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The birth rate in England and Wales has been decreasing ever since 1876. ' The people of tho United States use 1,500,000 post cards every day. France practically gets all Northwestern Africa, under tho now agree, ment. King Ottp, of Bavaria, has fits of dementia, in which he imagineshe is a lion. A genuine .portrait ot Columbus, painted by Lotto in 1501, has been discovered. An Extradition Treaty has been signed between Germany and the" Congo States. The Irishman's motto: Ifyou have a duty to perform do it with all your dynamite. An immense forest area has been destroyed in Bavaria by caterpillar ravages. Seven years ago 83 per' cent of British vessels were iron; now 92 per cent are steel, An Exhibition ot fittings and articles for use in prisons will shortly be opened at St Petersburg. Italy has ordered the study of English to be added to the curriculum of all Italian universities. "Paralysis ?" said an Irishman, " It's the disease that makes ye so that ivery time ye move ye can't stir." Mr Watts, R.A., has just completed a portrait of Lord Tennyson, which will rank amongst his finest works. It is said that good manners and good morals are henceforth to be taught in the public sohools of Boston. In one of the Chicago hospitals 25 percent, of the patients are suffering from the effects of cigarette smoking, Boulangor is now a journalist. He helps in managing the Voix du Pouple, a Paris weekly, a Boulangisfc organ, _ The business section of New York isgrowingsofaat that tbo gentry are being crowded out of Fifth avenue. Merchant (in want of a boy, to applicant):—Oanyou spell correctly ? Boy: Yes, sir. —Harpers' Bazar. Empress Fredrick is hard at work on a biography of her husband. Field Marshals Moltko and Bhmienthai are aiding her. Tho number of racehorses arounej. Paris has increased largely, and the betting which they engender has become a serious evil, The inventorof antomatio machines is at present, it h stated, ongaged in tho designing of an automatic railway ticket supplier. Berlin has six great play fields for children. All sorts ef amusements, in these places are free and teachers, of gymnastics direct tho oxerciso. Spanish-speaking people are in* creasing so rapidly in numbers in New York, that instruction in their language is now furnished in the free evening schools. Premier Crispi has ordered a list to be made of all religious houses in Romo, with the view of confiscating those that are liable to suppression under tho'law.