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(fiseiotrn of the Bank of Eng- H land. Tn3 .ank of England originated in the brain of William Paterson, a Sc itchman â€"â€"better known, perhaps. as the organ- iser and leader of the lll fa‘ed Darien ex pedition. It commenced business in 1694, its charterâ€"which was in the first in. stance grantei for eleven years onlyâ€" bearing date July 27th of that year This charter has been from time to time renewed, the last renewal having taken place in 1844. The original capital of the bank was but one million two hun- dred thousand piunds, and it carried on its business in a single room in Mercer's Hall, with a stafi‘ of fifty four clerks. From so small a beginning has grown the present gigantic establishment, which covers nearly three acres, and employs in town and country nearly nine hundred officials. All bank of England notes are printed in the bank itself. Six printing presses are in constant operation, the same machine printing first the particu- larsof value, signature, &c., and then the numbers of the notes in consecutive or- der. The printing presses are so con- structed as to register each note printed, so that the machine itself indicates an- tomatically how many notes have passed through it. The average production of notes is fifty thousand a day, and about the same number are presented in the same time for payment. The “Library” of cancelled notes-not to be confoundrd with the bank Library properâ€"is situated in the bank vaults, and we are indebted to the courteosy of the Bank-note Ll- brarian for the following curious and in- teresting statistics respecting his stock. The stock of paid notes for five years.â€" the period during which, as before stated, the notes are preserved for referenceâ€"is about seventy-seven million seven hun- dred aud forty-five thousand in number. They fill thirteen thousand four hundred boxes, about eighteen inches long, ten wide, and nine deep. As each day adds about fif.y thousand notes to the number it is necessary to find some means of de- stroying those which have passed their allotted term of preservation. This is done by fire, about four hundred thous- and notes being burnt at one time in a furnace specially . constructed for that purpose. Formerly, from some peculiar- ity in the ink with which the notes were printed, the cremated notes burnt into a solid blue clinker ; but the compositiun of the ink has been altered, and the pa- per new burns to a fine gray ash. The fumes of the burning paper are extreme- ly dense and pungent ; and to prevent any nuisance arising from this cause, the process of cremation is carried out at dead of night, when the city is comparatively deserted- Further, in order to mitigate the density of the fumes, they are made to ascend through a shower of falling water, the chimney shaft being fitted with a special shower bath arrangement for this purpose. The stock of gold in the bullion vault varies from one to three million pounds sterling. The bars are laid side by side on small flat trucks or barrows carrying one hundred bars each. In a glass case in this vault is seen a portion of the war indemnity paid by King Coffee cf Ashan- tec, consisting of gold ornaments, a little short of standard fineness. The safe- guards against robbery, either by forcs or fraud, are many and elaborate. At night the bank is guarded at all accessible points by an ample military force. In the event of the attack from without, there are sliding galleries which can be thrust out from the rooff and which would enable a body of sharp-shooters to rake the streets in all directions. Few peo- ple are aware that the Bank of England contains within its walls a. graveyard, but such is nevertheless the fact. The Gor- don riots in 1780, during which the bank was attacked by a mob, called attention to the necessity for strengthening its de- fence. Competent authorities advised that an adjoining church, rejoicing in the appropriate name of St. Christopher lo Stocks, was in a military sense a source of danger. and accordingly an Act of Parliament was pa-sed to enable the di- rectors to purchase the church and its appurtenances. The old churchyard, tastefully laid out, new forms what is known as the bank “ garden," the hand- some “ Court Room " or “ Bank Parlor ” abutting one of its sides. There is amag- nificent lime-tree, one of the largest in London, in the centre of the garden, and tradition states that under this tree a for- mer clerk of the bank, eight feet high, lies buried.â€" [Chambers’s Journal. ls Kecpinga Coin Given by Mis- take Larceny? At the Leicestershire, (Eng) assizes, recently, a. singular case of larceny was tried before Lord Justice Denman. A pensioner named Thomas Ashwell was charged with stealing a sovereign at Al- estone. The prisoner borrowed a shil~ ling fromEdward Keogh, who handed him a coin on the street, near a lighted win- dow. Keogh afterward discovered that he had given a sovereign in mistake for a shilling. The prisoner asserted it was a shilling, and told a policeman that a sov- ereign which he had changed was one which he had got for his pension. The policeman afterward saw the pris- oner go to the back of a house. The policeman followed and secreted himself behind a wall. He heard the prisoner all a man and say to him, “ The police man has been to me about that cover eign ; I did have it and have spent half of it. but I'll be hanged if he has it back." The policeman then put his head over the wall and said : “So you did have it, did you? I m the policeman.” A legal argument then took place as to whether this consuituted larceny, it bsi..g submitted that what the prisoner did was to “keep” and not to “take ” The Judge said the principle involved was un- precedented, and he left three questions to the jury, which they answered in a manner which was taken to be a verdict of guilty. The Judge said the case was so important in the principle involved that he Would himself take it to the Court of Appeal, and meantime the pris onor would be liberated in recrgnizrnces of £100 to come up for judgment whin called upon after the legal question had been decided in the Lourt for Crown Cases Reserved. HINTS FOR THE HOUSE. _â€" Group is phlegm in the throat. This must be removed immediately for the child to breathe easily. We have three children, two of whom are inclined to have this disease. My remedy is one tablespoonful of lard with tWo of water, given with a drop of peppermint or win- tergreen to give it a flavur, two or three times a day. This will either cause vomiting or work as a cathartic. When this is accomplished the creep is gone. During arctic weather, plates and cups should be placed upon the table with an acq ulred temperature many degrees above frigid, or we must eat unpalatable gravies and sauces and drink our cuffse and tea half-cold. If crockery is put in the oven to warm, it is apt to break or become dis- colored. The best method is to dip plates and cups in boiling water, let them re- main for a few moments, dry quickly, pile and set on the table ready for im- mediate use. A good polish for removing stains, spots, and mildew from furniture is made as follows : Take half a pint of 98 per cent. alcohol ; a quarter of an ounce each of pulverised resin and gum shellac ; add half a pint of linseed-oil ; shake well, and apply with a brush or sponge. A satisfactory way of washing cotton stockings is to soak the feet of the hose in cold rainwater for a day, then soap them, the feet especially, and put the whole stockings into a bowl of cold rain- water; leave the bowl in the oven al night; in the morning rinse out th stockings and dry them; they will be clean and soft. A tablespoonful of brandy added to a pumpkin pie produces a flavor not to be equaled by other means; it takes away the uncooked or raw taste that all but the choicest varieties of pumpkin are cer- tain to have. Kerosene will soften boots or shoes which have been hardened by water, and render them as pliable as new. A mixture of finely powdered oris root, chalk, cigar ashes, and a few drops of was water makes an excellent tooth powder. Discipline in the Chinese Army. A Shanghai correspondent of the Lod- drm and China. Telegraph. writing by last mail thus reports :â€"“ i am told that the Woosung forts are to be reinforced by4 000 men, who will march for their post in a day or two. A few Chinese soldiers passed through the settlement to-day in full panoply of warâ€"that is, all of them had umbrellas open to keep their jackets dry, as they marched in the rain. Some of them had rifles on their shoulders in any way but the right one, more of them had flags with which to scare the Frinch. They were most of them fine fellows, but lack the very essentials of making them formidable against an enemy, although they will no doubt prove formidable to the peasantry In the neighbourhood of their camp. The lack of dis .ipline is a fruitful cause of trouble in the Chinese army; officers are often unfit for their positions and unable to control the men under them by gentle means, but they are willing to use harsh ones. Flogging is quite common in the Chinese camp, and there appears to be no limit to the number of strokes an oflender may re- ceive ; for any infraction of the rules of propriety, any number of strokes from fifty to 500, or even 5,000 may be given. I have often seen 2,000 administered to a man for slight offences. Sometimes the licker himself gets licked for being too gentle in the use of his bamboo. OE course a long-continued beating on the fleshy part of his thighs, however gentle, soon beats the flesh in a black mass of deadened flesh, which is often broken and takes along time to cure. The marks generally remain for life, but that is a matter of small consideration for officers who have themselves suffered from such punishment. Sometimes the officers ap- pear to how a desire of avenging them- selves on the unfortunate members of their corps, as an atonement for the wrongs they themselves suffered. Cutting off a finger or an ear, sometimes the lips. is resorted to as a punishment for slight offences. Many Chinese officers have but one ear.” Curious Scene in Church. A sensational scene was enacted in St. Andrew’s church, Toronto, on a recent Sunday morning. During the services the Rev. D. J. Macdonnell referred to the recent battle at Shebacat Wells in Egypt, and related the incident of the guardsmen’s charge to get water for the fighting men of the square, who were dy- ing of thirst. “Thank God," said the reverend gentleman, “ that such men lived who would die for their queen and country and for their fellow-men !" and as the eloquent minister, with flashing eye, called on the God of battles to pro- tect the British soldiers who were fight- ing for the cause of righteousness, the organ peeled out “ God save the Queen,” and the congregation, who were moved almost to cheering, joined in the singing of the old hymn. Before the singing of the second verse Mr. Macdonnell asked the congregation to use the words “devil- ish " tricks instead of “ knavish" tricks, to express contempt for the misguided men who were sacrificing lives and prop- erty by dynamite. elements of spearioriiy over the modern style. everything else. to have your sins for- given?" become such by the belief that a non-est man is the noblest work of God. weight in gold as an annual income. Such a priza is worth weighting for. you. icicle spoils the tea and chills his own fingers. at being criticised. have been cut up for the benefit of science. six months, g0.” “Precisely. I intend to stay With you a. year longer, and will settle as I g(]'!l n“Heart $50,000,000," are the head lines in a. Buf falo paper. We never have heard a wo- man called that before ; but it isn’t an inappropratc name, when you stop to think ab )ut it. low,” said the Will hardly live through the night." "Ach, well,“ says Dietrich, “dot was all right. he is off.” lowing threatened to kick me whenever he sees me in society. q comes into the room?’ “Sit down, plied his lordship. ter “.1” “He found fault with a little vi- vacity candlestick at his head; then what do you suppose he did?" "I don't know.” I couldn’t throw the other." brute i” acting at your theater." said Yeast to a theatrical man. the meaning in his looks. “How did he act 7." haired philosopher. FUNNIGBRAMS. The ancient mode of warfare had some “Anna. what must you do, before “Commit the sins." Suicides are not always prompted to A gay young Boston widow hasher own Be pleasant and kind to those around The man who stirs his cup with an should not feel hurt A great many men Evolutionists “You have owed that bill for board for You ought to pay as you disease takes a man worth “Dietrich, your faiher-in-law is very physician. “I think be Do better he is dead do juicker On one occasion a friend of Lord Avanley came for advice under the fol- circumstance: “Mr. â€"â€" has What am Ito do if he 1’ re. You would hardly notice the s'milarity between them, and yet the only difference between a little bird and a ward politician just before election-time 'is that the little bird pipes his tician lays his pipes. lays while the poli- “Are you tired i" asked a young lady of her esc0rt, as he suldenly sat down on on the rink. “N-n-no." he stammered, "b-b-but I th-th-think th-th the w-w-wheels of th- th-these s s-skatcs are t-t-too er~er- round, d-d-don’tvcher-know." flior of the roller-skating "My husband is a brute,” declared Mme. X. to an intimate friend the other day. “Why, my dear, what is the mat- ot mine yesterday, and I threw a "Why, he stood before the mirror so that “The “I hear young Crimsonbeak has been “Yes, he has,” replied man addressed, with a world of “About as bad as a man could act 1” “You don't say I" came from this white- "What part did he take!" “\Vell, you see, he was acting as treasurer for the company, and when he left suddenly he took the largest part of a week's receipts l” - Women in the English Mills. Married women seldom think of for- saking the mill while their family is in- creasing, unless, indeed, the number of little childrenâ€"who must not be left alto- gether without some one to take care of themâ€"should be so large as to make it as cheap to stay at home as to pay a. substi- tute, and their only hope of release is from some of the elder children being able to support the mother’s place. I ctuld name more than one case where the aggregate yearly earnings of the family are nearly three hundred pounds. Still, the mother trudges off to the mill daily with her husband and her grown-up sons and daughters. The other day, in my pastoral rounds, I called on a woman who had lost her daughter from dyspepsiaâ€"a very common ailment among the families of the mill handsâ€"and in the course of conversation it came out that her age was forty-eight, (of which forty had been spent in the mill) and that the death of the girl had disappointed a long-cherished hope of release from her life-long drudg- ery, which was now indefinitely postponed until at least a little girl of ten had grown old enough to take her place. The mill is the unfailing resort for employment, and is much preferred by the female sec- tion of the community to domestic service, on account of the greater freedom and better pay, for a smart young weaver or spinner is soon expert enough to earn eighteen or twentyone shillings per week, besides having her evenings and Sundays all to herself. Talk of money-hunters in the better classes of society, the lass with the sturdy frame and deft hand to earn big wages, like the boy with the cake, will have many friends, anxious to be placed on even a'more familiar footing. W German Corn Laws. Prince Bismarck is endeavoring to es- tablish in Germany a system of corn laws more astrocious than "those which the English government was compelled to re- peal forty years' ago, but he meets with more opposition than he had anticipated. it is justly airng by those who have arrayed themselves against Bismarck's protective policy, that the increased on- tieson wheat and rye would enhance the cost of'food to the working people in or- der tq,en2‘ich a few speculators, without affording much benefit to the farmers. It is extremely doubtful, however, whether the German people will be able to pre- vail against the iron-clad Chancellor. Bismarck has modes of persuasion that are wanting to the protonionists of this country. ed by the duchess, and happened to be justin time to How a Fortune Comes. Years will often elapse before a doctor gets any return for the money which his friends invested in chaining his diplom). On the other band, a single fortunate case may bring patients by the score. About twenty yrf’Ll'S ago, a young doctor Who had been established three years i 1 London without making an income. lost heart and determined to emignte I‘- Australia He sold his small house ard furniture, paid his pissage money. and a week before his ship was to sail went int-i the country to say good-bye to his pir- snts‘. junctlcn, he was waiting on the platform when a groom in smart livery galloped up to the station, and calling excztedly t7- 9. porter, handed him a telegraphic mes- sage for transmission. marks exchanged between two men, the young doctor understood that Having to change trains at a. From some re- the Duke of , a member of the Cabinet, had fal- len dangerously ill, and that an eminent physician graphed for. had ridden to the houses of three local doctors, who had all been absent, and that “her grace was in a terrible way ” The young doctor saw his opportunity, and at once seized it. In London was being tele- The groom added that he “I am a medical man,” he said to the groom, “and I will go to the Hall to offer my assistance until another doctor ar- rives.” The groom was evidently attached to his master, for he said,â€" “Jump on my horse, sir, and ride straight down the road for about four miles ; you can’t miss the Hall ; anyone will tell you where it is.” The doctor went, was gratefully receivâ€" stop a mistake in treat- ment of the patient, which might have proved. fatal if continued for a few hours longer. The duke was suffering from typhoid fever ; and when the eminent physician arrived from town, he declared that the young doctor’s management of the case had been perfect. The result of this was that the latter was requested to remain at the Hall to take charge of the patient, and his name figured on the bul- letins which were issued during the next fortnight, and were printed in all the daily newspapers of the kingdom. Such an advertisement is always the making of a medical man, especially when his pa- tient recovers, as the duke did. Our penniless friend received a fee of five hun- nred guineas, took a house at the West End, and from that time to this has been at the head of one of the largest practices in London. $0M!) USEFUL HINTS Cold tea is excellent for cleaning grain- ed wood. Mildew may be removed by dipping the stained parts in buttermilk and putting them in the sun. To keep the lamps from smoking dip the wick in strong hot vinegar. D:y it before putting it in the lamp. Table mats made of seine twine are ex- ceedingly durable. They will wash well, and two sets of them will last almost a lifetime. Pieces of cheese-cloth make the very best kind of clusters. Hem the edges, and have a large enough supply, so that one set can be trashed each day. For cleaning white paint, take a small quantity of whiting on a damp flannel cloth, and rub lightly over the surface, rinsing with clear water, and wiping dry. Sealskin garments should never be al- lowed to get Wet, but when they do, the fur must not be dried by artificial heat, but by hanging out of doors, or else in a cold room. A handsome table spread is of sage green momie silk, lined with surah of same shade, and ornamented by a design of pomegranates in gold thread over sage- green filoselles, the ends finished with a fringe of silk and gold thread inter- mingled. llard Living. In is no wonder that to men who live as does the English laborer America. seems a land of plenty. The accmnt is given by a writer in an English news- paper : His wages do not average more than twelve shillings a wee k. He rises before daybreak, breakfasts upon his cup of tea. and piece of bread and lard, and sallies forth to plough, a crust and slice of bacon for outdoor dinner rolled in his gre ‘l l handkerchief. He returns, tired andexhausted, atdnsk, and thus his daily read is gained by a monotony of toil on y to be compared with the lifelong telling of arosarylof millstones. If he faint by the way, or get towards old age, wages are often reduced, and in some instances he must fall back upon the poor rates. His wife’s attention is mainly occupied by home dutiesâ€"in mending garments, tending the garden and preparing meals. These latter consists of vegetables and bacon, bread, lard and cheese. The Whistling Buoy. The boy who whistles is a nuisance. However, everything has its use. The whistling buoy is now the greatest fog signal they have. It consists of a pear- shaped bulb that floats point up on the water. A long tube, open at its lower and, passes up through the bill:th of the bulb and out at the top. The upper end is closed with a plate, through which are three holes. In one is secured a big locomotive whistle. 1n the other two are valves which open inwards. As the buoy rises on a wave the water sinks down in the tube and the air rushes in through the valves to take its place. Then the buoy sinks into the trough of the sea and the water presses up through the tube, forcing the air out. With the varying pressures the whistle makes the most heartrending sounds known to humanity. A little more than eighteen centuries since. the form of the mountain was total- ly different ; its height was probably some hundred yards less than at present, its outline a blunt, truncniul cone, having a Wide crater at the summit. No eruption in the memory of man nad disturbed the peace of the district Hearse a tradition of such an occurrence appears to have lingo-wad Tile floor of me crater was overgrown with bruohwoud and trees, its will: wr-re fpetoonecl wit‘x ivy and the wild vine. Once only does it become prominent. in liistsry, when the Cipuan gladitnrs sheltered themselves for a while in this natunl hillâ€"fort, from which, under command of Spartacus, they escaped to begin the Servile war. In the year 79 of the present era there was achauge ; earthquakes agitated the neighboring district, and at last the imprisoned fires broke forth. From the crater of Vesu- vius a huge dark cloud rose into the air, spreading itself out. like a great pine tree presently a hail of red-hit scoria came rattling down over the flanks x f the moun- tain, and as night fell the clouds grew larger and da-«ker,and the shower of stones became thicker, heavier and mor widely spread. All night long the dark- ness for many a mile was rendered still blacker by the thickly falling scoria, thoush illuminated at intervals by alurid gleam from the mountain, and rendered yet more awful by the incessant earth- quakashocks. Morning dawned at last, and later still the air cleared ; half the ancient crater-wall had vanished, leaving the fragrant which now bears the name of Somma, while beneath its ruins Her- culaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae lay buried, and the ground, even at Mlseuum, was white as snow with the fallen ashes. ____.._..._.,... .__â€" Buried Her Body in the Cellar. Disclosures of a terrible murder per- petrated at Durand, Wis , on Sunday have just been brought to light. The name of the principal is Henry Cuten- hausen. He pounded his wife's head in~ to a jelly while his children, four in number, Were at Sabbath-school. The inhuman husband, after committing the deed, dragged the body into the cellar, and dug a grave which was not of suf- ficient length to cover the remains. He propped up her limbs and forced the body into the hole. The dead was com- mitted on account of domestic troubles. Catenhausen said if he had not killed her she would have killed him. They had four children, one a daughter, married, aged 23 The diswvery of the corpse in the cellar was made by a man named Aver, for whom to victim had done laundry work. Catenhausen’s extreme age, with attending infirmities, only saved him from being lynched on the spot He has since committed suicide in jail by hanging himself. r« Slow the Steamers. lithe transatlantic steamers will slow their trips we shall get no cholera. That is the belief of Dr. Pettcnkof'cr. as set for'h in a new German book. The dis- ease cannot make a sea voyage of twenty days. If we could not cross the ocean from Europe in less time cholera would never reach us. There are unfavorable land routes Cholera never gets over deserts which require more than twenty days for cats. vans to cross. South America enjoyed exemption from cholera until 1854. when fastâ€"sailing ’cssels carried it from Philadelphia to Rio J anerio. and a terrible epidemic was the result. Cholera makes the most remarkable jumps. The soil and its moisture, Dr. Pettenkofer thinks, play a principal part in starting epidemics. Clay sods in relatively dry conditions are most likely to assist out- breaks of cholera. His argumen. is that the rainsoaked earth has not had air enough for the animal germs to breathe. In heavy clay soils water drives the air completely out. 4.’ Graves of the Royal Family. Heretofore, at their demise, members of the British royal family have been buried in coffins covered with crimson velvet, with massive silver ornaments; but a few years ago, when the Queen paid her first visit to the sepulchre, she observed that the coverings had become ragged and faded. and orders were given that all the Coffins should at once be placed in new oak cases, on top of which are the plates and coronets on crimson cushions. The late Duke of Albany lies on a stone table in the centre of St. George's Chapel vault, with King George of Hanover. George III , and the Duke of Kent. The other coffins are on shelves each side of the vault. The Prince Con- sort's coffin was never placed in the nyal vault, the Queen objecting to her hus- hand being buried, even temporarily, in the same place with George IV. The task of covering all the cofiins with oak cases has just been completed. The Scheme Wouldn’t Work on His Wife. “ I tell you it required lots of pluck for me to get up and start a fire this morn- ing,” said B ack. “ My wife starts the fires and lets use sleep until breakfast,” replied White. “ How do you manage to get her up!" “Easy enough. I give a flounce and ghoul}, ‘Houae is on fire !’ and she jumps right out of bed. Try it on your wife." “ I did try it once, but it wouldn’ work.” “ Why, what did she do when you shouted fire?” “ Jumped up and poured a bucketful of cold water on me, and then asked if I thought she had put the fire out.” '4“- And now a man on Long Island has married his stepmother. If a man can thus far run counter to the prejudices of society, the young ladies of Long Island ought to be able to go a step father.