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The list of the (lead as far as known is as follows: Adele Graft, aged 28, with her new-born babe and two children, aged 7 nnd4; Philip Lmloph, aged 22$, killed by jumping from the sixth story ; Henry Schwartz, tailor. Ten men and one woman are at the morgue burned beyond recogni- tion. Six were seriously, and in mogt cases fatally, burned or injured and sevcml others slightly. Six others are missing; The missing are believed to be among; those burned beyond recognition. The death of Isaiah Spennett at the hospital at a. late hour this evening makes. the seven- teenth death to midnight. A last (Friday) night’s New York despatch says: Thirteen people were burned to death in a six-story brick build- ing in the rear of 197 Bowery this after- noon. Six more, burned so badly that they will probably die, were removed to various hospitals. The house was a ram- shackle hidden in the middle of the block, the only entrance to it being a narrow alloy from the Bowery. In front of it runs a four-story building, on the first floor of which was a saloon called the White Elephant. Adjoining, this is Harry Miner’s People’s Theatre. In the rear of the burned building were two houses hemming it in on the Christie street side. In this caged-in building lived about 150 people. Each of the six floors was occupied by a single family, the head of which was a tailor, who made clothing for the cheap wholesale clothing houses and employed from fif- teen to twenty men and women and children, in addition to his own family, in making up the clothing. They Were all Polish Jews and the employers and employed worked, ate and slept in the rooms of the dingy teno- ment. The tenants who rented the apartments were 0. Com, 8. Graft and Marks, S. Harris and H. Levine. About 4.15 o'clock this afternoon, while all the occupants of the buildimg were busily at work in the closing hours preceding thcir Sabbath eve, flames broke out in the lower floor. Fire had already gained such head- way that it was in full possession of the stairway, and escape by it seemed impossi- ble. Many of the frightened inmates, however, rushed through the flames into the narrow court with clothes ablaze. Six of them were so severely burned that they were taken to the hospital and may die. There were fire escapes in front and rear of the house, but before any of the inmates had time to escape by them the flames had ascended through the house and were rushing from the windows so that descent by the fire escapes was impossible. One man, already half burned to death, escaped from a fourth-story window and fell, a mangled mass of flesh, in the little courtyard. Others jumped from the second story windows and escaped with bruises. A. H. Sheldon, manager of the People‘s Theatre, on discovering the fire, sent out an alarm and the firemen responred, but when they arriVed the flames already had complete possession of the house and nothing could be done to save it and little to save its inmates. Charles W. Norman, property man of the theatre, with several of his comrades, ran to the roof of the theatre, carrying a ladder, which they stretched over to a window of the burning building. A woman with her hair and clothing already ablaze appeared at the window and Norman called to her to cross over the ladder. She cried back that she could not leave her two children. Norman tried to cross over on the ladder, but the flames drove him back and he could not save her. Afterwards the charred bodies of the mother and two children were found in the building. Three men, however, availed themselves of the ladder and escaped to the roof of. the theatre. When the firemen had at last drowned the flames so that they could enter the houso they searched floor by floor as they ascended and on the third floor they found the burned bodies of a man, a woman and a boy. ()n the fourth floor they found five bodies so badly burned that it was impossible to tell whether they were men or women. On the fifth floor no bodies were found, but on the sixth there lay on the floor five more bodies and they also were burned so that it could not be told whether they were men or women. This made thirteen bodies found in the building. That of the man who escaped from the fifth story wind‘ow increased this list to fourteen, while it is feared the deaths of some, if not all, those in the hospitals will make this number greater. While the firemen were searching the ruins, the cry came that the roof was falling in, and the crackling of timbers was heard. The fire- men did not desert the building, but ran to the windows, where they awaited orders. They shouted to Chief McGill, who was on the roof of a lower house. He climbed a ladder and saw the roof sagging in, and gave orders to prop it up. All the bodie s had not been taken down and until this was done the firemen would not desert the place i l 1 l l 1 I x One of the most pitiful incidents: of the terrible calaminy was the death of Mrs. Graft. In the awful panic she gave birth to a. child and the mother Mid babe were burned to a. crisp. Her two children Ware victims by her side. The Munificent Gift, of John Hodge, m Lockporf, to the Order in New York. A Lockport. N. Y., despatch says : Junior Grand Warden John Hodge, of the State Lodge of Masons.l’1as donated the old Gov. Hunt place in this city, valued at $50,000. to the State Lodge for an asylum. The estate consists of a bountiful slone mansion on an eminence, with lodge, acne of lawn, barns, summervhouees and con- servatories. ’lhere are 80 acres of land. The name of the place is \Vymlliam Lawn. This munificent gift of Mr. Hodge will be greatly appreciated, and may bring the State Asylum to Lockport. Sheol May be in Ohio. A Cincinnati despatch says : Dr. Ernst» Weissenbacher, professor of geology in Heidelberg University, has arrived here, after making a visit of scientific inspection tmthe natural gas well at Findlay. Ohio. The professor says that about 1,200 feet below the city of Findlay lies an immense cavern, several miles long and in some places more than half a mile deep. This is crowded full of gas, which is under a pressure almost inconceivable. Tth come Several strata of rock, perhaps a mile in thickness, and then the great internal fire. The last of the layers, which lies directly over the fires, is melting away. About ten miles from Findlay on either side it is of great thickness, but as it nears the town it grows thinner, the furnace beneath disintegrating and ever lessenng the barrier. From the tremendous crack ing which is to be heard by the sound instrument, it is almost certain that the disintegration is going on with great rapidity, and the professor seems to think that an early. catastrophe is not only possible but probable. If love laughs at locksmiths, he just “ Snickers right out” at bail bonds. Two eloping couples have jumped heir bail and gone on with their surreptitious honeymoon during last week. Men, Women and Children are Faifly Roasted Alive. Seventeen People Burned to I New York Fire Tran ALL ESCAPE CUT OFF. FEARFULLY FATAL FIRE. A MASONIC ASXLUJ". Death 1U 11‘s. Hamel Mi raculnnsly Recovers tho Use of Her Leg. A Lowell, Mass, despatch guys a mimc~ ulous and wall attested instance of faith (:urelms occurred in this city and excited the wonder of all who know the circum- stmnocs. Twelve years ago Mrs. Charles Hump], of this city, then a little girl, con- tracked in sovuro cold which settled in her right knue. Since that time she has been unable to step without a, crutch. The best physioiuns hnvu treated her in vain. Dur- ing her nmrried life she lmu worked hard in domvstic duties and reared four children. Hlu: lr} of u wary religious nature, and has regularly attended the services of the N0- voua- this week at St. Joseph‘s Church, of which she is a. member, going to the church in a. hack. Thursday was the last day of the services, and she attended hiin mass with a determination to end her suf» ferings by prayer. She used her crutch on going to and returning from the commun» ion table, and then knelt in her pew and prayed for relief. At the clone of the ser- vice she arena from her knees: and, leaving,r hur crutch in the pew, walked to the door without usaintunce. Shin flint time her limb has been apparently Wall. and strong. ller case has created great astonishment, and hundreds of people have called upon her to hear her story. The crutch has bwn hung; in front of the: altar of the church. ’l‘he Duke of Aostn, the ex-Ki: g of 81min. and his nime, Princiess Letitia. the only daughter of Prince Nupuluon and l’rlncesu (,llotilJe, will be married in Turin in Septumbcr. A social scnmtion was caused by the announcement that the Duchess had secured one of the most Valuable and interesting pieces of burial ground in all (21‘0sz Britain for tho remains ofher second husband. who diudin 1883, paying $150,000 for the ground alone, and invited from the been urchibeom of. Europe plans for a mausoleum of ciassic style and unpreceâ€" dented grandeur. The Duchess declared that this scpuluhre would exemplify her Mic! ion for ()I'JNVflll‘d, and that it was her imibit‘iv'm 10 misc! the (:t'foi't OfArLe-misiis. Bliss Violet Immcson, daughter of, the great (lrcmnuker, Madame, Ehae,was mar. riud to Lord Beaumont in London on Sm;- urdxw. “'im Indiana Badly Frightened by Hm, Erlipse. A Muskogee, T.T., telegram says: Four thommud blanketed Comanches, ,Kimvss, (lhuycnnus, Ampnhoes and Deluwures were at the Anmlurke agency lust wevk tr) gut thpir rations, when the totul eclipse of the moon occurred. The savages were filled with ulm‘m and became Very demonstra- tive. The principal chief ordered them to shoot at the “ evil thiwg trying to harm the moon,” and the entire force of Indians Opumarl (ire in the ainkeepiugup the shoot- in:: far up wer of an hour and until thvy ware out of mnmlmilion. \Vhen the moon npgwmraul in full, aftm‘ the eclipflp, wild wlmnps went up for what thr-y believed to have lu'wn their Victory. The Dowager Duchess of Montroee was born in 1817, and at the age of 19 married the Duke of Momrose. When he died on December 30m, 1874. at the age of 75, the Duchess was well advanced in years, and had borne the Duke six children, the first of whom was born in 1845 and the last in 1872. \Vithin thirteen inonmha of the Duke’s death Duchuss Caroline married \V. S. Stirling Crmvfurd, of Milton, the culcbruwd owner of successful racers. The Duchuss, in retaliation for the criticisms of t-licMonlrosufmuily, took everyopportunity to display her preference for her second husband. A Parkershurg (W. Va.) despnteh gays : 1t i~i rare, indeed, to record an elopement on foot, but such a. case has just occurred in Jackson county. Miss Hester Tyre, 18 years, in spite of, the opposition of hot pmcntsx decided to marry George Fineld, 15) years. He was a, farm lmnd, and be tween them they only had 131.25. Last Friday they met by appointment and walked fifty miles to the Ohio River,tuking three days for the journey. Crossing the river, a justice united them. The appear- ance of the groom and that of his blushing bride betrayed their pox/(arty, and the jus- tioo declined the piece of silver offered as his fee, and gave the happy young woman a blessing, which he sealed with an oflieinl kiss, and bid them go, and saw that they were ferried back to West Virginia for nothing. Vth on this side, after another fifty miles’ walk, the home of her parents was before them. They footed every step of the way, happy in their new relations, and reached the old homestead this morn- ing to find father and mother, who thought their daughter lost, waiting 9. blessing and a. welcome. ll lmlmml ~ ()1 her luiltril-nonial Yen! urns. 1 l A London cable says 2 On Thursday the I young courts of the church at Fullnun, 11n- l der 3. special license, quietly married the l Dowager Duchess of Montroso, known on lthe turf. as “Mr. Mouton,” to her third l ilquKlld, a brother of Lady Durham. Not l a. whisper of the event had been hoard pre- lviously, for the secret was well kept. It has been the social sensation of the week. The groom was Marcus Henry Milner, a young man of 22, while the bride is in her t 71st year, and she has been married twice l bolero, the first time in 1831'». No woman in London society has a wider or more peculiar ropntation. She doors and says things which nobody else would venture ‘upon. llr'i‘ anecdotes and her jokes are gi'nerally better smted to tho smoking . than the d1‘é£\\'illg room“ and she is‘ very apt to stagger the most hard- ened man of the world by what some of her friends call her “ emancipa- tion from conventionalities.” Other peoople may be hampered by the rules and Obliga- tions of Ordinary life, but the Duchess of Montrose Mknowledgos no such restric- tions. l‘lveryhody knows that the old Duchess titiu'fl a great interost in racing, and is indeed the proud owner of a. stable, her horses running as ” Mr. Mnnton’s.” She likes play actors and everybody, pro- vided they are young and do not belong to her own sex. Naturally, therefore, she generally has a young man or two in her train, and one of them she has chosen for her husband. There is a matter of nearly fifty yonro’ disparity in their ages. But what of that? The Duchess has fully £20,000 a. year. and is nice and lively as a cricket. Urubhod ago and youth can live Very well under such circumstances. Mr. Milner is not the first young man who has married for money. The Downgm‘ nm-hcss of Monlrnse's Third H lmimml ~ ()1 her Mquh-nunial Yen! ll] azmzwmwmmm I{E M AltKA [H.141 FAITH CURB OL’GIIT FOR THE RIOON. VOL XXXI It. \Vas a Long \Valk. OUPID’S VIUTIMS. Transferred and Sent. to Boston From Cutâ€" tuge City. A Cottage City, Mesa, despatch says: The schooner which collided with the steamer Parthian was the Ayr, Captain Fowler, of St. John, bound for New York with a cargo of lumber. The weather at the time of the collision was foggy, and Captain Fowler, of the Ayr, mistook the position of the steamer when she whistled, and headed directly for her. The next instant the Ayr’s bowsprit struck the steamer, snapped and fell off. The Ayr rebounded, struck again and again. At the. third time she struck the l’arthian just at the water line, making a rugged hole about four feet in diameter just amidships in the engineers’ compartment. In a moment every one was on deck, and the wildest con- fusion reigned for a short time. Capt. Nickerson and First Mate Lane showed wonderful coolness, checked the prevailing excitement and controlled the crew. On their assurances of safety, the passengers soon calmed themselves, and nearly all had retired within an hour after the collision. htptain Nickerson headed for Vineyard Haven, where the Parthian was run aground about ll o’clock. This morning at 10 o’clock the tug Confidence an} lighter Oak, of the T Wharf Company, of Boston, transferred the passengers and baggage to Oak Bluffs wharf, Cottage City, and left here on the stomnor Martha’s Vineyard at «1.45 this afternoon. A Mother's Careless Act Atnned for by Her Bravery. A Chicago telegram says : Mrs. J. Nor- man attempted lust evening to replenish the fuel in her little oil stove while the wick was still aflmne. She allowed the oil to run over and it ignited. The flames reached to the ceiling, and Mrs. Norman mixed it pail of water to quench them. This only tended to make matters worse. The blazing oil ran in, streams about the floor and ignited Mrs. Norman’s dress. She hastily rolled herself in a. blanket and extinguished the blazing garments before she was severely burned. Little Clara. Norman, who attempted to put out the fire, also had her clothes ignited. She seizedher baby brother in her arms and was about to rush out with him. The flames had communicated to his clothes and the two would have been burned to a. einderhad not Mrs. Norman caught and wrapped them in the same blanket which had saved her. She then smothered the flames from the burning stove and fell to the iloor exhausted with her efforts. J<‘m~tunatcly all three escaped With a few slight burns, which will soon heal. Sixteen Silk hIilIs Employees Make an Exciting Scene. A \\'ill§esbnrro despetch says: The silk mills in South \Vilheelmrre were the scene of 2m unusqu and exciting ineldent yester- day afternoon. One of the young women employed there was taken with an epileptic fit. She fell to the floor and the other girls gathered around and became most alarmed and excited. Suddenly one of them gave a wild shriek and fell over in violent hyster~ ice. The excitement increased, and in a. minute or so another young woman was seized with hysteria. The girls were now almost wild with nervous excitement, and one after another was seized with hysteria convulsions. Their cries and struggles as they lay quivering on the floor combined to make the scene an extraordinary and excit- ing one. Sixteen of the girls were thus prostrated. Medical aid was summoned, and the girls were revived and sent home. “ From this time on I began to gain strength, and by helping my rescuers the time passed quicker than one would sup- pose. \Vhen my feet, which are badly swollen, are better, and I dare em a square meal, I will be all right.” Proud Father (displa‘yir‘ng twins to Mr. Oldboykâ€"W‘lmt do you think of them, old fellow 7 “ About the sxxth day I felt something crawling on my hand and found it to be a fly. I thought by this that an opening had been made from above. I was correct, for soon a. wet mg was passed to me. In reachng it to me it became covered with sand, but; no honey ever mstml better than that wet mg. Somn a bottle of water and a piece of bread Were given me and I was truly thankful. Mr. Oldboy (who doesn’t care for babies) ~Not bad, Jinks, not bad. Erhare you going to try to misc ’em both. “ Then,” said a Boston reporter in his fine Athenian style, when reporting the laying of a corner-stone, “the holy priest, with impressive ceremony, blessed the stone in a solemn manner, which was 31 inches long, 17 wide and 13 deep.” “By having a. good Supply of chewing tobacco I did not suffer so much for food as might have been expected. From the beginning I could hear considerable that was said and done above. I heard the Waggon when it started to town for lumber and heard some one say the man is dead and the order given to try and pull my box out. W'hen they began to pull I knew there was great dangerof the boards giving way and crushing me, and for my own safety and to give evidence of being alive, I out the ropes and heard the exciting talk that prevailed when it was discovered that I was alive. It was music to me and from that Limo on 1 was hopeful of being rescued. John Anderson Tells of His Dreadful Experience in the "Well. A Jolmstown, Neb , dcsputch says : John Anderson,who was imprisoned in a. Well nine drin and was released on Saturday, says that when the boards and sand closed in over him he was crowded into a box about two feet Square and with not enough room for him to stand erect. He could not geton his kneesor sit down, but had to stay in n. crouching position during the whole, of his imprisonment. About the first three days,” said Anderson, “ I got along very wall, but after that I began to want water badly. The fourth day when it rained I heard What I thought was water slowly dropping. Fooling nroundil found it, and holding my mouth open managed in this way to get about a dozen drops of water, which gave me much relief. I had no difficulty in breathing until the well below me some so near being; filled by sand occasionally coming in, caused by the diggers above. I had breathed the air over so much that it ‘ had become impure, causing me to feel a. smothering sensation, but about this time the rescuers got near enough to let in air from above. I SAVED BY PRESENCE OF RIINI). ma!de 1m TH E J’A HkaI I A N ’S PASS ENGERS DAYS AND NIGHTS 0F AGON A CORNER 0N HYSTEKICS. RICHIVIOND HILL THURSDAY, AlfGrUST 16, 1888. He \Vnuld Try. “One of the most comical things I’ve ever heard was told me in the Caucasus,” said Dudley Winston, the young man who accompanied his father on the mission to Persia. “ It was in Tiftos, the capital of Georgia. You know, there’s an American store thereâ€"a big place of business, where all sorts of ‘ Yankee notions’ are dealt out at enormous profits to the natives. I dropped in there. One of the objects of interest to which the Russian salesman directed my special attention was a patent potato peeler. ‘Dees instrument,’ he said, ‘ees medd by ze faymoos ’ouse of Pat Aug.’ I was astonished. ‘What house did you say?’ ‘Ze faymoos ’ouse of Pat Aug.’ ‘Never heard of it,’ I said; ‘I guess you are mistaken.‘ ‘Meestaken? Nosare. Ihave often heard of ze ’ouse, and I have often seen ze name of 26 ’ouse. I vill show him to you now. Oh, it is a firm which enjoys great fame here.’ And with that he looks for a specimen potato- peeler and brings one out. ‘ Zare, sare,‘ he says, ‘ees ze nameengraved in ze metal. See I’ I burst out laughing until my sides ached. There was the legend , ‘ Pat. Aug. 17th, 1873.' And the ‘ Pat. Aug.’ part of it he had taken to be the firm’s name. I found that this potato-peeler was famous under the name of ‘ Pat. Aug.’ all over the Caucasus.” When the Princess of Wales opened the royal naval and military bazaar she was dressed in navy blue silk, with'nlwmx bands of scarlet on the’bodice and some touches of red visible on the skirt. The young Princesses Victoria and Maud, simply dressed in brown tailor-made costumes, were with their mother. The King of Sweden was on his last birthday the recipient of a pretty little letter from a Swedish girl 6 years of age, who, beginning her epistle “ Dear King,” informed him that as his birthday coincided with her own she had written in order to congratulate him, particularly as she “ loved her dear king so very much.” He wrote back: "I thank the little Miss S. A., 6 years of age, for her letter of con- gratulation on my birthday, which is also here. May she become a good woman, and thus afford pleasure to her King Oscar.” The letter was accompanied by a handsome gold bangle. A curious story anent the Japanese Emperor’s opinion of dancing is told by the Tokio Dempn. That journal relates that recently a minister of state, While in audience, touched upon the subject of dancâ€" ing, whereupon his majesty expressed the opinion that the prevalence of such a voluptuous custom was a. sure indication of the decay of the nation. The State Minister in question, hearing his majesty express such strong views on the subject, upon retiring from his presence immediately gave private orders to those engaged in the construction of the new palace to dismantle the dancing saloons in the new building, which was already completed. The Queen of Italy on recent occasions received guests seated in the chair of state just undera picture of her husband, the king. She was dressed in a severe robe of black velvet, which showed off her mag- nificent pearl necklace to the greatest advantage. On the recent 70th birthday of the King of Denmark hie daughter-in-law, the Prin» cess Waldemar, presented to him a piece of embroidery made by herself representing in heraldic fashion the coats of arms of the principal members of the imperial and royal families of Russia, England, Hanover and Orleans, who have become united to that of His Majesty. Its Proprietor Says he Coins Money from Dirt. A Boston despatch says : There is a. man in Melrose who claims to have discovered the art of coining money out of dirt, and he has been doing it some time. The busi» ness has been conducted in such a myste- rious manner as to attract the attention of the secret service officials, but they have left his retreat mystified, but satisfied that he is not breaking the laws. The man’s name is C. H. Washburn, and his inventive genius has enabled him to manufacture aluminum from ordinary clay. He keeps the method a profound secret, yet the facts have leaked out. For two years this mys- terious work has been conducted at Red Mills, but none of the town’s citizens have obtained the slightest hint of what is going on. Those in charge of the experiments are extrmnoly reticent. It may be spoken of, however, as the “ atomic theory,” or the disintegration of one substance and the formation of another by a new combina- ‘ tion of atoms. This combination has been secured by the action of certain chemicals. traying the secret, and transport them to the factory, has been one of most diflicult features of Washburn’s secret, yet he has done it successfully, and only the capitalists backing the inventor know how it is done. This mysterious shipping of chemicals and boxes With their unknown contents attracted the attention of the Government officials who are on the lookout for counterfeiters. 1 ton was the first outsider to force his way within the barred door, and he found noth- ing, as Washburn and his assistants were engaged in a legitimate experiment. Government agent, after a careful examin- ation, concluded there was no cause for him to interfere. Mr. Washburn is 40 years old. After iive minutes’ converse.» tion one is unlikely to soon forget him. “ People think all sorts of things of me,” he said. " Some imagine I am a counter- feiter, others that I illegally carry on a still. You might go to my laboratory now, and you would see nothing to shed light on what I’m doing. The secret is not to be discovered, but it is big enough to revolu- tionize commerce by and by. Why, I use water for fuel, and that is only oneof many wonderful things I can do. It's too early to say anything yet. In two months I expect to have all in readiness, and then the public shall be enlightened." VVashburn has the backing of prominent capitalists in Boston. He was formerly in charge of the Government secret service. To purchase these chemicals without be- , the , Detective Can- x The ' Accrding to the latest Parliamentary returns, $7,500,000 was received for beer licenses in England last year, and as an indication of where the profits go it is announced that Lord Lansdowne has just sold three of his finest pictures. two Rem- brandts and a Cuyp, for $250,000, to Sir Arthur Guinness, who has made his money in brewing beer.â€"-Bost0n Herald. The Prince of \Vales is going to Bublin. It is said that Mr. Gladstone has madehim a good Home Ruler. Beer is King in the Motherland All Americans Know Him. A NIYSTERIOUS CONCERN Royal Flushes. Hehry V 1. died in prison by nmans known then only to his jmler, and now only in heaven. Coffee should always be made at home, if possible, meaning by this ‘to grind it at home and keep it in ajerfialoscly sealed. Soyer’s method is excellent: To make a pint, put two ounces in a stewpan, set it dry upon a. moderate lire, stirring with a wooden spoon continually until the coffee is quite hot, but not theileast burnt. Pour overa pint of boiling Water, cover close, and let it stand by the fire, not to boil, for five minutes; then strain it through a cloth or piece of thick gauze, rinse out the stewpan, place the coffee agiiin on the lire, and, when nearly boiling, serve with hot milk, if for breakfast, but with a. drop of cold cream or milk if for dinner. French fashion orders a. pint of coffee made as directed, then add a. pint; of boiling milk, warm both together until nearly boiling, and serve. This is for breakfast. Black coffee without milk is preferred after din- ner. \Villinm the Conqueror divd from enor- mous fat. from drink, and from the violence of his passion} r Henry IV. is said to have died of “fits caused by uneasiness," smrl uneasiness in palaces in those times was a very common complaint. For the dessert, fi‘uits-fmppes may be made of vanilla ice cream lining the mold Fill the centre with fresh berries or fruit cut in slices, cover closely and put it. in the freezer for half an hour, with ice and salt packed closely mound iii. Strawberries and ripe peaches are very good prepared in this way. The fruit must only he chilled, not frozen. William Rufus died Hm death of the poor stage which he hunted. Henry 11. died of a hrolmn heart, 00» casioned by the bud conduct of hisehildron. George I. died from drunlwnnesfi, which his physicians kindly called an npopluctic lit. VVillinm III. died of consnmplivu habim of body and from thestumhling of his horse. Edvéard III. died of dotsgofand 1H:;}V);1»):t1‘ III. of starvationâ€"4110 very reverse of Gegrge IY. Geofge II. died of a rupture of the heart, which the periodicals of that day termed a Visitation of God. Richard Coeur do. Lion, like the animal from which his heart was named, died by an arrow from an archer. Edward II. was barbarously and inâ€" decently murdered by rufflpms emyloyed by his own wife and pnmmour. Henry V. isvfiaid to have died of a “pain ful affliction, prematurely.” Husband (to Wife) fi])o you believe in the theory that the greatneas of a father often proves a. atumbling block to the advanc- ment of his son in life? \Vife~-I certainly do. I am thankful, John, our boy will never be handicapped in that way. Hus- bandâ€"Oh! , A marrow pudding is made with lmlf a pound of lady’s finger cakes. a. quarter of a pound of beef marrow chopped line, a quarter of a. pound of Well-cleaned currantfi, half an ounce of candied lemon peel, n little dash of nutmeg, a tablespoonle of powdered sugar,‘ 8. snlnspoonfnl 01 salt, and a wineglassful of wine or brandy ; put these on 9. dish and fill up with custard, having previously put a border of paste on the edge of the dish. It will be ready to serve in half an hour. John died, nobady knows how, but; it is Bil-if! fromighagrin. Edward I. is Mm said to 17:1 va died of a “natural sickness.” One of the most important things in serving fish for the first course at dinner is to see that it is hot and served immeâ€" diately when ready. The add1ti0n of salt to Water in which fish is boiled seasons the fish and at the same time hardens the water so that it extracts loss of the nutri. tious part of the fish. Abuked salmon, trout or pickerel should be placed upon Something raised from the bottom of the pan to prevent burning, such as a piece of perforated tin or muflin rings. Frequently fish is baked to form a ring, cooked slowly, and busted frequently with melted butter and a. little water. A large coffee cupful of cream, adding to it two spoonfuls of boiling water, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and u littlu buuquut of [)llrslmy, must be stirred in, the whole heated together in a, basin of boiling Witter, and then poured over the fish which is in the hot dish. Served with lobster or shrimp sauce or plain melted butter with fresh sprigs of parsley boiled fora few minutes in it greatly adds to its flavor. There is much similarity between ancient and modern convivial customg ; our man- ner of filling glasses, pledging present and absent friends, the distribution of different Wines, do not differ so very much from the ancients. Generally at entertainments among the French Wine has an admixture of water, exceptingimmediately aiter soup, when it is drunk pure. Liquors may be regarded as identical with the goblet or cup of sweet wine introduced at a Greek feast. Pmeapples steeped in arraok impart an exquisite flavor to the spirit, and by age it becomes a delicious liquor, which is un‘ rivaled for making neolarial punch. Little fancy biscuitsAand their name is legion- Such as \viquwieback, walnut, spice nuts, cream leaves, Brunswick and a host of others, are appropriate to serve with wines of all sorts. 1* When Queen Elizabeth paid her second 'Visit to the Earl of Leicester, in 1775,21 temporary bridge of 70 feet in length and 20 feet wide was thrown across a valley to the great gate of the castle, and on each side stood columns hung with the offerings of seven of the deities to Her Majesty. Slyvanus offered two cages of wild fowls, Pomona two large siqur bowls filled with apples, pears, oranges, lemons and pomegranates; Ceres presented two silver bowls containing barley, wheat and oats. Bacchus gave “ two silver lyvery pots ” filled with wine' and grapes in clustersmboth White and reflâ€"as his offer- ing. Neptune presented a large plate strewed with fresh grass and containing various sorts of sea. fish. Mars offered the habiliments of war, and l’liwbus gave musical instruments of various descrip-‘ tions. During the seventeen days of the Queen‘s stay at lionilworth, to prove the Earl‘s hospitality “ the clok bell sang not a note While Her Highness woz thear; the clok stood also still with all; the hands stood firm and fast, always pointing at 2 o’clok," which was the banquet hour. It is impossible to describe all the festivities, but it may be added that the quantity of beer drunk amounted to 320 hogsheads. With a Pleasing Preliminary Penâ€"Picture to “Iarln the Iluuginmrinn. “ How insignificant and tame,” exclaims a. Writer in the New York Erwin/1 Post, “seem the entertainments of the present day in comparison with those of the past.“ Then he cites this curious example : PALAT J-TIUI{LING I). TIES. Notable Causes of Death. \VIIOLE N0 1,566 NO. ’7. Ecuador, with about one million inlmhi- mum, has only 47postâ€"0fiicas, but they are so wider distributed that it requires a mail carriage of 5,389 miles to reach them all~v72 miles by canons 511165.317 by homes and mules. About 500 miles of the sim- board is also covered by foreign steamship mail service. Between Quito and Guayaquil there are two mails each way weekly by couriersfithe usual time one way, travelling day and night, being six days. Other sections of the country are loam fa VOI‘HL the receipts and departure of mails mugging from once it week to once 11 month, as people happen to be going. Philaflelphia expects to spend at least $100,000 in nniforming its campaign clubs. The parades, it is said, are going to be larger than ever before, and the style of uniform to be worn will be more elaborate and expensive than those in past years The prices of uniforms range from 75 cents to 35. Large sums will also be spnnt in flambenux, banners, etc. A dealer in that city has patented a torch. “ I take no stock in these sentimental reformations. They seldom outlast the honeymoon. My ideal was not long in finding another angel, for whose sake he reformed. A year after their marriage she was the most miserable creature I over knew. He died a. gambler and she a. sorrow stricken Wlffl and mother. I would say to all young ladies: Have no ideals, but resolve to marry none but honest, indus» trions, sober, manly men. Study to make yourselves fitting companions for such men, and you will have no trouble in find- ing such. My ideal man haunts me still ; yet when I see one that resembles him I shudder and shut my eyes. So great was my surprifie, and so bitter my disappoint- ment when my ideal vanished, that I never have had the heart to think again of mar riage.”~Cur. Pittsburg Gazette. J M” I VVVVV “ 1 am an old man ,” writes a. correspon» (lent, “ or at least 1 am classed with this set. My years fully justify the younger public in giving me a back seat. “ I had an ideal. S0 fully was I im- pressed with the idea that a, tall, dark- lmirerl, handsome man would come to me that I would not allow myself to care for any one of the many gentleman who were anxious to become my suitors. \Vell, he cmno one day, and I was certain that he had been Rent by my good angel. I loved him at sight, and would have married him within a month. It was not longhowever, until 1 found that he drank and gambled nnd did many other wrong things. Then I gathered all my strength and said no. He lll'Oll‘llSGd to reform for my sake, but again I: said no. If he would not reform for his own sake and from principle he would not reform permanently for me. He did these things because it was in him to do them. How women do differ in regard to the kind of men they “unit to marry. Indeed, there seems to he very few who have sucâ€" ceedcd in getting the one fancy had painted for them. No doubt they all had their minds made up to marry anideal, but when their fates came along the ideal was for- gotten, and is only recalled as rm idle fancy. With {some it may be more serious. For ingtunue, them who abandoned their ideals and mm‘riud rakes or worthless creaturesm the guise of men. These unfortunates often recall the husbands they had in the mind’s eye or the worthy young man whom they had snubbed because they were poor. H 1 fl ,1 I \ n v Mach female produces viviparously from forty to sixty young at a birth. The haunts of the. creature are in many cases maccossihle, inexplorablo ; its multiplica- th'H is prodigiouu ; it is only the surplus of its swarming that overpours into the cane fields, and nmkes tho high roads perilous after sunset, yet to destroy three or four hundred thnna’iophidia on a single planta- tion during the lapse of twelve n'lontlis has not been uncommon. The introduction of the mangouste (the iohnenmon) may, it is hoped, do much toward protecting the workers in the cane fields and on the cocoa and coffee plantations, but the mangousto’s powers: are limited’, and the ocean oi death is illiniimble.â€"â€"Hm‘pcr .9 Monthly. a ‘ The w ,l'ew heartâ€"beats the stricken llesh chills, 'l‘erribiy Venomous Serpent That Lurks in the Tropics. There are eight varieties of him (the for- dc-lance), the most common being the gray speckled with. black, precisely the color that enables the monster to hide himself among the roots of the trees by simply coiling; about them and concealing his triangular head. Sometimes he is a beauti- ful flower yellow ; then he may never be distinguished from the bunch of bright bananas among which he hangs coiled ; or he may be a dark yellow or a yellowish brown, or the color of wine lees speckled with pink and black, or a perfect ash tint, or black with a yellow belly, or black with a rose bellyâ€"all hues of tropical mould, of old bark, of putrefying trees, of forest detritus. The iris of the eye is orange, with red flashes ; at night it glows like incandescent charcoal. And the ferâ€"de- lance reigns absolute king over the moun- tains and the ravines; he is lord of the forests and the solitudes by day, and by night he extends his dominion over the pub- llc roads, the familiar paths, theparks and pleasant resorts. l’eople must remain at home after dark unless they dwell in the city itself ; if you happen to be out visiting after sunset, only a mile from town, your friends will caution you anxiously not to follow the boulevard as you go back, and to keep as closely as possible to the very cent-re of the path. Even in the brightest noon you cannot venture to enter the woods unescorted ; you cannot trust your eyes to detect danger; at any moment a seeming branch, a bunch of llanas, a pink or gray root, a clump of. pendant yellow fruit, may suddenly take life, writhe, swell, stretch, spring, strike. Then you will need aid, and most quickly ; for within the space of tumeiies, softens, changes color, spots violuceously and an icy coldness crawls through all the blood. If the physician or the fill/[KENT arrives in time and no artery or vein has been directly pierced there is hope; but the danger is not passed when the life has been saved. Necrosis of the tissues begins ; the llesh corrupts, batters, tumbles from the bone, and the colors of its putrefaction are frightful inoekeries of the hues of vegetable death, of forest decomposition, the ghastly pinks and greys and yellows of rotting trunks and roots melting back into the thick fetid clay that gave them birth. You moulder as the trees moulder ; you crumble and dissolve as dissolves the substance of the balatas and the palms and the acomatsâ€"the Death-ofâ€"the-VVoods has seized upon you. And this pestilence that walketh in darkness, this destruction that \vasteth at noonday, may not be exercised. Wamhâ€"‘evâ€"bfi mmmmfimwmmmwumamm The Husbands l‘hey Luck For. Post-(Hike Scarcity. ITS TOUCH IS DEATH. Curious Ignorance. In a case recently tried before Lord Cole- ridge, and involving the old Protestant- Catholic quarrel as to the right to the custodyof children, the evidence was curious because exemplifying the vagueness of many poor persons in their notions of religious observance, if not of religions be- lief. The mother of the children was brought up a Wesleyan Methodist, but she occasionally attended a Catholic chapel, and she had sent for a priest on her deathâ€" bed. By the oldest child’s own admission, all her brothers and sisters were baptized as Roman Catholics. Yet some of them went to the Wesleyan Sunday school. The father knew that they went there, and himself occasionally dropped in at the parish church, while the mother and elder sisters took their choice of the Wesleyan chapel or the barracks of the Salvation Army. Another sister, the oldest child, a member of the Salvation Army, sometimes attended the Roman Catholic service, and sometimes Wesleyan, and while showing great solicitude for the “Protestant re- ligion,” admitted that she had never heard of the 39 articles. Another witness, when asked whether he was a Roman Catholic or a Protestant, said he did not belong to either Church, but he was a Protestant “as far as that goes.” All this would seem to show that, in matters of religion, many humble souls are a good deal more solicit- ous about things than about names. “ One day Hester received a sealed packet containing all her letters to Arthur. Among them was one in a. hand resembling here, but which she had never written. It pro- fessed to be a. withdrawal of her plighted truth. For a moment she seemed stunned as by a sudden blow. For the best of all reasons; she had written it herselfâ€"her motive being jeal- ousy, she having long secretly loved Arthur Ringgold, and having divined, with her woman’s wit, the truth as to his relations with Hester Lisle. Susan’s subsequent conduct is explained by the hatred she bore Kate Preston for the latter’a share in Arthur’s and Hester’s courtship. “1 Come ?’ she cried, as soon as she recovered speech, ‘ let us go at once and set right this cruel deception.’ “ Doubt me, if you will, but cast no re- flection on the memory of the dead. The woman who pledged her faith to Arthur Ringgold, and kept it to the last, was my cousin, Hester Lisle. The relative with whom we both lived was Hester’e guardian, who, having planned for her a. different match. would never have consented to her marrying Arthur ; so, to enable the two to meet, it was arranged that Arthur should pretend that his visits were meant for me, which gave rise to a. rumor, I have heard, that he was my suitor instead of hers. “ At the same moment came the terrible news of her lover’s tragic death, and before many weeks she had followed him to the grave. Hitherto I have kept her secret, and would not now divulge it, but to pro~ tth memorial: “ You say you return my love,” he mur- mured, in a. voice shaken with emotion ; “ the same was said asearnestly, no doubt, to Arthur Ringgold, by one who broke her troth and drove him to despair and death!" “Thank Goal" Reginald exclaimed, shaping: Kate to his breast, for he knew her words were true. One day Reginald lost his self-command, and uttered words~wild, passionate, in- coherent wordsâ€"that drove the blood from Kate Preston’s cheeks, and then brought it back again with a. burning rush. The next thing she knew her hand was clasped in his as she leaned sobbing on his shoulder. Reginald was conscious that he had her love, and that in spite of himself he had given her his. The moment had come when, at the cost of a. pang to his own heart, he might crush the deceiver of his friend. Should he strike or forgive ‘2 3 Kate looked up wonderirfgly, and draw- ing back, said, with calm djgnity : “ But how came reader will ask, “ to letter ‘2" More than once Reginald was on the point of casting aside Susan Lowry’e story andjudging Kate for himself. One thing alone restrained him. Inquiry had con- firmed Susan’s story by placing the fact beyond question that a. close intimacy had existed between Kate and Arthur King gold for some time before the latter’s death. To add to his perplexity, he fancied he could perceive growing indications of in- terest, on the part of Kate, in his compan- ionship. Was she really beginning to care for himY or was she practicing the same deceit that had lured his friend to destruc~ tion ? Which had most to do with impelling him to continue his acquaintance with Miss Preston in is hardly likely he could himself have told. At any rate the ac- quaintance grow and ripened, while every day revealed to Reginald some new grace and charm, Whose influence he might have found it difficult to resist but for the anti‘ dots of Susan Lowry’s secret. Preston’s surpassing beauty ; the other, of Susan Lawry’s plan of punishment. The more he dwelt upon the former, and felt its power, the more resentment drove him to brood over the latter. And well might be ask the question, for marvellous as was Kate Preston’s beauty more than half its charms lay in the ex: pmssion of truth and purity which shone in every feature. For 'dnys afterward Reginald was haunted by two phoqghts. One was Kate “ Can it be,” he could not help saying to himself, as, from time to time, he stole glances at his partner’s face, "that treachery can lurk beneath a look so guileless 7” Reginald Payn had hardly time to re- cover his composure when the next quad- rille was called. With studied politeness he led Kate Preston to her place, and, in the intervals of the dance, addressed to her the customary commonplacee in a. manner so little indicative of his real feelings that he was amazed at his own hypocrisy. “ Then kecpvyour engagement or it will excite suspicion,” and Miss Lowry glided away into the crowd. “And I am engaged to dance next set with her!” he replied, shudfler of disgust. “ 1 will tell you if you give me your word of honor to keep it secret,” said Miss Lowry, looking around uneasily. “ I promise,” he said in a low voice. “ It was Kate Preston !” she whispered, in his ear. “ 1 should like to know that wretched woman’s name,” said Reginald, gritting his teeth sayggelyfi. “ I can tell you,” said Miss Lowry “ for I am one of the few in the secret. Arthur was deeply in love and became engaged to a. certain young lady. One day she wrote him a. cruel letter breaking off the match Without any woni of excuse. The shock of this rejection so unsettled his mind that he killed himself.” “He was my dearest friend," he said sadly. “I would give anything to know Why he was a suicide.” Reginald’s face clouded over. He had heard the terrible news of the day of his return that his dearest friend, Arthur Ringgold, had taken his life, and the reason for the act was unknown. ” Arthu} Ringflold found he} more than that,” said Miss Lowry. “I am told she is {at teyriblg cognettef‘ “ She is a veryv attractive young lady," he murmured, looking in the direction of a beautiful gig _Who ya? damping. “Well, how did you like Miss Preston ‘2" said Susan Lowry, as she walked around the ball-room on Reginald Payn’s arm. He had been away from home several years and she was telling him the news. A SECRET TOLD. Susan Lowry,” the know of the forged in the with a.