Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — Page 5

DENOUNCE THE BILL.

NBW TARIFF MEASURE MEETS % WITH OPPOSITION. Manufacturers Condemn It Because Their Bower to Bob the People Would Be Lessened Twenty-live Per Cent. More than is Necessary. Why They Object. The Reform Club’s tariff bill was drawn ud by eulightened, unselfish, and disinterested men —men who are anxious to see their country prosper. The worst that the protectionists can say of them is that they are “theorists and hobby-riders.” They propose a bill which, as compared with the present tariff, would be justice itself; yet even their bill does not do away with special privileges, for it leaves an average protection of 25 per cent to the favorite industries of McKinley. This is an offer to compromise with the manufacturers who now get an average of 50 per cent protection. The manufacturers manifest great anger at the proposition to split in two their rates of levying taxes upon the consumer. They dance and stamp and say all manner of foolish things.

If a band of pirates were in control of all of our ports and had become so strong that they could not only levy tribute upon the great bulk of ,our imports but could dictate legislation so that they would collect from the people 50 per cent, of the selling value of clothing, and of some kinds of foods, furniture, utensils, implements, etc; then, if they had held this special privilege for thirty years, we could imagine how red in the face they would get and how they would storm and curse at the proposition to break down their industry by allowing them to take only half as much plunder as formerly. It is not strange, then, that the manufacturers who have enjoyed similar privileges should rave at the Reform Club bill as they do in their organ, the American Economist. The issue of April 21 contains letters from fifteen manufacturers on the effect of the proposed measure.

“It would necessitate a reduction of at least 50 per cent, in wages paid in my industry,” says the proprietor of the Riverside knitting mill. “It would blot out the fine kid glove business entirely in this country,” say Dempster & Place, glove manufacturers. “Would cripple our industry seriously,” say Pratt, Read & Co., ivory cutters. “There would be no wages paid here by us, for we wguld have no business,” says Jas. Lindsley, manufacturer of lime and cement. “A soup-house incubator,” is what E. A. Hartshorn, flax, hemp anl jute spinner, calls the bill. “It would certainly wipe out our industry, unless our operatives would submit to a reduction in their wages of at least 50 per cent.,” say the British Hosiery Co. “There would be no wages paid, as we would wind up the business,” says the Southington Cutlery Company. “We would cease to be manufacturers,” say W. C. Fayerweather, manufacturer of iron and steel bridges. “It would ruin my business,” says S. B. Yrooman, proprietor of a planing mill. To tell the truth not all of the manufacturers belong to the pirate class, though piracy has become so elevated that it has become quite the fashion for manufacturers to claim membership. Planing mills would continue to turn; knitting mills and spinning machines to revolve; hammers, chisels and saws to pound and cut; and machinery to run at even greater speed than formerly. It is true that in some branches of manufacture some departments might have to cease; but the increased work in the other departments, due to cheaper raw materials and to the greater demand for goods at lower prices, would more than off-set the loss to the wage-earner, though it might not do so for the manufacturer.

The one strange feature of this whole business is that it should, apparently, never occur to the American Economist to consult any but these piratical manufacturers. In its opiniob, the Beform Club men who drafted the bill are theorists, and not “practicalbusiness men,” because they do not belong to the pirate band. For thirty years this band has told us what rates of duty would be good for it and the country. Shall we, now, think of fixing rates without consulting it? “Impossible, supremely ridiculous!" says the band’s chief mouth-piece.—Byron W. Holt. Twenty-five Per Cent*. More than Enough. Mr. A. H. Saxton is connected with Alfred Field & Co., hardware and cutlery, Chambers street, New York, and is a recognized authority on tariff matters in the hardware business. To a reporter of American Industries, on the Reform Club’s tariff bill, he said: It is well arranged, placing the highest rates on the things that can best stand them, and will leave no incentive for dishonest people to violate the law by false invoices. It may seem like a revolution tochange from the present tariff to that proposed by the Reform Club; but, as everybody now knows that the preseflJL, tariff is a barefaced robbery of the people, a revolution in rates must come sooner or later. If the Democratic party do not do their full duty, and do it at the earliest practicable moment, they will, in my judgment, lose the opportunity of a generation, and be false to the issue which revolutionized them into power. All this silly claim and talk about the necessity of protecting manufacturers is, and has always been, absolutely absurd. If put into proper wording it would mean, “robbery of the people for the benefit of the manufacturers.” There is no class of people in the States that need less aid from the Government than these same manufacturers, and it was demonstrated over and over again during the last tariff discussion that their claimed need of protection was false and insincere, and simply set up to increase the advantages they had already long enjoyed. As a single illustration of this the table cutlery manufacturers went to Washington and claimed that unless they could obtain a large advance over the then existing rate of 35 per cent., they must go to the wall and out of business, and this, in the face of the fact that table cutlery had been successfully made here, and was

growing and prosperous, under a 24 per cent, tariff. In order to show up the absurdity of their claim for any increased duties, I went to the trouble of finding out what I could duplicate some of their leading patterns for abroad, and this was the result: That if table cutlery was on the free list, I could not import, as it cost me as much in Sheffield as I paid for ft here, and then I had the freight and expenses besides. It was also proved by an annual statement of one of the table cutlery companies that they were earning large dividends under the old tariff, so that a duty of 25 per cent, on this article, as suggested by the Reform Club, Is not low enough to afford the Government much revenue, as only a few of the finest and most reputable goods can come in under it. Also, take pocket cutlery, which was made here and prospered under a tariff of 24 per cent. The manufacturers of these goods did not stop at any sort of misrepresentation to gain their object under the McKinley bill, and gave out the impression that it was for life or death if the increase asked for was granted or not. After they had succeeded, four of the companies representing an actual investment, according to their own statement before Congress, of #400,000, offered the same to the public for 11,600,000, or four times its actual value, and it is now interesting to hear the reasons they give in ‘ their prospectus as to why their plants are worth four times the original investment. I quote from their prospectus. “This business, with a record of over twenty years, has steadily grown into a profitable undertaking. The manufactured goods now equal the best foreign makes, and it is impossible now to turn the channel of trade back to the foreign manufacturers,” and “the business of these companies has steadily increased year by year—the profits for 1892 may be fairly estimated to be not less than sufficient to pay 8 per cent, on the ($800,000) preferred stock, and 15 per cent, on the ($800,000) common stock.” In other words they calculate to pay in dividends $184,000 per annum, on an-actual investment of $400,000. So that it seems that a tariff of 25 per cent, on pocket cutlery is ample protection, even if that side of it is considered.

I am in thorough accord with the Reform Club’s idea that all metal manufacturers should come under the uniform rate, and I am also in accord with their plan that all duties should be ad valorem. The plan of the complex duties of the McKinley bill was simply to hide ttffe enormity of the advances. They did not dare put a duty of 100 per cent, ad valorem on Qutlery, and 300 per cent, on pearl buttons, but they endeavored to hide these rates by a system of specific duties. How well they accomplished their object the last two elections amply demonstrate. The protection ostrich did not succeed in hiding himself by sticking his specific head into the sand. The intelligence of the people to find him out had not been counted on. The intelligence of the people was demonstrated, however, by the political revolution that followed. I am inclined to think that as a revenue measure the Reform Club’s suggestion will be worth the most careful consideration and study of our Washington statesmen. What we want is a simple, straightforward revenue tariff. There must be no coquetting with this interest or that interest. The day of paternalism must be in the past, and the responsibility is on the Democratic party to see to it that no laws are put on the records for the specific purpose of swindling one set of men for the benefit of another set. There were lots of rates in the old war tariff that had become absolutely ridiculous, except from a protective standpoint.

Increased Interest In Taxation. The increased interest, during the last few years, in the subject of taxation is simply marvelous. Previous to 1888 the subject was supposed to interest only theoretical men, professors, economists and editors, who, to maintain their dignity, felt called upon to discuss the subject occasionally. The occasional articles by Wells, George, Sumner, and others appeared, at least to the careless observer, to have been seed sowed in stony places. Cleveland’s bold message of 1887, compelling the two leading parties to make the tariff the leading issue, precipitated a discussion which has extended into other kinds of taxation and which is thickening and deepening during political campaigns, and between them, and which will not cease until radical reforms have occurred.

Instead of occasional campaign articles on the tariff question, prepared for partisan papers, interest in the subject is now so wide-spread that it pays nearly all the leading dailies to employ a tariff editor and to devote much space to the subject. Numerous press bureaus supply several columns a week of tariff matter to thousands of country papers which are trying to keep up with the times by supplying what is most demanded by their readers. Many of the legislatures of different States have devoted more time than usual to the subject of taxation and have appointed committees that have spent days listening to reformers of varying opinions and intelligence. The New York Daily World is now printing a series of articles, each several columns in length, on frauds in State and local taxation. Henry George’s paper, the Standard, did much to arouse discussion, but it was never self-supporting and ceased to exist more than a year ago. Its function is now performed by more than 100 self-supporting SingleTax papers. The truth is that there has never, since man began to cultivate fields, to build cities and to carry on an extensive trade, been any real reform in taxation. Under monarchies, where the masses had only to obey laws, it was not strange that the unjust and slipshod methods handed down from ancient times should have remained practically unchanged: but in a republic of enlightened citizens, it is astonishing that the great evils of unjust and unnecessary taxation have not long ago attracted sufficient attention to lead to what will now soon follow the complete overthrow of all kinds of indirect taxation.

STYLES FOR THE SICK.

GOWNS THAT ARE PECULIARLY BECOMING. Colors that Harmonize with the Delicate Complexions of Invalids Soft-Colored Sacques and Short-Walsted Dresses Are the Thing. Worn b; Weak Women. New York correspondence.

O doubt it seems f a good deal to ex- [\ I peot that the in- . I \ valid in a house \ shall help the well w ones to enjoy life ') and the sunshine 'A of health, but it is what many a beds ridden woman has done, and in doing it the invalid often finds her best \ release from pain. A There is a certain \\ beauty that often l\ belongs to the one V\ who is denied 1\ strength. Delicacy of complexion, a softness of i! Tl\ skin, and a genA'JiiK tleness of expression often render -- such a face really lovely. The us-

ual invalid is slender, too, and has about her a suggestion of frailty that adds to the picture she may so easily make. But too many fancy that “dress” is not for them and that anything will do. lam not going to say a word about how much real use an invalid may be in a house, but I will talk dress to her a little. For those who may not leave the bed there are such dainty soft-colored sacques, made short so that they will easily tuck down in the back. They have big sleeves and plenty of soft lace about the wrists and falling over the poor thin hands, which so relieved only look white and delicate and the envy of many a well visitor. The neck should fasten snugly and at the side rather than in front, thus giving a younger and fuller look to the face, and softening the worn lines of the throat. The jacket may be made of rose-colored China silk and must be absolutely crisp and fresh-looking. Wrists and throat can tie closely by ribbons run through the lace. Of course, the hair is carefully brush-

RLACK BENGALINF.

ed; better cut it to a pretty childish length; it will be more becoming so, and easily cared for, and if it does not curl it must be put up every night, or curled with the irons often enough to keep it looking pretty. The locks about the front and sides should be trimmed so they will keep out of the eyes, and those in the back, perhaps, left a little longer and held loosely in place by a knot of fresh ribbon. You will hardly believe how much better you will feel all dressed up, with a flower tucked in the button of the jacket and your hair prettily in curl. Indeed, even the invalid, too weak and iil to sit up in bed, will feel better for having her nightgown pretty close about the throat and wrists, and a fresh flower tucked into a buttonhole' Try it and see. The Bufferer who will never be any better and whose only change is from bed to couch may look so sweet and pretty when she is up and on the couch. Her nightgown is soft, fine stuff, and white as only fine wash goods can be. It has a double ruffle of lace all down the front. Oh the couch, before she is laid upon it, there is spread a silk garment, made very wide between the shoulders, and full at the neck, with great sleeves. With plenty of length to spare and a ruffle all down the opening, it is all so loose that the invalid oan tuck her arms into the sleeves and draw the fullness about her when she is laid down. How “dressed up” she will feel and how fresh and sweet she will look. Of course, soft eider down stuff may be used instead of silk, or even a rich, warm brocade. The beauty of the invalid should be always consulted. Rich scarlets Sometimes make a brunette seem to have almost a touch of color in the pale face. Blue, the soft baby blue, must be used carefully, because it is apt to emphasize pallor. For the invalid not quite so helpless it will be a great comfort to get out of those gowns into something that seems trim. Gowns made to fit in the

ROSE-PINK CREPON.

back and over the hips, and with just the front loose, are protty. Let them be of crisp fine wash goods whenever possible. She is so tired of soft things! Another pretty style fits close to the natural lines of the figure. Not close enough, of course, to bind anywhere, but at least without folds. A very wide ruffle passes over the shoulders and down each side, not to a point at the waist line, but narrowing a little. The space between is lined with ribbon set to imitate a pointed yoke. This gives narrowness to the figure, and the width of the ruffles on either side of the yoke really conceals the width of the waist

Gowns made very short-waisted are pretty, too. Let the tiny bodice be made surplice-like, of two kerchief pieces crossing on the breast, and disappearing under the belt or sash that comes close up under the arms. From here the skirt falls full and long. The sleeves are made with very large puffs that narrow to about the elbow. From under the puffs comes a full sleeve of not too fine white stuff, that gathers in with a ruffle at the wrist A dainty chemisette to match these under-sleeves shows where the kerchief pieces of the bodice leave a space at the neck. This is a most becoming dress for an invalid who is worn and whose hair is soft and loose. It may be made of cassimere, of a crisp old-fashioned taffeta silk, or of pink peroale. A warm, rosy pink is almost always beooming. Remember the skirts should be of generous length, trailing a little in the back, and of full length in front, so that when seated or

PINK NUN’S VEILING.

lying down the feet may be prettily covered. For (he invalid who is bed or couch ridden through inability to walk, and who is yet “quite well," pretiy little affairs nr ay be made that are like yokes that lie about the shoulders. They are finished with a rulfle all about, are wide on the shoulders and come to a point front and back. Little ribbons may tie under the arms, that they may not slip. Buoh yokes made of bright, pretty silk, and with the gown beneath furnished with big sleeves, and tied at the wrists with ribbon to matoh the color of the yoke, transform an invalid in her own estimation and make her a pretty picture, too. If the pretty hair has been cut, there should be a cap, quaint mob caps, the big ruffles making the face beneath seem like a pale, prim flower. Even though the head must not be closely covered, and the cap must be' of the thinnest stuff, the big ruffle must be so wide and so perky that one sees only the face in the quaint frame. If the poor cheeks look sadly sunken, then tuck a rosette in at each side of the cap, with ends of ribbon that will flutter over the cheeks, and be almost as friendly in softening the lines as the pretty hair itself used to be. Above all, do not let the invalid lose interest in her looks. A little childish vanity will keep her bright, and by so muoh her burden will be the less hard to bear. The accompanying sketches set before you five costumes which are suitable for the woman who is compelled to remain indoors. The model of the initial is in hazel-brown woolen poplin, trimmed with brown and green shot velvet. The waist hooks behind, and at the neck there is a pointed yoke of pleated poplin. The loose velvet jacket is finished with bretelles of velvet, and edged with a jet fringe. It fastens invisibly in front. The front of the skirt is cut sufficiently long to allow the end to be laid in folds and be hooked to the

FICHU OF ROSE CREPE DE CHINE.

jacket in front, thus giving the toilet the appearance of being cut princess. At the back the skirt is laid in pleats and comes about five inches above the waist line. It is trimmed with four rows of braided velvet in graduated widths. The sleeves are of bias shot velvet much puffed at the top, but tight at the wrist. The toilet is lined with silk. Black bengaline is the material of the second dress, and it is trimmed with jet passementerie and black lace. The costume is cut princess style, and has two pleats behind that take away the fullness, but the front has an inserted, piece that falls in folds from the bust downward. The fronts are edged with passementerie, which also goes arpund the bottom and the square yoke at the top in the manner indicated. The yoke of plain bengaline is trimmed with a lace flounce put on plain and having the points resting on the yoke. A wider flounce falls over the shoulders, and from the armholes to the waist is an arrangement of the lace. t The sleeves are of bengaline and require the whole breadth of the silk. They are pleated into the armhole instead of being gathered. The gown is lined with silk. A lovely gown of crepon in a delicate shade of rose-pink 1b next shown. The skirt is quite plain but very full, and around the waist is a band of satin ribbon. terminating in front in two loops and long ends. The bodice has large revere of crepon. edged by a frill of deep guipure in cream. The vest and lower part of the sleeves is of rose satin covered with guipure. A pretty wrapper is seen in the fourth illustration. Its Watteau pleat hangs away from the gown at the waist and the belt which confines the fullness at the back passes beneath it. The front is loose and buttons beneath the draping. The sleeves are puffed and trimmed with silk. The last example is a prefty fichu ol rose crepe de chine with insertions of black silk. The crepe is laid in folds and sewed to a lining of rose faille. The collar is also of faille and is pointed in the center but round in back where a clasp is placed. Copyright. 1803. Thebe are bracelets with diamond bow-knots.

THE JOKERS’ BUDGET.

JES?S AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. He Wanted to Know—A Victim of Habit—Hard on Rats—lmported Direct—Lucid, Etc., Etc. HE WANTED TO KNOW. “Now, remember,’’ said the school teacher, “a contagious disease is one you can catch.” “Is a spanking a disease?” asked Benny Bloobumper. “No; how ridiculous!” “Well, I often catch one.”—[Truth. A VICTIM OF HABIT. Ellen—Habits are hard things to break. Maud—Yes, indeed, there's Minnie Sereleaf, who formed the habit of being twenty-two some years ago and has never broken it yet.—[Chicago Record. BAUD ON BATS. Stranger—Why don’t you clear the rats out. of your chicken-house? Farmer Easie—They don’t do no harm. Stranger—Don’t they eat eggs? Farmer Easie—They used to, but not now. 1 think these new-fashioned china nest-eggs has sort o’ diso 3 uraged ’em.—■ [New York Weekly.

LUCID. Cholly (who is calling upon one of the Rosebud twins) —Ya’as you are very like each other, but I—aw—think you are pwettier than your sister. “Thauk you. but don’t you think she is pretty, too?” “Ya’as, but that’s because she looks more like you than you look like her.”— [New York Press. imported direct. “These muffins are hard and stale,” growled Mr. Dickens at breakfast. “Well, I can’t help it.” said Mrs. Dickens. “They’re fresh from London.” [V ogue. HARSH. Charlie—l don’t understand why Fortune has never smiled on me. Ethel Knox—She must have overlooked you, elso she had laughed aloud. —[Truth. A CHEAT PRESENT. Uncle Ned—What are you going to give little sister for a birthday present? Oliver —I’m going to ask papa to get her a football, and I’ll show her how to play.—[Harper’s Youug People. AN ABLE REASON. “Why do you ask me for my autograph?” asked the poet, who liked to hear words of prnise. “Because you are the only one who can write it,” said the applicant, meekly.—[Vogue. WHICH ? Prunella—Doesn’t your father think that your fiance is a fortune-hunter? Perdita—Oh, no! Prunella—Then, doesn’t he think he is a fool?—[Truth.

SPRING HAH COME. Once more the gardener turns the soil And soweth germs of fodder, Once more he eyes the lawn and comes A wiser man and sodder. Once more he gathers up the truck That trimmed his last year’s labor, And in the night he chucks it o’er The fenceway of his neighbor. —[Bostofi Courier. beating dame nature. Drummer —It just beats all. I’m traveling for an umbrella house, and every place I’ve struck has been suffering from drought. Inventor —I am traveling with a rainproducing apparatus, and every town I’ve struck Was knee-deep in muu.. Drummer—l say, let’s travel together. —[New York Weekly. PROBABLY. Jess—lii wedding notices why is it that the man’s name is put first? Bess —On the principle that “ the last shall be first,” I suppose.

AN UNNECESSARY WARNING. Bishop Qullera—l trust yov. are aware, Miss Penstock, what a solemn thing an engagement is, and I hops you will never seek to withdraw it. Miss Penstock—You needn't be alarmed, Bishop. Why, Jack is going to give me $2,503 a year for my clothes. A FOOLISH QUESTION. “What would you do, Katie, if I were to kiss you now?” “Oh, kiss me first and then ask the question. The person who asks the question first never kisses the girl afterwards.”—[Fliegende Blaetter. TWO MESSAGES. He wrote and by an Urchin bright He sent the message down: “Come up and see rae, boys, to-night; My wife is out of town.” He wrote again: “Don’t come. 1 fear The game is up—alack, My wife has sent her mother here To stay till she comes back ! ” —I New York Press.

A FREE TRANSLATION. “You saw what a tremendously long name the late Queen of Hawaii had, didn’t you ?’’ “No, but I imagine the translation of it is pretty short.” “What is it?” “Mud!” VERY APPROACHABLE. Tapperton—l am going to ask Mr. Bullion for his daughter’s hand tonight, and I am so nervoua I can’t think. Billington (who knows Mr. Bullion) —No us 3 being nervous. Mr. Bullion is very npp-oachable. “Eh? Won’t he kick me out?" “Not a bit of it.” “Won’t he get mad?” “No, indeed.” “I am overjoyed. Whnt do you think he will do?” “He’ll laugh.”—[New York Weekly. IT TAKES MATERIAL. “Let’s see,” said the lady, “how many yards are there here?” “Fourteen yards, madame,’ v answered the salesman. “Enough for a dress?” “Quite enough.” “Then give me fourteen yards more.” “For another dress?” “No, for the sleeves.”—[New York Pros*. AT THE CIRCUS. Jcdson —I hope the performance won't begin for a good while yet. Nurse—Why, Judson, dear? Judson —Why, because then it will be longer until the show is over.—[Harpers Bazar.

ONLT A QUESTION OP TIKE Miss Pruyn—lt seems to me that the trouble with most married people is that they don't know each other before marriage. Waite—Oh, well; they soon remedy that! LOUDLY. “What do you think of Cholly's new spring suit?” “It speaks for itself.” HE PLEADED GUILTY. A man who was arrested and taken before a rural justice in a state of intoxication pleaded for his release. “ You are a learned (hie) Judge, Your Honor! You stand high in the ranks of the (hie) judiciary. You,know there is no occasion (hie) for my arrest. I dcniaud (hie) my liberty! ” “Lock him up over night,” said the Justice to the constable. The next morning, when the prisoner was brought to the bar, tlu* Justice said: “You wore very complimentary to me last night,” “What did I say, Your Honor?” “You said I was learned in the law and stood high iu the ranks of the judiciary.” “Did I say that?” “You did.” “Then I plead guilty to the charge of drunkenness."—(Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.

SHE HAH THE HUUUE ON HIM. “I wonder why Miss Primmalwny sings ‘My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon?’ ” “It is because ho can’t come down and deny it.”—[Ohicigo Inter-Ocean. NMII.F. NOTES. The poultry-dresser is a lucky fellow. That is, he always gets the pick of the flock.—[Troy Press. The most upright dealer iu sun umbrellas will occasionally got mixed up in a shady transaction.—[Buffalo Courier. When a child wants a favor from his parents ho asks liis futlier’s permission and teils his mother lie is going to do it. —[Atchison Globe. As to drink, it’s very true that if a man doesn’t want to see himself as others sec him lie shouldn’t look too much in the glass.—[Philadelphia Times. Dora—Don’t you think my gowns fit better than they used to? Cora- Yes. Your dressmaker told me yosterday she was tuking lessons iu geometry.— [Quips. The average balloonist may uot bo more inclined to pay liis debts than liis fellows, but it must be admitted that lie sometimes “comes down” in a hurry.— [Boston Courier.

Walton—ls the fare improving at your boarding place any? Burton—Oh, yes; the butter is considerably stronger than it was last week.—[Chicago InterOcean. Never put off until to-morrow that which you can get somebody else to do for you to-day.--[Troy Proas. The yacht cup is not wholly without a species of saucery.—[Boston Transcript. No, Minerva, tho range of vision is not equlppod with sight drafts —[Elmira Ga/.ette. The man who knew “just how it was going to be” is always a little late getting around, but that is all the better for his prophecy.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Although the corner grocery isn’t supposed to be stocked with electricity, the corner groccryman is culled upon to charge a good muuy things.—[Buffalo Courier. Tho country minister has uo respect for prize fighters, but he sighs when ho reads of the sums they realize from their pound parties.—[Binghamton Leader.

QUEER TREES.

Some Wonders of the Vegetable World In the Got eminent's Collection. The Department of Agriculture, says the Washington Star, has an interesting collection of queer plants. Among the most remarkable of the plants is the loce-bark tree of Jamaica, the inner bark of which is composed of many layers of fibres that interlace in all directions. Caps, ruffles, and even complete suits of lace are made from it. It bears washing with common soap, and when bleached in the sun acquires a degree of whiteness equal to the best artificial lace, with .which this surprising natural product compares quite favorably as to beauty. Another curiosity is known in tho tropics as the sand-bark tree, and also as the monkey dinner bell. It has a round, hard-shelled fruit, about the size of an orange, which, when ripe and dry, bursts open with a sharp noise like the report of a pistol. Its Juice is poisonous. The South American trumpet treo might furnish a buud with musical instruments, inasmuch as its hollow branches are used for horns and also for drums. The “dumb omie” is so called because its fleshy, cane-like stems render speechless anyone who happens to bite tnem. There is also a tooth-brush tree from Jamaica. Tooth-brushes are made from it by cutting pieces of the stem to convenient lengths, and fraying out the ends. It also supplies, conveniently enough, an excellent tooth - powder, which is prepared by pulverizing the dried stems.

Forming Squares.

It is remarkable that recent tatics in the Soudan, when we formed squares to resist the rush of our fanatical opponents, are simply a copy of those which Napoleon was compelled to adopt in that part of the world nearby a century ago. The Mamelukes, who were his most dangerous antagonists, were better trained and better mounted than any calvary he had to bring against them, and, moreover, greatly outnumbered the French squadrons. He was obliged, therefore, to rely entirely on his artillery and infantry, and these were formed into squares, with the guns at the angles, just as our troops were drawn up to stem the rushes at El Teh and Tamai. At Ulundi our formation was the same, and, like us on that occasion, we read that Napolcan placed his baggage and calvary in the center of the square, and when the foe was beaten launched the horsemen to the pursuit just as we loose our squadrons on the Zulus.—[Satvrday Review. Mr. and Mrs. Hays, of Philadelphia, have been married seventy years, and are living in a house in North Thirteenth steet which was built eighty years ago by Mrs. Hays’s father,in. what was then a pasture lot. Mr. Hays was* one of the “directors” of the famous “Underground Railroad,” which, after the passage of the Fugitive Slave law, helped bring so many negroes North.

THE BODY AND ITS HEALTH.

Dangerous Dust.— When a carpet m taken up to be cleaned the floor beneath it is generally very much covered with dust. This dust is very fine and dry and poisonous to the lung;;. Before removing it sprinkle the floor with very dilate carbolic acid to kill any poisonous gtnas that may lie present, and to thoroughly disinfect the floor and render it sweet. Tiie Mousing Bath.—An admirabla way to take the morning bath by those who dread a daily plunge into cold water, is recommended by an authority as follows: Stand in hot water deep enough to cover the ankles, fill a bsdn with cool water, and sponge the body off quickly. Dry and rub vigorously, and get into flannels before drying the feet. This is better for any one than daily immersion. It is the rubbing more thaw the water that is needed; sponging off gives the excuse for the after rubbing, and the good result is gained. Typhoid Fever Miasmatic.— A recent utterance by Sir Charles Cameron will probably meet with no denial. According to this ;high medical authority, whew all the organic debris produced in towns is quickly removed, and when the dangerous subterranean atmosphere is prevented from entering dwellings, or even when sewage flows steadily day and uight through well constructed maiw sowers, and when soils are thoroughly drained and kept free from filth, thenthere may be expected a substantial reduction in the mortality caused fay typhoid fever, and, indeed, by other diseases. Constiration and Headaches.— The source of mauy disorders, which might, in most instances be prevented if proper attention were paid to ordinary measures of precaution, is constipation, saysamedical authority. Irregularity in eating and exercising is the most common cause of this trouble. If persons occasionally troubled with headache, indigestion and other minor complaints would remove the cause the effect would soon pass away. When n headache results from constipation a glass of cold water token just after rising will do more towards removing the trouble than the local application of preparations to the head. Oplniou is divided as to the merits at the uso of hot or cold water for this purpose, but cold water (uot icc water) in here recommended, because it is uot an apt to produce nausea.

Data Concerning Thmpkiiatukk and Ventilation. —Data concerning temperature and ventilation have of late years largely accumulated and are certainly of great practical iinportanco *» their relation to health and comfort, eopecially in buildings where considerable numbers of people arc h»t>itual occupants. In an offico builning, for instance, assuming that each person or occupant requires 3,000 cubic fort, cashout 147 pounds, of fresh air an hour, and that this air is at a temperature of 80 degrocs, the number of units of bent that must bo abstracted iu order to reduce the temperature to 70 degrees i» stated to bo 1150 an hour. Now, it is ascertained by careful scientific methods that a pound of coal used in making steam for a falrly-efficlent refrigerating machine will produce an actual cooling effect equal to that of sixteen to forty six pounds of ice, Tuking tho lower of those limits, sixteen pounds ol ice, which will abstract some 2,375 heat units while molting, it is seen that one pound of coal will, accordingly, reduce the temperature of the supply of air for one person for (14 hours under the above assumptions; and estimating the price of coal ut $H per ton, and that the air is tobe cooled for teu hours a day, theopparent cost is but 1G cents for one thousand people an hour. I’KKCAUTIONB IN REGARD TO Canned Goods. —It is rather the fashion to decry tinned vegetables us being unwholesome, and there are people who rarely allow them to appeur upon their tables, yet if properly treated they are ]>erfectly harmless and wholesome. There arc two essential rules, however, which' nhould be invnrlaWy remembered. The first Is that when a can is opened, the edible, whatever it is, should be turned out at once into another dish, and. should never be kept standing in the tin. Cureless cooks are apt to leave tomntoen or mushrooms or other tinned things used for seasoning in the cans, sometimes for several days, in which awn they asc sure to be injurious. The other rule is that a vegetable should never, under any circumstances, whether at a picnic or to save the cook trouble, be warmed in its own tin. There is another danger connected with those preserved goods, and that is that the insane mania for cheapness at all risks, which some women have, has induced dishonest people to pat inferior goods upon the market; but if a housekeeper is careful to buy none but |hs best, and see that they are properly prepared by her cook she need have no fens but that her tinnod vegetables are aw harmless as the same subtances in their raw and natural state; and sbe will havw the advantage of procuring an infinite variety for her table at a very small outlay both of time and moner.

Colonial Days.

There were no lawyers in Vermont fc» attend the Redding trial daring thn Revolution. One of the first laws passed in Kentucky was one to preserve the breed el horses. A man was killed by Indians St a race course before there were 800 people in the State. In Guilford, Vt., in 1769, there we*«r 893 children in eighty-two families. There was no carriage road direct front New York to Boston in lj 22. In 1783 Governor Benedict Arnold of Rhode Island left by will an old gray mare to> the Quaker preacheresses to enable then to travel through the woods on honeback. Blacksmith’s hand-made nails were so expensive that shingles were fastened upon roofs and wooden runnera upon, sledges by wooden pegs. The potato first appeared as a now delicacy at the Harvard College commencement dinner in 1703.

Killed Both Horses.

The trolley wire does not intend tnallow its deadly power to be forgotten while it can be kept in mind by occasional electrocutions. The other d»yos a street car of Cincinnati, Ohio, was crossing an electric line, the trolley wire overhead broke, and the end, fallings struck the horses that drew the ear, killing them both instantly. The driver of the car, not understanding the accident, thought his horses had fallen down, and ran to assist them. A a soon as he touched one of them he received h. shock that knocked him down between them. Fortunately, he was dressed in a rubber overcoat and shoes, and escaped further injury. He was seriowiy hurt, and was taken home.—[New Orleans Picayune.