A TREASURE HOUSE.
THK tlTE1 HTATKS St'Il
' sTKKASLKY IN NKW YORK.
Tito Thirds or the Financial Opera
lions of tho tlovcrnnienf Are
V. Transacted Thereflow
Its Ilnslncss I lone.
WRITE!! In ihe
New York Herald
says : Undo Hani's
Hrrni box in situ
ated at Wall, Nam.
Rail nnil I'inn streets
mid in officially
known ns the New
York Huh -Trend -my.
Tho average
individual who
passes it by on
utlier o! the three
thoroughfnrca in
thoroughly ac
quainted with its
massive granite
fulls, lingo column and severely
classia style of (irecinn architecture.
Half way up th long flitrht of utone
atop which communicates with tho
main entrance in Wall street stands n
bronze statue of Washiujrton of heroic
nine, keeping watch bihI ward, as it
were, over the vast treasure withiu
Upon tho anine site in 17M0 ami for
a score of years later was Federal Hull,
rdanding upon tho balcony of which
tho Fnther of His Country took tin)
oath of ofllee ns tho lir it President of,
the United Htates. Tho building,
therefor.1, rests upon historic ground,
which lends to it a double charm and
connects tlio present with tho past.
Washington no doubt had nn abiding
faith in tho destiny of his country, and
MAIN n.00n Or THE
believed Unit it would attain nn impor
tant place among the nations of tho
earth, but never, it in safe to assume,
did his mind picture the transforma
tion that have come to pass over the
nite of the old colonial hall withiu the
brief space which Hcparntea his gener
ation from tho present.
Then tho country waH emerging
front the effects ot a devastating war
and was without a revenno or public
credit. Now its resources nre bound
lees, and its credit, unshaken by a
financial storm, stands pre-eminent
among the tuitions of the earth. On
tho site where in 1789 tho infant Re
public whs launchod forth upon nn un
known and nntraversod sen, 'rithout a
penny in its cotters, stands its treasure
Louse in which is storod wealth be
yond the dreams of avarice or the
combined fortunes of Croesus of old or
Monte Cristo of modern times.
Within the gray granite walls of the
New York Sub-Treasury are transacted
two-thirds of the entire financial oper
ations of the United States Govern
ment. In 1892 its receipts were 81,
259,730,501.80 and its disbursements
were $1,279,579,904.24. Thin would
have shown a deficit but for tho fact
that the Hub-Treasury had a small 1ml
bdoo of $138,072,240.63 left over front
tho year before, and benoe a year ago
last June, when the balance was struck,
the Government found that it had
stored in its Now York treasure house
the nent snm of $118,222,977.69 to bo
gin the work of the fiscal year of 1893.
It in diflioult to conceive of one hun
dred and eighteen million and odd
hundred thousands of dollars in coin
and bills, nnd yet at the Sub-Treasury
this is a trifling amount, and has fre
quently been exoeeded by a hundred
or two millions more.
The building fairly groans under the
weight of gold and silver and heaps of
copper and nickel and huge stacks of
luyyitiikui
WHBRB TOT TRXABCRT NOTES AM MPT,
bills. Stored neatly in littla steel
cubby bolea, inside huge vaults, them
muIvhm inAUAil in metal and irranite. oi
MA&ttArAd Anud nn dfiakn or Aonntera.
undergoing the process of weighing
ad counting, the building fairly reek
11 lip IE n ral E
ILL
with wealth. The very nir sper.in im
pregnnted witn nn odor of riches. In
one instanca this amount to an cm
barr:issm"!it, for in tlio oasn of tho sil
ver dollars, forty millions of which
are storod in a series of vaults in tho
basement, tlie heavy iron lattice work
and huge at el bars nr. bulging out of
place under the enormous pressure of
1201) tons of silver, for M, ')()(), 00) of
silver weighs thirty tons, and 840,
000,000 is the burden of the vault.
Under ordinary circumstances the
Hub-Treasury handles very little coin.
The metal lays stored nway in tho
vaults in neat canvas bags, $o000 in
each ono containing gold nnd $1000 in
each bag of silver. At tho present
time, however, all this in changed. The
lo-ernment has suspended the Issue
of gidd certificates Against deposit of
that metal, tho freo silver dollars nre
exhausted, and only those secured by
silver certificates remain in tho vaults;
tho Clearing limine balances are sett led
in nctnal coin, gold in coming in nnd
going out, in weighed nnd counted,
and the passer by in Nassau street at
the corner of Pino hears all day long
tho clink ami clatter of metal.
At any tinio n visit to tho Hub
Treasury is interesting, but it in
particularly ho now. Walk lip the
long flight of ntono ntepn lending from
Wall street to the main entrance of
tho building nny morning after 10
o'clock, pasn by tho guardian statue of
Washington and between tho huge
granite columns which support the
projecting roof, and yon enter a cool,
lofty counting room.
Standing nt tho main entrance be
tween two supporting granite columns
similar to thoso outside, the view is
unobstructed to tho I'inn street, or
rear, entrance of tho building. He
fore another step in tnken the visitor
becomes at once aware of the over-
HrB-TTiKAHTRY.
powering strength nnd massiveuess of
tho structure. Ho has passed through
a doorway of solid granite blocks six
feet in depth, guarded by nn outer
door of huge iron bars, nn inner door
of heavy stool plates and a frame door
tho projecting rivets in tho surface of
which bears testimony that it is metal
sheathed.
On either sido of the entrance is a
room of comfortable proportions.
That on tho loft, or Nassau ntreet side,
bears tho words over tho door, "As
sistant Tronsurer," while to the right
are tho quarters of tho Cashier and
Acting Assistant Treasurer. The one
is ooenpiod by Conrnd N. Jordan, tho
other by Maurice L. Miihloman, one
of tho most popular, painstaking and
thoroughly cflioiout Governmont em
ployes in tho country. The entiro
executive work of the Sub-Treasury
and it is vast and multitudinous in de
tail is transacted within these two
rooms.
Tho interior arrangement of the
Sub-Treasury is peculiar to the date of
its construction. The ceiling ot the
main room rises in the form of a dome
to tho extreme height of the building,
and is supported by granite ooluranB,
forming a rotunda. Four galleries
afford a means of communication be
tween the rooms situated at either
auglo of the building on the second
floor, from which can be obtained a
bird's-eye view of the clerks at work in
three departments on the floor below
the cashier's, receiving and paying.
These, situated on the main floor, are
separated by bank counters of wood
nnd partitions of iron, pierced here
and there by the familiar pigeonholes
of a bank. In fact, the entire appear
ance of the main room of the Sub
Troasury suggests the arrangements of
a large bunk as they existed two score
yearn ago.
The departments or the mib-Treas-
nry are the cashier's, receiving and
paying, which is sub-uivided into cash
paying and chock paying ; coin, divided
into paying uud receiving; minor coin,
bond, coupon, authorities, accounting
and superintending. The names of these
iu most instances amply describe iu a
general way the nature of the work
performed. The duties of the authori
ties department, however, are pe
culiar. Iu it are kept the lists of cor
porations having business relations
with the Government and the names of
the ottioiuls of each who are authorized
to sign and receipt for checks. In the
accounting department are kept, in
addition to the general aooonnts of the
Sub-Treasury, the account of the 1'oBt
Office Department, always maintained
separately, and the aooounta of the
disbursing ottioers of the United States
Army and Navy, etc.
At the present time the daily bal
anoe in the Sub-Treasury averages
about r.o.ouo.uui). it runs, how
ever, at times as high as $220,000,000.
a sum of money of which the ordinary
mind can form no conception. Nat
urally enough every safeguard is taken
for the protection of this immense
treasure. The casual observer of the
Sub-Treasury building know.i full well
its mnssivti exterior. Its full strength,
however, in not apparent until after n
careful scrutiny of tho interior. Tho
building itself wnn constructed for tho
purposes of the Custom Honso iu 18JJ
nml used ns sii.m until lM.'I'i.
Strong ns it wnn originally ii was, H
remodelling, in In absolutely impreg
nable. A board of United States army
ofllcers were intrusted with tho work,
nnd nn it stands to-day it contains
many fentnren of a fortress. Tho walls
in tho basement arc- eight feet thick
and nre built of solid granite blocks.
No psrt of the walla anywhere are less
than four feet through. All the par
titions between tho rooms nro of
masonry. Tho ceilings are eoncoto,
nil tho floors are of ntono or metal and
tho various doom are of stool plate.
Tho trensiiro in stored in ttvo prinel
pnl vaults three of which hold thu
greater proportion. Theso are tho
gold vault, tbn note vault and tho
vault in whbh in ntorod tho nilver dol
lars. Tho first two nro on tho main or
rotunda floor, while theotherina huga
cavern in tho cellar of tho building.
Tho vaults on tho main floor urn
bombproof nnd burglar proof nnd
proof ngninst everything else, short oft
a general cataclysm. That in thul
eollnr in equally no. Tho wnlln of thu
building forming tho nides of tho
vaults Bro eight feet thick, and masonry
encases thorn on nil nides, saving
where tho entrance doors pierco
through. Tlio ceilings of tho upper
vaults nro nbout twelvo feet in height
nml tho dimensions perhaps twelve by
fourteen feet.
A I'psl of V.'pstprn Farm.
To the order of animals known a
Rodcntia, or gnawers, belongs tho
ground nqnirrel, or gopher, ono of tho
numeroiVH enemies ngninst which tho1
fanner has to contend. These pests,
nayn tho New York World, have be
come no destructive tlmt many schemes
havo been suggested for their exterm
ination. Tho latest report of tho Wy
oming Agricultural Station details tho
experiments undertaken to destroy the
various orders of gophers.
Tho ground squirrels nttnek root
cropn and needs of nil kinds nn soon an
planted, though they do tho greatest
damngo after tho plants havo com
menced to grow and nre through tho
ground. Their burrowing habits nro
a sourco of annoynucu to the farmer,
and greatly injure tho land. In thin
respect gophers resemble tho prairie
dogs, their burrows being close to
gether so an to form towns.
While the gophers aro fond of seeds
and havo a particular weakness for
carrots, sugar beets and roots of nil
kinds, they nlso attack fruit trees.
Tho latter suffer no much from their
depredntionn that a California or
chardist suggests tying newspaper
around the trunks of tho trees in such
a way that when tho squirrels attempt
to pass over the paper its rattling will
frighten thorn nway.
The plan of drowning thoso pests
out of their burrows has nlso been
tried. But this in a tedious method
and water is not always procurable.
Strychnine or some other poison mixed
with grain has been used with consid
erable success. But tho danger at
tendant on thin method is great, as
stock, poultry and wild birds aro as
liable to cat tho poisoned grain as the
squirrels.
As the result of a number of exneri-
ments, the station advises tho use of
bi-sulphide of carbon. The method of
applying it is to take a ball of cotton
about the sizo of an egg, thoroughly
saturate it with qi-sulphide of carbou,
throw it into the burrow and close tho
opening with some earth. The bi
sulphide of carbon evaporates rapidly,
anu ueing neavier man tne air, soon
fills tho burrow and smothers the
squirrels. A pint of the fluid is suf
ficient to treat twenty burrows.
iii-suipnido ol carbon is good also
for prairie does, rats, ants and anr
kind ot vermin. A caution in its use
in, however, necessary. The liquid is
highly inflammable, and should never
be brouaht near fire or anv kind of
light for fear of an explosion.
According to ancient custom the
Queen of England has forwarded to
the Lord Mayor four fat bucks from
Buskey Park and to the City Sheriffs
three bucks. This usage had its origin
in the times in which the city had
rights of hunting in the royal forests
and parks. Similar presents are made
in duo season in January of each year.
The Little One's Uuardlau Angel.
"Aunt, have I a guardian angel'
"Certainly, my dear, I am your
ffuardian anirel I" Filee-eode BUetter.
CALIFORNIA OR(l7!n HQCTRRBIi.
SOLDIERS COLUMN
"NOU AO Alls' IN OH AND REVIEW.
Halting, llmplnir, banding o'er,
Heroes of the daveof yore
'Neath the Msg you hrsvelv here
March In gruud review once mora..
flrsnl Is missing, to Is Memle,
Hlieriilnn smt warlike stent,
Mierninn, llnncnrk, ah. Indeed,
Many otbera who did lead
Wlierethe whistling shot snd shell
RniiiiittM ssa funeral knell,
As the column with a yell
Churned and (ought an J fought and 'ell.
Ixvnn, with his eye of mlvht,
li nt it, with hn usher hriitht.
llook-r, widi In-summit tUht,
And o'er all the Uud of KlgliU
Formed a phttanx that the foe
drove In vniii In overtlnoiv.
A ml our sisrs einhlni iiird 4I0W
A with tootte weary, slow,
Tlioe who ones worn ITeiven't btuo,
Koinr'it the ilht, nnd o 1 it, tou,
Marched adown the nvrmie
Heroes loyal, soldiers true.
Stripes of crimson mldt the white,
Hlnnio'xlory crowned with liidit,
Axnreof hih Heaven's inh;ht
In Ihu buttle cloud of illicit.
Thne men from their workshops came,
Not then of sir, no. nor lame,
That In limy Freedom's name
They might In the battle's Hums
Hold then floating overhead,
Hold thee o'er their coin rmleii dead,
Hold thee tnoiwh ihe held w is red,
Hold thee till esch foe hud Did.
Hold thts In Discharge oft given,
Hold lliee IhoiiKh bv bullets riven
Hold thee Homing, never driven,
llulb tbee ns 'lie Lord holds Heaven,
lliu liKi.i. In National tribune.
CRAWFORD'S ESCORT.
A Forgotten Message and a Fighting,
Brigadier.
"WATSON, you
are ordered to
report for duty
at Heudquarters,
mounted, right
-"." id Orderly
1 KM; J Kd. Negus to mo
nun mnrninn .ll
h f WVca rcctly after break-
Tryr V m .. verv brief sttece T
j 1 - - -
rode un to Mend.
fcMVler. and re-
iiWS ported to lion.
Crawford. He gave mo a verbal message
to Urig-Gen, Cooper, at York. I think
we were then at Little Washington.
Anyway, I was told it was 28 miles,
and told which rotd to take.
I was several hours nn tho road and
to this day I can't see how it wns that
I escaped being gobbled by Moscby's
mon, as It was right in the heart of
their territory and I bad must of the
road to myself,
I had received letters from home a
short time previous and all tho way
over I was thinking of the dear ones
thero, and, In fact about everything
except the message I was bearing.
I reached tho camp of Qcncral Coop
er's Brigade and road up to his tent
and dismounted, leaving my horse
with tho sentry, I entered tho Gener
al's tent, made my salute, and found
bira busy writing, lie raised his head
and stopped to received my message,
when what was my consternation to
find that I had forgotten the message.
Vision of being hauled over the coals
by the terrible Gen.Crawford filled my
brain. What wouldn't ho do to me?
All this whilo the General sat there
looking at me.
"Well," said he "what is It?"
Said I, "I had a message for yon
from Gen. Crawford, over at Washing
ton, but I can't for tho life of me re
member what it was."
"You had better go back' and get
him to write it down."
"Yes," said I; "that's all there it to
do."
I saluted and started for my horse.
With my foot in the stlrrupjust ready
to mount Just as I was about tospring the
message flashed back in my brain and
back I dashed into the tent and rattled
It off, to tho General's surprise and
amusement.
"You had better get it on paper next
time, my son; you just saved youraell
from a pretty awkward scrape."
"I believe you," I replied, "for Gen;
Crawford is the crns'ett Brigadier wo
have and I don't know what he would
have done."
I was directed to wait around Head
quarters until he could write a reply,
which on account of some reports would
take some timo. Whils I was lounging
about I saw a Corporal' gtnrd bring
ing an intoxicated man toward the
General's tent, ile was a fine looking
specimen of humanity, a blacksmith
by trade.belonging to the same Tillage
and regiment that Gen. Cooper had and
he bad insisted upon being brought
before the General when arrested for
disorderly conduct.
As soon at be caught sight of the
General he cried: ('Now Jim you don't
mean for me to go down to the guard
house do you?"
"I certainly do if you don't behave
yourself," replied Gen. Cooper.
With that the drunken man struck
at the General with bis fist to the hor
ror of the Corporal and his guard, who'
threw themselves upon him while the
General shouted:
"Get out of the way Corporal; I can
whip him myaeir if I am a Urlgadiei
General."
But there was no trouble after all
and in a little while I departed on the
back track with a message writ
ton this time E. M. WaTioN in Na
tional Tribune.
Ihe Englishman Agreed.
Landlord Summer Hotel Thore't
one thlnff you'll Una. your lordshlD.
We Amerloa like pluok wherever we
see is.
Lord Chumlty (with his thought on
the figures of the bill he has just paid)
Aw jr I believe you, air, I believe
vs - - -
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES.
MADE AN AWr'UI, ATOXEMRNT.
A WATCHMAN CAI'SM A rai.l.islosj ASD Tugs'
K11.1.S 11iMF.nr.
At.l.snTnws Becoming excited over the
problem of handling two freight truliil
over a grade crossing, Watnlitnsn Thomni
User gave Hit wrung signal this morning at
Catstaqtis, which resulted in a collision be
tween a Lehigh Va lley coal truin and tlx
Crsre Iron Compart y's Knitting englne.wltb
20 oil sod coal ears. The Lehigh crew
lumped and ssved their lives. Joseph ltafi
tngineer of the Crane freight, was Instantly
killed, snd Herbert James, engineer of Hit
Leklgh Valley trsln, wss fsial;y Injured
Wstcbmsn User, resliilng his responsibil
ity, wslked horns, secured Ml revolver and
shot himself dead.
TBS l.t'TIIKR SYNOD HXPED.
Bri.t troistr At Monday's session of the
Krtngeilcal Lutheran Synod a committee
was nppulnted to make arrangements and
devise means for the erection of a horns Tor
aged snd wornout ministers. The report
of the statistical secretary shows that In
Central Pennsylyanla Hynud there are 40
ministers, 87 churches, with a valuation of
14 II), 320. The membership is A.7H4, a net
gain of 241. Last year tbers were 0IH1 ac
cessions. There sre 71 Lutheran snd 22
Union Hnnilny Hchools, with 1,2117 ottioers
nnd 10,87(1 scholars. During the year there
were rnised for pastoral support snd local
expenses 142,8111; for benevolence, H,3J0;
by the Hundsy Hchools 7.301. The Hynod
then nilJoNrncd alter a 10 days' session to
meet at Lewlstowu next September.
noiBi.r MiowxiMi.
MoxoxnAiiKt-A City Ity the capsizing of
a skllT In tlio Monongnhela river at this
point, Nesl Hoy and Louis Nlrohr, glass
workers, were drowned. In compsny with
s number of young men, some of whom
were under the Influence of llipmr, they
were crossing ihe river snd ntlenited to
change seats, thereby iiiettlng the craft.
Itoy leaves a wire and two children.
ABHOR PAY Ol-TOIIKR 20.
IIasrisiicrii Superintendent of Public
Instruction SchsetTer has Issued a circular
nnmlnn Krldsy, October 20, as autumnal
Arbor day.
Jon Ti'RSTR. a tramp.disrnvereil a kettle
tilled with gold pieces buried under a tree on
Six Mile Hun. Heaver county lie took the
money to Industry. There he bought a list
boat nnd when last seen was drifting down
the river with his treasure.
Wii.mam Ci'Mmins, of Westmoreland
City, while working In the mines was killed
by a full of slate. About the same hour his
on James fell from a tree, and it is feared
tus oined fatal injuries.
IlKtinv Dnvi.R, of I'lltslmrg, climbed a
chestnut tree near New lledfiird. He fell,
and, his olothing catching on a limb, held
him lust, head tlowuward. lie was nearly
drsd when found
Thomas snd John Ackleson undertook to
drive across the I'unhandle road's tracks
near llulger in sdvatice of a truin. John
and both horses were killed.
A trait of HOO acres, near 'Franklin, has
been selected ss the site for the State Home
for I'eeule-.Mindud Children. The ground
will cost i'4,0J0.
Tux commissioners of I'syelte county are
nbjertimr to the s ze or tho sheriff's wash
bids for the jail inmutos.
Hi N.iAMiN TitNriis, the murder of 0-year
old Allies Cooiier Wright, was sentenced at
llarrisliurg to be hanged.
Tiif advance of the toll rate on the bridges
tt Denver Kails from 1 to 2 cents has exulted
much opiKMition.
IIkavkr county coal operators have re
luce their miners' wages 2 cents per car of
P) bushels.
Tnr Hhenangn Valley Steel mill at New
Castle started up with a lores of 300 men.
Hi nut Fi.Ant.ir, was fatally injured by a
fall of slate at (ireensburg.
Ttvo Inches of snow tell In Wayne coun
ty, on Saturday,
CRISP AND CASUAL.
Turks believe that women havo no
louls.
European railroads stretch 142,085
miles.
PlOEONB wero cmployod in the muii
lorvice in 111 bio times.
By the emancipation proclamation
I, 895,177 slaves were freod.
FULLY 80 per cent, of Russian and
Servian soldiers are unable to either
read or writo.
The amount of money held by vari
ous London banks is not far short of
II, 150,000,000.
A One-armed resident of Yonoulla.
Ore., built a house twenty-four feet
square without assistance.
A LARGER portion of children sur
vive their first year of existence in
Dublin than in any one of the twenty
largest towns of England and Walos.
THE Stonohongo monument consisted,
when entire, of two circles and two
dials, the outer circle being composed
sf sixty stones, ouch from thirteen to
twenty feet in holght.
The first soa-golng vessel of alumin
ium is being ojuotructed in the dock
yards of the Loire. It is a outter which
would weigh, if made of the usual ma
terials, 4,600 tons, instead of its actual
weight of 2,500 tons.
Tlobbing the Government.
A device frequently practiced by per
sons who wish to dutruud the Govern
ment is called "sweating" gold coins.
The trick is an old one, anil was once
so commonly practiced in England that
it was made a capital offunse, and many
a poor fellow has paid for his greed
with his life. The custom there was
to shake a large number of gold coins
in a bag for some time, letting them
thus wear each other away. The bag
would then be burned and a nuggot ol
gold found in tho ashes.
At present cheaters of the govern
ment employ a swifter and more mod
ern method for removing gold. By
means of an eleotrlo buttery a very
small amount of gold is transferred
from a coin to a piece of platinum. Of
oourse, the amount tbua removed must
not be enough to alter the appearance
of the ooln, and it takes many coins
nd much work before the fraud can
be made profitable to the perpetrators.
In those parte of the country where
banks do not have the Intricate ma
chinery necessary to detect this fraud
the sweating of gold is quite commonly
nrtuitirad- ...
LATEST LEGAL LORE.
ENACTSNTS Off """SB LAST I.IiO
tsAi ukitiiv hour roust.
Interesting Pointers For Corporations,
Criminals sr.d People,
The pamphlet laws nf iWfl, rontelntmt
the sets of the last I igl jlatiire, have just
been Issued. It is only now tha". a gtnersl
know edire of the new Isws can be gained,
as ttntit the hooks are . tinted there is no
collection of Ihe legislative acts.
Now the I iwycrs can examine lbs laws
St their leisure and begin to discuss how
much the course of legsl procedure In var
ious Hues will change on sccuun! of recent
sets.
The reatlv bound volume nf lHOllsstrlflo
lamer than those of the past few vears. It
contains many Important ennctn enis.jsnms
that are not so ImiKirtiiut, and then ihere
tre others which will not have any appar-
eiueneci in any nay on me piinnc. no lar
s public Interest goes the acts range from
Ihe linker ballot Viw which lunlerlnlly
sllects evpry clilzen or the state, down to
Ihe modest little enactment which nrescrlh-
ss whst kind ot butter jail hints shall rut.
An Bltoriii y examined ihe new law for
the benef.t of the Pittsburg "leader"
sun poiuieii run a lew oi ine mure interest
ing acts. First annum them is the Hake
ballot law, which, however, has been so
well sired nil ttiroouli the Slate that rti
tion of the iimcniled law is unnecessary.
A law Hun bus not drawn much attention
to itselt as yet, nut which will have fir
rem liinr results of an Important nature. was
that which permits the increase ol the capi
tal stock of nil corporations to l.'Ml.ono.DOO.
Tills applies to all corporations for profit
snd the increase is to be allowed In spite of
limitations In earlier acts, either special or
general.
Verdicts of second-degree murder mean
something more serious now than belore.
The minimum penally has been increved
from twelvo years to twenty. This may not
displease Hie criminal clnss. as juries msv
feet liss di-posed to Unit tirst degree verdicts
wnen second uegree will put a man away
for so long a lime. 'I he maximum penalty
for manslaughter remains at twelve yesrr.
Another Interesting criminal enactment
relates to children. It provides that no child
under 10 shall be nlaced witn adults in anv
cell or courtroom, nor in any vehicle for Ihu
transportation or prisoners, it is also pro
vided that trials must take plnce in a room
separated from that where adints are tried,
snd a separate docket of the prcctdiigs
must ta kept.
What may be classed as a supplement to
the oleomargarine law is the enactment
forbidding any charitable or penal institu
tion from furnishing anything but genuine
butter to its Inmates. It' any warden or
steward shall knowingly violate the law he
ball become liable to a tine not exceeding
1,01)0 or Imprisonment not exceeding two
years, or both. Anyone who sells or offers
to sell is liable for the same ienalty.
A law that makes the progress of woman's
rights movement Is the new married wo
man's property act. It provides Hint mar
ried women may msks contracts the same
as when single, snd their rights sre In all
resiiects the same, except that
they may not become accom
modation maker or Indorscr and may
not sign a deed without their husband's
consent. They may sue and bs suel in their
own name.
The law relating to the board of assessors
in second class cities has been altered and
may work a change in the next triennial
assessment.
The downfall of the turnpike road Is sug
gested by an act forbidding the ealabliau
tnout of toll gates in borouuhs.
An echo ol the Homesttud riots Is found
In the appropriation for ihe benefit or Al
bert M. Luther Company C, Kilteenlh Reg
iment, who was alllicted with typhoid at
Homestead and was paid for the tints h
was sick.
A law that wIM Interest secret society men
Is that which provides for the incorimration
of secret fraternal societies, lieretofort
the organizations might have been incor
porated as bcneliciul societies, but now
they can be ori;nniicd lrora the start as
secret societies.
Young men ubout to get married ought to
know that the price is higher tlian It was
before the legislature met. The new fee bill
allows the suulres a lee of 5 an i .crease
of 2.
A cursory glance through this latest as
quisilion to legal libraries failed to develop
much more of interest, and the elimination
wss given up until some of the points arise
In suits.
WIVES OF FAMOUS MEN.
Garkick married an Austrian dancer
lamed Volgel. During his whole mar
ried life tho twain were never separa
ted for a singlo day, and when ho died
the retained an idolatrous affection for
als memory.
William the Conqueror courted
Matilda by pulling hor oft her horse in
light ot hor father's castle and thrash
ng her with his horsowhip. She mar
ried him, convinced that he must be a
rory brave man.
Pasquier had a scolding wife, but -remomboring
that "a scold s speech is
-neroly the exerclso of her lungs," he
icoldod back again with great success,
ind, as he humorojsly oays, "had peace
by constant war."
The married life of Mara, the so
prano, was embittered by the conduct
)f her husband, a vloloncolllst, who
ivos said to be in a state of Intoxication
partial or intoxication complete for
ivor twenty yean.
John Wesley, after publishing a
treatise advising celibacy for the clor
;y, married a widow named Vizello,
rho, after years of unhappiness, left
aim, carrying off his manuscripts, lie
aevor roeallod hor.
The typical case of marital confl
lence, contrasted with infidelity, is
thut of BelUar.us and Antonlna. Hor
infidelities were innumerable; his con
Idonce was unboundod, and as with
i pell she ruled htm to the last.
The famous Rev. Andrew Bell had a
virago who left him and then Uovoted
ber time to abusing him by mail. She
once addreiaed a letter to him: "To
that Supreme of Itogues, who looks the
angtlog that he is, Doctor Andrew
Bell'
Sir Thomas Moke undortook to odu
jate his wife and obliged her to prac
tice music. She ha tod music, but for
tome time oumplled with his wishes,
then rebelled, and until his death hen
pecked him so successfully that he
found the Tower a comfortable rofugo
Irom hor tonguo.
A ltook UoeTnd in Hold.
In the jewel house of the Tower of
Loudon there Is a b.iok bound through
iut in gold, even to the wires of the
hinges. Its elaep U two rubles set at
opposite ends of lour guidon links,
Tha King; of Tobaoco State.
Eentuokv produce the most tohaoas
283.S0o.0fj0 pounds, Tba total prod
uct oi this country last year was 66,
100,000 Pounds, valued at MSm!
About the same amount was produoaA
is Kurope. J