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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1901)
Custer County Republican . M. AMflllKltKT , Rilltornnd rnbllilioi Bovr , NKHUASKJ No man ever enjoys kiting a girl who owna a pug dog. ninnlc books possess no lllcrnry mer it , but they are bound to ell. Good Joke * and parklliig diamonds are the nwilt of much patient grind- Injt. Poetry Is merely trick of words , ml the waste basket often lakes the trick. Borne think that the best way of cut- ling the Oordlan knot of the" Isthmus U by a canal. The man who was released from the penitentiary and married an hour later did not long enjoy the blessing of liber I ty. At loaat thirty-live States wore un affected by the drought. The national cornucopia la still In good working or der. It Is nercr quite safe to spend the money the sultan says ho Is going to pay until the check has passed through the clearing-house. Queen Alexandra liau announced that ll material In the gowns at the corona tion must bo of lirltlsh origin. This la * blow to American Industries. The ordinary bee weighs flvo-thou- eandtlm of a pound , but sometimes , when disturbed , she steps with about fifteen pounds pressure to the square boy. Mrs. Nation denies that woman was aado from man's rib. Sometimes worn- on act In such a way us to give the Im pression that they worn made from a crney bone. If a man without a stomach keeps on doing so well the rest of us may bo tempted to take our stomachs , that at times are so troublesome , down to the hospitals and deposit them. - W. K. Vandorbllt says there Is no sat- tofactlon In Inheriting money , but there arc many persons who would be pleased to have him make them miserable by willing them a few hundred thous ands. A Maryland coroner's Jury has found that the man who rocked the boat lu a murderer. Heretofore ho has been re garded ns an exasperating but Incura ble Idiot. This ( hiding may teach him aomo sense. . { = = = = = w- 1- ' 4 "Tho new Sfri.OOO'.OOO shovel trust Is preparing to scoop In the money. These back of It call It a consolidation Instead of a trust , but there Is no use mincing matters. They might Just us well call . ' spade a spade. An Ohio girl has endured an attack of diphtheria contracted by playing with a doll that bad belonged formerly to a diphtheria patient , but had lain In n pit-rot llfteen years undisturbed. Your true microbe Is a long-lived anl- inal. ' It was lucky for th man who sent flO.OOO wo't h'of diamonds out with his laundry that the gems wcro found be fore they were dumped Into the suds. Modern laundries use stuff in their Trork that wpuld dissolve dlumomln If It got nt them. < Leslie's Weekly says the woman who prides herself on her domestic Incom petence and boasts of her inability to cook a dinner or scrub u floor has no right to get married. If thin dictum were to be generally accepted fashion- blo weddings would become ! rare and curious. L It national debts are really national blcsaluga tUoti the people of the pres ent geuerittioti tile world over are pe culiarly blesbed. There are few coun tries whose intelligent citizens can find any ground to hope that their national debts can ever bo paid. The enterpris ing people of this world ) have bonded Uio globe and spent the money. tft TTit1t u1 Utttt to pay stamp duties to Cireat Hrltnln , nd that "without representation" In ber Parliament , llevcmio stamps to the value of twenty-live thousand dollars lars were required to make legal the icn-tnllllon-dollar deed of gift by which .Mr. Carnegie endows the Scottish mil- Tcrsltlcs. s6 large a stump duty was never before paid Into the Hiltlsu t'roas- tirj * . Vet the 1'atrlck Henrys and Sum Adamses of to-day merely smile. "If there Is an kilo man lu the North west , he is so from choice , " said the superintendent of ono of the great rail roads , at the beginning of the harvest canon. He needed two hundred men for construction work , and luid Bought them nil the way from Chicago to Vnn- couver. About that time press dis patches told how tramps who custo marily wander over the West were making a frantic exodus eastward. Tills fact proves that the demand for labor was urgent , 'crimps It proves Also that the West' has begun to act upon St. Paul's , wise command that If will not work , neither nbnll he cat Medical Journals nro puzzling over the problem of finding patients for the thouriunds of lledgltng doctors who are no\f graduated year after year uiid are beginning practice. The professlous of la\v and of medicine ure already over crowded. Of cournd Micro Is room n ! the to ] ) , but the lo\ycr rungs of the lad der are beset by n throng of young nicu who are trampling upon each other In their eagerness tq get u foothold. In American towns nnd villages the ofllc * signs of physicians nro ovcrplcntlful alrcnily , and attorneys nro so multitudi nous that the prospect of their BCCtirltiH clients enough to keep them occupied is anything but encouraging. Fifty casks of , n special design nn4 the strongest possible construction will soon be went , to Horlng Son by tin United Slates llevomio Marine service , nnd phiccd upon the highest humiuocki of the How-Ice. It Is hoped by tracing their future course to test the direction of the currontH Hint cross the polar re gions. The casks arc 28 Inches long and 1C Inches In diameter , pointed al the ends and painted black , BO as to be seen easily. Inside of each are direc tions printed In several different lan guages , unking the finder to write to tin nearest United States Consul , giving the latitude and longitude In which tin cask was found , and the date. Ad miral Melville , who designed the casks , believes that It will be possible In this way to determine whether the Ice-packs drift from the Arctic westward , or south and cast to the Atlantic. Replying to unfavorable commcnti on the recent distribution of Indian Itiiuls by means of lotteries , a man whc witnessed the openings of the Okla- lioiini and Cherokee strips says ho li favorably Impressed by the contrast between , the old und new methods ol throwing Government lands open tc the public. He believes this system hiM nlrmtlitirntrrfiuwitil fnr ntmtifrh tn flf'iil oiiHtrate Its superiority over the turrllk rushes , strife , turmoil and bloodshot ] which resulted from the dashes toward the public domain on former occasions. Of course , he adds , there are about IfJO.OOO disappointed lioine-hcekcrs and only about ll)00 ! ) successful ones. Ever under the old method of land rushing only 1:5,000.would : bo successful , and there would be Just ns many disap pointed , wllli mpre strife and groatci elements of danger to human life. Su perlor as the now method la over the old , perhaps Itwould be a good plan IE future distributions of land to sell eacb quarter section by auction , as the town sites nro now sold. The prices need nol necessarily be high , unless some partic ularly choice tracts should attract ac live bidding. This method would elim , inate the lottery feature , and the Gov eminent would derive some bcnclll I from thu IncrouHcd value of It * remain lug tracts , now that HO little roiualm I for settlement. Undo Sam IH still rich enough to glv < ! us all a farm. Despite the fact that tin ! , government has been exceedingly lib . ernl and liaHopcucdup an immense arc : 1 of Inruta fnr KiitHnntniir. tliorn tu v t ro malnlng sulllclent to satisfy a well de veloped html hunger. The government has over 100,000,000 acres lying In the Western States to give nwny. Already the advantages of these unappropriated lands are being Hummed up by agents and prospective settlors. In .Minnesota within l&O miles of Dultith , there lies a government tract oC 5,000,000 acres , In cluding hundreds nf square miles ol rich agricultural lands , and Iliousuiuls of square miles of valuable pine , spruce and hardwood timber lands. So fat this territory has known only theIn - 'dun | hunter , and the solitary trappei or woodman. Heavy traces , too. ol mineral matter lie In the soil , and there are waterfalls nulllclent to devel I op flourishing , Industries. Of the uiiflnlmcd html Nebraska lias 7,000- 000 acres , nnd besides all the gov ernment's possessions thorn are a mini bor of Indian reservations which the white men expect to have for his own sooner or later , either by Just or uiijusl sooner or later , eltlier by Just 01 unjust menus. The most doslr able Indian possessions are thos < of the Crows , In Montana , am ! It is believed that these will be the nexl opened for sottlei'H. The 2,000 Indian ! have over -t,000.000 acres. The fatherly government olllclnls have already do- ftvi'd that It Is too much for the tin- trained savage to worry his brain over and u bill Is peiidfug In Congress foi thu disposition of most of It. The bill provides for the purchase of l.fiOO.OOC acres at $1 per acre , using the monej to fence nnd Irrigate the Indian's own land , which he doesn't want to cultl vatc. and to build schools for his chil dren , who don't want to bo educated It is the Anglo-Saxou'rt met hod of civil Ir.atlon by slow extermination , so fnr ni the Indian Is concerned , nud the clogei crowding of Mie primitive American on his reservations gives moro room t'oi the spreading of the great nation west ward. Old ThingH Pushing A\vny. Vim old customs and habits of tin Ilnwnllans nro dying out faster evci than the race Itself. It Is very timiRua I to llud n real Hawaiian grass house 01 the Island of Kauuhiwl , though then arc a fair number on the larger blumlt as yet. The grass houses are being ro { placed by wooden frame houses of or j thodox b-hapo and construction , Tin change Is certainly not artistic , nor It It very much more comfortable or Milt able to the climate. However , the grnBi but lias papwd so completely that then ! is to bo a specimen erected In thu Hlsh ; op Museum In Honolulu to enable pee pie to Isani what the old hotu > looker like. Iran nnd Stool ICvport. America last year exported f 120,000- 000 worth of Iron and steel , aa amount greater IB value than bur eatlra ex ports of all kinds In 1SOO , A ' wl wcll-bclmved cat mu t have i terrible tot of UlBrepulublo UB to over. DR. MILLER LETTEii Norfolk Inntitnto for Insane Splendidly Managed by Dr , Teal , STATE FUNDS VVIICRE THEY ARE Itoport of ttia Henntn Goimnlttea Ap pointed to Alnko an Inventlcutlon of tlin Muuucimiriit of Our Stutu liutltu- tluiii Whnt Tlmy l'ouml. Lincoln , Nebraska , Oct. 10 , 1901. During the past few yeara our state Institutions have been the uourco of much scandal from one cause and mi- other , and at times the people ut the Btato have been very much incensed over the roporta which in too many cases have boon too true. , The scan dals have completely stopped , Hud , on the contrary , those Institutions are the source of much mvorablo comment. At tention Is especially directed to the In sane Asylum at Norfolk , which re cently was visited by a most disas trous flro. Dr. Qcorgo L. Miller of Omaha visited that Institution uomo time before the fire and gave the fol lowing letter to the Omaha World- Herald , which was published in that paper the mornng" of October 4th. The letter reads ao follows : Norfolk llimiil.ul for In un i. Omnha. Opt. 1. To the Editor of the World-Iloralil : I wus much frtitlfle < l to read In the World-Herald a few days iuu what I jiruvlouHly know to bo true of the HonplUil for tha Insane at Norfolk. I WHH u gucHt of , Superintendent Teal far a dny ut thai Institution u short time u eon on his Invitation , and am much Indebted to him fur Iho opportunity given me to Gfiji nil Itu ftitttiitiiij tin/I t/i sit iu ti * tf n i ti tlnP Bupetlntiiiident Teal's zeal to afford me Information , nut only the superior clmr- ncter und plans of the Kreixt hospital , butte to the uttermost opportunity tu see with my own tiycs ono of ,1)10 , ) heHt appointed and most humanely und Intelligently con ducted iiH.vlinns for the cure , and also for the cure , of the victims of wrecked reason that I over saw. Not a nmiincici , not a crlh , not n straight-Jacket nor any other of the barbarous device * which In humanity begotten of Ignorance and the love of power over the defenscleHs , which I know to bo In full swlnp Of operation In similar Inntltutlons not far from Omnha. Tl\o reason for the nbsenco of these Instruments of torture nt Norfolk la that Itn Intelligent 'and well Instructed superintendent knows that thi-y , are un necessary and cruel n means of restraint , and do moro hnrm than Rood. Under the control of kind and competent attend ants , and with simple mid comfortable means of restraint , the wildest patient at Norfolk knows no mich tliliiK us violent treatment. Nor Is violence used In resent ment In that superb Institution. For In- /Uanco / , I called upon one of the most dan- KeroUs of his patients who , ns his nt- tcntlon wns turned from him for a mo ment , struck Dr. Teal a full blow In the fnco ami caused his nose to blood quite freely. Dr. Tenl did not vlcld to his nat- xiral Impu'Mes to knock down his Irrospon- slblo assaMnnt , but smiled upon him and walked away to repair damages. Had this thing hnppnnc-d In Home hospitals for the Insane of which I Imve definite Infor- I matlon the patient would have been beaten by amateur pugilists , choked. kicked and manacled. Dr. Toil's atoadl- ness In dealing with the wlldrst of his- patients , his Immunity and Interest In them and hlH Intelligent adherence to mental sanitary treatment , with not so much as , n suggestion of foreo beyond gcntlo itnd firm restraint , furnishes n high example nnd splendid proofs to the peopja of the state of the reforms that hiivii come In the treatment of the Insane. Drs , Tonl nnd Young and the house ns slstants In the late disaster to the Nor folk hospital must command thn ndmlr.i- tlon of everybody for their coolness and cournge. The result Is shown In the sav ing of human IICo nnd suffering and much property. Norfolk should retain the great hoipltnl No doubt about It. No liner location wif ever seen tlmn In the Norfolk location for surh an Institution for healthful Im munities , for bPnutv of site and view ami for natural drnlnnrro. OKOTinK U MTM.KR. Such splendid testimonials from such mon ns Dr. Miller c/umot do other than give the public confidence in the conditions ns they exist in our state wards. Thn TrniHurrr'H Htatrnu-nt. State Treasurer Stuofor has made public a statement showing the where abouts of the funds entrusted to his keeping us state tronsuror. The report IB for the month of September , and states that the funds are In regular depositories and drawing Interest for the state. Mr. Stuofer had a balance on hnnd of some $200,000. These funds , the Htno treasurer says , consti tutes the balance on hand and ho fur ther announced that ho was then nego tiating for the purchase of interest- hearing bonds to the amount of ? 1SO- 000 , Rlnce which time these bonds Imvo been bought. In his report ho makes an Horn of over ? 1,000 , turned into the treasury , as Interest money paid on the vfunds of the stato. It might ho well to mention that not a dollar of the state money Is deposited In Mr. Stue- for's bank at West Point. On the whole , the state tnmurer has made a remarkable record In the management of the state's money. Slnco January 1 , 1D01 , Mr. Stuofer has Invested over $900,000 of .thoso permanent funds In Interest bearing bonds , and by so doing has kept the money so busy tint It i nn1i1 linrillv linvn fnnnfl Hmo fnr n deposit anywhere but In the state treasury had Mr. Stuofor desired It otherwise. Itoport of Semite Committee. During the closing hours of the leg islative session everybody was so busy with the odds and ends and with the senatorial contest that some matters which should have boon presented for consideration were loft untouched. Among the most Important of these was the report of the chairman of an important commiltco of the scnnte bearing on tha manner In which the taxpnyers were preyed upon by the Into fusion administration. It was the Intention to submit the report to the legislature and ask that a special com mlttoo ho appointed to conduct a searching investigation , with a view to requiring these who have feasted at the expense of the taxpayers to stei up to the desk and settle their bills. Ii the rush of Business at the close it was found impossible to carry iho plan for an investigating commltteco into effect , so the report was hold back and Is herewith published for the firs time. It was information of this char aotcr which prompted the incumbcn republican board of public lands ant buildings and Governor Savage tc malto the swooping general order re quiring all olllcers and employes , ex cepting the superintendents , to remove their families from the institutions forthwith The report reads aa fol low : : 1 Senate Chamber , Lincoln , Nob. , Mnrch 11 , IDOl. To the Honorable Members of the Senate : Ill-port of tlin IVnltrntlixry. Not In many years have the taxpay ers of Nebraska been Imposed upon moro extensively than during the last two years. In nearly fcvery state In stitution many people wore maintained at the stnto'n expense who wore neither Inmates nor employes , and , as n matter of fact , had absolutely no business there. I Imyo madn an In vestigation aa thorough as circum stances would permit , and what I have already ascertained la proof conclusive Hint the moat shameful methods were practised by UIORO In charge of state Institutions , In some Instances due to pressure from these flll'ng ' state olllces. Mr. Spence , the bookkeeper at the penitentiary , who Is a democrat and who was bookkeeper daring the ad ministration of Warden Hopkins , or for the last two years , roporta that Warden Hopkins kept In the neigh borhood of twenty people , mostly rel atives , at the penitentiary at the state's expense , and not ono of whom was on the pay roll or had any right there. Ho appointed a relative steward of the Institution , a young , unsophisticat ed follow , who knw practically noth ing of the duties , and by reason of his Incompotency there Is an abundance of evidence to show that the state was preyed upon by dealers from whom ho bought goods , which accounts In part for the large amount of deficiencies and unpaid bills. It Is reported by this paimp bookkeeper , too , that during the last fusion state convention a prom inent fusion politician from Holt county named Harrington brought down a largo delegation of politicians . In the Interest of Howard , his preferred - , forred candidate for treasurer , and ! had Warden Hopkins board and sbel- tor them at the penitentiary nt the ' state's expense until the convention | adjourned. Warden Hopkins kept I seven or eight of his family , and | sometimes more , nt the penitentiary ( all the time ho was thoro. In addition to this ho brought two nieces from Iowa , and they attended school hero , and made their homo at the penlten- tlary. A school teacher who taught school near the penitentiary made her homo there for about six months , payIng - Ing her expenses thereat to Warden Hopkins , of which amount ho turned over to the state $18 , or at the rate of $3 per month. Certain convicts wcro tacitly required to perform work for private Individuals , for which neither they nor the state received any pay. These are only a few of the offenses committed at the penitentiary during the wardonshlp of Mr. Hopkins. Other reports of a very serious nature have reached me , but as I have not had the tlmo to make a thorough Investigation Into them I have refrained from Incor porating them In this report. ImltlMrliil School for Hoys. Many Irregularities are reported nt ho Industrial School for Boys at Kearney. Altogether thcro were twen- y-two people maintained at this In- tltutlon who wore not employed by ho state , and who were cither rela- Ives or friends of the management or of state ontcors. The superintendent naituaincu ins wueianu nvo sons ; tno ) ookkeepor had his family of four here : the chaplain had his wife , 'athor and son ; a teacher named Vos- inrg had two grown daughters ; Mrs. Baylor , the cook , had ono grown laughter ; another teacher had a srown son and daughter , and the gar- loner had a grown daughter. Inilmtrliil School nt ( l > iievi Secretary of State Porter had hla sister , Mrs. B. S. Phllbrook , appointed ns matron and caused his aged mother 1 n bo kept there as a charge on the state for the last thrco years. The lat- er's physical condition was such ns o require a great deal of attention , and the result Is that while Mrs. Phil- miok was drawing pay for rendering services to the state , she was , In fact , ' leveling the major portion of her time o the care of relatives. There were ) thcr Irregularities at this institution , jut of minor Importance and I will not icro make mention of thorn , though it H a matter of economy that those or- ors should bo gtvoa attention and cor rected. lliHill | l for Stiitn Incurable Innniie nt HllOtltlCfl. Tlioro IB every reason to bollovo that shameful fraud has bqon practiced by : ho management of the Asylum for the Incurable Insane nt Hastings. The claims presented for payment to the auditing department from this institu tion for the last thico months In 1900 aggregated within ? SG5.7G of the entlro amount for the first nlno months of the year. During the first nlno months the total expenditures were $3t.4i3.Gl : and during the last three months the expenditures were ? 33- 557.88. Upon Investigation I discover ed that from the Gth to the 31st of uecemuor UIUB wore rentierou against the state for 11,132 % pounds of butter at Ific per pound. This act stands en tirely without precedent , In the- history of the asylum. "Not alone was a vast quantity of butter purchased , but much of it was unpalatable and unfit oven for animal food. Bills were ren dered during ino same period for upwards - wards of' ? G.OOO worth of clothing without any good reason why such a surplus should be . purchased. The clothing furnished la pronounced by reputable merchants who examined tlio samples , and who are competent judges , as to quality , far below the sample In quality. Superintendent Stcelo for one and one-half years kept his brother at the asylum nt the expense of the state , and gave him room and board with no right whatever to do so , and for which the state received absolutely no compensation. Startling reports nro made of occurrences at this Institu tion , but 1 have been unable to go further than to consult the official documents and question witnesses aa to the quality of thn butter and clothIng - Ing in question. It is due the man agement , and It Is duo the tax payers of the st te that those reports and charges he investigated to tuo bet tom. tom.A A man must have a whole lot of egotism to got up on the fence and lay claim to more of the earth than God Intended for hla neighbor. J" - ERA OF ABSALOM , rent Demon t Now for Youtij- Men f Trnlnlnir ntid > ntnrn' Ability. Thp present la essentially In Amer- en , ut least the diiy of the young man. lu IH In demand , If hu bo mentally roll equipped , and have character and ointnon sense to back his knowledge , to will find that thcro arc oppfjrtunl- Ics open to him , often on the very brcshold of his buiilnnss career , such as he young man of an earlier day would ( ream of ns the goal only of long yours if waiting and working , says nn ox- hnnge. During n recent visit to that hive of around I'ltts- ndustry which awaruiH - inrg , and In the valleys of the Motion- ; ahi'ln and Allegheny , we wore Itn tressed with the fact that In most of ho great manufacturing establish- nunts the highest positions of rosponsl- illlty were ( llled by men who were yet lovcrnl years on this Hide of the prime if life. That ntich young heads should 0 often be directing vast Industrial oncorns Is due In part to the amazing tipldity with which new Industries in'vo sprung up during the past decade. Ind In part to the fact that the keen ompetltlon of the age calls for the idaptiveness and energy which are the intnral qualities of youth. Time was when there was nn over- this , especially In the technical trades ind professions , of the supply of quail- led young men ; but to-day conditions ire entirely reversed. Clear proof of this was shown at the ocent annual commencement cxer- Ises of the Stevens Institute of Tech- tology , Iloboken , when out of10 grad- tates only n dozen were present to re- clve their diplomas. This unproce- lented condition of things was explain id by President Morton on the ground hat the demand for graduates to fill jusiness positions this year bad been Jie most urgent In the history of the In- itltutc , and that most of the absentees lad been Induced to leave the Institute 1 week or more before commeneemtnt , In order that they might begin thulr > rofessionnl duties at once. President Morgan further stated that : he whole of the HO graduates could have secured positions nt once If they and so desired. There Is no gainsaying : he significance of such facts ns these ; ind an like conditions will produce like esults. It Is probable that before ninny rears have elapsed these young gradu ates will have1 risen to positions which ire both responsible and remunerative , -New York News. RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS. The words "atecl shod , " when ap plied to boots and shoes whose soles 1.1 re studded with steel nails to render them moro idurable , are essentially de scriptive , and cannot be exclusively appropriated by one manufacturer as i trademark , holds the United State : Circuit Court of Appeals lu the case ol Krcuuan vs. Kmery , etc. . Dry Good ; Company (108 ( Fed. Uep. . 02-1) ) . Where n person Is Induced to supporl another during several years by hei fraudulent nretense that she was dostl tute , when In fact she had n consider able estate In bank , the Court of Erj j rors and Appeals of New Jersey , In tlu case of Anderson vs. Kgger.s19 ( Atl Rep. , 57S ) , holds that hu Is entitled tc be recompensed out of the estate foi Iho money and property furnished t < her. Whore a national bank has gone Intc liquidation the United States Circuli' ' Court , Missouri , in the case of Moss ( vs. Whltzel. holds that the ofilccrs ol the bank have no power to Incur n Haj j 'jlllty on the part of such bank aftei t has gone Into liquidation which will be binding on the shareholders , and * Judgment on a liability so created , ren ilered against the bank by collusion ol the fUlcers. Is not conclusive on thf shareholders. Analyzing Ills Affection. The young lovers sat beside the wat- rfall. The rapids and the near-bj whirlpool hud a strange attraction for , the romantic young girl. She bud Ijenrd the story of the unhappy maiden ind the young brave who had gone to their death , clasped In each other's inns , to the Blow music of the Hwnn song. That seemed-very beautiful to , ber. ' "Jack. " she said , "If you paw me struggling in the water near the edge ) f the falls would you jump In after me ? " "What would be the use. my dear , when 1 can't swim ? " he answered. "But , nt least we should perish to- ret her , " she replied , bravely. "Yes , there would be no doubt of that. " ho returned , shuddering at the jound of the cruel waters. "But haven't you often said you would die for me ? " she asked , piqued it bis coldness. "No. my dear , " replied her practical over "If you'll remember , I've al ways told you that I had an undying eve for you. " Smart Set- llullet-l'roof Hoard. Bullet-proof millboard Is ono of the ntcst novelties , and It comes from Swo- Ion. A bullet from a carbine , capable > f going through tlve luches of wood , oulil not pierce the millboard. A pro- lectlle from a mach'ne gun went : hrough It , but the Inventor Is confident if making his now substance even more esistlng , so that a succession of layers .vould form a protecting wall for fort I- Icatlons. | The Vigilant Frtthcr. There wns a younfe fellow In Flint ' IVho thought ho was womo on the sprint , . But thi ! pa of hU girl I Gave the young man a whirl , ind now he U done up in lint. , -Detroit Free Press. ' To tell the plain truth , when a worn- in goes nwny on a trip her husband an't OB lonesome M the cat Till * I * n Fr nk Ono of the most singular freaks ID the Moral kingdom bus recently been brought to this country It la called in "occasional flower , " for the reason iliat It has no fixed time to bloom. No mention is made in botanical sci ence nf the existence of this marve lous flower , says the WashingUm I'lnics. Ib is alrnystery nt present thai Is well worth clearing up. When la a closed condition the occasional ) flower is in color and in foim some thing like a mature and dried poppy- head cub with its stem to it. Sub merged in a howl of water for a for ? minutes and then taken out and placed by its stem in an empty bottle , the outer petals begin , after scveraB minutes , to open out. This process Is slow but distinctly noticeable. The petals continue to rise and to expand until they gradually recede. Wliea this action is complete it resembles in nppcaraticc the starry sunflower , hue as regards the shape only. The occasional flower remains vbuo open for about two hours , ( K 'njr which time , the state of humldltr lessening by degrees , the fibers begin to shrink and the petals close up grndnnllly In the same way as they opened , until the flower resumes its former position ; but by the same sim ple process it can be made to unfoldH ind to close up again and again. . It is also asserted that , properly nursed with regard to temperature ind air and carefully handled , the O < H visional flower never decays nor d generates in its effect of radiance on splendor. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SU GAR. f As n good deal has recently appeared In print regarding the consumption off sugar , aud as the Importance of thlo article as a food , In which every IndN vldual It concerned. Is apparently nofc sufficiently understood , the following facts and figures furnished by the weLV-l known sugar statisticians , Messrs. W1K lett and Gray (91 ( Wall street , New York ) , who are the publishers of tne < ! tveckly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal must necessarily be of great Interest * to all onr readers : RAW SUGAR. I Ton * . I Potnl eonsmnptlon , U. S. , < l 1000 ( Wlllott nml Or.iy.2,210,84t ) Vdd , 0.04 per cent , nveiage & annual lucrtase In consumption - . sumption last 10 years. 140,753 ' Consumption forlCOl.XSOO.&bO rr" - Or wWch : r" Tons. Lmilslnnn p r o - \ diices 330,000 * _ Jcci ( domestic ) pro- duccs 150,000 ' - I llnxvall ( frcej pro duce 350,000 Porto Rico ( free ) produce 100,000 1,000,000 1,300,668 Paying doty fit an nrer- I ngc nf tiny f38 per ton. Kiiulvnlfnt to $40 per I ton In ( irannlnteil. ) Trice Incrtnsed hcoame > nf tariff , $ Uti per toil. ) y Total couanniptloii . Z , ' ft t niiO,585 tons $30 fj' W.OSl.OCO iililltlonnl , people taiert VV I annually nntl pny to provide the 40 millions for rereuue. . . S30.000.0C4X viz. : Co Lonlfllnnj planters on 3.10,000 tons nt $3n per ton ? 12COO,000- fo domestic beet planters on 150- 000 tons at $30 per ton 5,400,000. fn Hawaii planters on 1)50,000 ) torn at ? 3Q per ton 12COO,001 > To 1'orto UIco planters ou l.'O.OOO tons at $30 per ton C.-tOO.OOO f.'IG.OOQ.OOe- Remove duty and the whole $84,081- 100 accrues to the public. On October I , the quotation for Cuba Centrifugal tugar , OG per cent , test , free on board 3uba , was 1.90 cents per pound , and the luty on same amounted to 1.CS5 cents ier pound , which Is equivalent to 86 per ent , ad valorem. ( Signed ) WILLETT & GRAY , fll Wall street. New York. Beans to the value of $270,442.3C > vcre imported into this country in as ( tingle quarter last year from Austria- Hungary. Tliis country bought $12 ( ,070.41' ' jrortli of sardines from Franco dur- ng the quarter ending March 31 off ; his year. What will rank among the largest ! > ridge'bullding plants in the United States is to be erected on Staten Isl- tnd , N. Y. The largest sugar plant In th& rorld has just been prospected In Dtiba to produce 200,00 tons of sugar 1 season. The plantation takes in 70,00 acres. A fivntlK Hint , uuuit "This steak is remarkably Inc. " Waiter That so ? You must have rotten the steak I intended for thatv { entleman what feed me. " I'encti an ) T'hicipn'e : Jnni , Peel and stone good-sized , firm peaches before weighing them. Allow three-quarters of a pound of granulated tugar to every pound of the fruit and one pound of pineapple , peeled and ( .hredded tine , to every five pounds of the peaches. The pineapple shoud b * very ripe , Put this and the peaches together into a preserving-kettle and 'ook slowly , Ktlrring often and well from the bottom. After the boiling point Is reached , cook for three-quar- .era of an hour , still stirring constantly. At the end of this time put In the mgar , let the conserve return to th Doll , and Blmmcr after this for fifteen ailnutes , removing any scum that may rise to the surface. I'ut up while ho * ! n pint Jan or In Jelly glasses. Vent Cuke. Mince any cold beef or beefstent , anfl mix It with an equal weight or bread trumbsj add a little very finely chopped onion and parsley , a little stock , eta- poulng , and a well-beaten egff Tone X. nto a cake , and fry In dripping ( abotrt in ounce will be sufficient ) . This may > e served witb -without brownvse *