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Cancer and Alluvial Soil.
I spoke a short time ago about M.
Charles Blanc having died of cancer,
and pointed to the conclusion that his
malady was to be in some degree traced
to the alluvial situation of the Palais
Jlazarin, wdiere he resided. Of that
disc ase, I l said : that the it haunts of low-lying
river r-sides and mouths streams
ivh eh serve as sewers. Perhaps it
nfght be of interest to some ot your
readers to know on what data I have to
go. Uaspail first called my attention to
the fact seventeen Holland, or eighteen struck years with
ago He was, in
the prevalence of cancer in the low-ly¬
ing districts, and still more and along ns tho
mouths of the Scheldt the Rhi lie.
He at first as-ribed the frequency v of the
maiady to the electrical conditii ns pro¬
duced by the metallic plates which the
women of different Netherlandish lo al
ities wear on their heads to supp ort
their tall lace and muslin caps; but iie
a’so found that in the tidal region of the
Seine, where the soli is alluvial, there
was a great deal of cancer, head-gear. although He no
metal entered into the
pursued his observations at the mouths
of other rivers. They led him to be
heve that conditions of soil and atmos
plicre which developed scrofula were
also favorable to cancer, a malady which
is apt to first show itself in a glandular
region. Trousseau used to advise pa¬
tients in wh m he discovered a cam er
ous tendency to try and live where tho
soil is dry, the air brisk and the aspect
sun ny. "1 have known of a good round
number of deaths from cancer in those
qu:\ rters of the city where there are
and unuerg round wafer-courses, and along
the Sei ne. Count von Goltz, the l’riis
sian Ambassador for many years at tho
Court of the Tnileries, lived close to the
river. \\ hen Madame Louis Blanc was
attacked with the cancerous malady of
which sho died, she had been for some
time residing in tr tho part pa: of the Rue de
-
Tivoli nearest, to the Sei
Many years ago, in making an appalled ex ur
sion down the Shannon, I was
at the number of cancerous old women
who stretched out their hands for alms
at the landing-places. Near Athlone as
tnanv as three miserable beings, with
faces on which the disease was togeth greedily
feeding, presented themselies er.
a carman who who noticed noticed that that the the sight sight ot
them gave me “a turn.” said: “A
power of widows dies round here of
cancer. We’re used to seeing them t
and have got hardened, It’s all the
fault of the Board of Works, that is
paid ps to drain the country and won’t do
it. Mv own mother—fte leaven be n her
bed!—died of cancer. She had a bad
1 ooth when tho river i'ooded the house,
it ached, her face swo’led up; the doctor
kneed it, and in eighteen months’ time
sho was in her grave.” A cancerous
tumor of ulcer broke down the consti¬
tution of the Duchess of Kent at damp
I rogmore. It would be very easy to get
at statistics showing what geological favor
and atmospheric conditions most
cancer if patients on admission to hos¬
pital were asked to state in what locali¬
ties they had been residing when the
disease first showed itsel’. I have never
lands seen a can erous face in the chalky good up¬
of Kent, but I have seen a
many about Dartmouth, the Hoo
marshes, Woolwich and Chelsea.—
—■London Truth.
Electrical Transmission of Tower.
A novel apn Teat ion o the eleelvcal
transmission or power has lately been
ma le at the Tra aigar colleries, Forest
of Dean. The elee rical arrangements yram.d E
were carved out by the I ec
tri ■ company, under the supervise n ot
their m naging director. Mr. A. I s
Neve 1 os ter. in this case a, ele trie
motor is i sed to drive a pump in “ ] e
.
undergrou d workings. The pump is
cm pi yectfo- punping the dranage wa¬
ter from some of >he deep workings the to
'he bottom o'i the sha t. whence
ordinar,- steam pumps fwtie it to the
s'irfr.ce. 1 he total vertical Hft of the
e’e.tr'c t:u m ) is one hundred and hf
teen feet. while the length o: pipes
through which the water is forced is
some five hundred yards. A dynamo
machine is placed on the surface ,or
generating the current for working the
motor, and is connected to it by wires
led down the shatt and along '-be work¬
ings. a distance of some five lit noreo
yards. Messrs. Bra : n, the proprietors Ives per¬
of the colleries. express thems
fects fect'y satisfied satisfied with w the result o the urt
uertaki ng. an t propose still furthe to
extend the utili ation of ele tricity as oj a
motive power.— Jou ti at of the Society
J London.
A gbkat many barks have gone down
m . the East river at New York, within
seven years; 35,000 dogs have been
drowned there.
The Conyers Examiner
1UWMS.
ything
missed ■
“fT.'V® 05 f’v? been in tfebt.
Of tlie man I would be and the man I have t been
;
And I think ot a blind man, a cripple
i uuuk ot an idle and Durnns/»J<*s* root
'
out the meaning oi
Of Of hoir how many pe^bts Tre ;
Of hoy many actions I’ve done that are good;
! many hat herrings bore you’ll find in a wood:
< me; of things that 1 hate;
Of ... f how u attornoon many times dance I have which wasted breaks up at eight:
And spent lots of nothing my cash,
Ol how tunes money I have on hut trash;
Ot how many wishes wished you were her e;
l many I’ve wished in a vear
now was long smoking a pipe, unless I mistake";
have I stent and when did I wake?
i fie Commands of the Empress,
A Storj of Bnoian t>e«poiUiu.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS
To believe the following story, which
is recounted by a French histori; an, one
must remember that the word of a Rus¬
sian been Emperor or Empress has always
a very different thing from tne
word of an English King or Queen ; and
that where—as in this case—the British
cabinet would decide that her majesty
lady was temporarily would be insane, the Russian
considered only a little
more severe than her predecessors.
In the time of Catherine the Second,
there dwelt in Russia a gentleman
named by birth, Sonderland, become who, though English
had a Russian subject,
and also a great favorite with the Em¬
press. She loaded him with favors rs ;
made him immensely wealthy; gave 1 lim
a palace to live in, and embraced him
publicly.
What more could a sovereign do to
ehow her affection for a subject ?
Her partiality was so well-known that
tho greatest people at Court sought his
favor and feared his frown ; but he was
a very pleasant and good-hearted per¬
son, who thought more of his dress ap¬
pearance, and the effect he produced on
the fair sex, than anything else ; and it
was rather a benefit to the community
than otherwise that he should have the
ear of the Empress. He, himself, deal was
perfectly happy, and spent a great
of his time in writing verses expressive
of thecharmB amiability of the Empress, her her disposi¬ good¬
ness, and the of
tion. he had finished
One morning just a
most fluttering poem in several cantoes,
setting forth the story of her condescen¬
sion to a poor old soldier to whom she
had really been kind, and was reading it
to a select audience, when a servant
entering the room, announced to him
that the Chief of the Police, whose
name was Reliew, desired to speak Em¬ with
him, having a message from the
press. instantly threw down his
The poet
paper, and. delighted with this proof of
confidence on the part of the sovereign,
excused himself to his friends, Reliew and wait¬ hur¬
ried to the room where was
ing The for Chief him. of Police sat leaning back
in his chair, with a very grave face, and
saluted the Euglishman as a jailer might
salute a prisoner whom he was about to
lead to execution.
“What can Ido for you, Reliew?”
asked Sonderland, with a condescending
twist of his mustache. “I see you are
in trouble, and it was well to come to me
at once. The Empress was kinder than
usual yesterday, and expressed herself
more anxious to take my advice than she
has ever done before; so have no fears. I
e 3 teem you, Reliew. I consider you my
besUnend,.” ^ chief q{ doubt
.
fully. “And I am v ery sure I have a true
friendship for you; but I regret to say I
have terrible news for you. You have
utterly lost the favor which has been
yours so long. Indeed, though I may
not question the royal mandate, I suffer
terriblv in bringing you the news. See
how pale I am. Look how I tremble.
Oh, how can I tell you?” I offended?” asked
“But how have
Sonderland. “Assuredly you are mis¬
taken. The Empress kissed me on my
forehead last evening before the whole
Court.” the favor of royalty, „
“Bo one loses ad¬
sighed Reliew. “ Perhaps you have
mired a pretty woman.”
“No, no,” replied Sonderland. said
“The Empress told me nothing,
Reliew “ nothing whatever. She gave
me her’ commands, and But bade they me are aocom- too
plish them at once.
horrible! too horrible! askedj Son
• i Am I to be sent away ?
You could be very dread
other country. I should not giv¬
ing you that news,” replied Eeliew.
11 Am I to be exiled to Siberia ? asked
Bonder! there might be some
hope of your coming back, replied Re
lie good heavens! I am to be
“Then, With the knout,” sighed Son
whipped
von do. I Will fling rayselfatlierfeet ^ d
and implore her P«‘ lo “ ’
n
ed Re
Th '
baa ordered me to have you
Empress
frienl^ Thfmornin‘g L sSnHor
mex
' Reliew,' she said, ‘ yon saw to^the
‘
•t-nffins? of mv favonte horse,
last month?’
^o°YWouderlana aniFhave stuffed, to the same in taxi- fttti
him ar
dermist . i.t ana ,. _u efrff ing, vou un
tuae of supp] „„ on 9 stand in
I private apartment. L
£ ^ at and bear his name with these these
e
ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHILE TRUTH IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT."
CONYERS, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY" 9, 1883.
words; "Tlio Favorite of the Em¬
press.” ’
• ’est, 7 ‘V™ f said, - “ajosty humbly. is good enough
“She flashed a fierce glance at me.
“ *1 am in no jesting humor. I valued
linn, _ she said. Look,
‘ I have even shed
tears ; but go, I do not wish to see him
eg ain. Take him to the taxidermist this
morning. him I will write ray orders for
and she gave me this paper and
he handed to poor Sonderland ft ’ paper
which ,
on were written these words ;
“Stuff Sonderland very carefully and
set him upon moss in the attitude of
hogging. Begin your work within the
hour. Great as was my affeetiou for
pom- greatest Sonderland, charm. his beauty are" was his
There others as
faithful and as affectionate, and I shall
now always have him to look at; he is
certainly a splendid creature. Go and
make all speed possible. Have the words
‘The Favorite of the Empress,’ in letters
of gold on a black pedestal three feet in
height.”
“There, my poor Sonderland,
see,” said the Chief of Police, “it is not
I who have gone mad.”
“ Then it is the Empress,” said Sonder
land. “Unhappy sovereign, she has lost
her mind.”
““All the worse for us,” sighed the
wretched Russian.
“As soon as I felt sure of her real
meaning, I fell or, my knees and begged
her not to intrust the terrible news to
mo; to reconsider her intention. I hardly
knew what I said. For answer she
nointed to the door.
“‘If Sonderland is not taken to the
taxidermist within an hour, you shall he
luiouted and sent to Siberia,’ she said.
“Wretch that I am, I am hero with tlio
news. ”
“Let me see tlie Empress; let
know what I have done. Let mo write.
Take a note to her from ms.”
“4 J‘I have dare not,” wifo and said the Chief children. of Police.
a seven You
are dear, but they are dearer to me.”
Sonderland began to hope that tlie
Empress only them, wished to play a practical
joke upon and pitying his friend
for his terror and the grief he suffered,
after a few moments more, arose and
offered to go with him at once. Wrap¬
ping themselves in their furs, both men
jumped into the sleigh at the door.
Meanwhile he had written a letter to
the Empress, and calling a servant, dis¬
patched it the by lnm. As yet no one
guessed at reason of this visit from
the Chief of Police, and the servant had
no fears concerning the safety of his er¬
rand.
Meanwhile tho two getlemen of the pro- tax
ceeded to gether to the house
idermist, Gottschekoff, Sonderland yet
hopeful—for an Englishman could not
believe that such a command could be
riven in earnest—the Russian half mad
with horror. In fact, in delivering tho
command of the Empress he lost com¬
mand of his voice and fainted away.
The taxidermist himself grew pale. death,
“This is my sentence of as
well as yours,” he said to Sonderland,
“for I do not know how to stuff a man,
and I know what Empresses aro. I .
shall have to try, of course, but I don’t
think it can be done.”
“ I ana sure it is only a jest of our
sovereign’s," said Sonderland.
The Russians shook their heads. But
at this instant a loud tramping seized was
heard, and armed men entered,
upon the Chief of Police, Souderiand and
the taxidermist, forced them into
sleigh and drove madly away to the Roy¬
al Palace. A
Sonderland still enough kept his when courage.
man knows well a woman
reallj likes him, but the Russians knew
that‘if the Empress had lost her obeyed. senses,
her maddest mandate must be
Perhaps they would now be all stuffed
Led into tlie royal presence, they the
found Catherine furiously pacing
' 3oor - shrieked , . , ,
“Wretched madman,” , site ,
to the poor Chief of Police, “ what have
been about ? ”
you The fellow fell his knees.
poor upon cried, “endeavor¬
“My Empress,” he though it broko
ing to obey you, my
heart.” cried , the
“And you, beast?” she to
taxidermist. prostrated him¬
The taxidermist his teeth also chattering m his
self with
head. Sonderland, of¬
“ My Empress,” said
fering her the paper she had written,
<< Here is your royal mandate. There
were some ; difficulties (purely profes
sional) in the way of stuffing me.
Otherwise I should have been already
in an attitude of supplication on a black
marble pedestal, I make no doubt.”
“Great Heaven!” cried Catherine.
‘ ‘ My friend—my most faithful and most
earnest friend—how dared y ou believe
me capable of such a thing? And you,
idiots, get up.” And she spurned the
crouching men with her royal spaniel—whom foot. ‘ It
was my dog, my favorite
I had named after this dear Sonderland
because he was so handsome—that I
ordered vou to stuff. He died last night.
The whole palace knew that. Good
heavens!” the , mistake . , . forced . ,
Tlie absurdity of
itseK upon the royal mind at this instant.
” “Amusing idiots,” she said, “go, and
always obey me as well as you have
done to-day. I see, at least, that you
And thereupon the Chief of Police and
the taxidermist crept away, thankful for
their lives, to convey the dead dog to its
his shoulder as they walked together
through the Palace.
Counter Irritation.
Uncle Mose and Parson Bledsoe were
taking nemefved a walk along the beach when they
a youthful Zulu disporting
Himself in the surf, who turned out t<
be Parson Bledsoe’s boy, Abram Lin
^bat ar boy is gwine to catch cold,
sa jd Old Mose. t’*
“Hits a warmues* mine
catch.
“I somowhxr.
a warmnese
else. else ”_ - News.
On Perfectly Flying.
When a woman exclaims: "I feel as
if ; 1 should perfectly fly,” she expresses
(♦stale of mind easily comprehended by
men, as well as women.
It is only the nervous woman who de¬
sires to perfectly fly, but as nearly all
American women are nervous, it is very
seldom that any one of them passes
through life without like desire, this desire. but Men of
them never express a by many
are familiar experience with
precisely the state of mind which in a
woman leads her thoughts in the dirce
lion of confirmed perfectly flying. smok who has been
The er
deprived feels of tobacco wild restlessness for twenty-four which
hours a
amounts to positive torture. in The ex¬
tremity of every nerve his body seems
to him to be laid bare. Everything tor
monts him. His best friend, eron his
wife can not speak without irritating his
nerves. The slightest noise maddens
him. In the chaos of mental misery in
which telligible he idea—the is plunged he has only one in¬
thought does that ho think wants of
to be let alone. He not
putting this in practice by shutting him¬
self up in his room, or place. by the
away to some usually lonely floor On in
contrary, he paces the
the presence of his pained and awe¬
struck family. What he really wants to
do is to perfectly fly, hut being a man,
he has never thought of himself in con¬
nection with wings, and never dreams
of saying that he “feels as if ho should
perfectly fly.” Vet his nervous condi¬
tion is precisely the same as that of the
thousands of women tvhojlaily use that
forcible expression. produce of
Various causes this siato
mind in women, Perhaps in the greater
number of cases the children arc the
moving cause. When they have per¬
sistently irritated her for hours by noise
„nd awkwardness, when they hare vain¬
ly been told to “don’t” f< >r scores
of times, and when neither affection nor
remonstrance, nor the awful shadow of
the impending slipper has mother any effect
seized upon them, the unhappy longing perfect¬ is
with a mighty to
ly fly, and mentions the fact with tre¬
mendous energy. The servants are also
potent factors in awaking this longing. who
The gentle ami patient housewife
has borne meekly with the stupidity chambers of
the cook, the laziness of the
id, and the impertinence of the wait¬
er, is suddenly oppressed with a feeling
that she can endure no more, and must
instantly and perfectly fly, led site be¬
come hopelessly insane. Husbands,
too, even when well-meaning, do their
share in bringing their wivos t to this
state of nervous irritation and utter
hopelessness. A husband who will not
understand an interesting anecdote con¬
cerning the young man who is visitin 3
the young lady on the opposite side of
the street, and whose sister has a friend
connected by marriage with the family
that formerly boarded in West Thirty
sixth street, need only remark in an ab¬
sent sortof way, “What?" “Ah, yes!”
“Who did you say?” to reduce his wife
to the verge of stupid perfectly husband flying, produces In fact,
the kind and
this effect far more frequently than does
tlie cruel and persecuting husband. The
latter may lead hri wife to wislt that
she could run away, but that is a mental
condition ve z different from the desire
to perfectly lie set! that the
It must not a 0
woman who feels as should per
feetly fly has tho slightest wish to run
away from home. She does not want
to fly in th it. sense. Neither d ies sh tie
want to develo p wings and literally fly
away tike the dove or any other able
bird. Could she formulate would her feeling prob¬
in commonplace prose, she
ably say that she want* to be at rest.
Nevertheless, this would not fully ex¬
press her real state of mind. In fact, it
can not be expressed in language instinctively any
clearer than that which she
uses. To perfectly fly is not merely house, to
use children wings, and or to escape from achieve
servants, or oven to
peace. It is a process that is vague and
unformed even in the mind of the woman
who most ardently and wildly longs to
perfectly fly, and the expression of her
desire is only a method of announcing
that her nerves Why are in a should peculiarly associ
cited state. she ate
this condition of nerves with a va goe
idea of is a Perhaps ,s it 1
'■a ,-*»»*?nrr on lino wcpioiw
sociation of the act of flying away with
a subsequent state of rest—an associa¬
tion due to the passage of Scripture in
which the Psalmist expresses a wish to
fly away and be at re 9 t. habitual Perhaps it is
owing to the secret and convic¬
tion of most women that t hey are most
an met In when thev are most (GssmisHeU
with the world, and that as first cousins
of the an gels they ought in strict justice
to be supplied with wings, and granted
complete liberty to use them. condition of her
Painful as the mental
who wishes to perfectly fly must neces- It
sar ily be, it is not a dangerous one.
ely lasts beyond a few consecutive
minutes. This is a merciful otherwise provision
of nature, for life would be
unendurable both to the woman herself
and to those around her. Anything
which suddenly distracts her attention
from her latest and most exaspe rating
ann oyance will cause her instantly to
aba ndon all thought of perfectly nromotl flying.
If the troublesome off bed, children trying are v
carried to if the servants
an put out of mind by the arrival of a
visitor with a new and interesting dress,
or if the exasperating husband exhumes
a new bracelet from his pocket, the wife
all at once finds life endurable. Per¬
fectly flying becomes as unattractive to
her as six-day pedestrianism, and she
finds within her erase the rest which a
moment before naa seemed unattaina¬
ble except she should first perfectly fly.
— Harper's Bazar.
—Is a chemical lecture at New York
Prof. Eggleston declared that an artifi¬
cial diamond was much more beautiful
than the genuine stone, but retained ite
brilliancy only fo r a few years.
—The Methodist cook Concern has
purchased the subscription list and good
will of the New Yorx Methodist, which
will be transferred to the Christian Ad
voccUe.
A New JaasET squire received 32
_ bonds
eeptirfor uniting sample m the holy
r,f wWilook, The squire thinks the parties
had too little appreciate, of the import
B „t «=rvice he was rendering them.
Clothing for Little Folks.
It is said a great many babies die
iverv year for want of sufficient elotli
ng. Cn ldren do not need heavy clothes,
Cut th ey do need warm, light flannels,
Little children are on the floor a great eohIs
deal, and are more expos sod to
than grown persons. When not too
small, they should have flannel ormeri
no in iderclothcs. Two suits will cost
less than a doctor’s visit, and if your
babies are not properly protected have from the
the cold you will be very apt to
doctor visit you a good many times.
Babies too small for underwear can be
made couiforthble with flannel diaper
drawers the color of the stockings, half
Three pairs arc needed. From to
three-fourths of a yard ’ are handkerchief required.
T hey should be cut half
shape, and then hollowed out, to lit
around the legs snugly. A little cro¬
cheted edge of zephyr or Saxony finishes
them neatly. Five' buttons should be
on the pointed part. The top button
holds both button-holes on the blind
around the waist.
Children’s shoes are apt to ltavo very
thin soles until number four’s can bo
wo rn. After cold weather comes on,
cut in-soles of paste board a little small¬
er than the solo, and cover with Canton
or woollen flannel. An old, felt, hat
makes a good lining for little shoes.
Shaker flannel is the m st sensible for
children's wear, as it does not shrink In
washtmj is warm, and wears well.
There is a quality of scarlet lb unci (it
is all cotton) wnich lifts a very short
nap, c'.o.sely resembling Shaker flannel,
which sells at slxtdvu cents peryar L It
is said to wash without fading. This
will make pretty and cheap skirts, if it
is fast color, and a very pretty edge
in shell stitch can bo crocho ed on the
edge by first doubling the Saxony in a
zephyr needle and hi itton holing tho
edge aftor it is hemmed. M ake tlie
stitches a quarter of an inch long.
When you have beeti around once, com¬
mence crocheting, using only every oth¬
er one of the button-hoie stitches. Put
four stitches in the first row of shells,
four in the second, and five in the last.
I am not familiar with the terms used
in describing crochet, work, but any one
who understands the simplest stitch can
readily do this. Any number of rows
can bo knitted, but 1 think th ee makes
the trimming deep enough for a little
child. Work a vine in doable herring¬
bone stitch, witli wliito linen thread,
above the hem, and you will find it a
great improvement.
Wat ■m, little hoods, of Saxony, are
knit in i tiio shell stitch 1 have described
above, and lined with merino or silk.
The cost is a trifle. A cut of Saxony
will knit two. Glengarry caps in car¬
dinal arc much worn. They and aro
crocheted at first ju 3 t like a mat,
when the desired size is reached, de¬
crease one stitch every row till the cap
is small enough for the head, when knit
half a dozen rows plain. Finish with a
shell edge, and on top sot a zephyr ball,
steameuand trimmed into shape.
Very durable little dresses for chil¬
dren are made of small, flannel. shepherd’s 'They
plaid, should or be plain lined. gray A good is
way a
simple, close-fitting sacque almost like
an apron, with a four to six-inch plait¬ ivith
ing set plaid up on bands, the dress. Brighten of bright
Scotch or rows easily
colored worsted Ii aid, or some
executed embroidory in zephyr or Sax
ony. Short-sleeved, low-necked aprons
of white po r ods over these littlo. dark
dresses ar o v ory pretty, and can be made
of the die etieap pest materials. One lady
whose childr en are ahv ays prettily
dressed makes use of t he live cent
pique. She says it wears well and does
up very easily. The woven Swiss trim¬
ming is prettier than and embroidery, tie had wears in
very much better, can livetofllteen
handsome patterns at from
cents per yard. A very pretty quality
of cro ss-barred Igo goods cah he got now
that it is out o f SI eason for fifteen cents
per yard. Economical mot hers can find
many bargains now in summer goods ami
which have not yet been put away;
as most such goods are remnants, most
merchants aro willing than Indispose of them them
at a bargain rather carry
over. — Cor. Louisville Home and Firc
title.
Dynamite Supersedes the Axe.
A Somerset County, (Me.) firm have a
pnlp manufactory, consuming Their operations spr
and hemlock timber.
are large, and instead of practising and tho
slow method of chopping down , trees
sawing them up, in ord er to get tho
wood into the pulp mill, they blow them
to splinters with dynamite. An eye¬ A
witness thus describes tho process:
fine large spruce was selected, and a hole
was driven in about ten inches,
the chips Wero removed, inserted. and Tho a
dynamite cartridge was caudle,
dynamite comes in sticks like a
and resembles moist brown sugar. A
fuse was attached, and the men sought
a place of safety. In a few seconds there
was a mighty roar,and the great and tree was
up in the air about ten feet, then,
with a swoop and a crash, it canto to the
earth, splintered halfway to the trunk.
Dynamite is not cheap, but taking into
consideration the time, labor, wear and
tear of tools saved, is not as expensive as
might be supposed.— jAanberman,
Tlte|Game or Geography.
An ingenious Frenchman has invented
a game for facilitating the study of ge¬
ography by children. This new game,
ajiproved by the Paris Society of Geog¬
raphy, consists of a large planisphere
map of the globe, representing accompanied animals, by nn
merons objects towns and land¬
plants, flags, costumes, card¬
scapes. These objects of painted small in¬
boards stand upright when the
scription accompanying them is folded
back ; they carry, moreover, a number
corresponding to one on the map.
Placing each in its proper position, the
child becomes acquainted with the sub¬
ject ; if it be a plant, he knows the
place which produces it and its use;
if a town, he knows its population, its
position, etc. The map is folded, and,
with its various objects, put in to a box.
—A planter near Memphis has a dog
which, with only two years’ his practice, head at
crows like a rooster, raising and lower¬
the outbreak of the melody
ing it as the sweet sounds die away, just
as a rooster does. — Ezcltawie.
A Scientific Homo.
That admirable organization, Sorosis,
discussed a momentous question at its
meeting on Tuesday. It was: “Will
home-making mg< ever become a science?
Three eri idito papers were read on
tho subject, a nd a learned diseus
sion followed in which Rev. l’hoobe
11 anaford participated. Wo regret pro¬
foundly that neither tho contents of tho
papers nor tin, points of the arguments pub
used in the discussion have been
lished. We arc loft in tlie dark, th cro¬
fore, as to what sort of a place a homo
construcled on scientific feminine principles, mind, as
they appear to the
would be. The information is also
lacking as to which side had the better
of the argument. Apparently and the the
question was not put to a vote,
organization adjourned without decid¬
ing whether home-making would o\or
be'come a science or not- This throws and
the discussion open to tho public, their
gives the men a chance to ex (press
views on a question of vital importance
to their happiness. for moniont that
Let us suppose a seionce,
liomc-making will become a
and that we shall shortly have a eom
pany or^n anized which will guarantee a
thorough l y scientific home to all sub
It What sort of an institution
would be? The ideal homo is, of
course, a haven of rest where tho lius
band and wife both have their own way
in eve rything; where the children never
cry: where the servants are models of
honesty and industry; where the dinner
is never late and is always well cooked;
where there is no perceptible washing- dusting
day; whore the sweeping anil
are done when nobody knows it; whore
selfishness and bad temper aro never
known; in short, a little Heaven upon
earth, inhabited by thoroughly kind angelic
mo rials. Homos of that eon
stru teted upon a scientific basis, and
veil hot, like steam through suhter
ranean pipos, would moot a this long-felt
want. Nearly subscribe every family in But great if by
city would for one.
a scientific home is meant 3 a place whore
“intolloct" perpetually reigns; whore
the constant effort is “ to make homo
interesting hy making it instructive;”
where “ happiness" is served out like
cough medicine in a spoon ami accord¬
ing h> receipt, we are afraid the demand
will not be great History to is of a
man “blessed” with such a homo,
who, as he sat listening to the fam/llar
Wo rds: “Hot me, sweet 1 home, there is
no place lik re home,” remarked with
deep glini feeling that he was “thundering”
there wasn’t.
A great deal depends uj ton tho ohar
actor of tho scientific hoi me, and that
point must ho clearly oxp laineil before
any opinion as to tho success or failure
of tlie scheme can lie formed, As for
the men, there is little doubt about tho
kind of a scientific homo which would
be popular with thorn. AH tlicy thoirown want
is a home where they can ha ve
way always, whore tho m cals are al
ways good, always fresh in variety and
always served on time; and where the
wife is so accomplished an economist
that when she asks her husband for
money and he says: “Where is that
five dollars I gave you sweetly: a week ago?” 1 hav“ she
will be aide to reply, “ ^0
bought both the children a nair of
sho oes, myself a new bonnet, a a car
pot for tiio library, all out of that live
dollars, and havo a dollar anil a half
loft." That is tho kind of scientific
home the average man is yearning for,
anil if Sorosis or any other organization happi¬
can supply it, the sum of human
ness will ho enormously increased.--N.
y Tribune.
~
ilin Life.
In a stairway on Woodward avenue
Monday sat sadness, a man who looked the
picture he of pulled and red every hai ndkerchief now and
then out a
with many holes and rents in it, and
wiped pedestrian tears from halted his and eyos. asked: By and by
a
“Say, stranger, what ails youP”
“Oh, I dunno. I guess I feel sail.”
“You shouldn’t feel bad on New
Year’s Day. and It’s the day on which to
braeo up swear off.”
“That’s just the point!” replied the
man, as lie brought out tlie handker¬
chief. “I haven’t anything to swear off
from.”
“Don't you drink?”
“Not a drop.”
“Nor smoke, nor chew?”
“Neither one; nor do I swear, gam¬
ble, bet nor lie.”
“Well, you must be a pretty good
man.”
“Oh, I am —I am, I'm to-day too good. Tho
rest of you can resolve not to rob
or steal again. You can swear off on
whisky and tobacco and lay plans for
economy, but I’ve got to plod right
along in the old track.”
“Can’t you think of one singlo point
for reformation?”
“Not a poinb—not a one. I’ve sat
here for a whole hour trying to find
one single weakness, but I can’t do it.
Stranger, it makes me sail, and you
must excuse these tears. When I realize
that I am so all-fired good 1 am half in¬
clined to commit suicide.”
“I’I. tell you of a point, old man.”
“Will you? Thanks! thanks! What
is it?”
hair “Why don’t you resolve clean to get your
cut, wash your face, out your
nails, and put on a clean shirt?”
“Why don’t I’ I will! Thank Ho aven,
there is a show for me after all! I’m
not as good as I thought I was. Yes,
sir, I’ll do it. Shake with me! You
have probably saved my life, and my
gratitude is unbounded.”
And then he cried some more, but
they were tears of joy. - Detroit Free
These animals can not well resist wet
and c
prwspTff.'sji SsSt-sAitks: 'st
eficialP But care to keep the sheep dry
and to provide a dry, airy shed for them
is far more effective to prevent the
trouble than any medicine can be to pro
mote a cure—A*. Y. Times.
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—“The study i of mankind .
proper i»
mau.” “woman.” Pope Woman knew better is deep than to study say
too a
for anybody to undertake.
$>.50 PER ANNUM IN AD/ANCE
NUMBER 2.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
—Ninoty years ago the first English
missionary whole offered himself, and now the
number of evangelical foreign
missionaries is 5,000, and they are the
leaders of a native hostof 00.000 helpers
of all kinds.
—The foundation stone of the mag
niticent Church of tlieSavi or, at Vienna,
which lias been under eon istruction for
twenty six years, and is tlie oxpri ossion
of a national thanksgiving for the pres¬
ervation of tho monarch’s life, isa block
of marble quarried on the Mount of
Olives, Jerusalem. The church will
cost $1,875,000.
—In response to the complaints of
parents of the overwork of pupils in the
New York City schools, llio Board of
Education lias under consideration a
material reduction of the course of study
by a revision, throwing out some re¬
quirements and making others elective.
—,V Y. Times.
—Dr. Dana, of St. Paul, mado a pil¬
grimage of -IDO miles to preach tho ser¬
mon at the dedication of a Congrega¬
tional church at Winnipeg, Manitoba,
recently. Tho church and parsonage
cost $45,000, and $1)0,000 of the amount
was obtained by twice soiling lots pur¬
chased as a site for tho buildings, tho
city’s growth sending tho price of real
estate upwards rapidly. — Vhicayo Jour¬
nal.
—One of tho sons of the Prince of
Wales is to lie given an ecclesiastical
training. llis illustrious uncle, tho
church, Duke of Albany, hut. was designed sufficient for tho
did not possess
vitality for that calling. It has boon
nta ny years since England has had a
prii mate who was a Prince of tho blood,
but the next g eneralion may the possibly of
witness a royal incumbent of Bee
Canterbury. the
—Mr. Goble, a missionary of
American Baptist Union, is said to be
the inventor of the jin-riki-sha. the pop¬
ular Pullmau-car, so generally used in
Japan. As in Tokio al one (here aro
between 40,000 and 60,000 giving and em¬
ployment to that number of men,
bringing in an annual income of $75,000
from that sipgio city, it can bo inferred
that (lie missionary has been of some
material benefit.— Christian Weekly.
Hannibal Hamlin addressed the
st' dents of Colhv University, in Watov
ville, Me., a few evenings ago, on tho
“Importance of Practice in Extempore
.‘-peaking.” At the conclusion of tho
address he presented to tlio portrait e llogo an of
oil painting, a copy of tlio
Christo| her Columbus in tho Na al
Museum at Madr d,.believed to bo the
most a ithentic likeness of thegreat dis
coverer. Tho portrait will be placed in
the library for tho present. I
Al a late meeting in London. Gen¬
eral Booth, the lea lor of the Salvation
Army, mi ulo the surprising slatcmont
that the offerings for sustaining tlio
operations of tho tttmy amounted to
$600,000 per annum i, lie strongly ad
vised the local corps topi trehaso a 1 .
don theater wlii h had boo offered
them; “for, by doing so,” ho said,
“they would bo killing two birds with
one stone. This would shut the devil
out an i let God in.”
The President of the German Diet.
Law and usage liavo united to give tho
President of the Diet a position wholly
different from that of tho “Speaker” in in
England or America. His poworH aro
some respects more, in others loss, ex¬
tensive. Ho appoints no committees,
anil is, therefore, without that opportu¬
nity to roward friends and influence
legislation. Ho can with difficulty ur,y
create precedents by his rulings, and
contributes little to the hotly of parlia- pi
mentory law. Even his powers of disc.ip
lino auil police are to a c< insidorable extent
shared by tho Vice Presidents and tho
Secretaries, who are consulted in every se¬
rious crisis. But on tho other hand lie 1 ia«
no littlo influence in shaping the course
of debate, through tho practice, which
may be, but seldom is, contested, of
fixing the “order of tho day," or pro¬
gramme of business of each session.
The ratio of ambitious orators is much
smaller in u German than in an Ameri
parliament. Precedence is less
anxiously considered; time counts for
loss and there is less wrangling over
points of order and procedure. A debate
is a very formal affair, the names of those
who desire to speak being commonly by sub¬
mitted to the chair in advance, and him
arranged into a convenient succession of
pro* and contra*, who follow one another
with depressing regularity, much like
boys in a village lyceurn. In general it
may be Baid that while in Germany, as
in America, the Bpeakership is a mark
of party confidence, it is not, owing to
the different conditions of political life,
treated as a step toward higher honors,
elective or executive.
This statement holds true, moreover,
not only of Parliamentary prominence of the
as recognized in the person
President, President, but but also also of of Parliamentary
prominence on the floor and in
debate. It is seldom rewarded in the for¬
mation of Cabinets, and can claim for
itself noth’ ,thing * from the “ Btate. There 1
are men in the German Reichstag whoso
forensic talents would adorn any legisla¬
tive body in tho world, and who, pre¬
sumably, if in office, would develop ad¬
ministrative talents not inferior to th 006
of the forum, who in England or Franco
could command, and, if party conditions
were favorable, would receive jiortfolioe Ger¬
in the ministry, but who under the
man system may spend their lives in un
profitable debate, without ever being in¬
vited to share the work of construction
and execution.—i Herbert Tuttlfi, in Jlctr
per’t Mayadnt.
Joan ,»b- of Arc u- 2S5 suflered p
ever
sssjess^sxTS&& state
tends that the historians -who have
done nothing hut copy each otherin the
narratives of bet ueath—err exceedingly
in s*jjng L* 00 *. last
day of May. 1473, the fact being that
she was alive and well many years after
t ] mt date. There are good grounds, too,
lor believing that tho pretty fiction, story of
Abelard and Heloiseis a pure