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A. special from Weston, a village seven miles below Underwood, Neb , says the best part of the town is under from five to fifteen feet of water. Corn cribs containing 100,000 bushels of corn will probably be a. total loss. Heavy losses of cattle and sheep are reported. The truck and bridges of the Rock Island and Milwaukee roads are gone. The less about Weston will reach $100,000. Advices from higher up the valley, at Heels, and as far as Persia. on the line of the Milwaukee, say the storm raged with savage efieot. The indications are that Mosquito Valley for a distance of 30 miles is submerged. The track of the Milwaukee dz Rock Island is washed out for a distance of 20 miles. The bridges also are gone. The entire damage is variously estimated at from $250,000 to $300,000. No loss of life is reported. A Minneapolis despatch says: The Tribune says the English syndicate con- trolling the Pillbury and W. D. Washburn mills have leased the C. C. Washbnrn mills, A, B and 0, thus adding to their resent capacity of 14,500 barrels per iem over 8,500 more, making over 22,000 barrels as a total capacity of the English syndicate per day. All these mills will be under the direct management of Charles A. Pillsbury. The syndicate have the right to purchase the mills during the life- time of the lease. President Bell, of the Washhurn Crosby Company, who are now operating the C. C. Washbnrn mills, ssys their company will seek ‘new fields, either Duluth or Buffalo, after the expiration of their lease on September 1. A London cable says: The Times de~ clares that the order to despatch American cruisers to Behring Sea smacks too much of the methods of the first Napoleon in dealing with weak statesmen. and that if the order is executed British men-ot-war must follow. “ We can only imagine," the Times continues, “that pressure from Irish- Ameriéans has induced Mr. Blaine to with- draw from his apparent desire for a diplomatic settlement. We believe Eng- land will agree to a. close time for seals in the 0 en sea, but such an arrangement must einternational, and cannot be im- posed upon the world by American gun- boats at the bidding of Mr. Blaine." 1' see.- He floated unoohacioua for some ime,when the boat was seen from the shore by employees of the gas works at Cow Pasture point, who went out, brought him to shore and resusciated him. A special from Ariohat, C. B.. says: " A large number of American seiners are on the coast, but there is no sign of the Gov- ernment cruisers yet. They will make their appearance after the seiners have driven the mackerel out of our bay and ruined the prospects of good spring fishing, as they have done the last two years. Meanwhile the Minister of Marine, with a power as absolute as that of the Czar of Russia, has his minions harassing the poor lobster fishermen and fining the paokersby the enforcement of an absurd law regulat- ing the fishery.” Seven out of a Pany of Eight Pleasure- Seokers Drowned. A Boston deaputoh says : About 6 o’clook Sunday morning eight young men started on a fishing excursion in a sailboat. When they were about a mile from the Thompson's Island, in Dorchester Bay, the boat was struck by a squall and capsized. All but one were swimmers, but instead of trying to swim ashore they tried to climb on the boat, which was so heavily ballnated that their weight would force her beneath the surface, leaving them strug- gling in the water. In this manner the strength of the men was exhausted. and they sank one by one until but one was left. The survivor, Walter Quinlan, had sunk for the last time, when the boat rising, oanie up under him. lilting him above the A Swedish gentleman of wealth, who had spent years in hotels because he was a wide traveller, several years ago determined to test the question whether a hotel could not be built to accommodate everybody. He selected a fine location at a resort near Stockholm, where he created a magni- ficent garden in the midst of which he erected his hotel. It was three stories high only. It was so built that there were no "inside" rooms and every suite had ex- actly the same accommodations as every other suite, being practically the same in size and'appointments. He hired a Paris chef, engaged a manager and gave orders that guests were to be given whatever they asked for regardless of cost, as his prin- cipal object was to see it it was possible to satisfy them. He shut it up after the first year’s experiment. Every tenement window in New York has its flowers and flower-pots nowadays, and yet the city’s only flower market is in a dirty, inaccessible place across the street from a garbage dump. Major Job, Mayor of Plainfield, N.J., has an umbrella. which he has had ip hie Boeeession for thirty-five years. He must ave kept it in the safe. Chris" Magee, the Pittsburg million sire politician, has donated 310,000 to be used to: the erection of 3 home for boot- blnoka and messenger boys in that city. A movement has been set on foot in Chicago by the Italian residents to collect $50,000 to erect a statue to the memory of Garibaldi. stem A Philadelphia despntoh says: About 4 o’clock this explosion occurred in the 1 gnpa‘and gKutt lying‘ at thf John Bull Cornering Yankee Mills. Built a. Hotel to Suit Everybody. A DIS ISTROUS EXCURSION. Where is Our War Minister? Blaine's Bullying- Tone. Nebraska's Big Storm. l and $011,000 Gal- Burned. pntoh of yostsrday I; this afternoon an the tank steamer at the Atlantic Oil )int Brezee. The 1 800,000 gaflons of :onaiderable wharf Ruin}: a‘nrn 11:) 1mm: 8], ! The City of Rome Has a Narrow Escape from Total Destruction. A London cable says : The Anchor Line steamer City of Rome, Captain Young, from New York, May 31st. arrived at Queenstown at 10 o’clock this morning. The vessel had a narrow escape from destruction at Fastnet. She made land in a dense fog at 4 o'clock this morning. She was going slowly and was taking soundings when, notwithstanding the care exercised, she struck Fastnet rook about three miles seaward, off Crookhaven, bow on. Her forefoot got on the rock, and but for the promptitude displayed in reversing the engines a great fatality would have been recorded. Passengers who were inter- viewed say the steamer trembled allover when she struck the rock. For a time there was intense alarm on board, the density of the fog adding to the ominous character of the situation. The passengers were finally quieted by the repeated assnrv mess of the commander and other officers of the steamer that not the slightest danger existed. The full extent of the damage will not be ascertained until the steamer is docked at Liverpool. Her stem is broken at the peak and she shipped a large volume of water forward. The steamer started for Liverpool at 11 o’clock, proceeding at half speed. ' It is rumored that the fog gun on Fastnet rock was not fired until after the City of Rome had struck. A Denver, 001., despntch says: J. H. Hall. purchasing agent for the Importing Cattle Company of Wyoming. arrived here today and gives an account of the Indian massacre in the Upper Green River country several days ago. He says A party of In dians, intoxicated with whiskey furnished by ranchmen, came to the camp of the Government surveyors and demanded more “fire-water.” It being refused, the Indians attacked the party, killing Chief Engineer Crittenden, in charge of the third division of the Government survey, and chain-bearers E. F. Timberlake, George Woods and Henry Overmeyer. Jesse Lee, assistant engineer, was left for dead, but recovered sufficiently to get to a neighbor- ing ranch, where he lies in a precarious condition. A Rockford, 111., despatch says: The Northwestern passenger train from Free- port, which reaches Chicago at2 o’clock, jumPed the track two miles west of here this afternoon, on account of a broken wheel. A gang of section men were work- ing about two hundred feet from the point where the engine left the rails, and before they could get away the train had run them down and toppled over on them. The entire train was wrecked and the engineer and four section men were killed. The fireman, two section men, and some pes- sengerswere injured. Engineer Bleisdell, who was killed, had been engineer on the Galena division for over 35 years. Jumped the Track and Killed Five Men. Escapes With the Swag After Road Agents Stop the Train. A St. Paul, Minn., despatoh says : The Northern Pacific east-bound passenger train, which arrived here to-night. was robbed by masked men near New Salem, N. D., last night. Two miles east of New Salem and twenty-five miles west 0! Msndan the engineer and firemen were surprised by two masked men climbing over the tender, presenting big revolvers, and ordering the train to be stopped. The summons was obeyed. Express Messenger Angevin, hearing shots fired forward, , and suspecting something, hid $600 in money from. the safe, looked the small safe, put out the lights, and ran back to New Salem. The mail car was first tackled by the robbers. Only one mail agent was in it, and be obeyed orders by turning over the mail matter. A number of registered letters were rifled, and then the robbers turned their attention to the express car. This they found deserted, much to their chagrin, and mistaking the fireman for the express messenger, they ordered him at the point of pistols to open the safes. He protested and finally satis- fied the robbers that he knew nothing about it. Then the train was allowed to back to New Salem, and finally came on east. The express messenger got on the train as it left New Salem. The passengers were not touched. One put his head out of the window, but was told to get his head back and a bullet whizzed past his head The sheriff and a posse, mounted and armed, left Msndan early this morning on a special train for the scene of the robbery. The robbers compelled Engineer Kilmartin to break in the door of the postal oar. Only four masked men were seen, and suspicions are rite that only two were engaged in the work. In the mail car the mask fell from the face of one man. The district around New Salem is peopled by quiet, law- sbiding citizens. The robbery is presumed to be the work of people unknown in that part of the country. A Wheeling. W. Va., despatch says : It is just learned that an Ohio River Railway special train of two cars, filled with Balti- more & Ohio Railway officials, en route to Wheeling, went through a trestle between here and Parkersburg. The disaster is said to be appalling, but the ofi‘icials oi the road can give no information. A special train with surgeons and an Associated Press reporter on board has just left the depot. In the rural regions of our country. as well as of England, the favorite amuse- ment at a social gathering of young per- sons is, or until recently has been, a sac- cession of ” kissing games" wherein the most modest girl of the company was en.- luted by every swain who chose, with as little embarrassment as it he had been her mother. But even in the rural districts this sort of thing is passing away. and the permitted realm o! the kiss is narrowing day by dayâ€"Mn. Frank Leslie. Here are some interesting opinions from Mr. Gladstone: “ The three hand- somest men of their time were the late Duke of Hamilton, Sidney Herbert and Cardinal Manning; the three most naturally eloquent speakers of their day, the Duke of Argyll, the late Lord Elgin and Bishop Wilberforce. Lord Beacons- field was the most interesting political character of this century. not excepting Mr. Pitt." The recent northeast galea have packed the coast of Newfoundland with ice for 15 miles out. Intoxicated Indians Murder Surveyors. Kissing Going Out of Fashion. Railway Offices Take a Tumble. A SH ARP MESSENGER. SI‘RUCK A BOOK. A last (Sunday) night’s Montreal de- spatch says : A terrible tragedy arising out of domestic trouble was enacted here this afternoon. 'Ihe victim, Eugene H. Cowles, of Cleveland, was shot in the neck by his wife’s brother, and to-night lies at the point of death at the General Hospital. The story of the trouble that led up to the tragedy is a most romantic one. Cowlesis a son of the late Edwin Cowles, the cele- brated editor of the Cleveland Plaindealer. He was engaged in business in Cleveland, and about ten years ago was married to Miss Alice M. Hale, daughter of a wealthy Cleveland banker. The marriage was a most happy one, and the union was blessed with a little girl. For some years Cowles led an exemplary married life, and every- thing went well until he fell in with a woman named Clara Liennschlon, who gained complete control over him. Cowles’ business used to take him a great deal to Lookport, N.Y., and his visits became more and more protracted. Then he took several trips to Europe, and it was subsequently discovered that he was accompanied by the woman Clara, and that they lived as man and wife at a number of the leading hotels in Europe. While on one of these trips Cowles was taken dangerously ill, and believing himself about to die, he sent for his wife, admitted his fault and was for- given. Bnt no sooner had he recovered than he resumed his old course of living and went to the United States with the woman. This continued untillast Novem- ber, when, through the efforts of friends, another reconciliation was effected between husband and wife, who took up their resi- dence in Buffalo. It was not long ago Mrs. , Cowles discovered that her husband was i still unfaithful. He made frequent visits to New York, and it was discovered by ‘ means of detectives that he was again keeping the woman Clara in that city. Mrs. Cowles then decided to write to Cowles‘ father. The latter was thunderstruck at his son’s conduct, and at once wrote to Mrs. Cowles advising her to leave him and inviting her to stay with him. So great was the blow that Mr. Cowles’ death soon fol- lowed, but few imagined the real cause of the celebrated editor’s demise. After his death it Was found that he had executed a will by which he provided that one-fifth of his valuable estate should be divided into two parts, one of which he left to his Wife and her little girl Florence and the other part to his son Eugene, for use during his lifetime, but it was expressly provided that it should go to the wife and child after the husband's death. Young Cowles was enraged at the terms of the will and did everything in his power to break it. Mrs. Cowles in the meantime went to live with her mother with her young daughter. Last Monday Cowles wrote to his Wife, stating that he was going to leave the country, and asked for a farewell interview with his daughter, which was granted. The young girl saw her father at old Mrs. Cowles’ house, and agreed to return in the afternoon, which she did, in company with her mother’s sister. Cowles invited them to go to the depot with him, and the upshot was that he boarded the train with his daugh- ter. He took the train to Connaught, and proceeded by way of Buffalo to St. Cathar. ines. Mrs. Cowles in the meantime en- gaged detectives, who gave chase and came up with Cowles at St. Catharines. Cowles told the detectives that he intended to keep his child, and that he would never give it up to the mother. Word was sent to Cleve- land, and Mrs. Cowles, accompanied by her sister Mrs. Boulton, her brother 0.0. Halo, and Judge J. E. Ingersoll, at once started for Canada. At Buffalo they learned that Cowles had left for Toronto, where he put up at the Quen‘s Hotil with his daughter. The pursuing party at once proceeded to Toronto and put up at the Rossin House. They then engaged the great legal firm of Blake, Lush & Cassels. of which Hon. Edward Blake is the head, and they prepared the papers to submit the case to the courts. Cowles placed his case in the hands of Dalton McCarthy, Q.C., but before the case could be brought before the Toronto courts he left hurriedly for Montreal. He arrived here on Friday night and registered at the Windsor Hotel. He then sent word to his lawyers in Tor- onto, saying that he wished to see his wife alone, and that unless she agreed to this he would place his daughter in an institution where she would be kept until she was 21, and that her mother would not be allowed to see her. Judge Ingersoll, for the wife, replied that the interview would be granted. Cowles then sent word that unless the mother would agree to forfeit half of the estate he would, as legal guardian, place the child out of her reach. Mrs. Cowles at once took the train for Montreal and arrived here this morning with Judge Ingersoll. They proceeded to the Windsor Hotel and asked for an interview with Cowles, but it was refused. Cowles left the : hotel early in the morning with his daugh- ‘ ter and returned about noon. After several unsuccessful eficrts to see Cowles the parties met in Mrs. Cowles’ room. At Cowles' request, all but his wife withdrew and they had a long interview together. Cowles threatened to shoot anybody who would interfere with him. Mrs. Cowles asked to see her child, and Cowles said he would bring her to where she was. A cab was called and Cowles, Mrs. Cowles, her sister and brother, proceeded in the direc- tion of the Sacred Heart Convent on St. Catharines street. 0n nearing the convent, Cowles turned to his wife and exclaimed, “ You are now within sight of Flcrry ; agree to give up half of the estate or I will shoot you.” At the same moment he drew a pistol and pointed it at his wife’s head. Like a flash her brother Hale, who was sit- ting beside his sister, had drawn a revolver and pointing it at Cowles fired. Cowles fell over with a ghastly bullet wound in his throat, the ball passing right through from left to right. The streets were crowded at the time with people going home from church, and there was a tremendous sensation. ‘ Cowles was taken to the general hospital, where it was found that his wound was i very serious. By almost a miracle the ball , passed completely through the neck with- ‘ out touching any vital point. Hale at once drove to the central police station and gave himself up. He was placed in the cells. Mrs. Cowles also gave herself up, but she was released on bail. She is completely overcome by the tragedy. The young daughter, who is only 9 years of age, is at the Sacred Heart Convent, a stone’s throw from where the shooting took place. Some of the leading lawyers in the city have been ‘ engaged for Hale's defence. Cowles is re- ported in a serious condition at the general hospital to-night, but it is stated that he may pull through. THE INSIDE OF A CLEVELAND SOANDAL. Shoots His Brother-in-Law in Defence of His Sister’s Life. TRAGEDY IN A GAB- RSFGRLW MI: WMDAJE,JUNE 19. 12890 Dr. Lowry, of Brantiord, then addressed the meeting at some length, oonlning his remarks chiefly to the legisla- tive side of the question. He aid : “As far as the Scott Act is concerned, it was discouraging the way they carried it, it was dispiriting the way they enforced it and it was disgusting the way the people repealed it.” (Laughter) The speaker then criticised the various arguments of the Anti-Scott Act party against the temper- ance measure, and called on temperance people to vote on principle and not for party. He said : “Governments-s will give us tons of legislation and but ounces of enforcement. But we have had some good legislation, however. The Crooks Act is one of the finest and best lioens - laws in existence, and the amendmentsinzroduoed “the last session haverlargely waded to its efficiency. Although the‘O was-Govern- ment is one of the best Go ' tthe sun has ever shone on. still‘ goon: for improvement. I thin the great problng It I paniatiofto the liqu6 - nob fight them 011%,“! like Great Britain did the Elazze-deuiers.” Rev. W. Kettlewell was then called on, and madoa very eloquent appeal to the audience to stay home and not vote for either party today, as they were both sup- porters of the license system. He then gave a graphic portrayal of the vnrious ills attendant on the love of strong drink, and particularly in reference to the repeal of the Scott Act. It is well known that many persons, par- ticularly children, are restless atter retir- ing. In the morning sheets and bed quilts are askew and the bed in anything but a comfortable condition. And then perhaps the remark is heard, “ How I wish the bed- olothes were buttoned, or nailed down, or fixed some way so that they would stay where they belong." But the bed if made properly will always stay right, says an exchange. Turn the lower sheet well under at the head of the bed. Turn under a foot at least. It does not make any difference whether the sheet is tuokodin at the ‘bottom or not. The strain on it always comes from the head of the bed downward. Per contra the strain on clothes over a sleeper comes from the opposite direction. Hence they need to be well tucked in at the bottom. Tuck in all clothes, both upper and under, along the sides. But the main point is that the under clothes should be well turned in at the top and the upper ones at the bottom. That is the secret of making them stay where they belong, no matter how restless the occupants are. This is the theory and I have often proved it in practice. Miss Francis E. Willard gives her views on marriage as follows: " My theory of marriage in its relation to society would give this postulate: Husband and wife are one, and that one isâ€"husband and wife. I believe they will never come to the heights of purity. of power and peace for which they were designed in Heaven, until this better law prevails. One undivided half of the world for wife and husband equally; oo-edueation to mate them on the plane of mind; equal property rights to make her God‘s own free woman, not coerced into marriage for the sake of sup- port nor a bond-slave utter she is married. The Advice of Several Well Known Speakers on the Subject. Last evening, notwithstanding the heat and consequent disoomfort in a crowded auditorium, alsrge audience assembled in Gore Street Church, the occasion being the delivering of addresses by several well- kncwn temperance orators. On the plat‘ form were Rev. John Kay, Brantford, Presidentoi the conference ; Rev. William Kettiewell, Oakville ; Rev. D. W. Snider, Merritton ; Dr. Lowrey, of Brantford. and Rev. J. Pickering. The platform and pulpit were profusely decorated with flowers and plants. Rev. D. W. Snider was the first speaker and gave a vivid discripticn oi the evils of the liquor trafiioe stating that it was the cause of more sorrow and greater woe than war or pestilence or famine. He thought the time had come when men had . either steeled their hearts against the sufferers from the drink traflic or else had grown indifferent from despair. He quoted insurance statistics in sup- port of the contention that the life of a total abstainer was longer by twenty years than that of a moderate drinker. By the same means he proved that total abstainers procured insurance :cheaper by this longevity. He also thought that the liquor traffic was not, comparatively speaking, an employee of labor. The annual returns of a large brewing company in England showed a profit of £33,000 with an outlay of £16,000 for labor. A boot and shoe merchant of London had proved that in his business to produce-the same profit it would re- quire the outiay of £324,000. The speaker thought prohibition meant a large increase in the national wealth. He then went on to find the liquor traffic guilty of in- numerable crimes, such as theft, arson and murder. In urging upon those present the necessity for total prohibition he stated that in this country annually $6,000,000 is lost to the people through the curse of intemperanoe. _ . . . woman left free to go her honored and self-respecting way as a maiden in perpetuo rather than marry a man whose deterioration through the alcohol and nice- tine habits is a deadly menace to herself and the descendants that such a marriage has invoked. These are the out-looks of a future that shall make the marriage sys- tem, never a failure after it became mono- gamous, and assured a permanent, a para- disaical success.” A Useful Cement. The following mixture has been used with the greatest possible success {or the cementing of iron railing tops, iron gratings to stoves, etc.; in fact, with such effect as to resist the blows of a sledge hammer. The mixture is composed of equal parts of sulphur and white lead, with about one- sixth proportion of borax, the three being thoroughly incorporated together, so as to form one homogeneous mess. When the application is to be made of this composi- tion it is wet with strong sulphuric acid, and a thin layer of it is placed between the two pieces of iron, there being at once pressed together. In five days it will be perfectly dry, all traces of the cement hav- ing vanished, and the work having every appearance of Weldingâ€"Hall’s Journal of Health. An Australian musician has invented a. trombone that is played by steam. It‘s “ God Save the Queen " can be heard a distance of four miles. He had hard luck with it, however, for the people 0! his own town drove him out as a nuisance. A Maid 0n Marriage. A Wellâ€"Made Bed. 0N TEMPERANCE. ‘The Great Saving it Will Prove to the World’s Commerce. The special Panama Canal Commission has prepared afresh report on the pros- pective earnings of the canal in case it is completed. In this the annual cost of maintenance is placed at 5,500,000 francs. The expenses of administration are placed at 1,800,000 francs annually, and the cost of transit is estimated at 10,000,000 francs annually. The income for the first four years is estimated at 51,250,000 francs. This is calculated on an average annual tonnage for that period of 4,100,000 tons, and the proposed rate of charge per ton is twelve and one-half francs. The commis- sion estimates that after the first four years there would be an annual increase in the tonnage of 250,000 tons until a maximum tonnage of 6,000,000 be reached. After the canal has been in operation twelve years the annual net receipts, all expenses being deducted, are estimated at 07,000,000 francs. This amount would be distributed between the present and future shareholders in accordance with the terms of a contract to be concluded between the old company and the new. You want to keepqmu: skin nice all summer ‘? We“, then, here are some rules ‘toiyop : DBn‘t bathe in hard water; soften it with a few drops of ammonia or a little bonx. Don’t bathe your face while it is very warm gang ne_ver use yery cold water for it. Don‘t wash you: have when Vyéliri‘airré traveling, unless it is with a little alcohol and water or a little vaseline. Don't rub your face with a. coarse towel ; just remember it is not made of cast iron and treat it as you would the finest proce- lainâ€"gently and delicately. Donv't usé a sponge or finen mg for your face ; choosa instead a flannel one. Don’t believe you can get rid of Wtinkles by filling in the crevices with powder. Instead, give your face a. Russian bath every nightâ€"that is, bathe it with water so hot that you wonder how you can stand it, and when a minute after with cold water that will make it glow with warmth ; dry it with a. soft towel and go to bed and you ought to sleep like a baby, while your skin is growing firmer and coming from out of the wrinkles.â€"Ncw York Sun. Don’t attempt to remove dust with cold water; give your face a hot bath,using plenty of good séap ; then give it a. thorough rinsing with water that has had the chill taken off it. ' Trial by oombat was not abolished by Parliament in England until 1819. Though no part 0! Great Britain or Ireland wasthe scene of an actual judicial combat later than 1597 yet in Ireland in 1815 a murderer named Clancy avoided the gallows by a sudden offer of battle which was not ao- oepted, and in 1817 in England. Abraham Thornton challenged the brother of Mary Ashford, whom he was accused of murder- ing, and thus escaped the death penalty. It was this last crime that caused Parlia- ment to act. Mr. George Neilson has col- lected a great many interesting facts about such legal appeals to the duel by combat in “ Trial by Combat," a' new book. When trial by combat came into existence is un- certain, but Mr. Neilson traces it back among the tribes of Northern Europe before their written history began. The practice held its ground firmly both in Eng- land and Scotland for centuries, being fostered in the early feudal ages and by the later chivalry. Unrlvalled Collection of Relics for Sale for £1,000. Every summer thousands of visitors make pilgrimages to the cottage in which Robert Burns was born, near Alloway Kirk and the Banks 0‘ Deon, says London Truth. They are shown the room in which the poet first saw the light, as well as the “ original " furniture used by Burns' parents. Will it be believed that all the genuinely original furniture of the cottage was sold off by public roup in September, 1843, most of it being now in the possession of a gentleman in Manchester, who wants a thousand pounds for the following articles : The father's chair, the mother’s chair, the poet's chair, Pembroke table with flap, another without flap, the mother’s work table. chest of drawers, eight-day : clock, corner cupboard, drinking cup of wood, ale horn, tea bell, tea~caddy, teddy ‘ ladle, twelve chairs supplied by “ the Miller Goudie,” the sword worn by Burns as an exoisernan and the probe he used on his preventive excursions. All these are authenticated by letters from men who had seen them before 1843. The seller throws in five visitors’ booksâ€"from 1829 to 1843- oontaining 7,000 autographs, as well as a letter of the poet. Here is a chance for some Scotch museum or Burns Club. They were offered for sale to the Secretary for Scotland, but his secretary wrote that while they were of “ no value,” they might be given to the nation. The seller replied that, as the nation had never given him anything, he did not see his way to carry out the proposal. A sixpenoe from every member of a Burns Club would secure the collection. A good story is told on Justice McDon- nell by some of his friends. Johnny has 9. wooden leg, and one evening recently while standing near the corner of Fife and Hampshire streets. the friends standing there with him were surprised to see him raise his wooden leg and scratch it. When his friends related the fact McDonnell denied the story, but three of his friends insisted that he did scratch his wooden leg, and the preponderance of evidence being against the justice, the reporter de- cided against him, and held that Justice McDonnell. during a temporary aberration of mind, did scratch his wooden leg.â€" Quincy Whig. When the average men or woman comes to be fitted with the first pair of glasses some curious discoveries are made. Seven out of ten have stronger eight in one eye than the other. In two easea out of five one eye is out of line. Nearly one-half the people are color blind to some extent, and only one pair of eyes out of every fifteen are sound in every respectâ€"New York Commercial Advertiser. “ Is your husband a very generous man ?" " Indeed he is. You remember those nice cigars I gave him for a birthday present. Well. he smoked only one and gave all the others away to his triends." CHANCE FOR A BURNS CLUB How to Keep Your Skin Nice. Lack of Symmetry 1n the By an. Scratching His I‘Vooden Leg. THE PANA‘HA CANAL. Generous to 3 Fault. Trial by Combat. Miss Beauty (loltily)â€"-â€"” Oh, yea, I'll excuse you. You might have been moreâ€" but no matter. And she’s extremer charm- ing ! Well, let‘s drop the whole subject and never mention it again.” The Young _Memâ€"â€"“ â€"â€" ._.._._. Miss Beauty (atifliy)-â€"“ Why, I don’t see what more I can do than excuse you. Let us talk about something else. Don’t you think this a pleasant ball ?” The Young Manâ€"“ â€"â€" -â€"â€"- -â€"â€"." Miss Beauty (indifferently)â€"" Yes, I forgive you. Now, will you take me to mamma ?” Miss Beauty (snme)â€"“ Yes, I always will, I sayâ€"always, alwaysâ€"unless (voice brenkB)â€"-unless you behave very differently from what you have to-night." ’ The Young Men (speaks a long time). Miss Beauty (with great majesty)â€"â€"” I have no doubt she is a very charming girl, since you say so, although I must confess I've never heard her generally described as suchâ€"but even if I did make the mistake of letting another man have your number, yet to dance with her without first speak- ing to me-" The Young Manâ€" â€"â€" â€"â€"â€"- â€"" Miss Beautyâ€"" Oh, the fact that you' couldn‘t get near me has nothing whatever to do with it. Well, you might have been more to blame. Perhaps you couldn‘t help it. And she’s a. very charming girl.” The Young Manâ€"“ - Miss Beauty (with a mixture of manners)â€"”I'm afraid we can never again be quite as we used, although I’ll try my beat. No. it isn’t a trifleâ€"it’s a very aexioua thing, and I’m surprised at your calling it a trifle. I hope you will never more be guilty of such an actâ€"I'm sure I do~und I don’t believe I can ever forget it. Yes. I have forgiven you. Please don't take my hand. You are forgiven, Mr. Brown." II The Young Man.â€"“ . Miss Beauty‘” Yes, this is what a woman calla forgiveness.” The Young Manâ€"" â€"â€" Miss Beautyâ€"“ Oh, if you don’t no re- gard it I will take it back." The Young Manâ€"“ Miss Beauty (all ioe)â€"" Very well. Here it ia-your ring. Goodâ€"by." The Young Manâ€"“ â€"-- â€"-~â€"." Miss Beauty (without emotion)-â€"” You say so, and you've often said it. But I prefer to see love manifested in something begfieafmpty words.” Miss Beauty (in rapid gradation from repelling scorn to its diametxioal opposite) â€"“ Mr. Brown I Will you be kind enough to release me ‘1 Your impertineuoe iaâ€"oh, are you sure no one can see us ? I'm just as miserable as I can beâ€"yes,I do love you, Charley, and you know iiiâ€"oh, I wish I dian‘tâ€"and yet We rather nice, tooâ€"it was all my fault, every morselâ€"whut a. little wretoh I am lâ€"you ought to have some other girl, likeâ€" .” The Young Manâ€"“ The You-ug- Man (appears to adopt some deggpratg resplutipn). Miss Beauty (much agitated)â€"“ Yes, I always didâ€"~aud I alwaysâ€"h" The Young Man (ugaiginterrupting)â€" Miss Beauty (feverishly)â€"“ You name is ‘ Mr. Brown’ as well as '0hnrles.’ isn’t it 7 Well, I prefer the former." The Young Msnâ€"“ â€"â€" -â€"â€" â€"â€".” Miss Besutyâ€"“ We were engaged.” The Young Msnâ€"-u â€"â€"." Miss Beauty (judicially)-â€"“ Because, sir, I feel that we are far from being a con- genialâ€"(with sudden energy) Because I desire itâ€"bacause I want toâ€"beoause that’s my wishâ€"becauseâ€" becauseâ€" becauseâ€"I hats you, Charley Brown I” The Young Manâ€"“ â€"- â€"~â€" â€"" Miss Beauty (passionately)â€"“ Yes. I will say thatâ€"it’s what I mean, and I will say itâ€"I hate you, and always did -â€"" The Young Msnfl(mterrupting)â€"“ â€"-â€" Miss Beauty (in a voice much muffled but joyoue)â€"“ Oh, you mustn't say ' oon- found’ anybody, particularly a woman, Charley, for, although I don't genitiver consider her charming, as you thinkâ€"." The Young Manâ€"“ â€"â€"-â€"." Miss Beauty (ecstaticallyâ€"“ Why, why, why did you say you did. then? That caused the whole trouble. Yes, I began it before, I know, but it was because I knew I was wrong about the dance and that you were going to blame me for it and I had to anticipate youâ€"ha, ha. ha! And though you afterward did right and let me forgive youâ€"ha, ha lâ€"it didn't atone for that ‘ charming l' " The Young Manâ€"” â€".” Miss Beauty (in proud apology)â€"“ You see you don’t quite understand all about girls even yet, Mr. Charles l”â€"~Puck. The Germans in Paris. Frenchmen are waking up to the fact that the German colony in beloved Paris is rapidly increasing. There are nearly 36,000 of themâ€"in other words twelve person; out of every thousand of the population are Germans. The total has doubled in the last ten or eleven years, and is more than double that of the British, who are just under 15,000 strong. The English have their own quarters, but the Germans dis- tribute themselves over every arrondisse- ment.-â€"Parz‘s Letter. Miss Beautyâ€"“You‘ve done nothing- Mr. Brown." Philadelphia expects to come out of the oausna conflict with a million inhabi: taunts. And so does Chicago. Queen Victoria. has ordered the artist Angeli to paint for heraportraii of Mr. Stanley. Miss Beauty (severely}â€"" Meaning no one in particular.” Th9 Young Manâ€"“mm â€"_ __ Misa Beaut'y (more coldly)â€"“ Not in the least. Why should I be offended ?” The Young Man (enme)â€"“ â€"â€" ~â€" U Miss Beauty (most coldly)â€"” Possibly, yet one can’t judge from seeming. Many persons seem very differentâ€"for n timeâ€" from what they really are.” The Young Manâ€"-“ â€"-â€" -â€"â€"â€" â€" â€"â€"- Miss Beauty (coldly)â€"“ Ah, good evenâ€" ing. Yes, if you 0110059, but I think I can- not stay here longer. However, there’s room enough on this divan, suppose." (Mrs. Packer Crysh’a drawing-room. Although doing one’s best to listen to the Hon. Quintus Quornm’s synopsis of 1115 last five-hour speech, one cannot help hearing Miss Bessie Beauty’s clear soprano from the curtain nic‘he‘near‘by.) 1|;r:_, n . Some Youung Man (in an. EDHEEEiL-g‘tiiflh- ab_1§_mu-rmur)â€"f“ â€"-â€" 5â€";- .” The Young Man- The _Â¥oung Man THE LOVERS’ QUARREL. In his recently published “ Trials 01a ‘Country Parson," Dr. Jessop tells some amusing anecdotes picked up in Arcady. As thus : “ It is very shocking to a sensi- tive person to hear the way in which the old people speak of their dead wives or husbands exactly as if they'd been horses or dogs. They are always proud of having been married more than once. ' You didn’t think, miss, as I'd had five wives, n‘d'w did you? Ah. but I have, thoughâ€"lenstways I buried five on ’em in the churchyard. that I didâ€"nnd tree on ’em bewties !’ On another occasion I playfully suggested, ‘ Don’t you mix up your husbands now and then, Mrs. Page. when you talk about them?’ ‘ Well, to tell you the truth, sir. I really do! But my third'husband, he was a man 1 I don’t mix him up. He got killed, fightingâ€"you’ve heard tell 0’ that I make no doubt. The others won't nothing to him. He’d ha‘ mixed them up quick enough if they'd interfered ‘wi' him. Lawk ahl He‘d a made nothing of them!’ "-â€" St. James’ Gazette. One of the simplest and yet most satis- factory cable roads in existence is that running between the two Devonshire towns‘ of Lyntcn and Lynmcuth, one being situated at the top and the other at the bottom of s. clifi. The clifi is 500 feet high, and there are two passenger cars connected to each other by two indepen- dent steel wire cables, each cable passing over the same pulley fixed at the top of the track. Underneath, but attached to each car, is a tank, and water is allowed to flow into the tank of whichever car happens to be at the top, end by its weight causes the car to descend, and at the same time of course causes the other car at the bottom to ascend, only a sufficient amount of water being allowed to enter the car each time to just overbalance the load of passen- gers requiring to be brought up in the other car. The passenger cars can be readily detached and run 03 the platform at either end. thus leaving a plain table for the con- veyance of goods. Running a Goal stove. A 009.1 stove should never be filled up with coal higher than the fire brick, and a little lower is better. Never put wood on top of coal it you wish a good, clean fire. Wood sshee rattling down through the hard ooal fire are not an improvement. No dead ashes or olinkers should be allowed on the grate or under it either. An ash pit under the boiler, it allowed to fill with ashes, will reflect so much heat against the grate that it will soon wear out and fall to pieces. The same will take place in the hot stove as well as in the steam boiler. It the object to run a fire is to burn out as much coal as possible then fill it full, even no that the covers will not go down. This arrangement will burn the greatest possi- ble quantity of coal in the least amount of time; to obtain direotly opposite results, keep a clean fire in the firebox about two- thirds full of coal. When two gentlemen are walking with one lady the one takes the out and the other the inside, thus keeping her between them. When one gentleman is walking with two ladies, he places himself between them. When a gentleman desires to s eak to a lady who is passing, he may if he Be a friend and alone, aoeost her, but he must not detain her. Instead, let him walk with her in the direction whither she is going, and when he has done, leave her with a bow and smile, raising his hat as he retreats. It is no longer thought need- fnl for a gentleman to keep himself per- petually on the outer side by changing sides at every corner. Such a habit savers of stifiness and is too marked a concession to form. Gentlemen may take the inside when it would seem awkward to do other- wise, but the outside is preferred for them. â€"-Philadelphia Saturday Herald. hair by object lessons. “ Don't wash your hair." This is advice given by a woman who has been at the head of a leading hairdressing establish ment for the last 1-2 years. She says fur- ther : “ I believe the average young woman drowns the life of her hair by fre- quent washing in hot and cold water. We send out about 20 young women who dress hair by the season, contracting for the entire family. They plan to give each head a. combing twice a week, and, by- special arrangement, make house-to house visits daily. Not a drop of water is put on the hair and every head is kept in a clean and healthy condition. We in our faith to a good brush and prefer a s ort-bristled. narrow brush, backed with olive or plain wood. We use the brush not only on the hair but on the scalp as well. A maid has to be taught how to dress and care for the This instruction is part of my duty. In teaching one novice I operate on the other; the first thing to do when the hair is nnpinned is to lessen it by lightly tossing it about. The operation need not tangle. and as the tresses are being aired they [all into natural lengths. Instead of beginning at the scalp the first combing should start at the end 01 the hair. In other words, comb upward to avoid tangling, breaking and tearing the hair out. This raking of the hair will re- move the dust. After this the scalp should be brushed thoroughly. By this I mean that a full hour should he s nt, first brush- ing the hair and than t e head."â€"New York Times. A woman wage-earner who works from 8 in the morning until 6 at night and oooa- sionally finds herself too weary to sleep, takes down her hair at 10 o'clock, brushes it vigorously. washes her iaoe,neek and arms with lukewarm water, takes a crash towel bath and goes to bed, with ahot water bag at her feet. The light in her room is so arranged that she oan,atter reading for a few minutes some light, pleasant work, extinguish it without rising. and she usually drifts into dreamland in less than half an hour.â€"C’hicago Tribune. For the year ended June 13% the toll re- ceipts of the Brooklyn Bridge were 81,078,- 847.03,being an increase over the previous year of $113,794.92, or 11.3 per cent. Reil- road fare was reduced to 3 cents on March 191:, 1885. Promenade tickets were sold at twenty-five for 5 cents utter February 1st, 1885. A St. Paul gembler’s life wss saved from a. fatal bullet by poker chips in his pocket. The incident points several morals, none of them. however. as more! as could be de‘ Hired! Some Good Advice as to Treatment. Till at last she asked in her guilelesi way Which nine is playing now ?" He broke the engagement then and there, And now they don’t oven bow. ’ She tried her best to keep the score. I But when the 51116 was done He found that w enever a. foul was hit She had given the man a. run. It dampened his ardor tqhave he! say : ” Why doesn’t the umplre but '2" And elach question she asked diminished MI ove, Though he wouldn't have owner] to than Two lovers went to the baseball game One afternoon in May. He was a. crank ; she never had seen Professional players pley. He faithfully tried to explain it all. She tned to understand ; But the mpra he talked. the less she know Why he thought the game was grand. He cheered, he danced, he yelled " Hll hll" She calmly looked about ; And if any one made a. three-base bit bhe asked it the man was out. A Devonshire Cable Road. The Pride of Matrimony. Etiquette on the Street. A Woman's Way. Important to Girls. THE HAIR. It: Care nnd