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VOL. I.
In 1884 the popular rote was 10,000,
000; in 1888, 11,400,000, and it will
probably reach 13,000,000 votes is
1892.
The Engineering Magazine is of thi
opinion that even if nature cannot be de
pended upon to furnish fuel gas readj
made we must undertake to make it, oi
something nearly identical, out of coal
or oil.
Funds to the amount of over $1,200,-
000 are held in trust for the benefit of
deserving students of Harvard University
whose means are limited. The annual
income of those funds amounts to about
$70,000.
The Boston Herald thinks “a perma
nent Census Bureau would probably noi
materially increase the gross expense of
taking the census, while the results
attained would be much more accurate
and valuable.”
The Grand Jury of Bau Francisco,
Cal., recently reported, as a means of
suppressing crime in Chinatown and
other disreputable places, that “every
dark spot should be illuminated by
electricity, since rascality of every kind
shuns the light.”
“Which succeeds better, the city or
the country boy?” is said to be a favorite
question for discussion in country de
bating societies. “The general trend of
opinion seems to be,” notes the Phila
delphia Record, “that the country boy
succeeds better, but oply after he be
comes a city boy.”
A story is told of a now-celebrated at
torney, who, when he first appeared be
fore the United States Supreme Court at
Washington, to argue a case, started in
to make a speech such a3 he had been in
the habit of inflicting on juries. He wa3
at once stopped with the remark: “Coun
sel will please confine himself to the law
in the case; we have no time to listen to
eloquence.” This, remarks the New Or
leans Picayune, would be awkward for a
lawyer who has nothing but his elo
quence to stand on.
The annual mortality of the entire
human race amounts, roughly speaking,
according to a French medical journal,
to thirty-three millions of persons. This
makes the average deaths per day over
ninety-one thousand, being at the rate of
3730 an hour, or sixty-two people every
minute of the day and night the year
round. A fourth of the race die before
completing their eighth year, and one
aalf before the end of the seventeenth
year; but the average duration of life is
about thirty-eight years. Not more than
one person in a hundred thousand lives
to be a hundred.
“In the years from 1855 to 1870,”
laid a railway superintendent, “if an
sngineer got S6O to $65 per month it
was considered good wages, and often
the paymaster would be two or three
months behind in paying employes; now
an engineer who is fit to run an engine
gets from $l2O to $135 per month, and
sometimes reaches $l5O to $155, and
there is but one road in this section
which does not pay its men by the’ 25th
of each month for services of tehe month
preceding. The engineer makes no
more mileage, if as much, as in the
earlier years of railroading. This is a
branch of railroad service where skill
and reliability are requisite and well
paid.”
A glance through the code of instruc
tions issued by one of the big cable
companies shows that theie are a num
ber of places which rarely appear upon
the map that may be reached by
wire from this country. For $2.25 per
word one may communicate from New
York with the hectic town of Pram
Pram, upon the west coast of Africa,
while connections can be established
with the lively hamlet of Grand Bassam,
in the same ‘region, at $1.04 for every
ten letters. For $1.17 per word you
may address your long lost relatives or
business partners in Djedda, Mecca and
A1 Hedjas, while the rate to Bunder
Abbas, Bassidore and Lingau is sixty
four cents in addition to the boat hire
from Jask, Persia, where the message is
delivered. Every word sent to New
Zealand, via northern Siberia, costs the
lender just $3.74, which is the highest on
the list. It costs sixty cents a word tc
to reach Komansanaguas and Aquada
ie Pasageros down in Cuba, and SI.BB
to let the old folks in,Snngie Ujong, on
the Malay Peninsula, i know you are liv
ing,
State of iatie letnl
NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS
AT WORK.
Daily Routine of Both . I&iefly
Outlined.
T M f
THK HOUSE, iV
Wednesday. —The Indian
tion bill was up in the house Wede
and on it the new members orated totheir
hearts’ content on all subjects. Watson,
of Georgia, to >k advantage offtbdJjill to
speak about the depressed condi An of
the people, not the Indians, but*tber
people whose votes are necessary to a re
election. He was frequently interrupted
by Mr. Funston, of Kansas, (whom
he dubbed “Farmer Funston,”) ,#nd
the colloquy between the two
gentlemen was amusing, though carried
ou amid confusion which rendered their
voices almost indistinguishable. Living
ston, of Georgia, asked unanimous con
sent for the immediate consideration of
the following preamble and resolution:
“In view of the unrest and extremely dis
tressed condition of the masses of the
people in this country, and their eager
inquiry as to the policy of this bouse to
wards the people, resolved, that we ex
tend to them our sincere sympathy, and
promise to do all in our power for relief,
on the line of improved finances and re
duced taxation.” Mr. Taylor, of Illinois,
objected.
Thursday. —Speaker Crisp called the
house to order Thursday morning, but
immediately after the delivery of the
prayer, resigned the gavel to Richardson,
of Tennessee. The president’s message
relative to the Choctaw and Chickasaw
claims was laid before the house and read
by the clerk. On motion of Mr. Holman
it was laid on the table for the present.
Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, presented a
protest of the Philadelphia board of trade
against the free coinage bill. Referred.
The speaker pro tern laid before the
house a response from the secretary of
the treasury to the house resolution ask
ing for information as to the authority
by which 4£ per cent, loan was author
ized. Referred to the committe on ways
and means. On motion of Mr. Newberry,
of Illinois, it was ordered that when the
house adjourns on Friday it shall be to
meet Tuesday. (This order is taken so
as to enable members to accept an invita
tion tb visit Chicago.)
THE SENATE.
Wednesday. —ln the, senate, Wednes
day, immediately after the reading of
the Journal, Mr. Sherman, from the
committee on foreign relations, reported
back favorably the joint resolution intro
duced by Mr. Hopkins requesting the
president to return to the republic of
Mexico twenty-one battle flags, now in
the museum of the United States mili
tary academy, which were captured by
the army of the United states during the
late war with Mexico. He said that it
was an act of courtesy to a friendly
power which had been suggested to con
gress by the American minister to Mex
ico, and also by Mr. Curtis, a gentleman
connected with the organization of the
bureau of American republics. The
committee on foreign relations thought it
a generous and proper thing to do for a
friendly nation. Mr. Cockrell expressed
his hearty approval of the joint resolu
tion, and it was thereupon passed.
Thursday. —ln the senate, Thursday,
Mr. Sherman, the chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, reported the
resolution referring to tlvt committee so
much of the president’s annrsl message
as relates to criminal. ofiMfc
within the United 1 jPypst
treaty rights of foreign^ygajpiled in
the United States, w instructions
to report such law
as will empower the federal court to try
all such cases involving ibe qgpsideration
of international .ami with such
police and judicial process aS'will enable
the government of the United States to
use Its constitutional power to define and
punish crimes against treaty rights con
ferred on such foreigners. The resolu
tion was laid on the table for the present.
NOTES.
The senate committee bn commerce re
ported a bill Wednesday appropriating
$15,000,000 for the improvement of the
Mississippi river. The senate will proba
bly pass this bill, for the senate never
refuses any appropriation asked for at its
hands. But the bill will have a very
rough road to travel when it gets into
the house of representatives.
There was po session of either house
of congress Saturday, and but few mem
bers were in the city. Those who did
not go on the Chicago excursion repaired
to some of the surrounding resorts to
spend Sunday and Monday, Speaker
Crisp went to Fortress Monroe, and a
telegram from that place states that he is
improving, and that within a few days it
is believed he will have gained sufficient
strength to be able to return and attend
to his duties.
Representative Davis, of Kansas, an
allianceman and one of the nine third
party men in the house, has introduced
a bill to prevent members of congress
from riding on free passes and accenting
telegraph franks. The bill provides that
whenever a congressman goes up to draw
his monthly stipend he shall make an
affidavit that during the time he has been
exerting his brain power and exerciaing
bis voice for the good of the govern
ment, he has neither ridden upon a free
pass nor sent a telegram without the
payment of the regular rates charged the
general public for the same service. If
he has, he cannot get his salary.
During the past few weeks there hw
beeu delegation after delegation in
Washington from the principal cities of
the country (p argue before the conyrpt-
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAV, FEBRUARY 26,1892.
tees of the two houses on agriculture
against the passage of a bill preventing
speculation in agricultural products.
The bill was introduced in the house
by Mr. Hatch, of Missouri. It pro
vides against dealing in futures and
options, and, as introduced, will have
the effect of bieaking up all the stock,
cotton and produce exchanges of the
country. The arguments that have been
made against its passage have had the
effect of causing the committee of the
house to agree to modify the bill mate
rially, and it will be so amended as to
prohibit speculations where the specula
tor has no idea of delivering the actual
product or stock in which he is supposed
to be dealing on margins. Legitimate
sales of products, to be delivered at some
future time, will not be interfered with.
THE WIDE WORLD,
GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND
CABLE CULLINGS
Of Brief Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
The republican state convention of
South Dakota has been called to meet, af
Chamberlain March 28d.
A London cablegram of Thursday
says: Snow storm- in he united king
dom continue. In ;om places the snow
is eight inches deep.
The republican state general enmmitiee
of Nebraska, on Saturday, issued a call
for the state convention, to select dele
gates for Minneapolis, April 27th, at
Kearney.
Colonel .T. B. Simpson, who, it was
thought, had fled the country, has re
turned to Dallas, Tex., was arrested Fri
day and released on bond. He is charged
with embezzling $28,000 from the Scotch
Loan Company of Edinburg.
Twenty-three workingmen’s clubs, of
Rome, Italy, passed a resolution Thurs
day to organize a general strike, until
the government starts the proposed pub
lic works to give employment to men
who are now idle.
A special of Thursday from Bridge
port, Conn., says it is rumorel there that
ex-President John Hoey haa written a
letter to the Adams Express company
praying them to grant him a pension in
recognition of his long services to the
company.
A dispatch of Sunday irom Indianap
olis sayS: All the street car lines fn the
city were without men to operate them
during the day. The company made no
attempt to stait cars throughout the city,
and more than the usual Sunday quiet
prevailed.
A London cablegram of Sunday, says:
A large vessel, name unknown, but sup
posed to be a Spanish steamer, was
wrecked off Renzanpe, and it is feared
all hands are lost. A boat containing
six men from the vessel was capsized
almost immediately after leaving the
ship and all the men drowned. The boat
and a quantity of wreckage are coming
ashore.
A dispatch from Providence, R. 1.,
says: The prohibitory convention made
the following nominations Monday:
Governor, Alex. Gilbert,
lieutenant governor, S. Taber, jjjJrth
Smithfield; secretary of state, E.
Remington, Providence; p §
ral, Thomas H. PeabodzjylWsterty; gen
eral treasurer, W. of New
port.
A 4>spatclf of Monday from Indianapo
lis, Ind,, says; Tfip primaries for the
selection of delegates to the qistfict and
state convention, which will choose dele
gates to the Minneapolis convention,held
throughout the state, everywhere result
ed in the choice of Harrison men as dele
gates. In but two counties was there
even the semblance of opposion to the
administration, and, in each of these it
was very feeble.
The library block at Decatur, 111., oc
cupied by the publje library, Brown
Business college, Ruigbis of Pythias
lodge, several manufacturing concerns
and private offices, was btjrned Afondar
night, c msing a total loss of SIOO,OOO.
The loss on the building was $50,000,
insurance $17,000. Among the heavier
losers were Smith, Hubbard & Cos.,
manufacturing chemists, loss $10,000;
in-urance, $12,000. Public library
$10,000; insurance, $7,000. Half of the
books were saved. The remaining losses
were all for smaller amounts, aud were
partially covered by insgrauce.
GEORGIAS NEW BISHOP
Preaches His Farewell Sermon at
Bethlehem, Pa.
A dispatch from Bethlehem, Pa., says:
On Sunday Dr. C. Kinloch Nelson,
bishop-elect of Georgia, delivered his
farewell sermon to the congregation of
the Church of the Nativity, of which he
was rector. pr. Nelson’s ability as a
preacher is something marked, and he
has hundreds of warm personal fiiends
here who deeply regret to see him take
his departure. The people of Georgia
will find in tfccir new bishop a man of
broad views, splendid executive ability
and great personal streugth.
DIAZ IS MASTER.
The Operations of Garza and His
Followers at an Epd.
A dispatch of Monday from the city of
Mexico says: A thorough investigation
along the frontier shows that there is now
no danger of any uprising in Mexico.
The Garz bandits, who had been oper
iting on United r-tates territory appear to
have disbanded with no likelihood of re
ernaniziiur.
LOOKED LIKE A DUDE.
But He Knocked Out the Recori as
a Train Robber.
A dispach of Sunday from Rochester,
N. Y., gives a graphic account of the
most daring attempt at train robbing on
record.
Train No. 31, on the Central Hudson,
is known as the American company’s
special, running between York and
Buffalo, and carries only goods and
property shipped by that company. The
train left New York at 9 o’clock Saturday
evening, and was in Rochester at 7.05
o’clock in the morning. Nearly all the
cars contain most valuable express mat
ter. One car is known as the “money”
car, and in it is sent specie from the
United States treasury for western banks,
as well as money in process of
exchange between the banks of New
York and the west. Daniel T.
Melnery was in charge of the “money”
car on the trip Saturday night.
Only one messenger was a-signed to the
money car, as the work of billing was
light. The train left Syracus at 5 o’clock
Sunday morning in charge of Conductor
Emil Laas.
THE AIR WHISTLE’S WARNING.
When the train was near Weedsport
the conductor, who was in the coach,
thought he heard the air whistle sound
very faintly. It was enough to arouse
him to the belief that something was
wrong in the express cai. Going out on
the platform of the coach he climbed on
the rail, and, looking through the hole
where the bell cord comes through, he
saw the upper part of man whose face be
low the eyes was concealed by a mask.
The messenger he could not see. He
went back, set the air brakes and called
his two trainmen. The three stood
leaning out from the platform, looking
forward along the sides of the express
car. Suddenly a man’s form appeared at
the side door of the express car, revolver
bullets whistled past their ears and a
yoice was heard commanding them to
signal the engineer to go ahead or take
the consequences. The trainmen wero
unarmed. The conductor told one of
his men to jump off, run back to Jordan,
and telegraph along to Roches
ter that they had train robbers on board.
This was done, and the conductor signal
led the engineer to go ahead at full speed,
thinking that the robber would not dare
to jump and would be captured at the
next stop. The train went to Port By
ron, her brakes were set again and the
conductor and trainmen wept to the ex
press car.
The car showed signs of a desperate
struggle. Money packages and jewelry
were Tying scattered about. Everything
in the car seemed stained with blood
and Messenger Mclnery was lying bleed
ing from several wounds and ahmost un
conscious. robber was noJtvhere to
be seen and wa'supposed to h#e jump
ed and made good his escape. The traiu
then went on to Lyons, the next stop.
The news had#pread4Pl slang the hue
by this time aim the station at pyons
was ajive.
Among in others in the crowd was a
well-dressed young man wearing gold
eyeglasses and carrying a satchel slung
by a strap over his shoulder. Now, it so
happe*(l that the trainmen had noticed
this young man at the station at Syracuse
before the train pulled out, and they had
not seen him since, and the question of
what * was doing at Lyons and how he
got there at once suggested itself. An
attempt was made to seize him, but he
pulled out two revolvers, held the crowd
back and backed across the yard until
he reached a coal train, the engine of
which had steamed up ready to pull out
for the west.
A MAN WITH NERVE.
He pulled the pin holding the tender
to the first car, and, climbing over the
coal into the cab, drove the engineer and
fireman out with his revolvers, and start
ed the engine. Conductor Laas and one
switchmen procured a shotgun
and freed the engine of the expresss and,
with the fireman and engineer, started in
pursuit of the fugitive. The Central
Hudson is a four-tracked road, and the
two engines, though both going west,
were not on the same track. The express
engjne sopn overtook the robber, who
suddenly reversed his engine and let his
pursuers pass him, pouring a perfect hail
of pistol bullets into the cab as his pur
suers went by.
THE BATTLE ON THE ENGINES.
Then the pursuers stopped and the
pursued went ahead. Another duel
ensued, the shot-gun taking part this
time. No one was hurt in either battle.
About two miles beyond the robber
found his engine was giving out, so he
jumped out at a crossroad and started
across the country, going south. The
party on the express engine had returned
to Lyons, where the sheriff had organized
a posse, which started in pursuit. Mean
time, the farmers along the robber’s line
of retreat had also turned out fully armed
in pursuit. The runaway was so closely
run that he surrendered and was taken
back to Lyons and lodged in jail. He
gave his name as Cross, but it developed
later that the man was Perry Lyons,
formerly a cowboy, and later worked as
a railway brukeman,
THE STOHY OF THE ROBBERY.
The story of the attempt at robbery,
as far as it can be gathered, is this: The
express messenger, be it understood, will
not talk.
Lyons boarded the train when it pulled
out of Syracuse and climbed on top the
express car. He was provided with a
hooked rope. Fastening the hook in
the slight corniced roof on one side of
the car, he let himself down on to the
other, and resting ais toes on the edge
that runs along the car, he looked in the
glass of the side door and saw the ex
press messenger in front of one of the
?afe9, which was open, making up his
bills. He smashed the glass with his re
volver, covered the messenger and shout
ed to him to hold up his hands. In
stead of doing this Melnery reached
for the signal cord with one
hand, and for a revolver with the other.
A bullet smashed the hand on the cord,
but not before it had given the signal
that aroused the conductor. Then Mc-
Inery fired on the robber and put a bul
let through his coat. Then the robber
shot the messenger twice, once in the
right leg and once in the temple. He
climbed into the car and a desperate
struggle took place, which did not end
until the train was stopped for the first
time, near Weedsport. It is evident that
the robber had climbed out on top of the
cars and remainei there through the stop
at Port Byron until t’ie train reached
Lyons. So far as can be learned tho rob
ber secured absolutely nothing.
TRADE TALK.
Status of Business for Past Week Re
ported by Dun & Cos.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for
week ended February 19th, says: Busi
ness failures occurring throughout the
country during the past week for the
United States, 231; Canada, 58; total,
299; against 276 week before. The bus
iness situation is not quite so satisfactory
or encouraging as it has been. While
the gradual increase in the distribution of
many lines of m<rehandise continues,
tnere is a shrinking demand, and much
depression in iron. The further decline
in cotton blights the hope of revival in
southern trade, and the speculative
mania, stimulated by cheap money and
by the great success of coal speculation,
now extends to wheat, and threatens to
restrict exports.
AMPLE SUPPLY OP MONEY.
From all parts of the country returns
regarding the money market are satis
factory, indicating an ample supply, and
on the whole better collections than are
usually seeu at this season. Notwith
standing tho fact that exports of wheat
have been diminishing, and for four days
of the present week there have been only
800,000 bushels from the Atlantic ports,
while western receipts continue large,
speculation at Chicago ha 9 lifted prices
£ cent during the week, and sales
have been 57,000,000 bushels. Corn has
ieclined J a cent with large exports, but
very large receipts. Pork production,
oats and coffee are substantially un
changed, and oil is only 1£ cents higher
on small transactions. Cotto B is a shade
lower, with sales of 587,000 bales
receipts being 24 per cent, greater for the
week than last year, but exports 3fi per
cent, greater.
DRY GOODS TRADE.
The movent in dry goods at Philadel
phia promises an active spring trade,
though the south is still behind, but in
liquors, tobacco, chemicals, paints and
glass, trade is quiet, and in groceries very
dull. The wool market is dull, worsted
mills lacking orders. At Pittsburg trade
ia iron and steel has grown duller, and
prices are weakening.
At the south business is quiet at Little
Rock and memphis and in all lines; rath
er quiet at New Orleans, though sugar
is strong and active; at Savannah trade
is good and prospects brightor, factors
advancing on cotton because money is
very easy, but throughout the south the
continued depression of cotton is noted
as the cause of dullness.
GLOOMY IN IRON TRADE.
The week has been gloomy in the iron
trade from a pressure to realize on quali
ties of iron not wgjl known, or produced
In excess qL*j%qtdAnema, More inquiry
appears iron, beams sell
ipg at 2} ce4tstf>OUmr iron is in light
demand and for finished pro
ducts gencraffjSjSeStemand is disappoint
ing. Since large sales at 10$ cents the
copper marketias been steadier, and tin
ana lead are stronfjP The coal market is
very dull awaiting the results of the com
bination. The boot and shoe trade is
steady and growing, though the cutting
of prjpes of boots has done no good and
shipments are still below those of last
year.
IMPROVEMENT IN WOOL.
In wool there is distinct improvement
in the demand for carpet use, since a
advance in products by some ma
kers and also in one-fourth or three
eights blood wools beoause of the strong
demand for cheviot goods. The spring
demand for men’s woolens is large, and
many tardy clothiers find their orders
long delayed or refused. The trade in
dress goods is also improving. Cotton
goods are more active than in many pre
vious weeks this year, and a few other
grades have slightly advanced.
A BIG HAUL.
Capture of Counterfeiters and Tbelr
Stock in Trade.
The greatest haul of counterfeiters,
including the capture of plates and
printed bills, ever made in Cincinnati,
was accomplished Saturday by the gov
ernment detectives. The whole gang is
in jail. They are Ralph Wishon, a
steum engineer; W. G. Hera, the Fouth
street photographer, and W. T. Brown,
an engraver. The detectives have been
working on the case since December
26th. They captured a dozen photo
engraved plates of the Grant series of
five-dollar silver certificates, and found a
cartload of dangerous printed bill. They
also captured, in the process of preparae
tion. a ten-dollar silver certificate plat
of the Hendricks series of 1886. Besides
they found glass etchings for both coun
terfeits in course of preparation. Bob
Fleming, whom John Wishon had solic
ited to shove the goods, informed the
detectives, and insisted on their working
up the case.
IT*S NO* A’ GOWD THAT GLITTSMt
Deed no, ye’ll find yerseif mista’ea,
Gin ye expect to find it I
The grandest scheme that mah’a an
Aye hides some flaw behind it^
The virtues we like best to see
Are no’ persistent sitters.
When they’re ill-treated sune they fist
It’s no’ a’ gowd that glitters.
The pompous earl who gangs to kirk
Until his wealth increase*,
Is no* richt soond—gi’e him a jerk.
An’ he fa’s a’ to pieces.
The man who kens the worl’s ways beat
Tak’s life’s sweets wi’ its bitters;
An’ sune discovers like the rest,
It’s no’ a’ gowd that glitters.
The trouble seems to work clean through
Baith cliques an’ corporations.
It’s bard to find a thing true blue,
An’ free o’ complications. t
Deception noo’s a common crime;
But guid sense never flitters,
It tak’s for granted a’ the time—
It’s no’ a’ gowd that glitters.
After a’ grumblin’ ower the case
Is na oor nearest duty
It seems it wad be better grace
To show truth’s honest beauty.
It’s no’ sae much hoo ithers act
Or hoo the queer worl titters,.
Let’s look at hame an’ be exact
To see that oor gowd glitters.
—William Lyle, in Detroit Free Press.
PITH AND_POINT.
Tides in the affairs of men naturally
come under the head of current events.
The man whose name is most often
under a cloud is the umbrella maker.”—
Puck.
“My face is my fortune, sir,” she
said. * ‘You must be in debt,” said the
man ill-bred.
Law is a dry study; but the moisture
of tears seems to have much effect on a
jury.—Puck.
The carpenter is not always a mathe
matician, but is handy with bis “adz.”
—Columbus Post.
He—“You didn’t know I was color
blind, did you?” She—“l suspected it
from the neckties you wear.”—Clothier
and Furnisher.
Yabsley—“Does your wife ever
choose your clothes for you ?” Wickwire
—“No; she merely picks the pockets."
—lndianapolis Journal.
“I have a pair of suspenders for every
pair of trousers I’ve got,” he said.
“Gracious I how many pairs of suspend
ers have you got?” “One pair.”—New
York Press.
“No, my son, it is not always polite
to tell a man what, you think of him. It
is safer to tell it to somebody else, and is
just as effective in most instances.”—
Boston Transcript.
“Papa, why does the drum major of
a band wear that big thing on his bead?**
“Because the natural size of his head is
not equal to the occasion, my son.”—
Baltimore American.
I asked her for her heart and hand,
And smiled to see the blushes gently start;
Her answer helped me understand:
“You hold my hand—but 1 have lost my
heart.”
—New York Herald.
“It was all very well for tho poet to
talk about ‘a perfect woman, nobly
planned,’” said Mr. Arreers sadly, “but
the trouble is that it takes such a lot of
money to carry out the plan.”—Boston
Post.
’Tis sad how deep into Oblivion go
SomeJxjoks we thought would shine on
every shelf:
To-day, while looking through my works, I
found
Two that I wrote, and then forgot, myself,
—Pock.
Elder Sister—“l must drive around
to Hose & Mantle's; I hear they ha*a
quite anew thing in gloves.” Younger
Sister (sweetly)—“lndeed! And when
you get them on it will be quite an old
thing in gloves, won't it, darling."-*
Comic.
“Everything goes wrong!” complained
Bcllefield. “Nothing that I touch sue
ceeds.” “I wouldn’t feel that way if I
were you,” replied Shingess. “But I
can’t help it.” “You must try to. You
should always look on the bright aide of
things.” “I dare n’t. The doctor sayi
brightness will injure my eyesight.”—
Pittsburg Chronicle.
A Meat Diet.
The attention of the French Society
for the Advancement of Science has ro*
cently beeu directed by certain physi
cian! to the evil effects of an exccssivs
meat diet, or of raw, overkept, or bad
meat. The ptomaines thus produced in
troduce poisonous principles into the
system, which the kidneys cannot throw
off. Inhabitants in cities indulge far
too freely in meat, often badly cooked
and kept too long; the poor and country
population do not often get their meat
fresh. Professor Verneuil consider*
something should be done to remedy
this state of things. He points out that
Reel us, the French geographer, ha*
proved that cancer is most frequent
among those branches of the human raae
where carnivorous habits prevail.—
Scientific American.
There are 1395 corps,37oß officers and
2468 local officers connected with tb
Salvation Army in the British Isles.
New York State, With 20,500,001
pounds of hops, produced almost aouhH
the ouan ity of any other State.
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