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Mr. J, Y. She. nt-z writes from Emerson to the Berlin News : “ I arrived at Gretna, Manitoba, on Friday evening, 14th inst. Previous to that day it was son. and muddy on the streets, hat that morning there was a snow storm, about four inches, and the mercury fell to zero on the lfith. and conâ€" tinned going down at the following rate : On the lfith it was 18; 17th, 26; 18th, 35, and on the 195h it was 46 oelow zero. So you may know that I had a taste of Manitoba. weather in Winter. Still it was not bad to be out. On the 18th I had a. sleigh rideâ€" boss sleighingâ€"IB miles Without stopping or suffering from cold. On the 17th I drove 8 miles, and on the 19511 was out and around in Gretna, and walked two miles to a village in Dakota. I passed a lot of ear- penters working in the open air. putting up a. tank house. Next day, with mercury at 46 below. they were also working there.” The price of beer in Philadelphia.“ least, is said to be higher on account of the cost: of signs. There are said to be $50,000 worth of swinging signs in that city, whieh are paid for by the beer-drinkers. The men who said it cont him $300 a year to put that fine color on his nose, knew something about the cost of drinking- signs. Chicago foots up a. record for the year 1883 of 657 unnatural deashs, forty-four of which were murders and homlcldea and 136 suioxdss. The others were acoi~ deutul. Mr. William Livingstone, jun., has as- aumed the duties; of Collector at the Port of Detroit. Drought is causing considerable damage in Various parts of the Island of Ja- maica. In Tnnidad it is feared the cattle will suffer aeuously from want; of water. In New York, thieves who pretended to be plumbers, ubripped a. house of its water pipe. A Cincinnati despatoh says: Nathan Cole, jun., editor and proprietor of the Northwest News, of Portland, Oregon. here en route to Washington, says the chief matter of interest in that region smce the completion 0! the Northern Pacific Railway is the newly dis-covered Coeur de Lion gold min- ing dintlict, near Portland, which has been pronounced by experienced miners the mo-t promising mining field ever opened. It in now ahutin by snow. but several companies have already been formed, end over a. th¢ u and men are on the spot waiting ft! Bprlng to open the region. It is estimatid that by midrummer twenty thousand prospectors and miners Will be m the field. Specimens of are brought out by prospecâ€" tors are exoeedmgly rich. A Bear and a Hunter Frozen lo Death 'l‘ogelherâ€"jml rule or [lie Amnnced. A Lowell. Mane” despetoh Bays: Arthur Stafford, who claimed to be a son of an English earl, landed in New York in November last, and met a Southerner named Schwartz. On his way to Maine on shunting and fishing tour Staflurd made the acquaintance of Miss Grace, of New York, and they became engaged. 0n the afternoon of December 3151; Stafford left camp fore. stroll. A eevere snowstorm i-et in and Stafford did not return. Schwartz and the guide early in the warning of New Year's day. ubout three miles from camp, found Stafford in the firm embrace of a she bear. both frozen stiff A knife was stick- ing in the left shoulder of the bear, and a. short distance away was a. half grown cub with a. wound in its heart. The guide eaid Stafford bud attacked the (sub first and was then set upon by the Elle beer. Schwartz went to Bangor and told Stafford'e fete to Miss Grace. The poor girl lost her reason. and will be sent to an insane asylum to- marrow. Salt Lake City claims a population of 28,000. “ What kind of a man is he 7" asked a gentlflgmgq anut‘z a. young society man. “ Oh. he’u mighty popular with the wo- men." “ Is be intelligent ?" “ No, not particular. You see there is not much demand for intelligence in so- cloth” “ Does he dance ‘2" " 0! course.” " Know what’s going on in theatricals, music, etc 7" “ Of course.” " Aufait in everything, I presume.” " Well, I dou'n know whet-her he owes Fay or not. bufi I know he owes about every man of my acquaintance. Who is Fay? I’ll look him up and use if he don‘t owe him, too. I’ll bet he does.” ,____ ..... “vuv nu... n he acted upon his advice. Joe became calmer. Mr. Buughn explained to him the heinousuees of the ofienoe committed in contracting a. marriage with his own niece. for there was a. penalty of from one to two filers in the penitentiary attached to it. e told him he must at once give up the girl to her father and consent to a dis- solution of the unholy bans, for there was no country in the civilized world in which they could live together as men and wife. Joe said that Hattie and himself had long loved one another. and they thought there was nothing wrong in getting married. He did not want to get her in trouble. but if torn from him now it would brel k her heart. He at last told his bride to dress and meet her father. The meeting between the heart-broken parent and earring daugh- ter westouohing. He received her kindly and in tears. She left her incestuous uncle and started for home on the train. Joe Stewart was udvrsed to return to Jackson oounty, me his presence in Oglethorpe would ‘ only augment the excitement. Mr. Stewart ‘ employed W. G Johnson to begin suit to break up the brine. The young people are deeply penitent, “ Put on your clonhee at once. Joe, and come here. for I want to talk with you,” re- plied Mr. Baughn. Young Stewart; recog- nized the voice and instantly complied. He seemed frightened at first, but upon being assured that no harm would be done him if 7 o’clock, They took out a. warrant for the arrest of the parties, and then visited Curi- there’ place. It was about 7.20 when they got there, and the house wen still, its in- mates huvmg retired. Mr. Carithers was called to the door, and stated that a. young couple were stopping with him who answered the dekcription, but begged that- t‘ne persona make no disturbance. The father consented to remain outdoors while Mr. Baughn went to the nuptial chamber as a. mediator Knocking at the bad-room door, he found that the couple had already retired, but were not asleep. The groom asked what Was wanted. no one knows where. The father, ao- oompmnied by J‘ S. Buughu, at; once started In pursuit of the pair. and reached Crawford in time to catch the night train, and arnved at Athens about A Lexington, Ga“, deiputoh Buys : The stun-on the elopement and muvrrmge of Joseph I. Snewan with hits niecr. Mme Heme Stewart. has had a singular ending. The young couple were umvmywuiwi by u, brother of the bride, aged 20, and a ~J~ter of the groom,who is of the same age as Hattie, who are also out; in Pearoh of a. preacher to marry them, thus making an exchange of uncles, aunts. nieces and nephews. The newly Weddnd pair started to the groom’s mocher’u.in Jackson County, while the nephew and his aunt left forâ€" An Uncle, “'edded lo Ill- Niece, While the Girl’s Brolher Elopen will: His Aunt. Lute [June-d Ntnles Jottings. A FA’I‘il; E 'IBBACE. TANGLE D FAMILY TIES. New Gold led. Manitoba Cold. Quite Au Fail. A PORTRAIT c! the Queen, copied from a. picture by Herr von Angeliâ€"s. standing figure dressed in black,with a. lace veil,end both hands joined, holding a. handkerchief â€"hs.s been executed by an amateur under the Queen's immedicte supervision. and will be placed in the Natlonel Portrait Gal- lery. One of the special rules laid down by the trustees at the foundation of the gallery is that no portrait of any one living, excepting of the sovereign or his or her consort, shall be admitted. The full length portrait of Prince Albert was not added to the gallery until after his decease. when, by Her Majesty's command, a. replica. was made of the last picture he ever set for. by Winterhelter. for presentation. The rule has now received a. practical illustra- tion,aud it ie to be hoped that the like- neee and artistic qualities of the performâ€" ence will prove worthy of the occasion. A DENTIST of Geneva has invented a new and ingenious process of tooth-drawing. A small square of India-rubber. pierced with a central hole, is pushed over the tooth till the upper part of the root is reached. The India-rubber gradually contracts, pulls on the root. and the offending tooth is finally enucleated, without causing the patient any pain whatever. Four or five days are generally required to complete the opera.- tion. Very slight bleeding and a slight swelling of the gum are the only inconveni- ences experienced. M. Paul Bert brought this il-gsninus method before the Aoademle des Sciences in Paris; when M. Galippe remarked that the process was already known, and quoted a casein support of its efi‘ioacy, in which a young girl had placed a ring of India-rubber round her two front incisors, and forgot she had done so. the result being that she lost the teeth.â€" British Medical Journal. AN eccentric individual recently made an offer to the Manchester Royal Infirmary of a gift of £1,090, conditionally that an experiment should be made in the treat- ment of the medical and surgical cases Without alcohol for twelve months. The offer was not accepted, and the refusal was based on the grounds that alcohol as medicine was sometimes necessary to save the patient’ life; therefore to exclude it altogether would render it probable that the patient's health would materially suffer, if indeed death did not ensue. It is likely the same individual will repeat the offer to another hosphal. With reference to this question of the use of alcohol as an article ot drink an interesting discussion has recently been going on in Britain, and the Times the other day had two letters advocating the use of hot water as a refreshing beverage. The writers are particular in stating that the water must be hot, as hot as one can bear it, and they claim many beneficial effects from its use â€"amongst others that it cleanses, and also increases the peristaltic action of the bowels. Acconnme to the general report on the English census of 1881 which ham just been issued, the aggregute population of England and Wales in that year wee 25 974 439 The rate of increase during the decade ending in 1881 was 14 36 per cent. u. higher rate than in any decade since 1881 41. The population of London is put by the report at 3,816 483, exceeeding the populations ef the nineteen largest cities of England (excluding London). taken together. The rate of increase in the population of Lon- don has been higher than that of the other large cities of the country as 9. whole. being 17 3 per cent. The total number of males returned an engaged in some definite occu- pation was 7,783,646, or 71.5 per cent of all the enumerated males of 5 years of age and upwards. The total number of females so employed was 3403 918 or only 29 4 per cent. of enumerated females above the age indicated. IN his recent great speech, John Bright paid a. high compliment to the British press. He said: There is nothing that is a greater instrument of intelligenee. know-, ledge and altugather of good than the dis- semination throughout the country of a. well-conducted and morally influenced press. The newspapers of this country. so far as they are well conductedâ€"and I believe no newspapers in the .worldare betterâ€"Ire working silently ewery day as they enter your houses a hanenoont revo- THE project of flooding the Sahara, and thus opening up Central Africa to com- merce and civilization, appears to be reviving -â€"â€"the opinion still being urged by geograph- ers and engineers that. if the water of the ocean could thus be let into that desert, the climate. the soil and the sanitary condition would all be improved. Though nearly two thirds as large as Europe, and contain- ing some two hundred million inhabitants, the only means of communication With the rest of the world lies in the caravan tracks. In the Sahara desert there is a remarkable depression covering an area of about 60,000 miles, this depressed portion being known as Elijuf, and said to extend from within twelve miles of the seashore to regions in the close neighborhood of Timbuctoo. The theory of both ancient and modern geo- graphers has been that Elijuf was originally filled with water, which flowed into the ocean. but that, a bar having gradually formed at the entrance, the flow inward was stopped, and the heat of a vertical sun caused the inside water to evaporate. The practicability of reopening this ancient Channel is the great question. VENTBILOQUISM is declared by an expert to be very largely a humbug. There is no such possibility as throwing the voice to a distance. The old stories of Wyman the Wizard, in which he figured as exploit- ing such ability in the midst of a crowd, were necessarily fiction. What passes for ventriloquism consists simply of mimicry and facial immobility. The performer muet be some distance away from his audi- ence, or he is powerless. Whenever he wishes to make them believe that his voice sounds at a distance, he merely lowers it, and indicates the direction for their ima- gination to take. He can deceive them sideways, upward, downward, or backward, but he never undertakes to produce the effect of a speaker at their rear. To a listener close by no ventriloquist can be in the least deceptive. Nor is ther~ any truth in the theory that he talks with the top of his gullet, or with aught else than the organs intended by nature to be vocal. By holding his lips as fixed as possible. and avoiding such words as cannot be pro- nounced without palpably movmg them. he assists the delusion. But no man is so skilful that he can get on without a screen- ing moustache. THE VOL. XXV. CURRENT TOPICS. In fact, everybody in this Wounlity, from the v3.3. who got into jail to the poet who got; into the papers, got something to remember Santa. Claus by.-â€"Detroit Free Press. It Couldn’t be Done In the (lily. A Leomiuster farmer recently broke his horse of a " bulky ” Ireak in a. very quiet and, as he claims, not a cruel manner. Hm horse is in excellent; flesh. and shown no signs of neglect on the part of his member. He drove him, attached to a rack-Waggon, to the wood lot for a. small load of wood. The animal would not pull a. pound. He did not beat him with a. club, but had him to a. tree and “let him stand.” He Went to [halos at sunset: and asked him to draw. but; he would not; straighten a. tug. ” I made up my mind," mud the farmer, “ Which is the best. to owe, or to have Iomething owing to you ‘2" asked 001. Luger- baeerf Gus DeSmibh one; day. Significant advertisementfii'VWauted, a female who has a. knowledge of fitting boobs gt a good moral character!” The bank cashier got an envelope. The President had inolosed an appreciative check for 8500, andâ€"but, no! It was simply the photogwpb of a check-raiser, The letter-carrier got a. send-off. Sent three miles to deliver a corn-salve circular he ovprlooked tpe {xftgrnopp previpufl. 7 ' “ that when that horse went to the barn he would take that load of wood. The night was not cold. I went to the burn. got blenkets and covered the horse warmly, and he stood until morning. Then he refused to draw. At noon I went down. and he was probably hungry and lonesome. He drew that load of wood the first time I asked him. I returned and got another load before I fed him. I then rewarded him with a good dinner, which he eagerly devoured. I have drawn several loeds since. Once he refused to draw, but as eoon as he sew me start for the house. he started after me with the load. A horse becomes lonesome and discontented when left alone, as much so as a person' and I claim that this method, if rightly used. is far less cruel, and 1s better for both horse and men. then to beet the animal with a. club."â€"Fitchburg Sentinel. The wholesale porter got a. lift. He went up in the elevator, it was uahier than to climb the stairs. "Why, to have something owing to you, of con‘rse,” answered Gus, who is one of the brightest society youths. “ I don’t agree with you,” said Lagerbser. “ Well, why not '3” “Because, if you have something owing to you, you may never get it. But, if you owe something. when you are able to pay it, you have value received, anyhow; and if you never payâ€"why. than you are sure to make a handsome profit." The commission merchant got mud. The porter allowed three barrels of cranberries to become frost bmen, and the family must use ‘em up this winter. Apound of sugar to a. quart; of berries I The policeman got BI wrap over the head with his own club, and can gumâ€"nee the feeling. The fireman got an alarm. ’Twus false. One more bright vision dispelled. The alderman got a “ring.” It wasn’t mavked. They never put name or initial on snub things, or the public would be wiser than it fa. Father got a dressing-gown, which will go to the garret after to day; a. pair 0! slippers one size [200 small, a. necktie which hangs to starboard, a seal ring which can be used in place of brass kimckles. He ought to be thankful, as be furnished the money to buy ’em. Mother got a. breast-pin, a. bobble of cologne, a work box and a bracelet. Her heart meloed. She didn’t expect anything better than a sealakin nucque nud a set of diamonds, and is consequently overjoyedâ€" in a. born I Grandma. got a calico dress with blue done In it, anew pair of spectacles and a. snufl box which cost 80 cents. " La, me! bun my children hain’t forgotten me yin 1” Baby got a. candy cane two feet long. and up to the present hour has mugged three aprons and had two tuasels with the colic. Grandpa. goth. two-shilling jack-knife and a tin tobacco-box. “ Bless you, my 0111!- dren, bless you I” William Heinry got a. boy’s tool cheat, and by this time'has spoiled three legs of the piano. The cook got discharged the day before and had no place to hang her stocking. What They Got. The barber got a. little shaver in his. 'Lhe bad boy rose up early and took half his brother’s candy and got a thrashing. Tee equity of murder has just been beautifully illustrated in Cincinnati. Two boys, a negro named Joseph Palmer and In German lad named Berner conspired to kill their employer, William H‘ Kirk, and rob him. The agreement was that the one who struck him the first blow should have $50 extra in the div1de. They killed Kirk in a stable, pounding him With a club and beating him with a hammer. The amount of money obtained was 3245. As Palmer struck the first blow he claimed and reâ€" ceived 345 extra as his share of the pro- ceeds. Both of the young ecoundrels have confessed their crime and it ie hardly possi- ble that they will escape the gallows. Al- though fifty murders have been committed in Cincinnati since 1866 there has been no legal hanging since that date. THE Copland system of asphaltic wood pavement, introduced in London, is claimed to meet some of the most im- portant requirements for the pur- pose which have hitherto been unful- filled, and, though more costly at first than some other methods of roadway con- struction, its durability and satisfactory wear more than meet that point. The advantage of simplicity is 'at once pre- sented, namely, a bed of concerete, with a layer of asphalt over it, upon which are laid transverse courses of red pine blocks, with intermediate spaces ; these spaces are filled in partly with heated mastic asphalt, and then with coarse lime and gravel grout. flushed with hot air, to the surface of the roadway. Finally. about an inch of rough gravel Is spread over the whole, and left to be worked in and compacted by the ordin- ary efiect of traflic. lution, altering the minds of the people, extending to them knowledge, ehowmg where there are griuvances, defending their rights, and. I believe,spreadiug throughout the whole country and through our legisla- tion principles of good and plinciples'of momlity which in times that are past were little thought of amongst the people. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, JANUARYJ'Y, 1884. The Diflereuce. Aremarkable incidentoccurred in October, 1878, during the run of an express train at night: over the Chicago,Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Among the passengers was a lady named Dixon, with a family of eight children, sevan boys and one girl, the eldest of the former being fourteen years old. As the train sped toward Milwaukee the children one by one fell asleep, and while they were flying over the rails at the rate of fully thirty miles an hour the mother missed her eldest boy and caught a glimpse of his form as it passed through the car and out upon the platform. She hurried after him. but before she could reach the platform he was gone. He had stepped off the car and plunged into the abyss of darkness that shrouded the train. The poor woman became frantic and the other occupants of the ca; were also terror stricken and begged the conductor to stop the train and have it hacked to the scene of the accident. Milwaukee, bow- eve, was close at hand, and, on reaching there a switch engine was despatched to find the boy“ He was discovered upon the platform of the last station passed, wan- dering about in a state of bewilderment, rubbing his eyes and feeling of his shoulder and head, which had sustained zht scratchesand bruises. The lad could give no account of his singular action. He knew only that he had fallen asleep in the car and was awakened by the shock of strik- ing the earth upon his shoulders. He had passed through a terrible ordeal in a som- nambulistic state, and escaped without a sprain or fracture and no discomfort be- yond that occasioned bya few scratches and bruises. One night in the spring of 1878 the police , sergeant in charge of the Seventeenth Pre- cinct station-house in this city was startled about midnight by the entrance of a young man who insisted that he had just mur- dered his sweetheart. The visitor explained how his victim struggled, and insisted that he had cut her throat from ear to ear. He added that he had come to give himself up. The sergeant was inclined to doubt the man’s story, and the latter then gave him the name of his victim and the number of her residence, both of which were found in the directory, as stated. A policeman was sent to the address given, and had the door opened to him by the supposed Victim, who was in robust health. Meantime the self-accused remained in the station house quiet and motionless. watched by the sergeant. One or two questions put to him be neglected to answer, and, suddenly turning upon his heel, he strode to the door and was about to pass out. The sergeant, however, was behind him in a moment and, seizing him by the collar. cried, " No, you can’t go now, my friend. You have made yourself out to be a criminal and must abide the con- sequences." At this time the other looked up with a start, glanced around in seeming astonishment and exclaimed, “ What do you mean? What am I here for ?” The sergeant informed him that he had con- leased to murdering his sweetheart, and this seemed to completely confound him, although he muttered a denial of his guilt. The officer determined to hold the stranger for further examination, and the matter was fully explained in court next morning, when it was discovered that the prisoner was a sleep-walker. Making inquiries at the house it was found that it was occupied by a brother-in- law of Mr. Howe and that the old gentle- man was there abed. He had ridden up on horseback about 6 o’clock in the morning barehe aded and with only his night cloth ing on. Entering, he remarked to his brother-in law that he was very tired and wanted to go to sleep. His relatives were greatly startled at his singular advent among them, and at first thought he was insane. They soon discovered, however, that he was in a state of somnambulism‘. and at once put him to bed. The gravest fears were expressed as to the result of his extraordinary ride, his "physical condition being so precarious. Mr. Howe awoke in about two hours, and was completely dumbfounded when told where he was. He had no recollection of anything since retiring to rest the night before. Beyond a slight soreness and tatigue he complained of no bad effects of the ride. and_to the surprise 0! every one, arose nimmy from bed, dressed himself in some clothes of his brother’s-in-law, and walked about with an ease and activity he had not exhibited for several months.~ He required no aid to get into the waggon to return home, and was quite fresh upon reaching Locust Hill. A singular fact con- i nected with the case was that Mr. Howe had not ridden on horseback for many years previous. The somnembulist, or sleep-walker, whose nervous system has caused him to perform wonderful feats while still under the influence of the drowsy god has had many nerrow escapes from sudden death In a number of instances the results have been fetal, and very seldom does the afflicted person return to his couch without receiving some serious injury. Several y esrs ego a. remarkable ease of somnembu- llem occurred at Locust Hill, Pa. Samuel I Howe, a. citizen of that place, had for some time been in s. very feeble condition, suffering from dropsicsl affection. He was 67 years of age and had i been able to get about only with the aid of others. One morning his wife awoke and to her surprise and alarm discovered that he was not in bed. Bis clothing lay where it had been, placed the night before, and Mrs. Howe, fearing that he had killed him- self to get rid of his sufferings, searched the house from gerret to cellar, without finding any trace of him. She then Visited the burn, found the door wide open and a. horse missing. Mrs. Howe eroueed a. neigh- bor, who upon examining the ground about the barn found the tracks of a. horse’s hoofs leading to the road and along the road in the direction of Herpereville. He har- nessed a. team and tracked the horse to that place, and from there to other villages, through all of which it had passed without Htoppiug. The trail was kept up as far as Coleeville, Broome County, where it led to a. residence in the village. A eo-m-xoU-ruun. The residents of Irving place, this city Murder Committed and Murder Lonloued While Asleep. Narrow Escapes and Remarkable Doings of Sleep-Walkers. A JUMP FROM AN EXPRESS TRAIN. AN EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE- SOMNA MBULISM. OONFESSING A MURDER A STRANGE VISITOR. (N. Y. Telegram.) The Queen is always rejoiced to get away from Windsor, and her annual residence there, made as brief as possible, never ex- ceeds four months. There is constantly some State formality coming ofi at the Castleâ€"a Council, .an investiture, or a itiresome ceremonioue reception ; and almost every day “ distinguished visitors ” arrive to dine and sleep. Here, too, it is necessary that the whole Court entourage of lords and grooms in waiting, and other ornaments of the household shall be in constant attendance. Business, both public and private, is always heavy when Her Majesty is at the Castle, and Ministerial audiences are frequent. In the ordinary routine of life at Windsor, the Queen is now rarely seen outside the exten- sive private demesne. An early drive to break- fast at Frogmore, followed by a long morning of work there, a stroll in the gardens and 1hen back to lunch at the Castle, after which another walk on the slopes on East Ter- race, are. drive in the Great Park, and back for some quiet reading before it is time to prepare for the quarter to 9 dinner, is the programme of an off day ; and very soon after the dinner party the Queen again retires to her own prlvate rooms. Windsor is very splendid, and also very comfortable ; but it is not, and never could be, a cheerful residence, and Her Majesty’s associations with the place are sad and depressing. The tradespeOple of Windso: are always rejoiced to see the flag taken down from the Round Tower; for these gentry have been so favored during the last twenty-two years that they have at last come to think that the Castle is main- tained for their especial pleasure and profit. When the court is in residence “ the apartments ” arecf course closedv and no exrursionists are to be seen, and com- plainis of " bad trade ” are to be heard ; and, indeed, the inhabitants of the “ Royal Borough ” do not sample to grumble loudly if the Queen happens to be at the Castle on a bank holidayâ€"London World. An Ottawa. telegram says : A corres- pondent, writing under date of the 22nd of last month. from Kippewa, a. lumbering settlement; 100 miles up the Octawa river, states than a. heavy shock of earthquake passed through there on the day of writing at ten mmutes past 10 o’clock, nravelling from north to south, and lasting ten seconds. Afterthe passing a trembling noise could be heard for over thirty seconds. One could see the fence rails shaking. A Toronto deaputch Bays : Annie Connor, servant in Fisher’s boarding house, King screen west, swallowed the contents of a. small bottle oi luudenum. last Thursday night. She was found lying on a. bed and a. doctor was summoned. bhe was aroused thh dlfficulny from the stupor into which she had tullen, and was kepn walking about bill noon tnâ€"duy. when all danger was passed. Ted. one of the boarders, was the cause of the rash 8.00, as Annie had fallen in love Wibh him, but he preferred another. The lifeuaize portrait of Miss Jennie Chamberlain.the American beauty, which was ordered by the Prince of Wales, hm been placed in Marlborough House. The Ohamberlalu i‘umlly are about to visit; the Duchess of Edinburgh at Euiwell Park. Too Much Slate Formnlllv for Connor! In some instances murders have been committed by sleep-walkers, and a sad case of this kind occurred in the summer of 1880 at Tyro, a little village in DaVidson County,Va. Mr. Uriah Phelps owned a store at that place, and anticipating trouble with some uegroes, he seemed the ser- vices ot O. W. Click, a young man who lived in the neighborhood, who was in the habit of walking in his sleep. Both lay in the store and watched for half the night and finally fell asleep, having stretched them- selves across a bed. It appeared from subsequent developments that Click got up, and seizing an axe that had been placed near to be used in case of an emergency, dealt his bedfellow two blows across the neck, completely severing his head from his body. Click was arrested, but prafeesed to have known nothing of the occurrence until some time after the deed was committed, and even denied that he did it until convinced by the overwhelming testimony of the blood- stained weapon and the condition of his garments, together With the fact that there was no one else in the room and no evi- dence that any one could by any means have entered and afterward gone out with- out disturbing lccks and bars. A remark- able case of somnambulism was discovered in October, 1881, in the person of Martin Flcbischer, a litte boy of 14, residing with his parents in this city. The lad had be- come greatly fascinated with the study of drawing, and it had taken such an intense hold on his‘ mind that he was in the habit of rising in the night in a completely un- conscious state, and while in that condition working on an unfinished drawing with as much skill as though he were awake. He was utterly unconscious of what he had done on the nights on which he had been up until he saw his drawings the next morning. were treated to a sensation at an early hour in the morning of Ootober 13th, 1879. it be- ing no less than a go-as-you-please by a medical student clad in a nightgown with umbrella. and piano cover. The young man, who lived at Irving place and Eighteenth street. being left alone; while still sleeping arose and clad only in a night-gown y stole down into the parlor, possessed him- self of a piano cover and an umbrella, made his exit by a window. and hanging the bright colored cloth over the umbrella so that it fell almost to his bare feet, strode down Irving place. ’He walked to Four- teenth street, reaching which he carefully folded the piano cover, lowered the um- brella, and wrapping the drapery of his ‘ gown about him, passed quickly ‘ upto Thirteenth street. Great quantities of Belgian blocks were piled up in the street, and the somnambulist gathered a lot of these under a tree and made four regular piles of them. On these he placed some boards, and then spreading the um- brella again placed it over his head and, shrouded himself with the piano cover, com: posed himself to sleep. The noise he made in piling the stones awoke several families, and there were many astonished people gazing out of the Windows at‘ the strange scene when the young man’s father and brother, who had missed him, came up. He was awakened, and was much aston- ished to find himself in such a curious posi- tion. While piling the stones he had hurt his finger badly and it was bleeding freely, but the pain had not disturbed his slum- bars. THE QUEEN A'l‘ ‘VINDSOB. An Earthquake In Canada. Disappointed in Love. MURDERING HIS FRIEND. WHOLE N0. 1,332 NO. 44. Pudding made of cracked wheat is very agreeable and nourishing. To one quart of sweet milk allow nearly balfaoupful of cracked wheat; put in in a pudding dish and bake slowly for two hours, stirring in several times. It you choose to do so you can add raisins and a. little cinnamon for flavoring, but molt eople prefer it well salted. and to can it w_ th a little cream and “ Married ladies ” do not “ turn down the corners of their visiting curds " unless there happene to be 3 second person in the house for whom a. card should be left (a. daughter out in society), and then one card is made to do the duty of two by turning up one end of it. Were the second person in the house a lady of a. certain age, a. married woman, or a. friend only visiting in the house, two cards should be left. To make tefi'y, melt three ounces of butter in a. small saucepan over a clear fire ; etir intoit one pound of brown sugar; keep stirring until it is done. which can be ascertained by dropping a little into a cup of cold water, when, if it burdens and breaks between the teeth without sticking. it is done. and may be poured out intoa buttered din-h. It may be flavored with almond, lemon or ginger, and will take twenty minutes to boil. Rich Plum Pudding.» Mix well the fol- lowing ingredients, and boil in plenty of water for four hours halt pound each of our- rants and stoned raisins. three-quarter of a. pound of 811615, three ounces of flour, two ounces of peel, six ounces of sugar, 8. little nutmeg, one gill of water, one tablespoonful of salt. Don’t fill the gash with soot, sugar or anything else to arrest the hemorrhage when you out yourself, but bring the parts together with strips of adhesive plaster. Household Becipel. A Sootoh baggie is made of the heart lungs and liver of a sheep, with suet, onions, oatmeal. salt and pepper, all boiled in a sheep’s stomach. Turkey and celery make a. delicious salad, preferred by many to chicken salad, especmlly modern “ chicken ” baled. which is largely composed of veal. Don't take long walks when the stomach is 5:1“;er empty. Don’t jump out of bed immediately on awakeping ix} the morning. Don’t Efrain your eyes Ky reading on an ergptyrstgmach or when ill. Health lllnll. Don't go to bed with cold feet. Don’t stand on hot air registers. Don‘t lie on the la“; side moo much. Don‘t inhale hot air or fumes at any acid. an’t lie on your back to keep from angring. Donlé eat the smallest morsel unless huggry, if well. 7 D6196 start a day’s work without eating a. good breakfast. Don’t forgef t5 take a drink of pure water before breakfast. Beating of the Pulse. The human pulse has rather a wide ‘ range, but the general average has been put about as follows: At birth, 140; at two years, 100 ; at from 16 to 19 yearv, 80 ; at manhood, 75; old age, 60. There are, however, great variations consistent with health. Napoleon’s pulse is said to have been only 44 in the minute. A case is also related of a healthy man of 87 whose pulse was seldom over 80 during the last two years of his life. and Isometimes not over 26. Another man of 87 years of age enjoyed good health and spirits with a pulse of 29, and there is also on record the ourious~ instance of a man whose pulse in health was never more than 45, and to be consis- tent in his inconsistency, when he had fever his pulse fell to 40, Instead of rising, asis usual. DonTh eat in less than We hours after bfiihing. Awoman, no matter how poor she is, and how deep the cares of family. ought to take more and more pains with her dress as time rolls on. A young girl may wear almost anything. A matron, however, who has lost the first plump charm and indefinable beauty of youth has to be care- tul. But grandmother is pretty still, and will always be pretty till the white hands are clasped over the quiet breast, and she goes home to those who went home before her” Whodoes not know the dear old grand- mother, whose sweet, wrinkled face, clean cup, gleam dress and lavender-scented lace calmi- carry one back to childhood’s days? There are years there, and the experience of trouble, the sadness of losses, memories 0! bridalh and of graves, and a rapid approach to those silent churchyard gates to which we must all walk whether we will or not. A bit of ribbon here, a. touch of color there, charm the face and figure, shapely hands and pretty feet, comely waist and supple neck; here, there and everywhere about beauty’a person, frpm the curve of the dainty little pink ear to the slope of the shoulders and the carriage of the person. there is one manifest vowe to be heardâ€"" I am trying to look my best.” And. what is 'more, womgfi might no more to neglect trying to look pretty to tha and of her days than she ought to forget to do _h§r dutjy. _ _ It goes without saying that wives, mothers and mmdens abullba good-tem- pered, skilled in housewifery, true hearted and kindly tempered. Leaving the greater matters of the un- written laws 01‘ Me. however, among the minor ones is that which makes it; an in- atxuoh with beauty to adorn herself. One of the first duties of a fioman is to alWays look as pretty as possible. (Compiled by Aunt Kate.) Despondlng Mon-en. “ I have done nothing to-day but keep things straight in the house," you say : wearily at the close of it. Do you call that nothing? Nothing that your children are healthy and happy, and secured from evil influence? Nothing that neatness and thrift, and wholesome food follow the touch of your finger-tips? Nothing that beauty in place of ugliness meets the eye of the cheerful little ones, in the plants at your window, in the picture on the wall? Nothing that home to them means home, and will always do so to the end of life, what vicissitudes soever that may involve? Oh, eareworn mother, is all this nothing? Is it nothing that over against your some- time mistakes" and sometime discourage- ments shall be written, “ She hath done what she could? " HEALTH, KITCHEN AND FASHION NOTES‘ Why Ladies of our Household Should Study to be 'l'idv and Beautiful. THE FAMILY CIRCLE. Beauty’s Duly. M Teefy The French Amiusudor at Berlin lately paid Prince Bismarck a visit at his country neat and returned professing to be perfeon fiaAi-fled as to the relations between France and Germany. The visit was apfily timed t ) occur while the Prince I upon-13.1 of Ga. many wesjunketing in Spun. ' The comet ie in the northwest, and early in the evening is about half way betwoen the horizon and the zenith. Look for it between the Northern Cross and the Great Square of Pegeene, and nearer the letter. You will not be likely to find it without a glass, although it is visible to the naked eye. A good opera. glass will show it easily. EASILY PROVEN.â€"It is _es.sily provon thst malarial eVurB, constipation. torpidity of the liver and kidneys. general debillty. nervousness, and neuralgia ailments yield readily to thin great disease conqueror, Hop Bitters. It repsirl the ravages of disease by converting the food into rich blood and it gives new lilo and vigor to e aged and infirm always â€"â€"tbe organ of the mind. The results are light: sleep and dreams. The obvious remedy is to wear a nightosp or wrap the head warmly, at least while the cold weather lasts. I believe We of this gener- smon suffer more from brain troubles than our predecessors because we leave the head exposed at nightisnd the blood ves- sels of our cerebral organs are seldom un- lauded.” A Dr. Granville writes to the London Times : “ Many persons who are not by habit; ' dreamers ’ are dreaming a. great deal just. now and wondering why they do so. The answer is very simple. When cold weather sets in suddenly and is much felt at night. the head, which is uncovered, has the blood supplied to it driven from the surface to the deep parts, notably fihe brain Excessive Emulation Has a Tendency to Develop Hereditary Diseases. One of the practices most energetically relied on in the higher close of girls' schools, says the Popular 56167105 Monthly, is that of the competition of one scholar with another. In some of them this competi» tion is terrific. It extends to every subject; it becomes so keen as to put each girl who is in the foremost rank in a lever-heat of emulation before the examinations. In some cases it overmasters every other feel- ing for the time being. No doubt, from the sohoolmaster'e point ,’of view, it is the very thing he wants. In his professional enthusiasm he aims at the highest mental result. He is not professionally interested in the health or the special nervous con- stitution of his girls; he does not regard ‘them as each one a medico-psychologioal entity and problem. 1 don’t say this by way of reproach. All good men try to attain the highest result in their special depart- ments. The educator has no means of know- ing the constitution and hereditary weakness of his girlsâ€"that the mother of one died of consumption, that the father of another was insane, that neuralgiais hereditary in the family of a third, that one has‘beon nervous, another had; convulsions when a baby, another had been threatened with water in the head, etc. His own education and training have not taught him to notice or know the meaning of narrow chests or great thinness, or stooping shoulders, or very big heads, or quick, jerky movements or dilate pupils, or want of appetite, or headaches, or irritability, or backaches, or dieinclina- tion to bodily exertion. But all these things exist in abundance in eyery big school, and the girls handicapped in that way are set into competition with those who are strong and free from risks. It is the most nervous. excitable and highly strung girls who throw themselves into the school competition most keenly. And they. of course, are just the most liable to be injured by it. All good observers say the intensity of feeling displayed in girls' oom- petitions is greater than among lads, and that there is far. more apt to arise a per. sonal animus. Girls don't take sheeting so quietly as boys. Their moral constitu- tion, while in some ways stronger than that of boys, especially at that age. sufiers more from any disturbing cause. The whole thing takes greater hold of themâ€"is more real. A lawyer. attempting to browbeet I female witness. told her she had bran enough to make a. saucepan. The woman reborted, “ And you haVe sauce enough to fill it.” The Empress of Russia recently ordered a. cloak of sable fur, trimmed with gold and enriehed with preoxous stones. The whole to coat £9,000. The high Greek ooifiure, with several fillets encircling the head, takes the place with Parisiana of the amullooil in the nape or nhe neck. Uapotea for evening west are made of white crepe, edged with silver lime or braid,and trimmed with white muabout feathers. The new and lovely little theatre bon- nets of black velvet and white tulle, embroidered with pearls. are worn winhoui strings. The small muff of velvet, lace, plush- fur, and even cloth matching the capo“ in shade and material. is the latest fancy The evening cloak par excellence in o! cashmere, lined with plush, and having a crepe hood trimmed With lace. Pretty Parisian oapotea are made of velvet apphque on colored lace, with a bunch of velvet flowers on one side. For street wear some of the Parisis'n milliners have brought out exquisitn little Function-like bonneta of gray Swedish kid. The fichu bow. knot of flowers. or narrow lace-pin is worn ab one side of the neck by very young ladies. The orapefinished border is I. striking novelty in mourning note paper, the imita- tion being wonderful. Fiohus, jabots and soar-ta are worn with house dresses. They are attached to nu- row velvet dog collars. The ladies of Greenville, B. 0.. will build a monument to the Confederate dead of than county. “You have lovely teeth, Ethel.” “ Yes, George," she fondly lisped; “ they were u Christmas present from Aunt Grace." The less underclothing worn the better the fit; of the dress. hence flannel underâ€" clothing. being light, though, werm, is better, even though it is not so ornamen- tal as the furry pique which the French prefer. Evening dresses with pointed waist: and V necks are as becoming as they are fashionable. Plain or fine striped silk-floss hone are most fashionable for both day and evening mun- WBBJ'. Frills of lace down the front of the cor- sage are considered more elegant than buttons. The best dreaamakers no longer put pufl‘ed Waistcoats or Moliere front. on cox-sages. Women compose the principal part of the California. Silk Culture Association. DANGER! IN GIRLS’ SCHOOL! In India. 8,182,000 remaies are Engaged in industuul oocnpmtions. High hesla are no longer worn on evening shoes, but; are still used upon day boots. Ragged-edged note paper is Ami a favorite among English ladies. Sable is the most fashionable fur in Eng- land among those who can afford it. sugar. This is nice. both warm and Fashionable Wrinkle: and Oil-er l Dreams and The]! Cause. The Coma. rm and cold. Oil-er Motel.