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The barque Amethyst, which from 1820 to the breaking out of the war was a champion New Bedford whaler, has been since in the merchant service, but now she lies at a San Francisco dock, fitting out again as an Arctic whaler. She was built in 1820, and is now said to be as sound as when she first struck the water.
Henry Ward Beecher believes in women dressing richly and tastefully, ut does not believe in sending to Worth, of Paris, for dresses, as he never saw one of Worth's dresses that was not six inches too short at one end and three feet too long at the other.
The run on the Yonkers (N. Y,) Savings Bank brought to light several depositors whom the city had been supporting as paupers, and enabled several persons to collect their debtors who never had any money, but who were caught coming out of the bank with the cash in their hands.
Dr. William J. White gives these directions to save one who is choking: Do not lose an instant. Force the mouth open with the handle of a knife or of a strong spoon; push the thumb and fingers deep down into the throat beyond the root of the tongue, and feel for the foreign body. If the obstruction cannot be grasped, a hairpin bent into a hook and guided by the left hand will often bring it out. If this fails, get some one to press against the front of the chest or support it against the edge of the table, and strike several hard, quick blows with the open hand on the back, between the shoulder-blades. Further treatment must be applied by a physician, who should have been immediately sent for."
The result of the last census have been compiled into a volume of 1,769 pages, called the Compendium of the Tenth Census. The valuable tables of Dr. Frederick H. Wines of Philadelphia on the desective, dependent and deiinquent classes appear, and are, especially interesting. One of the most striking things is the remarkable increase of the insane, blind, deaf and idiotic. Their number in 1850 was 58,541, in 1870, 98,484, and in 1880, 251,698. White the entire population increase but 30 per cent. in the ten years preceding 1880 these classes increased 155 per cent.
The Macmillions of London will issue an ilustrated magazine on the 1st of October in opposition to Harper's Monthly and the Century, which have gained a sufficient foothold in London to excite the apprehension and jealousy of native publishers. John Morley will be the editor and Comyus Car will manage the art department, and the intention is to show that English drawing and engraving are not inferior to American. To add to its hostile character, the circulation of Harper's Magazine in England is larger than that of any English magazine.
The throne to be used at the czar's coronation has already been ordered. It will be made of black oak, richly carved in antique Slavonic patterns, and will cost over $8,000. The canopy will be supported by four columns ten feet high, and will be ornamented by the imperial eagle and a scroll-work bearing the arms of the fifty-six coats of arms of the government of Russia. Crimson velvet hangings, embossed in gold, will shelter the imperial chairs, which will stand or a dais.
The "missing link," in the shape of a curious little wair, is now exhibiting at the Royal Aquarium. Westminister. Krao certainly presents some abnormal peculiarities, but they are scarcely of a sufficiently pronounced type to justify the claim. She is, in fact, a distinctively human child, about seven years old, endowed with an average share of intelligence, and being able to articulate quite freely. The whole body is over-grown with a coating of soft black hair about a quarter of an inch long, but nowhere close enough to hide the color of the skin, which is of a dark olive shade. This is claimed by some as a convincing proof of a hairy tribe that have been heard of from time to time in farther India.
