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If the average small boy knew what
a bard tlmo birds have to rear tholr
families under the best conditions ho
would hesitate to disturb their nests,
even If thoro wns no law to threaten
him with punishment if he did so.
Thoro was a patient pair of robins,
for Instance, who built their first nest
moro than six weeks ago In a low
applo tree In the orchard. Presently
thoro were two bluo eggs In tho nest.
Then caine the first catastrophe. Noxt
morning tho neat was empty. On the
ground undor the tree lay one of tho
eggs with two holeB picked In Its shell.
That was tho work of a big, sneaking
bluojay, If ono mny Judgo by the fact
that the same afternoon tho robins
were seen chasing a scolding Jay about
tho orchard and that the plcturo of
tho Jay has long been In tho birds'
rntnif tmllrv
Immediately after the destruction of
their eggs tho robins set about build
ing a second neat on another limb of
tho samo tree. They got so far as to
Tl n Vrt tfi rnn 111 11 n raa it ( Im r-raten-
X tlve cradle when a red squirrel came
down ono afternoon from the oaks ad
joining tho orchard and made a robins'
egg omolet of what ho found there.
Then a third nest was built and on
that the old mother bird has now been
sitting for two weeks. Perhaps she
will succeed this time in rearing an in-
THE ROBINS,
terestlng family, but there is an old
whlto cat with three kittens under tho
hay mow stairs, who spends hours
standing motionless, all but tho tip
of her tail, in the tall orchard glass
and who thinks that a dinner of young
robins would do her own children
much good.
There Is n llttlo yollow warbler who
built down In tho pasture wood lot
and who had equally hard luck In a
different and really peculiar way.
Tho yellow warbler's nest was In
Itself an cxquislto thing. It was built
near the top of somo thick bushes,
about live feet from tho ground. It
was lined with soft, silky gray mosses
and threads of vegetable tissue and it
looked llko the Inside of a spun silver
cup. it was built so artfully that
leaves and branches hid it on all sides,
nnd it took hard work and good luck
to find It oven after ono knew It was
there. It was found tho day it had
been completed, when tho mother .bird
was Just ready to begin laying hor
eggs.
Dut there was another bird out that
day, sneaking through the bushes like
a pickpocket, looking for a chanco to
lcavo ono of Its eggs In a newly built
nest. Tho sneak was a cowblrd, which
never builds a nest of Its own and dis
misses the wholo subject of maternal
responsibility from its mind when it
has left an egg In somo other bird's
nest. One of tVcn big brown and
black cdwbirds found the yollow warb
ler's dainty llttlo nest and laid one of
its big spotted eggs there. Then It
flew back to tho pasture again, and got
down on the ground among tho cat
tlo, with others of Its sneaking kind.
Sometimes whon a yellow warbler
finds a cowblrd's egg In Its nest it
will build a false bottpm over tho egg
and proceod to make Its nest above
It on tho second floor. Dut this poor
warbler got no such opportunity. This
has been a cold, late spring, nnd tho
warblers and other similar birds have
been slow In building. Also there
were many cowblrds about, looking for
a chance to saddlo off the hatching nnd
rearing of their young on their bet
ters, and before tho yollow warbler
mother could get u chance to lay one
of her own eggs In the nest sho had
built It was actually filled almost to
overflowing with four big cowblrd
eggs. This Is believed to be tho record
In tho way of cowblrd greediness. Of-
Olcleit Church In tlio Counlr-f.
Tho oldest Protestant church In tho
United States Is St. Luke's, at Smith
field, Va., writes William E. CurtlB In
tho Chicago Record-Herald. St. Luke's
was erected In 1C32, and was restored
In 1894 as nearly as possible to its or
iginal condition and appearance. It is
a beautiful old structure of early Eng
gllsh gothlc, with mullloned windows
nnd a stately tower, and has been used
for public worship almost continuous
ly for two centuries and a uair. ine
original church orecten on Jamestown
Wand by tho first English colonists
ten two cowblrd eggs aro found In tho
samo nest, but rarely If over havo
four been found.
Tho greed .of the cowblrd In thus
completely occupying tho warbler'B
nest brought Its own punishment with
It. Tho warbler, disgusted, abandoned
COWBIRDS STOLT3 THE WHOLE
NEST. .
the nest completely. A day or two
later something boy or beast had
discovered tho deserted nest and stolen
all four of tho eggs.
If tho yellow warbler builds another
nest nnd succeeds In raising Its brood
whero tho cowblrds cannot And It tho
first catastrophe may be all for tho
best. Even when only ono cowblrd's
egg is laid In a nest and is hatched
out with threo or four young warblcrB
tho latter aro likely to get far tho worst
of It. Tho young cowblrd from tho
moment It breaks tho shell Is bigger
and greedier than Its foster brothers
and sisters. It will crowd them to tho
sldo and Insists on eating much more
than its slmro of tho food which tho
yellow warblers bring for their
young.
Across tho barbed wire and rail
fence from tho warbler's nest is a big
woods pasture. Close to tho fence
grow thick clumps of hazel brush
and wild crab and plum trces4 In
somo places tho thicket is so dense
that a man has hard work in forcing
his way through It. High up in theso
tangles, six or eight feet from the
ground, two pnlrs of catbirds havo
built their nests. They aro apparently
safo from all but other bird enemies,
for the long, sharp thorns nnd tho In
terlacing branches protect them from
attack from tho ground. This Is evl-
MOURNING DOVE BROODS ON THE
GROUND,
dontly a favorlto nesting place of
theirs, for In tho branches there nro
tho ruins of nests evidently two or
threo years old.
Closo to tho catbird's tangle and ly
ing on tho ground In a poor apology
for a neat wcro found a recently
hatched mourning dove and a whlto
egg from which tho llttlo bird had
not yet picked Ita way. This nest was
closo to tho stalks of somo close grow
ing bushes and would ncvor have been
discovered if tho old mother bird had
not gotten up nnd flown away in a
terrible fright when tho ncstseeker was
four or llvo feet away.
With the instinct of most of the
ground building kind tho old bird went
off with an apparently broken wing
and did her best to decoy danger away
from her helpless llttlo ones. It Is a
wonder how these llttlo doves escape
tho prowling cats which hunt In tho
In North America under Captain John
Smith tho church In which Pocahon
tas was baptized and married haB all
disappeared, except a picturesque, ivy
clad tower of brick, surrounded by a
grovo of trees.
Holland Kp Oiil Ocean at flay.
There aro nt present about 1,000
miles of sea dikes In tho Netherlands.
Tho total length of dikes Is dlfllcult to
estimate, and oven If it could bo esti
mated would mean but little, for It
miiBt bo remembered thnt the dikes
have for the most part In the course
!
meadows and woods all about, but so
far they have done finely, and on Sat
urday last tho elder of tho two was
nlrcndy ablo to use his wings In n
flight of three or four feet.
Out In an old telephone polo which
stands nt tho corner of two country
roads Is a regular birds' flat building.
About fifteen feet up from tho ground,
Just high enough up to bo the despair
of small boys, is a small hole leading
down to n circular chamber. Hero a
bluebird family has Its homo. Flvo
feet up is anothor and larger hole. This
Is the front door to the rcsldc'nco of a
redhoadod woodpecker. At present tho
young woodpeckers nro Just getting
ready to try their wings nnd at almost
any time ono of tho youngsters may bo
seen looking out of tho hole nt what
must seem a strango world. Still
higher up, In tho third story of tho fiat
building, is another opening evidently
mado by a flicker, who changed his
mind and left beforo he completed tho
work. Thcro 1b likely to bo an English
sparrow's nest In that cavity beforo
tho Bummer la over, for tho "avian
rats" nro going out into tho country
for tho summer In great numbers nnd
bid fnlr as soon to bo as big a nulsnnco
thoro as they nro now In tho city nnd
nearby suburbs.
There seem to bo other birds beside
the bluejny which sometimes cnt or at
least destroy tho eggs of their fellows.
Thus tho other day a horrible suspi
cion was aroused in regard to that
symbol of Innocence and gentleness,
the robin redbreast. Tho robin flew
from n trco down Into tho grass of n
swamp meadow, Thero ho disappeared
for u moment. When ho camo Into
sight ngaln ho was flying for dear life
with n rcd-wlngod blackbird close be
hind It, shrieking "stop thief" at tho
top of Its voice. Of course tho robin's
IN THE BIRD'S FLAT BUILDING.
intentions may havo been perfectly
honorable, but why should tho redwing
bo roused to such n sudden pitch of
fury nt tho sight of him asks a writer
In the Chicago Tribune.
Huiiln'a White City.
For threo months In tho winter
Archnngcl, now to become tho great
western port of Russia, scarcely sees
tho sun, nnd for three months In tho
summer seldom loses sight of It; Yet
there Is no city in tho whole of Europe
which lies for so many months for
the- greater part of the year, In fact
under a mantle of snow; nnd because
of this tho Russian fondly calls It "the
Whlto City."
White, too, It Is In othor ways. All
tho chief buildings glnro with white
paint nnd blink with whlto blinds. Tho
churches nnd In n Russlnn city they
nro but few aro also of pure white;
only tho cupolns are green, nnd tho
crosses on their summits gold. And
whlto aro tho private houBes of tho
better sort except whero Norwegians
and Germans llvo, for buff and bluo
and red then streak nnd diaper the
pino walls and edge tho gable endB.
But street-posts, gates, plllnrs, wnlls,
fences theso nro all whlto. And in tho
summer, for every official you sco In
a bluo or gray tunic, you sco ten in
white caps and whlto uniforms. Bright
color alone Is left to tho women and
children;- pink blouses, green skirts,
scnrlet petticoats, orango aprons, and
bluo kerchiefs are common enough;
while a group of chlldron will always
look llko a cluster of old English flow
ers. But otherwise, in summer as in
winter, this old city of Archangel,
now destined to bo tho capital of n
new Russia In tho near west, is a
White City, Indeed.
Hor I.egnl I'rltllegpii.
The following allegation In n bill for
divorce against a wife was held by tho
Supremo court at Washington not to
stato any legal ground for divorce;
"Sho wns quarrelsome, vicious In dis
position, murderous in threats agnlnst
tho plaintiff und his parents, hysterical
and ungovernable in temper, crazy in
her actions, and by her causeless and
unprovoked bolsterousness, screaming,
hulloolng, nnd other wild conduct, by
day nnd night, an Intolerable nuisance
to all her neighbors."
of tlmo been destroyed and rebuilt re
peatedly. It has not boen so much a
question of building them as It hna
been of maintaining them and keoplng
thorn whero they were. Besides pro
tecting tho country from the Invaalonn
of both frcBh nnd salt waters, tho dikes
havo served to reclaim no less than
"10,000 acres, nearly all of which are
good, fertile land. Nntlonal Geograph
ic Magazine.
Tho man who has never written a
foolish love letter has not yet taken ull
the degrees.
Map of the
A Soils
Washington correspondence of tho
Boston Herald: Undo Sam is going to
have a soil map that will bo a wonder.
It will bo something of a kind entirely
new, and will cnnblo tho farmer, wher
ever ho Is located, to determine Just
what crops will bring him tho Inrgcst
returns in money. Printed In colors, It
will convey Information in tho clearest
and most easily comprehended manner
imaginable. Tho map is to cover tho
whole of the United States, and will
bo on such a scale that every ten-acre
patch will bo represented by one-eighth
of an inch square. Bjit each farmer
will be able to procuro n chart of hlB
own neighborhood on a larger scale,
so that ho can arrango his planting In
accordance with tho suggestions which
It convoys. Tho work Is dono by town
ships to start with, nnd theso are put
together to mnko counties, which nro
finally assembled to form complete
maps of states. Hitherto the business
of farming hnB been to somo extent
guess work; tho ngrlculturlst formed
a surmlso as to what crops were best
for him to try, and did this planting
nccordlngly. Henceforth ho will Btudy
tho government map, nnd from It will
obtain ndvlce, based on tho highest
scientific knowledge, as to what will
bo best for him to try to grow. Then
ho will go nhend with n reasonable
certainty of satisfactory results,
In the first play, tho soil mnp will
ahow whnt kind of agricultural In
dustry any given locnllty Is best adapt
ed for whether fruit raising, vege
table growing, dairying or goncrnl
farming. It will mnko clear to tho
farmer In North Carollun, for Instance,
that ho has tho Bamo soil that Ib used
advantageously for certain purposes In
Georgia, and that, If climatic condi
tions nre not unfavorable, tho same
crops may bo expected. A wonderful
strip of light snndy soli, not over four
.or fivo miles wide, extends along tho
Atlantic const from Massachusetts to
Florida, with occasional Interruptions,
bordering tho ocean nnd Its embay
mcnts I. c the rivers nnd bays. It Ib
a natural truck patch, adapted for tho
production of early vcgetnblos, which
ripen much sooner in thnt ribbon of
land than nnywhero else In correspond
ing latitudes, owing to tho nearness of
tho sea. Tho nearer tho water, tho
earlier tho planting may bo done.
Along thnt strip In spring tho climate
Giant Mexican Spider.
A Now York professor hna Just re
turned homo after spending tho win
ter in exploring tho mountains near
Bucna Vlstn nnd Investigating tho
hnblts of n species of monster spiders
found In tho mlddlo Cottonwood pass.
Llttlo, definite Is known of theso spi
ders, but nround them hns been gath
ered a mass of Indian legend nnd
prospectors' yarns that rival tlioso of
Munchausen.
Many years ago theso spiders lived
In a cave easily reached by tourists. It
wob in n valley two miles northeast
from Harvard City, then a thriving
mining camp eight miles west of
Bucna Vista. In 1880 a man nnmed
Shultz cut his way Into tho spiders'
den. Ho did not return, and a week
later a searching party found his body
pnrtly burled In tho spiders' cavo un
der a mass of fallen rock. Ab It would
havo required timbering at an expense
of several hundred dollnrs to recover
tho body, and as tho mun hnd no
known relatives It was left undis
turbed. Tho spiders havo found an
other homo farther back In tho moun
tains. Somo of the 'tales told about
theso spiders aro given in nn old let
ter which lias Just been found in
nuena Vista. It Bays:
"A Bhort dlstanco out of Bucna Vis
tu thoro is a cavo swarming with spi
ders of Immense bIzo, some of them
having legs four Inches In length nnd
bodies as lnrgo as thnt of a canary
bird. Tho cavo was discovered In 1868,
and wns often vlBltod by pioneers on
tholr wny to Callfornln, who obtnlned
their webs for uso In tho plnco of
thread. Early and late tho cavo re
sounds with n buzzing sound emitted
by tho spiders bb they woavo their
webs. Tho wobs wcr.n tested In '71
GETTYSBURG'S HEROINE.
A monumont to tho memory of Jen
nlo Wade, tho bravo Pennsylvania
girl who was killed at tho battlo of
Gettysburg, July 3, 1803, will soon bo
dedicated, tho fund for the amo hav
ing been raised by tho Womnn'.s Re
lief Corps of Iowa., Jennlo Wailo wjis
ono of tho horolnos of the civil war,
nu woll known In her humblo way and
us loved as Barbara Frietchle. Sho It
was who was killed by a stray inlnlo
ball of tho Confederates while malting
bread for tho Union soldiers, right In
tho stormiest and most daugorous part
of tho threo days' battleground.
Jennie Wado waa then only a young
girl, hut her sacrifice will always bo
retneinborcd and perpetuated In tho
history of that sublimo struggle. Tho
first dny of tho bnttle she drew and
carried water from tho windlass well,
and filled tho enntoens of tho Union
soldiers, amid the shrieking of shells
nnd tho awful din of tho battle. Sho
never swerved from her willing task
by giving tho cup of cold water to those
bravo men.
Early, even before It was light, on
the third duy, sho waa astir, getting
To Toach Farmer What
He Ought to Plant.
moves north nt na nvcrago rnto of 13
mllen a day. Tho crops of vegetable.1)
which it produces comes to market at
a corresponding rnto. But backward
weather in tho South and forward
weather In the North will disarrange
things sometimes, causing a rlponlng
of tho samo kinds of produco nt tho
snmo period in different latitudes of
tho strip, nnd thus bringing about a
glut disastrous to growers. Under or
dinary conditions, however, tho pota
toes, tomatoes, peaa and flther garden
Bluff, nrrlvo first from Flor'n, then
from Georgia, next from tho Carolina
and bo one. This interesting strip la
conspicuously shown on tho soil map,
owing to Its great commorclnl impor
tance. It litis so lengthened tho season
for fresh vegetables thnt now It mny
be said that thero Is no longer any sea
son; such products aro obtainable all
the year round. In southern Florida
thero Is n limited nrea below reach of
frost whero vegetables can bo grown
all winter, nnd tho ylold of this region
tides over the cold months, until tho
spring season bcglim Its march up tho
const. It Ib tho strip next to the bench,
a mllo wide, that la best for trucking
purposes, and theso snndy Innds, when
near to cities nnd with good transpor
tation available, aro worth from
to JGOO nn acre, though only a few
years ngo they woro valued nt $1 nn
acre. As shown by tho map, even along
tho strip tho soils vary, so as to bo
adapted to different kinds of truck, tho
lightest nnd sandiest being best for
early peas, tho medium suitable for to
matoes and tho heaviest Just right for
growing cabbage. Tho mnp will call at
tention to certain troubles of noils,
which huvo been Investigated through
chemical analyses. Ono of theso is
acidity, which has an Important Influ
ence upon farming over largo areas;
anothor Ib excess or deficiency of cer
tain elements of plnnt growth, which
can bo supplied by fertilizers, und yet
nnothcr Is alkali. Ab for alkali,
science has ascertained both tho
source und tho remedy. It comes usu
nlly from wash from tho mountalnB
from salts carried onto the land by Ir
rigation, or from doposltH laid down
nt n period whon tho land waa sen bot
tom. Tho remedy Is to undordrnln tho
Innd nnd wash out tho alkali, and to
prevent accumulation of seopago water
in the subsoil.
and found to bo composed of silk of
tho llnest quality. The skins of tho
spiders mnko good glovcB, aH they nro
pllnblo and requlro no tanning,
"A number woro captured nnd
tnmed, nnd mnnlfostcd great affec
tion for all members of tho family.
They wero far superior to n cnt for
exterminating rntB and mlco, follow
ing their prey Into tho holes In tho
walla nnd ceilings. Ono spider, kopt
us a pet by a Buuna VIbIii lady, used
to stay all night at tho head of her
bed, nctlng as sentinel."
Raking I'nmlor lllimilt.
Mcnsure n quart of sifted flour Into
n mixing bowl, add to this four lovol
tcaspoonfuls of linking powdor nnd a
tcaspoonful of salt." Sift ngaln; udd to
flour two tablespoonfulH of butter, and
rub In thoroughly with a spoon or
flexible knlfo; do not use tho hands';
Moisten the flour with enough milk to
mnko a soft dough. Do not handle
much, but roll tho dough out about an
inch thick; cut Into small round his.
cults, placed In grenfiod biscuit tlnn
nnd bako In n quick oven for fifteen or
twenty minutes.
Kngllih Champion Ti-u Drlnknra.
Tho British people consume nearly
six pounds of tea per head of tho
population, or nn Increase of ono
pound per capita In sixteen years.
Thero is no othor country which, In
nny way, approaches this. Holland In
the only country in Europe whoro tho
consumption of tea oxceeds ono pound
per head. In Rimzla and In tho United
States, which an tho othor two Jurga
tea conHumors, tho consumption
amounts to under ono pound per
head.
In wood to heat the brick ovon to bako
broad for tho Boldlnrs, wearied with
tho two days of Tltanlo struggles. Very
soon thoro waa a call at tho door for
somothlng to eat, and she turned to hor
mother, saying:
"I -will mnko blHculto If you prepare
flro In tho Btovo," and turned t R0
uboiit her now work with a will, hut
boforo sho had dono this a hull from an
enemy's gun crashed through tho door
nnd killed tho bravo girl in hor slator'M
homo, on tho morning or July 3, sno
was burlod tho evening of July ! by
fioldler hands, in a coffin proparod for 1
Confederate colono who had fj0 a
that bnttle.
Long Lightning Jtol,
The Inrgcst lightning conductor In
tho world Ih In Havarln. Tho top of
It Ib sumo yards nbovo tho meteoro
logical Htatlon on tho Zugspltzo, tho
highest point of land In tho Gorman
empire. It runs down tho sldo of tho
mountain to a body of running water.
Tho length of tho rod lu throo and a
half miles,
BOY TOOK IO.OOO VOLTS.
lUtniclUtod aim In a Kulr Way to Oct
Well.
Walter Budds, 9 years old, had a cur
rent from nn electric cablo carrying.
10,000 volts of electricity pass through
his body recently. That ho waa not
killed is considered miraculous, but thu
phyBlclana nt the Hartford hospital,
whero tho boy Is now Buffering from
tho effects of tho shock say that ho'wlli
recover, Bays the Hartford CouranL
Young BuddB started out with Johnnlo
Farrell and Wllllo Cosgrovo, young
chums of his, to sec tho clrcns pnrado.
They went to Main street near thft
tunnel and nfter waiting for som
tlmo without tho parade's coming In
night, thoy got uneasy. On Albany ave
nue, Just nbovo tho Main street Junc
tion, tho Hartford Electric Light com
pany has a terminal tub, through"
which tho cables that bring the electric
current In from tho Fnrmlngton river
pass Into tho underground system of
tho company. Ono of tho boys sug
gested thnt they climb upon tho roof
of tho terminal tub to sco if tho pnrndu
was coming down Albany avenue.
Thoy mado n run for tho tub. A lad
der stood in tho renr of tho tub, and
tho tub Is built several feet above tho
surfaco of tho ground. Young Budd.
wns In adtanco of tho others. Ho ww
tho first to mount tho bidder nnd as
ho climbed up tho rounds ho turned to
tho other boys nnd said that ho couM
got to tho top first. Tho parade- waa
not In sight nnd thnt ho might havo
a hotter view of tho surroundings ho
reached from tho top of tho tub to
ono of tho cables with tho heavy volt
ago for tho purpoao of pulling himself
onto tho pole which cnrrlcd tho cable
down through tho tub. In taking hold
of tho cablo ho Instantly connected
himself with tho electric current. His
feet wero Jerked from beneath him,
his body beenmo rigid and bluo flames
shot out from tho cnblcs underneath
tho boy's hands. Whnt appeared to
tho big crowd to havo been u dead
boy was brought back to llfo, nnd then
tho llttlo follow wns takon to tho Hart
ford hospital In nn unconscious condi
tion. Ho was very weak on being ro
colved at tho Institution, but during
tho nftomoon ho gained moro strongth
nnd had a long sloop. Both his hands
woro badly burned nnd tho Indox An
ger of his left band was burned off.
TO FOIL CHECK RAISER.
New Kohenin fop rravrnttng Any Alter
ation In Chnoki.
Moro thnn 20,000.000,000 of checks
aro UBcd annually In tho United States,
and of this amount something like 18,
000 aro "raised," tho I033 falling on tho
drawer, for tho drawer of a chock Is
chnrgcablo with tho amount paid on It,
provided his slgnnturo is genuine, no
matter for whnt amount ho has pre
viously filled It in. Mnny devices havo
boon planned for foiling tho check
ralsor, but tho security check Is tho
most perfect protection tho ingenuity
of man has yet unfolded. Tho cheok
has boon briefly described as follows:
"On tho left of tho check la printed tho
snfo-guardlng schedulo. Tho worda di
recting tho payment of money nro
qualified by tho following printed Into
tho ho()y of tho paper: 'Provided
amount does not exceed that expressed
In words nnd flgurcH at end of sched
ule' After tho drnwer has written lit
tho amount of monoy to bo paid ho ad
justs a smnll paper cutter to thnt lino
of tho upper half of tjio schudulo
which bounds tho maximum amount to
bo pnld In dollnrs, tens, humlrcilH, or
thousands, nnd tenrs off tho check
down ns far ns tho small ring in tho
center of tho schedule. Then ho re
volves his ruler, adjusting It to that
lino of tho lower half of tho Bchndulo
which bounds tho number of dollare,
tons of dollars, hundreds or thousands,
to bo paid, and then completes tearing
tho check from tho Htub along that
lino. This leaves In tho hunilu of tho
drawer tho chock absolutely unfo
guardod from alteration, for the loft
hand margin expresses in words nnd
figures tho amount not oxccedliig
which It hB been drawn."
Tho device is usod by scores of brinks
and by hundreds of prominent firm h,
although It has been beforo tho piibllu
but a short tlmo. It In used not only
on checks hut nlBo nntos, receipts,
drafts, hills of lading, and other pa
pers, nnd la suited for uso of money
jrdors und tickets. j
I'ortngal's l'lolhoni of Monoy.
Portugal la Buffering from n plethora
of money Juat now. Not gold, of
course; nor Hllvcr; but copper. Ho vast
Ih tho supply of this inferior motnl
that ordinary people aro exceedingly
chary of changing such few gold coins
an thoy may come Into poascHHlon of.
Tho copper colnago Is big nnd cumber
some, und It Ih also depreciated, so
that, in order to avoid being burdened
with it, it ban bcconio tho emitom, in
tho larger cities nt all events, to uso
street car tlcketB au currency. In tho
provinces postage stamps aro mndo to
Horvo a Blmllar pnrpouo. McnnwhlJo
tho government nt Lisbon goes on se
renely minting tho obnoxious coins
which nobody will ubo at tho rato of
some 80 tons a month,
Amerlna'H Cljrilo tho Mehttvnrn.
Tho Dolnwnro Ib tho rlvor of great
ocean shipbuilding in tho United
States. From Philadelphia to WIN '
nilngton thorn aro bovch great con
eoriis nnd Boveral smaller ones. With
in tho past fow months thcuo ynrdi
havo had under constructlon moro thnn
Bovonty vessels, representing a on
nago of over two hundred thousand
nnd a combined cost of something llko
330,000,000, Tho Cramps had consid
erably moro than one-halt of this, bit
thoro were enough millions loft to keep
tho other concerns biiHy and prosper
ous. Buturduy Evening Pust.
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