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I lltte? sllfe Si;;:- • - X - T P = F = > 3 ^ E M E N T . •,;v: An Evangelist Makes a Contract that Pays Him Very Well. In certain sections of the United •States, notably in those where the re­ ligious expression is the strongest and tfae congregations the poorest, and these characteristics are always com­ bined, there is an ever-present conflict «a to what the preacher ought to have and what he is going to get, and It was on this subject a visiting preach­ er talked the other Sunday at dinner with a reporter. „ "At one of my appointments where I bad been called," he was saying, "to conduct a revival I heard a couple of the members talking, though they did no>t think I was near enough to hear. " 'I wonder what that fellow expects to get?' said,one. " 'All he can raise, of icourse,' said the other. ° " 'He wears good clothes, and they've •tg&t to be paid for .' ' " 'Yes, and I reckon we might as well •make up our minds to.pay for 'em.' "The conversation was becoming per- -sonal, and before it got too much so and I would be placed where it would be dicidedly embarrassing, I broke in: " 'Now, look here, brethren,' said I, *yoB don't have to worry about what you are going to pay me. You don't 'have to pay me a cent unless you want *to, and I am not here to get money for •my work. Still, I have to live, and I'll agree to this--every time you get a lick in my sermons while I am here you just pay me a nickel, and if I don't hit you at all it won't cost you a -cent. Now, is that fair? Is it a bar­ gain?'" "They agreed to it with great unan­ imity, and I went ahead with my preaching, doing the best I knew how and praying for strength to tell the truth to the people and to help them to be better men and women, and I kept it up for a, week and was ready to start In on the second week, when one of my men came to me behind the little log meeting house where I was, read­ ing my Bible. " 'So you're going to preach another >week?' he said anxiously. •" 'Yes,' said I. . "" 'Well, for the Lord's sake, Brother 'Hudson,' he said in the most pleading tones, 'I wish you'd quit and go home. You've hit me so many licks already that I'll have to sell the only pair of mules I've got and a yoke of yearlin' cattle to pay you what I owe you al­ ready, and if you stay another week I'll have to give up the farm and put a chattel mortgage on the old woman and the children.' "Of course," laughed the preacher, •**lt wasn't quite as bad as he made it appear, but I had made a good friend of him, and he not only paid his share willingly, but insisted on my coming again and staying twice as long." Imitation Without Flattery. The habit of thinking aloud was a pe­ culiarity of one of the Earls of Dudley, and of this an amusing anecdote is told. Lord Dudley, being invited to the house •of a friend, had ordered his carriage at an early hour, having some miles to travel before he could obtain his accus­ tomed repose. To his great mortifica­ tion, {after repeated inquiries for Lord Dudley's carriage, it had not arrived. One of' the guests, seeing how much his lordship was disconcerted by the event, very politely offered him a seat in his carriage. The gentleman in question had to pass his lordship's house on his return, though he was almost a stranger to Lord Dudley, the latter's rank and position in the county were, •of course, well known to him. Never­ theless, they had not been seated in the -carriage more than twenty minutes when the peer, who had, up to that mo­ ment, maintained a most perfect si­ lence, observed, in a low, but distinctly audible tone of voice: "I'm very sorry I accepted this offer. I don't know the man. It was civil, certainly, but the worst is, I suppose, I must ask him to •dinner." He then relapsed into his (former state of taciturnity, when, after a few minutes, the gentleman, pretend­ ing to be afflicted with the same feel­ ing, and, imitating his lordship's tone, observed: "Perhaps he'll think I did it to make his acquaintance. Why, I would have done the same to any far­ mer on his estate. I hope he won't think it necessary to ask me to dinner, for I shan't accept his invitation." Lord Dudley listened to him with earnest in­ terest, immediately comprehended the Joke which he himself had provoked, •offered his hand with much hearty good-will to his companion, making ev­ ery proper apology for his Involuntary rudeness, and from that night the trav­ elers became inseparable friends. Hunting for Lost Diamonds. A lady at Secane, Pa., btfing about to take a bath, removed her four dia­ mond rings, worth about $1,800, wrap­ ped them in a piece of tissue paper, and left them on the washstand. The maid threw the wad into th« drain. Plumbers have now been searching a week for them, and after they have torn out all the pipes in the house they will pursue the rings Into the sewer. Proper Thing In Cards. '. It Is not the thing nowadays to have cards engraved with the prefix of Mr., as Mr. John Smith. The name may be prefaced by a title of military or civil rank, but Mr. is not used by those who are correct in these small matters.-- Philadelphia Times." Proposed Floating Tunnel. In connection with the railway com­ munication between Scotland and Ire­ land it is now proposed to send trains through a tunnel which shall float at a depth of sixty feet below the surface, and which shall be kept steadily in its place' by means of anchors. THE CYCLONE'S PATH. A Scene of Beauty and Peace Changed to One of Destruction. As you stand on this hill and look down into the valley, your eyes never rested on a more peaceful scene. How quiet everything is! The smoke curls lazily up from half a dozen farmhouse chimneys; you see cattle and horses grazing in the fields; now and then you catch sight of a farmer moving about. Down there in that grove is a school- house, and a dozen or more children have just been called in from recess. Heaven never created a more perfect June day. It,would be hard to find in all the world a more beautiful spot. Every tree ih that valley is in full bloom. There Is just a faint stir of air now aud then, and it brings up to us the odor of flowers and blossoms. What's that! We face down the val­ ley with a start of surprise, No one lias shouted. "No one is near. There was no sound. And yet there was something to alarm. The blue bird lias ceased her song,, the chirping of the cricket beside the great rock is heard no more. You cannot almost feel 'some­ thing like a shudder in these trees; up which the wild grape vines are climb­ ing in sucfl profusion. There is 110 change down in the valley. No shadow of danger has crept into the open door of the sclioolliouse to give warning. Down beyoixl the lake a cloud sud­ denly appears in the blue afternoon sky. It seems at first as if one of the tree tops had suddenly been thrust up­ ward, but it rapidly enlarges. Its cen­ ter is a blue-black: its edges are frayed and ragged aud tangled. As you gaze at it, your breath coming faster and your pulse throbbing, it seems as if a giant hand, holding a giant pen, was thrust forward to write the word "Death!" in letters of fire across the face of the cloud. It is coming! Scarcely a minute has passed since you first saw the cloud. l't semed hanging like a balloon in a still sky at first. Now it is moving- whirling about like a great wheel--ad­ vancing up the valley! There is a dis­ tant moaning -- nearer -- nearer--and now Death himself bounds over the tree tops hiding the lake and strikes into the valley with a mad shriek to sound the alarm. A cannon ball could scarcely have kept pace with it. And now you look down into the valley again. It is still a valley, shut in by the rugged ranges which have defied the wrath of heaven for centuries, but what of the houses, trees--those who slept and those who worked? Wreck--ruin--death. There are a few wounded, there are many dead. Not a house, tree nor fence is left standing. Even the headboards marking the graves in the little ceme­ tery have been reut and riven and car­ ried afar. Germany's Gun Shop. Krupp's gunmaking establishment at Bssen, Germany, employs 20,000 pee- pk- PUNISHMENT OF WOMEN. Some of the Barbarous Cruelties In­ flicted in England at One Time. The horrible punishment of burning women alive seems to have existed in Saxon England, but perhaps only in the case of slaves. Under the Norman rulers any woman, bond or free, who killed her husband was burned alive: aud the same punishment for this crime, and also for high treason, and even for coining and other minor of­ fenses, continued or arose from time to time through the second and third periods, until it was abolished by act of Parliament in 1790--the last actual execution of this kind having, how­ ever, taken place six years earlier. The whipping of women for various of­ fenses continued even later; public whipping was not abandoned until 1817, and cases of private whipping occurred as late as 1820. There can be no doubt that the sav­ age human instinct of cruelty had something to do with the barbarous punishments above mentioned. As the old Roman public longed for the car­ nage of the circus, so the lower (per­ haps not only the lower} strata of En­ glish nationality took delight In wit­ nessing tortures which, in all proba­ bility, were devised and kept up part­ ly for their entertainment. It is said that Judge Jeffreys, in sentencing a woman to be whipped, is reported to have said: "Hangman, I charge you to pay par­ ticular attention to this lady. Scourge her till her blood runs down. It is Christmas time--a cold time for mad­ am to strip; see that you burn her shoulders thoroughly." She Said It. The difficulties whicu people who are unaccustomed to contact with titled persons have in using the "handles" to the names of lojrds and dukes are im­ mense. An Engtiki paper tells of the way in which one young woman solved a problem of the sort. She was an unsophisticated country girl, and had been engaged as house­ maid in the service of the Duke of Rut­ land at Belvoir. When she camte she was thus instructed by the house­ keeper: ~ "Whenever you meet the Duke, be sure to say. 'Your Grace.' " The very next day. as the maid was going down the passage, the Duke chanced to fceet her. Immediately the girl drew herself close to the wnlj, closed her eyes, and assuming a rever­ ential attitude, said: "Lord, supifty the wants of others and make us thanlcful. Amen." Left Teeth Used Most. The natural habit of human being# appears to be the use of the teeth on the left side ot the mouth for masti­ cating the food. During a lengthened period of observation only one person out of thirteen was found who used Iroth sides of his mouth for chewing and masticating his food. OVER 30 YEARS A' RECLUSE. Kentuckian Who Has Not Pet Foot on God's Green Earth f ince the War. Living ten miles from Bardstown, Ivy., is one of the most singular char­ acters in the Blue Grass State. Basil Hayden is his name and he is now in his 75th year. Over 30 years ago he registered a vow that he would never again set his foot on God's earth. He has since kept that vow and bids fair to keep it until carried from his abode a corpse. Hayden conies of a prominent and wealthy Kentucky family, who were slave owners. "The Hermit," as he,is known throughout the section in which lie lives, in his youth was a six-ial leader arid very popular with a large circle of friends. When the war broke out he entered the Confederate army and made a good soldier to the end. When lie returned home he found his slaves free and his property greatly damaged: The emancipation of his negroes affected him seriously, aud he brooded .over it constantly. He became sullen and morose, declining all over­ tures at friendliness on the part of his neighbors. He declared that the Lord had dealt harshly and unjustly with him in depriving him of his slaves, and out of revenge he registered a ter­ rible oath that he "would never again put his foot 011 the Lord's ground." And never since its registration has he appeared without his door, nor will he have converse with any, save one or two who are immediately connected with him, and then his words are of the briefest possible character. The hermit's landed interests are ex­ tensive, and under the management of a competent overseer yield him a hand­ some income. The overseer makes his report to the queer old man in his darkened indoor retreat, and the latter gives his orders and directions as tersely as possible. lie has not spoken to a woman in any manner since his self-imposed exile, nor will he allow one to be employed upon his place. How Hayden spends his time within ljis darkened room 110 one knows: but it is said that he is a miser as well, as a Eertnit, and that his chief employ­ ment is counting aud toying with money, of which lie is believed to have a vast amount in gold and silver. Be this as it may, a Bardstown banker twice a year visits Mr. Hayden, and through him the reculse settles his financial matters with the outside world. Mr. Hayden is described as a fine- looking man, with a full beard and flowing hair. His confinement has bleached him, until he is as white as an infant, and his hands are as soft as raw cotton. CRADLE OF A FAMOUS FAMILY. The Celebrated Harrison Homestead Down in Old Virginia. The Berkeley home of the Harrison family of Virginia is one of the inter­ esting landmarks of the nation. It has been a birthplace of a governor of Vir­ ginia and signer of the Declaration of Independence; of a revolutionary ^gen­ eral aud of a President of the United States. The estate is mentioned in col­ onial annals as long ago as 1622, wheu it was the scene of a terrible Indian massacre. It was then owned by a prominent settler, George Thorpe, who was killed during the uprising by an Indian whom he had befriended. Berke­ ley soon afterward passed into the hands of Benjamin Harrison. His de­ scendants lived there until within the last twenty-five years, during which time, we are told, the place never lack­ ed an inmate of the name- of Benjamin Harrison. Berkeley is an unpretending build­ ing to have been the home of so many great men. The house is of brick, two stories and a half high, with a quaint sloping roof and dormer windows. A modern porch has been added to two sides of the structure in recent years. one room in Berkeley pertains es­ pecial interest. When the hero of Tip­ pecanoe, Gen. William Henry Harri­ son, was elected to the Presidency he left his Ohio home and came to his birthplace, Berkeley, to write his in­ augural address "in his mother's room." During the civil war Berkeley was known in the North as Harrison's Landing. It was occupied by Gen. Mc- Clellan after his "change of base," July, 1862, and was the place to which he retneated and fortified himself af­ ter the battle of Malvern Hill, the last of the seven days' battles. A cynical man is one who has had ex­ perience; a cynical woman Is oae who hasn't. . Not His First Experience. "Yes," he said, "l think the world !s getting better." She had just told him that after thinking it all over she had decided that she could not be happy as his wife, aud therefore she wished to break the engagement. So it was only natural that she should have been somewhat piqued. She had really ex­ pected him to break down or threaten to go away and kill himself. "Arid may I ask you," she answered, somewhat testily, "to explain your reasons for believing that the world is getting better?" For a moment he twirled the ring that she had just handed back to him; held it in such a position as to make it flash more brilliantly, and then replied: "This is the first time I have ever had an engagement ring returned without a fight or a protest. Good- evening." Butter and Che Complexion. English people, Alt seems, eat more ootter than any other people ou the face of the earth. It Is partly, through this that the British complexiou Is the purest in the world. Artists ia Parts. There are 48,000 artists ia Paris, more thaa ,haif of them painters. The iVnumber «f paintings sent In to the ex­ hibitions last year wag about 10,000. FIELD'S LITTLE JOKE. It Embarrassed Carl fchurz and Be­ wildered the Audience. Carl Schurz once had an experience with Eugene Field that he never re­ lates without a smile. It happened in a campaign more than a dozen years ago. Mr. Schurz was making speeches in the West, for the Republican party at that time, and Eugene Field was de­ tailed by the Chicago paper with which he was connected to accompany Mr. Schurz on a spell-binding expedition and send dispatches to his paper de­ scribing it. When Mr". Schurz reached a small town in Micliigan half ah hour before the time set for the meeting no committee met him at the train. Mr. Schurz and Mr. Field found their way to the liall, where a motley crowd had collected to hear the speaker. Every thing was perfectly regular about the meeting except that no one had been selected to introduce the speaker. Mr. Schurz and Mr. Field walked up on the platform and were greeted with a loud '-'cHeer. Mr. Schurz didn't intend to lose an opportunity to speak simply be cause there was no one to introduce lilui. Turning to Mr. Field lie Said: "Field, it's getting late arid I'm anxi­ ous to go ahead. No one knows you here, so just get up and introduce me You needn't say much of anything. Just, tell them that I am Mr. Schurz and that I am going to talk to them." Mr. Field unrolled himself to his full height, and, ambling to the front of the platform, said in a very husky voice: "Ladies and shentlemens, I regred dot I baf such a sore throat dot I can­ not address dis evenings. I am very sorry alretty for dis disappointment. Howefer, I am more dan pleased to tell you dot I haf with me my young your- nalistic frient. Mr. Eugene Field, of Chicago, und he vill now speak to you aboud steel rails." When Field began this introduction Mr. Schurz's expression was puzzled and when he concluded it the speaker of the evening looked angry. Despite Mr. Schurz's preliminary explanation that lie really was Mr. Schurz, the peo­ ple who heard him oil that occasion have been divided in opinion as to whether the speaker was Schurz or Field. SAGE PHILOSOPHY. By two things a man is lifted up from things earthly, namely, by sim­ plicity and purity. When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, Ive cannot bear a provoking word. It is a pretty saying of an old writer, that men, like books, begin and end with a blank leaf--infancy and senility Everywhere and always a man's worth must be gauged to some extent, though only in part, by his domes­ ticity. He is an unphilosophical man who permits his dinner to cool while lie meditates upon where he shall obtain his supper. Men of humor are, in some degree, men of genius; wits are rarely so, al­ though a man of genius may, among .other gifts, possess wit. Toolt a Long Header. Last week Miss Pearl Baxter and Miss Agnes Rogers, the latter from Coos Bay ou a visit to friends in Co- quille City, were coasting on their wheels from the hill 011 the west side of the long new bridge down to and on the bridge in Coquille city. W. E. Mc- Duffe was on the bridge close to a side railing, aud Miss Rogers was also keep­ ing close to the railing till they were so near together that neither could with safety turn out. Miss Rogers did take the chances, however, and turned, but was going at such speed that in turning the corner ou the bridge, where the roadway runs south, the wheel dashed under the railing, which is three feet high, while the rider went circling through the air over the railing, land­ ing on the soft, marshy ground 22 feet below. Besides this great fall, Miss Rogers struck between two stakes, standing about three feet apart, and missed them entirely, or she would certainly have been killed or very badly hurt. The accident was witnessed by McDttffee, Miss Pearl Baxter, Mrs. D. F. Dean and Sam Nosier. The last named has­ tened to the young lady's rescue, who seemed to be stunned by the fall, and raised her from the ooze of the marsh. She proved to be all right, except some badly rent clothing, and was quickly heard from in the ejaculation, "Well, but what's become of my wheel?" She thought it must be broken to pieces, and it seemed, to occupy first considera­ tion in her mind. If the fall had been just a few feet further along, the iady /would certainly have been killed1 on ^striking the hard earth.--Morning Ore- gonian. Ireland's Decline in Population. . Ireland's population continues to de­ cline. The official figures for last year are 4.560,378. In 1845 they were 8,- 295,061, falling below 7,000,000 in 1850, below 6,000,000 in 1856, and below 5,- 000,000'in 1884. The excess of births over last year was 31,941, arid the loss by emigration 88,995. Nearly all the emigrants were in the prime of life. Extremely poor crops increase the emi­ gration and the island suffers a further decline in population. It's a Failure. Consul Dobbs, at Valparaiso, points out that the attempts to introduce light bottled beer from the United States into Chile have proved failures. The na­ tives prefer their own heavy brews, which cost 5V^ to 7% cents, to the Im­ ported beer, which cannot be sold at less than 14% cents a bottle. Climate and Brains. The neight ef a man's brain has .nothing to do with his mental power. It Is a question of climate, not of in­ tellect. The colder the climate, the greater the sfoe »f the braiu ? HERE AND THERE. The ur-heen. or Chinese violin, In shape resembles an ordinary hammer with its handle. It has two strings, and is played with a bow. The Algerian music Is produced from seven different kinds of instru­ ments, two being guitars, one a rude violin, two kinds of drums, a clarinet and a flute, all of the most primitive forms. ? The kanoon is the favorite instru­ ment among ladies in Turkey. Its shape resembles that of a harp laid flat. It has seventy-two strings;- In setsof three, and is played with a small plectrum. Switzerland's bears were supposed to be extirict. but some chamois hunters in the lower Engadine recently shot and secured one and report that an­ other escaped them. This will add to the excitement of mountain climbing. Architecture and Building says that there is nothing about Dismal Swamp, in Virginia,, to create miasma--"all is fresh and sweet; and the air is laden with balmy odors." The water is .'thought to possess certain medicinal qualities. . ' ' : In old Salem, Mass., two married women recently caused a street sen­ sation by their apparel. One of the women wore a golf suit, and the other sported the garments which her hus­ band usually wore, including a stiff hat, high collar aud everything. Sandycombe Lodge, at Twickenham, where Turner the painter lived, ac­ cording to Mr. Ruskiu, from 1S08 to 1S27, aud where he painted many of his views of the Thames, is offered for sale. The. house is said to have been constructed after Turner's own de­ signs. The Pyrus Americana Is in some parts of New Hampshire called witcli- wood, and is occasionally carried in the pocket to keep off witches. In Nova Scotia it is thought that it is a cause of bad luck to keep in the house common begonia, called beefsteak ger­ anium. In Salem aud Boston it Is thought unlucky to keep "Wandering Jew," Tradescantia Crassifolia, as a house plant. ENTERTAINING ITEMS. There are twenty-two allusions in the Bible to the east wind, nineteen of them being of a disparaging character. The remarkable echo at Eagle's Xe&t, on the banks of the KUlacney, Ireland, repeats a bugle call 109 times, each clear aud distinct. The island of Malta has a language of Its own, derived from the Cartha­ ginian and Arabian tongues. The uo- bility of the island speak Italian. The number of sheep in the world is estimated to amount to 550,000,000. Of this number between one-third and one-half are believed to be merinos. A member of the British Parliament cannot resign. When he wishes to re­ tire lie accepts the stewardship of the Chiltern hundreds, a nominal office in the gift of the crown and paying a sal­ ary of 20 shillings a year. No member of Parliament can remain iu his seat after accepting a Government appoint­ ment other than a Cabinet position, and this fiction of the stewardship has thus been perpetuated for at least 500 years. Probably the smallest piece of paint­ ing in the world is that executed by a French artist. It is painted on the smooth side of a grain of common white corn, and pictures a mill, and a miller mounting a stair with a sack of grain on his back. "The mill is repre­ sented as standing ou a terrace, aud near it are a horse and cart, while a group of several peasants is shown in the road near by. The picture is beautifully distinct, every object being finished with microscopic fidelity, yet by careful measurement it is shown that the whole painting does not cover a surface of half an inch square. PERSONALTIES. Madame Patti will pass the greater part of the winter abroad. Sir Henry Irving recently confessed that if he had a vast fortune he would spend it by "taking a company of strolling players through every village and lightening the uneventful lives with the lamp of a dramatic Imagina­ tion." Perhaps no one would more ear­ nestly welcome Sir Henry's project than the members of the overcrowded dramatic profession. The German Emperor is far and away the best customer of the German railway companies. When en voyage, the Kaiser invariably uses his own "white car," which is constructed on the Pullman principle. When travel­ ing either alone or with his family and usual suite the cost is very heavy, as he always pays at a higher rate than auy other sovereign of the Ger­ man confederation. On the other hand the Kaiser pays no fare at all when making a tour of military inspec­ tion, or when his journey is of an es­ sentially political nature, such as to meet a foreign sovereign. SOME GEORGIA NUGGETS. No matter how big de fish is. folks won't be jhaPPy ez long ez dey thinks dar's bigger ones unkotched. Dar's so many hills on de way ter heaven dat folks misses de place ea- tlre by buildin' railroads,roun' dem. De reason people won't go ter church in rainy wedder is kase dey religion ain't waterproof. When you is uncertain which way ter go at de forks er de road de best way ter do is ter go de right way. Doan look down on folks kase dey's lesser dan what you is. De wind Is so small Sat you can't see it, but it mos' taglnerafly raises de debbll in a cy- etone. • FOREIGN PEOPLE. - Benjamin Constant Is now painting 1 the ceiling of the redecorated -Opera Comique in Paris. Sir Ralph Knox, K. C. B., the new British Under Secretary of State for War," has been in the war office for over forty years. He has been ac­ countant general since 1882, and was appointed assistant financial secretary in 1895. A French savant named Leveille, writing in COsmos, assures his readers that the fakirs in India have Inde­ pendently discovered the art of mak lug gold, the reported discovery of which by an American chemist recent­ ly attracted some attention. Emperor William has begun at Ber^ Un the practice of keeping the Luther­ an churches of the city open through­ out the day on week days. Until now only the Roman Catholic churches have been left thus open to stray wor­ shipers on week days. The Emperor of Japan, Mitsu-Hltu, is devoting himself to the advancement w°ihen in his dominions to the level of the Europeans. Stained teeth and shaved eyebrows are to be abolished. He was the first to introduce the cel­ ebration of a silver wedding Into his country. When he had been married twenty-five years he gave a feast and received innumerable wedding pres­ ents, and this delighted his female sub­ jects. The Queen of Denmark received a large number of presents ou her 80th birthday, and nearly every member of the royal family gave her Majesty a piece of jewelry and a huge basket of flowers. The Priuce of Wales' bouquet was of red and white roses, and the Princess gave two, one of violets and the other of roses and mignonette. • The Emperor of Russia sent his grand­ mother a splendid and most luxurious carriage, with every modern improve­ ment. . The Prince and Princess of Wales also gave some portraits In richly carved oak frames. Performing pigs, lighting kangaroos and waltzing bears have, on and off, formed an important item on the bills of the cafe concerts; but never has such a four-legged wonder appeared to entrance the Paris "hall" public as the dog pianist, who at present forms one of the biggest attractions at the clrque-d'ete. This almost incomprehen­ sible animal actually plays "The Last Rose of Summer" with considerable technique and excellent fingering. Some of the critics indeed half joking- . ly declare that the soul of the defunct pupil of the Conservatoire must have been reincarnated in this -miraculous dog. • THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Denmark has labor unions compris­ ing 88,000 members. The Swedish unions have a membership o# 7,000, the Norwegians of 12,000 laboring men. Pltcalrn island now contains 120 In­ habitants, the descendants of the well- kuown English mutineers and Tahlt- ian women. Only 40 of the inhabitants are men. Japan, which forty years ago had no other than coasting vessels, none of them steamers, now has several steam­ ship companies, the largest of which owns sixty-three vessels. The oldest sailing craft in the world is the so-called Gokstad ship, a viking vessel, which was discovered In a sep­ ulchral mound on the shores of Chrls- tiauia fjord. It is a thousand vears old. Shakspeare's daughter, Judith, who was 22 when he died, survived him 46 years aud became a Puritan. So rigid was she that she would never go near a playhouse, and was intolerant of everything theatrical. The Alhambra was built by Ibnel Ahmar solely for the sake of his be­ loved wife, Zelelka, who found only monotony in the dull life of the fort­ ress. The work, however, was not completed in his lifetime. The population of London Is now es­ timated to include 250,000 persons of Irish and 120,000 of Scotch parentage; 45,000 Asiatics, Africans and Ameri­ cans; with some 60,000 Germans, 30,- 000 French, 15,000 Dutch, 12,000 Poles, 7,500 Italians and 5,000 Swiss. The supposed grave of Eve Is visited by over 4,000 pilgrims in each year. It Is to be seen at Jeddah, in a cemetery outside the city walls. The tomb is 50 cubits loug and 12 wide. The Arabs entertain a belief that Eve was the tallest woman who ever lived. The total length of the world's tele­ graph system has now reached 4,908,- 921 miles, exclusive of 180,4^0 miles of submarine cables. Of this Europe has 1,764,790 miles; Asia, 310,685 miles; Africa, 99,409 miles; Australia, 217,479 miles, and America, 2,516,648 miles. GRAINS OF GOLD. A mock humility is one of the worst forms of pride. The man robs others who does not make the best of himself. With God go over the sea; without Him, not over the threshold. It takes close acquaintance with many other people to introduce our­ selves. How soon the soul starves, when It begius to look at everything through uiouey. We are all the time making charac­ ter, whether we are doing anything else or not. The best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil. Unmarried People in France. There are In France 1,302,400 unmar­ ried women between the ages of 25 and 50, and 1,376,600 unmarried men aged over 30 years.