THE FORT OF SAND.
Ail &xj x&S aS d7
Ac lt teealr rair,
VTItto eirr tiai
.At e4?e li wu
Ozr ieri ; lasl
TK S Sp hOM tj-
TSfc4rMtUzt Usii.
Aiel tfce tli S
tfc tmrrtz.; ra3;
Wn hi . ee ptt
PtoafeC ptiasndL.
Or ivn ef loo.
Buattarr-4 -r-Ut
Aa raaaferl i n nilr;
TBI te tes irri
Oa a ixj rss Ssel
Aa at abac tt atea tale,
S-ej : iat Sererer
Bat Uat na: 4 7,
am tn irpr Urin.
Aa et ChSM-Uct.
yWfctU fim Vrtfii
TVyy are If,- 'i-Unf yet
B;msk tfcrKrf
Oar Jer: ef nat.
AX A3IATEUR 3ICRDERER
A
Good Reason for Telling
Story at This Time.
the
Now that the chance? are that I shall
fce nominated for Congress aext elec
tion, I have been looking over r past
Vile, and I can boI be-lp bat admit
there are mir Incidents in it that if
unexplained will eriooly jeopardize
my chance of being at the bead of the
poll. Sapo-iMg that in the heat of
the contest cry opponent sudIenly
charged me with Wrtg under arre't
for murder, and that, loo. oa mr own
confeb, I very much fear, that
in the turmoil of a political meeting I
would not be heard with that patience
that would enable we to dear mv-elf
in the minds of the lei partisan of the
andienee.
D-ny it? WelL I coulda't rerr well
do thai, because I he charge would be
true, and it is well known that what
ever el-e a politician mar do. he caa
nerer. never tell a lie. lie is like the
curly-beaded hoy of the poem, or
Gorge Washington, or a newspaper
in that respect.
So I rathor choose to tell the facta of
the matter while the public mind is
reasonably calm and tlion hare this
account reprinted in the form of a cir
cular daring the contest Sf the charge
is at that time brought against me.
A friend of mine, a tirst-rate fellow
and an artist in fact the term are
generally synonymous was in staled
matter of a Masonic lodge, and after
the cerenioHv he gave a grand dinner
at Anderton's Hotel, the Masonic tav
ern of Fleet street, London.
The ceremony took a great deal of
time, and vhn the banquet which fol
lowed was orer it was very late. I
found that all conveyances had stopped
for the night. I fried to engage a cab,
but as I lived a long way out the cab
bies showed great reluctance in accept
ing so distant a fare. The night was
clear and the walking good, so I f truck
out and determined on the way to see
M.nic' unfamiliar parts of London at an
unfamiliar time. I buttoned my over
coat a I i ut me and started out on foot.
After I had gone several miles through
the silent town, meeting no one but
an occasional licMiinn or some
vagrant like myself. I began to regret
th U I had not cut up at one of the
Jown-town hole!:. An unaccountable
ilnrt took iMWMfc-Mon of me, and this
was the more remarkable a I had done
Hii.u I could during the dinner to
run-n eh it. 0 oour? at this hour there
m no place opeu where a tired way
farer eould refresh himself.
Locking down a side street I saw a
bright light stream out on the road,
an 1 1 said to myself that I could likely
s;et at least a glass of water there.
I found this place to be apparently a
pub'.ic houf e- It stood ou the corner
and had large windows, covered on the
toner half with red curtains through
which a jwrson could not see, but to
judge bv the sound of revelry within
there was no lack of something to
drink, it seemed strange that any
place should so defy the law, but I was
thirsty and went in. The moment I
pjwnrd the door there was an instant
hush and every on k k ed towards in
well as they could through the
rlouds of smoke that filled the room.
A rugh bar was oracled to the right
of the entrance, and behind it were
barrels of Ixor. A slalwait barkeeper
was tilling glasses from those barrols
without the aid of the ordinary Utdful
and ornamental beer pump.
Til take a glass of beer, if you
please." I said, putting down my
roonrr.
-Bear, sir? Yos, sir," skl the
man.
But he made no motion to flit my
order. Ha looked toward the end of
the room and a burly man in hb shirt
ileeves came forward.
"What's your name?" he said,
gruffly.
My name." I answered, 'is cask
I hav found it a good title to travel
under in different parts of the world.
There' my card," I continued, point
ing to the shilling ou the table. "I
am very thinly and I want a glass of
beer."
Oh. you do, do you? Don't you
know that no boor's sold in London at
thU time of night?"
Well, you eeom to bo baring all
you want here."
Oil, wo $cem, do we? And you
want to make jurr, do you? Now,
we've had enough of your compauy.
Haven't we, lad?" There was a roar
of aent nt this and the boor mug
rattled on the deal tables. The burly
uiau itrcde to the door and otxined It
wide. As fce did so there appeared to
be a move among the as?rabi'r to xs
aalt me. fct the maa hckl ap his
hand and said, aathorfta-iveir: "?-tt
here, lad. "w." h saoated.
taratar ae. "yv tl t .r'
I sever btaady wards with a man who
is ma eh larger aad straaer tlraa ar-
Hslf. aad the ?f-d with wMHi I gK
oat a the pareflet readered fatilc
his gid-aa:ared attewfK t a-siM mm
omi. I heard the door btlted aa I the
baWHih reaewed with greater aeree
n f-i than bsfore.
I walked are aad the earer aad s'od
a moaieat l-okiag at the radtl .- Min
aaws wwaderiac what th maaiac
to ef sh a ree?ptfoa. Even if I had
(mated iU a private atheriag.
wblca seeated possible, the desire for
a eat glass of beer is act locked oa
hr the a-erace EiIishataa a pouta?
a prsoa byroad the pile of civil treat
aat It is a rearaiac thev zeaerallr
appreeiafe aad 5 rwpaUuz with.
As I slod there aeditatiag oa the
enrcataastaaees a stde door vrened aad
a woaaaa's head appeared. Iokiac
fartively ap aad down the street ibe
wauperea waea sae saw ae:
"Cat far it! Don't staad liere. hat
ma?"
"Whjr' I asked, 'what hare i
They think voa're aa iaforaMr.
Raaf
"I'll go back aad show theat I'm nM
an iaforater. What shoald I iaforai
about."
v, ooa t ;taal tare bat
Their ve too ararh drink la them to
Ibtert to you. Cat for it or there'll he
murder."
im tats tae aoor was cloel as
oftly as k opened, and thinking that
perhaps the worn a a kaew better than
I. what sort of eomtMaioas she had. I
Tut for it."
Before I got around the corner I no-
ueeu inree men come out, ami seeing
me catting for it ther followed, but
not with as much haste as they would
have done. I thought, if they wanted
to catch me. Nevertheless before I
had turned the next corner they were
at the first turntn". and as thev came
into the light of the corner lamp I no
ticed that each had a stout stiek in his
band. I ran down the next street ami
in a very few moments saw why they
did not hurry. I was in a trap. Up
in the darkness before me loomed the
huse brick viaduct of a rail war that
ran above the housetop. Against
this ended the street and there was no
wav out except the rood bv which I
came.
Just as the position of affairs
lawned on me mv three pursuers ap
peared at the other end of the street.
inere was a lamp about hail war
down the street and I reached it a little
before they did.
Well," I said, dejectedly. "I sup
pose it s all up. I ee vou know me.
You won't know yourself when
we be done w'ye." said the foremost
mill an.
Oh." I exclaimed. "I jrlve mvelf
op. I am tired of hiding, and intend
ed to "'re up to the first policeman I
met. Bat you may as well have the
reward among vou. I suppose. It won't
make anv ditference to mo."
"What reward?" cried another of
the gang.
"The one hundred pound. Vou
know, of coorse. that I am Brown, the
murderer. "
Now. here was a curious phase of
human nature. Ln to that moment
they had been pres-m around me.
each waiting for the others to strike
first. But the moment I mentioned
aty name they fell back aghast, as if it
would have been contamination to
(ouch me. And yet they were thom-
teives oin" to make a brutal a-sault
that for all they knew would ond in
aiurder. Brown was not the name of
the murderer that all London was
search inir for at that time, but that
name will serve. Hi bad been
i week in hiding, with the toils
ere U in" closer and closer around
aim. He had been seen in every
-marter of the metropolis and maur
man over his glass of beer had told
now he had passed him. or spoke
!o him. or thought he had. M v three
ruffians oonulied together for a mo
ment. The startling announcement I
had made had sobered them. The
crime I had been guilty of had be on
one of particular atrocity. I could
ee that the three had half a mind to
"eut for it" themselves.
"Will yon go nuletly with us to tho
station?" ?aid the foromoU rutlian.
Certainly. Two of vo i can take
my arm and the other follow with his
tlek. I couldn't got away if I tried."
They declined to touch me. but one
walked oh each tide while the third
followed.
"This i Brown, tfw murderer,"
said the foremost ruffian to the sleepy
inspector at the station, whioh we
reached after a long walk.
inUj cried that functionary.
as he sprang up, wiue awake The
two policemen who wore sitting In on
a side bench juinjMxl to their feet. I
ltHed off my overcoat and stood in
the dingy station in all the dazzling
giorr of full evening dross The ruf
fians rubbed their eyes as if a trans
formation seone had taken plaee. Of
course a man may bo a murderer in a
dross suit, but that Is not the popular
conception of him.
The polieeiuon looked at me and be
gan to laugh.
Thore the picture of Brown, snld
the inspector, pointing to the walL
I am tiot handsome, but I did not in
the least rosamblo Brown.
"Now, I tald to my threo ruffians,
l am evar so niHen owl 'oil tor vour
OHMti. I (eel naler hire than I dhl in
that Wind alraat. If vuu have no other
charge against me than the trivial one
of xattrier jam had tetter g befijre I
tell my story."
They seemed to agree with roe and ,
hastily left. -Ltd Sharp,'" in Dtlrov '
Frvs. Trot. I
CHINESE FOOT-GEAR.
A C-oaatry TTTiTr- a Mm' tsla la Ltf
CWaese s tors are apt to appear t
as all very isacfc alike, aad. looking al
aacieat pirtares, they seem as if they
had beea the saaie as far bark a w
can ro. Aa iatelligeat loagoiiaa ir
j. . .j .....
- mt J, nan tut
masses oi iaatoa aave orerrel it
. .
liter years, -arhfle the shoes of diSereat
classes of people differ both as to shape
aad aateriaL No doebt it i; a weak
aes of oars which caases as to thiak
every Chiaaataa's shoes to be iadis
tingthaUe frota his neighbors, jasl
as we fancy all thetr faces to b very
atoeh alike. Ia Cbiaa. aotwithstaad
tag, it appears that the fho. as weC
as the other portions of costvse, k
caiaraat of oae's statioa ic
life. Thas the workiag-aMa wean
a particular shape aad eoior.
the learned maa another, aad tin
31 aad aria another. Yob look at i
man'.- shoes aad von caa tell his rank.
The Mandarin aSects boots greatly.
aa mere is a eunoa ratom in roa
reetion with them. When he gives up
oalce as governor of a district ot
province, the beads of the various de
partments wait upon him aad request
his boots which are placed ia the tem
ple. They at the same time make hi ix
a preseat of considerable saas ol
money.
The ordinary shoe has a sole of felt
with an uppr of eouoa. A -iasie
piece of leather is sewed on under the
felt which U about an inch thick. The
sides of the sole are painted vhite.
Great numbers of these are imported
into this country aad sell at l.&k
they may be bought in China for about
ninety cents. A Chicago gentleman,
who was for years a resident in China,
informs the writer that he found tbee
extremely comfortable for movie
about his house and garden.
The upper classes go in for embroid
ery oa their shoes and slipper oa aa
extensive and artistic scale, but I could
not learn of any article which would
cost more than four dollar. Tbt
effect of the embroidery is mostly very
pleasing. It is always what may be
called surface decoration. The general
guiding forms are first considered, and
these are decorated. The flowers are
not natural flower?. We do not see.
a in our work, a hijrhly wrought imi
tation of a natural flower with its light !
and shade struggling to standout from
the surface on which it is placed, but a
conventional representation sufficient
ly near to suggest an image to the
mind. Men's dress boots or sho-s re
of velvet or satin with the universal
while sole.
Chinese ladies, like those of other
land, pride themselves on the small
nes of their feet, but in no other
part of the world is so unnatural a
method employed to secure the desired
end. All the Chinese, who can afford
it, cause the unformed bone of the
female infant to be broken, and the
toes to be bent beneath the palm ol
the foot. In this war the foot is band
aged and not allowed to grow. The
result is a miraculously small foot a
larg unwieldv ankle and no calf.
The pain of the alteration in the
direction of the bone freuuenilv kill
the sufferer. Yet mothers take a pride
in submitting their children to this
dreadful ordeaL When these grow up
they have a limping gait, aad there
are frequent fall-, often resulting in
erious injury and broken bone. Tbi-
barbarous custom is practiced not only
among fine ladies, who can ride ia
sedan chairs, but among the poorer
classes, who have to toil all day in the
fields. SAoe anil Ltathtr IlevUm.
Took the Chances and Lost.
The occupant of the ofilee on Larned
street went out the other afternoon.
loaving a bay in charge, and pretty
soon a stranger called and asked:
"Is Mr. Blank in?"
"No. sir."
'Be in soon?"
"I I don't know."
"Gone out of town?"
"I dunno. You want to se him
personally?"
le. How long has he boon out?"
Qiiite a spell. Can't vou come in
to-morrow?"
"No; must see him to-day."
The boy got up and walked around
for two or three minutos breathing
us If considerably excited, and then
observed:
'Sa mi tor. If you've got a case
for Mister Blank he ought to know It;
if you've got a bill ho won't pay It
I'll take the chances and ask what
vou want to see him for?"
'To collect a debt of seven dollars."
"Humph! I took tho chances and
lo3t. Ho won't be homo for a week."
Detroit Fr Press.
The sun-spot expounder of the
Rochester Democrat and CArorHVc,
who has during the past two yoars,
beon remarkably successful in his pre
dictions as to the weather, based on
tho violence of solar activity, or rath
or upon the prevalence of spots tqion
the sun which produce elootrioal
btorms, states that theso disturbances
are decreasing slowlv to the munlmum.
and whoH that Is reached there will
be a gradual increase of cleotrical
storm for two or throe years.
Wooden shoos for children have
bcon introduced with some success In
London. They are so cheap that they
can not bo pawned, as leather shoe
frequently are. by the parents of many
por ohlldren to whom they are given
bf oharttable people
LEARNING TO SWIM.
Aa Inpntut ArwsapUbiB4rat That
5bo-aVl lie A-rjLrrl by ErrTjtxd-.
Laramg to svim reqaires iatettee.
al as well as phys'eil effort; the form
er is rarely ased, aad the caase-aa-pae
is that it soaMtisMS takes caoaths, aad
oftea year, to leara. The great
troall ta iearatuc is tae Berroasaess
that everv oae feels at first ab-ai zei-
tiag the head aader water, aad alt ef
forts are ased in keepiar the head oat
The eiperieae of the writer in Seaca
iac: bovs o swiai has caaviaeed hint
!!hatthi wroac. A soi swi
j . , . . ... . .
?-aw ir w awi wAtcr
eil as at the ;arfae. aad the sirs:
step ia learaiag shoald be to get ac
customed to having the head aoder
water. The learner should at arst have
all fear takea away, aad thca the rest
is eay. IV? writer has taaght quite
a number of boy to swim, aad ia
naar eases they have learned at the
rry erst time trying. His method is
as follows: Take the leaner into the
water, clear water if it eaa be fomd.
i boat waist deep, so that he knows that
he caa recover his footing at aar time
he chooses. The irst effort should be
to bold the breath aad submerge the
face, keeping the eyes opes, or better
tll. if he can do it at Srst. submerge
the whole head. This shou!d b prac
ticed until no diiacultr is experienced
in keeping the eyes open, aad exclud
ing the water from the mouth aad
nose, aad until all aervousaess is goae.
There need be no fear of injury to the
eyes or ears. Then the learner shoald
-leet aa obj -ct. say fifteen feet away.
plunge boidiv aader the watrr. and
make the be of hi way to it by swim
ming under waser wit ai eyes op-en.
and fixed upon the point selected. I
almot all eases, his mind being r
adopt the methods calculated toaccom
pt sh the end desired, while, oa the
other hand, a nervous effort to keep
the head out of water fixes the mind
upon that alone, and the effort is mad
in that direction, rather than in learu
ing to swim.
Some instruction ia making the
stroke, however, should be given. The
Anger ends should be brought to
gether at the breast, with the thumbs
ide by side between the palm of the
hand and level with their nppe
; rclge; wlta the harm in this position.
the arm should be extended to thfir
full length, when the back. of the
band should be rolled inward, brin
ing the thumbs down, until the back:
f rm the letter V, the thumb being
back to back and the edges of the
forefingers touching. The learner i
now in position for making the mo
important movement in learning to
swim, and this is made by sweeping
the extended arms and "dishin
hand rapidly around until they touch
ihe side, when thev should again be
brought to the breast ready for an
other stroke. There are few reader
who have not seen the movement of
the frog in the water, and the aim
should be to imitate it in the move
ment of the legs. In the recovering
s'rokethe movement should be slow
that of the propeling stroke rapid by
comparison.
0 lr about two and one-half pound
of lifting force, in addition to the
buoyancy of the body, is required to
bold the head entirelv out of the
water. 0. GutArie, i"n Chicago Herald.
STIRRING ADVENTURES.
Sen ami Incltl-Bt in thr narljr of
Coloradft 31lnln Iloom.
In the earlier dais of Colorado min
ing camps there were some very stir
ring scenes ami adventures and the
tenderfeet were broken in without
much ceremouv sometimes. I remem
ber visiting a certain camp when it
was quite new, and saving a man's life
the verr firt night. He was in the
bed next to mine in the tent, and about
midnight an order came for him to got
up, as he wa wanted. Hs was asked
to lose no time, as he was to be sum
marily triad for having shot a man. I
jumped up and declared that the man
was innocent, but I was shown the
muzzle of a 42caliber and told to lie
down. However, as there was no help
for it, I -aid I would acronipanv the
accused, who was nearly frightened out
ot nis wits. e went ttown to one
who was styled "the Ju'tice." and the
complaint was lodged that the prisoner
had shot a man. As he could say
nothing in his own behalf. I spoke for
him. and stated that at the time the
shooting was said to have occurred
the accused was soundly sloe ping,
fust then a stranger appeared and an
nounced that he tiki the shooting, and
proved that it was in self-defense, and
the matter was all settled. Next day
we were treated to a little "fnH." A
tin can was tied to an uaweleome visi
tor's eoat-taiL and he was told to
"git." He lost no time in striking a
2:10 gait, and as he flew down the
road the can dangling behind him
was a mark for all the rest of the boys
to "take a crack at. More than one
of them hit the can. too, aad I am not
ire but that I made it quiver myself.
We thought it was faaav, and so did
ihe poor victim perhaps. G. Trum-
MtU, in . Lohs GUilt' Democrat
A young woaiaa appeared at the
post-otace a day or two since, and
passing a letter over to a clerk asked
now much it would east to sad it to
its destination. The letter was weighed
and the price anaowaced. The young
woman tigbed heavily as she re
marked: "Well, it's his Meture, aad
I don't waat it now, and he shall have
t if It east me 25 cent." She dkla't
explain why the had no further use for
it. Taunton Oaootte.
Talk a beat worsen
Look at bank eathlen,
belag flighrv!
FINE POINT IN LAW.
Ca s State IVr tbr 0Mr of Tlrl V:rprtj
la Anotfeer state?
Dariag Fehrsary of the present year
a proatiaeat Chattasoogaa wanted to
Sfcare the property oa Georgia aveuae
aad Tenth street beioagiag to the State
ef Georgia, aad. desiring to deal direct
with the Executive head of the S:at.
dispatched one of oar leading at
toraeys to Adaata to aegoUate for
the porchase with Governor Gorioo.
The lawyer waited apou the Governor
ia the Executive oface of the capitot
aad forthwith stated the object of bis
erraad. Gveror Gordon, cautious
ia all t sings claimed he could not
eater into a trade without first receiv
ing aa order froam the Lgilature for
the ale of the property. This brought
about a discassioa regarding the title
the State of Georgia had to the proper
ty, aad ia the conversation aa idea
dawaed apoa the raiod of the Chat
iaaoogan which he straightway gve
to the Governor la a "brief' style. He
said:
"The right of way of the Western
& Atlantic road, iaduding the Union
statioa ground of elsrea acre, was
conveyed by various parties to the
State of Georgia. The territorial Itm
i's of this S '.:? were fixed when it was
admitted into the Union, aad for it to
be aaie to acquire a title to any real
estate byond the limit a fixed would
be to permit it to change it boundary
lines ad libitum, which it caa nt do
aider the Cnstitution of the United
states without the con seat of the leg
islatures of the two State concerned
as well as of Congress. F ;rther. if
the State of G .-wgia has the title to the
land in question, then ic has ab-olute
dominion and sovereignty or r it.
powers oi police regulation, etc.. to
the exr!uiou ani wholly iodene ident
of the State of Tenee: and if an
offene hou!d be committed by any
one on the laud in qnetion the offender
would have to be held amenable
therefor to the law of Georgia nd not
of Tennessee, as there can be but one
-overeignty over the same. Th
question, then natural ly arises:
in whom is the title to the land
vested? It must revert to the original
venders to the State of Georgia, as
the S ate can not hold it. ele it must
escheat to the State of Tennessee
most 1 kely to the latter."
A the attorney concluded his re
markable verbal brief, delivered, of
eour-e, in a more conc'se and forcible
siyle than the Times is able to quote,
his dilingui-bed auditor evinced con
siderable interest, and ejaculated
something like: "Well, there i con
siderable in that, isn't there?" Furih
er along he evinced surprise that
the matter had not before been put in
this light by able legal lights who had
interests in the matter.
The property in question is far from
being inigniticant. representing fully
$1,030,000. not a bad take for Ten
ne?see to gobble. Upon what i
known a G.orgia land stands the
Wetern & Atlantic Nation, the new
block of building recently erected on
Ninth treeu the triangle at the corn
er of Tenth treet and Georgia avenue,
and hoold the matter ever be given
consideration, it would affect Union
aiion, the Na-hville & Chat
tanooga station, the I'alace Hotel, and
the entire tract of land known a the
Nahville flats thi property having
been old by Georgia.
NVver betore has there been any at
tention called to the validity of
G-orgia' title, and the question, aside
from any litigation which might arie.
an interesting one legally. If the
l;nd Is Georgia land it must certainly
be under the jurisdiction of Georgia.
and If such i the case the occupant
are Georgians. Atlanta can swell her
State's population by including these
residents in the next census
The Chattanooga lawyer referred to
is a lending member of tue Chatta
nooga bar and tho counsel for one of
the largest corporations in the coun
try. He i confident his viw is the
correct one, and claims that the court
will sustain him in hi opinion.
Chattanooga (Tcnn.) Times.
To Preserve the Complexion.
English women, as a rule, possess in
youth and keep till age the finest con
piexioos. lneir climate is kind to
them. Its perpetual moiture seems
to keep them in perpetual bloom, as it
does their wonderful roses. But be
sides their climate, their enstoms fa
vor thorn. English girls are kept in
the nurery or the school-room, freo
from the excitement of late hour, rich
food. adHlt societv, fashionable dre
or nanus, mi tneir constitutions are
tabbshed and their physiques devel
oped. The simple food, daily until.
hours spent out of doors, on foot or on
horseback, and uneventful life, give
them sound stomachs, hearty livers
ami tranquil nerves, and the beautiful
coloring is a matter of course. It can
not be said too strongly that health is
the only safe renovator of the com
plexion. Cleanliness is the one uni
versal cosmetic. And if the women of
this generation have lost their fresh
ness through carelessness or igno
rance, or spito of climate, they can nt
least rear their daughters to presorve
that inheri lance of beauty, to whioh
most Americans are bora. Harpers
Bazar.
TheVacavitle (CL) Reporter svs:
Oh Mrs. E P. Buckingham's ranci.
;oou vallev, is a monster fig tree
around which staging thirty feet high
has been erected, so as to gather the
fruit, the yiald from which is ofton a
ton. The tree is about twenty-four rears
old, aad we presume was planted by
DtMHOtna Paaa. Five feet frat the
greuad It measures 115 inches In circumference.
' SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Of Edinburgh' 131 churches, 124
are said to be Presbyterian.
A committee of the Board of Edu
cation of New York City has reported
in favor of introducing manual training
ia its schools.
. Among the fifteen yonng theologi
cal students graduated from Anburn
Theological Seminary a few days ago
were a Hindoo, a negro and several
Europeans.
All the evangelical churches of
Europe ami America during the past
year contributed $10,871,000, which is
an advance of $850,000 beyond tho pre
ceding year.
In Italy, for 28,000,000 inhabitants,
there are 47,000 schools, one for every
S00 people, at a cost of 8Jd- per head.
The average number of pupils at the
schools Is 40.
The Church of England received
last year in voluntary offerings, 8.-
9t,250 for the building and restora
tion of churches and parsonages and
the endowment of benefices.
The Gopel of Mark has been
infd in raised characters for the use
,i the Minn in Lnina. romon ot tne
BiMe have already been printed for the
blind in 219 languages, uing this in
vention of Dr. Moon. .V. J. H7'neu.
At the annual meeting of the Chi
cago Young Men's Christian Asocii
tion the total membership was report
ed as 4.-";09; employment had beon se
cured for 4.4C4 men and boys; the t -tal
receipts for the year were ?33,.4-3.
In Greece tho Government jn?r
mits the free distribution of the Scrip
ture. and protects the eporUMir-v-The
Gospels in the original fold)
Greek are used a a reading book in
the higher classes of the primary
schools. Gospel preaching is yet on a
limited scale, owing to the lack of
qualified preachers.
Rev. E. H. Smith, a Methodist
mini-terwho ha charge of the Etowah
(Ga.) district, i too poor to own a
horse, and consequently he has to
walk his circuit, over liften miles in
extent, to meet hi appointment. His
alary is $200 a year. The Attanta
Constitution is raising money with
which to buy the reverend gentleman
a hore.
On the day of his coronation.
George III eoniioed a prayer, which,
for brevity and good sense, ha rarely
been equaled. It was afterwards found
in his de?k. It reads thru: "Keep me.
O Lord, from silly and unguarded
friends, and from secret and de.-igning
enemies and give me those things
that are be.t for me, through Jesus
Christ our Lord."
A CENTURY'S GROWTH.
Terrltorr Acquired Uy the United States
Mnrp the l.ouUlana I'archa.e.
It is a century since the famed "Or
dinance of 17S7" was passed by Con
gress, ami thp first Territory organized
tiie Northwest Territory, whose offi
cial name was " The Territory North
west of the Ohio River." The ordi
nance was passed July 13, 17s7.
At that time, the L'nited State em
braced only S'JO.GiO square miles: Flor
ida belonged to Spain, and the Missis
sippi river was our Western boundary.
Our first acqni-ition of territory was
the purchse of Louisiana from France
in lfe08. This province embraced not
only the present State of Louisiana,
but all the vast area from the Missis
sippi on the east to Oregon and Wash
ington (which then were claimed by
Great Britain) and the vast region
known as Upper California, belonging
to Mexico, on the west: and from the
Gulf on rhe south to British America
on the north. To be more precise, it
embraced what are now known as
Louiiatia, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota. Dakota, the larger part of
Montana, the larger part of Wyoming,
part of Colorado. Nebraska and the
Iudian Territory, and was 930,923
square miles in extent, or more than
100,000 square miles larger than tho
original domain of the countrv. For
this we paid $15,000,000 to France.
Our next acquisition was Florida, in
1S20, for which 5.000,000 was paid,
adding 59. 7'20 square miles to the Na
tional area. In 1S46 tho dispute with
Great Britain about the ownership of
Oregon embracing what is now the
State of Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory was M-ttKnl by treaty in our fa
vor, and 22, 425 square miles more be
came ours.
In 1S45 Texas became a membor of
the Union by annexation. The inde
pendence of Texas had. however,
never been acknowledged by Mexico,
nud by this annexation wo" also an
nexed tho Mexican war. By the treaty
of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, which ended
tho war, Mexico relinqui.-hud ler
claim to Ten, and wo paid her $15,
000,000 for Upixn- California embrac
ing California. Nevada, Utah, Arizona,
New Mexico and tho western portion
of Colorado. In 1S58, tho "Gadsden
purchase," a strip of land south of tho
Gila rivor, now part of Arizona and
Now Mexico was bought of Mexico
for $10,000,000. By tho annexation
of Texas and those two purchases,
9Sl.2t0 square milos of territory wero
Drought under tho stars ami stripes.
Alaska with its 577,:ll0 square miles,
wore pmvhasod of Russia lu IS07, for
$7,200,000. This is our latest territor
ial acquisition. Thus, in 84 voars.
we hnvo obtained by purchase, "treaty
and annuxrttion, 2,752,723 square miles
of torritory. costing $52,200,000 in cash
airect, not considering tho cost of war.
It is manifest dostinv that the exten
sion of tho Union shall' go on until all
orth Amorioa Ls undor one fin.. Pan
ada, Moxico ami Contra America will
eventually bo nddod to tho Republic,
and our boundarios bo limited only
by tho onwimpassing oceans and tha
uttimuj ol rauauia. IXilcdo Blade.