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Out of ll1('f\zl\'u;:(‘.lllsi of life it grew. As :1 will flmvuxugruwth 0111‘ of light mid heat. A Hpu‘il 01' fire that time could not dert'mu. thiuh undo. the antique world it uvcthx‘vw. l’nshzlkt‘n amid the wreck of ages. one known 01 all life, and speech fur (‘\'('l‘_V month, One gong: that echoes wui'hlwvidc and um- ()nmhing worth living: for beneath the sun, AH humiliful at; Summer in the South. And full 01' p; . ‘ i011 {LS the hour! 01 Juno. 0. 141. NIUN'I‘GUMEJIV STRANGE BRITISH CRIMES. Scandals. An epidemic of senndnl and soviul outâ€" rage appears to he :iilliet‘ing‘ England at the present time. There are epidemics of hur- glm‘y and murder as well as epidemics of lever and snmll~p0x. The latest; trouble is a. strange out-break of crime alleeting the domestic hearth and illuminating the ramks of the higher classes 0t society. “ The Morewood allhir," :1 Herb 'shii'e ,UIUlLlal, holds :L foremost place in the social annals of the time. it is an episode of Christnms; but it is aL‘l‘Clltllflth in this new year by the estreating of bail money to the extent of #520,000 hands entered into for the ap- pearance of four “aristocratic " prisoners who have decainped to foreign lands. The story is a curious satire upon the supposed culture and good feeling of English country families. From my own knowledge of this society 1 am hound to say it is a somewhat exceptional euse of utter bluclgguurdism and lawlessness. Alfreton Hall is a ileasant mansion situ- ated on one of the uplands overlooking the Erewash Valley, just where the green plains of Nottinghamshire rise into the wooded heights of the Peak of Derbyshire. A sweet rural valley was this streteh of the midlands intersected by one little riverr Al‘lreu'ashrfl in the days before coal was diseovered throughout its entire length. Now, how- ever, eolliei'y shutting and steam engines seam and sear its face with an erysipolzis of smoke and dirt pillars of L'lUIHl by day and fires by night. Out of these rieh coal mines the. Morewoodsof Alfreton, a county funk ily, have become opulent. They have “ struck ile.” The father of the family (lied reeent1y,and the elder brother, Mr. Charles l’aliner-Mormmod, Allreton, ueting as head of the family, invited a Christnms gathering of his kinsmen at the ancestral hall. llis mother and h is four brothers as- sembled there on Christmas day. They were hospitalle entertained. The ynle leg burned ln'ightly. 'l‘he holly liongh hung over family per llS. I‘lverything told of the great anniversary of humanity \vhieh Christendom was eelehratinlr. The wind brought a message of Uln'istlnas hells across the valley. It was :1- day to remove dom tie ties and to revive the happy memories of childhood and youth. All went on with peae 2 and good will until the mother lei‘t'. 'l‘hcn Mr. Moorewood and his four brothers adjourned to the smoking-room. ’l‘here appears to hard been an interval in which the merits of a greatly prized old rum, which was in a singular, antique bot- tle, were discussed. Suddenly, without words or warning, Squire Morewood was seized by his four brothers and thrust into the library. They locked the door inside. 'l‘hen they endeavored to dragoon him into aigning a document to their pecuniary ad- vantage. 'l‘his dOenment related to certain money mentioned in the dead father‘s will, some of whirl], being vested in colliery in- terests, had not had time to be realized and paid over to them. The father left :aeh of his sons a, legacy of M00300. Part of this patrimony the four younger brothers had received. Now they resorted to tear and force to obtain the remainder. The victim of their tram-her)! refused to sign the doc.- lllllCllt‘ He would not be eowed by eoer- eion. lie was told that the four brothers lnul east lots to take his life. A revolver was held at his head to eniplnrnze the threat. The elder brother insisted, and a desperate and dastardly struggle ensued. It was four against one. The elder brother twieeslruggled to the bell and rang for help. “hen the butler answered the sumâ€" mensol' his master he was dismissed by one of the brothers on some trivial errand, while the others held their \‘ietiin. li‘in- ally the {our miscreantfl left their vietim on the lloor senwlexsand bleeding. “Ho into the library.” they said to oneoi' the servants m they left the house, “ you will lind your master \ery drunk. lt wax‘ :L sorr()\\flll and sickening 'ht that met this servant’s gaze when he went into the aneentral dining rule/I, furnished with all that wealth could pl‘w'ure and taste a'iggest. 'l‘he Squire was lying on the eu‘pet in a pool of blood. lie was en- time â€" “a” 440'} '0»: ' Murders, Assaults, Mutllation of Cattle, &c. Ir WGRIEF. II. ~HOPE III. â€"LOVE. like 110]“81085 love; and 0' tirely naked. All his clothes had been cut from off his body. He was insensith anglilflgcdi}lg from several wounds. \Vhile thisi [areas was going 0n..\'lrs.l\lore- wood, the Squire’s wife, was lying in bed in the same house, her confinement having tak- en place only a short time previously. The four young heroesrvflet ine innnorlalize them by printing their names in full: George Herbet Palmer-M orewood of llallfield Gate: Alfred Ernest Augustus. and \Villiam Louis l‘ulmer-Moreu'ood, of “'igwell IIall,\Vi1'ks- \\'m'tli)v~v-were subsequently arrested upon warrants charging them with “unlawfully assaulting” Mr. C. R. Palmer-Morewood, Justice of the Peace. but they were, liberat- ed on bail, each in his own recognizance of 12,500, and sureties of $2,500 caeh, making 1L total sum of $20,000. When, however, the case came on for trial the defendants had ahseondeil and the bail was untreated. Themoney was paid, and it is understood that it came from the pockets of the fugi- tives. The fact that the Police warrant was only for “common assault,” and that the aristocraticruliiuns were allowed bail at all, is. regarded in the neighborhood as a serious relleetion on the justice dispensed by the English unpaid inagistrucy. llad these civi- lized savages been lower in the social scale, it is said they would have been ofi‘ered no opportunity ofliberty. Now they are re- ported to belaughing at, he law in France or Spain. One account which reaches us from Alfreluu declares they are about to embark for a cruise in the Mediterranean in the beautiful yacht; ufi'the I‘lurl (ll Shrews- bury. “These four young u-sthetcs, and their divoreed and divine sister, and the lol'dly libertine,” says nn' correspondent, “W111 make, no doubt, a merry crew, 11emhy hangs (mother story. 'l‘urning from this strange Mory of Allret- on Hall, 1 would reeur for :1 moment to the suicide of the Criterion burdnaid in LondonY after the desertion of her :sedueer, Lieut l’onsonby, of the Royal N41 ' l narrated the case quite recently. She “as u. respecta- ble girl. lle was an officer reputed to be rich. l'le indueed her to go and live with him. She did so. A few days after he left her. Finding;r herself alllieted with a terrible disease, she killed herself, leaving behind it letter denouncing her betruyer. At the in- quest on her body he narrowly escaped lynching. 1 intimated that the Queen and the Admiralty would have the conduct of thisollieer laid before them. The authori- ties have not been long in eonsnlering the case. Lieut. l’onsonby’s name has been struck off the list of her llajesty’s Navy. Hitherto his eareerhad been, so far as the service goes, honorable and gallant. It ends in disgrace and remorse, for no man can be So callous as not to grieve over the shocking death of the poor girl whose tragic end has been one of the “Sensations” oi the pust few weeks. lll Now there has come before the world the, new scandal to which reference was made in my letter from London. The Dissenting minister and husband of the boarding school lady has been captured. Henry Barwick Shilling has been taken before the St ‘atford County Police Court charged on a warrant with havng unlawfully and indeeently as- saulted Mary Ann llyanis, on or about Dec. (3, 1881, in the Parish of lieyton. He was also further charged with assaulting Sabina Sim- ons, Julia Siinons, Amelia Sinions, Florence Hymns, Mary Jane Thaw, Selina ’l‘heW, and Maud Brown. on or about the same date, at Clifton House School, Leyton. These are the schoolgirls under the care of his wife. 'J'hough the prisoner has been a preacher for some years, he is described on the charge sheet as a printer and l)00lil)il](l(:1'. The solicitor in the case. applied for areniand, stating that the prosecution would be under- taken by her Majesty’s ll‘reasnry. The prisoner was respectably dressed, but not in clerical grab. lie. is a stout, dark, middle- aged man. The local reporter who sent notes of the. an rest to London says . “ Latter- ly the n‘isoner had been talking of making)r a tour through America." It is possible the United State‘ have had a narrow escape irom the, intrigues of this wolf in sheep’s clothing. The prisoner has been formally arraignedbefore the magistrates. The case has created quite a consternation among parents whose girls are at boardingsehools. l have frequently inentionml as a fact not favorable to this class of cdneatit 11:11 in- stitntions in England that they are not sub- ject to oliicial inspection as in Germany. Anybody can open a school in England, and it is notorious that the teachng in fashion- able ladies’ schools is largely devoted to “de- partment ” and the art of “assuming airs “ in society, Mr. Shilling, itis said, will turn out to nave been an elderly Don (Juan in his wifeis school, though Lira. Nkilling has dc- elared to the reporters that In, is innocent of the, crimes imputed to him. ;\lll()llg tho mums rm’w/u'ax of the time which may be fairly recorded under the h aiding of “stringer than fiction " is “the Brooks; vase." incntionwl in a London letter as likely to loud to the rel 1:50 of two rc- spccfahlu men who have served two years iniprisonnn-nt out of ten to which they won: UUll‘lUlllllCLl on a charge of assault and muti- lation. The prisoners, Johnson and (.‘lowos, are to he, reloasml, and the (Government is considering the question of fl\\'(ll'llll\'n' thcni compensation for the misery Hwy have undergone. As tln “20,000 of eatruatml bail in the .\l()l’(:\\'l)01l atlair goes to tho Frown. it would he a gooil thing to hand it o\ D!” to tho \ii'tinis of tho lIN‘HH‘, llroolm. Tho story lyrioily to‘nl is tlni : Sonic timyouvrs ago lsann Brooks, a farmer of Htailkmlshiro, was assaulted :nnl urnolly nintilatml. l'lo charged two noighhn Johnston and Clown . with the rrinm. They were 1riml and found guilty. 'l‘hu mutilation was of so saragoa kind that the judge ‘lltUlH't’xl lln‘ prisoners to 10 your»? penal scrrltmlv. A Iortnight since Brooks (liml. ()n his (loath-hml. with ‘oineformality,liteztlictatml mnl signwla «20H»- ob‘sion that Johnson 11ml Clowos aw prriwtly innocent : that. they never tonchml him. He» fore ho would be cross-exznnincd ln- :liu , Medical inquirics have since heon maer into the vlurr:n:t(‘r annl haliits of Brooks, and tln- result is the l‘rlllVlL‘thll that the man wa< alllicteil with an insane mania of null-muti- lation. 'l‘ln: inrostigation has brought to lighL tho fact that Brooks was always a man of wwntric Ilahits, and that a your ago hv II and was taken to a local hospital, suffering from a second attack and injury, which he inâ€" sisted on hushing up,” declining to say who had assaulted him. This it is now contend- ed ought to have excited the friends of the prisoners sufficiently to have induced them to institute inquiries in their interest ; though it is questionable whether anything could have been done for them, seeing that the prosecutor’s evidence and identification of them was aecepted by the jury and en- dorsed by the Judge. It is an elemen tin the ease, as showing how "weeks may have desired to injure (Jlowes by charging him with assault that some years ago his sister lived with Clowes “ outside the bonds of matrimony.” But he had no grudge against Johnson, and the idea that any man would cut and wound himself for the purpose of charging others with the offence never appears to have occurred to any one conâ€" nected with the affair until now. It seems, however, there is no case with- out a parallel. A clergyman writes to the papers to say that he recently officiated at the death-bed of aman who had served many years of imprisonment for mmlslunghten He had had a. quarrel with his brother, who struck him. A fight ensued, in which he got the better of his assailant, who after the seullie was found to be fatally stabbed, and who charged his brother with killing him, and the result was a sentence of some years imprisonment. 0n the trial the prisoner pleaded that the dead man stabbed himself, the theory being that findinghis brother had the best of the encounter, he stabbed him- self (only intending to do himself a slight injury) in order to get his brotherinto trou- ble. The Judge and jury did not believe this, but the prisoner on his death-th quite re- ‘ (:ently repeated the story to the clergyman, and with his last breath declared that it was true. The Minister expresses his own belief in the statement, which suggeets a rival case of injustice for comparison with the mutilation of lsuae Brooks. Just as I am closing this article my Der- hyshire correspondent informs me that the history of the Morewoods of Alfreton Hall is likely to come still more prominently be- fore the world than at present. The ques- tion of rightful succession to the estates was tried in 1841 by a “claimant7 whose case is not unlike in some of its details to thth of the 'l‘iehhorne romance. Later another (-laimant turned up. “This person,” says EL townsman of Alfreton, writing to a local newspaper, “was a man named John W'il- liums, calling himself John \Villiam More- wood, a native of Pembroke, who has been in the Army, and when at the Cape of Good Hope met with anotner soldier from Alfre- ton, who informed Williams of the history of the Alfreton Morewoods, and also the his- tory of the Ludhroke Palmer-Morewoods. 0n \Villiams’s return to England he wrote from Pembroke to the late Mr. Stoppard, of l’inxton, two letters (which said letters Mr. Stoppard gave to me.) He addressed Mr. Stoppard as ‘Dear Unele,’ and in one ‘ letter, among other things, he writes : ‘ I am the son of the Rev. Henry Case Merc- wood and Ellen Case Morcwood, and was stolen from my parents when young and sent to sea,’ when, in truth, Mrs. Case Home- wood was the mother of only one child; a. son, by her first husband, George Morewood l‘lsq., who died when a few months old. It is also true that a stout pair of boots had something to do with helping \Villiams not only from Alfreton “all, but also out of 181' freton town. “But,” continues the samecorrespondent, (and he writes with an air of authority), “the fracas which took place at Alfreton Hall, at Christmas, is not the only disturb- ance that has occurred in the Palmer More» wood family. The late Mr. Charles lt0w~ land Palmer-Morewood and his brother, the late Mr. Frederick William l’almer More- wood, did not visit Ali'reton at the same time, and upon an occasion of business 1 once had with Mr. Frederick W. Palmer- Morewood he said to me athamingtonf‘If I live longer than my father, my brother Charles shall never have Altrcton. I know of a. gentleman who can trace his pedigree direct lrom the old All’reton Morewoodsand possessed of many family deeds and d0eu~ ments relating to the llall estates, but he has never exercised any claim to the estates, but intends shortly to do so in a way he may be legally advised; and I think an im- portant deed will he produced which will operate in my friend’s favor in barring the Statute of Limitations. 1 fancy there will be a greater surprise than that which took place in the action of \Vood against More- wood in 1841. The shorthand notes of that trial are in hand, as also a private letter fronithe Judge, Baron l‘arkc, dated ten years after the trial." We may, therefore, in the ordinary course of events, look for further revelations in the history of the county family which has so recently rullled the aristocratic waters of high society with the shameful details of a lord .y case of adult- ery, elopement, and divorce. and the cele- bration of Christmas \vithan attempted roh- hery and murder. _, 7,7.«yo4.->00'â€"â€"â€"-â€" Women Boxing, 1723. At the Bourded House in Marybonc Fields, to-morrow being Thursday, the 8th day of August, will be pcrform’d an extraordinary Match at liming between Joanna Heyfiehl, of Ncwgatc Market, Basket-Woman and the City Championess, fur 'l‘cn pounds Note. There has not been seen a battle for these 20 Years past, and as these two Heroines are as brave and us lmhl as the ancient Amn- zons, the, Spectators may expect abundance 01' Diversion and Sutislaction from these FC- Inale Combatants. 'l'huy will mount at £110 usual llour, llllll the Company will he (li- Yoi‘tml with (,‘mlgvl-plalying till they mount. Note a scholar of Mr. Flgg, that challenged Mr. Stokes lust Summer, lights Mr. Stoluts‘s Scholar (l Bouts at Stall for Three l lninms : the lirst Bloml \Vins‘ The “outlier stopt l‘hu intflo laSt \Vcdnestlay. Snow-Bailing. An: you the happy fathol'of a brace nf vig- orous, aciivc hoys‘? You are? Then you know all about having two snow forts in the front yard, and all the neighbors brats being in wait behind them to give you a warm greet. ing with a snowball volley as you come swinging up the walk with a half 1L dozen new lamp chimneys in your poukct, and a. 17 x 14 pane of glass under your arm to set in the (:ulhu‘ window. ho <~o'> '0 THE MUSKOKA DISTRICT- Settlers 1:: a. Prosperous Condition The People Very Deslrous to Have Railway Accommodation. A prominent citizen of Muskoku, says, regarding extent of undeveloped lands. In answer to a question as to the quality of good farming land, he said that, according to Murray &, Kirkwood’s “Undeveloped Lands of Ontario,” there were in that sec- tion upwards 3,520,000 acres 01 territory. The population in the sixty-six townships of M uskoka and Parry Sound is 27,000 which allowing an average 01 five persons to a fam- ily, gives 5,400 heads of families. Now if we compute the average size of a farm at 150 acres tliatwill give an area. of one million acres occupied, leaving about two and a half million acres unoccupied, a very consider- able portion of which if leffi for settle- ment. f‘ Have you been through the district lately?” “Yes, and travelled through a great part of the country. I followed up the Muskoka colonization road to within twenty miles of Lake Nipissing. At Huntsville, township of Chafl'ey. I found business showing much ac- tivity. They had good crops there, wheat especially being very good, the farmers as a consequence prospermg. The next town- ship north is Perry, and although not long since opened up to settlement, at has a pop- ulation of 1,200 inhabitants. There was a small surplus of wheat grown in Perry last year, and alarge area is ready for wheat in the spring. I then went eastward to the township of Bethune, where I found that good crops had been raised. A large quanti- ty of good timber, mostly hardwood, is to be found in this neighborhood. Thence I went back through rerry into the township of Armour, and Visited Katrine and Burke’s ‘ Falls, where it is expected that the North- ern and North-\Vestern Sault Railway will cross the Maganettawan Hirer. There is a good stretch of this river suitable for steam navigation. It extends twenty-five miles westward to Maganettawnn Village, and if the proposed Maganettawan Village is eon- strueted, the distance of navigahle water will be extended twelve miles still further westward, through the townships of Ryer- son, Chapman, and Croft, these districts containing already a large area of cultivated land. Proceeding northward, the township of Strong is reached. This has been the most rapidly settled township in the Free (irunt district. Although not long opened there are new one hundred and forty fami- lies settled, mostly from the older districts of Ontario. At the village of‘Stirling Falls there is a saw mill owner, a grist mill own- er, and several other business men lnlely ar~ rived there from Listowel. The owner of the grist mill told me that his mill is run- ning steadily sixteen hours a day, and that he expects to he kept running briskly all the winter. There are also saw mills at Sanhridge and Dunville, the latterhelonging to Mr. Nieholls, who has lately come from Markham. I visited the farm of a former resident of Vcrulam, South Victoria, Mr. Menzies. and he expressed himself well sat isfied with his farm, saying that it was qual to any land in South Victoria. I proceeded on to Uplands, in the township of Maehar, where there are 70 families settled, the equal ity of theland in that neighhourhood, as far as I could see, being excellent. The settlers informed me that there was plenty of good land in that locality yet unoccupied. The next place Visited was Connnanda, sn the township of Gurd, where Mr. Carr. l’ostv master, is erecting a grist mill, and he stat- ed that there was a great deal of available free grant lands in the vicinity as good if not superior to that already taken up. In the township of l’luntsworth there are two settlements~----Barrett and Big Bend whoth prosperous and growing. In the township of Patterson I found ltistoule to he a pros. porous, little settlement with plenty oiland of fair quality in the vicinity. I found the townshipof Ferric to be very sparsely set- tled, but containing fair land. I then pass- ed south of the townships of Mills. Hardy, and MeConkey, not having had time to visv it them, where, however, the land is very highly spoken of. Besides hardwood all these townships contain large quantities of pine and white oak timber of line quality. There is also in all this territory an immense quantity of hireh, which is used in cabinet- making. railway eoaeh building, and carriâ€" age building. Lumlmring is very ln'isk all through this region. The snow is Scarce in some places, hut not so as to retard opera- tions. The Pacific Railway construction is beingr carried on along the Northern and eaqtern shores of Lake Nipissing, not far from the lake. Mr. S. A. King being?r Construction Superintendent. The railway construction gives the settlers a. good market for their farm produce. A large number of trains may be seen every day hauling pressed hay and oats to the Uallcnder lumbering camps. It is expected that next year, between rail~ “10' construction and lumbering, there will he a. great deal of business don *arouno Lake Riiiissiiig. Generally I found the people prosperous, but the one object which they were unanimous in calling for was a railâ€" way, and there is no doubt that. a railway would derive a very valuable local trailie. Jt is expected that the construction of the two roads will be commenced in the present year, which will give the people of that dis» trict, both on the east. and west shim, facili- ties for transport. The Ontario and Sault Ste. M irie line, which will be. under the au- spices ol the Midland Railway system, will run through (Irarcnhurst and lh'acebridge to the Hunlt, crowing French River and Contais Island. and will prohablyail'ord railâ€" way facilities to the townships of Muskoka, Macaulay, Monk, Watt. Uardwell, Monteith Christie, McKellar, llagerman, Mackenzie, \Vilson, Brown and Blair. The Northern and Nortlr‘dtstern and Canada l’aciiie, run~ ning from (iravcnhurxt to Calleiider, will serve the townships of Muskolta, Draper, Macaulay, Sterenaon, Brunei, Chail'ey, l’or- ry, Armour, Strong. .loly. llamier, and llunsworth. The conxtrnetion of both these roads will giveawonderl’ul impttus to the settlement of the country. The Manitoba and North-“West fever has reached the peo- ple to a certain extent, but as soon as they get railway facilities they will be quite eon» tented, and feel no apprehensions as to that future prosperity, as new markets will be A TRIP THROUGH THE (70 "FRY RA] LWAY (‘0 l‘IlIK‘TIUX created for their farm products. Though much of the land is rocky and fertile, yet there is sufficient material] for two wealthy counties. The conntryis wcllwatered and furnished with hemlock, birch, pine and other woods. I drove all through this country, the whole of it in my constitu- ency, Strong, Machnr, llunworth, :nnl ’atterson never having" been \' ,. ed by me before.” mg 9 i‘Yes; in the township of Perry Mr. How ry Riozin intends to turn his three hundred cleared acres into a stock farm after taking off his next stock of wheat. Sheep have done remarkably well, and I have been informed that the offspring is superior to the parent stock, thus showing that the country is well suited for stock raising. ” Mr. Cockbm‘n said that intending settlers would (10 well to apply to Mr. Shaughnc»). Uplands ; Mr. Carr, Commandu (Track ; Mr. M. Lawson and Mr. M. Sinclair, (x‘lenislay: J. S. Scarlett, Nipissing; Mr. Zest, Magnu- ettawan; Mr. Handy, Emsdalc 7. and Mr. McKay, Parry Sound; also Mr. .I. C. 'l‘uylor Braccbx'idge. The Ontario Government i4 opening up new townships by means of colonization roads. To the north and west of Luke Nip- issing there is goodland in the townships of Springer and Caldwell. They are not yet opened up for settlement, but in all proba- bility W111 soon be thrown open. It is report- ed that vast tracts of good land are also to~ be found to the north-east and north-westnf Lake Nipissing, at El distance of fifteen or twenty miles from that lake, in addition to some good belts nearer to the lake. +__‘oo <O~> 09â€"» 77777 Wonderful Escape ofa. Convict from the California Penitentiary. An interesting story comes from Stockton of the way in which the notorious safe rohv her, Johnny Sansome, recently escaped from the Folsom State Prison. The story of his well-laid plan is as follows: About nine months ago he received the scheme of escap- ing. He worked the cement out from be» tween two granite blocks in the floor of his cell, and, by sounding)r with a wire, found a cavity underneath. \Vitha chisel, which he smuggled into his cell, and :1, piece of hard wood, he sueeeeded in breaking in two one of the granite blocks. He struck the blows; only when the door was slammed. Then he painted a pieee of wood in .imitnâ€" tion of the granite and inserted it in the floor, so that he could remove it at pleasure. \Vhen he made an ('xzuninution of the hol-v low space below he found that by tuttng through stone and cement three and a hull ‘ feet thiek he eould reach an abandoned sew- er. In order to avoid detection hy the guard he hung some of his clothes upon the wall. and the rest he made into a (lumpy which he tucked nieeiy under the blankets. hali- ed, he worked night after night until he had entered the opening of a stone sewen The holes he out were so small that he had to grease them to allow his body to slip through. STOCK RAISING. “ Is the country adapted for stock mi‘ After passing through the sewer fiftytwo feet he met with an obstruction in theshupe of stone and cement ten feet in thickness. which had been filled in when the server was abandoned. This he removed slowly, piw: by piece, earl'yingit baeklilie a squirrel into the hollow space underneath lllr~ eel]. He met with another obstruction when thinwas removed, a granite block two and a hall feet thick. “"hen he had made his way through this he ran a tunnel into the ground eight feet long, just wide enough to admit his body, and then started an incline upwards. which, after runnng four feet. brought him into an unused closet in a- small room with an :Lsplialtum floor, and with a window han- red with chilled iron bars. Sausome had provided himself with steel saws, made out of case-knives, to cut the bars. The on] v opportunities :ifl'orded him to complete hi«V work were given when the guards were changing shifts, or when they were in a res mote portion of the institution. It was dur- ingfir a change of the shifts that he escaped and gained his liherty. \Vhen once outside he procured clothing from some tramps and then made his “'in through to Marysvillr. Ufton while working in the sewe; the airwa-x sofoulthathe had to \vithdrmr to save l‘im- self from suii"oe“tiug. 1n the nine months re- quired to complete the joh. Sunsomo lost twentydive pounds in flesh. Snusome was captured by an accident in ltlarysville.u Sherili' who knew him covering the eom iot with :1 revolverhei'ore he had warning. ,7 , «oo<«-'>Nâ€"â€"â€"â€" Cornish Superstitions. 01d customs still pro Vail to or grout exirnt in the northern and western portions 0." England. In the north, espv 'iully amid the great Black Country, they are almost llnv iversal, while in the Midlandsnnd the south they seem to have dis-Appeared. Many of these customs come within the rntegory of superstitions. 1n the north. no child‘s nails are ever eutou sunday : no infant’s nails are out until it has attained the age of one year, but are hitten ; the inside of u child’s hunds are never washed until three weeks after hirth ; infants, before they are carried down stairs, are always taken up stairs. in order to insure their course in the world upward ; no ehild is shown itself in the glass, or its teething process will he painful : cake is al- wags given to the ti gt person met on th«- roud to the christening ; marriage should never be performed on a, Saturday, but ul- wnys, if possible, on :1. \Vediiesd:1_y : the person who sleeps first on the wedding night will die first, as will the person who hmIeIs first at the marriage ceremony. Jn (‘ornnnll no miner \rhistles underground ; n. Cornish «child horn after midnight will see more of the world than ordinary folk, and Sundny is an especially lucky day for birth. 7 r --â€"â€"q»<‘6w«-â€"â€"~ Went Shopping. "1 u‘iu't feeling: very well toâ€"duy. My ‘ hrzid uehes, my liver is out of order. l'vv i got the seintiozi, my pulse is toehlo, and l l L-\peet l’ll die before night it I don"t talk:- i cure of myself." 9n “ And you won't gm Juarcst ‘3” tenderiy iqu “ No," he :ms-nwrcd, ing Very pale. $17155?) glad. (lcm’y. Yuu (-zm tuml the children, then, while 1 go shopping," and she skipped lip-stairs to put on her things withajnytms, heart-easy laugh that (mly the true wife over gives vent to. A PERSEVERING PRISONER. AIDlNi SETTLEMEN’I‘, ETC. to “w 01ch tn-rln)‘, 1i1'ml his wife. groaning, and 1m