Feminine Press Acenl.
The only woman in the -world -who
travels as press agent for a circus, it is
said, is Lillian Calvert Van Osten, -who
left the stage to exploit the merits of
a Wild West show. Though called
"Miss'-' and looking little more than a
girl, she is a Mrs., and her husband.
who is advertising manager of the
ehow, travels with her. Miss Van
Osten's business is to call upon the
newspapers to induce them -to print
good notices concerning the show, and
she has secured concessions that men
could not. Miss Van Osten finds her
life many-sided and far from' prosaic.
and declares she gets a world of hap
piness in the experiences of her Bo
hemian life living in au advertising
car. The Pilgrim.
Fad For Scent.
The old prejudice against perfumes
has died out with the passing of musk
and patchouli. Those crude odors
which make a room sickening after an
hour or so were considered vulgar, but
the delicate sachets and refined distil
, lations which have taken their places
are more popular than ever were the
musk and patchouli. The woman of
taste chooses one favorite odor and
sees to it that her soaps, her powders
her creams, her gowns, her gloves, her
, curtains and her bath are all scented
f jitn it. The odor of a single flower,
popular a few seasons past, has
given place to Paris concoctions or.
mixtures called bouquets. The most
fashionable women have an exclusive
bouquet made to order, the secret of
which is kept from all others.
Successful Women Drnmuieri.
"There are numbers of them in Phila
delphia," said a well known traveling
man, speaking of women drummers
"and they are most successful more
successful than the men.
"One of the most successful drum
mers I know is an old lady who lives
here. She is a grandmother, and
through reverses of fortune was
obliged to take to the road, carrying
on. her husband's business. She' old
and comparatively feeble, but she can
sell more goods than any man.
"I understand that to-day she has
bought a fine house, and sends a grand
daughter through college by her work
There are., lots of women on the road
Who make a business of selling, and,
though it does. not seem to be a strict
ly feminine field, they succeed in the
work." Philadelphia Record.
Glittering Fans.
The medium sized fan. measurinj
eight or nine inches, will be the popu
la1' ones this vear. dealers sav. Larger
fass, those decorated with real lace
and ostrich feathers, will also be fas
hionabie, and as for the smallest fans
of all, those perhaps five inches long,
this season will see their glorification
It is the exceptional fan that is not
partially or entirely covered with
spangles.
The queer thing about it. though, is
that it may be as dignified as it is mis
cbievous. The smallest fans, as well
as the medium sized ones used for
dances and dinners, are practically all
made on the same order, though of
course the former do not admit of the
elaboration of design found on the
larger size.
The gauze foundation prevails and
Is treated with adornment in spangles,
Knid painting or applied iace or silk in
charming designs. Spangles come in
different shapes. The round or sharply
pointed oval shapes. are the most pop
ular, the latter being largely used for
flower petals in spangle design.
A great bachelor button flower done
in silver spangles of the eval shape on
a white fan is very attractive. On a
black fan is seen an iridescent bird
perched ou a gold branch that bears
silver fruit.
Gresn fans are new and well liked.
as are also those in the modish rasp
Sherry hue. The latter spangled in a
design of gold are especially effective.
Hand painted flowers, like roses and
poppies, sprinkled with, a little span
gle dew, make a delightfully airy,
dainty finish.
Applications of white lace on black
grounds or black lace on white
grounds are much sought, after. Fans
J-f -white gauze on one side ami of
fblack on the other give a cloudy back
ground which spangles of lace show
effectively. New York Sun.
Chinese Mother.
The Chinese mother is very fond of
her children, says Paul Hunter in the
Pilgrim. She is happy in their com
pany and spends much time caring
for them. In a Chinese family the
birth of a child is a greater event than
with other Orientals. Long before the
child is born the mother performs the
rites and ceremonies to propitiate the
gods that lier child may be a boy.
. k:r birth, the little fellow is wrapped
In' old rags, and in winter is some
times put in a bag of sand sewed
close around its neck to keep the little
one warm. Great rejoicing follows
the birth of a boy; otherwise, there
Is an air of chastened disappointment.
But good Chinese parents make the
best of their little lassies, becoming
wy fond and even proud of them. I
have known more than one Chinese
father to exhibit his toddling wee girl
for approval, though always with the
customary national vebal deprecation
of whet belongs to one. Indeed, this
evidence of excessive courtesy may be
found everywhere in this strange land.
It is good form to villify what Is mine
and laud what is thine. "My good-for-nothing
family are all still troubling,
the earth with their presence. -How
is your honorable family?"
The fact that Chinese custom has be
come moulded into certain set forms
has misled many travelers. It is, for
instance, a generally accepted custom
in this country that a gentleman should
remove his hat when he meets a lady
with whom he is acquainted, but a
Chinese visitor would fall into error if
he assumed that this implied that wo
men, therefore, reduced men to social
servitude. So in China a woman waits
on her husband while he is eating, be
cause it has been the custom from
time immemorial. In the same way
were they traveling he would walk be
side the cart while she rode.
The education of their children is a
matter of no small interest to the af
fectionate Chinese mothers. They
watch the little one from the day he
is born, to note superstitious signs. Let
him cry lustily, and he will live long,
say the old grannies. If he teeths or
walks too soon he will grow up un
lovable in disposition. At first the lit
tle Chinese are not very attractive ob
jects, presenting rather a scaly appear
ance, due to the custom of not washing
them lest they catch cold. A month
after his birth, the bey's head is
shaved. A groat feast is prepared and
celebrated, the child now receiving his
"milk name." When he enters school
this name is changed, as it is once
more vhon he receives his degree..
Latest in Gloves.
The latest thing in gloves? Hands,
of course. That's easy, but it is not
so easy to keep track of all the new
things in the shape of gloves.
The party glove, the long kind, the
kind that, buttons down the back, as
some one has said, will have some pro
tection in the new overgloves that are
brought out this season. These over
gloves are knit of white wool and are
so long and flexible that the wearer
may draw them on over her long
party gloves and protect them from
the soil that sometimes comes on them
between the house and the place of the
party.
Many a young woman prefers to ad
just her gloves before she goes to
the party; but hesitates to do it, as the
chances are that she will not arrive
at the party with them in the same im
maculate condition as she left home,
no matter how careful she may be.
With the new overgloves all danger
of soil is past and she may pull off
the knit gloves and find her kid gloves
in perfect condition. There is also
warmth in them and instead of
chilled fingers, the wearer will find
herself arriving in the dressingroom
with "toasty" hands.
Another glove is the slip-on, made
without any buttons, and the wrist
spreads Into a gauntlet shape to come
up over the sleeve and keep out all
the wind. The slip-on gloves may be
worn over party gloves, or may be
worn alone.
They come in white, black, brown
and tan shades. They are good for
shopping gloves, and when the weather
is not too cold make good driving
gloves, the broad wrist effects and no
buttons making them a desirable bit of
hand-wear.
While many of the new costumes are
in shades of purple, green and red,
these colors in gloves are not satis
factory, and neither do hands look well
in bright colored gloves. The tints for
evening wear are an entirely different
proposition. The colors are so pale
and artificial light makes them even
lighter thanthey are by day that they
make au evening costume complete.
A purple, red or green glove on the
hand in the day time is positively ugly.
So well is this understood by glove
makers that onlj a few of them are
made to satisfy the demand of some
women who think that a glove the
color of the day gown should be per
fectly matched.
For several seasons, white and tan
gloves have been worn with colored
dresses. This year it is the perfectly
fitted black glove that has the lead
with the bright colored gowns.
A Woman Conscript.
Women soldiers there have been be
fore now who won fame and honor
in their day, but a woman conscript is,
it may be supposed, something of a
novelty. She has just made an ephem
eral appearance at the. French village
of Mazelle. in the Corroze, where a
young, woman, named Francoise Ber
nard, a' few days since received for
mal order directing her to report her
self for service with the Fourteenth
Infantry, stationed at Brive. Though
a little surprised, Francoise consulted
the village mayor, and, as he advised
her to report herself, the plucky girl
made no more fuss about it, but set
out to do so. At the village station
she had no difficulty in getting her
ticket at one-fourth the usual fare, but
on reaching Brive nothing less than
production of her mobilization order
saved her from beirlT; arrested for frau
dulent traveling. Her difficulties cul
minated oa presenting herself at the
barracks. The sergeant of the guard
obstinately refused to allow her to pass
inside, but having gone so far she
had no mind to be balked of her uni
form, and it required a long parley to
persuade her to take steps with the po-
ice -for having her "civil state" placed
on a more accurate footing. London
.Globe.
A PRECOCIOUS CHILD.
iiiidu Children and Their Peculiarity Of
Speech l t
Hindu children are not like those of
the Western world.. They have a sin
gular maturity of speech, caught from
their elders, and tinctured by imagina
tive charm, and they are as quick
witted, as subtle in their judgment of
character as those elders themselves.
Pagal is a little boy described in- Cor
nelia Sorabji's "Sun Babies," a book
made up of delightful studies of the
child life of India. The child is first
introduced to the reader in the ante
chamber of the man who he hopes
will become his employer, and who is
magnificently referred to as tht
"Presence."
Pagal made a low obeisance, and
then, asked to tell what he had come
for, responded: "Presence, I am a roan
child. While my years were yet few
my mother turned me adrift to earn
my living. I have never gone foodless,
but the work I did was the Avork of a
child. Now that my years are many, I
would do the work of a man."
His many years seemed to number
about seven.
"The Presence wonders about that
child work," he explained. "Two
years, maybe three, have I sat at the
sahib's door, being the hand to bear
the note things to and fro; and much
knowledge of the world have I thus
gained. Now that I am come to man's
estate, 'tis higher work should be my
portion."
Pagal was gently persistent, he was
shrewdly diplomatic, and he got forth
with a chance to pull the punka the
swinging fan in the chambers of the
potentate. He expressed his joy, and
then prudence impelled him to bargain
about his paj.
"Let my wages come to me," said he,
"in daily coppers. It is not good for a
man child to get iuto the claws of the
money lender."
His employer hoped to make it easier
for him by arranging that he should
eat with the gardener, who was of the
same caste, and sleep in the servants'
quarters. But he would not consent.
"A man gets settled," he said, "even
in his ways of eating." He could cook
for himself. In the day parched rice
and earthnuts would be enough to kill
hunger, "and when my work is done,
the evening meal is well flavored at
my poor idle hands."
So he arranged a kitchen out of
doors, and diplomatically asserted that
he knew his employer would under
stand. "The Presence will say, 'Let
him have as much license in these mat
ters as the birds yonder, who live in
my trees and feed all over my garden,
and sleep in the boughs at night
time.' "
.What "Presence" could deny him?
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The true man is greater than any
thing he can make.
When each does his own work the
work of all is done.
If you eat leeks it's hard to keep the
fact from leaking out.
Some men would forget there was a
God if they never had any trouble.
No nation can bo destroyed while it
possesses a good home life. J. G. Hol
land.
It requires as much reflection and
wisdom to know what is not to be put
into a sermon as what is Cecil.
What is it that love does to a wom
an? Without it she only sleeps; with
it, alone, she lives. Ouida (Louise d
la Kamee).
Salaried Daughters.
Where there is need of her work in
the home, and often help has to be
hired to take her place, the daughter
should be given a regular salary, ap
proximately the equivalent of what she
could earn outside after making allow
ance for board, room rent and the num
berless privileges a girl Has in her
father's house. The salary should be
at least what would have to be paid
for the same work if a stranger were
called in to do it, and the duties should
be as distinctly defined and as prompt
ly and efficiently performed. This is a
very different thing from an allowance
without definite duties.
We know of several families where
this plan has worked successfully. In
one instance the daughter, while un
married, became a capable house
keeper and manager, buying all sup
piles and relieving both parents of care
and annoyance, for which she received
a housekeeper's wages at the end of
every month. Another, whose mother
is an invalid, gets a weekly envelope
containing the same amount that
would have been paid a nurse. Both
these salaried daughters were happy,
contented and efficient, and each had a
feeling of independence and self-reliance
never to he attained under the
"allowance" system or the usual hap
hazard appeal to father for money
to gratify needs or whims Independ
ent. Fear Kach Kevr Corernor.
Every' time Kansas installs a new
Govemar about fifty convicts in the
penitentiary at Lansing tremble with
fear. They are men being held in pri
son awaiting the Governor's order to
be hanged. In Kansas th'e Governor
must s'iru a death warrant before a
murderer can be hanged. Many years
ago hanging was virtually abolished in
the State by the refusal of the Gov
ernor to sign the death warrant. Life
imprisonment is the extreme penalty
aDDlied. although the murderer is sen
tenced to hang. Every time there is
a change of administrations the "hang"
men in prison become nervcus. They
fear that some time Kansas will elect
a man as Governor who believes in
hanging for capital offense?, and that
he will sign a whole b-jach of death
warrants at one time &.?.?. have a bis
hatsinc bee. Atchison Globe. ...
Importing: Draft Mares.
Many farmers are constantly asking
the importer for pure bred draft and
coach mares, but the price most farm
ers want to pay will not justify the
importers in importing draft mares of
any breed. It would be folly 1o import
cheap, small draft mares and the fc!g
heavy draft mares and young fillies
that will breed cost more in England,
France and Belgium' than our farmers
want to pay, hence the farmers must
do without imported mares or buy
home bred just as good, but these are
now much higher in price than last
year, and but few to be had at any
price. The farmers have blindly
looked for cheap draft mares, and have
cheated themselves every year out of a
colt. worth the price of a good mare
rather than pay what they are worth
for breeding. A few farmers have had
the courage to pay $1000 apiece for
pure draft mares, and every colt is
worth that much as soon as it is three
years old, and two or three pairs of
colts soon start a good breeding stud
that breeds rapidly into money on a
large scale. Live Stock Journal. -
What the Horse Knows.
The horse does know a few "thinjs,
though some of us seem to question
this fact at times, says a writer in the
Farm .Tovumal.
He knows when one speaks to him
kindly, and although some so-called
human beings may not always appre
ciate the kindly tone the horse always
does. The horse that trusts his mas
tor will do anything he can for him.
And that is not the promise of a poli
tician, either. The horse will do it or
die. About as fine a tribute as I ever
heard paid a horse was the statement
of his owner that he was sure that the
animal would leap straight out of the
back door of a basement barn ten feet
down if told to do so. True, faithful
animal! And yet some men abuse him!
The horse knows the way home, no
matter how dark it may be, nor how
far he may have traveled from home.
His driver may trust him to make all
the turns and reach his own stable
safely. The horse knows the friend
who gives him sugar and bites of ap
ples. And he watches for that friend,
and when he appears asks as plainly
as he can: "Got anything for me to-
numau Scrubbing Harness.
The human scrubbing machine is the
latest achievement of the American in
ventor. There have been many .con
trivances offered to facilitate the ardu
ous task of floor scrubbing, but none
of them has ever achieved the distinc
tion in the way of novelty attained by
the device shown in the accompanying
illustration. The scrubbing contriv
ance consists of a large brush support
ed on a handle, and mechanical means
for revolving the brush by hand, to
gether with a breastplate to allow the
operator to exert any desired pressure.
The breastplate, which is padded for
comfort, and provided with suitable
straps for fastening to the body, is
pivoted ou the upper end of the fivme
carrying the shaft and gear for the ro-
1
HAEXESS FOB THE SCKtBGER.
tation of the brush, the method of op
eration being evident from an inspec
tion of the illustration. The brush it
self is preferably made cylindrical in
shape and provided in the peripheral
face on its back with a cushion of rub
ber around the rim to prevent marring
of furniture, baseboards or other arti
cles in the room with which the brush
is liable to come in contact. Philadel
phia Kecord.
Facts in It ein ember.
Experiment work on the farm may
be performed on small plots at a mod
erate cost. There is no system of edu
cation that can equal the work of the
farmer himself in experimenting, as
soils diner, and work done on one
farm may not apply to another. When
the farmer begins to experiment he
finds out where he made mistakes
which he is thereby enabled to avoid
in the future.
Potato tops cost the farmer more
than tubers in fertility. The s-olid mat
ter of the tubers is mostly starch,
while the tops contain n large propor
tion of potash, for which reason potash
is an essential ingn dient in the enlli
valKUi of potato?1, as healthy tops and
vigorous growth conduce to l.-n-?-..
production of tubers. The tops of ail
root crops snouiu !e saved and added
to the manure heap.v
Manure cannot be estimated by the
cord so far as its value is concerned.
The liquid or gaseous portions are the
most valuable and also the most diffi
cult to retain. The value of a cord of
manure depends largely upon the kind
of food from which ir was produced
and the manner in which ir was pre
served. The farm -s a sure source of income,
and though the profits of some years
f
i
1 !
may be very little, yet the farmer
quickly receives benefit during busi
ness activity. In, many occupations,
panics or business depression sweeps
away all, the manufacturer and mer
chant being ruined, but the farm re
mains ever ready to offer an income
ou the first revival of prosperity.
The hired man on the farm will
make himself indispensable to the
farmer, and will receive good .wages if
he is interested and painstaking in his
work. He should know what to do and
take a personal interest in the progress
of the crops. If he waits for orders,
and does only what he is directed to
perform, he will not prove as valuable
as when he understands what is re
quired and does it without being
prompted. E. It. E., in The Epitomist.
Mixing: Concrete.
In mixing concrete for general use
the following proportions are perhaps
the best: One barrel cement to three
barrels sand and five barrels gravel.
In this mixture the voids or spaces be
tween the stones are entirely filled, and
when hardened or set, the concrete
virtually becomes a solid monolith.
To secure the best results mix the
concrete as follows: Have the gravel
washed and in readiness, usually on a
platform of planking or boards, to per
mit easy shoveling and insure against
waste. Add enough water to the ce
ment and sand, which have been thor
oughly mixed in a mortar bed, to make
a thin mortar, not too thin, however,
to permit easy shoveling. Spread the
mortar on the gravel and thoroughly
mix by turning with shovel until the
mortar and gravel are well incorpor
ated. Then without delay shovel the
batch of concrete into the forms or
spread it on the floor as the case may
be, being careful not to exceed layers
of eight inches at each filling. Each
layer must be tamped and rammed till
water flushes at the top.
Proceed in this manner till the forms
are filled. In hot summer weather
damp cloths or boards should be placed
over the top of the concrete to keep it
from checking after the final layer has
been placed in the forms. The forms
must necessarily be water tight, and
the concrete worked back from the
boards with a spade so the softer ma
terial may flow to the outside and in
sure a smooth surface. If this last is
not done voids will surely result and
the work will be disappointing. Let
the concrete rest four or six days be
fore removing the planking, concrete
being somewhat brittle until thorough
ly hardened, and while in the "green."
state easily broken. Cement News.
Hairy Vetch and Its Uses.
Since the introduction of the common
vetch, as a forage plant, a few years
ago, several varieties have come to the
front, none of which have proved of
greater value than that called "hairy"
or "winter" vetch. Considerable seed
of this particular variety has been
sown in Oregon and California during
the past few years, and excellent re
sults have been derived along the par
ticular lines for which vetch is adapt
ed. In the first place vetch is valuable
as a soil improver, and for this reason
the man with the young ore-hard can
make good use of it. A good plan in
this regard is to sow the vetch, forty
pounds to the acre, between rows of
trees, leaving a space of five or six feet
on each side of the row, to cultivate.
Let the vetch grow and mature. Then
cut, and enough seed will shell out to
seed the ground for the next year. But
the vetch is recommended for the or
chard only till the trees have reached
their third year. The principal objec
tion to vetch is the high price demand
ed for the seed. Hairy vetch seed cau
not be bought for less than $4.50 per
bushel, and is sometimes hard to gat
for $0 a bushel. Again, vetch is a
sprawling grower, and absolutely de
fies the mower sickle, if not sown with
wheat or some other stiff-stalked cereal
to hold it up. Vetch that makes a
thick mat of twelve or fifteen inches
when straightened out takes the form
of individual stalks three or four or
even six feet in length. The fall is
the best time to plant, and it should
be sown on well prepared ground. I).
II. Stovail, in The Epitomist.
Notes About. Horses.
The ?t::ble must have good ventila
tion as well as good light.
No matter what it costs you cannot
afford to feed the horses sparingly
when they work hard.
The most useful farm horse is a
grade draft of medium size, weil mus
cled, active and good disposiiioned.
Some linseed meal is very beneficial
to horses and will go a great ways to
ward making their coats black and
sleek.
Neither stallions or mares should be
allowed to become very tat at any
time, but the marcs should be well fed
while nursing the foal.
Strength, endurance and speed are
not developed by violent usage, but
rather by a judicious amount of exer
cise given so as to develop but not
strain.
Horses should never be made to cat
moldy hay, as nothing is worse in lead
ing to roaring, whistling and other de
rangements of the wind. If moldy hay
must be fed lt it be dampened.
Oats contain the greater projwtiou
of flesh forming elements and corn the
greater proportion of fat' forming ele
ments, and this is why oats-is a supe
rior feed for horses.
A Zansrwlll Story.
Andrew Lang once wrote to Israel
Z.tnswill to ask him if he would take
part in a certain entertainment for ;he
benefit of charity. He received the
following reply: "if A. Lairg will.
"I. Zangwiil."
-LippineoU's.
POPULAR
SCIENCE
Compressed paper pulp. Impregnate!!'
.... . . l 1... . '.K
wuj certain suits, js muiui-u nn
ofin of saucepans, which, on account
jf their lightness, were used largely
uy the Japanese army in Manchuria.
Investigation of the properties of
mineral springs by Dr. II. Mac-be, of"
1 ' " i i .. 1 . ' .. I . it... .T I- ft...
leiiun, seems io esiuuiiKAL me tan mi.
many of them have radio-activity,
which certainly points toward radium
as one of their curative properties.
That it is a good deal of a strain" ori
i the nerves to discover gold, is shown
by the story of an Australian official,
who wished to telegraph the news of
the finding of the precious metal in his
district. A small boy,' seeking for a
stone to throw at a crow, had picked,
up what proved to be a nugget of pure
gold. In his excitement the officiaT
overlooked the main point entirely and
wrote this: "Boy picked up a stoh to
throw at a crow," and nothing more.
If the ancient Greeks could revisit
the earth they would hardly recognize
their beautiful country, if the state
ments" made by Dr. Hennig, of Berlin,
can be sustained. Attica has lost the
greater part of its forests, the ra'infair
bas decreased and tfce temperature has
l . . . 1 mi. i. i- i it, . .
Dr. Honnlg says, is now so great that
he Olympian games of antiquity would
5e virtually impossible to-day. Many.
Dther parts of the earth show similar .
changes. The once beautiful oasis in-'
the Syrian desert, wher Zenobui
reigned over Palmyra, is now a deso
late waste. In Upper Egypt, where1
only 10O years ago rain was abundant,,
drought now usually prevails.
Study of the fishes on the two shies
of the isthmus has led to the conclusion
that in the Miocene epoch there was at.
Panama open communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific. This period
is arrived at by 'considering the time
that would be needed for the develop
ment of the specific differences now ex
isting between the fishes in the oppo
site ocean waters, and the geological
elate thus fixed is made more probable
by the fact that study of the fossil
mammals of North and South America,
Indicates that the continuity of t he
land between the continents was inter
rupted during a large part of the Ter-
ITnvv n era nnrl ivog imf t--oetn 1 -I r si rfl
...... "nv. ' L ' 1 " '-' " ' " v jlu ........
until the close of the Miocene.
MAN AND NATURE.
l'he Struggle Between the Beast Side and
the Intellect.
Nature tends obstinately, Michelet"
thinks, to hvinsr buck townril ni-imitivo.-..
animality, to unmake, the civilized
man. It is perhaps still her'dream to
have sons like her men all nature.
Humanity, in its earliest age, could"'
be but that, and legitimately. It had
then to take possession of the world1
which had just been born. It engaged.
in stenfest comisat with the primitive,
shaggy creatures, well armed with;
teeth and claws, that looked with con-
tempt at this last born of creation'
without claws, unprotected by hair, all.
naked and unarmed.
To conquer these creatures man must
be like them. "He also must belong'1
to this lower world, or rather he must
take u the two natures that is to'
say, he must needs become at once
man and beast, possessed of instinct-.;
Ive craft as well as bloodthirsty fury.
The viciory, which rested decisively, at
so many points of the globe, with the
weaker, shows none the less the 'orig
inal superiority of the conquered. In
the man-beast, at first controlled eh-,
tirely by physical fatalities, slept al
ready as in the chrysalis the true nan,
who walks, upright and with his face.
to the heavens."
And this true man, little by little,
set himself free. "To-day mind is. de
cidedly the victor. To the heavy,
dreams of a troubled blood, to the en
ergy of the brute, has succeeded ths.
nervous life of delicate, intelligent ? on
sibility; in short the higher life." But
4 1... 1 w . . , 1, , . .I..."?. 1. . . ....
ii-v iii.ui i ii-jl ui-iuij lie 111I1M inv
watched. International Quarterly. ' ,
A Varied Career.
"Samuel Crowther. the oldpr.f tnn-n.
crier, has died at Droitwicb, bis birth
l!ac, at the ago of" ninety. His list
public crying took place in May last.
During his long life he had played
many parts, including those of a scire,
boy of birds from wheat, gravel digg.:-r,.
bricklayer's laborer, policeman, survey
or's assistant, bailiff, auctioneer, por
ter, Liberal ngenr, volunteer and bell
ringer. At the time ofhis diamond
wedding he possessed t,i sons: am!
daughters, fifty grsnrtc-hii.Iren, a!:iJ
twenty great grandchildren. He lived
in the.rcigii of live mona.ivhs. iud was
born before Waterloo wr.s i'ou.L II ig
wife, who survives him, is higher
eighty-ninth year, and lives at t'v
Coventry almshouses. London ri'y."
fc-raph.
Slapping Africa.
The toposrajhy cf Africa is,l:;.;
ning to take shape, at least in Sent gal,"
where up to a couple of years :.-.. it
wa in a st;ue of chaos :s i,j t it .. 'in
evitable result of mere hand to mouth
work, done always to meet an imme
diate emergency and often in great
haste. In 1!)03 t!n Governor-General:
of West Africa requested the appoint--ment
of an officer from the army geo
graphical department, and this o!ti
cer, Captain Cavrois, has organized,
a permanent topographical survey for
French West Africa, l'he two iirt '
sections of an official large s- a-, u:av
of Senegal have already hc-?u prir.-e-a".
and in th;")V yorrs the work will hat
been completed in more than ;?.e:'.L.r
sec Lions. Loudon. Globe.