, 1879-02-13
The Beastiy Fog, and the Loyal
Briton's High Regard
for It.
What Eost1ic Said, ffntf a Century
O.. Ago, About n Panama
Canal.
How Carlyle Looks, and Who
WIN Be His BioVrapher?

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Siberian b!ast bites shrcwlv, md so does Vol
tairc's wit. In this instance It cuts TO Inc VcTy
bone Of fact; for 1t Is fact, voschce lor by
Forbes Winslow and other authorities. TINT Inc
tendency to suicide reaches hight IN thts eoun'
try during tlle prcyalcnea OK the cast wInas 1T
spring. To put It mildly oven no" the "eathe'
gives people IN London strong pro'oeat.'" ~
"Eu. hang" They ara In the mood TO welcome
the siroeeo Itself rs MI agreeaoie Vafiety' Any
thing for change from fog! No Language, hv-
ing or dead, can express i'onuon 'oe!-
1ita ussrsAKAhtf LONDON foul
Egyptian oaekness'-etnl"le!,"" e.o'n.!
blacknoss oi Erso"s1' 1'1-"ny' ''leec ato e"se '.e
ful degrees ol illumination III eoiapaf'soa' Aes'
winter nttef "a'ites' ionf h''1tohs " peoMa
struggle on somehow 10 t''e n!o7' vi ',.,s IN "e'r
broth oi SMOKE mt! earoo"'e-as'a Sas' t>o, .'t
Voltairc; the people VINO cnanre th'a hha 've
will not dlc from hanging. lhes mol only
endure md live, but IKE Tue pf'.e."RhseFs u
other days, they - como no ah,ihg '' anu con
Eratulato cach other Oh the,r ci,maee' Gnar'ea
ll.-"Who never sa'o u loo''sn 'nt''a n'' Mo'e'
did v1so onc'" as tt'e poet'c w. pfoN,gate
Kochcster erassuresus us-t",ushs tl.aL ss''e'n"'pos1
scssed tho most fiao1taole OIL MI el.maies, anu
there arc Eng'sshmeh TO &c iouhu VINO snare
this optn!on-the anon,'nao'e nSpoetnes.
Macaulay has even qaotea II I'd IN tastaaee o.
The monnrefs unsonmoh sap'chee' an"
for that purpose 1t tnay rass; but alac-
aulay had To admit In Ills History tl.nt
4he foot at lonlon shortened tl,c life of ruler
s..,,, ,rtsi'. avna.,v ~ En,r,csns. .-wirs.
wasteoats, mil wantons to boot,7nancty:
william Of Orange. Hut It ts true wisdom for
Encllshmeu to i1attar themselves they nro To
be cnvsed for their climate. win th1s spirit
even ha1'schatRa peeo''cs sa'uo''ou0' '"' "'u''
Der dcllcncy' 49,.
s Nv ~, "oa,r ,s, tS'. ',....I,,, =" ~.
cou1u be t"und IN Fstelnha ahyp"uy ~ s.} "
word In favor OF fogs, lh,1 not n certain French
n,au. Al. NIaIapcrt, proposcd to
'' '''' .uot,s,, ront s11onrrurn,
,,-,,Ns,. - ' ~. ..,,s ,,.',." +, .,
Hta"peis es"o''o - " ",H"s ~" i" ''e ee
Just south Of the capc dc Verde Islands, SO
TINT tic Gulf-Strcn,u, Instead 0f tlissIpattng III
wnrmth ovcr tbr hanks Of sararossa. may he
on,1a, ,,;rsc,I IL ~ +to coost ~ t.nr,nc m cnn.
fcr ncrnoto. snrIne ~ on % Franca md % rrooc. on
this ingenious Frcnci'man believes that tho tn
dcrtaktur prcssnts no iosurnounab!c difficult
t,ca to n ccnerntton which hns nirrrcl th. lttl,.
uss seussnso" "'e" aas p,''ssa '"s s.,i1, ie.
mus OF suez md carried ra'!Fonti
across the Rocky Mountains. Wuuhl
YOU believe it7-ll,cre arc some ncop!o here,
where we arc almost cllokcd 10 death with fogs,
VINO wish to preserve tl'eh' lhese ,aloss .h'hR
tnat to medlc with tic foEs IL simply TO Under
mine tic British Empire. Tic Constitution It,
ncr before me In Which find Il specimen OF this
Kind of 4 bcfogglcincnt" 'Thc journal III qs,cs-
.xI01 secs nothfnr fanciful In Maapcrt's scheme,
II admits In ali srrioslirss tint il ID rrcticabic
GLAND nro what tlcy nrc. and have gained their
prcssut position, thinks to tleir cold aud foggy
atuost,hutcH
hnye becn cxpcctfur to sec Punch i,pproye
the oeeaslpn with suMuthfug like this, to parody
tie prayer OF weli-knoNn song:
/. o Frcnchmnni spare our fog;