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SIGNIFICANT FIGURES, POPULATION OF BRITAIN AND FRANCE CONTRASTED. 1.1 si tke tfmtmrr rrra> f> rrr.it Very > . . M , ., ib i .. naiua* A iilaae* al Ik* r.l.r* The question ma to the growth of France and the I'm ted Kingdom re- apectively in point of population is one of more than mere idle or patriotic curiosity; it u obviously a matter of the highest practical and political mo- ment. Few people appear adequately l* realixe the enormous change which >* been wrought in this respect in the |>n-.-iii century, almost within the memory of peranoa atill living. Suffice it to say that while Britain haa been advancing at an increasingly rapid rate. '"'ranoe haa been almost uniformly droo- ping behind, the addition she made to tor population by the annexation of 8a y oy and nice having been counterbal- anced a few yearn laUr by the loss of Alaace- Lorraine. How the two nations now atand will appear within the next few months, when the next quinquen- nnulation waa over three -qaartnra of a trillion (7i*.Ji;-h. U-tweun 1MI and IWC it dropped to alioul half a nuMton (1>46.- 05.1) ; but hetwouu ilMli and 1891 it w.nt dima to IM. thaji a fourth of this (\'Hj- UH). In these fifteen years Great Urit- aia. on the other hand, baa increased by over fciiur and a half BMlliona. while K 1. 1 nre kaa added le&i than one and a half iirlJtVms (ItrilaUi 4.397.010. against r-'iuiice 1.437.404) II must moreover. I* remembered, in HU|iaruw the progress and reproduc- tive vitality of the two nations, that in auite of the enormous increase in the population of the British Isles, there haa been a vaat emigration of British and Irish-born peraonn going on throughout the nineteenth century, while from France the emigration baa len relatively quite insignificant. While the British population at home ban risen from leas than 16,000.000 (15.- i-!. HJi in 1801. to over 39,000.000 (89.- ISl.lGti) in IfWfv aji increase of over 23.- OOO.tlUO-ll.fiOO.OOO persons of MtHinhand Irish birth have left the Old Country fer new bomeit over the Mean. ID the same period of ninety-five years the French have only added al-out 11,000,000 lo I heir numliera at home (having in- creased from 27.500,000 in 1801 to. it U ejtfimaled. 38.500.000 in 1895), while the total number of emigrants of French i birth in the whole of the nine and a- ' half decades amount,* to lens than 500.- 000. The British and Irish emigration in t hat period haa. therefore been equal : to, if it baa not out numbered, the entire addition to the population of France and the whole French-born emigrants put VANCOUVER ISLAND. Th* nce. The result promiaes to be a d^ twice aa many people as France to aurprise both for Englishmen and for j her home population. Frenchmen, for it will almost to a cer- tainty demonstrate the fact that the United Kingdom, for the first time in history, DOW ponaeases a larger popula- tion than France. At the niuiiiiejiceine.il t of the nine- teenth century, the French VASTLY OCTNUMBERBD the war WpMlt t e4 rselBr ...! Professor W. J. Button, recently aa- aistant profeasor in the Michigan School of Mines, has made a report on hie reoonnoiasanoe of Vancouver laland to the Minister of Mines. The the Britiah. Throughout against the first Napoleon, there were j immediate occasion of the report was aeven Frenchmen to every four Brit- the new work ia progress at the on*. In the year 1801 France possess- ' gold fields of Alberni. There U per- d a population of between twenty- haps DO other island in Queen Vio- seven and twenty-eight millions (27,- toria's dominions: which ponseasc* so 149,003), while the United Kingdom much interest at the present time, numbered leas than 16,000,000 (15.896.- I The island is about 800 miles long. 412) . In other words, the French in by a breadth varying from 20 to 60 1801 out n umbered the liritiah by 11.- mi lea. The capital of the province GOO.OOO. This enormous din-proportion of British Columbia, Victoria, ia Bit- has, however, long ago disappeared. i uated near the east end of the island. Almost every cenaua that has l*en j The west side of the island is in- taken in the two countries since 1801 I dented by deep inleta. or canals aa haa reduced the difference lietween \ they are sometimes called. One of their respective populations, and al- | these, the Alberni canal, extends for most invariably to the advantage of ov ' twenty miles into the interior. Great Hritain. until in 1H91 it was found and is of sufficient depth along the that the French superiority in nun.liers whole diatanoe to float the Urgent had shrunk to little more than half a warahips. million. The census which waa taken! Tbr chief economic value of the in both countries in that yeiar gave | ialand hitherto has lieen its coal. France a litt.o over thirty-eight and *' w n*h it punaeeam the only deposit ana-third million* (3^.343.192) and the * United Kingdom rather lean than SB.- | FIRST-RATH QUALITY 000.000 (87.797013) We observe, there- I Jet discovered on the Pacific coast of fore, that during the first ninety years ' North America. All but about. 200.000 of the century the increase, in France tone of the annual output is shipped to waa (in round numbers) only 11.000.000. ' United States ports-California taking while in (Jrett Mritain it waa 22.000.000. | about two-third*, and the Stales north That in lo say. Great Britain had been of her the remainder. Recently increasing twi.-e an fast aa her neigh- ! however, the mining operations at hNr, li i lien lerame a practical cer- , A1 , ^ ^ attracted attention, and a.n.y that, even l*fore the next Bri- ; tb|> , th( , ir ,. xlpn , ,,, |Hh census of 1901. t - popu ation of - rt ^ f productiveness made by In- Hri.isl, Isle.,, would for the first ^ rof) . JW1>r U||OI| ^ M enoo(ira| , in|r line in (lie history of he two nations. The. gold-bearing surface soil be larger than that of trance I of llM . ^^^ naB | <m g lwM1 known Hui we have official returna. P ub - I to cover an extensive area, but it in Uated or, the authority of the two ^ we) , ritual**! for working Governments, which enable us already TlM . j, lU . rior ( tn , L*0and is far from to go further than this, and which jus- tify us in affirming that, even al the i.renent date (l)ei--mlier, IWIfi). the popu- lation of fireat Hritain ia larger than that of Fram-e larger, probably, by FULLY 1.000.(K)0 SOULS. having been at all plortxl ; in fact, the met tliuroughly ex inhabitants are enterprising lot. even onm- |uireid with the [ellow-ooloninUi of tin- mainland. They derive their tra- ditions from the old days of the Hudson's Hay Company, w lien the The returns relating to the birtlis and ' only resident.* were officials, who had deaths in France have in recent years J an easy time of it while Indians did lieen such as to innpire thoughtful and all the work Tlio waters around patriotic Kn-n. h,n*ii with the gloom- j the inland .<wa.ni, with the finest fish. ie.*t apprehensiona. They have iliscov- . but exoept the mini/ .11 no commercial ' this aM4iu.*h- ered. to I lieir nurprise and alarm, that | a<lvaiilage in taken of the Krench race instead of increasing, i"g aouroe of wealth have actually been declining, an.l that , from one point of v uilly lieen declining not owiiiir to t hi- ravagns of war or inteiriHting feat.ure of lew t he n.. -i Vancouver lv but chiefly as a consequence of I lie habits and the ilelilterale choice l.uul is the naval station at Ilsqi '- malt, with it.* extensive arsenal ni.n of the people t beiiutf-lvnn In proof of . dry-iUick. the finest this statement, it in miffirU-nt to men- I""**' The d-k in lion one or two significant figure*. In on the Pacific ._ _ built of sand- nlnit' imliedded iu cement, is 457 feet ileep The the year 1H1 the number o>f <leatlin l"fg. 57 wide, and 27 exc-ded tliat of the births in all nuu-hinerv connected with it received Fraiv by ovv: IO.WNI (Itl..'i0. r i|. In the considerable follow mi.' year (189'.') the excess of death* ovei IUI|LS wan more than 3t. OWl (Jn.iuli, so that in tlie two years there was, apart from immigration, an actual talilng-off of over M),INMI in the French (opulal inn. In I"''M it is true. nc. i 11-4. .ind riiiiimen.ln- tu-n al the time it wa.* nut into place. Vancouver inland is tin- WKSTKHN III I. \\.\UK of the IViminion of Canada. Aa the province lieconuw better settled anfl its i i v- in i| i < <| ' n i.i ' ii 1 1 1 in i '.i |i ui 1 1 i iv. . i tliere wan a slight recovery, the I'irt hs rewniircwi more full) developed, the u*- mml will not only maintain txit < in value its prene.nl high IHV.MI.-I, Indeed, for it.* .-.nil .U-poMt* alone it. is a pumensioii incomparably n,or<> valu- able than any other of approximately equal size in t.hone (tarts of t tie worhl It is Knglajld's goxl fortune lo p. >- anas the two ixwl de|xtsi(.* which *ti|>- ply the wnntern I'acific mnl of Ibis nlHiiil 7 IKK) (7. Mill more than the ile ill,*, lull the IM|.IH.I- on the three > was a de<-n-.L>i- of nver UM.IKXI (28,- 4IKI) in the tutal numlier ..f |ie<Hili< nf hi.-n.h I. ml. in IHiCt as compared with 1H90 French writers have naturally taken alarm a I t hejw figures, for they l the ominous quest i<m. " Aretha f Kraiice. then, actually on the decline! Is the (uipulat ion of I lie country henceforward dealined tn dwin- dle year by year f And, if ita nuinhcrx ngjre*l t ative* o nontmenl with its. slenun .>! are an- kei.l iip. in it to lie. not by the "[''"'I'J. 1 natural increase, and miiltiplication of at the ext i.-mit ies of in New South They the Ual. Hie great Wales, the Vancouver Inlaml. AH to .. .,.-,, , ., . , , '"'' ["-."ssi.in Is bull lurk the milive iM.t- I. ui wholly and nolely f " r . wl "'" ' '" l'ilda.r.T waa arrancad by the imiiiikrntiioii of alienn * It (!".' lh * "al*"l- lh existence already sufficiently clear tliat unlem i of ~* 1 w wft - H neil li.-! known nor sun- there lias Iven a 'change in 1894 and ! I" >C|M| N-^irntej ft..m i by a liar- im, ,,i i.v.ir.1 t,. tl- Intlu. and ilealhs, I r ? w , "'"*"; " 1 * > Uiin.-.l -tales are out II,.- .-.-iisus of I -!(', will ,*how a *M-line. of lui ' k "' i ! ""/ have no field of in the niimU-rn ..f the native race, wid i """^ ""' 'Uialily and value Had that, if there ! any incieiute at all In I lie total |M,piilul ion in IH'.Mi ILH cm popu pareil with IH1ll.it will lie due exclusive- ly to foreigners nettling in the coun- try. mi-: < -ON ri( AST B resented >>\ t lie addition* France and real Hritain lutve made to thru rea- ped ivc populat ioiu in recent years in very sinking Heiwern the census of IKHl and IH'M CI.MI llnl.iin .ol.led more ihmi two ami I lure quarter mil- lioiiM (S.M2.547) to tier inhabilanU ; France lens than 71111.11011 (ti7I.M4i In oilier wnrdft. the lltili-.li in thai decade were increaaiiig nmrr than four tini.-> as rapidly as t be I'tvn. I, \Vhul i.* more. I lie dnip in I hr case of France lwu< been progressive, and has recently liern the love he e.|ii.il quality and value they ina crilnvil juncture in the pitsl in.iiiiijiined the rights uxpre v*cd in the cry "l-'ift\ four forty, or fi*!hi." Vancouver Inlnml would now form a l*iii of the Union, and the po.*iiion of the Isuiiiiuoi, nf I'uiii.l.i would l- a vastly different .me from what it ia. New York KxemiiK Sun. A Narrow Esoap*. Mrs. (ienteel You brought no card, Marir. Mail' N- mum: the gent said he b.i.l none Ile says as how he - voui t i i. .lake-, f roa nayaaad i nm. bete \,i nnd the hull family spent the sum- IM.T. tunm lie's got a big tiine-w.'in aalch> I with him. mum MeiVy ! Tell bun I lieu of him. for , more rapid than ever llet \\ern lx7li us all, to hurtv to -. i and gel vaeefaialed and then gel and IHHI Hie a.l.hluju to tlie l-ren.li out nf I he city aa soon a* possible HOUSEHOLD. A True Story of Doughnuts. "Meadoweud Doughnut*." That waa the sign that had stared me in the face week in an 1 week out in the window of an unpretentious little store on Main street. It was a queer, old-fashioned place, where you could buy anything frun. knitting need lea to cast ile soap. It almuM attracted you because of its old-time atyle. Three or four dull lamps lighted the interior, which you entered tiy a flight of atone steps guard- ed by a slender iron railing. It was a nondescript sort of store, but clean and fresh, and somehow after I had glanced at "Meadow-end doughnute" for three or four weeks I matte up my mind to try them. "Ten cents for half a dozen." I re- peated when the fresh-faced young woman answered my inquiry about the doughnut*. "Why. that in double the rice the nakers aak." "Yes," she said, smilingly, "only these are not bakers' doughnut*. Will you try tbein r "Yes," I aaid doubtfully. The lx she brought me looked fresh and dainty. It was a plain white paste- board a. fair, but it was tied neatly with white twine and the "Meadowend doughnuts" in ueat script on the top was just unique enough to make you wonder who the writer was and where Meadowend was situated. It brought to mind a big. fresh, cheery farmhouse where butter and eggs and fresh, cream, milk, etc., were to be had in abundance. Next morning when I |iened the box. for doughuuta go so well with coffee, you know. I felt as if IDc a half dozen was cheap. The box was line<l neatly with white tissue pap*r. and euch cioughnuLs I They were of the variety they called rained, and they were delicate, sweet, spicy, soft as to interior, and brown and crisp as toast on the exterior, with a powder- ing of soft sugar about them. They never made you dream of the lard ket- tle; they would not have quarreled with the most uncertain digestion, and well, we had never known before what doughnuts and coffee meant. That evening I called at this little More again and this time I carried off iui> U>xe after a chat with the bright little saleswoman. "Where is Meadowend f" I asked, "ami who maken tlie doughnutaf" "Meailowend is fifty miles from here I u<ie<l to live there and when I was home last summer I spent the day with an old schoolmate. She wai< in sad straits. Her husband had ilu-il. l.-.i \iriK r her with three children and an old-fashioned farmhouse. She rul<l neither sell or rent. She rouldn t leave home to work. There was nothing to do i hercaiiouiM. and she die)ii't know where to turn We nat talking over thin*... at supiter time and 1 atiked her suddenly. "Why don't you sell your doughnuts f" "Who'd buy I hem I'" she said ; "every - Ixidy round here doaa their own bak- ing." "You let me have a batch of nice frtwh ones to take liark with me." I Maid, and when 1 came home I had a l. IK basketful of Helen's doughnuts. I didn't send her more than a dollar for that lot. for I gave tbew away among neighU>m and customers. But the ,,.-\t week 1 sent her an order that kepi II<T I. uk ing tor one day. Now she has a hire.! girl to help her She buys lioxes, twine and paper wholesale, sends a huge crate here by express every Afternoon. payn me a little commission on the wuln. and well, last week I ent her a chock for 8f> Next week abe Irjnnii to supply customers in a town nearer her home. Her doughnuts have made a comfortable home of the old Meadowend farmhouse." Hams Made Savory. Haked Hum Souk the ham in cold water over night ; trim. wij>e dry. cover it with a paste made of flour and water, ami Iwke in a slow oven. When .lom 1 take off the <-nwt and peel off the Akin ; allow to ,.ol. .rime, and garn- i-l with carrot* and beets rut into fancy aha)**. HoiUvi Ham. Place the ham in a pot \\iih enough water to cover it. and add two headn of celery, two turnips, three onion.*, a bunch of sweet herbs, and two Iwy leaven L simmer four hour*. lie- move the akin, onrinkle with pepper and allspice . lirown in a quirk oven. lt.nl.-. I Hani u'i S.-ik the ham over night ; drain, and net on the fire with enough water to completely cover it ; add our lot tie of sherry or sweet Cat- awab wine and nme nnemary. W h.-n done. .-km. N|irinkU> nh sugar. itnd burn with a salamander. Stuff.-. I Hani Soak tin- ham over night ; put in cold water and Uiil slow- ly and steadily until thoroii^hU <lne: \\IK-M done remove (lie ttkm Make a dre.-e.ing as follows : One cup of hread- criiinliM moiMejied with milk; season witli all.H|>ice and cloves. |>owdered a taldc.i|H.ntnl of lliMiic 1 1>- name f m.u IOIHIII and savory, a UbaMpoonful of butter, and a raw <vn . n.i\ trail. Make incinjona all over the ham. anil fill I ham with 1 1> alv>- mixture; rul> tin- lia.ni w-e.ll with the yolk of an egg and cover with breadcrumb* . bake in a slow oven for an lioiir York Ham. Wash ami scrajie the ham, put in a MI lice- pan unl, enough cold water to rover it . add two carrot.* to onion-., i-elerv clovoa. a blade of mace, thyme, anil bay leaven, simmer MM\ slowly for four hours, allow In cool in the liquor When cold remove the rin. I. cut into thin slices, and serve with .inv rich salad. Dont'i for Wire*. Orm't expect imnunHibilities fmm your hllnhaild lion'i snub him in the presence of si raiu:e i Ikvn'l hen|xx-k him jiint l-cau*e you know he is ipiiet and will stand it. IVm'l trr.n him an if you had come .low n off R pMMtai I" marry him llon't worry him to death tiers u*t> vou cannot have your dearxti wish granied Don't ma to yonr mother with all hi-. 'aulls ; rather keep hi* good quali- ties to light and hide bin failures. Drm't think that now you are married be doesn't care whether you curl your hair or not. Don't expert him to be amiable with a breakfast of tough steak, greasy pota- toes, cold mils, and muddy coffee. Don't have cold suppers. Remember the nearest way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Don't ait up wailing for your husband. Go to bed ; get all the sleep you can. In the morning when you are looking and feeling your heat, if you have any- thing to say. say it ; nine chance* out of ten you will win. PECDLIAR ROBBERIES. Ml !!* Bld TblrVSS. REVENoEO AT AKY COST. 44 inr. 1 1 i..i .- .1 1. ( ik Now and again it happens that a gejn- ius in crime arises who considers the or- dinary robbery unworthy of his abilities. and therefore he goes in for removing articles of an extraordinary nature, Bays a London (Eng.l paper. For example. take the man who stole tb coffee-stall (he other day. It was a nice coffee- stall. replete with urns, cups and eauc- ers.plaie_s. knives and forks and spoons, and a good supply of comestibles, rang- ing from shop eggs to lumps of cake cat with mathematical perelaion. The atall stood before its owner's home, and behind some old railings of iron and wood. The full audacity of the robbery will be realized on learn- ing that the thief did not take down the rail-iiR* or even wait for a suitable time. He just selected a moment when the proprietor was out of the way. and then took out the atall at 6 o'clock in the evening, just aa its owner was in the habit of doing when about to act u[ hia traveling coffee shop near a Urge gas factory a mile or two away. The perpetrator of this extraordinary robbery was detected through the agency of a friend of the real proprietor wh partook of refreshment.* at the stall. Juitj- recently there hav* been two or three cases recorded in the papers of cab stealing: this we can q^uiie un- derstand. for a bora* and cab u a nice little property wherewith one can earn a decent living But what shall be said of the man who STOLE AN ELEPHANT* This same elephant escaped from a cir- cus procession that was wending it* way through the streets of a auiiurb of Liverpool. The great animal wan- dered for many miles and eventually stopped at a farm, the proprietor where- of | HIM p: Iv annexed the valuable brutr. and was fuolish enough to nell it tn the next circus proprietor that chanced to be in the vicinity. The farmer's rea- son for getting rid of the elepbaat was the prodigious quuitity of food the ani- mal consumed We need hardly way that the whole silly proceeding ended in the conviction of the farmer though he got off with three months' imprison- ment . There are at least two case.* on re>-ord of a man stealing a hou.*e One of these waa a portable corrugated-iron >tru<-- turv. which ran on wheels and belonged to a great contractor, whose maoaoar used it as a pay lux. while the other was an ordinary nenii-detached subur- ban resilience (low could such a houw tie stolon f Well, the alleged thief sim- ply took poMKtion of it. put hini*elf in a state of singe, and then set the real owner at defiance. After a long and most exasperating cour.** of law pro- ceedings the real owner recovered his I. on.-- and the claimant was di*lodged Horses and rant have been *tolen. of eourse : so have whole him*e* of furni- ture. if we may use the term The lat- ter unique rubbery is worked in t hi- vtay: A aosahalaw poinfr alinxi.l will jerhp warehou.te hix furniture at some well-known re|iository. and the thieve* will contrive to imperHonate him. and in many cas<v< gel p<w.*e,*sion of, the whole of In- hoii-* hold goods. FORTUNE TELLING. rclsr* "k. .u a4le at I* Mr fta'e < r. k i..- I* *up-r*tiiion dying outf Judging from an interview which one of our contributors had with a well-known as- trologer. we should say it L not. aays Ixmdon Tid-Hil.*, Our informant claims l4> have forelnld the dentruct n>n of the ill-fated l*ttle.ship Victoria, and the a.* aas.*ination of President Carnot "What is. pi^rhapa. still more extra- ordinary." itaid he. "1 nuiulvr among my clients stxires of business men w h> hfii t lii-y are al>ut to eiulwrk on m>me haxar.loiLs i..!iunercial enterpriw, have 'horary fiiriite.*' caat. showing tlie stale of the he.iv.-nx at the approximate m<> ment they rasolve.l IIIHUI the venl\ir>-" m| dmv it take to caol a .\lmt twenty iiiinulen." was the re- ply. "'providing the correct data be forthcoming It may interest you In kiHiw lint Jupiter w by fur the >>e.*l planet to lie U.rn under. Mars give* it'iu-4-ii and ener^ Mercury. inlelUvt, ami I lie HUH, plTcle and power. "The ml extraordinary client lever had f W.-ll \\list would you think of an ex|H>rt l>urglar who wanted a horar> figure iwt of the approximate moiiient he was aluxit to attack a West Knd hi nine f He wantc.l to know utx-tlwr it waw worth while, whether it was a safe thing, and. in short, if tlie auguries were favorable." Abilities Ob. II.N.IW. dear, said the anxion- girl, wh" hid bt-vn w.iiliiw while her lo\,-r inie.riei\l her |>|>a on matri- monial topic*, w li it di I p.ip.i ay I Agnes, love, replitvl (teorge diplon ally. I don't think your papa'* fi u-n U i.il 1 apprtviato what a vurorou.* Np^akrr he in. nor what a wonderful resource of language he p<w.*easee. The entrance and Public M-hool leav- ing examination* will take pi we ii the .'Mli mul ~oth of June next, earlier than usual. *f a The desire for revenge b a failing which roay he attributed to moat human beings, and. although te do aa may place one within reach of the law. there are very few people who will forego punish- ing an enemy if an op|rt unity pree- enta itaelf. borne of the inethoda em- ployed are very queer and eocentric.aad happily do not always have a serious result. Many of these revenges, as ia the following caaa. may be attributed to disappointed love, which acema to es- pecially turn the brain of youthful peo- ple In the Rue de Toibiac, Paris, there ia a saloon at which on Saturday and Sunday evenings dances used to be or- ganized by the young people of the district, who enjoyed themselves un- der the watchful eyes of their parents aad guardians. Among the dancers at these fetes waa a young man who had vainly paid his addreaaea to a fair dam- 1. Instead of taking the rebuff in a philuaopbical manner be reaoived on vengeance, and. being a druggist, he- thought himself of a means whereby be might upset the festivities. He went te the saloon on a Saturday evening provided with a bag containing a powder whirh produces the same ef- fect aa anuff on the- olfactory nerven.and bestrewed the fl.r with it. THE RESULT more than realized his desire. Couples bad to alwndoD the mazy waltx and give themnelve> up to violent sneezing and finally the party broke up long lfore the uaual hour. Kneouraged by the suc- cess of his trick, the druggist returned to the charge on the following Satur- day, bat. unluckily for him. was detect- ed in the act. The company, in the utmost exasper- ation, decided that be should he evicted then and there: but the druggiat show- ing fight and. seizing a footstool, burl- ed it in the direction of hia antagonist, knocking down a girl of sweet 17. This waa the signal for a general w rim mage. in the course of which blows were free- ly exchanged, amid a cborua of aneezes. Eventually the druggist waa arrested by the police, who had been summoned to the apot. while a man who had an eye considerably damaged in the fray waa removed to the nearest hospital. KadVliffe. the famous physf i.tn. once had a violent and lasting quarrel with Chief Justice Holt. The wife of the great lawyer was a lady of exemplary virtue. Imt of verv shrewish disposition so shrew L*h. in fact, that when at one turn- she fell ill it waa no secret that the lord chief justice was in rather ju- hilant expectation of her demise The lady however, seemed to lie determined to disappoint him if possible and in order to pique him put herself under the care of Rail. I if fe The doctor in- stantly saw an opportunity worthy of dis genius, and in order to 11AVK HIS KKVKVt.K took the most jealous and assiduous pains to preserve this most troublesome i horn in hia adversary's side. Under hi* skillf'i' treatment the patient rap- idly reco\:-rn<l her health, and survived her husband many years. The vicar of a north country town aome time ago waa made the victim of a cruel hoax Orders with his signa- ture forged thereto were sent to trades- men, newspapers, solicitors, detectives, and even clerguneii asking them to per- form various nrrv ire for tlie vicar. Hoth the vk-iim and the recipients of the letters were put to a great deal of iron! le. and the clergyman to some ex- pense, through mune person's desire to thus revenge him A very curious revenge was that of the aani*tant of a Ijondon clock maker who was recent I v diacharged by hia manter. At midnight there was a tre- mendous noise in Ijie shop. The police MIX.-...- I in and much alarm was cause.!. The dismissed employe had net all the alarms to strike tt that time He evi- dently intended tn surprise hi* master, and iiM*t certainly did so. Poaeibly the following incident may serve an "a moral to adorn ihi* article. A cat tielonimig to a man in Ksnkakee liecame no troublesome that he derided to drown it. He waded out into the stream and plunged the cat lienenththe waier. Then he discovered he had st.-| IM-,| into a hole. In a few minutes lie wan drowned. The cat went home alone. TRIUMPH (Tr SCIENCE. I !hl fer Vtm. h the lmrlr f The noine of war'.* alarms should not diNi r.u-t attention from the marvellous triumph of science which i reported from Vienna. It in announced that 1'rof Houtgen of the Wurahurg I'niver- -it \ b i- ili*covervd a light w hich> for the pur|<v< of phnMvrnphy. will penetrate W.K|. fle.*h. and uuwt ntber organic sub- Mam-e*.. The Prfensor ha* sucoee<led in plioltvrM'hing metal weights which were in a C|.MN| w.**len case. al* a inan'n hand lu b >lx>w*.Hil> the booea. the fle^h bemr nnUible. The l.oixkni CkTOaick i-oriwiHunlent aaya the dt*covery i.* simple IIM- IV. v. t ik.v. a M> railed Cn*>ke's pi(*. vii. : a vacuum gla>*< pi|*' with an in- duct i.u . urrent H.MIV through It. .ind b\ m.-au* of ray> which the pip> emits photoarrapbe on ordinary photographic "In o.nlrat with the ordinary rays of litiht !h-. rny.* penetrate orgaaW m.it ter and other o|ianiie substances just ,i.x ..i-.liiuiry ray- |n'iielrte glasn." II-- has also u. .-.-.- t.vl iu NKttO*rapk- inp hi.tilen iu.-t K with a cMh tarowa over I lie camera, riw rays pi-net rated not nl\ the wi>.nleii c..*e rontainiujr the U but the fabric in front of thie ne- (etive l'h- Profewnir i* already ii*inc his dia- .M\t-r\ I.- |>hoi<v r .iph broken ItuibH and bullet.* in human Use of Scltnc* Puatiner Tb<e pants ar\ all out of They are tight IV. . freni. >ou >ro Ihrnuk-ti -ien'ific o-ll ..... .'lid \..i viml dot n<l.l IM HI tract A Noll vear done lnt. c dill dey gid vanned oop. Ul >'l 'l.-\ vil. look like ilev vas made vur dot Ihik- of Marlliorough