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,- .w_.â€"_.-â€"_ 5 ; iiiiiiiiii [If iii Ulllllfll. After the Board of State Prison Direc- tors, sitting in session at the prison, had heard and disposed of the complaints and petitions of a number of convicts. the ward. en announced that all who wished to ap- pear had been heard. Thereupon a certain uneasy and apprehensive expression, which all along had sat upon the faces of the dir- ectors, became visibly deeper. The chair- manâ€"a nervous, energetic, abrupt, incisive mama-glanced at a slip of paper in his hand, and said to the warden,â€" “Send-a guard for convict No. 14,208." The warden started and became slightly pale. Somewhat confused, he haltingly replied, “Why, he has expressed no desire to appear before you." "nevertheless, you will send for him at once," responded the chairman. The warden bowed stiflly and directed a guard to produce the convict. Tuen, turn~ ing to the chairman, he said,â€" “I am ignorant of your purpose in sum- moning this man, but of course I have no objection. I desire, however, to make a statement concerning hiui before be ap- pears. ' " When we shall have called for a state- ment from you,” coldly responded the chair- man, “ you may make one." The warden sank back into his seat. He was a tall, fine-looking man, well-bred and intelligent, and had a kindly face. Though ordinarily cool, courageous, and self-pos- sessed, he was unable to conceal a strong emotion, which looked much like fear. A heavy silence fell upon the room, disturbed only by the official stenographer, who was sharpening his pencils. A stray beam of light from the westering sun slipped into the room between the edge of the window- shade and the sash, and fell across the chair reserved for the convict. The uneasy eyes of the warden finally fell upon this beam, and there his glance rested. The chairman, without addressing any one par- ticularly, remarked,-- “ There are ways of learning what occurs in a prison without the assistance of either the warden or the convicts.” Just then the guard appeared with the convict, who shambled in painfully and laboriously, as with a string he held up from the floor the heavy iron ball which was chained to his ankles. He was about forty-five years old. Undoubtedly he once had been a man of uncommon physical strength, for a powerful skeleton showed underneath the sallow skin which covered his emaciated frame. His sallowness was peculiar and ghastly. It was partly that of disease, and partly of something worse ; and it was this something that accounted alsofor his shrunken muscles and manifest feebleness. There had been no time to prepare him for presentation to the Board. As a conse- quence, his unstockinged toes showed through his gaping shoes ; the dingy suit of prison stripes which covered his gaunt frame was frayed and tattered ; his hair had not been recently cut to the prison fashion, and, being rebellious, stood out upon his head like bristles; and his beard, which, like his hair, was heavily dash- ed with gray, had not been shaved for weeks. These incidents of his appear- ance combined with a very peculiar expres- sion of his face to make an extraordinary picture. It diflicult to is describe this almost unearthly expression. \Vith acertain suppressed ferocity it combined an inflex-' ibility of purposo that-sat llkeuiiironmask upon him. His eyes were hungry and eager; they were the living part of him, and they shone luminous from beneath shaggy brows. His forehead was massive, his head of fine proportions, his jaw square and strong, and his thin, high nose showed traces of an ancestry that must have rnadea mark in some corner of the world at some time in history. He was prematurely old ; this was seen in his gray hair and in the uncom- monly deep wrinkles which lined his fore- head and the corners of his eyes and his mouth. Upon stumbling weakly into the room, luint with the labor of walking and of carrying the iron ball, he looked around eagerly, like a bear driven to his haunches by the hounds. His glance passed so rapidly and unintelligently from one face to another that he could not have had time to form a conception of the persons present, until his swift eyes encountered the face of the warden. Instantly they flushed ; he craned his neck forward ; his lips opened and became blue ; the wrinkles deepened about his mouth and eyes ; his form grew rigid, and his breathing stopped. This sinister and terrible attitudeâ€"all the more so because he was wholly unconscious of it -â€"-wus disturbed only when the chairman sharply commanded, “ Take that seat." The convict started as though he had been struck, and turned his eyes upon the chairman. He drew a deep inspiration, which wheezcd and rattled as it passed into his chest. An expression of excruciating pain swept over his face. He dropped the ball, which struck the floor with 11‘ loud sound, and his long, bony fingers tore ut the striped shirt over his breast. A groan es- cupcd him, and he would have sunk to the floor had not the guard caught him and held him upright. In it moment it was over, and then, collapsing with exhaustion, he sank into the chair. There he sat, con- scious and intelligent, but slouching, dis- organized, and inditlcrcnt. ’l‘lic chairman turned sharply to the gourd. " Why did you manacle this man,” he demanded, “ when he is evidently so weak, and when none of the others were umnncled ?" “ Why, sir,” stammered the guar< the most dangerous and desperateâ€"a" ” We know all about that. Remove his mauaclcs.” The guard obeyed. The chairman turned to the convict, and in a kindly manner said, “ llo you know who we are 1’" The convict got himself together a little and looked steadily at the chairman. “ No," he rcp'ied, aftera pTIUSC. His man- ner was direct, and his voice was deep, though hoarse. “We are the State Prison Dircczors. “‘1! have heard of your case, and we want you to tell us the whole truth about it." The connct's mind worked slowly, and it was some time before he could comprehend the explanation and request. When he had accomplished that task he said, very slowly, " I suppose you want me to make a complaint, sir." " Yes.â€"-if you have any to make." The convict was getting himself in hand. ll.- straigntenod. and gazed at the chair- i lby and by. . . .’ ‘ s! ' 'vs ch It 's its ct‘IC‘t more noticeab . “ surely you know who this man is: he isl .lllmm l‘ 1 h I la M0 TGAGE COVENANTS. An Open letter to Sir Ollver flown! .lnent the Subject. Sir~ln sneaking of the abolition of the personal coveiunt- in mortgagesâ€"there are three kinds of iiicrtgages to be consider- ed : lstâ€"The person or company who lend a specific amount or percentage of their owu valuation of the property, said valuation and all expenses in connection with the loan man with a peculiar intensity. Then firme and clearly be answered, “I've no complaint to make.” The two men sat looking at each other in silence. and as they looked a bridge of human sympathy was slowly reared between them. The chairman rose, passed around an intervening table, went up to the con- vict, and laid a hand on his gaunt shoulder. There was a. tenderness in his votes that fewmen hadeever heard there. " I know,” said he, “ that you are a patient and unconiplaining man, or we should have heard from you long ago. In being paid by the borroWer. asking you ‘0 make fists-heme“ 1 am men?‘ , ‘aniâ€"Mortgage securing balance of pur~ l)’ “lng for your halp to right 8 wrong. If ’ chase money, sometimes almost the whole I WITH!" has been done. Leave your own alDQth. ‘ wishes entirely out of consideration, if you Sydâ€"Mortgage to secure an antecedent prefer. Assume, if you will, that it is not debt, our intention or desire either to give you The question is, is the covenant neceg. relief or to make your case harder for you. sary m the life of the “ml-Wage. or bencfi. There are fifteen hundred human bell-15's in cial to themortgaceeâ€"andisitinjurious, on this prison, and they are under the absolute the other hint-Lt!) {he moptg ‘gor or pro. COHtrOl Of One man. If a Serioua wrong is pertyâ€"and in considering this questiou.we praflisej “P011 033» it may be upon Olllel's- must not forget that there are probaby 97 Iask you in the name of common humanl‘Y. mortgagors to the three mortgageesâ€"snd and its One man Ol another, to PM 03 in the legislation should be the greatest good for way 0f working lus‘lce in this Prls‘m- It the greatest number, though up to this you have the instincts ofa man within you, date the 97 votes, (probably through care. you Will comply With my request Speak lessness or ignorance,) do not seem to have out. “WEI-OPE. like a mall, and 11a“ no fear as much power or say as the other three. or anything." I submit that the Covenant is absolutely The convict was touchel and strung. He unnecessary to the mortgagee, and is posi- looked up steadily into the chairman’s face, Lively injurious to the mortgagor and the and firmly Bald. ” There is nothing in this country at large, oft times making wrecks world that I fear.” Then he hung his head. and exiles of our countrymen. The maxim and presently he raised it and added, “ I and business principle of every mortgagee Will tall you all about it." should be made by law to be,â€"“ Never At this moment be shifted his position [and more on property than you would be , 5° 9-3 to bring the beam 0f light Perpendlc' willing and perfectly satisfied to take it for ularly across his face and ClleSD, and lb at any time.” For above that amount the seemed to split him in twain. He saw lb. mortgagee is the real speculator, and cer- aild feasted his gaze upon it as it lay upon tainly deserves no more consideration than I his breast. Afters. time he thus proceeded, the unfortunate mortgagor who may be speaking Ver BlOle, and in 8- strangely wiped out of all his margin or equity. monotonous voice: Let us consider the diiferent kinds of “ I was sent up for twenty years for kills mortgages separately : ing a man. I hadn't been a criminal: I 155-23“ application is made to a. Loan killed him without thinking, for he had Companyâ€"(mm are nogallowedor supposed robbed me and wronged me. I Gil-me llch under the present law to take a 2nd mort- thirteeu years ago. I had trouble at firstâ€" gage, nor Incl-(gage on chattels, Lhnugh in . ll? gelled me t0 be u COHVlCD; bl” I S05 0V6? e lect, that is exactly what the law, through that, because the warden that was here then me covenant allows them m do, viz; dig. understood me and was kind to me, and he grain anyming (“he pl-em sagâ€"51m appli. made me one of the best men in the prison. cant signs a document agreeing to pay all [don’t say this to make you think I’m com- expemcg’ legal or othekrwise, including plaiiiing about the present warden, or that valuationâ€"me rule now is to lend 50 p c. he didn’t: treat me kindly: I can take cm“! of this valuation ; this is strictly adhered of myself with him. I am not making any to by all first, class Loan Companies. Tell complaint. 1 ask no man’s favor, and I a good Loan Company that the applicant is fear no man‘s power.". a good man financially, and they will tell “That is all right. Proceed. ” you that they are not. “ note shavers,” that (T- in; CONTINUED.) while blley are pleased to have a good man -- on the covenant, they only lend 5i) p.c. on hlld Government. the valuation, and on suitable propertyâ€" “ ' . , one of the hardest, tasks of a mother’s they are not compelled to lend until sat . . - isfied ” is h "overnment of her children. That ' . . life t” e” . - , . Now, if through misfortune, or other! we can make children mind is perhaps the . '1 b . D ‘ t I , boa.” of many of us; but to make our Wise, vie oriowei canno . pay up, w less government coincident with proper develop- fame l‘ar‘ISll'pbjghe (Fomfpslnx “gislmgtfitié . ment, to restrain and not destroy all in- .8 property 1" J 9"“ 0 101'!“ 1 . . . tion or the borrower who stands to lose diViduality ; to punish only when the not we Amer 50 p c entire” l 1333238.?1‘éil‘3m3i‘l:13?.“3. l“:§..ihe.o"lf’§$‘i§l Theefieswf the “brim in this printe the lesson for their good; to guide, would be, that the money would be really, yet not retard originality: in other words, to make them thoughtful, unselfish, lovable, eusynnd graceful as well as obedient is another much more difficult thing. Every mother has a. guide, if she will study and thoroughly understand herself, for almost. invariably children inherit some- thing of their mother‘s disposition and traits. In knowing self then we can anti- cipate their natures, knowing what to guard agriirist. Am I not right in saying, the truest mother is she who can most vividly recall her own childhood; who, forgetting at times her motherhood, can, in realization, and appreciation, be as a child with her children, enjoying their games; imagining all their yearniugs, awakening, step by step, as they do to knowledge? That person has most influence over a l l l and in fact, lent on what it only pretends ‘ t.) be now, namely, on the property men- tioned in the registered instrument. ‘ Let us suppose though that the borrower wants more than 5) p.c. to help him llll business perhapsâ€"he knows or soon finds ' out thcflompany’s rule,â€"and seeks a pri- ' vate leuderâ€" this is where the Bond would come in : the mortgage would be for the l whole amount, with special Bond showing the personal liability, after all remedies under the mortgage had been exhausted, to bc a certain percentage of the valuation, ‘ say all over 50 p.c.â€"but that up to that l amount the land only be held. 1 The effect here Would be that each party would know exactly how much they were speculating outstde the land itself and gov- ern themselves accordingly. I say a. certain percentageâ€"for it would 9 never do to allow the lender to take back a. Chll‘l Who is "1055 i“ Bymp‘lmy With it- personal Bond for the whole amount, else SYmPMhYWQ-kes Children ensyigmceful and what is the necessity of the valuation of the I “hove “11 Emmiâ€"“l- Tl'ue Sympathy dues 00‘? property, and it must be remembered, that : mean giving cake and candy in the morn- ing. and then in the evening when you are hastening \vith supper, and your little boy gets in the way while playing with an imaginary train of cars, giving him a. sound slap for his pains. In school work or in business life, we all like the one who is bright and active. Is it consistent, then, to suppose that this same activity will not manifest itself in their homelife? Yet how often we try to check it? Haweis says, “There is one thing better than crushing inpulse, it is using impulse.” The Soundean Loan Companies and the so long, the“, as their "lake'believe plays I slirewdest lenders on landedproperty,believe “0 9”” “I‘d l"~“”“°“"¢1 let’ “‘9'” P13)“ [5 in and desire the abolition of the personal - encourages originality, inventiveness and covenant; claugifi; mnugh were are some independence, and lays the foundation for Slxylocim who {gin would take we very bllsmess mc- X“ only ougl“ We 50 “110W heart of the unfortunate mortgagor and them to play, but we ought to suggest and improve upon such portions of their games as are not correct to real life. The mother who to.ch this interest in her children will find them developing, and abstaining from evil ways Without. much effort on her part. One of the secrets of successful control is be produced when called for,, ill“ POW” 0f 3- “mth‘lr ‘0 dismlflulSl‘ (“1‘1 class of mortgagee that needs looking after; discriminate bet-ween the real causes of on] his legalized [legion has driven some of me ! borrowers generally, are not the chooscrs, v and notin a position to dictate, and the law should step in and state what percentage of a valuation (obtained at the time of lend- , recovered by , ing the money) could be personal Bond alone. It would mean that lenders knowing their position would base their valuations accord- . iiigly,â€"-it would do away with a good deal of undesirable speculative building, and establish the Building and Loan Business on a. solid basis. gobble up the property Vtoo,but who would ' affect scorn were they compared to the pawnbroker, who if he lends too much on an article has to “ grin and bear it;” if it is destroyed by fire, moth or rust, he is the loser : if it happens to be stolen, it must} This is the not, Was it from direct disobedience, was best- men out of our landâ€"and bowed others i it from carelessness, or ignorance, or was it down with writs, costs, judgments and really the result. of an accident? Each one executiuug, of these calls for a different mode of treat- V0“. “T pm“. To Mom... m“, V0 .3 mont. To construe an act as intentional ‘ i U ' ‘ ‘ u H i ' " when it was purely accidental, and punish as such, never corrects the fault, butmakes a child sullen, and even defiant. To scold a child for something, when it knew no bet- ter, but «lid the best he could, makes him fearful, silent and awkward. It checks originality and retards his confidence, a thing which will be more precious to you Especially on the nervous, The person or company who is desirous l of getting rid of a property which, accord- ing to their own valuation, is worth ten thousand dollars, (but which they probably got for a loan of 50 per cent. from some; unfortunate who got behind), they will. take one thousand dollars down, balance at 6 per centâ€"as interest they say is what they waiitâ€"â€"ncw tell me who is the spec- ulator. One man puts in his good hard money to the tune of one thousand, pays interest foryears, andiniprovestlie property; I the other does nothing but wait for the in~ terest to become due. The buildings must be insured by the mortgagor for the benefit of the mortgagee. If the property decreases in value, or should he make default, the mortgagor loses his one thousand dollars and anything he may have put in in im- provements, while the mortgagee has one thonsanddollars liardcash to the good and his improved prop'crty backon his hands. Poor 0 such a one sympathy and a correct understanding of its mot ives are as essential to its proper growth as sunshine is to certain flowers. Some individuals do inherit a sullen dis- position, biit I am confident that many more are cultivated, through wrong accusa- tionsand unjust punishment. To under- stand ourselves, to study our children, and have respect for their individuality, this should be our aim. Instead of saying, “ Spare the rod and spoil the child," would -are next gone through. :known and admired. ‘ mention that it is the dyeing process which I scream. ' father lost the trail, but he now urged his ' to find the entrance to the wolf’s dcn, from be legislation to defend his present victims, and legislate him with all his hideousncss out. of existence, for be is the most raven- ous of all the others 0f the third kind of mortga:ee,â€"I can ouiy say that any creditor who is satisfied to take a mortgage for his account, is almost sure to be satisfied with 50 cents on the dollar,â€"and my proposition would be right in his line. I‘iiat proposition is :â€"'I‘o abolish abso- lutely the personal covenant in mortgages. and let the mortgage stand firmly until paid on the property mentioned in the Register- ed Instrument and that alone. And any bond accompanying a mortgage which calls for more than a specific percentage of a sworn valuation, attached thereto, say, all money lent over and above 5‘) p. c. of such valuation, should be invalid. â€"-This would establish loaning on a posi~ tively safe basis, and there would be no booms nor bubbles to burst. Yours truly, Winnurmi Focus. Preparing Sealskin. Ifwe look at a lady’s sealskiii jacket, We at once observe its rich brown color and the velvety softness and densencse of the fine hairs composing it. If this be com- pared with the Coarse, hard, or drysalted soalskin as imported, or still better, with the coat of the living fur seals, one is struck with the vast dillcrenco between them, and wonders how the coarse or oi y- looking, close-pressed hair of the live animal can ever be transformed into the rich and costly garment above spoken'of. Passing our fingers among the hairs on the cat or dog, we may notice tine short hairs at the roots of the longer, coarser, general covering of the animal. This is so- called under-fur. It is present equally in most of the land as in the aquatic carni- vora. But in the greater nu-nbor of these ‘ animals the short hairs are so few Iind often, fine, as to be, comparatively speaking, lost T sight of among what to our eyes constitute the coat. The remarkable feature, then, in the fu- seals, is its abundancy and density. The : operation which the skin undergoes to bring .out, so to say, the fur. may be brielly de- scribed as follows: The skin, after being ridden of grease, etc., is laid flat on the stretch, flesh Slde up. A flit knife is then passed across the flesh substance, thinning it to a very considerable extent. In doing .thisthc blade severe the roots of the long hairs, which penetrate the skin deeper than - do the soft delicate ones under the fur. The rough hair: are then got rid of, while the fur retains iishold. A variety of subsidiary manipulations in which the pelt is softened and preserved _ These we need notenter into, but only further state that the fur undergoes aproccss of dyeing which produces that deep uniform tint so wall \Ve may, however, natural curly causes the fur to lose its -character and to present its limp appear- once. SOAK THE BABIES IN PETROLEUM. 'l‘licn When Wolves (‘omc In and Carry TIM-m oll' They “'ou'l liin 'Iim. A Johnson City, Tcnu., special says :â€" Last Saturday a big wolf, which has ter- rorized the people of the Bunipas Cave re- gion, over in North Carolina, for the last two or three years, entered the cabin of a mountaineer pained Brown during the tcin~ l porary absence of the housewife, and seiz- ing the only occupant, an infant six months old, by the clothing, in the region of the chest, lifted it from the rude cradle and bore it away into the mountains. When the mother returned to the house and missed the baby she rushed to the door just in time to see the wolfand its precious burden disappear into the neighboring woods. The distracted woman began to This brought the husband who was chopping Wood not far away, to the scene in a high state of excitement. The story from the lips of the hysterical mother nlmo t drove the brave fellow daft, but lie ‘ seized his axe,callcd his dog, and started in pursuit. There was about two inches of snow on the ground. and it providentially enabled the desperate father of the kidnapped infant to strike the trail of the wolf immediately after leav- ing his dr.or-yard. Once upon the truck of the beast be rushed through the moun- tains with a speed born of distraction. About two miles from his cabin the tracks of the wolf led the pursurer under a long shelf of rock, protruding from the side of a mountain. There was no snow here and the dog, which up to this time he had compelled to remain with him. The dog took the lead and the man followed, fully expecting which he could hardly hope to get the baby alive. But his fears were groundless; he soon came upon his faithful dog wagging his tail and looking down at a little white bundle at his feet. It was the baby, sound asleep and almost frozr:n,appnrcntly unhurt otherwise. Brown took all his coat, and, wrapping the infant snugly in it, started hastily for home. He soon met his wife and two or three of the neighbors to whom she had given the alarnn ' It was a most remarkable rescue. The mountaineers say that it was only a freak of the “ mad ” wolf, but the little one no (lonbt owes its life to a drenching of pet- rolcun given it for some cutaneous atlec- tion by its mother just before it was carried away. The odor of the oil was too much for his Wollsliip. He probably spilled about the child after laying it down under the rocks and preparing to make a meal, and then left indisgust. â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"-â€"â€" It is impious in a good man to be sad. The borrower runs into his own debt. Dr. John Murray’s proposed expedition to the south pole is attracting favourable attention in Europe. It is more than fifty cars since James Ross, after discovering 'ictorla, penetrated to the 78th degree it not be well to say, “Spare the rod and mortgagedâ€"ii he had held on to his pro- south latitude, and since then, with the study the child 3" % perty till he got 50pe Time passes quickly, and soon our “ ba- ~ p bios” become men and women, but the one enough to have reaped the benefit of an ‘ is indrectly due to the repo thing imperishablc is the result of our early , inertia-Se in thevalu 05 the bad (find there- teachings. fore needs setting right), while if it decreas- -â€"â€"â€".â€"-â€"â€" ed while holding on to it, he would have their search tor fresh lost that :liousand dollars: but then he The palace hotels of New York are eni- playing maids to wait upon guests at a cost of 31') cents per hour. The maids must be able to do hairdressing and to array a lady for a hall. aiu he would not he a "poor mortgagee. This is the class of mortgagee that needs noprotection whréurer; but there slzould rcent. of the purchase exception of the Challenger, would be at. libertv to sue himself,arid then I hardly a vessel rice cash down, he might have had it long . has gone that way. The present proposal rts brought back by a couple of Scotch Whalers which in 1891 went southward of Cape Horn in hunting-grounds. Dr Blurry believes in the existence at the south pole of a continent as large as Aus- tralia, in which are to be studied the two great phenomena of glaciation and volcanic action. THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN CARVADA. The Riversorl‘e “blob “ado the I‘mlu' uriqu ufflnlnrh’k Appropos o: llr. \\‘ilson‘s paprr recent lv read betorc the Geological $0.1M.“ of the Royal Socic'y of Canada on the {30131 period in Cinsdu, bu: few people (“'t‘l rev llcct that at one time this part of Untario was a region of rivers of rice or glaciers, which had their rise at tin.- North l‘o‘e. But such is the case: in the glacial px-riod the summer heat which prcvadc-l ovcr 0n- turioaud other temperate regions during the tertiary age was succec lcd' nv Airfrui mini. The cap oiicc which now covers O‘H‘ll polo extended fur towards the t‘iIlI‘HOI‘. 0n llllS Continent Ontario, Quebec, all New litig- l:\ud, New York. ninl other parts in the some lmitudo were covered by it. In Europe, too, those parts that havo now glaciers far up in the valleys of their moun- tains were then covcrcd with them, us Greenland is now. The. change in temper- uture was a gradual one, produced. as is supposed, by the elevation of all the loud in a body at. the north to a much higher level than it. is at pruscnt. 'l‘hc glaciers of that period moved down valleys, as the glaciers at the present day in the. Swiss Alps. As a conscque cc of the action of glaciers and icebergs in the glacial period, there is scattered all over the northern part of America what is called drift. Ii. is various in its composition, the material being sand or gravel, or boulders of various sizes. A glacier carries along with it whatever of loose material it finds in its course, and, therefore, there is always a row of stones of various sizes lying along upon the ice on each side of the glacier. These are called moraines. Toward the termination of e glacier, the moraines become less and less distinct, from the melting of the ice. And as we get furiher south, the fever boulders are found on this account. Now of all this material which we call drift, none Wus produced where it lies, but it was transported to its localities, and for the most. part from the north toward the south. This drift must have produced great changes on the surface, filling up valleys here and there, making lakes ovcr- flow, and altering THE COURSE OF RIVERS. A marked instance we have of the latter change in the case of the Niagara River. There is decisive evidence that the bed which it flowed in, from the whirlpool on- ward, until the glacial epoch, was then filled up with drift, and the water opened for itself a new gorge through solid rock, through which it has run to the present time. Very few people stop to think when they see a big stone or boulder on the road side in these parts, that it came here during the glacial period, thousands of years ago: yet such is the case. The distances which these boulders have been transported have been much investigated. The ordinary dis- tances are from ‘24) to 40 miles, but they have been often carried (50 to IOU miles. Hitchcock speaks of some boulders found in Ohio and Michigan which came from the ancient Azoic rocks of Canada, and calculates that they must have been brought from a distance of from 40) to (l’JO miles. A large boulder on the 4th conces- sion of London, near Hyde Park, on Mr. Thos. Skipton’s property, inust have come from Thunder Bay, or up that way, at this period. These distances are discovered by comparing the boulders with the rocks of the country, thus tracing them back to the sources from which they Crime. This part of Ontario, in place , has ha l a full share of the glacial period, as far as boulders are any indication. â€"[London Free Press. O” Sailing Through the Maelstrom l The Maelstrom l I remembered all the thrilling tales told of this ugly whirlpool, and how vividly it was illustrated in the geography I studied as a child. I had just read a most graphic and blood'curdling description of it by Peter Doss, in his “ Trumpet of Nordlnnll,” I was thinking of the countless whales that had been swallowed and digested by its vortex, and of the thousands of ships that had been entangled in its greedy current and ground line as flour; but the captain assured us all that we need have no fear, and when we crossed it 1 was astonished to find it as calm and peaceful as an inland lake. The fact is, however, that the Maelstrom may at times be extremely dangerous, and u. vessel caught there in a storm is irrctricv- ably lost. The Cyclopu-dia tells us that the Maelssrorn is an ordinary whirlpool caused by a tremendous current running in the opposite direction to the wind. It attributes it to the ebb and tide of the sea, and talks learnedly about its depth as being only twenty fathoms, while immedi- ately outside of the strait, where the whirl- pool is fornicd, the water suddenly becomes two hundrcd fathoms deep : and thus tide and gale and this Niagara-like plunge, all combined, are made to lash the water into a perfect fury.â€"[From “ A Winter Jour- ney up the Coast of Norway," in the April Scribner. Guarding the Bank. The Bank of England is watched nightly by aguard of about fifty men from the Household troops, under the command of an oilicer,who usually march from Welllpn- ton or St. George’s barracks. They patr'dl the spacious quadranglcs of the bank and do sentry duty over allotth spaces till the morning, when they are relieved by the arrival of some members of the bank’s staff. The oflicer in command is allowed dinner for himself and a friend, including the pro- vision of a bottle of the bank’s special old port. The men are also supplied with the needful refection. iesidcs this military guard, two clerks remain on duty all night at the bank, as well as all day on Sunday, and these “watch clerks” must not go to sleep. Their duty is to move about from building to building, inspecting the various rooms, to see that all goes well. Several of the higher officials also sleep on the premises, ready to be summoned at a moment I notice. â€"--â€"-â€"-â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€". Professor Dolbear says a powerful search light could project a beam to Mars in four minutes, which could bescen and responded to, if they have the apparatus that we have. The Colorado Legislature has passed the bill for a house to house registration of voters, and ‘27 women have been appointed on the list of canvassers for registering the women voters. ~ 4.. ‘---â€"~â€"~W on... 5...»... o