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The losses by fire in the United State's and Canada in July last amounted to 5314,. 026,500, as against $10,000,000 in July, 1886. The total loss for the first seven months of 1887 was $76,928,100, against $63,900,020 for the corresponding period of 1886. The Queen is much distressed by the death of her old nurse, Miss Skerritt, & singular court servent, 94 yeers of age. The Dublin United Ireland states the members of the House of Commons who are members of the National League have been placed under police surveillance. in'cidental expénégsâ€" the cost of the ship's Times. ,V ___‘,, A return has been issued inthe form of a Parliamentary paper-containing tables show~ ing the principal particulars of the original legends of the Imperieuse, Renbow and Col- lingwood when the designs were completed, compared with the corresponding particulars of the vessels as finished, for explanations of any changes, with the authority therefor, together with the estimated and actual cost of the I mperieuse. The chief point of in- terest in this return is found in the statis- tics dealing with the estimated and actual cost of the Imperieuse. From them it ap- pears that the original estimate was £454, 682, and, with value of masts, etc., and sea stores not provided for, counted at £13,832) this makes a. total of £468,653. On the other hand, the expenditure to September, 1886, the date of completion, amounted to £541,466 and the subsequent expenditure for alterations and making good defects after trial cruise, to £18,859â€"in all £91,672 more than the original estimate. The above figures do not include establishment and .Jrnr I - The King of Siam never undertakes any expedition without being accompanied by his female guard, nor does he ever hunt, or even ride, without an escort of the same guard, who are devotedly attached to his person. Every individual of the battalion has five negresses attached to her service, and having thus no domestic occupation she can devote herself exclusively to the duties oi her profession. There is a parade ground near the city, where one company is sta- tioned for two days every week to exercise themselves in the use of the lance, the pis- tol and the rifle. The King attends once a. month at these exercises, accompanied by his brother, who shares in some degree the sovereign power, and distributes prizes to those most deserving. When the death of one of the parties ensues, the deceased re- ceives a magnificent funeral and the high priest pronounces a panegyric, declaring that the deceased by her valor has merited eternal rest in the abode of the blessed. The survivor receives the congratulations of her companions ; but as a measure of disci~ pline she is sentenced to pass two months away from her companions in fasting and prayer. The military organization of this battalion is so perfect that the whole army endeavors to imitate it. The Siamese Amazons. The Siamese Prince, writes a New York correspondent of The Atlanta Constitution, has iven us some curious intormation about the fiing’s Amazons, the royal guard being composed entirely of women. The battal- ion consists of 400 women, chosen among the handsomest and most robust girls in the country. They receive excellent pay and their discipline is perfect. They are ad- mitted to serve at the age of thirteen and are placed in the army of reserve at twenty- five. From that period they no longer serve about the king’s person, but are employed to guard the royal palaces and the crown lands. On entering the army the amazons make a vow of chastity, for which there is no ex- emption unless any of them should attract the King’s attention and be admitted among his legitimate wives. The King’s choice sel- dom falls on the most beautiful, but on the most skilled in military exercises. The cos- tume these women wear is very rich. Their full dress is composed of a white woollen robe, embroidered with gold. The cloth is extremely fine. and descends as far as the knee ; it is covered with a light coat of mail and gilt cuirass. The arms are free and the head is covered with a. gilt casque. \Vhen wearing this dress on state occasions their only weapon is a lance, which they handle with wonderful dexterity. With their undress they are armed with a musket. The oattalion is composed of four companies, and each company of 100 women command- ed by a captain of their own sex. Should the captain of the company die the company is drilled dnring three days by the king who appoints the most competent to sue- ceed to the command. Twelve calls I've made, and home at last Too tired to speak a word; Those hateful women talked so fast I could not once he heard; I‘d be a. fly upon the wall, Or any thing that crawls, Before I‘d be a. woman, Forever making 03115 I I'd llke to shake that horrid child ; I wish he’d not. been born I Be crowded up so close to me He stept upon my com I I'd like to shake such stupid folks! Why didn't she tell the news? Such calls as these would drive me mad 0r kill me with the blues ! “ I hope you'll call"â€"(I hope she won't From such a shabby room: She’s not our clans, that's very plain‘) “ I must be going soon ; I‘ve had a very lovely call" (That last was all a lie) " Mm. McKnight ; good afternoon You little dear; good-bye l” Cost of a War Ship. ‘Tis just my luck? An true'a I live She's coming to the door! “Mrs. McKnight, how do you do? I meant to call before I Your lovely children. are they home, And are they well to-day ? Itqui‘e refreshes me to see Your pew across the way." (I hope she's out ; the tiresome thing I) “ Miss Jones at home todzv l " No i I’m so sorry she's not in ; Give her my love. I pray. And here's my card ; and ask her, please To call and see me soon : I'm sorry not to find her in, This lovely afternoon." (Good luck for once I) I do declare, There goes the Widow Burr: I’ll just drop up and leave my card And wash my hands of her: And here to number “ forty-six" Have moved those queer McKnights, Their pew is right across from our’s; Their children look like flights. But pastor said I ought to callâ€" As if I‘d time to waste, 0r strength to spend on any one Who shows such horrid taste l That's All he knows I I'll gently ring, I hope they will not hear. And.“ they don‘t. I‘m very sure My conscience will be clear. expenses of the dockyards £31: the ship's armament.â€"London IF _ ‘Making Calls. cunning, impatience, and audacity are main- ly directed.” Nothing comes amiss. Though by no means the swiftest-footed quadruped upon the plains, he runs down the deer, the pronghorn, and others, tiring them out by trickery, and then overpoWering them by force of numbers. The buffalo formerly of- forded him an unfailing supply, in the shape of carrion or chance fragments left him by his Brahmansâ€"the white wolvesâ€"who steadily followed the herds, and seized upon decrepit or aged stragglers, or upon any calves they were able to aurround and pull down. In such piracy the coyotes them- selves often engaged, though it tried their highest powers ; and success followed a sys- tem of tireless worrying. The poor bison or elk, u n which they concentrated, might tramp e and gore half the pack, but the rest In winter. “The main object'of his lifé seems to be the satisfying of a. hunger which is always. craving; amino this aim all his His game Endrirts; éegizxxrgna;1:evu:15wgi‘varys as noble as this, however, and the coyote knows well the pinch of famine, especi§11_y in mud.-- a mu, ¢ - ‘ , ,,,,,,,,,, ,..v...... v. my man... A remarkable picture of this was given some years ago, by a writer in an English magazine, who, in one of the best “ animal chapters" it has ever been my fortune to read, detailed such a chase as witnessed by him in the grand forests near Lake N icare- gua. “Certainly,” he exclaims at the con- clusion of his account, “ certainly no train- ing could have bettered that dog’s run. To drive a grown buck back to his starting- place, to send on aportion of the pack to that point where he would strive to break cover, to head him again and again into the cover where his speed could not be exerted to the full, were feats which might well puzzle all the best dogs in England, and the human intelligence which directs them.” SAGACI'I‘Y or THE CoYOTB. It is during the weeks going just before and following immediately after the birth of the puppies that the old dog-coyotes work their hardest and most systematically. In hunting at this time, our wolf adds to his ordinary pertinscity and zeal, the sagacity and endurance necessary to turn his victims and drive them back as near as possible to home. knowing that otherwise his mate and pups will be unable to partake of the feast. , 7,0 mucflv. w-.. u vu his feet and shook his helpless foe as ardog woulk shake a rat. So fiercely was this done that the gardener says the head and ltail of the smaller alligator were knocked together at every shake. At last the vic- tor’s rage was satisfied. He dropped the vanquished foe from his jaws, and the con- quered alligator fell a limp lifeless mass in the water. His back was broken and blood flowed from his eyes and mouth. The vic- torious alligator gazed for a moment at the dead body of his late combant and crawled away to a. sunny spot and stretched himself on the ground. He is badly hurt, but it is thought he will survive his terrible battle. .15-“. Finally, as the larger alligator swung his great tail around to strike the smaller one, the latter attempted to‘seize it in his jaws. The force of the resisted blow threw the small alligator on his side and destroyed his guard. Before he could recover himself the enormous jaw OK the other had closed upon him with a. snap like the breaking of a. tree in two. The vice-like jaws had caught him in the middle of his body. Vaiulv the im- prisoned alligator tried to sweep his tail against the body of his enemy, and throw his jaw around to seize his leg. His doom was sealed. The big alligator rose up on Id. (v.4. “s: _L,,L u - The Vgardener said the fight was one to the death, and he gave up all efforts to sep- arate the alligators, and stood an excited spectator of the bloody duel. For ten min- utes or more the two monster reptiles lashâ€" ed their tails against one another and sprang together with open jaws. 1n and out of the tank the battle waged. J..__._. The gardener, after recovering from his first surprise, ran and got a heavy hop pole. He inserted it between the battling alliga- tors and tried to pry them apart, and pound- ed them with it, all to no purpose. In fact his interference only seemed to spur them on to more desperate fighting. They rolled over each other, sometimes in the water and sometimes on the bank in the mud, but always lashing furiously with their tails. The small and more agile of the two kept up its assault on the big one’s legs and way vulnerable spot, and every time ‘his great jaWs snapped a new stream of blood spurted from his bulky antagonist. lhe latter finally changed his tactics. In- stead of plunging and whirling madly about i in efforts to seize his enemy he began to move slowly, avoiding the assault of his quick contestant as best he could, but ap- parently watching for the opportunity he sought. The sleepy eyes of the two alliga- tors gleamed like fire, and showed the fury that urgedthem on. The smaller alligator moved round and round his big foe, every now and then giv. ing him a. terrible blow with his tail, and loosing no opportunity to get his legs be- tween his jaws and crunch them. The water was soon reddened with the blood that flow- ed from the wounds thus inflicted on the larger alligator, its agile combatant not having as yet been injured. The water in the tank was lashed into foam as the infuriated alligators plunged about in it, and was splashed as high as the glass roof of the green house. It was evi- dent that the larger alligator was trying to seize the body of the smaller one in his wide open jaws, a. consummation that the smaller alligator put forth all his efforts to prevent, and as he was the quicker of the two he foiled every attempt of his opponent to close his jaws on him. "('1’“ 5‘“ They llVed together in peace, until a month ago, when a diapusition to pick quarrels with one another seemed to seize them. No overt act was committed by either until one day this week. On that day Dr. Huston’s gardener, who was at work near by. heard a great commotion in the tank. Looking in that direction he saw that the two alligators were engaged in a terrible combat. The gardener rushed to the spot with the intention of separating the combatants, but although he beat them with his rake handle, and jabbed and punched them with the rake, they paid no attention to him and the iurious struggle went on. A BATTLE BETWEEN Two ALLIGATORE. Eight years ago Dr. Huston, of Contes- ville, Penn, brought a pair of young alli- gators from Florida. He had a. tank ar- ranged for them in his green house, and they thrived and grew rapidly. They had abundance of room to move around in; and could not have had things more pleasant and convenient in their native bayous. One of the reptiles grew to a. length of six ieet andmthe other stopped growing at five. STORIES OF ANIMAL LIFE. A Skye terrier belonging gentleman, says the Field, 1' W 1......5- __ "n. ......v. uuvcn. For a. long time previous to a. few weeks ago that cat had persistently refused food of any kind which the family offered it, and the lady and the rest of the household won- dered not a. little. One day, however, the mystery was cleared up by the cat being seen to make a dive into the mill-race, and reappear in a. few seconds with a good-sized fish in its mouth, which it at once proceeded to devour. A lady residing at Willow Glen Mills is the owner of a. black cat that has acquired the remarkable habit of catching fish for a. living, and has become such an expert at the business that it seldom misses a. fish which it makes a. plunge in the water after. of the room. Uptln being released from the jaws of the dog, the master rushed off, and after hunting up an axe he deliberately cut the animal’s head off. The dog was a. very valuable one. Every effmt is being made to suppress the facts from the public. 77°, ----- 5....5 w uuc uuunc, nvu auueu Dy his mistress‘ cries flew to her assistance. The sagacious animal grasped the situation, and at the same time a. large portion of nis master‘s anatomy, and dragged him howl- ing with pain away from his victim and out Of the room. U’non heinare]en.apfl frnm Hm end ....v uvvflmlu‘ as far as ca; Eggséertained. are of a. very revolting character. It seems aweil-known hotel-keeper, who dqes business in the West A story of xemarkable cruelty is going the’rounds in >the West end. The details, TAMING A SEAL. A man at Crosby’s Beach, found a seal pup about three months old on the beach. He carried the little orphan to his house, about a hundred yards away, where it ap- peared perfectly happy and contented in the company of the old Newfoundland dog, re- ceiving the petting and the fondling from the children with the same manifestation of joy and appreciation that a young puppy dog would show. Thinking it best to give the little fellow his liberty, he placed him in the water again, but to his surprise the Konngster soon came ashore and followed im to the house, where he remained for a week or more, taking occasional sea baths, but spending the greater part of his time about the door yard. It was thought by some that this was a tame seal that had escaped or got lost, but old fishermen ac-. quainted with the habits of the seal say that this is the nature of any seal pup that has lost its mother; it will follow and re- main with anybody or anything that will treat it kindly. A Pane. (11].) correspondent writes under date ofJuly l : A pet mocking bird in the household of Mr. James Darling, a. well- known railroad conductor, whose family re- side in this city, has demonstrated conclus- ively that birds of the kind can occasional- ly be of much greater value than that by reason of being merely the prince of mock- ers and songsters. Last night, nearly 1 o’clock, Mrs. Darling was aroused from slumber by the unusual and persistent chirp~ ing and cries of the bird which indicated great excitement. She got up and went to a window near the bird‘s cage which con- tained a good View of the large foundry buildings and machine shops near by, and looked out. She was almost paralyzed with alarm at the sight of an incipient blazing fire inside the foundry, endangering even her own home.’ Running quickly to the neighboring house of ex-City .vlarshnll Rose- berry, she gave the alarm. The ex-police man blewa. shrill blast from his whistle, which was promptly answered by officers Wright and Weddle, who ran to his assist- ance. The prompt application of a. few buckets of water extinguished the fire. which had mysteriously started in a. pile of shavings on a. floor of the shop building spirifs of wine‘ “ It ascended and descended twentyone times, loosening all the lower threads, and making them fast higher up, until it had hoisted its prey to the mouth of its den. Having accomplished this, it shut itself up at enjoy the fruits of its toil ; but it seemed to me such an intelligent spider, that I thought it Worthy of being preserved in “ I saw it descend again, and unhook one wing from the side to which it was fasten- ed; the spider then climbed up, endeavoring to raise its prey, and having secured the wing, it re-descended and out another thread ; then mounting again, repeated the performance. “ I thougfit that, now; probably, the time had come for the spider to begin to sup, but its‘fw_ork was not yet done. n " ’r""' “'b'” “ It issued from its hiding-place, and threw itself upon its victim, but without in- juring it. Looking attentively, I saw that it attached a. thread to the end of one wing, with which it ran away, and made it fast to the box, so that the butterfly could not stir this wing. The spider than descended again, and repeated the performance at the other wing. It Went backwards and forwards on similar ermnds eleven times, on each occa- sion diminishing its poor victim's power to flutter, until at last it could neither move nor offer any resistance. , _ - u I '* ~- run! ""' a. very bright, intellectual folk. 0with a. de- cided aptitude for geometry. They are the only animals which are known to construct nets for the capture of prey. The following example of their ingenuity is from the notes of a traveller in New Guinea. “ I saw," he says, “a. small spider which had spun its web under the edge of one of my boxes, and taken a. butterfly at least ten times its own size. No sooner did the latter find itself caught, than it began to flutter. I then watched the spider's proceedings. an 5 Spiders are not looked upon with much favor by people in general, though they are I..-:~LA 3 . n . . .- n A » 7 ‘would “ stay by him,” and finally nag him to death. I remember once reading an ac- count of the strategy by which a large stag was forced to succumb to apack that had rlriven it upon the ice of a. frozen lake. Part of the wolves formed a circle about the pond, Within which the exhausted and slip- ping deer Was chased round and rcund, by patrols frequently relieved, until, fainting with fatigue and loss of blood, the noble ani- mal fell, to be torn to pieces at once. SAVED BY A PET MocxINn BIRD A FISH-CATCHING CAT. A SAGACIOUS ANIMAL. A MOTHERLY CUR. AN INcENmUS SPIDER. Worthy of "being lpresérviéduirg [ toa London is caring for Twelve women do Inspectors’ duty i New York Custom House. Two hundred years ago in China there was just such a craze about natural gas as we have in this country to-day. Gas wells were sunk with as much vim and vigour as the celestials were capable of, but owing to a gas explosion that killed several millions of people and tore up and destroyed a large district of country, leaving a large inland sea, knowu on the maps as Lake Foo Chang, the boring of any more gas walls was then and there prohibited by law. ‘It seems, ac- cording to the Chinese history, that many large and heavy pressure gas wells were struck, and in some districts wells were sunk quite near to each other. Gas was lighted as soon as struck, as is done in this country. It is stated that one well with its unusual pressure, by induction or back ‘ draught, pulled down into the earth the ‘ burning gas of a smaller Well, resulting in a dreadful explosion of a large district, de- straying the inhabitants thereof. Lake Foo Chang rests on this district. The same catastrophe is imminent in this country un- less the laws restrict further developments in boring so many wells. Should a. similar explosion occur there will be such an up» heaval as will dwarf the most terrible earth- quakes ever known. The c‘untry along the gas belt from Toledo through Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky Will be ripped up to the depth of 1,200 to 1,500 feet and flopped over like a pancake, leaving a chasm through which the waters of Lake Erie will come howling down, filling the Ohio and Missisâ€" ‘ sippi valleys, and blotting them outforever. â€"[Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. _.- .. u“... ~J u. uuyym, wuu cuuuucw 111111 to the “ agent's " office. Then if he has the commission, he is shown the money, which is afterward packed in a. box and he is ad- vised to ship it by express. The box con- taining the money is not taken from the oflice. but one containing sawdust and bricks is substituted when the victim is not look- ing. This is shipped, and when the victim arrives home he is surprised to learn that he has been swinciled. I ,_~ rwlmy v a. certain sum of money to an agent in this city. Accompanying the circular is asepar- ate piece of paper, on which is printed the name and address of the agent. After the victim has received several letters and has answered them, he is invited to come to New York. When he arrives in the city he is met by a. “ capper,” who conducts him The heads of the five sawdust» gangs in New York have devised a new scheme to defraud unwary countrymen, and are again flooding the mails with letters and circulars. Instead of the old circular, which offered counterfeit money for sale, they have pre- pared a circular in which it is stated that money has been left to the person to whom the letter is sent, by a. distant relative, and the legacy can be secured by the payment of n n-..i_ that of the organ. Only two :f these struments have been made. One is still on exhibition ; the other has been sold to the Duke of Devonshire.â€" Black walnut is said to be getting very scarce in this country ; but picture frames are now made of paper, and colored like walâ€" nut, and are so perfect that no one could detect them without cutting them. Paper. pulp, glue, linseed oil and carbonate of lime or whiting are mixed together and heated into athick cream, which on being allowed to cool, is run into moulds and hardened. Drawing-rooms can be set ofl’ by handsome pianos manufactured from paperâ€"a. French invention. A beautiful musical instrument of this kind has lately been an object of great curiosity to the connoisseurs and musical saw-ants of Paris. The entire case is made of compressed paper, to which is given a. hard surface and a cream-white brilliant polish. The legs and sides are ornamented with arabesques and floral designs. The exterior and as much of the interior as can be seen when the instrument is open are Covered with Wreaths and medallions paint- e l in miniature by some of the leading artists of Paris. The tone of this instrument is said to he of excellent quality, though not end. The broken alternating character of piano music is replaced by a. rich, full, con- tinuous roll of sound, resembling somewhat that of the organ. Onlv two of those in. The Latest Swindling §chome. A lady; in a ball-dress might have gone into every hole and corner of that kitchen, and come forth without a. smirch upon her whiteness. The fireplace was covered with china tiles, that looked as bright as if no fire had ever been lighter] there. The shovels, tongs and poker, and the chains and hooks seemed made of polished steel. ' De Aifiicis, anlltalian. on visiting the kit- chen of a. house in Delft, could find but one word to express his feelings, “ Splendid.” The Walls were as white as untouched snow; the saucepans reflected like mirrors, and the mantel-pieces were ornamented with a. mus- lin curtain, like the canopy of abed. The traveler stands on a. bridge, and over- looks the vessels crowded in the canal. Each one is as clean as the room he has just left. The masts and decks are varnished, and shine like a recently scrubbed house floor. The cabin has its windows of clear, clean glass, each one with its white musiin cur- tains tied up with knots of rose-colored ribA hon. Sailors, women and children are busy every spare moment, washing, sweeping, polishing every part. Even his caning-st:in is rof copper, and of the size of a. dinner plate. It might sustain a. torch. but holds instead a. candle, as large as a. lady’s small finger. No grease should be spilt from that candle stick. Dutch cleanliness is famous, and deserves its fame. The Dutch are the only people who live as if cleanliness were not next to, but a. part of, godliness. The traveler, on entering his room in an inn, finds the linen snow-white, the window-panes transpurent as the air, the furniture shining as if newly varnished, and the floor so clean thata. mag- nifying glass could not discover a speck of duct thereon. There is a. basket for waste- paper, a. tablet for scratching Instches on, a. dish for cigarashes, a. box for cigar stumps, a spibtoonâ€"every man is supposed to smoke â€"a. bout-jack, and everything to remove a. prsPext for soiling anything. eight little chickens. They occupy a. basket and the chickens nestle in the dogs long hair and seem cnmfortable. They follow tl e do; about and the brutz strives to give them all the personal care possible. A Startling Prediction. Dutch Cleanliness. Paper Pianos. in the Accordingtoa recent Denver despatc‘J, the cattlemen having cattle going north over the great cattle track have decided to turn them back on account of the absolute ab- sence of a market. Last year over 300,000 cattle were driven over this tract ; this year but 70,000 have been started, and two-thirds of those will be turned back. It is said that Texas cattlemen, in consequence of the un- satisfactory ofl'ers made by buyers at Chicago and other points north, have con- cluded that there is nothing for them to do but to build slaughter houses and kill and ship to Europe for themselves. Placing it against the present dull outlook at Chicago as a market to sell beef cattle in Mr. Wi- man’s magnificent ofl'er of $2.50 a. pair for “broilers” in New York would be a. poor thing for Canadian farmers to depend upon. And Chicago is allowed tube the largest and the most enterprising wheat and cattle market in the United States. and preparing paper labels stamped “put: gum ” for the use of retail shoe dealers to be pasted on‘ their boons. We have heard that the trick of substitution is practiced b some dealers. .l‘he shoes are selected, fitte , paid for, it may be, and left to be delivered at the home of the buyer or taken to another part of the store to be put up in parceL During the latter process a. cheaper and al- together inferior pair, same size and Width, are put in their place for those purchased. \Ve should hope. for the credit of human nature, that swindling of this bold nature was very rareâ€"[Shoe and Leather Reporter. Rubbers supply a favorite field for fraud- ulent propensities. Consumers know little or nothing of quality from appearance. The cheapest goods made, ifhighly finished, may readily be sold for the best. The best boob made is known as pure gum. Ranking next tothis, but still graded as first quality, is the best (lull finish. But of the dull boot ‘them are, of course, as many grades and qualities as there are companies making them. \Vheu wearers come to buy them it is surprising how many pure gum boots some dealers have, and how cheaply they sell them. A few years ago a. manufactur- er, remarking upon this rather curious fea- ture oi the business, undertook to remedy the evil. He ordered the “dull finish” boots stamped “not pure gum ” The au- dacious dealers erased the first of these words and the remaining two aided sales materially. Certain label manufacturers have done considerable business printing nul‘ “warm-d...- “in-.. I .L_I_ __, On the top of tombstones in Japan a small cavity or trough is chiseled which the priests every morning fill with fresh Water for the birds. Enlightened America, Mr. Bergh, president of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to animals, thinks, should imitate these customs of the heathen Japan- ese, if not by providing water for the fee.- thered Warblers. at 1e xsc by protecting them from vagabonds who uselessly destroy them or rob their nests. In Japan the birds are regarded as sacred, and never under any pretenso are they permitted to be dmtroyed. During the stay of Commodore Perry in that country a few of his officers started on a. gunning ex. ‘cursion. No sooner di-l the people observe thé'eruel slaughtering of their favorites than a. number of them waited upon the Commodore and remonstrated against the conduct of the officers. There was no more bird shooting in J .meu by American officers after that; and w en the treaty between the two countries was concluded, one ex- press condition of it was that the birds should be protected. “hat a. commentary upon the inhuman practice of our people who indiscriminately shoot everything in the form of a. bird which has the misfortune to come within the range of their murder- ous weapons. ' $2.50 a Pair of “Broilers.” apolis, Jersey City, Kansas City, Louis- ville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis. Newark, Providence, Rochester, and St. Paul. These. thirteen have an estimated population of 1,- 750,000. There are also thirteen cities with over 60,000 each whose population is 902000. Altogether these forty cities have 9,450,000 inhabitanta, or nearly onesixth of the population of the United States. wu papers pnmeu m nurope, 12,000 in North America, 775 in Asia, and 69 in South America. Of all these, 16,500 are printed in English, 7,800 in German, 3,850 in French, and about 100 iu ~panish. At the time of the census of 1880 there were ten cities in the United States with more than ?00,000 inhabitants each. They were New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicagn. Boston, St. Louis, Baltimore, Cin- cinati, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Their populations aggregated 4,914,897. In 1887 the number of cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants had increased to four- teen, the four additional being Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburg and \Vashington. The total population of these fourteen cities was estimated that there are in adlition to the cities above enumerated thirteen with populations exceeding 100,000 each, as fol- lows : Albany, Allegheny, Detroit, Indian- Some enterprising German statistician has counted up the heWapapers in the world. He finds that there are 34,000 of them, and that: their added circulation is 592,000,000 single issues each year. Since there are about; 1,500,000.J 0 people in the world, it appears that on a.u average every five of them get two copies a year. There are 19,- 000 papers printed in Europe, 12,000 in North America, 775 in Asia, and 69 in South America. Of all these, 16,500 are printed in Englieh, 7,800 in German, 3,850 in French, and about 100 in ~panish. It appears that the annual expenditure of all the European pnwars for thtir armies and navies is 83 867,500,000. Besides this the annual interest on their war debts, which aggregate over $24,000,000,000, is nearly $1,0-J0,0()0,' 00 Their smuding armies contain over 4.000,! 00 of men acting under arms, with a. trained reserve of four times that number. During 1886, 5,907 head of live stock were thrown into the sea. on the passage to Great Britain, 281 head landed dead and 270 head so injured that they were slaughtered at the ‘place of landing, making a. total of 6,467 animals. Weeds multiply very rapidly. The num- ber of seeds each plant is capable 0f produc- ing is estimated as tollows : Dandelion, 1‘2,- 000 ; shepherd’s purse, 37,001) ; pepper grass, 18,000 ; Wheat thief, 7,000 : common thistle. 65,1 00 ; chamomile, l6,000 ; rag- weed, 5,000 ; butter weed, 5,000; purslaine, 388.000 ; plaintain, 44,000, and burdock, 43,00 L Frauds in Rubber Shoes. Birds: in .thp m STATISTICS au average every five of es ayew‘. There are 19,- al in Europe, 12,000 in 775 in Asia, and 6'9 in