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â- >. / '*h h * â- "'"♦^^ e A PHENOMEMON EXPLAINED. 4, % How a South Carolina Lake wa* I'olnoned by m HaiUtorin, A Columbia, B. C, despatch Bays : The atory of the poiaoniog of Dawhp Lake, Georgetown Coantyl by a haiUtorm, au recently described, has been corroborated in every particular by a prominent citizen of Georgetown, who has invcstigatod the matter at the request of Gen. Greely, Chief of the Weather Service. A dense mass of black Kum trees surround the lake on all â- ides. It is well-known tliat the leaves of theie tiees are strongly impregnated with tannic acid. It has also been ascertained that the bottom of the lake contains a â- li^ht de|>o8it of iron. The iioisoningofithe water, therefore, is thus c-tplaincd. The hailstorm filled the lake with bruised leaves and small brandies from the trees, thetannicacid emanatiiiR from which mingled with the iron and formed tannatc of iron, causing the water to turn black as ink and bitter as (juinino, and i>oisoning the fish by tliousands. One species of the fish ii:habiting this lake survived the singu- lar disaster, and that wiis the mud tisb, which buried itself in the mud at the bottom and thus escaped the elTects of the poison. The stench arising from the mass of dead and rotten tisii is described as fear- ful. The thousands of buz/^rds in taking their departure in the evening for their roosting place after a day's feast are de- scribed as making a noise similar to that of •11 approaching cyclone. Un each end of Dawho Lake, about half a mile distant, is a small lake in which numbers of ifish abound, but which upon examination show BO signs of the hailstorm which swept over Dawho. This confirms the belief thai the direct cause of the disasterto the fishisdnc to the hailstorm. rraudu. Tragedies and UiKoane In Cubit. A Havana despatch says : Three per- lions have been arrested for connection with the coiuterfeiting of the ticket that drew the capital prize of the last drawing of the Havana lottery. The fraud was not discovered until fractions of the false ticket to the value of 9H.'i,00U had been received and the money paid. The Holquin papers contain accounts of a horrible tragedy that occurred there recently. A workingmau, as a precaution against smallpox, built a coal fire before retiring and placed thereon several leaves of tobacco, the fumes from which he had been told furnished ample safeguard against disease. On the following day the neigh- bors noticed the abaence of any signs of life in the house, and informed the police. The door was forced and an awful dis- covery made. The workman and his wife and their eight children were all dead. The escapi.';g gas from the coal had suffo- cated them. According to the Santiago du Cuba liapers there were :iH8 cases of smallpox in that neighborhood during May. Of these ICO proved fatal. From the 1st to the Uth of June the numbor of cases was 170 and the deaths J.'>. A BOYAL SCANDAL. Uueen Nutulie Ueturns Her Husband's Letters Unopened. A Vienna cable says : Scandals seem to be the order of tlie day, and that at Bel- grade seems to be the prettiest one of all. Queen Natalie, who left Belgrade for Kus- sia in consequence of her husband's in- tldelitioB, has been staying for some time at the Czar's summer residence of Yalta. The King, in deadly fear of being mur- dered like his predecessor, or kidnapped like Prince Alexander, has withdrawn to Vienna, where he is staying at the Em- peror's palace. ijueen Natalie has now signiiioa her intention of returning to Bel- grade, whereupon the King telegraphed in all Imsto to his rrime Minister Uistics, not to allow the Queen to set her foot in the kingdom. M. Ristics, however, who is not only a pronounced Russophile, but has also been guilty of the most flagrant and almost public relations with the Queen during the past three years, has refused to obey his master's orders. Meanwhile Queen Natalie sends back all her husband's letters un- opened, and openly advises his removal from th« throne in favor of her 1'2-year-old son, who is with her. Altogether there is as pretty a state u( things at Belgrade at the present moment as coald well be imagined. Th* (ireen FIhk Inridenl. A London cable says: The capture of the green tlag carried by Mr. Murphy's yacht in Bantry Bay is causing a good deal m comment. Tlia followinj{ are tlui par. ticulars of the o<'.cnrrence : Captain Ulack- burne, of II. M. B. Bhahnon, caught sight of a green (tag flying at the masthead of a yacht in Bantry Bay, and at once de- â- patched n lK>at in pursuit of the treason- kble emblem. Lieut. Haul, who was in command of the lM>at, informed the owner of the yacht, Mr. Murphy, Nationalist M. P., that he was liable to a fine of i:.''iOO, •lid in spite of that gentleman's protests that he did not contemplate making war upon the Queen, but merely carried the flag as a distiiignishing signal, ho confis- cated the obno.\ioUH bunting and returned to the tihannon. The editor of .S'(. James' Vazelte says : " H. M. B. Shannon should have fired into the craft which flew the rebel flag in Bantry Bay, and should have sunk her or have carried her off asapriae." Mr. Murphy has brought suit against Capt. Dlackburne for trespass, laying the dam- ages at £1,000. King KnlnknuR Olitalns Fnnilii, A San Francisco despatch says : There is no doubt now that the Claus Spreckels interest has been fomenting trouble in Hawaii. The main desire was to defeat the Knglish loan. It lias come out to-day that the loan had lieen made and the money delivered. Snreckels had 8500,000 of Hawaiian bonaa, thrce-llfths on theislands, •II payable here. Those here have been promptly paid. Interest is stopped on the rest and they ari to be redeemed on pre- sentation, greatly to the disgust of the house. Two hundred thonuand dollars of the floating debt has been paid and DhOU,- (XH) applied to public improvements. The main trouble on the island is attributed to objections on the part of the missionary party to I'riine Minister Gibson, who was formerly a Mormon, and it is charged tliat he panders to the King's bkser tastes. It is .'jnught by those well-informed nu to Hawaiian affairs that a change of Minis- try will obviate trouble. The missionary party desires to displace Gibson. Starvation ;in Clili A Washington despatch says ; Mr. ,7. J. V. Baudinet, I'nited Stales Vioo-Consul at Mew Chwang, China, sends a harrowing account of a trip made by him through the flooded districts of China. He was dis- tributing food and nccesHnrfcs of life to the starving people, and relieved M'.Ml iwrsnns. He said he found the people generally liv- ing on bran, or the chaff of a large grass (;rown for feeding cattle. Some were reduced to eating chopiied grass, either â- noistenml with hot water or baked in cakes, while others fed on the loaves and seeds of wfyids gathoreil in the ticldi. In •ome of tlio villages half of the dwelling fi1ac(-»had been wsHhed away and the nhabitants were huddled together in the (emaiiiing ones. The deaths from starva- tfou hud been very nnmeroiiH, and the sights he saw in some of the villages were iiitiabte. â-  ' ^ â€" â€" Home time ago a valnablo canary of Ithaca lost its voice, snd when t«ken to n local bird dealer, saemed to huchooklDg to death. The dealer found that there Was • tumor, as large as • jma, growing at the root of the bird's tongue, and putting the little fellow under the influence of chloro- form, ho cut it away. The bird soon re- covered, snd now sings as well as ever. â- â€¢! Late Siottiib News. The jubilee of Rev. Dr. Macdonald, North Leith Free Church, was celebrated on June l.'ith. The mansion-house of Westerhill, near Annan, Dumfries^ihire, the residence of Captain R. Ewart, was destroyed by fire on the LOth inst. The death is aui.ounced, in his 8'2d year, of Mr. Robert Johnston, of May field, Loch - mabeii, DnmfriesHhire. The deceased was long in the Indian Civil Service, and had seen much of life and sport in the East. In connection with the unveiling of the monument of King Alexander III. at King- horn, Kifeshire, o:. the l'.)th of Julv, the freedom of the bi;rgb is to be conferred upon Lord Elgin and Mr. William Nelson, Edinburgh. The memorial -Bt'^ne of the New Barony Parish Church, winch is being erected in Townhead, Glasgow, nearly opposite the old building, was hiij on the 15th by Colonel Ilozicr of Mauldsli> Castle, in presence of • arge conconrse. At a meeting of tiie Building Committee of the Edinbugh Public Library Committee, Lord Provost Clark presiding, it was arranged that the fonndatiou-stone of the Library should U: laid by Mr. Andrew Carnegie on the afternoon of Saturday, 'Jth July. A great honor has been conferred on a Dumfriesshire trt I -t, Mr. W. E. Lockhart, R. 8. A., he having been commissioned by the Queen to paint thepictnreof the Jubilee service in Westminster Abbey on the 21st June. Mr. Lockhart is a native of Annan. A Jubilee cairn has been raised on the top of Ben Ledi by tiie Highlanders in the district. A messace was sent to Her Majesty to the foUoving effect: •••Loyal Highlanders by the aides of Looh Lubnaig and Loch Vennacher, and of OlentlnlaB, climbed Ben Ledi and erected on the sum mit of the hill a JubJee Memorial Caini, fnurtsen feet high. It was ebriiitened 'The Victoria Jubilee Cairn,' and the health of Her Majeiity was enthusiMtically pledged." According to n statement just published, colonial securiticH and investments are rising rapidly and greatly in favor with British capital) itd. Four years ago the capital thus invested was estimated at lOOO.UOO.OOO, while this year the amount is said to exceed t:70<J,0CO,<H)O. This is not surpriHing, seeing thut colonial securities are not, like foreign ones, subject to capri oioiis fluctuations with every false or silly mmor that is raised. Rev. James Barclay, of Montreal, besides preaching before Her Majesty in Crathie C'hurch on the fJth ult., had the honor of dining in the evei.ing with the Queen and royal family. The Queen attendcil the marriage of a daughter of one of th>' tenants on the Bal- moral estate on the 1 tth instant. This is the l\rst wedding in a Scottish farm house at which Her Majesty was present. The small farniors and crofters in the Murkle (Caithnessi liistrict have adopted a " Plan of Campaij;ii ' for themsi-lvrs, the principal feature of which is that landlords are to do paid not in money, but in kind, valued at the rates current when the pre- sent rents were lixed. Mr. Sims Reeves will, it is said, shortly appear in Glasgow a^ I aiirii Onbuliliitone in a revival of " Rob Roy " at the Royalty. 1'ho unrivalled tenor will bo sup[Kirted by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Howard as Hull and llden. AN UNPABALLKLED CASE. A New York GlrVit Attark of Illceooghs LuDtInc 8U Mouths. A Fonda, N. Y., despatch says : I'he condition of Miss Jennie Sullivan, who has been suffering for the past six months froin hiccoughs, is still attracting the at- tention of the medical fraternity through- out central New York. The case becomes more perplexing every day. Since the first attack of the malady Miss Sullivan has been living entirely on milk, her stomach refusing to retain stronger food. When she is suffering a paroxysm it re- quires the strength of three or four men to hold the young woman in bed. She is re- duced to little more than a skeleton, but if her constitution is sufficiently strong it is said she can wear the hiccoughs out in time. The case is almost unparalleled in medical history. Some Freaks of Mature. Mrs. Rosanna Dennis, of Tifi&n, O., died of dropsy seventeen years ago, and her body, which was disinterred the other day, was found to be thoroughly petrified, with the e.xception of the feet. It was so heavy that ten men were re<juired to move it. A piece chipped from the body resembled flinty limestone. The wife of Mr. Hey, of Americns, Ga., wears a handsome breastpin which was made out of a petrified strawberry which grew on her hnsb«nd'a farm. The berry is beautifully colored, resembling • bright ruby, and is very hard. It weighs about two ounces, and glistens in the light like a ball of fire. Ara Soule, of Grant, Minn., noticed that one of his favorite hens had ceased laying eggs, but was growing remarkably large. Finally, after attaining an astonishing sii^e the hen died, and Mr. Soule was curious enough to hold a post-mortem examination. He cut the fowl open and was somewhat astenished when four well -developed spring chickens popped out and began strutting around the barnyard. Ue supposes that some trouble with the hen's organization had stopped the egress of the eggs and that the natural heat of her body incnb«ted the chicken germs. The petrified body of a himian being was found on the farm of Martin Edwards, near Windsor, 111., in a ditch last week. The body is that of a short fleshy person, and is supposed to be that of an ancient luound-buildor. It is very hard, and looks exactly like soapstone. The head is long and narrow, the forehead high and promi- nent, with high jsheek-bones, square chin and a small neck. The body was broken off at the knees, the lower limbs being missing. Its total length, to the knees, is two feet nine inches, and its weight is about 1 ro potmds. A Urn nf Horrors. A New York despatch Hays : A frightful condition of affairs rc^â- arding the treatment of pauiwr insane at Ward's Islaml Asylum was rovoaled at the State Hoard of (!hart- ties investigation of the Department of Charities and Correction, instituted at the Mayor's re<| nest, and which was begun at the City Hall yesterday. It was shown that in the building, whose capacity was 1,000, 1,400 patients are crowded; that patients pro also kept in outside buildings wholly uninhabitable; that wards, the dhpacity of which is 45, contain nearly twice that number of violently insane per- sons with only livi attendants; and that the food furnished tx not snRicient either in quality or ijuantity. President Sim- mons, of the Boaril, admitted these facts, and said they could not be avoided, because the Board of Apportionment refused to give them the necessary funds. Loiiii Poiii'UKHTRR, eldest son of the Earl of Carnarvon, is of age this week, and conies at once into the enjoyment of the splendid Chesterfield property, which wasleft by the seventh Karl of dliesterUeld to his sister, the late Lady Oarnarvoti, for her life and then to her children in strict entail. The property now yields moro tlmu ?l'00,00<> u yoar. When Lord Poruheater inhciitH liis father's estatcshewillhaveat leftst tl50,000 a year more. Hoveral thousand match- making maminan in England aie thinking how to get his Lordship »C(]akiflted with their daughters. There is an old lady in Georgia who will never send ono of her daughters to Vassar College. " What with their coats, an' vests, an' jockey hats," she says, " women is nigh enough like men now, 'tliout makin' baob- slors of 'em."â€" ,Saronna/i New$. â- â- .i^^imi»- The Crimes Rlll. A last (Thursday) night's London cable says: In the House of Commons to-night Mr. W. II. Smith moved that if the report on the Crimes Bill be not reached on Mon- day closure bo applied. The Parnellites opposed the motion, which, however, was carried by a vote of T20 to ViO. The H|>caker then called upon the Parnellites to move the amendments standing opposite their names on tbe notice paper. The Pamellitev who were watching the pro. ccedingg from the members' side made no reply. The amendments introduced by Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland were agreed to without debate and the Bill was reported. Mr. Balfoar announced that the third reading of the Bill would bo moved on Tue.Hday next. The roil says that Mr. (Gladstone will move the rejection of the Crimes Bill when the measure comes up for its third reading. How H« Fooled IheFIIeii. A bald-headed St. Louis man, who has been troubled by flies, has devised a scheme to get rid of the troublesome insects. Ho noticed that a lly always walks upward. Put a fly on a window, and up he goes toward the top; he can't be made to walk downward, l^orthwith he made a window screen divide* in half. The upper half lapiied over the lower, with an inch of g{>ace between. As soon as a fly would light on the screen it would prooee<l to travel up. wani, and would thus walk straight out- doors. On reaching the top of the lower half he would be outside. Not being able to walk down, he had no way to return to the room. TBIjBGRAPHIO SUMMAKY. The Parthia has arrived at Victoria, B. C, from Yokohama. Payment of the claims adjusted by the Rebellion Losses Commission will be com- menced shortly. The hearing of the evidence in the Ayer customs case was concluded in the Ex- chequer Court at Ottawa on Saturday, the Chief Justice fixing September 21st for hearing the argument of counsel. Rev. P. C. Angier, a gentleman from Central France, who has been appointed Superior of the Oblate Order in Canada, arrived in Ottawa yesterday. He succeeds the Rev. Father Antonie, of Montreal, who goes to Paris. While Godfrey, a young man from St. Jerome, was engaged in a friendly wrestling bout with a friend at Montreal yesterday morning, the former was thrown violently to the floor. After arising and staggering about for a few minutes he again fell to the ground and almost instantly expired. Mr. John Shaw, private banker, of Wards- ville, has departed for the States, leaving behind him many confiding depositors to mourn his loss. He left letters stating that owing to heavy loans be was unable to meet his obligations, but hoi>ed to do so at a fatnre day. This event has paralyzed business in Wardsville, and is a topic for he quidnuncs to ponderover. His liabili- ties are reported to be over 910,000. The Maharajah of Jadhpore has donated £10,000 to the Imperial Institute. There is a scarcity of water in Belfast in consequence of the drouth and work in the mills is being partly stopped. Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii is among the passengers on the Servia, which sailed from Queenstown yesterday for New York. Advices from Afghanistan confirm the reports of two defeats of the Ghilzais re- cently with heavy losses. The first defeat was on Jtme 13th and second on the ICth. The Budget Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies have postponed the mobilization of the army nntU next year on the ground of eoonomy. The relations between Germany and Rus- sia are becoming very strained, and atten- tion is drawn to the fact of the immense amount of (rerman money that is invested in Russian bonds. ^be United Socialist Clubs of London are arranging a big excursion to Epping Forest on July 10th, and will send the proceeds to Chicago to relieve the Anarchists who are under sentence of death. The Xorth tlfrman Gazette says that the policy pursued by France of persecuting foreigners, not excepting Englishmen, is a sufficient justification of the refusal of the Continental countries to take part in the Paris Exposition. In Valencia, Spain, on Saturday, the houses of the Octroi collectors were at- tacked and destroyed by a mob of the in- habitants of the town, who protested against the payment of taxes. The dis- turbed district is now occupied by troops. A new Russian coercive measure directs Government employees in Poland to for ward freijuently to St. Petersburg com plete lists of resident foreigners. Jews are not allowed to remain in St. I'etersburg magnificent steam yscAft New York on Saturday morning for m-o years' cruise around the world. Bft'-tnderbilt, his wife and children are Oward. The first stop will be at Gibraltan Gastave and Leonard lige, brothers, aged 23 and 20, were drow while bath- ing in Buffalo harbor on tnrday after- noon. James Newman, gad 7, was drowned an hour later wbftithing in the same place. A number of convictBttempted to escape from the State Priliat Folsom, Cal., yesterday afternoon, fhe guard opened fire on the fleeing m«ith a Gat- ling gun and one of them -, instantly killed. Another received th»ounds and will die. Thus ended the «;;%. Dr. James Taylor, of the B^u of Con- tagious Diseases, reports that.ere is an alarming increase uf diphtht in New York city, and especially in titenement district. The report for Junesh<521 cases and 21G deaths. Children are I greatest sufferers. The Board of Heakis called npon to take active measures to amp out the disease. Philip Matthews, aged 13, I sister, aged 2, and Catharine Kelly, a ivant in the Matthews family, went oubi a row boat on Saturday afternoon on tlCroton River, at New York. When neat small islaud young Matthews got out of le boat and waded in the water. He gotmyond his depth, and throwing up his ban cried for help. Catharine jumpied intothw&ter to save him, but the boy got a tig grip on her dress and both were dtHrned together. Little Katie managed t row the boat to shore near her home. i loifger thati a week, and are -noi aAlowtid) «4 ike population. The bones of the A Faalof Slxly-elfht Uayii. A Port Carlin, Muskoka, despatch says: Early yesterday morning Mr. F. Bisson- erte, a former resident of Medora town- ship, died here after a fast of (>8 days. Some two years ago the deceased had a paralytic stroke, which finally resulted in his being unable to take food, and he con- tinued in this condition for the period named. Up to Friday last ho was (initeablo to sit prop{ied up in bed. WhyltWnii Callnl "She." When H. Rider Iloggard was a child he had a very ancient and battered wooden doll, which had been handed down by n former generation, and was regarded, ugly as it was, with i>oculiar affection by the girls of the family. The doll, which had lost its eyes in the oourso of time, was known to all the children as " She." This is the origin of Mr. Haggard's odd title for his celebrated romance. How He Will FU Them. Nebraska Farmer â€" These railroads are getting entirely too numerous and impu- dent, but I'll fix 'em. Railroad Sui>erintetidentâ€" Well, what do you propose to do about it 7 Nebraska Farmerâ€" Why, you see, thoy run so blamed slow that I ve brought suit for damages against 'em for sliadin' tlie cri'ps.- Oi/MjArt Worlil, She Loved Hlui " All the Same." As the Boston Tramcript thinks, a genuine foininine inconsistency appears in the following note left by a wife in New Vork for her husband, from whom slie had ran away with another man : i Dkah Wii.t. - 1 am eolng to better uiyeelf, ao lUin't worry. I leavu the city. Your wife. No Moor. I love you just the aaiiio. Some wag started the story in England that the Queen would present six guineas and a silver cradle to every oliild liorn on Jubilee day. Already over 100 applications have been made tu Her Majesty to fulfil her promise. to enter corporations or academies. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies has adopted a Bill declaring two-fifths of a workman's pay inalienable, and one-fifth free from liability to be taken even in local process. Clerks' salaries are made free from liability to seizure tmless they ex- ceed $240 per annum. During the Jubilee festivities the Queen entertained over 5,0<MI guests. The ex- (jense of entertaining all the sovereigns and princes from abroad during the past two weeks is borne entirely by the Queen's privy purse and is eatiniated at $500,000, if not more. Mgr. Boilla, the PapalNuncio at Munich, who went to London to represent the Pope at the Queen's Jubilee, departed yesterday for Brussels. The Duke of Norfolk and a number of other distinguished British Catholics accompanied the Nuncio to tho railway station and in bidding him fare- well they kissed his hand. Commander Charles Le Strange, of the British despatch boat Surprise, is missing. He was at Marseilles awaiting the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh, whom the Surprise was to convey to Malta. Last We<liiesJay Conunander Lc Strange visited the suburbs of Marseilles, and he has not been seen or heard from since. The French Chamber of Deputies has agroe«l that youths of '20, liable under the present laws to military duty, may upon rt<<iuest have tho date of their entry post- poned a year and possibly two years, if the time is retjuired for the completion of studies, apprenticeship, etc. A third and even fourth yoar may be allowed nniversity students, students of seminaries, pupils of Catholic colleges and those of certain technical schools. The Queen on Saturday reviewed the London Volunteers, who turned out to the number of .50.000. Several members of the Canadian Wimbledon team were pre- sent and were given a position of honor near the massed bands of the brigade of Guards. The review took place in front of Buckingham Palace. There was a great attendance of spectators. Numerically tho review was a great success. The boat became great during the marching, and a number of the men were incapacitated. One of tho features of the drill, which was expected to show the troops to great advantage, was a march through the Buck- inghaiii Palace gates and reforming In double column. This was so illexeunted, however, that many of the men stumbled and fell and oansed much awkward -„00a- fusion. The Queen luanifeHted interest in the drill. Three cases of fatal shooting and assault occurred in Chicago last night. Heavy earthquakes have taken place at Bavispe in Bonora. Throe hundred shocks have occurred since May 3rd. Jacob Sharp passed a restless night on Saturday and is growing we^^ker. His fam- ily spent much of yestord.y with him. At times he fell into a lethar^-c state. Nearly 200 people were poisoned on Fri- day night at Amboy, O., by eating icecream at a church social. None of thorn are dan- gerously ill. Tho physicians are unable to explain the presence of (loison in the cream. The Alva, Mr. William K. Vanderbilt's "There Were Great Men." An opinion was current in thelast oeutur>' that our ancestors, at some me in the past, were the eijuals or superiot in size to the largest meu now to be fond. y. Henrion jiresented to the Academtde Inscriptions, in 1718, a memoir on he variations in the size of man from tie beginning of the world to the Christian aa, in which Adam was given 123 feet 'J inchv, and Eve 118 feet 9i{ inches. But after tie first pair, the human race, in his imagint tion, suffered a regular decrease, so tha Noah was only 100 feet high, while Abra ham shrank down to twenty.eight feet Moses to thirteen feet, the mighty Herculel to ten feet eight and a half inches, and Ale-xauder the Great to a bare six feet and a half. The communication, it is said, was Veceived with enthusiasm, and was regarded, at the time, as a •'wonderful discovery" and a " sublime vision." The oomplamt about the degeneracy of the human race is not new, but dates as far back as the time ei Homer, at least ; for the men of his day were not like the heroes of whom he sang. It is not confirmed, but is contradicted by all the tangible facts, and these are not a few. Human remains that are exhumed, after having reposed in the grave for many centuries, as in the catacombs of Paris, have nothing gigantic about them. The armor, the cuirasses and the casques of the warriors of the middle ages can be worn by modern soldiers, and many of the knight's suits would be too small for the cuirassiers of the European armies; yet they were worn by the selected men, who were better fed, stronger and more robust than the rest ancient Gauls, which were uncoverM in tho excavations of tumuli, while they are of large dimensions, are comparable with those of the existing population in many places in France. The Egyptian mummies are tho remains of |>ersous of small or medium stature, as are also the Peruvian and Mexican mummies, and the mummies and bones found in the ancient monuments of India and Persia. And even the most ancient relics we possess of individuals of the human species, the bones of men who lived in the tertiary [leriod, an epoch the remote antiquity of which goes back for hundreds of centuries, do not show any important differences in the size of the primitive and of the modern man.â€" i'o^u- lar Science Monthly. Why Hoys Should Not be .Snubl>eil. A most charmingly kind and charitable paper is that little monthly />iim6 .-iHimnii. And now after kind words for all sorts of birds, beasts and fishes, it bravely speaks a kind word for the boys : Don't snub a boy because he wears shabby clothes. When Edison, tho inventor of the telephone, first entered Boston he wore a pair of yellow linen breeches in tho depth of winter. Don't snub a boy because his home is plain and unpretending. .\braham Lincoln's home was a log cabin. Don't snub a boy because of a dulness in his lessons. Hogarth, the colebrate«l painter and en- graver, was a stupid boy at his books. Don't snub a boy because of the ignorance of his parents. Shaksiware, the world's poet, was the son of a man who was unable to write his own name. Don't snub a boy because he chooses an humble trade. The author of the " Pilgrim's Progress " was a tinker. Don't snub a boy because of phy- sical disability. Milton was blind. Don't snub a Ixiy because ho stutters. Demos- thenes, tho great orator of Greece, over- come a harsh and stammering voice. , How II Ih To-day. Youthâ€" My dear, we could be married now if you would be willing to live in a four- room house. Practical girlâ€" Let me see. Well.wewould have to reserve one room for a parlor, you know. " 1 suppose ao." " Yes, and the second room could bo kept for a drawing room, just for friends and relatives, because it would ruin the parlor to open it often, you know." " I suppose so." L,^ "That leaves ns two rooms, and one of "'JP'^them would have to be fitted up for a sewing- room, because when people run in in a hurry I would not like to have the drawing roMt all littered up. Has the house any onsets ? " "No, I believe not." " Then the fourth room would have to be used for a closet. Such a house wouldn't do, dear. There wouUl be no place to eat or sleep." ♦- , One hundred Moors, bearing firearms, attacked the Spahi patrol at Beskati, iii Algiers, killing and wounding' severaL Many Moors ware also killed and wounded. The military Intervened and stopped the fighting. Thirty of the IMoors wer« arrested. Quiet has been restored. ^: it *MA.f 1^'' *