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THE STRIKE. t Incident r t4 Lift. "Ted, yon won't go oat to-uight, you will Why >ot. mother ? I must. " My boy, pray don't go '. Ws are nearly starving. I fsel as if I can't hold out much longer, I'm so weak. Look at our poor home what it has com* to '. Look at the eripty cnpboerd, and I haven't a copper te get a misJ ! For your sake I have borne up, bat I'm breaking down fait '" Ted Drummoajd. to whom t>is piteous appeal wa* mad* by hi* deer old mother, was a brawny, hard-working man of thirty - ftvr years, and was, up till *ix week* ago, in constant employment at Thomas Luces Yard on the southern tide of the muddy ThaotsU. Ted was looked upon by his mate* as a clever, intelligent fellow ; he read the newspapers regularly, and could, a* they put it, " *pout a bit " on " Kquality and rViteruity, and th* Right* of the British Workman. " Work in the yard had become slack through ths keen competition of other firms, and Mr. Thomas Lucas had in- timated to his men his intention, by force of circumstances, to reduce their wagee The nun had in consequence *truck, and things were at a deadlock. Meetings bad been bsld at the Magpie Arms, and hery (peechea delivered by the leaden to hold firmly together, and the day wss thein i<ne* of the calamity befallen him, and unheeding the passers by. Turning up a short street to the left he came suddenly upon the Thames. The Thames! Tes, there it fUwed swiftly before hi* syss the river which had borne him so much sreelth upon its bosom in rosy times ' The stream which had sung music in hi* ears as hs sat in his otfi-je watchmg the laden lighters making for the yard. But now to him it was a "slough of d**pond. ' whose inky blackness seemed te be well in keeping with the gloomy forebodings of his un hinged mind. Thoughts of the yard, hi* daughter, hi* men, his rain rtvihed madly through his brain. 14 Aye, Uw river "' he uried fiendishly, as throwing hi* hat upon the ground, he rush d to tns brink. Instantly he was grasped by a big fellow me of three who had come upon the scene Hold, man aide '" laid the old What are you doing sui workman, a* he held the guntleman tightly, "tor Heaven' sake hold him, Joe," he continued te his mate*. Mr. Lucas (tared wildly at his deliverer. 'By JOTS ! It't the guv'nor !" cri*d Ted Drummond ia dismay, and nigh letting go his hold as he realised the awful situation. "What on earth is he doing here at thi* time of night?" By a itrange coincidence Drammond and his two companions were jot* returning from the Magpie Arms, where the meeting ffl ICELAND, Talk of Wholesale Emieratioo to Morth America. The reemlalle* U Hew ! m*w a4 I* eereanlwc. b Mill the IdkaMlsnU aldlalsi That 9e Other Veeisrtrr CesBfwre Wltk T*wlrs*-ls Ceemlrv *M *e mm* as Ms lass* teellratea. Reports of distress in Iceland are again current, and are again coupled with a ru- mour that the enure population of the isl- and will presently emigrate m a body to portion of th* North American conti- nent. The former repotta are probably only too true. For a number of yean the pros- perity of the ancient province ha* Men waning. There has been a succession of uniavc>rai>l- seasons, and the fisheries have and various othsr powers, li.Sftt.OOO. The sum of ihess large figures is B.wstXOO, which indicates, if Captain Molard's sli- mate* are accurate, that the militaiy force of KurotM will be increased within seven yean by nearly 10,000,000 men. England, it will be seen, is numerically weakrthanevenSpain,butRus*ia,(iermany nor Franc* have the available resource* be- hind them that Britain b*. Still Cipt. Molard has given her the benefit of all the army in sight, a* wheat steAisticiaas say. as is proved, by a blue book recently issued in London giving figures regarding Uw army from 173 to 1892. From this itap pean that ths average effective strength of the regular army last year wss '213.5411, composed a* follow* : Household cavalry, 1,313; cavalry of ths 1m*. 18,837: royal, artillery, hone, 3,740, field, 14,308; moun- tain, 1,277; garrison, including corps f ordaanoeartiacers, lo,.">38; royal angineen 7.488; foot guards, 5,949: infantry ' the not been a* productive as of old. Then, j in<J j ;13 110 coital corps, 4,387; ennj too, many of the strong and lusty men have I Mrvice aorpl 3,4{W; ordnano* *U>re .rps, emigrated, reducing seriously the working | ^Q. oorft Q , a rmor*n, 317: medical staff corps, i,4:;i Tbe average number of otfi- cen was 7,<i53, and of sergeants, 13,331. Th* tioop* were distributed thus: At home. force of the community. The population of the Uland has for some time been decreas- Still there are nearly 70.UUO people - J "^e ' . " . 4 a. II W *M^asjj - - - . f Ted Drummood was considered now to* hm< j ^^ tn\d, and had tinisjied up with hero of the hour ; bis advice wa* looked upon as worthy of following, and they must succeed if they still carried out bis plans, by picketing the yard and standing out solidly. " Times may bs hard with some of us ! hs exclaimed, " but there is sunshine ahead. There was ne*sr any great cause won yet without soms sacrifice, and that which not worth suffering a littls for is not worth having at all. ' Such telling remarks went down well with the men, who would listen and cheer lustily as they qnanM another pint with Success to the cause:" Ted's position therefore rendered it impossible to shrink from gotno; ahead to the end, for had he not done so he would have been showing ths white feather, and become a traitor to his comrades. Vet be was dearly fond of his old mother : she had tenderly cared for him from a child, and although he was now a man of middle age she still called him " fur boy," for he had never married or thought of doing to. " T*d, my child,' 1 again earnestly plead- ed Mrs. Drummond ; " don't ga, there'* a good boy ' Why keep out on this terrible stnke T Half a loaf i* better than titter starvation, and look what we have under- gone already through privation. The men the "weak-kneed" resolution to go in on the following MonsUy on the employer's terms, unless he gave way in the meantime, when they would start immediately. Mr. Luce* stared strangely at the three men, and failed to recognize either of them. " Let u* walk him over here quietly, suggested * ln * a undertone. ' We doo t want a polio* job to be made of this ; nobody saw what be wu up to but n* chap*. Poor old bloke, something is wrong with him, but we can soon bring him round." Ted Drummond took his master by the arm, and the four watked acmes to a small public-houee, where a little weak brandy and water was administered to the " etrange " man, wh*> wss provided with ing. remaining, and there i* not on the surface of the globe a more intensely loyal and p triotic people. They are really Chauvinis- tic. They will not for a moment concede that any other land can compare with theirs Wli.t> BAM* BUI- 1 1 rrk era Irm. Tr.l TUTSI* .-! USHBS siel ree- Lives Lee*. TY HOSE, Pa.. May S). A spscial train on th* Tyrone andClearfield railroad, Peun.. composed of Walter Maine' oircu* oars, got beyond the xintrol of the trainmen tae other morning and rushed down tae moun- tain. At Vail station tbs train was wreck- ml and animals, men and broken CMS were piled up together. Several tig*n and lion* escaped, and only after th* greatest exer- tion were they recaptured and then net uo til one of the tigers had killed several domestic animal* in the neighborhood. Five ireu were killed outright sad H or 14 otben badly woubded, tome fatally. Th* circus is a oomplet* wreck and it will taks several day* to gel the property together. Tho*e killed -re : William Heury. brake- man of Tyrone; Fjrank Brain, of Anna- polis . William Muterby. of Bast Libsrty. Pa. ; .lohn Slayer, of Houtxdate, Pa., and an unknown man called "Barney.' The wild animals all got out from the sages Two injured sacred oxen were killed u, out them out of misery. A tiger killed a cow of Alfred Thomas, a fanner, whose wife wa* milking the cow at ths in attractiveness. Iceland, m fact, is not by ny means so forbidding a oountry as its Lame implies. It i* no more a land of ice tlian Greenland i* a land of verdure. The V) sad 60 de- grees below zero registered every winter in . arms increased from -5)3,16.1 on the fint day of Itttt to -3UM.2-U- on Jan. I of this year. Of ths recruits 2,450 were long-ser- vice men, while 2, ION joined lor three year* and 37. 101 for service system. MV*Q years on the shorv Thirty-two thousand wid ' ately : another was __ tree after biting the laasooer, (ham ben. severely on the hand. Ths othsr lion is a* large, but is ths quietest of ths three. A tiger, water buffalo, hyena, bear, alligator* and a large collection of snakes got away ninety-fonrwererauWm Kngland. 3,:.87 j but were captured The Hf"" * u Scotland, and .V*> >u Ireland. !, ssls were uninjured. A black panther. it. in "the parlour. ' Poor old gentiei gentleman ! he h*s .-omeover very faint," said Drummond, endeavoring | we(Urn the North-We*t Territory and Aesinibota, ! tBOOJftll ,i ft,, hundred and seventy- eight sod sven the 35 and 40 below experienced in Montana and Northern Dakota are un- heard of in Iceland. Neither is the other extreme felt, of great I teal. *uch as the** very region* of North America endure. No Icelander know* what a temperature of a hundred in the shade is. There are no sudden fluctuation* or great changes. The climate U remarkably equable. A varia- tion of 30 degree* in a month is probably not on record in the island. The climate is due, of course, to the same cause that product* a similar effect iii ths Britvh Isles, namely, the ilulf Stream. This great current washes the southern and silver tiger, a lot ot monkeys and valuable r^'w^re^teTbyT^rori.^ j birds arTat large. Almo.tev.ry n-ghons 3,822 after alteatatien u until fo, service with the colors. A taSle of ages show* that 1,305 recruits were under 17. The majority were between 1 8 and 19. Those over M yean of age composed lees than a third of the whole number. to throw on* er two idling enqmren off ths scent who peeped n at the dear. coming round a bit already. " After resting a few mosasnt* and sipping the stimulant, Mr. Luoas revived and be- came <(0ite rational again. ' Whatever i* the meaning of this, Mr. LucssT asked Ted. in a somewhat sympa- thetic too*. The old gentleman looked up in surprint at the mention of his name, and for t In- have been out of the yard without work | ^ n i llm n oognized Drummond as one of for x weeks now with no prospect of a tne workmen of ths yard, settlement. Mr. Luoas says he can't pay You know me*" h* asked faintly. them more. War don't they give in and accept hi* terms for th* preeent till time* are bettor ? Don't go out to th* meeting to-night. For God' sake don't Tad, for I feel so bad '" And sbe fell upon his shoul- der and sobbed bitterly. ' Mother '" replied the sturdy toiler, summoning up his beet efforts, ana -hoking down the lump which rose in his throat ; " Mother, the day is a* good as won ' Lucas can't keep at it but a few noun longer. The fellows are confident of vie- of Iceland, and secure* it a mild winter and a balmy summer. CLIMATE sXltlABLI AMD HILU.THT. There are glacien in the island, of course. but thsy form no icebergs. The sea around Te Werfc Msle sr Tbs strike at Hull, in KngUnJ, which has lasted for some mouths and has neces- sitated the employment of the military to suppress violence, has ended in exactly the name manner as the yet morr famous and more widaly spread Australian strike* ef 1801 and 18W Uie unionists are utterly beaten in their attempt to enforce a dis- crimination against non-union men. In no other countries is labor so well organized as in Australia and lu England, and in no olh- was killed. "Wstv rew Did T - "\Vh grow old*" naively asks a writer in the Popular Science Monthly. He as- serts that, whareas only J.OUO persons out of svery nullien livs '. yean, that age really should bs reached by treble this number, and even six times as many if all the surroundings of life were as thsy should be. "Most of tbs diseases which destroy in early life are due to causes which ojgnt not to exist, and in time, a* sanitary science advance*, will not exist. We knew that already th* improved sanitation of 'h* oountry is bearing fruit, that the average life is lengthening year by year, that many diseases that carried off tens of thousands in th* day* of our jrandfathen are ahncet harmless now." Ths writer quoted is Dr. York*- Da vies, who says that old age can bs " Y**,yes-lse<i, I see. Way it's Drtinr- moo.l from th* yard, sure t" Aud he hesitated, feeling greatly ember rassed at the awkward predicament he was plaosd in with his own employe*. This, however, was no time for vain ex- cuses, and, coming straight to the point, hs continued in *arn**t tone* Men, you hav* saved by life, perhaps unfortunately, for I am nigh a ruined man. I have contracts to fulfill at the yard, which is clossd through thi* terrible strike. tory, for than are rumours afloat that th* i nav , ,,pUine.i now matters auuid. If the gnv'uor has decided to grant th* men's de , mna Accept the reduction I will raw* their maids and start them again. What about . mfma j later on when times are brighter. " that, *h ? There ! there ' there ' keep on ^nd he put his hand to his burning beat! your pecker, mother, don't lose heart ; the end is near, another day will do it '" And raising her head, and dinging hi* cap upen hi* own, he hurried out with a forced smile to the meeting of the men. Could Ted Drummond have drawn the veil a*ide and beheld Mr. Thoma* Lucae in hi* suburban villa at rCenning'on Park, the island i* never frozen, not indeed i* I . e^^try has Usher such natural atlvaa- any floating ice, in floss or bergs, ever seen > lm - ft , a W ar with capital as in Australia, ' put or j to its furthest limits by storing up save on rare occasions on ths northern j D(Jl in lx>t j l euun i r , B s the best concerted n orgy for it before middle age, taking coast. Now and then, m summer, P"' affort, to institute au impossible condition j plenty ef exe- ciee, refraining from slurring longed storm* will carry floating ice across j^^ (,!]. Impossible condition " are one s-if with food and doing plenty ef work from the Greenland coast and drive il upon , ne oo | y g t words te use in regard to the .-Th, human econotny " h* lays, "will rust the northern shore of Iceland, together 1 o b JecM ot the strikes at Hull and in Anstra- ou t More it will wear out. and there are with the wld fog and rain. In this way j lltw you cannot hav* * government of the ; mora killed by idleness thaa by hard work, polar bears are also sosaetims* landed on pj^pje by the people and a government Yetmore. although the Doctor doeenteay so, ths island. On the other hand, the winters { are so mild that thnnderitorm* often occur in them. In fact most of ths thunder- storms iu Iceland are in the winter months. I am by a minority, for the unionist* are Agriculturally, however, the climate of , mlnorl iy. An attempt to force men into Iceland is ls* favorable Chan that of Mani- j membership with unions is an attempt to toba. Tbesommsr is cooler, and vegetation | tonu , majority to comply with the wishes therefore mature* less rapidly. For that j o( a minority, Either attempt is toward reason it is impossible to grow any grain t COB d 1 uun that is impossible ma free ooun- try. Ths outcome of th* Hull affair i* that thine union men who went on strike sim- ply because they would not consent to work with non-union men will be allowed to resums work at the docks P*s limo. Alt attempt to exclude non-union men from employment is an attempt to gov- there, save a species of oats. Co and rye are out of the question. wheat, The eon teut4 of ths vegetable garden arealao limit- j as though the old subject was too much to talk abort t. "Bui we heard, sir." responded Ted, That you were about to give in to our t. TH is and start us 4irectly." "It's false. Nothing ef the kind," re- plied the employer surprised. "I am nigh bankrupt and find it impossible. Were I in how differently he would have thought. I a potion I would willingly do so : I hav* always dealt fairly wit! my workmen. " F.lhel, my dear." said th* aforesaid em- N OW , Drumesond. I believe yeu bav* great ployer to hi* beautiful daeghter, a* h* sat ,(!. with your mate*. Tney would, I running hi* finger* through his locks of ! f)M ,[ assured, follow your advice. Come in sd. Tomatoes and pumpkins, for example, aennotbe grown, nor are fruit tree* and grape vine* to be seen. Th* chief garden products are potatoes, cabbages, carrots, and turnips, all of which grow in great luxuriance, and are of excellent quality: Ths only tree is the birch, whieh reaches a height of only t*a feet. Bat th* chief cmp |isss The moist climate favoun its growth, and the island is thus abundantly supplied with both pasture and meadow lands. These sustain great (locks of horned sheep, and herds of eattls and pome* of all of which gre-t number* an annually ex- ported to Scotland and elsewhere. Fish, psople by a minority of the peo- ' , killed by alternating overwork and.iloth- "'- Country and at the same f n | De . A Japanese physician, a pupil of Dr. Koch, according to telegraphic reports, hss discovered a modincation of the Koch con- sumption cure whioh does all that wa* claimed in vain for the original r,*rman ISHIllj A marvelous tale is told ef the cures effected m sdvanced stage* of con- sumption hy this physician. Kitasato by uams. Whether this is true or not prob- ably not it is a fact that consumption is more under control than ever before. Cholera was kept out of the oountry by scientific means last year and doubtless will bs this year- Smalt pox no longer slays iti tens of thousands, and the other plagues a re far less dangerous than they were a generation or two ago. It really locks as as seen a* place* are vacant for them." They will not be discnmmalcd against, because of their seal for unionism, but the non-union men who hav* taken the acaled *ilv*y grey in an agitated manner, " Kthel, I feel tthat I cannot *ndure this state of thing* much longer. Six week* have elaps- ed linos my mou turned out on (tribe, and they still seem determined to be masten of ths situation. You know the reverses I have bad. I cannot accede to their demands. 1 have explained my affain as much as I should do to them, but they discredit me. to work again, I say. Start again and I'll never forget you I" Drammond exchanged glances with hi* companion*, who were listening attentively then rising to his feet, he eulaisned Mr. Luoas, sir. I believe your words. Ws'll call a meeting ol th* men to-morrow, and ask them to start work on your reduc- tion tor th present. Give us a day's grace. . . . , ,- MOV IWC nl OIV*.|H. \*fv **m ] =0,.. My position is becoming alarming, n .lit, j M r <M M _ ou . , Url . a.. I... _ u U_._ uu I skasA alsvanskt riilkadail t\V 1 The old genUcmao, with a gleam of bop* in h-s eyes, appeared wonderfully refreshed ap- silk- bilitie* are heavy, I am almost ruined by continued depression and loss." And hs stared with a wild look at his lovely daughter. " Oh ! papa, you musn't dsspond lik* that. There i* sure to be a turn in the tide directly. How can these poor fellows hold out with no support cowing in f >r their wive* aud families Don't despair, papa." And she walked round to his arrncbtir and kUwed him tenderly. " Despair," my dear! " Were it not for the image of your dear-departed mother that I see in you, I should have broken down long since. " And he rose and paced the room, which seemed too hot for his fevered brain to bear. There was a short pause in the coversation, and then Mr. Luoas said "Come I'thel, it is near your time for retiring to rest, dear. Leave m* alone to sit and consider over my plan of action. " Kihel Lucas with a tender smile proached her father and smoothed hi* en hair. She half hesitated to leave him, for hi* mbu*r of late was rather strange. "Bear up, papa,' *aid she, kuiing hrs pal- lid ch*ek. " hear up, papa, for my sake. The men are sure to return to work earaSv- ly, and all may be flourishing again. " Then after. \notJior kiss, sho left th* dear old parent. with " (iood-aight and (Jed bless you !" Mr. Lucas sat alone and agitated. Tbe hour wa* not yet late, for his pet child al- ways retired early and rose the tame. It was quite apparent that the state of affair* at the yard wa* preying heavily upon his mind. " 1 cannot endure this awful state ef things, ' h* muttered vo himself. "My poor held seem* nigh distracted. Were it not for that dear girl of mine whose loving dis position keeps me up there, there, there, tbere - ." And he snapped hi* lingers and nu>led nervously at MB osard. After a few minutes Mr. Lucas walked from the rexnn, took a hat from th* peg, and wllied forth into the street, tolling toe butler he should not be long. Hailing a 'bus, he mennted to the top, thinking th* "blow" would provo refreshiug and beneftotal. He shortly afterwards found himself at RorMl*jt>, where >-e alighted, trolling along, h warcely knew wfnthor, twt ! if in a generation or two hence M*thu.lfch places that '-hey voluntarily vacated will j ^^4 U modernized, though Dr. Yorke- not be discharged to enable them to re- i Havu-t probably would hold out little hope turn to work. No walking delegate is to | ( a man's living yesrs, however well be allowed to visit th* dock* or ship , , took can of himself, yards during work houn, nor i* any union man to wear any band or uni | form mdieative of hi* moeabenhip dur- i lug work nonrs. L'nion men aud non- 1 union men are to work aide by side, reeeiv ' wonl. tallow, feathen. sulphur, oidur ,lwn ' |||R , nr . ^ m , wages and enjoying th* Sam* ' and shark nil are also important item* of foreign trad*. liberty to go in search of l >*iter jobs. Km ployer and employed enter into an agree- i meat that employers shall not order a gen- era! lockout nor the employed go on a I general stnke without a notice of twenty- eae dsyi given By the one to the other. I This almost inevitably insures a thorough - arbitration of differences aud thus tends , oonieqnently newspaper oorra- toward making either strike* or lockouts being too languid to hunt for j impossible. The outcome could not have o- wr. RrariT ror TSTsr. Th > heated and out of town term is preaching spond*nM at thi* unexpected offer. Urumotond, will you advise them to com* in?" he sesd. "I will explain my position clearly to them. Pray don't men- tion under what sad oircumstancee we have met." "Mr. Lucas, I will peisuaa* them. ws the reply, to which tns mates murmured concurrence. Tbe old geotlemaa having now greatly recovered, the party left, two of them tax mg'a 'bus with their master for Keonington Park for it was quite clear to each that it wa* unsafe to leave him alone evnn now. Drummond, knowing th* gav'nor to be in good bands, hurried homewards excitedly with the news "Thing*) have corns to a crisis now," he muttered to himself. "Tins will surprise mother. Still it's all for the best, I *up- I pose. I think we shall do right, in going in. I coaldn't stand it muoh longer. I shall I c-li a meeting of toe men to-morrow and 1 pat it before them plainly. " Hurrying down hii street he perceived the welcome light in the window, which told him hi* dear old mother wa* waiting up for him, a* usual. Turning his key ra th* front door and letting himself into the bouse, be rushed through, and banting into ths room and nourishing his cap, excitedly xclaimed . Hurrah ' mother ! Th* struggle'* all news and facts, are drawing upon that ever been otherwise. So long a* non-union men abundant spring, their imaginations, for are a majority of wage-earning peopln, *o matter wherewith to satisfy the craving of ; long will they bo in rxiusession of " certain over work It's all ov*r ! to-morrow, for W* Mr. hall Lu in to llreat their readers. A spark with them speedily prod i. ccs a blaie. Under the provocation of the rejection l-y the Reichstag of hiearmy bill, Kotneror William spoke somewhat strongly, not be il noted of a foreign power, but of bis own people as represMted in their parliament. This was sufficient and new we are. according to r-he Knglish letter-writing section of the press, on the verge of a flare- ,p that shall set all Burope ablaze. France and tiermany are to spring at each others throat* aed while Kngland aid* Carmany Kuswa i* to support Kranc*. Austrii and Italy will probably join in with Kngland and Germany, meantime Turkey ami th* smaller nations will watch with interest the big powen mutilating one the other and exhausting their resources. This in brief is tin picture these gentlemen of pen and pencil depict, but they can rest u*ured that diplomacy will b* strained to the utmost before their fitful imagination rmiisjiMtitioatton in a latter-day realisation. Still th* thought that such a conflict is poeiible i* snrbcieut to attract attention to the statistic* of military strength recently compiled by Captain Molard, a professor of St. Cyr military college in France. The figures, it should be remarked, include the reserves a* well as the standing armies. Th* list of State* i* heeded by Franoe with .in estimated foro* of -'.500.0OC mon. Next comes Russia with i4.Tl.000. followed by inalienable rights" from which no minority can oust them. When the unionists are a majority they can govern ; not till then. rear teseresiltui Itesn*. In Kngland there is an organisation known a* th* Rural Uiswr-l Nuning Aseociation. The nurse* are in training two yearn at a jcet of $250. Ba-'h *ura* ha* a salary of |1> u>$190, with board an.l lodging, and a donkey oart in which to go ths rounds of a district ot -2.000 to 3,000 inhabitants. At an evening party it was r-murked that nobody could draw two things at ones. Sir Kdwin LaudseM replied that ho thought h* could, and. taking a pencil m each band, he drew simultaneously ami without hesi- tation with th* right hand the profile of Heaven* ! Mercy ! No, no, DO ' oold - deed!" And he staggered back against the wall Yes, too true ' The " struggle " was all er. Th* aaerific* was madeTfor there lay his mother in her old-fashioaed chair where she had waited in vain hi* oomieg, with the empty c$bgaj<d-door flung wide open beartu| silent Witness. up 'me tatning a* i down another, merely I become one stone. walking for walk ugs take, muttering at | waters. BxUknrdinary qvalities are possessed br the lifter Tinto, m Spain. It Hardens and petrifies the sand ef its bed : and if a stons fall* m the nVeasj, apd alights upon another, in a few month* they unite and Germany with i!,4!7,nOO. Italy with 1,514,- OOU anil Austria-Hungary witli I.OfiO.ODO. Then come* Turkey with 700.8U), Kngland with 342,000. Srwin with 350,000, snd ] variou* leeser powen with force* aggregat- ing I, -289.800. Adding togt*er lhes figures, we reach th* enormous total of 12.- 563,000 men as the preeent estimated imli- tery force of Europe, and even tlii* im- mense military establishment dee* not come up to Kuropean idea* of what armies should bs. Captain Molard estimates that the military fore* of Knrope will be doubled FiiJ oannot live 111 it* within the next 1900 the figures will (icrmany, .'i.OtHl.ilOU men ; France, 4,:C*>. 000- Russia, 1,<WO..K : IteJy, '.'.iTO.DtO : Austria- Huugary, I,900."OU: Turkey, 1,- 130,1.00 ; Spain, kOO.OOO : England. W2,|Sji); stag's hoed and all its antlsn complete, aud with the left h*ud a lovely horse s head. Tbe act* of draughtsmanship were strictly simultaneous and not alternate, and the drawing by the left band wa* as good a* that by the right. " !. Fitmiile Francaise " is an insurance company, the ingenious invention of some excellent gentlemen who wish to augment the notoriously low rate of increase of the population ol Frsnoe and add to their own incomes. They preposs in return for a pro- portionate payment, sither at one time or in annual premiums, to secure for any fe- male child insured in their company either a fixed sum. net over $400, when *h* shall become a mother, or a .lowry of net over S-2,300 when she shall marry, or an annual sum lor education. Attention is called to tb fact that appim stored in cellars or *ln hac* are mvaria'uiy oov*retl with mold or mildsw- olten in viaible, but just as real. Thi* mold con siots mostly of microscopic plnnU, includ- ing numenxi* specie* of fnngi, all of winch ar* more or lees poisonous. Physicians say they have I raced cases of diphtheria in ailll Larser flirt**. Soon alter th* t -ampania's keel was laid came a report that the White Star td arranged for a (till greater sen trough a contract fer a ship, to be named the liigaii tic. and to be 700 feet long, or S0fet longer than th* Ciinard boat. Since the latter ha* made such a brilliant performance of hor promises, rumor has lenftbenod thin myUiical *hip to *)0 feet, and again ske w said te be un th* eve of construction. Tbe itorv in another varia- tion co*ee through Kngineenng, which state* that two suiair.en are probable, to b HO feet long, with three screws and 40.001 hone power. Kven wilbonl truth in thil particular report, we may ouiitupon seeing some day a boat a* big a* .ny yet talked of. or perhape bigger. When th* nnt craft of i Ins long. (.Mil type, the Oceanic, the pion- eer of the White Star line, came into port, old roariuen shook Uieir had* aoxio-islv. It was contrary * reason that a body se long and slender could stand the enormous (train put upon it by th* sea*. Her Iwck would break, and the criminal folly of her rei-klee* builders would be sorrowfully recorded in *om* tremendou* loss of life. The Oceanic is still travelling over the br->*l rollers of the PaoOic ; an 1 the later craft for similar service have steadily grown in length. Tbere is nothing in the limitations of mate- rial and in ths knowledge of nhapisg it and potting it together to prevent the exten- sion of ocean vessels to ixny length dewred. They can be built M long as we wish, lik tubes, until they exceed the ordinary ware ngths and re*t upon several wave*, t )f course it i* conoeivabl* that before this gradual elongation reaches the 1, 000, -foot standard some now system of hull will b* adopted, such as the cigar-*hap*d hull, for example, or the whaleback, which will produce teediness with the ordinary di- mensions. But, barring some such ohange, e are likely before long to se* ships built to a size that will measure ths entire facili- ties afforded by th* harUon whsr* th*y deeigned to ply. Moth wen , years, and 1 that ,n , ^ mo , d , be abeut as fellows : , ^. , in th<< ha>il , p vlng Tittle child ren apples to play with, and the banie* try U ett them. In such cases tne mold shoulii be carefully removed from the apples. Am e>TrrrowS*f In conduction with the d^snonstratioM of ths nsempleve.1, it may oa of intacest te point dais that London is not the most ovsr- orowdsd city of ths country. Li-ierpoel enjoys that utv.-nviabi*ji istuscuon In UM tlurly-thrs* great toilbj from whieh toe liegister General recefve* weekly nlMM sN average uiimber of persons to the a<*> is thirty four. In l.iveaTWoI.noweeer.shs** are ninety eight persons * * Plymouth th*r* an tiityeigt, t. LoodsB oome* third with (Mty-sHwh. In no othM town dow th* average reach 6fty.bat ton, Bristol, Volton add Snnderland all average* of more than forty prisons to the acre. Th* average of Manchester t* *xa*. ly fortf.