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V Modcra Lot*. T« lis cnlv n wwik hti'i V. nlj(ht, You Kaid • good l.yu ' &t the g»rdeo gate. •Die wind bre»thpcl k l»ugli to the p«iil»r le»vot. Aud • uigtitiogkle hutig o( lore to lu mat«. The fireflleeRloamed through the meadow dark, Wtitre the river rao gaily to meet the lua, And c very word wan a eweet carm, Kre you tald "good nlgbt" at the gate to me. Yoa ipokb of life " as a i>rublem dread, " Ana breathed a aigb for ><iar luuely lot. Then begged a panay from luy hair. And a aprlg of blue forget uii> not. You Kald, 'twai ho bad to live uriloved â€" 'J'hftt love waa lovf^ for*iV(;r and aye ! Aiid Implied, you nes'er CL<uld love but one ; Yoor heart would break if 1 iiaid yuu nay. '^'itO apoke so long of uien ani b'>ok»-.. That mine eym grew dim, aud brain did reel At you (juot«d of Tennyb jl inarjy a paife. And aekb^ " if I didn't 'lote uu ' l.'^cUle'' '1'was only a wei^k. and yet Uj i:l({bt I hit aiuue in ilit; eba'lowB drear, Ah tbfj iii'jon creeph (jver the p<»plar treoH, And liiit fur a i.iep which I leldoui biar. Hut Poon a voiceâ€" and two uhaliws pa»«. When 1 bear once mfrr; an oil refrain â€" He ii rjuotiug Lucille %u<\ L'fCk^U-y HixU. To iiiy pretty neiKbhor down in tt.e lano. The City of I>a>td To-day. The town is as compact today ae it was when David Ihrummed opon hia harp and tbe tribee Dot ooly of I'aleatice bat of all the world oame here to worship. There »re Eoagnifioeiit monaBteriea 3Cattcred throagboat the city, and on the very top of Iht MoDDtol Oliveii a i>reat RuBsian charr b liftK it! bulboii* dom-M towar i heaven. In tbe Osrden of Gethaemane, where ChrJHt cpant the Diifht before he wai cracificj, there ia a rebting place for pilgrims, and the Komao Otbolica have 1,500 brotbera and listern io their monasteries and con- veots, while the old Armenian Cbaroh has a big monastery near tbe gate of ZioB v.liicb cODtaiuH I'lO monks and wliicb can iiccommodate 2,000 pilgrims. There are Greek Christians here by the thousanda K.nd there are Syriana and Gopta by the hundreds. There are Abyesinian priests with faoes as black as yoar hat, and yoa may >.?e every costume and hear every lan(:aage in the worahippers who gather «roand the holy lepalcbre. The Jeraaalem cf to-day ia the Mecca of millions of soalt. ]t IS tohunlreds of millions the holiest Kp'it on the face cf the earth. And amocg tlie otbere whom I have met in Palestine is tbe party of American Koman Catboli' i, the lirkt jiilgrimage which has ever been made to the holy city by a band from tbe United BtatcN It is, above all, a religioas city, and, stranger than all, it is again becoming a city of the Jews. The .Tews are fast coming back into Palestine, and the Jews of Jerosalem, who now make op a large part of the oity, are far different from their brothers in any oth'T part of the world. Their movem< nt toward the holy land is strange, and their life here is BO interesting that I have made it the subject of inveatigation â€" /. 'V. ' nritrnt'r'i Jfniialrm Letlrr in Ihf I' ilDitpatch. THE FACILE PENCIL. RiKbt Terrors In Children. Mentally active children of high etrung iiervoaa eyatem occaxionally nufler from what are termed " aight terrors." These |>aroiysma oome on suddenly daring sleep, the victim start log ap, crying or screaming, Knd exhibiting other signs of great terror. Kuch attacks arc often qait'e obatinate, and it generally takes some time to fully awaken the safiferer and bring him to the realization of where be is, and that he is in no danger. Tbe paroxysms in somecaHes come every few nights for'jiiite a long time, and natarally oooasion tbe parents macfa annoyance, if not intense diagoHt, after they know their character. They treat the ao- fortanate with consideration at lirat, but are extremely likely before long to show a good deal of temper and impatience if, Sk they term them, tbe " crazy spells " are of fretjaent oocarrence. The victim of aaub attacks is in no wise to blame, and to use harab ineasurea would be simply inhuman, aiid add to hia terror. Kind and reasoning words arc what is needed at such times. If several attacks have 'jcc .rred it is safe to asaamc that medical treatment is oeccs. B&ry, and a physician should be consulted. â€"Kx. A Pol I Kb ElertloD I>od(r. At an election in Poland the other day • Bmart young candidate tried a manouvre which almost deserved to succeed for its ingenuity. Nearly all the peasants were agaioet him, and the problem was how to prevent them from voting. The interval II very short between tbe time when they leave off work and the closing of tbe polls, so that at the last half hour a great crowd was waiting. Huddenly there wau a cry of " lire " and a rattling of engines. But tbe rase did not succeed, the stolid coun- trymen first waiting to record their vole, and then hurrying ofT to discusi the con- fla|{ration. â€" I^tridon Olahe. l>esacraUun of Hunday In Enffland The battle against desecration of hiuo- day continues to rage furiously in Eng- land. The Hunday observance societieN have attacked the cheap exouraion sys tema of the Brighton Railways, which allows the poorer classes to spend Hub day at the Keaside. They have even got a large number of tbe shareholders of the roid to sign a petition against tbe eyatem. B> A. Ol'nk, M.D., Dean and Professor of Bargery, of the United Htatei Medical Col- lege ; Editor of " Medical Trihune," Author of "Onnn's New and Improved Hand-book of Hygiene and Domestic Medicine," refer- rirg to Warner's Safe Cure, said : " I find tliat in Bright'H disease it seems to act as a aolveot of albumen ; to soothe and heal the inllamed membranes, and wash outepithel- ial debris which blocks up the tubuli urini- feri (urine beating tubes) ; and to prevent the destructive meamorpeosis of tissue * * * I am willing to acknowledge and commend thus frankly the value of Warner's Hafe Care. A B4-»l Neeeaalty. Committeeman -Before engaging you for our pastorate we ubould like to know if you can preach without notes. P aslorâ€" No, sir. Bank notes are a neces- sity with me. Adaâ€" So you have been to see your hasband's friends, have yoa, Lola ? And how did you like his mother 7 Lula Oh I ever â- o much, Ada ; nhe msde me feel ho iiiuoh Bt home. Why, in less than 24 hours after I arrived there abe bad m« in the kitcbes <lripia« diibei. Shorthand as a Profession Very Much Overcrowded. FEW EEMUNEEATIVE POSITIOBB. Some Well Paid tVrl tern â€"The Various Systaims â€" LJkdy steoocraphers â€" Some Advice to HtiKleutii. In this age of hurry and ruah it ia but natural that shorthand shooid receive con- siderable attention. The saving in time which it effects for those whose time is very valuable, to say nothing of tbe facili ties it affords for securing tbe words of public iipeakera or the evidence of wit- nesses, jastit:es placing it tiigb up in the educational curriculum. But just now, I fancy, it is being rather run into the ground. When men are found who actually advertise over tbeir own signatures for " competent stenographers " at a salary of nine dollars a week, there ia re<iair(d no further evidence of a glut in tbe steno- grapher market than the fact that such poeitiouH are regarded as " snaps." Not, of course, by " competent " stenographers, in the correct sense ; but as they go they till tbe plaMS and cut down tbeligures paid really expert men (who are not plentiful j and drive them out of the business. Perhaps you are thinking of studying some jyetem of aborthaod, and if so I would not dihcourage you. There ure v»ry few people nowadays to whom a know ledge of shorthand â€" even if not very thoruai<hâ€" would not prove useful, if prac- tice be maii.tained. But it you purpose depending on tbe use of tbe knowledge of shorthand you expect to gam to make a living a few friendly hints to euuble yon to take etsck of the prospect, uointluenoed by some a.;liool prospectus, may be much to your advantage. The "fat" situations for shorthand writers are oontined chietly to tbe otiiuial reporters of the Ilouses of Parliament, the courts, a few leading railway offices, and fewer of tbe larger newspaper offices. In- side of tbia charmed circle tbe remunera- tion is ^ood. Murphy, chief of stafl at the l/'aited Slates Capitol, is the best paid I'nited States oflioer below the President, and receives the somewhat princely salary of ^'25,000 a year and perrjuisites. On his shoulders reuts the entire responsibility of the work of the Congressional I'.ecord and the Senatorial Debates. lie has under him a staff of JO to 25 of tbe best reporters he can liod ; and he can size up a pencil pusher very quickly. lie is a pnenomenal man aud an expert writer of tbe Graham modification of Pitman's nystem, known as Standard Phonography. Bome very large sized stories are told of bis work and, as all stenographers of eaperienoe know, many of them will stand being very heavily dis- counted. At Ottawa tbe Hansard reporters receive }1,500 a year; and there are some of our reporters of tbe liigb Court of Justice who receive an much and augment that tigure considerably by transcripts. They receive either a statml salary per annum or a per diem allowance for attend- ance, with ten cents per folio of 100 words for copies of the evidence when refjuired. When they get a long case where two to four copies are re<|uired, and can be mani- folded on the typewriter, they have a soft snap. Two of our best known and most competent court repfirters in Ontario rkre Mr. .Nelson liutcber and Mr. A. J. Uender- son, Toronto, to either of whom an all ilay take offers no terrors. Outside of the positions above re ferred to, and which require not only rapidity on the part of tbe writer but also a broad education and general acjuaintance with the particular line of worn entered npoii, there are other openings for the aspirant to stenography, chiefly as amanuenses. Tbe salaries are not usually large, and the rapid influx of women into the held has tended to still lower rates, until to day she is practically master, or rather mistress, of the situation. It is an occupation for which women are well adapted, and when with fair education and moderate speed she combines tbe use of the typewriter, such a situation affords a young woman a clean, dignified and pleasant means of livelihood. Tbe held of amanocuhis work promisee to become, as a rule, more and more a woman's preoerve. If you are |:;oing to etudy with the view to entering that held you mast expect her to fix your salary. But tnere are many ways io which the accomplishment will provi- beneficial to you in-lirectly, that is, other than as a main reliance. If you enUr the ministry it will bless you daily ; if you study law it will be your junior counsel always and aid you in a hundred ways ; if you follow medicine it will save you much valaable time and be tbe means of preserving full and interesting notes which would, did you lack it, never be taken. If you area news- paper man it will prove daily useful. If you are in business at all it will save you time, and time is money. Bat what I am trying to impress upon you is that as a means of livelihoodâ€" as a profession â€" it is a braised reed. What system should yoa learn ? Well, that ia a question ap<jn which there is, naturally, much divergence of opinion, and 1 do not feel called upon to become arbiter. I have had some experience, and while I feel quite convinced that I write (indiffer- ently, of course) the best system I oiaat admit I have met writers of other systems who did good work. In general, practical reporters in Canada write either Pitman's system or Orabam'n, which is known as Htandard Phonography and which is based on tbe same general princi- ples as Pitman's. In Washington I fonod the great majority of those who oooapied official positions wrote the Htandard, while not one, during my term there, wrote other than Pitman's or (irabam's. With cither great h peed is attainable. On Anguit U'iad or last year a great speed test took place at Lake George, K. V., beforf a committee of judges and under stringent rules. Three of the parties entering for tbe S300 in prizes wrote the Oraham ayutem and one the Manaon system, lbs test was a five-minute " take" of strange matter, read by a copyholder to each con- testant, after a synopsis of tbe matter had been previously read to him. Kach had three tests. The most favorable in each was then copied, counted, errora da- dooted and the prizes awarded. The committee awarded Mr. I. B. Dement, Chicago, 1st, (1,269 words) and Mr. Fred. Ireland, Detroit, 2nd, (1,202 words). Both gentlemen are official stenographers in constant practice, and both write the Graham system. Mr. Nlcboles, who wrote the Mnnson system, failed to decipher hia notes. I understand Ur. Ireland has since beaten his perform- ance. This is, however, not ordinary work; it is phenomonal. i;'ew write over 1-SO words per minnte, and a speed of 120 is more common, even among fair short- handers. The amount of matter taken down in a few hours at that speed would astonish tbe uninitiated. And don't be misled by promises to turn you out a Hkilled shorthand reporter in three months. That is pare deception. You can no more be turned oat a re- porter in that time than you coald be turned oat a chemist, a physician or a lawyer. True, you can learn the principles of the art, but the aorjoiaitioD of speed, tbe thousand and one things necessary to qualify yoa as an expert all- round, or even special, reporter maat be a matter of mach patient study and culti- vation. You may set it down as a basic principle that yon can only report what you know. Perhaps you have read some of the tall storiea with which waggish fellows stuff the credoloas, each as that whopper about the Btenograpber taking a verbatim report of a speech in a foreign tongue, cf which he knew not a word ; about Marphy reporting ambidexteroosly and taking two, or even three, speakers at a time. That is aJl very pictures<jae fiction. Bat to report yoa muit comprehend. It ia related of a mem- ber of the English Commons that be almost bad a fit when he read his speech as taken by a rapid (but not expertj reporter, in which bis lu lioaven yclept Kupbroiyue was rendered : In heaven ibs crept and froze bor knno. The merely mechanical reporter will never become expert. To be a success the re- porter muat be an omniverouj reader, a close student of men and things, a man of good reasoning powers and ab^ve all of instant and unerring decision. Possessed of these qualifioations, with a special apt- ness for tbe particular branch in which his services are engaged, unremitting study and devotion to his work should win for him the not too mnnifioent remuneration good poHitions in this overcrowded profes- sion yield. Mx.'KiL-KrrK. The Fnople Like It. The precedent set by the marriage of the Princess Loaise to the Marquis of Lome scarcely stirred tbe same feelings, for it was not BO important. The illustrious lady at tbe time of her wedding, if our memory does not mislead us, stood only twenty- sixth in the order of eaccession. Bat the death of the venerable <.^ueeii and the acces- sion of the Prince of Wales to the throne elevate the DucbeHt of Fife to a distinct civic status in the eyes of the law aa Princess Iloyal of England. At this very moment, indeed, she stands third after the heir-apparent in tbe socoeHaion to tbe throne. That she haa, in such circum- atancee, been permitted to wed oat of tbe royal caste, and to select a huab&nd, not from a minor Tertonic "dukery," if we may venture to appro))riate a favorite phrase of Lord Beaoonsfield's. but from the ranks of the English nobility, is to the Koitlish people a fact of no ordinary signi- ficance. It is a Hign that in the highest quarters there ia some desire to break tbe tradition perpetuated since the time cf George II., that it is necessary to keep the Hoyal I'amily of England, or rather thoae of them who are near tbe succession, ex- clusively German. Tbe oatbarst of popular congratulation with which Her Royal Uighneaa' marriage wsh bailed on Baturday all over tbe Empire may be taken aa show- ing that Englishmen are well pleased to find that thia tradition ia no longer to be held as sacrosanct. Perhaps it may be even taken as confirming the view of tbe shrewd hiHlorian, who held that Kngliah- men alwaya in tbeir heart of hearts hated the Hoyal Marriage Act aa a thin^ offensive to their insular pride and prejudices, and that they only tolerated it when it was Saaaed becauae they did not want to aee Irs. I'it/herbert (^aeen of England.â€" I.onii'jn lidily ChronicU. A Surplus of WIdowM. It appears from the last statistical re turns that there are about 1,000.000 more women than men in Kngland, and many of these are widows. This is a very surprising diaoovery. It may be explained, however. In England, as in all old settled couutries, women predominate namerically over men, partly in conscquouoe of the superior vitality of girl babies over boy babies ; partly because of tbe large nambor of young men who go abroad. In Kngland, widows are addicted to tbe practice of marrying again. liow, then, does it come that the number of widows so largely pre- dominates over that of widowers 7 The explanation is that there are more old men who marry yoang women than there are young men who marry old women. A large class of men postpone matrimony until late in life. They enjoy the desolate freedom of the bachelor; they are afraid of marrying on scanty means ; they dread tbe loBH of their freedom ; they have never met the right girl. Thus they only resort to matrimony when they find they abso lately need fem^le companionship. Such middle-aged men usually marry women of 'i;t, or, at any rate, women under 30. It ia obvioDB that, all other things boing eqaal, the chances are that a woman of 25 will outlive a man of 45. Tbe average life of men in eauy circumstances is not over (>0 years. If the husband dies at 00, the wife, if she ia married at 2.'i, will be 40 at tbe time of hia death, and she will have a fair prospect of twenty years' more life. Hence the sarplus of widows. A Physical Demonttration. Inqairerâ€" How does yoar protracted meeting prosper, paator ? Parson â€" On, very well. There's a great wakening at the oloau of every aermoo. â€" " Where are we going now ?" said thu prisoner, as the guard loaded him into the Black Maria. " Yoo're going to the Police Court," was the reply. " Ah, I see ; we are merely out for a trial trip." A volume of the poema of Frederic Ten nyson, eldest brother of the poet laureate, is among the reprints in contemplation in London. They have become diffioalt to prooare. THUMB ACTOeBAPHB. A Movel Method of IdentlfylDC CrlmlaaU. Two men of acienoe in two different coantriea â€" Francia Oalton in England and M. Bertillon in France â€" have lately re- commended a means of identification which policemen and detectives, with all their ingenuity, aeem never to have em- ployed. These gentlemen have observed that the human thumb dipped in ink, in blood, in black lead or in any other loose, adhering eabstance, and pressed upon a sheet of paper, leaves a mark which ia perfectly cbaracteriatic of the individual. Mr. Galton baa remarked that no two persons' thumbs make the same mark ; tbe lines and depressions in the akin, which make a series of wave lines when pressed upon paper, are never the same in two different individuals. It is urged that this fact would be of very great value in the administration of jaatice, becauae a criminal's thumb mark would be a sure means of identifying him, no matter what disguise he might assume. It a basi- ness man wishes to make use of a signature which ia quite impossible to forge or coun- terfeit, he has only to dip hia thumb in his ink battle and make a mark with it ia con- nection with bis written name- No other thumb will make the same mark, and it would be practically impoEsible for anyone to imitate thia new kind of "autograph" with a pen or other mechanical means. " In testimony whereof I hereunto set my band and thumb," tbe new form of subscription may some time in the fulare, run, the seal having by that time perhaps completely gone out of ase, as it has now except on official docamenta and with fashionable letter writers. The ex- periment with tbe thumb mark may be made by any one who will take a knife blade, hold it over a lamp until it ia Mack with smoke, allow it to cool, apply tbe thumb to tbe black surface, and then press it lightly upon a slightly sticky bit of paper, sacb as the back of a postage stamp. Examined with a magnifying glasa, the differences in the thumb marks of different iuflividoals come out very strongly. Ac- cording to Mr. Galton, thumbs run in family groups, dividing themselves, as it were, into seven or eight distinct types or grand divisions ; but within these divisions the differenoea are so marked as to leave no chance for confasioo. â€" Sea York Preu. The HomeleBalu France. No Bocb institation as our English work- house exists in France, the only shelter offered those unfortunate members of tbe human family who find themselves house- less and penniless being the night asylums, which, though admirable institutions in their way, are kept up by private charity, and can receive bat a very limited number of the applicants who crowd round the doors both winter and summer. That the absence of workhoases in France does not, however, imply much greater prosperity or thrift than in England is proved by a statement recently made in tbe Chamber of Depatiea by the member for Indre-et- Loire, who informed the Minister of the Interior that in one commune of his de- partment reckoning 0,000 inhabitants, no fewer than 1,400 vagrants bad been known to present themselves for alms io a single day. ThiH instance was adduced as an ex- mple of the great increase in the number of vagabonds, dae presumably, as M. Con- fltana observed, to the hard times ex- perienced by many of the working classes daring the past few years. It may be added that to put down vagabondage in France ia not easy, offenders of this class only being liable to prosecution in tbe event of their having neither domicile, nor profesHioo, nor recognized tradeâ€" three con- ditiooH that are rarely met with together. London Standard. What Id iSeauty T A young gentleman, describing a young girl to some of his friends, said that ahe was beautiful. They natarally expected to see some radiant creature with whom they would be instantly charmed. Thia, how- ever, was not the case, for they foand the girl extremely plain, and a laagb was in- dulged in at the young man's expense. liut in a very abort time bis friends found that they had laughed too soon- Tbe young laily was one of a large pleasure party which went off on a week's outing; and when the party returned, (here waa not one among them who did not think her beauti- ful. It was she who had responded most quickly to the requests of her elders, rendering sweet service in a charming way which can be better understooil by the de- lighted recipient than by any pen-picture, however vivid. It waa she who had run with gentle helpfulness to the rescue of every troubled child, she who had given up her seat to an older and a more wearied person, with a tact not always shown even by kindly disposed persons. In fact, she had nnostentatioualy done the countless loving little acts which stamp the doer as a follower of the " One altogether lovely." â€" Preibtjterian. â€" Printers' types are not qaanelaome, as a general thing, but we have seen a quad- rangle. â€" In character, in manner, in style, in all things the supreme excellency ia in sim- plicity. â€" Tbe wages of sin may be death, but pay day freqaently comes so late tbe good effect is lost, Bia mSTAXE. There was musie in tbe parlor, Hweet aire were fiufily played, Anil a lurking luver whispered, " it is iiiy own dear maid." Thon be atealthily approacbed her. With one arm around her waiat, .\ kiiB of long drawn bweetnoas, Upon her lips he placed. And a voice In suiothered accents Hemarked with liiiiuor vlciooa ; " My dauKbter io in tbe kitchen Washing tbe aupper dishes." ProfeSBor James Thomsen baa resigned the chair of Civil Engineering and Meoha- nicB in the University of Glasgow, A process baa been invented by means of which photographs can be printed almost aa fast as a newspaper, and withoat dependenoe on sun or light. They are said to be of the first quality. That, of course, woald make photographs mach cheaper. X'reparations are already being made in several German university towns to celebrate next year the .SOOth anniversity of the in- vention of the mioroscope. /acharias Jans sen, of Middlebarg pot together the first mioroaoope in 1S90. BBACOMHFIMU>'8 PKIMBOSM. How Iks Msdeet Bl Favorite Flower, Lord Beaconsfleld's fondness for tli* primrose originated when he waa living in Highbury, London. Here he was muah attached to a yoang lady residing in tha same locality, who was the daaghter of â-  gentleman of good property. At a b*tt given at that gentleman's boose the yooog lady in question wore a wreath of prim- roses. A discussion arose between ICr. Disraeli and another gentleman aa to whether the primroaes were real or not. A. bet of a pair of gloves waa made, and on tfaa young lady being cooaulted, and the prim- roses being examined, the bet was won by Mr. Dinrseli. The primroses were nml primrciies and the young lady gave two of them to the-f uture Prime Minister, whiob he put in bis buttonhole and kept and used to show long afterward. Bome have thoagbt that because the Queen sent a wreath of primroses to Lord Beaoonsfield's funeral the flower became bia badge in thair way. This is a mere invention. Th* Queen did not know at the time that tba primrose waa Lord BeaooosQeld's favorite flower, and she did not, ooneequently, seod a wreath of primroses to his funeral at all. Others have entertained the opinion th»t the noble lord appreciated the flower be- cause he says in one of hia novels that tb« primrose makes an exoellent salad. Thi« is iacorrect again, and the true history of the way the primrose l>ecame the nobla lord's favorite flower is recorded above. â€" (f'aihinuVn I'reti. The Il<-lle«or Bethlehem. There is a market inside the Jaffa gate and I can see it just under me as I write. Great piles of oranges aud lemons lie upon the flag sidewalk, aud there are scores of women with baskets of vegetables befora them. Many of these are from Bethlehem, and tbe Bethlehem giria are the prettiest you see io Jerusalem. They have straight, well-roanded forms, which they clothe in m long linen dress of white, beautifully em- broidered in silk, so that a single gown re- quires many months of work. This dresa IS much like an American woman's night gown withoat tbe frills and laoes. It fall* from the neck to the feet and is open at the front of the neck in a narrow slit as far down aa a modest decollete fasbionabla dress. Over this they have sleeveless cloaka of dark red stripes and tbeir heads are cov- ered with long shawls of linen beautifally embroidered. Just above her forehead each girl carries her dowry in the shape of a wreath-like strip of silver coins whioli stand on end fastened to a string. and crown the forehead with money. Some of tbe girls have several rows of these ooina and some have crowns of gold. Not a few have ooins of silver and gold the size of our $20 gold pieces hung to strings about tbeir necka, and none of tbe women hide their pretty faoes, as do those Mohammadaa girls near by, who, in shapeless white gowns with flowery white and red veila covering the whole of their faoes, look like girls playing ghosts in white aheeta. Be. aide these are Rasaian girla in the peasant coatumea of mo<lern Europe and Jewiaix maidena in gowna and flowered shawla. There are Greek prieata with high black capa, and monks of all kinds, such aa yoa aee under the black cowls of Europe. Tha Byriar. the Turk, the Bedoain, the African, the Armenian and the Greek are all in that crowd below me, and among them all is tbe form 'A the obiquitoua American traveller, who, in pith helmet hat and green son umbrella, has conquered the east as well ae the west. F. G. Carptnter'i Jertuatem Ltt- er m the Fut Ditpatch. Irish larluatrle* Saoceesfal. Irishmen in tbe United Hlates will be glad to learn the aasociatiun started bjr Micheal Davitta couple of years ago to en- courage the induatrieH of their native land, has been a great saccess, and that the shares of the company are now held at • premium in Dablin. Several good dividends have been declared and there are exoellent prospects for the future. It is a patriotia and pbilanthrcipio enterprise, and not a money making scheme. Mr. Davitt baa long been convinced that a larger demand for Irish homespun woollens would arise if they were properly introdaoed in the I'nited States and England, and the result of tba experiment has justified this opinion. Tha difficulty at the outset was to meet the lonf credits given by English manufactorera, the Iriah cottage weavers needing cash for their goods as soon as they were finished. This was paid by the Dublin company, which gave the credit required by the trade, and the weavers were thus enabled to go on with their work. The demand ia now said to be larger than they can supply, and tha goods are wanted as much in England as in tbe United States, where the Irish home- spuns were at first taken for patriotic retk- sons, which led to the diaoovsry of their sterling worth. â€" Correifsmdenee Netc Yerh World. m He Killed It. Doctor Talmage, while engaged in de- livering a discourse on a very warm day in his Tabernacle recently, wasoloaely wat<^>«d by a little girl. A fly seemed to botbsr him very much. He brushed it away several times. It finally lit upon a bald spot on his head. He kept on with hia sermon, gesticulating in his peculiar angular ;vay with one hand while he raised the other devoutly over the fly and finally oame down on it slowly drawing hia hand down and looking at it. The little girl suddenly called out; "Did 'oo till it?" It is unnecessary to say that the audienoa smiled audibly while the doctor answered. " Yes, I killed it." Hones In Baula. Itecent statistics show the stock of bor in Rossia to be 21,000,000, eicloeive of the Caucaaua, Finlanil, and the Asiatio terri- tory. There are six government atada, be- side a large number of private ones. Tb» sum of 100,000 roubles ia devoted annoally by the Russian government to the ptir- chase of stallions. Much has been done in Rusaia of late years to improve the breed- ing of horses. Races, trotting matoheaand " shows" have been multiplied all over tba OJantry. m â-  â€""What ia the matter with your eyef exclaimed Brown, aa Fogg made bis ap- pearanoe with his optio in moumio^ " Only a mare claiuum," replied Fogg wita aasamed indifference. " Amare eloummf" " Ysi; a closed aee, yoa know." I ^% ,r . ?V,*-: 01. 't ..^,>i^-^' *-" r /J \