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The Last of the Swadish Arctic Expedi- tinn- Where Bjoflina and Ilia Companions Diet} Their Pateâ€"Interesting Documents Dis-1 covered in a Cairn on Carey Island. On the 17th of June, 1893, Captain Mc- Kay,of the SS. “Aurora,” visited Carey Island for the purpose of finding traces, or tidings, of the Swedish party. 0n approach. ing the island Captain McKay (who was in the crow’s nest) discovered a small schoon- er lying ashore. He despatched search parties to the island. The schooner (a small “fore and after ”) was found partially buried in the ice. She was lying heeled over very flinch to the starboard, and with _..-_.-d. vvv. ""J her stern landward. Some manuscript notes on natural historyâ€"portions of scien- tific books, etaâ€"were picked up, and sub- sequently brought on board the “Aurora,” and delivered to Captain McKay. The dead body of a man some 32 or 33 years of age, was found a short distance 03', on a stony, elevated region behind the vessel. The dead man was carefully covered over with stones, but no mark or inscription was ob- served. The stones were not removed from the body while I was present, but there were indications that the deceased was clothed. A stone was stuck up at his head by visitors from the “ Aurora” and a red handkerchief was tied to it to serve as a guide to subsequent visitors. In the mean- time papers had been discovered at the cairn and these, together with the articles pre- viously mentioned as having been picked up at the vessel, were duly delivered to Cap- tain McKay in ascordance with the wish ex- pressed in Mr. Bjorling’s letter addressed, “To the visitors of S.E._Carey}sland, 1393.: TEE RECOV ERED DOCUMENTS . The following notes have been copied from visiting cards bearing the name J .A. Bjorling, Fil Stud, Stockholm. These cards and a. letter were found in the cairn on Carey Island. ---â€"v_ Island, 16th August, 1892; I left Godhevh on the second in this month. and sailed along the ice in Baffin Bay to the thirteeth, when I, on only one day, sailed over Mel- ville Bay to Cape York. An easterly hur- ricane near that place drove me to the west, and I was at noon near Cap Perry. from which point I sailed over to Carey Islands in order to supply me with some provismns from the English station.” ‘I null-I n A[A__ .Avua vâ€" â€"_a---_ -vn7, Another writteni pencil :â€"‘ ‘17-8. After havin taken on board the provisions from Nate depot, the schooner “ Ripple” went on shore on the South side of the island, where you will find us in a small tent. A new report will be left here before we leave the island. l7tthugust._ 1892”“ 511': The third card written in pencil:â€"“After havin lost the ship, thus obliged to winter over, left this island on the 26th of August for Foulke Fjord. If I thence should be» compelled to go to another place, further notice will be laid down in cairn at Pandora Harbor._Together wi_th the provisions from , 1--.! A SHIP’S GRAVEYABD. “w. wv- - -v ---V-_ Nares’ depa: here; Iihope‘ to have food enough to help me and my four companions until June month, 1893.” BJORLI XG’S LAST MESSAGE. The following is a copy of the letter: “ To the Visitors of S. E. Cary Island, 1893. As you of my notices here, I have after the loss of my vessel tried to reach Foulken Fjord in order to winter over there ; but. after reaching Northumberland Island I must of several causes give up this voyage and_te_tnm ‘to fiery Island. {A WHERE THEY FOUND LHMB ARTIC G v'Jâ€"n- .____V . “Compelled by bad weather to be a longer time on this island, I start now for the Eskimo at Clarence Head or Cap Fara.- day on Ellesmere Land. As I hope that a whaler will visit Cary Islands next summer in order to rescue me and my party, I will attempt to reach this island before the lat of July. Should none be here to the 15th of July. I must if possible, go to the Danish settlements, therefore,if you visited this island later than lst of July, and found no notice from me concerning my voyage to the Danishsettlements I should be very much obliged if you would go to Clarence Head (fifty miles herefrom), where I, in a cairn on the most eastern point, shall leayela notice . concerning my ,, j,,~,A_ LL_ _:_L-_ ~Vv v--.- vâ€"-. -fi, . place where they were found. Our pro- vision: will, if I cannot reach the Esqnimos, not last longer than to the lst of January, without supplying from my depot. Party now consisting of five men, of which one 13 dying. â€"S. E. Cary Island, 12th of October, 1 h _ __- ---.. Qâ€"AJNQR . Any letters for me to-day 2” asked the professional chair-boarder as he briskly walked up to the desk at the Rossin house, Toronto. ‘ 1353.5. Eggdjrj . 1..â€" ifibfifité; Swedisli Naturalist. . Efid“ my party’s fates during the wintef. At last I will beg you to send all notices from me to Professor Baron A. E. Norden- shield, Sbcckholm, Sweden,or to the nearest Swedish consul, with statemenf. of Eime and Written in ink‘: “ Visited S. E. Carey _-- I‘- .. -vâ€"vwv _“_~-‘a mafia reading room,” replied the profes- siomi chair-boarder, with asperity, as he 9'99 guards the fire. But he stxll patron- izesihe‘bauao. II. V. V.- UV. “ What is your room, air 2” returned the clerk withonpraising h_i_s hegfi.‘ l' -7__ An Hotel Incident- Whore Explorer Nansen Is Winter-ingâ€" The Latest News From the Traveller. . A London despatch says ::â€"The interest- {ng question as to where Nansen is winter- ing is most probably answered by the follow- ing important communication just at hand. It: may be remembered that he intended to winter in the New Siberian islands, north of Cape Tstjeljuskin, the northernmost ‘ Eomontory of Asia. The arctic skipper, 1 ans J ohannessen, of Hammerfest,Norway, :WbO, in 1878-9, simultaneously with the ‘Vega’s voyage round Asia, commanded the steamer Lena to the Lena river, and who remained in East Siberia several years, states in an interview that old Yakutsks told him that from the highest parts of the northern shores of the New Siberian islands, ' which they had frequently visited in order to collect mammoth tusks, they could in fine weather distinctly discern a .lofty land to the northwest. The distance is estimat- ed by the Norwegian skipper, from the statements of these natives, at about fifteen nonfinn] miles. From this lefty land, toq, to collect; mammoth tasks, they could in fine weather distinctly discern a lofty land to the northwest. The distance is estimat- ed by the Norwegian skipper, from the statements of these natives, at about fifteen nautical miles. From this lofty land, too, J ohannessen hailed a. large iceberg, which in 1878 was seen ashore east of Cape Tstjel- juskin, a. berg which could not have had its origin from any part of the coast between the northernmost cape of Asia and Behring strait, nor could it have come from the low New Siberian islands. Johannessen was surprised that there were currents which i could have carried the her: south, but this was also almost the only real ice-berg seen along the coast of north Asia. in 1878. Should, therefore, Nansen, he considers,not steer too close to the coast, it is probable thMe might discern this lofty, unknown land from the masthead if the weather was clear. And should the state of the ice be at all favourable there can be no doubt but that he would attempt to reach it this year and take up his wmter quarters at this unnamed po'lar terra. nova. Their Dasha! Speed When Alarmed by the " ‘ ' Whiz ora lime Ball. The rapidity with which the difl'erent zebras have been exterminated, owing to the advance of civilization in South Africa, is shown by reference to such works as that of Sir Cornwallis Harris, written in 1840, ‘ in which the author tells us that the quagga was at the time found in “ interminable herds,” bands of many hundreds being fre- quently seen, while he describes Burchell’s zebra as congregating in herds of eighty or one hundred, and abounding to a great ex- tent; but now, after the expiration of but fifty years, the one species is extinct or prac- tically so, while the other has been driven much farther afield and its numbers are yearly being reduced. This author’s description of the common zebra is well worth repeating. He says: “ Seeking the wildest and most sequestered spots, haughty troops are exceedingly diffi- cult to approach, as well on account of their extreme agility and fleetness of foot as from the abrupt and inaccessible nature of their highland abode. “ Under the special charge of a sentinel, so posted on some adjacent crag as to com- mand a. view of every avenue of approach, the checkered herd whom ‘ painted skins adorn ’ is to be viewed perambuleting some rocky ledge, on which the rifle ball alone can reach them. “ No sooner has the note of alarm been sounded by the vidette than, pricking their long ears, the whole flock hurry forward to ascertain the nature of the approaching dan- ger, and, having gazed a moment at the advancing hunter, whisking their brindled tails aloft,helter-skelter away they thunder, down craggy precipices and over yawning ravines, where no less agile food could dare to follow them.” Of Burchell’s zebra. he says : “ Fierce, strong, fleet, and surpassingly beautiful, there is perhaps no quadruped in the cre- ation, not even exceptmg the mountain zebra, more eplendidly attireq or presenting a. picture of more singularly attractive beauty. ” Zebras are by no means amiable animals, and though many of the stories told of their ferocity are doubtless much exaggerated, they have so far not proved themselves amenable to domestication. Not his Fault- “ This is the third time you have soile your waistcoat and torn your trousers, Osgoodson,” said his mother, putting him across her knee, “ and I shall have to pun- ish you. ” “ I protest against such treatment,” responded the juvenile Bostonian with as much dignity as he could demand under the circumstances. “ The abnormalâ€"-â€"” Whack ! “ Development of the organs ofâ€"â€"” Whack ! “Destructiveness does not arise, as you can ascertain byâ€"â€"” Whack ! Consulting the authorities, from a delib- erate purpose toâ€"-â€"” Whack ! “ Do evil, but solely fromâ€"â€"” Whack ! Whack ! “ Heredity. ’ Ouch ! Murder l Great Scott ! Stop, darn it, stop ! That’s enough l” The conductor said there was room for a few more inside. At the Yonge street corner, when the car turned west, the customary contingent of shoppers got on board and there was an un- comfortable jam. But the lit'tle man. like St. 'Anthony of old, kept his eyes on his paper. He also kepb_hia_sea.t. “ Pardon me, madam,” said a polite man hanging on to a. strap to a lady standing be- side him with an armful of parcels. “ you are standing on my foot.” “ I’m so Sorry," said ghe, “ I thought it belonged to the {pat} sittm‘g down. Ana then the little man’s eyes were lifted from his paper, but it was not after the fashion of the good saint that he weakened. She got the seat, however. â€"[Toronto Em- A .l’etrifying River. The Tinto river, in Spain, possesses re- markable qualities. Its waters are yelloyv as the topaz. harsign the sand,a.nd petrify 1t in a. most surprising mannei. If a stone fall into the river and rest upon another they both become perfectly united and con- glutinated in a. year. No fish live in its St- Anthony on a Queen Street Car. I‘LBET-FO OTED ZB BEAS- The total number of men in the world’s navies is 237,000- AAA _ ”lit-{she last 200 years F £992,000,0_00 in yvar. rance has spent ”v...â€" Th'ei en'o'ines of a. fi war cost Egg-1y $70353'O‘301335 Steel mamof. maintammg a. man is £211. The average cost of maintaining a. man in the American navy is $1500. Even little Belgium spends every year 46,000,000 francs on her army. At Bannockburn 135,000 men fought and 38,000 were killed or wounded. In less than 300 years Great Britain alone has spent £1,359,000,000 in war The peace footing of the Russian army calls for the services of 170,000 horses. The annual cost of the British army is £17,000,000; of the navy, £14,000,000. Marengo called 58,000 men into action of whom 13,000 were killed or crippled. The Spanish army costs 142,000,000 pese- tas a. year. Twenty-five pesetas equal $5. The French army costs every year 675,- 000,000 francs; the navy 209,000,000. ' 4 c avy . 0 I 74 I ’ ’ 139. The army of Bolivia. costs the people of that impoverished country $1,800,000 a year. .. At Austerlitz 170,000 were engaged, and the dead and wounded numbered 23,000. During the retreat from Moscow the French lost or threw away over 600,000 muskets. Austria spends every year 15,000,000 florins on the army. Twelve florins equal ‘ The annual army expenditure of Greece is 18,000,000 drachmi. A drachma is about 20 cents. . Italy spends every year 14,000,000 lire on her army and navy. Twenty-five lire equal 35. Down to the year 1876 Krupp had de- livered to various nations over 15,000 can- At Gravelotte 320,000 men were engaged of whom 48,000 were killed or wounded, DOB. At Borodino 250,000 French and Rus- sians fought, and the dead and wounded numbered 78,000. There were 402,000 men on the_field o Sadowa, of whom 33,000 were kxlled or disabled. The estimafied cost to both sides of the gpgat American civil war was $6,500,000,- 3’5 The spring and autumn maneuvers of the European armies cost; annually over $10,- 000,000. It is estimated that the world’s can- non has cost the world’s taxpayers a. little over $40,000_OOO At Waterloo there was 145.000 men on both sides, of whom 51,000 were killed or disabled. The army and navy of the Argentine Confederation are kept up at an annual v The army and navy Confederation are .ke] cost of $13,000,000. The wars of the last seventy years have cost Russia £335,000,000 and the lives of 664,000 men. After the surrender of the Turks at Plev- us. the Russians took possession of $17,000- 000 worth of arms. kron‘ 5v u- ----_- The destruction of stqres and clothing by both armies during the civil warin the U.S. is estimated at $IO0.000,000. A.- . It is estimated that since the Christian era. began over 4,000,000.000 human beings have perished in war. nun A_‘_ A: In time of war France puts 370 every 1000 of her population in th1 Germany, 310, Russia, 210. an u..â€"â€"- V , ., . During the last few months of the Ameri- can civil war the expenses of the government exceeded $3,000,000 3 day. v1 «n, Unvv'___ " ' ‘he average cost of building an English ironclad is £48 per ton ; French, £55; Ital- ian, £57; German, £60. .A fter the siege of Sebastopol three-fourths of the cannon used by the besiegers were condemned as useless. The principal nations of the world have 2291 war ships, mounting8383 guns,mostly of very heavy caliber. The list of the world’s battles comprises 1527 regular engagements whose names are given as worthy of record. During the Mexican war the United States, put 90,100men in the field of whom 7780 died of wounds or disease. At Gettysburg 140,000 men fought on the } Union and Confederate sides, of “whom 8000} were placed hors du combat. 1 Germany spends every year on the imperial army 413,000,000 marks ; on the navy 42,000,000. A mark is about 25c. The wars of the ninety years down to 1880 caused a. war expenditure of $15,235,- 000,000 and the loss of 4,470,000 lives. The burning of Moscow by the Russians in order to drive out the French caused an estimated loss 5: aver $12,000,000. The revolution cost the people of the States $135,193,703. The war of 1812 with aunt Britain cost $107,159,003. 0081' AND WASTE OF WAR. The revolution cost the people of the} States $135,193,703. The war of 1812 with Great Britain cost $107,159,003, ‘ The Republic of Brazil spent last year on' the army 33,000,000 milreis ; on the navy, 15,000,000. A milreis ls about 55¢, [Little Switzerland hag an enormous army in proportion to populatron. The population is 2,900,000 ; the standing army 126,000, Over 1,000,000 French women were made ‘widows and 3,000,000 French children imam made fatherless by Napoleon’s cam- Over 1,01 widows at were made paignfi. The cost of n estimated at $51 of e. Krupp Sun» 8925. 7 At the battle on the Thm Hannibal defeated the an£:e:t::::: fife? men engaged, 0‘ Wh°m 17,000 were With the exception of Bel ium has been inctllgrred for ingfirngrgggriilét ments, every uropean nati - . ' great part a war debt. anal deb” ”3 m Some Surprising Figures. ; of an Armstrong steel gun is at $500 for each ton of weight; gun, $900; of, a Whitworth gun, :70 out of the field; zlish The number of men withdrawn dustry to take part, in the U.S. civ the Union side was 2.772,408; the ( ates enlisted over 600,000. The cost of the American navy during the years of the civil war wasâ€"for 1862, $42, 000, 000; 1863, $63, 000, 000; 1864, $85» 000,000 , 1865, $122,000,000.- At Cennze, where the Romans sustained the worst. defeat they ever experienced, there were 146, 000 men on the field, of whom 52, 000 were killed. ' Russia spends 225,000,000 roubles a. Year on the army and. 40,000,000 on the “NY- A silver rouble is worth nearly 750-, a paper rouble about“ 500. _ .. :- “tamâ€"1AA Lvuv-v VII-Iv:- v 'vv- The reports after the battle showed that the British artillery rounds; about one for every Frenc killed on the field. of Waterloo fir ed 9467 h soldier ”..-V_ vâ€" ._v ' The barracks built for European soldiers are generally far better than the hquses of the peasantry. Chelsea barracks, 111 Eng- land, cost £245 per man. The expense of the Amencan w an. m. partmen‘: in 1862 was $394,000,000; in 1863 was $599,000,000 ; it} 1864 was $690,000,000; -- AAA was QUUU,WU,UUU , Lu va ‘ 7 , . in 1865 was $1,031,000.000. Great Britain has 5789 cannon; France, 7694 ; Germany, 5380; Russia, 4424; Austria, 2170; Turkey, 3762: the United States, 4155 ; the world ha_s 41,07. . 3 AL- Dav-n. BUG-DUB, 11w , uuv "v.-.. "iv In times of war the armles pean nations can be raised to 9 and the daily expense will be 000,000, to say nothing of 151 of life and property. Within the past few weeks the folding- bed has achieved a. most unpleasant notori- ety, and the catalogue of accidents due to its irrepressible internal contortions seems almost; toijgstlfy the suspicion that- a. carni- ,,__:;:-- I...“ not in. auuvuu LU J“°"‘J -.-- ~fl . wad of folding-bed calamities has set in. Either by reason of an outbreak of the. in- nate deptavity at this mechanical mahogany ' "' " ‘ ,-__- ‘LAMH‘th‘D Animon wishes to teach us to go back to the decent and invertebrate bedstead, we appear to be at the mercy of an automatic impulse toward the wardrobe state which threatens those who confide themselves to the treach- erous engine with aufl‘ocation, if not con- cussion of the spine; whereas nightmare was really the worst that was to have been anticipated. There is something peculiarly shocking in such behavior on the part of a bed. Bed has been the friend of man since time imme- mcrial, and not only does it speak to us of ‘ rest,sleep,freedom from carc,and the peace ‘ ful home,but it is most untimely connected } with the great drama of birth, life, and , ,, L3- L:..â€" a: n§w§1§vbl§ n Elle gtuuu ulaunu v-. ~:_, ,, . _. . death. The verydiflerentiation cf oivzlized 1 man is that he dies in bed. That bed should kill him is an atrocmus'turning of the slats. 1 A man might as well die with his boots on 1 as be telescoped in a folding-bed collisionâ€" 1 the fact that he is in his night-gown is no consolation to those who might separate his outraged remains from the spring mattress. 1 It is this iniquity in the folding-bed ac- cident that encourages the surmise of a lat- ent deviltry in the machine. The addition of the principle of the lever to a piece of furniture which our ancestors rightly con- structed on simple, enduring, and reposeful lines-‘â€"to which they gave the stern solidity of a night’s slumber and the airy height of a fair lady’s dreamsâ€"might have been exâ€" pected to develop in it a taste for impish nocturnal saltations. The mediaeval bed, with its massive columns and spreading canopies, was built to be proof against witchcraft. But this modern bed, with its stomach full of springs and chains, would have been banned by the Church in older days, and no one would have looked to be safe in it at midnight even had it been rivet- ed to the floor. The worst thing that can be said againstl‘ the folding-bed, however, is that it is iu‘ bad taste. It is not wholly a modern inn vention, to be sure, as it had its predeces- sor in the famous “bed by night and chest of drawers by day.” And in so far as it is designed to economize space it is pardon- able. But, like so many another invention of ours. it cannot rest satisfied with being a convenience, but must try to pass it of? by a cheap assumption of being something else. The fnlding bed chooses to assume to be a wardrobe, and people whose ideas are not nice believe it to be a very refined thing to keep such a vulgar thing as a bed out of sight during the day. Just how much more ‘ prudish a wardrobe is than a bed it is diffi- cult to say. Perhaps M. Max O’Rell might calculate the degree. But it is a curious fact that wherever you find a folding-bed you almost always find the corners of the room unswept, so perhaps the recent car. nival of calamities is inthenature of a judg- ment.â€"[Harper’s Weekly. . The Corsican loves not work, neither is he greedy for gold ; but he is ambitious, an eager politician, keenly desirous of place and power, of anything, in short, that may set him above his fellow-men. The Word “ politician,” however, must be understood in a local sense. The questions that agitate the Continent have small concern for him . his politics begin and end with the triumph, or aggrandizment of his clan. The chief of a. clan has no sinecure. He is expected on all occasions to exert himself for the inter- ests of his clients. If an adherent wishes for a. post, it is the duty of the chief to obtain it for him ; if he has incurred some fine or penalty, the chief ‘ must use his influence to getit remitted, His clients, in return (as to public matters) will obey his lead implicitly. He may be a republican to day, he may turn monarchist to-morrow, but it will make no difference in their allegiance, nor will he lose a. single follower thereby; it is an understood thing that what he has done be has done for the good of the clan, and as in former times they would have followed him to the battle, so they will follow him to the hallo t-box to day. - This Spirit of “ clan ” first took its rise during centuries of abominable misgovern- meat. Under the infamous rule of the Genoese. justice was not administered it it was sold. For an isolated indivic'iual there was no security either for life or ro- perty ; he had no chance in the bstfle of 1:3“ gnwn kn n1‘“:nn L:~\an“ 4.- -, THE DEADLY FOLDING- ~BED. iife §ave by ullyin himself to so “we, v: ful family that e§uld make hism $322122; respected. The more numerous the clan the more its influence would be felt - there: face the Corsican glories in the nuuiber of his cousins as he would in the strength of his right arm. The Oorsican Clan- of the American Wgr De- 1 no“ ised to 9,366,000 men, :lwill be nearly $20,- 12 of the destruction lmwn from in- S. civil war on :the Confeder- I of tn e Euro- / _.- WWORLD hrs II ”1 interest!“ "3"“ Some Curio“ '1'“: cm and Couflm n‘ Nat! 0”. mqu' 000 dozens of 6883' Paris killed 18” for roasts and 30119 The world's “t ‘ .-15,ooo,00'J W' en in Paris. France raises and tons of radwhes' TL-1 15,000,000 tons. The English eat every year 95,000 sons of American apples. The restaurants of Paris sold in 1331 18,000 dozen frogS' legs- The world takes and eats every year 29,000,000 tons of rye. The average man 11393 twenty-mus pounds of sugar per annun. Europeans every year eat; 6,470,030 tons of beef, mutton and pork. There are 50,000,000 bushels of peas annually eaten m thxs country. The grocers’joumal estimates the wo ld’ t 5000 tons. :- 3 [ crop of 010““ 9‘ . ML... onl‘ nnnqnma everv V68? 50%]: :JLLVIV Value of the world’s cocoanuts ' t' abed at $60,000,000. . 13 Eaglenaistricb in New York rames 23,000 i arsley every year. po’l‘nhljs gonad annually makes and eata l 946 000 tons of butter and chefase. ’ Lars year London consumegi w1 th more or less relish 20,000 tons of inns. . . The almond producit of the world 15 est:â€" mated to be worth $0,000,000. . The value of the cinpamon whxch annual- ly goes into preserves 15 $200,000, _.- :L- --:A.--.A‘fl awn-Iv ‘vno' cl-Evhz‘firgfich raise and consume every year 350,000 bushels of mussels. ,1: 1.1... ._--1,1’u nnnnonnfl A] avv-v V â€" The world puts on its victuals every year $3,000,000 worth of black pepper. The English use most saltâ€"40 pounds apiece every year ; the Americans use 39. The American breath is annually scenbec'. with 15,000,000 bushels of onions. Over 12,000,000 bushels of buckwheat were last year manufactured into cakes. Russia. raises 1200 pounds of grain and 51 pounds of meat to each inhabitant. One district in Tennessee exports annual- ly over 10,000 quarts of blackberries. AA AAA AAA 1 x 7‘77 â€". France sud I'taly raise 33,C00,000 bushels of chestnuts for home use and export. The world’s sugar plantations produce every year 6,000,000 tons of sugar. Over 600,000 cattle are annually slaugh- tered to make beef ext-tact for soup. A German at home eats an average of 68 pounds of beef and pork per annum. The American sweet tooth is annually satisfied with 20,000 tons of maple sugar. Paris in 1890 perfumed its breath with 6000 tons of onions and 700 tons of garlic. , In Italy last year 10,000 tons of cheese were devoured, with 16,000 tons of coffee. Switzerland sends to France every year 26,000 tons of milk and 13,000 of cheese. 7 One county in New Jersey sends to New York ten car loads of lettuce a day. One firm of oyster packers at; Baltimore claims a. capacity of 75,000 cans a day. The Germans collectively refresh ml. 111 selves with 83,000 tons of rice every year. There are 2,500,000 pounds of red snap- pers sent from Flordia. to New York every year. Canadian hens lay every year 152.000.000 eggs, to be made into omelets and egg- n02. In France 67 per cent. on rye bread, only 35 1 bread. The American people last year drank the decocbion from 610,000,000 pounds of cof- The United States are said to have 140,- 000,000 geese of the kind which we used for food. One district in Florida. sends annually to the New York market 50.000 crates of fruits. fee. The walnut. trees in one forms. furnish the trade pounds of nuts. ‘77, The consump . averages 61 pounds per 111 num. The English are the greatest gram eaters, eating nearly every year $50 worth of grain tion of meat in Europe now habitant per an- eacn. It. is said that are annually refine names. rm- mm. nukes oi the World are dotted _- . I 500 tons of cotton-seed oi] d and sold under other with 56,0 :0 tons of from Greece. There are in Mary trees, whose fruiL is York Market. The Data as are the c! devouring- "2- ’ habitan t. Greece. PO" 5‘1?“- part of the W0 10. 15000 tons 0 figs. The Hollanders. ra sugar and im par: :2 J, their needs. tlreir neeus. The when: p 000,000 tons, W fore the next 3:013- , u . 9 , _ --£..L nun!!! VPRI' i8 ro-luct of the world is 45,- hich is mostly devoured be- The world‘s he 390,000 tons, wh the next sgason. lore LllL‘ um“ “yr- The world s herring 0 390,090 tons, which is a. the next season. The people of Great Britain are depend cut on imported supplies of food for ove one-third of the year. The world‘s pastures every year produce and the worid consumes 15,000,000 tons of beef and mutton. etch every year is 11 consumed before A Sair Bargain; Indeed- A Scotch minister is said to have rebuked his wife for sleeping during his sermon in this fashion : “ Susan,” he exclaimed from the pulpit, in a. voice that wakened her, as it did all the other sleepersâ€"“ Susan, I didna marry ye for yer wealth, sin ye had none. And I didna. marry ye for yer beautyâ€"that: the whole congregation can see. And if ye hae m. grace, the nude . Lani:- bargain in ye, ind ” .t to crop every year year 11,862 old ees in one section of Cali- Lhe trade with 1,000,000 eats every orida 600,000 cocoanut is all sent to the New curranbs, . of the people live per cent on wheat meat in Europe now inhabitant per an- year 5000 21.11 exported exceeds .3 now 1 cu: 1:311 you year 38° ‘5 8Prill uncommon bad spell stuff didn’ L seem to 1 My pocketbook wI emptier uni the a anything. I eat them dayé ya, and hm sis being mostly deal, and it come ’Liu, try more and put ’em here for s l‘ haven't any I can I Mother was power reckon I come by it: undue credit to my: I can say, and thot’t doctors can say of tried it :11 on my helped me I give it The farmer lookn seat of his wagon I stood resting one f< front wheel. Hi: were rudely made the south wind bk his simple and not. Among the counter} one not over shrew erful knowin’ whe - The farmer idly; looked down on El as well bring me necdn’t come home Elias turned to in the wide fields, with a large, yel‘ limped slightly ant alwayg in swede: “ Well, I declu cided on a name slowly turned the bets on the encircl net’s Botanic Bloo< “J mt the other] bottle I have sold ! “ Does make it 1: said the farmer. you concluded to I “ Same price ; a goin’ to find such :1 “Sure enough," searched through It: was only afbe menting upon him upon a. compound a cure-all. A not: out his crippled lit dation; but none 3* acquaintances, an: vote his timer» th his compound. gnoney. The name tmub great scorn for “ their names had a him as he read th in the papers, or, town, eyed the 3' places. Three bl setting forth the Elixir,called forth It was this last si ed to him his again and again in fear he might for carry it to the pri the little room. The fame of throughout the the town drove deed, s. singular a.“ farmers’ wagons sw he was always 1-: explaining in his how he came to ti mes. His innooe rather, his faith °' When did I county. It came} Rama, and havii westward rapidly shke afi'ected, am‘ zled. The people} opposed to payin was absolutely a Builder was mus! to its merit, they hadn't they tried In consequence age was much and his heggpf (u so many déllars‘ his desire to ma. bank. To rise :4 Elias spent I! dry for :he next his medicine in a were lined with nine: and himsc “(I carry them for him. Still fie strang good county, am" from it. The 01' when attacked, fight 3nd recou list. was unusua male 5'6" 8‘? ‘ Elias"; old sis calls for 13.3. B. ransackmg the herbs, we so b: thusiasm that he one morning. 1 brewing upon U .11 filled. he gre‘ remained in the on labels and H “ Hello, ’Lias E" No summons gathered up his of for the neigh‘ looked after hi 6': H.“ ‘8 109! no 3i fines a A knoék at th1 grim faced wom: net strings and fiersuuively. Mrs. Totten’s mp. She shot turned away v gstzbgr up_ the d “ GOOd d‘y’ m '3” Jane’s ID u (d bottle