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Opening ANS Gios,ng OF the masls

Opening ana Gioslns OF the zSaflE.
CLOSING.
Washington, u. O., AID Northeastern msis 8
Q. m, II II. and i End 3 Is .. In.
Western mails 50 and = Is y. NJ.
Southern mails. Wis Richmond, Va, 10 80 G.
N. and 80 End s Is D. II.
South and Southwestern Tnails, Wis Lynch
burg, Vlr8lis Way a:.u through mailg, I w l..
N. and o. .. n.
Manassas Elvlsion 90 o. H.
Alsxsndr:s TO Round Hill Va, co g. m
OPENING,
Northern and Western mails. via Washing
son, u. o., 81 u. III. II IN. srd GU p. III.
Southern malls, via Richmond, Va, 30 g. Ii
and 8 30 b. 10.
Southwestern mails via Lynchburg, Virginia
Nhrough mais) including Way mails on Midland
Railroad, s 80 3. 10.
Manassas Division 30 p. M for lock box only.
Round Hill TO Alexandria, Va. 3 81 p. m.
Office Eours-OMce opens at 80 8. NJ, and
closes a. Co .. II.
Suntsy Hours-Oftce opens at 8 IS =. NJ, and
CLOSES a. y 20 tt. IT..
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Ca s. Dad & Hes.

ITO 1HE VOTERS OF TIE CITY AND
Il COUNTY OF ALKXANDkIA-I re-.
specttuily announce myself q candida for the
House OF Delegates OF Virginia, subject TO the
will Of he people IN the primary election of the
Conservatlve party, 10 be held on Monday, The
18th inst. 1t is almost needless for me TO say
that stand squarely upon the platform OF the
Conservative party adopted August i.h.
auglG-te CHARLES H. STUART
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TIN R0oFlNG. GUTTER AND RAIN SPOUT,
attended 60 promptly, by STANsBURY Il BRO,
manufacturers npd dealers in Stoves, Tin Ware,
10. McBurDey's Buildingl corner King and
WASHINGTON Streets
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S.eaEisss Of thi; line viii :pa as ioiiows:
ES&. Ns1s FOLK,

CLEANERS Of thi: iiaa viii .pa as soiiows:
FOO: Ns,1s FOLK,
Coanoclicg with Merchants and isine-s Lioo
ios boa!cu, e.cnmef
EGD 4 GR TzsE E.y@B
EVERY NOS DAi, WEDNESDAY, snd
EHIDAY, Ct & CO O. clock u.H.: returning, ley,
Norfolk On alternate days st 400 j.. n.
This staunch iron steamer hiss Just been uaint-
Cd throughout ststs.ooms newly furnished and
CArpeteH, and Is the hsndsornest ss we'll "a the
safest best on tie Potomac river and Cnessreske
osy, and !s the only s:cuu2sr making close con-
ao&t!on with the Now York and Boston steam
cra; also connects With Richmond stea ners sud
railroad lines south. Stops a. PLNEY POINT
snd POINT LOOKOUT SONG and returning.
BsRlnElDg hEy lst, 1881, excursion tickets,
good Tor seven csys. will TO Issued as follows /:
Firstclass round trip 10 TT. Monroe End Norfolk
IS o. ira. clas6 fare to Fortress Non,os and
Norfolk ~; second class each wsy 81 90; FIRST
class fare to Hiaey Point and Point Lookout
81 50; E.st class round tip to Fiaey Point and
Poiu! Lockout 81 UU second class each way zoe
Sts!eioo;ns 81 meals TO-.
FOE sGH g&asE.
E-E-s.1g z. &. GyrgG RrSsrI susya
si2j3VTT
EVERY FRIDAY, E:I2p.; md RETURNING
leave Ncu ?o-!:, f.om pier 4, Ess: river, Ry-
The steamers &c this Company r;cla connen.
items ~ Norfolk tof Eo2;uE amd sll poIu.s Esct :.
a. Row EoEk With sll 3C::ass West End No7tr.
vast, and Il Alexandria With Virginia Midland
ka.l1O2d srd Washington and Chic Railroad.
Through .a!cs given aud freight handled care
fully and promptly. fof further information
apply - =. 4. &s&D, Agent,
,,. Ganncy's wharf.
WI. THOMPSON, President,
l2lU G!Geet,
sep -: WGshins to1, D G.
>1se:6a;ns ulYDZ':5 STEM LINE wEEE-
Ea!Ss&sssI LIZ TO
PHILADELPHIA, TA!.;. RIVER PROV
NEHCG a Is , BOSTON.
Steamers .c%Ta a.lcSaldcia EVEEy TJEs.
DAY snd Leave Philadelphia EVERY S:T-
UEDAY.
This line connects at Alexandra Y,i:s ..eH
&. & n. and y L 0. K f.s., snc G.; ph;Iedei''
phis with Glydo'5 regular bLcs.leni2s for psii
River. ftcyideaca aad Boston.
Freight Forwarded a;.a pToGc Dtaecs .a6 n,re-
frcs of commissions. -
no charge log transfer n phii1delphis. .rd
wharfage IL nos!c2. Quick time. Franus2t
departures. Through rssca sad Though Ellis
Oflecius given. Insurance 81 to lowest rxtes,
agents:
F. E.. REED, Aio1andris.
y Il. J. CLYDE G 60, FhllsdsIaa;s
JOHNSON s. CO., vTaah. . Gecsgt'n
jan Sit
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1881 GREAT 1881
Inn ESTi u ALA NI,IiiNEt

4 90 / GREAT !. E|C5
FENESTLYA&IAR uUGE
&c THE EOETA, WEST s SOUTH N gS.~c
DOUBLE TRACK
sIz2i. BALLS, STLsND2D sOEAsG
Nay l6th 1851.
Trains lasYs Washington from depot OF BAL.
TIMCR& & POTOMAC RAILROAD, cor
ne: o:His:h eEd B st1 sets, as follows:
For fhiladelphis, New York snd !ae isst. 8 and
snd III 10 ?. q dolly, with Psiace Cara. i,.n-
lad E1prcsa Of Eulliosn FHrlor Cars $50 a.
z n. daily, except Sunday. FOR Philadelphia
and ~ ~ 3. Il. daily, c1cep! Sunday, AID
:, 2Q0 e., 10 and 10 Is ?. m. daily.
FOR Pits burg End Inc " si S.GU a. H., With
pn:ior. CIR &c Pi!toburs End Sleeping car 10
f!uacrTg and Ca!c&go; 1888 a. IL. daily
9.3o y. Il. O." y, aiiG cusce Car 20 GnicaSo.
sex cs2a1naisua md tho Nccln, 60 :. H.
except sunday and 9.3J :. H. daily, except
;. oa'2rca$ VIII s1inca u:.r - Cansadaigua.
Fer Watkins, 1880 9, -. daily except Sun
For baltimore, s a, soc, go .rs 1889 =. m.;
2Uo y, 40. 40, $50, 10 70 AID iU.l5 D. La.
"a Sunday, SEQ End TO- 80 AN; 40, 5.ly 9.W,
For fo?es Greek !Ine, 40 .. In. snd iGp II.
daily, except Sunday.
Eor Annapolis, Z 4O O. n. and 50 p. 4. daily
except sunday.
LOCAL TRAINS.
FOX ]-it zehdila I W, ~, ~, I'D II 30 s.
b., AID . ~ b. q 20 s aud II 80 p. nj. sum
day e. I GU, . ~, and Ii 80 q. u. and y. "a
Trains laaT0 Alezapd7is 10, Washington, 800
$50, md 10 E. IA, sad II a. J, 3, 7, SO
p. 10. sad e night.
On SEadsY It $50, SID lo :. N. sd 70D sad
) II z. ~.
THROUGH TEAM FOR TIE SOUTH, via
suEntlco End Richmond, Will leaye Aloran.
dfiG St 7.2J mao II Il O. IL. daily AID ~ Z.
Ii. DAILY, oEcep; sunday.
fae! mail, leaving al ii y ;. H.. makes but two
stops viz: at Quantico and Frederick: bury,
between Alexandra ahd h,chraond
-!cnsts S:la lriora.z.ioL ca. % procured 81
principal rni!rcad s:atiUra sad .icSe, osHcea
Southeast. j. i. WOOD,
~. Saai. Passenger &.xent.
tir;:ary! ',-n.a,. urio
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BELFAST GINGER ALE ius. rec ived at
MCHCRNEY's
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d OH!o kAILKoAD

-
SUMNER AEkANGHHENT.
Two TRAINS DAILY (EXCEPT SUN.
DAY. BHTWESa ALEX sHDRIA
= ID HOUND HILL,
beginning May Q, lt8l.
Leave Washington al 8 ~ o. "a. ind 4 % o,
n. and hleShndria 81 0 Is :. IN. 70 .. III,
1853 hhasbuTs, gGiug westmGsd. 81 II 81 q. NJ.
and AZ p. N sEd strive ST Round Ali :.
- 10 D. n. ard { 20 .. IL. Lesve Round Hill
ct 3 ~ q n. md II 30 p.sn. Pass Lses burg, go.
iHg eastward. IT = 10 III. ard ~ D. m, and
STRIVE st AloSsnGIla e. ID = ~ sid Is
p "a, hGd - HzahiGsiCa 8 Is n. N. AID
Is p. n.
80 Passengers from Washington Will take
the Washington ind Chic cars al tae Baltimore
u Potomac Rnl:csG station a:9 20 G. m. ano 40
D. H., AID 90 through TO RtunC Hill without
Change Of cs1s
The 9.25 an trsln from Als1sndrie and 1880
9. NJ. train from Round Elll coanac. at Hou:d
alll With Mccoy Wigginton's Daily Line Of
Coaches for Snickersvilie Rerryville and Win.
Chester; also Roansr's Line Of Coaches, which
leave Lees6u1g daily for Aide and Middle.
burg.
Both trains, westward make close Connections,
ct Vienna, with Sisson's Line Of Stages for Fei7.
lax Court House,
Communication tickets, 81 cts per ,stIa
Annual siokssn, $50.
II. EAVEEE2,
myl-H General Ticket agent.
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sss- ask your druggist Tor q COPY CT ny Dung
Mems Fr.cbd" and read It!
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DRUGR, CBEMgGAEs, DO.

Perry, Houst'n County, Ga. Jan. g. 1880.
In 1873. there were two neeros confined in jail
badly iii Ctfd with Syphilis. In nv f6cial CO.
pscity employed e. T Swift to cure then, uu-
der contract. no cure no pay" He sdminis.
tered bis. "Sypbili,c Specific" and in few
weeks | felt bound to psy hin cut of the County
treasury as be hsd effected q complete and radi.
cal cure. a. S GILES, Ora. Houston CO.. GA.
Chsttan ocga Tenn, +. b. IA, 1879.
The S. s. ). is giving good satisfaction. Ona
gentlemen who bad been confined 10 his bed sir
lDeeks with Sphiiitic rheumatism has been cured
entirely, and speaks in the highest praise of it.
Grille: & BERRY,
The SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPAN
Projectors. AtsIts. Ca
sold By K 5. LEADBEATRR q BRO.
Gail for copy If Young Mems Friend "
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TEESTGaNE2

TEESTH&siER
GE! RGE. Z Il A Ry'
WI, 1asvo (I q. I!7f :; =, =: 5 AsiD
~ S>EAiS aid THURSDAYS At e y d
ed STU hDaHS 1t $50 p. ul stopping y:
fIEeY fcint and PVint LooEou. going and re-
turning Returning Leaves Norfolk On WE'D.
= GoDAHH, FRIDAYS aud SUNDAYS q. 4
c'c,CcS T. nj.
.Be&ir Mug with Ms51, 1881. Excursion ,icsats
viii Do ssud good for tour d,v.. y, falIow..
sirst ri*ss ts:e 10 Fortress Mon:cs snd Nvr
t0!k. - o. First clsss round trip, So co; second
cisss, each Wsy, 81 81; First. Glass iare to iinyy
Point and Fnln. Lockout. 5! 80; Fiis.c.:s
round trip, 81 Second c.<s, each wsy, rs cts.
StssCrCoAis 81. ID es!s IS cts
GGQhIE tIATTINGLT, SUIT.
p. 3. HGoE, hgort. m52b
NLAND & 8EABUARv COAsgiNe co
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BROUEKS d &C.,
Wholesale Deslors and Jcboers in
GROOERIES, PROVISIONS, FLUUR,
SALT AND FISH.
a full line Of celebrated pure, old WhIEEey7,
Brandies, Gin, Bum, Sc, Massey s. Co.'s pniia-
delphia and Clagett's Baltimore Ales, and Berg.
ner & Engeps Lager Beer. in casks or bottles.
Agents for James s. Welch Best Family
Flour, James s. Kirk & Co.'s. Standard Soap
Dupon. s. Cos. Sporting and Blasting Gun
powder, snd Baltimore aud foto;axc EiYe
Steamers.
Orders promptly attended to, sad ccnzign
ments solicited. No: II King sIreI.,
oct 2S-tf Alexandria, Vr
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BTEAMEEa,
NOTICE
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

On and sftor Monday, Angus! lst, 1881, the
Steamer I: v ARROWSMIIH, will lesve her
W5srf, foot of ki Street at 730 q. N EVERY
HOH "a TAURSDAI and SATURDAY
far ss Nomini Fiery; On Toursd.y, Nomini
Curr!onsn snd Leonardtown; On Saturday
Curfloman and LeonafdtoWn
Steamer MYSTIC Sundays for Rive. L.nd-
mss as / T down Gs Upper MsctoGosk, stoJpii 9
st Bren|s whalf and Chlrol Point.
=, ueicays making the above landings aa far SIS
Matt"x Creek.
j;.S-.f J. K. WOOD Msne,o-
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ZOE SAL: ---OHc O: the largest and most
- eligibly located HHSi DGNCaS, with sps-
cious grounds attached, in the city. For terms,
&C., apply to Green Il Wise ie3O-tf
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EOR SALE OK RENT-TWO BRICK
a EOU%ES on st Assph street, Nos 81 and
o. between Princess and Oronoco sts., ia good
repair. Possession given Immediately. INQUIRE
At WIS orhIN'S. Royal st. mY6-lf
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ESss sAE.E bA RENT

LNOR RENT-The THKEE STORY BRICK
a DWELLING on the southeast cornar OF
Pitt and Duke streets To q permanent tenant
the rem! will oe moderate. Apply st lC0 Duke
street. aue25-lro
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NEsEE sTt;yY Y,s3rEy

NSsE NGSS yGass5.
gIEIs.1 Gsss!s Il. &. gyTsG Sr.SJrG sUaA
GS33yEf
EVERY FRIDAY, +! Y H.; md returning.
leave ficv York, f.on pier 4, Ess: river. Yy.
Ely sAFuR3A, :, :. : O'Clock :. Ia
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s;%0E NU&F0&K, PORTSMOUTH, FOX.
G3ES5 A0ERoE IND TIE SOUTH,
Daily globe., 1881-03-20
The Man of Glass.

A very extraordinary existence was
brought to close not long ago by the
death of man who was known as the
oman of glass;" The records of the
asylum at Bicetre, where the man died,
show that as long ago as in 1797, when
he was Is years old, a certain Jubissier
was brought to the hospital suffering
from mental alienation of severe kind.
His malady had been caused by wound
inflicted by pane Of glass, which fell
on his head, and before the cut could be
healed the brain became affected by
permanent disease. The sufferer lapsed
into idiocy, and then into madness Of
more violent kind; and he was shortly
afterward shut up in the asylum, where
he has remained ever since. After the
first transports of delirium had passed
off the man became more calm, but he
could never get rid of the idea that he
was made of glass, and that the least
shock OR blow would cause him to break
in pieces. He remained, therefore, per-
fectly quiet and silent, being afraid even
to speak, for fear of precipitating the
catastrophe which he fancied was ever
impending. For So long years he has
led this singular existence, only once
opening his lips to speech, when he
asked for little tobacco. At one other
period his intellectual and physical fac
ulties appeared to be aroused, and that
was when, during the siege Of Paris, he
could hear the shells bursting in the air
at no great distance from his place of
retreat. At this time he was seen to
grow nervous and less lethargic, and to
walk about restlessly, humming some
words which had ointelligible sequence
or meaning. He survived, however,
and, relapsing into his usual condition,
has so lived until the age of 1O3, testify
ing, in somewhat striking way, to the
effects of a totally placid and inactive
tranquility both of body and mind in
prolonging life. No little credit is, how
ever, due to the authorities at Bicetre
for having thus preserved for 50 years
an existence which from the first was
utterly useless and uninteresting. Lon
don Globe.
Daily globe., 1881-03-20
WHY the Men WON'T Dance.

There is weeping and wailing, If
not a gnashing of teeth, in society cir
cles, says q Washington correspondent
of the Hartford Times, over the absence
of dancing men. The coming man will,
as well as many of the present men do,
find more pleasure in conversation with
an Intelligent lady than in whirling
about with her in a dance or german.
The german is what caused some of the
change, though other things contributed
to it also. The trouble with the german
was this: Whatever the leader did, all
those in the dance were required to fol-
low. Thus it mattered not what non.
sensical thing the leader did, all were
forced to do likewise. Should a BRAIN
less man or woman be chosen leader
and the less brains they have the better
dancers they are as rule-the suffering
is intense to some who take part in the
same. It is no wonder then there are
less dancing men. There are good
many left, however, though not enough
to 60 around. When many society men
find that the party they are invited to is
to be dancing party, they just politely
decline. At recent swell dancing party
it was given last week-there were
eight ladies present to each man. They
gave the men so much dancing that they
Daily globe., 1881-03-20
Dangers of Childhood.

Childhood is the period during which
the foundations of the physical structure
are laid. 1t ends, at the age Of about
Is, with the completion of the permanent
teeth. It is characterized by almost alb
solute dependence on the parents, and
therefore the responsibility rests upon
them whether the foundations of the
superstructure shall be good or bad !;
and, indeed, whether there shall be any
superstructure
The fact that one-half of all who are
born die within this period, while multi
tudes Of adults find, when it is too late.
fatal defects in the very groundwork of
their constitutions, is q fearful witness
against the competency Of most parents
for the care of children. What farmer
would employ hand that let one-half Of
all his calves, colts and lambs die?
In the matter of food, if milk fails the
mother, how few mothers know what to
give the child! How few know that
many of the compounds sold as " in
fants' food" contain almost no food
whatever! and that cows milk, harmful
when taken alone, is generally safe with
a certain proportion of lime water |!
How few mothers know that good wet
nurse would save almost any babe nursed
by hand, and that is nearly as certain to
die of cholera infantum! How many
know that -protracted nursing will
result in "rickets?" That over-feeding
all through childhood is a prolific source
Of disease? and that, in case of most
bowel complaints, spare diet for few
days is better than all medicine?
In our climate, where the mercury
ranges through 140 deg, and often
varies between the extremes suddenly
and violently, how little do mothers
realize the importance of aiding nature,
with clothing and food, so that the in
ternal temperature is held steadily at
IS deg. Do you know that change of
half dozen degrees of the internal
temperature, either way, is almost sure
death?
The great mortality of children in
summer is due mainly to heat. An
abundance of wooden clothing alone can
guard against the effects of the violent
changes in the climate of autumn, and
winter, and spring.
How few are aware that the infectious
diseases which so ravage childhood are
caused by careless exposure to the con-
tagion, or, If aware, act accordingly =
YOUTHS Communion.
Daily globe., 1881-03-20
The Enormous Growth of Our Cities.

In the 800 cities of the United States
containing a population Of $500 and
over there were in June, 1880, II, $50,
772 people. This aggregate exceeds the
population of the whole country fifty
! years ago by almost million, and there
are now in Philadelphia alone as many
people within less than twenty thousand
| as there were then in all the cities of the
Union together.
Since 1870 the city population has in
crersed about three -eighths, while the
population of the country outside of the
cities has advanced considerably less
than one-quarter. Whereas our cities
contained about eight million inhabitants
in 1870, they now contain more than
eleven millions. The population of the
country outside of the cities was about
30, 500, 900 in 1870, and in 1880 it was
about 3S, 100000.
Until the great Irish immigration
began our city population was insignif-
icant in total, and it's proportion to the
whole was small. In 1890 we had only
six cities with population Of over 8, 900,
and they contained in aggregate only
about one-thirtieth of the four million
inhabitants of the Union. It was not
until 1910 that the number began to show
any striking increase. Between 1910
md 1850 the advance was rapid, the
cities about doubling in number and in
total population. In the next decade
the number OF their inhabitants again
nearly doubled, and we began to get
cities which compared in size with
European capitals. In 1860 the urban
population of the country comprised one
sixth of the whole. In spite of the war.
the advance during the next ten years
was three-6fths, and of the inhabitants
of the Union one-ffth were found in the
cities when the census for 1870 was
taken. Since 1870 the increase has been
about three and quarter millions; and
now, out of our so, 152, ,379 inhabitants,
II, $50, 900 live in the cities.
The vast body of immigration and
the growth and multiplication Of man
ufacturing industries are chiefly respon-
sibie for this increase, which has been
encouraged by the development Of our
railway system; which plants cities as it
extends itself. Already the Western
States have an urban population exceed
ing three and half millions. The more
rapid growth of their cities is likely to
make it in 1890 nearly equal to that OF
those of the Middle States, the cities of
/ which, Delaware and Maryland included,
now contain about five millions of in
habitants.
We have now city population exceed
ing eleven and a quarter millions. IF
the rate of its increase during the next
ten years shall be equal to that during
the last ten, the number of our people
who live in cities will aggregate more
than sixteen millions in 1890.
Daily globe., 1881-03-20

women and that man, it matters not
how good dancer or piano-p player he is,
if he has no other qualifications, should
be Stunned. This kind of education
has had terrible effect upon dancing
parties. The result is that the modern
were punished considerably, as they de-
served to be. Since then some OF them
have announced that they had enough
of dancing, and wanted to be excused
from any more of it this season. The
dancing men found that in many cases
they were required to dance with lot OF
women whose ages had reached that
point where they could be called with
degree of certainty grandmothers. The
young society lady does not dance as
much as did her predecessors. The col
leges where forty young ladies have
been taught in the last few years have a
way of instilling into their graduates
that dancing after all is not the, or
should not be the, chief ambition of
young lady as well as the modern young
man don't take much dancing in their
amusement. When they want to see
dancing they prefer to have some one
QanCe 1Or Gnem, as DaSe-DAu cluDS now
hire men to play for them instead of
playing themselves, as they did when the
game was introduced, or go to a theater
where professional dancers can be seen.
It is no wonder then that dancing men
are scarce. It is not the young society
ladies who are crying over the disap-
pearance Of the dancing man, but those
who in early life learned nothing except
how to enjoy what is mistakenly called
society pleasures. The society lady Of
the past and many still living knowlittle
else than society matters. The modern
society lady can tell the name at least,
if not anything of the contents, and
often she knows it all, Of the latest his
torical, scientific Or political work which
has been issued. She can talk Of what
is going on around her, and has pretty
good idea Of public affairs. The decay
ing society woman knows nothing but
society. People who don't know any
thing of the patter will deny this in
toto, but the facts remain as I state
Them
Daily globe., 1881-03-20
FACTS FOR TIE CURIOUS.

TIE skin contains more than 2, 600, 900
mmute openings, the outlets OF sweat
glands.
THn ancients believed that emeralds
worn In ring protected the wearer from
dysentery, epilepsy and. malignant fe-
vers. The occult power of the gem was
supposed to be Increased by engraving
some astrological device upon it.
WHEN "Pickwick" was first published
in numbers it was for q time a failure.
OF 1900 copies of each of the first five
parts sent to various parts of Great Brit
ain, there was an average sale of fifty
copies part. It was not until after the
introduction of Sam Weller that the
work became popular.
The size attained by icebergs is some
times prodigious. From measurements
made on one DR.. Hayes estimated it to
contain about 27, 900, 600, 900 feet, while
it's weight must have been not less than
1,000, ,000,00 tons. 1t was grounded In
water nearly half mile In depth. What,
then, must have been the thickness and
the size of the glacier from which this
mass had been detached
A YOUNG man in Russia of decided
ability was attacked by an acute disease
brought on by excessive dissipation.
After his recovery he was found to have
lost all his mental faculties except calcu-
lation and memory. These were in
creased to such degree that he could
surpass all mathematicians in power Of
mental calculation, and could repeat
poetry which occupied several minutes
in reading after hearing it only once. In
all other respects he is helpless idiot.
TIE following arc Prof. BertiIlon's
statistics respecting the increase in the
number of suicides in different coun-,
tries. Why, however. Dane should be
so far more anxious to make an end of
himself than any other human being, it
would be difficult to explain. In every
million of persons