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oflapecialhardiran- lt cish nrtencet ten snd cuting ot ill kinds johk aiwkkk i yoirowtpirn and nocipltal asked i yajnnn gire the baatness atrisasrithout expense the best opportanity ethoffertdforjthoieiriuiiigtowojk vou should try nothing else until yoij sei foe j onrseif hat you can do at the h oser xo room to explain here derote til your time or only your 6 the hntineai and make ktes erery honr that yon irork vvr- asaoeha taen send for terms and pirticnlatf sriucbve bail 5 outfit free donfxoiriplakiof bard yhfleyou bare such a chance addti hallett k co portlsnd maiie a iieottoexo young men tttehiya recently published a new edition yr ftdr coitbtweu oejebtaiid easty oo the aiwcit jlsd etexixcrr cvm snthoufc mediome of itervona ot- hility mental ml physical incapacity jjnpedimeata to marriage eccvrealting from aoeases i jgrjpt fo a sealei eotelppe only sir cents or wo- postage stamps j the celebrated author in this admirable slafi clearly demonstiter tfota hmrty yetn succentnl pniimtbatiiarmiaiean- seqnencerjniy be radically cared without mode smeanwneryfafrp tiu eeoto be j totatw every rfhd7 tat tfl poficeboztws of the ship templar pnrtiiar particulars of the 330 dyv voyage ram new yorfcta saa preo- ctsoo tha trsscil events attending the veyage of the ship ftaplsr which irrlrcd at this port a few days ago after a voyage of nearly a year from keir york have eiated a wide spread interest the ship was diechareed from quarantine on thursday and yesterday i representative of the san frucuca chn aifzr loeghtthe captam and his daughter ta learn more of the arcumvtasees ot the sad trip miss armstrong i a slightlybcult girl of tventyae her face looking pale and tront fran her lata experiences and suoor- ings her language and manner ioduate culture and refinement and a brave unset fish spirit shines in her eyes- she vas born in hampden me snd educated at the fe male ouege at banger vueh she regirds as her home she finds tt hard to talk upon the subject of her voyage a host of saotrs- colectioasrotding her mind at its mention and checking her utterance when we left kew york eleven months ago she said i had little idea of how long it would take us to reach sin francis oo as i am no sailor hut expected to arrive there in perhaps four or five months our voyage to rio deijiaeiro was remarkable for nothing except the heavy ealex which obliged ua to put into port at rio while there the yellow fever attacked a portion of the crrw sod my mother and nine seamen died we remalaed taece for seventyfour days and when we left father was so ill that he hid to be carried down to the ship is a carriage and helped aboard we left there the twentieth day of february and on the second day liter lie fever broke out two teamen died sad my mother was takes sick on the 23rd of february and died on the 27th i was attacked with tha feveroa the hth we hid every care that could be had cut board ship outhe sti of march when my father wit tying sick tad helpless the first mite itiempted to pat into if oqtevidec oa the 8th of march when my father dis covered wist wis being done he relieved the first mate from duty placed the second mate who is a competent navigator ia charge aid put the ship on her course gain i did the hilars nuke no objections to continuing the voyigf 1 they were ohedient to orders ofcourse they had to obey orders is person captain armstrong is a stoutly built robustlookiiigaiaaof medium height with brave snd resolute face twentysix years or more of i life on the ocean did sot suffice to sge- hunts thi last trip alone has dose his beard which when he stbed wsa ot jet blackness has turned white in places tod irongrey hair is growing os bit head to replace that which he lost in the fever his sight which wss particslarly stromr snd keen before is now almost gone sod he fears that he will not recover it hit gait formerly firm and vigorous it weak udjlmost uttering tad it will be mouth bef crehe regiau ha strength hi hat been through enough to kill most men and only an unusually strong constitutiou hit enabled j him to survive it it would be simply impossible to da- scribe what we hare been throah he stid gloomily viewing the lustarno ship si be stood on the edge of villejo itreet wharf where she lies it never can be written for the simple reatoa that there are not words in the bsguah language nor any an- gatge tell it there hirve been months with every day snd night filled with taxiety and sorrow you can imsrine our helpless oonditoa when you think of that little child three aadc half years old lying there alii alone tossed snd pitched about with every morion of the shipy snd no one to rsiie a hand to take care of her until finally tbe old chinese oook took pity oa her tie captain expresses himself regarding toe voyage in vigorous language when i went aboard the ship it rio i didnt walk much loan tellyou they took me down is a carriage and two jms lifted roe out and carried me on board iwu justice to stand up and that wis all the reason i ieftjn tocif condition was tint it was so urribry siokly whan the snip uywues they gothetoffthe wharf into the stream that i wis straidjall mboitl would die ind nude tip my mind that t had better get off i hate been tor months th most helpless man you ever eiw this yellow fsrer geta into tat joints snd lesvet the system in a terri ble condition for mouths t had to have both mi in a ilfcg ud i tm scarred op from head to foot when my wife died my dughtor tod 1 were very low and i beard the second mite tell the crswi the cap uisc wifeknd daughter are both dead tod the old man it ibout dttd he otat ptaad it more thin half tu hoar longer for hit tongue js it black it ink when my wife wit trariod the teeond mito carried me up on dsck where i sit down icdretdspor- tioa of the iharitt lerrice i ooly taaasged to get throigli with 1 pirt ot it you dant know whtt it it for imaa to hive o read tt scatheburitlstrvieecifusowawte and the cipttiat voice shook tt be wiped hit ayet ind added inpttitst ot whe he deem- edaweaknetst isnt notin t conditionto talk of thisit tloott impassible for me to speak of it without tears i hiiwentlon from the time we left rto until we resched sin francisco i did sot uudreak oace except to change my clothes i hid no bed to sleep on for wben my witeditd we had to throw everything overboard the rirettmitiqce of the fint mttet death were pecufiir he wu attinn oa the carpenters bench smoklct the car penter tinkering it something close by tad tbe steward standing it the door bear no ene ttw him eo overboard or knows how it ted hwti note with thtotrpenl for or his he aitas wits telling her thst he loved her ud tying that he hoped the would forgive him for htring been cross to her he wu a pruniin by birth uid bis name wu william saeliog his wife re- lidet in boston ud it also anilive of proa- sis we think his head was a ulte iffected frera the time we left rio suggsatioai far the sickroom in preparing a meal for inr one whose tp- petite it delicate it should be made to look f tempting si possible the tny should be covered with the whitest napkin tod the silver glut and china should shine with cletnuness there should nrt be too great a vsriety of viands and 1st a ra imall i iii nf mtt im v t- i disgusta a feeble tppettte this a quantity of food presented at one time the patient neversiould be consulted be- fonhtodatto what he will eat or whit he will dnafc it he ttkt for uy thing give it to him with the doctors permuriou other wise prepare something he is knows to like sad oner it without previous com gee of the chief ofstet ot a good nqrso ii to think for herpsient hu slightest cant should be utiopated and gratified before he has time to express it q xick obscrvstioa will enable her to detect the first symptoms of worry or excitement ud to remove the cause an invalid never should be tested with the ererrion cf making a decision whether the roird is too hot or too cold whether chicken broth beef tea or gruel is best for hit luncheon tud til sunizsr matters are qaeitions which- should be decided with out tppceling to him hoasebold troubles should be kept si fsr ti poscble from the sickroom squo bes of cbildren or servuts should neverficd u echo there la the event ot tome oilamity oocarnng of which it is ibaitntoly imiimry the snf- ferer should be infonnea tie ill ne its should be broken as gently tt pjss-bl- ud every soothing device employed to help bint to bear the shock aba re til so invalid or even a person tp parently coavsletceat ihiala bs saved from hit friends one garrulous itquilutance admiued for half an hour will undo the good done by a week of tender nursing who ever is the responsible person in charge should know how much her patient cat besr she should keep a csref at witck en v liters of whose discretion she is not certain tad the moment she perceiveiit to be aeoeisiry pohtely bat firmly dismiss them she must carry ont implicitly tbe doctors directioaa particularly thoie regarding me dietas tad diet strict obedience to hit or ders a faithful diligent ptistttking follow ing of hit instructions will incure to the stf ferer the best results cram hit skill ud bring order method ud regularity into do- mesbc nursing strange customs in travincore there are two renurfcable ceremoniet per formed by the kings cf trtvueoee ctlied tutnrufa f7tera ud btmjt qaiia datum atthefirat which sigsifiei ithe gift of the weighing of man tie raining i jgimt ud learned brtimins tbe ceremony lists more than a week the maharsjii shaves mi bathes is inointed with wtter of t reddish hue gees through muy tedious rits ud finally titer ptesenting the psgodt with t bull elephant takes the sword ud shield ot state ud gets into one sale while the apposite scale it filled jcth gold coins uii ingota until it fairly bits the royal person into the sir the whole expenditure on such occasions including the gold tie travelling expenses of chiefs the feasting of brahmins and the erection of temporary sheds hu tmosnted to shout lt0oo fanatical parti tans of competitive examinationt may like to know that mrtain brshmini who past is the vedas and shattai obtain extra illcr- ucetof gold and that great pundits ud viidtka is this way get much larger otntitiet it if however humiliating to reflect thst the maharajah it allowed to make discretionary payments to privileged families aid to friends snd dependents tod can this put some check os tie pedants ind doc trinaires it is also consoling to learn that humbler individuals economically inclined can weigh themselves against lest costly substances such at ssgsr treacle sudtl- wood pepper ud plantains the hiruyij gatbham or womb of god is more simple a huge vessel in form like the lotus it made of puce gold ten feet in height tad eight feet is cdromnferenoe this is half filled with wtter ghee ud milk ud tbe king desceoding into it from tie top by mesnsota besubfalladderexprestlymtde for the occasion tikes t- dip performs hit devotioni in this purifying mixtore and iaa vedie hymns chanted over him this cere mony lists about ten minutes instead of eight days but it may oostsbout l0oo the first oereuumy wu performed by the maternal unelet of tie present mihsnjth ia 1329 snd 1850 tad he himself went through it ia the tenth year of his reign when he wu thirtyeight yens old tha pilthj la prmiia- na mrflittry of public worship and ttducationortbodoz and rattooal- ltttsetttlons of oh arch ud state the positon u minister of public wbr- kip and education ffsttas minittir it of much let oonaeqneuos is pratiit titnin jiany other eoreptu 8utej protesfnt or roman catholic the sdminiitrttion ot the frauita church it chiefly ia the hands of erovinoul consistories ud these consis- enes tgtia depend upon the greodchuroi ooancil red ling is brlia tad responsible only to the king u the prune bishop of tie church tic spiritual government belongs to the provincial synods ud these 8ysods again refer to the general synod which is convened every lilh year and consists of iso members chosen by the j provincial sy nod 30 men ot coondenee chosen by the king udtl the suporintttdentsr or bish ops ho iw ooaoeming the piuuun catreh u vtlid unlets sooeptcd ud eonfirm ei by the general 8yuod ssdno idmisistra- ttve tbetttrre can be eoforeed eatstpt utiuugli the qrud church cbancu i keverthelesi ih the hudt of dr filk the posinon of prassun jtuthu huitltr became very con- fpicnoni tbe day he assumed office in 11172 he opened the so called xtuur ktmrf and he hu retired because he his been de- felted is the contest he threw his whole energy into the question of education ud the sit task he undertook wu the emanci pation ot the icuool from the church tilt itw wu generally considered u attack on the roman catholic church ud in spite of the violent opposition of the cltramou- tues it wu carried by the uninimoussap- port ot the protestant clergy ai soon however u the law began to unfold id prac- tics cosseqoencet the protestant church discovered thatby making the school en tirely undenominational entirely secular lie herself had lost u much ts tbe romsn catholic chureh ud other efrcumstincee coming rapidly ind powerstnlty into pity j soon caused tie tide to tors tie protes tant church in prussia comprises besides t number dt minor divisions two glaringly different ud strongly opposed parties the orthodox ud the rationalists the ortho dox also called the courtpreacher par ty because they were led first by the lftto hengvtcnbwff afi wy wogi stacker ud blur all of whom were cxrartpreachere ire sapernttartlistt of the most litertl descriptioa poaceming tbe verbal isspirttiou of the bible the consecri- tiosto the ministeriil office by the liriogon of bandt ac they hold views winch fre quently pity over into the thtnrd when the present emperor wu crowned king of prami st konigsberg in 1559 he took the crown from the altar and placed it cs his head with the words from got i have it mi as i gift from god ijwqi defend it he is a superuaturallst ot the purest wtter it least with respect to the origin of hit kingthip the rationalarta resemble qui- tanant in ouar points they consider jnvs of itsnreth sun sod not goo they treit tbe bible ts they would ssy other his torical document ic thejr positive riewa however are often flat and insipid ud were their criticism u valid u it it sweeping not one single fact would be left atasdiog but they have influence tbey joouunud litera ture and tie press between these two pw- faes came a trtmeadoui clash in 1s75 the orthodox drrntnrled that tie ration sliiti should be excluded from thy general synod ud tiey bad the personal support ot the kmperor dr ftlk however succeeded in to ling all their exertions maintaining that at long u the eibonilists were acksow- lefged members of tbe pr churoh they hid t right to tit in tie synod but from thst moment the orthodox entered in- to open oppontioa tgainst dr falk ud he hu suffered defeat siter defeat is 1377 he could not prevent courtpreacher blurs ap pointment to tbe grand church council ud the 38 new men ot confidence- whom the emperor has chosen for the coming general synod all belong to hitmett enraged oppo nenta for this opposition borne up by l strong resctios is toe people he must give wty ud the new line of policy whch bis- mark is now persuing may give tha ortho dox snd ortrtmotrsuee- u opportunity of undoing ill hitwork j a rkeory for pses as tbe forehead grew outward with in- cretsvag brsiagrowtb ud u the jaws re treated barisrizdwithdsoreaaisgaaage the natal bone snd cartilage were probably suabed forward u it were from above ud ragged downward from below these two movements ttawlccohtiaaed is the plastic developemeut of tie orgsa for muy genera tions would finally produce just such a shape u that with which we are now fa miliar of course it must not be supposed that there was ever any actual physical strain such u would result from ur st- fempt to push or pull a negros note it oue trial into the aryan mould ih that the the ory demands is a slithtty altered mode of growth to meet the altered circumstances daring meay thoatuds of years tie molecules which would once bare naturally imaged themselves in one order would liter be driven by slightly different tttrtc- tioat mi pressures to arrange themselves is mother oner and thus it would finally result that man when compared with the higher apes would pdssess a human ocse and thtt this nose ihort tnd flat in the smallbrowed prognathoas negroes would become relatively large and prominent in the traightbrowed jimallmouthed sad delicatelyfeatured aryan go that in the list resort the nose must j be regtrded u a e rodnct of two other factors sot as t thing i itself it really depends if oar theory be correct upon the joint action of the in creased bram cover snd the decreased jaw bone j i a faetuoo to follow louise victoria tud maud the young daughters of tho prisoe of wales rarely ap- pear in public in uy but the simplest of dretsee they lie sometimes seen with theirmotuer tt tie thettre m plain white orootton sailor dresses xto a jittle red trimtning ud they are often metnaingud drrringisnett nilor tlreieee of dttstblue woollen they wut with thtujsther udj mptkee to the recent frenoh fair is gowns otplaiopinlfcmibrio withwihetof enm- ion harnioniiirig with the pink the education ontliok to italy toe now government bettainly deservee muehjiredit for the energy wtthwhiah ithu prosecuted its measures for the enlighten ment of the mttiet sad the text census will undoubtedly give evidence of t considerable progress the rich ud vtried exhibit in the pedagogic museum is rom ud the charac ter ot the officials it its head give farther proof thtt the sew secular italy hat t wide mental horiton and i watching with eager syraptf hy every educational experiment that it made ta other parts of the world being ever ready to profit by the experience of her more tdvucea neighbours eipsdally in the orgaoizatioa of the socalled secondary clacsicil instructioa fufrusims mecedsrw etasstcc many important lesions hive been learned from germtoy asd the italian fymntils betrty plainly enough thst they bare been modelled after tbe pruajila insti- tufiont of tie same name and yet accord ing to tbe testimony of muy teachers with whom i have conversed tbe working of the system has so far not proved- very satis- etctory an itallin boy nas not tie genius for imbibing cajtnre that si native to t ger man even jong after he hat tttained tbe growth of a mtnvhii notions of the world of society ud of hie ows importance in it are those of a child thus a professor in tbe university of rome lttely soured me that there were but few among hit students ill greduaiet of v tnd yssaaitaj who had in their minds uy idea ot the man or could ap- proximately place a country or a city when tt was mentioned among us he uid geogrtphy is i science ud not u m germany an elemen tary accomplishment and an indispensable rsquitits for every one who moves in good society if you know geography- here you have already t caim to being called learn ed another prjfetsor in discussing the ssme subject complained thtt bit students m the cosme oa philosophical lecture or discuss ion would ukjhim questions betraying a eeiktc ud an incapacity for philosophical thought which si times drovejnm to despsir snd msde him inclined to bud in bis resignt- t on to the govemmeuf i may be pardoned for reporting part of the conversation m the words of my informant li they sive me tlie clue to the whole siuution ud explained to me nowsomunu tion such u is found ia the officii code of instruetwncoam produce tunh assat stsc tory results our chief trouble io italy the professor observed lies is the fact that we have no large diss of evldklei people in the sense in which the term is used in englssd tnd germany we have teamed men and ignor- in t men bat tbe space between these two poles ishut sparsely populated our peasants sreqaickwittedindbnght while the german ud the english pestuta ire slow tnd stupid our common people talk most estertamingly ud are naturally gifted with humour ud good sound sense bat their talk is ill per sonal their mental horizon is narrow the time it the case with the middle cltst italians he it externally polished tnd can apply himself easily to anything in which his power of observation can assist him but he iaa no turn for lbs tract reasoning thechildrea of these people bring with them from home not even the most redtmentary oedssue ud everything is thus left to the school the school however can only do its work wed ordo the best work of which it it capable when it snpilertjjtits thecastere l at home ourtysssstsmsnuyetexpetimeati our educational legislation too it urgely ex perimental ud oue minister is apt to undo what hit predecessor socomplishea- under such circumstances- no system oaa real ty be put to a fair test ud accordingly we have to be guarded even in the con- clnsioas we draw from our present expe riences i railways iabuseia- the unpunctsality disorder mi general tmirnsnsgcrflont oi thejrsssiin rail wiys be came someime ago so notorious and the consequent compiaisbl of their failure to perform the work for i hioh they had been eonstracted were so m ny and ro bitter that a oommission wu tppi inted shortly before tie jit warbroke oaf to isveetigite their ooniitioo this com its report ud that the shortc due to the nssubtl strnctioa of most of eteut supemston e ing to the lack of rolling stock ud to sion hu now msde hsr u opinion nplained of are ud faulty con- i line to the insuffi- 1 over their work- quite tmoant of tdminiitrttion tt reoommends first uielamalgunttion of the existing fiftythree railways with their sepa rate tdmiuistrstion into 1 few large compa- sim whereby tie eon of management will be reduced ud more unity will be intro duced into the several tines secondly the commission reoommendsthi formation of a distinct oompasy to keep the whole of the kossiu raiftnyt slwiys supplied with a sufficient quantity of rolling stock third ly the commission proppees the establish- meat ot t pension fnnd f6r til rulwiy offi- eisla is order that they may be induced to display more teal tod finally it u recom mended thtt t general railway lair shall be passed in which thtldutie responsibility and risbttot every official shall be distinctly d l how much does a shisi companion- wsy 1 tanihtig an elephaat tnere hu been much talk lately with reference to the utilitation of tie indian elephant in africa ud is is experiment the king of the belgians went to the eotpense ot getting two males snd two females brought from the government of bombay these with six mihouta and a sergeant reached the african coast at tjattarobay6nmtyt9 the nearest fivouiable point of the coast to which tbe veetel could approach wu 800 yards off ud it wis resolved to attempt to make the elephants swim this distance the first elephant to be disembarked wu sur rounded with ropes to which dung two mahouts at the moment of immersion the mshoufa dinging to the back of the mwl cut tlv ropes around the elephant which thutound itself st liberty in the water tbe operation now became particularly inter esting almost torpid by- a mouths sojourn st the bottom of the hold ud surprised st finding itaelf suddenly plunged into the wtter fie poor elephant quite confused did not understand the orders uf the mahout ud not knowing where to turn remained motionless tbe mabontt roused it up with their nikee while it wu forced to turn from the shipby mesas ot rope ittached to t boat the poor animal turned twice to the ship u if seeking for its eempsniont from whioh it hid been so suddenly lepinted at list tfter tome effort they succeeded in getting it twsy from the ship the sight of tie shore seemed to- put life into it it usmediitely begin to swim towards tbe coast with raised trunk ud leaving behind it a broad wake it rtpidly covered the sco yards ud on reaching terra firms began to run about joyously to tbe great astonish ment of the nsttves who watched the first tame elephant tread the soil of zinribar tbe others were disembarked next day the ship in the meantime having bees able to approach to within shout 100 yards of the coast s the rusian prospect the result of ill the disorders ud sbusee in tbe idnunistntion ou the one side ud exertions of the nihilists on the otheris thtt tbe people abbour u much tbe one u the other the greatest part of the- rususn people still chug to the czir ud ire sin cerely convinced that he would have granted a constitution to his people on tbe impulse of his own good sense and his undeniable kindness tod care for the weubeing of his subjects hut that he bu been preyented from doing so by the interference of the wouldbe redeemers of the country the nihilists wilt coarse will be adopted by the cur in tbe future cannot be known of course but it is quite certain that not- witistuding the influence of the heir ap- parentwutt strongly advocates the necessity of t constitution theci u is strongly adverse to the idea of it at present being if rud ot its being thought that he hu been obliged to give way to tbe pressure of the revolutionary ptrty of the empire ud to secure his own peace at the cost of a compromise with them and to life is dreary enough in russia ud there it no hope as yet of tie coming ot bet ter times e sex wu five years old looking out of the window of t car that wu whirling through the kitchengarden region of new jersey uxiout to be informed of the character of the growing crops said her father thtt held oontaist sweet potatoes that one beans the other cabbage cabbage quoth the fivwyearold yes tehbege well where is the oorutd beef i tha pui of geography t the gcogriphy lesson ii with moil grown up people we tfvnkthe least pleasing ot ichool reminiscences even tbote who fa that se iwlledin tbitirtnoh ud were ime to rtttle off with bretlhlese rt- pidity long kite ot fronsootories utetmsju islands and guls to give the ionsjtudeid latitudes of principal placet tnd drtw from i memory the outbnes of oountris botnehrd by i the sea and hi like tfter leering ichool completely drop the tody to which they f were impelled more by the desire to thine tfau by uy sttrtotioo the subject itaelf hid rfortbem of all the acquisitions of school 1 life geography is he most triaeseeat i the pursuits which w enter upon when this i period closes do not make it retention se- icesssry sod liksr all nnussd knowledge it quickly shrivels sway till sll bit is left is it few rtlaeleu shreds there it icsroely uy calling in which fsmditnty with geo graphy is i necessity if inutility for the practical butineu of life it i safsciut reason for subordinating uy depsrtment of ichool study it is not mathematics or the dead lu- guaiu thai should be given tbs lowest rink batgeogrsphyforofslltsesubjeoisia the carriculum it is the least rervicesble m tbe foodgetting which is he stain concern of mature life the feeble hold which it tikes upon the mind hrwever eagerly it rosy be punned under the impulse ot emu lation is sufficiently shown by its ilnuxt invsnibie discontinuance when the schcol- trainisg ends it is a pity thtt it should be m let the cause be what it may ud let the blame if there is uy blsroe be where it may geographical knowledge must appear of value to us if we have uy but the narrowest ud most sordid conception ot life and of whit u worth our hiving its utility does not lie u that of reading writing ud tnt h- metic does ia enabling- us tgtoeka a uv- ing bat in helping to make life plesturable by enlarging our field of thought ud our mleresf m uthysrptthy wiurrokind tbe- usesof geography ire too numerous to be more than hinted tt hire let our reading be ever so limited even to t glance oxer the daily papers it is valuable an item at foreign newt bat immeasurably more in terest it we have some knowledge of the situa tion surroundings and upeetorthe plsoet mentioned in it if for example we know tbe whereabouts ot seghalien when we read that a convict transport is oa her srsy thither freighted with ruinu nihilist the statement means tar more to us than it otherwise could the parsgrtph hu a life a reality a human concern fo ns so when a great war like tbe lut struggle between france and germany is ragmu the daily report of its progress are pregnant with in terest if tre have the scene of operations this or that corps d srmee hiil-taodta- suchs point that a junction ot io xi is ex pected to be made here or genera engage ment is imminent there snd we tee t good detl between the liner which is invisible to sjy one who has not tbe information which we have it is nearly u real to at u if we shared tic march and were onlookers of the frey irirrtuverof exploration have fsr qtere interest if we sre in t measure pos sessed in sdvuee of wist wu previously known or conjectured ibont tbe regions traversed from wut of this knowledge books of travel tre interesting to most read er chiefly or solely for the bits of persons sdresture scattered through them whereat their chief interest might ud ought to lie in wbit tie traveller hu observed of the con- figuration climate and product of the terri tory and the characteristics of its inhabitants geographical knowledge is of use to us even if our reading seldom ranges beyond tbe better class of fiction how much more en joyable for example is such a novel u jfoe- uod e dart if we brim to its perusal some familiarity with the win scenery of moss- tain loch ud moor through which the story will take us it mtensihes our interest con siderably to find on the printed page a reflex of image in our mind our sdnoe to every reader is to keep himself well posted in geography if he sroold get out of his reading- let us kind and range be what they may til the enjoyment it should atlorti him of coarse we do not recommend uy one to rout cat bis cusehoemwoks udvepesalhe dradgery of committing to memory its clas sified ud tabulated dry facta few adult have the fortitude neeesstry to do this but every one can ud should provide himself with t tolerably good atlu not oecenariry ss expensive one snd keep it bandy for reference wben a new name is met with in the course of readmg a minutes di version from the book or ptper to tie sup will give tie fict t local habitation which the memory will retain without uy effort but with surprising tenacity ud that fact tins fixed will be tie nucleus of numbers of facta subsequently gathered each of which will have an aagmen ted interest from the associa tioa mi an eastern apologue jesus uys the story arrived cms evening st the gates of a certain city ud he sent bis disciples forward to prepare supper while he himself intent on doing good wslked through the streets into the market place and he uw it the corner of tbe market tome people gathered together look ing it some object ou the ground ud he drew nesr to see whit it might be it wu i dead dog with a halter round his neck by which be sppeared to have been dragged throokh the dirt ud a viler a more abject a more uncleu thing never met the eyes of man and those who stood by looked on with tbhorrence ftugh said one stopping bis note it pollutes the sir i how lontt said mother shall this foul beast offend our sight v look tt hit torn hide raid a third one could not even cut a shoe oat of it and his ears slid a fourth all draggled udueeding no doubt slid t fiftht be bu been hanged for thieving and jesus heard them ud looked down compassionately on the dead creature he slid petri ire not equal to the whiteness of his teeth then the people turned to him with smazement ud said among tiemselres ltvliq is this t this must be jesus of nazareth for only be could find something to pity snd spprove even in a dead dog aad being ashamed they bowed their hesds before hint tnd went etch on his way chambtrii jtunct m mmm t a new medical tneory a minnesota man writes to the salem mass qtutu u follows a discovery in tbe treatment of diphtheria bu beeni made here a young nun whose arm had been imputated wu attacked with diph theria before healing took plsceud inj stead of the matter incident to that disease being deposited m the threat the greater portion appeared on the wounded arm ud the diphtheria wu very light ud easily man- aged his doctor profited by this snd in his next case of diphtheria blistered bis patients chest ud on this blistered part the chief deposits appeared this sru also an easy ok of the disease the theory of the doctor is that diphtheria usually apj peared in the throat because of tbe thinness of the lining of the throat hence when tie blister breaks the skin upon uy other part of the body the disuse tppetn there 1 m iiia sown and best dr hill uys tbe best medicines in tie world more efficient thin til the potations of the eutsrie nudiet tre wirmtb rest dean- linen ud pare air some peraont make it avirtue to brave diseste to keep up u loog u they can move a foot or wnggle finger ud it sometime succeeds but m other cues the powers of ufa are thereby so completely exhausted that the system hu lost ill its sbility to recuperate and alow or typhoid fever sets in ud carries the patient to a prematsre grav- whenerw srilking or work is u effort a warm ud cool room ire lie very first indispen unlet to a sure ud speedy recovery in- itinot lead til beutt ud tail to quietude ud ltet the very minute distu or wounds usail the system i tr rpr-tt- i i i m jwi