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Show ft is a source of regret that the Americn seamen, who once navigated the oceans with the smartest vessels in the world, should be forced out of business by the foreign seamen when steam is taking the place of sail in traffic A German medical journal speaks of Sncci, the fasting man1 "as a hunger hun-ger virtnoso." The, expression is good, but not suficcntly definite. A common tramp, a barn-storming actor, or even a small boy, might be a ' 'hunger virtuoso." Only one European country has a lower death-rate than England to wit, Norway, where only sixteen persons out of tooo die in a year. The other end of the pole is in Austria, where the rate is 29-3. In England it is 17 -S for a population of over 37,000,000. Nine tons of mummified cats from Egypt were recently sold by auction in Liverpool, this being the second consignment. There was keen competition, com-petition, the room being crowded. Heads brought as lunch as 4s. Cd. each; a complete body without head--,5s. 6d., some bones 3s, ; while bulk was disposed of at ,'5 17s. 6d, per ton. The consignment was pronounced inferior to the first batch. M u WWII mm W i IlilllwiiwqMMl |