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Mr. Quartermain East has taken a furnished house in Hampshire for the Tiohborne claimant on his release from Dartmoor. It is not deemed advisable to make the exact spot public. The claimant will at once take up his abode there on his release from prison. During the imprison- ment of their father, Mr. East has taken upon himself the responsibility of main- taining and educating the claimant’s two daughters. The young girls have had all the advantages enjoyed by the children of their protector, and the elder will, upon her father's release, go to live with him and keep house. In order that the claimant may not, at any rate for some time to come, be worried about pecuniary matters, Mr. East proposes making him an ample weekly allowance of money. and will further place a considerable sum of money in his hands on the day of his release. Although the claimant will be entitled to his liberty on October 24th. it is fly no means certain that he Will be released on that day. It is his desire to be left alone with his family, at least for a time, and there is absolutely no truth whatever in the various rumors that are afloat as to his future plans and projected movements.â€" Pall Mall Gazette. Blephtns’ “ruler: of rho Fnlnl AflrflY'" 'l‘Wo men ldenliflrd. A last Friday) night’s London derpafch says: LOIBLZO Stephens. who is in jail awaiting trial as an accessory to the mur- der of his brother in-law, Rufus Eldridge, at Nilestowu three weeks ago, made a. statement to County Crown Attorney Hutchenson yeit:rday. Stephens said that about half an hour after dusk on the night of September 161b, he arrived at McRJbert's tavern in Nilestown with Eldridge, having a lumber Waggon and double team, and after going into the , adjoining store he went into the bar-room. fichad been drinking, and had won the drinks from Lansett on a bet. Soon after they went into the bar Eldridge came in, and then a gOJd deal of drinking took place. After a while they went over to Byer‘s tavern and had more drinks. There was no quarrelling, but some talk about wheeling bricks and what each man could do. After half or three-quarters of an hour he weLt back to McRuberts. Eldridge had gone over a lit le before him, and when he went in was standing at the bar with several more, and Stephens thought they wore going to hurt him (Eldridge.) The talk was loud and angry, and he joined the crowd, thinking to quiet them down. Stephens had not been there long before some one knocked him over and he was knocked down several times, some- times with ablow and sometimes jerked down. There had been a struggle between Noulty and another man. but this had no connection with what occurred afterwards. Stephens got away and went behind the bar. Lansett was coming over the bar, and St phens picked up a bottle and knocked him back of the bar, the blow being given in self defence. He could not tell whether Eldridge was fighting, but heard afterwards that he was. The landlord and some others got him and Eldridge shut up in aback room opening into the yard, where they remained for a little while, the landlord telling‘ them to keep quiet. as the others were watching them. Eldridge got anxious to go home, and Went out into the back yard, Stephens following him, and they went around a wrggon shop to the shed where his horses were. Eldridge told him to get into the waggon and take the lines, and he did so. Then Eldridge untied the horses and they began to back, and Stephens saw two persons running across the street, coming from Byer’s hotel. They got up to the Waggon, and one came and grabbed Stephens by the arm and tried to pull him out on the right hand side, while the other disappeared, going as he thought behind the Waggon, the horses being on the move all the time. Stephens was pulled off the ‘ waggon and struck on the head, whether in falling or by the man he could not say. He did not remember clearly what occurred after that, until he found him- self running by Wilson‘s blacksmith shop after the horses, which had got away and ran towards home. He had an indistinct recollection of getting up after he was knocked down, but could not be sure. When they were starting from the house. or while going from the hotel tothe waggon, Eldridge said he was going home, and would ,u’ntie the horses, and told Stephens that he had better get out his knife and use it in defending himself if attacked, as the men meant to kill them if they could. Strphene did so, and had his knife open in his hand when he got into the waggon, and when the man attacked and tried to pull him out he struck at him with the knife till he was dragged out. Stephens is quite positiVe it was Noulty who attacked him, and that it was Lansett who ran behind the waggon. He never saw Eldridge alive after being dragged out of the Waggon. When they were in the back room he heard Lansett and Noulty threatening to kill himself and Eldridge, and using very strong language, and it was this that made them expect they would be attacked. 'Ihe principal point in the statement is the positive idenmfioamon of Noulny and Lansett as the men who committed the assault, during whloh Eldndge lost his life. The Tichborne Claimant’s ulure Home. A: the hadien’ Expense. If your daughter is in poor health let her use the mop about; the house. Nothing like home mop-at‘hy for a weak young woman.â€" Whitehall Times. Belva. Lockwood to dreasmakerâ€""Oh, gracious I I don't want such a. mug train to my dress. I am running (or President, you know, and it; will be in the way.”â€" Tums Siftifigs. The modern conohman drives his era- ployer’s horses to the halter and ms employer’s daughter to the altar. Or to tackle a. dxfiereut figure, he bridles the horses and briduls the daughter.-â€"Lowell Courier. There is no better test of a. woman’s health than her ability to em a hearty breakfast- Dr. Hammond. Except her ability to gen up in the morning, start the fire and cook oue.â€"Philadelphia Call. Everybody knows how the sudden cease. tion of s thundering band of music causes remarks to he shouted out in a. tone llke a locomotive whistle. The other night at a. hop the band crushed out 8, few final bars and suddenly stppped, when the voice of a. lovely little thing in pink was heard scream- ing at the top of her lungs: “ Don‘t my bustle hang like a. dais) ?“â€"Baltimore Sun. THE TRAGEDY AT MII‘ESI‘OWN. "Labor Papers and A dvocnles. A class of papers have come into the journalistic field in the interest of labor. the editors coming from the ranks of the people. in whose behalf they are published, and to-duy ta‘ese publications are classed aslshor pipers. We venture to say, and tell the truth, that the men who conduct these advocates of labor, are mt only ekeing out a. miserable existence, but abuse is freely bestowed upon their heads, because they do not suit the ideas of every reader, while these name men do not find a Word of fault when in the presence of the men who are striving honestly to present the views of those they represent. There are today baing’ published a lprge numler of labor papers; and all complain of the support they reoeive,while some have gone down, to be revnved again, others never to rise.â€" Cleveland Messenger. “ PASTEURIZED ” beer 16 now being sold in Canadian cmes, says the Rochester Herald. The prpqeps of pasteurization "Quiree the heat-mg of the liquid to a point sufficient to destroy the vitality of yeast cells and other germs. This is accomplished by a. temper- ature of over 181 ‘3 Fahrenheit. and the heat should be applied tor a oonlidorablo time. A lmrly firizerl with (YonvuI-donn m :1 Crystal Wedding and Die:- in Hall an At the house of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. MoMiohael, Buffalo (who are well known here), on Tuesday evening there we teaming and merriment in honor of their crystal wedding. About fifty couples had gathered to celebrate the happy event. The party had gone out to supper and were seated about the tables when one of the guests, Mrs. G. E. Griffith, Buddanly threw up her arms, and with a gasp fell back in her chair as 1! in a. faint. She was carried to the hall in convulsions. Dr. St aarn was called in, and with Dr. McMIohael did everything possible for the sufferer. Once or twnce she seemed to recover conscious- ness temporarily, but she died at the end of half an hour, not havmg x-paken a word after her sudden attack. Her home was at No. 107 Ashland avenue. Mre. Grriffih was atout 35 years of age, unusually brlght and vivacious. She has been married less than five years. “ Isn’t it strange ‘2" said a Mrs. McNeil luet evening. " just a few days ago I called on her and told her of the enter- tainment. She said she would be there, if it was the last place she ever went to ;' and it was the last place.” Mrs. Gnfiitn, it is stated. had made preparations to celebrate her wooden wedding, WbEOl'.‘ would have occurred during thfloming month. Death is attributed to heart trouble. to which the deceased has long been subject. Some recent attempts With white pine appears to give it a value as an ornamental wood which its common uses have not heretofore suggested. The softness of its texture and its an ceptibil.ty to injury may have had'some influence in preventing its general use for ornamental purposes, but the wood can be “ filled,” so that much of this objector: is removed. Its pure white colorâ€"white as compared with other woodsâ€"~reoommends it for purposes for which holly has been heretofore used ; and the size of the timber from which clear lumber may be cut is greatly in its favor, boards of a width of sixteen and even twenty inches being not uncommon, with no shade of distinction between sap wood and heart. and only the faintest percepti» ble grain. Some specimens lately examined show a greatly enhanced beauty by very simple treatmentâ€"the filling with warm shellac varnish, bleached shellac in alcohol, applied with a brush while warm. Several coats are given. the last coat being rubbed with pumice and rotten stone moistened with water, not oil. A finish of a flswing coat of cops! varnish completes the prepiration. Thus treated the wood is of a faint creamy tint with an appearance of semi-transparency. Beauti- ful gradations of tone Were obtained by panels of this prepared piue, mouldings of holly, and sriles oi curly or bird's-eye maple, and fine contrasts were made with the pine and oiled black walnut. The pine is too soft for floors, but for doors, casings and chamber furniture it seems to be admirably adapted. The finest speci- mens of the wood noted came from Michi‘ gan, having fewer pitchy streaks and being cfa more uniform color than the Maine product. Its ease of working by carving, and the coherence of its grain, are being utilized by masters and amateurs in the interior wood decorations. A beautiful carved mantel relieved by pilasters of oiled black walnut has been recently finished, which suggests the mellow tints of statuary marble alter ashort exposure to the atmos- phere. while being free from chilling sparkle and sheen of the marble. A Key to Ant-c “’rinnzs. A Mexican archer; )logist, Senor Don Dsmaso Sotomayer, who has devoted years to the study of Aztec monuments and tem- ples, professes to have made important dis- coveries in the hieratic writings of the Aztecs. He feels confident that the dis- covery he has made will enable him to decipher the Ghaldean writings and other mysteries of the far Orient, from which he traces the emigration of the early races who settled this country. writes a corns- pondent from Mexico. When Dr. La Plon- geon of New York was here, some three years ago, he lelt equally c wfident he had found a key to the hierogl) phs on the tem- ples and palaces of Paleuque and Uxmel. Dc. Le Plongeon and his energetic the, to whose courage and industry the Metropoli- tan Museum of New York is indebted for copies of the mural designs of the palaces of those ruiued cities; spent nine years in Yucatan making researches. We would be glad to hear how far they agree with Sotomayer as to the mysteries to be solved and revelations made by the key to the Aztec hieroglyphs, which they believe is theirs. Gen. Gordon’s Di-cipline. The recent cable despstohes give us our first real glimpse of life in Gordon’s camp at Khartoum. Among other things it is related that in a. battle on March 16th he orderedtwo native chiefs to be instantly put to death for treachery. This is his old way. Gordon shares all hardships with his soldiers; but he punishes with death the first sign of disobedience to orders. When suppressing the Tuepiug rebellion in China a. number of native (fiioers signed a. roundrobin protest against an order that there should be no pillage. He instantly commanded all of them to be put to death. One old fellow raised sueh an outcry at this that Gordon canoluded he was the ringleader, and his head was off in an instant. Then the rest ell fell on their knees begging for mercy. and it proved that Gordon was right in his suspicions. So he iptred their lives. This seems like cruelty ; but it is the only way direipline can be maintained among the people with whom he is dealing. They fest nothing but deathâ€"Nam York Tribune. Guru 10]- sciatica A remedial agency not commonly resorted to has been recently brought under notice by M. Debove for the relief of neuralgic‘ sciatice, says the Lancrt, This physician seems to have met with considerable suc- cess in the treatment of sciatica by freezing the skin. Rlflhfllddoflyfi ether spray not provmg satisfactory. M. Debove employed the chloride of methyl, which may give rise to a degree of cold represented by â€"23 degrees 0. This agent has the advantage of not being expensive. Ajet of the fluid is made to play on the skin along the whole length of the limb corresponding to lie course of the sciatic nerve and its main branches. The good efieots are said to he instantaneous. The operation is al~o claimed to but little painful; the smarting is not so great as that caused by the hut iron. Vesicaticn has followed the employ- ment of this remedy, but never any slough- ing. The extension of this measure to other neuralgia is advocated. Love. like four, makel us balieve every- ihing. W hue Pin: Ornameulnuon. VOL. XXVII. IT WAS THE LIST. Cumminsville is in the township of Nelâ€" son, Halton county, north and east of Waterdown and about 16 miles from this city. It will be easily understood that the explosion must have been tremendous when it was felt and heard so plainly in Hamilton. The mills have been located there for over 30 yours, and the Superintendent, Mr .Cor- le tt, has been engaged in them for 29 years. In a valley on the edge of the Twelve Mile Creek, which finally empties into the lake at Bronte, standâ€"or stoodâ€"â€" the different buildings which constitute the works of the Hamilton Powder Company. There were ten buildings in all, of which seven new remain. These buildings were used for the manufacture and storage of the powder, which is shipped to order to the nearest point on the Canadian Pacific or any of the other railways. The buildings are all wooden, and loosely put together in view of possible accidents. They are of little value. The valley is thickly wooded, and the trees include many Willows, which are used in the manufacture of sporting powder. The company has about 160 acres of land along the creek, and the buildings are scattered among the trees with the view of preventing just what happened yesterdayâ€"the explosion of one mill from the concussion of the explosion of another. The company’s land is about three-quarters of'a mile to the south of the village. A DANGEROUS BUSINESS. As already stated, the explosions occur- red a few minutes after half-past 12, when only six men were at work, three in the cracker mill and three in the press house. No person was in the glazmg mill, which was also destroyed. These three houses stood about 100 yards apart. Little wooden tramways connect all the mills, and the powder is sent from one to theother on this railway. The cars are also built of wood. Powder is made up chiefly of soda and charcoal, instead of saltpetre and charcoal as formerly. The soda is ground in the grist mill, and, being damp, is then dried by friction. If it was allowed to dry in pans it would crystallize again, and to over- come this the drying is done in the wheel house, where heavy wheels pass over it, the friction drying it and the weight preventing crystallization. The wheel house is con- sidered the dangerous spot in apowder mill. The foreman of the wheel house, who is in charge of the charcoal depart- ment, is usually called THE BLACK BOSS. It was the wheel house that blew up on the previous occasions on which there were explosions at the mills. From this place the material goes to the press, where it is packed into cakes by the application of enormous pressure. These cakes are sent to the crackers, where they are run' through rollers and ground to the required size. When the powder has gone through the glaze house it is ready for packing into kegs. Though there has never before been any loss of life at these mills no one needs to be told that the 'man who works in a ‘ powder factory is not in a very safe occupa- tion. But it will be astonishing to many to know that men will work for low wages at such a dangerous business, for the average wages of the poor fellows who were killed was but $1.25 a day. WITH THEIR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS. Not only is powder-making always dan- gerous, but the class of work on which the mills were running was more than usually so. For about a week past the mills had not been making new powder, but had been re-grinding old stuff. An order had been received to grind down No. 1, the largest grained, or blasting powder, and make it into No. 3, two sizes smaller. The great danger in this work arises from the fact that the material is not damp, as in the manufacture of “ green ” or new powder. It is dry and very dusty. Usually the men could not see to pick up a shovel from the ground so thick was the dust in the mills, and this powder dust was all the time clogging up the machinery. The rollers Were grinding up blasting powder when the ‘ explosion came. Men Risk their Lives for a Dollar and a Quarter 2 Day. Cumminsville was a. sorrow-stricken vil- lage Thursday. The torrible oslamity that had desolated the homes of four of it: inhabitants was so unexpected and so awful in its results that the fith 01‘ every man was blanched and the eyes of every woman were red with weeping over the woes of their neighbors. The powder mills had furnished employment for the support of many a home in the village in the long number of years the mills had ground out the deadly stuff which created such havoc yesterday, and the feeling of indifisrenos t) the dangerous employment had grown so that the Works Were regarded very much as a foundry or a. mill would be looked on in Hamilton. The grimy-faced powder makers worked on with death on every hand, but with little thought of their peril. This fancied security had a. rude and terrible awakening yesterday when three of the mills were blown into frag- ments and six men were hurled through the air like pieces of timber. The village is small and there was hardly a. household in it wiihout 3. friend or relative who was in some way connectad with the powder mills. The reports of the explosions had not died away before the villugersflioked to the little velley in which the works stood, many of them yet afraid that the three explosions might be followed by others, and fearing every moment that the msgszmes containing A Visit to the Ruins of the Exploded Powder Mills. would add their force to the destruction that had already been wreaked. For- tunately their fears were not confirmed. Is is only powder in process of manufacture them explodes so easily, and none of the debris or sparks reached the magazines that occupy secluded positions in the little valley, which yesterday was the Valley 0! Dem“). A SCENE 0F DESOLATION. 'The men knew their danger, and yester- day it was Bald that several of them had remonetmted with Superintez dent Corlelt and the black b'oes. “Poor Httheriugton l " said one of the men yesterday, “ He told Mr. Corlett yesterday that 80 barrels of stuff was enough to run through in a. day.” " What was done about it? ” " Poor Bill was told that others could be got to do the work if it dld not amt him. They sent up for Jake Greeuleee to take his job, but Bill went to work. To-night his mother’s heart in broken over his death. THE VALLEY OF DEATH. FIFTY THOUSAND KEGB 0F POWDER LOCATION OF THE MILLS. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1884. He never knew what happened him.’7 ' HOW IT HAPPENED. : The three mills which blew up did not standina straight line, but formed the points of a triangle, the sides of which were about 200 feet long. Most of the men were at dinner, and thus the number 0: men in the mills was smaller than at any other time during the day. The general opinion is that the eraekerhouse went first. None of the men in this mill escaped, and the house was shattered to matohwood. The roar of the exploding mills and the crash of the flying timbers and machinery through the woods were followed by a dead silence. The white clouds of smoke that shot up with the flash of the deadly stuff were followed by a dark pall of thick, heavy smoke, which hung over the valley for hours. Then the debris took fire. The fi ‘e was put out by the mill hands and the neighbors, while the wives and children of the missing men added their cries to the general confusion and terror of the scene. The fire did not spread, fortunately for the neighhood and for places that are not in the immediate vicinity of the mills. It the explosion of 300 kegs at a distance of 16 miles could be so plainly felt and heard in this city, what would have been the result it four or five magazines had caught fire, one of which, of 40,000 kegs capacity, is said to be nearly lull? The glaze and press house went up immediately after the crackers, being exploded by the concussion. The shock would not exylode powder except in process of manufacture, and so the mugazmes were safe except in case of fire. The little creek which supplies the power for the works bubbled yesterday past the charred timbers and blackened trees just as it did before, but the mills had disappeared and the men who had worked there were dead or dying. SEARCHING FOR THE BODIES- Among the trees and down the creek the rescuing party searched for the missing men. The three men in the press had seen the danger and ran. Two of them escaped alive, but George Matthews took the direc- tion in which the debris was blown and was killed by a flying timber. He was badly burned, but the burns were notthe cause of death. The others were blown into the race-way, from which Albert Gulp was able to climb out and walk to the watch house, though he is badly burned about the face, hands, ankles and back, and has a bruise on the head where he was struck by a piece of timber. Doherty was a pitiable object when taken from the water. He is burned all over the limbs and body, and terribly charred from the knees to the chest. The timbers broke his right arm and soalped him, but he is a man of extra- ordinary strength, and it was:only his splendid constitution that kept him alive. He was quite conscious, and was taken home in terrible agony from his burns and wounds. Dr. Jones, of Cumminsvills, was on hand 5 minutes after the accident. and his skill and care greatly assuaged the pain of the survivors. He could not give much hope of DULthy’a recovery, but said that Culp might possibly recover. The men in the cracker mill were blown 100 yards away in different directions. Tibble was found in the creek, Hetherâ€" ingion was blown up and over the trees a hundred feet in the air, and Murray was hurled away towards the Waggon road lead- ing through the grounds. Matthews’ body was not found until after searching an hour or more. The water had been drawn off the dam in the expectation that the body had been thrown into the water. All the dead men were blackened by the powder, and their hair had been scorched away except in the case of Matthews. They were not badly mangled, but most of the clothing had been torn from them by the violence with which they were hurled through the woods. The bodies of Matthews, Murray and Tibble were taken to Harvey’s flour mill laid in a store-room and covered with sacks. Blackened and disfiguremand with theirjaws tied up by bands of white cotton, the three bodies presented an awlul sight, and there was but little conversation in the knot of people who stood about the door of the mill. Hetherington was taken to his mother’s home. with the Superintendent that the mills were running too hard. and than it was becoming dangerous. Mr. Corletu told him that the company kept telegraphing and hurrying him up, and the work had to be done. There was no time to oil up or get the machinery in order, and something had to give betore long.” " I blame oumalvea,” said another pow- der maker. " We knew what chances we were taking, and we should have told Corlett that this had to be Sufifiled and eighty barrels was all we could or would run." “ Yes," interrupted the first speaker, and we would have been told as the black hose told Bill Hetherington that others could be found to do our work. The pay is not big, but it came regular every month, and steady work eolong as there is water to run the wheels, and none of us have much money to lay back on it we get out of the mllle." " And because we haven’t must we let} the company run us so hard that We can’t hope to escape alive ‘I I tell you that this accident would never have happened it the men and the mills hadn’t been crowded till nothing could stand the rtrain. The machinery was run twice as fast as it ought to be, and there were six of us in the crackers where the work used to be done by two men. The machines were started at daylight and run right along. The mills were full of dust from the old dry powder and the oil holes were plugged with the particles. No time was allowed to clean these out, and there is no doubt among the men that the crash was the result of the humlirg thut was going on since Saturday We had only half an hour now for dinner, where we need to have an hour. The shock at Cummiusville was not nearly so severe nor the report so loud as might have been expected from the proxi- mity of the village to the mills. The shock travelled more in this direction and little or no damage was done in the village. Pieces of timber were blown halt a. mile away. but did no damage. Poor Tibble’e house in the orchard above the mills was the nearest dwelling. The plaster was knocked from uhe walls and who diehee thrown from the tables. Dr. Maogregor, of Waterdowu, drove to the mills in thu‘ty-five minutes. KILLED.â€"G80rg8 Matthew), lelmm Murray, Henry Tmble,Williqm Hethermg~ ion. Dwniel Doherty. INJUnEn.â€"Alberh Culp. All of the men killed and wounded, except Hebnerington, had large families to support, and Hetheringnon was the mainstay of 9. widowed mother, who is now almost dia- tracted over the loss of her favorite son. THE BLACK BOSS REMONSTRATED THE SHOCK AT CUMMINSVILLE Floral Bouqunts and Married Women the Busiest Peo- ple in the World. Yet that sheloves me well I know, In her pure heart no guile could dwell. And she declared some days agoâ€" [My sweet, my pres-ions, baby Bell) Tn lisprng accents. soft and luw~ “I love you, papal love you so! “ 1 love you sol" [low Women Work. Statisticians are unmarried men as a matter of course. The natural antipathy of all womankind to all figures renders that much certain. What woman ever lived who would on any terms consent to live in the same house With amen addicted to adding thiLgs up, striking averages, working out problems morning, noon and night? What pleasure could any woman get from a new bonnet, when conscious that her life partner, upon looking at it, would at once begin to compute the com- parative annual expenditure on bonnets and standing armies ‘1’ What woman of ordinary feminine instincts would put her- self in the way of becoming a subject for the manufsczure of perpetual “sums” in arithmetic ‘2 A tolerably adequate acquaintâ€" ance with feminine tastes enables us to my therefore. wnh confidence, that statis- ticians are always and necessarily un- mtrried men; and that accounts for the tact that in reckoning up earnings and other matters pertaining to industrial and social statistics, they always class married women among “ persons unemployed.” to the utter and disastrous falsification of life‘s lacts. To paraphrase Mr. Bumble’s indignant exclamation, is statistics suppose the female heads of households to be Without employ- ment “ statistics is a idiot and an ass. Let statistics try it once I” That is to say, let the statistician who calmly sets down mar- ried women as “ unemployed ” put himsle in a married woman’s place lo: a little while by way of experiment. Let him learn by experience the total depravity of inanimate things and the malevolent ten- dency of dirt to accumulate, Let him try to keep a house in order, to “ look after ” two or three children. Let him try his prentice-hand upon the management of a cook and a chambermaid, and a laundress at varying and conflicting tempers, who agree in nothing but an indisposition to do any work that can be avoided, a conviction that " Thursday out " ought to include most of the other days and all the nights in the week, and a uniform prejudice in favor of mendacity and insolence. Let him run up and down stairs fifty times in a forenoon ; superintend operations in the kitchen, laundry and bed-rooms; see that dinner is served on time, the ironing got “ out of the way," the windows kept properly polished, the rooms swept and dusted and " picked up." Let him keep Johnny’s waists and trousers and Mary's pinatores mended and all the stockings darned. Let him have it upon his mind to keep the boys from breaking illelt necks, and the girls from falling into a rage and indulging in such extremely unlovely expressions as “ You mean old thing," and “ So there now." Let him be charged with the duty of seeing that clothes are clean, faces washed and heads combed for dinner. Let him try his hands at all this every day and then let him tear the whole establishment to pieces twice a year for a debauch of housecleaning. We have leit the management of the baby â€"â€"the young gentleman or lady whose sole concern it is in life to establish and main- tain his or her personal supremacy in the householdâ€"wholly out at the account, because we Wish to be fair and to include in our list only those things which every married woman has upon her hands. But taking the list as it stands, will any statis- ticians make experiment of this sort of unemployment l The plain fact isâ€"and everybody but a confirmed figure monger can see it fl]: himselfâ€"that the most busily employed persons in this working world of ours are those women who are at the head of households. The Sensible Ilousekeeperc or [he Fnlnre_ I wish that it Were in my power to per} suude young girls who wonder what they shall do to earn their living, that it is really better to choc as some business thst is in the line of a. woman's natural work. There is a great repuguunoe at the thought of being a. aervam t, but a. girl is no less a servant in the man who owns the shop where she stands ell day behind the counter than she ml where she wsits upon the table, or cooks the dinner in a. pleasant house ; and to my mind there would not be a. moment‘s question between the two ways or going out to ser- vice. The wages are better. the freedom end liberty are double in one what they are in the other. It. instead 01 the sham service that is given by ignorant and really overpaid ser- vsnts to-dsy, sensible girls who are anxious to be taking care of themselves and earning good wages, would fit them- selves at the cooking schools, or in any way they found svsilsble, they would not lorg wait for employment,snd they would be valued immensely by their employers. When one realizes how hard it is to find i good woman for every kind of work in our houses, and what prices many rich people are more than willing to pay if they can be well suited, it is a wonder more girls are not ready to seize the chances. It is because such work has been almost always so carelessly and badly done that it has fallen into disrepute, and the doers of it have taken such low rank. Nobody takes the trouble to fit herself properly, but women trust t) being taught and finding out their duties after they assume such positionsâ€"not before â€"Sarah Orne Jewett. A Preacher on Bad Cooking. Many of you are women at the head of households. This morning you launched the tuniin for Sabbath service, said Tal- maze in a recent sermon. Every morning Womd for her sake, my own, my sweet, That riches, fame, all precious miugs, Were mine to lavnsh at: her teen. But, awe the love that takes not wings, And flies away on pinionu fleet, No Wealth have I to bring my sweet; Naught else but love. She loves me. She the Nearest, best. Must perfect 0f created things. Hgg said she loves me, am; has pressed Her lips to mine My whole heart 3i ugs V im joy, because I am so blessed. No mute with double, with tears oppress'd My Whole hewrn sings. Dear love, the heavens are not so fair As the llgut of her blue eyes; One lock_of that pure} gold, her‘hai'r, More than the wealm of worlds I prize Oh, strange that: she for me should care. Who has all beauty for her share! Oh, sweet! On, strange! HOUSEKEEPERS OF THE FUTURE. FOR THE LADIES. “is Little Love. s and Pretty Flomrs for Pretty Girls. WHOLE NO 1,371 NO. 20. you plan for the day, decide all questions of diet, superVise the sanitary regulations. To regulate the food, apparel and habits and decide all the thousand and one ques~ tions of home business is a tax appalling if it have no divine alleviation. Food and apparel effect in a very great degree the welfare of the nation. One of the greatest battles of the century was lost because the commander that morning had a fit of indi- gestion. Vast numbers of the human race are slaughtered by incompetent cooking. The young lady may be perfect in music, languages, drawing and astronomy, but it she is not well educated in dough her eduâ€" cation is imperfect. The world is strewn with the martyrs of incompetent cookery, and it cries out for a God who can help the ordinary woman in the ordinary duties of the household. It’s high time that some of the attention given the conspicuous women of the Bible be directed to the Julia of the text: " An ordinary woman, in ordinary circumstances, attending to ordi- nary dutiee and bearing ordinary responsi- bilities." Bridesmaids’ Transparent Bonnets. The bonnete worn by the bridesmaids at a stylish wedding which took place up the Hudson on Thursday week were quite transparent, the framework of fine wires showing distinctly through the dotted tulle. which covered without concealing it. The strings were of the same airy tissue and the aigrettes of scarlet poppies and bearded wheat were set very high inviront. The dresses were of white sicilienne,bro- caded with small bright flowers and a bit of foliage in silk floss. They were made With long pointed tunics, full draped on one side and held by loops of cream satin ribbon. The pointed hodices were nearly covered With lace trimmings, with a deep flounce of the same going around the flounce of the knife-pleated skirts. Cream Suede gloves, bronze kid sandals, with hose to match ; baskets of maiden-hair tern mixed with white roses and carnations, immense fans of white ostrich plumage, suspended by loops of white satin ribbon. completed the details of the toilets.â€"â€"New York Post. [husbands Scarce In England. “What‘s the reason so many English women come over here to join the Mor- mons?” said a Castle Garden ofiioial in response to an inquiry. “Because they don‘t have half achance to get husbands in England ; that's the reason. Why, one of ’em was telling me that, out of one hun- dred women folks in her native village between the ages of 20 and 35, there were husbands for only fifty-six of ’em. Four- teen of the other fiftydour had owned hus- bands once, but they had died. The remaining thirty never had any, and had no hopes of getting any. She seemed to have made a study of the question, for she told me that there were less than four mil- lion women between 20 and 40 years in all England and Wales, and of them nearly two million were unmarried. So when the English women learned about Utah, and the glorious opportunities it afiorded them in a martial way, they became impressed with the place at once; and that's why they keep coming over with the Mormon missionaries."â€"New York Sun. Flowers for Pretty Girls. Blue Nile lilies are among the prettiest flowers now being used in Newport for draping dresses. Maiden hair fern will be the favorite for bridal bouquets this winter. A small pot coats aboun $5. Many of the florists have begun forcing apple blossoms, to have them ready by Curisbmas for the belles and brides,who will have nothing else. Large clusters of gledioli in deep red are used extensively in decorating perlors and look artistic placed in dark chins vases long and slender in shape. They are cheap at this season and keep their freshness for several days. Roses are not plentiful at present. Most of the large New York florists send all their hothouse blooms off to Newport,where it is estimated that during the past week 500,000 roses were sold. Those selling in the streets and at the smaller florists are of a poor quality, yet fragrant. Golden rod in huge bunches makes fashionable oorssge bouquets. It is worn at the belt and held by a bit of bronze or yellow velvet. Another dainty freak is to carry a. little gilded basket full of it sus- pended trom thy left arm by a. piece of yellow satin ribbon. Gripsy walking hats are trimmed with clusters of this pqular full flower and it remains fresh for several days in moderately cool weakenâ€"N. Y. Journal. Tuberoaes are more plentiful than usual this year,’ and great stalks of them may be purchased for ten or fifteen cents. White asters are among the popular flowers for oorsoge bouquets. The white is such a pure color. and the flowers are graotfuland becoming against any color. Their oheapnees also adds to their attrac- mveness. [fanny Elssler. The brief telegraphic despsteh from Vienna, “Fanny Elssler is dying," has a strange and ghastly flsvor. Stage cele» brities really die when the curtain darkens the tootlighte for them the last time, and any farther removal from the stage of life seems a most anomalous superfluity. Especially is this true in s. osss like the present, where the glory of the actress is so remote. The Funny Ellsler whose mstohless grace delighted our fathers can- not be dying in Vienna. to-day any more than she osn have been living there all these years. A woman hearing her mime, it )8 true, and even preserving something of her identity. has been quietly and dully existing there, but the Funny Ellelerâ€"no, it is not easy to make those who have been reared on traditions of a beauty and grace too inocmpsrsble to be hidden, believe that ‘this old woman who is lying at death’s door there in Vienna, is the “ divine Fanny," whose dancing Emerson and Margaret Fuller called “poetry” and “religion.”â€" Boston Advertiser. Teefy Fruits 0! Experience. Edithâ€" Ob, ma] George is going to prgpose‘jo me. What shall I say ‘I ,:,,:L_L_ n r":"* " Mrsâ€"But are you not rather pfeuipibate? Howfldo yop know he_ is gqing to_ propose? â€":‘"thVy: 713.313 eveningvhevaakéd -me if I would accept an invitation from his mother 159 go torhjq hopse to tea." “Mgrélyoa. neighborly courtesy, nothing more." â€":‘_i§uh he said he wanted me to come early in the affiernoon." “ What for ?” “ To see how his mother made biscuits.” “ My daughter, it you value your future peace of mind you will keep away hom um young man, and his mouber, too. She is too good a. cook.” There is still some talk of the annexation of Parkdala to Toronto. Nothing at all of & sword from the sheath, For the one last blow on the field afar. But only a prayer then grinding of teeth, And a curse upon those who caused the war. For, 011! it is hard for the man to go, So many are waiting him far away! He can hear his kindly-e ed cattle low, He can see his wife Wit: her babes at play. I tell you, to see the man at your side Sink aown. as you hear that sickening thudâ€"- To look in his face, to see the blood Slowly oozing from lips. that have lost their pride ! I tell you, to see his brimming eyes swim! I tall \011, to see him clutch to the mold And grasp at the grass, as it to hold Thu earth from passing away from him! OE‘yeyth.have witneaaqd 13118 (331ng iq heaps, Nothing at all, in that last despair, Of the one last shot; in the desperate strife ; But omy & prayer, 3 low, last; prayer For her at the last, and life, sweet life! So he who says it is sweet to die For coumry has never yet felt or seen The shock of bit tle or the sheaves between, And tells you a pitiful pagan’a lie. The methods of medical education in England are excellent, as scientific train- ing is carried along side by side with prac- tical work in the hospitals. The time required after a preparatory education is from four to six years. The colleges sel- dom grant the degrees, as With us, but this function is performed by separate Exam- ining Boards. In order to have all the privileges of an M. D. one must pass three examinations, one for surgery,one for prac- tical medicine and one for obstetrics. The surgeon is permitted to use the title of Mr. only, and is not allowed to practice medi- cine. Moreover he is considered as subordinate in position to the physician, since in the opinion of the aristocracy his methods are mechanical merely,and there- fore he is thought unworthy to occupy so high a position. Foreign graduated physi- cians or dentists are not permitted to practice without a license, and so doing are liable to legal annoyances. The statement that the writer is practicing in a London hospital is a mistake. as American physi- cians are permitted to only observe, or assist the regularly appointed medical ofii- cers. Yet they are treated with the utmost kindness, and receive gratutiouely all the instruction they should desire in the medi- cal olinics.-â€"Cor. Springfield, (Mam), Repub- lican. T153 Northerner brearpred tife Just as the hastening reaper reaps blossom and corn and cockle burr. Answer and say if ever a breath Was heard of delight to die for the land ? Nay, only the reach of a. helpless hand To hold each back iron) the banks of death! To die for the country! when dying comes It is not for the flag, it is not for the land, In is not for the glory, the battle grandâ€" For all the cannon and the roll of drums! The prayer is not for the flag in the fight, Bun ever for home, for babe and for wife; For life and the loved oues~life, sweet lifeâ€" And that is the prayer in the babtle's night! The making of quartz jewellery is pecu- liarly a California industry. Its manutae» ture was begun in the early days tollowing the gold discovery. It is not often that miners come across rock which may be used in the manufacture of jewellery. The gold has to be evenly distributed and not lumpy, so that after it has passed through the necessary stages which prepare it for setting the spots and seams of gold are well scattend through the rock. The quartz as taken by the jeweller is brought in lumps Weighing from one to ten pounds, and in this condition it is handed over to a mechanic for the puipase of being out into slabs. The process is an easy one and nearly similar to that followed by the marble cutters. The saw by which this operation is performed is circular and made of sheet tin and charged with water and emery. The quartz is held up to it and in its revo- lutions it diVides the quartz. The slabs into which the rock is out do not generally exceed one-eighth of an inch in thickness. The preliminary work is then over. It is not till the jewellery is made, the fittings, as it were, that these slabs are again out. then filled into the gold and cemented. It is then ground off level With the gold and finally polished till it assumes that bright- ness as when exposed for sale. Most ministers, and others as well, will agree with the pastor of Zion Church, Brantford. A contemporary informs us that the Rev. Dr. Cochrane, the other Bab- bath, on making the usual announcements from the pulpit, made some excellent and practical comments on the subject of pulpit advertising and also in reference to some other matters of practical importance. He stated that if he were to read all the notices and invitations handed to him to be pub- lished, the congregation would need about fourteen days in the week, instead of seven, to attend all these demands made upon their time. Some of these notices he did not believe in. but there were others which were consistent with the work of the church. Still he thought that all announcements outside of the special business of the church should be made public through the adver- tising columns of the press, and he paid for, as other advertisements are, and should not be made from the pulpit, as the sacred desk could hardly be considered a fitting and appropiate place from which to issue advertisementsâ€"Canada Presbyterian. Dead Head Advertising lrom the Pulpll. The centenary of the ascent of tne first balloon in England brings us news that the second trial 01 the aeronauts at Meudon has resulted in a failure. The expectations of those who hope to steer balloons must now be turned from France to Russia, where Cspt. Kostowitz, the Russian aeronaut, is quite confident that he has solved the problem by a. balloon which is at present being constructed at St. Petersburg. It is of the shape of a huge cigar. driven by a screw, but it is also provided with sails. K The inventor calculates that his air ship will be able to make 160 miles an hour, wish an equipage of elxceen men, 10,000 pounds bellman, and an engine of 50 horse power. The balloon, with its appurten- ances, Will be 200 feet long. 80 feel; high, and will probably make its ficsn excursion from SE Petersburg at the end of this month. The odds, however, are a thousand to one against Capt. Koefiowitz.â€"Pall Mall Gazzette. " When you think twice do you always want a button~hole to bubfion in in ‘I" asked a. litfle girl. _ "Normy dear,” said her mother, “ but why_@o__you ask sugh_a sumpge question 7" “-Well', mamma, I always ham pips. any ‘ Button second thought ’ when he gens oorngred in a_n_a.rgument:" 7 “ Oh, ma, I felrnhrough a hatohway and hurt; me awfully!" sobbed a httle boy, as be game bumping into the house. “ Wi'l you pull the bell ?” she asked of a man across the aisle as the oer reached the OHIIEI'. 7““Why, theie ign't any hatchway on the premises that you could (all through,” repligd big motyer. -.- .n n u u 7‘7" No, madam," he answered with a. bow, “ but I will be most happy to pull the stamp whiohr rings the bell." Hf‘Yes. there is, ma. I fell through the manger where pa. set. the black hen." "7" Ah! b7“ never mind I The strap is com nected with two bells, and you might stop me wgong e_md_ ol‘the can: WAnd thzlook she turned upon him was full of triumph veneered wiuh cayennc pepper. Medical Education In England. “ To Die for the Country.” A Great Russian Air ship. She Pulled it Ilene". Quartz Jewellerv. Children’s Chatter. JOAQUIN MILLER.