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It iiS our firm bellel' Ibat more i>ecul- Ur incidents take («1«<3« at wedtUngs than at any other public ceremony, religious or civil, writes an English der^ym-i-n. We have known a good Wtuny odd tihings happen at weddings, in t!he cjourse ot sev- eral years' experience aa a town and oountry parson, and we think a few of them may be worUi chronicling for the amusement of the public. We may fitirly say that we were introduced to weddings en masse. Our first curacy was at the oHd parish church in a large northern manufacturing ttn^Ti, where it was no unusuail tbiatf to have thir- ty or forty seta of banns to read out «w a Sunday morning, and where the number of weddings waa in propor- tion. We u>e afraid to say how m&ny bappy couples we united in the first week of our niinisteriaj experiences. We arrived at our curacy on a Mon- day afternoon, and found on the Tues- day morning ten weddings awaiting us. On our liUMxwntly reaxuirkinfr to the olerk that they would take up some time to perform, he informed u^i. with a sort ol pity at our i^inoranre of bow itaincs were done, th»t we were mis- taken upon that point. " Tou see, we marries them all at once " â€" a custom to whiuh we soon g«t used. On one ChrietinaA-dajr morning there were no fewer than seventeen weddings fixed for the same hour, half-past nine. As tJiere wias a service at baJf-past ten It wae not eaey to (ret through the work, «T«D thanjrh the bappy pairs were " married all boc«ther." Luckily, our chancwl was a large one ; so rang- ing the wedding itartiett in a huge cir- dle around us, we irtiood in the centre, a Idretifling to the oongregation at large th» exhortations suitable to all alike ; and going, the round of the cir- cle, from pair to pair, with the ques- tions which have to be put individuuJ- Ij. Our old parish, like most other old town pariAhes, is now divided into ten, and weddings en vrutumis are a tJiing of the p«ist. We OBce took a wedding at wbdob the only attendant besides the grooms- man and bridesmaid, was a stout de- teimined-lookiug elderly female, who did not oome up with the wedding-par- ty te the ailtar railK iiut seate<l ber- iwlf in one of the choir stalls not far off. We ofaoerved that both bride and bri<legroofn looked at her with very disquieted glances. Oace or twice we noticed that the edderljr female seem- ed to be about to make a move, es- pecially at that part oif the service when puesibile upyojueats are request- ed tu " speak, or eise hereafter for ever bold their peace." When the service was over, we inquired of thdu good daine why she bod cumre to the wedding. " i'm the giill's mother," was her r»- |dy, " and 1 caiue to prevent the busir DMB." We naturally asked why she hadn't prevented the business ; and we found that the thought had Htruck her at the last moment that they " might do wurse than get married, after all." We have often since thought of what must have been the agitated feelings of that bride and bridegroom until the irrevocable words were said over tbe<n. A terrible iuoident happened at an- other wedding, that of a cuui^le both uf Dii Id e agt;. There w&s a gratiug Just in trout of the ultiir raUs, wuich led down tu the pipes which heated the building, in his ugituiiou iu putting the ring u[x>o the linger of bis bride, the unXortunute bridegrouia let it go and it rulled down the grating. The elerk descended and hunted for some time. The riug, however, oouid not be folund. The poor bride slie<l copious teaiB, and the bridegroom gallantly stanched tbeiu an well as be could with a 'large red and green handker- chief, murmuring uoothdngly, " There, don't 'ee oty â€" don't 'ee cry,' in the en- dearing tone which is often used to % baby. We are sure we sympathised: but our syuijmtby was hardly sul'ficlent to controil our risible propensitie.a. A ring had to be borrowed from one of the officials ; and the bride's tears were dried at last. Marrying a couple one or botJi of whom are deui is a funny experience. We remember a bridegroom who was perfectly doaf and couUl not catch the uuport of a single word uttered in our loudest terms. Could he rea<l I we won- dered ; and to find out, we placed the book before hiiu. Yes. he could ; and began : " I, M., take thee, N., to be luy wedded wiife." We tried, but in vain, to make him understand that be mu.st substitute his own name for M.. and bU bride's for N." H^ smi'led a smile of incomprehension ; and we had to leave him bt> <lescribe himself as " M." The words, "i.rdinanoe" and ''[flight" were too much for himâ€" he shook his bead, and left them out alto(tether. We wondert^d then, an I we have occasion- ally wondered Jvincc, how the court- ship t'^ 1 liat worthy coui>le had gone on. It must certaiufly have b«en an affaire dii cocur, not of the mere ex- ternal acn.'ses A couj)le onop presented themselves who had not given any previous no- tie of tlx'ir intention to Ije married. The bridegroom, when he nan asked why he not done ao, ivpllied: " Beciause I want to l» marrw'd by license." " Then," we said. ' 'we aupjiose yt)u have brought Ihip. li'vn^v with you .'" But we found, frem his answer, that he imagined a license wa . a. document whii^h a ilergyman coiil-,1 make out at tny moment ou a sh«.'el of paper, AVhen e had grvisjwl tho ilea of what inar- Hiige by licenne really was, and thai. •oon.sequcntly be could not be married thero anri then, the stjite of mind in- to whleb be ojid th« rest of thjs inivty were thrown mav le better iin.iKined Ikan described. We felt very sorry for tnorn ; but of loiirsi- we could not help tt. lit wna^ amuiSing to hear the ejacu- lations of the different members of the iwirty. " Oh, dear, w"hat are we to do," .sr>bled the bride. " W^ll, 1 have been niade a fixA of," aaid Uie bri<iegroom. " Law is law â€" yes, law is law, and it oan't lie helped," was the philofiophi- cal rofletition of the bride's father. They were married shortly afterwards but not by license 'I^a Iking about marriage licemses, it is curious what vague ideas nuiny per- sons have about them â€" not only those in the humble station in life to which the couple just mentioned belonged. TwLco we have lieen .stopped in the streets, once in a midland fai-tory town, and once in. a cathedral town in tb.e south, by rej<i)ectat)ly dressed youthful couples, and asked iJE we were a "parson;" and on rec^-iving an an- swer in the affirmative, further asked whether we would make out a license and marry them as soon as iKissible. Once, ailso, we met with an equally curious mistake about banns. After reading the banns for the first time of a young labourer and a young wo- man whose eng^agement was unknown to us, we congratulated the jjarents of the young lady whe'ii we next istlled, on their daughter's matrimonial pros- rei-tti. "Oh, said tht* mother, ''she doesn't want to marry him ; hut I s'ljose she must now, " cause the banns are put up." And we actually found that til© young man had " put iip " the banns entireJy on his own account, and had persuaded the o-irl and her parent.q that now he coudd legally claun her as bis wife. FipJanations followed : and the banns were not published again. We remember a wedding which had some very peculiar circumstances at- l^ending it. Atll the legal conditions were oomuxlied with, and yet there was an air of ae^reoy and mystery about the whoile business. At ten o'clock the bride arrived in ordinary drees, by ber- fcelf ; at twenty minutes past ten the bridegroom appeared, coming from quits a different direction. aJso by him- self. A few hurried words were ex- changed l*tweeu them in the vestry. The clerk and sexton, who both hap- pened to be about, were requested to act. a.s witnesses. When the service was over, tJie bridegroom left the church alone by the west dcor. >Some twenty minutes afterwards tiie bride ile|jarted by another door, and went off in an- other direction. We never gained any ejus as to the motives for all this sec- recy ; but " where there's a my.siery, there's always a history." We wonder what their history wa.s. Only a few montJis ago we had an odd instance of the way in which a witness may be procured. The happy i>air were driven to the <-hurch in a local fly, the driver of which appeared subsequently as " twsl-mun." Ho told us afterwards ihat he had no notion when he reai bed the church that he wa» to act iu that capacity ; but that, when they aJighted. the bride- groom tofid him that to act as " bis man " was " part of the job ;" and so he atxxMomodated liimself to circum- stances. L«t u» conclude tliis series of wed- ding re -ol lections, by mentioning what we consider a very pretty custom whi h IS observed in some i»rtB of Kent and other southern counties. An arch is constructed by the villagers at the churchyard gate, on which are sus- lended the implements of the handi- craft to which the bridegroom belouifs. A carj^enter has his saw and plane and foot-rule; a blacksmith his hammer and pinchers and horseshoes ; ami so forth. We bave seen these sometimes combined in a very tasteful manner. There yet dwelbi in our memory the <».•« of a bridegroom who had no par- ticular occu[)ation but that of fre- quenting the ^mblic-house, and in his case some cynical friumhi stood hold- ing a huge bojiin' of beer outside the cburohyard gates. A ^TTITIY ni? TIT]? ^TTTTAlf â-  ^° ^^^^' '^'"â„¢'*^'"« *•>* tastj? of INSANITY IN ENGLAND. " â- ereiHiary InaarscM " niargrsble to the Pri-«rnl r arrliiiie M^l<â- nl iw n I'aiute, " Are we be<'oming a nation of mad men and mad women I" This is the question an iinglishmain puts to himself an<l bis fellow country^ men after reading the last re{K>rt of the Commissioners in Lunacy, who make the broad assertion that the pro- portion of insane people to sane people THE GREAT ASSASSIN AS A DREAM- ER AND ARilSTIC BRIBER. Contlllloaa Iu His Yonlh TUnl furmed HIk Ch iriiclrr-Hlit Utve of Void and He lef In IIIM Puleury â€" .4rll»llc Krlbrry of AuibnMHdani aud Olhera â€" TbeUriaiu ur Hla Life. Somebody who conceals his identity, but claims to have had special souives of information at Constantinople, gives in the itevue des Hevues a curious pic- ture of the .Sultan, his aspirations and the means by which he is able to play the Eurojwan powers against one an- other while be works bis will. The writer refers to the story that .\bdul Humid is neally the son of an .\rmeu- ian clockmaker in the Bazar at Cun- stantinople, and cites in proof of it his features, which are those of an Er- meuian artisan in the Bazar, his fond- ness for making locks, and his hatred of Armenians, He considers 'the mat- ter important as having influenced the Sultan's bent of mind. Before be be- came riullan he lived the life of a mis- anthrope and was passionately fond of music, of the lives of the great caliphs, and of the novels of Eugene Sue, Pon- son du Tcrrail. and Gat>oriau, the last of whom remains bis favorite author. The not result of all these influences was tt dreamer living in a world more or leas unreal and aiming to carry out great projects. He will show extraor- dinary and detailed industry, for a Iieriod, and will then have a fit of pro- stration that may last two or three days, during which he is silent, moody and irritable. To carry out his plan he believes first of all in gold. "1 buy souls like mer- chandise," be is fond of asQ-ing, 'Not- withstanding the financial troubles of Turkey, THiE SULTAWS PURBE is always overflowing. Wf takes wliat be wants of the .State revenues. Then 1» has at bis diejmsal tlie imperial trea- sure, which contains the jewels gath- ered by a line of .Sultans who have ran- sacked the East for its won<lers. It was from this treasure that Abdul Htimid took the necklace which he be- stowed upon tlie Uenuan Empress at the same time that William II. carried away from Constantinople thirty trunks filled with prejients valued at 3,UOO,(K10 francis. In the third place he baa gathered by means knfiwn to des- IKjts a private fortune which is said to make him the richest sovereign of Europe next to the Czur. The man- agement of this fortune receives his closest attention. He has been saving money since his youth. His brother Murad spent money lavishly. The two brothers detested one another. Murad had Moliene's " Hiiriiagon " translate I and prvsenleil under the title of "Hani- id the Miser." One of Alxiul Hnmid's first acts after coming to the tlirone, was to ordier tble destruction of the theatre. Staniboul's cmly playhouse, where the piece was iilayed. lint Abdul Hkiuiid hIu>ws skill in bis buying of souIh ; the thing is done with a cunning that conceals the brutality of the tninsuction. Ille is above all things theatrical in such matters. The visitor is amazed ai the luxury he sees about him. Ute passes through beau- tiful gardens and iiavilions. through lines of fierce-looking .Vlbanians, and. in a hall dazzling with gold, appears in tbfe British Isles is every year geU 8"<l''«''l^ •'"'"'J *» ">« "idendor, a man tin„ „_„(«. I .;.-. .._.. of slight figure dressel all in black. with a. iHile face, a beard dyed brown. ting greater. Lunatics are better car- ed for than formerly ; but while their death rate has decreased the percen- tage of recoveries shows no progress. "Hereditary influences" are put down ici this Peiiorl as tlie cause of 29.9 [jier cetat. of insanity among fe- males and 20.3 ijer cent, in the i-ase of males. Says the writer, who a«ks the question above quoted, ' 'This is a very high pert^ntage and proves at once that our marriage system is utterly wrong. On Uie theory tiat the hmilth of the people is the supreuiest law, here- ditary insanity, like hereditary scro- fulous disease, should be stamiied out gradually by preventing persons so af- flicted from thte crime, or outrage, of marriage. There would, of course, be n, great outcry against this, and the first to scream would lie the .State paid and eyes tliat tell nothing. The con- trast never fails to make a deep impres- sion. Pierre Loti almost f.iinted when Abdul Htimid jxissed the ril)b(m of an order about his neck, an,l the sensa- tii)n.s of must of those privilege<l to have an audience with the Sultan are each. Hut hb is not always gra»-iou8. His explosions of ruge are said to be fright- ful to liiehold. After witnessing one of t liem Artinn Poalia was prnst rate^l for five months wiUi jwlpitation of the heart. Another of his Ministers died in the carriage that was taking him liome after a stormy scene with Abdul Humid, literally crushe:! by his wrath. In brief, Abdul Hiaiuliid is made up of extremes. He is audacious and a ;owa, :l, a dneamer and a man of business, a uuser and a prodigal, tactful and bru- tal, a loving fatlier and a sanguinary monster. In a ainiJIe day he condemn- ed a nation to be butchered, signed a •legree regarding decora.1iona for some ladies, and a. e<rulated iu stocks, all with ^same equanimity. Gladstone calls THE GHEAT ASSASSIN, wliltiJ..^"^"'."-"^ ^^ ^vritten of the whiteness of li« small hantls, wnlcl. might cause envy to a woman. •i,*^,,,'. J" •""^" ^"^ Constantinople iJ^n n^ 'nstruments for him to plav an^ fhi^'" uT'"" ^ «i" "!«'" them, ami thnmgh them u„on the great pow- «C^, L ''''^"°*' K^'jeots before their Ti^v» ''«,."'„'»4â„¢e,«"i"8ea a child with •• wLf f ^""i^' ""ks the writer, }^..^ I- H^>ml,â- i by men who receive i^rT- ",/'"*''"'^°' '"""^' ' -Triages, parks, v.llaa. snuff U.iea. rings, and plaques ennohed with cUamonds for themselves, their wives. chUdren, rela- 4^".^' 'â- '"'J "-'"t'ons of their wives ( The Amba^adors at Conslantinople are the most bonf«t folks in the world. Thev are not oWiged to exhibit toward gifts offered with exquisite delicacy, the tu^T" ?' ^ Chamberlain, who re- lused a .lecorau.m offered by Abdul Hamid with the remark that such things were not worn in England. But to nis Asautio wo-y of thinking the Sul- th^ T [^^ '*•"« '•â- >«««'''' them with soX mL"^^â„¢.''" *•»â- Â»â€¢â€¢ 'f ''uy their 71^! !L? merchandise.' I have a col- tt^l^ sunmsing phrases of imper- ti^''*/''"** contempt which be has ul- terwl about oil the diplomatists who inTh**,â„¢^ through the YiUtiz Kiosk rS«„ L""'^ ^^"^ >«^"- Playthings of a 1^" r , "^^ases like so many pup- iwta. jealous of one another, surround- ea uj- apiea, iKiiisuing of petty victories made in.lolent by their voluptuous • vTa'^i ^"^^^ '"""''seated from Armen ounds them, fluttered bv the resj e<t "tat 18 shown in a court-that is th,- â-  Ol 10 wjiich are condemne 1 the grave Amlwssadors who are thought bv pub- ic opinion in Kuroiie to 1* prolVting t be Chnsijans. Their .iilv function in Constantinople is to wuich one unolli- is nuir''" "^'"'""^'' "I"" the Sullun .-Vbdul Hnmid's giwit idea, according •^ una writer, is to reconstitute the mussulinan emirire lui it was organized by the Caliph Omar. ITiere would Ih- two Classes, the true believers, who would constitute the Government, and the coiiimo,, ,erj_ ^^jj^g^ ^j^,^ would lie lo toil lor the support of t;i'e former, and SI*'7, l"""* '>eliever w^,uld be a soldier. 00 Abdul Hfimid butchers, exiles, and corrupts; arrests all progress and in- austrial development ; gives excessive attention to the army; dreams aiiii^i tne memories of Plevna, the Armenian massacres, and the victories of Edbein 1 asha of lieing a victorious Caliph,and \,^V* "'f' J°y at the news that the .MotiHJiimedans of Itombav have ilium- """t»"' 'lieir bouses in honor. Jne final effect of AMul Haniids ''*"*c.v meeins <-loir enough to the wril- •""• â- ^" Turkey is disorganized anchor- •TJpted; nothing remains but the .iriiiy, and when the annv shall be c^niahe I '>> a Christian iiower I^irkey will cease to exist. A KINGSTON MERCKAHL TELLS OF HIS RELEASE KROM THE PAINS OF RHEUMATISU. II Had Ainicled Hlin for Upwantu of Tea Yeani and .^lanjr Kemedlm Were Tr<e4l iu I'nIn â€" »r. Milllaots' Piuk PilU KITrcIrd Uln Kt-lraice. Fnom^the Freeman. Kiagston, Oni. Fifteen years ago Mr. AIer«nder O'Brien, the popular Prrncess fitreet tailor, was one oE tJhe mast athletlo young men in Kingston, both as a foot nacer and otJierwiae. BJUeven years ago he commenced 'mainess and Bhort^if afterwards was stricken wlthrh«uma- tisan, which oaAised him much pain, loss of r««t, and neglept of buainess. Hte states that be tried many doctors and ^lany me<li:'ine8, alil to no avail. Over a year at;o a friend advised him to trj- Dr. WilSi^ms' Pink Pill*, and though beh^cd but little confidence la fhCtm, or advertised medicine oif aai}i deaoriptlon, at, the urgent request oS salutOvtion rn thk maid. In no country so much as in France where the Salic law excluded women from the throne, have women power- fully affecte<l the nation's destiny. Cf ten their in<'luence has been evilâ€" the foolish, selfish or i>artisan interfer- ence of royal prince^sl's ureat la(lie.s or court favc>rites. But there is one historic heroine whose career was no- ble enough to counterlialanoe them all â€"the pure and jieerlese Maid of Or- leans, whose fame grows with the yeais in.-<tead of lessening. No resear h. no invc»stigation, not the most skepti al sifting and exaniinatinn of fats leaves her other than erne of the moet winning as well a.s one of the most wonderful, of historic- person- alities; the half-saintly, yet wholly hu- man pea.ssnt girl, pas-dng in a few'biief years from the distaff to the sword from jieasant comrades to the friend- ship 01 prin.es and thc5 command of ar- mies, from quiet dreaming in , . ,, , .. . I Tbe Sultan roceive<l us and made clergy, who would marry lunatics, cni>- apologies because bis wife was indis- ples. or any one el8e--sav« that theyL^ged and could not see us. He pre .s intense. Furthermore, the Sultan j rv-wayrVnd'T^Tfore'rhe'aftar ,>ra"li?- STUDfiiS HIS VISITOltS, I *^'« church to the death of a martyr in a Kouen market-pla' e. Interest in her story ha.s Iwen cur- iously revived of lata by literature and fiction tearing directly uihui it. A reient article in the .\tlantic Monthly fives a delightful a count of a visit to )omremy. tie birthpla e of Jeanne d' Arc, which she loved that it was by her rociue.st exempted from ta.xation-^ one of the few rciciiiests she over made for pr-onal favorsâ€" and tlu^ exeniiitioii remained in foi\e for three hundred years. Now the little town pays its taxes once more, but it still counts .'â- eanne its patroness and saint. While Mrs. CatherwcXMl was staying there, she and prepares for them. Before receiv- ing Williiun II. he had the life of Kred- erick the Great read to him. He show- ers golden snuff ixixes set with dia- monds, even purses of gold, and other costly gifts upon those whose goodwill he would gain, an<l he does it in such a. wiy that the iiii|irosa.<>n made by thie gift seems b^ss vivid than that of the sentiuients he e.xjiressed with elo- quence and knowledge. His tact is per- fect, rbe wife of a forvigii Amlxissa- dor gives this account of a visit to the harem : came under that f<x>lisb woman's table' sented to us his two daughters, cvir- whiob trolls us that a luan maj not l easing their beautiful hair a-s he di.l marry Ins grandmothers aunt. J^t* ao. He spoke to us of our families and It is a (:oramon sense view to Ukeofjof ,,;„ ov/n and said tbat bis principal the matter. In breeding horses or fat- care was the educaticm of bi.s children. tie u.ecn would never think of mating, U curtain was drawn aside and seven- jvedey little siK-ciiiiens, physically use- ^een voung Circassian girl.s of Rroat less as workers or uniirofltable as food. " In our family arrangements we (lerijiit some poor fellow whose iNirenta are iu a lunatic asylum to marry a girl in a rapid consumjition, and these two are to be the i>ai>>nl-s of the coming race. IVIkmy cases could be quot»5(l in iiluslrHticm cxf this view of the matter. II is this neglcc-t of projier precautions which gives Londocn its race of liiiper- tect, dwarfed s|iecimens of humanity, to die out In four generations. .'Vrid l>eauty jilayod ujiou stringel instru ments. "'I ijad them learn the "Marseil- laise." in your htmor," he said with a smile, and all tlie time he did not cease Inferring to his sick wife with touch- ing sweetness and sadness. The next morning .i magnifioent spaniel was sent, to us. M.y sister then remembered tliat among a thou.sand trifles she had men- tioned tha|t she was fond of dogs." His delicate attentions are not rc- this .igain. fills our jails, asylums, and gervod lo strangers; he in alio procli- hospitals, ....... ^> _ AN IMPOSSIiBl^B RXX)NOMY. witne'8i"cl a piituresciue and signi'"i- rant sight, which, she .says, "was worth gidng to Kraife for, although Jeanne's t'lw nspeoplo have so often lelield it that they regard it with little atten- tion." "Tbe Jingle of bridle.s. clatter of hoofs and rolling of heavy wheels brought us to the windows in time to Pee a regiment of French troops form- ing on their way to Neufcliateau. The giun-carriagee waitod Iwtween house- rows. Men mounted on horselia'k, at a word from the officer, wheoled into line, fa ing the churc:h and the Maid's birthpla e. At another word outwent every right band with its weapon. They fircsented arms to Jeanne d'Arcl How ittic it ontored into the mind of the lil)eiatrice that more than four hun- dred years after licr death the troops of Fran e would do her honor! "As soon as the at ot homage was fal of them to his favorites. One of coniplete<l, the men broke ranks and hem lost a wife; the Sultixn sent him , took turn.s in diaiiiciuiiting and ciiter- a iKind ot musicians to distract his ing the church. All clay, indeed, while melancholy. Another was a widower ;' this military IXKly trailed through ]>om- iBut if yon must neduc-o your exjenses th« Sultan gave him a Circassian from remy, soldieis might lie seen hurrying why clc-n't you disch.i rg-.f your private l/is harem, A third has a colleciiim of in and out. Not one seemed capable secretary? '.vntclita; the Sultua sent to (Jeiieva f>f I>as8ing tlw shrine of .leanne d'Ar- What I. And mceet all those cre<litora for s Ic-ndid timepieoes lo add to it. To witlKMit pausing there to l>ond big liersonally? I should say not. ut..ars lie gives birds, dishes from his tnees." his friend hecietided to give fhepi'.jsai trial, and according tu .Mr. O'Hrien ib waS a lucky venture. After the first box hud been taken, ciuitomers noticed the chunife, and when three l)oxe« had lieen linisJied the r«sult was marvel- ous. His strength had returned, liupoverished liiiiod renewed, muscles deveioi'od. nheumatVsm ulmtst dis- cappeared, Inirring a slight siiff- nesH in ':nee joints, whiuh is gradiia.ly going, and in the last .six inontiis he. Iioh dojie moi-e work in his tailoring e»talilishnieiit. than he had accomp.whed in the previous four years. A Freeniaji represeniaiive no- ticing the c-luniiiTc' in Mr. O'Brien's con- dition. abke<I him lo what he uttriiiut^ (vl bib apimrenl good bea.ib afteo such a '.oU({ se^Ke of illness. Wilb- oul hefiilutioa Im rej ied, "Well, I have taken no riicdiiiiu! in the past yi-ar DtJier than I>r. Willianis' Pink Pills, tiiereforci I attriUito my present con- diticm soIWy to their use. They had .iiiicb a good effect in driving rheuiua- riKm out c! my systom and l/uil'llng up my nbattcred < unstitutioii, that my wife whose health wiis not any too (lood aJiO tried ibe pills. A few boxr« rnmiHlitMl her illness and she, ic>>, Is in VimiA iu her praise of tlie>;ii as I am. Many of my ounlomer.-i ojid friends who w!ineHs<'»l I ho !>ffet of the pilUs cm my conMitiition coinnienc-ed to u*ie thean, and tliey rei-tute the same story .IS I have tofHyou. I am as well now is over f was in fnv iife. Dr. WiUiams' PUiU Pills cure lyr ^•-ing to the root ol the disease. I hey renew and buiid u]' the blood, and â-ºJtrenglben the nerves, thus driving disease from the system. Avoid imita- tions byintiisiing that every box you purchase is enc.Wiod in a wrapping t:earing the fulil trade mark, .Dr. WiU Lams' Pink Pills foT Palo People. NEW SORT OF STTAMER, I'eriiliar Veutrl* Hrliiu KiilEI ;»r Ihr i:rlli<ll 4auveruillrll(. The new sliallow-dniught steamers tor 'he Itritis.i tioverniiient will now soon lie placed at iis disposal by Messrs. Ihornycroft & ^ arrow, who are con- striiiMing them. In the new vessels the stern wheels are dis.-arded and screw:) utilized iuslouil. but the drauglitâ€" twenty inches â€" prevents their being placed at the stern of the vessel. In the centre of tlie bottom of liie boat Is a cavity. formed by the bottom shelving upward, in which is pliiceil the proiKiller. When at rest the propeller is not compleioiy dinmersetl, as the ciivity colli aims air only, tli«> water of course, remaining at its levid. the propulsion of the vessel and the conse- (lucnt backward rush of water, from the fore ixirt of the boat causes this c^avity to lie filled with water, and the screw to lie immersed completely. The cavity is, of course, so designed as to reduce iJie resistance of tbe further fU)w of watior to the stern to a mini- ;iium. Six c)f the lK>als are 100 feet long, »wo others are 14.') feet long, but the latter are of slightly greater draught They have square sterns and two rudders, one at each corner. The machinery is placed amidships, and for- ward on the main dicck are mou,!ited two e-ioundt-r quick-firers and four Maxim guns, and these are iirntocted by light armor. rhi> uaual "flying" deck for n.cvigating in peace timers is provided, and Imvintf regard to ll.o lightness of the vesseJs the quarters for officers and men are very comfort- able. ],fX)KINXii FOK FOSSILS. Miss Oldunâ€" that guinllenian over there has admired me all the evening. W ho is he ? l''rieiidâ€" He's a cidlector of antiqui- ties. FOB TWENTY-SEVEN YBARa. yUMNS BAKING POWDER THECOOK'SBESTFRIENR LARa&ei tfAkS IN CANADA ajamim ."â- Jr.a.-.>«^..-,. , ,, ^_ .. . .. ..'..a - ...... â-  ..VAMrilHHlS ^^-KJHHJUl