Show rATS THE MATTER hiatte R WIT 11 THE YANKEES sli sv 11 1 JL L upon the publication of the vital statistics tia titis bf s last year it W was fus Ils discovered that a decided majority of the ahe births birtha of the proceeding year were the of foreign born parents this fact excited a good deal of comment at the time as it showed thid thit either elther the virginity virg aulty julty of yankees proper was fil lining running out or else that massachusetts women had voluntarily given gl N on up ng th the e business of bearing beaning bearin children af t their foreign born neighbors neighbor it seems beems that this surrender of the tile maternal function by native new en england women still continues in the returns of the births in boston during the past year published in the advertiser of that city we find the fol lorg lowi iorg ng paragraph the tables of births shows show s that the litin number ber of children born whose parents were nvere both natives of the united states was wasi 1306 making 2453 2155 2 24 1 55 53 per cent of all the tho births this ratio of children of native parentage paren tage tago is less than it was in 1864 when it was 2023 per cent or the whole increase of that year the births of childr children enof of irish pa rents in 1864 made ade 40 per percent cent of the whole number nu I 1 aber while in 1865 this class had increased to per gatli er cent tho the number of births where bettt parents were foreign born was 35 or per cent of the whole number that is to sa say sas y of the children born 3 were parented patented pa rented by foreigners fore ners and hi this in the capital of yanke e the hub of the universe of the foreigners n the irish are by far the most prolific the consequences of this state of things in a generation or two are ap paling to contemplate com template by the year 1966 1906 the old bay state will see the everetts JEveret ts adam ses winthrops and law bences supplanted gup planted by the ahans mcfaddn McF adds add Brannigan Brann igans sand and OCalla hans while the blarney stone will be re veren ced instead of plymouth rock tire tiie NORTH POLE two french gentlemen recently explored the island of spitsbergen in a manner never before done they have measured the mountains mapped the whole coast examined I 1 the vegetable products tile the geological boo goo composition ao of the tao island they yi ley found that the imig long day extending over several months during which the sun never sets gets became intensely hot after a month or two by by the unceasing heat from the sun in this period vegetation springs up in great luxuriance hiance 0 and abundance tile the north pole is only a matter of about miles from the isla isia island iid rid and ibl ill is thought by the two explorers as by many othema others that the pole itself and the sea which is sup supposed ose to surround it could be reach reached from spitzbergen Spitz bergen bengen wit without I 1 houtan any great difficulties being encountered encounter eT A singular sin ular fact noticed by y the explorers in co connection deetion with this island is the enormous amount of floating timber which literally cover the waters of the bays and creeks A careful examination of the character condition and kind of these floating logs would no doubt lead to a conclusion ai as to whence and how they come and probably suggest new theories for the solution of graphical geographical eo problems connected with the le arctic seas our friend sam jones anted wanted ss a servant in his family and pushed for foran zin tin intelligence office and made known ills his wants to the proprietor says sam have you any first rate rato tiptop tip top servant girls iris eirls for the kitchen I 1 want one that can ean gindher mind her own business and attend to her work Oh Ob obbes yes yes jes says the proprietor let me S show ho ayou you one sam is at once onee introduced to a daughter of the E emerald rhe taid isle isie and greeted with r J i and doe gewant j yes says sam 11 I 1 how row many hi have ave yer in the fam family liy lly I 1 sam answered and have yer go t hot and cold coid wather vather adi Afi answers again L affo how w M many any children have ye berand rand do yer make maue yer girls wash sundays Is the church far away all these question sand about nifty fifty more were heroically answered answer edby eaby by sam andee and ho thought ho he would ta take kethe the laboring part himself I 1 you look ibok says sam like ilke nice girl buti want to ask asli you one question do you voil play the piano IN ano 0 then thin ia says sass y ss sam am very blandly you wont answer my turn and avay away went the astonished celt feeling that slie she for once had bad caught caugh ta a tartar |