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CURIOUS FACTS. Petroleum , as a fuel on the l0r‘o'notives of Russian railways, is 5 bid to be 50 pe: c. at. cheaper tha ~ 1 or wood. James Stafford, of Patterson, N J , killed himself because his wife on dying left the $1,000 she. had saved to n. Sister. A street-car driver in New York says he has picked up as much as $32 in one night by watching the tracks for lost money. President Arthur once taught school in an interior town of New York, and boarded with a private family. Afterward Gen. Gar- field taught the same school. b0 srded with the same family, and occupied the same room. Herr J. \Vorrtmann produced curvatures in growing plants by causing radiant heat to strike on one side only. Sometimes a plant bent itself tiward, but in other in- stances the plant curved away from the source of the heat. A vessel 25 feet lr n; by 5 feet breadth of beam was I‘cC‘ ntly launched at St. Peters- burgh. She is built of paper. Her draught of water is very srril’l, and she is well adapted for sollng on shallow rivrrl. Her motive power is steam. Australia carries off the 1 alm in the pro- duction of izs {Ll trees. Use. furnishes a good substitute lo ' butter, another has seeds from which a meal is ground which is pool for food, a id :1 tother irom its pods produci s a mass of fibres which, like cotton, can be used to stuff mattress: s and cushions. There is a good deal of ie t'mjny to prove that birds on l ll’S' ct} disappear from locali- ties al out to be effected Wit‘i epidemic dis- ease. More attention should be p iid by medicil men to the collection of meteorolo- gical infirmation and collateral dala during the prevalrnce of (pidemics. .It is nearly a virgsn field for scientists. The c .i'cascs of co m; and sheep which 1 are died of c ntagious disca‘es in France are disâ€" solved in sulphuric acid and the resulting solutirn is then treated chemica'ly fcr the recovery of salts, which can be used as manure. Actual trla‘ has shown that there is a profit of 4 francs (in every dead sheep. The Ciinese are said to have a curious way of determining the future occupations of a l I I mala in'ant. On the first birthdiy he is seated in a large sieve, with miney-scales, a lo mmeasure. a PLll’ of shears, a mass mirror, 2:. ptncll, ink, .nl bouks, an abacus, anl similar articles ranged in a circle around him. The articles which he handles first is a. sure in he utor of the direction in which his future activities will lie. Some of the plants of the Swiss Alps have been carried away by collectors in such quantities that the rarer speliss are .in uanger of becoming extinct, and an associa tion for their protection has been formed among the ho anists of the vicinity. The society ha! lately established at Genevaa garch for the acclimit‘zition of Alpine planti, and to enconage cultivauon in all parts of Switzerland where they Wlll grow. The Poll/clinic s1 ates that the use of paper towels in cleans ng woun is has her ii found very iansfactory. Sponges have always been regarled with rusplcwn by surg ons, as it is so difficult; to keep them in a perfectly puri- fied condition. But the paer towe‘s are to be used 0»in once, aid as they cost only from $6 to 7 50 per 1000 are available in the sick room. They as from llan and the pale c;lo:s w'th which they av.- decorated are found to be unobjectionable. In the Silt Like: of U;ah a hither can lie on the surinm of the water without any ex- ertion wlitteVer ; or, by pissing a towel under his knees Llll holding the two ends, he ran remain in any d(p‘.h of water kneél- ing. with the head and siiou'rlsrs out of the Watcl'; or, by shifting, it under the soles of the lest, he can St on the water. The n .c exertion, in fact, is keep one's l‘)3.l311.‘.c ; none whatever is "(llllll‘ell to keep afloat. The only danger therefore arises frcm choking l y accidentally f9\VullOWng to ne of the water, for tho slrength of the brine is so intcnie that the muscles ' l the throat are convulsed, an i strangulatici ensues. â€"â€"‘ioo< -.~>6¢.â€"â€"â€"â€" A New Game. A new game, similar to hide aid seek, is becoming very populir. It is played as follows :â€"A cashier in a bank takes the money of the institution and disa pears. Then the detectives try ti find him. r they ;ucceed he comes home and has to pay for- eit. EEATDN’S Millinery Departm’tl Housekeeping Dep’t In above department every lady seems to be greatly interested, and why not? Nothing adds more to the personal ap- pearance of the feminine sex than a. nice hat. T. Eaton keeps a large stock of all the newest makes and shapes, and every morning the hat tables are replenished with new goods, so there is no danger of your getting anything that is not in style, and prices cut in the very lowest figure. We have in stockâ€"New taped hats for ladies, new straw hats for ladies; new rustic hats and bonnets for ladies, new trimmed hats for misses, new leghorn hats for girls, new dress caps for old ladies, in a word we have hats for ladies, misses, children and babies, trimmed and untrimmed. See those beautiful sun and boating hats for ladies, 15, 250 each. Those high crowned and broad brimmed hats are very cheap, 30 and 400 each. Mantle Department Great clearance sale in mantle depart- ment, as the summer is upon us our mantle stock is getting down and we want to make a general clearing of odd lines. We may not be able to suit every lady in these odd lines. but those who get a mantle to suit them will get decided bar- gains, as we are selling our $20 silk mantles for $15, our $11 cloth dolmans at $7, our $8.50 black ottoman jackets at $6,0ur $6 tweed jackets at $3.75. Ladies, don’t miss this chance to go to Eaton’s new store and see these bargains. Fancy Department Do ladies ever tire of laces? I don’t think they ought, nothing looks prettier than a. nice light dress in summer time trimmed with lace. Eaton is selling Oriental lace in cream and white for flouncing dresses at 850, $1, $1.10 yard. Every lady should see these laces, they are very nice and cheap. Cream Spanish lace 10, 12§c up. Black Spanish lace 8, 10, 150 yard up. Black Maltese lace $1, $1.25 yard up. j800d Patterns- In the hosiery department we keep a very large stock in ladies’, misses’, and children’s sizes. Ladies’ fancy German hose full fashioned, 30, 35, 40c pair. Ladies’ lisle thread hose in all the newest shades, 60, (35, 75c pr. Now is the time for housekeepers to get the bargains. T. Eaton is offering staple goods at very low figures. \Vhen you can buy a dozen of towels for 25c, good value, housekeepers have no excuse to be minus towels. Superior quality large size honey comb cotton towels, 3 for 25c, regular price 25c, pr. Pure huck lincn towels, Belfast manufacture, large size, 25c pr, cheap at 350. T. Eaton buys in large quantities from manufacturers and pays cash and can afford to sell cheap for cash. No credit, no bad debts, and only one price. Nice bath towels, 20, 25, 30c pr. It is essential that every lady should have a nice table cover, it adds greatly to the appearance of a room ; you can buy them at Eaton’s in Scarlet, crimson, and green, very pretty, only 50, 05c each, they will cover a medium sized table” Large size $1.25, $1.50 each. Ask to see those beautiful tapestry table covers sell- ing at half price. Just call and see for yourselves. T. Eaton advertises no goods only what we have in stock and at the prices quoted. Lace Curtains. Every lady should prize a nice pair of curtains. Nothing adorns a parlor, sitt- ing room, or diningroom more than anice pair of lace curtains, where you have a nice set of furniture and a nice carpet. As in all other departments, Eaton has a large stock. You can buy them in all lengths from 2 yards. You can get a splendid set of curtains for $1.50, new patterns. Extra fine with taped edges in cream and white,4 yards long, $3 pair. If you want cheaper we have them at 50c pair, good value. Beautiful selection of wool and lamb- skin mats in crimson, green, white and yellow, selling at cost price, $1, $1.25 up. Full size hearth rugs only $5, regular price $8, must be sold. If you want carpets, visit Eaton's car. Tapestry carpets 300 yards Union carpets 30, 35c yard, and when in the carpet room it will pay you to ask the price of those English iron bedsteads, if you are in want of one, only $5 each, and you can buy a nice white spread for 75c. pet room. “LETTER ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. T. natalâ€"£00., 190,192,194,196Y0nge St. SCIENCE. Steel tub:s rrs found to retain twice as much magnetism as steel rods and are there- fore bettrr for permanent magnets. It is held that some of the rays of electric light are hurtful to vegetation, but these may be hcll back by transparent glass. Wire lathe are naw being used instead of wooden on -s, and it is a very important step in the direction of making buildings really fireproof. Experiments show that Portland cement expans. Three glass bottles filled with it and sealed burst in two, eight, 1111 ten days respectively. The time occupied in tanning sole or har- ness leathtr is from twanty to thirty days. The best English sole is said to Ltake from four to six months. Seventyfive per cent. of the paper made in Germany is manufactured of wood pulp. Even for the better qualities of paper wood pulp is used as a substitute for rags. Fire-extinguishers are generally charged with carbonate of lime o: carbonate of soda and water, with a Combining quantity of sulphuric acid in a poaitirn to be disclnrgcd into the water at the required time. Richard A. Proctrr Calls attention to the fee? that the lite l'rof. Draper succeedcd in producing plm ographic plates showing stars which cannot be seen through in.- telescope hy which these photographs wcr; taken. Human thin and that of young rabbits have been successfully appl‘cl in small pieces to large healing surlac-s in wounds. Dr. \Vilson, however, in the Mediml Nmre, claims to have obtained much better rrsults from the use of the internal membrane of hens’ eggs. The suggestion has been made that sanitary advantages would result from the use of sewer pipes of glais. They yl ould, doubt- less, be expensive, but they would, prob- ably, be very durable, and their hard, smooth surface would offer no lodgment for re fuss matter, thus off-setting the ques'lon ol cos t. The vapor of tibacco juice has been test ed with success as an insect destroyer in hot-houses. The tobacco is soaked or hoil- ed and placed in an open dish over a. fire or flame of a lamp in he consrrvatory. Dell- cite plants are not injured as by t ibacco smoke ; the atmosphere is inofiensive ; thrips, scales and slugs are effectually dis- posed of. One quart of tobacco juice, evap- orated in a house containing 350 cubic feet, suflices. If it is true, as Dr. T. Stephrnson asserts in Guy's Hospital Reports, that water does, under certain conditions, act energetically upon zinc and galvanized iron, a simple test for the presence of zinc will be useful. Dr. Stevenson adds to the clear water, slightly acidulated with hydrochloric acid, a little ferrocyanida of potassium (yellow prussiate) when, if zinc is present, a whitish cloud im- mediately forms. Sheet-metal boats have recently been patented. Sheet-metil sides are bent under prersnre t0 the required at ape, having flanges 0.1 their lower e ‘g ’8 for riveting to the keel bar, and the stern ends may be joined either with or without stern-plan s. The bent plates forming the boats sides may be parked in small space for transportation. and easily put togeth<r on reaching their destinatu n, the design being to so construct boats lighter than of woou or of numerous plates of metal riveted together. «MOW»â€" Christian Progress. Not much more than one hundred years ago Voltaire declared that the twilight of Christianity had come. It is less than a century since Thomas Paine boasted in his “Age of Reason” that like a woodman in the forest, he had gone through the Bible, cutting down everything in his path. The priests, he said, might stick the trees in the ground again, but they cauld not make them grow. These predictions have been fulfilled in a way that would make thei: authors blush if they were now living. Native Pro- testantism in France, aided by Mr. Cook’s evangelists, has burst the letters which Romanism and infidelity had united in fastening upon it; while in England, and especially in our own country, the evangeli- cal denominations have much more than kept pace with the growth of the population. The heretical sects, meanwhile, are statl' n- ary, or dying out. Neither Unitarianism nor Universalim has the strength that both possessed a quarter of a orntury ago. The modern churches may not be without their faults. There is no earthly Eden across which the serpent has not trailed. Yet the religion of to-day, even when its defects are made the most of, will compare favourably with that of (ne hundred years ago, taken in the same way. Slave-trading. slave-hold- ing, lquor making, selling and drinking ministers, and lavrmn are not now founJ in any church. Theie guilty of the least of these offenses are very few and and very un- pleasantly conspicuous. Pride, avarice, and other forms of worldliness, no doubt, exist, but they are compelled by public opiniln, as well as ecclesiastical discipline, to manifest themselves in decorous Ways. The most worldly man expect: Christians to act consistently with their professions, and in thus doing unconsciously pays tribute to a. creed which he may repudiate both in thto'y and praztice. The churches are growmg in grace, but there is abundant room for greater progress, for profoundor convictlcns, and more thorough consecra- tion. Machine Guns. Machine guns in the field are now entire- ly abandoned. The Frlnch mitrailleuse, from which such wonders were expected, was as heavy as a field gun and required six horses to draw it. Its range was practically the same as that of infantry, and had its disid\ antagcs. If the range was correct and the mark remained steady, great execution was done, but the slightist error would throw every bullet out, unless at short range. Both French and Germans have given up machine guns for the field, and have inc-eased and developed their field artillery. They loth admit that the na- chine gun cannot face fihld artillery at (rallery ranges, and that its pro joctil s have no power whateicr against walls or hmldings or earthworks ; but they believe when two l'il Silt: bodies of infantry are cl. sing, the lllvchlue guns may be brought from cover, In which they snould be kept till then, and may then exercise great influence on the rlsult. HINTS T0 HOUSEKEEPERS. False teeth for pet dogs are now being manufactured. - In washing wooden dairy utensils usefirst hot watlr then c’ 11. and listly hot. S:e‘ that they are well dried. Never use soap in the water with Whic'i you c‘lau the looking gliss: it is almost impossible to prlrsh the glass if soap is used. The successfi l housekeeper is she wl 0 has a practical system, and keeps her eye on the little expenses, knowing that small ltakfl sink great ships. The following receipt for making “col 1 cream” is said to be excellent. To one ounce of glycerine allow ten drops of carbolic acid; add one ounce of rose water. In cleaning a mattress, remove the hair frcm the tick, sense it up and down in warm soap suds for a. few minutes, then rinse in clcar wat r and dry in the sun. \Vasb the lick and then replace the hair. When you wish to wash (va your windows wit’iout much tiriuble 0: taking them out, or tile glass over p’mures or mirrors, take a piece of newspaper and wet in soft water and go ovr r them thoroughly; then polish with dry newspaper and you wil be pleased with the result. To detect rear-r gas :â€"D'siolve one ounce of pure acelate of lead in half a pint of pur: rain v. 1h 1‘. Dip a piece of blotting paperin the solution, lit .1: half dry, and then expose it whore tie presence oi server-gm is expect- ed. .\' l/lulll the paper :urn black, then the gas ii there in cousirlr i'ihle quantity. There is no liw iim' ancient custom to re strict tch Wearing (f oi engagement ring to any particular ting-r. At the same time, it is vzry usual to Wear it on the third finger of the right- hand, as t is thirl of tie left is specially app‘r printed by the wedding ring, on which, by ecclesiastical iut‘iorty, it must be worn. â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘oâ€"¢.-.â€" ’1’he Widower. It must add another terror of death when the young wife on the verge of eternity re- flects that in all probability, sooner or later. her place will be filled by another, perhaps by one of hcr own friends, perhapi bv apex. son whom she dislikes; that her chill will be brought up by alien hands. misunder- stood, it may he. and all iti little fiults charged to her awcount, It is to be hoped that thesa thoughts do not annoy her, that she is happy in t is c )nfi lrnce of her hus- band's first love, or so weak as to think of nothing but the discomforts or elleviations of the present moment. The widow er, if he is at all of a sentiment ll temper iment, thinks for a season that his romatic and and domestic happiness is at an end; all women besides are to him like shadows for a time; he does not remark that they are pretty or or gaging. “As mu -h beauty as could die" has perishel With her. H. \‘idta her grave; he remembers her blltllday; he keeps her memory green in the li salt of her child; he re: ds over their low -‘etters, and seals them up to be re-read in his old‘age. perhaps; these are his recrent ons. But by-andsby therommes aday, unless he is the most constant of mirca‘s, when t 1e dead wife abr‘i:ates;some friend accidentally speaks of his marrying again, and he does not re- sent it. He begins to take an interest in pretzy {mesâ€"merely an :eithetic interest; he begins t) find out Ii 7w lonely he is; that the ariiiversiry of his wife's dlath has s‘ip- pad by uniwares; he looks at her picture, placed conspicuously in view, without see- ing it; it has l)e:0lll€‘ the shadow of a. shade. He sees resemblances to her in othrr women, :nl fzinci .4 thit is why he seeks their soci- ety. The child begins to demanl the care and ccniidera‘ion of rt‘i r than the French liomic. tie H t; a l ttlc, ti make sure he has not lost his cunning or his power to pleateâ€" no‘: that it matters; L‘\‘€l')l)O'l) must know th-Lt he is not a ma;ryirig man. But every- lio‘ly pre-licts he will mar y agiiii, long be- lore he has decided to do so himself, and s unetimrs 301' C55 his S‘\ o id .vife, according to the laws of p opirquizy, Later, be dis- covers that he is geizig into soilcty a great dral; that he has more in :itations than even in his bache'or days; that he feds as if the world was all he O‘e him Whtl‘e to chcoe. But for the child he might almist forget that he had me: married. In fact, there are few who can “love as the angels may. With the breadth of heaven betwixt them;" and if the widower driei his teirs and ad- lellns his sorrow, is it altogether his fault? ELEGANT NEW CARPETS. We are showing an immense variety of Magnificent Wilton, Aubusson, Axminster, Drussels and Tapestry Car- pets, and at astonishingly Low Prices, Best Axminster Carpets only $1.40 per yard. Best Wilton Carpets only $1310 per yard. Brussels Carpets 750, $1. Tapestry Carpets at 300, 600. per yard and up. 00, and $1.25 per yard. 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, and No housekeeper or intending buyer should in aka a pur- chase without paying a visit to PETLEY 84 PETLEY, The Leading Carpet Dealers, 128 o 132 IiING‘r ST., E... TORON'FO; i T NEW DRESS GOODS ! We are showing this season a magnificent stock of Dress Goods in all the newes materials and colorings, at 100, 12,0, l 150, 200, 250, 35, 400, and 500. per yard, and up. Very Stylish Materials for Combination Suits, only 200. per yard. Fine All-Wool Nuns’ Cloth in Cream, Blue, Garnet, Bronze, Navy and Black, only Twenty cents per yard and Fine Check Lustres in all the latest Colorings o y Twenty-fiVe cents per yard. Colored Cashmeres in Fawn, Seal, Bronze, Navy, Pale Blue, Slate, Terra Cotta, Electric Blue, Coral, Pink, White, Brown, Drab an per yard. We especially request Myrtle at 250, 350, 400, 500, 600, and 750. e ladies to visit our stores and examine our stock, and we fl, cl convinced that they will find it to their interest to make their purchases for the present season from PETLEY 128 to 132 King & PETLEY. St. East, Toronto. THE HANDSOMEST AND BEST LlOHTED STORES IN SAMBA BLACK Gill GRAIN SIDES. See Our Heavy Gros Grains Gros -â€"-A 750. per y’d, $1 p Regular pricejin the Regular _AT_ er yard $1.25 See Our Extra. Heavy See Our Rich Heavy llan Grains :Gros Grains pery’d price in the Regular price in the City $1 for the same City$l.35 for the same City$l.75 for the some Goods. Goods. Goods. PETLEY & PETLEY. THE LEADING HOUSE FOR BLACK SILKS, CASHMERES AND MOURNING GOODS.