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(f oliinibia HAKEEM, GEORGIA. /’ t ///. /.* m b a veh Y i m rsj>a Y. Hallaicl «** Alkln»on. H:ol MKHlftfc Th< n an* h nimilwr of total alwUlnrra in the pre** nt Engh«h ParHanient, and th< frund* of teni|M*ian' < wen* m» <!•_*- lighted with the <ln uin*t.»n« that they held a public meeting iu the We*tri:ir>« Ater Town Hall to urleomo them, A gi ologiat. who *».;* *tudied up io'* ►ul>j«-<t, *ny* that, diamond* in plenty will yet b<- found in Georgia, in u Im It that In- kxwtr* between Atlanta mid th*- Hstannah river, almut on* 1 hiimlrwl mile# in length and from ten to thirty mlb in breadth. Georgia luiaa |wi ofh<« naim-d 'la!k Ing lbw k. ’ which acquired it* title in tin following manner Some one in the vicinity found a large *tone, upon which wa* painted the word*, “Turn rm- over/’ It required great Mrength to iirrompliah thia, ami. when it wa* done, the man wo* <-orifront<'<l with the legend on the other ode nf the Hone, ‘ Now turn rm bark ami let me f<w»l *oin< one rim The unarmorrd y«-m-|* forth- I nitod Htatea Navy, to l»e built by the govern men!, will mark a new departure in ma iin< engineering l i.••'timil. they niuit have engine* of NSOO hot-' power, enpabh of developing < i"ht< » n mile* an houi, which pn-M i*t» a didlcult problem Chief Enginrt r l.lonng i* «ontident Hint lhe*e v<-*--el« will Mirpa'H anything that England po**r*w*. A loving New England couple dyed for one another a few day* ago. The man wa« fronted with the *now* ol vevrnty yearn, while *he who wa* to b< hi* bludiing bride hud the raven lock* of forty, lie dyed hi* hair black, think ing to plca*e her, and die, ignorant of hi* noble *i*rrifi< e, bleat hed her hair white t<» ph-a*e him There Whm a Mraligr far offm *- when they next met. 'l’he ('him m ruiiiihter at Washington wa* formerly the governor «»f a province. After hr had inndr hi* fortune the Em |h ror saw that he wa* getting rich too f**t, ami, much to hi* di«gu*t,exiled him hen- on a salary <»f a y< ar and all rx|N*n*t * |mid The minister and hi* at tache* nre prompt in returning nil card t alk made upon them They make no i \ caption* If the humblest grocer ahould M*iul hi* card, a distinguished mandarin would ap|Htu‘ in |wr*on within a few day* and sinih ami beam upon tin \\ a*h ington (filler. Mi llcmv M Stable), the African «\ plorrr, rrhitc* that when hr *tartcd on hi* tour through the “Dark Continent, *’ hr took in hi* baggage a large colh»< tion of l»ooks But a* the number of hi* nu n wa* l«***eti«*| the l*ook* had one by one to Im* left by thr waydde, until finally,win n lews than thru-hundr< <1 mile* from tin Atlantic, he bad left only the Bible, Hhak« *p< arr, Carly !<•’* "Sartoi Rr*artn . Noriv'* Navigation, and thr Nautical Al manac At Siugn tin Shnkr*pcarr wa* abandoned, and afhrwaid \<»ri< . tin Al manic, and, Inst, ’Sartor Rc*artu.*” were thrown down, only tht Bible going through t » the end. * , tu... JX ' * ( It appear* from a paper r<-ad before a pharmaceutical mm ivty that <un of the rra*oiiK (or the low pri» • of quinine lie* hi th«* (net that the rim Inma troc* art no lunger destroy rd in the harvesting. The old plan wa* to cut thriu down ami ►trip off the Imik when they were ten year* old Then the itlea wa* adopt <1 of tearing otT long strip* apd tilling the bare place* with mo**. The present method i* to *crupe off the outer lay, r of tliv bark, the }*»rtiou richest in quinim , and thi* thus not interfere with the growth of the tn*'. The bark is sen* pet I halt unwind at one opt-ration, the otlu r half living scrajH*l dx months afterward. Tb« prmvK* may be nq*att*l year after year. Os th< K< \ Sam Jones' preaching a writer In thv Cincinnati Ca .wcrrmf G.tr rt*r say* “Cim iunati has had w hat she lum not had fur many year* a genuine revival us religion. Grval crowds of }tvoplr thnmgtsl Mu* . Hall e\cry to hear tbr truth prvaehed in a plain way by a man evidently in earnest toconvime men that thv Ten (Xiinmandment* and tht S-nimn ou the Mount ought to ml the life of every human Initiu. Bev. >*m Jont * it pn aehvr unlike any other man who has rv< r prva< hvd in this city lb i» a quiet man in his manner of prx acb ing. H< iH-\ vt rant* ,he it never M-nm thuiak lie Hand* up and fctult *dy prtwt ht* thr truth that is the condition of ai* classy |M ,q»h h ih.-if t Yvrv ctwrt* ! with thv world He uw tlu plainest )u»sMblv English. The cutting power of hi* language is at time* tvrritk, and thr effvet upon tht audience *i* marvellous. Evt rylw»dy wanted to h«wi him; no church in (Cincinnati was large enough to hold une third of thv |x*qde who flockrtl to thv senior* " From Cin cinnati the Southern oangviist went t* Chicago. » Il county, California, a lot of In pi:m* Im < aim irnpn -sod with the idea of tidust. v, »av< d money . Iwnight and paid for land, ami wi re on tin high roinl to wealth. When the tax collector called <>n tlu rn they wen- parnly/a<l. an<l it wu* imjM/sdble to convince them that, Inning -in<e paid for hmd, they should Im- asked o pay for it again. Blondin, the fomou* ropt*-walker. wi-h<*slo Murn to America and do *oin< high feat but hi* agent, now in New Vmk fin<l* that th*- law would prevent t repetition of the Niagara or any lew*t I* ril. Am t would have to Im- spread umh-rm; th hi* mp- and that would de trov the < ;' h mine of th< |M-rformam < *. \ bargain wh- «omplete«l with the man i ol ,H ,m-, Island i-e-ort for a Bion din <l4*ol* next irnm< r. but a call on th' I) strict Attorney elicited a promise that tin- net law should sun ly l»c enfor- <•<!. Bion<li;i i- living in London at the age of r. 2 uid of lat< years ha* ua’k'd the ropr in | !<»p. in < onoquenee of having lost mu' h of hi- propeity by unfortunate in vestment*- Hi* id« i is that a tour in \m»rpa would replenish hi - fortune, but his ngeiit ■ iys that, in view of the una voidable net. he will not come. [n the \■/ f h {iht-i'iffin 11' if •t' Mi. A. .1 Ih smoii'l give* Home inti resting figures Mating Io the fa ! <lw indlifig’ailtli< <|o main. There ha* l»ceii at tbc disposi ’ion of tin- Government since its foundtt lion I.*.*}. 1 h0, 3*7 acres. From this nnoiint an- to Im- <h-<lm t<-d as unavailable a<■!' . im-luding Alaska, Indian ami military rcM-rvation* ami mountain or unfillable land*. Thia leaves about ‘MMi.IWMi 000 a< r<-s available, of which 300.d00,000 hav.- gone to actual -•■filer ;nd pii\af< pm< hi < r*. The dis f< nnt >f tf' have i" < iv< <l a* swamp land and for *• hool purpose 161,000,000. For < anal . wagon roads mid military and natal b<»imti< - 67.000,000 have be<-n troisfei re<l. To the railrnmU’<iv< Im ch giv<-n 112.000.000 rhen- yet remains .aim 200.000.000, It thus apja-ars that liv< si venth* of the available public do main ha* Im < n di*|H»M-d of. ami only <»m hird *o far i* in thv hands of actual wt tler* and individual private purchasers. A Pretty Sleep Story. A gentleman who liv< - in the eastern part of this county tells one of tbosi stories that few people will l>< lieve “with out si t ing it.’’ He says that he was out lox hunting, nnd when the chase was at ' thv height of it* excitement hi* horse ran into mi old well thirty feet deep The horse was instantly killed by the fall, but (he ri«i< r was unhurt. The wall* of th' well hud <-lived in at th< bottom a dis tuner of three or four feet, and thv gen th man - ay* this previntvd getting out by digging toothoh-*. Realizing hi* situa tion, he brgan to rail lor h< Ip nt the to, of his voice, but no assistance came. ll< xviih compelled to remain in the wa ll all night, and the next morning the stench arising from the dead • ur< a*s of thv horse was anything but pleasant, and he notir cd that bu/./anls were soaring over th< spot. Finally the buzzards began to alight in the well, nnd it was then that n bright i<lva shuck him. lie decided t< •ntvh the buzzard* by the leg us they « 4 me down until he got a suflirivnt num- I l»vr to carry him out. That he did, mid when lie i aught ns many a* his hands would hold, he “shooed’’ at them, ami they th w up. carrying him out of tin well. But still the fox hunter wa* in a dilvtu- t ma The buzzards flew up rapidly that he could not turn loose when h< reached the top without falling ba< k in th» well I pward* the buzzard* flew with their human freight, and the fox hunt' i Im gait to despair of his life attei all. When about 100 yard* above the ground the fox hunt-r wa* ju*t about t< I t and fall, w hen h< was <truvk by another bright idea. He decided to loose one huzziird at a tint- until hi* weight would pull tin tn dt wnw anl Acting upon this plan, he was *oon landed safely upon the ground. Tin gentleman who tells thi* *tury tell* it in all seriousness, and a* though h< actually Indieves it true, but it will be j cold i day than any we had during tht r<‘< < nt bliz/anl laTorv he c an get nnybtxly tlkto la lit \ v it. (a. A Medical Directory. ‘ How are you getting on?” asktd \ vast of young ( iam*'iil»< a\, whom ht lint on the *tnst the other tlav. “First rate.” w\» the young man’s re pb "What are you doinc ' further <iueri- Y.a.t, “I tn a nx .lical director in an institu tion down town." \ inialii al dittor " j "V* you mv 1 direct envelopes ins jutent nudieine h< um ." ) . . - - • Ihr t.roipla Bloodhound. Ihe bl.aslliound docs not quarry hi* eatne, unl< ss it i» a rabbit— h raiall ral.it. He in neither tierce no> powerful. A tx»y van hold n pa, k off with a cornstalk. But for trailing a fu gitivo for hugging him clotw as hi, diadow —or for tiring along hi* track wl.,n even the grass has forgotten its in-, press, and the wind ha« |«nvdcrvd it ever with dust, be is as relentless a« de-ath itself.—af.or.fu C<<, Th. Enr* shat Sever Hatch. Tlioro a a young man on the corner, Filksf with life and atrength and Ixxiking far fieyond the preeent, With the w hole world in bis scope; Ue ia grasping at tomorrow. That phantom none van catch; To <i«y ia lost. He'a waiting For the eggs that never hatch. Du-rc's an old mon over yonder, With a worn and weary face. With aearching, anxious features, And weak uncertain pice. He ia living in the future, With no deaire to catch The golden now. He’s waiting For the eggs that never hatch. There'a a world of men and women, With their life's work y et undone, Who arc sitting, standing, moving, Beneath the same great sun; Ever eager for tdw* future, Hut not content to snatch The I'rexe.it. They are waiting For the .-ggs that never hatch. THE SURGEON’S STORY. mod the window of my office and looked out upon the distant lightning, at its awful, red rehcaraal in the inky west. Neither rumbling thunder nor furious ■lash of wind nor volleys of hail proclaim < <| the advance of the marvelous midsum mer teni|«‘st. It came on silently, aud the lightning blades were doing their deadly work with the flash and silence of steel. The area of the storm covered less than a mile, ami the altitude of the cloud could not have been more than half of that distance. finer: overheail the mighty cloud came to an ominous pause before pouring forth its varied forms of vengeance. Then the bolts began to rush fhrough the air with the sibilant noise of sky-rockets, and the attendant peals seemed to paralyze the very pulse and forever silence the heart of the listener. One bolt descended close by, plow ing in its vivid progress oblong gulfs in an ap ple orchard, as if digging graves for its prospective victims; and during all this i glare ami din my night bi ll rang furious- ] ly. “What!" thought I. “A summons on i sm h u night as this! Surely it must be I an urgent case that could not wait until this most phenomenal of thunder tempests had passed over.” As 1 left the rear office I could but ob serve the play of the blue lightnings under the thresholds of the doors, like a viper writhing in flames of blue vitriol. So deafening were the wild demon strations of nature that the messenger could hardly make himself understood, but I learned nt length that the house of Judge Hungerford had been struck and that Miss Blanche Hungerford had been dangerously prostrated by the shock. I remembered Miss Blanche Hunger ford, whom I had met at several social gatherings, as being very beautiful and amiable and a beaming star in society. I found her unconscious, with the fam ily grouped about her in tears. My first thought was disfigurement. But she seemed too superlatively lovely for the blasting touch of lightning; but she was safe from this dread physical evil. The blinding flash and terrific thunder peal had overpowered her to unconsciousness. In his excitement the messenger had made an erroneous statement. Not the house but a stately elm had been struck I and cleft, in twain. Miss Blanche had I just opened the door to observe the dire- | fill aspect of the hour when the bolt de- ; s nded and she fell senseless in the hall I way. The scene at the bedside was a strange mid sadly impressive one. At its foot -at the venerable Judge Hungerford. Ex treme age had impaired his mice brilliant faculties, and lie was now nearly an im becile. At his side stood Mrs. Hung r ford, a tall, severe-faced woman, wearing somber, green goggles, while from her neck hung an ostentatious medal, indi cating her membership of some reform association. The impression this remarkable woman made upon me is lifelong and unfading. The combination of artificial green eves, a pi rfeetly erect and inflexible attitude, a narrow head, with aquiline nose, and a certain indescribable air of eager watch fulness called to my mind a hen eagle, erect on a crag, and 1 could compare her to nothing else. 1 was astonished to see in the mother of the lieuutiful Blanche such an austere and unattractive jx-rson, but my astonish ment subsided when 1 learned that she was my fair patient’s stepmother, the judge’s second wife. Alter jwrforming other duties of mv profession I raised the suffering young lady's head and proceeded to the use of restoratives. S-HHi the beautiful patient opened her eyes vvonderiugly, murmured "Thank you!” and then I suffered her noble head to return to the pillow. “I>j you feel pain anywhere?" was whisjHTed. She turned her eyes in the direction of her left shoulder. 1 raieed the sleeve of her robe, and lo! there on that alabaster arm. near the shoulder, w.is the perfect imprint sf a tree. The lightning flash had photographed upon her fair skin the stricken elm in miniature! 1 left further instructions as to the care of the charming young patient, and then, in the face of the feeble remonstrance of Judge Hungerford, I took my departure. In due time I heard of Blanche Hun gerford's complete convalescence, aud I must confess the agreeable tidings gave me pleasure tliat was not altogether of a professional character. She wus such a sweet patient, and I had never forgotten the look of gratitude she gave me when she whispered “Thank you!” And what is more delighting to a man's heart than a grateful expression from a beautiful woman ? An increase of reputation opened np a way for nut to what I had so long and ardently desired—a city practice. I be came associated with the distinguished and Iteloved Dr. Bartholomew, ami upon his decease I succeeded to his large and lucrative medical clientage. Upon several occasions I had conferred with my esteemed professional brethren upon the subject of lightning photogra phy, and, mentioning no names, out of delicate motives, I cited the case of a handsome young woman who was pros trated by the electric fluid. The bolt blasted a contiguous elm tree, and the tree eras perfectly and artistically photo graphed upon her arm. I found that cases were not unfrequent where inani mate objects had been photographed by lightning upon animate ones. One sur geon vouched for a case where a black, oak, thunder-riven, was photographed upon the flank of a white horse. Musing upon this subject one cold win ter evening, I was summoned to the door by the captain of the police precinct. His business was thrilling and altogether too sorrowful. The fast express, behind time and running a mile a minute, had been derailed by a displaced switch ou the outskirts of the city. The destruction and mutilation hail been frightful. The St. Mary’s hospital was tilled with the wounded, and the of ficers of the police were expeditiously summoning a corps of city surgeons. The scene at the hospital was indescrib able- -and, indeed, if describable, there would be but little profit in the portrayal of such misery. An eager crowd, many of whom had friends in the ill-fated train, had assembled. Prudence compelled the closing of the doors against them, but their anxious, tragic faces were visible at the windows, looking as if the catastro phe had imparted a common expression to them all. Nurses mid stewards were hurrying here aud there with subdued footfalls. Now, there is no preference among surgeons at such a time. Go to work at once and render assistance to the nearest case at hand is the rule. I heard a low moan at my feet. It came from the lips of a woman. I look ed upon the cot. Such a lovely, but pain-vexed, countenance! It was a case of fractured arm -a compound fracture— and the attendant fever had already set in. The wounded member ot that grace ful body must be set at once. I examin ed the broken arm. Stars of fate! Near the shoulder was a miniature tree. My beautiful patient was again Blanche Hun gerford. I need not tell you with what consum mate tenderness I handled that shapely arm; but I could not avert the delirium that followed the fever. Sad as it was to see her delirious, I could not suppress a thrill of joy when she more than onee pronounced my name. In ten days the fever tide slowly turned and death had spared the beautiful from the worms of the dust. Her first whispered words, as of old, were "Thank you!’’ I have before asked this question: “What is more delighting to a man’s heart than a grateful expression from a beautiful woman i" 1 new answer it. A grateful expres sion from a beautiful woman, mingled with a look of love. And I read— Love in tier luminous e\es! When Blanche was nearly recovered I said to her: "My darling, lightning and calamity brought us together. Let love and sun shine prevent our parting.” And she only murmured, in the dear, old way, "Thank you!’’and then I felt her fair, white arms twining about my neck. The Strongest Ship Afloat. The Camperdown. which was launched at Portsmouth. England, has cost £475,- 000 for labor and materials, and the esti mate for her machinery amounts to £105.000. She has taken three years to build. 700 hands having been constantly employed on her, ami it will be another thr e years before she is ready for sea. She is the heaviest ship ever launched from govennent slips, and is the first man-of-war that has been launched with her armor on. The Camperdown is built entirely of steel, and in her armament she will be the most powerful vessel of all her class; her displacement will be 10,000 Ums, When to Advertise. Advertisers who understand their business advertise more heavily in the season of dull trade than in the season of live trade. It is the slow horse that needs the lash, not the fast one. The steady goers are the successful advertis ers. They build up great business by keeping themselves before the public, summer and winter, and whether it rains or shines, or is a feast day or a fast day, —Philadelphia lieevrJ. THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. Treatment of Frost-Bitten Fingers and Toes. Dr. Lapatin, in the proceedings of the Caucasian Medical Society, advises that fingers and toes which have been slightly frost-bitten, and which subsequently suffer from burning, itching, and prick ing sensations, should be painted, at first once, and afterward twice a day, with a mixture of dilute nitric acid and pepper mint water in equal proportions. After this application has been made for three or four days, the skin becomes darkened ami the epidermis is ’shed, healthy skin appearing under it. The cure is ef fected iu from ten to fourteen days. Ihe author has found this plan very effectual among soldiers, who were unable to wear their boots in consequence of having had frozen feet. They were, in this way, soon rendered capable of returning to duty.— Britith htedical Journal. Yon Ought to Know Your. If you will persist in burning for a long time a kerosene oil lamp, or filling your bed-room with heated gas, you need not prepare to retire with very strong hopes of getting a good night’s rest. If you will allow a vase of flowers to remain there over one day without changing the water, or, if you will have any plumber s work in your room, instead of using a portable washstand, basin and pitcher, it is all to no purpose that you insist that you are very prudent in regard to your health. As to the question “How much outside air shall I let into my rooms we have nothing to say. If you arc an in valid, your doctor must tell you; if you are well, and enjoy a sound mind, you can judge for yourself. You know, or ought to know, how much you can bear. Only see to it that the air is fresh; that what you admit is an improvement on what you send out. Good Housekeeping. A Stimulant anil a Aarcotlc. What meaning should we attach to the words stimulant and narcotic? A stimulant may be defined as that which ministers to healthy activities, support ing the processes of life in health and restoring them in disease. A stimulant acts chiefly in removing or counteracting depressing influences—it may be pain, fatigue, or a morbid sensibility. Thus mustard, applied externally in inflamma tion, is at times a true stimulant, and tends to restore healthy vital action by freeing the circulation and the nerves from the depressing influences of pain. A cup of tea, also, is in its place a true stimulant, restoring the natural tone of the central nervous system. On the other hand, a narcotic is a substance which l>y poisoning the nervous system produces a gradual paralysis of vital actions. Under narcotics, intelligence, volition, reason, consciousness, even life itself are’ lost; and these are the out ward and visible signs of a process tak ing place within the nervous system, where the powers of life arc stubbornly fighting against a poison, and yielding as it were inch by inch to its invasion. Stimulation, then, is a healthy pro cess, while narcosis, the condition in duced by narcotics, is essentially an un healthy state, being a paralysis of na tural activities, more or less.— Nineteenth Century. Increase of the Anglo-Saxon. The Latin races, that is. Fiance, Italy, and Spain, have ceased to be, whatever any of them may be destined yet to be come again, the mighty factors in the world’s progress which of old they were. They minister exquisitely to the comfort, the luxury, the culture and the pictur esqueness of life; but the aptitude for foreign commerce which they show is comparatively slight, and in the coloniz ing business of humanity they only play a subordinate part. Moreover, their pop. uiation, when compared with the popula tion of the Anglo-Saxon and the Teutonit races, is diminishing. Thus, in a period of a little less than one hundred years, from 17S8 to 1885 the aggregate popula tions of France, Spain and Italy have only increased from 51,000,000 to 82,- 500,000. On the other hand, the popu lations of Germany and England durina this period have each trebled. Germany in 1788 had a population of about 15, - 000,000; in 1885 it has increased to 4-5,- 000,000. Great Britain iu the same way had in 1788 a population of 12,000,000" in 1885 the figure is 36,000,000. Anoth er country largely, but not exclusively, populated by the Anglo-Saxon race— America—has in less than a hundred years increased nearly thirteen times that is, from less than 4,000,000 in 1790 to nearly 60,000,000 in 1885. Finally it must not be forgotten that Canada, Aus tralia, South America, as well as other British dependencies, collectively, con tain a population of some 10.000,000 chiefly of Anglo-Saxons, and there is every reason to believe that the develop ment and increase of this population will be rapid.— Fortnightly Berieie. Nothing In It. Bobby—" "You've got a cold in your head, have you?” Dade (making a call on Bobby's sister) —“Yes, a werwy bad cold.” B. "'Then sister told meastorv.” D. “Told you—ah—a stonvy?” B. “Yes; she said you hadn’t nothin’ in your head.— Boston Courier. Noblesse Oblige. If I am weak and you are strong, sVhy, then, why, then. To you the braver deeds belong; And so, again, If you have gifts and I have none, If I have shade and you have sun, ’Tis yonrs with freer hand to give, 'Tis yours with truer grace to live, Than I who, giftless, sunless, stand, With barren life and hand. We do not ask the little brook To turn the wheel, Unto the larger stream we look; The strength of steel XVe do not ask from silken bands. Nor hearts of oak in willow wands; IVe do not ask the wren to go Up to the heights the eagles know; Nor yet expect the lark’s clear note From out the dove’s dumb throat. ’Tis wisdom's law. the perfect code, By love inspired: Os him on whom much is Le->toxved Is much required. The tuneful throat is bid to sing; The oak must reign the forest's king; The rushing stream the wheel must more; The lieaten steel its strength must prjvc; ’Tis given unto the eagle s eyes To face the midday skies. HUMOROI N. Stamping ground.—The post-office. The camel is the animal with a fouiti floor back. It is reported that the banana crop j will be short this year. This wilt be I good news to pedestrians. It seems a little singular that a man's face is generally the longest where 1. ■ himself is the “shortest.” A exchannge asks: “Is cremation be coming popular’’’ It may be, but wi never heard of any one trying it but one. Four incorporated towns in Colonnte are at an altitude of 9.000 feet above the sea, and it is said that the inhabitants am very high livers. “A man cannot get along in the world without a fair allowance of cheek.” Thr-re are times when a preponderance of chin I will serve him as well. Jt is said that the people of the United States eat ten billions of eggs every year. The thrifty restaurant-keeper converts the ancient ones into omelettes. A philanthropist asked the daughter of a rich manufacturer, who employs hun dreds of men, if she ever did anything for her father's hands? “No,” was the reply, “but I rub mine with glycerine and oatmeal every night.” It was a droll reply that rose to the I lips of the Confederate soldier who w s caught in a persimmon tree by Genera I Longstreet. When sternly asked by his commander what he was doing there, the I veteran at once disarmed his superior's wrath by saying: “I’m eatin’ some green , persimmons to draw my stomach up so it’ll fit its rations. He met her on the horse car, And he offered her a seat, And he thought she was an ang Till she trod upon his feet. A Glimpse of Shanghai. The conservatism of the Chinese char acter and the extremest point of provin cialism is instanced in the story told of the residents within the walls of the na tive city of Shanghai, writes the Shang hai correspondent of the St. Louis GkWi- Democrat. The city has three gates— the north, south, and west ones—anil many of the people living at the south gate have never been as far as the north gate and could not understand the dialect of the inhabitants there if they did gm One nation could not differ more from another than the Chinese from the Japan ese if they lived 20,000 miles apart in ‘ stead of only 200 miles, and one is all wrong if he thinks that having seen Jap anese cities he can know what a Chinese i one will be like. While the Japanese are the cleanest people on the face of the earth and far ahead of the English for eternally bathing and scrubbing them selves, the Chinese are the very dirtiest. The trim, exquisite little toy houses ol the Japanese along wide streets are the greatest contrast to the filthy abodes of the Chinese, with their dirt floors, mud . and bamboo-woven walls, anil streets often less than five feet wide from nail j to wall. Overhead is a forest of gilt let ters, gorgeously colored signs and ban ners that fairly hide the sky. The nar row streets, with shop fronts all open above a low counter, seem like passage in some fantastic exhibition hall u th booths or “spaces” close together. M"" crevices in the walls correspond to alleys, and looking up them or down the tunnel of a street before one it is easy to realize what is meant by “swarms of people" or i “masses of human beings.” All through i old Shanghai the people are packed as if at a mass-meeting, and one has to dodg' ■ into shops or flatten him«elf against a : wall at the constant cries of the coolie* carrying loads by poles or yokes on tin r shoulders. Buckets of water and g-'-' bage, bund'ms of dried fish, bodie 1: dressed hogs, coffins of the dead and - dan chairs of the living crowded us int the wall and rubbed against us during progress through the handsomest an' most important four-feet-wide street o ' the city. The people were all too busy 1 and too stolidly indifferent to gather ami I stare at us, or follow us in a train, as i* the happy Japanese fashion of treating s strange foreigner, and we really f el ’ twinges of wounded vanity at this neg lect.