E's THE JOKER'S BUDGET. ———ses JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Pleasing a Boy—His Art —A Sordid Suggestion ~Ample Explanation— Meant His Watch, Ete., Ete, ah PLEASING A BOY, Paterfamilias— Have oveles: Dealer-—Yes, sir. Do safoty or the other kind? “*Hum! Let's named beoause it is safe! **Yes, sir.” “*Perteotly safe?” ‘Absolutely, sir." “Then I feel vory sure mv bw will prefer the other kind.” -[Goova News. you boys’ Li you want a soe. Is a safety so HIS ART. Hostess — Ah, Miss Budd, let me in. troduce Signur Barbini, the great artist. Miss Budd (enthusiastically )~—1 am so glad to meet you. What is your specual- ty in drawing? Signor Barbini (of the opera signoriana; crowds. Crowds, UNEASY LIES THE HEAD,” ETC. of society? Why, 1 thought he owned that establishment, ! have noticed him rooming out so often. Bertie—Of course. le goes in daily to have his hat stretched. — Judge. A SORDID SUGGESTION. Since this is leap vear, isn't it Of course the proper thing ; For the young woman in the case To purchasa her own ring? ~{ Washington Star. AMPLE EXPLANATION. She (in affright)—Oh, Tom, why do you make such awful faces at me? He contritely)—I can’t help it, dear. Mv eyeglasses are falling oft and I don't want to let go of your hands. —{Judge. MEANT HIS WATCH. Olivia —Say, Lily, I saw Fred Hardup going into a pawnbroker's Whatever could he be doing there? Lily Oh, 1 don't know passinz time awav, may be! his AN INVARIABLE SETTLER You don’t call ieany more? Has What's that? regularly on Miss Sweet she rejected you? Jack (sadly No: I didn't No use {reorge- Jack One nicht 1 pretended to admire one of her rings and hitched up a trifle closer to more closely. you know. reorge reflectively Y-o-5, 1 know Jack —Well. she took it off and handed it to me Judge. i reorge DTODOSE it i £. Sure? Sure as shooting examine it SOTHISO MADE FOR XO iiIsa Every part of even the smallest ani. mal’s structure him. Otherwise it never would have been developed : “‘Can you tell me. my friend,” said an elderly gentleman to the keeper of menagerie, “what the hump on that ani. mal’s back is for? “What s it for*” “Yes. Of what value is it? “Well, it's lots of wouldn't be no good “Why not?” “Why not? ‘ud pay to see a camel widout any hump On, do ver? . is or has heen of use to the value De ex widout it. Yedon't suppose people TIME TO UNDERKRTAND HER. Jones (who has quarrelled with his sweetheart, Cora’ Bellowsi— And shall this parting be forever, Miss Bellows? Cora Bellows (Of course it shall we over quarrelled? It looks like yeu ought to understand me by this time. MUCH ort OF LITTLE. “Shallow is a man of rather small cali. bre, isn't ho?" * “His wife makes mach of him “It's surprising where she get's material to do so. the HAPPILY DESCRIBED. “What a stir Belle and her young man are making down stairs,” said Mrs Brown, as the sounds of laughter came floating up from below at a late hour. “A stir!” said Mr. Brown. ‘‘That's very natural. They're having a spoon.” SURE ENOUGH. Oh. my!” exclaimed Miss Passe, with a little scream of delight, ‘here's an ad- vertisement in the paper which says, ‘Wives wanted.” “What's that to us?” said Miss May Ture, “We're not wives.” HE WAR A NOVICE. Benefactor Are too weak work? Tramp (indignantly Benefactor tired to work? Tramp don’t know, it to find out. WILLING TO CHIP IN. y ou I never triad Old Bagley You couldn't support my daughter, sir. 1 can hardly do it my. sell. Young Braco-Possibly not; but every little helps. AWAY OUT OF THE DIFFICULTY. “I haven't seen your wife out lately, Mr. Goodheart?" *No. She keeps at home these days.” “Is she ailing?’ “No. The fact of the matter ia, | took her home two of the handsomest bonnets I could find in town, ml said she might make a choice of either and | would buy it for her. She has been busy night aod day ever since trying to make a choice, und was still as undecid. od as ever when | loft this morning.” “You should help her out of her di- ma. “How can I?" “Why, take one of them awsy from her and carry it back to the wstors, t'll be the oue she'll went.” {New York Press. i REA SICK. Thay waca in lava, their petonts op * osod the match, and, by a enrinus co: iticidence, they were sent abroad ia the samo ship. “And held each other's hands all the way?" 3 “No; heads.” pins't pounr, Jako —RBeliove mo, darling. t+ am sin- cere when I tell you vou are the prettiest und sweetest girl I aver saw. Cora (quickly )—Oh, 1 know you are. WOMAN'S TALK. When vou find two Women conversing to-day With earnestness, if not afraid say, “And how are you having it made?” New York Press. NO COMVORT THERE. Mad Subscriber--My name's Smith, sir! Editor (coolly —Yes; I've heard it be- fore. "Three Smiths hung for horse steal- | ing in 1860. ‘ Mad Subssriber--You're a liar, sir! All my family died in their beds! Editor-—Ah! 1 see. Shot ‘em 'fore they had a chance to escape!—|Atlanta | Constitution. HORRORS ON HORROR'S HEAD. Aley (much agitated (Giwacious! Have vou heard that the trouble between Caneby and Checkerton has resulted ina duel? Jack — Mercy, no! } Algy--Yaas; vou should have { them face each othaw, pale but intwepid | Lots were dwawn, and Caneby, poor old sarn follaw, must wear a turn-down collaw for the next six months! | Harper's Bazar. i i | i MAKE AND LET. i | Mabel was sitting on the floor playing | with her doll, when her aunt said fo her: { “Mabel, put down your doll and come and shell these peas.” | “Oh, auntie,” answered Mabel, “vou { make me do everything and won't let me | do goything! i Philadelphia Times. POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES. To Cur Grass wir CaeMicans.—To | cut glass with chemicals all that is nec. essary is to draw a line across it with a | quill pen dipped in a strong alcoholic solution of corrosive sublimate. After drying draw the same line with the pen dipped in nitric acid. Prorosrarnixe A River Beo.—An in. strument has been invented in Germany by which the pr ver bed may be taken automatically with sufficient accuracy A curved arn rests on the bottom of the river, LL} iie of an an means ofl a i. by recording mechanism, the depth is auto matically and precisely regulated on a revolving drum Tug Sux's Dieser Rays ance of having the direct in health resorts wus recently made the subject of an address, in which it was stated that only those cli in auring fo The import- rays of the sun nteresting mates where even a delicate person « sit or lie for several hours a day winter, basking be recommended it most complaints Hyeres and have ad vantage 8, for example, over other neigh. boring places, be ause these are so wel. i sheltered from the northwest wind, which is the scourge of the Rhone Valley. A Fury -Peort series of r M appears in the sunshine, are fe Mentone great ' misiral or Eanrn hes and From =a calculations by ED ae that tho over-population of ence may be nearer nt hand than most of us have supposed to be possible The present po ulation, 1.467 000. 0X6 indi viduals, is distributed over the continents | and islands, exclusive of polar regions {in the proportion of 31 inhabitants to the English square mile. Dividing the entire land surface. 46.350.000 square | miles, into three sections, this author | finds thet fertile lands occupy, in round numbers, 28.000066) square miles, steppes 11,000,000, and deserts 4,000,. {00K He estimates that the maximum number of person that can be supported throughout the per square mile on the fertile lands, 10 { on the steppes, and | per square mile on the deserts. The present average india is 175. for China 205, for Japan 264. I'he investigator concludes that the greatest number of persons the land ‘surface can sastain is O00 00000 The total increase in population is now {8 per ceat. per decade—being B.7 in { Europe, 6 in Asia, 10 in Afriea, 50 in {| Australian and in North | Ameriea, and 15 in South America-—and at that rate the carth will have acquired all the inhabitants it can maintain in about 18) vears, or in 2072. Quite curiously, this date is about that fixed {by geologists for the eshaustion of { Great Britain's coal supply . respective regions is 207 Ww Oceanica, 20 Potatoes Growing Like Pease. Wellbaugh and Chemung, in their ex- | plorations of the Colombian Andes, have | discovered a species of potato the vines of which were covered with wall de. | veloped tubers growing in the open air like pease or tomatoes. Each potato is protected by a thin filmi or membrane, not unlike that which enielopes the { “ground cherry.” They do not grow in space in which to thoroughly mature. The natives say that during the dry sea son the membrane surrounding each po- | toto is filled with water, which in a mea- sure protects it from the rays of the son. «| ®t, Louis Republic. I————— EE a A Simple Cave, Em For a rush of blood to the bead try to et somo of it down to the fest. Even {in sitting vou can use the same device as that which prevents cold feet in a church or horse car; rest ihe weight of the leg on the toe of eaci foot. Make as though you ware ebout to walk on tipton. This diverts the blood from an ew minutes. Perhaps the resolution to send the blood to the toes has something to do with it. as well as the attitude. — [Desroit Free Prose. CENTRAL PARK SQUIRRELS. ——— The Birds’ Nests Are Few on Ac count of the Gray Nuterackers. Central Park is the great squirrel center of the country, Probably more of the little rodents are found to the square acre in this public pleas ure-ground than in their most favor ite haunts among the wild nut groves, says a writer in Harper's Weekly, Their exact number has never beep accurately ascertained, but irregulm attempts to take their census have The gray squirrel colony increase: rapidly every year. So tame and lively do they become in early spring when hunting for food that they will often approach visitors to the park, and almost beg for food, Ifa nut i: thrown to then, they will approach within half a dozen feet to get it, und | then run away to some tree to nibble | it. During their breeding season they | are very wary and shy. They seldom approach their nests directly, but run up neighboring trees, and jump from branch to branch until they have! { ut are ol | to stich all tines pedestrians, able | go 1un about, the Park ix full of smal tamilies wandering over the fields wv fearch of nuts, At one time the common gray squir asiery States that they were considered # scourge by the farmers; and heavy premiums were offered for their de struction, They destroyed grair crops as well as fruit orchards; but | gunners aad sportsmen have long! that mntics great interest any woods, It 1s doubtful if many couls breed in the park to the presence of so many squirrels, for the rodents are passionately fond of egus They will not only cat the eggs io the | birds owlug birds im pe wale themselves, for Although the making a brood wu park u strange fact that comparatively few | of them nest there, although thes | would not be disturbed by the people who visit the place. Its very prob. | ube that there is sone eonnectiw between the presence of the gray squirrels iu the park and the noted absence of many birds’ nests The gray squirrels are in their nat ural haunts in this central portion of the city, Long before the park laid out, this whole upper of Manhattan Island the hone anda resort of the squl is and birds They i Ly the hunters, 1 numbers i this way were kep When the Purk was laid out, : old « remained in it. and Hoally the grew the piace so that tid not retreat further north were then hemmed in on every put as protection exten them by the Park Board thelr bers rupidiy ased, until the colony the country The ro ) : park, and ie presence is Wis sear tion Was sl hen were disturbed stil UPC City thoy They around ond Wiis shen 1% abou? flit i « HAQItIons th al They give al even in $ ' A great 108s 1 ways Ww interest winter, and it have then sacritl on mia judice: The White Wax of China, One of the most curious prodacts of China is insect wax, of which pounds, worth $160.00) in gold, werd shipped from Ichang on the Yang tee river in [NSD It is a product of the | western part of the province of Se-Chuen in central China, where the wax flourishes and finds its food most abunagant Early in the spring namer ous brown, pen-shuped scales appear on the bark of the boughs and twigs of the Chinese evergreen tree. They obtain » mass of small animals, like flour, whose movements are almost imperceptible The female wax insects dos olop the scales and deposit their eggs in then and the males excrete the substance known as white wax, which is supposed to be intended by nature to protect the scales. The wax is spread over the shole branch ito the depth of a quarter of wm inch. When the deposit appears to bu complete the branches are cut off and as much of the wax as possible is removed by hand. The rest is secured by beil ing the branches, which destroys the scales and larvae. Tho wax is® put ints boiling water, where it melts, and, rising to the surface, is skimmed off and put inte molds. The white wax is a | substance of great utility in China It meits only at a high temperature and ! is used chiefly to cover condles made of | animal and vegetable tallow to provent | too rapid coiabustion. It is used also as | sizing for paper and cotton goods, 0 glaze for silk, aud a polish for furniture. | Minister Denby and Mr. Hosie, the Brit. | ish consular agent in Se.Chuen, says | that the proportions of this industry aro | enormons. Immense quantities of the wax hiave beon shipped from other ports | of the Yang tse river, and some of it is | sent across the mountains to Canton. | Minister Denby has scen thousands of | 1.539. nse best away in a single room. The introduc. tion of foreign kerosene, which is now used very largely in China, is having a discouraging influence on the gathering The industry, therefore. is not thriving as it did once, and the de. changes which the entrance of foreign- ers into China are making in many branches of native trade. —- [Chicago HARD AY WORK. Mr. Stokes What course are you tak. ing nt college? Charlie rah—Oh, I'm a **Special Student.” Mr. Stokes What studies do you have? Charlie Rahral Baseball and Old Tos. tament History, with three cuts a week on the history. {Puck | Puck. MORGAN, THE PIRATE. DARING EXPLOITS OF THE BOLD BUCCANEER. Crnelty He Ends Peace. His Days Capt. Kidd, Lafitte, and the mysteri- ous individual known as Blackbeard, nave stamped themselves and the stories of their piracies indelibly on the public mind, but by some curious chance, a shadow of oblivion seems to have fallen on the memory of avother whose deeds of blood and daring muke a story wore like the extravaganza of a sensational novelist than a narrative of cold terr ble facts. This was Henry Morgan. The traveler who visits Panama and, stumbling over masses of tropical vege. tation, wanders through forests so dense as to preclude the sunshine from year's heap of grown stones, which are all that remain of a eity which for, lux- urintce and ostentation hus no equal in the world of to-day, and which Morgan. with his horde ot buccaneers. destroyed in utter wantonness after glutting it of moss I'hi a respectable Welsh ing the ifs 1 inwioss the son of farmer, but, find. unendurable to restless, ran io in common for Barbadoes and afterwards Jamaica, where he Juined the crew of a pirate vessel He sordid and brutal character, seifieh nnd scheming, 1 3.1 8 remarkable man wns his nature, he nwa sen sntlor wns ol no without a spark of the generosity which sometimes the abandoned na. ture of other frecbootors, but withal brave and masterful that he soon wor the confidence of tho outluws with whom and who selected him relieved hie wus associated He soon became famous in the Bay of Campeche, and joined Mansfield, an old and msking several valuable captures he at the head of on fleet twelve ves. sels manned by 700 men. With a most unique in outlaws vented his followers from wasting promising to lead them into far their wildest After capturing Porto Bello, wealth of old Panama exeited his greed, and he proposed to pany to capture it, but the bravest and i aghnst the confidence, however, that he inspired, £ apiain Duaocnniver, Was soon 0s 0 pre their spoils, enterprises magziniangs the reputed beyond his com. most reckless paused Nuch was that they were soon won to his and he advanced uy the with an iol tr lute views on proud men i Whose desperats image ils . ~™ inrtincation 1 avail nothing OUR BOTs ail unawa { y 3 1 had reached ang of splendor when 1t was Most of the vl , é igh Iv were of danger threat the very he fulfilled cedar, tho the ening erie ght . Douses wera of stone, and numbered thousands I'he churches and BOT bh latter there were 130 wealthy beyond Their fittings, altar para- SOTYICOR Mon , of whi iess than «ight, were computation phe raalia and jewel were mines the superb hospital, fences inhabited the wealthy nrotentious yf treasure and famous all aver wis Af stately resi others REET ana ORR for wore al +8 i t font or 4 Ph . el 2 treasure over the myved way to Porio Bello on the Atlan. ¢, there to : GuYeYIinr the King it on the king's ~ I'he surround. ded into fertile fields and everything taste and unlim- at the feet Spaniards The natis their slaves, and ss pearls from the islands from the TORSCLN, pain and magni ' that usury, ited power could » of the haugl of the country Yor broaght pricel: of the guif mines of Darien. Such was Old Panama when the news of the {ail of Porte Bello reached it, but the ernor of the rity could not credit the astonishing fact, and it wax not until after r arrived, giving fearfu! accounts of prac: Ts fastidious IRE al wos EE . if. and untold wealth {2003 courier couris the cruelties ticed by the buccancers, who actually tortured the miserable inhabitants to make them give up their hidden treasures that he begun to tremble for himself Encouraged to join him, and his force ns he advanced on Old Paosama was 1,200 strong. Un. daunted by numbericss ambuscades and the fact that he ooald obtain little or no provisions, he pushed on to his g and though the Spaniards fought with maddened courage, carried the town ina couple of hours in some respects these captures are unparalleled in history. The Spaniards onl, provisions in Morgan's path, the bne- cancers were glad to make a mesi some leathor bags found at a deserted station, and on reaching a valley where cattle and horses were found grazing, rushed upon them, and hackirg the still breathing animals. devoured their flesh quivering and bloody During the con- teat itself at Porto Bello, Morgan com. pelied his prisoners to place scaling lad. dere on the walls. Priests and nuns were forced to do this, Morgan believing that the Spaniards would spare them, and that under such cover his won could advance, but the governor consulted only his official duty, and the Yor friars and nuns were Eilled without mercy. The oY. ernor himself died whilelfighting in the presence of his wife and daughters. At Panama a number of Indian allies on herd of wild ballsto be driven among thy ranks of buccaneers and which were ox pected to throw them into disorder. But oven this extraordinary arm of war failed, for the bulls took fright at the tumult and ran away. In addition to the capture of these cities, Morgan sent a force of 400 men to nttack the castle of Chagre, which was carried by firing the powder magazine, which blew up past of the defenses. The manner in which this was done was not a little Sioftint: A bucoancer was pierced through by an arrow fron the fort. He drow it forth from the wound, wrap cotton about it, and shot it from his musket into the castle, where it set fire to the palm loaf roofs of some sheds, which in turn fired the powder. While plundering the land Morgan did uot mesiact ‘ho sea, oF (eptiansd ils piracies, and suffered no vescel to escape destruction or the payment of a heavy ransom. His cruelties as practiced on the conquered Spaniards were too horri- ble to be dwelt on, even women and young children falling viciims to his raze when no ransom was forthcoming, while religious subjects and inflaence the inhabitants in their re With the division of the spoils came dissensions in the ranks of the bucea. neers, and so great was the feeling approvriated the lion s share, with three vessels commanded and munned by only those in whom he had confidence. With his ill-gotten gains he secured the favor of Charles 11,, who be- stowed on him the honor of knighthood and the apj ointment of Deputy Gover nor of Jamaica. On the accession of James 11. he was denounced by some of his companions, got him from office and committ d for a time to prison in England. He wus too rich, however, to remain long in disgrace, and ufter some yours wus declared innocent of the charges-—piracy and treasson—preferrod against him leturning to Jamaica he married there, and in said by former remoy ed history 1« have ended his duys in peace about the year 1690, though a tradition is still extant in the country that he was smit ten with paralysis in his lower limbs when Lis wife, 10 whom he was passion. ately devoted, sarved him slowly te death. re LELIABLE RECIPES. Pus Boil chick much broth or chicken ns desired, and season well with pepper, salt, butter and milk. Line the sides of a dish or pan with dough, a little richer than biscuit dough. Now put the chicken soup in the dish or pan, with a fow bits of the dough and a sprinkling flour. Cover with dough and bake till nice and brown. Veal or mutton may be used instead of chicken. Vota {ors spoil the flavor of the pie. n till tender. soup with the Crickrx Leave as of Srewen Porarors two quarts of three aUnees spoonful of -For six people uae thin-sliced raw potatoes fat ball a tea grated half a tea. pepper, and one even tea anit 5 de 4 P r 1d i dish tnat can be on the Have the | cut in thin spread about one d of i ne bot. of the dish. ot and juart of the sprinkle hen put in wrinkle f the salt and of bacon, Onin. spoonful of spoonful of se table, slices, and fom this ONION OF then sliced potat of the 8 half the over them the anit the and po i A » an i » remainder or Lay the remai on the prtatoes and moisten the whole with four tablespoonfuls of water. the dish Is id put in a moderately Bake for half an hour; at the end of that time take off the Cover and cook for twenty longer top slice of bacon should The i he and brown at the end of that rest of DODD ad i | baie on Ing Cover closely, bot oven. minutes « risp time, Sanavous Porarors 1? wanted for a i thom the er 1o Always I his and i: allow. certain meal, pare and slice day before, using a cucumber sli get them as thin as a wafer select nice, smooth, large soive a bit of in into this put the sliced potatoes cold wator, potatoes ing them to remain there all In the morning wash off the potatoes lp oold water and dry with a towel or nav kins When dried, put on a kettle af lard, and allow it to get holter than for fried cakes Drop in the potatoes, a few slices at a time. They will puff up light and turn brown very quickly. Do not let them get beyond a rich golden brown, as they are apt to be bitter. Drain out with a wire spoon and place in a colander, sprinkling salt upon them, Remove them to a large iron bread pan, lined an | covered with thick brown pa wer, and place it in the oven to dry. Vhen dried, take out and place lightly in clean paper bags, tie up, and use, when wanted, cold aigm night. How Silver Ore Looks, Silver, as it is ordinarily found in na- ture, is not prety to look at. nor has it any glitter. The rich oe from the Big Bonanza i= of a bluish-gray eolor and lustreless. There 1s plenty of glitter to be seen in the silver caverns, but it is the iron or copper pyrites mingled with the prociows metal that shines with brill. iant crystals, The great silver deposits those of were all dis. covered by nccident. Diego Hualea, in the vear 1545, found the wonderful mine of Potosi in Peru, while climbing up the face of a steep mountain in pursuit of a wild goat. He took hold of a bush which The celebrated Comstock Lode, richest of all silver mines, was a chance find. In the summer of 1868, Peter O'Riley and Pat MeLaughlin were located at Gold Hill, Nevada. They were working for gold, and were in sand luck. Need. ing water for their rockers. they dug a hole four feet deep, and cameo upon an outcropping »f the marvellous lode. It was a bed of black sulphide of silver. The men did not know what it was, but tried it for gold. Silvor has one use that is very littie known. Nearly all good wirrors are backed with it, and not with mercury, as generally supposed. Be. fore it is put on, the glass has to be cleaned with the utmost care. Every. thing depends on that, because if it is not perfectly clean, the metal will flake off. Finally the glass is laid, with its back down, in a bath of nitrate of silver to which rochelle-salts are added, caus. ing it to deposit a fil; of chemically pure metal all over the surface. Har pers Young People. ou a LA A A mushroom described by 2 Browns ville, Tex. , sprung up in a single night and do antio er tions. A physician aud an Alderman measured it nnd declared it to be inches in giroumference and to weigh 14 One of the most beautiful of Patti’ | posseasions, which she showed to severa of hor friends during her recent visit to Uineion sti, is her watch. Its size iz not { larger than a ten-cent piece. It is com- pletely studded with diamonds, so that | the case is ons muss of brilliant, spark. ling gems. Experts value it at not less | than 31,000, It is a foreign, open-faced, i stem-windinr watch. Tuwrr is no European country in which women clerks are more emploved than in France. Indeed, it is rare to nter on Fren bh shop snd find a man serving as an accoun.ant. Bookkeepers wre paid from £40 to £120 a year, ond sccountants much the same, In the ommercial houses, where the women lerks are also employed, they often have an interest in the business. Tux British Government spends about $2,865,000 annually in sopporting the royal family. Of this sum Queen Vic orin receives $1,425,000; the 'rince and Princess of Wales £250,000; their children together, $180,000; the Duke of Edin. burgh and the Duke Connaught £125,000 each; the daughters, Princesses Christian, louise, Bestrice and the Duchess of Albany $30,000 each. ol Tux public schools in Deming, N. M., liad to joiant sand storm P vidents like that (Roe be closed recently because sa sailed. Little indicate the incon: and Fry in en. distress ve danger. not f nsly { smprehended by Eastern dwellers, pruned by the § ai Wimity : mininture simoons in the dry, sandy prairie and the bot-plain dis "tricts of the West, I suddenly, the sky is darkened as by a thunder storm, everything is enveloped in whirl sand, and secing is impossible. The worst lasts usually, but for irurs the sand is wisked about in s most } The storms come up a dlinding of fine for a few munutes only listressing manner, which was Tur a originally vised for the purpose of impros ing the ventil and sanitation the huge apartment and tenement houses, in New York, where scores and even hundreds of ir-shatt, ttn of families are gathered together under one roof, is gradually being diverted from its wriginal of remaining an f health and life, it is becom destruction. It is by ing the place of po'son razors The 3 finye use. [ustead nstrument ing an legre on and pistols as a meane of suicide number of men and sought the th houses women who nose of death by hurling the i they resided is becoming meeives the nir-shaft of ifn wh alarming. Fug disastrous upon shipping ihe storms that have been »o frequent he British coasts, inusual violenc~, have sug Daily means between Many and plans have been submitted but weeks have still to slap fore the various proposals will to the three ishing communi a stranded ship and the shore sketches ready, a fow i we be be submitted judges, one of whom is an Admiral in the roval na in the mean time pportunity here Yankee ingenuity which is gener. whol world, and Is an exces ior enter the competition weiy open fo the pornans {o enpt ire % he prize Mone has been done in irrigation in U Stale or the way of alifornia than in anv other Perritory. That does pay can be no question. Large areas in their arid condition, or more than from 81 to 85 been made in the highest legree productive, and are worth to-day from $200 to $1,000 per acre. Fi bures dearly that irrigation has added millions upon millions of dollars to the In some cases it thor could not an sere show lund valne of California. ibere are complete waterworks establish- men's, owned by corporations, whick, by litches and conduits, supply water to the surrounding region at an average cost of only from £1.25 to 81.50 each acre per vear. For orchards, vineyards and grain innds this is vot a great cost. Irrigation s making thousands of men rich. As nearly as can be ascertained, the irrig- {ated lands of California comprise three nd one-half million acres. Irrigation line cost $20,000,000, but it has increased the value of the land $500.000,000, per. haps twice that, Tux superintendent of the [nited States census has sent to press a balletin on artesian wells for irrigation, prepared {by Mr. F. H. Newell, special agent in charge of statistics of irrigation. The total number of artesian wells on farms in June, 1830, in the states and territories forming the western half of the United States numbered 8,007, representing sa estimated aggregate investment of §1,- 8S. 461. Of that number 3.990 are em- i ployed in irmgation. The average depth per well is 210.41 feet, the average cost per well is $245.08, the total discharge of water per minute is 440,719 gallons, or D4.43 gallons per well, per mioute, the average area irrigated per well is 13.02 acres, and the average cost of water per acreirrigated is $1882. Over | one-half of these wells are in the state of ( California, where 38.378 acres of agri. { cultural land were irrigated by artesian water. Utah stands second in the num. ber of artesian wells used for irrigation | purposes, and Colorado in the area of k thus irrigated. | Ir 1s well known that the United States | are fast crowding Switzerland out of the { watch market, and there is no part of | the world, no matter how remote, where ! the tick of the American watch cannot i be heard. To-day American factories turn out 35,000 watches a week. Almost the only time -pieces imported are re. peatars, stop-watches, and those havi special movements which bring a high price. Comparatively few koy winders are now manufactured in this country, the stem. winder being easily the favorite watch. The farming population in some | parts of the country, however, still sticks to the style. The size of watches has diminis and only in the West ean the big watches of our fathers be sold. A leading dealer was asked the other day if there was a watch trust. “No” he said, “only a be. twoen the larger ¢ meerns to maintain prices. There would not be so watches made or such rainous plone | tion if there was @ trust, as the word is understood.” Lg ma
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