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A Centre, Ala, despatch says: At 1 o’clock Wednesday morning the Cherokee County Jail, located in this town, was surrounded by thirty masked men on horseback, and all heavily armed. The horsemen were drawn up in double columns. One column faced the jail and the other its approaches. Twelve men then dismounted and, marching to the door of mjail, called on the Sheriff to advance from his room, whither he had retired and fortified himself for an assault, and sur- render J. R. Dorsey and Miss‘Jane Ward. The Sheriff refused. The doors“ were at once battered down, and the men in an instant were in the inner corridor, the doors to ,. which easily gave way before wail-directed blows. The noise of the furious assault awakened {1‘88le inmates of the prison. They all hurriedly dressed, and a negro, who is held in? theft, dirctted the mob to the cells ’of Dorsey and Miss ‘ Ward. The mob then demanded the Sheriff‘s keys to the cells, and be surrendered them. Ore brawny mountaineer unlocked the door and jerked Dorsey out into the corridor. He begged piteounly for his life, and then giving way to tears fell at the feet. of, the mob, and, liftinghisliands, prayed fervently for divine relief. He was 74 years old, and his long, white hair flowing in the soft bretz is that penetrated the avenues of the dismantled prison, lent to his prayer an air of reverence that was most pathetic and induCLd two of the executioners to pha’l in his behalf. But theiriher too, were inex- orable. The scene at=the coll door, whence Miss Ward was little less rudely taken,~ was equally, pathetic. She had passed her 60m year, and in her youth had been a woman of rare beauty. Her form and bearing had been Well preserved. She presented a venerable appearance. When the vigilantes first seized her she fou'ght. But her resistance was of short duration. Her strength gave way, and with a last assertion of innocence she fainted and tell heavily upon the stone floor of the prison. One of the men caught her in his arms, and swinging her body toross his shoulder bore her out of the jail, followed by Dorsey and his escort. The mob then took a side road and marching down to a ravine on the banks of the Cocoa River, they attached the rope to a limb that extended from a tall bank over the placid Whto‘rfl beneath. The rope was so adjusted that it would not slip and both the end; were loose. Nooses were hastily adjusted at both ends, and were slipped over the heads of the aged couple. The slips were drawn and a moment later the bodies were shoved from the bank, and dangled until life had become extinct." Then the swaying ceased and the lifeless bodies hung until noon yesterday,when the coroner cut them down. As soon as the bodies were shoved off the brink the vigi- lantes remounted, rode at a gallop to the glen where they assembled, and then,'after h lding a hurried conference, they sepa- rafited and soon disappeared. The crime for which the aged couple gave their lives was one of the most atrocious ever perpe- trated in the South. On the night of October 5th Mrs. Mary Davis was sitting in her parlor entertaining C. C.Jones,a neighbor who had called to see her husband. It was just after twilight when a loud voice was heard calling her to the door. She responded. Her appearance at the thresh- old was instantly tollowed by the report of a shot, and With a piercing scream she fell dead. bleeding from the wounds of a heavy charge of buckshot which severed a. breast- bone and spattered fragments 0! her vital organs upon the wall. On hearing the report of the gun and the woman‘s screams Jones hastened to the door only to have the top of his head torn away by a similar shot.- He, too, fell dead instantly. The assailants at once disappeared. Before the lifeblood of the victims had fairly ebbed away toe husband of Mrs. DaViB appeared in com- pany with some neighbors, and all were norrifii d at the spectacle of the dead bodies which lay across each other. Circumstances seemed to point to Dorsey and Miss Ward as the perpetrators of the horrible crime, and they were accordingly arrested. A lynching- would have at once ensued had not the Sheriff 1‘6“:qu the prisoners and placed them in the j-tilat Alpina, Ga... That night they were spirited away, and it was not until two days ago that their where- abouts was detected. The events of Mon- day night at once followed. Dorsey was jealous of Mrs. Davis, who was his niece, and that is the only motive that can be asciibed for the crime. Miss Jane W'ard was a spinstcr of 60 years. Prior to the war she was rich and beautiful, but an indiscreet act hurt her reputation, and from that time she has lived secluded from society. She had a violent dispmition, and recently became attached to Dorsey. She was considered an accessory to the killing. A Wnlnnn Bleeds In Death \Vilhin' 'l‘wentv Fle 01 llPl‘ Friends. A Brockville deepatoh says : A peculiar ease in ~medical practice, and as sad as peculiar, occurred here about half-past 3 on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. V. H. Moore was summoned, at the hour mentioned, to visit'the home of a mechanic named McElvaney, on W'ater street. where he found Mrs. McElvaney, a. woman about; 3 years of age, apparently dead in a chair. In order in reach her..,side ’the physician had to pass through a pool of blood three feet wide, about twelve feet: in length, and of sufficient depth to thoroughly saturate his boots nearly half way no the. inscep. As quickly an possible fihe unfortunate woman was helped toacouoh near at; hand, where reeboratives succeeded in bringlng her back to consciousness, but only {or a short time, death ending her sufferings in about half an hour after the discovery was made. The cause of death was the bursting of a. varicose vein aboub midway between the knee and ankle of the left leg. Through {right or weakness the poor woman did nothing to save herself, and had bled so deafih Within twenty feet of neighbors and friends. Nearly every drop of blood in her body had flowed into the crimson pool on the floor. The physlcian reports the case as an unusual one. Pu‘aski telle s. gcod story of an American who lives near the Arc de Triompue. The other evening he carried home some fine East vaer oysters and went out into me kitchen to open them. Hem-mg a. good deal of noise the man’s mother-inJaw called out to know what he was opening them with. “ With an oyster-opener, you fool; did you suppose I was doing it; Witha. toothpick?" WM hxs reply. “No, certainly not," quietly remarked the old lady ; “ but; judging from the language used I guessed you were trying to open them with pmyer.”â€"Paris Mornng News, No less than 61 mzcnufaotories, devoted solely to the manufacture of playing ends, are located in the German Empira, and 17 of the number are in Saxony. J. It. Don-“'3', u \Vhitr-“nlred fllnnu‘ M 71, and Jana \VanI, :1 llm'tlrunl Spimswr ol 60, lancheulâ€"Thr l‘onple Accused at an Atroflnllu Double [flur- (ll'l’. New York Journal : ” Why is this butter like Samson ‘1" asked the vouug man at the foot of the table. Everybody except the landlady was about to my some- thmg ooncernin&ins strength, when the pro- pounder of the comirdmm, who N-l‘lyht a class in Sunday School, gleefully ro- rumm‘ked :' “ Because is was shorn of its hair after it fell into the hands of the Philianinep.” As the j )k@ was as weak as the cuffge there were no grounds for hilarity. ‘ An Amntvur oumr-Upener. QUICKLY BEVENGED. A PE ULIAE CASE. oo ‘Veak to Live. From Ocean to Ocean in Anolher Your â€"I’rogrt-n~ of the ‘l'ol'kâ€"lfhal \Vilh the General Superintendent. Learning that Mr. M. J. Haney. the energetic and popular Superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway In British Columbia, was stopping at the Driard, a representative of the Victoria.(B.C.) Colonist paid him a. visit yesterday, and asked .him at few questions concerning the progress of the Work of constructibu. The work of construction is being pushed rapidly for. ward and about 5,000 men are employed, 4,000 being Chinese laborers, without whom, the Superintendent said, work of great magnitude could not be carried on in this country without tremendous expense. Whitefiebor, which he had employed in the east with great satisfaction, here proved to be unproductive from a lack of energy on the part-of the men, or a. desire to get u ” soft sit ;” the only way that it could be accounted for being, in the Superintendent‘s mind, something in the climate which caused a. feeling of laziness aud‘cateless- ness. Had not the cave-ins in the tunnels occurred, the track would: now have been laid beyond Barnes. As it is; the line is graded, and, if nothing unforeseen occurs to prevent It, the cry Will be There have been very extensive prairie tires on all sides of Nelson during the past few days. Mr. S. ,Lowrey, of 43, lost three stacks of wheat ; Mr..A. MoOnulay, ()f1-10,l08fi four stacks of wheat and all hislmy; Mr. J. Ewen, of 2-10, had all his oacs destroyed; Mint}. E. GoawellLi the name neigllbom'ood, also suffered S'evgrely ; Mr. Weary and Mr. Fritti, 2-11, lost a turesher; and Mr. Oscar Finley, 2-10, was completely burned out, losing house, granary, stables and his whole year’s crop. We also hear of great damage done by fire in 1-9 and 1-10. ITIIROUGH TO l-AVONA' by 1st of. December. Mr. Haney has had some rough work of construction'during ' his career. but that on the Onderdbnk con- tract is the most difficult‘an‘d dangerous that he has ever been connected with. His first impression on going over the line was of alarm at the fearful grandeur of the country through which the road was to be built, but this quickly vanished, and now he would as soon travel, so, far as risk is concerned, over the B. C. seclion of the C. P. R.'ae the prairie section. It isvthe nature of the country\ .thfough which the road ran that appalled tlie‘ inex- perienced, the sharp curves and imaginary dangers ahead ‘I‘hat made‘ them fearful. The railway telegraph line 'between Port Moody and Yale came into "Operatwn last week, and there. are nowsix operators employed between those two points for the running of trains. Above Yale the Govern- ment line is used, and altelegraph office, is at every-station. The number and nature of accidents on the construction has been greatly exaggerated; for ii fact, there were but two deaths to employees, and, not a. passenger injured. since [the road has been 'in operation, The ‘ scen- ery through‘ which the “B. C. section passes is 'grafnder, more" picturesque and varied than on the other roads. ' Therein not the same monotony of sage brush and bleak-looking mountainsvas on the Union Pacific, but from the grand scenery from Port Moody to Yale, 1it merges into the awfully magnificent scenery 'of towering perpendicular mountainson the one side and abysees beneath on the other. In one stretch of thirty miles the road runs along a perpendicular wall of rock, With the raging Fraser hundreds of feet beneath. This changes when Kamlcops is reached, and the road passes by the Thompson river along the’ little and big Shuswap lakes, where‘the mountains buys a gradual slope, and the scenery pleasantly picturesque." The Superintendent was questioned 'as to the probable cost of the Ooderdonk contract, and said that the average cost per mile fr()m_Bort Moody to Yale Will be about $540,000; from that roint to Savona it will foot up to about 3100 000 per mile, The heaviest part of construc- , tion is now passed, and the 150 miles of ‘ contract beyond Savona, secured by Mr. Ouderdonk will be easy compared to the Yale Savona section. When queried with regard to the protable time when this new section would‘be finished, he said he had notthe least doubt but that they would have the rails laid and trains running by ; the 1st of September next year, and that 'he-thought that those working virothhe east Would meet them there, and that trains would run through from ocean to ocean by the 1st of November. On this new con- tract the contractors will employ about 0,000 men, 7,500 of whom will be Chinese. During the coming winter about 2,000 men Will be employed in tunnel and heavy rock work. Wh'en’asked about the prob- ability of their being destitution among the Chinese, he said there was none, and that last winter there was no such thing among them, but that theywent into huts for the winter, and fattened up. Mr. Onderdonk was bringing in about 33.000 mate of rice. ~‘A mat-is 50 pounds, which is a Chinaman’s supply for a month. He said in the Chinese requisitions for supplies there were aboul. 200 articles enumerated-which seems rather strange, considering the economical habits of John. The mortalityiamong the Chinese was sins“, and among 6 000 during the past year only thirty deal” had occurred. .A few prospectors came" into' Calgary lastweek all well loaded. 0:16 of them claims to‘have discovered a. valuable sllver mine within an easy dmtmuce of this point. An imperfect assay shows 365 to the ton. One old prospector, who had been‘ through the Fraser River ' excitement, V Whispered con~ fidentiale in our ear : “ You kiu take my word. midter, next summer than in” Se]- kirks will ustoniuh the world.” 'A {at-swell banquet was' given to Dr. S. F. B. Reid at; hue Grzmd Union Hotel, Winnipeg, on Saturday evening by a. large numbernf his persbuuifrieuda. Dr. Raid leaves the city, not) from choice. but. necesmty. the delicate hen.th of Mrs. Reid I‘E‘Ddtl‘ing her return to the-caupnry uqad- viuable au'nue ptuse'ht; time. The doctor returns to his old home in Guilt, Out. R. H. Shadrick, organizer of the Knights of Lubur, has arrived in Winnipeg and will address the Apeopke "6t Winnipeg on the above subject. . Arrivals from the 'Rockies on Saturday report 'tour Each of snow there. In the first‘ weekn'of Octobiii: ripe wild strewbernee were found by the two little sons of Rev. Gr. H. Hooper in the township of Sunnyenieâ€"a. very good proof of the milduees of the fall. Manitoba. has entered ux‘on the four- teenth year of its exusnence. Pain may ’be said to follow pleasure as in shadow. - - HIE CANADIAN PACIFIC B. R. BALD « E H K R VOL. 'XXVII. Northwest Notes. The Chinese had 11 vessels, 10,000 twnnage. two of which were ermedrwith one 18.non gun each, the rest with Veveseeure. 5% inch B. L. R., and quite a number of old- iushioned guns. These vessels were all unarmored composite or wooden ships. The total number of French greet guns was 71 ; Chinese, 50; excluding war-junks. Weight of broadside, French, 7,000 pounds; Chinese, 4 000 pounds. Men, French, 2,500; Chinese, 2000. Last, but not least, the French crews were in an excellent state of discipline and confident, while the Chinese crews were undisciplined. and deserting as fast as possible, having good examples set them by their higher officers, who went ashore, all that could, and, with the Chinese admiral, looked down on the fight from the ‘hignest peek around and six miles distant! Beside the forces afloat, the Chinese had an army of 15,000 backing them. As the fight took place with the ships at anchor, there were no tactical advantages won, and no ramming; the only tactics being in the Chinese getting under the shelter of their batteries as far as possible, and on the French side getting behind Pagoda Hill, out of range of the heavier shore battery. The Chinese dirplayed an incredible amount of foolishness 1n leavmg their torpedo boat; in fair range of the French guns, so that at the first discharge they were sunk or riddled by the Hutch- kise, and the Chinese lost the great moral (fleet of their torpedoas just when they needed them most. Undoubtedly, if the Chinese had held back their torpedo boats tillthe smoke settled, an altogether dif- ferent aspect would have been given to the light. It is interesting to note the relative etrength of the two sides, With a compari- son oftheir most important features. The French had seven ships, seven thousand tonnage, during most of the engagement, but were joined later by the Triomphante, four thousand tons, an iron-clad ram. Thus their ships were all unarmored, either composite or wooden, armed with breech-loading rifles, mostly five and one- half inches, and . all well equipped with Hutchkiss revolving cannon, in their tops and on the forecastle and poop-rails. This was the state 01 afleire when, on August 22nd, the French ultimatum having expired, Admin] Courbet warned all ships of she coming engagement. ' The 23rd of August was a beautiful day, with a. light breeze blowing from the south- sontheaut, and at noon the French could be seen standing to their guns, apparenth waiting. At; 1.30 a. man-of war was sighted coming up the river, and soon her colors couid be made out. It was the Triom- phwute. At 1.56 a. red flag went fluttering up toward the Volte‘s masthead, a. sharp report broke from her meintop.and the battle had begun. Right and left, first one side then Ihe other. the puffs of smoke lazily rolled out and up, followed by such a. crdeh and rom- as if all of the devils of hell had broken loose, while the Chinese, taken npawares,.as bravely fired back. At first the roar was appalling as broadside after broadside was printed into the Chinese,&nd through all was heard the sharp. quick reports of the Hotohkiss, which were sweeping the Chinese from their guns and teariugtthe war-junke with their crews to pieces as if they were paper, while once in 9. while the heavy reports 'of the eighteen» ton guns 'eould' be heard. The battle of the Min, or as it is other- wise known, the battle at Pagoda Anchor- ageâ€"so called from its taking place off the Pagoda, nineteen miles up the river Min and ten miles below Foochowâ€"wss the most important in point of number of ships that has taken place sinae the battle of Lissa, and has also a peculiar interest, inasmuch as it was the first battle ever fought with modern guns. In all there were nineteen vessels engaged, ten torpedo boats, and some thirteen war junke, besides two shore batteries. Of these the French had really seven vesssls and two torpedo bests, the rest being Chinese. Imagine two fleets lying side by side for weeks, then all at once a. most tearful engagement to take place. This, too, without a. word of warning l The errsngement of the ships was all in fevcr‘of the French, the three largest French vessels being along- side the three smallest Chinese, while the French, being the ones to take the initia- tive, waited till the tide gave them a raking fire on five of the Chinese vessels. Four minutes after the first shot, at 2, a. huge column of water rose over Pagoda Hill; it was the Uhung Woo, the Chinese flagâ€"ship, which, being and on, tried to turn around, bun was blown up by one of the French torpedo bouts, after receiving a. shot through her boilerg. To'fih‘e‘lefh the little Chinamen on fire was Einkmg nit 2 08. but still had time to train her Hotchkiee on her deeerting boat's crew, and, finng her last gun as its muzzle dipped in the water, blew up and sank, colors flying. To the everlasting honor of her captain and to the shame of the Chi- nese let it be said thah with the smallest and weakest of the Chinese fleet he did the best. Graphic Description of the Naval Engagement BETWEEN THE FRENGH AND THE CHINESE. A62 12 one of the two Chmese eighteen» ton guuboata was blown up by a. French torpedo updflapk alher argchor. About 2.20 the Triomphante fired her first shot from abreast of us, and, slowly steaming up the river, took part in the engagement, after firing a. nine-pound shot that raked one of the smaller Chinese from stem. to stem. At 2.45 two burning Chinese sloope‘of-war from the left came floating down, one‘einking abreast of us; the other grounded on Flat Island and blew up at 4.51. At 3.10 the remaining Chinese eighteen» ton gunbost came drifting down and grounded on the steamship Glenfinlas, ‘ after being literally blown to pieces by the 1 heavy guns of the French. At 3.30 snother burning Chinese vessel, French colore‘ flying, drifted down toward the sea, and blew up at 5.30. Our position as she passed was anything but envmble, for her shotted' guns kept firing, off and on. as the flames bested them, while stray shots from the fight kept wandering in our direction, making their presence known by anything but an agreeable screech. As this last vessel passed us her crew were up the masts, forced there by the flames, and as the flames ran up the meets some went out on the yard arms and jumped overboard to drown, while the rest hung on With the desperation of despair till, with a. crash, the mist fell, carrying its living load into ‘the seething fire. Of the remaining three Chinese vessels, one entirely dismantled anchored on Pagoda. point, while the two off the navy-yard, thinning discretion the better part of valor. fled toward Foochow, but unfortunately both grounded, so one was shot to pieces by the French, while the l other had her back broken. A heavy bombardment was kept up by THE lVIlN BATTLE. RICHDIOND HILL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1884. A Receiver Appointed lor- Iho Failed Firm 0! Davies, Atkinson & ()0. Another step was taken on Friday in the litigation over the goods and possessions of the firms of Davies, Atkinson & Co. John T. Davies, theflsenior partner in the firm, now a resident of Liverpool, England, on Tuesday filed in the Superior Court a bill against John A. Atkinson, asking for the appointment of a receiver for the firm. The bill, which was suppressed until yester- day, sets forth that on July 205b, 1880, Davies and Atkinson entered into a copartnership, under the firm name of Davies, Atkinson & 00., and engaged in the business of buying hogs and beg products, and curing, packing and supplying such products to the firm of J. T. Davies rt 00., of Liverpool, England, commission merchants, and for shipment to the continent of Europe and elsewhere. The defendant was, by the terms of the partnership agreement, to devote his entire time to the business in this city, and was to draw a salary of 35,000 a year, payable semi-annually, for his ser- vices, and besides was to receive one-third of the profits of the business. Aspeoial provision of the agreement was that Atkin- son was not to speculate outside of the regular business ot the firm, and he was not to sign or indorse any notes, bonds or any obligations for any other parties, or become security for any person without the consent of the complainant. On all the moneys advanced to the firm Davies wasI to receive 5 per cent. interest annually, and‘ Mrs. Isaac Atkinson, the defendant’s mother, was to receive 6 per cent. on all moneys she loaned the firm. The other two-thirds of the profits was to go to Davies, and the partnership was to be dis solved on either party giving the 0th": three months' notice. Davies says that Atkinson, in violation of the agreement, “ secretly and fraudulently engaged in gam~ bling in option deals on the Board of Trade,” and, to carry on these deals, gave checks on the firm's account at the Continental National Bank aggregating $21,012.50, and at the Bank of Montreal for $6,000. Atkinson, at the time these checques were drawn, had no individual account at either of the banks. Up to Oct. 4th, 1884, Davies says, his partner appro~ priatad $200,000 of the firm’s assets in the payment ofindividual losses. As soon as Davies learned the state of affairs in which his partner had involved the business, he gave him notice that the partnership was to be dissolved. Among the assets of the firm are large quantities of hams, bacon and cured meats, which, unless soon sold must depreciate in value. There are a great many outstanding credits and indebtednesses, which Davies expects he must settle. as he charges Atkinson to be insolvent and in debt to the firm in the sum of about $200,000. He therefore asks for a receiver, an accounting of the firm's business,'and an injunction to restrain the defendant from collecting any of the out- standing debts due the firm. Robert Y. Hibden was appointed by Judge Gardner as receivar of the firm, his bond being fixed at $100,000 â€"Chicago Times. Views of a Pith-burg Belle “'ho Ileanin Wishes It Was Over. Pittsburg Dispatch : “ Yes, I wish thxu horrid campmgu, as they call it, was over,” anappiahly remarked a. pletty brunette in a house on 5th avenue yesterday. The French had at least three vessels that could get away with anything we have in our navy, and. as the Chinese ships were as good as the majority of our vessels, the result of this fight gives a. fair warning of whst would become of our vessels in a. similar action. I say the result would be the same, for, while our men would fight as long as they had a. gun to fire or a deck to fight on, the result would be inevitable â€"â€"-tota.l annihilation. The great supremacy of the French was due to their discipline, quick-loading breech-loading guns, and, what was more terrible than all, the murderous Hotohkiss fireâ€"AN EYE-WIT- NESS. “ Haven‘t you noticed,” she answered, “that ever since they began this campaign ’we girls have not had half the fun we used to have? A number of young men were accustomed to come and see me every evening before politics began to boom, as they say, and Mame and Iused to have such fun that it was just too jolly for any- thing. Now they hardly come around, and if you ask them their reasons for being absent, the answer is: ‘Well, we are organizing a Blaine and Logan club to- night,’ or, ‘ The Young Men’s Republican Club, of which I am a member. is getting things in shape for the oamnaign,’ or, ' I was going through the ward to see how many votes Cleveland will have.‘ So « you see it knocks the fun out of agirl’s life. Now there’s Charlie. Charlie and I were getting along very nicely. and I had hoped that we would be one before Christmas, but he comes to see me very seldom now, and I hear he is studying up protection and free trade, so as to be able to debate with Jim . It will take another year to put us on the same footing as we were formerly:”_ “ And why do youâ€" wish ic'was over ?" askefi her companion. The actual engagement lasted about forty-five minutes, and in this time the Chinese fleet was literally annihilated, and L500 Chinese found a. watery grave. The French loet eix killed and thirteen wounded, while their ships. with the excep- tion of one or two havmg a. shot-hole near the__wet§r-1ine, hardly showed a. scratch. the French till about 6, when, the shore batteries being silenced and the Chinese army out of range, the firing gradually ceased. Dulirg, and subsequert to, Ihe engagement hhe river was filled w1th fire- mfte and burning junks with stinkpote, which were blown up by ‘the French as they came drifting down the river. “ Yes, that’s true, but it would better satisfy me if they would keep away. They are not in the parlor five minutes before they are flinging patches of ‘ Bleine’a record ’ and ‘ Cleveland’s record’ at one another. They will get wild over , flop- pers ’ and ‘ kickere’ and other barbarous words which I cannot remember. Then there’s p8,, also. He used to be very liberal, but now when I ask him for any large amount he aquirms around and says that he has to give so much to his club, and a. fortune to the campaign fund. Yes, I do wish this horrid campaign was over 1” and with this remark the vwacious brunette flouneed out 0! the room to get a novel. “ But-I have seen some gentlemen cull- ing at your house lately,” answered the brmlgtte’q oot_nps.nion_. A traveiler says Mississippi and Ata- bama are covered with mortgages held by New Orleans merchants. Good timbered property in those States can be bought for 50 cents an acre. THE ATKINBIDN DEFALCA'I‘ION. THE IIORRID GAlVlPAl (EN. It was my mother's Bible, And she gave it long ago, And told me of its comfort, In her times of joy or woe, And so I love and prize it More than gems of the earth or sea, And in my heart forever It shall e'er a. treasure be. You know then why I love it, Though its cover is old and worn, And though its leaves are yellow, And its edges stained and torn. Tales 01 Two Royalties. , Another girl is just from the Berlin ;Court, says Margery Deane in the Boston ,Tra’nscript. At her feet are a group of ,maxdens lying on rugs, plying her with questions. “Now tell us about the Empress. She is so old, can she look regal any more?” comes from an unmistakable Phiiadelphia maiden. “ Poor thing!" replied the American girl, who is never greatly impressed with royalty. " She is a good old thing," this very patronizingly, “ but she is a guy on State occasions.” And then she vividly drew a picture for us of the aged German Empress, nearly 80, unable to stand. thin almost to a skeleton' withered and pinched, clad in pale green satin and velvet, with garniture of gay autumn leaves on her train, with diamonds and emeralds innumerable on her poor neck, which is hidden only by tulle, and wrinkled Bernhardt gloves on her poor, bare arms, this toilette surmounted by a high head-dress of feathers. She is wheeled in in a. sort of chair-throne or throne-chair; It is not a pleasant descrip- tion of old age. And the Crown Princess, Queen Victoria’s daughter, makes her own dresses 1" “Oh!” from a chorus of maidens. " And a Crown Princess 7” “Yes, she makes them herself, and the seam down the back meanders just as it always does on home-made dresses, and she doesn’t sew them very nicely, either." It is true that this Princess does cut and make clothing for herself and daughters, and superintends the housekeeping. Did not the Princess Alice darn her own stockings ? _ Sewing :1 Lost Art. Some one has been writing to the papers complaining that English women are torn getting how to sew. Perhaps there is some truth in this. I was examining the other morning an old piece of sewing done by Mrs. Gray’s grandmother, in which the stitches are so miraculously small and neat that they might now almost take rank as fancy work. There was a marvellous little darn in one part of the fine muslin, the garment in question being a baby’s chris- tening robe. Well, this darn was filled in with lace stitches, such as were used in making modern point, but the cotton was so fine that the work must have been rather trying to the eyes. The seams were not run and felled, as they are new, but each side of the seam was hemmed with the narrowest possible little tiny, soft hem. and the two were “ top sewed ” against each other. The needle used must have been excessively small, or the work could never have been so neat. The little robe was evidently a labor of 10ve and the worker seems to have lavished any amount of labor upon it. No one could have said of it that it looked “ blown together.” as some one remarked of the dresses in Sir Joshua Reynolds’ portraits. [launch old Hints. Sprinkle salt immediately over any spot where something has boiled over on the stove, and the place may be more easily cleaned. This also counteracts the bad cdor. To restore mildewed lin_en take soft soap and powdered chalk in equal quantities and rub 8.11 over the diseolorations. Spread the linen in the sun for an hour or so, then wash off. If you have occasion to use clothes wet in hot water about an invalid, do not try to wring them out of the water. The best way to prepare them is to steam them; they can‘ be handled with comparative ease. A teaspoonful of borax, put in the last water in which clothes are rinsed, will whiten them surprisingly. Pound the borsx so it will dissolve easily. This is especially good to remove the yellow that time gives to white garments that have been laid away for two or three years. If you are afraid that your yeast cakes are a. little stale, put: one of them in a. cup of warm water with a good pinch of hops ; let this stand for an hour or so before using ; it will have an excellent effect on the yeast: and will insure good bread. Cuffs that are laundried at home often fail to please, because they are ironed out flat, and when the buttons are put in the cuffs blister and wrinkle. This can be avoided, if the luundress only knows how to iron the cuffs until they are perfectly dry and then takes the broad end of the flat-iron and, pressing very hard on the edge,s.nd slowly goes over the length of the cuff. The cuff will roll as the iron leaves it. This is so simple an operation that one is likely to succeed the first time she tries to do it. Ham-tbs of gray marble may be cleaned by rubbing them with linseed oil. To clean red brick floors, rub them with a brick moistened with a, littie warm milk and water, and wipe dry with 9. soft cloth. ['setul Household Hints dud Fashion Notes. Leather chair-seats may be brightened and revived by rubbing them with the white of an egg; leather book bindings W111 also be improved by the same treat:- ment. Bronze may be renovated and reoolored by mixing one pint of muri’atb acid and two parts of water ; free the article from all grease and dirt and apply the diluted acid with a. cloth ; when dry, polish with sweet oil. For varnished paints save some tea leaves for a. few days ; then steep them in 9. tin psi] for half an hour ; sin-mu through a. sieve and use the tea. tor cleaning the paint. The tea. acts as a strong detergent, a 16 makes the paint nearly equal to new Ami though you deem it worthless, Ant]. there's manyâ€"more grand and fineâ€"â€" There‘s naught I love so truly As this dear book of mine. It was my mother's Bible, And she read it in quien there, In days of joy and sorrow, Alone in her old arm chair. And though I’ve much that's costly, And I’ve much that is wonderful, There’s naught I hold so precious, And there's naught so beautiful To meâ€"as this small Bible With its cover so old and worn, Au_d l_e§x'ves_ao darkfivt} yel}0_w, ‘ MY MOTHER’S BIBLE. 'Tis but a. little Bible, And the cover is old and worn, The leaves are dark and yellow, And the edggs a. trifle torn, And'here I find the marking of a delicate hand, and there Faint trace of tears I fancy On a page once white and fair. And its edges stained and tofu. FOR THE LADIES. Worm Knowing. WHOLE NO 1,373 NO. 22. Robert Miller, of St. Thomas, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario, to be a. Local Master at the, said city of St. Thomas to: the county of Elgiu, of the Supreme Court of Judioa.ture for Ontario. Appointments bv the Provincial Govern- menu. The Liam-Governor has made the fol- lowing appointments, Viz. : Albert Romain Lewis, of Port Arthur, in the Provisional District of Thunder Bay, barrister-at-law, to be Crown Attorney and Clerk of the Peace in and for the said Provisional Dis- trict of Thunder Bay. William Henry Laird,Regist1-ar of Deeds for the Provisional Judicial District of Thunder Bay ; John Clarke, Sharifl' of the said district, and Alexander William Thompson, of Port: Arthur, to be Commis- sioners per Dedimus Potestatmn in and for the said Provisional Judicial District of Thunder Bay. Charles Kreissman, of Port Arthur, in the Provisional Judicial District of Thunder Bay, to be Clerk of the District Court of the said Provisional Judicial District of Thunder Bay. Willmott Churchill Livingston, of Ham- ilton. in the county of Wentw‘onh. barrister- at-law, to be a Nobary Public in andfor the Province of Ontario. It Is reported, though by whom and under what circumstances we do not deem ’it proper to state, that young ladies are now wearing golden bands about their enkles. But of course they are never seen except by “the girls.” Their purpose in the world is merely to provoke envy. The Lieutenant-Governor has made the following appointments, under the pro- visions of the ” Division Courts Act 1880,” VIZ. : Elijah Wartman Secord, of the township of Springer, in the District of Nipisaiug, to be Clerk of the First Division Court of the district ot_ Nivisamg. Sleeves are trimmed with a v-shaped inserted piece. In cloth dresses basket- woven braids extend from the armhole to below the elbow. The postilion basques made by English tailors have the middle forms of the back an inch and a. fourth wide at the waisu line and w1de side forms. Hezekiah Kiuch, of the township of Springer, in the district of Nipissing, to be Bailiff of the First Division Court; of the said district of Nipigsing. The Lieutenant-Governor has made the following appointments under the pro- visions of the ” License Act, 1876,” viz. : Frederick Kleist, to be an Inepeetor of Licensee in and for the License District of South Riding of the County of Bruce, in the room and stead of Ambrose Kroetoh, resigneq. __ Theatre parties are considered the pro- per thing among those who Wish to perform social duties but are limited in house-room. Entire birds of a. size smaller than mal- lards, with little toes turned up (inward the heavens, are quite the thing to make hats expensive. High collars made to meet in front and fasten by two;hooks or loops are the proper neokwear. The following companies have been in- corporated : The Germania Club, of Hamil- ton, which has for one of its objects the education of children in the German language ; the Almonte Driving Park Aeso- eiation; Point Arthur Ontario Telephone Company, for the purpose of establishing a telephone service at Port Arthur, Fort William and Shuniah, and the Port Arthur Boom Slide Lumbering, Docking and For- warding Company (limited). To clean frosted (dead) aIlver ornaments, dissolve a lump of soda in a. saucepan of boiling water and place them in it, and leave for a. low moments; then add a. small piece of yellow soap and rub the articles with a soft tooth‘brush; when taken out of the water place in a. hot oven on a. brick until the desired efiect is produced. The Fashion 0’ It. Gros gmin or taille is now considered preferable to satin. " Sitting Bull,” says an exchange, “ wears a. larger hat than Daniel Webster did.” And yet Daniel had abig head-â€" sometimes. A very complete filling for open craoka in floors may be made by thoroughly soak- ing newspapers in a paste made of one pound of flour, three quarts of water, a tablespoonful of alum, thoroughly boiled and mixed ; make the final mixture about as thick as putty, a. kind of paper putty, and it will harden like papier-mache. Lord Mayor Nottgate, of L’mdon, is 55, president of a. photographic c-zmpany, has been an alderman and sheriff, is guodlook- ing and liberal in politics-1. Patrick Sheedy studied for the priest- hood, but became a. gambler, making much money, wblch he now proposes to invest in the management of the pugilist, Prof. John L. Sullivan, of Boston. Springfield, Mess., boasts that the grave of Timothy Tibcomb Holland, late editor of the Century, is still continuously decorated by his admirers with flowers, and may be tor another century. To polish slats floors, use a. smooth flat piece of pumioe~stone, then polish with rotten-stone. Washing well with soap and water is usually enough to keep the slates clean. but by adopting the above method, not only do the slates become polished, but any stains are taken out. in appearance; it will not do to wash unvam’shed paints with it. Humbert, of Italy, is even more of a. man than a king. He directs that the aubscrip~ tion now mining to strike gold medels in his honor shall be devoted instead to fami- lies suffering from the cholera. epidemic. Joaquin Miller is now the lion of New Orleans, and has been given the liberty of the Crescent City on condition that he shall write no poetry during his sojourn. He promises instead to study up the sugar interest, and is going to visit John Dymond and H P. Kernoohan, the two most promi- nent sugar planters in Plaquemines Pirish, and will then take a run through the Teohe country. Horace Greeley never said “ Good morn~ ing," or “ Good evening," “How do you do ‘2" or “ Goodâ€"bye,” or inquired after any- body’s health. But he scrupulously answered every letter that came to him, and answered it on the spot, so that the writer generally got the reply in next mail. He probably wrote 20,000 letters that did not need writing and died the sooner for it. Two hundred citizens of Columbup, 0., have been fined tor profanity in the public streets. an man has caused the arrests. DE PA RTNIEN'I‘AL NOTES. Personal Paragraphs. Tee” Hearing that a hospital, or sick~bouse, as the Chinese term it, had been established in Chinatown, a representative of the Commercial Advertiser set out to find the place, and explore it if opportunity offered. From inquiries made among the white people in the neighborhood, the house was located on the north side of the street, five or six doors irom the corner of Ohatham street. The entrance was under a stoop, and opened into a long, dark hallway, that in turn led into a blind court between the front and rear buildings. The drains from the adjoining houses emptied into the stoneâ€"flagged court, and the sewage lay in pools in the broken stone,» sending up an overpowering stench. Garbage was scat- tered over' the ground, where it had been thrown from the Windows, and lumber, boxes, and barrels filled up the intervening spaces. Picking his way across the court, the writer reached a deal door which appeared to open into the rear house, but which really opened into a long alley, at the end of which was another door on which was pasted a red sign in black Chinese characters. Knocking produced no response. The visitor lifted the latch and pushed the door open. A volume of foul air and smoke poured out, nearly stifling the reporter, who drew back for a moment ; but recover- ing he entered. The place was dark, but gradually the eye becoming accustomed to the gloom it was possible to distinguish the limits of the place. Not a stick of furni- ture was in the place, but a brazier, made of an old coal oil can, burned in the middle of the room. On one side were their bunks, arranged end for end, and on one, covered by a quilt made of gunny sacks and rags, lay a human form. As the visitor ap- proached the miserable creature halt raised upon his elbow, and asked in a hol- low voics: “ What for?” “You sick?" interrogated the reporter. “ Me belly sick,” answered the China- rnan, falling back with a groan. “ Hungry 7" " Ncâ€"no can eat." “ Where are your friends ‘2" “ No got fliends. All gone.” As the poor fellow ceased, a hollow cough told the story. He was dying from consumption, which carries off fully half of his race in this country. Poor food, insufficient clothing and an unsanitary mode of life soon work havoc with the weak physique ot the coolie, and his vicious habits of opium smoking and gambling hurry him on until, to weak to stand, his friends carry him to the sick-house. There was nothing more to learn. John was dying, and he would (1) nothing to help himself. for was not the hand of death upon him? 80, leaving a. small piece of silver in the talon-like hand of the sick man, the reporter left. As he stepped into the court the proprietor of the sick-house was coming in With a tin plate of rice and 9. diminutive cracked oup of_tea.. “ What 13 the matter with that man, John ?” asked the reporter. “ 0; him die.” “The bad sickness? " (Consumption) “Yes. Him die to-mollow.” “Where are his friends?” “ Him fliends plenty lioh. Got‘em store. Payee Sam Kee plenty money keep Ah Jim." " Why don’t you get 8. doctor? " “ Wha’ for? Him die. Wha.‘ for spend um money: doctpr ‘2 ”_ _ In San Francisco dying men are often found upon the streets. Parents are as ruth- lessly sacrificed, once their ailment is con- sidered hopeless, as the veriest‘. strangerâ€"- and yet the children of a Chinaman are the most dutiful of any children at any people. _ Chinamen are well known to be fatalists. This trait in their national character makes Chinamen, who are otherwise cowardly, meet death with the utmost stoioiem. On the Pacific slope executions of Chinamen have been by no means intrea- quent, and in no case has the victim of the ‘ law failed to march to the scaffold with the fortitude of an Indian. The belief that what is to be, and no act of a person may avert a catastrophe, renders the healing art most difficult of application to Uhinamen. Once John becomes really sick, he is pretty sure to die, because he gives up all hope, refuses to take medicine, and resigns him- self stoieally to the fate in store for him. He is superstitious, and places what little faith he has in ouratives, not in drugs, but in queer amulets. funny bags. and nausea- ting liquids blessed by the priests. This superstition affects his relations, and once the hand of death is considered to have set its mark upon the sick’man’s saffron fore- head he ie an outcast. He is carrion. and no more fit to remain in human habitation. for should he die under the root all manner of ills will fall upon the inmates. Therefore he is hustled out to die. “ Wny'don’n his friends keep him home where he can be comfortable? ” The next day when a reporter called, Ah Jim lay in a. pine box. He had on a. new suit of blue glazed muslin, and a skull cap with a. bright red button. His face wore a calm expression, and the thin hands were crossed over his breast. Funeral punk burned, and little gilded paper oornuoopiee were scattered around. Across the street grand preparations were making for a. great funeral feast, for Ah Jim had died out o! the house, and he could now be honored.â€" New York Commercial Advertiser. “ All same bad Jose come, he die there. Ab Jim all lite. Him die pleutynliok'n have big fluu’ral. Send’um bones back China.” “ Is there anybody about this establish- ment who loves poetry ? ’ he asked as he opened the door and glared around the editorial room with a doubtful look. Minister (to one of his flock) : }" I’m shooked, J names. to see you’ve broken your promise and have been indulging again.” (James hangs his head.) “ You really should give 'it up. It does you great harmâ€"makes you unfifi for workâ€"spoils your appearanceâ€"ye sauna. tak’ yer break- fastâ€"ye’ve a. bad taste i’ yer moothâ€"’gives ye a splettin' headacheâ€"” “ Certainly there is,” said the editor : “ have you got some there?" “Yes, four poems, all of ’em on spring," “ Good I That'sjust what we want. John, sprinkles little mint sauce on these and take ’em down stairs.” “ What for ‘2" demanded the poet. “For the goat. He is the only one about the establishment who loves poetry. But hewont eat spring poetry without mint sauce.” Soon after the first batch of Chinamen put in their appearance in New York they began to surround themselves with heathen accessories to which they had been mus- tomed in San Francisco. Before three months had gone by they had several flourishing opium dens. half a dozen “ fan- ton ” games and lottery poii ts. and a. dozen stores for the sale of Oriental commoditit 3. Having provided for the amusements of their daily lives, the moon-eyed strangers set up relations with the powers above, by establishing a Jose house, wherein they hang their prayers With commendable regu- larity and punctuality. Next they set about encompassing order by the founding of a Chinese law court, and, lastly and very recently. they completed the social circle of Chinese life by opening a hospital, or, more properly, a house wherein the sick may die without bothering their friends and rela- tives. ' Jaméa: “Aye, menaater, but ye has suffered yersel’ l” “v A armer in Waehoe county, Nev., claims to have the champion old horses. He has one 35 years old. another 24 and a. third 21 years old. They are all in perfect health and able to do regulur work. Their Superstition: and Then- Fnlulhm. CHINESE IN NEW YORK. He Appreciated Poetry. ‘- Overdoing it.”