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EXCHANGE SOLD OK
1st Tort, San Francisco, Portlanft anfl
Alcaiiy. Oreoa.
loct?ona 272 a do on Favor--Hi
Terms.
The Government of Guatemala has
sanctioned the existence of Free
Masonry in that republic.
A Hot!8S in East Poultne.y, VL,
formerly a printing office, in which
Horace Greeley ia said to hare learned
his trade, ia now used as a residence
by an agent of the paper that Mr.
Uretley bo successfully founded.
Fish must have air in winter as well
as summer, and if they cannot get it
! they will die. There is a mistaken
idea that the fish froaen in solid ice
will survive, and when the ice thaws
they will exhibit healthy lire. It is
not the case. They survive but a few
minutes.
This English co-operatives have a
bank whose transactions amount to
180,000,000 a year. They have 1,400
store and a business of $150,000,000
a year. Their 900,000 members re
ceive an annual profit of $15,000,000.
Their profits duriug the past twenty-
four years have been $50,000,000.
Gov. West, of Utah, has returned
the anti-tobacco bill to the House.
The bill prohibits the sale of tobacco
I mm vignreuea tu minors, iiu Bug'
gested that a provision be inserted
making it a misdemeanor to sell to
bacco to a minor only after written
notices from parents or guardians for
bidding such sales.
amoso ue "lowis of the air" are
three, the eagle, swan and raven.which
live to the age of 100 years or more.
The paroquet and heron attain the
i goodly age of 60 years. The sparrow
hawk, duck and pelican may live to be
40, while the peacock and linnet reach
the quarter century, and the canary
24 years.
Iw this country the chief creators
' of wealth are the farmers. The money
received for our surplus agricultural
products' is almost wholly the total
amount of wealth this country draws
from foreign peoples. The value of
farm products sold in foreign coun
tries, it ia estimated, has averaged for
the last ten years $600,000,000 per
annum.
APRoros of the recent sale of an
egg oi tne great auk which fetched
168 the highest price on record for
a bird's egg it is worthy of note that,
according to Prof. Newton, there are
but sixty-six of these eggs in existence,
and forty-three of them are in the
British Isles. The great auk is now
believed to be extinct.
One of the laws passed by the recent
Legislature of Washington Territory,
provides that county commissioners
are authorized to levy a tax not ex
ceeding three tenths of one mill, to
create a fund for the relief of indigent
Uuioa soldiers, sailors, marines and
families of those deceased or indigent,
to be expended under the direction of
Grand Army posts.
The mysterious Philadelphian who
is inviting proposals from all over the
country as to the beet disposition to
make of $30,000, which he will give
away when he finds the best way to
bestow the money, is believed to be
Isaac V. Williamson, a wealthy and
charitable Quaker. Mr. Williamson
is worth $18,000,000, lives at the rate
of $2,000 a year and gives away thous
ands of dollars on the dead quiet and
without making as much fuss as the
ordinary millionaire would over a $5
bill.
The first pension ever granted a
Chinaman has been given to Ah Lin,
of San Francisco, who on the 4th of
July, 1867, was in the service of the
United States navy as a landsman.
While firing a salute on board a vessel
in San Francisco bay, the gun ex
ploded and Ah Lin's leg was injured
so as to render amputation necessary.
His claim for a pension was presented
but no favorable action could be se
cured. However, the one legged
Chinaman has been made happy by
receiving a pension of $8 per month
with arrearages, which amount to over
$3,000.
The Senate has passed a bill which
is of great importance to the arid re
gions of tbe country. It requests the
Secretary of the Interior to direct the
director of the geological survey to
examine the water courses in the
Western States and Territories from
which water is taken for purposes of
irrigation, and to locate at various
points thereon sites for the construc
tion of reservoirs, to hold, out of the
abundance of the 'winter supply of
water, sufficient for irrigation in the
summer. The reservoirs are to be
located in natural basins adjacent to
the streams from which they will be
supplied. They will only be located
in such portions of the public domain
as are susceptible to cultivation.
Under a recent decision of the
North Carolina Supreme Court, a judge
in that State has issued a warrant for
ike arrest of a man fur commitiug an
assault -with a deadly weaon, to-wit.
a certain vicious and large bulldog."
2fo matter how stable our cur
rency may be, gold is always at a
premium when the dentist bandies it
Vucli.
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A lobster caught in 9 Nova Scotia
trap weighed thirty-tw pounds, and
fishermen said it was two hundred
fteaij old.
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest in
Condensed Form,
. Adolphns Chambers, aged 63
walked iff tbe ponCbon of the Albina
lerry an J was drowned.
A post ofllce has been established at
St. Louis, Douglas county, and 1). 1)
HofT appointed poiitmater.
A postotnee has been established at
Ferry, Curry county, aud Sarah K,
Cooley appointed postmistress.
During thu last four mouths of 188?
Jackson county fruit growers shipped
over ZJ,uuu worth oi trutt
It is estimated, says the Jacksonville
Sntinrt, that 10,000 deer were killed
for their hides in this county last year,
Robert Clow has been removed from
the position of Superintendent of the
State Prison. 11 is successor is Geo,
8. Downing.
Dr. Lane has caused everv one of
the inmates of the State Insane Asv
lum who has not been inoculated in
side of five years to be vaccinated.
William E., son of WiMiam and
vianca jiui, 01 vt Hour, tiieu Irom a
- a a
fracture of the skull, caut-ed bv a fall
fnwii a bluff of rooks near his home.
near est, mi avion an out man
ta.T .. n .
named Jesse Morris was struck bv a
falling tree, and bis skull wss mathed
so that he is not expected to li v.
. A man by the name of John liyberg
got into a row with a half-breed at
Gardiner, and stabbed him in the
back, which it is thought will prove
latai. wyberg was arrested, aud now
languishes in j til at Koseburg.
Officer Merritt, of Baker City, was
shot in the left leg, below the knee,
while attempting to am st a man who
gives his name as Lownsdnle, and who
it was thought was endeavoring to
t fleet an entrance into a jewelry store.
Ltte advices from the Chloride mine
at Rock crk give tbe width of the
vt in at eight feet and exceedingly rich.
Ore from the south drift of the Cracker
Creek mine has asetyed $253 gold, and
from the north drift $159 gold to the
ton.
The government is issuing rations
to the starving Piutes in tlits vicinity
of Fort McDermit, says the Lake
County Eraminsr. A In tut twelve tons
of flour and 22,000 pounds of beef will
be distributed among them by the
military.
A burglar entered the residence of
John Williams, in Btker City, a few
nights ago through a bedroom window,
and helped himself t all the cold
victuals that could be found, setting
lis table and partaking of his meal in
kingly style. Before leaving the houe
he wrote a note returning thanks to
the family for the excellent meal.
Says the Piineville JVtr: A fatal
accident happened on, or rather in,
Bridge cret k, near its mouth. A
Swede, herding cheep for Mr. Austin.
crossed the creek on the ice in the
morning, aud when he came back in
the evening the ice had broken up and
was floating furiout-ly and madly with
the swollen current. He attempted to
recrt'SS the stream on horseback to his
cabin, and was drowned.
Preparations are being made to put
a rack in the Clackamas river at the
fish hatchery, in order to catch salmon
bound up the river and strip them of
their spawn. The rack will consist of
pickets driven into the bed of the
river at an angle of 45 d giees, in front
of a row of piling. Last year wire was
used, but haa been discarded as pickets
driven two inches apart have been
found to answer the purpose better-
Placer mining operations have com
menced at the old camp at Mormon
basin, and though the water supply is
less than uut, a run of two or three
months will be had, says a Baker City
paper. 1 be placers of this camp are
all rich and the body of gravel exten
sive, Torter Colt, superintendent of
the Colt claims, anticipates a good
season up to the month of July. The
mines ef Amelia, a few miles from the
basin, are abo being worked.
The report of "Superintendent H.
McBride, of the Multnomah county
poor farm, for February, shows that
during the month two persons were
admitted, while sixteen left -or were
discharged. On March 1 there were
fifty persons at the farm, including
fourteen Chinese lepers. Since the
farm was opened 1,564 persons have
been received at it. Of this number
1056 were white males 593 Ameri
cans and 463 foreigners 435 colored
and 73 white women.
There are hundreds of -wild cattle
in the high hills skirting the Umpqua
valley. Some of these are 2J years
old. They are concealed in the dense
growth ot oak and fir in the mountains.
While feeding there are always a few
bulls to act as sentinels. They got
wild in 1853, when the first settler
came to the valley. Their cows wand
ered off and could not be found. In
a few years all the pioneers had to do
when they wanted beef was to go into
the mountains and kill it. Some of
the cattle are very large and fat, one
large bull weighing at least 1,400 lbs.
Nay Simmons, a young man of 19,
committed suicide in a most shocking
manner, on the farm of Wm. Sapping
field, ten miles northeast of Salem, on
Howell prairie. He was plowing in a
tixty-five acre field with a three-horse
team, and when on the opposite side
of the field east of the house, hitched
two of the horses, tied a halter strap
to the double tree, and making a slip
noose of the other end placed it round
his neck, and then started the team,
walked a few steps, and then fell down
and was dragged to death. Two young
men hunting for cattle found him
dead. The Lorses appeared to have
walked about 600 yards and to have
choked the life out cf the young man.
Trouble about a certain young man
caused Miss Laura Beget and Miss Fan
nie Mathey to engage in , a rough-and-tumble
fight in front of the Catholic
ekurch at French town, near Corydon,
lad. They had been attending church
service, bnt after the fight their apparel
was much demoralized.
What is the price of that tea?"
she asked of the guileless grocer. "One
dollar 'narf, marm." was tbe response.
'Is not that too steep?" was the next
question, and the G. replied: "Yes,
marm, that's what they de with !."
Boston Commercial Bulletin. v. .
BULGARIAN FUNERALS.
Singular Hurlal diatom Iarlbad hf mm
Am.rlcan Tuarlat.
While on a tour on one occasion, as I
hid risen in the morning from the
to:mt on wnicii 1 slept. I went out to a
fountain to wash. Hardly had I notno
to the crystal strentn before I found
that within the khan two woman were
carrying around large coppor dishes
tilU'tl with a dish which Is eallml "but-
gre." It Is not very dlflVrunt from
boiled wheat. They came to me in
turn, ImiiIi of them, and w4th a large
wooden spoon gnve tne a llbirnl supply
1 uumiiivh what It meant, and was
answered that they were sisters, and
that from their house a young man
had recently died and that they were
thus feeding his hungry soul, which
was wandering, according to their re
port, "who knows where." 'J'le two
women went to every house In the large
village, and gnve to every person, large
and small, a heaping spoonful of this
1 land. It is quite common to carry the
dead body through the sU-eet on a
bier and to place It In a box. which Is
utterly unworthy the name of coffin,
on the brink f the grave. But very
ninny are buried without the least
thing, save cloth wrapped around the
ImhIv.
I once attended a funeral In a village
four hours' distance from Haniokov.
When we arrived, the young men,
children of thedead women, wore ham
mering In the yril. The hour for the
funeral obsequies had arrived. I asked
1 he young men what they were doing
and they answered coolly: "Making a
box to put mother in." The sisters
were howling aud wringing their
hands and pacing to and fro. After
the "box" was hnUhed the body was
placed within and the funeral service
gone throurh with. there was no
cover, aud quite m hunt was Instituted
to find a board which could be appro
printed. At last one was found w hich
the btHk had washed down and left
on a bank near by. It was too short
at both ends, but never mind: they are
shorter where there are none. The
sons then took up the would-be colli u.
iM-aring the remains of their mother to
the grave. Some of the relatives had
been culled awny from the digging of
he grave by the announcement that
the "box was ready." These hastened
back after the ceremony to their unfin
ished work. 1 found tnvself. in fol
lowing the remains, the central person
in unite a l.irsro crowd. Some walked
quietly and sadly aud weeping; others
went Jumping along the road as if in
great glee. A crowd of small childien
trooped along on the outside. Arriv
ing at the grave, we found it both too !
short and too narrow to admit the re
mains, so we all took turns at digging, i
rinally. the work completed, the cover
was laid on the top, while the husband
of the lato departed stood down in the
grave and stamped the dirt down which
others threw in. The worst feature of
the whole was that the family were
mightily pleased, and said, as they ex
pressed their gratitude at our coming,
that it had been the most orderly
funeral in the village. Boston Tran
criL MANAGING HORSES.
Datalla That Will Ha ObMr? br
Kvary
Trtaaghtrul rmrm.r.
In the care of horses there are many
little details, each perhaps of itvlf
considered unimportant on which, to a
great extent, the health of the horse
and his ability to do the required work
depends. Whatever Interferes with
the comfort and thrift of the horse
intended for constant ne depreciate
the valu "of Ids services. In no other
way. perhaps, is a horse made so un
comfortable as when kept in a stable so
carelessly built that the wind and cold
pass through cracks between the
board on the sides and chill the ani
mal. He is fastened in his stall, and
there is no opportunity for him to
escape the chilling currents. Some
stables are built with a basement, and
the flHr aliove is laid in such awny
that cold air Is 'constantly passing
through from below. No horse can
rest comfortably tln such a stable.. He
Is in special danger when he comes
into such a place while heated from
rapid or heavy work, for a blanket Is
likely to be thrown over him, with the
idea that it will afford all the protec
tion needed, while in fact the most
sensitive portions of the body, and the
limbs also, are left exposed to draughts
of cold air. This frequently brings on
congestionof some of the vita organs.
When the horse is brought in warm
and sweating, he should be well pro
tected by a blanket large enough to
prevent currents of cold air from
striking him, and his legs should be
well rubbed, to prevent soreness and
swelling. If the horne is much fa
tigued, it will I desirable to bandage
the legs with flannel and walk him
attout until the circulation has resumed
its normal condition.
Care should be taken to see that the
horse has proper food and sufficient
supply of it to keep him in good con
ation and spirits. Some kinds of food
wilt agree with one horse and not with
another. When it is found that a cer
tain food affecbi a horse unfavorably,
a change should, of course, be made at
once: yet how many fail to notice this,
and the horse loses condition for want
of proper attention. Oats will be found
the best food for driving horses, as
com has the tendency to produce in
digestion. A little oat-meal and bran,
given occasionally, will keep the bow
els in good condition, preventing con
stipation. Many feed too much hay
this should be given in moderate quan
tity, and most of it at night, after the
horse returns from his day's work.
In arranging the mangers, the com
fort of the horse should be studied.
These are very often placed so high
that the horse is uncomfortable all the
while when eating. The natural posi
tion of the horse when eating is to
have the head down, and for this rea
son the feeding box should be placed
so that the horse can eat without hav
ing his head so high that mastication
and swallowing are difficult. In many
ways the comfort of the horse in the
stable can be promoted, and the watch
ful eye of the owner, who knows what
should be done, will often be necessary
to prevent neglect on the part of those
who have the daily care of horses.
National Live-Slock Journal.
AMERICAN WEAPONS.
How Oar norsrntnant Ha llanoar(l In
waters ot HI Haa and Uana,
A few days ago I was talking wit
an old gun merchant In New York. II
in muiaueed as an Ironmaker not fa
from the seat of war, and when th
commotion broke out he had on h
hands oertaln tools and furnaces anii
ore-beds.
Our old Ironmaker now turned Inti
an arms manufacturer, and he had 1
large m nkot as long ns the American'
were killing each other on the hail
splitting vinls of the forcfath-rs. W
neqiiireu uiiriiig tne war much of out
superiority as inventors aud makers nl
arms, and have since supplied the
world with weapon.
. I am told that Ames In Massachu
setts makes better sabers and swords
than t ey do at Soli gen. Germany, where
tbey have lieen making them for een
tnrles. .The TurkUh army is suppl ed
with Winchester rifles, the Ruasinn
army with Bcrdan rifles, the Spanish
army and the South American Repub
lics with-Remington rifles, and. the
Italians with the Gardiner machine-
guns, and Stanley's expedition t
Africa, with the Maxim machine-gnna.
etc. But our old friend thus discoursed
concerning the American Government:
This is the most bureaucrntlo Got-,
ernment In the world. You ran not cot
any invention adopted by It becauso of
the bnek wardness of Its ord nance offi
cer. There was Hotchklss, who wen I
to Washington with his Inventions, and
he was put off and disaptminted unti
he started for France with hardly
more than the clothes to his back. It
France he has made millions of mono
and left behind him a great corpora
tion, it was the same way with Spen
cer when he invented the magitzin-
rifle, which carried Its cartridges in th
stock. He was rejected everywhere,
and was teaving the War Depart men
one uny nrokeu-lieartetl, when a ruaa-
senger s.vd to him: I can take you b
a man who will look at your gun. a
these army fellows will not 80 h
tcx.k him to Abraham Lincoln, whoi.
the messenger knew from having be
with him almost daily. Lincoln hat
0:1 a queer old olhce suit, which 11
npologixed for as he took Spencer"
hand and went out somewhere nearby,
and. taking up the gun, fired at a
shingle, aud made sere ml excellent
shot, and put all the balls on tin
shingle, for he had been a rifleman it
his youth. The inventor then took hb
own gun and put all the balls within 1.
circle on a sbine-le. This shtnrle I
preserved In the Illinois Historic Socii-
ty, which has never acknowledged tin
gift by any letter, though they an
nouncd It nmon their trophies.
"L ncoln told Spencer to go on and
make all the guns he could, as that aim
was needed, and hence mazasine rifle
for the first tune came Into use. Now
the Government on! nance officers are
using the Springfield rifle, which is a
very inferior weaHo. They are doing
it on the plea of economy, since they
possess certain arms to be altered and
certain machinery to he run. Look
here at this Springfield riflo. Wheu
you put the cartridge in and bring
down the piece which holds it forward
you risk a premature discharge every
time ami an explosion, becauso this
lock part does not admit moisture any
where and gives no chance for the ex
pansion of the gaes when the powder
is blown oft But they have used this
defect In the gun to destroy almos
every other gun pi-esented at Washing
ton. They have invented the rust test
Their gun can not rust fiom this dan
gerous matter spoken of. Better guns,
when thev are dipped In powerful
chemicals and put out in sea water all
night will show a .little of the mois
ture. Hence the rust test has driven
all American arms abrond. to be put
in the hands of foreigners." Oath, in
Cincinnati Enquirer.
An Interesting Discovery.
Some wonderful teeth, weighing five
pounds each and measuring nineteen
inches in circumference, were plowed
tip late'y by William Fisher.of Clachan,
in a low field on h s farm. Several
years ago this field was drained of m
body of water by which It had been
covered, and later on a heavy fire over
spread it lowering the surface a few
feet By investigation ' the teeth and
their fossil accompaniments (huge
bones five feet long) evidently belong
to a species now extinct and claused
by S. G. Gooderich as "dinotlierium,"
wh'ch he describes as an herbivorous
quadruped twenty feet in length, and
holding an Intermediate position be
tween the mastodon and the tapir. The
fine enameled surface of these gigantic
teeth and their forked prongs, which
must have protruded fully eight inches
into the monster's jaw, is an object rt
reat curiosity. Other discoveries of .
similar nature have of late years been
made in that vicinity, but this of Mr.
Fisher's is the most recent and most
nteresting. London ( Can. J Advertiser.
What New Tork Cnntrlbotoa Ananally for
tha Kallrof the Poor.
New York contributes annually for
home charity upward of $7,360,000.
Of this amount the city gives through
the Department of Charities and Cor
rection $1,500.000 ; the charity socie
ties and institutions, which are sup
ported by voluntary contributions, dis
tribute $4,000,000 ; the churches $360.
000 ; while the gifts of benevolent
households can be estimated at $1,500,
000. The figures given are furnished
in the animal report of the Charity Or
ganization Society. During the year
1887 there were 27,400 appeals made
to this society and other organizations,
and in nearly every case investigations
were made. It was found that but 64
per cent were deserving of continu
ous relief ; 24.4 per cent required only
temporary relief ; 52.2 per cent needed
employment, and 17 per cent, were im
postors. There are 223 organized
agencies in -New York dispersing char
ity; 49 volunteer societies; 30 asylums,
and 148 churches. ' These are of all de
nominations, but no distinction is made
in helping the poor and needy. The
Charity Organization Society makes it
it a business to punish fraiMds. Last
year its officers had 1,215 street beg
gers arrested, and most of these were
sentenced. There were 74 per cent of
this number able-bodied persons, and
-pnly 6 per cent were found to be really
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
A Pataat Hoatrara Lawtarafs t'ndlanlflaj
Kilt front f'aradiaa Halt
When the meeting opened. Brother
Gardner announced that Hon. Ring
hone Blvins, of Kankakee, had arrived
In Detroit for the purMtse of lecturing
before the Limekiln Club. The sub
ject of tin lecture was: "Has de World
Advanced fur'nuff." He had been be
fore the Committee on Inquiry, and
had answered ail questions, and he
would now be brought In and given
every opportunity to acquit himself
with honor. It was a subject of deep
interest to every member of the club,
and It was hoMd that each and every
one would pay the closest attention to
the stranger's remarks.
The Committee on Reception and
Alxluction escorted Hon. Bivina Into
. I - t i . m . ... .
uio unit nminti proiounu silence, tie
was a stately-looking man of middle
age, having n cast to one eye and some
trouble In one of his knees. He bowed
light and left with the grace and suav
ity of an Kmperor, and upon ascend
Ing the plstform gently observed:
"My f re ns, I do not come befo ycti
aa an lmpoUr, nor yet as an adjudica
tor. 1 come heh bekaso I feel dat 1
know mo' dan you do. an dat it ar
my dooty to divide my knowledge wid
you. I hev often heard dis club Sm-
ken of. an alius in terms of de highext
disrespect I am highly pleased to
stand face to face wid aich an Ignoble
audience, an if any of you desire to
meet me arter dis lectur' ia over an
Invest twenty-five cenU In a box of d.
celebrated Bivius mn an bunyoit
salve, I assure you you will nebberhev'
cause to regret It"
"Misser President!" called the Rev
Penstock as ie suddenly shot up. "has
dis geniTan arrove heah to deliber a
leetur' or to peddle a nostrum?"
"Dnt's what I should like to hev him
answer!" replied the Preaident .
"I hev bin 011 de platform twenty-two
long ya'rs," said the Hon. Ring
iMine as he looked around the hall, "an
disar' de fust time I was eber insulted. 1
shall refuse to proceed until dis club
has rendered an apology."
"If you has a lectur' you can go on
wid it" said Brother Gardner, "but if
you come heah to advertise a ro'n-cure
ile sooner yon retire to de alley de
better It will be fur us all."
"Jt ar pcrfeekly plain to me." said
the orator, with a peck or so of sarcasm
in his voice, "dat any lectur I could
deliber bef' dis club would be frown
away. I darfu withdraw. I wish yon
nil good-night"
"I want to warn de gineral public
right heah an' now," said the President.
after Biv ins had retired, "dat dis club
ar no sheep fold fur root an' co'n doc
lalis. De nex' pussen who works his
way in heah an' tries dat game on us
will be made heart-sick fur the balance
of de winter! Will Brudder Giveadani
Jones see dat de geiuTau finds de nlky
stairs all right?"
Brother Jones had already sliped
out and with this purpose in view. He
was gone ten minutes. W hen he re
turned his necktie was gone and his
coat torn down the back. The Hon.
Ringbone bad evidently resisted, but
the keeper of the b'ar traps measured
the dent In the frozen ground in the
alley and said it was jut the size of a
tKrk barrel and ten inches deep. The
lecturer's suspender buttons must have
Imh-h driven higher than his ears. De
troit t'rte Fresut.
USEFUL AMUSEMENT.
Toaag Woaa with Tint and Monvjr Da-
votaea ar Wlra aad Key.
Some young women In this city.with
time and money to spend, have studied
telegraphy, and in some instances their
homes are connected by telegraph
wires, over which the young ladies re
ceive messages. It takes a long time
to become efficient as an operator, but
some of these fair students have worked
so industriously that they can both re
ceive and transmit messages as quickly
as some who earn their livelihood at
the key. The cost of having wires
fitted up and connecting batteries and
keys is not great The following shows
how much it will cost to have a wire
placed between two houses about 600
fcetapar.t
Insulated wire I S 00
Two combination seta sounder, lerer, key
ana transmitter SIS each.. M OH
Two batteries. Including Hoc copper bolts.
etai. II 00 each a ,
Dlndlng posts, connectors... . SO
Total S3
This outfit will connect two houses.
If there are more friends who wish to
come Into the circuit the expense will
be increased. It will then be neces
sary to have switch boards. These cost
$5 each for three lines and $2 extra for
each additional line. Of course, every
one in the circuit must have a receiver
and battery. These $14.60 for eac
one. Enough wire to extend length of
a block costs $2.50. If the circuit is a
long one the expense of employing
linemen to erect lines will be consider
able. . Four friends can have wires run
to their houses at a cost af about $100.
The instruments are similar to those
used by the telegraph companies all
ever the country, and they require a
great deal of study to be able to send
massages and to receive them. Two
or three mouths' study is sufficient for
any one who merely wishes to send
messages for amusement Ar. Y. Hail
and Express.
a a a
Not the Ambulance.
Two hundred pounds of solid flesh.
encased in dress, bonnet shoes and
other articles too numerous to mention.
came down with a crash near the Sol
diers' Monument yesterday afternoon.
and a woman yelled "O-o-oh! loud
enough to be heard two blocks away.
A pedestrian turned aside and ex
tended his hand and anxiously in
quired: "Shall I ring far the imbulnnoo.
ma'am?"
"No, sir!" she snapped, as she
started to pick herself up. "If yon
want to oblige me wring tbe necks of
some of these people who are grinning
as 11 1 bad never tried it before, and
hadn't got it down to a fine keibuinp!"
Vt troU i res trres. . .
Theoaore rai-xer, when uttering
the Lord's prayer, used to say, "For
give us our . tresspasses as we should
forgive those wno treepass against us!
lie also prwe'. .ad us from- temp
tation.". - Lead us not into
AMERICAN GlrtLS.
A flemawhat Cynfaal Apolosv foe the En
glish Maiden's Total Kollpae.
The itdy M mds and the Lidy
Beatrices are sore of finding them-
s Ives outshoiM in the hignest circles
by Xmoricnn chits, who. b fire com
ing abroad, were just ordinnrr in
sni (.11 provincial towns in thu United
S ales. It Is a hard cas to lie tin-tut
into the shade by these fair invaders.
But soreness shout It will only spoil
g-Kd looks. Why not rather learn the
art 4;I war from tbe Invading belles.
who were not reared In hot-lio.ises.
hut In public free schools? In a great
degree they have conquered b.caune
they are In the habit of thinking them
selves ns good as no matter whom, and
of not being shaim f teed In the pres-
onee of mortals uf upiiennost rank.
I don't think Itocturs to the Mauds
aud Beatrices that very few tiperincst
personages. In no matter what coun
try, have, or can have, much conver
sation. Having had allowances from
tneir cra.11 s upwards there is no
strenuous effort in their lives. And
so that Intensity of thought, f eling
and will which makes a mnn a man.
and sublimate a woman, iswnntln;
in them. Etiquette throws on them
the onus f starling subjects of eoii-
veisa ton. Having to talk d haut en
bni there Is no quick interchange of
ideas. As it was three hundred venrs
ago so it Is now. Their live being
flat they must fall back on biifToonery
a reason why Fchnelder'a dressltig
rm nn at Les Varle es was "le P.i-
snge des Piitices." License of siHS.-ch
is sure to be granted to any one whose
talk tickles r is droll. There are few
rosebuds in etlqui-te-ridden courts
wins can so converse. But tbe Uulu-d
S:stes free schools produce them In
lbotiand. Originality in America is
not Confined to the unornainental sex.
Tbe conditions of life are so different
there from what they are in England!
and there Is such etnanc'patlon fiom
cant in most of the forms in which It
tyrann'sts ns that the b entity from
Ohio, Illinois rD -In ware is startling
ly novel, and whatever piquancy
there Is in her talk couics home with
double force.
Therms are such heap of Miss Je my
Chambcrl.iius In the United States
that hardly any one notices their
Mints. Americans are astounded
at the effect they produce on English
noblemen when they come out at the
Riviera or in London. As to the eti
quette invented by Lord Chamber
lain tboso Flowers from over the At
lantic1 are in hapjty ignorance. So
they start topics in colloquies with
royal Itersonnges li stead of waiting
for them to lie starlet!, and. when they
fin I they pleae. they g ahead. The
personages are not bored with hear
ing !r." or Madame." or -Yonr
Royal Highnes." used as comma are
in the conversation of "ordinary
person. Then the young and fair
Anierirnns neglect no advantage which
I derived from attention to perso-.ial
apiearaiice. They know how to dres.
and I hey grudge no money that they
can g've to the best dentls s. Being in
tbe habit of dancing froai ii.fmcy.
their gestures are eay and not angu
ar. and they always talk distinctly.
and if ron-.etimcs with a slight twang,
in an stiiliblo voice.
Our girls often mumble or run on in
a chirruping jabber that really is not
speecK Tuev. too, ofton deal in set
phrases which get sno 1 exhauted. 1
think when a British girl is nice she's
the nicest of any; and many moro
than there are could be char.ning if
they eon'd only learn how to spetk.
and to move about in an e.;sy. grace
ful way. Ihe American girl has neat
features, a delicate skin, and a fine.
nervous system. B.it in the rest of the
organization nature ha been w anting
in generosity. The Western woman
or girl is a finer human being than tbe
Eastern. In the S. u hern Slates wom
anhood is nearest erfection. Wom
en there are reposeful not precisely
musing, bv in'.eili gent sweet and in
t resting. Linton Train.
A UNIQUE CHUROM.
Xha QaaJnt Sanctuary Krretad by a New
England Congregation.
The most singular-looking church
to be found in New Euglnnd is lo a ed
in ' Lancaster. M a. This edifice in
fifty-two feet long by thirty wide. The
walls are half of rough stone and half
of wood, eac'i five feet in height, mak
ing it ten feot from tlu grou d to the
eaves. Ine roof is of the common
kind, without a tower, steeple or
belfry. The entrance is at one corner
of a hiffh'y ornamented porch
and vestibule, surmounted by a
gable of a beautiful design. No de
scription of the auditorium can givt
any idea cf its richi.e- of color, its
leauty, or its roziness. It is not mnd -so
by stained-glass windows, shedding
"a dim, religious light" over the room,
nor yet by imitations of frescoes that
disfigure many churches. There is a
harmony of all its appointmen's that
must please ' the mos fastidious, and
you feel at "case in Zlon" as soon as
you take your sunt thi-ro.
The pulpit, the pews, and the ceiling
from floor to roof, an I the window
sash and window folding blinds are all
of black cherry from a single tree that
stood on the site t.f this church. The
roof is snpportcd by truas-work of
beams of white wood, partly arched
and open to the apex, and stained uf
cherry color to correspond w ith the
work below. This cherry wot d ia very
wavy and curly, and when polished
aud varnished is superior to any of our
native woods. At the west end of the
church there is a large S'lndriy-schoo'
room and library finished iu the sa s
st)le. It is said that from the fir:
Jay ground was broken f- rthU btiXd
ing to its completion ten years ago
no profane word was heard from any
workman. The church stands out in
a beautiful lawn, partly surrounded
with evergreen shrubbery, and at
tiacts a good deal of attention on ac
count of Its oddity.
It Is amusing to hear remarks of
strangers when passing this church.
"Is it a mill? a shop? Perhaps ii'a a
silo. May be it's an Incubator for
hatching chickena,,r"TIiis U T -den-borgian
Church. -Cir4 . - y
Herald. t ; . .
It is claimed that
lation ot Caina Is 322. '
EARLY DAYS IN DAKOTA
The Kind of Oatfit lfadd to Ran "
paper ia Headword. i-.
It was along in the '70s mm Ik.;,
soon after the late BarnyArwfTfei.i
left Chicago and fettled'at Deadwol.
that ha purchased a newspaper cn'ft
for the latter place. It happened like
this: A young man named Biakely.
who had picked through the shell and
been successfully hatched from a a
Eastern college a year or two before,
came bat to Dead wood, tlien the
roughest mining camp ia the country.
He was somewhat acquainted with
CaulfieL, his father being an old friend
of Barney. When young Blakely had
escaped from the college, dragging his
diploma behind him, he had. in his own
words, "embraced the profession
;ton ol
Dea
Journalism." He looked around .
wooa a tittle ana decided he saw,'
great opening for a newspaper, not
withstanding there were already five
dailies in the field. Fearing another
man was going to get ahead of him in
tbe enterprise, he wished to instruct a
friend in Chicago who was a printer to
select an outfit for him, but had for
gotten his address. Caul field -Was 1.1
(.hfenfr.t in a !,. Ktldlnau trln as, Iia
wrote him to this effect: "Have de
cided to pnt in red-hot independent
paper here and np the jack-leg lawyers
and guerrilla politician both way.
Please see Clifford for me and tell him
to go ahead and select a seven-column
ontfit about as I told him before I
came out W ill come on myself in a
few days,
A week later he arrived In Chicago
and Immediately h an ted np Barney.
finding him in tha ofSce of a friend.
"Did you get my letter P" he anxious
ly inquired.
"Yes." . '!
"Did you see Clifford P" '
"No. not yet" i
"Ah, couldn't find him?"
"WelL the fact la 1 haven't looked.
I suppose I canekt your idea, did I not
your Intention is to start a red-hot
paper at Dead wood and go right In and
make it personal and interesting?"
"lea, that a It" r
tlf tou find tha m a ,n, rfsuant tj.1
sv straight game of faro at his place
you'll gire him Hail Columbia, eh?"
"1 shall anyhow the keeper of a
gambling-house ia not a fit man for
mayor."
"Yes, I took it that waa the style of
paper you were going to ran. I se
lected an outfit for you myself."
"Iohf I didn t know you knew any
thing about the printing business."
"I don t know any thing about the
printing business, but I know a pile
about Deadwood." replied Barney, aa
he got up and went into another room.
A moment later he returned with a
double-barreled shot-nin and two bis
revolvers and carefully laid them on
the desk. J
--mere, young man. said isr
. "- a at . w-
"there is the outfit vou nc
that kind of a mper in V
You'll find they're the bes
all greased np good and he'
Go out somewhere and
'eml Of course you ms-
tie type and may be a presl.
body can pick them out for you; roul"
find the shot-gun and tbe two hip can
non will be the biggest part of yonr
necessary plant and yon want to get
so you can shoot 'em straight without
stopping to aim!"
The young journalist never went
back to Deadwood, and baa since em
braced the profession of clerk in a dry-
goods store. F. L Carrulh, in C'id
cag Tribune.
ABOUT GUM-CHEWING.
But
Nye Dtaeosrsea for th Bscn m a
Girt la Sew, f Knowledge
One who signs herself "A Vassar
Girl" writes to know if the habit of
gum-cbewing is really injurious, and
also if it can truthfully be considered
do Irop.
The letter, tbengh carefully and in
geniously written, is scarcely the work
of a Vassar girL A Vassar girl, with
the educational advantages of that In
stitution, and knowing, as she mast
that man is a cudleas animal, would
hardly address such a question to the
undersigned. This young woman most
be playing upon the credulity of one
who is easily made the dope of thooe
who write tender words with Gothic
penmanship and seductive odors. A
Vaasar girl would not need to ask
whether it would be injurious or not
for a person not having four stomachs
to try and emulate t':e cod-bearing or
endogenous mammalia. She would
know it at once.
It is not done beccuse gam chewing
Is injurious that I wonld speak
against it It is nnnioe. None of us
are nsing gum this winter in our set.
It interfere with a clear, nasal enun
ciation; and when one goes to bed with
gum in the mouth it is too apt to be
stuck on the headboard of - th bed,
where, as it becomes more and . more
frequent it mars the symmetry of the
furniture and takes off the varnish.
Moreover, you seem to accomplish so
little in chewing gum; Chew, dear
one, as long as you may, but a wad of
sprnce has gum to stay. Man gets
weary at set of sun. but you can not fa
tigue a cud of gum.
If I can do any thing further in the
way of advice or album poetry I km a
chewcr service. Bill Ifye, in 2f. T.
World.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A farmer of Belmont O., is prowl
because among his other live stock he
haa a pig with toes, another with three
ears, a cat with an ear growing wrong
side out and a boy with three thumbs.
Some experiment have been
placed on record, says the London
Electrician, in which a number of egg
were hatched out in a magnetic field,
with the result that the chickens were
all more or less deformed bliud, deaf,
or lame. ;
John Davion, of Angusta." Ga...
died, leaving an estate of $116,000. It
has just been divided. Each of the five
heirs gets $15,000, each of the adminis
trators $10,000. and each of the two
attorneys $10,500. The heirs are con
sidered lucky to get what Uiey did. -
The citizens of Urioh. arc ex
ajted over a big coal find near them.
" yfy-five feet below the snrfiee a six-
rein of the best cannci coal b
V .-"ck. and seven carload-.-
n tv -ket at K