Bloomington Telephone, Volume 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 5 September 1893 — Page 2

THE TELEPHONE.

Br Waltib Braotutb.

BLOOMINGTON

INDIANA

when he goes up to the "Legislate

is bound to be sadly puz;:led as to how she ever attained her sublime and altitudinous elevation.

As Indianapolis merchant tailoring establishment located in the heart v Qf the city on Washington sff.eet, following the recently established precedent, last week closed its doors and displayed the following notice: i:Closed for a few days. Gone to the World's Fair. Open next week."

Ex-Presidbnt Harrison is said to have regained his vigor to a remarkable degree during his summer vacation at Cape May. The cares of office and great bereavement had made sad inroads on his sturdv frame, but people without regard to party will be pleased to learn that he has recovered from the depression they induced.

Admirers of the purely fictitious writings of the versatile author known to the world as "Jules Verne' will be surprised, as a rule, to be told that the title is only a pen name. This celebrated novelist is a Pole and his real name is Olchekitz. His home is in Amiens, but he lives on his yacht the greater part of the time and does nearly all of his liter arv work on the vessel.

A gang of outlaws "held up" a Missouri Pacific express train last week, but failed to realize sufficient funds to compensate for the risk. If they would only "hold up George Francis (Train a boon would be con ferred on humanity. The financial result would be the same, but the gang would attain greater fame and notoriety than by their expeditions in the "wild and woolv west,"

Congressmen now while away the weary hours of the silver debate by quoting poetry to illustrate and enforce their personal ideas. The country at large is not disposed to bear with such foolishness with any degree of equanimity. "There is a time for all things" is a part of holy writ. The country surely has a right

to expect earnest and prompt action I

of its chosen servants in the great .crisis now upon us

TSdisos has given up electrical "pursuits for a time and is devoting his attention to metallurgy. Finding sapphires very expensive and bard to obtain and having use for a great many in the manufacture of phonographs he analyzed the jewels and discovered their chemical composition, and now manufactures all the sapphires used in his factories. He also states that he can make rubies at 16 a pound that far excel the

genuine.

Alcoholic drinks are not considered essential by Arctic explorers, and recent adveuturers who have departed for the region of the midnight sun have seen fit to go without the customary rations of wines and liquors heretofore considered indispensable by sailors in all climates. Jack Tar and his grog have in the past adorned many a tale of the sea, but if this innovation should become a permanent fashion, story writers will be compelled to invent

some other 4 'fillin" for the thr'Uing pages of maritime fiction. The vorld moves and the sea, evidently, wiii be compelled to keep up with the procession or get spilled into space. The hoisting of the great bronze crowning figure. "Indiana." to the summit of the Soldiers Monument, last week, was an event of interest at the Hoosier capital and in ail the surrounding county wherever there was a spy -glass or teleocope in the neighborhood.- where an unobstructed view of the shaft was obtainable. Thousands of people watched the tedious process for days, fully expecting to see something "drop," but science and elbow greaie overcame all difficulties, anil the copper-hued goddess now stands in majesty gazing toward the bloody fields where fell the martyrs of the great cause o! human liberty in whose memory this greatest monument of its kind in all the world has been constructed. When ail the embellishments shall have been added, and the last stroke of the chisel and flap of trowel shall have sunk into everlasting silence, and puny mortals shall have abandoned the taskto Father Time to finish in his own inimitable way in tones of gray, this work of art will become an object lesson of patriotism and an inspiration to all that is grand and noble in man. There is no denying, however, that when the great task is completed and ; 'Indiana" stands serene amid the storms and clouds, calmly looking toward the graves of her fallen sons, unchanged and unchanging through the ages yet to be. that the citizen of Hoop Pole township

The New York Sun wants Chicago to exchange its name because

j foreigners can not pronounce the

Indian noun that serves as a cognomen for the most remarkable city in the world, and desires to substitute the simple syllable "Go," instead. To an observer in this latitude it would seem a matter of small importance whether foreigners could pionouncethe name or not. There are too many of them "getting there" under the present arrangement. The name "Chicago" is derived fr;m the Indian noun ' 'Ches-ca-q uo , " which means a strong onion, and some people don't like onions. There are no indications, however, that the name will be changed, nor is it probable that we will become involved in foreign difficulties because of the struggle of the representatives of various nationalities with the aboriginal title of the World's Fair City.

The noted bandit, Chris Evans, now in jail at Fresno, Cal., has developed into a philosopher, and devotes his time to promulgating abstruse theories which he backs up with scriptural quotations , to which he can readily refer, being well read in Biblical lore, He is authority for the statement that no man in health and in his right mind ever killed himself between 1 o'clock a. m. and daybreak. And he avers that it is a physical impossibility for him to do so, for the reason that all men are arrant cowards at that period. ' If a man desires to do anything desperate between 1 a. ui. and daylight he must stimulate with whisky or other intoxicating liquors. To confirm his theory he quotes .from the fourth chapter of Job: "In thought from the visions of the night when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before m.y face; the hair of my flesh stood up; it stood still but I couldnot discern the form thereof; an image was before mine eyes, there was silence." Some people do not believe in such things, he avers, but long observation and experience, both with Indians and civilized men, at that hour have convinced him that there is something su pernatural in the hour that rules aud guides the courage and destiny of men, and that they cannot avoid the irresistible influence that pervades nature without a resort to stimulation, and that takes them practically out of their right mind and normal condition, and proves his theory that men and animals are by nature cowardly in the latter part of the night. There is as much difference in the courage of men at different hours as there is in the courage of bees.

TOPICS OF THESE TIMES.

INDUSTRIAL FOLKS (iOSSIP.

England uses Norway ice. Tea is dried by electricity. Prussia yields half our zinc. France has an electric gun. There are 51,000 breweries. Canada has ninety-four daily newspapers. Gloves are made of rat skin. Krupp has a 150-ton hammer. There are electric drawbridges There are women piano tuners. Soap is made frcm cottonseed oil. England drinks American ru::n. A device makes sunbeams audible. Uncle Sam has 0,000,000 farmers. Pood costs $13,700,000,000 a year. Galvanized iron is not galvanized. France uses Irish horses for cavalry. California's mines cover 220 miles. India has 27,000,1)00 acres of wheat. Prussia uses American .hickory wood. Mark Antony sells papers in New York. Paper stockings gain favor in German v. Brazil raises 80 per cent, of the coffee. Union Pacific crosses nine mountain ranges. Canada supplies our lead pencil plumbago. Zanzibar yields 500,000 pounds of ivory yearly. Battle Creek is the : 'Philadelphia of Michigan.' Electricity travels about 90,000 miles a second faster than light. The lead mines of Spain have been worked ever since the beginning of history Great Britain annually produces about G00.000 ounces of silver from lead ores. Copper is believed to be the metal earliest known to man and first used in the arts. A Seattle saloon keeper has a carbonic acid gas machine for pumping ale and beer. Tanning is done in this country in about one-quarter the time usually allowed in Europe. In boring the Mont Cents and St. Gothard tunnels ordinary means were first used, then steam power; finally compressed air.

A HOME MADE CRISIS. A correspondent writing to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from New York tells of the terrible times that prevailed on Cow Island, on the Atlantic coast, as a result of the universal lack of confidence, which was conveyed to that primitive community through the medium of the Boston Telegraph. Old man Hutching has for forty years been the great man" of the small community, and is the only man who takes a newspaper hence he is the moulder of its "public opinion" as well as its financial mogul. Hutchins has been a subscriber to the Telegraph since 1867, and has never dared to doubt or differ with any statement ever found in its columns, although its policy has been changed repeatedly. So when he read in a leading editorial in his only paper that there was a panic abroad on the mainland he was alarmed and said to his wife: "B1 jinks, mother, money seems to be a'mighty skerse jest now. They haint got none even up in Boston." He said to "mother" that "the folks as had money are holdm1 onto it." Hutchins had that day sold fish at Swan Island, for which he had received $7.50 in cash, with which he had intended paying an account at the village store of $3.08. But .he said reflectively. "I guess 1 11 hangon to it till we get next week s paper. I'll bet ther ain't $1C read' cash on Cow Island." Hutchins the following morning went down to the store to buy bait. "Chalk 'em up," said he. Collins, the storekeeper, pulled out a little canvas bag and counted out $1.02, and said. "I was sort o' hopin Uncle Lorn, you'd give me something to-day." " Can't do it, John. Banks break hv all over the country. Folks sendin gold to Europe. Read 'bout it in the paper last night." "Sufferin' mackrel!" said Collins. "They be," said Uncle Lem, i;and the worst ain't come yet. And that reminds me that Blake owes me $3 for lujy. Ill go over and give him a chance to settle up." Hutchins left and two women entered with blue berries for sale. Collins agreed to take the berries provided they would take their pay in trade, but nothing but cash woulck buy their berries which the store keeper did not have. "Can't spare it," said he, "Uncle Lem Hutchin's was jest in here and he says he sees it in the paper they ain't no money to be had anywheres." The women lost their temper and left and the storekeeper sat down to ruminate over the financial situation. Presently Mrs. Hutchins came in with four dozen eggs, but she wanted cash or blue berries! Collins suggested that he might credit them on "Uncle LemV account, but "mother" said "nay." Then two young men entered to make arrangements for camping on the island. They wanted a good supply of crackers and cheese, and inquired where they could buy milk. The storekeeper referred Them to "Uncle Lem" for the milk. The young men tendered a five dollar bill in payment for the crackers and cheese. Collins could not change it and the young men left saying they would not stay in such a povertystricken piace. Collins reflected bitterly that if "Uncle Lem" had only paid his bill a good stroke of business could have been done all around. "Uncle Lem" came in. and said Blake said he would pay for the bay as soon as Rufe Webb paid him. "Uncle Lem" departed vowing vengeance on Blake. Presently Rufe Webb entered the store, and said: "I'm sorry to bother ye, John, but Blake has been dunnin' me for $3 and odd I owe him. His wife borrowed Uncle Lem Hutchin's paper and read about mony being skerse. That set Blake onto me. Now if youll pay me the $3 and odd you owe me ." "Couldn't to save me,"

said Collins. "I don no what I'm goin to do," said Webb. "Blake will sue me, and if he " "You'll sue a man by the name of Collins," said the storekeeper. k,I can't help it, John. Money's mighty skerse. The papers say so, and every man ought to have his own. " 4 'But how's he goin to get it?" said Collins. "There is more'n $12 owin me this minnit. If there's aiy lawin' I'll take a shy at it myself." That day everybody on Cow Island talked about lawsuits. Trade came to a standstill. Barter did not go. Everybody wanted cash. Nobody would give it. Uneasiness prevailed. Every many knocked off work to go and dun somebody for an old debt, and threaten them with a lawsuit. Finally "Uncle Lem" left for Isle au Haut to consult a lawyer. The legal gentleman was intoxicated. He was in a generous mood and "setem up" to "Uncle Lem." The consequence was that Hutchins forgot what he came for and returned to Cow Island in a frame of mind which made him forget that "money was

skerse. " He rolled into Collin store about dusk. "What's yer bill, John," savs ho. "Three dollars and eight cents," said Collins, and he got the money. "Sit right down here, Uncle Lem, while I run over to Rufe Webb's," said Collins. When the storekeeper retnrned "Uncle Lem ' was fast asleep, but was soon awakened by George Blake. "Oh, Uncle Lem, here's yer money for the hay," said Blake. "Rufe Webb jest settled with me." By noon the next day the panic was over on Cow Island Everybody had plucked up courage to pay his debts and gone to work again.

AN AWFUL BLOW.

MISCELLANEOUS NOT.KSL

AN AMERICAN TRIUMPH. Chief Geo. C. Hale, of the Kansas City fire department, was in Chicago the other day, and told to an Inter-Ocean reporter the story of how he and his nine men won all the medals and honors at the International Fire Congress in London in June, in a way that is very gratifying to patriotic Americans. The contest took place June 12. But one company of English firemen were entered against foreign competitors, and it was given the first trial on a 'time" test to "turn out". Horses are not kept in London engine houses on account of sanitary laws. The burly Englishmen tumbled out of bed, stopping to button on their coats and buckle on huge belts, then scrambled down a stairway and hitched their horses, with harness which they had to throw on and buckle, besides having to raise and slip the tongue of the engine in place. Finally they came out, and when the judges announced the time, "one minute and seventeen seconds," the crowd went wild with joy. Many gathered about Chief Hale and began to banter him, saying: "Eh. America, what do you think of that?" Then came the Kansas City crew's turn. At the clang of the bell they tumbled out of bed and slid down the brass pole to the engine. Clank went the suspended harness onto the trained horses and they rushed to their places. There was a rush and "America" was out, and the judges announced the time, "' eight and a half seconds." The people gasped and then broke loose in a hurricane of enthusiasm. A half dozen men seized Chief Hale and dragged him along to the royal box, and he was formally introduced to the Lord Mayors of London, Dublin and Ycrk, and a score of lords and ladies in gold lace and powdered wigs Later the crew was dined by the Lord Mayor of London. The London fire brigade did not show up again. The Americans gave daily exhibitions to thunderstruck crowds. Representative crews were present from Russia, Portugal, France, Germany and Belgium. Chief Hale says that foreign firemen and apparatus are not to be compared with Americans and their modern ideas and improvements, but that owing to the greater solidity of the buildings in European cities, and the extreme care exercised by the people, the protection afforded is better than is possible in this country. TIPTON COUNTY FINANCIERS. Tipton county has added a new phase ko the financial situation that may in the future prove of great value to the country at large. A court house has been in process of construction for some time and the commissioners were under obligations to pay $10,000 monthly to the builders. With a handsome surplus in the treasury the trio eon trolling county affairs had feltsafe in making such a contract. Misfortunes seldom come singly to a man or corporation that is in debt, and the tinancial crisis and a defaulting treasurer left these worthy gentlemen in a bad predicament. The treasurer s boudsmen could not promptly make good the deficiency, and county bonds could not be sold on the market. Apparently work on the court house would have to stop. But the farmers of the countv came to the rescue and promptly cashed the bonds of their own county and were very glad of the opportunity afforded !;hem to securely invest their surplus funds. Many had drawn their money from the banks, but they had

unlimited "confidence" in old Tipton and brought out their cash without hesitation. The commissioners soon had as much money as they needed. Three times the amount of the bonds could easily have been placed. There was plenty of money in the county, yet every man of the investors in home securities would swear that "times were hard." and that there was actually "no money in circulation' The lesson afforded by the circumstance is valuable. There is not a county in Indiana whose citizens can not easily carry the home bonds of their county for improvements needed, and the services of foreign brokers, often obtained at an excessive percentage, are superfluous and totally unnecessary in a majority of eases. Counties should not build or improve beyond the ability of their own citizens to furnish necessary funds, and, like individuals,, will in the long run find that to "live within their means'' is the best policy to pursue.

TJiff South Atlantic Coast Swept by Murrleaue, A hrrrricane struck Savannah, Ga., Sunday. Tbe wind blew at iifty-fonr miles an hour during the day. Sunday night at 7 o'clock it reached seventy miles an hour. A large number of buildings were unroofed ar.d many trees uprooted. Seventeen lives were lost 5Wi the river at Hutchinson Island and Tybee, so far as heard from. It is believed (hat more are killed. On of them to (J. A. L'lmer, assistant cashier of the Central Kail road Bank; two others were wblte men, the ret-t negroes. The names of thj white men and neffroes have not been obtained. One man was killed by a trolley wire in Savarinah. Eleven vessels are ashore in Savannah harbor, eigfrt being barka, one schooner, one steamboat ad one oyster boat. Six vessel were wrecked outside the harbor. Their names are noknown. The names of the vessels wrecked in Savannah harbor are: Bteks Hanrid, Linden, Elma, Mexico-, Royak Andicia, schooner Lelia, steamboat Abbeville and oyster boat Fred P. Lewi. A special from Port RoyuK-S. C brings the startling information that fully 100 lives have been lost a4 Port Royal, Beaufort and neighboring points by drowning during the storm. Over twenty-five f these were seen by the correspondent aad his information regarding the others was received from reliable sources; ttee ltt) killed and drowned only sis were wkiie the others being negroes; The- negroes were so frightened andi terrorstricken that many were Icilited and drowned by not leaving their cabins to seek places of safety. Twenty persons were drowned on Paris Island, No news has been received from St-. Helena, fonr miles from Beaufort. It is- believed ' fully twenty-five lives were lost between: Poet Royal and Seabrook, all negroes. E veryhouse in Heaufort and Port Rowal was damaged to some extent and: a number oG barges and craft were wrecked. TheCoosaw mining company loses I50i000i. The total Iojs is estimated at 1503,060. The force of the storm was felt ail a-long-the Atlantic coast. At New York the tide reached the highest level ever knowm The most appalling details are constantly being received from all points on the coastfrom Savannah to New York. The los of life: and property can not be estimated with any certainty.. At Charleston, S. C, the streets are titled with; all manner of debris, vessels were washed into the streets from the harbor and carswere blown from the track. At Coney Island, Long Branch, Asbury Park, and at all the summer resorts on the-coast great damage was done. '

THE MARKETS. Angust 30 iStti Indianapolis. GRAIN AND HAY. Wheat No. J red, 53c; No. 3 . red,. 52; rejected, 40(50; wagon wheat, 57. Corn No. 1 white, 40c: No. 2. whiter 40Hc:No. 3white,40e; No. 4 white, 30o;No2 white mixed, 39e; No. 3 white mixedr 38ic; No. 4 white mixed,30c; No. 2 yellow 39ic; No. 3 yellow, 39c; No. 4 yellow. 30c; No. 2 mixed, 39c; No. 3 mixed, 39c;. No. 4 mixed, 30c; sound ear, 4fc for yellow.. Oats No. 2 white, 27Kc; No. 3 whi te, 24? c; No. 2 mixed, 84ic; No. .3 mixed. 32c; rejected, lS(d33c. Rye 40c. U ay Choice timothy, $12.00; Noj. 1$13.50; No. 2, $10; No. 1 prairie,. $7.;. mixed, $3; clover, $9. Brax, til. LIVE STOCK. Cattle Export grades $ 4.254.75 Good to choice shippers 3.85(4.20 Fair to medium shippers &.20v$3.ti0 Common shippers 2.50(tX0O Stackers, 500 to 800 2.U(K2.7(rood to choice heifers 3.00(3,50 Fair to medium heifers 2.503.0l Common to thin heifers 1.5052.00 Good to choice cows 2.G03.(X Fair to medium cows 2.00(2.40 Common old cows l.00fa?1.7.V Veals, common to good 3.00($5..7A Bulls, common to fair ..w2. w Hulls, good to choice 2.25(2.75 Milkers, good to choice 27.00(a3S.0O M llkers, common to fair 15 00(a2ax IIogs Heavy packing and shipping $5.505. H5 Mixed.. .r.10(a5.(5O Heavy 5.00t5.5S Pigs 5.0055& Heavy roughs 3,504.40 Sheep- Good to choice ;i.(orX50 Fair to medium 2.75$3.3A Common thin sheep 2.00(2J5O Lambs 3:75(4.25 Bucks, per head 2.HX4J0) POULTRY" A SV OTHER PRODUCB. Prices Paid by Dealers. Pour.TRY-Hens Ac lb; young chickens, 8c B; turkeys, young toms, 7c V U; hens, 8c 2; ducks, Uo tb;. gtwe 4($ 4.20 for choice. Eggs Shippers paying 10c. Butter Grass butter, lKglSc; HONEY 18(S20C. Feathers Prime Geesoi 40c P tbt mixed duck, 20c TR lb. BEESwax 20c for yellow; 15e for dark. Wool Fine merino,, 16c; medium unwashed. 17c; coarse or braid wool, 14($16c; tub-washed, 1323c Detroit. Wheat, 61c. Corn, 2so.2i. 42e. Oats, No. 2 white, 30c. Minneapolis Wheat, 59)c. New SoHt Wheat, No. 2 red, OS&e. Corn. No. 2, 47Xc. Oats, 30c. Lard, $9.00. Butter, Western dairy, 15toL3c; creamery, 17 25c. Wheat, (VJc. Corn, 3$Wc. Oats, 2c, Pork, 112.40. Lard, $3.',U Short-ribs. $7.75. Cattle Prime steer, $4.0u$:.10; others $3.)0(c4.or. Hogs Heavy mixed and packers, 4.frtX4-4.75; prime heavy, fS.()0(5.5; prime liffht, $;.50(ti?5.75; other lights, 4.3Hrt)tUO. vSheop Natives, $2.20 ($4.00; lambs, $3AKX..OX Cincinnati. Wheat, No. 3 nnl, CO:; Com. No. 2 mixed, 42c; Oats, No. 2 white western, 2Uc; Rve, No. 2, 4Dl c; Moss Pork. $14.00; Lard, $$.12; Hulk Meats, $8.50; Hacon, $9,75. Butter, creamery fancy, 22c; Effg, 10c. Cattle, $2.50i4$5.23. HogSt$0.2;V'f)$ti.90. iSLeop $2.jo4.7.". Lambs, $44,00. St. LouW. Wheat. No, 2 ml, M.; Corn, No. 2 mixed, 34,l4 ; Oats, No. 2,2'i.c; Butter, 20c. liutTklo. Cattle, $3.50tff4.S0. Hogs, heavy, $"M"Miii.V75; mixed, $fi.20; light, $7.Ktf$7.10. Sheep, native, $4.00($5.00; Texas, $3.23 Philadelphia. Wheat, No. 2 Ked, U,V,c; Corn. No. 2 Mixed, 4Ul,c; Oats, 32c; butter, creaoiory, 21c; egjjs, 15c, Baltimore, Wheat, No. 2 Ked, Me; Corn, mixed; 47;c; Oats, No. 2. White Western, 3:ic, live, 53Jc; I'ork, $1-3.62; Butter creamery, S5c; EkS 13c.

ISoton has 3,000 Portuguese. Chicago has aeven theological seminaries-China's-Imperial canal is 2,100 miles long. Amsterdam, the capital of Holland, rest on forests of tiles. ?he anchors of the Campania wefh eight oner-half tows each. A neo Congregational efmrch in Washington kos uSS member. Eleetric tramways awd railways ro Europe aggregate about 270 miles. For stealing chickmt idwich a New York man was fined $20- is New Rochelle, N. Y. , on1 Wednesday. Renewed: effort' is- being: made ia Wisconsin to raise money :r a monument to the later Senator Matt H Carpenter. Rome was suppiiecl: fron twentyfour large aqueducts,, which brought 50rtf0f000 cubic feet of ' waJtir daily into the city. Iff men would stand up for their re ligiom like they do for" their politics, how quick the devil would; begin W run. Ram's Horn. A Brooklyn thief was- betrayed by his buttons, two of which he left in the fanlight of a hrwixse he roobed a few datro ago. Cowboys in the town of Three Rivers,. Mich., are upto dafce; if not a little-bevond. Manvof them havediscarded horses for bieycios in herding catbLe. It takes seven davs after death, according to Siamese belief,- :for thenoul to ireue h heaven, and; prayers are kept, up during that period) to tielp it on its way. Two ddrcrorce suits in one 'day by two men against the same woman wa a peculiar case that wabrought t'p for trial in the Pittsburg, courts last week. Taunton r Mass., some year ago deeded a site to the UnitedJtatesfor a Federal) building, and having lost patience waiting for the lat'tt'cwaatsfche land hack again. Coal oA was first used av itinllunin 1826. The United States-export of oil in. 188ft exceeded in value $45yUG0.000; Eia the same vear he worM produced. 34T&iO,30t barrels. . A man. who was arrested ibv beg--jjinrin the-streets of Montreal, last week,, claimed that he was a Boston merchant and was remanded for eisfht daythat inquiries mijjhfc be made-concerning him. Some- idiea of the slaughter of elephant cam be secured from the fact that in. Zanzibar alone some 500,000 pounds-o ivory are marketed every season, from the tusks of. teni thousand: elephants. The Ara4& have a superstition that the stork has a human heart. When one of these birds builds its- nest on a housetcp they believe th'e happiness of that household is insnned. for that year. The Probate Court at New Bedford. Mass.T who has jurisdiction over such things, has authorized a young lady to change her name toElla Babbitt. Heretofore it has-been Etta Babbitt. An editor out West who sends. Ms paper ort to "time subscribers"sends a bill each year. When a sec-' nd bill is sent and there iino response he takes it for granted that the subscriber is dead and publishes, an obituary notice in his columns. A New York employe of the Third avenue- elevated road earnfr his living by standing all day at the City Hali terminus and repeating four wordsr ""Bridge to the right." New Yorkers regard him as a nuisance r but to strangers the informatiom he conveys is valuable. An Irish setter dog that for ten rears past has run to every alarm of fire at Maiden. Mass., died lionday, and the hook aud ladder company to which he was attached ami which was attached to hitm inconsolable. Here are the very latest estimates of the five great oceans: Pacific 71,000.000 square railed Attaatie, 85,000,000 square milesy Indian, 28,000.000 square miles; Antarctic, 8.500.000 square miles;. Arctic, -IJiGU,-000 square miles. Special books are a fad this seasonf especially those- for youthful brides. The richest ftvrer for brides prayer-books, which contain only tho marriage service,, are of moire or silk suede, kid, or of white satin, moire or silk corduroy. A number of Australian lady bugs were recently shipped to California on ice. They were kept in cold storage on shipboaird for thirty clays, and arrived well and kicking. They are to be used for destroying insects that prey upoa orange trees. They do not have a long summer vacation at the University of the South, in Sewanee. Tenn., for the reason that it is cool and pleasant up there on the mountains at this season. But in midwinter it is cold and dreary on the hights, and professors and students gladly hie them away for the long vacation into lower and warmer places. The more recently arrived East Side Hebrews in New York, nearly all of whom are doctored at free dispensaries, suffer much from disease of the teeth. The physiciaus explain it upon the theory that these immigrants are now eating, probably for the first time in their lives, bread made from bolted flour, and are deprived of the coarse food that kept their teeth in order when they lived in Europe. The sanitary laws of Moses still save them f:am m$nv serious bodily UR,