GREEDY PORPOISES.
They are as fuiinln? nt Monkry and a
Mronc i s ViinWr.
Latest advices from tlio south of
Franco intimate that the porpoise is
lording it in u most annoying fashion
on the Mediterranean Hood. Your se:v
swino is an aggravating beast, full f
nilnnlnir ,,i,1 lil.llrl,it nt i ntnnttittil lt..
wl... ...... ,,u 1MUlll1.I.KIllllHH.1UjUni:,
and ho is more than tho municipal
council of St. Nazairo can any longer
put up with. This, body has requested
the French Minister of Marino to form
f n Commission "to study tho physiology
of porpoises," that by so doing it may
bo discovered how to secure their ab
sence from tho neighborhood of tho
shore during the fishing season. 'I ho
porpoise is an intrusive neighbor, and
he will call at tho very moment when
the inhabitants of St. Nazairo and
other places have pressing engage
ments of a different nature. Howover.
though we may smile, it is really no
laughing matter, and the Minister has
taken up the question in all serious
ness. Ho has appointed a committeo
for the purpose of studying "la phy
siologic des marsouins," and tho re
port of the Chairman (Prof. K. Perrier)
is in our hands. It will bo melancholy
reading for the Council of St. Nazairo.
It appears that it is an old complaint
that the porpoises of the Mediterranean
commit intolorablo'depredations. It
appears that each generation of por
poises is a little cleverer than its for
bears; and, whoreastho porcine rascals
used only to drivo tho fish into nots or
shallow water, they now encourage
them to bo caught, thatthoy may them
selves feast on tho notted captives.
Tho Department of Marino has often
been asked to interfere, and as early
as 18G5 tho commander of tho Mediter
ranean fleet formed a schemo for tho
destruction of porpoises, which was
like one of the wolf-laws of tho middle
ages. A fee of live francs was offered
for every head of a porpoise, u sum
iaised at hist to twenty-llvo francs.
Special nots wero devised, aud the
fishermen of Marseilles, Nurbonne and
Port Vondres put their heads together
to entrap their enemies. As a matter
of fact they found it easy enough to
cati-h tho porpoises, and plenty of fish
as well. Hut hero eamo out original
sin in tho wicked cetacean. The
nets wero slyly drawn close; the
porpoises meanwhile ato tho iish, their
follow prisoners, until, just when tho
space within tho net began to lessen
seriously, with the inimitable grace of
u flap of their ta'.l fins, they lightly
sprang, like salmon, over the edge of
the net and into th ocean. Tho fish
ermen of Marseilles, Narbonuo aud
Port Vend res, wild with rage at being
fooled in this way, once more brought
the conduct of the porpoises before the
notice of tho Government.
The Minister was shocked, but could
suggest nothing. Three other com
munes thereupon requested tho depart
ment itself to undertake) tho chastise
ment of tho porpoises. Thero was a
long delav;but at length two gunboats
tho Aveno in 1S83, and tho Albatross
in 184. wero sent to punish tho sport
ive pirates. They shot torpedoes
among twin, and tired cannon galore.
Tho result was melancholy in tho ex
treme. A few porpoises wero killed,
but not many; the majority lied out to
deeper waters; but, alas! tho fish lied
with them, so that it v. as moro than a
week in each case beioro tho fishery
could be recommenced. And when the
fish camo back, like tho ghost in the
laureate's poem, tho irrepressible por
poises returned in their company. The
now report is not moro encouragint
than the former ones have been. It
savs that the nornoteo is an animal
"fort agile," and that tho uso of artil
lery against him is worso than useless.
It can only suggest in a melancholy
way that "tho fishermen who complain
of tho depredation of these cotaceans
would do woll to unite in organizing
porpoise hunts, or olno in forming a
mutual msuranco against tho injuries
they commit. Meanwhilo tho depart
meat might continue to indemnify to a
certain degree the proprietors of nets
which have been injured in any "very
nrenosterous degree." This is cold
comfort, and is, in fact, another way
of saying that nothing can bo done
with beasts that aro as slippery aa
trout, as cunning as monkeys, and as
strong as ponies. Saturday lloviow
Lesson In Pronunciation.
Tho eorroct sound of tho vowel u is
anions tho niceties of English pronun
elation, but after all, it is not half so
important as politeness, a fact which a
certain small boy seoms to nave icr
cotton.
"Mr. Featherly," said Hobby at the.
dlnnor table, "how do you pronounco
d-o?'
"Do, Hobby," roplied Mr. Feathorly
indulgently.
"How do you pronounco d-e-w?"
"Du-u-e" und Mr. Feathorly put
on a gonteol air for tho benefit of
Hobby's older sister.
"Woll, then, how would you pro
nounce tho second day of tho week?"
"Towsday, 1 think."
"You're wrong."
Wrong? How would you pronounce
it, Hobby?"
"Monday."-N. Y. Times.
A Valuable Salesman.
Juvenile customer" (doubtfully) Pic
nfrald you haven't any ribbon of tin
kind I want- Mamma said 1 must be
.sure to ask for mouso color.
Salesman (equal to tlio emergency,
'producing a bolt of fiery rod ribbon) -That's
what this is crushed mouse
color. How many yards? Cult-age
Tribune.
During a recent thunderstorm' nt
Superior, Wis., lightning knocked the
pipe out of a man's mouth, and dl
charged a rltlo which was neur by.
TRICKS IN PRICE-MARKS I
A Shrewd CiMtnnier .Mar Sometime Learn
the. Cot of tlio ioocl Offered.
Recently a Wcstorn merchant came
to a largo wholesalo cloth houso in
Now York to buy goods. Ho wns
known as a very shrowd and rather
tricky morchant, who had a fondness
for learning tho prices at tho various
houses, and then trying to beat them
down. Knowinir this, tho salesman
who waited upon him put an extra
price on every article that ho showed
him. In no caso was 'tho prico mado
so largo as to arouso suspicion. Tho
buyer seemed very much disappointed,
and his brow was knit in a way to
show that he was very much puzzled
over something. When ho had gono
away the clerk turned to tho writer
and observed:
I think I have blocked that fellow's
game very nicely. You saw what he
was trying to do, didn't you?"
Tlio writer admitted his ignorance.
"Well," said tho clerk, "ho was try
ing to discover our secret mark."
s he spoko tho clerk pointed to a
little tag attached to a piece of cloth
in his hnnd, on which were inscribed
three different letters.
That mark." ho said, "means $2.50.
If I had told him what it wns ho would
havo very easi'y learned by comparing
tlio various marks on different pieces
of goods just what our mnrk was. For
instance, if K.L.M. meant sr'-'.SO. ho
would know that K. was 2, L. 5 and M.
0. Uv then inquiring tlio prices of va
rious pieces of cloth ho could easily
select thoso which would havo differ
ent sets of letters on them, and ho
would soon havo gotten nt the whole
secret. I told him tho prico wns$2.G5.
and according to that the K. was 2 and
L. f and tho M. was 5. I also changed
the interpretation of each mark, and
the result was that if lie arrived at
any conclusion it was a very wrong
one.
'There is nothing particularly dis
honorable about this, for merchants
try it vory frequently, and as a rule
they succeed in learning tho mark.
Every business house has a private
mark of this kind. Tlio ordinary
buyer in tho retail houso would never,
of course, learn this, but in wholesalo
houses, where buyers frequently seo
tho same characters, and can compare
them, it is a matter of great difficulty
to prevent their learning the firm's se
cret. Where firms aro especially anx
ious to avoid discovery they change
tho marks frequently. A mark may
bo a name, a combination of arbitrary
figures or characters. Somo firms use
the Greek alphabet. Somo uso the
firm name changed slightly.
"Tho most intricate marks are mado
with what aro known as repeaters.
That is, thero will be ono or moro
characters, each of which is used sim
ply to repeat the character immediate
ly preceding it.
"I remembor a caso vory similar to
this you havo witnessed, whero a fol
low from the West camo in. Our
mark at that timo had two ropoaters.
Ho recognized tho first ono very soon,
but became completely mixed up when
ho camo to tho second. He afterward
acknowledged this and I mado him sot
up'u bottlo of wine. Sometimes theso
marks come in very handy, as in the
present instance. Whenever wo get
hold of a customor who is known to
havo the habit of beating down prices
wo simply put a fictitious value on the
goods.
"The mark always contains ten char
ters, at least, and as many moro as
thero aro repeaters. An arbitrary
phraso such as 'John stands,' could bo
used just as woll any thing olso. and
is as little likely to bo discovored. J.
II. S. would in that caso moan $135, or
It might mean $1.35. Where it would
bo dosirablo to represent tho figure
133, it would bo moro tho rulo to uso
tho J. II. and u repeater than to write
it J. II. H.
"Among tho merchants in any ono
city tho marks, unless frequently
changed, aro soon known by tho differ
ent salesmen. Retail houses frequent
ly havo their rotail prices marked in
plain figures, whilo tho cost is repre
sented hi characters. Where this is
tho cuss tho salesmen of ono retail
houso soon learn tho cost mark of an
other. Whilo this is frequently not
desirable, tho main object with rotail
houses is to kcop tho customer from
learning tho cost. In tho largost re
tail houses, whero thoro is only ono
prico, the cost mark is seldom put on
tho goods, and it is only whore it lies
within tho discretion of tho salesman
to reduco tho price that a cost mark is
used." Hoston Globe.
Christian for Revenue Only.
Say that contnet with Sunday-schools
and missionary societies does not im
prove tho average Chinaman! Mis
take, it doos. Thoro is a Methodist
Episcopal Chineso Sunday-school on
tho corner of Seventh avonuo and
Twenty-third streot. Not far from it
an enterprising Yung Wo nas started
a laundry. Facing tho entrance to his
shop hangs a largo motto framed in
regulation style. It roads:
', Tho I'eace of the Lord Abide id ;
; Thl House. j
Then bolow it hangs a big printed
placard announcing that -
Waihlng ti Done Hero for Church ;
Merucom at KeUuccd Hate. :
Yung Wo is probably, like so many of
his countrymen, u Christian for rev
enue only. N. Y. Graphic.
A thief at Parkesburg, Pa., lutoly
fimr mi u field of potatoes durlncr 'the
night and carried them off.
THE VANILLA PLANT.
lion-One of the Mot IntereMlnc of Trot
Icxl C.roTtln 1 Utilized.
In flavoring our ico-creams and
cakes, and tho various dishes that will
receivo it, with vanilla, wo so dom re
member that wo are turning to utility
one of tho most interesting of tropical
growths an orchid that grows as few
other orchids do, by actual climbing,
clamping itself along its way on serial
roots, and which lias to bo fertilized
by insects or else yield no fruit, except
whon the fertilization is done by hand
in an nrtltlcial process. Tho odor of
tho vanilla, llko its llavor, lias an in
terest of its own to thoso of a fanciful
tone, for it bolonirs not to tho full
tones of odor, so to spoak, as tho rose
and tho honeysuckle may bo said to
do, but to tho half-tones tho fiats and
sharps sharing a part of that chro
matic scalo in which tho orange, tho
heliotrope, the lemon, aro to bo found.
A curious thing about this samo va
nilla, in relation to its uso as an ox
tract, is that its cssontlal quality, that
which gives it perfume and savor,
vatilllino. can bo produced arti
ficially from the sap of pines.
Vanilla has n long and poet
ical history In its uso in Spanish
and Oriental cookery, in chocolates
and dressings, and in various Mexican
dishes, from before tho timo of tho
Montezumas, and tho thought of it
brings up tho sconce of many a repast
with tho picturesque adjuncts between
palace or monastery walls. It is not
without significance in this connection
thnt, .used in oxcess, it develops poi
sonous qualities. It is obvious that tho
first stop boyond the puro necessities
in tho way of food is takon by adding
a flavor to tho food, and such slmplo
additions as tho roso and tho vanilla
must havo preceded much costly cook
ery and ransacking of seas and forests
for novol and stimulating substances.
Wo read in the tales of tho Thousand
Nights and Ono Night of incossant
marketing, flavoring, and feasting; but
it is all made up of tho samo general
lino of articles tlio lamb and tlio kid,
rice, pomegranates and quinces; much
of tho rest is in tho added llavors, and
tho charm of tho cookery seems to bo
moro in the llavors than in the food
itself. Among tho varied extracts
used now among oursolvcs in cookery
most aro absolutely harmless, as tho
lemon and tho orange and other fruit
flavors; the genuine almond, peach,
and nut flavors aro comparatively safe,
but not altogether so; but tho vanilla,
is to bo used with care. For, whether
justly or not, tho vanilla has boan
mado to bear tlio odium of various
eases of poisoning by means of ices
flavored with it. Hut used with dis
crction and in small quantity, it is ono
of tho choicest and most delicate ad
ditions that wo havo to our sweetmeats
and sauces, having not only a pleasant
piquanev, but leaving a certain tonic
and cleansing effect upon the palate.
Harper s Bazar.
SWITZERLAND IN WAR.
Tho
.llllltiir? Importance of tho I.lttlo
Out rut Kiiropt-mi llupiihllc.
Tho Italian General, Clemente Corto,
writing to tlio Adriatieo of Venice,
speaks as follows of tho part that
Switzerland may havo to play in tho
next war in Europe:
"I firmly beliovo that tho Swiss
army, or. moro proporly speaking the
Swiss nation, must havo gained com
pnratively in military power moro
than other nations. This opinion is
formed upon tho high national sontl
ment that animates tlio Swiss people,
their virile and patriotic education,
their long traditional personal service,
their training in tho use of tho rifle,
and tho great confidence which tlioy
have in thoir arms and in tho natural
defenses of the country. In my opin
ion, tho Swiss, if they aro united and
compact, aro invulnorablo in tlio up
per portion of their country. And it
must not bo forgottou Mint in this por
tion tlioy dominate tho Itliono, tho
Hhlno aud tho Tessln. A Gorman
army that would havo Switzerland with
it could easily threaten Lyons and
turn tho defensive wonts recently con
structed by tho French parallel with
tlio Vosgos. Hut, on tho other hand
a French army that could count upon
tho aid of tho Swiss would bo able
from tho Lako Constance to turn all
tho dofonsos of tho Germans on tho
borders of tho llhlno and threnten the
uppor valloy of the Danube. It could
also fall upon Italy by tho routes o
Simplon, St, Gothard and tho Grlsons
"I have novor been able to compro
bond tho badly-concealed monncos o
Germany against tho Swiss neutrality
because it seoms to mo that to attack
tho Swiss in thoir own country const!
tutcs a problem before which tho Gor
man army might woll hesitate, partic
ularly as a few weeks' resistance on
the part of thoso mountaineers would
bo sufficient to permit a trench army
to como to their assistance. Now, the
French army that would bo tho master
of tho routes of Switzerland could, I
my opinion, offer Insurmountable dlfll
culties for oven tho triple iilllanco,
It is truo that tho allies would have
considerable forces. Hut could thoy
act togother? And would not the
groat numbor bo In Itself a difficulty
when it would bo necessary to operate
in a mountainous country whoso do
fendors could tako advantago of the
good roads of tho interior.
"It is beyond a doubt that in the
present state of Europe, with tho tripl
alliance on tho ono hand and tho tacit
or apparent union of Franco and Hub
sia on tho other, tho military action o
Switzerland must exercise a propon
dorant Influence upon tho result of th
war in caso the confederation should
bo comnelod to abandon Its neutral
ity."
COMMON-SENSE MAXIMS
Some Thing nf Which a VfUc .Man Should
Neer lto Oil lit jr.
Novor, unless you aro an export
horseman, attempt to show off a spir
ited animal boforo your friends, olso
on may bo mado to kiss tho dust; for
tho horse Is a sagacious brute, and
soon discovers tho incapacity of his
rider.
Never indorse a promissory note.
for when once "on tho ice," it is im
possible to predict tho result.
Never laugh at your own jokes, nt
east until tho risibllty of tho company
has been excited, when etiquette may
lorhnps permit you to give a gentle
guffaw by way of accompaniment.
Never, in talking to your next
neighbor, vociferate as if you wero
hailing a ship at sea; it is tlio custom
of uneducated boors, with whom you
stand a chance of being classed.
Never condemn your neighbor un
heard, however many accusations
which may bo preferred against him;
every story lias two ways of being
told, and just loo requires that you
hall hear the defense as well as tho
accusation; and remember that tho
malignity of enemies mav place von
n a similar predicament.
Novor get into u passion because
others will not agree with you in opin-
on; you are not infallible, and, more
over, diversity of opinion Is the very
life and soul of conversation; at the
samo time, wo confess that thoro aro
some dogmatists who never speak
'rhyme nor reason," and who sadly
ry tho temper.
Never troublo others with tho recital
of your misfortune: communications of
this description aro very pleasing; and,
at all events, sympathy can not coun
teract mo decrees oi fate; and, more
over. If your aro given to such dls
closures, you will bo dubbed "knight
of tho rueful countenanco" a person
ago who is no favorite at con vi via
meetings, or. indeed, anywhere.
jNovor naruor animosity towards a
friend for a mere hasty expression;
lorgiveness is a gotuiKo quality, and a
true friend is so scarce a commodity
that no should not uo repudiated on
slight grounds; but those who injure
you from "malice prepense" should bo
shunned as you would avoid a tiger.
N. Y. Ledger.
THE MEANEST MAN.
Ho l.lwi In MustiO'lmsi'tU mid N Untitled
to Kvery IIihIv'n Contempt.
"You may think, possibly," writes
an observant friend, "that you know all
about tho meanest man. You may call
to mind the classic case of tho thrifty
powder inanufaetiiror in Now York
Slate who, when his mill exploded and
blow a numbor of his employes up into
tho blue empyrean, charged the sur
vivors for lost timo whilo thoy wore up
in tho air. You may identify tho mean
est man in the ono who. whon ho goes
to church Sunday mornings (1 beliovo
lie is still living and not far away),
takes pains to wrap up a two-cent piece
in a bit of paper and put it in his waist
coat pookot, in order that, having vory
poor eyesight, ho may not make a mis
tako and get out a nickel when the
contribution box comes around. Pos
sibly you may imagine that tho mean
est man was that other Yankeo who
not only never gavo moro than a cent
on taunday, nut sat in tlio rear pow in
tho meeting houso in order to save the
interest on his money while tho con
tribution box was coining around.
"nut tiicse, 1 fear, aro all moro or
less traditional examples. Whoroas I,
with my own oyes, havo seen the
meanest man in Massachusetts. He
comes in on the railroad from
near suburb every morning. In tlio
station thoro Is a box Into which pas
songcrs, by request, frequently put
tho nowspnpors that thoy havo done
reading, for tho patients at tho bos
pltals. Tho box has a cover which
lifts up. Woll, I havo twice seen tills
man, who is decontly dressed and up
parontly in comfortable circumstances
come and lift up tills cover aud, in
stead of putting in a newspaper, tako
ono out and carry it away with lilm
If that is not tho meanest way to sup
ply one's solf with reading matter that
you over heard of, I would llko to havo
you furnish me with an example."
Hoston Transcript.
How Musk Is Obtained.
Most pooplo tako it for granted that
because musk is sold in what is called
a. pod, therefore it is a vegotablo prod
uct. Hut the truth is that it is ontiroly
an animal product, boing a substance
found in a two or thrco inch sac in the
body of tho little musk-deer of Ashu
This sac. when tied up and dried, goes
by tho name of a pod among the hunt
ers who bring It Into market. Probif
bly thoro aro few things subject to such
adulteration, as ono part of puro musk
will scout thousands or parts of some
oilier powder mingled with it; aud as
tho pods soli for from flfteon to twenty
dollars apleeo tho adulteration has its
profit- It is indeed so pungent that
whon just fresh it has been known to
produce violent bleeding at tho noso,
and many pooplo aro so suscoptlblo to
it as to havo sad headaches brough
about by contact with tho puro article
und while a suspicion or It Is vory
agreeable to many porsons, ono atom
too much becomes offensive, as the case
Is with patchouli and many othorodor
ous substances. It was formerly largo
ly used in therapoutlcs, especially I
the Orient, bavin become disused as
much from tho difficulty of obtaining it
in a puro stuto tut from any thing olso,
and It is now seldom given except I
hysteria and hiccough. Harper's Uu-
zur.
Thoro Is a groat dcul of poetry
about poverty, uo doubt, but It takes
tho poor man's woll-to-do neighbor
discover it. Soinorvillo Journal.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
fcvery-Day Happening of Kdlturlal I.lfe I
In the Far West.
Tho Inst Issue of tho Arizona Klckor .
contnlns tho following:
Pi.eask Exct'SK. In explanation of
tho nbsonce of our agricultural depart
ment this wcok, wo desiro to state that
tho literary genius who has been prc-
idlng over thnt department for tho
last six weeks is off on a drunk this
week. It is the prerogative of every
man in this country to get drunk, it
s a privilege which can't bo denied
them with safety. This chap agreed
not to go on n spreo oftonor than once
a fortnight, but has been swizzled half
his time. It is our third attempt to
run an agricultural department, and It
will be tlio hist. Tho space will horo
aftor bo occupiod with recipes for bald
ness, remedies for bow-leggedness, and
short talks on tho diseases of mules
and how to cure thorn. Wo can steal
this stuff from our oxehungos and havo
nothing to burden our mind.
UU.K MOMi:. LMirillg tlio past W00K '
1 X . . a
mnjui- uv. minor, ,uugo regraiu anu
f..l 11 I 1 11 , '
Hon. Tacony Jones, shining lights of
this neighborhood and lending mem
bers of society, have been called for
by Eastern detectives and returned to
thoir several homes towards sunrise to
bo tried for various crimes. While wo
are sorry to seo our population thus
depleted, we know that justlco must
bo done. The only wonder is that so
few wero called for. Wo aro certain
that at least twenty-live of our loading
citizens break Into a cold sweat every
timo a stranger strikos tho town.
Hk (Jot. Wo wore deputized at a
meeting hold in this office last Wed
nesday night to wait on Turkey Hill
and offer him ono hour to leave tho
town. Turkey Is a llttlo too previous
for this community in his way of hand
ling a gun, and it was doomed best to
glvo him a gontlo hint. Wo found him
in tlio Gem saloon, offered him his
choice botwoon tho highway to Tuscon
mill a hangman's rope, nud ho took tho
highway. Ho didn't tuko tho hour,
but started as soon as he could got a
glass of whisky and a cold rabbit sand
wich. No Hhhatk. Wo deslro to stato in
tlio most explicit manner that no ro-
bato will be allowed to any of our sub
scribers who may bo obliged to leavo
town for tho benefit of the community.
or wiio may Doming and mined lor t no
samo reason. In several into instances
friends of such subscribers havo called
on us and asked to cafh up for tho un
expired term, but wo havo invariably
refused. Subscriptions to tho Klckor
run for one year. Wo contract to do
llvor the paper for that timo. If the
subscriber is arrostcd, driven off or
hung it is no fault of ours. Ploaso bear
this in mind and savo yoursolves
trouble.
Hk Missi'.d. Our osteomod contem
porary down tlio avonuo uiuiri uko tne
way we showed him up last week, and
on Monday ho borrowed a revolver
from Sam Adams as longns his leg and
lay in ninbush for us at tho cornor ol
Apacho and Cactus nvonuos. As we
appearod, on our way to tho post-office,
ho opened fire, and six shots wero fired
at us at a dlstnnco of no moro than ton
foot. Not ono of them camo within u
foot of us. but tho shooter did manage
to wound a $200 mulo belonging to
Low Hakor, and to kill a $50 dog bo
longing to Judge Stokor. When he
was through shooting wo knockod him
down and hammered him until ho hol
lered. Wo understand that ho has
settled with tho others for $150 aud
that ho thinks of leaving town. Ho'd
hotter. If ho ovor had any standing
horo he's lost It now for sure. A man
who holdH a gun In both hands and
shuts his eyes to sho t Is of no account
In this district. Tho coyotos wouldn't
ovon bark at him. Detroit Free Press.
I Tho Shah and His Dentist.
Ono of tlio mqst honored of the
Shah's suito is tho Imperial dentist;
nud M. Hybennot has probably soon
moro of English high llfo than any
porson of his calling, oxcopt, of course,
Mr. Evans. In his second diary his
Majosty frequently alludos to tho Per
sian dontist-ln-ehiof, who is, I bollovo,
a Swedo. Ono characteristic passage
runs thus: "M. Chretien, also a dentist,
Who was known to mo through having
on my former voyngo amused himself
with my tooth, camo somo days ago
with Dr. Tholozan. Hybonnot had filled
a hollow tooth of my loft uppor jaw,
but tho filling had become looso, and
Hybonnot could not got it out; but whon
Chrotlon had worked at It for soma days
it finally camo out. I. was vory glad,
and am going to havo tho tooth filled
anow." This was In 1878, but Hybon
not has still charge of tho Imperial
teeth. London World.
i m
A Leaky Stable Floor.
Wo susncct it is truo that a furmcr
can bettor ullord to havo a loaky roof
on his barn than a leaky stable floor,
A ton of tho solid oxcromonts of tho
horse Is worth, for tho nitrogen, phos
phoric acid and potash in them, $1.85
per ton, whilo tho liquids aro worth
I3.CU por ton. In cattle tho solids aro
worth olghty-slx cents per ton and
liquids $J.H. Tho values aro based on
the commercial value of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash In the mar
ket. Notwithstanding theso truths,
thousands tuko no pains to savo tho
liquid thoy ovon contrive tho easiest
way to wasto It but swoat profusely
to got solid fertilizers upon tho soil,
and deom themselves good farmers If
thoy do that, whatever bocomos of tho
liquids. Hoard's Dairyman.
An antidote for tho elixir of llfo
will prove a vory Important dlscovory
If the victims continue to loom up at
(ho present rate Hutchinson (Kan.)
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Many a man could buy his wlfo
nnnv iilinr.tnn with thn mnnev ha
,t,ends for nonv brand v. Texas Stft-
lings.
An Uncertainty. Husband
"What kind of enko is this, wife?"
Wife "Why, my dear, can't you tolL
mnrblo cako?" Husband "I thought
It was either marblo or granite, I
wasn't sure which." Omaha World.
i Daughter "I don't Intend to
marry. 1 Intend to study." Mother
That's absurd. Tho men will think
tho less of you in tho end if you know
much." Daughter "O, mammal You
always expect other men to bo llko
papa." Timo.
Father "William, you nro run
ning up onormous debts around town.
You must remember your uncle is not
dead yet." His Uncle's Heir "Yes.
but ho has discharged his doctors and
i is undergoing treatment by a Chrls-
, tlan Scientist." Life.
"It's always a rellof to mo whon it
Pnnifm ttmn to tmv
off Hrldgct." said
Mrs. Housokeep. "Why?" Inquired
her husband. "Bemuse, that is tho
only timo when 1 feel posltlvo thnt sho
doesn't employ mo." Washington
Capital.
"Aw, Miss Hollo," said Gusdo Jay,
"Do you know I've been thinking?"
"Indeed?" "Ya-a-s; thinking of doing
some work." "Then you bettor hurry
up, or you will bo so tired thinking
that you won't havo any strength loft
to work with." Morchant Travelor.
Two brothers named Hart woro nr
rosted for buncoing a farmor. As the
judge sontonced thorn to fivo years
apiece ho said It called to his mind that
touching passage "Two souls with
but a singlo thought; two Harts that
beat as one." Judge
"Why aro tho stars hung so high?"
asked Hollo, looking out of tho window
upon tho star gemmed canopy of
heaven. "So that tho class of '89,"
said his Undo George, who graduated
in '73, "can walk around nt night with
out knocking off its hats." Brooklyn
Eagle.
Mr. Algernon Nlbbs "Miss Grnco,
I havo something very important to
say to you, if your mind is wholly un
prooceupied und recoptlvo." Miss
Grace "1 assure you it Is, Mr. Nlbbs.
1 havo just been reading your articlo
on 'Tho Elements of Culture,' and
lliui U 1311 lJ (inilltU 1UUI, 111 1IIJ llUUUt
Miss Yollowloaf "I can not under
stand why you call Mr. Sholghman
bashful. I talked with him ovor nn
hour last evening and ho seemed per
fectly at ease." Miss Flyppo "I'm
siiro I never said ho was bashful. Ia
fact I havo often henrd that lu tho
society of old ladles ho was a most
charming talker." Terro Hnuto Ex
press. Hrown "1 am glad to seo you
havo recovered from your recent attack
of typhoid fovor." Smytho "Thanks,
old man. You' ro very kind." Brown
"What has been tho worst thing you
hnd to contend with in connection with,
your illness?" Smytho "Tho storioa
1 had to listen to from pooplo who havo
hnd typhoid so much worso than I."
America.
JEWS IN JERUSALEM.
Their Condition AVome Than That of Any
or 1 heir ICaro the World Over.
Tho Jews of Jerusalem havo many
pnupors among thorn and thoir con
dition Is worso than thatof any of thoir
raco tho world ovor. Tho numbers
who havo boon forced horo by persecu
tion aro supported almost ontiroly by
tho different Jewish churches ovor tho
world and tho numbor of different de
nominations of Jews and Christiana
who are so supported lias mado Jeru
salem a city of mondlcants. At cortaln
hours of tho days bread Is given away
at cortaln placos and tho pooplo como
to theso In crowds. Tho Jows thom
hoIvos in tho fewest of cases chango
thoir religion, but tho difforont denom
inations of bogging Christians movo
about from church to church ns tho
supplies rlso and fall, just as the bad.
boy changes his Sunday-school accord
ing to tho prospects of presonts at
timo of Christmas. Such giving has
mado Jerusalem tho hot-bed for tho
propagation of boggars. and this Is true
of other pooplo than tho Jows. Tim
numbor of alms-takers among them has
mado tho Jerusalem Jows, us a class,
rogardless of thoir personal ap
poaranco and thoy live In dirt and.
squalor. I have visited a grout num
ber of thoir houses; whole families live
in one cave llko a room of tho sizo of a
hall bedroom wllh no windows, and
lighted only by the door at tho front;
both wnlls und lloor aro of stono. There
is llttlo furniture to speak of. Thoro
is only a bed or two for tho grown
pooplo aud tho rest of tho family must
bunk on tho floor. The kitchen Is in
most cusos a llttlo box just high onough
for the woman of tho houso to stand
upright in und not moro than throo
foot wide nud four foot doop. At tho
buck of this thoro is a rude stovo oL
stono for the burning of charcoal, and
somewhere In the catacombs, which
mako up tho tenements of a scoro of
families, thoro is a well, which is tho
common property of all. On tho door
posts of each dwelling, whothor it be
of only ono room or moro, thoro Is.
tacked a rollod up strip of whlto parch
mont six Inches long on which Is writ
ton tho name of Jehovah und tho ten
coinmandmoiits, und ovory ono of theso
Pulestlno Jows woara tho command
ments tiod upon his arm under his.
coat. Thoy havo In somo cases phy
lacteries for thoir forohoads at timo ot
worship and the most of thorn aro very
devout. Thoy do not approvo of wear
ing any othor than tho Jewish drew,
and most Jows who como horo adopt
tho dross which I havo doscrlbod.
jG. Cnru-ntor. in Chicago Times.