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0TB BEK’S NEWS St. Andrew’s Society, of Ottawa. h“ (19' cided to present an address of welcome to Lord Aberdeen. A despatch from Ottawa says this sea- son’s cut in the lumber woods Will probably be historic on account of its magnitude. The two young sons of Mr. Mitchell, of Ssrnia, were killed by a Grand Trunk eu- gine While drivmg over alevel crossiugnear the town. Miss Fleming, of Brampton, was drowned while bathing on \Vcdnesduy in Lake Ros- seau, near Clovelands. A Pennsylvania capitalist is prospectingr for coal at Kettle Point. Indian reserve, about eight miles north of Forest, Out. The total amount of wheat inspected pt Winnipeg during the year was 7.133351600 bushels, representing 11,127 car loads. Admiral Magnaghi and the officers of the Italian inan-of-war Elna. were given a. very enthusiastic reception in Montreal. The captains arriving in Montreal report that the Straits of Belle Isle are still full of ice and icebergs are very frequent and dangerous. James Addison, a Well-known farmer of East Flamboro, was found drowned in a shallow creek near his house on Monday afternoon. The plans for the lockgates for the Can- adian canal at Sault Ste. Marie are now on view at the Department of Railways and Canals, in Ottawa. Immense quantities of grain are being shipped from Montreal this season. Since the opening of navigation over twelve million bushels have been sent forward. Dr. J. Berthiaume, of Paris, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics of that city, and one of the most prominent medical men in France, will shortly visit Montreal. It is generally understood that Mayor Desjsrdins will shortly receive a Papal dec- oration in reward for the stand he took in regard to the visiting Italian man-ofâ€"war Etna. The financial depression in the United States is expected to have a bail effect on the Canadian lumber business, and the present season is expected to be a very poor one. A St. Paul, Minn, despatch says that the crop in the North-Western States will be about three-fourths of an average. In Manitoba the crops promise to be excep- tionally good. The Hamburg-American steamer Pick- hnben, which is now at Montreal, was struck by an iceberg in passing through the Straits of Belle Isle on Friday and had a Very narrow escape being sunk. Among the notable excursion parties to pass through Montreal before the close of theseason is one to be led by Mr. Henry Irvmg, the great. English actor, on a. pleas- ure trip across the continent. Fred. Gilbert, twenty~one months old, was severely burned about the body and prnis while playing with matches at Ham- ilton on Friday, receiving such injuries that he died on the following morning. .The Italian Government has refused offi- cially to recognize the nomination of Card- lnal Sarto as Patriarch of Venice on account of the Pope’s decision not to re-establiah the modus vivendi with the Quirinal. A special to the \Vinnipcg Tribune states that fiMr. R. T. Rockeby, ear-manager of the defunqt Commercial Bank, has left Chicago for Winnipeg, where he will surrender him- self and meet the charges made against him. M. Charles de Lesseps, escorted by three detectives, was taken from the prison on “ ednesday and allowed to visit his wife, who is dangerously ill. After the inter- view he was taken back to the prison hospital. Aid. Champagne, of Ottawa, in a letter to the Montreal Minervc, states that the English language and arithmetic are so in- sufficiently taught in the Brothers’ schools that students, after their course, were on able to enter ordinary mercantile positions. Owing to the closing down of the New England mills, hundreds of Canadians who have been thrown out of employment are returning to Canada. Their intention, how- ever, is not to remain in this country per- manently, as most of those who have arriv- ed are provided with return thickets. Mr. James Gamble, who has lived for anumber of years at Glammis, Ont., and who served through the Mexican war, for which he is in the receipt of a pension, is in danger of having his name removed from the roll, on the ground that is he is not a naturalized citizen of the Unit (1 States. . H.B. Nemitz, who was arrested recently in Toronto, accused of having embezzled a large amount of je vellery belonging to Geneva exhibitors at. the World’s Fair, and who returned to Chicago without extrudi- tiou, has been discharged, the Swiss Consul, the complainant, signifying his willingness not to continue the prosecution. The steamer Straits of Gibraltar while gomg through the Straits of Belle Isle was struck by ice and wrecked, but a passing vessel succeeds-l in saving the crew, and landing them at St. John's, Nfld. The steamer was worth one hundred and ten thousand dollars, and this is fully covered by insurances in English companies. There is a mavement among the mill hands of the Chaudicre in favour of a ten- hour day, but in order not to take an unfair advantage of the mill-owners, who have made their season‘s contracts on the basis of an elevcu-hour (lay, the men are prepared for the remainder of the season to take a proportionate reduction in their pay if the hour a. day is granted to them. It is doubt- ful if the mill-owners will accede to the men’s domain“ l BRITISH. Mr. Gladstone announced in the House of Commons that the Government intended to hold an autumn session of Parliament, A meeting held in London to COiislt'lel‘ he financial and business situation was addressed by Mr. Balfour, leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, who declared himself in favour of bi-metnllism. It is stated that the Marquis of Du ffcrin has been offered the Order of the Garter rendered vacant by the death of the, Earl of Derby, in recognition of his skilful and successful conduct of the delicate negotia- tions with Frame on the Siamese ijnes- tion, l l l g It is stated that just before leaving Lon- don for a. holiday on Friday, Lord Rose~ bery told a political friend that England was nearer a war with France a. week ago than at any time since Waterloo. A special cablcgram from London states that in the course of a discussion in the House of Lords on the silver question in India attention was called to the fact that the ( ompnlsory “hall” marking law in Eng- land operated as an obstacle to the impor~ tation of manufactured silver from India. The Earl of Kimberley, secretary of State for India, admitted it would be desirable to change the law. UNITED STATrgs. The city of Ashland, \Vis., is entirely surrounded by forest fires, and unless heavy rain comes soon the city may suffer. James L. Wright, one of the founders of the Knights of Labour, died on Friday in Philadelphia, aged seventy six years, No more silver certificates will be issued by the Treasury at Washington for the pres- ent, us the limit prescribed by law has been reached. Sarah T. Bolton, kno m: as the poetess of Indiana, died in Indianapolis on Friday night. Her song of “Paddle Your Uwu Canoe" had :1. Worldwide reputation. A Pittsbnrg dcspateh says a number of mills resumed operations unexpectedly on Monday, and others are making prepara- tions to start within the next few clays. Mr. \Valter T. Fellowcs died on Friday night in New Haven, Conn, ut the age of one hundred and one yt‘ars, being the oldest person in the city and probably in the State. Mr. Christopher Evans, the secretary of the American Federation of Labour, says it is estimated that there are one hundred thousand men out of employment in New York city. The New York Central railway has given notice that the time of labnurhf nil machin~ ists, car repairers, and yard men will be re- duced three hours a day with ucorrespoud- ing reduction in wages. The men do not like the change. Mr. Brand, the leader of the silver forces in the United States House of Representa- tives, intends introducing a. bill to repeal the Sherman act and substitute therefor the tree coinage of silver at the present ratio of sixteen to one. The lady managers of the V‘Vorld‘s Fair having made a formal complaint against the indecent Oriental dances at the theatres of the Midway Plaisance, llircctor~Gcneral Davis has closed the Persian theatre until the dancing part of the programme has been revised. Dr. Cyrus Edson, Health Commissioner of New York, referring to the detention of the steamer Karnmania on suspicion of cholera being aboard, says there should not be a feeling of alarm, as never in his history of the country has its sanitary condition been so good. At a meeting of the VVorld’s Fair Board of Lady Managers on Saturday, Mrs. Ball, of Delaware, said Mrs. Meredith was “an arrogant, malicious, ungenerous, and vindictive woman." The result was a, eneral hubbub, in which tears, hissing, and liystcrics had a. prominent place. President. Cleveland, in hi message to Congress,earnestly recommends the prompt repeal of the provisions of the Act passed July 14, 1890, authorizing the purchase of silver bullion, and that other legislative action may put beyond all doubt or mistake the intention and the ability of the Govern- ment to fulfil its pecuniary obligations in money universally recognized by all civilized countries. GENERAL. The Italian Government has decided to forbid all pilgriinages to Rome in the event of cholera continuing to spread. Rear‘Admiral Humann, commanding the French fleet in Siamese waters, announces that the blockade of Siam was raised on Thursday. A resolution moved in the. Socialist Con- gress at Zunich having the practical effec- of excluding the Anarchists led to a hand- to-hand fight. There was an exciting ses sion. The various labor unions that. form the Labour Exchange, which was closed by the French Government during the recent dis- turbance in Paris, will agitate in favour of inaugurating a general strike of all the trades on the first of October. The Pope has directed the Catholic inhab- itants of Naples not to fast on Fridays as long as the cholera prevails, his Holiness fearing that the physical weakness engen- dered by fasting might render the people more susceptible to the disease. A special cable despatch from Berlin states that it is now reported that I’rince Max of Saxony has not entered a seminary for priests, but visited the Episcopal palace at Eichstatt simply asugucst. It is added, however. that the prince has been suffering from melancholy caused by his unrequited love for the youngest. sister of the German Empress. an.“ The silver men’s convention at Chicago last week agreed on resolutions demandiiig the free coinage and complete remonetiza- tion of silver. Something like a. thousand delegates were present, largely from the south and west. All parties had represen- tatives, but l’opnlists and residents of the silverâ€"producing states predominated. The chief interest lies in the presence of tho I’opulists, and the unknown extent of their strength, not alone as a party in Congress but as an influence on representatives be- longing to other parties who fear the in- dependent vote in the country. The cheap money idea is a taking one with some minds, and the Populist vote last fall only indi- cated how numerous those were in some sections. It is possible that nothing but obstruction may come from the silver con. vention, but there are possibilities of aWk- ward complications that may delay for months the hoped for relief. The Earl of Aberdeen, Canada’s new Gov- ernor-General, was banqueth the other evening, and in a speech diluted upon the energy with which the Canadians had built up their institutions. This energy was all the more creditable, he said, seeing that Canada's nearest neighbor was her power. ful, but friendly sister nation, the United Statesâ€"a nation which had great wealth and a vast population, and which cnjoved special facilities for rapid progress. Urina- da, he added, understood and vould prove the advantage of a steady and safe, if irrad- ual, advance. She also understood and up preciited the benefits arising from an um- ple autonomy combined with a \ ital, lJULaln solutely unhainpering, connection Willi the British Empire. WILL BE BURIED ALIVE. A Toronto Man's Strange Experiment. Willlam Seymour. the Hind llr'ulor. to “0 Into a Collin ill (‘llit‘ngn for Three Monllnsâ€"A ('rop of Hurley ['0 “0 Raf-V ed on “I; Graveâ€"“Wu lie Guarded by Soldiersâ€""(- Evpm'ts In ('oun- 0m Aliveâ€"lie “'in the President oi flu- Turonlo Psychic Society. The proposal of \Villiam Seymour, late of '2. Ti Yonge street, Toronto, phrenologist and mind reader, to have himself buried alive at Chicago for three months, is arous~ ing no small interest in scientific and quasi- scncnfific circles, while the general public, accustomed to the relation of similar feats in fiction or the somewhat apocryphal stories told of the exploits of East Indian jugglcrs, looks on with only a passing won- .ler at the man's folly. Mr. Seymour is now in Chicago with his son. and is making preparations for his great experiment. llc has no record in vivi-sepuli liration, his public performances having hitherto been confined to the conventional tricks of mind reading easily accounted for by psychol- ogists on the basis of the action of the sun» jectivo intelligence. His proposed fest Of his supposed power to suspend his vital powers for an indefinite period will consist in his interment after the alleged manner of the. East Indians, who say they can suspend animation for any period by swallowing their tongues and controlling the heart and mind by some effort of the will. The cof- fin which will be used has been made at Syracuse and is a duplicate of the one in which General Grant’s remains now lie in the Ilivesitlc tomb. IT cosrs $3,000 and is made in three sections, one fitting insnle of the other. This will be buried six feet under ground. Signals are to he ar- ranged, so that if things don’t work right according to programme and the living in- terred should need air. water, or solid re- freshments before his ninety days are up, he can communicate with the soldiers on the outside, who will guard the grave. Directly Seymour is buried a crop of bar- ley is to be sowed on the ground under which he is lyric. During his retirement from the world the seeds will sprout, grow, ripen and be harvested, and it is not unlikeâ€" ly that his first meal may consist, in part, of the result. The disinterment Will take place on Sep- tember 24. Seymour is very confident he can do the trick, and the scientific men who are assisting him are said to be about halfway convinced that he will need 3. din- ner and not a coroner’s services when he is dug out again. in “ The Master of Bal- lantrae," by Robert Louis Stevenson, there is a realistic desgription of an interment, during the life of the subject, and intended exhumation, which last, hOWeVer, failed be- cause of some lack in the local conditions. The old East Indian who had arranged the snsvnxsiou or VITALITy in order to save his master from a band of despcrudoes, whose captive he was, made a. journey through ihc then wilderness com- prised in the country between Albany and the Canadian border. Secundra Dass, the Hindoo, ” familiar" of James Uurie, of Dur- risdier, the master of Ballautrac, was of the party together with McKellar, the chronic- ler. The journey was to discover a treasure hidden in a “ cache,” and despairing of other means of escape for the master the latter was made by his Oriental servitor to fall sick and simulate death. His supposod end was witnessed by the Hindoo alone, and be, two hours after announcing his master‘s death by his waiting, was busy making his grave. Sunrise of the next day beheld the master’s burial, all hands attending, and the body was laid in the can th wrapped in a, fur robe, with only the face uncovered, which last was of a. waxy whiteness, and had the nostrils plugged, according to the custom which Secundra said was prevalent in India. The disinterment is thus described: “See, sahib !” said Secundra. “The sahib and I alone with murderers; try all way to escape no way good. Then try this way; good way in warm climate; good way in India; but here in this cold place; who can tell? I tell you pretty good hurry; you help, you light fire, you help rub.” "VVlint is the creature talking of '2” cried Sir William. “My head goes round.” “I tell you I bury him alive,” said Se- cundra. “I teach him swallow his tongue. Now flig him up pretty good hurry, and he not much worse, You light afire.” Sir William turned to the nearest of his men. “Light a. fire i" said be. “You good mau,”returned Secundra. “Now I go dig the saliib up." He rc- tnrned as he spoke to the grave, and resum- ed his former toil. The frost had not been deep. and presently the fellow threw aside his tool and begun to scoop the dirt by handfuls. Then he disengaged a corner of a buffalo robe; and then I saw hair Catch among his fiiigcrs;y'et a moment more, and then the moon shone on something white. A while Secumlra crouched upon his knees, scraping with delicate fingers, breathing \vi‘rii Pl'FFFD Hrs, and when he moved aside I beheld the face of the master wholly disengaged. 1:, was deadly white, the eyes coals, the ears and nostrils plugged, the cheeks fallen, the nose sharp as in death : butfor all he had lain so many days under the sod, corruption had not approached him, and, what strang- est afl'ccted all of us, his lips and chin were mantlcd with a. swarthy beard. “My God I" cried one of the party, “he was as smooth as a. baby when We laid him there 1” “They say hair grows upon the dead,” observed Sir William, but his voice was l thick and weak. “Now,” said Secundra, “you help me lift him out. ” . Of the flight of time I have no idea; it may have been three hours and may have been five that the Indian labored to reani- mate his master’s body. One thing (nly I know, that it was still night. and the moon was not yet Set, although it had sunk low and now barred the plateau with long shadows, when Scoundra uttered a small cry of satisfaction, and, leaning swiftly forth I thought I could myself perceive a. change npon that icy countenance of the unburied. The next moment I beheld the be persuaded to desist from his efforts. Sir ‘Nilliam, leaving asmall party under my command, proceeded on his embassy with the first light ; and still the Indian rubbed the limbs and breathed in the mouth of the dead body. You would think such labors might have vitalizcd a. stone ; but, except for that one moment the black spiril of [be master held aloof from its discarded clay, and by about the hour of noon even the faithful servant was at length can \‘inCeiI He took it with unsli aken quic- tulle. “Too cold,” said he “ good Way in India. no good here." And asking for some food. which he i‘avcuonslv devoured as soon as it was set before him he drew nI-‘ar to the fire and took his place at my elbow. In the same spot, as soon as he had eaten, he sfrctched himself out and fell into a. child» like slumber. A New \Vrlnkle. The device of a Presbyterian minister of Brooklyn to draw young men to his church by employing young women as ushers may be artful, but is it consistent? In the earlier centuries of Christianity, the fourth and fifth for instance, the church repressed the display of feminine beauty as a. sinful pro- vocation. \\'omen were kept apart from men in the houses of worship, they were debirred from fielding offich in the church unless as sisters of mercy; they were ad« monishcd to conceal their physical charms from the sight of men, and they were com- pelled to hold their peace in the assemblies of the faithful. So to in recent times some preachers have warned them of the danger to their own souls and the souls of their brethren involved in their in- stinctive use of their attraction ; but in general this insult to womanhood, and this contemptuous treatment of the greatest blessing Heaven has conferred on on man, have lost religious sanction. The majority of the worshippers at the churches are women and usually they are in their best army on Sunday. It is also true that in a large number of the churches the attendance of men is to some extent in duced by women, In the country the mo- tive which induces a young man to go to Church is the hope of seeing his sweetheart. In rural communities, too, about the only social organination is the Village church, and its vitality depends to a considerable extent on women. The church fairs, the camp meetings, and the religious surn- mer schools could not exist without feminine support, and the consequent attraction of masculine interest. The Christian Endeavor movement gets its impulse from young Women. If they dropped away from the army, it would be disbanded: for the young men would be bound to go with them. The torch of re- ligious zeal is kept lighted by female faith and devotion. The employment of girls as ushers at a church for the avowed and pre- meditated purpose of attracting young men by the force of their natural charms, is an- other matter. It is like having pretty barmaids and pretty waiter girls to stimu- late the custom of saloons and restaurants, and is not intrinsically different from the theatrical displays of feminine grace pre- sented for the attraction of men. Itis mak- ing confession that the church cannot stir masculine religious emotions, and must re- sort to tricks, and make use of the pOWer of feminine beauty as the magnet. It may not be sinful, it is not sinful; but it is not congruous with a church which should ap- peal to the spiritual part of men. It is vulgar, and consequently injurious to the pretty girls who are put to use as decoys, with the distinct understanding and the published announcement that they are em- ployed for that purpose. It is degrading the influence unconsciously exercised in the church by feminine piety. World's Fair Finance. The Chicago Tribune asks:â€"“What do the directors propose to do about the finances of the Fair? What would they do under simi- lar circumstances in their own business if their property was mortgaged '2 Would they not retrench, stop leak, cut off the para sites, and otherwise reduce expenses? Then why not do the same in the lusiness of the big corporation at Jackson Park ? This is the situation in the World’s Fair. Either the blood-sucking parasites mustbe dispens- ed with, the deadbead leak stopped, and expenses cut down, or there must be a de- fault on the bonds which the corporation owes. The directors have outstanding five millions of bonds and floating debt,and they have not yet a dollar to apply on the bond payment. They have not yet paid the float- ing debt by perhaps a million, and from present appearance will not until late in August. Meanwhile the railroads are doing nothing to relieve the situation. Apparent- ly they are resolved to squeeze the last cent out of the public in high fare. Unless they reduce fares and make it an inducement for people these hard times to come to the Ex- position it will be useless to look for as large crowds as Were anticipated in September and October. There is but one sure resource if the bonds are to be taken care of, and v that is to cut off every dollar of expense not absolutely needed for running the Fair. This Fair is costing $000,000 a. month for operat- ing expenses. The army of dendhends who enter its gates is steadily increasing. Fri‘ day more than one-third of those in attend- ance went in on passes. The dcadheads ought to be cut dOWn at least one-half. At least half the police force at the Fair ought to be mustered out and taken off the pay rolls. The expense of operating the Fair ought not to be over 3300.000 per month at the very outside. The directors must face the music. The alternative is a plain though a disagreeable one. In three months i with rigid economy the bonds may be paid i ml, but if the present wasteful, extravagant policy be continued the gate money received .m-l what ought to be received will be squandered on parasites and lost on dead- huads. It is a question therefore of bonded debts paid or money thrown away when Nov. 1 comes. Great retrenchment can be practiced withoutcrippling the management of the Fair? Then why not practice it?” ~â€"â€"-â€"â€"‘.â€"â€"_ In horse racing it often happens on a dry track that the steeds are hidden in dust. By the time you noticethe one you bet on doesn’t corn: in first, the dust is gone. “ It beats mr,” said Mean lering Mike, who had stru a summer resort. “ What does Y” asked l‘niddiug Pete. “ These peo- ple that conzcs hundreds of miles to get a eye-lids flutter; the next they rose entirely, hath-H and 'i‘iiJ: ‘.\'i2ici(~0LD L‘ORi'RE icoka me for a moment in the face. Wifcâ€"“ \\'v.kn up, there are thieves in the house. ” Husbandâ€"“Go down and show them your I|u\'l bonnet, and they won't Day came, and still Secundra could not “as”? “’3' time lowimé’ for money here-U ENGLAN D IN AFRICA. The Territory Sim Now [laws In the Dark Conunrlf then the partition of}: began, Great Britain had already acquired the southern l‘IllI of the Dark Continen t, antl had assert- ed claims] to other portions, but when :5qu made plain that there was to be a general scramble the English hastened to assert their rights, and managed to get control of most of the best portions. Of course there were protests, loud, long and Vigorous from France and Germany, and even Portugal, and Spain ventured to growl a. little, for every body could see that in the division Urea: Britain was getting the best ; and Italy carrying into effectthe remonstrance that nobody had paid any attention to, hastened to send an expedition to East Africa to lay claim to and if necessary to hold a slice of land on the East coast. The German protest Was almost as vigorous. That was in the days when old Prince Bis- marck was at the head of affairs, and he growled most ominously at the selfishness of England, with her vast list of colonies, in objecting to the acquisition of a humble colonial interest by the German Empire. For a. time it looked as though the colonial greed of England would result in a. European war, and the prospect of the thieves falling out over a division of the stealings was, for a few days at least, very fair, but mutual concessionswcrc made and thedomages pass- ed away. When the whole matter was fin- ally cleared up, however, it was found that besides Egypt and that of the Soudan from which the Egyptian army had been expelled by the Arab insurrection which resulted in the fall of Khartoum, England had managed to secure along the Guinea coast the pro- vinccs of Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold coast, Lagos and Yoruba, the Niger terri- tories and Oil River region, including Soko- to, Uan’lo, and other lands, the whole amounting to 354,030 square miles with an estimated population of 24,000,000. In South Africa. the same power had established a. rule over Cape colony, Boastoland, Natal, Zulu and Tonga countries, Bechuanaland, Jtambezi, Nyassaland and laid claim to other territories still furtherin the interior, making a grand total in South Africa of 9.3.», 000 sguaremiles, with an estimated population of 3,700,000. In East Africa. the British had been equally busy, having appropriated Zanzibar and Forum, the whole of Ibea. as far as the Egyptian frontier, the Iomsl coast and other territories, making 5. total in this quarter of 1.255330 square miles, with apopulation of 12,875,000. In- cluding Egypt, therefore, which is as much under the control of Great Britain as the Cape colonies, the British possessions in Africa aggregate agrand total of 3,370,000 square miles and a population estimated 55 47,000,000. â€"~â€"â€".â€"-=-â€"~ Temper-mg the Hot Weather. Men have ceased to wonder at the output of human genius, and when some innova- tion more startling than any proceeding it is announced, the skeptical always find themselves confronted with the wonders that have been accomplished and, even if wantingin faith, are forced to something ap- proaching respectful silence. The exact status of the rain producers has not been determined, but the evidences that they 0c- casionally tap the clouds are generally ace cepted as true. Now the men who profess to supply cold waves on demand and for a consideration have appeared in the market of the world and are soliciting orders to a limited extent commensurate with their present facilities for doing business. They are orginized as the International Gold Wave Company, of Aberdeen, S. D., and are showing evidence of good business sense by widely advertising themselves. Their method of tempering the oppressive- ly hot weather is, of course, a secret, but they claim the possession ofa. device by which they can woo the favors of nature, secure her departure from the laws that have long been regarded as immutable, and bring refreshing cool breezes from the north whenever the comforts of patrons may demand so welcome a. blessing. They have a golden opportunity for testing their mir- acle worker right at home. It is no uncom- mon thing for the people of South Dakota to sizzle and boil in the merciless rays of a summer sun. Stock is practically cooked on the hoof and crops not only wither and dry to powder, but blow away with the first wind that may bring relief to the sur- viving. The hot winds from the south have been the bane of that section and the hope of its salvation‘to the favored localities. of the boundless west seems now to lie in the cold-wave producers. To make the re- demption of Dakota complete. however, there must not only be the cooling breezes from the north in the summer season, but the hot winds from the tropical south when winter is holding sway. It is colder in Dakota at Certain times than it is on the tip end of the north pole. When Boreas is in an angry mood, sweeping over those vast- plains, be literally congeals everything in his destroying course. But the men who can bring the north wind at their bidding will find some magic call of equal potency with the breezes that spring from the tor- rid zone, and Dakota will become an Ely- sium supplied with artificial blessings. The Human now. It is set forth that thehumsn family liv- ing on the earth to-day consists of about» 1,450,000,000 souls, not less, probably more: These are distributed literally all over the earth’s surface, there being no considerable spot on the globe where man has not found n. foothold. In Asia, the so-callec “ cradle of the human race,” there are now about 800,000,000 people, densely crowded, on an average about 120 to every square mile. In Europe there are 320,000,000 averaging 100 to the square mile, not so crowded as Asia, but everywhere dense and in many places overpopuluted. In Africa there are, ap- proximately,210,000,030, and in the Am- ericas, North, South and Central, 110,000,-v 000, these latter. of course, relatively thin- ly scattered over broad areas. 0n the islands, large and small, there are probably 10,000,000 more. The exlrsnr's of the blacks and the whites am as 5 to 3 ; the re- n1aining 700,000,000 intermediate brown, yellow and tawny in color. 0f the entire rmc 31.10,000,000 are well clothed-«that is, they Wear garments of some kind that Will cover nakedness : QSI‘),000,000 habitually go naked, and 700,000,000 only cover the middle parts i f the body ; 500,000,000 live in houses, 700,000,000 in huts and caves, the remaining 250,000,000 virtually having no place to lay their headsâ€"[Brooklyn Eagle. V...~~ we The glad season is here when a man can i no? tell whether he is being pursued by i mosquito or a small boy with a jew's harp