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 l" bord, i^ featment of ^5. Had during S* J?** PMsenoe nX?d"theV !ne else has eveT I this manner. sSi 1" simple and can? •feaent season ^t oruy of cases h.i! PIXpK80N,J *^anada,andeQoio a catarrh.-lfff^'" ndtherj will not 1 ten'ih pa-t of intment. one kind and li^e'a pathway, f(J unexpected tha re IS at least on, I merit tiat nevei s Painless Cob remove the won ad as no dnini anything elae, you have hard i, Bt vare of tk f. C.PjlaoaCoJ 6 Pure it is your OK uit. New York City, m,t Carriaare Hire. [ON HOTBL opi 600 elegant n one mifion doll European jAm. lied with the ' elevated » can live ad Union Hotel tel in thecitr.i. d the valaeof bo '.e do their mo re it way. NerriilMe I. Poison's Nbi ient and prcmp r nearalgia, lui or Intsnoal uas ij five minutes mal iline in aay of tli z Cramps in thj t pains. Buy Nerviline at an^ he great remeli Immerday.'itshet Le*(l TMB. tt Marshall, Mm [lebrated Electi llsctric Aopliane* to men (VoMgo* fi9 debility. lo3i« fand all kindr* j.a"i3m. miirsM ^r diaeasas. CoiB [h, vigor an! »'â-  Isk id iacorred i srad. Write thei iriONS Givfflf] ItOQ, WooUen, 8U,tO J Matterg. Pqn Mfc." f land, goodboildiaf g. Oanningjg i. lErAIi BPB lampa of ^*J, [ide St. 5»*'*?r^ for real efTj^ju â- ^ and «â- *â- *!«« I ttefiD'f Between Blrd**B4rBaI««k FiytaC- r jp the subject of baloMiing and â-ºâ€¢^t French experiments in steering L^ j^maj noted that the ana- ir f' ature are adverse to the attain- "** Artificial fliglit by means of a baJ- '•' ffe do not mean by way of dr- ^ay of principle. The theoiy riooni8tb»t of levitation, that is W"*!; counterposing gravity by the Lrf' of a given balk of atmospherio • i lighter gas. That the latter '2[l involves the exposure of so large rSte to atmospheric currents as to I -great force to overcome the resist- ^frapid breeze by fans, screws, or fi "mechanical means, is well-known. Voointtowhich we refer is this. *u flight of every bird or insect the "•{ the animal is directly utilized retaining it i» ^^ " -^^ *h® ^^ I fbird, the feathered surface that it e»to the wind can be so inclined to I nvement of the latter as to make the Zeri^ or fall at will, by the direct â- n of the wind, without any visible â- In of the wings. From the deck of l^jl a gull may be watched, hovering Tmdv minutes together, without one fits wings. I The bird at such times Jv^jjjgki.e, its power of self-balance IciD^i the effect of the string of the in maintaining a certain inclined po-B "n relative to the wind. And although .e birds of the swiftest flight have an ^ordinary area of wing surface in pro- yon to their weight, others, of equal I ever superior power of flight, have little wing surface in proportion to weight. Thus the problem M has been solved by nature in guy ways but in all of them the grav- U the living creature, far from being m^ei or counterposed, is an essential nent of its mechanical action. The jence that we draw from this is that L opposition principle, that of levita- ^, is not likely to be followed with lanical success, ezcept on rare oc- Isoni. Inrentire Genius of Italians. Ilvas surprised to find how many ex- igent inventions the Milanese possess ^.5 about the house were particularly jdceable. The upper panels of the bed- L doors were swung on hinges and tened with thumbscrewsâ€" an excellent Ifice for ventilating the room. The Ditead rolleis traveled in a light iron which slid upon the carpet and thus led it from being cut by the wheels. i bolts to the closed doors disclosed the "libra" when open and "occupie" bs shut. All this was a revelation to I fancied the Italians were behind je in mechanical improvements. I nd the Milanese, at least, a long way 1 of the English and French. But D here there is no running water in lekdrooms â€" a luxury only known in lenca. Gas lights are being introduc- |ko the bedrooms of some few of the tent'y-built London hotels, but as a gas and running water in bedrooms, Itommon, almost universal, throughout lecities of the United States, are not [le found in those of Europe. In these icts, therefore, Milan is ^ot a whit ad either London or Paris. i Qool Client. oaf quaint' nee of mine â€" a young law- t, tirea of being brief less and fee less in Frincisco â€" determioed to establish flf in 8. me inter or county. A few fstts after he wrote me that he had his lease, and that he bad won it. It was ltd case, he wrot*^ one that rf quired iitady and ingeniity, but he hau won [ad aaanrf d me tijat he considered his -tiity dollars, I bebeve â€" as well earned. pciitnt was an old countrymtn, simp'e fOMophiaticated, and he had endeavorad Ipwt nim on the ways and doings of K so that he should attend the 'trial pt embarrassment or trepidation. By Nlntas in the court tho client did â„¢f to his lawyer. ^y friend came down to spend his holi- I. and we met. I asked him, laaghing- [*liether he had had another case since H^ looked at me curiously, and lis that something incredible had hap- PM:n regard to that affair. That same he met his former client and over psbzir they had discasaed the mit- l%(irlyooitme a hundred dollars," «ie client. I liindred ?•• asked the lawyer, " I teak the j adge out for a drink, 5»^e him fif:y dollars. That is why I «coolin the court." â- ^ /**|i"g' of my young lawyer friend Ih 1 u*' '"lagined than described. "eicokednponit as a good joke. I â-  'polled his amusement by asking him 'f he had returned to his client his •«wn8d fte. ' A Good Year for Icebergs. ;^ k dispatch says The oldest ibsr '° Newfoundland does not re- •omtn^nf^'l!" approaching the ic **\S ' y^^- !•» ordmary years '^^rgs have been seen on the 1st of ilhtn,' â-  • ^°^ there is an inunense fleet uT^^e past the island. Sioce the ,» 01 February a stream of icsbsrgs ^n pastmg down toward the Gu.f p„" ""Nervals. At one time daring "t month seventy icebergs of nn- â- ^ were visible from Signal Hill, ,^ passing southward. Some g i^ "nnst have occurred in the A "»* Ji an unusual character to " j]" abnormal digaorgement W" existence the vasj ice argos "d rpin â- ^'en months. ies of f » n,u*""® ^lien well husbanded, is ipS ^^ated field, of which a few /^aces more of what is useful to extensive provinces, even of the "i when overrun with weeds and T.k« «n,ftipig-4 phrtogni,Jier. •tSr°' **" â- *""?-?«*•*£ «p tiM ej^ ShoTing the " qBear"-.«rawdias u m. sc^fg^^r"'**^"'^* oa?;S'bSx!*' ""'•^^" «^ ' Astronomera and theatrioal mansovs both ditooTer new stars. " fon^SSi^pEJT"' wepr-nm.. wh«i the A polly-tiokle moTemeatâ€" Somtchlae a ptfrot with a straw. The man who bovs ohewiag tobaooo doss not always get quid pro quo. Waiter gitls may not be Spirltoaliats, bnt moot of them are table tip-pers. Never hurt a milkman's feelings by talk- ing to him aboat the cream of a joke. In matters matrimonial, eastern girls seem to require a little ooaohing. Street alteroatioos sometimes alter the ex- pression of a man's coontenaaoe. If big heads are a sign cf astuteness a cabbage should be sbarper than a pin. ' where shall I find content " sighs a magazine poetess. Have you tried the dictionary, dear? A young lady asked a shop-keeper for a tight-fitting garment such as they wear in New Jersey. The drowning man olntcbes at a straw. You may have seen the drowning man or the man drowning his sorrow in the bowl clutcuing at a straw. There is one thing certain about invest- ing in telephone stocks. It is a sound investment. It is not, however, equal to a telegraphic instrument, for that is sounder. In South America there is found a fruit which boiled with tough meat makes it tender. The boarding house motto, 'Bless Oar Home," may yet become less of a mcck- ery. Richard Grant White fays the letter " r " is disappearing from the American tongue. This is truly alarming. We shall presently have no month in which oysters may be safely eaten. " Thank Heaven, the fuss is all over," said the groom, ** ard I have yon all to my- self." "Yes," returned tlie happy bride, " and now let us take one last look at the wedding presents before pa sends them ba.k ' to the jeweler's." " Oa, yes. Jon^s is getting on first rate. He's just coining money is his new business." "Ah, I'm glad to hear it. What is he engaged in?" " Cjunterfeiting." A New Tiew of his Case The following new story will remind the reader cf an eld one. It 1^ a point that will well bear illustrating. The case being argued was old Farmer Closegrip va. a railroad company for danaages sustained in a collision. The old man's lawyer was making a pitiful appeal to the jury. "Gentlemen of the jury," he said, 'just gaze upon the true, hi^nest, time-beaten fa?e of iny client, and suppose he bad beenfat»lly «(0unded think of the sad blo^ his loving wife and little, innocent children would have to receive but, thank heaven it was not so bad as that. "Bat, oh, how he must have suffered dur- ing the long days of his illness I how the heart stricken companion of his life fjlt when they brought him home bruised and man* gled Now, tell ne shall this poor old man go down to his grave a mained and helpless creature without some aid from the caase of his effliotion " Daring this delivery, Closegrip was notic- ed to ba very much agitated, and rising as the lawyer finished he sobbed, â€" "Judge, 'sense my breakin' ii^ bat I must speak." "Go on," commanded the court. "I didn't know it wer so bad as it air till the gentleman thar sot down an' ef ye'll let me I'llâ€" I'llâ€" " here he filtered. "You'll what?" asked his honor. "Just raise them Aggers on the rail ovi fer a few dollars more â€" make it a thousand instid o' five hundred won't ye, judge V It is needless to add that the jadge didn't. ' â€" ' â-  Orerttae Fenee. Mrs. Singleton put her head over the fence and thas addressed her neighbor, who was hanging out her week's washing, â€" ' 'A family has moved in the empty house across the way, Mrs. Clothes-Une.' "Yes, I know." "D'd yon notice their fumiture?' "Not particularly." "Two loads, and I wouldn't give a dollar a load for it. Carpets I !l wouldn't pat them down in my kitchen. And the children 1 I won't allow mine to associate with them, yon bet. And the mother I She looks as if she had never known a days happiness. Tbefatherdrinks, I expect. Too bad that such people should ccm3 into this neighbor- hood. 1 wonder who they are?" "I know them." ^^ " Do you Well, I dechura. Who are "The mother is my sister, and the father is saperintendent of the Methodist Sanday- Sohool." A painfnl pause ensues. CarefuL Prof. Reoger, en f^j^S^. "^S^ITL^ Paraguay, with eggs, observed that at first theysmihed them and thus wasted much of their oontents but they soon learned to St S« -nd again.t«.mshard body «dp«k oCFtfae bits whb their paws, and »« »»»ey o" themselves once with any sharp too' they would either not touch it again or hwidle it with the greatest cwtion. Lumps of sugar were givi« them wrapped up » pap' «»d sometimes a Uve wa p was put m to try SSr.Tthat in hastily 0P«^« «» P»P" thev got rtUDg but after this had once oe- SiSeS ieySlway. held the picket to their ears to detect any moTement. It is only through the morning c«to of the boMtiftil that you oanp^etoto into the riabn of knowledge S^\^^^7^ m here M beaaty,irosh.a«ine day ki««r as tenth. 'to'vike faithis ^^_wÂ¥^ Inx«ipeet4o iio than in the«aa wesnooesa o impodtiim IB rn-ir «Mi« nom ^e laetthat the dmbo is eoostatttly VPuad to toinoBS of yacioaa kinds, whidli hajre nothing o£ a serious dawBoter. which win. disappear of themsdyea if they an only let dime. H, howeyer, the nifae of cancer has been sogseated, and then eithw e,*'caneer doetar^ has been called, or without anj neh addition some one of theboeated remediea has been emploTed, when the tumor giadnally diminishes and eyentoally disappears, the oaseisheiald ed aa a ** canoer ooze," and the delusion is Rreatly strmgthened thereby. For in- â- tanoe, the common-red doyer has a great reputation in some parts of the country for curing canoer, and to attempt to oon- Tinee the belieyers in its effioacy that they are under a mistake is perfectly useless. The case of this one and of that is quoted in proof, whereas no one of them doubt- less had oyer the least reason for fear or the slightest sign of canoer. The simple fact is that cancer is not at all a local disease. It affects the entire system the change of tissues which con- stitutes what is recognized as the "cancer" is only the local manifestation. Hence the well known truth that removal. of the ulcerated part, the tumor is constantly only a temporary relief the disease re- turns to its power, and commonly is soon fatal. Hence the universal dread of ' 'the knife," and hence Uie readiness to flee to those who giye the comforting promise that they wiU " draw out the cancer by the roots " and beyond question such men will be encouraged in this imposture by continued application for the use of tharskiU. If they treated only cases where true cancer exists t^ere would be comparatively small evil done, for there is too much reason to believe that the disease is of its very nature fatal, and that its progress to a painful death is sure and steady despite the utmost human skill but harmless tumors are constant- ly submitted to their care. Everything with them is invariably a " cancer," and it must be drawn out. The applications which are made destroy the tissues, for how can they draw the cancer out with- out it 1 That which was harmless be- comes a source ef suffering and even of ^danger, and if the patient recovers after the *.*doctor" has taken all the money available, it is paraded as a cure, whereas no cure was needed. The domestic remedies, such as the clover above noted, are commonly harm- less, and while they do no good they serve to pacify the patient. If cancer is there, it goes on its evil way tmchecked if a simple, non-malignant tumor is in- yolved, it either disappears or remains stationary in progress, and presently clover or perhaps cancer root (Conopholis Americana) is in greater repute than ever. Il Bemarkable Bofliilo Hunt. People living near Glendive, Montana, were surprised the other day by hearing a loud tramping, and through the cloudis of dust kicked up they discovered a herd of buffalo making at a mad pace for the river. The animals appeared to be well- nigh run-down, but many of them were furious. As they came to the bank of the Yellowstone they plunged in pell mell, one on top of the other, and for a time it looked as though many of them would be killed, but nearly all got out uninjured. They had hardly reached the other side when a yelling, swearing crowd of white men and TndiaTm came up on foam-cover- ed horses. They paused here long enough to get refreshment, and then resumed the chase. C There were four or five hundred buffalo in the herd, and they were making for British America as fast as their legs would carry them. Prom the hunters it was learned that the hunt began down in Dakota, on the Gannon Ball River, where not less than 6,000 of the animals were found grazing. A few of the men had followed them the entire distance, but al- though the party that passed here num- bered only thirty, its members estimated that from first to last three or four hun- dred men had taken part in th 3 slaughter. Some of the men who had started out with the original party had remained be- hind at yarious points to secure the hides, and others, who only joined in for the rrt, had dropped out, after satisfying mselves with the diase. The rapidity with which these magnificent animals are daughtered is shown by the fact that the hunters passing through here said they would haye the hides of the remnant of the herd before reaching the boondary line. Probably this is one of the last big buf- falo hunts tiiat will eyer occur in this oountiy. The Indian, now that he is as- sured of enough to eat at the agencies, is as reckless in his slaughterof the bison as the white man. He seems to oondder the game as nearly extinct, and he goes in recklessly with the idea of having all the aport he can before the end is reached. The wanton destruction of this herd has caused great indignation throughout the enti'e secti»i trayersed, but as it serau tobethepolii^toextenniiiatothe bison nothing will be done about it. France is not prosperous. Allowing for the nullion and a half taken away ly Gw- many, the population has made no progress at all sines 1860. Its numbers are smaller now than the/ were fifteen years ago, while the load of tazatioa has almost donblsd. Equally stationary hai been the export trade. The average of reoent yews has in- deed been lower than for the years immedi- awly sucoeediDg the war. Imports have, on tiie other hand augmented mnoh, but not because the ooant.y has been internally nrospvona. The indrsase is the ecn^equoioe 6f bad haryasts, and indicate a farther denudation of the wealth of the •peo- ple. to protaot- liaf with 4niii«, a^ hnwrisAth^ie a gap!^ aeit«^tefltf(k|w.aawanf~eft^BBj!«o deslno- tioa. But.no.ciieniies so fMoato its tiie Gtfer-. nuuM would attempt to enter the oonan^ withoet firal affeooBg a breach iis the wall. To this sad tha plan of coooeBtration and tha plan of 4e.xatiaii will haive to be cz- eoated simidtaiMansIy. • The "*â„¢P^F* will open With |preat cavalry ifights, earaarmy trying to nd itsdf of these daBgsroaa wit- arawa of its movemrata, and at tiie same time to aeoertain these of its advsnariaa. The side thas sooceeds in beating back the enemy's horie will have scored a great ad- vantage, liie ooooentrition of th«r eorpe tTarmee will be rendered easier, the secret of thair strategy more effectually guarded. This will be the objaot of the Gwman com- manders and, as we may presome, also of the French. The cavalry combats will pro- bably be followed by a great battle, offered by the army whose hbrsemen have been worsted, eitber in front of its fortificat'ous, or in the intervals between them. This preliminary contest, though it can hardly fail to be murderous, is expected to be in- decisive for if the assailant be vanquished, he will return to the charge, while if the defenders should prove the weaker, they can withdraw behind t*ieir fcrtifioationa. Then will begin the tug of war. The iron and grabit3 teirrier t'lat sheit3rs the beaten foe will have to be forced at all costs. Re- gular siege opeiatioas will be out of the quts-ion. Tne delay would enible the de* tenders to rally and direct the bulk of their forces on the threatonei point. The as- sailants must be able to cover their advance by an artillery fire superior at once to that of the forts and tbat of the army by whom they are suppoit^d. In the next great war the decisive battles will be preceded by combats of ait'lery greater than any the world has yet seen. After breaking the line the invaders wU have to encounter the enemy a second time, if they will accept battle, or invest them in their fortified camps, if they should 'e so unwise as to take rafnga there. Uawis?, because an army in an intrenched uamp is a lost army, and in thi4 op ninn Cui. fleanebert, a French military writer, wlio diacasses the subject in his "Europe Undtr Arms," is fully agreed with Baron von der ^Goltz. In the event of the defendeis being a second tine leatin the problem would be solved the res' of the campaign could be conduct- ed under normal conditions, save that the guarding of cummunications wooll reqaire greater watchfulaess and absorb many more men than previous ways were wo at to do. The German staff do not seem much con- cerned with the ide 11 of leav.'ng behind them a line of strong places. They remember that in the last war the |fortihed catnp o^ Langres, with its 17,000 men, did not cause them them the least embarrasment Neither B«on von der Goli z ncr Col. H'snnbert is a great admirer of the exaggerated system of defense adopted by French strategists, Strong places are a shelter in time of dists- ter, and tend, perhaps, t gi\re confidence to Grenerals, and im[.art a sense of security to their men; but these advantages a. -e dearly purchased by the stkcrifice oi more muily qnalities â€" dash, boldness and anda city â€" and by turning all their thoughts to- wards a deferoive warfare, they exercise a pernicious influnce over the |head quarter staff and the Commander in Cuief. The great wall of China did hot keep oat the Tartars, and not ail the fortifi.aiions in the world can stop an army confident of its snpniority, and coiducted by a General who knows his business. Bat they mu-it be willing to make sacrifijes hardly leza severe than would be inflicted by a disastrous de- feat. Semarkable Intelligence and Heroism of a log. The large Newfoundland dog Heck, be- longing to the St.. Elmo Hotel in the oil town of Eldred, Pa., was known throughout the northern oil field for its great strength and almost human intelligence. The porter of the hotel, a kind hearted but intempera1» perw n, was an especial favorite with the dog. rhe porter, a small man. slept in a little room iMck of the office. The dog slept in the office. Oj the night of Sept. 18 last, the porter was drunk when he went to bed, and soon fell into a heavy sleep. Some time in the night he was awakened by the loud barking of Heck, who was jumping frantically on thie porter's bed and seizing the pillow with his teeth. The still drunken and drowsy porter tried to make the dog go away, but the animal persisted in his efforts, and it finally dawned on the befuddled mind of the pottir that the house was on fire. His room was full of smoke, and he could hear the crackling of the flimes. He sprang from the bed, but he wa-i still so drunk that he fell to the floor. The faithful dog at once seized him by the coat collar, the porter n it having removed his clothing on goug to bed, and dragged h'm out of the room ano .If way to the outer door of the office, wheu ' he man sucoseded in getting on his feet, and, unlocking the door,«tiggered into the street. The fire was rapiilv spreading over the building, and ute hotel was filled with Keets, not one of whom had been aroused. le dog no sooner saw that his helpless friend was safe than he dashed back into the house and ran baik ng 1 mdly upstairs. He first stopped at the door of his master's room, where he howled and scratched at the door until the inmates was made aware of the danger and harried out of the house, as there was no time to lose. The dog Rave the alarm at every door, and in some in- stances conducted guests down stain to the out«r door, each one ef these, however, bang a stoanger in the house, which f lok the dog seemed to nnderstend in 1 loking out for their safety. All about the liouae seemed to have lost theur heads in the exdtement^ and it is said that the hotel dog alone pre- served oomplete control Of tiiinsilf,and alone took active measures to save the inmates of the house. In and ont of the burning building he kept continaally dashing, piloting some half-dressed maa or womm down stain, only toretum at onoe in search of others. Gooe a lady with a child in her araaa tripped on the sta^n while hnrringoiit, and fell to the bottom. The child was tiironnon theflxvof tne hall some distance away. The woman ragaa«i hr feet^ and staggered jaadsaad way oiitof the door leaving the child in the midst of the smoke that was pouring firom the offioe dopr. Toe brave, do:; saw the mishap, aad Janiped m 4hl»agh tite sUMkat wldeli i«as now'bMom- ing aloaoat impassable, and seizing the child fay its night ck has, carried it safely out. Nntwithitandiag this rnon^^he m^«bap aeath of iha aoiU aniaiial. Tfis mother of the ohDd on being rastwed by the fresh air first be* Ii9*lhe ohOd was not with «4iwt«^Ht.»i^»?iM'y tia« "Anna was ning up hi the hooae I" made a dash for tha.baUding,aB if to rush ;tiirongh the flames to seek her ehiU^ flask had already nn^ht the littie one biit,bat it had not jib been restored to its mother. Tiie dog saw the f raatio rash of the mother toward the bnmiog ' building and hoard her ex- Blamawon that some oae was bnming up in the house, and, aldioogh the building was now a mass of smoke and flames inside and out, the dog sprang forward aid, as a dozen hands seised tne woman uid held her back from the insue attempt to eater the house, disappeared with a bonnd over the burning threshold. The faithful sn'^mal never ap peered again. His remafais were found m the rains. There is no doubt in any one's mind that bat for the intelligence and acti- vity of Heck the fin in the hotel would not have been discovered ia time for. a single inmate to have escaped from the builduig with his life and that the noble animal understood from the half- era zed movements of the child's mother that then was still another one in danger, aad to rescue whom he gave his own life, is accepted as certain. The remains of Heck were given a fitting burial, and his loss is regretted as that of a useful citizen might be. HOLLAND'S FIGHT WITH THE SEA. A Corpa of Bnglneera Alwa^ at Work. After a delicious breakfast of coffee and thick oream, with ru«ks, scones, and differ- ent kinds of cheese, always indispensable in Dnteh breakfasts, we took to the railroad again and croseel Zealand, which chiefly consists of four islinds, Noordt, Beveland,|Zuid Beveland, Sjhou- wtn, and Walcbnren, and is less visited by the rest of the Nether ands th«n any other pirt of the country. The land is a'l cut up ut) vast poldfr.31, as the huge meadows are sUled, which are recovered fr'»n the sea and protected by embankments. Here, if human care was withdrawn for six months, the whole country woald be under tViR sea again. A corps of engineers, called " Waterstaat," are continually employed to wa ch the waters and keep in repain the dikes, which are formed of clay at the bottom, as that is mora waterproof than anything else, and thatohed with willows, which are here grown extensively for the purpose. If the sea paesas a ddke ruin is imminent, an alarm bell rings and the whole populaion rush to the rescue. The mom ant o le dike is even menaced the people, tegin to build another inside it, and then rely upon the doable de- fense while they fortify the old one. Bnt all their care has not preserved tbn Islands of Zealand. Three centuries ago Sjhouwen was entirely submerged aud nvery living ere iture drowned. Soon afce: Noordt Beve- land was submerged and remained for several ye^rs entirely under water, only the points of the churchspires being visible. Z lid Bevt 1 md has been submerged in the four- teenth century. Walaheren was submerged as late as 1808, and Taolen even in 1825. It has been apdy aaerted that the eei to the inhaMtants of Hvlland' is what Vesavious is to T^)rre del Greco. De A nicis says that the Dutch have three enemies â€" the sea, the lakes, and the ri/ers they repel the sea, they dry the Ij^kes, and they imprison the rivers, bat with the sea it is a combat that never ceases. A Weed Which Eats l!'ish. Commander Alfr'ed Curpnnter, writing from Suakim, Rad S.a, contributes this in- stance of a carnivorous plant preying upon vertehrata, observed by him in 1881, when he w s lurvf ying at the Faracel islsnds, in the 8 uth China saa " The tide wai low on tne reef on which I was strolling and ad- miring the lovely formi, of coral ezistience. As I neared a pod cut off by the tide from the sea I noticed among other submarine verdure a very ordinary looking flesh -colored weed about one foot high and of similar girth. My appearance alarmed numbers of tiny fish, which darted to the cover of over- hanging ledges, but I noticed about half a dozen appardutlv seeking cover in the weed. Bending down closer I eaw that they were lying helpless about the fronds, with very little life left in them. Patting my hand down to pick up ooe of the half dead fish I found my fingers sucked by the weed, the fronds of which closed tightly on them. The fish were not caught by the head espe- cially, but held anywhere round the body. The death seemed to be slow and lingering, and where the fish had been held its skin was macerated. These captives may have ben caught some time, and were in differant stages of ezaustion. I regret being unable to name the plant or the young, fish. They were from an inch to an inch and a half long. The plant had a dirty and rather slimy look about it." Almost Eternal Springs. Standing in the city of Limi^ Peru, one looks to fie west, on the broad expanse of the ocean, and to the east, on the ever snow capped peaks of the Andes. The mountaTna and the ooean play the game of battledor, continually throwing baok gratis breezes n*ght and morning.. It has rauied there but twice or three times within the memory of mm, and the temperature varies but little from 60 to 90® Fahnnheit throughout the year. The climate is al- most an eternal spring, with sunshine and deep blue onclouded skies. To add to its talubrity and freshness the river Bimac, in cascades, descends from the snow of the mountains through the heart of the dty. With such a dimato and su;h surroundings, no wonder the Limanan mdces the farther proud boast that " their senioritas are the ttireet of all the daughters of Eve."â€" [Cor- respondence Chicago Carrent. A Crab That CUariM a Tree. In sane d the islands of the Malay Archi- pelago and nm^hbering ooanties, the coooa- nut IS obtainedT in a curious manner. An Miormoas crab is found then that hves on the fridt, climbing the trees and tearing them Off. dthsr hurling them down or tweak- ing .them by tearing of the husk, and then beating tneor against the rocks with Ita huge claws. ThehsLfktiiat the crabs talM from the fruit they duty to their holes ai the foot of tin frees tad indke a bed d it. iaad knowibg tbi% ihe Ibi^s Virit and rob the'crdis dibe or twioe a year, nnns the husk toersayefaito mats.â€" [Gddsn Siq^i.] 1^1 t