on that woman's broken heart. (Compiled by a l’matical Agriculturist.) ‘ The filorlguxe on [he Faun. We worked through spring and winter, ihro’ summer and through fall, ‘ But that mortgage worked the hardest and the steadinst 01 us all ; It worked on nights and Sundays ; it worked ‘ each holiday; It settled down among us, and it never went away. Whatever we kept away from it seem a'most as bad as theft; It watched us every minute, and it ruled us right and left. The rust and blight were with us sometimes, and sometimes not ; _ The dark~browed scowling mortgage was forever on the spot. The weevil and the cut-worm they went as well as came ; The mortgage stayed forever, eating hearty all the same. ' Iii-unified up every window, stood guard at every oor And happiness and sunshine made their home with us no more. Till with failing crops and sickness we got ‘ stalled upon the grade, ' And there came a dark day on us when the in~ tereat wasn't aid ; And there camo‘aaarp foreclosure, and I kind VNOTES ABOUT PLOUGHIKG IND CATTLE FEEDING Sites [or .I pplc ("churnsâ€"[low lo [Cu-p Value of the Sunflower to the ~ Value 01 Potatoes as [log Food. Much of the value of potatoes as hog FARM AND GARDEN Halt Pork lI-um spnillng. Agriculturist. WHOLENO.1,317 NO. 30. ‘-‘ Speaking of strange attachments," said a well-known Arkansas reilwey conductor, “ reminds me of the strangest freak of aflection of which I think any record has been kept. On one of the railways enter- ing Little Rock there is, a. short distance from the city, a. stretch of woods pasture about a. mile and a half long. The land is as level as the floor, and is surrounded by a. high fence, with deep cattle gaps where the road runs through. One day while rushing through the woods a. deer jumped up and ran close to the train until we reached the fence, when he turned and was soon lost to view. Next day when the twin came along again the deer met us at the fence and ran along in great glee until we reached the other side of the woods, when he turned aside. My engineer became very much attached to him, and always blew the whistle just before entering the woods. The old engine, too, seemed to have an affection for the animal, and would seem to chuckle when the deer was at its side. “ One day we were delayed by an acci- dent to a. freight train, and did not reach the woods until after nightfall. The engi- neer blew his whistle. A light flashed in the woods. and, air, I hope never to tell the truth again if that deer wasn’t there carrying a. lantern on his home. I won’t pretend to explain how he got the lantern. I am giving you the facts, and you can draw your own deductions. When we paeeed'he tossed the lantern aside. One of the boys told meâ€"but mind you I don't vouch for its truthâ€"that the lantern fell from a. freight train, and that thedeer took . Full l’loqghlng» . > Fall ploughing should be done early, and as often as possible. Wheat and rye s’tub- ble should be ploughed Without delay if they have not been seeded, because the cov- ering of it under four or five inches of soil will destroy the immature Hessian flies. But it must be done at once, or the flies will escape from their hiding-places and spread abroad to infest; the newly sown grain. The stirring of the soil starts myri- ads of weeds into growth. which will soon cover the ground, and may be destroyed with the greatest ease by a good harrowing. More can be done in this way than by any other work." Besides. this fall cultiva- tion of the land prevents many weeds from seeding and scattering their thousands of seeds broadcast to make severul yesrs’ weeding in the future. Another advan- tage of Fall ploughing is that the soil is greatly benefited by its exposure to the air and the sun’s heat and if left fallow by the winter’s cold. ~ To Keep Salt Pork From Spoiling. Farmers often wonder why their pork spoils in summer when there is so much isalt in the brine. It makes no difference ‘ how much extra salt there may be in the brine.'nor how strong the brine is, it the grease and impurities in it, which always rise to the surface, are alloWed to remain there for any length of time, the pork will be injured. The grease and other impuri- ties on the surface coining in contact with the_air., they decay, which produces putte- iaoiion, and this in turn‘taints the brine, whieh of course ,aflects the pork.‘ It is plain, thenI that no amount of salt or strength of brine will prevent this result, unless the grease. and other impurities mingled with the ‘brine are removed, Sites [or Apple Orchards. A omres ondent says: We seem likely to have any of'our notions as to the proper sites for apple orchards very de- cidedly corrected. The rule has been,'as to the east. to choose the highest. and dryest swells and ridges. But on those the trees are not only barren after a few yesre‘ crops, but they are .dying in an alarming ‘waya Yates some measure of compensa- tion,. orchards set on low, sloughy an swampy land have not only healthy trees, but they are this year laden with fruit. “ How rib you suppose the deer lighted the Lantern ” agked ope of_ thy. cqmpq‘pyf “ It may have been alreaéy lit, but if it wasn‘t it’s no look-out of mlne, for I am only givmg the facts as they occurred, leav- ing all speculation to you. Some time after this we were rushing along, nearing the deer’e woods, when we saw the animal standing on the track waving a. red flag. We stopped and discovered that an im- mense tree had blown across the track. Well, air, when we chopped the log out, that deer put its home against it and helped us roll it away.” “ I won‘t attempt to explain anything. I am giving you the facts, and, of course, you can do your own figuring for conclu- aiona; but out: of the boy’s said that he took up an old white mg that be found on the ground and rubbed it in a. bed of red clay.” .tup and képh it 01178. stump until our train Jamgalong." ‘rWhere do you slippage he got; the red flag 2" asked an increduloup }isueneg._ “'Whah became of this wonderful ani- mal?" " That's what I am going to tell you. One day, about six months ago, we arrived at the woods as usual. The deer met us and leaped alongside of us. The engine feeling pretty gay that morning anyhow, seemed to prance along the track. Just as we got half way through the wood an im- migrant looked out of the 'window, and yelling. ‘look at that ar deer,’ snatched up a double-barrelled gun and fired a load of buck-shot into the poor thing. We stopped and went over to where the deerlay on the green award, in the last agonies of death. He held out his tongue and shook hands with all the trainmen. but when he saw the immigrant whom we dragged to the spot, he frowned darkly, folded up his tongue and put it back into his mouth. The immigrant was a nervous fellow and was much excited. He bent over the deer al though to get forgiveness, when the animal, brave and revengeiul in death, raised up and brought him a crack across the head with his stick-like fore-leg, and laid him low. The deer and immigrant are buried near each other, and our engine, which has never recovered from the depres- sing efieot of the tragedy, always moans l when it goes through the deer's woods.” food depends upon cooking. Indeed. if to be fed largely raw, they produce scouring, ‘ and do not all digest. Potato is composed so largely of starch that cooking is almost indispensable to aid digestion. A little raw potato is beneficial to the 1103's stomach, when fed largely ‘upon corn. It is laxative and cooling, alloyingthe feverish tendency trap: the heating effects of corn. But when fed to get the most out of them for fattening, potatoes should be boiled soft, andif grain is fed with them it would‘ be best to boil both together. In large kettles this is not very‘ much labor, even for a. large number of hogs. Potatoes and corn go very well togetherâ€"the pots.- toes give bulk and the corn gives concen- trated nutriment. Hogs are likely to be much healthier fed in this way than on corn alone. A Conductors Story. The wedding cake oi the Princess Royal was nearly seven feet high, surmounted by a dome of eight columns, inclosingan altar, upon which two cupids supported medal- lions of the royal couple. Busts of the parents occupied the four corners of this upper plateau, festoons of jessamine link- ing the whole firmly together. All round the central plateauâ€"a solid mass of a hun- dred weight of sugar and cakeâ€"were niches holding emblematic statues of the Virtues and smothered in orange blossoms. The lowest portion of the cake itselfâ€"dis- played the arms of Great Britain and Prussia. placed alternately on panels of white satin, and between each escutcheon was a medallion of the bride and bridegroom, encircled with bridal wreaths and surmounted by imperial crowns. Rows of pearls bordered and panelled the cake. and on the stand were a quantity of baskets ‘and vases silver-gilt, holding artificial flowers. Another notabde example of the modern wedding-cake was that of the Duchess of Connaught. It was nearly six feet in height from the stand, the general design being a Greek temple with Corinthian columns and vaulted roof. At the four corners of the main portionâ€" the edible portionâ€"were emblematic figures of the continents, alternating with horns of plenty and cupids' oharioteering swans, while within the balustrades that encircled it stood a Cupid and Psyche, with the panels round them displaying the arms of England [and Germany.â€"London Tele- graph. V The verdict returned was to the effect that the deceased came to her death through natural causes in child birth, and that no blame was to be attached to any one. The Coroner and County Crown At- torney were of the opinion that no evidence was brought forward to show that any one hag attempted to procure an abortion. Dunbar was recalled and ‘an explanation of some statements in his letteratalled for. One dated from a cousin in Ancester on August 28th was suspicious. It said, “Dear Mattie, I want our cousin to live.‘ Ypu know what I mean, Mattie. If you are in trouble confide in me.” A letter from Dunbar stated, “ I have lots of trouble as well as you. Don’t write home, and don’t let any one know.” 'Another letter said, ” You sent me a. pretty saucy letter last time. I will stick to what'I said.“ that you needn‘t be afraid.” Dunbar explained that this'mmnt money. _ A Monticello, N.Y . report says: Yester- day morning George Huston was milking a cow in the barnyard of Mrs. Smith’s resi- dence. The cow was very restless. as the flies were bothering her, and she switched her tail almost constantly. George was annoyed by the tail switching in his face, and he finally tied it fast to his ankle. A few minutes later the cow became fright- ened and rushed around the yard, dragging Huston over the yard at a liVely rate. A milkman passing by saw the critical posi- tion the boy was in. He went to his assist- ance. Failing to corner the cow, be seized the boy by the shoulders just as the cow jumped over the fence. The sudden stop caused the tail to break off close up to the body. The boy was not seriously injured. Isaw so much said about the merits of Ho p Bitters, and my wife, wao was always doctoring and never well, teased me so urgently to get her some, I concluded to be humbugged again ; and I am glad I did, for in less than two months' use of the Bitters, my wife was cured, and she has remained so for eighteen months since‘ I like such humbugging. â€"-E. T., St. PauI.â€"â€"Pimwcr Press. _ Dunbar saidâ€"I have , none of her letters; I burned them all; that’s what I d_o with all my letjfiegs. Mr. Peterson told the witness that if he had any letters from the deceased it would be wel' for him to produce them so as to clear his ovm skirts, as the girl died under suspicious circumstances- so much so that the medical attendant could not under- stand the case. - A man had met a girl in a lonely place and forcibly kissed her. She was terribly indignant and had him arrested. She gave an account on the Witness-stand of how he gazed at her intentlyI and then, suddenly throwing his arms around her, imprinted a. kiss'upcn her lips. The prisoner made no defence, and the jury was expected to promptly convict him? of assault. They re- turned to the court-room. “ The ju-ju-jury w-w-would like to ask the young lady two questions," the foreman said. The judge consented and she went on the stand. “D d-did you wear the J -j-jersey that you’v g-g-got on now ‘2” “ Yes, sir,” was the de mure reply. “And w-w-was your ha-ha-ha b-b-banged like that?" “ Yes, sir." “ The Your Honor. we acquit the p-p-prisone on the ground of emo-mo-mo-tional in sanity. ’ Rev. Father Lory has left Guelph for Montreal,and Rev. Father Renaud has been appointed pastor of the Roman Catholic Church at Guelph. To Crown Attorney Petersonâ€"First knew that she was sick by a. telegram from the deceased signed " Mattie," and asking me to come. The Guelph Mercury publishes particu- las of the death of a young woman in that town, who gave her name as Mrs. Gordon, and who went to a boarding-house in that townin May last. About two weeks ago the alleged Mrs Gordon became sick. In a few days after Dr. McPhatter was called in and found her suffering from a severe attack of diarrhoea. He found it impossible to give the sufferer relief, and he came to the conclusion in his own mind that Mrs. Gordon was not married and that the cause of the severe ~ diarrhoea arose from partaking of some powerful drug to bring on an abortion. The woman was sent to the general hospital. and on Tuesday morning gave birth to a male child. After her confinement, when it was apparent to the doctor that she was in a dangerous condition, he prevailed on her to give him her husband's brother's address. as she said, which was John Dunbar, 57 John street, Hamilton. She died on Wed- nesday morning about 8 o’clock, and under the suspicious circumstances the physician deemed it right to inform the County Crown Attorney, who ordered an inquest to be held. In accordance with the message sent to Dunbar one giving his name as Alexander Dunbar moulder, Hamilton, arrived in Guelph on Thursday morning, who denied having been married to the deceased girl, whose name he gave as Martha Wooden. ' The brother V of the deceased girl arrived yesterday. An inquest was held and Adam Dunbar, the party who had been supplying the deceased with money, on being sworn testified : Am a moulder; live in Hamilton ; knew Martha Wooden for about eighteen months ; first got acquainted with her at a dance; have been intimately acquainted with her ever since and saw her frequently until the last five months ; she was not my wife; I sent her money; did not send her here; did not know she came here ; saw her the night before she left Hamilton; she told me she was going away, but did not say where she was going; knew that she was enceinte ,- she told me at that time, but never before; did not know if she was sent away or went on her own accord; she wrote to me in June, I think, from Guelph, telling me ‘where she was and asking for money, which I sent her; sent her money twice ; she was a wild girl who ran‘ out to dances and with different fellows. A Hamilton (2111’; End Fateé-El‘he' 01d, 0111 Story of Loving Not Wisely but Too \Vell. ‘ r POOR MATTIE WOODEN. ‘wo Monster Wedding Cakes. H. Tied Himsell to u Cow. An Excnsnhle Crime. flnmhuuxed Again.