THE IMME DOCTOR.
Sunlight has an important beating
upon health. Introduce it freely into
tho house, and particularly into your
sleeping rooms.
Never omit regular bathing; for un
less tho skin is iu an activo condition
tho cold will oloso the poros and favor
congestion and other diseases.— Dr.
Foote'e Health Monthly,
Tannic acid will stop bleeding at tho
nose. Take a pinch of tho powder and
snuff it up the nostril. It is an astrin
gent, and,a* it lodges in tho throat, will
provont blooding from the baok of tho
nose.
Broad cf nnboltod whoat flour is, for
making superior bono and musel© to
tho growing child, far preferable to
bolted flour, and oatmeal is fully equal,
if not superior to it.
The New Fork Elevated Roads.
But few persons who have not been
in New York since tho construction of
the elevated roads and witnessed their
equipments and operations can have
any adequate idea of theextentof them,
and of the people, machinery and ap
purtenances required in working them.
A recent inventory discloses the fact
that there aro 2t miles of roadway, 161
stations, 203 engines and 012 ears, while
3,480 trains a day are run. There are
3,274 men employed on these roads, 309
of whom are engineers, 258 ticket
agents, 231 conductors, 308 firemen,
395 guards or brakomen, 347
gatemen, % road inspectors, 106
porters, 33 carpenters, 27 painters, 69
car-inspectors, 140 car-cleaners, lOlamp
men, and 470 blacksmiths, boiler
makers and other mechanics employed
on the structure and iu the shops. Most
of tho ticket-agents are telegraph opera
tors, thero are 13 other operators
employed. There are four.double-track
lines in operation. The aggregate
daily receipts vary from 814,000 to 818,-
000 ; and as mauy as 274,623 passengers
have been carried in one day.f Engineers
are paid from 83 to 83.50 per day ;
ticket-agents 81.75 to 82.25; conductors,
31.1K> to 82.50; firemen, 8190 to 82;
guards or brakomen, 81.50 to 81-65 ; and
gatemen, $1.20 to 81.50. Tho above
items do not include machinists and
other employes in the workshops, or the
general officers, clerks, etc. One of
the elevated railroad companies owns a
curiosity shop of articles lost or left on
their trains. There aro 1,000 umbrellas
and half as many canes ; shelves filled
with shop parcels ; children's school
books; laborers' tools and dinner pails;
novels; a handsome new Bible; lnneh
baskets; black bottles; twp large !>askets
full of pocket-books, mostly women's
on their way home from shopping, and
consequently little in them; bushels of
traveling bags; a big bass drum; a rab
bit and a poodle clofl. Oae woman who
recovered a casket of jewels not only
did not give any reward, but did not
even say " thank you " on recovering
them. Umbrellas are generally left
behind in the latter part of a day that
began raining and cleared up in the
afternoon.
Two Love Letters.
A middle-aged lady, who lives in
Chicago, has two love letters, faded but
ardent, which are not without a certain
interest of their own. The strong
man's hand that penned these tender
effusions does not now support the
gentle being who has preserved them
all these years. But whether he was a
rejected suitor, or whether her whit
ening ringlets rest upon the bosom of
one more favored, or whether she be
maid or widow, is not disclosed by the
brief paragraph which tells of
the existence of the letters in
question. Perhaps the lovers quar
reled, as lovers will, and
parted to meet no more until one or
both had made other arrangements.
Perhaps there was a stem papa, a heart
less mamma, a maneuvering elder sister,
a blundering big brother, poverty,
separation, hopeless ill health. Who
knows ? Perhaps the lady has often
regTetted. Perhaps the gentleman yet
goes to sleep dreaming of the lady,
On the other hand, when she saw him
driven from a little place he had
earned by hard, and not very edify
ing work, as nnfit to hold it—when
she heard him described as a bad man
by friends and foes—she may have
blessed her stars that she made so
lucky an escape. Much things do hap
pen; or mayhap when his fortunes were
darkest she yearned most to be by his
side, to strengthen and to cheer his
heart, to show what a true and loving
woman can do when a man is down.
Heigh-ho I It is certain this lady has
the letters and that the values them.
And well she may, dear heart I for the
name at the bottom of them ia no less
than that of Gbcator A. Arthur, Presi
dent of the United Htates snd com
mander-in-chief of the armies and
navies thereof \—Lo"intlU Courier-Jour
nal. __________
It is ealcolated tho daily papers of
the United States iasno 1,091,200,000
copies yearly, and the other periodicals
bring the total np to 2,000,000,000
copies per annum.
LA 111 EM' DEPARTMENT,
IIPAIU.
Aft, r birds, head* are the mania of
the hoar. Not only jet bogles and
beads, nets and fringes, appear as per
(•intently as if they were never seen
I before, bnt beads of garnets, sapphire,
omormld and topaz of iridosoent sheen,
j are used with prodigal extravagance.
Garlands of flowers worked in beads
representing their natural colors are a
costly novelty for adorning satin and
velvet surfaces. At the opera, one sees
low bodices completely covered with
sparkling black or white beads, and a
sleeveless jersey of pale-colored irides
cent beads haR also been exhibited,
i Belts covered with beads are being
superseded by belts set with jewels liko
the famous one Eugonio wore at the
i oourt balls daring the second empire,
and that recently asanmod by the
! queen of Italy at Vienna. For dancing,
' this stylo of belt or corselet suggests
| manifold objections and in general
I effect there is always an association
with the glories of spectacular drama.
Hodrigues, who bus made a specialty of
; bodice, covered with multi-colored
beads to wi ar with any toilet, demands
a thousand francs for one of her glitter
ing cuirasses. Forty and fifty dollars a
yard aro prices commonly uHked in
Broadway shops for passementeries in
colored beads reproducing old Roman,
Byzantine and Coltio traceries. All
this we have but to imagine cheaply
imitatod, as even now it begins to be,
and the downfall of these extravagant
fancies will not bo slow to follow.— New
! York Art Amateur.
| ——
Nrw nntl Noir* for U'omrn.
A Boston lady stuffs dead pet cats,
and is making money at it.
A Kentucky married woman is only
fifteen years old and measures six feet
five inches in height.
Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was
i 380 years old when she got married.
1 Take courage, ladios.
At least three influential Mexican
statesmen have American wives—Ro
mero, Mariscal and Trevino.
The widow of General Caster has
been painting plaques for a living.
Some of her friends are moving to se
cure some national relief for her neces
sities.
In 187U in Boston 989 women reg
istered and 934 voted ; in 1880, 772
women registered and 083 voted ; in
1881, 748 women registered and 640
voted.
The Macon (Oa.) T<Ugroph thinks
that the women of the Bouth, who for
four years almost clothed an army in
the field, should engage in tho industry
of silk growing.
Thero is no type, says Oeorge Mac-
Donald, so near the highest idea of re
lation to a God as that of a child to
his mother. Her face is Ood, her bo
som nature, her arms aro providence—
all love—to him an nndividod bliss.
Mrs. Hm. K. % andcrbilt has pur
chase! eight acres of land on Long
Island, a few miles from Islip, for the
erection 'of a seaside home for poor
and sick children of New York, to be
carried on under the auspices of Trinity
church.
Miss West, of the British legation,
Miss Allen, of the Hawaiian, Miss Pres
ton, of tho Haytian (but of English
birth), Miss Bartlett, of the Chinese,
Mile. DasNogueiras. of the Portuguese,
and Mllo. Barca, of tho Hpanish lega
; tion, aro all exceedingly attractive
young ladios in Washington society.
In some parts of France tho young
girls who are in want of a husband
pluck a little branch of an apple tree
as they are returning from mass on
Christmas night. This branch they
place_in a bottle full of water hung up
in front of the window of their cham
-1 leT. If one of tho buds burst beforo
| Easter the girl may b© snro that she
j will be married before the end of tho
j year. This is called a Paqnos flcurie.
* Yrh Fashion Voles.
Cloth shoes are fashionable for ladios.
Black lace evening dresses are fash
ionable.
Parasols must match the dressos next
summer.
Dancing-slippers are of the samo color
as the drees.
Laoe ribbons appear in the spring
importations.
Guipuro laoe is being revived by
French milliners.
Pansy patterns are tho novelty in
j>oint Aurillac lace.
Good grades of carpeting are com
posed largely of jute.
Greek and medieval costumes aro
appearing at reoeptions.
Embroidered black-net fichus are ex
hibited with new neok-wear.
Sarlet worn in large masses, it is
said, tends to hide wrinkles.
Turbans composed of beetles' wings
are among novelties in millinery,
The newest paper lamp-shades are
hoxagonal and aro made up on a frame.
Popular stones in jewelry are the
(at's-eye, olive tourmalines ana white
epsts.
A favorite corsage with young ladies
is the Marguerite, with round, half low
neck.
Funcifnl evening wraps are furnished
with perfumed powder inside the
lining.
Three piece-suits are talked about
for gingham and cambric dresses this
summer,
Berving green tea clear, with] lump
augur and slicos of lemon, has become
fashionable.
Bridal veils are of Kpanish lace or
Duchess lace in many instances, in
stead of illusion.
Among now patterns appear w'aists
{minted in front, round at the back and
long on the hips.
The most decorative stone, as well as
the most fashionable at the present
time, is the ruby.
Neckerchiefs of gray orcream-oolorod
washing silk, embroiderod all over in
tiny silk polka dots, and finished with
a flvo-inch rufllo of Oriental lace, are
novel and dainty.
Bhort velvet skirts, with bodice and
panniers of some soft self-colored Eng
lish woolen textile, with pelerine and
deep cuffs of velvet, will bo a fashion
able spring walking costume.
" Looking-glass " beads are seen upon
somo of Worth's latest creations, both
in fringes and embroideries, especially
on white toilets, lending that touch of
color or oontrast rather that purely
white drosses are apt to lack.
Indian, Paisley and other handsome
shawls are made into Portia and Mother
Hubbard cloaks and visiles for spring
wear. They are lined inside with
colored satin or surah silk, and finished
with a bordering of chsnille fringe in
deep oriental colors.
The Editor and Ills Work.
The following is from the Rev.
Henry W. Foote's remarks at the fune
ral of Editor Goddard, of the Boston
AJvrrtitcr:
Think for a moment what it is which
is demanded of him who stands in such
a post of dutyl Like the pilot, his
hand always on the helm, he watches
the atmospheric current of opinion and
feeling and the tides of events as tbey
all affect the public good. An unrest
ing fidelity holds him constant to the
most exacting form of professional
duty, with little respite for health, and
none for pleasure. It is for him to
gusrd against the schemers who seek
to gain the public ear, to protect the
ignorant and the innocent, to lift
journalism from tho function of a mere
gatherer of news, which tends to make
the world a vast whispering gallery, in
\ which the monstrous and distorted
echoes of countless matters which had
licst sleep in oblivion reverberate, to
that of a wise snd just organ of public
opinion, giving clearness and balance
to the genefel mind, on the
one hand, and on the other, speak
ing the general mind of the weightiest
I part of the community with a force and
j character that make it heard and heeded
j in the councils of the nation. To do
such a work at all demands rare gifts rf
: intellect and culture, of courage and
tact. To do it worthily demands how
much of truth and of wisdom, bravery
to flght a wrong, insight to sen the path
of practicable dnty, gentleness in dew
ing with opponents, magnanimity in
judging motives, the absolute elimina
tion of personal and selfish considera
tions ; alwive all, a self-abnegation— a
merging of self in the truth and duty
1 which is the very spirit of the disciple
| of Him who is truth itself, who hath
said: "ne that loseth his life for my
i sake shall And it." It is his to see men
i of less gifts, less training, less expon
once, less capacity for public service,
rise to eminence by his help, while he
remains unseen, a power rather than a
, person, pouring his life into tho olian
! ncls of pnblic service ami losing it nt
-1 terly, to find it again, donbtleas, as the
Master promised, in the know bilge
which must surely come some day,
somewhere, that the world is the better
i thereby.
Frightened Into Lunacy.
A recent occurrence in Yonngetown,
Ohio, has given a fearfnl warning to
tho pestilent trilie of practical jokers.
A young man named Ilenrv Waters,
somewhat prone to superstition, and of
a rather timorous nature, had boon in
the habit of keeping a pistol at the
head of hia bed where he conld reach
it npon the slightest warning. For the
purpose of enjoying an exhibition of
his terror a party of young men secret
ly drew the bnllets from the cartridges,
leaving the powder nndistnrlied, and
one of them, wrapped in a sheet, en
tered his room at midnight, while the
rest waited near by. He awoke in
great alarm and, after a warning, fired
at the figure. The bullet was thrown
back against the headboard of the bod.
This operation was repeated until the
cartridges had all been discharged, and
then the victim of a practical joke fell
back upon his piUow with a scream.
When the lighta were brought the mis
erable fools found their friend n raving
maniac, and he is likely to remain one
for the reet of hia life.
MOKAI. AM) RELIUIOLH.
True (irfiiitirM.
Ignoring or quickly forgetting per
sonal injuries is characteristic of true
greatness, when meaner natures would
bo kept in unrest by them. The loss of
a man a person is, the more he makes of
an injury or an insult. The more of a
man he Is, the loss he is disturbed by
what others say or do against him
without cause. " The sea remembers
not the vessel's rending keel, but rushes
joyously the ravage to conceal." It is
the tiny streamlet which is kept in a
sputter by a stick thrust into its waters
by a willful boy.
Nlnrrllr.
Whatever limit sinoerity imposes
upon our words, lot us obey, oven if it
bo to silence. But, that its bound* be
not so narrow as this, let ns cherish an
honest interest in peoplo and things
ontsideof our immediate sphere. This
is the great want of all our intercourse,
the only thing that can rescue onr con
versation from the stigma'which at
taches to " small talk." Onr talk is
small because it comes, only from the
lips; it is frothy because it is on the snr
face; it is commonplace, because we do
not care about the things we say—they
are not realities to us. It is not the sub
ject upon which we speak, but the ink-r
--est we take in it which gives flavor to our
words.
Hrllitan* VCMI nn<4 Not**.
A Scotch Baptist church has been or
ganized in Patagonia.
Of the .141 Unitarian churches in this
country, 252 are without pastors or
Rtatod supply.
The Lutherans in this country built
1 11 churches last year, and 605 in the
last four years.
The Presbyterians in Ireland are
thus early making arrangements for the
Pan Presbyterian council which meets
in Belfast in IKB4.
Of the $1,000,000 left the American
board by Deacon Otis, one-quarter has
already been invested in buildings at
their various mission stations.
The total indebtedness reported by
the Methodist churches at the confer
ence of lWtl was 1542,967. It hat
since been reduced to perhaps 8600,000.
There are but ten churches free from
debt.
The population of Toronto, Canada,
numWrs *6,445. The churches can
accommodate 49,860 persons, and the
attendance on a recent Sunday showed
38,796, or a percentage of worshipers of
44 92.
It is reported in Japan that the gov
ernment is al>ont to re-establish Hhin
toism as the religion of the state, and
to combat by all possible means Bud
dhism and the progress made by Chris
tianity.
The English Congregational Year
Book for I*B2 state* that there are
4,397 churches of the order in Great
Britain and *99 mission stations. Be
sides these, there are numerous
church*-* under the care of the London
Missionary society in heathen lands,
where there are 92,474 members and
843,708 adherents. The number of
churches in London is 250, besidm 127
mission rooms.
A Relic Hunter Caught.
Inferring to mistaken idea* about
relic* recall* the story in a German
! paper al>ont a certain profossor, which
; is a parallel of the Bill Htump* adven.
tnroof Pickwick. A German antiquary
made the delightful discovery that a
stone placed ore? a stable door bore the
, inscription 1081. "1 mnat hare this in
my collection,coat what it may," thought
the savant. Calling a tenant farmer,
who waa the proprietor, the profm
sor aaid to him eagerly : " Did you not
obtain this atone from the castle ruin
on the hill yonder f "It may be that
:ny grandfather fetched it tbenoe when
he built the statin," was the reply. The
antiquary then asked what he would
take for the stone. " Mince you ap
pear to have a fancy for it," said the
farmer, "give me forty guilders and I
will bring it to your house." " Rather
a large sum," said the professor; " but
bring it to my residence and you shall
lure the money."
When in due course the farmer
brought the stone upon a truck, the
rcalons antiqnarr turned it orer to re
fresh his eyea with the sight of its ven
erable chronological inscription, not
without anxiety that it might hare been
damaged in its removal. "Why," he
exclaimed, " what is this 1 This is not
the right stone. On the stone I bought
from you was the dale 1081, while this
bears the very modern date 1801, which
proves that the other waa exactly 730
yean older than this." "Do not trou
ble about that," said the peasant. "The
masons, yon see, sir, turned the stone
upside down when they est it in the
doorway, because it fitted better that
way. You can turn it whichever way
you like, but, of oourse, I must have
the money agreed upon." The pro
fessor, it is said, at once paid the whole
sum, and gave the man a present besides
to take away the stone and aay no more
about the matter.— Chambers' Journal.
MAKING MILLION*.
A I nfill ill Ills Hurrnu of frtnlluff *n4 t'.n* •
liHilui-Wbrrv Ike Monrj | I'llmrd.
0n of the sight* of Washington is
the bureau of engraving and printing of
the treasury department, where govern
ment bonds, greenbacks and national
bank notes are made. This bnrean,
formerly located in the treasury build
ing itself, has now a home of its own
which ranks among the most expensive,
if not the most irajmsing structures in
the capital. Here every process neces
sary to the production of the bonds or
notes may be si en except the manufac
ture of the paper. The; bureau is in
charge of Mr. O. H. Irish. The first
step noedful to the production of a note
or bond after the paper has been made
is to engrave the design on a steel
plate. For this purj>ose the govern
ment employs the moat skillful engrav
ers to be obtained. The plate must be
prop: rly tempered neither too hard
nor too soft. It is thou covered with a
thin coating of black* ned wax, aft'-r
which the engraver begin* his work on
it The vignettes and the lettering
are invariably engraved by hand, but
the borders and medallion* containing
the nurnlx-r of the denomination are
produced by delicate machines, which
rnle the lines in the fanciful curves wj
see in the finished note. Borne of these
machine* arc very expensive, and re
quire even greater care in their con
htruction than the finest watch.
Generally four or more notes are
printed from one plate at th- same time,
and in order to do this four impressions
of the die on the roller are transferred
side by side at proper Intervals on the
plate. The printing is all done by
hand, the ink being rubbed into the
sunken lines by the printer, and the
paj>er placed on the plate by an assist
ant—generally a girL. The printer then
forces the plate with the sheet of pa
per on it between two rollers, a soft
woolen blanket being put between the
i sheet and tic- upper roller.
As a rule the vignettes, the lettering.
' the medallions and the borders are en
graved on separate plates and then
when the steel lias been hardened they
are press* d in their proper positions on
the surface of a soft steel roller, which
is next hard* nod. The impression on
this roller Is of course the reverse of
that on the piste-, the engraved por
tions risiDg above the surface, instead
of being sunk in it. The plates from
which the notes are printed are pro
duced by placing another sheet of soft
ened steel under the roller and forcing
the raised portions down into the
plate. This produces the engravings
in their original form again. This pro
cess is known an " transferring," and
from the plates to which the roller has
transferred the impression it reoeived
from the original engraved plates the
printing is done.
The sheet containing the front aide
of four or more notes being printed
goes through the hands of an examiner,
who must see that it is perfect in every
way. It then goes elsewhere to hsve
the back printed, after which it 'is ex
amined again. Then it is cut into four
part* by a machine having three exceed
ingly fine and sharp knives placed in a
row. Next the separate bills are num
bered consecutively by a most intricate
piece of mechanism. Being nnm tiered
they have to bo finally counted and
put up in package* ready for delivery.
When treasury or lwnk notes are
worn out they are cat into small bits
and worn into pulp, which is afterward
cast into varions shapes, such shapes
representing—or said to represent—so
many thousand dollars' worth of old
notes. Three things are Ironght as souv
enirs by visitors, and quite a large
trade is done in them.
A New Narcotic.
A considerable sensation has beun
produced in Austrian mediesl circles
by the recent appearance in the drug
market of a new narcotic, hailing from
(Queensland, and at present only known
to the trade by its quaint native name
of " pitchery-bidgery." It is indige
nous to Northern Australia s sort of
stunted shrub, from three to four inches
in height when full grown, and bearing
blossoms of s waxy texture, white in
color and flecked with pink spots. The
flowers are picked in the month of
August, dried, packed tightly in can
vas begs, and then subjected to a high
degree of pressure, which imparta to
them the consistency of cake tobacco.
By chewing a small plog of this sub
atanoe relief is speedily obtained from
bodily fatigue, hunger and thirst, A
larger dose of pitchery-bidgery pro
duces* absolute insensibility to pain.
Pitchery-bidgery, administered in mi
nute doses, acts as sstimulant; in larger
quantities, as a powerful sedative. But
it has the peculiar property of enabling
those who take it habitually to with
stand fatigue and undergo physical
exertion upon a low diet.
An entire edition of the Vienna Atme
AVeie Pre- wea recently confioceted
by order of the eathoritica beoenae it
contained acrerel paeaegee from Ed
tnnnd Itarke'a '• Thought* on theOnnee
of the Preeent Discontent."
ATLANTIH. \
II m Myik ?-Or Wat If OM'ry| |
n (irrtl tnyaltttn of !Viar V-Ar At
iewt i• Hkow All CItIIImiIm Hra^
Frana If.
Mr. Ignatius Donnelly lie* set ont to
prove a very large ease, and if in every
instsnce be does not succeed in con
vincing bin revler, be at leant interest*
and amuses him. He baa pnbliabed a
book in whiob he endeavora to rehabili
tate the Atlantia of Plato, to trace the
beginning of all arta and acieneea, to
explain the civilization of the Central
American and Bonth American State*
found by the Koropeana on their
arrival on thia hemiaphere; to follow
the history of the mound builders; to
explain the civilization of old Egypt,
and to show from whom the Irish peo
ple really sprang.
The voyage of the British ship Chal
lenger, he maintains, demonstrate that
there is a sunken island In the Atlantia
off the entrance to the Mediterranean,
which the soundings of the Challenger's
explorera show to have possessed the
salient features described by Plato.
The Azore Islands are all that remain
of thia lost country, and they, ho
thinka, undoubtedly prove to be the
precipitous rocks on the north referred
to by Plato which guarded the Atlan
tcan plains below from the sea. Thia,
the island of Atlantia, was destroyed
in a grand cataclysm between 9,oooand
10,000 years ago, and the enormous
powers which wrought this unparalleled
destruction yet manifest themselves to
the terror of the world. The awful
earthquake in Lisbon m 1775, in which
60,000 persons peril bed in six minutes,
was caused by a power that darted
from the same center from which that
that engulfed Atlantis ages before,
emerged. The author ahows by the events
of the last two centuries that nature is
ca]able of such a work of destruction
aa that upon which he founds his
theory, and that Atlantis was peculiarly
exposed to gigantic forces that are not
yet exhausted.
He assumes that this island was situ
ated between the continents of Europe
and America, and that it was the center
of the life and activity of its time.
From its people all that has resulted in
our present civilization radiated. When
;>opnlation increased, colonists went to
the West and fonnded the empires in
Central and South America, whose
grandeur and magnificence astonished
the Euroj>ean conquerors who followed
Columbus across the sea. Others as
cended the Mississippi valley, and
spread into the Valley of the Ohio.
These did not reach the high culture
found in the South, and must have been
forced to leave what is now the United
States. What that reason was the
author seeks to explain. In the
mounds of these Americans are found
the only specimens of the copper age.
In Europe sp<imens of the bronze age
are plentiful, but no relics have been
discovered of the age which preceded
the blending of copper and tin. The
mounds of the Western States supply
them.
From Atlantis other oolonists were
sent eastward through the Mediter
ranean and founded Egypt, and north
cast they fonnd their way to Ireland.
At length, when the people of Atlan
tis bad attained a degree of civilization
which must, Mr. Donnelly thinka, have
l>een something synonymons with that
we enjoy to-day, the great convulsion
came, and in one day and a night the
island sank beneath the waves, aa Plato
described.
Thst the legends of the deluge had
one source Mr. Donnelly ia convinced.
The Noahian and Chaldean aoeennta,
as interpreted by the late (Teorge Smith
from the cuneiform inscriptions now in
the British Museum, agree in all sal
ient particulars. Mr. Donnelly arguea
that acme few persons escaped from At
lantis, and carried the dreadful news
east and west (for the legend ia one
known to all people), and the manner
in which they all agree he regards a*
conclusive of the strength of hia argu
ment. To build up his theory he has
collected a great maw of curious and
interesting knowledge, which be in
tersperses with some pretty violent as
sumption*. When lie desires, as he
occasionally does, to clinch an argu
ment, but has not the necessary evi
dence available at the moment, be
simply takes for granted what he should
have proved. Id the main, however,
he brings facta together with great in
genuity and builds up bis cams with
abilty and industry.—,Vew T'ork Cbw
merciai.
!tctlnr on Hl* Ear*.
Two editors in Illinois got into a
warm controversy over a proposed
local improvement. One of them on •
certain day had an imperative engage
ment to meet before he could see UM*
proof of a scorching article, in which
he defied his esteemed contemporary
to make any truthful reply, concluding
with the isolated sentence : "Unti
then we rest on our oara." What was
hia horror some hours later to discover
t hat the whole edition had gone ont to
the public with the sentence "Until
then wo rest upon our earn."
How to make a barrel of flour go a
great way—Ship it to Australia.