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FOREIGN GOSSIP. China now furnishes a third only of tlio lea used in England. India furnishes Iho greater part, American capitalists aro said to have 812 000.000 iuvostod in gold mines in Ilo.iduras. The Prussian and Gorman De partments of Jii3tico havo commis sioned Judgo Asciirott to study and re)ort upon tlio American ponnl sys tem, with tlio view of making it tlio basis of a now systom in Gjrmany. Isabella, tho ox-Quoon of Spain, has grown so stout that sho has had to havo acarrlago mado with an opon ing at tho back that fulls and forms a doorway to allow hor to onlor. It cost 5,0D0. In various military districts in Germany, as woll as in Holland, trials havo boon mado of wlro solos covered with a substanco rosombling India rubber. TI1030 soles aro said to bo moro durablo than Uioso mado of loathor, and to cost only about half Its price Mount Vesuvius servos as a gi gantic barometer and thermometer for Naples. Tlio direction in which tho sinoko from tho cralor blows indicates unerringly a coming chaugo of woathcr twonty-four hours in advance Also tho approach of tho hot and depress ing sirocco. Tlio cask of tho lato Emperor William of Gjrinauy's hoiul, Inkon aflor doalli, was intouded for tlio Em press Augusta alone, and tho m tld lias been broken by command of tho family, in order that only 0110 oxtini plo shall exist. The cast shows how curiously small tho Emperor's lioiul ns. British rosldonts in Japan aro sub scribing for tho ropair of the grnvo of Will Adams, a British sailor who was shtpwrockod in Japan in tlio reign of James I., and who lived for many years at tho Court of Ycdo, whoro ho obtained extraordinary inlluonco. His grave was discovered some yoars ago on tlio summit of 0110 of tho hills over looking tho government arsenal at Yokosuka. noar Yokohama. Volapuk, tho now universal lan guage, has excited tho suspicion of Russian authorities. Formerly it wns allowed to pass into Russia unchal lenged, but tho Inoroaso of subseribor.s to Volapuk journals causod tlio sus picion that tlioy might bo ivvohiclo for Importing nihilism, and a censor was appointed to learn the language and examine its books. Tho only Mexican rosting under tho ban of perpetual oxilo from his country Is General Leonardo Marques, who now lives in Cuba. Ho was ban ished for shooting in cold blood a number of medical students who had gono to attend tho wants of tho wounded in a battle between the Re publican and imperialist forces at Tacnbtiyn, on tho 11th of April. 18G5. Tito latest London novelty is the utilization of the drop-ti-nlckol-ln-tho-Blot machine to the purposes of Insur ance. A 1 onipnny lias b'lon organ!, id, lo bo known as tho Automatic Accident Insurance Box Cinipany, and its object is stated to be "to provide the public with a ready moans of obtaining an insurance for twonty-four hours against death arising from accidents of every description by simply placing a ponny in tho slot of a box." The Pnnco of Wnlos bolng Invltod to nu "at Ikiiiij" recoutly, had, as Is the custom, the list of tho people ho would meet submlttoil to him by tlio lady desirous of receiving his lloynl Highness in hor house. The Prlnco passed his poticil through the names of throo ladles. When asked by tho hostoss the reason of his objection, lie replied: "My dear mad am, I can not explain. Ask your husband. He should not havo pormiitod you to know such people." The olght-yoar-old-hoiross of tho Dutch tlirono, is receiving a llboral education which would bonellL any little girl. From hor mother she learns the pianoforte and horseman ship; reading, writing, arithmetic, and tlio modern languages aro Uught by d ll'jrent teachers, who troat tho little Prlnooss exactly as they would any othor school-girl. Tho Princess Is ovou allowed to play at times on equal terms with "street children." WHITE AFRICANS. A Strange ltuiio of I'miplo l'ounil South ut Tliuhmitoo, Most people who havo road Hitler Haggard's tain of Iho great white raco in Africa consider it tho purest Mo tion, but such is not tho case. South of TImbuctoo and north of Kong mountains, in tho western part of Africa, live tho Foolahs, tlio white tribe of the dark continent. Tills tribe 1ms good features, a skull mod old liko that of a white man, and a complexion about as dark as that of tho Italians. Tlioy wore great slave traders in tho old days, but they made n specialty of tho finest grades of cap tives, and but a few of their own num ber wore over transported. It is said that a shipload of them was oneo landed on tho coast ot L mislunii, and that tho Creoles, refusing to believe thorn darkle?, sot them free and hung the slavers. Tu-to Foolahs, Bottled down In tho marshes of Southern Louisiana, and after awhile becamo civilized, and In that part of tlio S lato to-day you will find tall, dark, rather good looking white men who have all tho Indolence of tho black A frlcnn, who aro some times as flerco us the Arab, and always hospltablo mid musical. Those people aro thodoHOondonts of Iho Foolahs, and tholr Mtyllower" was u slaver. Thoro aro strange people in this great country of ours. Kansas City Star, TWO POINTS OF VIEW. A Oontantoil Mind the Itirhrst l'ossosslou 11 reman Can H.tvo. Pink and yollow oxalis, red gerani ums and fuchsias in 0110 window, and n round, laughing face looking out of nnothor tills was wiiat wo saw day after day. Whenever car Number O 10 passed, Iho rosy face was at the window. Tho driver, a ploasant-look-ing young fellow, with tlio bluest of bluooyes, and fuzzy yellow hair, never fnllodtosoo tho black eyes that looked out at him. and to smilo or wave Ids handkerchief as ho passed. Ono day tlio car stopped In'front of the house, and a girl cauio out and got in. It was hor face that wo had fcoii at tho window, and wo lookod at hor witli a mix uro of curiosity and intcroit. In her arms sho carried a large, shapeless bundle, which, whon she unwrappod the rod shawl that was wound around it, pr- ved to bo a baby, fat and blue-eyod, who looked at eacii if us in turn, wonderingly, wliilo ho sucked tho lingers of ono llttlo hand. Tho car stopped again, and throo ladies eamo in; t hoy wore evidently acquainted, and in order to givo thorn seals together the girl gave hor seat to 0110 of Ihoin and sat down by me Sho glanced at 1110 once or twice, nnd seoing. or perhaps feeling, my friendly attitude, said, half slivly: "I soo you In this oar very often you seo, I 'most always look out when I know Jack will bo passing." "I have seen you. too," I answered. "I suppose this Is your baby?" "Yes." she said proudly, "Jack's and mine. Dm't you think ho looks like Jack?" "Yes, very much. But you look young lo bj married and have a baby as old as this llttlo fellow." "Well, I'm older than I look I'm past liftoon. Seo my ear-rings tlioy were a present fro 11 J ack on my fif teen birthday, and tlio baby gave nie a buttor-knifo. O! course, Jack bought it, but It Mas a prosont from the baby just tho same I suppose you koep house?" 1 told her I did. "So do L Wo havo or.o real largo room, nnd it's fixed so it's just as good as two would bo. Whon I was at homo wo had a wliolo house, but 1 think ono room is a groat doal nicor you can soo all the pretty things you'vo got, right there; you don't have to go into other rooms to look at them. Dm't you think we woro lucky to bo able to get a room that looks out on the street? And wo have an other window, lo 1; that looks out Into a lumber yard, and 1'vo watched the earns and mon coming and going so much that I know tiio names of some of the horses and where some of the men live. But I liko the front win dows best; I soo tlio trees on tho cor ner of A street when they aro In-own in autumn, and thou whon they are bare in winter. Now tlio loaves will soon bo out, and then won't they look protty?" Again tlio car stopped. Sho got up and wrapped tho shawl around the baby. "1 get oil' hore." sho said, smiling. "I'm going to got a dress for tlio baby. G iod-bye; 1 hopo I'll see you again some time." "What an outlandish-looking girll" said one of tlio ladles on tlio opposite side of tlio car as soon as tho girl was out of hearing. ' Oh, dear, how dow this car goes! I wish tlio drivers had to go faster through parts of tho city whoro there's nothing to see." Sho did not seom to bo an ill-uaturod woman; her face was pleasant, and her manners were good, but sho was thoughtless. Tho "outlandish-looking girl," who saw bounty every where, was happier, and would inako others happier than sho who had a "wholo house" to live in, and enjoyed many advantages which tlio othor never dreamed of possessing. It is not material possessions nor tlio lack of thorn that makos riches or povorty, but a contented mind. Youth's Com panion. Incubators for Infants. Prematurely born and abnormally delicate Infants aro now suppllotl with artificial mothers of more than motherly tondornoss. Tho apparatus. Identical with the incubator or artifi cial lion for hat oiling chickens, is simply a largo square b x warmed by bowls of water beneath ah inner bot tom. In tills, wrapped carefully in cotton, is placed tho weak bubo, so frail during its llrst fow days that tlio open air would fatally chill it. With an ovou tem perature and a froo circulation of warm air, secure from cold and damp ness, nnd with careful feodlng. tho infant thrives and rapidly acquires health. Tho natural mother can only watch the growth of hor offspring through tlio glass cover until tho now life hits boon fanned into sulllclent strength to bo confided to hor keeping. In tho hospitals of Paris this system has boon for soma time giving s alls factory and oven surprising results. Arkansaw Traveler, A Lesson In Natural History. A professor of Natural History wan dered away from the Smithsonian tho other day and got into a lawyer's of fice on F street, whoro thoro is a very pompon young clork. Tho professor naked two or three questions on the point at Issue and the clerk tin ally re marked lo hlm very largolys 1 toll you it's true, and it Is true What do you know about law, any way?" "Nithlug, nothing at all," ropllod the professor, meekly; "but I know a groat ileal about natural history, and I think you arc an ass." Washington CYi'dc. ELECTING A PRESIDENT. Ilovr It Is Donn According to tlio I'm visions of tho Constitution. Thoro aro very fow mon in tho IJ iittod S ntes who over voted for Pre.si do it and Vico-Presi lent. At thoNi votnb tr oloctlon of 1831. thorn were in thi! neighborhood of ten million men who cast ballots, and Iho innjorliy ol thorn, it is safo to say, bolieved they were voting diroctly fir B!ainc or Clovoland; lint they were not. Thcr wero butl)l mon in tlio entire country who voted for Presidont, and of those 182 voted for Blalno and 211) for C eve land; and as tho latter had a maj ndty of 37 votes, ho was chosen. Tills rosults from tho fact that th Federal Constitution does not allow the President lo bo cIumoii bv tlio pi o pie. but by tho States. E ich State lias is many Presidential votos as iL has R presentatives in Congress and Sena tors. Ohio has 21 R iproson tatives and 2 Senators (each Stato has tho Dame number of Senator) and bunco she em cast 23 votes for President. The voters of each State voto for Presidential Electors that is. for men who will cast tii't number of votes for Pros! lout to which that Stato Is 011 lilled under the Constitution. '1 he term "E ecloral C dlege" is ..f ton used o iles.gnnto tho entiro number of E "dors choson fro 11 all th S ales, but It Is not nso I in tlio Constitution, nor in any U 1 it oil States statute It is slnip'y a eonveni uit tornt f ir des ignating Ih Electors en m is in. E ifh State v itos for all tno E lectors to which it is entitled on one general ticket, and not by districts. The Ri pub lean convention in each Congres sional district in the S.ato of Ohio, for Instance, nominated an Elector for that district; tlio Slate convention nominated tlio two "Electors sit largo." corresponding to tlio two United States Senators, asthedis trict Electors correspond to tliolloprc sci.tathos in Congress. Tho Demo crats nominated a similar ticket, in the same way. Next Novomber tho voters ol tiio Stato will voto for these Electors, and Iho lickot,vhich receives bo majority will be oloeted, anil the E colors thoreon will csist tlioir votes lor (ho nominee of their own party. Hence it is plain that a President need not necessarily leeoivo a ma jority of all tiio votes in tho Nation. ll. must roceivo a majority of the electoral votes of tho States only. The voto by Slates, popular and elwotorul, in 18SI. for Blalno and Cioveland. was as follows: roeiiMii votk. ki.kct'ovotk. HVAtV Cl'Vf- CI t - Jll ilnt. I n I. Maine. I mil. Alnlmnii tO.Ml IW 07.1 .... 10 ArUiltlMH 'iO.SHJ 72,M7 .... 7 Iiillfonilii ln-lin H'.l.'JSS 8 ... Uolnrulii :W,lllil 27,01 :) .. Connecticut CS.H'.H t!7,1lS .... 0 Delaware. I.'I.UVI lll,t)7(i .... 3 L'lorila WVlt 31,7(10 .... 4 ieorijui -I7,fi!J 01.113 .... IS llllno n S.17,111 Sl'.ViSI ss (milium iits.H) aii.iwj .... IS town lilT.i ITT.-.'Sl 11 .... IC.llis.i- 15 l,li HI KM! 9 .... Kentucky 118,1UJ l.V.lMl .... 11 UmUliina 111,317 II.', Ut) .... 8 Mulnu 71.7IH fil.twi 0 .... Maryland 8-..7IS 0(S,NH1 .... 8 Miliiiii'hus Us.. 110,7-il ltfJ.tBJ .... 14 M I'hlffUM lO'.fiOO imi,3ill 13 .... Mlnnos tn lll.iWJ 7d,0(W 7 .... Mississippi 13,5 ! 'U.Mtl .... 0 Missouri 83VJHS .... 10 Nulinitkii 7(1.0 H rcvwi S ... Nevada 7.1!M 3.V17.S 3 .... It.impsh ro. l3.'J-.() S3.1H7 4 .... N'uw .Jersey .... K'-VMil 1,.,7,"7.S .... Now York W,W UVI.'US ... 311 North Carolina.. 123.0B3 llv'aV.J .... U Ohio 4(11. IW i !i0V-'! -'3 .... Ori'Kon O.StSI 8S.IMI 3 .... Pennsylvania... 473.8M 39i,7t 3 .... miotic Inland.... l!,ittl l-.',3!ll 1 .... South Carolina., ai.7-1 (P.sil .... 0 lVmiosseo HI.' UK) 133,'!7ll .... IS Texas !l,7'U W-.tlTO .... 13 Vermont 3',M 17,331 4 ... Vlrirnt.i i:!!!,31tl 115,197 .... IS West Virginia... IV). -Wl (17,317 .... 0 Wisconsin 181,157 llti,i:.9 11 .. . Totul 1,813,331 4,011,017 1SS Slg Toledo Mad:. A NICE QUESTION. Should l.ntlltx Ilu Permitted to Ta ho up Church Colluutlout ? It seems lo mo that the Idoa of ladlos -passing tho contribution plalo in our cliurchos is an cxcelout ono. In lonio of tho Westorn States it was lono that way yoars ago, and some churches out thoro keep up tho prac tice. There is nothing out of tlio way ibout it. If ladies preside at organs and sing In our choirs, why not have ihoin pass tho plate alsoP "Thoro is no U inn. as far as I can soo," said a regular lady attendant of our churches lo mo Sunday evening. "And there are good reasons why tho ladlos would inako llrst-olass collectors. Mon would bo moro apt to drop in tho plate ton co. its or a quar.or insioad of n nickel, if oiify for appoar auco sake, an I as an extra contribution to beauty. Of course tho prettiest ladies in tho congregation must be selected for tho work. Then, again, tlio ladlos would all give some thing, for they know that two eyes would bo Pitching tlieni, and for shaiuo sake, and for fear they would hoar of It if tlioy never put any thing In tho plato, an event very probable, every ono of them would glvo some of their pin money. 1 loll you, in all candor, lady collectors In our cliurchos with tho contribution plates would raiso uourly twice as much as men col lectors, who nonchalantly pass tho plate, and aro luditlorout to whothor you glvo any llilng or not. Such an innovation would not be irreligious. Wo havo lady solicitors at our church lairs, and why not lady contribution collectors in our oliurchos? Lit ono nhurch take up tlio idea as an experi ment, and others will speedily follow. Lady contribution collectors would ipcodlly raiso enough to pay oil" church loots." The Indians on tho San Carlos reservation in Arizona aro extrava gantly fond of sweets. Sometimes In one store a barrel of sugar will be lold lu a day in quantities of live and ten cents' worth, just enough to survo tin Indians for candy. 8 fHE CANNED-GOODS TRADE. All Industry That Him Grown to Vast Pro portions In This Country. An industry in this country wh'ch !ias grown to enormous proportions is that, of preserving food products bv i-a-inlng and bottling, lu 18 )7 M. Apperi, a distinguished French chem ist, found that organic substances ro 'indued frosh an indofmito time by bo nig kept from contact with the air. C imparativcly llttlo uso was made of ihls invoiitlon for many years oxcpl by sailors. About tlio yoar 1835. how ever, a small local trade sprung up in this country in canned oyslors and oinatoes. Tho discovery of gold in California gave an impetus to tho 'rtule, but the first groat expansion of It was during tho civil war. Since that time tho canned-goods t ratio has advanced by leaps and bounds until at present there is a capital of $11 000 -000 invested bore in fruit and vegeta ble canning alone, giving employment to 35 003 parsons, who earn yearly S3 000 01)0, and turn out of ooils $20. 000.000, leaving a net profit of about 20 per cent, to the invostors. Dm in;: the wit advantage wa taken by tho U tion C ni niss.iriat Depart ment of tlio ceo lomy in bulk and Iho "ase in tra isportatlon of ca mo 1 goods. Canned meat was found us ful f ir rallo is in f. reed ninrolios; on, mod milk was a valuable substitute for fresh milk In tho hospitals when the latter could not bo had, anil the health of the arm v was largely maintained by c tuned fruit ami vegetables At the end of the war those engaged in the muuufac uro of theso gootls urnel their attention to supplying the E iroponu markots wi'h salmon and lobster. The lobster export trade 'ad started ton years previously in iho Xew 15 igland S'ates. Soon after the Ciiindians began tlio salmon-packing Indus rv. but did not meet with suc 'joss. But. tho utilization of t lii normous run of salmon up the Columbia ami other rivers on tlio P.i e lie coast, put now life into tlio in dustry. Somo idea of how much the rain litis grown may bo galhofd from tho f-tel that, while in 135 i the pack salmon was oulv 4 000 cases, ilitriii!! tho past four years it has aver aged 3 S0J. 030 The next groat era in tlio trade was ho compression of corned beef. Chi cago, being n great cttttlo center, til once embarked heavily in this enter prise. Foreign gov-wninenl3 largely recognized tho value of this systom of preserving beef. Tiny ordered larg quantities of it for consumption by their war fore is. Much of lids was stored as a rcsorve in case of war. bin as tho supply was exhausted it has been continually renewed, lo tho profit of tlio American. Tho success of '.ho Americans In canning goods provoked th E iglish and Fronc'i people to emulation. U niblo to compote with the United Slates in what had boon already done, they turned their attention to the can ning of delicacies. This trado was developed to a very largo extent in Europe, and extended to this country. But the importation of those, goods has fallen off in recant yeaiv, as this country litis gone into the manufacture of this class of goods, and produces a much cheaper article, not at ail in ferior to tho imported, Tho dovelopinont, of tho canned goods industry litis been great, but.thc variety of articles treated in this way lists boon uvon greater. B iginniug as as It did with ship's boof, it lias ex tended until it embraces noarlv all tlio desirable food products of tho animal and vegetable kingdoms. Lieutenant Greoly, after his famous Arctic expedition, said that canned appl.:s, poaehos, poan. rhubarb, green peas, groou corn, onions, potatoes and tomatoes wore all subjected to iho toniporature of sixty degrees below z 'ro. They wero solid for many moiitlu at a timo, the second summer tlioy thawed, and tho following winter they wero fro.tn solid again. When theso articles wero eaten tlioy pre sented tlio same nppourauco :.s though freshly c.inned, and tlioir flavor was as good whon tho last can wasopouod as (luring the first month. Canned goods have proved a groat boon to tho housakoopcr. In cities, at any rate, tho gootls preserved aro choaper than if bought in tho frosh condition. This arises from tlio fact that tlioy aro always packed where tho material is choapoit and most abund ant. A groat economy is oxjro.sod, too, by the wholcsalo preparation of moat and tisli. The popular idea that canned goo Is aro injurious to health is a mistake. Tin, which forms tlio coaling of tho thin iron p'.atos of which the cans aro made, is not actod on at till by any ordinary acids or by tlio gasos of de composition. Certain firms in this city huro followed up every caso of alleged poisoning from canned goods without finding a singio one of them aullienllc Tho ordinary precautions of taste and Miiell ns appiio.l to fresh .roods aro a sufficient protection against danger in similar goods whon canned, and. judging by tlio progress of tho pits decade lu this method of fooil preservation, it seems likely to havo a still larger future before it- -V. Y. Sun. A Now York .bachelor over sovon ty yours of ago recoutly vlsltod Maine, fell in love with a damsel less than half his age, was accepted and wont home to prepare for Iho coming of his bride. When all things wero in onlor, instead of going after his botrothod himself ho so tit his younger brother. Tho youngor man was pleased with his future sister-in-law, so pleased that ho persuadod her to marry him before starting for Now York. THE RED PLANET. Speculations Alioiit tlm Cannls of !Uar uuil Their Builder). It may bo interesting to lovers of astronomy to know that tho eminent French as'trotionior, M. Ferrotin, is on gaged in a minuto stuly of Mars, and that his disc ivories confirm those of M. Schiapnrilli in every particular. It seems actually truo that tho longi tudinal slripcs which circo around tlio planot tire bodies of water and must, according to till laws of probability, bo artificial. No one ovot saw or con ceived a system of parallel rivers from 1.000 to 2 000 miles long and straight as a plumb line Every thing is pos sible, of course, but such straight rivers it is impossiblo torcconcllo with tho principles of cosmogony ns wo un derstand tli 'in. On this planot. at all evonts, nature abhors a straight lino, and by analogy Itshouhl do so in Mars. Yet. if these bodies of water aro cannls. as Schiaparilli bolioved and Porrotin seems hardly to doubt, what monstrous works they must he! Tlioy arc from fifty to eighty miles wide. Fancy the labor of digging such a canal, the time it must have taken and (lie number of workmen it must havo oniploycd. The pyramids of Egypt aro trilling in comparison. Iho buez canal is 197 feet wido at Iho surfafe, and the Nicaragua canal is to bo 150 fool; the Martian canals aro 2 800 times wider. O.tr canals on this ono horso globe nro considered long whon they reach 100 miles in longlh. Tho Panama canal will bo loss than s'xty miles long. Tito canals of Mars reanh a length of 2 000 miles say as for as from hero lo Omaha. What a traffic titero must bo to support such enter prises. Oi tlio waterways of China travelers doscribo tho incessant ebb and How of multitudinous crowds, but to require canals of such dimensions as wo have described, the nn vomont of traffic in Mars must bo far more prodigious. In fact, tlioy imply a population which almost staggirs bo liof; considering that tho volume of tho planot is only one-sixth that of the earth, the dianiotor being 4 100 miles as against 8 000 miles, tlioy warrant tho wildest conjectures as tothodousi ty with which it may bo peopled. What manner of man lives in Mars, if there bo mon there, has always boon a favorite topic of speculation. The law of gravitation tells us that ho may be 14 foot high; not such a son of Anak as tho inhabitant of tho asteroids, but still one who would regard tho Belgi an giant as a remarkable dwarf. Pos sibly tlio enormous public works on Mars may bo explained on the theory that theso tall fellows can work in proportion to their stature that ono citizon of Mars can shovel as much dirt as two and a half denizens of this world. San Francisco Call. THE SUN'S ENERGY. Striking Illiistrntlont Intruded to dive Ituutlors mi Idea of IU Tho most satisfactory way of arriv ing at an idea of the enormous energy of the sun is by measuring the amount of heat which his rays aro capablo of generating; and further, by our knowledgo of tho relation which ex ists boiweou heat and mechanical work, wo are able at onco to estimate tlio aniount of work width tho sun in capablo of doing, anil also tho quanti ty of dnorgv lie must bo losing year by year. B stu'ab'j arrangoinonts wo can cause a certain quantity of his radiation to bo absorbed by water or other substanco, and note tho rise of tcniporature which results, and as wo know tho mechanical equivalent of eacli degrco of leniperaturo in water, for instance, it is only a matter of cal culation to arrivo at a knowledgo of tho sun's total onorgy. Like ovory tiling olso connected with this wondor f ill body, figures givo us no adequato conception of his onorgy, and various illustrations havo boon used by differ ent invosligators. Thus, Horsclml considered it in relation to tho quan tity of ico which it would molt in a given timo, and states that tho amount of heat which tlio earth recoives whon tlio sun is ovorlioad would molt an inch thickness of ioo in two hours and thirtoon minutes From this it can bo calculated that if tho body of tho sun woro entiroly surrounded by a slieotof ico on Its surfaco of moro than a mile in thickness tho sun's heat would en tiroly molt this coating of ico in tiio sanio timo namoly. two hours and thirteen minutes. Prof. Young uses an even moro striking illustration. Ho says: "If wo could build up a solid column of ico from (ho earth to the sun, two milos and a qunrter in diam oter, spanning tlio Inconcoivablo nbyss of 93.000.000 miles, and if tlio sun should concontrato his power upon It, it would dlssolvo and melt, not in an hour, not in a minute, but In a singio second; ono swing of tho pendulum, and it would bo water; seven more, anil it would bo dissipated In vapor." Of course, of this onormous quantity of boat thooarth receives but a very small fraction. Tho romaindor, oxcopt, of eotirio, what tho other plan ots receive passos away into space, and is lost forovor, so far as can bo ascertained, to tho solar systom. If wo ostlmaio in mechanical power what wo di receive, wo liud this to be on oach square foot of surfaco equivalent, on tho average, to about fifty tons raised a niilo high yearly, or to one horso power continuously acting, to ovory thirty square feet of tho earth's surface It is by this enormous supply of energy that tho wholo world is kopt alive and active It keops us wnrm. and drives our stenm-ongines and water-wheels; it circulates our at mosphere and brings us rain and snow In duo soason; it grows and nourishos our plants and animals, and. in a word, is tlio source of almost ovory earthly blosslug. Scof smnn. GERMAN POLICEMEN. T!io Sort or Men That Muke Up the Force ol the City o( llerlln. Tho Gorman polico aro, in effect, a wing of tho Garmau army. Every man in tlio forco is a trained soldier, disciplined by scrvic in tho ranks or as a commissioned officer. Tho B.srlin p-jlicj numbor about 5,000 men. The chief of this forco, or presidont, as ho is tliero called, ranks as an army colonel. Thoro nro 18 captains and 13S lieutenants, who rank corre spondingly with army captains and nontenants, and receive higher pav. There aro 101 sub. or non-commissioned officers, and over 4 000 pri vates. Thou thoro aro 1 first socro iev. R assistants. 10 councilors, 20 chiefs of precincts, nr d p ir. -nietit clerku, 45 assistants, 25 cashiers, or book-keopors, and 172 bitrjatt employes or labor ers. A private in the polico must first havo served nine yenrs in the army and received honorable dis charge. After a certain p iri d of policj servico officers and privates aro e ired and ponsionod. This is but iinn of several rewards offered tho Ci-rnian policomen for good bjliavior and effieio nt sorvlce Th Birlin polico on duty arj liko statuos, silent and immovable. Tlioy stand in tho middle of ilio streets, or di on horses, apparently liko ma chines, and oblivious to every thing hut their own lino of performance 11 it there is very littl" information desired by tho ordinary mortal not lo lei obtained from tito Berlin police man for the asking. Ho will not bo aware of your existenco unless you accost him with an inquiry. Thon. ho is all attention, Intel lloneo and civil ity. Speak to liiin in T. ngjisli and ho will immediately answer in Gorman, at the sanio timo inlcrpro tug, with his hands and eyes, until you ares uro to coniprohond, and learn all you want to know. The policemou aro as neat in person, and well uniformed as the armv. Tho detective branch of police wear tho civilian dross. No stranger, man or woman, enters Berlin and stops two lty-four hours who is not registered bv tho po.ice. It is easy to look up a person if at a hotel, where ho is asked to register his iiani', residence, birthplace, occu pation, destination, and whether ho travels for pleasure or on business, and the nature of his business. If the per son is not ready about giving this in formation he is asked for his passport. In the board ing-housos, most of them kept by wo nen. the polico officer nks tho landlady lo furnish tills in torination about hor boarders. Every boarding-house is visited on an aver age of once a week by a polico officer in civilian dress. Thoro is a quiet, formal politeness about those visits that goes far to divest thoni of all semblance ot intrusion or inquisitivo ness. But thoro is also an authorita tive ceremony not to bo misunder stood. This system of surveillance is no disadvantage to tlio ordinary hon est si ranger. Not only could ho not get lost in B -rlin, but ho could not lose his friends there cither. O.io has only to go to polico headquarters to learn tlio whereabouts of ovory non resident visitor or stranger in Berlin. X. Y. Sun The Desire to Be Remembered. When parting from those wo love wo find comfort in the hope that they will hold us i t tender roniembrauoo wliilo away. There is reason in this, for if unlonged for when nbs it, cold wntthl be tho welcnmo on our return. But it is tho same whon tho parting is for all time. Tho dying hopo to bo re gretfully remonibored in tlioir grnvos. Tlioy aro solicitous to bo thought woll of, and mourned and prniod. after tlioir souls shall havo passed be yond the reach of human sym pathy. It is woll that it is so, though why it is so no mortal can explain. Tho f nir of posthumous dishonor de tors many a man from committing a wrong to which his conscionco would havo offered no impediment, and tlio hopo of poJthuuioiH famo im pels many a man to porform deeds of heroism which senso of duty would never havo spur rod him to attempt. It really seoms as if mon did not boliovo that death utterly dissolved tlioir connection with this world. O.i no other principle can their anxiety about what peoplo will say, and think, and do about them, whon tlioy havo shu filed off this inortaM coil, bo accounted for. X. Y. Ledger. All in the Family. Schultz That pug dog of yours has got an intelligent look about him that is really remarkable Miller Honiarkablo! Thoro Is noth ing remarkablo about it. In my fam ily that's tho way wo all look. Ger man Joke. Tho persons win become rich aro, generally speaking, industrious, res olute, proud, covetous, prompt, mo tho Ileal, sensible, unimaginative, un sensitive and ignorant. The pjrson who remain poor aro tho oiitlreiy fool ish, tho entirely wise, the idlo, tho reckless, the humble, tlio thoughtful, tlio dull, tlio imaginative, tlio sensi tive, tho woll-lnf irmo I, tho improv ident, tho irrogularly and impul sivoly wicked, tho clumsy knavo, tho open thief, nnd tho entirely merciful, j it and godly person. A Union man who was in nn ludiana town to build a big factory and lay nut a million dollars found cows and hogs monopolizing the side walks, and ho left In disgust without ttivosting a nickoL