Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1900 — Page 7

FARMS AND FARMERS

Making: Cheese. I have made an occasional cheese throughout the year and enough In the spring and summer to go a great way toward paying the grocery bill, says Louise A. Nash in the American Agriculturist Three milkings may be used In winter and two In summer. Care must be taken to cool the fresh milk before adding it to the other. Place your double boiler on the back of the stove, the inner one resting on something, and put in the milk. Pour warm •water into the outer boiler and bring the milk to 82 degrees. For from five to seven gallons of milk add about half a teaspoonful of the coloring fluid and half that Quantity of rennet previously mixed with a little water. Stir thoroughly and leave it to coagulate at the same temperature. When the curd will brea k off clean from the bottom of your finger, it is time to cut. A long carving knife or anything that will reach down to the bottom of the pan will do. Cut each way, leaving about afi inch between the cuts. The heat may now be raised gradually about two degrees every five minutes to 98. Begin in a few minutes by shaking the boiler to help the flying off of the whey, but gently, so that the fat does not escape. Presently stir and repeat the stirring every two or three the desired temperature ought to be reached. The curd will soon be half its size, and when pressed’ between the finger and thumb the clots don’t stick together. It is now time to take off half of the whey. Leave it covered an inch

HOME-MADE CHEESE PRESS.

or two that it may develop more lactic acid and the curd mat together, after which remove it from the remaining whey. 1 At this point I take up the inner boiler and place the curd in the two colanders, leaving It there to drip into the large boilers. This, the cheddaring process, goes on at 90 degrees. Occasionally change the bottom of the curd to the top. When cheddared, lit, Aad of a tough, spongy mass, the curd is the texture of cooked lean meat, elastic and fibrous. About the same quantity of salt is required for cheese as for butter. When the heat is lowered to 78 degrees, It is ready for the press. At a higher point the fat is liable to escape, and if too cold the curd particles do not adhere. Bandages are, easy to male of cheesecloth. Sew a strip the circumference and height of your tin to a round piece the required size. Another round piece will be needed to lay on the top of the cheese before folding the wall piece down on it. Institute Lectures. The holding of farmers’ institutes has been of great advantage in many localities. Even when the chief speaker or essayist has not been of the best, and sometimes just because he was not the best, he has helped to bring out opinions from local farmers whose ideas, no matter how poorly clothed in language, were adapted to the locality and more valuable there than the opinions of one w’ho had obtained experience upon different soil, in different climates and under different conunions. There is also in many places a disposition on the part of the hearers to ask questions. They are not content to be told the best way to do their work, but they want to knoiv why it is better than some other way, that they may judge if it will be a better way under their conditions, or is only better when conditions are better. Every step taken in this way is a step In advance. Farming is not a railroad where one must follow a certain line of track, but often a route through an unknown territory where one must explore to find the best path for himself. Commlmion Dealers. Fanners would often receive more satisfactory returns from goods shipped to the commission merchants if they would take a little more pains to put them up in a neat and attractive manner and send them so that they would arrive in good order and condition; but the men who do this are apt soon to find regular customers to take their goods and do not need to consign them. The inexperienced man. who does not know how to assort, grade and pack his produce, and the careless one, who will not try to have them look their best, or the dishonest one, whose goods are not of the same quality when they are out ©f sight as they are on the surface, does not keep a steady customer long and is obliged to accept what prices the commission dealer may obtain or be willing to remit. And if he doubts the quality of the goods he does not offer them Id bi* best customers, or try to get a /

high price for them. He Is ready to dispose of them at the first offer. Delays in transportation are also responsible for low prices many times, because produce of a perishable nature loses quality rapidly and must be sold quickly after decay begins, even if sold at a loss. Selecting; Seed Wheat. The experiment stations and farmers who have trained themselves to close observation of cause and effect have given evident? many times that the amount and quality of the wheat crop, and of other grain crops, depends largely upon the quality of the seed used. The larger and plumper seed gives the most vigorous growing plant It stools out more, usually has a stiffer straw, if it is not forced by the use of too rank a fertilizer, by which we mean one too rich in nitrogen, and therefore the better the crop. But there are other things desirable in a good grain crop. One is to secure large heads well filled, and it may also be desirable to have the grain grow rapidly and mature early, either to obtain the best result in a short season, or to escape insect attacks. The best way to secure this w’ould be to select the earliest maturing large heads to be found, and reserve them for seed. The farmer who sows large think this too much trouble to get all the seed he needs, but he should remember that If there is a profit In doing so for one acre, there would be a greater profit in doing so on a hundred. A modification of this plan is to select in this way enough to sow a small plot very thin, so that each plant will have a chance to do its best, and then reserve a piece of the best land to sow that on it to produce seed wheat. A continuation of this process for a few years would result in the production of an extra early, hardy and prolific wheat. Even easier but less effectual would be the selection of heaviest grain for seed when winnowing it. We think the firstnamed plan the best, because the type of the entire crop might be fixed in that way, so that a permanent improvement would be made.—American Cultivator. Ready Money. One of the advantages of the dairy and the poultry business is the ease and frequency with which they can be converted into cash every week or every month. There is no long period of being entirely out of money, and having to run along on credit for months at a time as often farmers do who depend upon the sale once a year of some leading staple crop, perhaps to find that the value of it must go to pay the accumulated accounts, and the system of credit begin again. Not only Is the cash buyer favored by low r er prices, but he is a more careful buyer. It seems easier to many to purchase what they may want, when it can be had on credit, than when the money must be counted out, and thus many things are Bought that could well be dispensed with. The farmer who plans by poultry and dairy, garden and small fruits to have some income every week is usually the most prosperous. House Plants. Many people have poor success with house plants because their houses are too good. They are kept at a uniform heat by hot air furnaces, which furnish a dry heat, and the rooms are so carefully closed against cold in the winter that not a breath of fresh air gets in. Plants need pure air, and they need moisture for their leaves as well as for their roots. The woman who has a few plants in the kitchen where they get the steam from the laundry work, and where the outer door is swinging open often, or windows are opened to let out the heat or odors, will have thrifty plants though she devotes but little time to them, while they may fail to grow well in the bay window of a modern comfortable sitting-room. Harrowing Wheat. Often a rain may come after wheat has been sown, and on clay land so beat down the soil that it will crust over or bake when the sun comes out so that many of the plants cannot get through. The use of a light harrow with fine sharp teeth will remedy this very quickly without Injury to the plants that are up, or those that are germinating. Nor does it Injure wheat to use such a harrow on It in the spring when the clover seed is sown, unless the roots have been thrown out by the frost, in which case a roller is needed to press the plant roots back into the earth. ‘*4* I'ardv Oraxiren. The Department of Agriculture is trying to produce an orange which will endure frost, by crossing our native orange with the hardy, trifoliate orange of Japan. They do not expect success at the first trial, and may get a bitter or heavily seeded fruit, but from even such fruit it may be possible to produce better and still retain the hardiness. It is well worth the trial. Too Much Salt. Too much salt la used by many butter makers. The whole tendency among consumers is toward fresher bptter. In England and on the continent butter made in those countries is served particularly fresh and white. In the best restaurants and hotels in the larger cities of this country the butter contains very little salt. owx'g Ttm-thy. There is no better way of getting a good stand of timothy than to put the ground In good onlei tnd sow the seed about the ln-t > ptember or Ur st of <>u» < i u» six acre*

THE DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION

Applied to the Trust Problem Would Cause Industrial Depression. With the Democratic denunciations of the large combinations of capital, currently styled trusts, there is a large amount of sympathy, especially when such denunciations are directed against combinations which aim at monopoly and artificially-enhanced prices. The real question to be considered by the voters, however, is what remedy does the Democratic party propose to apply? On this point Mr. Bryan and his followers have changed front About a year ago Mr. Bryan’s suggestion was for a constitutional amendment, giving Congress power to regulate, control or abolish such combinations. The Republicans in the lower house of Congress offered such an amendment, and the Democrats promptly defeated it. That ground was then abandoned, and the sole suggestion put forward by the Democrats to-day for the suppression of trusts is the abolition of the protective tariff. For the purpose of their argument, that the protective tariff Is responsible for trusts, they are compelled to either ignore or manufacture facts. For example, they overlook the fact that neither the Standard Oil Company, the sugar trust, the copper trust, or any of the really monopolistic trusts are to-day under tariff protection, and consequently the suggested remedy would not affect them in the slightest degree. In the second place, they hold, without warrant of fact, that trusts could not exist under a system of free trade. The J ‘German Magazine of Industry,” a journal whose specialty is the gath-

A GRAND OCCASION OF THANKSGIVING.

erlng of industrial statistics, has something to say on this subject in a recent issue. This journal shows that within the past three years there have been organized in free trade England 329 industrial combinations, with capital aggregating 750,000,000 marks. Of these the largest Is that of the calico printers, consisting of sixty concerns, with a capital of nearly 200,000,000 marks; next, thirty-one cotton thread manufactories, with capital of 120,000,000 marks; followed by the Bradford dyers’ trust, twenty-two concerns, with 90,000,000 marks, and the wall paper trust, twenty-eight concerns, with 85,000,000 Marks of capitalization. These facts absolutely destroy any theory to the effect that a destruction of the protective tariff would necessarily prevent the formation of trusts, while keeping other manufactories open. It is well understood, however, that a withdrawal of the protective tariff would have a detrimental effect upon trusts, not, however, as trusts, but as manufactories. The experiment of the Wilson bill showed that conclusively. A withdrawal of protection means the closing down of a large percentage of the mills in the United States. Among those which would Buffet, of course, would be the overcapitalized trusts, with heavy bonded indebtedness, but they would suffer no more and no less than the individual concerns operating outside of any trust or combination.

The principal sufferers by any such drastic legislation as this would be the men employed in the manufactories which would be compelled to suspend. With the wages of these men cut off, and tneir running expenses reduced to the lowest possible ebb, the next sufferers would be those who have been heretofore and are now catering to the wants of the men employed Ln manufactories. And so It would extend, until depression prevailed in every avenue of Industry.—Seattle Post lntelllgeneer.

Labor Demands a 100-Cent Dollar. Railroad workers are peculiarly concerned In the maintenance of the 100 c. dollar. Many of the roads have borrowed money on agreements to pay Interest and principal in gold. These contracts must be fulfilled just as they srnnd. Congress can change the curn icy standard, but It cannot change the terms of a legal contract When a railroad man votes for a free-silver platform be takes a step that if supported by a majority of ballots, will Inevitably bankrupt a large number of railroads and convulse the whole business for the fatal embarrassment of a part must damage all. Railroad workers are not idle In regard to this threat A membership of 30,000 is actively at wore in the Railway and Telegraph ! Employee’ Political League of Illinois. At their convention earty this month they passed resolutions demanding a dollar worth 100 cents t>e world over.

approving a tariff that protects American labor, and declaring their opposition to /‘all. candidates known to be In favor of legislation detrimental to railway or telegraph companies or their employes.” A similar organization in every State would be an evidence of sound business judgment.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat Another Free-Trade Trust. The world will be shocked to learn that certain unscrupulous and wicked foreigners have-organized a trust which absolutely cdntrols all the available supply of orris root which can now be had only at the most exorbitant prices. The trust is in Italy, and the orris root is there also, and there Is no doubt about the facts, for they are officially reported by the British vice-consul at Leghorn. This startling Information will confirm the general belief that other parts of the earth are as badly afflicted with trusts as America. And nobody but ourselves is blessed with a Bryan to deal with them. Orris root Is the basis of all perfumes.—San Francisco Chronicle. The Party that Helps to Get Wealth. Mr. Bryan says the Republican party is the party of wealth. So it is, In the sense that it gives the people opportunities to accumulate wealth. The Democratic party is the party of poverty, and the longer it is in power the poorer they become. This is not theory, it Is history.—Kansas City Journal. It Goes to the Farmers. Democratic newspapers will probably make a loud outcry over the advance of 10 cents a gallon in the price of linseed oil. They will preserve a

discreet silence as to the parallel advance, of 35 cents a bushel In the price of flaxseed. The latter goes to the farmers.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Why Kansas Went Republican. Lack of demand for money in Kansas is said to be driving many banks there out of business. Kansas used to be known as the mortgaged-oppressed State—until McKinley prosperity came along.—Minneapolis Tribune. They Ride in Carriages, There are more Indiana farmers riding in carriages to-day than ever before, and they do not owe their prosperity to anything Mr. Bryan said in 1896, either.—lndianapolis Journal. What Might Have Happened. If Bryan was President the paramount Issue would be apparent to all. “Where can I find work?” “How far is it from here to the first soup house?” —Benton (Ill.) Republican. His Epitaph. These words will be engraved on the political tombstone of William Jennings Bryan: “Great Is Tammany, and Croker Is Its Prophet.”—Chicago Tribune.

Cheaper than a Funeral.

A well-known North Dakota magistrate tells the following story, for the truth of which he vouches: At a small town Ln the State there were two doctors, one of whom had a great reputar tlon for the cures be effected, and the other w-as not believed to be “much good.” The favored doctor found his services in great request, but, as payment was not always forthcoming, he made a rule that a certain class of fils patients should pay in advance. One winter’s night he was roused by two farmers from a hamlet ten miles away, the wife of one of whom was seriously 111. He told them to go to the other doctor, but they refused, saying they would prefer his services. “Very weM,” replied the medico, “Ln that case my fee is $lO, the money to be paid now.” The men remonstrated, but the doctor was obdurate, and«hut down his window. He waited, however, to bear What they would say. “Well, what will we do now?” asked the farmer whose wife was ill. And the reply that was given must have been as gratifyInjfhs It was amusing to the listening doctor. It was: "I think you would better give it The funeral would cost you more.”

For Birds at the Window.

Coarse oatmeal Is an excellent food to provide for the wild birds that are catered to from window or doorain. Chopped suet Is always relished—birds are fond of fat Indian corn, hemp need and boiled chopped liver *ll are recommended for this philanthropic purpose. To avoid the onslaught of cats a basket hung at a window or • box on a pole may be employed.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. ♦ New Center of Population MarkedCigarette Fiend Kilis Himself—New Game Law Proposed—Ohio Company Leases Oil Landa—Talked to Death. Ten years ago the census bureau located the center of population of the United States eighteen miles east of Columbus, near Westport, 39 degrees 11 minutes and 56 seconds west latitude and 85 degrees 32 minutes aud 53 seconds north longitude. Upon information now given out by Government Census Director Merriam a Columbus party by mathematical calculations located the center of population in, a wheat field on the farm of Frank ‘Wright, nine miles north of Taylorsville, in the southwest corner of the northeast quarter, section 15, town 10, range 5 east. An inscribed board marks the spot. Suicide of a Young Student. Eugene Stansfield, aged 18, freshman in the Columbus high school, committed suicide. He had fallen behind in school and was requested to return in the evenr ings. He rebelled at this and refused to go to school. His mother told him he would either attend school or go to his father at Mount Carmel, 111. He said he would leave and went to pack his trunk. Instead of doing this, however, he tied the trigger of a rifle to his toe, placed it to his left breast and fired, killing himself instantly. Young Stansfield had been a confirmed and inveterate cigarette smoker for six dr seven years; his growth being greatly retarded thereby.

Plan to L cense Hunters. A new game law, having for its purpose the protection of the hunting preserves of the State from encroachment by Chicago sportsmen, will be introduced at the forthcoming session of the State Legislature. The Kankakee marshes are the favorite hunting grounds of thousands Of Chicago huntsmen. The proposed law provides that all persons living outside of the State shall procure a license to hunt in Indiana. The law has the backing of all the organizations of.hunters in tlje State. Leases Oil Lands. One of the biggest deals in oil lands made in the Indiana field in the last year was concluded when the Ohio Oil Company filed for record leasee on lands in Adams and Wells counties. The total number of acres is 2,2(50 and the farmers who executed the documents obtained very favorable terms. Thirty-four landowners joined in the lease. Fatal Mania in a Novel Form. Mrs. Avery of Newcastle died at a hospital in La Porte, her death being due to strange causes. About seven days before, a mania for constantly walking and talking developed and grew upon her to such an extent that she was practically uncontrollable. The ceaseless walking and talking continued until she became so exhausted that death resulted.

Within Our Borders. New oil field will be opened up east of Muncie. New Shelbyville Christian Church will cost $15,000. Mrs. G. W. Payne, Frankfort, fell dead on a train in Colorado. Independent telephone cable laid across Ohio river at Rising Sun. William G. Shoemaker, 65, Richmond, former manufacturer, is dead. Posey County voted against both proposed constitutional amendments. Edward Hunter, Columbus, soldier lu the Philippines, died of pneumonia. The bondsmen of ex-Treasurer Wilson, Shelby County, have had his books checked up. Edw’ard Marshall, 30, formerly of Indianapolis, was killed in a runaway near Gaston. Muncie red men will organize past sachems’ association. None but past officers will be eligible. Six men were injured, two fatally, by an explosion that wrecked the Keystone Club rooms at Marion. A Jersey cow killed Mrs. Margaret Johnson, near Chesterton, and seriously injured Mrs. Will Johnson. George McGanahan, 24 years old, was ground to death in an elevator at Indianapolis. His mother lives in Chicago. Country papers say that wild geese are unusually late this year, but they began to come in fast with the first cold wave. Frank Debonia, farmer, Madison County, was arrested for turning a bulldog loose on Irvin Delph, to whom he objected as his daughter’s lover.

Frank Jordan, inmate of the Grant County infirmary, escaped and went to the First A. M. E. Church, Marion, drove the minister out, and began to preach. He had to be overpowered. The congregation was panic stricken. William Mitchell, Anderson, caught in the house of S. L. Van Petten, Friday night, got from two to fourteen years. It is said he has burgfarized twenty or thirty Anderson houses in the last few months, and was getting goods to start a restaurant. , Directors of the Indianapolis Southern officially announce that they have decided to put on the open market $1,000,000 of the preferred stock of the road. Accompanying the announcement is the first official statement as to the route of the new road. It is to run to the following county seats: Nashville, Brownstown, Salem, Rockport and Paoli; also West Baden, French Lick, Ferdinand and Greenview. The road will furnish direct connection with Evansville, and with Owensboro and Louisville, Ky. Ultimately the company will build a branch to Bloomington and into Greene and Sullivan counties. The charge against Oscar Speer for alleged complicity in the murder of Robert Weaver, at New Point, last July, has been dismissed. Brooker Brothers of North dealers in general merchandise, have made an assignment to A. Tilman. The liabilities are between $6,000 and $7,000 and the assets $12,000. A man fohnd on the streets of Pennville, raring like mad, was sent to the county infirmary. In a letter found in his valise he said the doctors have an Ingenious and invisible way of inserting electric tubes into of his body. ■■ i ♦

THE VOTE OF INDIANA

OFFICIAL FOOTINGS MADE ON ALL STATE OFFICERS. Official Figures Are Also Given on All the Congressional Candidate*— Composition of the Legislator*—Constitutional Amendments All Passed. Indianapolis correspondence: The force in the office of the Secretary of State has completed the tabulation of the vote of ail the State officers and of the Representatives of the thirteen districts. The official footings for each office are as follows: Governor —Kern (Dem.), 300,368; Durbin (Rep.), 331,531; Eckhart (Fro.), 13,451; Burkhart (Feo.), 1,504; Moore (Soc. Labor), 644; Kelly (Soc. Dem.), 2,240; Wilson (U. Ref.), 227. Durbin’s plurality, 25.163. Lieutenant Governor—Lawler (Dem.), 305,934; Gilbert (Rep.), 331,774; Clark, (Pro.), 13,409; Walter (Peo.), 1,488; Dryer (Soc. Labor), 652; Backus (Soc. Dem.), 2,238; Perry (U. Ref.), 248. Gilbert's plurality, Secretary of State Heimberger (Dem.), 305,957; Hunt (Rep.), 331,860; Pretlow (Pro.), 13,487; Carmichael (Pop.), 1,467; Byram (Soc. Labor), 647; Evinger (Soc. Dem.), 2,234: Wheeler (U. Ref.), 238. Hunt’s plurality, 25,903. Auditor of State —Minor (Dem.), 305,855; Hart (Rep.)* 331,965; McKinsley (Pro.), 13,449; Wales (Pop.), 1,470; Soules (Soc. Labor), (‘49; Croke (Soc. Dem.), 2,235; Withrow (U. Ref.), 238. Hart’s plurality, 26,110. ' Treasurer of State —Herff (Dem.), 305,892; Levy (Rep.), 331,8(53; Hiatt (Pro.), 13,421; Kunse (Pop.), 1,472; Fritz (Soc. Labor), 662; Huisman (Soc. Dem.), 2,213. Levy’s plurality, 25,971. Attorney General—Drummond (Dem.), 305,787; Taylor (Rep.), 332,010; Krauss (Pro.), 13,393; Boger (Pop.), 1,474; • Youngman (Soc. Labor), 650; Thornton (Soc. Dem.), 2,226. Taylor’s plurality, 2(5,223. Reporter Supreme Court -*■ Yergin (Dem.,) 305,708; Remey (Rep.), 332,024; Wade (Pro.), 13,327; Hoffman (Peo.), 1,475; Fieser (Sbc. Dem.), 2,152. Remy’s plurality, 26,316. Superintendent of Public Instruction — Greathouse (Dem.), 305,751; Jones (Rep.), 332,008; Ayres (Pro.), 13,368; Beasley (Peo.), 1,476; Stoner (So<v Labor), 642; Thorudyke (Soc. Dem.), 2,218; Carter (U. Ref.), 245. Jones’ plurality, 26,257. ■' : Chief of Bureau of Statistics —Horuff (Dem.), 305,834; Johnson (Rep.), 331,737; Bonsib (Pro.), 13,167; Grindle (Ped.), 1,468; Singer (Soc. Labor), 653; Ehrenhardt (Soc. Dem.), 2,116; Coppock (U. Ref.), 233. Johnson’s plurality, 25,903. Judge Supreme Court, First District — Reinhard (Dem.), 305,788; Jordan (Rep.), 331,894; Kessinger (Pro.), 13,377; Holcomb (Peo.), 1,485. Jordan’s plurality, 26.106. Judge Supreme Court, Fourth District —Adair (Dem.), 305,805; Monks (Rep.), 331,832; Graham (Pro.), 13,346; Bull (Peo.), 1.471. Monks’ plurality, 26,027. The official vote on Representatives is as follows: First Congressional District —Owen . (Dem.), 22,060; Hemenway (Rep.), 22,262. Hemenway’s plurality, 202. Second Congressional District—Mier* (Dem.), 24,420; Wadsworth (Rep.), 21,799. Miers’ plurality, 2,621. Third Congressional District —Zenor (Dem.), 24,049; O’Connor (Rep.), Zenor’s plurality, 4,609. Fourth Congressional District —Griffith 'Dem.), 24,249; Powell (Rep.), 22,641. Griffith’s plurality, 1,608. / Fifth Congressional District —Horner (Dem.), 24,244; Holliday (RepJ, 25,932. Holliday’s plurality, 1,688. Sixth Congressional District—McKee (Dem.), 21,320; Watson (Rep.), 24,203. Watson’s plurality, 2,883. Seventh Congressional District —Burke (Dem.), 27,012; Overstreet (Rep.), 31,021. Overstreet’s plurality, 4,009. Eighth Congressional District —Day (Dem.), 28,180; Cromer (Rep.), 31,949. Cromer’s plurality, 3,769. Ninth Congressional District—Allen Dem.), 22,624; Landis (Rep.), 24,138. Landis’ plurality, 1,514. Tenth Congressional District—Ross | Dem.), 23,045; Crumpacker (Rep.), 29,- . >37. Crumpacker’s plurality, 6,492. Eleventh Congressional District— Honck (Dem.), 23,688; Steele (Rep.), 29,177. Steele’s plurality, 5.489. Twelfth Congressional District—Robinion (Dem.), 22,750; Hanna (Rep.), 22,112. Robinson’s plurality. 628. Thirteenth Congressional District— Bower (Dem.), 24.376; Brick'(Rep.), 26,192. Brick’s plurality, 2,216. The composition of the Legislature is briefly summarized thus: Republicans In Senate 31 fl democrats In Senate 17 fl Republican majority in Senate 16 fl Republicans In House f*>l " Democrats in House 3fl Republican majority In House 22 Republican majority on joint ba110t...(. 38 The constitutional amendments voted □pop were all passed and are now, there-. . fore, a part of the constitution of the State of Indiana.

Private Postal Companies.

Private postal companies, analagous to our express and telegraph corporations, do most of the business in China. They use no stamps, and it is necessary to prepay only about a third of the postage, as the rest is collected from the recipient. Chinese stamps are reckoned in candariues. approximately j equivalent to cents, with the Mexican ( dollar as the bails.

A Gigantic Painting.

The largest painting in the elusive of panoramas and c; Is “Paradise,” by Tintoretto, In the 1 grand salon of the- Doge’s palace at Venice, being 84 feet wide by 34 feet high.

Not Certain.

He— Nothing could ever come be- i tween us. could It, dear? She—l can’t think of a single thing. | unless I should happen to become en- ,3 gaged to some other man.— Harper’s • Bazar.

Worse'n a Widow.

Charitable Old Lady—Poor woman? And are yon a’wldow? Beggar—Worse that, a ivldoV. rna iUJ Me husband’s livin’ an’ I have to port UluL-Glasgow Tttnea. 1