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PATHETIC SIDE OF LIFE. A CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY OFFICIAL'S SOLILOQUIES. LEADING VARIETIES OF WHEAT. WINTER Th Broken tif r OSBI> NlxklJ Ednr.ilr.l Pr..plr - t.l.l I. Wark far lllr a f*7 ! **rlalr Tllh t.aii( *t fast* wart. "Do yon see thst gentlemanly man ?' kid ft Moiitre*! C. P. R. official I he other day. "Highly educated, occupied a good position oa a great railway ta England, U now her* with wife and five children aniiout to get laboring work at a dollar a day anything rather than starve." "This ii not the only imtsuce of the tort which you meet with from time to time ?" " Why. my dear ir -- " And then the official, consulting the pigeon holee of memory, brought ont CMC after cate which had the element! of sin, of grief, of pathoa. During any twelve moothi, the company will have dootori, lawyers, clergyman, applying for any kind of work at which they can keep themselves from starving There are, at the preacnt moment, two doctor*, one lawyer, and one clergyman, working oa a bit of road, which need net be mentioned, for a dollar a dsy "navvy 1 ' work, at it i* called in England. They are known by a numeral. They re in contact with in* off-icouring* of th* earth. They have to endure the ooareeness, the profan- ity, the wickedneaf of erealuree who have been doomed ta nee and equator aud the mhrutement of the whole personality, long before they were born. BA9CALDOH A.ND KHIRf, driven to inn corner of the world, and culture and refinement linking to the level f the animal need. Men with Oxford degrees ; profeecors from German uuiversitiea : men who have preached the goepel to cultured audience*, nan be picked oat in the group* of railway labourer!, who, during the brief summer monini, break in upon the quiet of the wood, and tear th i shrieking limbe aena- der, and make thoee wound* in nature which ory out agaiait the proee of a atren- nou* day, " We are harraeied every Jay by appli- cation! from people maniteetly gently born, who are willing to take anything. Yo Me ' gentleman Itill in their face*. They are poorly clothed ; something hae happen- ed ; but the accent n there : the manner i* there ; and the hopelessness of it all torn** in upon you with a pang ef grief." " The aomething what it that some- thing !" The life it loet in inch varion* ways. fhere n drink that u a potent oauae. That hai templed the promising young doctor i il ha* even got the belter ot him who hai preached the goepel, nay, of him who hai experimentally felt lie power. And in a good pieition, where then had bn (he hand ing of large >umi of money, there hae been the temptation to make good loaaee an the turf race- betting being the canker which n eating into the heart of England. Possibly there U a forged note. Again, there may be a meaaliiance, wnien the proud Eng ish cannot endure, Yei, there If too frequently a woman in the caee, and eometime! that ie a heroic, and not infre- quently, a vile element in the cass, for there ta iNHi'xi.rrr AMD ILOPIMXNT. ' But," eaiii the official. "it doee no' take much to expatriate a man in England. Tho social code U strict. And when any- thing bai happened in the life, it seems that there ie only one thing todo,*xpTi*te yourself And I have teen eo many broken fivea here. What a mutake to think that in a new country men people on rnmake themeelvee. It ii, no doubt, muetly for ihelter. Think of thoee doctor!, that profeeior, that clergyman working with a gang of caitawayi wno have turned their back* upon every restraining convention." "But can nothing better be found for inch people V "Why, yon had better aak. Can coining better be found for our own people * The fact ii our farmer! are aending their eone to the college to be turned into lawyer, doctor, minuter, while they toil away, with itooped back. The land ii deserted for the city ; the city u overrun ; all the protection!, all the clerical petition! ar overcrowded : theru it no room tor our own people in toe citiee. Ah, yon may theorize a! much M you like, but the only lolution for us and it 11 a curium thing to have to lay in a new country la to get back on the land." aboe*n Viv over lixty per oen*. ef the firmer t who r u in full report*, at being the beat tne varieties fated. DlSTRIBfTIOX OV SIID FOE TUTINO PITH. pott*. To th* following table will b* f>und two Mts of winter wheat varielies, which will b* ssnt free, by mail, in alf-poh'< lot* of each variety, to farmer* applying for them, who will oarafully test the five kinds in the set which they choose, and will report the result* after harvest nexl year. Tne *ed will be tent out in ihe order in which tneapplioauons are received a* long a* the supply last.. SET I. Dawson t Golden Chaff. Early Rad Claw-on, Jones' Winter Fife, Surprise, Bronze. toper** <if inerfssrsillr Con. In.-" I Ex- II-I-IIIK-III*. froeu Tblrlr tumu* IB Onlarln. One hundred and twenty-two varieties of winter wheat have been letted at the Ontario Agricultural College within tbe j past six yean. Some of the** varieties I have produced yields of grain which were more than double those of other varieties] grown beside them on plot* of the lame area. Not only hae there bten a great variation in tbe comparative yieidi o< gram produced by the different verietiei, * m .*, r ,J 1 ol ' u but there hae also oeen a marked difference in strength o* itraw, weight of gram per ' ^ Jones .>< ( uar Head, measured bushel, value of grain for milling Etch person* wishing one of these set* purpo*ee, etc., of the different varieties ihould write to the Experimentalist, Agri- t**l4i. Th. result, of the*, experiment. ', f""j C "" G . u *'P h ' mentioning which I let ne desire*; and the grain, with matrnc- ar* published annually in bulletin torm and > tlon . j or u . tln g i kliuk form on which in tbe College report, and are *ent (re* to ; to report, will be furnished free of coct to all memberc of farmers' institute* in i h .| addres*. until the *upply of gnm for Ontario, by the Department of Agriculture) Toronto. Th* bulletin giving to* lesult* of th* winter wb*at*xper;meul* conducted m th* Experimental Department, th* past year, It now in Toronto for public- alien. In the fall of 1894, nine leading varieties of winter wheat were selected from the kind*, which bad been grown from ou* to five years at the Agricultural College, and were distributed throughout Ontario *->-l th, four-year-cyd. theory, for co-operativ. experimental work. Tne i whleh h " b - M * from ** "P" 1 distributing become* exhausted. Ontario Agricultural College, Ouelph, August 1896. C. A ZAVTTZ, Experimentalist and Di- rector of co-operative experiment* in Agriculture. A CHEAT SALMON CATCH. Rrlu. N (olamhta Again ravcnrew. With a rkriieiurntll; tars;r This Tear. j encv and observation, a small run of th* lhe Q Dawson's Golden iOcke >' <> " ilcon w " du lh ?' 18 <- tne very small run being da* next year, ssys the British Columbia. Tbe general wire divided into verieti** in each, Chad being used in both MI* to form a bail* by which the result, of all the varietl** oouid be compared with one another. Each person waiting to conduct an experiment, ttated in o. application expectation ef a small run this year ha*, however, been agreeably disappointed. In fact, instead of a small ran, so steadily and M, IP* U1*. ...>.. w. wvw . ~rl"" ~ "" " ~ ' , -I t, 1_ L A L plentifully have the nsn come up th* river which let h* deeired, aud tne Dve varieties . v in the sel selected were sent to His addn** witn full initruction* for conducting the experiment* The grain was sown at th* rat* of Ii buihel. per acn upon plot* 1-160 of an acre in six*. Two hundred and forty-seven winter wheat experimenter* have reported already this seaeon. Of this number, one hundred favond us wiin goo>l rep<irt* of sacces*f al experiment*, cignty lurnisnsd partial report*, and sixty-seven wrote of failure or unreliable reeulu. Tbe numee of th* tuc- oesstul experimenter* and tb* detailed reeulu of the test* will be printed in the annual report of the Experimental Union for ISUo, which will be published a* an ap- psudix to th* Agriculture! College report. Tne following table gives the comparative yield, ot straw and grain per aor of the winter wneat varietiee teeted during th* for th* pa*t three or four weeks, and phenomenally almost for the paat week and a half, that the pack promisee to be nol very far behind the ordinary big year ; at least, it will be very considerably in etcee* of th* corresponding year to the present, fear year* ago the year 1891. In Hi.* connection, it will be interesting to oompare the pack*, by cases, of th* Fras*r river salmon canneries for th* paat ii years, tbe figure* for which w bay* i.sfors ua Thu comparison wlll take a* back to 1V49 en* of th* heavy run seasons, that appear to come every fourtb yaar. The pack lor lhal year wae 308, 1.2 caavs. For I89U, a* expected, the run was not so heavy, and the pacu wa* J4o,'ioO. Th* year following, 1^'Jl, wa* the smaK year, corresponding to th* present seaaon. winter wn.at varieuee eoteu aunng me ^ -. , ... fi ,. - M(W pa*t **aaon on on* hundnd Ooiario farm* . 7 1 ' Mt< " " " PERSONAL POINTERS. A Few lira** ***! *n*c sf Ik* **le*1 r run If ' Ikv Worl.l. Sir Henry IrvmgS tint appearancb on any itage was si Sunderlauii, England, where he essayed me part ot Orlaao* in "Richeueu." The hoirt of Richard Wagner have re- ceived jf'JtJ.oou as their chare uf the royal tie* from tne production of tbe composer's work* in the last six month*. Joseph ChamberUin'* collection ot orchid* is valued alf linj.mdi ; Sir Trevor Lawrene* ha* on* worth f.!70,<Kf > ; wnile liaron Schroeder'i collection at Egtiam would rea- lize at least $5<><J,OIHJ. Praaident CloveUnd i* almost a. fond of sleeping a* be is of fishing. In Washington he usually sleep* only eight houri a day, but al Uray Gable* he often ileeps tan, aud sometime* iweive hours. A woman named But or ii the tint ot her sex u> vole at a general election in Kngland. Her name wa* put by mistake on the voting list it Barrow and the pieaidmg officer at the poll* held that h* had no authority to enquin into her sex when the nsme wa* once on tbi* . isu Lord RoMoery ha* numerous interests on this side of tne Atlantic, among othen a ootton mill in the couth. It said that lome of hie veil tan* nave not been very successful, and lhal having several obnga- lions to meet, he in lend* to oone over snnr'ly and investigate hit affair* him- ssir. The l>ren>-h President travel* free on the ranwayi during hii official loan in France, but wnen the return journey i* concluded it u taid that his secretary calculate* what th* trip would have cost if paid for at ngular rates, and tbi* sum i* handed over to be distributed among the poured paid of th* railway men. Ihe Marqai* of Devonshire allow* him- self tne luxury of railroad ten milei long for hi* private pleasure. Th* railroad encircle* hie own domain. Whenever be take* a rid* he act* at fireman and eng- ineer, while he compel* the member* oi hii family, Mit ladia* not *xcept*d, to act as watchman and watch women at th* crossing*. Prof. S. A. Andree, chief engineer of the R<. .. Patent Bureau of Sweden, who propo*** to reach th* North Pol* by th* us* of a balloon, is a tail, handsome man, with th* look of the ideal loldier. H* ha* a Roman nose, a long blonde mou.ttcho, square forehead, heavy jaw*, lirm chin, and piercing yet mild eye*. H is a man of nnlliant attainment*. Fifty yean next October, Sir Tharle* Tapper married Miss Mora* ai Amhorit, Cumberland Co., N. d. The anniversary of mat event will b* celebrated by the Canadian High Commissioner and Lady Tapper in tbe town where they were married. The event will be looked for- ward to with great interact by the friend* of Sir Cnarles and Lady Tupper in differ- acre. .h.., Co.t to Educate In England. The latest report of th* Committee) of Council on Education in England ha* som* figure* a* to the con of educating a child In th* several English school! that are worthy of note. In 1893 the average grant paid per child in voluntary schools wa* 18s. IJd. and in board school* IS*, lljd. In 1894 it rose to 18s. 2id., and to 19*. l{d. respectively, in th* two clu*** of ohoola, Thi* rise indicate* a correspond- ing improvement in the edaoatiooal results The cost of school education in London is sei down at 2 ">s. l\. in Voluntary ichool*. and at no lea* than 3 6d. in th* Board ichool*. Agalnit thii high cos:, i* to b* placed the low cost of cchool education in Wai**, which wai 1 16*. l. per bead U th* Voluntary, and '2 3i. 2^d. in the Welih Board icho-li. At the end of Auguit, 1894, the number of children on the register* wa* 5,198,741. Th* number in 189*1 wa. 5,'!00,979. Th* average ichool attendance for the year ending Is94 wa* 4, .'-';>, S34. Thee* figure! ihow a consider- able increase iu the nuim er of th* children and their average attendance, as well a* in the cost of education. order, THE VXBT SMALL TIAK. and it sustained it. record fairly, with a pack of but H9, 112 eaeee which, how- ever, wa* a littl* i*rg*r tnan the corre- sponding seaaon of four years previously. The heavy ran wu du* again in l.H'JH, and it materialized moet satisfactorily. 475,000 cases being put up tb* largeit by a good . deal n record. The pack last year wa* 3o3,lM7, which, a* will be seen, wa* more | than lUO.'XX) oa*** in excess of the coir*. -pondmg season of I&90. It I* premature to say yet wbai ihis year's pack will be, | but Ibe prospect is that u will be about ! donbl* what u wa* four years ago. Wiiri* the increased pack of lat* yean, over tbe corresponding teaaoo* of four | years, previously, may b* partly atlribut- i able to the increased number of canning I eetablishmenl* n<i boats opvraling on th* river, there is, nevertheiee*. a good deal of i^nificaoc* in the annuclakably increased ran* of the paat few years, and especially of the present year, over their correspond- ing previous yean. In the abeeno* of any other reasonable explanation, the conclu- sion seems warranted that the Krater hatcnery. with ail th* drawback* and ileft' ts of it* operalions, hai begun to exert an appreciable effect in maintaining experimeaierc who leported th* result* of *d increasing the annual Cockeye salmon their Usts, only sight speak of wishing to Straw per acre. Grain LDawnon'i Golden Chaff 1.3 319 ikarljr Geneneo Uiant L4 3v*8 3.Ktrlj Red L'lawwn ...La 2S.f l.J'.ne. Winter rife l.M M.1 6.1'ride of Uenenee ... .1.3S .8 i. American Bronte L34 S8. T.Sunrwe ~LS .l (tK*rly Kipe 1J 27.8 I tar IT Whit* L*ad*r 1. a r. t As none except the on* hundred good report* of successfully conducted experi- ment, have been uwd in th* preceding lummary of res ill*, tney should be of great vale* and worthy of the thoughtful atten- tion of wheat grower* in Ontario. Much credit i* du* lo tbe oar*fnl experimenters wtiosenius th* full report*, wbicfa have been uied in this summary. | COilCUK KESI LT> or THC8I '-O .'PXRATIVl WINTBJt WHXAT X\rRIUtST*. 1. Report* ef succeeaful *xperiment* with winter wheat have been received I this seaaou from thirty counties in Ontario, i nineteen of wnich are cast and eleven weet ol in* City of Guslph. 2. The Counties of I ambton, Middlesex, Huron, i -rev, Elgin, Siinco*, and Bruce farmahed nfty-one of the one hundred good report* received in IVJ'i. 3. Ot me two hundred and forty-seven ABOUT THE HOUSE Tauertu by a GrarUmotner. To mak* old black nlk '.ook ilk* new, dip the pieces individually in cold water. Dou't wring tiiem, but put them dripping wet, in a Hat, broad, wooden table ; smooth hem out oeefii.,y witn a small oloth. B* or* not to leave any wrinkle*. In half an aotir remove the silk from the table and it will have tne luster of new silk. Black ribbon* may b* treated in tbe same way Colored uiki and ribbon* may also be renewed in like manner, provided t>he col- ors will not run, whtoh may be ascertained by testing small pieces. When silk looks greasy, remove the grease by spreading magnesia on ihe wrong side. Never put a silk dres* or cloak sway with dual in ih* fold, or pleat*. Shake them well, and rub with a piece of flannel, or orach witn a soft whisk broom. Us* a toft bruah for hat* and bonneu.and alway* put them away clean. Duet t* n*v*r a* sasily removed a* at tint. Soak black calico in aaitand water before waining, and so pnvent it* fading. Buy ten cents' worth of soap in ban.and having dueolved it in not water, waea la th* sud* thu* mad* any soiled white sum- mer tnawla. All the epols will disappear, sod, if oarefully pree*ed,tney will b* equal to new. Caahmere and other woolen ma* teriala may be treated in the same manner. Old feather bed*, if left on a gra** plot during a summer shower, and allowed to get thoroughly wl, will, when dry and beaten teem /r*h and u* again. A bad headache i* often the result of ill* fitting, or improper (peclaclet. A ale*n,w*ll-airdand weil- managed nous* result* in good-natured inmate*. In ducting, carefully take up the duct on oioin and shake it oul of the window*. D* not flirt it from one piece of iunituro te an* olher and aall it dulling. If yen nave to sew all day, change yoor seat occasional,/, and so obtain reel. Bath- ing the face and hand* wi,l alec stimulate and refreen. When very tired, lie oa the back, allowing every muecie to relax, letting tne bands e anv way liiey wiil,and keep the eyes closed. Tbe eve* should be bathed *v*ry uigntm cold water just before retiring, and they will do heller work the following day. On statue may be removed from wall paper by applying for four hour* pipe clay, powdered aud mixed with water to the thicknea* of cream. Wear a clean apron when ironing or bed- Religious Treasures in Austria. Among the treasure! of the Austrian Crown are som* religious relics that would make the fortunes of a church. They in- olud* a nail from the crot*, a fragment from th* oros* itself, a piece of wood f r >m the manger t Bethlehem, fragments of the apron wi rn by th* Virgin, and a tooth ot John lh Baptist discontinue the co-operative experimental work, and much internal is manifested throughout. 4. Dawson's Golden ChaU, Early (Isnesee Giant, Early K*dClaw*oo, and Jones' Winter Tife gave the highect yields of grain among nine leading variene* of winter wheat test- ed throughout Ontario for two yean in succession. 5. In average yield of winter wneat per acre, Dnweon's tiolden Chart" stood highest among eleven varieties tested over Ontario in IS'.iit, nine varieties in 1M4, and nine varieties in H9.">, also among n'ty-lhree varietiee grown at the Ontario Agricultural College for tour year* in succession . 6, In the oo operative experiment* for l^'.ij, Dewson'i G >id*n Chaff, Jones' Winter Fife, and tb* Early G.-nesee Giant gavs th* D**l yield* on heavy soils ; and Dawson'* tiolden Chaff, th* Early Geneaee diant, and the American Bronze on light soils. 7, When th* sxperimanli followed pea*, grass, or bare-fallow, Dawson'* Golden Chaff, gav* ihe largeit averag* yield of grain, and when they followed potatoes. Early (j*ue*e* Giant came first in this respect. s. Early Geneate Giant and Dawaon't Golden (.'half mad* the beet appearance in the spring of 1893, and Early Ripe iookeo the poorest. 9, Ameriuan Bronze, Early Geneeee Giant, tod Daw*on'i <-old*n Chaff posseseed th* iliffe*t straw in 1893. 10 Prid* of Geneeee and American Bronze produced the greatest length of straw, and the Surpriss the sborteet length. 11. EnilyRip* and Dawaon't Golden Chaff were the least, and Early Gtneeee Gisnt and Early White Leader were the most affected \>j rust. 11 Eany Rip* and Early Red Clawson were the first to mature, and the Pride of (.eneeee and Ear'y Whit* Leader were the Uat to mature. 13, Early Gen**** Giant and Dawton't Golden Chaff produced the plumpest grain, and Karly Ripe and tbe American Bronze, themes' snronken grain. 14. Dawaon's Goldeu Chaff wa* decidedly the most popular variety with the experi- menters in each of the past three years ; and daring th* preeent teawn, it wa* run. There teem*, indeed, every reaaon wny it should hav* this effect, in some extent, and tbe indications "hut it is doing so should be taken by the <jovernment a* 1 a strong argument for improving and increa* ng the salmon hatching 'ac.lili** in th* province without delay. sot part* of th* ror O. Rich young women in search of a title will be edified to know thai in Wanaw alone, with a population of half a million, there are 30.7-fi person* belonging to the hsrditary nobility, and 9.2.S7 " penonaJ nobles. " There an a* many princes* in Poland a* in Russia, according to th* !t* census returns, and a* fur th* numerouc- nest of th* Russisn prince* it may he eaid that there are now living nearly a thousand Princes and Process** Galitxin. Right Hon. Lord Shand n on a >bort visit to hii old friend, Sir W?n. Hmgston in Montreal. Hit Lor ismp having been sasocialed for many yean ss ons of the i judgec of the Supreme Cnurt of Scotland i* now a member uf th* Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, before which al the . appeal* of tbe colonie* are beard and d - posed f. Having been elevated to a peerage by the late Sa.isiiury lio>ernment he also take* part in tne appeal* which oom* before the Houie of Lords. Sir William ' rrnl i* the biggest contrac- tor m the New HOIIM of Common*. H* began life a* a miliband, and wa* suuse- qusntly apprenticed to a blacksmith. H* then became * fort-man at LaidUw'i, famoui bridge- builder*. Hii laller-day triumph* have been concerned with supply- ing the iteel for the Tay bridge and for th* colossal Forth bridge Sir Willi,n, who was knighted in l-'.-o, :s in his fi'ty sixtb year. He contested South Ayrshire for which h* now it:* unsuccessfully in In view of the s-n>ationa! discoveries INDIAN MURDERERS. rlllsk eral In Ike Tell*. Th* Indian* of British Columbia an causing th* authoritie* serious trouble at present, in consequence of crimes committed by them through over indulgence in bad wbiakey procured for them by viciouc whiles. Som* time since the atrocious McRroy murder in the outskirits of Van- couver, horrified the peopie of that city, an Indian crazed with liquor, then chop- ping almost to p s -es an unfortunate raucner who had refused him a bed for the night. And ouw an Indian named Jimmy Page, lie* awaiting trial for shooting and killing, whilst running wildiy amuck, an Indian woman named Kanalomt and with wounding others, on the same occacion . Just before this murder took place an Indian of a Nauaimo tribe murdered another Indian whilst both were engaged in a drunken orgie, and now yet another Indian, Cowiohan Jimmy, i* awaiting the result in goal, be it life or death of murder* ous injuries inflicted by him with an axe on aid infeebled American Indian named Boston Tom, at Douglai, near Blame. These a*,rouitie* unhappily oontinuo t/o occur, in spite of the stern example **t ncently in Weitmioster, by the hanging of a young Indian, who murdered while drunk a fellow companion in a canoe in th* Fraier. Do not l*t stal* floweri remain in a sick- room. Do nol take th* risk of lighting a tire in a stove or furnace, noi kncwn to b* *af*,or on* which i* nol un>i*rc.nod. Do not leave vegetable* in water after ibey are cook*'!. When oleansing tin uteniil*, a small quantity of soda thrown into riot sud* Wlll b* found almost equal to scouring. Hay water sweetene tin, wooden nd ,ron ware. Thi* is mad* by boiling a Uuio ,w*et hay in water. The dirtiest frying pan will become clean if soaked five mioulea in ammonia and water. Pat a few drop* of turpentine us '.ft* water when clothe* are put to soak ; it whiten* it. cm. To have broom* laat, pa: them for three minute* in hot sud* once a week . Let them stand with the broom end up. Rub vinegar on the icingiae* in stov* doors, and so have t hem clean. Tbe beet nmedy for oderou* drainpipe* is ooppera* dissolved in wal*r and poured slowly through them. To clean stevepipee, pat a piece of zino tbe I un the redhol coal*. The soot is removed by tbe vapor whick will be produced. To get cliar of nts, besides using traps, eat* or <log, try chloride of ume. It is said they never come wnen thai is placed. Mix turpentine, in the water with which the floor* are scrubbed, and thu. **<.ap* buttaio moths and carpet worms. Ktrocene oil applied to flannel is an old Two Avenues Open. Examiner Did you com* here under contract to work ? Immigrant No, tor. How do you expect to earn a living '. B ialjer*. Oi havn't made up me mind that are being mad. of th. m,ny murden ; " c 1Uut thl " wlth wbloh of Holme*, now in gao, in Philadelphia, it '"""tut., <" ' P"- P'cul.rly the diriy tinge.- mark* around door handles. .Sprinkle powdered rice upon lint and apply to the bieeiling of froen wounds, and th* blood will stop running. Don't put off the week's mending. Procrastination never ie*sns work. Underiland wke.t 11 going on in the kitchen ; the true ,'ioucewife u miitreii of her entire home. Warm bread and cake should be cut with a warm knife. When boiling tough meat or fowl, they will be made tender by putting a tab.e- poonful of vinegar in th pot. The beat sauce for any m*t U cheerful* Den. Never grumble wnile eating; laugh- ter aid* digestion. Never aak a hungry person to do a favor, first give a goo i dinner and nine lime* out of ten success is assured. True ladyhood is heightened rather than lessened by good houMWifery trait*. A housewife may, or may not or, a urnile- woman. Wna her grandmother wae and what ahe wills to be oan decide tbe lelphia, u interesting to call attention to the state- ment juct published hy the Rev G. P. Mrrrick. chaplain of Holloway gaol, in England, to the effect that Dr. Neil Cream oonfcMed to him that he had murdered no let! than thirty ,im>-n m this country, the majority of them ID Chicago. Dr. Cream, it may i>e remenvvred, w* executed two yean agj in London for the munier in England of five women by nv ens of strychnine capiu ; es. It e mi that early in life he suilared a term of penal tervitade in the Unite! Stales for a crime which had been traced to him by a woman detective, who hnd beguiled him until his guilt was brought lo light. Thenceforth he saw in every woman an ueinj and a police decoy. The Accuracy of Mechanics. It ii well known, of course, that great aocurttoy has become an important factor 'n certain kmdi of workmanship, an illus- tration of this fact being thus given by a mecnsnical jonrn.l : Not long ago, in a m n ne mop, the head man remarked .on > riling a devid conaiating of a short steel rod fitting into a hollow cylinder, 'he rod being three-quarter* of an men in diameter. Now, tbe fit wa* so perfect I that it would slide -reely in and out, but ' it wai found that, if tb* rod wen laken ont snd neld in the band hut a few second!, the slight expansion caused by th* warmth of the hand wa* enongh to render it im- possible to insert th.rod ontil it had been allowed >>T gradual oooiing to regain it* normal *ize. phwether te devote me talenti to paokin' fixt, wbei convinttoni or itartin' itroike*. I tb* wall. Our Kids. What are you cry ng for, child t Lolo ha* hurt me. How, pray T 1 wai going to hit him a blow with my fixt, when he ducked hi* head and 1 struck qurttion. \Vmte neither time, money, talent., nor opportunity. Emma J. Gray. Canrobertai Chalons. Cenrouert was insproting the new gaiter* worn by the light infantry. Seeing one that wa* badly fastened, he took the wearer u> task. Look here, I'll send yon my nuree to button it on for you, t,iu.t uunect-seary, General ; I lee her very day. And Canrobert hunt out laughing. An Inducement. Snnday School 1'aachar You knew your leseon perfectly tbii Ume, To-nmy. rommy \ et'm. Pa said ho'd let me go tithing this afternoon il I didn' 1 . mis* su; i it.