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YEEST BOWBRSYILLB, OA. hoi * “vmxri> m nxm, nmsts wa faxa." A WEEKLY PAPER, Devoted to the Moral, Political, Educational Md Domestic Advaaoamant and Program <tf Oar Country. faauod every Saturday by Tha Union PuMUktag Company. ■T. F. OOIVF.MS. If. BOWERS . SUBSCRIPTION RATES) foe fix Months........ Year.......... .....n.oo BO ...... (Cash in Advance.) advertising ratea ctVen on application. Correepondsnoe solicited, kntered at Second Class Mail Matter at Waal Bewsrsvilla Posts See. Hungary is stated to bo tbo country where railway traveling is the cheapest. It is said to bo possible to journey from Buda Pesth to Kronstadt, a distance of 500 miles, for $1.66, being at the rate of six miles for two cents. Low as this price is it is liable to a reduction of one half in the case, of laborers journeying in parties of not fewer than ten. T. C. Crawford, tho well known cor respondent who had confidential relation; with the late James G. Blaine, says that he heard the latter say in Paris fours ag( that his personal fortune was aboui $750,000. From other sources of infor matron Mr. Crawford infers that Mr. Blaine's “Twenty Years in Congress’ netted him about $200,000. Properties in Western Peunslyvania aud West Vir ginia have been the source of the bulk ol Mr. Blaine's fortuue. A new State, to be called Ibea, is to be formed in East Africa under British control. It will consist of about n million square miles iu extent, and though at present sparsely peopled, is likely to become vastly populous in the future. Tho province embraces a largo number of native States with outlandish names. Tho one selected for it is formed by usings the imtials of the. words lm- ( perial British JUlst Africa. The name sounds strange, remarks the Bo-iton Cul tivator; bccausomew. but iWa will uu dc/Aiedly familiar enough in tho course of a years. The State of Mississippi has cause tc bo gloriously hippy, writes John Hab bertou in Once A Week,for arrangements have been made, through a railway company, to bring over 50,000 Germans to tho valley of tho Yazoo—a great tract of the richest soil iu the world, though sadly in need of systematic dyking and drainage. Perhaps other Southern States will take the hint and hire trans¬ portation companies to do what the States themselves seem unable to do— attract great bodies of agriculturists from E trope. The result would be the cultivation of laud at present waste and idle. All classes of emigrants have quite as large families as the native col¬ ored population; besides they attract their own kind in great numbers. Says the Now York Sun: Mexi¬ can Government has discreotly given i/p its attempts to subdue tho Yaqui Indians of Sonora, who have withstood all ef¬ forts to subdue them, or impose taxes upon them, evor since the Spaniards in¬ vaded Mexico in tho Sixteenth Century. The Yaquis ire a peucoful and indus¬ trious, yet bravo people, who have lived for ages along the range of tho Sierra Madre, in the cauons of which they have always confronted their adversaries. They number about 20,000, and occupy eight villages on tho Yaqui River; they are ruled by their own laws, follow their ancient customs, till the soil, raise ^ horses, sheep and cattle, weave cotton and agave, make pottery, and wear gar. meats that are suitable to tho climate. Thoy have always refused to pay taxes to any Government that existed outside of their own domain; but President Diaz, though aware of this fact, came to the conclusion a short time ago that he could persuade them to assist his treas ury. He ordered his tax collectors to enter tho Yaqui country under tho escort of a heavy body of troops. The Yaqui warriors, learning of the approach of these hostile troops, assembled in a canon of tho mountains, fell upon them and drove them back into Ohihuahnu, thus putting an ond to the lutest attack upon Yaqui freedom. Tho Mexican treasury has been impoverished, not enriched, by this Yaqui campaign. There is not on the American continent a more interesting tribe of Indians than the Yauuis of the Sierra Madre.” LOVE LIGHTENS LABOR. A good wife rose from her bed one morn ‘ And thought, with a nervous dread. Of tbe piles of clothes to ba washed, and [> more t Than a dossn mouths to be fed; Ihe meals to get for the men in the field, •' The children to fix away To school, and the milk to bo skimmed and * churned— . And all to mo done this day. It had rainod in the night, and ail the wood Was ae wet as it could be; There were puddings and pies to babe, be , sides A loaf of oake for tea, And tbe day was hot, and her aching head Throbbed wearily as she said, “If maidens but knew what good wives know They would be in no haste to wed." i “Jenny, what think you I told Ben Brown?” Called the farmer from the well; And a flush crept up to his bronzed brow, And his eyes half bashfully foil; “It was this,” he said, and coming near, He smiled, and stooping down Kissed her cheek—•* ’Twas this, that you were the best And the dearest woman in townV" The farmer went back to tho field, and the wife, In a smiling and absent way, Bang snatches of tender little song* She’d not snug for many a day; And the pain in her head was forgot, and the clothes Were white as the foam of the sea; Her bread was light, and her butter was sweet And as golden as it could bo. “.Tust think !•’ the children alt called in a breath, “Tom Wood has ruu oft to seai He wouldn’t, we know, if lie only had ■ As happy a home as we. The night came down and tho good wife smiled To herself as she softly said, “ ’Tis so sweet to labor for those we love, It’s not strange that maids will wed I" —St. Louis Republic. "LIKE CURES LIKE.” HE old story—“tbe coffee cold, the fire m nearly out, and the room full of stifling smoke.” Mr. Grumble drew his chair up to the breakfast table as l he spoke, with the » \x J'i lace of a martyr. Av 7' “The coffee is only just made,” said Mrs. Grumble, a pretty, timid look¬ ing woman, with soft bluo eyes and brown braids; “and I don’t really think the room is very cold. As for the smoke, I am sorry, but the man promised me to have the chimney seen to yesterday.” “Of course hedid—nobody ever kcops promises to us,” groaned Mr. Grumble. “If it> had-boon Smith' aow, the chim¬ ney would have been seen to long ago. Do give mo a piece of steak that is at least warmed through, we’re not canni Vis, that I know of, to eat our meat raw. But that’s always tho way—we never had a cook that understood how to broil a steak?” “But, my dear,” said Mrs. Grumble. “Don’t tell me,” interrupted Mr. Grumble. ,“I know jutt hov. things ought to bo done. The paper hasn’t, come yet, I suppose. No, of course not. I really wish somebody would enlighten me as to why my paper is always half an hour later than anybody else’s. If that baby doesn’t leave off crying I shall cer¬ tainly go crazy.” “Its teeth trouble it,” sighed Mrs. Grumble, leaving tho breakfast table to walk up aud down tho room with her fretting little charge. “Oh, nonsense 1” said Mr. Grumble, sharply, charging at a slice of toast with his fork. ‘You coddle it too much, that’s all.” Mrs. Grumble thought of the general commotion into which the house had been thrown about a month previous when Mr. Grumble had had tho tooth¬ ache. But she only nestled the baby’s velvet head ugainst her shoulder aud said nothing—woman’s way of disposing of a great many little martyrdoms. ".Nov^, then, where’s ray hat?” de rnandco' Mr. Grumble, rising and look¬ ing around, “Very singular that that hat is never in fij place.” “It is just where you -flungit yourself, papa, in tho hall,” said little7larry from behind his spelling book. “Children shouldn’t talk no much,” said Mr. Grumble, tartly. * ‘My dear, that rent in the lining of my overcoat isn’t mended yet—why did you not see to it?" “I intended to do so,” said his wife apologetically, “but you know wo had company last night, and the baby slept so badly that I rose rather later than usual this morning, but—’’ “Always some excuse,” interrupted lier liege lord. “I really don’t under¬ stand the reason that nothing is ever done in time in this house.” He gave the front door rather an em¬ phatic slam as ho went out, and little Mrs. Grumble, instead of rebelling against her husband’s iron rule, just sat down to cry. Mr. Grumble wasn’t by any means a bad husband. lie really loved his wife and believed himself to bo a pattern of conjugal amiability, only ho had, some¬ how or other, fallen into the unconscious habit of fault finding, and, like many another individual, whenever he couldn't think of anything else, to dc, he grum¬ bled. “Crying ngnin, Bessie 1” exclaimed her brother, coming in an hour or two later. “Now, that’s too bnd. I sup¬ pose Henry has been treating you to an¬ other domestic growl? I’ve a great mind to tell him how uncomfortable you are msdo by bis little eccentricities. Shall I, Boss?” “No, no—I wouldn’t bavo you breathe o syllable to him for the world 1” eagerly exclaimed Mrs. Grumble, hurriedly dry- ing her tears. “Her ry doesn’t meUfifto aunoy me. He has the kindest heart in the world, and I know he loves me!” “I dare say he does," said young Mr. Carlton; “but why is he fretttn rAa d after fault-finding day? Upon hour mv(word, aft^ hour, Bessie, andMiay I thick it’s an oversight in our laws, that there is not one to punish married men who scold I” “Don’t talk so, 'lorn,” said Mrs. Grumble, blame; earnestly. only “(Yeary trouble,Sw&f, isn’t at all to baby is •' -y and I had an indifferent night’s rest, and—” “Oh, ah! I understand,” said Tom, significantly, smiling. “My dear little forgiving of.” Bess, you ought to bo made n martyr lie sat a igowootor two iu deep thought; then, suddenly ap, exclaimed: “I must be gone, or I shall be too late at the station to meet Uncle Tompkins. Did I mention to you, by tho way, that Uncle Tompkins was coming to vhit you!” “Uncle Tompkins? I didn’t know we had an Uucle Tompkins, Torn/” “Didn’t you, dear? Well, pleaso to prepare your best bedroom for comply —the old gentleraau is rather particular —grumbles a gopd deal, id fact; but, then, you are used to that sort of thing.” “But, Tom, I don’t quito under¬ stand-” “Don’t detain mo now, Bo3sio. I will come myself with the old gentle¬ man, and introduce him. Good-by!” The moment the door had closed be hind Tom, Bessie put her baby, into tho cradle and clasped her banks-.to her aching head. What was Tom wiitji .thinking of? How should she exist anotEet growler domiciled for nobody knew how long at her hearthstone? But, perhaps they might neutralize one another like two powerful poisons. There was a spice of comfort in t|iat reflection at least, aud Bessih. smiled. GiPiith^Jifr wiped her eyes aud almost What was Mr. Grumble’s surprise, ou coming home that evening, fully pinned for a domestic tirade on tbo subject<jS-u button which had drifted down Imp es[i;eial his shirt front that day, to find his easy chair and corner of the lire occupied by an asthmatic old mau, whose lead aud face were enveloped iu a silk iifiiij, kerchief! He stopped short in amaze¬ ment and horror. n “This is Uncle Tompkins, IleuTy, >• t said Mrs. Grumble, who was busy warming a basin of gruel over tho tire; and the old gentleman extended wie finger without turning his head, saying in n cracked voice: “I wish, nephew, you would shut tlrnt door. Nobody ever thinks of shutting a door in this house! I’m siff fering noise upstairs? from a terrible I bag, cold. noice, WhaU<-ikf& tha 1 you baby won’t cry tho whole time that X am here. Is tea ready? If so, I will take a cup hero by the fire!” ‘•What, does this mean, my dear?,” ejaculated Mr. Grumble, v.aos^^rm in ^hurried whisper, and the wife, he had caught ou the way to after bon plied in the sai~l--.ilor ' “Oh! you musn’t mind my undo, dear; he doesn’t mean anything, only he is old and whimsical!” “But a man has no business to mako everybody else uncomfortable in this sort, of way,” muttered Mr. Grumble. , He silently devoured his meal, secrou ly wondering how long Uncle meant to stay. No sooner was the table cleared than the irascible old gentleman began again. “Grumble," said he, “I wish you’d stop that creaking of your chair; my nerves are so weak, and if you could keep your children upstairs their racket wouldn’t disturb mo so much.. I really don’t know how I’m going to stand that baby's noise.” - “I do not think it is a very noisy baby,” said Mr. Grumble, meekly. “It’s teeth are very painful just at present.” Mrs. Grumble, who was poking the lire in accordance with her uncle’s petu¬ lant request, said nothing but smiled quietly to hear her husband trying to nuatc the baby’s sins. a ( Well,” remarked Mr. Tompkins,“all babies aro nojay. And by the way, Grumble, I wish you would oil thfc of that squeaking door; .and I don’t like the smell of that geranium in the window. Ilalleo! you haven’t any top button in your shirt front 1 I hope niece isn’t u careless wife!” “Not at all,” said Mr. Grumble, nervously; “but the care of her child and housekeeping duties absorb a great deal of her time. The instant she finds leisure she will look to my clothes.” “I don’t see how a woran can spend her whole time keeping house and look¬ after a pack of children,” observed Tompkins, incredulously. About ten o'clock tho. old gentleman was ushered to, the spnro room, accom¬ panied by a procession of medicino phials, n tub of hot water, woollen dressing robe9 and heated blankets for his feet, and bis absence occasioned vcify relief. “ What an insufferable old duffer that is!” exclaimed Mr. Grumble, throwing himself with a sigh of satisfaction into his favorite seat onco more. “My dear how could you endure this in¬ fault finding?" “I am accustomed to that, Henry. It tile lesson ir ny married woman UrumfcK are to learn,” replied Mrs. a sigh. ■ Her husband pricked up his ears i uneasily, “Accustomed to it?” did she mean? It was not po i could not bo possible—that 1 o like that odions old Undo Tomi l. kins. And yet he wished Bessie had maife nft in that way. Somehow it feel excessively uncomfortable. days paBsedaway, Uncle Tompkins tfyo more and snore intolerable whole time, while Mr. Grumble im¬ proved the looking-glitsi occasion by making a sort of of that worthy old ' “Upon—my—word,” said he to him¬ “I must have been a perfect nuia nnce all these years/ Why didn’t souje body tell me of it VI I At length Uncle Tompkins went away, flannel robes, medicine bottles and all, and on the evening of the same day Tom Carlton arrived from a temporary ab¬ sence, nobody knew where. “So uncle has been visiting you?” he said, gayly, to Mr. Grumble. “Yes," said the latter with a slight grimace. “Wbat sort of a looking man is he?” Mr. Grumble was silent for a moment. “Do you know,” he exclaimed, burst¬ ing into a perplexed laugh, “I couldn’t describe a single feature of his face. He was always enveloped, like an Egyptian mummy, in a silk handkerchief, some¬ thing like that one you have in your baud. However, I’m heartily glad he’s fi onu - With my permission, ho shall ^ver “No, set 1, foot in this house again.” said Tom, archly. “The most intolerable fault-finder I ever met with,” said Mr. Grumble; “ab¬ solutely the most disagreeable man who ever encumbered the earth! I don’t see how it is possible to grow’ ■'‘•everything, as hs did.” “That’s not an uncommon failing, I believe,” observed Tom, demuroly, smil¬ ing. “Vury likely,” said tho brother-in law, emphatically, “but his visit has been productive of at least one good ef ^ebt—it has completely cured me of any tendency I might have had that way. I, for one, mean to leave off grumbling.” ble," “I’m happy to hear it, Nephew Grum¬ exclaimed a cracked voice. The victimized man started up in dif may, scarcely believing the testimony of his senses, ns Tom twisted the silk hand¬ kerchief skillfully around his head, and bent himself nearly double, with an asthmatic sound between a groan and a grunt. “Why, you don’t mean to say that you aro Uncle Tompkins?” exclaimed Mr. Grumble. “Pardon me, Henry,” said Tom, smil¬ ing, “but I saw that you had uncon¬ sciously become a habitual grumbler, and I judged that the best antidote was a faithful representation of your own iailings. Was I right?” His brother-in-law was half inclined to be angry, but thought bettor of it. “Shake hands,Tom,” said he. “You’re an irreverent young scamp, but I forgive you. At all events, tho cure is com¬ plete,” And Bessie found it.—True Flag, so Thwarting Counterfeiters. “Just how carefully the Government tries to prevent counterfeiting is Ulus trated iu no way more forcible than in the destruction of the dies,” said an at tache of tho Sub-Treasury the other day. ’ “This is done at all tho United States once a yoar, and in accordant with tho custom a few days ago the stamps from which all the coins and bank notos are made aro melted with other metal.” Before placing them in the fire pro ptt rato»y to their destruction each buch o f di es was carefully examined by the representing the dlfferct ootajnired depart UflKogistry .m.i tht— nuibUkis >vit’u book. Tho dies aro made of the best cast steel, tho average weight being about a pound. The silver coin stamps, beginning with dollars, wero first destroyed; then followed the half dollars, current series, quarter dollars and dimes. These included all stamps which the halves, quarters and of new design were coined, Tho gold coin stamps were next destroyed, then followed those for tho nickel and the copper or bronze pieces. The last to be operated upon wore the stamps which gave tho Columbian half dollars their value. Tho most interest¬ ing stump of the 900 odd was the one from which the first Columbian half dol¬ lar was coined. Next in value were those which stamped the Columbian hall dollars numbering 400, 1492 and 1892. The number of coins and their value stamped by the dies destroyed alone in Philadelphia 1,558,192, this yenr are as $11,840,- follows: Gold pieces, value, 202.50; siiver pieces, current series, 23,- 280,980, value, $5,251,303.25; $584,982,10; nickel pieces, 11,699,(542, value, copper pieces, 37,649,832 v valuc, $376,- 498.32; Columbian half dollars, 950, 000, value, $425,000.—New York Tele¬ gram. Arctic Mysteries Solved by Botany. Arctic research is paiticularly active at this time, and efforts are made to get some sort of a view of tho condition of things before the vast ice sheet spread over so much of tho northern portion of the hemisphere. Arctic fossil plants especially are studied in the hope that they will add some light to the little already known on tho subject. It has been the belief of leading American bot¬ anists that as the ice sheet progressed southwardly the arctic plants went in advance, tho cooler temperature giving them a chance to extend themselves where greater warmth loving plants had been before. When the glaciers receded these plants followed back Again, on the same principle. The thought has been that after so many ages of new environment! the species would change somewhat, and some of those tho glacier found in tem¬ perate climates would, or should unde: tho environment principles, ,learn to en¬ dure arctic cold, and follow the glacici to its polar home. Hence the remains of tbo ancient flora under tho ice is always a matter ot special interest when found. Tbe latest contribution to the subject is by Element Reid before the British Asso¬ ciation for the Advancement of Science. Depressions, below the regular levels, as if there bad been subsidence, are occa¬ sionally found under old glacial lines. These were filled with silt as the ice streams flowed over them. In one near Edinburgh the fossil remains of thirty species had been found, and, though so many agos have passed since identical they were with living things, they are species still living within tbe arctic circle, though Scotland. some are Among not now them found in arctic are the self same arctic alders, birches and willows that form the sole arctic bushes of the present time.—New York Inde¬ pendent, HELPING THE STAMMERER. LATEST MODES OE TREATMENT EXPLAINED BT EXPERTS. She Difference Between Stammering and Stuttering—How Children May Be Cured of the Infirmity, "T'T has been*estimated that out of the I entire population of the United States there are about 300,000 men, women and children who stammer in their speech. Formerly, it was be¬ lieved that this infirmity could not be cured, demonstrated but specialists in nervous diseases have that cures can be ef¬ fected in a reasonable time by proper treatment and training. “I was a stammerer myself,” said Dr. Graeme M. Hammand to a New York News reporter, and so was my father, Dr. William A. Hammond, before me. I could not recite a lesson in school, I stammered so badly. When I was told to deliver a message I would contort, grimace and make all sorts of frantic movements and never utter a sound. I did not get over stammering f;om the time I could talk until I was twenty-one; even now, at times, in momonts of ex¬ citement, certain words are difficult to say. I also notice that when my father talks excitedly he will stammer a little. “There is a difference between stam¬ mering and stuttering,” Dr. Hammond continued. “Stammering is caused by spastic spasms, or rigid spasms of the muscles of respiration. Iu this condi¬ tion, the individual, though he make strenuous efforts, cannot articulate at all. Stuttering is caused by a mobile spasm of the lips aud tongue, and in this condition the individual repeats syl¬ lables rapidly a number of times before the word can be spoken. Now, in or¬ der to cure stammering, the child must overcome all timidity and bashfuluess. As long as a child is confused by people laughing at it and feels hurt at being ri¬ diculed, just so long will stammering continue, and even become worse. When a child can laugh at its own efforts and failures to talk properly and ceases to feel any embarrassment in speaking be¬ fore others he has accomplished half of the cure. The next clement is perfect articulation, The child should be taught to speak slowly and to articulate every syllable distinctly, to practice elo¬ cution privately and to persist in finish¬ ing a sentence when he once begins it even if it takes him some time to do it. Even by following out this plan of treatment progress is necessarily slow and it takes years of constant effort be¬ fore the individual can consider himself cured.” Dr. Hammond added that the physi¬ ology of stammering was not thoroughly understood. It was a nervous treble, it^y of course, but the exact nature of us not known. A stammerer could talk ito himself alone by the hour and sing, lif ho had any talent in that direction. j Dr. Hammond finds no difficulty publicl now¬ adays dr in lecturing, speaking in howl at dinners. that* It would Wheifcdltbry appear, ii ^ver, stammering the doctor's daugbtti many cases, as month! stammered for a period of three / before sho was broken of it. For the past thiitoen years Mr. F. A. Bryant, of New York, lias made a specialty of curing cases of stammering. constant “There is likely to be a in¬ crease in the number of stammerers in tbe United States,” he said, “op account of- the prevalence of nervous diseases aud the precocity of children. Not so many stammorers, however, are seen nowadays in aduit life as formerly, because they uro taken in hand and cured by the schools for stammerers. There is no secrecy about their methods, which are based on scientific principles, and there are more pupils in these schools now than ever before. A permanent cure lor stammering requires several weeks or months training, not only of tho physical organization concerned in the act of speech, but also in adult cases of the mental functions. In adult cases the lost confidence must be restored and the pupil given lacked.” the assurance he has previously Mr. Bryant declared that it was best for parents who had stammering children to be kind and gentle and yet firm with them until they reached an age when they began to see that they did not speak as other children did and mani¬ fested a desire so to do. Then if the parent thought the child realized the importance of a teasouabie amount of application it and perseverauce it was time to put under special training for the defect. Until, however, a child realized that it must fully co-operate with the teacher it was worse than useless, or rather it was detrimental, to attempt to correct the difficulty. This was so be¬ cause, like any other syBtcm of training, the methods employed were sometimes arduous, and children, as well as grown folks, were apt to grow tired and not accomplish much where they were not interested. In describing his treatment of stam¬ merers, Mr. Bryant referred to the fact that the production of speech was effect¬ ed by the joint agency of the brain and nervous system, the respiratory, vocal and articulating organs. That the mus¬ cles of the abdomen, diaphragm, thorax, etc., had special functions to perform, and if they did not act in harmony there could bo no correct production of articu¬ late language. The first exercise is in simple calis¬ thenics, an outward, forward and down¬ ward movement of tho arms, which serves to develop the muscles of the fhest and uppqr part of the body. It is af more importance, however, in giving the will of tho pupil a stronger com¬ mand over his muscles. Then the pupil inhales a deep breath after several repetitions of this, goes through tbe movement once and exhales, employing as much evenness of force as possible. Other exercises are used to give flexibility to the respiratory mas¬ ses, to strengthen and aid in the con¬ trol of the diaphragm, and to render the muscles of the throat and neck more Sexiblc. In obstinate cases, health lifts and rope and weight chest expanders \#rc also employed. There are also respiratory exercises by which the pupil is taught the necessity of breathing slowly, strongly and evenly from the diaphragm, and these are joined with the vocalizing exercises. The most complex of all are the articula¬ tory exorcises, which are performed slowly, each vowel sound being pro¬ longed far beyond its customary length and breath is taken between the words at first. WISE WORDS.. Repose is the mother of activity. The man who does little is little. All strength has its foundation in weak¬ ness. All lios are fleet, but none are sure¬ footed. More people would be geuerous if more were honest. ■ Eart hworms have done more to benefit man than elephants. Wherever there is a sin it is sure to be followed by a sorrow. The best answer you can make to sclf couceit is to keep still. There aro too many men who love to preach but hate to practice. To be a cheerful giver means some¬ thing more than being free with money. If you want to keep out of darkness, never let tho sun go down on your wrath. Light shines, but the brightest paint has nothing to say for itself in the dark. The only opinions that weigh muen aro those we have the courage to express. The thing we grumble about is often tho one that is doing the most lor our good. The woman who marries a man to re¬ form him is a noble example of wasted effort. No dollar can buy so much as the one that has been squarely aud honestly earned. Conscience is not a safe guide iu any matter upon which it has not been en¬ lightened. More pecfple would be happy to-day if they would stop worrying about tho trou¬ bles of to-morrow. There are people who want to do good until they sit down and count the cost. Then they back out. There are more than a thousand ways in which some people can tell the other people that they aro proud. Before you kill yourself trying to ac¬ cumulate wealth, go and ask a million¬ aire how much money it takes to make n man rich.—Ram’s Horn. « To Run Canal BoaSf \ Electricity. Electricians are curiously iuterested in the proposition to operate the canals iu New York State by a trolley system. Govoraor Flower is reported to be much in favor of tbe scheme. He believes these inland waterways can be equipped with the single trolley overhqfd system Jo£ 8LOOQ.OOO. He^avi^bi^vshas look a into m.iilW i i that, together with expjHUgW AUHe.stigations md those of nn electrical 0tl *<*spr with whom he is the fuliy’^jj^inCeu] bcIiimL of tln^^^^^Kbility of tem The could Stat>he rush maintaflil^Dy through from this Buf¬ sys¬ e-, a ts falo to Albany at si/ty cent s a day each. In his estimate of $l,ouo,U/M of the trolley Gov¬ ernor figures the cost piles, and wires and power houses at Albany Buffalo and twelve intermediate plants. It costs the canalmen $3 a day now for the foeding aud care of their horses. The trolley system would be a greats saving to the boatmen, aud would in¬ sure quicker transportation. The elec¬ tric system would entail an outlay of from $150 to $200 for the uecessary machinery for each canal boat, whtcu would have to be borne by the boat owners. The State would save by this system because fewer repairs would be required. The Governor believes that it is sure to come in the near future.— Washington Star. Mako Hour Shoe Polish. Here is a recipe for making shoe polish which, it is said, will give an excellent lustre to ladies’ shoes, can be very cheaply prepared, and will not injure the leather, os do most of the polishes that are sold in the stores. Mix two pints of the best vmegar and one of soft water into wnich is stirred a quarter of a pound of glue, broken up, a half pound of logwood chips, a and quarter of an ounce of the best soft soap a quarter of an ounce of isinglass. Piaue boil the mix¬ ture on the fire and let it for ten minutes or more. Then strain the liquid, bottle and cork it. It is fit lor use when cold. Apply with a clean sponge.—New Orleans Picayune. Give Your Pen a Rest. Joseph Gillott, a member of the well known firm of makers of steel pens, is now 7 in this couutry and has been giving a tip about tbe use of pens. He says a steel pen will last four months with care¬ ful use, but the important thing is this: “If your pen gets scratchy and doesn’t write well don’t cast it aside for a new one. That is tolly. The pen is not worn out, but simply tired. Give it a rest for a day or two; then hold it iu a gaslight for perhaps fifteen seconds, not longer, and resume your writing. If you are not pleasantly surprised at the results I’il set myself down as a poor prophet.”—Detroit 1 Free Press. No Danger if Sea Room is Plenty. A stauncti vessel on the open sea 500 miles from land in tbe worst of gales is in no imminent danger. The danger to a ahip is the shore. Tbe danger is less when lying to w.th a disabled shaft and the comfort of the passengers is greater than when running. Fifty years ago a sailor sailing s 300-tou bark in a gale at sea, if he was far enough away from laud, would simply take in bis sails and spars, lash his helm, batten his hatches, go below and sleep until the storm was over.—Washington Post.