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DANISH STEAMERS COLLIDE. Over One Hundred Persons Sent to the Bottom. CONDUCT OF THE CRAZED PASSENGERS. Arrival of tho Steamer Thingvalla at Halifax. A Usl (lliurHiiay) niglit'a N>:W York dcBpatL-li Bays : Tlio BtcaiiiBhip Wieland, Cai>i. Albi-ru, from Hamburt; Aug. 5th, via Ilavru Aui{. 7t)i, with iiiurcliaiidiBC and 113 cabin and 45.0 Btrirayi.' pasBcnKers, rcporta that on Aii^. 14th, thirty milia south of Kabli! luIftT.i, at noon, Bhe eaw thi' Daninli stcaBier 'lliiiitjvalla, Coin uliagi'n for New York, wiili si^juals of distrisa. Thu Thiiif; valla had rollidid un tiio Mth, at 1 a in., with thr' sti'Hiui.T Gcisor, of thu Haiiiu lini.', from Now York August 11th, for Copen- hagen. The Ociaer aank in about live niinuns Fourtfen paaaeii'^ira and seven- teen of tin crew, among thi-m Capt. Mol- ler, ari! hum i. Heventy-two paascngora and tliirty-tliri e of llie crew were loat. Tlie Bteiiiier Wieland brought â- l.O.O pasaen- gera from thi- I'hiugvalla and thoa" aavcd from the Geiaer to New York. The Thing. valla will endeavor to reach Ualifax. The Wieland ia ut Uobokeu. oci L-ni;Ki) i.s A I'oii. Tho Oeiaer left this port on Auguat lllli bound for Stettin. Tho Thingvalla was on her way to thia city, and waa adverliacd to leave here on .Vuguat 'JJth. A very heavy Boa and a denao fog were experienced through tho night and early morning of Augaatllth. It is aaid an object could not bo diatinguiabed 50 feet away. The Thingvalla atruck the Geiaor on the atar- board aide amidahipa about 4 o'clock in tho morning. The ehips then parted and within hvn niinutea tho Guiaer aank. The crow of the Thingvalla did all they could to save thu Geiaer'a craw and paaaengera while Btill in doubt whether the Thingvalla waa not dangerjualy diaabled, bat owing to tho heavy aea only 111 were aaved. No other voH3ol was near at tho time. ThcWiclatid, on her way to thia port, waa 100 niili'a away. At 11. HO o'clock on the morninj; of the llth the Wieland waa aighted. Signala of diatreaa v,i re made and a transfer of pab8enger.4 began. The aea waa heavy, but uo miahap occurred in thu Iranafcr. The oflluera of the company were unable tonight to give a liat of the loat. I AlIMN U.liER.s' KTOIIY. Capt. A. Albora, of tho Wieland, tella tho following Btory : At 1 o'clock on tho morning ef thu llth we paaaud aoino wreckage lloating in thu aea, and aua]H'cted that an accident ha<l happened near na. A little later we Hailed through a aea of oil, and aigiitcul a broken boat of thu Geiacr's. About ll..'IO wo aightedaateamer to tho northward about eight inilea otT, and Boeing she had a tlag of diatreaa up wo run down to her. It proved to be thu Thing valla. Captain Lamb, of that veaaci, came to us in a ainall boat ami begged ua to take off hia paaaengera and thoao ho had aaved from tho Ouiaer. Ho aaid hia own vubbuI waa ao badly injured ho expected her to Bink at any iriomnnt. ller forward com- partment had been carried away from half- way above the deck to below the water line. I Bent the boata ai]<l thu Thingvalla luworeil two boata, am) in live houra we ha.t the Bavod paaaengera and crew of thu Geiaer on board. Thu Hua waa very rough, and the work of tranaferring tho paaaungerB waa very diflicult. The iinmonae hole in the 'J'hingvalla'B Ik)W waa patched up aa well na n.iHHibli', and ahe Htarted (or Halifax. The cotliaioii, Ho faraa known, waacauaed by thu fug. The chief ollioer of each vuaaul waa ou duck at thu tiiiio of the collision, AN oi'kh'kii'h Aiciifsr. Third OlViccr Peterson told much tho wamu Htory of tho oocurronco. He aaidâ€" The fog waa very dense. Through the iiipjit rain hail fallen at intorvala. Thu lirat wo knew of tho (leiser'a approach waa when alio appeared on tho atarboard Bide, right upon na. Tho Geiaer waa atruck opposite tho engine ruoma amidahip. The (Juiaor being heavily loaded waa low in Ihu water, aotliat thn Thingvalla I'arriud nway lier own compartment. Thu iipiHT part of her bow ran over thu dooka of tho (ioiaer. The (Jeiaer'a deckhouaea wore carried nway and tho Btatu riKima umaahed in ami the occupants killeil. He I'lrat huanl a bell ring in thn (Jeiaer'a engine room, hut could not tell what the order waa. He waa on <le(;k at thn tinuv ilii then heard thu bell ngam, thia tiiiiu to back, and the ateaniur had coininunceil to ruveniu when the Thingvalla Hlriick her. Tho (leiHut'H whiallu waa blowing at thu time. One of thu (auiaur'a paaauiigerB was picked up with n broken leg. All Hoon an thn Wieland arrived in tho lower bay Capt. Muller, of thn (ieiaer, left the Hteamer on a reveniiu i^iitter. llu went to tho ollicii of the company, where ho Araa oloaeted a few momenta with the agonta. He only left wcjrd that thn aeciilent waa duo to the weathi r and went away with out alatiiig where lin waa going. Tho r<!iiiiiied Clew of thu (ieiaer weru taken to tho Hotel Denmark on the .arrival of tho Wieland. TO SE.illCII FOK STANLKY. A Lieutenant of the V. 8. Navy OrsaulzlDg an Expedltlou, A Washington despatch saya : Licat. A. Maaon Shufeldt, of the Navy, who has re- cently returned from Chins, ia now here arrantjing for obtaining a year's leave of absence to go abroad, and will leave very Boon, probably st the end of August, for Kurope en route to Zanzibar to organize and lead an expedition in search of Henry M. Stanley. Lieut. Shufeldt is a son of Rear .\dmiral Robert W. Shufeldt, who made the treaty with the King of Corea, and is poBseased of the same spirit of restleaa love of travel and exploration that has charac- terized hid father. After accompanying hia father in the cruise around the world at tba time tho Corean treaty was made, Lieut. Shufeldt obtained leave and went to Madagascar, which he thoroughly explored for the first time. His operations in that neighborhood took him to the Zanzibar coast also, when he became familiar with the longuage of tho people of that part of Africa. In hia researches there he was materially aided by Sir Uenry Kirk, the britiah ConsulGeneral ou that coast, who is himself a well-known African explorer, having been a member of Stanley's expedi- tion at the time the American found and brought back tidings of Dr. Livingstone. Sir Uenry and Lieut. Shufeldt are firm frienda, and the latter will proceed first to enlist Sir Henry'a aid in organising the proposed expedition. It will bo necessary for Lieut. Shufeldt to be at Zanzibar in the lirBt half of November, for during the latter part of that month the trading cara- vans that have come down from the in- terior to dispose of their skins, gold duat and ivory in exchange for goods aro getting ready for their return journeya. 'i'he caravans that reach the coast go only to tho- western boundary of their own country and there turn over a ahare of goods to other cara- vans that have brought products acrosa their own country, and these transfer again to tribea still further in the interiur. liy taking advantage of this annual trading custom Lieut. Shufeldt hopes to be enabled to make his hazardous jeurney at very much leas expense than other such expedi- tions have done, and will utilize the return of tho caravans next summer to enable him to return safely to tho coast. Shufeldt ia just 31 yeara of age. Uo is tall and wiry like hia father, aiul is pos. Eeaaed of an iron conatitution. lie pro- ,, , •.,>.! I . poaea to bear aome part of the exiMsnae all b,.came ,,uiet. Our three boata };„„8,,f, ^ut a portion will bo contributed returnea loaded with tho «»ved whci had ^^, ^^^^^^^^ i,„eVe8ted in the result* to be 'obtained, and Shufeldt will utilize bis ex. weather was. He auid it was raining, but not foggy. Ho retirea a few minutes later. I hoard the telegraph signal for thoenginoa to reverao. This waa the lirat intimation 1 had of any trouble. Leaping from my berth I ran for the deck. Aa I was hurry- ing up a collision occurred. It was a terrillc shock, the steamers coming together with a frightful crash. Rushing forward I found the Thingvalla to be locked with another steamer, which I did not then know. As I approached I saw a man, whom I afterwards found to be the Geisor's second officer, jump on to our deck. My steamer had out right through hia room, where ho waa Bound asleep, and ho leaped out of hia bunk on to tho T'hing. valla'a deck. It may have been two or it may have been four ininutea before tho engines were reversed and we backed off. Without delaying a moment I went to ijnift my e.\cited paaaengera, who ware crowded ou tho deck and shouting and crying with fear. At thu aame time I looked after the aafety of my ship, not having any know- ledge aa to what waa the extent of our dam- age. The odicera were already engaged in cutting away and launching lifeboata. One of the Thingvalla's boata had just been lowered when tho other atcamer went down Btern tirat. Thia acene waa a frightful one. I cannot attempt to describe it. Some uf her paaaengera were mailing madly about her deck, whilu othera were crowded in aevcral boats on tho water. It turned out ufti'rwarda that tho ship foundered. A number of the passengers must have been killed in the bunka by tho force of the col- lision, and never knew what happened. As the steamer plunged beneath the water, carrying down those on board, she cap- sized tho boats that had got away. Tho air was rent with agonizing shrieks and prayers. Most of the people probably went down with tho Geiaer, and were followed Boon after by tho ill. fated souls in tho boat, who must have been sucked under as thu ship sank. llKrtCUINii TIIK r.lS.SKNilKUa. Three of our boata were already launchid and trying to save as many as they could from tho doomed Geiaer ; but it was alow- work, aa comparatively few managed to keep afloat after tho ateamer's disappear- ance. Three boata were all I could gel out in thi> time wo had, and 1 did not know- but what we might want tho remaining ones for onraclvea. Tlio two veaacla were not more than 100 or 150 feet apart when the Geiaer went down. Tho acreams of tho drowning lasted porhapa two minutea, then auddeiiK all became iiuiet. Our threoboata LUNATICS LET LOOSE. Crowded latu One Cell Four Hadiuon Try to Kill One Another. The insane department of the jail was a perfect bedlam yesterday for a few moments, and the madmen confined there shrieked and gibbered like frightened monkeys. They startled tho attendants with cries of " murder" and all was in the utmost confusion. Two of the crazy men were rqlling each other over the tloor und they were covered with blood. The only reason they did not murder each other waa because they had no weapons. It all hap- pened because four patients were placed in one cell for lack of room. They got along very well together until Edgar Simpson began to make one of hia stump speeches. He has the idea that he is a great stump- apeaker and that he must denounce every person he meets as a politician who is inimical to the interests of the people. He delights in " waving the bloody shirt," and Degan a vigorous tirade against the south. em confederacy and all who were in its service. This was more than the military spirit of "Gen. Stonewall Jackson" could brook. Ue is a lunatic who claims to be the great general himself and he was ready to resent tho personal insult given by Simpaon. He waxed hotter and hotter, and when a colored patient and Charles Hobenreyaer were introduced into the cell ho waa in a dangerous frame of mind. He made a rush for the stump-speaker a::d the two were soon pounding each other until their noses were fountains of blood. The colored lunatic became very excited and pushed Hobenreyaer into a corner and held him there and batteii him with his head. The noise caused all the other luna- tics to become frantic and their shouts drowned the din of the combatants. At. tendanta, with great difiiculty, separated the men and placed them in different cells. â€" Chicago Timet. been picked up in tho water a bottoms of their capsized boata. I acnt the boata back to contiiiuu their search for Hurvivora, but they returned with only the corpse (if a woman. Wo provided tho aiirvivora with dry clothoa, hot colTeo and wine and aiado them as comfortable aa (lOHaiblo while atter ding to tho injury to ourselves. Tho day waa juat beginning to break ulieii tho colliaion occurred. It waa raining, as tho second otVicor told nio just before. It was not foggy. I heard tho men around mo say it was eight or ten ininntea between tho collision and tho sink- ing of tho Geiaer ; but 1 could not pay any attention tu tho time. iMT. MiiI.I.Kll'a r.HCAPE. (;apt. MoUer told a most wonderful atory of hia escape. Ho was standing on thu Geiaer'H bridge na tho atuamor nettled down, and he jumped into tho aoa. Ho felt beiii^; Huc?keil under by tho ship, and while atrugk^liiig to keep all >at he got his two legs ontaii^led in a piece of u-reckago. This turned him rDuiid in tho water thrco or four tImeH, and for Homo momenta ho was helpleaa, but I'liially Hiicceedod in diaongag- ing himaolf and managed to roach tliu aur- faiMiagaiii, breathl^'nii and almoat exliiiuatod. He then got en tnji of an upturned boat and held on till resouud by thu mun from tho Thingvalla. INJtUV TO rilK TlllN.lVAI.l.A. After thu Geiaer diaappeared we began l)«rienoe in book form. WAUNKI) IN A TKANCK. Sluffular Sltirjr of th» Mynlerloua Cure of un I'llkllUWII 1>I|H<IU«. A l-'indlay, U., dcapatch says : In Marion township, thia county, a young daughter of Henry Searfoss, a prominent farmer, had been ill for several w-eek.i with a disease of which none know the origin, and which completely balllod the skill of thu attending pbysicianH. Her malaily waa such that the body would at intervals grow as cold aa ileaih and be covered with green spots. On last Monday shu loat consciouauese, and for 3ii hours waa in a trance, tho warmth of her body being tho only indication of life. Tuesday night aho waa aroused from her slumber, and told a strangu atory of what had occurred to her during her period of uneonBciousiieaa, in which she said a man ap|>earud to her, and with a buggy wheel allowed her how her injuries came about; after which he brought a sheet, a bucket and throe bottles containing wine, whiskey and alcohol, and oxplaiuoil how theao might bo used to effect a cure. If they were iiot used ho warned her that at 7 o'clock on the morning of tho next day sho would begin failing, at 1 u'doek in thu afternoon death'a approach would be realized, and at ') o'clock thu next morning ehu would bo dead. The family phyBiciaii laughed at tho whole jettiHoning tho • .irgo to keep the ihiinjvulla y,Xnav, and bade tho pareiita pay no hei-d to alloat. I ho crew and pa«-nger« worked ,|,p spirit injunction, which advice was Hide by ai.h-. ihr.iwiM,; overboard whut ... followed, and at onoo tho predictiona of tho WKLLS COLLEGE SCANDAL. A Prof«*ilor (-liart;.'.! with Defrrtudiug the C'ulleKv Out uf ;r'JU,UUO. An Auburn, N. Y., despatch eaya: The destruction of tho main building of Wells College at Aurora last week tnrutd public opinion towards that institution, aud a dis. cufsion of its history and future prosiiects followed. This sudden interest has revealed the fact that Prof. Kdward L. French, the registrar and instructor in physical and natural jcience, has defrauded the coUei^e out of ?-.'0.00O, and that the cullege had secured a judgment against him for that amount. Tho judgment was tiled in the otlice of the County Clerk in this city on June '.Uh last. The judgment has been re- turned unsatisfied. .Vs Registrar French had the handling of all moneys receiveil from the pupils in payment of tuition fees, it w-as his duty to deposit all receipts in tho bank to tho credit of tho Treasurer of the Doard of Trustees. For several years, it is said, l-'rench had appropriated S.'.OO or Si'.OO each year of this money to his own use. He had no ditliculty in deceiving I'resident Frisbee and the Uoard of Trustees, aa there waa no record kept of money received from tho pupils. About a year ago I'rench re- signed and went West. In a short time he came back and again resumed his duties at tho college. His dishonesty was accident- ally discovered about six months ago by President Krisbee. prench'a wife ia the only reproaentativo of tho Wells family living, and out of consideration for her the trustees refuaed to prosecute French. When hia shortage was discovered ho was allowed to resign and go West. broiit^ht out uf the luil I. What waH j. iii Hoiied eonaiuted aolely of wood pulp and proviaiona. Thorn waa not miK^h wind but thorn waa a heavy awell. lletweeii '.I and 10 o'clock we reai-hed thu forward bulk- head. We thill Htoppod throwing the cargo over and got to wink ahoring up thu com partment. Wu wero leaking badly in the fun hold, and wn kept thn puinpa going all water had not time til im.l.V INJlllKIl. 1'ho Tliiiigvalla preiiuiita a iitrangn apnc- tacle, with nearly thn whole of In r bow torn away, leaving an inimeiiHu hole ex- posed to view. A long piuou of bow lianga over thn hole, which rnauhea back into thu aideu of the iihip over liftoen font. The projuuting pieen lianga Bver thu water like un (iiitalriitclied arm, and ahowa where the powerful iriiii (lUtea wnru broken thr.iilgli and Hiiapped oil like pipe iitonia. ('rowda llucked to the wharf to Hi-e thu ateaioer, and thu wonder in expreamd that alio over roacluHl port. No ono ia allowed on boar.l, and the only iitatemnnt tu hn obtainnd ia that of the (Captain. Thu Hteamer will dia- (ihargu her cargo, be examined by thu port warden, and lie repairud hern. Hhu will bo linrn probably fur a iioupln of mmitha. After repairing aho ia to reload her cargo and proouwl to New York. I'M-r. HMIl'a IlKI'OllT. Capt. Laml haa given the following iltatonionl of thu diaaater to the iiuwa- papnra : It wan jiiiit about I o'clock on the morning of Tiieaday, the llth, a few miiiiltnu before the watch had been uhnngud, and my Bccon.l otllcer who waa on deck oamo down, and 1 aakod him how thu the timu, so that thi gain on na. At 1 1 o'clock thn ateamer Wieland, for New York, hovo in sight, and we tranaferreil all thn reacund paaaen- gera, aa Well aa our own t.'iO paaaen- gera, to ller. The Wieland procoedeil about 3 o'clock in I Ik- afternoon, li'aving lei ali.i iitii-ring for N.-w York. We continu.d the wiirk of :ihiiriiig up the compartment, but after a while, on aucoiint of the wind and ii.ii increaaiiig, we found it impossible to keep on fur New York, ami decided to head fur Halifax. .\t this time il. i.tdl luok.'d Very much aa if we might »iiik, and Home of till' cri'W r. fused to work, wimtiiig to be traii'ferred tu the Wieland before alie 1. ft ii!i. We went as idow an two knots an hiiiir, and luimelimeM foiiml (hat too imirh. We juHt had to orawl, that waa all. On W.'.liieidny afternoon n tlnhiiig vessel hove in aight, and we born down fur her. She prove. I to be the seliooner Capis, of l.ahav.', ('apl. Cleversey, and I engaged her to iitaml by and aocompany the st.amer to llalifAX, no aa to be able III help IIS in case she hhoiilil gii down. Last night (he sea waa no heavy I bad to turn llie Hleaiiier around, running i.drn foruniost and steering by Ihu aobooiii r, which waa conneeled by a hawser wilh the sleamer's bow. Wu ran against the wind this way all nighl. Tile 1 >aiit-ili Coiitinl has ciincliiile.l 111.' invi â- aij'iilion of the cause of llini sioii bi I Ween Ihu sleamsliips (iuis.'r Thingvalla will lie bild in Copnnhagen. Hurvivorii of thu crew and such of 111 hungers na wi-ih will have lo morrow by Ih Havoiiia, of ihu (Milliard line. Tlioloas on Ihn veNuel ii i;3,"il),(MI0 and on tho cargo tfl'20,00W. The iiiaiiraiicn ia not known. that •i.lh and Thu I paa- A pretty deaign for a lacu ooraagu has a yoke which ia laid in lliui lengthw-ian folds or tiiuka, the fiiliieaa below being laid in gathura, or largo or Hiuall or aide lio\ plaits. 'I'lin full aleevea aru Hiiialied juat bolow thu olbowa with frillaof lacn. Mr, ChniiiKMiy M, I'upuw dinod with l\Ir. (Ibiihitoiin a few dixya ago and told liiiu that if till would viiiil .\iiiurioa hu would gut aiich a ruceplioii "mi ,,0 (,„„ |m,| reoeivud aiiico Lafayette " V sioii began to come true, and tho girl grow rapiiily worse. The family, thor- oughly iilarmed, hastened to apply tho treatment preacribod in the trance, and an immediate change for thu better made Itself apparent, followed by a steady im. proveiiieiit. Yoatorday Miaa Searfoss was able to be up and around, and ia now as well aa ever. A IIKIU.VNn KOHANCK. A IlAlkiiii Chler ('H|iliir<.a Ik I'rctty Ulrl anil lltiM H >1«>.-I< Milrrlikge. .\ London cabin aaya : A largo portion of 'I'tirkey and thu llalkaii Statea is infested with brigniiila, ami their number ia rapidly growing. Tlie.ie outlaws, taking advantage of thu absiuu'u of railway and tele>;raphic eommunication, become bolder daily, and thn coniiternation of the better elaaa of iiihabitanl.s iii iiicreaMiiig to such an extent that many ot them aro leaving their homes, and taking refiigo in tho largo tuvviis. Uecently a bati.l of briganda invaded a small Uoiiini'liaii town, and captured the daughter uf a peasant, a young girl famed in that locality f iherbt'iiutv. Tho chief of tliu band, wiahing to make the girl hia wife, had a muck iiiarriagu ceremony per- formed, Olio of tho bai.d poraonating a prieat. He then aeiit a nieaannger to thn villagn authorities iiiforining them uf tho marriage and deiiinnding that it be formally regiatered upon their huuka, a proceoding that would render thoeeremony valid. Thn authorities refiiand to comply with thn demand and the cliinf sent the ineuaonger hack with Ins nltimatuiii, which wiu that hu would sack lliu vlllago if hia demanda worn nut immediately aciiudod to. The iitl\cialH aril nuu- endeavoring to gain tiiiui by p.irleying with lliu chief, hoping mean- while to bu able to reiHivur tho girl by stealth. IIANUKU TO AN AI*PLR TKKK. Mr. Sllva, uf Morciiii I'ark. ChU-HKo, Kiiik .l.TOAi. a hulelile. " There were plenty of other applelreea ill the neighborhood," aaid C. 1". Hilva, indignantly, to an evening .Wi.i reporter to day, " and I dou't think it "'i ri^-ht in him to come and hang himself m u... o' t yard." Mr. Bilva was speaking of tho suicide of a (iorinan gardener, who used to work for him on hia place in Morgan Park. The only iianio Mr. Silva knew him bv was Adam, and that ho cnco lived r.i l^ngle- wood ; that ho was presumably an unmarried man. and that he drank n good deal, are all the items in hia past career known to Mr. Silva. He had gone back and forth from hia houao to tho cliiokencoop aeveral times during tho morning without noticing the corpou nnder the applo tree, and it waa not until Mr, Silva atartod for the train that he looked back and saw a man apparently kneeling under a tree. Ho turned and found It was -Vdiiin. with a dothea line around hi.s neck, and fastened to a limb of a tree, the body partly resting on the toes, and tho clenched hands almost touching the ground. He bad probably hanged himself during the night, as tho body was cold and rigid. â€" Chicago Se\ct. An liiiUaii Klopt'iutMit. A St. Andrews correapondent ot tho St. Croix CeHroT writea : '• Tho Indiana at tho point are intensely exciteii over the sudden disappearance of Horace Nicholaa and bis brotber'a wife. The latter has a dark bron.ii complexion, with features well lU'llned, and is a typical Indian beauty; the forniiir poasessea no groat at traction ami ia aouiowhat morose in dispo- sition. It ia a clear caau of elopement, the two thinking that life could hu made more nnjoyablo by living together. They selected a day on w-hich the woman'a luisbaiid waa visiting thu Hailing and hunting groimda at (iraiid Manaii. When last aecn, thu lovers worn plying their lurch canoe in the direc tion of I'leaaant I'oint. It ia aaid that thev have pitihed their tent there, aud propose remaining aa long as they poaaibly oan do ao iindialurbod." TWINS LIFT A DEBT. A Fortunate Mother Wipes Out a Uort- Cage. " If yon make up the even two dozen children by next year I will lifj the mortgage off the farm," said the owner of a piece of land in Montgomery county, a short distance from Pottstown, to Mrs. Nader, the mother of twenty-two children, as she was rocking the twenty-second child in a cradle upon the occasion of his visit. The man meant hia offer aa a joke â€" bat The next year the owner was on hand promptly to collect the interest, when to bis surprise the proud mother motioned him to the cradle, and lifting the coverlet, showed him line twioa, which completed the two dozen. There was nothing to do but grin and bear it. The owner lifted the mortgage, and said be believed in protect- ing home industry. Mrs. Gilbert, who formerly lived at Franklin street and Fairmount avenne, proudly told her friends that she was the mother of twouty-two children, all in good health, and Mrs. Osier, who lives near the Market street ferry in Camden, is famed far and near as the maternal proprietor of nearly a quarter of a hundred children, and says she will live long euough to see each one of her twenty-three offspring the happy parent of a third generation of Osiers, who are well represented in the city across the Delaware. A happy attendant at the games of the canny Scots at Gloucester yesterday waa a mother from the land of thistles who kept her eye on the lively movements of lifteen young Scots who danced the nigh- land Fling to the music of three bagpipes. At one of the largest hotels in Atlantic City last week there stopped a fino-lookinc old man of some 'JO years, now a retirea merchant. Ue has been married three times in nearly the century ot his life, and he had eig'nteen children by his first wife, six by a second and four by the third, making a total of twenty-eight. The oldest of this young colony is 70 years of age and the youngest 10. The old gentle- man is hearty and happy, and takes his daily bath in the surf with as much gusto as his ;i0-yearold grandson aud hia Syear- old great-granddaughter. â€" rhtUdelphia Uecord. TIIK KNU OK TUE CHAI>TER. Alhert H. Knilie. -\rreiit«.<l in MHiitrt*:il for I'orKory, IMeNiUUullty ami is ^ieiitenced. Albert E. Krahe, who forged a cheiiue for S'.'.'.'OO ou his employers, Messrs. Kilsch & Co., of New York, and who, it will be remembered, was captured in t'nia city re- cently with his pretty young wife, and went back voluntarily to New Y'ork with the detectives, pleaded guilty on Wednes- day before Judge Martine, ot New Y'ork, and asked for mercy. Judge Martine said that for the sake of the young mau's wife and mother, who were in court, he would give him a chance to reform, and sentenced him to the Klmira Reformatory. It will be reniembored that Ivrahe confessed his crime while in Montreal and also stated that his infatuation for his young wife, whom ho wished to load with handsome presenu, had led him to make out a che»iae on the firm of which ho was cashier, of S-.','.iOO instead of f'.tOO with which to pay the employees. â€" Montreal Oaiette. How Many Slant are There In Sight ? • The total number of stars one cau see will depend very larkiely upon the clearuesi of the atmosphere and the keenness of the, eye. There aro in the whole celestial sphere about (i.OOO stars visible to an ordi- narily good eye. Ot these, however, we can never see more than a fraction at any one timu because a half ot the sphere is alwava below the horizon. If we could see a star in the horizon aa easily as in the zenith, a halt of tho whole number, or about ;i,i)00, would be visible ou any clear right. IJut stara near the horizon are se. n through so great a thicknessof atmos- pheri- as ;,ri">tly to obscure their light, and only the iiri(;hteat ones can there lx> seen. -Va a result ol thia obscuration it is not likely that more than '.'.OtH) stara can ever be taken in at a single vie a- by ai; ordinary eye. .\bout •.>,0<X) other stars are ao near thn South Tole that they never rise in our latitudes. Hence, out of (â-  000 supjKisod to be visible, only 4,000 ever come within the range ot our vision unless wo make a jour- ney towards the cjuator.â€" cVnf:in/ J/.ii;ii. That ((lit Itllile with (loll! Clnii|is. " Talking about awiiidlera," aaid old I'uacon Itlizzard, " about two years ago ii boi.k peiller came along, and, aa wo had no llibln ill thu hoiiue, I bought ono wilh a pretty re.t cover, with ' Holy Hible' in gilt inttora on the back, and claHiia on to it, and I'm ilanged if wo didn't diacover laat week that thu book waa a voliimn ot eenmia reporla fur l,s70, with a bogiiH back ; and iiiaybu we'd niivei- foun.i out how we'd been eliuated if my wifu'a sinter, who had oonio to visit uii, hadn't goiiu niinmaging through tho book, looking fur a recipo for ininoo , pina, wliieli Amanda aaid aho had mislaid iioraowluiro." â€" Drake's Mai/asitu-. liiltlalii liy Telpplioiio* -Ml people who have occasion to teln. phona namoa have had great dilliciilty iii making initiala uiidoratood. It, C, I), i;, (i, P, T and \' aounil ao much iiliko that to dialiiigniali between them is almost im- poaaible, and l\l and N also sound very aimilar. A ayatem uaed with very satis", factory reanlta, when the peraoii at the other end of the wiro haa underalood it, is to give a word beginning wilh tho hitter that is the initial in i|ueation. For in- staiieii, aiippoao tho name ia II. P. Smith. .\ Houru or more of other combinations have almoat the aamti aoiiiui. but if the aendor aaya : '• II. P. Smith ; H for butter and r for popper; P. P. Smith," there ia no dill\culty in uudcratftuding. -.Vcir ll.nen Vallihiiiim. Clliiiatx iiuil I'erulUrltles of Our I'arUlo Coast. iCorrosiKniiiouce Montreal Wituess.i M Valdey laland, aouth ot Seymour Narrows, it raina frtviuently ; north of that it raiiia generally ; in Alaska it raius alwaya, ao people say. Hut we could not allord to lose tho clouds on the mouiitaius, and tho grandeur ot the humid auusots beggara description. .â- \t Victoria, whoeo twelve thouaaud peoide are buried in profound tvpoae, are all the a»-iH<t flowers and oldtirao institu- tions ^^t the mother country. There are hansom cabs, a few bad smells, gradu- ated society, and ivy and daisies, apple treea, oaks, elders, aweet clover and holly, broom and bracken. Its thick green grass, and all the little nameless weeds familiar to llnelish eyes, bring back to Kngliah people a thousand reminiscences and ten- der thoughta. There is dreamy nuiet ill Victoria. Sybarite villas aud "cottage gardena. delicious air, cheap fruit and tow mos.iuitoca. It ia i\ place to dwell in; a place in which to rest and bo at peace. A lilaliii; VoituK Man. To his fond father, who haa aaked him where ho is in his class now: "l)h, pa, I've got a much better place than 1 had the laat iiuarter," •â-  liidted. Well, where are you?' •• I'm fourteenth." "Fourteenth, you little l«;ybonea 1 Vou were eighth last torin. Ho you call that a hotter place?" " Vca ; it's nearer tho atovo." A I.lttio Hoy'a rhiloaoiiliy. .V little boy rumiing struck his too and fell on the pavement. " Never luiud, mv little fellow ; you won't foel tho pain to- morrow," aaid a bystander. " Then," answered the little boy, " 1 won't cry to* morrcw." l*»liiii>tl, . .V conllrmed tippler remarked in th* prtiaonce of his little son that at ono period lie didii'ttouch a dropfortwo yeara. "-I'a," aaid the little fellow, " was that your lirat two yvara '.'"