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bow Uifl nu.tr meadow*
ilut ten iw>iikrt Love of min*.
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,,l,, .,.-1 «i.rk uii<l wirn good r«**t—
Mfk Ui.O', human I. dl**t©*\
i,ip ii\nl well rusks* to-*w*n!
U ‘ r “ L- V'^lll InlMuuunl
<IIAISLES LAMB*
tto A'ixt 1|lUin -
wn!( wondering win tlier tlicro tie
gta'de forth© writing* of Charles
I. aim inn young readers. Tho quo*-
is interesting because a man is
in |iv liis literary omi unions in tho
of to*»ks as well as l>y tho
I com rail on whom ho prefer* A
hromeNiitl of n prominent person
f „v hearing: “IIu i* fond of tho
II rat.-; ho like* the essay* of Ela.”
Mich criticism, tho criticism of e|*i-
Lr epigram, i* interpret id by knowl*
of thy critic. Lanin is essentially a
but into rritic I knew to be whoilr
lute of imagination. Lamb is full
t: lie is one of tho wittiest of Eng-
authors. Hut tin critic had no
i.'cuf humor. I-nmlr is nil exquisite
jarr artist. Hut tho critic, again,
no artistic instinct. Tho opinion of
i ni author as LambwhHi such a
’g-delivers in bunco, as tho Inwy
as valuable, but only us v
the opinion which n spectator
h<nt an ©vo for color may express of
rgione. I
tin* Iwst known remarks of
Dr. Johnson that wlioover
t.iin an Eiigltoh style fanii-
coarse, ami eloquent but not
nijiioiis. must givo his days and
> to the volumes of Addison. Tho
Und nj iitkling purity of tho Add!-
n prose is dciighiftil.
uliere are many delightful styles
ididi literature, and it would havo
.i (liMinct loss if Johnson’* great
mi * r.iry, Edmund Hurko, had teen
at to reproduce Addison's charming
I. while one of tho finest flavors in
irary stylo would have lieen wanting,
.’a trimmed his essay* iuto tho form
■ spectator.
r«- are few works in our literature,
• oliler Isiyaal Bt. Aust n's have
!• > iicaid in llie,class*room, which
■ rimarkable for felicitous ait as
mvs of Elia. Even tho archahn s
k.iatness / a.« no air of artificial-
itii* :r perfect sincerity. Jeremy
r, .Milton and Hurko arc masters o’f
iii- 1 rcncli call In painting the
sty U*. Th y havo passages of mug-
nt ?h> s c. ..ut there it no tru^r or
MiMai.tuil music than that which
!»• Ii« anl in Elia. It is of another
tli m that of the other masters, bnt
ululated rh; t'mi, the stately sweep,
die delicate and subllo choice of
nli and phrases are all there. This
toe li\st rfliswp,
siAl !
fate
ure upon this humorist by Thackeray.
Hut not even Thackeray could havo char
acterized Elia umre tenderly and truly
than Elk* has characterized himself. No
other author except, tierhapH, Haw
thorne has descii jhI himself in his own
manner ho dexterously and happily as
I amb. It is not an unusual device and
Irving adopts it in tho introduction to
Knickerbocker’s History. After reading
C.trlyle's amusing allusions to Lamb,
amusing as an account of tho impression
of n quaint melody upon a man without
an ear for music, it is well to turn to the
preface of the last essays. “By a Friend
of tho late El in.”
“Few understood him," ho says, but
with humorous exaggeration which
must lie remeinliered, and I nni not cer
tain that at all times ho quite under
stood himself. Ho too much affected
that dangerous figure, irony. He sowed
douhtful speechiM and reaped um<r|uivo
cal hatred. lio would interrupt tho
gravest discussion with some light jest,
n»ul yet, perhaps, not quite irrelevant in
ears that could understand it. Your
long and much talkers hated him."
This, too, a kindly irony. Hatred was
nbsolutelv incongruous with any feeling
possible for Charles 1,-imb, the author sir
tho man. No man, probably, was ever
more perfectly revealed by tho author,
and no author was ever more tenderly
and truly loved os a man.
7
evident in Lnmb as In nny other
r among the English classics,
all masters of style, ho reveals
ct*d reaouroa In a language
i we carelessly suppose has dis-
I nil ilo rides, until the next magi-
iH>*-ar» nil.I nSiiiwk iim .sir mMlnko,
?'ing*s "The King and tho Ifcsik" is
• t tlu* more r.-cent examples of this
• . Hut Jn Untuning there is not
• the lamhcni transpHrencv which
•font In Lanih. Elia, indevsi, is not
ti in insisting always upon iW
word. If lie nnds tho Iaitin word
"i re suitable for his purjo *•, it is
; carded, but becomes, in his
mi re fitting and effective. No
•freer than ids horn carclessncvs
| u:i*(»n|>Ia* e. What seems to him
u; wind i U trtlly neetti so if he
i ' . how it could lie well said. In
}- i cup, in carving cnidflx, or
l ! W a dagger, Ikmfuuto Cellini
> tho imtinct and gift of
e»| rewlon and power In
r nt degree, indeetl, hut no
* m Michael Angelo in building a
\ * * * Tin-re is a certain
ami deep humauitv in Lnmb’*
•u/rusion of tenderness upon
'••• and tttent melancholy somo-
i minor chord wiftlv touched,
an. n.,t win.-llv understood until
is known. Then, th© exquisite
n »<>rds, this delightful <-ouit«iti-
i* on every p >- .in ; theme or pfah
jtis mi racy and hutuonNis and
•I. mi tir.o in appreciation, no felici-
adixuiute a-i it rises to mine larger
r higher emotion, becomes heroic
’idling, and tho blithe dower of
- eni gay literary bubbles gives us
’ ‘ r reverence for human nature.
* • • •
hen was n new writer in tho
:i«nt N*nae, another tewiott to
n.| i.f Eaglish worthies in letters
‘"" n eriilent. Th© trailitions of
n a id Hurko still lingered.
* n '; w <’r day was hrta'iing. and
’""•‘th, Coleridge, Hymn, Shelley
• alii were all coining to their own.
“ Wordsworth, Coh ridge and
**y LmilMVfti on most friendly.
i ut nothing was more i m ising
•ie • rfort to classify him with the
v o .1. There was never a freer
in literatim*. The only authors
, recalUin any degreear? us in-
legree sr
hfiii*H*|f. There b» Mimetimes
fm of sir Thomas Hrowne or
'•ri’owl*v, or more remotely of
nm < r Quarles, or a turn like
Hi rU-rt. Hut tner* is no iniita-
r " ri prMlnction. It is tho same
• Tioiis spirit of “self-plensing
1 - 111 another form than theirs,
;' ,I ,r "»i-»g. asexoiii-ite and as true.
V " 1 thoroughly imbued with
. a '"Hian literary feeling and
r ,a| h him last of the Elizabeth-
| trilf ‘ of the measured move-
!•*«»* Sii usui ( » |rai-isias
r j“ r, ‘ Dum.parency and sparkling
i , u #t . v le, even when most dahi-
V aU ** his own music and
; fetalis no other. In the as-
P* rmanenc© of his fame, but fame
i <n very limited production,
S ,lk '‘ another consumate literary
•tli*. tJrey. In both thereto
■a*** patient and careful elaboration,
point to the moral that it is
r rr 2ii°n of form which U coscntial
- Hut in tho prose writer
r a kin.lly sympathy, a yoam-
fty felivtoSJ in l * leir ttnc «*P ri **
Charles" Thackeray happily
nrni, and among tho lot treasures
mature wo may well reckon a lect-
Thrrr 4i IiorI Ktorlrs.
The Athens Cbrnnklo indulges In
ghost stories for Sunday. Its latest con
tribution is as follows: ’ There is ahou.se
in Athens that is certainly haunted. Tho
ghost is invisible—but it is certainly
there, nil the same. I lin d in tho house
aliout one year. I heard htrange noises,
hut attributed them to rats, and accord
ingly got two largo cats and lu ’lied them
loose in the house. Not a rat did I ever
sco tiros© cats catch, and if they ever g»4
one I «’o i't know it. I then purchased a
rat trap, but never caught auv that way.
I concluded to sit up one night to watch
for the ghost biit'roiild not Und him. I
beard exceedingly strange noises on this
occasion, like chains rattling, drums
twating, etc. I U>gan to search more
closely, lint could find nothing. I linaliy
went irt itho attic of the houso. anil
then 1 heard my name cnlh-d. Did it
M*aro me? Well. I should say it did. 1
stood very quiet, listening to see if I
could hear it ugain. 1 did. The
voice called iuv name very plainly.
I managed to ask what it wanted, but
no answer came. In about one week I
moved from that house, and since have
never heard a ghost, but will always l>o-
lievo in them. Wo heard a ghost story
which is located at t iin resort. A gen
tleman walked down there one of tlu*©
lieautiful muou-light night*, and not
only heard, hut saw a ghost. Wo will
let him tell tiro story: **I cam© by Me-
Qintf’a shop, and then started up the
railroad embankment, and just ns I
reached the road-lxsl. 1 heard a terrible
crash. 1 thought a limb bad fallen from
one of the trees, hut found that such was
not the case.. I went down near tho
pring and took a seat, when I heard
another noise, and then a groan. I pro
ceeded in the direction of tho noL o. but
could not sco or hi a- anything what
ever. I sat down again, when I heard a
roles that startled mo: *1 aiu here—I uni
here! He is here, too, but won’t coino
to me! Why on earth don’t you tuovo?’
1 woat down the branch, tho direction
from which tho sound came. 1 heard
something move, and 1 soon saw a man .
UP mul iry it, run, but l.v c**'UUx\ do
I'll. "*l t! 1 ( you . n*.' n
‘What is it? I askeik ‘Are you bliml?
Don’t you see th© devil? ’ Look outl he’s
coming to vo.l’ I knew tliat he was de
lirious and hail Leen drinking, and 1 car
ried him home. From thin, I sum*wo,
the haunt story has gaino 1 ciiculatii n.
that night I have heird «“"era!
weird stories of ghosts nt the mineral
Hirings, but don’t believe them." A gen
tleman from the country comes to the
frunt with a story that is a little ahead of
any we have ever heard. Said lie:
ct ltiot s FINDS.
Treasures of the Rei-RtrsageTfelnu
Discovered bjr Ounce,
From lha (Jolilen Dart.
"Where do all tho pins go?" ussd to
bo a favorite speculative querv, until
people grew tired of guessing without
coming to any conclusion.
Tho inquiry might be widened to take
in every movable object that can. bv
any lHMsibility, lie lost. X
what has become of the enormous
stock o. itrecious stone* undoubtedly
fowiessoil by the rulers of the ancient
world ? Whefo are the treasures of tho
ancient world—tho wonderful wealth of
oolonion, for instance?
TheMj tilings have not become disinte-
grnt.d, they are lost, and must thero-
loru bo m some crack or cranny of tho
earth s surface.
• Perhaps everything tliat U lost finds
ito way u> the sea, the great swallower
of valuable things, which c rtainly bus
a capacity e«jual to hiding from human
sight every movable object on earth.
Among the strangest stories of the sea
are those relating to treasures tidied from
its depth*. Tho incident of a lish being
caught, and-having in its stomach a
ring, has occurred to frequently that it
has lost itsstiangeness.
Tho tidies Of tlie sea are voracious and
not at all discriminating, so that it is al
most imimssiblo to say what has not boon
found in their stomachs.
/Sharks have been made to disgorge
Pipe*, hoots, hooks, money, clothing and
hardware, and other fish are but little
h**a voracious.
\ a.‘t as it is, the sen, in course of ages,
has received w» many wrecks that there
is scarcely a mil© of its btd that docs not
posses* a treasure.
Nor in tho land far behind. All Europe
abounds with caves rica in prehistoric
treasures; there aro buried cities in Asia
and Africa which must contain many
art.c!e* of value; the nyratnid* have not
yet I Mien explored, and I>r. Hchlienmn
has shown us what tho earth lias hidden
since the fall of Troy. Millions-of
treasure have been thrown into the
Tilier, the Oxus and tho Khine, and un
less all histi r*• is false India must In* one
vast receptacle of gems and precious
metals.
It is not wonderful, then, that only an
ot casionul one of th<*e millions of lost
objects comes to light?
The earth gives up her secrets reluct
antly, hut when they doupjiear they ex
cite our vptcial wonder.
Here are a few of strangest, discov-
cied by char.ce:
In a lake in Berkshire, England, a
lirge, inissliAiwn and unwjeldly chub
was four d. ro strange in upp.*;ua ice and
uiisightly in its movements that the most
apt zoologist could to; account for its
Iim al descent or say if it was piscatory
or amphibious 4
The creature was found in a kind of
cage ft r ue<l hv tho was'ie l roofs of an
elm tree by this lake. When young and
much smaller, this fish must have got
into ito strange prison. Limited to a
mere ti:r:i, tho wonder is tbit- ns it
must have forced Us way in, it did not
force its way out- but here it was oner
years must have elapsed, taking quite
the form of tho goariod and straggling
roots.
With no room to develop the tail bail
almi si disappeared* the dorsal lin was
altogether obliterated, tho body hail be-
• this strange dis-
tiik .sti:ammiii‘ hcninixs.
rmraense qtrsnrifr or rnampsane
Consumed on Hie Ocean Fassase*
From thu UosUm Herald.
The to an enormous profit in tho steam
ship business during the spring and sum
mer months, tho gross receipts from a
single voyage frequently rising above
fldU.OOO. when the Etruria, the Umbria,
the City of 1 New York or any other 0?
the great liners leave her deck with from
500 10 (k)0 passengers, as they do regu
larly every week lx*tween the middle of
April and tho middle of July, receipts
from tho cabins average win then $100
for each tx-rsoii, and represent in the ag
gregate $10,000. Tho other sources of
income fromahe ship, such as freight,
tl o mails, tho steerage and tho bar,
amount to almost as much again. There
isnot a vessel ou tho ocean that can seat
more than -51 |>eople in tho main din
ing room, l or this reason there are
two dinners served when the passenger
list runs abovo that numlier, and you
aro linked at the office whether yO'J pre
fer the first or »i*onil dinner—one at
r»;:5(), the other af 7- and this, with tho
nutiilicr of your room, is put on tho f»ur-
kci-’s ii<t with tho i.u idx*r of your (ilace
at table, and when it is onco fixed
change will bo made, . An officer pre
sides at each of the main tables and the
highest honor to to sit nt tl.o captain*.-
table—if iKM>.dble on bis right or left—
and great taetjis required to arrange the
sent satisfactorily and give no cause for
jenlnur-y among tho passengers. The
pertohuole food only is liought in this
country, and Bach things as melons,
oysters, neaihc*. cignn, tomatoes and
other articles that aro cheanor and let
ter hero than abroad, together with the
necessary supply of cinl to carry them
across the Atlantic. All of tho gr*c*r-
i« s and wimsnro purchnsoil on the other
side, thu supply Uing laid in for tho
roiiud trip.
When a vessel of tho first clasa to ly
ing at her dock in New York ill tl'io
spring mouths, with nearly a thousand
people to feed for seven or eight days,
she lays in an enormous amount of pro
visions, which are put in tho ice room.
Of frcnii beef tho usual amount is I?,-
00$ nounils, with 7u0 | ounds of corned
beef, 5/.a ) pounds of uiutton, ?5)pot>nds
of lamb, 15j pounds of vial und the
bailie amount of (x>rk, mid about 2,000
I sin mis of fresh ttoli. These figurcainay
well make the thrifty houaewifesttn iu
open-eyed wonder, Wbnt could »Jio di»
with the fifteen tons of potatoes put
aV»urd every ten days. These ocean
greyhounds an* well supplied with game,
ns the ltot of the head cook, which was
recently seen by the writer, showed 21,’0
brace of grouse as U ing p it atoa.d for
single \o/age, with 0U0 fowls, GOO
hitkens, Iimi ducks, 6) geese and K)
turkeys, beside thirty liamjx-rs of vepo-
tables, l2d quarto of ce cream, l.tOd
quarts of milK and 11,5,0 eggs. It is
said that if tho ocean dried up you could
truce tho route of thu transatlantic
steamers by rows 1 f empty c lmt::|Mgiie
Lollies between hero and Europe, which
to uot surprising, m*eiug that the C’unard
line alone uses aixitit 2C.UH) bottles of
ciiumptgiie p r year. Tiiu bar is a mess
impor a it dejmrtluent on n largo jkis-
Heiiger .min, and tho pio’.t from this
source ii hiiid to often exceed $5,000 from
one trip. All gf its good* are put on at
Livcr|*ool for tiiu round trip, or at liarro
Bretuon.
consumption for ono
tii»: vaU’ahu: mechanic,
Sonic x cry Good Advice to tho Young
^I«n Learning Ills Trade.
From the Rtoll, wary Eaglsner.
When a young man starts out to loam
his tra<la and goes into a shop totally un
schooled in the manual perrormam o of
his duties in tho new field of lifo on
which be is entering, it is important that
ho should bear in mind this fact, viz:
That bii position, so far as it relates to
himself, is intrinsically on educational
one, as much so ah in the school
or cofiego from which ho may
liave recently gruduato I. The simple
performance of so many hours’ work
l»er day, while it has a certain financial
measure of value to the employer. Jius a
value to biniM-lf when properly con
sidered that is greater tliau can be
measured in currency. As his progress
and standing in tho echo d depended on
the thoiojgh mental understanding of
each progress vt» step ho took, so, only in
a more material sense, hi* advance in
mechanical skill amt knowledge is de
pendent on his thoroughly understand
ing n»)t only the 1 online details of hi*
w ork, but the why and wherefore of
each operation.
There alw.i; • has been, and probably
always will U-, two classes of mechan
ics— thote who stand at their bench and
go through the manual motions of their
work like automatic machines, with
little nuMo «once|,tion of why the results
aro as they are, and the other that class
of men who mnko no moves without
knowiug why nnd how results are ob
tained, and tl)o relative important e of
each step. This is the mechanical edu
cation that cdUnts, the education that
schools the mind to a clear comprehend
aion of p$inci|*li *.* equally with detail?, and
leads unfailingly to that higher ficId w hero
skill, diligence und marked ability find
their natural level. The young man who,
on licginuing hi* mechanical education,|
r* alizes and acts upon th©*© trutlis, wifi
d .'vclopthat ability which is not gauged
by nu-re manual dexterity, hut rather
that which, when iu later years I o may
lx- exited to design, lay out nnd siqierin-
tend the work * f others, will enable him
to creditably till tho p« sit ion. Buell po
sitions come to those who bring thought
|aml brains, ns well u* manual dexterity,
M|^^pthem in their woik. To such
Imeu uro owe tho improvement* of tho
ago in every l.r.tnch of rnn hinics.
It to b fact that too mail}' mechanics
work along day after day accomplishing
their work by “main strength and find.
tohness, 1 * which is the direct nnd legi.i-
inato result «>t a lack of iiropor nnd thor
ough application in their earliest me
chanical life. The point cuq hajdzcd to
that thefmind that is nl 1 \ through care-
Iful trailing and application, to bring to
■k^gh-dgeof princiule* involved,
lexicution of dt tail in the work,
[t appi(»achcs that stand ml of
pich should be the mm of every
pun ho U beginning his mo-1
plural ion--his work iu ilie*ho|>.
ha* attained this no question
will ever trouble him. Such
always wanted. Tho supply to
p Tfotlon* of tlir Itorlti.
World tn.l IU Wonders.'*
rid rmolvoH o» ito axis in 21
mi mites mid -1 seconds. This
quired for one rotation from a
to the samo star ugain. The
i Uie
samo star ugain. The
1 tore called a sideral
1 has been turning
WHAT IT COSTS TO K I N .1 YACHT.
The Sport Fnrntafirs an Fasjr ti ny of
Npendlns a Surplus.
From tho Boston Herald.
“Yes, thero to lots of enjoyment In
owning a yacht, but the luxury law ito
drawback* and its disadvantage
The autlipr of the wohls strctchoil him
self comfortably on a reclining chair,
blew a cloud pf smoko into the air and
turned his faco to the sun, so that lito
friends would become envious of ids
beautiful complexion when lie got hack
to town.
“Now I am a pretty easy-going sort of
a fellow, and never had any o icmiev
until I tonight a steam yacht." 1 d.d not
buy it for racing «.r anything rf that
sort, hut simply in order that I might
enjoy myself. I also thought that occa
sionally I could invite one or two of my
friends to have a little ti ip with
me. Tlicro is where the tio ible began. I
never knew that I had so many friends.
They flocked up and around from ail
parts of tho city. I never knew that 1
was such a favorite. I started in and
U‘gnu inviting the boys one or two at a
time. Then the bovs who were invited
would go homo and say. ‘I nave been
down in tho yacht with our friend for
tho last couple of days, nnd havo had u
lovely time.’ Then tho other fellows
would l>e mad all the way through.
They would have no more 11 -ip for me.
IV y, if I had a big floating hotel 1
could not accommodate the« rowito that
are waiting for nil invitat.o 1 to go on
the jacht with mo."
“it Costs a ftw dollars to iu 1 a yacht,
doesn't it ?”
“Well, I should say it dees. If a man
is a I sinker, and has an inromo of sev
eral thousand dollar* inr week, and if ho
wants to spend it, all lie has got to do is
to buy a vaeiit. Ills income will disap
pear so fast that hi* head will swim, ft
costs n tidy sum of iroiey to buy nyacht
to begin with, but it costs a great deal
more to ke'p tho boat in commission for
a season or two. To liegin with, tho
crew must I© paid ni d fed whether you
aie enjoying yourself on the water or
w« rking in your office. The crew gen
erally is cnminsed of men who have
healthy appetite*. Then- thero me nl-
ways the inevitable repair* fo le made.
You would bo *urprto<*l at the amount
of tinkering that a yacht receive* iu th©
course of a scam 11. * it is almost us I a I
a* owning a cottage at th© beach. Just
al* u; tho time that .you have g 11 he
cottage repaired an l nrrati ©J 10 your
liking it is just about time for you to
move hack to the city. It to just utomft
so with tho vnclit. When it is just
a ton it time for her to go out on conuuto-
siun you find that she it in |>©rfcct nqxdr.
Then a great deal of money is ejioiit in
entertaining guest*. Suppose you taken
mixed pt r y out for a trip along
tin* coast us far ns Bar Ifarl^r. TI»o
table has got to lie of tho very l>est, and
to get the very tout ©no limit lAlle for a
great deal more than lie receivi 0. We'll
say. fyr instance, that four stock of pro
vision* run out ntomt tin* time you reach
Bar Hartior. If that lutjifiencd to a
yuchtoinan more t’mn nn<.» in tho sum.
iner ho wouM be compcllti!* to go swim-
min r for the balance of tho heated ty rm
insteeil of yachting. Then tho win©
which to sirred on toiard tho yacht is an
importaut item, l’cople who novo.* diink
wine feci like trying it when they go on
hoard a yacht. After they try It once
they ger.tr illy hohl their end up fir the
Ainu t ala
add Fulvia,
with half tho wolf's milk curdledin her
veins,” drew out th© tongue anil
pit reed it with her bodkin, assailing the
dead man w ith such invective ns a K<>
man virago might compass. Hut tlic
ilcklo pmpfo of tho sfrocts, who bad sat
so many times on tranced'under the mu
sic of that lifeless tongue, lifted up thoir
voices when they saw tho ghastly rolic,
and wept without restraint
PIlINlt; .uniAT.
Nkslrh of flic man Who Will Harry
’ll.. ( sldiM lI.
Prince Joachim Napoleon Murat, who
to to marry 3ftos tiwmioline Calu well,
is also the possessor o! the titles ol
Prince of Cloves and Prince of Borg, and
is tho granitoon of Murat, King of
Naples, und of (Juecn Caroline, tho
sister of Xa|x>loon I. His father
2 x*nt many years in cxilo at Hot
•ntown. N T . J., with Ids uncle,
Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Bpain,
and while in this country contracted a
marriage with a Mine Carolina Fraser,
w ho for several years ^maintained her
princely husband with her earnings as
school teacher. Prince Joachim was
toirii in 1*«W, in New Jersey, and accom
panied his | wren to on their return, to
Franco in 1H19. when Louis Bonaparte,
subsequently Emperor Napoleon, was
elected as president of tho French re
public.
Priuco Joachim, who was a groat fa
vorite at the gay court of tho Tililories,
was successively apjn»inted captain,
major and colonel of the hussars of thu
guard, aad distinguished himself on sev
eral occasions in Algeria. On tho 0vo of
tho w ar, July 14, 1870, he received his
appointment at general, of which, how
ever, ho was deprived three yearn ago, at
tho same time when tho names of tho
Com pt© do Paris, t lie fhikcsof Atimalc,
Nemours Chartres, Alencon, Prince Jo-
ron o Na|>oleon tuid of tho Prince do
Joim ill© were struck oft’ tho army list.
In 1S54 ho was marritxl at tlio Tuiler-
ies to Princess Muicy, daughter of tho
Duke and I*rinc© of Wag ram, by whom
lio had three children, a son and two
daughters, nil of whom are married.
The Princess Malcy died five years ago.
Prince Joachim to a well-known sports
man, a member of th© leading Parisian
cIuIjm nnd tho |M)us<*ss«,r of a very bund-
somo estate nnd chateau at (Jrosbois. Ho
lias then putation of being n torriblo
s|icndtliri((. His debts wrre fruqueutly
paid by Nepoleon III, and it is probable
that he has extracted from his entailed
property every cent that could be ob
tained therefrom by means of mortgage.
On© of his sinters to Princes* Anna,
due hew of Mouchy, tho wife of the heir
to th© ancient dukt*dom of Noailles. *Die
Murat family are now engaged in a law
suit against thu Italian government for
tho recovery of n sum of $10,000,000.
constituting tho privat© and |Nirsoual
fortune id King Joachim Murat of
Naples. Jltos Gwendoline Caldwell U
thirty years younger tliau her intended
husband.
ltAlLIKOAUH OF TUB WOULD.
America Has Ho re Thau All Other
I’uuutrlrs Together.
From the New York Evestaff fust.
Tlio Arcliiv fur Etocnbahnwrosen of
IWrlin puI>1 idles every year a summary akin to this may bo fix
of th© world’s railroadmlh 1 /.*. which is, worship of tlio mado
'•11 «!. 1 1 i . 1 ■ 111.1:1 > 1 ■ tb.- n.ir.ni:. nt
xneotof Itskind. Tho cum Ulmt .!. .r 1
Ixrtrivcs stalLtica for th© class at tho U * Urmncr* r.
“try
Christianity and civilization, u we un
derstand thoso terms, are not making
much headway in our icy posaeasioos in
Alaska. ■ A six month/ trip over thu
meagorly known part of the world has
convinced Mr. Herbert Aldrich, now a
resident of Baltimore, tliat our brother,
the Alaskan Esquimau, has a great dell
to learn from his American compatriot*
* * :>w Russia sold this costly province
interesting race. In social peculiarities,
modes and liabit* of life, they differ in
no material respect from their next-
door neighbor, the Siberian, vho inhabit?
thci northeastern part of Asia. Except
in language—and in this the difference
to not groat—they may bo looked upon
os almost on© i>oople. Though living
under different governments, tho
Alaskan owing allegiance to tho United
States, and tho Siberian to the Autocrat
of All Russia*, both liave the highest ad
miration for thu Americans, and the
most lively detestation of tho Hussions.
This aversion may be traced in
great measure to business reasons*
The American merchant deals lib
erally with thu Esquimaux, while the
Russian trader, who seldom comes among
them, squeeze i them hard whatever op
portunity offers. On board tlio trading
vessels where tho A tasks as and Siber
ians frequently meet, tho captains are
often tuqiealod to to settle qarrsls be
tween #• in as to their claim* of nation
ality. Both are anxious to be considered
Americans, and often tho commanders
of tlio ships have a haid time to convince
tho inhabitant of tho- other sido of ths
straight that ho to a subject of the czar
and not under the protection of tho stare
and stripes. Tlio decision is invariably
received with sorrow by the floored con
testant, who, to tho last, claims to be an
l American.
Tlio Alaskans, as well as their breth
ren cn tho Bilwrian borders, are indeed a
peculiar poople. Their religious institu
tions, if such they may bo called, havo
no resemblance to those of any other
semi-civilized race. Their wliolo doology
is comprised in p. goal and an ovil spirit*
Tho good spirit they do not wondiip.
Being good, thoy know ho will not trou
ble them, and invocations to him are
considered a vanity of vanities. To «
pease tho ©vil spirit, however, to
constant care, and to him their ai
tions aro addressed. Thoy do not wor
ship in temples made by human
hands, and it to in the open air that
their few incantations aro offered to
propitiate tho evil deity. Tito nam
which tho good spirit is known i
samo as that of tlio mastodon, run
of which are found in abundance in t
northwestern part of Alaska as well as
on thu borders of Siberia. Why this is
thus, the Esquimaux of tho present day
knoweth not. But this coincidence of
name* suggests that, perhaps, away U
is tU sgw, tho raco worshipul !
mastodon as thu Impersonation
strength and jiower and as the sourcs
all good in the physical wurki *“ ‘
mythology of other nations si
rln l>> (his 1
id. The
lias
TO
As some workmen were felling timber
day and oranges at th« rate of 8 per
head jxr day. The grooeries for. tlio
round trip irchulo C50 [Nmndsoftea,
1,290 of coffer. 1.0 K) of whit© sugar, 2,-
800 of moist sugar nnd 7..0 of pulvurize<l
in StoUmul. liier iliamvm.1 in ilieeeti- MUEBF. The r..and tii|» ei.tv-two
have a haunUnl . ;. .t on my plucc. Did
I ever hear |>eculiar noises atomt the
iiauntixl sjsit? No. That's what bothers
me. If 1 could hear any kind of a noise
1 would bo better tatisfied. The lilac©
to atomt 20 feet hrmd and 10 feet long.
If you walk over it th© ground will
shake. Thu sensation to like that of the
vibration* of a boat rocking Imck and
forth, w ith an occasional thud. If a
man should walk over or stand on this
ground very long 1 believo lie would dio.
1 havo tr.o 1 it. After walking over and
examining tho place for atomt a half an
hour one day 1 found myself so weak
that I could not walk home. You liave
tho feeling ns If you had tot n shocked
bv an electric battery aft* r staying on
the place for sometime. How do 1 ac
count for it ? I can’t do it. 1 liave given
up all hopo of tho pht-noincna evet Ix-ing
explained.” Wo talked with anotht-r
gentleman who lives near this place. He
says that he has never Ixxm able to dis
cover that tho ground shakes at all, and
says it i* only imagination or supersti
tion in his neighlior to say so.
Ail know koo Edwards, one of tho
most accommodating drummers on the
rood who visit* Southwest Georgia. One
day Inst week in comw nv with another
drummer. Koe visited several towns in
Dooly, Wilcox nnd Irwin counties. lie
nnd his c mipanionstoimcdnttho palatial
homo of a planter well-know n in Aiueri-
cus, who lias a cliarming daughter. Koe,
his companion ami thu young lady
sturted out next morning for Ahlmviilo,
and shortly after leaving tho fanner’s
houso ho saw what he thought to b? a
foxcrusMthe road, lie put w hip to tho
horses and ran them for aliout a mile to
secure a gun. Th© young lady seeing
that ho was going l*a<k to shoot tho
fox, begged him not to do so, hut to pro
ceed on their way to Ahlievillc. But
Koe had set hi* head on killing tho fox,
so bock he went. Arriving at tlio spot
where the fox (?) crowed the road ho
found live more of the same specie* bask
ing in the sunshine. As soon a* ito©
saw them lie Logan shooting, and suc
ceeded in killing tho six. Immediately
after tlu? first shot the air seemed per
meated with a sickening odor that was
nnvtliing tmt pleasant, and poor Ro© re
ceiving hi* share. Imagine his disgu-t
wluu the voting lady asked him uoi to
get lincirin the imggy. Roc was at a loss
to know what wu* the matter, and
taking his cotnpaitkMi aside begged to be
eiiiiginuntsi. • •»«!© to *“•**
instead of killing a half dor. *n foxes ho
had slaughtered a den of polecats—and
tliat’s what’s the matter.
f stsrrh Cured.
A clergyman, after years of suffering
from that loathsome disease, catarrh, ami
vainly trying every known remedy, at
last found a recipe which completely
cured and saved him from death. Any
sufferer from tills dreadful disease send
ing a self-addressed stamped envelop© to
I*rof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 Warren street.
New York city, will receive the recipe
free of cliarge.
Hceckam's Fills cure
nervous iito..
bilious and
ter of ono of tho trc«* a cavity in which
were the remains of a cat Tho skeleton
was entire, and some hair ot a sandy
color yet remained on the skin.
it to conjectured that tho animal, hav
ing entered a hollow part of thu tree,
was unnblu to extricate itself, and the
wood in process of years hud grown
around it.
Curious finds have not infrequently
been found in trees. Some wood-cutters
in tlio forest of Drommling made
grange discovery. They l*»gnn to fall a
vemr.ible oak, which they soon found to
be quite hollow. B *ing half decayed, it
Hl*ce«lily cam© to the ground with a
crash, disclosing a skeleton in oxccl!<
preservation; even tho boots, which
came above tho knee, were perfect, lly
its sid 3 were a powder-born, a porcelain
pi|ie-bowl ami a silver watch. Thu teeth
were jsTfect, It would seem to lie the
skeleton of a man between GO and 40
years of ago.
It is conjectured that, whilo engaged
in hunting, hoclimlicd the tree foreouio
Irtiqitso, and slipped into thu hollow
trunk, from which thero was no release,
and he probably died ot starvation.
Another mystery was found in tho
heart of an oak. from a tree of this
kind, a large block, 18 inches in diame
ter, tliat had to 0:1 knocking ntoiut in
various yards and woodsheds, was split
up, ami in it was found an auger-hole
three-fourths of an inch in size, contain
ing a bunch of human hair dono np iu a
pi«*c© of printed paper.
The lmir was near thu center of the
block and fastened in with"h pi no plug.
It was apparently put in wheu thu true
was quite small, os the treo had grown
over the plug to tho thickness ot atomt A
inches, with the grain perfectly smooth
and straight.
A natural curiosity was shown in a
timber merchant’s workshop: tlfis wns
the nest and skeleton of a bird embedded
in n piec o of beech.
The timber seemed quite sound all
around thu cavity, and there wus po
sign of an)r aperture into it; but the lim
iter being sawn up, tho neat wills the
bird sitting U|ion it was found. The nest
appeared t» to? Imilt of mud, and the bird
resembled a titmouse.
Frobahly, at tho lopping of a branch, a
cavity was formed, and the outside sub
sequently grown over; but how the bird
s enclosed seems difficult to imagine.
Congressman Randall** Health.
From th.- rhUnMphis Tlmwc.
Congressman Randall is very comfort-
.bljr fixed in his quiet summer home
near Wallingford and his health is itn-
Ir.g rapidly. At sc time slscc I;to
serious illness one year ago has his con
dition toi n as favorable as it is now. llto
disease to under control and hto entire
restoration to health is confidently ex
pected. He lias many visitors and to now
able to greet their coming nnd enjoy
their friendly cliat*. Mr. Child* spent
Friday morning with Mr Randall, and
llnndall took his first pleasure drive ot
the season with this dto’l igutohed edito
rial friend.
nurklrs’s Arntr.x halve.
The brtt sales is ths world for ents. braises
•ores, oktrs. nil rtwum, te*~r soUrtier
ebappri tunte. chUbuins, enres sal all »'*:«*
cripciocs, ««J PodXs+lr cunm riles r so nr
rrousre.t It U (WSCUssI U> ir ’ J
f*Ctl9% or naary nhMci fT-O
tscusn, or m jn-y
Us. Fyrsslcbj
U. J. Lsmsa Jt SUM.
days, during < nly oiM-half of which ...
thu paNicngent nl* ard: yet it consumes
on on© whip 1,500 istundnof rhc.v«, 2.000
p<jiiiids« f butter, 01 {M»unds of Rain
and 1,000 pounds of toKHm. Rough
weather to c\j^n.-iv© to tho steam
ship cont|xuiy in th© large breakage
«>f crockery’ which it entails amo.ig
c.ibln pusHcngent and stewauto,
ami the reced'd of a recent voyage showed
among the broken article*' ouo pates,
280 cujif, 408 saucers, 1,213 tuuiulcrx,
200 wine glasses, 27 decanters and IJJ
water bottles. The steamers of one line
running ls*tw«>mt New York and Liver
pool mil 84,000 cigurs per year, 37,000
cigarettes and 0),0oo pounds of tobacco.
Among thu ether items of the yearly
*u| piy which up|x ar in the utintuU re-
lain, covering tlio entire fleet of ltt shi|is,
aru 11 Ions of musturd and 2 tons of p©p-
|ht, 7,30J bottles of pickles, HJMO tins of
hardines, 1$ tons of nmrnmhdc, :2 tails
of raisins and currants, 12 tons of split
pea* and 15 tons of barley, 30.000 loaves
of bread of 8 |Kjuii'to each, 31 tons of
ham. fill terns ot salt, G4 tons of oatuu-aJ
and 10 tons of yellow soap. Over 2,i 0u,-
000 itoimds of me:it are consumed every
year by this one line, uud ubarly 1,0jo,-
000 eggs. ^
lYhnt • Woman Can Do,
There are lots of things that a woman
can do tliat a man cun not. \
Hhu can couiu to a conclusion without
tho slightest trouble of rearming on it,
and no nunc wan can do that.
Six of them can talk at once and get
along first rate, and no two men can do
that.
Hho can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under hto
thumb nail.
Bhu to as cool os a cucumber in half a
dozen tight dresses and skirts, while *
man will sweat and foam and growl in
ono lotM© skirt.
Bhu cm talk as sweet os poaches and
cream to tlu? w oman she States, whilo two
men would be punching each other’s
head before tluy had exchanged ten
words.
She can say "No," and utlc k to it for
1 t me. She nnjr also say “No” in such
a .ow voicetluit it means “Yes."
She can *har|x-n a lead pencil if you
give her plenty of timo and plenty 0 f
lencilr.
Shu can dance all night in a pair of
shoe* two sizes too small for her, and en
joy every minute of tlu* time.
She cun appreciate a kit* from her hus
band 75 year* after tho marriage cere
mony to performed.
She can go to church and aftcrwanU
.oil V..M wiin? nwy WIWIRD In *K-
gregation bad on, and in sortie rare in-
stances can give you some faint ides of
w lmt tho text was.
Hu* can walk lialf tlio night with a
colicky baby in her arms without one©
expressing the desire of murdering the
infant.
She can do more In a minute than a
man can do in an hour, and do it Letter.
She Van—bnt what’s tho use? A
woman can do anything or everything,
and do it well.
Hho can drivo a man crazy for twenty-
four hours, and then bring'h : m to para-
dtoo in two seconds by tnnp^y tickling
him under tho chin, ai.d (line doss not
live that mortal son of Adam’s misery
w ho cun do it,—Ex.
ti . . r.-KHT'l to ti • **'.111; lilt!* ati-iiuj
day, gives 24 hours for the solar «lay. The
time .of tlio axial rotation * has not
varied tho hundredth put of a second ,u
2,000 years. It may,thereto r.», to? consid
ered a* invariable, and fa consequently
adopted ns a iuiummuntai unit in astron
omical measurement. The mirth revolves
in^ her orbit around thu mui in fitl5.2U
days, giving aro her standard measure
of time, thu length of tho year, Thu
velocity of the earth in her orbit is al
most im-ompreheimible, fur tho huge
sphere spins along at th«? average rate* of
eighteen miles in n second. 'I ho earth’s
orbital revolution and tlu? inclination of
her axis to thu p'an© of the ecliptic cuiisu
thu chuuges of the bcason* and the vary-
.11; length of thu day und night.
Thu earth has a inure complicated mo
tion known ns the precusrioit of tho
<<i|uinoxes. it consists of a wabbling
motion of the p >|© of thehcavi ns around
thu |tole of th.- ecliptic in a small circle
requiring *3,0 0 yci.r« to couinlete. U to
caus'd by the attraction of tlio sun and
moon u|M»a thu earth at thu iq inter.
UoiiH-quoiitly ecliptic and e.|iiator done!
cro.<.»at the sain© |M>iut, hut thu e<|uin<K?-
tell fails hock each year fifty seconds of a
degree. Oife effect ol this movement is
to change the polar star, for whatever
)urt of tho heavens the poi© |s»ints, the
nearest star to that |ioint is the iiolnr
»tar. Tli© pruu'iit polar star will
longer enjoy that distinction 8.000 years
U'.'iice, uud tho brilliant Vega will
In* loth© fwilar star 12,004 you* hence.
Th© earth to uioving lluoiigh iqiacc. Tlu?
sun. carrying with him tin* planets,
satellites, com* 11 and iuete«)ric bodies
following in his train, to hastening to
ward a i oint in the con.^tellntiuii Her-
cul * ut a rapid pace of 2 J.OlO mi e
hour. It might icem tlmt, traveling at
tli to rate, the gmi! mu->t soun In? rciudusl.
Buch, however, to tho iiura.o ivablo
dtot.-mco of thu stars that more titan
million years must |ki*h I efero our sun
uud his family, at tneir pruscut lute of
trawl, have spanned the depth of s|iace
tluit intervene between thu shining suus
of Hercules.
A 1 luren ns a llslloonlsl.
Miulrid I^*tt T u> th«* I. »nd<m Ness.
t^'iiet-n Christina has given another
proof of her coolness nnd pluck which
tins crcat«d gie :t cnthusioMin among her
sot diets. A detachment of the ro.ia I
enginecra, w it!i their olii< era, w ere atomt
towiako a first trial of some udlitary
toilhsms recently iiurcbavil in France,
and were working Imrc-dcep in mild in
tin- royal jsirk, some milt's taitsfdo Mad•
rid, when suddenly a royal taniage n|»-
[icireil ill which was seated tho (Jue-n,
t'«mntess Boniulegui fmtotws* of the
rule*) and O.ksud Avail..n (uide-de-
eatnpf. The (Jimn j i k«! her way, n it
H " /»through (lie m-id t«> whero the
neers % were preparing the
todh 0:1, and sIh? n^tonishe*!
» I.mIv l>» ... (ti*. .». » .hn
had wmo f<>r t’iu express utriKira ot
joining in the first ascent. I lor lady in
waiting declined t» accon-ptny Iw-r,
w lu a her insj.rty lightly steppin! into
the r albsui With Col. Ayullon. Thu or-
r was then given to let the cable go,
_.J I. hehl by two slender rv>(>es, tho bnl-
lotsi, bearing the queen, thu culonel and
four soldiers, rose to a bight of about
nrds. After enjoying a splendid
vi« v.* of Madrid and its environ*, her
ma.:> sty gave Uiu signal to luwer the
tall on, which stop)ied ten yard* from
the ground to allow a photograph to lx*
tab> u. ami the queen Inn btl, welcnmed
by«nthusiastic chtvrs from the mid ten.
TL baltemii I1.1* Utn cliristcuvd Marie
CLiotlnaof liap;burg.
Of th'
? tlmn half; Eun>pe : U?0,-
his religious duty to ?
nly
y. Every Esqui-
tojrn’’ cousidurH U/ v
near «a di cod' ^
anxious to put on sty!© 1
entirely niton yottrsrlf.
Ufu aud w © all like It."
n - r.v«r t rt'tin* 1 which, ae ■ tiioy piotruui. iriu. li.J ^
• 1 ' • iitoVut h . I .-in-sup; I l<» l»> iniitati"iM->f thu tuskv
lt*S I
The I Ire. lit uf (lr.ro,
Harriet Waters lYeston in Ju!/ A' Isnlle.
Yet there to no need too* ribe, as tom*
liavp done, to femimno inllu.-utv tlu? fart
that the objections of tho youthful
Ca-aor were quickly overntlxl, and tho
nnuic of Marcus Tnllius Cicro put first
i»|N>n the fatal roll of tho iinmcriUd.
The name of (Juintus was also Ih no, and
the two olil brothers, all their difference:*
forgotten, were together at tho Tusculnu
villa when the list of the c nulunuml np
|N'nred. It smiled worth while waking
tlu* attempt in ercapo ly sen and join
Brutus in Macedmiin, ana to thU end the
|Mir set forth down the AIIkui hills,
c irried shlu by sido in two litters, ami
conversing earnestly all Hi© way, jt ap.
I cared, however^lu f .re they reached tin?
t'amnagna, that thoy liad not tnon«*y
nearly enough twtween them for tho
journey, and Quintus took tho link or
returning to Koine for ampler supplies.
Tlicy dl'Miot linger over their parting,
nor need we. The hired cs assius of th©
triumvirs were nln-wly nt work in the
city when (Juintas arrived; he fell at
oneo into their bands and ho and his
son di d hiavuiy together, fighting side
by side.
Meanwhile, our Cicero pushed on to
*\hturu, Mi'ing onco more, as in n dream,
HieMNd where hs hud firet eia.tp. <I death
to hto heart, when be pored iU docp
shades beside tlio clinging ghost of
Tullio. There he emlNirked aiidcviasted
along os fur as the L’ircuun Ca|M*. where,
Hi© weather being very tlircatening, he
lain toil and >h pt. In the momhig lie
had half nbaniioned tho voyage. Hu
even walkml a littio way along the road
to Rome, ns though impatient to meet
hto niurdtr *r> and antiri/mte tit© end.
Hut liis nlU'iidants, nsolved, if |MjMibl.-,
on wiving their U loved master, pur-
suided him to re-uiubark, and strug
gling still against contrary wind*, they
ruiiudl'd tiiu point of Gael a. Formin'
now lay before tl.o 11—exquisite? For-
tula*, emlmice.) by its guar.mm iai*eH,
one of tho *n«e ctt of v ic.ro’s Italian
homes. But th© December skies were
dark above the villa to-day, tho V« 1
scian ptakM on the horizon dim, and
even the Tyrrhene waves di e uund.
Here, however, Loing faint with v.i-
•i<4uiess and s|N.*nt with fatigue, the re-
iuctant taitiv© would alsduitlv Lnd,
and, ifingitig h miclf upon a com h un*
tier his own roof once tuor *. to; rank
into a heavy slumber. In-m this
lie was iire.Oitly n»usod bv hto
fhires, who, iqwtisg in rgu:-
ize«l panic that soldier* sir. in
sight, hurried him almost by fonv into
the litter ami plunged into thu Hd ke.t
of tlws .hrnldM-ry Is-tween tli© tills timl
the sea. lialf way down thu *’©,<• (hey
encountered the troop, when lino,
hearing tho clang of nrmi, looketlout
and ordcrwl hit men iu u loud, dear
to set down the litter, and offc* n«)
nstotonce. laying hivtoft band 0.1 his
chili, with an unconscious gesture very
couiinoii to him wldl • iqs-nking. he fixed
hiseyu steadily fer a moment on the
captain of the Imnd, one lleiTennius,
whom lie recognlrrd and called by name.
“Come, then, old soldier, if you know
jour duty, aid strike quickly." ilo
stretched forth hto cin.viated luck, the
bystanders involuntarily covered their
eyes, xml the blow fell.
The revered head was set up above tl.
! - • ’ ! • “ '' : -
tber koaw was tn
lustra, according to tho tarUiruus | blvou.
ttonoiwd Brazil, Mexb
tine iiepuiiiic from s.wuu to o,?au e
Or th ? Asiatic railroads over 14,000 nutva
were in British India; tho Transcaspian
railroad and thorn? in the Dutch posses
sions Is ing the most inqiortunt among
thu others. China lias practically no
railroad* in operation, but Japan bad
nearly 500 miles. In Africa the lemling
railr'M'l system is that of tlio Capa Col
ony, with nearly 2,000 miles in opera
tion. Egypt, Algiers nnd Turns also
luvve considerable systems, but tho cen
tral part of Africa to uhnost entirely uu-
developcd, Tho oldest Australasian sys
tems are those of New South Wales,
Victoria and New Zealand, each of which
now has aliout 2,000 miles of railroad.
Tli© other Australian colonies aru begin
ning to do felon rapidly.
In Kuropo the country with tho great-
est atotoiu'o inihago to Germany, with
m arly 25.000 miles, fnl lowed by Franco
with 21,000, Great Britain with 20,000,
Kmwin with less tlmn 18,000, and tho
Austriuu empire with 15,0)0. Iho
country with tl»e largest mileage in pre>-
|N>rtioti to area to Belgium, which has in
round iiumlN.>nioiiu uiil© of railroad for
every four square mile* of territory.
Englan.^ulunu would i>robably lutve
atomt thu sain© pro|mrtion. but Great
Britain ami Ireland tiavo only alNMit one
mil© of railroad to every six miles of ter
ritory. if the comiKirtoon to mode with
impulation Franc© ho* a slightly large!
I cr capita uiilcag© than ©itlwr I^ng»«nd.
lelgium or Germany; but tliat of tho
United Btates to uioro tlmn four times a*
high us b'rauce, while thu showing in
Australia to even a trill© better Hum
our*.
A striking thing about theso statistics
to thu amount of ini reus© in re o ntycai*.
Ono-third of tlu? railroad mileage in tho
table was c< 11 truclud since the close of
1880, the increase in these seven y. ars
being not very much less, than in Hie
twenty year* immediately preceding.
Juht atomt half of tlito increase lias bwn
ci ntributed by tho United States. TTuj
most rapid iNjirentrigo of increase to, of
course, round in tiiu newest ctMintries,
Iik© Australia. If wo confine our coni-
imrto ns to the la*t four years wo find
that whilo Eurojiu lia* increatred only
i:i jnt cent. nn«l trio United State* 31 iter
rent., Australia show* n growth of atomt
4h |N?r cent. Thocap!tal inn sted in rail
road* has protoibly not incrunred quite
*0 fa»t a* thu milt-age, A careful, though
mtts arily somewhat uncertain, esti
mate, makes thu average c**»4 of rail-
roods in Enrol*? about $l 12,00 > per mile,
ami that in other |Kirts of Hi© world
atomt 4VJ.U00, indicating that thu tocal
investment, a* nearly as can In? ascer
tained, is j2/,toN\to0,000, rather more?
tliau nail ut u m r.unrpe.
Harrison and Ike Flatc-IIuliters,
fr«.m Ito* CliU’sgo IIi-raM.
Dresideiit Harrtoou to rept>rte<l as l«-
ing annoyed at the reports that be tpeuds
all of hto time in dealing out patronage,
and hu ciHi.e* forwanl. through Secre
tary Half* rJ, with thu statenmnt that ho
t{Nndi Imt ono hour in tivo days in the
week in dealing with place-hun-
Urte lie might have gone fuitiier and
added: “Even that hour L devote to tur
family." 3
Humors run riot In the blood at this lin
*»*»• Uood'» HorMpttriUa MjicUeTfry | IthlnuM !moI vrvcl UtUUi.n i:n-I
of pmooi
dri ll. They wont tlicir cbiklren, Uiry
ur, to lie like Amuticuw.
Th<i AUak.il hu no da, of rat—no
lioly day. Ho work* from year in to
rar out. Of the future all ho believes
uthut after <Ie*lb ho will |oto*oaw
ptiea where it i, not *o cold u in Abukn
ur MiberU. He hu no trsditiua—no hi*-
tury. The more intulUitent of the raca
keepadUrr^writtenun pieoreat iron in
lii.rn.lyphuvL They priwirre there while
on their travel* alnhi; the rout, and by
ree.uuof them relate tlicir experience*
of the voy*ge.
Their uncuogo differ* from that of the
Ruadan*, u it doe* from tho EnrfUi.
No HUvonie or Uttln root* ere found in
it. In only ono word ia there a re-
eemhlanr* to either. Tliat i* the word
‘‘mamma’' for mother. Tlio Finu havo
the same word, which they write maa>
mae, for Mother Earth.
I.atr»t liable. M.ll.lln,
rmm th. Mettal TIok. for July.
M. Dujanliii-lleaumi't/. report* on
ralile* In the deimrtmont of tlie Heine
the number of ratul caaee hut year u
nineteen. Thiai* lantely lu exoau at
1*0, IWRi, 1*4 ami 1*3. during each
of which only three death* occurred.
Ilut it i* below the number of the deaths
of iut year. Four were due to cat*’ anil
fifteen to dofa’bite*. Iiatwo lx a tl.o
patient wu no» bitten, but only h Itwl.
The period uf incubation of the dlaeaae
wu generally from twenty-live to forty
day*. Ohm. however, occurred ia which
tho dlaeaae broke out 139, 143 and even
144 day* after the biting. Why tho
period varie. ao widely ia not known. It
la probable, io l)r. Dcoumetz thinks,
that tlm time iaahol tart whan the num*
ler and deptlu of tho wound* and tho
quantity of po aon aregraatorti
Tiiodiiigai.U uf rabie* ia often at
tended with great uncertainty. I- *—
care* out ot tiiu nineteen thero '
wrong dingmxi*. in one the death was
attributed to 'o kjaw; la the otiier threu
caaea tho direue wu aaid to ba .1 phtho-
ria, dialutea and th lirium tretueoa.
Dr. Dujaniin-Beaumet* annonnom
brilliant result* fer M. PutHir 1 * treat,
merit.
During tlio post joir 3-51
tn.iud at tlui Pasteur l “
bitten by animal* a
went to bo mad; 331 by a
were pronounced rabid by veterinary
surgeon.; forty-nine by animal* ol ''
which there wu no information.
Out of three *9
ml llwa Mitn tolwre
if tlio cairn of dogaprnred'to be nuu t aro
only taken into account, and 1.1!) ur
cent, if all are included.
On tho other hand, tho official tallies
•how that 115 penotu who were bitten
by rabid dog. aid not apply for treat*
incut to tile I’a.teur iueUtutc, Among
thi'-o fourti—n death* cccunol. Thn U
a ratio of 13.3 nor cent.
Toaum up, the mortality for un inocu
lated person* wu IIM jwr c-nt. in i*T,
13.33 per cent in 1(»?. whilo for po
und ‘ —
- i A
a»i<t i
tienta ot tho institute ths mortality
11.14 per cent, in XB)7 and 1,19 per i
inmurity aud vlUluu uud uir’vle.> tlii I w.
i v.ho underwent ao trcatmeut,