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Edwin Stephens and Edmund Brooks, the mate and seaman of the ill~fated yacht Mignonette, reached Southampton at 12:30 o’clock. Stephens was met at Northam by his mother and brother-in-law, Mr. Fisher, and up; exited quite prostrate. p n __:_.. :_L,.....-t:..n Brooke furnishes the following interesting account of his (xpenencea : The Mignonette proved a capital sea bca‘. Prior to July 5, the day she was lost, the wind had been hard and shifty. but she rode out the gale admirably. At 4 o'clcek in the afterncon of that day Capt. Dudley called the watch-myself and Mr. Stephensâ€"the boy Parker sharing the watch with the Ikipper. Parker had gone down to wet the m of which we were all to partake when we have to. He had just come up, when Mr. Stephen: called, “Look out I" and I saw a tremendous ate, reaching. I should think, quite half way up to our masthead, coming down upon us. The Captain and Pnrker had held on to the main boom to -...rr-.. tea of which we were Ell to partake when we hove to. He had just come up, when Mr. Stephens called, “Look out I" and I saw a tremendous eta, reaching, I should think, quite half way up to our masthead, coming down upon us. The Captain and Parker had held on to the main boom to leeward, and the mainsnil being lulled had broken the force of the sea upon them. Mr. Stephens held on by the tiller ropes. When the sza had passed, Stephens almost directly said, "Oh, my God, her sides are stove in l" The Captain ordered the boat out. I hel - ed get the boat out. In fact, I was ab e nearly to throw her out myself. “'e got in- Stephens, I, and Parke râ€"and called out several times to the Ge ptain to come on board, and he presently did so, the Mignon- ette sinking in about five minutes after she was struck. We then found Our boat had been stove in on the port side, and she leak- ed a lot ; but I stopped it as well as I couLl with a piece of waist I found on the bottom boards, and this kept the water out till the morning. when Capt. Dudley made it mcre secure. Parker took the shipwreck very kindly, his expectation after we u are in the boat being that but of course the rest of us knew better than that. He was a nice, steady, and good boyâ€"an good a boy. in foot, as I ever nailed wnth in my life. I regularly took to him, and tried to teach him all I knew my- awn. We did not open our first tin of turnips till three days after the wreck, having eaten nothing at all in the meantime. We knew the tins contained only turnips, f or I had acted asa suit of cook on board the Mignonette. 0n the fifth day out I was Iteering, and saw a turtle swimming a‘most to windward of us ; in fact, we had almost gassed it when I saw it. It head was some istance out of the water, and I pointed it out to the others. I and the Captain pull- ed the boat’s head to sea, and Mr. Stephens got hold of the creature by the fins and turned it over. I let go the fore oar. and although it was a pretty good sized fish, it came on board as light as a fly. We LII now felt as if we were sure to be saved. This feeling was strong up to the time poor little Parker was killed. but after then my heart was cold. Capt. Dudley killed the turtle, but as the weather was so rough, we lost the blood through the salt water coming on board. But for this We should have had quite a quart or more, which would have last (1 as several days. The water got into the chronometer box,'in which we were getting the blood. The tunle lasted us till the twelfth day. We ate everything, skin and all, throwing) the shell overboard. If we saw a little it of the turle tat lying about that had been left, we picked it up and ate self." Parker, the boy, had several times ex- tessed I desire to drink the sea water, and and the other two ntrc ugly warned him against such a course, saying that if he did so it would kill him, but his reply always Itold him he should not ifI saw him. One morningâ€"I think we must then have been fifteen or sixteen days out, but I can’t remember exactlyâ€"about 5 o'clock, Dickey told me he had drank the heiler, which would hold quite a quart, empty, and half full again. I told he was a. very eilly young fellow, and he again replied that he must drink something. He had been gradually getting weaker. and was, in fact, the weak- est of us all. Tl e s.lt water put his insides out of 0rd6r, and he suffered very much frcm diarrhoea, being at times in an agony of pain from this cause, and we all thought he would die. He apptared at tunes to be delirious ; he would lie in the bottom of the boat and try to sleep, and if he went 011‘, when he woke up he would say he wanted aship. To get on hard a. ship was all I every heard him express a. wisu to do. I said to him several times: “Cheer up, Dickey, it will all come right," and the Captain and Stephens did all they could in the same way. We had several times spoken between the three of us about casting lots as to who should be killed, and Parker la'l heard of this, but Iand Mr. Stephens would not hear of it. and said that if we were to die we would all die together. Excepting Parker, Mr. Stephens sufiered more than any of us. He was seized with pains internally, and his legs were so much swol'en that he could hardly move. One night he was so bad thstIthought he was going to dxe, and took hold of his hand, and we prayed to gather to the Almighty to have us. L,_l- 1:!» ...,... a». I...â€" a July 20, when Paxker’s life was taken, wasa very fine day. Excepting a. little piece of the skin of the turtle, Wlth a. little drop oi water We had caught in a. storm which had passed over our heads, WE HAD HAD NOTHING FOR EIGHT DAYS. Dick was lying in the bottom of the boat, groaning with pain ; but he had never said anything to lead us to an pose that his life was a. burden to him. believe that the Captain and Stephens had spoken about it in the ni htI though nothing had been said to me eit or directly or indlrcctly of any intention to kill the boy, and Mr. Stephens, I believe, would never have consented to it. I had been at the helrn three or four hours, and wrs lying in the bows of the boat ; and Stephens made signs tojme which I under. stood to mean that the Captain intended tn take the boy’s life, as he was dying. I iu-lieve he was dying, and if he had not been killed, I have not the slightes doubt up. should all have died. I did not see the A TRAGIC TALE OF THE SEA. I‘clieve he was dying, and if he had. not been killed, I have not the slightes doubt we should all have died. I did not see the deed done, I had my oil-tkin coat over my head trying to get to sleep, and I Was not aware when it was to happen, All I heard was the Captain say to Mr. Stephens, “Hold his feet,” and uncovered my head, and then saw the boy was dead. I fainted away for a minute or two. and when I came to I saw the Captain and Mr. Stephens drinking the WE SHOULD SOON SEE LAND; “ I MUST DRINK SOMETHING." of the Yacht minnonette‘ following interesting blood which was running from his neck. I said, "Give me a. drop,“ but it was very nearly all gone, but what I had was quite congl aled. I felt quite strong amt thatâ€"- in fact we all made use of the expression that we were quite dxflerent men. I wtnt aft and steered for two or three hourt. I don’t know exactly how long. Capt. Dud- ley and Stephens cut off the koy’e clothes, and threw them overboard. It was a hor- rib_le eight and no mistal‘ie. u, _ L_.l_. nnA Auuc Illsllu nuu uv n I and the Captain fed on the body, and so did Mr. Stephen! occasionally, but he had very litxla. We lived on it for four dayr, and we ate a good dealâ€"I should thiLk quite half the bodyâ€"before we were p"cked up, and I can say that we pal-took of it with AS MUCH RELISH AS ORDINARY FOOD. We were picked up on the twenty-fifth day out. I was steering the host, about he! past six in the morning, as near an I can guess, but we had no watch. I haw a. sail, but did not at first know what it was. for I had been sitting down taking to myself and praying to the Almighty to rescue us fxom death, as our euficr ngl frtm thirst were so honble. When Mr. Stephens and the Captain “got up,” I said: 'Oh, my God. here’s a ship coming straight for us." We all pray ed together out loud that she would not miss us, each pr: mising to lead a. different life to what we had done if the Almighty would only give us the strength to reach the vessel. We put our sail, which was made out of Stephen’s shirt. down, as the bark was a little to windward, and pull- ed as well as we could a litt‘e wav. I should think she was four or five miles off when we sighted her, and as she came down upOu us, Mr. Stephens hoisted the shirt, and signall- ed as well as he was able, for he had not much strength to hold it up. Quite an hour and a half was passed in this dreadful sus- pense, for we were afraid, being still to lee- ward, that the bark would not see us. We at last saw her keep away from the wind. and then we felt she had seen us. and were very much rejoiced, and all thanked God for His mercy. As we got close alongside I tcok both oars, being the strongest. The Captain caught the rope, and made a turn, as well as he was able, round the fore thwart, Mr. Stephens being aft. The latter sang out, ‘ Oh, Captain, for God‘s sake, help us. \Ve have been twenty-four days, and have l 3/] nothing to eat or drink. Helph us on boerd.” The Captain of the bark made a reply in German, which I rould not understand. Capt. Dudle also hailed him. Two of the crew came own and made the boat fast, and got ropes around and lifted us on board, for we were so weak we could not climb the ship's side. I took hold of the chain plates and scrambled up as well as I could, and the carpenter then carried me across the deck to the place where Mr. Stephens ggs The Captain of the Montezuma. had taken charge of Capt. Dud ey. Tney all treated us very kindly. THE MATE'S ACCOUNT. Edwin Stephens. who is the son of the late Capt. R char Stevh- us, of Southamp- ton, late of the 1 le of Wight Company's service, on his aruvul home, furnished some integesting details. He said : .v , , ALA; ' Our nights were the worst time; they seemed mver to end; we dreaded them very much. We had now the longest in- terval without food or water, viz., eight days without food and five days without water, with the exception mentioned. The lad dying before our eyes, the longing _for his blood came upon us. and on Friday morning the twentieth day of our being cast away, the master hastened his death by bleeding him. In a minute all was over. , ,,,L "I Will leave you to imagine how we sub- sisied on the body until Tuesday, July 29, the twenty-fourth day after being in the boat, when were picked up by the German bank Montezuma, of Hamburg, Capt. Tremonaen, bound to Falmouth,f10m Whom Litmuuuuu, uuuuu nu Ln“..uuu-, ..v.. we received ew'Iery kindness. We sufl'ered a great deal for nome days afterwards. The extremitles seemed to have entirely lost life. We had thus hem in the boat from July 5, at 5p. m , until July 29, at 10 a..m., nearly twenty-four days, havihg drifted and aaileda. uiatauce of about 900 miles, vfz, from lat. 27‘! 10’ 8.. long. 9‘} 50’ W., to lat. 24° 20'AS., long. 28? 25’ W., our posi- tion whln picked up; “Many of the statements that have been published in the papers are wrong. partic- ularly 50m, which said I stood up and held the boy Palker while the Captain killed him. That is quite wrong. I don’t re- member hearing anything at all. but I know I was expected to hold his feel; if he struggl- ed, but he did not. The fact is, you cm't carry your recollection back to the whing at all properly. We don’t know what we did; 4 L.___..m_ . we were maddened with thirst and hunger ,- but I know I did not sufler from hunger as the others did for the first e‘ght days. I had hardly anything to eat, and I never thought of eating any of the turtle until it was about three parts gone. Drink was all I v mated. “The boy's death saved our lives, for we should have all have been dead before the time we were picked up. Prrker was a nice ladâ€"a. Iegular Itchen ierrymun. honest, and always Willing to do everything he was told. which is a. great virtue in a boy on btfll‘d a ship.” . ,,,. ,A.As. The '|Capta.in, who is a stoutebuilt, fair- bearded man of middle height, looks fairly well, but; is s‘ill very weak. He wears slippers on his feet, as tLey are still too ten- der to admit of putting, loots on. When the unfortunate men were picked up both his legs were much swolL n, and it was only after a 1: ug course;of blistering and bandag- ing that they wrre reduced to a. mrmul nizn. Capt, Dudley, in an interview in the after- noon, convertel freely about the terrible occurence. After detailing the earlier part of the voyage of the Mignonette from South- ampton to Madeira, and their afterwards signalling an Italian bark and speaking the Bride of Lorne, he said : Day after day passed, and on the eleventh day we had finished the turtle, and had nothing left except the two fine ; but we ate every portion, even the bones. The fat of the turtle proved very nutritious, and we got water a. few times when there were showers by catching the rain in our oilskine, though sometimes when we had a little drop a. sea. broke into it and spoiled it, so that we had to throw it away. We went on from the fiftetnth to the twentieth day without any food at all or drink. and by thatfiime weh‘aid kgegu'g to look (fiber it; the face very black.“ The Loy, who had drank some sea. Water at night, THE CAPTAIN'S CON FESSION. had said, “ W’s shall all die.i’ and I remark ed. “We shall have Igo draw lots) l)_oya.” - u This was ignored by all, and they said, “We had better die together,” to which 1 replied, ' So let be. but it is hard for four to die when perhaps one might save the rest." . v , ‘ Iva u. A day or two before I suggested we should try and make some kind of a sail. which we did with our shirts rigged on an oar for a must and a strand of the painter for shrauds and stays. Tnings now hoked as hard as they could. On either the nineteenth or twentieth any the boy was lying in the buttom of the b< at. where he he had been for two days, gasping for breath and nearly dead. At ab mt 3 o’clock in the morning I said to the mate -. “What is 10 be done? Ibeiieve that boy is dying. You have a wife and five children. and I haven wife and three chll‘inn.” 1 Enid that human flab had bein eaten be- ore. bring; germs; nun. : u.uu- Brooks took his watch at 6 o'clock, and we made motions to each. B“ oks said he could not do it, and Snephens saxd he could not do it. uvv uv n. I told Brooks to go forward, which he did. I then took hold of the nhrouds and had a last look round to see if anything was in sight, but there was nothing. I ofl'ered up a. prayer most fervently that God above might forgive us for such an act, and then I knelt down by the boy and said: "Now, Dick, my boy, your time has come.” He murmured : "What, me, air 1’" Iput the penknife in his thrmt and he was dead instantly. The Captain. who was much upset by the rec tel, further stated how they drank the blood of the pmr boy, and lixei upon his flesh for the next four days. On the twenty- fourth day. when they had almost given up all rope, Brooks called out. at about 8 o'Llock in the morning, ‘ S11, oh i" In an hour and a half the Montezuma was along- eide‘ and they were lifted «n to the deck. The erIins of the lad Parker were buried by the (lapte’n cf the rescuiuv vessel. “\Vhat are you doing there!" demanded tl e grocer of the new clerk. “I'm putting a. little and in the sugar. Ain't that right?” "Right? Great South! 1 little of the sugar and put it "I grant an absolute divorce to both par- tici.” said the Judge. ‘ 01‘ the next case." “But the children, your H nor. What dispos tion sh: ll be made of tknm?" “Equal division. Lea exch party take half. Call me nextâ€"â€"" A politician who had been mminatei for office said to 1 lawyer. "I want you to bring suit aga'mt the editor of the Daily Wander- er. He has defamed my character mirag- (01! sly.” up: u :Can’t help it. That‘s their look OLt, not mine, C ll tne next case.” ‘--...,. “But, my dear man, what he has publish- ed Won’t lose you any .votes.” ‘ Of course {cvvivgu’i lose me any votes, bLt my wife complains that she isn’t able to hire a servant gix l.” nu... h. Depos-iioi:‘Vbat has that got to do with the matter? Luv .. Dhecto'L-He is 100 feeble to stand. the rigors of a Canadian winter. Sense of Taste in the Lower Animals. The lowest animals hardly need a sense of taste at all, at least in the developed form: all is fish that comes to their net; they EWL‘l- low, and, if possible, digest every bit of or- ganic matter they happen to come act! as in the course of their aimless paregriuatlons. Or, rather, they swallow whatever is gm .1- ler than themselves, and get swallowed by whatever is larger. Still, even in these low- eat depths of animal evolution, we get in a very simple and undeveloped form some first faint foreshadowing of the feehlty which bec' mes specialized later on into the sense of taste. VVhi n float ug jelly bag meets floating plantlet or floating jelly speck under the microscope, it makes an effort to envdop the edible moreel all round with its own mutter. tint when it meets mineral bodies or uneatable things generally, it either does not try to envelop thcm at all, or if it coats than for a moment it soon re- jects them as of no practical use for its own purpoms. These simglest rudimentary sn- imals, besides being all month and all stom- ach, are also all nerve and all sense organ Every purt of them seems to possess in some feeble manner the pomr of discrimina- ting betw een what is food and what is use- It ss. ZSéepht n3 feplied A very curious fragment of N apclaon's table 1a‘k is brouth to mind by the present position uf affairs in Ceutml Asia. Tue Em- peror happened to speak of the way in which Alexander besought him at Tllzit to ltt Russia :elze Constantinople. "Alexan- der 3. fort desire Constantinople de moi," said Napoleon; and he then went on to show how Ruzsia. gight gyndumly sap Our power in India. The subject interested binâ€"i, and he spoke at great; length. laying down: a. strategic details of the moat minute de scrip. tion. His idea was that when Russia. had firmly established herself within striking distance of our frontier she might bring about an insurrection and offer England her kind assittznce in qudlinp the revolt. He said: “De toutes les puissances la. Russra est la. plus redoutable surtout pour 1! s Aug- a. 3. Tour. ceia. ja l‘ava's prcvu. Je vois danr 1'aven1r plus 10 n quilea autres.” There is n'o doubt but that he was right. He certainly did see further into the future than any sham smau of WLom we have know- ledge. I‘ne pnedictions which he made dur- ing this memorable conwrsation {01m very suggessine reading at the present time, for they are being fulfilled one by one. V“But there are three of them, )our The First Napoleon a True Prophet. An Investigation not Necessary. Didn’t Know his Business. LWhorc the Libel Hurt Quick Work in Court ninet-eenth or twentieth day )2 in the bottom of the b( at. \”<->“‘ BUBBLES Scott! No. You take a. ad but it in the sand." “See what daylight A few days six ca 3 Leu belonging to Mrs. E'ck siole off undir the lawn, and lat¢r “an f. und sitting on four broken eggs, whil‘1 the piping of twin newly fledged chicks came from beneath her wings. In order that el 9 might bring out the remaining eggs the ten chiik m were taken away from her and nlacei m a box nicely filled with straw in Mrs. Elck's kitchen The plaintive cries of the chicktni attracted the attcntion of Beauty. 6 put black-and tan dog, who after soberly inspect- ing the b x and taking! in the situation. stepped can ful'y into the straw and settled down mum g the chickens. The cries of the feathered youngsti rs ceased immediately, and they look to their unnatural but atten- tive mother at once. For several days the dog assumed watchful care over her charges. carefully tucking them down about her with l'er nose, and becoming visibly anxious whenever one of the more active of the birds hopped over the erlge of the box upon the flo r. be! king loudly until some one came and replaced the troublesome chick. When the chickens Vi ere finally taken from her and placed with the mother hen, Beauty seemed completely lost. A dog belonging to the B-s, which was a great favorite of theirs and regarded as of cheroughly irreproachaule training, was charged by some of the neighbors with worrying sheep at night. Tneiamily rebutt- ed this charge on the ground that the dog was fastened int') their kitchen at night and was never lei: out until the servants came down in the morning. ... ... The tarmers. however, persisted that they knew the dog well, and had seen him going from the sheepfclrl. though he had managed to escape them. When this was urged so strongly as to make it imperative on the Bâ€" s to take some further steps, one cf the daughters volunteered 1:) sleep in the kit- chen and watch the dog’s behavior. When they made up the young lady's bed the dog seemed vevy restless and strange but by and by he settled down, and all was silent. A little after midnight he got up. came to the bed, and unified about until he had satâ€" isfied himself that the lady was not awake. Then he leaped into the Window seat. lifted the latch of the shutters, and opened them. Then he undid the latch of the window, which he opened, and then disappaared. ,I,__J nu.vu uv ___- ___ Vr" I -~ ~* . . After a long interval he came back. closed and fastened the windows and shutters, finished by licking his own feet, and the marks which he had left by springing on the floor. To the terror of the seeming sleeper, he now came and clwely scrutinized her; but she kept still, and he at last crept off to his own bed. As soon as she bend the servants stirring, the [any rose softly and slipped through the door. But the guilny dog had marked ht r. He sprang up and mrde a dash at her with most undisguised fury, for he saw that his secret was discovered. and his chancter blast- ed by one whom he now regarded as a. hate- tul spy. Fortunately. she got the door fast shut in time, and. at once alarmed the house. But the dog was now 20 furious that no one dared go into the kitchen, and at last a gun was brought, pointed through an apeture. and he was shot dead. Love, jealousy, and vengeance continue to afiect certain classes of socrety to a degree disproportionate to their actual importance. Tales of love have an invincible attraction for our lower classes. and there is a whole literature of tales of vengeance. Jealousy takes the same important place. and it has become the subject of legislation. A man who does not know to avenge an affront, to obtain justice for himself. and demand life for life, is unmanly in thepgpular estimation nv. 513v, ._ __ espwially in Southern and-Céntral Italy. A woman would refuse to smile upon a, man who allowed bingeelfjo I39 iusql;e_d witu 1m- punity. This mode of feeling which manifests itself in the higher classes in the fr. quency of duels. is in the lower ordu-s the principal cause of crime and violence. It is confirmed by the national quickness of temperament, and by the little respect for law which dates from earlier times, when legal justice was full of abuses. For this reason a naturally humane and gentle people bikes an unfavor- able place in the statistics of crime, in which violent offenses ocguny an exceptional place. As. however. the Iaalmns have- not adopted destructive moieties so, also, they could not possibly be guilty of the dragonnades nor of the excesses of the Convention and of the Commune. And we constantly encounter instances of kindness and humanity, espec- ially in the lower classes, which called- for our admiration From their special quali- ties the people may he said to be capable of all good as well as of‘all evil. And among their prevailing sentiments. in addition to those who have already indicated, the high- est. place is taken 'by what is termed human- ity.‘ The lower classes are not only pecu- liarly sensible of the bonds of kindred, but they display in their family relations, and wen in tuose with strangers, e. devotion and love which puts those classes to shame who mlght do likewise at small personal incon- venience. Tue reserved and defensive spin: which chaxacterizes the modern civilization of many countries is unknownin Italian life. The joys and sorrows of life are readily shared With rtlstions, friends, and neighbors: He who has more than one lost is ready to give to the neighbor who is destitute. know- :ng that he shall be relieved in a like neces- sity. Insensibility to the sufferings of others, a want of compassion or heartless- ness, as it is called' is an unpsrdonable sin in Izaly, while much is forgiven to the com- passii nite. There is no country where the plea. for forgiveness to the Magdalen is more readily accepted. This same people, if their honor or that of their wives is concern- ed, or even if their pissions are aroused by a. gument or contradiction, wi.l stain some fmndly dwelling with blood without incur- ring tle censure of the multitude. it is this morbid conditiLn of publc opinion which produces the owl ; nor can it be cured by legislation. but it must be traced back to its source. 0n the day when the striker is regarded as an ordinary criminal the num- _,n,, I ber of crimes committed in It.ly wili terially diminished, since deliberate ( committed from motives or self- inte comparatively few. The first eflec aut of violence is commonly to ruin the ition and future of the delinquent: whc preferred the satistachion of his dom pmsion to any other consideration. A COUPLE 0F DOE} STORIES AN AMICABIJE TERRIER Italian Passions. A CUTE CANINE alf- interest, are at efiect of an so ruin the pes- qucnt who has uses, The people now living in the North Turkestan steppes consist, for the In st part, of a Turkish race generally called Kirghese, of which the two sections are the Kara Kirgh ese living in the moun- tains of the south, whilst the Kirghese of the plains call themselves Kazaks. The manifold circumstances connected with marriage among the Kirghese are somewhat formidable, and involve the payment of a kalim besides the giving of various presents. The affair is arranged as to its preliminaries by matchmakers, and the bridegroom after betrothal has sometimes to wait for a year or more un- til he can bring the remaining portion of the kalim. If during this period the be- trothed girl should die, her parents are bound to give instead their next daughter, or in default to return the kalim and pay also a fine of one or two horses and rebes or furs. So also is it if the girl should refuse to marry, which she may do on ac. count of the suitor's ill health, or his pov- erty, or (in some localities) her personal dislike. Yet another custom is that if the bridegroom die or refuse to marry the girl, his parents are bound to take her for their next son, paying a fine, usually a camel, in case of refusal. When the pre- scribed period of betrothal is at an end, the bridegroom, dressed and mounted at his best. goes with his friends to the aul or village of the bride, where the tenthas been prepared for his reception. Through- out the ceremonies of betrothal the bride’s brother has the right of pilfering from the bridegroom whatever he pleases; but now the bride’s relations come and take as presents almost everything he hasâ€"his coat, hat, girdle, horse and sad- dle, saying each one that they are for the education of the brideâ€"a, seizure that is afterward repaid by the relations of the bridegroom on their visit to the aul of the relations of the bride. The bride’s parents are bound to give up the bride when the- kalim is paid, givmg her in dowry a kibitka or tent, a camel or riding horse, and cattle, also a bride’s head-dress, call- ed sawkele, or, if poor, another called jaou:ouk, besides a bed, crockery and a. trunk of wearing apparel. M. Arago, Dr. Chalets, and M. Victor Meunier are responsible for the following extraordinary account of an electric girl. The girl, a. peasant of 13, called Angelique Cottin, was, Meuuier tells us in his weekly scientific article, working in a. factory, when a small table next to her was violently upset without ostensible cause. Subsequently, in the presence of M. Meunier, she sat on a. chair held by several people, when the chair was hurled from their hands. This was tried more than once with like results, the chair being in one case broken when its holders were strong enough not to let it go. When isolation from the ground was pro- ducedlby glass, none of these effects occurred. The only disc mfort which the girl ever feels is a. pain in the hollow of the elbow. Before a commission of engineers none of these experiments succeeded but it is alleg- ed in explanation that the electric prop-3n ties of her system have through repeated discharges lost their force and finally be- come exhausted. The Moors’ Use of Water. The Moors disp'ayed an astonishing in- genuity and fertility of invention in their manipulations of fountains and baths and. running streams. It is plain to see that water horn the same source is made to sub- serve difi‘crtnt purposes in difi'eient parts of its course, though there is never lack of water about the Alhambra, for the hotter and drier the weather the more rapidly is the snow melted on the mountains and the more copiously flow its streams. All the courts abcut the Alhambra are arranged that water may flow continually, open to the air, and thus give coolnes to the atmosphere even in the heat of day. At the Alcazar (which is Arabian for palace) of Seville the water is made to gush in crossing jets all along the pavements of the gardens, and the apamtus of arrangement still remainsin use. The Camphor Tree. Campbor laurel, a. native of China, Japan, Formosa, and Cochin China. the tree from which most of the campnor of commerce is obtained, has recently been introduced into California. It grows to considerable height, and is valuablable for timber, the wood being light and durable. not liably to injure from. meats, and much in favor for carpenter and cabinet work. Every pzrt of the tree, and especially the flowers. smells strongly of camphor. With respect to the growing of the oamphor tree in California it is Blid that it is easily propagated from seeds or cut- tings, and especially well along the coast. A tree at Sscrament has attained a. height of thirty fed. Pressing on to the scientific subjects, Prof. Wiggins was asked his theory regarding the reason why the magnetic needle always points towards the North Pole. The Pro- fessor said he believed it was caused by a. perpetual current of electricity running over the earth's surface from east to west. for it was well known that a needle swung freely Within a. wire coil through which an electric current is rent will invariably place itself across the current. This would be greater towards the equetOr, where the earth’s diameter is greatest, frr in both oblate and prolate spheroids electricity collects at the extremities of the greatest diameter. Sfirangerâ€"“Ticket to Montreal, Canada, 9183.592". . . n “r.- . Ticket Agent (whispering)â€" “Here it is ; lay low.” Straugerâ€"‘ ‘What ‘3” "Ticket Agentâ€"“There is a. detective right behind you.” Sarangerâ€"“What do I care for detect- ivea? I came here from Montreal on busi- ness and am merely returning home." Ticket Agentâ€"“Beg pardon ; thought you ness and am Ticket Ag were an Am “MOW Fifty Hereford and Short Horn bulls and 300 high grade bulls have been added to the herds oi Douglas County, Colorado, tin summer. Whv the Needle Points to the Pole. Novel Marriage Customs Thought He was an American. An Electric French Girl. \«<->«{