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LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEEL- MEN IS ACTIVE AND GROW ING. WILL INAUGURATE ft CRUSADE. For Better Highways in Every State in the Union—Prominent Public Men Hmong the Members. Arrangements have been made by which the league of American Wheel¬ men is to take np the crusade for good roads on a new and very extensive scale. The National committee of Highway Improvement has submitted to the ex¬ ecutive committee a proposition which has just been approved to print and distribute an edition of a million pamphlets devoted to the good roads movement, and particularly to the sub¬ ject of state aid to highways. Otto Dorner, chairman of this committee, is now preparing this book for the press, in which he has the assistance of Gen. Roy Stone, the head of the United States bureau of road inquiry at Washington. The national commit¬ tee for highway improvement and the officers and members of the league will collect the addresses of farmers and state and local officials to whom the pamphlets are to be sent. commit¬ The highway improvement tee has had this project under consid¬ eration for over a year, but it is only within the last few days that the plan for issuing and circulating the pam¬ phlets has been finally perfected. At the Good Roads Parliament at Nash¬ ville last September, Mr. Dorner and Mr. A. B. Choate, of Minneapolis, members of the national committee, laid the matter before General Stone, who at once declared that the under¬ taking would have every possible sup¬ port and encouragement from his bu¬ reau. General Stone has issued, since the establishment of the good roads bureau, some fifty different bulletins relating to various phases of the good roads problem, and containing a great deal of valuable information, but the appropriations made by congress for the support of the bureau being lim¬ ited in amount, it has been impos¬ sible to circulate them upon a large . scale. It is partly for this reason that this enormous edition of pamphlets is to be issued by the L. A. W., and they will contain the condensed results of all the many valuable inquiries made by the good roads bureau, both in this country and abroad. They will explain the losses due to bad roads, illustrate the different methods of constructing macadam, Telford, grav¬ el and dirt roads, both in Europe and America, and discuss the various means and methods for raising funds to pay for improved high-ways. Spe¬ cial attention will be paid to tho plans successfully adopted in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Both the L.A.W. officials and road inquiry bureau have an extensive collection of photographs of good and bad roads, taken in this country and in Europe, which will be employed in illustrating the proposed book. Working drawings, made by prominent engineers, will be used to illustrate the various methods of road construction. The League of American Wheelmen is about eighteen years old, and today numbers among its members some of the most prominent men of the coun¬ try, among them being John Wana- maker, of Philadelphia; Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania; Rear Ad¬ miral Gherardi, of the United States navy; Mayor Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago, and C. A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis. The organization has a steady growth until today it numbers over 102,000 members. MILL FIGHT FOR TAXES. Tennessee Will Try Hard To Enforce Payment By Railroads. Attorney General G. W. Pirkle, of Tennessee, says that the state will fight the railroad assessment case to the end both in the federal and state courts. The injunction granted by Judge Clark at Chattanooga is only tempo¬ rary and the case will be heard ou its merits and then go to the higher courts. BURGLARS BAGGED BY CLERK. Single Handed, Hood Captured Four of a Gang of Six. Four burglars of a gang of six were captured by Martin Rood in Jackson & Eggleston’s store at Canaan, Conn., early Wednesday morning. Rood, who sleeps in tho store, was awakened by the movements of the nien and the prompt use of his revolver wounded two of the burglars and marched four of them, including one of those whom he had shot, into a room and locked the door. The other wounded man was' helpless. The sixth member of ■ the gang escaped. Rood fired his revolver until rein¬ forcements came and his victims were landed safely in the lock-up. COAL DIGGERS STRIKE. Two Hundred and Fifty Men Walked Out of Mines Near Dayton, Tenn. Two hundred and fifty men employ¬ ed in the Richland mines of the Day- ton, Tenn., Coal and Iron Company, near Dayton, Tenn., struck against a recent order of the company cutting the price of mining coal when the pro¬ duct contained a certain percentage of slate. The men claimed this was a matter with which they had nothing it> do and declined to accept. GEORGIA ERIEFS. Every bill and resolution which passed the recent legislature and re¬ ceived the approval of the governor has been turned over to the secretary of the state, and all the new law whioh was enacted is now being inscribed upon the statute books in legal script. Eight unfortunate moonshiners who have been languishing in the county jails of Hall, Fulton and Cobb received a most acceptable Christmas present at the hands of Judge William T. New¬ man, of the United States court, in the shape of commutation of sentences. Every one of the prisoners had been sentenced to serve three months in jail, and thus to lose all the sport and pleasure that Christmas brings, and they were very sorrowful accordingly, but they did not despair, and each of them sent a petition to the judge ask¬ ing him to let them out of jail. Judge Newman, in the kindness of his heart, granted the request in every instance. Governor Atkinson has granted a respite to Tom Allen, the Bibb coun¬ ty murderer, sentenced to hang on January 6. The execution is ordered postponed until February 11 in order that an appeal for a commutation of sentence may be submitted to the prison commission. The governor receiued a letter from Allen’s attor- neys asking that the execution be stayed until the commission, now vested with the powers of a board of pardons, might decide upon the case. The governor decided to grant the request and the order of re¬ spite was immediately issued. It was a very pleasant Christmas for the con¬ demned man, whose attorneys have ex¬ hausted every resource known in law to save him from the gallows. The case has gone through all the courts, the United States supreme court having decided some time ago that Allen should suffer the penalty imposed by the superior court and confirmed by the supreme court of the state. Georgia will be represented at the Omaha exposition. Governor Atkinson has appointed fifteen commissioners to represent this state, and by resolution of the legislature they are authorized to take to the Trans-Mississippi expo¬ sition the state exhibit which was used at the Atlanta and Nashville ex¬ positions. This is a magnificent col¬ lection, and made, in many respects, the best exhibit at Nashville. No ap¬ propriation was made to trans¬ port and install it, but by co¬ operation of the raitroads and patri¬ otic citizens it is hoped the exhibit may be put in place with such addi¬ tions as may be necessary to bring it up to date. The Omaha exposition is intended to make a showing of the re¬ sources of the country west of the Mis- sisippi, but many states of the east and south will have exhibits there,and it is said the fair will be only second to the Columbian exposition at Chica¬ go in 1873. Beautiful buildings have been erected. The convention of Georgia lumber¬ men at Cordele the past week adopted a schedule of minimum prices which will be rigidly maintained. Every mill reported contracts for its pro¬ ducts for one to four months, and one concern was sold a year ahead. The mills took vigorous action on the new loading rules which, the lumbermen say, necessitates an extra expense of $9 to $10 per car, including 500 feet of lumber used, the carpenter and black¬ smith work on space blocks between cars, and the freight on 1,500 pounds of dead weight, which the blocks, bearings and extra heavy standards make. A committee was appointed to confer with the railroad men in Atlan- ta on January 3 and present demands. The committee is instructed to use ev¬ ery effort to adjust the matter satis¬ factorily with the railroad men, and failing in that, to go before the rail¬ way commission, where the founda¬ tion will be laid for a case before the interstate commerce commission. Un¬ der the law, the Georgia commission can hear interstate cases, and if it con¬ siders the complaint equitable, may lay it before the interstate .commission and act as a kind of prosecutor. If the lumbermen fail to secure satisfac¬ tion from the railroads they will take advantage of this law. The question as to where the meet¬ ings of the reunion of confederate veterans, which will be held in At¬ lanta next summer, is greatly puzzling the managers of the reunion, and they are at a loss to know what to do. Opinion is divided among the execu¬ tive committee and no compromise has yet been reached. Some of them favor Exposition park, and believe that plenty of room can be obtained there for all that is needed, and as the re¬ union will be held in the summertime the large buildings which are not in use can be temporarily made into ho¬ tels for the entertainment of the thou¬ sands of veterans that will be present from the north. A number of the ex¬ ecutive committee think that the headquarters should be in the cen¬ ter of the city and the place of meeting also near the center where it would be accessible to all. Exposi¬ tion park, they say, is not easily reached, and the transportation of the thousands every day would be the cause of much delay and great incon¬ venience. A place conld be obtained at the park sufficiently large, they say, to hold the immense audiences, but would not be near enough to the city. A place is wanted that will seat not less than 10,000 people, and it is not thought that there is a lot near the center of the city that a building can be placed on which will do this. SILVER SENATOR DISPLEASED AT GAGE’S FINANCIAL POLICY. THREATENS TO LEAVE SENATE. While on Friendly Terms With McKinley, the Colorado Man is Openly Antag¬ onistic to Secretary of Treasury A Washington special says: The publication of Senator Wolcott’s threat to resign from the United States sen- ate created a sensation in political cir¬ cles at the capitol. While many believe that his indig¬ nation may sufficiently cool to prevent the actual relinquishment of his seat, all agree that his return to the advo¬ cacy of free and unlimited silver coin¬ age is certain. The position in which Senator Wol¬ cott is placed is well, understood by all those who realize the peculiar sit¬ uation which has developed with re¬ spect to the administration and the monetary commission of which the Colorado senator is chairman. Either President McKinley and Secretary Gage are at variance or Senator Wol¬ cott and his sympathizers are utterly deceived as to the president’s attitude. Mr. Wolcott has since his return from Europe talked long and earnestly with the president, and yet he defends the president while taking a position of open antagonism to Secretary Gage. The assertion is made by Mr. Wol¬ cott’s sympathizers that Secretary Gage represents the administration and if it were not for the political dis¬ turbance it would cause Mr. Gage to retire from the cabinet. This assertion, wich is now made privately, is likely to be made publicly before long. If this is done, the issue will be raised and the public will know the facts. The result will probably be that Mr. Wolcott will find that he has misunderstood the position of the position of the president and will then dramatically announce his indignation at the administration. The president can hardly be in sym¬ pathy with both Secretary Gage and the Colorado senator, as Gage stands simply for gold and Wolcott for silver alone. Asi things ,, . are now tending, , the pi es- ulent will probably have to break with one or the other of them and unless he is misunderstood by the leaders of his party and persons closes to him, the break will not be with the secre- tary of the treasury. The committee room of Senator Wolcott was beseiged Wednesday by those desiring a confirmation or denial of the authentic statement that he contemplates forwarding his resigns- ion to the governor of his state un- less the president s indorsement of Secretary Gage’s financial plans should be less direct and pronounced. No satisfactory information was given to these inquiries. The other silver senators are ab¬ sent from Washington. Senator Car- ter is in New York, Senator Pettigrew is at his home in South Dakota, tor Chandler, who first predicted a split iu the republican party on tho silver question and hinted at the de- fection of Senator Wolcott, has gone to New Hampshire. Senator Teller will not discuss the question affecting his colleague. He foresaw the inevitable break. Presi- dent McKinley, he thinks, cannot ride two horses going in opposite direc- tions. STEAMERS FOR KLONDIKE. Joseph La due Js Making Preparations To Transport Passengers. C. P. Huntington has sold the 2,500- ton iron steamship Morgan City, now at New York, and it will sail with freight and passengers in the course of two or three weeks for Seattle and South Alaskan ports. The purchaser is Joseph Ladue and the price is about $250,000. Mr. Ladue has given an order for several other steamers for the trans¬ portation business. The Morgan City will be added to the fleet and will run between Seattle and Dyea and Ska- guay until June 1st, when she will start with freight and passengers for St. Michaels, connecting at that point with the river boats owned by Ladue. KILLED TROLLEY CONDUCTOR. Robbers Hold Up a Car and are Resisted with Fatal Results. A trolley car on the Schuylkill Tal¬ ley Traction Conqiany line at Norris¬ town, Pa., was held up by four high¬ waymen at Swedeland, near the city, about 10 o’clock Sunday night. Conductor Charles Galoway refused to give up his money and was shot dead. Three shots were fired at Mo- torman Matthias, but none took effect. After rifling the body of the con¬ ductor of the money and a gold watch and chain the robbers escaped. There were four women passengers iu the car whom the highwaymen cov¬ ered with their pistols, but made no attempt to rob. NOTED ENGINEER DIES. Never Ha<l a Serious Accident During Twenty Years’ Service. W. B. Green, one of the oldest pas- seuger engineers on the Southern railway, died suddenly at his home in Selma, Ala., Friday night. During the twenty odd years he ran an engine he never had a serious accident. Twice in his career he stopped off his run and the engineers who took his place, together with their firemen, were kill¬ ed. He leaves a wife and daughter. FIL1BUSTERERS SUCCESSFUL. targe Cargoes On the Way to Cuba—Gov¬ ernment War M»ip» Evaded. A special from Mobile, Ala., says: One of the largest expeditions to leave the United States is an accomplished fact. For daring and the heroic meas¬ ures by which this has been done the expedition is beyond anything ever w,,u ’“" c “”“ iD For two weeks or more the cruiser Montgomery, beside the cutter Sew¬ ard, have been busy in Pensacola bay watching for a filibuster expedition supposed to have been preparing to leave that port about Christmas time. The Sommers N. Smith and ocean going tug Isaac Dewey were in port, and Uncle Sam’s vessels devoted their entire time to watching the movements of these two vessels. Nothing of any moment transpired until Friday night; then both of these vessels weighed anchor % Immediately and put to sea. the Montgomery and Seward followed, and Sunday afternoon these four ves¬ sels came into the harbor of Mobile. The Smith immediately went on the dock and Monday morning was sport¬ ing a fresh coat of paint. The officers of the Montgomery have learned that they have been fooled and that an expedition has left Punta Gorda, Fla., and is now safely at sea. But this is not all. Before the Montgomery and Seward crosses the outer bar on their way to intercept the Florida expedition, the Smith and Tug will have loaded a cargo of dyna¬ mite and repeating rifles and w ill be safely at sea. Some of the Cubans state that the expedition from Punta Gorda got away with 500,000 repeating rifles, ten tons of dynamite and 500,000 cartridges, besides medicines, etc., and it is said that the expedition from Mobile will carry as much more, if successful. This will te the second expedition to go out of Mobile on the Smith, and as her captain, James Dunn, knows every inch of the big waters beyond, it is probable that he will make a safe landing. BANKING LADS OF GEORGIA Will Be Revised By Commission Just Appointed. The names of the members of the Georgia bank commission, which W’as created by the legislature at its recent session, have been announced by Gov¬ ernor Atkinson. The commission will begin its labors at once and will make a report at the next session of the gen¬ eral assembly. Hon. T. I). Stewart, of Henry coun- ^ j 8 a pp 0 i a t e d from the' senate and Hon T ^ Swift of Elbert an(1 H on. M y of Richmond, from the bouse . Ml . w s with of Fulton , and Mr Horace A Crane of Chatham, are the twQ citizen8 appointed. Governor Atkinson, in his message to the ° al a3semb i pointed y , recommended that a ommission be to ex- amine the condit ion of the banks of the state and tlleil . bonds , with a view of suggesting “ “ a plan to improve the banki D J te m 0 f Georgia, APPEARANCES DECEIVED THEM. - Demijohn Was Labelled Whisky, But Contained Poison. At New York a week ago a gang of furniture movers came upon a demi¬ john labeled “pure rye whisky,” in a house from which they were carting the furniture. They drank of the contents, and as a result James Flan- nigau is dead and Patrick McNulty is dying, while three other men are re- covering, after a severe illness. The demijohn contained corrosive sub- limate. ___ M’COY IS AFTER FITZ. Middleweight Asks for a Chance at the Championship of the World. “Kid” McCoy, the conqueror of Creedon, issued a challenge to Fitz¬ simmons Monday for a finish fight for the championship of the world. The young middleweight announces that he has backers for $10,000, and will post a forfeit as soon as called upon to do so. He desires to meet the present champion for a purse and a side stake of at least $5,000. McCoy at once communicated with Dan Stuart, the promoter of the Car- son fight last spring, and offered to take Corbett’s place in case the Cali¬ fornian fails to sign articles with Fitz¬ simmons. “Even if Corbett is willing to fight,” declared McCoy, in his letter to Stuart, “I believe that I am entitled to the first chance. Corbett is a beaten man, while I have not yet been defeated. ” A HORRIBLE EXECUTION. Murderer Hanged By the Heels and Torch Applied. A message from Glendora, Miss.,states that Joe Hopkins, murderer) of two men, was captured by a mob Monday morning, hanged by the heels and burned to death in that posture. The lynching, embracing as it does the most horrible manner of execu¬ tion, created a most tremendous sen¬ sation and hundreds of people flocked to the scene. Hopkins was one of the most noto¬ rious criminals in Mississippi. Since the murder of the two men he has been almost continuously pursued by posses, and it was generally believed that he would be lynched if captured. BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS Will Be Ready For Senate’s Action Wlien Body Reconvenes. When congres's reconvenes the pres¬ ident will be ready to send to the sen- ate a batch of appointments numbering up into the hundreds. He "entered upon the matter of offi¬ ces Monday morning with renewed activity, and has called upon the sec¬ retaries for the papers in many of the cases which have been hanging fire. HIE SCARCITY OF FOOD ENTAILS WIDESPREAD DISTRESS. HELP MUST BE QUICKLY GIVEN. Americans Called Upon to Render Assist¬ ance—Consul Pee Presents a List of What Is Needed. A Washington special says: The most profound distress prevails among 1 many thousands of people in Cuba. Starvation not only impends, but it is an actual fact. The president has been informed of the facts from sources whose credibility cannot be doubted. He has gone to the length of his con¬ stitutional power in calling the state of affairs to the attention of the Amer¬ ican people. The department has used all of its authority to mitigate the conditions there and the letter to the public sent out by Secretary Sherman the day be¬ fore Christmas pointed out the way to further alleviate the miserable condi¬ tion of the reconcentrados. The sum of $5,000 was received Monday by Assistant Secretary Day from certain charitably disposed peo¬ ple whose names are not disclosed and this sum was remitted by telegraph early Tuesday morning to Consul Gen¬ eral Lee for disbursement among the more pressing cases. It is hoped by the department of state that the Am¬ erican people will come to the relief and that promptly, by subscriptions of money, clothing and supplies of vari¬ ous kinds. The newspapers are expected to lend a generous aid in carrying forward this movement. The machinery for distribution has been provided by the state department and Consul General Lee has under¬ taken, with the aid of the American consular officers in Cuba, to give per¬ sonal attention to the alleviation of distress by the distribution of the gifts of the American people. One line of steamers plying between New York and Havana—the Ward line —it is said, has undertaken to forward any contributions of goods to General Lee at Havana, and it is believed that the American railroads will do their part by carrying the goods to the sea¬ board. The Spanish authorities have consented to remit all duties on relief supplies so forwarded. The state, department, directs that they be sent direct to Consul General Lee, either money by drift or check, or goods. Consul General Lee cabled the state department Monday night just what is wanting at this juncture and his list is as follows: Summer clothing, second-hand or otherwise, principally for women and children; medicines for fever, includ¬ ing a large proportion of quinine ;hard lard, bread, corn meal, bacon, rice, potatoes, beans, salt fish, principally cod fish, any canned goods, especially condensed milk for the starving chil¬ dren. Money will also be useful to secure nurses, medicines and for many other necessary purposes. HURT APPOINTED PRESIDENT •Of the Reorganized Union Pacific Railway System. Horace G. Burt, third vice president of the Chicago and Northwestern rail¬ road, has been appointed president of the Union Pacific system. Mr. Burt has been with the Northwestern roads for many years. More than a fortnight ago when it was announced that Mr. Burt would be chosen to the presidency of the Union Pacific as reorganized, strenu¬ ous denials came from many quarters. It is alleged that Mr. Burt was so closely allied with what was called “Vanderbilt interests” that to make him president of the Union Pacific would be to place that liue practically tinder the same management as the New York Central, the Lake Shore and the Chicago Western. The opinion in New York, so far as it can be gathered thus early, is that the new directory has been very carefully made up; so as to discount any of the above alleged objections to Mr. Burt as president. All the great roads seem to be represented directly or indirectly in the new directory. THE FLANAGAN CASE Will Be Considered By Georgia Supreme Court January 13. The case of E. C. Flanagan will be argued before the supreme court of Georgia on January 13. The attor¬ ney for the double murderer has an¬ nounced that he will be ready for the argument to proceeed on that day, and the question of whether or not Flanagan is to have a new trial will be decided early in the new year. If the new trial is refused Flanagan will undoubtedly hang during the month of February, but if the judg¬ ment of the DeKalb superior court is reversed he will be given another chance to prove his insanity to a jury. BEATEN BY ROBBERS. An OldXady Has Fearful Struggle With Burglars and May Die. Sunday night robbers broke into the house of aged Mrs. M. Kimball at Mitchellville, la., ten miles east of Des Moines. She was beaten into in¬ sensibility and will probably die. The doors and walls were covered with blood, showing that a terrible struggle took place. It is not known whether the robbers secured any booty. ARCUMENT. Used to have some big debates, Settin’ ’round the store; B6th the men was heavyweights An’ had met before. Talked ’bout groat politician’s to smother, games. Wrath too ’Biz an’ Jake called Joshua names, An’ Josh says, “Your another.” TT3eter jes’ git middlin’ riled In tholr tariff talkin’. “ESWStllffSET An’ whllo onch the viotory claims, Argymouts seemed ruther Mixed, when Jnke called Joshua names, An’ Josh says, “Your another.” Sometimes bigger men than they. When campaigns Is warmin’, Try ter sum needs it up reformin’. an’ say ’Tuther But, towards fact, though each one blames, They don’t git rnuoh fu’ther, ’N them when Jake calls Joshua names An’ Josh says, “Your another.” Philander Johnson, In Washington Star, PITH AND POINT. * ‘What the deuce, ” asked Mr. Prooms, savagely hacking the steak, “did that fellow mean when he said all flesh is weak?”—Judge. “Did he have a trial?” “Well, he didn’t have such a trial as the jury had. He didn’t have to listen to the lawyers. ”—Judge. The Wife (reading)—“Iseeawoman was thrown from her bicycle and knocked speechless.” The Husband —“Why, what a sad death!”—Puck. Miss Prymm—“That disreputable Jack Buggby invited me to go to the theatre with him last night.” Miss Cuttyngo—“How did you enjoy the play?”—Puck. Glyder—‘What a terribly discordant orchestra there is at this dance!” Wurler—“Awful, isn’t it? I suppose that’s why they hid it behind those potted palms. ”—Roxbury Gazette. “I saw a bonnet that suited me, George. It was $35.” “But you didn’t pay that preposterous prioe for it, did you?” “N-no, George, I had it charged!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Boy—“Gimme ten cents an’ I’ll tell yer sunthin’ yer oughter know.” Wo¬ man—“Get away from here you impu¬ dent rascall” Boy—“Yer kin find out yer house is on fire fer yerself.”— Judge. “Was your tour a success?” asked the friend. “Was it a success?”asked Mr. Knight Stande, the all-round his- trion. “Was it a success? We all got back, didn’t we?”—Cincinnati En¬ quirer. “The rising young actor,” said the Cumminsville Sage, “is much like a persimmon. He isn’t really at his best until he has encountered two or three good, hard frosts. ”—Cincinnati Enquirer. She—“Yes. I suppose I have changed very much.” Gallant Youth (wishing to pay a compliment)—“Oh, the but with you any change is for better, Miss Blank!”—Memphis Com¬ mercial Appeal. A long-suffering tailor recently wrote One of his customers: “Dear Sir: Will yon. kindly send amount of your bill; (He hnqueniA>epHed: JMige?” etc, 0The Jfo whioh the i§ lfoi7^resp’y.’ f amount 3s. —LondonTit-^ “What do you think of that bill?” asked the lawyer. “It isn’t big enough,” “Considering' the impecunious client re¬ plied. the trouble you’re going to have in getting your money, you ought to charge at least twenty-five per cent. more.”--Waslii ington Star. Cragin—“I respect a man who is really in search of information; but there are some persons w'ho seem to ask questions simply for the sake of asking them.” Digby—“That’s so. There’s Ditmer, for instance. Ha asked me to-day when I was going to pay that $10 I borrowed of him last month.”—Boston Transcript. “When I heard the bicyle bell I just stood on my rights and refused to move, threatening at the same time that if he ran into me I’d smash his machine.” “Well?” “I kept my word. He ran into me and I smashed tho machine. He gathered it together and they gathered me together, too.” —Philadelphia North American. Too Much Mongoose. In 1872 Mr. W. Bancroft Espeut im¬ ported four pairs of the Indian mon¬ goose from Calcutta into Jamaica for tho purpose of destroying the ‘ 'cane- piece rat.” Ten years later it was es¬ timated that the saving to the colony through the work of this animal amounted to $500,000 annually. Then came a sudden change in the aspect of affairs, It was found that the mongoose destroyed all ground-nesting birds, and that the poultry, as well as the insectivorous reptiles and bati;4- chians of the island, were being extffl> minated by it. Injurious insects iiD creased in consequence a thousand¬ fold; tho temporary benefits of the in¬ troduction were speedily wiped away, and the mongoose became a pest. Domestic animals, including young pigs, kids, lambs, newly-dropped calves, puppies, and kittens, were de¬ stroyed by it, while it also ate ripe bananas, pineapples, young corn, avocado pears, sweet potatoes, cocoas, yams, peas, sugarcane, meat, and salt provisions and fish. Now, we are told, nature has made another effort to re¬ store the balance. With the increase of inseots, due to the destruction by the mongooses of their destroyers, has come an increase of ticks, whioh ard destroying the mongoose, and all Jamaicans rejoice.—Nature. Good Insect Crop* More than 30,000 specimens of fossil insects have been collected from all parts of the world, of which only twenty are butterflies. ■»SM Diving Record. A record in British deep-sea diving was created on the Clyde when Diver Walker descended 186 feet and was under water for forty minutes.