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lulnB, md Then sont out to ini1 with tho rent Of
tho population, mnrry, aud propagate tho hercd-
itnry tnlnt. I'lliB being the clcf source Of Tho
m'st1iei ; the question a anEEgssea IT, nto1
alHtainod ut 60 gtoat coBt, do nat havo dotri-
| 1nonthl, rather than bonoilcial, offcot upon
| society.
BALE or AUTOGRAPHS.
famous collection Of autographs, belonging
| to tho late II. A. DO LahouisBu- -Roohefort, a
Tonlouelan poot Of tho First Empire aud 1iesto-
ration, WAS uold. April 2s, at The Hotot Drouot,
| Paris. Wo onulnorate fow Of tile apeclmonB,
with the prices they brought. Dalzac tho elder,
80 francs ]. ]. NoaHoau, d fine 1ottor, 85f.; u
lettor by Prince Eugono Of Savoy, 58f.; tho tirat
1851; James / Of England, In French, to Mario
do Metlics, 195f.; Loltis XI. Of Franco lettur,
025f.; st. Vincent do Paul to Nile. Lcgros
105f.; =. Virot collahoratelr OF Calvin to Cal
win, 205f.; st. FrnnutB de Sollos, 11Df.; D'Au-
vorHno, composer, rare example, d0f.; B. Cas-
slglione, tlne letter, 5Af.
MORTALITY AMoNd RUSSIAN cn1LpnEH.
In d recent volume Of trayols Through Itua-
sla," by Mrs. Guthrie, London. d frightfu1 pic
ture Of Tho mortality amoug tho children OF tho
nuHsian peasants ID prosontotl. An official stnte-
mont nf1trnB tlnl The peasant-women generally
marry ut 1G, and tho men at IL. Tho average
number OF children in family is aovonteen, Of
whom one-hRlf perish In infancy. Neglect md
insufficient protection from cold aro aacrbod as
the olliof ca!lses Of this mortality. As evidence
OF tho carolosB nursing poasant-buticn receive
many Of them arc allowed to choke to death by
sucking too hard ut tho saakn, a r,ilk-poutice
tied up in 1ag and thrust into their mouths
TO Keen Thorn quiet, while tnoy afro loft by tnem-
Bolsos for hours together.
CHARLES DICKENS PARENTS.
A worry interesting letter. printed III "Our
Monthly Gossip" in Lipp;,,co1rs, gives quito
particular account OF tho parontn OF Chn,len
Dickens, during their Inst years. AcoorGing to
tho writer, who know both Intimately, Mother
Nrr. nor 1lru. John Dickens boro olose rcson,-
blanoo to tho portraits tl.cir son skotche1 Of
them in NIicawhcr md Hrs Nickleby. Mrs.
Dickens in i,oacr,bo1 M beinr oanccin11y ,mioh1o
or1 tn1nrtoa ,v;., t,aa,, ao,,sa ~ ,,a3, aa..ao
"ta '.i sL.en.u' ' WIZ Aoen hon'o OF p1ln pathoH
nla .a,,, Aano, nnu m.'e1naon Hshnatlo power;
much Of lis W senis % Tho nobar was yery fo
~ of,;,1,,. i'stso ~ e.1o1si""Sea @ "acn nashea
.1 .ne suituooa '1 " nor eilIeu poy ya5 sho ap-
na no1 % lolesenn ff,n;. ~ ns yoMth hs ~
lna1t ~; 49, LIZ Ag.ly9;mas 4oeiaon. "nlen
'ool1y III t1o chlia'
once, Mhen Chaflea Nas tiny boy, and the family
cai ~ rn,o ~ ny , tne u nash sm Rrsat
for lis doy yn W,os thnv rrt,,r,c III ,.e Mrs. .t
Dickens said TO hcr. well how hayo tho chren h.
hayed?n Every nicely Indeed. nla'an,--all Int Mas
Tor char1cy.n ".Whht has ho dono9" "Why, nm anu,
no VII PGfasat III always going the same road eyory
s:.a.. y nSunroy, SnaIiey, naW ~ this3 WY, WY,
nv W. pt VIII IN fin na ~ ta 'I s e ~ .p p
liio? q" ''' p"'' '1' "'s' - 'uA
w1TouunAFT IN ENGLAND.
It aoems that a belief in yitchcraft still pro-
wallis among tile lover cassos In soruo portions
OF England, una moro extensively than ono
1,,tf ri H..
Tie age. Only few days ago, woman was tiuou
by gu Exotcr nlagistrate for applying tho name of
witch to q ncighbor, aml insisting Tint tile
lattor had tixod IN "oyil eye" upon her tyo
chi1dron, tlorcby causing their dcnth. About
the sa,ne timo at payhembury. Devon. n youuc
woman roturroa from yisit to Ta1nton in n
yory mela,,cbolv moo1 rh;ci, aho o~n.a;nad h.,
dccjariug that. While uhyent. she hatl nat i
witch. who lad aoyerlooltel" nr ro,,arscd liar
with a rnn,avnient nanpct gnhucnmanti1, NM
lie to recover from ti,a hallucinatinn tn Woman
drowned herself in ll,o yicorago-nond.
An EiizabotlInn etatnto. II, 15}n first rnodo
witcl,craft crime In Englnnl punishable WIFI
dentI. During tho succoodiue two confurins
thousands Of innooont PERSONS bocamo yictimn
to tho miecrablo superstition md sufrera,l a.
violent drath. oflnti nrccciIef1 Iv ntrncioua
torturos. nm last witch wns ht,rnei in EnrinmI
iu 171G, and tho laws against witchcraft we're
formally ropoaled III l736: Yet 80 latoly al 1909,
raypp!t aupn5oo "'5@ra a VAS M utoSnea IN pona IN
neraora MI Of wnm wore 1T tha % snni,. NJ .t,olos1
men claes. Striking reyolationp, lii.o those Of
recent occurrence. nhow how deel,-seatcd in the
minus OF the ignorant r,iral popuEaeo OF Europe
1s lie oolei IN wltcncratt and tho dread OF its
''Al'sn influences. s.--
A WONDERFUL EEuno.
Thay have rot cooretl man 1t, Troy, N, Y.
tho goyenth eon Of seyonth duughtcr. win bns
tho faculty Of moving tho walls OF Ais abdonon /:
shifting his ribs directly over his bovols: chang
luz the position of tho heart aud tho right brcast
and suspcnting his pulee and Loart beats. Tn
addition to these abnormal tents, lo has travelled
all over tho world; las beeu awarlod diploma
Mt the Edinburgh Medical University; speaks
Frepch, German, PortugleHc Ifottentot, and
Hebrew nus lleu M TWO wlyes and twelve children;
nenas bar OF IRON, ee'chtll-elgh.h OF all inch
IN tmckneas, over la forearm and Inns fought
twice IN the prize-gsng. IL there i9 any thing
else that tins wonderful negro can TO-, IL is not
narrntod; bnt what little no can do 10 only
another PROOF OF the remarkable achievements Of
American gonltlH md enterprise. It may be