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A WIFE'S DREAD CONFESSION. Ik* Ml. tk X'erj *f ler *? lurdrr, n Waks 8ki TIU CORPSI THROW! IN A WELL. A deapatch from Ionia, Mioh . aays Sheriff Derrick returned from Kdoiore bnnging with him tbe body ot Boctt, tbe murderer and suicide. An iiqueat wa* bald after tbe arrival of tbe c tli jor. At it Mr*. Vauderburg mad* a cumulate o m(e* non, implioaiiog both herself and Bo )tt iu the ooll-blooded murder ot her hunbaud. She Ktated tbat the awful deed bad beeu committed on the nigbt of April 20.b. Vanderburg oame into the house, and uot being offered a seat *at down on the 11 >or. Tbe wife bad som* impatient word* witb ber huibacd about toe children, aud tbe quarrel wa* continued till Scott, too, bxoauie inoensnd, and suddenly dealt Vanderburg several blow* on tbe bead wi'h a club, oaning death almost inatantly. The two, Mrs. Vanderburg and Boott, then took tbe murdered man by the heel*, dr*g{ed bim out ot tba boue and aeros* tbe yaid until an old well waa reached, into wbiob the lifeUis b >dy wan pitched bead first. Soutt tilled up tbe well with dirt and rubbish, weul to bed, and it i* *uppo*cd fell a*l"p. Hi* partner in tbe on ino aat up all night. Tbe mother of Mr*. Vaodrrbur* ia under arrest aa well an ber daughter, but she deuie* all complicity iu tbe murder. Vouderburg'* body was buried at Kdmore yeotorday, aud there i* great excitement tbere and threats of lynching tbe woman are beard. A I >M>< -\ I . I - I 01 I I'-l a* H.I p > hi. nit le. A L icdon, Out, telegram says : A young mau wbo lia* been painting tbs town red for acme lijia ba* at latt oome to grief. He waa employed in a monetary inntitu tiou and upeut money fretly , giviug out tbat he was in receipt of a baudnome alary. HIB extravagance came to the eari of tbe roauager of tbe institution, wbo ou inveHtigatiou found tbat be bad beeu spending money to the extent of five time* tbe amount of bi* aalary. This made the manager auiniciou*. and by keeping a alriol watch bs ascertained tbat tbe yonug fellow had been in tbe habit if pilfering from the till a mnob at f 10 at a time. Ou being accused ol the theft*, tb* clerk owned op to everything and ligoed a written oouf***!oo, leaving town on nfteeu minutes' notice. After the fellow bad gone tbe manager commenced looking througb bia drawer*, and in oo* found a lot of caff*, collar* and a big bundle of love letters. Reading tb* letter*, b* found that tbe young mau had been corresponding witb no lesa than aavan girl* - two in Vittoria, Ontario ; three in 1'ont'ac, Mlubi^an, and two in London Hjutb To all of them he wa* engaged to be married. Tb* letters showed tbat be bad bean giving jewellery to tbs girls in Vittoria and Pootiae, and to one of them b* had prou>u*d to eend money to oome and meet him. To* manager wrote to tbeae girl* and alao to their parent*, informing tbem that the jewellery wa* purchased witb stolen money, and telling them if they turned it over tbeir letter* would be re larned intact. In response be got three ring*, a watch, and a prom me that another ring would be returned a* soon as on* ot tb* Poniiao girlt could be communicated with by ber ais-.er. Albert Griffith u tbe name of th youth, and be was in the employ of the Boglutb Loan Company. llo.i. *l I >r J. It. I., MM, II.,. A London cablegram says : There waa an interacting debate in tbe Lords, where Lord Raeetsry moved for a select com mittee to consider tbe best means of pro mating the rffloienay ot that House, and npported Una motion in an elaborate poeeb, eliciting the warmest enlogy both from Lord Salisbury and Lord Oranvilla. Tba 7'irru-j praise* it for it* Btudird moderation, lucidity of exposition, breadtL c f treatment, and brilliauoy and variety of illustration. Lord Raaebery offered the United States Senate aa an ex- ample for imitation, describing it a* tbe moat powerful and efficient eoondcbamber existing, and urged tbe Lord t to enlarge the ooueututi >n of their Heute, so a* to include representatives of science, liter* tore, art, commerce, the laboring olaimeH, India aud tb* colonies. Tbe motion wa* ultimately rejsoted. I.MI-.I . ouiii New*. Recently at Ola*gow Janet Rafferty or Mo Man us and Margaret Stevenaon fought by throwing billing broth at each other Both are dangerously burned Janet is thought fatally. The freedom of Ayr wa* on Jan* 6tb prevented to Mr. Thomas MTIwraith, ex Preminr of Queensland, and bia brother, Mr. John M Ilwraith, ex-Mayor of Mel- bourneboth native* of tb* royal burgh. Tbere died at Sauveterre de Beam Same*. Pyreoeea, France, on tbe 23rd of June. Robert 8. Taylor, for many years SurrilT Hubdlitute ol Roes t.hire, and after- wards of Fifeabire, in hia 81*1 year. The other day while Alex. Mackenzie, crofter, was cutting psata in tbe Poolwa dmtriot. Roes-shire, be oame upon a oaak of tallow, embedded ten feet under tbe surface. Tbe tallow wa* ia a splendid state <f preservation, although the keg or barrel wa* in a somewhat decomposed con- dition. A London newspaper state* that Mr. Spurgeou'i friend, Mr. Duncan, ol Ben- more, the one-time Oreeaock millionaire, ba* loat ao heavily by tbe sugar trade tbat he ba* been obliged to let hia well known bouae aud the grounds, where > early tbe L'gutof the Tabernacle used to dUoourt* to thousands in tbe open air. HuiioBi cr HIOHUSP RIOIMESTS. The 71si, before the new territorial re arranne- uieut, ojuld boast et 15 honors," 1 more than any of tbe other Highland regiments. At present tb* honors stand as follows : U.nl ( -ow includes 73rd), 30 honors; 71t (uow include* 74ii.) 26 boner* ; 72 id (uow include* 7t-.i), 18 honor*; 75.h (uow in- clude* 92uo) 23 nonor* ; 79.b. 15 nonor* ; 9Ut (uow include* 98rd), 17 honor*. It u c jrreutly reported in Dumfrieesbire that tbe Dak* nd Ddobei-* of Buooleuon and family contemplate a prolonged sojourn ('or probably two or three >earr) ou the C .u -in. -nt, that Dalkeitb, Drumlaurig and Hiwbill will b* prao i.-.lly cloned until their return, tbat tbe carriage boraeaare to b* eold, aud tbat during tbe absence of tbe family tbe produce ot tb* extensive gardens and vinerie* will be put to market. On the 8 h alt., before tbe South Queen*, ferry Church wa* declared vacant, Rev. Mr. Wbyte (formerly ef Arthur, Out ) rote and addieaacd tb* congregation, maintain- ing bi* innocence of the charges, and said that hi* aooosers bad oa*t bim out a beggar upon the world ia bis old age. He tben walked out of tbe church, followed by about bait -a-dcun. .W |>|| ll-tt ,.|>lll.||' llr- I'l .!!.. .1 I hai pened, in the course of our Hoover natiio, *ay* the editor of the Pall Mall Gatftte, to aak Mr. Cumberland whether he waa an able epirit rapper. In a moment myeteriiun rappir RI were beard from all part* of tbe rcxm, aa if in reply to tbe qaention. "You nee," said Mr. Cumber- land, " I oan produce all aorta of knock* and cries, from (be mill mall voice of tba infant in tbe celestial region! to tba epulobral touaa of the tormented ppirit, wbooe unearthly grouis are so effective. 1 net '.be Btilt mnall voice by dielocation of toe thumb," and the atill Bmall votoa spoke in lie moat metodioua tones. " Tbe Mpulehral tones oome by a displacement nf the koer-j jint ao," and tbe sepulchral touea rcv> rb--rtrd throUKli tbe room. "Tup p,-:i>n"it /onp< I oan now easily work, aa you bear, although I bsve a pair of think boots on." It was very oaaily worked, aud effeatually. 1 rl.hlni, lrm I linn Haw lln m. 1 >r. lieaob, ioveBtigator for the State Board of Health, found eleven oa*e* of trinblnrwia at Arietta, Hamilton oounty, N.Y. One cine resulted fatally, but although the dineaoe is well advanced there in dome bope fnr tbe recovery of tbe other All the persons attacked bad eaten raw ham. Thpy belong to one family nud tbeir board era. Wild Bunfljwerc nowoover Mount David on, Nevada, almo*t from base to nnmmit Tba mountain preaents the appasrance o! being draped in yellow uiaitle. Although tbe tULfljvreri are more or leas numerous every soaaon '.hire being a few every where tbe old settler* say tbat every third year is the big one for them ii sunflower year. It is probable tb.nl the nnainal amount of rain this season ban rouoh to do with tie great abnndanon ard vigor of wild lowers ol vary variety 1 BIO I -> ! <> . . * . n Inqniriea eonoarning tba uae of oxygen gas in oaaea of cholera were made in tba New Y >ik Health Department yesterday fty at reporter of tbe Evening Pott. Dr. Edward II. Janea. chief medical cfnaer of the hospital eat vice, aaid tbat be bad known ot the gas being need witb good IMU Its in eaaee of oollapae not resulting from cholera, when It waa naeeeaary to budge over an interval, ao aa to give nature and remedies an opportunity to act against dibeaae. Hs thought tbat iu use in obolera wae worthy of oonmderaton. Dr. Moreau Morria, Obitf Bani'ary laaptctor, aaid tbat be administered oxgyen gas to a oho lara patient ia tbia city in 1866. At tbat time be waa experimenting with tba gas, obit fly in tba oaaea of luog diaeaae, and be alao u-*d it in other oaaea where oollnpae had occurred or waa feared. Where tbe patient waa only juat going into tbe oollapae the inhalation of tbe gaa waaeffeotive, bat io tbe obolera cases tba patient was already in a state) if oollapae and wai not saved. Tba generation of oxygen gaa waa at tbat time attended with much difficulty. He oonld not produce it rapidly or abun- dantly enough and it wai not pure. Now its manufacture bad bean reduced to a ayetem by which it cauld be produced as abundantly aa desired. Hull, its produc- tion waa f xpenilvr, and thw fact, together wlb the difficulty of carrying about bulky retorts, etc., would tend to reatricl tbe administration of oxygen gM among poor peo[ le during a obolera epidemic. Hence ite usefulness would be chiefly in hospital practice. Ha did not trunk that it would ba terviorat le as a prophylactic against oboltra, or as a remedy sgainat tbe disease ftr ir. but tbat it wonld be valuable aa a il.ffaniblf s'.imnlant to iuorease the action of tbe heart ai.d revive the energy of tbe patient. lomrih Mini npxirrew*. Evan the birds know their friends. A pair of chirping uparrows tbat bad become ttached to the premiseaof Mr. Joacph O. K id. iu this city, from having last fall, and again ou their apnearanoe in tbe spring, been (rd witb orumba until they bad loat mush of tin i' timidity and became quite confid- ing a few weeka since took possession of a small flower pot containing a banging plant, tbat had a little before been suspended from the ceiling of tbe porch of his dwell- ing, built a neat therein, and batched a brood of four young ones, which are now able to fly a little. Tbe parent birds seem to have loat all fear of the family. They will come up to tba feet of tbe Utter to pick up tbe orumba thrown them, and tba mother bird wonld sit quietly on her neat whan any of them came clone to It, seeming to have every confidence that ahe would not be molested. Beveral pairs of iwallows and street sparrows are now engaged in a contest for the right to an exclusive home upon the premises. If it becomes neces- sary for the owner to decide tbe right of occupancy, be says the swallows will stay. Chtboygan ( Wii.j Timei. 4 ppolnlmi nl> el I . ft. >olnbl. .. Tbe 1'renirlnnt of tbe United States has sent tba following nominations to tba Senate : John A. Kaeaon, Iowa, Envoy Kxtraordmary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary of the United H tales, to Germany ; Alphonso Tait, Ohio, to Rnsaia ; John M. Francis, New York, to Austria and Hun- try ; I, "win Richmond, Rhode Inland, Uiuinter Resident and Consul General of tbe United States, to Portugal ; Samuel H. M. Myers, Consul-Qeneral at Rome, Italy ; R. O. Williams, CotiHul. General, at Havana. A snjden boom in potatoes in Ottawa and its vicinity is reported, the esculent selling tor $1. 50 a bag, while a few days ago they could be purobaaed for lees than half tbat price. An agricultural laborer get* .17 J oenta a day in Mexico, and ha thinks it fair pay. FIQHT FOB LIBERTY. Tht Dn-riU Caalift (f I Mcetill Nits' I liraerer lift* K**L A MARVELLOUS EHOAPE. Migutl Chacon, tbe murderer of Maria William*, vbe colored woman, at No. 128 West Twenty-eighth street, waa captured yesterday morning, and tbe attendant in- cident* were as soul-thrilling aa any ever embodied in tb* wildest creation of tbe romauciat'a brain. Immediately subsequent to tb* shooting "Detective Price, ot tbe Thirtieth Street Polio* Station, was a*igued to the ca e, and, in company with a Iriand of Chacon, be mad* a thorough search of tbe Eighth Ward, and a number of B|DOUB tbe Cuban waa known to Jre jueut were inspected. When the. deteotive reached tbe bouse*. No. 70 Spring street, oc- cupied by a Cuban family friend* of tbe man aoogbt b* aent bis companion in to inquire if there were any tidings of Chaoon, and while awaiting bis return crossed the street. Tbe man oame out of the house *bortly*and informed Price tbat tha murderer had been tbere and had told bia friend* tbat be bad shot a person, but be wa* ignorant how aeriou* was tbe wound be had inflicted, and be neglected to tell tbem whom be bad shot. He stated, oo Isaving the bouse, tbat be waa going to his uncle's saloon at No. I'M Bleeoker street, and from there intended to go (traigbt to tbe bouae ot tb* murdered woman. Acting upon this clue, tbe deteotive proceeded to the bouse where tbe (booting took place, and on entering found lying on tbe table a photograph of tbe murderer. A thorough Hearch of tbe apartments waa nude, but without resulting in anything of moment, and after making arrangement* to have the house well watched, he started down town again to No. 70 Spring street, having con- cluded tbat sooner or later tbe murderer would return tbere. He took up bia position nnder tbe stoop of the next dwelling and waited for fully three- quarters of an hour before hi* vigil was rewarded. At last, in tbe neighborhood of 9 80, he heard tbe sound of rapid f x>t*tep* approaching, and a man appeared, gazing up and down tbe xtreet, apparently ou the lookout for danger. His face wa* partially concealed, but lulli 'ient waa aeen by the aid ot a near-by lamp to enable the de- teotive to make bim ont a negro. Tbe suspected person t-eemed satisfied that tbe coast wa* clear, and b* hastened acroea tbe treet to No. 70, rapidly ascended tbe steps, ooked very softly on a panel, and a >m*nt later disappeared within tbe half- opened door. The detejtiv* was DOW aatia- tied from tba stranger's auspicious actions tbat be waa the man for whom ha wa* look- ing, and waking up a friend wbc opportunely reaided near by be deepatobed him to the station house for cffieers, wbo soon arrived upon tb* aoeue H* stationed bia aaeistants in tba front and rear of tb* houae to prevent an escape, and, accompanied by an officer, b* entered and mounted to tbe top floor, where lived tbe friend* of tb* murderer. There b* found a party of Cuban* playing oarda, bat a vigilant search revealed no trace of bi* man, nor could be extract any infor- mation from tbe in mate* of tb* room. Tke window, an old-faahiooed dormer on*, wa* in tb* rear, and from it Price peered into tb* pater darkiies* For a time b* *aw nothing, but at laat hi* attention wa* at- tracted by a white object joat behind the chimney, and perceiving tbat a fire eeoape projeo ted frjrn under the window, Vau i but tbe apace of a few feet between it and tbe roof , he imagined that Chaoon might pos- sibly have mad* hi* cape in that way. Calling upon Policeman Brien to follow, b* atepped oat and gained tb* gutter. Tbe roof wan peaked and high pitched, and it wa* with diffimlly tbatPrioe maintained bi* foot- ing. Tb* darkness wa* inten**, and ae tb* deteotive mads hi* way upward on hi* bands and knees be kept bia eye* fixed upon the speck of white. At laat ba noticed that it moved and then paused. Tbe detective atill moved noitaleasly upward, and when within an arm's length hi* arm hot oat, aril with tb* grip of death be clutched Chacon, tb* songbt-for murderer Tb* bunted man waa in hi* whit* under- clothes, and tbe detective had graaped bis foot. Cnavailing struggle* to r*laa*e the captured member followed, bat Price'* grip wa* of iron. " Come down quietly," *aid b*, " there's no u*e in making trouble. You're wanted. I've got you, and I *wear I'll bold yon." Witb tbe word* tbe detec- tive began a retrograde movement, itill clutching tb* foot. At tbat instant buloot slipped, be rolled rapidly downward, aud would have been dished to instant death had be not been clutched by Pulioeman O'Brien, wbo caught him only in the nick of time. The prisoner wa* taken to the Twtnty-ninth precinct station- bouse and locked up in cell No. 12. Iu speaking of bia thrilling escape. Detective Price aaid to our reporter : "MOW did I feel T Why, I thought I waa gone, aura. But I made up my mind if one of u< wen: the other wonld follow. I held on to bim lik i grim death to a niger. He told me on tbe way to tbe station-boose that b* bought the pi:ol on Thursday witb the firm intention of killing the woman. I cautioned bim not to aay anything until he bad seen bia lawyer. He asked if the woman wai dead, and when I told bim ' y*a ' be relapsed into silence and would talk no more." AVv York TrutK II > 'I I II., . I,. , -1,0. . ||,,.,. A few days ago tbe Rev. Henry Ward Baecber delivered an address at the annual commencement of tbe Ktorrs Agricultural School, in Mansfield, Conu. Mr. Beecber was candid in conceding his entire inadequacy in an agricultural Bonne, but be related (be following anecdote of his early Western life : My hone I mt a shoe. I found an unoccupied blackamitb'a shop. I started up the fire with the bellows, boated tbe iron, forged it out on tbe anvil, shaped it, and put it on ; and then drove off and didn't leave a cent behind. Bnt I stopped at tbe next blacksmith shop to have it fixed jiiBt right, and the blacksmith, after looking at tbe job, Baid, " Miater, you may as well go on; I couldn't do that work better myself." You see, I've remembered tbat ; I felt rather proud of it. Secretary Kohmellerman, at tbe last monthly meeting of the Keely me tor (.hare- holders, placidly remarked: "Mr. Keely baa been a little longer than we bad expected iu numbing bit machine, but everything ii progreMing favorably," A HEAT DETECTIVE BEAD. lnte.rtinK C,r.er of Plnktrton, the Criminal Investigator. A SCOTCH CANADIAN'S SIGNAL SERVICES. Tba telegraph baa already announced that Allan Piukerton, tbe wall known detective, had died at Chicago. Ue waa born in Ulaitgowin 1810, tbe eon of a email tradesman. He married young and imme- diately after left for the western hemis- phere, landing m Canada. A new poet village in Bruce county, Ont., ia now named after bim. Tba young couple's early struggle* were a sariae ot bar dabipa, and after many vicissitudes Pinkerton went to Chicago, where be engaged in tbe oo.per trade. He afterward moved to the neigh- borhood of Dundee, III., where be purchased a email farm. This) was, as near as can be ascertained, about 1847. Piukerton waa tben about 24 yearn of age, and it waa then tbat be made bia first detective ven- tures aa an amateur. Horse thieves were on the rampage in thoee daya, and Allan Piukartou, at Mr having beeu aoooesaf ul io banting down a raaoal who bad stolen one of bi* horses, was employed by neighbors until bi* reputation aa a detective reaobtd tbe adjoining oountiea. Wbat gaiued him a reputation all over Illinois, ai.d even further, waa in exactly tb aame line. But tba feat which gave Allan Piukerton a national reputation was to conduct Abra- ham Lincoln safely through Baltimore to tbe inauguration la Washington. Pinker- ton knew of tbe plot to aaaaam- nata tbe President-elect in Baltimore, which waa then completely in tbe naudu of a rebel mob. Kioloua scenes and attacks upon Federal troop* were tbe order of tbe day. It waa aaid, though tbe ktory waa apaedily denied, tbat Piukerton acojmpliabed hia hazardous task with the aid of one of bia female operative*, wbo occupied the same aeat in tbe oar aa the President, who wore a bonnet aud a thick veil, which completely concealed bn well known features. A ahawl thrown over tbe knees gave "Old Abe" tbe appearance of an elderly lady, a* wboae companion posed 1'iukertou's lady detective. Tbe latter la buried in Ross Hill Cemetery, where a apace is reeervsd for Piukertous and their employeea. Tbe grawe are decorated once a year. Allan Pinker- ton, although to all outward appear auoea a cold and unsympathetic man, uevdr forgot a friend or those wbo served bim faithfully. Tbe agency waa established in 1853. Now tba varioua agencies at preeent employ about 900 first claaa detectives, men and women, whose pay range* from 15 a day to 16.000 a year. Allan Pinkerton waa a man wbo knew no fear, and numerous are tbe txpluita in which be took bia Ufa in bia own hand, figuratively speaking. At on* occasion in Detroit, be waa so severely bandied by his advsrsariaa tbat hia life waa despaired of. A partial lameness remained to tbe laat as tbe result of tba bloody encounter. Ha waa a man wbo detected at oaoe what qnalitiea there waa in a person that oame under his observation. A atrikh'g illus- tration of this fact ia tbe career of McPar- Ian, tbe great detective in the Molly Matraire oaaea. Me: Parian waa aooaobmau in tba employ of a merchant who residue in Chicago. Tbe statblea of this gsntlemao joined those ot Pinkerton, and "tbe old man," then deeply involved in tba atndy of tbe Molly Maguire canes, oame to tbs conclusion that " Mao " waa bis man. Ha nngaged him at a bigh salary, instructed bim personally for hour* every dsy, and Dually turned bim over to tbe Philadelphia agency, which had tbe special management of this great oaa*. Hardly a great crime baa been committed during tbe last thirty years in wbiob Pinkerton and bia man have not figured, aud IB tbe majority of witb s< -T11I.IIS*I l!\ 1 KI.KUttAflll. Hlmn.nd. 1. 1. lu I lhi i,, ih. Dark. A curious point in diamond lore kaa joat been established, to tba delight of savanta, in Paria, where the exhibition o' the crown Jewell at the Louvre has made the subject very popular for the moment. It baa long been laid down, saye the I'all ilall Qatettt, tbat tbe diamond baa tbe power of retain- ing light and of afterward emitting it in the dark. Tbe theory baa been well buttreaaed by reasons, but tbe proof baa uot been easy of tet. All, or Learly all, tba great diamond* such aa tbe Kobiuoor, tbe Ke- gent, the Grand Mogul cannot tor pub lie reasons be made tbe tubjeot of experi- ment, and atones of a lesser mze do not al- ways give satisfactory resulta. Happily, a private individual, the owner of a gem of ninety-two crait, and estimated at a value of 300.000 francs, baa lent hia diamond for scientific investigations. Tbeae have been most satisfactory, aud tbe " pboiiphores oenoe " of the stone may be regarded an proved. Tbe diau.o jd waa exposed for an boor to tbe direct action of the aun'a raya and afterward removdd into a dark room. For more than tweuty minutes afterward it emitted a light, feeble indeed, but atill auffioiently strong to make a abeet ot while paper held near i . quite visible in the dark. A himilar result wa arrived at by a very different experiment, and light was gener- ated by rubbing tbe stone with a piece of bard flinnel. Tkr Hfmt in, . u> <.,,,,!,,., The New York Tribune, in its local weather review of Friday, eaiil : " The sudden coming of the exoeaaive heat is attributed to a sunburnt ' following aud- denly upon tbe seriea ol sun spots which have existed for many days." The Tnttunt ia entirely correct, aayi the Rochester Democrat. The fact that tbia " suuburat " has not yet been productive of severe and general electric storms ix a reason for bop- ing tbat it will not be followed by a severe oold reaction and frost. The laat preceding " sunburnt was followed by heavy thunder bowera and aevaral toruadoee. Tbe reac- tion caused frost in New England and New Jersey, although tbe reaction was arrested by another sun storm, the heat from which was first felt in the west. We are glad to note that tbe sun ia reoeiving proper atten- tion in tbe weather observations of the day. In K 'inaaa. a trick to evade tbe liquor law is to have an obscure room stocked with drink, and give kaye to all customers. They enter at pleasure and get their drink, de- positing the cash in a box. No one ii seen to receive tbe money, and hence the great difficulty of convictions. Tarn Tt*m l.a when 4 W*r4* <rtU BW> *! lor 1 <!. .*. M .Ddrrl.l |B TFSlUM. The alaotrloiani, it seems, are never idle. Tbe latest invention oonaiita in tba con- ception and auooestful development of a combination of instruments capable of utilising a aiogla telegraph wire for MM mmultaLeoua transmission of almoat numberless Dietaagea witb a* much ea*e aud rapidity a* if tbe distant points were connected by a multitude ol liuea. Tbe in- vention ia known aa tbe synchronous multi- plex telegraph, and tbe inventor is Mr. P. B. Delany, of Ntw York, a young man wbo ttrat commenced bis career iu electrical matters in tbs capacity ot an operator at tbe ottioe ot tba old Franklin Lithograph Company in tbis city. Ua baa been at work on hia bobby for acme two or three year*, and it has now been brought to a degree of auooeaa little abort of perfec- tion. Tba first oouaiderable den in nut ra- tion of tbia fact waa afforded on Monday evening over a line between this oity and Providence, which wai witnessed by several prominent eleotr oiaoa, jonrnali*ta and others. The iuvtntor managed the experiments at tbii eud of tbe liue and Edward A. Callaban, one of b a auisociatea, directed affair* iu Provi- dence. Half a dozen Morse operators at either en1 ot tba line worked with each other at the aame time with aa much ease and speed an if they were furniabed witb bait a dozMi different wires. Tbe average Bpeed obtained in a nve-miuute contest wai twenty-three word* per minute, and later, io a quarter of an hour trial, an average cf thirty worda per minute wa* easily ob taiaed during a portion of tbe time. A trial of priutitig instrument*,, especially deviaed for tbi* *ystem, wae aubtuq jently bad, and tbe reunite secured suvtaiued tbe claim of tbe inventor tbat no lew than thirty -nix rresssgea can be transmuted by them over a aiogle wire at tbe same time, making a total of seventy-two telegrams pasaiug aimultaneoualy. It la uot neoaasary tbat tbi* stated number of telegrams ibonld be working together ia cppoeite direo'i ms, f >r tbe whole number or any portion of them oan work in a single direc- tion juat as well if it is desirable. Iu brief, tbe invention allow* tbe auie o t *rtions to be carried on over a aingle wire by a plor- ality of operators an if tbere wa* a separate wire prividnd for each, as in tbe common system of telegraphy. Il is Dnmialakable that Mr. Dalaney baa succeeded in reducing to practice what U undoubtedly a new art. Tbe system has been examined by tbe leading electricians and tolegrspbera m tbe country, and they all unite in pronouncing it aa important an improvement over tbe quadruple! syatem aa the quadruplet system waa on the or- dinary tingle wire arrangement which it aimed to supersede. U4T IS Tbe inventors and owners of tht patent are not in tbe market witb rigbta or atooai for aale, bat are engaged in building lioea for tba acluaj transaction of business Tbe line between Boston and Providence ia tbe Bret link of a line now being pushed through to New York. Il ia tbe purpose of. tbe Standard Multiplex Telegraph Com- pany to extend tbe system throughout tbe entire o mutry, reaching all the leading eiliee as rapidly as possible, and to connect intermediate cities and towna. In order to more qtmkly and effioiantly accomplish t hi* work, it in proponed to district tbe country into five grand distrieta, the com panies controlling such di*tricta to licence subordinate companies for special route* and loealitie*. so that a local exchange and general telegraph system covering the entire country may be acoomplUhad. A careful Htim ate shows tbat tbe company oau profitably transmit message* of M words each at tbe rat* of A cent* per mes- sage between all important points of tbe country. Iloiton Herald. - ii.. flir *>r ike MM." Tbe ruins of Bsliopolii, " the City of tbe Sun," which adj >in tbe present village of Metarijeb, ia about five iLiles diatant from Cairo. TLIH famous place u identified as tbe Oo of tbe Bible, where Joeepb took tbe daughter of tbe ptieat Polipberab to wife. Tbe sit* ot tbe onoe important city i* ap propriately marked now by the oldest obelisk tbat baa yet beeu discovered, witb the .xu-.pi i m of a small one in the necropo- lis of Mempbia Tbe companion to tbia existing obeliak (for obeliika are always erected in pairr) pa**ed away over twelve huudrtd yearn ago. Tbe two were erected tour or five tbotuand years ajo. The re- maining one in a shaft aixty six feet high, of red granite, covered with hieroglyphic*. The metal on the pyramidinm at the top bad passed away, aud tbe successive inun datiuuaof tbe Nile have piled a good many feet of mud about tbe monument. At HeliopoHa wa* *l<otbe fluest Egyp- tian temple, with one exception, in those Old Testament day* a temple dedicated to tbe aun, and employ ing a staff ot priest*, meLiale, ountodiani, and other attaches wbiob is aaid to have numbered no lea* than 1:1913. Tbe Puaraobs wen especially proud of tbeir title aa I, irds of Helmpolm." Nearer tbe modern villsga are tbe tree and well of the Virgin. Toe Virgin's tree i* a decayed sycamore, planted in 1072, allegedly upon tha site of a previ- ou* tree, in tbe hollow trunk of which Mary had concealed herself and tbe divin* child. Not aatiifled with well enough, tbe people in the vicinity spoil tbe whole tradition by alao averring tbat a spider spun bi* web aorosa the opening ao as to efleotaally screen the fugitivaa. I did not learn whether tbe spider and bia web are atill preserved here or not. Tbe present tree wa* presented to the Empress Kugenia by the Khedive at tbe inauguration of the Hurr Canal. It IH also stated on pretty good authority tbat thebalaam abrnb, the balsam of which tbe Queen of Haeba presented to King Solo- mon,onoe throve in the vicinity of Heliopolis. Tbe plant ba* long since ceased to grow t let* about*. Cleopatra attempted to rciakro- dooe it, but without auooera. Cor. New Orleant Tinei-Dfmocrat. / The Brooklyn bridge has tbe largest *pan and is considered the largest bridge in the world. But tba Tay Bridge over the Frith of Forth, In Scotland, to replace that which fell down under a railway passenger train, will have two apans, each of which i* an long as tha Brooklyn bridge. TbU will / be tbe greatest bridge ever designed. '