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{filliliiOAH REPUBLIC. . I ...._. new blind Bell fended Her. (The Chicago Interior.) When the civil war was raging, men’s minds were brought to a recognition of the D.vine hand as hour before since the darker days of the war of the Revolution. Bu: svsn a brief survey of the remoter pzrils‘ which threatened the possibility of cur national ixistecce gives a stronger, though dispassionate, impression of Providential overruling. It rtqulres but a small obstacle to di {Let the current of a young stream and send its waters to a destination thousands of miles distant from that to which it was tendingâ€"to the tropical Gulf, to the frozen Bay of the North, to the broad Pacific, or the turbulent Atlanticâ€"and thus small events, not appreciated at the time, have given results of enormous dimensions and importance in the building of our nation. A cnosss rsol’LE. If there were a " chosen people" of old the same desire of the Divine mind would remain, and we may well believe that dis~ criminating choice would again be made in the employment of a people for the accom~ plishmsnt of a great purpose. If the race were to be led up to a higher plane of life, there must be human leaders. America was discovered in 1402. At that time, and for two centuries afterward, the idea of religi- cue liberty hsd scarcely dawned on the mind of civilised man. It had gone down with the fall of pagan Romc. Religious perse- cation of the most sanguinary character Was regarded as a duty. If men were over to have that freedom of conscience which is essential to the existence of conscience how was it to be obtained 2 The pagan world was to have the light of the Gospelâ€"how was it to come out a: a thoroughly pagan. iztd Christianity 2 There was no other way apparent except throuoh the leadership of a people who should be devoted to liberty and righteousness. and be filled with a mission- ary spirit. Bad as our country is, it holds aloft the beacon of civil liberty and shows that the light is not a delusion. It is the great missionary agency of the worldâ€"its missionary ships sailing on all seas, and its evangcls penetrating into all lands. It would seim that the develcpmsnt of such a people was a thought worthy of the Divine mind. The more serious perils of the Republic wore those which aroue before it had organic existence. England was asecond-i ate power till after the and of the fourteenthâ€"we may say of the fifteenthâ€" century. Spain had conquered and claimed half of the New World before a single British colonist had found a home in it. Spain held all the lands around the Gulf of Mexico, all west of tho M’saissippi and thence southward to the Antarctic cspe, before the English Kin had title to a foot of it. It may be called a nose title, that of Spain, but she made it good, and put the impress of her semitbarbarism upon all the land which we did not: wrest from her, and that impress remains to this day. All America that is not English is Spanish. save only the little patch of Acadia. When England, under Queen Bess, began to develop her maritime power, she opfued the first possibility for the American epnblic. The tide of Spanish power began to recede when the Armada broke to pieces on the white cliffs of Albion. Had Drake gone down before Philip, he would have carried all our possibilities with him. THE GREAT VICTORY AT QUEBEC. We were behind France in the occupancy of the lands of the Republic. \Vhilo Spain held the mouths of the Mississippi, and all the vast domain between that river and the Pacific Ocean, France held the St. Lawrence, the great lakes, and had established a cordon of colonies and forts for the defence of all the domain West of the Alloghanieo and north of the Ohio. England won that for us at Quebec. \Volie's victory made the interior of the Republic English instead of French. It is not satisfactory to say that the English Colonies would have crowc'ed their way to the west. England herself was opposed to it, whir‘e the French were full of colonial enterprise. There is no defeat in French history, not even Waterloo, which the French statesman of to day regards as so disastrous as the fall of Quebec, nor was there one won by British arms so important to ourselves. Not so important was the victory of George Rodgers Clark over the English at Vino annes, because the development of the countr w mid, without it. have been under a Britis civilisation ; but for that small skirmish the Republic would have been limited to the line of the Alleghaniee. FAILURES vi“ NAPOLEONS PLANS Strange to say the next decisive victory, and of vast importance to us, was fought at the mouths of the Nile. “’e were, when Nelson won Trafalgar, shut up to the domain east of the Mississippi. The title to the vast domain westward had been knocked back- ward and forward between France and Spain in their wars, like a shuttlecock. But France h rid it when Napoleon was rising to Imperial hinora-and the fierce defiance which Eng land huiled at him from Nelson's guns anter- ei like a bath into his soul. With all Europe I]! had his will, but England sat secure on hir cliffs of chalk, and resolved to fight him hi the bitter and. The wide-ranging eye of the conqueror was often turned to the re- s ~.urces of America. How should he conquer the sees as well as the land! Doubtlesi he s udied the eography of the American coasts, not wit a view to conquering them, but with a view of makin of the Americans a great maritime ally. c said so when be virtually made a present of his remaining American possessions to the United States. It was not for France that he did it, but for himself. He was yet comparatively a you man. He looked forward to thirty years [3 absolute power over the civilised world. He knew the yet fierce animosity which lingered in our hearts after the war of the Revolution, and be fully expected, by developing the wondsriul skill of the Americans as sea- fighters, and enlisting1 them in his service, to overmstch the Britis supremacy of the seas. It was Trafalgar which gave us the domain between the Mississippi and the Pacific. PROVIDRSTlAL t3 l'lDASCB. With the cession oi “Louisiana” our perils from rxzernsl foes ended. We are no: accustomed to think of England except asa tyrannical mother. But the truth of history is that we owe to her not only our being, but nearly all we posses: She was 5 hung our battles for us at the same time when she was seeking to chastise us. She broke the power of Spain and prevented the interior and western territory from hemm- ing Spanish and Mexican. She drove cu: though not intending the blow for that lpurpose, by destroying the French fleet. The war against Spain. and the war against Fiance, excepting only the invasion of Canada by Wolf, were fought out to afinlsh on the high seas. The possibility of the Republic bung upon the issue of half a score or more of successive battles, which were far separat cd by time and space, defeat in any one of which would have been fatal to English civilisation on this Continent. Every battle where victory was essential to this great purpose was wonâ€"while hundreds of non- cssertial battles were lost. The seeming perils were not perils. In every flsw of the storms, when the Divine hand was needed upon the rudder of our barque, there it was seenâ€"and when we exchanged our little ship for a great one the Divine commander still trod the deck. Hid Treasures. That nature cares kindly for whatever treasures are committed to her keeping, almost daily instances remind us. Two such cases have come lately to our notice. A color sergeant of Company G, First Michigan Cavalry, Angelo Pasha, was at the battle of Gettysburg. He hadfought bravol through the long three days, and on the set day, weary and exhausted, had stopped to refresh himself with a drink of water from his tin cu . Just then the bugle sounded for a fresh charge, and he hurriedly placed the cup in the crotch of an apple-tree, and joined his command. A short time ago, urged by the soldier‘s desire to “ fight his battles o'er again,” he visited the battle field, and seeking out the tree that had sheltered him in his great weariness, bought it for twenty-five dollars, and had it carried home to be cut up into relics. What was his surprise, in cutting into the crotch of the tree, to find there his tin cup, completely imbsdded. As may be imagined, Angelo sets a high value upon these relics. Nature had accepted the guardianship, and day and night had woven about the cup a protective covering. The other instance was of a farmer of Ltncaster County, Penn, familiarly known in the neighborhood as Uncle Bob Caise. Forty-one years ago he went down to the brook on his father’s farm, to firh. He waded out, waist-deep, and perched upon an old slump that protruded from the water. The usual waiting for a bite ensued, and to while away the time, Bob thrust his hand into his pocket for some tobacco. In with- drawing it, out came his new knife, and his pocketbook, containing six dollars and twenty cents, and both fell into the water. He searched diligently, but could not re- cover his lost treasures. Forty-one summers have made the usual changes in the place, and like men youth- ful delights, the brook has shrun away, leaving the old stump on dry land, over- shadowed by a huge sycamore-tree. A few days since, Mr. Caise out this tree down for the trunk open, there was his old pocket- book, imbeddsd in its heart. The six dollars and twenty cents were dull and tarnished, but safe and sound. and of unlesseued value. Scratching around the root of the tree, he soon discovered theremaine of the old knife, no longer valuable except as a relic. quite as well authenticated ones, around which imagination loves to weave stories of romance. In Buckspcrt, Me., a few years 0, a tree was out down, and in its eighteen ring, a point which had been at the surface forty years before, the wood-chopper found, to his amrzamenb, adiamond pin, with twenty- iour brilliants and a silver setting. The rings of the tree showed it to be about one hundred and twenty years old. No theory has been formed, save that which fancy spine, to account for its burial in the heart of the oak. in Bethel, Eng, an oak was recently cut down and sewn into planks. In one of them was found a hollow peg, containing a lock of bright red hair. Two hundred and fifty years ago, some lover had bored a hole in the tree and deposited a love-knot therein. The step covered the token, and there it lay concealed for two centuries and a half as is shown by the rinse in the oak. 1"“! 2‘ ". ”‘ jg . Palace... 'w‘wâ€" cu war There have been palaces of grass and of ice for some years. Then a corn palace was added to the wonders of the world. This year sees another material used in the con- struction of a palace for exhibition purposes. Cres:on, Iowa, has built a palace of hay and named it the Blue Grass. The following de scription taken from the Farmer and Breeder will be of interest to those who have been un- able to visit it. As one approaches the structure and the eye takes in the massive outer walls, which t e baled hay gives the appearance of solid masonry with outings of a lighter shade; represented by baled straw, with dadoes and panels of thatch work in all the varied grasses and grains of the region, the wonder growa ; and as the eye mounts to the turret- ed round tower rki above the horse-shoe arched entrance to s top of the battlament walls, with thek flags and streamers. their sentinel towers, and thence still higher to the grand central dome surmounted by the central tower whose highest outlook is ninety feet, and above which the stars and stripes proudly float, the observer is lost in amus- ment at the magnitude of the undertaking, the beauty of the conception, and the faith- fulness of its execution. Nowhere is anything visible except the hay, straw and grasses, except at the windows, many of which are first thingtostrike the eye as one enters through the central arch is the round tower rising from the centre of the inner court and supporting the central dome. This is beauti in ly decked in fantastic designs, and its beam of deooratioudefiui descriptive power. For lty or sixty feet this artistic work extends upward to where the graceful arch of the vaulted roof springs away from the central column or tower. Here nature ends in art, blending so perfecdy that the point of juncture is almost indistinguishable. R tdi- ating in all directions from this common centre on the tightly spread canvas of the ceiling are delineated exquisite farm scenes. â€" [EL Among the effects of introducing sleeping fire wood, and, to his surprise, as he split. Those recent instances recall older, but' fencifuily trimmed with corn in the ear. The l W N THE HISTORY OF THE tions, and she finished the French occupancy, THE LIME'KILN CLUB. As soon as the meeting had opened in due and ancient form Brother Gardner called for the report of the committee appointed to test the Brown S quardelixir, and the same was promptly made. The report showed the fol looting tests and results : - Firstâ€"The first: trial was made on E der Toots, he being a man 67 years of age, stiff in the knees and humped backed. An in- jection of four ounces of the fluid was maJe in his right arm. In ten minutes he began to sing; in fifteen he began to break-down and at the end of twenty rho turned to and licked Shindig Watkins our of his boots on account of a grudge eleven years old. He looked and acted like a mac 9! 35, and a second iuj‘ction made him so frisky that an extra patrolman had to be put on his beau, It is four weeks since the last dose, but; he shows no signs of retmgrading. He has an enormous appetite, sleeps like a log, and has .119de every man who ever gave him any SIDE. 2. Sir Isaac Walpole was next experi- mented on. He is 70 years old, stiff in the left leg, lop shouldered, and has had a liver trouble for twenty~five years. Only two ounces were given him as a test, but at the end of twonty minutes his etifi' leg limbered up, his liver got down to routine business, and he said he felt hungry for raw turnips. I At the end of two hours he received another dose. He was acting very coltish then, but at the end of a qiarter of an hour he offered to fight the committee singlehanded for a cent, threw Giveadam Jones three times in seven mintee, and went off singing "01d Black Joe" at the top of his voice. His condition is still the same, after five weeks, and from a humble, peace-loving old man, ready for the grave and eternity, he has been transformed into a robust chap apparently about 40 years of age, who goes about asking for some one to knock a chip off his should er. 3 The third test was made on Samuel Shin. Samuel is a sawed-off. weak knead, stiff necked single man of ‘28, and for some years he has been coughing up peach stones, water melon seeds and Gill“): foreign sub- stances which ho ate to hold him down level in his youth. He declared that he had no faith whatever in the elixir, but how little a man knows of the good things for-lune may have in store for him! As the committee had about a quart of the elixir on hand and didn’t want to waste any they gave Samuel the whole business at a does. It was at first thought he had been killed. His eyes rolled, his limbs shock and he called for his mother. This state of affairs soon passed away, how- ever, and with a sudden Whoop Bwther Shin sprang to his feet. The change was so great that one could hardly recooniz: him. His knees braced up, his legs increased one foot in length, and his neck limbered up until he could turn his head like a parrot. Samuel has also been easily identified by a cataract in his left eye. In fifteen minutes this dis- appeared with his other ailments, and he jumped over chairs and benches, turned handsprings and declared that he was a new man. He has been so changed that he was stopped at the outer door by the guard and had to call out some of the officers to iden- tify him. He only got one dose, and that was four weeks ago, yet he seems to hold his own right along. 4 The member selected for the fourth test was Col. Kyann Johnson. The colonel is 54 years old, tall and slim, for the last year has been troubled with catarrh, consumption, torpid liver, gout, rheumatism and various other unpleasant things. Six months ago he bought a ctfiia on the instalment: plan, and six or seven weeks since his wife called in the neighbors at midnight to see him die. The colonel was given his first dose twenty- three days ago. It had no visible effect except to make him weep. He sat down on a beach and declared himself an abused man and sobbcd like a child. The next day he was given another dose, and the effect was magical. His tears were dried at once, a bright and happy smile played over his face, and his gaunt and cadaverous appearance fled away, to be replaced by a portly, well- round figure which was solid on its pins. As he was putting on his cost after the operation he uttered sevorai blood curdling whoops, declared himself to be the colored John L. Sullivan of the world, and intimatdd that he would make Rome howl before he was many hours older. No further test has been made on the colonel, and the effects of the last appear to hang right by him. 5 The fi th and last was made on Gig hack Smith. Brother Smith is 40 years old, has a voice like pounded glare, and is cross, eyed. He has been a humble member for the past two years, never advancing an idea, and always submittin to bo bossed around by Judge Cadaver. e didn't want to be experimented on, having been run over by a butcher cart once upon a time after being vaccinated, but he was seiz :d and fling down and hold fast while six ounces of the elixir from an old sheep were injected into his arm. He at first straightened out as if dying, but after a few minutes came to with a wild yell. The first change was noticed in his voice. From a thin, quaver- ing, complaining hi h G, it at once changed to a rear in absrre . His eyes straighten- ed themselvee, the end of his nose turned up, and he became aggressive. The very first words were a threat to go out and hunt up Judge Cadaver and pound him to squash. Only the five tests had been made, and it was for the club to decide whether they had been successful, and if further ones should be entered into. is is A BIG THING. “It 'pears to me,” said Brother Gardner, as the chairman finished his report, “dat de long-felt want has at last bin filled. Dc efiect has bin mo' don wonderful, as I hev myself personally observed. I go in fur furder tears. Let us investigate de theory to de fullest r x ' en t." 1. On motion of “’aydown Beebe it was re- solved that the testsbe continued and reports made as results were obtained. A i‘iZRTlNKST isot'irtv. The secretary then read the following, dated a: Toronto, Ont. Brother G trdner : Rt Si'rcrrm Sinâ€"There are many members of this order (103) of the “Limo Kiln Club" lshat are antic-us to know whether it is safe to spend Sll apiece in the use of the “Broom- Squard E Exir :i Life.’ It being so importâ€" ant and serious .1. qticstion, we have referred it to you for an answer. Will it restore lost I children? Remove spots from coach dogs! ! Fasten no a- rubber on clothes wringers? Keep indecision till Christmas time! Keep eff rheumatism? Take the place of whisky! The persons lrudr-st in their demands for this “new life" are the most useless, cars on English railw'ays is this: " F~Jrlshii'lc:-s and tricks-dust of our oizy. How the French and saves] us from Frenchlhirths (sic) in sleepingsaioon cars the charge i do you Beaiun: for that? The men the religion, irreligion, language and institu‘lisfive shillings in addition to first class fare. "v community are patiently waiting to shake 08' the coil are the very ones who are hunting for the “elixir.” We have failed to find a single honest man that has lost a day’s work of whitewashino or fence post-bole digging in the examination of this new discovery. Please advise us. R=spsctfully iuhmitted, MISERY WAKEUP, President. Hanotv Hoanrssr. Smretary. The secretary was instructed to advise in replv that close track be kept of the proceedings of the parent club in investigat ing the elixir theory, and the meeting then ad jsurned. .Fxper'ments With Eggs- Somo of the phenomena of fliid friction ‘ may be beautifully shown by very simple experiments devised by Sir William Thom- son. The materials necessary are two eg a â€"one row, the other hard boiled; two rub- ber bands of such a size as to clasp an egg firmly when slipped on length wise: two thin steel wires, about the siz: of thrs) sometimes used as E strings on guitars; and a mirror or large plate, or other smooth surface, with a ledge around it to prevent the eggs rolling ofi‘. From a gas fixture, or other convenient support, the two wires are hung, and to the lower end of each one is fastened one of the rubber loops. Into these loops the eggs are slipped, with their long axes vertical. Grasping one egg in the fingers of each hand they are gently turned once or twice round and then let go. The eggs show a surprising difference in behavior. The bell- ed egg keeps twisting to and fro, after the. manner of a torsion pendulum, while the raw one comes almost immediately to rest. The cxplanatiouiis easy. The hard boiled egg, being rigid throughout, turns as a whole, while the raw egg, being soft inside, has only its shell moved by the torsion of the wire, the contents remaining stationary. because of their greater inertia. The shell is thus made to rub to and fro on its con- teuts, and being very light, is soon brought to rest. Sir William Thomson has used this expori. meat to illustrate one of the proofs than the interior of the earth is solid. If the earth consisted of athin shell or crust of hard rocks surrounding a fluid or pasty nucleus, as has been until recently generally taught, he says that the observed swinging and swaying motions of the earth‘s axis in preces- sion and nutation would be impossible. Any such motion would soon be stopped by interior friction. Place the eggs on the mirror or plate and try by a sudden twist with the fiigera to spin them on end like tops. With the boil- ed egg one readily succeeds, but the raw egg will hardly make a single rotation before it falls on its side. The finger twist has mere- ly moved the shell, the inside remaining at rest. Professor Mendenhail has remarked that this experiment furnishes a solution to Columbus' problemâ€"how to make an egg stand on end : first boil the egg hard, an then spin it. The third experiment is the cm that no- casions greatest surprise. The boiled egg is spun on its side on the glass, and the palm of the hand is then gently brought down upon it for an instant. The rotation, of course, stops at once. But when the same thing is tried with the raw egg. it soon as the hand that stops it is removed, its rota tion begins again. In this case, when the shell is;sfiopped its fluid contents remain in motion, and, rubbing against it, sets it in motion when the hand is taken away. It astonishes one to find how long the egg may be held still before this effect: stops lâ€" [Scientific American. â€"_â€".â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- The Secret of Health. Dm’t worry. Don't hurry. as too slow." “Simplify l Simplify ! Simplify ! ’ Don't over-eat. Don’s starve. “ Let your moderation be known to all men.” Court the fresh air day and night. ‘ 0, if you knew what was in the air!” Sleep and rest abundantly. nature’s benediction. Spend less nervous energy each day than you make. Be cheerful. “ A light heart lives long.” Think only healthful thoughts. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is be.” “S ask peace and pursue it.” “ Work like a man ; but don't be worked to death.“ Avoid passion and excitement. ment’s anger may be fatal. Associate with healthy people. is contagious as well as disease. .â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€" The Falling Scaffold. TORNTO, Oct. 5â€"Anothcr scaffolding accident occurred on Saturday, but is is one in which the popular cry against careless contractors cannot be resurrected although serious injury was caused to'two workmen and one had aifortuuatepsoape. 0.1 Friday Thomas Baird. 2'8 Beilwcods avenue, sup Grillth the erection of a scaffold at Poi- sou's iron works at the foot of Sherbourne street, and on Saturday he and James Macey, of 91 Davenport road, and another man ascenc'ed the scaffolding to c immeuoe work on some meteJlic shin ling. The act fi'old broke, and Baird and scey fell a distance of ovd thirty feet, while the third man saved himself by grasping the ladder. Baird sustained a compound fracture of the rightth h, while M rosy was it jorei intern. aly. T ey were conveyed to one hospital in the ambulance. “ Too swift arrives as tardy Sleep is A mo- Health What the Cities all Need- The man who will invent anoiseleis rubber tire for the milk weggr nwill deserve to rank with Bell and E iison. He will deserve the vota of every honest man who lives on a paved street. It is a well-known fact that the milk waggon is beyond any doubt, the noisicst vehicle extant. To the oizy resident the darkest hour of the morning is not the one before the dawningâ€"itie the hour just after the dawning. That is the hour when he and Morpheus areclinched, and the milk wag gen rolls along and hide them break away. Everyone realizes the sweetness of that doz ing slumber which accompanies the sun’s first rays, and the hoarse, rumbling, metal- lic interruption of the morning milk waggon is the immediate cause of a great deal of sleepy, pianissimo profanl:y.-['3blcsgo in- terror. I It is re cried that the Marquis Carlo lorence, has bought the Island of Monte Cristo, and will build a house Ginori, of worthy of its associations. of Austria. during was 24 000 marks, of which 15,000 went to the poor of the city. POBBiGN NEWS. The deficit of the Turkish i year exceed $10,000,000 “come wm a“. After October 1 the French ecldier-s' pay will be 27 centimes a day, or a little over 5 cents. Only one woman in France has this you: taken out a license for shooting. L set season there were five. Miss Toki Mardira, the daughter of one of the highest families in J span, has decided to take the veil in Munich. Tpe family'of Richard Wagner received £2100 as their share of the profits from the recent performances at Bayreuth. in consequence of the smokeless powder, the Italian G svernment has suspended the 31 mufacture of all other kinds of gunpow- ‘ or. The Russian Minister of War has ordered that military races shall be indulged in from time to time as a means of improving the cavalry. In the section of the Paris Exhibition devoted to the Historic du Theatre there is a collection of wax models of feet of noted ballot dancers. The move to give a Sunday holiday to the French railway employees has begun on the Paris Lyons road. It will probably extend all over Fran cs The amount given away by the Emperor his recent visit to Berlin Maurice Sand, son of George Sand, has died at Nohant, aged 66. He was the son of George Stud's regular husband, Dude- vaut, and indulged slightly in fiction. The great church of Ls Store Cos-1r, built on the highest polni‘ cf Montmartre, is near- ly finished,and it is thought tbstit “will take its place among the cathedrals of Europe." TWO climbers of Mount Ararat, R tssians, found in perfect preservation a minimum thermometer, which was left there last year. It registered fifty degrees below zu-o, cen- tigrade. Tue memoirs of the Due de Morny are to be published in November by his son, If his papers were published fully it would doubt- less mako the most sensational Volume of the century. The German Museum in Nurnberg has bought Prince Sulkowski’s famous collection of armor and weapons for $51,000. Special- ists estimate the value of the collection at $300 000. The first section of the railway from t’ekin to Chinkiang has progressed as far as having tenders made for its construction, The sum estimated for rails and plant on this line is 70,0)0000. The Congress of Orientaliets at Stockholm Went lately to the grave of O lin at Upsala where the Minister of the Interior drank to the health of the Cmgress in the regular old Viking mead. Probably the longest word in the German language is in the last edition of the ( fli- cial journal of commissions. Here it is : “ Mottamidomethiathylmethylberzyidlami- dophenyloarhinol. ” Frascuolo, the Spanish torero, has retired, with a fortune estimated at $600,000. Although ranking among the greatest; bull- fighhers, he was freely criticised by many experts for being unusually liable to acci- dents. An imperial decree has been issued directing the constructionof the railroad between Pek- ing and Hankow. The Emperor, recognizing the popular sucpicion of such a work, has called upon all the Viceroys to issue procla- ma‘ions explaining it. A million Mannlicher rifles have been or- dered by the German Government from the Stcyr factories, which havo been working exclusively for the Austro-Hungarian Govern- ment for nearly a your past. On Oct. 1 the W'iflle army and the Land wehr will be armed with them. Probably the longest "bee" line railway in the world is that from lluenos Ayres to the foot of the Andes. It covers 340 kilome- tres, or ab rut; 275 miles, and is as straight as an arrow. The highest grade is about three feet to the mile. It crosses no ravine and no scream, and therefore no bridge. The most famous barber now living, pro- bably, i . about: to celebrate his silver wedding in Paris. He is M. Adolph Paquss. He was the greatest of his kind sixty years ago. He numbered among his clients Chateau- briand, Lmiartino, Victor Hugo, Theodolph Gautier, Mde. M us, and Malibran. Thonoieless po wdcr is not a new invention. In the third volume of Benvenuto Cellini’e autobiography the author relates that when suffering from fever in Ferraro. be cured him- self by eating sncock, and that be procured himself the b rds surreptitiously by shoot- ing them with powder “ invent'd by him that made no noise.“ There are several good reasons for the attempt to train swallows for military mee- sagcs, instead of carrier pigeons. The swallows are swifter, and more difficult marks to shoot at. The experiment so far promises well. A young swallow from Rauhaix flew home from Paris. 155 miles, in an hour and thirty minutes. A monument has been erected over the grave of Adolf von Schlegintweit, the famous traveller and savant, who in August l857. was murdered by Chinamen near Kaschgar, Central Asia. It is in the form of a large stone pyramid. surmounted by a heavy plain iron cross. The Russian Givernment plld for the monument and the Chinese (i svcrn- ment gave the ground. A grsni fete out of compliment to “America and Corsica.” the latter as the most form- idable claimant to being the birthplace of Columbus, will be given on the 12m of 0 "corn in Paris, for the celebration of " the 397th annivrrs try of the discovery of the New World." Toere will be a procession of delegates from all the Amerit an Saree and from the West Indies. During some manoeuvres of the German cavalry at Breig a woman and her little boy got in front of a regiment of ouirasslsrs chargingin full gallop. The leading off] :er shouted to her to lie down, and she did, lying upon her boy. T518 whole regiment passed over without injuring her, wary horse in whose track she lay having been made to jsmp over her. The Russian army has just exhibited to the World progress to an important do as at the manoeuvres at Krasuoe 3:10. his ig attributed chiefly to the work of (ion. Vannofsky, the new Minister of War. The event was marked also by the Cz.r being thrown. He has grown very stout. and in rolled away without injury. v’a ’ ‘ “Mammhomwarfiuyflv.»;-.....- v â€" ‘ going up a hill his horse fell, and’his hi j :sty . - ...._-_.. -__.. W. "new