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The SOvereigns Of Europe.

The 4" GOtha Almanac" for the year
1870, being the 10th Of its existence,
is a bulky little volume of Over LOO
pages, crammed full of information
concerning all the governments OF the
earth that furnish anything like trust
worthy statistics. Each year there are
several portraits of distinguished per-
sOnages. This year there are Count
Bismarck, the Prince and Princess
Royal of Denmark, whose marriage
took place last summer, the Princess
Louise, OF England, who, if her pOr-
TRAIT is a likeness, is the handsOmest
of Queen NictOria's daughters; and
last, but not least, Ulysses 5. Grant,
President Of the United States. This
is not an innovation, for it has long
been the custom to give a portrait Of
each President in the volume for the
year succeeding his Inauguration.
The list OfrecOgnized reigning Euro
pean sOVereigns lin which are incIud-
ed the Pope Of Rome, the sultan OF
Turkey, and the Emperor Of BraziD
contains only twenty-seyen in this
years almanac. Even IL this list are
given the names of such petty mon
archs as the Duke of SaXe-Meiningen,
the Prince of Wa3deck, the princes Of
the two lines Of Reu55, the Prince of
Monaco, whose dominion is a gam
bling establishment on the MediteTra-
and several Others whose long
names are not worth the trouble they
cost to be spelled and put in type.
Comparing this list with correspond
ing one in the almanac OF 1851, we
find that there is a loss of ten mon
archs, the list of that year containing
torty-eight. Tuscany, Parma, Mode
ma, Two Siciiies, Spain, Nassau, Han
over, Hesse, HOmberg, and several
others once Important, are quietly
dropped from the list, and their names
and family records are transferred to
the East-s yelling department Of the al
mauac devoted to mOnarchs retired
from business, and denOmina5ed ram
lies PrjQcierTeS non S-0uCeraigeS.
The list of sOvereigns arranged ac-
cOrding to age is headed by the name
of Pope Plus the Ninth, who is in his
18th year. Omitting the petty princes,
the age of the other s~Overeigns are IS
fOllOWs:a King William, OF Prussia,
is in his 73d year; King John, of sax
ony, in his Goth; the Emperor NapO-
leon i'm his 63d; King William, of
Holland, in his SD; the Emperor A.
ex2nder, OF Russia, in his 52d; Duke
Ernest, of Sax-COburg and GOtha, in
his sd; Queen Victoria in her DIST;
King Victor Emanuel in his 50th;
King Charles, Of Wurtemberg, in his
47th; the Emperor Don Pedro, of Bra
I'll, in his 18th; King Charles, of SWe-
den, in his fifth; the Grand Duke
Frederick, of Baden, in his +th; the
Sultan of Turkey in his 10th; the Em-
peror Francis Joseph, OF Austria, in
his 10th; King Leopold, Of Belgium,
in MS 35th; King Louis, of Portugal,
in his sd; King Louis, of Bavaria, in
his 18th; and King George, of Greece,
in his 9th.
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the northern counties with waste from
the chemical works.
"As to substances useful for food.
there can be no doubt that enormous
waste occurs. We will conclude with
a few observations from Mr.. Warri-
neT teacher Of cookery to the army
cer erning this important subject:
Il Q refuse grease and kitchen stuff
in Paris is utilized to a great extent;
but in London there is an immense
amount Of waste. ] have been study
ing this subject for the last three years,
and a therefore speak with conf
dence upon it. l am quite sure that
as much material is wasted as would
feed one million pigs. There are san
itary laws telling people to burn their
potato Feelings and cabbage leaves,
simply because we lack municipal
regulations which would provide for
the removal Ofthese things everyday.
To show the loss which is thus sus-
tanned, | may mention that at Alder
shot each regiment of about five humid
red men get about four pounds per
month for their refuse of this descrip-
ton. Calculate that from every fam
lily of twelve individuals, living at the
rate of three hundred a year, there is
enough refuse to keep two pigs"
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tached itself to the name. The Ger
man words HlQgetg and mQghet, which
words were easily confused with
Madge, and thus magnets, maids or
margarets, whence we have the French
maTguerites, daisies.
Among the beautiful names less fire.
quently met with are: Agnes, chGSts5
Agatha, kind; Amelia and Amy from
Adalina, Of noble birth; Eleanor, all
truthful Gertrude, all truth Grace,
Tarorj Matilda, a bTaUe m0idj Laura,
a tGuFeti Phebe, radiant, or tight Of
tJeJ and Edith, rich.
Now, why not add indefinitely to
this list by introducing beautiful
names formerly in use, but now near
ly obsolete, and by the adoption Of
such foreign and classic ones as are
adapted to the genius of a Ian
guage2 l will suggest a few which
seem to conform to these conditions.
and to be in every way worthy of the
yet-tO-be-christened daughters of
America.
Beatrice Zone who blesses) is a
sWeetly, significant name. 1t is a IA
vorite one in Italy, and is not entire
lyunknOwn here. 1t should be more
common; and the same may be said
Of Letitia, joy; Irene, peace; Lois,
good; Blanche, fair; Mirandi, admira-
ble-(see Shakespeare in the Tempest;)
Eve and Eva, life-giving or faithful;
Ruth, satisfied and SalOme, peaceful.
Almah is of Oriental origin, and
signifies a U6rgja. Alma without the
ID is Latin, and means benign, genial,
or tchO atrtJHes or cheriShes. Cora
is a maiden. Junia, yOUthfuJ lever
young she should be-; and Barbara,
strange or foreign.
The promise of great beauty NAV be
acknowledged by such a name as
Mabel una 6eHe) ing fair one. Amanda,
LOCeiy. Rebecca, Of enchanting beauty;
or, best Of all, Calista, most beautiful.
Anabel from A7aadh, or Hannah, and
6eLO1. ignifes kind and beautiful.
I nave mentioned several floral
names. There are Others which one
might wear as she would a crown of
fragrant blossoms. For instance:
Rose and RhOda, a rose; Viola, a rio
let; Florence, blooming; Flora, the
goddess Of EOiCeF5j Olive, the OIiCe tree,
Cor, symbolieally, peaee0 Althea,
marsh H0iiOJC, Greek, d}thaia, from
GlthQriao, 1 heal;) hence, also, very
beautifully, as well as appropriately,
TIE HealeFj and Thalia, fOtreJyj0y.
have room for only "A few more
out Of the many that might be offered,
but must mention Minna, lore; Stel-
IN, a star Nora, (HOnOra) honor
Evadne, Uei-Dls0siagj Millicent, pref
tier, las MIilly) h~0Rey-iike; Madeline,
B~lUgHjfcgatj Theodore, gift Of God
Pauline, ktAe one; Amoret, little Tore
Winnifred, (Winny) trimming peace;
Estheg, secret Silvia, born iR the
icO0dsj and Una, only pee.
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"Why, to tell the truth" said Fitz-
william, looking somewhat sheepish,
81 did write an account Of the thing
to my mother; and l dare say my
phraseology sounded rather bookish
in consequence"
In the evening my friend and 1
dined with the Darrells, and Mrs.
Darrell showed me the identical pis-
toll which she had used on the occa-
sion. In answer to my inquiry how
she had become so skilled in the use
of firearms, she told me that her hus-
band and herself had an idea that
every woman should know something
of riding, driving, swimming and
shooting; and that since her marriage
she had practiced the two latter ac-
complishments to some extent.
"And to some purpose too" was
my comment on her remark.
"But how came you to take the pis-
toll with yOu?"I asked.
why" said Mrs. Darrell, smiling,
81 thought a tiger hunt would Just be
the place in which it might prove
useful. Surprising the tiger had at
tackled our elephant? Such things do
happen, you know"
Al suppose you will never let your
husband go out again?" l said.
"Oh, yes; but he has promised new
er to go on foot" was the quick re-
joinder.
The next day, with Mrs. DarrelPs
permission, l fulfilled my threat to
Fitzwilliam; and if the story has
pleased my readers half as much as it
pleased me, l shall not regret the time
spent in writing it.
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Paris a Seaport.

The idea Of making Paris a seaport,
by means of a canal connecting it with
the sea, IS no new project. It was first
thought Of by Sully, was again enter
tanned by COlbert,and also by the first
Napoleon. In the PdlGis &c ELndLS-
trie, at Paris, is a mOdelin relief, three
hundred feet long, giving the pro
posed line between Dieppe and Paris.
Passing through the valleys of Argues,
Bethune and Therain, it crosses at
BeaUvais the projected canal between
Amiens and ROuen. Il then enters
the valley of the Seine, and, passing
st. Denis, enters Paris on the plains Of
st. Ouen. It's course is nearly similar
to that of the new railway between
Dieppe and Paris. The length of the
canal is one hundred miles, its width
two hundred and sixty feet, and its
depth thirty-three feet, sufficient to
admit of the free passage of ships-Of-
war, or even of the Great Eastern A
new port is to be made at DiePpe, and
the port of Paris is to consist of TWEEN
ty-fOur basins, capable of containing
three thousand ships. The engineer
ing difficulties appear to be trihing.
The greatest obstacle probably to car
rying out the plan is the cost, esti-
mated at thirty-twO millions sterling.
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A Paper Church.

Near Bergen, in Europe, there is a
church of the COrinthian order, and
large enough to accommodate a thOus-
and persons, constructed of papier-
mache. If the pulp of which that
editice is built should become vocal,
what strange things-it might tell If
all the good and all the bad, all the
serious and all the absurd words that
were once Inscribed on the fiber Of that
church should appear again, what ser
mons would be preached there. II I
wOrshipped in that paper structure, 1
should imagine all the while that 1
heard the rustIing of old letters writ
ten by hands that are now spectral,
and the rafting of silken banners that
once fiOated proudly on the breeze,
and the low signing of mothers over
the frayed garments that used TO clOthe
the little one WhO. wears no mortal
veStment now. / Should fancy thatI
saw floating in the air ancient TONES,
modern journals, weary biographies,
lOud-tOned O%rations, higl-strUng pO-
ems, cloudy philOs0phies and rejected
articles, all bringing up at last in the
iron mill and ground down together
into a common pulp.
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be held responsible for a good, rather
than a popular selection.
AS to another important ofice-that
of Chief OF Police-we say the same
thing. If for that Office General FIzER
or General RUCKER, or Mr.. LETTING
WELL or Mr.. O'DoNNELL, or any
other person, should be nominated be-
fore the Board, let the selection be
that man of them all who will best
discharge the duties of his ofice-who
will know best what to do, and have
the resolution and independence to see
his orders fairly executed. We want
an efficient execution of the laws,
with a careful prevention of abuses.
Unnecessary force and cruelty by po-
licemen toward weak, ignorant, in
toxicated or innocent persons, ought
to be prevented and punished. We
have seen enough of it-too much.
Let the laws be enforced. But in ar
rests and imprisonments let unneces-
sary violence cease.
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to those of commerce and cotton.
There is greater wealth for Nashville
and Memphis in the mining districts
of Alabama, than will be found for US
in the cities of that State. Pine for
ests and coal and iron deposits, as in
exhaustible as those Of Pennsylvania,
through the construction of the road
which Major SYKES is building. viii
create manufacturing villages every
where, and enrich Nashville and
Memphis, as great centers of trade
industry. Our Western road VIII
bring to this city railway lines from
every city South of the Ohio. Hither
they will be drawn by the irresistible
force of commercial laws; but none of
those Eastern roads viii avail Us more
than that which renders living cheap
and manufacturing possible, by reduc-
ing to minimum the price Of lumber,
iron and fuel. Such is Major SYKES
road from Aberdeen TO Elyton.
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Mazzini on France,

SignOr Mazzini has addressed the
following letter TO NJ. AngulO, who
was expelled from French territory
for political Offenses. The cOmmUni-
cation is published in the Ref0rHse:
am growing terribly old. In the
evening / cannot write without suffer
ing in my head and eyes, and I arrive
at the end of the short day, having
done only half OF what I would have
wished to do, and what I ought to
have done. You are right. France,
the land of the unforeseen, can awake
tomorrow. But it is not right to be-
lieve that it Will do so, or that in doing
so it could prosper. We must then
consider it as a moral element. as a
country of which the ever-increasing
agitation can serve US, but must not
make Of it the center of our action.
As far as regards myself individually,
I only believe in the initiative of
the countries which have not yet ac-
quired their national unity. The re-
organization of Europe must proceed
from them. The dream Of my whole
life, the inspiration of all my thoughts
and of all my efforts has been the TIA
liam Initiative" in putting the third
which has become the heart
of Italy, at the head of the new epoch.
But in leaving this idea aside, which
is perhaps an Illusion Of my great ma
tiOnal pride, / see the danger Of u
French initiative in the servile
prOstratiOn of other countries. If it
takes place, the ancient prestige will
certainly revive, but you will see US
still dragged behind France for a quar-
ter of a century. lam not impatient
to see the revolution Of France accom-
plished. It is enough that the rising
tide of the French revolutionary
movement be yisibly sensible to other
nations. JOSEPH MAzzINI,
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An Item for Eiothsrs.

correspondent OF the Medical Ga
zetts, who IS a practieing physician,
comes to the rescue of the babies
against what he denOunceS as their
deadly enemy, Mrs. WinslOw's SOOth-
ing Syrup. He SAYS ne was called to
see an infant that was in a dying con-
ditiOn, apparently from the effects ola
narcotic poison, and he was assured
that it had taken no medicine but
this soothing syrup" The doctor
took the bottle and had some OF the
syrup analysed by a ssiilfui chemist,
and the analysis showed that each
ounce of the stuff contained nearly
one grain of morphine. A dose for
an infant three months Old, as pres
cribed by Mrs. Win5lOw's printed di-
rectiOns contained an amount of NOR
phine equal to ten drops of laudanum.
This is ordered TO be given to the
child every two hours, IN certain
eases, and double the quantity to a
child six months old. As children
are very susceptible to the influence
Of opium, Of which morphine is the
active principle, four drops of lauda-
mum having been known to kill an in
FAINT Of nine months, and as the man
ufacturer of Mrs. WinslOW's Soothing
Syrup sells annually about one hun
dred thousand tWO-Ounce bottles in
the State Of New York, the reader
can form some idea of the number of
babies that are sOOthed to perpetual
sleep by this nOstrum. Mothers had
better fall back on catnip tea.
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Economy.

Editors appeal: It is evident that
8 economy Will be the motto Of the
Municipal Government for the next
two years; and fully sympathizing in
the feeling OF all those who adopt it,
allow me to suggest, that one of the
most fruitful sources Of expense here
tOlOre has been, that of appointing to
the Office of City Recorder, some ia
vOTite political worker regardless of
his education or qualification, TO hear
and determine, many Of the most inn
portant legal questions that can posi-
bly, arise for adjudication.
TWO-thirds Of the cases now pend
ing in the courts upon appeal from the
Municipal tribunal owe their exist
ence- to the ignorance and miserably
bungling decisions OF the Recorders
Court. In every other city the Re
corder is appointed or elected, because
of his familiarity with the law, and
Of his ability to determine upon and
cOnstrue the ordinances of a city gov
eminent so as to make them harmo-
nize with the general laws OF the
State. This cannot be done by an uR-
professional man or an ordinary mag
istrate. One who is not a candidate
has no hesitancy in saying that it re-
Quires as much, if not more, ability
to properly administer the Recorders
Court of Memphis than that ofeither
Of the Courts recently established in
Memphis. BY all means, as a matter
of economy, let US have a man in the
Office of Recorder who has a mOdicum
of discrimination, intelligence and le-
gal knowledge.
ONE WHO Is NOT A CANDIDATE.
We concur with our correspondent
in his view that the selection Of a
qualified Recorder for the city is a
matter of paramount Importance.
Some experience and legal knowledge
is important, even to make a good
magistrate. And the functions Of
Recorder are still more extensive and
important. We hope the selection
will be made, with a view to qualif-
cations, and not with a view to in1u-
ences which may be brought to bear
in favor of some man who may hap
pen 10 have a little more pop
ularity than another. This is a
bane to the welfare of this city when
carried out in practice. Give us the
man CT highest qualifications, at all
events-recommended or not recon-
mended, The Mayor and Beard will
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MUcz has been said in Southern
newspapers in reference to the Pacific,
the Kansas City, the Selma, and 9th
e. projected railway lines, in which
Memphis is interested, while little at
tentiou has been directed TO an enter
prise undertaken by Maj. WM. J.
SYKES, involving the practical for
tunes Of many Southern cities. Major
s. drst directed public attention to the
necessity for a railway connecting
Memphis and Selma to bisect the Mo
bile and Ohio and Mississippi Central
roads. and prevent the diversion Of
the wealth and travel Of Eastern
Mississippi ard Western Alabama 10
Northern and Northwestern cities.
While engaged in this task he discov-
cred the great importance Of render
ing the coaIhelds Of Central Alabama
accessible 20 lie cities Of Tennes-
nessee. In 1 b l. made speeches, and,
through the press, urged the con-
EALAIALA4 o. LlE ADaA AON NG9Af AAAC
10 Decatur, ala. In 1853 he adj
dressed the people of Decatur, Ala,
prOclaiming the necessity for a road
from that pointto Montgomery. This
road VIII soon be built. Meanwhile a
scheme Of greater necessity TO Mem
phis than ID Nashville, but of great
value to both cities, was conceived by
8Iai. SYKES. To Memphis especially,
the acquisition Of cheap fuel was
deemed Of infinite importance. Be
tween TATE's and FORESTS lines
lie the interminable coal fields of
Western and Central Alabama. To
make these sources of boundless man
ufacturing wealth accessible to both
cities became the leading purpose Of
Maj. SYRTs. Within the month he
has organized 3 company which pro-
poses to connect Elyton, Ala. the
center Of the coal fields, with Aber-
deem, on the line Of F~oRRFsr's
Selma Road. TATE's and For
RESTS Lines are thus connected
with q another, and to this short
road the two longer viii be indebted
fortwO-thirds In value oftheir freights.
The two great cities Of Tennessee gain
o BY access TO coal deposits than
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

"Well, old fellow, glad to see you
back again." was the greeting of my
&" chum" Fitzwilliam, as I thrust my
head out Of the dhoolie in which [
had travelled the last seventy miles
between Khooshnugger and Neringee-
bad, after a six months absence from
my regiment on sick leave.
The til Cavalry had been ordered
to Neringeebad about six months pre-
vious to my arrival; and SO many fell
lows had joined the corps during my
furlough, that l felt quite bewildered
by the number On new faces which
surrounded the table of that most
glorious institution, the regimental
:" cofee shop" to which l had been
directed by a friendly baboo at the
p~ostofice.
1t was a relief to hear Fitzwilliam's
jolly voice shouting out a welcome;
and although my body could well
have dispensed with the hearty slap
which accompanied his words, my
spirit was undoubtedly greatly re-
freshed thereby.
"Come Over to my place, Lacelles,
and have a SUBJ" was the further
remark of my old friend, when he had
duly introduced me to the various
members of the assembled company
with whom l was unacquainted.
4" My bhustee' has been waiting for
me halt an hour, and the buffer will
be delighted to unpack your traps and
get out what you want. Afterwards
my kit viii give you a capital
breakfast-he is up to a thing or two
in cookery, is MahOmmed Ali Khan
and then we will smoke the calumet
of peace, which, interpreted, signifies
a MANILA cherOOt, while l give you
all the station CUP
While speaking, Fltz had linked
his arm in mine, and directing the
dhoolie bearers TO follow, led me,
nothing 10th, to his bungalow,
which adiOined the mess, and in the
space of some two hours, having in
stalled me in one of those delightful
broad-armed easy chairs never seen
out of India, and which were as
suredly invented for MahOmmed's
Paradise, and taken another himself,
Fitz fulfilled his promise of relating
all that had occurred during my alb
sence.
"By the way" I asked, when Fftz-
william paused in his recital. what
sort of a chap is Darrell, our new sec
ond in command? He's a splendid
fellow to look at. 1 never saw such a
chest in my life"
As good as he looks" was the re-
ply. "And what's more, he has one
Of the most charming wives in crea-
ton. l say, Lacelles, you're fond of
tiger-shooting. Tl tell you a story
about Mrs. Darrell that viii make
your hair curl, / think"
"Go ahead, old chap! Go ahead!"
said /; but mind, you're talking OF
another mans wife, and don't be too
enthusiastic. Remember, she's not
for Joel"
by Jove," said Fitz, bringing his
fist down on the table with a tremend-
Gus whack, 81 wish she was. If l
could get a wife like that I'd marry
tomorrow"
but mind you, my boy" he con-
tinued, in a more serious tone, Mrs.
Darrell isn't a woman to be fiirted
with. The most inveterate scandal
monger in India wouldn't dare to hint
anything against her. 1t would be too
absurd"
as she a pretty woman?" / in
quired, with a suppressed yawn; for,
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Cure for HydrOphobia.

Take two tabfespOOnfuls Of fresh
chloride of lime, mix it with a half
pint of water, and with this wash
keep the wound constantly bathed,
the lotion being frequently renewed.
The chloride gas possesses the power
Of decOmpOsing the tremendous
poison, andrenders mild and harmless
that venom against whose resistless
attack the artillery Of medical science
has been so long directed in vain; It
is necessary TO add, that this wash
should be applied as soon as possible
after the infiiction Of the bite. The
following are the results of this treat
ment: From 1910 to 1924, the number
of patients admitted into Breslau hos
pital was 1S4, Of whom only two died;
1854 to 1924, into the hospital at Zu-
rich, 223 persons bitten bydiflerent an
imaIs (S2 by dogs, Of whom only four
died.