Mulhall estimates that the civilized Nations pay annually §18,700,000,000 for food, my » The Slaughter family, of Texas, are #aid to be the extensive land owners in America, their ownings amounting to 500,000 acres. most combined Fatness in women is regarded as a mark of beauty in the Orient. Since their advent the World's Fair grounds as sedan-chair carriers, the Turks have had a good deal to do with fat women, that they have rovised their esthetics. in and the Joint-stock farming, by which larger agricultural operations can be carried on under one management than is pos- sible for the will probably be one of the future de- single-handed farmer, velopments of our agricultural system. This is a practical way of reducing the cost of production. An aerial electric railway, invented by Albert Leslie Widdis, of Detroit, is expected to perform wonders, The own- er claims that it will send cars whizzing through space at the rate of 500 miles an hour! Think of it, exclaims the New York Ledger, a letter Chi- Now two mailed York in CRgo will reach mn hours! Detroit Free Press: ““There is a certain amount of scientific that it the high tem pe rature that makes the peo- Observes the interest in knowing is no ple uncomfortable, but the humidity with which the air is charged. But un- fortunately the scientific fact does not lessen the suffering. One is just as hot when he was in nnt after finding it out as total ignorance on the pe France is soon to adopt an ints ing innovation in the postal-card sys- tem, cards will check-books, with of the postal card ean make memo- Argonaut, The the of The sender announces the be issued in form stubs. randa of its contents on the stub, and can have this stamped at the postoffice before the card is detached, so that a verified record of the Corre spe yn nce can be kept. At the taken a back seat in this country cam- els have come to the fore in Australia moment when horses have It is said that five lines of traffic have been regular operation there. and are in Two thou- It is not food for these animals, as they are able to subsist on the : horses or bull already opened up sand camels are in use daily. necessary tO Carry any coarse grass and ks wou Statistics concerning farmers in the first six months of 15 hits agriculture in Eng throw bright | pression of From last January 1 to last July he present « numbex of failures among farmers 1 been forty per cent. larger th corresponding months o 3 England and Wales more than 18,000 persons engaged in agriculture are liv. ing in sheds, barns, tents, vans and in the open field ployed agricultural laborersare hoy ing on the ou of London the of 52,484 persons are reported to be living now Thousands of nunem same volume statistics on coasting merchant vessels and in- land barges. Evidence of the most direcet variety the destruction of the British battle ship Victoria on the Admiral who went down with his ship, states the Washington All the witnesses the places the blame for Star, testified before Valetta ig who court-martial at ree on that and two every other material and of the Tryon confess the re sponsibi point officers heard Sir Georg In all great catastrophies there is gener- iy. ally an effort made to place the burden on a corpse, and when Admiral Tryon was first declared guilty many people imagined that the accusation was du almost entirely to the fact that he wad dead and conld not, therefore, defend ,Jhimself, but it is now certain that he blundered and did so with persistence that brooked no interference. It is satisfact ry to the BSeientific American to learn that the gentlemen who have urged the New York botani- eal garden project are nearly now in a condition financially able to begin ac- tual preliminary work near the Bronx River, has been received, At least the sun There are soveral large subscriptions yet expected from wealthy citizens, and when those are received it is probable public will be to There will be no pains or expense spared to make the garden worthy of the State sad of the Nation. Kew®iarden ® the model which the far-sceing men who have undertaken the charge of this en. terprise have in view, and there is every reason to believe that their ef forts will bo crowned with success, the general asked contribute, Argonant avers of $215,000 | The silver producing States number a population but little more than one per cent. the total of the United Btates. J | {al A new order of things has Int Siam, and the v come about in young and of From the King downward there men are getting a great unusnal share in the government the eo try. is scarcely a single minister who i above the age of forty, and many much younger. The pure Arab horse is now b largely used in England to invigorate the race horse, the hunter and the He is the production of the best class of polo carriage horse. also used for with small In those ponies by being matched Welsh 4 Exmoor and INADCS, districts where he obtainable h in great demand by the breeder Not the least interesting porti the New York, to San Francisco Argonant, is newspapers of that wi describes the efforts of the beney to better the condition of and children of the York, bef cursions, poor. ire there were the of mortality children enormons, duced ince the ¥ oan The New York New bd v ’ 1 A har orthy of more than iormance, acl through their afternoon, ti to : near the camp and revolve to the musi The f than repair of a bad hand-organ. stops 10 see the show, for th and squaws are in thei full panop: feathers and paint. Most people w get gh f en in by riding horsel three or for wanting to afterward; horses h AVEO wior Edward Everett Hale ha ich patience with the idea th clergyman must work six days over “A words, | serm sermon. He sava: ¢ i gists of about 2500 take break fast that before is, 630 IX pages v 1 the morning I dictate amanunensis 1500 words I am in tens this takes only a quarter of an hour In the afternoon I look it over 500 or 600 words, and the done. In all, I haven't put for over two hours to paper ly interested in subject, and and add HOT IN Savs Score the Herald : tary of State Walter Q. Gresham, will Chieago go down to history as the first mem be 1 of the Cabinet President who became acting in of the ina bility of both the President and Vie On the same day in July Cons ue nce President. and Viee-Presi both out of the Mr. Cleveland was on board President Cleve land dent Stevenson were country, the yacht Oneida, mailing out to find deep sea fishing off the const of Massa chusetts, Mr. Stevenson was on the steamer Corona, taking =» Ocean voyage from San Diego to San Cal. Both than three marine leagues, or say, ten ta Barbara, Were more and a half miles, from shore, which is the limit of the jurisdiction of the United States, were the same as on United States soil, It cannot be said they being on United States vessels and un: der the United States flag; for, if be- ing on such a eraft was the same as being on the land, they might have sailed around the world, claiming to be ali | Per. | haps Mr, Gresham did not assume the duties of acting President, but that he the time in the United States, was the legal acting President while Mr. Cleveland and Mr, Stevenson both were teg and a half miles from shore does uot admit of & doubt” IN MINIATURE, 1 LAN BRITISH GUIANA'S EXHIBITS AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. The Products of ler Plantations, Gold Fields, Tangled Jungles and | Rich Forests Best of All Trees Triumphs of the Taxidermist's Art Beautiful Feather Work. If I had the privilege of seel World's Fair department, I would the ag Mullding one other lands, In slose to the soli, sald nn gentleman, shoosa ricultural » near the peopls of Agel to that oan the iture Building you are f course, the life, are shown Agriculture world as AS a matter o habits and customs of the people ina direct way The Bullding is the place to study the world is Tue speaker 1 Gulana section before he spoke, the products and | ’ which Columbus saw ix | Are the Gulf of Para, H that an ho gone an intimate knowledge of the interesting Oné of the 1ots is Adoiptius old rivers, Ess if. With an ¢ sustenance, more th 1 in the British ian & buliding i aren, nd ir give and intelii- wants whi . ” A0US 8 reg The next inte are exhitd Groote Nuggets and dust e Purun! washings its of Demerams, Esseq old bearers rapidly is the +} the dis other g Ko ping that a rallroad and De r transporting tt Gulana has i ne railr rORE ret own, 1! industry devel ing the § be built Britis? ao] crars Rive product r (ie Mahai often ft in steered ™m by a I on either side British Guiana is rich in woods he fact is proved beyond peradventure by the variety of forest products which shawn, Huge timbers form a giganti oe around the sec. squares Pliot Daniels Are be viiehed are tion, and hundreds of p arranged in aseparate exhibit tapped the round trunk of the eta palin ale | affection, as he recited the virtues The ota palm gave drink to the ne alvillization made Its nuts are or palmettos most with of the “best of all trees.’ food, shelter, clothing and tive Indians, and the arts of it a great commercial product edible, and the tender shoots which grow from the crown are esteemed as delieacies and preserved in sirup and as plokios, fiber, originally woven into ropes and cloth, makes mats and hammocks its ofl In used for medicine and cooking and ia sap or milk, which Aows readily when th tree is gashed, Is caught in calabushes, and, after fermentation, drank as a wine, The woods exhibited embrace some of the hardest and heaviest in the world They vary in color from nearly black through the browns to almost pure white, Pernaps the most singuiar is the mottled “ietter wood, which resembles closely the snakewood of East India. Its dark markings across the gmin look like frregularly formed letters, It i2 the heart of a tree, rarely excesding six inches in diameter, although the tree ls somes times two feet nero, Taking a very high polish, it is largely used for walking canes and for inlaid work, The greenheart, from whieh the quiniae of Britieh Guisaa is taken, is a dense, heavy timber of a greenish yoliow color, almost entirely free from knots and even grainad, It raoks with oak and teak for ship building, and is used all through the country for bullding the hoes of the peo- le, Norn is a reddish-brown wood, not so eavy ar groenheart, but like greenheart is procurable in logs of sixty to SEmy tots long and up 10 two feet in diameter, aliaba is dark crimson In color, and makes the shin. gles of the country, it i= easily split, and je Also used for paling and vat staves, As sor. ng only one | In no other | which gives | the Indian pilot | necessity in British wallnbn is Indispensable. Its fame ns 8 water-enrrior extends to the West | ing | Indies, for in 1891 nearly 5,500,000 wallaba | | Gulnna, the rmin-wiater is a shingles were shipped to the islands, To the Indians the eassava dominates all troes and shrubs, From its polsonous root the broad of the family Is prepared, The root in grated, and pulp, having been squeezed dry in what is called the ‘‘mattoae fue is piaced on the “barbecue.” or shelf, over the fire until all the poisonous | d It is then baked in a form a kin pancake or kept from 1 the exhibit, [ cassava starch, Cassava anothe VAY. The 1 wl by evaADO~ lark brown ASsAreep, ' % the Lass of s culti- ie, It sixour te ut the stalk is eighteen the ' va nds in a showens elds and grows n foot rihe roots are { high 14 | fron Process inoles long and land, In three sprout n cut nthe are ready save fleld is penal! 105. (6K) more than With its by- of ons The front the ; “@ Or SUZAr Jj er B49 000 000 in 185M Vv matt «it thejJama #t over the wonderiu plants loaned by the sotion is sald to be very alains every variety { « | nomic plant indigenous to the country ranged with regard to col and form, exhibit forms of the most Interesting | features of the pavilion i Around the southeast end of the section is arcanged the sugar exhibit It ranges from vacuum pan wr pure white zranuisted, to | muscovado, or the dark brown, sticky stuff which « molasses candy here are 31 487 acres of sugar cane under cultive. tion in Jamaloa, and the production of sugar gives employment to great numbers of the fainnders TIE YW . ever foe ton | ernme Ole FOV | valuable It Oe Ar the ne from OYTYy I exhibition in potion, Not Ginger in all its forms is on uthwest corner of the only preserved ginger, but the original gin. ger root from which the hot medicine is | made Starch and tapioca made from the | cassava root, graded and armuged with refs the ms * | erence to quality, may be seen in their espe. cin! section In Traits the banana and cocoanut take the place of honor In the cocoanut section is what may be done with the fruit. [hare is cosonnut oll made from the milk and moat, a huge flower pot made from the root of the tree, brushes of all deseriptions, ropes, hammooks and even a serviceable looking cont made from the fiber of the husk, Banana flour is shown and visitors are sdkad | to sample little enkes made of it. The cakes i or biseuits taste very mach like cookies and are sald to be very nourishing, Jamunica produces pimento, or allsplos, in | Inrge guantities. A liquor Is made from the {ripe pimento berry. Ii Is a favorite drink of {the natives, Another drink is a sort of tea made from the kola nut, This nut, it lssald, | has wonderful nutritive qualities, A plese | small eno to be carried In the vest | will, it is , sustain life for several shown | about her as she wont THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. | J Eastern and Middle States. Axowpmirrs a foot are reported in | Northeastern Masa | deen husetts Posrmasten Dayrox, of New York City, ap pointed General Fitz Jon Porter cashier in the postoffice, He lives In New Jersey, The plone “18 worth $2500 H, IL. Horenxiws & ( brokers, of New York Cita Habilities of $#800.000 Honerr H, Corts fron millionaire of Lebsnon, Penn., h sxocuted a de ut H $ ie MAY. the unre hetweer ns (FOMAN caugnt Carnenixy Was ig Lhe tice and a lig! nan and Joux H, Ms at Brooklyn, N hanged himself with « Parnick Eoaxw, Pre Harris He remained ir then sident went to} pres Fray arowned in , While bat dy m the Le Ix nger South and West, HowLoex, of t IA A RESERVOIR BURSTS. Twenty Million Loose of Water Me, Gallons in Portland, ot r of the Portland (Me Water : v. on the bu . ting u wy nN eastern promen 000. 000 gallons 4 ™ § oy The ime water ir JLT Hy 0 minutes menses vol a of water dashed n two houses occupied by the families of Michae] Lappin and Dennis M. Cor The bulldings were croshed as if they had bean made of cardboard, and four persons their lives Mra, Denale Conley, Miss Agnes Conley, Mise Mamie Conley and James Moseley, The buildings stood under the walls of the each with a small stable or barn attached The Conley family was warned in time, and it seems that Mra, Conley was already up and dressed when the warming oame, The other members of the family got up at ones, and supposing that they would surely get out James Conley started for the barn to rescue his horse The younger Mra, Conley did get out In hor night dress, hastrly folding a wrapper She ran across the road and fell fainting thers, The alder Mrs, Conley, with her two daughters, Agnes and Mamie, appoarad next at the door, Thay were holding mach other hy the Arms, The water was already dashing against the door sill Perhaps this terrified them. The group of neighbors saw them draw back and close the deor, Young James Moseley, Mr, Lappin's adopted son, said that the Conleys were lost unless they could be gotten out of the house, Hoe dashed scoross the street and wont Into the house. He was never seen alive again, ley foe? reservolr II —— Dexven, Col, is in the depths of despead, eney, Hail the store girls and LATER NEWS. Ar Paterson, N % Mr I aged twenty flve er two months old ito the Passale River and th ide by drowning 1 his br th ———— OFFICIAL CROP REPORT. of Condition All y and Cereals, Potats Fruit, PROMINENT PEOPLE. the th wi “tateaman | 60 000 Jett ors dey MM Hawarden Castle DMIRAL Howmaxx he Fy or at Bangkok He was promoted 1+ in 1850 He is now third » Vieo-Admiral's rani Siam. i= fifty y To, lie present grade nth hr Dro list is] H motion 1« Mise Manrma Wasmisarox Sron Marthatown, 111. claims t "A the first President She fa n has twenty.olght whom is a son, Alive InMpPtwo years lescondants, the soventy-Jour veary Tux Emperor of Germany always embegoscs His Royal Highness in the o ntinental fash. on wheaever they meet. vers much. It i= sald, tothe discomfiture of the Prines. whose bluff English nature revolts at boing kissed by & man Tux oldest living chapisin of the war i» now boing sought by those curious in such matters. Rey, John Walworth, of Wiseonudn. Is claimed 10 be the man. He was chaplain of the Fortythird Wisconsin Volunteers, and is now eighty-nine years old Namau T. Bovrox died in In Hanapolis, Ind. A few nights ago, Mrs, Bolton was known as the poetoss of Indiana, and has written verses that are well kdown, among them be ing “Paddle Your Craoe” and “Indians,” a glowing tribute to that commonwealth, Tnx Duke of Devonshire owns 80,000 sores in Derbyshire, but none tn Devon: Lond Dotrby Sof 50,000 aeres in Lancashire, but note in bY 1 Lord Leicester 40,000 sores
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