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EUGENE CUT GUARD. M. L. CAMrXL, Trmprtmtmt, EUGENE CITY, OREGON. WHO GAVi THE MOST? A hanirht; Klnq, of firmer dnyi, Lowil to conir n'liioriitn hi jiriinfl TuiiiukIi al' the .'oirtliiK n.i. ' Whut would iw' rn Ihh royal Ditmuf HOW l!St IMTjM'tU UO ll (UtllS On tlino-euiluriig pm(:f Would monument or stoned orn Teuch all tlio world hi worth to I'.-arnt Ambition vuultuil higher, A rant rulhi driil ahoulrt proclaim Who Kuve to (JikI tha mot "hit name , lie curved on biue and t r i. Thtmtory be would not divide With any mortal. In b'l prl..e It nmit lit hi alone. Twin finished, and on chance' w ill Jinn ime on tuMt Klcamcd. that all The grut'lout deed might own. IWoro the cbunrrl rail that nlirht k Jn dream he stood; and mi the light W dim; but dimmer grew Tho Inscription on tho tablet face, Wlion lo, lilniKd forlh to tako hl place, I.:. A nop he nitvor Itnewt In waking noun, he lightly thought On nlfhtly vUlnni. When he (ought Next time lilt pillow rent. The aelfnaine dream ho ilremued ngnln, ! "Who mum my work." he cried. In puln, "Or mK'kmy known bolieutT" Once more the royal drennier l'pt, 1 Again the taunting vision crept An twice It rauie before. Whoae name la lli'sr llrlng to my tlirone The one whoiie work utipplanta uiyownl I'll ultur thl no moro." An humble widow, clad In weeds, i Whom daily toll for dally needs Hcari'e kept the wolf at buy, Aniwcrcd tho ouniiiion. "Who art thou?" lie etornly sold. "I'pon thy vow Now apeak. What canst thou uyV My lord, O ICIng." ho faltering aald, "1 knew your will, and lomred to aid i Thin glorlou work forliod. I Themulit which drew the atone each duy : I brought, at noon, wisp of bay To help him bear hla load." ;' "Alaa! I see," the monnrch cried, i Tls work for (iod, not sitllMi prldfl, Which earnt the true 'well done.' Thy name ahnllon tho tablet shiy, For I have learned this tilewd d y Ilnw I,ove the mnitrat won." tutfi .Utrun, In Yonlh'i ('uinpniilon. A GHASTLY WMTEIL A Moet Woird Exporlonoo With Twlstloton, Q. 0. Several strange things have linp peiied lo inn In my life ttntt my friends could never account for. Tliey could never understand Imw I got an Intro durtioil to Twistleton, Q. C, lior why that learned gentleman, iifler allow in g inn to ilevil Ills work fur liim (or ten years without putting any tiling in my way, suddenly used every ell'ort and inlliieni'u lie win cnpahlo of to put an Important ami valuable junior praiv tloe In my hands. Twietleton, Q. C, wits a hard, Hellish man. In person lie was like a badly dried moth, whose long, old-fashioned wiiitkrrs rcscmhlcd the remains of wing; and tliere wns consequently -pvnt surprise when Twistleton niitr riod Luey Travers, who, n j-oii will romnmher, was lliu belle of her season. Hut tho Travers were not so well off us they irotomlod to be, nnd Twistleton, m we all know, made bin fifteen thou aand a year, anil had, if any tiling, an ever-Increasing practice in tile chail wy division. "Twistleton wan uniloiihlodly a groat lawyer and a man of great common cnae, but lie had two finis, II, i wits a believer in ghosts and he wrote, every thing in Ilia chamber upon a Koniing Um typewriter. TwiHtleton mid his wife were Maying 4nn June in Norfolk, at Lady Main dore's. Twlstletoii was duo in town to arpie the great patent ease concerning owing machines of Ittiucniuho and an other against Hadger, iu the Court of ,AiMitK on Wednesday morning. I ex pec led him back In chanihers on the Monday evening, understanding that he Intended rejoining his w.fo at the end of the weuk; for this case would last al least throe days, and Twlstletoii In aevoral other eases on the list. About eight o'clock on Monday even ing, 1 had dined early at my club; and wan engaged noting up Twist leton1 papers, when he entered withhislilad iii one bag and rug, looking, as I thought, tired and out of spirits. When Twls tletoii was in town by himself lie 'ulu:i) slept at his own chamlttrs, a iu the old days before, ho was married, and hia breakfast (a chop and two fgg) was tent from tho "Cock." Twialloton, having heard that Foss, hia clerk, had to aay on the subject of retainers, dismisod him. Then he Umuiod down the windows, which 1 Jiad opened to let lit what fresh air there wa In Oil S-piare. carefully locd the door, let himself into the bard chair iu front of Ilia writing table, and Idly leaned over the papers which were In front of hint. At length the outer door wa heard to close; Kom had departed, and Twlstletoii broke silenetv "Pi'iirose, my dear fellow, I'm tin comfortable." TwlMleton, I may remark, wa al waya on the best, of terma with me, and tivatid me as a friend, for I believe I wa useful to him. I had made great way in hia affections by solemnly ad vlaing him to marry Mis Travers w hen J aw he was bent on doing so; but, inee his marriage, I am not sure that thl course of conduct of mine had Wn altogether to my advantage. I lookctl to him f"C a. further explanation, which 1 saw was coming. i'l iirose, my tlear. fellow, who do you think is at Lady It imdorc's?" I shook my head, being utterly ill ig norance. tliarley CoUton," repliinl TwUtle tnn, tiying to cane his whikcrs w i:h Uie mmt knife, "Charley Colton." fiwr Charley Colston! It wi well known thiil 1m had paid hi nddresaeg to ttrettv Mr. Twistleton iu former dnvs, and reiunt said she had eneoui'' nged them. No wonder Twistleton was "xclted. I knew him to bo of nil ex tri'liiely jealous nat'ire. "N'kW mink nie, Penrose," sa'yl TwiHiletoii, shaking his forclinircr at mu as lie would at Iml l'her in th i Appeal Coui't "wliat took placn yes. '.enlay when I was playing tennis? The whole time, sir, lie and she wit? talk ing and chatting together, mid laugh ing yes, laug'-iing! ' Perhaps at mv play, for I played ftlioininalily; I know it. I could nut he ir to seo them." Twist letou'd tennis was never first rate. Ho hal begun to lay too late In life, ll'i was tt'i ariiioying iiartner, its ho nlwavai iusistel on lending, tak ing all the diflliMilt Ktrokoa, and failing at them. He was a still more objec tionable opponent, as 1m was always taking technical objections on p .luts of practice. Slill, however badly one plays, It is not ilensant to bo laughed at, even by olio's wi.'o. I tried to knot he Twistleton, but rw intcrriiptcd me: "Now, there is another point I desire to urge." Twistleton always poU j though ho was addressing the Court of AtMi' al. "When I nketl mv wife to come, back to-day, aim point blank re fused. What do you think of that''' Nothing whatever," I answered. "She had arranged to stay, utid you are going down on Saturday again. 1 think von are, milking mountains out of molehills." "I hope I am, Penrose; lhopn Inm," replied Twistleton luoiirnfiillv; "but von didn't see them I did;" and Twis tleton sighed deeply. Then the subject dropped, and we got to work on a small case. Soon, Twistleton, with a self-complacent smile on his countenance, was playing an opinion on his typewriter. It was to him. I believe, ns though each note he struck produced a deep mellow tone, and not a capital or Mil ill Roman. I can remember when Twlstletoii first had hiii t pewritcr. In those days he used to sit at it for hours, practising; hiltiiiL' lirst diki note and then the other, at intervals tuning between ten seconds and two or three minutes, everv now and ' then using the most horrible language, ns he put a capital for a small Komau or missed a space. Then Ids effort looked ns though they were the produitions of six drunken printers who had each taken an absent comrade's work for the day; nnd they were nl wit) a copied before they went to the clients, Now tint machine went click, click, click, evenly and merrily. Twistleton was a perfect master of it. I have seen him write with it with his eyes shut, I have no doubt that if he could have stood on his head, and if it had been consonant with the dignity of a Queen's counsel to doso.hu could have played his instrument in that posture. Tho opinion finished, Twistleton, who was a very methodical man, put a fresh sheet of paper In readiness to commence again, folded and signed what he had written, and bade mo good-night His last words to mo were: "I hope you are right about Charley Colston." "I urn sure of it," I said. "I wish I were." To-morrow we wero to have a long day at Hunrombo versus Iladger. When I arrived in tho morning Twis tleton wns at breakfast. I no sooner entered than he set down his egg spoon, and, rushing to mo with a pieco of paper, thrust It into my lian Is. "lt'inl that," ho crlod excitedly "read that," I noticed that Twistleton scorned un well. There was a wild look in his eyes. His chop was untouched a re versal of Twistleton' procedure at breakfast, which was mow extra rdi nary to ma than his strange appear ance. Tne egg he was e iting was, to to any one with a sense ot smell, mani festly a bad one; a most preteutous fact to me, who remember hearing Twistleton who never knew any crimi nal law seriously tell the boy from the "Cock" that he b diet ed a bill of attainder would lie against him for bringing him a bad egg. What did it all meauP I looked at the paper In my hand; on It were two words, neatly printed -"Charley Colston." I stared blankly at Twistleton. What did It mean? Twistleton was shaking visibly. a "Io you ladieve iu ghosts?" he aked anxiously. "Certainly not." I replied. "Ah!" sighed Twistleton, and added sententiously: 'There are more things In Heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.' " Thia was the. only quotation I ever heard him utter that did not conic from tho Law Keports. I Wlievo he fancied It was a phrase he had in vented in his early voulti when he lirsi began to Relieve in ghosts. "If you don't hclicveiu p tests who wrote that message on writer?" my type TuUtlctou's manner was very im pressive. I ft-lt like a witness eoui milting perjury. "I tell you, I found it this morning when I went to write a letter just bt fore breakfast. Who wrote it?" he limited. "Who wrote it? I will know." "Perhaps Koss" I suggested. "He has not been here, and can't use tho typewriter." I had heard him say so, but did not believe it. Foss was afraid of over working himself, and o did not choose to learn it, but any fooj could use it if he liked to learn. My opinion was that F could use iu lie as life the monkeys, who as the uegroaald,' could alk if they would, but knew if they did they would be made to work. "How about tho laundress? I bijx- gested. "Ah! the laundress," repeated Twis- tletoii, thoii'.'h'funv; "tho laundress. So Mrs. ltultick, tho laundress, was sent for when Foss came in; but she de nied all knowledge itf the typewriter ot the writing, making a new suggestion, which did not, to our tliinklnir, much advance the solution of the mystery and that was that the culprit was tin cat. "It is a niessfi.ge,V said Twistletou, mysteriously; "a message!" "Nonsense!" I said. "Somo fellpw has strolled in, nnd written the name for fun." "Fun!"' cried Twistleton, indignantly "Fun!" And then more quietly: "No, I am sure of it; it is a message. erv little of liimcomoo versus Uadger could I get Into Twistleton's head that (lav. Plans nnd spccilira thing he seemed not to understand; tin the seductive litcr'arv stylo of the atli davit Jiad no charm for him. Ho could only gaze at the paper iu his hand, nnd murmur ever and anuiii "A nies r-ngo! I saw it was best to humor him, nnd nt my suggestion tho typewriter was locked up that night, nnd ho took the key with him into lm bed-room. i had had a rattling good dinner togeth er, and when I left Twistleton ho was in much better spirits. "If the ghost comes to-night he won't lie able to get nt file typewriter, any how." I said laughing. "Hush! I don't know," replied Twis tleton, solemnly. "It is no jesting sub- ject." I went my way, wondering now n man with Twistleton's practice could believe iu ghosts, and who tho deuce had written Charley Colston's naino on the typewriter. The next morning I walked down to Twistleton's directly after breakfast. I found him to bo in tho wildest imag inable condition, lie had taken every precaution, locking up the typewriter, placing the key under his pillow; and yet, here was the message, as he called it, printed in cloar. faultless style: "Charley Colston. Ho is with your wife. Charley Colston." "I must go. I must go. Oh! Pen rose, what shall I do?" he cried in agony, as I entered the room. "(Jo?" 1 said; "and who is to lead in buncombe versus Badger?" Ho was silent, and buried all of his face, except his whiskers, in his hands,. Even his hands, large and uncouth as they were, could not contain his whiskers. "Think of Writsim and Clame. What will they say?" I urged, seeing tho effect my words had on him. "They rely on you in this case." The name of this eminent linn seemed to calm Twistleton to some ex tent. "My dear Penrose," he said In n c. iiibling voice, "this is a message; I am suro of it. But I will do my duty; I will stay by my clients." "Twistleton, you speak like a Queen's counsel and a man of honor," 1 said, seizing hiin by the hand, proud to shake it. "If it is a message," I added, to humor him, "it will come again to-night. I will tell yu what wo will do. We will watch tho type .writer all night." Twistletou wrung my hand with gratitude at this suggestion of mine ami calmed himself. 1 made him eat sonnof his cold chop, and sent for some brandy and water for him, in stead of the tea, which had already stood iu tho teapot for moro than an hour. Then I endeavored to coach It tit In Buncombe versus Badger, but with small success. Then wo went over to the Appeal Court, in which I look my seat; for, though I was not briefed in the case, I had nothing else to do, and was iii'torusted In seeing how Twistleton got on with it. Ho was very able at picking tip a caso as he went along, and the Court of Appeal stood greatly in awe of him. 1 had ncWr seen him as nervous as ho was to-day not even on his wedding day and I was iplite frightened for hint. Lord Usher, M. R, supported by Siiiugg, L. J., and Sumtnerbosh, I J.', formed the court. Twistleton came in late; he had ben at a consultation. As he entered I hoard two solicitors' clerks say to each other: "Who is that with the whiskers?" "Twistleton, Q. C; he has the big gest practice at t he bar." "He looks like a boiled owl," sug gested his companion. "Drinks I lielievo," was the reply. This was horrible, for Twistleton was a follower of Prebendary Falutin, the groat teetotaler. But certainly Twistleton had a dissi pated look this morning. His eyes wore red, and the lines under his eyes were very dark and hollow; his cheeks were pale and yellow, Something of this kind, I fancy, the Master of the Rolls remarked to Lord Justice Smugg, who nodded assent. Twistleton rose to open the case, which was a very intricate one, and Lord Usher, according to his constant practice, interrupted him with the reg ularity of a piece of clockwork everv two and a half minutes, and then won dered why he did not understand the case and shook himself impatiently. Much to Lord Usher' astonishment, Twistleton did not deliver any of those stinging retorts by which he was wont to keep the Court of Appeal in order, and frighten their lordships Into decid ing in his favor. On noticing this Lord Usher began to chaff and rally Twistletou in a manner that was the admiration of the junior bar, the two Lords Justices, and. not least of all. of the Master of the Roll himself. At leiifilt TwUtletoiu in exoatiat- i ing on the merit of Bun-i-ombo's sewing machine, alluded to it is a typewrit T. Whereupon L n il Usher aid. with a humorous leer, that if it a. el been a question of typewriters, no doubt Mr. Twistleton, would have been called as a specialist to give evidence, and would not have been arguing tho ease before them. At which tlioso in the court who knew of Twistleton's fad tittered; and his Lordship's namesakes who stand about tho court put their hands before their faces and shook visi lil v for a moment or two, nnd then called out "Hush!" and looked angry, hut Twistleton lost Ids temper ovn this and asked his Lordship if his Lorl ship meant to hint that the Court did not want to hear him, nnd intimited his intention, if such was tho case, of sit ting down. And then the whole court was really quite silent for n minute or two, in anticipation of a row; nnd every one ceased to fidget and paid close at tention to Lord Usher;' to hear him, with his blandest ami most urbane of siniles,,explaining how it was thogre.it privilege of that court to listen to Mr. Twistleton, and w hat n high value they set upon that privilege, nnd how it was mite inconceivable to him (Lord Lshcr) that he (Mr. Twistleton) could imagine for a moment (hat this court or any other court should wish him to sit down. Whereupon Twlstletoii murmured that his Lordship was very good, meaning thereby that ho should liko to be with his Lordship in a small room whero ho could give him a bit of his mind. Then the caso proceeded quite regularly, until Twistleton lumdeil Lord Usher a lot of papers to explain his case; and Lord Usher coming to one, said, with a knowing side glance nt Smugg, L. J., that, from the handwriting, it must be a Dote of Mr. Twistleton's in another case; as tie tint not Know tnai any one of the name of Charles Colston was a party to this caso. And what would have happened then I don't know; only the court rose for lunch. I heard two or thrco people say that lay that "Twistleton, poor fellow, was loing more work than he ought to;"that "Twistleton was o, clover follow, but ho oiild not afford ,'o burn the candle nt hot li ends." Indeed, Twistleton's (range conduct in Buncombe versus Badger was tho general topic of con versation in the robing-rooni. When Twistleton came out of court 1 had the greatest difficulty to prevent liim from rushing down to Norfolk by the night train. Ho was suro it was rue; he believed in tho message. I 'limed him down, nnd we had dinner ogether at my club. He had to con tinue his speech in the morning. I tried to coach him in Buncombe versus Badger, but it was of no avail. I do not think he even know for which side he was appearing. no agreed that we would sit up in vatches and so keep our eyes on tho typewriter all night. ' There was a sofa in the recess of the window, and Iwts- tloton sent me to bed and placed him self on this. I bado hirj good-night, nnd took his bed for tliClirst half of the night. About two o'clock in tho morn ing I woke nnd went to Twistleton. Ho was wide awake, reading some papers, on tho sofa. "Hav? yiu seen any thing? I nsked. "Nothing whatever," ho replied. "Nor heard any thing?" k "Not a sound." We took the lamp to tho typewriter and opened it. There was the sheet of paper as he always left it, untouched. Twistleton locked it up again and took tho key. "Put it under your pillow." "1 will," ho replied; "it's very good of you to sit up liko this." It s nothing at all, I assure you, I answered. "Keep strict watch, won't you?" "I promise you." I said. Twistletou shook me by the hand. wi.h emotion, and went out; he looked very ill nnd wretched. I thought, and was sorry for him. Was it a ghost's message or what that was making his life a burden to him? Should I solve the mystery to-night? I waited about an hour and a half. l'lie dawn came peeping through tho painted shutters and made the lamp look dim. I was almost dozing in fact, I bad shut my eyes and lost con sciousness lor perhaps a minute, per haps more. A sharp clicking sound awoke me. It was the typewriter. riiere, seated on a chair in front of it. playing nimbly on the queer instru ment, was a white, misty tigure. It had linishod. It closed the cover down and turned the key. It wheeled round to tho door, and I saw the face and w hiskers I knew so well; it was Twistle ton himself. My first impulse was to wake him, but I had heard that it was dangerous to wake persons walking in their sleep. He w anted all the sleep he could get, so I decided to let him alone, to walk lown to my own chambers and get some more rest myself. When I got out into Old Square I could not 'help roaring with laughter. It was too funny. The idea of old Twistleton writing messages to himself on the typewriter, and being frightened out of his wits by them. What a story to tell against him! No one would believe it, it was too good to lie true. I awoke a little late next morning. but went straight down to Old Square More breakfast. Alas! I was too late. There was Foss in miserv over a hasty scrawl of Twistleton's. He had gone to Rarndore by the early train; Foss w as to make any excuse he thought tit to Writson and Clame. There was thy typewriter shattered into a thou sand pieces, its intricate machinery a liapcless chaos. 1 shuddered to think what would happen if there was any thing between Charley Colston and Mrs. twistleton. In town everv one. was akinar what had become of Twistleton. Tho rumor went round the law courts that ho was Insane. I maintained a discreet silence. Mr. Clamo was almost crying as Slokoach, murmuring something abMit "bad news nnd his learned leader." rose t titinuo Twisilmou's eiieninz. Lord Usher, unrestrained by the pnwcnee of Twistleton,' ma lo the Court of Appeal a place of licry tor ment to that eminent elderly junior, Mr. Slokoach. . Bustle, . C. for Bad''.if, was not even called upon to reply; Buncombe and another were dismissed, with costs. Tho early train stopped, as I know, nt every station, 'forty in number. I could imagine poor Twistleton's state of mind as ho pottered along in a slow train to Barndore. He arrived nt the house about breakfast time I have the story from Grimblcton, who was there lm came into tho breakfast-room, and his appearance elicited a shout of sur prise. "What has becomo of Buncombe ver sus Badger?" cried Lord Barndore. "Settled, eh?" "Not that I know of," muttered rwistleton, sulkily; and then, looking around fiercely, asked: "Where's my wile?" "Not down yet," replied L rd Barn dore. Twistleton looked hastily round, ns though in search of somo one else, and then tore iqi-stairs to his jvifVs room. The whole company looked at each other in silence. There was some explanation about "bad news," but tho Twistletons never went into mourning, nnd Mrs. Twistle ton seemed very merry all that day. It is true Twistleton shut himself up a good dual. Grimblotoii told mo that lio never understood tho whole ' busi ness in tho least; in fact, in Twistle ton's circle it was a nine days' won der. Bv the bye, I almost forgot to mention that Charley Colston left Barndore to bo married in Scotland Vie day after Twistleton camo to town. When Twistleton returned to Old Square he was a sadder and wiser man. Ho gavo ui believing in ghosts, and did not buy another typewriter. I told Twistleton that 1 would not let tho matter go any further, and I lnen Uoned at the time that he might get me tho junior brief in Bunconib) versus Badger, which went to the House of Hords, where, through Twistleton's clear arguments, Lord Usher and Lords Justices Smugg nnd Suninier bosh wero overruled. That rear, mostly through Twistle ton's inlliience, my fee book credited mo with 2,0(X. , ; I have kept my secret well, but since Twistleton succeeded Lord Usher ns Master of the Roll Lady Twistleton has not called on Mrs. Penrose, and. al though my wifo assures mo that she is rather glad of it, she is always tolling me now that she does not think so good a story should bo lost to tho world ns that of "Twistleton's Typewriter." ConihiU Magazine. THE HAY CROP. Ilotr Toor Land Can lieMaite a Source of (ireat 1'rollt. Il.iv is one of tho most valuable crops of the country, wor.h millions of dol lars, nnd upon it depend the life and well-being of millions of animals. Hat must be had, cost what it will. It is a staple crop. If is true, the price fhiet- uates somewhat, according to the abundance or scarcity of the crop, but it seldom or never falls below the cost of producing the same. There is al ways a sale for hay, nnd the farmer has little difficulty in realizing on his crop, some . lands are hotter adapted toprodueo hay than others. A clay soil, or any strong, moist soil, is well suite I to producing grass, while a light, sandy soil Is of little value for the pur pose. Every farmer should raise the crops that his land is best adapted to pro- luce. If one has good grass land, let him raise bay and a good crop of it, too. There aro writ'i's who contend that it will not pay to top-dress grass kinds, but that the better way is to cul tivate the land witli hoed crops for two or three years, until the same is in good condition, and then sow to grass, and keep on so as long ns a paying crop can be secured ;tben plow the land, and treat as before. This may do very well when dressing can not readily be obtained, or it costs too much to secure it, but experience has shown that, as a rule, it will pay well to top- dress good grass lands, and it Iocs not take much arithmetic to prove it W e have in mind a farm where the land is naturally, goixl, but where the crop of hay was not over a ton to the acre on all the land devoted to grass. This land was plowed and planted one vear with potatoes, and sowed down again to grass. The crop that followed for the next three tir four years two crops a year generally would average more than three tons, and, in some cases, five tons to the acre. This hay sold for twenty-five dollars per ton. This land was top dressed as often as every second year, and some of it every year. If it pavs to raise hat-, it pavs the belter to raise large crops, and it is easv to do this if one will use the means. We think there is- money iu the hav crop for many farmers who are now quite indifferent in respect to its value. t onj rrgationalmL Celery Sauce for Turkey: Boil a head of celery until quite tender, then put it through a sieve; put the yolk of an egg in a basin, and beat it well with the strained juice of a lemon; add the ctlerv and a couple of spoonfuls of liquor in which the turkey was booed; s.ilt and p-.'pper to taste. JJuston iSuilciin. TH& iri JUSTRIAL WOo. One of Cincinnati's chief indmtriei is tho manufacturing of lead, fift,, million pounds of which aro made every year. Near Toronto Is being constructed tho lirst stool steamer ever built In Can. add. The engines, however, are beaV made in Scotland. A new industry recently developed in Hancock County, Maine, is the gath eringof white piuo and spruce com, for French and Gorman markets. A fanner of Now Hope, Cal., wm planted livo hundred acres in potatoes has had such an abundant crop that h calculates that it will yield him fiO.OOO, i A Pittsburgh natural gas company Is the largest ono in the country. Jj, supplies over four hundred maniifao. tories and over seven thousand dwcl lings with tho entire amount of tw consumed. The total area of pipe CIU. ing into Pittsburgh is given as 1,311,602 square inches. Pittsburgh Po.it. Tlio great bulk of cheap pocket cut lery is punched in dies from sheet steel. Good cutlery is haud-forgod, and the average output per hour for a good workman is from twenty-live to fortr blades, according to size, American steel is baing used a good deal for this purpose. The blades are polished on walrus hide. Chicago Times. --The decline of the silk industry to India, for which various causes have been assigned, has at length been proven by Mr. Wood Mason, an English natur alist, to boduo to adostruetivoparasitio disease of tho Worms. Tho affection seems to bo Identical with "pidiriiie," which ravaged French silkworm nur series from lSl'J to 1815, and was eradi cated from Europe by tho discoveries ol Pasteur. Arkansaw Traveler. -California made in 1SSS S'i.OOO.OW gallon of wine, against but 7,.r0),000 last ye.tr. The San Francisco Ca says 4'),(KH),H0 pounds of grapes have been shipped E ist as table fruit, 6O,Oi)O,000 pound.-Hindi) into raisins, 2:),0W,0!X pounds made into brandy and over 215, "00,000 pounds made into wine. The eastward shipments of lemons, lime and oranges will bo twice as largo tu they werj hist yen, it is srld, owing to a reduction in freight charges. Iirthe town of Clymor, Chautauqua County, N. Y.. is a largo settlement of Hollanders, the oldest members of which brought from their fatherland the simple manners and industrious habits which have always been characteristic of that race. Nearly without exception they aro engaged in general farming and dairying, and to supplement their farm labors they have introduced an industry which is carried on in no other place in tho Union. This is tho making of the wooden shoes, or clogs, which are so common in Holland mid somo other foreign countries. Buffalo Express. A Pittsburgh correspondent tells of a man named Cook, at Mansfield, 0., who has spent a largo portion of h life and some $39,000 in electrical con struction 'and other work. First his efforts were concentrated on a flying machine. This, of course, was a fail ure. Then an evaporating pan for sorghum realized somo $10,000, nnd with this ho plunged into tho field of electrical invention. Ho is now at work on an electrical contrivance for perpet ual motion, from which' ho expects to realize j!25,000,000. It is described as wonderful piece of mechanism. m ".JOon," Said Alts. It, your birthday, isn't it?" "Yos, my Ilonr." "Well, 1 have a birthday pres ent for you. 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