Show j sl FROM records Dg of the muses of the london zoological gardens it appears that the t i aj ajl warn luni reached by these e an animals emals is about thirty years OE OF or the late finds at pompeii lis is a collection of surgical al inspru I merits ments the extent and arid i nature la tu re of which indicate that the tile practice of ij surgery had attained a high d evel in that city r A SPECTRUM LINE of helium elium Ii the tile clement element of which no traces have hitherto been found exception except in the spectrum of the sun has bm been discovered by mons Palmi cri in the lava of mount vesuvius MR un MOFFAT lias has do de scribed ascribed to the edinburgh photo C grap graphic I S society biety a process for obtaining photographs b by moonlight which he lie has successfully tried A picture exhibited shona shows a house and z trees very distinctly while the dil lit y T in level on a grassy lawn may be clearly seen tiie NEW french cabinet consists of the follo following wim za distinguished eta statesmen jules ferry premier prowler and minister inister Nl of public instruction Chal lemeL lacour foreign ti Af allura lairs waldeck rousseau interior martin fel ferr justice biross ariu i IIa marine agriculture he ile ap birard finance gen Thi baudin dih war how long will they last aa As A WHOLE the cotton season is reported to have been unusually favorable first as to quantity the rg aggregate regate returns of the fleecy fiber product in the states is given as over bales texas fexas leading with 1320 bales mississippi follo following wing with 1042 georgia with alabama with and so on OD I virginia bringing up the rear with f fl af As to the quality of the tree free wool as the germans call it the 11 returns je returns turns are nearly unanimous unanimous in declaring the staple onar longer than al whiter and comparatively free from trash of tho tile whole crop flohl about 17 peir per cant cent atilus beldy beld y y f fro i i producers FRD W MORSE expert for the state cammi commission aaion has been carrying on an extensive series of invests investigations gla eions durin during g the past two years concerning the th which have become such a terror to ista he is the only one who has ho so io far suc uc beaded in finding the winged form a of this insect in the field though one or two othera others have propagated them artificially the results of his investigations will bo be contributed to the overland monthly for march and will bethe be the most important n acon contribution trib ution on the subject yet PU published on oil this coast ON THE anat to two alin minneapolis neap boys quarreled and engaged in a fight in which swan drew a pocketknife pocket knife and stab beld d albert lib his antagonist in the breast inflicting inflict ipg a wound which proved instant instantly fy fatal the saddest dt at d t ealure odthe of the ead bad affair is that neither of the boys was twelve years old still we suppose they had been eld old enough to devour t the police gazette andrezel and revel in tho the blood and anh th thunder der atrocities of the american dime novel of the day when will a stop be put to tho the tide of destruction sweeping over the land from the filthy gutters ofa of a f f depraved literature ANOTHER has come coine to grief A philadelphia dispatch of the that J S stuwart T G aws a of camden N J lias has keenig arrested on a ch ell argo arge of cm tC t e zung ra n j about from the P aril idol iaia reading railroad company by whom ho be was employed as cash cark ark the ace accused us cd came from ireland ten years aeo ago and became a it local preacher antho in the 51 odist church he ile w was as connected with the new jersey confer ence and lias has been regarded as a most devout christian he is now out oa on bail awaiting trial another shining light extinguished gui guil shed lied |