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%*^ ^- THEY WEKE TWIN BEOTHERS. f/ \ ;\ On« Siillerrd for a Criiixt that the Oilier Itrnl Comuilttnl A Ke.KCiiiMulKc So KIrikiui; Iliul Kven Die Sweetlicarl of 111** IiiniK'ellt ftliiii U'UH I>(;<-«ivcit and Tf-liliiil AkuIukI lliiii llu wan liiipriH- uiied, uiill I'urdoiied, itiiil Now Uik Ilrotlier into l>» Tried, An Oraalia, Neb., despatch says : Morri 8on Wilcox, Deputy Sheriff of CJattarftu^ua county, New York, paBscd through the city thin morning en n'Utc to Olcaii, Imvin;^ in custody James Orenory Laller, a promi- nent Kto< k raiaer, whoso ranch is located near WatrouB, N. M. The priHOiier was handcnlfeil aud huno bteel shackles were clasped about liia auklcB. The crime for which Latler iu now uiidiriirrest ia robbery and asBuull with intent to kill. The story of the terrible affair, na told to your correBpondent by the officer, was a strange one. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Latler, parents of the priBoiicr, are respectable people livinj^ near Olean, N.Y. Twin sous were born to them, and when they grew to manhood their resemblance was so yrcat that few people could tell one from the other, lioth of them were sent to college, James ciKios. inn Cornell, and his twin brother, William, Yale, lioili, after three years, left coUej^o and returned homo. William took the management of his father's farm and Jamei; bc(;an the study of law in the village of Olean. It was the habit of the latter to Bliend Bunday at home, and on the evening of that day the brothers invariably spent a few hours at the house of a nei^hburnamed John Clifford, a rich lumberman, who had two lovily daaghters. One Sunday night in June, 18M2, a gen- tleman culled at Mr. Clilford's and paid him nearly S8,000 in cash. This was done in the piesenco of both the Lafler bEothcrs. Shortly after the twins departed for home. Between tlio honrs of 2 and :i o'clock next morning Mr. ("liiford was attacked by a masked man and beaten into insensibility. The Sm.OOO which were hidden between the mattrosseu of the bed was taken and the robber stalled to make hisescapc. Ho was met in the hall by the youngest Miss Clif- ford, Wmi. Loller's BweetliL-art, and the girl witli unusual bravery snatched the mask from the robber's face and e.\claimed : " My Ood! Uill I.ailer, what have you done?" The would-be niurdeier struck and then tied. The ne.xt mornini? 'William l.afler was •rrested and held without bail, charged THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE. ToiiO.STO, Feb. 15. â€" The Speaker took the chair at ;t o'clock. Mr. lilyth moved for a return of copies of all Orders in Council with respect to the investment of sinking funds of municipali- ties under the provisions of the Municipal Act. lie said that a fuw years ago, when the craze for railways was at its height, many of the municipalities granted large bonuiifs. These bonuses wero secured in too many cases with littlo regard for the interests of the people, but with regard rather for the interests of the speculators who were concerned in tho schemes. The sinking funds on these loans wero coming in and it was diflicult for the municipali- ties to tind means of investiug tho money safely and prolitably. An Order in Council gave authority to place the money in banks, aud a good deal of money so invested by municipali- ties had been lost. ISy a change in the law power was given to invest in mortgages. Hut in ninkiiig these investiuents tho muni- cipalities had to come in contact with the loan companies. It was well known that tlicso companies had executive officers of great experience to manage the investment of their funds, lint Municipal Councillors were elected from year to year and neces- sarily could not have tho same experience to guide them in investing. Therefore, as a rule, they itiil not take advantage of this means of investiug. JIo thought it would bo well should the Government of the I'rovincc agree to receive the funds collected for the repayment of these loans, paying interest at .'• per cent. This would over, conio tho diliiculties wiiich at present ex- isted. 'J'ho information he Biiught by this motion, he believed,, would furnish strong arguments in favor of tho suggestion ho made. Hon. A. I\I. llofis said he supposed the motion was called forth by the unfortunate locking-up of the funds ot the Township of Beutinck in a bank which had recently failed, ilo pointed out that there wero several modes of investing county funds, and a very largo latitude wasallowed to the Councils to enable them tn make safe and permanent investments. Ho believed, not- withstanding the hon. gentleman's state- ment, that Municipal Councils had availed thenisehes to a large extent of the proviso allowing Municipal Councils to invest money on first mortgages on real estate. The difticulty of looking after a smking fund might bo obviated by having the with tho burglary and attempted murder. ... ... , • . , Mr. Clifford Unally recovered, and William '^::'^?,S'''"^-^1'">''H'", ".' .^^"^^.â- '""''L"'';."'': was placed on trial. The main witness was Ilia old sweetheart, who swore positively to identifying him as the robber. Hhe was sure it was William and not James, as the robber was dressed in tho same clothes 'William had worn tho night preceding tho crime, and which in material and ^tylo were radically dilierent from those worn by his brother. In his own behalf William testified that hu was iunoceiit, ami all ho knew was that ho had retired an hour after leaving the Clifford mansion on Kunday night. lie had awakened in th« inoriiing with a terrible nausea and felt (|ueer for two or three days. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty aacharged,and the prisoner was senteni'od to ten years' hard labor at BJng King. While nearly every one believed William guilty, lliiTe was one firm ftieiid who doubted it and tried ui liud out Iho truth. His investigation lasted nearly ft year. His discoveries in brief were as follows : James at Cornell contracted many ilebls, wliic-h wero paiil shortly after tho robbery. He had sent *'.',(K)0 to a Mrn. Coates, in Ithaca, as hush iiKmiy for an assault mi In r daughter. On tlie Bunday night prreeding tho robbery James had purchased two OOncos of chloroform at an Olean drug Store, with which he iiiidcmlitedly drugged hia brollier. .V hundred nimor things wero fDiiiid out that proved tho giuit nf James Iinlbr. lieforc the investigation was complete James left for a trip to New York. About two months later a report reaelieil < lleaii that he Imci been drowned off Long llraneh while yRchliiig and that his body could not be recovereil. A week afterwardsa respecta- ble lookiig man, giving lin name as Alfred Thomaii, appeared at the l.aller farm and oonlirmed the news, llu brought with him certain papers that bore out his statomeiit, and James was given up as dead. One day, about tbreo years later, (Jleaii aud tho sur- rounding country were electriliod by the action of (iov. Hill, who issued a pardon for William Latlor, slaliiig tliatho was con- vincod of the convict's iiiiiocouco, and that ho was positive that the crime was com- mitted by his dead twin brother. The years passed on and tho criimi would doubtless have Ijcconio only a memory hut for the appearance of a man in Olean five we(*ka ago, who had a secret interview with tho District Attorney. He informed that oflinial that ho was tho man who had brought tho news of James' death to tho family six years before, and that he was paid by James to do it. Ho said that James was living, and was a ranclimaii located near VVatroi'S N.M. A warrant was issued and tho fut 1 iv" apprehended last Thurs- day. He Ftoiitly denies his guilt, and says that ho will bo able to prove his innocence. â€" ^ Nfiwn lyiilAliellrd. Mr. Alex. I'. I'irie, lato of tho Toronto Tfltgrum. has acwptcd a. position on tho editorial staff of the Montreal Shir. On tho invitation of the Minister of Agriculture the members of tho Legislature will visit the Agricultural College and Kx- pcrimontal l''arm at (iuelph on Wednesday next. . Mr. (jarson, of Lincoln, has a BtU m tho Iiegislatmc to enable inuiii<;ipiilitiea to buy oat coniotory companies and to Biibstituto municipal control for that of companies. A new charity to bo established in Tor- onto, called " i'ho (Jommuiiity of Ht. John the Divine," is applying for incorporation. Its objects aro education of tho young, care of tho sick and needy and fallen, and other works of mercy. A Kingston despatch says : The circum- atanoea attending the arrest of Cleo. Austin, commercial traveller, are sad in the ex- treme. Hia wife is seriously ill and conlined to bed, and she still thinks ho ia on n trip, but wonders why sho does not bear from him. and this plan he believed would save both expense and trouble, lie did not think it necessary for tho Ciovornmtut to establish a sort of saving bank for the investment of municipal funds. The motion was carried. llr. Flinch, in moving the second reading of the liill to amend tho law respecting mortgages, said ho had every conhden«i that the iiill was a good one, and would receive the opproval of the House. It ia well known, he said, that if I wcru to hor row money from you, Mr. B|)eaker, on my promissory note Mr. Meredithâ€" Vou would never pay it. (Laughter. 1 Mr. French â€" If that note was overdue, 1 would have th.e priv'l";!0 of paying it at any time with interest for the time over- due. Hut if 1 gave you hitter security by a mortgage of my farm if I had one and the loan were three ihiys overdue I would be obliged to give you notice of six mouths or |iuy interest for that time bufore I cnuld euinpel you to take your nieney. This is a grievous burden upon tho poorer class of borrowers, and, as you <'ah see, must often work great iiijiislii'e. Then; ought to be some siinpio machinery by which thesii "reasonable terms" could bo arranged between the parties. Hun. Mr. Mowat agreed that in practice the law worked harshly, and it did not seem fair that a moi Igagee desiring to pay oil a mortgage should be i'om|ielled to givo six months' notice or pay interest for that time. If this Hill was referred to a special eummittei' iliinbtlrHS tliat cominitteu would frame a rhinae hxiiig a tune to meet the general i>|iiiii<)n. I'erhaiis even a shorter periotl than three months ini^lit he fair in I 111) case mentioned by the member for Hamilton (Mr. (iibsoii). He iHilieved it ipiite proper that there Rhonld be some legislation on the subject, and suggested tliat the Hill should be sent to a special cummitt(50 Tho Hill was read theaccond time. Mr. Lees (Lanark) moved the second reading of his Hill to amend the (General lload (Companies Act. It provided that on the application of one hinidi'eil ratepayers the t'oimcil shall appoint an arbitrator and the ('ounty Judge a second, ami if a third is necessary he shall he appointed by till Lieutenant'Covernor in Council. These three are empowered to decide the bounilH of the municipiihties or jiarts of munii'ipa- lities that shall be tawil to buy up the roads. If the (Joiiiity Couucil cannot agree with tho road companies us to the value of the roads to be purchased, another arbitra- tion ia to take place under the Municipal Act. The Hill was read a seeoiid time and re- ferred to the Municipal Coininitteo. Mr. WatiTK moved the seionil reading of a Kill to amend tho Asseusmeut .\ct. He explained that its objects wero to abolish tho poll tax, to abolish statute labor in certain cases, and to proviilo that the sum paid for cominiitation of statute labor should bo paid to the overseers of kiigb ways, and by them ex|ipnded for the improvement of tho roacls. He argued that it was unfair to iin|iosii the poll tax upon young men who paid luxes indirectly by paying their board and lodging. Mr. Meredith said that tho poll tax was a reasonable thing, and that there had bueii no demand for its repeal. 'J'ho Hill was rend a second time and re- ferred to tho Municiiial (!onimittee. Mr. I'helpa moved tho soeond ruading of a Hill which provides that tho salaries of policu magistrates in Kcntt Act counties shall be 8'?00 whoro tho population ia over 40,000, and «H00 whoro it exceeds 50,000. 'i'lie present salary is $000, irrespective of population. Mr. Meredith opposed the Hill, arguing that it would retard tho progress of the Hcolt Act to compel County (Councils to pay an increased salary to police mngis- trates. Mr. Hmith, moving tho seoond reading of municipalities. Gut it was believed that the frontage tax would not be just as a means of assossing for the coat of the works constructed. It was proposed, therefore, to authorize the assessment on a basis of acreage, thoae lands which received the benefit from the improvement to boasseaaed according to the benefit they received. Ilo believed that tho Hill was a good one and would receive the approval of tho House. In reply to objections by Mr. Waters, ho said that the liill could bo taken alvantage of to promote selfish ends if a man could secure control of the Township Council, but he thought that that was a matter that might be left v/ith the Towuship Council and the piople. Mr. Wood (HastinKs) expressed fear that this measure would introduce in the town- ships the dilfictiltiea which had made them- selves felt in this city over tho local im- provement ijuestion. He thought it would be better to depi^nd upon tho equity of the Council for the making of improvemonta Mr. I'helpa opposed the Bill and thought it should bo withdrawn, as it was a bad Bill. The Bill was read the second time and referred to the Municipal Committee. The Bill to amend the Act incorporating the William Hall I'cterborough Protestant I'oor Trust (Mr. Stratton) was read the second time. Tho House then went into Committee of bopply, Mr. Harcourt in the chair. On the item covering the salary and ex- peneea of detectivea employed in tho Attor- ney-Oenerara department, Mr. Meredith accused the Government of sending some of its detectives to work up cases of breach of tho electiou laws against some parties for partisan purposes while leaving tho gross corruption of their political friends in Glengarry and other places untouched. Hon. Mr. Mowat said that it was the duly of oflicers under tho department â€" tho county attorneys â€" to prosecute in cases of breaches of the election law. But there was diflicalty in securing the evidence. He was not in favor, however, of the Govern- ment detectives being employed in looking up this evidence unless there was special reason for it. I'erhai'S the hem. gentleman knew of cases of detectives being at work such as ho spoku of. It was lamentable, no doubt, the extent to which bribery had been practised. It seemed that the sup- porters of Liberal candidates had sought to learn a lesson from friends of gentlemen opposite. Hut he hoped that they would have learned that it was not only right but politic tu avoid transactions of that kind. On the grants for schools. Hon G. W. Uoss (Middlesex) explained that tho increase of $l<,000 to schools in new and poor townships and uuorganized territory was deemed just and advisable after careful consideration, especially in view of tho extension of settlement in vari- ous directions. The money would bo allotted to I'ublic and Separate schools in the samo proportion as the grant to other schools. Mr. Wood (Hastings) expressed rcgrot that the amount was not made larger. Hon. (i. W. Uoss said then- did seem to bo a tendency to alln>v l!iu l.'ommou School educa ion toterminaie with the fourth class, and the department could only resist that by i>oinliiigout the importance of luaintnin. iiig hfth forms. Where they were reiiuired, as a rule, the ailvanced pupil obtained a better education in tho High School than ill the liflh form of tlie rublic School. It had been said thai tlio grants to I'ublic Schools had not increased since 1^7(1, while the granl.i to High Schools had increased 'J.i per cent. Hut it was to bo remarked] that the I'liblic School attendance had de. creased from i;iO,UOO in 1H7C. to IH7,(IO0 in lH.sf,, while m the same period the High School attendanee hail increased from K,l.-,1 to l.),:itl. The remainder of the items under the head of education were passed. Tho coin- mittee rose and the Hoiiao adjourned at p 111. Mr. Tooley moved for a return of copies ot the iividenci" taken by Mr. .Kmilius Irving, (J. ('., Willi reference to thoOiitario Grain A if any aaid company, its formation or operations H« said that tlni farmers had been de- fraiided of large sums of money, and that the (iovernment deserved credit for ap. pointing u commission to ini|uire into the matter. Mr. Ingram said that farmers in his sec tion had suilered tovcrely from frauds TRICKS IN ALL TKADI':S. now a Oua<;k Awe<l a Crowd and Sold Ufa I'ateiit LuDS Healers. A short time ago a quock experimented in Lambeth with considerable sacceaa upon tho pockets of an awe-stricken crowd. After a preliminary harangue and a terse little lecture on tho viscera, which the charlatan sketched in with colored crayons upon a blackboard on which the human skeleton was outlined in white paint, the fellow came to business. " I am going to demonstrate to yon," said he, " by a start ling experiment upon one of you bystanders that my miraculous remedy can cure all diseases of tho lungs and chest. Now, whoever's got a bad cough or cold on the chest, let him stand forward." There was a littlo hesitation and a good deal of giggling. " Don't bo afraid, my friends," said the ijaack, " it's all free gratis, for nothing. Let any afllicted person como forward and I'll show him tho nature of his disorder and give him a packet of my lung healers for noth- ing. " At last a man with a violent cold aud cough came forward. The quack doc- tor pretended to sound hie chest with a stethoscope of alaiost pantomimic propor- tions, and informed the staring crowd that the patient was in a galloping consump- tion. " My friend," said the quack to tho un- fortunate victim, " so terrible is this dis- ease that you can actually see it." Ho handed a glass tube to the patient and poured a pint of clear water into a largo tumbler. "Just you blow into that water, my friend," he cried. Tho man obeyed, aud the water grew discolored, turbid, and at laat as white as if it bad beeu mixed with milk. The patient be came as white as ashes. " This uu. happy man, my friends," said tho quack, as he held the glass on high, "if he hadn't bad tho good fortnuc to como across me tonight wouldn't have been long for this world. I should have given him about a fortnight ; that's all. Now a packet of my lung healers will cure him. What you see in the glass of water are his vitiated humors, the products of corruption. My magic luug healers destroy these humors in the body or out of the body. Observe, my friends, watch mo carefully, thero is no deception here." The quack dropped a pinch from one of a packet of powders into a glass and directed the patient to stir it with the tube. Tho water became imiuo- diately clear. Then ho reaped his harvest. The water was lime water, and tho carbouic acid in the man's breath naturally threw down the carbonate of lime at once aud rendered the water turbid. .\ud tho mir- aculous lung healer was simply a littlo citric acid and sugar, which instantly redissolvcd it. â€" Saturday HnuK. Lali-ht Fruiii s<-f»tluutl. Primroses, daisies and other flowers aro in bloom at Saltcoats. Rev. J. Allan, Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, died recently, aged 80 years. He had bi'cn minister of the parish for 4 1 years. Mr. James Tenant C'aird, senior partner of the shipbuilding and engineering firm of tiaird A Co., Greenock.diedsuddcnly on the ;ioth ult. An cpidemir of m.asles has broken out at Shotta, and Caldeihead School baa beeu closed. Out of a roll of ;fOO children nearly 200areafr.elrd. Miss C. 1'. Goriloii Cuniming has ceived a British Civil List pension of I'.'iO in consideration of her many and valuable services to literature. The electors of Tradcston Uivisiou of Cilaagow have by an (iverwhehniiig majority passed a resolutiiui declaring that their representative, iMr. Cameron C'orbett, M.I'., by his conduct both inside and outsido the House of Commons, had forfeited tho con- fidence of the electors of 'I'radeston, and calling upon him to resign the seat. A statement that Abbotsford is for sale ia incorrect. Mrs. JUxwell Scott, tho great granddaughter of the novelist (who has takeu great care to preserve Sir Walter's Seed Ciimpauy, mid of the report, rooms in the state he left them), ia willing made by him with regard to tho to let tho house and estate " ui>on a lease of one to five years' duration," which ia a very difTorent thing from selling Abbotsford outright. On Jan. .'iOth, says the .V. /.'. .l/ui/, Marion Paul .\ird, one of the best local poota, died at her residence, Kadakoi, Kilmarnock, in the 7Hrd year of her age. Hi r memory will live longest and she herself be best reiuem Provoklnif a I»hH«'« Anger. Twining â€"How nan 1 provoke tho anger I his Hill to amend the Munioiiial Act, ex of that dude Wilkina ? Smithâ€" Strike a plained that it was intended to extend the match on his corrugated shirt, ' local improvomement system to township in connection with grain seed. Mr. \Voo<ta (Hastings) said tho wonder was that anybody could bo found so ignor ant as to accept the promises which were made in eunnectiou with these seed grain transactions. Hon. Mr. Hardy said ho had noticed a case ill whieh a person who had boneht these receipts by wholesale had sued upon some of Ihem and hail bei^ii successful. He had been a little snrpriaed by this result, as he bad aiipposed that in such a case notice would be imputed to the party. It was not (uily ignorant persons who wero deceived by thean agents. He knew of a case where a very intelligent fanner had gone into tho transactior., hoping to profit by it. and he must say that he did not con- sider bliii free fiom blame. Mr. i\l(;reditli said ho believed thero was actually a case in which an age.it for agri- eiilinral implenienta had been taken in. (Laiigbter.) Tho motion was carried. Mr. Ingram's motion for a return of fees pnid to county ollieers in 1H87 was with- drawn. Ilidel ('iiNloiiis lit tlapati. " A friend of luiiio told mo to day that the hotels of Japan never have any hooks or nails for the patrons to put their clothes on," said a ili.<sipaled husband to his wife. " Indeed ? Well, you would feel perfectly at home there," shu replied. " How so ?" " Bee.auso whenever you come in at night you always hang your cloths up on the ftoor."- //ofc? .Viii/. -Tlio Princess of Walea pcfers light colored dreaaca, oven in winter. Her cash- meres and serges aro trimmed with fur, hut they are of some soft gray or brown tint, even in 1 •ecember. While at Sandringham she comes down to breakfast at a reasonable hour, and dispenses the tea herself- sho is Bai<l to perfer this beverage to eulfeo even in the morningsâ€" ont of a handsomely chased tea service. The china, which is of t'ne choicest, is all inscribed with tho heir apparent'a motto, " Ich Dion," and tho table is always gay with tlowers. bered as tho writer of tho beautiful hymn, " Had I the Wings of a Dove"â€" a hymn familiar as a household word to every Sab- bath scholar. By the lamented death ot Mr. .Tohii Wad- dell, of Inch, Linlithgowshire, the Clydes dale horse interest has lost one of its most enthuaiastic supporters. Mr. Waddellwas for many years a largo purchaser at Merryton sales, and hia namo will ever bo associated in (Uydesdale annals with tlio famed 100 gnineifti colt, Duko of Haniil ton, '-',074, purchased by him nt tho sale of 1«7H. Mr. W. 1'. Skene, Historiographer Koyal for Scotland, was on tho Hist ult. presented with hia portrait by a number of gentle- men who wished to show their regard for his worth and esteem for Ilia personal character. Tho Lord Ju8tic«t Oeneral made tho presentation. In reply Mr. Skene gave some interesting details regarding tho production of his great work, " Celtic Scotland." MARRIAGE. It Seeius to be Going Out in Kurops and Great Itrltoiuâ€" isouie BtartUng Keaulis. The numbers who marry seem to be steadily decreasing. The figures suppUed under the head of luternational Vital Statistics, which are tabulated from returns furnished by the auihoritiea of various European States, show an all-round fall in the proportion of marriages. The falling off in 18S0 ijelow the average of the twenty years iu lstjl-lrt,s0 is very marked, although not so great as the differ- ence between the rate of IStJtJ and ib86. Here, for instance, are the three sets of figures : ICugland. Scotlaud. iri-Iand. France. Belgium. isw; I7..'i 11.7 10 K 16.0 15.7 18(;1-b0..1C.I H.li I).:* 15.H 14.8 ink; ll.l lit M.l 14.M 13.4 There are three notable exceptions to the uniform decrease of the marriage rate, but they are easily explained. In Prussia, in Austria and in Italy tho marriage rate of IbOG was distinctly below that of 188G. The secret, of course, is that iu IBtJti the three States wero at war and campaigns aud matrimony do not go -veil together. Italy alone of the great Kurojx'an States keeps up her marriage rale. it averaged 15.2 for eighteen years ; it was l.").*j iulS8ti. In this she resembles Sweden. But tho other States show the samo phenomenon: Don- .Swit- .Xtis- tier- Hol- inajrli. zerlauil. tri.i. liiuuy. land. .â- Vveragea0ycur8..1.'i..i IVI 17. i 17.4 ic.si iws ii.j ij.7 \:,j v>.x la.a These figures all point iu one direction, and all tell the same tale. Kuropeaus are not such a marrying people now as they were twenty years ago, and among the marrying peoples we arc nearly at tho bot- tom of the tree. The Irish marriage rate is in itself enough to accouut for much of tho misery and uurest of Lrin ; aud the Scotch rale is lower tliau that of any na- tion in Lurope. Out marriage rate is now lower than it has ever been since 1838, when tho statistics were first collected on a scientific basis. The avirago for quin- •laennial periods which thicluated from 15. G in ls:)H.40 to 17 2 iu 1851-5 has gone down steadily since 1871-5, and is still tending downward. .\uother fact which no doubt explains one cause of the failing away in tho mar- riage rate is that people, it they do not postpone marriago aliogetber, postpone it as late as [wssibie. That is to say an in- creasing proportion of the years of human existence are spent outtide matrimony. The mean age has been steadil-, rising since 1873, and tho mean age of 1881) it the bigh- I'st yet recorded, Oting 2f 2 for men and 25.'.) for women. Tho average age at which tho professional and independent classes marry is .'(1.22 for tho man, 2tj.40 for the woman. Of course tho meaning of tho postpone- ment or the rejection of marriage is the increase of prostitution. No one will pre- tend that the average man m these latter years has become more ascetic, more con- tinent, more evere in holding his senses under control. The tendency lias rather been the other way. A celibate population is not, as a rule, a chaste population, but rather tho reverse. To poslpouu marriage is to increase prosliti.tion, and that often of the worst kind. For it is interesting to note that ihe |)ostpoMein'nt and partial abandoiiineut of marriagu has uo( had, aa might have been expected, its natural re- sult in the increase ot lUeguimate births. If marriage had Ix-eii succeeded by concu- binage of the higher order, where the union, although not permonent, has still sufficient human relationsinp about it to surround the partners with tho. redeem- ing influences of children, iho faliiug off in the marriage rate would have been accom- panied by the rise pun jxuhu, of tho number of children born out ot wedlock. Tho very reverse is the case. The marriage rate lu IHto was 17.02, and the illegitimate births 2.:t per 1,000, while in lS8t;, with a mar- riagu rate of 11.1, tho illegitimate birth rate had fallen to 1.5. The proportion of illegitimate births iu every thousand births was 05 in tho ten years bet .veeii 1851 and 1800. It was only 47 111 lst>0. Putting it roughly, prostitution ia elbowing matri- mony out of tho held. Apart altogether from tho question of vice, and looking at the subject solely from the point of view of •human happiness a more melancholy conclusion could hardly be arrived at by the pessimist than that which- born optimists as we are -seems to be deduciblo from thoKegistrar's figurea. â€" l\Ul Mall GazetU-. \ Thti Kvll €>f Chi'wilif; Cloves. When I first smell cloves on 11 man's breath my first thought is : " That man is a fool." He thinks ho is concealing the smell of whiskey or aomo other vilo smell, and he is only advertising it. Thero is another reason also why he is a fool. The oil of dovea, which ia expressed from them by chewing them, ia an active solvent of tho enamel of the teeth. Any one who chews doves will soon notice that it niakea tho teeth tender. That means that their enamel is disappearing, and the next step is a mouthful of decayed teoth, which all the odors ot Araby tho blest can never sweeten, • When will people learn that the sweetest and rarest smell of all is no smell at all '? â€" Chicago Journal. .>le(!i>i'lt;lu Kiijuyiuit llimsell'. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune tells all about McGarigle's goings on at St. Catharines. Tho despatch says : Mao i» enjoying himself these cold wintry days sleigh riding. On one occasion ho was accompanied by I'apt. Wui McKvoy, for- merly captain of St. John's boat, the schooner lUake, but now proprietor of the livery atables where .Meliarigle gets hie horses for sporting around. Another way MoUariglo has of eiijoMng tho freedom which Canada affords to .\mericaii boodlera ia shooting. He, with Fred. St. John and A. Woodruff, was enjoying a rabbit hunt in tho swamps and lowlying districts around the village of Marshviile, some thirty-five miles southwest of this place, a few days ago. The report that MeGariglo presided over a baniiuet 01 Ins frieiidaat thoWelland Houae a few iiighta ago is prettly well foimdcd. Tho fact tliet. Capt. J. Irving, skipiier of the I'dttke ; Fnd. St. John, bar- rister, of this city ; Mr. Patterson, one of tho counsel for tho defendant in the Dr. St. John trial ; a friend named Woodrulf, and two Chicago men, supposed to bo lawyers or frieudaof McGariglefroni that city, wero all seen at the Welland Houae on tho night in i|uestion coincides with tho rumor, and it may reasonably be supposed that Mr. MeGariglo was present. Well Worth tlio I'alu. (Jus â€" What is that red mark around your nook, Jack ; somebody been trying to choke you 'i' Jaok â€" No ; I was tobogganing laat night with a college girl. ,, , . ,, , • ,, -, Russian observations have shown that Mrs. Jacob Condon, of Keed, Pa., teeth decay in a quite regular order, the dreamed that her baby was burned to lower third molar being tho first attacked, the upper, then tho lower fourth » '... A^ leath, but in tho morning when she told her husband of tho dream he laughed at her fears. Late in theaftornoon tho child's clothing took tiro at an open grate, and be- fore tho flames could be smothered the then molar and so on, tho lower incisors and canine teeth being the lastaffected. Upper teeth, aa a rule, aro more durable than . , ^ , , , , ,, , . , lower, right than left, thoae of dark persona infant had been so badly burned that it than those of blondes " died soon afterward. „, ^g than thoae of tau! those of short per- ^ iU:..i â-  r'^^ss /