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Mht JfhmtgQtitrcj) Jltonitof,
D. 0. SUTTON, Editor and Prop’r.
The still intelligence is made Hindi- pub
lie, on tlk- author'll vof u dettler iti inusi
’a) instrument'. that lira." ha mi.- are oil
ihe increase thronghout rite eountry.
The oldest printer has eniuincnccd to
lie. The youngest soldier of the late
war. the oiliest iuiwiii »m! Washington's
body servant will have to look to llieir
laurels.
A geologist, wlio has studied up the
subject. says that diamonds in plenty
will yet he found in Georgia. in a belt
that he ideates between Atlanta and
the Sai annah river, shout one hundred
miles in length and from ten to tidily
miles jn breadth.
In Lake enmity. California, a lot of In
plans became impressed with the idea ot
industry, saved money, bought and paid
for land, and were on the high road to
wealth. When the tax collector culled
on them they were paralyzed, and it was
impossible to ••ouvincc them that, having
once paid for land, they should be asked
to pay for it again.
Tile imannored vessels for the I’nited
States Navy, to be built by the govern
ment. will mark a new departure in ma
rine engineering - . Though suiail. they
must have engines of SoOO-liorse power,
capable of developing eighteen miles an
hour, which presents a difficult problem.
Chief Engineer Lloring i'confident that
these vessels will surpass anything that
England possesses.
Georgia lias a post office named "Talk
ing Rock. - ’ wliieli acipiired its title ia the
following manner: Some one in the
vicinity found a large stone, upon which
was painted the words, “Turn me over.”
It required great strength to accomplish
this, and, when it was done, the man was
confronted with the legend on the other
side of tile stone, "\<uv turn me buck
and let me fool someone else.”
A loving New England couple dyed
for one another a few days ago. T.ie
man was frosted with tin mw ,
seventy years, while -hi vhp was rn I r
»is i ,l jfr&o?i\ir hi i * ray’ ll bu-i,-/*
of forty. 11" lived his hair fiuC.
ing to please her, and 'he. ignorant A|if
Ids noble sacrifice, bleached her hai
white to plc-use him. There was a strange
I'ar-olTness when they next met.
It appears from a paper read before u
pharmaceutical society that one of the
reasons for the low price of quinine lies
in the fact that the cinchona trees are
no longer destroyed in the harvesting.
The eld plan was to cut them down and
strip off the bark when they wore ten
years old. Then the idea was adopted
of tearing off’ long strips and filling the
bare places with moss. The present
method is to scrape off the outer layer of
the bark, the portion richest in quinine,
and this does not interfere with the
growth of the tree. The bark is scraped
half around at one operation, the other
half being scraped six mouths afterward.
The process ngiy lie repeated year after
Blondin, the famous rope-walker,
wishes to return to America and do some
high feats, but bis agent, now in New.
York, finds that the law would prevent a
repetition of the Niagara or any lesser
peril. A net would have to he spread .•
underneath his rope, and that would de
stroy the cash value of the performances.
A bargain was completed with the man
agers of a Coney Island resort for a Blon
din season next summer, but a call on the
District-Attorney elicited a promise that
the net law should surely be enforced.
Blondin is living in London at the age of
62, jmd of late year- lia~ walked the rope
in Europe; in consequence of having lost
much of his property l>y unfortunate in
vestments. His idea i that a tour in
America would replenish liis fortune, but
his agent says that, in \ iew of the una
voidable net, he will not come.
In the North Anu vimn l!> rieir Air. A.
,1. Desmond giv es sonic interesting figures
relating to the fast-dwindling public do
main. There has been at the disposi
tion of the Government since its founda
tion 1.838,150,387 acres. From this
amount are to be deducted as unavailable
920.520,600 acres, including Alaska,
Indian and military reservations and
mountain or untillabie lands. This leaves
about 900,000,000 acres available, of
which 300.000.000 have gone to actual
settlers and private purchasers. The dif
ferent Mates have received as swamp
land and for school purposes 181,000,000.
For canals, wagon roads and military and
naval bounties 07,000,000 have been
transferred. To the railroads have been
given 172.000.000. There yet remains
some 200,000,000. It thus appears that
five-seveuths of the available public do
main bus lieen disposed of, and only one
third so far is in tlic hands of actual set
tiers and icd. vidua purchasers
The Chinese minister at Washington
was formerly the governor of a province.
After he had made liis fortune the Em
peror saw that he was getting rich too
fast. and. much to his disgust,exiled him
lime oil a salary of $25,000 a year and all
expenses paid. ,Tlic minister and liis at
tactics are prompt in returning all card
rails made upon them. I’liey make in
exceptions. If the humblest grocer should
send hi« card, a distinguished mandarin
would appear in person within a few
days and smile and beam upon the Wash
ington caller.
Mr. Henry M. Manley, the African ex
plorer, relates that when he started on
his tour through the "Dark Continent,*
he took in bis baggage a large, collection
of books. But as the number of bis men
was lessened the books had one by' one to
be left by tin wayside, until finally, when
less than three hundred miles from the
Atlantic, be bad left only the Bible,
Shakespeare, ( arlyb *s ‘"Sartor Rosartus,”
Node's .Navigation, and the Nautical Al
manac. At Singe the Shakespeare was
abandoned, and afterward None, the Al
mauie. and, last, "Sartor Resartus"
were thrown down, only the Bible going
through to the end.
Os tin' Rev. Sain .(ones’ preaching a
w riter in the Cincinnati Connmrcinl Qaz
iltr. says: •‘Cincinnati lias bail what she
Inis not had for many years—a genuine
revival of religion. Great crowds of
people thronged Music Hull every night
to hear the truth preached in a plain way
by a man evidently in earnest to convince
men that the Ten Commandments and the
Sermon on the .Mount ought to rule the
life of every human being. Rev. Sam
.Fours is preacher unlike any other man
who has ever preached in this city. lie
is a quiet man in liis manner of preach
ing. He never rants: he is never sensa
tional. lie stands up and fearlessly
preaches the truth that tits the condition
of all classes of people in their every day
contact with the world. lie uses the
plainest possible English. The cutting
power of his language is at times terrific,
.1, .1 the effect 1 upon the audience is
marvellous. Everybody wanted to bear
him: no church in Cincinnati was large
enough to hold one-third of the people
who Hocked to the services.” From Cin
cinnati the Southern evangelist went to
< 'hieago.
The Consumption of Opium.
An opium eater says: There are but
very few people who comprehend tin ex
tent to which opium is used. Some idea
of it may, however, be gathered from a
single illustration. An Eastern drug
firm advertises in all the leading papers
of the country, including the high-priced
magazines, a certain preparation of opium
in liquid form. Their expenses for ad
vertising must lie enormous. Now, 1
know from careful inquiries that this par
ticular preparation is sold in bottles at
w holesale to the druggists in this city
(St. Louis), and, of course, elsewhere, at
25 cents a bottle, each bottle containing
enough of the preparation to satisfy the
cravings of all but the most hardened in
the vice for a moiltli. Mind, the drug
store man pays no part of the advertising
bills. lie simply buys the bottles at
wholesale for 25 cents and retails them
for s<l eiiit . Snail the heavy advertis
ing charges, as well as the original cost
of the preparation, have to be paid mg
of the smaller sum. The cost of putting
the preparation before the public can,
therefore, only be paid, and a profit
yielded to the wholesale man, out of an
enormous multitude of sales. The thing
is evident to any one who will think, and
like meaning of the result is that opiurii
f-onsumptioii is growing in this country
at a rate that seriously threatens the pub
lie welfare.
M. .tear.
M. Pasteur is 83 years old. Ho is
short thick-set person, about five feet six
or seven inches high, with straight black
hair, a little sprinkled with gray, aim
short trimmed whiskers of the same char
aeter. Some few years since. In had an
attack of paralysis’ which affected his left
side somewhat, so that the movements of
that side are not as free a' those of the
other. In some ways he reminds one of
the late Gen. Grant. He is not much of
a talker: him in general rather unemotion
al features, but has a pair of kindly,
dark eyes, with heavy eyebrows. From
casual observation or without sufficient
acquaintance, under peculiar conditions,
one would never be led to think that a
man so apparently unemotional possessed
a tenderness and emotional spmpathy far
beyond that of ordinary women. Wlier
babes or very young children 'displayed
exceeding fright after the first inocula
tion. when brought each succeeding day,
me did not have to watch very doseiv
o si e the pearls of sympathy gather in
he master’? eye . -Dr. Billing* Sf'Mi
"if Xeirt,
MT. VERNON. MONTGOMERY FO. <1 A.. Till liSDA Y. MAY 27. ISM',.
Tli© Eggs that 3ev«r Hutch.
There's a young man on the cornet*.
Riled with life and xtrength and hope,
Looking far beyond tin* present,
With the whole world in his sr«)|KX
He is grasping: at to-morrow.
That phantom none ran « aJ- h;
To day is lost. He's waiting
For the eggs that never l»at< h.
There’s an old man over yonder.
With a worn and wear\ fare.
"With searching, anxious feature,**
And weak uncertain paw.
He is living in the future,
With no desire to catch
The golden iinir. He's waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
There's a world of men and women.
With their life's work yet undone.
Who are sitting, standing, moving,
Beneath the same great sun;
F.ver eager for the future.
But not content to snatch
The I're.n‘nt. They are waiting
For the eggs that, never hatch.
THE SURGEON’S STORY.
1 opened the w indow of my office and
looked out upon tlie distant lightning, at
its awful, red rehearsal in the inky west.
Neither rumbling thunder nor furious
dash of wind nor volleys of Iniil proclaim
ed the advance of the marvelous midstim
jnertempest. It came on silently, and
the lightning blades were doing their
deadly work with the flash and silence
of steel.
The area of tile storm covered less than
a mile, and the altitude of the cloud
could not have lxwn more than half of
that distance. Once overhead the
mighty cloud came to an ominous pause
before pouring forth its varied forms of
vengeance. Then the holts began to rush
through the air with the sibilant noise of
sky-rockets, and the. attendant peals
seemed to paralyze the very pulse and
forever silence the heart of the listener.
One bolt descended close by, plow ing in
its vivid progress oblong gulfs in an ap
ple orchard, as if digging graves for its
prospective victims; and during all tliis
. glare and din my night bell rung liiiious
- ly.
‘ AV-liat J” thought 1. “A, summon- on
sta ll a night as this! Surely it must be
; an urgent ease that could not wait until
: this most phenomenal of thunder tempest s
had passed over.”
As f left the rear office T could but ob
serve the play of the blue lightnings
1 under the thresholds of the doors, like a
viper writhing in flames of blue,vitriol.
So deafening were the wild demon
strations of nature that the messenger
could hardiy make himself understood,
but I learned at length that the house of
Judge Itungerford hadlie.cn struck and
that Alis.s Blanche ilungerfor.l had been
dangerously prostrated by the shock.
1 remembered Mi's Blanche Hunger
ford, whom 1 had met at several social
gathering ', as being very beautiful and
amiable and a beaming star in society.
I found her unco use ions, with the fan.
i ily grouped about her in tears. My first
thought was disfigurement. Hut she
! -t'cmed too superlatively lovely for tie
' blasting touch of lightning; but sin- was
1 safe from this dread physical evil. The
blinding flash and terrific thunder pea!
I had ov< rpowered her to unconsciousne--.
In his excitement the messenger Inal
1 made an erroneous statement. Not the
house but a stately elm bad been struck
and cleft in twain. Miss Blanche had
just opened the door to observe the din
; ful aspect of the hour when the bolt. <l>
s tended and she fell s'ci-eli ■ » in the hall
way.
The scene at the bedside win a strange
; and sadly impressive one. At its foot sat
I the venerable Judge Htmgerford. Ex
treme age had impaired bis once brilliant
' fatuities, and he was now nearly an iin -
beeiie. At it - sitii stood Mrs. J1 tinge:
font, a tali, severe-faced woman, wearing
somber, green goggle—, Vxid!" tro:. fir-t
neck hung an ostentafio s medal, imb
eatiiig her nn mbe-i-hip of some reform
•tssociarioji.
Tin* impression this remarkable woman
1 made upon me is lifelong and unfading.
Tim combination of artificial green eves,
a perfectly erect and inflexible attitude
a narrow head, with aquiline nose, and it
certain indescribable air of eager watch
ful lie*- called to my mind alien eagle,
creel on a i rag. and I could compare In -
to nothing else.
1 wn- astonished to see in the mother
of the beautiful Blanche such an austere
ami unattractive person, but toy astonish
ment, subsided when I learned that ‘.it
»r my fair patient’s, stepmother, tin
judge’s second wife.
After jierforming other duties of my
profession I raised the suffering young
lady s head and proceeded to the use ~f
restorati ee*.
Soon the beautiful patient opened her
eyes wondering! v, murmured "Thank
you!" and then I suffered her noble head
to return to the pillow.
“Do you feci pain anywhere?” was
i whispered, j
" SUB DEO FAOiO FORTITER."
She turned her exes in tie direction of
her left shoulder.
1 raised the sleeve of her robe, aud lo!
there on that alabaster arm. tear the
shoulder, was the perfect imprint of a
tree.
The lightniiig ilasli had photographed
upon her lair skin Ihe stricken elm in
miniature!
1 left further instructions as to the. are
of the charming young patient, and then,
in the face of tile feeble remonstrance of
Judge llnngerforil. I took mv departure.
oln due tbne I In-ar.l of Blanche Hun
gerford’s complete convalescence, and 1
intlsl confess the agr.'ruble tidings gave
me pleasure that was not altogether of a
professional character, "sin was such a
sweet patient, and 1 hail never forgotten
tile look of gratitude she gave me when
she whispered "Thunk you!” And what
is more delighting to a man's heart Ilian
a grateful expression from a beautiful
woman !
Alt iuen :isf ..f reputation opened tip n
wav for me liv what I had so long and
ardently desired a city practice. I lie
came associated with the distinguished
and beloved Dr. Bai lhi loinew. and upon
his decease I succeeded to his large and
lucrative medical clientage.
I pou several oc":isions I had conferred
xvithmv r-.|eem.ml professional brethren
upon the subject of lightning photogra
phy, and, mentioning no names, out of
delicate motives, I cited the ease of a
handsome young woman who was pros
tinted by the electric fluid. The bolt
blasted a contiguous elm tre , and the
tree was perfectly and artistically photo
graphed upon her arm. I found that
eases were not imfrequeiit win re iuani
mate objects had been photographed by
lightning upon animate ones. One sur
geon vouched for a ease where a black,
oak. thunder riven, was photographed
upon the flank of a white horse.
Musing upon litis subject one cold xx in
ter evening. I was summoned to the door
by tb" captain of the police precinct..
His business xv.-is thrilling and altogether
too sorrowful. The fast i xpress, behind
time v,.d funning a mile o minute, bail
lx . n derailed by a displac' d switch on
tlir out skirts of lln "ity.
The destruction and mutilation had
been frightful. The HI. Mary's hospital
xvas filled witli the wounded, and tin- of
lioers of the poiiee we’re expeditiously
summoning a c orps of city surgeons.
The scene at the hospital was indescrib
able -and, indeed, if deserib.ible, there
would he but little profit in the portrayal
of s tch misery. An eager < roxvd. many
of xv born had friends in tie ill-fated train,
had asst cabled. I’l’itdeni' compelled the
closing of the doors against them, luit
! their anxious, tragic faces were, visible at
| the xx indoxvrt, looking as if the cutu'tro
i ph" had imparted a common expression
Ito tl'i-in all. Nur.-'saiul stewards were
! li'.iriyiny lure and then: xxilli subdued
footfalls. Now. there is no preference
among surgeons si such a lime. Go to
j work at. once and render assistance to the
I 111;. rest ease at hand is the rule.
! heard a low moan at my feet, it
. aim from tie lip. of a woman. II ok
| i.i upon the cot. Such a lovely, but
1 pair:- vexed, < unbalance! Il was a w
: of fraetureil arm a c ompound fracture
mid the attendant fever hud already nt
I in. 'I ii" wounded member ol that grace
j rid body unis' b" "t at one.". I < xainin
, .<1 tin broken arm. Stars of fate! Near
tlie s!io;ildar was a miniature tree. My
! be urifitl patient w is again Blanche Hun
ger! oid.
1 ii""'i not t"i! you xxilli xvliat consum
mate tenderness 1 handled that, shapely
i.riu: but 1 could not avert the delirium
that followed tli" fever. Sad as it was to
her d'diiioi -. I < uiid not suppress a
j thrill of joy xvheu she more than once
! pronounced my nanie. in ten days the
! fi vi" tide slowly turned and death had
oai' d the beautiful from the worms of
{ ’tie dust.
(J. • fii-t XX il pel' ll words, as of old,
w' i ’Thai'!'. ’■ on
| J have Ixfoi. ’"•k'd this question;
| “AVbal, is more delighting to a ' man's
| l.'-art than a grateful e\|t n "'o fl from a
I beiiotiful woman
j 1 now arisxv r it. A gnitefn' "Xpres
j -ion from a beautiful xv/muri. fi/nglcd
. with a look of love. And I rend
izore iti lt*r luifiinorw ey«!
j Wi 'r. wu- ii".u iy p . -vererj I
*»aMi lo her:
**M y flariing, lightning nml rriJarnity
brought us togc-tiiM*. F«*t lov<' anil ‘■'.u,
slime prevent our parting. r
Arid she only murmured, in the dear,
old way, “Thank you!” and then I felt
her fair, white arms twining about my
neck.
A philanthropist ad. i daughter of
a rich manufaetun , • employs him
dn-bs of men, if -t" < ’ r did anything
for her father's hand ' No,” was the
reply, “but J rub feme with glycerine
[ anti oatmeal onry ght.”
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Ti’miiiirM ot I'ro*f - till Ir it I ingfr« nml
Tor*.
Hi. I :«j*:»tin. in tin* of tin*
Caucasian Medical Society, advises t lint
lingers and toes which have been slightly
frost bitten, and which .subsequently
suffer from buniing, itching, and prick
big sensations, should lie painted, .it lirst
oin e. and alt T\xard Ixvice a day. xx illi a
mixture of dilute nitric mid and pepper
mint water in equal proportions. After
this application ha- been made for three
or lour days, the skin bci'oiiics darkened
and the epidermis is shed, healthy skin
appearing under it. The cure is of
feetril in from ten In fourteen days. Thu
author has found this plan vary effei tual
among soldiers, xx ho were nimble to wear
their hoots in eonseqiiem e of having hull
frozen feel. They' xxere, in this way,
soon rendered capable of returning to
dlllX. Hi ill'll Mn/inll null.
Xon lluulil lit linoxx' Inn me If.
If you xx ill persist in burning for a
long time a kerosene oil lamp, or tilling
your bed room xx illi healed git-, you need
not prepare to retire xxilli very strong
hopes of getting a good night's rest. It
you will alloxx a vase of flowers to remain
there over one day without changing tlm
water, or, if you w ill have any plumber’s
work in your room, instead of using a
portable xvaslistaml, basin and pi teller, it
is all to no purpose that you insist that,
you are very prudent in regard to your
health. As to Ihe question "lloxv much
outside air shall 1 let into my room.'” we
have nothing to suy. If you are an in
valid, your doctor must tell you; if you
are well, and enjoy a .sound mind, you
can judge for yourself. Aon know, or
ought to know, how much you can bear.
Only see In it, that the air is fresh; that
wind you admit i an improvement on
\ what you send out. Hum) / hnnnlir/iimj.
\ St liniiln ii I mill ii Xiiii'rotli'..
What meaning should xvo attnell to
the words stimulant and nareotie? A
stimulant miiy be defined as that which
ministers to healthy activities, support
i ing the pi, eesses of life in health and
restoring them in disease. A stimulant
act" chiefly in removing or eoiniterneling
depressing influences il may be pain,
fatigue, or a morbid .sensibility. Tims
mustard, applied externally in intlanuna
tinn, is nt times a trie linuilant, and
tends to restore healthy vital action by
freeing the circulation and the nerves
from the depressing influences of pain.
A' "Up of tea, also, is in it - place a trim
stimulant, restoring the initnrid tone of
the central nervous system. *hi tlm
j other hand, a nareotie is a substance
| which by poisoning the nervous system
I produces a gradual paralysis of vital
actions. I'nder narcotics, Intelligence,
volition, reason, consciousness, even life)
itself nre lost; and these are the out
ward and visible signs of a process tak
ing place within the nervous system,
where the power- of life are stubbornly
lighting again-1 a poison, and yielding
asit were iui’li by inch to its invasion.
! Stimulation, then, is a biqilthy pro
! eesi. while nareo-i . Ihe condition in
! ilueed bv unroot icy. i- e • "iilialfy an un
healthy slate, le iiig a paralysis of na
tural activities, mini or I. . .Ximlunlli
Chill urn.
The Early Bird anil tlm Worm.
A father had been lecturing bis young
hopeful upon 1 lie evil , of -laying out laic
at night and getting up hit" in I lie morn
ing.
“A on will never uiuoiint to anything,”
he continued, “unJc-xy.m turn over a
nexv leaf. Remember that the early bird
catches the worm,”
“How about the xvonn, lather,” in
quired the young man "wasn't lie rather
foolish to get up so early
"My son,” ieplii i| the old man solemn
ly, “that worm liadn I been to bed at all.
lie was on his way home,' A." Yuri
T nut*,
Biuinil lo Rem,da Single.
Black Why don't xon get married,
While?
White-- Well, the fact i , the girls
know too much nowaday'; they re too
well educated. I wouldn't like to have
w a wife who xvas my superior in intellect
i j\ know ledge.
I . Then you are hound to remain a
i laiebelo]
! W. \V i’ > ”
Ii BceuiA ife y don’t allow the girls
in the idiot u ' l,llll m,,n ’)'- Ho*'on
Cornin', ___
Nothing I. **•
Bobby—“ You're a a ’ n
head, have you?”
Dude (making a-eall on Ifobb' " G
“A'es, u werxvy bad cold.
B. ‘‘Then sister told me a story
I). "Told you ah a storwyf’ 1 1
B. "A’es; she 'aid you hadn’t noth 411
in your head. B'Mon Com nr,
VOL. I. NO. h.
If I hiii w#*ak mill von are strong',
W1» v. I hiMi. w hv, I Immi,
T«» you the hraver hHntig;
Villi S«>, fl^Ajll,
If you Imvo gifls Mini I have
It I have shmle ami von lih\« son
Tin yours with freer lihid! to give.
Tin yours w ith truer gram to live,
Thau I wla >, gift less, sunless, stand,
With l»nrreu life and hand
We do not ask the liftlo lirook
To I uni t he w heel.
I nto the larger stream we look
The si rengt h of st4*e|
W e do not ask from silken hands.
Nor hearts of oak in willow winds;
We do not ask the wren lo go
l |» lo the heights Ihe ''agios know ;
Nor yet ex|H‘» t the lark's Hoar note
I Voiii out the do\ e's diimh throat,
Tis \\is4 loin's law. Ihe |K'rfis*l nil#*,
Ity lo\»» inspired ;
til him on whom niuHi is liestowed
I mm h rei jin red
Tin* tunetui throat is hid to dug;
, ’l'lie oak mud reign the fomst's king:
The rushing stream the wheel must move;
The Ih‘iiten steel its st.iengt.li limit j*r >\u;
Tjs given unto the eagle's oyen
I'll la« e t lie Itliddil' skieN.
11l MOIIOUN.
Slai’ijiing ground. The post oilier.
She • il \ < 1 ipieMtion Lend me a quur*
1,1
rii. eitmel is III.' miimiil wit!) a fourth*
floor buck.
il serins :i lit 11.- sinpolai t hit a Ilian's
lit. .• is pcniililly 111. lolipc-l Mil' ll' 110
liiiiis. il is tlir “shortcsl.”
\ . xrha M ttp'e asks: Is ft .in it ion be
.oiiiilip pnpularf” li limy In, but vvo
j never henr.l of any one trviiip il bill once.
•• Volt limy Ibnl me piiiltv, penile
men, ” sttld ilie . ri lll inii l lo Ibe jury, "bnl.
just lln Mime, Hint’s not my eoiivic-
I ion.”
Tln i e Ints been so mneli bilk about
/el'o lately I.lml a pool I many |ieo|ile
1 1,ink zero means soinetbink instead ol
mil 1 1 iit”'.
Koui' in. orporali'd low ns in (,'nlorado
Hi e 111 an all il mb ol tt,OHO 101 l above Ihe
in, ami ii i aid ihal Ibe inhabitants are
' el'\ lii;;ll Ii V I'l's..
There is one reason why a pawnbroker
would make a pood lee|ol,aler, and that,
is, lie. all ..' when lie lakes I lie plcdpn he
usually keeps ii.
Kmerson said, “Il is mil lieauty lluif,
inspires III.' deepest pa sion " This is
eal.'iilaled to pive the pirl who wears
- pei'l in'l. s a lit Me need fill 1 it. mi rape men I.
Triilli i , becominp H an i i .1 i i \ day,”
■ay -Mi . Tillmnpe. II is ii fuel that dm'
ilip the pa I lew years a preal deal of
Iriifli has been withdrawn from eireiila
* Mill.
II was a droll reply (lull rosi lo tint
lips ol Ihe ('oil federate soldier who was
> caught in a persimmon tree liy Hcnera
l.onpslr. I'l, Will'll sternly a ke.l liy his
eommandei what lie wiisdoing there, the
veteran at onee disarmed his superior’s
' wrath by anying: “I’m entiiy’ some preen
persimmons lo draw my slomaeli uj> so
| it'll lil ils ration".
Ile met liei mi lhe hot • ear,
\ml lie oll'ei. .1 liei a mi jil,
And he thought she was an impel
'I ill sh** I rod il|ani hi ■ f.s'l
Increase of Ihe Anplo-Naxon.
The I,alio lin es, Mini is, |<’iain e, Italy,
and Spain, have .r:,si ll lo be. whatever
any of' them may In destined yel lo In -
i'.,me again, lie mighty factors iri the
world's progress whi. hos old 111■ \ were.
They minister exi|ilisitely lo the i oiiliort,
III" luxury, the culture and the pietur
i -ijlieni ss ol life; but I lie aptitude for
foreign commerce which they how 1
comparatively light, and in Iht 'olenizi
iny liubiiesi ol Iniiimnity they only play
a -iiboidin.il pall. Moreover, theirpop.
illation, wlien l oiiipand with the popuht
lion of Ihe Aii' lo Samui and Mn Teuton!':
race-, i- diiuinishinp. Thu", in a period
ofa lit Ile less fliali one hii'idred years,
from lists lo IS So Ihe approbate popula
tions of I'r.one, Spain and Italy have
only ilierea-ed from ill,ooo,o<W to 83, -
000.000, On Hie other hand, the popu
lation- of Hermany and Knpland during
this period have eai h trebled. Hermany
in I i'HS had a imputation ol about 13,-
000,000: ill 18H3 it lias increased to 45,-
000,000 Hreat Ifiitnin in the -airu way
had in I 788 a population of 13,000,000;
in 1885 the liguro is PM,000,000 Anoth
er country larpely, but not exclusively,
populated by the Anglo Saxon race
America has in less than a hundred
■ years increased nearly thirteen times—
that is, from less than 4,000,000 in 1790
to nearly 00,000,000 in IHHS. Finally it
must not. be forgotten that <‘anaila, Aus
tralia, South Ameriea, as well as other
liciti-Ii depemleneies, lollei lively, con
tain a population of some 10,000,000,
chiefly of Anplo Saxon", and there ijr
i every reason to believe that the devolv
in''rit and increase of this population will
! I>e rapid. Fortnightly Ittei'ie.