Thi-se m ft large increase last year
In the farm prolines imported into '
England. The increase in butter alone
in estimated at over a million sterling,
and of cheese at a quarter of that
urn.
In the Inst fifteen years about $fl50,
000,0110 has boen invested iu 2,73!)
electric light central station in tlio
United States, and during the snme
period boiiio $250, 000,000 has been In
vented in about 8,000 isolated plants.
This shows tlio enormous develop
ment of the electric lighting busmen.
A most commendable undertaking
is on foot in Iowa, where tlio farmers,
who have been using corn for fuel,
re planniug to send it to tlio starving
people of India. Governor Drake
tins roccivod many communications
from people who oiler to present car
loads of provisions for the famino
tuCrvrers, if tho state will unmo a com
mission to tnko euro of them and in
duco tho railroads to give free trans
portation. In the past sixty years the forests
of Ainericit have produced the etior
mousquautity of 821,000,000,000 feet,
tud tho value estimated at more than
825,000,000,000. It is a curious re
flection that tlio forests.onco regarded
in an impediment to the country's set
tlement and growth, to bo felled and
buruod as rapidly as possible, should
lo soon become one of its chief sources
)f wealth, to be considered and pro
tected by every menus know to modern,
tciuuco and law.
Agricultural exports last year formed
t shatlo moro than 00 percent of all
lomestio merchandise shipped from
Iho Uuitod State, la '02 there were
nearly 70 percent, and iu '79 8:1 1-4
porcent. Tho smaller proportion in
recent years does lint necessarily mean,
xplnius the Americau Agriculturist,
that foreigners aro taking a loss quan
tity of our farm produce, but rathor
that manufacturers are getting a foot
hold ubrond, shipping increased
quantities of finished goods.
A wave of prosperity has reached
the farmers of Washington, and they
are taking advantage of it to clear
their farms of indebtedness. It is
itatcd that there have boen a larger
nutnbor of releasos of mortgages tiled
in tho recorders' offices of this state
during tho post three months than
sver before in a corresponding period.
Tho wheat crop last season was good,
and most of it was in the farmers'
hands when the rise came, and they
bavo niado good ubo of their oppor
tunities. -Japanese enterprise has dovelopod
into an interesting and profitable form
of trickery in India.whore large quan
tities of poraflluocandles,, pencils and
choap watches branded as Americau
goods, but really uiado in Japan, have
been poured into the luarkcta.greatly
to tho disgust of the buyors, who do
not detect tho fraudulent character ol
tho artioios until they lino them. These
imitations aro greatly inferior to the
American goods, and it ie not unlikely
that Japauuso manufacturers will suf
fer for the deceptions they are pruo
tioing upon tho tradesmen of India,
who are more anxious than over for
merchandise made in this country.
Tho trick of the Japanese is signifi
cant, however, in that it hows how
tho American models and workman
ship are appreciated by the 'Orientals,
and it is valuable also as indicating
the canning and somewhat dishonor
able competition which our manufac
turers will have to contend with in
their quost f larger markets in tho far
East.
Says Use New Tork Times; Tin
world is growing old and wiser as well
as better, but every now and then we
are brought suddenly faco to face with
conditions so auaeuronistie thatior I
moment wo can hardly believe wa are
living in the dawa of the Twentieth
century of Christianity and aoioneo.
The Armenian inassaere in the full
faco of Europe are a revival of the
most horrible cruelties of medieval
ism, and the spectacle of the depopu
lation of Bombay by the plague recalh
the stories of hundreds of years ago,
when tho eoienoe of sanitation wai
undreamod of. A city with nearly I
million inhabitants in the grip of thi
king of terrors is gruesome thing
to contemplate in an age when a great
savant kas proclaimed with a plausi
bility that won him learned follower!
that be lias discovered the seoret germ
of consumption, and when loientiati
enable the yo to look through flesh
and boards. Is it not reminder af
ter all that man is as finite now as
wUon the tower of Babel was pro
jootod, and that, strive as we may,
there are still conditions of primitive
barbarism that cau never be wholly
overcome?
A Spring Nnnir.
Hhs ties her string of Hshtcil hair,
Anil o'er lior cntuHjf furi'heail bare
tho nimbly drawn a wimple i
With lissom spepil athwart tho mead,
Htm slims through checks that dimple,
(Hi!
And ho!
Tho vlol.-ts aro lilowln; t
Iter himynnt nrrn a banket swing,
Th" boyish wind li'-r klrtln toss
Ami rlmuli' o'er her trews' floss,
With sliillnir ear she sown to hear
A voli'e that sings to silver strains.
Oh!
And ho!
The violets aro blowing !
The wli"i'llng swallows dlvotu set,
In nlry, lines, a enroni't
t'pon hi'r head that dances i
And mi tin- bill nt birds that trill,
A harden swo ;-t she faie'les,
Uh!
And ho !
Tho vlob'ts are blowing?
And In tho brooks that break away
'I n bargain at tho booths of spring,
Hho drops hor fife nud hoars thorn sing
Of siinhe.'itns' worth and sweets of earth
Hut with their lay she dronins, they suy.
Oh!
And ho!
Tho violets sro blowing !
Through grii'-ses bih, with rise and dip,
Along h'-r winged nnktes trip
Where thoughts of spring are vying,
To whore she hears with woodland our
The fairies softly erring,
Oh !
Aud ho !
'J ho violets aro blowing!
- i:. A. Valei'tluo In Youth's Cutnpniiina.
LOVE IN LEATHER.
No wonder he looked a bit leathery ;
no wonder he tied his tie iu n manner
suggesting shoe strings, and expressed
liis estimate of a fellowmaii's elinracter
by the mysterious letter A, E or I),
lie was "iu the shoe business." lie
always expressed it iu that way its
annulling somewhat better than tho
moro vulgar acknowledgment, "I am a
clerk iu a shooshop." Hut ho was.
And his fingers had tied nud untied
more shoo litc.-a than even tho fo re
in an of the establishment. Now, al
though his eyes were a trifl j weak, not
to say pink nud watery, his trousers
knees shiny, aud though ho possessed
soveral other unpleasant drawbacks,
his heart was a heart after all.
He never know ho had n heart nntil
tho day alio eniuo to get some slippers
to wear at her own coming out party.
Mamma was with her mamma, pon
derous and imposing, but whose shoes
he had fitted for years, with all the
patience imaginable. Said mamma
that day as she swept iuto tho big
shop :
"Whore is Mr. Jonkiusou? I could
never think of having shoos iittod by
any other young person."
Ho when they called him ho was at
the back of the shop explaining lucid
ly tho intricacioa of a traasfor clerk to
a lady from out of town, who was sus
picious of fraud iu tho matter he
came at once.
"I remoiuber fives C, isn't it?"
said he, bowing before hor magnifi
cence of furs aud silks.
"Ob, but it isn't today, Mr. Jon
kinson," said mamma, iu a superior
way. "It's twos, aud tho narrowest
you have."
And thou for the first time he saw
her or rather her foot, for, aTtor all,
it was her foot which stole his heart
healthy and tough iu tho matter of
pretty foot, from having boon iu tho
business for years and more.
But that little foot! Or rather thoso
little foot, for he fitted them both.
They wore Blonder, arched iu instep,
curved like tho most exquisite of shoe
inakor's lasts. Not a foot for au artist
to admire not in the least but a
foot to wear and dance in a No. 2 shoe
in manuer to win the heart of the
most blase shoomuu.
"White satin, ploase.and quite jolly
high heels t" said a small, imperious
voice.
Aud such dreams of slippers, such
suggestions of coquetry iu the matter
of heels, as the ami.iblo Mr. Jonkiu
son procured from out mysterious
green boxes I
No wonder sho was satisfied!
"For I'm never going to wear ones
again, you uuderstaud, until I'm
either married or dead, "said tho small,
imperious voice, essaying a laugh.
"Horror 1" said mamma, "what a
reckless wuy of tulkiug you bavo
learned at school I I feel quite like
finding fault. I do indeed."
But she only laughod again, and
skipped merrily out to be tuekod into
robes by a pompous footman.
After that, when that footman waited
before the door of the shop, it was
more often "twos, quite uarrow,"ihan
'lives, broad."
And poor Mr. Jenkiusont
How oould a little girl ju.it from
school, and reveling in bur first sou
son know that amoug her fifty odd
adorers there was ouu who never so
much as dared raise bis piuk, watery
eves front her feet?
"She's got the daintiest foot in
town, bless her! Mr. Jenkiuson would
say to himself.
And ho came to brood upon it.
Once, when sho tried on walking boots,
she kicked off some tiny mules which
she had most attdaoiously dared to
wear during her trip into town iu the
tiny brougham, and said:
"You need not scud them home;
they are so worn."
That night Mr. Jenkinson instituted
a shrine. It consisted of a corner
cabinet of walnut, which was adorned
as to exterior with a knitted mat and
a china, ilng. At night, when he un
locked the door of the little walnut
cabinet, one might see two tiny half
worn mules of bronze kid. That was
nil.
Vet many men have worshipped less.
And if on the lust great day all is
tundi) open, and all secrets disclosed,
what H'rnnge, not to hay laughable,
shrines of tho bachelor heart will be
among tiio exhibits. Aud slio never
knew. That fact imparted a strango
melancholy to tho air, iu Mr. Jen
kiusou's opinion. Aud how busy she
kept him! Pink shoes, blue slippers,
green satin and lemou satin, and such
w icked, wiciccd rosettes mid heels .
At last for there is always tho in
evitable "nt last" iu affairs of the
heart, even though it bo not n shue
inau's heart thero cumo to Mr. Jen
kiuson n blow, a bitter, bad blow.
Von would not think n pair of whito
satiu high heeled "No. 2's narrow"
could administer us suvuro n one. Hut
so it was. Had sho not said, "I will
never wear another pair of whito ones
until I marry or die?" and sho was
i very much nlive. Ho could not wihh
hor dead ah. no but it was vory
! hard to bear. Ho leaned quite over
that litt'o dear foot as bo fitted tlio
. slippersof n brido upon it. Shoconld
' not sco his faco as sho said, "i'lenso
see that they put real seed pearls on
i the tulle rosettes, for thoso nro to
j wear with a wedding gown." But at
: tho last moment Fillne, the little
luaiil, said in horror, as she fitted
I them upon tho bride's silken covered
! foot: "But, madam biit.mis-i thero
nro really strango murks upou tlio
sat in I Ono might cull thorn to irs I"
"It's too late to do anything about
it now!" said mamma, fmsily. "But
really it was very careless of Mr.
Jenkiuson ! As a mutter of fact, they
do look like tears. I wonder"
"And if they were tears," cried tlio
little bride, "uro not tears pearls!
Aud I ordered them." Poor Mr. Jen
kiuson! Philadelphia Tress.
1'nnin Uuiler Muss
A popular lecturer, iu estimating
tho number of people who would in
habit this globe a thousand years
lieueo, was asked by ouo in tho nu
dioneo how such a vast multitude could
be fed. In reply to this question he
is jjnotod as saying, "Wo know not
what discoveries may be mado to
rendur the earth morn fertile, or to
incronso its productive power, but
long before that time enough of the
sands of Capo Cod and New Jersey
may hava boen uouvorted into glass to
place a roof over all tlio laud devoted
to growing crops, and beneath its
shelter the farmer, iu a climate of
perpetual summer, may grow crops in
continuous succession, aud with tho
waters of the deep springs and lakes
under his ooutrol, may bo froe from
danger of flood aud drouth as well as
from the frosts and snows."
Undoubtedly, long beforo the ex
piration of the thousand years, gar
deners, farming uudcr glass will bo
engaged iu supplying, not what aro
today considered the luxuries of life,
but tho very necessities. Hot houso
fruits aud vegetables may then be
raised for the poor and needy as
cheaply as tho summer products are
now grown on tho truck gardens in
tho suburbs of all our cities. Vast
sections of laud may be roofed over
with glass, and a perpetual summer
climate will muke tho plants and trees
aud vines flourish as in the tropics.
Lippiucott's.
A Maine Itcreipt.
The Boston Iluruld is responsible
for the printing of the following story,
which comes from a town not 1,000
miles from Bur Harbor, Mo., aud
equals the celebrated no to story of
Huns and Fritz. It ruus as follows:
Dun and Mono, neither of whom was
noted for his erudition, were partners
iu an enterprise which it is needless to
specify. One morning Mr. culled
to settlo a small bill that was due
them, aud, after paying, asked for a
receipt. Mose retired to tbo privaoy
of his ofllce, and uftur a long wait, re
turned with the following: "We've
got our pay. Mo aud Dun."
m V
The Chinese government has in ado
it obligatory for all cadets iu tho mil
itary and navul schools in China to
luarn BusbiaQ.
MIKVriHC HCKAI'.H.
The big ocean greyhounds will soon,
it is thought, be equipped with life
boats harnessed to balloons, so as to
be practically unninkablo.
Birds differ very mttoh in the
heights to which they commonly as
cend. The condor, largest of vul
tures aud of all flying birds, has been
observed soaring over 20,000 feet, or
five miles aud a half, above the level
of tho sea,
Ho far as oould be ascertained, the
causes of insanity iu tho 477 cases
treated in tho government asylum of
Cairo, Egypt, last year were: Has
hoesli, 88; alcohol, 9; syphilis, 27;
pellagra, 11; epilepsy, 17; sunstroke,
2; grief, 30; religious oxces', 10.
In the human voice, though gener
ally but of nino perfect tones, there
aro actually no loss than 17,502,188
different sounds. Thoso effects are
produced by 14 different muscles,
which givo about 1G,:18:) different
sounds, and SO indirect muscles,
which produce 17,575,803 sounds.
Tho forest department in India is
now paying its way handsomely and
more, tho profits having been going
up steadily since 1875. While for tho
flvo years eliding with that thoy stood
at 11 lakhs, tho profits for tho five
years ending in IS',15 were 53 lahks,or
ju t hliort of five times as much.
A recently painted device for tele
phones consists of attaching tho re
ceiver cord to tho switch lover iu such
a manlier as to throw tho telephone
out of circuit when the receiver bangs
ftu-pciidcd.and throw it in circuit and
givo u signal at tho central offico ns
soon as tho receiver is raised for use.
Au cmiuoiit man of scienoo can
blow one soap bubble inside another
and mako tho inner one lift the outer
ono up without breaking either. Ho
cau also mako a soap bubble roll down
h spiral staircase covered with soap
film, and leap from step to step, ns if
it were made of ivory instead of
water.
(eorgo Isaac, a German scientist,
and throe assistants were blown to
atoms by uu explosion of ncotyleno
gas ou December 12. It is said that
he believed ho had discovered a non
explosive variety of acetylene, and
that Einporor William had boon at
tracted by his experiments with the
manufacture of tho gas aud was soon
to visit his laboratory.
That notonly animals but plants also
will have some of their juices or liquids
frcezo iu tho wintor time is well
kuown. Twigs will snap easily whon
tho thermometer is below zero because
of being frozen, and ice crystals can
be readily discerned by tho micro
scope. But tho question, asks Mee
ban's Monthly, is do they freeze
solid? The contention is that the no
tive, living cells cannot do this aud
still live.
Tea Brlnkliiir.
Tho tea-drinking habit that only a
few years ago was supposed to be au
infallible sign of nu old maid, now
numbers nmoug it votaries many men
who, for one reason or another, think
tea better than more potent drinks.
Nearly every big club in New York
counts its ten drinkers by tho score.
They order tea when others around
them order whiskey. Five o'clock is
the toa drinkers' time, and in support
of their habit, they say it does not in
terfere with their appetite for dinner,
and is as pleasaut uu uid to a social
chat as whiskey or beer. Ono of the
regulations of the navy says that noth
ing stronger than sherry shall be
served in the wardroom, but this
does not prevent any officer who
chooses from keeping whiskey in his
room. As a matter of fact, however,
there is comparatively little heavy
drinking done by navul officers in tho
service. A visitor to one of the bouts
in the navy yard was talking with sov
eral officers in the wardroom one af
ternoon reoently, when the senior
lieutenant, who bad been on deck for
four hours suparintendiug the ship
ping of several small boats, came
below looking thoroughly chilled
through. He ordered the Japanese
boy who was on duty iu the wardroom
to bring him a pot of tea. The cap
taiu joined him in this drink, and
when the visitor expressed his surprise
ut the mildness of the beverage on a
cold day, both officers declared that it
was better than whiskey when a man
was cold. New York Sun.
A Jflld Insinuation.
He bad kissed her.
"I'd like to get that patented," he
said.
"It wouldn't pay you," she smiled
saucily.
"Why not?"
"You would have to spond all your
time defending infringement on it,"
National Recorder.
MAKING A TREATY.
The Five Stages in tbo Interna
tional Transaction.
Ratification by Our Senate and
British Privy Council Needed.
There appears to bo a general mis
understanding ns to tho steps neces
sary to make n treaty entered into by
the representatives of two govern
ments fully binding and effective upon
the people of tho countries concerned.
That such is the case has been demon
strated by tho wido divergenco of
views expressed in tho recent general
discussion iu newspapers, in public
gatherings and even in tho Henato of
tho United States of tho Anglo-American
treaty of arbitration recently
signed in Washington. It is gener
ally understood, of course, that
treaty, signed by tho properly accred
ited representatives of Great Britain
and the United States, is still subject
to the ratification of tlio superior pow
ers of each government, hut the subse
quent couiso of proceduro of the re
spective governments necessary to
make it an accomplished fact is by no
means so well known.
In conversation with several officials
of the state department Washington
Star reporter obtained somo interest
ing data on this point. According to
the constitution and laws of the
United States u treaty of this kind is
not operative until it has gone through
live formal stages. Theso in their or
der are: First, signing by tlio repro
Hcntutivo of th-i prusidoiit ; second, rat
ification advised by tho Senate;
third, . .;ification by tlio president;
fourth, exchange of ratifications, ami,
fifth, proclamation of tho treaty.
In the caso of tho British govern
nieut tho modus operandi is somewhat
similar, with tho most important ex
ception that tho entire proceedings
ore practically within tho discretion
and control of tho queen. All that
remains to bo done by tho British
government to make tho treaty opera
tive iu British dominions is for its rat
ification by tho qnoon on tho recom
mendation of the "most bonorablo
privy council" nnd its subsequent proc
lamation. Although treaties nru not
subject to tho ratification of tho Brit
ish parliament, it is customary to lay
synopses of thern before tho legisla
tive brunch for its information, coin
cident with their ratification by tho
queen "in council." The members of
tho privy council aro appointed by
the prime minister, with the approval
of the queen. Consequently the dom
inant political party is in control, and
its action is practically controlled by
the premier of the administration, at
present Lord Salisbury. The present
privy council numbers about 70 per
sons aud includes nearly all tho lead
ing officials of the United Kingdom.
Its membership embraces tho Princo of
Wales and all tho male inombors of tho
royal family, tho lord high cbnncellor
and all tho cabinet officers, the lord
president and tho leading members of
parliament, the Archbishop of Canter
bury and many prominent churchmen
and members of the British diplomatic
corps, including Sir Julian I'auncefote.
The opposition is represented by a
large but powerless delegation.
One of the officials of the state de
partment described the modus oper
andi of a treaty for the bouelit of
the reporter in tbo following terse
form:
"Great Britain and the United States
conclude a treaty or convention for a
specific purpose. It is signed iu du
plicate. These oopies are the original
treaties. In the British copy the
British representativo signs first, and
in the United States copy the Amer
ican representative signs first. The
British original copy is thou sent to
Oreat Britain and laid before the
privy oouncil, which passes upon it.
If such action is favorable the queen
ratifies the original copy. An ex
change copy is then mado aud bears
the queen's ratification. The ex
change copy is a copy of tba original
treaty bearing ' the queen's ratifica
tion. This oopy is ' delivered to the
representative of the government of
the United States by the British rep
resentative in exohange for a similur
copy of the original convention in the
possession of the United States. This
exchange oopy is ratified by the pres
ident of the Uuited States. A proto
col of exchuuge is signed by the re
spective representatives when the de
livery of these exchange copies takes
place. Aftor this has been accom
plished the president of the United
iitutes, and likewise the queen of the
United Kiugdom, proclaims the orig
inal convention, wheu it becomes im
mediately operative, or at a future
date, according to its terms. And
tuut'i all there is to it,"
rapturing Wild IIomm.
Tho Australian herds of wild horses,
ns described by a writer in Chambers'
Journal, number from 10 to 12 ani
mals in each, made np of mares and
one stallion. No stallion will allow
another stallion in his herd, au 1 stub
born fights frequently occur between
horses, owing to this. Tim beaten
males, after boing expelled, join herds
exclusively of stallions. On any herds
being sighted by hunters, u good idea
can generally bo formed by the ex
perienced man as to whioh routo tha
animals will take in their way to tho
rugged hills, for whieh they invaria
bly make whon disturbed. A scheme
is mapped out to cut them off if pos
sible, and tho party scatters, o;icli to
tako np his diluted positiou. Of
course, while doing this, every ad
vantage is taken of tho natural in
equalities of the ground, so as to es
cape observation. When tho alarm is
given, however, all neod for caution is
at an cud, and each hunter puts hit
steed in full galop. Tho stallion, the
head of tho herd, boldly comes out to
meet him, and endeavors to distract
attention from tho rest.
Iu somo raro instances he is lanoood
nnd captured nt onco, but he generally
manages to rejoin his wives, which by
this time hnvo trooped into siuglo II I o
with his favorite in tlio lead. Should
the herd bo turned and get int diffi
culties the stallion takes up liu posi
tion in tho van, nud the great olij-iefc
is to cut him off from tho rest. Should
this be accomplished, both he ami tho
marcs become confused and - the las
sooers often muuago to tako two or
thrco per man. Instances buvi been
known where horses have boon thrown
to tho ground by tho hunters giving a
violent jork to tho animal's tail when
it was making an nbrupt turn. When
his quarry is brought down, cither by
this method or tho use of the imsoo,
tho rider jumps from his steed, whips
a "blinder" (n handkerchief u used
when thero is nothing else procur
able) over the prostrato horsu's ryes,
and straps up one of his forelegs se
curely. If this is properly done tho
animal may bo safely left "until called
for," for no horse thus secured can
stray far.
Insanity From Shock.
Tho pathetic recital of tlio experi
ence of tho engineer whoso reason was
shattered by his train running over
and killing two men leads thoughtful
persons to tho contemplation of tho
exceeding frailty of humanity and tho
awful consequences to the sensitive
mind of such an accident as that which
was the real cause of the collision of
two trains.
Of a highly nervous temperament,
tho engineer, whilo ho felt himself
I guiltless of murder, was yet so over
come with the knowledge that ha had
taken two lives that ho was wholly un
balanced, and probably in the most
mechanical way, with his baud on tho
lever, sent his train along the trucks,
completely oblivious of tlio danger
that threatened liim. The piteo'n ap
peal to his fellows, asking them if hi)
really was to blanio, is one of tho
most pitiful incidents ill tiie aft'iir.
Experts ssy that nn enginoer can only
pass through a givou amount of strain,
and that or having passed this point
he is scuicjly accountable for w;. it ho
may do.
There is a great difference in people,
however, ns to the elT.-ot wlnc'i audi
calamities have upon them. lVoplo
of stolid and uuiinpressiblo tenioera
monts may pass through such experi
ences and bo but slightly overcome by
them, but it is a dangerous tiling for
the sensitive, highly organized mind
to bo placed in such au awful posi
tion. Tortured for ItisoliPdieiicn.
An extraordinary custom prevails
among some Chines.) u few days after
the marriage ceremony is performed,
the bride beiug required at a festival
to repeat certain phrases aftor any of
the gueBts assembled, on the penalty
of suffering cruel tortures, uc!i as
burning her face with lighted joss
sticks, a red hot poker or mien like
implements. A short timo ago . mar
riage took place iu Hollywood road,
near tho M n Wo Temple, and a fes
tival was held in houor of the eveut,
suys a paper published in China.
A young Chinese, iu the oour of
the festivities, asked tho bri 1j t re
peat certain phrases after him, n.neU
sho refused to do. Ho thereupon in
flicted serious injuries to hi-r fae-iwitli
burning joss sticks aud tho lighted
end of his cigar. Tho uncle and somo
of the friends of tho woman subse
quently had a quarrel with the young
man over the affair, with the result
that bo was brought before Com maud
er Hustiugs ut the Magistracy c.'i irml
with iissuult. Ho pleaded that tin was
only skylarking. Tho magistrate sent
him to skylark for four uiouiu ia
Victoria jail.