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There Is a growing Impression that Tesla belongs to the romantic class of

If the automobile and the bicycle people, by joining hands, can only

icb go. masse

will join In extendir

One effect of the Soutfi African was Is the great falling off In Scotch dtles in’ the number of marriages during the past year. The war has taken from bonny Scotland thousands of marriageable young men.

THE PRINTED WORD. Dr. Tilaaft Sir, S*cn4 SU*«!r ui Lt.litu UEcfetid kj drill A Call Ur i Wane Friendship Bstwees These Who Preach the Oaspei aad These Whe Make Newspapers.

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Wasktuqto*. D. C.—In this Dr. Tslmsge calls for s warm friendship between thoee who preach the coepel and thoee who meke newepspers, the epoken word end the printed word to go ride by eide; Uxt. Lake xri. 8. "The children of thi. world are in their ger—“ : —

than the children of light?*

Sacred Dtupidity and eolemn ineompetency and eanctioed laxineae are here rebuked by Christ, He eaya worldlings are wider awake fer opportonitiee than are

Christiana. Men of the world grab occariona, while Chrietian people let the moat valuable oceariona drift by onimproved.

t meaning of oor lxird when He i children cf thia world are in ration wieer than the children

That la the mean in,

of light."

A marked illcatration of the truth

that maxim it in the riownees Omatian religion to take poaaeaaii secular preaa. The opportr- "^ — •* been for ‘

Edward VII cannot complain of any lack of opportunity to distinguish himself as a. statesman. Asia, Africa and Europe, not to mention North and South America, hare a large number of problems which may be brought to his attention.

When finished the Arkansas state capltol will be a permanent exhibit of that commonwealth's resources If the suggestions of the architect and building commission shall be followed. The basement or first story will of Arkansas granite, the upper stories of Arkansas marble and the woodwork l timber.

The first we know Africa will bo taking rank as a wheat-growing country. ^l-ast year the Dark Continent turned out 44.000.000 bushels of-the cereal of the finest quality. Australia guoduces only 35.000.000 bushels, but this small output Is accounted'for by the fact that wool-growing Is more profitable than agriculture.

•ft

o*»e«rion of the

—- , . tnmtj i> open.and h»« been for some time open, but the miniriers of religion are for the most part showing the golden opportunity to pass unimproved. That the opportuniyr is open I declare from the fset that all the secular newspapers are glad of

article relating to religious themes t would gladly print. They thank you any information in regard to churches.

done to any

church or Chriatian institution, you could go isto any newspaper office of the land and nave the real truth stated. _ Dedication service*, ministerial ordinations and pastoral installations, cornerstone laying of a church, anniversary of a charitable society will have reasonable apace in any secular journal if i( have previous notice 11 If j had som* .great injustice done me.' there is not an editorial or reportorial room in the United States into which.I could not go and get myself set right, and that is true of any well-known Chriatian

man.

Why, then, does not our glorious Christianity embrace these magnificent opj trinities’ I have before me a subject first and last importance: How shall secure the secular (ness as a mightier enforcement to religion and tbs pulpit’. The first thing toward this result is cessation of indiscriminate hostility against newrpaptedom. Von might as well denounce the legal profession because shysters or the medical profession l of the swindling bsrgsin makers slam bang newspapers because there are recreant editors snd unfair reporters and unclean columns. Gutenberg, the inventor of the.art of printikg. was about to destroy his types and extinguish the art because it was suggested to him that printing might be suborned into the service of the devil, but afterward he bethought himself that the right use of the art might more than overcome the evil nee of it, and so he spared thd type and the intelligence of all following acts. But there are many to-day in the depressed mood of Gutenberg, with uplifted hammer, wanting to pound to nieces the type, who have not reached his better mood in which he saw the art of printing to be the rising sun of the world s illumination.

Recent btorma in England hare been playing baroc with tbe Druidic remains at Stonehenge, two of the larger pillars having been overthrown by them. ..and others are crumbling vpder the Influence of tbe elements. It Is now proposed to protect what standing by pUntldg tr*s» in the moors surrounding tbe ancient temples to serve as windbreaks. Russia took first place In 1900 as regards turning out naval vessels, wblle England and France dropped behind considerably. Germany followed Russia. with Japan third and England fourth. Russia’s quota was two firstclass battleships, one first-class armored cruiser, eight destroyers and for. Germany and Fiance together three first-class battleships, one firstclass armored cruiser, one secondclass cruiser, two third-class cruisers, and/three destroyers were launched. As for England, only two first-class armored cruisers, one third-class cruiser, fopr-aloops and 80 destroyers were

comt^lssloncd.

While two boy* were skating recent-

ly on Crum CrAk, In Swarthmore, Penn., they heard a cry for help, and. hastening to tbe place from which it came, they found a girl of their own age who bad- broken through the Ice and was In desperate peril.* Onfi of tbe boys' Instantly leaped Into tbe water and •Swam to tbe girl's assistance, while his companion remained, at the edge of the Ice. ready to do what he could when lae rescue had

been effected. The boy In the reached' the girl, and after

struggle bright her almost within reach of the other boy. The motions of the latter caused the ice to break under him. and he. too, feH into tbe water. Then a terrible question as : sailed the first boy. ije knew that the second boy, who was his most intimate friend, could not swim. His own strength was almost exhausted, and he could not gave both the girl, whose name be hardly knew, and his closest friend. He had to choose, and did choose—the friend. Leaving the girl, he swam to the boy and. held him above the surface until they were ho'th pulled out by other hoys who at -Inst reached the scene. The girl's dead body was recovered several hoars later. The boy who could have saved her at the expense of hie friend's life is half mad .with doubt at to whether his conduct was-right or wrong. The question la not n simple one. Many considerations have to he taken Into the account; among them, that the boy to whom the alternative OK

was presented *ua only it years old jttiss

■iTidV eoftbe

in religious directions, wo wvuiu jnueh wiser as the man who gets e of the railroad superintendent to fasten a car to the end of a rai

up the track to meet and drive back the

Caicagb limited express.

The silliest thing that a man ever does is to fight a newspaper, for you may have the floor for utterance perhaps for one day in tbe week, while the newspaper has the

floor every dsy in the week.

Napoleon, though a mighty man, had many weakneaaes, and one of the weakest thing* he ever did was'to threaten that if the English newspapers did not stop their adverse criticism of himself he would, with 400,000 bayonets, cross the channel for

their chastisement.

he water

a long

you 1

equipoise

that

get justice, fc patience and I of disposition.

It ought to bc^a mighty sedative

there is an enormoUa amount of cos sense in tbe world, and you will eventually be taken for what you are really worth, and you cannot be puffed up. and you cannot be written down, and if you are tbe enemy of good society that fact will ce out, apd if you are the friend si good

cietr that fact will be established.

I know what I am talking about, for I can draw on my own experience. AD the respectable newspapers, aa far. as I knew, are my friends now. But many of you remember the time when 1 was the most continuously and meanly attacked man in this country. God me grace not to answer back, and T kept silence for ten yean, and much grace was required. What I said was perverted and twisted into jait tbe opposite of what 1 did say. There were millions of people who believed that there waa a large sofa in my pulpiL al-

~— —- —•thing but a chair,

though w» never had anything and that during the tinging 1

gregalion .1 was accustomed t. RMPRRi on that sofa and dangle my feet over the end. Lying New lock correappndenta for ten yean misrepresented our church services. But we waited, and people from •very neighborhood of Christendom came there, to find the magnitude of the falsehoods concerning the church and concerning myself.- A reaction set in, and soon we had justice, full justice, more than justice, and as much overpraise os once .we had bnderappreciatiou, and no naan that evefuived was so much indebted to the ywspaper press for opporunity to preach

the gospel as I am.

Young then in the ministry, young men in all professions and occupations, wait. You cun afford to wait. Tike rough misrepresentation as a Turkish towel to start ap your languid circulation, pr a system of massage or Swedish movement, whose pokes and pulls and twists and thrusts are

I is oohr om , .— ' t and that is yourself. Keep your ions sweet by coafmunion, with who answered sot Main, get soganial people and walkout in tbe

dety of genial people and •unahine with your hat c

: all Tight.

off and yea will

come oat all right. And don't join the . Again, in this effort to secure tSTsecular press as a mightier re-enforcement of the press as a orightisr re-enforcement of proi religion and the pulpit extend widest and highest Christian courtesies to (he representative* of journalism. Oir* them easy chain and (duty of room when they come to report occaaona. For the most part they an gsaUeaea of education and re-

■Brins that is prsemridos and

Si-

•^rer,

i set Much preached to fay

between a sermon or a eooe or

wave

.... to. - - .L-i - - —

one preached to-day then will sot t

brought to God ontll some revival of religion sweeps over the land end take* into the kinrdom of God all editon, reporters, compositors, pressmen' and newsboys. Ana if you hare not faith enough to prey for that and toil for that yon had better get out of our ranks and join tbe other side, for you an the unbelievers who make the wheels of the Lord's chariot drag heavily. The greet final battle between truth and error, the Armageddon, I think, will not be fought with swords ana shells and guns, but with pens—quill pens, steel pens, gold pens, fountain pens and before (hat the pens must be converted. The most divinely honored weapon of the past has been the pen, and tbe most divinely honored weapon of the future will be the pen—prophet’s pen, and evangelitt's pen and apostle's -pen. followed by editors pen and author's pen and reporter's pen. God save the pen! The wing of the Apocalvptic angel will be the printed page. Tbe printing preea will roll ahead of Christ’s chariot to clear the way. •’But." some one might ask, "would you <h»kc Sunday newspapers also a re-enforce-ment?" I nave learned to take things as ther are. I would like to see the much scoffed at old Puritan Sabbaths come back again. I do not think the modern Sunday will turn out any better men and women than were your grandfathers and fcrandmother* under the old-fashioned Sunday. To say nothing of other results, Sunday newspapers are killing editors, reporters, compositors and pressmen. Every man, woman and child is entitled to twentyfour hours of nothing to do. If the newspapers put on another set of bands, that .does not relieve the editorial and reportorial room of its cares and responsibilities. Our-.literary men die fast enough without killing them with Sundar work. All things are possible with God, and. mv faith is np until nothing in tbe way of religious victory would surprise me. All the newspaper printing presaes of tbe earth are going to be the Lord's, and telegraph and telephone and type willyet announce nations born in a day. The first book ever printed was the Bible, by Faust and his son-in-law, Schoeffer, in 1480, and 1 consecration of type to the Holy

of ell £3l

■e fstb

phecy of the religious use that the gospel ministry in this country were to make of

the types.

The tendency of criticism in the theological seminaries is to file off from -our young men all the sharp points and make them too Smooth for snv kind of execution. What we want, all of us, is more point, leu humdrum. II we uy the right thing in the light way, the preu trill be glad and echo and re-eebo it. Sundayechool tochers, reformers, young men and old men in the ministry, what w* all want if we are to make the printing preu an ally in Christian work is that which the reporter epoken of suggested—points, sharp points, memorable points. But a the thing Be dead when uttered by living voice it aril] be a hundredfold more dead

when it is laid out in cold type.

That Providence intends the profession of reporters to have a mighty share in the world's redemption is suggested by the fact that Paul and Christ took a reporter along with them, and h* reported their

addresaea and their acta.

Luke waa a reporter, and be wrote not only the book of Luke, but, the Act* of tbe Apostles, and without that reporter’s work we ‘would hare known nothin* of the Pentecost, and nothing of Stephen's martyrdom, and nothing pf Tabitha’s res-

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out the reporter’s work from the Bible, and ydu kill.a Urge part of the New Testament. It makes me think that in tbe future of tbe kingdom of God the reporter* are to bear a mighty part. About twenty-fiVe year* ago a representative of an important New York newspaper took his seat in my Brooklyn church one bon day night about five pews tram the front of the pulpit. He took out pencil and reporleFs pad, resolved to caricature the whole scene. When the music began, he began,-and with hia pencil he derided that, and'then deridedthe] and then derided -the reading < Script

reading of the in to deride the

hia lynd^b^n^to^ttcmble, andhe,^ rally^ -started again, but broke down again and then put pencil and pader in ms pocket and hr* head doacn on the front pew and began to pray. At the clou of the.aervioa he came up and asked for the prayers of others, ana-gave hia heart to God.- And, though still engaged in newspaper work, he is ah evangelist and hire* a hill at his own expense and every Sunday aftern preaches Jesus ■Christ to the-people.. 'And' the men of that profession are going to come in a body throughout the country. 1 know hundreds of them, and a more genial or highly educated class of men it would be hard to find, and, though the tendency of their profession may be toward skepticism, an organised common sense gospel invitation would fetch than to tbe front of all Christian endeavor. Men of the pencil and pen in all departments, you seed the help of the Christies religion. In the day when people want to get .their.newspaper* at two cents, and are honing for the time when they can get any of them at one cent, and aa a consequence the attaches of the printing preea are by the thousand ground under the cylinders, you waat Goa to take care of you

Lost,” for which the author received 825. and tbe immortal poem "Ho hen linden'' of Thomas Campbell when he first, offered it for publication, and in the column called “Notices to Correspondents” appeared the words: "To T. C.—The linee commencing -On Linden when the sun “was low* are not up to ,our standard. Poetry U not T. C.’s

of the pencil and pen, amid year

rated work you need encourageat, and you hare H. Printers of all uuriitendom, editors, reporters, compositors, pressmen,- publishers and readers of that which it printed, resolve that yoa will not write, set np, edit, issne or rend anything that debases body, mind or soot In tbs name of God, by the laying on of

the bands of faith and prayer.

THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comment*. For

Marsh II

Sebject: Jcses aad Calapfcas, Matt xxrU, l7-M~4loldca Text, xrl, 14-Memory Verses, 42-44-Comeatary M the Day’s Lesson. 57. “They—led Him away." The band of eoldiere, led on by Judas. John 18: 8. •To the house of Caiaphca” (R. V.) In John 18: 13, we ere told that He wee taken to Annas first. It js supposed that Annas »pd Caiapbas occupied different si^rtments in the same palace, which was probably situated on Mount Zion, near David's tomb, in the southwestern part ol the 4 city. It waa Annas and Caiapha* who sent the band to arrest Jesus, and the leaders wanted tbe sanction of Annas before they proceeded against Jesus. ‘The ecribee,” etc. Scribes, that is, rabbis learned in the literature of the church; and elders, who were chosen from among the meat influential of the laity; and chief prieate (v. SB), that is, the heeds of the twenty-four priestly desses. “Were assembled." Annas sent Jesus bound to Caiapbas (John 18: 24). and Caiapha* with all haste.summoned the Sanhedrin, some time between 2 and 4 o’clock on Friday morning, but this waa irregular and informal, because it was contrary to their law to carry on the trial by night. This trial is probably the one recorded by-Matthew and Mark. .The usual place for the great Sanhedrin was at the council room in tbe temple products, but -this being an irregular meeting is held in the palace of the

high priest.

58. "Peter followed Him.” Peter loved Jesus;'he could not help but follow Him; he was anxious "to see the end”—to know wKht they did with his Lord. But alas! Peter followed from "/ifar off.” This was the cause of his downfall. "And went in." John also went with l’ctct..and, in fact, it

who succeeded in getting Peter

Both NuBbrsd from Prejudice sod Both Became Very Wealthy. The careers of two remarkable pedlera are recalled by tbe decision of the police Jury of Weal Baton Rouge, La., to divert the Poydras fund from lu .original purpose of providing trousseau and dowers for marriageable young girls, and to apply It to the higher edtioatlon of girls. These pedlers were Jullen Poydras, who Instituted th# fund, and Leon Godchaux, who died some months ago the richest man in Louisiana and probably the largest sugar planter in the world. Both came from France. Poydras being a French Protestant. Godchaux a French Jew. Both suffered from the prejudice that existed against pedlers. Their prejudice cost Poydras a ttyide and left him a bachelor, to bequeath his entire fortune to young girls and. children. It brought Godebaux on Insult which he never forgave and memory of which is preserved In the name of his plantation. "Sou-

venir."

Poydras reached Louisiana while the ! colony was still under Spanish control. He h^d the misfortune to fall In love

b, wlS have denied hu Master, for John seems

to,.

h«hin. tic hlllcl in ito Jewi.b a»Uon:

false witness." Ther have without a crime. They dar “ — ‘ 1 it not." (R. According to tfefr U-

dared not sen lout some satis 'ey Were obliged I witnesses. ."They found it n 9 L" (R. V.) They

Scl n

(Deut. 19: 15) there must be two witnesses, and, out of the many false wit-.

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trace. Falsehoods seldom, agree; > truth is harmonious. "False wit Their testimony was false beet fact* were not correctly stated I see Mgfk 14: 58), and because Christ’s words had been miaapplied. This is still a very com-

mon way oi injuring others.

61. "This fellow said.” Here they were obliged to go back to the beginning ol Chnst> public ministry and pervert ■' statement that He had made after He first cleansed th* temple. John 2: 19. “I am able,” etc. Jesus bad never said this. What He did say was that if they would deatroy this temple in three (Jays He would raise it up. but He had reference

to tbe temple of His body.

(C. "Said unto Him." Their case had failed, and now the high priest arose,ami tried to forre Jesus to criminate Himsea.

Thou nothing?" There was

nothing to say. The witnesses had contra-

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64. "Thou hast said.” A common fortn of expression - for. "Yes, it is so." Bee Mark 14: G2. Christ felt no disposition to remain silent when questioned concerning a truth for which He came into the world to shed His blood. "On the right hand of power." Thi* is a reference to Dan. 7:13, 14. The prophet is describing diriit's coming into the presence of His Father to be invested with all power. Its true fulfillment took place at the resurrection (Matt. 28:18). but the same Lord will *1 the judgment day m the same glory. What a contrast will that be with Hi* present) position! "The clouds of heaven." Thi* evidently has reference (1) to- the judgment executed on the -wicked Jewish nation (Matt. .16: 27,28; 24; 39): (2) to the final judgment; (3) to the final

* ■—iraph of His kingdAa.

0»t hi* clotoe#." Ah expression grief (Gen. 37: 29, 34: Job 1:20) ir at what was considered to be

. to tii

triumph of Hi*

as. "B. —' of violent .

ffiSE'

race that will — let us put our bands to the week, imploring Godto hasten th* cos summation. In a shin with hundreds of paasengefs approaching the Sooth American coast the man on the lookout neglected hit week, and in a few minutes th* ship would have been dashed to ruin on th* rocks. Bata cricket no board the vessel that had Bad# thevsass! in time to avoid sn awful wreck! And m Jnstanificant mean* may now da An tPM«a m4r 1* tto rf tfc.

loitod to Ito nbbiDical ruin. Wto, tto charge of. blasphemy was proved, the tudges rend their garment* and do not sew them up again. “lHaspbemy.” They considered it blasphemy for Jesus to say a failure to them, and^thev had no more, to bring. Jesus was condemned on His

own -testimony.

66. "What think ye?" The high priest had urged the care against Him, and now he puts it to vote. "Gniltjr of death." "Worthy of death." R. V. The punishment tor blasphemy was death. LeTafr interval now of at least two hours before the regular session of the Binhedrin could c^ven*. During-this time the judge* delivered Him into the hands of the mob. I They Met in His face aa a mark of con-, j tempt. ’'Buffeted." Emote with their | fij *. "Who-emote Thee." They had blindfolded Him. Marie 14: 65. They made ■port with Him as the PhUistiaes did with

Samson.

limit the other night wM» they enter ed S’- Peter’s Lutheran church antstole an unmeosa store which wai need tor gating that afrocturf. Hall a down man mug have been engager

Ths hyer yoo dime up the moastdh aackse—, the colder yoo find more

mdins, / a mlllynnalre kla a o*t oV a Job with won i

Uokwfld atr frowns.

TWO LOUISIANA PEOLERS-

•ith the am 7 mat

BEST WAY TO FIND A MAN.

■ Tree* Him.

Bible because ho could not comply with the French system Of dowry, j •rhlch required' the husband to pro- | vide a marriage portion; and also because of the more serious objection presented by his calling, and so the girl married another suitor. Poydras never forgot her. He prospered and became one of the wealthiest men in Louisiana When Louisiana became a part of the United States Poydras was sent as first delegate from what was then the Territory of Orleans, now-the state of Lonls-

iana.

Although the wealthiest man In the state, he lived In the simplest manner. When LouU Philippe came as a refugee to Louisiana poydras entertained him magnificently and even provided tie future king'of the French-with money, but bis own room was as bare

f loxnr; le refus

when death approached and died sumdtng rather than take to hit bed. His will showed that big first love was “still dormant in his mtnJ/altBbugh over 80 years. His fortune was divided into two parts. One w&s devoted to providing dowers and trousseau foyoung girls, so that none of them should be prevented from' marrying her sweetheart because of lack of money. The other half was devoted to the establishment of an orphan asylum In New Orleans: Children of his own hieing denied him by his misfortune In love. Poydras was one of the most devoted friends of the young. Soon after Poydras passed awayGodchaux arrived in New Orleans from France. As a pernor he had many rebuffs to face. In one place he was roughly handled, and the dogs set on him. He never forgot or forgave that indignity. When he became rich he' secured possession of the plantation, where It occurred and changed to -’•Souvenir'' the name Its -Creole owner had bestowed npofi 1L—New York Sun.

Carious Incident, of * XVer.

The closing stage of the Russo-Tur-kish campaign of 1877-78 was marked by th? following curious incidents In the shape of an extraordinary though natural phenomenon. During the weeks that Intervened between the signing of the treaty of San Stefano’and the meeting of the Berlin congress, the Russian troops were encamped in front of Constantinople. Which they anticipated entering In triumph immediately. Cne day, however, looking In the direction of the Black A6*. there appeared In thfe sky a marvellous "fata morgana,” counterfeiting fortifications.. What were they? . Certainly not those' which the, Turks had hastily raised to protect the capital. The mystery was solved By an hfficer who knew the place well, pronouncing the mirage to reflect the still ruined remains of the fortifications of Sebastopol; and as these were about 380 miles distant the ex-, inordinary nature of the refraction may be Imagined. The phenomenon, however, was received by the. superstitions Russian soldiers as an evil portent, for Sebastopol reminded dfficere and men of British hostility, and It j was known to all that British statesmen Were now doing their utmost to over-ride the provisions to San Stefano, In order to prevent a Russian occupation of Constantinople. Neither was the presentiment of coming disappointment falsified, for as tbe ml^ge faded from 'the sky a dbll booming noise was heard to seaward. It was the guns of the British fleet saluting the forts in the Dardanelles, and proving that the words of the famous Jingo song, -TRussians shall not frave Constantinople.'' were no empty

Usselly a Lener-esrrler C If Amy One Cl "I used to think that the letter earner was one public official who had no perquisite* attached to hia Job," said a New Orleans lawyer, "and I sympathised with him accordingly. But recently," he eontlaued, "I discovered that 1 was In error. One day, a few weeks ago. th*- carrier dropped In at my office with the usual batch of mall. and. as he was going out, asked whether I knew any such a man as John Soandno—I’ve forgotten the name he mentioned—living on the block. T don't recall such a person.’ 1 replied; 'have you a letter for him?' ‘No, sir.' raid the carrier, T waa just trying to locate him lor a real estate agent up town. If I find the right address I get a *20 dollar bill.' That excited my curiosity, and In response to toy questions the carrier made the ‘matter plain. " 'It’s like this.' he said. The real estate agent Is settling up some estate and has lost track <>f one of the heirs. He- thinks he's in town, but be doesn't know where' to look for him, so he came to the delivery department of the postoffice as the best place to get a Up. It turned out that none at the boys had such a mati on their routes, and he then asked os to make inquiries and hung up this *20 reward for the flirt Information. It Is perfectly legitimate.

"The story Interested me, and I asked him whether they were called on often for data of that character. 'Why yes.' he replied, 'pretty frequenUy. As fa ras addresses ar (-concerned, the carrier departmohl Is far and away the best Information bureau In town. Yoa see. we not only keep track of Ufts residents. but wc are pretty well posted as to the traaslente. also. Anybody who remains here for a week or longer Is tolerably certain to receive mail of some kind, and the majority of it goes to a particular street and number Instead of the general delivery. That gives us a line on them which couldn't be obtained through any other channel. Then, again, the people who live here are continually moving and may have changed their address two or three Umes since the last issue of the directory. We keep track of all that, and even when they go out of town temporarily we s where they are, 1 stray mall. " 'Taken altogether, we are quite apt to locate anybody desired, and when we make special inquiries, as I am doing In this case. It la next door to a sure thing.' 1 asked him what class of people applied to the carriers as a rule. 'Lawyers principally.' he sold, ’who are working up evidence In different cases and want to find witnesses.'''—New Orleans Tlmes-DomocraL

, 'Some strange scenes, says our Naples correspondent, took place in Italian prisons, when the late amnesty waa proclaimed. At Portoferralo one man burst Into tears when he was told that he waa free. He had been in the prison 22 years. In order to remain, he declared that he waa guilty of -two serious crimes for which b* had never been tried. Nevertheless, his chains were removed, and he was sent out. -Then he threatened to throw himself Into the sea, saying he would never be so comfortable again as-in the prison. In Bologna a man. when told he could ! go. threw himself out of a three-story . -window, crying: “I cannot outlive

this!"—London Dally News.

t'ndnaronnd Labor te Knclanrf. The last half of the 19th century should form a red-letter period In the memory of the British coal miner. Not only has it brought him to such financial prosperity that he can afford to "take holiday" for rfearly half his working time, but the improvements effected below ground have greatly diminished the fprmcr risk to health and life. At a meeting of the Midland Institute of the Mining Engineers, the president showed from trustworthy statistics that the number of fataUles consequent on colliery explosions, amounts to only 9 percent of the avcragiedietween 1851 and 1855. There Is consequently a saving of 91 percent In human life through the lessened frequency of explosions. It Is much the some with all other underground accidents; In every instance, they are far fewer and less destructive than they formerly were. Such as do occur, too, are largely the result of the men's own recklessness: they persistently break rules expressly, intqpded to save them from harm. The chief cause of accldt-nu at present is the falling cf roofs and sides, entirely ow. ing to their not being properly tins-' bered. But no amount of reasoning will convince the average pitman that he owes It to himself and his' family to see that the requisite support is afforded. Pit-owners are always most anxious to have this done, but defecto are rarely brought to their knowledge until too late for remedy. In the matter of ventilation./so great Is the improvement that, apart from accldenta, underground labor has 'become aa healthy as overground.—Logdow

Globe.

A BcionrkabU Sight. One of the most remarkable sights ever witnessed by roan waa that described by Captain Pendleton, a British whiter. He was following hia profession around Deception Island ia

the Antartlc waters when he sighted an Iceberg that had Just fallen fi an. Ice cliff 800 feet- high. The berg

appeared to be about 100 feet deep and twothlrds of a mile In length. The captain, wishing to observe the cliff or face of the to* from which this berg had droppedN^afled near it and saw high above the top- ‘

level of the sea. the body of a large whale perfect, save for the head, which had bipken off and gone wRfli the berg. X'portlon of this whale wrb ' secured by the whaler, who took eight or 10 barrels cf oil from it. while th* reel afforded food for the sea birds. This whale was embedded nearly in the centre of tbe cliff, 520 feet tram the top, and the question Is how did the whale get there and how long had It been there; It wea a sulphur bottom and was between 60 and 70 feet in