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It is a. beautiful run to Gibraltar from Lisbonâ€" jueb‘lung enough to shake 05 the ruetineae occasioned by a. two week‘s stay in portâ€"and as the corvette goes bowling along under a cloud of canvas and full head of steam, dipping'her gun muzzlea at: each swell as she heels to‘leeward, throwing the spray over the knots of tars gathered here and there About decks, while the sun, reflecting the glistening rays from the upper batteries and brighb enthuses, serves to make up one of those nights an exhilarating to a young ofii :er. The cry of “Lend, ho !” in answer ed by the quick rejoinder from the midehip- men on the fereontle of “Where away 7" and an the response of "Right ahead. Sir 1" comes rolling down from the lookout aloft some two hundred men jump to the side and scam the herizm acroee the bows. “There. my lad," says an old dromio, pointing out no a. young apprentice at his side the blue 1:1) appearing shove the water, “bhero’e the port ior you ; bub look ye that: you don’t get yourself in trouble with those ‘Hee-lmdexa‘ in the rock before you clear the beach.” The news has bed barely time to reach the wardroom ere the broad gold cap bands of the offi aere are seen rising in quick auc- ceseion through the companion hatch. Chess, books and studies have been suddenly thrown aside, and with one accord middie and ensign scramble pen-mall up on deck. “ Topgallant and royal clewlines and buntlines 1" “Flying jib and ioretopmaab ataysail downhaul l” ” Hands by the weather braces 1” ring out in quick succession, and “Shorten sail!" has hardly escaped from the trumpet ere the tight sans have hugged their yards with a quickness that bespeaks the well-drilled man-of-war’s crew. In comes canvas after canvas, leaving just enough fore and aft sail to handle ha- Wich, and before long the corvette in swinging to the tide, with the stars and shripeu floating, before one of the most renowned fortresses in the world. The harbor of Gibraltar, always so strongly fortified, is fairly ALIVE \VITH HUGE IRONCLADS) the force of which is just now augmented by the prceence of the whole of the British Channel squadron. As the: American arriv- val drops anchor a. boat; is manned from es 011' stranger in porb and one from the guard ves- eel of the British squadron. The boats are soon alongside, bearing greetings and res- pects to the American commander. This paying of respects between men of-wer is an old custom, but, aside from the extreme po- liteness exhibited, in really emanated in the first place in a surveillance on all strangers arriving in port). A French or Portuguese will send a boarding officer to an arrival with proflere of hospitality that; fairly stag- ger an American commander. The only re- turn to make these polite oflicial visits is to send officers aboard in return with the respect: of tile commanding officer. Though Gibraltar has not been subjected to the attacks of vessels of War of the pre- sent day, it has nevertheless withstood a siege before which no other fortress in the World could have held out. Since that fam- ous siege of the last century everything has been done to make the place impregnahle. That this has been done even a cursory glance sufices to show, and "Jack" will tell his messmates when away on some far- ofl foreign stations how “ the bloody lime juices” at the " rock” add a gun for every new year. and that now they have in posi- tion 1,889 guns. The " Rack of Gibraltar" has been celebrated in ancient as well as in modern literature ; it has been the subject of fable and legends innumerable ; it has played a dramatic part in the fortunes of men and nations certainly from the earliest historic times, and probably was the bone of contention among prehistoric races. The rock itself is not more than seven miles in circumference, and its elevation above the sea. at the highest point, does not exceed 1,400 feet. The town is situated on the western slope, tor on all other sides the as- cent is very precipitous. The isthmus, which connects Gibraltar with the mainland is a little more than a mile wi 1e, and it is on this isthmus that THE FAMOUS NEUTRAL GROUND is marked off by the two parallel rows of English and Spanish sentry boxes. Apart from the natural strength of the rock, in- creased resistance is afforded by the numer- ous remarkable caverns with which it is per- forated. These caverns are all difficult of access. The largest, St. Michael’s, has a hall hung with stalactites, reaching from roof to floor. Reflected back, from the glare of a torch, they present a most weird appearance. n. "IV I u c -. A-“ ‘The entrance to St. Michael's is 1,000 feet above the sea level, and it is connected with other caverns beneath it of unknown depth. Two English officers in endeavor- ing to iathom these depths were lost, not a trace being found of them by those ventur- ing to the edge of the abyss. No doubt the presence of these natural caverns sug- gested to the British the idea of excavating and tunnelling the rock. A system of galleries has been cut, facing the harbor and neutral ground, at an enormous expense. Much of the work was done by prisoners. At intervals oi twelve yards ports have been cut for guns, and some of the ordnance mounted is of the largest calibre. A great many of the guns at Gibraltar are of an old and antiquated type, but since 1870 the utmost activity has been displayed to mount ordnance compatible with the day and fully up to the modern standard. The forts at the water port, or north end, are new mounted with eighteen-ton guns (Arm- strong). and protected by having steel- armored shields. These guns alone can sweep every work of the mole. The defenses of the new mole have been strengthened by a. casemete battery, while at the Alexandria Battery 38 ton guns are in position. There are also 38 ton guns at the Europe port and on the line wall, and from these positions the fire could be anni- hilating to any cruiser caught within their range. Along Willis' road casemates are eonetructed, and altogether some thirty heavy guns are here in position. The 38- ton-gnn batteries would be the first a hostile vessel would feel if she had a stand five miles off and attempted the LUDICROUS PROCEEDING 0F SHELLING Gibraltar. If the fire of the 38-ton guns should be outlived and an advance attempt- ed, the next) radius entered would be that of the 18 ton guns placed on the water port. To pass the 38-txm gun batteries and then to outlive the 18 ton guns would be but: to approach a position where the concentrated fire of the whole rock 0M1 be directed, to THE ROCK (N? GIBRALTAR. A Description of the Fortification l of Gibraltar was observedé'by the Saracens as E far back as 711 A. D., for, under a. leader % named Sorik J an Seyard, they landed and gfortified the place in that year. During a ‘ period of 700 years Gibraltar was held by the Moors or Saracens, and was a constant cause of wan- bebween the twp gaces. In say nothing of ‘he (hating batteries and vessels in the harbor. 'Jfihe “ Rock " has several flit spots near the top, and it is here that the infantry is drilled. The garrison numbers. roughly, 5,000 men, and it has always been the cue» tom at the “ Horse Guards,” in London, to send out a great many Highlanders to Gib raitar, though this class does not compose the whole force. The garrison is one of the hardest drilled in the British service, and the battalions doing duty are usually ones of renown. It is a feeling of pride that will allow none but the flower of the British Army to hold Gibraltar. Report has it that General Grant considered this garrison the finest body of men oi all he saw during his tour around the world. Gibraltor has well been termed on epitome of nations. The streets fairly swarm with Moors, J ewe, Spaniude and English. Among the women the dark-eyed, pretty Get-noose and the Spon- ish beauties, with their long-lashed eyes and languor, never foil of “Motion. All tor- eigm-rs visiting the town, except naval ofil cm in uniform, are required to take out a permit do oejour, and must find hondomen to pro Inecuviity for their good behavior during the ten. fifteen or twenty doys for which the permit is made out. This stay may, however, be renowed on the expiration of the time limit. The au'vhorities prevent as much as possiblo any and Ill acquisitions in the way of new residents. This applies to the town only. Inside of the limits of the ramparts no strangers were admitted after nightfall. An offiser stationed there may, however, introduce a friend for tho period of a month, but he is held to strict account for all his friend’s actions. Justice is admin- istered according to the laws of England, but there is throughout it all an air sugges tive of the The majority of the houses in the town are built: with flat tops, thus enabling them to retain rain water ; tanks are built under the buildings and are fitted with drains leading from the roofs. It is the water supply that has always proved of such vital importance to Gibraltar, but the authorities have finally mastered the water problem, and the Rock is now well provided with good water. Two large banks, one. containing 11,000 and the other 9,000 gallons, are constantly kept full withwnich to supply naval vensels. To many persons the mere mention of Gabrultar, Cyprus. Malta, Heligoland, and others of Gran: Britadn’s fortresses is devoii of all meaning, at least so far as a knowledge of the military importance of these places is concerned. Gibraltar is undoubtedly the moat import- ent of all the above fortresses, and when it is termed impregnable, it must be understood that the term is applicable. in the sense that Gibrallar is eulfioiently strong to hold out against any fleet, during tie interim required for a relieving force to bear on the rock and crush the beaiegera. Gibraltar in to-day as much the KEY TO THE MEDITERANEAN As ever in the past, and it is the centre of a formidable line of fortified stations con- necting England with her East Indian pos~ sessions. Burke spoke of Gibraltar as “a poet of power, a post of superiority, of con- nection, of commerceâ€"one which makes us invaluable to our friends and dreadful to our enemies.” Gibraltar’s predominant strength over Malta and Cyprus is because of her inde- pendence of the support ofafleet in the event of a sudden attack. Without such protection Malta and the other links in the chain reaching to India could. one by one, be taken by a Well-bandied modern squad- ron. It has been proposed to evacuate Malta and Cyprus, under the reasoning that Gibraltar is able to guard the approach to India. By such an act, it is argued, many of the ships now necessary to the de- fence of Malta and Cyprus could be recall. ed to the home squadron. Now, as a matter of fact, Gibraltar cannot herself prevent the passage of a hostile fleet through the straits. The southern shore of the strait is not forti- fied, nor is it likely that English guns will ever be mounted there, so long as the soil is foreign. In earlier days all vesselsâ€"being sailing craftâ€"had to hug the northern shore in order to escape the strong current constantly flowing out on the southern side. This virtually brought all vessels under the guns of the Rock. But to-day there are few cruisers which would hesitate about passing close to the southern shore, or even through the extreme range of the thirty- eight guns. It is highly probable, too, that a run past the very fort could be made at night with slight chances of sustaining damage. The strait in its narrowest part is nine miles wide, and though some of the ordnance mounted can "feel" the south- ern shore, it hat very little cirance of hit. ting a swift-moving cruiser steaming fifteen or sixteen knots. The Brlhieh Admiralty hal always made lb lte policy to keep a throng naval force In the vicinity of Gibraltar. Along the whole of the route to India patrol duty in per- formed. The dutyTIe usually carried out by gunboate. Glbraltar ie, of course, the head- quarters. All the other links in the chin may fallâ€"Malta, Cyprus, Port Said, Aden and Colombo, but the main link, Gibraltar, Will yet remain. When one cruiser can run the gauntlet, another of equal efficiency should stand as good a. chance. But it in nob so much the guns of Gibraltar that are to be feared as it: 13 rising stolidly out of the harbor. Over them flies the ensign of St. George, while a pen- nant announces the presence of the Mediter» anean squadron of the British Navy, anchor- ed in Gibraltar Bay. Here is the real fight- ing exponent of the British power up the straits, and the ship or squadron that eludes these fellows must be doubly alert. It is this force that patrols the straits, using Gib- raltar as a coaling station and depot; oi sup- pliesâ€"a depot where repairs may be efl‘ected, and thus permit of a stay in the station otherwise impossible were Portsmouth or Plymouth the nearest port. A! it is, the passage of Gibraltar to-day means, under or- dinary circumstances. the destruction of England’s most powerful iron-clad squadrons. To take Gibraltar Would involve a. calculation as to how long the supplies within the place could hold out. It is said that stores sufii. eiegt for seven years are constantly on hand. THOSE SOMBRE LOOKING HULLS THE STRATEGIC: IMPORTANCE MILITARY COURT MARTIAL. 1472 a. Spanish force under the Duke of Medina SAdonia wrested the fortress from the Moore and so strengthened it hhat it- was considered impregnable. But in 1704 the combined English and Datch fleets, under Sir George Rmk and the Prince of House- Dumsmdt, to: 'A the rock from the Spaniards and held it untii 1713] when it was given to Great: Britain by the Treaty of Unrecht. The Speniards would not let Gibraltar go without: another struggle, and attacked the place in 1727 ; but a cessation of hostilities .0911 came uncut on the signing of prelimin- srlu of peace between Spain and. England. The noted liege, which lasted from 1779 to 1783, marks one of the greenest annals in British military history. and never did troop- vin greater renown than did the “mom unison that held Gibraltar again” the combined forces of France and Spain. All the implements of warfare were used by the beeiegora. but the rock proved impreg- nble. Capt. Drinkweter, of She British Amy. in authority for stating that 1000 guns were brought: to beat by the allies, and that in the outer harbor were anchored forty- Iewan lhipe of the line carrying the ensign! of France and Spain. The embbenmees of the defenders was wonderful. fighting! M they were ngsimm such Odds, but: in the end it brought: victory to the British standards an immorulized Elliot: and his men. ' Brin‘lah troops may never again be called uptn to hold bhe rock as may did in 1780, but, judging from the apparanoe of the men now stationed an the place. Gibraltar will never fall in ordinary fightingâ€" [New York Times. From 'a"oolleotion of 30,000 dats’on the subject of The Influence of Ages of Parents on the Vitality of Children, in a paper re- cently road before a meeting of the Hun: gerien Academy of Sciences, it appears that the children of parents under twenty-four are more weekly than 'those of riper age. The healthiest children‘“t'ere those whose fathers are from twenty-five to forty years old, and whose mothers ai‘e irom twenty to thirty years 01d.:*,The best marriages are those in which the husband is senior to the wife, but a. woman from thirty to thirty- five years old will have healthier children if her husband be somewhat younger than her- self. Father Hayseed's custom of blowing out: the gas was reversed by a. girl brought: up In London when she first: went out to service. After she had gane to bed her mistress notic- ed that her candle had been left burning, and when asked why she didn’t put It) out she replled : "Please, ma’nm, I do not know how to‘turn lb 03." It reports be true. Emma. Abbott has had made the costliest) dress known to the mod- ern dressmaker. It cost: $4,000. This is more than three times as much as Sarah Bemhsrdh’s best: gown, which cost $1,200, sud nearly seven times as much As Mme. Daohe paid, $600, for all the costumes she used in creasing the “Dame aux Camelias.” A Bombay newspaper announces two mar- riages, in one case the bride being 2 years and in the other 15 months,‘while the bride- groom was 30. Thisjs the system which Pundits. Ramsbai is struggling against. The potato is deolaredto be deteriorating. AI it is propagated from generation to generation instead of from seed to seed, it seems to be on the decline. Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, is greatly worked up over the performance. for the first time, of a military drill on Sunday afternoon On the pier. The town is to be polled on the question. Prncvical Christianity is illustrated by the Bishop of Durham. He has just finished a church at. a. cost of £8,000, as “ a thank ofi‘ering for the blessings vouchsafed during an episoopate of ten years.” Lady Colin Campbell is writing a novel, which is to appear shortly, entitled “ Dwell Blake.” It is thought; that several persons prominent in social and literary circles will be more or less faithfully reproduced. The largest ship in the British navy, the Trafalgar, launched two years ago, has at last tried her engines, with success. She is 345 feet long, 73 feet: beam, and 12,818 horse power drove her 17.28 knobs. Not only where the seas enthrai The wild Kafl'raria, or Natal, Orlwhere Antarctic whirlwinds post Along the vast Australian coast, 0: linger round Tasmania fair With sounds of home, not only there 1 Not only where the fountains play In Cashmere and the Himalaye, Where Ganges, Indus, dowuward pour Their golden streams to either shore, And soft Ceylon perfumes the air With spicy gales, not only there ! Nor tyrant sea nor slavish strand Restrict our English Fatherland, Nor rivers bound nor lakes divide, Nor mountains sever in their pride ; 'Tis vain to ask or answer, where? It is not here, it is not there ! 'Tis where the fire of Freedom starts From steady eyes and steadfast hearts, That, when the anes of license roll, Upheave the rock of self-control, To stem, to shelter, and to bear, Our English Fatherland is there? Where‘er We stand, where'er we range, Our soil but not our soul we change; Where hearts are true and eyes. are Nob oniy Where the sun beguiles The children of the Western isles, Where siren breazas woo the a.in To rend in Cmiboan gale, And Orinoco‘a steeds uprear Their fleecy mama, not only there ! “’th is this English Fatherland ‘2 Where do its lasting landmarks stand? Not only in these isles of rain That float) in the Atlantic main, Where clouds are constant, suns are rare, And winds are strong, not only there ! Not only whate the tempest: roar Amuud the rocks of Labrador, 0: where the lengthening billowa roll In icy pastures to the Pole, Where Arctic wintms, bleak and bare, Perpetual reign, nob only there ! pure, - And hands are fixm and faith is sure, Where life is sacred, love is grand, There is our English F atherland I PHILIP ACTON‘ BRITISH NEWS. Fatherland . The Joys and Sorrows 01 a. Fan- “’estern Editor. Many Thanke.â€"Tuaaday last: we were seized with an attack of Apache colic, and within ten mimteu from the time the grip first book hold we were tied in seven kinds of hard knobs and wanted. a mul am ’00 hold us. It should be explained that: this colic is next door he Asiatic cholera, and when it: takes hold it means business at wholesale rates. We Were serioully ill for two days And nights, during which time we had were: of callers. end our friends were nnxieue to extend every 31d. Daring the ten hours in which It were thought we must turn up our fine bushes! wee manly eul- pended in town, and our condition was bul- lehined every fifteen mlnubee. Ou- warmest thanke are due to our friends and sequine- amen and the public generally. We are now about again end Ihell be more careful in future. This town «In efl’erd bo leee us jam: now, and we realize more than ever nhau our death would be e Barlow! Bet: beck to the emits ebute. Are the numberof people who are weary of life actually increasing or do thepapers make more of the suicides nowadays? It may not be easy to say. One thing is evident. The suicide roll is a very large one, and isn't it curious that so many of those unfor- tunates are either farmers or farmers’ wives? That does not say much for the supposedly healthy independent life which is to be had on the farm. What is the cause? Is the farmer's life as it generally is, too toilsome and too lonely? Lonely, it may be. but that it is more toilsome than any other occupa- tion, we cannot see, while about its in- dependence there can be little, if any doubt, that is if a man has fairly good land and knows his business passably well. For a good part of the year a farmer has more leisure than any class which could be men- tioned. He has always his food at any rate, and it is almost always his own blame if he has not a great deal more. It is possible, however that the reason why there are more suicides among farmers is much the same as why white sheep eat more grass than black ones, viz., that there are more of them. Correction.â€"Some three weeks since the “Kicker” made the statement that Charley J shneon, proprietor or the Iron Roof whiskyâ€" hole on Apacne avenue, was driven out of Tucson for his general bad character. and we threw out a suggestion that our vigilance committee might hit the nail on the head by attending to his case. Mr. J ehnsen has call- ed at the “Kicker” office and shown us let- ters which satisfy us that we made a mis- take. Instead of being; a. bad man he is a very humble and contrive individual, per- fectly willing to be kicked and cuffed about, and he left Tucson because the people 0‘.)- jected to his breath, which is not ex mtly identical with new-mown hay. His breath is all right here and he proposes to take right hold and become one of us and aid in the work of making this town a second Chi- cage. We Defy Themâ€"Ah the last session of the common council Aid. Jlm Jmkson got his bow legs under him and ahead up to remark that: he was in fever of taking the city printing away from bhe "Kicker" be- cause of our abuse of that official body. The city printing! Yo gods! All our bill amounts be for the last quasi-her is 70 cents 1 Yes we have talked pretty plain to the alderman. There lsn’s an honest one in the whole gang. There isn’t H. mm of them who isn’t soaked in whisky two-thirds of the time and who wouldn’t lie, chest, steal, rob, or embezzle on the slightest provocation. As a gang they ought to be sent to state prison on general principles, and the sooner the better, If the council imsgines that: she “Kicker” will keep still on them for 15 cents a week is is msklng a great mistake. The London “ St. J amer~ Gazatte’ states that while exsmining the public archives at The Hegue recently Gen. Grant Wilson ” met with a letter addressed to the States- General of the United Netherlands by P. Schagen, dated Amsterdam, November 7, 1626, announcing the purchase of the Island of Manhattan by the Dutch West India Company for the sum of $24, or say £5. Two days later he was so fortunate as to find the original deed, which had lain perdu for 263 years among the papers of an ancient Dutch family. Amsterdam furnished eight of the 19 delegates from five chambers of managers of the company, located in the five ,principsl cities of Holland. In the family of perhaps the most important of the Amsterdam delegates, it is presumed, the deed. has remained since the year 1626. General Grant Wilson expects to be able to purchase the deed and take it with him when he returns to New York in October, in order to place it in the custody of the city or State of New York. ' * ‘ The discovery of this deed was made in the course of researches concerning Mrs. Wil- son’s Bayard ancestors, who went to the New World in 1647, with the last of the Dutch Governors of New Netherland, the celebrated Peter Stuyvesant." Not Yet.â€"â€"-Wo are not yet authorized to write “P. M.” after our name, but we are working hard and will hove the ostmuter- ship of this oflioe or lose a leg. Eho present incumbent is a lloke of the first water and has got to let go. We hove written Mr. Wanamaker severnl confidential letters and have for-worded him several communications refl'ecting public opinion, and although he seems inclined to hung 01f on us it is only 3 question of time when he must give in. We know than we are the only man in town fitted tu be postmaster, and it will either come to us or Mr. Wanamaker will not last six months. Always ab Homeâ€"Coroner Tom Blackman when summoned to hold an inquest on the dead body of “ Rod-Headed Perkins,” the gambler who committed suicide two weeks ago, was so befuddled with poor whisky that he acted like a fool. We had to shep in and do the business for him, and because the Kicker gave him some good advice in its next issue he is now blowing around that he has camped on our trail and means to have our life. Rats ! If Tom Blackman wants our scalp let: him come for it. We are always at home the whole twenty-four hours through, and we believe that: We can take good care of ourself. He can come with shotgun or toms» hawkâ€"day or nightâ€"alone or in company. We shall do our best; to drop him before he does us, and in case we are asked to hold the lnquesfi on him it shan’h cost; the county a cent. We’ll do even betterâ€"we’ll give him as fine an obituary notice as would cost him $100 in Chicago. '/ THE ARIZONA KIUEER. Twenty-Four Dollars for New York’s Slte. We referred the other week in a humorous l and more than half sceptical vein to some al- Qeged wonderful discovery made by the dis- tinguished French Surgeon, Dr. Brown- S‘quard as the reward of some twenty years of diligent research. It was a true elixir of life. so the reports said. Drinking of it, a man did not necessarily live forever, but he lived with more pleasure to himself and comfort to other people while the vital spark held on to burn. He renewed his youth to some extent, even though it could not be liberally said that be mounted up as on wings of eagles, running without weariness and walking without faintness as in the halcyon days of youth. which the race has always baen wont to mourn as one of the precious things which only come to each human boing once in a life time, and which when gone, is gone forevermore. Brown-Sequard was heralded as the man who had discovered the antidote to the terrible poison instill- ed into the race at the time of Eve's temptation and Adam’s fall. The seekers before him had laboured unsuccessfully, but he had entered into their labours, and now, at last the secret which the sad eyed, hoary headed alchemists of all the ages had in vain tried to grasp, had been wrosted from Nature’s unwilling hand by this French Savant of the Nineteenth Century. And he had found it in the entrails of young swine. In that unlikely place it was that the fountain of youth was discovered. How these old travel worn voyagers would have stared had anyone told them that what they had journeyed many long and weary leagues to find, and without success, was actually running about the nearest farmyard in all the oqueaking inquisitive freedom of young pighcod. The first thought, with most people, and doubtless the second thought as well, on reading of this wonderful discovery, was that somebody was “ getting ofl " a joke on the world, and floating it over the name of this brilliant Frenchman. What makes this View not so likely as it would other- wise have been is the fact that the well- kncwn and highly esteemed American opecialiot, Dr. William A. Hammond, is re- ported to have been experimenting with Dr. Brown-Sequard’s “ Elixir,” and to have so- cured astonishing results with it. Now this changes a laughing sceptical face into a much graver one. Assuredly none would ven- ture to append such a name as Dr. Ham- mond’s to any such “ wild-goose ” tale as this about an “ Elixir of Life," unless there was something in it, and if there is some- thing ln it, how can anyone tell how much until the matter has been fully investigated by competent witnesses. Dr. Hammond, so the report states, was at first inclined to treat the whole thing as a bare-faced can- ard, but subsequently received such detail- ed aocounts or Brown-Soquard’s methods and results, that his ocoptiolsm yielded so far as to allow him to make some investiga- tions for himself. The results have been such as to astonish him. He began experi- menting on an old man who was decrepit to the last degree. Within a week, the being who had more than one foot in the grave, and was feebly tottering to his long rest, was showing signs of returning vitality which were all but incredible. He has refused to say much until his course of experiment has been concluded, which will not be for some weeks yet. But from what he has seen himself he is said to have no tend- ency to treat the question of a possible “re- newer of youth” with the flippant incredulity which is the inotinctive attitude taken by the mind in these days towards views so “visionary” and “nnpraoticnl.” There is certainly something very strange about it all. If a discovery of some unusual kind has actually been made, and the reports about its action are not grossly exagger- ated, the results obtainable are almost mir- aculous in the rapidity with which they come, and their marvelous character. Those who were at death’s door have come back to an amount of health and strength which almost suggested a resurrection. As was to be expected, the subject has already attract- ed world-wide attention. and thousands upon thousands of scientific gentlemen are discussing Brown-Sequard and his Elixir of Life, and wondering Whether the thing is all a farce, or the world has received another forcible lesson on the great truth that there are many more things in heaven and on earth than we dream of in our philoaophies. The Newfoundland seal fisheries furnish over 700,000 skins to commerce annually, and Alaska about: a third that: number; and what is man’s return for this revenue of of money? Seals are cruelly killed. 03 the Newfoundland cossb they are skinned before life is extinct, despite their cries and writhings. _ ‘ It is said that: when distressed the seal non only gives voice to its sorrow in plaintive crisis, but that great tears will roll from lbs eyes. During the past spring over 500,000 of these poor creature were captured and brought to Halifax and 5b.: John, and all had been killed in a barbaroust cruel manner. Such treatment merits the indignation of the whole civilized world, and it is a pity that the age does not still believe the old legends that would cloth the seals with power to re- turn in other forms and to wreak vengeance on their persecutors ; and yet it seems that a man who could take the skin and fat from a living animal while its moans beepeaks its anguish and its great eyes plead for pity would not listen to any spirit or living crea- ture, or to the smell voice Within.--['l‘he New Orleans Picayune. They are gentle, easin dhmesticated and becoming very much (Launched to their human friends; they are also very easily trained, learning all the hricks that: dogs pegfarm. .... i . ... -.. ‘ These animals are among the most in- teresting of the animals that have their homes in the waters. They have great soft browu eyes that gaza at you with the inno- cent wondering look one sees in the eyes of a calf, and long before commerce .found use for the seal their intelligence and dooilty gave them a place in the folk lore of the north. Scotland and the Scandinavian peoples gave birth to many charming legends based on the belief that seals ofttimes transformed themselves into human shapes. 839.1 fishing is one of the greatest indus- tries of the Newfoundland coast, their skins bringing fabulous prices as articles of wear‘ ing apparel, while the oil is useful for many purposes. _ . .. . .. ., I The dwellers of the frozen north make clothing, boats, tents and even cooking ucennils from the skin of seals, and use their flash for food. The Elixir of Life. Suffering SanS.