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8 DIPHTHERIA CURE WONDF.RFl L NK \\ RKMFDY V OK A TERRIBLE DISEASE. Dr. Hour, the French Savant, Tells IIow th<* Sprain of llie Blood of Hor.p. Has Saved Thousands of Human Lives In France. I N a comfortable laboratory, Hooded with sunshine, in the Pasteur Institute, in Paris, a New York World correspondent found I)r. Rons, who is the hero of the hour from the fact that he lias discovered a enre for diphtheria. His dark, serious face lighted up with a winning smile as tiio corre upon dent saluted hirn us “the man who is saving 30,000 lives a year in France alone. “ Pardon,” he said, quickly, “ you exaggerate. It is true that, diphtheria and croup claim more than 30,000 victims every year in this country. It is also true that out of 118 children whom 1 have recently treated for one or the other of those terrible maladies <Qi *1 !®Sr* *7 K id R< it A kiiult V 1114 m 1 U A 1 M >Y \\\ m |ifcj V ' If m Vk r A- m hil l ^ DRAWING RIjOOD FROM THU JUGULAR OF A HORSE. 7 have saved 116. That is, we think, a very iiretty reduction of tho mortal ity from the old rates.” “It is so wonderful that the mothers of France ought to build you a monu merit of gold.” The smile swept over the dark face agaiu. “Yet wo are only on the threshliold of success. At the Trosscau Hospital, where the mortality among the ohildren used to bo sixty-three per cent.—think of it, monsieur, sixty three per cent.—-it has been reduced since the introduction of our treat inent of diphtheria and croup to tweu ty-four per cent. “At the Hospital of fhe Enfants Maladcs,” continued tho doctor, “where I have been experimenting with my—shall l call it my discov cry?—for three years, tlie average mortality lirtb been lowered from eleven to one per cent. This is a good con Urination of the value of our remedy.” Tho young savant’s face was now aglow with enthusiasm. Here was a man who touj^asmuch pride iu saving life as ul generals take iu de Btr 4r-J udl how he came upon the K^pSTshing “Tell how it and is that beneficent pupil discovery. you, of tho great Pasteur, have gone ahead of your master. If l were he 1 could find it in my heart to be jealous of you!” The Doctor held up his hand with tho mock Parisian gesture of dissent. “Pasteur could uot bo jealous. He is too grandly the simple for that, He re joices iu success of his pupils as much as in his own. And he enjoys his owu solely because it is of benefit to humanity. Besides, we owe all that we have and are to him. It is by' fol¬ lowing his methods that we have at last come upon a now truth, which certainly will save great numbers of lives. In America diphtheria is a great scourge, I have heard, Well, the serum treatment cannot fail to be of immense advautago there.” “Briefly, what do you claim?” “I will repeat substantially what 1 said at the Medical Congress at Buda¬ pest the other day. My co-workers, MM. Martin and Chaillou, and 1, main tain, after a scries of careful experi meets extending through three years, that by the use of the serum sepa¬ rated from the blood of horses which have been previously vaccinated against diphtheria we have succeeded iu lowering in such large proportion the mortality of children attacked by diphtheria or croup, that the malady inay be considered as conquered. We J 3 - TT %\ '-.v ■0 / KvS-.' ■ l ■ ,/A f i i \ N \ / hi! I 1 ill ! Iffilli 111 ■ ! jjllf Imm it tv u i N TNOCrXATIVG AN INFANT DIPHTHERIA PATIENT WITH THE SERUM. are beyond preadyenture now. But what we wish specialty to do is to im press upon the minds of mothers e very where the need of fiyiug at once to the remedy, the moment the diph theria declares itself. Otherwise we shall continue to have such discour aging results as at the Trousseau Hos pit ab "This is what should be done,” he went on. “When a child complains of a sore throat an examination shorn 1 be instantly male. If the mucous «ui face shows littb. white scat tered over it a physician should be ealled without delay. The white spots way U indioatiohs of ^ simple quinzy, THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA„ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER *2T •, 1894.—EIGHT PAGES or may l>e the first; sj-mpioms of “In either case, the physician should at once give the child a sub cutaneous injection of the nnti-diph theric serum. If the attack is one of quiuzy simply, the remedy will do no harm. If it is diphtheria, the serum will infalliblv effect a cure.” “Infallibly?" “I have just told you that the statis¬ tics at the Hospital of the Enfants Maladcs show that since the nse of the scrum in diphtheria cases where there is no complication with other maladies, the average of mortality has been lowered from eleven to one per cent, Contrast this with nearly seventy per cent, of mortality where the old-fash ioned treatment alone is used.” Dr. Rons is deeply in earnest, “Give us just the chance that we ought to have—fair play ugainst the dis¬ ease,” he says, “and we will conquer it every time.” The correspondent remarked that diphtheria is a disease about which evf cry mother lias a different theory. “There are many vulgar errors cou cerniug it,” said the Doctor, “Nine times out of ten diphtheria does not kill, as is generally supposed bj' suf focation. The false membranes which develajj at tho back of the throat rarely cause total obstruction of tho respiratory canal, and even if they dul, tracheotomy could save the patent. “But tho diphtheritic microbe, whicli swarms on these false mem branes, secretes a poison that, sooner or later, according to the virulence of the attack, must contaminate tlie blood. My pupil Yersin and I claim to have been the first to discover this ‘toxiue,’ and to have proved that diph theria patients die from poisoning. “Now, the snbsoutaneous injection of the anti-diphtheritic serum confers immediate immunity, but acts as an antidote only at the end of several hours, so that if the ravages of the too far advanced (andthis is pretty generally the case among poor children here when the family doctor says that the attack 1ms become to serious for him and that the patient must go to the hospital), tho remedy is given iu vain. Neither must it be supposed lhat the serum has any p ower to cure other diseases winch the sutiercr iuay have ^concurrently with diphtheria.” “How did you happen to hit upon the serum of the blood of the horse as a remedy for diphtheria?” “We never cotne upon anything by chance, here,” answered l)r. Roux. “Everything is the result of patient, even wearisome research. I first be¬ came connected with Pasteur when he was experimenting with a view to the discovery of the anti-hydrophobic vaccine. Naturally we experimented upon all kinds of animals, and I came on some facts about the horse which led me later to choose that animal as the one for the nnti-diphthena experi¬ ments. Then came the moment of those terrible first experiments upon human beings with Pasteur’s new vaccine matter. The good old savant, engrossed in his researches, had omit¬ ted to put himself right with the local faculty of medicine iu the matter of his grades, and he was forbidden to undertake the vaccination of persons who had been bitten by mad dogs without the assistance of a doctor who would assume the responsibility for the operations.” “Did you feel any* trepidation when you undertoo v the task and super¬ vised and made yourself responsible for the first vaccinations?” “I never had a moment’s hesitation, nor an instant’s doubt. And the tri¬ uinph of Pasteur’s principles in suc cess fully grappling with hydrophobia by vaccination was a proof to my mind tuat the other victories now at hand could be achieved.” “And how do vou obtain the se * rum?” “(Yell, we will now return to our friend, the horse. The. great number of experiments made in our laboratory showed that of all animals capable of furnishing anti-diphtheritic serum in large quantities the horse was the efisi est to vaocir te. H supports the -toxine’ much better than rue dog or than rammatiug sM-n-.;-- No: him easier than to draw from tl ? jugular vein of a horse, as 0 IL 1 a* one wishes, great quantities oi pure blood from which a perfectly limpid serum sepa ‘‘And is the horse sacrificed?” “Not at all. The operators of the Pasteur Institute hare horses from the " ------- yp tali H i I JL* Hi % m WMb /.■ p 1/ G PR. ROUX. • i wriieli t have drawn . jugmars o ic-y blood more than twenty times, and the rem rema.ns as supple as at the hrst ‘drawing. The animals used for horse^-Zdcndwith * ’ ’LI cel lent entTo® ap petites. , m, They are n bled , once a month, and at each operation a htti. more thau four quarts o blood capable of Ua y taken nan them uiun. ” ie1 *' aiiy Crue 7 in t ^e opera - . • °” mi J ,ie , Weeding i -■ . causes no pain, V! Bm ? a l ® not r.?. uoh enfeebled * if ti 'U pe t d i quan .^ 8 n i°t ex * thT hi,‘to/ 1 rn vmLd a 0Ut audhero ■4rVrrb i b , a:k ”, k 'ofex w p“ ! y the only one. I was about to say—‘But’ if we are to be expected to cure all the cases of diphtheria and croup in Paris, we shall need a smart cavalry brigade. You see, it requires nearly seven eights of a pint of serum to cure the croup. The preparation of serum is costly, and our hospitals for children would find the new cure a tremendous drain upon their resources were it not for the public subscription which the Figaro has started, and which lias already yielded nearly 50,000 francs. ‘ ‘The money is to be used in providing sufficient quantities of the serum. Baron Edmond de Rothschild alone ^ 11S 20,000 francs for this pur l Jose< ^ or serum >” continued Dr. K ( <>ux > we have demonstrated that it will keep for a year if protected from the light. We hope to show that its P oss ibl° duration is much longer. At ^ soon be had in proper quantities aonost everywhere. No no* disposition could be made of s Grples ^ money by a millionaire than ;°cure the supply of the precious diud which will every year save tens thousands of young lives, Extraordinary Facts About Rabbits. A writer says of the rabbits in Aus¬ tralia that for several years in succes¬ sion the animal becomes so scarce as to be quite difficult to obtain, increas¬ ing iiia^ie next few year^io^ixb^ o r i i nl ijm U10 , tr y been to at^R^^^ die mence weeks are over thein the woods in ail dilH live rabbit is scarcely to —New York Dispatch. Hon. Edward Blake. lion. Edward Blake, the Irish mem ber of Parliament, who is lecturing in this country now, has been traveling m m gHii _ A -yjk\ s -XS. S ~lLM§lk EDWARD BLAKE. in the South and delighting the peo pie of that section by his praises of their climate and their fine mineral resources. A Suit Mill. .* . ; An industry . is now m progress at tlie great Lincoln mill in Lewiston, mat will interest ail Maine and pos sibly the entire country. It is the turning of pure Maine-grown into ten-uollar suits Oi clothing, cus tom mane, from your individual measure. This new industry has been under advisement for months, but has been kept quiet. A few concerns in some parts of the country, turn their proaueta into trouser*, but none that we mow of turn the product of a mill mo suits. These will be handled direct to the retail trade, saving the j profits o. commission houses and job Uels ' th- s method of doing busi ness the man who maaes the cloth makes the 6inrs. The mill is one oi T,.e greatest properties of Lewiston. It has magnificent water-power rights and is one o. the largest structures in tne cl.t, Lewiston yMe .) Journal. A Carious Effect ot Electricity. In taking down an old buildimr at Pesth, Hungary, the other day, the workmen made a curious diseoverv. At the lower end of the lightning rod, which has been affixed to the building some fifteen wears, was found a lar^e ' ; ball of pure iron, firmly attached to 1 j the rod. It was about as big as a' ! man’s weighed head, and as porous pounds. as a sponge, ‘Sciea- j It forty-six • tists think that it was formed bv the | rod action of particles electricitv oil attracting iron in to the j the the clay, j ! | in which the rod terminated.—Picay- * j tine. j *—* —-*—•— j Napoleon’s campaigns made 1,000, I i 000 French women widow- and 3,000, I 000 children fatherless. NEWEST GOWNS. PRETTY AND EXPENSIVE AND trimmed with .jet. The Xew and Trying Coiffure- You Must Wear Your Hair as Victoria Did in 1838-Leather Trim¬ mings and Fluted Skirts ONE are the closely-dressed twists and curls; gone Greek knot, and with them both the loose Bernliardtesque trout hair, the crimped oaugs and even that most fasciuat . single forehead mg curl which gave such a delicious air to the demurest face. The loops and bows of 1S30, the courtly queues of the eighteenth century, are all hopelessly thrust be yond the pale of society, relegated to the provinces by “Madonna bands.” The silken curtain -----------Oman's of a w glory —her hair—is parted from the crown to the forehead, and touched with the merest suggestion of a soft, creped ware. Down-drawn over the cheeks, and chastely biding even the suspicion * of „„ the |ocka ore l oowlv kBot . ted in the center of the back of the hairpins, J ead ’.“ nd with co “ |i cunningly “ ed »T «*« twisted long gold tops or lightly large flat pins of tortoise shell touched with diamond sparks, ‘ I n frout tho bindB „ ittl their (Wl . »»dul.tion. are drawn forward till they meet the tip of the eyebrow, And it is just that savor of “ other days about the newest new fashion that makes it interesting. It awakens wonder as to whether or no the dreaded crin oline, foiled in an attempt to make its entry outright, is essaying 6neft k into our inodes by a side ‘ k *“ h « first great effort O' j Jms Cn 1 4 gs f ^ ■ m nh Wi W,1 \Vh . % i Blip Mil b Mm feJVi/y // aBS® mjii s 4' ' I \ V' , ki wraps. ¥ ran, published by the New York Mail w lri o wrap. The figure to the right j*destrj*AS-»n Fifth avenue. ^■Tled, but The full the its insidious steels, the 3eg-o’-mutton sleeves, the bolero jacket and lowered shoulders daily re¬ mind one that the movement is only in abeyance. “Bands” are entailing cottage bon¬ nets, and some I saw m drawn velvet edged with fur should prove quaintly' delicious. For morning wear, the “cottage” will be of coarse straw, garnished with bows of flowered or checked ribbon. For evening the air¬ iest arrangements in finely plaited gauze and lace, with coquettish trans¬ parent brims, are being made. So far, the “neads” for the winter are decided, but the vista of possibili¬ ties is endless. Cottage bonnets will surely encourage the cult of the large lace veil, strung on a silken ribbon, and c °y J y drawn to one side when oc « aa ion requires. Will not the evolu lon ,°‘ siae ringiets i from Madonna bands i be inevitable as the spring the ear, or will they develop into the vulgar excrescences of padding -and crimped hair, which, in spite of their crude ugliness, failed to disfigure the two loveliest women of the century » the Empress Eugenie and the Princess of Wales? Who can say ? Enough f° r *k e moment—the old is the new— that beautiful women have now a chance to add another measure to their loveliness, and that those of mien may lessen their trouble by hid ing half thsir face5 . Nothing looks smarter than a wide shirt with bold flutes widening toward the hem, and a short cape reaching barelv to the waist and standing out in equally bold curves, A good gown is in glossy, tan colored cloth, of just the shade of a laurel leaf that has lost its green, though re taining its shape and gloss. The skirt i s ca t j n n ew -wav, measuring --- 1 _ (7/ ( ^ j.'Jk d jM?) Hull? ^ ifcWWlJr 1 \ / j „ v \ * Ck'\V >*»■■-/ Ay VV j T )■// hat trimmed wag ' nodding plumes, — ■ ltJ ---------------—— shout seven yards round tk« hem, and the bodice is made of black satin, with “ baby basque about two inches in depth and dipping down in a tiny point both back and front. The cape is lined with black satin, fits closely at the neck and on the shoulders and measures about five yards round the edge. No one could underrate the style of this gowu, and it could be co P ied in »ny material and color. In j green black satin satin cloth, it would for instance, and be admirable, and green is to be one of the foremost colors in dress this winter; brown taking first rank and black being worn • with everything, A few years ago leather trimmings were much used on dresses and 1 jackets, and they revived for are now ' our benefit. The prettiest I have yet ; seen was a blue serge with a band of leather about an inch and a half wide laid on the edge of the skirt. It was cut out in a "trefoil design and the edges were pinked out round the curve of the trefoil in tiny little pink ings. The coat to match was trimmed with similar leather round all the out lines, and the novelty of a little square leather collar, stamped out round the edge to match the rest, appeared at the back. The sleeves were finished with leather at the wrists, the points tnrne.1 noward like those ..luVaLmd- of the leiUhe r on‘the skirt, A colored cloth was trimmed in rather similar fashion with a russet leather punched iailor out in a design of stars. The who showed me this dress begged \ me. should we select it, ' j’ to ac cept hit « tho leath . r in 0 r r , 0 take it with me to the bootmaker and the glover, so as to secure both in perfect accord with the tint of the leather on the gown. He also re marked that the best headgear to ac company it would be a biscuit-brown felt of rather light tone, with almond colored wings and ribbons as trim j ming. It is one of the numerous dif Acuities of the tele, to have every. thing to match perfectly, and yet to manage that each article shall be wearable apart from the rest. A pretty dinned waist is of rose tinted tulle, dotted with point or black jet, the bodice crossed and con¬ fined at the waist by a jet corselet. The sleeves are “balloon” shaped, spangled with jet and with a rosette and a wing of tulle on each shoulder. The bouffant front of cream white lace and the puffed sleeves are of pink pur¬ ple silk, covered with white lace. The yoke is of white lace. The dinner gown of black and white, the skirt of white Pekin silk, striped with black satin, and the revers are of white satin. The front of white accordion plaited tulle is jetted and bordered with a band of jet. —New York Advertiser. a useful cloth cape. This cIofch capQ Wlth ltg roumled corners and neatly stitched edges is a model for a mein] a ij. rouQ d garme nt, ~ d “««•* * A j If !) \ ^ / L m m Ir \ y t-AVVy USEFUL CLOTH CAPE. wear on anv ordinary occasion, ‘ vet not so nice or so fragile as to be harmed by. the rough handling and mishaps incident to rural rides and rambles or to steady* wear to shop or school. Though the capes are both circular and are gracefully full, each one consists of but little more than a circle; the under cape is joined to the lower edge of a round yoke five inches deep, and this yoke is all that requires a lining—unless one to line the whole—for the stitching forms a good finish for the as well as the outside ; then if necessary when using narrow cloth or w hen the material is second-hand, there may be a seam in the middle of the bacA of both capes; all of wfiich goes to show that n, ay-at-home daugh ters of men, with a little ingenuity, may make pretty autumn capes for themselves, even though their “in comes must be searched for with a microscope.” For extra occasions a pretty and becoming touch of style may be given s ? ch a ca h e b 7 gearing with it a long Ge of . oroad ribbon or of silk. An other neat edge-finish for an unlined cape is a binding of silk or wool braid, or tdas £tri l )S 01 £ hk, satin or vel The binding should be narrow and oi equal width on both silt-; it is more satisfactory when stitch l to position than when applied by hand. — American Agriculturist, A Little Crown IVinc'*. Luis Felipe, the little boy wl > portrait is given here, is Crown l‘r n of Portugal, and will one day be K t —if no revolution intervene*, }!.> mother was the eldest and favor r - child of the late Count of Paris, Sa< is now but twenty-nine years old an l is much loved by the subjects »•; h- r ■ \ \ imm u c s >/ J- VI i \ j\m , CJi Its* ' (CiOn husband, the King of Portugal. Their union was a love match—an uncom¬ mon thing in royal circles. The King of Portugal was the Duke of Braganza when he married Helene, or, to give her the full name, Amelia Louise Helen d’Orleans. Luis Felipe wears the title of Duke of Braganza, which became his when his father took tho throne. Hints About Children. Keep the feet of the children dry, and you will have less trouble with coughs and colds. When a child’s ex¬ tremities are warmly and dryly clad, those children will be found to suffer but little with throat and ear troubles. You can stiil dress them iu thin white if you will cover their legs, arms and bodies with woolen undergarmeuts. Never permit the children to sleep with their arms above the head, es jieeialiy the baby. It is a very un¬ healthy position, and often causes severe pain and suffering if long con¬ tinued. Try sleeping that way your¬ self for an hour, arid you will find that it is almost impossible to get your arms down by your sides,, while the pain and numbness are quite severe.— Washington Star. Tallest Military Company in America. •Six feet one and one-half inches! That m the average height of the thirty new recruits who are now seek¬ ing admission to Company A, First Regiment, Oregon National Guard. The comjmny lias always been noted for its tall men, having now in its ranks twenty whoso heights average live feet eleven and one-half inches. With the enlistment of these new giants the ranks of Company A will be ranch fuller than those of the av¬ erage company, and the average height of its enlisted men will bo six feet. It will be, it is claimed, the tallest company in the United States. —Portland Oregonian. Extorting a Confession in China. The form of torture m China known as “finger-squeezing” is usually em¬ ployed by magistrates to extort con¬ fessions. The fingers on each hand of the prisoner are fixed between rods so arranged that by pulling a cord the I t \ Vi Mm THE SQUEEZING METHOD. fingers are squeezed between them. The more the cord is pulled the tight¬ er the fingers are squeezed. So dread¬ ful is the pain caused by this torture that after a short time almost invar¬ iably the prisoner is willing to confess almost anything his accuser desires. Cost ot Exporting Cattle. The total cost of exporting cattle to Great Britain from Chicago at present is about $22 per head, made up as fol¬ lows • Railroad charges to tho sea, $3.64; expenses en route from Chicago, $1; ropes, buckets, etc., fifteen cents; feed for ocean voyage, $3 ; attendance, seventy-five cents; insurance, $1; ocean freight, $10.80 ; salesman’s com¬ mission, $1.25.—New York World. Big Gobi Find in California. Despatches from San Bernardino, Cal., say that a big strike has been made in the Calice mining district. There is gold in large quantities, and between twenty and thirty claims have been staked out. One claim shows gold in twenty places. The ledge runs $30 to $40, and some as high as $430. —New York Sun. Ghosts in the Barber Shop. ^ ft s t**j A t ( -ins <T Li s \ & Customer—“I wish you wouldn’t always tell such frightful stories! It makes one’s hair stand end. ’ on Barber—“Exactly ! That’s the idea, for then I can cut your hair better.” — Fliegende Blaetter. The land of Mexico is held in feudal tenure by about 7000 families. Pai ents are issued to all who ask for them and the Government leaves the ques tion of priority to be fought out in the courts. WORDS OF WISDOM, Opposition is opportunity. Money is a powerful conversational* isi. Unholy tempers are unhappy tem¬ pers. The basis of good manners is self* reliance. The sky is never all blue at tho same time. Sarcasm may be bright, but it casts a shadow. A true test of unionism is not in words, but deeds. We would all be good if it were not too much trouble. Be careful of your actions, for they reveal your character. Au ounce of accomplishment is worth a ton of intention. We can readily see how easy it is for other people to do right. Necessary evils arc necesary because mankind is built that way. It is a long way up tho bill if you^ think about the hill all the time. There may be plenty of room top, but happiness doesn’t a 1 way^fcF 1 - there. If everybody was per feet what would the gossips do for interesting materials? None but the brave deserve the fair, and none but the brave can live with some of them. The man who erects a large building on a very small lot does so because he is shortsighted. People talk a lot about marrying before they do it; afterwards thtfj think about it. Enterprise and energy slowly ascend the stairs of success while luck goes up in an elevator. When the mind thinks nothing, when the soul coverts nothing and tho body asketh nothing tint is contrary to the will of God, this is perfect santiflea tiou. In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we bring a thorough will to it. Man can do everything with himself, but he must not attempt to do too ranch with others. America One Hundred Years Ago, Every gentleman wore a queue and powdered his hair. Imprisonment for debt was a com¬ mon practice. < There was not a public library in the United States. Almost all the furniture was import¬ ed from England. An old copper mine in Connecticut was used as a prison. There was only one hat factory, and liliat made cocked hats. A day laborer considered himself well paid with two shillings a day. Crockery plates were objected to be¬ cause they dulled the knives. A man who jeered at the preacher or criticised the sermon was lined. Virginia contained a fifth of tha whole population of the country. scraped A gentleman liis foot bow ing tlie to ground. a lady always"' on Two stage coaches bore all the travel between New York and Bostgn;' —g-post and pillory were still standing in IkiSkcUHHld New York. Beef, pork, salt fish, potatoes and hominy were the staplo diet all the year round. Buttons were scai'ce and expensive, and the trousers were fastened with pegs or laces. A new arrival in a jail was set upon by his fellow prisoners and robbed of everything he had. There were no manufacturers in this country, and Cvery housewife raised her owu flax ami mado her own linen. The church collection was taken in a bag at the end of a pole, with a bell attached to rouse sleepy contributors. Leather breeches, a checked shirt, a red flannel jacket and a cocked hat formed toe dress of au artisan. Wnen a man had enough tea lie placed his spoon across his cup to in¬ dicate that he wanted no more. Peppermint Farming, The peppermint crop of this coun¬ try, though confined to a few locali¬ ties with a very small acreage com¬ pared with other crops, i.s neverthe¬ less an important one to many farm¬ ers in New York State and portions of Michigan a ad Indiana. Advance re¬ ports from our correspondents indi¬ cate that the 1894 crop just harvested has been secured in good condition. In New Yoik the acreage shows a fair increase and tho yield per acre is bet¬ ter. Preliminary estimates, subject to modification upon the receipt of further individual reporta, point to an acreage in Northern New Y’ork of about 3090 acres against 2309 last year, producing approximately 65,000 pounds of oil compared witfi 42,000 pounds in 1893. Relatively little oil has yet left pro¬ ducers’ hands, and many growers are holding for $2 a pound, with bid prices around $1.70, and the market in New York $1.80 @ $1.90. A year^[ ago prices were $2.30 @ $2.40. In^^ Michigan and Northern Indiana tha acreage is perhaps 12,000 acres ac¬ cording to initial reports received, and current prices are around $1.60 per pound. Market conditions at tha moment do not point to any imme¬ diate improvement in price, especially should the yield prove as large in the aggregate as now seems probable.-— Agriculturist. A Business Barometer. “Postal revenues are undoubtedly the nest kind of a business barometer, ” said Dr. W. K. Davis, United States postage-stamp agent, at the Arlington. “Well, Uncle Sara’s late traffic in stamps clearly indicates a business re¬ naissance. Three weeks ago 35,000, 000 stamps were ordered of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Two weeks ago the public demand increased to 65,000,000, and laat week 69,000, 000 were issued by the bureau. This clearly shows that the times are im¬ proving fast. It is but just to state that the experiment of manufacturing postage stamps at the Bureau of Print¬ ing and Engraving has been a marked success. In the perfection of engrav¬ ing and the finish of the stamp tha workmanship is all that could be de¬ sired, and it does not matter how heavy the publi.e demand is,^the facili¬ ties for supplying it are fully ade¬ quate.”—Washington Post.