————— ———————————————— —~ Georgia ranks as our first State in She production of watermelons, second $a that of rice and third in that of cot~ %on. United States Consul Newson, at Malaga, reports that it is possible for ® very poor man to live there on five sents a day, while a very respectable dinner may be had for a dime. The salary of the Mayor of Abilene, Kan., isa dollar a year. For this rea- mon it is thought by the New York Tri- bune that rext year the office will seck She woman, since there is nothing in it for a man. The London Times calls Captain A. ¥. Mahan, of the United States Navy, “the most distinguished living writer on naval strategy and the originator and first exponent of what be ealled the philosophy of naval his- tory.” The Duke of Argyll has been making may ® special study of the ‘seven centuries of English misrule” in Ireland, and has just corapleted a work in which are to be brought to light many new and un- noticed facts bearing on this subject. The work is to be called *‘Irish Nation- alism ; An Appeal to History.” Railways never would have been per- mitted to exist in England, William M. Acworth, had they been as reckiess of human life and writes as careless of the inconvenience they inflicted or individuals as American railways have been and to a great extent still are, “An Englishman can only stare with sr the first time trains running through crowded York and astonishment when he sees f streets of cities such as New Chicago.” - The complete statistics show that the production of beet sugar in the United States has more than doubled during the past year, although there has been no increase in the number of factories. The total production of the six factories was 27,083,322 pounds, against a total of 12,004,838 pounds last year. periments in growing sugar beets have Ex- been tried in a number of the Western States, the great that the number of factories will be increased. and success has been wn The Bankers’ Monthly avers that our banks on the frontiers of Canada, have, at times, it is said, paid out, or, technically, put in circulation the bills banks that float border purchases and On these of Canada over exp« nses travel, ete, they are lis to pay ten per cent. tax to the Federal ir banks Government. The only way « can get rid of them and avoid the tax is to ship them to Canada, and have re to New Y erican be mittance made rk for ac count of the Am ank The New York Herald thinks that the danger of contracting disease from microbe-laden bank notes is very much underestimated in this country. It suggests that, as most people who are | taken with contagious diseases are not . able to tell how they are contracted; | perhaps in many cases the malady has been contracted by handling microbe- laden ments the New Orleans Picayune, but currency. 80 long as this same currency is a legal | tender, and one cannot refuse out forfeiting his claim to by It isn payment what is a poor fellow to do? case of neck or nothing The New Orleans Picayune maintains | that ‘American cotton mills, and more particularly Southern mills, having the supply of raw material close at hand, and being equipped with the most per. fect machinery, should be able to un- dersell Lancashire in markets, than any other cotton producing coun- try, and, with the located in close proximity to the cotton fields, we onght to he the world with cheap It is, evident that the near ness a wonderful deve cotton goods exports, able to other country. future lopment of our Bays the New York Press: sacle to the Re aluminum for iron and steel in the arts noral substitution has been the high cost of extracting it | from the untive clay. This has been partially overcome by progressive im. provements in the process of mann fan. ture, but still aluminum remains too costly to be thonght of as a substitute for the baser metals, notwithstanding its advantages in other respects. The reported discovery of extraordinarily rich deposits of aluminum clay in Als bama and Georgia indicates a long step forward for the white metal. Bix coun. ties in these two States are said to be underlaid with bauxite orey some of which has yielded as high o7 Baty -eight por cent. of pure aluminwm If the reports from these counties are reliable She aluminum sge is approaching, | and to the It may be so, com- | it with- | all the world's | We can raise cheaper cotton | looms and spindles | furnish | r cotton than any therefore, very must wit. | The ob- of I | Louisiana and traces of Spanish origin Chicago's mortality statistics show that a surprisingly large number of ‘. residents of the lake city live to be | | EXHIBITS OF WHICH THE SEX over ninety. A capital of $25,000,000 is invested in the nursery interest in 172,000 acres of land. In all horticultural pursuits the entire capital is estimated at over £1,000,000,000 by the census of the Agricultural Department. The New York Herald notes that the instalment plan of selling bicycles, which all the leading manufacturers | { have adopted, has vastly increased the number of devotees of the silent steed same extent the advocates of good roads. Frances Willard, temperance advo. cate, has somewhat astonished English people by suggesting in all serion 4 that the “grill” behind which men except peeresses have had to ¢ all w ceal themselves to listen to the debat in the House of Commons, be placed in the British Museum as a relic. A Mr D. C., politan Street Railway Company of Snashall, of has recovered from the Washington, Metro that city 8443 as a recompense for the THE WOMAN'S BUILDING. MAY WELL BE PROUD, The Ladies Play a Conspicuous Part at the Chicago World's Falr— Their Bullding Contains Not a Single Thing Made by the Hand of Man A Magnificent Display. In no has played so important and conspicuous a part as she is called upon to perform at the grest previous exp wition Columbian Exlibition of 1598 at Chicago. At | | no time in her history hans she been accorded | | such a place us she now occupies as an in- loss of the services of his wife , through an injury that she received in 1888 on the cars of that company. He is said to be a wealthy gentleman and his washing. Of course very valuable. In 1892 the total number employed in and about all the the United Kingdon noticed by the traveler in and British Columbia, altho speech is described as ‘a plutter.” The that of hisses 3 51 Indian names of pl are still preserved there and 8's Spat ' Squallyamish, Scuzzy, Snohomish, Similk Sumass, Sweltcha, Skomekan, wahaloos, Squim, Swinomish, Samamish, Snoquaimie and Sno That v Edward ersatile and industrious statis. tician, Atkinson, has made a calculation as regards the ‘bill for our Civil War.” He figures up, penditure for war purposes and re- construction, some £4,000 000,000 ; and as to the probable cost of money, to the ’ To these he adds th at 81,800,000, 000, 1 cost of fata ing to life tables, at about 82,000,000, - ON) m War, South of ! i (HN) peusy roll and the mate re rd | } CNsions, ace re. This, together with the in- terest allowance of about 82.1 Yd FOO, OO), - 000, swells the total cost of the Civil | War to the sum of 812,000,000, 000, An examination of the statistics of horses, horned cattle, sheep and swine | of the country shows some surprising to Placing our population at 635,000,000 things the American Dairyman. we find that there is but one horse for every four and a small fraction of our | That there are but a trifle | of horned eattle for per capita. over three-fourths every unit of population, while there are about two-thirds of a sheep for From of | Without his | every person of the population, this we can gather the the labor of the farmer importance crops we should soon be on the verge With this condition con civilization of starvation, fronting us, would soon disappear and man become a barbarian if he did not descend still lower in the scale of life. This should teach us the | importance and dignity of the farmer's ealling and our absolute dependence on his labor County names in New England snd middle Atlantic States are almost ex- clusively of English or Indian origin. In the border States of the South they are chiefly English; in the gulf States English and Indian, with French in in Florida and Texas. In the Missis- sippi Valley they are again of English and Indian origin, with some French names coming down from the Jesuit In the Rocky Mountain Btates they are again English and In. dian, with a larger proportion of the latter than elsewhere, and on the Pacific const of Spanish County names again crop out. Texas has a Deaf Smith County, about the only instance of a aickname having been fixed upon an explorers, Pe rsons | in | & 20 000. wey WRT ’ important political division. The Chi« of the political and social influence at | mgo Herald thinks a pretty fair lnstory | ! work in the early development of a | State could be written from « study of | sounty names, | tegral achieve that contemy part ments operation recognises] a8 a valual the rigina providing for the enlebrat OGRA UCI rrr YIEW FRO GALLERY centennial oreated an official organisation known as the Board of Lady Managers When the board first assembled to organ ita work for the Columbian Exposition it was found, declares the New York Tis : the previous work had been n the + law of progress den different plan of action for the exp 1808, Established precedent had t aside and now methods of eroated. This proved to be ne cause of the strong sentiment am most interested against taking th of women from the genera! bull placing them apart In a "'W ment.” Women who wore the most eraditable work In the arts 1 industries strenuously opposed such a separation, and Insisted that thelr exhibits should | placed as to compete with the best and =n wicoens ful productions In all departmes classified exhibits without regard t tinotion, As ln some classes of work women ar not oredited with having arrived at a dogreo of excellence equal to that of men, ae petition among women only would the award of premiums t would not necessarily have { ontored fn a general competition in international competitive exhibition the obs Jot Is to honor the highest grade of work only, anid tharoby give it an international reputation and added commercial value This Intention might therefore be entirals defeated in case of a competition restricts 0 woman only Women, therefore, have oxhibite in every department of the falr in every line of in dustrial, scfontific, and artistle work, One of their cherished dowdy Is to remove the in wesslon that women are doing little skilled inbor, or little steady and valuable work, and that they consequently are not to be taken seriously Into consideration when dealing with industrial problems ; that they never learn to do anything tihroughly well, and that therefore the small compensation given od exhibits lings on man = Depart doing an ay Lune them je a just and proper equivalent for thelr | norvioes, Deoause it has no abstract commer oial value. An effort will be made to denon strate that their labor is a fixed and perma. nent element and an important factor in the Industrial world, and must be anrefully stud. fed In ts relations to the general whole, The Woman's Bullding f= an additional agency for the exposition of woman's work, It is the inspiration of woman's genius, and all the comforts and convenionces women during the exposition, The de sign was selocted from a number of competi. tive sketohos substituted by women archi. tects, It is 400 foot long by 200 feet wide snd cost £200,000, It has land and water one trances and a rotunda, around whish A gallery which ix dovoted to an exhi. of the most distinguished works of A woman | ine | result in | articles whiah | suncesaful i an which was modeled Ly a woman ; the statu ary above the root Ine, relief compositions, mural decorations, strustural decorations, carved walnconting and balustrades for the stalronses, open onrved serecns, ornamental fron and brass work, decorative tapestrios und panels are all the work of women, and fllustrate the rank which they hold as arti- sions and designers, The bullding has social headquarters, par | bors, reading, writing and committee rooms and a great congress hall, The bullding hos many rooms, which are variously o wenn plod | 88 a brary of hooks by women, records and | statistics of employments in which women | are engaged, a kindergarten r som, model kitchen, exhibits of lace, embrolderies, fans Jewels, sliver and other women's work. and a hospital and training school for nurses in {| Operation, In the exhibits thare is not a single made by the hand of man, Fyer women, and the hope is that they will clear | away misconceptions to the originality { and inventiveness of women, and will demon. mde that while have been largely upied as home snd not trained for industrial Or nrtistl pur thelr adaptability and talent have ther to irmount the reier i which have hemmed ! Woman, 8 lle industria thing vthing is by On nukery un mrs ox hihi fi ady | eago, | Mm, Mrs, Wy LOGOIA OF MAX'E PUILDING, notable, though they have had intelligent and untiring assistance from esol of tes other lady managers, of whom there are two ! from each State, w i or Guopar Wintiams, a brakeman on the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Rallroad, was | orrestod st Whosling, W, Va, charged with | weooking a tradn 0 few days ago. Heveral persons wero killod ani fnjured in the ace | ofdent. His wife, with whom he had quar { rolled, was ou the train, and ho had nde throats that he would wieek #t to even with her. Bho was slightly loju fn the dimastor, en sm——— | Its Jrapened 1a huiid A big dam at Lake ' Albort Nyanea for the pose of giving Egypt a plentiful supply oF wor during the low Nilo. Experts say tho plan is entirely feasible, and the best vot suggosted, IO 5 for 3 y DOraons tua aha: shows roof garden is supported by oaryatides, | or 890% fower than 12 1891, | tween I (N. THE NEWS EPITOMIZLD. Eastern and Middle States, Tur body of Carlyle W, Harrie, the wife murderer, was buried in Rural Cemetery, bos Albany and Troy, New York Biate, Harris's last written statemen lie hy Assistant Prisons Baker Tue body of Roehl derer who recently eso Y.) Prison, wes Hudson River near 8 in his head and a fracture « 6 blow led to the Lelief that | Pallister, killed him, CAreaix Avra T. Manan of the Naval r Coll “ John F. MeGlensey mira] Walker's flag Now York Harbor HF] dJosern Fuax West, South and Washington. Swcenerany Cas Fairchild, of New } of Ogdensburg. N of Arkansas, a « New York « Brare Department M8 nlirmed the ’ report that Commissioner Blount was made Mindster Hawaii or to John 1 Fee United State rdered Aerio BE BUOOOS nd £ ak WE riser Atlanta ha mragus the . wh process interests rey inted H y Extraordinary vd ster Plenipotentiary to the Hawaling siands, } Stevens re signed sont his As Mates ( men Arrested he Geary Ex Pree James i A 1 | Tus lent appointed Frank H. Jo Springfieid, 1, First Assistant r«Ureneral, viee H. Clay Evans, resigned issued Ly the Navy Deg r Whe was relieved Medd piace on tt retired He from New Hamy and than forty vears nAYY He wa ired on a int f wl mas LY an order art DE Surgeon-Genoral = t of n } the Bureau n duty as » and Surgery and Was appois has served re WARI i Towssnxs Ad jutant-Genera his reside in Wasl in Boston in 1817 int in 1887 Uesenar Ei number { Army, disd He was Ix gradusted at West Pols VOeRrs at mn noe and Hoge neu! at of Phil Tux President appointed J. Hamp of Virginia, to be United States « Amoy, Chinn, vice Edward Bedloe delphia Dinncron or ae Uxired Srares Mixr Es wanp O, Lexcn has resigned to the place of cashier of the National Union of New York ower! fn '] Bank Forelgn. Exrenon Winrtiax, of Germany. addressed the officers of the Guards on the re jeetion of the Army bill ; he stated that he would stake all in his power on the enactment bill Mu, Covoprar concluded his argument bs fore the Bering Bea Tribunal st Paris fue Bank of Vitoria, Limited. at Mel. hourne, Australia, bas suspended payment with liabilities of about $12,000 000 Tux Greek Ministry, hewded by M. Tr ooupis, has resigned, owing to the failure to negotiate a loan for the relief of the present oembaryassed condition of Greek finances, Avwinar Gomez v Loxo, who commanded the Bpanish vessels of war in the recent naval review In New York Harbor, and who was prevented by ll health from reviewing da 0, and wont to Havana, Cuba, flagship, the Infants Isabel, is the | i i { | was prevented by {ll health from reviewing the land parade, and went to Havana, Cabs, Inter in his flagship, the Infamta Isabel, is dead, Herr DevLezuk, actor, an the stage at Lemberg out his brine, An actress was fn love flirted with another mas committed »y Cinl Queers Vicrona, of Imperial Institute in | thusisstically receive [ | slong, und just | the | record | train flow along with It was snnouncsd nppearancse Tue drought caused a great den pr iets in tl “ry # mre dest and small Hamrearr Carlisi Bpain, by clubs and bn ed to storm the Corts 1 cnRrriea Gexepar Dov ’ al LXECUTED BY ELECTRICITY. Carlylo W. Harris, the Wife Polsone r, Dies In Sing Sing Prison. Carlyle W. Harris, cons City of poisoning his girl Potts, has been executed AL 12 4034 ICY were sent ration of in: o'clo Aras ned by There witnesses the scene, I AD eX nl Aralion ihe T= Ing was run uj use announci ALL RECORDS BROKEN. in Engine Makes a Mile seconds, in Thirty. two The New ¥ $00. built Las pace a record The Bmp marvel] hour several but Engineer Charles Hogar well that day az at 1 Syracuse for a No. *X Central & w ne be exhibited at the W f 11234 miles Btate express, draw ne #10 Pair ire 1s machine, had made 102 n avs before, a great itanlf was not feeling After a wae ntl The test Rochester Hoechestor for he intes westemn end the train was of a mile The speed iter night s rost whe inoreases] before reach record of a mile in thirty five wis equalled, But this was exces west of that station, when the new w of a mide in thirtv4wo seconds This Is equivalent to 112% n "en minds, hour The board said that the the same steadiness passengers on | that would have accompanied a slower rate of speed. There was no unusual sw aying or jolting, and only persons who were hooking | out for manifestations of extraordinary speed would have noticed that alloketyolick ©) the rafie sounded like the roar of musketry and the telegraph poles along the track seemed like pickets in a Teno, A DAIRY TEST. A Six Months’ Competition Among : Three Breeds of Cows. The six month?’ competition among lamou® milk-producing breeds of cows has begun at the Datry building at the Chicago World's Fair. The chief object of the test is to do-
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