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THE NEW RULES OF THE ROAD AT SEA,

with the colour of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided witli proper

Berecus."

Art. 8.A ship whether a steamship or a sailing ship, when at anchor, shall carry, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding 20ft, above the hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not less that Sin, in diameter, and so constructed as to show out unfor, and unbroken light visible all round the horizon, and at a distance of at least one mile,"

THE CHINA MAIL.

and when with the wind abaft the beam three | blasts in succession,

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(c) A steamship and a sailing ship whion not under way shall, at intervals of not more than two minutes, ring the ball,"

The new article- 13 is introduced by the ding "Speed of Shipping to be Made rate in Fog," and makes a provision as to speed apply to sailing ships which has Bitherto been confined to steam vessels

steamship, shall in a fog, mist, or falling Art. 18. Every ship, whether a sailing ship snow, go at a moderato epasd."

or

respectively of "Reservation of Rules for Harbours and Island Na igation,” and Special Lights for Squ dron and On- Foys."

fere with the operation of a special rule duly

"Art. 25. Nothing in these rules shall inter made by local authority relative to the naviga tion of any harbour, river, or inland navigation. Art. 26. Nothing in these ruler shall intor foro with the operation of any special rules made more ships of war or for ships sulting under by the Government of any nation with respect

to additional station and signal lights for two or

CONVOY."

The Committee which framed the rules was nominated by the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, and the Trinity Hotine. Its re- ports are signed F. Arrow, O. Bedford, F. J. O. Evans, T. H. Farier, T. Gray, D. Murray, H. C. Rothery, C. G. Weller. The Board of Trade, undertook the necessary communica ions with ab oad, and at length succeeded in procuring an agreement upon the several clauses, which the committee differing team that now adopted, so long itself had drafted, in a form not widely agu an 1876.

MARK TWAIN AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

This is the way in which Mark Twain once announced himself as a candidate for President:

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[No. 5074, OCTOBER II, 1879,

ANCHORING A HORSE.

A story is told of an old mariner who keeps a little hotel down here, writes the correspondent of an" froridiu paper from Coney Island, New York's seaside resort. I have pretty much made up my mind to

His wife was very anxious to have a horse, run for President. What the country want en animal in which the old gentleman took is a candidate who cannot be injured by

at little interest, and the old lady finally investigation of his past history, so that the

won her point, an I got her horse. The enemies of the party will be unable to rake stoed was of an erratio and playful disposi heard of before. If you know the worst to milliy along the beach, and succeeded. up anything against him that nobody ever tion, and used, on the loent provocation, to in "spilling" the old lady several times. about a candidate to begin with, every attempt to spring things on him will be At last the captain, who had never driven checkmated. Now I am going to enter the the beast, volunteered to break him of his field with an open record. I am going to vicious habit; so, getting another old salt own up in advance to all the wickedness I to aid him, he procured a kedge anchor with mittee is disposed to prowl around my have done, and if any Congressional Com-stout line attached, Fastening the sud biography in the hope of discovering any

of the line around the axle and putting the ancbor into the phaeton, the fiery untamed why-let it prowl,

was hitched up, and the two gentlemen

gave him an excuse to run away, and the visious animal espied something which immediately dashed off with frighfal viva summoned all hands to let go the anchor," city. The captain dropped the reins and

vessels during bad weather, the green and red sido lights cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kept on deck, on their respective sides of the (Times, Angúst 21 )

veese), ready for use; and shall, on the approach We yesterday briefly referred to the of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their official publication of a body of rules of respective. sides in aufficient time to provent great interna ional importance, the now collision, in such manner as to make them most regulations for preventing cllisions at son, visible, and so that the green light etnil not be These regulations not only apply to British seen on the port side, nor the red light on the ships thre aghout the world, but also to the starboard sido. To make the use of these port Royal and Commercial Navies of Austria-able lights more certain and easy, the lanterns containing them shall each be painted `outside Hungary, Belgium, Chill, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Nether!aude, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, whether within British jurisdiction or not. It need hardly. The rule referring to riding-lights is much be said that an alteration affecting in improved by the omission of the limiting terests of such magnitude and so widely by de clar copression ont fait ya," and spread will not take effect immediately by the clear expression of the fast that the upon the publication in Tuesday night's Bib. prescribed for the diameter of the lan. Gazette. The rules now issued will have torn is an irreducible minimum, but nothing rules have the words, "the helms of both Foreign Office, on the application of the dark and deadly deed that I have secrete, started for a drive along the shore. Soon no force in practice till September 1, 1880. more. The usual change in wording, for More than a year is thus, given to offours the sake of accuracy, from plural to singu. and pilots of ships to make themselves lar, which is general in the rules, is also acquainted with the new law of the mari. adopted. The article follows:- time highways; and publication to the other countries which have agreed with Her Majesty's Governmont in the framing of the new rules will have given duo warn ing to mariners of the 15 national ies which concur with Great Britain in bind ing themselves to use a common method of indicating their course upon the waters, There is nothing revolutionary in the changes in the rules. They will not satisfy the most ardent reformers, The most Ballent alteration is the new optional signalling for indicating the course of a ship. It is inevitable that improvements woltes are to be consulted; and, as it is, should be but gradual where so many the sanction of several of the countries which agreed to the old rules has, appar. ently, not been given to the new. It is true that the most important commercial countries have come in, and that the adherence of others will probably follow Comparing the pressut list of adhesions ef foreign towers with the enumeration printed in the edition of the old Regula tions, published by authority in 1877, we miss the names of the Argentino Republic, Brazil, Houndor, the Hawaian Isles, Hayti, Morocco, Peru, Turkey, and Uruguay. The absence of consent from Turkey, Bra. zil, and Peru (Chili has already come in) is a little surprising, and any lung continu- ance of delay at the Porto might easily lead to embarrassment in the navigation of the Levant.

In this place it will not be necessary to reprint such of the rules as merely re-enact the old law on the subject laid down by Orders in Council in 1868 and 1868 by virtue of the Act of 1862, which gave the Queen in Council the power which, upon the joint application of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, Her Majesty has now exercised again by issuing the revised edition of the rules. The old definition of steam-ships and sailing ships is preserved, but a difference occurs in the rule as to

POINT OF VIEW.

shinbun.)

The next set of rules la introduced by the general beading "Steering and Sailing Rules," and the old sub-headings are abc lished. A significant change, among many changes in arrangement, will be observed in the language of these rules. The old shall be put to port." The new words are, each shall alter her course to starboard." All precedent for a very misleading form of expression, and one which especially other unskilled persons in understanding increases the difficulty of passengers and orders, is thus removed from the rules. To tura a boat to starboard her tiller is pushed to port, Hence has arisen the ex- pression to "port the i lun" in the sonso SAN FRANCISCO FROM A JAPAN of directing the ship to starboard. For brovity the order "port the helm " is often shortened to "port." Therefore, whez (By Asano, Specjal Corr, of the Choya the officer shouts "port" he means that the ship is to go to starboard; but in some ships it is the custom to give the order port" in its natural sense, meaning that the ship's head is to go to port. Thus the and that at a moment when ambiguity is samo order may have opposite meanings fatal. The oxpressions port. the helm," "atarboard the helm," are henceforth to be steadily discouraged. "Now that wheels and pulleys and steam machinery have present a pleasant appearance to the eye of to have my country saved, but I preferred. apparseded the tillez and helm, says a visitor. Bat I did not content myself Mr. Gray of the Board of Trade, in with simply looking at the houses, but his valuablo obervations on the Rule closely watched the customs of the people; of the Road at Sea, "it is useless to and, among many other wonderful things, ako the steering raica depend on the I noticed that there are many large mer direction in which a tiller is put." It chants who have lived a haphazard and may be added that it is not only useless, adventurous kind of life and so gained a com but mischievous. Simplicity of language petency, who cannot even write their own the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up is a real gain at all times, but especially in names. At the close of last winter a large light, or flare-up lights, at short intervals, moments of excitement. Ano her altor merchant died who was supposed to be which shall never exceed 15 minutes. A pilotation in this important chapter of the rules worth six millions of dollars. But an ex vessel, when not cugaged on her station on pilo- is the introduction of sound-signals to amination of his house brought to light a tage daty, sbali carry lights similar to those of indicate the earac the signalling steamfow volumes of books and a few other other ships."

The regulation for the Hights of pilot vos- bele has a similar improvement in the way of showing that the precaution prescribed only enforce a minimum of caution. It contains also an entirely novel addition, the value of which has, since its proposal hoen strikingly shown by the evidence in by the Committee on the Rule of the Road, the case of the Edinburgh and Severn, In that case (heard before the Wreck Com missioner in March) a pilot-bost which was not serving" was run down, and 15 valeable lives were loat, in consequence of the want of some such clanse as that now added. The new rule especially provides for pilot-toata not serving —-

"Art. B---A pilot veusel, when engaged on her station on pilotage duty, shall not carry the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, visible all round

The regulation for fishing vessels and boats may almost be described as a new code. It puts an end to the conflict of the collision rules with the rules of the Sea Fisheries Act;----

"Art. 10. (a) Open fishing beats and other open boats when under way shall not be obliged to carry the side lights required for other ves sels, but every such boat shall in list thereof have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other side; and on the approach of or to other vessels such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the groen light shall on the starboard sido. not be seen on the port side, aor the red light

(b) A fishing vessel and an open boat when at anchor shall exhibit a bright white light.

(c) A fishing vessel, when employed in drift net fishing, shall carry on one of her masts two red lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3ft. apart.

lights. The light for the foremast in ateamers, the proon starboard light, and the red port light are preserved, but the position to be occupied by the white foro must light is now more explicitly defined. By the old rule, the light was to be at the foremast head. By the new rele (Art. 3, Letter 4) it is to be "on or in front of the foremast at a height above the bull of vot

(d) A trawler at work shall carry on one of less than 20ft., and if the breadth of the her masts two lights in a vertical line one over ship exceeds 20ft,, then at, a height above the alker, not less than Bft, apart-the upper the hall not less than such breadth." The light red and the lower green-und shall also light thus to be carried is, as before a vessels, or, if the side lights cannot be carried, either carry the side lights required for other bright white light, and it is to be "an have ready at hand the coloured lights as pro- constructed" (the phrate previously eqvided in Article 7, or a lautern with a red and ployed was so fixed") "as to shows green glass as described in paragraph (a) of this uniform and unbroken light over an arc of artide. the horizon of 20 points of the compsas,' (e) Fishing vessels and open boats shall not &o. The improved means of lighting-be prevented from using a flare-up in addition if due to better lamps on the one hand, or they desire to do so. alostricity on the other-are not thought. to justify any compulsory increase in the penetrating power of the lights. The white light is to be visible for five miles, and the coloured lights for two miles, as before, on

in the wording of the rule relating to tow-

(f) The lights mentioned in this article are substituted for those mentioned in the 12th, 13th, and 14th Articles of the Convention be- tween France and England scheduled to the British Sea Fisheries Act, 1868.

**(9) All lights required by this article, except

ing. The heading, "Lights for steam-tuge, structed as to show all round the horizon."

-er. Since 1805 at least similar eigonts have been in compulsory use in the United Statea. They are, for the present, made only optional in these international rules. it in sufficient to say that even the option of using them would have prevented the terrible collision on the Thames which 12 months ago drew the attention of all the world to the insufficiency of the precautions adopted against the collision of steamships, The only other change which demands observation is the reintroduction, froas a perid before 1862, of the starboard chan- nel tule which parts a narrow fairway into two halves, and gives to each of meeting ships the right hand half to sleer in. This enactment is made subordinate to any local rales adapted to the exigencies of parti- cular inland navigations, but where there are no such rules it will apply The follow- ing are the "steering and sailing rules"

Miscellaneous.

rheumatic grandfather of mine in the winter In the first place, I admit that I treed a' of 1850. He was old and inexpert in brutality that is characteristic of me I ran climbing trees, but with the heartless him out of the front door in his night-shirt e shohor was let go, and caught firmly

all night, while I emptied shot into his legs. end of the rope, and then he paused- at the point of a shot-gun, and caused him in the sand. The unsuspecting quadruped to bowl up a maple tree, where he remained pranced joyfully along until he got to the

I did this because he snored. I will do it paused, and the two old gentlemen shot up again if I ever have another grandfather. I into the air like a couple of sky-rockets, am as inhuman now as I was in. 1850. I coming down in a fearfully dilapidated On the 17th July last I left Yokohams candidly acknowledge that I ran away at condition. The horse is now for sale, for the United States of America, and the battle of Gettysburg. My friends have arrived at San Francisco on the 2nd tried to smooth over this fact by asserting August. Upon landing I immediately that I did so for the parpose of imitating to convey me to the Palace Hotel, where I Valley Forge for the purpose of saying his hailed a carriage and requested the driver Washington, who went into the woods at remained three days. This time I employ prayers. It was a miserable aubterfuge. I ad in looking around the city. The houses struck out in a straight line for the Tropic range from three to seven stories high, and of Cancer because I was scared. I wanted to have somebody else save it. I entertain that preference yet. If the bubble reputa- tion can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it provided' the cannon is empty. If it is loaded, my immortal and inflexible purpose is to get over the fence and go home. My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of every tight two-thirds more men than when I went in. This seems to me to bo Napoleonio in its grandeur.

My financial views are of the most decided character, but they are not likely, perhaps, to increase my popularity with the advocates of inflation, I do not insist upon the special surpremacy of rag money or hard money. The great fundamental principle of my life is to take any kind I can get.

things, valno in all at about fifty dollars, This will show the ignorance of the dead merchant, who had been a wine seller for five years previous to his death; and I leave it to the judgment of my readers to say whether or not he should be classed as a gentleman of a civilised aduntry, at the corners of which are deposited the Carriages pass to and fro along streets sweepings and refuse of the city. When

will shortly return from South Africa to BEJGADIER GENERAL Sir Evelyn Wood" Basex, ble untire county, and a proposal. has been made that he should receive public welcome. This will probably an aume the form of an address to the gallant general, and a banquet in his honour. with leanings this way and loaninge that

A YOUNG man in search of a religion- is more interesting to devout women, what ever their views, than a whole townful of people of unimpeachable orthodoxy. Be election, and he is coaxed and pelted by all is like the Irish contingent at an English aides. Saturday Review.

A REPORT has reached Aden of the almost town of Zalta, by fire. 411 the public total destruction, on September 3rd, of the buildlugs, and about three-fourths of the town, have boen burnt. The fire continued for three days before it burnt itself out. nephew): Pay as you go, my boy-pay an OBVIOUS-Stlogy Uncle (to impeonnions you go!" Nephew (suggestively): But suppose I haven't any money to pay with, 89, you know-don't go !" [Exit hastily.] andle" Uncle: "Eh 1-well, then, don't

backwoods gossip between parent and child

A WESSEN paper gives this little bit of

Is the howling of a dog always followed.

the man that shoots at the dog misses him," father. "Not always, my dear sometime

was the parent's reply.

dignity he rose in his place, and said, A CERTAIN lawyer was compelled to apologise to the court. With stately

The rumor that I buried a dead aunt under my grape-vine was correct. The ring and I dedicated her to that purpose. Docs needed fertilising, my aunt had to be buried, that unfit me for the Presidency! The the wind blows strong this rublish is scat. Constitution of our country does not says so. tored about and causes an offensive odour No other citizen was ever considered an-by a death asked a little girl of bor to arise which is very injurious to the worthy of this office because he earioked his health of the inhabitants. Un my making grape vines with his dead relatives. Why enquiries as to why this offensive matter should I be selected as the first vistim of an was allowed to remain when it was so absurd prejudice? detrimental to bealth and cleanliness, I was informed that it was removed twice poor man. I regard the poor man, in his I admit also that I am not a friend of the every month; so it will be seen that the present condition, as so much wasted raw people of San Francisco live in a putrid material. Cut up and properly canned, he

Your lordship is right and I am wrong, atmosphere. If more attention was not might be made useful to fatten the natives as your lordship generally is." There was paid to cleanliness in Eastern countries, of the cannibal islands and to improve our hardly know whether to feel happy or fine a dazed look in the judge's eye, and he cholera would break out. * *** export trade with that region. I shall re-

There is a curious company in San commend legislation upon the subject in my the lawyer for what on second thoughts ap- Francisco known as the Likuks sho, estab. first message. My campaign cry will be:peared to be a plain contempt of court. (a) A ship which is running free shall keep lished by Chinese and having branch offices Desiccate the poor working man; stuff him out of the way of a ship which is closchanled. at Hongkong and Canton. Its business is into saumges.' tuck shall keep out of the way of a ship which is and Canton on personal security: that is, (6) A ship which is closehanted on the port to lend money to Chinesa in Hongkong closehanted on the starboard tack.

the borrower deposits himself, or rather (c) When both are running free with the enters upon an obligation to go to San wind

different sides, the ship which has the Francisco and work off the loan if he can of the other.

the port side shall keep out of the way not pay it within the stipulated time. As of total depravity and proposes to be fiendish indulging in the nearest approach to libel,

an example of the extraordinary madner into the last. which the business of this company is carried on I may mention that one of the branch offices lent money to a man in Chins, who deposited himself as security. When the time for repayment of the loan

Art. 14. When two sailing ships are ap. proaching one another so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep ont of the way of the other as follows-viz.:

wind

1) When both are running free with the wind on the same side, the ship which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the ship which is to leeword.

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record. On them I come before the country These are about the worst parts of my If my country don't want me, I will go back again. But I recommend myself as a safe man a man who starts from the basis

THE TRIALS OF MR. KEYSER, GRANGER.

I how for the Society Journals" of London are appreciated may be gleaned

sale of Truth. Under these circumstances it from the fact that Me Labouchere cleared a net profit, last year, of £20,000 on the is no wonder the Editor of that lively, gosaipping publication is not frightened of and lately oven in more then approaching it, with the result of finding himself at the Old Bailey.

A CINCINNATTI paper, in reporting a high school exhibition, says: The essay was a Mr Keyser mentioned recently that he masterpiece. Mise Clark was dressed in a clear dark nights. There is an alteration side lights, shall be in globular lanterns so coning end on, or nearly end ou, so as to involve refund it, and was sent to San Francisco. soon after her arrival Mrs Keyser, beforeings, white slippers and gloves. Her dark, bad expired the Chinaman was unable to had employed a new hired girl, and that ruby silk, with white trimmings and garnish- along with from fifty to one hundred others starting to spend the day with a friend; in-abundant hair was very tastefully dressed." to work out the debt They were all puck.structed the girl to whitewash the kitchen. JOHN BILLINGS SAYS:-it was a para ed on board a mail steamer in a room during her absence. Upon returning, Mrsgrapher of the Middle ages, who was sitting which was about suitable for the accom- Keyser found the job completed in a very up at night studying out a pan, when the modation of a horse, and they were treated satisfactory manner. On Wednesday, Mra sexton came along and warned him that his like so many bales of goods. On arriving Keyser always churne, and on the following light must go out, as he was about to ring in San Francisco the ikke-sh sold them Wednesday, when she was ready, she went the curfer. Then the middle-aged para to various merchants at from ten to fifteen ont; and finding that Mr Keyser had already grapher replied, quick as lightning, "Well, dollars per week each. Out of this sum put the milk into the churu, she began to don't curfew do," the sold men get one or two dollars, the turn the handle. This was at 8 o'clock in clothes of these men are necessarily very out signs of batter appearing. Then the Company keeping the remainder. The the morning, and she turned until 10 with dirty, and they live on potatoes for about called in the hired man, and he turned until two cents per day. When these men walk dinner-time, when he knocked off with some along the streets they are continually on very offensive language, addressed to the

Follows:-

ahead.

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"(s). A ship which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other ship.

"Art, 15. If two ships under steam are meet

Article 11 contains a new and very valu-starboard,

risk of collision, each shall alter her course to is omitted. In the draft of the new ru'es

that each may pass on the port which was settled by the English Commitable provision, which not only makes it side of the other. ice on July 8 last year, after consideration lawful for overtaken vessels to show a light This article only applies to cases where ships of some amendments proposed by Germany, aatero, but positively directs that this shall are toeeting end on in stich a manner as to su America, Belgium, and Deamark, the be done. Hitherto doubt existed whether volve risk of collision, and does not apply to heading was made more general in its a chip overtaken in the dark was entitled two ships which must, if both keep on their wording, and stood "Lights for steamers to protect herself by showing a light. The respective courses, pass clear of each other. toring." Now, however, it is left out second article of the Regulations said,

The only cases to which it does apply are altogether, in accordance with a general "The lights mentioned in the following when each of the two ships is end on, or nearly end on, to the other; in other words, to enses in principle which has dictated the mission articles and no others shall be carried. of all the sub-headings under the general A violation of the rule might lead to the other in a line with her own; and by night, to

loss for a fit person to appoint to the exalted which, by day, each ship sees the masts of the

In the reign of George II. the see of York falling vacant, and his Majesty being at a head, "Rates concerning lights"; and the inference that the ship which showed a cases in which each elip is in such a position as

situation, asked the opinion of the Rev. effect is accordingly that the rule is not stern light bad misled the other, and was to see both the side lights of the other.

Dr. Mountain, who had raised him elf by confined to tuge, but applies to all vessels to blame for the collision. All doubt is "It does not apply by day to cases in which

bis remarkably facetions temper from being towing, The rule now stands as follows: now removed, and it is to be hoped that a ship sers another ahead crossing her own the look-out for something to pick up, und butter, which had not yet come. After the son of a beggar to the ese of Durham, Art. 4.A stoamalip, when towing another the lights permitted will be found suffi- } course; or by night, to cases where the red light they collect pieces of paper, old shoes, dinner the hired girl took hold of the crank The doctor wittily replied, "Hadst thou ship, shall, in addition to her sido lights, curry

ciently distinctive. The clause rons as of one ship is opposed to the red light of the tobacco or anything else they can find and and turned it energetically until 2 o'clock, faith as a grain of mustard seed, thou two bright white lights, in a vertical lino one

other, or where the green light of one ship is sell them for a trifle to their countrymen, when she let go with a remark which con- would'st say to this Mountain (at the same over the other, not less than 3ft. apart, so as to "Art. 11-A ahip which is being overtaken opposed to the green light of the other, or where and so augment their trifling incomes. veyed the impression that she believed the time laying his hand on his breast), be thou distinguish her from other steamships. Each of by another shall show from her stern to suck Light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where But I don't like to dwell longer upon this churn to be haunted. Then Mr Keyser came removed, and cast into the sea (ses) His

a red light without a green light, or a green these lights shall be of the same construction last-mentioned ship a white light or a flare-up both green and red lights are seen anywhere but unpleasant theme, and will content myself out and wanted to know what was the mat Majesty laughed heartily, and forthwith and character, and shall be carried in the same light," position as the white light which other steam The white light mentioned in the preceding

by reciting one more instance of Chinese ter with the churn.. It was a good enough conferred the preferment on the facetious. ebipa are required to carry."

Art. 16. If two ships under steam are cross-life in San Francisco. When a "pig-tail" churn if people only knew how to use it. docker. article might be mistaken for the white ing, so as to involve risk of collision, the ship happens to open a wine shop in the city Mr Keyser then worked the crank until It will be observed that a certain dis.light of a ship at anchor, and the course of which has the other on her own starboard sido the anti Chinese inhabitants force their half-past 3, when, as the butter had not THEY tell a story in the Temple of an ex- tance between the lights is now provided the ship ahead might be at anch an angle shall keep out of the way of the other.

way in large numbers into the shop and come, he surrendered it again to the hired Chief Baron, that one who whahed him to for, to prevent the two from being placed to that of the ship astera as to cause the

"Art. 17. If two ships, one of which is a

ent and drink without tendering anything in man because he had an engagement in the resign waited on him and hinted at it, aug. 20 near as to melt into one. An entirely error to have dangerous consequences. In sailing ship and the other a steamship, are pro- payment. So the Chinese are compelled village. The man ground the machine to gesting it for his own sake, entirely with a new rule follows, designed to meet the case practice the flare up, which is also permitt ceeding in such directions as to involve risk of to resort to a curious device to hide their an accompaniment of frightful imprecations. view to the prolongation of his own valued of ships not under command-as, for ined in the alternative, will, perhaps, be collision, the steamship shall keep out of the nationality. They alter the style of doing Then the Keyser children each took a turn life, &c. The old man arosa and said, with stance, vessels laying telegraph cables, preferred. Another important change is way of the sailing ship.

their hair, imitating Japonese, and disguise for half-an-hour; then Mrs Keyser tried her his grim dry gravity, Will you dance Vessels to which acoldents have happered, made in regard to log signals. Article 12, Art. 18. Every steamship when approaching themselves in other ways, and so success-hand, and when she was exhausted she with me?" The visitor stood agħaat an & The following in the new rule →→ introduced by the heading, "Sound-signals another ship, so as to involve risk of collision, fully palm themselves of on their per again enlisted the hired girl, who said her the Lord Chief: Baron, who prided himself

"Art. 5. ship, whether a steamship or a

for fogs, &c., takes the place of the old shall slacken her speed, or stop and reverse it secutors as Japanese and thereby evade prayers while she turned. But the butter particularly on his legs, began to capar ing ship, when employed either in laying or Article 10, and makes a step in the direction necessary.

their rage. The result of this has been to didn't come. When Keyser came home and abont with a certain youthful vivacity, in picking up a telegraph cable, or which from of requiring the Morso system to be applied "Art. 19. In taking any course authorized or lower Japanese in the eyes of the Ameri found the charn still in motion, He felt Seeing his visitor standing surprised, he any accident is not under command, shall at to sound signals to ludicate the course of a required by these regulations, a steamship under cans, as they have come to consider that angry; and, seizing the handle, he said he'd capered up to him and said, “Well, if you night carry in the same position as the white ship. The indications as to course compul. way may indicate that course to any other ship they are as shameless to deal with as the make the butter come if he stirred up an won't dance with me, will you bor with Night which steamships are required to carry and, sorily required of sailing ships are not to which she has in sight by the following signals lower class of Chinese. And I regret to earthquake in doing it. Mr Keyser effected me?" And with that he squared up to if a steamship, in place of that light, three red be enforced against steamships and a ques on hor steam whistle-viz.

Bay that there are about one hundred about two hundred revolutions of the crank bim, and, half in jest and balf in earnest, lights in globular fanteros, each not less than tion may arise how far the prolonged blast "One short blast to mean I am, directing my Japanese in San Francisco working for the a minute enough to have made any ordine fairly bored bim out of the room. The Jin, in diameter, in a vertical line one over the required of steamers in a fog under this course to atarboard." other, not less than Sit. apart; and shall by day rule will interfere with their option in a

natives at the rate of $7 per month. They ary butter come from the ends of the earth; old Chief Barou had no more visitors en- Two short blasts to mean I am directing are fools, who were persuaded in the first and when the perspiration began to stream quirlag after his health and anggesting his carry in a vertical line, one over the other, not fog of using the short blasts authorized by

my course to port.

retirement. sss than 3ft. apart, front of but not lower a later article (Art. 19). The rules would

Three short blasts to mean: 'I am going fall instance to come to San Francisco by from him, and still the butter didn't come, than her foremast head, three black balls or appear to permit the use of both sets of

foreigners in Yokohama. On their arrival he uttered one wild yell of rage and disap speed astern,'

In the North of England they do not shapes, each 2ft, in diameter,

The use of theas signals is optional; but if there they found things different to what pointment and kicked the churn over the teach the young ides how to shoot young These shapes and lights are to be taken by signals, the long blast and the short blaat, they are used, the course of the ship must be in they expected; and having no other means fence. When Mrs Keyser went to pick it birds, but how to protect their lives. The nyproaching ships as signals that the ship using together, but not (in a for) the use of the accordance with the signal made.

of maintaining themselves they were com up, she put her nose down close to the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle has founded a there is not under command, and cannot, there short blasts alone. The following is the "Art. 20. Notwithstanding anything contain pelled to accept employment for the trifling buttermilk and took a sniff. Then she un- Doky Bird Society for children, and a fore, get out of the way,

new article specially referring to sound al-ed in any preceding article, every ship, whether remuneration I bave named-Translated derstood how it was. The girl had mixed West Cumberland Bird Protection Societ *The above ships, when not making any way goals for foga :—_

a sailing ship or a steamship, overtaking any for Japan Gazel's,

the whitewash in the charm and left it there. has recently been started in connection through the water, shall not carry the side lights,

"Art. 17.—A steamship shall be provided other, shall keep out of the way of the overtaken

A good, honest, and intelligent servant who with it. The latter already number 551 but when making way shell carry them."

with a steam whistle or other efficient steam ship.

knows how to churn could have found a situa-members, boys and girls, who have each Verbal alterations are made in the next sound signal, so placed that the sound may ship shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep

Art. 21. In narrow channels every steam- EXEMPTION from care is not happiness tion at Keyser's the next day. There was a signed the following pledge" I promise rule, which will now bave become by the not be intercepted by any obstructions, and to that side of the fairway at mid-channel which on the contrary, a certain degres of care is vacancy. --Max Adeler,

to protect and be kind to all birds as far an interpolation of the article just quoted, No. which an efficient fog horn to be sounded by a lies on the starboard aide of such ship.

bellows or other mechanical means, and ales Art. 23. Where by the above rules one of

essential to promote enjoyment, a 6 instead of No. 5. It runs as follows:-

I dan; to feed birds in winter with spare with an efficient bell. A sailing ship shall

A CHALLENGE from Captain Webb to

crumbs instead of wasting them not to "Art. 6.A sailing ship under way, or being provided with a similar fog horn and bell two ships is to keep out of the way, the other Captain Boyton has been accepted, and a THE Bombay Insolvent Court has granted molest or disturb birda during their band- towed, shall carry the same lights as are provided fog, mist, or Zalling now, whether by day or

shall keep her course,

swimming match between the two cham-Karsoy Kessowjee an al interim protection|ing season; not to rob t'e bests of their by Article 3 for a steamship under way, with the night, the signals described in this article shall rulon due regard shall be had to all dangers of will be for 600 dollars a side, and Captain The three balls of the pawnbrokera sign young ones or otherwise injure them:

**Art. 28. In obeying and construing these pions will shortly take place. The mateli order for a period of one month.

eggs or tear out the nests not to kill the

(a) A steamship under way shall

navigation, and to any special circulastanoes Boyton will use his suit and paddle, while are part of the coat-of-arms of Lombardy, try and induce others to take an interest The old Article 6 (now become Article 7) her steam whistle, or other steam sound signal, rules necessary in order to avoid immediate artificial aid and withons clothing. The times bankers used to advance money on object of the society The name

at intervals of not more than two roinnter, a prolonged blast.

distance agreed upon la twenty miles, valcabies, and thus were gradually trans-menbare will be printed each work to the for the match, as one of the conditions balls were always palated with a blus Weekly Chronicle à man Saratogs Lake is mentioned as the locale formed into pawnbrokers. At first the Children Corner of the

named by Captain. Wabb is that there colour, and it is only quite lately that they names have already been enroll should be no current in the water.

bars been gilded.

parent society of Kawostle,

never carry."

exception of the white light, which she shall be used as follows-that is to say make with which may render a departure from the above Captain Webb will swim without any from which the first bankers came. In old there beautiful creatures, and promote the

has two slight changes made in its word. Lug use" for "exhibition” and shall each" for each shall," and will hence forward read na follows zum o

Whenever, as in the case of small

danger.

her foghorn, at intervale of not more than two circumstances to neglect proper premat

“(8) A suling ship under way shall make with The existing rule, 'no ship, under any minutes, when on the starboard tack on blast, Glons," is preserved with that title, and two whan on the port tacle two blasts in-ansverstan, I concluding rules are added under the titles