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OIL Bxru>aiu. and HOO.OOO <!]- lltirnr.l Nrml Mn Crcinattx li.li. of Oil A Philadelphia despatch of yesterday sy* : Abool 4 o'clock thii afternoon an eaploeion oocarred in the tank attain* r Han* and Kurt lying at the AlUutiu OU Refining doom* at Point Brezee. The ve*ael wn ruined, and 800.000 gallon* ol Oil together with considerable wharf property, including a brick iterate boild ing, were destroyed by the fire which retailed from the explosion. There had been DO tire about the venel, and no canoe for the explosion ii known unless it be pontaneoQt oombuition. Joeeph Qaino, *<{d "'. ihipping clerk, wat covered with the burr, iog oil, and 10 badly injured that be died icon afterward. Ilarrii sVssOobollz, agtd 37 yean, a hoieman of engine No. 4, wu overcome by heat and the inhalation of imoke, and ii believed to be dying. John Karlwerril, aged 42, the rteanii r captain, wai badly wounded and had hii arm cialocated. Ilii condition n uerioui. Henry Oempen, aged 40 year*, waa badly burned. lie is in a lorioui condition. John K. Storey, \Vm. Qumn and Henry Hpond, employed about the works, were more or leu aerioaaly barned by the flying oil. Robert 1'oetet, cook of the sttamer, bad both feet barned. Samuel Linn, engineer of No. 1 company, waa (ctlded about the body. James Device, engineer of No. 11 company, WM badly tcalded. Wm. Black, foreman of engine company No. ' had both hands burned. A aeamtn named Blairman wa* aoalded about the lei<i. An unknown man waa burned by the oil. ID all thirteen were injured, of which number Joaeph Qninn died, one ii dying, an"! *he injuries of two more may prove fatal. All of those who were eenou.ly injured inhaled the mcke and the fumca cf tbe burning oil, ai did iome of the leu aeriooily injured. A |.| - -I i.i.l - B.XCUKMOM. Severn oat of rny of Bight UrowuKl. I'lurr- A Boiton despatch lays : About 6 O'clock Sunday morning eight \oung men torled on a fiihing i xcursion iu a sailboat. When they were about a mile from the Thonifhon'e Iiland, in I'orobealer liay, tbi- boat wai iitruck by a cquall and oepai/?d. All bat one were iwimmeri, bat inatead of trjii n to awim tihore they tried to climb on the boat, which wai 10 heavily ballasted that their weight would force her beneath the inrface, leaving them atrug-j gling in the water. In tbii manner the TRAGEDY IN A CAB. Bhooti Hii Brother-in-Law in Defence of Hii Sitter 1 B Life- IHL INSIDE OF A A last (rjunda)) CLEVELABD BCiBDaL. night'i Montreal de- ipatch aayi : A terrible tragedy arising oat ol dometio troable wai enacted here this afternoon. 'Ihe victim, Eugene II. Cowlei, of Cleveland, wai ibot in the neck by hu wife'i brother, and to-night lie* at the point of death at the Ueneral lioepital. Tne itory of Ihe troable that led up to the tragedy it a moil romantic one. (Jo win it a aon of the Uu Edwin Cowles, the cele- brated tditor cf the Cleveland ytaintUaler. He wai engaged m basinets in Cleveland, and about tun years . wai married to Mm Alice M. Hale, daughter of a wealthy Cleveland banker. The marriage wa* a molt happy one, and the union wai binned with a little girl. For some years Cowlei led an exemplary married life, and every- thing went well antil he fell in with a woman named Clara Liennaoblon, who gained complete control over him. Cowlea' business used to lake him a great deal to Lockporl, N. V .and bil vuita became more and more protracted. Then he took aeverat tripi to Europe, and it waa *nbstqueotly discovered that be wai accompanied by the woman Cltra, and that they lived aa man and wife at a number of the leading hotel* in Europe. While on one of tbeae tripi Dowles wai taken dangerously ill, and believing himself about to diu, be aenl for in* wife, admitted hia fault and wai for {iven. But no sooner bad he recovered than be roamed hit old coarie of living and went to tbu United Slain with the woman. Thii continued unlillMt Novem- 9er, when, through the effort* of friendi, mother reconcUiaiion was effected between laiband and wife, who took op their reel dence in Buffalo. It wai not long ago Mn. Jowles discovered that her hoiband wai till unfaithful, lie made frtijoent viaiti to New York, and it wai discovered by neani of detective* that he wai again keeping the woman Clara in that city. Mr*. Cowlei then decided to write to Cowles' father. The latter wai thunderstruck at bit son's conduct, and at once wrote to Mr*. Cowlei advising her to leave him and inviting htr to itay with him. Ho great wai the blow that Mr. Cowlea' death noon fol- lowed, but few imagined the real canae of the celebrated eur.or'a demiae. After hii death it wai fouud that he bad executed a _ m _ m ,__ will by which be provided that one fifth of ireng'ih of ~lhe~rnen "w*s'"exbaniSedi a'ndl 1 "" *'nble estate ibould be divided into Mn. Cowlei al*o gave henelf op, but *he wa* released on bail. She ii completely overocrre by the tragedy. The young daughter, who ii only 'J yeari of age, it at the Bacred Heart Convent, a Itone'i throw from where the ihooting took place. Borne of the leading lawyeri in the city have been engaged for Uale'i defence. Cowlei ii re- ported in a aerioai condition at the general hospital to night, but il i* italid that he may pall through. Intoxicated ludlau* Murder burveiors. A Denver, Col., despatch layi : J. II. Holl, pnrchasiug agent f jr the Importing Cattle Company of Wyoming, arrived here to-day and givei an account of the Indian maiiacre in Ihe Upper Green River country teveral day* ago. Ue says a party of In- diar*. intoxicated with whiskey famished by raacbmen, came to the camp of the Government surveyor* and demanded more ' tire-water." It being refused, the Indiani attacked the party, killing Chief Engineer Crittenden, in charge of the third divuion of the Government inrvey, and cbain-beareri E. F. Timberlake, George Woods and Uenry Overmejer. Jess* Lee, s.--i tant engineer, was left fur dead, but recovered sufficiently to get to a neighbor- ing ranch, where condition. he lie* in a precarious they sank one by one unlit but one was left The survivor. Waller Quinlaii, had sank for the last time, when Ihe boat riling, oame np nnder him. lifting him above the nrface. lie floated unconscious for some time, when the boat was seen from Ihe bore by employee* of the gai works at Cow 1'aatare point, who went oat, brought him to *hore and resuaciated him. Ncbnuka'a A special from Wealon, a village seven miles below I nderwood, Neb , ia>i the beat part of the town is under from five to fifteen feel of water. Corn cribs containing 100,000 bushels of corn will probably be a total loss. Heavy losses of cattle and sheep re reported. The track and bridge* of the li'ji'lt Island and Milwaukee roads are gone. The loss about Weslon will reach 100,000. Advices from higher up Ihe vally, at Neola, and as far as 1'ersia on the line of the Milwaukee, say Ihe storm raged with aav age effect. The indication* are that Mc*'|tiilo Valley for a distance of .'10 mile* is *abmerged. The track of the Milwaukee A Hock Island is washed out for a distance of 20 miles. The bridges alio are gone. The entire damage i* variously estimated at from )2.M).000 to 9300.000. No Ions of life in reported. John Hull < ..riiorliiK i ink, , mil*. A Minneapolis deipalch lays : The Tnhimr say* the English syndicate oon trolling Ihe 1'illbury and W.'l). \Vashburn mills have leanod the C. C. Washbnrn mills, A, B and C, thus adding to their present capacity of 14.600 barrels per diem over H.600 more, making over '_'-'. (too barrels as a total capacity of the Knglish yndioale per day. All these mills will bo nndrr the direct management of Charles A. 1'illsbury. The syndicate have the right to purchase the mills during the life time of Ihe lease, rrimdrnt Bell, of the Waahbiirn Crosby Company, who are now operating the C. C Washburn mills, lays their company will reek new Held*, either I'tiliiih or RnfTalo, after the expiration of their lease on Hentnmber 1. Ill inr . llulljliif Tun*. A London cable lays: The I'imo de ol*>res that the order to despatoh Amerioan ornisers to llehring Ha mnacks too much of Ihe methods of the tlrst Napoleon in dealing with weak statesmen, and thai if the order in rn-mlnl British men of -war must fullnw. " We oan only imagine," the 7'im/i oontinats, "that prossurn from Irish Americans has induce. I Mr. HUinolo with draw from his apparent desire for a diplomatic settlement. We believe Kng land Kill agree to a close time for seals in iim open era, but snob an arrangernonl most be intrrnatianal, and oannot bo im BOsied upon Inn world hy Aniorlcan gun- boats at Ihe bidding of Mr. Illaine." Hi., -n- i. Our W*r M M.I.I. , A f|>i'.-ial from Artchat, (!. II., says : " A large nnnibrr nf American *tim-rs are on Ihe coast, but there is no sign of thn (Jov mment cruisers yet. They will make their sppcaranrn after the Miners havn driven Ihe mackerel out of oar bay and ruined Ihe prospect* of good spring fishing, a* they havs done Ihn lait two years. Moanwhile Ihe Minister of Marine, with a power as ab*olnl as that of Ihe (V.ar of Russia, has his minions harassing Ihn |>cr lobster nehormm and fining the packers by thn enforcement of an absnnl law regulat- ing the nshery." two parti, one of wbicn he led to hi* wife and her little girl Florence and the other part to hu son Kagenr, for use during his lifetime, but it was txprussly provided that it should go to the wife and child after tne hurband s death Voting Cowle* wa* enraged at the term* of Ibu will and did everything in bin power to break it. Mrs. Cowle* in the meantime went lu live with her mother with htr )oaoK daughter. Last Monday Cowlts wrote to h.s wife, stating that he wa* going lo leave the country, and asked lor a farewell interview witn his daughter, which wa* granted. The young girl *aw her father at old Mri. Cowle*' hoaso, and agreed lo return iu Ihe afternoon, wbiob she did. iu company uh her mother's sister. Cowltn invitodthem logo lo the depot with him, and the upshot was thai be boarded th* tram with bis daugh- ter. He look the tram M ( cunau^lit, and proceeded by way of Buffalo lo til. Cathar- ine*. Mn. Cowlei in the meantime en- gaged delectives, who avu chass and came ii)i with Cowles at Hi. Catbarms*. Cowle* luld tlii< ... ;. 'i\ > j that be intended lo keep hi* child, and that hu woul.l never give it up to Ihe mother. Word was sent to Cleve- land, and Mrs. Cowlea, accompanied by her meter Mrs. Boultou, her brother C. C. Halo, and Judge J. K Ingersoll. at once started for Canada. At Buffalo they learned that Cowles had left for Tor out i . where he pal ii|i at the (Queen's Holel with his daughter. The pursuing party at oniv |<rooeeded lo Toronto and put up ai Ibu Uossin Housv. They then engaged the great legal firm of lllake, Lanh A Casals, of which Hon. Kilward Blake is the head, and thny I M-part'd Ihe paper* to submit Ihe can- to the oourts. Cowles placed his case in the hands of Dalton McCarthy. (J C., bat before the case could be brought bufore the Toronto court* he It .'I hurriedly for Montreal. Ha arrived here on Friday night and registered at ilie Windsor llotrl Hu ihen lent word Iu his lawyi-rs in 'lor- onto, saying Ilint he winhid tu see hi* wif al>ine, and that unless shs s r, . ,i to ihi* hu would place his daughter iu au insulation where she would be kepi until she was '21, and ibat her mother would m>t bo allowed lo see her. Judge Ingersoll, fur Ibe wife, n I'lieil that the interview would bu granted. Cowlei then sent word that unlee* the mother would agree to forfeit half of the estate he would, a* legal gtiaruian, place the ohild out of her reaoh. .Mr Cowie* at onoo took the tram for Montreal and arrived here tbii morning with Judge Ingereoll. They proceeded to the Windsor Holel and asked for an mterviow with Cowloa, bul Hull! a Hotel to Hull Everybody. & Swedish gentleman of wealth, who bad ipent year* in hotels because he wai a wide traveller, several yean ago determined lo test the .jueslion whether a hotel could not be baiit to accommodate everybody. He selected a fine location at a resort near Stockholm, where be created a magni- ficent garden in Ihe midtt of which he erected his hotel. It was three Hones high only. It was so built that there were no "inside" room* and every suite bad ex- actly the *ame accommodations as every other snile, being practically the ssme in tia and appointments. Ue hired a 1'aris riifi, engaged a manager and gave orders thai guests were to be given whatever they asked for regardless of cost, ai bis prin- cipal objeot was to see if it was possible to satisfy them. He shut ii up after the first year's experiment. .1 111,1 r. I Hie Ttack nod Klllrd Five Urn. A Kockford. III., despatch ia>s: The Northwesti rn passenger train from Free- port, which reaches Chicago at -' o'clock, jumped the track two miles west of here tbu afternoon, on account of a broken wheel. A gang of section men were work- ing about two hundred feet from the point w litre the engine left the rails, and before they could gel away the train had ran them down and toppled over on them. The enure train was wrecked and the engineer and four section men were killed. The fireman, two section men, and some pas- engeri were injured. Engineer Blaisdell, who waa killed, bad been engineer on Ibe Galena division for over 35 year*. A HHARf MaWIBHOEB. capes With the Bwasj; After Boad Agents Stop the Train. A Bl. 1'anl. Minn., despatch layi : The Northern Pacific east-bound passenger train, which arrived here to-night, was robbed by masked men near New Salem. N. D., last night. Two miles east of New Salem and twenty-five milei welt o! Mandan the engineer and firemen were surprised by two masked men climbing over the tender, presenting big revolve rs, and ordering the train to be stopped. The summons wai obeyed. Express Messenger Angevin, hearing sboll fired forward, and suspecting something, hid (000 in money from the safe, locked the small safe, pat oat the lights, and ran back to New Salem. The mail car was rirsl tackled by Ibe robbers. Only one mail agent wa* in it, and ha obeyed orders by taming over the mail matter. A cumber of registered letteri were rifled, and then the robbers turned their attention to the express car. Thii they found deserted, much to their chagrin, and mistaking the fireman for tbe express messenger, they ordered him at Ibe pcint of pistols to open the safe*. Be protested and finally satis- fied the robbers that he knew nothing about ii. Then the train was allowed to back to New Salem, and finally came on east. Tbe express messenger got on the train as it left New Salem. Tbe passengers 'ire not touched. One put hii head out of the window, bat was told to gel bis bead back and a ballet whizzed past hii bead. The sheriff and a posse, mounted and armed, left Mandan early this morning on a special train for the scene of tbe robbery. Tbe robbers compelled Engineer Kilmartiu to break in the door of the postal car. Only four masked men were seen, and suspicions are rife ibat only two were engaged in tbe work. In tbe mail car tbe mask fell from tbe face of one man. 1 be district around New Salem is peopled by quiet, law. abiding citizens. The robbery is presumed ic be the work of people unknown iu tbal part of tbe country. l.i . , , omm Take a TnuibU. A Wheeling, W. Va., despatch sayi : II il just learned that an Uhio liner Kailway special train of two cars, filled with Balti- more .'. Uhio Railway official*, en route lo Wheeling, uent through a trestle between here and 1'arkersburg. The disaster i* said lo be appalling, but Ihe officials of Ibe road can give LO information. A special train with surgeons and an Associated I'ress reporter on board ha* just lefl Ibe depot. - r.l, i i, s ll| v ,,...|,,, (.*(. A good story is told on Justice McDon- nell by some of his friends. Johnny has a wcoden leg, and one evening recently while stand ing near the corner of Fife and Hampshire streets, Ibe friend* standing there with him were surprised lo sen him raise his wooden leg and scratch it. When his friends related Ihe fact McDonnell denied the story, but three of hu friendi insisted that he did scratch his wooden leg, and the preponderance of evidence being against Ins justice, Ihe reporter de- cided against him. ar.il held that Justice McDonnell, doting a temporary aberration How to K< rp foar Hkto Me*. Yon want to keep yonr skin nice all summer? Well, then, here are some rules for you : Don't bathe in bard water ; soften il with a few drops of ammonia or a little borax. Don'l bathe vour face while it is very warm and never as* very cold water for it. Don't wash your faoe when your are traveling, unless il is with a little alcohol and water or a little vaseline. Don'l attempt to remove dust with cold water; give yoar faoe a hot bath, using plenty of good soap , then give it a thorough rio.ing with water tbat has bad tbe chill taken cfl it. Don't rub yonr face with a coarse towel ; just remember it is not made of can iron and treat il as yon woold the tinesi prose- lain gently and delicately. Don't use a sponge or linen rag for your faoe ; choose instead a flannel one. Don'l believe yon can get rid of wrir.klcs by tilling in the crevioe* with powder. Instead, give jour faoe a Russian bath every nighl that is, bathe it with water so hot that }oo wonder how you can stand it, and then a minute sfter with cold water that will make il gbw wilb warmth . dry il with a soft towel and go to bed and yon ought to sle-p like a baby, while your skin is growing firmer and coming from oat cf tbe wrinkles. Xiic York Sun. BTBDOK A BOOK. The City of Bam* Ha* KIOTO w Esrap* from Total Uestractlon. A London cable says : Tbe Anchor Line (learner Citv of Rome, Captain Young, from New York, May 3lst, arrived at QaeeoHtown at 10 o'clock thii morning. Tbe vessel had a narrow escape from destruction al Faatoel. She made land in a denae fog al 4 o'clock thii morning. She wai going slowly and wai taking standing* when, notwithstanding the cure exercised, she (truck Fastnet rock about three mile* leaward, off Crookbaven, bow on. Her forefoot got on the rock, and bat for tbe promptitude displayed in reversing tbe engines a gnat fatality would have been recorded. Passengers who were inter- viewed say the steamer trembled all over when she struck tbe rock. For a time there was intense alarm on board, Ibe density of the fog adding to tbe ominous character of tbe situation. The passengers were finally quieted by the repealed assur- ances of tbe commander and other officers of Ibe steamer that not the slightest danger existed. The full extent of tbe damage will not be asoertaiced until the steamer i* docked at Liverpool. Her stem ii broken at tbe peak and she shipped a large volume cf water forward. Tbe swamer started for Liverpool al 11 o'clock, proceeding at half It i* romcred that tbe fog gun en Fastnet rock was not tired until after tbe City of Rome had struck. The rride of Matrimony. In bil recently published "Trials cf a Country I'arsan," Dr. Jessop tells some amusing anecdote* p::ked up in Arcady. Ai thus : It ii very shocking to a sensi- tive person to bear tbe way in which Ibe old people speak of their dead wivei or husband* exactly as if they'd been horse* or dogs. They are always proud of having been married more than once. You didn't think, miss, ai I'd had live wives, now did yon ? Ab, but I have, though leaitway* I buried five en 'em in the churchyard, tbat I did and tree on 'cm bewties !' On another occasion I playfully suggested, Don'l yon mix op yonr husbandi now and then, Mrs. Page, when yon talk about them ?' Well, to tell yen the troth, sir, I really do! But my third husband, be tros a man ' I t jn't mix him up. He got killed, D^hting you've heerd tell o' that I make no doubt. The others warn't nothing to him. He'd ha' mixed them up >;aick enough if they'd interfered wi' him. Lawk ah ! He'd a made nothing of them " " .V. Jjmti' Qtuette. of inn.,!, did ','uin, .. H'Aly. scratch his wooden leg. Kvsry tenement window in New York ha* Its flowers am! (lower pot* nowadays, and ysl the ally's only flower market I* In a <llrty, Inac.wsiible place aoro** Ib* itreet from a garbage dump. Th* Hnpreme Court of New York Satur- day Piri'i'-.l Ihe conviction and sentence of 1 Hherifl Flank* was refused. Cowlrs lefl Ibe lion I early in the morning with bis daogh ti-r and rolurcud about noon. Alter several unsuccessful efforts to m-i> Cowles the parties mot in Mrs. Cowles' room. Al Cowie*' r, .|in HI, all bul his wifo withdrew and they li-vl a long iulcrviuw togulber. i ..*1.H threatened to ulioua anybody whu would interfere with him. hlrs. Cowles askml lo MV her child, and Cowlvs said be would bring her lo where thn was A oab was called and Cowle*, Mrs. Cowles, her staler and brother, proceeded in the diroo lion ol the Haored Huarl Convent on Hi. Catharines street. On Hearing the convent, Cowlt'S turnud tuhis wife aud riolatmed, " Von are now within sight of Flurry ; agree to give tin half of th* eatate or I will shoot you." Al Ihn same nnnnc.it ha drew a ptslol and pointed it al hi* wits'* head I. lie. a flash her brother Halo, who was lit Unit beside his sister, bad drawn a revolver ami pointing It at Cowle* fired. Cowles tell over with a khan'.ly bullol wound in his Ihroal, Ihe ball passing ri^ht through from I, f i iu right 'Ihe streets were crowded ai thu in. ! with people going home f r< in ohuroh, and there was a Iriuneudotts senialion. Cowle* wa* taken to Ihe general hoapttal, where It wai found that hi* wound wai very seriuus. By almmt a miraule the ball passed ooinplslely through Ihe neck with- out touching any vital |H>III|. Hal* atonoe drove lo Ihe central police station and gavs Hi-- 1 UK Oolof Out of Fuhlon. In Ihe rural regions of oar country, as 'ell as of England, the favorite amuse menl al a aocial gathering of young \<it son* is, or until recently has been, a sac- oenian of kissing games" wherein the mokt nu ilest girl nf the company wa* sa- luted by every swain who ohose, mth as little embarrassment a* if be had been her mother. Bul even in Ihe rural districts thi* sort of thing is passing away, and the permilttd realm of ihe kiss is narrowing day by day. Afrt. AV<ii* Letlie. K n n in i. k Cultl MOV*. A oca! stove should never be tilled up with coal higher than tbe fire brick, and a little lower is better. Never put wood on top of coal if yon wish a good, clean fire. Wjod ashes rattling down Ibroagh Ihe hard coal tire are not an improvement. No dead ashes or clinkers should be allowed on ihe grate or under it either. An ash pit nnder ike boiler, if allowed lo fill with ashes, will n fleet so much heal against the grate that it will soon wear out and fall lo piece*. Ihe same will take place in tbe hot stove as well as in tbe steam boiler. If the object to run a fire is to burn out as much coal ai possible ihen fill it full, even so thai the covers will not go down. This arrange meat will burn the greatest possi- ble quantity of coal in Ibe leant amount of lime , to clttain directly opposite results, keep a clean fire in the fire-box about two- thirds full of coal. V Devonshire Cnblr Komi. One of the simplest and yet most satis- factory cable road* in existence is tbat running between tbe two Devonshire town* cf Lynton and Lynmonlh, one being silaated at the top and thn other at the bottom of a cliff. Tbe cliff is 500 feet high, and there are two passenger car* connected lo each ether by two indepen- dent stetl wire cables, esch oable passing over tbi same pulley fixed al the lop of tbe track. I'nderneatb, bat attached lo each car, is a lank, and water is allowed to t!ow into Ihe tack of whichever car happens to be at the top. and by us weight CSUMS the car to descend, and al the same lime of coarse causes the other car at the bottom to aicend, only a sufficient amount of water being allowed lo enter Ibe car each time to jnsl overbalance the load of passen- ger* requiring to be brought np in the other car. Ihe passenger cars can b readily detached and run off tbe platform at either end, thai leaving a plain table for Ihe con- veyance of gcods. Mr K. |.i ,..,! n. M , n, (in. Rac.rnr.il. Brown'* wife has eloped, and Smith meets him tearing along the street. Smith What's Ibe matter, old man Brown My wife has rloped aud the pair have lot! their money and have slopped al Trenton. Smith For heaven's sake, Brown, don't do anything rash. Where are you going ? Brown To telegraph Ihura money ,' ii..- il. .i ol th n.. ...... MUM with blank book (to large cross ryed woman KI door) -I'm the f< nuns taker I wmh lo sr Ihe head of Ihe family. \ ..I . from 11:11.1,- the room - U'm II in ' Ahem ! Lar R , orosi-eyed woman, peremptorily, (lo owner of voior) Keep thai cradl* going, Janieel (To census taker) Uo ahead with )our questions, sir. WIIH, B HSK! Mas;. " I see lomebody has introduced a bill in Coiigrens lo prevent this ocean racin* t. K.I Idea." 11 V*- hardly a wwk passes that the re- cord is not out down.' " What is thn record now ? " "Well, Willie Pourhnndrrd look a schooner Ihi* morning and already he's half anas over." nil thSI Mn. I. Whrn two grnlUrnen are walking with one lady tbe one takes Ihe out aud Ihe other the inside, that keeping her between thtnt. When one n utleman is walking with two ladies, heplacr* himself belwevu them. When a gt utleman desire* lo speak lo a lady who is pat-sing, he may if lie be a friend and alone, accost her. but he must not detain her. Instead, let him walk with her in the direction whither she is gc>iDg. aud when he has done, leave her with a bow and smile, raising his hat as he retreats. It ii no longer Iboaghl need- ful for a gentleman lo keep himself per peliitlly on the outer side by Trial by Combat. Trial by combat was not abolished by Parliament in England until 1S1:'. Though no part of Urcat Britain or Ireland wasthe scene of an actual judicial combat later than li'.>7 >et in Ireland iu 1815 a murderer named Clancy avoided the gallowi by a sadden offer of battle which was not ac- cepted, and iu 1817 in England, Abraham Thornton challenged Ihe brother of Mary Aahford, whom be was accused of murder- ing, and thus rsvaped the death penalty. Il wai ihil last crime that caused Parlia- ment to act. Mr. George Neilson has col- lected a great mauy interesting facts about, snob iixal appeals lo Ihe duel by combat in " Trial by Combat,' a new book. When trial by combat oame into existence is un- certain, but Mr. Ntilscn traces it back among Ihe tribes of Northern Europe lf.ru their writteu history began. I be practice held its ground firmly both in Kng- laud and Scotland for centuries, being fostered in Ibe early feudal agie and by the later chivalry. tides at every corner. Such a habit savori of stitTnrss and is loo marked a concession lo form. i. ; iitlen.en may take Ibs insid* when it would srcm awkward lo do other- wise. but tbe outn !> is preferred for them. X.Kur.i.iy IVMkJtsjky*jjsjjsjlf in 11,1. Kit*. When the average man or woman comr* lo be filled with the first pair of glasses some curious discoveries are msde. Seven out of ten have stronger sight in one pye than Ihe other. In two ease* out of five one r\ e is out of line. Nearly one half Ihe people are color blind to some i \lenl, and only one pair of eyes oot of every fifteen are sound in every r**p:ct. Ktv IVr* Two \ i. i. , . Brown Hello, Jones, where going in snoha harry : re you Jones I'm going lo the dentist's to get my toolh pulled. Brown That's bait, bnt I'm worse off i., iin, ,11. I., K...I1. " Is your husband a very generous man .'" " ladeed be in. Yon remember thos* nice cigar* I gave him for a birthday present. Well. h smoked only on* and gave all th* othsrs away to his friendi." Here are some interesting opinioni from Mr. CUdstone : Th* three hand- somesl men of their time were Ibe late Duke of Hamilton, Sidney Herbert and Cardinal Manning . the three mo*l naturally eloquent speakera of Ihsir day, Ihe l>nke of Argyll, Ihe late Lord Elgin and Bishop Wtlberforce. Lord Beacons- Hi 1.1 wa* the most interacting political i iv VCM MOLUI, Germany's >;rrl Ueneral, recently eipresstni the opinion thai the next great European war will not be short, as generally imagined from the increased destructives si cf arms, bul that it may be a seven years' or even a thirty years' struggle. The General points out that when a war is short il is generally because a superiority if numbers, or cf equipment, or of training, or uf pripred- ness, or of all these combined enables the one side lo quickly vanquish the ether. Hut he maintains that, under the universally hi|;h slate of preparation which al present listi, it ii hardly conceivable tbat a situst- lion could arise iu which Ihn disaster to an army would be so complete as to prvti'ul rvpair and reinforcement from prol ncing indefinitely thn struggle. This appeal* to be a logical corrroliou of a world-wide tins- conception. TUMI are thirty thousand children of school age in Chicago who cannot tiud room in tbe tohool homes, and Ihn half- time system is therefore very preval.-nt. A teaober writes that there are between three and four thousand children to.i poor lo go lo school, having neither shoes nor clothing. Of the thousands of little people who enter the tint grade al m years of ag very fuw are found in the third gra IP. They are taken out an. I put lo work in factories and workshops, or as cash boys or girl* i and while there are from six to ten first grade rooms in each school in Chicuo i'verorowdnc\ the upper grade room* are almost without occupants, aud so tev out of the great numbers thai enter school reach the " high school" tbat ths question lias been raist.it a* lo the advisability o' <nlinuirg so expanciv* an institution whin so few receive Ihe benefit cf it. (.'liicot:^ i* siloaled in M country tbal has had the CT-rrwBK'ttc Cp^. Ko ' D(iiiimjr >><'< ,\^.^. ;, ^pv^'^^^hps.^...^.,;