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A'Nisgara Falls despateh says : Another life came near being added yesterday to the already long list of Niagara’s victims. Joseph R. Wilson, an Englishman, now residing in Charvmont, Philadelphia. and stopping with his wife at the Prospect House, took a carriage yesterday morning for a drive to the whirlpool. As they were walking along the edge of the pool Mr. Louis Sinclair, of Daydann, Netherall Gardens, South Hampstiad, England, passed them, left the path and scrambled over some rocks below the pathway. He was so ambitious to obtain anucobstrucied view that he jumped on a large rock a few feet out in the river, not aware oi the treacherous nature of the current. He had, no sooner gained his position than the water boiled up about him and had risen, above his knees, threatening to sweep him‘ away. The situation was terrible. The poor man was spell-bound. Mr. Wilson rushed to the rescue. He pulled off his overcoat, twisted it and threw one end to Sinclair, who caught it and was pulled ashore. The excitement was so great that congratulations were not thought of. Mr. Sinclair returned to his hotel, changed his clothes and called on Mr. Wilson at the Prospect House to sincerely thank him for his deliverance. He said no one at that terrible moment could imagine his feelings. He never expected to see his wife and three children again. Mrs. Wilson is ill from the excitement. Awreok has been discovered at Lawn Point. It is the brig Louis, from Gran- ville, Ftance, bound to St. Pierre. All the crew are supposed to be lost. Parts of the vessel’s boats were found in the cove near the wreck. Her maetheede are just out of water and close tovthe cliff. Some of the clothing belonging to one of the crew has been found tied with a. man’s belt to the top of the mast. No bodies have yet been seen. It is supposed that the men must have been on the masts, the vessel sinking too suddenly for them to launch and man the boats. The Newfoundland schooner Margaret M. became a. total wreck yester- day near Little Lorraine. She was from St. John‘s, Newfoundland, bound to Syd- ney. At the time it was very foggy, with heavy sea. The 0. P. R’s. New Railway Scheme in the United Staten. A Detroit despatch says: A railway project, startling [or its magnitude. and yet one which has been for sometime entertained by its projectors, has been put upon its feet by the Wabash management. To-dny surveyors have started on the pro- liminory survey of a new route. straight west from Montpelier, 0., to Chicago, which will make the shortest line from Detroit to the metropolis cf the west. Ample funds have been secured to con. struct the new road, which will reach a maximum cost of $2,500,000. When the road is completed it will belong to the Wabash Railroad, although it is thought the Canadian Pacific is one of the backers of the great project. This route lies nearly in a. bee line from Montpelier, through Northern Ohio and Northern Indiana, until Lake Michigan is approached, when it deflects northerly to reach Chicago. The Wabash is built to Montpelier from Detroit. Montpelier is 9. station on the Butler Road, as the Detroit connection of the Wabash is called. When completed, the new road will extend 150 miles from Montpelier and make a continuous line of 272 miles from Detroit. The line of the Michigan Central measures 285 mileo, leaving a distance of thirteen miles in favor of the new route in point of length. This great qcrk. when finished, wzllhring .2 large extent of territory in Indiana tribut- ary to Detroit in the WW of trade, and also add a small fraction of Ohio. A despatch from Bonavieta says: The schooner Advance, with no fish, arrived from the bunks. She presents apitisble appearance. having iosh hsrboweprit, jib- boom and cutwater. In fact. everything forward of the bulkheast has been carried away. The disaster occurred by a collision witha. French banker. The Frenchmen barbaroualy treated the crew of the Advance. Instead of rendering or even offering assistance the Frenchmen flung at the Newfoundlandera iron balaying pins and everything else capable of being used by them as gnissiles. A French Schooner Carrles Of! an Officer-â€" Brutal Treatment of a Wrecked Schooner’s CreWâ€"â€"I.ost at Sea. A despstch from Channel, Nfldl, says: Another French outrage, on the way to the soâ€"oalled French shore, has been com- mitted. A daring French captain named Bischell, of the schooner Marie. while cominginto Port au Basque last Friday, carried a poor old man’s net away. As the occurrence was witnessed by many, the owner went on board to seek recompense, and was nearly carried out of existence. Then the Magistrate was appealed to. He promptly issued a summons which was served on Bischell, but he did not appear. Judgment by default was given against him, and a warrant for his arrest issued. The constable promptly boarded the vessel with a warrant while the ohooner was under way, but so far Bischell is gone with sum- mons, warrant and constable. The Magis- trate telegraphed the facts to the com- mander of the Indre and also the Govern- ment. ’l‘he former replied that the matter would be investigated; People ‘Vho Exist on Pills. Recent investigation has shown that the people of Great Britain swallow over ’ 5,500,000 pills daily, or one pill a week for ovary person in the population. The pill consumption for one year would weigh 178 tons, and would fill 36 freight oars, which it would take two powerful locomotives to pull. Placed in a row the pills would reach nearly 6,500 miles, or from Liverpool to New York and buck again. Narrow Escape ofa. Philadelphia Man from Death in the Niagara. A New York Central Freight House and Contents Destroyed. An Albany despatoh of last night says : One of the quickest, hottest and most ex- citing fires of recent years occurred here to-night in the burning of one of the New York Central freight houses near the river. About 7.15 people all over the city heard a deep, dull booming report, and almost instantly a great cloud of thick black smoke, ‘ flame and sparks shot a hundred feet into the air. A moment later the alarm wasi given on the whistles of all the steamboate‘ and locomotives within sight, and within two minutes the bells were calling the fire department to the scene. The burning building was the middle one of three and was of wood. The other two are new brick structures and were only scorched. How the fire started is amyetery ; but the blaze is generally attributed to some form of spontaneous combustion. When first dis, covered it was a small blaze, but before the alarm could be given the fire reached the oil barrels and the explosion occurred. Within three minutes the building was a mass of roaring fire. It is impossible to get any accurate idea of the loss. No one can tell to-night whet consignments there were in the house, but they are roughly estimated at $100,000. Francis James, who was killed bya 'wounded elephant in the Gaboon country, was a most adventurous traveler in the Dark Continent. He was only 38 and conducted all his expeditions at his om: expense. â€"â€"A sick 03% is not even up to the scratch. NEWFOUNDLAN D’S TBODB L]! S. A TE BILLING EXPERIENCE. T0 BOOM: DEI‘ROI'K‘. {Stanley Doesn’t Like the Way England Deals with African Questions. A London cable says : Mr. Stanley made some trenchant remarks on England and Germany in Africa last night at the ban. gust tendered him by the London Chamber of Commerce. Speaking of his travels. he remarked that in 1870 it was reported that Dr. Livingstone was lost, and the New York Herald sent the speaker to find him. He (Stanley) did so, and returned to Zanzibar and England. What was done? They said he was an imposter, sensationalist and forger, but time disproved these accusa- tions, and Livingstone’s last journals proved that he (Stanley) had done What he had said, but because he was a more jour- nalist and a penny-a-liner it was supposed that all penny-a-liners were sensationalists. In 1874 he was sent back again to Africa. Stanley then described his travels, and pointed out that although so much had been done by English travellers to open the dark regions of Mioa‘yet this country failed to take advantage 0! their discoveries. In a bantering manner Stanley spoke of the great interest the Germans had manifested in the flora and fauna of Africa, Whilst on the part of this country there was an indifference as to what actually was occurring. A number of his friends, however. had come together to try and do something in regions which they had said should be the English part or a portion of the British possessions some time. They had raised a capital of half a million, but What was the consequence? Instead of being permitted to make a road which, without deviating to the right or to the left, should go straight to the promised land, they were compelled to squander some thousands of pounds in fighting the Government. If it were merely a ques- tion of rivalry between the English and German company he should not mind; but when the Government backed up the German company it was not a fair fight, and that capital which would have made the railway right up to Victoria. Nyanm would be wasted, instead of people. in two years‘ time, being able to take tickets to Victoria Nyanzs, (Laughter). For the money there would be nothing to show except a bushel of treaties; but to the Germans there was nobody to say even " boo." He could speak very forcibly, but he was restrained. if the fairest portion of Africa were to be given up to others and only the sterile lands be left, he would be one of the first to advise the British company to retire. He thought he had said enough, a word to the Wise was enough, and he hoped they would remem- ber and ponder over the suggestions in what he had said. Tests of the Spencer Military Air Ship in London, England. A London cable says : During the past week the Spencer wsr balloon made several ascents from the grounds of the Roysl Military exhibition at Chelsea. On each of mess economize the company inoluaieli your correspondent, and his experienees (3,000 feet in the clouds have attracted great attention. Yesterdey the famous balloon made another ascent, and again your cor- respondent hud e seat inthe basket. When the balloon started out a high wind was blowing, and aft-ei- traveling several miles the whole concern became unmanageable and was finally driven against a stupendous tree at Henley‘on-the-Themes. where the balloon wee torn to pieces, and the occu- pnnts narrowly escaped sudden death. They had to slide down the trail rope at a distance of 80 feet from the ground, after having been knocked and tossed about in space for several minutes. A Cleveland deepetch says : A rein etorm, much in the nature of a cloudburst, swept over north-western Pennsylvania yeeterduy,dcing much damage w propcrty. At Corry, the streets were converted into rivers, in some places two feet deep, tearing up sewers and washing out the roads. The railroad yards were completely inundated, the floods washing some of the side tracks. At one time the water between the Wells- Fargo and American Express office and First avenue was six feet deep, flooding both offices and the large platform on both sides of the Union depot, the water reaching the waiting-rooms. The railroads east and west of the city sustained serious damage. The valley from Corry to Irvinton, a die- tanoe or twenty miles, is a. complete lake of water from one to three miles wide. The logs will probably reach over $100,000. The highways in the surrounding country are nearly impassable, and it will be a week [before travel can be resumed. A Springfield, 0., despstch says: Wil- liam H. Duneter, a resident of Russia for thirty years, and present American Vice- Consul-Geneml at b‘t. Petersburg, is in the city. He takes a. decided issue with George Kennan, Whom he calls a sensationalist given to exaggeration. He said yesterday : “ I heard Kennan recently in his lecture on the Siberian exiles. Some oi his portraits thrown on canvas were of women who had plotted against the Government, and who were exiled in consequence. He made no mention of the fact that they were Anar- chists. Kennan is utterly wrong in his attempt to influence the American mind by exaggerating the evils and criticizing the methods of the Russian Government for its protection. Why, he has got Americans nervous about going to St. Petersburg or travelling through Russia. St. Petersburg is a sale, admirably-governed city.” A Jessup, (313., despstch says: A tragedy occurred here at midnight, resulting in the death of Mrs. B. P. Littlefield and County Surveyor McCall at the hands of the woman’s husband. McCall came to Jessup from Brunswick about 10 p.m. and stopped at the Littlefield House. He retired to his room one hour later, but came out, went downstairs in his night clothes and asked for Littlefiold, whom he could not find. He then went to Mrs. Littlefield’s door and knocked. She admitted him. Littlcfield was in the front porch watching the pair and rushed through the window into the room and shot his wife just over the eye, killing her instantly. He then shot McCall four times. McCall died at 2.20 p.m. Thomas Congley, of Dover. England, is said to be the heavieafi of her majesty‘a many aubjeoa. He is an intelligent and respectable citizen, 42 years old, having been born (of parents not above the normal size) in 1848. As 3 baby he was considered small and not over healthy. His present weight is 40 stone (560 pounds) ; height. 6 feet ginoh; measurement 0! waist, 80 inches, and of legs. 25.--St. Louis Republic. INDIEEERENCE CONDEMNED. Damage Caused by a Cloudburst. 1.... 5. ‘ v3 ‘ ‘ A Husband Who Could Shoot. UP IN A BALLOON‘ The Largest Englishman. Down on Kennan. XIH The new steamer had an uneventful voy- age up to the time she struck the Great Banks. Then she began to encounterdenee fogs. On the night or May 13th it became so foggy that Capt. Elliott decided to stay on deck. The steamer was then in latitude 42.55, longitude 48.18, or about 540 miles east of Nova: Sootia. At midnight Tuesday both Capt. Elliott and Mate Chase wore on the flying bridge trying to peer through the dense fog. The lookout was at his post and the steamer was going along at halt speed. The air became someth colder, telling Capt. Elliott that he was in the vicinity of icebergs. The Beacon Light’s Awful Experience in the Fog. CJII’I'AIN ELLIOI‘T’S COOLNESS. The new oil-tank steamer Beacon Light had a narrow escape from sinking after collision with a mammoth iceberg off the Great Banks last Wednesday. A calamity was only averted through the presence of mind of Captain Elliott. When she struck the icy derelict, tons of ice crashed upon her decks, shattering her starboard bow and starting several plates. The steamer came to anchor oil Liberty Island yester- day leaking very fast. and her steam pumps had to be kept in constant motion. A New York World reporter boarded her and Mate Chase gave him an account of the collision. The Beacon Light is a. recent addition to the rapidly growing fleet of oil tanks run. ning to this port. She sailed from New- castle seventeen days ago in ballast, carry- ing 2,800 tons oi water ballast. She is built to carry 4,000 tons of oil. The new steamer had an uneventful voy- age up to the time she struck the Great Banks. rI‘hen she began to encounterdcnse fogs. On the night or May 13th it became so foggy that Capt. Elliott decided to stay on deck. The steamer was then in latitude 42.55, longitude 48.18, or about 540 miles east of Nova Scotia. At midnight Tuesday both Capt. Elliott and Mate Chase wore on the flying bridge trying to peer through the dense fog. The lockout was at his post and the steamer was going along at half speed. The air became somewhat colder, telling Capt. Elliott that he was in the vicinity of icebergs. It was just the beginning of the middle watch, or a little alter 12 o’clock Wednes- day morning, when the lookout shouted : ” There‘s a light ahead 1” Scarcely had the echoes of his words ceased when an appalling sight was disclosed. “ My God l” exclaimed the captain, “ there is an iceberg." Straight ahead, less than fifty feet distant, was a towering double-peaked icy monster. The electric search-light on the ship's foremast shone brilliantly on the mammoth and revealed it in all its awful grandeur to Capt. Elliott and his terrified crew. It was a moment of suspense and anxiety. To strike the berg head on meant destruc- tion to the Beacon Light. Courageous young Capt. Elliott rose lo the emergency and by his calmness saved the ship and the lives of his crew. “ Helm hard to starboard; reverse eu- gines and full speed astern l ” was the quick command. Elie promptncsu averted a calamity. The good ship obeyed her helm, swung to part, but not enough to clear the berg. lie: starboard bow caught one of tho bcrg's projections. 'l‘he shock was something terrific. It seems to shatter the big towering mass of ice all to pieces. Its lofty crests, which towered iar above the decks of the Beacon Light, showered tons of massive cot/.0“ u; on the ship‘s decks, crashing in'her steel bow and making such a terrible noise that the crow rushed on deck in a frenzy of despair. They thought it their death knell. ’l hen the ship kecled away over and fell on her beam ends. This was quickly fol- lowed by a bumping, crashing sound, as though the berg had got underneath the ship. When the mass of ice fell big cakcs sunk far down into the sea and then came to the surface again, striking the ship just amidships. The pounding was done with such force that the cakes of ice which got under the ship fairly lifted the big steel vessel ten :A_r h“; L; n.. FAA Hun“. .. _.»I.A ..._LAA__ ; Terrible Crime of a Commercial Travellerâ€" 5 Murders His Mistress. A Paris cablo says: Paris has been startled by another sensational crime, this I time committed in the Hotel d£S Mathurins et de New Pork, 33 Rue des Mathurins. ’l‘his is one of the quiet, shady, rather narrow street-s that lie behind the Boule- “ vard Malesherbes, selected by Gabcriau as the scene of one of his most mysterious crimes. The circumstances attending the latest addition to the criminal annals of the quarter are of a very peculiar character. Since the exhibition a commercial traveller named Blevinski, a middle-aged men of Polish extraction, who at one time held a Icommission in the Russian army and whose mother has been a lady of honor at the court of the Czar, has been in the habit of putting up at the Hotel des Mathurins several times a month in a front room on the second floor, usually re- served for this valuable client. During each of his stays in Paris M.Blevinski used to receive a visit from a good-looking woman, slightly over 30 years of age, who was supposed to be his mistress. It is now known that this visitor was Mme. Jeanne Wolocskoy, wife of an agent de chance. Mme. Wolocskoy lived on the best terms with her husband in comfortable apart- ments in Bus Brochant, and M. Blevinsky was a friend of the family. On Thursday afternoon between 2 and30'clcck Mme. Wolooskoy called for Blevinsky at the hotel and the pair shut themselves up together in the latter's room, and Mme. Wclccskoy was never again seen alive. This morning about half-past ten, Blevinsky was met by a garcon as he was leaving hi. room. “Don’t shut the door," said the latter,“ I am going in to arrange the room." “ No, no,” cried Blevinsky, “I forbid you to enter," and he slammed thc_dgcr behind him excitedly. The garcon, surprised at the inexplicable burst of anger, forthwith con- fided to the landlord that be suspected something was wrong. The landlord and a servant went upstairs together. On entering the landlord’s oycs fell upon the half-naked body of Mme. Wolocskoy lying on the floor beside the bed. A great quantity of blood 0L:.'”.d from a bullet wound in her breast above the heart, and had trickled down to ill; floor. Blevinsky was arrested as he was quietly walking along the Rue Roquc Pine. Whoa con- ducted to the police station the prisoner coolly bagged the commissary not to fatigue him with questions, as he was wounded. “I assure you,” he went on, “ that I did not kill Jeanne. She committed suicide. Because T. could not give her the money she required she shot herself twice with my revolver. I tried to recall her to consciousness, but when I saw that she was dead I wanted to put an end to my own life,” and Blsvmsky showed the corn- misssry that part 05 his car had been shot away. M. Cazianeuvo, who had, on receiv- ing iniormstion :'f the crime, proceeded to make a briei («infinition oi the room whom it To: comrz‘». i;3,;§3l2‘.€‘3â€" out to the prisoner that all the evidence he had col- lected pointed to the falsity of his state» merit. The table had been overthrown and a champagne bottle and glasses were broken. Shrugging his shoulders, Blevin- sky replied, " Why should I kill Jeanne ‘2 I have known and loved her for seventeen years. You will see from my letters to her how much I adored her." Blevinsky was taken to the Hotel des Mathurins in the course of the afternoon, and was confronted with the corpse of his supposed victim. He bore himself calmly, and maintained his assertion that the woman had committed suicide. The new oil-tank steamer Beacon Light had a narrow 63022129 from sinking after collision with a mammoth iceberg off (ho Great Banks last Wednesday. A calamity was only averted through the presence of mind of Captain Els‘iott. When she struck the icy derelict, tone of ice crashed upon her decks, shattering her starboard bow and starting several plates. The creamer came to anchor off Liberty Island yester- day leaking very fasr. and her steam pumps had to be kept in constant motion. A New York World reporter boarded her and Mate Chase gave him an account of the collision. The Beacon Light is a. recent addition to the rapidly growing fleet. of oil tanks run. ning to this port. She sailed from New. caalle seventeen days ago in ballast, carry- ing 2,800 tons of water ballast. She is built to carry 4,000 tons of oil. 3‘ My ‘God l” exclaimed the captain, “ there is an iceberg." Straight ahead, less than fifty feet distant, was a towering double-peaked ioy monster. The electric search-light on the ship's foremast shone brilliantly 0n the mammoth and revealed it in all iae awful grandeur to Capt. Elliott and his terrificd crew. It was a. moment. of suspense and anxiety. To strike the berg head on menu: destruc- tion to the Beacon Light. Courageous young Caps. Elliott rose 10 the emergency and by his calmness Eaved the ship and the lives of his crew. "Helm hard to starboard; reverse en- gines and full ched asternl” was the quick command. Hie promptneea averted a calamity. The good ship obeyed he): helm, swung to part, but not enough to clear the berg. lie: starboard bow caught one of the borg'a projections. 'l‘he shock was something terrific. It assume to shatter the big towering [118.98 of ice all to pieces. Italofsy create, which towered is): above the decka of the Beacon Light, showered toms of massive can" u; rm the ship‘s We)”, crashing in‘her steel bow and makixjg uuéh a. terrible noise that the crow rushed on deck in a frenzy of despair. They thought it their death knell. it their death knell. (l hen the ship kecled away over and fell on her beam ends. This was qui3kly fol- lowed by a bumping, crashing sound, as though the berg had got underneath the ship. When the mass of ice tell big cakes sank far down into the sea and then came to the surface again, striking the ship just amidsbips. The pounding was done with such force that the cakes of ice which got under the ship fairly lifted aha big steel vessel ten feet out of the sea. Then, to make matters worsa, there was a sudden confused sound as though the boilers had burst. This, howevu‘, was only the escape of air from some of the tanks. In remarkable contrast with the bravery of Capt. Elliott. was the conduct of his crew. ’lhe firemen and cooks became wild with fright. They were almost uncon- trollable. They thought that their vessel was going to sink. Loudly they cried for Capt. Elliott to clear away the boats. '1‘0 allay their fears and keep them quiet the Captain did so, but his coolness and his appeals for them to stand by him at last brought the crew to their senses. After: getting the beats loosened and ready for use in case of necessity the crew Went to work and began to clear away the ice, which was lying in heaps about the deck. Water was found entering several of the tanks from the bottom and big perpendiw ular support beams were almost bent in two by the severe pounding which the ship received from the ice which got under her as she struck the berg. After starting the ship continued her v03 age. The following day she sighted several very large berge, but they were not close enough to cause uninhirm. The berg which they collided with was about one hundred feet high and over six hundred feet long. Cnpz. Elliott says it was very solid and not in the least honey- combed. “ It was," he said, “ the grandest eight I ever beheld to see the big avalanche of ice drifting astern as we grazed it. As it came out of the fog before we could distinctly see it, it looked like a cloud, but when it revealed itself I was almost transfixed with awe and flight. Our electric search light shone upon it, which added to its glistening grandeur. We saw it just in time. Had my ship been travelling very rapidly I dread to think what would have been the consequences. As it was, we were only going at half speed, which enabled us to stop our headway before we crashed into is. “ If the ship had struck the berg head on she would have been shattered to pieces without a doubt. The awful suspense which occurred between the time I sighted the berg and when she struck was some- thing terrible. It is an experience I never want again. Our escape from destruction wggalrgost proyidgsntinh‘h The Beacon Light will be put on the dry dock. It is thought that her bottom is damaged Very seriously. The Beacon Light registers 2,800 tons. he is 332 feet long, 40 feet wide am] 28 feet det-p. Her owners are Stuart <96 00‘, Liverpool, oil merchants. She was built by Armstrong & 00., of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Talk is Not Expensive. “ Doolittle is a very eloquent man. You know he stumped the agricultural districts for Harrison and Protection. He did splen- did work in the campaign, and his speeches tickled the farmers.” “ Yes; I know that. But how did he makgrallihia mgney ? Hefs yeryArioh.” “ Oh, he made 151031; of it by 10 per cent. loans on farm mortgages." “A osrpet manufacturer says work has been begun on 5n invention by which six boys can do the work of 300 girls employed at carpet sewing. RAN INTO AN ICEBERG. MIKE-IIW rm T‘HWWAY, JUNE 5 . The Only Question Now 15 Who Will Execute Him. AWaehington despatch says regarding the Kemmlcr case: .L'Lia court says it is urged in Kemmler’s behalf that the 14th amendment is a prohibition on the State of the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment. The origin of the phrase, the court said, was in the English Act of Settlement of 1688, and meant that bar- barous methods of punishment should not be inflicted. It meant that a man should not be sontencad to death by torture, but did not mean that the death penalty itself was cruel. The change in form of death was Within the legitimate sphere of the legislative power of. the State. The Legis- lature of the State of New York determined that it did not inflict cruel and unusual punishment, and its courts have austained that determination. This court cannot ace that the prisoner has been deprived of due process of law. In order to reverse the judgment this court would be compelled to hold that the Court of Appeals had com- mitted an error so gross as to deprne the prisoner of his constitutional rights. The court has no hesitation in saying it cannot do this. An Albany despatch says : The next step to be taken in the courts in the Kemmler case will be the argument of the appeal from the decision of County Judge Coriett, of Cayuga. county, denying a writ ot habeas corpus, asked for on the ground of the unoonstuntionnlity of the power con- ferred on Warden Dureton in the execu- tion of criminals, which power is claimed to be vested in the eherifi of the county wherein the conviction is had. The appeal will come up before the General Term at Buffalo June 3rd. This appeal does not affect the death penalty itself, or the crime, or manner of the execution, and it is ex- pected the General Term will dispose of it in time to allow it 'to be carried to the Court of Appeals at Seratoga June session. Another issue in the case will be the re- quest for Judge Wallace to vacate the writ to habcas corpus granted by him et Syra- cuse, but on the condition that he would revoke the writ in case the United States Supreme Court denied Lawyer Sherman’s application for a writ of error. This writ is returnable before Judge Wallace at Canandeigue June 17th. Elder Ludwig, pastor of the Christian church at Whitewater, was observed to kiss one of the lady members of his congregation good-bye in the presence of her husband on the public street, and the gossiping was severe. On the following Sunday he die- cuased the subject of kissing in his pulpit, and explained that the kiss given the lady was of friendship. a. sort of holy kiss, and that in all his life he had kissed but five women. After the close of his sermon, he called for a rising vote of his congregation on the einfulness of his kissing, and the audience arose en mnese and voted him innocent of sinful oscillationâ€"Indianapolis News. â€"â€"A baked haddock should be stuffed with the same herbs and things as a chicken». A PARISIAN HORROR. IC E :‘y‘lMZL-ER MUST DIE The Holy Kiss. Ensilage would probably be an impor- tent article of food on every farm but for the fact that the farmers who own small farms fear the cost of constructing a silo, and labor under the supposition that it is lacking in nutrition. Ensilage is nothing more than green food preserved in a succu- lent condition by excluding the air (as is done, in a certain degrec,with canned goods of all kinds). Ensilage has been preserved in many ways, the farmers of France hav- ing simply buried the material in trenches. In this country, where corn can be grown in every section, it is found more econo- mical to use it for ensilage than any- thing else, but clover or any of the grasses may be put in the silo if preferred. A silo may be a pit, a strong bin or any kind of a receptacle that will sustain great pressure and that is air-tight. A barrel in a hogshead, the barrel surrounded by earth or'any material that excludes the air, is one kind of a silo, though a small one, and the corner of the ham or cellar, boxed and made strong and tight, answers the pur- pose. Or the silo may be a trench in the ground. It is whatever may be used, ac- cording to the device oi the farmer, pro- viding it answers the purpose intended, Whether for preserving large or small quantities of green loud. Corn, planted thickly in rows and cultivated until thcears begin to glaze, is used on most farms. It is cut in the fields and the stalks hauled to the barn, where the stalks and ears are passed through a cutter (in the same man- ner asgwhen cutting cured corn fodder), the stalks being out into short lengths, the shorter the better, and then packed closely in tho silo. When the silo is full heavy weights are placed on the material, in order to firmly press the Lnsiiage into a solid, compact mass. The weights, which may be of stones, or anything suitable, are laid on boards which cover the ensilage. As the contents of the silo begin to settle the weight causes the material on the top to settle down more closely to the lower portions, and all the spaces become filled, until the mass is as compact as if pressed with a mechanical press. Hydraulic presses are sometimes used instead of weights. As enailage may be grown cheaply it will be found valuable to the farmer in winter, even when he has plenty of hay or grain, as it affords succulent food to stock at a EK‘EASOD of the )ear when dry food only 'can be obtained. It promotes the thrift of stock and increases the flow of milk in cows by reason oi its succulcnoy, and serves a dietary purpose that renders it all the more important. Where properly constructed silos can be built there will be but few opponents to ensilage, In fact, opposition to it seems to have ceased, and it only remains for farmers to give it a trial to be convinced of its advantages. The Culture of Asparagus. A paper read before the Michigan State Horticultural Society by Charles W. Garfield gives the best practice at the present time for the culture of this table vegetable. The great improvements made by the Argentusl gardeners in France, more than twenty years ago, which have been gradually extending since that time, are fully adopted in substance in this essay, and instead of the four test distances be- tween the plants, both way s, of the French gardeners, a single row, with the plants three feet apart, extends across the garden. Five feet being allowed on each side, a strip of land ten feet wide is given to the row. A large crop of some other vegetable may occupy a portion of this strip. The plants in a few years will form crowns afoot in diameter, with shoots an inch or more in diameter. This accords with our own ex- periments. For planting, a wide and deep trench is plowed, so that when covered the crowns of the plants will be six inches below the level of the surface. The depth will admit plowing over them in either di- rection. Clean cultivation is to be given, instead of the commonly recommended application of salt. As the plantation will last half a century, care should be taken that the work be well done at the com- mencement. Mr. Garfield has used the refuse salt from a hide-packing establish- ment, the large amount of contained ani- mal matter adding to its eifioieucyâ€"the more the amount of the animal matter and the less of salt, the better. One of the best fertilizers is barn manure. Two years are required from the planting to the first moderate picking. Almiie should not be used for collecting the shots, but they should be broken off with the hand. Points that Every Agriculturist Should Know. Asparagus Cultureâ€"Brood Maresâ€"Geran- ium Growing -- Fertilizeraâ€" Health- giving Ihunflowersâ€"«l Lice-Killerâ€"Salt for Horsesâ€"The manure Reapâ€"Other Notes. Among the enemies of this crop the outworm is reduced in numbers or de- stroyed by clean and continuous cultivation in spring, and by autumn plowing. Value of Good Brood Max cs. Good brood mares are a. fortune on the farm. Keep all the good mares and con- tinue to grade up, that each succeeding generation will be better bred and raise better colts. The mares can do the farm work and raise valuable oolts, while a. geld- ing or a. male is a useless expense on a farm. When all our terms are stocked with brood mares and greater cure given to breeding the better class of horses farming will be more profitable, for there is no product of the farm that sells for better money than good horses, and the brood mares work for their keep besidesâ€"Western Agriculturz’st. Cultivating Geraniums. Geraniums must have any leading shoots out back to make them throw_out laterals. verbenas should be pinned down until they have covered the bed, and any faded flowers or rusty leaves should be removed. A bed of Verbs-nus should be kept very free from weeds. Coleus being grown for their color, massiveness and evenness of surface must be aimed at, and any sheets that show a. tendency to run beyond the others must be pinched beck severely. The more pinching a coleus receives the better it will look. Fertilizers for the Farm. The value of manure or fertilizsts de- pends not only upon the amount of plant food they contain but also upon the kind and quality. Commercial fertilizers con- tain plant food in a concentrator? form, while manure contains nearly the same substances in a bulky condition. and they may be nearly alike in composition or vary widely. Every pound of available plant food in a ton of manure can be EN SILAGE FOR FEED. FARM AND GARDEN. Ensilagc on Small Farms. wmanm 1,1656. N0 5 How to Kill Lice. The Rural New Yorker has nover found anything better to kill lice on cattle than tobacco water, to which a little sulphur has been added. Keeg) the tobacco and sulphur in water mat the boiling point for twelve hours, stirring it occasionally. Apply the decoction to the poll of the head, along the top of the neck and spine, on the brisket and under the legs. Of course the animals must be kept in a warm place when treated in this way. A piece oi rock salt should always be kept in the box of the manger, so that the horse mny lick it whenever his appetite prompts him. Salt is as necessary for animals as it is to human beings, and this way of administering it is far preferable to the universal practice of putting a handful once or twice a week in soft feed. In fol- lowing his instincts the horse Will take neither too much not too little and will get it just when he desires it and needs it most. Ellie Manure Heap. The farmer‘s progress may be judged by his manure heap. The carele and judi- cious farmer make-1 advantage of every opportunity, not oniy to htsve and save as much manure as possible. but he aims to prevent loss of vclatile matter in that which he has accumulated. Upon the management of the manure heap depends the profit or loss. To Cool Cream In Churn. The temperature when churning is about sixty-three degrees. though some churn a degree or two higher or lower, according to conditions. To 0001 . the cream in the churn apply ice or cold water on the out- side of the churn. or cool it in can before churning instead of adding cold water to the cream. duplicated by the chemist, and in smaller. bulk. Sun flowers Healthy. Sunflowers planted about a drain or on portions of land from which impurities arise will absorb noxious gases, and thereby prove very beneficial to the health of the people about. Besides being useful, those plants are exceedingly ornamental if arranged to {mm a. dense bank. At the rear plant. 9. row of the “ New Primrose ” variety, next: a row of the ball-shaped kind known as glabosus, then a. row of the California, and lastly a. row of “ Miniature " sunflowers. No farmer can afford to neglect the cultivation of his heed crops. It pays to begin early in the season to do the work thoroughly and to cultivate often. Such a. course will cause the plants to grow more rapidly, hasten the maturity of the crop. and caused a marked increase in the yield. It will also destroy the weeds, and thus tend to get the land in good condition for sowing when the heed crop has been removed. The “ points ” for a Jersey cow are now merged into one test : How much butter can she make. Buhiet commanfiss & higher price than any other product of cattle usefl for food purposes in proportion to its bulk. Do not sow small seeds too deep in the ground. One of the many causes of the failure of carrot and parsnip seeds to push through the ground is that too much earth IS placed on them. The lightest of cover- ing will answer. Never keep a. poor milker as long as there is a possibility of getting something bester. Iais just as important to replace a poor cow with a better one as if, is to get rid of a balky horas for one more service- able. Peoniets in large clumps should be divided and new varieties set out as soon as the weather allows. The bronze gobbler should be used for improving the flock of turkeys. May is an excellent time for hatching young turkeys, as they will thrive better than when hatched earlier. Sheep are also used as dairy animals in some countries. The celebrated Rochafort chesao is undo from the milk or sheep, and in many portions of Canada. sheep are regularly milked, and profitably. Milk from cows that have recently oalved is usually ropy, yet it is frequently mixed in the can with the milk of other cows. Ropy milk is not in e. proper condi- tion to be used as food. The large Lima bean has been made to assume the bush habit, and this will greatly aid in the annual production of a larger crop {or consumption. Salt is frequently applied to asparagus beds, but soapsude are better. Celery is also benefited by liberal applications of soapsuds. Peas and case are sometimes sown together, and out as green food 101' the cows as soon as the seed pods of the pans are formed. To make new ropes pliable before using them in the stables boil them and then dry them in the sun. Early turnips may be planted this month for table use, but the main crop should be later. Accorfling to America there aorta of kisses mentioned in vm : Stanley's chosen bride was the subject of the famous painting “Yes or No ?" And it happened oddly that he didn’t get the “Yes” untilhis second proposal. â€"A pint of cream poured over». ahad that is baking contributes much to its success. ‘ â€"A skirt-lifter for muddy crossings is out. ~Trinidad pineapples are about twenty- fcur inches around the waist. â€"â€"Natty shirt waists will be seen all summer. â€"The bridal sleeve is long and pufied at the armhole. -Halt a dozen ox-tails chopped into inch bits and boiled a. couple of hours with carrots, onions and such things as that make a tasty result. The meaning of the word advertise, " to make known,” explains its importance. Make known what you have to sell or what you wish to buy. The benefits are so far- reaohing that you cannot tell where they will end. Like the ripples of water caused by a stone, they extend far beyond the light. Salutation in I. Samuel, xx., 41. Vulediotion in Ruth, i., 9. Reconciliation in II. Samuel, xiv., 33. Subjection in Psalms, ii., 12. Approbanion in Proverbs xxiv , 26. Adoration in I. Kings. xix, 18. Treachery in Matthew, xxvi., 49. Affection in Genesis, x1v.. 15. Look after Hood Crops. Varietles of Kisses. Hints and Helps. Salt for Horses. are eight the Bible, Vaiued Gifts to the Institution Announced at the Recent Convocation. At the recent convocation of Viotorin University Chancellor Burwaah announced that the following gifts had been made to the institution : 1. In the name of Mr. Edward Jackson Sanford, B.A., the foundation of a museum in anthropology. Edward Odlum. MA . has for several years in Japan, and in Australia and the Pacific islands, been en- gaged in researches in anthropology. He has made extensive and exceedingly valuable collections of articles illustrating the primi- tive life and early civilization of the race in these interesting lands. These he has ofiered to place at the disposal of his Alma Mater. and to continue his work to make the collection as perfect as possible in illustration of aboriginal American life. The expense of this work Mr. Sanford has undertaken to defray, and by this act ereots in his Alma Mater a permanent and most conspicuous and interesting monument of the day of his graduation. The Scotch-Irish Society of America, which was organized in May last, will hold its second congress at Pittsburg, Penn" from May 29th to June 1st. Among the distinguished speakers who will deliver ad. dresses. are: Gov. Beaver, o! Pennsyl- vania, who will deliver the address of welcome; Secretary Blaine, Hon. W. 0. P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky; Rev. Dr. John Hall, of New York; Gov. James E. Campbell, of Ohio ; Rev. Dr. J. S. McIntosh, of Philadelphia; Prof. A. L. Perry, of Williams College. Mass; Rev. Dr. D. 0. Kelly, of Tennessee; Prof. H. A. White. of Washington & Lee University, Va. ; Hon. W. E. Robinson, 0! Brooklyn, and Hon. John Dalzell, of Penna. Mr. Robert Bonner, of New York, Presi- dent of the society, will preside. The great auditorium is capable of seating over 5,000 people, and will be magnificently fitted up and decorated. The finest band in the U. S. will furnish the music. Special pains will be taken to show visitors the great manufaotories and other sights of Pittsburg. The official headquarters will be the well-known and recently refitted Monongahela House. The whole Scotch- Irish race and the local population without regard to race'are cordially invited. Mr. A. T. Wood, of Hamilton, Vice-President for Ontario, will leave on Wednesday even- ing to attend the congress. No partisan or sectarian significance attaches to the society. Composed of a race which has been conspicuously and thoroughly identified with all that has been most patriotic in our history, it is purely an American institution,and does not purpose ccncerningitseli with foreign aflairs. It is designed to cultivate patriotism and promote fraternal feeling by bringing together representatives of the race from various sections of the country and cele. brating their illustrious achievements in the establishment and maintenance of our free institutions. The splendid qualities 0! the race composing it cannot fail to make it one of the greatest social and his- torical societies of the land. 2. 113 memorvy of the late Hon. Senator Macdonald, Mrs.‘Macdonald continues the Mgodgnalg buraagy._ 3. Mr. George A. Fox has this year estab- lished in the Faculty of Theology 5 bursary at the value of 825 a. year in New Testa- ment exegesis. The amount of blood in the body is one- thirtieth the weight of the body, or five or six quarts, or eleven or twelve pounds. The average man dies when he has lost one- fiith ol hie blood. The heart with each contraction ejects six ounces of blood from each ventricle, at a pressure in the leit ven- tricle of one-fourth of an atmosphere. The heart eonde all the blood around the body of the average man once every thirty eeo. code, or in about thirty-five contractions of the organ. A deadly poison injected into the veins kills in fifteen seconds on the average ; injected under the skin in about four minutes. A cubic millimeter of blood contains 5,000,000 blood cells in the average man, and about 4,500,000 in the average women. There are 300 red cells to every one white blood cell. The red cells have an average diameter of 1-3200 of an inch, the white cells of 1-25000 of an inch. The specific gravity of blood is 1.055. The fre- quency of the pulse in the new born is 150; in infants 1 year old, 110 ; at 2 years, 95 ; from 7 to 14, 85 ; in adult men, 75; woman. 80. The respiratione are onedourth as rapid as the pulseâ€"St. Louis Republic. The first glass factory in what is now the United States was erected in the year 1609 near Jamestown, Vs., and the second followed in the same colony twelve years later. In 1639 some acres of ground were granted to glessmen in Salem, Mass. The first glass factory in Pennsylvania was built near Philadelphia in 1683 under the direction of William Penn, but it did not prove successful. The first west of the Alleghanies was set up by Albert Gallatin and his associates, in 1785, at New Geneva, on the Monongahela river. A small iso‘ tory was established on the Ohio river, near Pittsburg, in 1790, and another in 1795. The earlier attempt tailed. but the last was quite successful. In 1810 there were but twentytwo glass factories,with an output of less than $1,500,000 annually. At the present time there are hundreds of fec- tories, which yearly put over $100,000,000 worth of glassware on the market.â€"St.Louis Republic. Aufll‘fflnllh .. Bavaria... Belgium . )hiua......... Denmark ........ France Hanover . Holland .. Morocco .. Portugal Bwitzerla Spain. Prussia Russia... make, no‘ Turkey ............Sword Japan. ...... Siam” Elephants, 1 India... ... ..Gt Java . He Had a Long Memory. At a recent examination of the divinity students in England, one very dull candi- date was so ignorant that the bishop would only consent to ordain him on condition that he would promise to study “ Butler's Analogy ” after ordination. He made the promise and was ordained. He was the guest of the bishop. and so on his depar- ture next morning the bishop shook him by the hand, saying : “ Good-bye, Mr. Brown; don't forget the Butler." " I haven’t, my lord,” was the unexpected reply ; “ I have just given him five shillings.”â€"â€"New York Tribune. “Crushed as last." cried a big straw- berry on Saturday night. It had passed through three church festivals and still retained its whiskers. During the summer holiday: of each year the immensely wealthy Duke 0! West- minster takes in about $5,000 in sixpences and shillings, paid by sight-sears for ad- mission to his country seat, Eaton Hall. He given every penny of it to charitable institutions. For the Spec. Teacherâ€"And how, children. you hnve heard the story of Ananiaa. What lesson should we learn from his fate? Tommyâ€"Never to get caught. First Glass Factories In America. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. The Scotch-Irish Congress. Blood in the Body.