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It is certain that, but for the trea- sure, the blood and the generalsh-ip I contributed by England to the anti- French coalition in the early years of the eighteenth century Louis XIV. would have succeeded in effecting a.‘ consolidation with France, under' the: Bourbon: of Spain, Naples. the Duchy? of Milan, the Spanish Netherlands, and i in a word, all the Spanish possessions in Europe, as well as all Spain’s do- minions in America and in the East Indies. But for Marlborough the con-i solidation would have been untrumâ€"i melled with the conditions imposed by 7 the Treaty of Utrecht, conditions which divided, and Were intended to di. wide the House of Bourbon against it- self. Again, at the outbreak of the Seven Years’ War, France owned in North America an imperial domain, which, including as it did not only Canada, but the Mississippi Valley, had a prospective value immeasurably greater than that of the territory oc- cupied by the British colonies in Am- erica. About the same period French- men had acquired great influence in southern India, and seemed destined to become the pointer behind the throne of the Moguls. By the Peace of Paris in 1763 France renounced every foot of land which had once belonged to her on the maintain-d of North America and by the end of the century she retained nothing in India except Pon- dicherry and Chandernagore. For the ~. loss of her nascent empires in the New World and in India France had Englishmen ‘ to thank. Although, since the opening of the Exposition, there has been some abate- ment of the abuse lately vented} upon England and English people by the Paris newspapers, nobody doubts that in the autumn, the campaign of Vitu- peration and calumny will be revived. What are the causes of the animosity with which Frenchmen regard their British neighbors? The London Specâ€" tator has attempted recently teac- count for the phenomenon by the Fashoda incident, by the fact that, as colonizers, the French and English are rivals in “feet and Central Afri- ca. and in southern China, and by the belief current in France that Eng- lishmen are the enemies of their Rus- sian allies. We would not deny that these facts and impressions may have some influence, but the real ground of the enmity with which England is viewed in France lies far deeper, It is unquestionably true, that. for upward of two centuries, the aspira- tions of the French nation have en- countered in England the one insup- arable obstacle to their fulfilment, and that, but for England. France, instead of sinking into a second- clase power, would have been domin- A-â€".- -‘ ‘k‘ VWW Iv: and in Europe and the mistress of the greatest Colonial Empd. (8 on the globe. Let us 11688 to the wars of the French Republic and First Empire. But for the apposition of the English fleet m the Mediterranean Napoleon's conquest of EEFPt would have been‘ permanent, and would have been followed certainly by the occupation Syna and also, by an overland expedl' tion against India. Here. agaln, there would have been nothing visionary in the French dream of aggrandize~ ment had not Englani blocked the way. Neither will any one deny that, but for England’s implacable hostili- , Napoleon’s hold upon Spain and _ age! would have remained un- aken. or that his control of central Europe. from Hamburg to Naples. would have lasted as long as he lived. Even after Napoleon‘s downfall bng- hnd continued to obstruct the efforts of revzving France for rehabilitation. When the Belgians revolted. against Holland in 1880 they would gladly have chosen for their Sovereign a son of Louis Philitpe. in? the Eng 1 11 lot-'- ed them to accept for thezr ruler .Priznce Leopold of Saxefob'urg-G‘othn. who had married the daughter of George W. In the early ’ forties miners, then Premier. saw an opâ€" portunity oi gaining {or France the long-coveted ascendancy in the Orient. us view of that conviction that Napo leon III. tried so long and so earnâ€" estly to persuade the British Govern» mom. to take part in a joint inter- vention. But for England's refusal to cooperate in that plan the Southern Confederacy would probably have ac- quired independence. Maximilian would be still ruling in Mexxoo, and Napoleon 1U. would. have been peaco- inlly succeeded by his son. Finally French talent. and French capital built the Suez Canal. and secured a preponderant interest in Egypt,only to “see the artificial waterway and :fi'wnoxe of the Nile ”Valley pass un- L‘gr British tantrul. Fby encouraging Ibra‘h-am Pasha's at-' Temp? to dethrone the Ottoman Sul- tan and to substitute Mehemet A11 as] Commander of the Faithful. Already' had Ibrahim conquered Syria. and a part of Anatolia. when England in- terposed. compelled him to retire to .Egypt, and brought to naught the French designs. Once moreJ it was as clear to every intelligent Frenchman I) the sixties as it was to Napoleon m. that their expedition against Mexico. and the establishment there a“ an Empire under Maximilian. rould. end in a fiasco if the forces of the Union were permitted to crush the Southern Confederacy. It was Rates and Ccmments. of heaven turn out on night-parade and it seems as though the song which the morning stars began so long age were chiming yet among the constel- lations, and the sons of God were shouting for joy. Such nights thc> sailor blesses from the forecastle. and the trapper on the vast prairie, and the belated traveller by the road-side. and the soldier from the tent, earth- ly hosts gazing upon heavenly, and shepherds guarding their flocks afielu while angel hands above them set the silver bells a ringing: “Glory to God In the highest, and on earth peace: good will toward men." "At eventime it shall be light.” 1. This prophecy will be fulfilled in the evening of Christian sorrow. For along time it is broad daylight. The sun rides high. Many activities 80 ahead with a thousand feet, and work with a thousand arms, and the pick- axe struck a mine, and the battery made a discovery, and the investment yielded its twenty per cent., and the _ s:L:An Iv-‘uvâ€" â€" book came to its' twentieth; edition. and the farm quadrupled in value, and sudden fondue hoisted to high posi- tion, and children “ere praised, and friends without number swarmed into the family hive, and prosperity sang in the music, and stepped in the dance, and glowed in the wine, and ate at the banquet, and all the gods of music, and ease, and gratification gathered around this Jupiter holding in his hands so many thunderbolts of power. But every sun must set, and the brig htest day must have its twi- light. Suddenly the sky was over- cast. 11“ ,A_.r\‘ L..nI’n A deepatch from Whaling-ton says: --Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text: “At eventime it shall be light."â€"Zecharia.h xiv., 7. While “night,” in all languages, 18 the symbol for gloom and sniffer-mg, it is often really cheerful, bright, and impressive. I speak not of such nights as come With no star pou'ring' light from above or silver wave tossing up light from beneathâ€"murky, hurtl- ing, portentous, but such as you often see when the pomp and. magnificence. Dam... 'lhe song hushed. The wolf. broke . into the family fold and carried off the ' best lamb. A deep howl of woe came crashing down through the joyous symphonies. At one rough twang of the hand of disaster the harpstrings all broke. Down went the strong business firm! Away went long-es- Lunlzs'hed onetitl Up flew a flees of calumniesl The new book would not sell. A gatent could not be secured for the invention. Stocks sank like lead. The insurance company ex- ploded. “How much,” says the sheriff, “will you bid for this piano V" “How much for this library ‘3” “How much for this family picture 3” “How much? \Vill you let it go at less than half- price? Going â€"- going-Gone!” Will the grace cf God hold one up in such circumstances? What have become of the great multitude of God’s children who 'have been pounded of the flail, ,and crushed under the wheel, and :lramped under the hoof? Did they glie down in the dust, weeping, wailing, [and gnashing their teeth? Did they, like Job, curse God, and want to die because they had boils? “When the rod of fatherly chastisement struck them, did they strike back? Because they found one bitter cup on the table of God’s supply, did they upset. the whole table‘.’ Did they kneel down at ltheir empty money vault and say, l‘fiAil my treasures are gone 3” Did they [stand by tne grave of. their dead, say- ing, “There never will be a resurrec- . tion." “ - A n -n‘ ‘ -.vâ€"v II. The text shall find fulfillment in the time of old age. It is a grand thing to be youngâ€"to have the sight clear, and the healing acute, and the step elastic, and all our pulses march. ing on to the drumming of a stout heart. .‘ll «Hie and flu age will be denied many of us, but youthâ€"we all know what that is. Those wrinkles were not always on your brow; That snow was not always on your head". That brawny muscle did not always bunch your arm. You have not always worn spectacles. Grave and dignified as you now are, you once went coasting down the hill-side, or threw off your hat for the race, or sent the ball flying skyhigh. But youth will not always last. It stays only long enough to give us exuberant spirits, and broad shoulders for bur- den-carrying, and an arm with which to battle our way through difficulties, Life’s path, it you follow it long enough, will come under frowning [crag and across trembling causeway, BLESS ED OLD AG E, if you let it come naturally. You cannot hide it. You may try to cover the wrinkles, but you eannot cover the wrinkles. If the time has come for you to be old, be not asham- ed to be old. The grandest things in all the universe are Old: Old (mounâ€" tains; old rivers, old seas; old stars; and an old eternity. Then do not be ashamed to be old, unless you are old- er than the mountains, and older than the stars. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. How men and women will lie! They say they are forty, but they are sixty. They say they are twenty, but they are thirty. They say they are sixty, but they are eighty. How some peo- ple will lie! See that you do honour to the aged? A Philosopher stood at the corner of the street day after day, saying to the passersâ€"by, “You will be. an old man; you will be an old man." “You will be an old woman; you. will be an old woman." People thought that he was crazy. I do not think that he was. Smooth the way for that moth- er‘s feet; they have not many more steps to take. Steady those tottering limbs; they will soon be at rest. Plough no: up that: fare with any more wrinkles; trouble and care have v 11' seam. es LlGHT. War‘s snow clanglng back in the Scabbard; intemperance buried under‘ lien thousand broken decanters; the; ’world‘s impurity turning its brow; heavenward for the benediction “Bless- 1 en are the pure in heart ;" the last ves- tige of selfishness submerged in heav- enâ€"descending charities; all China worshipping Dr. Abeel’e Saviour; all India believing in Henry Martyn’s Bi- ble; aboriginal superstition acknow- 'ledging David Brainard‘s piety; huâ€" man bondage delivered through Thom- as Clarkson’s Christianity; vagrancy coming back from its pollution at the call of Elizabeth Fry’s redeemer; the i mountains coming down; the valley‘s going up: “ holiness " inscribed on Jhorse‘s bell, and silkworm’s thread, i and brown-thrasher’s wing, and Shell’s ! tinge, and manufacturer’s shuttle. {and chemists laboratory, and king’s sneptre, and nation’s Magna Charta. wounds; not an asylum, for there are no orphans; not a prison, for there are no criminals; not an almshouse, for there are no paupers; not a tear, for their are no sorrows. The long :dirge of earth‘s lamentation has ended in the triumphal march of reâ€" deemed empires, the forests harping it on vineâ€"strung branches, the wa- ter chanting it among the gorges, the thunders drumming it among the hills, the ocean giving it forth with its organs, trade- winds touching the keys, and Euro- clydon’s foot on the pedal. 1 want to see John Howard when the last pris- oner is reformed; I want to see Flor- ence Nightingale when the last sabre wound has stopped hurting; I want to see John Huss when the last flame of persecution has been extinguished; I want to see John Bunyan after the last pilgrim has come to the gate of the celestial city; above all, I want to see Jesus after the last saint has his throne, and begun to sing Halle- lujah ! It is early yet in the history or everything good. Civilization and (‘hristianity are just getting out of the cradle. The light of martyr- stakes, flashing all up and down the sky, is but the flaming of the morn- ing; but when the evening of the world will come glory to God’s con- quering truth, IV. Finally, my text shall find ful- filment at the end of the Christian‘s life. You know how short a win- ter‘s day is. and how little work you can do. Now, my friends, life is a short winter’s day. The sun rises at eight: and sets at‘ four. The birth- angel and the death-angel fl) only a little way apart. Baptism and burial iare near together. With one hand ? the mother rocks the cradle and with the other marked it full enough. Thrust no thorn into that heart; it will soon cease to beat. “ The eye that mocketh its father, and refuseth to obey its moth- er, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young eagles shall eat it.” The bright morning and hot noonday of life have passcl with many. It is four o’clock !, five o’clock! ix o’clock! The shadows fall longer and thicker, and faster. Seven o’clock! eight o‘clock! The sun has dipped be- low the horizon; the warmth has gone out of the air. Nine o’clock! ten o‘clock !! The heavy dews are falling: he activities of life’s day are all hush- ed; it is time to go to bed. Eleven i’clock! twelve o’clock! The patri- arch sleeps the blesesd sleep, the cool sleep, the long sleep. Heaven’s mesâ€" sengers Of light have kindled bonfires of victory all over the heavens. At eventime it is light! Light! III. My text shall find fulfilment in the latter day of the Church. Only a few missionaries, a few churches, a few good men, compared with the in- stitutions leprous andmutrified. It is early yet in the history of nvprvth'insz good. Civilization and Thus bright and beautitul shall be the evening of the world. The heats of earthly conflict are cooled. The glory of heaven fills all the scene with love. and joy, and peace. At eventime it is light! light! 1 Went into the. house of one of my parishioners on Thanksgiving day. The little child of the household was glad, and with it I bounded up and down the hall. Christmas day came, and the light of that household had perished. We stood. with black book, reading over the grave. “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." But I hurl away this darkness. I cannot have you weep. Thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory, at eventime it shall be light! l have seen many Christians die. I never saw any of them die in dark- nese. What if the billows of death do rise above our girdle, who does not love to bathe? \Vhat though other lights do go out in the blast, what do we want of them when all the gates of glory Open before us. and from a myriad voices, a myriad harps, a myriad thrones. a myriad palaces, ther dash upon us “Susannah! Hosâ€"- anna d” I saw a beautiful being wandering up and down the earth. She touched the aged. and they became young. She touched the poor, and they be-l came rich. I said, “Who is this! beautiful being, wandering up and‘ down the earth 2” Tnev told me that her name was Death. \Vhat a strange thrill of joy when the pal- sied Christian begins to use his 'arm again! When the blind Christian be- gins to see again! When the deaf Christian begins to hear again! When the poor pilgrim puts his feet on such pavement, and joins in such company, and has a free . seat in such a great temple! Hungry men no more to hunger: thirsty men no more to thirst; weeping men no more to weep; dying men no more to die. Gather up: all sweet words, all. jubi- lant expressions, all rapturous ex- lclamations; bring; them to me, and I will pour them upon this stupendous theme of the soul’s disenthraiment! Oh! the joy of the spirit as it shall mount up toward the throne of God, Shouting Free! Free! Your eye has gazed upon the garnitnre of earth and heaven; but the eye hath not seen SHE TOUCHES A GRAVE. it. 'Yonr car has caught harmomos unwanted and indescribableâ€"caught them from harp's trill, and bird’s carol and waterfall's dash. and ocean’s doze. logy: but the can hath not heard it. How did those ble§sed ones get up: mm. ____ -_ I-.. _-1_-.I' -31 BU" um Uuwv w--__-_. , v _. the light? What‘hammer knocked off their chains! What: loom wove their robes of light! Who gave them wings? Ah! eternity is not long enough‘ to realize itâ€"the marvels oi redeemlng love! Let the palms wave; let the their handsâ€"they cannot tell the half of it. hrchangel before the throne, thou tallest! SING 0N, PRAISE ON, ya hosts of the glorified; and it; with your sceptres you cannot reach It, and with your songs you cannot express it, then let all the myrieds of the saved unite in the exclamation, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!” There will be a password at the gate of heaven. A great multitude come up and knock at the gate. The gate- keeper says. “The password.” They say, “We have no password. We were great on earth, and. now we come up to be great in heaven.” A. voice from within answers, “I never knew you." A‘not her group come up to the gate of heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says, "The password.” They say, “We have no password. We did a great many noble things on earth. We en- dowed colleges, and took care of the poor." The V0100 from within says, “1 never knew you.” Another group com- up to the gate of heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says. “The password.” They answer, "We were wanderers from God, and deserved to die: but we heard the voice of Jesusâ€"” :‘Ayl ayl” says the gatekeeper, “that us the password! Lift up your heads. ye everlasting gates. and let these ‘0 °"" Light In the evening“ The medi- crnes may be bitter. The pain may be sharp. The parting may be heart- rendering. Yet, light in the even- i112“. As all the stars of this night ing. As all the stars of this night siank their anchors of pearl in lake. and rlver, and sea, so the. waves of lordan shall be illuminated with the down-flashing of We glory to come. H J peopie come in," They go in and sur- rou-zr-i the throne, jubilant for ever! Ah! do you wonder that :he last hours of. the Christian on e'rrt'n are illuminated by thoughts of the com- ing glory? down'oflashing of t e glory to come. The dying 801131 I ks up at the com- stellafitions. “The Lord is my light and my salvatton; whom shallI fear? "The Lamb. which is in the midst of the throne shall lead them to» hvmg fountains of water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” Close the eyes of the departed one; earth would seem tame to its arm- chanted vision. Fold the handszlife’s work 18 enfled. Veil the face: 1t has been t._ra nsfigured_. _ - a n ,.__‘I wâ€".â€"_ __v_ Mr. Toplady, In his dying hour. said “Light." Coming nearer the expiring moment, he exclaimed, with illuminat- ed countenance, ”Light!” In the last instant of his breathing. he lift- er] up his hands and cried, “Light! Light!” It Must Re Easy to Build a llonse In Jflpano The poorest family in Japan usual- ly has its own house. This implies a great many houses in a city of near- Ly a million and a half of inhabitants, and explains why Tokyo gives the impression of being an immense and rather mean-looking villageâ€"an im- pression heightened by the fact that the rich do not usually display their wealth by adorning the street side 0! their houses. but reserve for the tin. terior and back garden all the artis- tic or floral adornments for which they may have a taste. The cheap appearance of most Jap- anese houses is simply a consequence of the frequent fires. Professor Milne, in his book on earthquakes. says: “In one winter I was a spectator of three fires, each of which was said to have destroyed more than ten thousand houses”-â€"in all about a tenth of all the houses in Tokyo. These fires follow regular tracks likes oy- clones. A large part of the city’s population depends for its living upon the work of building new houses and streets. These‘ persons, naturally, oppose all efforts to improve the fire-extinguish- ing service. ’ A fire is apt to be made the occa- sion oia picnic. The houses are soon rebuilt; and it often happens, we are told, that a man’s house is burned down twice in one day, because, after the rebuilding, the shifting wind brings the flames back in that direc- tion. This statement is not so improbable as it may seem at first sight. since some of the Japanese keep in stock the material for complete houses, nicely fitted and finished. so that they need only to be put together and raised like 'tents. 00M PAUL'S DOUBLE. There lives at Pontypridd, a pretty little village in Wales, not far from Cardiff, in the center of the most beautiful orchard country of England, an honest peasant of the name of John Mutch. who at this moment pos- sesses an extraordinary celebrity. John Mutch is the living double of President Kruger. He has had him- self photographed in classic poses and with clothes similar to those of Uncle Paul, and these pictures enjoy in the country a most extraordinary vogue. Pattern gowns of coarse white net appliqued with white cloth, are an attractive immrtation. 'iaask God for Light in the evening! TWICE IN A DAY. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 3. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. “ The Twelve Sent North.” Matt. 0. 88 to 10. 8. Golden Text. Matt. 10. DO. PRACTICAL NOTES. 1. His twelve disciples are called in: the next verse “twelve apostles." An apostle is a man with a mission; a] disciple is a learner. These men were both. In fixing the number of the' apostles at twelve our Lord seems to have had the patriarchs and the tribes of Israel in view. He was modeling his Church to some degree on the familiar plan of the ancient Jewish Church. He gave them pow- er. A power which. according to the remainder of the verse. was almost as comprehensive as that which be exercised himself. Like his own heal- ing power. it included acute and chronic disease, illness, debility, and the expulsion of demons. That sim- ilar power is given to all Christians is neither taught nor denied in this passage; but that Christians, as a class, have not begun to recognize the power of prayer over all forces. physical and mental, as well as spir- 7 itual, is one of the most evident facts ioi modern life. Prayer “moves the {Arm that moves the world." 2-4. There are four catalogues of l the apostles given in the New Testa- ' ment. one in each of the first three ' gospels. and one in Acts. The order 4 of names is not exactly the same. but they are uniformly divided into ‘ three groups. The first group in each Catalogue consists of Peter, Andrew, James and John (but in Mark and ‘ Acts the name of Andrew is fourth). The second group is Philip, Bartholo- mew, Thomas. and Matthew; (in Mark and Luke Thomas is made the fourth in this quartet; in Acts. the second). It is usual to assume that Bartholomew was the same as the Nathanael of John 1. 46; Bartholomew ‘ is not a name, but means “Son-o£-’l‘ol- mai.” Thomas means “Twin"; Didyâ€" mus, which he is sometimes called, has the same meaning. The third group begins in all four lists with James the son of A‘ piheu's. Assuming that there are three persons at the name of James mentioned in the New Testa- ment, James the brother of John, James the son of Alpheus, and James the Lord’s brother, and assuming that James the Lord's brother was the author of the Epistle of James. nothing more is known concerning James the son of Alphems, who is generally distinguished in theologi- cal literature by being .entitletl'fimnea the Less.” Matthew, Revised Ver- Ston, and: Mark give the other three names of the third group as Thad- ideus, Simon the (.‘a-nanaean, or Zea- ;lot, and Judas Iscariot. Luke gives iSimon the Zealot, Zelotes, Judas the i brother of James, and Judas lscarlot. Acts follows Luke, but drops Judas llscariot. As the fashion of having two names was common among the Jews, 1t 13 conjectured that Judas the brother of. James and Thaddeus were the same person. Iscariot is gener~ ally understood to mean “oi herlOt'b‘," a small town 1m J-wdea. The first four apostles mentioned were all fish- ermen. Peter and Andrew were brothers; it is conjectured th-at'Mat- thew and Thomas were brothers. If Salome the wife of Zebedee was, as is supposed, the sister of Mary the mother of Jesus, then James and John were first cousins of Jesus. And if. as would appear, Alpheus, the father of James and Judas, and pOSSLblY al- so the father of Matthew. was the husband 'of a second Mary, Who was Sister of the Virgin Mary and of Sal- ome, then those three apostles also, and possibly Thomas too, were our Lord’s Iii-st cousins. But . these are, at the very most, probabilities; and we know that Jesus was at f118t rejected by his own household. The apostles were men of the common people, not rabbis nor Herodian aus- tocrals; they were men of mental force, and evidently, of good educa- tion for their times, they were not exceptionally poor, except as they left Itheir all to follow Jesus. 5. Jesus sent forth. The verb {trans- lated “ sent forth." is that from which our word " apostles” is derivâ€" ed. Go not. The instructions which begin with these words and continue to the end of verse 8 are given only by Matthew. The way of the \Gentiles would include not only foreign coun- tries, but pagan cities in Palestine as well. For the sake of Gentiles .as well as of Jews the Saviour came; but the, universality of the Gospel message hereafter depended upon its limita- tion for a little while. Into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not. Our Lord had already shown his breadth‘ of sentiment and principle by preach. ing in Samaria, but his personal mis- sion was to the “ lost sheep of the house of Israel.” The Samaritans, it will be remembered, were half Gen- tiles, descendants of barbarians whom an ancient king of Assyria had set- tled in deserted Hebrew towns. When wild beasts ravaged their settlements they turned to " the god of the land” for protection, and, as this God was Jehovah, they formally adopted the Hebrew religion. But barbarous and earn-pagan they remained through returned with interest. the centuries. The Jews‘ hatred at them was not strange, and (t m 6.611 mthbr to the last sheep at the house of Israel. No others were yet ready for the Gospel. ‘ 7. As ya go. On your, journey. Preech Proclaim, advertise. make known. The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Not yet fully come. . ' 8. Heal the sick, cleanse”the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. From some of the best old manuscripts "raise the dead” is omitted, and there 1 is no record of such a miracle during ' this tour; but a few years later the apostles of Christ “raised the dead.” Lepers, because on the awfulness of their malady. are classed by them- selves. Of the devils, or demons, Marl: states that the disciples cast out many, Mark 6.18. The entire sen- tence is a direct commission to the disciples of supernatural power. Free. ly ye have received, freely give. “Freely” means gratuitously. Their power was a free gift, and it should therefore be exercised without tee or reward. The man who attempts to sell divine power, or takes money in awful sin of simony, and probably guilty also of heartless fraud. That the man who gives his time to the work of the Gospel should receive a comfortable support from the Gospel -â€"that in sacred as well as in secular work “the laborer is worthy of his hire”-â€"-the New Testament plainly teaches; but those who teach that “the gift of God may be purchased with money” have “neither part nor lot" in true Christianity, and to all such the apostle Peter speaks through the centuries, “Thy heart is not right in the sight of God." The “'ea'pon “'e llc-ar so ‘3 nch About I“ a One-I’mmdrr (inn 'l‘lmt l-‘Irt-s 300 shells a "lame. The pompom, which has been used by i the enemy on the Modder River, Spion KOp, and elsewhere, is a most interest- ing weapon. It is an automatic Maxim gun, firing acne-pound shell at the 3 rate of about three hundred a min-1 ute. It differs only from the ordinary rifle calibre Maxim in being larger. in ’ having a hydraulic cy.inder to control : the energy of recoil, and in having two ' springs instead of one, to return the recoiiing portions of the gun to their gluce. The front ha.£ of the gun beâ€"; yond the shield is the barrel casing; This is kept [tilt of water in order to keep the barrel cool. The remainder of the gun behind the shield is known as the breech casin. it contains the feed block, through which the cart- ridges, which are held crooewtiye in a belt, are fed one .1 one into the gun. The force that does all the work is the recoil, which drives the barrel back and also forces the loci: to the rear. ’While doing this work the, recon com,- presses two eprings, one of which forces the barren to the front again, and the other the lock. is able to do far more .work tha4 is entailed in unloaJing ahi remaeihg the gun, so if it were not given some other occupation it would aLuJe its strength by Knocking the gun to bits, Therefore, to control the iecoi;, and to give it a harmleae Job to (10, the barrel, when it reachs, is made to force a loosely fiLLing pieton in a cylinder full of li.;uii. This compels the liquid to squeeze past the edge of the piston and the cyi.nJer, "hich ii, so contracted that; all” the spare energy of the recoil is used up in doing. this work. The little cylinder which Lhus uses ups me suipzus rem-oi; .s a. .he rear end of the breech casing. The cartridges are like overgrown rifle cartridges; they are about six inches long, but instead or hihiflg bul- lets they each have an iron eheii load- ed with powuer and provided with a percussion fuse, which eApiodes the missile when it strikes anything, Each shell breaks up- into from ten to twenty pieces, so that a minute’s can. tinuous tiring would cause at us tat. three thousand whizzing, jagged hits of iron to fly about the enemy a posi- tion. Our only experience of the sun on service has been that as a target for it in the present war. Th..s emin- ently practical triai has taught us that when used at mouerate rangesâ€"- say, within three thaueand yarnsâ€"the moral effect is immense, and the ma- terial damage done is considerable. There is no weapon our men have a greater respect for. bhells from nerd guns give you a little breathing time between their bursts at any particular place, but the pompom sends a stream of shell five asecond to the same des- tination. Some of these 'guns have been sent out recently for our army in South Africa, but no mention has appeared yeto of their having been in 1 action. SANITARY \VALL PAPER. Sanitary wall papers cater to the growing demand for what is most healthful. They are made in charm- ing designs, and may be eponged as readily as china. Especially in a kitchen or a. nursery these preventa- tives of contagion are invaluable. THE b‘OLfi‘CE OF THE RECOIL THE POMPOM. WHM ”NEE 85M Mi ITEM 0? mm ABOUT BUSY YANKEE. Gen. Lew Wallace has just receive ed a copy of “ Ben-Hut" translated into Persian and published in Egypt. Last year the American people con- sume-d 2,000,000 tons of sugar, at which 1,385,000. tons were made by the Sugar A New York authority says that only a few of the tall buildings in that 6ity are paying anything like 3 fair rate 01' interest. Congressman Charles B. Landis, him. self an editor, declares that the ed1- torial writer is by far the most in-- fluential man in the country. Rev. Washington Gladden has been elected to the City Council of Cob umbus, 0. He was an independent candidate and did no canvassing. The total value of tam animals in the United States at present is about $2,213,011,om. This represents an in- creases of over $220,000,000 within 3 J oh'n H. Reagan, the sole surviving member of Jefferson Davie‘ Confed- erate Cabinet, is writing his recol- lectdpns. 1-! Vanity of labour is reported in northex... *Iabama, where new indus- tries are springing into being rapld’ 1? Wages are higher than ever be- fore in that locality. ,- Fnom Cube. 10,000,000 pineapples will be shipped into the States this year. The fruit now reaches New York from Havana in three days. Bert Harte is said to be at work on a new series of “condensed novels,” The first series appeared in 1867 and was successful. In this new one it is supposed that he will parody mOd‘ ern novels that have had agreater or ‘ less vogue. Harry B. Wendell, city editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and his also ter, Mrs. Adam Wiest, learned through a despatch from Albany} N.Y., they were heirs to a fortune estimated at ten to twenty millions. left by Roueler Wendell, a hermit of that city. The Union Pacific Railway has es- tablished a new record for train hauling. Recently atrain left Chey- enne made up of 113 cars loaded with 5,471 tons of freight. Another train was composed of 110 cars laden with The president of Harvard College who served longest was Edward Hoboke, whose term extended from i173? to 1763, or thirty-one and a half years President Eliot’s term began 4,835 tons and hauled by a lispâ€"ton en- gine 10:2 miles as The son of William Waldorf Astor, who lives in England, is 19 and will get the bulk of his father’s fortune. At the present time it is estimated that fortune is ea0,0.0,0o0. John Jaoob Astor, of New York. while not so rich as his brother, has over $75,. 000,00J. most of which will go .to his 9â€"year-old son, a hingh't youngster. $1.35 Bessie ShirLey, of bait. Lake City, is doubtiess the only woman in the world who owns and edits a mining journal. She is but nineteen years old. The paper she runs she esta'uLshed herseii, and has made a success of it. She makes weexiy trips to all the neighbouring mining cen- tres in search of news, and is said to bane a good deal of influence. One of the smartest turnouts seen in Washington these days is that of Miss Mabel Hanna. It is a thh tan can, w.th two seats, and one in the bay-x tor the driver, but Miss Hanna handles the ribbons herself when she desxes to. Miss Hanna is a pretty and attractive blande, with a quiet and retiring manner. in 163, and, if he lives: till next 032.0- ber, he w.“ have passed in terms at service President Holyoke. Thomas W'emworth Higginson has presented the Boswn Public Library w.h a collection of letters, 20? in number, relating to John Brown. They were written beLween the years 18.8 and 1:63, by John Brown and his .erends, Wendell, Phill.ps, Theodore Parker, Frank B. Sanborn, and £01. H. gginson. Mayor “ Golden Rule " Jones, of To.edo, Ohio, lately married acouple from the west, who wemt to Toledo purposely to have him perform the ceremony. The service consisted of readrngs from the Scriptures, read- Lng of LWO poems, and then apower- ful harangue by the mayor upon the beauties of matrimony. Then he pro- nuanced the coupe man and W Le. Laptain Theodore Mathenyi, who died in Philadelphia last week, was intimately concerned in one of the most thrilling episodes of the civil war. A Hungarian, he was a lieut- enant in General Fremont’s body- guard. Sept. 26, 1861. this body of cavalry, numbering 860 men. Wes ordered to capture SpangfieA; 310., which was held by 2,000 men. MaLb- enyi was ordered to take thirty men and attack 300. The charge Wes suc- cessful for its boldnese