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demonstrates from thirty years- successful practice tbst alarming con- jeqaeaoej may be radically cured without the dangerous uss of internal medicine or the spplieatioa of the knife poiotio out a modof cure at once ejiiple certain and effectual by means of whidi every sufferer matter what his condition may be mav himself cheaply prmtely and radical- no cure this lecture should be in he hsnds of every youth aud every man fn the land ma cuiverwell medical co portofee9boet586 i occupied the to of a trunk in a car at the rear of a way train from phiqaef- phis ou the peontylrsnia rulroad th other night and every one of the train hands spun a yarn before we retched jersey city the general couxertatiou was started by my saking shout the occupation ot a man i saw on the track carrying a sir and a white light aud walking along with his eyes on the ground he looked bke a geologist ex amining the soil i was told that he was a trtekwafcer and that the railroad em ploys many meu one every three mihu to patrol the track night and day after the english paa these trickwalkers carry a wrench himutcr spier switch ky ani what not they examine every inch of the rails particularly the joints repair whatever wears out of order and undo any obstruc tions that may nave been erected with mis chievous intent and are obstructions soatttimes found by hmn the conductor wis sikd mace frequently than youd think was thtt officers reply taat vtry mart you asked about toond a rail tied across the tract twice in twoutyfonr hours just abov e bitol station he found ties piled up more thin one i near a curve aud as for loose rails they see found every night generally loose rails are ia the nataral order of events what does he do at night when he cimes across an obstruction v was the next qoei- bon hs signals the endangered traia wat therefly yes bat his light is white one well he curie a red glass cover to put over the white shade the conductor made reply and if he attacks or is attacked he u armed ths conductor interrupt ed a brakeauaa told a queer ysro shout a wealthy old miscreant in iowa a farmer who did not fence lux land properly ye1 grumbled when hia cattle wore killed th railroad beat him in the courts ani he trea sured up the hardest feelings sgsinst the company one day a nil was tied across the track near the old fanners land sad the first passenger train that came aloog was wrecked it waa believed at the time that i the farmer had bed the rail ta the track many persons were killed and all the bodies but that of an aged woman were identified the first day after the accident the old far mer did not go to the town wherein this body awaited burial but on the following momiutf he visited the postoffice and receir- d word that hia sister was coming front the eatt to visit him he rushed to the morgue aud identified tha body of the unknown lady as that of his titter in lets than a year he became a maniac and in his ravings admitted that he had wrecked the tnio another story was told of a stupid lamb that was seen to run between the wheels of a rigidly moving locomotive near sunbury the engineer suffered pang of regret for he m tenderhearted and wouldnt run over a snake if he could help it he looked back over the road for the corpse of the un fortunate iamb to his aitouishaenthe saw the iamb leap from the track behind thelaatcarandruuoutwagguigifitail it had passed under all the cars snd was unin jured many persons sre killed ou doubtrsek roads by stepping from one track to another avoiding a train that they see aod hear and being killed by one that they do cot think td look out for ajraort every engineer of ordinsry experience has killed his mau and some have killed many railroad meu never speak of killing men or animals on the road but of striking them which however generally amounts to ths same thing- a story wss told of a hudson eiver engi neer who silled a man that suddenly step ped in front of his engine he had been watching the man and saw his face at he crossed over the trick snd wslked into the engine the nun was blind the engineer caught a glimpse of the victims face as he wss struck his expression was one of ter ror his scream was- heard above the pounding of the engine the sight haunted the engineer unal he left the i business erery night at that spot that scene was re- enacted he took a day train but at noon the apparition hunted the spot he even went into the service of saother oompsuy yet it unexpected moments the spectre of the blind man seemed to start pp in the track to throw his arms over his heal wild ly to scream ud to be crushed under ths locomotive it was more than the engineer could bear 1 it was reserved for the conductor to tell the least plausible ot the really remarkable yarns this accident he said jthat im going to tell you of will probably never have its parallel because the combination of circumstances that led to it was most pecu liar that little stream we passed a few minutes ago was covered by a thick foif one morning a dense belt of fog twenty feet wide and as long as the stream although elsewhere the air wis reasonably aleir one ton engineer olthe freight wu keeping a elou witch ou the till o the passenger wken ho tnddenly found himself in a dense fog unable o ice three feet ahead ha is usually a clouheaded cool man but he lost his held at that mooout and he slammed ou tha iteant brake so hard that it eroand fin from the tires of the drirert and brought the train to all finding the funny thing was that the train was male up of empties except the isst two or three cars and they were loaded with very heavy stuff now what i tell yon ill twotr to and to can many men aloajtheytoad when thtt big filtynvetou eagme stopped deal those heavy boc cut on the farther eai of the train pushed the empties so tint the middle ones left the trsok snd went up and up un til the triin wat arched like a bow and more than on car at the top of the arch wis higher than the topi of the telegraph poles toe conductor he ked la thit houte by tie dip t aid hit father itwdoa tha plat form aa we pissed the condustor i rsr was braking in the middle of the tran hs u squeeisl ti death and hia bady and oae of the cars were thrown over a fele- griph pole info thtt sell alongiide of his the nly man in the bajgige car bendtsl mytelf who had not tod a ttory wat a iveit- tn nitroad mm who had exhibited at i carl of introduction an tnaoal pus over the railroad when ha cleartd his throat no one spike one could lee by the express on ot his face that he ha i a good story sni knew how to tell it we have not hid maeli thili worth re- coliectiajt darn my wsy siid he sddiug in puenthesit im from kentucky hut perhsps you never heard of ciptsin phillipss experience in a railroad wreck it wat a little singular cipt phillips is a conductor on the louisville and cincinnati and louisville short line road and at the time i speak of was ruaninr a freight a heavy storm had followed his trsin from cinctnniti a severe winter storm that was accompanied by fearful wind and rain and had rajed a considerable time hit trsin sru jost beyond wilton thirty miles the other lids o cincinnati ani was approach ing a bridge that tnant a little creek that empties into the licking river usually this stream it low but ou that night this wss some four years sgoj it had become a swollen rosxingtorreut a putcnger triin had crossed the bridge safely but it giro way under cipt phillips train he was iu the caboose which wat next to ths tender he waa alone there as the caboose rolled upon the bridge cspt phillips felt cir ionaltporneit winter and lecleroq went lo new york to mi protn- agent mr ike one engage- bridge and everything else suddenly sink beneath huu he felt the caboose and cc- gms part tni then the cabooie struck the rushing stream the caboose- light went out and the water poured in upon thn fi wr ing upon which he stood the csptain waa thrown down but he regaiced his feet snd managed ta stand while the car was swept slong it wat an awf nl potiboa the wa ter poured in and rose higher and higher round htm the car fioztei but it turned from side to tide pitching sad rolling sni struck with fesrful force upoa the cottou- wood trees that stood in the wsy of the tor rent phillips did not tote his presence of mind but ttmpjgled to reach the cir dor again and agtin he approached it but the rolling and plunging ot the car threw him back the minutes teemed hours to phil lips the witer in the car rote higher snd higher past his knees put hit vsist op to his chest over his shoulders even up to his chie finally his hl struck the top ot the car whenever the car changed its mo tion suddenly when all chance of csctpe seemed out of the quesbon the csr door burst open snd by a tremendous effort phillips reached and braced himielf in its framework toe next instant he seised a limb of a cottonwood tree against which the rahoose was carried ho held tight snd the csr wat swept en while he hung to the tree the other csrs of the train ruthed past oae by one sni more than oioe the tree to which he dung sit struck by them so great was the force of the torreot that the locomotive was carried many yards down the stream and some loaded cars of wheat were swept into the licking river aud down to ciacnuati thirty milfls awav phillips was rescued in the morn iug i ip a eemt kxbla suit zola ooverttment an inureetiaj- account of tee lordenag of the zulu people the army and toe bans a cape towu paper hat the followinj ac count of the mode of tho ordering of the zulu people taken do vn from the lips of zulus a new regiment is formed as folloirs tne hoys when they think themselves hlg enoutu to enlist say from sixteen to eighteen years old collect at ths military kraals esch going to that to which his fsthor belongs and there they itay milking the cows into their mouths this is s sign that ihey with ta be ealiated and when tne tinnoeku sings officers ot the military kruli see that a good many such boys have collected sue of tiem teportr tht fact to the king who then gives permission for the boyito be brought before him the per mission is not for any one krut or tribe but for all boys of about that age throughout zulnland but there is no penalty for those who do not join although of course they are not much thought of those who like my remain as they are and there are num bers of men in zafulaod who have come to put on headrmgi and to growold also with out ever hiving been eacisteil such men may marry when they please snd theyput ou the heidnng by permission of the head man of their kraal u the custom in ka- ul 1 i if however a mau hat once enlisted and at some future time full to appear when his regiment is called together for any pnrpoee it will then be enquired what has heoome of him and if he cannot give a good reason for his sbtenee he may perhaps be killed by his regiment bat not by the king hehssnot committed a crime so why inould the king take any troubleabout him a maa who hat enlisted alto may not mvrry until the king gives leare to his regiment wju the king gives the order to collect ths boys to the officer who hu reported theoi who delivers it to the indanu of the different military kraals beginning with mnyimaue atayumenwaua hamo and ze- tuka the indanu of the great kraal of cl- uadi the boys are collected at the differ ent mlltiry kraals and on tha appointed day messengers we sent to the king to say they are now coming thereupon the king hat csttle killed for them to that when they arrive they find the meat ready the king then gives them a name and ap points a headring man u induna over them aud either makes them into a separate regi ment aud orders them to build for them- elvet new military kraal or incorporates them with one of the regimentt already formed when they ahara the existing trail thus the indhuyeugweibody ot young un- riued men hw oeen incorporated with the tulwane a headringed regiment if how- cra when the boys appear the kinj thinks them too young he may send them hack to their hornet to keep the cattle till they grow bigger u happened fo ths present set of boys the urns a who showed themselves to the kin it year in the summer tne king does not call together the rest of his people to be present when he enrols a new regiment but cf course it is known that the boys sre beingeollected and maay people go to be present of their own accord when the boys hare built their military kraa they disperse again ta than hamaa for the zulu soldiers are not kept together always they just live st home with their families each regiment howeverhiaitsawn auli- tiryj kriai presided over by two chief inda- narj whose huts are placed opposite ia one soother in the circle and who fake charge of the whole kraa they have some few of thex wives and servant always with them but not their whole households there sre of course a number of inferior fndunat under them and from ten to twenty or more tri- nnceka or kfnge officers are attached to each military krul it is the correct thing for the men fo spend a certain time each year at their military kraal thereby paying their respectx to the king this however ii vol untarily the men go when they tike snd stay for u lory or as short a time u they like perhaps two months perhaps five tnere will be usually at one kraal say from ten to twenty men at one time this ap- fear of accidents ths men have in a fight the year before but between two regiments the ngobimakosi had hothmg but iticki but the fight took plsoe at the ta- wanes own military kraal and they ran in and fetched their usegsis from ths inti afterwards they all disperse again first lo their military itruls and then to their homes some indeed who live near do not uss the military kraal either way but dome straight from their hemes and return tolhem at once there sre st present at the unko- ti ail the women of the jungs household and indeed sll or very many of the un married and unencumbered women of zulu- land any ose may go wfari likes bat 00 one would think of going with young ohildrea to inch a crush j tne girls in zalnlind are also termed into regiments that u to uy they just be it home snd work for their father only but all those ot the ssme ags are called by oca same those now growing up an the umtiyane eninarers i aod may not marry until the king gins leave when he does give leave they may marry any they like except the young men of the regiments which bate not yctreceircdpermlaiios sonutimea the king gires permission to a regiment of yonngmen snd to a regiment ot girls st ths same tone but it does not follow that the yousgmen au get wives u the girls may prefer men of other previously permitted regiment or theyoungmen may not possess any cattle iu which cue of course no fathers wulgive them their girls iu zalnlind it present 1 wife is labotad with one two or three head of cattle in natal the number is limited to ten 1 meofs tfith the manager of oireutai bo at be jv that bmelhe prscanpusneii of hi condi- soau odd tales took oae of the most memorable of those cir- toons of mitt morgtns which for a while made the fortune of tne extinct london tumi ass depicted the race to rain in the form of 1 baronche and four on its return from the derby it did not need much knowledge of events of the day in london to discover that young spendthrift filling a bnmper of champagne was the last marquis of the sacieut and time honoured house of hutmgs or thst the mephistcpheuan- tooking compam011 who accompanied him wu mr padwick his maa of business mripsdwick whether rightly or wrongly- got the credit of hiring wrecked the for tunes of this young nobleman when he went to hia grave at twentysix aud thencefor ward this finsneisi agent u he is de scribed ia some scotch law proceedings be- sa latt month in the cute of the doke of tnilton vs padwick and others found bigger fish to fry hit grace of hamilton and brandon who it premier duke of scotland and a duke of bngland to boot has property of the value of over 150000 a year and it the representative of that nugniscsnt noble whom thackeray has nude fimoja u the suitor of the lovely trixin eimonde his father married the emperor napoleons first ooushvand during the eexmd empire chiefly reshed in paris where he died in 1863 in ennteqaenoe of a fall while leaving the allison doree si tor a wiger u to who could drink the greatest number of jxdlt timt the present peer consequently he- ctme while a minor lord of himself 1 when in march i860 he came ot age and wanted money mr padwick took him iu hand got himself sppointei trustee of the estate and by degrees becami the comptroller of the entire property even to being appointed deputy keeper of holyrood palace of which the duke ia hereditary keeper in 1873 sie duke married when mr padwick wu reappointed comptoller of the property and- had a bond tor 8200000 given him in requital for eight years ser vices the duke st that time alio granted him 1 discharge as trustee of his eitate thj he did merely on padwicks assurance that sll waa right a few months ago mr padwick informed mr jemieson the law agent of the estates that it had become necessary to mils a fur ther large sum on the property upon which the debt had within 1 few yean grown from 11500000 to over 8500000 tbia prob ably led fo a seriout remonstrance with the duke by mr jtmieson and st length the formers suspicions were sronsel proceed ings were accordingly taken to invalidate the diioharge granted by the duke on the plea thit itwin obtained under false prepsnois and it is farther obumed that so fsr from mr padwick heioa creditor ot the dike to plies to the military kraals generally at the kraal where the king ia living there are usually from fifty to sixty it 1 time belong ing to different miltury kraals the men sre occupied while in residence in the ordi nary affairs of the knal e f repairing the huts or cattle kraal planting amabele etc they eat mealies brought from their own homes snd not regularly however beef the cattle coming from the king there are no fixed times for calling to gether of the people beuiet the umkoxt or lent ot the first fruits bat the king calls them if he wants them for anything per haps one regiment perhaps two u ho sees fit either to build a new kraal or to move an old one or for hunting parties or to hoe his amabele kafir corn crops this but week comes just before tha umkosi and there are always plenty of people at that time niying their respects the hunting parties go after wild pigs and different kinds of sntelopes they used along close behind a slow passenger train hey both startedjrom tullytown together and werent many feet spirt at the brook the extent of the 800000 for whioh he gave a bond it will u found on mvestlgstipa that thebalinoe is in fall qnoei fivodr thproeee4mgs likeyt leifou- ofour freights tang trsinqriwnby toewrei mo wnwt 1 long time whaivi- apart from the duke great intsreit attaches to the suit to bunt buffalo also but the king has for bidden that since his installation u there are so few left he wu not quick enough on behalf of the elands and they are quite finished one of the zulus who fumishedthis sc- coaut being asked how often ho himself had been called up by the king and thinking that the question meant how often hs had been called pertonally answered quite rev erentially twice once soon sf tec the ia- stsllitibn and once about ths time of the umkon tha year before latt being uk- edwhat foef he said tha first time the king aiked how wu my foot u ha had heard from the induna that i had hurt it badly some time before the second time ho enquired after my cheat which had been troubling me u you see it does to this day afterwards he slid that really he had been at work for the king so often that he could not count up the tunes but ha had four times helped in building at the great knal at ulnndi he had been at more than three boating parties and had hoed at tbe ama bele every year when the time for the tjmkosi drawl near sbout december the king announces it and the regiments all collect at their dif ferent military kraals for about twenty days 1 before tha appointed day which time they spend in hoeing the kings amabele gardens ia tho morning and afterwards in preparing their dress tails feathers etc and in learn ing new dances and songs for the occasion people learn to fight in zolnleud at home at their fathers kraals when they are quite little for when they are out herding cattle two boys wul have a quarrel and fight it out or the boys of one kraal will divide into two partial ani fiiht with itmks or those of one kraal will fight with thou of another aid so they learn they hive no idea of patting one foot forward all together keep itop like the white soldier t they jost go ithe umkosi iralwiyt held at rfodwengu pandii kraal the king walks over from ulnndi early in the morning eaoortedbythe in gobamekc regiment which wu about to be enrolled and had been specially given ta ketshwayo by panda before his death the umkosi lasts one day only all the regimentsih jim dancing before thejung no weapons are cirridarths cthkofi for a few ycari ago when in europe i d with a relative of the famous di plomat ind politician prince talleyrand who lives stylishly ia ens of the sristccrstic quarters ot ars after the repaatj the party tojia tellinz ysrns highly savoured with the snpsrnatural bat the following sresoiieof the- bestof themi my host who wis by ths way a mar quis told a very curious story of hfc rins- msn prince tslleyrmnd the prince m his youth wst ensmoured of a certain very beanbful countess who was beheaded dar ing the reign ot terror one day si tht prince wu out drinni in he bail de jvin- oennes many yean afterwards the ooai- man suddenly stopped and prince talley rand looking out ot the window to see whatwu the matter nv two lsdies stand ing by the side of the carriage ose of them holding up face between her two hands presented the head of the dead counteu st tha carriage window and then withdrew the prince iu the grestesi con sternation called out to the coachman to know the caose of his stopping whereupon the latter with a gesture pointedu tht two figurei whiehwera still visible tht prince dnnng hssbiy home sni calling nis sister apart related what he hadj just teen in the most terrible agitation my grandmother who wu tfaia sister told me thif herielf qnietly remarked the mirqnis oa finishing the narration j bat i have 1 more weird story than this resumed ths marquis sfter the con- venibon tfaat his strange recital gs re rise to had died out ooe in which wis a principal actor myself it juppeoedj dar ing the french expedition to mexico while the americin cinl war wu raging tbe french army wueac imped before- pueblo one day the hostler ot the marquiss hones the marquis wat an officer of cavalry came to his tent and informed him tiut 1 civilian wu desirous cf being presented tee marquis left the tent and followed the hostler to one of the outposts when wu found ths unknown visitor he wtt dress ed in black and hadjwhite hair he in formed the msrqois that there- wu to be a battle that afternoon the marquis sot a utile surprised by his strange appearancs and the confidence with which he predict ed a battle invited him into a taut where the fellowofficers of the marquiss regi ment were dining the tnironii placed him by his side u the table pointing to a certain offices who sit opposite the strange visitor samtnat he would be kihedln the approaching battle and fold three others tilt they would be wounded designating m each ease ths partioolir spot where tht woandrwoold be recurred he also inform ed the marquis that he would be wounded and wu careful to uyjuat where while this wu going on the wgles blew to horse tbe officers hastily mounted sad rushed into ihs battle which had already begun the old man in black wu not thought l of until after tht fight when the marquis found that everything no had predicted hid come true tnebatus had ooeurred he himself wu wounded in the very spot forel told tht three other officers were also wounded and in the places designated ana the tffioer who wu to die was killed ainong the first in the onset but the most carious featuro otthe episode isithat while the hostler remembered the strange visitor how he had demanded the marquis and how he himself had brought the marquis to him and while the sentinels from the extreme outposts to the heart tot the camp all recalled tha circumstance of a oivihan uress- ed in black and with white hair hiving uked for the marquis of such 1 regiment snd equadron none of the wounded officers had any recollection ot the visitor or of tha rceae in the tent at dinner fellow officers laughed a good deal at my credulity saidthe msrquia u ha finished but the features cf this spparibon art sbll indelibly fixed ia my mind they were those of prince talleyrand boa hid become known and few except imneelf thought that he would ever act spin he died removed from stage auocia- tionj hia home being in a quiet rural ndgh- bonrfaood where the drama and all belong ing to it wu regarded belonging to the outer and tricked world he owned ifarm there snd the house in whioh he lived waa not more pretentions than tha dwellings of uss peanmvsnia tarmera qnaiertown is a vil lage close by but disliked its people snd rladulittieupostibletodo with them his acting had brought him 1 fortune and al though heavy losses had impaired itthere wu enough left to support him in some de gree of luxury he had no relatives in this country save wife who wiiirith him at tht last all mr feabters success in the old world u so actor did not follow him to the united suus f or tw wu famous in deed in england france and germany and acted with great favour in tbe language of each 1 while in thai ooontry although he wu motived appreciatively be never be came thoroughlt popnlir hit whole name wu charles albert feebler his father wat a froochman his mother waa italian and he wu bom m london fiityfur years go his father worked at making jewel- iary an wu a clever designer for a leading firm in the trade tbe family returned to france when charea wu a young lid and he after 1 brief schoofiugi was pot to work in his fathers shop at the age of 16 he acted in amateur theatricals a generous brotheriuliw buying him the privilege r but be did so well hit bewu soon ableto obtain regular employment- on the stage his father strongly desired him to become a sculptor snd arranged to send him to rome for education in art but at about the same tuna he was offered sn opportunity to act at tht theatre fmnceua it is said tbat be fotstd up 1 ooin b decide his vocation and that the drama won his first appearance at the theatre francaise wu in 1344 and he remained in that establishment two years playing a wide range ot importani patts subsequently ht acted in other pus the atres and vru the original anand m da- muvcamille malting his greatest suc cess in that character he also play td with moderate favour in germany in thagtrman lsnguage and in 1360 made his london da- but in kngksh meeting with quick and de rided success dickens became hia intimate friend and ardent admirer and he at once took a place in the front of his profession lady bordtttt grafts leased the lyceum theatre tor him to manage and he din h so extravagantly that money was lost in the enterprise out he retained his ppulality in london u an actor during the lut four orjive years ot nis life he wu so untrustworthy that managers would not take the risk ot depending uporr him this became so marked 1 characteris tic that the theatre would be closed on one or more nights whenever he essayed to play a eek his lut season of active work tu marked with such disasters at the broadway in new york and the howard athetuenm in boston the managers lecuv ed him of drunkenness but he resented such chsrges and explained that gour other ailment not caused by alcoholic excees- es had incapacitated him mr fechter left a wife and several chq- drenin london it is uid that for bale he sent money for their support ins that they weret tmluwij leadoa friends 1 whether he wu ever legally ten anted from this wife is uncertaivnt she asserted only a few months ago thathe had never attempted to get a dirotcel jrom her a few yeara ago the announcement of his marriage to miss lixxie price the actress who badplayed with him during soma of his toon in america ns published she pre sided over his pennsylvania household unt his death and wuasecbonately devoted to him she bad no children w i basi of england notes the financial editbr of the philadelphia ltifir states on the luthority of official re ports that tha notes of the bank of england are made from pure white linen cuttings neverfrom ragrthat hive been worn they have been minufac tared for nearly two hun dred yean by the same family the portals protestant refugees so carefully ia the paper prepared that even the number of djps into the palp made by each workman is registered on a dial by machmery and the sheets are carefully countad and booked to each person through whose hand they pass the printing is done by 1 most eurious pro- ctu in mr coei department within tha bank building there is an elaborate ar rangement tor securing that no note shall be exactly like any tther ia existence conse quently there never wu a dupgoate of 1 bank of england dote except by forgery according to- the oty pro the stock of ptid notes of sevenyears is- about 94000000 in number and they fill lo00o bemwhiob if placed side by side woo id reach lhcee miles tht notes nlscedin t pile would be eight miles high or if joined end to end would form nboon 15ttfniles ifong their superficial extent it mere una that of hyde park their original valuelwuover 15000000000 and their weight s over one hundred ud twelve tout n a cxxteswia bjitory ot fall river though published only three yean ago al ready needs reviritn in the pin drrrttrdto extravagant praise of our old fatailitt thtte families were fiveterfhiuabtr- and members of three m tteniare now ia statt prison or under tudiotmtnt u thitvss walking parttsa the peruana of such a party most be carefully considered the parties may be u tmillu two or msy extendto any num ber these however are extreme inatah- oea we will therefore deal with oar ex treme instances before proceeding with the level averages i wu lately talking with a lady the wife of a very distinguished mm who told me thst she snd her husband took long walking tours they took no other luggsge than whit they could carry in their dockets for days together tending on their ips to some central point from which thty diverged in their dcuniomu though they had men married for ytarsithay still had so much love for nature and for eaeh other u to make them look forward to these holidays u the great charm of the long va cation i have met enterprising young couples wtth alpeustocks and travelmg- bags beginning married lit e u a walking party gwithno tht lut twelvemonth a lady hu written a b6ok to tell now she and her husband have gone round the world snd another to describe ill the drives thiv hive taken the most simple and natural way of going out walking twobytwo the common case of a great multitade taking a wallrztagether is more and more coming into preminenoev we know several ircn- bologicil and nataral history societies where the pestriau party is the great principle of the institution in the summer there is 1 fieldday once every week the country is carefully mapped out all the points of in terest within walking distance are noted the list is gradually cleared ojf and when cl tared ff recommenced from the beginning the members of these walking dabs become ventablb uhlans from their knowledge of geography- and their skill in pedestrian strategy of coarse the members of such eoqktien hive their grand days oocuionaily when they invite ladies ind give them champagne luncheons bat when they tike their walks into distant villages the whole some general nils is not to go beyond the limits of breadandcheese and beer at the universities tne practical professors inch u those of geology or botany often lead their pupils u a body into tha ooontry and give lectures on rooks and plants tivtae great astoniahnunt of the buoolio mind that does not comprehend the reason of things at the meetings otour great societies wsik- ing parties hsve come very mat to the front in recent years j i 1 it is becoming fishioniblo among intelli gent men to tend 1 card instead oi going to 1 party being oat all night dancing and eating jan indigestible supper while standing up dots not hurt thtoard 1 jransalbc ia boooffliogdtfy more and more german and that language is very generally spoken there thf tjarmia set tlers are both tew and christian and re cently j a raagaxine to appear once in three mootni has been started giving jla aocount of all that ututereiting down in jade and wiring special reference to the arohaio- logical retearcoes made in the district the ooodnttore of thit periodical iwill pat par- ticuw attention to the virions moot points at to topography in and around tbe holy city 1 ht trollope in one ol his novels dtptcn hit characters enjoying 1 picnic star jerusalem ud il ia quite on the cards that tbs mount of olivet nu been esarked down at the site of a lager beersrden forwhre 0nans irtlagtr anl gardens mast r- fouowa r w i vl l jic jaggtspttwv-