... (By Freeman Special Wire.) (From the Inventors' Mart.) A very useful discovery was recently made in California of a process for removing scale from steam boilers, and, like many other discoveries, was the result of accident. Mr. George Downie, the proprietor of a flouring mill at Salinas City, was in the habit of filtering water in an old heater in order to free it as far as possible from the ...

... wi-cwekly meeting of the members of thise as- catn as held. on Saturfir niclht in thle '-ta .Th-, room in which the meetings have h:tobeen held, wthi! is s!uato inl thle base- inert ,ftoe birildivar. rva.- abnoeand the toeal 'nwere conducted in iciele' Mlore 0 0 Moo: -us. sod 'orwrz ventilated chamber in the ynne~lr part of thle building. SIr. Doherty was, unlanzmrr~ouslv called upon to ...

... THE WAR IN THE I SOUDAN. i ANOTHER SEVERE BATTLE.'! STUBBORN RESISTANCE BY l THE ARABS. lHEAVY BRITISH LOSSES. I ~ ?? is GENERAL EARLE AMONGST THIE KILLED. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGAG&EMENT. a TELEGRAM FROM0.) OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. (BY EASTERN CABLE.) February 10, via Merawi, February 12, 7.15 p.m. The enemy still occupied a strong position yesterday in the front of the Shukook Pass.: ...

... I MILITARY INTELLIGENCEI. x o = - i Th e following Royal Warrant Jina been pub- i lished-' Vietoria R-W-hereas we deemi it expe-! dieut to amtiend the regulations gos-irnin rthe pro- i motion of subaltern offlcers of our Royal Enzi- neers, our wvill and pleasure is that para (b), lr- I Boele l7, of our warrant of 10th June. 1884, be can- celled, and that the following, which shall have effect ...

... THE LATE CARDINAL I ARMHBISHOP. I TEE FUNERAL ARRAINGEMENTS. Last evening at half-past six th remains of his Eminence the late Cardinal M'Cabe were removed from the cottage in Eblana avenue, Kingatown to the chapel of St Kevin, attached to the Cathe- dral, Marlborough street. For a full hour before the coffin was conveyed to the hearse, business in Kingstown vas entirely suspended. Large I ...

... F S i !FOIEGTN TE£LEGRAMS. 1 4. (By Router's and Ordinary, Telegraph.) THE ATI'ACK ON PHELAN. New York, Saturday. Short, the mnan charged with the attempted murder of Phel:;n in O'Donovan Rossa's office, was to-day again brought before the police magistrates. Phelan gave evidence respecting the attack, sayingthat Short twiceI cried out Now I have got you. Phelan I also said that in 1883 he ...

... POLITICAL ADDRESSE S. SIR MICHIAIL H1ICECS-BEACO AT GLOUCESTER. GaOucEsFAs, WnDNrnsxr.-To.night, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was the chief guest of thle Truo Blue Club at their annual banquet hero, and in the course of his speech he said that the Conner vative party did not fear the e~ects of the new Reform Bill, because they had always encouraged the ex- tansion of the franchise. Ho, however, d d ...

... BEAUTIES AND 3LLMP4IJ IT was once observedu iny tjl ojp- that beauty is only sk.tin deep, neil '~atr observation was mads many Sreu & ,l ii- have been reminded of tIh e by *h~ - who were not possessed of equal tt; appearance. The propositLion hs I o O1 accepted, but not universally. S a geutleman, who NVILS 'Laesir eI Royal College o' Surgeons, NY; 1 write a book for the purptose of s'jf, t he ...

... _UL LINEN TRADE TOTAL ABSTINENCE A SSUCIATION I. AN 7 A L 11. EU N 1 . P Troe annusA soeial meeting ot Whe rnembre of tle w Linen Trade Total Abstinence Association vas ts held in the Lombard Hall last evening. A nume- tc rous gatheriag assembled in the buihtsng at seven in o'clock, and tea was partaken of by the company. al Amongst those present were-Finlay MhCanco, t J.P., proieident of the ...

... CoNIPAISeoN and contrast of English and American ways is a never-failiug subject of interest. Ilow we reesnmble each other, and how we differ ; the different ways in which we eat and drink, do our daily business, and pass our leisure hoors ; the likenesses and unlikenesses of our political and religious institutions ; we are never tired of descanting on them all. It may be pretty safely ...

... I THE ROSEMARTY STREET FIRE. FATAL RESULTS. RIECOVERY OF MR. MIDDLETON'S BODY. Trs dreal.ful suspense in which the friends of Mr. J. P. Middleton aud the public generally were held during the afternoon of Wednesday and the greater part of yesterday as to his safety wias relieved about four o'clock, when his body was found deeply embedded in the ruins. The strong public feeling which existed ...

... PROSELYI'TISING PRIEST S. Lu!Y OUR aSPnCL WaRn1.] LosNi)os, TitscnsAiY.-ln tile Chancery Division of the Royal Conrt of Judicature to-day, before Mr. Tustice Ray, the ease of Iredale v, Tredale was heard. This was au application on behalf of the plaintiff, Colonel iredale, fabther End natural guardiani of :diues Pose Iredale, aged 16, a ward ot Court, for an injunction tn restrain the 11ev. ...