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..up-S ALL n.ur... , Mnrlail "r lery A o .. ...nt presidential rnm- ufiD,r !'. ,i.,l of talent in the in- W kf .hint phrases wuh displayed B,i"B rtisansof the different ran- ,be Pad a number of those already adopted mid accentuated Je'u. circumstances. As usual. P per writer have been given oc" ' ,,,nv of these expres- I Ol tin . in many but thero SCHOOL AND CHURCH. I - possible, and have O"' ,' i.u- hecii correct.; r'pr" i l.V the Democrat perhaps u ... . n....iililicans. which has -than in.x is proper What's the Of course the sub- namo for Cleveland ..i in lD' -iih Cleveland?" and its answer. tier" , M au """ ... ,.f ullV tut'on . .I..- ....n.lerini it avail l . man a. im" - . fl 01 -inn This, tlie most le!rr3."-crsalofalI the slang. Pular" .... It. origin during tlie DOt , ,wes its birth to Bnt- ""T "f the LouUville Legion o! i l.l mllitniu- llf- i 10O t "-re wa ,n ,. ,, St. Louis. There were itive drill" for infantry, cavalry JUllery companies, and a large u.-,if ic i arm eiiwun. Uberoi niimnla. of : haoui mt,his. were wiei". ".. mi'" ' . ..-.iihirv unctions from tt ....,r A section of the lover im ,. am lin. i nimille Hatterj - - i, .imiss to say that it te rn .. . iu Th.. hmra itlrtl itseli iwwxr - Ltlng tlt particular section al afterward becamo famous all .. .. i c.i.w ivuni ii nrottv verthel'"11'" D et. Among - s :ving in mis coy but Hark?' Mantcr: i. i.im! ran l"1 . i I ii n ni'tr n im.mhti I... , ill i mi-iii"v , ifcutcry A. The boys had a great Mlof fun among mw'-i tr their joKes . - p J nj, that ocourrou ' - night, when they hiul been ao . r;. f mimething. not now re using " , ,. ...., s, cmlKTcd. thougn ;i i " or capturing a u. "-m mf Indiana, onooi What s the maiier nun uouis H mi tlie answer wuuo ih- "He'l all right." Theques- j ......-i. wiTC llllllieuiilicn on unu nil""-' - - aken up by the Chickasaw (.uards and wmpaniei in mo inunwm - . .i Inl. I wad lint f:ir null' inity. anil in '"K"1- "' in the city Ota spreau uiruuam.u. iWirecamp. i homing mdn die every body'l funcy. In using the hrasesthey all stui-K to l.eorgo v.iara t ami it U'lLS NCVCI'lll name, noe.-., 1V8 before they began to lumituw iher names. In the meantimo the battery boys began to concerti.o, as u ere. One DUO would asK me question at the top of his voice, and n dozen oth- m ,mU shout the answer in unuuu. This idea, too.caught the otner soldiers, and it ooold bo heard in every corn pan v's quarters. Whon the encamp ment broke up, the troops carried the ;ry to their homes, but it was suffered to fall wmewhat into disuse until tho Louisville LflgiOD went to Washington in May, 1SS7. At that encampment there were many men who had been at St Umis six years before, including gome of tho I.ouisvillo boys, who loss no time in reviving their old war-cry. The leffion marched down Pennsyl vania avenue Sunday afternoon, and vent into camp at tho base of tho Washington monument, and by tho next afternoon the famous old shout as ringing all around that historic shatt. It spread all over Washington. From the Washington eiicumpinent it spread further than ever, until, by the time the presidential campaign opened, it hud become universal. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Anti-Sunday Trarcling Union ha existed In thU country for about four years, and it hua now about 6,000 enrolled members. Twenty-eight thousand of tho 37,. 000 aew members added to the New York Baptist churches In the past eight years came from tho Sunday-schools, the "union formed among th evangelical" population of Holland for the establishment of what aro known as Bible schools has now 411 such schools, with 71,000 scholars, representing a capital of $2,000,000. Before Christianity entered India lepers were treated with shocking in humanity. Many of them were hurled alive. Tho English rulers have out a stop to this custom, and for fourteen years there has been a special Chris tian mission to the lU.OUO lepers in India. The Old Tentarm-nl Student snys Fran. Delitzsch's Hebrew translation of the New Testament is having a wonderful circulation among the Jews. In less than ton years over 60,000 copies have been sold, mainly among tho Jews of Austria and South Russia. The emigrant missionaries in Liverpool and New York have found roadors among tho emigrating Jews for hundreds of copios. Here aro two young men who are practical Christians, and apparently worthy of their high calling. One is Perry S. Grant, rector of an Episcopal church at Kail Kiver. He has many mill people in his parish, and is s much interested in his work among them that he has declined nattering offers from this city and from Boston and Providence. The other is Rector Perkins, of a littlo Episcopal parish near Salem, N. J. Ho gives his serv ices without pay, and recently when his people made up a nico purse for him he refused it, saying that ho had all the money that ho needed, and that it should bo used for the improvement of the church. Eight text hooks have boon pub lished by the State of California for uso in her public schools, and it is do signed in a few years to supplant all the books published by private con- corns. Tho best talent among Iho local educators is employed in writing those books and there are no middle men. Tho State grammar Is sold for 50 cents, a reduction of '2i cents on tho grammars formerly in uso. Tho prico of the general history is 80 conts, in stead of $LS5 Under the old system. Tho other books aro proportionately re duced. A small por cent, of tho money received for those books is invested in a sinking fund and it is estimatod that in twolvo years tho publication de partment will have paid for its plant and will then bo self-supporting. Tho books thus far issuod are highly spoken of by most of tho teachers. SERMONS IN CANDLES. Spurifpnn THE GERMAN KAISER. Will V.. iing William, I.Ik HU IMkMfc Ms of Cttnrerf For tho moment, also, (Jermany is P"--' ''.I by a wild fever of military enthusiasm. While the aged mount eh, William I., continued to reign, it was felt that was not possible. With Frederick HI. Cermany had a ruler who was a most determined opponent to all Idea of war; but with the present young Emperor the military spirit is again in the ascendant, and this cer tainly renders the situation dangerous. His royal progress through Russia, Austria and Italy also suggests mili tary alliances that seem to promlso easy victories. Therefore young mili tary men are all in great excitement, and seem to imagine that their young Emperor-King is going to lead them all to glory In a very short time. Un fortunately for them, and for man kind at largo, the real truth is not published. Of course, In tho tierman press any attempts at criti cism are altogether out of the ques tion; but even in tho English journals we have sycophantic accounts that are not creditable to what should be the impartial and enlightened guides of mblic opinion. We are made to bo icve that the young Emperor William distinguishes himself, shows himself a great and powerful monarch, and is re ceived with unanimous applause. Such Is not the case. Undoubtedly so far the Emperor has displayed certain kingly qualities; has given proof of some strength of will Mid some apti tude for work. BltthOW long will this last? We aro told of his manly pres ence, but we do not tlnd mention of the OOttOn-WOO pads that fill his ears to keep the outer air away from the ulcers that at any moment may atTcct his brain. Then there are the racking neuralgic pains that keep him awake all night and make him get up at un told hours in tho morning. On such occasions ho seeks to forget his sufferings by making surprise visits to barracks, where he does not fail to vent tho ill-humor caused by pain on any one whom he may find at fault. These are the freaks of a sickly man. Who shall measure :he political im noi'tance of such sickness? Who shall say "now soon this young life may be cut off? and then what will, what can happen? Tho (ierman people cheer for the Kaiser; they aro taught that all authority, all groatness, all power, should be concentrated in the one hand On the Kaiser, and na'uro, as if to prove how false, how wrong, is such a doctrine, strikes both father and son witli nam constitutional maladies, so that tho ono could only reign a few months. Theso are considerations which aro forgotten by tho gushing writers who describe the royal pag eants, and yet who shall say but that thoy are not much more Important than the uniform tho sovereigns wore or the number of times thoy pretended to kiss. London Litter. HOW TO PRONOUNCE. EDUCATED MONKEYS. Kr-,1 DO Hrtlsil Carefully, and It. f Trvlr lo You. A'ronaut. Pronounced a-or-o-nnut, the first being the strougly accented syllable. .4iii. Not agann, but agen. The usual sound of the Jlphthong al Is that or long a. Hie principle exceptions are in said, saith, again and against, where It has the sound of long e. ifQfnndiU The first syllable, ag, U the strongly accented syllable, not tho second. In tho word (iiffnimircmrH, however, it is lietter to accent the sec ond syllable, yet there is some author ity for acceiitltig tho first. .1 irifulturi.it. Not ajjrleultu-rnML Alhino. Tho I hero should bo pro nounced like i and not like e. All'umen. Tho second syllable re ceives the accent, not the first. iwraa. The first syllable, al, re ceives the aceenU Algtbrnist. The Inter editions of both Webster's and Worcester's dictionaries put the accent on the first syllable of this word. Alms. The first svl able, a, receives the principal ncccnt. Alien. A word of two syllables only It is pronounced ale-yen, not a-li-en. Alltainnre. The best usage makes this a word of only three syllables. Allopathy. This word isilivided thus nl-lop-a-thv, and tho second is the strotiglv accented syllable. AUOfOtlUtl is divided and accented in like manner, Allude. Care should be taken to make the u of this word a clear u. I,7. This word and its plural, nf- lies, are accented on tho Becond svllii- blo. Almond. The 1 Is silent. Aim. The I is silent, and tho a has its broad sound as in father. AUereution. Tho first syllable hero U nriinoiinced like al. in alum. Tho lirst syllables of ullernaU: and of allern alive are pronounced iu like manner Alveolar. The second syllable, vc receives the accent, the third syllable o, being barely touched. Atirtui. This word should be pro nounced as it is spelled, and not al wus. Ameliorate. This is a word of four. and not of five syllables, a-meel-yo-rate. Amenable. Tho second syllnblo ii me, not men. Anchovy. The second syllable, which is cho, receives the accent. Ancient. The lirst syllable is pro nounced ane, not an. Andiron. Tho last syllable is pro nounced urn, not ran. Angel. The second syllnblo of this word isjel. not JuL Alfred Aijres, tt X '. I'UI'V. It May 0 Can Catih a lla,"lll MM Aiiollm (llir la l.varolii in riirn. in Prof Bronk- As for tho monkeys man's collection, they are simply as tonishing. They are kopt in cages, and are Tory clean so much so that w hen one nf them happens to dirty It self, all the others notice the fact im mediately, and jeer and made the wry est of wry faces at the misbehaved one. Each monkey has its own plate to eat from, and knows it. and actually refuses to eat from anybody else's plate. Their training takes a long time and much trouble, because they are restless and Inattentive. Yet It is more thoroughly done without tho use of forcible or very severe means than with. It is bad policy to hurt them, boonuso they uro extremely sensitive and nervous, and a little Ill treatment will kill UttO. For this same reason they never perform more than ten consecutive minutes at a time, and. although they can boar heat and cold pretty '.veil, they must bo carefully kept out of draft. Thcie is one rnOOkej that rides on horseback. dressed in a red coat, and with a silk hat on. Ho looks, from behind, alto gether like a miniature hunts man. and when seen In front ho resembles Voltaire on horseback nf much as one egg the other. Of course, I hose moukevs know their attendants bv face, and pretty nearly by nailie One, a little Pavian, the clown oi the troop, and who jumps somer uiults. ike Barnum's best, took a dislike to the head attend ant some time ago. It must bo a strong grudge, for whenever he seoe him he makes faces at him, grinds his teeth together, shak;s his list and vanks. This same animal is learning how to catch a small base-ball. He began by learning bow to catch little sticks, then little lings, nnd will soon be sufficiently practiced to catch a ball Mr. llroekniaii savs he will teach another monkey how to pitch, and if he succeeds with this, will try to give nerfirmiincos with a base-ball nine i composed of brute animals only. lialttmorc American. THE CAMEL'S HUMPS, Tby An Mem Lumps of Fat, Collecteil I mil l It 1 old uf tin- Skill. Structurally, of course, the humps re nothing mere lumps of fat, col lected under a convenient fold of tho skin, mid utterly unprovided for in tho framework of the skeleton. When tho animal is at its best and well fed, they are full and plump, standing up on his back linn and upright; but on a long I journey they aro gradually uosoroeu to keep up the fires that work the heart and legs, and in tho caravan camels which arrive at the coast, tho skin lungs over, an empty bag, upon the creature's Hanks, bearing witness to the scarcity of external food during I the course of his long, forced march from the interior. A starved small eamel in this state of health far more closely resembles a Peruvian llama than any one who has only seen the fine, well-kept beasts In European menageries or zoological gardens could readily imagine. But water is even scantier in tho desert than food; and against want of ater. therefore, the camel has had to Provide himself, functionally at least. if not structurally, quito as much as gainst want of herbage. His stomach has accordingly acquired the power ol cting us an internal reservoir, and no ran take in al much water at the Balirs Wadys.when he rests for awhile on Ui toilsome march, as will supply his feeds for four or five days together. "There are some differences in this wpect, however, between tho two chiif varieties of the camel. The African kind is most abstemious, and aoapted to sandy deserts; the Bactrhm. a product of more varied and nter-waterod country, Is larger anu Wronger, but less patient of hungei nd thirst, while at tho same time it o manage to subsist and to make its ay into somewhat rockier and more "Cged country. Ora Allen, in Pip tor Sekmtt i(o:Uhlj. ' The KlperlunMit Made ly Mr. Mit Very l.oiif Ago. Mr. Spurgeon had occasion, somo limn iiith. to aneak to a company of theological students on tho impor tance of using illustrations in their preaching. A student observed that than found rUfflmiltv in getting illus trations, whereupon Mr. Spurgeon re marked, in his bluff way, that illustra tions enough might bo found in a tal low candle. This was regarded as an extravaganco of speech, whereupon the great preacher prepared a lecture to show what might bo illustrated by candles. In delivering his lecture ho used candles of various sizes and colors, togethor with lanterns and other suitable apparatus. Somo of his points were characteristically witty and keen. A nicely japanned but shut up box, filled with lino un used candles, illustrated an idlo and iin.,uu ehnreh. Several colossal and highly colored but unlit candles wero shown, and with them a tiny rush-light shining as best it could. The big, handsome, unlit nan" might bo Archbishops or doctors of divinity, or other persons of culturo without piety, and tho bright rush Ufht might be somo poor boy in a work-shop whoso life is beautiful. Mr. Spurgeon showed an unlighted candlo in a splendid silver candlestick, and then a brightly burning ono stuck in a ginger-beer bottle. Ho showed what a few people might do by combining their good efforts by ex hibiting the combined light of twolvo candles. Tho folly ol trying to ... a candle with the extinguisher sti on was shown, and tho dark lantern illus trated the case of tho people who make no effort to let their light shino before men. The lecturer then placed a candlo under a bushel and atterward placed the bushel measure under tho candle the point of which was obvious. In .miffing a candlo he extinguished it and remarked that Christians often did alike mischief by unwise rebukes and criticisms. The folly of burning tho candle at both ends was Illustrated. The last illustration was a number Of lighted candles of various hues placed .ther on ono stand, representing "1" . . . J! In unite the Church's truo - " all the different branches burning from one stem and for one purpose Some one in the audience asked if tho dips did not give tho best light, whereupon Mr. Spurgeon said ho wa, not sure of that and thought many of the dips would be the better for another din ning. The lecture was received with great amusement and showed Mr. Surgeon at his best, but It still re main! true that only the man of gemu can find illustrations in common things sermons in stones or in candles. Thepreaehersarofewwho can WO the mines of natural analogies. -Jftirt-fvrd CouranL SOLDIERS ON BICYCLES. Baglaad's Army Kay Be Koaated ! Orderod to I'lisht on Tfeam, THE MEXICAN WASP. An lim it thai CarrIM tho SiianUli In UMltloa III Ii- I nl When a Western wasp feels well and is not troubled with rheumatism in tho back, it can put more of its tine work into tho square Inch of u man's cuticlo than any other live fowl on the globe. A man who has been thoroughly stung by a Mexican wasp takes delight in ill The bicycle force that has been or minized in connection with the English volunteers recently had its second liol maneuvers. Bainv and disagr ibl weather embarrassed the troops on each, but the result of the turn ut has been very satisfactory. On the recent trials the men covered about one hun dred miles in forty-eight hours, fight ing, scouting, and camping by the way. There wero seventeen officers and seventy-seven men out, made up of repre sentatives of a number of leading vol unteer regiments. Tho force was divided into two bodies, one retreating and tho other following it. At fre quent intervals the retreating force made stands at bridges and other eligi ble points of defense, and the pursuers were com poled to hall, dismount, send out a skirmish line, and perform all tho other preliminaries of attack, as thouffh in active war. It was found 1 r . .-.!! 1 1 - that two or three men leu oeniuu uy n retreating body could make a show of force at a bridge, greatly delaying the advance of a pursuing force, and then could mount and swiftly ride away under cover of a hedge and escape to the main body. This ability to light and run away with greater facility than the ordinary infantryman is one ,.t ,.. ehlof noints urircd by the O, .. . j .' - bicyclers in favor of the new "arm. It is said that scouting and reconnoiter inir parties mounted on bicycles could do much more effective work, without risk of capture than men on foot. In those maneuvers, although the retreat Inf force numbered but three officers and twelve men, they succeeded in de laying the pursuers so thnt it took them i, hour to cover a distance ea-m to. ...... - made in less than two when no obstacle are interposed. Three of tho retreat ing forco dallied too long at a bridge ami were ridden down and captured DJ a detachment of the enemy. Tbaw . ,w. nitior losses. The c'sici ditll , - i .i ... t . , (,,. niim culty experience". iw ber of parallel roads occirtomilly con verging that ran thNVgtl the country traversed. Tho retreating party bad to keen scouts cowantly ahead pick in,r nn the lav of the land and bring ing In report, to protect themselves from the dar.jtr of being Hanked on some of thoi :-oads, and cut on entire iv ! a eanvenring point. In a conn in- with ono eood main road and but few side roads, the success of a bicycle corns in obstructing the passage oi an m would be much greater. W mien have not yet been introduced in th I'.ritish regular army, but if their MOSOni among the British volunteers lotiiiues it is expected that similar corps will be organized in each rccu iar regiment. -Loudon Telegraph. drinking melted lead or a gallon or two of hot liquid sulphur, they lire so de licious by contrast. A fow red hot nails driven into the soles of one's feet leen to ease tho pain inadvertently left by these wasps, "If you have never been stung by nn old-fashioned Mexican wasp," writes Charles Brazil from Pueblo, Col., it is an experience vou want to avoid care fully, contenting yourself with such in format ion about tho littlo beauty as you can gather from third parties and dnmimanta. It is. when mature and althy, about two Inches long with a st nir that looks UKe the point of a flno cambric needl It is a brownish reu in color and its disposition is always hostile. When it stings you there is for a mo ment or two a sensation of nuinbii about thu part which rapidly gives place to a pain that can only bo de scribed as agony. If you can imagine how it would feel to have a wire drawn through tho most sensitive part of your body and then raised slowly to a white heat yon could perhaps form a tneo retical idoa of what tho feeling is lik The stine- is never fatal, and the pain passes away after an hour or two, but it is llmpb MfUlnh while it lasts DwrlnC the Mexican war ono of the companies ol ifonipuan s uuiumhmm camped in an old building where there was a colony of theso wasps, ill managed to disturb the insects in some u, and the company was completely routed and demoralized; somo of the men ran miles away from tho place be f,,r., ilo.v were found and L'lithered in atrain. Dr. Gunning, of Heshoar, Col has made quito a study of these rticu. lates, which, ho says, ropresent an un classified membor of tho wasp family. There are, I bolievo, no living creat ures outside of snakes, scorpions and centipedes which are able to inflict so much suffering on their onemlos." N. Y. Telegram. Height of Ocean Wave. A writer in tho Liverpool Mercury a captain of tho mercantile marine I, os inkeii careful observations as tC tho height of 00MB waves In a gale He made them during a voyage round Cupo Horn, and to do it ho went up in tho main rigging, to get, possioie tho top of tho wave coming up astern iu a lino of sight from the mast to the horizon at tho back, it was a difficult operation, but tho Captain obtained mime eood observations, marking the height of tho waves on tho mast On measuring tho distance from theso to the mean draught, he found them to be i'Umi i CI. .OH and to feet, n fO dlfeljr varying iu length from iu i teat. DEATH-RATE OF INFANTS. The iiauiciTK of Babyhood ami ChUdheed lllimtraleil by I iRiires. It Is a startling fact, which meets tho student of Vital statistics at the outset of his investigations, that from one-third to ono-half uf all tho persons born into tho world die before reach ing tho age of five years. Or, to face tho terrible reality from another point view, so L'reat are the dangers of infancy, that a child which has com pleted its fifth year actually has an xpectation of life more than twoio years greater than it had at birth. The exact proportion of deal lis varies greatly III iliuereni, coiiniries and localities, at different times and niuler different circumstances. Stalls tics are of value only in showing aver age results. In Norway, for example, tho population dying under llvo Is tnted by Ir. l nrr, to be '.Ml. ft per 1 IMNI horn: while in KiiL'land, it Is .i.lH 1,000, and in Italy ."H7 per 1,000. In fifty-one so-called 'healthy dis tricts" of England nnd Wales, accord ing to tho same authority, the mortal ity under llvo is Id per 1.000 born. while in tho Liverpool district, repre senting the most unfavorable sanitary conditions, it is hit) per 1,000. In the different parts of our own country, wo tind nearly as great a variety as on tho continent 01 huropo. Kven In tho same lalitiulo, tho propor tion varies greatly, according as city or country districts aro considered. In the Slate of Vermont, which contains no largo cltlos, and represents essen tially a rural population, tho number Of deaths under llvo, for tho year 18K!I, was M.8 per cent, ol tho whole num ber of deaths; In tho Stato of Massa chusetts, which embracos several largo cities within lis limits, for tho twolvo years ending In 1HHI, it was 84.74 per - - . . . a T V I. cent; and in tho city or new aura nlono, for tho seven years ending in 1878, it was exactly ftO per cent, of tho entire mortality... K trench, M. V., Papular Science Monthly. Ml -JCELLANEO It Is said that a fir Is standing in tho Knnteh Valley. Nevada, which meas ures fifty-eight feet In circumference levon feet from the ground. A Smith Carolina man attempted to pawn a horse, and was surprised when his undo" told him that he didn't like securities that could walk away. - A Michigan man, Indlgginga welt. struck a fiu of water which he thought contained mineral properties, and was disgusted to find that he had tapped a sewer. t he the great continental powero of Europe now have 12,000.000 men un der arms, not to mention tho naval armaments, almost double In size tho whole sea lighting forco of the world twenty years ago. The citizens of Dllon boast that have the oldest poplar In France, but just how old it Is no one knows. It U 123 feet high, forty-five feet in circum ference at the base, and twenty-three feet in elroumforeuce fifteen feet from the base. At the great steel works In l lovo- laml. 0 a largo elect ro-mngnot is used, suspended from a crane, to pick up Iron or steel bars and billets. It will take up 800 pounds, and as soon as the electric current Is turned on afte moving the load, will drop It in the proper place, thus doing the work of a gang of men. Kentucky Is as tnmoiis lor m w ,., , , j .1 spread ami critical Know -leuge in m" Bible as for its sensativo appreciation of red-eye. The newspapers down there are many of them daily com mentaries, Hero is a sample para graph from tho Scottsville Sentinel: Milk makes most people bilious, anu honey gives most people the colio. rherefora a land flowing with nunc and honey Is not as desirable as ono dripping with tree molasses and flour batter-cakes. The first attempt to record a public speech by means of tho phonograph was made al a political rally in wow York recently. A funnel seven loot long was placed In front of tho pint form, connecting with the transmitter of tho phonograph. Aftor the moot ing the instrument was tested, and tno experiment found to have boon entirely successful, the speaker's voice being heard as distinctly as In the original address, together with souuds of the applause nnd music. The following anecdote is rolatad of President Lincoln: One ovoninfr Mrs. Lincoln swept, magnificently dressed, Into tho library where the President was waiting to escort hor Into tho brilliant reception-parlor. Her dross had a very long train, and was cut low at tho neck. Lincoln waa standing with his back to the Uro whon his wife entered. "Whew!" said old Abo, "What a long tail our cat has to night!" Mrs. Lincoln made no answer, and the President continued: "Say, mother, don't you think It would be bettor If some of our cat's tall wae around her ueckP" The Real "Woman Problem." Recognizing heredity as the distinct ive iiltrihiitn of the female sex, It be comes clear that il must be from tin steady advance) of woman rather than from tho uncertain lliietuattons of man that the sure and solid progress of the future is to come. Tho attempt to move tho whole race forward by elevating tho sex that represents the principle of instablillty bus long enough been tried. The many cases of superior men tho sons of superior mothers, coupled with the many more cnseB of degenerate sons of superior sires, have taught us over and over iiL-nin that tho way to civilize tho r.ico Is to civilize woman. Anil now, Illinois to modern biologic science, we sen why this is so. Woman is the unchanging trunk of tho great genealogic ti while man, with all his vaunted supe riority. is but the brunch, a grafted cion. as it were, whose acquired qua! Itics dlo with tho individual, while ii ,,f woman are handed on to futurity. Woman it the race, and tin race can be raised up only as hIio Is raised up. Thero is no fixed rule by which Nature has intended that one ex should excel the other, any more than there Is any fixed point beyond which either car. not further develo) True science teuches that th education of woman is the only sure roud to tho evolution of man. I to. Letter F. Ward, in t'rvm. Under tho new code duello tho au .,,, wriLes the last card Is awarded the battle. Louisville Com mtrcial. TWO MEN AT DINNER. BUtoeaee Between nn BMIMhieM aado te 'reaehaiaa t Tnidm ii'iiui.; "Tho Englshinan Is big, square, red, hairy. Ho has breakfasted at nine o'clock nnd walked all day with a fow minutes' rest for lunch. Ho calls for hanipagne sec. Ho guzzlos the soup; he iloes not laste it. He drenchos tho fish In some black English sauce, and sends it after tho soup. In regular order follow roast nnd vegetable and game. Hut whether tough or tender, ooked to a turn or burned to a crisp. your Englishman knows little and caroa less. Ho continues to soak ovoryllinqr with the dark sauce, augmented by mustard and black popper. Tho des sert finds him slightly congested, but full. Hols now going Ui stuff his short. briarwood pipe with black tobacco, and enjoy It between slpi of tho more than questionable coffoo, and ho will round oh with a 11. & S. And when ho men tions tho hotel to-morr)w, or the day aftor to-morrow, to tho traveling women of his country, as ho moots them all along tho route, ho will hol low forth: "Very nlco table. Indeed, at that place!" (Eor this ll always their subject of conversation). Hut the poor Frenchman! Ho la sallow; ho will soon bo bald; his white teeth aro miracles of thodontlst s skill. Ono discerns his flabby muscles be- noath tho lino cloth of his fiishlonable coat. Ho has placed his monocio in the corner of his eye to road the enrto which ho holds gingerly In ono fastidi ous hand -a hand which is skilled enough with tho sword or the pistol. but which has never In his lifo Btrucka blow from tho Bhouldor. Through tho day ho has probably driven In a car riage to Borne view of interest no nas smoked countless olgarettes he Is not hungry. He finds the menu Impossible , from tho first glance. Ho foresees the watery soup In which will bo lloatlng squares of vague paste. Tho fish may bo fresh, tho sauco served with It will bo nauseating! Tho beef will bo done to death, tho capon a skeleton and burnt into tho bargain. Tho waiter haa a tiresome and disgusting habit of In troducing his nbomlnablo thumb Into tho dishes he places on tho table! The people opposite mako a frightful noise as thoy eat! Tho knives and forks are black! Your Frenchman nibbles a bit of cheese and moistens it with a red poison labeled Saint Jullon. Ho leaves tho table thinking with a sigh of the Cafe Auglals. Ho lights another cigar ette. Ho wonders whon ho will begin to suffer from that epigastric burning to which his physlclnn has given tho coquettish name of pyrosis. 'Zusa! Blank!' ho says, 'what a moss!' "Now will you ntllrm that those two men have eaten tho same dinner? But the menu was the samel" f 'urts Letter.