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'JI'11'JiKUHHlllll'lll1 HI 'IJI JJIIWI" '.I ItKLUUOUS AND EDUCATIONAL, TIio largest Increase of Baptists sfhoo 1870 has boon in tlio fifteen Soufh orn Slates, whore tlio gain is 701,118, mo.stty among tlio colored people. Seventeen femule missionaries lmvo -been soul by lliu Cliurelt of England Missionary Society to India to labor among the Hindoo women. Four of the.se nave been there before. Mis Gnlisla 0. Klnuo, now living in Oswego, N. Y., in her eightieth year, Jh elaimed to bo tlio oldest lady school teaeher in the Slate. She commenced her vooation in Worcester, Otsego Coun ty, at the age of sixteen. ' London hus-n population of four millions and a half. Of this multitude only (JO.OOt) are church members, and only '200,000 aro regular attendants at religious services. Of the working pop ulation it. is stated, on as good authority 4is the Bishop of Litchfield, that only two nor cent, aro found in church. President MeCosh, of Princeton, lately remarked that there is a decrease in the number of college graduates who go into Hit) ministry, and the Hov. Ly man Abbott adds: " Thero is a decrease in the quality. Some of the best men go Into the ministry, but the average, whether measured by the popularstand ards of college classes or by recitation, is not high." I t As an illustration of the general spread of elementary education in Ja pan, an inspector of prisons has re ported that during the past Niimnior ho found all the children attending the prisou'Hphoolflfor four "dr- six hours ov ory ilay, while the adults attended in the evenings and on Sundays. In the chief penarfiettleniontinTokio ho found 2100' boys learning rapidly, and was pleased to note in the senior class that the boys were learning ciphering with European figures from one of their own number. i ,. . g umner. I r i jr Hl Some of tlft friends, ff 1 the; 'lutF President of tiio Pennsylvania Railroad have determined to perpetuate his mem ory by the erection in Philadelphia of a church, to bo called "Tlio Thomas A. Scott. Memorial Church," the pews of which shall be free. It is intended to lie mainly for the uso and benefit of the employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad and their families, and tlio organization of Grace. Evangelical Lutheran. C'hurcht corner of Thirty-fifti and Spring Gjirj den'slriTots, could probably bo utilized1 for tills )tiri)oso, as it owns a lot very desirably located, and the congregation is largely composed of employes of tho i'eunsylvaniil Railroad. Iris proposeM to raise $50,000 to build this memorial church. Tlio Prophetic, floosc.-Bonc.' ' The readings of tlio goose-bone indi cate a motley winter. There will bo a .good deal of snow apd a few cold days, but no protracted cold weather. In tlio month of Dcooinbor there will bo no very cold weather. During the last of the month there will be a few days when good Jires will bo cheerful and overcoats comfortable, -Jt will bo an exceedingly disagreeable month -for out door, work, . with snow or rain every jday or two. The probabilities are for a wot, gloomy Clrrlstmiis. Tills klnU of wpalhor wiU'continuo on through Jonitarvi with mi few cold davs sandwichcjil between rain and snow. About, the middle of January there will bo a few chuu cold 'days, when, the mercury will gp.down below zero. The lfith'nim Ijfith tjf-'January will be as o&ld days, as any oxpjrioncodinthis latitude. TlioQaUorfpart"iof tlio month will bo wot .and 'gloomy 1 ., There will bo more genuino winter -weather crowded Into Mid little month of February than in December unirjftn 'UarV, blit there will not bo3 any intense foolcl, i tho exception of the few days abouf. thomiddlo pf, .Jnniury, it is not ikolytlmt tlio mercury will go far ibolow zero. i ' Tho gooso-bono has long been an hbu ored weather prophet. Inlsomo of Jhe back epui(ties off Koutdoky thif furmers make ulLtheir arrangements in accord niiei) withtho predictions of the g0o-0-.boiie. In somCKJealitiek the goosu-b&no as laid aside, labeled with f ho, year, $nd it is slild' tlmt one qld farmers in Breathitt County lias the libnos extend ing back tor lrioro than forjy years, and in an mau -iimo .aisK.assorte(Ulliau,uiuM bono lms-.novor.-U)oaiu.imstakon intho weather.. . ' TiVroad correctly tho winter of anv -vear. take tho hroast-bonn of J nid ilturpllproPFcl Inffsrfrlfi a goose Jfouml to no co!orqraiM spr'Tho dark color and heavy apotlinilloato coU. If tho spots aro ofctt light sluulo :and transparent, w'otiwonthoiY. rainor, 'tiiiiiw may uu iuukou lUf r. t... 1....1 i .r.7B ' s " J. hero are a good over the country who thii gooso-bono. Of Sruny; pooplo nlSrlfttho,.wl ,n 8tllkM Ipiilfethclr fnltMo iyoU nro r,Sht w,"l vour all the weather ,0'" nro "7"' ' t ' .prophets it is tlio mostlionorod. The 'little ground-hog disgraced himself long :ng6, andftnpw26ry ipppoplo" over watch Candlemas l)av, and 'hogs' melts an 'I lib Ibn'rtruteiHnv Af($ years g", wauiiijLicujHiiu auiuumaiLwoauier- , y ......... ., i"ja ipi-ophets f predict&l tfmJnotr seMo lono ,,,or (,ut)' ,b)' how iiml tlmt ,f tuy "winter over known, the goose-bone tofd ltul out badly she should lipid hor ofjfa mild winter. Tho future unrolled l80,f ln no 80,lH0 responsible. But such ago just as the bono said it would, and poor olil Tico had to change his predictions lH'OUiOtiOll.S every day. Tlio goose-bone novor olfanges, and never fails. The Post ronortnr Ims ovnmlniHl tl.rnn bones, ono from South.... si m-n K.min.iL-i- one from Jollorson County, and ono'fho wa)' m whh l.hoy 8,1l0,ml B" !- irom l.aporto, mil. Thov aro Identical t(P one another, and the reading her Kivcn will bo found tho same on tho breast-bono of any gooso hatched last spring. jfCut this out, lay it aside for reference, .and as you crowd up close to the fire on uio join oi.Junuary. .yuu win ou con vinced of tho great power dflhogooj iono. Lomsuulc Lhij.) I'onU A Talk About Children. "Children aro an heritage of the Lord," saith the psalmist. " As arrows in the hand of tho mighty. Happy itf the man that hath his quiver full of them." Public opinion has changed on lids, as on many other subjects, since King David's day, and a largo family is now by no moans universally accounted a blessing. In truth, pooplo generally seem dis posed to regard as nuisances all children not their own. Boarding-house keop ers will none of them; persons 'with apartments to let " prefer jidults".8orv vants resent the presence of more than one in families seoking " help;" news papers kedp in standing typp advertise ments styling them " incumbrances," and the question "What, shall wo do with our children?" scorns in danger of taking rank" with tho Chinese as one .of the social problems of the day. Napoleon 1. declared the chief want of his country to bo vwthorn, moaning, it need hardly be said, that Franco lacked nothing so much h citi.ens, trained by good women mothers who. knew their duty and did it. Nor can hucIi training begin fo early. r An eminent divine was once asked by a mother when she should begin tho ed ucation of her four-year-old boy. " Mad am," was his,-answer, "If you have not already begun, you haVe lost those four years. From tliq first smile which beams upon an Infant's cheeks your op portunity begins." ; Nor are such inlltienees loss powerful physically than mentally and morally. Iligli medical authorities afllrni that the foundation of the health or ill-health of most adults Is laid in the nursery. Late hours, Irregular meals, improper food, and other carelessness on the part of those who have charge of them In child hood, aro the primary causes of many of the nervous diseases so frequent among American men, and especially among American women.. For tins' mothers aro chiefly responsible. Much, it is true, depends on tho material it self. Not 6von the most expert -workman can fashion a Sovrcri vase from common clay. Yot his it is to choose tlio form Into which ho will mold his lump of clay. And none 'the less is he bound to do his best, that some unfor aoon ehanco'miVy possibly mar tho work to which lie has given m utmost care. How many women livo in history of whom the world would havo known nothing but for their children! Those who worthily wear tho crown of mother hood aro over thoso who prize it most, and none save sucli as havo wept iu its darkness know how black a shadow a child's collln may cast over a house hold. Children havo their rights, which old er persons aro unhappily prono to ig nore, and chief among those is the right to bo children. Men and women in miniature, copying tho airs and graces of their oldors; flirting and gossipping, dancing at parties when they should bo sound asleep in tholr cribs; is this what the fashionable, jyqrld has to oflor us in exchange for tho natural, light-hoarted, healthy boys and girls of half a century ago? , Hot-house fruits and vegetables may bo most costly, and rlpon earliest, but do they not Jack tho rich, full flavor of their congeners grown in the open air, with tho Hunshino glowing in thqir cheeks and tho freshness of earth's fluws n thqir juices. Therefore, do notdres$tho little folks In garments too costly for the "wOarertb play in. nor Impose unnecessary re strictions upon them. Try to mako their childhood as hap py as possible a season 6f which they inay tell tholr children in days to come', wlion perhaps the grass will bo growing over your grave. Lot yodraotf down to their level now and then; it will do you no harm, and fglvo them pleasant memories of you Uiero'aftoi'. The fallior who ncvor romps' wiin ins uoy win una it iiunouit to se cure the commence ot his grown-up son? tho mother who has no sympathy for tho baby crying over a broken doll may livo to see her daughter turn to others for colnfort. Those who "would win tho confidence of their children must bogin thoi work in tholr babyhood never deceiving thorn, and remomboring always that " example is mora powerful than pro- Bcopt." It is useless to tell ,u child not to do a thing which ho iocs, you uo lflaily, and every parent is more or less no modoi on wmcii cue cuaracter oi the hlld is formed. Tlio claim of narontal infallibility is also a dangerous ono to Assort. It may Jba a llttlu mortifying, yot it is hotter to imoknowloue:o "Mother didn't, know" than to insist child knows Humanity is fallible, and it is to bo tlodbtod if the most conscientious Emptjicridocu Jioivhplo dutUoyard Jjer children. True, I havo known a com placent old lady fold her soft hands and contentedly afllrm that she had 'always sol-Hntisfaetion is rare, iu: us !mYu ouu? to "rn and tho best of ,,;,,tv'u wu " immiu uyui musj ui lun"ou aim coiiumssioii every uay oi our lives. V . - , iOt "0U Who Strive 11 xoi i nose wno strive nravuriu uv mm leaniostly to "train up their children in ,,un Ulll"vu ,v wnll' i limiicnlt'iiu ,1a l. I, ,0, before them, have 'God's promise that ,,' tholr labpr,shaU not be in vain. -Cor. A solid polished brass miliiit lias neon erected In Si r i,l-.,'u nu. ... v. .,IJ O Church. Philadelphia, " To tho glory of God and the living memory of Joshua Lip pincott, who died October 2, 1880." Youths' Department. A FUNKY ITTLLE UOY. A funny llltlo chin, A funny llttlu tuvu', A fiiiinv-llttlu Krlti, Ton funny littlotooM, Two funny llttlovyiM, And funny llttlu lunula: Mow funnily ho trie To kIvo hfs woo command. A fnnny llttloclmt With funny little becfl, . . - A funny 111 tin en t. -. i, ) ,1 And funny tniuls und trees, ' a ninnyjiitio dress, A f tinny; ImiKh of Joy i i ) Mftv iii'HVeii ever bless Jly funny Httlo hoy 1 A funny llttlf slKh, ' ' ' ' A funny llttlu hi-ml Tlmt funnily will try : ' . , 'I'll mln hilini Irif KAI ' f ' ' 1 A funny little nnini "" ;i. i.iw llllll .1.. .'V, , , I' rum funny eyes tlmt gleam, , , , , A funny little sleep. ' r ' ' r M A funny little dremn. h THE IIAIIY'S KSCAI'AIIE. r h i Once upon a time--" all on a sum mer's day" a small white bundle might have boon seen half lying on it grassy bank, in a certain garden in the northern part of Germany We all know that "appearances is deceitful:" but this small white bundle certainly looked .nothing more nor less than a baby's pillow a good deal trimmed with lace and embroidery, on which was tied with two or three straps of scarlet rib bon, German fashion, something that looked very like a baby. I looked very like a baby, and it cried Very like a bttbV. I suppose you would have called it a baby. It Was a pretty little thing, whatever you would have called it. Tlio small pink-face phono forth fromai daintily embroidered cap. It had two great eye as blueiU8iuinpernel.st a pair ot the swcciiM llimplcs in tho worldand a perfect little rosebud of a mouth, that co-pld opoifinto u 'full-blown rose at the shortest notice, as you will see before this story is done. It was all alone in tlio garden. I do not know whethor tho baby knew she was alone in tho garden or not, but she seomed very lumpy and contented. She Sat porfectly still, much engaged, appa rently, in watching somo long willow branehes that went swaying back and forth, in the lazy breeze. ' Caw! caw! caw!" screamed a hoarse black crow overhead. There was a " whir-r-r" in the air, and down HWoopcd,' the crow, lightingnow where do you think? Right on top of tlmt baby. I sjhall, always, maintain that she bo liavcdvdry. well under tho circum stances". Slio did not so much as opon her lips till the bold creature began pecking at the scarlet ribbons. You can hardly blame her for giving suoh a scream thai that the unwelcome visitor flow oil' in a hurry. A stork that happened to be passing Hoard the commotion, and felt obliged to stop and hoo what was tho matter. She also flow down to tho garden, and it was not long before slio too spied the little white bundle sitting there under the trees. The baby had .stopped crying by this time, and, all being quiet, "Mrs. Stork btepped cautiously forward, every min- lltji ufjinninnr timnvii titwl tfin Wtt'' fill nt last diQ. could look straight, tdown,nto the pair of blue eyes. ,,. Gravely the stork surveyed the baby, and gravely the baby survoyed'the stork. Neither seemed to know quite what to make of tho situation, although spoil it began to dawn upon Madame Longlegs that may-be she had tho best of it, and giving her head a toss, her wings a gen tip flap, and opening wide her bill, she said softly to herself: " Hurray! this is a lucky day for vou, Mother Stork!" Casting another glance at the baby, who still did not oflor to resent all this familiarity on tho part of a stranger. Mrs. Stork, liko Master Crow, next? con) eluded -to", try n taste of thoso tgay, rib-, bous. Tlio pimpc'rnels shut up in a Twinkling. The rosebud kept opening wider- un wider. And alas! tho harder the baby cried this dime, tlio more delighted tho visitor seemed to, grov. "Ahem! it's a real baby and no mis take," whispered the .stork, dancing on oio leg in high glee, mid making noise enough with her wings to have been a dozen of her sisters and brothers. "Hur ray! hurray!" Tho sound of voices could now be heard iu the distance. If tlio children only needn't havo dawdled for once! If the butterflies hadn't led thorn suoh a chase through tho ildVor-bcdsI fffr-if if But then there would havo been no, story todell. J j, , j! And as usual the children ii dawdlo. 'Tlicy ruq from oiieii'psobush ,to mJothoij in pursuit of a yellow buUerlly 'tlioy hold buttercups under their chins to sou wliother they liked butter or notf tlfey stopped for a peep of their silly little faces in tlio oloar'watorsof th'oountain; and meonwhllo Mrs. Stork had boon making up her mind to great tilings. She had snatched up the little white bundle, and serenely sailed oirthrougli the bright summer sky. "My baby !f my baby! why. that wicked, wicked creature's got my baby!" was tho agonized cry that rose from the garden. H Mother Stork heard, sio did, not hoed. On she flow with her bprden, Uover resting onco till she came to her own home-nest on top of a high barn in a village over so many miles away. ' i As for tlio threo young storks, thoy were very much fluttered, indeed, at tho sight of Mich an unexpected guest. Tho first tiling they did was to hop out of tho pest as fast as thfy could; and having arranged themselves gracefully on onu leg in a somi-oirclo, they gazed solemnly down at their mamma's big prize, while that delighted lady, wishing to show ofl all Its beauties and accomplishments, be gan pecking again at tho scarlet ribbons. For tlio third timo tlmt day tho baby cried She cried with such a will that the village sextoir forgot to play his usual hymn a thing he had nyt done in the course of sixty yeanj. Now, you must know tlmt they wore all very good, pious people who lived in that village. And ever since (he" ehureh had 1cen built, hs regularly as two o'clock came round, come rain, come shine, the sexton had climbed the tower stairs, and there on the little balustrade liiul played a hymn in God's praise. And on this particular afternoon tlio Sexton was just In the net of raising the old brass trumpet to his Jips when for the third time that 'day the baby cried. The sexton was old, add he was rather deaf, but ho heard hoi; ho was old, and he was rather blind, but ho saw her the little white bundle, crying away among the storks. His precious trumpet dropped from his lingers Ho Seized the ropo of the alarm-bell behind him and pulled with all his might. The baby told the sexton. And the sexton tolled the bell. Well, the people came runnjtig out of their houses pi terror. . The cry of fire was spreading up and dowp the street. Men hurried out of the barns with lad ders and pails of water. Some of tho women appeared armed with brooms, though what they weregoin to do with them I'm sure I don't know. Not see ing any fire, they looked bewildered. - "Where' tho fire, sexton?" they shouted yildly. " It's worse than a fire." was the an swer from the top of (ho tower. " The SIUI'KS IHIVU iOL H CJllUl IU UIO IR'Sl UVLT y wudor. 0:tjiek,qUick, Or they'll be oft villi it again!" ' ' Wl Ladders were hastily bound together fffo make them longer. Two or three men were softly creeping up to the barn roof, when .Mrs". Stork, getting a hint of what was going on, picked up the baby, and away she went over all their heads. The fire-engine had arrived on the scene. Some meii seized the hose and sent a heavy stream of water full against tlio extended wings' of the mischievous bird. But what was a little sprinkling, more or less, to Madame Stork? On she sailed, rather slowly at first, enjoying the fun of bringing the peas nntS'Otitinto'thc fields und woods in pur suit, then faster, till she looked a small black speck in tho sky to tho excited people watching below, and at bust she was out of sight. By and by slio began to near a city. There were a groat many houses and spires and chimneys. Outside the town, in an opon meadow, a largo number of people were collected together. In their midst was a big eoloreumass of some tbing the Htovk didn't know what, and the baby didn't know what; but I will mention to you that it was a ballqon. Presently tho balloon was loosed from its moorings, and with abound ascended grandly into tho air. A thousand pairs of eyes wore watching it, and a thousand mouths were praising its graceful mo tion, when the thousand pairs of eyes fell upon the stork and the'halloon was forgotten Tho people were wild, with excitement. Cries of horror and la menting were heard on oyer' s,ide. A huntsman fjroUafow shote, though with out much effect. "Keen close to tho balloon. Mother iStork. Keep close to tho balloon, and you'll b.e all safo," whispered thd wise bird to Jienjelf. Attached to the balloon there was u boat, in which wore seated a 'man and a woman. "A child! a 6hild!" exclaimed the woman, discerning the baby as the stork drew near; "Oh, you ft-arlittle thing!" she cried, talking first to the baby and then to'her husband. "Oh, do let us try to save it!" Thq wind was driving thcTjalldon along at a rapid rate, so rapid thai; the stork had hard work to keep up, for she had traveled many a mile already, and was grow'pg short of breath. Still-there Was the sound of thoso disagreeable leaden balls haunting her ears, and she pressed on as long as slio could. Biiby grew somewhat uneasy howev er. The pincers that imd been pinching her up so tiglitly'cortainly wore loosing their hold. Baby felt herself going going-- " Ah!" sUid tho woman in tlio balloon, giving a deep sigh of relief; " I thought wo should havo to lose her after all. I call 'myself a pretty lucky woman now, to find a baby in tho clouds!" "Wife," said the man, passing his fingers over the little white bundle; "tho fog is so thick I can't seo very well; but byHlio 'feeling 'of so much ljno lace and .ribbon I'should say ittwas tho child yf rich parents. If so, our fortune is made. Wo havo only, t,o , advertise it in tlio .paper." " Bight!" was tlio answer. " They'll ,pay any sum for tho sako of getting it nack. I shouldn't wondor if we got enoiigh to build a neW house and live in ease all tho rest of ouMlaj's. That' is, if it'&-" slio stopped ia dismay as a new thought struck her "living. It don't move. It's so still, I'm afraid It's. dead. They'll never glye us anything for a dead baby. Do .you suppose the .poor thing can havo died of fright?" "Oh, toss it a' little!" suggested tho man. " So tho baby was tossed and rocked back Imd forth in tho woman's arms, and being hugged very hard, it gave a faint cry. " It's crying! it's crying!" was the joyful exclamation; ami tho happy man, fooling sure now thatdheir fortune was, made, was ready to get back to tlio earth as soon as might bo. The gas was allowed to escape. Tho air became gradua.ly puror. Little by little, tiny black points began tp be visi-, bio through tho thick clouds, and llttlo, by little, those tiny black points turned into substantial mountains and churchoa and trees and houses. There was a river, -' too, unpleasantly near. Is it a law of nature that all balloons, , ' shall come down in tho middlo of a river? It would seem so almost, and ( this ono was no, exception to the gen eral rule. There was a tremendous "splash!" and tlio man and woman, in such gay spirits only ten minutes be fore, were ihnmddriiig about in tho water,, elingingto .the ovccturjied.boatv- But the baby was very comfortable, floating down stream on her pillow, as if it had been an Indian canoo. It was very amusing. Thero were various pleasant sights at hand; somo lambkins ' us white as snow playing together; an . old gray-bearded goilk teasing a frisky young one; long patches of forgot-inc- ,, nots along the bank; and a whole troop of silver-backed fishes constantly dart ing up out of tlio Water. , ... Un she noaiea seroneiy among uio pleasant sights, until, suddenly, a strong arm drew tho little white bundle very carefully out of the river. " Bless iwy stars!" said a great" coarse1v ' man's voice, slowly: " bless my stars! It's no more a baby than I am! It'sonly1" somo little girl's big crying dollt1 Wide A wake. Changing Places. ( !,u' A citizen who has an ofllce in the ton story of a block on Griswold Street hail half a ton of coal dumped on the walku the other day, and the cart hadn't yet disappeared when a boy came pulling up stairs and called out: "Say, want tlmt coal lugged up?" "That's no way to address a person," replied the man. "Why don't you ad- dress me in a civil, polite manner?" "Dunno how," answered tho boy. " Well, I'll show you. Sit downhuro and suppose you aro the owner of the . office and I am a boy who wants to bring up your coal." He stepped into the halLand knocked on the door, and, as tho boy cried ff " come in," tho man entered tlio rooin with his hat in his hand and began: "Beg pardon, sir, but you have somo coal on the walk below." 'it- Yes.' " Shall I bring it up for you?" "Oh, certainly " ; io "How much will you pay ?" '- ' "Well," replied tho boy as ho looked' l around at tho scanty furniture, "I gen erally promise a boy' fifteen cents and shove a bogus quarter 'on him, but see ing it's you, and you are tho only sup port of a largo family, if you'll bring up that coal and put it in that box, I'll give you my whole income for a year and- a half and a pair 6i old boots in the bar gain. " Bov, what do you mean?" demanded the man, as he Unshod up. i But the boy dodged him and reached the stairs, and as no paused at one of the landings to look up, ho called out: ' " I expected every minute that you'd advise mo to get that coal up-stairs be fore some creditor gobbled it! Yoii. can't play boy for shucks!" Detroit Free Press. Royalty Robbers. Secretary Kirkwood, in his report, re fers to tlio crying evii that has afflicted k the Northwest for the past fifteen years". , While tlio language, is dignified and ju dicial, it will be seen that ho is in dead earnest. Tlio- legislation suggested ' would go far toward suppressing the traveling scoundrels who are plundering the farmers of the Northwest: "Tho Commissioner of Patents has called mv attention, to' What appears to bo an injustice upon the public, sanc tioned by law, Innocent purchasers of patented articles and denies exposed for sale 'in open market occasionally find ' themselves prosecuted for infringement. It is' sometimes determined, as construed by the courts, that two patents have been issued to different parties for the same invention. Oho of these must therefore bo regarded as void, yot both may have placed thoif 'patented nrtiolesuiport' tho .market in good faith and found ready purchasers .who never questioned their, liability under tho law. Yet the pur chasers of the articles or devices manu factured and sold by the patentee of tho ., patent declared void, after, tiq decision,. , of tho court, aro liablq to pay royalty , to tlio successful patentee, although it may bo shown that the purchase was made in ignorance of the decision and in perfect good faith. This, is wrong, and m many oases tends lb grievous hard ship. It should bo remedied by proper legislation exempting innocent purehas- '' ers in opoi market fro-m any liability for tho use of jsuch patented articles or de vices," Iowa Stale Register. 'In somo interesting statistics given in reforenoo to 'suicides, it is asserted that only ono woman to every three or fyur men seeks to destroy herself, a fact that Is accounted for by the greater pre ponderance of Veligious feeling, . hope , and the inclination to self-sacrifice which enables woman to struggle on when men lnk under in despair. Of all Nations tlio passionate women of Spain aro most given to suicide, and married women of , all countries aro more prono to yield.'to 't the temptation than single ones, and" widows aro said to care less for life than "widowers, who soon find a panacea for their sorrow in taking another wifo. " ' Alfred Krupp, tho owner and creator of tho largest gun-foundry iu the world, seems to be a greater hero in war-loving Germany than the Chancellor himself. Krupp was born at Essen on April 11, 18U. and as his father was a gunmaker the boy made toys of fire-arms. Tito lad's genius outstripped all precedent, and more than keeping pace with mod ern invention ho devised implements of death which havo terrorized soldiors of ' nearly every nation. .'- - mJ