Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1899 — Page 3

AGRICULTURAL

Cows Milked by Machinery. A German manufacturer baa invented a new milking machine, which la finding a ready sale in Europe, especially in Denmark, Switzerland and Russia. As shown by our illustration, an iron pipe about one inch in diameter is conducted through the stable, and is fixed at the ceiling so that it remains about three feet above the back of the animals. Flexible shafts, provided with small cocks, run from this pipe to a cylindrical milk collector which, again, Is held by a belt laid around the back of the cows. At one side there is attached a small flexible hose divided into four small, arms, all provided with

GERMAN MILKING MACHINE.

small cocks, and which are connected with the udder. The first mentioned iron pipe, running all through the stable, is connected with a large cylinder fixed at the celling, from which a perpendicular tube runs down into a vessel filled with water. By means of a small hand pump the air is compressed in the cylinder and thus through the whole pipes. The water when rising regulates the pressure in the pipes. It needs only a few movements of the pump’s piston to compress the air throughout the whole system. The only thing to be done then is to open the small cocks of the pipes connected with the udder and the milk flows into the above described milk-col-leeting vessel. A New EEg-Packinsr Cnse. How we do live and learn! We can’t say now there is nothing new under the sun. It is a long time since this was said. There was no patent office at that time, and no one thought of shipping eggs by express a thousand miles away. Now eggs are sent literally from one end of the world to the other. And of course we w'ant a safe package to Send them in. Here is the one newly patented in which each egg is

PACKING CASE FOR EGGS.

supported in a little spring wire holder, by which jars and the roughest shockß are neutralized, and a case of eggs may fall off a wagon and not one be cracked. It is a great thing for sending eggs to be hatched in, for it is rarely -that a dozen eggs procured for this purpose can be got in safe condition to hatch, when carried in any ordinary box or 'basket.

’ untie Refuse Fnrrel. The barrel for slops, usually consisting of vegetable and fruit parings and other refuse which is to go to the “pig-

REFUSE BARREL.

always be of some hard wood and so that it will not leak. The strips of rustic work are put on with short wire nails, and between, the two upper and two lower hoops the strips are laid as shown in the cut. A cover, also laid with rustic work, should be provided, and will be especially needful In warm weather, although it Is expected that the contents of such a barrel will be emptied dally. Free Rarat Mail Delivery. As a result of the universal agitation of the matter by the agricultural press and people, provisions for a rural mail service is about to be effected. While it will take some time to make this system a universal thing over the entire country, still, when once started, it VrUl move pretty rapidly, for the reason that it will be very popular, not only with the people who reside In the country, but with those who live in towns as well. Prom an educational standpoint it will be very beneficial, ' as it will place the residents on an equal footing with the residents of cities so far as getting the daily news as it comes from the press. Appropriations to the amount of $300,000 were provided for the ensuing year, and the system is being tried in several States. The Western head- :

gery,” Is not, as a rule, a thing of beauty, but may be made less unattractive if treated with rustic work, as shown in the illus- . tration. The barrel should be set on a 1o w platform, a s

shown, and should

that State. The expense will be very heavy for this and it Is well to remember that all of it must be paid for by the people themselves. It Is likely that after the system has been once fully developed and gotten into working order it will about pay its own way through the extra amount of letter mail that will be sent—Farmers’ Tribune. Tenant Farmers. Tenant farmers work under greater difficulty than owners. They must pay rent and make the rent on the farm first of all expenses. One of the gravest mistakes made by renters is that of taking as much as possible from the land without returning an equivalent. This is more injurious to the tenant than to the owner, especially If the tenant rents the farm for a longer period than one year. The farm is the workshop and the more material the tenant can convert into a marketable product the more he will gain by the transaction. If a field produces forty bushels of corn per acre and the use of fertilizers will "increase the yield to sixty bushels the increased yield may not only pay the rent, but give a larger profit than would be derived from forty bushels. It is the labor that is costly, and it takes as much work to get forty bushels of com as It does for sixty. The rule with renters should be to secure as much as possible for the labor bestowed rather than for the rent incurred. If the farm is poor and the renter adds nothing thereto he may lose both the rent and the profit.— Philadelphia Record. Kerosene for Poultry. The many uses that kerosene may be put to in the poultry yard make it almost an indispensable article to be charged to the expense account; and no other article will enhance the profits of the poultry yards as kerosene diligently and intelligently used. For painting the inside of nest boxes for setting hens there is nothing equal to it, as it surely kills all vermin with which It comes In contact and prevents other vermin from entering the nest until it is entirely evaporated, which, if the crude oil is used, will give the hen ample time to hatch her brood. A few drops in the drinking water occasionally has a good effect upon the general health of the flock, and for colds or roup there is nothing better if carefully applied. Scaly legs may be cured by simply wetting the legs of the fowl affected occasionally, and the crude oil is best in this case also, as It takes a much longer time to evaporate. When the crude oil Is not readily obtained some kind of heavy oil or grease should be mixed with the kerosene to stay evaporation. As a remedy for cholera it has been highly recommended.—Fancier’s Review. Apple Crop Reports. At the meeting of the American Apple Shippers’ Association, at Detroit, its press committee made a report showing the following percentages of a full crop of apples in each of the States named: Arkansas ......60 New Jersey 75 California 75 New York 40 Colorado 50 Nebraska 40 Illinois 45 Ohio 65 lowa ....50 Pennsylvania ....45 Kansas 45 Virginia 65 Kentucky 25 West Virginia... .60 Maryland 60 Wisconsin 35 Michigan 45 Washington .....50 Missouri .......40 Canada .65 New England...2s When to Cut Corn. Cut the corn when the grain shows a moderate glaze. You will then get the beat of corn, and fodder also. Cut at this time the ears will weigh when drj as if it had been allowed to ripen standing, and the quality will be as good. The length of time It will take the corn to ripen and dry out will depend on season* and size of shocks, so one cannot give any exact time. Good farmers consider it very important to get the corn cut promptly, when it comes to the right stage, as the stalks are so much better for feed. Don’t Fob the Soil. When a farm must be abandoned it is an evidence that the owner has taken everything possible from the soil and added nothing in return. There are hundreds of farms In New England that were once “abandoned,” but which are now proving profitable since new owners took possession. Every farm can be made better, or at least it can be put in condition to produce crops, and at the same time improve in fertility. Moving: Wire Fences. * To move wire fences quickly and easily, unstaple the wires and lay them separately. Taking the wire furthest from the post first, tie one end to rear axle of wagon and drive where fence is to be put up. A team can defeg a wire 80 rods long or more, and the wire does not kink hor are the barb* injured. This applies to moving fence over ground that is not in crops. Would not be practicable in woodland. Remedy for Potato Scab, The potato scab baa been the cause of considerable loss to cultivators of that crop, but an experiment made by the Kentucky experiment station Indicates that an effective remedy has been found for scab. A treatment of corrosive sublimate was given by soaking the potatoes for in aaoluRg jf yed.

TRUSTS IN ENGLAND.

HOW COMBINES THRIVE UNDER FREE TRADE. They Flourish Mora Luxuriantly la British than in American Boil, and All the Better Because of the Absence of Protection. Writing to the New York Press from London, Mr. H. Curtis Brown, a staff correspondent of that paper, presents with much force and distinctness the subject of trusts in England. Such a presentment is moat timely. It comes at a moment when facts are Important in order to accurately determine the extent to which trusts abound in a country where protection is unknown. From Mr. Brown’s article, which appeal’s in the current issue of the American Economist, it is learned, among other things, that in free trade England the modern trust had its origin and has attained to its most complete development. To-day, says this wellinformed writer, “there are more trade combinations to the square inch in England than in the United States, and it will not be long at the present rate before every trade in the tight little Island will be in a position to regulate competition.” In spite of the fact that the tendency toward monopoly hi England in the last year has been significant and almost startling, the average Englishman will tell you, “We have no trusts in England. Mr. HavenJeyer evidently had that idea when he declared that “the customs tariff is the mother of trusts.” How mistaken is this belief, and how firmly the trust movement, under another name, has taken hold upon English commercial life, may be convincingly learned from the facts set forth in detail by the Press correspondent. According to this well-in-formed writer, organizations which In trusts now control in England the fine cotton spinning, the dyeing, screw manufacture, salt manufacture, newspaper manufacture, cotton thread, chemicals, the crushing of oil seed, bedstead making, glass bottle making, manufacture of electrical fittings and the cased tube trade. There is no open market in petroleum, nickel, mercury, antimony, lead pipe and fish. The National Telephone Ooippany now has a monopoly, and the number of trades in which the leading producers have combined and have begun to squeeze the smaller producers to the inevitable end of establishing what is tantamount to a trust is almost Infinite.” In one respect the trust idea has been carried in England to an extent thus far unknown in the United States. The combinations operating separately in different lines are engaged in combining themeslves into still larger and more comprehensive trusts. At last accounts the dyers were thinking of going into the chemical manufacturing business, making their own drugs and dye stuffs, and establishing what would amount to a practical monopoly in that direction. Likewise the retail chemists, themselves combined Into associations which regulated prices In many districts, froze out. the manufacturer of mineral waters by building a factory themselves, and practically controlling the market. One of the latest combinations is that of the oil-seed crushers, whose chairman Ls Hugh Cullen Smith, late governor of the Bank of England, and the manufacturers of the paper used in making newspapers are said to have formed a monopoly. Twenty-four leading firms in the engineering trade have consolidated with a capital of $70,000,000. Vickers & Co., armor plate manufacturers, have been buying up competing firms until they control the trade. The Belfast linen yarn spinners were lately reported to be organizing and also the Scottish floor cloth manufacturers, also the bleachers, who are reported to have a capital of $30,000,000. All this in free-trade England, where, lf N Mr. Havemeyer and his Demo-Pop admirers are correct In their contention, trusts do not and can not exist. It appears , however, that they can and do exist, and that they thrive wonderfully well in that non-protected country—thrive all the better, it would seem, because of the absence of protection and the active and always increasing competition which protection promotes and Insures. Such, it wiU be found, is the truth concerning trusts. They flourish with or without a protective tariff—rather better without than with it

Where Jobailer Now? We have heard from Bryan, from Groker, from Altgeld, from Jo Blackburn, from Henry Watterson and from othens. It is plain that, apart from certain retraction and fine, hearty croweating, all these leaders are in favor of the Chicago platform for 1900, and for the regular machine, however, sadly it may have dislocated. Harmony, long time moulting on a withered perch, has apparently resdmed its ancient roost. The renegades and traitors of 1806all at least who have not been provided for against the chilling blasts of adversity and neglect—are slipping back again by various tortuous and shabby ways. Tammany looks solid. The Bynums and the Buckners have become palpably as they always were really, insignificant There seems to be a love feast whereat tbe prodigals have been welcomed with mnch veal and wassail. Bnt far away (n southwest spit where everybody worth mentioning chews tobacco, we discern a lone but chicken-breasted form—the form of our gifted and our only Jobailey—from* ien«. as me uesen ne moraines ana

we do not know and cannot guess. The constitution is his pillow by night and his inspiration by day. The winds pass by unheeded. His shirt front breasts the elements undismayed. The thrilling note of Bryan, the flutelike music of Blackburn, the resounding bray of Watterson, the shrill pipe of Altgeld—all these noises, borne upon the boeom of the wind, float past him unregarded and unknown. He stays there, planted in the Texas sands, his trousers flapping to the breese, his eagle eye turned in upon himself. He doesn’t say a word. What tragic consequences hinge upon this boundless situation? No one, so far, seems to have measured its tremendous portent But we tell the Democratic leaders that when they venture to erect a platform upon the summit of which the Hon. Jobailey does not stand, with the constitution In one band and the other plnnged in the deep Charybdls of his respectable frock coat they take & chance before which our Cowboy Roosevelt would have fainted in dismay.—Washington Post. When the Devil Wu Sick. Mr. Havemeyer Illustrates in a new way the old rhyme that “When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; but when he got well, the devil a monk was he.” In the days of tbs Cleveland administration Mr. Havemeyer moved heaven and earth to secure protection for Ms sugar, but having failed to get as much as he desired he now denounces the tariff as “the mother of trusts.”—Burlington HawkEye. Prosperity Points. , Corn in Kansas this year will win over calamity by the largest majority ever known.—Topeka Capital. It is gratifying to observe the steadily increasing volume of our transactions with all of our Latln-American neighbors.—Troy Times. Even the numerous strikes are indices of the country’s prosperity* Workmen know better than to strike when the times are hard.—Buffalo Express. The Kansas com crop is estimated at 300,000,000 bushels, and the most ardent of Populists concede a Republican victory in the State for at least two years. Good times and Republicanism go hand in hand in Kansas.—New York Press. Prosperity is evidenced in the earnings of the railroad, which for Jnne and the first half of July increased from 14 to 16 per cent, over the corresponding period of last year. There ls no better gauge of the improved business conditions.—Syracuse Herald. Pennsylvania papers announce that marriages in the State have Increased decidedly during the last two years, and one editor remarks that “there is an intimate relationship between marriages and the markets.” Another pleasing result may be credited to'prosperity.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat Political Poiata. Every time Mr. Bryan declares for free silver he makes it more certain that a million Democrats will not vote for him.—Kansas City Journal. The greatest mistake of Agulnaldo’s life is in placing reliance upon what the Democratic, party In the United States will do—Milwaukee Sentinel. It isn’t to be wondered at that the Democracy ls inclined to have such a pessimistic view of everything, with so many troubles of its own. —Council Bluffs Nonpareil. “Graphter says he will run his office in the Interest of neither the rich nor the poor.” “Well, you know Graphter ls neither rich nor poor.”—Kansas City Star. At least two Republican papers of Denver are printing caricatures of Bryan on the front page. Nothing could better illustrate the change that has taken place in Colorado toward silver. —lndianapolis News. A rich man has a right to buy as many useless things as he pleases, but no man is justified in such wanton extravagance as the purchase of the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. There is little danger that the mugwumps will flock together by themselves this year. They are not anxious to expose their weakness, which has thns far been hidden by working with one or the other of the old parties.— Cleveland Leader. “Can’t the Democrats of this town get together V inquired the political exhorter in Kentucky. “Get together!” answered the man with court plaster on his ear. “Why, it takes eleven deputy sheriffs to keep ’em apart!”—'Washington Star. The fact that more than three times as much gold will be mined this year as in 1886, and nearly twice as much as in 1896, convinces most intelligent men that there is enough gold for the standard money of the world at the present time, and that three or four years hence there may be too much. The Republicans have kept progress with the years; the Bryanites have marked time with their faces toward the past—lndianapolis Journal. The Astonished “Rubberneck.” I »>

M'KINLEY’S ADDRESS.

PRESIDENT WELCOMES PENN- J SYLVANIA BOYS HOME. Nation’* Executive Is Lavish with Praise of the Work of the Volunteer#—sa?e History Will Take Note of Their Heroism. President McKinley was present at the reception given the Tenth Pennsylvania boys on their return to Pittsburg from the Philippines. The President’s speech of welcome was received with tumultuous applause, especially every reference to the gallant Tenth. When the speaker enumerated the several regiments entitled to special honors the boys of the Tenth took a hand in the cheering. As each regiment was mentioned the soldiers showed their delight in prolonged applause. The Twentieth Kansas (Col. Funston’S regiment) came in for an ovation. When the Nebraska regiment was mentioned the boys conld with difficulty be stopped, but the Utah battery’s name literally sent the men wild. Cheer after cheer went up and the regiment in chorus gave the Philippine yell several times. The Utah battery and the Tenth regiment were chums in the Philippines and several times the Utah men shelled the jungles, driving the insurgents back while the Tenth slept after a battle. The President said: Got. Stone and «My Fellow Cltisena: I am glad to participate with the families, friends and fellow citizens of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers In this glad reunion. You have earned the plaudits not alone of the people of Pennsylvania, bnt of the whole nation. Your return has been the signal for a great demonstration of popular regard from your landing In the Golden Gate on the Pacific to your homecoming, and here you find a warm,h of welcome and a greeting from joyous hearts which tell better than words the estimate of your countrymen and their appreciation of the services you hive rendered the country. You made sure and permanent the victory of Dewey. You have added new glory to American arms. You and your brave comrades engaged on other fields of conflict have enlarged the map of the United States and extended the jurisdiction of American liberty. But, while we share In the joy that ls yours, there remains with us softened and hallowed memories of those who went forth with yon, not found In your ranks to-day. Your noble colonel, devoted to his men, beloved by his command and respected by bis superior officers, gave his life to his country with many others of his comrades. The nation sorrows with the bereaved. The heroes died for their country, and there is no nobler death. Our troops represented the courage and conscience, the purpose and patriotism of their country. Whether in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines, or at home waiting orders, they did their full duty and all sought the post of greatest peril. They never faltered. The Eighth army corps In the" Philippines has made a proud and exceptional record. Privileged to be mustered out In April, when the ratifications of the treaty of peace were exchanged, they did not claim the privilege—they declined It.. They voluntarily remained In the service and declared their, purpose to stay nntll •their places could be filled by new levies, and longer If the government needed them. Their service—and they understood lt--was not to be in camp or garrison, free from danger, but on the battle line, where exposure and fire confronted them, and where both have exacted their victims. History Will ■ ote Heroism. They did not stack arms. They did not run away. They were not serving the Insurgents In the Philippines or their sympathizers at home. They had no part or patience with the men, few In number happily, who would have rejoiced to have seen them lay down their arms in the presence of an enemy whom they had just emancipated from Spanish rale, and who should have been their firmest friends. They furnished an example of devotion and sacrifice which will brighten the glorious record of American valor. They have secured not alone the ■ gratitude of the government and the- people, but for themselves and their descendants an imperishable distinction. They may not fully appreciate, and the country may not, the heroism of their conduct and its Important support to the government. I think I do. and so I am here to express it. The mighty army of volunteers and regulars, numbering over 250,600, which last year responded to the call of the government with an alacrity without precedent j or parallel, were by the terms of their en- ' listment to be mustered ont with all the , regiments above 27,000 when peace with ’ Spain was effected. Peace brought us the Philippines by trsaty cession from Spain. The Senate of the United States ratified the treaty. Every step taken was In obedience to the requirements of the Constitution. It became our territory, and Is ours, as mnch as the Louisiana purchase, or Texas, or Alaska. A body of Insurgents in no sense representing the sentiment of the people of the Islands disputed our lawful authority, and even before the ratification of the treaty by the American Senate weie attacking the very forces who fought for and secured their freedom. This was the situation in April, 1899, the date of the exchange of the ratifications—with only 27,000 regulars subject to the unquestioned direction of the Executive, and they for the most part on duty In Cubs and Porto Rico, or invalided at home, affer their severe campaign In the tropics. Even bad they been available It would have required months to transport them to the Philippines. Practically a new army had to be created. These loyal volunteers In the Philippines said: “We will stay until the government oan organize an army at home and transport It to the seat of hostilities.” They did stay, cheerfully, uncomplainingly, patriotically. They suffered and sacrified, and fought and fell, they drove back and punished the rebels who resisted Federal authority and who with force attacked the sovereignty of the United States In its newly acquired territory. Without them then and there we would have been practically helpless on land, our flag wonld hare had Its first stain and the American name Its first ignominy. The brilliant victories of the army and nary In the city of Manila would have been won In vain, onr obligations to civilization wonld have remained temporarily unperformed, chaos would have reigned and whatever government there was would have been by the will of one man and not by the consent of the governed. Who refused to sound the retreat? Who stood in the breach when others weakened? Who resisted the suggestion of the unpatriotic that they should come home? Let me call the roll of regiments and battalions that deserve to be perpetuated In the nation’s annals. Tbeir action was not a sudden Impulse under excitement, bnt a deliberate determination to sustain, at cost of patience, life t need be, the honor of tbeir government and the authority of its flag: First California, California Artillery, First Colorado, First Idaho, Fifty-first lowa, Twentieth Kansas, Thirteenth Minnesota, First Montana,-First Nebraska, First North Dakota, Nevada Cavalry, Second Oregon, Tenth Pennsylvania. First South Dakota, First Tennessee, Utah Artillery, First Washington, First Wyoming. Wyoming Battery. To these must be added about 4,000 enlisted men of the regular army who were entitled to their discharge under the peace proclamation of April 11. 1899, the greater portion of whom participated in the engagements of the Eighth corps and are still performing arduous duties In the field. Nor must the navy be forgotten. Sixtyfive devoted Bailors participated in the engagement of May 1 in Manila bay, whose terms of service had previously expired, continuing on doty quite a year after that * For” these men of the army and navy we heve only honor and gratitude. Otis uuly Obeyed Orders. The world will never know the^tralnt mot exasperating conditions. For weeks fA thd Innllfß end illlllTi ft ■ ot ttfcft WUJrCvBfl Mlf irauilß « U IF w *" T - v ’' : -

InflfiiWMtl vA—■— (- fifty ugaagrirdif fy ■ ■r n lin W spirit eud'svoM all *confiict exesfttu ddlf sense pending the negotiations of The: prealfe W of peace. They were not the aggreseorttSl They did not begin hostilities against tttAfl insurgents pending the ratification of tfeiial treaty of peace In the Senate, great a* wagfil their justification, because their orders ftenlfi Washington forbade it. I take all the regi sponstbfuty for that direction. Otis OBJjraj executed the orders of the government, ;rfllW the soldiers, under great provocation to strike back, obeyed. Until the treaty was ratified we bad oAff authority beyond Manila city, bay and iUUgSW bor. We then had no other title to defend, i no authority beyond that to maintain. SjmmS was still in possession of the remainder of the archipelago. Spain bad sued for pmemm The trace and treaty were not coneiudfiCM The first blow was struck by tbe losurgeßta,:jl Our kindness was reciprocated with enMftyjJS our mercy with a Mauser. Tbe flag of tVWwSj wag invoked only to be dishonored. Our I soldiers were shot down when mtnlstering -i to wounded Filipinos Our humanity wad | interpreted as weakness, our forbearance cowardice. They assailed onr sovereignty | and there should be no parley, no pause on- I til the lnaurrectlon is suppressed and Amagfij lean authority acknowledged and ettauM The misguided follower# In rebellion have I only our cbarlty and pity. As to the erset:-! leaders who have needlessly sacrificed the | lives of thousands of tbeir people at BMF/9 cost of some of our best blood, for the gmtS«|l fleation of their own ambition# design#, I win leave to otbers the ungracious task AM eulogy. Every one of tbe noble men, regulars and | volunteers, soldiers or seamen, who thUMjM signally served their country In its extxvtmm lty, deserves the special recognition Of Co®;,fl gress, and It will be to me an unfeigned | pleasure to recommend for each of them a 1 special medal of honor. While we give yo« jl hail and greeting from overflowing hearts, 1 we do not forget tbe brave men who re* 1 main and those who have gone forward t»;*j§ take your place# and those other brave meifl who have so promptly volunteered, crowding each other to go to the front, to esi*i§« forward to successful completion the wortell yon so nobly begun. Our prayers go with them, and more sko and inanitions. If required for the speedy | suppression of the rebellion, tbe ment of peace and tranquility, and a gov- j eminent under the undisputed sovereignty 1 of the United States—a government which § will do justice to all and at once encouragW j| the best efforts and aspirations of these distant people and tbe highest development d of their rich and fertile lands. The government to which yon gave your | loyalty welcomes you to your homes. With a no blot or stain upon your record, the story of your unselfish services to country and to | civilization will be to the men who tafceil your places at the front and on the firing I line, and to future generation#, an example M ot patriotism and an Inspiration to duty.;.'.

Insane Geniuses.

There Is some relation between *cM*m traordinary activity of mind and fcnHfl sanity. Geniuses are apt to exhibral symptoms of mental alienation, and, | singular to relate, their children are'll usually inferior to those of averagjß men. M For instance, Cromwell was a hypeJl chondriac, and had visions; Dean Swift | inherited insanity, and wan himselfjj not a little mad; Shelley was called hijM his friends “Mad Shelley;” Chaxfct|3 Lamb went crazy; Johnson was anoth»|| er hypochondriac; Coleridge was all morbid maniac; Milton was of a mor-'ll bid turn of mind, nearly approaching! insanity—modern ideas as to hades awM! largely formed on the description® evolved by his diseased imaglnation|il and Byron said he was visited by? 9 ghosts. Ja |

“Straight Edge ” an impossibility.

One of the difficult problems in pra&>J9 tical mechanics is to make a li iil|||iM edge.” How difficult it is may be iPdjjlß ed from an incident which occurred Ini® the shops of J. A. Brashear, the astron-J----omical instrument maker. A customoH asked Mr. Brashear what would be thj|« price of “a perfect straight edge <*fll glass thirty-six inches long.” "It can’ll be made absolutely perfect,” said Mfjl Brashear, “but it could probabtyliH made with a limit of error amonattofll: to only a fraction of a wave length afii light.” “How much would that ea*4?“J 1 “About |40,000!” It turned out tbi|l the customer wanted the straight edge® for a scraper, and that an error of on*® sixty-fourth of an inch would haljiH been insensible for his purpose. J

Amelia’s Discomfiture.

“Amelia says that George’s proposal! was the most provoking thing she encountered.” 1 “How so?” ,1 “Why, just as soon as he had asl|«H her to be his wife he went right and said, ‘I know thisig so sudden.’ ” 1 “And what did Amelia &»£?” “Say! Why, she couldn’t say a things He had just said himself the only she was prepared to say.” m “Well, what did she do?” 1 “She said, ‘Why, It isn’t so sudden,’ and then fell on his neclEjlßJi Cleveland Plain Dealer. ||

Two’s Company.

Unless the Chicago Tribune is of creating the Rev. Dr. Fourthly oumm of whole cloth—not ministerial— liaJa|Jl§ the only absent-minded gentleman has ever been able to suggest a for his own ailment. jH “You are so preoccupied said Mrs. Fourthly, “that I don’t safe in letting you go out alone.” gjjj “That is to say, my dear,” replied ttjjjjf Rev. Dr. Fourthly, with a smile, “when my mind wanders, ajtm.-J cj does occasionally, somebody ougkCa Jpfej go along with it.” mm

Once the Home of Jeff Davis.

At Fort Gibson, in the Indian Ten! tory, eighty miles south of Coffejrvjfl stands the house that was occupied;,!* Jeff Davis while be did garrison chH there as a lieutenant before the dM lean war. He went to the old fortjtjS after marrying Gen. Taylor’s daughhJ and was there several years. Thll||flj house has been beaten by the until the chimneys at the ends h*®| fallen. <

Czar’a Military Household.

The military household of the \ ; is composed of 08 officers ofgjjprie ranks. 83 of whom belong to the and 15 to the navy. Nineteen seel bers of the royal family m this ust. /

Charitable People.

The Spanish are among the