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 'jT-^a *-=i;s*M«; HEALTH. Science and Alcohol .-0 at the requflrt of the Edin- jy»" jArt., Dr. B. W. Richard«w. P delivered before that bjdy six *â-  r alcboho!, oresenting the reaidtB W^'Ltei gjientific investigation of the l»l^^ imong the faca thna scientifically r^ tw.re the following: 'â- ":„t,„i instead of raising, lowers the rt-»tnr! :t has 'ODl- 'L natural warmth, uader the most lie circu-nstanoes. Eren moderate J^ ,re peoaliarly exposed to dangerous Tlchihol is not, in any proper sense, a Tne developmeat of f *t from its use iplydae to structural degeneration of from one of the honored thousand beats a 8iT ons hundred and twenty-five L^d followed by a proportionate weak- »hst necessitates, Buccessively, addi- r^'drauglit*' Heace the heart becomes uld aad ifs valves disordered and the ^jfloiv of blood to i is rendered for PLe more astive, and is socoeeded by %jf feeblents"v/hich demands a repeti- 'ofthestimu^ai. .. .u u j Vjeffbola iitarnnl civity of the body, lljjorgaaa, e%'ery b,ae and joint, the irdBpin'l cord, are wrapped in mem- 'tiif.jugh which as filters, everything U'nisa for the suatenanoa of the respec- kpirti. TheoemembraieB. must be just niienJaih, aad bb kept perfectly supple. Icdohol CiU^ea th m to thicken and aad thas etf-icca a general deteiiora- J7f the orginic ttructares. I imoag tie eifauts of this detsr oration, who drink moderately, are various jjric piinB, the worst form of indiges I and wakof alncsa. At a later stage of dmnkeness, not a De organ in the body escapes disorgani- ze of its vital struct are, although here- jforother conditioni may cause a seern- isoacsntratian of disease on some parti- organ,- the liver, the kidney?, the j,tlieh3art, the brain or spinal cord. 'If this agsnt do really for fie m'-ment i weary and impart a flash of tran- kt pleasure to i he unwearied who crave mirth, its mflueace â€" doubtful even in I modest and moderate degrees â€" Is an jjteiimal advantage, by the side of an aity of evil for which there is no com- uSon and no human cure." Jbe above are the teacbiogs of science. liiiilladd the teaching ot actual obaer- Sir Andrew Clark one of the most ait mecioal authorities in Great Bri- 1, sayj Vi-i-. in seven out of ten ' f his hos- L! patienta the diuca'^ie was caused by and in three others was aggravated by ii some tiiaes thryjighi; of giviag up Ipracticean'i going about the country in baaJeagiinst intoxioatirg drinks. TtB Delusion of G-rowinsj Pat- Ifyjucoatinus your present dietiry and life, and live five or seven years more, pbirdencf fat will be doubled, and the buitiDgtitlor -Aiil be still congratulat- |yoa Meir.tima you are "runaing the sof'ifeâ€" a figure of speechless appro- I'e to you At the present moment, than Korjierly wai â€" hindioapped by a weight iciimkes active movement diffiiult, up- "ascents trouokaome, respiration thick i patting. .W.oceman in fif;y lives tD a good old |eii this condition The typical man of pty or ninety years, still retaining a re- Ktibleamountfof energy oi body and mind, lleui and spire, and lives on slender ra- IXeither your heart nor your lungs can act nHywd healthily, being opposed Oy this â- feting fit around. And this is because HMotinae tj eat and drink as you did, or BEore luxuriously than you did, when Wadaoti.'ity disposed of that moiaty liood was consumed over and above what f}^J rf quired for sustenance. ph is the import of that balance of nn- aiiied ailment which your tailor and utoolish friends admire, and the grad- kfappearance of which, should you re- â- ^^yoar senses and diminish it, they will laeplore, ha'f fright-ining you back to ffuM habits again by saying I'loBare growing thin what can be the r with you?" ue and mischievous delusion. About Spices. ?nisthe root of a shrub first known f *. wd now cultivated in the West "nd Sierra Leone. The stem grows •« four feet high, and dies every year. .^"'two varieties cf gingerâ€" the white »Uck-oau!ed by taking more or less D selecting and preparing the roots, ^»re always dug in Winter, when the I » »re withered. The white is the best l'-«o»mon ia the inner bark of a beautiful ^native of Cejlon, that grows from iS.^ ^^^y ^«et in height and lives to [(S^" o'd. 'l**~"ative to the Molucca Islando, '»lled from resemblance to a nail f4^J'\8 East Indians call them tr**** from the Chinese •' techeng- 'T»grant nails). They grow on a PMmoothbarked tree aboutforty feet (^'?^««arenot fruits, bttt blossoniB, l^hefore they are quite unfolded. I A ^* ^^^^ ^° caUed because itcom- ^j. J, '^^0'" cf several spicea â€" ^growa l^nf « °V^° allspice or bay berry tree, K *°"li America and the "West la- Kr^^^ "'® ***' ^een known to pro- KriM ""»^«- Tbeyarepurple l^^^f^ " ^^^^ ^y grinding the l**S w """"iog ^iae native to the huaieK • **® pepper is obtained from |i»tKL^'"«' freed from their hnak or l*Cti, ^^y^^^ pspptr is obtained by IWiJ^w""" POi or seed vessel of a |l**oitli. *??* ' ^^^ cultivated in all friialu^.*^^'^^*^ of a anwll, smooth, J J*»5ci ]S;T ^^^ g^'^s on a tree in th© Plrte. «!f' ^^ other parts of the East. KvidT^-^*^ bfaringinthe seventii NorTv^* fruitful until they lt ' eighty years old » " \-^ n,L,°~"' J cam uia. Aroond r^VbL^""" » bright brown sheL ' flitteTJ '^^ *°"J«' covering, whidi, ^^ Ihevl'"' "» dried. Is JEiown u **i*iDri^t 4 '"^g" aresoUd, and emit l?n*ed with a pin. of the body After a dnmken etimes taken three days to j Kikea a Speeoh- ini* T?l*^" " Pewefnl Sabbath __ ..^»*^ » ""we d^ as tiiat of cnatian'a S^S,tl^^^°°' *« »~»ter ShinboiS S!^.J^ bemgmtrodaoed by the principS. f^^'^^'!^" m«»pping^ti£r£r puBson ebber knowed war wW"e^me Back from an officialwi.it ter destate's oris on daown ter Trenton, an' war â„¢ bed at dedepotbyahadmirin' dclergati^Jb hu breddem Di, hyar casion am de fird proud est Ob my life. De second war de fast fcne me an my^ole woman had a rumpu-, an' I done knocked her cleanfron.h debackdooah wid a aged ham-bone. I'se ccme hyar for de puppose ob gibbin' yo' y ung folks a few ob de results ob a long exper'ence 'mong sinners an republicans. ® -,^rj*'°) all'i»,de dog wid de Wgges' tail wot does de mos' waggin' No moah am it de man wot has de bigges'mouf does de mos' talkin' A $2-kitchen wench, wid a mouf noblggernasilber qnahetr, oould talk de lung-i out ob Senator Ebbarts. "VV en a man am short, he weahs his coat long. Dit am a faok in nat ral h.s'try. an' likewise in Wall street. "De man wot owns a fas' hoss an' a million doUahs kin git aronn' Central Park faster dan I kin bat dar's one place I kin git ter jesH ez quick cz he kin, an' dafs de pooah- house, "Doan't make up yore mind dat yo' know moah dan yore fadder till yo' git to be older dan he is. Den yo* kin tote de ole man ter de succns, an' box his eahs fur larfin' at a clovn's joke wot yo' knowed befoah he war bohn. "Doan'S monkey wid yore mudder on wash-day. Dat am de day w'en female angels lay off der angelicas ss fur de time be- in' I hab knowed chillen ter lose a good deal ob deir activity by not mindin' dis ad- vice. 'Doan't Bte«l ohiokens on a moonlight night A man kin sHoot a gun jess ez well by de shinin' ob de moon ez he kin by de light ob de sun. Wait till de cloudies' night yo' kin git den snatch 'em siliy. "Doan't grumble an' kick all de time. Jes recommember dat a common, ord'nary, eb- ber day mule kin kick de immawtal soul out cb de mos' onhappy man dat ebbah war boh:*. "An' doan't be too dumed cheeahfnl, neider. An ole brack te^t kettle, and nuffia' inter it bat water, kin sing ez e ' it nebbah knowed a minnit's trouble. "Doan't vote widout fincin' out which aide am bound ter carry de 'lection. Dj^t's de side dat'U pay yo' de bigges' price. "Ef yo' chillen '11 jcs take dese hyar solid brickbats ob wisdom, an' treashah dem up in yore hearts even from de risin' up ob de sun ter de roostin' ob de chickens, yo' won't hab half so much trouble in dis hyar wuld ez de mos' ob us hab had Bat dis hyar aged nig- gah, whose pocket hab been putty nigh em- ptied by p.iyia' de fine ob his wife fur knock- in' out Mrr. Parsimony Higgins, am willin' ter bet all dat he s got left dat not an onery pickaniony ob de whnl cabooble ob yo' will ebbah pay de leas' bit ob 'tention ter de ole man's toot." And then there was another yawning ch*sm of silence, during which nothing was heard but the breathing of a cross-eyed pu- pil who had the asthma. ENGLISH ECHOES. Mr. Litoa Woodville, "the English De Nenvtlle,' is to paint a picture of Princess Beatrice's wedding. S r Charles Dilke is practically a total ab- stainer. He " passes the bottle, but does not diminish ite contents." Mr. Gladstone is so delighted with Nor- way that he is going to learn its langu ige. Well, Cato began Greek at eighty. A mother poisoned hei two children at Rishton by giving them poppy-seeds shewed in water as a care for diarrhoea. The Telegraph maintains that Prussia has at pre.°ent the most capable, and active de- tective police force in Europe, A master mariner who lost £120 by back- ing an unlucky horse at the Yorkshire rewses went tranquilly to his hotel and made his quietus with a dose of laudanum. The Duke of Edinburgh did not acquire a Scotchman's aptitude for agriculture with his title. He loses £500 a year on his Kent farm and is about to give it np. One pound sterling was the price assessed by a London magistrate for a kiss sarreptitiously anatohed from a marriedwo- man by a man claiming to be " an old friend of the family." A pension of £100 a year on the Civil List has been granted to the four sisters of the late John Leech, Punch's celebrated dranghts man. In presence of a mnnifioenoa so royal one can only be silent and admire. It is reported that the Hereditary Prince of Hesse and Prince Henry of Battenberg are nnder treatment for rheumatism. They had the rashness to accompany the Queen to Scotland in fall Highland costume. Queen Victoria has placed BirkhaU, the royal residence at Glenmerick, at ttie dispos- al of the ex-Empress Eugenie. Phdologiats say that Glenmerick means in the Gaelic the Pig's Bavine. An elderly inmate of the Bermondsev Workhouse complained to the Southwaik police office:that a penny's wortih of bread ^afewsUoeaofbain.whiofa he brought with Wm.^'J' -JJ^^SS^^yeSSS: were confiscated By «»• »* oiKnw«»« vnâ€"n Prof. Henry of ^f^ "»â-  *^i JlLTS! discnsaing Gi«.k wtth \^lj;*i°^ " a Saratoga hotel trbon ttoKj'" 5»**S ',S«^to give q«*e:'" *^*^*°S not tecaU correotly^ JPl!!^!^^^^^^ mark cangEt theScy *£"?.? iZri- who preiSited ♦«»««• Mmfar the ooniplA- tion of his coUegfrta Iha Amer of SiMrpliM. o^^M«.«theP^t««pJ7S T. SSSJ^"".*^v«'"*^ T€«i^ to anil wiiioh Frederick ooold at all timn be ap- prMoh^ by ttwm and thns a dfpatstten "*• Grenadiers of OgUTie aa:di^deUb- nrately from tfanr bazrscks acrosa tiie sreat tqoare wtieh lias before the palaoaaad halt- ed at the porch. An cffioer in waitingâ€" afterwards the great Pield-MarshaU Keith, who was killed u battle by the Anstriana at Hoeiikichenâ€" acquainted the Kins of fteir arrival, adding, •• Shidl I order tti«n m bvracks, sire, or place them nnder ar- rest?' • "Dj neither; th.y have come to see me and see me they shall good soldiers have nothing to fear from me, and the regi- ment of Ogilvie is one of the finest in Prns- si*. I shall try on them the power of dis- cipline ' Frederick hastily put m his shab- by old uaiform, his long jack boets which had never known blacking, his wders of knighthood, hi* cocked hat, sword and sash. "Sire," urgtd Keuh, " Wil there not bean inoonvecience in all this?" "To whom?" " To you, sire." " How comrade Keith- how ' " Discussion will lead to other depn- tatiocB, and every order your Majeity may issae will be dissected and cavilled at lo turn in every guaid room ai;d beer shop in Prus- sia.' " No matter, comrade â€" march in the rascals I'll trust to the power of discip- line 1 In they came accordingly, twenty tall and swing ng fellows, all after Frtder- ick 8 own heart but the appearance of the King, drersed as if f ir parade, awed them into total silence. " Achtung "' (attention) cried he, drawing his sword, "to the right faceâ€" front to tbe left face- front ' Thise commands the deputation, who were form- ed inline, obeyed in peifect silence, and wondering nhat was to follow a reception so unexpected and so Frederick cried sudden- ly, To the right about face, to jour bar- racks, qiick march " Then, as he never gave the word " halt," they elt compelled to march on, and the old King and Marshall Keith laughed heartily as the baffled depu- tation disappeared within the barracks-yard where there expectant comrades gathered around them, to hear the report of how Frederick had received the complaint. "We have never opened our lips, ' said the oldest grenadier, with a very crest-fallen expres- sion. " D. r Teuf el did not yon see the King?' cried they. "We have, just left him- " " Blockheads and why did not yon follow your instructions " " it was im- possible." 'Impossible!â€" and why so?' ' Because when we saw old Father Frede- rick in his fighting coat and dirty boots, and heard his voice of command, onr hearts faued us, and theâ€" the power of discipline proved tto great." How He Did It. Evcry farmer' boy who has ever attempt- ed to l^ad or drive, co»x or lorce, a h'g, knows the meaning of the proverb, ' -As oD- stinate as a pig " It at L ' hman has become famous who so thoroiighly understood por- cine nature as to driva his pig to Dublin by pre':ending that ha was going to Cork. If there is one thing la which ' the bog is more stubborn than in another, it is in t^e matter of locomotion If he ia wanted to move, he stands still, and a push forward causes him to retreat double the distance of bis involontitry advance. He is stiff necked in doing the very opposite of what he is coax- ed to do. "A pig, just taken out cf the stye, was surroundea by three Scotchmen, who were trying their best to get it into a ro mier place, sixty yards distant, that it might be killed. The pig would not budge an inch towards the open door of the slaughter-pen. Then the Scotchmen became angiy. One hid hold of the p'g's ears, the other seized a foreleg, and both pulled, while the third man twisted the tail. The pig squealed and gained several inches styeward. The man at the tail maddened at the pig s stubborn- ness, belabored it with a stout stick. "What in the world are ycu doing with the pig ' Ebouted a straujKer, ciming np "Wiiac are «e doing with the pig, is it? t is nothing we are doing with it, but we've been tryi g to get this perverse daughter cf an ngly fxitfaer into yonder thed. And we are likely to be b aten. ' "Leave her to me," 8«ii the stranger, "and I'll put her in, unaided." "There's not a man in Lochaber can do it," growled one cf the pig-figbters. "Per- haps not," replied the stranger, smilirg. "I am not a Lochaber man, bat a Lesiune man, and I think I can manage the pig, if you will let me try." **Try away let us see what yon can do " "Keep away, then " said the stranger, slipping behind the p'g and catching her by her hind legs, he lifted ber np as though she were a wheelbarrow. Tne pig, resting en her fore-feet, with her tnant close to the ground, remained qaitt. The stranger, giv- ing her a sijght push, and trundling her back- wards and forwards onoe or twice, to see it he had commsmd of the animal barrow, steer- ed her right into the shed, and at its fnrthetf corner let tbe hog go. A clergyman, who had sem the stranger s triumphant wheeling, studied oat the phil- osophy cf the feat. When caught up by the hind leg*, the weight of the animal was thrown almost wholly upon the fore-feet. The slightest impulse moved it forward, as it had no "purch *«e" by which to stand still, or to move backward. Its qoietneaa was partly due to the brute's Mtonishment, and to a sense of its ntter • helplessness, and partiy to the weight of the yiscera thrown faiward irto the thorax, in- terfering with the nse o f the vccal oigans. As soon, however, as it was let go, the hog yel- ledlnstiiy. â- BWVAEB BBAmie. ntfre^ with owrealsrasd •dwrtfenalfadlj. ties the lea^Daf pntaOs bM iaaiMaed I9 Mmbn. Where hsratofnre tiioae wko ooold Brti read were la the majority, tiie rttte haa DMB reveiwd. and now a panoa iriio oan- notnadis fegaided »• a auSodty, Imt yet nnamriliig the stnoeNBt sympathy. In «iT«ry department of lilo e demaod foraewifaper readiag is ever on tiie inoreaM. The boy at school, the yonng man in the trorkahop or In theoffioe, theyonnggirlfaidoinestlo B«moe or behladtiie ooonter, the master at thedesk. and tiie mistress in the parior, all look with equal eageiress for the r^jnlar appearaaoe of the looal jonmid. To snppty tiie grow- ing demand for n e wsp aper leading the oity dailies publish hu^ w«dcly editioDs, made up almost entirely oi the matter which ap peais from day to day In the daily. These weekly r prints of this great dailies are sup- plied at such a ridionfonsly low sabscrip- price as threatened at one time to toladly ez- dngnish the looal country sheet, which could never afford to furnish the quantity of read- ing matter given in the large foreign week- lies. To meet the difficulty which here presented itself, the ready -prfait system was inaugurated. Firms were estabUshed which make a specialty of furnishing to country publishers ready-printed dieets, containing the essence of each week's happenings, and clippings from sources available only to a hu^ city publisher. This system has rapidly grown in publio favor, until, in the Dominion at least three- fourths of what are known as the country press are published on the anxUiary plan. The prejudices which onoe existed against the ready- print system have entirely diFap- peared, and proprietors find that in order to compete with contemporaries using 'he s^ stem, and with the city dailies, and to ensure a profit at the end of i^e year, they must comply witii the inevitable and adopt ready-printed sheets. Some idea of the popularity which this system has attained with country readers will be gained when we state that a firm in Toronto anpplits between one and two hundred publishers with ready-prated pa- pers. To do this three separate and distinct editions an issued every week, containing matter entiroly differont each from the other, and the system is becoming so general that those who have, from prejudice or other cause, heretofore refrained from adopting it, findit necessary to do so to maintain their circulation and give satisfaction to their pa- trons. FEBSONAL. The Swedish ProfesBor Warming, the famous botanist, has gona to the Norwegian coast to fctady the Arctic flora. It is rather odd that the Princam Louise should travel incognito as " Lady Cowley " when there is another and actual Lady Cow- ley. Miss Ciarlotte M. Tonge, the English author, has written more than a hundred bo k 4, and she is now in her sixty-fourth year. Sir Julius Benedict was not exactly im- preaonions, after all. His will dispones of more than $30,000, and Lady Benedict had a settlement of $50,000. Mrs. Celia Thaxter, who has written nu merous nice stories and poems, has just cel- ebrated her 50tb birthday. She has passed most of her life on the Isle of Shoals, where her father was keeper of the light-house. Prinoe Waldemar, youngest son of Christ- ian of Denmark, will keep np the roputa- tion of his family for brilliant matehes by wedding the Princess Marie, eldest daught- er of the Dae de Chartres, one of the wealthiest women in Europe. The Czar of Russia possesses a magnifi- cent mastiff, of extraoniinary intelligence and s rength, which has been trained to protect his master. This faithful brute ac companies the Czar on all importsnt j nr- neys, and sleeps close to the imperial bed. The Uzardes have lost their suit against ex-Quean Isabella of Spain and the Dach- ess of Montpensier for the $2-30,000 loan- ed by their ancestor to Ferdinand VII of Spain, fifty odd years ago. The c .art de- cided the claim to be barred by the statute of limitations. Mr. R. Bowld Sheraipe, ornithologist of Ihe British Museum, has retained to Lon- don. He has been at Simla since April, packing up the splendid collection of Asi- atic bir 8 presented to England by Mr. Al- lan O. Hume. Then aro in the collection 60.000 birds, 500 neste and more than 10,- 000 eggs, all beautifully preserved. It is recalled th»t darlyle, speaking of the late Lord Hoaghton, once said " Well, Dicky Milaes has his peonliaritiea. bat he has a kind, good heart. Many a starving man of letters owes his life to him. No' one knows better than I do tiie many £50 notes he gave to keep a straggling man's head above water and no one ever knew it from himself." Mr. Gladstcme's summer vacation has al- most restored him to health, and he is able to speak now with a clear v4oe Sir Andrew Clarke, his physician, believes that he will be fitted for hud work this antomo. It was Sir Andrew who refased to permit Mr. G'adatone to visit tbia oonntry with Mr. Andnw Carnegie, although Mr. Cikniegie had made complete arrangessents for ttie virit, and had even selected the steamer â€" the Strvriaâ€"on which Mr. Gladstone was Sis Fitttt Oigai. BT BDFDa BOOD. AanuniMTPSds*a^^^m ma avfls bnlicd out sac his cheeks cnak la, g. Kullftd taok fosass wi a ali M ps aftr. WJdh wMOlaashoak la Ua vanOf ul ohte Bis lOk weia g*eao, bat he SBMile a snila, Stss hkh in ea thalKwaid sifla. Aa- flocked liisfeat o'er his |^Mqr«yai IhtB.wnak a wiSk M a sow assr by. .tmtttsatiU Mood aim. Tȣ »: to sail. A 3 year-old littie gfrl was Caught to close her evenlDg prayer, dming the temporary abaoioe of her father, wltt, "And please watch dvw my p»pa." It aonaded very sweet, but tiie motner's amnsaaMnt may be lmn^* whenshe added. "And yon had bvttsr keep an «ye on imamna, too ' A. Httte boy was told at Sonday school tfattt when ha died he wOtfd leave Us loly iMMw After Ida Mtom-bMie he was moh tHMlM i»tqpa^» ^«gj|««i)Md. kk. " VMwfllliln iai^rt^witt:yoii; JUtBQ^B 8IBT0BT. •ethe t. JaabowM aboot twan^-fiva year* old. was said by some Arafaato tii^ Jatdittd*^ Phmtea, in Paris.^ whan aa Wfuit, and whm. nhant thna yaan of aga waa exdi nged for other aninuJa and giraa to the cireotora of tiie ZxtloglealGardaaa, if London. He re- mained on nhiUtion there until March, 1882, when he waa parduwed by l^* P- ^- ^^**- nam f«r" the greatest show oh eartit." T« ttionaand dollaiB w« rs piiU for him. and aftur some litigation, as to the r^t of the direct- ors of tiie gardens to maka the tale, he waa dragged through ^London on a orate on wheels end pnt on board the "Assyrian Uonwch" steamship on his passage to New York. Even then, then were le^ barriers to be got over before Jumbo be allowed to leave the country. It was discovered that then was not rcom enough between decks, he being eleven and a half feet high and weighing seven t«ns, and therefore the Eng^ lish Parliament passed a special act povid- ing for prt^cantions agidn»t loss cf life by emigrante who acconipmied Jumbo to Amer- ica. All these delays 'f the law and the un- willingness of t e Eaglish people to part with their favorite elephant iocrf'ased the cost of the aniaal considerably, and Mr. Bailey (Mr. B^kmnm's psrtoer) is anthcrity for theistatement rhot the original cost of $10,000 rose to $30.0C0, before he ttft the Engliah shores. HIS LIFE nr AMF.BICA. ' He arrived at Ne w Yci k on »be 9!:H of April 1882, and from tbat day to the present has been a great pet cf th^ American peoplel For seme time after bis srtival there was considerable 'pecolation as to Jumbo s pro- bable behavior in his adrpted land. The managers cf the L ndon Zoological Gardens had not been uawillicg to part with him. because he had occasionally manifested a temper that they believed bordered on in- sanity and they were of the opinion that if he ramained they would have to destroy him to prevent him becomi'g dangercus to visit- ors. Mr. Bamnm was not of that opinion he believed that the London directors had made a mistake in foicing Jumb-t to live an almost solitary life, and he thought that if he had an opnortunity given him for con- genial society Jumbo would be very happy, very sociable, anl not in the least dangerous. Mr. Bamnm's expectations were readlzed, and if Jumbo had one trait of his character that was m're highly developed than another it was a love for children. Strange to say, however, thoaeh be was for five'years under the care of Mr. B^mum and his partoers, and afforded every facility for a companion- ship that had been denied him in England, he baa died cbildlepp. Mr. Bamnm said yes- terday that in about ten months they expect to have a posthumous child if Yi\\ and in seventeen months another, partnriti n with elephants taking twenty two months. A REFOKMEODRIMKEIB Mr B-irnum is a total abataicer from all intoxicating drinks, and Vias been duriDj; the larger part of- h*s Lf-?. Ha was • xtremely anxious that his pet elepb»nt rhonld also have added to his o'^her virtue' th*t of tem- perance. Jombo came short of peiffction in this respect, in Mr. Brnnm's ej es for he h d the painful corisciousnens sof^n after the purchase of Jamb tbat tbn latter could drink whiskey by the quart bottle without it prodccing any intcxicat rg effect. Jum- bo 8 preference for whiskey was, however, â-  quite under restraint, and be, very early after his arrival in this cour' try. r..bandcned whiskey as a beverage anH became a beer drinker. In this e pect, h-wsver, he was moderate iu his d«4Streii, had though he in- sisted on having hia brnr regularly every night, yet he never drank more than a quart, and generally one half that quantity. Jum- bo's favoiite t^rink, to Mr. Baniam's great delight, was w^ter, and of this he drank the contents of five buokete a cay. Considering the very greats'zeof his body and the activity of Jambia'a mind, hn could not be considered an enormous eater. His daily allowan e was 200 pounds of hay, two busnels of oate, a barrel of potatoes, ten or fifteen la-^gi loaves of bread, two or three quarts uf oniops, and a'l the cakes and gin- gerbread that the ohi'dren who visited the show took pleaf u'e in giving hin. STBOKG IN FEIENDSHIP. Jumbo formed very strong friendships. This was manifested in his persuitent and uniform preference for Soott, his keip.per, who had been with him ever since he wai three years old Many men tried to take theplaceof Soatt, but Jambo woult never permit \t. Scott's rule was that of kindness, and Jamho acknowledged that mode.rf gov- ernment by a love that was quito snr^rising to every one who h-.d an opportunity of ob- serving it. S "Ott never need a prod upon Jambo. and ralrd him entirely by gentie penoasion, t which Jumbo inva-iably and promptly responded. Then was one occa- sion when the Utter had to romind Scott of an oversight, but the reminder was gentiy but effectively done Scott had every niriit a quMTt of beer brought to him, and he in- variably gave Jambo half of that. One night Soott was sleepy and drank all of it, foiget- ttng Jnmbo's allowance. When Scott had made himself comfortable in bed and had gane to deep Jambo put his trunk aronnd nim and lifted him from the bvd and deposit- ed him gentiy on the floor. .Scott speedily had a reallsfaig ssnra of bis omimion and hastened to get Jambo Us beer. This done the aaJaaal was qai^t for the remainder of the night and allowed Soott to alerp the sleep of the just Jumbo had perfect he^h, was never, known to have been sick, not even having a ehni, a complaint that very, few elephants do not have at stmie time of their lives. Jacft (who has jost treated his frimd.ta the dlimar of tiie establishment)â€" Pioity' flood dioaer for two francs and a hal^ di V His Frieadâ€" First rate. 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