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The Northern Lights. gese appearances are most generally kn J§ as the Northern Lights, the Merry Danti ' , or the Aurora Borealis, owing to the fft that the high northern latitudes have een much more visited than the southern. The same phenomena, how- ever, are to be seen as we go southward, and so they are sometimes spoken of un- dei the name of the Aurora Australia. We have chosen the most popular title, though perhaps the most appropriate one that has been applied to them is that of Aurora. Polaris. As few of those who read this will ever have the opportunity of actually visiting either the northern. or southern polar regions, let us imagine ourselr es for a brief season to be upon the deck of a vessel far away in the north â€"1et us say in the autumn, just before the approach of the long Arctic night. As we glance round all looks cold and bleak. There is light enough for us to see on every hand the fantastic forms of the icebergs looming up in the darkness. We hear the grinding of bergs together, and cannot suppress an uncomfortable feeling as the contigency presents itself to our mind of the ship getting aground be tween two of thosehuge floating iceislands. As we look,the scene changes as complete- ly as though a magician's wand had trans- ferred us to one of the jewelled palaces of the “Arabian N ights.” We see arches of ight stretching across the heavens from east to wastâ€"sometimes remaining sta- tionary, and sometimes moving slowly to- wards the south. Rays of light shoot out perpendicularly from the arches, and if the arches are below the horizon we only see these rays, which, though reaally par- alled, often appear as an effect of pers- pective to meet in a point in the zenith. These rays very seldom remain stationary, but shoot upwards towards the zenith. at the same time moving eastwards, often with a tremulous, snake~like motion from end to end, till sometimes they cover the whole sky. If now we turn our eyes from thislmagnificent light to look down again lb l l upon the surrounding mass of bergs which just now looked so weird and gloomy, we can scarcely believe that they were the same, for now they throw back to us in a thousand colours the light that flashes on them from above, and the peaks and pinnacles of the bergs appear to be set with jewels of the most varied hues and the most dazzling brightness. The rays appear in the most varied forms and pat- terns, in one of the most beautiful of which, though seldom seen, the rays seem to hang from the sky in folds like a man- tle. It is at present rather doubtful whether the auroral displays are or are not accompanied by any sound. Many observers have asserted that during an aurora they have heard crackling and hiss- ing sounds; and some experiments made by M. Planse decidedly support this view. On the other hand, some of the most em- inent polar explorers have listened in vain for these sounds, and have given it as their opinion that what was heard was merely the breaking up of the ice, and the grinding of the icebergs. Having now in our mind the appearance of these northern lights, we will repeat a Well- known laboratory experiment. We take a glass cylinder, covered at the end with rass caps one of which is fitted with a stopcock, which we can screw to the plate of an air-pump. To the brass caps we now attach the terminals of a power- ful induction coil, but as yet we perceive no result. We now begin to exhaust the air from the cylinder, and as the exhaust- ion gocs on we soon see a soft, tremulous light beginning to play about the ends of the cylinder; and this, when the air is sufficiently rarified, the light gradually extends right through the cylinder. As we continue the exhaustion, these phen- omena will be reversed, the light gradual- lvdying away as the exhaustion increases. We shall at once perceive how very much this resembles an aurora on a small scale, and so we have electricity suggested to us as the agent which produces the aurora. â€" [Science for All. 4‘ â€"-GREAT SALEâ€" Dry-Goods, Millinery & Mantles. Clearing Prices in Mantles. Thirty dollar dolmans selling at $22. Twenty-two dollar dolmans selling at $15. Eighteen dollar dolmans selling at $13 and 814. T. EATON & CO. Clearing Prices in Jackets. 350 Jackets tobe cleared out at sale prices. Thirty dollar long jackets selling at $520. Twenty-five dollar long jackets selling at $19. Fifteen dollar inatalzissie jackets selling at $8. Ten dollar jackets selling at $6. IClearing Prices in Blankets. Comfort- ers Mattresses. 8m. New Hosiery at low prices. Ladies’ New Cashmere Hose at 30c a pair Worth 400. Ladies’ Extra Heavy Cashmere Hose, all colors, at 500. Ladies’ Fine German Cashmere Hose at 65, 75, 850 up. Children’s Fine Cashmere Hose at 25¢ a pair. Children‘s Extra. Heavy Cashmere Hose, all colors, at 300 a. pair up. Children’s Fine German Cashmere Hose at 35, 45, 55c up. Ladics’ All-\Vool Seamless Hose, 20¢ a A Bridegroom Wanted. ODDS AND ENDS. During the last week of October Lon- don had 89,221 paupers on the books. The foreign papers announce an Irish opera by Mrs. Parnell, mother of the Irish leader. “It's knotty, but it’s not nice,” said a horse thief in Montana, as he cast a cur- sory glance at the neck tie a committee were about to present him. “It is war- ranted to look Well on a choker,” was the reply, “and will fit any neck.” The Archduchess Marie Valeria, the youngest daughter of the Emperor and Empress of Austria, has written acomedy, which was produced at the theatre of the imperial palace on the fete day of her mother. The Archduchess will herself appear in the principal part. In 1773 the subscription to her Majes- ty‘s Theatre, London, for fifty represen- tations was $105. in 1807, the year of Callani’s engagement on what were then deemed most exorbitantflterms, the price of a box containing six seats for the sea- son was $375. The regular performances were on two nights a week, and there were a few extra nights. The season was about six months. Sardou hired a house in the country to pass the last summer, and went in aearch of a farmer who had a milch cow. Hav- ing found one, he said, “My good man, my servant will come every morning to buy a pint of milk.” “All right ; it is eight sous." “But I want pure milk--very pure.” “In that case it is ten sous." You will milk in the presence of my servant.” “Then it is fifteen sous.” Oscar Wilde suggests that for the fu- ture ladies should leave 03' stays entirely and adopt the Eastern garb, notable a. regards the continotius and slippers. Like other geniuses, he is forgetful of details, and does not say how slippers are to be worn on a muddy day in November. For man he recommends the period of the Charleses as being the most becoming (not to say the most expensive) are from which to copy. About 1200 Simon di Montfort, Earl of Leicester, granted a charter to that bor- ough for the total exclusion of Jews therefrom. It runs ; “No Jew or Jewess in my time or in the time of my heirs, to the end of the world, shall within the liberty of Leicester, inhabit. remain, or obtain any residence.” Nevertheless, MI‘, Israel Hart, a Hebrew, is Leicester’s Mayor. and is the first of his creed to fill that office. In the creation of two at least of the recent peerages, Mr. Gladstone must have found personal pleasure. Sir Walter James is an old and intimateIfriend, at whpse country home Mr. and Mrs. Glad- stone have spent many happy days, and Lord de Vesci is a nephew of Mr. Glad- stone’s early and abiding friend, Sidney Herbert, whose death at 47, the same age as Pitt when he died, has been to him a ceaseless regret. The Rev. Dr. Paxton is quoted as say- ing : “I could never understand why a Scotch drink was always considered to be dry. If ever any people on the earth keep it wet outwardly, and a good deal wetinwardly,I must say the Scotch people do it. But after all, the Scotch people, whether they got their wetness from the weather or from teddy, are the only people who ever successfully solved the problem A New York society journal, of recent date, reports a rather sensational and somewhat amusingcontretemps in connec- tion with an unsuccessful attempt at marriage in high life. It seems that Mr. D. L., an intimate friend of Jay Gould, jun, was engaged to a beautiful young Southern lady, and a quiet private mar- riage was to have taken place Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock three weeks ago The young gentleman dressed himself for the eVent and proceeded in a carriage for the scene of the ceremony. About a block from there he stopped at a resort which he was in the habit of patronizing, and dismissed his equlpage. Here he met old friends, whom he joined in a glass of champagne. In his excited state a little wine soon affected him, and when the hour for the ceremony arrived, the lover and his friends, who in the meantime discovered his secret, were all in a hilar- ous state. The little party invited to the wedding waited impatiently. Nine o'clock came, than ten and eleven, and yet no bridegroom. The party was breaking up in disgust, and the first one who attempted to make an exit from the house found the bridegroom’s unconsciou form stretched across the threshold. His friends had carried him there, and on his back they had pinned a placard announc- that that night, at eight o’clock, he had been married to Poinmery Sec. Cham- pagne. A jilted lover is said to be at the bottom of the cheme. Where Moses was when the light went out: “Sir Moses .Montefiore has not got ten children, ar reported by the papers. He never has had a single child," said Mose Schaumburg to Gilhooly. “He never had a child?” asked Gilhooly. “Never had a child." “Well, then, per- haps he has ten grandchildren, instead of ten children as reported. That's how the mistake occurred." i l l l l 1 _’ Making of Mummies. An extraordinary subject was brought forward at the recent meeting of the So- cial Science Congress, namely, the actual making of modern mummies. A paper was read on this question by Mr. Thomas Hayley, of Birmingham, going fully into the obiections raiscd to cremation, the most important, as far as legal points are concerned, being, that cremation does away with allevxdence of foul play, which must be lost the moment the body is destroyed. In the face of this grave dlfliculty, the paper proposes a plan by which the dead may be easily preserved for an indefinite time after death, so as to ‘be at any moment recoguiZible and in a fit state for analysis, examinations, or otherwise as maybe necessaryâ€"the body, in fact, becoming a perfect mummy. This curious position is arrived at by envelop- ing the.body in cotton wood; it is then placed in an air tight case, and exposed, in a. subterranean gallery lined with ce- ment, to the action of cold air, which is dried and purified from putrefactive bac- teria. . After this, air at a higher temper- ature is used in the same way; and the re- sult of the process is the manufacture of a complete mummy, with the integument remaining white, and the body entire. And herein this new process differs from that adopted by the ancient Egyptians, who were speciully careful to remov’m interior portions of both the trunk and the head~ their place being supplied peppers,spices, and other aromatic herbs. It is a somewhat delicate question to ask whether this curious suggestion will ever become popular with Englishmen, or Euro- peans in general; but there can be no doubt, in questions where suspicion of murder has arisen and yet cannot be proved, that the preservation of the body of the deceased in such an ingenious man- ner would be eminently satisfactory to relatives of the supposed victim, because the body is always at hand, intact and ready for careful examination at any mo- ment, on the disc .very of fresh evidence, or otherwise. GRAND DISPLAY â€"â€" 01'8â€" NEW FALL GOODS â€" Art-'â€" PETLEYS’ â€"‘â€"a Rich Mantle Velvets, Seven dollar jackets selling at $5. pain _ _ Six dollar jackets selling at $3. Ladies’ Fine Lamb’s “lool Hose, 30, 40, 500 up. Five dollar jackets selling at $2.50. Four dollar jackets selling at $1.50. T. EATON 51 CO NEWSDRESS SALE. 15c. Dress Goods for 7 1-2. Children‘s All-\Vool Seamless Hose, 12, 15, 18, 20c up. Some special lines of Hosiery in odd sizes are laid out on the counter at half-price. Everyone should see them. 25c “ “ 12 1-2. Satchel Department. 300. “ “ 150 Ladies‘ Plush Satchels in all the newest Every lady should see them. Send for makes and colors at $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, samplefi- $2.25, $2.50 up. Ladies' Leather Satchels in Tan and Black, 40, 50, 75C, 31, $1.25 up. NEW DRESS SALE 15c. Dress Goods for 7 1-2 Clearing Prices in Ladies‘ Tweed Uisters. Twelve Dollar Ulsters, selling at $7. Nine Dollar Ulsters selling at 55. Five Dollar Ulsters selling at 275. 25c_ -‘ H 12 1.2. Three Dollar Ulsters selling at $1.50. 306. ” “ 150- T, EATON & CO Every lady should see them. Send for samples. Clearing Prices in Children’s TWeed Men’s Furnishing Department. Jackets. The cold wcuthcr has now set in, and in Children’s Mantles, for girls three years order to meet the demands of the public “'0 old, $1 up. show a heavy all wool double breasted Children's Mantles, for girls five years Old, undershirt at 650, with drawers to llliLtCll. $2 up. Mcns' fine Scotch wove uiidcrclothing at $1 50 a suit. clothing, iiiccly finished, at $1. hien‘s extra licavy Scotch underclothing Girls’ Mantles, from $2 to $10. Men‘s genuine Scotch under- T. EATON & CO. on this little planet of how to combine punch and piety.”' Two years ago a large water spaniel called “Black,” the property of a bathing machine owner, was the means of rescuing eightsa-ilors, at Biarritz, France, by carry- ing a corked line to them on a rock. A dog fete was organised in his honor, the municipality subscribing $10, and he was, further, presented with a silver collar. Ultimately he was bought by the Grand Duke Vladimir aad taken to Rusia. He lately was seen in Paris, fat and well,With the Duke. He had silver bracelets round his paws. A letter received from an aide-de-camp of Lord Wolseley states that for a fort- night previous to writing no advance had been made, and the army of relief was moving slowly at the fearful costof $100,- 000 a. day. One of the great causes of de- lay was the want of coal. The health of the men was good, though some dysentery prevailed. Excellent rations were plenti‘ ful. The Essex and Cornwall regiments and two companies of the Guards were then eucamped under canvas near Wady Halfa. The London correspondence of the American (Paris) Register relates this: An cpicurean Bishop was neatly taken in Rich Dress Velvets, Rich Mantle Plushes, . Rich Dress Flushes, Rich Black Silks, Rich Colored Silks, Rich Dress Satins, Rich Dress Goods, Also a Magnificent Stock of Elegant MANTLES from the Best Manufactureis of London, Paris and Berlin- Silk Plush Mantles, Silk Seal Mantles, Brocated Silk Mantles, Br; .ocaded Velvet Mantles Brocaded Cloth .é‘idantles, Clearing Prices in Millinery. Eight Dollar Ostrich Feathers selling at $5 at $1 50. Clearing a line of men‘s ribbed shirts and drawers at 25c. by a smart boy at Banbury. Being de- sirous of tasting the famous cakes, he beckoned the lad to come to him at the Jersey Cloth Mantles, Jersey Cloih Ulsters, Five Dollar Ostrich Feathers selling at Men‘s lizuincl shirts in navy blue and grey 5360’ colours at low prices. TWO DOHaI‘ Ostrich Feathers selling at Every mechanic should secure one of sl'ms‘ those (53c top shirts, worth $1. One Dollar and a half Ostrich Feather selling at 950. NEW DRESS SALE. Men‘s Cardigan jackets. A heavy .111 wool jacket at $1. Men's navy grey and brown Cardigan jzu'kcts S1 25,$l 50. $1 75 and $2 50 each. ,. Dresstgoods for 1721i‘i; Boy‘s undorclothing from 22c up. Boys’ 300. ‘l' 150 ‘ flannel shirts $1 each. Boys‘ ilouncl shirts Every lady should see them. Scnd‘for with lace fronts and collar attached $1 35 mples‘ ‘ each. 'm Sales for CASH only. Telephone communication. Letter orders promptly attended to. 'I'- EATON <33 00-, 190 to 196 Yonge Street. window of the railway carriage, and ask- ed the price of the cakes. “Three pence each, Sir,” replied the boy. Giving him six pence. the bishop desired him to bring him one, and added, as he was running off, “Buy one for yourself with the other three pence.” Presently the boy appear- ed, munching his“Banbury, "and,handing three pence in coppers to the Bishop, an- nounced in the most lngennous manner. “There was only one left, sir." Mr. Fawcett, the late universally re- gretted Postmaster-General of England, though deprived of sight, always had a crowd of shortsighted members around him in the House, to whom he would tell the names of those who were speaking as he knew all the members by their voices, even those who rarely took part in debate. When answering a question, too, he would quote from official docu- ments as freely as though he were read- ing them. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, who suc- ceeds him in the oflice, is a son of Sir John Lefevre, and a nephew of Lord Eversley, who was for So many years the popular Speaker of the House of Com- mons, and who, at the age of 01, retains his freshness, unbroken by gout or years of toil. Jersey Cloth Jackets __ We beg to call Special Attention 2.: our display of MILLINERY,Which is very Lhoice. and Attractive. and worthy of the attention of the most fastidious. (OPPOSITE THE MARKET