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Allan Pinkerton was a men who knew no fear, and numerous are the exploits in which he took his life in his own hand, figuratively speaking. At one occasion in Detroit. he was so severely handled by his adversaries that his life was despeired of. A partial lameness remained to the last as the result of the bloody encounter. He was 8. man who detected at once what qualities there was in a person that came under his observation. A striking illus- tration of this fact is the career of MoPsr- lsn, the great detective in the Molly Msguire cases. McParlun was ecoschmsn in the employ of a. merchant who resides in Chicago. The stables of this gentlemen joined those of Pinkerton, and “the old man,” then deeply involvad in the stwly of the Molly Msguire cases, came to the conclusion that “ Mao ” was his men. He engaged him at a high salary, instructed him personally for hours every day, and finally turned him over to the Philadelphia agency, which had the special management of this great case. Hardly a. great crime has been committed during the last thirty years in which Pinkerton and his men have not figured, and 1D the majority of cases With success. The telegraph has already announced that Allan Pinkerton, the wellknown detective, had died at Chicago. He was born in Glasgow in 1810, the son of asmail tradesmen. He married young and imme- diatelv‘after left for the western hemis phere, landing in Canada. A new post village in Bruce county, 0nt.. is now named after him. The young couple's early struggles were a series or hardships, and after many vicissitudes Pinkerton went to Chicago, where he engaged in the copper trade. He afterward moved to the neigh- borhood ct Dundee,Ill., where he purchased a small farm. This was, as near as can be ascertained, about 1847. Pinkerton was then about 28 years of age, and it was: then that he made his first detective van-l tures as an amateur. Horse thieves were on the rampage in those days, and Allan Pinkerton, after having been successful in hunting down a rascal who had stolen one of his horses, was employed by neighbors until his reputation as a detective reached the adjoining counties. What gained him a reputation all over Illinois, aid even further. was in exactly the same line But the feat which gave Allan Pinkerton a national reputation was to conduct Abra- ham Lincoln safely through Baltimore to the inauguration in Washington. Pinker- ton knew of the plot to assassi- nate the President-elect in Baltimore, which was then completely in the hands 0! a rebel mob. Riotous scenes and attacks upon Federal troops were the order of the day. It was said, though the story was speedily denied, that Pinkerton accomplished his hazardous task with the aid of one of his female operatives, who occupied the same seat in the car as the President, who wore a bonnet and a thick veil, which completely concealed his'well known features. A shawl thrown over the knees gave “ Old Abe ” the appearance of an elderly lady, as Whose companion posed Pinkerton’s lady detective. The latter is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, where a space is reserved for Pinkertons and their employees. The graves are decorated once a year. Allan Pinker- ton, although to all outward appear- ances a cold and unsympathetic man, never forgot a friend or those who served him faithfully. The agency was established in 1853. Now the various agencies at present employ about 200 firstclass detectives, men and women, whose pay ranges from 35 a day to $5,000 a year. Inquiries concerning the use of oxygen as in cases of cholera. were made in the ew York Health Department yesterday bya reporter of the Evening Post. Dr. Edward H. Janos, chief medical officer of the hospital service, said that he had known of the gas being used with good results in cases of collapse not resulting from cholera, when it was necessary to bridge over an interval, so as to give nature and remedies an opportunity to act against disease. He thought that its use in cholera was worthy of ccnsideraton. Dr. Moreau Morris, Chief Sanitary Inspector, said that he administered oxgyen gas to a cho~ lera patient in this city in 1866. At that time he was experimenting with the gas, chiefly in the cases of lung disease. and he also used it in other cases where collapse had occurred or was feared. Where the patient was only just going into the collapse the inhalation of the gas was effective, but in the cholera cases the patient was already in a state of collapse and was not saved. The generation of oxygen gas was at that time attended with much dlfiiculty. He could not produce it rapidly or abun- dantly enough and it was not pure. Now its man iacture had been reduced to a system by w ich it could be produced as abundantly as desired. Still, its produc- tion was expensive, and this fact. together wth the difficulty of carrying about bulky retorts. etc, would tend to restrict the administration of oxygen gas among poor people during acholera epidemic. Hence its usefulness would be chiefly in hospital ractice. He did not think that it would 9 serviceable as a prophylactic against cholera, or as a remedy against the disease per so, but that it would be valuable as a diflusible stimulant to increase the action of the heart and revive the energy of the patient. A} SCOTCH UANADIAN’S SIGNAL 5 That our financial methods result in over-cerebrstion and nervous exhaustion is a painful fact universally recognized. We sleep too little, eat too hastily and keep ourselves on the verge of financial delirium tremens all the time. There is less serene 1 enjoyment and less of really heslthy exer- ‘ else in the career of the American merchant than in that of the ordinary hod-csrrier. Our business life is characterized first by restlessness, then by recklessness and last by a premature decay of physicsl energy. The race for wealth keeps us strung to the highest tension every day, and when any- thing unususl occurs the strings snap sud- denly,“and there is nothing left us but six feet ‘0! mother earth. We can hardly be celled a happy people, and very seldom do we thoroughly enjoy the money we make. To our mind it is a serious question, Does it pay ?â€"N. Y. Telegram. Interesting Career of Pinkerton Criminal Investigator. I happened. in the course of our conver- sation, says the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, to ask Mr. Cumberland whether he was'en able spiritrapper. _ In a moment mysterious toppings were heard from all parts of the room, as if in reply to the question. “You see,"seid Mr. Cumber- land, ” I can produce all sorts of knocks end cries, from the still small voice of the infant in the celestial regions to the sepulohrsl tones of the tormented spirit, whose unearthly groans are so effective. I get the still small voice by dislocation of the thumb.” and the still smell voice spoke in its most melodious tones. “ The iepulohral tones come by a. displacement of the knee-jointâ€"sn." and the sepulchml tones reverberated through the room. “ The peronius 10719115 I can now easily work, as you hear, although I have a. pair of thick boots on.” It was very easily worked. and effectually. The salmon run in northern rivers of British Columbia is improving, but the pmktwill not exceed 60,000 cases in any oven . A GREAT DETECTIVE DEAD. now Spirit-Rapping: are Produced. Fast Living, Speedy Ending. The Use 01 oxygen. SERVICES the 011 the 8th um, before the South Queens- fen-y Church was declared vacann, Rev. Mr. Whyte (formerly Gf Arthur. Ont.) rose and addressed the congregation, maintain- ing his innocence of the charges, and said that his acousers had cast him out; a. beggar upon the world in his old age. He then walked out of the church. followed by about half-a-dozsn. It is currently reported In Dumfrieeehire that the Duke and Duchess of Buceleuoh and family contemplate a prolonged sojourn (for probably two or three years) on the Continent, that Dalkelth, Drumlanrig and Bowhill will be praolieally closed until their return. that the carriage horses are to be sold, and that during the absence of the family the produce 0! the extenaive gardens and vinenea will be put to market. rent erncle at Beth-Horon. (From Notes and Queries.) As this has again become a subject of some discussion, perhaps it may interest your readers to remind them that the first person to suggest the interpretation 0! an extraordinarv retraction naming tha‘fitn and moon apparently to remain above the horizon longer than usual was Spinoza, in the second chapter of his " Traotatus Theo- logioo-Politicus." Spinoza, whose object was to dispense with the necessity for a miracle, confuses the refraction of the rays of light by the atmosphere with their dis- persion or scattering, and assumes that the appearance was strictly similar to such prolongatious of daylight as we have wit- ‘ nessed in the recent gorgeous sunsets. Some late writers (c.g., the late Rev. T. Milner, in his " Astronomy and Scripture") have supposed that there really was an abnormal refraction which kept the sun (supposed to be near its setting) apparently above the horizon for some time longer than usual. A consideration, however,of the position of the site of the battle and its vicinity shows that any idea of this kind is untenable as well as unnecessary. Beth horon is to the northwest of Gibson, so that the sun must have been in the southeast, and the time of day early morning. It was the prolonga- tion of darkness, not of daylight, that was desired, and this is evident from all the cir- cumstances mentioned in the narrative. The Hebrew word translated " Stand thou still,” means literally “ Be thou silent,” and the object of Joshua‘s prayer was that the sun might not shine out over Gibson, where it was just about to rise, or the moon, where it had last been seen nearly setting in the West, over the Valley of Ajalon, but that the gathering tempest might so overcloud the heavens as to obscure the landscape and give advantage to the attacking force of Israelites. This has been dwelt upon by the Rev. A. Smythe Palmer in the current number of the “ Church Quarterly Review ;" but the Rev. ’1‘.Pelham Dale (who had himself written an article taking the same view in the Christian Advocate for 1871) points out in the num- ber of the Church. Times for the 8th instant that it seems to have been first noticed by the late Henry F. A. Pratt, M. D., in his “ Genealogy of Creation," published in 1861. Dr. _Pratt there says (p. 206) : lVImicr-n Urlllcnl Bxplnnmlon oflhe Appn- i i A London newspaper states that Mr. Spurgeon’e friend, Mr. Duncan, of Ben- more, the one-time Greenoek millionaire, has lost so heavily by the sugar trade that he has been obliged to let his wellknown house and the grounds, where yearly the Light of the Tabernacle used to discourse to thousands in the open air. Honona 0F Bronmxn Rnoxnmms.â€"The 7135, before the new territorial tea-arrange- ment, could boast of 15 “honors,” more than any of the other Highland regiments. At present the honors stand as follows : 42nd (now includes 73rd), 20 honors; 713$ (now includes 74th), 26 honors; 72nd (now includes 78th). 18 honors; 75th (now in- cludes 92nd), 23 honors; 79th, 15 honors ; 913i: (now includes 93rd), 17 honors. The other day while Alex. Mackenzie, crotter, was cutting pants in the Poolwe district, Rosa-shire, he came upon a cask of tnllow, embedded ten feet under the surface. The tallow was in a splendid state of preservation, although the keg or barrel was in a somewhat decomposed con- dition. Recently 3.!) Glasgow Janet Rafferty or MoManus and Margaret Stevenson fought by throwing boiling broth at each other. Both are dangerously butued~Janet it is thought tatall y. There died at Suuveherre d8 Beam Bamea, Pyrenees, France, on the 23rd of June, Robert S. Tuylor,for many years Sheriff Substitute of Ross-shire, and after- wards of Fifeshire, in hls Slsh year. The freedom of Ayr was on June 6th oreeented to Mr. Thomas M‘Ilwminh, ex Premier of Queennland, and hug bruther, 'YIr. John Mllwmxnh, exMayor of Mel. woume~â€"both natives of the royal burgh. “ It has been said that Joshua’s plan was a night attack, and that he marched all night to accomplish it. and here is gathered the first clue towards discovering, through what was required, what must have actually taken place, for having marched all night he would necessarily not reach Gibeon until daybreak, or so close upon the dawn as to make it only too probable that his plan would fail through the absence of the darkness necessary toits success." The words, then, of prayer afterwards incorporated with many other pieces into the poetical book of Jasher were : Let the sun be silent over Gibeon, And the moon in the valley of Ajalonl the word silent when applied to the sun meaning “ not to shine." And the end of verse thirteen is literally rendered by Dr. Prett, “ The sun remained in the clouds of the heavens, and shone not on arising as (on) an ordinary day.” The dark tempest *was followed, as we all know, by a. tre- mendous hail-storm, which completed the destruction of the routed Amorites. In Kansas a trick to evade the liquor law is to have an obscure room stocked thh dunk, and give keys to all customers. They enter at pleasure and get thelr drink, de- positing the cash in a box. No one is seen to receive the money, and hence the great difficulty of eonviotlons. The census of Mexico gives the population 21129080777. No State has 1,000,000, two Sbsnés have less than 100,000. and several States have less than 200,000 inhabltauts. But Senor Romero thinks that the popula- ion is really not far from 12,000,000. Hon. Mr. Lynch is to be appointed Registrar for Waterloo. Que. Hie retire- ment from the Quebec Cabinet leaves the English-speaking element without a Minis terial representative. It is said that the portfolio will be given either to Mr. Beau: bien or to Mr. Bonpore, of Pontiac, whose nppointmentia favored. by English-speak- ing Conservatives. VOL. XXVII. J0§HUA AND 'l‘llE SUN- Latest Scottish News. The Skin of a Sulclde successtully Trans- ierred to the Arm 0! a Boy. Dr. Gardner. a surgeon attached to the staff of Bellevue Hospital, recently per- formed, succeesfully, an operation whereby he removed a large piece of skin from the body of a suicide and transplanted it upon the arm of a patient whose flesh had been denuded of its covering. The operation conflicts with the prevalent theories which maintain that the fluids of the tissues become poisonous after death, and when placed in contact with the fluids of she liv- ing body produce pysemia, or blood poxson~ ing,_which is generally fatal. A drspatoh from Innia, Mioh say Sheriff Derrick returned from Ediuur- bringing With him the body of Santa. to, murderer and suicide. Au wquest ea held after the arrival of the offiuur. At it Mrs. Vanderburg made a complete oonfes :ion, implicating both herself and Scott in the cold-blooded murder of her husband. She stated that the awful deed had been committed on the night of April 20th. Vsuderburg came into the house, and not being offered a seat sat down on the floor. The wife had some impatient words with her husband about the children, and the quarrel was continued till Soott, too, became incensed, and suddenly dealt Vanderburg several blows on the head with a club, causing death almost instantly. The two, Mrs. Vanderburg and Scott, then took the murdered man by the heels, dragged him out of tie house and across the yard until an old well was reached, into which the lifeless body was pitched head first. Scott filled up the well With dirt and rubbish, went to bed, and it is supposed fell asleep. His partner in the crime set up all night. The mother of Mrs. Vunderbnrg is under arrest as well as her daughter, but she denies all complicity in the murder. Vanderburg’s body was buried at Edmore yesterday, and there is great excitement there and threats of lynching the woman are heard. The ceuaeevthet led to the operation are as wonderful as the successful issue izeell. Charles Johnson, alittle boy, during the summer of 1883 was struck by lightning, the electric current passed through his body, tearing 011 the clothing. The boy, who was sitting by an open window, was thrown to the floor, where he remained unconscious for several hours. He was Pnbeequently removed to the hospital, where it was found that. the greatest injury was done to the brain. Contrary to all expectations the lad recovered and regained Elm, f‘ll' “os'zsz:i-:. .2: his Zucui‘oicn. Ii: was noticed, however. upon his admission that the skin on his left shoulder and arm to the elbow had a. peculiar dark purple hue suggestive of gangrene. The application of stimulating lotions failed to restore the activity of the blood vessels. Gradually the parts died and dropped off, leaving the muscles exposed, with ragged edges that bled under the slightest provocation. Dr. Gardner. under whose attention the sufferer came. resolved to try the experi. ment of transplanting a large piece of skin st one time. As living prisoners were not very willing to part with that useful pert of their anatomy Dr. Gardner was obliged to look about for some other means. It is swell-known fact that the skin is one of the tissues of the body that will not repro- duce it once its functions are destroyed. To avoid the evil results of a. pressing cicetrix the doctor hit upon the idea oi using the skin of some body as soon after death as possible. An opportunity pre- sented itself a. few days after, when the body of a. young German suicide was brought into the Morgue about three hours after life was extinct and while still warm. Dr. Gardner regarded this as the most favorable time for his operation, and he prepared his patient for the experiment. A few clever strokes item the scalpel blocked out a. piece of skin slightly larger than the area to be covered on the boy‘s arm, to allow for the shrinkage of the in- tegument, which is very elastic, and in a. few minutes more the piece was dissected ofl clear down to its muscular attachments. A WIFE’S BREAD CONFESSION. She Tells the Story of Her Husband’s Murdor, in Which She Assiskd. The boy’s arm was cleaned of the scars and excoriations and the piece, about a foot rquare, cut up into small sections about one-quarter of an inch square, was placed upon the arm. The work occupied about two hours, at the end of which the arm was completely covered with the new skin, ranged like tiles upon a hall floor. Bandages were applied and stimulating lotions spread over it. The little vessels from the muscles penetrated the new tis- sue and set up a healthy circulation, and the new skin took upon itself all the func- tions of the original integument. Two of the little pieces refused to attach them- selves and died, sloughing away without doing damage to the surrounding parts. Nerves appeared and sensation in the new covering became almost perfect about month afterwards. The operation, in the face of an article which 13.1er appeared in a. German medical paper, which described a. simxlar case, proves that the Work of the American aur- geon autedated the German operation.â€" N. Y. World. A lVlnn 01 Fire. Mr. George Pettigrew, engineer on the steamer Algome, had a. queer experience with electricity 8. short time ago, and it is well for him that it did not result fatally. The ship is lighted by electricity, generated by two powerful dynamo-machines. He undertook to use an iron wrench to screw up a. bolt, and in order to do this had to go near one of the dynamo-machines. The result was thet he became charged with the electric fluid, the stream running up his right hand and going out at the top of his head. His hair stood on end, and blue flames cropped out all over his head and face, setting him literally on fire without consuming him. The motion of the machine had to be stopped before he could be re- leueed. It was fortunate for him that his other hand was disengaged; for had it touched any metallic eubmtence the current i would have been placed in circuit and death ‘ the resultâ€"St. Catharina Journal. Wlld sunflowers now cover Mount David- son, Nevada, almost from base to summit. The mountain presents the appearance of being draped in a yellow mantle. Although the sunflowers are more or less numerous every seasonâ€"there being a few everywhere the old settlers say that every third year is the big one for themâ€"is sunflower year. It is probable that the unusual amount of rain this season has much to do with the great abundance and Vlgor of wild flowers of every variety. A WONDERFUL oPEBA’l‘ION. THE GDRPSE THRDWN IN A WELL. RICHMOND ,HILL THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1884. On Wednesday Mr Collingwocd Suhxei- e2, Cnlel Engineer and General Mailings; t Government Railways, arrived In Toronto on his return trom a. Visit to the Nurthwest. In convweetion with u. reportw he stated that there were now about 13,000 men at work on the eastern section of the Canadian Pacific Road. About 9,000 of these are at work between Port Arthur and Dry Lick, and 4,000 between Bennermen and Sudbury Junction. The contractors are making very rapid progress, and have already completed over two-thirds of the heavy rock-work. Out of the five tunnels on the section four will have daylight through them in about another month. and the other very shortly afterwards. Track has been laid 67 miles east of Port Arthur to Nepigon and 14 miles of track construct- ed at Gravel Bay. In addition to this, 140 miles of road has been completed and track laid between Bennermen end Oellender. I! the same rate of progress is continued dut- mg this summer and winter, as in the past, the whole of the track on the Lake Superior section Will be laid by May let, 1885. On the Rocky Mountain section of the Cana- dian Pacific there are now about 4 000 men at work. and track has been laid and com- pleted five miles west at the summit of the Rocky Mountain range, and grading com- pleted an additional distance of ten miles. This makes a. completed track 968 miles west of Winnipeg. On the Pacific section there are now 170 miles of track laid, and within two months the whole track will be completed on what- is known as the 0nder- donk contracts. leevmg a. break of about 276_miles yet to be completed. Mr. W. C. Van Horne, Vice-President and General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway, arrived in Toronto on Wednesday on his return trip from Win- nipeg. In conversation with a reporter last night he stated- that the so-oalled arid region west of Moose Jaw has turned out to be the best watered of the whole western section of the road. This season the rains have been frequent and copious, more so than in the regions supposed to he more highly favored. The ten experimental farms owned by the Canadian Pacific Bell- way in this very ecction are all doing mag- nificently. Grain in that region is much much farther advanced than in Manitoba, and there will be a surplus of at least 10,000,000 bushels of wheat for shipment this (all from the Northwest. The progress of construction on the road was most satis~ factory, and there was now no room to doubt but that the road on the north shore of Lake Superior ‘would be opened for through traffic by an early date in next year. _ _. a, . Engaged to l'lm-rv Seven Girls, he Steals to Keep up his Style. A London, Ont., telegram says : A young man who has been painting the town red ‘ for some time has at last come to grief., He was employed in a monetary institu~ tion and spent money freely, giving out that he was in receipt of a handsome salary. His extravagance came to the ears of the manager of the institution, who on investigation found that he had been spending money to the extent of five times the amount of his salary. This made the manager suspicious, and by ‘ keeping a strict watch he ascertained that the young fellow had been in the habit of pilferlng from the till a« much as $10 at a time. On being accused of the thefts, the ‘ clerk owned up to everything and signed a written confession, leaving town on fifteen minutes’ notice. After the fellow had gone the manager commenced looking through his drawers, and in one found a lot of cuffs, collars and a big bundle of love letters. Reading the letters, he found that the young man had been corresponding with no less than seven girls ~two in Vittoria, Ontario; three in Pontiac, Michigan, and two in London South. To all of them he was engaged to be married. The letters showed that he had been giving jewellery to the girls in Vittoria and Pontiac, and to one of them he had promised to send money to come and meet him. The manager wrote to these girls and also to their parents, informing them that the jewellery was purchased with stolen money, and telling them it they turned it over their letters would be reâ€" turned intact. In response he got three rings, a watch, and a promise that another ring would be returned as soon as one of the Pontiac girls could be communicated with by her sister. Albert Grifiith is the name of the youth, and he was in the employ ol the English Loan Company. GOOD FARMING PROSPECTS THIS YEAR. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY I7,000 Men at Work on Construction East and West. A London cablegram says: There was an interesting debate in the Lords, where Lord Rosebery moved for a select comp mittee to consider the best means of pro- motingthe eflioiency of that House, and supported this motion in an elaborate speech, eliciting the warmest eulogy both from Lord Salisbury and Lord Granville. The Times praises it for its studied moderation, lucidity of exposition, breadth of treatment, and brilliauoy and variety of illustration. Lord Rosebery offered the United States Senate as an ex- ample for imitation, describing it as the most powerful and efficient second chamber existing, and urged the Lords to enlarge the constitution of their House, so as to include representatives of science, litera. ture, art, commerce, the laboring classes, India and the colonies. The motion was ultimately rejected. A LONDON S‘VELL’S COLLAPSE. The popularity of mensgeries has always been great. yet they were formerly the luxury of princes. In Russia, for instance, 150 years ago, the grand menageries at St. Petersburg were kept solely for the court. Many of the animals were caught alive to be used at the hunting festivities of theirs- perial court. The Empress Anna Ivanovna was passionately fond of hunting; she kept 319 hounds. and was a capital shot. On one occasion (Aug. 26th, 1740) she killed 1 wolf, 4 wild boars,9stags, 16 turkeys, 374 rabbits, 68 duck, and several large heronsâ€"a magnificent bag even for an empress. The numerous elephants in her menagerie were expensive pets, for they were fed on sugar, butter, Wheaten flour, wine and salt. One of them required a large daily portion of brandy, and the keepers were sent to Siberia if a single gill was abstracted from the elephant’s portion. A1} agricultural labors; gets 37} cents a. day as Mexzoo, and he thanks is tau pay. [louse o] Lords lleformuflan. Boan Menagerie». Miguvl Chacun, the murderer 01 Man:- WUuam». Lbo culored woman, atNo.128 \Vehl. Twenty-uguth street, was Gmpturau ttNl-ll'rfdflly morning, and the attendant in- cments were as soul-thrilling as any ever embodied in the Wildest creation of the romancist’s brain. Immediately subsequent to the shooting Detective Price, of the Thirtieth Street Police Station, was assigned to the ca-e, and, in company with a friend of Chacon, he made a thorough search of the Eighth Ward, and a number of saloons the Cuban was known to fre- quent were inspected. When the detective reached the house, No. 70 Spring street, oc- cupied by a Cuban familyâ€"friends of the man soughtâ€"be sent his companion in to inquire if there were any tidings of Chacon, and while awaiting his return crossed the street. The man came out of the house shortly and informed Price that the murderer had been there and had told his friends that he had shot a person, but he was ignorant how serious was the wound he had inflicted, and he neglected to tell them whom he had shot. He stated, on leaving the house, that he was going to his uncle’s saloon at No. 128 Bleecker street, and from there intended to go straight to the house of the murdered woman. Acting upon this clue, the detective proceeded to the house where the shooting took place, and on entering found lying on the table a photograph of the murderer. A thorough search 0! the apartments was made, but without resulting in anything of moment, and after making arrangements to have the house well watched, he started down town again to No. 70 Spring street, having con. cluded that sooner or later the murderer would return there. He took up his position under the stoop of the next dwelling and waited for fully three- quarters of an hour before his vigil was rewarded. At last, in the neighborhood of 2.30, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps approaching, and a man appeared, gazing up and down the street, apparently on the lookout for danger. His face was partially concealed, but sufficient was seen by the aid of a near-by lamp to enable the de- tective to make him out a negro. The suspected person seemed satisfied that the [ coast was clear, and he hastened across the street to No. 70, rapidly ascended the steps, knocked very softly on a panel, and a moment later disappeared within the half- opened door. The detective was now satis- fied from the stranger’s suspicious actions that he was the man for whom he was look- ing, and waking up a friend who opportun ely resided near by he despatcbed him to the station-house for officers, who soon arrived upon the scene- He stationed his assistants in the front and rear of the house to prevent an escape, and, accompanied by an officer, he entered and mounted to the top floor, where lived the triends of the murderer. There he found a party of Cubans playing cards, buta vigilant search revealed no trace oi his man, nor could he extract any infor- mation from the inmates of the room. The window, an old-fashioned dormer one, was in the rear, and from it Price peered into the outer darkness. For a time he saw nothing, but at last his attention was atâ€" tracted by a. white object just behind the chimney, and perceiving that a fircescape projected from underthe window,leavingbut the space of a few feet between it and the roof, he imagined that Chacon might pos- sibly have made his escape in that way. Calling upon Policeman O‘Brien to follow, he stepped out and gained the gutter. The root was peaked and high pitched,and it was with difliculty thatPrice maintained his foot- ing. The darkness was intense, and as the detective made his way upward on his hands and knees he kept his eyes fixed upon the speck of white. At last he noticed that it moved and then paused. The detective still moved noiselessly upward, and when within an arm’s length his arm shot out, and with the grip of death he clutched Chacon, the sought-for murderer. The hunted man was in his white under- clothes. and the detective had grasped his foot. Unavailing struggles to release the j captured member followed, but Price’s grip was of iron. “ Come down quietly,” said he, " there’s no use in making trouble. You’re wanted. I‘ve got you, and I swear I’ll hold you.” With the words the detec- tive began a retrograde movement, still clutching the foot. At that instant his foot slipped, he rolled rapidly downward,‘ and would have been dashed to instant death had he not been clutched by Policeman O’Brien,who caught him only in the nick of time. The prisoner was taken to the Twenty-ninth precinct station- house and locked up in cell No. 12. In speaking of his thrilling escape, Detective Price said to our reporter: “ How did I feel? Why,I thought I was gone, sure. But I made up my mind if one of us went the other would follow. I held on to him like grim death to a nigger. He told me on the way to the station-house that he bought the pistol on Thursday with the firm intention of killing the woman. I cautioned him not to say anything until he had seen his lawyer. He asked if the woman was dead, and when I told him ‘ yes ’ he relapsed into silence and would talk no more."â€"-New York Truth. '[ho Desparato Conflict of a Detective with a Murderer on a High Roof. M nny More Saved Through an Engineer’s Presence of mind. The breaking of the railway bridge at Moberly, in Missouri, has caused the loss of at least 20 lives. The bodies were fear- fully mutilated. The portion of the bridge down represents the centre span, about 150 feet long. The structure is what is called false work. It was 40 feet from the water to the track. The cause of the accident is not fully established. The engineer was backing the train in on the bridge and was checking his speed to cross safely. The whole train was brought almost to a stop in the centre of the structure. When extra steam was put on the frail bridge began to totter, and soon sank beneath the ponder- ous weight. The engineer saw that nothing could be done to prevent the disaster, and began sounding his whistle, which was continued until the engine struck the water. But for his alarm not a single occupant of the eight care would have been saved. “ Give me your hand,” said a. young gentleman to a. young lady whom he was tagging 5}. game_ 01- cards, “and I will-7" “Oh, please, don’t say any more,” she hastily interrupted, “ I am engaged to my cousin, and we are to be married next summer.” The young man gasped three times, then tainted dead away. FIGHT FOR LIBERTY. A ‘MA RV ELLOUS ES CAPE. 'l‘W'ENTY LIVES LOST. Belused. M Teefy WHOLE NO 1,358 NO. 6. Ilinlu on Dru-smirking. To trim and drape a shirt by measure- mentâ€"Cut your plaitings three inches deep, allowing five yards and thirty inches for each flounce; three of these make the prettiest footing for a skirt. For low front drapery, pin the selvage ot,the goods in the centre of the front width, so that it touches the top of your plaitlng: let it fall easy, and raise the sides high on the hips, just two inches in front of the back seam of the skirt. For the back drapery take one and one-half times of the length of the back of your skirt, allow two widths; line this with tarleton, turning your goods over it about an inch inward, allowing no stitches to show ; plsit this on a band, also lay the plaits for the fulness on the sides before you put it on the skirt. Arrange in bcuflant drapery, leaving a plain lower part to fall gracefully low. [low to Blake :1 \anl Pincunhion. Cut two pieces of yellow silkvfinished silesia or flannel the size of a small tea- plate and run them together and stuff lightly with picked hair or wool. Cover the centre about tour or five inches in diam- eter with a circle of brown velvet or cloth. Around this sew petals of yellow surrah silk, velvet or flannel, cut in the shape of sunflower leaves and fasten them to the velvet with a little pleat in the centre of each leaf. The petals can be button-holed around with floss or embroidery silk it there is danger of their ravelling out. Arrange two rows of petals, making them look exactly like a sunflower. At the top sew on a brass or steel ring, by which it can be hung to the wall, near the dressing glass and put the pins into the brown velvet in the centre of the sunflower. This makes a very pretty ornament, is easily made and will sell well at fairs. The great novelties of the day are the plaited Russian vests, tight-fitting across the bust, and confined at the waist by a wide belt, either plaited or plain. They are generally made of silk, although they may be of woollen to match the dress. A few of the richest are of colored crape. They are not for the most part showy, but have a quiet elegance which adds greatly to the charm of a costume. They will largely replace the tailored waistcoats which were so much worn last summer. They may be of any colorâ€"yellow, bufl, red, salmon ; all are worn. The modistes, after copying so rigorously alter the Eng- lish for a season, have new resorted to Russian styles. But they are what may be termed “ tree translations,” and retain little of their original characteristics except the name. Besides the “Russian vest," there is the “ Moujick blouse," a sort of polonaise, close-fitting at the back, with either a pout, or a straight, long skirt. The fronts, slightly loose, are buttoned straight down, and a pufled plastron is added as garniture. This plastron, gathered at the throat, has on either side a band of velvet. A row of little pearl buttons is placed on each side of the waist, to which the plas~ tron is buttoned, thus forming part of the tunic itself. It is drawn in at the waist- line beneath a halt belt, which is fastened by a buckle of old silver or of brilliants. A Novel Costume. A costume will soon make its appearance which, it is predicted, will be a great sue- eessâ€"the polonaise fitted dress. The acreage is pointed in front and even with the waist above the hips, and there are four heavy, deep pleats in the back, falling to the bottom of the skirt. The puff has disappeared. This style has many things in its favor. It is very dressy, and at back presents the illusion of a long mantle, while it forms a robe in front. At the same time it frees the form which has been lost in the ugly puff. The costume in question will be made entirely of strong materials, so that the shape may be maintained, as, for instance, of heavy silk, broehe or velours. As to soft woollen materials, it needs to be lined with heavy muslin to give it the proper carriage; but it can never be so effective as the other Imaterials. Newest Intelligence Regarding Fashionable Dress. Latest 01 Fashion's Frollcn. Red vests are popularly worn in Paris. Jerseys, in order to be stylish, must now be very gay and dashmg. There is a fancy for wearing a. velvet basque, fitted like 8. animals, with skirts of Indm silk or foulurd. Coarsely finished camel’s hair buntiugs with striped borders are made up for sum- mer travelling dresses. For wedding or reception bonnets nothing is duintier than real duohesse or point lace, made over transparent frames or those covered with white suzah. Taima. capes for summer mantles are made of loops of beads resting on chenille loops ; these form the entire cape, to which in added a. fringe of beads with chenille in it. A leading pattern in the new brooaded silks which are exhibited is the passion flower. This is shown in evening tints, on of the loveliest being a white ground with the design in gold satin. For trimming dark gray or brown bison cloths and cashmerea, the mixed wool and metallic braids are used, partly of gilt; or partly of silver, for striping the velvet vest; and for handing the broad band of velvet that trims the skirt. A small scarf mantle its made to accom- pany lace and grenadine dresses, and both materials are employed in this little wrap, usually wiuh the figured fabric on the sides, and the plain goods down the midle of the back and from}. Young ladies are very partial to the “ Piffemro,” a. round hat with a narrow, flat. brim, slightly turned up on one side, and a cone-shaped crown. It is trimmed with a. large rosette of mull embroidered in gold, or wish colored silk. It is very youth- ful and simple in appearance. Wool jerseys are out with many seams in the the shape of the basquea of udiug habits, and are supplied with a vest of con- trasting color, most usually of (mm or mushroom brown shades, crossed with passementeric frogs and edged with wide braid 0: rows of narrow aoutaohe. Silk jerseys are now woven in ribs with open lines between, like silk stockings. They come in dark blue or red shades, and are only partly made, as they are to be fin- ished with a. vest of velvet that shapes them properly, and this vast is crossed or striped with mixed gilt and silk braid, the silk matching the ieraey in color. Wish these. EGBENTRIGITIES OF SOME COSTUMES. THE lADIES’ COLUMN. (Aunt Kate's Weekly Budget.) Parisian Modes. Leather-headed nails, made 9! solid and substantial leather with e. sharpened tongue for driving in the wood, are widely used for chair, solo. and other furniture decoration. The leather heads of these nails are colored various colors, bronzed, eilvered and pluehed. so that they may be used not alone on furniture. but on portieree, curtains, heavy hangings, etc. These nails, when artistically arranged on the curtain, have a very pretty effect, and add verylergely to the attractiveness of the material. Fish, almost: more than anything else, is improved by slow cooking; especially in this true when the fish is boiled. If cooked rapidly, it: will fall apart, and will neither taste nor look so well. The great point insisted upon by scientific cooks of the pre- sent day is this of taking abundant time to prepare food, and the fact that nothing is gained by rapid boiling. Bey Rum for the Heir.w Take a. pint bottle and drop 75 drops of oil of bay, five drop: of oil of orange, and five drops 0! oil of auspice into it, and pour on it nine fluid ounces of 95 per cent. alcohol, and shake the bottle well to out the oils. Fill the bottle with water, and pour a pinch of cleavera into the bottle to color the liquid, cork it securely, and digest for eight days, shaking frequently. Filter or strain. and you will have a. most excellent article 0! bay rum. Each With Twenty Thousand nook! Bnked no Lure the Surgeon. “ They fish with lines six miles long in Winnebago Leke,Wiseonsin, and use twenty thousand hooks on every hue." said a New York fishermen who has been there, “ and if they don’n haul up two thousand fish every time they call it indifierent luck. And every fish will weigh from twemy to seventy pounds, That’s the way they fish for figurgeon‘uuh there. Silver Cankerâ€"Whites of four eggs (rowed, one cup of sugar. half cup of but- ter, half cup of HWeBfi milk. half cup of corn attach, half cup of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, tiWO of cream of tartar. “ One of those lines will reach halt way across the lake. It is a. rope an inch in diameter. It is carried out in the lake, large buoys being attached to it at intervals to keep it on the surface. The twenty thousand hooks, baited with pieces of meat or fish, are lowered to the bottom of the lake by ‘snoods’ of the proper length, attached to the line. It takes twenty boats, with two men in each, to look after this big fish lino. Each boat has one thoussné hooks in its charge. The hooks are placed eighteen inches apart, and to bsit all the hooks once requires not less than one thousand pounds of meat. It takes the forty men and twenty boats ten hours to set the line for the first time. After that the fishermen are constantly employed in going to and fro over the line, hauling in the sturgeon that have been caught on the hooks and rehaiting where it is_neoessn.ry. Lemon-juice is the moat anti-scorbutio remedy known. If the gums are dsily rubbed mthlemon-juioe they will be kept in health. Spots of iron rust may be removed almost always if they are covered with lemon-juice mixed with common salt; lay the garment where the sunlight will fall on in. To stop hiccough, a. correspondent recom- mends firm compression of the heaving ribs by both hands. In two cases where this was done the hiooough almost instantly ceased. A nice soft soap for washing dishes on be secured by placing in an old dish (and occasionally adding water) all the scraps and bins of hard soap which are too small so use for washing. “ To haul in a. seventy-pound sturgeon from the bottom of the Jake is an exciting piece of work, but requires more strength than skill. as the fish always has the hook several inches down his throat, having sucked the bait and all down without any regard to consequences. There is no danger of losing the fish unless the snood or the hook breaks. When the fish is hauled to the surface a gaff, like a meet-hook. is thrust into the side of its head, and the sturgeon is drawn into the boat and knocked in the head with e. mallet. The hook is out out of its throat, rebaited and thrown back into the lake. Matting may be cleaned with hot water and salt. A thin coat of val-nigh improves 1b. Antique brass ornaments are much used for deeoratiug drawing rooms. “The average catch of sturgeon is one every ten hooks. When a boat is loaded With all it will carry of sturgeon, the fisher- men row back to the shore, where others take the fish and dispose of them. The fishermen hnow the particular sections of the line on which they work by the arrangen ment of he buoys. These are placed ten feet sport, and every 150th one is red. The space between the red buoys cont tein one thousand hooks. The sw- tions are numbered, and each boat has its number corresponding with the sec? tion it fishes. While the average catch is one sturgeon to ten hooks. it is no uncom- mon thing for the fishermen to find but one or two on an entire section of one thousand hooks. Rattan window shades are tashionabl for summer houses. silk surah skirts of the same color are worn to complete a. costume of remarkable lightness. " The Lake Winnebago sturgeon is highly prized among the lumbermen and others in the region. Its flesh is finer and of better flavor than the salt water sturgeon’s. The fish sells for 6 cents a pound at retail. Large quantities are salted and smoked, for sale in the lumber camps.” More than half a century ago the Shakers first originated the drying of sweet corn for food, and they first raised, papered and vended garden seeds in the present styles. From their first methods of preparing medicinal roots and herbs for market sprung the immense patent medicine trade. They began the broom-corn business. The first buzz saw was made by the Shakers at New Lebanon. The Shakers invented metallic pens, first made of brass and silver. All distilled liquors were aban- doned as a beverage by the Shakers sixty years ago, and during the past forty years no fermented liquor of any sort has been used except as a medicine. Pork and tobacco are also numbered among the “ for hidden articles." Though the Shakers are not strict vegetarians, the amount of meat and grease used as food is reduced to a minimum. Don’t shake the hornet’s neat to see i! any of the family are at home. Don‘t go near a. draft. If a draft; comes toward you, run away. A single draft is most dangerous. Don‘t blow in the gun your grandfather carried in the year 1812. It is more dune gerous now than it was then. Don't hold a wasp by the other end while you thaw in out in front of the stove to see if it la alive. It is generally alive. Don’t try to persuade a bull-dog to give up a yard of which it IS in possession. Possession to a. bull-dog is ten points of law. Asudden boom in potatoes in Ottawa and its vicinity is reported, the eaonlent selling for $1.50 abag. while 9. few days ago they could be purchased for less than half that price. Miss Mary Anderson's next season at the London Lyceum is to extend over about eighv months, FISH-LINES SIX HIILES LONG. Hints 1m- llol \Vealher. Domenic and Uselul. shake r l nvcnuons.