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 '"mmmmmm t-^ LlESX TKlfl' OF Nlimpi^ for iT wj2? out not libaiJri as New," '%:^« 9 and hagga^J; i^placem^nCTeSf ®^' etc., dieT^ =?8 "favorite pr' 3ing the local t by him, andl.no, druggiats. "'i itedwhoianoteqn.ll nagementof aYim. " iwciw* â€" T„ the Military Diatiriefe Court ol St llu^^«b^g, fourteen NfllOkts ol the Seet standing in their party w«n »- r^tJy tried. The trial waa oondneted r?h the ntmoBt secrecy, no panon «x- t the officials concerned in tiie f!L admitted to the court room. I Lt8 dJsc'oaed during the trial were The ay Trasses Lod ia guaranteed t( worst caaes of rap" of the knifo. Sen; pamphlet and refer Jenaary Medical A creet, Buffalo, K,Y t men ia not under^ ho are formed to bi mly to geniua. itg will Do. f Poison's Nervilin, )r headache. A 1( iae will cure tooth LO cent sample bottlt leas to curecolda sentry, a. Nervi' g to cure all paim Buy external, ent sample of Ne'rvi :ure." Safe,piompi Lai^e botUea al 25 cents. an virtue may be re Jtbe most startling character. It learly proved that in the Czar's army dnavy there is a military revolntioDary I^Dization wi+h numerous branches ' Zkm all o^er Russia. The fourteen defendants in the trial -gre Lieut. -CoL Michael Ashenbrenner f the Fifty -ninth Lubin Regiment; KichoJas Pohitonoff, Second Captain of jje Ninth Artillery Brigade Nicholas p,rg8tcbeff. Lieutenant of the Twenty- jiehth Artillery Brigade; Alexander Ti- ji^ovitch. Sub Lieutenant of the 131st Tiraspol Pegiment Ensign Ivan You- vatchek of the Navy: Lieut. Baron Alex- ^der Stromberg of the_ navy; Vera Fig- jer. a noble-woman Linbov Tchemoda- Dcff, a priest's daughter; Lindmila Volk- enstfin. a physician's wife; Apollo Ne- nioIoTsly, a priest's son; Demetry Su- roTtzeff, a priest's son: Athanasy Span- JoDy-Basmandjy, a merchant's son; TJadimir Tchnikoff, a nobleman, and Tafiily Ivanoff, a merchant's son. With the single exception of Miss Tchemodanoff, who ainied at a change of Go^^ernment by peaceful means, the de- fendants belonged to the extreme faction of tl;e Nihilistsâ€" the Terroristsâ€" and took sn ac'ive part in the most terrible Nihil- ist plots. Some of them had been sought for for many years. Thus Vera Figner, known as "the beautiful Niliilist," had been tracked since 1875, when she was found spretding revolutionary ideas among the peasantry. In 1876 she took part in a street demonstration before the Kpzan Cathedral of St. Petersburg. In 187f in a Nihilist congress, she assisted in framing the Nihilist war policy^Ter- rorism â€" and in the same je^r she aided ber comrades in digging a mine in Odessa. She Tas one of those who prepared the bombs wtich were thrown at the Czar on le truth always, an|| March 13, 1881. Tn 1880 she set on foot seme revolutionary societies among the Read Tlila. ., of Marshall, Mioh, celebrated ElectrO' r iSectric Appliuoei s, CO men (yonng oi rvoua debility, loss o d, and all kindrei leamatism, neuraleia )ther diseases. Oom ealth, vigor and mao risk ia inooired ai â- llowed. Write then iffi; pamphlet free. n our own hands; wi f then throir the kej )j doit ble people wooli before pilferii^ wded thoroughre o. The same dia idicated by the ao ruggist whan tha Putnam's Paihim asked for. He the most gentee ig cheap and dangei e genuine Patnam' tch for these gentif her than Putnam' old by olsou Co., lath no greater fo e, for it destroyetl lanta New York Citfi W Carriaifa H ire, M ION UOTBL. OMgw elek;ant toooamt )n doartre, llM^JS Ban plan. BW* the best »«» ilroada to til oim for less money •* •' at any oflwe "" wolnnfrmen. In 1882 she was one of these ^lio planned und carried out the assassination of Gen. Strelnikoff. After- wards she was very active in organizing military revolutionaiy societies. Mis. Dr. Volkenstein kept the con- ipirator house in Karkoff, and took part icthc as.«iBF.sinat.ion of the Karkoff Go v- errcr. Prince Krapotkin. Mies Tchemo- dfiii fl" ii^as arrt sted in 1883 in the city of '(â- 'â-  rk( ff, in a house where were found J as'scs, seals, rers oluticnary pam- r.r! a Nihilist printing press. L't-itCol. Ashenbrenner organized in 1SS2. h\ the c'ty of Nichclaeff, a miliary rev: 'n+icnhry society, to which many of- ficprr '.if the Praga Regiment belonged. In lis rcf ir s the Nihilist c fficers of both thp rniy and the navy held their crim- nnl rcetinp's. He propagated revolution- ary jfmphlets. not rnly among the of- fice? s, but also amcr.g the soldiers of bis rctr'irent, and raised funds ftr revolution- aiy urpcses. He was in constant com- n)fj ication with the mpmbers of the ex- ecutive Gcromittee, such as Vera-Figner, and Degaieff. Capt. Pohitonoff, being a member of the St. Petersburg Military Revclutionary Society, scattered revolu- tionary pamphlets among his conirades, the officers of the Military Academy, and also among the soldiers under his com- mand. Lieut. Rogatcheff was an active Nihil- ist after 1880, and an intimate comrade of the regicides whom he assisted in many ways. He propagated revolutionary ideas Jmong officers and soldiers in different places in Russia. In 1883, following the advice of Vera Figner, he retired from the army, and dedicated all his time and fforts to the formation of the Military Revolutionary Corps. Sub-Lieut. Tihanovitch, while he was the chief of the guards at the Kieff Fort- ress, set free a Nihilist prisoner, Ivanoff, having furnished him with an officer'suni- forrn. Ensign You'vatcheff formed a mil- itary revolutionary society among his cciiiracles, the nayal officers at Nichol- ajti Lieut. Baron Stromberb was very intimate with the regicides, and knew of ^^_^ all tht ir plans. He was one of the found- P«' "^Tbto is BO" e^s "f t^he St. Petsrsburg Military Revo- p-io^jhrs.e'j ished the he permanency » ;ed by him tomT' ne else has e^ this manner, ana cured oatarrtui' is simple and «n rea? lit eeaaon w le for a sr" ority. of «»---,j Sufferers sboaJfl Canada, and ««" odtarrh â€"â- ' A.P- -TOWNSfflP ^Und.«ood ss is more admlw it than lace and en the judicious w Treatment. ordinary aiiooe* lern acienoe aaaL..,â€" reatmant of Crtwj ued daring ttaP« lentTiaTeMe ia nOBfl "a ,.1 Liie ot. jreiisic .,_.««, -.- -- Sophy Perovsky, the pa^fi^^^JaSr*" «J;ecuted regicid'e, Vera Figno:, and other itent^'i^diolne" •"' menbfrsof the Executive Committee, ever record 80M«j| ,., j.,^^ i^jg constant visitors. The Baron, B^StiSri^!^ Rog:.tcheff, and Pohitonoff, took charge the pre?«»%J!fL il " "t' bombs, the printing press, the pro- clamationB, and other Nihilist goods left by the regicides. Apollo Nemolovaky was in charge of the secret printing press in Kharkoff. He took part in an attempt to rob the Sub Treasury at Gory. Spandony-Basmand- iy was in charge of a secret printing hoose at Odessa. Surovtzeff kept in Moscow a secret printing office, and fa- bricated false passes for the Nihilists. Tchnikoff kept in E[harkoff a seCTet litho- graphic establishment for Nihilist pur- poses. Ivanoff distributed revolutionary pamphlets among the workmen of Kieff, Mid the most trustwoirthy of them he en- 1 "«ted in the revolutionary corps- The trial lasted only four days, and all ^e defendants were found guilty. Vera Jl^gner, Lindmila Volkenstein, Lieut.- ^1- Ashenbrenner, Capt. Pohitonofi; °nb Lieut. Tihanovitch, Ensign Yonvat- *eff, Lieut. Rogatcheff, and Baron stromberg were sentenced to death. The "'*, howeve'" has granted life to the ** first named, approving the sentettoe oeath in the cases of the two otheraâ€" ^n Strombei^ and Lieut. Rt^tcheflfâ€" •oo were hanged. The rest of tiie de- r^ants were sent to Siberia for fitom T years, "to the end of life." *ne journals of this city wore afndd "â- ^e any comments on tiiia MaL KalsntflMj fee The Sun. Turonw, OaPfA Oaaad*- USTAi't «*' wanted !^»^2rBaa* ^«t«M^ColMi5 oMmot be vSTU t£ Ood forbid that furthaf teseMdie* should «Mowi conspizaton itiU higher in Uor amy and navy an guilty of teeucm. »ofar we have gone by abolishing the Government iaprineiple." The Effect of ImaglBation. At a large hotel in Suffolk, the not un- common dilemma arose of there being only one room in the house vacant when two vimtors required accommodation for the night. It was a double-bedded cham- ber, or was soon converted into such, and the two guestsâ€" who were both commer- cial travelleraâ€" agreed to share it. One of these gentlemen was a confirmed hy- pochondriac, and greatly alarmed his companion by waking him up in the mid- dle of the night, gasping for breath. "As- thma," he'panted out; "I am subject to these spasmodic attacks open the window quickly; give me air " Terrified beyond measure, the other jumped out of bed. But the room was pitch-dark; he had no matches, and he hi^ forgotten the posi- tion of the window. "For heaven's sake be quick!" gasped the invalid. "Give me more air, or I shall choke." At length, by dint of gropiug wildly and upsetting half the furniture in the apartment the window was found: but it was an old- fashioned casement, and no hasp or catch was to be disco ered. "Quick, quick; air, air!" implored the apparantly dying man. "Open it, break it, or I shall be suffocated 1" Thua adjured his friend lost no time, but, seizing a boot smashed every pane; and the sufferer immediately experienced great relief. "Oh, thank you, a thousand thanks. Ha," he ex- claimed, drawing deep sighs, which testi- fied to the great comfort he derived; "I think in another moment I. should have been dead!" And when he had sufficient- ly recovered, and had expressed his heart- felt gratitude, he described the intense distress of these attacks, and the length of time he had suffered with them. After a while, both fell to sleep again, devoutly thankful for the result. It wad a warm summer night, and they felt no incon- venience from the broken window but when daylight relieved the pitchy dark- ness of the night, the window was found to be still entire! Had invisible glaziers b en at work already, or was the episode of the past nighb only a dream? No; for the floor was still strewn with the broken glass. Then, as they looked around the room in amazement, the solution of the mysttry presented itself in the shape of an antiqu ited bookcase, whose latticed gla^s doors were a shattered wreck. The spasmodically attacked one was cured from that moment. So much for imagina- tion Out -DoorgXovels. Reading a book out-doors one can find out how its pages will accord with certain phases of nature, so to speak. Ten to one what had seemed quite perfect, read in the atmosphere of the library, will fall off to a mere skeleton in the open air. I have found that, strange as it may seem, the poems of Bums lose something by outside reading, whilst certain passages of Tennyson; Browing, and Emerson reach out and gather an increment of freshness from gastoral surroundings. The humorists, as a rule, require to be read within the limitations of four walls. A novel that will bear the sunlight and the winds and the bird songs may be set down as a thoroughly good one. Short, crisp stories, not too tragic, having strong local color and bright conversations stand this test very well. Our magazines fall into the error of printing, durmg the out- door season, light society stories of city life these fade into colorless and taste- less films when read on the beach, or in the open country. [â€" Outing for Decem- ber. How Glass Eyes Wear Ont The most perfect glass eyea tre made in Thuringia, Germany, and have a more natural appearance than any othern: The iris is covered with silver and the blood- vessels with gold, andi^ when properly in- serted, they will move as readily as their natural companion. Of course much de- pends upon the condition of socket and the state of the muscles as left by the surgeon. Our greatest trouble is the matching of the eyes. You see, eyes wear out, their life being about a year or a little over, though occasionally I see one that has lasted a much longer time. The salt and alkaline solutions of the tear ducts, however, have an effect upon the surface of the glass,and eventually rough- en it, so that a new eye is necessary. Here's one, you can see how rough itssur- f ace is, and how its colors are dimmed. â€" [Philadelphia Press Interview- Jewfeh Exemption l^om Cholera. Some of thej Jewish papers are point- ing out that in Toulon and Marseilles the Jewish population, which by no means always lives in the healthiest parts of those towns, has been singularly exempt from the ravages of the cholera, says the Pall MaU Chzette. They unhesitatingly attribute this escape to the dietary and hy^enic regulations prescribed by the Mosaic ritual. The probability is, how- ever, that the Jews have been mured to miasma and all kinds of diaeaae germs during the centuries of their confinement to their ghettos. All the weaUy Jews being kmed off, a plague-proof variety has alone survived. Perhaps modera sanitaiT ref ormwra are apt to overiookthe valuable body of h^enic taruths oontaiiMd in theee amnent ordinanoea. The tradi- tional health of Jewish oc*mea m aD put! of the worid amid tile moit violent ^idemifla ia a aignifieaat fMb, at any nte. ^n* tel««CMitaeriMalltty% tiiaa dome what y«Ni^Mi do wdl, smI tiwojhtof- yo»««wii«ww Bo not aoai^ tha xain while it holte the reigns, for its reign will socm be over when Sol gets Ua ray in. Then he will be arrayln'^the earth inbeau^. A prominent Mii»li{gm»i Imnbennan, whoee wealth was.too much for hia demo- cratic peace of mind, got out a patent of nobility and a coa^-aniu reoently Hia motto waa "VidL" Only hia elaari. oal friends knew it meant "I saw." "Sal, is anybody a-courtin' on ye?" inquires an anxious friend. "Wal, yes," says Sal, "there's a feller kinder sorter oourtin' on me an' kinder sorter not, but rather more kinder sorter not than lEinder sorter." There are plenty of that sort, by the way. A recently propounded conundrum by a member of the Lower House of the British Parliament "What is the diffw- ence between the House of Commons and the House of Lords " Answer **One has ability the other nobility." Said Brown to Parker "What's the difference between a watermelon and a cabbage 1" "Give it up; can't lell." Brown laughed softly, as he said "You'd be a nice man to send to buy a watermel- on, you would." Eulalia (sentimentally) â€" "Oh, no I have no desire for great wealth. I should be happy, very happy as the wife of a noble biread -winner." George (prac- tically)â€" "And I should be happy, very happy, as the husband of a good bread- maker." She concluded to le^m^^ A little Vermont girl called at a drug store, and said 'My mother wants ten cents worth of jumps." This astonished the clerk. The child insisted that it was jumps she had been sent for but re- turned to her mother for further instruc- tions. Very soon she came back and said it was hops she wanted. At a meeting in London, to receive a report from the misaionarieti sent to dis- cover the tribes of Israelr.i^rd H was asked to take the chIf "I take," he replied, "a great intertf^^i in your re- searches, gentlemen. 'Thatgct ia, I have borrowed money from all life Jews now known, and if you can find a new set I shall feel very much obligld," A Deadwood husband issues this adver- tisement "My wife Sarah hrs Shot my ranche. When I dident D^o a thing Too bur an' I want it distinctly' Understood that any man That takes bur In an' keers fjar bur On my acc'unt Wil get himself pumped so Full of lead that Sum tenderfoot will locate him fur a Mineral clame. A word To the wiae is suficient an' orter work on fools." " "My pa's poorly, and ma's gone away till he's better, she has," said one little Hoboken girl to another the other day. "What's your ma gone away for 1" asked the other diminutive gossip. "Because the doct or said pa had to be quiet, and pa said he thought he couldn't be quiet with ma about the house, so ma had to go. Tommy was a little rogue, whom his mother had hard work to manage. Their house in the country was raised a few feet from the ground, and Tommy, to escape a well-deserved whipping, ran from his mother and crept nnder the house. Presently the father came home, and hearing where the boy had taken refuge, crept under to bring him out. As he ap- proached on his hands and knees. Tommy asked, "Is she after you, too " Fitznoodle was out again worrying the life out of the ducks with his shot-gun. He blazed away at some ducks, ^nd an unseen man on the other side of the pond rose up, threateningly, with a long gun, and called out "Did you shoot at me " "Did any of the shot hit you 1" inquired Fitznoodle. "Yes. they did," said the man, rubbing his legs. "Then you may be certain I didn't shoot at you. I never hit anything I shoot at." A person of an odd turn of mind, rid- ing on horseback, met with another equal to himself in a lane so narrow that neither could pass without giving way, which neither would do. Both made a halt, and not a word was spoken till the first-mentioned took a newspaper out of his pocket, which he began to read to himself with great composure. The other, determined to exhibit an equal degree of patience, t3ok his snuff-box from his pocket, and very leisurely tak- ing a pinch of snuff, gravely said, "Sir, when you have done with that paper, I shaU be glad to look at it." This so pleMed the humorist that he immediate- ly took off his spectacles, seized him by the hand, and insisted on his going home to dine with him. Johnson once made a bet with Boswell that he could go into the fish market and put a woman in a passion without saying a word she could understand. The doc- tor commenced by silently indicating with his nose that her fish had passed the state in which a man's olbetories could endure their odorr The Billingsgate lauy made a verbal attack common in par- hmee. The doctor jmswered 'Yon are an artide, madam." 'No more an ar- ticle than yourself, yon misbegotten vil- lain." "Yon are a noon, woman." "You â€" ^yon," stammered the woman, choking with n^e at a list of titles she could not understand. "Yon are a pronoun." The bedlam shook her fiat in apeechless rage. "Yon are a verb, an adverb, ui adjective, a oonjunetion, a preposition, an Interjection I" sudden^ ocmtinued the doetor, applying the luan^Bs eintheta at proper faiterrala. The nine parts of speedi eompletety eMa^vered the old woman, and she floiq^henidf down in the mud, crying with rage «b being thna **bfaKs^[nar(Mr in a mMI of udmovn tenna, which, nofe iDMlcntandfi^ Ao eoidiiiiot 'Oin^lfttomtfiM ihaxibje^ efti^isdigakiafeVibii K N., PhM ^^peptocof ]ifAoota;Vp^ the inataaee of the lUiipl lutipod L^e- boatlnstitufioii of Great Kiiain.! Ite Mtgraph^ London, reports the reatdta as follows: "Variooa eonditions of the sea and all manner of oils were tested, and in refer- enoeto tiie ktter Captain Ohetwynd mgt thfy are all very mudi alike itheir efbet Only very small quantities of oil indeed were neoessaiy f er oonveringa oonsider- able dlstanoe witli a amootli, glaaty iiir- fsee. The effects of this oil film in rollers that would endanger the safety of small open boats was moat marked. It entire- ly stopped their breaking, leaving only the undulations or roll of a harmlesss well, and tiiereby robbed them of their danger; bub In surf of sufficient magnitude to be of importance to a lifeboat, or such as are ordinarily encountered by them, this effect was very much modified, and fre- quently entirely absent. On more than one occasion, in a moderate surf, which the oil was entirely 'tilling,' if i^ larger break- ei than the surronnding one rose the oil was powerless to check it, and the sea broke through it, covering boat, gear, etc,, with oil. Its want of power to overcome the dangerous part of a heavy smf in shoal water (viz the break) was clearly shown on more than one occasion, even when the oily film could be distinctly seen on the surface between the breakers. It seemed to fail in a very marked and cur- ious way to have any effect on breakers caused by a heavy ground swell, and not by wind, on the coast of Cornwall. To be any protection, says Captain Chetwynd, it must be applied to the sea from the boat or /esael in the direct line from which the seas are advancing, and at suf- ficient distance to give it time to spread and act upon the waves before they reach the vessel to be protected. This could only be done in a lifeboat in two positions, viz., first, when at anchor and laying head to sea and tide; and, secondly, when run- niag dead before the sea for the shore. Tn another position, even supposing the oil to be calming the sea, it would most probably be impossible to keep the boat within its influence, and proceed toward a wreck, or other desired point, at the same time. This difficulty would be con- siderably enhanced by the fact of the tide or current, on the greater part of the coast, setting with more or less velocity along shore. Under these circumstances. Captain Chetwynd is of opinion that no practical advantage can arise from the use of oil in the boats of the Institution, and he cannot, therefore, recommend its be- ing supplied to them. "With respect to its use as a protection to ordinary open boats in (to them) dan- gerous surf or breakers, the experiments appear to demonstrate clearly that, al- though it cannot be considered a 'specific' certain to insure immunity from danger in all cases, yet in many cases it would prove a very material protection, and go far to insure the boatpassing safely through what would otherwise prove very danger- ous, and possibly fatal, seas, and on that account alone its adoption cannot be too strongly urged for boats having or likely to have to encounter these dangers. As to the effect of oil in the open sea. Captain Chetwynd could not make personal ex- periments, but from well-authenticated cases he believes that it is considerably more beneficial than off shore, and he strongly recommends vessels to carry oil, with perforated canvas bags for its dis- tribution. The application of oil at har- bor entraitces is also advantageous to a certain extent, but there remain many practical difficulties in the way." Luxurious Bathing. A writer on health says: One does not need the Atlantic Ocean or even a river to get the benefit of a bath. A wash basin, a broad, flat pan to stand in, and two cans or jugs of water, hot and cold, will answer every purpose. The effect of the hot water followed by the cold is very curious. I have the pleasure of knowing a lady who found it so good for hir owii ailment that she tried it on her plants. A fading fern revived at once to vigorous life. Try it for rheumatismand neuralgia. Try it for any maladies you m y have. It is good for a local applicati":i but gen- eral treatment is best in all c -..:) if you can compass it. Make th' whole body more alive, and every pare -«^ill feel the benefit â€" ^besides, life flows w ' re ic is most needed. A good invigorating bath re- moves local congestions, and distributes as well as increases the force of health. m â-  â-  *â-  I I Child Venders. In Nankin and Kai-fun childrea from 6 to 12 years of age are sold by tens of thousands. Not hired out or transferred â€" ^but sold for a small sum in cash, in con- sideration of which the progenitor, by a tacit understanding, renounces all paren- tal rights, even the right of inquiring into the te of his ofBspring. The purduusing trader may be the middle man of a well to-do childless couple, or the agent of a wholesale tea-planter or a codie-breeder, raising or training slaves for a foreign market. For the equivalent d £3 any commission peddler will undertake to "adopt" the same number of young mon- gola in the name of any emplogrer, and at very short notice. The anuiorities mig^t object to a formal and public purchaae, but the meaning of the adopting traUMO- tion is well understood and connived at. It is a lesser evil, and few parent ask any questions. Bather than see their ehild starve tiiey w31 ten^ thmn to any te ' â€" witJi one ezoeption: The oruodoz Buddhists seemto nsive evineed oooamon^ al scnqp])9a in dalivoring np t h sfey o aug' wfaon Uwf: raq^aet « all prao^oes. Bat even lOBh w nadilj ostweighed by dollata. '"'^Iketo t!\ ^maikl^ HM ni^ weather te an," laldtiM teleioope man on the oomaum to a Boptoi|. **CUohe'*^ re- porter. *Tre heen out ail d^, expeetin' to git a dear sky for a bit, but the whul o' Oambridgo couldn't un'arch e aon to- day, in bet." "Why do you come out inoh weather!" waa asked. "Waal, its like this: If people don't see me thty begins to think I've immi- grated, an' ye oawn't tell w'ether but wl»t the sun might come out. BendeSi don't seem as how I'm alive if I hain't out In some sort o' weather." "Io ]wu have regular customen r "Oh. Bless your heart, yes big uns an' little uhs, youQg an' old. It's them I'm thinkin' nsout, rain or shine, 1 want 'em to see I'm roimd if the sun ain't." "What can be seen in the day bow 1" "Venus is no good now she's got too far away from the 'arth. You can catch a glimpse of her, but it ain'c worth the money, so I rely on the moon. I've had mighty hard luck with her, too, latdy, day an' night. There hain't been a square look at her since she came in, the weath- er's been so bad. Venns was good pay while she lasted, but she's been slidin' away some time, and purty soon she'll be clean out o' sight. 'Lmg 'bout April she'll begin to git visible again. " "Do you find the moon quite enough to work on?" was asked, with what was thought an effort to be funny. "I can ipake a good square living on the moon, ' the astronomer replied, in dead earnest, "if youll give her a clear sky. Not ten people out of a hundred knows that you can see the mooii in day- time, an' half of 'em looking through this instrument bdieves I'm Ijin' when I tell 'em they're a lookin at the moon. Coun- try folks know more 'bout the moon than city-folka, an' I frtqaently have 'em tell me they can see the moon to home." "What are the sights at night " "Saturn and his rings just noTi«. He ai'nt out till 'long 'bout half-past ten o'clock. Ten o'clock's only 'about the shank of the evening here, anyhow. People going home from the theayter likesto take a peep, 'licularly the ladies, bless, 'em! Jupiter an' his moons won't be out agin till four years from now." He was asked if. his portable observa- tory paid. "Waal; 1 makes it a profession," he re- plied. "You can judge from that. This instrument cost me $1,100, an' I'mhavin' a Urger glass made to Cambridge now. It i'll be done in December. It's a good 'nough business in New England, whar there's more 'tention paid to astronomy than any whar. Boston is the best pay in' place in thf? country for it. There ain't half the 'tention paid to astronomy there should be. Not ten out of a hundred knows -vrhether its Saturn's got rings an' Jupi!:er moons, an' half of 'eta put the rings on Jupirer. Every public school ought to be armed with an instrument like this," said the old man.eniphatically, "an' teachers shouldn't be allowed to teach astronomy without haviu' a tele- scope right thar to prove what they say. They ought to be made to know the heav- enly bodies jest like geography. What loston ought to do is to put an instrument ' 'bout the size o' this right here on the common, an' pay a man to tend it an' rake it free to everybody." "Wouldn't that interfere some witJi your business?" "I'm willing to make the sacrifice any day for the good of science," and the wiae man folded up his observatory, stuck his head through it and walked off. A Strange Story. There has been a strange story circulat- ing for some time that a Fenian or Dy- namite Council has been for a good whUe back in session at a village in the border- land of the Pyrenees. It will be remem- bered that about four months ago there was a report that several prominent Fen- ians had suddenly quitted Pariaf it was supposed to escape the vigilance of the detectives. They were tracked to Mad- rid, however, but after a week or a fort- night they disappeared in a manner which completely baffled the officers. The theory was that they had made their way over here, but recently the French au- thorities received information from an English tourist which led to the discovery that a company of political conrpirators have been for some time quietly ensconc- ed in the district of Pau. It is said the Maire of the conomune is of Irish descent, and that through his influence and by other means the two 'parish gendarmes, whose duty it was to report the presence and movements of strange or auspicious individuals, were induced t keep silence. The group are, or were, when word of their discovery was sent to Paris, to^el- ther, but as the detectives immediately made for the place, it is likely their com- ing dispersed them. There is much sug- gestion about the arrangements made and the exploits dedded on at the confer- ence. Ifothing; Like Realism. MiasFlqrence St. John, the London act rem weazy of charming humanbeings, has tumedherattent?on to thegentle cobra with kilHngeffest. MissSt. J^toputitinan- other way, plays tiiepart of snueoharmer in 'Tha Grand Mogul," at the Comedy Hie oorlnaa are fine, well devdoped spedmena, whoaa d«gant movements were not aA first so very mndi admired by die prima donna, bat now she ties them innotaaroimdher neck andlets them Idba her without soBHioh as a ahudder. The ooibniw M«^ in lirt, highfy popular in the timatreand reheaiae iriththeotker in*! lya. Iho rotUBl^payi like ieiSni hoi MM ainua draw tlw town. ' ir I iii'-riiliiiiiUfrit -li"