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THE CHILIMAN TRAGEDY, ] Tbe paaaengen tat uo for the remainder of the night, and the ship wa* a* loll of l.fe M though the ion had riaen. In every eeruer of the veaael wa* there a hum et lalk In Ihe subdued BOM into which the horror of murder depreeee* ihe voice. The captain called hi* chief officer and tnyaelf lo his cabin. We inepected Ihe dagger afresh aed lalked the dreadful thing over. Who ' waa the aseantu ' Both the captain and the maUi cried, "Who but v he wife?" I laid I coold not be latistied of that yet. Who wai Charlea Wiathrop Sheringham ? who wai Leonora Dunbar T II wai iomo comfort anyhow to foel thai whoever the wretch might be, he or she wai in the ship. There wen no doors to rush through, no wiodowi to leap from, no country roads to eoour hen. The) aawaasin waa a prisoner . with ui all in th* ihip. Our business wa* to find out who of the whole crowd of ui had murdered the mac, and we had many . weeka before ua. In the email houn the tail-maker and hit male Hitched up the body ready for the ton over ih* aid* bafon noon. W e wailed until the sun bad riaen, then, our resolution having besn formed, the captain and I entered the berth which had been occupied by the Savages, and examined Mich baggage M we fouad there. Tbe keyi wen in a bag, Our aearch laatrd an hour. At the expir ation of the hour we had found out, mainly through the agency of a large bundle ol l*tt*r*, but in part alao through other direct proof*, that the name of the murder- ed man wai Charles Winthrop Sheringham; thai ihe name of the lady whom he had known as Mn. Savage waiLeonoraDuubar; lhallbli Mm Dunbar hid been an intimate friend of Mr*. Sberingham ; and that the husband had eloped with her, and taken pasaage for Melbourne in the ahip Chiliman prjin-iing marriage in twenty aolemn pro- test:. tioas on their arrival in Australia, th* ceremony to be repeated should Mra. Shar- logbam die. Thii story we got together out of the let- ten and other concluiiv* evidence. The captain waa now rootedly of opinion that Miss Dunbar had killed Sheringham. It's nol only Ihe dagger," aaid ha, with her name on it, which waa therefore ben, ard in her keeping when the murder wai dona : for auppoat lomeone elie the sin, an you to believe be entered the Savage*' bertb and rummaged for thia par- ticular weapon initead of uaing a knife of hi* own? How would he know of the dag- ger, or when to And it ? It'a not the dagger only : there 1 ! tbe itaini on her hand and bed-gown. And mightn't ahe have killed him in a fit of madneaf , owing to remone and thought* of a lift-long banishment from KngUnd, and horror of the disgrace and ahame he'a brought her to ' " I liitened in alienee, but nut yet could I make up my mind. 1 met the atewardeai coming to the cap- tain with the key of the Savage*' cabin ; ahe wanted clothe! for the laxly. I aiked how Mra, Savage did, giving the unhappy woman the name ihe wa* known by un board. " .She won't apeak, air," aniwend the atewardeaa, She'i fallen into a itony lien -. Sh* nil with her haiidi clasped and her eyre caat down, and I can'l get a word out of her." I _ Soil til I'll look in upon her by and by," aaid j %0( , ^ Q(l The gale broke at nine o'clock on the (Mowing morning, leaving a wild confuted ,ud a ico wlhsg iky all round tbe horizon, with ugly yellow bnaki over oar reeling aat-heaa*. I wai in my gloomy.quarl TS, whoa; atmoiphen wa* little mere than a green twilight, with the waah of the emer- ald brine (welling a thunder over ihe port hole, when the steward arrived to tall me thai one of Ihe pataengen had met with a teriout accident. I aaked n queationi, but instantly followed him along the steer- age corridor into tke cuddy, where I found agroopof the saloon people itanding be- tide th* figure of the young fellow named John Bnrgeai, who lay at hia length upon thed:ck. 1 had not set eye* on him for dayi and days. I thought at flnt h wa* dead. Mil eye* were half cloeed, wilh a glazing look of approaching dissolution in ihe visible part of thepupili, and at tint I could feel no pulae. Two >r three of the aailon who had brought him into the cuddy atood in tbe doorway. Tnay told me that the yooag fellow had periuted in mounting the for*catle ladder to windward. He waa hailed lo come down, a* the ihip waa pitching heavily, and often diahing bodie* of green water over her bow*. He took no uuliue of Ihe men's oriel, and had gained the forecastle-deck, when an unusually heavy lurch flung him. He fell from a height of eight or nine feet, which might have broken a limb for him only ; unhappi- ly heiiruck the vundlaae end, and lay seemingly lifeless. I bade them lift and carry him to hi* cabin lhal I might examine him : and when they had placed him in his bunk I told them te send Ihe steward to help me, and went lo work to partially unclolh tbe lad te> judge of hia injuries On opening bii coat I discovered that h* wai a woman. I itood a moment looking at the white face, greatly aaloniihed and yet aeniible somehow that I ought not to fe -I very much surprised, si no* ibe revelation waa bat a sudden putting into shape of the indeter- minable fancy which had haunted me en every oocaaion I had aeen the lad, or rather the young woman, and watched her aa the walker), and ihe movemenla of her figure, and reflected upon the delicacy of her features. On tbe arrival of tha ateward I told him that the young fellow called John Burgee* waa a girl and 1 requested him lo aend the ittwardesa ; and whilst 1 waited for her I carefully examined the uncou- acions luffercr, and judged thai the had received mortal internal mjuria*. All the while thai I wa* thui employed tome ex- traordinary thoughla ran in my head. The ste warden came. I jave her certain directions, and wtnt to the captain to report the mailer. He wai in no wiae surprised to learn that a woman dreaaed ai t n>an waa aboard hia ihip. Twice, he told me, had lhat tort of passenger tailed with him wilhiu the lait fuur yeara. "Captain, ' laid 1, "I'll tell you whal'i in my he, id : lhat woman below who ityled herself John Burgeai murdered Sharing, ham." Why do you think thai?" "llecause I believe that tha't hia wife." " Ha !" aaid Captain Sroallport. I gave several reason i for this notion whal I observed in the duguisod woman's behavior when hidden behind the mainmast ; then her being a foreigner, in all probability South American, as Leonora Dunbar waa, AGRICULTURAL. The body wai buried at Un o'clock in the morning. The captain read the funeral aervice, and the quarter-deck waa crowded with ihe peaaengeii and crew. I don't think there wai the leait doubt throughout the whole body ol people that Mn. Ravage, aa they sappoted her, had murdered Shar- ingtinm. It WM the murder that put into tin* tunenl aervice tbe wild tragic signifi- ran< u everybody teemed lo tin.l in it, to judge at leaat by ihe looka on the facet I glanced at. When the ceremony waa en Jed I called .'for the itewardeu, and went with her t > Miai Dunbar'i cabin. On entering I re- quested th stewardess to leave me. The lady wai leated, and did not lift her eye*, nor exhibit any aigni of life whilat I itood looking. Her completion had turned into dull pale yellow, and her face, with ita expreiuion of hard almoat blank repoae, might have paaaed for marble wantonly tinclund a dim primmae. She had exchang- ed her dreaaing gown fora robe, ami appear ed allired ai uiaaL I aaked aome tjueationa, but got no auiwer. I then took a eeal by her aide, and called her by the name of Leonora Dunbar. She now looked at me teadily, but I did not remark any exprea ion of strong urpriae, of the alarm ami amt/.ement I had luppoaed the utterance of thai name would eicite. I aaid, aoftly : " The captain and I have diacovered wno you are, and your relatioua with Cbirlei Winthrop Sheringham. Waa it you who etabb-.l him ! Tell me if you did it. Your aufferingi will be the lighter when you have eaaed your oonacience of the weight of the dread fulaacret." It ii hard to interpnl the expretiion of the eyea if the reit of the fealurei ilo not help. ! teemed to find a look of hate and con'e*npt in heri. Hr face continued marblehard. Notbaingabletoooax ^syllable out of her, though I ipared nothing of pro- feetioual patience in Mil attempt, I left the cabin, and, calling the stewardess, bade her aee that tha lady waa kept without mean* to da heraelf a iniiclurf. That day and the next paaied. Mist Duubar oenlinued dumb ai a oorpae. I v itited her aeveral ti.nei, and twice Captain Smallport accompanied ma, but never a word would abe utter. Nay, ihe would noleven lilt her eyei 10 look at ui. I told the captain that it might be mere mulish neai, or a condilion of mind that would eud in madneia. It waaimpoaaible to lay. The aiewardeu laid ihe ate and il rank, and went obediently to bed when entered. She waa as paaaiv* aa a broken-apirited child, iha aaid. For her part, ahe didn't believe the lady had killed the poor man It waa on the fourUi day following the murder that the glaei fell ; it blackened in tn north weal, and came on to blow a haid gale of wind. A mounlainoua aea wai run- ning in a few hour*, upon which the ilnp made furioui weather, rluthad in flying brine lo her lope, under no other cnvaa than a imall atorm mam try aail. The hatohei wire t>altnl down ; the decki wire hill of water, which flaahed in clomli f glittering imoke over the lenbulwaik rail. The paaeengen for the mint part kept Iheir cabin* , the uook < nulil ilo no cooking. Indeed, the gallpy Gro wai waahcxl oat, and we appealed our appetitei with i 11 ml and tinnea meat. He said, " What about the blood on MIM Dunbar's hand and night dress ?" She told ui the had felt over the body" Vet, yet !" be cried. " Doctor, you see things more clearly than I do." When 1 had convened for tomi lime wilh Captain Sinallpnrl, I walked lo Miss Dun- bar's cabin, knocked, and entered. I found her on this oocaaion standing with her bank to the door, apparenliy gazing at the sea through the port- hole ; she did nol lurn her head. I atood betide her to aee her face, and laid : 11 1 have made a, diieovery ; Mrs. Shor inaham it on board thit thin." On my pronouncing these words ibe creamed, sprang backwards, and looked at me with a face m which I clearly read that her ulence had been rheer tnllen mulish obatinacy, wilh nothing of insanity in it- pure stubborn ulence, lhat w* chose. (TO UK determination might think to keep what we A -I II Mil M 1(1(1 t II tlewt of M. Berlhelel ou Ukal Ibe rat are M.. In Mere r TkU M,,r|j rrleiiiiih of rlrnrr M. Berllielot, a French acientiit, in a paper dlaeuaaing the future triumph* of acienoe, picture* what the world will be in Ihe year 'JOUO. Hi declare* that ohemiitry will furniin a deliverano* from the aocial evil* of ihe preaent day. Thii will be ac- complished partly by utilising the heat of theaun and the ountral heat of the earth. The latter will be obtained by ahaft* two mile* deep. Modern engmeeri an equal t. thii laak. The chemical Iraniformalion still be eaay. \Vith iuch a acuurce of heat at command energy can be cheaply obtain- ed and food can be made from carbon taken from carbonic aaiil, hyilrogon taken from water, ami nitrogen taken from the ajr. The work that the vegetable* have *o far done icienoe will noon be able to do better with far greater profusion and independanl of leaaoni or microbe*, or iniecla. There will be ihen no paMion lo our land, heaala need nol be bred for alaughter, man will be milder and more moral, and the reign of rht-iniiiry will beautify the planet. There will be no need, to diofigure it with the works of the hgriculiuriit or with ihe grime of factorial or chimney*. It will recover ita verdureand Mora, and theearth will be a vail pleasure garden, while Ihe human race will live in peace and beauty. An Agreeable Paradox. Profeaaor "What is a paradox?" Kspenenced ilu.lcnt "A girl telling a fellow thai really he mustn't itay another minute, ar.il all the lime holding him eo faat with both arm* lhat he couldn't get away if he ihould try." Where She Felt Safer. you enjoy your ocean trip?" said Mrs, Shingin to Mrs. Krethoaah, who had jutl returned from her tirsl visit lo Europe. "On, yet; very much indeed, ai a general thing," wai the reply. "Still Ifelt vtry Home Grown Relishes. Farmtrt can aavi in grooen bilk and add to the delights of their lable by ran ing a variety of relish**. Perhaps the moat valuable and daairable of th*m all it water ores*. It ii not only agreeable to th* taate but conducive to health. It aidi diges- tion and ii an anti-scorbutic. It implant* a fine flavor not only to oold meats but to bread and nutter, (ireat uae il made of it in many Kuropexn countries. Line* of steamers are employed to bring it from Ire- land and Holland to Liverpool and London It I* deliverer! from honee to house once or twice each day ai milk and bread are. Penont having good facilities for railing it in thii country and living near a large town will flnd it a profitable .market crop. (Vrtoiis who become accustomed to it* uae do not like to be without it. The plant thrives beet on the margin of small itnama, lake* or spring*, but can be profitably grown on land fipplied with moisture from an artesian wall, or any well by whicii water it raited by a wind mill. On aome ettatea in KngUnd aud Scotland it ia raised on common garden toil that ia partially shailnd, water being lupplied every day by the uae of a hote or iprmkler It can be propagated by teed or by divid- ing planti. The package! of aeed sold by dealers contain full direationi for sowing and cultivating. It require* no addition but a bit of aalt. Harden ere, or pepper gram, il another good con I nnen t and is very easily grown. It it more pungent than water creel and the leavea and italk are lea* tender. 1 1 il generally eaten with vinegar, to which lome add oil. Both water and garden cnia are desirable for fowl*. There i* no better relish than horseradish for talt pork, ham, bacon, and corned beef, which are the meat* chiefly uaed by farm- ers it thii aeaaon of the year. It requtrea no preparation but grating or grinding. To have leader roott new one* should be **t out every year and cultivaled like other edible roo'.a. Radishes, which an in such general use in cities, are seldom Men on the table* of farmers. Still few vegetable* are a* easily railed. They grow toquickly in a suitable aoil Ibal Ihey require scarcely any cultiva- tion. Tba beat aoil lor them la one that contains some Band and 11 enriched by well- rotted manure.. The quicker they are grown Ihe more tender and excellent they are. By lowing a few teed* once a week from the time the frost leave* the ground till mid-summer a constant aupply of criap radishes can be Mcored. Hadlihes can be raited in a vegetable or flower garden with- out expense or trouble. In fact, they may be produced in men a way aa to aava labor. The seeds of many plants are alow in germ- mating and the ground often become* cov- ered with weed* before their aprouts ap- pear. When thia i* the case the rake or hoe cannot be employed Co deelroy the weed* for fear of disturbing theseedi thai have been planted Bui by dropping radish teeds a few inches aparl in ibe rows where) olher seeds are town Ihe row will be marked in a few <layt Jinl ground can be kept fret from weedt and urae*. As the radiihes grow much failar than the other plaiita they will be large enough to pull and eat before the other* have need of Ihe space. The French and Dutch have brought radish growing to a very high degree of perfection. They have produced roots of almost every shape and color. Some of Ihe varieties they have originated an ute- ful for adorning table* aa well at for fur- nishing relishes for common article! of food. Theae and other vegetable relishes that every farmer can raiaa are economical. Like mustard they reader inferior article! of food appetizing. By paaaiog into tb* stomach with meat and bread they iielp digest them. Frtih vegetables should form a part of every food ration for men aa well a* for the inferior animals. By making a liberal UN of tfaem there would be less dyspepsia in th* countiy and fewer and shorter doctors' bills lo pay. We have much lo learn from the t 1 ranch and Italiani aboul the uae of freih Iruils and vegetable* at every meal of the day. Fertilizers, Bones and Phosphate. When mineral phosphate* are used there i* no difficulty in grinding them to an im- palpahle powder, and in thiaform applied to the soil they are more advantageous than when converted into a superphosphate with the acid of sulphuric acid, which it both expensive and inconvenient to u*e. By using the iiiineral phosphates finely ground there can bi applied more than double the quantity of phosphoric acid to Ilia toll at the aame cott that then can be in using superphosphate*. The plant wil 1 take up as much pho* phone acul the flnt year a* it would from the iiiptrphoipate, aad M much mon will be left -n the toil, available for further draftt upon it in after seasons, at it doe* not leach from the soil. Hones and mineral phosphates can be decomposed and rendered soluble by alka- lies as well aa acidi, and are in thii form better food planta, at Ihey need alkalies at weM at phoepboric acid, and th* alkalie* are not only food, bat neutrajize Ihe acid* of soil and liberal* olher food for planta, pulling the aoil in it* moat favorable con- dition, wilh proper cultivation, to produce abundant crops. Hones of fine ground mineral photphate* when cotnpoaied with wood aahee in a moiat tate for a few weeks an decomposed and are pnferable for crops lo the acid super- phosphates. Molt farmen have th* wood ashes to ute; if not, ihe aame object ii attained by the uae of todaaah, an article of common u**, and easily obtained in any market and now generally uaed by soap trailers in making aoap. lodecompoee bonet or mineral phosphate* w rh soda ash, makt a layer of bones or mineral phoaphates, then n layer of th* aame number of pounds of freeh buraaxl lime (water to lie put on till it begins to alack), then a layer of the aame number of poundt of soda aah, and so repeat i mil the iiuantity desired i* oblaiued. Then wet it down with water which will alack the limt and unite witli the toda nth, making it caustic to act npon thephoephaU and mak* phoipbate of aoda, which extati in th* aahea all kinds of stock graa* ical feed t hat can be aupptted, aneoially during the growing ****. With hogs, fattening oat tie ana the milch cow*, eemv- whal bettor reiuhi may alwayi be- seen red-, by feeding a ligkt ration of grain in addi- tion to plenty of irate. drawing cattle, sheep, voung honee, and even pigs, will make a very latiafacVery growth on grass alone. But t^ie early growth ef graes in the spring contain* bul a small per cent, of nutriment, aad if the atoek are turned out before a reasonably good ttart, th* (lock are almost certain u> fail in condition. It ia alwayi good econo- my at thii time to wait until the grass haa mad* a aufficient growth lo afford a full fee before luraing the slock into the pat- turea. Even then in many place* it will be a Rood plan to feed dry feed for a few days at least, alter turning out. ThU will help to keep the stock thrifty, and at th* aame time thii it quite an item. After grata make* a good (tart in th* pring ii one of the beet scaaont for aeour- ing a good growth at a law coat, and if the beat results are realized, it u very neoeeeary to have th* stock thrifty aa more or leas of the good season will be taken up in making up for what it lo*t. before. One important item with atock turned in- to tke pastures at thia time, it to keep a tupply of aalt where they can help them- aelvet. Plenty of aalt aud plenty of good water will help maintain a good condition. The paatorei should alwayt be provided with water in a way that tbe stock can readily hclpthenselvee, The advantage of feeding dry feed for a few dayi I* thai Ihe change being made mon gradually Ihen u lea* risk of ill eflecla J^ e j r than if the change is mad* at once. After ! tbe car they once got accustomed to the change, j .Suicides have Indian* believe that roinjkKea are caused by evil ipints. Many yean ago, in SuoUapd, capital ptwiahinent WM by drowning. Knives and forki war* vat la general me unlil the aeventeeath century. To overcome ihe reamtaaoe-of the atmoa- phere, wild dunk* and gee** uiually fly in triangle*. AL, iverpool clergyman praaohe* inch drowty sermons that lately hi* feet go to ileep while he ii in the pulpit A specie* of ape, cloaely reaembling the African gorilla, baa been discovered on the MoKjnito Coaat, Nicaragua. Railroad* in Holland are so carefully managed that the accidental death* on them average only one a year for tbe entire country. The largeit ihark aver aeen on the Pacific const waa recently caught at Monterey, Cal. It ia forty feet in length, and weigha about 90,000 pound*. John Wade, the twenty year-old ion of H.8. Wade, of Wentzville, Mo., it a lad of promiaing growth. He ia five feet seven mcheii in height, and already weight -'vJ pounda. Catharine de Medici, yueen of France, wore tbe longeat train on record. It wa* her bridal robe. The tnin wai borne by twenty page*, aad wai forty-eight yard* long. A , xperimelltiDf wlth company in Kansas City ia electric push-buttons withonl arising from the conductor to stop 10 a l4rmingly fre- with plenty of good pailurage the itock ! t> in l)nmMk , hat it it fro ^d to will thrive readily wilh very little attention. tllttn the d-ir , f ort if.deelruction by a law Bul, for a lime al leaat before turning oat. | whjch w]l , j , he ^j^. of , lliclde . to tKe k.. _Uf...l.l U_ l.u.l.~.l (_ .UVAf..!!.- n they should be looked after carefully. Fruit Notes. d isieclin g rooms. R. J. Wallden, having become tired of life, tied a valiae around hii neck, to make lure that he weald sink, and jumped into a bayou, at Houston, Texas. The value kept him afloat unlil he wa* reacued. To keep hi* body oul of the hand* of th* It u not a good plan to allow tha ratp- berry cane* lo gel loo thick. Seedling* can readily be grown if proper , care ia taken to prepare the aoil and euw diitectort, Thomas S. Robaon, of Garnlt. the teed. j HL, made a dying requett that he be buried A band of card-board aet around planti in the lawn directly in front of hi* residence. ,i one of the belt preventive* of cut- worm*. ! Hit wife will retpect hit withe*. ('.specially if done late, it ii a az*At item The ikull of a man in transplanting to keep Ihe root* of all planti moitl while out of the ground. ,*. In pruning, all acar* or wound* above an inch aero** should be. coated with paint or varnish to keep out the moitture. who baa died from delirium tremeni containi in alcoholic gaa. A tmall opening in the ako.ll, aeon after death, permits thii gaa toeacape, and it can th. beat for the ratpberry. although u can be grown in almost auy *o I wilh good care. iply glid when got biok on terra ery cotta again. be ignited, and burnt wilh a ^bluisn flame. While *n graving a matrimonial invitation, A gravelly or aandy loam it .-oniidend N<W York a nut made a curioui blot ' The invitaticn read thus : "Mr. i nd . Johnson have ihe pleasure to requeat ; present* at the marriage of Iheir daughter. " Eight yean ago the body of Solomon useless and take too much from th* useful | ' .'. ! ^SSSKSsiasal^^^ais^ olant thre <1 ' glaat. A dark -eyed man wai kept for fifteen I year* in an nnlightcd dungeon, in Salzburg. Una good plan lo tee that the grape ! Au0tria . During that time he never saw a vmei are properly tied up, and aa ihe new Dam%n fice . vVhen he came f arth into the growih reaches out thit alao should be pro da yi lg bt. it waa noticed that hia black eyw* nerly tied up. In many localities the fruit grower en- tirely overlooks bit home market. A aafe rule generally i* to aell all of th* fruit U..: cau be aold at a fair price. had become blue. A love match, which had far tome time tinted between Mr. Yale*, aged seventy - fire, and Mn. Sawyer, aged seventy two, of Bellevue, Ohio, wai to oppoeed by the U is quite an item in the management of cni | d r*n of both parlies that the old couple young tree* nol to allow th.m to bear fruit , nlld to ,| op , nA wed OB th . ,i y . too early. Allow them lo get well e*tab- _ _^^_ _ lished tint, aa loo early bearing often stunt* sj ew * M( *)>*. the trees. The following new post offices wire e*- Ihe work of fighting the iniect pe*U , ubll , h , d jn (} ^ mdm n ^ t ,. t A ., ril) lstM , that injure Ihe fruit especially mutt be ... . . , , , commenced ia good teaaon and the mon thoroughly ihe work ia done Ihe better will be the retulu aecured. mulch in If weed* come up through tbe the lira wherry bed, one of Ihe beat way* of managing ifi* lo go through the row* and pall them up, distributing ihe the mulch * little aa possible. planta and of nearly all planta and I* ever preaeot in urine and other animal manures. Turning Out to Grass. On tin- ir.i J >nty of farm* and wilh Dearly ftteaa<hli> Line* < sunns Bale*. A New York daapatcb aayi -The i team- ship Amerika, of the Thingvalla Line, tailed to-day with .'I4S paeaengen, of whom 24.1 are bound for Scandinavian ports and the remainder to Hamburg. Thu il the first time in the history of the line that il haa tent a iteannhip to Hamburg, and it is carrying out Ihe threat made a week ago by ita v fnu th * 1 'he line would foroe tke baud of the Kngliih and continental iteam- ihip companies. The Thingvalla people announced only a week agn lhat it would take passengers t>i Hamburg for $16, and to Scandinavian port* tor $1.1. Thitii the lowest rate to Europe that has been offered *ic* the Hamburg- American and North Herman L'oydi line* got at each other's throat* five yean ago. Then the rate to Hamburg dropped to $10. Kmil Hoaa, agent of the Hamburg-American Line, returned to-day from Rngland and the continent, where/ he aad been confer- ring wilh hi* company and Ihe Norlh>C!er- msn Lloydi. He said that the director! of both hnet had nlified Ihe agreement made by them eome weeks ago to do away wilh the rate rutting, and to combine the Coiled States trade of the two conotrns. Both have agreed to divide the paaaenger and freight buaineia in proportion to the tonnage tach tin* inaintamsm the transatlantic fleet. Mr. Boas laughed t the goeaip which had it thai th* two concern* would abolish one of the two otlicei in thia city and do their business at one alone. According to Mr. Roaa, this subject wat not even mentioned, and the poaiibility that it will happen ii remote. Mr. Schwab, of the North ilorm in Lloyd, who wenl abroad with Mr. Boaa, U atill in Kurop*. He will return in a few weeka. Ad *' r ' A "- Alex-wider Fleming, poat- maater. Bardal, Selkirk, Man., lieorge K. Lush, postmaster. Beaodet (reopened), Portneuf, '.'ue., Acini lv Boulianne, poatniaater. Beverley, Selkirk, Man., Colin Campbell, I pnelmaiter. Centre Augusta (reopened), Gnnville, S. R. , Out., Jamee Caufield, poatmatter. Charleville (reopened), Ureiville, 8. R.. nereesls m rather. Mr. Thomas Spurgeon, who wai elected lo the pastorate of the Metropolitan Taber- nacle lait week, in lucuetaion to hit father, by a majority of 2027 on a total vote of 5676 about 300 abstaining from recording, their vote it in hii thirty-eighth year. While engaged a* a wood-engraver he 1 received on becoming a preacher, and enter* ed ihe Paitor'i College, upon leaving which he was appointed pastor of the Auckland Tabernacle, a poeition which he had relin- unshed tome considerable time before he wai called from New Zealand to temporarily occupy hit father'i pulpit. It ii noteworthy that the oppoaition to hit election wa* represented by three comparatively young men one of %hom, in urging the desirabil- ity of delay indirectly referred tn the claims of Dr. Ptenon. Ont., John W. Halfpenuy, postmaster. Coteau, Aaaa., Donald McDongaU, po*t- maater. DeWmton, Alia., William a Somerville. po*lma*l*r. Dickeosun (reopened), liueaell, Ont.. Tliomat Wilton, poet master. Kdville. N'orthumberUnd, E. R., Ont., William Barren, poalmailer. Kanihawe, Middieiex, K. K., Ont., Mr*. Samuel Bradthaw, poetmiatrnaa. Cirand Raug, Dorchester, Que., Kdou*rd Rrochu, poitmA*t*r. Kmkiville (reopened), Invernes*. N. S., LauohTin McKmnon, potimaater. Kirkniount, Pictou, N. S., John A. M > Donald poatmaater. Leland, Addingtoo, Ont., John Back, poetmaitar. McLean. Kent, N. 15., Hugh McLean, poetniwter. Manigotagan (reoponed), Ligar, Man., Thomaa J. Jon**, poet mas' cr. Melcombe, L*d*, S. R., Ont., Albert I and.m, poetniaater, Michaud, Victoria, N. B., Joseph P. Michaud, poslmaster. Notre Dame de Quebec, Quebec, Que. , Jean Celealin Pa<|uet, pottmaater. Oak Hammock, Liagar, Man., Charl** lohnstone, poatmaater. ()k nook, Merquetle, Man., Johu M. Dow, poatmaater. Petit Bnnaventnre, Bonaventare, Que., Cpt. Felix Aneneau, poaimaaler. St. Naxain de Auckland, Dorchester, Qua., Kranooia Leolerc, poet matter. South Branch, Ottawa, Que., M. >ullivn, postmast-r _ rigkllni; Ike Inevitable. Nearly all great scientific diaooveri** have been combated an I mitaoderitood ven by the intelligent. Kv*n Sir Charlea Napier fiercely opposed the introduction of steam power into the royal navy, and one day exclaimed, in th* Houae of Com- mona . "Mr. Speaker, when we enter Her M* jeaty 'i naval aervice and face th* chance* of war, we go prepared to be backed in to be riddled with rn lo bit! by shot and shell ; bat, Mr. Speaker, we do not gt> pre- pared to be boiled alive I" The lait word he brought out with tre- mend mi emphaaia. Steam-power in men- of-war, with a boiler which at any moment might b* shattered by an enemy's thol ; thii wa* a prospect h* could not face. Vet in a few yea?* he found himeelf in command of tha largest ibcam navy the world had ever aeen. piec'i by cutlauea, bulleti, or to be bio'