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The Pnmoan King enjoys the princely Income of $20 a month. ! .Tho number of millionaire Sonatora Is estimated now nt from thirty to thirty two, or nearly ono half tho entire Senate. Tho necessity for t lie artificial applied tion'of wator is said to bo far greater ir California than ia tho older countrioi ol Europe. A statistician . asserts that twonty Princes end I'riucessci of tho reigning families of Europe have been treated for mental disorder. .New York is agitnting the proposition X "'""''i 'roe Kinucrgarccn scnoms to .a ..1.1 !-li . l . . ' tna iiacs im uer present primary system of instruction. Pngo-Pngo, tho Sumoan port grunted to the United States for a coaling station, is tho most easily defensible harbor In the Southern Tivcilio. Gorman literature has loco added to the curriculum of the college of liters turo at tlio Imperial University of Japan, Two- German professor! will, a native paper says, bo shortly added to the staff. Tho Wilmington (N. C.) 31 tenjer glvos en Itemized statement showing that the theft of a chicken valued at fifteen conts cost tho taxpayers of thai State i:0l.70 cents before the Plate wa rid of the oITouder. John B. Scott, a South Carolinn cotton planter, has been nppo ntod by the liu-s'nu Com u.u:ii iu;'?r'tcndentand Instructor of a largo cotton pliintat'oi: owned by the Government in one of th Southern provinces. ' Mnckcrol and halibut, it nppeari from the fishory reports, are deserting th waters of tho New England coasts. Foi tho year 18-S there wet a falling off ol about six million pounds in the catch oi these two kinds of fish.' In a suit for damages for los of a son the l'enusylvania Supreme Court decided In favor of the Philadelphia Steamboat Company. Tho court held that a row boat is not a voisel within tho meaning 'the -navigation laws, and that a steam txjat i8,'.r.herororo, not bound, to get out of tho rowboat's way. ' Garden mid Forest urges the Govern moiit to withdraw it fjrest lands from salo and place them in tho care of thf army. The Philado'phi.1 Ti nea indorsee tho suggestion, and nsks tho States tc take immediate stops for tho preserva tion of .tho forests beforo all our groal rhors shrink into shallow lit.le streams. , It is against tlio law in Mexico foi any one to read a newspaper aloud; but rto one cares for that, observe! th) New York I'riuiie, as few peoplo want to read them anyhow. You c m get more news in Mexico by titling dovu half an hour at a popular rata than you could got by reading a Mexican paper for a mouth. . In Michigan University "a larger pro portion or woman than of men are tak ing by choice the full classical course," 'resident Augell reports. Men are be coming scieutitic rather than classical, on account of the new i.peulugs in scieutitic prDfessious, while women study Greek and latin, to meet tho Require ments o''te.ichers. In England, Franco, Germany, Eel gium, Holland, Austria and Switzerland there are 221 eit'ei having street rail roads. Among thcte 1 18 are in England, 48 in Germany and 23 in Franco, thew being no city of less than 20,000 inhabit ants having such roads, while in I lu United States I hoy are found in cities oi cot more than 1010 inhabitants. According to the Cu'hilic World thert are uiuety colored Catholic schonls iu iht Southern dioceses and two colored sister hoods the Oblates, of Baltimore, and the Holy Family, of New Orleans, which provide teachers for the schools. The number of Catholic colored churches, the H'urWsays, is not more than twenty, and thoie is but ouo colored Catholic priest iu tho country. Deaths from miningexplosious in Eng land for 18S8 were only forty-three. This is tho lowest record since U51, when the number w as first officially given. The lowest previous to 18S8 was si .ty live deaths iu 1884. . The highest record lu tho past thirty-eight years was in 1800, when 050 lives were lost by ex-plosions-:100 of these being covered by the one casualty at the Oaks Colliery. I .The great river of Egypt has not sent down its accustomo.i Hoods this year, and the peoplo who depend on that foi their food indulge only the most gloom) anticipations for the future. There wil' le no corn in Egypt this year, and thi ancient granary of the world must itscll buy of more prosperous nations. Som believo that the great feeders of tho Kilt have been cut oil by growths of vegeta bles choking off the passage of waler. ther thuevrv is that the large flood a 6 lcftrtauis which now obBtrucl l!or, as was the case some year: , J which were not cut throurr 0- o, A n ( A FRIBHXX As mbi; th vole. In th court above, Moved by th Lady's shining mien and a-rao. "1.0, hers come on who shall Increase eur lovl" fio cried my heart when flrat 1 aw thy faoe. I knw thy spirit waa to mine akin, Dwelling anear on some eternal shore; lime, Borrow, Death, their filmy threads may spin, They bar no shining path we shall explore. Enough, though her w may not meet, since w One stood together on that binned height, 'When, through the mlat that veil eternity, Truth' flaming star burst forth npon our sight. And though our circuit lie world nparate, W smile and part, for surely, Omy friend,. Their line shall Intersphera or noon or late, And rjiov. together to th journey' end. If now we met, perchance the hateful mask Of finite vision might obscuia our eye And dim Truth' fixed star. No boon I ask W have met once on hills ot Paradise. Annie Kent, fn Harper. HELD .BY A ROPE. 3T 1.EIOII TO UN OK. .- Egypt has been called the Gift of the Kile, and everything in the land is con nected with the movements of the great artery that is the life of the country. The seventeenth of June is the "night oi me drop, ana is celebrated as a fes tival. Moore in his "Lai la Kookh" tells us of the power of "llio drop that down from th moon, Fall through the healing air of June." According to the ancient lcrendg. Tula. the goddess of Egypt, weeps over the armucsa oi me country, ana tne tear falling from her eye into tho Nile causes the overflow which brings renewed life to-the land. Tho Cairencs spend Ihe night besido the river, either in the open air or in houses near the bank, and practice all sorts of ceremonies. Each member of the family places a piece of uouga on me rooi; n the dough rises, happiness is in store for the fortunate one who placed It there; if not, it is an ill omon. Ten days later the river slowly begins iv nee, nun mo ssiie crier goes through the streets every morning with the latest bulletin as to the height of the water. The great festivity of the year is the Wefa or the cutting of the dam, which tanes piace between the tenth and four taeutU of August. Egypt is now no longer a vast luke during the inundation as it formerly was. Tho water is conducted into a net-work of canals and reservoirs, and uisiriuutca as it is needed, and engi neers are appointed to see that there is no loss nor waste. I evoes are bu.lt to keep the waters within bounds, and many of the villages are connected bv these, whilo others can only be reached by boat. When we reached Egypt, in the middlo of October, the inundation was at the highest point, higher than it had boen for tfears. To attempt tha journey to the pyramids was, we wore told, inad neis, tho whole face of the couutry be tween Ghizeh and the city being under water. Hut the flood would net abate for weeks, and we could tot wait, and so decided to try it. Selecting our donkeys with care, we started out, a party of four, including the drngomin and tho little animals which are the street cars of Egypt. The donkey boy, a very bright little fellow of fourteen years, "was a family man, he told us proudly, with two wives and four children, and he supported his whole establishment on the one franc a day he earned by taking care of the donkeys. On past the city out into the open we rode, congratulating ourselves that we had not heeded the advice given us. Our route lay along a high embank ment beside one of the numerous canals which encircle the city, and a more beautiful scene cannot bo imagined. The wator wa almost ur with the bank, and in the sunlight glittered and glistened. ion reeas ana rushes with waving plumes beautifully preen lineS the a hore. and the reflection iu the water gave back every loaf and twig. llien suddenly and abruDtlv the dvke was cut off, and before u was a sheer descent into the yellow water. The force of the waves had undermined the foundation, and it had sunk. What to do next was the question. Yussef got down, and went forward to explore. Finally he came back with the intelligence that there was a boat a little way back, which would take us if we were willing to go in that way. Turning, we rode to where a curve in the embankment formed a tiny cove, and there wai tho bout, a long, dirty, weather-beaten craft, with the immensely high mast and the odd-shaped sail that they use only on the Nile. j l-eaving our doukeys to the boy who was to take them back to the city, we embarked and puthed off. Tho little boat rocked and reeled with the force of tho current, but the boatmen teemed to km.w their business, and piloted us safely enough, tho ;gh it was no easy task. The tallest trees were ha'f under water, and tho sml et were wholly sub merged ; and when one least expected it, he waa apt to run up against one, for the water was so thick w ith mud that noth ing could be seen below the surface. Men wore at work upon the embank ments strengthening, them, and a busy scene the green terraces rising up out of tlio yellow water pre'-ented. Where the rush had swept the dykes completely away, they were throwing connecting bridges, i waa forcibly reminded of the scenes at home, when 'the Mississippi bursts its bounds and breuks through the levees. i very available force on the plantation is set to work to strengthen the Carrier that keeps off thf waters. It was all the more striking, as the fetlahin and our Southern negroes closely resem ble each other. Our little boat with its great tail brought us finally up to the elevated plateau where the pyiamids stand, and we lauded, glad to Le on terra urma. No ono ever forgets tho view that he gets from the top of . heop, where he teems to feel the ceuturies go by. The drawback to the plea-sure and awe which the place inspires is tho chattering, the quarreling and tho clamoring for bak bhbh of lha tw.unis of Arabs thul hauut the place. Thanks, however, to the over ow, noue but our own party were there, so we were left in peace to the desolation of the scene. lielow us lay tho waste of water with the winding line of tho embankments curling like a great green serpent, and frem its bosom seemed to rise the minarets and domes of the distant city, while over all the tall columns of the Mofue of Mehemet Ali kept ward. At our fcot crouched tho sleepless Sphynx brooding over the scene as she has done for fifty centuries. We explored the Tomb of Numbers, sad the temple in ruins, lunched at the pavilion built for the Prince of Wales, sunned ourselves in tho sand as we watched the granite monster, and wished a genius was there to unseal those tightly closed lips, and disclose the things that those eye had seen. Then as the shadows were lengthen ing, tired and worn-out we returned to the boat. Whether the current was stronger than in the morning, or whether the crew were tired I cannot tell, but cer tainly tho boat did net obey the helm, but drifted at the mercy of the wind, and rockeii from side lo side. The great dangev waa, of course, in running against a snag, but providentally, though she bumped many times, the boat did not strike heavily, and we drifted on in the right direction, for she seemed to be en tirely out of the control of the boatmen. The situation was perilous in the ex treme, night was comiog on, there we were, miles from any chance of succor, wholly at the mercy of the current, and liable at any moment to be overturned. At lost we drifted toward one of the bridges which had been thrown over the canal, and immediately we were sucked into the current that poured with tre mendous force through the opening. Just as wo went ntder, the sail which they had been trying to take in foil with a crash, and swept one ot the boatmen into the water. ' With a shriok he throw up his hands, and went down like lead. Every effort was made to keep in tho middlo of the culvert, which was twelve feet across, and in that we succeeded. Tho bridge was about fifteen feet high, and just as we rushed along, the top of the mast caught on one of the timbers of the bridge, and held fast. Back and forth rocked the boat in the rush of waters, but the hold of the ropes never relaxed. From side to side we weie tossed with a dizry, sickening motion, just escaping each time being dashed against the rocks which formed the side ot the bridge, and expected every instant to be capsized. I have heard of the Eastern indiffer ence to death, but it certainly was not manifested there, for the Arabs shrieked with fear, and called upon Allah to de liver them. The boat was half-full of water, and it took all of our efforts at bailing to keep her from filling; but the men were of no use, they sat down in the water and rocked from side to side, bemoaning their fate, till the Captain, losing pa tie'nce.administered somo kicks to them, tolling them to go to work and stop their howling. One of them slyly took out his pen knife, and approaching the rope was just about to cut it, when I, seeing what he was about to do, called to hiin to drop the knife. Tho fellow got closer, and had just touched the rope when I pulled a revolver from my pocket saying: "If you touch that rope, I'll shoot you." J he outstretched arm dropped ai if paralyzed, and the knife full in the water. . Our one chance of life, and it was but a slender one, lay in the holding out of the rope, i hero -were men working on the road above us, we knew, and if we could only attract their attention, it might be we.ll with us yet. But, of course, the chances were that the rope would wear away, and then tho almost certainty was we should be dashed to pieces. Jlalf-mad with fear, one of the men jumped into the waler to try and train the embankment. Ho was a tall, power ful man and a magnificent swimmer, but the water tossed him about like a piece of cork. We saw with horror his red fez go up and down on the waves, until his unturned, agonized face drifted by us, and he sauk to rise no more. Horror stricken we sat silently thinking that tho next moment such might bo the fate of tho rest of us, particularly as I thought I saw signs ot the fraying of the rope wnere it worKea against tne mast. We tired off two or three shots in rapid succession, an Jthcn shouted at the top of our voices, but no answer came, save the rush ol the waters. One of our party roso and threw off his coat. " What is.that for ? ' I tsked. " I am going to try to swim to shore : I believe I can do it." " With Abdullah's fate before your eyes f " I returned. "les,"he said, "I wl.l try U, and not be killed here." ' It would be suicide," I replied, aeain taking out my revolver, " and I will tiro if you make a motion to leave tho boat. We will take our chances here." " But what chance have we here ? " " Very little, but none in the way you are trying." Silently he dropped back in his scat. A loud exclamation from tho captain startled every one, and we looked up to where his finger pointed. There shitt ing through a erevice iu the flooring of the bridge was a round, besd-liko eye lookinc down uuon us. - and nresentlv. finding a larger fissure, a coal-black fuce j beamed upon upon us. Never was apparition more welcome. In a few words the captain explained the situation we were in, and told the mau that a couple of English noblemen were there, and he must hasten. Like an arrow the fellow flew away to where a posse of men were meuding the road, and they hastened back; but how to get at us was the dithculty. Hqj after was Hung in vuin; we were too far under to catch it. At last they tied a a heavy stone to the rope, and allowed it to drift under with the current. It came nearer and nearer. We held our breath with anxiety, fearing lest some eddy should draw it away from us: but as it came past, one of us, holding to the mast, reached out and caught it. A prayor of thanksgiving went up from our hearts, while a shout testified to bur rescuers that the rope had caught ; to make it fast to the mast, aud cut the other, which was now almost f raved in two, was the work of a moment, aud slowly we were druwu from our danger ous position, aud towed around to a point where we could land and climb up the eiulaoknient. . The engineer is held responsible for the safety of travelers, as it was his business to keep the road in order, and when he heard that some of tbe boat's passengers had been killed, he came to us In consternation and distress, to know how many and who they were. When he heard that one was an Egyp tian soldier and the other a boatman, "Biemlllah," he cried, turning on his heol, "I thought they might have been Franks." ' So little is native life counted ameng them. Youth' t Companion. A Terrapin's Beseeching Eye. David Burnham, living in a near-by town in New Jersey, is exceedingly fond of terrapin stew, but he does not tbink much of the savory "diamond back" in any other form. Nevertheless, a pet ter rapin that some months ago almost miraculously escaped the pot wanders around the plot of ground on whicn his house stands and sleeps in his kitchen every night. I.as October Mr. Burnham invited some friends to supper, served to cele brate the fifth anniversary of his wed ding. For six dollars he purchased in Fulton Market a five pound terrapin, in tending to regale his friends with his favorite dish. He left orders that the terrapin should be sent by express to his house, and supposed that it would be de livered in a condition better understood by the cook than the butcher. But the little creature was by no means in the soup yet, and when it was loid down for a moment with its ight side uppermost in the kitchen it proved that it was keenly alive to the situation by waddling nt its highest rate of speed toward the door. It was then turned on its back, and the cook was invited to slaughter it. Bu'. this she emphatically refused to do, and as the other servants shared her objec tions Mr. Burnham nerved himself to do the butchers work himself. Armed with the family carving knife he en tered the kitchen when the rest of the household had retired for the night. He says that he knelt down upon the floor and was about to slit the terrapin's throat when the succulent creature, lying on its diamond back, gazed at his face with such a human, beseeching expression in its mild, bulging eyes that the knife dropped from his hand, and he deter mined to spare its life. The terrapin has shown itself grateful, but not demonstratively so, for the mercy extended to it. When Mr. Burn ham approaches its usual resting place, under a great chestnut tree, it croaks cheerfully, and slowly moves to meet him. It will take a piece of bruised and softened meat, a small fish, or even a piece of water-soaked bread from his hand, but its appetite is not large, and it sleeps most of the time. It is growing fat rapidly, and swells beyond its shell with a posterior and an anterior plethora at least so Mr. Burnham says, and he has studied Dr. Johnson's mode of expression pretty closely. It does not fear the cold, being warmly clad. iVi York 2'ime. A Koman Treadmill. There will shortly be on view, it is hoped, at the British Museum, the very remarkable Koman treadmill for raising water which was discovored in the work in :s of tho llio Tinto mine (Spain), where its woodwork was preserved in a very perfect state by the action of the copper in the water. It may be of in terest to mention, in connection with this wheel, that the lioman remains dis covered in and about the mino, which were at first uufortuuatcly dispersed, are now preserved by the llio Tinto Company with praiseworthy care in a small museum at Huolva, bolonging to M. Sundheim of that place, who takes much interest in its arrangement. There may be seen the fetters, collars, and ank lets (of the modern snape) of the slaves employed in the mine who worked the series of treadmills, one above another, by which it was drained. Instead of. lea n in r on bars, as in the modern tread mill, they appear to h ive held on to' ropes (lUe bell ropes), of which por-j tions still remain. The extant wheel (4f metres in diameter) is so constructed a to utilize their weight in the most ski -j ful munner. The pickaxes in the same collection are so completely modern in' shape that it is difficult to realize their1 antiquity, while the curious hoe-like' spade of the Spaniard finds hore its pro totype. The same survival may be de tected in the "herring bone work" ol the Houmns (of whi h specimens have been fouud at Kio Tinto)," which reap-) pears in the Giralda at Seville, and is still in full use. Among the other metal objects are two bronze urns and some stamped pi us of Koman lead, with a lead tube. London Attenjum. An Increasing Diplomatic Family. : The list of representatives of foreign ( ovcrnments resident in Washington has considerable lengthened during the last year. The new circular of the State Department shows that it is interesting for other reasons than its increased length. A year ago there were 27 Min isters and Charges d' Affaires entitled to recognition. Now there are :t2, repre senting o'.t countries. The seven new representatives are Minister Don Jose Marcelino Hurtado, of Colombia; Minis ter Puk Chung Yang, of Corca, Minis ter Don Felix Cipriano C. egarra, of Peru; Minister Hadji Hossein Ghooly Kahn, of Persia; Minister Don Francisco Laintiesta, of Salvador, who is also Min ister for Honduras; and Minister Jean Oannadius, of Greece The increase of tbe list will make it necessary to extend tbe table at the White House State din ner. I nst year, when there were only 13 ladies on tho legation list to invite and about 48 covers wore laid, it was necessary to invite ludy guests who were not connected with the diplomatic corps. Now there are 17 ladies attached to the legation, and the difficulty would be to provide comfortably fur all of them. Aap York Timet. Monument to the Humbletonlan Sire. The National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders proposes to erect a bronze statue of the great llumbletonian.to cost not less thau $13001), as a memorial to the progenitor of one of the fastest strains of Americuu trotting horses. 'I he - ommittee in charge ot the work ia composed of J. V. llowlaud, Ouy Miller aud J. W. Gruy.'Treasurer of the Asso ciation, who also a ts as Treasurer of the fund. A considerable sum for this purpose hud alieady been collected by K. A. Buck, editor of the fyirit of th Tim:: HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. A Teat for Tea. A Russian analyist gives the following as a test by which tea can be proved to be genuine or not: Take a pinch of tea in a glass, pour upon it a little cold water and well shake it up. Pure ted will only slightly color the water, while a strong infusion is quickly got from the adulterated or painted leaf. Now boil both sorts separately, and let them stand till cool, and the difference between them will be most marked. The false tea will become still stronger after long standing, but vill remain transparent. Whereas the pure tea will become muddy or milky. This last appearance arises from the tannic acid which is a natural property in pure tea, but which in arti ficial tea is entirely absent. Washing Flannel. In washing flannels, make a suds of blood-warm water and white soap. Al low the flannels to soak in this water from one-half to one whole hour, then wash them with as little friction as pos sible, using no rubbing-board or soap, save what is dissolved in the water; squeeze the articles with the hands un til the dirt is forced out as much as possible, then change to another clear auds prepared in the same way and finish the washing process. Finally rinse in warm water, in which you may put a very little bluing if you like. Do not wring as you do other clothes, but simply squeeze out the water enough to admit of carrying to the line, and bo sure when removing tho flannels from one water to another that each suc cessive water is hotter than the last never any colder. If you wish to restore the color of flannels which are apparently ruined by bad treatment, it can be dono by mak ing a solution of one and one-half pounds of white soap and two-thirds of an ounce of spirts of ammonia dissolved in twelve gallons of soft water. By dipping the flannels in this, and wetting them thoroughly in the solution, a beautiful and lasting whiteness will be imparted to them, no matter how yellow they were previous to their immersion. After being well stirred round for a short time, take the articles nut and wash well in, clean, soft water. To cleanse blankets,- put two large tablcspoonfuls of borax and one-half a bar of white soap (cut up the soap- into Jhin shavings with a knife, before put ting into the water) into a tub of luke warm water; when the soap and borax are well dissolved, pt in the blankets and let them remain in soak over night; the next morning wash well and tinto in two waters, and hang out to dry with out wringing them at . -Detroit Free Presu Home Recipes. Chocolate Icing Put into a saucepan half a pound of powdered loaf sugar, two ounces of grated chocolate, and about a gill of water. Stir on the fire until the mixture assumes the consistency of a thick smooth cream. I ay the icing evonly on the cake or pastry, with a palette-knife, and put it into the oven for a minute or two to set tho jcing. Corn Oysters With two cups ol canned or fredily grated sweet corn mix three beaten eggs, a cup of sweet milk, half a teasnoonful of salt, enough flour for a thin batter, and a heaped toaspoon ful of baking powder. Have rea Jy some thin little squares of cold roast lamb or veal. Drop the batter in tiny cakes on a buttered griddle, on each cake lay a bit of th cold roast, and cover it with a teaspoonful of the batter; bako the aame as griddle cakes, aud serve them nicely browned and hot This makes a very palatable imitation of fried oysters. Vegetable Soup This is what the French call "oup Maigre;" Take one turnip (if small, one each of a yellow and a white variety), one large onion, a medium sized carrot, two large potatoes, several stalks of celery, and some sprigs of parsley, and, after peeling and wash ing, put them in the chopping bowl and mince tine. Put a tablespoonful of but ter in the soup kettle, and when melted add the vegetables. Fry slightly for five minutes, but do not brown; cover with two quarts of boiling water and simmer for one hour. Now add a pint of hot milk and half a pint of hot cream, and season to the taste. It will require considerable salt Serve with thin wafer crackers, and seo if your family or guests do not call for a second plato. Mock Bisque Soup Put a quart of either freshly peeled or canned tomatoes on the fire to stew; heat three pints of milk in a double boiler, reserving a cup ful to mix a large tablespoonful of flour with. As soon as the milk boils, stir iu this flour, which must be smoothly mixed with the cold milk, and let it simmer, ten minutes. Add butter the size pf an egg, pepper, salt,-and n very scant tea spoonful of baking soda to the tomatoes; rub through a strainer and add to the milk. Serve at once, and if thoro is to be any delay in so doing, do not add the tomatoes to the milk until you are ready J to tend to the table. This is a delicious and cheap soup, as skimmed milk may be used, altnouun it is not quite so good. Put little dices of fried bread iu ihe tureen, or sprinkle chopped parsley iu the soup just before remo-ingit from the fire. Boston Baked Beans Pick out and wash one quart of small white beans, put them into a deep earthen dish, cover with cold water and place on the coot part of the stove uutil th y are quite swelled ; then movo the dish to the hotter part of the stove and allow the Itcuns to simmer very slowl until they are soft, taking care that t ey remain whole, and always keep them covered with water. When perfectly teuder put them carefully into a colander to draiu off a I the water ; then put them into the baking dish and place one pound of scalded aud teored salt pork intc the water. Mix one cup of boiling water with one cup of mo lasses, one tcaspoonful of salt and a half teaspoonful vt soda; pour this over the beans and bake iu a moderate oven for two houis, adding a little boiling water from lime to time to prevent the beans from becoming dry. Finish by slightly browning the top. The beans are ge er ally baked toward uicht aud left in the oven to cool, vhieh process iuiptoves their flavor. Agriculture', XJ proposed to make excavations in thehcighborhood of the liom-tu Forum to cost $3,00(1,000. There are 13,905 publio house in the London police dis rid, aud 2jj co ee Stalls. AN EPISTOLARY MORGUE, ODDITIES 07 THE DEAD LKTTXB OFFICE AT WA8HINQTON. Curious Reptile, Queer Article and Anatomical Fragments Awaiting Identification. There is no silent horror, but only a living interest uncn entering the Dead Letter Office at Washington. "Twenty thousand letters received here daily." This was the information given to a Detroit Free I'reet representative by the bright and courteous lady wbo presides over the curiosity room. "And nearly one-half of them can never be sent on or back, because of the illegibility of the address or some other cause." The inclosures ire kept two years, then, if still unclaimed, are sold at auc tion. The room is lined with cases, in which the curiosities are very art'stically arranged. Here was a fireman's ax. Improper weight and sharp instrument not properly protected were the reasons for its detention. There were a number of revolvers arranged on the back of the case. It is contrary to law to send fire arms through the mail. "Oh I here is a human ear," one re marked, wondering at the singular token. " cs, that came in a newspaper. We do not know by whom it was sent Here is an asp, and that is a tarantula both quite startling creatures to find upon opening a box. They both came through aiive," said the attendant, "and that is against the law, you know. We always have live curiosities chloroformed and preserved in liquor. We are quite care ful in opening packages, for we never know what sort of pets we are going to find. "Here are some horned toads. ' I have had tree-toads for pets for months at a time." 'Snakes'." exclaimed one of our party, pointing toward some largo lasg cans. "Did they come through alive;" "Ves, indeed." En passant it is very amusing to hear Washingtonians say "Yes, indeed," with the emphasis on "yes," and the "indeed" sliding along as though the expression were one of the pleasures of life. "Yes, indeed," she answered. "There were sixteen of them, sent from Texas en route for Heidelburg, for scientific purposes. They were in perforated tin cans, were detected and sent here. A boy brought the can in a bag, but one snake got away. A lady at the chief's desk, thiee days after, felt someth'ng about her feet Looking down, there was the snake. He had been in one of the drawers of the chief's desk for those three days. Was she frightened! Well, mere are lew things that we ladies dis like more than snakes, you know." "Here is a scalp I" "Ves; it is the scalp of a vounrr Indian girl about eighteen or twenty years old. We were told so- by an ex pert in such things the hair fine and black and straight, you see, prepared witn care to oe lastenea in the belt. "Here are some balls of opium. You notice they were disguised in a covering oi canay. And here is a beautiful large etching, exquisitely done. It seems a pity that It should not have reached its destination, but we could not help it." I-he stepped to the desk, and took from one of the drawers a book, open ing it for our inspection. In it were pasted the addressed sides of envelopes. Some of these addresses indicated a close acquaintance with phonographic Spell ing, as "TiTi, Ga." was spelled "Tight I, Ga.," and Springerville, Arizona," was spelled "Spengcl Bil, Arizona." Again, others were of a poetical turn, and fame doubtless awaits the composers with open arms. Here are four of them : "Now come, locomotive, and get up your steam, And speed in away o'er valley and stream, And carry me safely to John James, btato of Illinois, And tell him I have twin, and both of them boys." "Carry this letter over valley and rid;ea. And deliver safely to A. V. Hedge." "Postmaster run with speedy feet To bill North Third street, Care of Danier Wmforth, For Frederick Aranouth." "To Jack SmtJi, th web-foot scrub, To whom this letter want to go, J cutting cord wood for his grub, lu Botie City, Idaho." A Beaver as a Fet. "Big Joe" is a magnificent beaver two years old, and weighs fifty pounds. Crowds of people, have lked to Mr. J. C. Vivian's to seo this living curiosity dining on poplar, which the dwner has contracted for by the cord, and to watch the appetite left when he gets down the programme to the dessert, when he be comes satiated with apples and tur .ips. A perfect live beaver iu a town or city is rarely if ever seen. The most cele brated travelers that have stood in every quarter of the globe admit they have rarely sceu ono before, and the best writers iu encyclopedias can only guess how they work by moonlight, but such authorities can now ce how "Big Joe" works at Vivian's. Beaver is considered a great delicacy as food, and the tail of "Big Joe," fourteen by six inches extra size for his ago would make a dish tit for the gods, but he is healthy and likely to get a conspicuous place in some zoological garden. He was caught on Oliver Lake, near liabbit Mountaiu Aline, by a well-known trapper, and was con tented at the mines until the present owner brought him to town iu a carriage. Fort Arthur (Canaia) tieiitinel. Ire llarvpstlnar. I was talking last evening w:th one of the largest ice packers along the Hudson ltiver. He said that the greatest suffer er from the luck of cold weather are the men who are accustomed to fill iu their winters by working for the i e packers. Of late years the freezing weather has come after New Vcar's Dsy. During the past seventy years there have been b it five winters w hen tbe ice crop fell greatly below the average. They were those of lHlti, ps-it', lxa,', 18:i8and 18.J0. The Hudson ltiver has only been froen over once this winter, and that waa on December P. Sin e 1710 tbe Hudson bus been permanently closed for the winter later than this year only on. . That was in 1SJ1, when it was frozen over on February 8. Ma York Star. THE MITTEN. In the sleigh there was only Just room for us two, There was nobody else to forbid it The musio ot ileighbells beat time to my heart And some way or other I did it There was love in the air that was breathed; the white snow Was tinged with the sun's golden glory. Well f spoke and she gav me th mitten point blank! That's the long and the short of the story The wild rush of happiness you do not know. Yon can't know unless you have tried it What's that! Why, she gave me the mitten that's true But ber dear little hand was inside itl Vassar Miscellany. HUMOR OF THE DAT. A serious blow A blizzard. A paper dealer The note broker. An old, rhronio growler The lion. Sign of longevity "Old Men's Home. lient in twain The double dwelling house. The newest thing in the dog line Puppies. Will not necessarily fall The girl in slippers. ' The flower of the family is often the latest tc rise. . ' Settling money on a son frequently unsettles the son. The grocer doesn't often show grit. He conceals it in the sugar. A horse knows more than some men, for it knows when to say neigh. "I "am only a littlo .shaver," said the small boy who worked in a carpenter hop. A "It is reported that you have in herited a landed estate." B "My dear sir, it is groundless." "Your laundress appears to be' very old." "Ves; shj belongs to tho iron ago." Biidm Umette. "This is a pretty pass!" remarked the editor when the railroad company re newed his transportation. They stand for office in England and run for it in America. Characteristic, isn't itlPhiladetp),ia CM. Curiously enough, tho big guns of the human race nre seldom in the condition to be llrcd. liurlington Free I'rev. Many a girl thinks she shall Miss if sha isn't married, and many a wife Mrs. it by not being single. Chicago Journal. When the doctors give you up there is only one way to get well ; and that is to give the doctors up. Fli'jende lllaetter. Without consulting the market reports, one would naturally expect "refined" sugar to be "quiet and steady." Fit' burg ChiOiticle. There would be no objection raised against any absconding financier settling iu Canada if he xould first sottle in this country. llinghnvipton Republican. Tom "A new coat, ehl What color do you call it teal brown?" Dick (thinking of his unpaid tailor) "No; dun brown, I guess." Yankee Blade. "Nice girl ycu have, that Clara," re marked Giles. "A little absent-minded, I hear.". "A trifle," replied Briggs. "The last letter she sent me was sealod with her chewing gum." Ai York Hun, Mrs. Winks "Well, I declarel The weather indications are right for once." Mr. Winks (looking over her shoulder) "Humph! That paper that you have got is a week old." VMUde'phia Record, Captain Anson (coachiug his players in a game of ball at tho base ol the qre-t' Egyptian pyramid) "Forty cenfti'iiji are looking down on you, Williamson! Bang tho a'.utiing out of 'er!" Chicago Tribune. Said a disgusted trsmp to his New York associates on his return from a Western tour: "They said I would find wonderful advance in the West, but I didn't find a mau who would advance me a cent." Siflingi. "I used to think," said Uncle Ezra, "thot this thing of gals kissing pug dogs was purty rough, but seuce t come to town an' see some of the dudes well, ' maybe the gals ain't so much to blame arter all."- -Neie York Mercury. "Gcntlemcii'of the jury," said counsel in an agricultural case, "there were 3U hogs in that lot 3ii. I want you to re member that number KU hogs just three times the number that there ae iu the jury box." Albany Laie JuuihoL First Eminent Physician "But Herr Windygrat: has gout his lungs are as sound as possible. Why did you tell him not to play the trombone for six mouths." Second Kmineut Physician- "Because, my dear, Herr Windygrata occupies the chamber next to miue." Funnj Fo!ks. A spring whose wa'teris a perfect writ ing fluid has been discovered in Michi gan. Now all that is needed is the dis covery of a lake of writing paper, a mine of postage stamps an9 a quairy of steel peus. iu the same vicinity, to make that portion of Michigan a "literary centre." Xcu Yor'c Mercury. "Will you have a piece of this nice mince pie, Tommy?" said Tommy's aunt, with whom he was taking his diuner. "Please, ma'am," replied the little fellow, holding his plate, "but you mhjht put two pieces on now; mamma has taught me never to pass my plate back for the second piece." lb 3 Australasian Wool Product The wool-producing industry of the Australasian colonies is one which is Mcadily crowing in importance. The total number of sheep in tbe whole of these colonies on the lilst of March, 1M8 J, was in , tu?,o:if. Of this number almost one half were fouud in New South Wales. '1 he totals for each colouy are as follows: New South Wales, 4(', !IU1V2; New Zealand, l?,2:i5,5til ; Queensland, p.',U2il,lo'; Victoria, 10,- i:-Vt liW'n Krtlitl. Axdtrulia ? t. I ikik ' . ,wt, , o i , v u l u Auauaun, Vi,f Aiistrjiha 1 lid!" (144 51.00 I Tasmania, - ' - - I - -iiimui. . . . .1 . TU .. . - . . 1 i .. i .A ...til i,oit, -. i ua luiui ui t', infu.in com pares with a total of JC,8Sti,71o in lte3. For purpose of comparison, we may give the number of sheep in some other count lies. Tor the Argentine Hepublic the figures in lf"5 were -'.( Oc.buo; in European l ussia, excluding Poland, theru were iu Ivy I estimated -to be 4U, ' a T:ttl theep; in the United States in 1SS7 the number was 14, f V, ill; and iu 1886 iu the United Kingdom ther were 28,95y4l() sheep, Afu C'ultirator.
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