( MOUNTAINS OF SUGAR.
Tile Tremendous Jti:ui Miles or .Huorliitrlno
Consumed In Till Country.
Americans ought to bo tlio sweetest
pooplo on earth if, as has boon assorted,
food goes to make tho raee. J lio fii:iii
titv of sweets liviulcil at this port, dur
ing a year would amaze anv one who
lias not given tho subject special atteii
lion. It would appear that Americans
aro preserved in sugar, alloat on rivers
of saccharine. Lroni West Indies black
strap to golden syrup, from dainty
lady-lingers to solid pound eake. from
molasses dimly to tho most delicious
oonbons, Anierieans boat all other peo
pies ns absorbers of saccharine, tho
French not excepted. No ndequnto
idea of the 'mormons ouahtlty of sugar
consumed iu this c ry can bo con
vovod by a statement- in pounds. Tho
iiinuvs, however, indicate that Undo
Sam has a tremendous sweot tooth.
Tho total sugar importations for tho
year 18K(j amounted to 2,198.192,000
pounds, or about 1.000,000 tons, valued
at $71.6')I.G'JS. To tills tremendous
aggregate' C iba alone contributed
l.Jtol.fiOJMWI pomids; Brazil flout 22,'I.
0G2.00I) pounds; Germany (beet sugar)
20:l.28H,000 pounds, and tho Sandwich
Islands (fniosugar),191,C22,00) pounds.
Smaller quantities were imported from
the west Indies and other countries
To the aggregate of imports must bo
added the domestic product to find tho
total consumption of sugar iu tho
United States.
Tho best imported sugar is tho cen
trifugal, Iu form of ooarso ervstailino
particles, varying iu size according to
the srrailo or quality 01 tho article. 1 lie
lowest form of tho product is called
inelada, a thick sirup, of which com
paratively little is now imported.
Samples of sugar aro taken from a
specified number of cask of every cargo
by Government samplers ami sent to
expert, who determine the grade as a
basis of fixing tho ilutv thoioon. Tho
instrument employed to indicate tho
degree of variation in tho quality of
sugar is called a polariseopo, and a
variation of one degree moans a timer
once of 1-1 1th of 1 por cout. duty, a
small fraction, baton millions of pounds
it means thousands of dollars.
Tiie manner of handling sugar In the
port has recently undergone a change,
it is another instance of the condensa
tion of business methods, whereby tho
same results are obtained by fewer
workers. Formerly tho great bulk of
sugar was stored in tho warehouses and
withdrawn by reliner.s from time to
time -a method which gave employ
meiit to a great number of coopers and
laborers. Now the bulk of it goos di
rect to the refineries, and a good many
workmen have lost their occupation in
consequence.
In the busy season, which usually be
gins about March 1 and ends about tho
middle of July, as many as tweuty-livo
or thirty vessels aro di Unbilled at 0110
time along the Brooklyn water front,
dischiimini: their cargoes. An idea of
tho bulk of an average sugar cargo can
only be formed by seeing, say 1,000
hogsheads, of an average weight, of l,00
'pound-, spread out upon the dock. One
hundred of snob cargoes, if piled iu
tiie form of a pyramid, would make
a ugar Cheops, hvery package
weighed by a Government oilicer or a
sworn special. The loriuor receives fl
h d.i , sis days In the week; the other
.'IDceiJs an hour fur actual service.
The i igher's position is no sinecure.
lie is a worker, lie must stand at tho
scab - from seven .1. m. until sunset; he
must endure blazing suns and face tho
colde-l winds.
What becomes of tint million tons of
impoi ted sug.ir, not to mention (lie do
mi stie product P Ask tho latlios, ask
the children, ask I lie baker and the
confectioner, ask the housekeeper.
It i.es into millions of cups of collee
and tei daily; into cakes, preserves and
pics, p. to fruits and sauces ami a hun
dred other tilings. The Western (lap
jack swims in saccharine lluid; it per
meates the luscious griddle cake. The
cunning confectioner and skilled house
wife mold tho crude article into multi
form artistic siiapes and invest tli.o sub
stance witli 11 delicious consistency.
Jf the supply were suddenly stopped,
society would be converted into sauer
kraut. .V. 1'. Kwning Hun.
City H liter "dust in time. I want
you to rush out to the fair grounds, go
up in I but balloon, ami write "
Reporter -"Halloon! Well, now, I
don't know about 'that: I have a family
to .support." "That's so; l didn't think
of that. I'll semi young Jones, and
von take his job. Hurry up and stop
idm." "What Is his job?" "I want
him to write up a llve-columu article
on tho small-pox hospital." Omaha
World.
A now plant, said to have electrical
properties, Is described by some of tho
German journals under the name of
Phytolacca oloolriuu. "It gives a slight
electric shock to the hand when its
hcalkls broken, ami it alVeets the mag
netic needle, disturbing it considerably
If brought very near. Iu energy varies
during the day. being strongest at
about two o'clock In the afternoon, and
fading aw ay to nothing at night. X.
Y, Ledger.
It is not a bail rule to koop orchard
lauds in as good heart as tlio corn. Held.
To do this some manure is iiuoossary.
If largo crops of fruit and grass aro ro
nioiod, considerable in an uru is needed
to keep up tho fertility. Tillage servos
partly as manure in the uorrilleld, but
old orchards that aro seeded down aro
not thus benefited.-Prairie Farmer.
A certain farmer sticks clothed pins
through a board, nails up tho board and
hangs hid whip in tho plus. Saves
money and whips.
SHE, TOO, COULD SHINE.
IIoit n J'rlm Mllllnniitre' Wife donned
Out u lfalilmiilto Hotel.
A fow.days ago a lady from San Fran
cisco, who had a very solid bank ac
count, went to'Lake Tahoo on a pleasure
trip with her daughter. She concluded
that she would have a good time, and
accordingly took alongsonie plain, serv
iceable clothes and no jowelry. When
she struck one of tho fashionable rosorts
she found herself in tlio midst of a lot
of pcojdo making a vulgar display of
clothes and diamonds, and every tint
sho turned around sho was tho subject
of the most 11nmercif.il snubbing. Shi
was put oil' in an obscure corner to oat.
and not one of tlio fashionable guests
condescended to show hor tlio slightest
civility. Tho lady lit Iierlips for a few
days, tool; in the situation and with true
feminine instinct docidcd on revenge,
She dropped a lino below, and presently
there were deposited at the bote, twelve
Saratoga trunks wavbilled to her Jul
dress. She and her daughter retired to
their rooms, and that evening came
down to tho dining-room in a blazo of
lace and diamonds that took everybody's
breath away. No such gorgeous or
tastv toilets had ever bewildered tlio
guests at that hotel before. It blinded
the byo to look at tlio pair as they quietly
entered tlio room. The steward, after
recovering his poise, rushed forward
and pulled out two chairs from tlio most
fashionable tabio 111 the hotel, bin
shook her head and replied: "Tlio old
table will do," and went to the obseiiro
corner, whore sho had oaton all tho
time.
Tlio utmost consternation spread
through tho -dining-room, and tho low
hum of voices rose to a fashionable
buzz as they warmly discussed the .situ
ation. Wasn't it awittl? They had
been snubbing a woman and her
dautrhter all the week who could out-
dress them all. Iu the evening they
attempted to hod ire, bid. couldn t to
any considerable extent. Tlio dude?
tried to shine up to the girl, but she
wouldn't have it, and those who tried
to scrape an acquaintance with the
mother found it like trying to run a
tunnel into an iceberg. For awhile sho
Hashed like a comet through that
hotel into a constant chango of ravish
ing toilets, each more costly and be
wildering than tiie others, until, like
the kings who pedestrianized in Mac
belli, thev threatened to stretch out
till tiie crack of doom.
At tlio end of the week it was learned
from tlio chambermaid that sho had
only gone through half of her immense
Saratogas. 1 here were several women
there who had displayed at least a
dozen different toilets, and they felt
that they would just die if she boat their
record. Hut she kept right on and
when sho was three nhead of their
score tlioy packed up and left. One by
0110 she vanquished tlio leaders and tho
rank and lile capitulated, displaying
the rarest generalship imaginable. It
Mrs. - appeared in any special color
to make a spread in the morning, she
adopted that color at once, only in a
dress that eclipsed tho other as the sun
outshines the dog star.
She was the absolute John Sullivan
if the toilet ring, and knocked out all
who hail the temerity to stand before her.
The last of her opponents was a red-
faced, vulgarly dressed woman from
San Francisco, whose llashy toilets had
attracted general attention and admir
ation from persons ignorant of har
mony ami color. Whatever dress this
woman donned iu tho morning the fash-
onnblo Nemesis was on her trail with
a color that literally killed the other.
I'lie heretofore cock of tho walk was
unable to stand her defeat, ami, pack
ing her trunks, started home.
The army of snobs was routed, and
one by one dropped out of sight. They
just settled up and (put. I hen the
:iuiet little lad v. resumed her plain
dollies put 011 an old straw hat with her
daughter ami went lisiiing. As the last
gang left, sho absolutely had the cool
ness to he down at the wharf llslung 111
an old calico dress, cotton gloves and
straw hat.
Tho landlord considered that she lit
erally cleaned his place out, and she
thinks she had an awful lot of fun.
Carson (Xcv.) Appeal.
STANFORD'S PASSION.
Til California Millionaire.' (leiiulne. l.ovn
fur I'lii" llretl llursi'x.
Stanford's only passion is for line
horses, and this taste ho has gratified
on his estate at l'alo Alto, in tho heart
of tho Santa Clara valley. There he
has a large number of lino thorough
bred horses, and when he goes down to
his country home it is his pleasure to
It in a large chair In the center of a
ring and see Ids favorite young tlyers
brought, out for trial.
It was while watching one of these
fast trotters --an aidmal which had tho
enormous stride of twenty-throe foot
that the millionaire concolved the Idea
that in sumo part of Ids course tho
horso must entirely clear the ground
and have.all four feet iu the air. So ho
dooidod to Have his horse photographed
while iu motion. Ho scoured the serv
ices of a skillful photographer
named Muybridge, and ho arranged
m Ingenious system of cameras
worked by electricity by which
an iiistamnuonus view 01 1110 annual
was given as he passed the home line.
About j? 10,000 was spent on those ex
periments; but thuy overthrow all pre
vious notions on tho subject, ami the
work which Stanford had written ami
published, eutlllod "The Horse iu Mo
tion," is a valuable contribution to
soiunce. Senator Stanford has also
done more than any 0110 else to im
prove the brood of horses in California
and to dumoiistrtito that tho climate of :
that Suite is superior to Kentucky for
the broudlng'of swift trotting mid run
ning Ktook, Cosmopolitan.
THE PROMINENT CITIZEN.
A Queer diameter Tlinl. Flourishes Whr-
nrer Mhii Horn Congregate.
It is tho ambition of somo men to
figure in tho role of prominent citizen
The Imvo an insatiablo craving to see
their names in print. Ihoy attend all
meetings in which "our more promt
limit citizens" t.tko part, and nothing
picasos them more than to have their
names appear in tho morning papers 111
tho long list of vice presidents.
Tho prominent citizen signs requests
to a theatrical manager or star to ac
cept a complimentary benefit, after
scrutinizing tho list of names to make
sure that there is a preponderance of
prominent citizens like himself, though
it has been remarked that ho rarely
buys a ticket.
It is for tiie accommodation of tho
prominent citizen that chairs aro placed
on the stage on public occasions, and
wo have seen him swell up with tho
consciousness of his own importance as
he marched proudly to his scat, loo k
ing as though tho whole affair was ar
ranged with tho solo view to lifting
liim up for the admiration of the multi
tude of ordinary oitiz.uis seated below,
who had 110 prominence to speak of.
So long as he maintains a dignified
composure and discreetly holds his
tongue, lie is safe, but so.tietimes tho
prominent cilia m tlio kind we are
writing about, of course is betrayed
into the weakness of making a speech,
and tho shallowness of his claim to any
consideration above his fellows becomes
painfully evident, loading simple peo
olo to innuiro how lie got to bo a
prominent citizen, anvhow. It is em
barrassing to have a question of that
sort put in motion, and no prominent
citizen who feels at all insecure in his
position should over do any tiling to
aroiiso it.
There is rarely a procession without
a carriage at the disposal of tho pronii
nent citizen. It would be extremely
undignified for him to walk like com
mon mortals; besides thai, in a crowd
he might be mistaken for one of tlio
most insignificant iu the procession
and no suspicion of his greatness,
Seated in an open hack, with a llaining
badgo pinned on his coat, strangers
on the sidewalk might bo led to inquire:
"Who is that man?" and ho is iu hard
luck if there isn't some 0110 at hand to
reply: "That is C donol Blank, 0110 of
our most prominent citizous."
No ono enjoys being interviewed by
the newspaper reporter like the promi
nent citizen we aro describing, lie is
ready to give his opinion on any and
all subjects, from a fracture 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
name appearing it would make him sick,
and lie would probably call upon tho
editor demanding an explanation. In
stances have been known of his writing
outan into -view with himself, unasked,
and putting it in tlio reporter's hands.
It is on an excursion to somo other
city that tho prominent citizen shines
iu his greatest glory. To havo his
coming announced iu tho papers; to be
received at tho depot by a delegation of
prominent citizens, .somo of them as
transparent humbugs as himself; to
listen to speeches of welcome, and
make a speech himself, if somo friend
is kind enough to write it for him; to
be feasted and treated to free drinks.
and taken around in a hack to seo the
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 "Seo the Conquering Horn
Comes;" to bo introduced to people as
the man "who ha.sgivon so much prom
inence to Ids city," tins introducer not
embarrassing himself or others by en
tering into any details all these are
what give tlio prominent citizen such
exquisite joy. Tlioa it is that ho is 111
his perfect element. Term Sitiny.
Driving Away Mosquitoes. .'
Various substances aro used to drive
mosquitoes away. In somo parts peo
ple anoint their bodies with lish oil as
a protection nguin.-t them. Tho Chi-
noso are said to be very clever in the
use of such protective unguents. In
India, mosquitoes are smoked out of a
room by burning chips of wood anil
incense. A few sprigs of wormwood
placed about tho pillow sometimes pro
tect tho sleeper from their attack. A
correspondent asserts that if a piece of
raw meat is hung over tho sleeper's
head the mosquitoes will fasten greedily
on to it, leaving tho human being iu
pence. Iu the morning scores of tlio
'urged creatures can be destroyed by
lipping the meat into a bowl of boiling
water. Dark, damp or ill-ventilated
rooms are the favorite haunts of 1110s-
piitoes, which seldom molest you when
you sleep in tlio veranda or on tho
house roof; or if you have the puiikhn
going all night over you, with tho doors
ind windows wide opon, you aro pretty
safe. London Graphic.
An Ancient Family.
Tliero are more ways than ,0110 of
calling a person an old goose. Perhaps
the neatest is that adopted by Kosciusko
Murphy. Miss Ksnicrelda l.ongcotlln
is very proud of hor relations to the
hongcotlliis of Virginia. Taking offence
at somo remark made by Kosciusko, he
said, iu a cold, haughty tone of voice:
"Sir, 1 wish you to understand that I
belong o an ancient family.".
"Yes." replied Kosciusko, yawning,
"I've read of that family. Tlioy saved
the ltnninu capital." 'ill! Siflitiyi,
"J Tho small boy wishes some of those
people who fuel so shocked or griovod
hoeaiiso ho goos iu swimming without
olnthlpg. would chip in llborally foi a
bathing- &ult. Boston Qlobe,
ABOUT OFFICE BOYS.
Tile Only Way to Ilnve a flood One I to
Hire H New Ono Kvery Weok.
The office-boy quction has almost as
many sides to it ns the servant-girl
question. Yet it is with diffidence that
1 offer my share in the discussion.
There aro certain characteristics of tho
office boy, however, that ought to be
brought out; and as special instances
are. more valuable, or at any rate more
interesting than general statements,
let me relate something about two
individual boys: One of these was
named Joe. Ho was a genius in his
way. but his way was not my Way. His
talents were of a mechanical order. He
ought to have been made apprentice to
a fashionable plumber or a first-class
burglar. It was one of his duties to
'tond douT; His scat . was separated
from the outer door by a small ante
room. He was a very active boy, but
ho would work hartl for three hours to
savo himself two or thrco trips acro.s
tlio room. Tlio door clocu with a
catch, and ho rigged a wire to that,
passed it through staples around the
three sides of the anteroom, and so
into the room that he sat in.
When a knock came at the door. Joe,
sitting triumphant mi his stool, would
pull the string, and presto! the door
was mysteriously opened. This ar
rangement pleased him a great deal
more than it did inc. Ono day I heard
a peculiar grunting noise in the ante
room. I called Joe, but he did not
tome. I went to tho door to see what
was the matter, and there I found him
hanging by the kne-'s from the ceiling,
head downward, lie had' knocked the
cane seat out of a stool, screwed a pul
ley into a beam overhead, and rigged
up some ropes in such a way that when
he stuck his knees tl nigh the scat of
the stool and pulled inch all his might
on the ropes, he was elevated, knees
first. toward tho ceiling. Then lie tied the
end of the rope fast to the stool. After
doing this, he found that he could
neither untie nor get ids legs out, so he
had to stay there. Th .to aro only two
out of many instances that might be
cited.
Joo was of vcr' little tic to 1110, and
he covered my rooms with ?uch a lot of
nails, screws, pulleys, wires, strings
and other things of tlio sort that I hard
ly know tho place. He had to go.
Ned was a different sort of boy. He
was older than Joe, and he did so well
the first week that I thought I had
found a treasure. 1 then-fore willing
ly advanced him another week's salary,
lie did notcomo on Monday. Tuesday
morning ho said an aunt of his had
died, and ho was obliged to attend tlio
funeral. Tho excuse was accepted. I
did not know thou that Ned had fifteen
aunts, all li iblo to die at any time"; a
siek father ami mother, and seven little
brothers and sisters who were constant
ly meeting with accidents.
Neither did I know ihat his borrow
ing habit was inveterate. When ho
left me I figured up, and found that I
had paid him, in four mouths, about
twenty dollars more than his salary,
mostly in loans of twenty- five to fifty
cents. The list might bo extended al
most indefinitely. Ono boy is an artist
and covers all available walls with
drawings. Another is anxious to im
prove Ids handwriting, and practices
mi tiie backs of your law papers and
pamphlets, or uses up
paper and envelopes,
bovs aro good for
your Dest letter
Almost all ollico
a week. After
that they get careless,
indill'erent, and
sometimes decidedly
"uppish." Tho
only way to keep gooil office boys is to
gel them fresh once a week. John Ik.
Penrose, in Kv
THE CHLORAL HABIT. "
A Onus Tlmt Slioulil Not lid Taken AVIl li
mit it I'liy.ii-liin'.t Ail virr.
Chloral hydrate is 0110 of the best
deep-producers known to science. It
leaves few pernicious after oll'oets, and
Iocs not lessen pain like opium or pro
duce the delightful, dreamy condition
that follows tho use of the last-named
Irug iu many people. As taken by
some as an iiamtuai uose 10 liimieo
loop it is not free from danger. Sleep
should bo natural in order to be refresh
ing. Tlio elfect. of chloral is to induce an
artificial condition resembling natural
sleep in some respects, but net giving
the weary brain all the rest it needs in
ordor that waste of substance shall be
followed by comploto repair. Tho
hloral 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 I tho
consequences aro mental and physical
debility, tlio former sometimes anicunt
ing almost to complete imbecility. lake
the other drugs of its class, it should
not bo taken except by the advico of a
competent physician. Insomnia sleep
lessness is better treated by exercise
carried to fatigue, by baths, avoidance
of stimulants including tea and coffee,
md by methodical attention to diet,
ventilation of sleeping apartments, and
massage when necessary, than bv any
of the drugs which produce a condition
more or loss closely imitating sloop.
a7. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Hradet rent's has a uniquo statistic
in the presentation of its strike record
for six months, from which it appears
.that at various times during the first
half of tho year laborers have btwn 011
strike to the total number of 2:11.7:11,
ijfaiiist 863,81).') for the same period last
year. The miimier ot strnces was aaji
to 200, so that the strikes have noon
more numerous, but havo involved
much fewer numbers than last year.
The number of employes In the build
ing t ratios who have been on strtko is
(W.UOa in transportation sorvioo 51,000,
In uoai milling 1,000, in boots and
bliuo 17,000.
CONCERNING TINFOIL.
A Mammoth Intlitotry In Which Kvery To
Imcco 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 largo a manufacture
of that article, apparently of so little
value, is carried on? Will yon believe
it when jou aro told that more than
1,000.000 pounds of the foil arc used
annually to cover tho smoking and
chewing tobacco manufactured in tho
United States alone. The method of
making it is interesting. The tin is of
course first taken out of tlio mines, tho
best of which for this purpose arc in
Australia and the Dutch possessions of
tho East Indies. The metal is found
in veins or fissures called lodes, though
it is also often found in a dispersed
form in loose stones,, which when
found continuously are called
stream. Tho rock containing the
ore is blasted witli gunpowder and
carried to the stamping-mill, where it
is pounded and washed. It is next
smelted and the tin run into blocks
containing from '-'00 to -100 weight
each. This is the condition iu which
tlio motal is kept for ordinary use.
Two means are used to reduce it to tlio
necessary thinness. The old manner
of hammering by hand after first being
cut is still ued to a great extent lly
this process, however, only one surface
could be produced, and to obviate this
difficulty rolling mills were invented.
Prior to their invention nearly all the
tinfoil was imported, but their use has
completely revolutionized tltc trade.
The metal is now placed between two
heavy rollers, which gives it a finished
surface on both sides. It is then cut
into widths from twelve to fifteen
inches, rolled upon wooden reels and
carried to cutting machines wliero.it is
cut according to order. It is then
pii'-kcd iu boxes of one hundred pounds
each, being laid in without pressure.
There is.anotlier difference between the
foil which is beaten and and that which
is rolled. The former is full of small
holes, but the foil to bo used for to
bacco wrappers must bo airtight. Ar.
Y. Alail and Express.
A Surprising Reception.
Hook Agent I am offering to tho
public a new work, tlio "Encyclopedia
Universal, Eternal." only fine
Omaha Man Come in, sir. Don't
stand there in the hot sun.
"I I guess you didn't understand.
I am selling "
"Certainly. There, take that seat by
the window. 1 am delighted to see
you."
"Permit me to 'xplain. This book,
glorious work, is complete in forty-five
volumes, at. five dollars a volume, and
I am the agent for it."
"I am sorry you brought only ono
volume. Can von get tho rest soon?"
"Oil, yes. 1)111"
"liy the way, there's the bell. Stay
to dinner, won't you?"
"1 I beg pardon. This is very
stiange. Am I awake or dreaming?"
" os, the house don't look very
pretty, does it? You see, this is a pri
vate lunatic asylum, and I am ono of
the patients." Onmha World.
Valuable Discoveries.
Tiie fioverument of Colombia is
authorized to grant a reward of $10,000
in silver to eveiy one who discovers a
new merchantable articlo of export.
Under this law Senor Rafael Vanegns
litis filed two claims, one. for the dis
covery and employment of a valuable
medicinal plant; the second for the
discovery that wild cocoa trees exist in
profusion in tho virgin foro-t which
stretch from tho waters of the Ariari
down to the River Guyabcro. If in
vestigation should prove the correct
ness of this statement, it will throw
millions of dollars annually into Coloin
;bia and place a valuable articlo within
the reach of 11111113' who aro now de
prived of the tiso of Rowing to tlio
price. .Y. Y. J'ost.
Surprised Turks.
Dr. Washbiirne, president of tho
American College at Constantinople,
brought with liim from tho United
States one of Edixm's phonographs,
which he exhibited to a company of
Turks. lie talked into the orifice
and the machine ground out of its vocal
tinfoil long sentences in its squeaky
way. The amazement of the specta
tors was kept out of sight. Tlioy pre
tended that it was 110 marvel to them
at all, but when the phonograph spoke
iu Turkish they could not contain
themselves any longer, and frankly ad
mitted that tlioy could not understand
how the machine had learned the lan
guage so quickly, since it had been in
tlio country only two weoks. S.S. Cox,
in Youth's Companion.
Tho emergency of weather has
inado'overy body vdicitous as to his
health. A very young doctor was in
structing a circio of friends tlio other
night, telling them what, how, and
when to eat and drink. "The medical
profession is agreed," ho said, grandly,
"that a chronic impairment of tho di
gestive functions results from drinking
while one eats; it was never intended
that solhl Mini liquid food should be
sent into the stomach together." "Ac
cording to that, doctor," said a bright
young woniHii, "broad and milk is a
terribly unwholesome dish?" Tho
doctor is still thinking about it.
BuJu49 Lxpress.
A Yankees man is charged with
making this neat proposal of lunrringo:
'Now, now dear, vou sav von liuvn
60.ot.Ki iu your own uamoi'why not put
11 .11 initio.- . .
MUTILATED MONEY.
Union Kecttliittntr t,in IlecleinpSlon at
Worn-Out 1'nper Money.
"Are many mutilated m.tes presented
for redemption," asked a reporter of a ,
clerk in tho United States Sub-Treasury
on Wall street. "Yes, more than the
public has any idea of," he replied: and
the obliging clerk at once volunteered
to initiate the rcportct into the work
ings of the department having charge
of that particular branch. The chief
rules regulating tlio work arc as fol
lows: ParaGraph 10 reads : Mutltntcd United Slate
notes, koHI ccrtilloutes and silver certificate
aro redeemable by the Treosurur only, at a dis
count of ten per cent ot the faro value for cacti
tenth of the origtnat proportion mtsitng In any
part or place, provided not lus than one-half of
the wholo note ts presented,
Paragraph is. KraKmfnts less than half and
notes subject to discount under pjrajraph IS
sro redeemable at the f.ico value of the wholo
note wh"n accompanied by an am Javit of Uia
ownor or other persons having Itnowledjo of tho
facts that tho missing portions havo boon
totally destroyed.
Of National bank notes it says:
Paragraph SI. Notes equalling or exceodln;
three-lirths of their original proportions, and
boaring tho name of tho bank unit tho signature
of one of its olticers, are redeemable at their full
fac! value.
Paragraph 'il. Notes of which less than three
fifths remain, or from which both Signatures
are lacking, are not redoemed by the Treasurer,
but should be presented for redemption to the
bank of issue.
Morc$l. $2and.r notes are redeemed
than of any other denominations. Notes
were shown to the reporter that wcro
scollowcd. torn in half, with corners
missing, holes the size of a silver dol
lar, seemingly taken out of ihe center
of the note, and some so thin thatmoro
handling would reduce them to shreds.
The silver certificates of $t and $2 were
well represented, even though in cir
culation but a year. They wcro princi
pally torn; not worn, as in tho other
cases. A piece of glass the exact size
of a note, divided into squares and ob
longs, is used to measure the size of tho
mutilations. One-half of the glass is
divided into five parts, formed by lines
cut horizontal with the ends each ob
long being one-tenth of the glass. Tho
other half is eut into twenty squares,
eaeli representing one-fortieth of tho
glass. This glass, when laid upon a
note, at once reveals the extent of the
mutilation.
The money is received and examined
by a special clerk, who, after returning
the proper amount to the person pre
senting it, turns the note or notes to a
dork whose duty it is to pack and pre
pare the same for shipment, to Wash
ington. A largo stack of bills was be-f-)rc
the hist clerk and ho was busy as
sorting them according t their denom
inations. They are then put into pack
ago of one hundred notes. Then ton
packages arc tied together, forming a
bundle containing 0110 thousand bills.
Silver certificates arc perforated before
being packed.
Tho bundles aro expressed to Wash
ington, when; the notes aro reduced to
a pulp, which, in turn, is molded into
various shapes .and sold to curiosity
hunters. More than f?.0,000,000 in mutilated
notes are redeemed each year at tho
Sub-Treasury. N. Y. Commercial Ad
vrrfiscr. -
REALISTIC ADVENTURE.
An Incident from the Rnrly I.lfo of Xov
elUt V. II. llinvolW.
As the dusk '.wis setting in on a beau
tiful autumnal day about thirty-sovon
years ago, a man and a boy wcro driv
ing a cow along a country road in
Ohio. They had come a long distance
and were weary; but though tlio boy
imped, the conversation did not flag as
they trudged along.
They were evidently not farmers;
both had tlio s'ppearauoe of living a
city life, but had they been obscrvod,
the things they were saying, and not
their looks, would have attracted at
tention; for they wcro talking of Cer
vantes and Shakespeare.
The cow needed much urging, and it
wtis late at night when they reached,
some white-limbed sycamores bosido
the tail-race of a grist-mill on the Lit
tle Miami river, 011 the other sido of
which was tho small log-cabin in which
they lived. A question then aroso as
to how they should get tho cow across.
They did not know tho depth ot
he water, but they knew it to be
coin, and they did not caro to swim
it. Tho elder wanted tho boy to
run up under tho sycamores to tho saw
mill, cross the head-raco there, and
'.'onie back to receive the cow on tho
"flier sido of tlio tail-race. Rut with
till his literature, the boy was young
enough to bo superstitious, and afraid
of the dark; and though tho older
urged him to go, he would not forco
him. They could seo the lights in tho
cabin twinkling cheerfully, and tlioy
shouted to tho-io within, but no 0110
heard thoin. Tlioy onllod and oallod
iu vain, and were answered only by
the cold rush of tho tail-race, the rustle
of sycamore loaves, and the homesick
lowingof tho cow.
They then determined to driver her
across from tho hore, and then to run
up to the saw-mill and down the other
bank, so as to catch her as she reaohed
it. When they came there, sho was not
to bo found, however; sho had instantly
turned again, and during tho night sho
made her way back to the town from
which they had brought her.
The log -cabin was a small one,- with
a corn-field of eighty acres behind it,
and ii was nearly a quarter of a con
tury old. The boy who entered it after
this adventure was William Dean How
ells, and the man was his father, who
had recently brought his family from
Dayton to take eh.irgo of the saw-mill
and grist-mill on the rvar. The inci
dent illustrates the sfmpliclty of the
oarly life of 0110 who has since beooino
tho foremost American novelist. Will'
am 11. Uidtimj, in St. XieJwtns.
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Oat Straw is best foelllHno- hods. It
is woll to ehango tho straw as often as
ouco a year.