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Who does not wish that he had a moder- ate fortune invested in securities like Suez Canal Sheree. The Directors of that " ditch" have recently recommended the payment of a 38 per cent dividend. How is that for returns on Investment Y A nice ittle lezaoy to leave to one’s family would 1: not be-say $100,000 only bearing yearly i nterest at 38 per cent? There is something extraordinary about the craze which impels men to seek Govern- ment offices, comparatively few of which have respectable salaries attached to them. Scores of place-hunters, for instance, have been waiting at Washington ever since In- auguration day in hope of obtaining appoint- ments to the consular service, and yet of the 350 consulates in the gift of the president a large number are Worth not over $1,000 a year, while in not: more than filty does the salary exceed $2,500. Comparativer speak- ing, however, any of those are considered priz es ; nevertheless the rush for minor post' ofiicss, etc., where the rennmera tion is ridi onlously small, is even greater. There ap pears to be some mysterious charm about the ordinary government appointment which arger compensates 101' its lack of value. It is popularly supposed that woman has taincer advantages over man in the way of artistic temperament. tier instincts, we are told are subtler, her intuitions purer and nobler, her perceptive faculties at least as good, her sense of beauty, oi form, of pro- portion, of coloring more innate and de- licate. Hence the probabilities are, in the direction of more artists and more distin- guished artists from among women than among men. Certainly it cannot be said that woman has been handicapped. in hu‘ pursuit of art studies as she has been in other departments of education. And yet this popular view is not borne out by facts. There are a dczsn distinguished male artists for every distinguished female one. And the present Exposition at Paris, is said to tell the same sort of story. Though some of the strongest work there present is the work of women, the relative total of wo- men's work has been characteriz :d as unim~ portant. Critics say that though in execu- tion her status is excellent, in imagination or creative force she is practically without osition. “’hat will some of the enthusiasts or the equality of the sexes have to say to this indictment. In the French exhibit out of a total of 532 artists only 27 are Women, and of these It is said that only three can be said to show any creative force. One of the most interesting achievements in modern engineering is the electric moun- tain railway recently opened to the public at the Burgenstock, near Lucerne. The rails descrioe one grand curve formed upon an angle 112 degrees, and the system is such that the journey is made as steadily and smoothly as upon any oi the straight funicu- lar lines. The Burgenstock is almost per- pendicularâ€"from the shore of Lake Lucerne to the Burnenstock is 1,330 feet, and it is 2860 feet above the level of the sea. The total length of the line is 938 metres, and it commences with a gradient of 32 per cent., which is increased to 58 per cent. after the first 400 metres, this being maintained for the rest of the journey. A single pair of rails is used throughout, and the motive power, electricity, is generated by two dy- namos, each of 25 horse-power, which are worked by a water wheel nominally 125 horse power, erected upon the River Aer, at its mouth at Bucchs, three miles away, the electric current being conducted by means of insulated copper wires. The loss in trans- mission is estimated at 25 per cent-[EL That lad is slill living. but in a life of forty subsequent years of various adventure in many lands, has never experienced such a strain as that, and the memory of it is as fresh as though it had occurred yesterday. By a supreme efl‘ort he finally slid from his little cob and approached, with out- stretched hand, the awful iormâ€"npproach- ed, what his excised mind pictured as the apparition of the suicideâ€"to find only & moonlit wall. Bathed in cold perspiration and his heart: wildly throbbing, he discover- ed that it was nothing but the reflection of the sky-light upon the opposite white wall, while all else was in profoundeat gloomu white and glistening. the wrath of the un- happy victim so long expected and dreaded. No cry eeceped his parched lips, but, he in- stinctively tried to shut out; the horrid vision by closing his eyes and then by bury- ing his head in the coverings. All in vain. This seemed to intensify the horror. The fearful objecb burnned into his very marrow. We can imagine the effect of this on Billy's mind, who was endowed with the vivid imagination of his country. His days were pleasant enough, but as evening approach- ed, his apprehensions grew longer with the shadows. His great: aim now was to get to sleep as quickly as possible after retiring. ll‘o accomplish this, he adopted two plans. One was to retire early. and fall asleep be fore darkness set in. The other was to take enough exercise to secure speedy oblivion by isti no. In spite of these, however, he felt asi the sword of Damooles were hanging over him, and his gayest) moments were clouded with apprehensions. Be awoke with a start, bne night, and cast: his usual hurried glance around. What in: his unutterable honor to behold before im THE SCENE OF A MURDER or suicide ; on which account it had stood tenantless for some time. The whole house was occupied by herself, husband and hired girl, with the exception of the garret. ibis gerret, therefore, tell to Billy for sleeying quarters; and, as it was the reputed locale of the disaster, he was made fully acquainted with the story in allita details. Billy Sanders :VLIB an avu-aga Irish lad of some 10 summers, and with a. full share of thepopular belief in ghosts, brownies, water- keipies. aid genus omnei He was visiting a married sister in the town of B. whose resi- dence, before her occupation, had been The Terrible Combat Im the Breast of an Irish Lad. The following atrl ly true incident cvin ces, I think. as much “ sand” as is likely to be compressed imn v. e compass of 'a small boy. In many parts i Ireland the peas- antry are inwnae' superstitious; a trait Who!) is fostered by the nprehensible practice of tglllng ghoas stories. n-n r- A BOY AND A anosr. An Electric Railway Women and Art. A SEEETED SPECTBE, An Irish National Society in Chicago ; a dissatisfied member who threatens disclos- ures of alleged “crookedness” in the manip- ulation of Society funds; a. sudden disap- pearance of that member, and the discovery of his dead body, with evident marks of Violence on the headl in a suburban sewer.â€" Such is a brief summary of events in the recent history of the late Dr. Cronin, of Chicago. It is safe to inter that; Phoenix Park and other places in Ireland have notexhansted the peculiar energies of certain sections of Irish nationalism which believe in thorough-going methods of dealing with those from whom they think they have any- thing to fear. The Irish National League of Chicago, however, has pledged itself to sift this tragedy to the bottom, and to purge itself completely, if it be found that any of its members have thus defiled its escutcheon with an infamous crime. 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Electricity as an agent of capital punish- ment has found its first potential victim in William Kemmler who has been co \ emned to death at Buffalo and ordered to ubum prison to await: execution under a warrant which reads as follows, directing that the sentence he executed : “Upon some day within the week onnmencing Monday. the 24th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1839. and within the wells of the Auburn State prison or within the yard or enclosure adjoining thereto, by then and there causing to pas: through the body of him, the said William Kemmler, otherwise called John Hart, 3 current of electricity of sufficient intensity to cause death, and that: the appli- cation of such current of electricity, be con- tinued until ssid William Kemmlu', other- wise John Hart, be dead.” as leeks are to over-proud stomachs. Electricity is the great light-giving agency of the future, and will supersede gee for illuminating our streets as certainly as gas has superseded oil. If the gas companies wish to put off the evil day as long as pos- sible they should with all eagerness apply themselves to the problem of supplying a better product than they now do, and an a. lower rate. The day of GM monopolist: is over, and these aristocrats will need to play a much humbler role than hitherto they have been accustomed to do. Humble pie is not: plens‘ant diet but it is as “ gootj' sometime: ‘ It; is comforting to know that all the move- . ment across the border is not: to the South- wsrd. During the last six months it is said that no fewer than one hundred families have moved from North “’estern American States into Canadian Territory. And we have a strong persusssion that as our glorious river and lake lands become better known there will be a steady stream of emigration into them from Uncle Sam's dominions. Our “ era of prosperity,” may seem long in com- ing, but come it surely will. and if we mistake not the signs of the times, it is coming very soon. All things come to them who know how to wait, whether they be na- tions or individuals. The “ New York World” says that a gen- tlemen, described as a millionaire leacher merchant of Chicago. told it; Paris corres- pondent that more than by anything else in the great Exposition, Was he struck by the way in which the Americans have overtaken the French in the manufacture of leather. Ten years ago, American workmen were sent to Lyons and Nancy to be educated. So good have the results been, that Ameri- can leather workers are now able to give "points" to their one time insbrncbore, and American leahher has well-nigh driven French goods out of the American marke b. Chicago enterprise is transporting the famous Libby prison to that Queen City of the Lakes, where it will be set up, and put on exhibition before the eyes of the curious. Threats are made by Southern papers that this will hurt Chicago trade, as Scnthern dealers will not countenance a city in which an attempt like this is made to keep alive the hatreds engendered by the war. Chica- go newspapers reply defisntly that the mat. ter is one of private enterprise with which the city authorities have no right to inter- fere, and that Southern merchants will go where they can get the best bargains, Libby prison, or no Libby prison. To harden crayon pencil and charcoal drawings and skeuhes so that they will no fade soon or rub all", lay the paper in a shal- low dish, and pour skimmed milk over it ; when well wet all over. raise into a vertical position and allow it to drain, removing ‘ with a feather the last drops from the hon- tom edge ; dry carefully, or wash it over with warm starch solution, thin isinglnes- water, or rice-water, applying it with a a male hair brush. 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The Prince of Naples is looking for a wife, and has difliculty in finding one. This is not so much because of the fact. which is indisputable, that he personally amounts to nothing, but rather because those whom he has been willing to marry have been Roman Catholics. His father, though a prosperous gentleman who has done a lot for his coun~ try, is excommunicated for his lack of rev- erence for the Pope. and the mothers of Catholic young women do not look at that kind of a parli. It is expected that the Prince, 1 or rather those who interest themselves in him, will soon set about trying to marry him in England to a Protestant with no objections to excommunicution. She Would most probably be one of the Prince of Wales' own daughters. The italian Prince is a very little man, notices things very carefully, but draws rather foolish conclu‘ sions, does not look particularly masculine and looks younger than he is, though he is very young. 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