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and* nf Miles int.. which only two and three doz _ en can crowd ; elegant m<M*i"e. of marble and alabaster, derornted with THE PRIZE OF THE NEXT GREAT pris-ious and amui-precioiis stones ; dinpy riiiMquen. with leaky roofs and the out / W "" kAsvri-RN EUROPE- . b Ail ;,,,. ,,, %s( , r falling "". M though af- flicted with leprosy; mosque* contsin- A I'll? f Nii4>i>ias>4 lri mirli "II4- ing s>res of roOOU ami hundreds ofxt- | B(iaB 4 ! Tke vali* *>r ! SI. tcndant priests: niti*iiiie4 with one room i-Turkith Ur...r tlraalBC '' "" attendants; nv nines in the. pub- | Iir <|iiare.s and rrm"t fnflhinnable stieetv i moon, ties stuck away in hole* and ror- If Con.sUuilinople. were under the con- , ners of tbfi Turkish quarters as though tr<>) of auj uvriluod nation, it would be ' the designers intended to hide them one of tbe most noted show places ou the earth. Tbe beauty of iu natural situation is uuequaled anywhere else ou u.. planet. "See Naples aud die" was the way in which tourists of a former age extolled the charm* of tho famous bay. with lacbia ou one hand, Capri on tbe other; beneath, the dark blue sea; above, the bright blue heavens and be- ^ tweeo the two. the city and the vol- j jJUtiiiUan in oauo. which is of equal importance as larger scale from olwervation. The moat anted nf all the 5.000. for this is th number cluim- ed for the city, ia of course, tbe great CATHEDRAL MOSQUF of Atria Sophia, or Duly Wisdom. A frrand Christian rhurrh wan built on HUM .site hv Constanline the Great, in Si r >. and the imprejwion Is general that thin is thr building at present in thin la a mistake, for Con- an attraction. Uut tbe glory of Maple*, eveu crowned by that of its volcano, pale* before that of the famous penin- sula, whose charms dwelt in the mind of Censlautine so persistently that a/ter hi* wars were over and tbe im- perial orown firmly settled ou hi* brow, be came from the ends of tlie Human .Empire to build a city which should be called by hi* name. u There wa* a city here 1.000 years be- fore he wan born; in fact the whole re- --.-.- - building on their own account, they (ion. from the entrance to tb* Derdj - ' IO oal tt fi n j no better model than Jus- elles to the outlet of tbe Bosporus, waa tiuiao's grand church, aud thus it i* 512. and rebuilt on a An age of ISfiS years is very respectable for any building, how- ever, and a good many associations will cluster round an edifice as old as this, even in a country whine annals are dull. Kntirely apart from its associa- tions however, the great rnnsqne is worthy nf attention, for it contains mos- ai.-s and basso relieve* brought from Atb nnl Rome to decor i " the Church of Constantino, and jasper columns that once upheld the roof of tbe majestic Temple of Diana at Ephesu*. After the Turk.s captured Constantinople they con- verted the Cathedral into tbe principal ue of tbe city, and started lowed to impede tbe march of profrrms in that quarter of the world nolioay be- lieves. The prize, may fall to Russia, and the ginni empire of the north will ibu- l provided with more capitals 1 1. 'in ven imperial Home. It may nm- M 1 1 nte the. seat of government of the ItaJkan Slatea under the [>r<>te.-tii.n nf all Western Kuni>e; it may become a . itv like Venu-e ; it may tall to KnKland; I, .it one thing is certain, whatever Power wins it when the Turks are driven out will exercise a rnt rolling; influence in the affairs of EaHlern Kurope and Western Asia. TONGUE FOR ALL NATIONS. DAYS OF STEANGE COLORS dolled with aturdy little Greek cilie* that had wall* strong euuugb to keep out the barbarians, and commerce large enough lo keep the merchant* alive, and when Couslauliuv announced hitf im- perial intention of calling a new capital into being, which should rival Howe it- self, no doubt there was lively competi- tion among tbe Greek towns in the Marmora district, and meetings were held and subscriptions were opened and windy oralora told what ougbl to be douo to secure the capital, and delega- tions of representative men were post- ed off IN HOT HASTE to meet tbe Emperor, and present th* claims of their respective locations, and tell him how much the citizens would contribute toward* building tb* palaces aud Government office* and churches, And uiuHl mipurUnt ot all the great circus, wilbuul which life in a Uwuian oily wan impossible. No doubt all these thing were done for there are allusion* to some of them and, as human ualure ia prelly much tbe aame in all agea, we are justified in guessing at the rest. And uo doubt, too, after Uyzanlium had been selected by the Kui|*-roi the disappointed dele- gale.- returned home, telling each other that a dozen of tbe largest inoaqUM in the city are. to a greater or leae ex- tent, model* of Agia tjophia. There U KuU-huk Agia Sophia, a little Si Sop- hia, a I no built by Juotiuian ou a aiiiall- er acale; there u the Kiluee Jauiib. mos- que of tbe cburcbea, where two or three doM-n of tbe Byzantine Kiuperora are buried; there k the Kxi Marmara Ja- mil., the uHwque of tbe aix oulumna, which wax onoe a temple of Jupiter; there are tbe Suliruanige, built by Sidy- man, the (ireat. the luuaque of Biobaiu- med 11., vtuere the luiuiueror of I be city aleepa u. the midat of bia ivjuquest, tbe Shah Saui Jatuih. with loinbe of Ibe Sultana, and Nun UHinania, which con- tains tbe great porphyry aarcophaKiu that once held tbe U>dy of tbe first Chi i- 1 inn Kmperor. There are point* of between them, however, oilier than in tbe architecture, for all. with tbe exception of St. Sophia, are more or leas out of repair, and all are tolerably dirty. The Church of Cou- stantine. however, has one feature that i* possessed by none of tbe others a walled-up door, before which a sentinel has paned up and down unceasingly for NKAHI.Y 450 YEAK8. Sultans have come and gone, but that 8 sem.nel ha* stayed, for, shortly after .(the Turks took tbe city in M >' they learned that there waa a among tbe Ureek that one day Cunxtan tine would riae from BU aarf<H>haKus, gather about l.uii the bust with which Iw <-, > ii.|in-ie<l the K..IHAI. Kmpire. and march out lt.r..u K -li the tloor to over- throw lalaui. Tbe atory came t<i the knowledge of the Turk*, who solemn!) bow much better some other place . Tbougbt "it over, aad, rout-.luding that would have answered the purpone.while ' 'her.- must I* something in it or the . By-nt.uu, delegation w. met at delegat tii- nly gate* by a crowd of enthusiastic a .e.re.lly in another place, removed renidenLi and eaoorted to tbe forum hia tooe ooffin to the Nuri Uxaiiini with the sound of the cornet, flute, j Moaque. and then. U. make every tli . perfectly ws-urc. wmlled up the <kmr and harp, aaokbut. psaltery, dulcjroer and ^ . ,r niiM i u, watch ft SenUn-U all other kinds of iuu.su: in general uae have waU hed tbe walled door for fvur at i In- time | aod a half centurim. but ntill tbe Aud Constantin. knew what he was < ^^..J^jSff al.M.i when he. neliTie.il llyiantium. , .t,. the aign of tbe on*s. Sit ualed on a triangular peninsula, with Hut the ritv ).;v ii.ni> oilier attrac- tbe ea of Marmora on the on* aide ! Uo b.wi,l.s the m<iiH|ueii. Tle . hurcb AH an<l omvent.i of t lie tireekn and Ar- an I Ibe world renowned Golden llorn ul ei,Laii ,i- immemua and iuipuMng. Itave soup M on tbe other, the city is equally acces- and the Moslems -. ible and equally commanding by land " t "' r<1 ' h.Hi*ands of poor are feUyj hixpitalH, wliere the only treatment ol sea. Like Home it rises on seven t(ir patients ia a verse of the Koran and al.so like Koine, it for m|)pe< i i n glaai, of water ; public bath*, ruled the world. The time may datio^ from liyxantme limes, and -..me when it will do so again. at bazars, or great covered markets, so far as supremacy in nrope aud here everything under the sun. from western A*ia u concerned, for its na- , Circassian girl stolen fiom her JMM- tuial position is rack that; in (In-hand* entjl ^ fc second-hand tuihan. may be I a strong and aggressive State, it bought. wonl I dominate K.i-iein and .Southern Then there are the aqueducts. imt Boron*. Western Asia and tlie whole of ,,( them in ruins but two. one built by tl- Mediterranean region Coiiatanline. tbe other by lladiiun -Mil t impressions of the great city aupply the city with water, an I tin- eii is. iterhap*. now trembling t*rn or reservoirs for a reserve supply In the balance, are lo be gained from ara m \ n , j n ,. How extensive they a du. an.* for. like all Turkish cities. , , on a T . f,, r i n many plains islant view m the most favorable, the roofa hve fallen and the ruina pre- soon a* the streets are enl. ie,l.pr v ,t expiration. The acraglio or pal- icuiarly if the, traveler's nose is fitted , / the Sultao U a city in itjielf. eon- mil with a oimiene*, taining a population of over li.tMM) in- Al.l. KiiMVNCE KI.IK8 eluding the imperial guards and th.-in mates of the harem .->.. lung as it was before the numlier. variety and iHlious- cloned to the public neon of the smells by which hi* ,,n lories are nH.siled. Tliecilv was hiiiliim lie fore tbe days of scientific sew enure WPri> lol<l f lt * '"*** l " fll-em "' lmt ln rid I he Turk's only idea of dtspoaiu r<*nt years tlie obe, v at ,- ol nun.er of the garbage, offal and other refuse. '"" valors have .shown I ml H com- of In.- house is to dump il ill in the llUW " b * ll ' r " sptondo* with discomfort street in front of hi* d.n.r or in the ' n<1 lllrt ' n " d ' '" ll """'> P*ttypnei alley U-hin I his hoiwe. There it slay* "' Christendom live* _ In fa; More IIMII- *nd an all his nci^hl>r- do <-\ii.t|\ t he !'."'.','"f" '''*" llM1 ' ominanuer of the wine thing, tlie whole city in summer I "' l 1 "'" ul time, is a reeking maAs of corruption ' *"' :**"? of t . h ' e \*j> tl[{ *Kf lh * AVhen (he smell get* too lil even for ^"'V ' hat '""f he '' M ;'l'""'"< '.' d a Turk, lie *.* t,, h,.s :,.,,. ajirt i.rav* DL<I b ""- 1 l '* y '. " 1 "" tl "'"h'tig in the a *M>la*i > > -KI l.llth In I niri IBI |k* Uitr Some ten years ago a Russian gentle- man named /.uuienhoff, dUappoinled at the failure of Volapuk to accomplub its pun>ose, invented a new language, to which he gave the name of Esperanto. It ia a universal language ; its gram- mar may be learned in an bout, and all its vocabulary of words in a few days. Max Muller and Tolatoi write it, and it baa been learned by many persons in tier-many. England. France. Scandinavia. Italy, Spain, and parts of Africa. It l not wholly unknown in this country. Verses may be written in it. and trans- lation* of tbe Iliad and Hamlet have been published. Tbe roots of tbe new language have been taken from English. French, and j German. Thus tbe root or all words pertaining to love is "am." Tbe sub- stantive love U formed on adding "o." the adjective by adding "a," tbe verb by adding "an." which changes to "is" for the past and "as" for the future. A similar root b adopted for other words in general use, and is con- verted into verb, noun, or adjective by a similar addition of one or two letters. The grammar ia simplicity itself. It 1s reckoned that one-fourth of tbe 4.000 words which an ordinary Englishman j Men in conversation or correspondence, will suffice to express common thoughts. Tbe inventors of Enperanlo are not discouraged by the decline in tbe enthu- siasm with which Volapuk waa at first received. Il in not true, as Humeone hu- morously remarked, that Volapuk be- came a dead language, before it ever wa.; a living one. Though tbe schools for teaching Volapuk have been dined, and one. never run* acrona a volume written in that language, it bait by no means pi/we<l out of u*e. It i* CONSTANTLY KMPLOYED t>v corresponding clerks in mercantile H.'ii-* 1 .- who addrvsN their correspondenta in Astia. South America, and Africa in that tongue In HIIII- cities which have a large foreign trade an applicant for the post of corresponding clerk is re- quired to be able to write Volapuk. As tli-- deve,lunnie,ni of commercial inter coume with Asia increases it may gain I ground Tbe idea of Dr. /amenhoff and bis . friends i- that Esperanto will aupercede j Volapuk. because it is simpler and more n-.idily acquired. They look for u.s widen! e>ten*ion in Asia and among tbe 1 nations whirh do business with Asia. It I is evident that the luouonyllabic tongue* are doorued to extinction. It in almost ini|HMhible t adjust them to the usage* of the telegraph. Again, in such na- 1 lions an China tbe prevalence of a uum- I her of <li.il.st* must sooner or later die tdi> tlie neceisnit y of the adoption of a 1 lanKUJurc which shal 1 be uniform 1 thrntigboiit the. Kmpire. Alt it is, the offi. i.il at I'ekm cannot converse with the merchant of Uuautung without the aid of an interpreter, and both are un- intelligible to the peaoant of Szechuen U n bout travelling an far an China tbe w bo demands the Danube from and I.uitz to Belgrade find* a different language .spoken cm every day of his journey. UuHiness would be greatly Minplui-vl if tbe riverside mt all |h>k>- the -.inn- ton[.'ii< KefoniLH of this kin. I ..re very alow to make their way. Hi ittany baa been part of Kranc- for main i-enturiew. but there are to this day old llreton towns in which onU film at>-. t pe..nle un.ler .-t Hid I rvnch. -'< in Sc.lbin.f. one fmd.s \illsgen where H knowledge of English will lmr.il y nnable. a traveller to oi-i.i a dinner. Pm>ple cling to the tongue which they learnml in their cradle. In- tellLtri-iiiv will have to be >n< n w .liffost-.l than it i- befon- K.s|ranto or any other universal language u accepted by the uiaaso*. MAHVKl,orS SIOKIKS , . for rain to wa.sh off the street* ,,nd w ** . f . r "Ef Jr , ** *'\ tl "" <1 '" then |.liently waits for Allah to an- * Ulce ittf Tlirlt " U "' k tlw> ''" wer If the' rain OOIIMW. well und it is an evidcn.v ,,f Allah's kind- to hi* iv,ple; if nut the irarbiufe A ' rp " tl " oltv was al tacked liy Sararenn. i . in n iiir nrisssra n,,i...,i__ ._j .K. ^.,^.,.. i,,.-.- i i,.,t ''"/ '" ' Mw IU84i y '<"'> *" before tliji ev<>nt ' for r*!** 1 * 1 " during th.- afiddU just where it wax )fore, for if and Allah 'had wanted "it taken" "away"" he V*'" fr<ira N " rUl have sent millah! Who i- a rain. "Allah His- !"? Crusuclers and Bavage trilies that to say not h- , oslem* nmn that he should im iwliu-l ion of powder and cannon iimde fight against Hod f" walls ii.He.le.sji, and Turkish l.i/me-- pre- Hut in spite of the Turks and the v<1 "'<l 'he present occupants from swarms of half naked children, and I ! '.'"'"^ "'l" urln " r removing them. I -.en I In- i.ic.ich at the Top KM|~.II>.-I. Cariiion (iale at winch Mohammed ..f ownerlesN .logs nd the garbage, and tbe smell.s. n H >re niiniprnus " f fhan those whirh were'rounled"at"('<ii- nl<ir " ( ' ll<l liere r..n.slantilie fell, ia ogne, Constantinople has attractions in I|K( lu "" t> ''""'lit ion now. save for the overcome the l *' w " "' 44 - ><'. 'hat U was when the over it iword in hand anil wrxme interesi i, a l,le t,, di.srom fort* of a trip taken through the Sultan rode over I i. --I* to visit tlMMii None of them are n t "ed Ibe ef yesterday, hncauw lite Turks of ye*- Tu e environs of Ibe metropolis ure.in terday did no building save of the woed- * >me ""pectJi, almoet a Interesting and nn h<iiiHns in which thev live,, and whii-h 'I 11 ' 1 " " pifturnsque as the cuiiilal it- ar4x>rdiog tn their idea><. it sometlmew w .'"' ''"' '' er "t" 1 Shuhiri. (ialataand pleases Allah to t.urn up from five to Kein Piuiha U>rrow their import - Un Ihotuiand at a time All the huild- RBce frw " ' '"' "'> il1 " 1 wttboul it Ings of CorMtantinople that are worth woul11 be only manufacturing and i-nii- sneing at all. date either from I he time ""rcial t.wns Constantim^le had when the. Turkx hvl moe industry than lua<l< ' H"* ..... '*' "' " 1 * * r Blnc * they have at present or from the day* "* adoption by Conxtanluie as the (wat ef the C.reek builders who reared their "' *""'< empire, but there is reason to /a.'ls liefon. the unspeakable Turk hail h*J*W*j that its pdt hwUiry is a i rifle fai.-d admission t/. the p.itv Compared to the future that Ikes before Constantinople is s city of mosque* '' win. will gel it I is the qoe There arc inoiw,iiej. gre*> and small; ' h ' m ""' be m>lved in the net largv rDosque* oapaW* of folding thoua- >" That tb lurk W1 " '* lon f.-w One Little Word. One little word may piorre the hrart With Mirrow keener than a knife, And best of friends may quickly part With feelings of such bitter strife. One little word may kindness show When all the w,>ild seems dark and drear, And tc.tr- ui dt-i-pi-si anguish flow. One little word may often cheer. One little word may help so much, The weary wuh a hraxy load ; A pleasant smile, a gentle ton. h, Smooth places in Ihr roughest road. One little word may tempests calm, When raging fierce within the. breaat. A kindly word may lull like balm And angry feeling* soothe to rest. Onr littJe word may be too late Mi-lore fond hopes are bnrii-d low, And .iiii-n it in, ty seal the lale Of many lives lor weal or woe. I ooktnsr Forward. Lady I,aw \er-What are those papers you wuih me to examine f N<-\\ Woman They are the breach of promise ea.ses 1 expect to turn- ed on me thu leap year. \n Omission He sent her a box of roMes, lint forn.ii to write her name.. And the office lioy delivered them To .in.'ili'-i earlier flame. And when his employer scolded. Id- MM id in accent* cm I'lejiMv .sir. when you change your sweet- heart Don't forget to tell tbe boy. MEN IN TERROR OF SKIES YELLOW. RED. UREEN. AND BLACK. Tke Ki-d Trrr.r .r .k- -n.r n ik Crm lnr| |ht fcrrrn;.l| ef I- T I .. ; u Hi 'ilH Toar. a>*rl t elUw r*rl*ai>. **4 ISM Berk *7 ertke *>vl !!*- Tk mark ay. On Jan. 27. 1906, from sunrise until midnight, the churches of Europe were crowded with kneeling auppliants.while solemn chants and tbe smoke of tbe een- eers arose uninterruptedly. Thousands of terrified people lay prone upon their faces in tbe streets and squares. Women clutching their infanta to their breasts ran. half naked, shrieking along the highways. Creditors forgave debts ; usurer* pressed upon their ruined clients their illgotten gains; rich men distri- buted their wealth in tbe name of char- ity to all who would consent to accept. Criminals voluntarily confessed tbeir misdeeds and besought the extremity of human justice. Kings and princes threw off i heir ermine, donned tbe rags of beg- gary. and vowed new crusades for the recovery of tbe Holy Sepulchre from tbe Turk. Hen went mad. Anchorites and hermits issued from their cells, wild- eyed, clad in goat akina or sackcloth and, stalking through tbe street*, cried aloud: "Woe I woe I Tbe boor of judgment is at hand I" It was tbe day of tbe Red Terror. described by the ancient chroniclers. Tbe dawn broke clear and mild as in mid- summer. we are told, and "not a cloud of a hand breadths' bigness was to be seen in all the sky." But just before the aun ro* A STRANGE RED HAZE or miat overhpraad tbe heavens, deep- ening in hue and density, until at 9 o'clock tbe firmament was a crimson pall which obscured tbe aun and cast a dull, ominous glare upon tbe earth like tbe reflection from a tremendous con- flagration at a distance. Despite tbe unnatural illumination tbe gloom waa so profound, even at mid-day, "that one man knew not another, though he were iiie own brother. Toward S of I be after- noon there came a great apleo lor of cruiiflon. like blood, and some crkd that now, indeed. 'tb*> beavenn were depart- ing ss a scroll when it ia rolled togeth- er;' others that they beheld the angels battling against the hosts of the Apoll- yon in the. upper air, and yet others that blood rained upon the earth " At about midnight tbe fiery pall disappeared. seeming to be diMiip&ta as a light mist ia driven before a birong wind; the star* came forth in their tranquil beauty, and the panic-Kt ricken world grew calm again. In April of the year in which Colum- bu0 net out upon nis memorable voyage to the In.hr.-v iiM-i'h-ntail\ ili->.>\ennif America. ixx-urred the wonderful Grwen Day. During tbe forenoon there bad been a xuconncioti of light showers. but at 12 o'clock the aky cUutnvl. and the sun shone brightly. At an hour pant noon the sun grew pale, and loat its brilliancy. a> if obscured by a winter fog. though there was no trace of vapor in the atiiHMphere. At the name time the azure hue of tbe sky changed lo a livid grr*Mi, dee|>eiiing gradually to a rich emerald tint The .sun became wholly invbuble. and there waa a xort of preternatural twilight upon tlie narth. The green hue wax sn intenae that "all object* took the color of .wk leave*, and men stared in af- fright at each other's face*," for they, >.. were of the prevailing .ivid grwh. Tbe populace pourtvt into tlie Htreetxlo gaae in terror at tbe emerald sky, and to ask each other what hal be.xm.e of the sun. and if the end of tbe world were, at hand. Hell* were tolled, ser- vices were L--I.I in all the churches. In one French town wveral persons KXriRKD KIIOM FRIGHT At about 8 o'clock in tlie evening the kkv resumed its normal asptt-l. There are several Yellow l>avs on n-i-.ird. the iiMt remarkable Is-imr that which occurred in I he rei^n of Charle.s IX. of I 'ran. iv and was regarded by the llnL'iifi|,.i v a* a nianifeatation of the Hivine wrath h 'ninit I he authors of the maesacre of St. Kartholomew. "All the revious night such a tempest of HH..I lew as not the oldest man had aeen. M.-vpliw fell with a horrible cru-h Strong hoime* and palaces fell down flat ii|M>n the earth. \\ h >lc foreM* wen- levelled, anil t hounaiuts of deer .le-. tpiyexl, o tht th"re. was nl i hunting in all the rejtlin for tbe wpare of .six year*. Some ln-ird loud And terrible voice* cry- iiu in the .ir. iltn>>iin< inr punihnient up -II the bl.l-ffuilly. Some. IwKinl the shMtering hlanti of VAN! Iriimpi-ts. so tint the soul fiint.- I at the. Hnund." At MinriM* the si. >im died .1. wn to a breathless calm. It became so intensely hot lh.it ...Hie die. I in III- field-., men fell .low n in I lie >< n-> i- si earn row fi.'in -i ni'linir p<K'l.s, and ha>rieks t.H.k lite ^ el there w .u. no vi-sible sun The sky wan n brilliant \<-ll<>. like that M.MM- lime.-, wen in the west at early twilight, ileepeniiiK toward noon to a splen.li. I orange, and later, to an ugly inud.lv l>n-\\n So frikM'tful wax the OIIH-II "that men. not .Uriiitf to >.. forth fur thi' dn'4idl'ul hwil. eonfivx-*-.! I hi-in--*-l\ -. to each other, forgave debt* and old fi-udu l'h"- thai ventured out of door ilrenehed their elothing with water. \\lnch turned to vapor in a hundred paces. Many dieil in their houses, w he) her of t he beat or fear, and half the world waa overcome." ^ el low Day appear* to have been very .similar to the . n<- dem-ribed above. t hough it WH not nccompanie.1 by I he preicrnatural rue. of leni|<erat lire. It apiM-nr-.. also, to have been much mure clrcumserBkM in area, at leaat tlie ac- counts we. have, stra.nge.ly meagre for so startling a phenomenon, embrace but i hree. colonies. The llsrk Day ban been frequently described, to ni'inv \-t liviiur. by ancient people who were eyewitnejes. "Th^ sky w.s rl<ur until ite*r noon, when the sun t*v-<ii '" f&ile, as if its light were, withdrawn, until il needed M r\ keen eye* to mark its position in the heavens. At first there was a sort of irrceniAh twilight, theji everything became an dark as midnight. Tbe star* came out. Tbe fowl* neat t* nxt People, looknd at their rleektJk sure that they BtiMt sofnehuw hare nas- taken tbe time. Tb* churohes and PMS*- ing hoiums were open. Tbe bells fc*ll*M | mournfully. Some men atoael uDon fm corners preaching that taw was the Last Day foretold by tbe EvwigU*t. 80*0*) people wrapped themselves a wbjts sheets and sat at open window* or osi rc.>fa. siaying hymns. But ju.st bcfrjre sunsjet tbe sky cleared. I remember : that my mother aad father embrace4 each o her, then kissed me. and jeemssl overjoyed, and tbe street was frl us* runsing to aad fro sod shout- ing ' hat the world was safe." The Black Day of tbe thirteenth tury must have been yet more dire and terrifying, aooordin*; to two fragnjen- tary accounts which have come down. " During the whole day tbe sun was a disc of ebony in a funeral firmament, and tbe whole earth wan full of weeping. Tbe beaata crept into men's, hnaaea far comfort." DRUNKENNESS IN ENGLAND. I Ifurr. V kirk frT Thai S>r J Bill-': S> eerea>lec I* Tfcal Commtrj. In an article in the National Review Mr. Arthur Shadwell quotes some in- teresting figures in proof of the d*v ' crease of drunkenness in England. . The London police returns for 1838 give the number of "drnnka" in the metropolis) for tbe previous year as &.8XQ to a population of IjUO.OOO. or 1 to SO in round numbers. More than one-third were women. In the twe p re violin years tbe number waa eoo- aiderably higher. Moreover, accord- ing to Mr. Chambers, a police magis- | trate, these figures did not include 8.560 "disorderly" cases, who were charged separately, bringing the full list up to 98,440, or about 1 to 40. la 1894 tbe number of drunks" in the Metropilitaa Police area and the city was 25.903 to a population of 5.633.8M or 1 to 216 in round numbers. ! order to be quite fair, however. it should be mentioned that tbe figures for 1894 refer only to convictions, while it IB not clear whether tboae of 18S3 were all conviction* or only ar- rests. But taking them as arrests only, the relative amount of publi* drunkenness in 183S waa fully four limm greater than in 1894 in 1 there wao one public bouse to every twenty families throughout the T'nit- K\ Kingdom, which would be about equivalent to an average proportion of one public house to every ten in- habited hiHines. aroordimr to tbe census. In London the. proportion wan only one to fortv. but the aver- age waa made up e4sewbere. Bristol had one drink-ship to every twenty families. Ulasgow one to fourteen. Oiiinhartnn one to eleiven and a half, and the rest of Scotland was said to be in very much tbe same case. Ire- land was> worse. Cloooiel had 150 spirit -hops to l.7in inhabitants say one to every three families and a place was found in County Down, i-on- "i-tinif of sixty-one houses, of which twenly-siz were s*)irit-sbops. Re- cent ceruuxsen do 'lot irive the nuni'r of families or of publtc hou.se*. and therefore it is difficult to make an exact cumuariH>n but Itrn-htt.n and Hove have 23/6.! inhab.te.l hi>uMes. of which 374 are botelit and public hou-see. a prufnTi ion of 1 to 63. In 1 ni.U>n 'h- proportion appears to be about 1 to TO. The number of publicans tflls the same tale. In 1831 the number ol males over twenty yearn of ajfe IB KngLin.l and Wales returned und*r the beading* of "publican, hotel, ur innke.-|KT. retailer ui beer." an-1 ">fir- it-ahopn," and iiM-ludiiii: Ix.th employ- en and employeil. " - m a total population of 13S97.1K7. In 1>9'. the numbers were 66.678 in a total of J9.- 001.018. pr bl Hypnotism In Surgery. . A striking example of the efficacy ot hypnotism a* an adjunct to surgical sci- ence was demonstrated within tbe past few .lays at tbe Johns Hopkins Hospital at Ibltimore. This case a difficult one of long standing and obarure. symptoms was that of a young lady into whose .si. te an incision was made and a diseased kidney wax treated. The incision was then sewed up, and she is now recover- ing, suffering no pain or inconvenience whatever. This difficult aud painful .1- well as dangerous operation was doiw while the patient was under hypnotic xugtretitioa. I ing hypnotized by one of tbe medical staff. The patient was in the lipynotKi state for aluut half an hour, and when seen at the hospital some tune after the operation w is delighted wiih the mioreas of the sxpsrisBegit, de- claring she felt no pain or i->n.s<-iousne.s whatever wh iv n th 1 operation w .- in pio- gre-vs live that .she In. I a .-<>nius.-.| and not iini-l-- i-^ini impression that someone st. i I by her side and wa- cutting pper wilh a |ir of wissors. After cunscioiis- . -turned she said she felt the naturiil puin consequent to any surgical operati.'ti lone while under onlinirv heii.-<. Ily|.n-Mis. in her case. wa-> limiie,| <mlv t.. the iim it required for th" nitration. It u.. however, pos- >il l>- to .-..iitinue the suggestion until the patient is out of all pain. I he I auuhlng- Plant Among curious plants one of the most notable ha,s been discovered rrw-ently in Ar.ibia. where ii is known by the na- tive.s as tle "laughing plant." It does not do any U>Bin| it.self. a< nii;ht b, x Infemxl fr<u it title, but it cauaes w however eat.s its seeils to break out in'o fits of tl< moot <mcontrolled and in. m. derate mirth. An Obstructionist Why have you dremed your hair so 'Maud T can take off my hat at the tbea- high. 'Maud t So 1 ter. Worse Guasie. why did you refuse Siuithett? Did he allow t lie cloven fK)t .' No. but he showed the cloven breath I iBTV.untary Confession He Don't you think Kl\ nn's conver- sation smacks of egotism ! She (thoughtlessly)! have noticed the smacks.