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^p BB IHB VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. lotertstlns Iteaa Aboat Oar Owa Coaatry. Qrcat BrlUio, tb« United States, and AU r'arU of th* Qlobc, Coadcnaad aod AMortod tor Easy RmuUbs. CANADA. S^ife-blowers are operating in Rapicii Citj. Man. The population of Kingston increaa- ad 100 durinsr the year. London sportsmen have organized the Xiiamca Valley game preserve. Brantford'B population has increased 144 this year, according to thu assessors' returns. * The Guelph Council has appointed a committee to effect a settlement with ex-Treasurer Harvay. • The population of Hamilton increas- ed 634 during the year, according to tho assessment returns. Ttie body of Alex. McKenzie, a Ham- ilton man, was found in the Ijay. It) is supposed he committed suicide. It is rumoured at Niagara Falls, Ont., that the Canadian electric line will run in co-operation wUh the Gorge line next season. Seven or eight buildings in the busi- neas quarter of Gananoque were burn- ed, and at one time the town wad in great danger of decitruction. The Hamilton Hospital Committee is investigating the accounts of the House of Refuge, irregularities in the contracts fur supplies l)eing reported. The HamiltoQ Council has decided to grant the ten-year exemption on the cold storage warehouse, with the understanding that It be In operation by June next. A stranger, believed to be G. L. Twiss Hartford, swallowed a quantity of laudanum at St. Catharines with sui- cidal intent. He recovered under a doctor's care. It is reported in Victoria, B. C, that the British cruiser VV'Ud Swan, the smallest vessel of the Pacific coast squadron, struck a submerged rock In Callao hairbour, while under full speed. Her chances are few of escape from total destruction. A telegram received at the Itepart- ment of Marine and Fisheries from Commander Wakeham, at Gaspe, states that the fishing is good on the Canadian Labrador coast, and the in- habitants well off for the winter. There was no sickness or distress. The Newfoundland Labrador fishery is â-  bad. Civil Service entr:uice examinations will be held at Charlotietowu, at. John. Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Kinguton, Toronto, Hamilton, London, Port Arthur or Sault Ste. Marie, as the necei.«itie« of the case may warrant, Winnipeg. Kegina, Calgary and Vic- toria, commencing uu the 10th day of Koveiuber. GREAT BRITAIN. George Du Maurier, the artist and novelist, is reported In London to be seriously ill. Alderman George Fraudel Phillips, therlff of the County of London has been elected Lord Mayor of London, to succeed Sir Walter Wilkin; Fred Barnard, the arilat of the Lon- don Black and White, has been burned to death in bed. It is supposed the bed- dot bing oaugbt fire while he was smok^ ing. A very large meeting was held In Tip- perary ua Sunday in favor of amueticy to the Irish pulilical prisoners. For the first time since th^ split in the Irish piurty, Mr. John l>illlou and Mr. John Redmond appeared on Uhe same plat- form. Mr. Henry Asquith, Secretary of State for the Home Department in the late Liberal Goveruuienl, speaking on the Armenian question, said that such mas- •ucreii in the diirk ages would have led to a crusade. He urged coen-ion. but admitted ttiat England could not em- ploy force without the co-operation of Ruesia. UNITLD STATES. A poirtion of Sun Marcus, Texas, Ins been Inuundated: Miuejis at LeadervUle, Col., have de- tea-mlned to continue the strike. Rec«nt hieavy rains have ruined por- tions of the cotton croy In Texas. Four Uvea were lost by the founder- ing of the barge Sumatra at Milwau- kee. A strike of the bituiminuus coal min- ers of the Ututed States, similar to that of thi-ee years ago, is tbought to be kumineat. The Rt. Hon. Joseph Ch.-unberlaln,the Secretjvry of State, for the Colonies, left N?w York on the Gexuuuilc on Wed- nesday for England. Mr. John W'anamaker of Philadelph- ia has 'bought the sttxjk of Hilton, Hiui^hea & Co., and will carry on the business in New York. John D. Hart, bead of the Hart Steamship Line, at PhlUuleJphia, ha« been arrested on a charge of engaging in a Cuban filibustering expedition. Two freight trains collided on Wed- (Mtday nlcrht at Philson, Pa., and a large Dumber oi tramps, who were stealing a rWe, were buried In the wreck and kiU- BurglaiB chloroformed every one in the Hotel Nonuac. at Wall, a suburb of Pittsburg, on Tuesday night, and got away with (8,000 in cash and fSOO worth of diamonds. The C!anai.lian Pacific steamer Mani- toba was aeizetl at Sault Ste. Marie, to satisfy unpaid fines for violations of the regul.itions of the United States Treasury Department tor navigation of the oaual. The Ices of life by the great storm In the United States b much heavier tban at first reported. As the reports come in from country districts the death-rate rwells into startling pro- portions. Carl Mclllhiney, a seven-year-old boy, of WooBter. Ohio, is under arrest for murdering Thomas Kidd. fourteen years old, who teaaed hlui. The child got a bead. A letter written in 1890 by Major Mc- Kinley, Republic.iu nominee (or Pre- lidept of the United States, has been ? inearthed in which he expresses hU iil:h in the doctrine of tree silver and points to his conijresioual record in â- upport of bis position. Johnson, charged with having wrecked a mail train on the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad at Battle Creek, on Ju- ly 16. 1894, during the A. R. U. strike, by which the fireman was instantly killed and a number of peniona were injured, were found guilty of conspir- acy in the United States Court at De- troit. The only notable feature in the re- ports from the New York comiDerciai agencliui Is the marked Increase in the mimbfr of failures for Lhe past three months. The accejjted expUnatlou is that the majority of theiw are "politi- cal" failures, but this explanation does not add anything to the commercial stability of the bnited States. The Inislness features of the week has been the steady advance in wheat. Cotton has weakened, and the demand now for cotton gooda is of the strictest necessi- tous kmd. Prospects ajre said to be g<K>d, but this la usual, only the mater- ialization does not always occur. The truth Is that trade all over the United States is in the worst possible state, and far obvious reasons we cannot ex- pect any marked Improvement until the spring of next year. There are, and will be, fluctuations, of course, but the material condition of trade will not alter for some months. i GENERAL. There is a markiid change In the tone of tile Russian press towards England. The striking coal miners at Brux and Osseg, In Bohemia, are becoming riot- ous. The dock laborers' strike at Ham- burg has been settled favorable to the strikers. Jiumiel. Hayti, has lieen pi.rtly de- stroyed by tire, and 2,000 of us Inhabi- tants are homeless. The Armenian refugees at Marseilles are reported to be destitute and suf- fering gieat hardship Seven men were lost from the Bri- tish cruiser Satellite in Dutch harbor durmg a severe storm. A lot 50 by 40, on the principal street of Johannesburg, sold last week for 910O,UUU, or Ili.OUO a foot, front. Major Watts was tried by court-mar- tial tor the summary execution of the Matabele Chief Makonl, and was ac- quitted. The Spiinlsh Government has ordered sixty thousand rifles from a German manufacturer, to be delivered In No- vember. An trade issued at Constantinople on Friday orders the formation of a flo- tilla of ten torpedo boats for the de- fence of the Durdanellej^ In consequence of an attack made on a French party under cooimand of Gen. Galleui. a state of siege has been pro- claimed in i^(ttd**g^*-'^'f*-r According to reports received at Ber- lin, the Sultan has appointed an inter- national committee to inquire Into the caiues of the recent massacre in the Turkish capital). It is reported that the Saltan has ex- iled his secwnd wife and a batch of courtiers and notables, who were sus- pected of treason. Serious fighting lasting three days, has taken p.ace in Mashonaland, near Mazue. The British were hemmed In by the natives for ten hours. A Vienna correspondent telegraphs that the powers have agreed upon a pacific settlement of the eastern ques- tion wixich is honorable to all parties. The fifteen-ton sluop Spray, wliioh saLed from Boston In 1895, with Capt. Joshua Slocum as Its sole occupant ar- rived at Newcastle, N.S.W., ou Wed- nesday. The speech delivered by the Emperor of Austria on the occ.islou of the open- ing of the Iroogate canal at Oraova In- dicates a possibK allia<nce between Aus- tria, Roumauia, and Servia. It is stated La Rome thvt negotia- tluns are pending between England and Italy with a view to the latter liold- ing In readine:^s a large body of troops to sail at a moment's notice to the Le- vant. The Paris Gaulois says that in view of the disturbed state of affairs in the island of Madagascar, twelve thousand troops wilil be despatched there after the fetes which are to be held in hon- our of the Czar. The Cairo correspondent of the Lon- don Times beJieves there is SMime truth in a native report that the Khedive is niow making a tour of Europe incog- nito and that be has taken with him a scheme for Egyptian Independence. A VALUABLE METAL. Thorla. â- ithrrto Uar(hlr«a, Now Valued at FinecB or Tweal) Italian rcr P«uud. The rare metal thorium, discovered by the great chemist, Berzellus, early in th- present century, has just had a singular commercial resurrection. Thor- ium is a raxe earth that has lung been eunply a laboratory curiosity. When buiued It emits a light more brilliant thin that of burning magnesium, but imtll the recent Invention of Incjindee- ceut lamp burners, in which the flame is Incased in a metallic mantle, no use was discovered for It. Upon experi- menting with various substances, it was found thut the oxide of thorium, call- ed thuria, makes the best mantle for such burners, and a demand being thus created for it, the value of thorla sud- denly sprung from almost nothing up to $"250 D pound. Tben a search t^gan for new sources from which thorla could be obtained, and the st^arcb is not yet flniished. BerzUius found it in some fragments of black marble in ths Island of Lowen, in Norway. The mineral which he found was known as thorite. It contains thorla, or tho oxide of thor- ium In combination with a certain amount of sUlca. Thorium' was after- ward found in certain stont^jj in the Ural Mountuius, and especially in mon- azite. a mineral which is laigely found in the United States and Canada, usual- ly in the sands and gravels of small streiuns In the form ol yellow crystals. These nionazlte stones aie now being shipped In large quantities to Knglanc! and Hamburg from Brazil and Bahia. On arriving at their destination, they are carefully siftetl for the grams of the very precious and rare mineral which is now In such request. The price of tboria is now much lower than it was at the firet rush of the demand, but it still couimBuds $15 or $20 a pound, according to tl»> state of the market. It offers a singular Illustra- tion (if how a worthl«^» substance may. by the (^ringing up of a coinmerciHl need, liecomti one of the moat valuable treasures which the earth contains. THE SECRET OF HEEEIGN VICTORIA'S HOLD ON THE PEOPLE OP THE BRITISH EMPIRE. »*mF »r Ihp Beaaaaii Why »|m Mas Haeee**- rallr Nalatalaed Her Kale far ^'rarlT Hl»ly Vranâ€" Mere Forau of Woaarrhy TalenUed. Rely upon it that the European sov- ereign, who, when her reign is almost sixty years old, has absolutely nothing . to fear from any hostile movements I within her realms, la a very reinarkable â-  woman indeed, writes an American cor- ; respondent. I Victoria is a woman of many talents. The actual constitutional functions of tfat> English queen may be dismissed in a sentence. She signs documents and sugg«'3ta or vetoes the appointments of bishops. That is above all. But she exerts a vast indirect influence on af- fairs. She may not be able to check the advance of events for long, but she can raise great difficulties in the way of their progress and. on the other hand, may mightily help their dispatch. For instance, the British premier would find his duties much leas arduous if be could omit his daily letter to the queen while parliament is in session, and if in other matters he were not compelled to ob- serve the formality of consulting the royal will. Victoria is far from being a political nonentity, even though it has become a proverb that the British queen reigns, but does not govern. There is a high sense in which she does govern her peo- ple. She wields a unique power over them, through the constant appeal which her existence makes to their im- agination. t is no exaggeration to say that the English are am imaginative people. They are not impulsive nor particularly emo- tional ; but they are imaginative. Let their literature witness to this. For sixty years Victoria has been the one bit of romance in the grimy and pro- saic life of the English masses â€" the pea- santry and the artisans. LOYAL TO THUR QUEEN. Were she to attempt to put Into prac- tical exercise any oi the powers with which the constitution, by a series of dally ignored fictions, Invests her. these people would raise a general clamor, bold indignation meetings, organize against royal aggression and do many other acta of spirited protest. But let a word of personal disrespect be uttered against her in a public place or a pub- lic print, and the whole mob, from Land's End to John o' Groats would be immediately transformed into her cham- pions. To them she is the embodiment, the incarnation of all feiulnine worth. The pat phrase of Colonel Walker of the BoHton artillery, when recently In this country â€" "her womanliness as a queen and her queenliuess as a woman" â€"happily set forth the estimate plac- ed upon Victoria by the masses of her so-called subjects. They regard her as the sum of all feminine graci's and vir- tues. This applies must closely, of course, to the million, to the rank and file. But in a ree^pectablo degree it is true of all middle-class Liritou^. During eight years' residence in Lon- don the wilier never heard but one personal ci.ticlsm of an unfriendly character pa,!<:ied upon Victoria; and that was a charge of undue tenacity of grip upon her private purse. It is a charge often made. The usual reply to it is that the queen must do some- thing to offset the reputation of the Prince of Wales for excj^ive expendi- ture. The result of this constant ap|)eal to the Imagination oi her subjects is that alter sixty years of her reign the loy- alty of Britons Is divided between an abstraction and a reality. The real- ity is the wom^in ; the abstraction is her sovereignty. It is Victoria, the queen, who reigns; it is Victoria, the woman, who rules. Great Britain is in fact a republic. Iiut it is certain that no average Briiun, high or low, would question for a uioment the imperative obligation of any definite "command" from the bead of the state. With vast experience of aftairci there has come to Victoria a corresponding personal as- cendancy over her people, which it is difficult for one born and educated in America to comprehend. WOM.VN INSTEAD OF QUEEN. It is because of this personal ascen- dancy that the 4o,000,OUO of the United Kingdom tolerate the forms of mon- archy long after its substance has de- parted. The movement for a formal republic and the abolition of monarchy has nev- er gained a footing In England under Victoria. Joseph Chamberlain began his political career as a republican. Ue long ago forsook that faith. Henry La- bouchere, ralid radical that he Is, at- tacks not the crown itself, but the abuses incident to royal grants. Take these away and Mr. Labourchere would be content with monarchy. He bossaid as much himself. It is by no means clear that the Prince of Wales, popu- lar as he is, would be able as king to keep the movement similar in check. The facts just as they stand, are the beat testimony to the talent of Victoria. Probably her tact has even more to do with her personal domination in a system practically republican. It is the fashion of a certain stripe of vulgar Britons to denounce all members of the royal family below the queen, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York as tactless and maladroit. Without doubt some of the British royals have done foolisdi things, not to sjiy stupid ones. Koyal maubuod and womanhood is no exception to the general law of humanity, that, other thingo being eciual. aiflueuce and ease foster incapa- bility and insolence. But Victoria â€" domestic oapricinasness apart â€" has nev- er been found guilty of any want of timely discretion and cou»i<leration. At all events, not in her public relation- ships; not in the discharge of the mani- fold duUes tb.it have brought her into direct contact with her ministers, her parliament oc bier people. NOT A LITEBAHY SUCCESS. It is doubtful if even the autobio- graphical volumes, which from time to time she has published, have not in- creased her bold upon the affections of the macnea, who are &.«suredly not literary experts. Poor as they are, they help show her to be human, and royalty is loved juat in proportion as it can demonstrate that. Xa a mat- ter of tact, Victoria is endowed by na- ture and experience with an almost unrivalled faculty fwr skillfully hand- ling diiflcult situatluns. and for deal- ing with men and women. Her per- ceptions are swift and correct. Her siivoir faire and savoir dire are as near as possible to king intuitive. Whatever disputes the historian may have as to her talents they are sure to agree in conceding her tact. Probably the appeal which her pe- cliar personaliiv mnke.^ r> rhe Rri'ish imagination is lieightened in effective- ness by a life-long habit of secliLsion. Those who worship her have but few opiiortunities to gtize upon the object of their adoration In the flesh. Tney are familiar wi-h her fe.iturea in a I houannd and one statues, and ten thou- sand and one piiuiographs and paint- ings. But her actual person is only infrequently vouchsafed to popular aciutmy. Millions of her English-speaking sub- jects during the last sixtv vears have never seen her at all. Millions living to-day in London ba'-e never seen her twice. The unknown Is the formidable and, perhaps, the adorable. So far as the public is concerned. Victoria has p.T36ed the greater part of her natural life â€" especially the last thirty years â€" in august seclusion. Her London appearances have been very few. Her time his been spent, as to nine-tenths of it. in a Siotch cha- teau at Balmoral, at Windiior Castle in the suburl« of the metropolis and at_ a coimtry house on the Isle of W'ight. The monotony of this exis- tence has l)een varied by an occa- sional private operatic or theatrical per- formance, annual state ceremonials known as "drawing-rooms," and the official visits of her minLsters. Empha- tically she has dwelt apart. ALMOST MARK.<5 AN EPOCH. As a consequence, when she has con- sented to show herself the event has all but inarked an epoch. This condition of things has resulted in creating a half-mysterious atmosphere about her strangely at variance with the keen publicity of English politicil life. That It should have mtensified the romantic elements of her career from the British point of view is natural and indeed in- evitable. No analysis of the secret of her dom- ination would be correct which did not take into account Victoria's thor- oughly German affection, not only for state etiquette, but for the "trappings and the suits of woe." A (jraCHLESS FLAME. THAT IS, UNTIL THE SOBSTANCS IS ALL CONSUMED. AN ARISTOCRATIC DWARF. He Wa* af Hick Klrlh and Brerdlac. aad Wat Va^unHl by Kayalty. On September 5, 1837, at bis cottage, uear Durham. England, where he had lived in retirement for many years, died Uorulwaski. a Polish Count, but who had made that country the home of his latter days. Though low of sta- ture, he w:is of high birth and breeding, which no do'ibt has caused his case to be frequently mentioned. He wj^ born In Novemlier. 1739, in the reign of George II . and as he did not die till the Tlrst year Of that of Queen Victoria, at the age of 9B years, he lived during those of five British sovereigns. At 1 year of age he had attained to only 14 incties in stature ; at 6. to 17 inches, and at 30, to 30 inches .Vnd he had a sister, named Anastasia. seven years younger, who, when full grown, woe shorter than himself by a head and shoulders, so that she could stand under bis arm. But. though so small in stature, he was a handsome man, his body Leing of the most per- fect symmetry; and he was moreover, not only a wit. but something of a scholar and an accomplished gentleman, his mind being cultivated to an extra- ordinary degree of travel and studv for be had visited various lands and many of the royal courts of Kurope. In earlier life ho had been exhibited, and had apiwared as an actor ; and George IV.. as Prince of Wales, had seen and known him in those d.ivs. It is related in the "Memoirs of Charles Mathews." the comedian, that in July. ISJl, when George had suc- ceeded to the throne, he, previous to l)e- ing crowned, obtained an interview with Borulwaski. and in a most deli- cate manner offered him any pecuniary help if he needed to make his latter day.s comfortable. Ue ordered that his coronation robes should lie shown to the little Count, and as a favorite valet of the King was dying who re- memlwred the dwarf, Borulwaski visit- ed bis sick chamber at the request of George IV. On his death, on Septem- ber S. 1837, Count Borulwaski's remains were laid in the Chapel of the Nine Altars at DurUam Cathedral. THE QUEEN'S REMEMBRANCE. Hew Her «aJe«lT K<-r|M ike rrtace t'aH> sort's NrRiur.v 4.reea. In the private apartments of the queen at Windsor castle there are many touching evidences of the manner in which the memory of the l*rluoe Con- sort is revived by her majesty. The i door of the queen's boudoir Is insi'ribed : i "This chamber was altered and deco- i rated under the superintendence of H. ' R. H. the Prince Consort, In the twenty- | fourth year of the reign of Queen Vic- toria." Everything in the chamber re- i mains as It was arranged by the prince thirty-six yeiirs ago, and a conspicuous object under a gUiss skvde is the bou- quet he presented to her majesty on her wedding morning. Febru.ir.v 10, 1840. In the vestibule of the long cor- ridor leading to the queen's private apartments there is a beautiful life- size marble group of her majesty and the Prince Consort, which was execut- ed by WillLom Theed shortly after the prince's death in Itecember. 18G1. The prini-e is .arrayed as a knight. The queen has her arms around his neck, and is gazing lovingly up into his face, while he, with his right arm extended, pouits on high. Underneath is the «p- proprlate line from Goldsmith: "He allures to brighter world, ami leads the way." The group is covered with l.sce, and stands liefore a bright^ re i h>.'.-- groiind. which .adds very oonsiderab^ to its striking effect. Chenlral Blaeavery by Aceidrat af a Caaa- p«aBd â- atlas ThU ^traase Pe«all«rl- tjâ€" Tke -Wanaer la Wklch Iti Praper* (In Beeaaie Kaowa. This strange fire, ia of the consist- ency of paste, and Is harmless while in a quiet state. The friction caused by rubbing It against a bard surface wiU. I however, set It aglow, and nothing will I extinguish the flames, which will bora with a blue light and an Intense beat till the compound is completely destroy- ed by combustion. Water baa no ef- fect on it ; It can be made Into ba.ll« ^ and thrown anywhere, and It wlU bum I with a slow but fierce cumbnstlon,wbioJl ; makes it unlike any known fire. i HOW IT IGNITES. I Dynamite and gunpowder require A ] spark to Ignite them, and powder pro* duces an explosion, not a regular tire. To ignite this compound there ia just ' the slight friction of rubbing it against some ordinaxy substance. There is no â-  explosion or rapid spreading of flajnea but a strange pasty substance compa*- I ed of living fire, which cannot bestamp- I ed out or kiileu In any known way. I John Floyd, the discoverer, has been I for several years delving In all sorts '. of chemicals, as his numerous Inventions I required constant study. One day tas I wished to nuike a certain substance wltb ! which to experiment, and for that pur- pose placed In a liquid some waste sub- I stances which he thought would, when I dissolved, produce the wisbed-for com- pound. But he found the material ha wanted before the liquid was dissolved, so left the jar containing the solution on the sbeif fur several weeks, thinking no mo-e about it. Finally be thought of using the jar. and when lifting It down from the abeli some of the liquid spilt on the Qoar. Mr. Floyd thought nothing about thm matter till be noticed a sensation of beat about Ms foot, and on looking down found that the soft poate wblcb bad fallen out of the bottle had be- come a mass of soft, flickering flames, emitting an intense beat. He put bia foot ou the spot,' stumping It out, as be thought, and turned to his work. UNQUENCHABLE. When b;i turned around again be saw that instead uf gum«; out the flre-pusta was steadily buruing ; that his rubbing it hul only smeared it over the floor, and it was eating Into the wood every moment. Ue then threw several buck- ets of water on the stuff, but the- wmr ter had no effect other than to iM converted Into i uifs of steam, and tlw fire burned steadily on, cutting Its way through the soft pine flooring. Xa tbe experiments were being cunaucied in I tbe bock of a drug store, which wasflll- I ed with dangerous chemicals, he knew I that sumetbmg must be done to put I a stop to Its ravages, or tbe whole' place I would be blown mlo atoms. i After many frultle<>s attempts to put I it out, be procured a hatchet, and it '. was only by cutting out the entire I stju^u'e of wood on which the poata I rested, that he succeeded In stopping j the fire, >> uLcb burued for at least an I hour. I Afraid of the uses to which this di*- I covery might be put, Mr. Floyd baa i never ui^ide tbe secret of the Ingredi- ents public, for Incendiaries would take advantage of It, and no place would be safe from burning. Those who use oil or dynamite, or powder can be easily traced, as some preparailuu is neoes- sary, but with this liquid fire, a crim- inal who knew Its composition cuuld I burn his way noiselessly through any door, or set any home on fire by tbrow- ; Ing against it a noiseless ball uf tba I compositiou. ! Tho cost of making this liquid fir* is so small thut it can be easily, used Instead of coal in beating a furnace. But tbe most valuable pn^porties ara those which It possesses, which are ab- solutely foreign to those of fire as now known to us, .All forms of beat, ex- cept th;it of electricity, must be gen- erated In some kind of a furnace and be constantly supplied with fuel, but this fire is both flame and fuel Itaelt. About a cupful can be set on fire, and it will burn with a steady glow tor an hour. HOW IT CAN HE USED. This wonderful fire can be utilized in tbe kitchen, and stoves con be dispens- ed with altogether as entirely useless. In order to try anything it is only ne- cessary to hang tbe {xui from a wire ami auiear ovetr tbe Ixittom a spoonful of the liquid. In an instant there will be a hot fire, which will burn for over an hour. 6o that the cook of the fu- ture can take her fire out Into the country. It can be used in cooking for CAiuping ; there will be no coal oillo, but the Work of be^vtlng furnaces, of burning fires In grates, or running mo- tors, can be done by a harmless little spoonful of poste which can be taken around in tbe vest pcicket. Of Its practical use«i, tbeire are no end. tor tbt subject is yet In Its infancy, tbe Inventor thinking but of the baxin that might come, having stopped hla experiments. He, howewor. Sitys he In- tends to resume them and find out mors abi'Ut this e.\ploslonIess, noiseless, un- quenchable paste, whlcb is fiire pure and slmpile. CHINA'S RICHEST WOMAN. Fifty exclusive methods of dressing ber hair are the property of Marchion- ess Li Hung Chang, the richest woman in China. Twice a day this luxurioua little lady butbes In oil of orange and acacia blooms, and one thousand attend- ants are constantly at service. In her wardrobe are '2.000 coats and 1,200 " trouserettes," which seems a rery ample supply in view of the fact that the Marchiouess can walk but a few feet at a time. It is interesting to not* that she never fails to keep a detailed account of tbe vast expenditurat of her household.