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THE nBTH-VEST REBELLIQX, A. SUrtliaj il MtsMletea-s Veracity Called In vrw Lixki Tkrewn ea the eveaaeals ef the Velemteen a* >- toehe. Lieut -CoL Hougbton, D. A. ()., of Mon- treal, ha* addressed a very important and interesting cojamunioationte the Gazette, in answer to a recent article by Major-* .en- eral Sir Frederick Middleton.in the United Service Magazine. The letter, wiich throws some nsw l.ght on the history of ths Oana- dun forces' movements in ths North- West o-npaign, is as follows : General Middleton makes the following t atement in the Magazine t" Most, if not all, of my senior offioen wen of opinion that we were not strong enough and ought to ntin to our last camp and await rein- forcements. I differed from them. I con- sidered, though I would have been glad of a few more men. that we were strong enough s we wero, and a few days' de ay before actually forcing the enemy'* position would only render our men more fit and anxious for it, and we oculd afford to expend mon ammunition than the enemy. Moreover, even if reinforcements were found to be necessary ws could await them mon ad- vantageously when we wen, for I felt certain that should we retire we would be followed npand our retirement might chance to become a rout. Even if we fell back unmolested, the fact of our retiring would be made the most of all over the North- West Territories, and a geniral rising would probably take place. So I determin- ed to hold on at all hazard* when we wen, even to keeping with us the wounded, whom I at one time thought of sending back." OKOKRZD 4 EXTRXAT. On ths day in question. May 9th, 1885, or the first day of the attack upon the rebels' position at Batoehe, at about 130 p. m , I rod* up to General Middleton, rho was on horseback and alone, near the door of the church, with the intention ot proposing to lead a couple of companies to a certain position whence they could outflank and enfilade some of the enemy, who were oc- cupying rifle pit* about from five to *tx hundred yards to our left front, in the vioin- th* enemy, in preference to so doing." I suggested that as the ijeaeral was -.ose by, it might be better than he should interview him personally upon the subject, adding that it wou.d be absolutely impossible for sim to continue the retreat under snon circumstances. To this Dr. Orton immedi- ately consented, and walked up to where the General was still sitting on nil boras about fifty yards away and told him his decision. 1 did not join in this colloquy, but could sse and bear all that passed, as their dialogue was carried on in no under- tone. The General was very angry, and poke of the consequence* of " disobedience of orders in front of the enemy,'' eta, bat Orton stood firm and repeated what be had previously said to me upon the subject, adding that he had fully determined upon keeping the wounded where they were and remaining with them himself ; also that he had no fear of ill-treatment at the hands of the enemy for either himself or them. THE OBDIR COCMTEBJtASDED. "That limply means, t hep," cried the General, "that I must stay hen," and turn- ing to me, he continued: "Colonel Honghton, top the retreat at once, and order all back to the positions which they occupied before the order for retreat wa* given." This, I need not say, was carried out with the greatest pleasure and alacrity, and in less than fifteen minutes afterwards, all were b*ck in their places just as though the re- treat had never besn thought of, and hap- pily without its having been perceived by the enemy. Now I defy General Sir Fred Middleton, or any one else, to refute on. single statement contained in this letter, and I am prepared to substantiate .very word I have said, by my own affidavit, supported by thai of Dr. Orton. and corroborated by the testimony of othen who wen present at the termination of this episode ; and, in- deed. I may aay ef the whole N. W. f. force, every member of which was aware at the time that a retreat bad been ordered and actually commenced, though all may not than have been cognizant of the reason why it was countermand.-. I. AS IUREUlOl-9 ERROR. It indeed seems strange to me that Sir Fred. Middleton should have committed such an egregious error as to have deliber- ately penned such an egotistical and falla- cious statement as that contained on page 3S4 of the United Service Magazine for January, 1884. Is it poesible that his memory is failing so fast that he has already forgotten the fact that the very matter to which 1 have hen taken exception was the ity of the cemetery, from which they wen keeping up a desultory fin on oar men. As I came up to him he appeared much "^ject of both official and newspaper cor- excited, and told me to order an immediate r . '"'" th * *??** " ntnat to our camp of th. previous mght, I ?' D 1 b / >twe<n> . P/' Or . ton and "' the some eirht miles distant, f took the lib- i G T"i? ,* '"? T 6 " 1 " a "*??*? ' ' srty of remonstrating with him upon the ?"* TiJJS , y ^T'^WS* !**- inedvisability of such a step, pointing out T , *" y> ln f " r . to him th. extnm.ly bad ToVal effect such I '' do- h i" 1 *? 1 " to " ^"Tv w ^ ll>t action would have upon our young soldi.rs, I '<**' the high position o. Major-Geo- and what an oppomte effect upon the en.my | "*' """"^'"K the militia of Canada, he ,. ...... ...... was permitted through the rule* of military I suggested to him that this would be doubt- lees claimed as a victory by them, and re- ported by signals for hundreds of mile* in every direction over the country before morning, and that in all probability it would have the immediate effect of turning thousands of the then neutral Indians into "hostile*." He exhibited the greatest im permitted through the rule* of military discipline and etiquette the privilege of making incorrect statement, and garbled reports unchallenged, be will still be ac- corded the same liccnee of speech and pen, and immunity from contradiction now, when appearing in the role of an historian and egotistical autobiographer combined ? noeiiiM. rae exnioitea tne greatest im- i *\ ,. u . J". , , Wi.nc.dunn, this conv.re.tion. and 4t I ^ "-"e forgotten, that he no longer wield. eoth flew into a towering pa,on. and ! "".^ ln t -~ d * ? I think 1 have now aid : "I did not call you herTsir. to ask ' T J *" *** " r'~, ry for **" ?" four advice or opinion. I have already | ' myte " and " D ^ fro lh charge of said your advice or opinion. I have already consulted with all my officers with whom I dee i re. to consult. You hare got my orders, and I insist upon you carrying them out directly." BIS ntomsr. To this I nplied : " General Middleton, I shall execute your orders at once, but be- fore doing so, I desire tosay that,** Deputy Adjutant-General, and second in command, I disapprove of and protest against this ac- tion, a* I feel confident il will result in disaster, not only to this force, but also) unfortunately, to the othen acting in con- cert with us, and to th* settlers generally throughout the country, and 1 desire to wash my hands of all blame which may at- tach to it." I then galloped away to convey his orders to the proper quarter*. In lees than ton minute* th* force was in motion, and th* laid at our door by Gen. Sir Fred. Middleton. who will hear no more from me until he either disputes the truth of any of the state- ment* contained in this letter (of which I shall, of course, send him a copy), or make* some other libellous acmisaMon for his own aggrandisement or otherwise against or to th. disparagement of myself, or any of my brave Canadian bi or hen- in arms, with whom I had the honour of serving in this my adopted home.'* u r ! rfce BMMM , r Meres*. Among the moat astonishing (Heats of whirlwinds mu: be reckoned the well- upported facts that, on their cessation, biriis exposed to them have been found tripped of their feather*, and people with very shred of clothing torn from them. Theee effect* cannot possibly be ascribed to YOUNO POLKS. 8*011 FICE. Ben'* supper wa* never more than a thick licfl of bread tad jam, and m z aw of fneh n,,, bat n talked M much between bitei -.in it took him a long time to eel i. Yon ee, Ken WM 10 yean oid. and loved no better then other boys of hi* age to go to bed M 9 o'clock. He tried all mean* each aiht to delay the dreaded hour ; hi milk, fre*h and cool from the icebox, wa* upped u if it were Maiding hot, while after each ip he coaxed and teheed hie motner to let him *et op later, bat ehe wae unyielding. One uight, Ben, feeling unusually wide awake, nhatted away ontil every (abject wa* exhausted. He taied to interest hi* mother in the naming of hi* new puppy ; but, having baen rather more worried than usual that day, *he refused to coneider the question. He a*ked h w father, who, in hi* opinion, would be the next Pi evident of the Lnited Statee, and if he really believed that 'oorge Washington never told a lie ; bat talk a* he would, (upper wae finished at least a half-hour before 9. Ben watched the clock despairingly. " Tick, tick, t:c:" how fast it went. Twenty-live minutes twenty minutes -- " It's a mean *hame to send a boy of my age la bed at 9 like a baby. Sot another boy in town's got to do it. Nioast hoar of the day, too :" he objected under hi* braath. The hard-hearted clock oonnted off five minute* more. Oh 1 if he could only stop it if be ooaM only set the hand* back. But no, hi* mother would detect il ; and, beside*, that would be cheating. " I could tinish Robms-m Crusoe to-night, if they'd let me. I declare I won't itand n any longer ! I'll run away :" The old clock (ternlv ticked off the mm- utes, and Ben, watching it, felt the idea gaining upon him. The time wae short- it was five minutes of nine now. He looked around for his mother ; the hai left the room. Ben seised his hat, and without waiting for fie second (nought, which they say is always best, ran oat of the door and into the street, never stopping until at a safe distance from the house ; then turning he looked back at the cheerful window* of hi* home, and hi* mother'* shadow crow- ing them, a* she went about her househol d iutiee, waked the little sprite that we call Conscience. "Ben? Ben ! She'll be soared." said the little sprite. " You might, bear a great deal for her cake !" " No, ehe won't," replied Ben to himself, hesitating y. I shan't stay out long. I'm only going 10 run aroand an 1 have a little fan like other Days, and then I'll go home perhaps this very night." " It'* mighty dark." said the troublesome little sprite again. "Humph : who's soared of the dai k *" said Ben disdainfully ; and this time quite aud- ibly. " It's lonely, too ! Support you should meet robber*, or gypstee, or or ghosts !" "I don't care. I don't beiieve in ghoete, and if I meet the others I'll a*k 'em to tsks roe wits them. I'll get some of the fellow* to go with me. I reckon I'll meet some of 'dm down (own. But toe "fellow* " seemed more dutiful tr-sn Ben, for not one wa* on the street. Even the newsboys ssesasd to have gone home for the night, and the only one Ben met. was an impudent little negro, whom all the boys particularly disliked : or in his loneliness, he might have taken him along. "If I go any further I may meet papa," He was a little afraid of the grant fellow, "EA.X AWAT FROM HOME," U ROARED. but thought it beet not to show it, es- pecially ss tne giant seemed disposed to be friendly. " Oh, no, sir ' I came away from home to have a little fun ; and, if yon please, I think I'd bettor go back now, for my mother might be anxious. She doesn't know when I am." The gisat, who had been lying flat en his back, raised himself suddenly to a sit- ting posture, sad placipg Ben upon the outstretched palm of hi* hand he held it so high that the boy could not jump off, sven if he had not besn too frightened to do so. EHSI3EEEI38 BOTE8. " Ban away from home," he roared ; ran away from home, 1'U be bound, leav- ing your poor mother scared to death about you ; think* you're drowned, maybe cry- ing herself aick thinks wild horses have run over you ; she'd be better off without each a son !" On. no, sir '." said Ben again, I don't think she'll be so badly frightened. Shell think I've gone down to papa'* store.'' Did yon ever do so before ?" asked the giant ierniv. Ben trembled, and fora few seconds had some thoughts of saying " Yes," but, thoroughly oared though he was, be was urn honest to lie, and remained silent. I haven't tasted boy wrap in weeks. Labor- saving tools are being introduced rapidly in ship yard*, and many of the old " trick* of the trade" are gradually disap- pearing, except as onprcdtalile attainments, H-fore the increasing use of new machanioal Appliances. It was bat a few yean age ihat the electric drill was introduced, whish is now widely esnploeyd. A few lays ago an English correspondent of the i i lobe- Democrat wrote that pneusaaun alking aid chipping tools have received a dalteruig reception in that country, where they are used for the heaviest kicd of work about boilers, ships' tanks and suntlar objeoU. The tool weighs about 12} pounds and is driven by compressed air conveyed to it in a small hoe* u air or stsesn is supplied to a percussion rock drill. An apparatus of this sort calk* about 3 feet a minute on heavy work and opera tee much like some forms of steam rock Jriils, a piston driven back and forth by the compreed air (tricing heavy blows in rapid succession on the seam to be calked. The superintendent of the water works at New Britain. Conn., has recently de- vised a novel method of obtaining an effec- tive fire pressure at a hydrant on top of a hill up which a 6-inch main was laid. The head furnished by the gravity water works which supply Mew Britain is only great enough to send water to the top of the hill and a fire stream without an *ngir* was impossible. According to a note in the (engineering Record the top of the hill was 14O feet above the bee* and about S50 feet from it in a horizontal line. It was too steep for the engines, a* it took six horses to drag one up to the summit. An excel- lent are stream was obtained, however, by placing a check valve on the main about 75 feet up the hill from the bans, putting in a hydrant just above this valve, and then connecting an engine at the baee of the bill with this hydrant by two lines of hose. At the top of the hill there is a relief valve set at 86 pounds, and the pressure obtained by the use of the nomhisjatjoa ot i enough ee raise the valve. said the giant, thoughtfully. " 1 1 ing only this morning how I should enjoy some nice boy ^ U P. with plenty of onion* and garlic, and" " I if you please, sir, " said Ben. with a quivering voice, " my mother is waiting for m*. md if you put me down, 1 I reckon I'll go home and go to bed." or a boy stew with potatoes," con- The corporation of Manchester, England, has lately uutalled in one of lU gas houses ____, *n apparatus for charging and drawing the think- ! retort* with bet little mannsl labour. The cannel or coal is delivered into breakers erected in pits below the floor line. When the cannel ha* been reduced to a suitable size, it falls into the bottom of the pit and by an elevator, running in 'he pit, it is earned up to large overhead hoppers in the retort house, provided with two outlet dears in the tinued the Riant, as if thinking aloud ; '* or Yes, he i* so nice and fat. I think he'll taste better roaeted : and with plenty of gre>vy -- HU ! what'* this " Boo-hoo-Qoo ! " cried Ren, beside him bottom, whichanopenodaod closed by hand lovers. The charging machines pass under these hoppers and receive their coal from self with fright. " Put me down. I win t be eaten like a f* P>g '. I was'bt meant to ' rmi-ed or lowered be anybody'* dia n * r - I won't be stewed with potatoes ! Put m down. I want to go "If yon don't like to b* Mewed," said the giant pleasantly, " I'll roast you. I am very fond of roan boy anyway. them. The machines run on rails up and down th* retort house, and each cams* a from can b* to suit a retort at any , snppiy of coal in a hopper supported the frame in snob a manner that it ca height. The charger enters a retort with the coal, and ounsist* of a scoop and carnage which by a double motion deliver the coal in two direction*. The drawing machines are arranged to run on track* in the same manner, and are also adjustable to retort* rM of roast boy anyway. Or make a , hash of you. ,f you prefer thaL " * ** JvaUon. Both charging and drew- Boo-hoo-hoo ! waTall Bennie could I m *">7 " *ked oo.pre.e4 answer. Th* poor little fellow was complete- ly ten-irisd, and shook from bead to foot with great sobs as he lay helpless in the palm of that great band. An old "grasshopper'' engine was recentle presented to the University of Penney Hrama by the I. P. Morris Company, ef Phila- be thought. "1 might just ss well go no, I won't ! I'll go to the river." The river during the day i th* greateei activity, and the levee swarm ed with a bustling crowd, but to-night, to " Now, if I deny my appetite this once.' ' delphia, in whose shops it has been said the giant, " and let this fat boy go foJ . operation for nearly- fifty year*. It was hi* poor mother's sake, how do 1 know but ' he' II be frightening her again by running away at bedtime." " Indeed indeed. I won't ! '' cried Ben, earnestly, silting upright. " If yon will let bed half of Boulton'i mounted infantry, ordered , the wind. The force necessary would have to cover the front of th* retreat, (the other sufficed to transport the objects away bodi half being directed to cover the rear), wen ' fully half a mil* from the main body, and in full and orderly ntnat As I passed the transport corps, I had given orders to Mr. Sinclair, who was in charge that day, to end twenty teams to the church at once for Numerous similar occurrence* were ob- served in France in the tornadoes which prevailed then three yean ago, and these were gradually brought under investigation. Over the whole region affected, trees were the conveyance el the wounded, of -which | found rent in a manner which could not no*- sibly have resulted from the wind. These were, first, oak* split down the centre for a length of twenty to twenty-five feet; second, poplar* and beeches, for length* of from six to twelve feet, wen shivered into sticks of uniform thiuknees (for example, a beech tree, sixteen inches diameter, was split into then wen then some ten or twelve, being attended to there by Brigade-Surgeon Orton and the other surgeons of the force. 1 had ordered these spare teams, feeling continent there would be a considerable increase toour casualty liit, sn we should reach our des- tination. As I returned, I overtook and pats* I them, arriving at the church a few hundred yards ahead of them. I did not dismount, but called out at the door fer Brigade-Surgeon Orton, who responded im- mediately, and to whom I then delivered the General's order* ; telling him to lose no lime in getting the wonn lod ready for re- moval to the waggnas, which would arrive directly for their conveyance. He seemed quite thunderstruck, and asked me what I thought of such a movement. I replied that, personally, I highly disapprove.! of it, snd that I had so informed ttu General. He urged me to again try nmjns trance with him, but I positively declined to de so, relating to him my recent conversation with the General on the subject, anil telling him that I would not lay myself open to a npetition of such gross insult as I had then received from hiss for *ny consideration whatever, adding the word* " Not to savs the whole force myself included from annihilation." Till! 31'KUKON'S more than five hundred stick* a centimeter thick, two centimeter* bread, and three and one-half centimeters long); third, fire and other resinous trees ha 1 their stems cut clean through, leaving almost even surface*. Theee phenomena, and othen of kin- dred nature, can be a*ribed only to electri- city. How elss could we explain the oaee of two casks standing alongside each other, th* one of which, the filled one, wa* com- pletely destroyed (exploded), while the other, the empty one, remained uninjured {Der Stein der Weieeo Vienna. Dr. Orton then stated that ho did not ee his way to moving the wounded over the terrible corduroy road lying between us and the last vamp, especially in the rough, apringless freight waggon* which wen all that wen at his disposal for the The princely branch of the hou and declared The Vienna correspondent of th* Lon- don Standard announces the death of Prince Nicholas Kiterhazy. He as 77 yean old and the wealthiest man in Hung- ary. His property consisted of twenty- nine estate*, twenty-one castles, sixty towns, and !' villages. The heir to the title and property is the well-known sports- man Prince Ksterhaiy The Kiterhaty fam- ily has deen celebrated for its wealth since I -Ms. when the estates of Solomon Kslora* wen divided between his two sons, who assumed th* name* of Zrhazy and Illye- hazy. Francis Zorhaxy, a descendant assumed th* name of Ksterhaty in IA84. , _ me go Til gj right home and go to Ben's discomfiture, then was no " living ! " l y night at 9 o'clock, without waiting creature in light. The great river lav a (or mamma to tell me, and I'll never run away again. Never '. never ! " " It's six weeks, at least no, it is mon than that it must be two months since I've tasted boy soup, "mused the giant. broad, beautiful sheet of gleaming silver, stretching further than he could see. Oh ' so lonely ! It was very high, and h* could hear the "swish " of the swift current built from designs prepared by Oliver Evans, the famous old millwright, in 1401, and although it has be-n running constant- ly since construction at it* full rate of thirty-five bone-power, the only repair neceeeary has been the rebonag of the cylinder from its original diameter of Si inches to ID inches. There are no cross- head* or guides on the engine, it being pro- vided with a Watt parallel motion, which gives a travel at the point where the piston- | rod is attached to the beam in a line with as it hurried past, and watch the i olosing hi* band doubtfully upon Bee." and 1 the centre of the steam cylinder. Project- liitie silver wave* playing leap-frog in the ' dr*wi" it slowly toward his pocket, a* . ing from the upper cylinder heed are two moonlight. It wa* so still that Ben felt nli appetite struggled with his generosity. ' standards, u wbich are journaled the ends " It will kill my mother if I don't go ' of ''"rode ho opposite ends are journ- home." cried Ben. working upon the giant. ;* Jedt ' the beam. The end of the beam ympethy with hi* moth.r : " I'm a bad ' OPP"*"* crank is held to the bed by boy. sir. but Tm the only one ah*'* got. and | .* I "* 1 * 1 * *h A *>"> I don't think she could get along without BB!f SAT now S OH A HTGB LOO. oppressed ; not even the hoarse chatter of i found purpose ; and declared that he did not ! e '' "' 'he seventeenth century by the fourth believe that one-h\lf of them would live to , 1'au! Esterhaxy, who was raised to that His desoend- reaoh their destination. The waggons by l hi* time wen just arriving at the church door, and Dr. Orum, looking at them, continue I : " No, sir ! my professional lepuutinn is at stak.and I positively refuse to murder the patient* under my charge by carrying out this order ; so v<j* nay send the waggons away, and tell the General that I have decided upon remaining hen with the wvonJed and taking my ohtncet with raok for military services. ants have played a distinguished part in military, diplomatic., artistic, and social hiitory. Nicholas succeeded to the estate* in 1866 and married Lady Sarah Yillien. a daughter of th. Kari of Jersey. Pink* "WssSmitV* purpose of whip- mi! the editor oarried out ?" banks "No; n ui Smith wa* " a frog could be heard, or the barking of a dog. With a heavy heart he sat on a log and listened to the sweet lapping of the water against the bank. " Always going on and en :" said Ben. "I wonder it never get* tired. It sounds like it's singing iteelf to sleep. " "No, it i* unging me to sleep, you little rascal," said a terrible voice near him, "and here you come stopping all over me and making no more ot waking me up than if I were a Hop-o'-my-thumb like you." Th* log on which he was sitting beg*n to move slowly, and Ban, catching hold of what he had luppoeed A ridgy piece of bark, scrambled down as best he could. He found himself standing before what appeared to be an immense noee and th* noee of a great giaut, whose face was so large that Ben could not see it all at once. He followed the nose for a great dis- tance until it ended near a pair of eyes at least Ben supposed then was a pair, he could only see one. th* o.her was so far away, and it was night, Hs looked straight into that one eye, like the manlyjlitile fellow thai h war, and said politely ; "Excuse me, sir, I didn't know I was dis- turbing anybody, I hope I didn't hurt you, sir I" The eye. considering that it was a giant's, was not a bud one, and lighted up very good -natu redly whea it* owner laughed, as he did now, answering Hen mockingly : " No, yon didn't hurt me very much. Thumbkm* ; I wa* just about t> olap my hands down on yon for a mosquito. Zounds I bat that would have been the heaviest bio w you ever got ! What sre you doing down here anyway ? Lost'" ' Oh, no, sir," replied H*n, still with much poltii 1 get along without me." " Well, if hi* mother need* him. I think I must 1st him off this tfm.," said the giant; " but just let me catch him again ' Just 1st m* catch him again '" he repeated as he gently placed the boy on the ground, "and if I don't" But Ben waited to hear no more. He 8w home as fast as hi* feet would oarry him, leavm the giant to tinish his threat to th* singing river. * As he stepped into the parlor and stealth- ily put his hat away h* heard the clock the principal dimensions of the engine are : Diameter of shaft, 5J inches ; dia- meter of crank pin, 'J inches; length of beam, 6 feet ; diameter of cylinder, 10 inches : length of stroke, is inch*. ; door space occupied, 8x2$ feet. Aluminum is being used regularly by many of the large steel companies in the States, according to Capt. A. K. Hunt, of Pittebnrg. It is added to the steel in pro. portion* from a half to several pound* to the ton of steel, the purpose of the addition being largely to prevent the retention of the occluded gases in the steel and give strike, and hi* mother'* soft voice whisper- thereby the production of solid ed in hi* ear : "Come, now, Beuni*. bed : you've been sound asleep in the'ohair fully five minutes ' ' Defi from Uarbolio AoiJ- A Parliamentary return ha* been issued bowing the number of death* m Kngland and Wales in the five yean from 1887 to to IS91 caused by the taking of carbolic acid. In 1887 the total was 52, of whioli -."7 were due to accident and -'"> to suicide. In the following year the number bad increas- ed to 9*2, owing to the larger proportion of suicides, which stood at tt4, while the num- ber of death* attributed to accident was th* same a* in the previous year. Then .was, too, one case of murder or man -slaugh- ter. In 1889 the total fell to <M, nd, our lously enough, the number of deaths attri- buted to carbolic poisoning by accident wa* again, for the third year in (accession, _'7, while the number of suicides was put at 41. accident numbering 'J6, and the case* of suicide 43. la IS!U the total roee to !4. , K>ing made up of 31 deaths by accident and 63 by suicide. The total for the five yean was 373, vix, : Accident, 138 ; suicid-. mnrder or manslaughter, I. Of the 37.~> deaths, 1*1 were thoee of males and l-'.i tho*f of fsmalo*; but it ii somewhat re- markable that, while 81 miles poisoned themselves with carbolic acid by accident, an compared with .~>4 females, the number of msles who took it in order to commit suicide was 98, a* againit no fewer th female.. Aluminum seems also to give extra tluidity it's time to go to to the metal, wbich results in clearer and sounder steel casting*. In the manufacture of open-hearth steel aluminum is often added to th* ladle in sma'.l piece* of from a quarter to a half a pound weight during the operation of tapping. The aluminum melts instantaneously, as ihe temperature of molten steel is above the melting point of aluminum, and it seem* to ditfuw with remarkable rapidity throughout th* entire Contents of the ladle. The ditfusion seems to be oompUte, aad there appears t be no need for special agitation of the m tal for the purpose, as no indication* of a want of homogenity in the product have been found. Aluminum added to cast-iron produce* an e fe\:i similar to thai c^uwtd by silicon, that ik, it tend* M convert the combined jarbou in the iron into a graphitic state, thus causing the iron to be softer, freer from shrinkage, and lessens the tendency the iron to chill. While it does not | seem elwiy to give marked advantage* when used with good gray iron, its use in foundry work is noticeable and very sails- factory. When a good idea strike* a musician it is only proper that he should make a note of it. Strike* la Turkey Only two stnk.* wen ever known to occur in Turkey. One was of dock- yard laborers in the government employ foe their arrears of p\y they had received nothing for sever*! month*. The other wae of cigarette makers in the government factories for the excluion of women from the works, both were sucooesiiil. The dockmen got their money; and the womeb were turned out of the .otories with vhe comment: "Allah: \V:.at ioes U mallei 1 They an only women-"