The Lake County star., 1876-08-03


canine nuisance, but they are quiet at
night.
To the list of substances capable of
furnishing illuminating gas of good quail
ty cork is now to be added. Expert
ments made in France with this article
have, it appears, given results both
economical and satisfactory, and the
material is to be made use of for public
illumination, works for burning cork
having already been established.
MRS. M. III. FIsKE describes in the Ar
cadian a love adventure of John Brough-
ans, which happened many years ago,
when he was the idol of the New York
bellies. A young school girl was in the
habit of sending him perfumed notes
filled with gush, aud the genial John de-
string to awake her up" appointed a
meeting, at which he took the young lady
to the deathbed of poor creature, who
related to the romantic miss the tale of
her life, which commenced in much the
same way and under the same circum-
stances as that # her listener. 1t is
needless to remark that the young lady
went home cured.
Mr.. E. G. BOOTH, of Philadelphia, has
put up in the Centennial grounds a
modest edi6ce with the words cold Vir-
ginia over the main entrance. He is a
native of that State, and in consequence
of the failure of the Legislature to pro-
vide suitable building, has undertaken,
single handed, to represent at the worlds
show the hospitable spirit of the Old
Dominion. The house is open to all
comers, and Mr.. Booth otficiates every
day as host, dispensing free refreshments
and Offering the conveniences of the es-
tablishment, which are ample, to all.
Some idea of the popularity of this hos
pitable house may be gathered from the
fact that as many as two thousand five
hundred visitors have registered there in
a single day.
The Boston Herald gives some interest
ing statistics from the report of the Au-
ditor of that city. 1t shows that the to-
tai population of the city in 1875 was
1919, of whom 179,657, were women,
and 162,262 were men. Boston has
drawn much more than generally sup
posed upon other town for the increase of
its population. Only aboat 33 per cent.
of the inhabitants were born in the city,
the number being 14,164; born else
where in Massachusetts,, sc, ,473; born in
other States, 52,760; born out of the
United States, 1l7,OO5; place of birth
unknown, 1,577. Thus it will be seen
that the foreign born inhabitants of Bos-
ton outnumber the natives by 2,4S1.
The census shows that the negroes of the
city number 8, ,126, the mulattoes 1,S43,
the Chinese As, Japanese 5, and Indians
81. Since the census was taken the
Chinese population has somewhat in
creased.
The total male population of Turkey,
excluding the vassal States, as also the
islands, but including the districtof Con-
stantinople, is, according to the official
almanacs, 4,S76, 900, or in round numbers,
about 100000. Assuming that the
sexes are nearly equal as in other coun-
tries, the population would thus some
what exceed 100000. Returning to
the information given by the official al
manacs, we find from the above figures
that the non-Mussulman population
bears to the Mussulmans the proportion
of 81 to 43. In Bosnia it will be seen
the Mohammedans are very slightly in
the majority; in the vilayet of Monastir
the majority is somewhat larger, and in
that. of Salonica there is almost an equal
ity. But in the three remaining vilayets
the Christians very largely outnumber
the Mussulmans. In the European dis
trict of Constantinople, again, the pro-
portion of Christians to Mussulmans is
in the proportion of "a to 46.
The will of the late Augustus Hem
inway, the Boston merchant, whose es-
tate is valued at $4,000, 900, has been
filed in probate at Dedham. He gives
100000 in gold to be be distributed
among corporations organized for public
charity, or, as "much as possible, among
those most worthy, avoiding all such as
make two paupers where there was but
one before, and those with any appear
ance of sham-where the managers de-
rive pecuniary profit from the manage
ment-my wish being to aid the worthy
poor, and TO assist those who are willing
to assist themselves, when able, and to
smooth the last hours of the dying poor"
He leaves 81 900 a year for twenty years
to the Litchfeld (Connecticut) poor
house for divine worship. His house on
Mount Vernon street, Boston, his Milton
estate and 5000, 900 in gold are willed to
his wife. His plantations in Cuba and
his property in Chill have been provided
for in another will proved in those coun-
tries.
The GALAXY, speaking of the domestic
relations of the English royal family,
says that it was a disappointment to
the blood royal that the Duke of Cam
bridge did not marry German princess,
and it is sore subject with the Queens
sons that their sister Louise should have
married a Marquis. Lord Lorne is ter
ribly snubbed by the lot. The Prince of
Teck, who married the Princess Mary of
Cambridge, likewise is source of
trouble, for, being handsome fellow, he
is liable to allurements which disturb
conjugal felicity. Prince Christian, who
has married another of the Queens
daughters Is regarded as a questionable
character, because he had previously con-
tracted morganatic marriage; and the
Duke of Edinburgh is bothered entire.
ly" on account of the rank of his wife,
who, as the daughter of an Emperor, is
a oticklar f,r prooe1apoa