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for dinner or
y receipt for
>r it. A few
•ring bank calls
for um.tr,.
j by the great decline in
of boxwood; of which'the skate-
* are node. Last year this wood
commanded from $20 to $40 a ton, bat
f»ow it can be had for $18, and is likefa
'to go lower. •.
The statement is made that all the
varied machinery of Great Britain, now
epoatad by stea^-power, is (Sipple of
> ^poiforming more work, and hence of cre
ating more products than could be pro
duced by the labor of400,000,000 aMe~
fbodied men, a greater 'number than al*
the able-bodied men on the earth.
'
There are now twenty-four chaplains
ia the United States nary. Their salary
•daring the first five years after their ap
pointment is $2,500 when at sea and
j$S,000 when on shore duty. After the
{expiration of five yearn the salary is
$0,800 wbilo on sea duty and $3,300
.while on shore duty. They are appointed
ay the President on recommendatioia
• \ A report on the progress of the lejrcr
settlement at Molokai, one of the Sand
wich islands, states that the settlement
apened j|° January. 1880, with 181 lep.
Cl, of \fhoru 103 were males and thirty-
females. Up to November last
taere were admitted 1,101 lepers, of
whom 1,085 werg rnqlofl 1,116 fe-
■”--<53rt wHS ,ar gc*t muster roll trc£2 the
foundation o? settlement was fd
^Augpist, 1884,. at which date stood at I and tl<? «^» settlement. All
B41, comprising .512 males and 321 fc- the farmwork_ is done with the lioe, the
males. There is a biennial appropriation
of $100,000 for the maintenance and care
of the sufferers. j
are the latest craze,* 1 said
a music to a New York Sun re
porter. “They were brought to public
notice several years ago by the traveling
company of Spanish students, but they
dkl not become popular until this winter.
Pianoa are neglected and banjos are
tossed aside, and young ladies now wear
out their fingers on these shrill noted
guitars. They are more like guitars than
anything else I know of. The body is
made of wood, and is the shape of a
pumpkin "cut in hsl f. • It has four
strings, and has frets like a guitar. The
fret-board is short. A mandolin is played
with a thumb-piece, and is a romantic
and really musical instrument. We are
having a big sale of them. It b easy to
learn to play on thpm.”
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
Grad and wild the battle;
Great bone* plunged and reared.
And through dust-cloud and smoko-cloud,
Blood-red with sunset’* angry flush, -
You beard the gu»-sfaot> rattle,
And,'mid boof-tramp and rush,
The shrieks of women speared.
For its
No quarter asked or given;
A whirl ©f fuenzied hate and death
Across the desert driven!
Look! tbs half-naked horde gives way.
Fleeing frantic without breath.
Or hope, or will; and on behind
The troopers storm, in blood-thirst blind,
While, like a dreadful fountain-play,
The swords flash up, and fall, and slay—
Wives, grandsires, baby brows and gray,
Groan after groan, yell upon yell—
Are men but fiends, and is earth hell!
moments my friend was so moved that
he could not speak. I waited patiently
until he again began:
“Shortly after the engagement, which
naturally followod. Helen (I take the lib
erty of so calling her) w*s compelled tc
accompany her mother to Europe on a
trip undertaken in the hope of benefiting
that lady's health. The parting of this
Mr. Warrack with his promised bride
was tender and touching; I was present
at the time in the gentleman's left-hand
coat-pocket, and felt the beating of
Helen's heart with distinctness for a few
moments. I admit that it was an embar
rassing position for me to occupy, but I
could not well withdraw, as I. was then
very mueh attached to this letter, as I am
Nay, for gat of the flight, and fear
Spurs a Russian cuirassier;
In his arms a child he bears,
Her little foot bleeds; stern she stares
Back at the ruin of her race.
The small hurt creature sheds no tear,
Nor utters cry; but clinging still
To this one arm that does not kill
She stares back with her baby face.
A London paper prints a very witty
letter from one of its fair readers anent
an unfair discrimination which custom
has decreed against married women and
in favor of their husbands. She asks
very pertinently why, when a woman
marries, she should be compelled to pub
licly exhibit- the badge* of servitude
known as “Mrs.” Blank, while her hus
band is allowed to go scott free as simple
“Mr.,’'without any outward and distin
guishing mark of his new, and 'of course,
improved condition. “If it is necessary,”
she says, “that the wife should be label
ed ‘Sold,’ why should not the husband
also bear the red ticket?*’ The title of
“Mr.” is entirely too comprehensive.
There is no danger-signal in it to catch
the eye of the unwary, and a young mar
ried man can do a great deal of mischief
if lie be so inclined.
Anderson H. Jones, a colored man,
who went to Liberia six months ago from
Missouri, writes home from Brcwcrsville,
a village fifteen miles from Monrovia,
giving some account of the country. He
says that there are no horses, no mules
Some interesting facts were d**?£Jm>cd
jjt Juried Oration , n Ba ,.
ihhorc. AbViug these was the informa
tion that there arc about 5,000 arc lights
in New - York, apd about 3,000 in Boston*
Over fifty towns Tn the United States
Apart, fenced round with ruined gear,
The hurrying horseman finds a space,
Where, wilh face crouched upon her knee,
A woman cowers. Yousee him stoop
And reach the child down tenderly,
Then dash away to join his troop.
How came one pulse of pity there—
One heart that would not day, but save—
In all that Christ-forgotten sight!
Was there, far North by Neva's wave,
Some Russian girl in sleep-robes white,
Making her peaceful evening prayer,
That Heaven's great mercy ’neath its care
Would keep and cover him to-night!
—Anthony 1forehead, in the Century.
The Way of the World.
A TALE TOLD BY A POSTAGE-STAMr.
Primarily I am a postage-stamp; just a
common everyday two-Qcnt stamp, pos
sessing only such attributes ns are pecul
iar to my class. Indeed, if I were placed
among a thousand of mybrethern I doubt
if the keenest observer would be able to
point mo out as being in any way distin
guished. A vague gloom enshrouds
that portion of my life proceeding its de
velopment into one of the government
agents (if I may so call myself); and I
indistinctly remember of having been
connected in some way with a copy of an
English comic paper which drifted asun
exchange into an Anurjcsn newspaper
office, and thence quicluy into a rulgfi
.'..In T3 il • ... ®
'ToweTliglit-
r in some parts
Michigan, and
ic lighting by
vanced much so far
expense, and meets
Europe than in
now in use in tho
arc lights and 250,-
and * the money
lcctric light industry
•,000.
rake and the axe. He says: “I have
been all over the settlement, and I found
the largest number of people in a Suffer
ing condition foe something to eat and
for clones to wear. There isn't any
doctor in this settlement—the settlement
too poor to support one. Calico ia
twenty-five cents per A common
Wbprer, when he can getmiy work to do,
is paid twenty-five cents a day. Pickled
pork is twenty-five cents per pound;
shoulder meat twenty-five cents per
pound. All the flour and meat used here
is imported from England and America.
Corn meal is ten cents per quart. C om-
mon flour is $15 a barrel. The only way
the settlers have to make money here is
by raising and selling coffee. It will
take a newcomer like myself from five to
mx years to get a coffee farm in trim for
selling coffee. The public schools
poor. There is a class of people over here
who do not ifapt tjic;. true condition of
waste-basket. From that time until ar
riving at mj jjresent state I passed
per manufacturers, and divers clerks a"nd
careless people, my last distinct impres
sion being received from an engraver's
press.
I can scarcely be called a conceited
person; still I am led to believe that my
mission in the world is an important one.
I am kind-hearted, of agreeable dispo
sition, and well satisfied with my lot. I
frequently congratulate myself upon the
good fortune which made n?e what I am.
How much better to lie, perchance, the
bearer of some kind letter, a perfumed
billet-doux, if you please, than a vulgar
revenue stamp, fit only to adorn a box of
ill-smelling cigars or grace a barrel of in
ferior liquor.
A mah hurriedly places a postage-
stamp upon a letter, which he drops into
MUSHROOMS.
District* in France Entirely Devoted
to Mushroom Farms—Treatment
of 'the Beds—Cultivations .
Around New York.
Gannlag for n Djf.
A Detroiter who was skirmishing along
the River Rouge the other day with a
gun met a farmer and a dog on the road
near the Woodmcrc cemetery, and as the
two men stopped t > speak the dog ran
down the highway about twenty rods,sat
end and began to bark.
THE CHANCE O' THE SEASONS.'!
Every year thousands of qt2f*~
containing champignons, or fairy
mushrooms are imported here from ( ...... t j ,
France, and eaten in the leading hotcK y OU folks come gunning around here I I
“What's the matter with your dogf !
asked the sportsman. _ ;
“Ob, nothing. He's simply gettinj-
ready.” ;
“What for?” j
“For you to shoot. Whenever any of
When the ben begins to cackle
And the rooster gins to crew,
When the dock begins to quacklo
And the sun to melt the snow.
Then we know that spring's a aw'ia’
In upon us full of cheers,
And the snow begins a wc?piu
Of itself away in tears.
clubs, restaurants, and such households , et hint up at twenty rods for a quarter a j
smiled at this bit of pleasantry, but
my neighbor pressed a convenient pen
wiper to his misty eyes and resumed his
narrative.
•After Helen went abroad Warrack
was morose and melancholy for a while:
he began several pictures with which to
occupy his mind—gloomy conceptions to
corrcs]>ond with his state*of feelings. He
first began what he called ‘Arthur and
Guinevere*—the parting scene, you know.
He sketched and daubed at it for a week
so, but kicked it off the easel one day
a fit of impatience. When Helen's
first letters came to him (they arc in the
next drawer below, embellished with
cold, haughty foreign stamps), he replied
promptly and at great length—tender,
loving messages. ~ Oh, how true
was?”
The stamp smiled bitterly.
“But he soon became neglectful! and
wouldtoss‘Helen's notes into a corner of
the desk and not even, open them. Of
course, under these circumstances, Helen
did not write so often, and I soon began
to notice a change in Warrack’s manner.
He became cheerful and planned some
joyous pictures; one of them, a ‘Spring*
landscape. Is on his easel now, and he has
ordered the canvas primed for a contem
plated work to be called The Lifting of
the Clouds.’”
And what is the cause of this sudden
change?” Tasked. *
“He is interested in another direction,*
was the reply.
“And what of Helen?” I inquired.
“She is still true,” answered my frienn
a tone of conviction.
This ended oar conversation for the
time being. My fellow-lodger drew back
into a dark corner and remained silent
for several days.
In the meantime Mr. Warrack seemed
whistling snatches of tunes, chiefly
from light operas. He painted a little
when in the right mood, ancl I observed
through the keyhole of .the drawer that
tho “Lifting of the Clouds” wis progress
ing finely- It was with pain that I
thought inere might be somfe connection
i afford to use them. They are cost
ly, often selling at a dollar per pound. In
K'nmno lh** nrp nllml “fnirv rin!?”mush-
Europe they are called “fairy ring" mush-
rooms, because of the circles of them a few j rtrst 8 j lot
feet to several yards in diameter, of an
intensely bright green color, which are
found here and there on the lawns and
pastures of England. Ireland and France.
shot.’’
“You do, ch? Well, you can say good ,
by to him at once, for l'il kill him at the j
Here’s your quart it.”
Off-hand shot, yon know?” J
Of course.”
The sportsiuaii got ready, and the far
When we bear the martin* sing in
And a flyin’ round the shed.
When we see the peewees wingin'
And the geese begin to wed.
Then we get the boss and wagon
And around the barn we scratch
And manure commence a draggin’
Out upon the tater-pat. -h.
They
England. Ireland and * ranee, j mcr c hewed away at at twig and gently
caused by the mycellmm or ; whlstled ^Mollis Darling.” The ri.lt j
spawn of the mushroom, which haring rra(Vc< ] t hc sra0 '| cc fle-.v a , vaVi an; i tho
xhausted the soil within the ring, is
stantly spreading and enlarging the
cle. France is the great mushroom pro- • f arn ^.' r *
ducing country of the world. For nearly
half a century the communes of
Grand Montrouge, Arcueil, Chatil-
lon, Bagneaux, Vitry, Maisons-Alfort
j vr - l. o.. „ii Aim
dog frisked around in high glee.
“Better try another,' 1 suggested the
and Noisyle-See, all within reaching dis
tance from Paris, has been devoted al-
The soil in these districts is poor and
would produce nothing but short grass
and stunted fruit trees. Forty-seven
years ago, a country genius hit upon the
“111 do it! I’ll try a hundred! Here’s
a dollar, and that dog has seen the last
spring break-up!”
It was a repeating rifle the man had.
and he blazed away again and again un-
til he had fired the four shots. The dog
mo«t exclusively to mushroomjulture. P cha5c3 his , ail arolma a cirele> thf
.« * —' 1 *“ ” farmer said:
r day for shooting,
idea of utilizing the galleries of tho
worked-out ana disused quarries with
which the entire district is undermined.
These quarries are now the greatest mush
room beds in the world, «
struggling champignonists
aires m their way.
The galleries, as a rule, arc from forty
to seventy feet below the surface, and a
uniform temperature of from fifty^to
•Mebbe-it
you know?”
“Mebbe it isn't, but here's another dol
lar!”
He cracked away another four times,
and as tho lost shot rang out the dog
toward him on a trot,
j; Some weeks ago,
longitude 63,(52, the
ns Atlantic sleamcr ob-
shoal water, and,
1 sixty fathoms, the
his of shells and
Unioning nineteen miles an-
* was - taken, but no bot-
i found at 200 fathoms. On Septem-
3, 1885, a sounding showing 1^791
uade by the steamer Alba-
OTps w»» made by the steamer Alba
nia latitude 41.02.30, which is wesl-
•outhwest thre-‘-quarters west and barely
$ve miles from the sW mentioned. The
: position of the shoal is directly in the
!pathof transatlantic steamers during part
‘«f the year.
secret of many losl I things written back houie.”
being hearr] of is I - ^ ^ . me
' r The Astor Estate.
A New York letter to the Utica Herald
says; John Jacob Astor left the bulk of
his property to "William in trust for his
two sons, William and John Jacob,' this
being as extended an entail as our laws
permit. William . was a very faithful
trustee, but in addition he accumulated
a half dozen millions of his own. This
he bequeathed to his sons in trust fur
their children, thus repeating his father’s
plan. On William's death the two sons
made a division of their grandfather's es-
♦vte, this being the most imoportant act
let. Thfc most curious feiture of this af
fair is the secrecy with which it. was
done. It was on immense task to divide
such a vast and varied estate Into two
equal parts; but it effort ed
convenient letter-box, and entirely for
gets the circumstance. It humbly serves
his purpose; beyond that he does not
care. But think for a moment of the
travels of that same stamp, of the persons
it meets, of the message it bears, and'say
it is not a sentient being!
After my birth I was carefully ac
counted faj $ ywums commonplace offi-
between the title of the picture and the
growing coldness in the manner of the
young people toward one another, judg
ing from the dwindling of their corre
spondence.
A few days after my conversation with
the elderly stamp Mr. Warrick opened
our draw and threw in an unopened let
ter which he had just received. As soon
as he went out my friend examined it
eagerly. The envelope bore the card of
a Venetian hotel and a canceled postage-
stamp whose language we did not know.
“From Helen?” I said, interrogatively.
“Yes,” was the mournful reply.
Time wore on. It is a fashion time
has, even in the life of lowly postage-
stamp?. Spring came tripping down her
bright, flower-mailed path, aud the dark
ness Of our habitation we felt the stir- |
Ting of teawakened life. Mr. Wul-rack
did not enter his studio for days at a
time. When I spoke of these long ab
sences to my chum he only answered in
the language of Tcnuysou:
In the spring a livelier Iris changes on the
burnished dove;
In the spring a youux man’s fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love.
“Turns to thoughts of his new love
while he forgets the old.” I suggested.
sixty degrees is maintained in them. The
beds are made of horse manure, which
undergoes a special treatment before
being used. It is thrown in heaps on the
sides of the country roadways, and turned
over day after day nntil it is thoroughly
sundried. From it the beds are con
structed. The manure is laid down from
the walls to the center of the gallery,
being higher by several inches next
the walls. At. regular inter
vals small footpaths run from the
centre aisle to the walls, so that growers
may gather the mushrooms without spoil
ing tnc licds, which are one and a half
feet deep nearest the walls. On these
beds the spawn is scattered. How this
spawn or seed is gathered is the secret of
tne mushroom grower. TKc beds are
then kept at a temperature of seventy
degrees. Three or four weeks later the
beas are covered with a layer of fire
loam to the depth of a half inch, and a
fortnight later the mushrooms begin to
appear and are gathered every morning
or evening, according to the demands of
the trade. The men who. work in the
mushroom gu!k*r:cj begin their toil at 5
o'clock m tne morning, and do not ccasc
until late in the evening. They are paid
from five to five and a half francs daily.
the once } n p an( j cves looking around for rabbit
I t £ cks .
“Well, I guess I must be joggin’ along,”
said the farmer, ‘Tm very much
oblccged for—”
“Not by a blame sight!” shouted the
hunter. “I’ve got $5 left, and I’ll blow
every cent of it in on that pup! Send
him back!”
"■Stranger, the limit ou this game is
two and a quarter. You’ve struck hard-
pan.”
“I’ll giv»* you fifty cents a shot.”
“Not to-day. In fact, John Henry
won't stand over nine sluts without
bolting.”
“Say a dollar a shot!” shouted tht
hunter.
“Can’t do it. I’m making eighteen
shillings a’ day off that dog, and I don’t
want to play*dirt on him. If you arc
down this way to-morrow whistle for me
and mebbe I’ll raise yer bluff. Come,
John Henry.”
“Five dollars a shot!” desperately
shouted the hunter.
“Not at pre ? cnt. Comr out to-mor
row. Come heeled to shoot all day.
Good-bye, stranger!”—Detroit Free Pres*.
_ Sarah Is Oat There.
A Detroiter who was returning from
Dakota the other day met an old chan an
the train in Illinois who questioned him
as to where he had been and inquired:
“Mayba you run across^ my daughter
As an instauce of the enormous fecundity 1 out there? Her name is Watson.”
of the French mushroom beds, it.may be
mentioned that one bed at Arceuil, when
in full bearing, sent 3,000 pounds of
champignons to the Paris market daily.
In gathering, the stalks of the mush
rooms arc never cut but twisted, as cut
ting injures the flavor and spoils the
bejs.
While of course, the delicatessen mar
ket of this country is, and will be for
years, supplied by France with champig-
jiostoffice at a certaia Eastern city. I j »'»“« am ' tmc -
was purchased soon afterward by Mr. V 1 ? *
Archibald Warwick, who tore me rudely One bright autumn day, M my friend
from my friends, and, after carrying me , sod I were conversing 111 our quarter ,
about in his pocketbook for a day or two, Mr. Warrack, who was sittin;
a w the al
cove reading a newspaper, cut from its
cast me into a certain dark drawt
desk.
This Mr. Warrack was about twenty-
five, tall, graceful, and altogether a very
gentlemanly -appearing person. He .
dressed neatly and tastefully, but with | Cards have been i.
no suggestion of foppishness. Tb be dmg of Mr. Archibald
frank, I admired him from the beginning i jpg. young artist, and Miss Florence
of our acquaintance. Regarding liis so-: Springer, daughter of Jay W inter
society columns two items which had
through the instrumentality of Fate and
the typographical “make-up,” been
printed in this order:
‘Cards have been issued for the wed-
Warrack, the ris-
and Miss Florence
bank account and a pedigree which
never questioned.
The desk, Into a drawer of which I was
wiu»i . 50 igncminiously thrust, stood in a sunny
in a manner that must have been alcove separated from Mr. Warrack
.... ■«_ / ■ t. • I rtn il Irt lir a no®w ti/irf i Pnv Tills llttl
cial and financial status, he was a gentle-j Springer^ the wet.
man of artistic ta«tea-^ u e m ' i*ne grand | °V> Q of inau,” said my poor
army of dilettanti—possessing an ample i taend when I had finished reu ing.
w , . j . The other item read.
nous in the dry canned form, still mush
room culture has been adopted as a pro
fession by different parties in this city
and the surrounding suburbs with varied
degrees of success, and some of the ex
perimenters have kept on and are now
making money. Tne freshly-gathered
American champignon is certainly
I don’t think I did," was the reply.
“But she's in Dakotu She went oat
there as so«m as she was married.”
“I didn't see her.”
“Didn't you happen to ride by any
”-i>« n i woman was whistling?*’
house wlic
“No.
“Sarah whistles, but you may have
missed her. Didn’t seo a man aud &
woman having a fight anyw here f’
“No.”
Sarah hollers when, she stubs her toe,
and she can be heard two miles and a
half if the wind is right. Meet any
woman o i the highway who was smok
ing a clay pipe and sloshing right through
the mud puddles? ’
IVhen t he buttcsxupsarv bio ;>min
And the frog is heard to orealc,
When the thunder is a boomin’
And the lightiu* hugs thi oak.
Then we know that Summer's try in'
For to hustle Spring away,.
And the mud begins a dryin
And the dust begins to play.
When we see the snake a crawlin’
Aud the crow begin fo caw,
And the cat-bird is a squallin'
And the magpie 'gins to jaw,
Then we get the srythe and sicklo
And begin to whet and grind,
And the grass CouiineiieeXio ticklo
And the wheat to cut and bind.
When the fro6t begins a uippiu*
Of -tbeaweet pertater vine.
When the r&mbo and the pippin
Through the leaves begin to shine.
Then we know that Autumn's prowlin'
Round the tail of Summer's blouse,
And the wind begins a howlin’
Round the gables of the house.
When the hickory-nut* are droppin’
And the pawfiuw's gettin’ soft.
When the buzzard's wings are floppiu’
For the south to sail aloft.
Then we gather in the pumpkin
And the fodder 'gin to' shock,
And the corn begin a huskin'
In the crib to feed the stock.
When we hear the pigs a squealm
Aud the snow-biids 'gin to play.
When we 9ea the rabbit stealin’
In beneath the stack of hay,
Then we know that Winter's .squeezin’
In old Autumn's shoes to take,
And the ice begins a freezin'
And the snow begins to flaks.
When me hear the trees a sighin’
And their arms are lookin''bare.
When we feel the cold a flyin’
On the sharp and fmdy air,
Then the wood we ’gin a choppin
And around the fire we meet-.
Then the corn begin a poppin*
And the nuts and apples eat.
—Squire Hobbs.
PITH AND POINT.
With a shoemaker tlic last i* the first
resort.
The Knights of Labor are aiming to
bring about days of prosperity.-—Boston
Courier.
A yearning for sausage will now aud
then pop up in oven Hie most poetic
breast.—Chicago Ledger.
It is seldom that a man is ^uflicicnlljft
color-blind to be aide not to tell a green™
back when he sees it.—Fuel. '
“No. 1
“That’sSar-h, you know! Didn’t stop
perior to the French dry canned article in any neighborhood where the school
fncvcrv way, but il will take years before ! teacher had been licked and the sewing
general prejudice against the native pro- j society all busted to gosh, eh?”
duction wm Tie <mffcome. Of coflf«e, “No.” .
the professional cooks and restaurant
keepers know the difference and buy tho travel around ^ .
American mushroom. Mr Abraham Van “But Dakota is a great Territory, you
it's Sarah again. I guess you didn't
Sicklen is the only professional mush- 1 know!”
room raiser on Long Island. He owns
•Yes, I suppose, but if you had been
large farm outside of Jamaica and raises ; atone end while Sarah was hollering her
his mushrooms in hothouses especially | husband to dinner at the other you must
11»e city of Mexico, for a number of
months past, ha; peen afflicted with a
■wuge nf Tuoaqmtoes. These insects
"^prevailed to such an extent that they
lravebeen a constant theme of discussion,
and have, in a number of instances,
caused sickness, and, it is said, even
'death, by their poisonous bites. Official
bulletins have been issued by thedirector
of statistics, Dr. Penafiel, as to their
'habits, natural history, etc. Singularly,
aays Science, the species, which is a large
woe, hhs not been known, or has not at
tracted attention before the past year;
and fears are entertained that the pest is
of "recent introduction. \ The varying
abundance..of different kinds of insects
during different years renders such- a
vies improbable ;* yet it is significant that
the present species is pew to science,
never having been described by entomo-
mutually satisfactory. It is sup- 1 studio by'a heavy portiere. This little
pc* jit «h, property was carefully In- -JS
VcurcriS ^ thr cVka- and ih«n *. Warrack .apeut rao,
aepurated into two portions aa equally aa tune in lounging there than he did n
possible and tto & ifrawn by J working in the great W m» adjoie-
loT At any mte the Astor homo ftll to | ing. ili was aTioVbv of mine, and ,t
Join WX is generally thought to
have the best slice. The brothers always myself placed in such a congenial atmos-
preserred amity, and when the dissoln- phere.
tion took place they erected adjoining
offices in Twenty-sixth street. Jolm
Jacob soon afterward placed all his
property in the hands of Waldorf, who
is now the richest man for his age
America. The advance on the valuation
may be given as follows: » John.J^cob^
died worth $20,000:000. When William
died (twenty-seven years afterward) tne
estate was worth at least thrice that sum,
(iiyl its increase since then will make each
of the brothers worth $50,000,000. This
may be considered certainly wdl to do
in the world.
One reason why the. Astor brothers
A cablegram from Venice aunounccs
the marriage at that place of Miss Helen
Rariden, who has. been sojourning
abroad for some time past, to Sir Arthur
Lombard, of London. ’
“The deuce!” gasped my friend
through the dust which covered him.
“Not the deuce, but the way of the
world,*’ <aid I.— Chicago Tribune.
constructed for the purpose, and i« have heard her. Maybe you are
dark cellars. He parks Ins freshly-gather- deaf.”—Detroit Free Press. _
cd mushrooms thin compressed-
wood baskets, and suppbes a
number of Fulton Market deal-
every morning. A Frenchman who
little
has a small mushroom farm outside of .
Stapleton, S. I., carries round his basket*, street.
“Professional.”
The following story leaked out this
morning on a prominent railroad man,
who lives on the south sida of Bag
net in a'stOTc window-, but she is always-
willing to go buy it.—Pacific Jester.
In Russia a man may appear as a wit
ness in a lawsuit against his wife—if he
has the grit to da so.— Chicago Ledger. .
If a man wants to know how insignifi
cant he is, just let him go with his wife
to the dressmaker’s.—AVerari* Register. t
An actor, unlike o'.her men, can some
times build up a most excellent reputa
tion out of a very bad character.—Boston
Tran script.
A man may refu-e to be a friend to a
principal in a duel because he desires to
be second to no man ia the country.—
T/neeU Courier.
A student of human nat ure says any
thing can be sharpened.- Put a lead-pen
cil in a woman's hand, and see.—Bing
hamton RrjtxdAha:).
A minister may occasionally he carried
away with the inspiration of his theme,
j but he generally gets back ic. time to take
up the collection.—Fall Rieer Advance.
A Dakota editor advertises for ten
of’fresh-raised" mushrooms ever, d.y, .od' | Last _evcning this rcilrcadpicket. .gent
enjoys an almost complete monopoly of i was standing in front of the Park theatr^,
the downtown restaurants and those cs- looking with longing eyes at the pcop.e
tablishments where the chief cooks
Frenchmen. Some years ago a small
colony of Frenchmen squatted in the ufl-
occupiod arches of the old aqueduct
Soon after being transferred to . the
drawer I.have before alluded to I dis
covered that my quarters were shared by.
a number of .other persons of my own
kind-wbo‘wetejepgfdng on dainty per
fumed envelopes. They wore, however,
.black ‘stains upon t^eir escutcheons,
which 1 showed them.to be forever ruined.'
I made bold to introduce myself to one
of these scarred veterans, ana, after a few
preliminary remarks .concerning the
weather, politics, and so on, saidt •
“From your looks (date of concelmg)
I infer that you have been dwelling with
this Air. Warrack for some time, end,
W'.djouiingofflcc, ij foaod injhv
feel at liberty to speak of concerning his
.Quito a valuable industry is now car
ried on in. France,• in the utilization of
the various kinds of feather* formerly
treated as-worthless, especially those ob-
tained in plucking ducks, chickens;' tur
keys. and those of wild fpwls and other
birds killed as game. The plan pursued , — > - . ...
. . . .... , , l -purpose for more than half a century,
consist, m trimming thost, particularly j John Jacob loved his
the larger ones, Off the stump, which may j w^on” morc than bis coach. This col-
common ownership of the deeds,
ami leases belonging to the estate which
cannot be divided. These form a library
in themselves and are verjr interesting to
the antiquarian, as- showing how New
York was laid out in the olden time. A
still greater curiosity is the little four-
wheeled -wooden wagon which is used
in bringing the old books into the office for
reference. It fa mide irf the radest and
cheapest manner, the wheels bring sawed
out of a board, but it has served this
private history."
••It'ea-ad case, said ftxy friend, with
Her looked haggard and
apparently in great dis-
a deep rigb.
worn, and vw
tress.
“How Sail*
heading' 1 mj*!»t«miprtoo. ‘‘Less than gntion, and seemed
V&t I“2- 'rivnhn.
" I inquired, sympathetic
he continued without
Blaine's Estimate «f Butler.
In that part of the secon3 volume of
Junes G. Blaine's book which treats of
the Fortieth Congress he says: -‘General
Butler had long been regarded as a pow
erful antagonist at the bar, and he fully
maintains his reputation in the parlim-
mentary arguments in which, lie became
at once involved. He exhibited an ex-
traordinary.capacity for agitation, pos
sessing in a-bighTdegree what John Kan-
dolph described as the “talent for turbu
lence.’ His mind was never at rest.
While not appearing to seek controver
sies, he possessed a angular power of
throwing tho House into tunn el and dis
putation Tho stormier the scene the
greater his apparent enjoyment and the
more striking the display of his peculiar
ability. Ufa readiness of repartee, his
great resources of information, Ins famil-
urity with all ihe expedients and sub
tleties of logical and illogical discussion,
contributed to make him not only promi
nent, but formidable in the House for
many years. He w as distinguished by
habits of industry, had the patience anil
the power required for thorough invt-rti-
and seemed to possess a keen in
works and -began the artificial raising of
champignons. One by one they gave up
the effort and now there are none left.
The greatest* mushroom farm near this
city is that located behind Weehawken,
N. J., ancLowned by two Belgian brothers
* Eugene and Cyprien Le Due.
named — - ,
They supply Washingten Market and
s i. ..it tiw, m»ir Thpv kf>nn
dealers .T over the city. They keep
their method* and processes of gathering
and multiplying the .spawn a dead secret,
and visitors are rigidly excluded from
their bads. .. To-day freshly-gathered
who iVrre going into the thow.
Suddenly one of the St. James hotel
musicians passed him on the steps, and
say to the doorkeeper: “Profession.
“What?” replied the d orkeeper; “St.
What? 1
James band. 1
keeper.
Pass,” replied the door-
Au this the railroad man took in,when
suddenly the idea struck him that he,
too, might get a pa«s. .
Pulling down his vest and clearing his
.4 4kn milwnetl TVlflT1 “Wflltiwl” UD tO
thousand girls. It seems to us that this
is a large number of girls; but perhaps
he intends to keep a boarding house.—
Puck.
There is an art ia putting on gloves,
(ays a fashion paper. »’orae to think of
it,*you have t> get your hand in, as it
were, in putting on a glove properly.—
Boston Courier.
She—“What a man you are, George;
always making fun of t'.io ladies’ taper
waists.” lie—“And what, should I do
with a taper, but to make light of it?"—
Boston Transcript.
Ages will come aud go ^ but woman
throat the railroad man “waltzed” up to
the doorkeeper, and putting on a “Ko-
Ko-like” expression; winked at thetiuxct-
man, and, in a most indifferent fashion,
drawled out, “PioLsdon.” “What?”
American mushrooms 'are worth from ; i Th s was a stagger, wtxm . > ■
fifty to seventy-five cents per pound in not thought oTivlVAtkinlot » 8h ?,^*
. 3 4-:i . * vA. ifall nhnn'.d have said he belonged to. w eu
theopearcKker-^^ HW.J man.
will not be perfectly happy until she <
have eyes attached to her shoulder*, so
that she may look up and criticise her
own back hair.--Judge.
Wife—“You ought to stop in and see ”
the doctor, H.-nry. and get some medi
cine for y oar throat.” Husband—‘‘What,
when there are several battles of medi
cine not yet ha f taken in the house. We
Tid-Bits From Thackeray.
Mothingis secret.
A good lau<*h is sunshine in a h
must be moit economical.— Tul-Bits.
An old-fas'.ioncd corner dock stood SO
long in ono pfcce tj.at its wooden feet de-
_ J .1 2, fn' 1 Anwiee tfin vltninra hall
blurted out in desperat'on. ‘ Pass the
! gentleman in,” yelled the doorkeeper,
caycd, and it fc!l across the dining hall
while a Little Rock family were at din-
and in he went.—JacksonfUU Union.
ner, severely i~,- 0 e x
and a cl ild. What time was it? The
clock struck three.—IJ»t Springs Frits..
I would rathei
a dreary
xix months ago - .
ter written bya young lady named Ran-
den—Miss He’en Rariden—to 3!r. War-
rack. tho gentleman whose acquaintance
me larger our?, uu mcsiuuiu, nun.u uiujr ■ trairoB more than ms coacn. uu« roi- g.—--
he throvtn’aTtay, the plumes beiagthen keuoii of^ is J>/ | f ro Jhim in wW “t
made use of in the manufacture of
feather cloth or blanket which possesses
•the essential quality of being exceeding
ly light and at the same time very warm.
The plumes which are separated from
Ibc stalk are. placed in a bag, closed
tightly, and then subjected to rubbing
between the hands, as in washing clothes.
Jna few minutes the fibers arc by this
means separated from each other, and
form a perfectly homogeneous cud very
.light down, applicable by simple opera-
tit to the* production of quite a variety
* and other household objects,
value in real estate searches, but only a written
favored few are permitted to examine
them.
Exultatiqn.
BOTH.
Osculation.
Indignation.
he exhausted all the available adjectives
of the English language in the sincerest
avowals of love, closing with an offer of
his heart and hand.” ;
“And the letter of which you were the
bearer contained ” _ . .
“Her acceptance,” he said, completing
my sentence. * ‘Helen Rariden is a beau
tiful woman. gifted, wealthy, and of ex
cellent family. At the time! parted from
'her, ot rather at the time she parted
with me, she loved tins—fellow with all
her pure soul—loved him as man was
never loved before, and he donbtli
cared for lier—then.”
The emphasis cf this last word was de
stroyed by a pitiful sob, and for a few
Didn't. Walt to Wrestle.
Reuben Doolittle was well known
the strongest man in Connecticut and a
remarkable wrestler. Men came from
distances to throw him, but ail failed.
Once a stranger arrived s
this errand. Reuben asked him to stay
all night, promising to wrestle m the
morning. Botli were up betimes, and
the stranger was invited to go out to the
barn and have a drink of cider. At the
barn Reuben seized* large barrel °? C1 <*er
and, with, apparent ease, lifted it mid
drank from the bung hole. ‘JIw,
he, as he put the barrel down and wiped
his mouth/ “we'll have wm^birakf**,
and then we’ll wrestle. ’ The Btr *ngcr
derided he had other business that would
prevent the match.
£ifc without laughing
blank. - .
I would rather have genius than
wealth. .
A hero, whether he wins or loses, is a
Love's Young Dream.
A student of tho university of Texas
met Kosdnsks Murphy on the street.
“You seem to be in a wonderful gooa
humor to-day. Did you get the medal
this week for good behavior 1” remarked
. this week for good
Tou get the truth habitually from j ^ humor. Let me tell
mala nnlv . 6 . CJ atrial
equals only.
than you something in confidence, in strict
confidence.” •
‘Mfas’&rdiTMcGiiiufa aakedme for
I would rather be a man of genius
a peer of tbc realm.
A woman without a laugh in her is the
St. I
eorse won the. battle. In the battle of f A . ,77^"AoJirimin*. She
George won the. bnttlq..
life we are all going to try for thehonors
of championship.
Novels arc sweets. All people with
healthy literary \ appetites love tho n—
almost all women, a vast number of
clever, hard-headed men.
A writer in the British Medical Journal
advises people to be careful not to slice
up a pineapple with the same knife they
use in peeling it, as the rind contains an
acrid organic substance which is likely to
cause * swollen mouth and sore lips. In
Cuba salt is used as ?n antidote for the
poison of pineapple peel.....
In the latest' list the beetles of the
American continent alone number 0,400
species.
told me about it yesterday evening. She
has got a stupid servant girl, who can t
distinguish one face from another. Mia*
Birdie gave your picture to tlm servant
girl, so that she will be sure to tell yon
that her mistress is not at home when you
calL Miss Birdie told me that wav the
only way to keep you out of the house.
—Texas Siftings.
. You Can Bely on Mary Ann.
Pompano—“I think we had better get
* dinner set of 144 pieces.”
* M«. Pompano—“Nonsense ’ Too many
by far. I shall not get more than fifty-six
love the merry spring,
Wtoi tli3 pretty blue birds sing,
And the early Cowers begin to de ’- * u
When the clooinj winter's
And the rol in on the lawn
Is a-sinring and a-wagging of his tail.
* —lit sttii Cou\
T hop?, inv dear,” said Mrs. Wi
who,
..... projicrly, dislikes owini
money, •‘that jou paid Mr. Friend the 1
dollar he lent yon list week.” “Of
course I did,” replied h« r husband. “I
always pay tnv debts promptly. I bor-
w.tx-o.1 ax Vkf him rcitcidav and gave him.
rowed $5 of him yc-teiday and gave him.
back $1 ."—Harper's Bazar.
An exchange says a woman may not
be able to sharpen a i»cncil or throw a.
stone straight, “but she can pack sno?o
articles in a trunk than a man can putin
* one-horse wagon.’’ No wonder. Th<>
ladies' trank ba’lt for summer travel
holds more articles than a four-horse
wagon.—Horristoicn Herald.
“Old rhymes'* fra now manufactured
in every enterprising newspaper office
Pompano—“On second thoughts, my
dear, ycu arc right. Mary Ann will
make up the 144 pieces in less than a
week.”— Call.
and they aro verified quite as often as the
“old rhymes” maJc a century ago. Here's
one, for instance, that may be depended
upon; “If June, July and August no
rain thcrc-bc, A very dry sui
surely see."—Forrisioisn Her^