"Killed by a rejected suitpr," is a ! headline that has been frequent of lato. | Beforo tho rcbollion editors were banished from Cuba without tho formality of a trial. L ' I Tho annual report of tho Royal j Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane con cludes as follows: "It is not work but worry that kills." To become an electrician or an in dustrial, meohanical, railroad or min ing engineer the Cuban must go to a foreign country. It is said that pensions to the amount of about $15,000,000 will be paid in tho Sonth this year, owing to the Grand Army colonies. There is a man in London, says the Truth, who for two dollars, will clearly prove that any Englishman is do soended from one or other of the Kings of England. According to tho jußt published ro suits of the last census, tho entire private debt of the United States, •ecurod by mortgage on real estate, is over six billion dollars. Of 182 brands of commercial fertili zorn, s;venty-six have been found bo low tho manufacturer's guarantee anlysis by L. L. Van Slyko, at the flow York Agricultural Experiment, Geneva. Tho farmers aro evidently bo'ng deceived. Tho Board of Education, in Now York City, has providod for the open ing of branches of the penny provi dent fund in tho pnblio schools. Such branches hnvo already been openod in corno of the publio sahools, and they meet with surprising 6uocess. There ore iu Arizona ten million acres of desert land capablo of recla mation to agriculturo through irriga tion. Alroady somo 997,000 acres havo boon reclaimed and aro bearing profit able crops of various kinds, and vari ous enterprises are now under way which, it is expected, will in tho noxt two years insure the reclamation of almost two million acres more, Tho savings brink in tho Newsboys' Lodging Houso, New York City, al lows interest on deposits at tho very liberal rato of six por cent, a month, or seventy-two per ' year. Twonty-five dollars is tho largest sum permitted to draw that pleasing rate, aud but ono dopositor has renoked that degroe of affluence. Tho smallost de posit at present is throo cents, and there are in all forty-one namos on tho books. There is value in anything that tonds to broaden ono'sview of matters in this mundano world, oxclaims the New York Observer. Perhaps tho ethical advantage of geographical studies is not fully enough appre ciated. Over the water they under stand that thing better, sinco in the public schools of Germany geography is studied during seven of tho eight years of the oourse, and is, moreover, in that country, as much of a uni versity study as Latin, Greek or chem istry. Wolf von Schierbrand writes to the New York Post that a great many itories are told about tho German Emperor—nearly always with a tend ency to discredit him—which havo not a scintilla of truth to them. Here is a little incident of tho other kind, related recently by an eyo-witnoss, Count Philip Eulenburg, Ambassador to Vienna, on tho occasion of the Emperor's birthday. It was while passing through a bridge on the Elbe River, tho weather being equally, that tho man at the wheel Bteered wrong, and the rear mast, at tho foot of which tho Emperor was standing, was shivered against tho walls of tho bridge. Splinters and broken timber rained thick, but tho monarch merely stepped out of the way silently, just as a yardsmnn came crashing down. To Count Eulenburg, who said something about the danger just escaped, tho Emperor remarked: "I didn't want to rattlo that poor fellow at tho wheel any more. He'll catch it bad enough as it is." And another fact about tho Emperor is usually left unmentioned by correspondents. I refer to his keen interest in any now discovery in sciencu or practical arts which, in auy shape, may beuetit his people and tho world. Whether it to Bering, Koch, Roentgen, Spies, or H aby, something now in electrics or optics, medicine or physician), he at ouco personally in vestigates the new discovery and tries to get at tho root of tho matter. A few days ago ho ha i time two physi cians, Neuhnuss and Selle, l eforo him for three hours to explain all about their successful experiments in photo graphing objects iu their natural Colors. QUEER FARMS. AUKICUIJTIJRK ABANDONED FOIi MORIS UNIQUE CROPS. Raising Spiders for Profit and De ceit— Muskrut and Skunks Farms—Failure of a Hear Farm. THERE are all sorts of queer ways of making a living in this world, and those queer (, ways aro more interesting thau the humdrum ways. Farmers, as a class, are not conspicuous for orig inality, but some of them have hit upon wave of earning a livelihood, or, at least, which, to say tho least, are unique. For novelty tho first place should certa'nly be awarded to l'ierre Gran taire, an ingenious Frenchman, who has a farm on the old Lancaster Pike road, u few miles from Philadelphia. Old Grautaire is what is termed a mar ket gardener, aud his vegotaiiles are among the choicest that reach the Philadelphia market. But ho has an other source of incomo which his neighbors know very little about, for it would not be to the old man's in terest to encourage competition. Much of it, in fact, would simply put a stop to it altogether, for it depends for its success upon the geueral iguor anco of the public concerning it. Everybody knows that the value of wine increases with age. Nearly every body knows, too, that figures can be made to lie, especially when they pur port to give tho date of the vintage of any jiurticulai- brand, and, therefore, purchasers have become exceedingly skeptical concerning them. Labels of twenty, thirty or forty years ago are not accepted as conclusive evidenco of age. So the unscrupulous dealer tries to supply what might be termed cir cumstantial evidence of age. Among these latter are cobwebs. When you go iulo a cellar and see an abundant tracery of cobwebs extend ing from cork to cork, and covering the necks of the flasks with something more delicate and filmy than the finest of lace work, though you may doubt what tho dealer say, you believo what the spiders have written. Old Grantaire supplies spiders to make people believe tales of the deal ers. lie devotes two rooms of his dwelling to their breeding, lie learned tho trick in France. His spiders are all big, iudustrious fellows, and pro fuso web spinners, lie gets for them $lO a huudred. That is a pretty big price, but then they aro not ordinary spiders, aud ho knows just what they can do. A dealer sends him word that ho has so many huudred bottles that ho wants "cob webbed," and he sends them just as mauy spiders as will suffice to do the work. Of course the dealers supply the dust, and in two or three months after the spiders have been let loose those bottles will look nu though they hadn't been disturbed for twenty years. [Grantaire is said to bo the only man in tho country who makes a spe cial business of "raising" spiders. He bus had as many as 10,000 on hand at one time. Not far from Hiram Haskius, the celebrated Pennsylvania snake farmer, lives Ezckiel Van Etteo, called "Zeke" by his neighbors for short, and said to bo a great-grandson of Urion Van Etten, tue famous Deer slaycr of Fenimore Cooper's immortal tales—who has turned what was once the most unprofitable portion of his farm into u comfortable livelihood. Ho has turned thirty acres of swamp land into a muskrat farm. For the pelts of his muskrats, which ho sells to fur dealers, he gets from fifty cents to SI each. Persoua had trapped muskrats on tho swam]) land for years, while he was scratching hard for a living, be fore the idea came into his head that there was money iu muskrats, aud then it was his wife who put it there. Then ho went to work aud read up on muskrats, put a big board fence around bis land, served notice on his neighbors that hereafter it was private property, planted tho dry spots of his swamp with "skunk cabbage" (and other stuff that muskrats feed upon, and stocked tho brook and muck pond with perch and other fish. He catches his muskrats alivo in traps, that he may reserve the best of them tor breeding put poses. Oao full he sold as many us 1000 skins. A skunk can produce an odor that no man ever yearns to smell a second time. But there is money iu skunks, nevertheless. Mauy a woman who prides herself on wearing Canadian seal or Russian seal would be shocked beyond measure did she know that her furs were merely skunk skins. That is why skunk skins are never sold as such except to manufacturers. There are several skunk farms in tho country. Tho largest, probably, is that of the Ithaca Fur Company, about six miles south of that city. A few mouths ago there were 500 skunks ou the farm. They multiply rapidly, and it is expected that in tho course of three years there will be 10,000 of them, by whicli time twenty-five acres will be fenced for their accommodation. A skunk is valuable in proportion to tho amount of black his fur con tains, and it is the aim of the scientific skunk farmer to eliminate by breeding the whito hair 3 found on nearly all skunks in their wild state. The best skunk skins —those that contain only a lit tie white—now bring 80 each. Besides this, a good fat skunk yields a quart of oil, which has a commer cial value, and is held by many coun trymen to be a sovereign remedy for aches, spraius and bruises. The main article of diet of what might be called tho domesticated skunk consists of scraps of refuse meat 1 collected from butchers' shops, well boiled with a few vegetables added. , Skunks have their own way of resent ing undue familiarity, but in captivity it is said they soon get to know those who look after then), and by thein can j be handled with impunity. ' Everybody has heard of the terrapin farms in Maryland. In Canada thoro I are several frog farms that aro said to j bo exceedingly profitable, but tho writer has never heard of ono on this I side of the border. I A 6tory went tho rounds some timo ago about a man who had started a bear farm iu Minnesota on capital provided by a New Yorker, who ex pected to realize big profits. Accord ing to a later report the only practical results thus'far achieved have been ono dead man and several bear 3 roam ing around loose. From this it may bo inferred that a bear farm is a risky thing to experiment with.—Boston Herald. The Friucess Has Fishing, Ton. There is a story to the effect that when the "powers thut wore" decreed that Queen Victoria's daughter, the Princess Louise, must be provided with a husband, there were five of Her Majesty's subjects who were named as being eligible. The position of son in-law to tho Queen is not, however, looked upon as iu every way a desira ble one, and four of the noble gentle men, getting wind of tho affair, prouiply went off aud engaged them selves to women for whom they had preferences. Tho son of the Duko of Argyll chanced to be away on a fishing trip at the time, and so heard nothing of tho matter until his return to Lon don, when almost immediately tho hand of tho princess was offered to him. This was, of course, practically equal to a royal command, aud shortly afterward tho marriago took place.— Detroit Free Press. - Baby Devoid of Any Feeling Physicians at Sandusky, Ohio, aro greatly puzzled ever a peculiar physi cal trait possessed by tho ten-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Joo .Ben nett. Tho child, which enjoys good health and is as cute and cooing as any babe, seems to have absolutely no feeling in its body. Attention was first attracted to this physical wonder somo timo ago, when it was noticed thut tho baby would bito the ends of its fingers until thoy bled without showing auy sign of pain, finally de stroying several of tho membors. Tho hands being bandaged, the tot began on its tongue, and iu a few days had bitten off the cud of it. The parents put a stop to this, having the child's teeth pulled. No pain was suffered iu their extraction. Physiciaui have ex amined tho child, but cannot account for tho peculiar absence of feeling.— Chicago Times. Alaska's Great River. Some of tho more recent explorors ot Alaska aud British America claim that tho Mississippi can no longer lie regarded as tho longest river on the North American continent. This dis tinction is claimed for the great Yukon ltiver. According to Ivan Petroff, who spent over two years in Alaska, collecting materials for tho last cen sus, tho Yukon empties iuto Norton Sound about one-third inoro water than the Mississippi pours into the Gulf of Mexico. Tho Yukon basin comprises tho larger part of Northern Alasku, and (100 -miles from its mouth the river is a mile iu width. Many centuries before it was discovered by white men it very likely served as the water highway into the interior for tribes whom we believo to have crossed from Asia to tho American continent. The Yukon lliver is over 2000 miles iu length. Conlriimlioiis From All Sources. In speaking the other day of the proposed American University (Meth odist) at Washington, Bishop Hurst nuuounced that subscriptions umount ing to $1,010,000 have thus far been received for the project. "People of every grade have given," ho said. "It is a Protestant university. A Pres byterian gave mo $25,000 toward it. I never saw him but once before ho made this contribution. He said 'lf I can only live to see the corner stone laid 1 will give you another tip.' Pope Leo has a nephew iu Washing ton who gave us SIO,OOO ; another Ro man Catholic gentleman, $12,000; his brother, who is a Baptist, also $12,- 000. Sixty per cent, of tho amount contributed for tho payment of tho lot was received from outside the Methodist Church."—Detroit Free Press. The Largest Bronze Casting. Tho largest single bronze casting ever turned out by a foundry iu thu United States was not long ago com pleted iu a shop iu Forsyth stroet. It is a colossal statue, nine feet six inches in height, of Major-Geueral Charles Devon-, tho eminent jurist aud soldier of Massachusetts and Attoruy-Gonoral it tho Cabinet of President Hayes. The statue was executed by O. L. War ner of this city, on a commission from tho city of Boston. Eighteen huu dred pounds of metal were used iu tho cast. Tho mammoth statue of Peter Cooper for the little park in front of tho Cooper Union, also 'made iu tho Forsyth strcot foundry, was cast in two sections and consumed 3000 pounds of metal.—Now York Adver tiser. The Shepherd Doctor. The most interesting physician of the present timo in Europe is Herr ABt, the shepherd doctor, who pre scribes for thousands of patients at Radburch. He diagnoses disease by examining a lock of tho patient's hair, and his universal charge for advice is about a quarter of o dollar. Clients wait patiently tho whole day through to see him, even if in bad weather, and if by the time he retires, near midnight, they have failed to have an audience with him, they take up their j posts uncomplainingly the next morn j ing.—Nw Orleans Picayune. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE, j STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. j The Perils of Versatility—A Case in ' Point —A Valuation Not lUo ' Night Word, Etc., Etc. He sent a squib—he thought it was fine- To -'Fun for Fuuny Folks," But they returned it with this iino: "We publish oulyjoites." Ho sent u sonnet, which ho thought Quito full of muster-strokes, To "Poesy." The next mail brought: "Wo never publish jokes." —Charles Bultell Loomic, LOVE AT EIGHT. Fanglo—"Americans arc noted for their record-breaking ships." Angio—"Yes; particularly in their eourtships."—Truth. ox. Norvous Passenger (on steamship that has run aground)- "What on earth is the matter with this ship?" Captain (sorrowfully) "That's just it I"—Puck. A CASE IX POIXT. Wade —"Do you believe, with theso scientific fellows, that disease can bo communicated by handshaking?" Butcher—"l dunuo. There's tho grip."—Puck. A VALUATION. "My daughter has been accustomed to every luxury." "Well," replied t'uo duke, "dou't X come high enough to rauk 03 u lux ury?"— Truth. EASILY DISILLUSIONED. Clara—"Miss Darling thinks you arc quite a clever fellow." Dannie—"By Jove, I gues3 I'll call!" Clara—"No; you had better stay away."—Wrinkle. NOT THE EIGHT WOIiD. "You carved your own way to suc cess, didn't you, I'addingtou?" "No; I didn't have much of any thing to curve until after I achieved success."—Chicago ltccord. PEOGIIESS. "How is your daughter getting on with the piuno, Nutnsou?" "First rate. She can play with both Jiands. Says sho will bo able to play with her ear in six months."—l louse bold Words. HUMAN NATURE. Visitor —"Why do yon have 'Keep Off tho Grass' signs all over this park! You don't seem to enfore the rule." Sparrow "Wo do it so that people will more thoroughly CDjoy being on the grass."—Truth. AN ECONOMIST. Gladys—"Mr. Pcnuypacker tolil me he took you to tho church i'uir last night and spent a most enjoyable oven ing." Mabel (with a sigh)—"Yos; but that was about all." —Puck. VOICES FROM THE BASKET. First Egg—"Think of going to tho theatre?" Second Egg—"Probably, if I fell strong enough. I'm willing to go broke on a good, loud tragedian any time."—Cincinnati Inquirer. HOFEFUD. At tho Restaurant: Diucr "Wheu I saw you a year ago you Uiul just let! college. You were then about to make your fortune, you said." Attendant—"Yes; aul now I am waiting for it."—Boston Transcript, TltE REASON. Crummer—"Why don't they make the ladies take oil' their hats in the theatres?" Voltes —"Because they have no spare rooms about tho thealro largo enough to stow the amnio headgear in."— Truth. I'ROORESSIVE EXI'ENSES. Mother (looking over her son's col lego expenses) —"I don't see why William's expenses should bo so mucu more this year than last." Father (a former collegian) "Well, you see, tho polico hues aro liigbci after the first offence." —Pack. TIIE YOUNG IDEA. Dcotor (to page boy) "Who was tho gentleman who called just now?" Pago Boy—"Smith, sir." Dootor—"What's that? You should say Mr. Smith." Page Boy—"Please, sir, I didn'l know ho was married."—Judy. HE AGREED WITH HER. Mrs. Scrapleigh—"Bah! I've made a different manot you siuee I married you." Mr. Scrapleigh—"l believe you have. Very different, indeed! Se different that now I can't sco what in tho world ever possessed me to marry you." CAN nE TAKE A HINT? Wiggles—"That was rather a shrewd thing tint the people in the Fifth Street Church did with their pastor." Waggles—"What was that?" Wigglas —"Oh, they gave him twenty volumes of the collected ser mons of successful preachors."—Soin erville Journal. A CAUTIOUS INVESTOR. Mrs. Brown—"But I must have a new hat!" Brown—"Don't buy on this mar ket. I've watched millinery prices for years, and anything that had such a boom is sure to have a slump. Mark my words, you oau't pick out a single hat that won't be lower within six months." —Puck. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIR' 1 . TO REMOVE RUST FROM LINF.X. Stains of rust maybe removed from fino linon and similar fabrics without injury to tho material. Tho article must bo first well soaped, as if they were to bo washed in tho ordinary way. An iron is heated and on this laid a wet cloth. When the heat makes the cloth steam tho rust staiu is laid on it and a littlo oxalic acid is rubbed on with the finger. Tho heat and tho moisture hasten the effect of t'uo acid on the rust, and when this has disappeared tho eoaping and wash ing may bo continued.—St. Louis Star-Sayings. DANGER FROM DAMP LINEN. Damp linen is sufficient to account for frequent colds, consumption and prernnturo death of a whole family. Rheumatism, when prod need from damp linen, developas into n form which is generally incurable. All body linen, shortly before putting on, should be made dry by a good fire. Thoso who have experienced no signal evidence of tho mischief of damp linen are apt to he careless on the subject; but the carelessness will inevitably entail its punishment, which is likely to aecumulato insidiously until it is too late.—New York Ledger. FRIED SIIAD ROE. Wash tho roc without breaking it, wipe it on a so t towel and put it over tho fire in a frying pan containing enough snfoking hot fat to prevent burning; over the pan lay n large tiu cover or plate, so as to prevent tho spattering of tho fat caused by tho bursting of the grains of the roc, but loosely enough to permit tho steam lo escape freely, so that the roo may brown ; fry it until ail tlio little grains are brown and free from uncooked blood. Season the roo highly with salt and peppor, and when it is dono serve it with a dish of new potatoes, sautee3 and cucumbers.—New York World. PREPARATIONS OF CABBAGE. Hot Slaw—Slico with a sharp knifo from a solid head of cabbago enough to cook, put in a kettle over tho liro with half a cup or more of hot water, cover closely to keep tho steam in, cook twenty to thirty minutes, then add enlt and butter. Just before tak ing it up add a few spoonfuls of vin egar. Dressing for Salad—Beat yolks of two eggs thoroughly, add ono teaspoon salt, two teaspoons wliito sngar, one teaspoon mustard, one-half teaspoon pepper, ono tablespoon butter, four tablespoons vinegar, mix well together and put in a doublo kettle over tho tire; stir until it thickens, eet away until very cold; when ready to use, t ike the cabbage from tho 100 box and shave, put in a bowl and pour tho dressing over it. Mix with a silver fork and set in tho ico box until ready to serve. Cabbago Salad, No. 2—Half a large hca I of solid white cabbago, six eggs, ono cup sugar, ono teaspoon (salt, one tablospoon melted butter, oue-quartcr teaspoon mustard and ouc-half cup of vinegar ; shave the cabbage fiue, leav ing out all the bard or wilted pieces. Boil tho e gs five minutes or more un til they nre hard boiled, then put them in cold water. Wheu cold tako tho shell off nud chop fine, leaving ono whole. Mis with tho cabbago after the other ingredients are mixed through it, Pour in a salad dish, slica tho whole egg and garnish Ilia top. Keep in the ico box until ready to servo. Creamed Cabbage—Chop part of a solid head of cabbage hue in chopping bowl, put in a kettle with a cup of hot water, keep covered and cook quick ly. Wheu tender drain off tho water, if nuy remains; season with butter uud silt, tbcu add ono cup of sweet cream; if yon hare no cream, stir in two spoons of Hour in cold milk until smooth, then add a cup of milk and stir all in tho cabbage; remove and serve. RECIPES. Southern Waffles—Theso are very nieo and appetizing. Tako one pint of sifted flour, add ono tenspoonful of salt, one tableepoonful of melted but ter or lard, an egg (beaten separately) and mix all together in a thill batter with sweet milk. Pry brown and crisp in a well-greased waftieirou. Lamb Chops—Fry six thick loin chops for live minutes iu hot fat,turn ing to brown both sides, then add one cup water or stock, tho juico from one can of mushrooms nud the mush rooms sliced. Boil fifteen minutes, I ndd salt and popper and half a spoon ful curry and pour ia deep platter iu sido a wall of boiled rice. Coffeo Cake—Cream ono cup sugar anil ouo cup butter; add ouo cupful of strong coffee, oue of molasses, four of Hour, ono spoon of cinnamon, half a spoonful of cloves and nutmeg mixed, ono toaspoonful of soda dis solved in warm water, and, last of nl\ a cup of raisins, stoned aud flavored. I3eat all well and bake one hour in a slow oven. Prune Padding—Scald half pouud of prunes and lot tbeui swell iu hot water till solt, drain and extract the stones, spread in a dish and dredgo with Hour, Take oue gill from a quart of milk and stir into it gradually eight tablespoous sifted (lour, beat six eggs very light and stir by degrees iuto tbo remainder of the quart of milk, alter nating with the baiter. Add tbo prunes, oue at a time, stir the whole very hard, boil twelve hours and servo with hard sauce or cream. Fall River, Mass., claims the small est voter in the United States in the person of James Gardner, who is only thirty-two inches tall. Ho was born in England in 1870 aud came to Amer ica in 1880, siuca when ho has worked in a mill at Full River. WISE WOKDS. Politics is tho science of tho attain able. A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross. Each generation lives in a different world. A friend should boar his friond's in firmities. . How blessings brighten as they tako their flight. To live in hearts we leave behind U3 is not to die. Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark. A lie that is half a truth is ever tho blackest of lies. What is strength without a doublo share of wisdom. It is a good divino that follows his own instructions The sure way to miss success is to miss tho opportunity. There can no great emoko arise but there may be some fire. A life of pleasure makes even tho strongest frivolous at last. Thoy who have light in themselves will not revolve as satellites. Thoso who could borrow troublo never have to go far to find it. The one prudence in life is concen tration; the one evil, dissipation. If you would know the value of money go and try to borrow some. We are euro to get tho better of fortune if we do but grappio with her. Conscience is tho voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of tho body. Bad habits are as infectious by ex ample as the plaguo itself is by con tact. Tribunals fall to tho ground with the peaca they are no longer able to uphold. It is hard for a haughty man over to forgive one who has caught him in a fault.—The South-West. Ilieyelc Insanity. Considerable discussion has been aroused among physicians aud wheel men by tho recent publication of a re port that a woman had gono insane Irom excessivo riding of tho bicycle. Her spine becamo affected, aud her physician said it was due to too much wheeling. This is not the only case of tho kind. Letters have been written time and again to tho medical press by doctors who have given tho subject careful nt tentiou, aud it appears to be generally agreed Hint over indulgence in bicy cling will induce one of the most niu liguaut forms of insanity, owing to'tho long continued pressure on tho spiue. Tho disease of "wheel insanity" has not gained niuoh foothold yet, doe tors say, becauso it has not had time. Bicyoling is as yet only in its in fancy, aud so also aro the diseases con nected with it. Tho "bicyclo hump" is only boginning to develop, while.it will require fully a generation to es tablish the bicycle fuce, foot, arm and other eccentricities. The new disease may be avoided by the wheolman in two ways—first, by moderate uso of the wheel; and, sec ond, if ho insists on riding a great deal, by having a proper seat con structed so that the spine will bo re lieved of tho weight which, in most cases, it is obliged to support.—New York Jcurual. Atlventure ol' a llc.adsin.r.i, M. Deibler, the reserved and re spectable Parisian who operates tho guillotine in Erni.ce, has just gono to Corsica in pursuance of his painful duties. A curious story is told of his last visit to that islaud, where humau life is of le3s account than anywhere in Europe. Ho had to execute a no torious brigand named Bocchini. Tho forcos at tho disposal of tho law were not very strong, nor was it ccrtaiu that they did not eye tho brigand with some atlectiou. Tho rospectnblo M. Deibler was very nervous, and his con dition showed itself so plainly duriug a walk of 209 yards from the prison to the scaffold that tho brigand offerod him his arm. At tho scaffold tho priest naturally mistook for tho criminal tho mnu most affeoted, and taking M. Deibler by tho arm gave him roligious consolation. Tho tearful executioner confessed a long list of deaths for which ho had boon responsible, when tho priest was astonished to see a local assistant executioner calmly scizo tho other man nud strap hiin to the plunk. —Now York Times. A Pet Eagle. A pet caglo recently pickod up tho two-year-old boy of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Morrison, of Gainosvilio, Fla., aud carried him seventy feet into the oir boforo the mother's eyes. Tho young eaglets, which wero in tho eagle's nest near tho house, began to toreara and tho mother bird turned and slowly de scended. When forty feet from tho ground Bhe dropped the boy in a cedar bush, aud ho was not seriously in jured. Typewriter on the Battlefield, It is interesting to note that, for the first time in tho history of warfare, a typewriter is to bo Lrougbt into piny on tho battlefield, tho British War Office having ordered ono for use iu the ABhauti expedition. The value of tho machine for such purposes was lirst demonstrated, some two years ago, at tho royal military tournameut at tho Agricultural Hall. A Potato Anniversary. This year tho potato celebrates tho 300 th auniversary of its introduction into England. In 1590 Sir Walter Raleigh first brought potatoes from America to England, and for some time they wero a luxury of the rich alone, costing two shillings per pound, IMS® Arizona's gold output In ISD3 wuh ¥4,200,000. Nearly all tho chickens In tlio west ern part of Froueli Gulaua are perfect ly white. lloptllos and fishes are not generally provided with eyelids, these protections belug to them unnecessary. Alabama has twenty-seven national banks with a combined capital of ¥B,- 004,000. The Stuto banks number eleven. According to tho lntest school census In New York 70,000 fewer children wore In attendance at the schools tliuu a year ago. The Hay of Fundy has tho highest tide in the world. It rises a foot evory live minutes, and sometimes attains a height of seventy feet. Only seventy years have elapsed sinco the flint railway in the world was.tln lshed. During that comparatively brief period 400,000 uilles have been con structed. It will be unlawful to kill quail in Kentucky fur the ensuing two years, except in November anil December, ail act to that effect having passed the Kentucky Legislature. Russia and Japan will have the total eclipse of the sun on Aug. I) entirely to themselves, as the line of totality passes through Nova Zenibla, Siberia, and the Island of Jesso only. The Argentine Republic consists of a federation of fourteen States and nine Territories. The population is not far short of 5,000,000. For eight months of 1805 the average monthly shipment of live cattle was 7,000 steers and 41,- 000 head of sheep. According to careful research there are fifty-one anarchist papers publish ed in Europe and America. One is in Dutch, ten German, eleven French, eight Italian, nine Spanish, two Span ish and Italian, two Portuguese, two Tzechish aud six English. The original impression that the tolls on the Baltic canal are too high lias been strengthened by the confession of tlie Secretary of State for the Interior that the number of ships passing through the canal does not in the least answer Government expectations. A singular Coreau hat is a great round mat of straw worn by a mourn er. The hat is bound down at the sides so as almost to conceal tlit? head and face of the wearer, lie carries in ids hand a screen or fan, and when in the road if anyone approaches him he holds the screen in front of him, so that It, together with the hat, completely conceals him. A large collection of 17,000 stuffed birds and many series of bird skeletons have been bequeathed to the British museum by the late Henry Seebohm, the naturalist. It is the most valuable gift made to the natural history section of tlie museum in a quarter of a cen tury. Its ornithological collection is now tlie largest in the world, consist ing of 800,000 specimens. It is said that tlie quivering of tlie aspen's leaves is due to the fact of the leaf stalk being tlat on the sides, and so thin about tlie middle that the slightest breath of wind sets all the leaves wag ging horizontally. A single leaf pluck ed off and taken by the end of the leaf stalk bet ween the thumb and forefinger admirably illustrates the peculiarity of the aspen. A writer, referring to tlio weather in London during January, speaks of it as follows: "It seems almost sarcastic to mention London sunshine, which amounted to just over seven hours, about eighteen less than the average, or less than a quarter of an hour per day. Some districts, were, however, more favored, Pembroke and Scilly both recording seven hours' sunshine oil two consecutive days. Ituin fell on twelve days, but only succeeded in pro ducing eight-tenths of an inch, cousidi erably less than half the average." A Pittsburg paper points with pride to what it calls the shortest will on record, just probated in that city. It reads as follows: "I hereby give all my rights, titles and interests in every thing to Louisa Hoover." This will was made by \V. 11. Lear. Thomas Kennedy, a venerable pioneer, and who at one time owned and operated the ferry between Covington and Cin cinnati, made a will that discounts the Pittsburg will, and it disposed of a very large estate. This was its lan guage: "I want my good wife to have my estate." It bents the Pittsburg will in brevity by six words. An unmarried rancher, A. M. tilC ford, 03 years old, who has for many years lived alone on his property near Union Mills, Ore., was sent to the State asylum a few days ago violently insane. He was driven crazy by the appalling lonesotneness of his existence and is the second solitary rancher committed to the asylum under such circumstances front the same county within a month. Such eases are not uncommon in prairie States like the Dakotas and Nebraska, but it is more often the wife of a ranch er or farmer living many miles from the nearest neighbor and who rarely sees her husband, except for tlie few hours lie is home to sleep who goes crazy from lonesomeness. Victoria's Newspaper Clippings. Silk ribbons are used in the court of Victoria to hold newspaper clippings designed for the royal perusal. She never sees the papers in their original state. They are carefully perused by nu official, who cuts out what he thinks will please her. pins the clippings on the ribbons, and lays them en her table.
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