Show THE friends are holding their meetings at waynesville Waynes ville laving commenced on the THE said the inter ocean of sept 21 are holding a camp meeting near council Bluff i iowa which is attended by great crowds of people LAUD OIL when subjected to a heat of 2809 is superior to sperm oil in fluidity and illuminating power by its use the government of the united states saves ever a year PROFESSOR the re downed swedish arctic explorer has been appointed by the emperor of germany a foreign knight of the order paw ie marite for arts and sciences MR II 11 J the celebrated english dramatic author received from J S toole for his latest play the upper crust the handsome little sum of the largest price ever paid for a play excepting the plays at the da aicon giesy the foremost of california banners fan ners who this year has acres in wheat has sacks ready each holding pounds and is afraid that these will I not contain his crop dr glenn is a virginian and was a soldier in the war with mexico EDWIN BOOTH has been to bergau to see the Passion play he it to the new york heralds pari correspondent as a theatrical performance in which the ensemble was marvelous as perfect in all its details as if all the peasants who played the parts were cultivated and experienced actors the costumes were strictly accurate and admirable what struck him particularly was fortt A iriti 11 were worn by the humblest members of the troupe sometimes have the laugh turned on them not long in tho presence of cr a little boy said what a lot of crows the philosopher corrected the youth by saying I have yet to learn little master that there is anything to inspire awe in such a bird as crow for once the author of first principles had found his match tho boy replied but I say there wag I say what a lot of awful crows but what an awful lot of crows the great sociologist yielded THE lcmay body contains several metals and other substances which perform iman tant offices in the world of science nitrogen carbon and hydrogen are its chief but it holds besides about two pounds of phosphorus upon which the health of the bones and vigor of the brain depend this phosphorus if extracted and put to use would suffice for about four thousand packages of friction matches the body also contains a few ounces of sodium and half an ounce of potassium which as boys know is a curious metal that burns brilliantly on the surface of water or when touched by an icicle in addition to sodium here arc ft few grains of magnesium enough to create a brilliant light visible twenty miles away who knows but some rcck lesa may undertake to drive a profitable business by extracting those valuable materials from dead bodies A LADT WHITER in tho october call arm an giam an interesting account of the condition and progress of education in japan from which wo glean the following items the mikado or emperor takes a deep interest in ahe new system of education and the empress is not behind lim in enthusiasm she lately visited a girls at yeo Yes go and on that occasion had her photograph token in a group with the two ladies who have charge of the school to those who know anything of abo idea of royal formerly hellin japan atit will alpar very significant the pupils of aliis school numbering fifty one jn 1873 are being educated at the expense of the state four hours a day they study the branches of clemen tiry european education under tho dutch ladies and some hour mora they pursue other studies under a master and two japanese ladies their teachers pronounce them intelligent industrious and promising they wear our styles of ghlea and stockings but in other rejects ts adhere to tho native costume binco the promulgation of the new chemo of education in 1872 by tho government there ha vo been in all school public and 1799 private the of pupils in these is males and females total this does not include thoo attending the lii glier schools mr vice of education in apan con that should be added to this number making in all nearly or about ona in sixty eight of the en ure population |