British Railroad Financiering.
BritlHh railroad financiering undordlf
foront names includes about tho same
methods and tho samo classes of Hecurltles
ah in tho United States. A corporation
proposing to build a new lino must first
advertise in several prominent nowspa-
fiors, telling with much detail whoro ft is
nlcndod tho road shall bo run. Tho act
of Parliament, for charter, as wo would
call it, secured, the land must bo paid
for, any dispute with aland owner be
ing, if necessary, referred to tho regular
courts. In practice, however, an appeal
is rarely made, and tho companies pro
for an oxorbltant payment to tho delay
nnd cost of litigation; and so generally Is
this fact recognized that a now railroad
is favored by English land owners
scarcely moro for tho conveniences that
it confers than for tho unduo land costs
it must. pay. As with us, railroad secur
ities are divided Into threo classes, (1)
ordinary shares corresponding to our
"common" railroad stocks; (2) "pref
erential" shares llko our preferred
stocks or income bonds, paying a fixed
rate of interest if tho company earns it;
and (11) debenture shares which carry
with them right of foreolo.7iiro in caso of
a default of interest, and aro as a rulo,
almost exactly equivalent to tho first
mortgage! bonds of an American rail
road. Tho maximum rate of Intwrcst on
British preferential shares seems to bo
six per cent., and tho average rato on
iJio debenture scares is about four and
one-half per cent. Just now, in this
period of low intorcst rates, a per
fectly safe debenture stock Irredeem
able sells in the London market at
about 120. Tho largest dividend paid
by any British railroad last year was
ton and one-half per cent, returned by
the Maryport & Carlislo line operated
by the Great Western Company. II is
a small road only forty-one miles long
nnd with a capital of about $a,fi00,000.
Of the great English lines tho most
prosperous is the Northeastern, which
last yoar paid eight and a quarter per
-cent, on almost $100,000,000 of ordinary
stock, which now solid in tho market
at about 8172 for each sharo of $100.
Like the United States, Great Britain is
now passing through an era of railroad
consolidation. Six corporations tho
London & Northwestern, tho Groat
Western, the Groat Northern, tho Mid
land, tho Northeastern and the Cal
edonian control already 8,J)!J8 miles of
single and double track and $1,840,000,
000 of invested capital. It may bo
roughly stated that half of the wholo
railroad system of Great Britain is undor
their management. One of them alono
Alio Loudon & North westorn Com
panycontrols an invested capital of
$500,000,000, and each of them lias ab
sorbed twenty or thirty subordinate
Jlncs, groat and small. So far as can
ibo judged, however, this swift and wide
consolation is neither alarming nor dis
tasteful to tho British public Tho
newspapers apeak rnthorapprovingly of
it on the plea of improved service, and
no cry of "monopoly" has been raisod.
London Cor. N. r. Post.
"
' A. Vulot Who Know Ills Ilnslucss.
Lord Stratford's feeling of loyalty
was as profound as that of a sincere bo-
'Hovor in divine right must always bo.
Every member of tho royal family was
to him an object of unboundod.ilofor-
nce, When tho Duke of Canmridgo
was about to bocomo his guest for a few
days at tho Embassy ho went in his
dressing-gown and slippers, at an early
ihour in tho morning, to soo that thb
troonw prepared for liis Royal Highness
were in perfect order, rinding tho
Duko's valet arranging tho trunks and
portmanteaus which bad arrived, tfid
Ambassador began to givo him direc
tions how they should bo placed. Tho
anan loft off working and stared at Lord
Stratford. " I will toll you what it is,"
die said at last. "I know how his
"Koyal Highness likes to havo his tilings
arranged Ijottor than you do. So you
, just shut up and bo off. will, you, old
liellorP" Lord Stratford left the room
in a toworing passion, and calling ono
of tho attaches, ordered him to go and
toll that man who it was that no had
ventured to address such language to.
Tho attache soon returned with spark
ling eyes. "Well, what did you sav
to him?" asked tho Ambassador. "I
said to him, my Lord, that the person
-to whom bo had ventured to address
.-such language was her Majesty's repre
sentative in Turkey." "Ah, quite
right. And what was his answer?"
"llo answered, my Lord, that ho had
inovor said you
jmlar feature In
wam't." It was a sin
Lord Stratford's somo-
wnat nasty disposition mat ins anger
would suddenly bo appeased by any
thing which seemod to him ludicrous.
It was so In this case, and ho enjoyed n
hearty laugh with tho attache. Temple
Bar.
Whilo at work recontly, at tho Lo
roy (N. Y.) salt well, tho workmen
woro surprised by tho drill suddenly
falling soventy-fivo foot. Tho supposi
tion is that thoy havo struck a largo un
derground cavern. Continuing, thoy
found tho rock bolow very soft, and
jithey thon drilled at tho rato of seventy
fcol a day, and are now down 850 feet.
' Tho old well was -160 foot deep when
thoy first pumped up salt wator. Dovol-
.opmouts of some kind may bo expected
s.soon from tho present vonturo.
. .I.,.- .- m
Coffee culture bids fair to bocomo
ono of tho leading industries of Liberia,
The soil and olimato aro eminently well
adapted to it, and thousands of troos
aro lioing planted, while a ready market
is found for all tho crop.
Miss Parnoll has recolvod letters
"from, ovor ono hundred ladles in this
, country who volunteer to go to Ireland
to address public meetings and assist in
- tho agitation, th majority refusing any
salary.
Tho Tricks of Mendicants.
Tho most profitable field in New York
for Htrcot beggars, and tho one in which
they aro most, plenty, says tho Sun, is
from Fourteenth streot to Twenty-third,
between Broadway and Sixth avenue.
This is tho shopping district, and la
dles, who aro the best game for expe
rienced mendicants, are to bo found
there in greater numbers than in any
oilier part of the city. As . tho leaders
in every trado are apt to be found oc
cupying tho best place, m the most
export beggars of tho city are to be
found In this district. Among those
who become expert in begging, some
have a natural aptitude for it, but the
great majority havo acquired their cun
ning by long apprenticeship.
Oil a recent afternoon a reporter saw
a wretched-looking man hobbling along
tho east side of Sixth avenue, near
Twentieth street. Ho seemed to bo
paraly.od on his left side. Ho turned
into Twentieth street, andas the report
er passed close to him ho recognized tho
beggar as a man whom he had heard
telling tho following story to an ap
parently loss experienced mendicant in
tho Fourth Ward:
"Well, as I was a sayin I was a
cook aboii rd tho brig Cheshire, from
Limnon to Now York. On my last trip,
just as she was goln' to leave tho dock
down hero near Peek Slip, I thought
I'd slip out and got Bometliink to drink
nforo wo got away. To cut a long yarn
short, I got- drunk an' was left. My
clothes an' money was aboard, an' 1
didn't have but thruppenoo in mypoek
ot. When it camo night I didn't havo
nowhere to go, an' as I was wonderin'
wot I'd do about it, a young feller with
spectacles came along. I stopped him
an' told him I'd got lost in tho streets,
an' When I foun" my way to the dock
my ship was gone without me. I re
member that young feller well. Ho
asked mo a lotof questions which I an
swered true, except about the drunk.
Then ho gave mo a half a dollar and told
mo to cidl at his rooms somewhere on
Washington Square tlio next day, an'
ho'd give me a job until I could find a
fillip. When ho went away I sec in a
minute wot a payin' business it was; so
as soon as he got out of sight I tackled
tho next feller that came along. He
didn't wait to hoar what I said, out lie
said ho know I was u lyin' anyhow, an'
he gaVo mo f'tvo cents to get a drink
with. I did wot ho told me, an' then
started again, but I only got seventeen
cents moro tho whole night till 1 turned
in about eleven o'clock.
"That's how I got started; but about
three months after, when tho s.illor
dodgo was gottin' woro out, 1 got sick
with the small-pox. I was settin' in a
bar-room down in Wator streot, when I
first felt it comin' on. I irst I was cold
and thon I was hot, and I bad a fearful
Iiain in my baok. After I sat in tho
lar-room about threo hours, gottin'
worso all tho time, tho barkeeper sent
for an ambulance, and I wus carried off
to tho hospital, When I came out of
that my face was marked liko it is now,
and I was so weak that people could sec
I had been sick. I mado $5 u day then
for over a week, but when I began to
look bettor I didn't make but about a
dollar an' a half a day. By and by 1
didn't mako even this much, and then
scein' a man in Brooklyn ono day mak
ing lots of money because ho was para
lyzed, I found out how to do it, and
Pvo been working that racket off an'
on ever since."
" How do you make your hand look
so?" tho listening mondlcant asked.
" It's easy enough, you can do it your
self. Put yomTVrm close to your sido.
Now lift up yourv hand to a level with
your elbow and leave it hang loosely
from tho wrist. Now press in your
thumb joint, nnd that's all the"re is
about it. If you want tho hand to trem
ble, press your arm against your side as
hard as over you can. That's right. It
looks hard, but it ain't, and nobody wot
didn't know tho 'business would ovor
think you could sham it. Of courso
anybody could do tho hobbling part."
Vermin in Fowls.
Notwithstanding tho
cold days
and
nights we aro now in tho midst of, and
all tho precautions which tho attontivo
jioultoror has thus far adopted to keep
tho houso-vermin ' under control, wo
should now watch for tho reappearanco
of this nest within the building whore
tho poultry congregato in January and
forward to spring again.
As soon as tho fowl-stock becomes
nacustomod tq their now winter quar
ters, tho roosts upon which thoy rest at
night will bo infested with lieo, which
accumulato rapidly after thoy once get a
xootnoiu airesn ppop tlio perches.
Every ono who keeps fowls is awaro
how pernicious and how Insidious aro
tho assaults of this activo little enomy
to domostlo poultry, and thoso who havo
had tlio largest oxporlonco with this
nuisanco will appreciate our repeated
hints regarding continual effort to keop
this foe at bay.
In winter, then, as in tho summer sea
son, wo shall find It good economy to
preserve tho fowls from this annoyanco,
as thoroughly as tho tiling is possible.
With regular euro In this dlrootlon, but
llitlo trouble will bo suffered; and tho
nicer appearing flock, tho healthier
birds, and tlio moro profitable to tlioir
owner will thoy prove if, as often as
onco in a fortnight through tho wintor,
tho porchos aro washod with koroseno
and tho fowls dusted with oarbolio pow
dor. This is tho host plan wo know of
to keop vormin undor at any season of
tho year. Poultry World.
A man with a small salary and largo
family Hays if prido goes beforo a fall,
ho would liko to see Prido start on u
littlo ahead of tho price of coal and pro
visions. Boston Commereial Advertiser.
Tho Man, Who helps His Wlfo.
Generally he is a little man.
Ho is fussy, and ho wants a finger in
every pie.
Ho orders everything, from tho spring
house cleaning to tho setting of a now
hoot) on tho wash tub.
lie gets up first in tho morning, and
helps to dress the children, and gets
Tom into Bessie's pinafores, and Minnie
into Sammy's knee-pants before his wife
discovers tho mistuko, and then ho says
it is just as well. Lot 'em go so thai
day. Ho makes tho fire and scatters
shavings Horn the woodshod to tho
kitchen, and spatters water over the
polished surface of tho stove, and looks
black as thunder when his wlfo scolds
and tolls him to bo careful; and lie says
he guesses sho'd miss him if lie was
gone; nnd he guesses sho'd find it was a
poor stake in the fence, etc. ; and ho
guesses if she had all the work to do
herself she'll sing another song; and he
should think that a man who was al
ways helping his wife ought to be treat
ed with some show of decency.
And ho puts on a lachrymose expres
sion, and if he were a woman would
break into weeping, and tho fat would
bo in tho lire generally.
Tho man who helps his wife feels
called upon to plan tho dinner and ad
vise about tho breakfast and supper.
If he was a housekeeper, 'ho says, ho'd
have different goings on! He'd sec if
tho butcher would givo him ten pounds
of roast, when be asked for five as if
anybody wanted to livo on roast beef a
life-time! Variety, ho tells his wife, is
what is needed on a family table. If ho
could only be at home to plan, ho'd
show her how ho would manage tilings!
No need of having anything wasted.
What if tho weather is hot! That is no
reason why things should sour. His
mother used to bake pies over when
thoy were in danger of molding. But
then there nrro not many housekeepers
like liis mother.
Ho helps make the beds, and puts all
tho sheets on mpsido down and wrong
side up, for i is utterly impossible for
any man living, be lie peasant, saint, or
IihUosophcr, to toll which way sheets
iclong on a bed! It is ono of tlioso oc
cult mysteries which the mind of the
male sex can never bo mado to compro
iiend. Just watch him clean up the room.
Ho puts his boots in the closet on top of
his wife's corsets, which have fallen
down, and he tosses liis dirty stockings
into the drawer with her laces, and piles
the ribbons, ami bracelets, and newspa
pers, and cigar-stumps, and play-bills,
and burnt matches, and wisps of hair
from the comb, all together in a box,
and when liis wife dresses for afternoon
it will take her an hour to find the very
ribbon bow she wants to wear, and then
it will smell us if it had been hung up in
a bar-room over since it was manufact
ured. Ho brags to his friends about how he
can do housework. We havo hoard him
lots of times. Ho can cook a meal as
well as any woman! Yes, sir! "And as
for running a house, if lie only had the
time to spare, he would astonisli crea
tion by his method of doing it!
And his wife listens, and says nothing,
but sho thinks of tho grease ho lias
spilled on the carpet, and tho stove
blackiug lie has spattered on tho wall
paper, and tho now shoot ho toro 4n two
getting it off the clothes-line, and the
glass dishes ho has broken by putting
them in hot water, tho soap ho has left
to melt in tho bath-tub, tho kettles he
has ruined by burning his cookery to a
cinder, tho thousand and ono vexations
which liis ignoranco has brought upon
her, and she wishes within herself that
a man whoso mission it is to help his
wlfo had never been invented.
But, after all, we respect him, for if
his efforts aro not crowned always with
success, his motive is a good one, and
all the women of tho neighborhood will
rccognizo it, and wish Heaven had mado
them such a manl Kate lViorn, in N. Y.
Weekly.
A Painful Duty.
A colored man living on Wilkins
street and working on a new building
on Hastings streot fell from a scaffold a
nay or two ago ana otoko nis iej.
Whilo.walting for a conveyance to take
him homo it was thought best to send
somebody ahead to notify his wife, and
tho keeper of a cornor-grocory was ac
cordingly selected to proceed to tho
house and let her down easy. Ho found
her at tlio wash-tub, and after the usual
salute ho started off with:
"Mtrtlam, I havo a painful duty to
perform."
" Shoo! you doan' say so!1' sho re
plied, as she prepared to givo a rinsed
shirt the grapevine.
Yes, madam, I am sont
form you that vour husband-
hero to
ii
in-
"Am ho on nnoddorbust?" sho askod,
as ho paused.
"Worse than that,"
"Got inter jail?"
"Worso thau that."
"Shoo! Has do olo man tumbled Into
do ribberP"
"No, ma'am, but ho has tumbled from
a scaffold and and "
"An' broke-his neck?"
"No duly his log. Yes, madam, ho
has broken his leg, nnd tho men aro
bringing him homo on a door."
"Amdat all? Why, when you first
begun talkin' I 'spoofed wo was gwlno
to 1)0 turned out on do street on account
of do rent! Broke his leg, ehP Well,
toll 'em to toto him right 'long in an'
bo kcerful dat nullln drnps out of his
pockets. Shoo! but you might hov told
mo all dat obor do gate, instead of
comin' in hoah n' skeerin' my lioart
ol'ar up to my ohm!" Detroit Free
Youths' Department.
SIR WILLIAM NAPIER AND
TLB JOAN.
LIT-
Sir VUUnm Nnplor, ono bright day,
Was walking down tho glen
A noblo Kugllshnoldlor,
And tho handsomest of men.
urn I e
Ho slowlv wandered down
To quiet Froshford village,
Uy pleasant Bradford town.
With look and inlon magnificent,
And atop bo grand, tnovod ho,
And from his stately front outshone
ueauty ana majesty.
About his strong, whlto forehead
Tho rleh looks thronged and ourlcd,
Abovo tho splendor of his eye's.
That might command the world.
A sound of bitter weeping
Camo up to bin quick ear,
Ho paused (hat Instant, bending
His kingly head to hear. ,
Among the grass and daisies
Sat wretched Utile .loan.
And near her lay n bowl of delf,
Ilroken upon u stone.
Hoc chocks were red with crying,
And her blue eyes dull ana dim,
And sho turned her pretty, woful face,
All tear-stained, up to lilm.
Scarce six years old, and sobbing
In misery sodrearl
" Why, what's the matter, Posy?"
Ho said, " Come, tell me, dear."
" It's father's bowl I've broken;
'Twas for bis dinner kept.
I took It safe, but coming back
It fell "again sho wept.
t
" But you can mend 11, can't you?" . . , .
Cried tho despairing child ' '
With sudden hope, as down on her,
Llko some kind god, ho smiled.
" Don't cry, poor llttlo Posy J
I cannot make it whole,
But I can give you slxpenco
To buy another bowl."
Ho sought In vain for silver
In purso nnd pockets, too,
And tound but golden guineas.
no ponuereu what to tw.
"This tlmo to-morrow, l'osy,"
Ho said. " attain como here.
And I will bring your Hlxpeneo.
I promlsol Never four J"
Away went Joan rejoicing . , '
A rescued child was she:
And homo went good HIr William; .
And to him presently
A footman Iiringb a lettor, ;
. And low' before him bends;
" Will not Sir William come, and dlno
To-morrow with his 1'rlonds?"
The lettor read : " And we've secured
Tho man among nil men
You wish to moot. Ho will bo here.
You will not fail us thonV"
To-morrow! Could ho get to Bath
And dlno with Dukes and Karls, ,
And back In tlmo? That hour was pledged
It was tho llttlo girl's!
Ho could not disappoint nor,
Ho must his friends rcruse.
So "a previous engagement"
He pleaded as excuse.
Next day when sho. all eager, .
Camo o'er tho llelds so fair,
Assuroas of tho sunrise
That sho should II ml him there.
Ho met her. and tho stxnenca
Laid In her little hand,
Her woo was ended, and her heart " ""
Tho lightest in tho laud.
How would tho stately company,
Who had so much desired .
Ills presence at tholr splendid least,
Havo wondered and admired! ' '
As soldier, fechohir, gentleman,
His praises oft are heard
'Twos not tho least of his groat doeds
So to huve kept his word I
Cello, Tluuter. in St. Nicholas.
TWO HOYS.
"C-a-t, cat; c-a-t, cat; e-a-t, eat."
Those words were uttered by a voice
in a tiny, unfinished room in tho pitch
of tho roof. A small piece of tallow
candle spluttered and flared on tho window-sill,
throwing strange shadows into
tiio dim corners and among the rafters
overhead. A young man in rough
clothes was in tho room leaning over a
book held closo to tlio candle. Ho was
spelling out tho words slowly and pain
fully, over and over, " C-a-t, cat; c-a-t,
cat; b-n-t, but."
At last ho heard tho clock down stairs
give a long w-h-i-r-r-r-r, and then begin
to strike. He looked up and counted
twelve. Then ho closed the book, blew
out tlio candle, hastily throw off his
clothes, and was soon sound asleep be
side his companion, Ned, who had been
already three hours in bed.
Tho sun had not vet risen when ho
awoke. In a moment ho was up, and
dressed, and studying away again.
H-a-t, hat; h-a-t, hat; and so on through
all tho ats. Then ho began again.
"Bo you up, boys?" cried a rough
voice down stairs. Come, hurry up
and git to work."
Ned rolled slowly over in bed, nnd
stretched his arms, and yawned.
" Oh, what a fool you be, Jack Lowis,"
ho drawled out in a sleopy tono. " Don't
you git enough work without stickin'
over them books?"
"I don't care," answered Jack. "I'm
bound to get an education. I've never
had a ohanco yet, since l'vo been bound
out, but I'll bo my own master in a year
now, and tlio schoolmaster lie's put an
idea or two into ray head."
"Well, you're a fool, that's all," said
Nod.
A year' had pasaod by. It was the
first day of school, and tho children
were flocking toward tlio littlo black
sohool-house. Tlio teacher, who was
seated on a high platform behind a desk,
wiped Ids glasses, rapped on the desk,
and called tlio school to order.
Ho arranged the classes first tho
scholars in advanced arithmetic and ge
ography and history; thon, a class in
decimals and grammar; and so oh till ho
came to tuo last.
All those who havo never studied
fractions, or grammar, or geography,
will rise," ho said.
Five or six littlo girls, with long hair
and short dresses, and two small boys in
short pants, stood up. And ono other
Btood up, too. Ho was six feet tall, and
was clumsy and poorly dressed. It was
Jack.
mmuamuammmammmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmammam
The teacher looked down at him and
repeated wjiat ho had said.
"You misunderstood mo," ho added.
"No, sir." said Jack, firmly. "I bo
long to this class."
Several of tho children gigglod, Ono
of the noys throw a great spit-ball, that
struck him on tho bnck of tlio head.
"I can't help it, sild Juok, with face
as red as fire. " This is tlio first ohanco
I've ever had to learn, and I'm a-going
to take it." And lie sat down and was
soon studying away at an example add
2-fl to a-fl.
" Baby boy!" cried one of tho scholar;
at recess.
"Sp
"Wl
Spell fool," cried another.
hero did you go to colIegoP"
"When did Columbus discovor
tho
Mississippi?"
" Adil ono apple and two dogs."
But poor Jack did not look up.
He
was studying away at ids old spelllnp;-
book, which was thumbod and dog
oared and torn; m-e-n-s-u-r-c, moasuro;
p-1-e-a-s-u-r-e, pleasure.
"1 sa," cried one of the boys at
last; " what kind of a mother have you
gol if she didn't teach you anything?"
Jack was on his feet in a moment.
His face was flushed and liis hands
clenched. He seized the boy by tho'
collar, and was just about to throw him,X
when ho stopped.
"What be I about?" ho said, slowly.
"If you was my size, I'd give you a
trouncing you'd remember. But there,
you're only a baby!"
And he sat down again on the door
step nnd began to poro ovor tho old
spelling-booT:.
Ono of the young girls in tlio upper
class, named Floronco West, camo up
and stood beside him.
"You ought to bo ashamed of j'our
selves, boys," sho said. "You don't
know what a hard time lio's had to got
along. He's been bound out for livo
years past, and lias never had a chance
to go to school. But he's working hard
now to make up for lost time, and wo
ought to help him instead of luughing
at him."
.lack looked tip gratefully, and his
face was covered with blushes. He al
most thought an angel had como down
to help him.
dust then the master's boll rang, and
they all went in. That -day Jack stood
ut tlio head of liis littlo class. In two
weeks he led the class above.
At tho end of the year, tho friends of
the scholars had gathered at tho exhibi
tion in the school-house. Tho teacher
rose. Every sound was hushed.
" I have something remarkable to tell
you," lie said. "Last autumn, a young
man of twenty-one entered the lowest
class in my school. Ho has earned his
food and lodging by chopping wood and
olherwiso aiding a kind woman of tho
village who desired to help him. All
his spare time lias been spent in his
studies. He boa made up till the studie.s,
of the lower classes, and I am happy to
say he has tlio hicrhestrankin the soiiool.
You may take the seat in front, Lewis.
Had it not been for this, tho first place
would have been held by Miss Florence
West, who will please take the other ,
vacant chair."
What was Jack's surprise as bo walked
up the aisle to hear tho audience favor
ing him with hearty applause.
But for all the honor, he had only
been through the district school. Now
he had all summer to mako somo money
to carry him through the next year at
tlio high school.
Years passed on. Lot mo picture a
scene "out West."
"Good-morning, Mr. Lewis," said a
poor, shiftless-looking man, walking
into tho office of tlio lion. John Lowis,
and' standing beforo him. " Do you re
membor me?"
"No, sir."
"No; I didn't suppose you would.
Mynnmo is Ned Barnes. 1 was bound
out with you to Farmer Harris when wo
were boys. But you've got on in tho
world, and I haven't f don't know
how it is, but some folks seem to have
good luck, and others has poor luck,
ion always had good luck and got
ahead. I thought p'raps you'd find mo
a job, just for tho sake of old times."
"Yes, indeed," said Jack; for it was
lie grown up to middle life, after going
through college and building up a fine
law business. "If you'll go up to my
houso, Florence, my Wife, will fit you
out in somo decent clothes, and then I'll
seo what I can do for you."
Those woro the men who, twenty
years before, had been In that littlo
attic-room, the ono snoring in bed, and
tho other thumbing his old spelling
book. That was where tho good luck
and tho poor luck bogan. YoutJCs Com
panion.
The Newspapers of the World.
From a late publication it is learned
that thoro are published 84,374 news
papers and periodicals, with a circula
tion of fin round numbers) 116,000,000
copies, the annual aggregate circulation
reaching 10,592,000,000 copies, or about
six and one-half papers per year to
each inhabitant of the globe. Europe
leads with 19,567, and North America
follows with 13,400, tho two together
making over nine-tenths of all tlio pub
lications in oxistenco. Asia has 775 ;
South America, 699 ; Australasia, 661,
and1 Africa, 182. Of all these, 16.500
are printed In the English language,
7,800 In Gorman, 51,850 m French, and
over 1,600 in Spanish. There aro 4,020
daily newspapers, 18,274 tri-weeklies
and weeklies, and 8,508 issued less
frequently. It appoars that whilo tlio
annuid aggregate circulation of publica
tions in the United States is 2,600,000,
000, that of Great Britain and Ireland
is 2,260,000,000.
m i
Washington University, at St.
Louis, lias
1,285
students and eiirhts
I professors.
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