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A Joliet, 111., despateh says: John H Hall, sentenced for life in 1884 for the Mount Pulaski triple tragedy, in which John McMahon, a rich bachelor, and his two hired menâ€"Robert Melthew and John Carloekâ€"wcre murdered, died on Monday in the prison hospital. Hall was generally believed to be innocent, and recent develop- ments tend to confirm that belief. Hall and McMahon were neighbors, and Hall’s brother married McMahon’s sister. Mcâ€" Mahon also had a sister half crazy, who remembered after the murder to have heard Hall talk about the gagging and murdering that had been done in Texas while he was there. She insisted from this that Hall did the deed, since all three of the lllll‘l'.(lL!1;e’~(iI‘lllell_ were gagged, John H. Hall Dies in Prison Awaiting 51 Too Long Delayed Pardon. hobbled and blindfolded when found with their throats cut. Suspicion was at once directed to Hall. The 'murder was com- mitted in August, 1882, but Hall was not arrested until a year later, and was tried in June, 1881. He proved a distinct alibi by three of his neighbors and his two daugh- ters, but was convicted on the evidence of a. fellovarisoner, who swore that Hall con- fessed to him that he plotted and carried out the job. This, Hall said, was a hired detective, who perjured himself. His name is Charles Montgomery, and he is now in penitentiary for burglary, and says he swore falsely. Hall made a dying stateâ€" ment, in which he maintained his inno- cence, and stated that he knew the truth would come out some day. He was a. stout, good-looking man when received, but gradually wasted away brooding over his misfortune till disease finished him. Young Girl Seriously \Vounded by a Crazy Drunken Man. A Montreal despatch says: On Thursday night a young French Canadian girl named Demise Lavigne, aged 13, who lives with her father, a pilot,was shot in the back and thigh by Patrick Maloney, a man about 50 years of age, who, with his wife, lived in the same house. Maloney, who had been considerably addicted to strong drink of late, has been laboring under the impres- sion that the Lavigne family were attempt- ing to take his life by injecting poison through the wall which separates their apartments. During the evening he entered Lavigne’s house and without saying a word began to discharge a seven-shooter. Two balls struck the girl, who fell on the floor badly wounded. Her brother, who was present, escaped, and two balls fell to the ground without effect. Maloney then left the house and coming up town quietly gave himself up to the police authorities. He was brought before Judge Dugas yesterday morning and, having pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial at the Court of Queen’s Bench. The young girl is as well as can be expected and is cared for at the General Hospital. Mrs. Stickney says that she can see no difference whether God heels a. sick person who is half dead or one whose breath has just left the body, or one who has been dead for months, and she quotes a number of Scriptural texts in confirmation of her v1ew. “ On February 14th, Dr. Palmer exam- ined her and said there was inanimate life there then. Dr. Palmer, from his stand- point, says she had been in a tranCe; but we believe that life was given in answer to prayer. The body kept warm until Februâ€" ary 16th, without any marked change ex- cept that the tips of the fingers and the end of the nose dried from freezing and thaw- ing.” “ Sunday, February 6th. the frost was out, and we met for prayer and watched for life. God heard our prayer. Life did return to the body. She breathed ; her heart beat; her body became warm and remained so for six hours. There was also a strong smell of brandy around her which we noticed before we noticed any breath. Others also saw her breathe and felt the warmth of her body. I stood by and rubbed her for a long time, expecting to hear her speak and see her rise. The hands grew cold while I rubbed her, and they also stiffened and became somewhat dis- colored. I became frightened and thought that life had gone. I asked God to show me what we had done, and it came to me that I had put my hands in the way of God’s work. Life did not entirely leave the body, however, when I thought it did. There was warmth and a smell of brandy for days after. It did seem some- times for days that I could detect a little breath, but I cannot say that I really knew that she breathed after that Sunday night. A St. Paul dcspatch says: An official test of steam heating apparatus was made yesterday on a Milwaukee 81 St. Paul Rail- road short line train between St. Paul and Minneapolis. The device consists of the use of exhaust steam from the dome of the engine carried through pipes underneath the engine and cars, with patent flexible coupling between each car. This pipe connects in the centre of each car with a radiating pipe on each side, with a branch under each seat. Thetest seemed perfectly satisfactory, the thermometer registering eighty degrees within the car, while outside it stood at zero, witha pressure of six pound to the square inch inside the car. The engineer declared he saw no per- ceptible difl‘erence in the amount of coal used. Cora Stickney Again Consigned to the Graveâ€"A Mother’s Belief in the Power of Prayer. A St. Paul’s despatch says : The body of Cora Stickney, of Minneapolis, which was exhumed by her mother for the purpose of making a test of the faith cure. has been returned to the grave. Mrs. Stickney says that many wrong impressions have been formed by what has been printed and facts have been badly twisted. She. accordingly makes this full and final statement of the case: “ \Vhen my daughter died, on Novem- ber 30th, I had no thoughts of having her ‘ restored, neither did I have then, nor have ‘ I had any time since, any doubts about my daughter’s death. About a week before death Cor‘a received divine healing. Pray- ers were being offered for her at the faith meeting and she was instantly healed. Her skin changed its color, her eyes their ex- pression and her strength returned. Very soon a callereame and she wished her cure kept a secret", and immediately her nose began to bleed again. Her wavering faith was not supported by my own, for I had none. Six days after this she died. Seven days later God laid it on me to pray for her to be raised. About three days after this I was impressed to bring her h01ne,but left her in the vault until February lst, when I had the body removed to my home and placed where the frost would come out slowly at first. Then I had the temper- ature slowly raised. A Chicago despatch says: Invoices for a. large consi nment of wine from Jerusalem were receive at the custom house yesterâ€" day. The invoices cover 500 gallons of wine and 100 gallons of liquor, and are intended specially for the feast of the Passover, which begins April 9th, and con- tinues one week. This feast is particularly observed among the Hebrews throughout the world, with imposing ceremonies and rejoicing. The wine is said to be of superb quality, seven years old. The invoices left Jerusalem December 15th. â€"-Rev. Dr. Cochrane, Brantford, has re- ceived £200 from the Free Church of Scot- land for the Home Mission Fund. A fiIONTREAL TRAGEDY. TERRIBLE INJITSTICE. Heating Cars by Steam. “1118 from Jerusalem. FAITH FAILED. The United States Authorities Investigat- ing the Means of Attack on Inland “’aters. A Cleveland (Ohio) despatch says: The local custom house authorities have made almost daily reports to Washington for three months past about dealings with Canada. Fishermen who have caught fish in Canadian waters have been compelled to tell of their doings for the past three years, and now comes a query to all of the owners of steamboats in the city from which it would appear that the authorities at Wash» ington are paying more attention to the fisheries question and the possible outcome of the controversy than is generally believed. All the owners of large steamboats have received from Captain F. A Malian, of the United States Engineers’ Office at .Buffalo, a letter in which he says he wishes to know the shipping facilities of the port of Buffalo. He asks for a full description of each vessel and how much room there is available in each to carry passengers. Instead of ask- ing outright, “ Will your boat carry so many men through the Welland Canal ?"’ the officer gets around the point with several indirect questions. These letters are undoubtedly for the purpose of ascertain» ing what steamers there are on lakes capable of landing men on the Canadian frontier in case of sudden cause for an attack in that direction. Cleveland has an immense fleet of large freight and ore carry- ing propellers that could be utilized as transports at short notice. The High Contracting Parties Assaulted by a Madman. ‘ A Rome cable says: A matrimonia. event which has excited great interest in the ecclesiastical world came off a few days ago when the wedding of Signorina. Maria Jacohini, the Cardinal’s nieceY to Signor Alibmndi, a. wealthy merchant, took place with great rejoicing at the Vatican. After the religious ceremony the wedding party adjourned to the Cardinal’s apartments, just above the rooms occupied by the Pope, whose meditations must have been curi- ously disturbed by the laughter and clinking of glasses at the breakfast table. The Cardinal seemed to have forgotten his illness for the moment. In the afternoon the young couple had been married civilly Belmont’s Retaliation Bleasure Passed by Congress. A Washington despatch says : The House of Representatives yesterday bya vote of 138 to 123 practically decided that there shall be no retaliatory legislatlon at this session of Congress. The vote was on the Belmont substitute for the Bill which passed the Senate four weeks ago, and by this vote the House determined to substitute the more radical for the more moderate measure. Belmont wanted abso- lute nonintercourse between the two countries, and to bring this about he was willing to extend the embargo to the roll- ing stock of Canadian railroads. The debate on the latter extended from 11 o’clock a. 11). until 2 p. m., and called forth all sorts of patriotism and gush from the able Representatives on the floor. The members from New England were far more moderate in their demands than those from the Southern States. The Massachu- Bette and Maine Representatives declared that the fishermen most interested did not ask for the Belmont Bill. but would be entirely satsfied to apply the same treatâ€" ment to Canadian vessels that Canada meted out to those sailing under theUnited States flag. But the House was not dis- posed to pay any attention to the wants of New England, and the Northwest, which is directly concerned in the proposition to exclude Canadian cars and engines, cut no figure in the controversy. The Bill as amended was passed by a vote of 252 to 1. This would seem like a very forcible endorsement of the Bill. but there is some- thing behind all this. The Senate has ex- pressed itself very emphatically upon the original Bill, and it will certainly not agree to the amendment of the House. The measure will therefore go to a conference committee, and the conferees on the part of each House will be instructed to stand out for the will of each body as expressed by the vote, and the prospect of a compro- mise is not at all good. It is the general belief on the Republican side that the Administration is opposed to any retaliatory legislation, and that this method has been adopted to prevent action, while at the same time the country will be led to think that blood is wanted. at the Capitol. The proceedings were interrupted by a sensational incident. The registration clerk, seized with a sudden fit of insanity, greeted the bride and bride- groom by pitching a. candlestick at their heads. The bride fainted, the bridegroom fumed, and several bystanders cried and shrieked. Finally, after a hand-tohand struggle, the madman was collared and the ceremony ended happily. A Mutilated and Decomposing Human Body Found in a Trunk at Pittsbnrg. A Pittsburg despatch says: The em- ployees of the Baltimore dz ()hio Express Company in this city made a ghastly disâ€" covery yesterday, which may turn out to be another trunk horror. A wooden box, about four feet long, was received here this morn- ing from Cincinnati. It was addressed to James Osborne, Pittsburg, Pa., and had a peculiar odor. A search of the city failed to find the person to whom the box was consigned, and it was then decided to open it. When the lid was broken the mutilated remains of a man in an advanced state of decomposition were revealed. The legs and arms were severed from the trunk in order to crowd it into the box. A surgeon here gave it as his opinion that the body had been the property of a medical student, who had probably shipped it to some friend in this city. The top of the head was sawed 01?, and the work showed it to have been done by a professional hand. The authori- ties have telegraphed to Cincinnati to invesâ€" 1 tigate the affair. A Wide field for speculation is opened by this paragraph in the Nashua Telegraph, describing dancing parties in Amherst, N.H. : “ These dances have been kept upon as purely a. moral basis as practicable.” When the Presiding Elder preached recently at Hermitage, Mo., he was much annoyed at the sound of a. small bell which rang whenever he was particularly emphatic. At last he stopped in the sermon and said : “ I once knew a. man to ringa chestnut bell in church and go to the penitentiary for it.” Thereupon one of his hearers stepped to the pulpit and moved a. small cell bell that had stood just under the edge of the big Bible in such a osition that when the Elder banged the boo the bell rang. TRANSI’ORTS ON THE LAKES. VOL X VIII A DIEDICAL SUBJECT. THE FISH TIT FOR TAT. A ROMAE WEDDING. rl‘he medium received another ring and told how it brought visions of a lady who had passed through startling changes in the past few months. There was a feeling of a child dying, and the influenceof a two- story brick house, and in a room was a woman leaning over a bright fire. The names of Charlie and Jim came to the mediuui,and she was moved by an accident on the street. The lady who submitted the ring knew nothing about the'circumstances spoken of by Miss Brown except the name of Charlie, which was rather remarkable because Charlie is such a rare name. So far the efforts of the Atlanta girl had not been conspicuously successful. The next trial was on a ring. The young woman said she was influenced by a feel- ing of impetuosity. The person was dis- posed to rush into things, and was inclined to regret it afterward. An element of travel entered into the impression. She regretted to say it, but the young gentleâ€" man of dark eyes and sallow complexion who was brought out in the test chewed tobacco. There was also the influence of a storm, the thunder rolled and lightning flashed, and the additional influence of something lost. She revealed the names of Jimmie and Herman. The matter was made still more complex by a. large brick building which fell in and killed a man. A man also appeared in the vision. He was 45, with dark hair and eyes. A lady also came who was a great lover of music. The man that owned the ring said that Miss Brown’s disclosures were correct. The lady who put her faith in Miss Brown’s powers declared that \Villimn was her husband, but was silent as to the other persons whose first names were suggested. The next individual accommodated by the medium was a lady, who took off a bracelet, which Miss Brown held in her hand. “ This brings an influence of some one very amiable, of some one not closely con- nected. There come to me hhenamcs of Ellen and William. The possessorof this article has lately buried something, whether in the grave or not I am unable to say‘ I also see a lady, rather short. with darkhair. A man is also connected with this in some unac- countable way.” The next subject was a young man who surrendered a ring to the medium. She took it and at once brought up in her spiritualistic way two young girls, Tillie and Mary. The former was very pretty, with light hair and blue eyes, and of rather slender build. Miss Brown com- plimented the owner of the ring by saying if he was not a lawyer he ought to be one. He was too skeptical to be religious. The young man was given lots of taffy, and during the course of the test the medium brought up the names of David and \Vil- liam, whom she described minutely. When she had finished the young man stated for the benefit of the audience that he didn’t recognize any one spoken of, but everything said about himself was true. Several other individuals submitted articles upon which Miss Browncastahoroscope. Shepleasedthe believers, but the skeptics were inclined to doubt the efficacy of her declarations.â€" Cz'ncinnati lt'nquircr. The first person to receive attention was a man who handed the medium a ring. Miss Brown pressed her hand tightly on the treasure as she said: ” The person who comes to me has had many changes. There is’more down in her nature than is understood. She has a gentle face, with gray hair. She is about five feet seven or eight inches in height, and has dark eyes. She always rushed into things impulsively, but earnest and sincere, and went out of life rather suddenly. This man must have his own way, and was very skeptical. I hear the name. He went over to the other side along time ago.” The owner of the ring said that Miss Brown’s statement, which was unintelligible to the rest of the spectators, was correct. Numbers of People Hear from Friends Across the Dark River. 1 The Atlanta. medium, Miss Zaide Brown, held the fort again at Spiritualists’ Hall, on Sixth street, last night. Miss Brown is a buxom young woman of 22, with a ready command of language and strong lungs. She was listened to bya large audience, most of whom were believers in her docâ€" trines. The lady claimed to be controlled by mediumistic power in the address, which was well received. At the conclusion of the lecture Miss Brown gave some of her peculiar kind of tests, which consist of telling all about some dead person from some trinket or memento worn in life. She’ also gave a history of the wearer of the ornament. “hen the young woman called for applicants who Wished to hear from departed friends there was a rush of men and women to the platform with rings, bracelets and other kinds of jewellery.‘ Miss Brown remarked, as they over- whelmed her with the numerous articles : “ One at a time, please.” She also ex-‘ plained that to make the tests successful? they must be handed directly to her by the wearer. Lord Randolph’s Rapid Speech. Lord Randolph Churchill has become a mild terror to the reportersimild, because the sonorousncss of his voice and the gen» eral distinctness of his utterance are some set off against the rapidity of his deliveryY says the Pall Jlall Gazette. On Monday night, in fifteen minutes, he spoke 208 lines of the 'I'imcs, or nineteenâ€"twentieths of a column, three-fourths of a column being about the average spoken by members who are reported in the first person. Lord Randolph’s rate of delivery, without allowâ€" ing for cheers or other interruptions, was at the rate of 110 words a minute, and, as there were some pauses in the fifteen min- utes, His Lordship when he was speaking kept up the pace of 150 words a minute or more. This puts an unusual strain on re‘ porters taking notes under conditions not favorable to the hearing of every word with certainty, and gives them individually a disproportionate amount of work to do on leaving the gallery. Some time ago \Vheaton Huntley moved from the East with three marriageable daughters and located by Henry Berchard in Mercer county, Dakota. Berchard had three marriageable boys, and the natural result followed. The three brothers have married the three sisters. A very fleaf Boston man has a charming wife and a cross dog. The other morning a. friend met him and said : “ Good mornâ€" ing, Mr. Blank. Your wife made a very pleasant call on us last evening.” “I’m very sorry,” was the startling answer of the deaf citizen, “I’ll see that it doesn’t occur again. I’m going to chain her up after this.” Miss Brown’s Peculiar Manner of Invoking the Dead. WITH THE SPIRITS. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1887. On the 7th inst, in Edinburgl ., " ‘fessor Sir Douglas ‘Maciugau was pi'usehce by the Lord Justice-General with his bust tmd portrait, which had been subscribed for an marks of personal appreciation in connec- tion with the honor of knighthood con» ferer on him. On the let inst., there were interred in Kilmuir churchyard the remains of John Maefie and his Wife, both of Whom were found dead in theirhouse at Totscore. They had been attacked by fever, and dread of the infection had prevented any one from entering the house, and they were simply left to perish. Onthe 5th inst.Y at Liverpool assizes, Jessie Robertson, aged 34, was found guilty of forging an order for the delivery of some jewellery in the name of Lady Gibson Craig, of Riccarton, and was sen- tenced to six months’ finprisonmenb, with hard labor. The Tay Bridge, to replace the structure blown down several years ego,when a. train dashed into the river and many persons were killed, will be opened for traffic in May. The last of the large girders is ready for being placed. The Queen will formally open the bridge in June. The remains of Lord Deas were interred in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh, on the 11th inst. Prior to the funeral, which was of a private character, a short service was conducted at his residence in Heriot row by Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod. A book by the Marquis of Huntly is about to be published by Messrs. Chapman K’ Hull. “ Travels. Sports and Politics in the East ” is to be the title of the volume, which will be illustrated by the Marchioness of Huutly. Lord Gifford, an eX-Judge of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, who died recently, has bequeathed £80,000 to found National Theology Lectureships at the four Scottish universities. Edinburgh gets £25,000, Glasgow and Aberdeen £20,000 each, and St. Andrew’s £15,000. The total value of the property left by His Lordship is £190,000. ()u the 13tinst., the body of R. Craig, Obun, was found in the Crinal Canal. His dog was sitting on his staff, and. on being approached rose and put its nose in the water. This led to the canal being dredged. Intelligence has been received from Cairo of the death of General Sir Charles Mac- Gregor, of the Bengal Staff Corps. This distinguished Indian officer was the son of Major Robert Guthrie MacGregor, Bengal Artillery (and grandson of Major-General James MacGregor, Bengal Cavalry, of the MacGregors of Glengyle), by the daughter of General Archibald Watson, C.B., Bengal Cavalry. J. Blackwood, Joiner, Greenock, has got 60 days for a brutal assault on his son, aged 10 years. Besides thrashng him ter- ribly with a strap, he held his naked body over the fire. "' ' One Hundred and Forty Elephants Capâ€" tured at Once. Mr. Sanderson, Superintendent of Gov- ernment Kheddahs, succeeded on the 14th in capturing an immense herd of elephants, numbering no fewer than 140. This is the largest capture on record, and represents, it is estimated, about 11 lakh of rupees. The scene of the capture isfihly six miles from the Tura headquarters station of the Garo Hills. The stockade in which the elephants are enclosed isimmensely strong, but is being further strengthened against pressure of so many powerful animals by being backed up with powerful timber supports, while an extra stockade is being prepared, into which some of the elephants may be admitted before the tying up process with tame elephants commences. The main stockade is literally tightly packed with elephants of all sizes. Col. Graham Smith. CommissaryGeneral, who is paying an official visit to the Kehddahs, was, with Mrs. Graham Smith, fortunate enough to be present at this most exciting capture, and to witness a scene unequalled On the 4th inst" yellow and white prim- roses, pansies, snowdrops and daisies were in bloom in the garden of Mr. James Bilâ€" ton, at Glencarrick. Rev. J. M. Sloan, M. A., of Anderston Free Church, Glasgow, has been elected colleague and successor to the Rev. Hora.- tius Bonar, Edinburgh. The Dumfries Simulm‘d announces the death at Minholm, Langholm, on the 7th inst., aged 75 years, of Margaret, daughter of the late Sir James Malcolm, K. C. B. Rev. Alex. Beverly, LL.D., formerly and for many years one of the masters of the Aberdeen Grammar School, died at Aber- deen on the 5th inst. Miss Sanderson, Tweedmouth, who had for fifty years been deprived of the power of speech, has suddenly acquired power of speech again. in Kheddah opemtions. Unfortunately during the drive, one elephant, breaking back, escaped, and in doing so killed one of the hunters.â€"Calcutta Englishman. The plan of campaign has been practically adopted by the farmers on the Ellon estate. They will keep back 10 per cent. on the rents for one year. Major Davidson, son of Mr. Davidson, Inchmarlo, was married in London on the lst_insta.nt to a daughter of Viscount Bury. Mr. J. McArthur, Mayor of Prince Albert, Northwest Territories of Canada, is a native of Nairn. A London cable says: Advices from the Tonga, or Friendly Islands, show that there continues to be great excitement amongthe natives over the trial of the men under arrest for the attack on Missionary Baker. Five more of the prisoners have been sen- tenced to death, and thirty others are awaiting their trial. The British Consul, it is said, has succeeded in averting further executions, but he declines to interfere otherwise with the course of justice as ad- ministered by the King. The party known as Old XVesleyans now accuse Mr. Baker of jury~pecking and of personally trying the natives, and have appealed to the Governor of the Fiji Islands to send a War ship to allay the excitement fomented by Baker’s conduct. The Catholic priests are appeal- ing to France for rotection. The British corvette Diamon has starteri from Mel- bourne for the Tongs. Islands. At Thurso ice 14 inches thick is consid- er ed evidence of the recent extreme severity of the weather there. Lord Dalhousie has been elected Presi- dent of the Brechin Liberal Association. There are in the British army 138,053 Englishmen, 15,497 Scotchmen, and 31,577 Irishmen. Rev. Dr. Clerk, minister of Kilmallie, died on the 7th inst., aged 74 years. Trouble Alnong the Tongns LATE SCOTTISH NEWS. How He Manages to Cori-all Thieves, Big and Little. Markedly individualized and independ- ent, Inspector Byrens in manner is very gentlemanly, insinuating, and invitive of confidence. He knows the thoughts, plans, ways and characteristics of “ crooks,” and readily infers how any one of the category will proceed in the projection and execution of crime, and what he will do to cover his tracks. Charles Reade’s advice to “put yourself in his place” he follows in prac tice of a profession to which pre-cminent fitness rather than choice has called him. Like every genuine “ sleuth hound ” of just government, he exhibits rare coolness, self» possession and bravery, persistence un- wearying, sagacity almost unerring, and the fine scent that sniffs the slightest odor of the quarry. Kind as keen, and im- partial as imperturbable, he has formed a class of police officers equal to the needs of a municipality so free to ingress and egress that it is the most (limonlt of all to guard against criminals. ” Honor among thieves” is one of the time-worn lies that he de- nounces with emphatic scorn. He says: “I never met a thief in my life, pI‘O» vided he could benefit by peaching on his confederatcs,fr01n whom I .could not find out anything] was desirous to know. There is no such thing as honor among thieves.” '7‘ * "“ Some of the men reporting to him are said to be college-bred, and can pass muster in the best society. All are chosen in View of individual aptitude for certain kinds of, work. The stamp of officialism is about the last of which there is any trace. Keeping incognim as much as possible, the chances of prompt detecâ€" tion are multiplied. “Crooks” are now afraid of their shadows; great robberies have ceased, and minor crime been reduced over eighty per- cent. Detectives more or less closely imitate the example of their chief, who says : “ Every evening I make itapoint to meet some of these men resorts, and learn from them the where- abouts of their friends, and what they are doing. One crook of consequence generally knows what other good men are doing. In this way I keepposted, and know in what part of the country all the sharp men are. As experts are liberated from the State Prison I follow their tracks in this way.” PRINCE 0]“ NE‘\' YORK DETECTIVES. The Duke of Leiuster died on the 10th inst. in his 68th year. His Grace was Premier Duke, Marquis and Earl of Ire- land. He sat for Kildare in the House of Commons from 1847 to 1852, and was called to the House of Lords as Baron Kildure (peerage of the United Kingdom) in 1870. He married in 1847 Lady Caroline Sutherland Leveson-Gower, daughter of the second Duke of Sutherland. He is succeeded by his eldest son, the Marquis of Kildme. who was born in 1851. House-Plants and “’ater. Strange as it may seem, water is one of the greatest obstacles to the successful cul- ture of window plants, in giving too much as well as in giving too little. Plants want water and in just the right amount. \Vhat is the right amount can be learned by fillr ing a pot with soil to within an inch of its top. Pour on water, and when what will has drained off and it no longer drips, the soil will contain just the right quantity of water. But all soils will not let the excess of water drain off thus ; when filled with Water they hold it and remain as mud, in which no plant, save an aquatic, can grow. If it is inferred that such an impervious soil can be made into a porous one by add- ing a sufficient quantity of sand, a good conclusion will have been reached. A close soil may be made a porous one by adding sufficient sand. The writer was once called upon to inspect some window plants that were growing in the wrong direction, in spite of careful watering. We found a lar 9 plant stand in which was a collection of plants, in porcelain and other impervi- ous pots, each of them filled with liquid mud. The owner, though a fairly intelli- gent man, was astonished to learn that it was possible to water too much, and that he was killing his plants with kindness. Pots with ample drainage and a soil made porous with sufficient sand will prevent the evil of too much water. Still, plants may suffer from a luck of water. The window gardener, finding that the surface of the soil in the pots looks moist, infers that no more water is needed and gives none, hence the plants suffer. The cause of this trouble is the same as that of over- watering ; an impervious soil prevents the passage of water through it. \Vater is given, but it wets only a slight layer at the surface, it cannot pass downward and the roots may be suffering and dry, while the surface looks well. The remedy, as in the other case, is an open soil.m,4m(u'icun :lgl'lY‘IllfIll'l'sI. Subscriptions are invited to a fund to relieve Mr. Daniel O’Connell, of Derrynane Abbey, County Kerry, of immediate and pressing calls upon him through hard times, and not arising from any fault of his own, in order that the historic pile and relics of the great O’Connell should not pass under the auctioneer’s hammer into the hands of speculators. Mr. W. P. Henley, J. P., of Thurles, agent for the extensive estates of Penne- feather Wood and Ballymure, County Tipperary, has announced to the tenants a reduction in their rents of 50 per cent. on the former, and 40 per cent. on the latter property. All the tenants paid. A tragic affair has occurred in County Kerry, when at a. dance ayoung man named Falvey, in a. fit of jealousy, stabbed andther man named Sullivan, who has since died. Mr. James Robertson, Manager and co- partner in the extensive drapery firm of Robertson, Ledlie& 00., Waterford, died on J an. 28th. The sum of £400 has been subscribed in Cork towards the erection of a statue to the memory of the late Dr. Delany, Bishop of Cork. Prof. Salmon, of Dublin, has a. new volume of sermons in the press entitled “ Gnosticism and Agnosticism.“ St. Luke’s Church, thelargest Protestant place of worship in Cork, was destroyed by fire on the 4th inst. A ltIatrlinonial Coinmencenmnt‘. A Cincinlmti newspaper man, who re- cently led a blushing maiden to Hymen’s altar, is said to have started out upon his matrimonial career the proud possessor of the following housekeeping outfit : 1 oil Stove ..... 00 1 Colfuo pot 25 ] frying pm 25 1 stew pan ..... 25 The object of this article 18 to encourage those who are contemplating a. journalistic career by showing them what can be accomplished in that profession by industry, sobriety and economyâ€"Colorado Dispatr’h. Mr. Vernon, Irish Land Commissioner, is seriously ill at Londonderry. LATEST FROM IRELAND. WHOLE NO 1,493 NO. 4]. The papers announced the death of Thomas, and on October 2nd Mary Leonard telegraphed to the secretary of the insur- anee‘eompany claiming the amount of the policy. The agent visited her to make the usual inquiries, and found her at a restau» rant at No. 86 Dover street. He asked her how she had learned of the accident, and she promptly replied that she had seen the account of the drowning in the Journal, which was taken regularly by the proprie- tor. The agent had not seen it, so he went to the proprietor and asked for the paper. The man said he did not take it. The girl’s confusion made the agent suspicious, and an investigation was begun. After patient shadowing, a man who partly answered the description of Thomas was seen visiting the woman, and was traced to Taunton, where he went by the name of Thompson. He recently moved to Cambridge, and the police went there to arrest him toâ€"day. Thomas recognized Hanscom and turned as though to run, but the inspector stopped him. He pretended he didn’t know what the inspector meant. He denied being Thomas and stoutly maintained that his name was Thompson, but when Detective Thornhill produced a picture of him, taken before his alleged departure from this world, he confessed. He said that he and Frost rowed around the harbor until a specified hour. Then they rowed to the shore and he got out and met Bray. Frost then jumped overboard in water up to his waist, and careened the boat until several buckets of Water had been shipped. Then he got in again and rowed back to the bridge with his sad tale. Early last summer Henry J. Thomas, of Cambridge ; Charles L. Frost, of North Andover, and Walter E. Bray and Eugene L. Saunders, of Chelsea, were discussing schemes for making money. They decided to try a plan for defrauding the United States Mutual Accident Association, of New York, On June 8th Thomas procured a blank application, and Saunders filled in the necessary answers to interrogatories concerning his health and general condition. A policy of $5,000 was taken out, and Mary Leonard, who passed as Thomas’ intended wife, was made the beneficiary. It was understood that Thomas was to die at a certain time, and that the money would be equally divided among the conspirators. Two assessments were paid, and then the men thought it was time to act. On the morning of September 30th the four men met in a saloon in Boston and decided to drown Thomas in Beverly Harbor. Thomas went to his room at “lest Springfield street, packed all his things and took them away. Then he went to Beverly and met Bray and Frost. They spent some little time in discussing who should assist Thomas in his voluntary sacrifice. Frost was chosen, and he and Thomas went to the docks. Frost and Thomas spent two hours in exâ€" amining the yacht Mayflower, which lay alongside one of the wharves, and at sunâ€" down they went to the railroad bridge and hired a boat. That was the last that was seen of them until to-day. Late that night Frost returned to the bridge alone and re- ported, with every appearanceof grief, that the boat had capsized and that his comâ€" panion was drowned. He said he searched , for the body, but without Success. All he i could find was his friend’s hat, which was ‘ in the boat. After telling the boatman l where to look for the body, he drew a wal- ; let from his vest pocket and paid the ‘ man with a note that had not been wet. The boatman did not notice this important fact until after Frost’s departure. L “ Well, you are looking pretty weli for a. man who has been drowned four months,” said? Chief Inspectpr Hanscom. Frost was arrested in North Andover to-day, and protested until confronted with Thomas in Inspector Hanscom’s oflice. The men stared {Lt each other without a sign of recognition. Then Frost went up to Thomas, touched his face, and said, facetiously: “ He’s alive, that’s sure.” “ Yes, I’m alive,” was Thomas’ dry retort. The woman heard of Thomas’ arrest and fled. After all, popularity may have its draw- backs. It is embarrassing to be liked too much, because so few individuals can live up to the reputation of universal favorite. I heard of a young teacher in one of the public schools, the other day, who suffers all the pleasure and inconvenience of being idolized by her boys, and it seemed as though it must be much more pleasant to be a little less adored after being told of some of her experiences. The children demonstrate their affectionsin various ways peculiar to shy young innocents who must walk, breathe and speak according to public school discipline. One of their greatest pleasures is “ giving teacher something." It may be an apple, or a very warm and greasy doughnut, brought to school in the coat pocket ; it may be some toy of home con- struction, and in the summer it is flowers â€"perhaps only a nosegay 0i dandelions, a bunch of buttercups, or the more clllores cent lilac branch. In short, winter or summer, this very popular teacher’s desk is covered with childish, boyish tokens that show an inherent spirit of gallantry which is quite touchingâ€"4n the abstract. The other morning a little chap sidled up to the desk with a box in his red little paw, and, pressing it into his teacher’s hand, said in a whisper : ” There, I’ve brought ’em for you,” “What is it, dear ‘1” said teacher. “Oh, you look I” with a grin of satisfaction. Untying the string she opened the box, and behold, there was a set of false teeth! “They are mamma’s,” explained the child in a delighted tone. “ They’re much prettier than yours, and I brought ’em to you.”â€"â€"Boston Harald. A Man Who \Vas Drowned is Arrested for Consplring to Defraud an Insurance Cmnpany. Supt. Cornish, of Pinkerton’s detective agency, and Chief Inspector Hanscom escorted to police headquarters a man who, according to the certificate of death, was drowned more than four months ago, says a Boston despatch of February 9th to the l New York Sun. At headquarters he met the man who had sworn to seeing him drown, and who was so mad that he ex» claimed, “ You fool ! If you got out of the way why didn’t you stay out ‘2” These two men, with two othersY were arrested for conspiring to defraud the United States Mutual Accident Association out of $5,000. One of the conspirators took out a policy for that amount, and soon afterward was reported to have been drowned. Applica- tion was made for theinsurance money, but the conspirators made one or two blunders, and failed to get the cash. The story of the conspiracy, as confessed by the supposed drowned man, is this : â€"“ What's the defierence between a piano and a gun, Charley ‘3” asked a young wife of her nonqnusical husband. “ A gun kills the quickest, that’s all,” was the staccato response. A Surprise for the Teacher. THE DEAD ALIVE. With the approach of spring many new black lace gowns make their appearance. The prettiest have plain skirts of narrow stripes of satin and moire, finished around the foot with a narrow plaitingof the same. The drapery is best made of very Wide flouncing, which lends itself readily to the present mode of plain, full folds, and is as deep as the skirt. An economy is to have an extra pair of lace sleeves made with lining, which can be easily substituted and worn in the evening. To those who can stand the severity of the style the Greek knot is the most becomâ€" ing style of wearing the hair. The hair should be waved, with a. few light curls in the middle of the forehead, but drawn away from the temples and twisted in a close knot on the back of the head, immediately below the crown, not allowing it to drag downward towards the nape. A pretty tea gown has a petticoat of thickly gathered lace flouncee sewn with big, dark red chenille balls. The gown, of white cashmere with a long train, buttons to the waist, from which it is open, show- ing petticoat, and turned back with broad revers of red velvet, the edges of which, like the full open sleeves, are hung with the chenille balls. The inside and train of the gown is lined with the palest pink sumh. In line of the new fancy for ribbons around the throat and wrists are new collars and cuffs with small loops of linen along the upper edge, through which narrow, picot» edged ribbon of different colors is run and tied in a bow of many long loops, under the chin and on the outside of the sleeves. Another fancy is for ruffles of crimpedlisse. set thick with innumerable loops of narrow white or colored ribbon. Misses weer tailorâ€"made suits of dark serge, or of striped or plaid homespun, with a kilt skirt that has short drapery. with a postillion basque with velvet revere and a vest of gay watered or striped silk. Dark blue serge, with red watered silk vest and blue velvet revere, makes a pretty frock. The high collar of blue velvet has a red watered ribbon inside, with a small bow on one side, and the cuffs are similarly finished. In England it is still customary to wear white silk hat~bands for the unmarried. Grayish-brown is the color used in Ethiopiawthe color of the earth to which the dead return. South Sea. Islanders express mourning by a. garb of striped white and black cloth. This signifies mingled sorrow and hope. Large shell ornaments for the hair grow more and more popular and in the shape of long daggers, stilettos, two-handled swords, tridents, etc., are thrust through the elaborate long puffs. A pretty one worn by a woman with light brown hair heaped in silky folds on the crown of her head was of dark reddish shell in the shape of a crescent, three inches across from tip to tip. Fashions in Mourning. In Brittany widows’ caps are made of yellow material. The Romans (luring the Republic wore (lurk blue for mourning and purple and vio- let to express royalty~r“ kings and priests to God.” Stockings in silk and Lisle thread repeat all the new greens and shades of heliottope. For wear with evening dress are silk stockings with black feet and black half way up the leg, the rest flesh colored. This gives a. curious appearance as if only half high hose were worn. \Vhite is the emblem of hope, and still prevails for all mourning in China. In England and this country it is used for children to denote purity. In Persia paleâ€"brown is used, while sky- blue, to express the assurance that the deceased has gone to heaven, is the color used in Syria, Cappedocia, Armenia and Turkey. The Cardinals and Kings of France have always to be mourned for by the use of purple, and this use of the color has been handed down to the present time. It is said that the purple signifies the “blue” or aristocratic blood of the deceased. \Vomon’s \Vork and “’ays. The Nebraska girl is by law her own “ boss ” at the age of 18. Dr. Laura. Weld, a graduate from 11 B03- ton medical school, has hung out her shingle in Dresden} Germany. Shoes with uppers of patent leather and foxed with thick soft kid are still preferred for carriage and house wear, and Walking shoes maintain the patent leather tipped toe. Corsets are made very high over the bust, and long in the waist for street wear to increase the long-waisted effect aimed at in all French gowns, but for evening wear they are out very low to provide for the very decollete gowns that are fashionable. Miss Anna Siege] enjoys the distinction of being the only woman in the States who plays the trombone. She was educated in Vienna. The Iowa Agricultural College has a new degree, M.‘D. E. (Master of Domestic Econ» omy.) It has already been bestowed upon two women. There are about 500 women employed in Berlin making rosettes for shoes and slip‘ pers. About 1,000,000 of these are exported to other countries each year. Dressed as Flowers. The wild imagination of mantuamakers has taken a new flight -, they are dressing people to personate flowers. A young girl appeared at a recent ball in a White silk and tulle sprinkled over with white and purple violets ; the corsage was covered with a network of heavy gold cord, which formed a complete basket, and in this receptacle violets were strewn. The straps over the shoulders were a violet ribbon, tied in bows to represent the handles of the basket ; the stockings were embroidered with violets and leaves ; she wore green satin slippers and carried a voilet bouquet. Another young woman wore a skirt of pink poulte de soie, with a garniture of pink rosebuds and fern leaves, placed over a drapery on mossâ€"green crepe, with a pocket of moss rosebuds and fringes of grass that fell to the bottom of the skirt. One shoulder was adorned with moss roses and ferns, and the corsage was of pink moire antique trimmed with bands of cut crystal. These astonish- ing costumes appeared at a private, not a fancy, ballfipr York Letter. Fashion Notes. Old Normandy laces are again in use. The full sleeve gathered at the elbow is more and more popular with evening dresses of transparent material. Prussia. pays women from Sixpence to tenpence a day to act as guards at railway crossings. The work is mainly to open and close the bars and light and sweep the crossings. The Rockwood Pottery at Cincinnati, founded by Mrs. Bellamy-Staten is celeâ€" bra’ted for its colors and glazes, thanwhich none are finer outside of China and J span, and for the beauty of form and finish gen- erally. The initial experiments which have led to this perfectionhave been mainly conducted by women. ' ‘APrett§_T§§:Ieny\zention. 7' A lady who entertains charmineg and in her own large-hearted and original way has invented an additional course at her most delightful ladies’ lunches by intro- ducing after the dessert a. platter of fresh Perms violets, from which each guest helps herself to a. luscious bunch of fragrance and beauty. A side dish of silver pins accompanies this course of sweets. Before being served to the guests these same beau- tiful flowers did duty as a. centrepiece on which the guests feasted their eyesâ€"~13“â€" ton Post. THE LADIES’ COLUMN.