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Bin
EST
England receives about $400,000,000
a year from the amounts it has loaned
to foreign countries.
On July 1 over 80,000,000 in inter
cut was due in l'liilailclphia, the city
interest alono being 81,28!),57i.94.
This is an age of debt, exclaims the
Boston Globe'
Where all tho bottles and pins go
furnishes a subject for wonder. Tow
derly, while at the head of the Knights
of Labor, declared that he destroyed
every bottle after its original oontonts
had been used, and advised all to fol
low his example in ordor to aid the
glass industry.
Germnny, it is estimated, receives
annually $100,000,000 to $150,000,000
from its foreign investments and $200,
000,000 from its merchant marine and
the profits of its citizens engaged in
business in foreign countries, whilo
the expenditure of its people traveling
in other countries is ibont offset by
that of foreigners traveling in Ger
many. Hays Law Notes, "after an animated
trial, consuming ton days, the police
judge of Omaha decided that it was
not criminal libel to accuse a man
falsely of being an A. P. A. man. One
Bennett was accused of branding State
Senator Howell as a member of that
order, to which charge Howell at
tributes his defeat for election as Mayor
"of Omaha."
Justice Harlun, of the Supreme
Court, iu an address before the Yale
Law School, stated that ho believed
of all documents in American history
he would have proferreTWo have been
the author - of George Mason's bill
of rights. This was the first 'in
strument upon earth defining that
principle which underlies every free
government to day the separation of
the three functions of government,
executive, legislative and judicial. He
took occasion also to express his dis-
approval ol Americans who uro
ashamed of thoir Government by
saying that "there are those among
us who affect to believo that no gov
ernment vi itliout royalty can bo endur
ing. They affect the manners and
ways of those they see abroad, and
ex.press disgust at the simplicity of all
that is American. It would bo well
for them to stay permanently abroad,
They are Americans in name only and
deserve our pity rather than our con
tempt. "
A Berlin paper prints some facts re
gardiug electrio railways in Europe,
which suggests to tho Sun Francisco
Chronicle that the people in the Old
World are slow to take up a good
thing. According to this paper, Ger
many has 252 miles of electric, rail
way, Frauce 82 miles, Great Britain
and Ireland G65 miles, Austria-Hun
gary -11 miles, Switzerland 2'J miles
and Italy 2-lj miles. .Sorvia, ltussiu,
. Belgium and Spain have but from G
miles to 1HL miles each. Contrasted
with the 12,000 miles of electric ruil
way operated iu the United States this
is a very sorry showing, and the dis
parity is emphasized when it is stated
that European countries are almost
as I'leilcieut iu other methods of get
ting about as they are iu electric rail
ways. . The United States may learu
sonic things from the people of Eu
rope, but tho latter might derive some
excellent pointers from us on tho sub
iect of moving passengers iu big
cition.
The statistics of accidents furnished
by some of the insurance companies
disclose some odd fucts. Out ol
4000 given accidents CHI were cuused
by falling on the pavement, whilo 143
were from slipping dowu stairs, with
157 due Jo miscellaneous causes, mak
ing a total of 081. Accidents from
riding in carnages aud wagons, are
. given at 421,. which is closely followed
by that now form of accident on the
bicycle, coming up to 413. It is show
that 2t54 persons were cut with edged
tools, while 105 suffered from the
falling of heavy objects. Kick
ing horses were the cause ol
134, while nothing is said about
mules, probably because the mule
does not exist in the section of coun
try from which these figures were
collated. The whirring of intricate
machinery, from which one would ex
pect uu immense number of accident
to occur, really has but a small per-
eentuge to its credit, being only 107
sevonty-two eyes were hurt, sixty-nine
fingers crushed, fifty-live people
stepped on nails iu their stockings,
aud, singular to relate, out of 4000 ac
cidents ouly forty-three wore duo to
railroads. The listull the way through
shows, comments the Atluuta Con
stitution, that more uccidents coiuo to
tho man who walks upon his feet thau
to the one who rides on ruilrouds, suils
on a steumbout, or coasts around on a
bicycle.
nu i ii Li-".
IF THEY BUT COULD.
How ofton wn hear discontented ones
talk
Of Kiancl opportunities Inst.
Aud liow by tun waves of condemnnMo
luck
They've over been ruthlessly tossed.
They'll tell tn a sort of disconsolate way
Of liihorlniP nlwnvs In vnln.
And how they wouiil handle tho contract If
they
Could live their lives ovor ugaln.
The mnn who has failed la his business af
fairs,
Tho prisoner looked In his cell.
The wedded ones battling, with family
cures,
All have tho same storv to tell.
Wherever we go tlmt disconsolate cry
we near in a pitinii strain:
You'd see matters different with me if I
Could live my life over again,"
We should nevor weep over milk that It
Spilled,
Hut liustlo around for some more.
Wo cannot recall opportunities killed,
Nur chances blown off from our shoro,
This word of advlee Is tho best we can
Klvo:
Don't over tho enst sit and brood.
But tackle the future determined to live
The balance of life as you should.
Denver Tost
! Millie and Mollie
'VE come to ask
you for tho
hand of your
daughter," said
young Bromley,
stumbling to the
seat offered him
b y the girl's
' father.
"Which ono?"
asked old Dim
mock, the coal
merchant, lay
ing down the newspaper which he had
been reading, and eyeing the young
man curiously.
Sometimes I think it is Mollie,
aud again I am sure it is Millie," re
plied young Bromley, genuinely per
plexed. Tho old coul nitrchunt looked sym
pathetic.
You can t huve both, said ' ho,
after au awkward pause.
Ihey ro splendid girls, good
enough for auybody!" exclaimed the
youug man.
"Well, I lather think!" suid the old
man, proudly.
1 could be happy witlf either of
them," went ou young Bromley.
I m disposed to think, observed
old Dimmock, "that you have been
happy with both of them."
So they vo told mo more than
once, sum liromley, with the pleasant
light of recollection in his eyes.
Well, can t you make up your
mind which girl you want to marry?"
Ihe old coul merchant looked at the
young mau with the frosu color and
the loyal blue eyes as if he would like
to huve him for a son-in-law.
Youug Bromley did not answer for a
moment, and then he said slowly:
"Which do you think souuds tho bet
ter 'Millie Bromley' or 'Mollie
Bromley?' Sometimes I've looked at
it in that way."
"I don't think there's much to
choose," returned the old coul mer
chant, weighing the question with
every desire to be fair.
"You know," continued tho young
inau, "thero have been times when
I've gone to bed perfectly charmed
with the nunie 'Millio Bromley,' uud
iu the morning 'Mollie Bromley' has
caught my fancy. Millie, Mollie;
Mollie, Millie it's an awful puzzle."
"Of course, you've proposed to one
of the girls ? inquired their father,
On, yes, indeed, said youug
liromlev.
"Then that is the girl you wunt to
murry, exclaimed the old man,
triumphantly. "Why, it's simple
enough after all. You've taken quite
a load oil' my mind. Which one was
it?"
"It was Millie I think," uuswerod
young Bromley, hesitatingly.
"Think! Doii't you know?"
The young man flushed, aud looked
reproachfully at the coal merchant
"Mr. Dimmock," said he, "I'll put
it to you us mini to man: nun
Millie and which is Mollie?
"Dou t cross-exauiiiio me, sir.re
joined the old muu "If you wunt to
marry ouo of the girls, it's your busi
ness to lind out.
"Heaven knows," cried young Brom
ley in unguish, "I wuit to marry cith
er Millie or Mollie, aud have her all
to myself. It's trying enough for
follow to be over head uud ears iu love
with one girl, but when there are two
of them it's more thau llcsh uud blood
run stand."
"There, there, my boy," suid the
old coul merchant soothingly, "itou't
take on so. Either girl is yours with
my blessing, but I wunt to keep one
for mvself. Let ine see if I cun lielp
you." Aud going to the opeu French
window he culled:
"Millie. Mollie! Mollie, Millie!"
"Yes, pupu, we're coining," sounded
two sweet, well-bred voices from the
shrubbery.
There was a tripping of light feet
along the stone walk under theMpe
vine, and Millio uud Mollie lloVl
iuto the room. '
"flow do you do, Mr. Bromley,
thev said Wether with the same in
tonatiou uud the sume merry glint
their eyes.
Millie hud unburn hair und brown
eves; so hud Mollie. Millie h-id
Cupid's bow of a mouth, little teeth
like pearls, and a dimpled chin; so
hud Mollie. MilUo sui'ino, seen tuimJiiU
.8
QOOOoS
e f lint
Of. If U 1A3
her muslin sleeves, wcro round and
white; so were Mollie'..
From waist to tips of their little
feet the figures of Millie and Mollie
were the same, lino for line, and both
were dressed in white muslin, with
lilac bows behind their white necks
and lilac sushes at their waists, lilac
stockings without a wrinkle, and each
woro whito satin shops. Their hair
was loose over their fair brows and
was braided down their backs, of just
the same length, and tied at tho end
with lilac ribbons. Millie tied Mollie's
bows and Mollie tied Millie's.
"Well, papa?"
"Young Bromley tells me," began
old Mr. Dimmock, after, he had taken
draughts of their fresh young beauty
by looking first at one and then at the
other, and then dwelling upon the
features of both with one eye sweep,
"that he proposed to you last night."
"Oh, not to both, you know," Mr.
Dimmock," interjected young Brom
ley. "He asked me to be his wife," said
Millio demurely.
"He told me that he couldn't live
without mo," said Mollie mischievous-
iy.
"How is this?" said the old man,
turning to young' Bromley with a
severe look.
The young man blushed furiously
and lifted his hands iu urotest.
"I'm sure," he stamAered, "one of
you is mistaken. I asKed you, Millie,
to be my wife in the summer house
and and I lyssod you. That was
before supper, and later iu the even
ing, when we Bat on the front steps, 1
said that I couldn't live without
you and that wo musC get married.
'Before we go any further, inter
rupted the old coal merchant, "which
is Millie and which is Mollie? When
your deur mother was alivo she could
tell tho diifereuce sometimes, but I
don't know to this day."
'Oh, how dull you are, papa! said
the girls in duct.
I think that is Millieon the right,"
spoke up young liromley.
"Why, Mr. Bromley, said she, "1
am Mollie."
"Very good, now let's go on," said
their father, "whore were we? Ol
yes, young Bromley says that he asked
you to bo his wife, Millie, and ae-
Iared lie couldu t do without you.
I beg your pardon, papa, said
Mollie, "he told me that he couldn't
live without mo."
"Well, let's get our beariugs," con
tinued the old coal merchant. "Brom
ley, you askod Millie to marry you
down in the summer house, aud you
kissed her! That's correct, isn't it?"
''There's no doubt about that, sir,"
said Bromley eagerly.
"And after -supper when you sat
together on the stoop you told Mollie
that yon couldn't live without her?"
t "That I deny, sir. Ohl I bey your
pardon, Mollie, you needn't look so
angry.- l meant no oitence.
"Did you kiss Mollie? went on the
old man relentlessly.
"No, sir. I J
"Yes, you did, Mr Bromley," flared
up Mollie.
I admit, said the young man,
truggliug with his emotions, "that I
kissed her when I said I could not livo
without her, but it wasn't Mollie."
Oh, Mollie!" said Millie, "how
could you?"
"Now, Millie, do bo reasonable,
suid Mollie.
Old Mr. Dimmock looked mystified.
"It seems to me," I said, with a
show of impatience, "that if I wef in
love with one of those girls I could tell
the difference between them. So far
as I can muke out, youug man, you
have asked Millie to bo your wife, and
have tried to make Mollie believe that
you could not livo without her. Now,
to any one who does not knfiw Millie
and Molho your conduct would ap
pear to be perfidious. Of course, as
between you and Mollie, I must be
hove Mollie, for tho girl certuiuly
knows whether you kissed her."
The old man eyed both his daugh
ters hard. Millie was biting her
nether lip and so was Mollie; but Mol
lie was trying to keep from laughing.
Old Mr. Dimmock had an idea.
"I would like to clear up this thing
to your satisfaction and my own,
Bromley," said he. "Let me ask you
whether Mollie kissed you when you
told her you oouldu't live without
her?"
The youug man got very red in the
face. .
You meau Millie, of course," he
replied, with emburrussiuont. "Per
haps she wouldn't miud my saying
thut she did kiss me in the summer
house. But she didn't kiss me on the
stoop. I kissed her."
'How is thut, Millie? Mollie?'
usked their father.
"l'upu," suid Mollie deciiKrTly. "1
couldn't keep Mr. Bromley from kiss
ing me, but I assure you 1 didu t kiss
him."
Mollie linked her father straight in
the eye aud then she shot uu indignant
shaft ut Bromley.
Millie hung her head and her face
wus as red us a poppy.
"I think, said the old man dryly,
thut it's plain I'll keep Mollie, aud
we'll huve that marriuge before you
make another mistake, young muu."
New York Sun.
luy'e Curiosity.
James Mother, aged fourteen, em
ployed by Tuilor Sullivuu, of Merideu,
Conn., wulked out on a roof. Seeing
a box on au electric wire pole, he pro
cured a ladder uud went up to exam
ine the contrivance. Ho took hold of
u wire loaded with 10IK) volts and was
ubout to irrusp it with his left hand,
when he felt u bum on the wrist of
thut huud and found thut he could uot
release his hold with his right.
Ho w as druwu upward so thut he
lost his footing, uud his weight bloke
his hold. Ho fell ten feet. Mr. Sul
livuu heuring his full hurried to him.
The right hutid wus burned to the bone
aud the left wrist badly scorched.
TIIE MERttY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
The Merrlod Mnn. Itd.mvury I'niler
MHIiratlnff t'lmontitianrfft An Expert
0!inrvpr3n1nv ly Cimtrerlre Hntll
Nrrvoue Faroe of ffnltlt. Ktc, Ktc.
The Happy Man "I tell you, old
fellow, a man doesn't know what real
happiness is until he's married."
Cynical Married Friend, "Then ho
finds it consists iu being Binglo."
Brooklyn Life.
A Nelfl.li View.
She "Look at that poor moth flut
tering around the light."
He "That's better than having It
fluttering around my overcoat." Buck.
Force of Habit.
"Does your husband act as he did
before you wereinarried,Mrs. Lightly?"
"Much the same. When he gooB
out at night he remains very late."
Detroit Free Press.
Merely a HugR-cMlon.
Bridget "Sure, ma'am, I wild call
your atteushun to the beautiful sun
set out av the kitchen winder."
Mistress "That's nothing, Bridget.
You ought to soe it rise some morn
ing. " Life.
An Kzpert Observer.
Charley Checks "Wouldn't yer
like ter be au umpire, Sammy, an' get
into all de games free?"
Sammy Spots "Nawl What would
be de use? Dora fellers never see nut
tin' uv de game." Puck.
Convicted of Insincerity.
"My motto," said the Bummer
boarder, "is 'live and let live.'"
"Hypocrite!" sneered the mosquito
winch had boon perched on his noso.
Only by a'precipitato retreat had it
been able to avoid a crushing blow.
Puck.
Under MlUg-atlus; Circumstance.
Jinks "How much do you think
a minister ought to got for marrying a
couple?"
Filkius "Well, if wholly unac
quainted with them, perhaps he might
be lot off with six months." Town
Topics.
Golnfr by Contraries.
Asians "What do you think will
be tho outcome when you propose to
Miss Swift?"
Toller "She is such a coutrury
girl that I am inclined to think she
will accept me bocaus6 I feel sure she
will reject me?"
tils L'sual rose.
"Julia had her husband's photograph
taken with his head stuck in a news
paper.
"Why did sho do that?"
"She said that was the way he always
looked to her when ho was at home."
Chicago Kecord.
Ilotli Nervous.
Suitor (nervously) "Mr. Mutehitt,
I er why er your er daughter
I wish to er speak
Mr. Mutehitt (ulso nervously) "Look
here, young mun ; out with it. If you
wish to marry my duughter, say so.
Don't keep me sitting here' iu this
awful suspense!" Puck.
An Unnecessary Admonition.
"Did you tell that young man not
to call here any more?" asked Mabel's
father, severely.
"No no."
"Why not?"
"I didn't think it was necessary. I
don't see how he could call any moro,
now. He culls seven times u week.
Washington Star.
Understood the Case.
Struuger -"I should like to retain
you iu au importuut case. It is a fight
over a child."
Great Lawyer "Between husband
aud wife?"
"No; she is an orphan and has no
near relatives. The contest is between
distant relatives ou both sides of the
house."
"Ah! I see. How much is she heir
ess to?" New York Weekly.
Another Lome-Kelt Want.
Customer "My wife bus been pes
tering the life out of me to get her au
easy chair. She's always nagging
about something, and if it isn't a chair
it'll be soniothiug else, and it's hardly
worth while getting one; but, still, I
thought I'd drop iu so as to see whut
you had. . She'll bo sure to ask."
Furniture Dealer "Here, sir, is a
chuir so perfectly easy and comfortable
that she'll full asleep the minute sho
touches it."
Customer "Cracky! I'll tuke it."
Now York Weekly.
The Hvasons.
Little Girl "Mamma, is thi-i sum
mer?" Wise Mothor "Dear mo, will you
never leuru to know tho seusous? Now
remember. When it is so hot one duy
you can't breutho, uud so wet uud
chilly the next thut you cau't go out,
it's summer; wheu it suddenly gets so
cold thut everybody shivers, und ice
and snow appear, it's autumn; when
it becomes warm aud buluiy, and the
birds siug, uud grass gets green, aud
trees begin to bud, it s winter; wheu
the winds start up and cyclones sweep
over the country, aud blizzurds carry
deuth and dcvustutiou iu their wuKo,
uud the livers freeze, aud tho snow
piles up three feet high, it's spring."
New York Weekly.
I'ubllu Land In Missouri.
According to tho figures furnished
by the Depurtmeut of the Interior last
year, Missouri has still 617,000 ucres
of public luud subject to entry, a sur
prising quautity considering tho ugo
of the Stute aud the price ut which
luud is held in tho more densely Bet
tied portions. The luud offices for
this Stute are located at Booueville,
B-outon aud Springfield.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A bar of lead cooled to a point about
800 degrees Fahrenheit below r.ero,
according to the experiment of M.
Fictet, gives out, when struck, a pure
musical tone. Solidified mercury, at
tho samo temperature, is also resonant,
while a coil of magnesium wiro vibrates
like a steel spring.
A new method of preserving mrats.
from which much is expected, consists
in immersion in a thirty per cent,
solution of salt through which a con
tinuous current of electricity is hcing
passed. The curing is completed in
from ten to twenty hours, wheu the
meat is taken out and dried.
Gold leaves so thin that 250,000
measure only an inch iu thickness are
produced in the Swan process by
placing thin sheets of polished copper
in an electrolytic gold plating solution
only iiutil a continuous gold film has
formed, then dissolving away the
copper in a solution of forrio chloride.
Liqnofiod carbonic acid is now pro
duced so cheaply that its uso for mo
tive power for such purposes as driv
ing light carriages is often considered.
A difficulty encountered is tho great
absorption ol heat aud consequent loss
of efficiency through tho refrigeration
of the engine, as tho liquid expands
and returns to the gaseous state.
When the flashlight of a submarino
camera was burned recently in the
Mediterranean, crowds of lisli, with
their wido-staring eyes, were instantly
pictured on the sensitive plate. I u
tograpiiB ol suiimariue iorests are
startingly novel. Seaweed makes an
altogether different appearance when
seen in its natural clement from, that
which it presents when seen floating
on tho suriucc or drivou up on tuo
beach.
A now nickel-iron alloy, reported by
Dr. (Jharles (iuillatiiue, of Nutifcliutcl,
to tho Internationp.i Committco of
Weights and Measures, shows less ex
pansion and contraction under the in
fluence of temporaturo than any other
metallic substance known. It consists
of thirty-six per cent, of nickel and
sixty-four of iron, and tho expansion
is but one-tenth of that of platinum.
It is expected to prove of considerable
value for measuring apparatus exposed
to suddi changes of temperature.
Bailwlly tracks are found to bo not
absolutely stationary, but to bo moved
slightly, especially on steep descents,
through tho influence of the t radio
over them. Austrian and French en
gineers report that tho left hand rail,
seen in tho direction of running,
moves forward more than tho right
ono, while .Lgyptiau engineers huve
an opposite experience. Ono oxplun
at ion is thut the cranks on the right
side lead on European locomotives,
and those on tho left sido on the loco
motives of Egypt.
A New Ilcservolr.
In Pawtucket, It. I., a reservoir has
just been constructed, which, accord-
cording to casual observation, has been
made to stay. It has a depth of
twelve feet, a top diameter of ninety-
seven feet and a bottom diameter of
ninety-five feet. Tho concrete walls
are four feet thick at the bottom and
two ieet thick at tho top, w ith an out
side batter of au inch to tho foot. Ex
tending all around tho outsidotof the
walls aud imbedded iu the concreto
are wrought iron rings. There nre
four of these rings, about tfbveu-
eighths of au iuch in diameter. The
upper one is ono foot from tho top of
the wall; tho others ure each one foot
lower than the lust. The entire sides
and bottom are of ono continuous muss
of concrete, tho whole being laid out
without joint or seum and of tho most
approved material. The concrete is
made of one purt Portland cement,
three parts sand and six parts gravel.
Any person at all familiar with tho use
of such material need scurcely bo told
thut this is au exceptionally strong
construction, and ouo that, barring uc
cideut, will make the reservoir practi
cally safe for many years to cohie.
Ilaiuluged Ihn Wrong Lejr.
A prominent young couple of
Phojuix wero riding their bicycles
leisurely along West Washington
street recently when u Chinese vegeta
ble peddler cume ulong at a lively guit
and upset the bicycle of the gentleman
and fractured his left leg. His lady
frieud and companion, who is a
murkubly talented girl, did not cry or
ring her bunds in helplessness, hut,
breuking liuitis from a neighboring
tree, she made several splints. Then
sho tore up a white skirt for buuduges
aud hulling a passing buggy, she aided
iu lifting her injured frieud iuto it
aud hud him driven to the office of Dr
Helm.
The doctor helped tho man into his
office. Then he proceeded to muke uu
examination of his injuries. "Who
bandaged this leg so neatly?" asked
the doctor. The girl blUKlnngly re
plied it was her work. "Well," quoth
the doctor, as au umusod smile covered
his fuce, "it is beautifully done, but I
find you huve mude a slight mistake.
You have got tho buuduges ou the
wrong leg." And tho luugh thut fol
lowed this uuuouuceuiout wus joined
iu by the victim. Arizona (luzulto.
A Moving Ntuln-itse.
A moving stair case for passengers,
in tho shujie of uu endless leather belt
transferring them from ono story to
uuother, is now iu use iu some of the
greut depurtmeut stores of Paris. It
is culled u transporting carpet. End
less belts of canvas huve been used for
some time to convey puckugos from
pluce to pluce within the store.
Admire the Knlnur's Mustache.
The upwurd twirl of the (leriuan
Emperor's uiustucho is greatly ad
mired by his pooiilc. Some loyal sub
jects even go so fur us to sleep with
their heuds tied up iu bandage s -n
order to give their mustaches tho do
sired twist ut the corners.
A MUNICIPAL FARM.
A Sttccrssfti! KxiM-rlmcnt In Agriculture
by the City of Mncnn.
As a demonstration of tho profit
thero mny bo iu a city farm, attention
is called to tho city of Macon, Oa.
From 4 he fncts as set forth in tho Ma
con Telegraph there are few little
farms iu Georgia that uro more profit
able. Tho farm covers sixty acres
and is planted this season iu a single
crop oats.
All tho land inclosed by tho linlo
track is planted iu tho cereal, and
some twenty or so acres in addi
tion are under cultivation. The crop
this season is nearly ready to cut and
something like 2500 bushels will be
the result. These oats would cost the
city not less than $750 if they had to
bo bought.
Ihis is not all, for two cuttings of
hny will bo made from tho same laud,
which W. Lee Ellis, who is iu charge,
estimates will produce something like
3o00 bales, which would cost the mu
nicipality easily $:!0II0.
Ihe city has more stock to feed
than is generally considered. Taking
tho lire department, the sanitary
quad, tho street force and all, not
less than fifty mules and horses must
bo fed by the city, and all this proven
der, raised under Farmer Lee's su
pervision, is a direct saving.
Mr. Ellis, in speaking of tho matter,
says: "ihe cost of operating tho farm
is practically nothing, except for labor
needeil in plowing, planting aud har
vesting. Tho stock must bo kept
auyway, and, with tho number needed
to do tho city s work, all that is neces
sary in the cultivation of crops we
raise can bn done when tho animals
would bo idle if not thus employed.
Wo uso all tho fertilizer made by tho
city stock. Outside of that wo have
spent this year just $10 for tho com
mercial article."
From a measured acre of the city
land last year there was cut at a single
cutting 5100 pounds of fine hay. This
was after a forty-bushel crop of oats
had been harvested, and early enough
to muke certain another cutting of hay
before frost.
Up to tho time thai Mr. Ellis began
to cultivate tho city's farming laud it
had boon the custom to rent it out
for $5 an acre. Its annual product in
now estimated at over $00 au acre."
Vorpolscs Capture ltiyu-lier's Hog-
Ole Iverson, a rancher living on Mo-
Neil's Islund, started from Tucoma;
Wash., for home in a skiff. His only
cargo was a quarter of a hog that he
intended to salt down for batching
when tho long days of winter come.
As ho passed ntcilucooiu ho noticed
a large school of porpoises all about bin
httlu craft and soon discovered they
were following him. When he reached
mid-channel j tho school, numbering
about 150, began to close in on him and
two of the biggest ones worked up close
alongside the skiff.
Iverson bv this time was pretty well
scared uud bent to his oars like a good
seafaring Swede. But tho fleet-tailed
sea pigs were too swift for him. As
ho drew opposite tho United States
Penitentiary one of the two lug lend
ers shot out of water into Iverson's
frail cruft, knocking the rancher over
board, breuking one of his ribs und
upsetting the skiff. The other big fel
low grubbed Iverson's quarter of pork
uud started to make oil' with it for
deeper water. Tho rest of tho school
started to rum him us one porpoise,
and for an instant there was a minia
ture maelstrom, with Iverson aud the
big porpoise us a storm centre.
Iverson, by a desperate cflort, mail-
aged to swim out and made a lauding.
Dr. Macklmsou of Stoilueoom was sent
for, dressed the man's wounds ami Buys
that he will be ull right ugaiu iu a few
days, Iverson suys ho will sell his
ranch cheap, und he has forsworn meat
for us long a time us he must livo on
the island. While tho sea fight was
a serious ufl'uir for Iverson, it furnished
much amusement to a party of excur
sionists who watched it at a safe dis
tance w hile on a wuy bout from Tucoiuu
to Olyuipiu.
Cut CuuKbt l-'os.
The family cut of George J. Dudley,
of Millbury, Worcester County, Mass.,
which bus long been famous iu the
neighborhood us a hunter, broke all
ecords tho other duy by capturing a
hulf grown fox. Mrs. Dudley wus at
tracted to the scene of tho combat,
which wus near the burn, by tho un
earthly yells of the fox. When she
reached tho scene lieynard wus sitting
buck upon his reur legs, howling with
terror, whilo tho cat stood guard near
by.
Airs. Dudley s coming distracted the
attention of tho cut for uu iustuut when
the fox darted uway uud wus out ol
sight in a moment. No ono saw 11
opening of tho contest, but thero was
u wet uud matted spot uiion tho fur ol
the fox that told its ow n story of the
affair, uud it wus evident that there
had been u light, iu which tho cut had
been tho victor. 1 ho cat has caught
rabbits aud no end of other smaller
game, uud hus fought dogs to a finish,
but foxes huve not been included be
fore, so fur us known.
A Tiiiic-KtH-llis; Iui.
There is a dog ut Paris, Texas, who
can tell the time of duy, ami calls his
master for breukfust every morning
Ho belongs to H. C. Peterson, u work
mun of the cotton seed mill ut l'uris.
It is Nick's duty, besides wukiug his
master in tho luoriiniL' to tuko Ins
dinner to him in u little pail every day
Should Mrs. Peterson, by utiy mis
chance, overlook tho matter, tho dog
is sure to remind her iu proper time
by bringing the puil uud urging her to
till it. At first it wus supposed to bo
the dog's intuition which en ilded lnui
to kuow the hour, but ho has many
times been seen watching tho clock
aud once, when Mrs. Peterson set tho
bauds uheud to test the matter, -M
brought tho dinner puil promptly on
tho stroke of 12, although iu reulity i
wus only 11 o'clock-
A SLUMBER SONC.
Ton, with tho dark snd weary eyes,
Wenry of love and sacrifice,
f'omo with mo ovor tho waters pain
In my small ray boat with the slender sail
Into the twilight we shall st-AI.
And tlin little (?ray waves along our knol
Shall slnir you a slumber sons; of tho son,
Where sloop emluroth unendingly.
Tho (rray Hen Rplrlts In tender wtsn
Hunll lay cool hands upon your eyes;
In their arms of mist you shall fnll asleep.
And sou ii reams Into your soul shall crenp
And nona shn.ll know, but on tho shore
Tho old gray willows, bent and hoar,
Shall shiver and sigh to tliomsolvos next
dny.
Leaning out over tho sea alwny.
Harper's Bar.ar.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Promptness is tho art of waiting for
other people. Life.
If some men had brains in propar
tiou to their gall, tho whole world
would be subject to foreclosure at their
pleasure. Life.
A mnn must toll ere pleasure's thrill
Kollovos this life so vexed.
You've Rot to pedal up one Ii til
lire you can coast tho next.
WashliiKton Rtar.
'Fi) dollars!" exclaimed an indig-
nant inau who had used the long-dis-
tuneo 'phone for as many minutes,
"and yet they say 'talk is oheap.
Judge.
First Bather "What makes the
water so full of weeds?" Second
Bather "I counted eight widows in
bathing this unuiiig." Philadelphia
Record.
She "I never expected to work
like this when I married you." He
"I didn't suppose you cared. You
worked hard enough to get me, didn't
you?" Indianapolis Journal.
A swell yachting eluh from Duquesno
Went siiillmf one day on the mesne.
Hut the wlilto-wliiKcd yacht
Hocked until the whole litcht
All wished for dry land once nitesno.
-l'uek.
"Sad ubout the Du.enstiekers."
What's the matter?" "They'vo lived
together fifteen years, and they never
had a quarrel until lately, when they
bought bicycles of different makes."
Chicago Becord.
Her Tiresome Admirer "I don't
believo you have thought of me since
I've been away." Sho "Well, you
know very well that tho doctor gave
mo strict orders to do nothing that
would tiro me." Standard.
Tho Court "Gentlemen of tho jury,
have you agreed upon a verdict?"
Foreman (in tho Far West) "The
gents hus, but thut stubborn cuss in
No. 7 scut won t agree with us.
Philadelphia North American.
"Mrs. Meeker," observed a friend
of tho family, "is a very superior wo
man. Shu can converse intelligently,
I believe, ou a thousand different
topics." "Yes," sighed Mr. Mocker,
"uud sho does. Chicago Tribune.
"Marriage," said tho puffy man,
"made mo what I am to-dny. Marriage
is tho mighty engine of civilization."
"Then, remarked MeCorker, "you
are not self, but muchiuu mude, I sup
pose." Philadelphia North American.
"What iu the world is Smithers
building ou tho lot next door?" "A
cold storage house." "To keep his
meats and groceries from spoiling?"
"No; to keep his daily supply of ice
from melting away." Cincinnati Tri
bune. "How fashions do change!" ex
claimed Mrs. Snaggs. "That is very
true, "asserted Sir. Sunirgs. "Women
used to wear dresses, thou they began
to wear gowns, aud now they wear
frocks." PitUhiirg Chrouiole-Telo-gruph.
Blinks (after a long absence) "And
how is Jinks getting along? Is he
madly iu lovo with Miss Do Pntly as
ever?" Old Friend "Oh! bo's all
over that." "You don't say so?"
Yes, indeed! Been married to her a
your. .uw lork weekly.
"What do you mean, sir," roured
the irate father, "by bringing your
portuiauteuu to iny house uud ordering
u room?" "I'm udoptcd us ouo of the
family," coolly answered the young
muu. "Your daughter said sho would
be a sister to ine." Standard.
Wheeler "Huve you learned to
make tho repairs ou your wheel yet?"
Sproek "No. I never shall, either.
I haven't u bit of mechanical genius."
"Oh, yes, you have." "Indeed, I
haven't. I couldn't even invent a car
coupler." Ciucinnuti Enquirer.
"Do you think," suid tho ludy who
was shopping, "that anybody would
steal this umbrella if I were to leave it
for u few minutes?" "Beully, madam,"
replied the clerk, "1 shouldn't like to
venture uu opinion without first ex
amining tho umbrella." Washington
Star.
Salesman "If the goods are not
just us represented, we will cheerfully
refund your money." Burul Cus
tomer "Don't tell mo seek yurus as
thut, young man! Ye might gimme
mo money back, but 'taiu't human uu
tur for yo to be cheerful about doiu'
it." Puck.
"I suppose," suid tho amateur
botunist. "that orchids are tho most
expensive plants iu tho world." "I
am not so sure of that," replied Mr.
Diiiwiddic. "I have seen tho usor
tiou that $500,1)00,000 is invested iu
electric-light plants in this country."
Pittsburg Curouiclo-Tclegrupu.
Coiiuiiil iou ol' Mumps.
According to the Postollice Depuit
meut estimates, this country will uso
next your of ordinary stumps 11,441,
107,000 of newspaper uud periodical
stumps li, 402, 000, und of postugo due
stamps 21, ICS, 01)0. Of tho ordinary
stumps two uud lino hulf billions ure
of tho two-cent denomination, uud 5,
in ill Hi ill nre of the teu-eeut special de
livery Belies.