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than 25,000,000. But it is as difficult
to grasp the ono eot of figures as the
other , BO ghastly is the impact of scion-
tiflo computation on the mind when
measuring time and space by such co
lossal expressions. The practical accept
ance of the evolution doctrine by the
thinking world , oen among people of
highly religious minds , makes Haeokel's
statement of the deepest interest.
Bulls , however absurd as logic in
speech , sometimes present an idea with
extraordinary vividness. Two Irish
bulls , quoted as prize examples in a re
cent book , illustrate this. The first is
by Timothy Healy , "As long as the
voice of Irish suffering is dumb the
ear of English compassion is deaf to
it , " and this from The Irish Times ,
"The key of the Irish difficulty is not
to be found in the empty pocket of the
landlord. " Accuracy of phrase would
take out the backbone from those Hiber-
nianisms.
The world rarely scrutinizes evidence
closely iu favor of something which it
is anxious to believe. This enables many
intelligent men to form honest convic
tions which do great discredit to their
good sense.
"When one seeks the cause of the
successes of great generals , one is astc i-
isbed to find that they did everythi y
necessary to insure them , " said Nape
leon. "When a successful campaign is
studied , we are amazed that it was won
in spite of so many blunders , " said
Gustavus Adolphus. Which is right ?
Schiller's patent of nobility has been
recently found among the archives of
the Wurttemberg government , where
upon the Frankfurter Zeitung waxes
ironical and suggests that it is time for
Germans to recognize the true nobility
of Goethe and Schiller in their works ,
not in the comic prefix "von. "
Oonsideration for woman is the one
infallible measure of a nation's moral
and social life.
It has been suggested to form an as
sociation for the protection of a certain
great admiral when he returns home
from too promiscuous kissing , but he
certainly should have no nominal objec
tion to dewy lips.
The London Spectator advocates u
plan which would have made the states
men ruling English affairs 24 years ago
open their eyes with amazement. Ii
proposes the abrogation of the Clayton-
Bnlwer treaty and in its place one
whereby the two nations of England
and America guarantee for each other
the control of the Suez and the Nicara
gua canals against all comers. This
would constitute a pact of invincible
strength , and the official discussion
would make the rest of the world
squirm. Probably no eorious opposition
ould or would bo made to such an
greemeut , but none the less it would
bo felt as a slap in the face by every
ontinental power. It would bo looked
u as the final seal of Anglo Saxon
partnership. Stranger things have cor-
; ainly come to pass.
It is complacently announced that
Santiago will bo immediately blessed
with the introduction of the American
school system and that 4,000 children
of varicolored skins will bo at once in-
iroduced to the pedagogue , all in good
iime. But the city of St. James needs
other things first. Among these is a sys-
em of sewerage and street cleaning
which will make healthful school build-
ngs possible.
Observation of life shows that more
enduring friendships and affections are
) ased on contrasts than on similarities ,
lealthy minded people tire of them
selves and crave the companionship of
hose widely different.
Jfronioter Hooley's bridges to wealtti
seem to have been built on very rotten
peers.
TIMELY AraiVEKSARIES ,
Some Current Selections From His
tory's Broad Page.
September 8.
70 Jerusalem was taken by
the Romans.
1474 Ariosto , poet , born near
Modenadiod ; 1533.
1500 Amy Robsart , wife of
the Earl of Leicester , mur
dered by his order.
1044 Francis Quarles , the lead
ing poet just preceding ;
Dryden , died.
1828 General George Crook OEN. OUOOK.
born at Dayton , O. ; died 1891.
1855 End of the siege of Sevastopol and re
treat of the Russians.
1885 Rear Admiral John \V. Livingston , U. S.
N. , a veteran officer of distinction , died in
New York city ; born there 180J.
1894 The Count of Paris , head of the French
royal family and grandson of Louis
Philippe , made heir apparent by the death
of his father , the Duke of Orleans , died in
London , where ho had long resided as an
exile ; born 1838. The Count of Paris was
ono of the Orleans princes who served on
the staff of General McClollan on the pen
insula in 1802. His rank was that of cap
tain. With his brother , Duke of Clmrtrcs ,
and his uncle , the Prince de Joinville , he
was engaged in several battles , among
them Williamsburg and Gaines Mill.
1830 General R. 0. Catlin , veteran of the Sonv
inolo , Mexican and civil wara , died at
Mount Nebo , Ark. ; born 1809.
1897 Treaty of annexation to the United States
ratified by the Hawaiian senate.
September 0.
1037 William the Conqueror died at Herman-
tru' ' , a village near Rouen ; born at Fa
laibu , Normandy , 1027.
1850 Battle of Poitiers ; Edward the Black
Prince , with 8,000 men , defeated 50,000
French.
1513 Battle of Flodden ; James IV of Scotland ,
80 of his nobles and 10,000 of his men were
slain.
1822 Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Jerome -
omo Bonaparte , ton of Jerome and nephew
of Napoleon I , born ; died 1891.
1850 President Fillmore signed the act admit
ting California as a state. California nar
rowly missed becoming an English colony.
The American flag was hoisted ut Monterey
in the face of British vessels whoso mission
iu the harbor was to Bet up some form of
protectorate. In this the British wcro an
ticipated by Lieutenant John C. Fremont ,
who conquered northern California while
the Mexican war was in progress.
1870 Rev. Dr. Nathan Lord , president of Dart
mouth college , died at Hanover , N. H. ;
born 1817.
1896 Ex-United States Senator Henry B. Payne
of Ohio died at Cleveland ; born 1810.
September 10.
1787 John Jordan Crittendon , famous for his
peace measures , was bora in Woodford
county , Ky. ; died 18(53. (
1797 Mrs. Godwin ( Mary Wollstonocraft ) , fa
mous innovator in social matters , died ;
born 1759.
1813 Perry's victory on Lake Erie. The battle -
tlo of Lake Brio was the most important
naval fleet struggle over fought by Ameri
can ships. Perry counterbalanced the
British odds in guns by running in close.
to forced the enemy to fight that day.
His own flagship was disabled , but after
defeating the enemy ho returned to her
battered and gory docks and there wrote
the famous dispatch , "Wo havomot the en
emy , and they are ours. "
1845 Judge Joseph Story , eminent American
jurist and justice of the United States supreme
premo court , died at Cambridge , Mass. ;
born 1779.
1890 Luigi Palmier ! , noted Italian meteorolo
gist , died at Rome ; born 1807. James Lew
is , noted American comedian , died at West
Hampton , N. Y.
1897 Minors' riot at Lattimor , near Hazleton ,
Pa. ; over \vorkingmen shot down by a
sheriff's posse. , _ . - _
September 11.
1G09 Hudson discovered the river bearing hit
name.
1011 Henri de la Tour d'Auvorgno ( Viscount
Turenne ) , famous French commander , born
in Sedan ; killed 1G75.
1700 James Thomson , author of "The Sea-
Eons , " was born ; died 1748.
1709 Battle of Malplaquet ; Marlborough and
Prince Eugene defeated the French under
Marshal de Villars.
1814 Macdonough's brilliant naval victory on
Lake Champlain.
1894 Pie Pico , last Mexican governor of Cali
fornia , died in Los Angeles ; born there
1801. Pico resisted the conquest of Califor
nia by the Americans under Fremont , but
in the end submitted in good grace and re
tired to a ranch , where ho spent his days
under the sway of the stars and stripes.
1807 Justice John Sedgwick , a noted jurist ,
died at Norfolk , Conn. ; born 1829.
September 13.
1494 Francis I of France was
born ; died 1547.
1CS3 John Sobieski and his
Poles drove an army of
200,000 Turks from the siege
of Vienna.
1800 Andrew Hull Footo ,
American naval hero , fa
mous for his exploits on
the upper Mississippi in
1802 , born in New Haven ;
died 1803. Footo command
ed the navy at Forts Henry COM. FOOTE.
and Donolson and at Island No. 10. After
accomplishing the overthrow of the Con
federate ships around the latter strong
hold ho received the surrender of the gar
rison. Ho was wounded at Fort Donelson
and compelled to retire from active service.
Having recovered , as was supposed , he was
on his way to u command in Charleston
harbor when ho died.
1809 Mendelssohn born.
1819-Gebhard Loborecht von Blucher , the fa
mous Prussian commander who saved Wel
lington at Waterloo , died ; born 1742.
1885 Guizot , French historian and statesman ,
died ; born 1787.
1892 Rear Admiral John Gumming Howell , U.
S. N. , died at Folkestone , England ; born
in Philadelphia 1819.
1895 Rev. Dr. Charles Hall , prominent Epis
copal divine , died in Brooklyn ; born 1831.
September 13.
1520-Sir William Cecil ( LordBurleigh , ) famous
nt Qucun Elizabeth's court , born ; died 1508.
1592 Michael do Montaigne , celebrated essay
ist , died on his estate near Bordeaux ; born
1533.