FACT8 AND COMMENTS. The nnmber of eohools in FrAnoe where the system of upavinps bank had been adopted wai 10 4!U at the cloRe of last year, against 14,372 at the begin ning. The average nnmber of deposi tor was twenty one per school, against seventeen the year before. The depart ment of pnblio instruction considers t'oat the resnlts in seven years have fulfilled the hopes of the inventor of the system, M. de Malasse, the sohool bank showing that it occnpies a unique position in the world as a me dium of education in thrift. At first glanoa it wonld appear that the canal business in Egypt has been a little overdone. There are 870 canals in that country, measuring in the segre gate 8,400 miles. Of these 113 are used for navigation purposes as wsll p.b , for irrigation, and the other 657 for irrigation alone. Of tue fifty navigable canals below Ciiro the most important is the one extending from the Nile near Cairo to Zigazig. This is fiftv-flve miles in length, and is navigable for vessels of 400 tons burden. The fresh water canal from Z tazig to Ismailia is fed mainly by this canal. Statistics show that over 1,500,000 operatives are employed in the manu faoture of cotton goods in the principal countries of tho world. Of these, 480,000 are employed in Great Britain. France follows with 210,000, and the other countries in orcli-r of precedence are the United States, Russia, Germany and India. With regard, however, to the annual value of cotton goods pro duoed the United S'ntes comes second, with about balf tlio value of Great Britain, and Germany find Russia fol low, the joint product tot being quite equal to that of the United States. Rabbits aro playing hob with New Zealand. They commence breeding at the age of three months, and produce twelve large families a year. This prolific increase has overrun the coun try with the pests introduced by pa triotic Englishmen and Scotchmen, and millions of dollars' worth of property are being destroyed itnnnally. Crops are feasted upon, streams are obstructed, and in some places tho devastation bus been so great that farmers have been driven from theirjfarms. From 00,000, 000 to 00,000,000 of tho frisky inno cents are killed eveiy year, but with their reproductive capacity the living rabbits do not mind a little thing like that, which only amounts to a deoima tion, When an individual starves to death in a civilized city his fate is probably al ways due to ignoranco of his condition and not to inhumanity. This certainly must have beou the case with William Ellis, a sculptor, who lately died in Sheffield, Englaud, Some years ago he was engaged with Stevens in model ing the Wellington monument. On his return to Sheffield he engaged in local art trade, and executed busts in marble of John Arthur Rotbnck and several local celebrities Of Into years he has been in very destitute ciicumstanccs, and frequently needed and received as sistance from his frieuds. It was fehown at the inquest that death had resulted from "exhaustion brought on by insuffi ciency of food." The Mormons aro displaying the craft which has alweys characterized the Church of Lvter Day Spin's in their efforts to savj their "peonliar in stitution" from tha fivhh assault made upon it in the passage by Congress of the Edmunds act for the suppression of polygamy. Tboir first move is to try the policy of evasion. All officials who were polygamists have been ordered to resign, and their places have been filled by monogamists who ai e equally strong in the faith, so tbat there wiil be no chance to apply the section which for bids a man with more than one wife to hold office. Moreover, from President Taylor, in Salt Like, to the elders in the most extreme parts of their domain, the polygamists have ostentatiously separated from all but one of their wives, and aro living openly with her only, so that it will be difficult to find grounds for instituting proceedings againut tbein. Some of the most emi nent lawyers in the country have been employed to fight the question of tho constitutionality of the law, and the issue will be carried up fiom court to court until it reachee the supreme tri bunal. A report comes from Utiih that if the supreme omn should finally de cide againbt them, the Mormons are ra solved not to submit at nnv cost : bnt it may well be doubted whe ther the r ober second thought will snstnin even a band of fanatics in fighting the whole power vi ioe government ne present out loos, uowever, is tJif, in any event, it must be a good while before material progress is made toward the extirpation of the "twin relio of barbarism." A Ride ou the Back of a Cutflsli. In the early days of Rome, about forty years ago, a poor jeidow, a Mrs. Parks, occupied a rude habitation about sixteen feet square, constructed of rougti poles, on the site where Dr Gregory's residence now stands. Thie poor woman had two children, the ewer a stout, robust gnl about eighteen years of age, Martha by name ; the other was a boy of seven. One day Martha, who took in washing to help support we lamuy, went to the spring near the house, on the banks of the Etowah river, to do some washing ; her mother was with her. On arriving at the spring, which is only a few feet from the river, she noticed an enormous catfish lying in the cool branch of the spring in water nearly deep enough to float the fish. Abatteau was fastened to a tree near by, and, stepping into the boat, she seized a paddle, and Snick as thought dealt the monster sh a blow on the head, which stunned it, and the little boy, Scruggs Parks, jumped into the stream and seized the fish, but in his exoitement and attempts to secure the prize he thrust both hands into the gill of the fish. The gills closed on them with a ioe-like-grip, and the fish, in flounder ing about with the boy, at length struck water deep enough to support him, and with head to the river with a mighty effort shot into the stream with thn speed of an arrow, the boy on his baok A moment of terrible anguish and sus pense to the poor sister, who was a helpless observer of all thut was pass ing, and the cat nib, landed high and dry on an island some sixty or seventy feet distant from the shore, with the boy in a fainting, frightened and half drowned condition. The cries of tht, sister aoon brought men npon the scene, who took the boat and in a few minutes landed fish and boy on the shore of the river. The ,fib weighed sixty-five pound. N1QWH. Eastern and Middle State, A oiRottLAB hns beou prtimril ljr Ilia IVnn Bi-Ceiitonnlnl amoelatlon, of riilllniMpliK and will be forwarded to tlie exYoriiir of tt different States, lnvitintf trooj. to vlult tha Quaker city and take part In tli military din. play on October 27, the bl-eenteiuilnl mini verenry of the landing of William Twin, Captatm Wmn, the EiikIIhIi clinmlon swimmer, defeated twonty-two Competitor in a five-mile swimming match off Mnntnuket Beach, Mass. Two boarding houses, a bnra and outbuild lngs at Hye Beach, N. H., the well-known summer resort, were destroyed by fire. m r r . i yermom ureenoacKers were repre sented by aw delegntes at their State con venuon in Mnteruury. The convention nominated for governor, O. O. Martin; for lieutenant-governor, John Jenner; for treas urer, Fletcher Tarbell. The following Con. gressionnl nominations were made: First district, Dr. Kidder; Second district, H. D. Dunbar. Thb sole of Canonchet, ex-Governor Wil liam Spragne s famous house in Rhode Island, was attended with considerable ex citement. Ex-Governor Spragne and son, armed with rifle and pistol, guarded the house and grounds and prevented the imme diate approach of spectators. The property was bought by Francis D. Monlton for $02,250. Next year, probably, a grand hotel and club-house will be built on the property by JJelmouico, of New York, and others. Thb American bankers' convention held their annual meeting in Saratoga, N. T., re elected President George S. Ooe, of New York, and listened to the reading of various papers on financial topics. Delegates from all parts of the Union were in attendance, Whtlb Alexander and John Gilchrist and their unmarried sister Margaret were in the sitting-room of their residence I in West Charlton, N. Y., at 9 p. r., the front door suddenly opened and five masked men pushed into the room with drawn revolvers. Two attacked Alexander, two John, and one Margaret. A terrific struggle ensued, in which Alexander grabbed a three-tined steel fork and need it so effectively that one tine broke off in the body of one of the burglars The burglars then knocked Alexander down with the butts of their revolvers, handcuffed bound and gagged him. John suffered similar fate, and Margaret was handcuffed and gagged. After securing the family the robbers took the gag from Alexander's mouth, and with a pistol at his head asked him to disclose the hiding place of the key to the safe. Alexander refused to tell, whereupon he was again gagged, and, with John, was taken to the cellar and tied to a poet Margaret was left upstairs. The robbers then began to search for the key, which they found between two feather beds. The safe was soou rifled. It contained $800 in money and $li0,000 in bonds and mortgages. The robbers left with the booty, and Margaret soon afterword slipped the handcuffs over her wrists and liberated her brothers, who broke the handcuffs from their wrists with an ax and hammer. At the Massachusetts Greenback State con. vention 325 delegates, representing seventy. nine towns, were present, and a full ticket headed by General Benjamin F. Butler for governor was nominated. A platform was auopteu, in wnicn the many concessions made to the principles of the Greenbackers are referred to with satisfaction. A check npon the power of wealth audits unjnst accu mulation is demanded. The payment of the national debt as rapidly as the revenues will allow, and the abolition of the National banks as banks of issue, are demanded. The resolutions af firm that eight hours should constitute a legal day's work. A board of arbitration, to be composed of an equal number of working men and employers, for the settlement of lubor troubles, is demanded. The system of contract convict labor is opposed. The ar bitrary imprisonment of American citizens in British bostilcs, and the misrepresentation at the court of St. James by a minister who sanctions the illegal conduct of the British government are deplored. South and West A cuown of men attacked the Campbell Doys, desperadoes, in a house in Caldwell county, Ky. The Campbells killed one of the crowd. The house was then set on fire. and as the Campbells were driven out they were shot dead. A fire at Huntsville, Ma, destroyed the court-house of Randolph county and many of tne county records. ai.exa.vdeb icbeb, a saloon keeper of Jivansville, Ind., his wife and seven-year-old son, were butchered in their home by persons who had entered it for the purpose of rob bery. Two men were arrested on suspicion. Two men entered the First National bank in Kewanee, Dl., locked the cashier and lady assistant in the vault and carried off $20,000. Ex-United States Sekatob Geoeqr R, Dennis died at his home in Kingston, Md., aged sixty years. In Chambers county, Ala., "Bole" Brooks and Charlie Griffin, convicted of the murder of one McCann a year ago, were lynched by a crowd. They had been granted a new trial. The Iowa Democrats have nominated a full State tickot with T. O. Walker at the head for secretary of stale. Afteb long and at times great suffering from cancer of the tongue United States Sen ator Benjamin Harvey Hill died at Atlanta, Gn., aged fifty-nine years. His death had been expected, and npon its announcement the Atlanta church bells, fire bells and loco motive engine bells in the various railroad yurds began to toll, and continued tolling all day. Every business house, publio office and the depots were draped in heavy mourning. Nearly every residenceon Feachtree Btreet, the street upon which Mr. Hill resided, was hung in black. Manybasinoss houses were closed during the day, and the Atlanta city council, board of trade and the Atlanta bar passed appropriate resolutions of sorrow. The record of Mr. Hill's life briefly told is as follows: Born in Jasper county, Ga., on September 14, 1823 he was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1844, with high honors. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in LaGrange, Ga, His entry into pnblio life began as a member of the Georgia house of representatives in 1851, and he was elected to the State senate in 1859 and 18G0. In 1855 he was the unsuc cessful " American" candidate for Congress, and as the candidate for the same party was defeated for governor in 1857. He was a presidential elector on the Fillmore ticket in 1856, and on the Bell-Everett ticket in 1860. At the State convention of 1861 he advocated remaining in the Union until he found that secession was inevitable. He was a Georgia delegate to the Confederate provisional con gress, and a Senator in the regular Congress. In 1865 he was arrested by the Federal au thorities and imprisoned in Fort Lafayette. At the close of the war he was elected to the forty-fourth Congress and was re-elected, bnt resigned bis seat before the expiration of his second term to take a seat in the United States Senate, to which he was elected in 1877. His term would have expired next March. Tuns men were killed and about thirty Injured In a railroad collision near Cairo, Di. Two young nien nnd two yonng ladies, while talumlng homo In a buggy from a Inure near Anoke, Minn., were struck by a I'MnInu train and instantly killed. Hmunm It ill's funeral at Atlanta was Hu morously attended, the United States Senate and 1 louse of Iti'priKcnluUvot being well roiniwenled nnd W.tXKI people assembling on the sli-wl to ltw the proreRslon. Tim I'tiih cuiigremiioiinl commissioners ar rived nt Halt Iiiike City. The Mormon chnrch litis etignuod four law firms to defend the county ofllclnls who nre nbont to lose their positions under the provisions of tie Ed. muuds bill. A telkobak from Governor Roberts, of Texas, was received at the treasury depart ment stating the sufforing condition of those sick with yellow fever, and of 2,000 persons in Brownsville, Tex., ont of employment on acconnt of t he quarantine, nnd requiring aid. Acting Secretary French replied that the de partment wonld take chargo of hospitals and quarantine at suitable stations if the gover nor desired it, but that the State of Texas must support all persons not in hospital. From Washington Mb. Iioko, the American consul nt Alex andria, was attacked by about forty natives; but seizing a club he defended himself vig orously until some soldiers arrived, dispersed the crowd and arrested the ringleaders. It appears that the natives had attempted to stop Mr. Long as he was driving. Hebe came annoyed and urged on his horse, in flicting injuries on some of the party. Foreign News. Thb Catholic bishop of Three Rivers, Can ada, has issued a pastoral fobidding the women of his diocese to wear bangs or frizzes. A tabmeb has been shot dead at Orusheen, county Clare, Ireland. A kumbkb of persons have been sentenced in Dublin to long terms of imprisonment for assaults growing out of the land troubles. Drama the trial of a man who was brought to Dublin under the coercion act on a charge of murder the Dublin Freeman's Journal published a letter declaring that the jury in the case were permitted to wander nbout the hotel in which they were lodged and to drink to excess. Tho foreman of the jury denied these charges and asked for the protection of the court. Thereupon Mr. E. Dwyer Gray, proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, who is also a member of parliament nnd high sheriff of Dublin, and was at one time lord mayor of that city, was brought to court; his request for time to prove the truth of the statements contained in the letter was refused and he was sentenced to three months' imprison ment, to pay a fine of 500 and at the expir ation of his sentence to find sureties for his good behavior in the sum of 9,000. The af fair occi a'oned considerable excitement. Speeches expressing indignation at the sen tence were made around the new statue of O'Connell, and the mayor of Dublin, together with Messrs. Fnrnell, Dillon and Davitt, was obliged to issue a proclamation requesting the people to remain calm. it niLE .rather Chupelliere, a missionary priest, with four Indians, was rotnrning from a fishing excursion from Lake Maskegs, in Canada, their boat upset and all five were drowned. Am insurrection has broken ont in Corea, and the king and queen of that country are reported to have been assassinated. The Japanese legation was attacked by natives belonging to the anti-foreign party. Japan ese men of war have been dispatched to Seoul river. Corea is a kingdom of Eastern Asia, the greater part of which occupies a peninsula which stretches south from the northern part of the Chinese empire. Its area is about 80,000 square miles. The king. dom is divided into eight provinces. The king, though nominally a vassal of the Chinese empire, at least until the recent treaty with the United States by Commodore Shnf eldt modified this dependence, is absolute within his own dominions, and is the subject of almost divine honors, it being a sacrilege to touch his person. The most striking fact in relation to Corea is the extraordinary ex. clusiveness which it had maintained toward all other countries until Commodore Shufeldt last spring concluded the treaty with the United States by which a number of ports are opened to citizens of this country, general friendship is declared between the two nations, and citizens of each are entitled to respect and protection in the other. It is probable that the antipathy on the port of Corenns to foreigners is the cause of the revolution. Both houses of the Britih parliament have adjournod until October 24. A man named Joyce and his entire family were murdered in their own house, near Congin, county Galway, Ireland. The fam ily consisted of Joyce, his wife, mother and daughter. They were tired at and killed by party or men. iwo boys also were wounded. It is believed in the locality that the Joyces gave information relative to the murder of the bailiffs of Lord Ardiloun, whose bodies were found bound together in Lake Cong. a j-ABUBKu wniie wonting on Donrd a . i i , steamship at Liverpool that had arrived from New York found five Colorado beetles. The privy council ordered that they be killed and sent to London. The village of Lindeburden, West Prussia, has been burned, and 200 persons have been rendered homeless. In a fight with the Apache's in the Saliun- hupa district, Mexico, the Mexicans lost forty-five men and the Indians left thirty eight dead on the field. Eighteen women and twelve children were killed on the road between Sahnahupa and the Trinidad mine. Tim steamer Hope, commanded by Sir Allen Young, C. B., wluch left England in Jane last in search of the crew of the Arctic exploring steamer Eira, commanded by Leigh Smith, has arrived at Feterhead with the entire crew of that vessel. The Hope picked them np in Matotshkin Btraits, Nova Zambia, on August 3, they having lost their ship off Franz Josef Land, and journeyed in boats to the straits through the ice. The Trouble in Egypt. of the British forces in Egypt, arrived at Alexandria on the transport Calabria, with the Hrniaahnlri njtvnlr nn hrtsvrl nnrl immo diately took charge of operations. A dispatch from Alexandria states that the sultan of Turkey peremptorily ordered Arabi tiBiu ui lay uuwu ins ttrma. ' ll t i V"i f rr in Wiifr TV. it an vAnnnJ. . U I Arabi Fasha called a meeting of the Ulema (doctors of law) and obtained from them a fWws. HonrMincr tVl inttun an1 n a i r. . I. sheriff of Mecca as caliph. Arabi, they say, is also organizing the Bedouins, and has ap. pointed commanders for those at Charkies and at Garbieh in Upper Egypt. Two decrees of the khedive have been pro mulgated. One authorizes the British ad- rm i rti I anil 4Ka HAmmonrla. t .La . . . " U"U ..w yuM.U.uuuv. V. MIO UUU1B Uj occupy such points on the Isthmus of Sues as they consider useful for military opera tions against ths rebels, and invites the Egyptian authorities to acquaint the inhab itants. Darticnlarlv tha rnnul amrlmu. ;.u the decree. The other authorizes tha Britixh authorities to prevent the importation of coal and monitions of war along the coast, - u-u v. uwu, nuu 1U the event of contravention of the order to seiM the prohibited arUoles. General Sir Garnet Wolseley, the English commander, with nihnritv of tlm kh- dive, hns issued a proclamation to the people of Egypt, representing the sole object of the British to be to restore the authority of the khedive. It gays that all peaceful inhabit ants will be kindly treated, the mosqnes will be respected and all supplies paid for. Gen eral Wolseley held a conference with Ad miral Soymonr nnd all the generals. The London Daily Telegraph hns the following dispatch from Alexandria: " Major General Alison neia a consultation to-aoy with Gen eral Sir Gnrnet Wolseleyi the result of which is that the former will retain local command of the British troops pending the present do. liberations of the conference. General Wolseley to-day inspected the military posi- miiiB ki jviunien and snrveyea mo country around from the tower of the wnter-works. A heavy mirage obscured the view beyond Arabi Pasha's first line of intrenchments." An encounter between a British mounted patrol and a pony of 500 Bedouins ocmrrod near Knmlch. Five of the latter were killed. A belief in the hopelessness of the sIi-uukIo is said to be spreading among the Egypliuns. The Suez canal was occupied by the Hritisli troops. A dispatch from Fort Saul, the en trance to the canal, says: " Sailors landed and have disarmed the natives, who offered no resistance. Several transports nnd men of war nre nnchored here, nnd n fleet num bering seven is coming in. The cunbouU; Dee and Don have entered the canal. Rear Admiral Hoskins, commanding nt Port Said, reports ns follows: " We mnde all our arrangements yesterday for the advance, Commander Edwards, with the boats of the squadron, during the night occupied the canal, taking possession of the dredges, barges, etc., nnd nlso occupied Knntara Before daylight Captain Fair fax occupied Port Said, and Captain Fitzroy, of the Invincible, held Ismnilin. All went well and there was no difficulty. Cnptain Fitzroy shelled the enemy out of Nefich. Commander Kane wns slightly wounded. Telegraphic communication with Kautarn and Ismailia has been restored. Three hun dred and forty marines are on board the gunboat Dee, ready to tie sent to reinforce Captain Fitzroy. One ship is ashore in the canal, but other vessels can pass. The ships with Admiral Seymour and General Sir Gar net Wolseley on hoard are in sight." A later telegram from Port Suid says that the troopship Sernpis and some of the gun boats entered the canal with troops. The occupying force numbers COO. Two hun. area ana mty-two gyptmn soldiers were disarmed without resistance. Ihe govern ment of the khedive has been reinstated. The commanders of tho Egyptian troops are prisoners in the offices of the canal com pnny, and the telegraph ollice is occupied by me Di uisii. Barbarities of Modern War. The history of bombarding towns anords an instance of aotunl dcteriora tion in the ueaerea cf modern warf.im. Regular or simple bombardment, that is, of a town indiscriminately and not merely oi its fortresses, has now become the established practice. Yet what did Vattol say in the middle of the last century? "At present we generally content ourselves with battering the ramparts and defenses of a place. To destroy a town with bombs and ied hot balls is an extremity to which we do not proceed without cogent reasons." What said Vanbaa still earlier ? The fire must be directed simply at tho de fenses and batteries of a placo and not against the houses." Then let us remember the Eaglish bombardment oi Copenhagen in 1807, when the cathedral and three hundred houses were destroyed ; the German bombard ment of Btrasburg in 1870, where riflod mortars were used, for the iirf-t timo, and tho famous libiary nnd picture gallery destroyed; and the Ger man bombardment of Paris, about which, straugely enough, even the military conscience of the Germans was struck, so that in the highest circles doubt" about the propriety of such a proceed ing at one time prevailed from a inoia! rioint of view. With respect again to saorea or pnblio bmldmgs, warfare tends to become increasingly destruct ive. It was the rule in Greek warfare to spare sacred buildings ; and the Romans frequently spared eacred and other buildings, as ttiaroellus, for in stance, at Syracuse. Yet when the French ravaged the Palatinate in 1G89 they not only set fire to the cathedrals, but sacked the tombs of the ancient emperors at 8pie:s. Frederick II. destroyed tho finest buildings at Dres ien and Prague. In 1814 the English forces destroyed the capitol at Wash ington, the President's house, and other pnblio buildings ; end in 1815 the Prussian general, Blucher, was with difficulty restrained from blowing np the bridge of Jena at Paris and the pillar of Austerlitz. There is alwavB 'he excuse of reprisals or accident. Yet Vattel had said (in language but which repoated the language of Polvbins and (Jicero) : "We ought to spare those edifices which do honor to human society, and do not contribute to the enemy s strength, such as temples. tombs, pubho buildings and all works of remarkable beauty." Qantleman's Magazine. The Dally Swelling- of Plants. With delicate means of measurement Herr Kraus Lai recently proved the ex istence of a phenomenon in all plant organs, wbiuh is connected with their variable water content, and consists in a periodical swelling and contraction in the twenty-fonr hours. Loaves, etc., decrease in thickness from tho early morning till the afternoon, when they begin to swell again, attaining a greater size by night than by day (this is well seen in agave, aloo and the like); tied larly with buds, flowers, green cones, fruits, eto , and with Btemsand branches. Heir Kaiser has before prove 1 such a poriod in trunks of trees, and Herr Kraus shows that both wood and baik share in it, independently or unitedly. Tho various experiments of Herr Kraus removal of foliage, watering, shutting out light, otc leal to expla nation of the phenomena by the vary ing reciprocal action of those factors which bring water into the plant and those which oarry it asray. By night only the water absorbing activity of the parts below ground operates, by day the water consuming activity of the ports above ground beside. The water consuming activity depends mainly on mo toiiage ana on light (removal of leaves or of light stops contraction! and consists essentitllv in transpiration. Herr Kraus states that when a plant is wa'ered these things occur: In a short time, less than an Hour, the stem be gins to swell; both wood and bark take part in this, the wood alwavs first. The spelling progresses at a pretty quick rate, upward of several meters per seo oud. After some time, perhaps an hour, contraction gradually recurs. The con traction bngan at an upper part of an acacia after ten minutes, whereas the swelling at the lower part continued ntty minutes. This shows that the con traction is due to the acti?itv of the foliage, and is gradually extending downward. Sir Francis Lyoett. of London, left bv his will $1,000,000 to built Wesleyan chapels in Great Britain, and the will being contested bv a nephew it was. a few weeks ago, sustained. A trade journal gives directions for "preserving harness." Preserved har ness may be considered very palatable by those who like tbat sort of thing, bat we don't want a bit in our mouth. Through the tfnci Canal. After coaling at Malta wo steamed down the Mediterranean, over the smoothest soa and bonea h the linnet sky it ever was mv happy pm Hon to seo. It was about 6 (I'nloer- onn morn ing when we first saw the llghthon.o at Port Bald, and about 8 wo entered be tween the two piers which guard Dm entrance to tho canal and stretch far ont into tho Mediterranean. I'nsslng a Turkish frigate and a French ram we slowly steamed cilosn to tlm left lmnl shorn nnd mndn fast to a buoy. No soonor were wo font tlmti tlm Arabs swarmed on hoard, and soon onal was coming over tho sldn and into tho bunkers nt a rnld rale from bargn tlongsido. On tlio left hnn-l for a long distance stretched coal sheds, for this is tho great coaling port of nt-trinr tiotind eastward, thorn luting o; til in a difference in the prion hotn and nt the other end of tho cnnnl. On tho rih' as tho town of Port Hild, whilo'ii, front, lost far in thn desert, sppoareil tho canal, the grandnst enginooring feat of the ago. Just fancy tho amount of labor, when it Was necessary to oarry tho sand a mile off into the deseit, and at tho same time prevent the surrounding sand from drifting and rolling into its place. Just take a landful of sand out from a pile and see how quickly the hollow is filled np and you can then form some idea of the under aking. I was told out there thut the English abandoned tho wort through inability to obtain laborers a my price, and that the French only succeeded by convict labor ; that the soldiers stood guard and a refusal to work was instantly followed by a f hot, nd that every foot of the c.nal is a monument to some poor devil, sent in short order to the Arabian paradise However this was, the canal was fin ished and is to-day the only route for steamers to the East. About 1 o'clock the pilot came on board and in a few ininutes we left our moorings and steamed into the canal. The channel has about twenty-six feet of water in it asd which is only kept at that depth by constant work at the dredges and b, strengthening the sides by sinking rock and walling up the sides where they are the most threatening. On both sides the embankments rise np to a height of ten or fifteen feet and are composed of 'he dull brown sands which stretch away on both sides as far as the eye can see, the horizon shrouded in the blind ing glare of the heated air rising from the burning sands till the eyes scbe and tho heart sickens at the dismal scene. With what relief we tar.i to the canal stretching like a blue sparkling ribbon and feast our eyes at the sight of a station looming up a hnlf mile ahead with its iittle cottage, its shrubbery and trees planted right in the midst of a desert and drawing life from a soil which has been brought a hun dred miles to make life endurable to the station master, banished away out here, hundreds of miles from his own fair Franco, for who else but a Frenchman would ever think of bringing his pardeii with him, with its flowers and trees, out here in this wilderness of sands? We tied np for a few seconds to let one of the large P. aud O. bteamerspass ns ; for every vessel must give way to the ' Royal Mail," except men-of-war, which have the right of way everywhere. The " canal '' is not wide enough for vesFels to pass each other, so every quarter cl t mile or so thero is a wider place fur tying up, and the vessel reaching there first makes fast to the bank and all own the other one to pass, except in the case of a Vessel carrying the mail or a man-of-war, both of which go right on through without stopping, except during the night. On the right-hand side runs a track, td I was startled by the familiar sound of the engine whistle, and tho next minute a train swept on by at the rate of forty miles an hour, while overhead, "Like strings of ghosts The telegraph posts dime quickly trooping by." I noticed on the other b.nk a verit able caravan, such as one re ids abont uud sees so much in pictures of the great desert horses nnd camels and tho old man all wrapped np in his white clothes, with the seme long rifle, with its crooked stock, ' which I have ten duplicated on canvai till I felt on inclination to extend in band and sa: 'How are you, old boy?" for old acquaintance sake. And then I thought, a hat a difference between the two banks. Here the railroad, the tele, graph and there the old Arab travel, ing as his father end his grandfath and his great-grandfather did a hun dred years ago ; a century separated by this narrow stream. At dusk we tied up, having made about thirty miles, as we were only allowed to go "slow" through the canal for fear of injuring the banks. The next morning found us on our way, and soon we were threading the crooked channel through the lake with the town of Ismailia broad off the port beam. After two hours' steaming at full speed we again slowed down and entered the other part of the canal and again passed through bet ween the same brown banks with disgust and only enlivened by the stations, with their few feet of surrounding verdure, and occasional steamers bound to the westward, too few and far between, which we passed or which passed ns, nntil we finally steamed into the Gulf of Baez about 5 in the afternoon. Off on our leit gleamed the houses of Suez, and here we left our French pilot and took np a native Red Sea pilot, bluck as coal, and mute as one of tlm Sphjnxes which adorn his native des erts. Bt. Louis Republican. The story of an Umbrella. Daring the shower yesterday a citizen carrying a very wet umbrella entered a notei to pay a call to some one upstairs. After placing his umbrella where it might drain he wrote npon a piece of paper and pinned to it the sentence: "N. is. This umbrella belongs to a man who strikes a 250 pound blow back in fifteen minutes," He went his way upstairs, and after an absence of fifteen minutes returned to find his nmbrelU gone, and in its place a note reading: "P. 8. Umbrella taken by a man who walks ten miles an hourwon't be back at all I" Detroit Fret Press. Great lmDrOTemenU hT recantlT hui mad ia Csrboline, s deodorized extract cf petrole am, the (treat natural hair renewer. perfect as an exquisi'ely pi-rl'umed hair drussiuK aud re storer, gold by all druggists. M-nsmak's Peptonized beet tonio, the only preparation of beef containing its tstdire nulri. tious properties. Ii contains blooJ-makiuR, force generating and life-eustaiuing properties ; in valuable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debilltv: also, in all enfeebled oonditious, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over work or acute disease, particularly If resulting from Dulniouarv complaints. Caswell Hasaid & Co., proprietors, New York. Bold by druggists. Ths Science of Life, or Belf-Preaer-atton. a medical work for every man young, middle aged or eld. liS irala-ble reedttMM. (IrMlsri Dlewavwrr'alaM ' For mniKlm. eul'la, frit throat, bronchitis, laryngitis, end enrrannptlon tn Ita natly stairMi. midline; eqnele Dr. Mime's "Onhlmi Mmllral llswf." It la lo a great blooil-pnrlfler mil trntigth-retorr or tonln, en4 fur llrer iKitriplalnt ari'l oostlre eomlltion of the bowel It has no Tl,;jyj''T Imgglata. Twrtrf thn largtmt Irrigation ftanals In the UrilM Htat.n ran m found at I Akin, Kearney nonnty, Kan. The cost waa tlllj.tlOO. ntal'ia4 Is J !. Wiflilni'riiii tccmomlsa by employing (If. I'inrna's MwlkliiMi. Ill" "I1"-ent I'urge tlfe I'nilnta" ami "flnlilen Mfxllral Ilisoovery" rU.nno thn Howl ami ayntem, thna tirevfttitlng ferais and fiUmr STlwixllwawa. awf enring all flriifiilniis and other humor. Hold by drug K'ale. f'Mrr have bwn rahutd from HfO'ls fotind llh nolns nt thn Krnperor Hadrian In an an rlTit burrow In T'liglaiid. Yming, ml'Mln sgMl or M mim snfTnrlng from nntvima rtilitlity er klmlrml affeollonn h ml'l a-lflrnsa with two n'ampn, lor lar;f trnall'S, Wotu.o's limrnxsABT Medical Asso riATioK, llnffiilo, N. Y. f ,o?.ooi has more than a thonsand clmrltablo iiisti'iitlonn. Tho aggregate income oi these is over 111.0,000,000. Kiiif., I'a.. inly IS, 1881. 11. If. WAnura A Co.: Sim Your Bafe Kid ny and Liver Cure has en'ircly enred me ot malanal fovcr of two years' etan'ling for whioi I could nevi r flml any relief. Mis Katk Kiwo. TnEsiriENT Anmcn's son, although but sev- titi cn years old, Is six feet and four inchei in height. The Fra7.fr Axle Grease Is the beat in the market It is the most economical and cheapest, one box lasting as Inim as two of any other. One greasing will ast two weeks. It received-Hi si premium m (he Centennial and l'aris Expositions. aUo medals st wr.n. m-l.Mr. Tmrno other. "Roueh an Ratn." Clears out rats, mice, r. aolios, flies, ant, bsdliugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15a. Driiggisis. .1 Cents Will Bay a Treatise npon the Horse and his Diseases. Book of 100 pages. Valuable to every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken. Bent post paid by New York Newspaper Union, 150 Worth Street, New York. 23 Cents will Bur a Treatise upon the Horse and Ilia Dtseaws. Book of 100 kos. Valuable to every owner ol horse. PostaK staniim taken. Sent postpaid by SEW YORK EWSPAl'liU UNION, 1 SO Wortli Street. Kew York. THE 31 A KELTS. 3 new Tons. Beef Cn ttlo -Good to Prune, 1. w 10 Cs.lviis C'om'n to Pii .,o Voals. 0 ujt Sheep 4.V Lambs C (($ Hogs Live. S Dressed, citv Flour Ex. State, good to fancy 4 75 Qjt 7 Western, good to choice 5 30 8 Wheat No. 2 lteil 1 15V($ 1 No. 1 White 1 15 y 1 Rye State 75 liarloy Two-rowed State 107 di 1 12v 0 8V. 75 85 1U; 2U 70 12', 8s2; 92 If' 95 05 Corn Ungraded WostornMixod 87 Yellow Southern V3' (sj Oats White Htato 71 Qi Mixed Western 65 dj Hay Prime Timothy 70 kt Straw No. 1, live CO rij Hops State, 1J1, clioico 50 y Pork Mens, new, for export. ..21 25 0421 Lard City Steam 12 50 12 lleliiied 13 00 foli) Petroleum Criulo C'jiJ) IteSned T,(tj Butter- Stato Creamery Vi fj Dairy 10 Western Im. Creamery 11) 0 Factory 15 64 Cheese -State Factory 0 Skims 2 Western 7 Eggs State and Pcnn 23 ftj Potatocs-L. L., blil 1 75 2 BUFFALO. Brocrs Liuht to fuir 4 85 5 Lambs W. stern 6 25 0 Sheep We tern 6 00 6 Hogs, Good to Choice Yorkers.. 7 50 8 Flour C'v Ground N. Piocess. 8 25 9 WLeat-ho.l.HardDulutn.... 1 47 a 1 52 25 50 10 7;-, 20 20 23 ll.1. 10', 21 25 40 00 25 25 00 47 85 Ci 90 00 Corn No. 2 Mixed 85 fi Oats No. 2 Mix. cst Ct fij Barley Two-rowed State 80 BOSTOH. Beef Extra plate aud family. .18 00 20 Hogs Live 8:lij Hogs City Dressed 10y,& Pork Extra Prime pel W.1....19 5U Qp'O Flour Spring Wheat Patents. , 7 50 8 Coru Hiii!. Mixed 93 fej Oats Extra White 72 Hve State 85 Wool Washed Comb 4 Delaine 48 Unwashed " " 28 WATEUTOW.1 (MASS.) CATTLE MAXKET. Beef Extra quality 7 7a Q 8 Sheep Live weight 4''a Lauios 0 0i Hogs, Northern, d. w 10)a PHILADELPHIA. Flour renn. Ex. Family, goud 0 50 5 Wheat No. 2 ltod 1 14 ((j 1 Itye State 97 Corn State Yellow C'JU'iJ Oats--Mixed 6J Butter Creamery Extra Ta. .. 2i Q Cheese New York Full Cream. 9y,1i Petroleum Cmdo 6 & Ileuned 7 a 10,. 00 75 04 73 0 48 30 75 1h 104 50 14 97 G9tf 09 26 10 7 7 aV tPBa. . Hostetter-s Sto Hostetter-a Stomach extirpates lis with certainty and promptitude than any known remedy, and Is a nine! Kenial Invlgor ant. appetizer and aid to secretion. Tliens aro not empty asuerlionn. as tlious- s ands of our country- 5 111 e n and womou - who h a v 1 experi ' enced Its effects are awura, but a r bai-ki-d up by lrrt-f. rnabte proofs. Ths Hitters aUn clvo a healthful stimulus to tho urinary or (rnns. For sale by ail DmcRivts aud Dealers Keuentlly. GOOD NEWS TO Get ud Clubi for mr CCI.E BKATDilt, sod eWCQ! bMUtUu "Uoit S9.9 or Odd Bud Tea Stt." (44 plecea,; our own 1uiporUUti. Oo Of ths)-s la.ut(ful T.i kWla .!.- . - to )i ty ft. twins; Club for I2S.M. fUwftr of lb o-cUed CBKAl TfcAft" tint r trtlng advert lied tiny r tUnfrrous nd tlrlnif duI to hUb low polK'H. DmI only wltti nlUbl . ,i-c sum wun on 1 u.nai 11 polil. No fcutubilff. The Ore at American Tea Co.. Importer. f. q Bo U H A W VLSfcY fcT., yw York. MAKE HENS LAY: An KntliKl) Veterinary burgeon and Clieinlat, now travsliui: in this country, sat a that most of ths Horns and Catilo Powders suld hers are worthleas trash. He says that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolute ly pure and immensely valuable. Nothing on earth will muke hens lay Uks Hheridan's Condition Pow ders. l)oso. one teuspoonful to one nintof food. Bold svervnhere, orssut by mail for 8 letteratamps. 1. 8. , Boston, MaaM., formerly BaiiKor.Me. THRESHERS n it tk .rauedprioell.i h-os. THHAUI.TMAVTAVl .OF? CO M.p.fUM o YOUNG MEN situation, aililiem ir you waut to learn Telegraphy in a few months, and be certain of a Valentine Bros.. JauesvUla. Wia. OLD Coins Wanted.-Hend SSe. In stamps for cats, loyueof imres. 8. M. Tllllrlier. E. Worresler.N.V. la, STOMACH 0 25 CENTS, Postpaid; A. TREATISE OIV THE Eil H IBS. mn AND HIS ilpu and much other 100-PAGE BOOKtaTWaagj 25 CENTS, Er9PB8 W I TWENTY COPIES M im COPItS 1 70 1 0N HUNDHED t!OpiE8""!""!!IIlO 00 Ons, Two and Three-Cant Blimps reosivsd. Address HORSE BOOK COMPANY, 104 WORTH STREET NEW YORK. March ni l LlNliV.ENTJ5 for Tinman, fowl net animal flesh, waa first prepared and Introduced by Irt. Oeo. v. Merchant, In Lockport, N. T., I'. 8. A., 1S88, since which tlm It baa steadily grown In public favor, and la now acknowledged and admitted by the trade to be the standard liniment of tba country. When we make thisannonnca niem we do so without feat of contra diction, notwithstanding we are aware llinro nre many who are more or lea prejudiced against proprietary remedies "poclally on account of the many tnm 'ings on tho market; however, we are nlessed to stats that snch nrelndlce doea not exist SKuiimt OAKiil.INQ OIL. We ao not elslm wonders or miracles for our liniment, bnt wa do claim it in without an erpial. It Is put ud In bot tie of three sizes, and all wa yv , swAfVft ask Is that yon give I a fair iVl Jt fft T trial, remembering thai ihe OU lnku"ivPni nP wn,ta wrapper mrS-?T r Mr- ji (umall) la for human and fowl sj5'Vjrsr flenh, and that with yellow rl,ai - ' wrapper (three sixes; for anl mnl flesh. '1 ry a bi.ttle. As thcpecurs Imllcnte, the Oil I nsed success fully for all diseases of tho Auman,otri and animal JUth. Shake well before uilng. Cannot be Disputed. une or the principal reason of the wonderful success of Mer chant's Onnrllng oil Is thst It la tnsnufactnred strictly on honor. Its proprietors do not, as Is the cane with too many, after making for their medicine a name, ditnln tab iii CMimive properties by nfing Inferior com pounds, but use tne very best goods to tie bought in llic IliarKci, icjtiium,ui vuBk cor hnlf a century Merchant Garg ling Oil has been a synonym for honesty, and will continue to be so, long as time endures. For M'e hv ell respectable dealers throughout the United States and other conntrles. Uur testimonials nnte trom is:u to Ihe present. Try Merchant's Oargling Oil Liniment for Internal end external use. nnd tell your jitig ij neighbor what good it bas done. Hon 1 mil to follow direction. Keep tho bottle well corked. PIIRFQ Hums and uunco senilis. Chilblains, Frost llitss, 8crati'h"s or Urease, Chained Hands, External Poisons, Sand Crark, Poll Evil, Oallaof all kinds. Swelling, Tumors, Flesh Wounds, Hitfast, Ringlione, Konl Hirers, Oarg-t in Cows, Farcy, Crncked Teats, Callous, Lameness, Horn Distemper. Omwnsrab, vulttrr, Abscess of the Udder. Sprains and Bruises, Klriiii'lmlt, Windfalls, Knot Hot ill Khrup, Foundered Feet, ltoup in Poultry. More Nipples, Curb, (tracked Heels, Old Sores, Kpizoolle, Lame Ilrk, lleutnorlioids or Piles, Toothache. Hheumatism, Spavins, Sweenoy, Corns, Whitlows, Weakness of the Joints, Contraction of Muscles, Cramps, Swelled Logs, Fistula. Mango, Thrush. Caked Breasts, Boils. Ac. 9I.OOO Ht-rtVAIltt for proof of the exist- J a ence of a bettci liniment than "Merchants Garu'llna Oil," or a hetter worm medicine than I "Merchant's Worm '1 ablets." Man ufactured by M. U. O. Co., Lock- port, i. V., S. A. JOHN HODCE, Sec'y. PIANOS ARE USED AND IVDOIWED BY TnE GREATEST ARTIBT9 LN THE WOULD. PATT1! VALLERIA! CAMPANirill 3:.IGN0LI1 OLE BULL! GERSTER I KELLOGG I GALLASSI1 ABBOTT 1 PEASE 1 MAR1M0N ! LABLACHE! I1AVELLI 1 MARIE R0ZE. CASTLE 1 WAEKROOMSl 37 FIFTH AVEXl E, XEW YOTtK. For Sale bv all leading Piano nouses. CATA LOGUES HAILED FlthE OF CHARGE. a 11 in! Pn-noni Purttiif lvr Pill nmko New Rich Jlood, awl will completely cliiiugn the blond iu thn ntlre Bntem tn tlire montlii. Any peraon who tll take one pill earh nfirht from 1 tn l'Jwpeks may be entored to fonad health, if sitfh a t him; lie pnfsible. Hold everywhere or vjt iv nriil f'-r S letter Pt.impf. I. rS. JOHNSON Ac CO.. tluaiou, iHuin., fm jnei'ly Jtnngui't Hie. In RhnmUnc M Million pounde (ioport4-U lafit year. Prlcca lower timn ever. Amenta wanre'l. Don't ,.,u. f.n,, i,,.n.l r.rfirviilur tO Ihl Good Etnck or mixed, for $ij 111 I l)Ma lilt? imvu. v . - , - " - XT lO lbatcit.of.ee PJackorraixefl, lor 3. enl for round nmplo. 17 ctn.totv for pcwta&a. l lien Bet up a clwh. Choicest Tea in the world. Larvfert variety .-I'.ea every body. -O dfirt Tea House In Amcrlca.-No thromo.-No Uuiubug. ttratght bnsiucna. ValUQ fur uioiiuy. OBvf r:,..S.4tti- ye. Tot 107. C( AflrentM VuiiimI :iuO active, vber ajrents to JWU travel and sell terriior1.' fr my Automatic Wapon Brake. An opportunity forB or 10 enernt'tia ien in earh Slate to obluin lm-r.vtive employment. :aoh aneut will be furuiti-l a I. rake and outfit at a euponahle price. A pood mm ly bond required. For urtlicr iniormation add re, with incloxed Mamp, tl. E. Jm k-un, High tthoaln, Waltun Co., Ga. I tbOrat rivMlsh H-itr. Aitralacar ud Fayto1ofll, will, for -0 ;, nib a(a, hciui, iorori m,4 ek af hair, nnd i, CUBKa-tT flC-i U&B af -tpitr fuliira buhftitd )r flifa, arUka tuna, liui i pUe of BMKiDf, Md data of nrri .(. pjclmle r,,,r"4 Mii) raliirxM ta all nt rt'iafl-j. Ptifinngriiphy or Phouetlo Hiiatihnnd "ataloirne of workF, with Phonographic alpliabet tuil il.ntrations, for heitiU'TM, aeut on applica ion. AddreHB, lionn PHinaii. I'inrinnati, O. AND NOT WEAK oi:t. IOT Tl ,,v au-hinaVors. j!y mall, 'i.'icts. ClrcuKus iUljV fBKK. J. 8. UlliCU ti CO.. Dcy St., N. V. OHfMILLIOS COPIES SOLD. EYEBTBODT WANTS ITI ETEBYBODI KF.EDS ITt KNOW THYSELF, TBS BClKHrB OF I.TFEt OB, 6KLF PRKMltRVATlON, Is a nadleal trsatlsa on Ezhansted Vitality, Ksrrans aad --eal DsbUtty, Prematura DselUi ta Han; Is aa tadiaiMasabls trsatls for stsit man. whether jaaac ailddls aad or old. TBI BC1ENCR OV MFEi OS, SELF. PBKJaEMVATION, Is beyond all osmpartson ths most extraordinary work on Phrsioloa-y eror published. There is nutting whstorsr ta ths marrisd or slnffls can sither r quir or wish to know but what la fully sxplainod. Tormlo (J lob. TUB BCIBltrB OF f.TFKi OK, 8ELF. PHEMKRVATION, lostraeta theas In health how to remain so, and ths iBTalld how to beooms well. Contains ons htiudrnl snd twenty-live invaluable prescriptions for all fonua of aeuts and ehronio diseases, for sach of whleh a Antlass physician would chant from W to :u. Loiulon LancH. TUB fcCIENCB OF I.IFF, OB, SELF. PKKSEKVATIOPf, Contains 800 pases, fins stsel sorts rlnrs, Is snpsrbly bound in Frsnoh muailn. smboased, full gilt, it Is a marvel of art and beamy, warranted to be a better medical book in every sense than can be obtained slsswhors for donbls tbs price, or the money will b rsroudsd In every instance. Author. THE SCIENCE OP I.IKE1 OR, SELF. PBKMEttVATlON, Is so mneh tnpsrlor to all other treatises on medical subjects that comparison is abaolutsly impossible. Oattm Bar aid. TUB bOlENOB OF I.lFEi OK, SELF. Pit ENERVATION, Is ssnt by maO. securely sealed, postpaid, on receipt of prtea, only 1.'J8 (new adilion). Small illustrated samples. So. Bead now. Ths author can bs consulted on all disease ra qtrlrinc skill and ezpsrienos. Address PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE, r W. H. PARKER, M. D., a Hainaca Ptrost, Bo,ton. Mass. DISEASES. raluable lnfonuatioa. n r n u xt "HAINES"
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