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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-6-14, Page 7STATISTICS. The Czar's stables cost ,$1,300,000 annu. ally. There ere nearly 300,,00OC,hin,emeziin the United States. The wheat crop of Europa in 1887 le said to have aggregated 1,200.000.000 bushels, It is computed that there. are 10.447,e90 fieua y Schaal scha KA in the c;hristian world. The South African diamond fields last year yielded ens antouwting to 3,648.809 carats, valued et over S2O,000,000. Viewer of the Revolution, between Eng land and the American coloniem, coat the former Pito bundred millions fa treaanre. A cheaniet eetinnates that theworld swat. lows 500 tons of pills per annutra, There aro manufactories that make* a million -Oita a weak, Petersburg, 'Virginia, lead* all other cities is the export of manufactured tobac- co, hevsug (sent abroad sante 50,000,0001 Tousle in the as twelve years, Gen, Booth annouu.ee that the Salvation $rut* conducts 9,100 processions every. week throagh rho street* of the United 3hiegdoin, or an average of 1,300 daily. The effect of the high license law in Pitts- burg has, green immensurable satiefaetien to iemperancao men. Leet year there were be- tween 1,4510 and 1,500 saloons in the city. This year the number rias hems reduced to 223, It ham boon *Estimated that tbs brrited Stetee eSnautuea every clay `?5,C00 acres of timber. Then in,. *eye a atatiatival e - cltan e, " mamai eight wo retire with 25,000 eeree lees et threat thou the seal gilded with stat auornieg geld It bee been figured out say as statistical Of. C to a1s ti 014 ftaial ttl$t tilers aro, l ..r1 in ry; 1,c00 baohetors,,,041a3 only 11 er-Ruiners to every 1,001 teemed men. Front tide (show- ing he Aygnea that: metronoen reeteerne rneR ircen remm, diad ought, thorefere, to be en. catarased by 1e ilaletien and otilerwiee. There are to ltnerice over 4,000,000 farm, Urge and s rind, They cover nearly 29,O00,1309 agree of improved bed, at,ud their total value IP (su z ething lfko 510,040,000,- 004. Them flfinree aro not, of course, very eoenpreheneive. They eireply ;envoy the idea of vaetuete of area and equal vaaatneRS et ietsportenee, The tetfsuated value el the ;smarty proclucte et these farm(( ie bstwee;zs 42,Qttittref,001 end , 3,t1R0,tfi10,0t14, It tai extimeted by Professor Iidrehaff of Valle,, theta the Iseguese meet ipokeu tats the globe, tor the haat,';boomed, near* at least, aaietzineaie, for it 3n, without doubt the wily orae WAD: is t shield by over 4C9,000.099 of the human mint. The aaext lap uege swoet in nee, but at A very great d etauce behind' hiltless, i(s Hindustani, epolaer by over 1CO3- 003,04. Then followa ltoelien (spoken by about 10,000,000), Maslen (over 70,004,- 000), (lemon (o vcr.57.t;00,o0'0), audSpauiab (over 17,010,0+20, Thomateriellos(sof wages c,,nsedby etrilece is shown by the report of the latter bureau o the bltatte of Now York. It ix eetfineted that the less of wa ee lunge the rp et year, owing to strikes in the State, wee S _,013,22flovbdle the amount :,pent on strikes in the shape of embiattauee from the trade unions was ti;17,- %9. The workiugmen were consequently peererby $2,0110,000intoned numbore, The only queaitiou is, were theadvautegcs gained. by the etrikee ct auiiicient compensation for the enorrnaut loss in wages I The Pell lt1aU Gazette soyas the total num- ber of horses which. the leading countries of tbo world eau throw Into the field of battle in :-Itursie, _1,;,`,0,000; Aineriee, 9,540,- 000; Argentine Republic, .1,000,000 ; .]us - trios, .1,500.000 ; Germany , 3,300,004 Franco, '.1,1+00,000 and 300,000 mules ; Ivngiaud, 3,790,000 : Canaria, 2,t;:'1,000 ; ',Spann, (I0,000 and .1,500 000 mules; Italy, 2,000,000 ; Belgium, 383,000; Aeumerk, 310 000 ; Australia, 301.;000; Holland 335,000, and Portugal, 88,0e0 and 50,0 mules, It is reported that two men were some time ago arrested in Now York abide on the charge of violating tate revenue law is sell - lug wino without a license. They testified that they sold to saloone about 300 gallons of a drink wade by this recipe : Put tie - teen ;gallons of water into a common wash - boiler, add forth -eight pounds of sugar, one pound of tartaric acid and some aniline dye for coloring. After stirring with a stick until it is dissolved, add a quantity of orris root, cut with a pint of alcohol, to give the shear of raspberry wine. This stuff has been sold for more than a year as wine. It will be noticed that according to this table the armies of Europe in teethe service number over 9.0013,000 men, and including reserves over 23,000,000. Virtually resting ou their arms for the first fire, there are nearly 24,000,000 men diatributed as fol- lows: tetetionActive Reserve Germany ..1,155,000 5,95,000 Rffista 2.450,000 2,100,000 Franc.-, 2 051,459 2,037,106 Italy 2,016,000 1,585,000 Austro-Flungary 000,000 1,110,000 Turkey 360,000 650,000 England 261.057 360,533 Switzerland 117,100 380,000 Belgium....... , 137,000 130,000 spam...,167 000 83,000 'aervia .. 107,000 112,000 rortngal .._ . 81,000 "to.t100 I)enmar1 .-59,563 14,4 38 Roumania 65,000 85,000 Bulgaria •••• 25,000 120+.00 Norway and Sweden. 65,000 55,000 Holland. , 60,000 45,000 Greece............. 36,000 55,000 • Total, 6,440,000 4,610,000 4,108.655 2,600,000 2,100,000 1,000.000 631,599 502,00G 267,000 250,000 210,000 200,000 2C0 000 150,x:00 145,000 120,000 1055,000 90,000 9,101,078 14,537,166 23,728,214 Medical men have long been familiar with the fact that sanitation has been a saving to the community at large in doctors' bills, in nursing, and even in days of labour to the industrial classes. But it has been difficult to put results into figures so as to impress the public mind. Mr. Brudenell Carter at- tempted this in his inaugural address to the College of State Medicine. Every case of. fever, he calculated, cost the community £2; the reduotion in the annual death rate from fever to 484 per million, from the 1851,- 00 rate of 908 per million, represented a to- tal saving of £300,000, " but of this no one seemed conscious e while the annual cost of scarlet fever at the present time was £400,000 a year. If, therefore, we could trace scarlet lever to a definite cause,' as a bovine disease, communicable by niilk, we could adopt precautions which "would save the country every year somewhere about half as much money as the recent conversion of stocks,' besides "much misery." Here is new, light upon disease. 'I0 is increasingly preventable, and as we reduce its virulence and range we save money. Ratepayers abould remember male things when they pay their renitary rates, andthey may profwt- ably let their thoughts play about Mr. :Carter's striking figures. The fxar of Russia. Stung by the taunts of his oowardioe, when he made a visit to Moscow, the Czar insis- ted upon walking alone through a crowd of twenty or thirty thousand people, without the slightest protection, hut hie own. sword. The walls of ane city had two nights before been .mysteriously decorated with raters announcing that the end of .Alexander's reign had come ; that be had been. tried and found wanting, that the "oommittee' had de- clared his death for refusing to give the peo- ple a goustituttonai govermeent. When the morning ox the dayon which the Czar's death was to occur arrived, he an- nounced his intention at attending DIM at the Church of the Annunciation, within the walls of the 1 renslin, and a quarter coke stile or so from the palace. The Czarina and the other members of bis family implored him to take no amok risk ; they begged him to have mess sang in the chapel of the palace, but he declined, and even ordered that the police guardshould be withdrawn. ,lie said that if bis time :o die bad come he was ready, that he would not die like a cinema mil ggeclusion, but lee wopid die like a Soldier with hie uniform on and bis sword in hie hand, in the preaenee of his people,; and eo he left the palace alone, elad in the uniform of a field marshall, resplendent with gold and silver Lace, and walked across the parade ground to the therein, The news of hie regiment spread Toddy amongthe people, who were naturally on the 0tsi lire, owingto the mysterious pro. elaanation of the ihiliath, and before the mime was over the area within the Eremite walls was crowded with ill series and eon- ditieee of men, twenty or thirty thottsapd in timelier, After teams was Autig, and he bad oommittad hit soul to Gad, the Czar, with his groves iso hie hand, left the church and entered the throng, wheal opened to mobs passage for him, but oris. So narrow that he could tom, the bodies of those wlio stood On either baud. No bomb was requir- ed on each ar 000asiop ; a ppistol, or .oven a Wide, would have done trio busiueasa, bo with his head erect, and bowing to thost who had saluted hind the Emperor walked the entire distance. The crowd were ritcnt end almost breathless, Every man present expected somothing would occur, but the only break in the Czar's walk that morning was when be reached the *tsps of the palace, *topped, turned hie five to the people and apo o to them, lite ((std that be had been t Should have trouble if be tame that tinea he lad arrived lee had ed by mysterious enemies, whose MO coaald not uuderatand, ;tat the presets was tote his list. Ila tied thezefere don as all men elrwuld do who expected danger-- gone to sitnrelt to aisle forgivezeu for his tns, and protection from on high, This otlon was not demled bias. Ilia body, 1, was in the bands of God, and u had no power to injure bine without the. 'ivine.doerce. lie therefore feared nothing, and believed that as longao he governed the Bemire with wisdom he should be allowed to live. Then, thanking the people with hearty words for their loyalty, he bowed and entered the parsec, There lead been silcnee tiU then, but as the Czar dfsappeared the crowd broke into e. cheer that atmeet reached the sky, Hun ;try's Great Tunnel. An engineering work that has taken over a century to eonatruot can hardly fail to offer some points of interest in its history, and illuatrato the march of events during the years of its progress. An instance of tufa Mud is to be found in a tunnel not long completed, but which was commenced aver one hundred years ago. This tunnnol or edit, as it should bo more strictly termed, Is at Schemnitz, in Hungary. Its oonatruo• tion was agreed upon in 1782, the object being to carry off the water from the Sehenmitz mines to the lower part of the Gran valley, The work is now complete, and it forms the longest tunnel in thoworld, being 10.27 miles loug, or about one mile longer than St. Gothard, and two and a half miles longer than Mount Cenia. The heigkt is nine fent ten inches, and the breadth live feet three inches, This tunnel, which has taken so long in making, has cost very near a million sterling, but it appears to have been well spent -at least the present gener- ation has no reason to grumble, for the sav- ing from being able to do away with water- raising;appliancesamounts to £15,000 ayear. There is one further point, however, worth notice, for if we have the advantage of our great-grandfathers in the matter of mechani- cal appliances they were certainly better off in the price of labour. The original con- tract for the tunnel, madein 1782, was that it should be completed in thirty years and should coat £7 per yard run. For eleven yearn the work was done at this price, but the French revolution enhanced the cost of labour and materials to such an extent that for thirty years little progress was made. For ten years following much progress was made, and then the work dropped for twenty years more, until the water threaten- ed to drown the mines altogether. Finally the tunnel was completed in 1878- the re- maining part costing £21 a yard, or more than three times as much as the original. contract rate. Bow Fast Can a Train Hove. Many questions have been asked concern- ing the highest speed possible to be attained by a railway locomotive. The London Wage neer submits the statement that eighty miles an hour is the greatest possible limit, and for the following reasons Because no greater velocity has ever been attained. Because of the resistance of the air, Because of the back pressure of the cylin- ders. Because of the amount of power whiel, must " no doubt be lost in imparting violent motions to masses of metal which can make no return when coming to rest. The swing- ing of the engine, the excessive vibration of its parts, and the jar and concussion all oper- ate to; the same end, and tend to keep down the speed." Because of " the extraordinary retarding influence of vary moderate rising gradients." Because of the coupling rod -"it appears to be beyond question that coupling an en- gine tends to keep down the speed." A girlnever, complains a young man treating her coldly when he treats her to ice edam, Coottery for lite $10k. Zn, eiolxnee , nourishment and nursing go band in band. At least the proper prepare- tion of the food playa a most important part in the recovery of an invalid. ';i'4 know how to melee dishes that shall be at once pour- iahfug and digestible,• ruched a delightful aocompUsheteut, 'They must be a>i the same time agreeable to the taste and invit- ing to the eye. Even with people who ere not, ill, half the battle of a =Heal ea he the serving. The most meagre fare if presented inan attractive way, with pretty china, and evident attention to .details, will he relished far better than a more sumptuous ureal served in a slovenly manner. I have no doubt that Mrs. Garry Owen Ganef: could tell us as truthful, and as sad a tale of the dieastroua effects of ignorance and obstinacy in the ,are of the sick,, as in the cringing up of children- I have known era t eonnterperts of the father referred to in her "Slaughter of the Innocents" (p.177.) In Sass Praecisee, at my boardieg-house table, sat a middle•egel couple, wbo bad married rather late in life, with a baby nine months old. It was a remarkably good baby, and allowed on that account to be brought to the table, where it* fond father fed it religiously with a bit of everything, izseluding mads turtle soup,- cabbage, lemon and minee pies. When it alaitened and lay at death's door, they were very much aur. prised I give below some plain directionsfor pre- paring the ;simplest, i plest, and meet aeoeasary', and usual food r nvaliche P A ADA. _.. Tape A yellow earhera bowl, lay in a lenge smoker, apriehle with little anger, snit, and hair a dozen large steeled raising; repeat this until the bawl ifhtwo' thirds full or until you heve.euoughfforyour patieut, and never .make enough for twice, Nearly cover with betting waters put a lid over the bowl end set it on be baele of the raege to soale for en hour, 1,1ft cut the eraokers, sprinkle with more sugar, and, serve with a little Dream, and eirananon or untmeg. Omit the raisins and crestas if the invalid Is toe>'31 to take anything 80 rich,. Thiele really a delicious dish. Mew f'onaauon.-•-Boil a pint of milk in a double boiler, and Gook in it an ounce of Seeded raisins 'until they are tender ; add a teaspoonful of corn starch Bier aved in cold milk ; oat ter three minutes, remove from the fire, and (stir in the well -beaten white of an, egg. Sweeten and grate on a little nut. meg. Coax your invalid with cru toast, Cut the cruet from two slices of bread, which should be stale, Team over w slots- Ara utstil well•dried, end then Brown delicately.Dip quickly Into bailing water, dat with bite of barter (=demur over a very little rich milk or ereem that has been brought to a basil, Brown bread ie very nice wo. healthful pre - red as above, and may be eeten with ruga d cream. For persona troulaled with iadigeation, beef eandwiehea, prepared as folloste, aro highly recommended : Chop very finely a piece of tender, uncooked bcefateak, season with salt and popper, and spread betweeu thin allose of lightly,.buttered bread. Bo. taove the cruate witha ebarrp =info, and cut luta neat diamonds or squares, TAPIOCA. JPA r.k,-Soak a cupful a tapioca for five hours in a quart of water ; sweeten to taste, and set the dish containing ie in a pan of boiling water; cook until the tapioca is quite clear,stirring often. Squeezo in the juice andrated rind of one lemon and pour to small molds. To be served with cram and sugar when cold ItIcr Jeune -Bring to the boiling point a cupful of water, and atir into it two heap - bag teaspoonfnls of rice flour that hue been dissolved in enough cold water to make a thin pante ; sweeten to taste with loaf sugar, and boil until clear. If your patient has fever, flavor with lemon juice; in the naso of diarrhea, or summer complaint, flavor by boiling a piece el stick cinnamon with it. Coolin molds and eat with cream and auger. OAT ISLAXO ALVSO .--Put two tablespoonfuls of oat meal, wet with cold water, into a pint of bailing milk, and aim - mer gently in a double boiler for two hours. Hanson with salt, sweeten to taste, and serve with Dream and nutmeg. There is a preparation called corealno flakes that cooks in one minute, and is very delicate and nice. It must be atirre ` into boil - lug milk, tasted and eaten with Dream, or milk and sugar. AnRowitOoTBeenoMenoz.-Into a coffee cupful of rich milk that bas been brought to the boiling point, stir two teaspoonfuls of sugar, and two heaping teaspoonfuls of the best arrowroot, rubbed smooth with cold water. Stir and simmer until it thickens. It may barnacle with water, when it should be flavored with lemon juice. If made with milk, flavor with brandy or wino. Pour into little molds, and serve with cream and sugar or with stewed, canned or preserved fruit. PARortno RICE Ts very good in the ease of bowel troubles. Roast it to a nine brown as you would coffee, throw into salted boil- ing water, and cook rapidly until done. Rice water for a drink is made by stirring a tablespoonful of rice flour, wet with oold water, into a quart of boiling water. Season with salt, let it get very cold, and flavor with wine, brandy, lemon juice or nutmeg, sweetening to taste. Fever patients are often troubled greatly by thirst, when water drank in any quan- tity would be harmful. Ice broken into small pieces, and mixed with lemon jelly also cit into bits, is very refreshing, and may be given safely. Mulled buttermilk is strengthening, but mist not be given if there is any tendency to summer complaint. Put a pint of fresh buttermilk on to boil ; add a beaten egg, drop by drop ; stir and remove from the fire after one boil ; sweeten. It may be also boiled, sweetened with honey, and seasoned with salt. Add a tablespoonful of butter to each pint of milk. ram the Note -Reek or a Eemiu Inc Reporter. have noticed, as doubtless you all have, that ruined children are by no means, confin- ed to the lower classes. Among the well -to do, these may be divided into two classes those who are ruined by the careleseeese and indifference of their parents in leaving their moral culture almost entirely to ((eremite, and those who are ruined bythe over -in. dalgenceend inj udicione attentions of grown up relatives:, 1 know a child who is fitted by_ natered graces of person and face, and (lowliness of mind, to be a very gern in the gaeden of girls, who is so spoiled by unwise petting from a half dozen big uncles as to be utterly disagreeable to strangers. All the endeavors of a very sensible mother are set at naught by ;hose loving but unwise. baobelor nnetes who delight in teaobing the poor child the pert sayings that make her unlovely an the eyes of every one.. Very few children are bore with all na- tural or inherited graces of mind and. diapo- sitien. There are almost always evil pro- pensities to be Eradicated and guarded agaivat, The child of geuerous parent* will often display a strange selreeeness, which the wine parent melt net only see, but take patina to uproot. Indolence, untruthfulness, a sullen or violent temper, ((jealousy and vanity tray pens almost unnoticed is an otherwise lovely and attractive child, but if you de not take pause to discover and curb theme grave faults you will embitter the whole getter life, not only of ane but of w as family of seven boys frau(( 1.7 to are what would be termed, "good 'and rightly so. They are obedient donate to their parents and Agree, 04011 other, They are always at house in alto old. fare . bailee iu the evenings and do their work pnoawplaiuiegly throughout the day, and yet not (meet theee boys will make a good hueband aunply beaaause their mother never taught them to be thoughtful for others. They will do whatever you ask them to do, but they would never think of doing anything unasked. They are not selfish, only thoughtless. ,EL naturally lazy child will often merle all tasks beeanee it its more trouble to get hint to do a. thing than to do itsouraeif, Thia is wrong in the extreme, and unjust ata well to hits as to bin more willing brothers and siatere. We think too much of educating the headnowendays, and not enough of been education, which is the beat of all. Sa lunch depends upon :he natural character Qin child, that it le ivapoa. Bible for the wisest person to lay down ar 7 fixed rules for the 'renal culture cif ehildrei. A realizing sense of your reepontibility, and, arneat !oohing for guidance to .ice wh'a I a and wi Beg to direst you, will be your afeguard, Outdoor Spflaarta in En 3 3lia�. t< Sport is the law and the prophet of Eng. lialitnen, and to confetti to neither pleasure nor concern in the results of the day's rae- log, shooting, hunting:, angling, is to totally emancipate ene a sett from the amiable re. fiord of a epartloving !triton. American in• dtfferepee to the ciroumatanoo and event of aeport is the contempt of the arietacraey and landed gentry. Sport is the autocrat, It eontrols tocioty and makes an important chapter in literature. There is a;univeraal devotion tc the idea, alike front high and low. 13ut it is the privilege of the great, the towptation of the poor. Poaching as an offense forms stereotyped matter, for every well regulated Toilish. novel. °pile dross, the manners, the ilirtatione whish make the maximum of life in country houses during autumnal revels are as important a inciter in British society as the London sea- son. Wives, mothers and deugibters who have none of the bates which give zest to the hunt are constrained to provide them- selves with more gentle amusement during that sanguinary period in the British %year. It is not fine taste -the love of horse- flesh, oriokoting, deer stalking and the gen- eral desire of killing something. It seems to take a pima in the eetegory with pugilism and bull fighting. ]3ut it develops brawn and akin(' of rude mental strength, and the cul- tivation of muscular vigor is something mare valued than the artistic sensibility in. the English man's passion for an excess of animal force. Htaffy" People. One of the oddest things to witness, if not one of the most disagreeable to encounter, is the faculty some people have of taking of- fence when no offence is meant -taking " huff" as the phrase goes, with reason or without -making themselves and every one else uncomfortable for nothing deeper than a mood, or more than a fancy. " Huffy" peo- ple are to be met with of all ages and in every station, .neither years [nor condition bringing, necessarily, wisdom or unsuspiei oneness. But we are bound to say that the larger proportion will be generally among'. those who are of an uncertain' sooial posi- tion or who are unhappy in their siroum- stisa.es, nob to speak of their tempera "liter ladyship." A sense of official b eatners is ingrained in the nature of people who have been over- shadowed by what is known as a peternal government. Snoh persons form their ow11 conceptions of angelic ministrations. £he idea of the guide to Westminster Abbey was original, to say the least. The man toted as guideto themonuments, and, upon coming to that of Lord and Lady Monteagle, which represents the spirit of Lady. M- ascending to heaven under the guardianship of angels, finished his pomp - one description of it with these words "A hangel is andfng Her Ladyship to 'maven 1" At the same time he bowed as deferential- ly as though he himself had been pertorm• ing the office of master of ceremonies to " Her Ladyship," and was about to" 'and" her into some ballroom. Fond Mother (excitedly)-" Sakes 'Iive, chile, yo' brndder's gone 'to dat dar dance at Johnaing's an' he'll nebber come back no mock 1" " Why not Z " "He's done gone forgot to take his ratter wid him." According to the statistics given in Wil- liam F. Fox's article in the Oentury on " The chances of being hit in battle," the popular belief as to the slaughter occurring in single engagements is not well founded. The loss- es reported fn killed and wounded at the elose of a great battle are almost invariably exaggerated, and it generally happens that those who are missing or on the sick list are returned as killed. In the civil war in the United States there were 2,778,304 men en- listed on the Union side, while there were only 110,000 killed in battle, or about five per cent. of the total number, While five per cent, was the average for the whole Fed- eral army, there were of course certain regie ments which suffered more severely. The greatest loss occurred to the First Maine Heavy Artillery, which had 19.2 per cent. killed, being the largest loss of any regi- ment, while next came the Fifth New Hemp - shire with 17,9 per cent. killed. A number of ladies in Philadelphia get their bonnets very cheaply by having a clew er girl milliner out of employment come to the house. They pay her five dollars a day, and in one day she tame up the bonnets and hats for ail the women in the family. Execution of an Elephant) A novel excitement was provided to *he realdente of Mhow, sulfa, recently by the Transport Department. A huge male els• pbant, aged, according to oibetal records, pineteetwo years, rhe property of Govern- ment, was condemned to death for a long andehardened comma of iniquity; Re lent been, long in a ohronie mast stag, and in this condition had taken a buurau life an. Poona about a couple of ,yone ago. Ba. would not work, and was a source et apprehension to ,all about him and a per- petual cause of anxious .concern to Govern. sweet. The fiat went forth that he meet die, The Maharaja ,Ho'her and the liajah of Maar each separately telegraapleed to headquarter$ ant tried for a reprieve, One pff'ert d to bay the grand -looking Seiner for 33a. 1,000, and the other offered be ea- cbauge a female elephant of gentle manners for the sewage brute; but the -Government? of India where determined ore making the criminal expiate biasing. These offers were rdfused, and a private notice wassentronnd the station that. the execution would take plena on Thursday Several people. encLuling volunteer exeautiouers, hurried. i to a. spot nrlieeted outside of Cantonutepta where the malefator was already chained and secured between two death -plan trees, The volunteer tnarkssaao, armed with, 12 -bore exxpreaa rifles, were selected to carry out the execution. The elephant was sitting down when the crowd 'Neese to assemble, but shortly rained himself on hie forelegs when the firat of the shoes wee fared, whio?i bit him low down at the bane of the trunk. The maned vouchsafed e&o her uotiee of this and two other equally inelitetivc theta, than to stand up ea ell faun legs, shake hie head and blow with hie trunk. At lessens Mr, Dowell, of the Seventh Native Infantry, placed n bullet in the centre of his head met below the level of hie eyes, and the huge brute dropped down dead without aapaem.. Laying Trach. The track of a railway is never done, .ft ie always weerissg (retell(' always bolas rapla e - ed Setae of the early Eoglitb engineers, nob appreefatiiig this, endeavored to lay downs solid stone walls coped with atone gut to a smooth surface, en whiclt they laid. their 9414 They celled titin F4 perananeat way," as dis,iogulalhed from the tomperary track of raise apd erass•ties used by contractoni is budldfng the lines. Bat ezperiengo sooaa abowved thee the temporary tract, of sap- parted by a Led et Wettest etoaao, always kept Itself drained and was aiwasaa ghats c rid rezaidued las tia00ls better order than the mere expensive so called" peruaanent way." 3i ben the inereeee in the weight of mar rolling stool:Vegan to take plaer,dating from abouo370, iron rails were found to be wearing out very fast. Some railway anen. eelareaitlrat the raiin syrsyetcrebadxeawhed eil development, But in tbis world pply generally equate the demand. lghesi a thing Is very much wanted, it le euro to come, eoouvr or later, The process of mekingateel:Iuveited by, end usaredafter, Henry Br. semer, of ingland, and perfected by A. L. Holley, of this country, gave us a steel rail which et the present time coats leas than one of iron, anal has a life of five ar sin ruses as long, even uuder the heavy loads of today, We are now approaching very near the limit of what the rail will carry, while the joints are bceoming less ebta to do their duty. -,Scrifutr'allfhae.ine. Blood Letting' in Persia. In Persia blood letting is the aamo pane• dee for welt -nigh all fleshly ills to -day that ft was with our aucestors in the days of bluff King ifal, In the upriug every Per- sian tries hien to the barber surge= to have that professional phlebotomist relieve him of, say, half a pint of blood. Ono sunny+ Marcia morning I Ant upon tho bale, Elena of a vilIas•e chaps house and watched the barber blend a goodly share of the whole male population. 't1'ith his arras bared to the elbows, a bunch of raw cotton in lien of lint beneath his area, and his keen -edged razor inserted beneathhis cap, the travelling tonsorial artist took up his ponilion on the bank of the irriratine aitch that ran through the viilage of L sgird.. Candidates for hit services soon began crowding about him. *Beall sturdy ryot bared his right arm to the shoulder, and got one of his neighbours to bind a handkerchief tightly just above the elbow. Ito then presented himself to the bar- ber. The tonsorial artist pressed out with his thumb and forefinger the small vein he wished to alit, and with the air of a man who knowshis profession and its importance, deftly inserted the point of his razor. The blood epnrted out in a tiny atream; villag- ers agnanted down on their haunches and watched it bleed, occasianalIy working the elbow joint to stimulate the flow. Bali a pint is considered about the correct quantity far an adult to lose at one bleeding ; the barber then completes his services by bind- ing on a small wad of cotton. Many prefer being bled in the roof of the mouth, instead of in the arm. I observed that these were old men mostly, and judged them to be knowing customers, who had wise theories of their own as to why the mouth bleeding was preferable to the others. I have seen as many as thirty or forty of the Persian barber's patients squatting in a low row on the bank of a stream or ditch, each one lot- ting the little stream of blood from arm or month spurt into the water. Handy Hints. Lard, if appiiedat once, will remove the discoloration after a bruise. Earthenware and china, washed in soap -suds and rinsed in cold water are freed from grease and stains with little or no trouble. Soda is good for greasy dishes. To make tough meat tender, soak it in vinegar and water ; if a very large piece, for about twelve hours;' for ten pounds of beef use three quarts of water to three quarters of a pint of vinegar, and soak it for six or seven hours. If you are trou- bled with moths in your feather beds, boil the feathers in water for a short time •; then put them in sacks and dry them, working them with the hands all the time. Never enter e. sick room in a state of perspiration as the moment you become cold your pores ab- sorb, Do notapproaoh contagious diseases with au empty stomach ; nor sit between the, sick and the fire, because the heat attracts:' the vapour. Ambitious mamma -Edith, I noticed lase night that Mr. .De Rich paid yea consider- able attention. I hope you showed him w properamount of civility. Ingenuous De- butante -Oh, yes, mamma, I did 1 I'm sure he knows he can have me for the: asking,