Muncasterl, j'S&AFAMiAJi STREET, MELSON, '



A ghastly discovery was made by a couple of boya in a deserted briokyard at Ohioago. They found an old soap box, opened it, and found the dead bodies oi five babies laid side by side within. The bodies were found to be badly decomposed. Two were males and the other three females. One of the males and one of the females appeared to have lived about two weeks, while the others had died shortly after birth. A cursory examination revealed a seeming fracture of the skull in two cases, but these were the only marks of violence discovered. Tbe babies had probably been dead for about ten days. The police are of the opinion that the babies came from a " baby farm "or lying-in hospital. None of those are known to exist in the vicinity, and it is believed that tbe soap box was carried to the briokyard from a distanoe with a pile of refuse, a considerable amount of which has been deposited there. According to the London correspondent of the Sydney Morniiig Herald, " Rider Hag- gard is the laughing stock of the vacation, While everybody is out of town Haggard is ia great form. He ia evidently quite qd, sophisticated in regard to theatres, He was present at the dramatic productions of a version of his novel. The play was bad and ii was • guyed ' ; bufc afc the close, oub of pure mischief, the andience called for Haggard and when he lowed they cabled for a speech, and having got Haggard well com- mitted to both call and speech they laughed at Sim, • chaffed ' him, and finally hissed him. The or i tios are keeping up fche fan, bub what is fun to them I daresay is gall and wormwood to Haggard." Infinite are the methods 'of suicide. At Dombaoh, one of the suburbs of Vienna, an evening or two ago, two young students were quietly walking down the streets, when they suddenly stopped, and drawing revolvers shot eaoh other dead. Tbey were intimate friends, and being in financial difficulties, resolved co commit suicide by reciprocal murder, A clergyman who preached in a prison a Sunday or two sinoe, began his discourse in the traditional way thus : lam glad, my friends, to see co many of you here this morn- ing. 