London loses more inhabitants by fire every year than Paris or Berlin together. The London firemen save on an average about 100 lives every | year. A recent writer says regarding the notorious maelstrom that the inhabi- tants of the Lofodens are not in the : : . toh ri in the | least afraid of it, but fish right in the | hs on ow ! been attending church with Elizabeth | Smith, and on their way home the horse middle of it. of Everything points to a continuance of our excellent export trade in beef cattle, with England, our best buyer, requiring greater numbers each year, notes the American Agriculturist. Klondike, The dis- Sweden has its similar forbidding climate. covery in the northern part of thestate of new gold fields is announced. Al the Bommelinsel there is already an English 100 miners, company with nearly The 79,000,000 pounds of tea im- ported into the United States in ten | | Chewton, months had an average value of only | 13 cents per pound. What a lot of refuse stuff there must be consider- ing the age price farmers are obliged to pay over the retail counter, the New England Home- avel exclaims stead. > Ex-Governor Morrill of Kansas once said, that his ambition was to create in Kansas the largest orchard in the world his memory, That hope is about tc be realized, as he has turned his farm over to a man with the stipulation that 65,000 fruit trees, are to be planted there, mostly apples, had suffered an accident which en- with a | | last week: Charles and leave it as a monument to | | mer City, KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED NECK BROKEN. | Horse and Rider Killed at New Castle by am Electric Car. Plummer Simpson, of Coaltown, was instantly killed by an electric car the Castle. He had frightened, breaking the buggy so badly that it had to be abandoned. Miss Smith went home with a neighbor, { and Simpson started to ride the horse. i Just as a car came up behind, the horse | jumped on the track, was struck and instantly killed. Simpson was thrown ! on the track and had his neck broken. He was 23 years old. The following pensions were granted Lineman, Fern, Clarion, $6; Frank Nicholas, Erie, $10; W. R. Martin, Allegheny, $6; James S. Duncan, Seneca, Venango, $6; Levi J. Miller, Beaver Fallg, $3; William Smith, Pittsburg, $6; Israel W. Stern, Riddles Cross Roads, Butler, $6; James C. Kershner, Sunbury, $6; Philander Gates (dead), Meadville, Crawford, $4 to $30; Charles Powell, Corry, §6 to $8 Harriet Sprague, Kendall Creek, Mca Kean, $8; Lucinda M. Brown, Plattea, Erie, $12; minor of William McMillin, Lawrence, $10; Sarah BE. Gates, Meadville, $8; Mary C. McCart- ney, Thomas, Washington, $8; Eliza Dunkle, Washington, §8; Charlotte Deck, St. Thomas, Franklin, $8; Chaun- cey Lawrence, Conne .autville, $12: Isaac Shimer, Altoona, $10; John Klaus, Soldiers’ home, Erie, $6; Henry I. Grayson, Clarion, §6; Adam 3ible, Girard, $12; Charles H. Matteon; Fox- burg, $12; Charles H. Grove, Browns- dale, $; Esli N. Houk, Energy, $6; Wil- Jiam H. Jackson, Krie, $30; Susan Black, Pittsfield, $8; Laura N. Brewer, Punxsutawney, $12; John 'C. Green, Gibsonton, Westmoreland, $6; William Anderson; Wilkinsburg, $6; Harvey Mc- Kim, Wampum, $8; William Cranston, Allegheny, $6; James McClarren, Sol- diers’ home, Erie, $12; Richard W. Jones, Braddock, #6; William Lloyd, New Brighton, $6; William T. Niel, Ho- $6: Patrick Donahoe, Pitts- burg, $6; John Slater, Etna, $10; Martin S. Stewart; Elenora, = Jefferson, George Sargent, Marietta, $6; Michael Fravel, Blanchayd, Center, $6; William Tor the benefit of a conductor who | C. Sutton, FranKlin, $6 to $8; Henry §. dangered his earning ability, the Con- | solidated Electric Railway Company | of Santa Barbara, Cal., gave the gross | receipts of its line for one day while he was in the hospital. His case ap- pealed to his fellow workmen and the public; as he had been a faithful em- i Riley, | 810; { Erie, $5; | Juniata, ploye and was the sole support of his | mother.* company on the same day gave their The other employes of the | | day’s earnings to him, and patrons of | the road and conductors ring up sums | The car ceipts amounted to $327.05. ranging as ‘high as $20. res | G. { $12; Lord Charles Beresford has been | making some plain speeches in Lon- don. He declared the other day that the boys who robbed orchards and were generally mischievous and bad | made the best soldiers when they | grew up, and later, at a banquet, he said that money was everything in England. It would buy access to what is known as the very best so- ciety; and let anybody go to England with enough money, no matter whether it had been gained honorably or dis gracefully, there was no door which he could not hope to enter. He prophe- sied the ruin of the country unless the dominion of money was overthrown. The retirement 7 the Rev. Dr. John | “Hall from the active pastorate of the | Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church has excited widespread interest among members of all the religious denomi- York Sun. ‘Dr. Hall has long been regarded as nations, says the New one of the conspicuously representa- tive men of the metropolis.. The quali- ties that have raised him to his pres- , ent eminence are well known. Perhaps the most distinguished one is his man- liness. Although he could not be de- scribed as a brilliant preacher, personality be- there was always a strong hind his spoken word, and this made him effective at all times. Although parson of the most democratic of church bodies, Dr. Hall has taken precedence over his brethren of the Presbyterian ministry. “real truth in the humorous descrip: tion of him as His Presbyterian Bishop of New York.’ There was a Says the New York Post: ‘Medical circles are inélined to -pooh-pooh the reported discovery of the sex secret by Dr. Samuel Schenk, professor in the Vienna university. Nevertheless it is exciting wide interest, in view of Dr. Schenk’s position as an embryolo- gist and the importance attached to the announcement even by the Aus- trian government. The professor, so far, has only stated that for many years his experiments were limited to the lower animals, that by a system of nourishing the female he produced a disposition to bring into the world male young only, but that recently, by advising wives what food to take, boys or girls had been born just as desired. This disposition, however, when established cannot be changed. The offspring of the same parents henceforth will be all males. Profes- sor Ohlshausen, the well-know gyne- ocologist, thinks the ‘whole thing ~—— impossible, also Professor Virebou holds to the same opinion. | Hector, Potter, | 38; Amanda Dell, Norrace, Huntin zdon, $8 to $12; Elizabeth Meaher, Ford City, $8; IXmma Trimble, New Castle, $12; Mexican war widow, Martha Colmer, Pottsville, $8; Josiah A. Kinter, Kipple, Blair, $6; Henry 2M. You, Duncansville, Blair, £8; John Walker, Butler, $12; Thomas Punxsutawney, $8; William B. Harman, McAllistersville, Juniata, $6; Charles Hause, Soldiers’ home, Erie, Henry Brewer, Soldiers’ home, William Brannan, Patterson, $10;- Isaac Baughman, Mt. Union, Huntingdon, $6; William R. Griffith, Philipsburg, Center, $8; Chris- tian hein, Allegheny, $6; William Shaw, Stewarts Station, Westmore- i land, $8; Thomas Porter, Connellsville, 86: . 8. Dean, Canan, Johnstown, $1; Thomas Jervis, Ebensburg, $6; Clark McConnell, New Brighton, Beaver, $8; John R. Ross, Sharpsville, $5; Augustus Winslow, Winslow, Jefferson, $8 to William O. Arter, Corry, $12; John Durnworth, Ohio Pyle, $14; Elizabeth Gates, Altoona, $8; Margaret H. Pot- ter, Wilkinsburg, $8; Mary S. Baldwin, $12; Hester Sohweis, Ellen Fair, Johnstoavn, A. Murray, Punxsutaw- Somerset, $8; ney, $8. Michael! Rabor, of Birmingham, sev- eral miles north of Altoona. was the victim of a daring hold-up and attempt- | ed murder Tuesday night. He had been ! had, was taken { with his friends. Mr. at Kittaning Point and was walking home when he was stopped by three men at the point of revolvers. One of the highwaymen fired two shots at him. Rabor threw his hands up when the shots were fired, and the bullets, in- stead of crashing into his brain, lodged one in each hand. The desperadoes then knocked him to the ground. His pock- ets were searched and $8, all that he . The robbers then fled. Rabor was brought to the hospital. Martin Cooley, an employee of the Canonsburg Coal Company, left a few days ago for his former home in Paris, France, where he will spend six months Cooley was di- vorced from his wife in the French capital before coming to America sev=- eral years ago, and now returns to re- marry her, and both will reach Cdnons- burg next summer. W. H. Walker of Butler has sold to J. C. Me¢Kinney of the South Penn Oil Company, Midland division, a property on the old Troutman field, Butler coun- ty, for $321,000. The property consists of the J. I. Campbell farm, with six producing wells and the Robert Harper farm, with four producing wells, and known as the Campbell and Iman prop- erties. Robinson, aged 62, a prom- inent resident of Franklin, fell dead the other morning while leaning over the cradle in which his grandchild slept. He was born in Philadelphia and serv- ed in the United States navy from 1858 until the close of the civil war. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Sommers, is a resident of Pittsburg. Mine Inspector G. M. Williams of the Third anthracite district, at Wilkes- barre, reported the total number of tons of coal mined in the district during 15897 as 7,448,415.13. The total number of per- sons employed was 25,630. There were George R. “9d, sixty fatal accidents and 269 non-fatal. A human life was lost for every 124,140 tons of coal mined. Mrs. Harriet Walters, alias Harriet Lee, of Pottsville, colored, was taken to Philadelphia recently, having failed to furnish $1,000 bail, after a hearing before United States Commissioner C. H. Woltjen, to await trial before the United States District Court on charges of making false claims to secure a pen- sion. : Frederick Bardsley, of Pleasant Val- ley,- was killed at Irwin last week by the Uniontown express. He was going to Stewarts, and got off a train be- cause it did not stop at his destination. He started to walk and slipped as he was getting out of the way of the train that struck him. A few days ago Mrs. Joseph Havice, of New Castle, an apparently healthy woman, had a premonition of death. She told members of the family that she was convinced that she had only a ‘short time to live. Friday night she dropped dead. She was 37 years old Frank Murray, aged 19, of Eiairsvitie, committed suicide the other night by shooting himself in the head. He was out of work and despondent. County Commissioner Neal Murray is his uncle. Fire in the six-story building occu- pied by Blumenthal Bros., wholesale clothiers, at Philadelphia, the® other right caused $75,000 loss; insured. Mistaking a can of powder for an old and useless box, John Burkholder of Mt. Pleasant threw it in the fire and was badly burned. David H. Johnson, of Greenwood township, was caught under falling timber and instantly killed a few days 850. $8; ° ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LOME ea Spanish Minister tothe United States who has resigned hecause of the publication of a letter in which he criticised President McKinley.) STANDS OFF MOB OF KLONDIKERS, | United States Army Captain Prolects Food at Risk of Life. E. Hazard Wells, the special courier who brought Captain Ray’s dispatches from the Yukon, has reached Washington. He did not bring the full copy of the dispatches, these having been expressed by General Merriam from Seattle. Mr. Wells said: “I cannot anything as to Captain Ray's can say that Ileft him in a rather critical position, and the sooner the Government gots support in to him the better. Captain Ray had only one man with him, Lieuten- ant Richardson. They reached Fort Yukon somewhat ahead of a mob of between 80 and 100 of the toughest—men- that could” be picked out of Dawson, and ‘when ‘I left the _eaptain he was standing off this mob from the provi- siop caches, largely by virtue of a small American flag and his own magnificent nerve. - When the food panic struck Daw- son this mob of toughs left for Fort Yukon, knowing that the Weare Company and ths Alaska Commercial Company each had a cache of provisions there. The Dawson men intended to appropriate thesesupplies and let the rest of the camp shift for itself. ‘“‘Captain Ray learned of this and he posted himself at one of the caches, while Lieutenant Richardson guarded the other. They were in uniform, and each of them had a small American flag. The mob tackled the Captain first and ordered him'to give up. He refused and for a time it looked as though there would be shooting, but between his uniform and the flag the mob was overawed. “Ray then established himself as a sort of military dietator, superintended the sale and distribution of provisions and will make an accounting to the when it is all over.” smete—————r et earaieee———— WORDEN’S CONFESSION. properly say report, but I He Says He Was Only a Tocl of Harry F, | Knox in Wrecking the Train, Salter D. railroad strike in California in 1894, has just made a confession to Governor Budd, which is a remarkable document. incidents which led up to it. Worden asserts that he wasused as atool | Sacramento | by Harry F. Knox, leaderof the S Lodge of the American R ailway Union,who, he says, was the real head of the zonspir- | acy. He tells of a message that was brought him while at Stockton from Knox to go to | and take eight | men out onthe line of therailroad. Worden | Sacramento, hire a team, gays he was not told of the plan to wreck the train, so he made no effort to cover his | own movements in hiring the team or go- | | new President, ing out of town. When he reached the railroad track Wor- | den says he refused to join with the others in tearing up the track, but they were all armed and, him to join them. He avers he work and knew nothing did nc wreck resulted. ramento with the boy who drove the team, He was the team, though others were more guilty. Warden Aull, of Folsom Prison, Worden is confined, believes Worden tells the truth. It is thought that Knox and several others will be arrested and tried | and that Worden’s sentence will be com- muted to ten years or maybe to a life term | { sul in Hamburg, Germany. THE CYCLISTS CONVENTION. {. B. Potter Re- elected President of the | L. A. W. on First Ballot. Isaac B. Potter, of New York, was re- elected President of'the League of Ameri- can Wheelman, at the National Assemby at 8t. Louis, Mo,, on the first ballot, by a vote of 212 to 107. The following ticket was elected: First Vice-President, Thomas Keenan, Pennsyl- vania; Second Vice-President, E. N. Hines, Michigan; Treasurer, James C. Tattersall, New Jersey. . Providence, R. I., was selected as the place to hold the next annual meeting of the Leagie. During the past year 54,793 new members have joined the league, and 48,017 of the old members have renewed. But as in former years, the percentage of renewals is by no means satisfactory. New York’s Population 3,438,899. An official estimate of the population o Greater New York was given out by the Health Department, as follows: Number o! persons in all five boroughs, 3,438,899, of which 1,911,755 are in the borough of Man. hattan; 187,075 in the Bronx, 1,197,100 ir Brooklyn, 128,042 in Queens, and 62,927 ir Richmond. A net of spiders’ webs is being manu- factured at the professional school at Antananarivo, and will be used as an experimental covering for a navigable baloon by Mr. Renard, the head of the French military balloon school at Chal- | SUCCESSOR ~~ ASSUMES companies i Worden, under sentence of | death in Folsom Prison for wrecking a | train, which cost six lives, during the great | It pur- | ports to give in minute detail the story of | thetrain wreck near Sacramento, and the | by threats to kill him, forced | more of their | plansuntil the train approached and the ; Then he returned to Saec- | | years ago. convicted because ho had hired | | killed in 1885. where |! BARRIOS ASSASSINATED the Capital by Oscar Solinger. OFFICE. rief Says Calm Prevails in Guatemala—Suc ceeded by the First Manuel Estrada Cabrera—Barrios Suc | 105 | Creamery— ceeded President Darrillas in Cable). —A Guatemala, Paxaya, Colombia (By patch from Guatemala, firms the report of the con assassination of Jose Marcia Reina Barrios, President of the | The despatch says | Guatemalan Republic. Guatemala’s President Murdered in | the platforms has been 22 | Her |, social leader. i black hair, slightly tinged with gray. | is tall and dignified, with a graceful and | Juloid may blaze up in | that the bride FAMOUS PREACHER'S BRIDE, T. DeWitt Talmage, Formerly of Pittsburg, is a Social Leader, Dr. DeWitt Talmage’s bride, to whom hae was married recently, is both ‘handsome and wealthy. She is thirty-nine years old and had been a widow for seventeen years Mrs. MRS. T. DEWITT TALMAGE. home was Pittsburg, where she is a Mrs. Talmage is a pro- nounced brunette, with a mass of wavy She striking carriage. This is-Dr. Talmage’ 3 | third matrimonial experience. Visitors to Paris should be warned | pgainst purchasing celluloid cigarette- | holders | { turned out in large quantities by the and mouth-pieces now being tovernment cigarette works. The cel- the an eye and explode It is _hara to resist the unkind temp- tation to notice the occasional mis- print and we succumb to-day. In the report of a fashionable wedding in a Tames-side suburb the local paper.says ‘looked charming in a long-trained shirt.”’—London Globe. THE MARK ETS. Wholesale Pri rices of Country Product Quoted in New York. Late 7 MILK AND CREAM. I'he average prico paid for the surplus on {¢ B qt. net to shipper. Receipts of milk ‘and cream at the different railroad distributing points in and | near the city for the week have been as | follows: Condensed milk, Vice-Pr esidery | des | Btave Dairy tubs, the assassination took place at seven o’clocl | p. m. palace. Oscar Solinger. JOSE MARCIA REINA BARRIOS. rera has assumed the Presidency. All i quiet in the city, the despatch says. The Mr. Cabrera,is a man o prominence in Guatemala and is one of two chosen by the Congress to fill the presi dency in case of a vacaney. Sketch of the Dead President. Genetal Jose M. Reina Barrios, Presi. dent of the Republic of Guatemala, was born in San Marcos in 1859, thirty-nine He was a nephew of the forme) President Justo Rufino Barrios, who was abroad, and after his collegiate course he made a trip around the world, In his ideas he was always liberal, and when the Con- servative party was ousted he was a close adherent to his unele’s principles. Nine years ago General Barrios was con- al Barrios succeeded Barrillas as President his term of office being six years, expiring in March of this year. Last June he pub. licly declared himself dictator of Guate- mala, and from all reports he enjoyed the fullest confidence of his party. His partis. ans say that under his administration the -eountry prospered and developed exten. sively, but on the other hand his enemies claimed quite the contrary. Barrios dealt savagely with a revolution which broke out in Guatemala last sum- mer. Mauany.-.of the rebels were captured and were shot by order of the President. Among those whom Barrios had put tc death was Don Juan Aparicio, the most prominent exporter and importer in Cen. tral America, who was shot because he refused to give moral and financial aid tc Barrios. President Barrios’s wife wasan Americar. woman, Miss Algerie Benton, of New Or: leans. They were married in New York eleven years ago. An Alabama Coliege Building Burned. Seay Hall, one of the handsomest build: ings of the Agricultural and Mechanica’ College, at Normal. Ala., hasbeen destroyed by fire. Twenty-five students who were asleep in the building narrowly escaped with their lives. Japan's New Move. Japan has decided to hold Wei-Hai-We' permanently, and China has notified the Powers accordingly that no foreign loan is required, , within 150 yards of the ‘President’ | The assassin is a German, named | ig PL. Fallskims: SC... 00... ‘ 3 : .. | Averago daily receipts’ he week. Dispatch Announcing the Afra | Averago daily receipts of the week fluid mille. eans....... CRIS. .... vii ecardiny . Cream, cans... i. civic eiens es . BUTTER. -West. extras... ® Firsts. ..... Thirds to seconds. State—Thirds to firs extrus.... Imitation Creamery Factory, fresh firs Low grades... 406 @3 18 @ 14 @ 14 @ — @ 13 @ — @ 11 @ CHEESE. Btate—Tull cream,new,large S8ls@ Di @ ms, good to prime. me EGGS. | Btate and Penn—TFresh. Jersey—Fancy | Western—Choice............ | Bouthern—Choice......... . i 'Dueck eggs, B-doz......... { Green peas, — ' Grapes, Del., | ¥* Concord, Goose eggs, © doz BEANS AND PEAS. Beans—Marrow, choice, 1807 Medium, choice, 1897, Pea, choice, 18¢ — @ Red kidney, choice, 1897... 165 @ White kidney, choice, 1897 — @ Yellow eye... vase 100 @ Lima, Cal., 601bs. cian ead 3 @ FRUITS AND BERRIES—FRESH, Apples, Ben Davis, ©? bbl.... 300 @ : Greening, ¥ bbl. Baldwin, 8 bbl........... ® basket..... . Catawba, P basket.... iT basket Cranberries Onpo Cod, bbl. Jersey, bbl @ State—1897, choice, P? 1h.... 1898. prime... L000 . | Pacific Coast, 1897, choice... Good to prime | 01d odds.... LIVE POULTRY. | Fowls, % First Vice-President Manuel Estrada Cab- | The General was educatec | In 1892 Gener. | Chickens, Roosters, Turkeys, Ducks, @ pair Geese, P pair Pigeons, B pair DRESSED POULTRY. Turkeys, ® 1b Chickens, Phila Western, dry picked.. : Fowls, State & Penn. 5 P Ib. Waestern ducks........:..... Geese, Western, Ib Squabs, ® doz..........; 1 HAY AND STRAW. Hay—Prime, % Clover mixed By Long Ive Ib BIb..... VEGETABLES. Potatoes, Jersey, ¥ bbl oI in bulk Sweet, Bbbl...........: oi Cabbages, 100 SH Onjolsh iis BDbbL. aE Red, Green’ hii Na P basket. Egg plant, 8 bbl. . Tomatoes, B carrier. . String beans, B basket. Squash, 8 bbl Turnips, Russia, > bbl Celery, # doz Carrots, # bbl Caulifiower, Bhox......... Beets, ® b sine Lettuce, » i Sees Spinach), # bbl Kale, per bbl Spinach, per bbl Brussels sprouts, ® qt : GRAIN, ETC, Flour—Winter Patents Spring Patents Wheat —No. 1 North N. ¥.... No. 2 Red Corn—No. 2 Oats—No. 2 White Track mixed Rye—Western Barley—Feeding.. Lard—City steam LIVE STOCK. Beeves, city dressed 814 Milch cows, com. to good..20 00 B15 00° Calves, city dressed.. 101g 2 Country dressed. Sheep, RIOD. ............- Hogs—Live, # 1001b........ Country dressed.......... twinkle of tion in these changes. advantage, | tude of ills that | the system.— New UCANDA'S KING IS A BABY. Only Two Years ou, but His Country Ig Well Governed. Among the infant monarchs of the world should not be forgotten David Cwa, the baby king of Uganda. This little chap will be two years old next July. He was crowned when he was three months old, because his father, Mwanga, was sach a wicked old man that he. had to be deposed the good of the community. After the wicked king” had done about everything that he could think of to ihake things unpleasant for the people, who were trying to civilize Uganda and had been by turns pagan, Roman Catholic and Protestant, the chiefs got together and declared that Mwanga had lost his job. The little fellow, David, was thereupon solemnly enthroned. Most of the inhabitants of Ueanda are now Christians, and there are nu- merous Roman Catholicand Protestant ‘hurches scattered about among the villages. The Namirembe cathedral holds 5000 people. On Sundays the average attendance of worshipers at the cathedral services is 3500 and about 1000 on week days. When the collection. is taken up one is reminded of the old-fashioned nation party” which was perquisites of the country parson in years gone by and which is still - not obsolete in some parts of the country. I'he offerings at the Namirembe cathe- ral consist of fowls, potatoes, plan- taing, sugar cane, shells tied up in banana fibre and other products of the rountry. His royal and dusky majesty, King David, is called by his subjects Daudi, an affectionate substitute for David. He is just as cunning as any other lit- tle colored baby, only a trifle move se- rions, as becomes a king. The affairs of the kingdom ducted bya regency consisting General Apollo Kagwa, prime er; Stanislaus Magwanga, prime min- ister of the Roman Catholic province, and the Rey. Zachariah Kizito. —N York Press. for “do- one of the are con- of minis- ew Jest Protection Against Colds, While every one admits the sity that exists for guarding axposire, especially when sudden changes from heat to there are very few persons who these imperative precautions in proper way. They chilly wien the weather changes and immediately seek out an overcoaf, a jacket, a scarf or a muffler. The shoulder cape comes into use and the feather boa Wrap that is pulled up close about the neck and covers the chest. This is precisely the region that needs the least protec: If, instead of and warmer a warnier cover- were afforded, the could take much better care of * itself. Cold and ex- posed extremities and too much wrapping around the body create con- gestion and pave the way for disease. The hygienic and sensible method is to give the throat, chest and arms a dash "of cold salt and water every morning upon rising. An entire sponge bath of this sort is of great but this treatment of the throat and chest is almost absolutely necessary if one would avoid a mnlti- affect this portion of York Ledge xr. 1REeCes- acainst there are cold, take the are or thicker shoes hose were put on and ing for the limbs trunk of the body this, A Mexican Castom on Good Friday. Mrs. Sara Y. Stevenson contributes to the Century an article on “Maxi milian’s Empire,” one of a series voted to the I'rench Intervention 1 Mexico. In deseribing the scenes that followed the siege of Puebla, Mis de | Stevenson says: It was a Mexican custom on Good Friday to burn Judas in elligy on the Plaza Mayor. Judas was a manikir. made in the shape of the nerson whe happened to be most unpopular at the time, It was quite admissible to bar Judas under differ and sometimes these summary autos-da-fe were multiplied to suit the occasion aud the temper of the people. Af the same time, rattles were sold on the streets, and universally bought, alike by children and adults, by rich au poor, to griiid the bones of Judas; an the objectionable ond ip hideousness only to that of onr own sending off of fire crackers on . the Fourth of July-——was religiously Kept up all day. In the year of our Lord 1863 Judas was burned in Mexico o1 the Plaza Mayor under the shapes ol General Torey, Napoleon III, and last, but not least. M. Dubois de Sa ligity, who especially was roasted with a will amid the wild execrations of the populace. ent shapes, NOISE —8 e( Days and Months to Grow Professor (+. H. Darwin lectured iv Huntington hall to a f.owell Institute audience on the sangeet of tides in the earth. He showed with the aid o diagrams that the frictional retarda tion of the earth’s revolution by the actions of the tides is to lengthen the period of the rotation of the earth, an at the same time to lengthen the perivo of the moon's rotation round the eartl —that is, to lengthen both the day and the month. But the lengthening of the day will be much more rapid than the lengthening of the month, and thus it will come about that when the change has reached its maximum the earth and the moon will each re volve once in a period of fifty-five of our present days, the moon havin always the same face toward the earth. A similar eyele of changes had bee gone through by moon and earth n the past. There once a time when the moon revolved very near to the earth’s surface, moon and earth going round one another in from three to five hours. The total period of the change was estimated at from 5,000, 000 to 6,000,000 years.—Bostor Herald, Loager, was
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