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Gen. Clingman, of North Carolina, has an article in Health and Home in which he I'elates wonderful tales of cures effected upon himself at divers times by the simple use of tobacco. His troubles were many, and ranged from gunshot wounds to corns. The following is one of the cures : In the summer 0151867, in the city of New York, as I was riding in an omnibus, while look- ing out of an open window I received a heavy blow on my right eye from the whip of the driver, who had aimed the blow at the head of a horse which seemed about to interfere with him He missed the horse’s head and the full force of the end of the whip fell directly on the centre of my 'Open eye. The pain was excessive, and the sight of the eye was entirely taken away» absolute blacknessseemsd beforeit, Par-flfllb gers in the stage said to me : ” You had better get out and seek relief, for you do not know how that eye looks." I soon reached my hotel, and, on getting into it, sent one servant for a piece of tobacco and another for two physicians with Whom I was acquainted. The tobacco came first, and, Just as I had Iliced it on and secured it with proper bandages, the doctors came in. I told them what had happened and that I had just put on the tobacco, They said tobacco would be ruinous. As soon as I got off the bandage and they saw the eye their oountenances seemed to fall (for I could see them with the left eye, of course). They said, “ it will be very difficult to save that a) e.” I replied, that if it could he saved, the tobacco poultice would do it. They reiterated their objections, but I told them I should try it, and asked them to come back in the morning. After they left I restored the tobacco and kept it well wet by putting my face from time to ime in a bowl of water, so as :o retain the moisture steadily. The night was one of the most painful of my life. but as it pro- gressed, the pain seemed slightly to dimin- ish; yet even in the morning I still suffered. About 10 o'clock one of the physicians called to see me, and I took off the bandage. As soon as I did so, I knew that the eye was better, for I could see the outlines of the open window before me. The doctor immediately said : “ I never was so astonished in my life, for your eye instead of being swollen and red, as I expected to see it, is shrunk and less than the other eye, and the lids are white. He insisted that he ought to be allowed to stimulate it by an application; but as I did not desire to have a premature reaction, I refused. Though the eye is not very painful, I kept the to- bacco on it for the greater part of the day. On the next day, when he saw it, he said: “ You will not lose your eye, but it will always be disfigured.” On looking at it I saw the pupil seemed to extend across the iris, and my whole eye looked black. On the fifth day my eye had its natural ap- pearance,and its eight was fully restored. I called at the office of my physicians, and they both said they had never seen such a cure. As regards the nutritive value of the potato, it is well to understand that the common notion concerning its cheapness as an article of food is a fallacy. Taking Dr. Edward Smith’s figures, 760 grains of car- bon and 24 grains of nitrogen are contained in one pound of potatoes; two and one half pounds of potatoes are required to supply the amount of carbon contained in one pound of bread; and three and one half pounds oi potatoes are necessary for supplying the nitrogen of one pound of bread. With bread at three halfpence per pound, potatoes should cost less than one halfpenny per pound, in order to be as cheap as bread for the hard-working man who requires an abundance of nitrogenous food. My own observations in Ire- land have fully convinced me of the wisdom of William Corbett's de- nunciation of the potato as a staple article of food. The bulk that has to be eaten, and is eaten, in order to sustain life, converts the potato feeder into a mere assimilating machine during a large part of the day, and renders him unfit for vigorous mental or bodily exertion. IfI were the autocratic Czar of Ireland, my tirst step toward the regeneration of the Irish people would be the introduction, aoclimatming and dissemination of the Colorado beetle, in order to produce a complete and permanent potato-famine. The effect of potato~feeding may be studied by watching the effect of a potato-ted Irish mower or reaper who comes across to work upon an English farm where the harvest-men are fed in the farm-house and where beer is not excessive. The improve- ment of his working powers after two or three weeks of English feeding is com- parable to that of ahorse when fed upon corn, beans, and hay, after feeding for a year on grass only.â€"â€"W. Mattieu Williams, in June Popular Science Monch J. The Gartcnlaubc has an article on those civilised nations, 9. large proportion of whose peasantry eat little or no bread. Baked loaves of bread are unknown in many parts of South Austria and, of Italy, and throughout the agricultural districts of Bunmania. In the villages of the Ober- steiermark, not very many miles from Vienna, bread is never seen. the staple food 02 the people being sterz, a kind of porridge made from ground beech-nuts, which is taken at breakfast with fresh or curdled milk, at dinner with broth or fried lard, and with milk again for supper. This sterz is also known as lieiden, and takes the place of bread not only in the Steiermark, but in Oarynthia and in many parts of the Tyrol. In the north of Italy the peasantry live chiefly on polenta, a porridge made of boiled maize. The polenta, however. is not allowed to granulate like Scotch por- ridge. or like the Austrian sterz, but isj boiled into a solid pudding, which is cut up and portioned out with a string. It is eaten cold as often as it is hot, and is in every sense the Italian peasant’s daily bread. The modern Roumanians are held by many scholars to be descended from aRoman colony. in other words to be the cousins oi the Italians; and, curiously enough, a vari- ation of the 'polenta called mamaliga is the national dish of Roumania. The mamaliga is like the polenta in that it is made of boiled maiZe,’but it’is unlike the latter iii one important resp’ect, as the grains are not allowed to settle into a solid mass, but are kept 'distinct, alter the fashion of oat: meal porridgez Tomi Blindness From Accident Clll‘f‘d by n Poultice. HEALING POWERS 0F T031100" Mary B. G. Eddy is the chief apostle and expounder of ” Christian science." The exercises begin with singing a hymn. Then follows a moment of silent prayer, and a remarkable parephrafiing of the Lorde Prayer. After each petition by the audience Mrs. Eddy interjeots one of her own. For example, after the people say, ” Thy will be done,” she adds, “ May the supremacy of spirit appear, and the dream of matter disappear." " Lead us not into temptetlon” is followed by “Deliver us from the errors of personal sense." The eermonlaet Sunday chanced to be an ex- position of the fourteenth of St. John. The first two verses were read, and questions asked : “What is meant by the heart physi- cally and metaphysically ?” Timid voices replied: “A bodily organ," and “ The Beat of theafieotione." Miss Helen Snow carried off the prize fan. by more than three hundred majority, awarded to he prettiest girl in Rookland County. Me., but all the other pretty girls make unpleasant remarks on the subject, illustrating Shakapeare’a line, that though pure as Snow there is no escape from calumny. People who En! no Bread. Polmoes n Dem- Food. The Laws! 6‘ Bdlglon." 1. Know your own mind. Have a plan. Don’t make them get out all the cash- meres, and then decide it is alapaca you want. 2. If you really mean to buy a garment, now is the time to buy is. Do not try it on and try in on again, and turn it over and then leave itâ€"than is so tiresome for the pleasant young woman who is watching over i) and you. H 74. 7(To the friend.) Do not, in the ardor of shopping, stop to inquire after the nine children. Things for 'l‘liuso on Bolh Rher of [he Counter 19 Remember. . The subject is a serious one, so beset with trials and difficulties that it cannot be ap- proached without grave reflection, ans "Every Other Saturday.” The man who thlLkS that, in furnishing the “ sinews of war," he has settled the subject, and that the course that follow-1 is over a smooth and easy pathâ€"-facilis dcscmwusmthat there is but a step between the filled purse and the fulfilled desire, is greatly in error. All the endurance and longvsuflering, all the patience and perseverance, all the decision and presence of mind of which the disci- plined feminine organization is capable, must be brought to bear for the exigencies of a shopping expedition; and these quali- ties again are equally in demand upon the other side of the counter, Where the strain upon good temper and self-command is equally great. Let not, therefore, the frivolous woman of fashion go lightly forth with a full purse, thinking she has only to come, see and conquer; nor let her frivolous sister. who stands behind the counter in unexceptionable back hair, think that her duty begins and ends in standing there, without exerting herself to make “ shop- ping” easy instead of burdensome. In so grave a matter, it is not without hesitation that we add some few maxims for both parties : 3. Do not: enter into a. long conversation with a. friend while the patient shopman stands holding up a fold of silk, draped for your inspection. 1! your friend is par- sistent in inquiring after all the nine chil- dren, turn away with her and bell the man he need not Wait. 5. Wait for your change without a. mur- mur, to the and of time, even if your out passes, your carriage waits, and you are ready to drop with fatigue. “ No blame is attached to the driver”; in other words, the clerk who has served you has nothing to do with it, and is equally bored. THE (mum sum. 1. Do not invariably any you have not a thingAbetore you know whnfi it is. 3. If you must glve the lady the trouble 0! going to “ the next counter," do it with regret, and not apparently with a. wild joy of getting rid of her. 2.UDo not Ery to persuade your customer that the ribbon matches. If she does not see It, the match is in ygin: 4. Do not expect ignorant shoppers to know the trade names of mhmgs, such as “ Tom Thumb ” fringe, “ Excelsior ” trim- ming, “ Fire and marine ” hose. Lend an ab- tentiye éar to their feeble efforts'at descrip- tion, and endeayor to hunt" u_ the articleI remembering that 5‘ a. rose y any other name would smell as sweet.“ Above all, and in general, let each party remember that the other is human. and that both are doubtless tired and hungry and cross. Let them both lend a. hand to get through with the dreadful thing and home to dinner, with buttons matched. pins not forgotten, bargains achieved and the balance straight. I must here throw myself into the great controversy of jackets or no jackets. Should potatoes be peeled before cooking, or should they be boiled in their jackets? I ray most decidedly in jackets, and will state my reasons. From 53 to 56 per cent. of the saline constituents of the potato is potash, and potash is an im- portant constituent of bloodâ€"so important thatin Norway, where scurvy once pre- Vailed very seriously, it has been banished since the introduction of the potato, and, according to Lang and other good authori- ties, it is owing to the use of this vegetable by a people who formerly were insuffi- ciently supplied with saline vegetable food. Potash salts are freely soluble in water, and I find that the water in which potatoes have been boiled contains potash, as may be proved by bailing it down to concentrate, then filtering and add- ing the usual potash test, platinum chloride. It is evident that the skin of the potato must resist this passage of the potash into the water.though it may not fully preventit. The bursting of the skin only occurs at quite the latter stage of the cookery. The great- est practioal authorities on the potato, Irishman, appear to be unanimous. I do not remember to havo seen apre-peeled potato in Ireland. I find that I can at once detect by the difference of flavor whether a potato has been boiled with or Without its jacket, and this difference is evidently salineâ€"W. MATTIEU WILLIAMS, in June Popular Science Monthly. John Spiers, living near here, completed I his 100th year the first day of last January. I .[Iom‘oved from South Carolina to this State ‘ with his family in 1819‘. He married his first wife at the age of '21 years. She only lived a few months, ‘however, and six months after her death he married the second time, living happily with this one to a ripe old age, when she died, leaving twelve children. The old man was then 9;} years old, but possessed a remarkable degree of youthful vigor. He went courting again and married his third wife at the age of 95, ‘ and she only 15 years old. The tollowing‘ year she died. He makes yearly visits to Dooly county. a distance of 75, miles, on foot. He ploughs any day now as sprightly as a boy. He has thirteen useful teeth, that enable him to masticate his food as well as anybody. He can see to shoot a rifle accurately, with which he has done great damage among the deer,having killed as many as thirteen in a single day. What is of interest in this man is that he never was intoxicated in his life, never employed a doctor, and never was sick but once, and that a slight feverâ€"Macon (Ga ) Telegraph. A caboose of a. freight train on the New Brunswick leway ran over 2m embank- ment, near Medawaska, a. distance of fifty feet. Several men were hurt. A Mormon saint, the senior partner in 21 Salt, Lake liquor store. was chosen on a. Saturday to preach the Gospel in Great Britain, and the Mormon police, ignorant of the fact, within 24 hours arrested him for selling liquor on Sunday, for which he was fined $50. In the Paris B011 Marche, where 2,000 persons are said to be employed, each girl bass. room to herself. There is also a. drawing room with piano, etc. THE VOL. XXVI. reunion in Their Jackon. Record 01 n “Roll-Spent Lin. IIIN’I‘P‘ 0N HIIOPI’IN‘}. FOR THE CUSTOMER. “The London Spectator asks: ‘ What is the kind of life which isinoreasing ? Are we young longer, or mature longer, or old longer ‘I Do we live longer, or are we only a little slower in dying?’ I am bound to admit that some of the gain in early life is lost in middle life; that while the ex- pectation of life at birth is 25 or more, the expectation from 35 to 50 is a fraction less. But notwithstanding the slight increase of mortality at 35 and upward, a large portion of the additional survxvors live on to the higher ages. 0: 1,000 born. the additional number of survwors is 35 at the age of 45, 26 at 55, 9 at 65, 3 at 75 and 1 at 85. The increase is much greater among females. By tar the larger proportion of the in- creased duration of human life in England is lived between 20 and 60.” It is interest- ing to ascertain what is the natural limit of existence. Dr. Farr says the natural life» time cf man is a century. That is the length of time the body will live under the meet favorable conditions. Another most interesting question is; “ When does old age commence I" Dr. Farr has diVidedlife as follows; Boyhood,10 to 15 years; youth 15 to 25 ; manhood, 25 to 55 ; maturity, 55 to 75; ripeness, '25. to 85, and old age, 85 and upward._ Some Reasons \Vlry Death is Supposed to be Gradually (fuelling Further Away. To be told that under proper conditions we ought to live one hundred years, and that the discouraging doctrine of the influ- ence of heredity in shortening life is only true in a limited sense, is interesting to most people. So, also, is the circumstance that we are livmg longer than we used to live, and the assurance that much may yet be done to prolong our lives. These and analogous topics were given in a recent ltcture by Dr. John Foster, of Bradford. Eng , read at the February meeting of the Shefiield Medioo-Chirurgiosl Society : “ The late Dr. Farr, in his de. scription of the march through life of a million children. has giVen the following results: Nearly 150,000 will die in the first year, 52,000 in the second year, 28,000 in the third, and less than 4,000 in the thirteenth year. At the end of 45 years 500,000, or one-halt, will have died. At the beginning of 60 years, 370,000 will still be living. At the beginning of 80 years, 90,000; at 85 years, 38,000; and at 95 years, 2,100. At the beginning of 100 years there will be 223, and at 108 years 1. The mean lifetime of both sexes in England was calculated some years ago to be 40,858, or nearly 41 years. Mr. H. Humphreys has shown, however, that in the 5 years, 1876 to 1880, the mean age at death was 43.56 (females, 45.3), being a. gain of nearly 23 years. Thus within 20 years, notwithstanding an increased birth rate, density of population, and the unsani- tary condition of towns suddenly grown large, more than 2; years have been added to the life of every inhabitant of England. In taking the period of 65 to 75, and still following the fortunes of the million chil- dren born, we find that 309.020 enter this l age and 161,124 leave it alive. Diseases of l the brain, heart and lungs m’ the most common; 31,400 died or old age. The number them enter the next decennialâ€" 75 to 85-819 161,124, and the number that leave It alive are 38,565. About 122,500 die, chiefly of lung. brain, heart and other local diseases. Nearly 59,000 die of atrophy, debility and old nge. Some writer says he has met few or no caeee of death from old age, everybody dying of some recognized disease. It is true that the symptoms of disease become obscure in old age, many cases of pneumonia. and other inflamma- tione escaping recognition. But it is also true that many deaths attributed to disease are mainly due to old age ; slight injuries, cold, heat. want, or attacks Wthh in early years would have been shaken off. 0: the million with which we started, 2,135 live to l the age of 95â€"223 to 100. Finally, at the ‘ age of 108 one solitary life diamâ€"New York l Sun. About two years ago Alex. Green, of Malden, died, leaving a widow and one boy. His widow, or Martha, as she is called, instead of renting her farm and retiring from_tho busy scenes of life, donned a coat, and ploughed, sowed and harrowed in a large area of crops, hauled wood to town, broke in unruly colts, went on the road with a spade and did her statute labor. When harvest came, she shouldered a cradle and out her grain, doing all kinds of manual labor incident to farm life. She has also had the unpleasant task of hav- ing to conduct and defend several lawsuits, and invariably gained them all. The education of her son is being watched over ‘by her with jealous care. Aside from all ‘this. she has not been unmindful of her domestic duties, but shows good executive ability in the management of her house- hold affairs. and gmd taste in the decora- tion of her home. Martha in a large degree possesses that fluency of speech and east of manner peculiar to her sex, and the transient visitor to her home would never imagine that she could accomplish so muchâ€"Anlherstbzgrg Echg. Judge Walker yesterday granted Eliza: beth Beeler a divorce from Jones Vestal Beeler, on proof of continued drunkenness, She is 52, years old. and he (yyears her senior, and they are the parents of 19 children, 15;~ of whom are still alive, the youngest being 10 years old. They nearly all sided with their mother in the suit, and several of them testified that their father was in the habit of getting “ dead drunk ” at least once a Week,I and at such times in- clined to he cross and abusive. By agree- ment a division of the propertyâ€"a farm of ' 120 acres in Decatur townshipâ€"was made, she to receive 40 acres and the home, and i he the remainder. Beeler was at one time ‘ quite wealthy, but has since lost most of his possessions. Nearly the entire family was in court, and the spectacle was an un- usual oneâ€"Indianapolis Journal. I’m-ems on Nineteen Children Divorced. Afew days ago four well-dressed men entered a London tavern ard had dinner. When the moment came to pay they said that they had no money with them, but would leave a. valuable diamond ring. A few days later they called, settled the prevmus account, had another dinner, talked to the proprietor, and finally sold him the ring for £55. He considered that he had made a. good bargain, because while it had been in his possession he had taken it to 8. jeweller, who pronounced it to be worth £100. The guests, however, had on their second visit substituted an imitation fac~simile for the genuine ring. The cheek is apber than the tongue to tell an errand.â€"â€"Shakspeare. Is LIFE “Rowlm: LONGER ? Rev. Dr. Horstman, of Philadelphia, to cure hay fever, has had a portion of the nasal bones removed A \Vomnn at me Plough. A Clever [Hug Swindle. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, DIAY 29, 1884. The Children 0! a. Formrr Millionaire “’orking for a Dollar 1! Day ’IllcEVil ol Reckless Hpeculnllon. It has been frequently said that Wall street is the pulse of the country, and as that pulse indicates nervousness and excite- ment, it would appear that the country at large should prove nervous and excited. As it is, however, there is a diflerence between the country‘s admire and Wall str eet‘s. The country is prosperous, and there is no getting behind the fact; but Wall street to-day shares the once popular fate of the “ quiet games,” which, singularly enough, have gone out of business in oonszquence of the persuasion of the authorities in Mul- berry street. They fell into bad repute, and so has Wall street. THE QUICKSANDS OF ETOCKJOBBING. “ Every man,” said a. prominent broker, " comes to the conclusion, in the course of time, that he is an ass; and it he is in- clined to dabble down here he will be proven an ass. Men who have nothing can come and try their luck; but those who have something to lose had better stay away. Talk about quickssnds, the quick- dands of stoekjobhing will swallow a man with a million or ten millions as easily as the ocean a steamer. There is Keene. He comes here with acouple of millions; he plays them and wins ten or fifteen more. Does he stop? Oh, no! He wants more, and now he is cleaned out. There’s Villard. He makes several millions and wields a big house andâ€"fai 3. Ten years ago I knew a man who had eleven millions and seven chil- dren. 'One day I asked him why he did not retire. His answer was, ‘ I have eleven millions. I want just twelve, because I have seven children. My wish is to give them each amillion and keep five {or my- self.’ That man died in a tenement house and his children are working for a dollar a day.” A well-known banker and financier was standing this morning looking at the open- ing prices when a man who knew him asked him what was the trouble with the market. He said: “Why, it is simple as A B G. The trouble is not a new one in finance by any means. The whole system of building railroads and capitalizing them is rotten“t Great railroads have been built long before they have been needed, at an enormous expense, and to that cost there has been added the prospective value which they may acquire in twenty years to come. This ‘prospective value' is anticipated and issued as stock. which is placed on the market as being worth so many dollars a share while in actual fact it has posi- tively not the value of cream white paper. By jobbing the price is run up or run down; the country has found thatjobbing alone has sustained prices and Withdraws its support, so that it sage and sage uutilit becomes worth its actual value, which is absolutely nothing. During the reign of Anne speculation had so injured England that Parliament had to“ come in to interfere; and I jeel confident that the day is not far distant when the National or State Governments will be compelled to draft stringent laws to prevent the over issue of stock and also to make directors of railroads criminally responsible for the mismanagement of roads."â€"N. Y. Telrgram. The National Association of Amateur Athletes of America will hold a special meeting in New York on the 24th inst. to decide on a proposed amendment to the amateur definition. The association’s pre- sent definition clan amateur reads : “ Ah amateur is any person who has never com- peted in an open competition, or for a stake, ‘ or for public money, or for gate money, or under a false name, or with a professional for a. prize, or where gate money is charged ; nor has ever, at any period of his life, taught or pursued ath- letic exercises as a means oflivelihood." The new definition which it is proposed to substitute, and which was recently er- roneously reported adopted, is as follows : “ An amateur is a person who has never, directly or indirectly, competed for s. staked bet, or for public money,cr for gate money, or under a false name, or With a profes- sional for a prize, or where gate money is charged; nor has ever, at any period of his life, directly or indirectly, taught. pursued or assisted at athletic exercises for money or for the purpose of obtaining the means of livelihood, nor has ever sold or pawned any prize received in any athletic event.” Utterly wild camels may be seen on the l deserts at the head of the Gall of Califor- fornis, where they find a. congenial home and multiply steadily, sayss writer in the Chicago Current. These are a. remnant of a. herd Which many years ago was imported by the Government to slot as beasts of bur- den fer the army in New Mexico and Arizona. They served the purpose well. but were finally dispensed with, it is said, through the demands ot the drivers of pack trains of mules and donkeys, whose beasts were frightened into stempeding by the sight and smell of the foreign strangers. jThe camels were subsequently used by lmmers in carrying ore. etc, in California 1 and Arizona, but a few years ago they were turned loose on the banks of the Rio Coler- sdo, where they are fast heeoming natural- izsd. “What has become 0! our wonderful cnmson sunsets, Iprpder ‘2” said Tom. ’ “ Why,” replied Laure, thoughtfully looking up from the Bazar. “ I suppose they have all gone out; of style Everything is very quiet and elegant this spring. I know those winter sunsets were too high- oolored to last long. They might do for the evening,” she said presently, in a reflective mood, “ but they are too loud for the street." And, bending ova: the description of a new walking suit, she did not see Tom, fallen from his chair, staring wildly at her, and painfully gasping for breebh.â€"-Sunday Courier. The Bevan Scientifiquc stetes that the Phylioxem Commission announced at their lest meeting that none of the methods pro- posed for exterminating the pest of the vine during 1883 gave any hope whatever of success; the prize of 300,000 francs offered to the author of a. practical remedy could not, therefore, be awarded. The renovation of the vines and menus for their defence have, however, been largely de- veloped. Large meetings of Northwest half-breeds are being held to protest against. the action of the Government in reference to half breed and minera’ chums. The Presbyterian Synod of Ottawa. and Montreal have adopted an overture deplor- ing the intensity of party politics. RUIN IN “’AllL STREET. A mntnlr Alhlelc Deflnilion. WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES “'ild Camels In America. The Fashion in Sunsets. Dr Dclthil’s (tun-c, Tried with Success Upon I: New York Patient. A New York despatch says: Ruth Lockwood, the 9-year-old child of Thomas Lockwood, a compositor in the Tinws ofiice, became violently ill with diphtheria on Tuesday night. She was so weak tnat it was deemed dangerous to try tracheo- tomy. or cutting open the windpipe 0.. Thursday Dr. Nichols, of 117 West Washington place, who was attending her, received a copy of the Paris Figaro. which contained a report made to the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Delthil. Dr, Delthil said that the vapors of liquid tar and turpentine would dissolve the fibrinous exudations which choke upthe throat in croup and diphtheria. Dr. Delthil's process was described. He pours equal parts of turpentine and liquid tar into a tin pan or cup and sets fire to the mixture. A dense resinous smoke arises, which obscures the air of the room. “ The patient,” Dr. Delthil says, “ immedi- ately seems to experience relief ; the chok- ing and rattle stops; the patient falls into a slumber and seems to inhale the smoke with pleasure. The fibrinous membrane soon becomes detached. and the patient coughs up microbicides. These when caught in a glass may be seen to dissolve in the smoke. In the course of three days afterwards the patient entirely recovers." Dr. Nichols tried this treatment yester- day with little Ruth Lockwood. She was lying gasping for breath when he visited her. First pouring about two tablespoon- tuls of liquefied tar on an iron pan,he poured as much turpentine over it and set it on fire. The rich resinous smoke which rose to the ceiling was by no means unpleasant. As it filled the room the child’s breathing became natural, and as the smoke grew dense she fell asleep. Fina-n Dlen Crushed and Ronslod to Death In 11 Railway Collision. A last (Wednesday) night’s Pitteburg despatch says: The west-bound freight and gravel trains were in collision near Connelleville this morning, meeting each other at a. sharp curve. The freight train wasladen with ore, and had about fifty men on board. Six men were killed out- right, and four others fastened down by the broken timbers and roasted to death. the car taking fire from the overturned stove. Officials decline to say who is to blame, but opinion puts it on the train- runners. When the wreck was cleared away it was ascertained that twelve per- sons were injured and fourteen missing. The bodies of ten of the latter have been recovered; others are supposed to be entirely consumed. Of these recovered only two are positively identified. One of thn injured died on the way to the hospital, makin fifteen deaths, one being the fire- men 0 the freight train and the others laborers. A last (Friday) night’s London cable- gram says: Sir William Vernon Har- court, Home Secretary. has again become nervous over information which the police claim to have discovered of Fenian plots to assassinate himself, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and other members of the Government. It is stated that these threats are the cause of the proposed Cabinet conference on Irish affairs, to which Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant for Ireland, has been sum- moned from Dublin. Lard Spencer will be guarded by two special officers through- out his journey, and extraordinary precau- tions are being taken to secure the safety of the members of the Government. Last night no less than twelve Seotland Yard detectives, in plain clothes, were counted in the lobby of the House of Commons. waiting to escort the different Ministers to their homes. An innovation in life insurance comes' from Pennsylvania where a man rushed panting into the rffice of a life insurance company and confessed that he had just committed a murder and had made his way to the oflice in order to convince the Insur- anee men that it was to their interest to save his neck. He was insured in five com- panies for $120,000. If he was hanged the companies would have the money to pay ‘at once. Clearly it was to their interest to provide him with first-class counsel and save his life at almost any cost. The com- panies consulted and took the murderer‘s views of the matter. They provided the best legal talent and succeeded in getting the fellow off with a few years‘ imprison- ment. The name of the criminal is not given; but the story must be true. It comes from a life insurance solicitor. A St. Paul. Minn., deepateh eaye : The funeral of Dr. John George Kitteon, one of the 33 children of Commodore N. W. Kitt~ son, the wellvknown millionaire turfman, takes place here to-morrow. Dr. Kitteon was 38 years old and the eonof a. handsome Indian girl. He was educated at _McGill University. In 1875 he was appointed Chief of the Medical Department of the Nerthweet,in connection with the Mounted Police. Hie health failing, he returned to his father’s home. On Saturday morning he was found in the bath-room deed. TAR SNIOKE 1701‘ DIPHTIIERIA- Scottish Notes. Rev. David Maorae, Dundee, has left for Naples for the benefit of his health. Rev. Wm. Reid, long U. P. minister at Loohgelly, has been presented in Glasgow with his portrait and £104. on the contusion of his jubilee as a minister. p n ‘ n ‘,4_ It is stated that the Duke of Argyll has offered to erottere and cottare in Tiree. willing to emigrate to Manitoba. conditions exactly similar to those given by Lady Catheart. Emigration, however, is not favorably entertained by the people. A recently published report states that out of every 1,000 recruits for the Russian army examined in 1882, 57 5 per cent. were rejected for physical disability. 460 of these were thrown out as being “ too narrow chested.” 50 for consumption, and 10 for poverty of the blood. Investigation showed that over 50 per cent. of the men of St. Petersburg between 20 and 22 were “ weak and sickly.” , A son 6i Lord Napier is learning to farm with Mr. James Wallace, North Dumfrxea. The eggs produced on the ostrich {mm in California were not available for hatch- ing this year. so they were thrown on the market an Easter eggs. They brought from 32 be $4 a. piece in their natural star», and were soon sold. The huge eggs were painted handsomely in 011 colors, and may beautiful specimens were sent east to Show what the California hens can do. Glam-Home‘s llcml in Danger. Queer I surnnce Mnnocuvrc. Found Dead in n Bath-B001». A HIOBRIBLE DOOM- WHOLE NO 1,851 NO. 51. Nol So Easily Broken Up By It as the Men Are. At the coroner’s inquest at London on the body of Ann MoCabe. which resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against her husband, George McCabs, all the doctors who examined the body testified that the woman had been poisoned with strychnine. Dr. Brown, of London, being cross-exam- ined, saidâ€"It is a most extraordinary thing, and we can’t explain it, that the organs of a woman can stand more alcohol than men ; I have never known of a woman having the delirium tremens; a woman might drink considerable quanti- ties of liquor and her organs not show it ; women drink by starts, they are not con- stant drinkers; I do not think deceased was a confirmed drunkard; there was nothing to show it ; the appearance of the stomach was caused by aorid poison. not by strong drink ; I think a woman might have been drunk two or three times a week for a considerable time and not show it; there is resistance to the influence of liquor where the appetite remains and a person can eat well ; as long as they can do that they are safe. There are 24 prisoners in the Provincial jail of Manitoba, 21 male and 3 female. It is thought the Red River Will be very low this summer. Abundance of water has been found 40 feet deep at Stonewall. The 19.116. in the vicinity of H01!) City, at the end of the track, is heavily timbeted. The Theatre Comique, Winnipeg, has been closed by the sheriff. The Manitoba. Presbytery has been divided into three Presbyteries. The Reginese are eudeuvonng to make considerable improvements to the reser- voir. Mr. Geddis, Conservative, will oppose Major Walkerifor the representation of Cal- gary in the Northwest Council. Dr. Shaw, of Brandon, has removed to Silver City. Two hundred dollars‘ worth of Kootenay gold hma reached Calgary, and has been forwarded to Montretsl. Calgary and points west of Moose Jaw will have two mails per week hereafter. Mr. Anderson, of the (LP. R. Hotel, Bolt City, recently discovered a. nugget of gold on Canyon Creek. Thu new (3. F. R. well at Regina. has just been finished. In is 90 feet deep and con- tains 70 feet; of water. There are 10,000 cattle and 1,200 horses, or about 12.000 head of stock, in Fort Mc- Lecd District. The Domimon Government- intend erect- ing a. court house and jail an Prince Albert, N.W.'I‘., this summer. The Queen’s birthday celebration at Emerson will have an internatxonal char- acter. Minnesota. and Dakota taking pan. It is stated that the Dominion Govern- ment has abandoned its original designs wnh regard to the enlargement of Manitoba Penitentiary. A Winnipeg despatoh reports trouble imminent between the Indians under Chief Jack and Piapot. The incorporation of sections 11, 12, 14 and 15 as the town of Calgary has been re‘ fused, and a. petition is being prepared to have sections 14, 15 and 16 incorporated. Around Fort Qu’Appelle prairie chickens are back in thousands. They went away during the prairie fires last fall. Fishing In full blast; in the river and lakes. Sir A. T. Galb intends storing 30,000 tons of coal at, Mediums Eat; this season. He is to be a. success as a coal dealer, but he was an utter failure as a. High Commisz manor. The first sale of Highland steak in the Northwesh has been recorded at; Riding Mountain. Chief Factor McDonald, of the Hutison’s Bay Company, Qu’Appelle, is the first purchaser, at: $200, of a. 10-months- old bull. Fresh vegetables and fruits are quoted in Winnipeg as follows: Tomatoes, 353 per 1b., lettuce $1 per dozen, asparagus 25s per bunch, cucumbers 200 apiece, rhubarb 200 per 1b., beans 300 to 350 per 1b.,cabbage 350 to 400 apiece, radishes 600 per dozen. Those who have passed over the C. P. R. line any the scenery around Castle Moun- tain is something gorgeous. especially in the lower Kicking-horse Pass, and that the soil from Moose Jaw west to Calgary or Morleyville is immensely valuable. Whiskey is sold at Caigary by the name of “ essence." Lately two Indiana sent wgrd to the Mounted Police authorities that white men were selling whiskey to Indians in 9. tepee and close to the town. A detachment of Mounted Police imme- diately raidedfihe tapes and captured a. keg of alcohol and two white men who are now in custody. Inspector Pierce’e report has been con- firmed by the Minister of the Interior. The Government will charge $2 an acre for pre- emptions, even those taken up twenty years ago nofi being exempt. .eefy Fred. Stripp was arrested at Calgary by the Mounted Police yesterday for obtain- ing Canadian Pacific Railway passes un- der false pretences. By representing himself as a contractor’s agents he obtained eleven passes, which he sold at $5 and 310 each. A report from Winnipeg says : A despetch from Indian Head eeye Yellow Cell and Pie-a-pot will reach here to-dey, both hav- ing left their reserve. They will attend‘ the Sun dance on Pasquale reserve. Both} chiefs are reticent as to their future plans. The citizens are very uneeny. The officials at Regine have been telegraphed for. The high license advocates have achieved a. victory in Winnipeg. At a recent meet- ing of the City Council a by-law was adopted fixing the rates for licenses for saloons or taverns at 3500; hotels. 8300; shop and wholesale licensee, {5250. An amendment reducing these figures was voted down. Au Ottawa despatch says : Itis generally understood that the Manitoba. deputation has been successful in its miesion for better terms. Attorney-General Miller will go to England to look after the boundary quee- tiou, while Mr. Norquay and his associates return to Winnipeg to meet the Local Legislature, which re-assembles the end of this month. Prospectors are huein engaged at Silver City in getting their pack saddles andhorsee in order for the eugnmer campaign. The destination of the majority is the Selkirke and the Columbia River. BakerCreek will be thoroughly proapeoted again as soon 5.9 the snow lifts, which will not be for three weeks yet. Twenty-five men left Holt City last week for the Columbia. River to prospect. \V EN AND Ahvunol. Late Norlhwcsl News. White Ashâ€"Cool, deep, rich. Black Ash Low, damp, marshy. Elmâ€"Alluvium, damp, flat. rioh. White Oak~Clay, deep, dry. Pine-Sandy, light. Firâ€"Low, damp, marshy. Spruceâ€"Cool, gravel, shallow. White Cedarâ€"Low, marshy. Small trees are much easier transplanted than larger ones, as they can be taken up without great injury done to the roots. The more roots and earth the better the tree Will start in its new location. Great care must be taken to prevent the roots, esgeeially the roots of conifers. from drying before planting; if they come by mail or by express, prepare beforehand a thick mess of cow dung, clay and water, and as soon as the plants arrive dip the roots in this, and a layer or mud, impervious to air, will be deposited on them. If a large number of trees are to be planted on a moderate sized piece of land. it should be ploughed and har- rowed carefully, but if only a few trees are to he set out, the spot where each is to be set may be treated wrth spade and. hoe. In dry or moderately damp soils a trench should be made, just deep enough to receive the plant to the same depth at which it stood in the forest, but in low damp soils, no trenches are required, but they should be set on the surface 01 the ground and their roots covered with mould and pieces of turf taken from the adjacent soil. Two planters are better than one. While one selects the plants and trims the roots and branches, the other makes a little mound at the bottom of the trench with fine mould taken from its side. He who holds the plant spreads its roots on the mound, and the assistant covers them with earth, carefully filling up the interstices between the rootlets. When the roots are well covered the trench is filled. and the whole trodden down. If the soil is dry the earth should be watered before the trench is completely filled. and then carefully trodden alter the job is finished. A stake to tie the plant with a straw band completes the operation. If the season be dry the trees should be mulchedâ€"a layer of straw, sawdust and tanbark spread around itâ€" thus preserving the moisture. Some Startling Statistics on the Causes 0! the Disease In England. Some highly interesting particulars re- garding the infectiousness of consumption have recently been given to the world in the report of this disease which has recently been issued at the instance of the British Medical Association. The commit- tee entrusted with the issue of a circular inviting the opinions and experiences of the medical profession regarding the commu- nicability of consumption received 1,078 replies. No fewer than 673 of these were simple negatives, these replies meaning that no case on which an opinion could be founded had come under the notice of the persons making the return. But the re- maining answers contain valuable material enough. Of the remainder three classes were constructedâ€"affirmative answers, numbern ing 261 ; doubtful answers, 39, and negative answers, 105. Analysis of the affirmative returns reveals some astonishing facts, calculated to make us think seriously enough of our duty both to the sick and to the hale. We read, for example, of 192 observers reporting cases of com- munication of consumption believed to have occurred between husband and wife; and it is distinctly stated in 130 of such cases that there existed no family predis- position or tendency to consumption in the partner who caught the infection. Again, the cases of communication be: tween persons entirely unrelated are stilt more convincing. A young man dies of consumption, having been nursed by his sister. The latter falls ill with the disease and dies in turn; and her companion, “a girl in excel- lent health,” contracts consumption from her friend. A servant, in whom it is ad- mitted there may have been aconstitu- tional tendency to the disease, nursed a solicitor who contracted consumption from his wife. The servant died soon afterward witL the disease. A dressmaker living in a lonely cottage had three girl apprentices from 17 to 19 years of age not related, and these girls took week in turn to remain in the house, sleeping with the mistress. The dressmsker died of consumption during their apprenticeship, and in less than two years afterward all three girls died of the same disease. Facts like these might be indefinitely multiplied, but, as quoted, they serve to show that the chances are enor- mously in favor of the idea that consump- tion is infectious, and that the germs of “ bacilli ” are conveyed from the patients to the healthy in the breath, and, like “illseed,” find only too frequently a soil in which to breed and growâ€"Boston ‘ Advertiser. low. Sugar Mapleâ€"Gravelly, light, mountain- uus, stony, rich, dry soils. Silver Maple~AIluvium, damp, flat. Bitchesâ€"Cool, sandy, shallow. Beechâ€"Cool, gravel, mountainous, shal- 'l‘lmtly Directions to Prospective Cele- hrnma of an Arbor Day. The Quebec Government has issued a. small pamphlet, or tract, containing valu- able suggestions for Arbor Day work, from which we make a few extracts for the information of intending tree-planters: All trees do not suit all soils; when restricted to 9. particular eoil we must plant those trees which shit it. The fol- lowing treea and soils are suited to each other: ‘ IS CONBUNIPTION C(lNTAGIOUS? All men are created free and equal. but all don’t remain so. Some marry women who pass phem terribly. A Brooklyn woman wants a. divorce from her husband because “ be is not nobby enough.” She should have married a living skeleton. " Man.” says an anatomist, “ changes entirely every seven years.” Cheer up, lediea. Some of your husbands may be temperance reformers yet. __ Bangs are still popular. If you don’t be- lieve this, just notice how the men bang doors when they come home and find the whole family house-cleaning. Mr. Talmage advises married people to avoid first quarrels. As Mr. Talmege eug- geats no other scheme for finding out which is boss the first quarrels are likely to go on. The followxng story 0! Longfellow is told in the Critic Hearing 9. domestic talking at the front door with a person who seemed very much in earnest. he went into the hall and founder: Englishman and his wife. " She," said the poet, "was a thorough specimen of an English matron, stout, tall and substantial. He wasâ€"well, one of the reel terrier sortâ€"in looksâ€"~and carried a. silk umbrella, neutly coveted, evidently intent on ‘doxng’ this country in the shortest possible space of time. On iseeing me he said (and the way in which the poet repeated whet followed was in- imitable)-â€"‘ Aw! Mr. Longfellow, aw! I #weâ€"supposed you had no ruins in this country, and, aw! we thought we would, aw! like to see. aw! youl’ " All the rich obese are now flocking to Prince Bismarok’s doctor, who has so re- duuad him m size without injury to his health. The London cartoonists and oarioaturists, including Punch, always picture John Bright in Quaker broadbrim and costume whereas he generally years: .l‘lk‘l gennyaon. a billycook hat, and, unlike Tennyson. dresses in natty style, always particular, especially, that his polished boots shall be as bright as himself. . HINTS 0N TREE-PLANTING. Longlellow Irlnlu Leclurcn.