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The United Statei government is the
preatMt printer end pubii'ter in the
world. Th cumber of publications is
ued annually amounts to about 2.100..
000. of which about MO. 000 an; bound
volumes.
iff. Osbom. the only eocoauut planter
ia the United Stat" s, has recently re
ceived by ship from Africa 110.000 co
coanut. These are to be planted this
year along .trip of sea coast many miles
in length, towsrd the southernmost point
of Florida,
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So well ia the la enforce says the
Mobile Rejutfr, that, ''while there are
some Suthera communities where the
practice of carryin? concealed weapons i
still obtains, the m.ijT'itT. inci'idinj our
own city, are troubled with only a fe
offenders of this kind."
Queen Victoria has received a present
from the United States of a quarto
rolume, bound in 'al.kin. with lininirs
of damask, satin and a hand-painted in
scription. The work is ririrded as a
triumph of American, book-bindinj, and
copies hare been presented to the German
emperor and the emperor of Russia.
T.ie queen's copy has been placed ia the
library at WiniLtor Castle.
There is a marked contract between the
temperature at the surface and in the
depths of the mines on the famous Com
stock lode, Virginia City. "er. VThile
se'ere winter weather is prevailing out
side the heat Li o intense in the lower
levels of the mines that the workmen,
who hare no clothing on but orral's and
heary brrans to protect the feet, can
work onlr for short intervals.
The introduction of larje quantities of
bogus butter and "oleo oii"' ia England
has roused the dairymen of Great Britain
to ask for legislation that shall injure the
sale of the stu5 upon its merits and for
just what it is. Last year there were ex
ported from this country nearly 40,000.
000 pounds of bogus butter and oleo oil,
and England received a share of it.
There has been laid before the creuncil of
the British Dairy Farmers' association
and referred to special committee a bill
providing that ail imitations of butter
" shall be called by names clearly and
entirely distinguishable from the word
"butter," and from any compound modi
fication or derivation of the word ;" that
ail manufactories of bogus butter ia
Great Britain shall be registered ; that
bogus butter shall not be colored in imi
tation of real butter, and that the bogus
products shall be sold under their right
names.
The possibilities in the way of the
utilization of steam, it may be assumed,
are pretty well ascertained. Is has been
of incalcuabie value in bringing civiliza
tion to its present point ; but we do not
expect any new developments from it.
But the possibilities of electricity no one
can gauge, New phases of its usefulness
are being demonstrated with yreat rapidi
ty. The power to send meSfages by in
duction from fast moving railroad trains
is the latest valuable discovery that is
entering upon common use. This is done
by throwing the words through the air,
aa it were, to the wires which taiti; them
to their detinatitjn. and the process is
reversible. Mr. EJlon says that they
can be thrown thus nearly ix hundred
feet, and through balloons, at aa eleva
tion of a lirtie over three thousand
feet, twenty-five miles. There is S3
much of the unknown quantity still
about electricity that it would be a rash
undertaking to detine its limiu as ser
Tant to man.
Ia recent lecture Profeior Sumner
expounded his views on the subject of
socialism, which he regards as one of the
most important questions of the present
day. He is opposed pa economic
grounds to every form of socialism except
that where co-operation is voluatary.
The co-operative commonwealth, which
i the system that modern socialistic re
formers are advocating, where every ona
would be compelled to co-operate, he re
gards aa a tyranny and a system taat
could never nnder any circumstances be
established so long as human nature re
iains what it has been ia the past his
tory of the world and is to-day. The
protrress of the race within the last cen
turv has been greater than ia any 1.0' 0
years previously, owing to the invention
of labor-saving machinery and the dis
coveries of modern science. He sajs
that modern civilization has make prubu
blv 3).0oO,Qo0 of the l.SuO.'AiO.Out) peo
ple on the giube to-day ci-mpitntivrly
well off, aod adds that the s.Luiu (
want t wipe tiUt what littie progress hoi j
bea made because the whi-le work of j
civii-Jatioa has But been ajxcmplh-dleJ I
and oaado them ail well off. Things
must be left to adjust themselves natur
Jji t thiaka.
It la estimated that one-half of al
American men bo'( the age of thirty I
are partially bald; and. as this character- !
istii: is one of thoe mot likely to be
transmitted from father to sun, it Is fair
to suppose that a few generations hen e
adult Americana with hair on their pate' j
will be rare. The excessive mental ac- 1
tirity of our people is believed to be the '
chief cause of this baldness; but a medi- j
cal authority advisee against wearing the I
hat so continuously, as many men do.
and the wearing at any time of aa un-
ventilated hat.
A comparative table of the strengths
of the merchant navies of the woriii.
which has just been published ia France.
shows that Great Britain pvsesee 22.-
300 trvlini; vessel, with an aggrerfe
tonnage of 11.200.000. Of these vessels
4. "543 are steamers, with a tonnage of
5.919,000 tons, or rather more than half
the grand total of burden. The United
States makes a very bad second, with
MuO sail and 2.700.000 tons. Norway
has 4.200 TesseLs, with 1,300.000 tons,
and Germany, which comes next, has
3,000 sail, with a total of M00. 000 tons;
France, Italy and Russia bring up tha
rear, each with less than 3.000 vessels.
The powerful and enduring influence
exerted upon American ''heirs'1 by stories
about enormous etats ia England to
which they are entitled is agaia shown by
the fact that 300 of the Lawrence-Towa-
Irv 'heirs"' held a meeting ia Detroit and
indignantly rejected as un
mwort.hv of be-
, ;
Ler tae stit'-ment procur
minister to Gifat Britain that there is in
England no L-iwr'-nce-Tawniey estate,
nor any known family of that description,
and that there Ls a Townley estate which
has been held for a long time by its pro
prietors, who are protected by law, and
ajiin.-t whom no one offers any claim.
Owing, however, to this statement, the
lawyers appear to have changed the name
and location of the property, although its
value remains at the old sum at 100,000,
000. Once it was the Chase estate, then
the Chase-Townley, and the Lawrence
Townier. Hereafter it is to be the Per-egrine-Edward-Townley
estate, and th
'heirs'7 are to be represented by William
H. Stewart and 5. H. Blake, of Toronto.
The rigcr of the association which the
heirs"' have formed affords a remarka
ble example of the credulity of persons
who prj'owbly exercise prudence and
common sense ia their private affairs,
but who really believe that they can get
possession of this "estate,"' which lies on
the surface of the moon, and ia no other
place.
The luxurious New Yorker is apt to
know very little cf the miseries of his
fellow townsmen, says a correspondent of
the Cincinnati Evpurtr. Two men were
smoking one afternoon ia the Union
League club. One was William Waldorf
Aitor, who had just been elected a vice
president of that wealthy organization,
and the other wis Tom Saunders, a fel
low member. Their cigars suggested to
them the ciinrmakers" lock-out. Their
weed was of domestic brand, aad Astor j
suggested that it wouid be interesting to i
Sail out by whom, how and where those
verv tirrars ha 1 b'n roiled. Dr. Ham- j
mono, was present, ana ne aeciarea. tnat, .
if all the relations of mind to matter '
were perfect, it would be actually possi
ble to see ia the smoke that was curling ,
upward v-.ew cf the manufacture of '
ciirars. His theory was scarcely demon
stratabie or refutable; but it wa pimsibie ,
to see the scenes ia all taair.bility, ani
tae next day wm devoted to the freak tl
de-inr o. By traoiar the cigars from :
whcit-aler to r-tailer, thence to the maa
ofact urer, and finally to the original
worker, the investigators finally got into
aa upper tenement ia Marion street, which 1
is a thoroughfare of poverty. Therein ;
lived a family of Polish Jews, whom the '
steppage ot employment aad aeaty
plunged into ao:e:t want. Thev
70 1
seme dollars from their visitors, aad
, low
is all the knob there is to the story, ua
iess scraething of a climax of interest
was reached in the kno
wledge taat tae ;
igars for which the m.llionalre had paid !
twenJv-are cents apiece aad not cost JX
are cents ap
wages aad materials nowre taaa four.
Of the Erth,
He was nmtiel on fair
From rne nio-tieTit a fine mSt her;
! ex.-rlinif
H-?r tuea Dro-il-cs;.
Aad her pruii patrnoan way;
Aao ae ,a upen oer a-d.
Eat f jad luv. renyrticated ,
Aad tn.a pv
W w an napsy
Aj lum trf-'iiUtest uoiokr day.
Eat un day u.e V'utn boafrh&aj,
(Jut tu a.iiiM-r ar mviUja,
Ana t. Cf jt-e-
III e. fruit-.
T j attMupc D (ruet U tasil,
Wactt mux upjma -tk-t rcl itLrddatl,
iaer i n-ije, pura-:Uipa brMilal,
MaaGsfl pcCAars.
3tewi torn 4 n
tjkd nsiTi tna ua craak as wsul.
LIFE IS TOO BPIEF.
Lifs is too brief it mmi to ma-
Ta figirt, fail oat or disagree ;
To fret the heart and wasrca cm'l time
In vrm wopis or angry rhyme;
To mourn fond hopes before they Use.
To sit with foldsxl hands to see
The nether side ermtinuaily:
Bproai:h a smile Ia mirUi a crimet
Life is too brief.
Calm, kind, serene ani prfal be,
And. growing pame grafuDy,
AcrTt time's kinder fnet and rime,
The heart be merry as a chime;
Hot baaish joy ami joiity
Lif is too brief.
Robert O. Fowler, in Detrtit F.i Prima.
FR1XD ilEURTRIER.
L At this time I was great winderer in
I waa at one time emrrloved ia a gov-' suburbs, and I occupied the leisur- of
ernment office. Every dav frm 10 until mT summer evenings by solitary walks ia
4 o'clock I became a voluntarv prisoner tllOM! 'itant regions, as unknown to the
in a depressing office, adorned with : Parians cf the boulevards aa the coun
yeilow pasteboard boxes and filled with 7 of tile Caribbees, and of whose scm
the musty odor of old papers. There I charm I endeavored later to tell ia
br-akfasted on Italian cheese aad apples rene-
which I roasted at the grate ; I read "the ' Aa enmg ia July, hot and duty, at
mornina papers, even to the advertise- t5le tcrar wile3 t3e gM-Ii?
ments; "I rhvmed verses, and I attended beginning to twinkle ia the misty twi
to the aairs of state to the KVnt nf ; ht, I was waikicz slowly from Taai-
dnwini. at the end of each month, a
salary which barely kept me from starv
ing. I recall to-day one of my companions
in captivitv at that epoch. He was
called Achilie Meurtrier. aad certaialv
his fierce look and Sis tali form seemed
to warrant that name. He was a zreat.
1 bi fellow, about fjrtv vears oliL with-
out too much chast or shoulders, but who
i wore f'lt hats wi'h wide brm's hnrf
1 bt ample coats. larje plaid trousers, and
, red neckties under roiiin? coUais.' He
wjre a ma oearu. long na;r. aatl waa
very proud of his hairv haaU. The
chief boast of Meurtrier cthenr; thh.t
and aijrt amiable of comnaaions. was to
trine w
possess
as he si
strenirth. He never
made a ir-
ture even in the exercise of his peaceable
prof'L-ssioa that did not have f,jr its obiect
to convince the spectators of his pro-
digious vitro r. Did he have to take from
tts case aa empty pasteboard box. he ad-
.... .. utu .u uie ueavy
step of a street p.,rter. gpsped the box
soad.y with a tight hand, and carried it
with a stiff arm as far as tae next table
with ashnigging of shoulders and frown-
.ng of brow worthy of 3Llo of Crotona.
He carr.ed this manner so far that - he
never used less apparent effort even to
u I hghtest objects and one day
when he heid m his r.gat hand a basket
of oid papers I saw him extend his left
arm horizontal a if to ms a counter -
poLse to tae tremendous weight.
I ouunt to sav taat tais r-ybust creature
inspire-i me with a profonnd respect, for
Was then, even more taaa tday, phyv
ica.lv wea aad deucate. and m conse-
quence nued with admiration for tnat
energetic phy,re whicn I lacked.
The conversanons of lieurtrser were
not of a nature to .Lminisa tae admiration
w-.ta whicahe inspired me Above alL
ia tae summer, oa Monday mornings,
when he had returned to tae office after
our houday. he had an laexhauatib.e fund
of stores conc-nung h;s ventures and
fofstrenrh-. After having taken
off his fcut hat, his coat, and vest, and
having w.p..: tae peroration from his
f.jreheail suth tae sieeve of the shirt tj
. ,
ith aa athletic con.titution. to ment, for asphalt is an unJcnowa iuxury is niaaea even uaaar an aosuraity, 1
the biceps of a prize-?hter aad. ' these places. I wnt down the street, struck him on the shoulder, and said with
d himself, not to know his owa t.tms all the charms of a stroiler. Some- conviction : "M'urtner, you are a hero."
anient, he would thrift his haaiis deep ia ; doubt, as a youasgiri. with leu of mutton
the px:kets of his trousers, and, stand- sleeves aad with her hair dressd a la
iag near me ia aa attitude of perpemiicu- I Grecque he played the air of Bjmag
lar soliditv. iH-tria a monoiosue some- nesL
nun Ioi.ows :
What a day. my boy! Positive! v no
fatigue can lay me up. Think of it.
Ye-fteplav was t.ie re-f-it'a at Joinville-Ie-
font. At t o cum-k in tne mornji the
rendezvous at Ber-v fur the crew of
tae
Marxiiiia : the -sm
is
up
we
ump into
our row in
u.ts. and seize the tt and
IT.ve w:iy one-tw
J'tavillr; then 'jr.
fore bre-ikft-t: st:
1. n--two as fj
fir as
rbiari f r a swim be-
dm iwi.nmin draw
ers, a
ovi-r'xdir'l. and looi out for
ter aiT Lola I have tae appe
q'la.
v A:
tite of a tirer. ir-icd. I scLe the kx'.at
by one hand, and call out. Charpentier,
pa.a me a ou.i lu.-n. Three motions ia
one
time, and I have finished it t the
N.ne. hurpentier. pass me the fla.-k."
Three swaiiow. and it is emprv."
So the d-K ri-t.i.a wou..i cntinue
da.t7i:.-.'. Homeric.
The hour for the rrstr nocn. the
ua j'lst ov-rheid. The rx-afs draw up ia
me in raer.ver rxt.-r.-re a t.'nr l'-iu.:v w;a
On the bank i' 'he mavcr.
it a
a.a a.-f c t
tife. gpn iarmes in vei-
uctu.der-ix if-, and a !im cf stiai-i-esw-v
uren pars, .s. and -traw hjt..
The sii.i, .run i rl.-' -i. tae l ir-
mer
wvL. ftrw a.- l ttf
er com rxt'tititrs
aad no tat.g"ie.
ad
ns tae 2 .-r r rtze.
We u.ae t ( re
IIow oo 1 the even
r: i.i,-"s g'.ow ia the
"I in .ae.i...,v
j damn---. iud an ths -ia-'; tht-ir wings ia
; the fii.cie of tlie (lit iette a i kirx:h. A:
1 tne end -f a de-:rt rvei on decortted
J plates we hear frr.m 'lie bn'.i-rAim thread
I ot the '. met. Tuie j laces f .r the ) uui
' r.llel E it already a rival crew. U-.ir-n
that same morals g. l.as mt.n '"c.ize.i the
1 prettiest gii.i. A ri.T.t! teeta br.airn,
eyes Liaen-d. ugiy I all and rjia.i
below tiit: U-it: in a rl.; ptM-m of t.tiys-
ii.ai enta i.s;a..:ii. u n i-y h.:.tr-tv. oi aai
1 Dial spirit.: w. :li' tit s:,rk.iig of the re
' turn at ni-tiaigt-t on trod-d ;.itf ra.t,
, with giris wi.kiu w e i.."t into tae ear.
' friends .-i.araf-.i, c i...:ig tria nM eadjf
t.-a-n to i.tur aad leilo s jia;.aig a
hi-rn up.yii the r i. '
Aa.i the eveu;...gs ..f mv a-t iil.-thing
( uitjii.',.! ' t f- r.i.t .rs ! ..I ci a.l "-atai'e
ta..l hi, i. ;:.!; - ( .jr ill fli.t.v
wre-lii!- .a a Tc.il t.ad-r the rel
light or torches, between him. s.mpie
aoaseur, and Iuh;, te ifan-maa ia
person rt rhases neat the mouth cf
sewera with 'loirs as fierce aa titrer san-
Fiinary encounters at nisnt in tne mot
i da3rerous q'jartrs with nSan.s and
j nose-eaters were the most insiamificant
j enisodes of his nisrht'.y career. Nor do I
I dare relaxe other ad-rentires of a more
j intimate character, from which, ae the
writers of ia eariier dar wouid say in
. noble sty!-, a pen th leaat timorous
i wouid recoil with horror.
However painful it may be to confess
an unworthy sentiment. I am obliged to
say that my admiration for MenrTier was
not unmixed with reret and birterness.
perhaps with envy. But the recitation
of his most marveiou? exploits had never
awakened in me the Wt feeiing of in-
credulity, and Archille Meutrier easily
tooknis place in my mind amona heroes
and demieods. between Roland and
' P'0113
! rini- through one of those long aad de-
pr-ssinz suburban streets lined on each i w wurai every 7.
iide bv housr-s of unequal heieht, whose : F" of buB.-dog was tae submj
porters and portress ia shirt sleeves ; 8178 "Ta of P
and calico sac on the steps and imagined m
that thev were takin the fresh air. ' Next moraine on arrivin? at the office
' Hard-7 anyone passing ia the whole
' S"1; pernaps a mason, wiute w.tn,
' p'Atr. sergeant de vrl.e. a cbild carry-
bome a four-pound loaf larger than
himself, or a vcunj eirl hurrvins on in
hat aad cloak with a leather bag on her
,rn- ta'l every quarter hour the half-
uminuiu '.'jmuj
of aprtur with the heavy trot of its
tirei horses.
Stumbiinz now and thea ca the pave-
1 times "I stopped before an enclosure to
1 """tea through the broken boards the ,
! fi'iing e'.ories of the setting sua. and the
i black silhouettes of the chimneys thrown .
I ffinst a greenish skt,
Sometimes
; thnuA aa open wdow ontae ground
. ,
-'r" -
, d Jl
j kundres. folding her g to , her
cheek; there wortam nmn? at tables
noking in he ground f
j cabaret, whi.e an old Booemt rtand
! re them, sang hin? J
; berty, iceompurjij lumseif on aa oid
sTtar ,
1 Saddemy I stopped.
; One of these personal plctures had
! caucht mveye by its domestic aad charm-
: ing simpiKurv. she looked so happy and
peaceful m her simaie Ln.e room, tae
: dear old lady ia her black .dress and
widow s cap leizhcvi an easy
chair covered with green Utrecht velvet
: and simrnr q-iiet.y with her hands
foide-i on her lap Evemhing around
her was so old, and eeme.i to have been
; preserved, less taxouah a wise economy
I taaa on account of hallowed memories.
since tae honeymoon with monster of the
high complexion, in a frock coat aad
flowerei waistcoat, whose ova. crayon
ornamented tae wa.. By two lamps ioa
the mantel sheif every detaJ of the old-
fasmoned firnitur, cou d be d stn-
rii-hed a clock : on . flsn l of : artia-
cial aad pain ted marbie to tne oid and
. .;.'.,..
Certainlv a lovel aad onlv daughter.
remained unmarried through her 81?'-
tion for her
motiier. piouslv war. ned
.1 . . -
over tae io.se oi ur . - -
T ri wh.l hAil n tender 7
.i . c. .u.. .1.1 T-
placed her dear m'.thcr. ihe who had put
tne ott. man under hrr fi-t. he who hail
placed her neir the inlaid ttbie and ar
ran "-1 on it the water sail
e.tpe te I already to see her c miag in.
carrying the evening coff-e. the sweet,
calm iriri. whc should be d.-eeeI :n
mourning like the widow and resembie
her very much.
.VsorVd bv the contempl.itic.n of a
sfene v) srmparhef.c. anil by the pleasure
of imagining that humble pc-m. re
maine'i grinding some st-ps from the
or-en window, sure of net Vf.ag nt;cei
in
uskv tr"f. waen I saw a -t-xcr
open tad taere irreared '"a now tar ae
wit. ::m mv thought at that moment
my friend Meirrr.er hiznlf. the f rmid
ahie aero of tilts in the river and frays ia
aaii'.wi pla-e.
A udden d-)iirt crrsed me. I felt that
I wa -.a poi-t t dLscoveriag a my-
terr
It was he indeeti. His terrible hairv
hand heid a rinv silver ccrT-e-rtct. and
he w-l. f'-.i'.wed bv a poc.dle which
gr--at." trmb.T.-el his srp- a va. ar.r
anii c.asi(t rtosiie. tae ptx.i.e of brlnd
ciariccet-piaTer. a pcor bvgg-r' ryi'.e.
arni e clipped like a lii.n. w.ta ha.rv
rirf!'-s tn hi four paws.
aati a
in:'
must acne 1-iie a ;-nrii ot tae g"-Trin.ie.
Mmraa." said tae giant in a tone of
ineffaltie tendemen. -'tiere' your coffee.
I am -are rhat you will find it al-e to
nigot. The w iter w h iling well, aa-i
I ; o iri 'it on drop t.y dr .p. "
Thank yo.i." a.d 'he -.id lad r. roll
ing her ea.ty chair to tile talne with aa
air: t:..in y .u. my l.it'e A h.lle. V.ur
dt-ar f.itat-r u
.-f.i.-iirr a..i ruanv a t.me ta.:t taere
W -ui 3'
WIS i.
t mv r-ti'iai at m.K.ng ec"f -e U
kind l-ld ind-.g--iit. tile ti.-ar
t'ri nua hue I U-g-.a to Ia llt-ve ta.it
11 are evtn L.-tt--r taat me."
A; that moment. a.id while M-'irtr'er
was p,ur:ng out tae ccrf.-e w.ta i. tae
d'-iit.-u'V of a vt:ung giri. the pt.-,tl.e. ei
cited go doubt ty tae uncovered scgir.
piace-i his fcrepaws cn the Lp oi Ls
Lzsat.
, Down. Medcr!"' he crie'l. with f
beneroiTOt indisrnation. ' Did aarone t
v.f. mr h a trjubiescme anima.
Look here, sir! you know very we'd that
"r ur master never fails to sr. you the
la-t of his cup. By the way,"1 said the
widow. adir:ri2 her vju. '7ou hae
taken the poor fellow out, have yni not?"
Certainly, mamma." he ropiiM. ia a
tone that was .mot infantile. "I have
:ust been to the creamerv for vour morn-
ias miik. and I put th" leash aad collar
, on Medor and took him with me.''
Reassured on this point, important to
canine hyztene. the good dame dnnk
her coffee, between her son and her doi,
who each r2-wded her with an ineiprs-
si'ole tendem".
It waa assured! t unnecarv to see or
hear more. I hail already divined what
a peaceful familv life, nrrisht. nnre and
devoted, my friend Meurtner hai uniier
his chimerical easconaiies. But the
spectacle with which chance had favored
me was at once so droll and so touchina
that I could not resist the temptation to
watch for some moments longer; that in
discretion sufficed to show me the whole
truth.
"Tea, this type of roisterers, this
athlete, this despot of bar rooms and
public houses, performe-L simply and
couri4?eously, in these lowly rooms ia the
suburbs, the sublime duties of a sister cf
charity. This intrepid oarsman had
never made a longer voy3ge than to con-
J L. 'U.- 1 SJ " .1
I asked Meurtrier how he had employed
tae previous evening, and ae mstantly
improvised, without tae least hesitation,
aa account of a sharp encounter on the
boulevard, where he had knocked down
with a single blow of his fist, having
passed his thumb through the ring of his
- , - ..... . .. .
I listened, smiling ironically, and
thinking to confound him: but remem-
' berins how respectable a virtue Ls which
, From the Frensh.
Poppy Cmltnr.
It is probable thiit very few owners of
iiiiwf,- tmnifnw lrw a-XTir i .1.1. 11 tm n.
mzted merlT for ornamelrWiil
proluce opium. When the flower petals
. Ue fallen, leaving the seed caWe
. 6 made ia that bodr,
certain chemical
; to the mxiatTr ia
-hica in cuItivatl and the varietV of
I fm wbich it k pro,ill(L '
Although the plant will srrow in al-
mo,t anv Climate, it is in Iadiia that it is
siULffar.tonlT cuirivated. the opium
of that 'WMt7T inz derire-l
of Malw4 MlI
, of rj,
i bn p;owea a3,i
, the cpr d is a tae
October, or ia. be-iaainc of No-
seed are suffi-
cient for the of M
jj be-rias to arermiaate. as it does ia a
.owia- the land is divided bv
f.lmwj w'uluriar beds, alxms
, 5.ra f in.na bv four in breadth,
; cajca,is fr M.oa, M
f nt wateria!- mmt.
; H i ,
About aeventr-dve da after
a,jwer' appear,.' and its
removed, oa the
. . ,r , , .- r . .
ta-f'i aav alter taeir expaaaioa. ia ue
pated together with the leaves destiaei i
to form the outer shell cf the i
opium cake. Ia course of eight or ten j
day, the capsules are laaeed at night. '
anil the juice which has exuded from the :
inc isions is scraped off ia the morainr, ;
. , r .
mf.ii Ctr e.ir-hHn v-.( Th.s rirr--es cs
thr or fo terTali
. -
ende opium. The bower petals aad the
piaat leaves and stalks have al) a con-
T snierauie va.'ie ftr pacs.,ng purpjses: tae
-v.: .i ,t .i ... -.. 1 u I
io.cjer jjirv.tju cti uie ita.u are ti.sri ut
the pea-aats f.-r fire-wooL The crude
I opium, having been g-ithered. Ls stored I
by tae cui'.ivator. aad watched, thit it
may remaia free from moid or taint.
At the end of Mireh, or the beginning i
cf April, when the weather is furiously '
ht.-t ia Bengal, tae cultivator, carrying '
their opium, obey a summons calling
them to meet the deputy ag'-nt of their
v.l.ag". There the opium ia teted, paid
for. and taken into the nosesion of the
government Finally the opium paite Ls
matle i;i r. .aies. dried, pairk-d-a b")l'-,
and remove-i to Ca.rurt.i, f-tr -ale by au-
t.cn. TrUl I Comp-t iti.
sky-High Silliitaaires.
The your.g Vaaderbi.'s I mean
neiius i.i-i William K.. the present !
ot tae tara..y cave "gone ac it
a.t
taev avaat to 'lourjie tae I r: irn-s taei:
f ttht-r left tht-m right sp-ed.!'.'. wr:M a
New V.trs i-o-r-".p;ndent of tneCinda
natti l.tunmo ia. Ij izt''. Iidel. I
d..n t v-e how t..t-y can he!: ;t. Cor
ne.i'i.s Var.'ieroi.t la f trty now. and he is
wort a. I sur pose, ar ie.-t. t)O0. oto.
lerhap ni. .'" This, at ornrH-und in
'' r. siiou! ! dou'yif every tw-ive vt-ars.
wcica woi.id make :t bo .ra than $4'i. '
M'.x). 0i')i) w ht-a Corn -:: t.s is i-ventv is. It
wjiild iacr-a-e a gi-l deal ;'is".-r tiiaa
ta.it at the Lu"er-t which he :.- t.-d.i
.-e:etv.ng on h.s -t.x it aad b..n'L. but
T..ere W .li ctiTit: pan.!. r-VtrrK. per
haps, aad he cannot af'-iy cciuit on
nia.ag n.re taaa ti'i'K '). )) ia i
t.'i.rtv-nx yea.-, t crnt-.i.js i tirst vice-
pr-..icat tae New Y tr (Vijrrii rt.l
road and he 1 of naan.:e: WJ:i.n hi.,
is c' ond vice-rjresideiit and "Looter ut
taarTx;rtati'.n.
There are l.ii of tne Po.-iiia.1u..i iy
Iailtas now ia ilaae, a vf whtu '
US'.
AK EASTERN APOLOGUE,
Me'ik. the Saltan, tired and wan.
- yoddad at noon on his divan.
Bile the fjsmtain linrrd near
Jamil, the bari, ami ths vider
Old TTsuf. sour and hard to plesae.
Then Jamil sang in words Eke thnwt
i Slim is Butheina siim is she
As the boughs of the Araka fcreet
i "JTa-."" quoth the other, teeth. betne.!n.
' "Lean, if you will I caU ber lean.
.'weet is Eathein sweet as wm,
! With smiles that like red bubbies shine!
! "Trie by the Prophet:" Tasnf said;
; "Jfhe makes men wander in the headl"
rr is Bntheirtsi eh! more dear
l Than ail the maidens of KTanhmeerl
"Dear."' came the answer, rmick as thought
j "Dear and yet always to be bought.
So Jamil ceased. Bat sUH life s paips
: Shows diverse onto Touth and Are:
And be the son? of ghouls or gods
Time like ths Sultan, sits, and nods.
HCM0R OF THE DAT.
Business in astronomical circles ia look
ing np.
The latest iastance of absence of mind
The dude.
The heaviest mash on record waa when
truth was crushed to earth. 3'Jrss Ttrk
It seems a lirtie strange that when we
are tired we can best rest easy by retiring.
MtrrKant- TractUr.
Ia Missouri they call a bra--baad con
cert a success when the leader escapes
with hi life. fVi.
Lemonade may help a man along fairly
well, but it Ls the "stick" ia it that causes
him to stumble. Lir.
liA!l men are bora free and equal, w but
the difficulty is that some are burn equal
to half a dozen others. Life.
The '-fresh" young man 'flails consider
able difficulty ia earning hL salt because
he aeeds so much of it. JVte York Jour
W. A student of human nature says any
thing can be sharpened. Put a lead
pencil in a woman's hand and see. Bing-
The end of the wsic enmes roDingroutid
And brmss toe only ehaAce.
Far Mary Ann to Cane toe ttma
To mend her huboy s panes.
KtXk idoacope.
I Agchitecture is caued "frozen ntrtsic,'
j but some buildings look as if the orchestra
had been struck with a heavy front when
they were tuning their insta-umeata. Be
J ton Bulletin.
ranBif era PXRso-rrrr-ra.
' Ee never spoiie a word;
j But wth a look of dtpV meiartciioiy
j He sat. like Patience, on an ottoman,
i Watcning for his wif a to put ber bonnet on.
Lynn item.
( ' Ifr. Smith." asketi the professor of
' natural history, ''which aniaial exhibits
tne greatest susceptibility for attaching
i itself to the human race?" Smith re
! Sects.; "Ah-er-r-r-r-I think the leech,
' professor." -Vcic Trk .YiU.
'-Does your wife talk in her sleepP
I asked one married maa of aaither one
I lay when they they were comparing
notes. ' I don't lie awake to see," re
plied the hearties husband; ''but she
j talks all the rest of the time, so I rather
j gue-s she does. Smurriil JimrnaL
"Ah !"' remarked a young rat, as the
steei trap closetl on his leg, "I was afraid
we would have a cold snap before morn
ing " "True," said a wise cat, who hap
pened along, "and we may now luok for
considerable activity in the fur market. n
And. sure enough, the fur began to fly
it once. Br-joiiiyn EvjU.
sua wo eta.
Dt-p in her eyes of bmnie blue
1 -aw tae Rive Lent same;
"Sweet iuve." 1 urt.y ahKed, "wil yo-a
Be miner'
She raia-d her head and br-atheda sh
Her eyes w-.ta tr ar- wet.
And hiu.-.nini-".y ne male repiy,
. - Vuu ber.-
Money's Werth.
"Doe it ever tt:r!ir to you," said a
ca.h bcoki-epmg man to his frienl,
"how much mure you are g.-rting for your
money now taaa when we beg-ia on t'
a week, twelve or thirteen ear ago
Look it it. You hail to dresi then pretty
nearly as well as you do now. I will
venture to ay you cniild.i t get a pair of
-rou-ers thea that suited youf. jr less than
1) or I; you g"t the ?ame thing now
for f" to tV), aa.i you can get for $-5
trousers that wou.d have cost at leat $!)
then. The suit you had to pay 40 to
e) :'or then conts yon $ io to-iay. You
;aa buy a.l tae New Yorn papert if you
are a newpu;-r man and re-.td news
wauiea!e t it twelve or fuuntren cents,
and the bundle left nothing of a quarter
then. A for bk. we.l. there wern't
ar boc- taat cost !e than l ia ItTi,
iad no a douar biil covers a fairish
l..ruy. J:int lojk at the way goctd
r:niy m.ttie shoe have come Uon in
pr.c-. aa.i as fir -hirt. and good under
ci.taing. ton ought to rind out what
tht-y oft -tef re the puaic' " Well,"'
re o.ael the nt.-11-ca.-.h btM; -eci.ig man,
who prtm.')tiy gave up th:e iH'intntlr'im
ia price, "waatl want t.j kaw im nat be
C'.mes of the monev I a.n uac-onscioualy
saving'" "You had berier g" home aad
loci oT-xiad aad try aad re:iiau-r how
bare house-) were ';-:' re 1 ri br.ught La
art det-'.ra'.a. f.r '-at. tiling: aad fir
aatt..er. aot.t i taut y.a ee t. a dresa
..cats -rre '.i.'-re vi nut: a l-,f-a yrars
ago. You a.-o living ben..-r f-,r the
sait.e su.nev, xy Ly. That j all."
"i.' j. ', ..a t'm.
C.ea Ma."g'ler:.'a. ut 1'aly. ni.in. rg
u.ar v.-ta tj tao ,a.".'u. jv.ii3 caaied