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A literary genius remarks that Japan
needs an epio and China an epitaph.
Now Mexico ranks eighth in its out
put of silver, and seventh in its out
put of gold.
Straogo to say, iho improvement in
firearms has not incroased the mur
derous result of battles.
A Trench picture dealer says that
nil of his unsold pictures are sent to
, the United States, where they bring
' fancy prices.
; . A recent parliamentary retnrn
. shows that thero are upward of $21,.
"y 000,000 of unclaimod money in var
ious Government departments of
Great Britain.
Of the 12,000 miles which form the
land girdle of China, C000 touch Rus
sian territory, 4800 BritiHh territory,
nd only 400 French, while 800 may
be described as doubtful.
Tho warden of the Missouri Poni
tentiary feeds tho 2000-odd convicts
in his charge at an average cost of
eight cents eaoh a day, and, accord
ing to tho Now Orleans Pioayune, they
livo reaasonnbly well, too.
Tho doliberato judgment of Judge
is "that tho oontinuanoe of tho Turk
ish Government after the last slaugh
ter in Armenia is an insult to deoeut
humanity the world over, and the Eu
ropean politics that treats it feobly or
overlooks it in a hideous orime."
The mountainous regions of the
westoi a part of North Carolina truly"
afford a typical soction for both sum
mer and winter resorts. This faot
has been taken advantage of by
Northern pooplo, who aro now found
in large numbers, enjoying life in this
most dolightfnl spot.
Land suitable for fruit culture in
California commands a muoh higher
prioe per acre than 'in New York.
Anywhere near railroads the prioe is
from $100 to $300 per acie, without
any improvements, and of course if
there aro buildings and fruit trees
planted, tho price is more.
Dr. Joseph Tarker, of the City
Temple, London, is warring with the
reporters for reporting his sermons.
He thinks that newspaper reports in
terfere with the profits of his pub
lished sermons, and has boon asking
advice as to how )10 cna prevent re
porters taking notes of his addresses.
It is believed his only remedyis.to
mako a contract with Lis audience
that they will not publish is ser
mons. .
The ago limit in the Chinese urmy is
clastic, if there is any trnth in an
edict which is attributed to the
Chinese Emperor. The document
grants a pieoe of silk, ten bushels of
rico aud ten pounds of moat to sol
diors upward of eighty years of age.
A double quantity is allowed to those
who have reached ninety years. A
patent of nobility is granted to those
who have survived their hundredth
year.
A man in Australia had a new and
brilliant idea not long ago in regard
to the interpretation of the clause in
his marriage vows : "Till death us do
pari" Ilis wife died, luckily for
her, as the following facts demon
strate, and since he was bound only
till death to his wife, the husband re
fused to pay her funeral expenses.
. The oourt promptly decided that a
husband's duties only cease when the
undertaker's bills are paid.
Bays the Electrical Review: In
J91.ayoung electrician, now in
1'aris, on looking through Carnegie's
great steel rail plant at Braddock,
Fenn., casually suggested that elec
tricity could be made to operate the
widoly separated pieces of maohinery
at a saving of many thousands a year.
Recently Andrew Carnegie visited the
plant for the first time in two yean
aud saw electricity doing the work.
This ;,""ovemeut, together with
es it possible for eight
men to do the work 500 did in 1891.
An unusual thing, rotated by the
Cleveland Plain-Dealer, iu connection
with the court is the holding, by the
United States Grand Jury, that Scrip
tural quotations may be libelous. II.
A. Busby, of Means, Harrison Coun
ty, was indicted for writing letters
and postal cards to David Haudley, of
Colu ubuH, Ohio. On tho envelope of
the letters were the quotations : "Owe
No Man Anything," "Let Us Walk
Honestly," and "Many Years Thou
rilrnlt Be Troubled." Ho was indicted
on fouf counts ou tho ground that the
language used was libellous and calcu
'laled to iujure the character of Mr.
Haudley.
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THE TELEQRAPH,
The darkness ami the sllonoa 111
Between your soul and mine,
Like some gront river rolling by
B.'nenth a night of stormy sky,
Where not a star may ihlno.
But, as benenth the sullen brlno
'Twlxt lands of kindred speech,
Thoro runs a slender, living lino
O'er which there fliish.by lightning sign,
The thoughts ot euch to each,
Bo, 'nenth tho parting flood of death
There runs a living lino
Of steadfast memory and faith,
Of love not born for mortal hre ith,
Between your soul nn J mine !
-Samantha W. Shoup, la Indopondonf,
AS IN A LOOKING GLASS.
Fcsxa. Boudoir and toilet ot a society
belle. . Tho belle, who, besides Ixlnif very
beautiful la .till VAIinv tin. I frnah laiantn.l
In front of hordres-ttiiKtfthleuni.orthflhBn'la
of her inn Id. who U nrnnnrliitf hn. hnlp tnr
tho nlht. On the (treating table are a mlr-
rorana various articles of tho tollot.
F-Tf N
HE Maid "Mado
moiselle was 1
great triumph to
night; no?
The Belle (ab
stractedly ) "Yes,
li
.yr
.V.V wl
Celeste, I think
so."
The Maid (with
pride)--"The men
all fall down and
adore mademoiselle ; no?"
The Belle "No, not all the men.
Some ot them. Enough of them.
(Sighing). Too many of them."
The Maid "That is good. Made
moiselle has embarrassment of choice. "
The Belle "Yes, an embarrassment
of cboioe. You speak truly, Coleste.
(Sighing again). It is that which
makes me but, baht why think of it
all? I suppose it is the experience of
all girls like me in society, nith a for
tune, a face and a facile tongue.
There! That will do for to-night,
Col or to ; I am going to sit up for a
little. I may read and I may write, I
cannot say."
The Maid (horrified) "But made
moiselle has already lost so much of
the beauty sleep."
The Belle "I am restless. Be
sides, if all be true that men have
told me to-night, I do not need it.
Good night. Celeste."
The Maid "Good night, mademoi
selle!" (Exit maid).
The Bulle (alone) "Five proposals
in one night. That is, counting one
that I suppose does not ought not to
oouut. Four of them at any rate suoh
as a girl in her second season should
jump at. As for the fifth well, I
won't think of it, I mean, if I can help
it I won't. Yet but what nonsense 1
Let me review tho others. First oame
old Totterly. Sixty years old he said
he was. lie is eighty, if he is day.
Worth four millions, lie said. That
part is probably true. But, oh 1 Let
us pass on to the next. Philip Eger
ton Donning, the writor and thinker;
4 he literary lion of the season. Funny
ho should fancy me. I like him, too,
myself, I oannot help admiring -his
irflellect, and I feel that I should
always respect him. Yet (muses sev
eral minutes, then sighs). Who next ?
Oh, yes. (Laughing heartily). I must
not forget him. Lord Tuffnnt, the
latest British importation, who did
me the honor to offer me, with a
monocle in one fishy eye, his title, his
mortgaged estates and the family
tree that, in its time, has borne an
abundance of just suoh overripe fruit
as he is. And for what? My youth,
beauty, and money. Nonsense. Next.
Ahem I The same thing, in a measure,
only of our own manufacture. Tracy
de Tuyster Van Trefler, of the most
oernlean of blue blooded Knicker
bocker stock. Truly our country has
reached a wonderful height in her in
dustries when she can turn out any
thing so nearly like the English arti
cle, even to his morals, as Traoy de
Puyster Van Trefler I There they are,
all of them, labelled to the best possi
ble advantage. All eioept Jaok.
roor Jack I Well, I might as well list
him. Jack Willoughby. Something
down town. Poor as a church mouse,
handsome as Apollo, and true as steel.
Ah, well! (sighing) I suppose I must
not think of him. It is lucky, though,
that some oue interrupted us when he
proposed, or I might have said yes. I
was overcome with the heat of the
ball room ; and when he put his arm
around me, and whisperingly begged
for an answer, I felt so weak, for the
moment, that I don't thiuk I Bhould
have had strength to refuse him. But
somebody cuuio, somebody always
does, and I suppose I am safe. I
promised them all au answer in a week.
An embarrassment of ohoioe, Celeste
said, (Closes her eyes and thinks.) a
A half hour or more passes, during
which the belle appears to sleep. Sud
denly she opens her eyes.
The Belle "1 must have slept. But
nothing in my dreams seemed to offer
me any help. Oh, dear! Is there
anything or anybody that can show
me what to do?"
A voioe "There is."
The Belle (stortled) "Good gra
cious! What was that?"
A Voioe "Don't bo frightened. It
was I."
The Belle (still' 'more alarmed)
"But who are you.? ."Where are you?"
A Voioe "Your mirror."
The Belle "But, good heavens!
Mirrors oannot speak. " "
The Mirror "Mirrors can do a
great many more things than people
give them credit for. We reflect;
why should we not speak? That we
cuu do so is proved by my talking to
you now. I have listened to all you
have thought aud would help you."
The Bello (trembling) "Wus I
thinking aloud?"
The Mirror "No. Butyoucanuot
thiuk aud look into my face without
evorv thought boiu. kuowu to 1111
ivcu though J uiny uvt reveal what is
I want to help you to
re. Are you willing,
that I shnli..
The Belle "You mean with regard
to-"
The Miirnr (blandly) "I moan
with regard to the fivo proposals yon
receive I to-night."
Tho Bello (after a panse) "Which
shall I accept?"
' Tho Mirror "That I may not tell
you. I can simply help you to judge
for yonrself."
The Bello (nnxiously) "How can
you do that?"
The Mirror "By showing you
yourself, your surroundings and your
conditiou of mind, livo years after
yonr marriago with any one of your
wonld-bo husbands of this evening."
The Belle "Oh, dear I This is
worse than chiromancy. Wouldn't
eh wouldn't it be wicked?"
The' Mirror "Not so vrickod as it
would be to marry the wrong man."
The Bello "I suppose that must be
true. Well, what must I do?"
The Mirror "First, turn down the
gas. Then place yourself facing me,
and light the spirit lamp of yourcurl-ing-irou
apparatus. Now, take some
of your pearl faoe powder, sprinkle it
on the flame, and wait. (She does so.
The surface of the mirror becomes
heavily clouded). Which would you
see first?"
The Belle (laughing hysterically)
"Oh. take them in their regular or
der." The Mirror "Then, Mr. Totterly,
the eighty-year-old millionaire, first.
What can you see? Speak!" (The
cloud on the faoe of the mirror gradu
ally clears in the centre, disclosing a
picture.)
The Bello (in a low voice) "I see
myself, handsomely dressed, covered
with jewels, at an evening reception.
Many men are around me offering me
attentions. For some reason I dare
not accept them. In a corner, jealously
watching me, I soe Mr. Totterly. He
scowls every time a man pays me a
compliment. Everything is bright
around me, but the very brightness
seems to weary me, and remind me of
something lacking."
The 'Mirror (grim'y) "Are you
happy?"
The Bello (shuddering) "No. Al
though bored to death where I am, I
dread to go home, because I shall be
alone with him, my husband. I see
nothing but despair and waiting, con
stant waiting for release." (Picture
vanishes).
The Mirror "You will not forget
that. . Now look upon this. (Again a
picture forms). What do you see?7
The Belle "I see myself again, but
alone. I have been reading, but have
tired of it. There is something I want
to do, something I want to'feel, but I
cannot. In a little room nearby I see
Philip Egerton Denning, my literary,
intellectual husband. lie is very busy,
writing. In my utter loneliness, I get
up and go to him. Stooping over, I
gently kiss him on the brow. He
frowns, pushes me away, and tells me
I destroy his ideas. I sign, turn away,
aud go to bed."
The Mirror (ironioally)"Are you
happy?"
The Belle (bitterly) "No. All the
warmth in my heart is gradually be
ing frozen by the oold indifference of
the man I have married. He is too
brainy to lavish any affections on his
wife ; his growing fame is more im
portant than domestio ties. Show me
the next."
The Mirror "Well, what see you
here?"
The Belle "Another reception. I
am sitting alone, however, utterly
ignored by the many women present
except iu the way of an occasional
supercilious glance at my gown, or a
whisper to some one else about me be
hind a fan. I think it must be in
England. Some of the women have
red noses, and they all lock tired and
bored to death.
The Mirror "It is. It is the fifth
year of your reign as Lady Tuffuutt."
Ihe Belle "I see myself moving
into another room where everybody
is playing cards. His Lordship, my
husband, is there, gambling like the
rest. I tell him I do not feel well and
would like to go home. He advises
me to go home alone or amuse myself
in the conservatory.' He says there is
too muoh of bis money on the table
to go then, lie means my money. I
have seen enough of this."
The Mirror (mockingly) "Are you
happy
The Ballo (sadly) "No, but I am
gradually beoming deadened to my
misery."
The Mirror (as a new picture ap
pears) "Now you are Mrs. Traoy da
Puyster Van Treffer, a member of the
native arhtocrioy of New York. Can
you see yourself?"
The Belle "Yes. I see myself once
more alone. The room is haudsomely
furnished ; everything looks rioh and
good. But I am waiting anxiously
and listening intently. At every
sound I get up and look through the
blinds into tho dark night. At last,
as dawn is broakicg-, a eab drives up ;
I hear it. A few minute afterward
my husbaud enters the room. He
suolds me iua thick voioe lor remain
ing up. A quarrel ends iu my burst
ing into tears. He stoops over me to
kiss ue aud I nearly faint with nau
sea.." '
The Mirror "Are you happy?"
The Belle (densely) "No. I am hu
miliated by his neglect, disgusted
with his manner of life, and harassed
with constant suspicion. I am utterly
wretched."
The Mirror (slyly) "There is only
one more picture. Do you want to
see it?"
The Belle (confusedly) "Yes, I sup
pose I may as well. It is probably
like all the rest."
The Mirror (as the last picture ap
pears) "Then behold I Aud tell what
i ou see." 1
Tlje Belle (very softly) "I soe my
in yonr min
decide yur
self again. I am sitting in front of a
co:,ey fire of soft coal, aewing some
thing light. Near me is near me is
yes, it is Jack. Mr. Willonghy. I
mean. He is talking to me very gay
ly, and I am smiling and listening.
Now the door opens and two children
come bounding into the room; a boy
and a girl. They want to bid us good
nightt they say. They look so much
like Jack they might almost be al
most be his nephew and niece."
Tho Mirror (gently) "Are you
hnppy ?
There in no answer from the belle,
for she wakes up with a start.
The Bello (after looking earnestly
at the m irror, which is as bright as crys
tal) "I have been dreaming and it is
nearly five o clock But I am not sorry,
An embarrassment of choice, Celeste
said. I thought so, too, but we were
both young. I told her I might read
and I might write. (Smiling.) Well, I
have read a great deal ; I think I will
write a little. (Writes.)
My Dearest Jnck : I don't think I will
keep you waiting n weak for my answer.
ain yours as soon as joa coaie to claim me.
iVTHKL.
Life.
WISE WORDS.
A rogue is a roundabout fool.
A full jail is better than an empty
one.
Gossip is genouliy '."4 desire to get
even. ',,-
A drop of ink may make a million
think.
It is a rare man who can do a favor
delicately.
lou seldom admire a man you see a
great deal of.
Rank and riches aro chains of gold,
but still chains.
It is not hard to forgive a lie told
with good intent.
One drop of scandal will spread over
a whole life-time.
What we place most hopes upon
generally proves most fatal.
Jt.verytning a man like3 to do a
woman can prove is wicked. .
The man who knows the worid and
is not a cynio is usually a fool.
An evil intention perverts the best
actions and makes thorn sins.
In the meanest hut is a romanoe, if
yon but knew the hearts there.
The fools are not all dead yet, and,
what is more, they never will be.
Every humtn heart ought to be a
bird cage with a singing bird in it.
Of all virtues justice is the best.
Valor without it is a common pest.
The happiness of your life depends
upon the character of your thoughts.
The wise man expects everything
from himself ; the fool looks to others.
The people pay more for love than
for any other necessary evil on earth.
The more friends a basiness man
has the more things he sells below
oost.
The trouble with most people's
economy is that they don't save any
money by it.
The younger a woman is the more
indignant she is when she hears of a
bad husband.
It is all right to vote for ths conn
try's prosperity, but you must work
for your own.
What is birth to a man if it be a
stain to his dead ancestors to have left
such an offspring?
A Remarkable Fall ot Stone.
M. L. Fletoher, an English mineral
ogist, tells of a remarkable fall of
stones whioh took plaoe at some early
date in the history of Mexico. He
describes fourteeu huge masses in all,
and advances the very likely theory
that they originally formed a single
meteoric mass that was shattered by
the intense heat engendered while
passing through the earth's atmos
phere. The fragments of this immense
meteorite are scattered over a section
of country sixty-six miles in length
and twenty-two in width, and it is es
timated that its total weight was but
little short of 20,000 pounds. One
piece of it, now iu the National Mu
seum at Washington. Atlanta Consti
tution.
How Horses Sleep.
When the horse sleeps, one ear is
directly forward, why it is not known.
A naturalist thinks this is to guard
against danger, being a survival of
their original wild habits. He says :
"Watch a horse asleep through the
window of his stable, and make a faint
noise to the front. The ear will be all
attention, and probably the other will
rly round sharply to assist. Now let
him go to sleep again, and make the
same noise on oue side. The forward
ear will keep his guard, with possibly
a lightning flick round, only to re
sume its former position." New York
Dispatoh.
Tame 1 a Pair ol Elk. '
A Chehalis County (Wash.) farmer
has lately beeu creating a good deal of
interest with a pair of elk whioh he
had turned and trained to do many
things usually dou'c" by horses. A few
fuya ago a traveler offered him a good
yriea to Jd elk, . but- the farmer re
?ut;3 to part, with" them. The same
ftignt agougar got into his barn and
ate up'onu of the creatures. Chioago
Herald.
. : "Wrolu Sliver."
"Wroth "silver," from the sevoral
parishes of his hundred of Knightlow
iu Warwickshire, in England, whs col
lected a few days ago by the Duke of
Bucclcugh as lord of the manor. The
custom dates back to feudul times.
For every penny uot forthcoming the
prescribed penalty 011 tho defaulter is
or else tiie forfeiture of a white bull
Hiiiia red uoo au.l tais. Chicago
UeralO.
TIIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARK TOLD BT THE
FOUNT MEN OF THE PRESS.
Busier Than the Bre Abasement
Mteral The Point of View Adds
Nothing to It, Ktc, Etc.
How doth the Utile bnsy ad
Improve each shinln minute,
And (father dollnrs, dimes f.nd orn'S
For the merchant who Is In It.
THB POINT OP VIEW.
Carson "To what school of writers
does Scrawls belong?"
Vokes "He poses as a realist; but
bis creditors say he is a romancer."-
irutn.
ABASEMENT.
Penolopo (freezingly) "JTou do not
love me."
Ten Broke (convincingly) "I wor
ship the very ground that you in
herit." Life.
ADDS NOTHING TO IT.
"The telephone is like a woman ;
it tells everything it hoars."
"Yep, that's so. And it's nnlike a
woman, too ; it tolls a thing just as it
hears it." Life.
NOBLE SELF-SACRIFICE.
Friend "Does Arthur smoke?"
Sweet Girl "No; he never smoked
in his life, and he has promised that
if I marry him he will never learn. Is
n't he noble?" Puok.
LITERAL.
"It's a good idea tj make light of
yonr troubles."
"I do," repliel Happigo ; "when
ever a creditor sends me a letter I
burn it." Washington Star.
GOT IT.
nopgood "Yes; Jobson hal n.i
peace of mind nutil he married that
girl."
Dewberry "Well, last night I heard
her giving him a pieoe of hers."
TaOTHFUL.
"Waiter, is this cheese imports I?"
"Yes, sir; part of it."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, sir, the boles cams from
Switzerland, but just the substance
was made here. "
TWO STRINOI.
"Why is Charley letting his hair
grow?"
"For two reasons. He intends to
try football, an I if he's not a suooess
nt it he's goiug to join the woman's
rights party." Judge.
A MATTER OF INDIFFEnKNCB.
"Do you take any interest in the
problem of whether or not Mars is in
habited?" asked the youug man.
"Oh, dear, no," replied the young
woinau. "Even if it were the people
wouldn't belong to our set." Judge.
GETTING EVEN.
Jones "I told you that I woutd
get even with Smith, and I h ive."
Brown "How did you do it?"
Jones "I made my wife put on
her new two-huudred-and-tifty-dollar
sealskin saoque aud go anl call ou his
wife. " Fuck.
A SATISFACTORY SUBSTITUTE.
Irate Woman "Git out of hore,
you dirty Injun 1 Is it dinuer you
have the faoe to beg for? I'll sic one
of the dogs on you 1"
Chiei Mnch-'fraid-of-water (placidly)
"S'pose sic fat dog on big Injun ;
him heap glad." Judge.
RESIGNATION.
"Is your wife lecturing on the des
tiny of woman?" was the sympathetic
inquiry.
"i'e."
"Isn't that a pretty heavy subject?"
"Yes. But it could be worse. She
might be at borne making bison it."
Washington Star.
an AcrHonmr.
"Football, Bir, is brutal. It is based
largely upon the exeroise of brute
force,, aud the opportunities of unfair
tactics are such "
"Oh, say hold ou. Havo you ever
seen a game t( football?"
"No; but' I hold cliuios iu three
hospitals in a college town !" Cb.io.igo
Record.
GOOD TO THROW AT THS OAT.
Book canvassers should take cour
age from a story told by an English
lecturer on "The Art of Bookbiuding."
A man of their profession had called
at a house whose occupant met him
with a growl.
"It's no use to me, I never read."
"But there's your family," said the
canvasser.
"Havou't any family nothing but
a cat."
i'WoJI. you may want something to
throw' at the cat."
The book was purchased.
11R IDN T WAIT.
"Mary!"
.It was the voice of the old man in
the upper hull.
"Yes. pa."
"Is Mr. Simpson still there?"
"Y yes, pa."
"Aud didn't tho clock just strike
one?"
"I I rather thiuk it did."
"Well, you j ust tell him if ho is
there in ten uiiuutts from now that
that is just hut I shall do, and
Mary !"
"Yes, pa."
"He will be that oue."
Fifteeu seconds later tho frout dooi
opened uud clo.'e l agaiu softly aud
Mary was nloue iu the hall. Ne
York World.
SCIEMIFIfJ AXI) INDUSTRIAL.
Imperfect c'olhing is a cause ot
much bad health.
A Swedish musician has had a violiu
mado of aluminum.
In Berlin they are making nutri
tious bread from flour and sawdust.
An English paper contains the an
nouncement of a cure for blushing.
The very latest astronomical works
catalogue between C000 and 7000
"double stars."
The Somerset Railroad of Maine hai
purchased a snow plow weighing
twenty-three tons.
If a can of milk is placed noar an
open vessel containing turpentine, the
smell of turpentine is soon communi
cated to the milk.
Bulbs of incandescent lamps nro
now blown with artistio designs in re
lief, thus obviating tho use of a shade
and increasing the beauty of the
lamp.
An electrio street sprinkler is in nio
in Philadelphia. It has two thirty
horse-power motors, holds 2700 gal
lons of water and runs fifteen miles
an hour.
Platinum has been drawn int3
smooth wire so fine that it could not
be distinguished by the naked eye,
even when stretched across a piece of
white cardboard.
In Sweden a new electrolytio pro
cess is being nsed in the extraction
of zino from ores which have hitherto
been considered worthless. It is said
that pure metallic zino has not been
produced in Sweden for thirty yearp.
The greatest astronomers, in specu
lating upon what there is in spaoe and
the distance of external galaxies, cal
culate that the nearest external uni
verse is so far distant that light from
it, travelling at the speed of 186,000
miles a second, would take nearly
nine million years to reach us.
A Mexican paper states that a new
project for the sanitation of the sew
ers in the City of Mexico, at a oost of
about $25,000, oalls for the building
of some twenty-five windmills in differ
ent parts of the oity to rotate paddle
wheels in the sewers and quicken the
current to one metre per second.
Six devices for the humane slaugh
ter of domestio animals, four for horses
and two lor cows, have just been im
ported from Paris by the Connoctiout
Humane Society. A hood whioh
blinds the animal is put on, and at
tacked to it is a 'spike which whon
driven in with a hammer pierces the
brain and causes instant death.
A meteorite, weighing 196 pounds,
has been found on the salt marsh east
of Mulga dowas, Northwest Australia.
It was an iron-stained mass of bright.
pure metal, not a particle of stone be
ing visible, and when struck with any
hard substance rings like an anvil. It
is two feet long, one foot at its great
est width and eight inches thick.
Uncle Sam's Farm.
The following are the numbers of
miles in each State and the Territories :
Alabama, 52,250 square miles;
Alaska, 577,390; Arizona, 113,020;
Arkansas. 63.830: California. 158.8(10:
Colorado, 103,925 ; Connecticut, 4990 ;
Delaware, 2050; District of Colum
bia, seventy ; Florida, 58,080 ; Georgia,
59,475 ; Idaho, 84,080; Illinois, 58,
650; Indiana, 36,350; Indian Terri
tory, 31,400: Iowa. 56.025: Kans.
82,080; Kentuclty, 40,400; Louisiana,
48,720; Maine, 83,040; Maryland,
it.liu; Massachusetts, 8315; Michi
gan, 58,915; Minnesota, 83,365;
Mississippi. 46.810: Missouri. 59.415:
Montaua, 140,080; Nebraska, 77,510;
Nevada, 110,700; New Hampshire,
9305; New Jersey, 7815; Now Mexioo,
152,580; New York, 49,170; North
Carolina. 62.250: North Dakota. 70..
795; Ohio, 41,000; Oklahoma, 39,030;
uregon, Ub,U30 ; Pennsylvania, 46,215 ;
Rhode Island, 1250; South Carolina,
30,570 ; South Dakota. 77.650 : Tonnes-
see, 42,050; Texas, 205,780; Utah,
B4,67u; Vermont, U563 ; Virginia. 42,
450;. Washington, 69,180; West Vir
ginia, 21,780; Wisconsin. 56.040:
Wyomiosr. 97.890. The total area of
the United States is 3,602,990 square
miles. ftew Xork Dispatch.
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High Smokestacks tor Factories.
Aside from the fact that tall chim
neys are better for tho public health,
by lifting the deleterious product of
combnstion far into the upper air, it
would seem that technical considera
tions alone might recommend them.
But there has been a fad lately for low
chimneys in factories, and W. B. Le
Van expresses the weighty opinion
that they are a mistake. As to first
cost, there is no saving over a high,
well-proportioned chimney, and tho
entire drift of manufacturing require
ments domauds the building of liitrh
chimneys so as to enable more fuel to
be burued in a given time aud space.
thus increasing the power and output
01 tne boilers. A rapi.l draft is equiv
alent to a largo lire-grate area, and
has the advautago that the birrl-is
transmitted much more rapidly to thu
boilor by reason of the higher temper
ature obtained. Moreover, iu many
industries, the goods produced are
liable to be spoiled by smoke aud smut
permeating the lower strata of the
atmosphere. Atlanta Journal.
Wild Animals iu Texas,
Sheep aud cattle rauohers iu South
west Texas are asking tho State to help
theiu to exterminate or keep down the
wild animals that are playing havoc
with ttoek iu that region. So far
from the advent of settlers thinning
out tha pauthers, wolvec, and coyotes,
the animals are increasing greatly in
numbers through the plenty of lood
afforded by the vast herds of cuttle aud
sheep. The ranchers have spent I
thousands of dollars in trying to abate
the pest, but without avail, aud now
they want the State to taku a haul
Chicago Uviakl.
LULLABY.
Dear llltloghl, good-night, good-nlRhtr
The pretty birds In their posts are still
v?e watched the sua ns he sank from sight,
Over the tree tops on yonder hill. ,
Two stars have come since the daylight went,
Away over there in tho sky's dnrk blue,
They mnst be nnirols that God has sent
To watch my baby the wholenlght through.
Dear little girl, goo J-nlght, good-night t
I he.ir the frogs In the mondow call j
rhey croak and croak In the evoufng light,
Down In the pond by tho old stone wall,
(think, perhaps, that they tell the flowers
Never to fear, though the world is dark ,
They know the firefly lights the hoars
All night long with his ehoerful spark.
Dear little girl, good-night, good-nUht 1
Dsar little head, with yonr silky hair,
Dear little form that I hold so tight,
Cozy and warm In the nuriery chair !
White lids are velllnsf the eyes so clear,
Over their blueooss ths frlntiai creep,
Slower and slower I roo t you dear,
My little girl Is alep, asleep.
Gool Housekeeping.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Only the untried man wholly trusts
himself. Dallas News.
What nine men out of ten want is a
home with hotel comforts. Puok.
A preferred creditor is usually ono
that doesn't fight for prompt pay
ment. raeK.
These balloon sleeves evidently
come of a desire to widen woman's
sphere. Boston Transcript.
A man who is a complete failure is
nearly always particularly fond of giv
ing a Ivice. Atchison Globe.
It was a junior in the Abilene High
School who wrote "Evening Dawned
at Lost." Leavenworth Times.
An egotist reminds one of a lizard ;
lop off a bit of him, he squirms a little
and straightway grows on again.
Some future generation.
If we mnke no mist 11k -,
Will kick about the blsuults
That papi use I to bake.
Detroit Trlbun.
If you can't remember what the
string tied on yonr finger was to re
mind you of, you are getting old.
Atchison Globe.
"That must be a very good book
Jumper is reading." "Impossible.
He seems to be profoundly interested."
Chicr.go Inter-Ocean.
A housekeeper up town says har
grocer is so slow with his delivery
that when she orders eggs the boy
brings her chickens. Philadelphia
Reoord.
Morton "Are you sure that Fenam
is really reconciled with his wife?"
Crandall "Yes, I am sure of it, for
she reads what hs writes and he eats
what she cooks." Truth.
"They say it is eleotricity," said Pat,
as he stopped before the incandescent
street-light, "but I'll be hanged if I
Bee how it is they make the hairpin
burn in the botthle." Yalo Record.
Sympathy "My lord," said au
overworked parson to his bishop, "J
have not had a holiday for five years."
"I am very sorry for yonr congrega
tion," replied his lordship, with a
smile." Tid-Bits.
Hostess "I am going to ask yon to
take a charming widow down to din
ner. Will you?" Burrows "Cer
tainly. I'll take her anywhere that
there is a crowd to protect me."
Boston Transcript.
Loud sobbed the tramp ; tue great wet tears
Left lare and briny tracks.
"Pray what," quoth I, "if not too bold,
Y"iir heart so sorely ranks?"
'' A n-. ! ' sobbed he, '-I've just beon told
About this income tux."
Boston Budget.
We often sneer at tho Egyptians for
being a slow people, but ou the con
trary they must have been a very busy
race. Even the mummies appear to
have been pressed for time. Rook
laud (Me.) Tribune.
"But, Emma, how can you prefer
the plain and shabbily-dressed Julius
to my elegant and handsome broth
er?" "That is quite simple; your
brother is in love with himself, and
Julius with me." Life.
"I think Miss Smith and Mr. Jones
must be engaged ; thev have had their
portraits taken together." "Indeed?
I am glad to bear it. I knew wiien I
introduood them that she woall be
taken with him." Now York Ttnn.
A Huge Jloorge-Uead.
What is probably ono of the finest
moose-heads in the world was taken
to Bangor, Me., this week by G. H.
Crocker, of Fitzburg, Mass. The ani
mal was shot up in Aroostook County
at the Ox Bow, aud the moose weighed
1400 pounds. It is about absolutely
perfect in size, shape aud spread of
the antlers. Tho sutlers spread sixty
iuehes, and when it is considered that
rifty-oue inohes is a large spread, some
idea of the immense antlers of this
moose is obtained. The largest sot oi
antlers of which thero is auy record if
Jix.ty-nIl, Jncho-ij an.. I this moose sur
passed that animal in the shape aud
formation. Boston Herald.
Loaf Sugar iu Morocco.
Au importaut article of trade in
Morocco is loaf sugur, which is in
general demand for presents. Every
person approaching a superior, whose
favor or good will it is desired to pro
pitiate, is bouud to bring a gift. He
canuot appear empty-handed, and the
form that is most commonly taken by
tho gift is loaf sugar. New York Dis
patch. (
A 3terii Disciplinarian.
General Count von Heseler, of tho
German Army, is a stern old soldier
and a strict disoipliuariuu. He has
been kuowu to stop a subordinate iu
the street uud make him remove hit
boots au l stock in js to seo if his feet
were cleau. Chicago Uvrald.