THE OLDHAM MURDER.

A Mother. Poisons Her Eilf'tic Pim&litcr for £io Insumncc .Money. A FEROCIOUS AND tTNNAS*JRAIi CKIMS (From our London CorkeStondent). London, Mai'ch 4. t The suspicion that murders for the sake 'of instirattee money arc much commoner •atnoivgst >$ie poor than people would ever ■suppose or believe, has of late developed into 'alprisitiue certainty. In the North of England, 'more especially, this particular 'orhnßiSjlaminformt'il.constaritlycoirimitted 'in the 'most cold-Wooded way, and with lessnfctempt at concealment than one /would ■Conceivepossible. At the present moment ■alliKngland is shuddering over the deliber-, •utetinurder of a j>oor little girl of eleven, by liter tnother, a woman of about thirty,'who nimde away wftli her partly to get rid of ;the burden etf providing for her, and : partly te obtain £10 insurance money. The •fact- that the woman was a hospital ■ nurse' (though only at Oldham workhouse, 'to be sure) accentuates the horror. : The occurrence shows that despite the vaunted growth of- civilisation in all matters • affecting the treatment of the sick since Dickens's time, the q&iiw Sairey Gamp is by iio manner of means oxtinet. The prisoner, Elizabeth Berry, was tried at Liverpool last week before Mr Justice'Hawkins and a speoial jury. Tho Crown Council, telling the story of. tlie case, ' said prisoner was charged with having, on the 4th January/ in the present year, caused the death of her female child, eleven years and eight month's of age at the time of her death. It was alleged that the child met with its death from poison, arid not "from natural causes. The child was seen by several doctors during its illness. It died at five o'clock on the morning of the 4th nit. It was seen after its death by several persons, medical and otherwise, and marks were noticed on the lips. These marks were material to- the inquiry ; so material that tho prosecution thought it right to have a photograph : taken of them. On. that-photograph would be. perceived marks-oil the upper lip, and oiie mark on the chin, i That was before the post-mortem examination .was made. When the examin ation was made it was found that the stomach of the deceased was congested. It was found that the mucous membrane of the stonmcli had blood on it; it-was found that thero-was a spot on tho lining of the gullet having ■ a -black or dark appearance, about an inch in diameter. No sighs of natural' disease we found on the body. l , From the, state of the body the doctors concluded that death had resulted from natural causes. .The gentlemen who examined the:.stomach analytically found that there was no direct natural cause of death, and arrived at the conclusion that the child died from the administration of some corrosive poison. If that were proved to the satisfaction of the jury, then the in quiry arose, who administered to the child in the" last day of its life poison ? The de ceased at, the time of her death lived at the house of a Mrs Sanderson, .'at Miles Flat ting. -The prisoner at the time of this oc currence was a nurse, in the Oldham Workhouse. She had been employed there from the July previous, at a salary of £25 a ■ year. She was a.widow and the mother of two children—the deceased and' one who .died two years ago. Tho deceased girl waa : left with Mrs Sanderson, the prisoner giving Mrs Sanderson 3s. a week for the keep, tid a week for the schooling, and]ld a week for .insurance. On the child's life there was . an insurance, which resulted; in the pay ment of £10 to her. mother at the death of the child. In the April previous prisoner made proposal to a Mr Jackson to insure herself and daughter mutually in another society. Mr Jackson made a pro posal to the directors, but.that proposition was not accepted, and the insurance was never carried out. Besides paying for schooling, and maintenance, the mother also paid for.the clothing, of her child, and it wosi costing her £12 or £13 a year out of the £25 she was receiving.at the Oldham Workhouse. On the 27th December the prisonoivwon't to Mrs Sanderson's at Miles Platting, and stayed till the- 27th, when she left for Oldham by the five o'clock' :train, taking with her the deceased and' a child companion named Beafcrice.Hall..The deceased was at that time in good health, and an examination after death showed she was a .well-nourished but not .a robust. child. The child had not suffered fr.om any disease, nor from constipation) arid, the prisoner > had not given her pills, as slie alleged, for that. During the . 30tli and 31st December the, children were ; playing about the work- 1 house, J alori£';the,.corridors, near prisoner's: room, ' and' 1 nothing was apparently, the mafitek'" them. ..The .work house Hfais divided into different blocks. Next to prisoner's room was .the surgery, in which the .different drugs used' by,the medical' advisers of =the workhouse' \\rere kept. To 'that .surgery; prisoner had access, , and kept : the key. In the'surgery, there was -in: which the clirect -poisons'/ such as.arsenic,"' were 'kejpt, but there were also in : the : surgery ,' many ;,articles' K which; : wlieri .used,. were 'destruc tible t6* ; -life!' J Tiiat .-Esurgery was (jlbie to the door ' of ; the ! "sitting room used by. the prisoner and deceased while sjie\' ,wp<§; at Oldham infirmary. , ' On the morning' of the ibt irist. several Av;itnesses— named Dillon, and anb.ther /called Th'ornp son :Haw ; th'e deceased, with her coinpaniQU come /ri>m lier mother's 'bedroom to her mother's sittirig-'roorii aKou.t,half-past.nine. To all •■she : was then in her. usual health. ,, ) Dillon said that about saw .deceased come from her mother's bedrboin, .and that at a' quarter-pftst' [' ten : she saw the " de-! •ceased gii'l ; ''in ;; the' surgery ,with "her mother. ■ Dillon had to go to .the .surgei-y'to ther dinner bill prisoner,- 'axsd she ■ thusj fixed '■ tfche '.time. i Abont a'quarter to 11 another witness went 1 iinto the sittii*g-room, arid saw the-deceased .kneelingagaiiket her mother and vopiiting.' 'That wasthefiyst symptom they had .of the' ■;illness that ternainated in her deafcli. This Avas on the Ist istimo, which was a Satoir-' 4 day. v At the time the child was vomiting , the prisoner had ;a tumbler, in. her hand. Deceased said, "(Oh, mamma, I cannot drink it." , About the same time an other .WiOman named Sllen Thompson came into sitting-rooreu and saw deceased vomiting ; abput evei'y fe minutes.' At first the voniit was white, bast after some time it turned to red 'streaks \o£ blood. . The der .ceased vomlifced at'first W the rug ,of the room, and. ■$. woman name.d Hallcroft>vas called by the -prisbnerHo' wast ft off. || After this the prisoner said shehas better send for the workhoM«se surgeon, aaijpr. Patter son was sent the sitting room, and .adrnMsfcered a mixto'.e of iron' and quinine!" KotJiing further .occurred until two'o'clock, wijen the child >was.re-L moved from the priaonejf'g sittirig-rpom to her bedroom. At ten o'clock Dr.:: paid a visit, and found .the same state of things. At eleven o'clock Dillon and Thompson; went : into the rcKjm and volun teered to stay all ! nighfc, • but.Mrisoner de clined their doing so, and JBaj.4 $& would

look after, her child, and she and Beatrice. Hall stort with,the deceased,girl» Nothing; . further was heard until next .morning, at eteven -o'clock, when Ellen Thompson visited the deoeased.and found that she was no better -thtfn she had heen on the night) before. About twelve o'clock DivPattereon saw deceased and thought «*.e>va S better, nnd he teld the mother that there was a good pMspect of her recovering .The one of the towels which had ieeti'lised. He perceived :a distinct smell of&oicC and, taking this he pre scribed bicarbonate of soda. About two o'clock the same day Ellen Thompson ■ aetfin visited the room, and deceased '■was then asleep. Thompson said that ■>was the first time noticed the pre- of a blister on the "upper lip. She ■asked prisoner about 'that, and prisoner said she had been giving deceased an orange, and so she -supposed the orange must have caused the blister on the lip. At a quarter to three-a woman named . son visited she room,:and she said she, saw no blister and no vomit, and that deceased seemed better. a quarter past five Ellen Thompson \went to the room, and spoke to prisoner about fetching Dr. Patter son, and prisoner said he should be again fetched. Five minutes later a woman went into the room, and she spoke about a blister on the lips of the deceased girl. About half-past six Thompson iwas told to fetch Dr. Patterson, and he came about nine... He then found the child was very much worse than when he saw her at noon. The learnod counsel proceeded to trace the sym toms up to the time of the death of the child, which the medical evidence would show •arose from some corrosive irritant poison. He found the eyes sunken, pain all over the abdomen, straining takingplaceevery 15 minutes. Dr. Bobertson was called, and they consulted as to what was best to alleviate the sufferings. They had a con sultation as to the symptoms, which he (Mr M'Connell) would rather the jury heard ■ from the doctors.themselves. That brought them up to half-past ten on the Sunday ■night. Ellen Thompson spent that night : —from eleven to seven next morning—in deceased's room. About seven in the morn ■ ing prisoner got some whitish medicine, but said " She canuot take it, her throat is made up." Monday passed, in the same way. The child gradually sank, and the redness on the mouth developed into blikters. At five o'clock on the morning of Tuesday the child, died. After the death Mrs Sanderson stated that prisoner told her that the child was habitually costive. But Mrs Sanderson said the child had not suffered from costivehess, that the child's health was on the Average good, and that she (Mrs Sanderson) had only administered rhubarb to the deceased. Prisoner also. stated that when she gave the child pills she was in the habit of passing blood, but Mrs Sanderson, with whom she lived, knew of nothing of 'that kind occurring. Prisoner further stated to thd doctors that the child was not insured, and that she would have to pay the funeral expenses. That was not so, because just before the child was buried she went to the Society and received £10, which she was en titled to receive for the one penny a week which had been paid. The, mother , was asked to allow a post mortem examination to be made, and she consented. The doctors examined the stomach, arid from what was discovered there a coronor's order was issued, and an examination was made- of the' body arid viscera. "'■ An analytical [examination was made, but no direct poison was found to be present. The doctors arrived at the conclusion that death arose from a corrosive, irritant" poison:, They gave it as their opinion that poison might have been administered on Saturday or Sunday, and after the death on Tuesday morning no traces of such poison as a cor rosive acid ' could be found, because! it might have been absorbed into the system or ejected by constant vomiting. •■: This story was supported by numerous witnesses (medical and otherwise), the sug gestion being that the poison employed was sulphuric acid. Mr Cottingham, for the defence, dis ooursod eloquently on the sacred character of maternal''affection, and the utter im jxissibility of a quiet, kindly woman .like the i accused' (who over - flowed -with tenderness ■ to' the sick and had taken up with nursing from love of the occupation) committing such- a 'mdnstrous crime. He was) however, Unable to call any witnesses on the good creature's behalf, and the judge made short work of counsel's flowery appeals to the jury to trust in the accused's better nature., They,, had—quoth His Honor— they liad to look calmly at the facts. If they pointed in the direction of guilt,' .they should'say so ; if they did not, equally so in favour of the prisoner. * Unhappily it had occurred he wbuld not make the remark if 'he-had riot been constrained to do it by the topics addressed to the jury- that before how.it had occurred that people , had been inhuman enough, fogetting all .mater nal affections 'and every tie that ought to ' bind a mother J to her child, to take 'life for .the,most;paltry 1 .consideration. ( It "was not the supposed maternal affection jwliicli they* must look;at; 'but they' must 1 look- at : tlie . facts as they - / tv r ere,' , and'; ask :; themselves; whether -the prisoner 'at the - bar was one of those inhum'an/people'who many a; time''in 1 , ■their recollection- had be'eh' ; guiltyl'of the hideous \ ci'iiAe they"werb 'theri discussing. It-had been 1 said , by the' prisoner that the' little girl'was takeri : ill , afterdating a hearty .supper 6n;the sriightSf 'the 3rst"Deceiiiberr She,, told , ; Dr.- I,! .'Patterson V that 'shte was ill •■ after : 'eating; apple ' pie ;ind cheese, , land to Mi's ,, Sanderson she said , she; wa8 li takeri M ill';after supper, ; 'arid suffered , ', from acute stoppage" . of;, ,the (bowels. • ; ' Was there any evidence ■that", there was any : hearty ' supper ? He .m'usfc pohfessLth'at'he had seen'none. His , lordship then reviewed the "evidence; , dwell ;ing;'\ip6n -the fact';that ; the morning,ithe ■deceased waff first taken ill she',was seen' 'loaning her headlon.her mother's breast, her mother asking her to drink the white'liquid' contents of a glass; and the little 'girl say ing,'" No,-'mamma, I can't." itwasnot suggested. , that that was !oithei-; ; than a "mineraLpowder, but thie'liot'heirig seen or' heard by Beatrice Hall went Ito snoSv that 'shewas riot] in the rbonr ial 1 the time,;arid that'the prisoner i was alcaic with ; the de ceased at .one time at all eveiits. <> If the jury ' believed that ; ■the> • > depeased , i' died from_ corrosive v,poison, .ivwbich ■';'■ the medical: gentlemen i believed' :to /be sulphuric acid—and it - >was ■ d questiba' for the jury as to whether the child died from any poisoii, not Jrom that particular corro sive poispn-r-they i would; find prisoner _guiltyi Assuming they came to the con clusion that theichild'3;death was not shown to havebeen produced by poison,! of course the whole thing.failed,, becausei that was one .of the most essential .ingredients to be established. ~lf the child did not.-die jof poison., of course .the prisoner did not ; poison her, tbet-e, wopld be ,au ..eruL of "the case ; ; but if, adopting the! view presented: by the medical;,; gentlemen, the jury came to the conclusion .that the ■poor girl did;die of poison administered to her] then they' had' to! ask' themselves '■ whether the : prisoner -at the bar ad-' ministered ife Another , question for them to: consider was whether the marks around the mouth were caused by corrosiye poison. And then they must ask themselves, looking at the whole evidence, and ;the ; , : state?. J»e»t of % the prisoner as to the appearance

of the marks, wWcher the corrosion was caused by an ap^ication by the prisoner of not The ebfi_ herself could' not Ido VS. She was on her back and could not stir. No one Wggested that little Beatrice did it, and it had not even' been thrown out that any of the women had.been so cruelly minded as to take the poo- little thing s life. As to whether the prisoners con duct warranted the; founding of the charge he wOuld say 'nothing.,, It had been said that: the prisoner had had no motive. It was quite impossible even to •xnect to find adequate motive for a dia bolical crime like that against the prisoner. An adequate motive they co aid not expect, I and though in some cases there appeared to i be no motive, they might depend upon it m all great crimes committed by people in their senses there was.always a motive. His lordship reviewed the financial position of the prisoner, stating, that a proposal for the mutual assurance of prisoner and deceased for £100 was refused. Prisoner, however,- was unaware of that fact, or at all events had not been in formed by the agent of the company of the refusal. The only two questions, however, that the jury had to take into consideration were whether this child died from poison it did not matter wliether irritant or not and, if they came to that couclußion, whether that poison was knowingly ad ministered by'the prisoner. If they found a verdict in the affirmative, then the prisoner would be guilty of the crime with which she was charged. , - , ■ " GUILTY." The jury, having returned into Court after an absence of twelve minutes, Their names were formally called over, and then The Clerk of Assize asked :—Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?. ' The Foreman.—We have. The Clerk of Assize: Do you find the prisoner guilty of wilful murder or not guilty 1 ' The Foreman : Guilty. The Clerk of Assize : Prisoner at the bar, have you anything to say why the Court should not proceed to pass sentence of death upon you according to law ? . Prisoner ■ (excitedly): I may be found guilty, but the whole world cannot make me guilty. SENTENCE OF DEATH. His Lordship, having assumed the black cap, said very solemnly : Elizabeth Berry, .the law of this country knows but one punishment for the crime of murder, the crime of which the jury have just now found you guilty. A murder so -cold blooded, so merciless, and,so cruel in caus ing a poor little child whom you gave 'birth, to to suffer so much pain and agony passes all belief. ' The law for your crime de marids of me that I .should pass upon you sentence of death' I beseech you during the few days that remain to you", here upon the earth- to endeavour to forget*' the world and all the wrongs you have done, arid prepare yourself to nieet Almighty God, from whom alone you. can hope for. pardon for your sin. The sentence of the" Court upon you is that you be taken to the place from whence you earned and from thence to a lawful plac6 of execution*, that there you be hanged by your neck tillyou • be dead j arid that when. you are dead your body be 7 buried in the precincts-of the; prison, within the walls of Which you shall. be confined until you are executed;' JAneT 1 may the' Lord God Almighty have mercy oh : your soul. 1,; y'". -'- '■' ,' ..,''..'?, The prisoner was then led' to the c6lls, and the assizes were formally'closed. Upon the .rising of - the Court the-prf - ,soner was removed to Walton Gaol, where she had been incarcerated during the trial She was placed under the usual surveillance '■ \ after undergoing the ordinary examination i of committed prisoners.

Fish Day.

The season of .Lent (says thelondon Globe) is hailed with delight by fishmongers ■< in general, not so much in '.this country as abroad, . where Roman Catholicisrii more generally prevails. Still, in England, Lent undeniably makesa vast difference to the fish monger's trade, for there are plenty-of fish lovers in this country who at this season give up eating meat, at least on one day in -every week, and generally on two days. Possibly, this practice may be a survival of the' bus-' torn of setting apart two days a! week, 'not 'in Lent only, but throughout the year, as ," fish'days ;" • the arrival of Lent calling, to mind an observance which is, forgotten at other seasons of the year. ,--.■' :'.:■■.)■■■:

After the Reformation, Saturday con tinued to be observed as a fast^day ;,- but to encourage the fishing, industry .of ...this, country by inducing] " the more ccarion eatinge of. fishe," Parliament, in,theHfth year, of Elizabeth, enacted that thenceforth '' every, Wednesday.in every weeke through-, out the whole yere, which heretofqreHatH not, .'by the lawes and custonics....,ofv.this!, ■ Realm c beeue used and observed as a faste day s'; (excepting the Wednesdays.; in Christ mas'; and • East'ei' wfeeks)' shoiildV, be kep't > and ■ observed "; as '.'Saturdayes in every'week:be,' or''ought:to j be,'',»tHat is to say, that " iio manner of.-persori "^should eat." fiesshe"'on that day." ..The penalty, f 01; each offence was: fixed'at .£3, or in ,'de fault tlireemouths' "close' imprisonment'j"-. while householders Whb.; did;, not 'inf'oriri 1 ■ against-* 'trangreissors in ' their-' households! Were, liable'to a penalty'-of*£3'.'i: The fine,' when inflicted,-' was- to be| divided info three parts;i one part:to: go'to;the Queen,. !ribo'to the .informer, arid' a thifd'to the', parish m which the offence Was cbfhmitted .Exemption from the Act Was : tb":be'had by,: paying for it, the price varying aocbrd- 1 •ing ;to the "'•'■" social.station -'of ' the" 'applicant.' "'Ev'erye '^pei-sbii' of the1 degree "-of a Lord- of' Parleament'V b_; their wyves"; 'might obtain' 0a license'1 of" exemption by paying to' the." Poore men's* box '"265; Bd.' Knights* arid their ladies' liad: to pay half- that- sum; andf those*-6. a lesser' degree only 6s. Bd.';; the licenses .lasted but brie'yeaiv':. Sick-persons were, of'course,'ex-' '■em'pt from these:regulations, aiid^eitificatje's' ' of' Sickness: were toHe obtained frointbe par-; sons of the different parishes.;'; Any possible doubt as to the purely secular motives' which' prompted tiie Elizabethah-Parliamenttb pass thisActare;removedbythßprovis'diriiit\vhich' allbw_ theappeai-arice'atitobleori Wednesdays of " oheonely.competent disshebf flesshe1 arid" no'lriore,'*: on the conditionthat at thesame meal were served at least three courses of fish. -And the Act concludes, "becauseno manner of persons sHall misjudge thiriterite of this estatute," or forbear eating flesh -ex cept-as a matter of polity, by encouraging the demand for fish, f.f Bee it enacted, that whosoever shall be preaching,, teaching, or writing, or who in, open; speach notify that any eating of fisshe or forbearing of flesshe. is of any necessity/ for the saving of the soule of man or that it is the service of.God," such per sons shall be punished'as' ''spreaders of faulsenewes." Among the nuirierous in dictments for offences, under this Act was cum against a certain, Hugh.- Morrys, of "Higheholbome," who on a Wednesday cooked a "legge,of mutton" at his dwell ing house, which joint- was afterwards - theare eaten by divers persons." Hugh's punishment is not recorded;, perhaps he was finally acquitted of the charge, f**' ■ ,

W ei _etac«nous"glimpse'of the feelings with wS«h tbe observance of fish days and witnwni^H fc viewed in the ffiWcfiß I by'the speech which the W Keeper delivered to the judges sart iriJon - the summer assizes in 1632. Disre crafd of both these;observances was doubt garcipi UUW an d the Lord Keeper says give "his laste warninge by Ins Proclama ?■ " He; then goes on to deal with Svarious-excuses made by;transgressors: "some pretend that one.meate is not holier _v „r, othpr and some that their stomack wlllTo^eiefehi but,these delicately constituted persons," says the Lord Keeper "can sitt all daylong at sack and tobacco. Some of them were justices of the peace, and these " must needs drink tobacco on the bench ;" : but the Lord Keeper adds that if they continue to offend, " they shall not sitt upon the bench anymore," A good many people pretended, that there was not fish enouo-hforallto keep these fish days; to this the Lord Keeper answers, " the scar citieof fish cbmmethby the discouragement of fishermen. The King, therefore, hath verie'providentlie sett out this proclamation at this time that men may not pretend shortness of warning, but have fitt time to . furnish themselves ; and the fishermen to provide that there may be plentie." Resi dence in London, and the overcrowding of the City by those who were charmed thither by its evils, were regarded with great dis taste by the austere judge, arid so he ended up his remarks on observing fish days with this warning :! " The unsufferable resort and residence of multitudes to the City of London hath heretofore been one means to make fish scarcer. This is intended to be remedied, and commandment shall be given to the Lord Maior and Aldermen that they shall see th« fishmongers sell at reasonable prices ; therefore your lordshipps are to give a strict chardge and warning that offenders against these good lawes and proclamations shall be strictly dealt with."

A Contented Man.

In summer, when the. mercury bolted up among the nineties, Judge Pitman would come to the. front door with beads of per spiration standing out all oyer his red face, and would look" at the sky and say, " Splendid ! perfectly splendid! Noble weather for the poor and for the ice com panies and the washerwomen ! I never saw such magnificent weather' for drying clothes. They don't shake up any such climate as this in Italy. ■ Gimme my um breller, Harriet, while I sit out ■ yer on the steps and enjoy.it."" ~.,i: ; -..- In the winter,' when.the mercury would creep down fifteen degrees below zero, arid the cold-was nearly.severe enough to freeze •the inside -of Vesuvious solid to the centre of the globe, pitman would sit out on my fence aridexclaim,: ''By gracious,.Adeler 1 did you ever see. sichr weather?; ..I.like an atmosphere that, freezes: yer very ..marrer. -It1 helps the coal trade .and-gives ;usgood skeetin*.,; Don't talk.of summer time.to me. 'Gimme coldyand give it.toTme.stifE-"- .-.•-] i.Wh'en^bere was a drought,' Pitman used to meet; me. in.the street, and remark' ''.No rain ye£, I see I.- Magnificent, .'isn't it ? '-I, .want inyweather dry, I want.it with,damp ness left out., Moisture "breeds, fever .and. 'ague, .and ruins .yer boots. - If there's any thing I despise,it's, to carry an umbreller.: .Noirain for me, if you please." j-.. ---.^r. inti ..vvWhen it, rained for,a.week and flooded .the.country,. the judge, often. dropped ■in to. .see mq and to observe, " 1, dunno how you feel about this yer. rain, Adeler,'bub it allers .seems tome that the heavens never drop .no blessin's but when we. have,a long: wet 'spell. It "makes the, corn jump and cleans; the "sewers an' keeps the spring, from gettin' too dry. I wouldn't give a cent to live in a climate where there was rib rain., Put me on the Nile,;.'.an' I'd;die in a .week.,.:, Soak irie through'arid through to theinside of my; bones, and I feel as Lli'iu.jVaj} bright and beautiful, an' sorror of no account." 3 On a showery day, when' the sun shone brightly at orie .moment and:'at' the next the rain poured ' in' torrents,; the judge has been khowh'"to .stand at the .window and exclaim^ "Harriet, if you'd 'aye.asked me how I- liked the weather I'd 'aye said just as it is now. ' TVTiat I want is; weather that ,is streaked' like a piece of fat an' lean bacon .— -a little-shine ana little rain." Mix'em up and give us plenty Of both, an' I'm, yer man." - • '■'; The judge is always'happy in a thunder"-; storm, arid one day,' after the lightning had knocked down two of his, best apple , trees arid splintered' theiri' into fragments,' and the wind had; torn'his; chimney to'pieces, I went Over to see liiiri.' : He was standing by the prostrate treesjarid h'erit'o'rice remarked', "Did you ever know-of a man haviri sich liibk as this ? I was goin' to chop down th'ein two trees,it6?.m.orret-,l an'" a_"? that cbliriney never draw'd well, I had concluded to liave.it rebuilt. ,i :An'.inat:-'gorgebiis old storm has fixed things just the way I want 'em.' Put me in a thunderstorm-an' let the 'lightnin' play around me,'*ari'Tih at home., ' I'd father.have one that'd-'tear'tlie inside out;Offj(tiie ; AmericanF.cohtihenti than':-a dozen! of, yer, little dribblin'., waterin'-pot. -showers. --\ If I 1 cari't' Have, a "rippiri', .and •.roaran'- storm, I 'don't want none?*-- X u. :,oi • -They-s'ay h_re-in tlie'vi_age','but I ;do-not' believe itpthatfone day the'judge was'upolV his ;roof-J fixing a'shingle, when a .tornado-, struck ihiin; I lifted-him';off,'carried' hi'irVa' . .^darter. bf>_ mile, a^_JdasH^affi_n*mt_t-uSh .terrible >-force against a'_ehce^that-i his:leg iWasbrokehi*' Assthe'y carried .hiiri _oriie''iie' .opened, his'eyes^languidlyi-'ahd^aid'5 " liri-1' mortal 'Moses-Mwhat a-stOrm'thatAvasM'Tir give.t bothj lejjsoiftwe"i could"'have'a -squad 1 "like.that eVeryday.";'-' Tri^He'fariited^' ;. ■]; ', nlficoritentmeht is happiness];tlieri the life ■ofiPitmanis one-uninterrupted condition' of bliss:—Max Adeler.'" noiw-.-H " Ji.^to'iovia v

Powers of the Coming Brain.

"We say /that" education >is-,a t process oft training and-jiurnishing theislmind, ..but. what; is the .riiind?/. ;j That< "its xultimate es sence is,'.an. ethereal something, 'Without weight or dimension, we ibelievejjrribdfc this is beyondthe prbyihceqf praiftical education; The/brain, fo,i%all;practapai.purp"o"ses"j)is what 3 we are caUed.upon to.educate. :.:By study ■ ing this prgari^we/find.'.thatp it, is. coiriposedt of fibres,,, cuiioiisly. and, orderly -arranged,* .arid that the quantity :o£,mind in the .lpweF rinhrials .and'.mari.-, is^determined .bywthe nuinber of its/convolutions and the fineness of it's texture.! tTould the- brains i of, all the order of animals from...a simple nerve-jceritre'. to* the highest typej of,a human brain; be arranged in order before usj. we should have' ari' illustrated history of a mind. During -long ■ Successions of - eons: the** brains Have beeri developing from the simplest convul tibri of nerves to the best braih yet evolved. All - this, we .- believe,' has . been i " worked up; under, the!, guidance// of /a-Sup'reme' power,l whose "'guidirig'hand'has f ,been" active' through all" the. ages in /'trie multitudinous for nis, of progressive - ariimal arid- vegetable, life until«'we hbld to day the advanced -pbsiti.o'ri we/'ribW. occupy. But creation is on an onward march, and education hastens-it forward. At no time in; the - history of thephyslcai universe has mind occupied so high a-place, whether we regard its quality or quantity • at no time in the future will it occupyso low a place as riow. The powers'of the coining brain will far exceed anythirig the world has yet-known.' -- ~■'. - '-■■-• /::■-'- >.:'-•-•.'!, .=;•:- •:•

POETRY.

"AMNE SECUNDO."

-•"•■' -'•'■ '.--'Matari I never-knew fromchildhood's daw Idants. A faith by which to steer my bark. In me A faith which seems a livino-rav ■ M tim When all around i-, dark.. "" -,; ; fey- . - As tempests shake the noddingreei; ■"'" ■'''-■ ■ : land. My soul knew never calm or tS .' 11 \v And only scraps of Pagan creed? ' 1 N Are ling'ring in my breasu. j... ~, ■ ■ illiam - And yet, perhaps, 'tis nobler far- ;i■ '-"'' V: 'v >i|l,. To find our way through g l oom ' ana^Slfc, . Without a friendly beaming star lares. Without a guiding light .' .; ;'~ i"rj: a v °- E.Hugo, * Me

ON THE BAR.

:'- . i xs'ibrc The lifeboat of my soul went out, ;. Bel The seas w ere calm, the winds were fa. I;- •'•, •_.+!,. Iheard the pilot loudly s'-out-' ' i» tn " Thcbar is breaking-beware I beware i' snCC i: 'YOn! On!"! _ cried, "my boat ia true', •-"' j] aim" ' Its sails are free as poets' song. • ■ -i 1„,.i Who cares for breaking bars I Not I; ■«■;-- -^ ' - My ship is staunch, my heart is strong - sfSSP' And never a wave shall wreck n,y soul,' a "ft CII And nevec a storm shall do me wrong, nrpo The lifeboat of my soul flew on - ■, ».ttlei The seas were rough, the.skies were __jS»jfflSi Again the pilots'warning song- Ihore - The bar is breaking, put back I put back P- l.nrr " On! on !" I cried, ' The day is pest, ' I hear the breakers on the straria, .; i°'S s c The raging waves, are yawning, graves, ">r soi T'is now too late to reach the iani" ihor-. ButO I for the pilot's warning voiceV ' i . And O I for the pilot's gmning hand. ' ul , -,: -■ - 'V " ■: a*1?! The lifeboat of my soul lies wrecked\ •' ■ - |f§ On the shifting sands of care and doubt. ,>ok^ Its sails are torn, its anchors drag, ! i "#Ai^Ki And I wildly throw its ballast out! I ■ "• w^ffiS? I stand on the deck of a sinking craft, - i c" And the night-winds chide, and _i__j_W|rafei .and fret, < ' ; ev And I hail the pilot. Oh I wili he come ■' + "If Wirh the kindly voice when first we _et J-- S?S • But I hear no sound but the breakers' roai ¥8 And the hissing waves that round me fret! ;lior . ..:'-. OI the breaking surf that round me frets * i,, O I the tossing waves that hiss and rave- l l My lifeboat dashing beforethe storm, - ent Around me only a yawning grave I fs. Kffßy Yet cheer, poor heart there's a guiding star,'£ Wh A shining gem in tho frowning sky; . ' I see-the light, I feel the hand ~ • Rjg- That guides to port in " the by and bye'" V■: ho\i Ay I'a light to guide my lifeboatheme, 'io-p; And a pilot to hear my latest sigh. - <1 |°,% ; W.R. Wills. " .\ __ -l

Items for Workmen.

In factories where pencils are made in ;,'5 numbers a;;simple;.methp;d..ofc6untingT__ , *" been devised .with a view,;to saving time " and trouble. Strips of wood are employed,. having in each'l4_ grooves, and , the work- P? man rapidly rubs a handful of pencils along- -, ? , the board, thus filling all the grooves in p;' WHich the pencils lie similarly to pens on 1 a , J rack. In'hve seconds .a;gross may.thus.be- •"y counted, without the:least likelihood' of f making a mistake. - ' - eT Mr Cornelius Variderbilt has set; an-ex- ia ample which is worthy cf imitation. ,;'Helg. _ j? about to erect a large building close to the m Grand Central Station in.New York for the M use of the men employed there. It will be * provided. With .a library,' reading-room, vf baths, gymnasium, lecture-room, and other ■?! facilities for • education and --amusement- , This is certainly a stepiH the right dircc- P r tion; and,as probably food of various kind-1 . ■ 'will; be prpyided-at r cheap.rates in this „■ >?j Railway Servant*' Club House, it will be a Tf boon indeed to the men: The only °hjec^||B tion jwhich can-be raised' to the scheme ia rj that; the railway servants -will have but. sfc little time to avail themselves of the1 ad-'.. S vantages1 offered thehi: - The Hours of por- ;{ ters,- shunters,! signalmen, &c., are .Ipngj.-V^ra and although'there may frequently .be'in- sj .teryals of rest during the day, these inter- |j yals are too' short to .enable'theni,. to" leave ~fa the.station. y . %-' ||

Humorous.

"I do not desire wealth for itself," re- ..; \ marked the philosopher. "No," replied ,/,/ ijl the. cynic, " I suppose you desii-e it 'for yy~{ yourself."-- : -- " - ■ ,--';«.]pl§| He You, don't sing or play? '.Then ?I»gi| presume'you Write or paint? She—OhT^'Si' no"";. I'm -'like the.-young rixeri' we irieet'iii,,'"!^] society - I simply sit around and try m look '. intelligent. •■ " . , ;.,.-: j At the-opei'a—"l cari't explain the r_c cess of>that singer;" /"Neither can 1." ! "She -sings through her nose most ... atrociously." " Perhaps that is the reason ' why every one is waving a handkerchief at",. her." ' ■' - ', ', i * Young W_iks':; 'Say,'.sis,'"l 'wish'you'd^" ,' t tell .me-whether you thirik Nellie Minks cares for"me or not? Sister: Does she ~- seeiri to like to'talk to'you ?' Young Winks':, /// Always. Sister: Is she bright arid 'witty ' in her remarks ? Young Winks :'" Just as funny as-^he can be.,.,.. Sister :,. Andiseeriis," (i' to be eri'joying her.s.elf„everso much.when •!.-"» "you'are/ai'ourid ? /'Young Winks:-. Indeed *■,;& A she. does:" ( Sistei-": Well, she don't care a '-~y straw for ybii.

Philosophy in Broken German.

I DoAN*':belief 'half -I hear-Oriless- it/ivhas... | scaridaki.jDen I '.belief "it all, ahd/mpre,!' ;;,., tooj: ''. ~: ' '""■ '' "' -' ," ."Wif .1-: -::Der fact dot bur neighbour can haf anew, ~ v > coat: while we'hai tbwear'our old one, .vha5..,,,.,./ blenty excuse-to Hate him. ' _,""' „,l ..'V -.Vbi-sK ./:"VHenv_ young"man*-;who vhas ou'dt.of ..,y..s work and'mOriey,"Urid in'rags; comes co yo\v ... * -, for- helpI ,' tell him "der vhas room at der , .„,; top.'" ; Itwyhas - gobdl..advice und werry- / .sheap.; -.-11-n &i::-'i> :''y^ l:'l:' ,:,.i.. '*;,;.' i^'hafivS <-. If somebody' 'robs' me of two cents I yhan~;•,;■■';' him ".'arrested- for' der' principle of it. rDer! ,£ss& shmaller ider sum- der more I stick mora fgs principle. t You can buy a whole carload of., ~,.,* it for a cent.; .. - . ■ j 3 ;_. Vheri a-man-begins to pelief dot he owns i ■; - deriearthj; if vhas time to1 put him' lip for; Condidate''for -constable und let him see how - r-h< few admirers he has. \ y, , • , -Vhen'l "meet a'riian who''hungers,'to rev, ij-jjj! form' der -human' race, I took notis dot he ; : vhas* "somebody. who vhas,' ' tired of.-.Holiest ;.j ->r J labour^ Or he vhas scart but of a wicked f,,,,;,, ---career by derpolice. ' ,ji --,/Vhen I find woiriaris'who so'iil vhas wrapped up in der foreign-' heathen,--, L^ find Her ; shildren ;was on "der high road ■-■id sliail for.vhant of moral teaching. -'-'" 7'vsiii. <.<>; Vben I goes: into a grocery and sees der Sag signrdot horiesty. vhas-der best policy, I . doan' buy some coffee dere. It* vhas sure - to be half;chiccory. - ' If we lose a dollar on der shtreet, we vhas •' , mad pecause der-finder vhas not honest ' - enough to return it. If we find fife dollar, J „•, we feel dot der owner ought to lose it for ' ?r , his carelessness. "' ' \ t , If you gif.somepody advice, find out first . . how he believes, and den make your advice._'" /' to agree with it. , Der man whose advice . - doan' tally mit our opinions vhas no good. I doan', shudge a Ghristain man by the length of his prayers or der loudness of ihis. song. Der question vhas/'if he pays his debts and keeps his hens mit his own yard.' . .[(J-.rwe vhas in der coal peesness, unci giving' eighteen , hoondi-ed pounds for & t y t , y ton, we keep an eye on der wood man dot ;; ¥j he gifs full-, measure mit his wood. go .-: If I vlias a good man I like to haf de fact - §} kept off .my tombstone. .Der '-grav^a™': tl^p critic gifs nobody credit- . ' \jf% Anticipation vhas a big dinner which we . • eat up arid B_t_l 'feel hungry all oafer.— :;... "Detroit Free Press." ' '

THE AtTCKLAHB:..iEVE NfN©

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