Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 March 1896 — Page 3

IN THE CASE OF YVAft.

Troops available in VARIOUS STATES. THE Investigation of the Organized Militia of the United States Shows There Are 0,407,004 Soldier Availublo Yhcn Needed. Uncle Sam Counts Warrior. According to a report on the organized militia of the United States, which has just been prepared by the War Department, the United Stotis, in rase of need, van put V),4u7,091 men in the field. Copies of the publieation are as scarce as the proverbial heu'a teeth. The public printer lias furnished the War Department with only half a dozen copies, and these have been given to the President, the Secretary of War, the Assistant Secretary of War -nnd the general commanding the army. At the close of the year P05 every State and territory, with the exception of Jiidian territory and Alaska, had an organized national guard. The total force of the militia number ll.'.MD, of which 1'-,00J composed the infantry arm, 5,-15 the cavalry, r,-Ü7 the artillery, 010 special corps and 1,413 generals and staff officers. In many of the States last year camps were held, and the attendance upon these occasions ranged from 55 per cent in Mississippi to 05 per cent in Vermont. . The total appropriation allowed the militia by the ttovernment amounted to $400,000, while the States during tho same period spent $LK;4,174 on these organizations. It is estimated that mobilization of the militia could be effected in the different States and territories in from three hours in the District of Columbia to seventytwo hours in Oregon, other State organizations assembling betweeu these two periods. ' New York is far in the lead in the num'ler of men enlisted in the national guard, its strength amounting to ll".tOl otTieors jmd enlisted men. Pennsylvania is second, with S.1S2; Ohio third, with 1.41; Illinois. G,1TJ; South Carolina, 5,711; Massachusetts, 5.044; California, 4,:.0l; Ueorgia. 4..155; New .Jersey, o,XS; Alabama, Ö.IL'O; Indiana. ."..niV,; Virginia, 3,0"; Texas, Ö.O00; Michigan. U.S75; Conncctirur, 2,740; Wisconsin. LV10; Iowa, 2,oOS; .Missouri, 2,107; Minnesota. L0"J7; Maryland, 1.SS5; Iuisiann, l.S!; Kansas', 1,S1Ö; Mississippi, 1,005; Oregon, 1,5,'tO; District of Columbia, 1.471; Kentucky, 1,401; North Carolina, 1,40.",; Tennessee, l..'i.S0; New Hampshire, l.flsO; Maine, 1.."h'7; Washington, 1.1S4; Nebraska, 1,3 -57 ; Florida, LOSS; Utah. 1,(m; IJhode island, 070; Arkansas, 074; West Virginia. Sl.": Colorado, SIT; Vermalt, Sot); outh Dakota, 70S; Idaho, 5.'!.": North Dakota, 5115; Montana, 5lO; Arizona, 5o0; New Mexico, 470; Wyoming, 450; Nevada, 4."0; Delaware, 4'J7, and Oklahoma, 17,. It is estimated in this publication that Jn case of necessity, Illinois could place 852, UT in the held; Pennsylvania comes next with 771.S74, and Ohio third with mD.OOO; New York, r.''0,OoO; Indiana, 1S1.102; Kentucky, ..;i.l.',,7; Missouri, :i5o,tMM; Massachusetts, .""'.O.Ol ; Wisconsin. .W.,::i:'; Texas, roo.ooo; Virginia. 205.140; New Jersey, 2SI.SS7; Oorgia, 2tM.o71; Michigan, 20O,oih); Iowa, 245,S00; North Carolina. 210,000; Mississippi, 22S.700; Marylind, 205.S1G; Arkansas, 205.O0O, and tho remainder of the States below 200,000 each. In about two-thirds of the State, the publication says, the militia is armed with the Springfield rifle and carbine of various patterns. A number of the artillery militia regiments are provided with Catling puns and 3.2-inch breech-loading rilles, but a large proportion of the artillery ajmpment consists of 12-pounder Napoleons, ö-inch muzzle-loading rifles. Parrot ritlea end other obsolete ordnance. The aggregate of small arms ammunition held in reserve in addition to that in the hands of the troops is not far from F..OOO.OO0 rounds. States having Catling f nil batteries keep on hand a limited supf'ly of ammunition for these guns. The supply for held guns is very limited, and fhe quality by no means the best. Within a week or two work will be be pun upon the monument which is to mark the birthplace of Ceorge Washington at Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Va. Mrs. Abigail Knapp Ilolman, the wife of ex-Itepresentative William S. Ilolman, of Indiana, died suddenly. Mr. Ilolman was with her at the time. The remains were taken to Aurora, Ind., for interment. Within two or three weeks another magnificent statue will be added to the large number that adorn the parks and avenues of Washington. The bronze figure of Gen. Hancock, designed by Henry J. Ellicott, fs altout to be erected on the reservation fit the corner of Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. Tli" Secretary of the Interior Wednesday mad a requisition on the treasury, for $10,100.000 for peasion payments, as follows: Puffalo, $ 1,005.0 0; Chicago, $2.:;7.V": Concord, $700,000; Des Moines. $1,050,000; Milwaukee, $1,750,f0; Pittsburg, $1, 550,0 0; Washington, $100,000; Indianapolis, $100,000. The Niraragi;nn canal bill was agreed spon by the sub-committee which lias been ftt work on it for several weeks. The bill provides for the reorganization of the Maritime Canal Company, the payment rif all its debts, the selection of a board of fifteen 'directors, ten of them named by the United States, three by the canal onipany and one each by Nicaragua and Costa Uica. The will of Henry C. Powenr.Jate publisher of the Independent, was filed for probate at New York. It gives to Iiis widow forr life most of his property, real and personal, which after her death shall become part of his residuary estate. 'It creates a trust fund of $.'i0,000, the income of which is to be paid to her during lier life. ! Life insurance companies have applied -for an injunction restraining the State Superintendent of Insurance of Missouri from levyfng the 2 per cent tax assessed Pj a recent law.

BALLINGTON NAMES HIS ARMV.'

Salvation Secessionists to Bo Known as "God'a American Volunteers." "(lod's American Volunteers" is the title by which Itallington IJooth's new Salvation army will be known. Commander Ballington Itooth says that nil official negotiations between (Jen. Itooth and himself are now closed, liallington Booth, said that the standard of the new armyi would be distinctly American. It will NEW SALVATION ARMY FLAG. consist of a white flag, emblematical of purity. In the center will be a large bluo star, typical of hope; in the middle of this star a white cross, emblematical of sacrifice for others. In the corner of the standard or flag, nearest the top of the staff, will be forty-five white stars in a field of blue, representing the States of the Union. Over the central large star will read the matto, "The Lord my panner." and underneath the words designating the number of the post to which the standard Is presented. It is to be carried by a color sergeant til the head of the parade along with the national flag. Following this description the commander said: 'Jod Almighty grant that the principles and truth represented by this standard may bo preserved by the American people for all time."' The uniform to be worn by ''God'a American Volunteers" has been decided upon. The dresses of the women will be made of seal-brown cashmere. The skirt will be perfectly plain, of such a length AT.MV II E A HQ U A TIT E KS IX NEW TOKKV that it will just clear the ground. The' waist of the uniform will be a tight-fitting Norfolk jacket with three box plaits down the front and three down the back. The, headgear of the women will be a poke bonnet. The men's uniforms will be almost exactly like that of the United States army. A TWO-MILE PETITION. The German-American Pociitncnt Shipped to Albany. A New York paper says: The petition of the (Jerman-Anierican Citizens' Union for a liberal Sunday law was presented to the Legislature on Thursday. It is probably the most formidable document which has ever been presented to that or any other legislative body. The petition itself is brief enough, but the signatures attached to it give it its formidable character. Appended to it are about 200,000 names, and the slips pasted together make a roll of about two miles 10.5W) feet long. To put this in shape for presentation to the Legislature ba tiled the ingenuity of the managers of the union, and outside talent was then called in. A. It. Smith, of the Trow Directory Company, was appealed to, and he designed the reel, which is shown by the accompanying illustration. The reel is twenty-six inches in diameter. set in a tripod frame, mounted on two wheels. The reel and framo are made of black walnut, highly polished, while the wheels and trimmings are of nickel. The reel was made by a concern engaged in A aiOXSTKOUS PETITION. the manufacture of fire apparatus. The strip more than tills the reel by two inches, and encroaches to that extent upon the space between the handles. (round has been broken for the convention auditorium at tho south end of the new city hall on Clark avenue in St. Ixniis. A big force of men nnd 1100 teams were put to work. They will havo to remove 0,000 or 7,000 cubic yards of earth before the foundation can bo laid. Mrs. J. A. Harrison, wife of the postmaster atl Hobble, Ky., who was arrested for tampering with the mails, has confessed that nhe broke open the decoy letter with the $3 in it, but did so through curiosity, and not for the purpose of obtaining the money, which was replaced. t

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TOPICS FOIi FARMERS

A DEPARTMENT PRToareO FOR OUR RURAL t-KliU Profit in HaisiiifS J'opcorii Devices Employed tor Catching CutwormsVulue of Scales on the Farm Crude Petroleum for Shingle Koofe, Popcorn for Profit. Why do wo hear so little about the raising of popcorn? How many fanners, boys and girls, yes, and grown people, too. I wonder, know that there '.s money in it! Tor several years past I havo kept an accurate- account of everything raised and sold from our garden, and know just what article bring in the most money, says J. It. Moore, iu the l'raclical Tanner. We plant Queen's golden popcorn, and find it prolific, while the ears and kernels are extra large. The corn when popped is a beautiful, delicious cream color. The shelled corn sells at 4 cents per pouud here. which is at the rate of $2.40 per bushel, Put we do not prefer selling it ill that way. A pound of the shelled popcorn nicely popped makes nine quarts of popped corn, and a bushel consequently would make 510 quarts. "We use Mrs. Porer's recipe dressing the freshly-popped coin with a iittle melted butter, stirring the corn while pouring it on. nnd then dusting lightly with a little line salt. (Just try some and be convinced that it is dellcious.) We sell the corn prepared thus, direct to consumers at 5 cents per quart, at a curbstone market In our nearest town. Does not $27 pay well for tin labor nnd cost of raising, preparing and selling a bushel of popcomV My books prove in what order farm products are profitable with us, and I knowingly say, plant popcorn for profit. How to Catch Cutworms. The ITorist's Exchange gives the following ways to catch cut worms: Placing around the plants fruit or vegetable cans, fron which top and bottoms have been removed. The top of the can should be three or four Inches above the surface of the ground. The ends can bo unsoldered by throwing the cans into the lire. Plowing the ground early in September, and not allowing weds to grow. Plowing the ground late in the fall or early in the spring, keeping the surface five from weeds by cultivation, and not putting a crop on same until the middle of May or lirst of Juno. During the first ten days of May fresh cut clover, grass or weeds which have been dipped iu water containing Paris green should be strewn over the ground each evening. Collecting the worms each evening while they are feeding. This requires a good light and sharp eyes. Each morning hunting for the worms around the fresh-cut plants. Using" "light traps" at intervals during the months of June, August and September. These traps are made by tilling a tub or half cask two-thirds full of water, pouring a little kerosene over the surface and hanging a lantern over the tub. Value of a Set of Farm Scales. Most farmers realize to a certain extent the value of a set of farm escales. Put few seem to think the valtn equal to their original cost. In many instances they have more than paid for themselves the first year. A farmer in Illinois, according to the Ohio Fanner, sold seventy hogs to a shipper. lie fore delivering they were weighed upon the farmer's scales. When weighed upon the buyers scales there was a discrepancy of over 1.2oo pounds. After investigation it was found a l.OOO-pound weight bad not been counted, which would have amounted to $50.5o tat $5.r.5 per cwt.. the selling price), and would have been lost but for the previous weighing. Another farmer sold live cows to a local butcher at three cents per pound, guessing their average weight to be !mh pounds. When delivering them a neighbor induced him to weigh them upon his scales. The average weight was found to be l.L'10 pounds, a loss of l.".o pounds on each cow. or a loss of $19.50 upon the whole number. Then there is a great advantage in being able to tell the rate of gain when fattening stock and when selling potatoes, bay. straw, grain, etc., from the farm. Cuesswork is poor business at best. Competition has placed tho price of scales within tho roach of the average armer, and it is his privilege to take advantage of it. The Early Pullet. Never forget this in poultry culture: The pullet that commences to lay cirliest in life is the one to lay the largest number of eggs through life, as cattle that have the milk-producing organs active make the best cows. Select the fast-growing, early-maturing specimens that present in full the type and size found in the breed, and use only these as breeders, ami the egg-producing merits will be increased. We have reported the wonderful product in single jspit imens, which can be made tn of a flock. Hut it is care and attention to the Hock that linds and secures thes. merits in the progeny. Neglect and b:ip-liazard breeding never pays. Petroleum for Shingle Hoof. Crude petroleum can bo bad for J.':.5( to ?4 per barrel, including the barrel. It is not a paint, but is a preservative of timber. Some seventeen yearn ago one of the editor's barracks was given a coat of it, mixed with seventy gallons of the oil and thirty-live pounds of ocher. The barrack looks well yet. and the lwiards are as sound as when lirst put on. A hog pen and colt shod was recently given a coat, and to the roof, which was of shingles, two coats were applied. The oil was sprinkled on with a line rose watering-can. After the lirst coat had soaked in, a second coat was given. The oil was put on

when the roof was very dry. the roof lug being quite t'at. it was easy to put it on. Where new rooting is to be done, a better way would be to soak the shingles beforehand. Then take them out and dry thorn in the sun. Singletrees, plow-handles, ax-helvos in fact, all kinds of farm tools will be much improved in appearance and in durability by giving them a good dressing of this oil. For cuts, for abrasion of the skin from the plow-t races or saddle galls, a thick coat of this oil. applied at once, will quickly heal. The empty barrels, cut in two. make most excellent llower tubs. Paint the woodwork bright red. and the iron bands black. They are cheap, durable and highly ornamental, when well filled with a choice collection of carinas, geraniums and Fnglish Ivy.- -The American.

Cutting Coirsc Fodder. The Maine Station compared the value ,f chopped and unohopped hay for cows, and found no evidence that the chopping had any effect. Cutting corn stover was found advantageous at the Wisconsin Station. The Indiana Station found that steers made better gains on cut than on uncut clover hay. In reference to cutting coarse fodder Professor Henry says: "There should be a good feed-cutter on every dairy farm, useful for silo filling- in the fall and for dialling- feed in the winter. All cornstalks should bo put through the machines, for then they are in better condition for feeding, and the coarser portions left uneaten are in good form for bedding and tho manure heap. Large cornstalks are a nuisance in tho feeding manger, worthless for bedding and troublesome in the manure pile. Many farmers lind difficulty in feeding cut cornstalks, since sometimes the cows refuse to eat them. In a few oases we have found that the sharp ends of the corn-stalks, when cut certain lengths, injure the mouths of the cows. When they are not well eaten, the cause is often due to overfeeding or endeavoring to have the cows live on too limited a variety of foods. Keep the mangers clean and fee 4 the cut fodder with care, and usually very little will be left over, and that only the coarsest portion. Kxperimenis at the Wisconsin Station show that with the varieties of corn-fodder raised there niti'h more of the cut stalks will be eaten than if fed uncut under the same conditions. A Vtiluuhle Durham Cow. "I want to tell you what my fourteen hundred pound white Durham cow is doing. According to several tests made with the scales, she will give M.p.'n iHiunds of milk from Sep. 1. 1S05. 1. Sept. 1. IMm;. This winter I avn feeding a ration of two parts of bran ami one part of shorts, three gallons a day. and all the prairie bay she will eat up ch-.ui. She makes one pound of butter a day. besides furnishing a family of live persons with milk and cream. When fresh, sin; will give thirty quarts a day. Next year I will try to bring her up to the mark of 13,mm) pounds of milk." Feed for Jirood Sows. "The ideal food for breeding sows Is a mixture of two bushels of oats and one bushel of peas, fed whole with mangels. Tho cost of grinding is saved and the food is well chewed. Wheat middlings with milk when had and beets is auoiher favorite ration. Laxatice fod make the muscles yielding, and there is no trouble when farrowing." says the National Stockman. Odds and 1'ods. A little salt sprinkled on a hot stove will i-emove any disagreeable odor. A great deal of the unpleasant odor Hint is carried through the house from boiling vegetables may be avoided by putting a piece of bread in the water with the vegetables, and if a bit of charcoal be used the cooking of cabbage or eauliilower cannot be detected. Hough towels are marked by means of stitching on them a piece of muslin, on which the initials have been previously embroidered. Embroidered top sheets are no longer sought after, but down quilts have a linen cover, buttoned on. something like an envelope flap over the edges, and occasionally a broad silk frill. Corks that have been steeped in vaseline are an excellent substitute for glass stoppers. Acid in no way affects them, neither do they become fixed by a blow or long disuse, which latter fact will be appreciated by those who often lose time and temper by a "beastly fast stopper.' In short, they have all the utilities of the glass without Its disadvantages. A favorite as well as nourishing drink for invalids is bailey water. To prepare it place one quart of water in a saucepan over the lire. Wash well two ounces of pearl bailey and throw Into the wate, liring it to boiling point, then add lemon and sugar to suit the taste. Draw the pan to the back of the lire and simmer gently two hours. Strain and cover until cold. A cake of magnesia ami a clothes brush are a frugal woman's best friends. After brushing a dusty gown and then with the magnesia rubbing lKitb sides of any soiled spots, it should be hung away for a day or two ami then brushed again. The spot will be found to have disappeared. Care taken with gowns is a secret of dressing well vn a limited allowance. The ideal bedroom should have neither carpet nor woolen hanging. Tin lloor should be of wood, with, perhaps, one or two small rugs, shaken every day, or the lloor should be covered with matting, with no rugs. The bedding should be thoroughly aired every morning, nnd the best way is for It to hang in the sun and wind for au hour or two; but If that is inconvenient. It should at least be spread open widely and the sun and air be allowed to reach It aud the uncovered mattress. :

1 Stevenson Teil of the Delusion of One of His Servants. Poor Misi Folo you remember the thin boy, do yon not? had a desperate attack of inlluenza; nnd he was in a great taking. You would not like to be very sick in some savage place in the islands, and have only the savages to doctor you? Well, that was just the way he felt. "It is all very well," he thought, "to let these childish white people doctor a sore foot or a toothache, but this Is serious I might die of this! For goodness" sake, let me get away into a draughty native house, where I can lie in cold gravel, eat green b.inanas, and have a real grown-up. tattooed man to raise spirits and say charms over me." A day or two we kept him quiet, and got him much better. Then be said he must go. Ik had had his back broken in his own island, be said; it bad come broken again, and he must go away to a native house, and have it mended. "Confound your liack!" .said we; "lie down in your bed." At last, one lay, his fever was unite gone, and he could give his mind to the broken back entirely. He lay in the ball: I was in the room alone; all morning and noon I heard him roaring like a bull calf, so that the lloor shook with it. It was plainly humbug; it had the humbugging sound of a bad child crying; and about two of the afternoon we were worn out, and told him he might go. Oil' he set. He was in some kind of a white wrapping, with a great white turban on Iiis head, as pale as clay, and walked leaning on a stick. lint. oli. ho was a glad boy to get away from these foolish, savage, childish white people: ami get his broken back put right by somebody with some sense. He nearly died that nigh!, ami little wonder! hut he has now got better again, and long may it last! All the others were quite good, trusted us wholly, and stayed to be cured where they were, p.ut then he was quite right, if you look at it from his loint of view: for. though we may be very clever, we do not set up to cure broken backs. If a man lias his back broken, we white people can do nothing at all but bury hint. And was he not wise, since that was his complaint, to go to folks who could do more? St. Nicholas. Stenography. The most ext rnoi'dinary stenographic feat we ever beard of was performed last year by Mr. Iteod. an Englishman. In the sittings of the Opium Commission in India, be recorded accurately, and afterward read over, the evidence of two Prahmans of whose language he knew nothing, and whom he had never seen before. He look down the sounds as they came from their lips, represent ing each sound by its phonetic chnractt i Th New York Christian Advocate, advising young men and young women to learn this art in order to save time and labor iu putting down things that are worth preserving, says: At a recent commencement of a school in England not of stenography -Sir Henry Howortli. M. P.. F. IL S., in responding to the president's invitation, said he was one of the class who deplore that they wen? not taught short ba ml when young. In writing his books his great difficulty had been the copying verbatim, In the ordinary longhand, the material pertinent to the subject. Shorthand would have spared his eyes ami saved both time and temper. He felt so strongly on the subject that be was insisting on having his own boys learn tho art. He bail travelled in dangerous ami dillicult countries, where be found that one of the greatest diiliculities was our cumbrous writing. We urge parents to consider the propriety of adding stenography to the educational course which they mark out. especially for their boys; and indeed, it would be a valuable accomplishment for girls. Pitiful cases of applications to do copying have come under our notice here, where employment could have been given promptly if the applicants had been accomplished stenographers; but they wished to do the work in longhand. No one has any work of that character unless it be the copying of legal papei-s into the public records. One of the leading banks of the world has recently decided that all boys who desire to enter its service must make shorthand a part of their preparation. Ciohl In European Tanks. Since 1K) the jrold in European banks, according to thr Economiste Europeen, has increased by (L'o.'JtK,(m m). Of this the Imperial Hank of Russia has gained .S1S5.Smo.0im1. the Hank of France $1157.-100.000. the Eank of England $111,000.000, the Austro-Hunga-rian Pank $70,so.oo0. and the Imperial Hank of Cennany $.7.),000,(KH). The gold conies from the American monetary circulation and from the production of the gold mines. At the end of 1S05 the P.ank of France and the Imperial Pankof Kussia between them held .tj577t,t''O0,(,OO in gold, a little more than half the stock of gold in all the European banks, and this does not include the gold in tin ltussian treasury, whirh is estimated at ?510,-1W.OOO. The gold in Cennany, Austria-Hungary, and 'Italy amounts to $."r.t.,000,000, and that in the Hank of England to ?5N0,S0O,tHO. Trees. Ii Switzerland there is a law, it is said, which compels every married couple to plant six trees immediately after the ceremony, and two on the birth of every child. They are planted on commons and near the roads, aud being mostly fruit trees are both useful and ornamental. The number planted amounts to ten thousand annually. It Is perfectly safe to go into a dentist's shop and call him a liar to his teeth. It the dentist Isn't lu.

A SICK SAVAGE.

WHAT ONE RICH MAN DID.

He Redeemed JIi Town from Maajr Grave Disorder. The newspapers of a Southern tovrn gave, not long since, a sketch of th life of a man who had just died there. lie was the only descendant of a wealthy family that had lived in the town since colonial days. After leaving college he srout several years abroad, and coming home, found his native village given over mainly to the control of that portion of its inhabitants who were indifferent, who condoned dram-drinking, and in ignorance opened their doors to direct disease. An open sewer ran down the main street, into which all garbage was thmwn and left to decay. Pigs, goats and dogs wandered about. The houses were dilapidated. Three saloons kept up a busy trade. The sclioolliottse was in almost an untenantable condition. Typhoid fever lurked in the town the year round. Mr. P. tin man alluded to was both earnest and sensible. It was suspected that he had had some secret trouble; but if so it rover came to the light. He ditl int push his way into politics or literature, and mad-. no effort to make more money, or to 'make his mark iu the world." like other men. lie busied himself only with the town in which lie lived. "The sewer should be put underground." he said. "Certainly." said Iiis townsmen. "It would be well to do it and we shall da it o!iio time." "Lei us do it now." lie urged, and headed the subscription. '1 he drainage set right, he went to work at tile v'hoolhoiiso and at the church. The idle neirro hoys, by Iiis direction and encouragement, found themselves at Wo'k. cleaning and sprinkling iho si reels. When any of his neighbors proposed to build a dwelling he had a ps.-iuresque plan ready to otfer. He gave packages of seeds to many of tin poorer householders, and offered prizes for the host -kept gardens. Trees were planted on tin borders of the sidewalks, and the pigs aud goals were bani-hed. Tiiis was tin- slow, cheery work of years. More years were needed to bring a majority of his townsmen to ! ise the saloons; but at last tin town ots-ame !; vii as tin cleanest, ami as being in the bet sanitary and social condition of any small town in the State. 1 1 had its hospital, its free library, iis reatliiig-i in. all suggosted or giv.-n by the same hand, but none of them called by his name. "I am not fond of seeing my name In p;i:it." he said. II; was often asked why be did not many: hut he always replied. "My native town i my wife and child. It gives me woik enough. 1 would rather can for iiiese people among whom I was born than for a family." lie mule no reputation for himself; but lie opened a live spring of health and of good in the world. M r. Theodore Koosevelt said the other day in a speech in New York: "The American young man without money owes his work to his family; but the young man with money owes his work lo his country." Tii" limited patriotism of this wise and generous man of whom we have written. Jlou ing in narrow, direct channels, will accomplish greater results for civilization in the state in which he lived, than either In or the generation of men aNuu him can clearly apprehend or fully measure. Youth's Companion. England's Plan for Protection. A scheme to have every seaport town of importance build on: or o.ioio torpedo boats, as a contribution to the navy, to be manne 1 by volunteer crows, is proposed in England. An ateendment proposes that ca h big city furnish : ironclad; but this would involve au expense of from S5oo.tKii) to S1,T."0 :x;0, the latter plan is considered impracticable. The idea is not a ba 1 one for American cities lo adopt. It need not be confined to seaports, but any place that feels the need of .tin id in;; up the navy might undertake the construction of a vessel of ;u;no kind, lioni a torpedo boat up. In this way the American navy could be increased very rapidly, especially that branch ot it which consists of the very useful smaller constructions. Philadetpnia Ledger. An Ohl Iteqiicst. Two hundred and seventy-live years ago. Isaac Ducket t left the sum of Sli.ooO to encourage faithfulness and fidelity amongst dornest i servants. The necessary qualification was that they should remain for seven years with the same master or mistress in the parish of St. Andrew's, HollKim, London. This legacy reward is still paid, and at the last prize giving eleven servants out of twenty-three received $50 eah. The remaining twelve were disqualified for various reasons Smooth-1 tore. Telescopes. Hoys are often accused of a polite willingness to give a groat deal of information about things which they Know next to nothing about a nil sometimes the accusation is true. A city boy took a country cousin of his to look at the telescopes at a college observatory. "With these," sai.l the city loy. "they ean see ninety billions of miles, and they'i'e only common smooth lore telescopes. If they weie rilled they'd carrv twice as far!" They were seatd in the parlor conversing on the uncertainty of life. She The future is a vast, unfathomable mystery to us. isn't it? lie Ves; all we know is that we have to go some time. Voice from the library It would tuiit the convenience of this household if you'd make it a little sooner than t ha L 1! ich mond I Mspa eh. A hangman who wished to conceal his vocation said he was traveling for & AusDcadcr cvmpany.