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z i l 1.. ’t'» such danger. ing of the sailgall these attempts have. fail-. ed. Lastsummcr the hiinihrof Finances; on his tour in Central Asia, madcapcnonal inspeCtiou of the Golodnayaatep‘and of the abandoned works of irriga f, u there He noted down carefully what had been done, and what, according to the oiinion of expert might be done to reclaim the steppe to fer- tility. Recently he submitted to the Gov- ernment a plan for the irrigation of the whole region, pro ' rm utilize convict labor for the purpose. fiis plan was accept~ ed, and work will soon be in from the con- victs’ station of Kooylu e, eight yeah: (about one and a quarter miles) from the military station of Tashkent. , . I The present“ pulstion of Helsingforsflhe capital of Finn d, is 59,647, of whom ‘29,- 787, are Finns and 29,860 are Swedes. Last year there were only 14,479 Finns and 23,949 Swedes. The diminishing of the proportion of Swedes in Helsingfors is due to the progressive Russianization of Finnland. The Russian Mining Departments of the Ministricsof I mperial Property and of the In- teior have sent three engineersto America to study the methods by which gold is worked out in the mines of Arizona, Colorado, N evada. California, and Utah. The yield of the Russian gold mines lfas been very poor of late, and the rising of the Russian values in the foreign markets has made the mining of gold almost unprofitable. It is believed that the introduction of American methods of mining will improve the miner’s trade. LateForeignNew‘é Kitten or Lien'rivisc. A Desperate Murder in a German Prison. Disaster to a Bridal Party. Amuseum of postage stamps was opened week - before last in Dresden by Prince Augustus of Saxony. Up to date 718,086 marks have been sub- scribed towards erecting a memorial church in honor of the Emperor \Villiam I. Since the Japanese have had war ships they have been experimenting with lacquer use. protection to the bottoms with mar- vellously satisfactory results. The Fuso- Kan, after having been lacquered for a year, was found to be in perfect condition. One of the greatest obstacles tothc settle- ment of vast regions in Africa has been the tsetse fl . Although harmless to man, all civilize animals die from its bite in two or three days. A man of Natal has discovered aremedy for the poison in which he has such confidence that he has contracted to carry the Portuguese military stores through the tabooed districts on bullock. Italy’s new war ship Sardegn'i will have the most powerful engines yet made â€"25,000 horse power. The potato crop having failed in eastern Prussia, the merchants combined to raise prices. They have been attacked in conse- quence in many villages, and broken heads and frequent arrests are the consequences. The magnate s are emphatic, and complaints loud and deep are made of their conduct. Count 'Bismarck-Bohlcn is an exception. He isbuying abroad and selling at cost prices. .. For years there was a beggar on the steps of Saint Sulpice with a hump which steadily grew. A few months ago he was taken ill, and in deliriums jumped out of a window and was killed. ‘ A neighbor who picked him up upon investigating his hump found that it contained $20,000 in bonds and coin. Finding that the beg or had two relatives to whom he had left is fortune by will, the finder sent the money to them, with the ex- ception of $4,000. The relatives discovered this fact, and after prosecution for theft the man in question was condemned to two years’ imprisonment. The Russian Ministry of the Interior is considering a project to put all drug stores under the monopoly of the Government. Should this project be approved the people will get their medicines at cheap rates, and the Government, charging only 10 per cent. profit on drugs, will be able to keep two salaried physicians in every drug shop to treat poor invalids gratuitously. A further installment of the diary of the late Em eror Frederick is published. It is crowde with proofs of the kindlincss and manliness of the ill-starred Emperor. After the battle of Trautenau, on the 20th of June, 1866, the arish priest, Pransnitz, prayed that the ilcssings of heaven fall on their new master, the King of Prussia, striking out of the service the name of the Emperor of Austria. Frederick, then Crown Prince, makes a note of the priest’s servility, and says he ought to hang on the gallows for it. Many passages in the diary deplore the ne. cessity of bloodshed. . Despatclies from the Cameroons, West Africa, announce that Dr. Zintgraff, who has been exploring the interior, has been repeatedly repulsed by the natives. He has himself been badly wounded and his forces were demoralized. The colonial press insist that the Government take un~ usual measures in view of a general upris- ing, which would be more serious there than in the East Africa, the natives being better armed. A waferspout burst over the city of Brunswick recently, and spent its force on the famous museum containing a gallery of paintings of the greatest masters and a superb collection of classical antiquities and works of art. The building was parti- ally unroofed ; water poured in in torrents, and many unique pictures and other works were ruined or badly damaged. The loss is incalculable. The institution has been closed for repairs, which will take a month or more to complete. .A Moscow daily says: “ The destruction or small birds in large numbers is a profitable trade, but if i4 not devoid of bad conse- quences 21-: _.-._;ricultural regions. Along the lines of the iluzru-Kozlov and Orlov-Graz railroads dead and live birds are shipped by the ten thousands for their feathers or as songsters, and in those regions various kinds of insects and worms multiply corresponding- ly and destroy the fruits of the orchards and kitchen gardens. In several districts in Ekaterinoslov aliver trade is carried on With the skins of ningpics; and there rats and field mice are multiplying rapidly and destroy the crops of grain. Althou vh Rus~ sia abounds with birds of all kin: s, the destruction of the birds is not carried on With impunity.” A telegram, dated Buda est, Tuesday, says :â€"A despatch from osing, in the Oldenbur district. states that 18 field labourers avin been overtaken by a thun- derstorm, song it sliclter by the side of a hayrick, which was immediately afterwards struck by lightning. Three of the men were killed on the spot, the others being stunned by the electric discharge. During the exercises of the infantry near Weimnr on Friday and Saturday last forty were sunstruck, four killed outright, and nine paralyzed. The officers are severely blamed for exposing the troops needlessly to Alaborer named Busch. who murdered a family of four persons at Neuhof, near Guis- tron, was confined in the prison at the latter place, and proved an exceedingly difficult man to handle. He repeatedly tried to escape from the jail, and was finally placed in irons, a warden being stationed in the cell to watch him. The prisoner, by dint of persuasion and holding out visions of un- told wealth by a career of burglary, induced the warden to assist him to escape and to accompany him. The overseer, Hoppe, was surprised the other morning to see the two men creeping through acorridor armed with iron bars. Finding they had been discover- ed they boldly attacked' the overseer, knocked him down, and began beating him to death with the iron bars. Hoppe, how- ever, clung to Busch, although the warden kept battering at his head. The noise aroused the other officers, help came, and Busoh and the false warden were overcome and heavily irpned. It is doubtful whether the overseer will recover. Maggie. The mother of the family was an invalid, and there were so many little helpless chil- dren and only Maggie to do for them all ! It was Maggie here and Maggie there, from mom to night, and often the sick mother would lie and suffer rather than ask f8r what she needed and so increase the haste and worry of the little housekeeper. For Maggie was only a childâ€"a. little girl who had learned to work instead of to play, who when other children were amusing themselves with dolls was bathing her sick mother’s fevered head, and keeping the house still. There had been no school room nor play house for her, yet she had somehow learned to read, and it was the aim of her young life to send all these other children to school, as she knew her father would have done if he had prospered. And to keep home so bright that he was contented with it, to make an altar in the sick room around which all the family should meet at nightâ€"â€" this was the work of little Maggie. It was not easy work, nor pleasant work, and except that she had unseen help to hear her through, little Maggie would have fallen by the wayside long before her work was accomplished. For sometimes when the little troublesome children were asleep, and the sick mother settled for the ni ht, Mag- gie sat down at the window an “ took a spell of thinking. ” She wondered why some people should be born rich, and others poor ; why some should do nothing and others everything ; what it was to know all about the world, to be a fine lady,- and wear nice dresses, and sail away in a. grand ship, as she had seen them do in pictures. And she looked at the moon and stars, and wished she knew if Heaven really did lie on the other side. Then always a stern human voice broke in on her dream, and it told her to go to sleep, for she must get up again in the morning, ready for work. . When Maggie was 12 years old all her dreams came true. A grand ship of state was sent to hear her to a distant country, where she could wear beautiful clothes, and learn all that she wanted to know. It sailed away with her to the Blessed Isles, and as her friends saw her face for the last time, they knew she was forever happy. But her work, her influence, are still here. In the house where she lived she still exists. Not as a memory, but as a precious presence. For you will hear there all day long her name repeated in tones of loving remem- hrancc. “ Maggie used to do so and so ; ” “ Maggie said'we must do this ;” “Maggie, when she was gone; ” 9‘ Maggie said if we were good we would .go to her some day.” And the stricken mother, when appealed to settle some vexing question, answers humbly and lovineg : “Do as you thiukMaggie would have you.” - _ ~ Is this not the perfect spiritualism that challenges no criticism, the living influence of the ministering. angel who still controls the household she has left? N 0 stone marks her grave at Woodmcre, .but she herself erected a monument whose tops shall reach the skies : , ‘ " To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die." ' ‘ A Flight of Eagles. A Russian letter says: A curious and Fresh disscnsions have broken out among the German Socialists. The younger men continue to denounce the moderate pro- gramme proposed by the rty. There was a stprmy meeting of the lin section of the Socialists last night. Herr Babel defied and ridiculed the extremists. Those who pre- ferred street fighting to orderly legislation were entitled to their opinions, ‘but must form their own party to oarrythem out.’ heth Bokhara and Fergan, in Central Asia, is a large stretch of land known as Golodnsya Step (the Hunger prairie), in Russia. The soil of this steppe is of excel- lent quality, but it lacks irrigation. The Russian Government has made attain ts to high this soil, and spent millions ru- bles in digging canals and artesian wells in Various localities, but, on account of the careless prospecting cf the engineers and imperfect arrangements made for the nine!- Russia. A few days ago an enormous flight of eagles were seen to flypast the town and settle in an adjacent forest. Thewoorlmcn who were in the forest at the time fled‘jn dismay from the place. ‘It is well they did, for when theseIiiiiwelcOinevisiiorSh ‘ taken their departure, it was found that___t: 1317 had devouré-d tcii anrv cs, several sheep, and 'a vast numb'cxfn- ~_~::;i"lcraniui‘als. Theground where fhEy alight-"d was strewn ‘vv‘ith feath- ers, and all the [fir-.39 n? the neighborhood have been so terrified llldl they have flown swa . Only one of the mgles was caught ‘â€"a ird of immense size and belonging to a Siberian species. The eagles. which were several hundreds in number, flew away in a southwesterly direction. The nts who saw this remarkable sight state that there were so man of them that for the space of several secon their wings hid thesun from their sight. ' said bod would hear us say our' prayers g unusual sight has just been witnessedrby the ._ inhabitants of Bjelgorod in the south of " H.0sz ran Tm Lessors. Aid a. vegetable min-y Shop matches , “d We 7 ,A new species of v table whiske shop has been added to 51?: collection plant cnriositits at the Washington Botanical Garden. The liquor it distills in the pitcher- shaped receptacles that hang from its stems is especiallyliked by frogs, which hop into these traps for the purpose of drinking it. Although the sweetish fluid is a powerful intoxioant, the batrachian customer, how- ever wildly over-stimulated, would certainly jump out again , were it‘not that two very sharp dagger-like thorns project downward from the lip of the vessel in such a manner that Mr. Frog in trying to escape is thrust through the body b them at every lea until presently he fa ls dead in the “ liqui refreshment "â€"an appropriate object lesson to all intemperate creaturesâ€"whereupon the plant absorbs his substance, as the ordinary whiskey shop consumes that of its frequenter, and is thus supported. This species is tropical and has tobe kept in the greenhouse devoted to plants of the equatorial belt. Naturally there are no frogs in the conservatory, and so Superin- tendent Smith is obliged to feed THIS ECCENTRIC VEGETABLE with raw meat chopped fine, on which it thrives excellently. For lack of insects likewise he supplies with the some artificial sustenance the other sorts of whiskey shops that find in bugs of various descriptions their chosen prey. They will all cut beef, although each variety seems to have in nature its particular line of customers, one capturing cockroaches, another ants, and so on. Doubtless they all could live on any animal food, but there seems to be a difi'er- ence of taste among the insects as to the liquors. One species will only touch the drink served by a certain representative of this carnivorous plant family ; another selects by preference a different brew, and so on. Thus but one sort of bug is ordin- arily found in each set of pitchers, those de- signed for the accommodation of large beetles and cockroaches being as big as small shoes. It is very curious to cut open one of these vessels after it has become withered and dead, being merely formed at one end of the leaf, and to find what a won- derful collection of victims it has gathered in and not finally digested, often numbering many himdreds, if the prey is small. The whole structure of each trap is beyond measure curious, the inner surface of some coated with little bristles that project down~ ward and prevent the guest so hospitably received from walking out again. This is particularly a feature of what the superin- tendent calls thevcgetable lager beer saloons, which prepare a liquor of much less intoxi- cating quality in tall chaliceshaped vessels instead of pitchers, depending upon drown- ing their customers rather than upon making them so drunk that they cannot- get away. A deplorable thing it seems, by the way, to find such bad habits prevalent among bugs, the opinion having been always held that only man, the most noble of animals, had a right to indulge in vices to the elaboration and invention of which he has given so much attention. . So far as can be ascertained, no analysis ever been made of the liquors dispensed by these veg etable gin mills, chiefly owing to the fact that such an experiment would involve avery difficultproblem in organicchemistry. It is known, however, that the strongest of them contain a large proportion of alcohol. Persons hard up for stimulants have often achieved a MAXIMUM 0F INTOXICATION by swallowing the contents of a few of the pitchers, which sometimes hold more thana quarter of a pint each, without bothering about the insects in the fluid. Why may it not be that from this origin the term “ bug juice” is derived? How appropriately is such a. beverage adapted to the convivial uses of the tropital tramp, who, while pur- suing his leisurely travels can pluck his drinks by the way side ! A novelty at the Botanic Gardens is a plant whose leaf bears a remarkably well executed caricature of the Duke of Wellin - ton, all done in the veining ; but in the in- terest of visitors it does not seriously rival either the “ inother-in-law plant,” a scrap of which swells up your tongue so that you cannot speak for days, or the famous “ butcher plant” of Maryland, that has, in. stead of leaves, so many pairs of toothed jaws that close upon any insect venturing between to get at the bait within. This “butcher plant,” which grows no- where in the world save in the vicinity of Wilmington, N. C., suffer for its carniverous habits, being a chronic victim of indigestion. Each stomach trap, having used up most of the gastric juice which it secretes in digest. ing the first living prey caught, usually finds the second victim it captures disagree with it, and the third it is unable to assimilate satisfactorily. Then the trap turns from reen to brown and dies, like any leaf, other fresh ones developing meanwhile to take up the wax-k of gobbling. After all, this greedy vegetable is not nearly so bad as the “ cruel plant,” as it is called, whose flowers wan- tonly capture unsuspecting butterflies that alight to sip honey, and hold them until they are dendrwhcn the gras of the ruth- less petalsfis .relinquished‘ an the luckless visitor is dropped on the ground. Plants even employ insects as their ser- vants iiithe work flp‘f reproducing their spe- ciesrpaying them w glosin honey. Most zvcgefable's combine t etivo "sexes in one flower; but breeding “in and in" is no more healthy for them than it is for animals One blossom-must many with anotherif the species is to‘be continued in a‘healthy..way:' young Mr Honeysuckle dresses himself in a spring suit of bright yellow and reason nurser curator!va for the purpose of attracting the gay butter. fliesthatfiutterirotuid. He also provides a l l .However, in orderto accom lish anything, one of these bees must go o 'and have the same sort of fightin another orchid blossom, small store of nectar in a golden cup to offer, anyinsectguesttliatmay comehis way. Pres- entlya huttgrfly buses to take a sip of the sweet liqudrpbut: in d ’ gooshe cannotavoid "g‘éft‘iiig some o'fth‘e p31 an on lie'r head, and thisshe carries monother honeysuckle,where ' she stops fora second bit of refreshment, incidenmly rubs some ofth‘e pellen upon; arms arrested with all its stigma. Thesis accomplished themar-f' band ovcr50 years ago, near‘Vite io, has riage of the flowers. But the bee is (the Cupid of the vegetable world, to; whom is modt of this marrying and iving in marriage men the blossoms. , here isone kind of orchi that depends altogether for the continuance of its 3 ice upon flights among bees. To a mo delinquency on'their t it may be said to owe its survival entire y. The dais of each ofitsfiowersu‘coo benth arm a 1 example, which for twenty years I regarded AA - . “5., v\ V . I sort of little tunnel, and to get at the bone V‘ g ' a bee must go in at onccnd'or the other. , nothing interferes it willncvcrcoine incim. tactwith any of the llen,’but‘now and ‘ then it happens that it meets another'bce which has entered,me theother side: Then there is a fight,”and2»in thescrimmsge the combatants get bounced around and are covered with the reproductive powder. , fl , , ;. ‘ Varanasi-61mm 7, 99W§~ ' _All~these are harmless home drinks for use in hot west or; Not one of themcon- tsins alcohol. Almond milk is a delicious beverage. Take three dozen fresh almonds, blanched, and pound to paste two bitteralinonds, blanched, and pound to paste; two lum of sugar, one pint of water. Mix one gSI of boiling water with the almonds, When you have pounded them in a mortar strain, return to the mortar and pound with more water until you have used a pint in all; sweeten to taste. Fruit sherbets are now being sold at cou- fectioners’ stores, but they can be as cas' made at home. Mash any ripe fruit an pass it first through a coarse, then three h a fine sieve. To every quart of juice ad a quart of water and sweeten with powdered sugar. When the su . is dissolved strain again and keep in t e refrigeaator until wanted. Mulled cider is a cool and refreshing drink. In order to make it take one quart of cider, eight eggs and a few grains of allspice. If the cider is hard reduce it with water and ut it to boil with the allspioc; meanwhile at the eggs light in a large pitcher, pour the cider on the eggs, and pour from one pitcher to another until it has a fine froth on it ; grate a little nutmeg on each glass as it is poured out. Russian tea, another cooling drink, is made like ordinary tea, but served in small glasses with thin slices of lemon floating in f-hem.ldIt is to be sugared totasto and taken 109 cc . Orangeade is a common enough beverage in a majority of homes, but very few r cr- sons know how to make it properly. ake three dozen sour oranges, two pounds of loaf sugar and the pool of two oranges; shave thin. Mix and stir well together, and add. water and pounded ice in proportion. This quantityfiof course, is for a large party. Cambric tea is made from one pint of fresh milk and the same of boiling water; sweeten to taste. In olden times this was known to Western people as tea kettle tea. Cocoa nibs is composed of one quart of boiling water, two ounces of cocoa nihs and. one quart of fresh milk. Wet the nibs with‘ a little cold water,add to the boiling water, cook one hour and who”, strain, add Ehe milk, heat to boiling and take from the re. Lemon water ice is made from the juice of six lemons to each quart of water: the rind of a lemon grated and steeped in a lit- tle water; the water strained, and a little of this added to the juice im roves the flavor; sugar to taste, always caring. in mind that freezing diminishes the strength of sugar, and that water requires more sugar than either cream or milk ; then beat, stir and freeze as for ice cream. Creme a la rose is a delicious ice now sold at the confectioners’. Take two quarts of rich, fresh cream ; sugar and rose water to taste ; cocliineal in sufficient quantity to five a fine rose color ; yolks of twelve eggs. eat the cream boiling hot, stir in- the sugar, flavorin g and coloring; have ready the yolks, well beaten ; add the cream to the yolks, little by little, stirring continually ; strain, cook a. (min mariaâ€"which means in one ves- sel inside of anotherâ€"initil it thickens, and when cold, freeze. I {Kirsch is made by taking a pound of wild plums, mash them, take out the stones and crack them ; throw them into a allon of brandy; let them stce a month, lter,nnd you have the famous irsch Sirup added to taste makes a delightful cordial. Orgeat is made from half a pound of al- monds, blanched and pounded in a mortar and-mixed with a little rose water and ii. quart of boiling water. When nearly cold strain, sweeten and flavor with rose water. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€" Narrow Escape from :1. Burning Balloon. The unusual spectacle of a balloon on fire in mid-air was witnessed at Prague on Tuesday night. The balloon, which carried three passengers, ascended to a height of over 6000 feet, at which altitude the silk split, and tho'balloon sank with alarming rapidity for 20")0 or 3000 feet. current of air then appearedto check its downward course somewhat, but it continued to fall. To the great alarm of the occupants it was seen that the descent was being made straight on an iron foundry in full blast. belching forth flames and showers of sparks, The aeronaut being powerless to avert the danger, the car caught in one of the chim- neys and was immediately ignited. Mean- while however, the-descending balloon had attracted the attention of the people em- ployed at the foundry, and aid was speedily forthcoming. To the amazement of ever one the occupants escaped uninjured. T accident was witnessed by a large numbo so as to transfer a portion of the pollen to the stigma. Luckily this occurs often enough to perpetuate the plant. Some kinds of orchids imitate to the life bees, butterflies, and moths, apparently for the purpose of attracting these insects on the decoy duck princi la. The object is not quite so evident in t e case of varieties of these extraordinary plants whose flowers counterfeit with amazing exactness toads, huge spiders, and other animals. There is one which presents the likeness of a man hanging by the head, and another that opens and shows a beautiful dove in an enclosure of petals. v ' A book might be made of the freak plants of the world. There is the vegetable boa constrictor of India, known as the “ maloo cligber,” which twines about great trees an _ STRANGLFS THEM TO DEATH, so that they decay, fall in, and often leave the empty tower of climbers standing erect. In South America there is a “ cow tree," which gives milk that is shown by chemical analysis to be of almost exactly the same composition as that of the cow, which it re- sembles to perfection in appearance and quality, tasting like sweet cream. Dee in the swamps and forests of the Islan of Formosa grows a plant the stems of which‘ are filled with a fine white pith. This pith is cut by the Chinese into thin strips and is called “rice paper.” Bodies of the dead suspended within hollows of the “ baobab ” tree that grows in Africa. are transformed into mummies for all eternity without further process of embalmment. On the elevated barren plains west of the Vol a grows a plant closely resemblin a lam , which was said by travellers of 01 to bend from the stalk upon which it could turn and feed upon the herbage about it, but when the grass died it perished from hunger. 'l he likeness referred to is not" 0 he denied though its death when the grass diies u is due to the same cause that kills the at or vegetation, namely, drought. . 4..._ No Such Thing {cilia “ You young people,” said a successful banker, “ are fond of talking of luck and chance. As for myself, I do not believe in either. “Each year that I live I am more im- pressed with the order and meaning which underlie eventsâ€"the least as well as tho reatest. Under this inexorable law the smallest incident in our lives works for our good, if we try to do right. If you live lon enough to look back, and are observing an thoughtful, you will find this to be true. “ There was a certain snow-storm, for as the unluckiest acoident of my life. This is a true story, remember. “ At the time of this storm I was a young man just beginning in . business career as a. clerk in the employ o a large firm of cotton brokers. v “ A heavy hail storm had broken down he telegraph wires coming into the place, land I was hidden to take a dispatch to the nearest city, and send it by wire to New York. The success of a large venture which the firm had made depended on it. “I set out in asleigh with a stout pair of horses ; but the fiercest snow storm I ever knew set in, and before I had made half the distance to my destination the drifts were impassable. “ I was forced to turn back. As I plow- ed my way through the night and storm, I heard a feeble cry for help, and found buried in the snow by the roadside a woman and her child, nearly frozen. The almhouse was near, and I managed to ‘reach it with them. The mother died that night, but the clild lived and remained in the almshouse. “ I could not send the dispatch. In con- sequence our firm lost a third of its capi~ tal, and in the financial embarrassment that followed I was thrown out of employment and went to the West. “ For years, as I said, I regarded that storm as a cruel accident. , “ But when I look back at it; new, I find that the loss of inonev u as but atemporary matter, which affected no human, life seri- ously. The firm recovered from thoushock in a year or two. My ‘ill luck’ 'foreed‘mc to exert myself as I never had done before, and new avenues of success opened before me. . . . ,. “ The boy,who would have died if I had not been driven back by the storm, was a thin, nervous little fellow, full of energy and courage. He pushed his way through school and college, became a specialist in medicine, and has made scientific discov- eries which have benefited the civilized world. ' ‘ , “ \Ve' grumble against fate whenever our plans are defated by what we call ne- cident or luck. It is notiin a day, perhaps, nor in a year, possibly not in this life, that we shall see the whole meaning of the defeat. But God sees it, and I am sure means the defeat as a. part of our’ educa- tion in life." _._..._..-____- . Tho Elevation of the Rabbit. An article in the Hobart Mercury gives come very interesting and curious facts con- cerning the dcvolopmcnt of a new sort of quence of the animals' endeavour to climb over the wire netting used to impede their progress in travelling. The farmers have discovered that the rabbits can burrow under the netting unless it is buried six or eight inches under the soil. Moreover, they can climb, or evidently intend to do so after a little trainin , and to this end they are developing a uni which will enable them to hold on while progress is made upwards. This nail development has been noticed be- fore in Queensland when the bark just out of reach'wns‘duirablc of attainment, but to effect handover-hand nautical climbing shows the rabbit in the act of elevating him- self in the scale. A Paper Hotel. There seems to be practically no limitation to the uses to which paper can be and is ap- lied. To the long list of articles intended or personalmc and in the smaller details of construction in rolling stock, such as wheels, axles, kc. , there'liubeen addcdamoreextcu- sive application of per tothe needs of every day life by tha’dmi din of a hotel construct- cd of this material. his novel residence, which has just been finished, and issitnated in Hambur , has been made entirely of paper boards, wli , it iii said, are of the hardness of wood, but possess an advan over the latter material in that they are fireproof, this desirable and being effected by imprego nation with cubic chemical sohttioas. W A Forgotten Prisoner Starved to Dost h. ,. A Viennacorrespondent telegraphicâ€"Ate Bohemian village, near Troppau, a deaf and dumb man. who sometimes caused public scandal, was locked up at the police prison on Corpus Domino day, the 28th of; May, when it was feared he might dis‘tui'b [the public procession. ‘ He was absolutely for- gotten, and as he had no friends nobody missed him. On Monday another man was to be locked up, and when the prison was opened it was found that the poor deaf and dumb creature had died of starvation. The body had been shackingly mutilated by rats, very little of the flesh being left. The Pub- lic Prosecutor is examining the affair. ' A Famous Brigand. Noubia, the famous Italian brigand, who the member : of his 'ust been released from prison. He and his d had committed numerous murders,and admith havin , stdiffercnt epochs,;stoleu as muchas a mi ion of francs from travellers journeying to and from Rome by Vettiesino. All his companions were executed. Noubia was spared at the intercession of the then governor of Rome. Prince Orsini, whose children’s liva he‘had saved. Noubia is now 83years of age, and an invalid. A strong' of people, and produced intense cxcitcmcn . » nail in the rabbits of Australia in conso ‘ hf w~w -râ€"’râ€"<’ a.-. i "w'fiâ€"wm". un’muam - mm ‘39â€".-." 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