, 1874-12-12
DO, with hts demise, our informant docs not


toll Iii.
4 CHASTITY arEcTArLE.
Tho City Of Bordeaux boasts Of au oxtraordf.
nnry and unique exhibition, which, lovoyor. t|,o
rest Of Ito world will not groat1y oovot, While
certain cllangea wore hoiug made In tho cemetery
surrounding the old Church Of st. Michel, at tho
heBlnn1ng Of this century, aotno graves wcrd
opened, and tho bodies laid baro. It was then
uiscoVeied TINT, by roaBon of tho peculiarly an.
ttaepsio n"turo of tho Garth in which they wore
b'fio'' theso bodies had been converted into vor.
aahie mnmm'eB. They wero, therefore. holstod
out oi tho'f 1niot graves, carried into tho crypt
nhaor tho holl'towor Of The Church, ranged up.
right III ghaatly line, and conyortod into
"dNmb show" for tho rtlliicasion OF ths
gaping crowd. A Aght feo proonros
tho privilege Of gazing upon this grim
nroctaole, nnsl thro,lgn of inqulaltlyo sirlt.
soers n, nyatl theMAelsea Of the opportunity.
ona Of Htiok, according to the custom In rtne-
collars. acts tho part Of eha,sinan, and 1ovoalx
thu inscresting features Of ha exhibition by rap-.
plug and humping tho bodies At rarioua points,
leather, aud not Ii, Tho least britto-iuHt ii his
oonrade III tho munngorlo pokcB ul tho aninlAla
to mako then Rrowl alatl give spectators The fu.
worth Of their money. Meanwhile lso dscouraoa
'n,,nliniea vllo they were III lfo, md wl,on cnch
probably would iavo made him bitterly RIO tim
insult Of 3 familiar tot,cl or word. "See hpro,
gentlomon,' no sattlea OIL with tho utmoat on.
"ncra is very tall mar; scs how pow
orful hja museloH must ilaye boon, and
what oxcei!o1lt calves ho i1hs Dow1 Tho 1oxt ID
.a,',b ann body Of yollng woman. Romars the OK
ce!!ent preservation Of her e31on,inp. though 1t
way o,rled ao0 yoara ago; and sees it Ia trimmed
| with lacel Tho next, gentlemen, is q priost;
you can see his souiaae, witt, tho buttons ou it.
Thoro III 0 woman with dreadful chasm In hor
hfHAHh. h1H Ind fftth fr,,rh
fanlfy polaoued with mushrooms; observe tho
contorttops OH tllor faocs from tho cotiques they
suffered. % hoe uext n very old man, witn Ina vii,
atsil awry upon bis pate. The ncxt il poor
,,niseraole TINT was buried alive. See how lis
head il turned to ono aldo, H1n1 tho body hnlf-
turned round, in tho frantic effort to get out of
tlo collin. with hB mouth open aud gasping."
And as ho goea OIL down tho line, compelling
cach plteous victim in tnrn to oxpoBo tho grue-
home secrets that wora hid In tho asylum OF the
grave for centuries, to ba nercilessly dragged
sesst IT. last for tho amusement Of tho vulgar
multitude.
YANKEE AND ENaL1Hu 1D1osly
Tho London Spectator takes up HI article Oh
fanltco idlons in tic Now York Times, and adds
! thereto some suggestive comments ou tho pra-
anhblo derivation OF Bcyoral expressions cited.
Iho American writer Motc8 tic oddity Of tho
! ad5oosivo "handy" aB applfed to o1on that aro
| vel! trained and eaBlly managed and lB conf
monator remarks that tic probable meaning
Of tho word Is "anonablo to tho 1royor'a ha,,t,,"
T! or "we1l-in-hand," "a il said Of horses. Tho
common uso Of tho term is in tho so,ise Of
"near," or ''conyonieut to tho hand;" mid this
meaning fs not far removed feom that Of s'con-
yenicnt to tho hnud, +" in tho sense Of ",nanago-
| ablo," which, tho Spectator ad]s "s only Latin
! for handy after ALL On tho phrasu, "fore-
I l,audel, which s flo Yanlgce slarg for
ell-om." mud equivalent to tho slang
term ii. English swarm" tho Spectator snys thai
this 10 almost identical With tho Euelial, idio,n,
iankoo idiom .curtly cuts OF tho explanatory
| c1auao with tho world" With tho English.
tho idiom includes nn iloa Of time, md is III
| toudcd to describe man WHO doos work in ai-
| vance OF his neela,-i. O., WHO savea ~ Fore
haudcd looks, continues tic Spectator, ''aH il
it lad moro reference to tho graAp at mind Which
gains success by htrechinE ont = nnd boyou1 tho
immediate spot, no nB to ;!.,:eipute tho co,,di-
tonh Of tho future; aud tt,ls Corresponds ratl,or
| moro cloHcly perhaps with Inu1ice nntorpriYn
than the idea embodied i'll ono 'hoorehaud witt.
the world which regards simply tho rnyings to
bo mado out Of Overtime"
atuDEIS EGYPT.
The following briof table of Atatisttcs, latoly
published, gives a summary account OF tho ma
torial prosperity of Egypt. The couulsv han at
presant 5,400,000 inhabitants, and 7,264. 4.G4O
acres Of arabic land, Ut which 4,Ga5, 900 aro
| ut.der cultivation. The laNa-tnx exceeds, ON tha
average, So per aero. The exploration OF cotton
in 1871 amounted to 399,a5S balca, weighing
2,1Gi,64s owls. The expectation ct sugar
reached 884, ,0gD cwts. THIS traffic by the ailux
ing 2D85, ,27O tons, Of which " per cant carried
tho British flag. Tho number Of pasBeneera
transported Was G5Os5. Tho receipts Of tho
Canal Company exceeded S4.1U0, QUO.