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fFROM CITY CORRESPONDENTS. A TEBRIFIC explosion of gas occurred shortly after «x o'clock the other night at Waterloo House, a large drapery establishment in Pall Mall East. Ilie report was heard for a long distance, and Several rumours were freely circulated, amongst then, being that a dynamite outrage hae occurred, *nd that the Carlton Club had been blown up. A large body of police was soon on the spot, and a num- ber of fire-engines speedily in attendance, but there Was Uuppily no fire to subdue, and the damage was Olaigily confined to the breakage of a large quantity and. injury to the outdoor-wearing apparel of tli#numerous young women employed in the es- tablisliment Fragments of the plate-glass windows blown right across the street, but no one ap- pears to have been injured, with the exception of a Young woman who sustained a slight cut from the falling glass. THE latest scheme of General Booth's for raising lunds is one of a unique and ingenious character. The new undertaking has been designated the "Salvation Army Property League," tor which the Ibares wiil be available in a few days. It is pro- Posed to enrol not less than 20,000 members, to be Called shareholders, at a minimum contribution of Is. Tijis will produce £4,000 a year, besides which the General anticipates that large sums will be con- tinually added to the fund by gifts and legacies. The money thus raised is to he devoted to the pur- ellaBe of new barracks and halls. The league will purchase halls and barracks for divisional corps, and will stand in relation of landlord to the corps. for instance, a corps wanting a barracks will have tojraise one:s.ixth of the entire cost, and the league *811 find the remainder and build the place, and in tRe dase of a budding which ha 1 cost them £ 1,000 tbjjy are to charge the corps a weekly rental of 30s. ^remlxfers are informed that every penny paid will It representative, as the money will be repaid, and lttain spent "hi providing other barracks. THEFTS of railway passengers' luggage are fa\ too common and it is evident that there is some- thing very defective in the present system with regard to luggage conveyed by railways. Under 8Xisting arrangements it is by no means difficult for skilful thief to walk off with a bag or portmanteau from the platform of a station, amid the confusion that always prevails after the arrival of a heavily Uden train at its destination. Nor is it the thief --Ito prowls about stations and makes this class of jobbery his specia/ite that passengers have to fear. Jlailway employes are themselves not always ^maculate. In fact, four railway servants—three Porters and a brakesman—have been charged at Crewe with a series of thefts from the London and ^ortli-"Western Railway Company. It was stated that the company had received complaints of numer- ous robberies from passengers' luggage while in transit over their railway. One Witness, whose Portmanteau had been detained for three days at Crewe, deposed that when he receive^ it about six {ftineas' worth of property had been abstracted. Two of the prisoners, one of whom admitted his Suilt, were committed for trial, and the charges ftgainst the other two were postponed. THERE have been many silly, inconsiderate, and ^Ven cruel hoaxes indulged in at one time or other, hut really that which formed the subject of a pro- secution the other day, under the Post Office Act of 1884, seems to merit as strong condemnation on all these grounds as any of which we have ever heard. It appears that a commercial traveller, Mr. Cooke, *ho was in the habit of visiting a restaurant in the pity, burnt his hand with too hot a plate while tak- :trig luncheon there one day, and was a good deal Annoyed at a mishap for which we may perhaps 44sunie he was not entirim to blame. But however that may have been, the course subsequently pur- 'Ued by the landlord of the tavern was as extra- ordinary. it was illegal.. He sent off, .or caused to H Sent pff, a telegram in the name of somebody fclse, and In it he stated to the wife of the commer- «ia.l traveller, Mrs. Cooke, that her husband had Severely burnt his hand, and has been obliged to go to a hospital, or words to that effect. Beyond this he asked her to come at once to the tavern, presum- ably to get further information respecting her jUsband's condition; but when the alarmed and ?Stressed lady applied at the address given the pldlord would not see the victim of liis monstrous •loax. Subsequently she found, of course, that the telegram was a fictitious one. The landlord had by that time had his laugh; but there comes a Reckoning when the banquet's o'er," and then, we have the assurance of Gay, "men smile no more." ^*he sender of the telegram had, under the provi- sions of the Act already referred to, rendered him- letf liable to a penally of ten pounds, or he might have been committed for trial, and in the event of Conviction could be sentenced to twelve months' "ard labour. The offender has been fined five Pounds, and he has reason to congratulate himself that a more severe view of his conduct was Dot taken. THOUGH a committee was appointed in February last to inquire into the administration and organisa- tion of the Metropolitan Police, it was not found expedient that any meeting of the members should take place till May, and most of the investigations have bee^ carried on much more recently than then. The inquiry has, however, led to the suggestion of several unquestionable improvements, among the most important of which, having reference to the circumstances under which the Secretary of State found it necessary to appoint the committee, is the recommendation to increase the number 01 JbounUd police, a course which in the interim has £ een to» «alig*t extent- adopted. It will surprise •o who has paid much attention to the condi- tion and operations of the police for some years past to find, as was pointed out by the D'sturbances Committee in February, that there is a lack of a Sufflcicnt number of officers of 14 superior rank and education. "The time has long gone by w ben, tbe, force was eohsMdred to be efficient enough if it Could detect crime, secure the punishment of offenders, and protect the public against the attacks of a few ruffians. The very last resource in case Of riotous gatherings should be the military. We therefore depend as a rule upon the police to clear the streets at such tttiffiie Vfi?a for maintain order. But to expect them to do this without having been trained to. act in perfect combination and under the control of a sufficient number of competent officers, would be manifestly unfair. Sir Charles Warren is of course a member of the committee Whose report, just issued, is occupying our attention, fcis "early rides," about which something W!ls heard soon after his appointment »s Chief Com- missioned at Great Scotland-yard, have no doubt Stf*r"ce to him in grasp the details of the organisation he has. been tailed upon to control, lie certainly seems to> have •hown much latitude in aseerUmmg.t p nature ,,f the duties, his has to perforin, 4oubt4oily made known to the coinmvttec the co.i- elusions he lias arrival at—one of which, y it Way, is that the number of men under his eommai « •bould be increased. That question, however, uai Dot to be dealt wittfby the committee, and, ther.. tore the members of it have simply recorded the police-stations which have long been obvious to 4Ia. A further, extension of what is called "the *»olice telegraph system is suggested, though con- Iderable improvement in it was made after the "iota of February last. On the whole the report is Satisfactory, for it must bevCaafessed that the oil Organisation cannot be reformed in all its short- comings at a jump. A great stride towards the Accomplishment of this object will have been made Sheathe intended blow againatao much "centrali- tation" at Great Scotland-yard takes effect.
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JPrans Adam, the eminent historical painter, ac- Vmling to a Beuter's telegram has just died at ^It is'officially announced that the French Cham- taen haft been summoned to meet on the Hth IQSL v Paris advices state that French wheat has not been very freely offered in that capital, especially food quAlities. Prices have shoyru scarcely any change. At Marseilles wheat has-also been qnrut \t former rates. f .) < Mr. Lewis Pugh Pugh, ex-Member of 1 arl:ament V Cardigan, who has just returned home !t't. r a gear's tour in India and the East, announce 1 a rent "mission of 50 per cent. to the tenants on his Abermaide estate jø Cardiganshire 8;
THE MAINTENANCE OF LUNATICS.
THE MAINTENANCE OF LUNATICS. At the County Magistrates' Court, Liverpool, Me, Maguire, superintendent of the relief department of the Select Vestry, appeared to make application for an order on the county treasurer to pay for the past and future maintenance of ,JSR» Iun;itic named Flora llanly..Mr. Cunliffe ringer and Cun- liffe; appeared on behalf of the COli II ty treasurer to oppose the application. The case was before the court last week, when the decision of tlie magis- trates was deferred, in order to consider the question of the points of law raised.—Mr. Maguire said the lunatic in question, Flora Hardy, was born in Scot- land, and,resided with her husband for a number of years prior and up to I860 in Rochdale,- where he acquired a legal settlement by estate and also by residence. In that year he came with his wife to Liverpool, and resided for about eighteen months in the West Derby Union. The wife became a luna- tic and was removed to the County Asylum, where she became chargeable to the West Derby Guardians. During the period of her stay in the union her husband died. The question arose as to who sheuld be made liable for her maintenance. The case of Maidstone against Holborn was cited, which set forth that a widow was not included in the word "wife," and therefore did not come under the Act of 1H76, which enacted that a woman derived a settlement from her husband only during his life- time. When he died she took her maiden settle- ment.— Mr. Maguire submitted that the court was bound by the decision given in tlte* case of Maid- stone against Holborn to find that as this woman bad no legal settlement in England, and as she was a widow, and did not take her husband's settlement, the county treasurer should be made liable for her maintenance.—Mr. Cuncliffe contended that she had gained a settlement in Rochdale -by virtue of her residence along with her husband there. If an ^rder were made on the clerk of the peace there could be an appeal, and he urged that the Select Vestry ought to make an order on the Hochdale authorities, and then tight out that question of law. —The Bench decided that Mr. Maguire had made out his case, and accordingly made the order asked for.
DROWNED AT BATTERSEA.
DROWNED AT BATTERSEA. Mr. William Carter has held an inquiry at the Windmill tavern, High-street, Lambeth, respecting the death of William Carter Robertson, aged 10 years, the son of Mr. James Robertson, a dramatic author^ residing at 113, Grant-road, Clapham- junction. The deceased boy was the nephew of the celebrated actress, Mrs. Kendal, and Mr. T. W. Robertson, the well-known author. On Tuesday, September 21, at mid-day, the lad and a number ot companions were playing on the foreshore of the Thames, off Price's candle factory, Old Battersea, when the deceased, who could only swim a little, undressed and walked into the water. In doing so he stepped into a large hole at the mouth of agreat suction pipe belonging to the factory, and which supplies the boilers of the establishment with water. A bargeman attempted to rescue him, but without avail. The boy's body was found under Southwark-bridge. The father of the decease! called the attention of the jury to the dangerous condition of the spot in question, where, within the past two years, 20 persons had lost their lives. There certainly was a board warning persons of the dangerous nature of that spot, but the writing upon it Was nearly obliterated. The jury returned a ver- dict of "Accidental death," at the same time adding the following rider: "That we are of opinion that the pipe and hole should be protected to prevent similar occurrences."
WRECK OF A BRITISH VESSEL.;
WRECK OF A BRITISH VESSEL. TWO CAPTAINS POISONED. Information has been received at Plymouth of the wreck of the Arabella; of Belfast, during a gale at Barbadoes. The crew w> re saved in their boat. Before the Arabella left Hio de Janeiro for Barba- does Captain Harris was shipped in place of Captain David Jack, of Belfast, who was poisoned by his own steward. One morning the captain of the barque Sarah, of Belfast, breakfasted with Captain Jack, on board the Arabella. They ate a quantity of tripe, and soon afterwards they were seized with ill- ness, the symptoms being those of poisoning. Emetics were given to the captains, but both died within a few hours in great agony. The steward of the ArabeUay a native of Belfast, who cooked the tripe, was arrested by the authorities, and up to the time of the ship's departure had not been tried. Poison was found in the pan in which the tripe was cooked.
THE SECOND-CLASS TELEGRAPH…
THE SECOND-CLASS TELEGRAPH CLERK'S AGITATION. The Postmaster-General has replied to the tele- graph clerks of the London Central Telegraph Office in answer to their petition for a better scale of pay, as follows :-The Postmaster General directs that you be informed that lie has given care- ful consideration to your memorial, but that he sees no reason for disturbing the classification of 1881, by which the staff of the Central Station received considerable benefit. Although, in some cases, owing to the great expansion of business and conse- quent increase of the force, it may be that officers are for the time receiving less pay under the pre- sent classification than they might have under the old. yet, by the amalgamation, and now by the in- crease in the number of upper classes which has been sanctioned by the Treasury, their prospects of promotion have been so greatly improved that any temporary loss of income will be more than balanced by the increased amount they will have the opportunity of obtaining.—(Signed) H. C FISCHER, Controller.
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE ORDNANCE…
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. General Alderson, R. A., Director of Artillery and Stores, speaking at the annual dinner of the Royal Arsenal Foremen's Association, London, the other evening, referred to the charges made against the Ordnance Department. He emphatically denied that our guns were in a deplorable condition, and he was prepared to prove his statement before the Royal Commission. As to conspiracy and cor- ruption, the opinion of the law officers of the Crown was entirely in harmony with the judgment of the Secretary of State, after careful considera- tion of conifdential communications. With regard to the character of the bayonets and swords, and the jamming of cartridges, he had con fidence that a Royal Commission could not fail to elicit a com- plete and emphatic refutation of the charges made against officials under the head of corruption. As to failures and defects, he maintained that they were for the most part due to the advances con- tinually being made, and which in the case of guns especially, had involved radical changes in material and construction.
ANOTHERMILFTARY~EXPEDITION.…
ANOTHERMILFTARY~EXPEDITION. Much excitement has been caused at Portree on "I the news becoming known that her Majesty's ship Humber with 100 mariners on board had left Ports- mouth for Skye. At first the statement was not credited, but official dispatches verified the announce- ment. The object of the expedition is not exactly known, but it will be remembered that about a month ago a sheriff's officer was engaged to proceed from Inverness to Portree to serve about ;)OU sum. monses for arrears of rent upon tenants on the estates of Lord Macdonahl and Major Fraser of Kilmuir. When the officer was on the eve of start- ing by train from Inverness lie received a telegram from the agents of the landlords named instructing him to postpone his journey. The reason for this is believed to have been that the landlords well knew that the officer would have no chance what- ever of serving the writs unless he were backed up by A powerful armed.fores- It is stated that the intention of the authorities now is to employ the Marines on their way to Skye itt the Humber to protect the officer in serving writs for a long accu- mulation of arrears of rents and parochial riates and that,in the event of a refusal of payment being made, a wholesale seizure of the household effects and the stock of the crofters will be made. It is the general belief in the island that the service of the writs by an officer under the protection of the Marines will be allowed without resistance, but I that any attempt to carry away cattle or household effects will be resolutely opposed by force if neces- sary. The other day a sheriff's officer left Tober- mory for ]Uree with indictments to be served on the Crofters, whose trial to take place at Edinburgh, on the 18th ifist. It was not expected that the crofters would offer any objections to receive the writs. A circular has been issued by the secretary of the Crofters Commission, stating that thecommissioners will hold the first public sitii ig at Dornoch, and the next at Wick.
.FATAIi PARAFFIN LAMP ACCIDENT.…
FATAIi PARAFFIN LAMP ACCIDENT. J Woodville House, South -grove, Highgate, was thA other morning the scene of a shocking accident. 4 The house is- occupied$>y Mr. Maskell and ltii i family. Shortly before One o'clock in the morning I a fire broke Otrtwthe house, whidfr Was causetflfy the bursting of a paraffin lamp. There was a nurse in the room when the lamp exploded. She was standing close to the lamp when it flickered and burst. The burning oil ran all over the table and set fire to her dress. She was in flames at once. As she ran out of trie room she screamed, and her master and mistress HMta came to her assistance. The mats and the carpet in the passage were at once wrapped round her, and the flames were put out, but not before she had sustained severe injuries. The fire in the room, however, spread and the whole family* were compelled to leave the place. The fire brigade were at once communicated with, and they succeeded in confining^ the fire to the. floor on which it broke out. The injured woman, whose name is Jane Wood. and who is about 53 years of age, was at once conveyed to the University Col- lege Hospital, where she arrived shortly after two o'clock. Her injuries were attended by Mr. Walker the house surgeon. In answer to inquiries made at the hospital it was stated that the woman had since died from the injuries-she Woe! ved.
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A mechanic, named Thomas Oates, has just died at Rotherham from hydrophobia. The deceased was bitten by a cat about 18 months ago, and until a few weeks back there were no symptoms beyoud • little indifference to his friends.
rHE HOME: USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
rHE HOME: USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. OBANGB WilqiL-Orange wine proper is made Tom the pure juice of ripe, sweet oranges, without ;he admixture of water, peel, yeast, or linings, &c., is used in the manufacture of ordinary home-made orange wine. The former, however, is only made and brought to perfection (by maturing in the cask at least three years previous to bottling) in an orange-growing country. Orange wine made from the pure juice, as above, is said to be the best tonic -medical or otherwise—that can be taken in the human system. The following is the ordinary way as practised at home, and usually made in spring. To make nine gallons of the wine take one hundred sweet oranges, thin skinned, of medium size, and when they have attained the highest degree of sweet- ness. To the above add forty Seville. With a very sharp knife pare the thin, yellow rind from the oranges, then cut each in halves, and squeeze out and strain the juice. Pour ten gallons of boiling water on to the riikds-previously placed in a tub- and let stand till tepid. Mix with this the juice of the oranges, twenty pounds of the finest loaf sugar, and six pounds of raisins cut in small pieces, or use twenty-six pounds of sugar and no raisins. Stir all well up together, then add a piece of toast with about four tablespoonfuls of fresh yeast spread over it. Should it be desired to give to the wine colour, it will be necessary at this point to add a little of the expressed juice of beetroot, obtained by pounding the uncooked rOot in a mortar, and then squeezing out the juice. Now cover the tub with thich cloths, stir it well up next day, still keeping it closely covered. This operation of stirring must be repeated daily for some days, or until fermentation ceases. In cold weather the cask must be rinsed out with boiling water previous to putting in the wine, other- wise the fermentation might be cheeked. After the cask is filled up, keep it resting a little on one side, in case the wine may continue to work. It should be kept well filled uo with some liquor reserved for the purpose. The bung shoutd be put in lightly at first. In the course of a few days a quarter of a pint of brandy may be added, or a double quantity of sherry, or Maderia, to every gallon of liquor. The adding of the spirits, however, is purely a matter of taste. Now bung up tightly, but draw the spill or cork from the vent-hole occasionally, and if there is any sign of fermentation give it vent. The wine should be kept in the coldest place possible, and re- main in; the cask for several months previous to bottling. BONE MANURE.-By dissolving bones with oil of vitriol you will produce superphosphate, and that of the best kind. The following directions, which are taken from a paper in the Journal of the Royal Agri- cultural Society, by Mr. Maxwell, may be of use :— "Having dug out a space large enough for a pit 10ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 2! ft. deep, inside measurement, level the bottom and lay down three inches of miltwrought puddle, upon which place fire- brick flue-covers to form the sole of the pit; build the sides and ends with common bricks (a brick and a-half thick), using no cement or plaster pud- dle outside, and pack with fine sand. After the pit has once been used for dissolving, the interstices between the bricks will be filled up. A pit of this size is capable of holding two tons of ground bones. They may, of course, be made of smaller dime nsions if preferred. Strong wooden vats or tubs will suit equally as welL In preparing superphosphate, first throw into the pit the substance it is intended to dissolve pour over this one-fourth its weight of vrater, stirring and mixing well with a wooden rake or pole; then add sulphuric acid, which may be twice the weight of the water, or one-half the weight of the substance to dissolve. Stir and mix the mass as before, and allow it to remain forty-eight hours in the pit. Having removed it from the pit it is necessary, in making superphosphate from bones, to dry it by using some dry substance to absorb the superfluous moisture. In selecting a material for this purpose care must be taken to avoid calcareous matters, such as chalk, or lime. Perhaps the best plan is to use dry bone ash or bone meal for this purpose.' The finer the bones are the loss acid will be required, so that as you are unable to crush yout bones you will have to use a larger quantity that that above mentioned. THE DIGESTIBILITY OF PORK.—Pork has a some- what undeserved bad character for indigestibility. If it be thoroughly cooked, and the amount eaten be not in excess, there is no reason why it should not digest readily. Dr. Beaumont, who made a series of experiments in Alexis St. Martin-a man who, owing to a wound, had an external opening in his stomach—found fresh pork as digestible as fresh mutton, and- more digestible than roast fowl. Fresh pork is far superior as a food to ham, or bacon, or salt pork, much of the fibre of all salted and dried meats being toughened and not acted upon by the digestive juices. The carcase of a sound, healthy pig should be well set as soon as cool. The flesh, lis is pretty generally known, should be paler than twef or mutton, and no portion should be purple, brown, or speckled. The skin should be firm and transparent, the fat white. The surface of the car- case should not be blotched, bruised, or bright red, or deep yellow. The flesh should be moist but not wet, .should \iiot crackle when pressed, and should have a fresh, not disagreeable, smell. The fat should be firm and white, the mouth and tongue free from sores and blotches. Salt pork should be pink, or pinky-grey in colour, should show no softening in parts, and should have no unpleasant smell. The brine should not be sour. Ham and bacon are usually easier to judge of, especially if a skewer be used to test the smell of the centre. Fresh sausages, when kept, become soft and watery, and this condi- tion is sometimes obvious before any disagreeable smell is perceptible. It may be here remarked that sausages are ordinarily Bold at prices far in excels of their value. In the best sausages the meat is often mixed with bread crumbs to give lightness. WIRE OR SPRING MATTRESSES.—A spring mat- tress made entirely of finely-woven chains is the very best and healthiest soit of bed that one can have. It is easily kept clean, and is as easily dis- infected, should any contagious disease attack its occupant. There are several sorts of chain siting mattresses, and the Excelsior," which is inexpen- sive, answers every purpose; but I personally muck prefer a very fine-woven chain, almost like chgit- armour, which is expensive, but wears splendidly, And only requites a nice hair nuvttress over it to be complete. I always put over the chains themselves a square of brown holland, tied to each of the four corners of the bedsteads. This should be washed twice, or even oftener, during the year, and it is twice, or even oftener, during the year, and it is also an excellent plan to put the mce new hair mattresses and pillows, into neat brown iiolland or calico cases, which can also be frequently washed in order to keep the ticks themselves clean. Unless this is done, the ticks become soiled. CLEANING WALL FAMR,—Sweep down the paper with a clean brush, or cover a hair broom with a clean cloth, and wipe dpwn carefully, brushing only one way. Sometimes wall-papers will clean as foi- I6*sXflfce a pdttnd of flour, mix it with water till you have rather,a stiff dough, quite smooth and yielding; rub the paper with this, kneading it as you go, to get a fresh surface. If the walls are in the least damp, this must not be tried, or the paper Will peel of." For passages, bedrooms, or child4N»V rooms, varnished paper is most advisable; it will last for years, and is easily kept clean with soap and "prater. It Will also rf^varnish.^ca^e of infec- tious illness, #aUss6 papered cadi be washed with a disinfectant After the foOm has been fubaigated by the sanitary officer, thus saving the expense of tear- ing the paper from the walls. A HINT HOTIY)IKB^PEB9.I,ENEVET you buying meat it should be borne in mind that fhoiv are three conditions owing to which it may be until for human food. It may be bad simply through having been kept too long; this you will probably be quite competent to judge of. Secondly, it may be derived from an animal which has not been slaughtered, or only slaughtered when in a dying state. In this case 'the meat would probably be badly set, dark, and ill-bled, and inelastic to the touch. Thirdly, it may be derived from a diseased animaL Again, do not buy meat at night, by gas- light. Be cautious about buying from itinerant vendors. Never store meat in any olosed-up room. Vary the cooking as well as the kind of meat, as fas, as practicable, from day to day.
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Virtue dwells not in the tongue, but in the heart. He who seeketh a pearl must dive deep. The owl does not praise the light, nor the wolf tne dog. iU If new laid eggs are put in brine they will keep fresh for a year or two. Worth is ever at home, and carries its own wel- come along with it. Put a large spoonful of black-currant jelly into a tumbler, and fill it up with boiling water for a I aood fever drink. When cold it is ready for use.
--..,.., CRYING FALSE NEW&
CRYING FALSE NEW& Thomas Edwards (29), an itinerant newsvendor, )f 9, Fox-court, Gray's-inn-lane, Holborn, lias been jliarged with unlawfully obtaining one penny from Mr. W. D. Coleman, of Stamford-street, under cir- cumstances detailed below.-Ou the previous evun- ing the prisoner was in Stamford. street, shouting out "Dreadful accident at Waterloo Station," and sold a halfpenny paper for one penny to prosecutor, who found that there was no such news in it as had been called out, and he gave prisoner into custody. The prisoner said what lie called out was I I Accident on the Waterloo line," and there was a paragraph about one in the paper.—Mr. Sheil said this was an offence which was becoming too common. He com- mitted the prisoner for trial.
THE BOSTON MYSTERY.I
THE BOSTON MYSTERY. Mr. Richard Newcomb, newspaper proprietor, of Boston, the master of the girl Charlotte Pacey, who mysteriously disappeared, and whose body was found in the North Forty Foot River, having com- municated with the.. Home Secretary, laying the j facts of the case before him, and asking for a L further investigation into the case, has received a reply stating that the Home Secretary would com- municnte with the Boston police authorities on the subject, and inquiries at once took place. Unusual excitement prevails in Bvston and the district with respect to the matter. The Boston borough justices, however, have held a special sitting, and resolved to reply to the llome Secretary to the effect that they had no evidence before them to show that the girt was murdered.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION…
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION. The executive committee of the International Arbitration Association (Outer Temple, Strand; have adopted the following nnnute in the Monte- lar case: Hesol ved, that with reference to thE facts and considerations brought before the council of this association by M. Montelar, this committee dp record its opinion that, with the view of remov- ing any cause of complaint on the part of the French Government and the French public against the British Government with respect to the com- plaints formulated by M. Montelar on the subject of his explusion from Travancore, and consequent pecuniary ruin, it is necessary that all the facts known to the British Government should be made known, so that the public both in France and Eng- land may have materials necessary for forming an accurate judgment on the merits of the case.
CHARGE OF STEALING A CHEQUE.
CHARGE OF STEALING A CHEQUE. At the Lambeth Police-court, William Alfred Smith, a young man, described as of no occupation, and residing at 67, Crystal Palace-road, East Dulwich, has been charged with stealing on the 29th ult a letter containing a cheque for £16 5s., the property of the Governors of St. Olave's School, South wark.—Mr. Beckwith, clerk to the governors of the charity, stated that one Thomas Leighton was a pensioner upon the charity in question, and according to the rule witness provided on the 29th ult, the cheque of tl6 5s., on account of such pen- sion. It was sent to 67, Crystal Palace-road, an address which Mr. Leighton had given, and where he resided; but had since removed, it appeared, to No. 1 i" the same road. Witness was afterwards informed by Leighton that he had not received the, cheque, and upon witness making inquiries at the bank he found the cheque had been presented and cashed. Witness cpmmunicated with the police, and the prisoner came to witness, and said, "I have come to admit the receipt of a letter which contained a cheque, I thought it my duty to come to you and explain it. I consider I am morally if not legally responsible, and am willing to make restitution, providing you will undertake my character shall not suffer in consequence of this. I was on my way to St. Olave's School to restore the cheque, but to my great surprise I had not it in my possession." Witness desired the prisoner to come to the solici- tors of the school, and he did so, and there made the same statement The cheque was payable to 66 order," and an open cheque. The signature to the cheque was a forgery.—In cross-examination the witness said the prisoner stated he had already communicated, with the police, and lie came forward and volunteered the stateroent-MT-i Saunders said it would be necessary to have other evidence before such a serious charge could be established.—Detec- tive Garland sail when he took the prisoner into custody he declared that he had lost the cheque on his way to the City, and added that the last time he saw it was, whilst in the Herne tavern.—Mr. Saunders said this was a case which a wealthy charity should place in the hands of solicitors, and ordered a remand, admitting the prisoner to bail.
THE JOYS OF MARRIAGE.
THE JOYS OF MARRIAGE. At the Clerkenwell Police Court, William Jones (2S\ horse keeper, of 20, Great Bath-street, Clerkenwell, has been charged before Mr. Barstow with assaulting his wife, Jane Jones, by striking and kicking her, at that address. The prosecutrix, Jane Jones, appeared with her head and face covered with bandages. She said she had been married to the prisoner for three years, and from the beginning he had ill-used her. The other night the and her husband were at home. A letter came from her employers. She could not read, and asked her husband to read it for her. The letter asked why site had not been to work, and this led her to refer to a black eye which he had given her, and to the trouble she would have in going to work dis- figured like that. Suddenly as she was speaking, the prisoner turned round furiously, struck her in the face, and knocked her down. Then as she lay on the ground he kicked her on the head and face, and on her hands, which ishe put up to protect her face. She screamed, and the police came into the house. Prisoner was the worse for drink, but he knew what he was doing. He treated her in much the same way when he was sober. She had one child, and she wanted a separation from him. Constable Curtis, 329 G, said he was on duty and heard screams and cries of Police and "Murder" coming from the house 2W, Great Bath-street. He ran upstairs, and into the room from which the cries came, and saw the prosecutrix there bleeding from the mouth and nose, and with her face cut and bruised. The prisoner Was standing near her. Witness asked what was the matter, rrisoner answered, "Nothing; mind your own business." Witness asked the woman if she wished to charge her husband, and she charged him with striking and kicking her. Prisoner thereupon threw off his coat and bat, and, saying •• It's either you or me," ran to a bag which contained his razor. Witness at once closed with him, and another constable who had followed him upstairs ceming to his assistance. they secured him.—The prisoner now said, "Well, my wife is always accusing me wrongly and she stays out late at night herself. She is always get- ting up crowds to follow me because I can't get work. I have just got a little ;ob, and this is what has come of it —Mr. Barstow sentenced Jones to six months' hard labour, and ordered a judicial separation, prisoner to allow his wife 10s. a week towards her support —Prisoner spoke some threaten- ing words to his wife as he was removed from the Court
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A lad entered Plains Coal Pit, near Airdrie, with a naked light, and instantly an explosion oc- curred, whereby Hugh Mackie and Samuel Begs were very severely burned about the head, face, and bodv. The injured men were working with safety lamp*
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
ITEMS OF INTEREST. THE PowEn OF Mi:SIC.—There was such M co. •huntment in the singing of Farinetii tnat it com- pletely n. erjio-.vered Senesino, who was himself uue :ti tlie ii.iest siiuers. Seiusino and Fariujlli had long wis u:d to hear each other sing the oppor- tunity was at length afforded, and they were en- gaged to perform at the same theatre. Senesino played the part of an inexorable tyrant, and Fari- nelli, of his unhappy dtiptive. When he appeared in chains, he sang with such exquisite pathos, that Senesino forgot tlie cruel part he had to sustain lie nelli, of his unhappy dtiptive. When he appeared in chains, he sang with such exquisite pathos, that Senesino forgot the cruel part he had to sustain lie forgot everything and, throwing himself into Fari- neili's arms hurst into tears. This anecdote, how- ever, is put into the shade when we recollect that two hired assassins, who, it may be presumed, were not possessed of very tender feelings, when they waited to fulfil their engagement t < murder Stra- della, near the door of a church in Rome, where he was taking part in an oratorio, were so completely overcome by his pathetic music, that they not only jrb'andoned their purpose, but confessed it to him, and warned liiin of his danger. REVELATIONS OF THE MICROSCOPE. — Brush s little of the fuzz from the wing of a dead butterfly, and let it fall upon a piece of glass. It will be seen on the glass as a fine .golden dust. Slide the glasi under tlte .microscope, and each particle of the dU81 will reveal itself as a perfect symmetrical feather. Give your arm a slight prick, so as to draw a smat drop ot blood; mix the blood witit a drop oi vinegar and water, and place it upon the glass slide under the microscope, l'ou will discover that th< red matter of the blood is formed of innumerable globules or discs, which, though so small as to be separately invisible to the naked eye, appear under the microscope each larger than a letter of this print. Take a drop of water from a stagnant pool or ditch, or sluggish brook, dipping it from among the green vegetable matter on the surface. On holding the water to the light it will look a little milky but on placing the smallest drop under the microscope, you will find it swarming with hundreds of strange animals that are swimming about in it with the greatest vivacity. These animalcules exist in such multitudes that any effort to conceive of their numbers bewilders the imagination. This in- visible universe of created beings in the most wonder- ful of all the revelations of the microscope. During the greater part of man's existence on the earth, while he has been fighting, taming, and studying the lower animals which were visible to his sight, he has been surrounded by these other multitudes of the earth's inhabitants, without any suspicion of their existence In en lless variety of form and structure, they are bustling through their active lives, pursuing their prey, defending their persons, waging their wars, multiplying their species, and ending their careers, countless hosts at each tick ot the clock passing out of existence, and making way for new hosts that are following in endless succession A ROYAL DECISION.-A slater was engaged in repairing the roof of a house, and while so engaged, through some false step or some other accident, lost his balance and rolled down the slanting side of the roof, and fell over into the street below. Just at this moment—unfortunately for himself, though fortunately for the slater-a man was passing along the street just in front of the house whose roof was being repaired. Upon him the slater fell, knocking him down with such force that he eventually died of the injuries he received while the slater does not seem to have been much the worse for his fall, being saved from any violent concussion with the hard pavement by the interposition of the body of the unfortunate wayfarer. The dead man's son brought an action against the slater, asking that he might receive punishment for killing his father, and be made to pay to him, the son, damages, to compensate him for his loss. The king, before whom the matter was laid, inquired into it, and satisfied himself that the slater was in no way to be blamed, his fat! and its fatal consequences being purely accidental. In delivering his judgment, he said that it was natural that the son should desire some satisfaction for the death of his father at the hands of the man who killed him, and that this he was ready to order him. The slater must go and stand exactly in the position where the deceased man had been at the time of the accident, and the son might mount on to the roof of the house and throw himself thence on to the slater, and so mete out to him the same treatment as had been meted out to his (the plaintiff's) father. The son, how- ever, like Shylock, declined to run the risks inci- dental to carrying out the judgment. INDIAN MARVELS.—The wonders of conjuring, seen in the southern parts of Asia, especially in Hindostan, are almost beyond human belief. Tra- vellers agree that such extraordinary feats as chang- ing wigs into snakes, and causing seeds to grow im- mediately to the stature of trees, are actually per- formed Through what delusion of the senses trustworthy witnesses have been made to believe in such jugglery, we are as yet ignorant. A re- cent traveller in India tbus describes anew a very old trick in scientific conjuring:—Taking out of his pocket a long, thin, silk rope, the conjurer curled it up into several folds and made in into a circle, the ends of which were bound round and round this cir- cle. He threw it on the ground, whereat lay. At. ternately humming a wild air, whistling, singing a monotonous chorus, knocking two sticks together all the time, and dancing to the noise or sound, the tied cord on the ground began to move about, to twist hither and thither, to gyrate in circles, to leap up a couple of feet into the air, and then gradually to unfold itself, till at length it appeared only a tangled mass of rope. In a few moments, however,—the performer all the time playing louder, knocking his sticks together violently, singing more vigorously, and leaping about almost in a fury- the tangled man became unraveled, and the rope was at once seized by him. Taking it in his right hand, yet holding one end in his left, and with a vigorous shont and great bodily exertion, he threw it perpendicularly into the air. It fell. He threw it again. Each time it went higher, though it fell several times. All the while he kept muttering, gesticulating, whining, imploring, expostulating, crying. At length, warning the spectators, who were crowding upon him, to keep the circle around as wide and broad as at the outset, he gathered the rope once more into circular coils in his right hand, and with a supreme effort and a wild shriek, threw it up a great height towards the sky. He then all of a sudden pulled it with the greatest violence two or three times. It did not fall, however, but, on the contrary, seemed tightly fastened. With a yell of triumph, he at once, as it seemed, climbed up the rope, first with one hand then with the other, his legs equally agitated. He rose higher and higher, and then—actually vanished out of sight in the air. THE CLERGYMAN AND THE DUKE.—A worthy old clergyman in Cumberland, who had brought up a large family on seventy pounds a year, being in- formed of the death of his rector, was advised to apply to the Bishop of London, in whose gift the living was, for the next presentation. He followed the advice, and was directed to his lordship's house in St. James's square. By mistake he knocked at the next door, which was the Duke of Norfolk's, and, inquiring of the servant whether his master was at home, received an answer in the affirmative, but that he was then engaged. The old gentleman requested the servant to go up and entreat his mas- ter to be at home to him, as his business was of much consequence. The duke, on being informed a respectable-looking old clergyman wished to speak to him, desired him to be introduced, and begged to know the occasion of his visit. My lord," said the old gentleman, "the rector of -—— is dead, and I was advised by my parishioners to come to town and entreat the friendship and protection of your lordship. I have served the parish many years, and hope I have acquitted myself with propriety." And pray whom do you take me for, sir ? said the duke. "The Bishop of London, my lord." His grace immediately rang the bell, aud, a servant entering, "John, who am I?" "Tlie Duke of Norfolk, sir." "Good gracious r "exclaimed the I curate, starting from the chair. I humbly en- treat your grace's pardon. I assure you that nothing but my ignorance of the town could have occasioned such a mistake." Stop, stop, my good frieud, you and I don't part thus. We must first take a glass together, and then see whether I can't show you the way to the Bishop of London's house." His grace and the curate having mutually pledged each other, found their way to the bishop's house— and the old gentleman left Se. James's square JE340 a year richer than he entered it. To impart a fine flavour to ordinary, tea. place rose leaves in the tea-canister, or add one drop of the ottar of roses on a piece of soft paper to every pound of tea, and keep the canister closely covered. Wear your learning; like your watch, in a private pocket, and don't pull it out to show that you have MM: but if you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it
FACTS AND FANCIES.
FACTS AND FANCIES. Flipkins was passing along the street and saw a. trunk outside the door of a dealer, bearing the legend "This size for ten dollars." "So do I," said Flipkius. Brown: "Hello, Jenkins! Why so sober? Thinking of your castles in Spain ? Jenkins (sip- ping his coffee): No, only looking over my grounds in Java." Oil, he didn't have no trouble. He just proved a lullaby when he was brought up to court," was the explanation given by a fon(1 mother, when asked how her son got out of his last scrape. "May I impart to you a great secret, Herr Baron?" ;• Oh, certainly I" "A great steret-E am hard up and require at once five hundred marks You may trust me; I am as siluut as the grave; I have heard nothing!" A little three-year-old miss toddling upstairs the other day noticed that the servant had removed the carpet from her room and was scrubbing the floor. baidshe: "Hello, Rosa, has you moved your kit- chen floor up-stairs." A daily newspaper has been started in Greenland. During the year when the days are three months long the editor doesn't get down to the office until three weeks after breakfast, and stops work two months before sun-down. An editor can get up a pretty good paper in eight or nine days, if he bag a large exchange list and a sharp pair of scissors. TRIALS OF AN EDITOR. The editor sat in his sanctum, When the bore, with his modest request, Came to ask for the gift of a stickful, Written up at the editor's best. The editor looked at him calmly His voice it was low, not gruff. Do you take me, my friend, for an engine, With nothing to do but to puff? Merchant: What was the matter with you last night when I saw you ? Book-keeper Nothing, sir; I was suffering from vertigo." Merchant Well, if that's what you call it I'll forgive you. But it strikes me that when a man is so full that he tries to look in the dictionary to find out where he lives he hasn't vertigo to get the jim-jams. That's all, young man." You want something to eat, do you? inquired a man of a lame tramp at the back door of his rest- fence. "Av you plase, sor." "What made you tame?" "It was the ear tli quake, sir." "An earth- quake:" "Yis, sir. Ye see, I'm an Italian from the Island of Ischia, an' when the earthquake shuk I up the surface av the planet it sprung me knee, an' I'm unable to wurk, which the same I'd be plased I to do if I was able." The gentleman call his bull- dog, and when that animal made a rapid exit through the gate, he was preceded by the Italian earthquake sufferer. A skeleton was unearthed in Nantucket the other day with a small copper coin under one hand. The remains of an editor, most likely, who tried to take his wealth along with him. Father, starting down town: Yes, Robert, my son, keep in mind what your mother says, and al- ways say please. Though a little word it indicates the gentleman. Here, wife, hold my overcoat and bat; be quick about it." "Ah, me! said a husband as he laid down his- I book and gazed thoughtfully into the fire, how true it is that 'Tis better to have loved and lost than—than—" Never to have loved at all ? supplied his wife, softly. No; than to have loved and won." SUCH A WIFE. Such a wife as Willie has Such a bonny loving wife I She is like a bit of sunshine* In the rainy days of life. Busy still her clever fingers, 4" And she's never cross or silly, It were well if every husband Only had a wife like Willie.$ Oh," said Charlie, with decision, t, Willie's wife is very well: But she's out of all comparing, With my own dear darling NeU. When I'm happy, she's so happy, When I'm sad, she's full of care, And I'm sure in all the village, There is not a wife so fair." There you're wrong," said Farmer Carey, "And it's I that ought to know, For I married my sweet Mary More than twenty years ago. She was counted then 'The Beauty,' You'd not match her far or near, And she's just been growing sweeter Every day aud every year." II Well, indeed! said Lawyer Simmons, With a twinkle in his eyes, "In the matrimonial struggle, It was I that won the prize. My Selina's good and clever, And you need not to be told That she's very well connected, And site brought me land and gold.* But 111 frankly tell you, neighbours, How the matter reaUy lies It was so in the beginning, So there's nothing for surprise. Only one wife is made perfect, Loving, pretty, good and bright; All good husbands think they have her, And to think so makes them right HIS CHOICE. U Kin anything ? asked a citizen of the suburbs who met a boy carrying a gun. Naw I See anything to kill? "Naw!" "Expect to see anything? uNawl" Then what on earth are you tramping in the slush and mud for ? V 'Cause it's my birth-day," f.; Well, what of that ? I've either got to do this or hold a birth-day party. Guess you dou't know what it ia tp bo a boy. *■ A MUTUAL SCARE. Mrs. Peteiby is probably one of the homeliest women in the States of Texas, and her husband very often takes occasion to remind her of it "I got such a scare just now," said Mn. Peter by, a few days ago. What scared you, my dear I was in the kitchen just now when, all at once, a hideous-looking tramp stuck his head in the win- dow. Oh, I never was so scared in all my bora- days." •• Did the tramp get a good look at you, darling ?" •• Yes, he looked me square in the face." Then IH bet he was worse scared than you were.. A SURPRISED INDIVIDUAL. A man who was struck by lightning and ap- parently killed, showed signs of lite shortly after- wards, and, restoratives being applied, he soon re- covered. One of the by-simdors wanted to know how it felt to be struck by lightning, and asked him what his sensations were at the time the thunder- bolt struck him. Good heavens said he, have I been struck by lightning? Certainly you have. Didn't you know it? Gracious, no! I didn't have tlie least suspicion that way." What did you think was the matter? I didn't know but I might have been trying to kiss the hired girl and my .wife had come in unex- pectedly." A QUESTION OF LANGUAGE. Peter Pine seed (from Waybaek)—Come along. Jane. We'll hustle through this German. Jane-But, Peter, we dont know anything about the German. Peter-Jane, I'm surprised at you. Do you suj*- pose I'm going to expose my ignorance of foreign languages before all these people. ',j ?
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If you let them put the calf on your shotddert^ it will not be long before they clap ou the cow. Whether the stone strike the pitches or tho pitcher the stone, woe be to the pitcher. Never keep vinegar or yeast in stone crocks or jugs; their acid attacks the glazing, which is said cc. be poisonous* Glass for either is better. Some men devote themselves se exclusively to their business as to almost entirely neglect their dc mestic and social relahl.