A ROMANTIC DUAL.

Count Batthyany Killed.

(^Otm^OXCOKKESroNDEST.)

„.«s from Temesvar, in Hungary, of the fatal duel which was whton the 20th October between Count SanßatthyanyandDrLudwigllosen- At the third exchange of shot. berg' c._,-l,nn Battbyany was struck by a ft se, dy4 instantly. Dr. bullet in lm-"_, r,. f r ends entered a w<_ waiting and drove carnag hiletho two seconds of the Count, r 7, Dena kin and Engen Dadamji, Arf en f - emaski .^ couuty belonging «> * > j. were found ftnd families of tn the rcsultof 'Cafl'aS 0.1 whic- the "Deutsche Si !„» rives the following account:- SiConeof the "leading lights Jffifi. Hungarian capital, was 13 on the 16th October in Wiesbaden, rJtollonft Schosberger deFornyar, the Li v daughter of a wealthy banker in gdSSh. *>«»leen Schosberger became fhe Se of the count most.unwilling*. t _f year she had met Dr. Rosenberg, a K/solicitor at Pesth. Ho fell infove : h her and his feelings wcro nulv reciprocated. The parents seemed Sued to favour the growing in to y till Count Batthyany macTe his Smnee, proposed to the young lady, JSlmi. accepted by her parents. She, Lever, declared she would marry no one but Dr. Rosenberg, whereupon her parents took her to Marienbad, where t omit Bitthvany, a few hours' after their arrival, .tornado his appearance. One morning FrauleitiSchoshergerwent out very early f or a walk, and returned homo Fran. Rosenberg. Her lover had arranged with her to meet in the neighbouring town of £>er and there they wore married accord in. to tho Jo Wish rite. The young lady 0 0t being of ago, and certain legal formalities having been neglected, Horr Schosberger declared the marriage null and void, departed at once with his family fro'll Marienbad, and kept his whereabouts a secret. Dr. Rosenberg, how ever, obtained information as to where his wife was hidden, and appeared on the scene —a Paris hotel—to demand her. lie was greeted by a revolver pointed at his chest, and retired. The Schosberger? left Paris immediately after this episode, and Dr. Rosenberg again tried to find out where they were, but in vain. The next infor mation he received was the advertisement of a "fashionable marriage" in one of the society papers dated from Wiesbaden, October 1(1, containing the names of Count Stephen Battyany and llonn, daughter of Herr Schosberger de Tornya. Dr. Rosen berg brought an action against the father of the lady he calls his \vife, and at tho same time sent his seconds to Count Bat tyany, whose honeymoon has come to an abrupt end by the bullet of the man whoso happiness he had destroyed. Dr. Rosenberg and his seconds were afterwards arrested at Szakahhaza, and it then transpired that it had been arranged that tbe two combatant, should advance each five paces toward the other beforo firing. Neither, however, availed himself of tbis arrangement, each tiring from the spot where ho was in the first instance placed. The duel was a prolonged one. Two shots were fired without effect, and the seconds then intervened in the hope of bring about a reconciliation, Their efforts, however, were fruitless, and the combatants again tired, Dr. Rossenberg's bullet piercing his opponent's temple. An attempt was made to extract the ball, but without success.

A Fashionable Marriage.

(from our lo:. DOS corpe sfoxdext.)

Tnr.great social eventof the present autumn too!: place on Saturday last, when Lord Woolmer, son and heir of our Liberal Lord Chancellor (The Earl of Selborne) was mar ried to Lady Maud Cecil, eldest daughter of the groat Conservative leader, Lord Salisbury. How such a strange union came about no one seems to be able to say. Natu rally neither family were particularly anxious for it. Professedly, of course, politics are not carried into private life here in England, but whether Liberals and Con servatives can be closely connect., by family ties without inconvenience or occil-' sional discomfort arising is, I think, doubt ful.

The olla podrida of swelldom which met together at St. Andrew's Church on the wedding morning was fearfully and won derfully composed. Mr Gladstone (a very old friend of Lord Selborne's) came up from Hawarden specially to do honour to the occasion, and those who watched him shake hands with his great rival, the bride's father, say it was a "sight for the the gods." Lord Salisbury had naturally to welcome as guests many other Liberal statesmen, but he is nothing if not polished and urbane, and got through his duties in the happiest fashion. Amongst the 300 odd guests at the wedding breakfast were, I notice, Sir Arthur Cordon and Lady Wilson,erstwhileofMelbourne. "Thebrido" says the' 'Court Journal," wore a very beauti fuldress of therichest white satin duchesse, trimmed with fine old Brussels lace and orange blossoms. A small wreath of orange flowers was arranged in her hair upder a fine tulle veil, fastened with live diamond stars, her mother's gift. Her other jewels included a diamond brooch, given by the Prince and Princess of Wales; diamond and sapphiro bracelet, given by the Lord Chan cellor and Countess Selborne ; nnd diamond earrings. The bridesmaids were attired alike in simple dresses of coffee-coloured laco over white silk, the bodices and drapery being of white nuns' veiling ; bonnets com posed entirely of the same laco with small white feathers ; and each wore a jewelled pin of different design, the bridegroom's gift. The bride's travelling dress was of pheasant blown velvet, with bonnet and mantle of the same material. The wedding presents were vory numerous. They wero displayed on numerous tables in the small drawing-room for the inspec tion of friends who had not previously viewed them. Her Majesty the Queen pre sented the bride with a beautiful Cashmere shawl; the Prince and Princess of Wales sent her a valuable brooch, consisting of a sword and coronet composed of brilliants ; Princess Christian ot Sehleswig-Holstein sent two silver castors, The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury's presents to their daughter In cluded a handsome dressing case with silver-gilt fittings, a suite of five diamond stars, and a pair of single stone diamond earrings. Among the Lord Chancellor and Countess of Selborne's presents was a gold bracelet set with five fine sapphires surrounded by brilliants ; from Lord and Lady Eustace Cecil, a gold bracelet set with pearls; the EarlandCountess of Derby, magnificent pendant and bracelet set with diamonds and pearls; the Duke of Rich mond, a diamond brooch ; the Duchess of Bedford, a pearl brooch; the Earl of filaon, diamond bracelet; and countless others, the list of which fills two columns ot the official journal.

LONDON UNDERGROUND RAIL ROADS.

A Belt Line to Cost £3.000,000 per Mile.

Tin; London " Daily Telegraph " has the following on the construction of the link lino (underground) from tho Mansion House to tlie Tower, which is estimated to cost at the rate of £3,000,000 a mile.

The work of tunnelling under the streets i..-a uty h _e Lpndonwono of enormous difficulty. Especially is this the case when it is necessary to divert sewers, te underpin heavily-freighted buildings, and to de molish lofty warehouses without, if it is possible, stopping or seriously impeding public traffic. These were the elements of the task set before the engi neers of tho link line from the Mansion House to tbo Tower. At the very com mencement of their operations, in Croat St Thomas Apostle, they came upon ware houses ponderously laden with goods which had to be undermined and yet sustained by powerful temporary supports so cau tiously inserted that not a brick should be moved out of its place, and not a single Iloor altered in its level. The work of underpinning amounts, practically, to carrying down the foundations of a building to tho level of the base of the tunnel which is being made beside or below it. Here, in great St. Thomas Apostle, are some new warehouses four or live stories high, containing, in addition to their own weight, hundreds of tons of merchandise. It is decided to leave them standing. To do this new sloping walls of concrete arc built beneath and against the original walls, taking the place of the foundations, and those are carried down far enough to make it absolutely safe. The task is quite as critical though perhaps not so famous as the American engineering feat of removing a building bodily from ono site to another. In this case the foundations are, in etl'ect, carried downward, white tho superstructure is unmoved.

The making o( a funnel beneath the busy streets of London is not only a difficult but also very interesting operation. It is not done, as most people seem to suppose, by excavating a trench to the depth and breadth required—say twenty-live feet —and then building the arch over it. Instead of tbis, the engineer digs a passage on eit her side of his tunnel three or four feet wide, erects within these his walls of concrete, and then, removing a layer of the surface earth, constructs his arch of brick work. When this is completed, the earth within—which the workmen know as "dumping"—is easily excavated anil re moved. .Mr Walker, the contractor, is able to carry on this process simultaneously all along the route, some l,_oO men being omployed on the different short lengths, and within three weeks from the present time the arch from end to end will, it is expected, be complete. In making this link line the arches contain seven courses of brick. Thoy are supposed to be strong enough to bear any pres sure, to resist any vibration, and to endure for nearly all time. The static pressure of enormous warehouses, the dynamic force of moving traction engines, is supposed to be effectually provided against. Considering the inhorentdifficulties of the undertaking, tho work of constructing this connecting line of underground railway may bo considered to have been executed expeditiously. A section of the new street will be open for traffic presently, and in a few months the railway will be in oper ation. Past experience leads to the reasonable expectation that the joint companies—the Metropolitan and District railways—will benefit largely by the ex tension. Their respective Chairmen, Sir Edward Watkin and Mr .1. S. Forbes, have good reason to believe that the completing link of their systems will be the most remunerative of all. \\'hen to these is added the intended line from Aldgatetothe EastLondon,whichriinsthrough the Thames tunnel, the whole railway system of the metropolis,north and south of the river, will bounited. TheCityCorporationhavemct the contracts for the work handsomely, by con tributing their quota of £300,000 by instal ments as the various sections of tbe new street wero made. The Metropolitan Board, however, though guaranteeing £500,000 on the completion of tho improve ments, withhold the whole sum until the work is finished, a course for which there may be good reasons, but which increases the financial difficulties meantime.

RAPID CHESS PLAYING.

DR. ZUKERTORT PLAYS 24 GAMES AT ONCE,

WINNING IS OF THEM

A noteworthy exhibition of Dr. Zuker-

tort's skill in rapid chess playing was given at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club, New York, in a series of tlie class of simultaneous games which Captain Mac kenzie has made familiar to the club mem bers for the past two seasons. Twenty four chess tables wero ranged in the club chess parlours, and when the expert began his pedestrianism, walking along the inner circle of the table, he had twenty-four opponents to encounter. One of these, Mr Fisher, withdrew after a few moves, but the others went through the tight to the end, the list of contestants including Mr W. Hill, the chess champion of the New York Press Club, and his father, Mr Barton Hill, and Messrs Ryan, Davidson, Hanham, Dimock, Isaacson, Simonson, the brothers Baird.llolfe.Welde, Stone, f-ipshutz,. rcre, llosenbaum, Holfe, C Thoron,Spiogell, I'ar nell, Aurback, Palmer, and Pink ham. The games began at 7.30 p.m., and by 11.15 the last move of the journey had been mado,with the result of eighteen victories for the Doc tor, and but three defeats, two games being drawn. The first victim of the doctor was Mr Thoron, who resigned at 5.20 p.m., and the last to give up was Mr Davidson, who gave his formidable opponent work to do to Win. The first to win a game from the champion was Mr W. Hill, the second being Mr Hanham, and the third Mr E. W. Dimock, of Wall-street, who played a very fine game. Mr Wehle secured a draw, and Mr Holfe, after obliging the Doctor to ex change his queen for a rook, finally had to bo content with a draw. During_ the tourney Messrs Delmar and Davidson played a finely-contested match in tho back parlour of the club, which resulted in a draw. On Friday next Dr. Zukertort will undertake the difficult task of playing twenty games in one evening's sitting with out seeing the men on the boards.—" New York Sun."

Said an elder sister to the younger— "Do let us turn back. We are far from home. Thunderstorms are so frequent now, and you know how frightened I am at lightning." The younger, who was not a bit afraid, replied—" Come on. You needn't be afraid of lightning—it wont touch you. Yon are not particularly attractive."

A NOTORIOUS WOMAN.

Tuere has just died in a Philadelphia alms house an old woman, who had been in her day a noted beauty, and whose name ha« been scandalously connected with that of President Buchanan. She was known in her days of Washington life as Emma i Jacobs. Her powers of fascination were marvellous, and some of the most pro minent men in the country vied with each other to win her smile and favour. Her home was in Philadelphia, but while Con gress was in session it was hor custom to go to Washington, and it was there that some of her most remarkable conquests were made. Nearly all the leading men in Washington from 1830 to 18G0 made her rooms a rendezvous. So great was her influence over members of Congress that her services were sought by copora tions and individuals, and many important bills were passed through her instrumen tality. She rapidly acquired wealth, and built several houses in Philadelphia. The houses she rented, and by re-investing the income her means increased, until at one time her property was valued atb'O.OOOdols., a large sum in those days. The corner house she occupied herself. Here she held court for men of leisure, lawyers, and men of letters, and her house there, as at Wash ington, was the resort for some of the brightest intellect in the country. She afterwards married a Virginian preacher named Thompson, who went crazy one day, and was incarcerated in the madhouse connected with the Philadelphia aim-house. From thai day fortune turned her face against her, and gradually her property dwindled away. During her husband's incarceration in the aim-house she visited him every day with delicacies, and her face became well known to the ollicials. In November (18S1) she presented herself at the gateway of the institution with the remark that she had come to stay. The gate-keeper was sur prised, and refused to believe her state ment. "It is true," she said ; and pulling out a card of admission, handed it to the man antl burst into tears. She left only enough money to pay for her funeral ex penses.

Man on His Wedding Day.

" Wiik. a young man gets tho crazo on,

an old spinster said recently, " be is gioil

for nothing—nothing except his girl. His mind runs on his charmer. His friends are bored to death with the narration ol her perfections. The postman of her district sweats mentally as he leaves her two or three letters a day. Married relatives are annoyed with his frequent questionings in regard tothe cost of housekeeping.,ln fact, when a youth has a craze on, as say, he is good for nothing. If you want him tc. take you anywhere he has a mysterious engage ment. W'oall know that it is some appoint ment, but he maintains an air of mysterious superiority comical in the extreme if he quarrels with his girl ho comes home with the blues, and the next morning appears at the breakfast-table surly antl cross, looking seemingly on all womankind as mortal enemies. They arc no good when in that condition, and the sooner they get married the better. Why girls marry, though, .1 can't see. 1 wouldn't tag myself on to the best man iv the world —really now I wouldn't, for 1 think they are horrid mean anyhow. They are perfect fools—the more Highly a girl is the quicker they are caught, and if there are two or three after the same girl they seem to take great pleasure in cutting each other out. I wouldn't have any one of them looking to me for care and comfort," she said, as she edged her chair closer to the reporter to im press tho fact on him. "Come, Aunty," said tins, a member of the family, "you know that when you were young you had more beans running to tbe house in one evening than any of the girls of the present day have in a week." The old lady laughed merrily as .-he ga/.ed fondly at her nephew. " Perhaps 1 was foolish w'len I was young, but if the 1 Morning Journal' representative wants a good account of an intense courtship and marriage, I leave him to you. Tell him the truth, Cus," the old lady said, as she left the room, with a merry twinkle in hor eye. "Well, I declare," said the victim, "I suppose I am in for it. When I com menced courting I was as crazy us the rest of them. 1 visited my girl nightly, and wrote her at least once a day. It is true I often did come home in the blues, for all women have the habit of teasing and tormenting a man, and tbe more devoted he is, the more they tease him. However, it is pleasure to them, andlsup pose they enjoy putting their beans on the rack, as they seem to like to feel the power they have over them. Courtships, however, 1 think are pretty much the same all the world over, but I tell you, as the wedding day approaches, the young man gets nervous. He has all the arrangements to make with the minister. His tailor occupies a great deal of attention, for wedding suits, you know, must be faultless. A single wrinkle will raise a hubbub, and even if the suit is made to perfection it hardly satisfies the expectant groom. It generally takes the united persuasive powers of tho groom's friends, tbo tailor and his assistants, to prove to the young man that the suit is becoming, and without a Haw.

"At last the day arrives. The ceremony is probably sot down for 4or 5 o clock. In order to get ready in time the expectant groom arises at 5 o'clock in the morning. Ten to one on dressing lie iinds that be has, sent all his things to his future bride's house to be packed in the trunk for the wedding trip. He is naturally angry, and rlesiringtowearontii .lynewelothing.awakes one of ins sympathizing relatives and sends him out foran outfit. When it comes it may be too large and it may be too small. It has to answer, however. Dressed, the young man hastens to a florist's, and sends his future wife antl the best lady flowers enough to decorate a parlour almost. Then be - ocs to bunt up his best friend to make sure he won't fail him. He is astonished to srse his friend so cool about it, and thinks his friendship not sincere. Finally tbe hour comes, ancltheyonngconplearetinited. A re ception is tendered them and then they depart for their train, followed by an avalanche of dilapidated shoes and expressions of good will. If the young man is wise he has ar ranged his wedding trip in advance and has secured his railroad tickets. H ere is where I could give some good advice to your inter ested inquirers. Many young people start out and go to Niagara or Saratoga and in one week spend a sum of money sufficient to last them for .1 month's trip. "How to do the thing and have a llrst-class time is what the uninitiated want to lind out. I could tell of a reasonable trip for seven weeks, and it did not cost mo over SbOO. I could have easily saved SMOO of that and had a good time, but I invested in Canadian goods, and, by the way, this is a great fool ishness. Don't do it."

"Wero you in tho late war?'' asked a veteran of a badly demoralised citizen who came hobbling down the steeet on a crutch. " I don't know how late you mean," was the sad reply. "She gave me this one Inst aight before tea."

IN MEMORIAM.-JOHN BROWN.

Tf elided pomp and pageantry Of lordly knight and ancient name Create within thy soul contempt For humble, faithful servitude. Think this—that in the sight o£ Him Whose voice from out chaotic night Called forth a myriad wondrous worlds. And launched them forth on mystic paths, Through space to roll eternally, The virtues ot the human heart- Not trappings of a puppet show- Are budges of nobility. Consider, then, the Nuzarene, Who from a lowly peasantry Chose friends, within whose simple hearts lo kindle sacred (Ires that should Illumine with eele.tinl light The image of humanity. Thus ehastenVl. and with gentle steps. Approach the place where loving hands Laid Brown for his eternal rest; There, by his grave, the story learn Of how the Queen of Britain stood And sorrowed o'er the death of one Who naught but faithfulness could boast; Whose thought from youth to age had been 1 o serve his Queen and gracious friend. How, in life's beauteous springtime met, Where lift. Hen-na-Hhourd's rugged head, 'Mid Scotia's noble hills, that apeak Of strength, and freedom, and of Uod. How they had trodden side by side The slony way of duty's path— The one engaged in cares of State, The other charged to serve and guard. Antl when the ruthless reaper came And plucked the humble servitor, Mow Majesty unbent antl mourned. And told the nation of bur grief. Tell thou thy children how this net In tenderness of womanhood (ilorilled Knglniid's Sovereignty ; And teach their budding minds to know I hat whaisoc'cr their lot in life, ".is duty sanctities the way. bcl, malice chide and worldlings frown, bet. petty spite antl slander rave, In sturdy faiih pursue the ri^-bt, IntliM'ei'ciit tothe world's dictate. (Ireiltncss! What is if, hut a name -looting as wind from summer cloud. If trulh enables not Ihe end. And if il cbanie that JSrown's reward Of Koyal favours lighten not Thy load of cures, thy pains, and tears. Thine heart console with knowing thai Heads down a greater Mnjestv Irr pity on thy mournful fate,' Who, with ir tender father's love, Thy weary life hath hallowed.

What Our Girls Read.

Is is very unusual to find a mother who is indifferent to her daughter's clothes. I.vcn when that daughter is but a wee tot the petty details of costume are scrupulously looked after, and the maternal mind allows itself to be painfully disturbed over ineon gruousness of lint between the ribbons serving as fillet and necktie and by meagrc ness of garniture on frock and apron. It uln il Minded woiiK i: v ;li c■"■.' in .-: lie of girlish remonstrance, insist on low heels, loose clothes, and warm wraps, and with wise saws and hygienic maxims crush the fashionable yearnings of building woman hood for French heel.-, a genteel waist and sleeveless jackets.

But what cm be said about the endeavour to provide for our daughters' mental nourishment and intellectual adornment. '.' Todovelop in them a taste for great and noble thoughts and tho capacity to enjoy companionship with pure and elevating writers and association in ideal worlds filled with honest men and pur., women . To arouse that instinct for pure knowledge which is indeed the main purpose of educa tion, certainly of that kind of education which is " the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what i- best out of them ?"

There is no more amazing phase of nine teenth century feminine development than its passionate and enervating indulgence ill nauseous mental pabulum and the appal ling extent to which an unlimited supply of such stuff is furnished tothe young. The same woman who is conscientiously careful of the school companionship of her daugh ter of 12 or i.'i yens is apparently crimi nally indifferent to the character of her as sociates in tbe world of books. She will watch what boy carries her girl's books home from school, bur forget-- to look below the cover of the new novel that same daughter has brought back from the circu lating library, stopping there for it on the way home.

Now this apathy of ignorance in regard to what young girls read is responsible for the destruction of the finer tone of character of many of our children developing into womanhood and explains a good deal of the frivolity, demoralizing coquetry, aud un fortunate " affairs" which from time to lime startle the community and bring sorrow and disgrace on highly respectable families. During the formative period of life, when both mind antibody are changing and un folding from the chrysalis state of the child into the completeness of tho woman, the future stamina—moral powers of resistance and physical capacity of endurance, the purer mental tone and healthy bodily muscles—are dependent upon the manner in which both body and mind are exercised, fed and trained, and to the quality and quantity of the nutritious particles of mat ter, material and intellectual, which go to make the substance of the one and the spirit of the other.

Feed your child on pickles and 'sweet meats, allow her to wear paper-soled shoes and an insufficiency of flannel, and wc all know what the consequences will be—dys pepsia and a hectic cough. Does it never occur to you that the analogy applies to her mental sustenance and equipment ? That if we feetl her uninformed and emotional nature with high-spiced, morbid, unreal fiction she will become incapable of digest ing better literature, and that by tbe time she is a woman anything solid will be re jected by tbe pampered appetite? Have you ever seen tins, you mothers? Good fiction is truly a legitimate, health ful and improving means of pleasure- ami profit. By tho perusal of clever novels of real antl idealising pictures of human life our mental range of vision is extended, the focus of our intellectual glasses is truly ad justed, our sympathies enlarged, our preju dices driven away, our knowledge of antl due regard for the just value of life increased and verified, were amused, improved, touched, warmed, helped and urged to help others. There is no better means of impressing on our minds- Hie value of human nature than by the historical or critical novel. Put such aro not the results which usually follow the perusal of " the light literature of tbe day,'1 which library people price young girls de vour yearly iv unlimited quantities.

The Bad and Worthless.

arc never imitated or counterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, ami it is positive proof that the reined:,- imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it had been _sted and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best, and most valuable family medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up, antl began to steal tbe not ices in which tbe Press and'the people of the country bad expressed the merits of H. 8., antl in every way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuil instead, expecting to make money on tbe credit and good name of 11. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to 11. 8., with variously devised names in which the "Hop "or "Hops" were used in a wav to iniiuce people to believe they wore- the same as Hop Hitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no mutter what their style or mime is, and especially those with the word "Hop" or "Hops" in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, arc imitations or counterfeits. ' Beware of them. Touch nunc of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, wilh a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the while label, and Dr. Soule's nsrni; blown ill 11.- f!a-s. Trust nolliingelse. Ib":.g. Isnnd tjl.-jii.isis arc v.ai:,od against deaiiu.. m i. nla tiuns or counterfeits.

Child Sold in London.

The sale of an infant in London has created some commotion in tho newspapers of the metropolis. A distinguished-looking woma. made a bargain with a young unmarried woman for a fine bouncing boy, to be sold to an unknown party in the country for £40, the mother to have the privilege of seeing her child every two months for the first three years, except during the winter, when it would be travelling on tha Continent. In the course of a few days the mother and her infant met the strange woman at a railroad station, according to appointment, and there, in one of the waiting rooms, the little one was stripped of his old clothing and bedecked in a new linesuit. When itcamotothe money transfer the purchaser pretended to have forgotten to bring enough money, and offered £5 on account, balance to be paid as soon as she got home. The mother accoptetl the part payment and parted from her child. On the following day she received a telegram stating that the infant had been safely lodged in its new home, but no remittance came to hand, either then or thereafter. The mother's suspicions being aroused in the course of a couple of days, she ex amined the telegram closely and discovered in tho course of subsequent inquiries that no such address existed as that given in the telegram. The police aro now endeavouring to find the strange woman and the twenty - five-dollar infant. A singular incident in the affair is that a little brother of the child's mother was some years ago stolen from bis home, and tho grandmother of the infant is much incensed at her daughter's conduct, seeing that the litt'e one was under her (the grandmother's) charge, and, as she said, filled the place of her stolon

A Spiritualist Bowled Out.

An alarming incident occurred last month at Dover, Eng., in a public ball, at which a professor of legerdemain named T'uprez was giving an entertainment before a large audi r'nec. The professor was proceeding with the dark seance portion el' bis entertain ment, when an accident occurred which brought his proceedings to an abrupt con clusion. Mr Dupre/ had produced several of bis so-called spiritualistic manifestations, and while the hall was in darkness disen gaged himself from the cords with which he was bound on the stage, and as events proved, found his way among the audience, where he was to tiro a pistol as a climax to the feat, .lust before the pistol was dis charged, however, the audience became somewhat alarmed by a sculllc and alterca tion, and as soon as tbe lights were turned up the professor was seen struggling to free himself from a gentleman, a' tradasman belonging to the town, named Wood. It appears that just before the pistol was to be discharged Mr Wood's wife communi cated to him the fact that one of the spirits was sitting on her knee, and before the supposed ethereal spirit had time to escape he was iv the clutches of tho indignant husband, who held on to him until the lights were turned up, and the unfortunate Mr Duprez dis covered. An exciting struggle then en sued. Mr Duprez, who was evidently greatly annoyed at bis awkward dilemma, levelled bis pistol at Mr Wood, and after wards dealt him several blows with the butt end. Home gentlemen present suc ceeded as quickly as possible in separating tho disputants, nut. considerable excite ment prevailed in the hall, especially amongst the female portion of the audience, who nude a speedy exit from the building.

A Lengthening process.

'I'm: woman who is to undergo the process is incased in a very tight corset, and her feet arc placed in shoes weighted with 50 pounds oi lead each. She is then placed in a machine, consisting ol n ring, which en circles her waist, and is suspended Irom the Ceiling at such a height as to prevent her feet from touching tho ground. The pres sure of the corset forces the upper part of her body upward, and the weight of the shoes stretches her from the waist down ward. It is estimated that the extreme length to which the spine can be stretched by the process thus described is two inches, and that the knee aud hip joints can be stretched an inch and a half more. Thus three inches and a half can be added to the height of almost any woman who has the courage to undergo the trouble and pain necessarily connected with a stretching process lasting, with brief intervals, during live or six months.—" Loudon World."

A Severe Burn Cured.

J. L. Hah'Swf.li.. Esq., tbe well-known Grocer in this city, speaks of St. Jacous Oil as fol lows :— "Auckland, October3,lßß3. "Messrs M. Lory and Co.—GentlemcD,—l havo much pleasure in recommending St. Jacobs On,, having tried it on a severe burn and found it very ctficucioiis.—Yours, truly, J. Ij. Hats Willi.

THE PAIN ENTIRELY LEFT.

"Clarcnoo Cottage, "Tlionias-strcot, Bolniain

"August 21,188 Publishers—Auckland Evening Stak. "Doar Sirs,—About a fortnight ago I had a severe attack of rheumatism in my back, which K_vc nic no end of and trouble. I used St. Jacohs Oil, nnd in one or two applications the pain entirely left. Since then I have bad occasion to uso tho oil on a badly sprained wrist, and its effect was simply magical. My wife hits used it for neuralgia in the bend, wnth equally satisfactory results. I consitlcr St. Jacobs Oil a valuable preparation, and shall not only use it in my own house, but shall recom mend my friends lo do so. " I remain, dear Sirs, your truly, "W, P. Booth."

MICHAEL M. McGIRR, ESQ.,

OF THE FKKKMAN'S JOURNAL, BECOMES A FIRM BELIEVER.

"Gentlemen,—l beg to honestly antl truth fully giveyou the result of my experience alter using St. Jacobs Oil for a seven) ease of gout. 1 had been BUlForing for three weeks with soro ness and inflammation in the toes of my right foot. On Thursday last 1 had to leave my ollicc and go home to bed. 1 obtained a bottle of St. JiicohsOil, and thought] would give it a trial, and after rubbing the ii ducted part briskly for ten minutes, I got relief. Next morn ing I again rubbed it, antl from that timo I have been free from pain. Again, on S..inlay ast, the same, symptoms appeared in the left foot. I applied iat. .Jacobs Uil as in the lirst <■:;.-<". -MMt v. ill. equal im.-crss. llj._vir.rr been a sceptic hitherto, I now subscribe myself a Dim believer in the efficacy guort of St, Jacob. " Remaining, dear Sirs, faithfully yours, Michael M. McGIRB.

£100 REWARD.

THE GREAT GERMAN RE-JED'S ST. JACOBS OIL relieves nnd cures rheu matism, Neuralgia, Heat'.r.cbc, Toothache. Backache, Sore Throat, Quinsy. Swellings, Soreness, dialings, Eruptions, Inflammations. ciispped Ilnnds, Corns, Bunions. Frosted Feet and Kars, and all botlity pains for which an ex ternal remedy may bo applied. Sold by tli'tlg gists and chemists, price Three Shumigs a bottle. Directions in 11 languages aoconipany each bottle.

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Curran was once asked bow a member of Parliament had spoken. The answer was, " His speech was a long parenthesis." He was asked to explain. " Why," said he, " don't you know that .-. parenthesis is a paragraph which may be omitted from be .. ining to end without any loss of meaning';"

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 22, 1883

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