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Reoolleononemf a. Brave. Integtgaeut Race of Peovh. When I was in Austra‘aaia, twwty years ago, three of the aborigines of Van Diemln's Land were in existence ; but as they Wale pretty old and unacquinted thh the laws of hygiene, I have no doubt they have passed away long since. There is also another and a. nobler race in the southern hem‘sphere disappearing slowly but surely before t‘_e march of cwilxzstion. The Maoris of New And more is the pity. for the Maoris are anohle race. They are unlike {my other people in Oceanica. or perhaps in the world, and how their ancastors settlul in New Zealand. or whence they c me is a problem not yet solved. A canoe is the largest vessel they knew anything of ii“ the British came, and it is unlikely this frailest of boats could cover the l OCO miles separating the island from New Holland. BJBldeB. they are alto- gether a suptr or race, physically and men- tally. to the wretched aborigines of the Australian continent, and hence cannot be descended from them. The Mso:is them- selves have a theory which, if accepted, oflers a simple solution of the problem. Typo. a combination of god and demon, seated himself astride of a cloud one rainy day and fished. It was lone before he got a bite, but it was heavy when it came, as it did after four hours of patience and per severance. He pulled away at his line for four hours more, and when the object in tow came close enough in him to see it he was disgusted and angry to find that his hook had caught in the earth and it was a tall, straight mountain he had drawn up. This mountain is called Rangariri. In a great rage Typo flew along the (loads for a hundi‘d miles and fished once more. but the same luck attended his efi'orts, and he pulled up another straight, tall mountain which he called Tuaranga, known to Euro- peans as Egmont. These two mountains can now be seen from all parts of the island, and are covered With snow the year around. Typo lives on one by day and the other at night. It is from fissures on the side of Rangariri that the male Maoris originally emerged,and the ancee or 0! King Tamihana. now in London begging justice for the people. was the fist. The females came from Tuaranga. This theory has the merit of simplicity, at all ewnts. Zealand numbered mora than 1(0‘000 in: 1861. There are not more than 30,000 to‘ day. anty years hence they Will have fol lowed the unhappy natives of Tasmania attempts at supremacy. They were too flourishing. The eye of the land-grabber we turnsd DPJD them. Was it not too bad that white men, hell pay army and navy oflicers, and other superior beings, should be cooped up here and thtre in towns and villages while the nigg<ra were living on the fat of the land? Then began encroachments. The Maoris held their lands on the tribal system, as of old did the Scotch and Irish. This was the mode used to rob them: A settler would get hold of a poor, shiftlsss tribesnum, and for a keg (f rum and a. few pounds of to- bacco indcce him to sign over a Mod: of fifty or a hundred thousand acres of fine land, which, of course, the tribesman had no right to do. The next move of the land shark was to take a. posse of men With him Ind begin surVeying the property. The chief would scmnfully (xpel those men, and as he owed no ullegeance to England’s Queen, would clip the ears of the shark. That was enough. The 'shark appealed for justice to the Governmens at Auckland or Wellington, and as the members of the Goveinment were land hungry themselves, they would send a. company of soldiers to build a blockhouse and occupy the territory in dispute. In this manner block amr block of land of land was wrested from the Maoris; who never united against the com- mon foe until the lands of King Potatu, father of King Tsmihana, was seized. Those lands of the King locked in the Biy of Kawia, one of the finest and most beautiful harbors in the world. Au: and Mme pctt whose lather stole their lands or sold them rum wrll no doubt bewml their melancholy face with the proper de‘ gree of regret and pathos. x: When I was at New Zaalnnd, in 1860. the natives were in a flvlurishing canditicn. They cultivated the lands, they raised stock, dressed well, were generally educated, and the great chiefs were beginning to a and their sons to Oxford an! Cleridge. lntermnr- raiges between the English znd Maoris Were common, and the latter did not consider themselves lonored by any mums with t e alliances. The M oris are a brown race, above the middle eiza. active. enduring hnl brave to rashness. Sums of their W01]ch are very beautifu‘, and all make devo;e l wives when they learn what wrvea should be. When the Maris have become extrnst as a race the dash of blood they will have left among their conquerors, or nther ex terminators, will be cf use to thun in their attempts at supromfcy. ‘ It was then, however. too late. The British had obtained too firm a hold. The struggle lasted seven years, durlng which time the M..oris anti-red, but often inflicted disastrous defeats. They had never more than 4,000 men in the field at any one time. while opposed to them were Gen. Cameron and his 10,000 regular soldiers, a native Maori contingent, 5000 Erropean vo'un- teers. and several gunboate which ateamed up the river and shelled the native ,orts. Bxdly armed and equipped as were the Mamie, they ne rer met the B:itish in equal numbeis that they didn't whip them bauly. Rewiand Wirenm wexe the leaders in th patriotic war, his M Ajtsty Potatu being; nothing but a drunken out whose throne was a barrel of rum. Refii was a p at, and is so still for aught I know. It was he wh) com- posed the song beginning : How happy were we gre‘the Pekeha came. _il‘ie iiis'r'iim and his Biblés’vie'fiifi, ““ A piece of flex green formed a robe fox-my queen And her beauty was made of tattoo. Wiremu, or William Thompson, had trav- elled. and was acquainted with the might of the British empire. He had been educated in Oxford, and rumor said he was the son of Sr George Grey by a Maori mother. Be that as it may, e threw cfi his fine clothes and gold watch when the war broke out, and took up the flaxen met, the war dress of his race, and the rifle and tomahawk. The Mioris were ultimately vanquished, as much by rum and religion as by forca of arms. The missionaries got in among them and preached peace, while the countrymen of the mizsionariss were killing and robbing them in all directions. The Maoris fought for the most part in paths or forts, but came out in the open when goaded to madness by the fanatic priests who arose among them toward the close of the war, and told them THE VANISHING MAORIS. that they W: re invincible, Tuey are natural (ngineera. They selected their position on a mountain top, (lug rows of trenches around it, and ear ouuded the whole with a palisading of lelled trees. The space out- Blde this they cleared. so that an enemy could not find cover while attacking them, I was amongapu‘ty of l 000 which attacked one of thclr positions at a place called Oatapawn at 4 o'clock one morning In Jen- uary. 1866‘ To gain a. point Within musket shot of the position We had to march five miles through brush. At last we deployed uponaplsteau in front of a well fortified pub. The plate“ Was as level as a billiard board. We could see the Mnoris in the trenches, with finger on trigger and muzzle pomted upward. We could pee the whites of their eyes as we advanced. and we could -henr the twitter of the birds in the trees overhead. Tuey nevcr spoke and never fired ltill we get no close that every shot told. Indeed. so close was we that the powder from the Msoris’ musket; flew into our eyes. We broke and fled. I think we ,,:_ .1:J _-L v..- -J--. n ran :aeven miles, but the Maoris did not follow, and that in where they always lost: the benefit of their victory. It is a. fine thing to have a General who can write ,, 2 M_L -n__ eloqfien-t'dé-sâ€"fin'tcges; for we foun'i out after- wards that we did not run away at all ; we merely book pound to our right. 7 _ . . . I,L,I7 1... To; British are now so completely in posacsfion that ‘he Swie’cy {or the Protec- tion of Aborigines thvnk the time has arriv- ed to protect the poor M aoris. Blessmga on the philanihropius of Exeter and Shaftea- bury H1111. they always do open their venerable eyas when the buninasa m done, -â€"-fish, potatoes, wives. daughtErs. and everything. Their cooking is simple. Tney dig a large hole in the ground, line it with stones. build a fire. and afterwards throw in the fish and pfiatoel. After a few hours they have a feast fit for the gods. Tnese hot stones answer another purpose in war. Exch tribe cr village has a. supply of them always on hand, and when danger apprceches water is thrown upon the hot stones, and steam thus obtained. which, ascending above the trees is re- peated from village to village. and warns the people that an enemy is approaching. ' Tue star 3 hospltable people. When they invite you to their pub, they inv‘iire you tor all it ooytains, barring nothing At festivals, after triumphs. befrre en gazing in battle. or when a distinguished stranger honors their pah with a. Visit. the Maoris indulge in a war dance. They range themselves in n circle, and, taking the cue from the chief in the centre, slap their left thighs with the left hands, press the right thigh with the elbow, lift their tomahawhs on high. and then spring into the air with a terrific yell. They do this until their eyts flame and flash and their hair stands on end. It is very grotesque very uniting, and to some, very fascinat- in . 8All the Marie travel on homebsck, and it is th uncommon to see their women rid- ing side-saddle coming into the European towns in the height of fashion, though it must he confessed the effect is somewhst impaired b the habit they have of smoking short dhu eens under their veils. \Vnen going home in the evening they sway some- what in the saddle. probably owing to the quantity of rum they have imbibed. Wo- men are free in New Zialand. and it is not considered extraordinary when a buxom Maori girl mskes love in the open to an Auckland swell with blonde mosstache. They are Christians, tn, in their own way, ‘us I and certainly they should be when the hundreds of tons of Scripture literature sent to them every year from England is considered. When their villages were taken the houses were found to be half full of B4bles printed in the Mnori language. They used them for wedding and lighting their fires. Tne M lOl'iB have a simple language of their own, composed of about a thousand words. which cm be learned in a month by the European of application and intelligence. Everything in the chap) of liquor 1s celled “ wal” in the may 0! eat- ablea “ kai.” A sow pig is culled “Wyenna " The Queen of England being a female is styled the “Great Wyamm " not thereby meaning the great pig but the great wo- ’l‘uis imerasting people in pass ng away, and in half a. century uence the world wxll know them no more. Tue traveller from New ZJalanxl who is to sketch St. Paul‘s flom a. broken arch of London Bridge, will not be a Maori. He may not, however, be of as 3001 a race. Ruml war, an! diseases introduced by their Christain ccnquerora are Jeciminating them annually. There is some excuse for extzrminating the lulians who are: quads and require a continent fora hunting ground. Tnere is none for exterminating the Maori, who are an agri~ cultural people, able and willing to partake of the higLer bless’nss (f civillzztion. B12; then therr lands are very fine and fair to see. An Engllsh correspondent writes : We entered a long. low, 103m, ignorsnt of furni- ture except a sort of press against one wall and a long deal tabla by the other. What I likened to a press was the whipping ap‘ ar atus With slouks ftl‘ the prisone "a feet and holdlaus for his hands. He stepped ‘n'o this appautus. and his feat were finhwitn imprisoned, Extending his arms he placed them in he cue ienl hollo v of a )1 ml: be fore him innher plmk wis let our and both his wristv were p'nmned in rims. Thtse rings were lin )d with indi l nbbir to prchnt his hurting hmsalf iu the co istrio tion of his eg my. I walked behi -d ti 6 table and a col beside an e d:r'y man. A short-ban led whip, th unlike a hunting crop, With nine lashes oi closely-planed thou s and nine knots on e.c;, lay on in. “ s this the oat-o'-nine tails of which we hear so much? ” I asked. “ That's it," said the elderly man, in a wheezy voio>. “ It docs not seem to 1113 so formidable a weapon as I expected.” "'Hsh ! I: Eickla ’em 3‘] thh same, an yog'll pqs ntly_see.” The first prisoner was brought inâ€"s sullen, burly, thick-skinned brute with an evil forehead. His shirt was pulled over his head, and he was fastened into the whipping apparatus. The elderly man de libeutely took ofi his coat, rolled up his sleeves. lifted the cat and stepped over to a. position behind the naked back of the prisoner. Tue elierly man was the late Mr. Cllcraft. Mr. Jonas. Dr. Gibson and the sheriff stmd behind the hangmau. Mr. Jones gave the words, “ One, two, three,” for the hangman to strike : Dr. Gibson watched that nature should not be subjec:ed Whipping a Criml nu. ’Mn.>om to taco severe a. strain ; the shex‘ leading the function. r I am not going t) give a qrap‘ai: descrip- tion of tha flogging herd. Toe rutfisn bore it well. He cloaed his teeth at first, but he had to groan and duw deep resairations eventually, an! to evade the demanding blow he curved in his back like a patient in an egileptic fit. “ The.“ ain’t no use 3. doing 0’ that. You'll only katch It worse,” mid Cflcraft. “ Silence. 3111 praceed with the ssntecca," grqfii] gxclailned Mr. Jones As a flogging match, an an affair of honor, it appears no talking is permitted on the grmnd. Swn there was a bent si star on the skin, By gradation it was turrowed wiah ridges fiery solrlet then blue, then a verdigria tint, inc'iuing in (ozy pm‘fl 3 here and there in an angry purp’e, but still no blood was drawn m spurts, and n3 jagged shreds of flesh sent up to the roof Who said that lied. Tm! legal butc1er did his work aimitly. He did no: stun the criminal by conaecutive lashes on one spat. but he plied the scourge ainly. an a fly catch” would his line, distributing us favors dismm'hxtingly over the entire hide. Tmre were other miscrennes flagellated. and than we came into the c>ld au- of the morning. and I had ‘leisn-e to lo ‘k at Cal- craftâ€"a low sized man with a shofltl ng gait, a sallow complex on, a smlid expres< slon. a face with no more emotion in it than an unpainted wall, a stumpy nose under dull, gluay eyes, and over a brolnn co oa- nade or yellow, rotten teethâ€"a. man with the decrepitude of age. but none of its sweet benevolent oharwterlatica. “ D.) you recall on a friend of mhm with whom you had an interview one Monday morning?" the pYemnt shenfl' asked. "He Wauin my eleoy and a decidedly good_workqmn :Toa} OStyloaf’m “He 3 {null of yourn.ai.r indignant hangman. “I (1011'! Why. he was no [1001; he 1 murderer." And the auditors yafijaughed. " Gentleman, I persume you're pzckiuh,” 53%! the cheery s‘mrifl'. ” I've ordtrcd them to prepare our breakfast in one of the rooms over the central crimin ‘1 court, On 1 I shall be most happy if you will all jo‘u: me.” Bafore we left, me late M'. lecan eager- ly and somewhat. queraloualy clutched at the sherifl'. complaining that it was custo mary for those who came to his performance for the first time ’00 give him a figi The shenfl' gave hum a chwn piece. oboiy followed the example. Feathers and Flies ln India. I have had rare opportunities of colle ting feathers, and I have many times begun a collectionâ€"only to abandon it, however, owing to the plague of insects and other cliuses. In the Straits of Milacca I c-illec: ed the feathers of the Argus pheasanti, of several birds of paradise, (sold by Malays from Cdebes and other islands,) of the im- perial pigeon, the toucan, and many other strange birds, such as would rejoice the heart of a fisherman on a wet day with a heavy spate in the river. and nothing to do but overhaul his fly>b01k Bit a pl igue on white ants, carpenters wasps» snl such like creatureslâ€"my beautiful feathers of all the colors in the rainbow tht int - tLeir omniv- orous stomachs, and in many cases not even the bare quills remained to me. That some of them ought to have proved killing in a Scoich or Irish stream is indicated by the fact of a mere bunch of these gaudy feathers tied with a bit of twins to a. hook, having caught a. big yellow nondescript fish in oue of the many rivers in the M ilay Peninsula. An Indian collection shared the same fate, for there is nothing that Indian peachesâ€"- hateful wordâ€"seem so 10nd of as leathers It is next to impossible to keep tied flies in lndia, To say nothing of the climatic influ- encas separating the gut from the hook, poochea,â€"â€"Anq"ices insectsâ€"revel on the wings and bodies ; nothing c ming amiss to themâ€"pig's wool or resin. 1 was once fool enough to purchase a dazzling collection of so cilled “ mahseer flies " They were as big as the argue moth, and much resembled a collection of tropical butterflies in a glass- oase. What they costI am ashamed to say. Suffice it to say that. if I could sell at the prices I bought at I would instantly take to feather-collecting as one of the moat profit- able occupations in the world. But what was my dismay to finl that all themahseer I ever saw would not look at, much less take a fly. There may he eccentr c; among that fishâ€"indeed in some p‘utis they will take the Indian fig and bus of plaintainâ€" but as the rule, they ilislain the fly-maker‘s art, preferring spoons and phantoms. Well all that dazzling assoriment of lures for the unsophisticated “ mahseer " went to the peaches, and along with it went bundles of the glorious golden and black feathers of the florikan, the blues of the roller and the king-fisher, the yellow of the oriole, the rich greys of demoiselle crane, the lisrl of the peacock, the dapple of the jungle cmk and the blue-winged teal, the crest of the hmpoe, the pink of the flimlngo, the green of the arrot, the scarlet tail feathers of the little ndamen “folly,” and many others proved in fly-trying. or only fanciful. The finer the leothe 1' the greater the destruction. But it would be p)ssible, I dare say, with the help of friendly sportsmen on the Himalayas aid in Burmah, to make such a c Junction of Indian feathers as would aevonish the trade at home. The feathers would have to be soldd‘ed down in tin users, and should be c usefully cleaned and dusts-d with camphor before being pieced in the cases â€"The London He’d. Weavlng Nettles. The common stinging nethle wan formerly used largely in Germany as a material for the making of woven fabrics, as is proved by the name of neaseltuch, or nettle cloth, still applied to muslin. Prof. Rauleaux, the re- presentative of the Gurnan manufacturers at the Philadelphia Exhibition. adwaed ex- periments with the nettle with a View to the production of native yarn. The matter was taken up by a lady, who planted nettles for the purpose upon a. barren part of her estate, and in 1877 was able to exhibit nettle fibres in all at iges of preparation. Thereupon hundreds cf people in Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Switz- erland, and Austria co_mmencel the cultiva- tiou of the nettle, and two years later the first German manufactJrv devoted to this industry was opened at Dresden. A yam has now been produced which fulfils all re- quiremeuls ; but the Chinese nettle gives the best results, yielding a fine, glo sy ydru of greater strength than that made from the common nettle. The fibre is therefore known as China. guss. agman. "‘I don't believe it. 3 no goal; he was a wilful And the audimrs in that jail- r~<->»‘ N<-W if supzrfn said the D:. H Schw cuticle fact t 31 )W often occ der. A tube containing a. mixzura of triet'nl- amine and water exhibits turbidity at a temperature of 26' C Noting this fact, Prot. J. H Po3nning cousldtm that such tuba may prov: u-etul in indicating the temperature of lever patients. The C‘nmber of Cammerce, Plymouth, b‘uglaud, hm been cosre~poudmg with I‘loy‘dgand thg Tripity Hjuse regarding the Veailbility of forming a. n Ingrapfiic coEnec tion between the E idystooe Lighthouse and the main‘zmd by means of a. cabla. New 801th ‘Vales has made rapid progress in electric telcgmphy. In 1873 there were but 6.52l miles of wire, 100 telegraph shav tiona, anvi 365 360 messages sent. In 1882 the mnlsege had incnawed to 15 901, theata- tionu to 345, and the numbar oi mussges sent to 1,965,931. Munganese in appreciable quantity has been iound by M E. J. Mamnene in thirty. four samples of wine. Tests also revealed its prent nce in various cereals. As it can be detected also in nearly every description of rock the above facts 2;) to prove the wide dlfl'usion of this meta‘. throughout nature. Tho Oompagnie Beige and Hollandiue de I'Electrioite have been Irymg street care provided with 103 Fd‘lru accumulntn'i, weighing less than two tons, the total weight 01 the car being under five tom. Al- though che grades were very sharp the ex- pectations of the compmy were tully an- ewered. Sawdust when moi ma substitute for sand in house plastering 2s alleged to impart very desirable properties to the plaster. It makes the covering for walls light. warm, and porous. By its non-oonduoting qualities it auszs the inner surface to relam the heat. which sand plaster allows to escape. Mr. Crinp sho wed at a recent meeting cf the Microscopical Saciety, London, a verv curious microscope bearing the date 1772, Besides possessing other peculiarities, it had three objectives at:a.ched toa sliding p‘afie at the end of a nosepiece in a. manner similar to that adoptei in the conszruc .ion of the modern Hubey and other micro- scopes. Dry pocket-glue is made of 12 parts of good lue and 5 parts of anger. The glue is bonle unfil it In entirely dmsolved. the aug at is then put into the glue and the we 13 evaporated until it harden! on cooling. Lukewmm water malls it very readily, and it is excellent in use in canning pxper to ad- he -e firmly. cleanly. and without producing any disogreeable odor. A simple way to ascertain whether a sample ol petroleum is dangerous or not has been recommended by a. chemist of consi- derable stmding. An ordinary tumbler Is filled two-thirds full with the oil. While fiiling up the remaining one-third with boil- ing water a flame is held over the vessel. If the vapor which rises take; fire the test in- dicates that the petreleum is not safe to be exposed to the atmrsphere. A: a meeting of the Berlin Medical Society lately photugraphs were shown by Prof. Vircbow of the gigantic plane trees in the Island of Cu. under the shade of which Hippocrates is m-d by tradition to have held medlcel examinations. The tree stanis in the market-91300 of the tawn of C35, on the east side of the island, and the branche., which spread over nearly the whole area of the market-place, are supported by marble pillars. German (xperimenters report that Cru- casian petrcleum is not a good lubricant for macuinery. Its propcrcies as an illuminant. however, are of a high order, and with a suitable burner excellent results should be obteined. The point of ignition is high, and this oil is therefore much less liable to give rise to explosions than most kinds of petro‘eum. During combustion the Cinema- an variety only slightly carbonizes the wic'r of a lamp. Prof. Scheibler, of Berlin, has invented a process for the production of phosphoric acid item the slag made in the Thomas-Gil- christ method. The slug. having been roasted in an oxidizing dime. is pilverist and sifted. The powder is dissolved in by. drochloric acid, and the solution saturated with lime-water. The resulting nroduct containsfrom 35 to 37 per cent. of phosphor- ic acid in the form of bleSlc phosphate of lime, and a second roasting yields a sub stance in which the coneut of phoPhorio acid is as high an 45 per cent. A descriptionis given in the English Mec- hanic of what appears to be novicl electric bell. The battery is contained in a cylinder of brass, inside which the line Wire can be coiled by turning a little Winch handle, and the gong is carried at one eni of the 131838 case, serving as a cover fer the magnet, &;. The case is provided with legs, so that the axrangemcnt can be placei in a. horizmtel position, and there is also a ring, Which en» ables it to be suspended wherever it mLy be desxred. The outside dimension; of the whole appnratus are 6 imhes by 4 inches. MM. de Meuron and Clenod, of Genoa, have titted up the appliances for tnnemicâ€" ting 30 horse-power by electrical agency to a distance of nearly 4 000 feet ‘hxomh a. 01p per wire .276 mah In diamtbe'. (No. ‘2 new gauge.) at the works of MM Bloech Nau- haue, Biel, Switzwland. Tne Tunr; dyns- mo-eloctric moc‘lines are usei and run at 590 revolutions per minute. Tm 5'3 moh- ines are multipolar in the form of a. hexa- gonal prism, the armature: resembling thme of the Siemens machines, but dxflering in the method of coupling the wine. One of the best electric light systems was recently introduced iu’o the C )nrt Tneatre at Stuttgart. Quit: unexpectedly the oc- chestrn Immediately showed signs that they disapproved of the new means of illumina- tion, and they have petitioned the manage- ment to restore the old oil lamrs Tue or- chestra Et‘lte that the brilliancy of the elec- tric lights has an unpleasant etfect upon the nerves, and that it has beoome difficult to foliow the baton of the c ninetor. To ascer- tain whether there may no“. be something substantial in these alleged grievances a. committee of oculiats and disinterested musicians has been (flicially appointed. The small shop men, snys the Scientific American, are valuable in any shop, Whel‘: mechanics rather than operativen are re- quired, becmse they are ganaral'y “ men at a. pinch,” “ expediency men,” and for the most par: excellent “o:kmen. The proprie- In H“ Z1 SCIENTIFIC GOSSIP. ;hrift fur Ana’ytsche Chemis ‘arz uravus atzeutiou ‘o the ha: a. pale p1oaphoresc'ent are in the drymg of gunpow- At thn Lxmbeth County court. on Tueqday a curious ac "ion was tried before Mt. J. R. Taylor, the Judge. in which a portar nxmed Henry \leiam Pm: sued D‘. Glednill, a. eurgeon, for he sum of £5 0‘ 61., £5 be- In; for an I O U 311(161. for one month’s in- terest. Mr. Gmomz, the coamtfl for the plaintiff mated than the defendant, on the 29 h of Apnl leased the plaiutltl'e wife, and on the In of M xv he signed a document. as follows: "I O U £5 for having kiised Jane Pm. JJm'JS Gledhill, May 1. 1834." and on the revexse aide his signature appeared to the full )wing statement: “I hereby ac- knowledge 1 have eL terad into a. fair agree- ment between Hm'y Pitt, Jane Putt, and myself. James Glednill." A: I O U simply was given for this dccument. tor of a lug bulliing [I'm claims than his shop“, where u are the rula “ maka the shop very conveniem amud toolsfiut very convcz aptud tools, lane shop gr v» hn can C3! Tue defendant said he repudiated his 11'».- bility to my thi4 money, 01 the ground that the I 0 U was given as ch: rcsulb of the in- timidation of hue plsinhfi‘, who had threat- ened him with a crimiml prosecution if he did not compmaane him 101' the assault. H a Honorâ€"and you give him £5 for a kiss? [Laughter ] The dezendantâ€"I gave the I 0 U on the second of May. His Honor said be doubted if there had been any con- sideration for the I O U‘ Mr. Grooms said the consideration was the aolatium for Mr. Pitt’s wounded feelinga,for which the pliin- tiff could have brought an action. His Honor, ho vever. said there was no consid- eration, and give a Verdict for defendant. The defendant hurriedly left the court, evi- dent‘y gratified with the result of the pro- ceedings. Mr. Groom; aaked for the docu- ments put in eviience. Hie Honorâ€"No; thay win he kept an uOlll't, and can b3 pro- duJed, if required, in any proper wgy. Mr. Grooms smd other proceedings would be taken. This heading has no astronomical meaning; it refers to mechanical manipulaton. Oar library ani echoo‘. educational globes have psrhap: been a puzzie to many an inquisitive mindâ€"they being so light, so easily turned on their axis and so smooth as to appear more like natural exact productions than mechanical constructions. The material of a globe is a thick, pnlpy paper like soft straw board. and this is form- ed into two hemispheres from disks. Aflst disk is cut in gores, or radical pieces. from center to circ unference, half of the gores being removed and the others brought to- gether, forming a hemispherical cup. These disks are gored under a cutting press, the dies of which are so exzct thzt the gores come together at their edges to make a per- fect hemisphere. The formation is 310) done by a press with hemisperical mould and die, the edges of the gores being covered with glue. Two of these hemispheres are then united by glue and mounted on a wire, the ends of which are the two axes of the finish- ed globe. A‘l this work is done while the pap» is in a moist state. After drying, the rough paper globe is wiped down to a sur- face by coarse sand paper, followed by finer paper, and then receiVes a coating of paint or enamel that will take a clean smooth finish. The instructive portion is a map of the world printed in twelve sections. each of lozenge shapz, the points extending from plle t) pole, exactly as though the peel of an orange we sent through lrom stem to bud in twelve Equal divisions. These maps are ohtsimd in Smtland generally, although there are two or three establishments other- wheres which praduca them. The paper of these maps is very thin but tenacious, and is held to the glo‘we by glue‘ The operator â€"ganerilly a wommâ€"begins at one pole, panting with the left hand and laying the sheet with the right, working alOJg one edge to the north or other pole, coaxing the edge of the paper over the curvature of the globe with an ivory spatula, nnl working dOWn the entire papsr to an abialntsly smoath surface. As there are no laps to these loz mge sec- tions the edges must absolutely meet, else there would be a mixed up mess, especially nmang the islands of some of the great archi- pelagoes and in the arbitrary political bord- ers of the nations. This is probably the moat exmt work in g1 )be making, and yet it appears to be easy because the operator is so txpert ia COLXng down fu‘luesaes and in expanding somty portions, all the tima keeping absolute relatio: and parfect join- ing with the other section! and to their edges. The metallic workâ€"the equators, meridians, and stands â€"â€"are finished by ma.- c iinery. A coat of transparent varnish over the pager surface mmpletes the work. and thus a. globe is built. Experiments have been made in Hartford, Conn . with the vertical firing Gatling gun, in the presence of a. numb ar of mechanics, mi|itary men and others int wrested in gun- nery. The inclination of the piece Wm de- termined by a combined spirit level and quadrant. At an inclination of fifteen de- grees, the time between the discharge and the return of the bullets into the river on the banks of which the experiments were nude, was fifty-nine seconds. On an exact verticnlfire, the time of return was fifty- four seconds. The force of the return of the bullets-44 calibre rifle â€"wss sufficient to drive them through four inches of pine bonds, enough to render any defenses not bombproof untenable against such a show- er. A long striped snake crawled into a base- ment sxloon yesterday. and was in the mid- dle of the room before anybody saw it. The inmates stood aghast and speechless for sev- eral seconds, when one ofthem, innting his finger at the object:I managed in; argicul its: “DJ any of the rest of you see that?" The? responded in a chorus: “Yes, we all do. ’ “It’s a. great relief to me to know it," said the first, “for I thought I was goxug to have another attack of malaria,” “Me too." :9. sponded the chorus, and then they tell on the snake with billind cues and killed it The Money Value or Vertical Flight of Bullets. gradua'e‘ from “t an contrive as We“ How Globes are Built. They Were [11 Doubt e tco‘s of a. pa his best man 'e makeahifh 5 “Such mm hop ” by me |iant to have a but is ulao con adua'el from N<->Hl n'xfacturing establishmafl; 50f a paraicular character est men coma from small keahiftn and cuntnvnnces uch mm," he says, “ can by war methods. It is <~.~>»I nup full of ad- uleul: to have at the little s \op " 1 as find a ma.- a Kiss.