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4folumbia HAM.EM. GEORGIA rvHi.imr.i) kvehy tiivrsday. Ballard «♦> Atliln«on. P*OI kHCTuKA ■ ■ " !" It to • familiar and yet it always •trike* one a* a marveloua fact that worlda may have been for year* in <■*• I*o •nee, the light of which ha* not yet %ad time to reach our earth, aud that we may atill continue to aee the light of atari that have been for a long time «-x --tlnct. The "nreaehri l» the Inteat windling dodge being worked in lowa, lie call* on hi* way distributing Bible*, and often prewnta the family with a handsomi book. Hi then aaka for dinner or other meal, and take* a receipt for twenty-five cent! paid for the meal. A few month* later the neighboring bunk call* for th< payment of a note for a large amount. The United State* hydrographic office to continuing it- intereating and very useful inveotiyiition* into the practical effect of “pouring oil on the troubled water*." The fa« ta the office to collect ing *how com luaively that the UM- of a ▼cry email quantity of oil will break the force of the most terrific storm*. Several iMtancea are given where ship* have re cently liern kept from foundering »imply by thia mean*. An astonishing “fish story" come* tr im the tropica; to wit, that n ship Which hml a hole knocked in her side wii« saved from sinking by n large fiah that came alongside and wn« sucked into the aperture bv the rush of water and •tuck there. C ommenting on thia tre mendous yarn, the New York Commercial say* “How unlucky then- were not a few whale* off Sandy Hook when the Oregon waa struck I After this every well equipped ship ought to have a whale or two in tow, ready to plug up holes.” People do not generally realize how many Washingtons there an- in the United State*. The “Official Postal duide” shows one each in Arizona, Arkan •as, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Maine. Massachusetts, Michigan, M n w-sotn, Mississippi, Mi»- ao-tri. New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia twenty-eight out of the thirty eight •tales and two territories, mid thia is ex clusive of the Washington Bars, Wash, ingtoii Centres, Washington Harbors, and *>> on, sprinkled around equally promiscuously. Everybody must notice liow large n pro portion of men die now-a-day* from kidney troubles. It ha* been said that nearly half of all the diseases of civiliza tion come directly or indirectly from such cause. And yet it was not even suspec ted, physician* any, that the kidney* were ever affected until Dr. Richard Bright, himself a sufferer (he died in 1858 in hit flOth years. published hi* “Origi nal Researches into the Pathology of Disease* of the Kidney* " He was the first to de-eribe the affection of the kidneys •ince associated with hi* name. The issue of hl* important work wrought a great change iu medical treatment. It ex plained many inconsistencies and myster ies to profi -xional tnind, previously as cribed to dropsy and heart disease, which really procre led directly from the kidney*. For centuries mankind has been atllii ted with various affection* of the kidney*, although until forty or fifty years ago the most skilful and learned doctor* had no conception of the fact. The year 1885 witnessed a considerable falling off iu the number ami value of sheep in the United States. In the first respect, sheep furnish an exception to C’hcr live stock, which have increased in some instances twenty-five per cent. In the second respect, there has been a great depreciation, the greatest being that in swine, and the next in sheep. In the latter the decline has lu-en eleven percent, or from an average of $2. 14 p, r head to one of ft.Pl per head. The aggregate value of live *t.s k is reckoned for last January nt $2,855,151,862, being a decrease of the figures of the previous year of $91,266, 121. In this aggregate the value of sheep is placed nt $92,443,- 867, or less than four per cent, the lowest in the scale of valuations. Os the wool growing States, Texas suffered more than any of the others in loss of numbers, it bring at least ten |ier cent as compared with the year previous. The States be tween tin Mississippi and the Ohio lost considerably, Illinois being the greatest sufferer. Ohio and Michigan fell only three to four ]>cr cent under last year. M ith the exception of lowa, Missouri, Oregon, Colorado and Texas, all the Mates and Territories west of the Mi*s >K*ipyi add to their number of sheep <mc —Nebraska to the extent of twenty per cent. The present number of sheep in the United State* is reckoned at 48.- 322.831, by the Department cf Agri culture, with an ave:age value off 1.91 jper head. I The will of th< little dwarf, known nil over Euroj/- a- Madame la Marquise,con tons a novel featun She *uy<: “My dre-ses. and linen, mid everything that I wore, must be far f->> small for the lit th -t child but in order that sonic poor girl iniiv he happy, 1 <lc*ire that the sum of ton |HHin<l* "terling may be applied to tin- purrhn* 'of twenty dolls of my size, whir h shall ail be dressed from my ward robe and given to orphan*." A gentleman who sat engaged for ▼ear* in ■. arching < '.linesc steamer* state* tbs- he often «w u Chinutnan land at tie- dock, in San Fr.-m< i*co, with nothing in the world in the shape of < apilat, ex- pl a iidiiug net. In about a month the on- Chinaman would ap pear r.s i dripper of from three to ten tons f lidi. lb- had associated himself with four or five others; they had secund a ond hand boat and gone to work. In n f< e,- month* he was not only a ship per, but an importer, receiving large lot* of ri<e, sugar, dried fowls, and other nrticlcsof < hinc*c food, a* well as cloth ing, _____________ The far t that the King of Burtnah pos- M‘-*< d valuable mine* of precious stones was generally known in the East, where their value was popularly supposed to lie enormous. It ha* been the custom of the Burmese sovereigns to jealously guard these mine* from the intrusion of for eigner*, onlv three European traveler* having bc< :i permitted to visit them with in tin- pri-sentt n-nturv. It i* hardly won derful, therefore, if extravagant notions should prevail in many quarter* as to the value of the mines, and to the wealth which they may be capable of yielding to llu ii new ma»t r*. According toJir. Oldham, the ruby mines of Burundi, which lie about seventy mil- northeast of Man daisy, have for tin- last generation, prob ably produced a revenue of not more than 1 from 150,000 to $75,90$ n year. The rubies an- generally small, but occasion ally line sapphire* are found. The topaz, is still more rarely met with. The mine* have always belonged to the sovereign of tin- country, ami their produce was *up l«>scd to b ■ invariably sent to the royal treasury. There has, however, been con stant smuggling going on by the work men engag'd, and t'iiiuese and Tartar traveling merchants arc always to be found in the neighborhood of the min *, renily to buy up tin- rough stones without asking any questions. The Gold Itollnr* of the Sky. Mr. ami Mrs. Graves, of Echo. Tenn., were sitting chatting pleasantly in the sitting-room one evening, when their lit tle four-year old daughter came in mid exclaimed. “M inunii, m inima, come and we." Mrs. Grave* got up and went with her little daughter out in flu- yard. “What is it, my daughter?" “Mamma, what to that up yonder so bright;" she naked. “Where, nay child?" "Up yon der in the sky. Are they little gold dol lars, ntuiumn?" risked little Fannie, “Yes, my darling,” said the good woman, laughingly, and went in the house, leaving her to watch the little gold dollars. Little Fannie climbed up on the fence and tried to get one, and her father seeing her, went to her. “What ure you doing up there, little pct ?" he said, ns he took herdown. “1 am trying to get me some little gold dol lar* to make me some earrings." “Couldn’t you get them, baby?" “No, pnpa," •he said, sweetly; “phase get them for me." Little Fannie was taken into the house and put to bed, but she will never forget the little gold dollars." Cour er. Journal. A Rhetorician. Professor (to his wife)- "My dear, I wish you would speak more carefully. You say that Henry Jones came to this town from St. Louis. Wife "Yes.” Prof. “Well, now, wouldn't it In* la-tter to say that he came from St. Louis to this town t" Wife - “1 don't see any difference in the two expressions." Prof. “But there is n difference, a rhetorical difference. You don’t hear me m ike such awkward expressions. By the way. I have a letter from your father in my pocket. Wife—“ But my father to not in your |H»cket. You mean that you have, in your pm'ket, a letter from my father." Prof.- “Then'y ugo with your little quibbles. s'ou taken delight in harrassing me You are always catching up a thread and r«’pre*enting it a* a rope." Wife “Representing it to be a rope, you mean." Prof. "For goodness sake, hush. Never saw such a quarrelsome woman in my life."— Arkai.iaw TrartUcr. Approaching It. “What i' that kerfiutuidoodle that you have on your hat, Mary Ann!" said a father to hia would-be fashionable daughter. “Oh, that i* an imitation of a straw berry, father." "The deuce take the styles," said the old man, "you'll be wearing imitation cabbages yet." “We have nearly arrived at the cab bage point already," replied the young miss. • And how near have you got!" “We wear a little turn-up on the side, now."— Sational M'wliy. MAKING SOAP. Haw a Very Useful Household Article is Maufactured. The Various Operation* by Which a Bar of Soap is Produced. Soap making i* essentially a chemical O|K-ration. Soft *<»a|>* arc those which have for their base potash, while hard ■oaps haw for their* m*|u, aud are made by open pan boiling, in which the glyce rine i • eliminated. This class probably includes 90 |wr cent, of tin- total soap made in English speaking countries, and is divided into three different kinds,viz.: f'urd, inottlcd and yellow. Whatever kind of hard soap to made the first stage* of the process arc the same for all. To commence a boiling of hard soap, melted fat and caustic soda ley* are sim ultaneously run into the copper, the steam is turned on ami the contents boil ed until a small sample cooled between the fingers lias a to crably firm consisten cy, and when applied to the tongue has *0 caustic taste or only a very faint one. The operator is obliged to be very expe rienced to jnilge of the completion of this first operation, called by some past ing and by others killing the goods or raw material. In this condition the soap contains about nine-tenths of the total soda necessary for complete saponifica tion, with a huge excess of water, which is separated from it by the next ojieration. To effect tin- separation a quantity of comman salt issprinkh-d into the copper while still boiling, or the strongest brine is run in; this addition is made cautious ly and gradually (care being taken to al low solution of the salt), and continued until a small sample removed upon a spatula or trowel allows a clear liquor to run from it. During this operation of graining, the contents of the copper are liable to boil over with great violence. When this point is reached the whole process is stop|>e<l ami the steam turned off; the copper is allowed to stand from two to three hours. Its contents then divide themselves into two portions, the upper consisting of soap paste, holding about 40 per cent, of water, ami the lower of asolution known as spent leys, containing common salt, carbonate ami other soda salts present in the original leys as impurities, and nearly all the gly cerine of the fat employed. At this stage rosin is added for the yellow soap, being broken into lumpsand shoveled in, unless it is combined with soda in a sepa rate copper and mixed with the fat soap in the next operation, which is termed dear boiling. All the goods having been killed and the spent leys removed, a small charge of leys is then run in and the copper boiled for two or three hours. At the end of this time the soap hiss a faint but decided caustic taste, and a small sample on a spatula allows clear leys to run off it. This operation communicates addition al soda to the soap, and washes out as it were some of the salt entangled in it. After some hours' subsidence the half •pent leys that sink to the bottom are )>umpcd off, aud are used in another cop ]ht for killing more fresh goods; the soap made from such leys however is of inferior color. The copper is boiled with open steam until the contents are perfectly homogeneous and in a state re sembling a stiff paste. A small stream of leys is now allowed to trickle in, until the paste again separates into cakes of soap and clear leys; the soap now tastes strongly of caustic soda and feels hard when cold; this is technically called “making" the soap. The mode of finish ing ilepemls entirely upon the kind of soap required. The soap having been finished in the copper the next stage is transferring it into the cooling boxes, or frames, as they are usually called. Curd soaps are al ways carefully skimmed off the leys by ladles, as they are too stiff to pump, and most mottled soaps are iu this condition also. In large factories yellow soaps arc I invariably transferred to the frames by 1 suitable pumping machinery. Curd and yellow soaps are cooled rap- j idly in cast iron frames of any desired , shape or size. One frequently adopted i is almost water tight, the superficial ■ measure being 45x15 inches and the height oO to 60 inches. The four sides I arc held together by bolts and nuts, and ■ when the soap is cold (after the lapse of ■ thn-e to seven days for this size) these are unscrewed, the sides are removed and 1 a solid block of soap is left standing on j the bottom of the frame. This is at once ! cut into sla’s and bars, or may be slid ' bodily to store. Occasionally, such frames are mounted upon wheels for con venience of transport a'xnit the factory. When it is desired to cut the soap, the sidt sos the block are marked with a scribe the teeth of which an' set at the thickness desired for the bar of soap. A brass or steel wire is then taken by two men and drawn through theblm k, which is thus divided into slabs; these are re moved to a machine which divides them into bars. The cutter itself to worked by a lever frame, which contains wires, or for very hard soaps, thin steel knives; the slab to placed longitudinally and nearly upright on the base board, ami the lever frame is then drawn through it. The bars thus formed fall back u|x>u the shelf behind, whence thev may be re moved and set aside to get cold. The bars whc.i removed from the machine are placed across each other in open pile in such away that air freely circulate* among them. AVhcn thoroughly dry they arentood away in close pile or pack ed. The bars of aoap when freshly cut and still soft are usually imprcMcd with some word* indicating the name or quality of the soap, and the trade mark or name of the manufacturer.— Brooklyn Eagle. Men with Elastic Skin*. The number of rubber-skinne I person* has strangely multiplied. The first ot th<-m in thi* country was Herr Haag, who came over here several years ago, and ■was nt first worth #2OO a week as a curi osity. Gradually public interest in him has waned, until now he is quoted in the freak market at $75 a week. lie has a skin that can be pulled away from hi* l>ody in any direction to a surprising ex tent, like the skin on a healthy dog or an otter. The skin of his throat can be brought up to cover his face clear to the eyebrows; the point of his nose can be I pulled down to his chin; the skin on his breast can be dragged out a foot, and when released snaps back into its place smoothly. All his skin possesses like ap jiarent elasticity. But the fact is that it does not really stretch any more than any other person’s skin. The doctors who made a very careful examination of Herr Haag when he first came over here said that his peculiar ability was caused by absence of the tissue that in other persons connects the inner and outer skins, and so when the outer skin was pulled it simply yielded from all direc tions until the tension was relaxed. Only one similar case was recorded in 1 the medical books. But now there are in the United States scores of per sons who get from sls to $25 each week from the dime museums for exhib iting themselves as possessors of elastic skins. The fact is that they are what is ; know in technical parlance as “fakes.” j That to, they possess just a little ability ' to stretch their hides, and by tugging at them constantly in certain exposed places, eventually succeed in stretching them further and further until they approxi mate somewhat to Herr Haag's peculiar superficial extensibility. But, at the best, none of them can stretch more than about one-third as much us their great model.— New York Sun. Near-Sightedness. Near-sightedness to increasing in out country to an alarming extent. It was comparatively rare a century ago, but now it afflicts a large proportion of the children in our public schools. It is one of the evils created by civilization, and to almost unknown in savage life. An of- ! ficial inquiry iu Germany indicates that ! thi* evil is more common there than iu the United States, and that it is the direct result of bad habits of study. The physicaiis, who made the examina tion report to the Government that in children of five years old the vision is generally perfect. During the school age the defect increases steadily. In the lower schools from fifteen to twenty per cent, of the scholars are affected; in the higher schools the proportion reaches forty to fifty per cent. It to far worse in the professional ; schools; reaching fully seventy per cent, of theological students, and over ninety per cent, of medical students. The physicans ascribe the trouble to the poor print of the text-books, and to the general habit of holding bocks toe near the eyes. It might be wed to make a similar examination in our own country, in order that public attention be aroused to provide, if pos- ' siblc, a cure for this growing evil. It is a grave misfortune if public education creates a near-sightc I nation.—FbutA's Companion. The Grizzly Bear. In some of the western papers I have noticed recently that there has been a discussion in progress regarding the ex treme weight of grizzly bears. Very few fine grizzly skins find their way to this market, as the hair is generally rubbed off the haunches of the animals. The home of the grizzly is supposed to be ex clusively west of the Rocky Mountains. East of that range we find the cinnamon, silver tip and black bear. In weight there to about the same relative differ ence between the grizzly and cinnamon as between the silver tip and black bear. The la<t two avoid the presence of man, while the former will ferociously attack a man. The grizzly in weight is only equaled by the white polar bear. Thom as Smith of Rock Island, 111., states that he killed many grizzlies in California in 1850, the largest one being in the Luisin Valley and weighing 1,220 pounds.— Hatter ami Furrier. The Hog of Honduras. While it would grieve me to offend thf modest vanity of the swine-breeders of the states, truth compels me to say that xvith all their efforts, and perfect as they fancy their Poland-Chinas and Berk shire*, those gentlemen have not succeed ed in producing anything resembling the hog of Honduras. But when by some unaccustomed circumstances the hog ol Central America has had food enough tc put a little flesh on his ample stock of bones, that flesh is incomparably snperioi in flavor to the oily gross product of the north. Chicago Time*. Northern and Sant hern N’Ainjs of Bat tles. From General D. IL Hili * paper tn the Century. “The Batt! of South Mountain, or Boonsboro’,” we quote a* follow*; “The conflict of the 1-lth of September, 1862, is called the battle of South Mountain r.t the Noith and the battle of Boonoboro' at the South. So many battle field* of the civil war bear double names that we cannot believe the duplication has been accidental. It ls the unusual which impresses. The troops of the North came mainly from cities, towns and villages, and were, therefore, impressed by some natural object n< ir the wene of the conflict and named I. ' battle from it. The soldiers from tao South were chiefly from the country, and were therefore impressed by some artifi cial object near the field of action. In one section the naming has been after the handiwork of God; in the other section it has been after the handiwork of man. Thus the first passage of arms is called the battle of Bull Run. at the North, —the name of a little stream. At the South it takes the name of Manassas, from a railroad station. The second bat tle on the same ground is called the Sec ond Bull Run by the North, and the Sec ond Manassas by the South. Stone's de feat is the battle of Ball’s Bluff with the Federals. and the battle of Leesburg with the Confederates. The battle called by General Grant Pittsburg Landing, a natural object, was named Shiloh, after a church, by his antagonist. Rosecrans called his first great fight with Bragg the battle of Stone River, while Bragg nam ed it after Murfreesboro’, a village. So McClellan's battle of the Chickahominy, a little river, was with Lee the battle of Cold Harbor, a tavern. The Federals speak of the battle of Pea Ridge, of the Ozark range of Mountains, and the Con federates call it after Elk Horn, a coun try inn. The Union soldiMTs called the bloody battle three days after South Mountain from the little stream, Antie tam, and the Southern troops named it after the village of Sharpsburg. Many instances might be given of this double naming by the opposing forces. Accord ing to the same i. ". of ‘th unusual, the war songs of a y I ' always been written by nor The bards who follov rd the feudal lords, sang if t: i. e.. ioits, and stimu lated them and their retainers to deeds of high emprise, wore no armor and car ried no swords. So, too, the impassion ed orators who roused our ancestors in 1776, with the thrilling cry, ‘Liberty or Death,’ never once put themselves in the way of a death by lead or steel, by mus ket ball or bayonet stab. The noisy speakers of 1861, who fired the Northern ■ heart and who fired the Southern heart, never did any other kind of firing. One of the most prominent of them frankly admitted that he preferred a hor izontal to a vertical death.” How He Found a Mine. Some of the best mines known have been discovered, as before remarked, merely by accident, while others again the result of years of toil and labor. Then others again have been run across when the lucky in iividual whom fortune favored was thinking of anything but falling into a gold mine. John Quincy Adams, a namesake of the great John Q., struck a rich mine somewhere down in New-Mexico in this way: While prospecting he found his haver sack on fire, his prospector’s glass having focused the sun’s rays upon it. As the haversack contained about a dozen pounds of powder he dropped it and got out of the way in a hurry. It fell into a crevice and a large mass of rock xva s thrown up. Adams returned mournfully to gather up what might be left of his effects, and an exceedingly rich vein of ore which the explosion had exposed to view. He sold a third-interest iu his find for $16,000, and very consistently named the mine “The Nick of time.”— Globe- De mocrat. Blackboard Exposition. When the Rev. S. L. B. Chase was a pastor in Rockland he one day essayed to treat the Sunday school to a blackboard exposition of the lesson. So, for a start er, and in the way of graphically illumi nating his remarks, he took a bit of chalk, and slowly and somewhat painful ly sketched on the blackboard a represen tation of two human hearts joined to gether. “Now, then,” he said, turning to the school, “who will tell me what I have drawn?” “I know!” called a very little boy on the front scat. “Well ” the pastor kindly said, “what is it?” And the very little boy on the front seat shrieked out, “A termarter!”— Rocklaiuk (Ale.) Courier. How a Big Fish was Canghi. Bill Lcnore, while fishing in the Sacra mento river, says the San Francisco Chronicle, tied the end of his line around his foot, dropped the hook into the water and began to read a book. Presently he felt a nibble, but being interested in his book he paid no attention. A moment later a strong pull landed him on his back in the river. As the cord was beyond his reach, he was powerless to aid himself and would have been drowned hail not a companion come to his assistance. The line was cut and the end of it twisted around a snag. By the aid of a boat an eight-foot sturgeon was landed NEW SOUTH WALES. The Place Where Everything is Turned Topsy-Turvy. The Longest Day Chmea in Decs- «r and the Sun Moves North. After a month's residence in beautiful Sydney the probabilities of waking up are still shadowy and the illusion of dreamland not yet dispelled, writes a. correspondent of the Philadelphia ]‘r, v from New South Wale*. While the nov el situation is pleasant all will be w. q but the dream may turn to a nightni ire eventually because of the topsy-turvy upside-down ways of people and tiling at the antipodes. The people have not yet heard of th* early bird and the unfortunate xvmm. They arc fond of taking things easy iu the morning, neither shopkeeper, market man, housekeeper, nor servant likin« to be disturbed too early, and so commence their daily routine when Philadelphians would have already accomplished a good ly portion. When we go shopping the drapers re receive us politely, hand us a chair and give one an impression that he has come to spend the day. AVhen we go driv ing we must reinember that the left is the right of xvay or suffer for it. When we go by train or railway we must on no account neglect to buy our ticket before entering the train, else we will have to pay a heavy' fine or go to jail. Then the ; sun, moon and stars combine to help along this sub-contrary relation of things for the 22d of December is the longest day. The sun moves north instead of south, making it necessary for us to give our selves a turn about sometimes before we can make clear the points of the compass, and even the man in the moon, instead of keeping his face upright, lies down on his back, thus bringing his profile on a horizontal line. But the strangest of all strange things is the midsummer J Christmas. Think of a Christmas with the thermometer at 95 in the shade, all green things growing, xvith the flowers in abundance! How can it be Christmas without snow, ice, nipping cold and rud dy fires? Never mind, xve shall have a wintry Fourth of July, so then you can | think of us with envy. Sidney is a very picturesque, wide spreading city, built on many hills and has one of the finest harbors in the world. To enter it for the first time is like going unexpectedly into some enchanted scene of fairyland. It is shut in from the se* by two immense headlands, the north jnic[ soujji Jhenjls ; between which is a wide passage. " In and out of this open gateway to the high seas ships are constantly plying to and from the principal ports of the world. Outside the mighty ocean swells in heavy undulations, till the towering waves dash to pieces on these stony’ barriors. Inside all is peaceful serenity, a haven on whose rippling bosom nestle alike large and small craft, mammoth dark ocean steam ers, little white-winged yachts and many pea-green-colored boats which give a lively look to the sunny bay. Close to the water’s edge and rising amphi-theatre-like around are elegant residences, showing wealth aud prosjxri ty, with hundreds less pretentious, but all of tasteful architectural design and all speaking comfort and refinement The streets of Sydney are very irregu lar, except iu some business localities, the different odd happening nooks and neighborhoods seeming all to have come by chance, and at every turn one to sur prised by some new fine view of hand some terrace, well-kept villa, distant ris ing ground or indenting cove. From balconies which abound everywhere one looks down upon well-paved streets that are never defaced or obstructed by refuse receptacles or ash-carts, and but few market-wagons or venders of any kind, there being back ways for all such. Only in the morning will one see or hear the only intruder, the fishmonger, with his basket of fish and peculiar cry of “Sho! sho!” which was originally “Fish, ho.” Otherwise the streets arc given up to, busses, lively cabs and men and boys of various pursuits on horse back. The horses have plenty of go in them, if the people have not, fortbey gallop about at a break-neck pace after the fashion of John Gilpin’s mare, while men, women and children have to stand by. If one to not in the way it is jolly to see them go. Wants a Quiet Life. Col. Cowles, a North Carolina con gressman, who served under General Hampton during the late unpleasant" has a bald head, revealing a singulat wound. It is a long seam, as if ripped up by a pointed weapon, but was really inflicted by a musket ball which plough ed the cranium. The colonel’s brain wat partially exposed at first, but the boat thinly healed over it. lam told that th least unusual excitement would be ap to kill him, and it is one of the galler jokes that he came to Congress to avoi< any dangerous commotion. — Avr'‘ l, > Ga., Chronicle. The debt of Mexico is so large th* but few people know how large it The estimates range from $144,0'X-. 000 to $395,000,000,000.