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. and“... 4m. m‘mye may.“ a, ,_ .,_ I Wfiampgflv I l fir.“ ave .vm ..â€". as...) a LATE mun NEWS‘ A Costly N0 SOQ‘IALISTS NEED APPLY: â€"â€"â€"- Bacilli in Telephones, â€"_ '1- ‘ NOVEL 0E I’llAltll. " 1&1: } ‘ ly aro‘used censide ' , 4 . . g. , . . 7 - i: fighters, drunkards, men of prejudicial obn- duct, and such as have been disrespectful towardthchvemmentoficers orthe‘clergy? ‘3 also th , who dc; not their? taxes, , .- ~ .‘ «windfall ""” the-fiat _ of anti: , _ eastern liefi. The Government oficers wi ordered to disciplineallsuch persons in the "customary ~manner, (inflicting punishment with the nadir; '( : ‘ 1The‘pre'vale'nee olch duophobia‘ has rWt- ' e iineasiiiess ’in' some parts of Austria, and at the request of the “Austrian’Su remeSsnitaryCouncil,the Min- ister of the nteriorof the count caused in~ J quirytobe-made regardin 'tlie isease,’and â€"â€" , .. ‘ J obtained “an ‘1an ng‘ ' t cinema“, The easy going ways of the Danes are pro- Durin the last ten years it was ascertained ductive of longevity. Among 2,000,000 in- that .-.number “or dogs attacked by the habitants more than sixty have died so for disease was from 700 to 800 annually. The this year who had passed the four score and number of persons annually attacked by dogs ten. Quite half of them were, nearer, 100 thus infected was from to 430 showings than 90 years old. ' Probably the finest and costliest college library building will be‘ the one which been built for the University of Leipsic. total'of 3:021 cases during the ten years. The deaths numbered 822. The disease is: common except in some Alpine districts. : Dal'ziel’s Paris correspondent telegraphs : Three million marks were expended on it. â€"-The Ninth Police Court last week con- The library of the University consists of 540,000 volumes. A bomb weighing 184 pounds was dug up by a gun excavating for a collar in Copen- hagen. t was a reminiscence of the hem- bardment by the English fleet in 1807, that threw Denmark into the arms of Napoleon and ended in robbing her of Norway. Many French scientists are devoting their time to the lanning ofa balloon capable of" vefi being guide . M. de Freycinet has lately examined a most ingenious machine, which acquires great force with very little expendi- ture of energy. Many people look forward to seeing a guidable balloon in the near future. . M. Maurice de la Sizeraune, the blind philanthropist, lately left Paris for Kiel and Cogenliagen to study the charitable institu- ions of those cities, and to be present at an international congress in aid of the blind. He has founded an institution in Paris, which does a great deal of good work in training the blind to earn a living for them- selves. A cabinet-maker in Cottbus, being too tired to walk home, resolved one night to. sleep in his workslio . As there was no bed i sin the place, he lay own in a coffin, which i he filled with eiwdust in order to rest more comfortably. He soon fell asleep. The next morning he was found dead in the l coffin. It is supposed that an apoplectic fit was the cause of his sudden demise. An athletic Copenhagen butcher is the latest candidate for histrionic honors. His l debut on the stage was made as a fiddler, l playing a sentimental ditty with an SO-I pound weight hung from each wrist. When called before the curtain by the enthusiastic audience he put on an extra ten pounds and played his piece again, as if nothing was amiss. The Danish Government is not disposed to parlcy long with the socialists. An Englishman named Paternoster, who came over to take charge of the Sailor’s Interna- tional Union, a concern that is sufficiently radical to come under the Government ban, has been expelled. He was arrested as soon as he set foot in Copenhagen, and orders were issued by the police to send him back on the first English steamer. A German engraver residing in Genoa, stole several plans of the coast defenses of that city. His theft somehow came to the ears of the authorities, and his workroom was examined with the result of finding the stolen plans. It is believed that the action of the authorities was taken early enough to ! prevent the exportation of any plans to Ger- | many. The engraver is now awaiting trial. A brutal crime is reported from Aix-la- Chapelle. \Vlieu the conductor of a. moving railway train asked a passenger who was standing on a platform for his ticket, the latter gave him a blow with his fist and then shoved him from the car. The poor fellow fell twenty feet, and was brought in it ~ mangled condition to a liospital,_wherc he died several hours later in great agony. l The postal authorities of Prussia have in- stituted an investigation in order to find out if infectious diseases can be transmitted by telephone. It is thought that bacilli infest the mouth of the telephone, and from there are transferred to the mouth or the ears of persons using it. By frequent sprinkling , with carbolic acid on the end of the tele-i phone the danger can be averted, or, at least, . diminished. ! A great outcry is being raised in Finland I demned sixty-five persons, known as the “False Accident Gan ,” to punishments varying from a fine 0 200i tothree years’ imprisonment. Their method of procedin was briefly as follows :â€"-A coachman would pretend to run over a man or woman; a licernau would ,testify to the accident. avingoccurred, 'and the victim would be kept in bed for some time. The company employing the coschman would proceed to fy the affair, and theperson sent by them would report the case as genuine, when the "hi '/ it “rt: igniimee? company would pay a part of the claim for, damages. Everybody in the caseâ€"even the policemanâ€"would belong to the gang. The official report of the French Post Office business transacted in 1889 has only just been published, and according to this report the/total number of inland letters, post-cards, newspapers, patterns, and other parcels dealt with was 1,508,896,368, as against 1,371 ,320,986 in 1888. There was an increase in every section, the number of letters being 588,863,059, as against 566,- 350,104 ; while the total of post-cards rose from 38,077,490 to 41,497,320. Newspapers increased from 354,094,712 to 499,822,181 ; and printed matter of other descriptions from 355,220,811 to 417,074,743. The total number of foreign letters and papers in- creased from 222,196,380 in 1888 to 234,~ 587,166, and of these 119,860,646 were let~ ters and 72,556,962 newspapers. An aged Cossack named Michael Gavry- lovitch Klilebnikoff, from the . village of Yessentook, was met recently in the “ Yar” restaurant of Vladikaukas City. He has no daughters, but- rejoices in a family of seven sous, thirty . grandsons and seven great grandsons, who are all living and in good health. They live in ideal harmony under the same roof, the numerous progeny obey- ing, without question, the commands of their aged relative, who governs the entire family like a patriarch. According to :his‘ statement Klilebnikoff has awife still living at the age of 88. To all inquiries concerning his own age he invariably answers : “ Oh, so many years have passed away that I can- not remember.” Buthc declares that. when Catherine the Great died (in 1796 he was 15 years old, so that he must now be 110 years of age. He still enjoys vigorous health, having never had one day’s sickness during his long life. ' Several of the Municipal Board of St. Petersburg have made it a practice to absent themselves from the meetings of their organ- ization because, as the liberal papers intimate, the Government will manage the affairs of the city according to its own plans, whether they approve of the measure pro- posed to their Council or not. TheMinistr of the Interior has, therefore, enacted the followin regulations : “ A member of the Muncipa Board failing to attenda meeting of that Board without assigning a weighty reason for his absence, shall be reprimanded by the Chairman. The second offence of this kind makes him liable to a fine not ex- ceeding 75 rubles. Upon the third time he is absent without a satisfactory reason he shall pay a similar fine and be excluded from the Council fora time not exceeding the term of his election. Anyperson interfering with the order of municipal elections shall be liable to iiiiprisonmeut for seven days or to a fine not exceeding 25 rubles.” Kine: JalJa’s Dreim and its Fulfilment. A tourist who has just returned from the Canary Islands had an interview with King Ja Ja. a few days before his death. The exiled king was at that time staying at an against the recent introduction of the Rus- I hope} in Sumac N112, and was in very low sian language into the schools pf that ‘ spirits,_ doubting whether he would ever see country. Heretofore the innovation had 1 his native land again, though he had made not extended to the publication of a ncws- ! 3,11 the necessary arrangements for his de. paper 111 the foreign ‘tongue, but now it is ; parture. The journey was delayed by the announced that the Government 15 about to British Vice-Consul. who told him to wait grant a subsidy for the starting of a Russian - till the arrival of Major M’Donald, the Com. newspnpcuin that province regardlessof the missmner of the ()i1 Rivers, The Colonial outspoken indignation of l‘mnisli patriots. ' Office had exacted from him as a. condition On account of the difficulties of iniporta- Of his bemg Smowc‘l to return a promise. to “on by way of the Artie Ocean, the Gov. : create no disturbances. He was suffering ernmcni has granted to merchants in sel'ercI-V M. the “me from d-Vsenfelly’ and s'ibcria the privilege of importing their 3 be‘ng.c°"""‘ced.tlmc he “T's the “an” Of a mods from foreign countries, free of duty. l consplmcl'. “gamdkh” Ilfe' he refund to :lmmgh the rivers Obi, yenissey and i take medicines, hiding himself on the roof Putcharn. At prescnt,howover. theMiuisterl 0': m the cellar "f we “0,101 M the hm‘rs the of Finance is considering the advisability of i ‘lPCmr was expecwd' 1‘1"“: days baffle establishing custom houses at various points llls dean} he was to have _ 80"" to a “"389 of entry. so that Mm, the Close of 139.3 on the 111113 for change of air; but he refused duties will doubtless be imposed upon im- I ‘0 leave, 383'ng “ I no 80- I lmd the dream ported 3.00.15. v from my fadder. He say I be wid him in f .-i ~ . - . . s . tree day. The Psychical booiet Wlll be The (mind Duke of )lecklenbur'v-bchweb - - y . in is in a pitiablc condition. 8.05 far as is “Harassed to half“, mags-ms, pgesenument known, he has not enjoyed one healthy day ; pr?“ tfipe' n ":1 er. mg s “3‘3 s a in his life. He is com lled nearly always 3"" M “i "8 “mm 5d andâ€"fl ‘93‘3 dust coal" to live in a southern c imafe. Last winter: 39.1"“ d ‘1 dilute in"; at lime“ by] his he resided in Cannes. When he moved for “neg an en an ' ey m sent t ‘8“- : luggage on board the steamer that was to ho ‘ c t ' S “ a . a s rt tiui his uiiiiner to twelbersand. i carry them to Tenenfl-e, but stayed on shore watering place in his own country di 11- 3 , v thoritic befall him, and he is now in ’sucli a ' themsel‘ es' “ hen' after the Steamer had bad condition that nourishment has to be gmrt‘i‘d‘ “61123793;ch b‘gl’eged they were given him bv means of a tube inserted into om“ o co ‘ y u '5 ' the stomach: ‘ - -' . s- .. In an Italian town an inspecter received, Curbing the Indian Press. At Calcutta the Judge who tried the case alettcr from an unknown person orderin I has refused to accept the jury's verdict in him to leave at: a certain place a thousan l ounces of gold under in of having his ' the case of the proprietor, editor, manager, house burned down. T e inspector manag- and printer of the Bimyolwhi', one of the ed to get up a correspondence with the principal vernacular newspapers of India, writer of the threatening letter and at the , who were arrested and char with attack. “me time informed the police and the post- : ing the Government. The . ridge ordered a office authorities. A watch was set at the ‘ retrial of thecase. The Government recent-- postofiice, and one night I letter was thrown 1 1y has been repeatedly and vigorousl at- info the postoflice addressed to theinspector. tacked by the native press, especial y in The officers who were on watch rushed out connection with the )lsnipur trials and and captured the writer of the blackmailing executions and age of consent law, and con- lctters. He made a full confession. neatly has rmrted to strong measures in The l'u'sdomosi of St. Petersburg is inforrn- ? filler to curb the bitter utterances. ed that the Ministry of the Interior will i â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" soon issue a regulation by which “personal More than $04110 people are confirmed having been found guilty of theft, habitual 4 in the English church every year. I I‘m" on ‘ NEARLY om Death on the harp-rte at Dove-port.” ' boy's Narrow Escape from afiearm firr aims enemas ASIAN mm. ‘ 'InQreat Britain thereis one eh‘xrtor’ to an Important link or the Great Lino about six of the population ; in Belguim Perhaps the impressionsmade Child? onlybne to about forty~six. - made upon a rown man. I don’t know. This howeverfi do know, that there is an ~though thirty years have passed since it occurred, and which haunts me like aihor- rible nightmare whenever it coma, “Night- mare“! Why, when someth ehgrmi dyspepsia demon does attack me, he rejoices meet to make me repeat-in my restless sleep that terrible experieiice,zthat of years gone by. J ' ' " ‘ I was alittle over 9 years of a e at the time, and, though a somewhat d icate,boy, just as found of mischief and fun as any of the rest. My father was an ofiicer in the British Royal Navy, a glorious old salt who v- lfad fought in the Crimea, had served under Napier in the Miguelite wars in Portugal, had been around the world with Holman, the blind traveler, and had come to anchor at last at Devonport. the big seaport and iigckyard, after forty years of a seafaring l e. . Perhaps everybody does’nt- (know “ that- Devouport was (perhaps still is, for all -I know) surrounded by a deep moat-,flanked by high sto’ne ramparts, and that outside of the moat lies a huge space of waste land called the Common. Here the soldiers of the garrison used to drill,here the big reviews were held, and I remember on one occasion the Prince Consort himself â€"the M an of Saxe-Coburg Goths, you knowâ€"coming to represent his wife and Queen. Once every year on Devonport Common there was held a big fair, at regular old-fash- ioned country fair, wit-ha Richardson show, booths at- which were exhibited fat women and hairy women, live Indians. eight-legged cows, two-headed horses and all the attrac- tions to be found in a. dime museum of to- day. There were athletic sports, running in sacks. jumping blindfolded, rminiug with wheelbarrows, climbing the greasy pole and a. hundred kindred boisterous amusements : besides, it was the day on which servants of every description, from cooks, house- maids, grooms and coachmen to farm labor- ers and sculleryqnaids, stood in rows and let themselves out for hire for the remainder of the year. To us children these three days were red letter ones. We looked forward to them for 'months, and when they came we beg- ged‘from our parents all the pocket money we could in orderto go and see the wonder- ful sights of the big fair. At this period I was at school, with an elder brother. at the Devonport and Stoke Grammar School, and there was a little group of five boys who wore always chums, always ready for fun, mischief or devil- ment of any kind. The eldest, Snell, was only 14 years old. I was the youngest, about 9. These were my brother Nap, Bodley, Perkins, Snell and myself. I should here tell you that upon no oc- casion, and under no circumstances whatâ€" ever, was anybody permitted to walk u on the ramparts, which formed the forti ca- tions of Davenport within the moat,without a written order from the Admiral or some officer in the army or navy resident in the town. On occasions like the fair such orders were given out freelyâ€"«but only to the personal friends of the giversâ€"because the ramparts formed a point of vantage from which everything that went on upon the Common could be seen with case. On such occasions it was customary for the officers of the regiments and of the ships in Devounort to hold a sort of picnic, and, Y when the weather was favorable, it is a moot question whicliwas most picturesque â€"the groups of pretty, gaily dressed ladies and officers in uniform above the moat, or the crowd pushing and surging amid the booths and stands on the Common below. \Ve boys could not seeâ€"being all sons of naval or military officersâ€"why we should not be up on the ramparts as well as our more fortunate mothers, sisters, cousins, and aunts. We didn’t get orders, but we de- termined to get there all the same. And we got there. I wish now we had not got there. Many a time I’ve wished it. We watched our opportunity, and when we saw a. goodly-sized party of ladies going through the gates we walked through too, and then took to our heels like lamp- lighters up on ,to the ramparts. Of course the ladies repudiated all connec- tion with us, and of course a couple of sol- diers were sent up after us to bring us down. are stronger and more lasting than‘are those"- One of the largest hospitals in the world, containing accommodation for from 1,000 to 1.5“) patients, has. beer} opened It“. Cow event in the history of my childhood which ' r - rises beyond my mental vision Wthis'dayf“ smutmolfle‘ The Hawaiian race has been steadily dwindling in numbers during the present coutury, and the latest census gives it a population of but ~10 or a decrease of one-half within bent; qeiitiiry."' , a: ~ : Theenormqus consumption of coal'in the ' works ofi-Imnflou is‘igindiqitedby“ " I act that the Clash ht and Coke Company is seeking tenders mm the coalowners for itsmsnpply for one year. and that supply is set down at about 1,750,000 tons. A man isabo‘ t 4,0 _ ttenipt...to w .on stilts frouifPirislgtdEMchiw. 1; ".3, 1} A dealer’iu‘artifiéial‘limbs e§tiiiiatés that 300,000 Englishmen have lost one or both legs. Tennyson was once asked to supply a dozen birthday poems of eight lines each for a thousand guiness. The poet refused ! FDI‘. Marnyl'nwell hasfaccepted a profes- sorship of physiolgy at Mount Holyoke Seminary. She was formerly a physician at the Maine Insane Hospital. Doors and windows are taxed in France. In a peasant’s but the tax amounts to about three francs per annum; on houses in cities it sometimes amounts to seventen francs for each family. ' ' ‘ In days gone by it was the privilege of the sultah only to indulge in the luxury of taking coffee, there being such a. small quantity grown. Times, however, have An expert electrician - asserts that an electric train, making 125 miles an hour, would require 7,000 feet in which to come to a standstill. ' It is a. mistake to suppose that Polar re- search lias cost enormously in human life ; despite all the great disasters, ninety-seven out of every one hundred explomrs have returned alive. The cork worm. has come to plague the champagne producer. The insect bores the cork, close to the neck of the bottle, and thus gains access to the wine, releasing the carbonic-acid gas, and spoiling the wine. Experiment has proved that if a delicate piece of lace be placed between an iron plate and a disc of gunpowder, and thelatter e detonated, the lace will be annihilated, but its impression will be clearly stamped on the iron. ‘ The movements of an intoxicated man are variable, dependiu upon the beverage which he has imbi ed. Scientific experi- ments recently made in London demonstrat- ed that intoxication by beer or wine makes a. man fall on his side ; whisky topers fall on their faces ; while those overcome by hard cider almost invariably fall backward. Miss Braddon (Mrs. Maxwell) does not lose her energy with advancing years. She is still an enthusiastic horsewoman, and the squarely-builtfigure with the iron-grey hair may frequently be met enjoying a spirited canter iii the park at Richmond with one of her daughters as companion. It has been concluded that with a balloon 330 feet long, with a maximum diameter of 55 feet, a. speed of twenty-five or thirty miles an hour can be attained. At the same time it is thought that the problem of flight is more likely to be solved by means of an aeroplane than with a balloon. Chained Libraries were at one time by no means rare, and as the books were only suitable for scholars it is evident that some of our learned forefathers were no better than their descendants in the matter of book borrowing. One of these chained libraries still exists over the vestiy. of Wimborne Minster, in Dorsetshire. - Among the best-known newspaper women in Paris are Madame de Rute, a grand- daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, and the edi- tor of the La .Nouvellc Revue Internationalt; Judith Gautier, daughter of that versatile gcnious Theophile Gautier; Madame Al- phonse Daudct ; and Emmeliue Raymond, editor of the Mode Illustre, who writes the fortnightly Paris letter to Harper's Ba:ar. The most valuable egg in the world is that of the extinct great auk, a. specimen of which was sold the other day for £3. Of all known eggs the bi est is that of the ex- tinct giant ostrich of fifadagascar, supposed to be the original of the mythical roc. Semi-fossil specimens of it were recently used by the natives of the country as vessels for holding or carrying water. One of them will hold more than two gallons, its bulk being equal to 148 hens’ eggs or six ostrich eggs. At this rate a dozen auk’s eggs would But we were as slippery as eels in those days, and for a long time we dodged in and out among the many guests (by the way I remember seeirg my own mother there] and escaped capture. I cannot say that we had an extra line view of the fair, but we had lots of fun and, perhaps that was better. be worth £36 The "13" was Olimbmg the greasy POIeâ€" Seed for the culture of rubber has been he had nearly reached the topâ€"I was stand- sown in Ceylon and we seedlings are report. mg Open-mouthed, wondering would he I ed to he flourishing among the jungle. It is T911611 that leg 0f mutmn- bUddenly 1" “'83 suggested that a large tract of country could NuP’S V0109: I heard “LOOk 0"“ Rn“! easily be covered with profitable trees by- it! Here’s the sentry ~ The “93“ "limnc I felt simply collecting and sowing broadcastevery 3- hand 0“ my Shoulder- I Started W “"1 W year in the belts or uselessjungles adjoining escape- I W319 50” 0f (13281], the “13¢ W33 50 I the estates, a few bushels of the seed of the Wilden-I did "0‘71001‘ Wherelw“ gomf-ljll'u" ! Ceara rubber tree which grows in the island. mm“ for the moat' I remember hearing 3’ Since the death of her husband, several scream and a shout : something caught me . , . , _ years ago, Mrs. Francxs Vi oodring has held by the couar' I had one leg m er the mm the office of superintendent of a coal mine at part and in another second I would have been at the bottom of the dry most, a bruis- ed. mangled, dead little boy. All the horror of the situation rushed through my brain at the time. but. even then that instinct of self-preservation which is so great in us all overbalanced the sense of her. ror. I snatched myself from the grasp of my savior~I saw only that it was a womanâ€" and took to my heels. This time my compan- ions had deemed it best toget right away and finish the day upon the common. But when we did get out of danger my nerves gave way and I fell in a faint upon the street. The hor. ror, terror, agony of that momentâ€"it could not have been many secondsâ€"â€"~crowded them- selves together in one fearful strain that was too much for me, and I was laid up with a brain fever from which it took me weeks to recover. Do you think I exaggerate when 1 say that to this day that moment comes back to me in memory and in dreams. and forms a night» mare from which there is no escape ‘: More- over to-day the sentiments are all intensified and the consequent agony a thousand degrees more severe. I wish I had never climbed onto those ramparts. The one part of the world in which no native pipes and no native smokers have been found is Australia Asliland, Pennsylvania. She em loys one hundred and eighty men, and is fired by all of them. At an early hour in the morn- ing she appears at the head of the ‘shnft, and she remains there till the men have all gone to work. She kee as close supervision over the propping o the mine and the air supply,and is active y benevolent to the wives and families of the miners. Not a single accident has occured in the mine since she assumed charge of it. A lady in Liver llias a wonderful cat named Dick, wel drum for its sagacit . She has been in the habit of taking crumbs from the table and shaking, them on the ground outside, so that the irds can feast therefrom. The cat, meanwhile, would am- bush itself, and, at the o portuue moment, pounce upon the bird an secure a season- able meal. The good lady tried to break the cat of the habit. but her efforts were of no avail. She then resorted to other means but with no success. At last she discontinu- ed the ractice of throwing out the crumbs for theiirds. The cat, seeing that its daily meal was not forthcoming; entered the house, purlaincd a piece of read from the table, scattered it over the ground at the accustomed feeding place, and awaited re- sults behind a tree. Soon the birds appear- ed and the on sex-aired one of the sparrows. Completed. With the completion of the Khojak Tun~ nel another link is forged of that line which, in fhe years to come, will probably be known as the Great Central Asian Railway, uniting the Eastaud the \l'esuand girdling half the world’s circumference with rails. The un- dertaking, which has not its equal in India, was the outcome of one of three rejects submitted to the Government of In in, and was the one specially recommended by the cagiueer-iu-chief. Under this project the line from Kills Abdulla is continued 60 miles. from Quctta, into the Khojak Pass, piercing the Khwaja Amran Range, and finally establishin a tem ry termian on the Chaman p sin. he Secretary of State cordially indorsed the Government of 'Indiags'ap roval, with the result that the first god 0 this great work was turned in December, 1887. It was estimated that the line, the tunnel and the concomitant works would cost about 131 lacs, but an additouisl seven miles having been sanctioned later on the Chamau side, 12 lacs more had to be addedto the original estimaterbringing the total to 143 lace. The tunnel, the rest engineering work of the scheme, is a at two and a half miles in length, and is pre- eminent as the 10 est in Asia. . Many and appal ing were the difficulties which surrounded its formation. The tun- nel itself is responsible for a considerable increase in the expenditure, brin ing the sum total to 152 lacs, or nine lacs a re the estimate. Fuel for workingtlie boring ma- chines, a very considerable item, was made all the more expensive by the action of the Northwestern Railway, which enhanced - . . the rates of carriage after the works were changed and now cofl‘ec is used in every ‘ . ; . « househol’d throughout the world. lbegu and into the coffers of “hich went most of the excess. Extra arching was an- other item, and this was due to the loose nature of the strata inside the mountain-â€" contrary to what might have been anticipat- ed from an examination of the surface. And a sin, when within 100 yards of completion w on every one concerned was rejoicing to think that the two ends would meet, by a. most unfortunate piece of luck a vertical stratum of clay charged with water was met, and out of it came pouring a torrent of water and mud at the rate of several hundred gal- lons a minute. Even new water still issues from this part- of the tunnel, but not in very considerable quantities. This unforeseen circumstance retarded the tunnel work for six months. All along the work had been carried on most rapidly, and as much as' 37 yards a. week was done at a face. The cost is less per yard than that of any of the larg- er Alpine tunnels, such, for instance, as the Mont Cenis, St. Gothard, or the Arlberg, although these had the immense advantage of unlimited water-power for drivin their machinery. In the Kliojak the rock rilling machinery used was Schmm’s. The rope inclines over the mountain were features in the work. These were built to facilitate the transport of material from one side of the range to the other, and ran up the hillsides at a gradient of one in two and a half. They carried a totngf three-quarters of a million tons of materi . As originally intended, the tunnel was to be completed by October, 1890, but the work was delayed for the reasons already mentioned, and also by the severity of the winter of 1890391. Within four months 40 inches of rain fell, most of it in the form of snow, recharging the mountain ran c with water. The winter cold was unprecedented, 24 degrees below freezing being registered during the night, while the maximum during the day was only 36 degrees. The result was excessive mortality among the coolies, and no fewer than a fourth of those employedâ€" that is to say, 1,000 men out of 4,000â€"lost their lives during that one winter. A re i- ment of pioneers was quartered near t ie mouth of the tunnell, and rendered good service ; their presence, moreover, was in- valuable in keeping in check the lawless Pathaus and members of other equally tur- bulent- tribes, from which the labor was en- tirely recruited. From these facts a ood idea may be formed of the immensity o the work that was so quietly and yet so expedi- tiously carried on away on that remote frontier. ’Two Lions in Camp- A correspondent of the Times, who re- cently journeyed from Manica to Mashoua- land, thus describes the visit of two lions to the camping ground one night :-â€"“ About one o’clock two lions came right into the camp, and set up the most fri litful noise if; is possible to imagine. as they usually do, but roared fearfully, first one starting, and then the other joining ,in. I have often heard tliata lion’s roar is very terrible. It is, and if you want to ' thoroughly appreciate it you must be lying ~ in the open with two of them at it less than 20 Yards off in the middle of the night. The noise is hard to describe, but it is most I like about 50 cows bellowing all at once, and l with a tremendous vibration in it, which E ocs through and through you. Three times I id these brutes make this row, each time lasting about a minute and a half, but it seemed more like ten. After they had stopped, there was a dead silence for several minutes : even the liycnas, &c., were quiet. Presently the fires all around began to bias. up, and then the oxen began to make a great noise. \Ve knew what was comiu then, and every one was up in a moment. ‘or thc next hour there was the. most indescribable confusion. The oxen all broke loose fro; the waggons, and rushed about all over the, camp, u setting everything. No more sleep that nig it. At da break very few oxer were left about, an all the natives wore sent out to find them. Eventually all Were got back but four, and six sheep. EMIN rasna vicromous. A Report 11ml he has lte~conquered Ills Old Province. A comiiiunicalion in cipher has been re- ceived at Brussels from Stanley l’alls, which indicates that l‘Iniin Pasha has been won- derfully successful in his operationsin Africa. According to this despafch Emin Pasha was, s at the time the message was sent, resting at I Wadelai, after having inflicted a most - serious and thorough efeat upon the der- ‘ vishes. As a result of this battlefimin l’usha l captured 6,000 tuning of ivory and a quantity of ammunition, arms, and stores of many de- scriptions. In addition. Emin Pasha has re~occupied all the old ntationsin the equa' torial province. and seems to have complete- ly cowed the dei'vislics. The number )1 men killed in the battle with the dervishes is not mentioned in the despatch received from Stanley Falls. They id not yaw],