OUK BALLOT LAW.
rOSION AND ALLIANCE MAT
HAVE CIEPAR ATH COLUMNS.
Only Polltlrsl Par lit Jntltted to the
Bit fjlrols Tor a (Straight Ticket. The
Voter Mint ttave a Clear Opportunity
to l)elBt Ml Choice of Csndldats.
nil the Name of All Who Have Heen
Dtilr Nominated Mint Da Frlnteit on
the Fm o of the Ballot.
The Pakrr bnllut seems to he n well on
dcrntiHxl till yenr a It w lntt nml II the
Subject of apparently endless controversy .
The triiulile jnt now I In retard In pisc
ina; of the names of the Fusion and Alliance
randidale upon the ntllclst ticket. Some
claim they will be printed In Party column
If certified hjr a iioniliiullniJ convention and
Some go so far the other way a to claim
the name will nut bo printed at all. but
mut be written In blank mc lefl fur litem.
Itntween the (wo are hade of opinion born
of varying Imagination.
Tha Plttnlinri! "Commercial Claa-lte," In
order to et the question at ret had a limn
her of lawyers and polltlcaii. who ara
thoroiurhly familiar with theorlelnal linker
act of Ism ahd the amendment of I'M,
titetvlewed.
1 here I no disagreement nmone the. They
Snv It la self evident frien a reudliiRof the
law that the liisinnist, not having polled
any ote at the last county election mint no
upon the iillli'ial tin I lot hy mean- of tinmi
nation paper. The Alliance candidate
roust go on the ticket In Hie mime manner.
At the last I'ittsbnrK City chclion the 4 'It I -r.ena'
Industrial Alllnnc polled a eit llli'leii t
tiumher nl' Vote to entitle it In a puity
column hy certillente t Hie next city elen
tloti. hut that doc not entitle it to a party
column on the hsllnt for the coming alula
and county election In Nnvetnlicr. The
ltepiihllcan, Democrntlc and Prohibition
partic mnr have party column and cross
mark (X) in the largn'circle at the top of
the column wl'l vote every mime in the
column. tn the other hiimithe Finionlst
ml Alliance men mini put a cross mark
X I In the itare to the rtrjlit of rncli oui
dlduts In be voteil for.
The change niaile In Hie ballot law, which
fleet the npiienrnnce iifthe ticket, are. Ilrst,
thnt all groups are ahnlished nnd a aiiigln
mark In the law! clreleat thetopof a parly
ticket will vote the straight ticket; second,
tluit the addresses of camlidntcsurn nmitteil'
ThcMe are the only spi-clllc changes that
fleet the appearand of the ntlleiul ballot.
In nil other respect It ahould be printed
the until a last near.
The chance aflcuiing pnrtie I that which
reduce the vote neccmnry to entitle audi
party to nominate hy certlllrate and have a
parly column, Ironi It percent to 2 per cent
of the loudest nunilier of vote cant at the
next prrceding election. For nomination
by nomination pas-rs the numher of minia
ture lor mule ntllce limit eiptul one-half of
1 per centum of the highest vole cat for
any enn dilute at the luit precedum election
nd for the olllce in any eleclnral ilivilon
of the state, uch a county, city, borough
township, legislative, leniitnrlaf, coiigre,
lonal or Judicial district the nignaltire mut
liumber a much a 'i per cent of the lilt-lien
entire vole cat In Hie taut preceding
lection in JaiicIi division or illrtrict. All
nomination paper limit eneclfy the party
or policy winch ;the candidate represent,
expressed in not more than three word.
The word mint not be the mini nor simi
lar to lhoe used hy any party entitled to
nominations hy certillcate. Anv objection
to a nomination on account of the party or
political appellation shall be decided by the
court of common plea on hearing.
election II of the amended law govern!
the printing of the ballot. The first para
graph says: "The face of every ballot which
hall be printed In accordance with the pro
visions of this act shall contain the name
of all candidate who nomination for any
olllce apecilled In the ballot shall have been
duly made, except such as niny have died
vr withdrawn."
This should set at rest the contention that
names of candidates hv nomination paper
may not be prl ntml. the art says on the
lace of the ballot mint he printed the name
or all candidates whosn nomination have
been duly made. The second section pro
vide that "the name of the candidate of
each political party, or body of elector,
hall he arranged under the title of the
offices for which they are nominated in par
allel columns with the parly or political ap
pellation at the bead of each column.
nnd shall be printed in tho order,
as nearly as possible of the vote obtained
in the alula at the lat state election by the
parties or bodies which obtained the highest
vote for the candidate at the bead of ita
column at such election."
The law or Will provided that candidate
by nomination papers should be arranged
alphabetically to the right of the party
columns. This provision is now omitted.
The law of 131)1. however, used nearly the
same language In arranging the candidates
by cerlllicates of nomination a Is now used
for arranging "all candidate." This amend
ment was proponed by the Hallot Ucform
association for the puriose of grouping
candidate bv nomination papers under
their political appellations, in separate col
umns, the more easily to determine their
status when making nomination for sub
sequent elections. Thty mayjiol hare the
large circle for a straight ticket at the bead
of their column.
The form of ballot recently sent out by the
secretary of the commonwealth had three
party column for the Republican, Demo
cratic and Prohibition parties and a fourth
column for writing names of person not
printed on the ballot. This was taken by
ome to Indicate the construction of the
now law by the secretary to be that only of
the names of political parties entitled to
certificate of nomination should be printed
This wonld be contrary to the language of
the first paragraph of section 14, which ex
prcsslv commands the printing of tbe name
of "all candidates" whose "nomination has
been duly made" either by certificate or by
nomination paper.
The language of the second paragraph dls
tingulshing between a "political psrtv" and
"body of electors" and in directing ar
rangement of names "as nearly as possible"
according to the vote obtained at the pre
ceding election and "beginning with the
party or body which obtained the highest
ota for the candidate at the head of it col
umn at such election," Is all construed to
mean that candidate by nomination papers
hall be given separata columns. In regard
to the three parlies entitled to nominate bv
certificates, they can as easily be arranged
by their vote as the party for the first col
umn may he designated. Ho the "as nearly
as possible" provision evidently refers to
"bodies" having an iodelinlte political
Standing.
It is tbe opinion of nearly all those con
versant with the laws of 1801 and 1803 that
the fuslonists and Alliance will be entitled
to "bodv" columns on the official bnllot or
such other arrangement as shall in tbe
language of the sixth paragraph of the four
teenth section, "alvetoeai-h voter a clear
vmeortunlty to designate hi choice of ran
dldates hv a cross mart (X) In a square ol
uftlcient site at the right of the name o
each candidale and inside tbe line Incloain
th column." Tbe same paragraph con.
tains two provisos. First, that Hie votet
may designate his choice of an entire group
if presidential ah ctors hy on cross mark
In a larger snuaro which shall be placed at
the right of tlis surname of the candidates
for president and vlue president at the head
of such group." such mark to be equivalent
to a mark against every name in the group.
Hecond. "That a voter may designate' his
choice of all the candida'es of a political
party by one cross in lb cirole above such
C'.duin." Xhs circle i thus made to apply
only to ' political pnr'le." while the othei
designation are all mud In apply to the
canitldiile of any "pnlltlral party," or"body
The law might liave been clearer In regard
to the arrangement of columns. the law of
l.slil was. Hut the nmUsion of the distinction
between candidate hy certillcate ami candi
date by nomination paper In the arrange
nient nl column can only lie construed to
mean there shall be no distinction. Kach
"political appeila Hon" Is entitled to a
column.
SOLDIERS COLUMN.
AT COLD ItAnilOR.
Homo Varied Rvoerlenss on Flake!
After That Battle
A TKAIN o
Incident oc
J """ml t Cold
llnhnr. Vs., on
th ii 3,1 oT June,
1804, which I
should like to
(five your renti
ers, believing
Unit they will
lie of interest,
and to show
Hint a soldier's
lilo is mndo tip
urn variety ol
strange experi
ences, nnd not always lighting and
marching or keeping vigilance, even
on a picket lino,
Tito Nlnlli Corps readied Ili'thrsd.
cliurch nftcr a bard march from tho
North Anna Hirer, something after
dark on tho night of tho 1st. The
rebels Inid beat lis there, nnd were
ready tn give us a wnrm reception.
At midnight three companies of my
reuitnent the 2d Pa., I'rov. II. A.
were sent out about a tn'lo nnd a half
In ad valu e, toward llctbcsdrt church,
on n picket line. We wcro posted
iilon the C(ln of n dense plcco of
wood. Iintneiliiitcly nround us was a
clearing about a quarter of a inilo
Minute, tl'ti ".round being a little
marshy nnd rntili.
Vie wcro delighted to And a well
preserved linn of breastwork along
the edge of the piece of wood. It wits
ni'ut hero that tho battle of (I nines'
Mill wns fought during McCli'llan'i
retrograde movement across the Pen
insula. We soon concluded Hint we were
mighty near tho rebel lines. Vie could
bear their mules whiniieying. artillery
moving, etc., Just through tho woods;
C(iiisciiiciitly wo kept quiet until day
light, realizing Unit we were only a
tli in picket line. Vie hud ciimo out
here from our lines on an old traveled
rond into this open square, tho rond
lenilinit nut through tho woods into
the rebel lines and out toward Uaines's
Mill.
When daylight cmo wo imd a cur
iosity to learn bow fur away the rebels
wero, anil some of the boys got over
tho works into tho wood. One mem
ber of my company went a fow rod to
tho right nnd stepped nut into the
rii ul, n if tocniHs, nnd in an Instant
wo heard a crack nnd down went the
poor Icllow.shot by a robel sharpshoot
er who commanded the. road nnd no
doubt wasp.iBtod in a tree
Later in the day t'apt. Samuel II.
DiivIh, of Co. I, tiling sent out to view
the pit-ketiine, came along tho edt;n of
the woods on the opposite sido of tho
road from us. We saw ha was about
to cross thu road. Ho did not under
stand the wind of warning we gave
him, but stepped into the road nnd re
ceived hi (loath wound from tbe sumo
harp-shooter. How terrible this sort
of warfare seems !
Tbe ludicrous part of our experienco
on tho picket-line I now wish to re
late. The enemy made no advance up
to 8 p. in. Some, of the biys became
careless, Porter V. Hums, of my
company was one. Ho was a practical
watchmaker by trade and a good
mechanic. As we hud marched ulong
from tho Wilderness bnttlelleld he hud
coiiHtrucled a small kit of tools suit
able for tinkering watches, foraging
through old abandoned blacksmith
shops, etc. He had made four extra
pockets In his uniform, and each son
taineds comrade's watch waiting to be
repaired,
Hums concluded tn repair a watch.
Ho spread a rubber blunket nn the
ground, took tho watch apart, and
commenced operations. All at once
tho woods rang with a cloor bugle call.
Lieut. Uattsliuo, springing to his feet,
ssys: "Hoys, now look out; that's a
rebel bugle call to advance."
Wo soon saw thorn coming, and up,
and gavo them volley, nnd they broke
and ran. It was laughable, amidst
all the eicitement, to see Comrade
Uuins, in a nervous state, trying to get
the corners of tho blanket together to
save tho watch. As ha rsn t.ie pieces
could be hoard jingling and being
strewn along the ground, the robels
coming up shouting "Stop, you
Yank!" Hu barely escaped. No doubt
they capturod the watch, or frag
ment. When the Confederates made tha
advance they Immediately opened up
with a mortar batterv. throwing shells
across tha woods into the open square.
In tho stampede I wss knocked
down, a shell bursting beside me, and
I was run over by an unmanageable
horse ridden bo the Colonel of the (I
think) 24th N. Y. C'av., who happened
to be out to the open square at the
time, recoiving a slight wound In the
hcud and hand, aud only escaping be
ing captured by a member of my com
pany helping me to my feet.
I lost rnj gun, gum blanket and
havemsck. I was eventually taken
prisoner at Durnsido's mine explosion,
in the crater in front of Petersburg,
Vs., July 80, 1804, and not released
until the end of tbo war. Ci.ar.encb
WILSON, In "National Tribune."
New York police man ha re
signed because the commissioner
wanted him to sacrifice about six
laches of bis mustache.
2S3u
CARRYING MAIL
Till" IMHTOKIWK KXIIIHIT AT
TIIR WO It MVS KAIIl.
slow the Mltle Two Cent fttnmn
Transport Letter In All Kind
or Conveyance- Magnitude
of the Postal Service.
Wm Michigan
until ia transported
on dog-sleds in the
winter. Canine
letter-carrier are
tint tieanttfiil to
the eve and it in
doubtful if thi-v
would even be al
lowed to filter a
cross roiiila bench
dhow, but there is
nlillMiliesn like look
..I A A I
S-WV'- oiMPiii. n THlllieill
jjj.'l'Jty dog lentil Unit nt-
tracts the nttetitioii
of every person who pusses thu stuffed
group in the l'imtollleo exhibit.
The doga hnrneaaed to the, tnlmgirnn
londed with the mail pouches were nlivo
nnd in netiml service. Inst winter haul
ing mail out of Hail It Hte. Marie. The
wnx (Inure loping iil(itisiile is a good
likeness of tho I ml inn who drovo the
team. From Ida snow shoes to the
tusru-l of hia woolen cap tho Indian's
cost n mo in n faithful copy of the
eliitliea which enabled tho lininxn-fiieed
mail courier to liritvn ten-font snow
nnd n forty degree below zero ther
mometer. This group in one of tho
exhibits which show how mnil in tran
sported in thin country.
Few consider whnt they nrn doing
when they Htiek n two-cent stunm on
an addressed envelope. They know
Hint the person whoso tinine nnd nd-
CARnYINd MAIL
dress nre on the envolopo will receive
tho letter. Few of them, however, ap
preciate tho fact that tho stump places
the United State (lover union t under
cast-iron contract toplueo thnt letter
in right bunds nt tho curliest possible
moment, even though the hand or
felling trees in the almost itiaoceniible
depths of uti upper Michigan pine for
est, or working in thu tangle of a
Floridn everglade. To do thin tho
Government lines human leg, wngons,
bicycles, rnilrond, steamboats, dog
sleds, homes, ponies, oeenn vensela,
river lioatu hl 1 anything else that will
carry the letter over land or water,
mountain or plains, awnmps or snow
drifts, in summer or in wiuter, at all
time and any time.
liiven have been snerinond that Blot
ter might go forward, millions of dol
lars have been spent preparing the
way for other letters and yet people
plueo tho two-cent stamps on their en
velopes and drop the letters into the
red boxen on tho street corners with no
appreciation of whnt they aro doing.
A visit to the Postoillce exhibit in the
Government Building is npt to increase
one's respect for tho littlo pontage
stamp. There aro displayed all the
menus nnod for transporting mail, as
well nn a thousand other . interesting
things which might koep a visitor busy
half a day.
DBAD-IOMTKB OmO CURIOS.
General Hazen, who was Third As
sistant Postmaster-General under Pro.
IdenU Hayea and Harrison, took a
great deal of interest in assembling the
exhibits, and is on the ground daily
for i. i is a member of the Government
Boui',1. He wished to show the de
velopment of the servioe and has auo
eeeded admirably. No greater con
trast oould be found than is formed bv
' trf v V : Bi,iiiriin-i-'i-' rs ' MiMh
thn two model of oeenn fnnt'l stcniner.
There in a model of the old Hotitberucr,
tho drat ore an nteiimMhipbniltto carry
United Htnten mail. Forty year ago
it did tho service which in now per
formed by nautical greyhounds such an
tho City of Pnrin of tho International
line, wIkmii bountiful model in placed
near thu old ship.
rotmn i iiRAti-t.rrrrrit parckm
A queer mnil carrier in tho Oklnwhn,
which rutin on the river of thut nntne
in Florida. AsHtiming thut the model
is n gootl miniature, the Oklnwhn in nil
nbovo water, ft regular floating house.
According to (leneral IIh.i-ii it draft
is no light thut it could follow a sprink
ling enrt. Tho Oklnwhn run triivel in
eighteen inelies of wnter.
Much handsomer is the model of the
IN ALASKA.
City of St. Louis, a sid, '-wheel mnil
packet thnt bring letter to the rivi-r
town on tho Mississippi.
An old-timn Koeky Mountain mail
conch, swung on its leather strap,
with its boots full of mail sucks, occu
pies n prominent position. It whs
built iu lUfiH, nnd wn: niuoiig the first
to curry tho mail in Mniituiiu. Oneo n
week it mnde tho run between Helena
ntid lioeinuii. To-dny four mnil trains
perform the serviceiluily. In 1877 the
old conch wnn captured by Indians,
ntid after a hot pursuit by General O.
(). Howard wnn reenptured. ISefore
Genernl Garfield became President ho
rode on the conch through tho Yellow
stone country, President Arthur nut on
the boot with itn driver in lKHII nnd
General Rhermnu in 1H77 mudo t trip
on tho ancient vehicle.
Near tho old-timer is tho modern
yollow-bodied open conch used in the
Yellowstono Pnrk for carrying tourists
and muil. It has usurped tho proud
position once held by the stage conch,
which Indiana lined to capture. The
post rider, mounted mi his spirited
broncho, armed with revolver and
booted and spurred, tells of tho letters
carried over alkali plains, broad
prairien and wild western binds. Thin
mounted group in the admiration of
the small boys, who gaze on it with
wide-open eyen. Tho pony expronn
wnn tho original letter-oarner across
tbe plains, and to-dny 1001) mnil routes
tine ponies and broncho. Tbe Indinu
question was a most serious one to the
lnu who carried mnil-bngs through a
country swarming with redskin. In
tho dead-letter exhibit in a mail-pouch
stained with tbe blood of a post rider
nnd slashed by the keon blade of thu
Indian murderer.
From those exhibits, around which
people gather in wondering groups, to
the mail car, mail-delivery and mnil
collecting wnarona, the special-delivery
messenger astride the bicycle,! and the
familiar city carrier and railway postal
clerk, in coming from tho romantic to
tbe renlistiu commonplace.
Statistics are usually dry, but the
large tubulated postal statistics from
1773 to 1H'J3 are always tbe center of
nn interested group. The totals reach
almost incredible figures and demon
strate the enormous business trans
noted by the Postoillce Department.
Benjamin Franklin was the first post-liiuster-generaL
He was appointed by
the Continental Congress July 2tl,
1775, and apparently made no report
ofthsxwork done in his department.
Hdinuel Osgood, appointed September
26, 1789, who was the first postmaster
genera! of the United rJtute to hand
down reports, had seventy-five post
offices to look after in 17HI), and 2375
miles of post routes. The gross revenue
for the year amounted to 87510, and
postmasters were paid 81657 for sal
aries. The total number of mail
pieces of all kind handled waa 500,000,
evidently an estiuaU.
mm
At the clime of the finenl year, 1S!2,
thorn were 07,11(1 postolllees in thin
country. The extent, of post roulen
aggregated 447,fll tnilen, the miles of
mail service performed reached tbo
amar.ing total of !)M.1.(m7,o!l;i, tho groan
receipt) were 87(),!):ill,475 and tho pod-
office ront 87(l,m'il,HI. There wero
2,5111,270,210 ordinary postage stump
Issued, ri!r.l,flM,7l( stumped envelopes
and wrnpper, 511,4:1:111111 jMwtnl
cardr. Of registered letters) 15,2(10,"
0114 were enrriod nnd I1,7H1,I80 piece
went to tho (lend letter office. Tho
domestic money ordern Issued
nmotmted to 8 120, 00ft, HO 1 nnd 8'V
120,271 were sent by international
money ird-rn. During the yenr thir
Pontofflce bundled 4,77fl,575,07fi piocen
of mnil mutter of nil kinds.
From 1H.1I tolMWJ the poslnl rnl
wnn three cents for every hnlf-oniice.
In October, IHHII, the rule wnn reduced
to two cents. The total receipts for
the lust yenr of three-cent post ago
wer8iri,;i;)4,5(l. Tbe first yenr of
the two-cent rnte dropped receipts to
842,5110,811, but the figure crawled
n i no rnpidlv thut Inst yenr they
amounted to" 8701:10,475. General
Huzeii wnn a firm advocate of cheaper
postage. He believed that tho slight
decrease in receipts would be made up
rapidly and he nlso predicted thnt tho
nnle of postal curds would nitfTer. The
Hgiires bear him out. Postal cards
were first issued in 1874, mid tho first
full year 1)1, 07'.l,000 were issued. In
the last venr of three-cent postngo
:17I), 570, 750 cards were mild, hut the first
yenr of two-cent pontage dropped tho
total to :!), 4 1(1,501). It took live years
for the postal curds to regain their
original figures. The magnitude of
the postal service of tho United State
us compared with Unit of three other
lending ndmiiiistratioiin of ttin inter
nal postal union in pluearded in a way
to delight the enthusiastic young Ameri
cans. The figures nre taken from the
reports of the rlnenl yenr ending .limit
MO, 18112. They read as follow:
iikoss amount ok rosr.w. nKvr.xtm.
I'nlti.d Htnte 70,(l:l(i.47!
(Ii'minnc A7.7!io,ll
(treat Itrllinn M).2I4.27I
Franco :is,l!i:l,l7i
The tlg'in- do not in"lud telegraph re
ceipt for the foreign countries.
mii.ks or mail kkuvh c i-r u ro a r. n.
t'nltn.t State :MU.(i-7.i;D
Fnneii.... OTI.5MI.lifi
(ierinuny HiS.lll'i.'iM
On-st Iiritum M,2I,.VK)
PfKCSJ or mail mat rr.n maii.kd a.vii HK1.IV-
KUKII.
Culled Htnte 4,n02.7sr,,liOT
(lermiiny ',77'i.y H.7l !
(Irent lirltnln 5.7."iO. ft:ft,f!i I
Knife 1,81, HM.Ull
'lliir-lalleil, Sheep ol I'er-da.
Mr. John W. Northmp, of thoStuto
Agricultural Hour. I of California, in
making nrrutigemeiits to secure n con
signment of the famous "big-tnilnd"
sheep of Persia. Thin lot of nheep
will bn imported by tho State of Cali
fornia, nt great expense, n previous
effort to import nnd breed them inudn
by the United Htut"S Government when
lerry Musk was Secretary of Agricul
ture having failed, us out of the fifteen
"big-tails" imported only four are
now nlivo.
"These nheep imported by Secretory
Husk enino from Hushire, Persia," suid
Mr. Norbrup nt tho Giisey House.
'They were shipped by Mr. Trnxtou
Ilenle, tho United States Minister, and
wero treutod in a roynl manner. From
tbe time thut they were selected from
tbo grout floeltn of 'big-tails' in tho
Persian ngriculturul districts until
they arrived nt their final destination
in tho Imlmy climate of California,
they received attention similar to that
accorded a $100,000 race-horse. Only
tho handsomest and strongest animal
wero selected.
"In F.ugland tbo 'big-tails' were
placed aboard tho Helvetia in padded
compartments kept nt nu even temper
ature while on tho ocean. Thoy
rouchod thin country iu nnfety, but iu
n mneh weakened condition.
"When they arrived in Lower Cali
fornia they wero no weak it was impos
sible for them to stand. They were
fed carefully on prepared fodder aud
nursed along, but they dropped off
ono by one.
"But California is bound to have
. 1.-A.il,
THE BKI-TAILF.D PERSIA) SHEEP.
these vuluablo sheep feeding on her
pastures within a few years. This
time we will select a larger number
and on their arrival in this country
will det tin them a much longer time
than were the Government sheep, so
an to give them an opportunity to re
coup their strength after the very
weakaning ocean voyage. Then two
or three stops will bo made bofore
they finally reach California. By tak
ing thin care in transportation we hope
to have better luck than did Secretary
Rusk" New York World.
"Bobbluj" lor Flounders.
The popular way at present for
catching flounders along the Connecti
cut coast iaby the "bobbing" method.
When a Ash bites the "bob" is raised
perpendicularly, and then the excite
ment begins. As soon as the "bob"
rises a rush is made for it, and there
is a chase of s veral miuute sometimes.
In nine oases out of ten the fish is
caught. The number of ' 'bob" ge Der
ail y used is eight New York Herald.
(UAI.M' A A It t Luiut .".
There ore seventy-seven y.itin mine)
In 1'rtHsin, vtliich produce o:io-luilf the
world's nine.
In a garden nt Lexington, Fls.,
there ore sub! to be 122 different varie
ties of roseu.
In 178.1 Noah Webster printed thu
first sielling book ever inuiiufncttireil
In this country.
The first copper exported from this
country was n cargo of ninety tons
from New York in 1700.
Most of tire cc iitcnnriniift In F.iigtnmt
have been b-nn people, nmiill cntern,
nml very iiioilernfn drinker.
A Connecticut pnper bus an adver
linemeiit of "a cottnge to let contain
ing nix rooms ntid nu nere of bind."
A large black turtle, weighing near
ly 2000 pounds was caught off Cupe
Lookout, North Curnliiiu, recently.
The topiix took its inline from a
Greek word im-nrting guess, since tho
nneieiifs hi lil only guess nt the locali
ty where this beautiful stone wnn ob
tained. The people of Germany nnd Belgium
nre the grentent potato caters; thn
consumption in these eoiintrien annti
nlly exceeds 1,000 pounds per head of
population.
Tim orange wns find planted in
Southern California by the Franciscan
father soon lifter they i htublished
their first mission in the statu nt Situ
Diego, in l"(l!l.
The Hebrews hud no coins of their
own until the days of tbe Muecnbeen,
who is-uted shekels and half nhekels,
with the inscriptions, "Jerusalem, tho
Holy," ".Simon, Prince of luraol."
These bear no images.
Tk' curliest America n coinage was)
made for the Virginia Company at thn
Ib-riiiinlus. The coins were of brass,
with n "hoggeou one side, in memory
of the nbuinliiiiee of hoggen that wcro
found o:i the islands at their first Innd
ing." Among tbe most interesting of tho
pieces of gold plate used at the recent
roynl wed, ling breHkfust nt Btteking
li ii ii Pulace were several magnificent
flagons taken from the flagship of the,
Admiral wlm commanded tbo Spanish
Aruiuilu.
The narrowest part of the Strait of
Florida, through which tbo Gulf
utreurn flows nt the rate nf five knots
nn hour, i i fifty miles wide, and linn a
mean depth of 850 fathoms. If thin
were stopped up the climate of thin
country in winter would be totally
changed.
Tito Nineteenth Century will not
end till midnight Monday, December
81, I !))(), although the old quarrel
will probably ngiiin be renewed an t
whnt constitutes a century when it
w inds tip, nnd thousands will insist on
n premature burial of the old century
at midnight on December 81, IK!)!).
Th-i expression "from pillar to post"
is derived from a custom practiced in
thn riding schools of olden times.
The pillar was placed iu tho centre of
the ground, and the posts were ar
ranged two nnd two around thooircnm
ferenco of tho ring nt dual distanced.
Hence, "from pillnr to post" signified
going from one thing to another with
out nny definite) purpose,
Was Accepled.
It is gene rally supposed that thi
idea, of the young girls proposing mar
riage in lenn-yeur in a plensnnt little
fiction of the humorist, but there in
evidence thut sometime tho fair sex
does nvn'i! itself of its quadrennial
privilege. An anecdote told in Eng
land of a member of tho House of
Commons is a case in point. Accord
ing to the raconteur who is responsi
ble fur the story, tho Commoner had
been paying attention to a young lady
for a long while, and had taken her to
attend the House until she wan per
fectly posted in its rules. On the lust
dny of the session, as they came out,
he bought her u hoquet, saying,
"May I ortVr you my handful of
flowers?"
She promptly replied, "I
move to amend by omitting all after
the word hand."
He blushingly accepted tho amend
ment, and they adopted it unanimous-
y.
Certainly tho proposal wan mont nul
tly put, nnd only goes to show how
much butter mid more practical than
that of most men is a womau'a propo
sal. Harper's Bazar.
Might Be Worse.
Mrs. Kaller "Let me sympathize
with you, dear, won't you?"
Mrs. Weeps "Doctor has just told
me the worst ; husband Las boo-hoo
-incipient parenin."
Mrs. Kaller "That's nothing to crv
about; mine has dyspepsia, "--Once
1 Week.