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Pocahontas Va . the Pearle u. my ____, mine (1 master, Pater S nith, whose brother was a. victim, eskad permirsion to pray. which being accorded he an 55, and dofling his hat, made a touching appeal. Tue man outside the building also snood uncovered and, with the rain beating on their heads, 1 stened while the rough miner prayed. 0 God Almighty, we ask that you Will _ Lb“. nf Lfllic- w”! r _ l stened while the rough miner prayed. 0 Gad Almighty, we ask that you will give us some comfort in this hour of afllic- tion. We pray you to let us have back the bodies of our poor relatiws and not to re- fuse us the chance of burying them. 0 Lord God Almighty, put out the fires and help us so that we can give back the bodies to that earth ler which we came. so our action to-night may be wise and that we may not be reckless or do things which the law don't allow. 0 Great God, let your pity come to thesa here poor Widows and children who have no man to get them lread. Latvthis grta': and rich country give a few dollars, so that we will not see them starvâ€" ing; pray, God, don’t let them go down un- der their troubles. If some poor fellow down below is yet alive, 0 GodI kill him quick or show us how to help him. In the ‘ name of a merciful Jesus we b(saech you to show pity on thistown and help us bear the burden you have given us to bzar. God help us ani teach us to live our life so we die in ptace when our time corms to die. If, as some say, the dead go to purgatory, then we pray you be meiciful to our dead. Let their agony in this deadly mine help to square their account. God help and com- fort all in Pocahontas, fur the sweet sake of "um l l l v figs-us Christ. Amen Jesus Uhl‘lSL. Ammu- 1 During the invocation the crying of the women, at first almost inaudible, rose EU unison. until the volume nearly drowned the speaker’s voice. As he sat down tears were flowing from every eye, andgreat con- fusion prevailed, as several of the women completely lost self-control. The “keen. ing"of the Irish women mingled with the frenzied I'mmentation of the colored women. The scene was distressing in the extreme to the few strange re who witnessed it. A Chinese Notion. The Chinese, so far as can be learned from history, are the oldest nation on the earth. They are. to us of extreme modern ideas. a_ strange peeple, and some of thrir ways and fancies are not to be explained. The mcs: painstaking schol.“ and antiquarians ap- pear to have failed, in many pn‘biculars, to dismvcr the motives that actuate the indi- viduals of this prehistoric race. Yet, doubt- ,A -M 4...“ "mm, ulSKJVCr laud invuuw â€".....- viduals of this prehistoric race. Yet, doubt- less, the ceremonies that we see them going through in mining camps on the Pacific coast are all, to them, as full of meaning as the rites of modern religion are to the be- lievers in Chr'stianity. The Chinese, in same respects, are not unlike the army of the orthodox in the church militant, who believe ina. p reonal life of the pa sent hu- man frame in the woxli beyond. The Chi- nese custom of decapitating their enemics slain in the war is explained by the s‘ate- ment that they believe that the appearance of apeison in the spirit wcrld without a. head is prima-facie evidence of having com- mitted seine crime, and punishment is awarded accordingly. Hence. the horrible mutilation which took plain on the evacua- tion of Shanghai by the Ta‘pings, when the imperial officeis gave orders tor the decapi- tation of eveay rebel body; and even the cofins containing the remans of prominent rebel leade) s were broken opzn ani dis- honored to ins.“ their punishment hereaf- ter. Hence. a‘sw. the anxiety displtyed by the frienr‘s of (tficers who lost their hcaie during the rebellion to recover them and stitch them on to the bodies again, as much as £133 having been [Hid by the ofiimrs of the imperial army for the head of a. friend.â€" Eureka (Nev ) Sentive’. -â€".k_.â€"â€"â€" Sun Life Assuranceicovmpany of Canada. .hm nnmv\’lnv was A Miner’s Eloqncnt Pmye . recent meeting at the run Dull uuc Assn-w..m, v" _ _ The annual meeting of ths company was held on the 13th. 0) March. The statements there submitted and the report of the pro- ceedings cannot but be very gratifyingto all the friends of the company. The Sun was incorporated in 1865. but only issued its first policy in May, 1871. Its progress since then, both in size and solidity, has been steady and satisfactory ; on the list of the ten Canadian Life Compmies it now stands third. In 1871 it received life applications for $400,000 : In 1874 for $600,000; 1111875 for $1,600,000 ; and in 1883 for over $2,300,- 000. In 1871 the amount of life assurance in force was $400,000 ; in 1874, $1,700,000 ; in 1878, $3,300,000; and in 1883, nearly $7,000,000. Its annual income is now nearly $300 000, or nearly $1,000 for every working day in the year. Its resources amount to nearly $1,200,000. As was pointed out at the annual meeting, if the same rate of progress is kept up dur- ing the next ten years as has prevailed in the past the income will then amount to from one and a. quarter to one and a. half millions and the assets to about four mil- lions. This prospect is by no means a. vis- ionary one. The Company has reached the stage at which it can hardly fail to make rapid progress. There is a. grand future opening out before it, and the (ihcers can ’ ‘ “ 3~-- --Lnn :i- mill rank as one hope to see the day when in will rank as one of the largest and most powerful financial institutions in the country. A perussl of the accounts will show how strong and pros- perous its condition is. It. will be seen that the amount of new life business, the amount of new accident business, the assurances in force, both life and accident, the income and the assets. argall larger than in any pre- ' A 7!, L “1.-.... vu-ub u..- _ -. hue Macao. an, ..-. nu,“ _ 7 ceding year fil the Company's history. Insurance Society! ontreal. Rumors of the London Strand. At any time the humans of the Strand about eleven o’clock at night are well worthy of study, thou h the observer must need be serenely indi rent to his money, and. of course his life. He must he careless of his watch, effect a. supreme disregard for the regiment of touts, and be ready to embrace a. norse as if he were living with the Houyhn- hums. For excitement a charge of Osman‘s Arals is nothing to it. The Investment of a shilling may further procure him much ples sure. He may buy s. printed photograph of any of the reigning beauties for a penny, find a. wife for another, a ohoicely painted mitohâ€"hox, or A gay button-hole, on the same terms. But there is no end to the prospect. These attractions were enhanced last night, when news gentlemen anxious to earn an honest copper were crying out " Resignation of Mr. Gladstone ” and illum- inating their text with lights of all colors from “the penny box or dynamite,” the latest playthmz of the street' which will fnster a good. healthy tone in the breasts oi scene of Everyone who has 1 at Smyrna. knows tl p palation of the t( lulfims, heroes of {chi name of “ moarmouri comp xred with the d nia and Texas in ever 'L'htse pzxsons enjoy society to which we; blufittl', with the rep or g it killed in a. drunken Dl‘lw1, m wim more pomp than if he were benefactor. The immunity from p1 which tins: worthies enjoy is fact that each of them has a certai of protectors among the uppar c1: vannine society. \Vhen he is in i money, or gets into trouble with t he appiies to Tchelebi Dick or Tom, nis pm'ons, who are eve: help him With their purses or their The familiarity subs'sbing bet Smyrna. rough and membcn of classes is a symptom of the unhea r . . . ' Lia Yum-ant ived any lei gbh ( f time Everyone who has 1 or 3 one Greek st Smyrna knows tha; an. i palation of the town there 5 aclass oi uifisns, heroes of the knife, whng i by the name of “ mourmouriameni." They may be sompired with the deeperadoas of Califor- nia and Texas in everything save in courage. ' 'htse paisons enjoy the admiration of the sooiety to which they belong : swagger an bluetrr, with the reputation of havmg mur- dered a certain number of their Itlllw- creatures, compcsa their stock in trade. They extort money by threats of nssasrina- tion, and some of them have risen so high in the world as to keep brilliant saloons and cafe-chantsz on the aristocratic quay. Two of these swells were pointed out to me as having suored respectively 11 {teen and twenty murders When a Mourmourismnnos dies, or g it killed in a drunken briwl, he is buried with more pomp than if he were a public benefactor. The immunity from punishment which thtsa worthies enjoy is due to the fact that each of them has a certain number «6 nmtpctors among the uppér clues of Le- #_.An. A )f protectors among um u“, s. , rantine society. W'hen he is in noney, or gets into trouble with the police, 19 apphee to Tchelebi Dick or Tchelebi I‘om, his patrons, who are ever ready to help him With their purses or their influence. The familiarity ubs'sting between the Smyrna mugh and members of the uppir classes is a symptom of the unhealthy moral condition into which the Levantine society of that town, for many generatio: 5 Virtually deprived of intercourse with the civil zed world, has gradually drifted. The pitrons of the Mourmourismenos are genitally to be found among the “ young men about town,” the local ieunesse done, by whom it is cor.- sidered a legitimate object of ambition to be on good terms with some well~known cut- throat. Among his own class the latter is an object of respect and veneration, so that ‘ it is no matter of surprise if he generally manages to defy the police. Nor is it to be disbelieved that in a society where the pro- fessional assassin finds such enectusl en- couragement and support, the Greek brigand has no difficulty in obtaining secret informa- tion and assistance in time of need-Levant ( ( I 1 Hvrald. ne nun-u..- _. W Irma, the place of the Tuna: Cohbey. yone who has lived any 1m gbh ( f t knows tha: 6.11.01 3 one Gr f the town there 5 a clasx 3, heroes of the knife, whug z by )f “ moarmouriameni." They ma} red with the derperadoas of Cal] d Texas in everytmng save in com nusons enjoy the admiration of ‘ ' r" 4 . -mumyur ynn tion 0 Brutal Soldiers in Tonquin. phy AMarathon amateur who wrona to we manager of the Madison Square Theatr: to know if there was an opening on the stage thtra fur a. young actor, received a. l‘:p1y that there were sevenl cpenings in the ‘ “ ~_â€"â€"~n An I“ The Suicide of Scorpions. .teur who quta to t by the may be Califor- :ouxage. a of the gar and 3g mur- Itll)W- I trade. alumina.- ) high in tons and any. Two ;0 me as dtwenty nos dies. is buried a, public nismneut 13 to the nnnmher gs of La- thr‘ want. of dy' 39 police, Ch? Tchelebi 0*“ - ready to influence. ween the the uppn’ 3.1 cpenings in the would come on he Some of during the day. about their new tire for the night. ()chexs wear 2 and still others a piece of cloth with limp-oil. In the country it ard remedy to wear a piece of about one’s neck when audering ‘ throat. This, by the way. is it] dy. Some inhale the smoke fr! cherry wood, and others thesmoL chips in an open fire-place, as a. cold in the head and nostrils. ‘ great many persons who believe one gets thorough drenching w receives wet feet, that they ehou ‘ H J ....> A" large run of customers. who womu w...“ the 'pen' where the killing was going on 33 early as 5 a..m. Meanwhile a. hot discusslrn went on in medical circled over the merits of the cure. Mmy celebrated physicians were dragged into argument. and were ta.- ken to see cured patients. The burden of profrssional opinion was against the cure, pronouncing it. nonsersical and positively in jurious rather than helpful. This craze reached its limit in afew weeks, to the grief _ . 7 1 n "Anion "UAV ulv°°~r ken to see cured patients. The human or professional opinion was against the cure, pronouncir g it nonsensical and positively in- jurious rather than helpful. This craze reached its limit in afew weeks, to the grief of the butchers, who had reaped a. golden harvest. “ The mud fennd at a certain spa. in Ger- many. a. few years ago. was discovered to [u uses; remarkable medical properties. It _-~.-......Iu Hank. nastv. thick, oticrifer- POPULAR C RAZES. 5 “The blue-glass cure is too Iresn in Ink; public mind to need more than passing men- tion. 0f the thousands and hundreds of thousands of early believers that the health- giving and strengthening principles of the sunlight might be largely increased by pass- ing rays through blue glasshthere are thous- ande yet remaining. ” The sun-hath cure, the fish-oil cure for consumption; the simple diet cure for all kinds of ailml-nts ; the celery cure for ner- vousness, and many others were the begin ning, more or less, of a. craze. The best principle of (ash is now included in every wise physician’s array of remedies. There have been cures for corpulenoe that found armies of followers, as was attested in By- ron’s time, when every man who laid claim to be considered a. man of fashion was thin and ale, in marked contrast to the well roun ed, com{ortable-looking,modern young man."â€"â€"Providence Telegram. “My dear,” said Mr Mucklehnm to his , “those hams I bought the other day are so badly spoiled they cannot be eaten," “W'bat a pity,” hm wife replied. ‘ Guexs _-u tun“ send them out to the charity ()thexs wear anry uuun, Y _ . , piece of cloth “muted United States. On the acceswn on um um, . J the country it is a grand. lecture in England, after his return home, ] em. a piece of Sm Pork W3 learn from the London Truth that when- When angering from a sore ever he Wished “to be particularly impress- the way. is a good reme. we be was perfectly inaudible." l the smoke from burning DcLesseps is a. devoted horseman, and may others the smoke from oak be seen dailv qolloping through the B)i3 de ifire-place, as a. cure for a B )ulogne with his eight children by his sec- ond nostrils. There are a ond marriage, boys and girls, mounted on ational costumes, their hair me who believe that when ponies, in n h drenching with rain, or streaming on the wind their large collars , that they should not has‘ turned over their shou ders, an'l their caps Yes and put on dry clothes, nan ing over their backsâ€"a little tribe, with should let the wet clothing thic dark hair and comp‘exions, round as by so doing they believe their white-haired chief. eke cold. I Dr. Gibbons in the Pacific Medical and f” cum Whmh 3‘ "Owls ‘Ol Surgical Journal cites a case of hypochon- Hi “*3 ‘eml‘vwlmre no break’ l dria in which a farmer imagined his nose to d compete With‘i“? the “d' be a. bundle of hay. He took great care not 0f h0‘1Waterv to “n93 and to go near a horse or cow lest his hay nose omfloh». 13 “1.9 15m“ 0‘ along should be destroyed. Men are more likely ‘~ It 19 .behevedPY i" gm“ than women, says the Doctor, to have by- ke 3 (“wk 9‘ “"5 km“ be‘ pmchomlria.I though women have hysteria. 01‘ five“ {1 3111316 drmk 0“ uftener than men. The diseases are closely Prmng. “flu q°“"°k,“"° 2mg; allied in their origin and nature. 53393:: gigging; be Prof. Clelland of Glasgow University siid ' in a. recent lecture on terminal forms of life ,L___:_-I n";_ deas of Invalid:â€" mod as a Cure ,â€"The Mud- Cure: e for it W85 developad that . Lt acted much hke rum en fowl; were kllled by mable to get blood at the The demand was great, es the blood was sold at . slaughter-bousa having a homers. who would rewh :be killing was going on as Meanwhile a. hot discusslt 1: 7‘4.“ ,1 h and snne of the keep free from dis- are slmfly absura. man who goes the vun P aaaaaa as was attested in By- :ry man who laid claim an of fashion was thin about, ‘ n siclan V \t ‘ la’n we to 11 any lain the we: dis- G um. aim ,the epi tied cut :33! s the :ADS. ] still 1*“ hich Eu \ PM About the Queenâ€"DeLesseps -Emperm~ Williamâ€" President Geevyâ€"l’rince Bismarckâ€"null other Great People. Lord Lime is going to make an attemp! to insroduue the Whitefish of the C madim Inky: into several rivars and loch: m the Lord Lime is going no mass au mum...” ‘ to insroduoe the WhltSEI-sll of the C unadian lakes into several rivers and lush: m the west of Scotlan'l. Qmen Vlctotia has developed quite a. pas- sinu for letter writing. One of her latest epistolny achievements talus the form of Condoleuue with the Khedive of Egypt 0'1 the loss of his mother. Inrd Bute will give a priza of £500 for the best setting of music to the “Alcetis” of Euripides. Lord Bute has also offered £50, through the National Eisteddfod Committee, for 1ts translation into Welsh. Mr. M'xtthew Arnold does not seem tc have profited by his elocution lessons in the ‘ ‘“ ‘ 1“ LL- Annnuinn nf lain first in a recent lecture: \‘u mum"... that man was “a. terminua,” a.â€" deuce showed he had reached development in vertebrate H was in the lust degree improl the future there would be a p the construction of the hum would give birth to greater int was possessed by the sages of RWNAL PARAERAPHS. leveluyuncuu Lu v. , was in the lust degree improbable that in the future there would be a progression in the construction of the human body that would give birth to greater intelligence than was possessed by the sages of antiquity. Among the presents received by the Em- peror William on his birthday was a superb service of Sevres porcelain bearing the in- scription “From France.” As the gift was anOnymous, there has been a good deal of speculation as to the source from which it has emanated. Meanwhile, it is affirmed that the German Emperor has been greatly touched by it, and that he never wearied of showing this particular present ty the visi- tors who called to ofl'er their congratulations on his natal day. I 1L7“... The College of Cardinals m greatest genius and first: dwii lish speaking Roman Cxth Newman, and in Cardinal who was sppainted in the s a secured thu greatest Germs: cept Dollinger. Hayuald 3.3: of 0010953, and Prince Furs bishop of Olmutz‘ are also 1' of much mark. Haynnld is to Stmssmayes the ab" st speaker ana mush adroit logician in the C mueile The President of the French republic sent some little time ago to the Frencu Ambassa- dor of Constantinop‘e three bandsame cune- ters made in evact Imitation of the muclr pride Dmascus blades, for presentation to the Sultnn's three sons. An oriental paten- bate receiving a presmc from such a quarter would probably have preferred some pro- duct of European art no a counteflein of .4"; t... mm um: better at home. "If you Some one hrs dis swearing: meaning ussd by E‘iot in l is to be commend expletlve While 6 auvtbing us calcr dulge m swear WI an 1 gnuâ€"c, dulge 1n swear words, it is wt) the Indian language. I took Zuleika. out to Dr. ‘ Wtsb Show one afternoon. mingled fr.pida.tion and adm Doctcr did some of his best ‘ and then turning to me with Doom did some of and then turning to asm glowing in her cently._ ‘_‘Oh.‘ how Arnold doee not seem to his elocution lessons in the On the occasion of his first ad, after his return homel to London Truth that when- ‘to be particularly impress- uu-v ‘u -...____, “a terminua,”a1atomical evi- he had reached the limit of n vertebrate life. Hence Ait n the Pacific Medical and T cites a case of bypochon- farmer imagined his nose to ay. He took great care not so or cow lest his hay nose uyed. Men are more likely ya the Doctor, to have hy- ougb women have hysteria. m. The diseases are closely rinin and nature. M Van u....... .. and first divine among Eng- Roman Cxthoiics, erdinal l in Cardinal Bergentother, nted in the s ame year, it has eatest German historian ex- . Hayuald again, Archbishop iPrince Furstenbur , Arch- m. are also regards as men . Haynald is considered ntxt s the ab‘: 5‘: speaker and most: dis :OVI I‘JU tnav fig ‘ My Lard lus Indum B b' dad for not vsi: engaged on 111 ulated to Imli now includesjhe 1 sho'uld like to face, exclaimed, inno- or; 71km; work. DL Carvcr's Wild )3, She gazed in admiration as the best rifle shooting, with a fine anthem- waiting a. book in that rd," and was ble. 1V '3- Elm"! 52:32 3 3301129? Lady Siemens has pr the lib acy of the lane E w the Paysical Society 51' W. Thomson is t: on “Malecular DJvnA Hopkins Uulveruicy du of next: 0 .tober. Pure linseed- ‘i‘, an a bright amber ooh r. l lea when flowing from th and mud, and has the pauitics. DEPUh-Icrfi.. M. C. Dechar ne has perforrnell new (1(- periments showmg that Nmili’s electro- chemical rngs may be imitated by means of a continuous stream of water falling firm: a cylindrical tuble vertically an a. horizon- tal piece of black glass moistened all over. Ptolemy’s Menuthiss is regarded by M. A. Grandidie r. alter an examination of the maps of the Middle Ages, as identical with Midagaszon and he believes that the Island was knowu to the Greek and Arab eogra- phers long befora its rediscovery by t 9 Por- tuguese in 1530. Tabulated results of 250 experiments with 42 distinct explosive compounds were pub- lished in March by MM. Berthelot and 'ieille, of the Academy of Sciences, Paris, bearing on the amount of pressure developed at the moment of explosion. the temperature produced, and the specifi: heats of the gases, especially those of the compound ones, at various temperatures. To obviate “kinks” in submarine tele- graph cables, and consequently render these important means of communication less liable to break when subjected to a strain, Messrs. Trott and Hamilton have adopted the expedient of making each alter- nate layer of sheating across each other. Thus if the inner sheating of hemp has a. right-hand “lay,” care is taken that the In" no the nmrt sheatinz shall be left-hand- nate layer of sheating Thus if the mner ahea1 right-hand "lay," care lay of the next sheath Um A clock at Brussels has been going for eight months and has not required to be wound up since it was first set agoing. In fact, the sun does the winding of this time- piece. A shaft exposed to the sun causes an up-draught of air which sets a fan in mo- tion. The fan actuates mechanism which raises the weight of the clock until it reaches the top, and then puts on a. brake on the fan until the weight has gone down \ 91 little. when the fan is again liberated and lwvuvu -_- _, r on the fan until the weight» has gone down a. little, when the fan is again liberated and proceeds to act as before. "the natives of the Chiloe Islands make use of a. curious natural barometer, to which, from its having been first noticed by the Captain of an Italian corvette, the name "B‘nmetre Araucano" has been Egiven. This novel weather guide is the shell of a. crab. one of the Anomura, probably of the genus Lithodes. It is peculiarly sensitive to atmospheric changes. It has a. color nearly white in dry weather, but as soon as wet weather approaches small red spots {are exhibited, varying in number and intensity with the amount of moisture in the atmoe- phere. In the rainy season it is completely red. see him Herr Johann Bielenberg, of Chemnitz, ignites silicious earths and rocks such as argillaceous porphyrite, slate, sandstone, and clay, and even mud from rivers and the sea, and then subjects to them to treatment with sulphnrous acid. These materials thus acted upon attain in combination with lime hydraulic properties resembling those of the Trass, Puzzolane, and Santorine earths. Before being burned the silicious substances are mixed with coal, and during the pro- cess of ignition are acted upon by the sul- phurous acid produced from sulphur, which is, together with coal, contained in pipes placed in the draught-holes of the furnace. Gunpowder mills owned by W. H. \Vake- field & Co., Gatebeck, near Kendal, Eng- land, are now lighted by electricity, and they are the first works of the kind to employ the new method of illumination. The works are about two miles in length, each danger- ous building being about 200 yards from its neighbor, and the dynamo-electric machine is placed about the centre. Bire wires conduct the current on poles and trees hav- ing insulators to Swan incandescent lamps, each building having four to eight of them. Tne lights are inclosed in specially designed copper reflectors, enameled white on the in- side, with tight-fitting plate-glass fronts, which project the light through tight-fitting hermetically-sealed windows into the in- terior of the buildings. M. VViddenian insulates metal wires in d ,g this way: He prepares a bath of plumbate ,g of potash by dissolving 10 grammes of litre of water, in which 200 litharge in a grammes of caustic potash hal been added. Having permitted the solution to rest, he decants it, and the bath is ready for use. The wire to be covered with the insulating skin or flim is connected to the positive pole of the battery. and a piece of platinum is attached to the negative pole. Both the wire and the platinum are then plunged in the bath, when metallic lead in a. very finely divided state is precipitated at the negative so: pole, anl peroxide of lead on the wire, bu. causing it to assume all the colors of tho 0‘1! spectrum, but abrownish black tint indi- en. C ites the highest degree of insulation by this “I, pr icess. .go A paper on distant vision has been sub- ;_ mitted to the Riyal Society, Edinburghl by Dr. Maddox. It states tnat he finds that accommodation for a distant object in the _ case of most persons is naturally connected -' is with a. slight convergence of the opti: axes .. ,. in- .'..s...~nnrlnn ii the optic axes is SCIENTIFIC GOSS [P’ alian 63ver-umeuc of Vlcsuxna Wm Her of a. high premium 101' a com- 361' 9111 thrashing-machine suited liau rnquiremeuts. ing to Prof. Wauklyn the manu- gaa from limed coal is a. success. [notes the amount: of sulphur com- o thrze grain. in the hundred t, and increases the yield of am- d tar by the abolition of the lime Lht probfifle, ally converge at \Vnen a. nearer 0|: of intersection of the object. In (31 Ic'nms ,he cm, nted a. portion of William Siamese mdou. aliwr 18 Iecauresv LS ” at the John: 2 the first ‘2) days Haws th n observc ms Neely, 1 LB. mate: a 3. Wlll nce focused for. ‘ked at the point e axes is beyond sion these difi‘er- : of convergence ‘0}: nbseerd. be'