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’ The Chicago Nun^predicts that the
standing armies of Europe will be dis¬
banded before many years, and the pub¬
lic debts wiped out.
The Mormons are gaining a foothold
(n the Canadian Northwest, and it is
believed will make trouble for the Gov¬
ernment.
During the past fiscal year exports
from the United States reached the high¬
est figure ever known, viz., SS58,000,-
900; value of imports for the same time,
$780,00 0,000.
_
Dr. Junker, who learned in Central
Africa to live on ants and various other
delicacies of the savage nations, sat s that
if white explorers would accustom t hem-
selves to native food they would keep
in better health and would not mind
when their Emopean resources were
exhaosto ’
Count Euppenheim, of Germany, has
been compelled to choose between his
American wife and his title, and has
surrendered the latter. It may be said,”
cynically observes the Detroit Free Press ,
“that the wife had money and the tithe
did not; but, still, the Count is entitled
to credit—a thing he could not obtain
before marriage.”
An official in the Census Bureau says
that there are 134 religious denomina¬
tions in the United States and that it is
estimated that the church membership
will reach 25,000,000. The leading de¬
nominations will rim about as follows:
Methodiats, 5,000,000; Baptists, 4,000,-
000; Catholics, 4,000,000; Presbyte¬
rians, 3,000,000, and Episcopalians, 2,-
000,000.
Lawrence County, Tennessee, is plan¬
ning a monument to Davy Crockett, who
began his remarkable career at Lawrence-
burg as a Justice of the Peace, and
ended it in glory at the Almo, Texas.
He was a famous backwoodsman, an un¬
ique bordicr soldier and a politician of a
peculiar and striking type. It was he
who said, “Be sure you arc right and
then go ahead.”
If you have ever paid mouey to see s
gorilla go and demand it back at once, is
the advice of the New Orleans Picayune ,
for the most eminent naturalist in the
country says that no gorilla—no genuine,
straight edged gorilla—has even been
captured by man, and that if he had he
would never live to make the journey
from Africa. They simply have been
giving us out grown monkeys.
During Senator Jones's recent exhaus¬
tive speech on the silver question, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch, he referred to
fact that in the ancient days of Massa¬
chusetts oyster shells were used as
money. Mr. Hoar nodded his venerable
head and whispered to Senator Gray:
“Yes, and very good money it was. If
a man in these days wanted to order a
dozen on the half-shell, he could do it
with perfect safety, knowing that he
could pay for them with the shells.”
Thc achievement of the naval ordnance
officers at Washington in firing a pro¬
jects filled with emmensite through a
two-inch steel plate and exploding it on
the other side is something that the
Times Democrat thinks will open the
eyes of experts all over the world. This
is regarded as one of the most im¬
portant developments in the field of high
explosives. It is said that no doubt is
felt that the explosive can be successfully
fired from the new large-calibre rifled
mortar which the Ordnance Bureau has
under consideration.
The Boston Cultivator says: “The use
of air brakes on passenger trains is now
general, and it probably soon will be on
freight trains as well. It is much safer
and quicker than the old-fashioned hand
brake, and freight trains are now com¬
monly run at such rates of speed as to
make them very uusafe without air
brakes. The process of slowing up a
heavily loaded train by hand brakes was
always too long a job to keep it from
running over an obstruction not seen
some considerable distance ahead. By
adapting air brakes for freight trains, the
engineers can do the' work, relieving the
company of the necessity of employing a
large force of brakemen, who as they
stood on the steps or platform were al¬
ways peculiarly exposed to danger. No¬
body need feel sorry to have the brake-
men go. As many men will be needed
in railroad work ns ever, and probably
more, but it will be in work much plea¬
santer and much safer to life than I hat
of the brakeman.”
A dock hand at Fall River, Mass.,
has met with a singular mishap. H»
laid down on the wharf and fell
asleep. The hot sun beat into his
face, totally destroying the sight of
both eyes. In groping about the place
when he awoke he fell into a ship and
was badly cut and bruised.
The German Emperor has sum¬
moned before him for investigation a
young African prince, known as Al¬
fred Bell, from the Cameroon country,
West Africa, who had been sent to
Bremen to learn the trade of a carpen¬
ter, and who is alleged to have joined
a gang of Socialists and Anarchists.
If Bell should turn out to be rea’ly a
Socialist, declares the Times-Demo¬
crat, he will not be allowed to return
to the Camcroons, for fear ol corrupt¬
ing the natives.
Although the country at war will
Gua'craala is.set down in the gazet¬
teers, geographies and encyclopedias
as San Salvador, Frank Vincent, thc
well-known traveler, in his latest
hook, “In and Out of Central Ameri¬
ca” says: ‘-Salvador, and not San
Salvador, as we were taught at school,
is the official title of the smallest of the
five republics. San Salvador is the
name of the capital.” To bear Mr.
Vincent out in the statement that all
the text books are wrong a fact may
be cited which is of interest—namely
that the postage stamps of that conn,
try have printed on their face “lie
publica del Salvador.”
•State Dairy Commissioner Newton,
of New Jersey, lias issued his annual
report on food products of the State.
A portion of it is devoted to adulter¬
ated food. He says that out of 2,507
samples of various kinds of food pur¬
chased in stores and markets in the
* * tate, 1,078 were found to be adulter¬
ated. Bologna sausage was the most
susceptible of adulteration. Twelve
samples, purchased in stores in Jersey
City, were found to have been boiled
in a coloring compound. This gave
them a brown color. They had after¬
ward been coated with a varnish com¬
pound of shellac, resin, oil, and alco¬
hol. The report warns thc people not
to pnrehase cheap jellies. Most of
them are made of starch, water, acetic
acid, currant flavoring, extract glu¬
cose, and bad coloring matter.
Says the Chicago Herald: “A cen¬
sus agent assigned to the work of col¬
lecting the statistics of the fish and
fisheric? of South Carolina would have
made a failure of it had lie not known
how to fiddle. At the town where he
expected to accomplish the largest part
of his task every one was as dumb as
an oyster. In despair of obtaining
any information lie went into a store
to listen to a man who wa« playing a
fiddle. When the man had finished
his tune he picked up the instrument
and sounded two or three notes with
the bow. The crowd insisted that lie
should play, and he gave them two or
three lively airs in the style of a mas¬
ter. From that time he was the hero
of the community and everybody was
only too glad to fill him witli figures
regarding the fish interests of the
place.”
A large number of towns and cities
continue to manifest an interest in the
question of owuitig their electric light
plants, chronicles the New York Fust,
and the subject is one that is exciting
a great deal of heated and angry con¬
troversy in electrical and civic circles.
It was proposed to spend $300,000 in
Philadelphia this year on a city electric
light plant, but the experiment with
ihe gas works has proved too discour¬
aging, and the plan has been aban¬
doned. The city of Milwaukee now
lias a similar plan under consideration
which involves an expenditure of no
less a sum than 8600,0^0, with which
it is proposed to buy a plant capable
of maintaining 1,745 lamps of 2,000
Kindle-power each.
One of the critics of municipal
ownership recently called attention to
the fact that at Bay City, Mich., dur¬
ing a thunder-shower, the city was
left in darkness because the superin¬
tendent of the station was afraid to
run the plant. Another peculiarity of
the practice there is to start up the light
it 9 o’clock iu the evening. One can
readily imagine what would be t?/e
result if any company furnishing
lights under contract were to adopt
swell measures for the sake of safety
and economy.
SIX NEW STATES
--
Somethin? About the Late
ditions 1,,. to . the TT111An Union.
The Line of States Now Reaches
From Ocean To Ocean.
The line of States of the Union now
extends unbroken from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Ocean. The admission
of Wyoming and Idaho on the hourth
of July made the number of ^ at cs
completed the chain .
fcrty-iour, and it
across the continent, so that one may
now pass from ocean to ocean without
being aUny time beyond the limits of
some" State. '^ c - '
Thc territory of Idaho was establish-
ed in 1863. All of its present area
was before that time included in the
Territory of Washington, As origi-
ualy organized, however, it embraced
the whole of Montana and a part of
Wyomiug. It was divided in 1868,
and the boundaries have not since been
changed. Its area is about ninety-one
thousand square miles, or almost ex¬
actly twice that of Pennsylvania.
For more than twenty years after its
organization its growth in population
was slow, but recently it has increased
very rapidly.
Wyoming was formed in 19G8 from
parts of Dakota, Idaho and Montana.
Its limits have never been changed and
its area is one hundred and six thou¬
sand square ntiics. Notwithstanding
its immense size there arc six larger
states in the union. Like Idaho its
growth in population is recent. In
1870 it contained but about nine thou¬
sand whites and in 1880 only twenty
thousand. Wyoming is distinguished
as the first state in the union to admit
women to all the privileges of citizcn-
ship.
It is an interesting fact that the area
over which the six 'States exercise jur¬
isdiction, which were admitted during
the year ended on the Fourth of July,
is almost exactly two-thirds of a mil¬
lion square miles, and is more than
half as large again as the whole area
included in the thirteen original States
of the Union.
Indeed it lacks but a few thousand
square miles of the area of the Union
after Mississippi was admitted in the
year 1817, and Mississippi was the
twentieth -State.
Not only is thc admission of six new
States within a single twelvemonth
unprecedented in the history of the
country, but it is a fact that only once
before have three States come into the
Union in so short a time. Florida,
Iowa and Texas were all admitted
during the year 1845. No President
before General Harrison has been per¬
mitted to proclaim the admission of
more than three States, not even one
of those Presidents whose term lias
extended to eight years.
The material for new States is al¬
most exhausted. The only territory
not now under the government of
some State is the District of Columbia,
the Indian Territory, including Okla¬
homa, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah
and Alaska. Not more than four
States will be formed out of these
Territories, at least for a long time to
come.
The new sisters have moved still
further westward the seat of empire.
There are now Iwentv-iivc States east
of the Mississippi River, and nineteen
west of that great stream. AVliilc the
population of the newer States does
not give them a great representation
in the House of Representatives, they
are nearly a half of the Senate, and
when the other Territories are admit-
ted ihe Mississippi River will divide
the Union almost exactly in two. so
far as the number of States is cou-
c-erued.—[Youth’s Companion.
Siwash Canoes.
“While visiting one of the smill
towns along Puget Sound,” said J. II.
Mallett of Helena to a Spokane Falls
(Wash.) Review reporter, “I was
greatly interested in the way the In¬
dians built their canoes. It is really
wonderful how these dirty aborigines
san with the crudest means and with a
few days’ work convert an unwieldly
Io S into « trim and pretty canoe. On
Monday morning I saw a buck build-
5n S 3 fire 3t the base of 3 cedar
tree, and lie told me this was the first
* u Die construction of a canoe
i )e intended to use upon the fol-
lowing Saturday.
lie kept fine fire burning merrily all
that day and far into the night, when
a. wind came up and completed the
downfall of the monarch of the for-
The next day the man arose be.
times, and borrowing a cross-cut saw
’ the
f ,. om a lo , rgOT> CIU tlle tmnk of
tree in twain at a point some fifteen
feet from where it had broken ofl,
then with a dull hatchet he hacked
a wav until the log had assumed the
^ of |h(J desired canoe . In this
hc ^ heIpcd by his squaw .
^ ^ fe , |mv then built n re on the
u t of the ]ogf guiding the
com . sc of tho flre wit h" daubs of clay,
^ ^ ^ Qf timo the hl tcrior
Qf ^ ^ ^ burned out>
^ & d . g WQrk with thc ha(chet
the h)side smooth and shape .
The canoe was now, I thought,
com let u h it appeared to be
dangerously narrow of beam. This the
Indian soon remedied, He filled the
shell two-thirds full of water and into
the fluid he dropped half a dozen
stones that had been beating in the lire
for nearly a day. The water at once
attained a boiling point and so soft-
tened the wood that the buck and
squaw were enabled to draw out the
sides and thus supply the necessary
breadth of beam.
Thwarts and slats were then placed
in the canoe and the water and stones
thrown out. When the steamed wood
began to cool and contract the thwarts
held it back and the sides held the
thwarts, and there the canoe was,com¬
plete without a nail, joint or crevice,
for it was made of one piece of wood.
The Siwash did not complete it as soon
as he had promised, but it only took
him eight days.
Ilis Clerk Had Music.
One of New York’s dry goods mer¬
chants, who has a flourishing business
on 8-ixth avenue, gave the clerks in his
employ a lesson in business methods
the other day which they will not soon
forget. On approaching his store
shortly after nine o’clock in the morn¬
ing in question, he found his entire
stair of assistants on the sidewalk en¬
joying the questionable melody of an
itinerant musician across the way.
Without appearing to notice his subor¬
dinates, the merchant crossed over to
the musician and said:
“IIow much will you charge tc
come into my store and play until
twelve o’clock?”
“One dollar,” was the response.
“All right,” said the merchant.
“You may come in and begin at
once.”
lie led the bewildered player intc
the back office, where lie set him tc
work. Thc merchant's face was
wreathed in smiles all that forenoon,
while the clerks hardly knew what to
make of the eccentric reprimand they
had received. Their discomfiture was
added to every time a customer came
in by their employer remarking with
his blandest smiie,—
“You see, we have music here to¬
day. It is for the benefit of my clerks.
They are all very fond of music—re¬
markably fond of it.”
Andrew Carnegie’s .Maxims.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, wiio today,
wields an influence in the industrial
world as great, possibly, as that of
any living man, had the following
maxims: Avoid drink; avoid specula¬
tion: avoid endorsements; aim high.
For the question, “What must I do
for my employer?” substitute “What
can I do?” Begin to save early.
Capitalists trust the saving young
man. Concentrate your energy,
thought and capital, fight it out on one
line. Mr. Carnegie is a genial cora-
panion. He can sing a good song,
make a good speech and teli a good
story. In person he is rather short,
but strongly made and active. His
eves, which are blue, are large and
sympathetic.
An Important Discovery.
An ingenious individual has discov¬
ered that when a train s'.rikes a bridge
the shock is first felt in the cab of the
engine. It is pretty much the same
thing when it strikes a loaded freight
train, or a pile of ties set up by accom¬
modating road agents. About the only
thing that can happen without being
felt in the cab is when the stock of the
road strikes a rising market, or the
lobby gets it in fat for a land grant.
It takes a long time for such things to
get around to the rolling stock, and
when it does it is generally to take ofl
a train or two, iu order to cut down
expenses
The Happy Man.
By day, no biting cares assail
My peaceful, calm, contented bre ast;
By night, my slumbers never fail
Of welcome rest.
8oon as the Sun, with orient beanii
Gilds the fair chambers of the Day
Musing, 1 trace the murmuring stre an*
That wind their way.
Around me Nature fills the scene
With boundless plenty and delight-
And, touched with joy sincere, serene
I bless the sight.
t bless the kind, creating Power,
Exerted thus for frail mankind',
At whose command descends the shy*
And blows the wind.
Happy the man who thus at ease,
Content with that which Nature ^i ves .
Him guilty terrors never seize;
He truly lives. —[Chambers’
Journal
HUMOROUS.
The bridal path—Up the aisle.
Blow their own horns—
Music for the
A slight of hand — Refusing
shake.
Something that always takes siflJ
Laughter,
In a joint debate the speakers siJ
articulate well.
It is thc early edition that catd
the bookworm.
Thc boot-black’s anxious qua
“Rain or shine?”
There is no sense in weeping
spilt milk when it is
Among the products of the
Islands are sugar cane and
Energy may bring success;
there’s nothing like success
one energy. ^
Even the patent, labor-saving,
binding reaper goes against the
during hot weather.
Jack—lMiaw ’. money
bring happiness. Ethel—
sure poverty doesn’t.
Will—Hello, what’s the
Bill—Got a cold. “Taking
for it?” --Yes, advice.”
“Struck the right note at last!'
claimed the persistent author, win
received his first five-dollar bill j
the publishers.
We never know the full vala
any thing until we have lost it.
applies especially to baggage sms
in a railroad wreck.
“The new assessor is a very ba
man.” “You don’t siv so! 1
has he been doing?” “Why,
me lie often taxed his own
Mrs. Gazzain—“All
works Shakespeare shows
tipathy to dogs.”
remember he advised throwing
to them.”
“What a splendid wife
lias! She’s got such a sunny
tion,^ou know.” “Sunny
tion? Yes, they do say she u
hot for him.”
“I hardly know how to take
times, Miss Ophelia,” remarked?
Mr. Eummix. “Why not take a
better or for worse?”
Ophelia, shyly.
Mr. Blase—“You have no
Marie; you can endure nothing 1
it is agreeable.” Mrs. Adolphe; Blasc-lj;
judge me harshly,
not my husband?”
Sweet Girl—If ifis just the
Mr. Mashuer, you needn't ^ ® I
yourself to call any more.
(earnestly)—Oh, thanks; it
trouble at all—1 like to call-
It is hard to say in
public officer shows the
dignation; in arranging »
who may be innocent, or in
charge against himself which
true.
Fair Tourist— Ah, what an lit
is that of the peasantry, h
communion with nature; tto .
cares, no dues to pay to the c n
of society. Practical Man 1 ®*]
to the laundry.
Jones, during his last visit t* 1
read over the door of a cheap ..
ant that had been in its g oT ?
Louis Phillippe,
remains open Sundays,
during revolutions.”
He—And 60 your answer
You will be mine? She" \
not
solntely. But pray don’t go 8
your brains out. He—R ' s °
.
idle attempt. People say if * j
brains I never would have
you.