Show RECENT FINDS arc are thought to throw a new light on the history lii story of the swiss lake dwellers among tho the objects found aro are a wheel with an iron rim iron swords and many human bones measurements BY herren hammer and holland helland of the movement of a large glacier in north greenland show its progress at the middle to bo be about fifty feet in twenty four hours the rate being apparently about the same bame iu in winter as in summer af HAS hag has tested the preservative property of b droy acid with the result of finding the bodies of animals poisoned with it to successfully resist decay eca for a year year although at times exposed pose d te to a heat of ono one hundred degrees fahrenheit THE ABUNDANCE of remains of the mammoth in siberia is remarkable from the fact that at least a hundred pairs of tusks arc are annually put upon tho the market infers that during the time that has bas elapsed since the conquest of siberia useful tusks from more than of these animals have lave been collected ARAM anani PASHA gives a roland for an time sincere since lie has learned that the sultan will have him declared a rebel lie retaliates by getting tho the ulemas priests to depose abdul hamid from his exalted position as kaliph this gives more and more to our often expressed expectation pec tation of a holy war A BERLIN DISPATCH says the Germani athe argau organ acknowledges that von zer the german representative at the tile vatican has not succeeded in obtaining any concessions from the papal court the catholic Catli olic press expresses the belief in tho the renewal of the that means the struggle for supremacy between the state of prussia and the church of rome postmaster PEARSON of the new york postoffice Post office shows in his statistical report for the last fiscal year that the tremendous increase in the large post office doca does not ne cesSa rily call for a corresponding increase of expenses at least when a good organization is once effected F for or the year just closed the receipts at it the new york Pos ice were while those of the tile year preceding had been there were only additional addi tiona I 1 employees plo and the increase in the wages wales t and salaries paid was oil only 1 y the other expenditures were but slightly increased and aud the net revenue for the past year was against this is another argument in favor of cheap postage OUR dispatches odthe of the oth mentioned that the celebrated new york cammans caravanserai sarai rai frenchs franchs Frenc hs hotel well known to people of all parts of the united states was wa dosed it was opened in 1849 for many years under col richard french Fren cli it was one odthe of the most popular taverns in the country and was always the favorite stopping place for returned californians the hotel was built Y t lie pawnbroker after col frenchs franchs Frenc hs plan and was the first hotel on the european plan plaiting in the united states it made a fortune for the colonel but when he lie died it fell into the hands of his sons and lost its good name the eldest son sol was lessee and mana manager er bu but t tile F french rench boys who beem to have a good deal of irish in their nature wont let him have it any more and for the first time in thirty three years it ia is closed |