The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-04


balance. 60 that In the event Of an accident no
fear of fire need be apprehended. The tube
concuo the light 90 admirably that fine print
| can be read ct o distapce Of forty feet FROM the
| lamp.
The Pekin Staats Zeitnng publishes three In.
teresting decreee of the Empress regent OF
China. The fret announces that the royal
troops have Pgsin reduced the city of Man 10
| have been beheaded. ''This news," says the
decree, twill cause great pleasure to the re.
GENTLY, deceased emperor, who now reigns in
heaven" The second decree directs that thank
and the third commissions Prince Ii TO com-
municate the pleasing intelligence to him. The
prince will therefore have to write report OF
the victory and subst nent events upon yello "
silk, and burn 1t, with appropriate forms, over
the imperial grave. This will effect the desired
connection with the other world.
A house costing over Sl.oo0.Ooo had been
nearly completed by Mark Hopkins in San
conspicuously on Knot Hill, is of modern
Gothic architecture. and is surrounded by
| beautiful grounds. It contains 8 large amount
| of elaborate wood work and f escoing, aud the
rooms are very spacious. large oonse atory,
| with glass walls and roof, o marble basin for
| lilies, and room for great variety Of plants,
is att sched to the main building. The parlor
| has hangings of embroidered silk, and is inish-
| ed in beautifully marked maple. A hall for
pictures and social gatherip gs is eighty two by
twenty-five feet in SIZE with q height Of forty
beams.
| Sir Joseph Whitworth and Sir William Arm
! strong, the one st Manchester and tie other
at Spt zzie, are TIL carrying on the battle be-
tween targets aad guns. SIR Joseph had just
| secured triumph for the target by steel plstes
| compressed By hydraulic pressure, SO that Q
nine-ipch plata would keep out shot that
hitherto welve inch plate could not resist,
when Sir William came to the rescue of the
guns by new hamberipg process, in which,
though enlarging that part of t1e gun in
which the powder explodes, the energy of the
gun 10 greatly increased, while it's wear by use
is diminished. Il is the invariable rule that
when the gun getsa little ahead the target
overhsuls 1t, or If t1e armor is for time the
gamer, the artillery quickly restores the
equilibrium. In the present case, however
Sir Joseph and Sir William scored their i'm.
provements almost simultaneously.
A novel vill-case was recently brought be-
fore Judge Warren in Dublin. The teetstor
was lying i'll with typhus fever, and sent for
two persons whom be il tended to name as his
executors They objected, however. to go into
an infected house, and table and chairs were
therefore placed outside the window Of the
sick mans room in such position that he
could see the persons sitting at the table. As
o means of communication between those out
side and the fever patient, q boy who had al
ready suffered from typhus, and was therefore
considered fever proof, was selected for carry
ing Instructions to the will-maker. The teets.
tor executed his will by making his mark
under the observation of the witnesses, who
st tested the execution in the sight OF the tes-
tator. When this was done he was removed
to the hospit 81, and there died. The validity
of the will was called in question on the
ground that it was not duly executed. The
] Judge pronounced in favor of the will, remark
ing that be saw no reason for requiring ex-
scutors to expose their lives to needle IS rick.