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tr U1TY ❖ «i V7 <> Wo>ki \ i r -i “Oar Ambition is to make a Yeracions Reliable in its I Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Just in its Yieis." VOL. I. The largest amount of land held in the United States by an alien corporation is that owned by the Holland Company in New Mexico, It embraces 4,500,000 acres. The hardwood production of tliecoun try in 1887 was 25 per cent, greater than in 1886. The hardwood trees of the United States are being rapidly ex hausted. ____________ A soap mine has been discovered neai Pine Ridge, Wyoming. At all events, if it isn’t soap it’s something that resem bles it very closely, being yellow in color, and capable of making a good lather and removing grease from hands and clothing. The supply seems to be unlimited. California is proud of her record for 1887. Three hundred miles of new rail xoad were laid, the assessed value of property increased $132,000,000, tho jwine and brandy product was large, 50,500,000 pounds of canned goods and 35,000,000 of green fruit were shipped, and there never was such a year for tourists. ________________ An effort to suppress bull-figlitiug has been made in Mexico. An attempt to make the powers of Europe disarm would be as likely to win success, sarcastically observes the New York World. Take bull-fighting from Mexico and there would be nothing left save a little pulque, some red pepper and the halls of the Montezumas. The number of women in the French capital who use tobacco is somewhat on the increase, for there are three or four establishments in the city of pleasure devoted exclusively to the manufacture of ladies’ cigarettes—and they do, it is said, a roaring trade. An inquisitive journalist, however, has ascertained that the cigarettes solely made for the ladies contain a soupcon of opium, -which is de cidedly a bad thing for the health and nerves of those who use them, and who thus may be said to doubly narco tize themselves. The Philadelphia Times says it “lias been authorized to invite free suggestions from the multitude as to tlie best public use that could be made of a gift of $50, 000. The authority comes from a gen t eman of large fortune and large philan thropy, and it is his sincere desire to re ceive intelligent suggestions to guide him in applying that bum. y line or pub lic charity or beneficence to produce the best results to society. The money is ready, and will be given as soon as it shall be made clear how it can be made productive of. the greatest good. It is not intended that individual or family suffering should be embraced in the list of causes presented.” Speaking of Airs. Cleveland, a Wash ington correspondent says: “Her resi dence of a year and a half in Washington has not taken the edge off the curiosity of the people living right here at the capital. When she goes shopping the clerks and customers at any store she may visit drop everything to look and listen. When she takes a seat in a box at the theater the performers lose half the attention of the audience, and when she gives a reception at the White House the men and women pass in line before her and then eagerly rush around to the corridor, where on tiptoe there is some chance of catching another glimpse of the fascinating hostess.” “Australia,” says the New York Times , “ has received a set-back by the refusal of the mother country to join her in the plan of contributing $25,000 each for an Antarctic expedition. But the objection made by the British Government, namely, that the amount proposed is too small tt> he of service, is a very easy one to cure, if Australia wishes. Still, it is not im probable that any increase in the sum devoted to such an expedition would be so much additional money thrown away. While discoveries within the Arctic circle have been pushed to a distance of only a little more than six and a half degrees from the pole, the furthest advance in the Antarctic region is still nearly twelve degrees from the South pole. Practically, nothingof importance has been discovered in that direction for nearly half a cen tury, or Bince the triple successes achieved between 1840 and 1843 by Sir James Ross, our American Wilkes, and the French Dumont d’Urville. Ice and snow perpetually cover latitudes correspond ing to those in which at the north flour ishing vegetation, many quadrupeds, and even permanent populations are found. To suppose that any commercial advantage could come of another at tempt to peuetrate these prodigious ice barriers is preposterous, and there :s only a slender chance of deriving scientific knowledge of importance from quest.” GRAY’S STATION, GEORGk. SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1888- THE HERMIT KNIOHT. In a shaggy forest I know a glen ' Where the were wolf made his lair; ’Twas haunted of owls, but’twas shunned of * lnen) For a demon dwelleth there. When the night was dismal, and wild, ’ a ml t And » i yells were on the gale , I rode my black steed totbe glen, and met > Thatdemou weirdly pale. I sprang from my charger where he stood ^ And I hatipd the specter dire: The ground was rank with the smell*of Ulood - Anri 1ml with a smoulderimr tiro. T nniL i him i -ir v tiviihl ‘ v \ mum ’ , Unmeet T fora hunvm eai > And [ saw his face, by a sudden fla’.no, p Lurid with hate and ear. I plucked the fiend bv his dong right hand, As he sate on a corse, ne\vslain. My voice was strong with a-, firm commanf 1: “I have sought thee once a sain. Show mo to-night, show me to-night, What thou may’st J not keep f.*om me.” - L With . a glare , eyew not f good 1L ' \ to a a see. My shivering steed, lie pawed the'moss, His gasps began to fail: By a murdered corse,\and a dying hlorse, I heard that goblin’s t,de; But never a spirit that skims the sea, Or a phantom of the airt Must guess what Uie showtime foul fiend whispeaod me, Or dream what he there. I ' I had power, I had power imtliat growsomei hour, And I read his spirit through f\ I made him cringe and I bade hiVn cower, For my heart was brave and tri^e. I chained him there with a new-for chain, By the side of the murdered wight,, . And I loft him howling a wilder strain* Than an the the howlinz howling of or the the nieht night. V; , • For ten long year.', on amomitain hare y I had weptand fa,tel sore; 1 had worn the stones with my knees! jn prayer To conquer a grace the more; And to weave a spell for a fiendish heart JSSZXZZL* He may harm no hapless passer by; ■ He may spread nor ban nor bale; 1 had strength and mast’ry from One on high, And my courage did not fail. I won my will, for my soul was pure, And the secret that I know Hath given me power great ills to cure As 1 journey to and fro. Go not that way. It is haunted still; The wolf hath left his lair; The owls have flown to my barren hill; No living thing is there. A murdered corse by a blackened stone, ’Neath an old tree, gnarled Groom or Bridegroom? BY WILL F. POND. “Bv Jove I’ll do it! there is other way of wooin" her; so to winds with common sense and propriety. ouee^ Recommend me for the post at dear lack and nut me down “own vour jour for life The was Tom Rainforth, hair-brained young ^was journalist, and the person addressed Jack Fortescue, Esq landed proprietor had and been gentleman dining at large. Tom and he at the Savage Club Veen and, retiring to the smoke room, had elaborating a tle the* plot hatched by the fertile brain of brilliant vouiig atlssue journalist. facts of the case were these • A t the hunt ball recently held in ouaint old Lincolnshire village the” of by Tom Rainforth liad misfortune (or good fortune, according to the er’s opinion) to meet and fall desperately in love with Everin»'ham, E dith, the pretty daughter of Squire who, e’verv bein'* occcntric manafOTfune urntlwnan deemed hunter, and closed his doors in the face of the merous admirers attracted by his ter’s prettv face and her ample dot. Tom had fared no better than thei others, but on confiding his sorrows to J his friend and guest they had between, them matured a scheme of romance and^l impudence unparalleled in these prosaic : Nineteenth century days. tlie right hand Squire Everingham oeneraf was man Braintreeran and estate manager to Lord office his family had held for several generations;. he was, besides, a landowner of no small extent, * and a magistrate; hence his popular title of S^’the 1 'if: moderately sized village, which consisted j chmch Ss of Bg a the chapel’, Saxon and and "seme early venerable Norman ! eras The Squire occupied the great i white house at the corner of this road, patronized the entire village, and was.of evefnever^mixed Zi’ “ hTs Nearest witli' them socially, neighbor, whom he honored by fived admitting to miles' a questionable the some a-av, a'some thi! Souhe saruJed and iris daughter live* ^tervals Sfvfaits life ?rom broken onlv ?rTendfto at rare l'i ; imVrnevs lady ^ a t i L to tl,e market RWa™ n iter albench i.i m the Squire was in the Til in^he^eyes t hul of°the oT e blot hii'nt°(to on his which'hc escutcheon sul> scribed'liberally), and the in neighborhood, those of the few county families in and that was, he bad become accustomed /since the loss of his wife; to drink, “not w RunDOs’ed selv but too well,” and, as may be he incurred serious censure for a habit not tolerated in these davs. lu other respects tlie Squire was stillle ohcery, kitchen open-handed man as of yoretjs door was ever open to the li The only other change was bectL inis appearance; the tall lithe figure slightly bowed, the hair tinged ™ 19 1 “ '"o 1,1 Hie field Local tecs less and irregular, and (great! crime of all in a hunting country) i commenced to “crane” at his fences duel a knock his horses about for faults himself. He also grew quarrelsome, ad new-comers, ect not being feeling under 1 the same ftmoual ?. ! lgat, re ?P » or okl inhabitants, the same severi ol! 0l \ as orawl9 1 hail , taken place, and in one u tw “Squire was handled, 1,1 increasing excitement and toon • of tented with temperament he grew discom the slow rate of speed obtain; able from his horses, and invested several fast trotters, and went whirling frora P>ace to place, to the danger ? v ‘‘. r : V °“. e he 'L'bis was endurable 10 sober moments, but when, after a at the neighboring town LS .t U| r 8 ',' ' tbeborae l,e " r,bb ]uto T 11 gr.Giifip, going ^ni, over or through , every th ng in his wav, it became no joking m itter. ' ° “On one occasiou, retumring home at spilled night, he drove over a stione heap and himself and grooo.i into a broad ind deep drain that ran Uy the roadside; on another he collided wit h his own gate Tost, smashing tlie dart to d breaking his groom’s ribs, being dragged into. The yard in con sequence the reins, ot having beocmie entangled in whilst the/ horse was kicking and plunging in all directions. ° could soon be foundf grew scarce; finally, no one to take the place; then, for some time the Squire drove himself, and. after having been several Hines fined for fu Hens driving by his brother magistrates,, they determined to daring l )ut a stop to him.tiSeirlintention to thogrowiug scandal bv de him to prison Lir if he of sending a (month appeared before them agism. 'This had the desired effect, and set-llinilseeking for a steady. capable groom. Such was the! state of affairs at the tinie of the hunt 1 mul the intention portitnt of all, dot his best to win the heart! of tlie fair E< Bth, who was already more than welt-dii (posed towards him. Aftar some preli uiinary correspondence an engagement iiAto his dut w: »s contracted, Tom en tered Sea, and became the Squire’s-.sliadow. If any one took offense at the Squire’s unneusonable remarks he was always on lin ud to smooth matters down, and noticed, for a ttiinc all went well Edith Gossips toak however, that Miss a gre« ter amount of horse exercise tbun usual, and that the groom it was wasgsaid inviujiably in atlo»^-'"' (1> whilst \ghahoteecicancd every mmubi '* y atotfto tell.' .1 . Tom «» came her scruplcB, and ol their mutual misunderstandings, love-makings, and its afctendant jil ensures and pains, 1 am no envious chro aider; suffice to say she wss pk eas ' ; to to keep his secret, but ' vomai A'toke, del: lyod.her happiness, and, notwithstanding_wll toedaredi c'ipncioiisly lm had undergone she would to wm hur ’ nevei ^■ accept him ninless he accompanied hera8 groom to t he opening meet of the sca,(,n - Poor'loin! , , lie‘had , . not ^ counted J upon a girl’s uijschievftms fancy, and sorely a^piinst his -will lie: bowed to tlie in evitable. Downward AJtepsiare not easily retraced; so the conduct! ofl tlie Squire proved; for after a brier pemod of good behavior lj ” gradually gritw worse and worse, un til he was nearly,, if not qniu.*, as bad as ver - Ho all that, he could, Tom could not keep him sohier. Once after attend iu g one of the me. kings, ho drank rather ni0IC heavily than usual, and insisted 011 driving himitelf home, which lie did at a gallop, escaping This injury resulted, by little short of a miracle. how ever, in a brief illnese, which gave Tom a chalice to think tta. matter over, and evo * v e a scheme to jstit an end to these midnight had dangers. brown-tiftmed leather, He a rug made for the horse,which extended from the saddk- to the tail, where it was fast ened to the crupper ni.G loosely girthed wnderneath; being nearly the color of ;h e horse, a casual observer at night would not notice it. H e then took the ha ™ e 01,1 every night to,exercise, instead of in the morning, and by tlie tune the s ‘i ulre recovered lom was ready for h 'ni. During these weeks Jack Fortescue made one or two surreptitious calls, and &£!* A jvith a I’have own hands if but patience. You shall dance at my wedding in the tliird week of Octobor.” “And see you as groom to the Eilith at the opening meet—eh, will get no laugh at my expense, 1 he From this time, strange to say. ; no further accidents occurred when the Squire rode home; the horse went iris fori- cpii etly along, taking no notice of ous ierkin^ of the reins, or vigorous thrashing, beyond a slight jump its‘head to left or neck® right as the- whip the Squire struck railed it for or When at not galloping, at’full Tom declared that ltKvus galloping speed, and and that he could ‘carcely hold on, the fgure, in doubt, usually accepted Ins word, Meanwhile, tlie horse grew more and more steady, as though hand, it had and tak-fi :ts master’s character m wis in league with further Tom to disasters. save thooldgdule man from T1 opening meet drew r.igh, and Tom was wily teased by his fiancee as to what he wild give to be let off. Ten laughed, and said: “Nthing! You keep your promise to marrme the third week iu October, and will ride to the meet as your grooi.” Edh wistfully him, half looked at re grett g her bargain, but too high spirit! uposing to let him off his penance after once it. ist the a. m. Tom,July attired in a green coat with biassmttous, a broad leathern strap rounthis waist, cords and boots, and hat with cockade, was to be seen holding two trees at (lie front door. The Squire had a attack of gout and could not go. Da.tilv attired in a dark blue riding was lifted to the saddle, and, 4th Tom riding decorously in the >assed out of the gate. Once, howeir, in the green lanes, he ranged aiongde, but Edith was in a dejected nmmktri scarcely spoke. she Said : M Th dear ! it s no use, I can tdo it. Go ba aud put on your own clothes; I will remake a public enough show for of you; ” yon have dergone me. “Ni! nay!” laughed Tore. “A bar § a ' r ‘' h bargain; you might want to cry torfeito your own stake; and dear,’ loweri* his voice, “I cannot let you do iw.” “' ' indeed, . I will not. I will ... <uo k ee P Y ' voll \ liiit il you wiU not «?• . ‘ k and change that hateful suit I W1 ^ t,n back myself and forego the meer "is mt so?” said Tom; “then here 8 0es -’’-fid taking oil his hat lie drew ou * R velvet cap, and unbuckling his belt an throwing off the gieeu coat, he sat ic\tied in the Melton Hunt coois. } *« coat and strap after ho lm , ^ e .nTride vnui d ' ^ ^ stl " rl< ^ e us > our groom, nroom?” “Yes, said she, with . a merry laugh; as m v ’ toitmeet speculation was rile as to W ' UI ^ tn wa9 > and owing to .laek Forteseu the secret leaked out. I he Squire ofy stipulated that Tom should still dnvthim and gave Ills consent. T!? A oa ton, bather rug lie always wore at night; aid 1 had two pairs ot reins, one running rom the bit along the shafts ro ' n " 110 back of the cart where 1 sat; thepther pair, which the Squire us ed,' \ r 0'e burlled to the colhr. tremendous laugh _ Of cutirse a w as ic res >jlt < I this disclosure, and a l mug i against himself, the Squire joined in 1, lll| to proposing lus son-in-law s health, as ked: “AVho shall say the days ot c Wvid*y and are his past? wifestill ” livehappuyto '1’om Kailiers, iiav ’ n g been killed in the hunting field, and a brass tablet records his manifold virtues >“ '»« At a meeting of the Professor American Society 0 f <'ivil Engineers, Gustav Lindentlial read an exhaustive paper on .*xhe North River Bridge Problem.” It outlined suspension a gigantic bridge scheme for construct i n g a across the Hud son a t a point between Fourteenth and Twenty-eight the streets, for railroad the purpose lines into of this bringing * S all The great plan of the bridge sisted ity wrought iron con of two towers on sunken stone piers, at equal distances from either shore, with three suspension spans, the middle one being 2,850 feet long. The largest single span ever de signed up to the present day is that bo ed longing Scotland. to a bridge Its now length being construct in is 1,700 feet, The professor argued that the great width of the river has made engineers rather favor a tunnel than a bridge, ow ing to the many difiicullies involved in tlie construction of the latter. Still a bridge with six tracks, which would ac commodate all of the railroads desiring to enter this city, could be constructed at a much smaller cost than the number of tunnels that would be required for tlie same purpose Besides it would be much safer. A bridge built according to ids plan, he x a’d, w ould be capable of transferring of),000 would passengers an hour in one direction, and thus meet the demands for at least fifty years. The cost of construction for the bridge alone, including anchorages and abutments, would not exceed $15,000,000. This estimate did not include the outlay which would be involved in the purchase of the necessary amount of land ateitherap proaeh, nor for the tracks and stations of the terinini.-Aeio 1 ork Obuveer. The Wilv fu., Red Mull. Montour is an Indian reser ^d ’kox trite!TdT home. I.S lj W ".eir annuity was paid. mre^nd eacn coaljn, nun jer ,n oi gold tnc trine wan receiving exactly $.).!.IU as his or her share. In order to avoid the trouble of f ‘ ,r thm ‘ t0 [ eturn toie odd penny. lh ^ lh ';y rcf| .scd to do. Ib.y are ex need *fnts ngly a:ul susp.cious demanded of_the the exact Government change. ) he suspicion seems to he mutual, for the agent, instead of paying out the money, gave each Indian a check after which n« was escorted to a bank, where the exact done change was handed to him. This was to prevent the wily Indian from getting two annuities-the strong family resemblance making that trick gwd “nee before —New i.rrk Graphic. We must not be content with waiting for something to turn up. We must turn something np. We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, but strike it ua til it is made hot. POPULAR SCIENCE. - Prof. Vaughan reports a successful at tempt to produce in a eat a disease simi lar to typhoid fever, by the use of the germs found iu the water used by the 300 victims of the scourge at Iron Mountain, Mich. Sometimes the pressuro of an artesian flow of water results from a gas pressure instead of from a high head of water. Dakota, for instance, has several artesian wells 1,000 feet deep, with 250 to 280 pounds pressure, but there are no high places near by to give this head of water. The advisability of testing as foggy weather signals sudden flashes, such ns those of gunpowder, has been suggested by to the British lighthouse authorities Lord Rayleigh and Profossor Stokes, who think the flashes might attract atten tion where an equal fixed light escape notice. We have heretofore been led to that ice purified itself. Now we are told that in good marketable ice, taken from where the water is polluted with the sewage of cities, there exists an almost indefinite number of living disease germs, and they appear to tlinve under the condition of being fro/.en for an in definite period. Some people doubt several tlie poisonous of effect of nutmeg, but ca a es nutmeg-poisoning have been noted in the British Medical Journal during the past summer. A whole nutmeg was taken in four of tho eases, and five whole ones in the remaining case, lu still another case, tlie use of half a nutmeg in a hot drink was nearly fatal. Dr. John Murray, of a paper on tho height and volume ot the dry land and depth aud volume of the ocean, makes tlie statement, that “should the w hole of the solid laud he reduced to. one level under the ocean, thou the sur face of tlie earth would be covered by an ocean with a uniform depth of about, two miles.” From Dr. Murray’s investiga- land tions it also appears that if the dry of the globe were reduced to tlie sea level by being removed to and ocean,then piled up in the shallower waters of the its extent would be about 80,000,000 square miles, and the rest of the surface of the earth would be covered by an ocean extending to 113,000,000 miles. The course which an earthquake runs is usually very rapid. From the moment when the first shock was felt at Lisbon to the period when all was over, and nearly 80,(100 people were killed, not more than four minutes elapsed. Eartli A few aud seconds, we learn from “Our lis Htory,” are usually a more frequent while time for the shocks to last. Yet, Caracas iu Venezuela was almost de stroyed aud 12,000 of its inhabitants killed by the earthquake of 1812, within constrTntly months, roaring shocks lust for we eks, and even years, as if tlie laboring itself earth was still Its trying to relieve of some of superabundant energy. The climate of the Sandwich Islands is peculiarly peculiar adapted quality to the and cultivation iu of rice of a great quantity, its evenness of temperature permitling the raising of two crops a year without any particular strain upon the soil. The crops are ruised infields called patches, used by most the natives of which for raising were formerly taro, and which arc often not more than an acre ip extent, The fields are situated in the lowlands, where abundant irrigation can be obtained, and some times on slight elevations where artesian wells can be successfully established, and are the highest-priced cultivation lands in the kingdom. The is almost en tirely in tho hands of the Chinese. Eaten Almost Everything. In a recent interview Colonel Rat Ho nan, the Dakotan, says- “I have eaten with the Chinese in China, I have eaten with the President of the United States iu the White House. I have eaten with nearly every nation on earth. In many cases I don’t know what I have eaten, for I have always regarded it as a bad taste to provided ask questions in about honor the by dishes hos that are your pitable China people. I have but “In may eaten rats, I didn’t know it; and what you don't know does you no harm. When the Sioux want to do you honor they will serve you the up dish roast of dog. lu is Spanish hiked Honduras honor monkey, and sweeter meat you could not imagine. The monkeys live up in the branches of trees and on the vines; their feet never touch the eartli beneath them, and they live on the choicest nuts and fruit Nocliicken was everso sweet aud tender as a baked monkey. “1 do confess, though, that on one of the last o easions of my dining in Span ish Honduras 1 did not feel lliut all was sell when at the end of the meal 1 found I had stuffed myself with baked lizard. Of course there is nothing wrong prepidiccs. with the lizard except our petty It tasted the big splendid, leg but and the when elaw at of Iasi the I saw scaly lizard, 1 didn’t think 1 liked it.” A Corn Supper. A novelty is acorn supper, where this standard cereal enters into the name or ingredients of every dish The following menu was served recently ot a Grange banquet: Corn-some-way—Maizma maizod. Roast cereallsrn. Fishes a la corn a la .patron. Corned beef. Corn Bread. Bread corned. Hulled com, Kueeotash a la grange. 1'UDDIBOH. Indian Patron’s pudding baked. pudding- Indian pudding pudding. boiled. corn Corn starch. Hasty CAKE. Com colored rake. Cake corned. Corn rake. Corn starch rake. K torch corn cake. Milk from corn colored cow. Butter from corn-fed cow. DESERT. Corn ice cream. Com randy. Balls a la corn Com de la corn popper. Com coffee. Pure juice of corn. Corn juice. NO. 20. VALENTINES. mamma’s. Ba p y came toflclling up to my knee, Bis t .| iu bby features all aglow— “Dess I'se doin' to be oor beau Bee whatoo <lot t'om me!’' A va i e ,,tiue from my baby ami boy! A crumpled slieet a homely scrawl lu a baby hand— that was all, Yet it tilled my heart with joy. Broken my heart and white my hair, And my mother’s oyesara usad to weep— My little boy is fast asleep In the church-yard over there. JVliat shall be mamma’s valentine? The spirit touch of a baby hand— 1 A baby voice from tlie spirit land Siugiug a song divine. Field —Eugene robin’s. Little Hubert Robin sat on a leafless vine; He said: “Dear Ruby Robin, may 1 ho you valentine!” y>,. 0 tty Ruby Robin sat on a leafless spray; ‘ she g lli(1 , tel | me hovV| an j then perhaps you may.’’ would {JaM ljttle Hobert l{ol)in . “Ob, we build a nest, An(lyougUouldHve ^ wltu me , a „,i love ms ^ ^ „ Little Ruby Robin said: “It might lie very pleasant,” But she flew off gayly, singing, "Not a present! 1 Not at present!” Slade —If. H. C. THE BABY’S. Tlie rose is red, the. violets blue, Finks are. pretty, anil so are yon. The rose is red, my rosy dear; But tliut. you hardly j'et can know, Mince you have only been with us, E’ourof tlie times when roses blow. Tlie violet’s blue, my blue-eyed love: Yet that, perhaps, hardly knew, * you Since you have only passed four times The violets in their hoo.lsof blue. The pinks are pretty, baby quaen, Ami so are you; but that, also. From being here so short a time, Perhaps you’ve hardly learned to know. — Mary K. Wilkins mil AND POINT. A stronghold—The bull-dog’s. The people of the Territory of Dakota believe iu a future Htate. Mauv a broadcloth husband owes liis prosperity to the fact that he married a giugliam girl.—<N in Francisco Bulletin.^ Every time a lady physician calls on a gentleman patient she .—Danscilh shows plainly that she's Mr. calling Breeze. “I presume you are skating for the first time.” “No,” for the last time,” rupliixi ibo dias'iiaiod ft-uiale ." —Siftings. Scientists say that the ravage has a more acute sense of smell than civilized people. They have more material to practice on. When ice is thick and deep the snow, And winter days are drear Ol Man wants little here below Zero. —Boston Courier. If you want to dream that you are a toboggan slide rushed with business, and that the electric is right over your stom ach, just cat a lot of hickory nut cake for supper.— Dansril/e Breez\ The latest cimpluint of a discontented generation is that there is not enough giimstickcm on the postage stamps, llo people for expect to get ?—Buffalo a whole meal Courier. of mu cilage two cents Cashiers, seldom from a medical report, Are very strong; Their longest ages are hut short— Their short ages aru long. -Tid Bits. Dick Tinto (pathetically!—“When darling? will you love me, When will you smile upon an ambitious but struggling urtist?” Miss Klip (cheerfully)—“Why, thing just as soon hung as you the can line produce besides sBine to on ono shirt.”— Omaha Uepublimu. “For your sako I’d slay dragons Dtd you order me to, I'd battle with giants Were it but to please you.” Hlie said: “I’d not ask you Kticli vast doeds to do, But suppose we go muse o’er An oyster or two.” —Tid Bits. “Sugar,” said tlie schoolmaster to his class, ‘‘is cither made from the beet, as in Franco, or from the sugar cane, as in the West Indies. Now, do you think you can readier that?” “Yen, sir,,’’ re plied a sharp the hoy, “1 think we can re member connection between the cane and the beat.”— Argosy, Three Kinds of Arrests in Russia. There are three kinds of arrests in Russia. The first was intended to in spire terror and obtain clues to secret revolutionary tended action; the second was in confession, by the induce use of torture to compel or third the prisoner to be tray his friends; the are the polit ical suspects, who are kept in solitary confinement for months or years while the police scour the empire in search of criminating evidence against them. Justice is proverbially slow in Russia. The Government hac so much police work in hand, there is so much under ground service, again that cases have to wait their turn, and and nguin prison ers become insane from solitary confine ment, or die in their dungeons before it is known whether they are guilty or not. Tlie subject in Russia has no law on his side. Innocent or guilty, he is at the mercy responsible of the police the officers, who are the to Czar, and who know that C/ar will never inquire into their conduct ,—Boston Herald. That half-breed pretender, Duhlcep Singh, British has in one way or another done the Government out of more than $1,5011,030, mostly in the form of loins, in addition to receiving a pension of $175,000 a year up to ’.800 aud $300,. oQQ a year since.