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A SHREWD HAST-AL Hat Scooped in the World's Big Bugs. l^artlllc ^-lenll.l. auubl Id Hi. \. I Yankee PlrkiMirkel aa*1 Mi- I.IKIII kwlmsllr m>. Ihr Allaallr. Edward Pinter, the princely swindler who ha* been robbing the great financiers, politi- cians, and member* of the nobility of Kng- land, of hundreds of thousands of dollars, wa* at one time an involuntary resident of Philadelphia, serving a term ;u the Kaitern penitentiary for sneak robbery. His right name is supposed lo be Jacob Sondheim, but he was better known in thi* country as Albert Wie. Hi* other aliases were Al Wilson, James T. \Vat*on, and Charle* H. Whitlemore. In the police records he is designated as pickpocket, sneak, confidence man, and forger. He is one of the most versatile criminal* known to the police of this country. Among his victim* were some of the fore- roort scientisls, professors of great institu- tions and financiers. His method of swind- ling here was similar to that which he ha* uaed in victmi/ing the men of Kngland and the Continent. The sarcasm of it all is that these eminent gentlemen of finance and philosophy were caught by a man who had been a common pickpocket, who claimed to have dUcoveted an equivalent of the philos- opher's (tone. DRAW I Mi I 1 * Bll. KISH. His pretentious varied slightly in hi* dif- ferent operation*. In London, where he wa* arr*ted a few days ago for attempting to swindle a Bond street jeweler out of W,00f>, lie prelended to have discovered a chemical combination that would increase a lump of gold three times it* weight, bulk and value. Among hi* victim* in Kngland during the past few years were a memlier of the Rothschild family, who lost about < 100,000; a uiinurter of < iladstoue's cabi- net, who surrendered WO.OOO ; a member E*)(llh Warrlar Law*. A case was recently tried and decided in the Kngliah ' 'ourt of Appeal which attract- ed a great deal of attention, since it had an important Waring on the rights of an Erg- I lish husband over hi* wife. It appear* that a gentleman named Jack- son, soon after marrying, war obliged to yo to New Xealand on preating business. He left his uewly married wife in England. I'pon his return, he found that she had taken up her residence with her relatives, and, tn his surprise, she obstinately refused tojjo back to him and live with him. The husband reaolved thereupon t > ex- civiae Ihe right which he supposed to be hi* by the time-honored law of the land, and to e ipt nre hi* wife and c impel her to live with him whether she would or not. With some friend* he managed to get ac ce* to her, and forcibly seized her and car- ried her off to his own house. There he kept strict guard over her for several days, using, j indeed, no )>odily violence, further than to take her bonnet away and throw it into the tire, and forbidding "her relatives access to her. The relative* moved for a writ of habeas corpus, which compelled the husband to produce hi* wife in court in order that it might be decided whether he \va lawfully retaining her. The Divisional C.'onrt, before which the caae was tint tried, affirmed the hiuband'i right lo hold and keep possession of his wife's person. But an appeal was made lo the highest court, 'I. at of Appeal, eonsi*lmg of the lyordl'lianceloi, the Mauler of the Rolls, and Lord Justice Fry ; aud ibis highesl court reversed the decision of the lower .-our?, and unanimoiiily decided that the husband hail no such right ; that' he had been wrong from first to last, and that the obdurate wife must be released and restored to liber- In thi* country there would probably be but one opinion a* to the justice of this deci- sion. But in England, from ancient time*, the idea that the husband ha* a right to ha* been of the firm of Baring Brother*, who gave compel hi* wife to live with up |i"iO,000. There were many smaller I rooted in the public mind. victims and he almost landed the Duke of Kdtnhurgh. To thee people he held out the assurance that he could take any quan- tity of gold and by covering it with his magical chemicals it would increase two or In recent years, however, many laws have been passed in England, the rights _ Lregarling of married woman, winch have been in har- mony with modern thought throughtout th* civilized world. It is true that tlie law. which has existed tlir more than sixty years, forbidding any i man to marry the sister of his deceuedwife. *oie met,.. pr-y a u. . uf , J on , hand, double u,d triple ., U antiti.-i of 1 , j , , , of , * t ,,. P Ho<m , ,f, L,,,.,,., , , three time* in a short while. THK < I.K\ KK DfRPTti'V By *oie met,.. pr-Ubly a dud. . nd, double u,d triple ., U antiti.-i of were introduced ...u. the reto, I. of furnace. , that he appeared to lu . , n(1ll( . noe , 1 , ,,. WlJ ,, B , w Tb.*e experiments, of course, were always > Performed with a small .,uanm y f-SL Then the proposition would ** band cannot, , Bnuu,d. a, she " manufacture gol.l on a large s,-.le ,i. would re,,u,re 9 av Wn gold T'ereign. wnich were to be pUced , , a laree v.i which was l* , l locked and sea eJ w th dun ng the process of "manufacture." Of course wnen the vaults were opened the money | had disappeared with the swindler. The | receptacles and lo.-ki were always made at the direction i>l the victim and it is a**ert- j ed thai they were always found inlact 10 that it i* prolble that by *ome trick the gold was held out and somelhr.ig i-le sub- . saluted for it. A similar and HVKN Mill'.K. INilfcMOl '* W ISIU.H was practiced by Soinllienn in Ins operation* with the rinau.'-iers and scientists of this ry. His claim wa* that he could lake gold coin, place it in a solution that would absorb a certain percentage of the gold with out defacing the coin in the least or reduc- | inu It* weight. Thi* he actually performed before the eyei of hi* dupes aud secured lame sums of money from a number ofjfaunu. American*. Il is believed that heac>-oniplish- ed the trick by either having gold dint in with he restriction, who i* deserted by her lius- i in moht of i-ur Stales, obtain a divorce from him on that ground, she can compel him to support her, by paying her such a weekly sum "as On the s by the re.-ent ilw;i.on no rights whatever over a wile who deaertx him. By a law pusned wit bin ten years, more- over, the married (Englishwoman's rights in regard to property have Iteen ^lealy en- l.n-.-ed. Mi.- c.in now acquire, hold .indite- ijiieath property in her own name, without any control or interference "t her husband : while she is liable for the debts separately contracted l>v her he has llms IK-CII plac- ed virtually m the same position, :a to pi up erty, as a man or as an unmarried woman. Ire result of llie decision which has been reternil lo ;s likely to U;, that desertion by a wife in Knglind will IN.- added, in the laws of that country, to the other causes for which a husband can sue tm a divorce. >li. .. II,. . 0.1. r town in the tar West, a ..-lution, having the sediment of gold in the of the numWr. lightly Ilia town in the tar West . a . -rowd of cow lys stood around a fenced enclosure, beaide the railroad track. In I his enclosure waacontind a larue bull. The cowboys were '! VIIV l.ll'.'ft T IHI^ ,,*.. ,,K K.-I-. >.- - . station, 01 else having it concealed under amusing themselves by annoying in man. paste, or the Imfcig of the v. 8 *l used which *> " P"" Unite, who wa* la*t becom would be disolved bv the chemical* in the >", luriou*. >uildenly , one of their aultnig the fence, landed I of the bull'* neck, ami graxpcd him by the ! horn*. The infuriated animal plunged and for any of these confidence operation* NIU rted. but his rider, with wonderful eilber in this country or in Kurope simply agility. <|uic,ly leaped to the ground, and bec*ue none of hi* victim* could be prevail- before the bull could nun and .me him, ed upon to prosecute him. 'I heir fear of tjprang over the fence again tu lie greeted ridicule and their knowledge thai they were by the applause of his comrade*. ; orally guilty of embarking in * scheme to rob the gold coin of the country, as they thought, prevented them from exposing themselves tn the terrors of a witness stand and the pillory of the public press One eminent American did tell hi* story lo De- tective Kobeit A. Pinkerton several years ago, b it when it came to the pinch he Imck ed out, aud rciused to swear lo the warrant. It i* not believed that the prosecution in Ixwdon will amount to anything, -is the ar- lest wa* mane piematurely. .< Hre.l h. a l<Mk. Their attention waa soon diverted, how ever, by the arrival of a passenger train which was just drawing up to the station across the street, and the cowboys, with charautfi itic shouts and laughter, ran aci os* toward the platform. Meanwhile, the now maddened bull had succeeded ill breaking through the fence, and with lossing head ami loaning tail wan trotting across the street, Iwllowlng as he went. lust ihen a youn^ man, satchel in hand, came miming down the s'reet t-o catch the train, passing on bis way some farmer* who standing some distance from the AGRICULTURAL. The Mystery of Growth- Who ha* ever seen anything grow? It must be that one who could keep vigil long enough muht do so, for last night when I looked into thi* rlower pot there waa nothing there but earth, and to night there i* a slemler stem or blade of something half an inch long. There must have been a moment when the green point protruded through the oil, or perhaps it was a white point, and il would hav e been very possible for me to have remained in a position to watch it steadily for 2* hour*. People have done things requiring more patience than that. But though I have been near this flower pot most of ihe time, I only know that one un*t went down upon the mould, the next upon A green thing growing. Shortly I shall see a thicker stalk, a broader blade. If no accident happens. there will be a plant of some sort before me in a few weeks. But, ihough Ivow to watch it, I (hall not seen grow. I shall say at in- tervals. " How it has grown : " but nevei know when it took this new start or unfold- ed that new leaf, at what instant tin- bud appeared or r what moment il openeil. Mas anyone actually seen a rosebud open T There is no record that I know of any such fact. The motion that is required i* evident. We have seen flowers in every stage, and the proceu is brief. We almost fancy we have seen il performed, each oue ni us . but, as I think, I know I never have have your I believe that no mortal ever watched a mushroom take its shape. The thing i* usually done m darkness and secrecy ; yet, with a lantern, il would be possible to lee what could be aern. And yet I am sin e tnat if we should try the experiment, all that would happen would be that we should lie aware al some moment that a mushroom had sprouted up no more. A* to the large plant* the shrubs, ihe trees, the vine* botanists can tell you how every stage of growth is arrived at ; hut no one ever saw nature at work. At what hour does the baby liegin to grow '.' Tlie mother who hold* it in her arm* for week* is only consciou* that it ha changed. The wrinkle* vanish, the red turn* to pink and white, its eye* become intelligent, lU ears curl up, its lips grow plump, its noae ac.|iiire u shape. With her arm* about it, her eye* upon it, she would say every half hour : " Why, of course, the baby looks exactly a* it did when I Istguii to put it to sleep." But in eight week* there is a smiling little creature in a cradle that could not \* recog m/ed a* the hour-old child pronounced a very tine Ixiy by the nurse and the doctor. but to unaccustomed eyes, hideous enough to tie horril ving. Thai fair baby, too. how does it change tu the Imy, to the strong man r The Iwby never knows hiniHvlf. To almost everyone it ha* occurred locum. suddenly to a reali/.ing sense thai he i* grown up without having the slight* i idea how it has happened. \*-w Ym i Ledger Watb For Trees. An Ontario corres|>..ii'leiit of the Maine ('.tuner writes as follow* : Take lime, slake, and prepare as tor m dm ary whitewash, in an old barrel r l>\. enoughat a lime to make, a bucket i wn Hindu full proper . onsisiei,, y tnr the ordinal v while wash. Now add one pint of gits tar, one pound ol whale oil soap, dissolved in hot water, or one unit of common soft sn.ij . *>i one pound of potash, or out pint ol -tmn^ lyetrom wood anlies, or INC. .it mi- -nnatcd lye, then add .lay or loam enough to make the bucketful of wash ol pmp*-i . onsiitency to lie applied with a brush. It tin have had the earth l*unl>"d up .irotiini them, lake the earth away from around the collar, and apply the wiuih to the body of the tree* from the limb* lo ihe ground or down to ihe rot/Is. Its advantage* are I ' will destroy the bark louse, or all scale m sects: will give the tree* a bright, .lean, healthy appearance. This wash will drive | out all borer* thai are in the tree*, and the moth will not deposit egi( n 01 about the | trees the same season the wash i* applied. All who ,jnw apples, peaches, dwarf pear*, or ijuinces should not tail to use this wash : don't tail to use because not (latent*! ami sold at a high price. I have known .axes where peach trees became healthy and vig- IIIOIIB with one application of this wash. Again mi. e and rabbits will not girdle tree* where this wash is used. Apply in May for borers and general benefit to trees, and the late autumn as a preventive against nine ami rabbits. <-a tar w.ien applied mi it- will kill trees. " n. r. ll." - Ibr iii.ii i n, to To It i* said that enough opium m made in Vancouver and Victoria, li.C., in one week to satisfy the want s of British ( olumhia for two years. Where do the surplus ninety nine hundredth* go? The Montreal Pliar iiiiei ii'ii-al Journal says that they are smug- gled across to the United States. "It conies in barrels, of beer, in women's bustles, in triinkp, in satchels, under the Im me shirt - of sailor*, in boat loads by night, n every conceivable way. By collusion with steam- boat and steamship cap'ams and through corrupt official* in our own country the greatest profits are made possible." The opium imported into Canada come* in the form of sap and the shape of balls that weigh al'out three pound*, and are encasd in an envelope mail by pressing leave* against thcsti.'ky unbalance. The Canadian revenue laws impose a duty of one dollar a pound upon thin raw material, while the American impost upon finished opium is toil dollurx it pound. The difference when the raw material IH virkcd into the finished product i therefore very great, and the temptation to "iruigjile is in direct propor- tion to the profit. There are :0 or -Ul firm* of Chinamen manufacturing it constantly in Victoria and Vancouver. It wa* reported from Ottawa some time ago that the i.ov eminent were inquiring into Una matter. The industry of making opium is not .mr vhich should be encouraged. Tkr H UIII.IM. -...MI. According to the iasi report of the Amur lean Humane Association there are 'J."i<i societies in the I'mted *iates and Canada. 1 Statistic* of the work done by "Hi of these | -linw t nat I >.:!!i:; complaints of cruelty to ] children were made, 4,i TOM prowcu lions in- stituted, and 4,11? convictions obtained : ' while relief wa* given to JU/J.'M) children. There were also I!), l.'{9 complaint* of cruelty to annuals, I, 'JIM prosecutions, and l.lMt convictions ; and .'!n,.">4'J animals were re- lieved. If the '.Mil societies that tailed to report did nearly a* well a* these, the sum I of the pain and misery of helpless crea- I tares in this part of the world ha* been very greatly diminished, and the association 1* to . bo congratulated. On the -over of the re- I port i* the picture of a home, with this bit 1 nf history " Nine years ago this horse wa* valued at over $*JIIO, and liecauae he ran I away, the owner, for revenge, shut him up I in his IMH-II and has never permitted him to leave his "tail. Strangers were excluded from entering the barn. Mr. D. U. White- 1 head, agent of the Milwaukee Humane ^o citly. found this once beautiful sorrel horse, with tine Imny head, lurije ha/el eye*, and intelligence like , i ni.m. uverr.l \ntii l>ed- soien. reduced to nothing; l>ut skin .in I Imnrs, .11.1 i nc hoot's grown long .md i>. ker-shiped. When the animal wax untied for the first 'inn :n nine years he hobbled out into the sunshine to nibble the green gia*s, and showed his gratitude by a low w hinny The uwner uf this cruelly 'ieate.1 .mimal wa* onl) lined *'-'."> and costs." TIT-BITS. Poultry Note*. were standing some A signal gun is tired from the citadel al bull. Halifax, N. S., cuch day at noon and at They shouted to the young man as he H.3U p. in., by an arrangement remarkable puwd, " Hi, there ! Stop ' The bull The in its ingenuity. A cable i* laid from a DU U ;" but he kept on, with a wave of the . lockmakcr s establishment to the citadel, hand and an " All right ' I'll look out for ..ml is connected with a clack which autto- him." loatically tires the gun. The dial of ihe j The next inslanl the bull MTW him, and aslronom ical clock has two small receptacles w ith lowered horns, ran lo head hire off. < niaming mercury. One of these is so But the young man wa* a last runnel He placed that Ihe lenervc end of the record passed just in front of the bull's head, which, hand will touch the mercury when ihe index the next instant, brought up with a thud .Dd points to the si* Uth second. When the against the side of the station. It wa* a m;uute hand touches the mercury in one re- very clow shave. ceptacle and the second hand touches it in I I Wed by the shock, the bull stood still the other, the circuit is completed, and the f or a moment , ihen turned juat a* twc chil- big gun at the citadel is discharged by an dreii, who had arrived on the train and had electric circuit passing through the clock. No Kind of a Fellow. .lulu, - " I declare, 1 think there's no spirit in Harry. He offered to kiu me lost night, I lull didn't." Kthel - 'Why not?" Julia " -lust because I told him to utop.' Quite Set in Their Ideas- Mi** 1,'rgCDt " IV) you know, pa, that I hove about made up my mind to set my affection* on Mr. Lordly?' 1 I 'a -"Have, eh? Well, I ha\e made up my mind that as sure as you do that I will set ' Tow*er ' on him." passed through the station, started to crou the street. When they turned the corner of the building, they caught the animal's eye, and quick as a nosh he cha-ged them A cry of horror went up from the group of farmers, as the two little girls, now aware of their danger, started to run hand in hand. A stalwart young farmer soon appeared a hort distance behind them. He tc.uk in the situation at a glance. I'.y hard miming, he overtook the bull when but a few feet from the children, quickly grasped with both hands the horn nearest him, set his feet firmly, ami with one quick, strong, down- ward ami backward jerk, threw the animal heavily to the ground. With the help of the other farmers, who by this time had reached the spot, the bull was secured and led aw.iy wheie he could do no more harm. Thus, in less time than it I HIM taken to tell No Charge for Ke:it. "8n 'ieie, waiter, it's an hour ML- ordered my lunch an-1 it hasn't ionic yet. I it all, occurred perfect examples of three ill.'i.l to s'.t I ere all day." distinct 1, 11111*11 qualities, which in the Waiter " That's .ill liv'ht. ... We m.uds of ir.niy pei.pli- arc often confounded never charges no rei't for <. ur lat'es, sir." j 1 ravailo. recklessness und unig'!. The yearly importation of eg^ in Knglaml amount* to the sum of sT.'i'HU'KI. Young chickens that are just beginning '" run about should liefed regularly everyday. If the eggs shells are fed to the poultry, care should always be taken to crush them . thoroughly In-fore feeding. A hen pays in proportion to the iiuinliti of eggs she produces ; therefore it is an item to feed *o as to secure plenty of eggs. W hen de*ired to fatten rapidly there i* , nothing that will equal good corn meal. Fowl* should le given all that they will eat up clean. One can depend with dose, careful pluck ing upon an average of one pound of leathers per bird from a nock of common geese per annum. In shipping young poultry at this time sec that they are well watered and fed liefore cooping, and do not crowd too many into ' the -oops. A* a rule hens learn to eat eggs from having them broken in the nest. In ar- ranging the nests have them convenient for t he hen-, MO that in getting in and out there will be little if any risk of the eggs being broken. Hens like seclusion. They do better when contented. It is best to darken the place selected fora ne*t. Kven though secluded a dark nest gives her but little chance to see aliout her, hence she will re- main more quiet. A nest made of soft cut hay or chaff is as good a* any. tn hatching ducks' eggs under hens, the incubation liffers from hens' eggs only in the fact thu-t ducks' eggs pip at twenty-five '.. twenty six days, instead of nineteen, ax with chickens, and also that they generally pip from thirty six to forty-eight hours be- fore emerging fiom the shell. It is slated that Mr. Carting, Ministei ,( Agriculture, is adverse to the scheme of Mowing Amei lean cattle to be s'.nuj;hti i c I ill bond at Three River*. The Thoughtful Widow Mrs. Sillysole loat her husband during a proluuued slay m France, and she discov tredwhun opening the will that lierdeceased lord desired that hi* body should be crwnat i. The undertaker requested to know if she wished the Kreii' h.,r tlie Milanese fur- nace to be used '' ' Oh, the French one, of course," replied the widow, with a burst of loan. My lear husband uever could bear Italian cook- ry. " DM u Ue Lived- Que*ter " So your friend l^tmbly is lead, eh Jester " He is, and he died as he lived, too." Quester -" How is that?" Jester " Why, all through his life he lad a coimtitutional aversion to exerting limself in any way and he carried out this dea to the und, for his friends tell me he died without a struggle." Not Well Acquainted With Sammy. Teacher " Willie, suppose you have five marble*. Sammy, there, says : ' I will give you seven more.' How many will you have then, altogether " Willie ' ,Iu*t five, ma'am. He lies like thunder. You don't know him as well a* I I...' No Spare Hours. Mr. Hayseed (arriving at city hot el ' " a pose 1 km hear the gong here when i I i me fer dinner, can't I ?" i lrk "We bave no gong. We have breakfait from li to II, iinnci from I. to 6, supper tro m (i to II." Sir. Hayseed " .lehosliapbat ' How am I to git time tu aec the city A i-lll '-|HII|ilelll of "he Ni ". Vi'l'k // '"' / having cited, a* an e\ .miple .il 'In- swi!tnen with wiin-h the wiieelsnt |ul ice nn.ve ml an .iila. till-, -.iseol the IVIlex lll|.|iiur>l<-l ei . K.Ule. liu killed Inn wife on Moi u -'". iti-'n '.1 m. I H<-iiten .-.I on A|nll Hi. m.l will Iw hanged ml May '-'I. that |>a|-r says : "In tiiiM Slate a tiimdeivi is iar"l\ exe.-uted uitmu two year* after the eoniniiaaion of Ins .rune. A.-.oi'hn^ in I hsi n. ; Attoiney .\ieoll 'liere.in- now unire than ' wen homicide .-ases an.utinj I rial Ul till- I'v illolie. Mnir.iis lla.e .'lapwii sini-i- tllemur ilers w-ie .oumiitteil, md 'he nMemlers have not yet lieen lironght to trial. Kvcn 'on Mitioii is lint tlie starting |sunt i>: |i im-'-l me- whii'h may be ilinwn ..u' mie. :wo. or ihri eycais, ami iien.it limt what i--up|ioswl to be tile filial -ellti'lli- Is p.l-S"O ' ilele IS lie telling when tlw law will lie enforc. d. I'heie has !M>II lint one I-M- uiion in linn State -in..- the new mode ol ntli. t:ni: tin- death penalty was adopleil, and there is no cer- tainty that there will lie another in I he next twelve months. ' An American who four years ago was the ' driver of an express wa)(gon in >|ii niKtield, Mass., is now .me ol the royal p'lysn-innii m Bangkok, having just been ap|nnnted txi the position by the Kinit of Siani. Me was edu- cated tor foreign medical ininsionai y work by 'he I'leabylenan I lunch, and went out lo the Kant last fall. Now he is liaxking in the niyal favour, but he docs not propose to 11.411. Inn I'hiistian work, .ilthou^h he ho* resigned his position .ts I'resby ti lau iniit- sinnary. The revived proposal of the Bender Dead Meal Company, that I he Dominion I iovern- 11 ent shoi,ld allow American cattle to l>e slaughtered in Ixrnd at Three Rivers, is a matter in which the intcresisof a parliuilar hsjalily and ol individuals may seriously iinrtii-t with tlnwe of the whole onntry. While the openttions of the company woi'ld . l of great benefits to Three Rivers they would inflict great injury upon the whole ( 'anadinii catt.le trade, in uase they led the , British Koverniiient to schedule our cattle in British |x>rts on the sa*:.e terms a* American cattle. Il is, in fact, reported that the Minister of Agriculture has been officially advised from Kngland that thia winilil l>e done, in which case the duty of | our i Mivernnieiit is plain. During a period of t-n years ending last December the numl-i of Kuropeun iiniin- grant* who landed at American port* was "i.Ji,t>l.'), and if to this numlx-i were iulded the uncounted immigrants eiiterinu the Re- public by way of Canada the total, it is be- lieved, would be found to be between six and seven millions. The immigration from Italy and Kusttia has become heavy, it i* learned, only within a shoit lime. The year ISN'2 was that of the largest, immigra- tion, the record showing 7NN,!W.2 arrivals. The New York .S' says, however, that there i* reason tn believe that the influx during llie present year will be found lo ex- ceed Uiatof any previous one. According to the Rev. Dr. Arthur Pier- son, Christendom is in no present danger of spending too much of its substance on mis- sions. He says thai ihe whole church nuimbenhip in 1'rolusUuil churches of i In Tinted SiaUs and Kurope raise for ihix purpoM fll^'JO..'!!** less than .'til cent*, a mi niliei per annum, and less lhan one-tenth of a cen l per day and thai it lakes nearly ti.lHIO Protestant church member* to supply mi.' Missionary. At present the e\a< mum- IH-I :>I missioiiAiies is said to IK- .~>.!HM. with :i.'i.:!i.'t native ln-lpers. He si'ina'es lhat if I'riiiest. ints would giie to missions one tenth nf th- ami. mil wnieli they now spend on luxury and superfluity, the le-ult would lie m m, ..... t $400,OOU,i]GO. Unfortunate Question. " Boy* and girl*. " said the nice old g eiitlo man who had been united to sav a few words to the children, " 1 should like to set how many of you expect some time tn go to a lietter, grander, more >M-uutiful city than this. All of you who dn will please arise." Leas than a do/en nine up. "Mont of the children of this Sunday school, ' explained the superintendent to the old gentleman in u whia|*r, reside in the vicinity of the )M*VS playiiiK-groi.nds He Had Got a New f rufesmon Young Mr. Inawim was hurrying blindly alon^ Ihe Creel toward a drug store, with a paregoric buttle in his hand, when \ .ii_ De Trop hailed him. De Trop " Hello, Iimwim. I've scarcely seen yon for a year. \\ here iiave \ou !M--II K-epini; \innelt Mine yon were man Iimwiin "Oil, Imsy, busy all of the time." De Trop " I say. What you doing mo*tly V Inswini -"Cot a new piotension. " De Crop " No." Wp." What IK it ':" Rama " N on dun t say. I di. in t think .on were uimh in '.liu' line. ' Insw.m "I ain't*, very ijlitteiing uc- !> I '"li 'What eh what wn t M work an- YOU in innntly '" And thmivuii|; Mi Inuwnn I. and whispered not My in yn.inc, he l'i- >p I'm upending most of my nine try ing to biimoi a liahy that's engaged in tooth ciiTlure. And then he plmnred mails again toward tiie soothing syrup shop. ii i -ii CM . nil i/ > i 10 - np Illiwim Ue Trop llis'\ Til He I'n.p iiiiiii.iiniii.il >i rn, ., K.i, t i,.. i..., tOaacrd Mm. In rrl- Dinali Salifu, the Nalu King, who a.- .t lion ol tlie last I'ariH K\|n>iiit mn. has l-eei, (logged and deposed. In i>i-.- illu.- tall was the " lug m-a.1 ontia led by him d. n inn Ins visit in Kuio|M'. He ap| Ml i in I'ari* in a pla. - ol honor a! all the puM < . . l> inns and !niliiiiiiils-d with the Sl>.ili .; I'emitt, wiio timnd in him tlie nulv "-al Mivereign at 'he Kren, u .t|nial wurtlix "I t Persian nmnai hs friendsiii|i. Dimili eventiiHllv relui neil lo hi* Ann m suhjeota with llie Sun and I.I ........ n-r.- of Persia and the l.'rom nf ihe (.fcii'in't Hoimr He at once proceeded Ui show Ins Kuropvan improvemenU witb the de. lined intention ul letting hlH pnople we what a c|\ lived king should l>e. He lH-heale<l his brother. whom he suiipec : e< 1 without cause ul a plot to depose him. He announced ' liat n I'ai ihe hail learned that every ruler must have u civil li*t, ami forthwith began to plundei bis people right and left, under the pretense of establishing it. He forced all his male subject* to weai themselves mil in aham battles and Aft lean military drill, and finally set out to use up hi* neighbors. He captured slaves, cuttle, iii. i mincellaneouH property fiom neighlrar- ing chiettaus, ami was on the point ol start ing out on ill) all-. IK. .,n. I catch a* catch-can raid, when the French authorities took charge of him. After administering a severe beating <he\ told him that he was 'ie|M>s.ed, and sent Ii in off to St. I. nil. s. He was in a pitiable state of mind until be was informed that the Kien.il (invernnieiit would allow him an annual | n-ien of SI .'l'i Tll:r seems to l>e no doubt thai what our liiclius.mil Health 1 >e|>ai tmenls h;tM- to do in these modern days is to destiny Prejudicial bacteria. Dr. K. U. Mm lev . of letroit , has Ix-en reading a paper U-ime t n. Ameri'-itn Meiln-.il Association at Washing- ton in which he ununciaUm the cheerful < n tiniciit. that " man m an artificial animal assailed by IHMBHIIH on every side." He also says that lit) apocies of Ututeria have al- ruaily l>cen enumerated. The inai': difficulty which luces the I'tiited Stales * mvei nnii-nt with regard to the pro- IMISH! Ui prohibit shipment in IMIIII! through Caimda is thus refe.-red to by the I'lulmiel phia It- "'ul ' \n ordei nl this kind would lie .'nim aleni lo decreeing a commei.il neparat ion helween the north eastern and north-western Stale*. It would make then, from \~M to .VN) miles further apart by rail by depriving them of the advantage nl tin . 1'ana.lian short cut. There might follow 'i|i..|i - i u Ml '" -- ("ilitical con- |sci|ueii.-' f. I'n I ,J ,y 'hen- - tii.- nib."