Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 21, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 March 1883 — Page 3

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It is pleasant to note that Jupiter has 'got over his iolent troubles and is cooling off- The red spot on his ix oa so the astronomers say has entirely disappeared, and no farther danger from the internal fever thnt produced the phenomenon is apprehended. This red spot was upward of 30,000 miles Jong by 6,000 or 8,000 miles wide.

Ax American resident in the City of Mexico says ho has known of but one fire in that city during the past three years here the damage amounted to as much as $800, 'Fne reason is that the houses ftre virtually (ire proof, being built of massive masonry, with stone stairways, and roof and floor of brick and cement, Herein there is a valuable lesson for the people of this. glorious Republic.

listed for taxation, and which is not known to be a sheep-killing dog,the punishment is fixed at a fine not exceeding 200, with imprisonment for not more than thirty days. The money received from the dog tax is to be kept permanently in the county Treasury and to be know as the "dog fund." From it nil damages for the killing and maiming of sheep are to be paid, and the balance, if any, to the tuition fund.

A NEW SCHOOL LAW. This Indiana legislature passed the bill amending section SU of the act providing for a general system of common schools, and section 4,425 of the Revised Statutes of 188L It reads as follows:

"Hie cuuntj- j?nperiutedont shall exaiuh nil

applicants for license teachers for ilio com- j portion of wheat on hand Ma roll 1 is

of March, 1881, when the estimated stocks were 413,000,000 bushels. The present total is about 320,000,000 bushels against 200,000,000 last March, tu Illinois and Town the proportion on hand i less than the average of the previous five years. lu Missouri and Kansas it is greater. The distribution of the quantity already consumed illustrates the rural economy of the different sections. In all the South, about one-fifth is used for food for man, over half for food for working animnls, and the remainder for feeding swine and cattle; in the West, half is used for feeding for meat production, six per cent, for food of man, one-fifth for feeding work animals, and a proportion not much largis shipped to distant markets. The pro-

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moo eenoois 01 tn oinre oy a series oi written ur

It is believed that the tenant tamer iu i lTUd TT" ,K"uiB m"m rii"8, c i j t m"- . uia&uition to thosaic! questions awl answer iuagland is doomed. Many of the farm in writing, questions may be asked and answered owners are now personal! v superintend- j orally, and if from th ratio of correct nnewors

and other fvkler.cot disci ?ed by the examination the applicant iy round to jKiwess knowledge that is sufficient in the ertunation of Hie

personally superintend

ing the cidtivation of their land, employ ng laborers to do the work, and the results are quite satisfactory. With the tenant- class eliminated, the farm laborer becomes a more important person, and his condition will improve The necessity of emigration will bring the tenant fanners to America where they will better their condition ., ,-.

county superintendent, to enable said applicant wucceesfully to teach in the common schools of the State, orthography, read inc. writing, ritlimetie, Kcogrophy, lUnjiUali grammar, phjsiology and the history of tl o United States, and to govern Pitch school?, said comity superintendent shall license said applican t for the term of six months, twelve months, twenty-Four months or thirty-six months, according to the ratio of correct answers, arid other evidences of qualifications, given upon said vxanih ation, the standard of which shall bo fixed by the county mpemiten

j dent; and in esamimng persons for positions to teach it urradod sehmili in cities and towns tlio

Investigation shows that in Utah the Mormon Church has about 120,000 members; in the 'Western States ai:d Territories about 80,000, and in the Sandwich

Islands about 7.000. It has about nine- roimtrsupenntendoiu muy intoictn oorsidenity churches in Great Britain, and ihe de- JafitneP8 ph.Mlit to per- . . form the services require d of them, and shall nomination is one of the largest in make, pa the license issued to stick applicant, the eouthern part Wales. They have ai-j a statement of the kind of work for which they

SO churches in many of the Countries of j are especially QttUifieu; and all applicants before

Europe, in Turkey, Palestine, India and

Australia. The Book of Mormon has

being licensed shall produce to the county super-

intendendent the proper trustees1 certificate, or other satisfactory evidences of good moral ehur-

been translated into a Score of tongues. ! ueter: provided, tlmt a six months license shall

There ere over 400 missionaries in foreign lands. In spite of anti-polygamy

laws and frequent fuiminations from

Vti-t .-vrtv.3.sl Hi: trial lin.'iii-i'. nn.-l tii.jf rs

who hereafter receives a six months license in any county shall be again thereafter licensed in said county unless he obtains a grade which shall

executive authorities in this country and entitle him to receive at least a twelve months' in other lands, it appears that Mormon- I -e-w"d provided that any per. mri nowpoess-

xng a iwency-tour mourns license, wnose next

cousecativAicense shall be for the term of thirty-six months, or any person who shall hereafter receive two licenses hi succession each for thirty-

of of

eitfht years, upon such an examination held by

ism is stiil a vigorous and lively "twin

relic."

The merchants of reaping the fruit of

few -tC ww , . moflthe ,nay recc.ive. at the expiration

gambling in SUCb several licenses, a license for the term

t e

wheat a year ago. It is said that the

unusual dullness in trade in parts of the ! l.he fmy uperintndt a may be presented

Northwest is due entire v to to the fact i . . .. . . ...

that the farmers are generally holding

their grain for a higher price than is now paid, the nrices of a rear atfo havinc

n -r-w.-. There is

rra Z " "! i . i n ( Oil.

jLuegiam oeing unsoia, ine iarmers nave little money with which to buy goods, j and many of them are even borrowing j from country banks to carry them along j until the price of grain shall go up. The tL country stores are selling comparativelv j little to their customers, and are conse- j quently not in a position to buy largely from wholesale dealers. Ihe results of! last year's grain gambling ought to be a lasting lesson to the country.

by rhe State Board of Education, and such license

hall bland only upon the approval of the State Hoard of Education, and shall bo styled a professional license, and shall entitle the holder to teach in any of the schools of the State,"

no emergency clause to the

WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Chicago Tribune published in a j mud road State, indorsed by the Mem- j pliis Avalanche, from the mud road sec- i oon of Tennessee, recommends a plan t f j Iwt.tArt'njT mnntrv rrn1c whinli Viae lioaii I

tried successfnliy and has the merit of cheapness: It consists simpl)r in laying on

both sides of the road, ordinary farm tiles will require from 15,000,000 to $20,000-,

J. E. Dodge, statistician of the Agricultural Department, says do reports of damage to the growing wheat have been

received by him. He says future disasters alone can injure the crop. The statement of the United States Treasurer shows gold, silver and "United States Notes in the Treasury as follows: Gold oin and bullion $!H(V35,?72 Silver dollars and bullion 10' ,899.301 fractional silver con '.7.9:3,328 United State notes 4M$3V' 63 Total ;W.87S Arrangements are making to put the internal revenue changes into effect Commissioner Raum estimates that it

at a depth of about four feet, which should have a slight ineiine and open at intervals into ditches to carry off the drainage. The road bed between the rows of tiles could be twjenty-jive or thirty feet. This arrangement would thoroughly drain the road bed and keep it firm and dry, except for a little while after heavy nuns; in other words to quote

Srom the Avalanche, there will then be ! occasional muddy roads during the rainy ! season, whereas now there are only oeca- ' sional dry roads after a long spelL The j farmers of the State spend enough time ; and labor in wasteful and almost useless j

000 to pa tobacco rebate claims, and

$8,000,000 or .$4,000,000 will be fraudulent. A statement prepared at ihe Treasury Department shows that, from March 4, 1780 to June 30, 1882, there was expended for public buildings outside of the Disriot of Columbia the sum of 833,404, 221.54. Indiana is charged with 779,057.65. The first building appropriated for was the New Orleans custom house, February 13, 1807, to cost S20.000. Serious charges of crookedness have been filed against Supervising Architect Hill, of the Treasury Department, and others. Dishonest acts in several several

work on the roads under the existing sys- ! contracts are presumed to be the basis of

tern to pay for this system of effective tiling in a few years. The experiment is worth the trial, and if it is successful as has been in Memphis and eisewhers

the improved road will more than pay for ' itself in a year;

The regular biennial change in the road law of Indiana has been effected n,y the recent Legislature. According to this new law the township trustee becomes the superintendent of all the highways in his township. He is io divide his township into road districts of not less than six square miles, and to number riiem, coinmencing in the north-east corner of the township, and file a correct plat of the same within ten days with the

county Auditor. The districts are subject f tect Hill were made by Mr. Murch, of j

to change in the month of January, and j Maine. They cover over twenty 'pages of every two years thereafter. The super- j legal cap paper written with a type-writ-visors are to be elected at the Apnl elec- j er. Before Congress adjourned . Mr, tion, 1884. In the meantime, the Trustee i Murch read the charges, which he sulv has the right to appoint them. Each j sequently riled with Secretary Folger, to

complaint. Those making the charges

claim a clear case, while Hill asserts he courts an investigation of nil his official acts. There has been a number of designs submitted to the Postoffice Department for the proyosed new two-cent stamp Upon the return of the Postmaster-general he will decide upon some design. It is probable that the head of Washington, now on the three-cent stamp, will be retained on the new stamp, perhaps with some changes in the. border; The new stamp will not become the single-rate postage until after Oct. 1 next, when the present supply of three-cent stamps will be about exhausted. The ebarges against Supervising Archi-

supervisor is to receive $1.50 per day,and may continue working for sixty days in each year, but no longer. When appointed or elected, supervisors must serve or 'r .y the sum of six dollars, but uo person sa ..-an be compelled to serve oitener than once in six years. Owners of property have the right to work out their road tax. To do so they must make application to the Trustee, and do the work as low us the same could be done by others. For all time devoted to the highways the Trustee is to receive $2 per day, provided the same is not in excess of sixty days in each year. An emergency clause is attached, and the law will go into effect as soon as approved by the Govei nor.

Inoiana has finally done justice to the dog. it would seem. The new dog law, which, having an emergency clause, is

in force, does away altogether with

the system of tagging licensed dogs as

heretofore. It makes it a misdemeanor to kill, maim, injure or steal a dog for which the tax has been paid to the county, but provides no means by which these

privileged canines, which am now for the

first time in the history of the State recognized as property, may he recognized by the less favored of that race. The main provisions of the new law are as fol-

a number of persons about the Capitol. One charge is thnt. the ay pi em of paying for cutting atone adopted by the supervising architect is extravagant. Mr. Murch, it is understood, has mide such complaints before,but ncveer in the shape of formulated charge. Supervising Arelutect Hill says it is J. G. Mills who is said to be pressing the charges against

liim (Mr. Hill), not A. G. Mills, formerly ! chief clerk of the architect's office, as heretofore published. The members of the Civil-service Commission met by appointment at Willard's Hotel Monday morning, and then pro needed to inspect the apartments offered as headquarters. Judge Thoman, one of commissioners, said: "We want three rooms for the commission proper, and a large room in which to conduct examinations.' After the commissioners have secured quarters they will prepare for the work for which they were appointed. Rules for the government of the commission have not yet formally considered the matter of the appointment of examiner-

in-chief, but will do so after they have established themselves in headquarters. An investigation of the distribution and consumption of corn and wheat, to March 1, has been completed by the Department of Agriculture. It makes the

stock of corn on hand at that date about

THE BRIGHT HEAPED.

lows: Township Assessors are to ascer

tain, between April I and June 1 of each j 580,000,000 bushels, or H6 per cent, of last

year, toe number or uogs in eacn town-; year8 orop. Gf tb;s 380,000,000 bushels ship over the age of siy months, and for i are in the States of the central basin, ack of proper diligence in this respect north of Tennesseeand 166,000,000 bushsre to be subject to a fine of S8 for each j els in the Southern States. Most of the dog omitted from the list Persons fail- j remainder is in the Middle States. Tn ins to list their dogs for taxation are, np-' comparison with the average stork for on conviction, subject to a fine of $100 i the past five years at the same date.there

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male dog are to pay 1 a year,2 for each additions! dog aud for each female dog ? 2. Any person owning or harboring a dog known to have propensities for kill

ing or mainung sheep is made subject to I seven surplus corn States, from Ohio a fine4 of 50, and the law authorizes west x) Kansas and Nebraska inclusive, any one to kill mad dogs on eight For had 3 per cent, of the crop on hand, the mischievous or wanton injury, or the j against 27 per cent, last March, and 39 stealing of a dog, whit has been duly per cent of the crop of 1880, on the first

the Middle States. In the South the per

cent of the crop remaining is 4. instead of 36. Taking all the States together,the increased stock is about 2 per cent. The

ler cent, of the crop, or about 110,000,000

bushels. The proportion of the last Ave years at that date is nearly the same. In the States of th central basin the total

reported on hand is 101,000,000 bushels, The proportion remaining in the South ern States is 25 per cent., instead of 22. ! the average in previous years. In the Pacific States the per centage is 23, instead of a former average of 25 per cent. The details of the distribution wi 1 be given at length in the March report. At the time the Chinese immigration bill was being discussed, it was understood that the Chinese government represented that they were indifferent to the action of the United States m the matter. antij read

ily assented to the treaty which woe made the basis of the restrictive enugralifn legislation. It appears, -however, thfife the impression received that China whs oblivious to the enactment of the Ohinese bill was erroneous, and that the position of the United States in the matter is deeply resented. The Department of State is informed that every means is being adopted by the government to drive Americans from the empire. All sorts of onerous restrictions are placed upon their business, and new enterprises are entirely prohibited if conducted by Americaup. In other words they are making it so unpleasant that Americans find it more convenient to leave the country than to remain m the face of such difficulties, and it is absolutely impossible, it is reported, for them to carry on successful business, owing to, the retaliatory measure resort ed to by the Chinese govei i meat. Farm Notes. There are 160 square rods iu an are, and there are 301 square yards in one rod. This gives 4,840 square yards in one acre; 5 yards wide by 96 Syards long is one acre: 10 yards wide by 242 yards long is one acre; 20 yards wid i by 121 yards long is one acre 80 yards wide by 60V yards long is one acre; 80 yards wide by SOj&yanbf long is one acre. Adam NefT, sr., of, Fremont, O., has the prize poker sans contradiction. It is a wliite Chester improved sow, aud has a power of reproduction of her kind that is somewhatstartling. The first litter embraced twelve pigs, all of which were raised: the second little numbers thirteen, and nine attained porcine majority; and now this indomitable animal has a litter of seventeen, with a prospect of raising all. Brushing and carding stimul ate the vi tal action of the animal, and therefore bring an increased flow of milk. If the brushing is done daily only a little time is required io keep the animal clean. An old. broom is often the only implement needed, if abundant litter is used. Give the cattle, horses, and other farm animals a good supply of bedding, and use the brush as necessary to keep them neat and clean. !WfProfessor L .B. Arnold says the points m favor of dairying are: First a dairy farm cost 10 percent, less to operate than graingrowing or mixed agriculture; second, the annual returns average a little more than ther branches; third prices areneareuniorm and more reliable, foil rth, dairying es hansts the soil less; fifth it is more secure againest changes in the season, since the dairyman does not suffer so much from wet and frost and varying season, and he can, if prudent, provide against drought. Chicago Herald. We do not say this hastily, but with the eouvictiou derived by feeding late-cut timot hy and bright oat straw. With four feed-racks in your yrd two kept filled with timothy, oue with prairiehav and one with bright oat straw the latter was consumed hrst,and the other neglected until the last vestige of the oat straw had disappered. It was the instinctive act of the urchin repeated. He took his cake, pudding and pie first, and reluctantly finished off his dinner on the drier and less palatable bread and butter. Our late-cut hay was merely a "fill-up," to give their digestive apparatus the necessary distention so needful to ruminants, and that jis alxmt all late-cut hay is good for, anyway. H. M. English, of Marietta, P(L, has found the following remedies useful in destroying or repelling some of the insects which infect fruit The pencil grub is excluded from the trees by spreading on t he bark near the roots a mixture of fresh cow manure mixed with lime. Bark lice on raspberry canes are effectually destroyed by ii wash of lime and sulphur, appliexl early in spring. Borers in apple

trees are to be followed with wire, and they are excluded with a heavy eoatinc of

lime wash. Peach grubs, after they obtain possession, are taken ou by following them in the:r burrows with a pointed knife. Cuicuios are de-trnyed by jarring, but most persons neglect it, o-do not per. form it thoroughly. The practice of hanging corncobs saturated with gas-tar, in the trees has proved a failure. A Washington Turn-Out.

Washington Curre&poixience Detroit Free Prffie. One of the handsomest turn-outs iu town is a light spring landau that cost $2,800. It is upholstered in heavy crimson satin, and perfumed with the fair owner's favorite flower violets. It is drawn by a pair of bright bay. young fleet-footed creatures, worth $1,200. They wear a 300 gold-mounted harness, and $100 blankets, with beautifully embroidered monograms in the corners to keep

ineir saining eonrs trom ' tie l rusty air. The man who holds the ribbons over t'nem

has his livery furnished and receives $50

a month with a stableman to help him. He tucks a $30d lap-robe of seal-skin about him and flourishes a whip that cost $$. The nobby footman who opens and closes the carriage door, who races up and down steps and rings the bells, must not hear about him any Haver of the stable. He receive; $25 a mouth, when young and charming, and none other less favored will fill that post acceptably. His livery is also furnished

by his employers.

I bbw Hit? yoniH. liko bright Jiutnmiml 1rtmi. Full on Iho Fronty path of a flown; w thorp an uijH houm! thorn m hi hIhvjvoh, An olio who Riiniprft in Xi& fioltia uloiuvA on who ffuniprp quietly nm sutkh A wns f hn1 hU f ho hufh with music thrill. While brecsfM low wnu slumber from thnir And twilight lietont) on iho lonely hills. Among the tarn tltonnr iiiu spirit found Whore fioin" po fair tiff un unddow could form;

Bui thero wem somo hor goritle finyors bounl That withoroil went and fcrod with rain and storm. rhon 1 ws wid, bocnuno 1 know tliat I Had wastf d thoro full many a prockww year; Tho fingtil pavisot! in pit." at mj- High, And knuwhig nil my thinking, said, with choar; "Fear not! The Futnro Htill ehall bring theo And it thou koepest thorn but sweet ani fair Thou will 1 suft tho withered from my shwtrOH And place, instead, tho bright and love)? thon." ;

In what tho f ugol said I was consoled. I raised my1 head, hor Mini! o upon wo boamod, BhopasFod, I stod n (no who in tho coltl Awaken nn;d missoH ttomo swoet thing ho d roamed,: A CANADIAN FOLK-TALE. Now Voik Warld. Once 111013 a time, a long time ago there was h very bof.ntifnl princess, anil she was very rich, a nd of course she had lovers by the dozen, who used to eome to j her house in the evening and piny the j

fiddler and fn re at each other all thronpb the relire nutil the King and Queen called from the back bedroom' " that it was time for ail the young people to be get ting lioine, or what would the neighbors say? I But manv though her lovers were, the

"Oh, heavens!" cried the princess, "how fortunate that I should have seen him! Ho aud no one else shall be my husband." So tho ehaneellor ran and called the prince back nnd introduced him to the princess rnd her family,and the marriage was agreed upon. By this time it was quite dark and as they were sitting together on the doorstep the prineea asked the prince if really and truly he had two mouths. "My dearest," said the prince, "do you think for a moment that 1 won Id be capable of deceiving yon?" "I know that there are two holes in the mask," said the princess, "but they may be the same lips. Why should yon wear that hateful old mask anyway?"

"That is a long story, my dear," he replied; "but first I will prove to you that I am not betraying your confidence. Here!" and slipping off his mask he pave her a kiss of the first magnitude. "Was that good? Perhaps you may prefer the other month; eome girls however, object to mustaches," and slipping on the false mustache ho gave the princess another kiss. "I really don't know which ir the best,' said the princess, reflectively. "Let me have another of eaeh sort!" Then the prince ex plained to her that he reason he wore the mask was because a hateful and powerful fairy was au enemy of himself nnd his family, and wished o steal one of his precious menti s from him and so deprive him of one-half the pleasures of his life. This she would have tho power to do if he showed any one of his two months by daylight; hence the wore his mask. "But after dark, he continued," there is no danger whatever."

princess Would have none of them, and j Well, and so they were married and

nobody 'onld make out what object she 1 they lived very happily together for the

could possibly find in one after another of her suitors. At last, when she had refused efery eligible prince that there was in the four parishes, her parents insisted upon knowing the reason, aud she told them after much urging. "You see dear pa, and clear ma," said the princess, sinking a rosebud of the prettiest little month there was in the

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THE WAY TO GET RICH.

Some Remarkable Iustances of Growing Up With the Country.

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was ieal affectionate and could love me properly. These young men are all so timid that if T should marry one of them 1 wojuld certainly find that he did not kiss me and say nice things to me half often enohgh, and then I should either die or neglect or lie sorapeled to kiss some one else); and that would be wrong. So, dear pa ibid dear ma, I have resolved not to marry until I find ft sweetheart who has two pairs of lips and cau give mo 100,000 kisjses every day iu the week aud 200,000 on j Sundays and feasts of obligation." V Unhappy girl!" said the King, taking oft his tuque to scratch his head in his perplexity, "I have a good mind to -" But at that minute the Que i raw the old sow and all the pigs walking in through the garden gate where the hollyhocks and sunflowers and onions and beets and car-

first few weeks of their wedded life. Ev

ery morning before daylight the princess would get up and prepare his breakfast for the prince, and he would set off for the saw-mill while it was yet dark, so as o relieve his partner, who worked on the night gang, when the bell rang at sunrise. And all day long he wore his mask, aud at sunset he went home, reaching the house after dark. And about the hundred thousand kisses? Eh, my friends, that T cannot say, but the princess always seemed to have a contented air, aud she was a famous hand at arithmetic, and was a woman who could stand up for her rights. But, naturally enough, the prince re fleeted that some day she would nd out all about the trick, and that then she

j would uever forgive him, so the next mar

ket day when he saw the chancellor he asked his advice, and the chancellor Baid: "Do thus and so, and all will be well." Bo, on the succeeding Sunday, the prince went out into the woods and caught a swall bird, and kept it in his hand in his pocket, and went back into the house, and as was her invariable custom on Sundays when he was at home the princess began teasing him about being

nations and oiher flowers were, and they j afraid of the fairy, "She could do you no had to catch up the tongs and ca!l the j earthly harm," said she, "and besides you

little yellow dog, Martau,anci sally rortn, are nearly twenty thousand kiBses behind

Ex-Governor Roberts, of Texas, has been made president of an Ausfiu university.

and so no one ever knew what the king had a good mind to do. When the young princes in that and the surrounding parishes learned of the pYijirtW dchTmiiiHfcioii thev were at first very joyous, but, after ciphering it out.ru slates and shingles, they came to the eonclusi u that nice as kisses were, and pretty as was the princess, 100,000 kisses a day would leave them very little leisure for anything else, and as she had a pair of very black eyes, with a iiash in them when she was angry, and could put her little foot down with force enough to split her sabot, they felt convinced that if she had made up her mind to have those kisses, and her husband was unable or unwilling to furnish them, why - Now, there was a young prince who lived away out iu the concessions the back parishes, where they only had one mail a week and so it was a good while before he heard of the prowess and her beauty, and finally of the remarkable conditions which she had resolved to exact cf her husband. But when he did hear about, her he resolved to win her.and so he went and consulted the ehaneellor. "Do yon really love her so muehTsaid the chancellor. I do," replied tho prince, "and though 1 have never seen her, I feel so drawn toward her that if she will not marry me I will goon to Meriden, in the Conneetiout, and work in the factories. One hundred thousand kisses a day, and 20IMKKI on Sunday, and fetes de obligation ! Alas, there are not more than seventy Sundays and holidays in the year! But then it will be leap-year soou!" "Very well, my sou," said the chancellor, "then I will tell you how to win the nrincess. Go to the store and bring half an ell of black velvet and two tobacco pipes and a f dee mustache, and do thus

and so with them and then go down to j the parish where the princess lives and j hire yourself out to the boss of the big j saw mill to work on the day gaug,and all j will be well." ' gf;So the prince paid the chancellor his j fee four lyres and ten s ma- and went j and did all thai the chancellor had told j him.

Aud so one evening,as the princess was standing at the attic window of the royal palace doing up her hair, she looked out mid saw in the sunlight a tall and remarkably well-built young man with a black velvet mask on leaning negligently against the fence and smoking two pipes. By and by an old gentleman came along and stopped to speak with him,and he when was auswering the old gentleman he took one pipe out of his mouth respectfully and went, on smoking with the other. This surprised the princess, and running to the door she called to the old gentleman to come to her, and said to him: "Excuse me, sir, but who is that young man, aud why docs he smoke two pipes?" The old gentleman- it was the chancellorreplied: "Foil are very exausable, miss! That is a young mau who works

on tho day gang iu the big saw null, and

he has M a month find his hoard. Ht comes from back in the concessions, and the reason why he weara a mask is because he hap two mouths." "Two mouths!" cried the princess, excited iy. "Yes, two mouths. And of course he does not wish to bo stared at by everybody, so ho wears that velvet mask." "Is he married?" asked she. "He is not, miss," said the chancellor, "and he never will be, for he has vowed to have no woman for a wife who will be satisfied with less than 100,000 kisses a

dav, and :0U,OO0 on Sunday and fetes d'I obligation."

to day already, and it is almost vesper time. How on earth, do you ever expect to eatch up if you only use cue month? Oh! if I was a great big man like you X wouldn't be afraid of a little bit of a fairy !' So the prince pretended to be annoyed and he said: "All right, then I'll risk it if you will ; but mind, it will be all your fault if anything happens." And he slipped up his hand with the bird in it to unfasten the m6k, and as he took off the velvet whiff! out tiow the bird iu the princess' face and then outthrough the door. "There!" said the prince, "now, you've done it! There goes my best mouth! Phew, how it hurt! It was like drawing a cork out of a bottle of jim beer (ginger beer) pop! See, the fairy is flying over the fence with it !' "Yes indeed, I see the mustache!" said the princess. "1 am so sorry, but perhaps I can coax it back." So she ran after the bird pouting out her lips and saying: "Cheep, cheep!" inhe most bewitching manner, but the bird would not re turn, aud she had to go back to her husband, sorrowfully. "Never mind, my dear," said he sooth-

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"Oh," sobbed she, "but it will. Now that you have only one pair of lips how can you take more than fifty thousand kisses a day?" "Weil we must make them extra nice ones," said the prince, "and make up for it that way. Besides there is this advantage my pipes and tobacco will last me twice as long now." This relleetion cheered the princess up; so she dried her eyes and used the velvet ?ttask to trim her bonnet with, and she and the prince lived happily together ever afterward, and this awful experience had one good effect never after5 ard did she attempt to pry into her husband's secrets. And that' alii

A Lake on Fire. The burning of Moscow is described as hh "ocean of llama" The scene of a burning lake here narrated must have lx?en equal in grandeur to that conilagatiou and not the less impressive for being a wonder of nature. Imagine a bonfire four or live square miles in extent! It is said that from one of the chief naphtha wells of liussia the liquid shoots up as from a fountain,aud has formed a lake four miles long aud one aud a quarter wide. The

depth is, however, only two feet. This enormous surface of inflammable liquid recently became ignited, and presented an imposing spectacle, the thick, black clouds of smoke being lighted up by the 1 irid glare of the central column of ilame, which rose to a great height The smoke ami heat were such as to render a nearer approach than oue -thousand yar.ls distance impracticable. Suitable means for extinguishing tho fire were not at hand, and it was feurad that the con Halation would spread underground iu such a manner as to euuse an explosion. This supposition led many inhabitants of the

vicinity to remove to a safer distance. The quantity of naphtha on fire was ttimated at 1,200,000 cubic feet. The frees and buildings within three miles distance

were covered with thick soot, and this unpleasant deposit appeared on pensou's clothes, and even on the food in the adjacent houses. Not only was the uaptha itself bunting, bid the earth, which was saturated with it, was also on fire, and ten large establishments, founded at great expense for the development of the trade in tho article, were destroyed. Nine Americans are in prison at Panama awaiting trial ft ir the alleged theft of $50,000 from the railroad company.

James S. Brisbin, writing to the Chicago Tribune from Fort Keogh, Mont., says: Perhaps the easiest way to get rich out West is to buy small pieces of land in the fast growing cities and towns of the West. They increase so rapidly that almost any investment pays. I once served with an ofllcer who was present at the building up of Chicago, helped to lay out Hau Francisco, and was present at the laying out of St. Paul. Suppose this ofilcor had invested a month's pay in land in each place (which he could easily

have done), he would to day have been worth millions, instead of living from hand to mouth on the miserable pittance the Government allows him. Another ofllcer, less improvident, invested a few hundred dollars in Chicago from which sprung the great Kingsbury estate. The old oflioer of whom I speak told me he was offered forty acres of land iu what is now the heart of Chicago for $125, and had the money to buy it, only he did not think the place would ever amount to much. One of the finest astates in St, Paul is the result of a small investment made not many years ago by an old army officer. Another large estate in San Francisco is the result of a month's salary

invested in land by a Quartermaster who used to be stationed there. Many instances of great profit from the investment of money in small pieces of land have come under my own observation during my fifteen years' service in the West. When the Union Pacific Railroad was building, a young man came out from New York with apparently no end of money, but he afterwards told me that he had just 840,000, which his father, a very rich man, had given him, sonfident he would lose it in his efforts to make a fortune out West. The young man followed up the road and watched the towns; whenever he saw a town surrounded by a fine agricultural region or natural commercial advantages, he bought rive, ten or twenty acres of land as close to the town as he could get it, and then passed on West. He had forty acres in Omaha, ten in Fremont, thirty at Columbus, ten in Evanston, twenty in Salt Lake, and five in Evanston. He was two whole years in making his investments, and oefore he had got through some of his first purchases were calling loudly for attention. They had gone up in value double, treble, and some had quadrupled. He sold slowly, and with his money bought the bonds of the new counties in Kansas and Nebraska. These bonds sold low for cash and brought a high rate of interest He borrowed 10,000 from his mother, and induced a good-natured uncle to take a hand with him and furnish $20,000, 810,000 of whicn he put into cattle. That was sixteen years ago, aud the young man to-day is worth over a million. He told me that from his 340,000 in laud he had drawn $240,000 in cash, and still had plenty of land left. From his cattle he had taken six times his investment, paid his uncle $100,000 to get him out of the concern, and now sells $25,000 worth of leef annually from his ranges. I know another young man from Philadelphia who came West a poor lawyer. He studied the cattle business, and saw great opportunities to make money in driving from Texas. He had a rioh uncle in Philadelphia and visited him to borrow some capital. The uncle would not hear to it, and he was in despair, when an older brother, a partner of the uncle's came to the lawyer's relief. He proposed that they should loan the young man enough money to make one small drive, and see how it would work, and the uncle grumblingly consented. The business was a success, and the borrowed capital soon cleared. The young lawyer now offered to return Ine uncle his borrowed money, with a large rate of interest, but the wily old man had got a taste of Western profits, and doubled Ids loan with his euterprisiug nephew. They cou tinned in business a number of year , and waxed rich. The old uucle held on to his nephew like grim death, and drew thousands a year out of him. At last the nephew compounded with his uncle and bought hie interest in V e herds. The nephew now owns 20,000 head of cattle, blocks of buildings, a bank, and is one of the rich men of tho West. The Coal Supply. The probability of the exhaustion of

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States is beginning to attract attention in the east. The alarm is based upon the

great and rapidly increasing consumption, the limited area of the anthracite de posit, and the wasteful methods of mining now employed. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia are the only states which produce anthincite coal, and in the two latter states the supply is quite

limited. There are four anthracite fields in Pennsylvania, covering an aggregate area of 483 square miles. Expert engineers who have beer specially employed for the work estimate that thee fields will yield less than three million tons. There have been taken from these fields during the year just closed 2,51X1,000 terns. The demand for this kind of coal is on the increase, and it is calculated that ihe amount taken out in future years will therefore, be st ill greater. If these calculations are correct the supply will be entirely exhausted within a hundred years. The important part that anthracite coal has (performed in the development of the resources of the country, and the present great demand for it by the manufacturing industries, and as a fuel,

make the prospect of the en p ply giving oiit within a century au unpleasant topic to contemplate It may be said that our supply of bituminous coal is apparently inexhaustible aud that it can be made to take the place of anthracite. This is true in a measure, but uot entirely ko. The density and great heating power of anthracite make it the best of all fuels for nietailurgic purposes, while its freedom from smoke

especially commends it for combustion. Our iron mid stool industries could never have reached their presfnt proportions bnt for anthracite, and the exhaustion of the supply of hard coal would materially effect the prosperity of the couutry,unless in tho meanwhile our yankee genius provides a substitute, a contingency too remote to be depended upon, ft is there fore of the utmost importance that our anthracite resources be husbanded with the gieatest care. It is not probable

that the demand will be decreased oy the prospect of a future failure of the supply A great saving might bo affected, however, by the employment of more iHxmom-

ical methods oi! mining. The process emnlovedin Pennsylvania is what is

known as "pillar and breast" mining, and is very wasteful, the vein being imperfectly worked, and much of the product lost It is impossible to estimate exactly the amount wasted in this way, but it

may be safely placed at fifteen or twenty per cent of the yield under more improved or systematic processes. England was years ago forced to adopt the most economical and perfect processes for cleaning up her mines, and the outlook in our own anthracite fields demands that some such methods be adopted in this country.

Usefulness of Coffee, Wavorly Magnziue. Since coffee possesses the property of stimulating the nervous system it is a matter of course that in many ca es its effect is rather injurious. Phlegmatic people, especially, need coffee, and they are fond of drinking it; for a similar reason it is a faorjre beverage in the Orient, where its consumption is immense. But to persons of an excitable temperament the enjoyment of coffee is hurtful; they ought only to take it very weak. With lively children it does nof. agree atall.and it is very wrong to force them to drink it, as is often done; while elderly people, who are in need of a stimulant for the decreasing activity of their nerves,are right iu taking as much of it as they choose. Iu households of limited means it is often necessary to use chicory with coffee. We do not pretend to pronounce this, if taken ix. moderate quantities,hurtful; but we do say it is a poor substitute for coffte, and that there is nothing in it to recommend its use. A far better mixture is milk and sugar; and there is good reason for it; both milk and sugar are articles of food, Milk contains the same ingredients as blood; and sugar is changed in the body into fat, which is in dispensable to us, especially in the process of breathing. Having taken no food through the night, the loss our blood has suffered during sleep by perspiration must be compensated for in the morning. For this, milk and sugar in coffee are excellent. It is good for children to have a taste for sweetened milk or milk-coffee in the morning. We must not. find fault wuh them if they like it. Nature very wisely gave them a liking for sugar; they need it because their pulse must be quicker .tlieir respiration stronger, to facilitate the assimilation of food in their bodies, and. to promote growth. Not that adults need no sugar, but the sugar necessary for them is formed from the starch contained in their iood. For this purpose the digestive apparatus must be strongly developed. With children this is not the case; therefore they are given sugar instead of the starch to make it from Many diseases, particularly rickets, prevailing mostly among the children of the poor, are the consequence of feeding the child with bread and potatoes; 'these cohtain starch, it is true, but the digestive apparatus of children being yet too weak to change them iuto fat, the result is that the tiesh falls away aud the bones grow soft and orooke L But he who, to promote digestion.takes coffee immediately after dinner, does best not to use sugar or milk for both, so far from helpin g digestion, are an additional burdeu to the fall stomach, and disturb its labor more than coffes can facilitate it,

Facts Worth Knowing. Salt fish are quickest and best freshened by soaking in sour milk. Thai, cold rain water and soap will remove machine grease from washable fabrics. That fish may bose'ded much easier by first dipping them into boiling water for a minute. That fresh meat, beginning to spur, will sweeten if placed out of doors in the cool air over uight. That milk which has changed may be sweetened or rendered fit for use again by stirring iu a Utile soda. That boiling starch is much improved by the addition of sperm or salt, or both, or a little gum arabic, dissolved. That a tables poonfnl of turpentine, boiled with your white clothes, will greatly aid the whitening process. That kerosen? will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by water, and will render them pliable as new. That clear boiling water will remove tea stains. Pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent its spreading over the fabric. That salt will curdle new milk, hence, in preparing milk porridge, gravy, etc, the salt should not be usinl until the dish is prepared. That kerosene will make your tea-kettle as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag and rub with it. It will also remove staines from ihe clean varnished furniture. That blue ointment and kerosene, mixed in equal proportions and applied to bedsteads, is an unfailing bug remedy and that a coat of whitewash a ditto for a log house. .. . That beeswax and salt will make your rusty flat-irons as clear and as snioth as glass. Tie a Jump of wax in n rag aud keep it for that. When the irons are hot rub them first with the wax rag, then scour them with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt.

The Marriage Ceremony. Troy '.'rinune.

The rector of St, George's

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Thoro wafi a yo-incr lady in Worcester ..... J IWho could cro'v qnito an well as a rorcveter 8ho contd wh Istlo and ninifr!o moat anything. . That boys car , escopt That she wasn't adpt At climbin? wi h no on to borooslor.

A LITTLE SPICE.

Church,

Southward England, recently fell into a laughable blunder. A lady who was a deaf mnto, aud a gentleman who was, a fo feigner, and unable to speak English, came to him for the purpose of beiiig married. The clergy inan,after much difficulty, made out the object o their visit, as he supposed, and appointed a day for the performance of the ceiemony in church. He iu fact understood that they wished to be baptized, and on tho day set

had provided the requisite number of godfathers and godmothers to answer for them. The regular baptismal service was need over them; they were asked if they renounced the devil ami all his works, and duly signed with the sign of the eross. Though the service was not such as they expected, they supposotl that .it was the newest way of solemnizing matrimony, and departed, imagining themselves man and wife. The ?iet day the rector received from them package con

taining a piece of the weddiug cake, and a little note of thanks from the couple. Horrified at the discovery of tho mistake the clergyman rushed to the hotel where thoy were staying, explained the matter as best he eouVi, and hurried them back

to the chnrch, when they wore married j

this time in due and ancient form,

The rule of Three - For the third person to clear out. If you should happen to want your ears pierced just pinch the baby. This style of closing out at cost. On given away with every subscription. Hawkeye. Whenever a baby is 'born in Helena, Montana, the firo bells ring out to drown its shrieks of ra$re.

A new reading - the Boston Transcript: "Every Man for Himj.4 foe Devil take Herr Most. - , Pennsylvania Piety. An old lady near Reading won't let her husband visit that city since she lead in the 'Bible that "Reading maketh a full man." "No. Tabor is no longer a Senator: he's paired with the woman from Osh-

kosh' is the way in which a Chicago wo

man answered a civil question about' the

gre t Colorado mushroom. Where they Grow. Small boy of eight (looking ovr picture book with small boy of ten): "What's that?" .. . S. b. of ten: "Why, don't you know? That's a donkey. Haven't you ever seen a donkey?" " S. b. of eight (doubtfully): "Why, 1 have, lots of 'em; in the Theological Gardens, you know;'' It has been demonstrated that soapbubbles can be blown to the size of two feet in diameter, and kept two days by J making a preparation of pleate of soda and glycerine. This will carry joy into" many destitute homes where heretofore it has been impossible to preserve a soapbubble longer than a few seconds. A ! house full of soap-bubbles two feet in diameter would aHeviate a great deal ot distress. Norristown Herald. Heavy tragedian at railway hoteL ' Prithee, landlord, dwells there within the precincts of 'dais hamlet a machinist?" Landlord. "A riaohinist? Yes, sir." Tragedian. "Then take to him this bird of many springs. - Bid him wrench, asunder these iron limbs, and then,foron regal ment, to chisel slices from its unyielding bosom, for we would dine anon. And, pray you, do it quickly. Yon peas yon need not carry, tor those, with dextrous management, we can swallow whole. Away!" General Ignatieff at Home. St. Petersburg Letter in RovQe DiplomAtique. The Russian minister, who does rot at present, at any rate, contemplate leaving Russia, is the story of his Polish promotion beinc an idle invention now living; at Rue Mi ilisnia, close to the Winter Palace. Ths house is "un petit palis,' fronted by four sombre colums . which gave it a mournful air. Once these frowning portals are passed, however, the interior if charminsr; everything is well ordered, and wears a pleasant, even gay aspect. General Ignatieff himself occupies only two rooms, in one yf which he receives his guests, while the other is a library or den where his real work is done. The reception room is luxurious in its appointments. , It is, in fact, ja veritable museum of Eastern curiosities. Japanese stuffs; curtains and hangings from China, in .ill sorts of fantastic patterns, are scattered about; there are Toft--kish sofas, Persian chairs aid mats, while articles of vertu Ua aooufe in picturesque profusion. One sees in everything the taste of a man who has spent a great part of his life in the East and cherishes his recollections warmly. The "workshop' of the General contains a collection of historical arms, unique in their kind: each piece has a tradition and each is marked by rich and curious workmanship; all have been given to him at one time or another by their owners. For instance, one sees the pistols of the . late Sovereign Prince of Albania, a long poniard of Sohamyl, and a gun richly chased presented to him by the Sultan Abdul Aziz. The Cashier Ahead. Wall Street New. . A new bank which has been established in a town in Indiana had engaged the services of a watchman who came well recommended, out who did not seem over-experienced. The president therefore sent for him to post him up a bit and began: "James, this is your first job of this kind, isn't it?" "Yes sir." "Your first duty must be to exercise vigilance. "Yes, sir." 4Be careful how strangers approach you." "I will, sir." "No stranger must be permitted to enter the bank at night under any pretext whatever." "No, sir." "And our cashier -he is a good man, honest, r eliable and thoroughly trustworthy, but it will be your duty to keep an eye on him"

"But it will be hard to watch two men and the bank at the same time, sir." "Two men-how?" "Why, sir, it was only yesterday that the cashier called me in for a privets talk and he said thai yon were the squarest man in Indiana, but thai it would be just as well to keep both eyes on you, and let the directors know if yon hung around after hours."

Wheat Growing Interests. Philadelphia Inciter. .- . From the best attainable information concerning the relative positions of leading European wheat-growing countries, Russia is believed to stand at the head; France occupy ing the second,and AnstroHuugary the third place on the list. The wheat grown in Great Britain finds a home market, and, although Germany makes some shipments, her imports largely exceed her exports. Much of the Austrian and Hungarian wheat is consumed at home; but it is thought that the residents of these countries, if a marked rise in prices should take place.

would sell their wheat, and use rye even more extensively than at present. Russia would follow this example. India's wheat exports are large aud will become larger in the future. The shipments represent an unusually high per centage oC the production, because, the staple food of the natives being rice, the demands of the home market are comparatively trilling. The Ohinese never race horses. They

1 prefer other forms of swindling.