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'The topic of conversation in Osmaru hal been the discovery that .a gentleman who has had many ups and downs in the dis- trict, says the Onago, New Zealand Times, and who lately earned a living by acting as assistant bailiff to the resident magis- trate‘s court, bids fair to end as the occu- panw an earldom with an annual income of some £70,000 (sic). The gentleman referred to is F. W. 0. Grant. whose father, Hon. James Ogilvie Grant, has just succeeded to the title and estates of the Earl of Seafield, consequent upon the death of his nephew, the late Earl without issue. Mr. Grantâ€"who now becomes Lord Reidhaven and the direct heir to the narldomâ€" has long been a resident in the district, and has filleda variety of posi‘ tions, from commission agent down to ‘laborer. When the'news arrived of the death of his ccusin,an event which gave him a title and a competency, he was, and is still, the “ man in possession ” at a farmer’s homestead in the district, a duty from which he. stoutly refuses to be re- lieved, so that the unfortuuate farmer has the satisfaction of knowing that, under compulsion, he is entertaining a lord and a prospective member of the British House of Peers. The present Earl of Seafield is in his 67th year, so that the Osmaru as- sistant bailiff will in all 'likelihood. be the ninth to bear the title conferred by William III. He is married to a daughter of Major Evansmi Oamaru, and has a family. _After a {I'm-.5 there came the case of Begey, \he policeman. An old ofificer named Remus was the cashier of Mr. Fabre, a taxrreceiver of the capital. The latter left his office in Paris on August 30th, 1882, to take a sum of 3,000 francs to the treasury. He never returned. 0n the following morning, at 5 o‘clock, some heat. men saw a man throw a box into the Seine and then take to his heels. The boatmen went after the box and found the head of a nfiazi'freehly severed from the body. Two days later the trunk was found in a sewer of the Rue Huchette, and in the river, near the Point Neuf, two legs were found. The pieces were brought u- gether and the body of the unfor- tunate Ramus reconstituted. Suspicion fell upon his iatimatc friend Regey, who had been seen drinking with him on August 3051: preceding. Regey fled from Paris and was searched for everywhere in vain. But, having learned on October 8th that his son had been arrested, he returned and surrendered himself to the police. He made a clean breast of it; acknowledged having decoyed Ramus to his room, where, under pretext of giving him a glass of brandy, he made him swallow a small quantity of prussic acid. Remus fell as if struck by lightning, and then Regey dis- membered the body. He contradicted him- self later. before the court, claiming that Ramus’ death had been the result of a mistake in the glasses, but he was con- demned to death and executed on March 2nd, 1833, at the Barriers St. Jacques. Then came the Lhuiseier affair. At the beginning of April, 1835, a journeyman weaver named Marin Lhuissier, 44 years of age, applied at a matrimonial agency for a wife. .The scoundrel was already married, which Catherine Fernauld; a .young‘ person of rather doubtful character who consented to leave the agency in his company, was unaware of. She retired with him too. furnished apartment in the Rue de Riche- lieu. On the following day Catherine d153[p:al‘€d, and three days later portions of her body, mutilated with ahatchet, were discovered in the Seine, the legs near the bridge of La Concorde and the rest of the body at Chaillot. Lhuisssier had killed her with ahammer, and out up the body, put the pieces in a- bag, and earn ed them in a wheelbarrow to the river. He was arrested a few days later enjoying himself with the money of his victim. \ He was executed MarchfiOth, 1836. He died Like a‘coward, crying and complaining that the pains in his legs made him feel as if they had been cut off below the knees. Alter a long and bloody series of similar crimes, Figaro leaves France for a moment to recall the case of Maestdag, the butcher of Antwerp, Belgium,who out his wife into 133 pieces, boiled the fragments inapot lormaking soup, and then carried them ailvay for burial in adeserted cemetery, This crime served as a model for that ol Provost,‘ the Paris policeman, who man- aged to get a jeweller named Lenoble into his house, where, having killed him with a mallet, and scattered the fragments of the body, With the exception of the head, which he boiled, to the four'winds, was tracked, discovered, and executed on Sept. 7th, 1880.â€"Philade1phia Times. “ Manama, is decomtion aomethxng good to drink? ” beengribking? ” “ Why, child, of course not! What makes you aak such a. ridiculous question?" “ ’Cause I heard papa say 1}) Uncle Tom, ‘ Legs} c_l_ecora’qe.’_ find they went out.” “Osman, when they came back papa. kiaeed m9, and his breath smelt just like the stuff you put in mince pies.T’-New York Journal. 5.“ Your sweelheart always bores you with her singing, I understand, when you 0311 on her,” said a. Bomerville young man to a. friend the other day. “ She does," was the mournful reply; “ she does; sings all the time. It wouldn’t be so bad if she had a goo voice, but it’s a regular soreeoh.” “ A sort 0. vocal mania she’s got, I nuppoae ?” Franklin mam-.13 at 21, Mozart at 25, Byron, Washington, Wellington and Brmu. parts at 27, Peel at 32. Wadsworth at 33, Wilberforce at 88. Luther at 42, Addison um 44, and old Parr, for the third time, at 102. v _ ' In some parts 0! Oregon farmers are compelled to protect: their crops from the gavaging blackbirds by the use of shot-gum, " Well, you may call it [vocal niinia. it you like, but I oa‘l it a. sort of yeller-fever.” â€"-â€"Somerville Journal. Murderers “’ho llnve Muiilnled the Bodies of their victimsâ€"Anempts lo Dispose o! the Body Always Followed by Deleciion. ' The to. ure of all attempts to unmch the mystery of the Wissshickon murder tells somewhat against the theory of the Paris Figaro, that when a. murderer cuts up the body oi his victim to conceal his crime it invariably leads to his detec- tion and conviction. This murderer per- haps showed his wisdom in not cutting the body into smaller pieces. The detection of i the men who cut up the body of May is in its degree a confirmation of Figaro’s theory. It is from the annals of crime in France, however, that we always expect to derive ‘flie most pioturesqnely horrible narratives. 1'“ an) quotes the cases of sixteen French a. (1 Belgian murderers who, during the last half century attempted to conceal iheir crimes by this means,‘hut who in every case were confronted" at le'st‘w'ith the mutilated bodies whOse identity they had sought to destroy. lhe first case was that of Charles Dontuii, lieutenant of the 4th light infantry, a. handsome follow, 35 years of age, who murdered his aunt, Mme. Venues, and his brother, Auguste Dnntun. He cut the bodies up, and made filty or sixty small packages of them, and sent them to various parts of Paris, but he was discovered, arrested, condemned to death on Feb. 25th, 1825, and gu:l!otined on the Place de Greve on March 2811 of the news year.- > A whal‘e 100 feet in length was eaught M°nher5Yu Gala hat week. * “ WLel.l,.11_ovi_(i_i_d you kn'ow thus they had From Balllfl to Bar]. CUTTING UP CORPSES. \Vlun Ile Cnllcd It. ‘- Le‘l’s Deéorme.” A New York despatoh Bays: Miss, M. M. Hatching, daughter of tha' Rev. Hiram Hutchins, of the Bedford Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, was sick for tWenty- three years with a spinal disease. Physi- cians could not relieve her. At times she suffered great pain, and was compelled to keep to her bed for weeks. Once in a. whue ahe was able to walk feebly around the house, but a. new attack would speedin restore her to her former helpless condition. In January lash Miss Hutchins deter- mined to try the faith cure, and she sum- moned in her bedside, at 456 Willoughby avenue, Mrs. C. S. Whitney, of 142 East Forty-ninth atreeb. this city. Mrs. Whit- ney practises the: faith cure. On January 29:11 she anomted Miss Hutchins and prayed. MiEB Butchins‘ immediately arose from her bed, dressed, went down two flights of stairs to the basement, and ate dinner with the family. After dinner she walked to the Bedford Avenue Baptist Church, a quarter of a mile from the house, and told the congregation the circumstances attending her recovery. Four days afterward she baked a. lot of pies. She has since remained in perfect health, and has increased in weight thir. teen pounds. She immediately began to practice the faith healing art herself among acquaintances. Recently she was in White Plains, N. Y, and before that in Norris- town,Pe..‘ She is now in a small town in Connecticut. ' on the third floor and retired about 10 o'clock. The bed was on a. level with the open window. It Is believed that Mooney awoke suddenly, and failing to remember where he was rolled out the wrong side of the bad through the Window. Hie skull was fractured and his neck broken. Mln Hillel-ins \anks m Chuxch and Baker; Pies Alter 23 Years at Help- Insane:- i Kilied by Falling from [he [louse of Ills Intended Bride. A New York despatch says: While pass- ing through North Fifth street.,Williams- burg, shorth after midnight, officer Phelan of the Fifth Precinct police, heard a crash, and then saw the body of a man lying on the flagging below the basement steps of the house occupied by Theodore Kornorbis, at No. 159. When the officer reached the prostrate form the man was dead. An open window on the third floor and a ragged hole through the wooden porch over the stoop showed that the man had fallen from the height above. The oooupants of the house were aroused, and Miss Hattie ran from the house, and throwing herself at the side of the body lifted his head in her arms and begged 1n pitetus tones for him to speak. The officer informed the mung lady that the man was dead, but she re- fused to believe it, and as she kissed the paliid lips, exclaimed : “Oh, my William, speak to me.” The young woman was led into the house, where it was learned that the dead man was William. Mooney, 33 , years old, a lawyer of No. 247 Broadway, this city. .He was engaged to he married to Miss Hattie Kornobis. He called at her house Sunday afternoon and remained 1 until evening. When about t) leave he ; became ill, and as he‘did not reoover it was , considered wise for him to remain over 1 night. He was given the hall bed-room} TIRE TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE. Ghostly young of the Broad; Havoc Caused. The scene oi the terrible eruption in Java. last August but been witnessed by two French scientific commissioners, who graphically describe the deplorable condiâ€" tion of the region nearly a. yen;- after the disaster. A distinct line of desolation marks the affected district. The land is either perfectly bars or covered with a. thick layer of mud or stones. Every troe has disappeared, stognmt salt pools breathe fever in every direction and a tow wretched bamboo huts afford the only sign of life. The fertile. alesely-populated spot where the town of Aujer formerly stood in a deserted, marshy plain. without a Vestige of either houses, plantations orinhabitsnts, and the small town of Telok-Belsng has similarly vanished. In the neighboring Island of Sibesi tidal waves have washed away the crust of stones and laid bare the remains of a. village, with the skeletons of the inhabitant] lying in the midst of their domestic surroundings. Over four miles inland is abig steamer, which was carried ashore by a. huge wave into-the forest, and ‘ still spans a small riyor like 9. bridge. The 1three little“ islands- which appeared after the eruption are gone, and s dense vapor- ous cloud hangs over the Volcano Krakatoa. This cloud, however, is nothing but the dust raised by constant avslsnohesrot stones rolling-down theimquntsin side. . .. ‘ ' A church building at Somer‘s Point, N. J. is of roel Construction. It: consists of a. spacious root merely supported by tim- here, the walls consisting entirely at mosv quite netting. JUSI‘ BEFORE Ills lVlAflthGE. on the Fletcher operator inquiring, “ Is that St). Thomua?” Gauge answered “ Yes," and received and answered the message, signing the reply “ 0. K.” “X” is the initialof one of the operators here. The Fletcher message he destroyed. The ac- eueed was brought before the Police Magistrate this afternoon, and was fined $34.60. Alex. Gotta, charged with being an accessory, was fined a. like amount. All operator ’l'nps the ‘Vll‘es nnrl (Dr-den n 'l‘rnin to Proceed. . A St. Thomas despateh says: Edward Gauge, operator on the Canada Southern at Taylor, was arrested and placed in the look-up this afternoon on a. charge of tum- pering with the wires. Some weeks ago Superintendent Morford, of the Canada Southern Railway, discovered that the company‘e telegraph lines had been nuc- ceesfuily manipulated by outside parties. Mr. Morlord set energetically to work in- vestigating. On Auguet 1:t.a. deepatchwas sent from the operator at Fletcher station to the Superintendent reporting that Con- ductor Fiddler had passed the depot without getting his order; The operator at Fletcher received an answer signed “ ’," the signa- ture of the St. Thomas office, stating that the message had been received. As a. matter of fact, however. the report never reached St. Thomas, showing that the wire had been tapped. The result of the investigation is the arrest of Gauge, and evidence has been obtained which shows that when the operator at Fletcher called up St. Thomas, the accused success- fully attached the ground wire to the main line at Taylor station, and the electric cur- rent was conducted into the earth. His instrument was then put in operation and ONE SOURCE 0F DISAS'I‘EBS. VOL. XXV'II. CURE” BY FAITH. During the early part of her sickness she relished delicacies, and the neighbors sent in such little dishes as they thought would please her. Her appetite was not ravenous, still she'ate as much as an invalid ordin. arily would. At length solid food distressed her, and since March lllh she has not eaten a morsel. For some time she was able to drink either milk or water, and drank two or three glasses each day. After a time she oculd‘not drink milk, and water only was taken, and that in small quantities. At length she could not drink even Water. One day she drank a glass of water and was-seized with convulsions, and for two days was in terrible distress. Her body bloated until it measured nearly twme the natural size about the waist. For eight weeks she has not swallowed a drop of water or other nourishment. Attempts have been made to give her a teaspoonl‘ul of water, but it invariably brought on con- vulsions and great distress. Every exertion seems to bloat her. Long conversations cause her to turn purple and bloat. She has no desire to eat, and her thirst is satis- fied by holding wafer in her mouth and ejecting it. This she does several times a day. Her stomach feels full, as though she had recently eaten a hearty meal. Her sickness is accompanied by no delusion whatever, and her mind is clear and rational. She would be glad to eat if she could, and, at the request ol her physician, has made attempts to eat or drink. but with the result described. All efiorta to teed her in other ways than by month have proved futile. _ There is no denial of the tact that for 163 days at noon to-day she has not tasted food, and that for. eight weeks she has not swallowed. Her case stands Without parallel. Dr. ZollerI attending physician. says she looks as though she had normal dropsy. Dr. Ayers thinks it is a peculiar form of St. Vitus’ dance. Daniel F. Shugme, a sunrburned young farmer from Wmdsorville, Conn., visited Brooklyn yeb‘terday to find a. wife. He had visltzed Castle Garden, but did not find among the immigrants any one whom he wagwilling to marry. Then he went to Brooklyn, and told the purpose of his visiu to Police Sergeant. Ballou, at the Washing. ton Sreet: Bunion. " There is one young woman in Brooklyn I would like to marry," he said, “ and that is Ella. Larrabee." Ella is the 18 year-old girl who has been arrested for burglary several times, and is at present serving a. term in the peniten- tiary. The Sergeant suggested to the young farmer that. Ella. might rob him if he married her. Mr. Shugrue said'he thought he could reform her, and from the descriptions he had read of her in the papers he was sure he would like her well enough to make her his wife. To-day he will seek to obtain an interview With her in the penitentiary. Helen: this note at the police station: Some thought the constant moving was voluntary. One physician sat by hereide for three hours, during which time there was not the slightest diminution of the rolling. Another physician said he could stop it it he wished, and, seizing her by the shoulders, held her tightly a few minutes. but the instant he released his hold her body resumed its motion. She feels the result of this treatment yet, and says that there is not a spot on her person that is not eorc. The weight of a pin is actually pain- ful and cannot be endured. Her arms are larger and harder than one would expect for u. young women of her size in perfect health. 'l‘o the’ touch they indicate etrong muscles. In fact, all the musoles or her body are Well developed. This is accounted for by the constant motion of her body, which keeps them in exercise. Another remnrhable thing abeut it ie that she hue not on her person any bed sores. In most cases where persons are confined to their bed for u long period sores show themselves and become very troublesome. In her case, though she hoe not leithar bed since a, your ago last October, there is none. Since January let she has not been able to raise her head from the pillow. About three months ago she began to have trouble with her eyes, and eetrong light was painful to her. She now lies in ederk room and wears blue glasses. The color of the glasses contrasts rtrongly with the pale, white face and snowy bedding. AUG‘ 1751), 1884. DEAR Sm: The bearer, Daniel F. Bhugrue, would like to get a young lady, if she should want to marry a good, honest and faithful husband. If you know of any or hear of any, please let me know. DANIEL F. SHUGRUE,--- N. Y. Sun. A novel way not presenting the aged “ Piuuforef’ opera. has been adopted by an opera troupa at: Asbury Park, N. J. A “ man-of-war" has been bullt on Sunset Lake. north of Asbury Park, and the play is given on in, the audience witnessmg the perfbrmance from the shore. But-serum comes aboard in a. row~boat and everything is as realistic as possible, A Fort Plain, N. Y,letter says: Miss Kwte Smulsy,who has gone without food for 163 days, was very low tonight, but is still conscious and talks. Miss Bmulsy ween dressmnher, and when able to work had plenty to do. She is 20 years of age, and was naturnlly bright and intelligent. Two years ago last July she was taken ill, and was compelled to remain in bed. She im- provud somewhet, and was able to be about, but in October was compelled again to take her bed, and has never since been able to leave it. The first approach of the dinense was trembling and shaking of the right hand, followed by involuntary motion of the right leg and loot. At length her head had a. sidewxse movement to the right. The doctors diagnosed the case as St. Vitus’ dance. The usual remedies were apylied, but with no benefit to the patient. She grew worse, and the motions, at first confined to the limbs on one side, seized her whole body. The motion was first perpendicular, and like that of a. person sawing wood, _only not so violent. In time, to this motion was added one portly rolling, and the two were combined. Leter the motion has been rolling only. She rolls constantly, mov1ng her entire body from side to side with u. regularity of a pendulum at the rats of filty per minute. Thiemotion is perpetual for twenty-two or twenty-three hours out ‘the twenty-four, and is wholly involuntary. For an hour or more~nevar over twoâ€" in the night she sleeps from sheer exhaus- tion, but is awakened by the slightest noise. The moment that she wakens the senseless rolling begins, to stop only when, worn out, she again sinks to rest. ‘ llc “’ums to “Hal :1 Female Burglar. A Girl who has Lived 163 Days Wilh- om Fond and Eight “’eeks “’ilhout Drink. A CASE WITINUT A PARALLEL. RICHMOND ‘HILL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1884. is not demanded; all the skill necessary may be acquired in an hour; and experi- ence avails little where thereare no rules and scarcely any dogma to guide the manipulator. All. that is required is to search for the mussels nestling in the mud and sand, seize them by the hand if the water is not deep, or, it beyond reach, insert a long stick between their gaping valves, and then, when the shell closes, lift the obstinate mollusk to the sur- face; or, sometimes, should there be a considerable number collected on one spot, by simply drawing a split ended pole among them and taking the chance of one being wedged into this rudely-improvised trap. It is, however, rare to find many together. They must be sought for in ones and twos, and then tossed ashore, until a heap worth opening is accumulated. There is, of course, no calculating when a. mussel will or will not contain a pearl, or when the pearl will be ct sufficient value to return a fair day’s wages for what the gem-seeker considers a fair day’s work. About one in fifty or sixty is said to reward the toiler; but, as a rule, the pearls are small, dark, and are only “ seed pearls," which fetch a low price in the market, where they are bought chiefly for the pur- pose of placing at the back or other con- cealed part of Orient pearl ornaments. Some 'ol the better specimens will, however, bring from £5 to £90â€"the latter possess- ing a. pleasing pink hue, which is perma- nent. Necklaces composed (“this valued variety may now and then be seen in the jewellere’ shops (f Edinburgh and Glasgow, priced at from £300 to £400. One pearl in every fourteenth or fifteenth shell is commonly said to return a profit, and it is affirmed that those from shineg beds, or from the vicinity of lords where the sand is occasionally dis- ‘ turbed by horses or gattle-hoofs, are most [fruitful in the exorescence for which the mussel is esteemed. Wrinkled or deformed shells, which presumably have been dis: turbed in early life, are also dbnsidered by In Scotland has. moreover, much of the gambling excitement attendant on the pearl-diving of the east, without the injury to health and the imminent danger of eut- tooetion end sharks which impart apar- loua emotion to that fearfully suicidal calling as practiced ofl the 009.811 of Ceylon, in the Pereian Gulf, and in the Bay of Panama. As followed in the Earn or the Deon It is in pomt of fact as pleasant as troutfishing during a hot day. infinitely more profitahle in_tha worst of times. and to the hardy folks of the north, accustomed to rough went-her, bare feet and mountain streams inving their legs, scarcely so risky to the constitution as landing a salmon is to the well-coddled citizen who is afraid of the wind blowing on him for eleven months in the year, and passes the twelith wading in the icy rivers north of the .Tweed. Pearl-fishing is, moreover, a profession which requires no apprenticeship. Like reading and writing to D-ogben'y, it 1‘ comes of nature” to the humble huntera after fortunq who have made Unio collecting their own. The art. is aimplimty igsglt. Elabsmte apparatus The pearl of the fresh-water mussel is found in almost every river where the mall lusk in question can prosper, though naturally sullen streams, with many undis- turbed pools and muddy bottoms, are most favorable to their growth. Hence we have pearls from Norway and Sweden,from the rivers of Tyrone and Donegal, and from many of the streams of the northwest of England and Wales. Very fine specimens also come from Moldau and Wottawa, in Bohemia, and for ages a. fresh-water pearl fishery has existed in the Iltz, in Bavaria, from which at times valuable specimens reach the continental jewellers. It is, how- ever, mainly in Scotland that the business is followed with anything like system. For sees the Tay, Doon, Don, Teith, Forth, Ythan,,Spay, Ugie and Earn have proved more or less fruitful, the dull seasons being compensated for by those in which a. gem of more than ordinary value has been fished up. In all these rivers, and in some of smaller importance, a few peopleâ€"gene- rally old men, women and children ~are engaged during the summer months in searching for the mussels. buoyed up by the hope of finding in one out of fifty or sixty the object they are eager to obtain. Indeed. ever since Mr. nger imparted a stimulus to the business, some of the smaller streams have been so over fished as to render the labor of search- ing the mud scarcely remunerative. In the river Earn, a tributary to the Tay, in' some parts of the Toy itself, and in the Deon, it is, however, still worth following, mussel-gathering being among certain ‘ families not only a trade, but their sole 3 means of livelihood. A more agreeable ‘ pursuit of the manual order can scarcely be imagined, so long as the days are long, and the sun is warm, and the shady river lovely with the umbrageous foliage of mid- summer and early autumn. Pearl-fishing The pearl is no associated with the Orient that it sounds like a geographical blunder to read that the Toy penrl fisheries have opened with unusual prospects of success. Yet the theme of so many poets and the obj ct of co much extravagance hits, per- haps, been almost as long sought for in the Scottish rivers as in the remote: seas of the east. Great Britain was at one time Celebrated for its pearls, and we have the authenty of Surtmius for affirming that it was the reputation of our islands for the poeeeseion of these treasures that stimu- lated Caesar to undertake the most famous invasion of which hist er has preserved any record. We are told that after he con- quered England he presented as a thank- offering to Venus Genetrix a. buckler cov- ered With pearls, which was hung up in her temple. Whether these were actually obtained from Britain cannot now be i decided; but there is no doubt that, though Pliny refers in disparaging terms to the small size and poor water of the northern “ Margarito,” the patricien ladies of Rome were glad to barter the spoils of many a plundered kingdom for the ornaments which in more modern times have fallen into such disrepute. At no time, however. during at least (ightccu hundred years have British pearls altogether ceased to be among the commodities of commerce. Specimens are said to exist among the Scottish crown jewels. and one from the Conway, presented by Sir Richard Wynn to the queen of Charles 11,, ranks as an orna- ment of the British Grown. In our day large numbers have been purchased by the Queen and the Empress of the French, and the wealthier of the Scottish ladies have always set the fashion of encouraging the trade by-wenring bracelete. necklaces, and rings set with native pearls, and-since the Lead hills and the Streth of Kildonan still yield the precioue metalâ€"set in gold which has never crossed the see. Their (Irish: and the “flu in “’hich ‘l‘hey Are Gathered-An Important Scotch Induslryâ€" Valuable Finds â€"-Al'lmciul Production; a T lamina. I The (initial by “’nter Among the Tribes r of Central India. The ordeal by water is universal among the barbarous Non-Aryan tribes of Central India, from the Bheels in the west country to the Wild men in the almost unexplored jungles of Bustai' and the far east, toward the Bay of Bengal. Here is a description -of one water test, taken a few years ago from the mouth of an expert witchfinder among the Bheels,who got into a scrape for applying it to an old woman. “A bamboo is stuck up in the middle of any piece of water. The accused is taken to it, lays hold of it, and by it descends to the bottom. In the meantime one of the villagers shoots an arrow from his bow, and another runs to pick it up and bring it back to the place whence it was shot. If the woman is able to re- main under water until this is done she is declared innocent, but if she comes up to breathe before the arrow is returned into the bowman’s hand she is a true witch and must be swung as such." In the case from which this account is taken the woman failed in the test, and was consequently swung to and fro, roped up to a tree, with , a bandage of red pepper on her eyes ; but 3 it is obvmus that this kind of ordeal, like ‘ almost all primitive ordeals, is contrived so ‘ as to depend for its effect much upon the ‘ manner in which it is conducted, whereby ‘ the operator’s favor becomes worth gain- ing. A skilful archer will shoot just as far as he chooses. Ordeal by water is the question ordinary, which may probably be constructed as an inquiry whether the water fetich or water spirit will accept or reject ‘ the witch, whether he is on her side or against her; and this seemed the best general explanation of a world-wide custom. Another ordeal is by heat, as, for instance, the picking of acoin out of burning oil. But the question extraordinary is by swing- ing on asacred tree, or by flogging with switches of aparticular wood. Swinging before an idol, with a book through the muscles of the back, is the well-known rite by which a Hindoo devotes himself t) the god, and flogging with rods from a sacred tree manifestly adds superhuman virtue to the ordinary effect of a vigorous laying on. In 1865a woman suspected of bringing cholera into the village was deliberately beaten to death with rods of the castor oil tree, which is excellent for purging witch- craft. ‘It is usual also to knock out the front teeth of a notorious witch ; the prac- tice also appears to be connected With the belief, well known in all countries, that witches assume animal shapes; for in India they are supposed occasion- ally to transform themselves into wild boasts, a superstition analogous to our European lycanthropy. A good many years ago there was an old man prac- ticing as a physician near Sringar, in the Himalayas, who was notorious as a sor- cerer, insomuch that his reputation of having devoured many persons under the form of a tiger cost him most of his teeth, which were extracted by the rajah, who then held that country, so as to render him less formidable during his constant metamorphoses, Shaving the heads of female Witches is very common among the tribes much infested by sorcerers; it is employed as an antidote, not merely as a degrading punishment, so that one is tempted to tracalts origin to some recon- dite notion of power residing in the hair; and thus even back toward Samson, to Circe, with the beautiful locks, and to the familiar devils of early Christian times, who are said to have a peculiar attachment for women with fine tresses.â€"SirA. Lyall’s Asiatic Studies. De Lesseps Not the (Originator of the Suez Canal. The Holy Pontifi, St. Pius V.,whose name is inseparably associated with the glorious battle of Lepanto, has, according to document! discovered in the Piombino Library, by Slgnor Enrica Narducci, the learned librarian and philosopher,'oon- ceived the project of the ceneland began to prepare measures for its fulfilment. The proposal of the Pope was hip,th dia- pleaaing to the Republic of Venice, which considered that its prestige on the ocean would eufferif the highway between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean were constructed. Slgnor Nuducci can. veyed the discovery of the lactto M. De Leseepe,who admitted that he had never known it previously. Six good-sized watermelons sell for 25 oanta at Canton. Tex. the mussel gatherers as more likely to contain pearls than those with a smooth ' exterior. This is only in accord with what we know of the mode in which pearls are formed. The interior of many shells, the famous Orient pearl oysters and the fresh- water mussel or unio margariti fem in- clad-1d. is lined by a thics layer of the glistening substance known as naore, or mother-ofâ€"pearl. This calcareous matter is identical in composition thh pearl, and is deposited wherever any irritating sub- stinoe, like a grain of sand or a bit of foreign matter of any sort, finds an en- trance ioto the body of the mollusk and cannot be extruded. Then, yearly, as the nacreous coat is deposited on the shell the irritating particle receives its share, until it increases in size and becomes a pearl, the " water " and shape of which depends entirely upon the accidental manner in which the filmy layers have been superim; osed. So well is this rationale of. pearl formation understood that the Chinese have-tor ages forced one species of fresh-water mussel to produce pearls by inserting between the shell and the “mantle” of the mollusk either small leaden shot or little spherical pieces of mother-cf-pearl, which in time receives. naoreous covering, and resemble the article they are intended to simulate.. Small images ofBuddha covered with nacre are also another outcome of this art. There is, , therefore, no reason for supposing that if itho pearl oyster and the other species of mollusks-forming pearls were kept in an aquaria under fitting conditions, the costly gem could not be produccd artificially. Indeed,'Linneeus suggested to the Swedish Government that by inserting a “ grain ” of sand through a hole bored in the shell of the river unic, so as t) afford a nucleus for the deposition of more, this end might be gained. The experiments made proved the practicability of» the theorynmd secured for the inventor a money reward and the rank of nobility, which his fame as the “Luther of natural history ” ‘would never have obtained for him from the unappreciative Swedish courtiers. By-and-by, no doubt. some shrewd person will put his or a similar plan into operation, and When there is a chance- 04? orystallizing carbon into diamonds,'flnd his profit in the undertak- ing. so long as he keeps his proceedings to himself and does not overflood the market with the proceeds of his pearl farmâ€"London Standard; ‘fl-FIN DING IN IN DEA . WHOLE NO 1,365 NO. 13. M Lace dresses are worn in the streets of Paris, but not in New York. Fancy feathers will be more worn than citrin tips on the firafi {all hats. Wings of sear gulls are seen now in many a lady’s boudoir. Aahrachan J ersey clohhoomes among the new wool stuffs. ' Velvet, satin and lace costumes will be all she rage in the euly fall. Cockadea of owl feathers sprinkled with gold dust appear among fallmillinery goods. Mohifa‘ot embroidery and beads. Will be much used for dress decorations. Halt long Tux-km): jackets of velvet broohe will be the first dressy fall wraps." Moliere fronts of all sorts are tabooed by women of fashion on the other side. Iron-rust browns are the rivals of gray and mushroom. Mothsin spun silk wabs of gold are worked on tidias. The latest in canes is a black thorn with a. guinea. pig of ebony perched on the solid silver handle. Jet and chenille will play an important part in dress trimmings, decorations and moms next season. A delicious way to serve salmon is to out it in slices two or three inches thick. Put these into a baking-dish with little lumps of butter put on each slice, some chopped parsley, a small onion minced very fine; plenty of pepper and salt are also to be scattered over the fish. Bake until the fish is flaky. It is an improvement if it is bested often. Drain the fish before putting ‘ it upon 'thecplattera Tomato sauce may be served with it if you choose. ‘ Delicious Apples. The tart apples which are now in the market are almost without flavor. To give them flavor and to make a really apps- tizing dish for supper, prepare them in this way: Pare them and take out the cores; fill the spaces made With dates. Then put the apples into a deep earthen. baking-plate; pour a little water over them, and bake until tenderp Less time will be required for them than‘if the skins were left on ; it is necessary to remember this, or they will be left too long in the oven, and lose their form. , Take a Vacation Anyway.‘ One of the best results of asumnier vaca- 1 tion and a little trip away from home is to ‘ enable one to see that the world is wide, and that our part of it is only a part of it ; ‘ and the advantage gained from this know- ledge ie that our charity and kindly feeling for our neighbor, Who differs greatly from us, is increased. We find that the old adage is true, it does take all kinds of people to make a world. Then with what increased delight the usual routine com- mences in the home again. If any one doubts in regard to the good effects of a brief rest, and what physicians call a change of air and scene, let her try it. However herd it may teem to unclasp the baby's clinging hands, and to say good-bye to your restless little boys, it will be better for them in the end. From the ceaseless activity and the urgency of a mother’s daily lite, there must be periods of rest and change, and it no other member of the family can get away for a week that one should be the mother; for in the well- regulated life 0-“. a sensible man there is not the friction and the strain upon the nerves which the mother necessarily feels. But the ideal journey is when father and mother go together on a few days’ outing, and if there is any power to» make parents appreciate all that their children are to them it is the power which separates them for a few days. Fashion’s Freaks. Red never goes out of fashion. Yellow flowers are very fashionable. Fell: will be revived for fall hats and bonnets. Sleeves are to be worn lower on the shoulders. Round turbans are the novelty for enly fall wear. Velvet leaves veined and edged with gold will be used for bonnet trimmings and dress motifs. The latest water pitcher is of Egyptian ware,,flora.l designs, showing morning glo- riesfiunsiea and grasses forming the orna- mental work. ‘w ' Polarian is a new woollen stuff for jack- ets, ulsters and trimmings. In comes in succumb, curled, fleecy pile surface, imitat- ing the skins of the Persian lamb. Breasts of sea fowl, Spangled with gold, silver and a. medicated chrome powder. said to be a disinfectant to: cholera. are (Aunt Kate's Budget):- ommenl Nine Days 01d. ,1 find that: oatmeal-porridgelis greatly improved by being made sonic days before it is required, then stored in aphidsed jar, brought forth and heated for use. The change effected is iust that which theoretically may be expected,» viz., a softening of the fibrous material,» and a sweetening due to the formation of sugar. This sweetening I observed many years ago in some gruel that was partly eaten one night and left standing until next morning, when I thought it tas ed sweeter, but, to be assured of this, I had it warmed? again two nights afterward, so that it might be tasted under the same conditions of temperature, palate, etc., as at first. The sweetness was still more dis~ tinct, but the experiment was carried :10 further. I have lately learned that my ensilagc notion is not absolutely‘new. A friend who read my Cantor lectures tells me that he has long been accustomed to have seven dishes of porridge in “his larder, corresponding to the days 0! the week, so that next Monday‘s breakfast was cooked the Monday before, and so on, each being warmed again on the day fixed for its final execution, and‘each being thus seven days old. He finds the result more digestible than newly-made porridge. The classical nine days’ old passe-pudding is a similar anticipation, andI find, rather curiously, that nine days is about the limit to Which it may be practically kept before mildewâ€" moldineesâ€"is sufficiently established to spoil the pudding. I have not yet tried a barrel full of passe-pudding or moistened passe-meal, closely covered and pewertully, pressed down, but hope to do eelâ€"From “The Chemistry of Cookery," by W. Mattieu Williams. Fashion's Freaks. as 'Exemplified b: the Dressmakersi THE LADIES’ COLUMN. SOME HOUSEHOLD DAINI‘IES'. now :6 Eerie Salmon. Prince George of Wales (who was in Hamilton last year) has arrived at Oowes in the Canada from the West Indian and North American stations, after an absence of nearly a year. The young Prince will have leave of absence till the middle of October, and is to accompany the Prince and Princess of Wales to Newcastle; and thence to Scotland. His next foreign service will be in the Mediterranean. The Queen, who last year created Prince Ed- ward a Knight of the Garter, is going to give Prince'George the Grand Cross of the Bath, an honor which she conferred on her other sailor grandson, Prince Henry of Prussia, when he was a guest at Osborne three years ago. Reinforcement! have ham sent frun Portugal no Quilliamme, on the east coast of Africa. Religious Dle'pntee at Jerusalem. The Constantinople correspondent of the ' Standard reports that a dispute has arisen between the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox clergy at Jerusalem. The stone _ of the floor of the Chapel of the Virgin in the Holy Sepulchre is so worn or otherwise damaged as to require replacement bye. new stone. The duty of carrying out this work is claimed by both the Catholic and the Greek clergy, and feeling run so high that the presence of Turkish troo 8 alone prevented the rival parties from eciding the question by recourse to blows. The" matter, finally. has been referred to the Porto. France is taking up verwaurmly the Catholic interests, and the Greek Patriarchate those of the Faithfulo! the Orthodox rite. ' ' Twelve of the 27 hranelabors oi the new version of the Old Testament died during the 12 years occupied in that work. Why the Chinese Are Exempt from the Scourge. Doss cholera. rage in China ‘2 Is Canton specially decimated by it ‘2 If not, why not ? I do not ask these questions concern- ing Tonquin, but restrict them to China proper. I have never visited China, but the publishedvacoounts, the crowding, the filth and the general habits of the inhabi- tants of large Chinese towns, especially where, as at Canton, a vast population lives afloat on the mouth of a sewage-laden river. shows that the most favorable con. ditions for the propagation of this disease are scrupulously fulfilled. We do not hear of any terrible visitations at Canton. Had such occurred at any time within the last half century the fact must have been trumpeted far and wide by the havoc it must have-made in the tealtrade. A general quarantine of our tea ships would be an ap- preciable fact. It I am right concerning the practical immunity otthis Eastern country from the special; pla’g‘ueyoi the East, the fact is very instructive. The Chinese are drinkers of boiled water, and they drink it hot before it has had time to cool down and receive any fresh supply of disease germs. Their ordinary everyday domestic beverage is tea made on a large scale in a large tea- pot kept in a padded basket to retain the heat of thevinfusion. The whole family is supplied from this reservoir whenever thirsty. Over and above this there is the complimentary or luxurious beverage made in smaller quantities on special occasions. The big pot to which I refer is that of the common poor people, just those who would supply the victims it cholera were epid- emio. Besides the boiling of the water there is probably another antiseptic agent in such a beverageâ€"via, the astringent constituent of the tea, which must be largely extracted in the family teapot. Now that apples are a novelty, and are welcomed in any form, a good dish for the close 0! a plain dinner 18 made ‘ by gating and removing the cores from as many apples as you will need. Boil the apples in a little water, or, better still,steam them until tender. Meanwhile cook some rice in milk, and when that is done put a thick‘ layer in a pudding dish. and then put the. apples in ; fill» the spaces 'with rioe,‘but do not cover the apples entirely. Serve with a sauce 0! milk sweetened and flavored with nutmeg. - Preserved tomatoes are a luxury a pre-, oiated in winter. To seven poun s of tomatoes add one pint of vinegar, three and a halt pounds or sugar, one ounce each of cloves, ‘ auspice and“ cinnamon?" some and peel the tomatoes (very ripe ones are best), drain them. Let the vinegar, sugar- and spices boil for five minutes, then put the tomatoes into the kettle; these should boil for at least half an hour; it they were not successfully drained, three-quarters of an hour is none too long. Keep themlin jars closely covered. A new way to make tarts was maiden: tally discovered by the writer.’ Roll on! pie crust quite thin, and out im-three- cornered pieces, bend the edges upwardt and put a. generous spoonful ot_ jam '01:" each.'then out very? delicate stripe of crust. and place across. like slate; wet. the ends of the slots, and press them firmly against the edge of the tart. Bake quickly. make a. rich crust, bake in 9. daep plate; and in place ot a. top crush put strips of the dough across, web them in milk- in Which you have dissolved a little sugar: This will give the crust a. delicate brown ahd make it tender. v ' Pineapple pie is a delicacy ofthe~ season: chop the pineapple,‘ ayegteq to your agate. __-.:_A A A pretty funny is to cover the pillow to: the baby’s carriage, and to make slihtle robe for him of some light material like that used for curtains. The lining may be of ahite, butitia far more gay and “ta intactory to the baby it lined with Homo bright color. - The B-harite, a. well-knflwfl'“ Bengali journal. is edited by a. lady, Srimati Swarm: Kumari Devi, the daughter of Debendm Nath Tagore. She 15 not, thowexer, the only‘ Bengali ladywho has distififiuished herself in the field of journalistic literature, an the late, .Bame. Sundari Davie .et‘arted a vernacular magazine and oonduqted? it with ability for many‘ years, A ‘ , Some Hansel-611nm!!- in The easiest and bath” to remove jelly, blame-mange, eto., from moulds is to wet in cloth in boiling water and wrap it around the mould for .a'minute. Then with a little care you wxll have no trouble in taking the jelly out. " The Nile has begun to rise again‘ Some English gig-ls wear the divided skirt to: a lawn tennis costume, but Whey-cover it with a. tunic which comes? ‘within three inches of the edges of its frills, and it is diflicult to see the superiority of. this cos- tume over that'with, the ordinary skirt. Still, anything for reform.: " - A fashionable lady, in boasting of her new “palatial residence," Haaid that. the windows were all ot'stained glass. “That’- too badJ’ cried her: mother ; “ but won’t soap and turpenting take the stains out? ” Mra.Van Catt. the revivaliat, has been engaged in her special work for nineteen years. ‘Sheis now In her 54th yearmnd says that she is the spiritual mother of 40,000 souls. . For and About Women} The‘ body of a lady left over night enclosed in three coffins or; gaskets, on, of them of lead, in theV chutoh MxDighy'. France,waa cremated by spontaneous oom- bustion. A novelty in hats is'oalled the "Cadetl' Joy.” It is of gray felt with». conionl crown and a. heart-aha. ed briqjumed dlose against the left ai o of the. crown while 't‘he right side is narrowwqu’g slightly rolled. ' - 'fj ' ‘1’“ , fashionable trimmings for autumn hats and the large bonneta. Honors 101- Prince George. THE CHOLE BA.