OVER AND aVKR AOAIN.
Over and over a.; in,
No-matter which way 1 turn,
I always find in th book of life
Home Ihhuoii I bave to learn.
I murt take in v turn at tlm mill ;
i I mtirt grind out the golden grain:
I miut work fit my tank wilb a resolute will,
Ovor and over again
The brook through the meadow flow,
And over aud over again
The pomh-roiu mill-wheel goes.
Onos doing will not suffice,
Though doing lie not in vain;
And a blessing failing us once or twice
May come if we try again.
,JIM HSK'S PALACE-CAR.
fitted I'p RrgardleitN of Kxpenoeand
Sow Nerving an a Wrrrklug-rar,
New York Sun.l
On a siding.noar tlie ropair-sliops of
the New lork, Lake Erie x Western
railroad is an old car, bearing on its
Bido tho legend, "Tool -Car." It is usod
to carrr the wrecking gang of the Hus'
quolianna division and their tools. I
was looking at the car, recently, and
one of the employes sold :
"I suppose you would bo surprised if
you knew to whom this car used to be
long." "Whoso was it?" I asked.
"This car." ho replied, "has rather a
remarkable history. When .Jim risk
was president of the oM Erie be had a
cur built for his own private use, and it
was named after JoHie Mansfiold. The
car was built down in Delaware some
where, I think, and it cost a mint
of money. hen r ink ordered it he
gave only instructions to build him a
car in which he could travel and enjoy
himself. hen it was linishod and de
livered to Fisk, he was so pleased with
the workmanship that ho immediately
sent a check for $1,000 to the man who
had designed the car and had chargo of
tho work. 1 he actual eost of tho car was
not far from $75,000, which in those days
was an enormous sum for one car. 1 1 was
flttod up throughout in the most luxu
rious stylo. It was finished inside with
oiled walnut and cherry, and tho panels
wero adorned with oil paintings, which
alone cost a large sum. All thoappniiit-
flients of tho cur wero correspondingly
expensive At one end were sleeping
apartments aud dressing and toilet
rooms. 1 he remuindcr of the car was
a traveling drawing-room. In thosodays
the idea of taking meals on board a
train was unheard of, but Fisk used to
have wiiib and delicacies for lunch, and
hired a butler, whose special duty was
to take care of the car wherever it went.
"In those day s ho used to do somo
protty tall traveling. He had an en
gino at his command, and when ho
wautod to go over the Erie ho went fly
ing along at a rapid ruto, regardless of
all other trains, whieli had to got out of
the way. It was Fisk who ran the fast
train over tho Erie carrying beef to the
sufferers by the Chicago tire. When
ho made np his mind to send out the re
lief truin ho sent for Engineer Ham
"Walker, of Fort Jervis, to como to his
private olllce. 'Sam,' he says, 'I want
you to run that train through
to Fort Jervis as quick as
(lot! will lot you. If you aro
killed I'll look out for tho wifo and
little ones.' Walker took tho train
through in the unparalleled time of two
hours and ten . minutes. Nat Tuft, I
tlliuk, took it over tho Delaware divi
sion. At any rato it was a tremendous
run, and tho Erie beat them all into
Chicago.
"Fisk was a great favorite with the
railroad num. Ho always had a good
word for us whenever he was around.
Whoa Fisk died the ear was used by
his successor for a while and afterward
did sonio duty on the eastern part of
the road. It afterward found its way
hero for repairs. When they came to
look it over they decided that it would
be useless expense to repair it, and so,
after lying on tho switch for a year or
two, it was turned into a wreckmg-ear,
as you now see it."
Havana by Night.
New York Telegram.
New and strange wore tho sights I
saw as 1 passed, a la Haroun al Has
chid, through this eity at night, with its
far-olf eastern air and multitude of
Moorish buildings. Traders plied thoir
wares under the gas lights, and Nubians
and mulattoes, Creoles and Chinese
passed by. The Creoles proper are the
children of Spanish parents lnirn hero
and their descendants, but the Creoles as
generally understood in tho United
States aro a mixed race of black and
white. Scanty indeed was the raiment
of the poorer classes, black and white,
and the feminine element of the negroes
wero especially liberal in tho display of
their persons. Hut one gets used to it
and excuses much on the ground of
heat.
Artists need not go to Algiers to Hud
mulatto girls for subjects. They are
hero in abundance, w ith all tho voluptu
ous play of form, tho fierce, wild desert
iu their uncurbed glances, tho deep,
dark skin act off by tho armlets and
bangles of gold. And here, too, aro
the little Spanish boys that Murillo
loved to paint, with their close cropped
shapely heads, their clear olive skin,
bare legged and artistically tattered
garments, and the glances half piteous
and half humorous in their speaking
eyes.' And behold! Take off your hat
and bow low, for there passes you tho
living realization in noble face and car
riage, with no little of the spiritual ex
pression in tho features, of many a
virgin that the great Spanish master's
hand has act on immortal canvas;
while these courtyards, surely, that we
whirl past, with their branching palms
and spouting fountains, and marbio col
umns and massive stairways wiuding
under tiers of terraces, are his also.
Feather loth.;
A new kind of cloth is being made iu
Lyons from the down of heus, ducks
aud geese. Seven hundred and fifty
grains of feathers make one square me
tro of a light and vory warm water
proof cloth, w hich can be dyed, in all
shades.
Am her fields.
Kxcbaugo.
The area of amber fields of Frussia
is nearly fifty miles long by ten in
broadth, and it it reckoned that every
twelve square feet of surface? will pro
duce a pound, the value of which ranges
from 8a up ti sterling.
How Matches Are Made.
IFtica Herald. 1 1
Given ', the machinery, and tho
problem of match making is easily
solved. With the aid of the apparatus
which the Utica company has two or
three men ran turn out from 0U0 to
000 gross of sulphur matches per day.
After the machinery bas boon set in
motion the first step is to place a block
in the splint machine. Willi each
movement i of the -.knife twenty-jive
splints are cut and at tho same time
stuck botweon two slats in tne ucit.
They are then carried by tho movement
of tho belt through the separator and
thonce ovor heated pipes, to dry the
timber sulliciently to allow the dipping
mixture to penetrate. About fifty feet
from the starting point the lielt passes
under a couple of rollers, which pressed
it just enough to bring the ends of the
splints iu contact with tho melted sul
phur, which is contained in a pan or
vat and kept in a liquid state by the
heat from a small furnace sunk in the
floor underneath. A little farther on
the belt is again depressed, and the tips
of the splints are drawn through a
block mixture, which gives them the
finishing coat.
From this point tho matches (they
have by this time attained that dignity)
fiass down the hall, still traveling as
lithcrto, at the height of about a foot
and a half from the floor. At a dis
tunce of 200 feet from the starting
point the belt takes an upward turn,
and after ascending four or five feet the
matches begin their return trip, rass
ing with tho belt over the top of the
iron framework, at an elevation of
about seven feet, they come back ovor
the splint machine, enter the room
where the other machine is located, und
are there knocked out. As they fall
thev are caught by a leather belt,
which moves slowly and carries them
to a table, where they are taken off by
a boy, placod in trays made for the
purpos i and taken to the packing-room.
The belt completes a circuit once in
thirty minutes, and during tho interval
several thousand matches are linishod.
The match produced is superior in
Duality, aud w ill light readily on being
lawn across the window glass. This
is claimed to bo a crucial test, and in
ferior ones can not be ignited iu this
manner.
On arriving at the packing-room the
mutches are plaited in small paper
boxes, 100 iu a box. The small pack
ages aro then packed in pasteboard
boxes containing one-sixteenth or one
eighth gross.
A World (overnmrnt of 4'anala and
t allien.
Demerol's Mugnzlne.
Count Ferdinand do Lossops has re
cently delivered a lecture boforo what
is called the Five Academies, in which
ho enunciates an epoch-making idea.
He insisted that tho maritime highways
should no longer bo subjected to the
vicissitudes of the active politics of gov
ernments. Seas, straits, bosphoruses,
and maritime canals must be freely opon
at all times, irrespective of all interna
tional conflict. Ho said that tho con
struction of the Suez canal and the
eventual construction of the Fnnama
canal have oll'eeted the introduction of
a new principle, which is moro impor
tant even than tho execution of tho
works namely, a vast association of
tho capital of tho world, which conduced
to the solidarity of the interests of all
nations.
What a chance is hero for our Ameri
can government. Whv should not this
great peaceful republic call a meeting
of all nations to act upon tho subject of
canals and cables ? These ought to be
owned and controlled by international
commissions in which everv commercial
nation should have a representative.
War ships or armies should be kopt
awav from international canals, and
should not bo allowed to vox tho com
mcrco of tho world. Tho cables should
not bo owned by privato persons any
more than the telegraphs on the land,
but should bo put in tho control of all
the nations of the earth in tho interests
of international commerce. These steps
would be an ontermg wedge to put a
stop to international wars.
The Coat of Hoyalty.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Molloy's book, "Courtship Below
Stairs; or, lho History of England
Under the Last Oeorges, ' has made a
sensation. And its largo sale may be
taken ns a proof of Air. llradlough s as
scrtioii in Paris that the English re
public is surely coming. It hns set one
clever accountant thinking aud luvosti
gating with tho result that ho has
ascertained that the house of Hanovor,
its mistresses, panderers, debauchees,
and ' procuresses, havo cost England
moro money than has been spent on its
public schools sinco the death of Queen
Anne.
Foreign KmlgraUou fr'IgnreN,
. Tho North German Gaetto qnotos
some otncial Italian statistics to show
that, despite the lamer. tat ions of the
I.iborals as to tho formidable dimen
sions of the emigration from Germany.
the empire in reality is bettor o'f in this
respect than most other European
states, in proportion to its population.
Taking the figure of population t 100,
000, Norwav, within the last five vears,
seut awar tho highest number ol emi
grants viz., 003, Sweden til 5, Great
Britain 587, Denmark 317, Portugal
200, Switzerland 25:2, Oermany (seventh
on tho list) 251, Italy 148, Austria 40,
and France 10. From these figures it
is also deduced that the maximum of
emigration iu each of these countries
was generally attained in thesameyear.
The Hymn Ho W anted.
((exchange.
They say that at a prayer meeting in
West Held, Mass., the other night, a good
brother rose and said he ''wanted to
hear sung that leantiful hymn, 'Spilt
Doors.'" Every one looked at every
body else in perplexity a moment, and
then a quick wilted, sister struck ni
"Hates Ajar," which was w hat the good
brother wanted.
Bright aad.Uladatoae
Exchange,
John Bright makes notes and head
ings of his speeches, and with great
eare write down and commits to mem
ory all the important passages. Glad
stone merely jots down facts and fig
ures, and for expression trusts entirely
to the moment
THE CITY OF PULLMAN.
An Oatlajr of S. OOO.OOO--. A Model
Town How Good Order Is Me
cared.
Chicago Letter In New York Sun.
It mar well be asked if Mr. Pullman
is not too modost, or if be docs not do
himself an injustice when he aserte
that sentiment has had nothing to do
wilb his great work. The city of Pull
man, as it stands, roiresonts an outlay
of aliont l),000,000. All the building
In the place are ownod by the company
.Nobody else can obtain possession ot
them for the reason that they are no
for sale. Thoy are rented to anybody
of good character for sums calculated
to return 0 per cent, on the investment.
So many houses were built at one time
they were, of course, put np much
cheapor than they could iiave been con
st rue ted ouo by one. The rents are,
therefore, much less than those asked
for houses equally good in the city, or
even in lioighlioriiig towns. To supply
so larire a population with relimoui
and educational facilities became the
duty of tho founder of the town, as
well as to provide for stores aud mar'
kets. A tine schoolhouse was built.
and teachers were employed. , A costly
church was erected. The Arcade and
market place were built, and the church
and stores offered for rent. Mr. Pull
man knew that the church was a better
one than any new society" could afford
to occupy. He built it expensively
however, for he believed that a congre
gation would lie found able to pay for
it. The rent is $50 per month. It has
not been taken vet, but there are several
church organizations, and there is con
siderable rivalry among them as to
which will obtain the prize. If othr
churches are needed they will be built
by the companv.
Feeling that the town would attrac
a good iminy visitors, Mr. Pullman
limit the hotel. It is owned and man
aged by the company, its landlord, so
called, being merely an employe The
fire department is owned and operated
in the biiiiio way, as also are the livery
stable, tho theatre, the public library,
and every fixture of the town.
stranger arriving at Pullman puts
at a hotel managed by one of Mr. Pull
man's employes, visits a theatre where
all the attendants aro in Mr. Pullman's
service, drinks water and burns gas
which Mr. Pullman's water and gas
works supply, hires one of his outfits
from the manager of Mr. Pullman's
livery stablo, visits a school in which
the children of Mr. Pullman's em
ployes are taught by other employes
gets a bill changed at Mr. Pullman's
bank, is unable to make a purchase of
any kind save from some tenant of Mr.
Pullman's, and at night is guarded by
a tire department every member of
which from the chief down is in Mr.
Pullman's service Everything is first
class iu its way. Tho library has 10,000
volumes, and is the personal gift of Mr.
Pullman. The theatre, which, like the
library, is iu the second story of the
Arcade building, is one of the most elo
guntly arranged places of amusement
iu the world. Its prices are reasonable,
and it is open to dramatic and literary
entertainments of the best class only.
During tho nrst six months that tho
library was open 70 per cout,
of the be taken out wero on histor
ical, bioguiiuical, or scientific subjects.
Although tho city has a population
of 7,000, it has no government save that
which is exercisod in common over tho
entire township, county and state; In
other words, there is no corporate gov'
ernuiont. No arrest has ever been
made within the Pullman trai c. There
are no policemen or constables; no
justices court, no aldermen, no public
functionaries of any description.
"How in the world do you govern
these people?'1 is a question often asked
of Air. rullman.
"We govern them," ho says, "in tho
same way a man governs his house, his
store, or his workshop. It is all simple
enough, when you como to look at it.
So it seems. A man going there to
live applies for a house to tho suiu'rin
tendeut, who draws up a lease which
may be cancelled by either party on ten
days' notice Tho company will not
disturb him if he is a good citizen, and
he may keep his house as long as he
pleases, providuig he does uot sell
liquor. Ou the other hand, if ho is
dissatisfied and wishes to ' leave
ho can do so at any time, and
is not eneuninorou witn a lease
running a year or moro. Not
liquor is sold in the town. Tho only
law against it, however, is an unwritten
one whereof Mr. Piillniau is tho author.
To provide healthful amusement and
recreation for the pooplo Mr. Pullman
has fitted up handsome boat-houses on
Lako Calumet, and this beautiful body
of water is niirhtlv covered with bout
loads of pleasure seekers, i'here are
many organizations among tho work
iugmeu, including a debating society, a
literary association, a brass band, a
base ball club, and others. It is tho
desire cf Mr. Pullman to encourage all
these as much as possible. He feels
the need of a newspaper in tho town,
and intends soon to establish one. It
will bo edited and managed by his em
ployes. He has no selfish purpose in
establishing this journal, his solo mo
tive Wing to give his people the news
at little expense, and attorn them cer
tain amusement. He thinks also, since
they have organized so many societies,
that it will le very entertaining and in
structive to thorn to havo their proceed
ings reported.
Uot II Mixed.
Kxehange.
Waxahachie, Texas, school children
heard of tho Cause insurrection and
got it mixed with tho "resurrection."
Thev told their teacher that the negroes
"had rose from the dead to kill the
white people down at Cause."
Helping Hint Out
From tho French.
Yesterday, iu a pharmacy English,
enters a young man blonde afflicted of a
horrible stuttering. "I wa-wa-want,"
says he, "some p-jvp-pills of ipip-ip-ip"
"Hurrah!" erics himself the phar
macist impatientcd.
The most polite woman we ever saw
was the young lady who would not
tutAF into tha mirror luanA
aid, it was very rude to look right into
one race.
Xiao and Woman la Mrxleo.
fCor. Ran Francisco Chronicle.
' It is an archaic community, that in
which we find ourselves. Each lover
has his lass; and though the Mexican
girl is ever faithful, ever true in word
and in deed, to ner love, yet tne aiexi
can man is not true, true neither in sen
timont nor in his acting. He is a born
flirt, a flirt of the most disorderly kind.
He flirts with any and every body bo-
fore the eves of his betrothed and be
hind her back but woe to her should
she repay her lover and her husband in
the samo coin. "I am as jealous as a
dog. will some great hulking follow
doclure without shame, "and should any
one flirt with you I would cut his
throat." And would he? Yes, if he
were a weak, inoffensive mortal, he
would; but otherwise, no. With all
his jealousies, all his little faults, the
k Moxican is a gentleman in the cour
teous meaning of the word. But he is
jealous of the "gringo," jealous of his
fair skin, light hair and blue eves
jealous because he knows that his dark
featured country-women admire the fair
stranger, and for this reason is very
careful to guard them against forming
any friendship; not that hor parents
wonld let her get in so close proximity
as to prove dangerous.
And what a life ' is that which the
Mexican girl leads. She has no aims,
no ambition. When she arrives at
marriageable age she marries, and
then she becomes a slave to her hus
band, to hor children and to the house.
She attends church once or twice
week, and, if vory roligious, goes every
duy. She even loses the dosiro to look
pretty, even forgets to put powder on
her face, and her waist forgets the
mnch-nceuod pressure of the corset. In
fuct, there is no place for her in the gen1
oral bustle. Mho can emerge again
from her retirement when sho has
daughters old enough to need her as
duenna, liut alas, now she is forgotten.
She is bodragglod, dirty and limp,
crushed and broken.
Her husband is a free man. He ca
rouses w ith tho rest of them. He flirts
with thayoung girls, und comes home,
perhaps, intoxicated and warlike. But
she is uncomplaining. He flaunts it in
shiny broadcloth, small boots, big col'
lars ami big head of hair. She in dirty,
old, patched gown, worn-out shoes, ami,
perhaps, stockinglcss. There is little
of poetry, little of pleasantness, little ol
the intercourse that improves and cul
tivates in the ordinary Mexican house
hold. And the woman is not inferior;
she is superior. She it is who will
endeavor to make things look cheery
when tho aspect is gloomy. Hut will
she ever take her place as man's belp
meet, as his equal ?
ttrant on Exhibition.
New York Letter. 1
Speakiug of men worth looking nt,
Gen. Grant has been on view in the
Academy of Design. Tho occasion was
the opening of an art exhibition in aid
of the Bartholdi statue of liberty fund
This 150-foot woman of bronze noods a
pedestal as high as herself to stand on.
Frenchmen's contributions are making
her, and sho will arrive hore next
spring. Americans have been persist
ently importuned to provide tho money
for completing the base, and this show
is one of the means to that end. Hun
dreds of rare art objects have been
loaned, and Grant was asked to be a
living curiosity, long enough to formally
open tho exhibition. A fashionable
crowd gazed at him interestedly. He
lives among us New Yorkers, it is true,
but lie docs not ordinarily go labeled,
ond his personality is not striking
enough to cause general recognition.
As ho appeared in the Academy, there
was uot a trace of his military training
visible, lie was always rather short,
and an increase of fat has rounded his
shoulders. His hair and beard have be
come very gray, and ho wears both
trimmed closely. The invitations to the
ceremony had enjoined tho gues'sto
come in evening dress, but Grant s cos
tume had neither civilian nor soldierly
fashionableness. His coat was not a
swallow-tail, nor even tho double-
breasted frock of morning occasions,
but one of thoso long-skirted, smooth
broadcloth things that inevitably make
a man look rural, it sagged in front,
because left unbuttoned, and it strained
across the back of his nock so that a
ridge of his fleshiness bulged over the
collar. Ho provided entertainment for
eyes only, except to tho few can. that
wero within twoyards of the little plat
form on which ho stood while making
a vory brief speech. His utterance was
so low as to bo wholly inaudible to the
rest of the assemblage.
Paris Pavements.
Cor. Nt. Ixmis Ulohe-IVmocrat.
Tho paving of tho streets of Paris is
like nvervthimr nlsn here nw-nrlr nt art
Noisy stone pavements are few. The
principal thoroughfares are paved with
either wood or asphalt. In tho summer
time an army of nion are placed at short
intorvnls Diviner thn hnan llm lrnsminn
O v '.U
tho dust, the chief ingredient of the ob
noxious mua, BuixiaiM. As soon as the
rains legin the regiment chances
arms." and brooms are the ordr of
tho day. What dust has by some mira
cle escaped the inundations of tho hose
and is joyously forming with "the rain,
that droadfkl rhemifitl vtntnii.1 an
V.'.,I.,lt,
prevalent in almost all cities, is rath-
icssiy swept into mo gutter and carried
away in carts. Just where I have never
been able to find out. However, a little
does escape the furv of the broom, and
that little by the aid of unfeeling cab
men, is spread over an iudescribable
amount of surface. A 6hrill err of
"gar-n-r-r" by tho unfeeling one, a
jump from under the horses hells by
the victim, and tho belle's snowy skirts,
as well as the mirror-like boots" of th
self-satisfied dundv
metamorphosis.
A -High Old Time.
irhila.Mi.hia Call.
"Mercy on me! Edith, do stop that
horrid slang." "Whv. I hove not nsed
any slang. You know I never do."
lou aid inst now." "Surely von must
be mistaken." "I am not, for 'with my
own cars I lit-ard you say something
just now about "a high old time.' " "Oh,
is mat aur i was reiernng to Mrs.
Whim's new purchase, an antique clock
worth $500."
"Id vas beddhor. mine friends, von
doa.d feel too big."
RICH MEN'S CLOTHES.
Vanderbilt, tiould and Field an Dude
of Mild Degree.
New York Journal. 1
The other day a reporter invited a
distinguished haberdasher to give hira
some information on the dress vaga
ries of his customers. He said : " Wm.
H. Vanderbilt, like the mojority of mc.a
in civilized communities, wears neck
ties, but he sticks to the same scarf a
long time His collars, however, are
changed every duy. He pays from So
to flO each for his shirts, except those
for ordinary wear, which, it is said, ho
buys very cfieoD, at prices ranging from
. . - ,, 1 A' .1 -
Do cents to fi. nue aeprecaung me
great railway king for patronizing the
cheap-shirt trade, we must admire his
economy. He never wears a dickey, and
his underwear, including half-hose, is
silk, with an occasional change to bal
briggan by way of variety. In the
matter of jewelry Uliam is exceed
ingly simple. He would not be ashamed
to fasten his culls witn a pair ol un
bleached bone collar-buttons.
"Very eccentric in his dress is Cyrus
vv . Field, xiis outer garments, espe'
cially in the winter time, are remarkable
for their bad nt. rarticuiarly true is
this of his overcoat. He has it finished
off with a fur collar. He revels in well-
worn gloves. Field's linen is of the
finest quality, and he indulges iu gold
iituds of phenomenal proportions. His
favorite collar is a stand-up all around,
and his tie a straight end, which he ad
justs very carelessly. Field, if he
wished, would make a hrst-class elude,
but he lacks stvle about the legs.
"Jay Gould dresses with taste and
without ostentation. His shirts are well
made and fit like a glove. He has a
weakness for fancy underwear, but ad
heres to the plainest kind of suspend
ers. Just at present he affects a pair
of white pique braces, which aro very
becoming to his stylo of beauty. Jay
was the first man to appear in the
'stroct' with the now stylo of scarf
called tho 'Teck.' Ho puts on a new
one, generally black, every day. lie
once remarked that the separable stylo
cuff-button had saved twenty years of
his life.
"itussell Sage is so erratic in his
style of dress that it is rather difficult
to describe. He dotes on lino goods,
especially in fancy handkerchiefs. The
fancier they are the better he likes
them. I had one woven to his order,
bearing a picture representing a bull
chasing a bear dressed in a red uniform.
I have often had occasion to note the
perfection with which Sage fastens his
long black tie.
"Sidney Dillon's great weakness is
socks. He dotes on fancy half-hoso. I
always keep a good supply of pink and
yellow effects for him."
Thoman Want's Troubles.
New York Cor. Chicago News.
"Th:Nast,"i8in the dumps. The
true inwardness of Nast's trouble with
George William Curtis, editor of Har
per's Weekly, has never come to light,
but certain it is that the world's great
est cartoonist finds no place for his
sketches in the paper his genius miulo
famous. His contract with the Harpers
is for $10,000 a year for life, and he
draws $'2,500 every quarter with unfal
tering regularity. I understand that he
sends his sketches to Harpers promptly
every Monday afternoon, and they aro
promptly put in a dark pigeon-hole.
Tho Harpers will not use them, nor will
they give np the contract, and henco
Artist Nast is in a queer position, llo
is now acting as secretary of the Mann
ltoudoir Car company, with an ollice on
Cortlandt street, near Broadway. His
friends say ho is unhappy and aging
very fast. Funny, isn't it, that a mau
with $10,000 a year for lifo should bo
unhappy. If some people had tho
earth, and it fenced in with barb-wire,
they would still be uuhappy.
The ((ulckollver Industry.
Exchange.
Of late years California has supplied
more than half of the quicksilver con
sumed in the world. Only two coun
tries of Europe produce it in sufficient
quantities to deserve mention in com
mercial report Spam and Austria.
The Spanish mines are located near the
town of Almaden, province of Manchn,
aud yield about four-fifths of the entire
production of r.urope, wlnlo the Aus
trian mines, located near Idria, and tho
minor mines mentioned, produce the
other one-fifth.
(Quicksilver is carried and shipped in
wrought iron flasks of twenty-five
pounds, containing seventy-fivo pounds
of tho metal. Prices throughout Eu
rope are always given in English money,
and the quotations invariably refer to
the flasks described.
Tho consumption of quicksilver in
tho world has averaged 133,000 flasks
por year. Tho principle uses to which
quicksilver is applied are: Meteoro
logical and other scientific instruments,
chemical preparations; looking-
glasses and mirrors.
The White House.
The White House was first built in
17D2, at a cost of $330,000. It was not
occupied until 1800. It was rebuilt in
1818. Its porticos were not finished un
til 1829. Altogether, it is computed to
have cost, for building, rebuilding and
furnishing, about $1,700,000. The whole
structure has a frontage of 170 feet and
a depth of 08 feet, and its vestibule is
50x40 feet. The garden and park,
which encloso the mansion occupy
twenty acres. The cabinet room, 40x30
feet, is on the second floor. The White
House was modeled after the palace of
the duke of Leicester.
Uene "Wr or "Dry."
Chicago Herald.1
South Carolina has a local option law
which applies to incorporate! cities,
towns and villatres. When a plnce votes
iu favor of prohibition it is said to have
gouo "dry,"' and when another votes for
license it is said to have gone "wet."
More than twice as many towns have
gone "dry" as have gone "wet."
Kanlly Pleated.
Cou rier-Joumal.
Washington Irving once told a
mother to teach her daughters to bo
easily pleased. Since then, judging
from the sort of beaux the girls pick
out, it would aeem that nearly every
moiner s daughter lias been taught to
be easily pleased.
A Trielt Played by the Impeen
ussier.
fChicairo Herald. 1 '
"Spotting drinks is an old chapter
in the ciperienee book of every saloon
" uiil a bar keener of a fashion-
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aulO fiutauilsuuieuK Ull HID UO
111 vrtn thn' lntAut 'rrn.tr
nut Ail o-ni
torm 'Bnonffincr arirVs
iu dead earnest. Aiie luuivmuiu w;
invented it ought to have a leaf ,
medal. The trick is played on ret 1
dealers during tho day and on barktj.
ers in saloons during the evenit.
hours. A ehan. unusually well dressed
t i rm t i l v T
will step up to the bar with a quart
boltlo of dark green glass and ask for a
quart of 'tho best.' After the bottle is
filled he'll exclaim: 'I3y Jove I I've
forgotten the chink. I'll hand it in to
morrow. If the barkeper is soft
enough to believe him the soaker,
will coolly walk out, never to re
turn, liut even if the liquid is
poured back into the demijohn the
soaker will still have left enough of the
ardent to make two good-sized smiles.
You see, these fellows keep a fine soft
sponge on hand which, if dry, can be
rolled so thin that they can put it into
anv kitid of bottle they may pick up.
As' soon as the liquid fills the bottle
it also fills the sponge, and the latter
expands according to its size. Of course
the soaker will look disappointed if we
pour the whisky out again, but then
that disappointment is only one of the
outfits of the trick. He'll take his bot
tle, walk out, and smash it carofnlly on
the next curb, picking up the well
soaked sponge and suck it dry. I tell
you there's method in that."
Italy Waut the Kailroad.
.St. Louis Globe Democrat.
As a military power Italy now stands
almost abreast of Germany and France.
In the arts of industry her progress has
been slow, but it is none the less sure.
A gooil illustration of tho change of
heart in tho Italian peninsula, since the
day of united nationality downed, is af
forded by the fuss made over the rumor
that tho proposed " air lino " railroad
between Rome aud Naples is to be aban
doned after all. Tho report has pro
duced a bad impression in tho former
city, where it is declared that "Signor
Depretis will have to pass an ugly half
hour in parliament if he continues to
retract his promise, oven in part."
In Naples the people are evon more
stirred up than in Rome, for they have
built great hopes on the projected line,
which would bring Rome within five
hours of Naples, and to some extent
make the southern city tho seaport of
the northern. Tho prime minister paid
a visit to Naples tho other day, and
found the town papered with huge cir
cus posters that stared him in the face
with such inscriptions as this, pur
posely put up for his benefit: "No more
mystification ; prompt construction of
the air-line between Home and Naples,
and don't yoa forget it I" The dif
ficulty is, however, that the Italian
prime minister is no autocrat to con
struct neat and costly public works at
the word of command, as the Hussion
emperor laid out the railway between
St. Petersburg and Naples, by drawing
a straight line with a ruler between
the two places on a map.
What Most Impressed a Lady Visitor.
Burlington (Vt.) Free Pros.
A lady in one of tho flourishing towns
of our state not a thousond miles
away hod been to New York, and on
her return was describing to her hus
band the chief features of metropolitan
life which hod impressed themselves
upon her memory. After going through
a long list of thoso things likely to im
press country peoplo she suddenly ex
claimed: ".But tliere was 'one thing
which did me moro good than anything
else, becauso it showed the remarkable
growth of philanthropio charity in our
large citios. Un nearly all the streets,
at very frequent intervals, I saw signs
over the doors reading : 'Free lunch
free lunch.' I could not help thinking.
as I walked along, what a blessed work
the relief socioties in New York are do
ing!" The good lady in her enthu
siasm did not notice that her husband
had turned aside to straighten out the
lamp mat on his desk, nor does she
know to this day the true significance
of tho metropolitan "free lunch."
The l.nrgext Match Factory.
Scientific American.
At JonkoimiL'. Sweden, is thn ol.lnst '
and largest match factory in the world.
It was established 100 vears turn and
-- n - i
thero aro now to bo seen speeimons of
tne matches used at the !eginning of
the present centurv. consisti'mr of hiir
fagots of wood furnished with a hnndlo
ami a tip to uip in a batli o: sulphur.
The wood from which the present kind
of matches is made, is tnken from tlm
adjacent forests, which are divided into
nny sections. .very year one section
is cut and then replanted with vounir
trees. The trees are hewn into planks
in tho forest and cut into slivers in tlr.i
factory. The boxes are mado of tl T
outside of thn trend. Thn fiutoria aiLV
on the banks of lakes which are con- i
nected with one another by wide canals.
Millions of matches in tnrnml nnt i
each day. Some idea of where they all
go to may oe obtained irora the state
ment that there are at least 280,000,000
of matches burned each dav in thn
United States, or an average of five
maicnes ior eacu person.
When Jim. Langtry Vol Angry.
Courier-Journal.
Mrs. Lanctrv said, at a lirnalrfaat ra.
centlv riven her. that in all her mct.
. . . - - . ,
can experiences she never hail nom .. . ':
to be really angry but once. W
Piavinz in uetroit one mer it, not i i ?
. ...j. naoc
eeedingly annoyed by the disturbingly
ostentatious manner in which a "hide- '
herself tint tlm wholn mmnanv ..
ously over-dressed lady m one of the
stage boxes devoted her attention to a
i png dog in her lap, to the complete
ignoring of the rterformnnrn. .Tw. of
the close of the second act, and while
the whole houso was wrapped in in
tense retrard of the sitnatinn nn tha
sa wuv
stage, tho lady in question suddenly
arose aim cneu. in an Bffonizinc voicn :
S-S-8-h! Evervbodv be nniet. T.ittla
Fido is having a fit'!" And amid the
piercing outcries of the owner, an
usher yanked Fido out of tho theatre
by its tail
Longfellow: Love is sunshine; hate
is shadow.
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