The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

 E^ .*^ni'^â- â-  \a^mm iim\.ti i MM i '^â€" *w m pbone SJ ' telQ{ his ;^a8e, d i^7iiotirse [tor (^te^glMFai.â€", bna isstungfrom! lis way down^, " » .jfiak*** lit inmunicafced to spirita upon 'Ck -hoar the meret rua to tha teW^L, ffcreiit people in U|a of thsm ended*SI sh thai the hee(M|j| sfactory. Tho'fcJ| ully recovered, y„l J his friends again, lA ny cf the wonders ofl It, uhe telephone,! .e hear each oth^J jut iaat Friday evetyJ Lie at my house cepdjl ari^ onions that cuner I" i orns I uiul corns, soft com. I corns, coma of a|]| 3, are lAike remoTejl he U30 of Putnaji'jI iiACTOR. Never Uik\ a pain, never lean!, more iiannying thaJ ort. Give Putnam't: c::or a trial. Bewa. i by druggists every] lo., Kingston, propr"!! like to see this duitj "All right, mil ight away." y for Xcnralgia. 3f ths most commoii iplaiutsjncidental ii.r confined to anr ir whilst moat gener 3, yet many suffer it n the heat of sammerJ rm of disejise has be^ r.nd consequently tht e become greatly iQl a» well as in efficacy! we-rful and penetratj ia'o' d within the reaca i relit f cf nouralgijj reraedy « qual to OB Poison's iSKHvimrEj is something wonder! tr al for neuralgia, ca 3 ii • pi i " ts Ner viliia 5t4 't 25 Cents a bottl^f 10 cenrs. 1. When they s'^s'ka t\ey feci L'ke wntitJ :t lip in the pipe whilJ ' tr:H"k!rr.g explosic ic ftthlition of foreigi( oiiihiistioTi. ^Vhen thti is ii't taniporeil witt â- ilv tak' n rn.ro of, thii matter is wlioily xm that iiiso it burns al laii ;ihno«t anything.! is sc-en in snKjking th^ it htinis with steadj' niZ. w.-.a:, I've got such I V.,cre, dear " Ethd 1 u my sash, mamma.^ c.Tt'.:ii iiid.cat ni' of impel u 1. 1 C;irsjn'a .S:oma ' *tiou, ketps oLtf bowels n, Lirge bottles at 50 cen^ â- .rinot go into socie a; i supper when ;r '1 • be ut home in .S;,,/ Vork v'-ity, i â-  ' A' :r" â- ';.â-  ?iire, MOV ;ioT;:r., oppoailf I '•' eje wri .00013 flf M p "â- -• K'.ova' n. ?bcct '.iorsacj o-.-'is :._ uii depoj ?^4.,?; â- itO"iy at_' i-T .iT an/ • ihfjr t."n;:-fi a ma it c' luzuiriEs he h r^wiT.cr on his on "^^ fif:»iR2ent t:' ie.i7 uTiccsss I J u Hcieaca lisiS I T.'-eii.inea; cf Ciita ;,i!tl dnrins? the -â- y jii.- c-SLir. havcl 10 â- ^.".dj. Tlii.3 is it ie remembered 1 ViK patisnls present! LL.tr pi'actiiioner, Piien: medicines 'vt»- record a cnrej Ciftiai now gener scientific men the presence of Ul -anca, Mr. Dizoa ura to their ea ipliahovl the cat d the permanency iflt ectcd by him four one elsa hei everi ill ihi^ mnu3r, andl ;r. cured cataixh. ?dy is simple and caBj i-eo*-nt saason otj raoie fo-* a spae " ajority of cases butterera shoida .rl. DIXON SON,l Lo, C-inada, and etc on cirarrb â€" Mc er man that s'ilflB' r how clean er i )w er duck all day ' Wy." S ^^^ Stop that cough- '3 Tr; Feotoria, itJMt" Cold Cure is trying to fortjj lat do yon easV^ akes our hosteM, ,bly stupid " â- weally I hftv'i Mrs. R.^;^ very mnch likd] e reason." BITTIB. ite Age] Troitee, Finwiotolj t. Toronto. MoaW r" iBxcbuised. b^.nr. Toeroen-, the The Bt led, by hiiing prison: e more Ie ingenuity and of Dr. Albert ,ry confinement at Moyamensinp, await- g the fulfilment' of. the lasr.- ^4e%Wtjr' almost ibeyotlid beJiet. hud cthing 8a»«»ei*a*kable'ba*- *Wf* nown in the unwritten history of prison fe in America. Prior thiB trial Goersen was a man of iasipated habits, and on' that rested one f the strongest pleas of the defense, that he muruerer was irresponsible. Since incarceration, however, and under he abstemious diet and regulations of risen life, he Las again developed the eculiar religious fervor he once possess- d, and is now warmly interested in the utnre fate of his fellow-prisoners. With his thought in view, Goersen applied for ermiesion to read the Bible to the in- ates of the prison. The request, natur- liy, was refusad. Goersen, however, a=i dttermined to impart to his compan- 'Zii in daranco his knowledge and pro- cssed ht^iief in the scriptural writings, nd re.sorred to d scheme which in all pro ability has no Bimile in criminal annals lo vrvrld over. Bbick roaches we^-e the measengejra en- ied by Dr. Goersen to. convey spiritual mstniction to the ben-ghted prisoners of ovamensing. The county prison is overrti with big nglish beetles. These insects are from n inch and a quarter to two inches or liore in length, and infest every cell in "he prison* Goersen, who is of an inven- ive turn of mind and at the aanie time a eiiiarliable penman, saw in the roaches medium through which it was possible o attain the desired object. To utilize he roaches became his hobby. Filled with this idea, he cap'ured a erculean beetle, and, partin? the wings, salivated a tiny strip of tissue-paper and ^tuck it, by the aid of a paste ingeniously lade from scraps of bread, on the insect's jack. Oil the paper, written in minute bharactera, and with the skill for which fiuerscn was so much noted, were the ismaii but legible lie-as scarlet, they shall be as .;ras, â- .\li;i..n:h thy sins ' ill :i5 h'Uow, xH h-.y sect was thon released and scur- ied through a crack in the floor. The eIio?ni':4 day the doctor captured fifteen r twenty of the largest roaches oat of ho inaof^torial battalion that entered his 11 and concealed thsm in an ingeniously i 'Ie box. Hiding the box ui:ider his )ed, he prepr.red a dozen slips similar to lie first, and, inscribing on each a misro- scopic st'kctioa from the Scriptures, at- tached tlieai to the backs of the captive roaches. After Keeping the insects coVifined long ?nough to see that the pap«r slips would ick the roaches warp; i^leased, and -.ey, like tlieir prediceBsors, quickly heaped through the cracks and crevices In the iioor and walls of the ceil. The ;siut of his experiment Goersen awaited Ivith feverish anxiety. The lid of a pan filled with ecraps.waa acod on the floor as a bait. Three days iter Goersen found nearly a score of tenches in the lid. Carefully he picked them up, one by Sfjp, and examined th«Mn. ' ' bpeaking cf his feeiipgs to Jiift, keeper Itorward ho gaid his exciteccent was in- |cn3e. "My heart tcod still," he said "the rarg stood in my eyes, and I thought the lisappointment would kill me. I exi,m- aied over a dozen roaches and could not Jiscover a single one v^'ith any character- stic that would make me believe I had L ii: before. Suddenly I saw among llic mass something white gleaming on he back of one of the bags. My breath ame fast, and for a inoment I hardly ircd to look. Then, plucking up cour- ige, 1 took the white-b^pcked roach ietween my fingers and parted the rings. 'I trembled as though stricken with Ihe ague, and could hardly see for excite- Inent. I examined the struggling bug â€" I Enewit â€" I had seen it before â€" on its back, taat and tight, was still fastened a mes- sage I had sent to my unenlightened fel- low-prisoners." On the back of the roach, and in- scribed on the strip of paper, were the ?ords "Be not deceived evil communications corrupt jod ii'.aniiers." But this wa-i not all. Written trans- raraely across the paper in a scrawling md almost illegible hand, were tihe rords: '•I no yure rite.â€" Sined, 62." Goersen was delighted, and the phe- lomenal euccesa of his rase made him long for greater achievements and look For new worlds to conquer. After the return of the first messenger Toersen devoted his attention to insects 3f the largest dimensions alone. After several ineflfectual attempts he' Achieved the remarkable feat of writing in Infinitesimal characters, on the back of Ho-inch, a clear and iietinct tranafri^. pf the "Ten commandments." Yesterday, while one of the oflBcials of the prison was walking through the cor- pidora, his attention was attracted by a peculiar-looking insect. It appeared to lave a "spasm," and was evidently try- to relieve itself of the incubus of strip of paper that trailed from its Nek. •^i' The insect was captto^ withjasC rouble, and then the astoni^ed official bs confounded with amazepient to_fin4 |n the paper the following tex^ clearly id distinctly written 'Look not upon le wine when it la red, for at last it bit- th like a serpent and stingeth like an ider." had been writ^an hj Qdtnen. The la that had ahadowed his own life ugh hii weakness and diaripation BOggeated a text that in the execu- of hia peculiar mania foond expies- aa a meaasge to hia equally onforto- and equally ahadowed fello^-beinga. 'hiladelphia Newa. SCIENTIFIC. W â€" The United States daring 1884 mined, L^9,000,000 worth of gold and $48,000,- VsAtii^ ^O0t«worth of silver. iSeBT *^'he lactometer ,ha« been declared oae- less by an English authority. The total yield.of the potato crop of the United Statea the paat aeaaon ia about 190,000,000 bnahela. Mr. Swan estfanatea the life of an elec- tric glow lamp ait about 6,800 houra. The conditiona must be exceptionally favor- able. According to Mr. J. Harrington Douty, cf the Asylum of Worcester, England, an imperfect supply of oxygen, or simply breathing a vitiated atmosphere, may suffice to produce the mental disorder known as melancholia. A Frenchman â€" Mona. Bouquet de la Grye â€" connects the inroads of the sea in the thirteenth century with the high tem- perature then prevailing, which permit- ted the cultivation of the vine inEngland. He thinks that the usual heat may have increased the volumes of the ocean by melting much of the ice in the polar re- gions. When vessels or timber sink to great depths in the ocean the pressure ia so great that water is forced into the pores, and the wood becomes too heavy to rise again. Even when a ship is broken up the detatched portions sink like lead. It is this pressure that makes it impos- sible for divers to descend to any great depths. Botanits have evidence that trees may attain very long lives. The age of an elm has been estimated at 335 years that of some palms to from 600 to 700 years that of an olive tree at 700 years of a plane tree at 720 of a cedar at 800 j of an oak at 1,500 of a yew at 2,880 of a taxo- dium at 4,000, and of a baoi)ab tree at 5,000 years. We extract from a foreign journal the following formula for a cement, which is very near colorless Seventy parts fine cut, pure India rubber, which has not been vulcanized, dissolved in 100 parts of chloroform when theruboeria thorough- ly dissolved add fifteen parts gum mastic. It will require several days to dissolve, anc' it must be kept in stoppered bottles, out cf the reach of heat. An excellent tincture to remove spots from woolen cloth is made of alcohol 90 per cent., sulphate of napthaline, French oil of turpentine, spirits cf salammoniac and soap wort. The latter must be boiled, sieved, mixed with the other four ingre- dients and bottled. To remove spots of tar, resin or wax, soapwort can be dis- pensed with, the other chemicals being suiiiciently effective. For hygienic reasons wall paper should not be made either air or watertight. The paper on the wall j is like clothes on the person, and the wails of the house should have free intercourse with the open air. When the paper is water proof the dampness of the walls is increased and prolorged, injuring health and producing other evils. Iti lobsters and crabs the mouth is sit- uated underneath the head, and consists of a soft upper lip, then a pair of upper j '«ws provided with a short feeler, below which ia a thin lower lip. Then follow two pairs cf membraneous under jaws which are lobedand hairy, and next three pairs of foot-jaws. The hcrse-shoe crab has no special jaws, the thighs answering the purpose. Professor R. S. Ball, astroucmor royal of Ireland, declares it to be hia belief that the masses of stone and iron which fall to the earth as meteorites were originally thrown out by terrestrial volcanoes at » remote period in our planet's geological history. If so, the fragments must have been projected beyond the influence of the earth's attraction by explosions giving them the tremendous initial velocity of six miles a second. The whale feeds by putting its gigantic strainer into operation as it swims throu3;h the shoals of minute molluscs, crustaceans and fishes which are conBtant- ly found at the surface of the sea. Open- ing its capacious mouth and allowing the sea-water with its multitudinous tenants to fill the oval cavity, the whale ahuta its lower jaw upon its horny plates, and straining out the water through them, swallows tiie prey stranded upon its vast tonguo. FOKEIG9 BCVOES. « T-*r The Prince Consort's Mausoleum The mausoleum from the outside, though imposing, gives no indication that the large sum of £200^000 was ap«nt by the Queen in ita oonatrnction. The visitor, however, from the moment he passes beyond the monolithic columns of the porch, with, itaucailing^-of JiTenetian mosiac by Salviati, can under^nd how sjipe^jtiye is the artwo^^ c^m^jmi^' Ifiti^ tihe limits of the interior. The ground plan is in form of a Green croav. The dome, lighted by eight atained-glasa windowq in the. cleratory, ii colorbd blue, with gold- stars. Lines of angela between each window converge towarda the cen- tre. From this height of seventy feet to the exquisite floor of inlaid, marble ther^ is not an inch of apace without the adorn- in^dM^t ;,1lie bQst decorative art. The iqilBfblift" ^apelin^ of the walla, the bas* reliefs, the urns and stataei, ihe fresco paintings of saints ind indde^-ef scrip- ture history â€" ^the *intigih 'the- «eilittg of the eastern transept, 'The Glorifica- tion of the Saints," was from a sketch by the princeas reyal of England â€" vre one and iJl wcothy of the moat careful study. The forests of Scotland yield ton thou- sand dwr umnally. The pedestrian ferer has struck ^taaa but the thdkii^ ia don^ out of doofai,, as it a«ed to bie in Weston's time. It is quite the ipaatime there on pleasanfe Scmdajrs. The government of New South Wales has reaerred toi a national pcv k a pietur- esque tract of thirty-six thousand aerea, with a fronti^e of aeven and a half n^ilew on the Pacific ocean. The intereat charge on the debt of Guatemala ia more .l£an one-half of the republic'a total indoine, which in 1883-4 amounted to $6,728,606 65. The total debt charges were $1,686,095 64. The biMs -of ^aradiae, which are na- tives of New Guinea, ar» -reported to be in danger of extinctifia» At a recent aale in London 4,725 of these birds were aold for ornaments and decoration. The I^German co-operatora 'number about one million as organized in credit loan associatidna or bai^, co-operative stores, production ayndicatea, and build- ing societies. The annual buainesa is about ^00,000,000, of which two-thirds is borrowed. A successful colleetor, M. Guimet, who has been studying eaatem religions for many years, has presented his treasures to France, and a museum is to be special; ly built in Paris to contain his splendid collection of objects used in the various creeds and manuscripts on the same theme. " The BuBsian government have decided to build a monster iron-clad, on the model of the Duilio. She will be a ves- sel of 11,000 tons, with armor-plating twelve inches thick, and a speed of seven- teen knots. She is to be armed with 16- inch guns, and her estimated cost is £850,000. A species of ant observed in the Island of St. Thomas has been described to the French Academy of Science. A. large fire having been kindled at a certain distance from the ant-hill, the ants were seen to precipitate themselvea into it by thou- sands, until it was caiqpletely extin- guished. A steamer arriving lately at Hamburg, from the north, brought a white bear which, en route, escaped from its cage and surprised the supercargo in his cabin. The captain skillfully contrived to place the beast under the inflaence of chloro- form, and he was carried back to his cage. An act which has for a very long time received but Ecant attention in England requires bakers to carry scales when they bring bread to their customers, and the baking fraternity are not a little exer- cised by the supreme court affirming, on appeal, a magistrate's punishment for failure to do this. The redistribution bill gives the next House of Commons 670 members. The Liverpool Fcst estimates that at the next election the liberals will secure 377 members, the conservatives 213, and the home- rulers 80 members. This would give tke liberals a majority of 84 over conservatives and home-rulers. The KinqPau is the name of the official Chinese paper. It was started in the year 911 as a semi-occasional journal. Then for some centuries it was a weekly and at the beginning of the present cen- tury it became a daily. It publishes three editions, and has six editors, with a circulation of fourteen thousand. The latest surgical luxury is an instru- ment by which incision^ may be made without giving paiai. It consists of a knife which is regulated by a watch at- tachment, so that it advances at the rate of only one inch in six hours. A alight sensation of uneasiness is produced, which does not, however, prevent the patient from going to altep. The expense incurred for new works in the twenty districts of Paris during the past twenty years has amounted to the enormous sum of 654,000,000 francs. Of this sum 191,000,000 francs have been spent in the formation of streets and roads, 110,000,000 in architectural works, 48,000,000 in water works and sewers, and 8,000,000 in parks and gardens. ^The marquis of Bute has sold out most of his enormoris dock property at Cardiff to a railroad company. He and his two immediate predecessors probably ex- pended not less than $15,000,000 m docks Immense sums were spent in this way daring the present marquis' minority. The wisdom of this expenditure waa doubted at the time, but eventa have justified it. Count (Spantini,a pioneer cremationist, placed his grandsire'a ashes in a beautiful urn of Florentine marble. Examining it lately he found half the ashes gone. In- quiry ^elicited that the countess' dog had been taken sick in the room, and to save the trouble of getting ashes to aid in clearing away the mesa, a raw young housemaid had helped herself to those in the urn. "To atop a hole to keep the wind away" is a noble destiny compared to thia. 'A young Englishman haa insured hia Mhole body against accident except his left leg, which no company will now in- sure, aa he is .subject to sudden weak- ness in tiiis Iim,b, and it has been the cause of much loss to compuues. If he has a fall through this faulty member, he will be unable to recover any amount from tiie compfuaies in whose office his body is insured. Dr. Landerer widtes to The Drug News that if vines hi watered with a decoci^on of bitter ilantii, such as wtoionirood, worms will be unable to live upon them. The we of qoassia^woo^, he says, kills all in- sects' aiia worUls. In Surinam, where quassia trees grow, no birds live in them, and neither insects or worms are found at the roots. The method is not expen- sive or labcniouB. ' i i EL MAHDI AT HOME. A Canreapsadcat tf tkc I«md«a BaUj IMe Krap|i ea tke IMte PM^et. A few days ago Utaxe anivod in £1 Ordeh, from Obeiui^ an elderly man named Mahmopd d Meligy, whom ill-nsage has made almost blind. ' His antecedents are known td many merchants here, and it is stated he once was a richi priosperoos,' and honorable resident of Obeid, but he is now destitute. Mahmond attributes all his miafortunes to die mahdi, and r p- parently justly ao. The merchant at firat believed in the divine miaaion of the black prophet. He was blessed with a young'and lovely wife, whom Mohammed Aohmed admixed and took. This con- duct Mahmond might have forgiven be- cause he waa very rich, and could have purchased another spouse f ram some « of the Arah aheika, but the prophet alao caat eyea on his wealth, and required him to turn it all into the rebel treasury. Meligy expreaaed a willingneaa to contribute a portion, and tendered a aum, at the aame time secreting the bulk of hia money. Then it was the mahdi's mjnrmidona seized him, and beat him with sticks, and threatened him with death if he refused longer to disclose the hiding place where his treasure lay. Meligy remained firm, BO they fastened a rope to one of his ankles, and lowered him down head first into a very deep stone-built well. As he was let down the rope went spinning round, and his head and body were ter- ribly bruised agamst the sides. The scars still remain. Ue then gave way and begged for mercy. On being hauled to the top he told them where he had put all hia money, and when they had got it he was allowed to go. As soon aa hd was able he left Obeid, and, journeying to- Khartoum, eventually reached here. Mahmond says many of the Arabs are be- ginniiig Jto disbelieve that Mohammed Achmed is the '*mahdi," and that if it were not for a powerful band he has at- tached to hia person, who themselves know better than to regard him as a true prophet, he would be driven out of the country. The "mahdi," he continued, is a very able cunning man in all he does. He haa had a building erected into which he retires to pray, and where he some- times receives and speaks to his followers. It is regarded as a sort of Banc:uary, and s a large, square, hall-shaped apartment, roofed over. Here he tells hia devotees he converses with the "El Hadra," or "Holy Presence," from whom he receives instructions, direction, and advice in all matters. The credulous Arabs squat around outaide this buildiilg in hundreds all day ling, and when the mahdi appears beg to be shown the "Presence," that they may die happy. "Oh, prophet," they cry, "show us the El Hadra." With grave face Mohammed Achmed turns to some one and answers "Wallah That is a very serious and difficult task you seek to impose on mo." He is invariably polite, and always calls every one "Ya Sidi 1" (Sir). If in a complaisant mood the mahdi pretends to yield to their re- quest, and invites them into his sanctu- ary, which is bare of furniture except a few carpets, skins, and mats, a brass bowl, and brass tray. He then bids them search the apartment to see if there is any one or anything beyond what meets their eyes concerned therein. Their answer usna|i.ly ia "What need to search, oh prophet? There is nothing here." "Then leav) me for a little while I pray," replies the mahdi, "and perhaps the spirit may grant your request." Meligy said, when the "prophet" was left alone, he (the mahdi) waited a little, then, lifting the brass tray which had coffee-cups on it, be poured a vessel of water into the bowl, replacing the tray oil the top, but not so as to be resting on the bowl, for the tray was held an inch or two above the bowl either by big pieces of loaf sugar or cal- cined lime. "The water at once began to act, upon whichever of these substances he employed, but, before it had time to disintegrate them, the people were re- admitted into the apartment, where all appeared as they had left it a minute be fore. They were soon alarmed and ter- rified by seeing the tray move and hear- ing the cups and dishes rattle. Some- times a little amoke or steam accompanied these demonstrations, but, on every oc- casion on which the ignorant Arabs and negroes witneaaed them, they shouted, "It id *The Presence,' " and, falling down withtheirforeheads pressed to the ground, remained in pious prayer until the mahdi bade them leave him. Absurd as it may seem, such is the leading "miracle" with which the prophet works upon the crass credulity of the ignorant natives. An- other plan he has for enlisting adherents ia to covertly prepare a pit or hole in the ground, in wluch he sets nuttches and gunpowder. Haranguing the wholly savage tribes who flock to hear and see him, he tells them they have nothing to fear from Turk or infidel. II necesBary, fire even could be sent to consume all their enemies, so that they would not need to lift their hands against them. Then, to show his power, the mahdi drives his spear into the ground, aelecting the spot prepared, and fire and smoke follow the blow. He tdlsUiem-the fire will be confined so as not to then and there bum them. Afterward his con- f ederatos come to his aid and remove the traces of the prepared stage effect. The mahdi b equuly, if not more, adroit in his manner of getting contributions. From time to time he appears before his people and says he has bera commanded to part with idl his goods, eveiy thing he possesses, in short, must go to the public treasury, or to the "Bait el Mai"â€" charity box. Proffers are made on all sides to save him from stripping his household, but all these Jie resolutely declines, say-^ ing **Tbe command is for me, not yon." By and by their turn comes, when the mahdi says he has had a communication from '*E1 Hadla" that such a one is to give aU he has to the "Bait el Mai." Th«7 hv.ve seen the prophdi himself com- p^ing -with these direetiona of the **Preseiifl%"fndhowdm wqr'oML else disobey .1 Asoordlngly,' making tf virtue P^phe scrupled to comply r adily with a mandate 6f the s«mz kind, thitt poor Mahmodd el i^nt goods or betrothals the mahU quickly aetties by appropriating the goods to the public treasury and the women to his harain. He courts the poor and gives them free license to plander^; and snubs the sheiks. Cariyle's Sympathy. The crowds of children growing up in London affected .him with real pain. These small plants, each with ita head juat out of tiie groimd, with a whole life ahead, and such a training Notioedan- other trait, too Scoteh thrift, showing itself in hatred of waste. If he saw a crust of bread on the roadway he %ronld atop to pick it up and put it on a step or railing. Some poor devil might be glad of it, or at worst a dog or a sparrow. To destroy wholesome food was a sin. He was very tender about animals, especially dogs, who, like horses, if well treated, were types of loyalty and fidelity. I horri- fied hun with a story of my Oxford days. The hounds had met at V/oodstock. They had drawn the covers without finfli'ng a fox, and not caring to have a blank day, one of the whips caught a passing sheep doe, rubbed its feet with aniseed, and set it to run. It made for Oxford in ita terror, the hounds in full cry behind. They caught the wretched creature in a field outaide the town and tore it to pieces. I never saw Carlyle m^re affected. He said it waa like a human soul flying for salvation from a legi'n., of. .fiends, â€" [Froude's "Life of Cariyle. " Eating an Orange Artistically. In.BrazU the orange-eater begins by transfixing with a fork the vegetable globe in the neignborhood of the south pole. Then, with a shsrp case-knife he makes through the rind a ciicalar cut, which may be likened to theAntarc'ic circle. Next he slices off the whole of the Arctic zone. Then cutting from north to south, he slices off the rind from one polar circle to another. The rind thua having been removed, and the luscious sphere being still transfixed and he'd in his left hand before him, the eater, with the knife in his right, slices off the tropicil region aud puts the pieces in his mouth on the flat side, or pierced with the point of the cutting instrument* In this operation one-sixth of the substance of the fruit is wasted in removing the rind, and another sixth in cutting away the core but yith the best of oranges by retail at less than a cent apiece, no matter. The Oldest Church in America. It ia alleged that the oldest church in America is situated in the village of Ta- dousac, where the Canadian river Saguenay flows inio the St. Lawrence. The church was built by the French discoverer, .Jacques Cartier. for the French colony he had founded lb is only a small building, being only about twenty feet square, with a very low ceiling, and was erected in 1517, twenty- five years after the discovery of the continent. I contains a very re- markable picture of the Virgin Mary, painted more than 300 years ago by one of the Jesuit fathers at the mission. The objesta of interest in the church â€" for, be- sides this picture, there are some ancient vestments and a very curiously embroid- ered altar-cloth â€" are freely exhibited to strangers. They have not yet learned the lucrative Roslin custom of charging so much per head as an entrance fee. -â-  I a â€" â-  â-  tm Skies Aglow at ]IIiflnight. ' Peihapsasatrangeanaerial phenomenon as has ever been experienced or observed in the Northwest was that in the Missouri slope Tuesday night. At about midnight the entire heavens were brilliantly illum- inated with a bright, warm light. The experience of the pedestrian waa similar to that oi a sudden lighting of a lamp in a darkened room. It reminded one of standing beneath an electric light tower in the evening just as the lights first throw out their brilliant rays. One soli- tary sword-like ray reached out from Aurora's northern lighthouse, and, as if touching some magnet set firmly in the zenith or connecting with another electric current in the very centre of the starry dome, a perfect ocean of flickering light was producad, with a small circle of daz- zling brilliancy in the centre. The phenomenon lasted about'twenty minutes,- during which time a newspaper could be read with perfect ease out of doors or at a window in an unlighted room. A ^incess Who Needed Spanking When John Brown first entered the service of Prince Albert, the little prin- cesses, hearing their father address him as "Brown," xned the same form in speak- ing to him. The queen corrected tiiem, and they all addressed him as "Mr. Brown," excepting the Princess Louise, who, imperious in her childhood, persist- ed in her right to use the name as her father did. One mominp the queen heard her and informed her that if she again addreased Mr. Brown without a handle to his name she would be aent to beJ.I |The next day when Brown appear- ed ^e future marchioneaa said "Good moriung, Brown, "and then added "Good night, Utown, for I am going to bed." â€" Maruihester Courier. Snails in a state of captivity can, Dr. Rawitz, of Berlin, has discovered, be fed on paper. Dr. Eossel confirms this fact by a. statement based on his own obser- vations. He says that after feeding snails with highly calcerous paper for some time he found abnormal cal(»repas de- posits In their monstrously deveU^ed. shells. mkM b .^.^^^^^^j^k^a. W^"