tf ? . _..one-person in the c of the citizens. --naughten, who ig credited with va ady “paints, models, and is learned in lace. PERSONALS. - The little town of Kniazeff, in Russia, has elected a woman, Madame Alexandra Elyne, to the post of Starosta, or Mayor, on the logical and sufficient plea that she was the ommunity best fitted to defend the rights and maintain the interests cers inmel - celeritete OOO onse Rothschild has lately that royal and most me 5; in + bought a clork made b lnckloss clock-maker, Louis XVI., with his own hands, It. is not particularly beauti- ful, but being nnique and the object of much competition among. collectors, it brought the remarkable price of $168,000. ono ’ Miss Isabella Hood, a distant relative of Thomas Hood, the poet, has recently died at Dundee, Scotland.. She well remembered Mr. Hood both as a boy anda man, having seen him on several occasions when he visit- ed Dundee, the last time in 1843) and she possessed a number of interesting mementos ~~ of the poet, A number of Iowa mem living near Des Moines have become so far imbued with the Edward Bellamy, :dea of co-operation that they have formed a colony, and hope to found a community near Lake Charies, Louisiana. Here they propose to live the ideal life, testing the advantages and pos- sibly the follies a Mr. Bellamy’s dream, Dr. Gatling, of Hartford, Connecticut the inventor of the famous gun, ig a com- paratively old man, but still keeps busily at work with his plansand conceptions. Bac of his handsome house on Charter Oak Hill is along workshop filled with tools, models, and diagrams, and among these the doctor pence a portion of nearly every week- day. Miss Elizabeth Cotesworth is about organ- izinge a co-cperate company of working gentlewomen for the raising of choice fruits und vegetables, to be delivered directly to such consumers as will take a small amount of stock inthe enterprise. It is believed that in England, where these products.are luxuries, unemployed Women mnay find in inthis underiaking a wide field and a good profit. Mrs, M. V. Taylor, of Washington, Pennsylvania, is one of the best knownand ablest oi] speculators of western Penn- sylvania. Left a widow with x child to support, she began her business life as book- keeper for an oi! firm, saw that-money-could be made in well-casings, seized her oppor- tunity when the supply was sinall and the demand large, umd found herself. -« rich woman, In-oif speculation and in real estate speculation she has shown yreat “nerve "and judgment, and has proved her versatility Ly the invention of an izen tub- ing, whieh will probably supercede that now in use. . Mrs, Constanee Amelia Hartsheine, of Beabourne Hall, Wirkswerth, Eneland, avpires to emulate the fame of. Aliss—dfac ip- troduced croquet mto good society in Eng- land at a lawn party given by Lord Lonsdale in 1852. Mrs. Hartshorne has invented a 7 trial, great’ applause, in Inner Temple Gardens, London, in June. The game is shi to derive something from croquet, sonething fromthe graces, dear to our yrauxdmothers, and something from the clever wits of itsinventor. All the royal family of England have some artistic pursuit. ‘The (Queen is musical, The ¢x-Enipress Frederick pursnes loth seulp- ture and painting. The Prince ¢f Wales un- dersiands ceramies, bronzes, aul bric-a-brae. The Duke of Edinburgh isa violinet, anda colleetes of postage-stamps and othe: curios. The Duke of Connaught studies the arteof war with enthusivsm, and gathers coins, anteyrapl 8, and Oriental treasures 1e Duke of Albany wasa Shakesperian scholar and collector. The late Princess Alice, Prince Christian, and Prinecss Louise fol- lowed painting and modelling from their girlhood, while Princess Beatricy, though an indifferent artist, would have made her for- tune on the stage. It issaid that the extraordinary dcference and regard shown by the German Emperor William to King Christian, who is old, poor, dull, and of no political consequence, is due to the fact that-ten-years ago, at the Castle of Rumpenhcim, in Hesse, on occasion of zome meeting of potentates, young Will‘am, who had accompanied his grandfather as heir-presumptive, and showed himself heir- resumptuous as well, was severely snubbed py the assembled royalties, with the single exception of ‘the beauteous Majesty of Den- mark,” who declared that the lad ‘had the making of reat. «onan in = him, and treated him with an affectionate politeness and assumption of equality which won the heart of the youngster, who has ever since called his defender ‘‘uncle.” The Sultan of Zanzibar has decreed that there shall be no more slavery throughout his dominions. The decree, which has been placarded under the Sultan’s seal in Arabic and English, provid ¢ in detail that the ex- change, sale, or purchase of slaves, domestic or otherwise, is absolutely prohibited. Houses hitherto kept for this purpose are forever closed. All slave brokers exercising their occupation are liable tg severe punish- ment and deportation. Any Arab found trafficking in domestic slaves will be liable to similar punishment; Any houses used in future tor such traffic will be forfeited. On the death of their present owners slaves shall, ipso facto, be free, unless the deceased leave lawful ehildren, who may inherit them. Slaves cannot be willed away or sold after the death of their present owner. Zan- zibar subject marrying or married to a per- son under British jurisdiction is henceforth disabled from holding slaves. All slaves of such persons are now declared free. No freed are in any circumstances to te accord s oe mt uch slaves and to all slaves freed under the de- cree or otherwise. Every slave is to have the same ts asthe Arabs to prosecute complaints and claimsin courts of justice. The Yankees Don't Like It. ‘In tiejoicing uent upon the com- pletion of the Halifax-Bermuda cable, which unites into one system the long line of British defences on this continent, all Americans do not cordially join. On the contrary, many regard this. latest achieve- ment with feelings of annoyance, if not of apprehension. To this é " é, a writer in the New York’ Times, who characterizes England's policy in }strengthening her fortifications in the At- lantic as an insult to the United States, and declares that ‘‘there is no pee el. in history to the manner in which this friendly nation is multiplying and strengthening fortifications infront of our face in such man- ner that she may best hem us in, bombar us, and interfere with our commerce if oc- casion should arise.” He is led to ask wy Engiand maintains these defences at suc’ fabulous expense. Her. motive, Mr. D dale‘thinks, can hardly be the protection of British commerce in North America an tho West Indies. Finsncially, he-says, these colonies are a heavy and useless load hung around Great Britain's neck. They do not even pay their own running expenses, much less reimburse the mother ccuntry for the incalcuable ‘sums expended in fortifyin their ports and equipping them with all the requisites of war. ‘Canada, the greatest of them ell, has annual expenses of about §500,000 more than her receipts-and: her public debt is $240,000,000. She imports annually $115,- 000,000 worth of goods, of which only $49,- 000,000 worth come from Greut Britain, the remainder principally from the United States. She exports annually-$90,000,000 worth of goods, of which $40,000,000 worth goto Creat Britain and the remnin- der principally to the United States, New- foundland’s expenses are more than 31 in excess of her annual receipts, and her publie debt is $3,500,000. About one-third of her imports come from Great Britain and about one-twelfth of her exports go to Great Britain. Her governor gets fon = $12,500 a year from the British: Government. Bermuda, with her 16,000 inkabitants, has an annual deficit of 85,000, and her pub- lic debt is about $50,000, Her trade is practically all with the United States, -and the British pay her Gorernor $15,000 a year, The Bahamas have a public debt of $400,000, and their trade is with the United States. Jamaica just about pays her annual expen- ses, and her public debt is $7,500,000. About two-thirds of her trade is with Grent Britain the remainder with the United States. Leeward Isjands spend $50,000 a yeur more than they earn, and their debt is $260,000. Their Governo 5,000 a year. In the Windward-Islands Barbidocs is perhaps the most flourishing of all the British colon- ies, and she has « net amiual revenue of ehoutss9,000, with 2 pablic det of £159,000, Her Governor gets 818,000 yea. Trinidad also has a net revenue of about $50,000, and a pablic dekt of nearly $3,000,000. Her Governor inaneyes to exist on $25,000a year, and her imports and exports just about balance. Of those two unhealthy British settlements im Central America, British Guiana and British Henduras, the former her Governor gets £12,000 a year, Assuming the general correctness of Mr. Drysdale’s figures (thoughas a matter of fact they stand in need of considerable revision) it is not necessary to infer, as that writer docs, that Britain's principal motive iti es- tablishing herline of forts, must be somethin other than the protection of these so called profitless 7 si This Insion o looksthe fact that the colonies are compara- tively young, andtheie-resourees almost en: tirely undeveloped. Though no great finen- cial udvantage is derived xt present, it will notalways be so. England perceives that” the time will come when instead cf receiv- ing more than they give, these depend- encies, by opening up merkets for British productions aud b¢ supplying Britain with products necessary for the support, comfort, and happiness of the home population, will become indirectly sources of gain to the land which nurtured them into strength. Besides, it takes no notice of the fact that nations are capable ci being influenced By other cons‘derations, than the cold dry calculations of erithmetic, that sentiment is not an absolutely unknown and _ prohibited rea o = ed abou the institutions — Ww toms of their native land. Many thousands more, though born within the Colonies, are as thoroughly British as any who call Brit- in their e. .To break up the present relation, to expose these patriotic spirits to the rule of another power, to force them to submit to another form of government, would be a great hardship, « real grievance. Englishmen are aware of t)jig attachment, and though for the presen they may he obliged to pay out more than they receive, they are not unwilling to burden themselves to some extent in order to keep the existing bonds in tact. There is, therefore, really no necessity for Mr. Drysdale’s conclusion that this vast expenditure on the part of England in strengthening her position on the American Continent is for the purpose of checking the United States. So long as the Jnited States refrains from meddling with the British dependencies, the ‘‘offensive line across their front door and front window ” will never be used to their disadvantage. England is not envious of the prosperity of her big and blustering boy, nor does she bear him the grudge which many suppose for throwing off parental control. 5 A somewhat amusing illustration of the oid eaty, ‘* familiarity breeds contempt,” comesfrom London, Fngland, Lester Bran- cis Duncan, publisher of the Satrimonial Neies, notwithstanding his three score years experience of men and things, and his sup- perfect knowledge of how matters oe ate ae a: = con- emned to i fi or violntin his sacred in dn to Miss Gladys Knowinn, . s young lady twenty-one years of age. Of a men in the fom one would have supposed that Mr. Duncan woul the last to be caught in sucha trap. It seems o pity, too, for such an experi- ence coming at sixty-four years of age is almost sure to disé nay Serine under- takings locking towards hymen’s blissful state. S-m Salvader’s Victery. The information that San Salvador has gained a complete victory over Guatemala will.come ag a surprise to 8 wh knowledge of the two countries embraces no more than the facts that the latter coantry is atout six times as large as the former, that it contains more than twi i i army, including the militia more than five times that of the smaller state. -Numbers, however, are not everything in time of war ; nor has victory always sat upon the brow of the larger con- tending host. Discipline, endurance, cour- age, patriotism are factors that have much todo in determining results, In respect to these qualitics the armies of Guatemala and. San Salvador form a striking. contrast. The rivate soldier of .Guatemala is the very owest caste native. For all his life he ma: have been a coffee picker or.a cargo ‘‘mozo” —that is, aman who carries loads on his back from the coast to all points in the interior. Brought up under brutal masters, any natural spirit leaves him before the age of twenty. ‘Their squad drill and military instruction amount to nothing, and” the rivate soldier of Guatemala, instead of ing an erect, cleanly, well-isciplined, and alert individual, is precisely the reverse and compares unfavoral’:- with the civil- ian. The officers belov e grade of Colo- nel are little better tian tne average soldier; above that grade they devote their time to rinking and dissipating, und seldom see or think of their subordinates, Love of coun- try they Lave not, and would be just as happy in Chinn with plenty to eat. On the other hand, the troop3 of San Salvador are tolerably well disciplined and much better officered than those of any other Centrai Ameriin State. They are well paid and fed, aid have that strong feeling of pat- riotisy duc to the nasional persecution they have felt from Honduras and Guatemala. Considering the state of their armies, there- fore, there is nothing wonderful in the fact that Y0,000 Salvadorians should have put to rout 25,000 Guatemaltecos. . The trouble between the warring republics is not one of Salvador’s seeking. lor twenty 4 the President and Government of Guatemala have been striving to bring about a Central American Union, on such terms as would aggrandize thé Guatemala rulers. This union as proposed by her ambitious neighbor was never desired by the Salva- dorians who have received much ill treatment and abuse from Guatemali. A few months ago the Salvadorians observed a suspicious intimacy springing up between their Presi- dent, Menendez, and Barillas, the President of Guatemala. Shortly after it was discov- ered that Menendez-had promised to throw his Government into the unign against the Will of the people, The result was a revolt, the death oF} eacadler, and the accession t 0 power of Ezeta, the provisionnl Presidcnt. On the ground of avenging Menendez’s mur- der, and regulating the affairs of a sister republic which had not asked or desired aid, Guatemala declared war aaninss Balveor. The result to (Watémala is that jer army has been entircly defeated, / reign o anarchy has been introduced, waile Barillas is snid to have fled the country. Few will cominiserate the intermeddling state. \Vhile+ -pity-cannot be withheld from the poor dupes that were led to death by their ambitious and selfish rulers, the result ef the contest will give satisfaction to thoee who respect the rights of cowNnunities and States to manage their own affairs without the inter- ference of meddlesome partics from without. - — ae Mormonism in Canada, Moved by the many press references’ te their: colony in Southern Alberta, Charles QO. Card, son-in-law of the late Brigham Young and leader of the Mormon colony in Canada, has written a letter to an Ot- tawa paper in defence of himself and his fellow colonists; The letter is remarkable not so much for what it says as for what it omits to &tz No reference whatever is made to the subject of polygamy, about which Canadians are so much concerned, + and which constituted the chief theme of all the per comments. Testeal of this Mr. Card pleads that his people are peace- able and: industrious (which nobody denics} and that no obstacle should be thrown in the way of their efferts to develop the re- sources of the Canadian North West. The refusal of Mr. Card (for it is demanding too inuch of charity to suppose that the omis- sion was accidental) to discuss this question or to state the attitude of the colony to- wards our marital laws, and his attempt to draw a herring across the trail, will only strengthen the suspicion that all is not right within the colony. What the people of Cana— da_want-to-know 1s not whether Mormons are industrious and energetic citizens, but whether they observe the Canadian law which prohibits adda ef pclygam tendencies from following their inclinations. Will Mr. Card please take note of this and govern himself accordingly ? sige Minudoo Canning. A Calcutta correspondent of the New York Jribun- gives an interesting account ot the manner in which a company of Hindoos undertook to defraud the government under cover of the provision which grants a bounty for the destruction of venomous serpents. The occupation of Hunting and killing the cobras and other reptiles in a free state was not sufficiently renumerative, and was besides attended with great danger. So the cun ning Hindoos caught a number of the snakes alive and imprisoning themin a carefully con- structed pen from which it was impossible for them to get out, started up cobra farming. The snakes multiplied at an amazing rate, and by killing aff a part of the colony from time to time, a handsome revenue-was realiz- ed.. The suspicions of the Government were aroused; however, by the business-like way in which the heads were brought in, and their investigation scon exposed the whole scheme and broke up the enterprise. Just us it generally happens where men under- take to make their living by their wits, some part of the plan is left in a state so crude as to lead to the exposure of the whole. It is only one in ten thousand who has ingenuity suflicient to perfect a scheme of dishonesty and fraud. Honesty is indeed the best policy. Fifteen years ago, when a gentleman be- the culture of bees, he suffered severely years they have caused only o slight and Mt ong pleasurable i that lasts only for a few minutes. But this inoculation | i leaves him as susceptible | ROE Re elit o-lenewery + ips burn step m one to the other, and that very slippery; iff children is a better a great estate.—[ Addison, * T ee ee NATURAL GAS IN CANADA . ‘The Viormous Output of the Ten Wells ow the Niagara Peniusuia, — Th bi i ui his _g one big company. which bas sec Gi Hany. 0 ve lying only makes the difference ;-add that to cunning and it is knavery.—[Bruyere., “True glory consists in doing what-deserves to be written ; in. writing what deserves to read ; and in. xo living as to ‘make the world happier and hetter for our living in it.—{Pliny. : : True courage never exerts itseif so much as when it is most pressed ; and it is then we thost enjoy the feast of a gootl conscience when we stand in the greatest need of its support.—{Hibernacus’ Letter. Nothing so coments and holds together in ae all the parts of a society, as faith or dit ; which can never be kept up, unless rffen are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one an- other. —[Cicero. ; The detractor may, and often does, pull down others, but he never, as he seems to suppose, clevates himself to that position. The most he can do is maliciously to tear from them the blessings which 4 cannot enjoy himself.---[.Johngon. Matinics in the Army. The recent mutinies of the Guards at Lon- don, the Artillery a; Exeter, and the Army Staff Corps at Chatham prompts the Mont- real Star to enquire into the causes which have led to such disgraceful conduct, ‘There must be some strong reason when troops 6o highly favored, rece:ving higher pays better clothing, and condemned: ta less fatiguing duties than the Cavalry and Infantry of the line, manifest. sach insubordination. The Stay finds the explanation in the indifference of the commissivned officers to the welfare and comfort of the men; in the arrogant and haughty bearing of the non-commission- ed officers, who, fnding their way open through the indifference and laziness of their superior officers, to exercise their little brief authority, do not hesitate to tyrannize over the rank and file ; in the worse than blund- ering of those ‘army reformers,” who, with ‘uniformity ” their watchword, have been all too successful in doing away with man peculiarities in name and uniform in whic thousands of soldiers took an honest pride ; and last, in the charged condition of things which sends the recruiting officer _to the cities-instead of tlie rural districts for his recruits, many of whom now enter the ranks with the spirit of the Racical Club nd the ideas «f the Socialistie labor re- former, and with ne love for the exercise and observance of the severe military virtues which characterized the soldier of the forme- age, This view of tLe case, especially in re- ference to the pr vsoned of the present Brit- ish army, is confirmed by the report af the commissioners appointed to enquire into the recent troubles. Their report states thut the insubordination vas due to the influcfice of Socialists, wlio is considerable-numbers” Have obtained an entrance into the ranks of the home regiments, und made many con- verts among the en with whom they be- came associated. In the light of these facts one must conclude that the British army of to-lay is not the army of a generation. ago, and that the qualities which distinguished the men who fought England's greatest battles are not as conspicuous as once they were. Let us hope that the deteriorating process shall not proceed so far as to re- quire the inscription upon our banners, ‘The glory has departed.’ The Royal Tenrptart, The Royal Templars of\Temperance, a semi-mnilitary temperance organization with the iusurance feature added, have just held camp in Montreal. Though the order is only ten years old, it is now about 50,000 strong. Of this number 20,000 are Canadians, divi. cd among the Provinces as follows: Ontario, 4,000; Quebec, 2,060; Manitoba, 2,000; Maritime Provinces, 1,000; British Columbia and Northwest Territorios, S00. re gain during the past year was 3,000. Tn the beneficiary department certificates of insur- ance are held to the amount of §5,273,400. "Phe average age of the me:nbers of the insur: ance department is 39.92. During the year 349,008 was paid out to widows and orphans of deceased inembers, but the surplus tn this department was increased from 319,500 last year to $26,139, of which $25,000 is bearing Sper cent. interest..." that owing to the circumstance that all the insured are total abetaincrs, the cost of in- surance in this order is considerably: less than in those societies which do not diserim- inate against tue moderate drinker. To es- tablish this claim beyond question ‘a com- parison of books would be necessary. It must be admitted, however, that a strong resumption as to its validity is found in the beet that insurance companies which have classified their policy holders on this basis, are unanimons In pronouncing the total ab- stainer a better rizk. Life Among the Ecpers, Sister Rose Gertrude, writing from the leper station in the Sandwich Islands, gives particulars of the arrangements for a jféte, and mages it plain that all is not gloom and desolation among her patients, but that. in the main they enjoy life. Towards the duc celebration of this holiday a doctor gave two pigs and sweet potatoes, and prizes were to be given for athletic exercises, such as jempphi'g and running. <A pig was to be greased all over and chased until caught by the lepers; and after good feasting there were to he fire- works and aconcert by moonlight. It isa happy thing that any entertainment can afflicted. The seizure by Portuguese troops of the stcamer James Stevenson, of the African Lakes Company, bids fair to reopen the trouble between England and Pcrtugal con- cerning the Shire River and Nyassaland. This steamer plies on the Za:mbesi and Shire rivers to the Murchison cataracts, around which there is an excellent road, sixty miles long. Above the cataracts goods are re- touted on a second steamer, which runs over 2350 miles north to the north cud of Lake Nyassa. By this seizure the communica- tion of the African Lakes Company between against as ever to the sting of a wasp. the sea and central Africa has inter- ru It is not surprising that the British Foreign Office has felt called upon to send another vigorous protest to Lis rs lain be found for humans Leing so unfortunately gion {a taking steps to duvele gas region is taking steps to develop poet ona tala which are e for private enterprise. organizn- tion, whi ihe wane of the Provincial Natural Gas Light and Fnel Company (limit- ed), hag exclusive drilling rights over 48,000 acres, or Keventy-tive square miles of the southern and eastern parte of the commty of Welland. Although operations’ were commenced hardly more than a yer ago there are now ten wells completed, with @ combined capacity of 22,000, ect per day. There are also two wells approaching this nev. impoasi- {-completion, and another about to be com- menced, The immense extent of territory ever which the company has zecured a mon- opoly shows that they have laid their plans for a big thing. Thesystem which has been followed enables them to hold their privi- leges over this vast aren for two years prac- tically for nothing, ‘but after that a fee of 25 + cents an acre is to be paid-fer the land.re- tained. For every well drilled on this lang and utilized the owner is ‘to be paid ar annual rental of- $100. He is entitled to for light # fuel. For land occupied while drilling or for crops damaged, the company bind themselves to pay from $20 to $30 per acre. The owner of the Jand is to en- titled to one-fifteenth of all the petrolenm discovered on his farm and utilized by the company. Ot the ten wells which have deen drilled on theee lands, eight are good. producers, The operations have been carried on-in the centre of thisterritory. The wellsare about amileapart. The centre of the group is 11 tuiles‘from Buffalo, 13 miles fram Niagara Falls, 19 miles from St. Catliarines, 45 miles from Hamilton, and about G0 miles in astraight line from Toronto. The cost of piping is about $7,000 a mile. An import- ant factor in conducting yas great distances is the pressure it has at the well. So far the gauge has shown a reck pressure of over 500 pounds to the inch. ‘ The company commenced drilling in July, 1889, in the township of Bertic, on the farm of Philip Zavitz. The well was continued to a depth of 846 feet, when a flow equal to 1,700,000 cubic feet per day was obtained, with arock pressure of 525 pounds. The second well, which is about half a mile north, on Elmon_ Zavitz’s farm, was not so auceessini, Drilling was stopped at 851 feet below the eurface. This well produces 400,000 fect a day, and has a rock pressure of 540 pounds. About a mile to the west, in the township of Hmmaberstone, the third well was sunk on Jonas Zavit The capacity of this well is 700,000 ice: per day. Teles arock pressure of 510 pounds, and is 836fectdecp. The farm of J.A.Tatmeten was chosen as the site for the fourth well. The capacity of the well is 2,000,G00 feet. It was continued to a ‘lepth of $7 feet, and has 530 pounds pressure. The ii “gusner.” Tt is-itr Ebi on the farm of Danicl T. Zavite. of this well reaches the excrmeous fi 7,000,000 feet per day, more tl i the total number daily consume It is a remarkable fact that the Tey rock pressure of this well is lighter than some cf the less productive, being 510 pounds to the inch. . The ‘she depth is §42 fect next well was a total failere and has teen ebandoned, ‘She seventh, which is on the farm of Adan Siaith Humberstone, produces 2,600,000 feet and has ‘a depth of 540 feet. A second failure oceurred on the farm of J. A. Barnhardt, ber- tic, and the well was abandoned. The ninth well, on Daniel Near’s farm, Humberstune,. yielded 2,400,000. feet ata depth cf sol feet. Well No. 10, the last that has Leen completed, is another “gusher.” It blows 6,000,000 feet a day from a depth cf S72 feet. Drilling is now in operaticn. cn the farms of C. Bitner, Bertie,and Trout Brothers in Humberstone. These wells are nearly completed, The thirteenth wel) has been lo- cated on the farm of Abram Michael and drilling will soon be commenced. The figures given above have been arriv- ed at by careful measurement Ly the mining engineer and geologist of the company, with the water, mercury, and & sing gauges, They have also been attested E two experts of the Standard Oil Company, both of whom have been in the natural gas business for several years and have had an extendell ex- perience in measuring wells. are apt to give an exaggerated idea- capacity—ef-the-wells. They do not take into account the abatement which might be expected to follow when all the wells are flowing simultaneously. Nor do they allow for the losses by friction in pipes when gas is conducted long dietances. The rock pressure, whichreacher the amazing etrength of 500 pounds to the square inch, does not represent the capacity of a well, as will be noticed from the fact that No. 5 has an ont- pit of 7,000,000 feet at a pressure of 510 pounds, while No. 2 yields only 400,000 feet ata pressure of 540 pounds, It has been obgerved that wells which have ‘ petered out” have shown no diminution of pressure as long as the gas flowed, This is account- ed for by the theory that natural gas is forced up by hydrostatic pressure. Tho earth is honeycombed with veins of salt wa- ter. soon as a gas well ceases to flow it fills up with this fluid. Scme:imes ani water flow together. This indicates that the end of the flow of gas is near. words. ‘drowning cut” seems to be the ee end of gas wells, and it is believ- ed that the power which compresses the . Rock pressure is simply the ferce which gathers when the well is clozed down fora considerabie time. Ugliness as a Disqualification. Extreme ugliness is one on the list of dis- are 5 per cent ‘more numerous than at. the previous conscription. The Freuchare look- ing more to the quality of their army than to the number of the recrnits. Excessive ugliness, gays this military doctor, makes a man ridiculous, prevents him from having authority over his comrades, and leaves him morbid apd sensitive. If the ugli adequate, the claim must be allowed. **Male hysteria” is another valid i plea. Tho army i rin” is loctors say i ‘and it is the more obiectional as it is conta. . goon * Fm In other - landn —, use, without cost, all the gas he may require - These figures the