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How people aka the a said is trains, ‘or less get. 03' bf keep ll their to follow I, and to lgh that ;t minute to 1:on tempt 19 as 63'! not .hoqgh he a ticket. senter‘ ep some present; xer that : knew I. here, :on the possible i at the :st, gconto himself twenty he Old. able to )i’ nade Let-noon. now,an’ be sure moon’s ins: Barc- ’l‘rble who have Snug- LHO. in If your father’s friend is a strong man, he will serve you. He will protect you. It will be a. pleasure to do a thousand things for his dead friend’s children. He Will re- gord such service as a. sort of debt. Hence he is willing to act as administrator or exe- cutor for your father. Heaven forbid that yOu quarrel with him. Whatever pay he gets, the office is a. thankless task at best. It be be a. good man, he is vastly more troubled and anxious over your estate than he is over his own affairs ; he hasasenee of the dead looking down on him. With his own money a man can do whatbe will and if he lose it, it is nobody’s business. But trust-money is a. sacred and a worrying care. or are mere. xou were brou ht u ‘ “' t is incment nus Just uucurreu m aisles. But to-day you woulg walfifitfiose Wfimgfim the occasion of the trial of a. a. stranger. The more’s the pity. ere oun ensiu‘n of the Novobrinsk Regiment, . It isa. wise thingr to heed yourfath , {vho gwas :harged with having struck 3 ~,_ -iend in advice. He can tell you "an“: entiuel on duty. While the sentence of 3°“ father’s ideas. He can r my 0 :he court was being read out,. condemning of your sire’s sayings and doings which any ‘ the accused to the loss of all .rights, degra- never heard of. If he loved your fatheygu § dation to the ranks, and elee to Siberia, loves you, provided he be ::. decentmnr 18 l the risoner suddenly drew a revolver from is doubtful if a. man can leave a bet t his pocket and shot himself with fatal efl'ect legacy than a. town full of friendiiwh0 ‘tefi befge the military oflicals present could be kind to sis chiisltenfis he waéance kfrlld interfere- . I beg you, trust the man whom your father trusted. Do this, by all means till you have something more substantial than mere suspicion and natural irritations to make you do otherwme. It is natural that you are annoyed in “ settling up.” But. if you remember, you and your own father were not always able to Wholly agree ; he thought you often careless if notworse. Do not strain mere friendship, when you recol- lect that natural alfection sometimes hardly brooked your fretfulness. Whatwould you do if your father’s friend should throw up your cares entirely 2 Could you select bet- ter than father? I stood, afew months ago, among the throng 'at the funeral of a. neighbor. The clergyman, instead of talking about the dead, did a sensible thing ; he talked to the living. He exhorted any of us. who had reason to remember the dead man with gratitude, not to waste all our gratitude in idle tears that day. “ But,” quoth he, “ as often in after days as you meet the children of this de- parted friend, remember your debtto their father. They will need a. friend, Act like the friends of the mam who luggone,” 1'- .L,_.‘_ >. , w hvn-v‘ Io struck me as about as sensible talk a I had heard in a house of mourning for long time. There is an old clerk in your store Whom your father befriended. But after boys came into possession, you made the old clerk’s life so wretched that; you broke his heart. If your father is Pemitted to look downxwhat do you suppose he thinks of you ‘3 There are scores of men who used to look to your father for a. helping hand You are not your father’s successors, ' Unvuu. a. (nun 0;.“ In...“ an-u‘- "v How the sight of my father’s friends affects my mother. And I can read unutter- able things in her face when hecalls, salut- ing be? With, “How are you, limb-a. ‘2” in the old familiar way. 1 know she likes to have him come. inquires after him if he does not come in so often. Butafter he is gOBFâ€"Oh, my mother ! What a misery it is that the children of a. good man are often cold-hearted! The poor knew your father’s door. But. since he has gone, they often look on the door as they pass, and sigh. It, is your door now and it is not open as vour fath» 1,“: Are there'honomble and high-minded men and women,citizens of the nettel- glass, who were your father’s friends, and who would not to-day associate With you? If so, whose fault is it? _ Hordly them. Did they not try you? Did they not begin by receiving you into good society ‘2 B _ llt yOu cared not for such compamonshxp. . Is it possible that the trade 13 full of your father’s friends, but you have not a friend in the trade 2 \Vhose fault is that? Is it possible that the whole town Were your father’s friends, and the same town your enemies? Whose fault is that ‘3 The church over there, whose spire you seeinm your window, all your father‘s old friends Were or are there. You were brought “Pinthose aisles. But to-day you would walkinthere a. stranger. Themore’s‘thepity. If your father’s friend is a weak mamâ€"â€" that is, if his after life has gone hard with himâ€"ought you not to be kind to him for your father’s sake Ought you notto treat him somewhat as your father used to? it. what would his father Dams see what I see now? In ”sconglragulate the young man. I wonde ”flab“ e ect, his father’ a lineaments i Yes . olbd block. I can he 18 a, chip 0f “13‘0"”. his father’ s A “Your father and 1 S'bbri” sir, long beiote you".e reception, “’c were at. a. pu§hcs . old man who sad It who was a. candl- hand of a voanger man, <1“?er high. wee-ma the 3'09“? “’9‘“ MY EAé‘HBR’SF 15:1. 1.0 A; yutuu our DOW open as your father kept imaglneuw‘ , as than voxce sounded . Of course the If he only knew it, 1 once 4.; an‘infl ‘Q to them. It is first- -view evidence that 8- mm means you well that he was once ad mitted into your father’ 55 confidence. “ You vont to be put down at Sharing Cross,” repeated the other bitterly, as he led him back to his seat. “ I shall put yer down in the middle of the road if I’ave much more of yer. Yer stop there until .1 come and sling yer out. I ain’t likely to let yer go much past yer Sharing Cross. I shall beloo jolly glad to get rid _o’ yer.” One afternoon I jumped upon a ”bus in the Seven Slsters-road. An elderly Frenchman was the only other occupants of the vehicle. “ You vil not forget me,” .the Frenchman was saying as I entered. “I desire Sharing Cross.” ‘ “I won‘t” forget yer,” answered the com ductor; “you shall ’ave yer Sharing Cross. Don’t make a. fuss about it. That’s the third time ’ee’s ’21er me not to forget ’im,” he remaiked to me in a. stentorian aside. “ ’Ee don’t gw’ yer {much chance of doin’ it, does ’ee.” . “Carn’t: yer keep still a minute?” he c;ied, Indignantly. “ Blessed if you don’t, want: loqliing after: like a. bloomin’ kid.” At the corner of Holloway-road we drew up, and our conductor began to about after the manner of his species. u!m.....~.... rm“-.. nL-_:.._ n,4___ :___ __“_ Wé picked up'n. few nassenggrs and pro- ceeded on our way. At: the Angel we, of 00913.9, spoppfd. “Charinébross,” shouted the conductor, and up sprang the Frenchman. The con- ductor collared him as he was getting off. “(Eur-1’? Iva!- Iran“ n0:]] 1. m:v\I-‘A ”1". nn:nt‘ “I vant to be put dowu at Sharing Cross,” answered the litmle Frenchman humbly. “ VAT! "And. 6- 1M. “.4. A-...... -L QL-_:...~ The poor ~Frenchfiian subsided, and we jolted on. At the top of Chancery-lane the same Scene took place, and the little Frenchman became exasperated. The iitble Frefichman jumped up and prepared to alight ; the conductor pushed him back. “Charing Crossâ€"'Charing Crossâ€"’ere you are, ladyâ€"Chafing Cross.” The Frenchma; looked puzzled, but collapseflmqekly. 7 v'- “He keep on saying Sharing Crossâ€"â€" Sharing Cross,” he exclaimed, turning to the other passengers, “ and it, is not Shar- ing Cross. He is a. fool.” “Sit down, and don’t be silly," he said, “tings air_1_’t. Ch_a.ring C_ros§s.”_ “Carnt yer understand,” retorted the conductor, equally indignant; “of course I say Sharing Cross â€"I mean Charing Cross â€"but that don’t mean that it is Charing Cross. That means thatâ€"” and then perceiving from the blank look in the Frenchman’s face the utter impossibility of ever making: the matter clear to him, he turned to us with an appealing gesture and asked : Eugene Beaujean, who in July murdered an unfortunate named Valentino Dolbeau, was guillotined on Friday morning last near the Pont Colbert at Versailles._ Pauline Siller, his accomplice, who urged Beaujenn to commit the crime, and stamped on the dying victim, was informed that her sen- tence was commuted. Bz'aujean had been awake two hours when the magistrates and the executioner entered his cell. He dis- played great courage, and was left with the chaplain, to whom he confessed, but declin- ed to hear Mass or receive the communion. He was then taken on a cart at a. slow pace to the Pont Colbert, about half a. mile from the prison. Beaujean jeered at the crowd and the mounted gendarmes in thoroughly Parisian slang. Arrived at the scaffold, lie embraced the chaplain and delivered him- self up to Diebler. Forty seconds after, all was over. The body, which Was buried at the Gonarts Cemetery at Versailles, was not handed over to the medical faculty, at the special request of the condemned man. It is noted by the Debate that among the “ rivileged” spectators who were allowed to take up a position Within a few yards of the guillotine was one of the jailers, who had brought to witness the ghastly sight his little boy, about 1‘2 years of age. “ Well,” I asked, “did you get your French friend to Cbaring Cross all right?” “ No, sir,” he replied; “you’ll ’ardly believe it, but I’d a. bit of a row with a. poiicemau just. before I’d got to the corner. and it. put ’im clean Out 0’ my ’ead. Blest if I didn’t. run ’im on to Victoria.” “ Does any gentleman know the French for bloomin’ idiot ‘2” A day or two afterwards I happened to enter his gnlnibug again. _ The Chicago Tribune relates the follow- ing incialent‘in connection with the rush tor the Cherokee territory. A little girl about 14 years old came through the Jam of teams and horses near the booths, dismounted, and tied her horse to the hedge. Going to a. cofiee stand, she procured a. tray and two cups of coffee and started for the dense throng of men about the booths, now at least fifty deep. At the outer edge her piping voice was heard saying. A--1_.i “u." "ant-lnmon T 'nqvn P‘yAu“ vvvvv , - v “ Please make way, gentlemen, I have lunch for the Clerks.” She slowly made her way between the Strippers until she reached the magic circle marked by barb wire. The stolid SOldiers on guard refused her entreaties, but. when she said Col. Gallagher (chief clerk) Wanted his lunch she was admitted ahead of the four lines held in check. W'alking' up to the first desk she put down her load and said : “ I am an orphan, and, therefore, am the head of my family. I want to register.” The men gathered about looked upon this proceeding with glowering faces until a. rent hulking fellow in the crowd cried out “Bully for the little gal I” Then a. hearty shout went up from the men she had so clearly outwitted, and she received her an , L -1J :1. -1-£4. -_ -L- Ulcalxv vu-..--, v certificate and proudly held it aloft as she passed out to her waiting horse. Her name is Cora. \Viley, from Sedgwick county an orphan, whose widowed mother died ab’out a. year ago. -â€". He Wanted Sharing: Gross. Boomers Outwitted by a. Girl- Death Preferred to Siberia. The Guillotine at Work. is incident has just occurred at ,n the occasion of the trial of a. ign of the Novobrinsk Regiment, charged with having struck a m duty. \Vhile the sentence of was being read out, condemning Thinks Emin Pasha it Aliveâ€"Enronea“ Settlers In Africa...1hoy Should be Mastersâ€"Britain will Retain [mandaâ€" llas no fear of Matabelc. When the story of African settlement. not the missionary enterprise, comes to be written, the records of the last two decades of this century will be principally devoted to the doings of three men, namely, H. M- Stanley, Dr. Carl Peters, and Emin Pasha. Stanley has begun the study of British poh tics, and has already fought and lost an election. Emin Pasha. is reported to have been killed and eaten by some hungry Airl' can, but Dr. Carl Peters is alive and well, and spent five or six hours the other day in viewing Toronto. In the register of the Queen’s hotel was thls entry : “Dr. Petere, German-Africa,” and a. reporter of the Mall had no difficulty in locating the man whose actions once or twice very nearly involved Britain and Germany in war. VI?! ‘ ' - 7., __ "v.-- \Vhoever has seen the. portrait of the explorer in the illustrated papers would have no difficulty in picking ~him out even in a. crowded hotel corridor. He was most affable, and readily granted an interview. In answer to questions, Dr. Peters said he organized the German Colonization Society in 1884, a. charter for which was granted by Emperor William I., who acted on the ad- vice of Prince Bismarck. Immediately the charter was received Dr. Peters proceeded to Africa, and opposite Zanzibar began his work. His statf consisted of two officers and two non-commissioned officers of the German army, and his first duty was to organize and equip a force 'of native soldiers. Having got his' small army ready the work of exploration be- gan, not tor the sake of discovery, but for business purposes exclusively. After many adventures and several angry dis- cussions with the British Consul at Zan- zibar, Dr. Peters returned to Germany in 1836, consulted with the members of the society, and received increased poWers from the Government. Returning to Africa to- wards the latter part of 1882 be immediate- ly commenced an extension of German influ- ence in the “ Dark Continent.” So critical did the position of aflairs between Britain and Germany over the claims of the two nations in Africa. become, that debates were raised on the subject in the Parlia- ments of both countries, but eventually cer- tain arrangements were made by which peace was secured, and on the 25 of July, this year, Dr. Peters and Consul Smith, Britain’s representative in Zanzibar, com- pleted a treaty at Berlin which settles the territorial questions between the two Em- pires so fat as Africa is concerned. EUROPEANS IN AFRICA. What is your opinion of Africa as a place for European settlers 2" p The Celebrated German Bxplor or Inter viewed 111 Toronto A tropical country is never a. success for settlers from Europe. Africa. has immense possibilities for trade, so immense that we cannot realize them, but Europeans cannot do hard work there except in certain well- defined districts. White men going to Africa. must go as masters or not at all. Oh, yes, I did. from 1838 to 1890, and I found him. You know when Iwas on that search it was reported I had been killed, and many papers wrote my obituary. When I feel low-spirited I read the many kind things they said about me when they thought I was dead. Do you think Emiu Pasha. is dead now? He may be, but all the stories about his death vary so that it does not convince me. In fact, I fully expect to hear of his ap- pearance in some unexpected place. There have been so many difi'erentstories about his death that I am a little skeptical. You went ion search of Emin Pasha, doc- tor ‘2 No, no, although I am put down as a. firehrand and one always ready to fight, I am misrepresent-ed. I never fight- if I can possibly avoid it, but I always take care to strike a. sharp and decisive blow when I have to fight. My followers were mostly Souilanese and as my band was very small I was more frequently attacked than if I had had a. larger force. Have you traversed much of Africa? I have travelled over 6,000 miles, but as my business was colonization, and not ex- ploration, I did not travel merely for dis- covery. I surveyed the Tuna district, which is now a. British possession. The Tana. river is a. magnificent stream, navig- able for over 240 miles. Then 1 went all over the Kilimandsnaro, or Snow Mountain kingdom. , rTYA._..J.‘ IE-~L-_ _D1dy'm prefer to fight the mitives rather than make treaties with them ‘2 _ “tuna“, -- _~_v_ V V I have seen a. good deal of them. all three. Uganda. reminds me of our owu Thuringia, mountain and valley, woodland and fertile plains. Mashonaland and Matabele- Land are also rich and valuable territories, and Britain will not. be likely to let go an inch of either. The Matabele have no chance of doing even temporary injury to British prestige or British property in Africa. J. -L-_-- 1,... l‘nnoflinn {Erotic yluavrbv v- ___ _Is there much chancé for" Canadian trade w1th Africa? -- - I , 3,7. W Abu ‘thbvw . I cannot, say. Germain trade we desire, and Britain will seek_her own interest there, but Africa. will be an immense field for trade, and that very soon, too. ABOUT HIMSELF. What is your opinion of Stanley? 1 met Stanley recently, but I do not wish to talk of him or his work. It would not be polite. -_ -.~ . , L- -__A..... 2â€"4.- Have you seen much of Uganda, Mashon- aland, or Matabele _La}ud‘? 1"! ,,, -‘1 LLA___ uc Vv ..... The traVeller did not care to ente ° . , r m the etory of 1113 personal adventures, b313, admmted he [led fpught 11 duels in Ger. m J Lâ€"- __:‘.L many, nine With the SWOI‘u uuu uwu Wuiu pistols. \N ere any of those duels fought recent. 1 ? yNo, I have not had any duels since I have been in Africa. I am old now, and I hope I have more sense than to fight; duels. The doctor smiled as he spoke of his age, for he was born in North Hanover, near Hambuig. in 1856,a.nd is consequently only 37 years of age. He is about five feet six inches in height, wears no whiskers, has a light brown moustache pointed in the true military style. He is rather slightly built, but wiry, and, although a pleasant-looking gentleman, when he talks about his work he seems to be all on fire, and his counten. anco assumes a set determined look. He has been visiting the Chioago Fair, and is now on his return journey. He did not purpose staying in Toronto at all, but in view of the beauty of the country he decid- DR. PETERS, or AFRICA. with thevsword and two with They Are Rapidly Being- Elbowcal Out of Existence by Young Women. Mr. J. L. Hayne writing in the Canadian Magazine says that girls are much more clever as clerks than men, that the male clerk is doomed to extinction like the dodo, and he thinks the results are most disas~ trous both to women and to the men. The following are the salient passages of his paper, which is entitled “The Displace- ment of Young Men.” Nearly all classes of clerical work are passing rapidly into the hands of young women. These young women enter the oflices with skillful fin- gers, winning manners, industriousvways and general aptness to write letters, keep books, count cash, and di3charge the mul- titudinous duties attaching to business life. They do their work satisfactorily and well. Taken altogether, they are neater, better behaved, and quicker than young men. Nor can it be said any longer that physical disabilities render them inferior to young men in clerical positions where endurance sometimes becomes a factor. Experience has clearly demonstrated that these young women can do whatever is required of them, and do it to the satisfaction of their employers. From observation, I should say t at two young women now enter the depar ments at Ottawa and Washington to one young man. What is true of the Civil Service is unquestionably true of ed to see Toronto. Herwas delighted with all he had been able to see, especially the wide, clean streets and the apparent efl'ort of all the citizens. ALL BRANCHES OF BUSINESS where clerks are employed. Shops and offices are all but closed to young men and each year the situation assumes a more fix- ed form. Into all the lighter branches of labor women are entering in steadily increas ing numbers, to the exclusion of men. The result is, that these bright young fellows, capable of doing excellent work, are forced to toil for long hours, often at night, for the munificent salary 'of $15 a month. After two or three years of hard and faithful ser- vice, promotion to the $25 a month class is possible; while $35 to $50 is the outside figure to which a. clerk may aspire if he ex- hibits special qualifications and sustained devotion to his task. If the next twenty years witness the same relative increase in the number of working girls and women as has taken place since 1370 in this country and the United States, we shall see young men doing the house work, and their sisters and mothers carrying on half the business of the land. As an instance of how the pinch is commencing already to be felt, I might cite the case of a family, consisting of two girls and a boy, all old enough to earn their living. The young man is a Wide-awake, industrious and clever fellow; but while his sisters are in good situations, he finds it impossible to secure an opening in which he could hope to make even the price of his board. This is by no means an exceptional case. \Iarriages are on the decrease in proportion to the population. Some months ago I took ccasion, in writ- ing for an American magazine, to prove by statistics, lof all the girls who now toil do not need lto do so. Twenty-five years ago only [one girl earned her living to ten who do so to-day. Will any one say necessity has caused this great change ‘2 I think not. A very large proportion of the additional ninety per cent. have entered the field of toil in order that their parents may keep up appearances and they themselves enjoy many luxuries. No girl should work who does not need to. If this rule was observed it would create an opening for at least two hundred young men in this city of Ottawa alone ; for there are at least that number in the capital who have no other excuse for working than comes from consideration of cupidity, selfishness and pride. I know something of the circumstances of at least fifty girls who earn their living, and it is the simple truth to say that thirty of them should be at home. Young women must realize these two things in chief: First, that in working, if they do not need to, they take the places properly belonging to young men ; and secondly, that modern notions about the independence of women, COUPled with extravagant ways of living, are partly responsible for the conditions which are. bringing about a steadily declining marriage rate on the part of young men. In other words, when girls work they intensify the conditions which are filling this country with spinsters and bachelors. First, that the proportion of marriages on the part of young men between the ages of twenty-three and thirty had materially de- clined during the past twenty years ; and, second that the number of unmarried per- sons, in relation to the total population, had very materially increased. I hold, after giving the matter careful thought, that the increasing number of working girls, and the falling off in the relative number of marriages are connected in the relation of cause and effect. Neither young men nor young women are content to live as did young men and women a generation ago-â€" a thing which is natural and in most re- spects commendable, but it is only accom- plished by the payment of a high price. A part of this price is, that the daughters shall earn their living as well as the sons, and that neither the daughters nor sons shall have the willingness to begin married life on a humble scale. I am honestly in doubt as to whether or not a remedy for this state of affairs can be successfully ap- plied at the present time, or in the near future. Any means at all practicable would have to be educational in character, and should aim to simplify the general con- ditions of life. Take away this artificial basis of social and domestic life, this im- prudent and wasteful effort on the part of common people to live as if they were opu- lent, and by that one act you would return half the girls who now work to their hoxnes. I say this because I believe that â€"v--vv er-v -. __-.- â€"â€" Tommy: “ How about you, father; when you stole mother’ 3 heart ‘?-â€"you never got punished fox shat. ” 3.,L Father (who had caught Tommy site-11mg): “ I thought you knew better than to com- mit a. theft ; you know how the law pun- ishes people f9: smal} offences. r, ‘1- -..‘ ...L A“ râ€"u.â€"â€".v-a .- Its-wr- Father :V‘-‘ I got a. very severe. punish- ment, my sonâ€"I got penal servmude for life and I am doing it now." THE DOOM OF MEN CLERKS. TWO REALLY GRAVE FACTS : MORE THAN FIFTY I’ER CENT. Doing Penal Servitude. A five-pound nugget of gold was rec'ent- Iy mined at Mojave, Call. It contamed $1,100 worth of pure gold. Pious Russians do not eat pigeons,b§cau;e of the sanctity conferred on the dove m t e Scriptures. The Swiss postoflice conveys aaytlfing from a. postal card to barrels of wme, scythes and bundles of old iron. Australian rabbits have lately becom_e tree-climbers, and scientists note that thexr claws are growing longer. Queus have been worn by Chinaqxen since 1627. They were first worn as a. sxgn of degradation. A coal mine at; Nanaimo, British Colum- bia. has galluries which extend twelve miles under the ocean. Chinese burglars wear not a. scyappf clothing and artfully braid their pigtails full of fishhooks for obvious reasons. Honey, kept in the light, granulatea Therefore, the bees always store it in the dark. ' A wonderful pig is owned by J. W. Gar- rison, of Hat Creek, N. C. It has two heads, two tails, three eyes, and six legs. White is the mourning color in Chin», J apan, and Siam. ’lhe British have $500, 000, 000 inveztad in United State railroads. Forty-three women were recently inter- viewed as to the animals they feared most, and not one of them named the mouse. One thousand ships annually cross the Atlantic Ocean. A special trolley car in San Francisco. is intended to carry the dead to the cemeteries, while the mourners follow in other cars. The hat worn by Napoleon at the battle of Eylau was sold in Paris in 1835 for a. sum equal to $100 in United States currency. Children in India have to learn the mu} tiplication table up to 40 times 40, and 1211’! is turther complicated by the introductioa of fractionl parts. Baron Felder, of Vienna, has occupied his time for many years in gathering rare butterflies. Recently he sold his collection to Lord Rothschild for the sum of $5,000. Someone who has figured on the work done at. Pompeii since June, 1872, says that, it. will take until 1947 to unearth the entire ruins with eighty-five men work- ing every day. Waste paper in the U. S. States Depart,- ment, of a private character, is carefully burned in an open grate in the Secretary’s own room. A Liverpool dentist,being without work, thought; he would get; his hand in at a. new occupation; so he attempted pocket-picking, and was caught at. it. People who fail-to ciezm their teeth after eating fruit invite early decay of their masticators. In California, where fruit is cheap and plenty, sound teeth are rue. A flock of geese is used by Dr. McBride at Orange, Va... as a. team. In winter they are attached to an iceboat and draw him over the ice at; a. speed of a. mile in forty-eight seconds. The poet Shelley feared being buried alive. In order to guard against; it he or- dered his heart removed. This queer relic is still preserved at; Bascombe Manor, Bournemouth, England. The Japanese tattoo likenesses of indivi- duals on the bodies of persons who are fond of this kind of ornamentation. The like- nesses are copied from photograph, and are usually remarkably accurate. A Brooklyn girl, While on a lonely street at night, on her way to summon a. doctor, was approached by a rowdy, who insisted on escorting her. She plunged the point of her umbrella into his eye, and destroyed the sight. Frederick the Great revolutionized the cavalry of his time. All evolutions were executed at full speed, and the charging and rallying of the Prussian cavalry were deem- ed miraculous. ' Members of the Royal Irish Constabu- lary,when appointed, must be between nine- teen and twenty-five years of age, unmarri- ed, and are not allowed to serve in a country where they have relatives. A' strange experiencu came to Thomas Somers, a resident of Brooklyn. A fnend was drowning in the Wallaboun Canal, and Somers plunged in to save him. He dove, and brought) up the body of a strange man. Some incautious burglars, while blowing open a safe in Lebanon, 111., used such a. big stick of dynamite that the explosion startled the town. Everybody seemed to have been awakened, and the burglars were easily captured. Emma Holland, aged twelve, of Lyons, N. Y., while laying her wraps on the bed, felt; Something cold and clammy. It was a black-snake over six teetleug. 'lhe child was so terrified that she went into convul- sions, and it was feared she would not re- cover. _ _. ~ The Sultan of Turkey is a monomaniac on the subject of carriages. He has been steadily engaged in making a. collection of such vehicles for the pasb twenty years and now has nearly 500 of all makes and kinds. A Rahway, N. J ., widow, who had stow- ed away $500 in small bills in an old bureau drawer, discovered two days ago that her hoard had been converted into fractional currency by mice. The moral is that board- ing at; home in nooks and corners is a raw way of banking. - r- r... n Judge Mchonnell, of the City Court Savannah, was tardy in attending court: because he had to stop at the house of a. physician, to have a. wounded arm dressed. On arriving at court. he fined himself $10 for being late, and then directed the clerk to remit the fine. A clergyman in Springhurn, England noticed that his sermons made severai' members of his congregation sleepy. On a. recent; Sabbath, he took a. snap-shot picture of the congregation, and has it hung in the vestry, with the sleepers made conspicuous in a. red border. Only women of extraordinary merit are permitted to wear trousers in France, and for this privilege they are each taxed from $10 to $12 a. year. So far the privilege has only been granted to George Sand, Ross. Bonheur, Madame Dieuiafoy, the Persian archaeologist ; Madame Foucault,thc beard- ed woman ; and two feminine stone- cutters, Mesdames Fourteen. wad. La Jean- nette. BRIEF AND INTERESTEFCL