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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1887)
MOUNTAINS OF SUGAR. Til Trcnifinilous Unmitlilrs or Hitocharln t'oniuind In Tlila Country. Americans ought to be tlio sweetest people (in earth if, its 1ms been assorted food goes U make the race. The quail tity of sweets landed at this port tltir j Ing a year would annuo any ono w ho lias not pi ven tlio subject spicinl nttcn tion. It wonM appear that Americans are preserved in sugar, nlloat on rivers of saccharine. From West Indies Mack strap to ;ol( Km syrup, from dainty lady-li liters to solid pound onkn, from molasses candy to t ho most delicious bonbons, Americans boat all other pen pies as absorbers of saccharine, tlio French not excepted. No adequate idea of tlii! enormous inanlity of sugar consumed in this cu . ry can bo con veyod by a statement iu pounds. Tlio figures, however, indicate that Undo bam has a tremendous sweet tooth. Tii total sugar Importations for tho year 18S3 amounted' to 2, MS, 132. 000 pounds, or about 1,000,000 Ions, valued at f71.0!)l,(JJS. To this tremendous aggregate Cuba alono contributed 1.201, iiO.l.OOO pounds; Brazil sunt 223, 0I!2,0K) pounds; Giirniany (beet sugar), 20;t.'JSS,000 pounds, and tho Sandwich Islands (frue sugar), 191,022,000 pounds. Smaller quantities worn imported from tho West Indies and other countries, To tho aggregate of import: must bo added the domestic product to find the total consumption of sugar in tho United Slates. Tlio best imported sugar is the cen trifugal, in form of coarso crystalline particles varying in smi according to tho grade or quality of tho artlclo. The lowct form of the product is called melada, a thick sirup, of which com paratively little is now imported. Samples of sugar aro taken from a specified number of casks of every cargo by Government samplers and sent to experts, who determine the grade as a ba-isof fixing the duty thei noli. The instrument employed to indicalo the degree of variation in tho quality of sugar is called a polariscopn, and a variation of ono degree means a diller enee of 1-1 1th of 1 per cent, duty, a small fraction, but on millions of pounds it means thousands of dollars. Tim manner of handling sugar in tho port has recently undergono a change. It is another instance of tho condensa tion of business methods, whereby tho same results aro obtained by fowor workers. Formerly tho great bulk of sugar was stored In tho warehouses ami withdrawn by rellners from time to time a method which gave employ nient to ft great number of coopers and laborers. Now the bulk of it goes di rect to the relineries, and a good many workmen have lost their occupation in consequence. In the busy season, which usually bo gies about March 1 and ends about the middle of July, as many n twenty-live r thirty vessels aro distributed atone time along tho Brooklyn water front, discharging their cargoes. An idea of the bulk of an average sirg.ir cargo can only be formed by seeing, say 1,000 hogsheads of an average welghtof 1,500 pound'', spread out upon tho dock. Ono hundred of such cargoes, if piled in the form of a pyramid, would mivko n sugar Cheops, Fveiy package is weighed by a Government olllcer or a sworn special. The former receives i a day, six days in tho week; the other !)0 cents an hour f ir actual service. The weigher's position Is no sinecure, lie is a worker, lie must stand at tho scales from seven a. m. until sunset; ho iuul endure blamg suns and faco the coldest winds. What leeome of tho million tons of imported sugar, not t. mention tho do incKtic product? Ask the ladies, ask the children, ask tho baker and the confectioner, ask the housekeeper. It goes into millions of cups of eolTco and tea daily; into cakes, preserves and pies; into fruits and sauces and a hun dred other thing:". Tlio Western flap jack swims in saccharine fluid; it per meates the luscious griddle cake. The running confectioner and skilled house wife mold the crude article into multi form artistic shapes and invest the sul stance with a delicious consistency. If the supply were suddenly stopped, society would be ((inverted into sauer kraut. .V. 1. Evening Sun. m City Editor "Just, in time. I want you to rush out to the fair grounds, go up in that balloon, and write " Reporter "Balloon! Well, now, I don't know about that: I havo a family to support." "That's so; I didn't think of that. I'll scud young Jones, and you take his job. Hurry up ami stop him." "What, is his job?" -I want him to write up a live-column article on the small-pox hospital." Omaha World. A new plant, said to havo electrical properties, is described by some of the German journals under tho name of Phytolacca eloclrlea. -It gives a slight electric shock to the hand when its stalk is broken, and it affects the mag netic needle, disturbing it considerably if brought very near. Its energy varies during the day, being strongest at about two o'clock in tho afternoon, and fading away to nothing at niirht. A'. y. Lcdjcr: m m It is not a bad rule to keep orchard lands in as good heart as the coru-lield. To do this some manure Is necessary. If largo crop of fruit and grass aro re moved, considerable manure is needed to keep up the fertility. Tillage serve partly as manure in tho corntleld, but old orchards that aro seeded down are not thus benefited. - Prairie farmer. A certain farmer sticks clothospins through a Imard, nails up the board and bangs his whip in Ui0 pin. gaVe4 money mid whips. SHE, TOO, COULD SHINE. How 'Krl,c MlllloimUVf Wife Cleaned Out FiMhlonsbl Ilotol. A few days ago a lady from San Fran cisco, who had a very solid batik as coiint, went to Lake Taboo on a pleasure trip with her daughter. She concluded that she would havo a good time, and accordingly took along some plain, serv iceable clothes and no jewelry. When she struck one of the fashionable resorts she found herself in the mid.st of a lot. of people making a vulgar display of clothes and diamonds, and every time she turned around she was the subject of the most unmerciful snubbing. She was put offin an obscure corner to eat. and not ono of tlio fashionable guests condescended to show her tho slightest civility. Tho lady tit her lips for a few days, took in the situation ami with true feminine instinct decided on revenge. Sho dropped a lino below, and presently there were deposited at tho hotel twelve Saratoga trunks wavbilled to her ad dress. Sho and her daughter retired to their rooms, and that evening came lown to the dining-room in a bla.o of lace and diamonds that took everybody's breath away. No such corneous or tasty toilets had ever bewildered the guests at that hotel before. It blinded the eye to look at tho pair as they quietly entered tho room. The steward, after recovering his poise, rushed forward and pulled out two chairs from tho most fashionable tamo in the hotel. Sin shook her head ami replied: "Tho old table will do," ami went to the obscure corner, whei'o site had oaten all tho time. Tho utmost consternation spread through the dining-room, and tho low hum of voices rose to a fashionable bu., as they warmly discussed the situ ation. Wnsn t it awtul? J hey had been snubbing a woman anil her daughter all the week who could out dress them all. In the evening they attempted to hodgo, but couldn't to any considerable extent. Tho dudes tried to shino up to the girl, but she wouldn't have it, and those who tried to scrapo an acquaintance with the mother found it like trying to run a tunnel into an iceberg. For awhilo she flashed liko a comet through that hotel into n constant change of ravish ing toilets, each more costly and be wildering than the others, until, liko the kings who pedestrianized in Mac beth, they threatened to stretch out till tho crack of doom. At tho end of tho week it was learned from the chambermaid that she had only gone through half of her immense Saratogas. There were several women there who had displayed at least a dozen different toilets, and they felt that they would just dio if sho beat their record. But sho kept right en and when sho was threo ahead of their scoro they packed up and left. Ono by one she vanquished tho lenders, and the rank and file capitulated, displaying the rarest generalship imaginable. If Mrs. appeared in any special color to mako a spread in the morning, she adopted that color at once, only in a dross that eclipsed the other as tho sun outshines the dog star. She was the absolute John Sullivan of the toilet ring, and knocked out all who had the temerity to stand before her. lhe last of her opponents was a rod- faced, vulgarly dressed woman from San Francisco, whose flashy toilets had attracted general attention and admir ation from persons ignorant of har mony and color. Whatever dress this woman donned in the morning the fash-1 lonable Nemesis was on her trail with a color that literally killed the other. lhe heretofore cock of tho walk was unable to stand her defeat, and, pack ing her trunks, started homo. The army of snobs was routed, and ono by ono dropped out of sight. They just settled up and quit. Then the quiet little lady resumed her plain lollies, put on an old straw hat with her (laughter and went tishing. As thu last gang left, sho absolutely had tho cool ness to be down at tho wharf tishing in an old calico dress, cotton gloves and straw hat. Tho landlord considered that sho lit erally cleaned his place out, and she thinks sho had an awful lot of fun. Canon (See.) Appeal. STANFORD'S PASSION. Til Cnllfurnlit MtltloimlrVa Ounulue I.o for Fine Hied Humes. Stanford's only passion is for fine horses, and this taste he has gratified on his estate at Palo Alto, in the heart of tho Santa Clara valley. There he has a largo number of lino thorough bred horses, and when ho goes down to his country home it is his uleasuro to it in a large chair in the center of a ring and see his favorite young flyers brought out for trial. It was while watching ono of these fast trotters an animal which had tho enormous stride of twenty-three foot that the millionaire conceived tho idea that in some part of his courso the horso must entirely clear tho ground and have all four feet in the air. So ho decided to havo his horse photographed while in motion. Ho secured the serv ices of a skillful photographer named Muybridge, and ho arranged an ingenious system of cameras worked by electricity by which an instantnneous view of tho animal was given as he passed tho homo line.. About $ 10, 000 was spout on these ex periments; but they overthrow all pre vious notions on tho subject, and the work which Stanford had written and published, entitled "Tlio Horso in Mo tion," is a valuable contribution to seUnce. Senator Stanford has also done more than anv ono else to im prove the breed of horses iu California and to demonstrate that the climate of that State is superior to Kentucky for me breeding of swift trotting and run ning stock. IWntxx'iiafi, THE PROMINENT CITIZEN. A Queur Character That Flourishes Whr- er Man IXhis Congrasaie. It js tho ambition of soma men to figure In tho role of prominent citizen They have an insatiablo craving to see their names in print. Ihoy attend an meetings in which "our moro promi nent citizens" tako part, and nothing p.easoa them more than to have their names appear in tho morning papors in tho long list of vice presidents. Tho prominent citizen signs requests to a thoatrical manager or star to ac cept a complimentary benefit, after scrutinizing the list of names to make sura that there is a preponderance of prominent citizens like himself, though it has been remarked that he rarely buys a ticket. It is for tho accommodation of the prominent citizen that chairs aro placed on tho stago on public occasions, and wo havo seen him swell up with the consciousness of his own importance as ho marched proudly to his seat, look ing as though the whole affair - was ar ranged with thu solo view to lifting him up for tin admiration of tho multi tude of ordinary citizens seated below, who had no pr imilonca to spoak of. So long as ho maintains a dignified composure and discreetly holds Ids tongue, ho is safe, but sometimes the prominent citissjn tlio kind wo are writing about, of .course is betrayed into the weakness of making a spoech, and the shallowness of his claim to any consideration above his fellows becomes painfully evident, leading silnplo peo. pie to inquire how he got to bo a prominent citizen, anvhow. It is em barrassing to havo a question of that sort put in motion, and no prominent citizen who feels at all insecure in his position should over do any thing to arouse it. There is rarely a procession without a carriage at the disposal of tho promi nent citizen. It would bo extremely undignified for hira to walk like com mon mortals; besides that, In a crowd he might bo mistaken for ono of tho most insignificant in tho procession, and no suspicion of his greatness. Seated in an open hack, with a flaming badge pinned on his coat, strangers on tho sidewalk might bn led to inquire: "Who is that man?" and ho is m hard luck if there isn't some ono at hand to reply: "That is Colonel Blank, ono of our most prominent citizens." No ono enjoys being interviewed by tho nowspapor reporter liko tho promi nent citizen we aro describing. He is ready to givo his opinion on any and all subjects, from ft fracturo in the side walk to a break in the Cabinet. If a series of interviews should appear in a newsaper headed, "What our promi nent citizens think of It," without his namo appearing it would make him sick, and he would probably call upon the editor demanding an explanation. In stances havo been known of his writing outan interview with himself, unasked, and putting it in the reporter's hands. It is on an excursion to some other city that the prominent citizon shines in his greatest glory. To have his coming announced iu the, papers; to bo received at the depot by a delegation of proniinont citizens, some of them as transparent humbugs as himself; to ten to speeches of welcome, and make a speech himself, if some friend is kind enough to write it for him; to be feasted and treated to freo drinks, and taken around in u hack to see tho prisons, poor-houses, public libraries and brewories, with a lunch and speeches at each stopping-place; to be stared at by barefoot boys; to have the band play "See tho Conquering Hero Comes;" to bo introduced to people ns tho man "who has given so much prom inence to his city," tho introducer not embarrassing himself or others by en tering into any details all these are what give tho prominent citizen such exumsite joy. Ihon it is that he is in his perfect element. Tomi Siftinjs. Driving Away Mosquitoes. Various substances aro used to drive mosquitoes away. In somo parts peo ple anoint their bodies with fish oil ns a protection against them. Tlio Chi nese aro said to be very clever in the use of such protective uurruents. In India, mosquitoes aro smoked out of a room by burning chips of wood and incense. A few sprigs of wormwood placed nbout tho pillow sometimes pro tect the sleeper from their attack. A correspondent asserts that if a piece of raw meat is hung over tho sleeper's head tho mosquitoes will fasten greedily on to it, leaving the human being in peace. In the morning scores of tho gorged creatures can be destroyed by dipping the meat into a bowl of boiling water. Dark, damp or ill-ventilated rooms are tho favorite haunts of mos quitoes, which seldom molest you when you sleep in tho veranda or on the house roof; or if you havo tho punkha going all night over you, with the doors and windows wide open, you aro pretty safe London Graphic An Ancient Family. Thero aro more ways than one of calling a person an old goose. Perhaps the neatest is that adopted by Kosciusko Murphy. Miss Esinerelda" Longeoflin is very proud of hor relations to the Longcollins of Virginia. Taking offence st somo remark made by Kosciusko, he said, in a cold, haughty tone of voice: "Sir, I wish you to understand that I belong to an ancient family." "Yes," replied Kosciusko, yaw ning, "I've read of that family. They saved tho Roman capital." Texas Silings. m , The small boy wishes some of those people w ho feel so shocked or grieved because ho goes in swimming without clothing, would chip in liberally for bathing suit.--BmIoh Glob. ADOUT OFFICE BOYS. Th nly War to lliiv. a Ooort On. I. to Hire New "n r.rrj " Thu olllce-bov question has almost as many sides to it as tho servant-girl question. Yet it is with dillldenco that I offer my share in the discussion. There are certain characteristic of the olliee bov, however, that ought to be brought out; and as special instances arc moro valuable, or at any rate more interesting than general statement, let mo relate something about two individual boys: One of theso was named Joe. Ho was a genius in Ids wav, but his way was not my way. His talents wre of a mechanical order. Ho ought to have "been made apprentice to a fashionable plumber or a first-class burglar. It was one of his duties to 'tend dour. His wat was separated from the outer door by ft small ante room. He was a very active boy, but he would work hard for three hours to savo himself two or three trips across the room. The door closed with a catch, and ho rigged a wiro to that, passed it through staples around tho three sides of tho anteroom, aim so into tho room that he sat in. When r. knock camo at tho door. Joe, sitting triumphant on his stool, would pull the siring, and presto! tho door was mysteriously opened. This ar rangement pleased him a great deal more than it did mo. Ono day I heard a peculiar grunting noiso in the ante room.' I called Joo, but ho did not come. I wont to tho door to see what was the matter, and there I found him hanging by the kuc-s from the ceiling, head downward. He had knocked the cane sent out of a stool, screwed a pul ley into a beam overhead, and rigged up somo ropes iu such a way that when he stuck his knees tl. nigh the seat of tho stool and pulled with all his might on tho ropes, he was elevated, knees first, toward the ceiling. Then ho tied tlio mid of the rope fast to the stool. After doing this, ho found that ho could neither untie nor get his legs out, so he had to stay there. Tu.u aro only two out of many instances that might be cited. Joo was of very little use to nie, and lie covered iny rooms with such a lot of nails, screws, pulleys, wires, strings and other things of tho sort that I hard ly knew the place. Ho had to go. Ned was a different sort of boy. He was older than Joe, and he did so well tho first week that I thought I had found a treasure. I therefore willing ly advanced him another week's salary. Ho did noteonio on Monday. Tuesday , morning ho said an mint of his had died, and ho was obliged to attend the funeral. Tho excuse was accepted. I did not know thou that Ned had fifteen aunts, all liable to die at any time; a sick father and mother, and seven little brothers and sisters who were constant ly meeting with accidents. Neither did I know ihat his borrow lnz habit was inveterate. When ho left me I figured up, and found that I had paid him, in four months, about twenty dollars more than his salary, mostly in loans of twenty- five to fifty cents, lho list might bo extended al most indefinitely. One boy is an artist And covers all nvailablo walls with drawings. 'Another is anxious to im prove his handwriting, and practices on the backs of your law papers and pamphlets, or uses up your best letter paper and envelopes. Almost all office boys aro good for a week. After that they get careless, indifferent, and sometimes decidedly "uppish." Tho only way to keep good olliee boys is to get them fresh once a week. John W. Penrose, in Epoch. THE CHLORAL HABIT. A Drui That Should Not He Taken With out a l'liysiolHu's Advice. Chloral hydrate is ono of tho best Mcep-protlueers known to science. It leaves few pernicious after ollects, and Iocs not lessen paiu liko opium or pro luce the delightful, dreamy condition that follows tho use of the last-named drug iu many people. As taken by some as an habitual dose to induce sleep it is not freo from danger. Sleep should be natural in order to bo refresh ing. The effect of chloral is to induce an artificial condition resembling natural Icep in somo respects, but net giving the weary brain all tho rest it needs in order that waste of substance shall be followed by complete repair. Tho chloral habit is not easily formed, for the taste of tho mixture in which it is necessarily given is not pleasant. There aro instances of it being formed an 1 the consequences aro mental and physical dubility, the former sometimes amount ing almost to complete imbecility. Like tho other drugs of its class, it should not bo taken except bv tho advice of a competent physician. Insomnia sleep lessness is better treated by exercise carried to fatigue, by baths, avoidance of stimulants, including tea and coffee, and by methodical attention to diet, ventilation of sleeping apartments, and massage when necessary, than by any of tho drugs which produce a condition more or less closely imitating sleep. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bradntrert's has a unique statistic in the presentation of its striko record for six mouths, from which it appears that at various times during tho first half of the year laborers havo been on striko to the total number of 234,731, against S(i3,SJo for tho same period last year, lho number of strikes was 523 to 200, so that tho strikes havo been mora numerous, but have involved much fewer numbers than last year. The number of employes in the build ing trades who have been on strike is 6S.000. in transportation service 51,000, in coal mining 13,000, in bootd and shoos 17.000. CONCERNING TINFOIL A Mammoth Industry In Whloh Krery To bacco Consumer Is Interested. What was that he threw away?" "Oh, only a piece of tinfoil from his tobacco." Only a piece of tinfoil. Did you ever consider how large a manufacture of that article, apparently of so little value, is carried onP Will you believe it w hen you are told that moro than 1,000.000 pounds of the foil nro used annually to cover tho smoking and chewing tobacco manufactured in tho United "States alone. Tho method of making it is interesting. Tho tin is of coiirso"lirst taken out of the mines, the best of which for this purpose aro in Australia and tho Dutch possessions of tho East Indies. Tho metal is found in veins or fissures called lodes, though it is also often found in ft dispersed form in loose stones, which when found continuously nro called litre :i ins. Tho rock containing the ore is blasted with gunpowder and carried to tho stamping-null, wiicre u is pounded and washed. It is next smelted and the tin run into blocks containing from 200 to 400 weight each. This is the condition m which tho metal is kept for ordinary use. Two means nro used to reduce it to the necessary thinness. The old manner of hammering by hand after first being cut is still used to a great extent By this process, however, only ono surface could bo produced, and to obviate tins difficulty rolling mills were invented. Prior to their invention nearly all tho tinfoil was imnorted. but their use has completely revolutionized tho trade. Tho metal is now placed between two heavy rollers, which gives it a finished surface on both sides. It is then cut into widths from twelvo to fifteen inches, rolled upon wooden reels and carried to cutting machines where it is cut according to order. It is then narked in boxes of ono hundred pounds i . each, being laid in without pressure. I hero Is another dilleronce between me foil which is beaten and and that which is rolled. Tho former is full of small holes, but tho foil to bo used for to bacco wrappers must be airtight A". T. Mail and Express. A Surprising Reception. Book Agent I nm ottering to tho public a new work, tho "Encyclopedia Universal, Eternal," only tine Omaha Man Como in, sir. Don t stand there in tho hot sun. 'I I guess you didn't understand. I am selling" "Certainly. There, take that seat by the window. I am delighted to see you. "Permit me to plain. This book, glorious work, Is complete in forty-five volumes, nt iivo dollars a volume, and I am tho agent for it" "I nm sorry you brought only ono volume. Can you get the rest soon?" "Oh, yes, but" . "By tho wav, there's the bell. Stay to dinner, won't von?" "I I beg pardon. This is very strange. Am 1 awake or drenming?" "Yes, the house don't look very pretty, does it? You see, this is a pri vate lunatic asylum, and 1 am ono of the patients." Omaha World. Valuable Discoveries. 1 Tlio Government of Colombia is authorized to grant a reward of $10,000 in silver to every one who discovers a new merchantable nrticlo of export Under this law Senor Rafael Vanegas has filed two claims, ono for the dis covery nnd employment of a valuable medicinal plant; tho second for the discovery that wild cocoa trees exist in profusion iu tho virgin forests which stretch from tho waters of tho Ariari down to tho River Guyabero. If in vestigation should prove tho correct ness of this statement, it will throw millions of dollars annually into Colom bia and placo a vuluablo nrticlo within tho reach of many who nro now de prived of tho uso of it owing to tho price. N. Y. Pout. Surprised Turks. Dr. Wasliburne, president of the American College at Constantinople, brought with him from tho United States ono of Edison's phonographs, which ho exhibited to a company of Turks. Ho talked into the orifice and tho machine ground out of its vocal tinfoil long sentences in its .squeaky way. Tho amazement of . tho specta tors was kept out of sight They pre tended that it was no marvel to them at all, but when the phonograph spoko iu Turkish they ' could not contain themselves any longer, and frankly ad mitted that they could not understand how tho machine had learned the lan guage so quickly, sinco it had been in the country only two weeks. S. S. Cox, in Youth's Companion. - Tho emergency of weather has made every body solicitous as to his heUlth. A very young doctor was in structing a circlo of friends the other night, telling them what, how, and when to eat and drink. "Tho medical profession is agreed," he said, grandly, "that a chronic impairment of the di gestive functions results from drinking while ono cats; it was never intended that solid and liquid food should be sent into tho stomach together." "Ac cording to that, doctor," said a bright young woman, "bread and milk is a terribly uuwholcsomo dish?" The doctor is still thiuking about it Buffalo Express. A Yonkers man is charged with making this neat proposal of marriage: "Xow, now dear, you say you have fo0.000 in your own name; why not put il .n uiiue?" ... . MUTLATEDlS Rules '"nuutiing Worn-Out !.. ,J"lrtl- the "Are many mutilated n,,,' for redemption," asked I PrW Clerk in tho United Stated r'1 on w an street. "Yes m public has any idea of,''hH!?vhH the obliging clerk at Z' H to nit ate the r., . .tuUltM, lugs of tho department h, vin of that particular branch. 4 Ch"9 rules regulating the wni ' d lows: "'Ufc Puraraph 18 reads: Mutilate notes, Kold ourtillcate. ami ,f ,.m K are redeemable by lhe Treasure, ' "'S count Of ten per cent, of the U tenth of th. original propcrt purt or place, provided n,t i-. Ml11 . the whole note la prenentdd, ""HajJ xiniKrunn is. -Frag-menu leii ih,.v notua subject to discount B,I.,hilll'll are redeemable at the f!W9 vaJa; llWpl notewhon accompanied by Mm , owner or other persons having knowil?' facts that the missing portion, kdw,,i totally destroyed. -uM ur Aatioiuil bank notes it sav Paragraph 1. Notes equallln. L ' threo-flfth, of their original pJS boarlng the name of the bank and th. 7 Of OUO Of Its OfflCflin rn . '! foe value. ---wur Purugruph 21. Notes Of Khlnh I fifths remain, or from which boib. ij ure lucking, are not redoemed by the T'' but should bo presented for rfdt)mDti,? bank of lhsuo. pHoD Hi Moro 1, $2 and 5 notes arc redt than of any other denomination. 7 were shown to tho reporter that m scollowed, torn iu half, with ton missing, holes the size of A silverisL lar, seemingly taken out of the ceotw of tho note, and some so thin thtn. handling would reduce them to sW Tlw Hilvm' perrifinnrno r.9 ei well represented, even though in& dilation but a year. They were pnV pany wru, noi worn, as in the oft ifip4. A lilnnn ,.f nl.icj 4k . . ..... -- uio CMCtlii of a note, divided into squares am longs, is used to measure the size offc ...,.t.'l..f innj ritii.-l...lf it.. , divided into five parts, formed bjliit, cut horizontal with tlin ends eaohek, long being one-tenth of the glass. other half is cut into twenty Bimtn. each representing one-fortieth of glass. This glass, when laid hm. note, at once reveals tho extent f 4(1 mutilation. Tho money Is received and cjami by a special clerk, who, after retunity luu proper amount ui ino person ptv senting it turns the note or uoteebi clerk whose duty it is to pack amipo pare the same for shipment to Vj, ington. A largo stack of bills wink, re the last clerk and ho was bmya. sorting them according t J their ami inations. They are then put into pti ages of one hundred notes. Then ta packages are tied together, forminji biKidle containing one thousand bilk Silver certificates are perforated beta being packed. Tho bundles are expressed to WA ington, where tho notes ure reiluwiti a pulp, which, in turn, is molded into various shapes and sold to cunfcit;. hunters. More than $30,000,000 in mutnVi notes are redeemed each year at Ha I Suii-Treasury. .V. Y. CommerM M vertiser. REALISTIC ADVENTURE. An Inelileut from tli Early Llfs of vllst W. II. Howells. As the dusk w as setting in on be tiful autumnal day about thirty-sew years nzo, a man and a boy were dm- ing a cow along a country rad h Ohio. Thev had como a long distant! and were weary; but though the ty limped, tho conversation did not Jag thev trudged along. They were evidently not farmers; botli had tho nppearanco of linng citvlife. but had they been observed, the things they were saying, their looks, would have attracted tention; for they were talking of 0 vantes and Shakesneare. The cow needed much urging, and was Into at night when they reseM some white-limbed sycamores bca the tail-race of a grist-mill on the Lit tle Miami river, on tho other side J which was tho small log-cabin in whia they lived. A question then arose to how they should get the cow Tln.vr iw,r. tnow tllO depth the water, but they knew it tl cold, and thev did not care t ' i 1 .,..,! (tin bOT W the s- mill nnwd thn li.iaii.i'iira there, .a somo back to receive the cow ontkj thcr side of tho tail-race. But w all his literature, tho boy was Jl Ktiiinus. and afr" of tho dark; and though the urged him to go, he would not him. They could see the in. , cabin twinkling cheerfully. Ul(' shouted to those within, but no e heard them. They called and nil nt tain tititi ncio v.- - - . tho cold rush of the tail-race, the ami the bona1' They then determined to driver w across from the shore, and then to up to the saw-mill and down the K.,u ., ...i, i,.,- o sherea1 m ua i,j uiiiwi mi it. When they camo there, she wn to be found, however; sho had inWW turned again, and during the i. u..- i...i.. ,im towntro" IU.IMU ucr wily U.lCfw n'" ...I.: 1. 1. . I i 1.. I... wiiicu tuey nail Drouio. " .a The log-cabin was a small one, a corn-field of eighty acres behind anil I it-n-s nnnnlif a nil M'tO T of tury old. The bov who entered it this adventure whs William Dean B' ells, and tlio man was his fiitli'f. a had recently brought' his f1,,liyl;i Dayton to take charge of the j ,.".-i, .i... li.Mtv 01 uuni iiiusmues me u"i imi early life of ono who has since oeo me loremosi American iu -wm U. UUleinn. in St. NichoUn. Oat straw is bVt for filling 0 n VII IrV IIAIIq 1,1- W once a year.