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(ft A HARVEST SONG. From the Western Christian Advocate The odor sweet ol new-mown hay Is wafted o'er the land; Piled high, the sheaves of golden grain, Wait lor the tresher's hand. Wide, billowy fields of corn uplift Their banners broad and gri-en. With plenty's promise graven brigh On each, in glittering sheen. The leafy vine bends low with weight Of juicy clusters fair. Springtime's glad prophecies fulfilled The burdened orchards bear. O'er all the land brown-handed Toil And patient Thrift have wrought Day after Day, till dreams have been To full fruition brought. Yet not to them all praise be given, Not all to Toil and Thrift; "Who gives the increase,'' unto Him Our grateful hearts we lift. Who can the richly varied store Of goodly gifts behold, Nor say with Isniel's prophet bard, "Thy works, how manifold!" Elizabeth F. Staukey. RAVMSTHOBPE TRAGEDY. Mr. Glister stood at his own shop door and looked out upon the almost empty Cathedral close. Things were dull just then in Ravensthorpe, as they always are, except for the few months during which the bishop is regu larly resident at the abbey hall, and the two rival local packs contribute to make them brisk, and Mr. Glister seldom had much else to do in the long off-season but pursue such limit ed observations of the world's life in general as the close offered material for. Glister & Co., goldsmiths and jewel ers, had a London house in Bond 6treet. The London manager spoke sometimes to his clients oi 'our Rav ensthorpe branch," which was inaccu rate. The London house was only thirty years old, and had been estab lished by the present proprietor (Co. had long since faded out of reality, but the old name of the firm was re tained), who was the third of the dy nasty in Ravensthorpe. He had personally managed the Lon don house until satisfied of its grow ing solidity, and then returned to his native town and established himself in the venerable building of which his business premises occupied the lowest story. He was one of the fine old race of country tradesmen now fast becoming extinct proud of his business- and of the long and untarnished history -of the firm. His manner was that of a certain stolid, genial politeness to aill men, untainted by any effort to tpe the grand air of his clients, who re spected him as their forbears had re spected his. He passed nearly all his time in Ra vensthorpe, going to London on the occasion of stock-taking and to draw the handsome profit, which weRt to swell his balance at the county bank, of which he was a partner. Mr. Glister was a warm man. He looked it, with his clear, rich, rosy complexion, heightened by his crisp, iron gray hair and strips of silvery whisker, his portly waistcoat crossed by the modestly solid watchchain, and the handsome diamond ring, which was his-solitary vanity in the article of dress. "Herehe is again," said Mr. Glister. A portly, elderly gentleman in the dress of a rural dean, turned the cor ner of the close and came briskly along the pavement. From his countenance beamed forth benevolence and good will to all men, and from his gleaming shoes and his neatly stockinged calves to this jolly port-wine face and clerical hat, :his whole person seemed ene solid si tile. As he passed Mr. Glister he gawe him a casual glance ofuch cor diity that the jeweler felt embolden ed to salute him with a bow, acourtesy returned by the reverend gentleman by a Bsiiisk ''Good morning," imd a yet broader smile as he went by. Fate so ordained that Mr. Glister, during "the next day or two, saw a pood ideal Of the reverend gentleman. The same .afternoon ttse generally peaisef til .air of the close wae rent by the despairing wails of a very smail damsel iver the scattered shreds of an eartikenware :jug, with which ebe had been entrusted for the conveyance of the family :niilk. The child -stood above the ruins in such despair as only infamts of her tender years in dread of an imminent beating can know. The child was pststty, .and looked .all the prettier in her innocent affliction and Mr- Glister was a tenderfikmrted man. Al ready be had taken a step toward the littJpane, and his finger and thumb were grojwzig an thepocket of feis port ly waistcoat for the consolatory shil ling which should rtpair the damage ;and dry the mourner's tears. wftuenite aw that hw charitaule intention had ibeen forestalled.. The self-same rural dean whom Mr-flSJister had that incom ing saluted was -soothing the child's grief with wordstaf cheei and consoling pate of the tuaaabled golden iiair through which the little.-sfamsel'stear-fuleyes. already brighter at the sight oi the proffered coin the reverend geai tlem&n held out to kvr, looked up at him with shy gratitude. A pretty picture, thought 3fr. Glistw, bowing again to the rural dean as their eyes met, whereat the old cleric nodded with a confused and somewhat shamefaced aspect, as though embarrassed that his good deed should have been wit nessed. The next morning saw Mr. Glister again at his post of observation, and at his accustomed hour the elderly cleric was again descried upon i'he pavement. The jeweler had already be gun to feel a friendly, almost an affectionate interest in the old gentle man, whose appearance was so invit ing, whese voice so jovial, whose charity so ready and unassuming. His attention was so completely absorbed by the approach of his ntw acquaint ance that, he had no ears for the quickly approaching step of a young man advancing in the contrary direction. The rural dean was just opening his iips to reply to Mr. Glister's morning salute, when the young man paused precisely opposite the jeweler, and. extending his hand, hailed the old digj nity as "uncle." The reverend gentle man turned with a qnick start and a stumble which , but for the young man's restraining hand, would have brought him to the ground. "You young villain," panted theold man, "you'll never be satisfied until you've been the death of me!" The young fellow expressed affection ate contrition for his abruptness, but his venerable relative was evidently more shaken by his sudden appearance than it seemed likely so robust an old gentleman would have been by so slight an occurence. He trembled and leaned upon his nephew's arm for support, and was so evidently affected that Mr. Glister begged him to enter and seat himself in the shop until his compos ure should return. The offer was ac cepted and the rural dean was bestow ed in a chair. The jeweler made hos pitable offers of wine, and of a glass of water, which were refused, the old man tapping himself upon the region of the heart, and shaking his head, to indi cate to him that his malady lay there and was beyond the power of such mendicaments as he proposed. Mr. Glister and his nephew stood above him with respectful concern. "You should be careful, Edward, my boy, you should be more careful," he said presently. "My dear uncle," said the young man, "I was never more ashamed in my life. But you are better now?" "Yes," said the old gentleman; "I am better. It is passing. I am ex tremely obliged to you, sir," he turned to Mr. Glister; "extremely obliged to your prompt kindness." Mr. Glister begged him not to men tion it. "But I must," said the rural dean. "It was extremely good of you." Mr. Glister was happy to have been of the slightest service, and deprecat ed further speech concerning it. "And what brought you here?" de manded the old gentleman of his nephew. "To frighten your old uncle, who thought you were a hundred miles away, and more?" "Can't you guess?" asked the young man with an embarrassed little laugh. "Ha!" said the old gentleman beam ingly. He was quite recovered now, and had got back all his accustomed genialitv. "Love's young dream eh? That's it eh?" The good old man so enjoyed his little joke, and so shook and beamed over it, that Mr. Glister could not himself refrain from a sympathetic smile. He looked at the young man, and felt somehow sorely disappointed. He was by no means a bad looking younster, hut he did not look, to the jeweler's eyes, like a nephew worthy of such ssa uncle. His face had none of the geniality which made the elder's countenance so pleas ant to look upon. His eyes were shif ty, and young as be was obviously not more than eight-and-twenty there was a hinted prophecy of coming crows' feet at their corners. But he appeared very fond of his uncle and deeply concerned alt the result of his thoughtlessness. "You haven't seen Maud yet, I sup pose?" asked the rural dean. "No; I was coming straight from the station to call upon you when I met you." "And nearly frightened the life out of me," said the old man, rising from the chair. I was just on my way to see her, and since we have met we will thank Mr. Glister for his very kind at tentions and go together." And accord ingly, after reiterated thanks of the warmest nature, they left the shop and went down the street arm-in-arm very lovingly together, leaving Mr. Glister bowing his adieuxupon the step. Any strange face appearing in Ra vensthorpe during Sihe dead season is pretty certain of 'remark, and that same afternoon, Mr. Glister, from his usual coign of vantage, noticed a broad-built man in very tight trousers and a tall hat, which gave him, to the jeweler's eye, something of a sporting appearance, lounirltig in an unoccu pied manner on the other side of the narrow street whk2i opened into the Close. He took Mr. Glister's eye at once, so completely unlike was he and the natives about him. He rolled a little in his gait, and yawned frequently, and he had a trick of stroking with the tips of his fingers a ragged mark or sear, as of an old wound imperfectly cicatrised, upon his smoothly-shaven check. Presently he strolled away out of slight on the other side oS the cathedral, and Mr. Glister forgot him. He remembered after that fis-3 stranger's disappearance was almost-exactly coincident in time with the entrance into the shoEtof the voun ! fellow t;1io owned the rural dean for uncle, and had so startled the rever end gentktnan that morning. The young man's business was soon explained. He wished to see ';oine ar ticles of jjetwlry suitable for presenta tion to .a voting lady, .Nothing too extravbgaitt; the simpler the better; but good Mr. Glister understood per fectly, andpnoduced irom the-.window ra case of ornaments, which the voung 3ntleinan examined, choosing thei'e t'njom a coUar.and pendant, a bracelet .assd some rings. He seemed to Slave admirable taste, and his ideas Of im phtity in mabters of jewelry seemei to Mr. Glister to be of a most aritaccat ic .plasticity. 35s was hesitatjuag between tfeeiiffer ent attractions ejf a diamond and sapp&ire ring tocomjjlete his purchase, when the door opemd and his uncle entered. "Ah," he said, eheerWy, "you here eh? and on the same errand as myself, I see. Very pretty! ye ry pretty!" he remariced, examining bis nephew's purchase.. "Have you all you want? Then, if Mr, Glister will be "o good, I should like to see what he can do for me." -.Now,niy dear uncle," said theyoung man immediately, "be moderate." Really, Maud will be quite content with these! "Tut, tut!" said the old man. "Are J"OU the only person in the world who fftn make a present to a young lady? I claim my privilege, sir. We old fel lows have privileges, though you selfish young fellows dispute them, and one of them is to show homage to beauty." Mr. Glister produced a second case, ftfid the old gentleman, genially pooh IiOohing his affectionate remon strances, chose various articles of a rich and expensive description. He Went ahead so fast, adding article after article to his selection, that the young man gave up his objections in a kind of half comical, wholly affectionate despair. "You will never be happy until you have ruined yourself," he said at last. "And if I do, " said the old gentleman , "I think I know somebody who will find me a corner to end my days in." The young man silently pressed his uncle's hand. The good old man blew a sonorous blast upon his nose, and inquiring of Mr. Glister the sum for which he stood indebted to him, pro duced a plethoric pocket-book and handed over the amount in notes, an example which his nephew fol lowed. They were just in the act of bestow ing their purchases in their pockets when the door opened for the second time, and there stood the broad-built man whom Mr. Glister had noticed that afternoon with the tall white hat , the tight trousers and the scar upon his cheek. To Mr. Glister's utter amazement the benevolent ecclesiastic dropped limp and gasping into chair. The young man made a rush for the door; but thenewcomerwastoo quick for him. There was a struggle, astum ble, a sharp metallic "click," and be hold the prospective, bridegroom and the nephew of a rural dean tearing and cursing on t he floor with apair of hand cuffs on his wrists. "Take it easy, sir; said a white-hatted one; "it's all right." Mr. Glister was all abroad, and amazed and wonder-stricken. The new comer was as calm as man could be. "Get up," he said to his manacled captive. The young man obeyed, and sit ting in a chair at the counter, glared at his captor. "I'm Inspector Roberts, Scotland Yard," hecontinued to Mr. Glister. The rural dean groaned. "You know me don't you? said Mr. Roberts, smiling on him in recognition of his identity. "Come down here for a breath of air. Walking about, saw these chaps, first one, then the other, then both together. Saw 'em come in here. Had dealings before with 'em, and know their playful little ways, and so I thought I'd watch. Hand 'em out, your reverence." The rural dean groaned anew, and deposited bis little parcel on the counter. "Now you ,"to the younger man. "Oh, I forgot, you can t; you've got 'em on. Begging your pardon." He inserted his hand into the bridegroom's pock et, and withdrew the packet of jewel ry. "Notes or checks, sir?" he de manded of Mr. Glister. "Notes," said that excellent gentle man. His amazement had lasted only a minute or so, and he had been hur riedly examining them during the in spector's latter proceedings, "and all sham." "Quite so," he-said it languidly, but with a shade of amusement in his voice. '"I'll trouble you for 'em, sir. They'll be wamted at the trial. So will they," he added, pointing to the little parcels. '"If you'll just make a note of all these, I'll take 'em and give you a receipt." Mr. Glister, much shaken by the events iof t he Hast few minutes, set him self to this task. Inspector Roberts produced a toothpick and continued his conversation with his captives with the cE.hiiplayfulness which distinguish ed him. "Didn't expect to see me, Jemmy eh?" he demanded of the stricken cler ic. -"Bit of a shock, ain't it? Never mind, old man; you'll get over it in time, in the quiet and retired retreat which .awaits your declining days. You can't grumble; you've had a tidy long Don, you know. Why, it's sewn years since I seen you last on business seven years! Lord, how time flies! And Joe, tooi" he went on, beaming mildly on the bridegroom, "I've often thought. about Joe lately. Let's see, is he your son or your nephew, oryour younger brother this time?" In the .chnrch, too! That's a rise for you, Jemmy. Why you was only .a stockbroker when I saw you last. Old lady in Maida Vale, you know. Plate. You remember of .course. Very neat it was done, too. You was always a good workman. I'll say that for you. That the memorandum, sir? Sure you've got everything down? There vou are-" He signed, and handing back the paper methodically stowed away the little packets in an inner pocket. "Ready?" he demanded of his prisoners. "Off we go, then. You'll hear from the au thorities in a day or two, sir prob ably to-morrow -when you 11 be wanted," he said to Mr. Glister. "Ve,2i spare you all the trouble we can. Now march!" "I say, take these things off," said the younger prisoner, extending his manacied hacds. "I'll come quiet." " 'Fraid I can't oblige you," said the inspector. "I ain't much afraid of his rveverenoe. He's getting a bit too heavy even for a welter weight; but you're another pair o' shoes." He paused andsaieditatH-ely scratched his head for a moment, and then turn ed again to Mr. Glister. -"Could you oblige me with tbta loan of a overcoat to put over his hands and hide the 'cuffs? If just as well to keep the yokels off. I'll leave it at the station for you." Mr. Glister went m search of the de ired garment, and tfie inspector, hav ig arranged it in a natural fashion ovct the young man's hands, civilly bade him "Good day," and departed with his prisoners. Mr. Glister waitea a day two days and no summons to appear against the criminals reached him from any quarter. Rather mystified by this, he went to the local superintendent and asked for counsel. The superinten dent looked grave, but simply prom ised o make mquries, and communi cate their result. The next day a man walked into the shop, and in inquired for Mr. Glister. That gen tleman confessing his identity, the stranger gave his name as Green of Scotland Yard. To him Mr. Glister recounted the nefarious deeds of the rural dean and his nephew, and the acts of Inspector Roberts. "There is no such name at Scotland Yard, sir. It's pretty plain. He was one of the gang a confederate!" Mr. Glister staggered as if Green had shot him, "But why?" he asked; "why was he wanted? They had the goods, and were going away with them, when he entered." "Ye es," said Green, thoughtfully. "You didn't happen to leave 'em all to gether in the shop did you?" Mr. Glister confessed that he had done so, and gave his reason. "Have you missed anything any thing more, I mean, than the man Roberts took away with him?" "Yes; six rings and a broach. I couldn't think what could have be come of them, I'm sure they were not among the purchases. Here is the note. But I see it all now." "Well, Mr. Glister, of course the yard will do all that's possible. I know the man with the scar on his cheek, and I dare say, some of our men may know the other two. We'll do all we can you may depend on that; but I'm afraid you'll never see your jewels again." And indeed, he never did. The California Gold Discovery. The man who discovered gold in California in 1848 died recently and with a commendable appreciation of romance, he died "broken-hearted and poverty-stricken." His death will re call to the "old Forty-niners" and to all who remember the gold excitement, one of the most romantic incidents in history. Wlien Marshall's child found the first nugget of gold on the Pacific slope, Missouri and Arkansas were the only States north of Texas and west of the Missouri river that had been admitted into the Union, and Texas and Iowa were under their first State administrations. The bank of the Missouri river was practically our ultima thule, and the region be yond the Rocky Mountains was an unknown land. The small set tlements on the Pacific coast were but far off colonies. The tide of emi gration from the Eastern States had already set westward, but it was ex tending only as the cheap agricultural lands attracted farmers. Rapid as the growth of the West had been (Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky were yet called the West) its growth had been prosaic. But Marshall's discovery of gold gave it a romantic impetus. From every state the adventurous went to the new El Dorado, and the trans-Rocky Mountain country be came known, and parts of it became as rapidly populous as the accessible states along the Mississippi, but with another class. In 1850 California had more than 92,000 inhabitants, most of whom were adventurers; and in 1860 it had nearly 380,000, which was the most rapid increase of popu lation in one decade that any state has made. People went not only from other states of the Union, but from other countries as well. How much richer these discoveries of precious metals have made us is only partially shown by the relief they gave the world in its need of gold and silver; but the magnitude of this con tribution is itself romatic. The esti mate of the amount of gold and silver produced in the United States in 1847 was less than $S90,000; in 1848, it was $10,000,000; in 1849, it was 40,000,000; and it reached its high est point in 1878, when the produc tion w-as estimated at more than 896,000,000; and our total produc tion of gold and silver since 1847, is 2,074,545,000. This is little less than the total production of precious metals in Mexico from the time of their discovry there by Europeans till 1875. Priority of Invention. From the Electrical Review. The following are points indecisions on priority of invention: The party who first reduces an in vention to actual use is entitled to the patent for it, although the other party may have first conceived it, if he did not exercise reasonable dili gence in reducing it to practice. If a party who first conceived a ma chine followed up the idea diligently, and was the first to reduce it to actu al practice, he is entitled to a patent for it, although his competitors had complete working drawings of it pre viously prepared, and had obtained a patent. Whoever first reduces an invention to practice and makes an application of it to use, will usually be the prior inventor. In order to defeat a patent the courts require it to be shown that an other not only conceived the inven tion in dispute before the patentee, but was also the first to perfect and .adopt the same to practical use, or was using reasonable diligence for that .purpose. T) e parties who first embodied an invention in a machine which they kept in operation afterward for actual use, beside manufacturing and selling other machines, are prima facie end- ! tied to that patent. He is the inventor, entitled to the protection of the patent law, who is ! first to complete the invention and i publish it to the world, and not he I who confines the knowledge of it to his client. When an invention consists of a combination of elements, the date j when all the elements are combined is the date of invention. When one is first to conceive an in- vention, he throws aside all evidences j of the conception, makes no efforts to ! complete or introduce it to theoublic. : and delays making an application for a patent for nearly four years after! another has brought it into extensive j use, he has standing as an inventor. 1 A NEW AMERICAN EDEN. FACT AND FAHCY. Queer legendit of Turnips mid Pumpkins Where Immigrants are Wanted. New York Tribune. There is a man here from Georgia i burdened with schemes for making hi I region prosperous. He owns land by j the thousand acres and thinks that if j lie can persuade immigrant farmers to buy of him it will be to their everlast- j ing prosperity, and help him along m the world, besides doing a little for his state. He doubts not that his motives are patriotic. "The people of Geor gia,"hesays, "don't bother their heads j about immigration. Foreigners may i come there if they want to, but they've got to come without begging. "We don't mind their coming if they'll set tle among us and learn our ways, but we don't want 'em in colonies, bringing their socialism and communism and their other isms with them to destroy the peace of our state. Give us immi gration, but not colonization.' That's the way they talk and that's why we've had no agent to turn foreigners down our own way." "What inducements have you to of fer to farmers?" "Nothingextr'ornary, I reckon. My region's the Eden of America. That's all. Ain't . no place that can beat it for crops." "Corn?" "One hundred and thirty bushels to the acre. Plant in April and gather in November. One plowing, no hoe ing. Fodder till you can't rest. Havt to pull it from horseback. Why: Stalks so high can't reach to the top There's only one trouble with growing corn in Georgia; you don't have enough nubbins to feed your steers." "Nubbins for steers?" "That's what's the matter. The ears are so big that a steer can't get 'em in his mouth. See? You've got to chop 'em up, and that takes time." "Do you grow potatoes?" "Sweet? No. They grow themselves. We just give 'em half a chance. Run a furrow in the sand, drop in your seed, cover it with your foot as you go along and leave the crop to it self. It grows summer and winter and you needn't ever dig it for a year or two. Of course, by-and-by the 'taters get too big to be good. At 18 month old half a one makes a meal for ten persons." "And turnips?" "A few. It don't take many to do us. We daren't sow the seed as your Northern farmers do. We check off the turnip patch like a chess-board, making the corners eight feet apart, so that the turnips won't crowd. It don't do to have the turnips too thick. How large do they grow? Well, I had 14 merino sheep, fine fel lows they were, and I use to fold 'em every night for fear of dogs. One day three of the biggest were missing and the whole farm turned out to find 'ens. We hunted for 'em lor two days, killed 17 dogs on suspicion, and gave up the search. The next day I found the three inside of one of my turnips. You see they had jumped into the turnip patch and eaten their way right into one of the vegetables." "How could you feed such things to your stock?" "Oh, we have to chop 'em up. I use a 15-foot cross-cut saw on mine." "How about pumpkins?" "Pumkins? They fairly sweat, they grow so fast. There ain't no prettier music than the sound of growing pun kins. Best scare-crow in the world, self-acting. Crows and blackbirds wor ried us lots until I made the discovery. Plant one in your raspberry patch and the birds won't come around. Why? The growing pains and the groans of the punkin frighten 'em away. Ever hear of Punkin Vine creek? Got its name from a punkin vine. Years ago, when the Cherokee Indians lived in North Georgia, they wanted some sort of a bridge across the creek. There wasn't a tree around, and they didn't know what to do. An old settler said he'd fix it. He planted a punkin seed near the bank, and, when the vine be gan to grow, he trained it in the direc tion of the water, In a few days it, grew across to the other bank, and bore a big punkin on that side, which held it so that the Indians could cross. Any old farmer down there'll tell you that story. From what I've seen ol punkins I readily believe it." "Is your's a good fruit country? any apples?" More'n we know what to do with. I turned my hogs and my neighbors into my orchard the other day to see if they couldn't rid me of a fewbushles of the fruit. They didn't do much good. I drove through the next day with a horse and buggy. The apples were so thick on the ground that there was a regular sluce of cider following me wherever I went. Mashed out, you know, by the wheels and the horse's hoofs. That'll give you some idea of our fruit crops. Anything else you'd like to know?" "Is it all like what you've been tell ing me?" "Every man for himself, you know. I'm talking for my own region. I haven't traveled much." "Do you mean to say " "Young man, I haven't got time to go into details. Do you want to go to Georgia? Come down and start a newspaper." A wooden ship of 2,628 tons is a curiosity indeed, and it is no wonder that the xieople of the whole surround ing country poured into Rockport, Maine, to see the launch of the big four-master Fredrick Billings. Benson's watch, the size of a six pence, creates quite a sensation at the London "Inventions." There is an other thesize of a shilling, which shows the time, the year.the month, the day of t he month and week, and the phase of the moon, It arranges itself to suit the exigencies of leap year, and per- i torms all these various tunctions by being wound as an ordinary but less complicated chronometer. It repeats, when required,the hours, the quarters, and minutes on a deep-toned gong. It is priced at 500. East Portland, Oregon, is to have a $250,000 flour-mill. In the New York public schools there are about 124,000 pupils. Large quantities of raisins are being shipped daily from Fresno. The Saturday holiday of the negroes troubles Alabama farmers. In Berks county, Pennsylvania, ma ny horses are dying from lockjaw. "Globe-trotting Americans" is an English description of American tour ists. Natural history: If the swallow had no throat there would be no dwallow. In California agriculture has dis placed mining as the chief business of the state. Manganese mines of great value have been opened in Independence county, Arkansas. At Athens, Ga., the other day, a ne gro was seen hauling a buggy through the streets, to the back of which was tied a mule. President Cleveland's stableman says the president does not care much for horses. In taking exercise he much prefers to walk. An irrigating canal carrying eight thousand inches of water is to he built at the confluence of the Agua Fria and Gila rivers, Arizona. The rirst copper furnace in Cuba will be put in operation in a few days, and the metal will hereafter be export ed instead of the ore. Small Mediterranean oysters, con sidered by gourmands as the most del icate of ail bivalves, are now canned for exportation from Italy. "The hightof impudence" is defined in Vancouver, Washington territory, to be the calling of one doctor up to learn the address of another doctor. A man in Early county, Georgia,, dug a well in order to drain a pond' on his farm, but struck a bountiful spring and now owns a capacious lake. Southern sweet-potato eaters can not understand the northern style of boiling the potatoes. "Faugh! think of boiling sweet potatoes!" they ex claim in contempt. An Essex, Vt, man recently paid a debt, it is said, of $6,000 with' the hard cash all in silver he had hoarded up. The box weighed 360 pounds, and the new owner stays awake nights watch ing it. The largest pilot-boat in iew York is now lying at the foot of Lib erty street. It is more than one hun dred feet over all, and was originally built for a yacht. All its fittings are ot mahogany. There are about seventy steamers of various sizes plying the St. John's river, Florida, and its tributaries. The largest, is the Alice Clark 59:2.12. tons gross while there are thirteen, under four tons. An autopsy on a California horse;, recently made, showed that death was. caused by a 50-cent piece, which had lodged in the animal's heart and worked itself into such a position as to stop the flow of blood. The American who has taken the prize of $1,000 and the order of the Red Cross for the best portable fields hospital shown at the Antwerp expo sition is a coliegeman and the head of a great cracker bakery. Owing to the frequency of fatal mis takes through the great similarity in appearance of morphine and quinine a physician urges the plan of color ing "morphine red and enacting a law prohibiting the sale of white mor phine. One of the Mexican editors who re cently traveled in the United States ini nr.. i li n : n t u iti tt 1 e!Tnrfr f.n ftvnrwQa hid delight at the busy air of Pittsburgh, Pa., described tbat city in a letter to a Mexican journal as "the workhouse of America." The French cooks at the Hotel Netb erwood, New Jersey, took a good time for oressinff their claims aa-ainst the landlord a few d:iys ago. They struck . before breakfast, and there being 175r guests in the house their back pay was at once handed to the enterprising cooks, though it amountei to $2,000.. New York theatrical people com plain that they are not reaping the benefit they expected from the yacht, races. The swarm of eastern visitors find their hotel bills so large that they have nothing left for the theaters,, while tbeyachtsmen from abroad live on board their vessels, and very littie is seen of them on shore. John G. Ward, who lives fifteen miles southwest of Albany, N. Y., has an apple orchard covering over thirty five acres and containing over two thousand trees, in which every tree has this year borne fruit, and all of which, except a few of the early fruit already gathered, are now loaded to their utmost capacity. An Ipswich, Mas., man started twenty years ago to build a house. He bought some land, laid out a garden, and planted fruit trees. Fifteen years ao he went down in Maine and bought lumber, which he has from time to time moved about to keep from becoming valueless. The man is now nearly 60 years of age, aud last week commenced to d'g the collar. The merchant tailors of Cincinnati have just organized a protective asso ciation, which includes all the leading" tirms, and is designed to weed out fashionable "dead beats." A solici tor is to be employed to make a regis ter of non-paying customers, copies of which arc to be lurnished to members, who are bouud to supply information in regard to them under penalty of suspicion or expulsion. A young lady died in the Roosevelt (New York) hospital last May shortly after undergoing a surgical operation, for the removal of a sarcoma, a spe cies ot tumor of the malignant type, from her face. She was engaged at the time to be married to a New York police captain's son. Last week the laticrhad also a sarcoma removed from his face, and the cases are re garded as unusually interesting, sinc if there is anything more than a i markable coincidence in them, it 55 that a tumor can be contracted bjf contagion or sy mpathy