THE A M.ER I O A IN . OLD CRESCENT CITY PRISON. K.w la fwrM f lMslllla. Th. old parish rrion of New Oilman., of notorious memory, U bring raa'1 to th. frotinL lh New Turk Kvenln 1L 80 far the dlKomntllnc ha Riven up no aeereia. allh.'Uiih the liiiirilon haj rrevlle that when the liictil of day waa 1ft In on the mw a of I he Jail there woul I t a hint of Mitierto upprewej tnciilenla In the criminal Malory of the Pity, It 1 tru that tin. der the flooring of evil In the women's department m Ikhi, which are In ll.vrtl to he human, wer f.ur.. an.l that In the same part of the prtn the work of making a aerret pawBe had been begun anil ahanJom't), but no e planatory Information la at hand. A rello of slavery days dlMfOvere.l waa the following written order In Kivmh: "Mayor's utile. New Orleans, July 23, 1 Si' J. To the Jailor of the Parish 1'rlson: iMIver to M. Norvllle Iutrad the ne Cresa Chloe, brionittnir to Mme. Morphy, and take a receipt for the same. J. Itofflifeor, mayor." On the roof wiling workmen came uptn a box full of olfi flal documents, signed by recorders of th. oily and by federal commanders during the war. Exposure to the ele ments had rendered these papers al most undecipherable. Perhaps to cltl sens of New Orleans ths most Interest ing belonging of e prison is the bell which for generations hung In one of th. two towers rising from the facade of the building. It w is for many years used as a fire alarm, and during the war Its clangor summoned the slaves In Various quarters of the city when their services were needed by the authori ties. Another use of the bell was to warn rltliens abroad that It was nine o'clock and time to be In their homes. The stones In the courtyard for negro prisoners are worn very thin and cov ered with rude figures which were cut Into them. "Some of the stones," Rays a local chronicler, "afe worn through In certain places by the Inmates In the process of manufacturing finger-rings of metal or bone, or from the whetting of thin pieces of bone to be converted Into toothpicks, which were sold by Ike prisoners." ABOUT THE PLANETS. Oar Solar System Rushing Kapldly Toward the ConatellMloo of Hercules. According to the System of Coperni cus (b. 1473), the Sun was regarded as the center of the universe. The plan . ets, Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, revolved round It In circular orbits; the Moon was a satellite of the Earth, spun round It as a center, and accompanied It on Its an nual rotation round the Sun. Since then this view has been firmly estab lished In Its main principles, but It to now known that the Sun Itself moves Steadily toward the constellation Her cules and that It la by no means the largest body In the universe. The Solar System Is known to consist of a central Hun, around which all the other mem bers revolve. These consist of eight primary planets, vis.: Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Ura nus, and Neptune; twenty secondary planets, satellites, or attendants upon the planets, of which the Earth has one. Mars two, Jupiter four, Saturn eight, Uranus four, and Neptune one; a num ber of mlnsr planets or asteroids situ ated between Mars and Jupiter, of which 271 are known; several comets, and a great number of small meteorto bodies. In their broad general features the planets are all alike. The ball or globe-like form Is peculiar to all of them, they are all dark bodies, deriv ing light and heat from the sun, and consequently they all reflect the same borrowed light. In common, they all perform two motions, one a spinning or rotatory motion on an axis, the other a motion of transition, which whirls them round the sun. Both these mo tions are from west to east, and the orbits which they describe round the sun are not circular, as represented by the Copernlcan System, but assume more the form of an oval or ellipse. THE SUEZ CANAL. (t Is Not the Flrnt On Constructed on the Same Line. From remote ages the Isthmus of Sues has been tre -ied by a canal fol lowing n?arly the line of the present one; nothing certain, however, seems to be known as to who was Its first constructor, but the credit Is generally given to Pharaoh Necho, who reigned about 600 B. C. It, In course of time, got silted up with sand, but was cleared out by Trajan in the second century A.D., and again In 767. The Emperor Napoleon desired to reconstruct the canal, and had the Isthmus surveyed, but nothing was done until M. Ferdi nand de Lesseps, In 1854, obtained per mission from the Viceroy of Egypt to construct a canal uniting the Mediter ranean and Ked Seas. A company was formed to carry out his views, two fifths of the capital being furnished by the viceroy, and the remainder In Eu rope, chiefly In France. The work was commenced In 1S60, and on Sept 28, 1869, M. Lesseps sailed In a sma.l steam er through It. The canal runs north and eouth from Port Said to Sues; the length from sea to sea Is 99 miles, with a width of 327 feet for 77 miles, and of 196 for the remaining 22 miles; the depth la 26 feet. In November. 1573. the British government purchased from the khedive the original shares held by him Cor 3,976,582. It Is now proposed to wid en the canal to 166 metres. The car.al has reduced the distance from London to India from 11,379 miles to 7.62S, a saving of 36 days on the- voyage by the Cape, The number of vessels that passed through the canal In 1SS6 was 3,100. The tonnage, 8.1S3.313; the receipts, 2,241, 195. Names of Postofllees. The postoffice department has agreed to name two pos offices Trilby. The law governing the naming of pestofflces Is very simple. There can be but one of a name In a state, and no name Ss permitted which too closely resem bles another name In the same state, as It would make confusion. Nor are gro tesque or profane names allowed. With these simple restrictions a community ts allowed to select its own postofflce name. Good for Dyspeptics. Dr. Lalm has a theory that rocking chair exercise is good for dyspeptics. It is a comforting opinion and one which women will be glad to test MOST SAVAGE OF SPIDERS. I ke TarsHlala mitmmrA alia l ooagh raarago lo Attarh lrkrr t nrwlea. The tarantula Is a Urg burrowing spider Which dwells In a shaft-like hole It sink In the earth. Its ap-urnc Is most repulsive, and losplr.-s anyone who riamlno. It with a f.-!lng of pro found disgust. As it staiuis. it fre quently covers an area a large as the palm of a man's bund, and over Its ldy and legs there btlstha a thick suvrrhig U reJiHsh-l-r:. It may Imj said that Its home Is In many lands, but Its greatest site Is attained In tropical and scml-troplcal countries. In tho south of Eurow, ahmg the Mediter ranean coast. It has l-en known for centuries a the "mad spider," lecau the symptoms following its bite are similar to those of hydrophobia. There the iteasantry, eswially those of Sicily regard It with mliiKled feelings of hate and superstitious dread. They will tell you that the only chance of recovery from its bite Is for the patient to com mencing dancing without delay, and to continue until he falls senseless from exhaustion a remedy w hich, ridiculous as it seems, has Something to b said in Its favor, when we know that the one danger Is to overcome the tendency of sleep, says the Chambers' Journal. As long as this can be successfully avoided the patient Is In no danger; but If he gives way, and allows himself to fall into a stupor, then he Is likely to succumb, even from the comparative ly mild poison of the European variety. It la In the tropical countries of South America, however, 'where all forms of Insect and vegetable life attain their highest development, that this great spider la most deadly. And farther north, In the provinces of Mexico, where It la qul'e numerous. Its poison Is only a slight degree less dangerous. There we have met It everywhere and studied Its habits. In the orange orchards, the vineyards and the ( pen prairies we have watched It attack enemies many times Its own elite, and marveled at the ease with which It overcame them. Even Its own kind are not exempt from Its fierce onslaught, and we remember once see ing a pair of them meet on an upturned root of a fig tree and fight a duel to the death the death of both. Of man It seems to have no fear whatever, and will attack without hesitation either his hand or foot. If they come within striking distance. In doing so It stands upon its four hind legs. It opens wide Its enormous fangB until the mandibles protrude in a straight line from the face; then, with all the muscular force It Is capable of, launches Itself forward, sinking them with a vicious thrust deep Into the flesh of the enemy. WHISTLER IS QUARRELSOME, Series of Controversies Which Ilave Added Notoriety to Ills Fame, Vv'hlstler, the artist, always seems to be having trouble of one sort or an other. Just recently It has been about his portrait of Lady Eden, which the French court had ordered him to de liver "Immediately or sooner." Before that there was his controversy with DuMaurler, In which he forcibly ex pressed his resentment at having been introduced into the author's now famous "Trilby." Many years ago there was the famous libel suit against John Buskin, who, In a brief but stinging criticism of the artist's work, called him a cockney. This sunk deep Into the soul of Whistler, who brought suit for damages, to the huge edlllcatlon of the whole English-speaking world, the proceedings being most entertaining from start to finish. At the conclusion damages In the sum of 1 farthing were awarded to Whistler, and the costs, which were upon Kuskln, were raised by public subscription. The sum was $1,900, and, as one of the subscribers remarked: "Ten times that much wouldn't be too much for the public to pay for the entertainment afforded by the suit." Once Whistler painted a portrait of Thomas Carlyle not for money, for the (treat nhllosonher had none at that time. After Carlyle's death a publloj subscription was started in Scotland to ' buy the picture and present It to a pub-1 1 1, tlhrnru WIiIdIIa. JnA , . 1 - ' for It a small price for such a work, but the-artist set the price low because of his approval of the scheme. When nearly all the money was raised It came to Whistler's notice that the subscrip tion paper specially disclaimed any ap proval of himself, his art or his art theories. He promptly raised the price to 1,000 guineas. The picture Is still unsold. Another story told of him is his remark, after looking through the house of a multl-mllllonaire who had no taste, but had amassed a priceless col lection of pictures and articles of vertu. Throi hout the tour of the house the artist kept silence, but Just before his departure he turned to his host and Bald: "It's amazing, and there's no excuse for It.' That was his only comment The Law of Trademark. Any person, firm or corporation can obtain protection for any lawful trade mark by complying with the following: 1. By causing to be reported in the patent olllce the name, residence and place of business -f persons desiring the trademark. 2. The class of mer-' chsndise and description of the same, i S. A description of the trademark It-1 self with fac-simien. 4. The length of! time that the said mark has already) been used. 6, By the payment of the ! required fee $6 fcr labels and $25 for1 trademarks. 6. By complying with such . regulations as may be prescribed by the '. commissioner of patents. 7. A lawful trademark must constat of some orbl trary word (not the name of a person ! or place (Indicating or not the use or na ture of the thing to which It is ap- plied; of some designation symbol, or of both said word and symbol. Religions Denominations. The estimated number of religious de nominations among English-speaking communities throughout the world is as follows: Episcopalians, 21,100,000; Meth odists of all descriptions, 15,800,000; Ro man Catholics, 14,340.000; Presbyterians of all desriptlons, 10,500.000; Baptists of all descriptions, 8,160,000; Congrega tionallsts, 8,000,000; Unitarians, 1,000,000; Free Thought, 1,100.000; minor religious sects. 2,000,000; of no particular religion, 20,000,000. Total English speaking popu lation, 100,000,000. They Know a Few Things In Berlin. The Berlin Street Car company paid $250,000 into the treasury of the city for the privilege of crossing the principal avenue, Unter den Linden, at one point. GOVERNMENT SALARIES. omm latorasliag ficarre t'sefat for Heady Kefrrear. The salary of the president of the Pnlted States Is M.iWO a year, the vice president, l.0O0; call net officers. pi.OoO. Senators. fj.OoO and mileage; congress men. i.o and mileage. Chief justice Sifpreme court. 10w; asociate Justh-es, tui.issi. The diplomats get gnid pay: Ministers to Germany. Ureal Britain, France and Itussla. tll.UM; ministers fcrasii. China, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Japan, and Spain, $11. i; ministers to iiilll, Peru, and Cen tral America. HO.ooo; mlnlstera to Aigentltie Confederation. Hawaiian Islands. lUlnlum, Haytl, Colum bia, Netherlands, Sweden. Tur key, and Venexuela, I7.M0; min isters to Swltxeiiand. Denmark. Paraguay, Bolivia and Portugal. 3,000; ministers to IJIeria, tl.OmJ. The heads of the government departments re ceive: Superintendent of bureau of en Slaving snd printing. 14.500; public printer, tt.&'K); superintendent of census, I.V'nsi; suiierlntendent of naval observa tory, Jj.iHK); superintendent of the slg ii ul service, $l,0u0; director of geological surveys, $6,000; director of the mint. $l.5tai; commissioner of general land olllce, $4,0oo; commissioner of pensions, $1,600; commissioner of agriculture, $.I,(nk); commissioner of Indian affairs, $;!,(hio; commissioner of education, $3,000; commander of marine corps, $3,500; superintendent of coast and geodetic survey, $6,000. The pay of army oftleers Is fixed as follows: General, $13,500; lieutenant general, $11,000; major-general, $7,500; brigadier-general, $5,500; colonel, $3,500; lieutenant-colonel. $3,000; major, $2,500; captain, mounted, $2,000; captain, not mounted, $1,800; regimental adjutant, $l,8(i0; regimental quartermaster, $1,800; first lieutenant, mounted, $1,600; first lieutenant, not mounted. $1,500; second lieutenant, mounted, $1,500; second lieu tenant, not mounted, $1,400; chaplain, $1,500. The navy salaries are: Admiral, $13,000; vice admiral, $9,000; rear admir al, $6,000; commodore, $5,000; captain, $4,600; commander, $3,500; lleutentnt commander, $2,800; lieutenant, $2,400; master, $1,800; ensign, $1,200; midship man, $1,000; cadet midshipman, $500; mate, $900; medical and pay director and medical and pay inspector and chief engineer, $4,400; fleet surgeon, fleet pay master and fleet engineer, $4,400; sur geon and paymaster, $2,800; chaplain, $2,600. NATION WITHOUT A PALATE. The Italians Seem to Regard Everything Edllde. To the Italian everything Is edible; It Is a nation without a palate, says Oulda In the Nineteenth Century. It steeps a hare in fennel and tats salt with melons. The craze for devouring birds of all kinds Is a species of fury from the Alps to Etna; they crunch the delicate bodies betweent their Jaws with disgusting relish, and a lark represents to them a succulent morsel for the spit or pnstry. The trade in larks all over the world Is enormous and execrable, and Is as large In England as In Italy. It should at once be made penal by heavy fines on the trappers, the ven ders and the eaters, or ere long no more will the lark be heard on the earth. It is admitted by all who know anything of the subject that agriculture would be impossible without the aid of birds, as the larvas and developed insects of all kinds would make a desert of the entire area of cultivated land. This Is well known. Tet all over the world the destruction of birds rags unchecked, and no attempt Is made to protect them, to Interdict their public sale and to en able them to nest and rear their young In peace. A scientific writer has said that destruction of the Individual la un important. (He was speaking of the destruction of the great auk.) 'As mat ters go now, unless some stringent measures are taken the birds of Europe will In the next century be as extinct as ts now the dlnornls. The ornlthophll societies of France and Switzerland have more than once written to me that unless birds be protected in Italy they must perish all over Europe, since so great a variety of races wing their way to the south In winter and there are ruthlessly murdered. VICTIMS OF THS "RUSH" HABIT. Uappenlngs Which Show that There Is No Necessity for Haste. That much of the "rush" that is so characteristic of American life Is the re sult of habit rather than necessity is shown by the fact that it quickly yields to curiosity, says the New York Herald. Instances of this are afforded dally in the business thoroughfares. The fa miliar spectacles of a man or woman frying griddle cakes In the front window of a restuarant Is one that never falls to attract a knot of observers, at an hour when business Is most brisk. The tide of travel always has to turn aside when a big safe Is being hoisted to the seventh or eighth story of some tall of fice building, because the crowd of clerks, salesmen and men of business who have stopped for a few minutes to look on, and most of whom who will soon be tearing through the streets at a rate which would seem to indicate that life or death depended on the speed they made. It is at the elevated railroad stations that there is the greatest display of haste. Men rush upstairs and push and elbow one another about on tl e plat form, as though to miss a particular train would Involve a delay of several hours and no end of Inconvenience to each and all of them. And yet, only a few days ago I saw two score men and half a dozen women let three trains pass them while they watched a sign painter at work on a patent medicine advertisement on a blank wall. And be fore he attracted their attention they bad all been struggling like mad to catch the first train that came along. Some day, as a nation, we may awake to the discovery that we can waste time now and then when we feel like It. Burial Cnitomi In Assam. A curious burial system exists In Assam. All corps are lowered from the roofs with ropes, it being contrary to the laws of the country to carry a dead body through a door. Deer la Scotland. In all, It has been estimated that over 1.000,000 acres are devoted to the main- ( tenance of deer In Scotland, and that about 6,000 stags are annually killed. i HUT SPKIM.H, S. 1). If indications count for anything', the Hot Springs of South lUkuia are des tined to become the moet popular resort between Chicago am! the I'arlfl j Coaet. They are situated in the gentle and beautiful canon of Fall River, and are the center of a splendidly built little city of three thousand permanent In habitants. The efficacy if their waters for rbeutnallbin, dyspepsia, and, tn fact, alnjit every chronic disorder of the system, U too well known to require statement. It is teV.;ed to by the an nual arrival of thousands of Invalids, and the departure of these same per tons, after a few weeks, In much Im proved or wholly restored health. The Springs are surrounded by many ob ject of surpassing natural Interest, as Wind Cave, equal in extent to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, and far more wonderful information, filled with striking beauties and strange fantasies of structure. Not far away are the romantic Cascadis, and near by are extinct craters of geysers standing up like boles that had been built rather than excavated, and by the'.r puzzling appearance meriting the name they have receivedThe Devil's Chimneys." This is but a beginning of the list of attractions in the vicinity, to fairly see which would entranclngly occupy a month. The hotels and the bathing accom modations for guests are unsurpassable, and nothing is left to be desired by any grade of people, from the nabob travel ing for amusement to the poverty stricken invalid in search of cheap and epeedy restoration to health. The Passenger Department of the Burlington Route has issued a well written and beautifully illustrated folder, containing a great deal of inter esting matter relative to this famous resort. For a copy or for information about the Burlington Route's rales and train service to Hot Springs, write to J. Francis, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb. P. S. Half rates to Hot Springs May 24, June 7 and 19, July 3 and 19, August 2 and 23. Personally Conducted Summer Vacation Tours. A personally conducted excursion the first of a series of three arranged by the Burlington Route will leave Lincoln at 6:10 p. m., Thursday, June 27, for a nlneteen-days tour of the west. Denver, Colorado Springs, Manltou, the Garden of the God, Pike's Peak, Marshall Pass, G leu wood Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Butte, Helena, the Yellowstone Park and Hot Springs, S. D., are included in the itinerary. 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