CHOLERA ,
An. Appalling Dumber of Deaths in Spain
Cities Devastated liy an Epidemic XJiat is
"Spreading With Wonderful Sapidity.
Xondon dispatch : At this time last year
cholera had only taken a few scores ol
lives in Toulon and its suburbs , and
had just made its appearance in Mar
seilles. Ther have now been 4,200 deaths
- reported from eight provinces of Spain ,
which is more than half the entire number
of deaths in all of Franco last year. Prom
the start the rate of mortality in Spain
is far greater than it was in France , and
latterly it has become greater than it was
last year even in Naples. The average
ratio of deaths to cases now is about four
in nine throughout Spain. Roughly speak
ing" the death ratio was two in seven in
France last year and it was three in seven
in Italy within the last week. Notably has
this been the case in Murcia. . More than
half the people attacked have died and in
the new provinces where the pest has ap
peared within the last few days the escapes
have been the exception. All the features
of last year's siege either essential or eccen
tric and who shall say in this strange dis
ease which is which are being repeated.
The fearful experience at the Aix mad
house finds ite parallel in the asylum out
side of Madrid , where the lunatics are dy
ing like sheep. In Murrain the peculiar
susceptibility of young soldiers to cholera ,
which was noted in Toulon and in Campo-
basso last year , has been exemplified again
at Toledo barracks. The deaths among
'sisters of charity now as then are almost
wholly confined to the peasant women in
the less exclusive orders like the Augustin-
ians. Tho plague finds ninety-nine in a
hundred of its victims in the slums of
poor villages where hygiene is an unknown
word.
A wine merchant who has just arrived in
London from Murcia tells me that it is ab
solutely impossible to describe the national
panic , loss of nerve and reason , and frenzy
of local quarantines. Not only has this
feeling of panic paralyzed the business of
Spain , but it threatens to work more evil
by deranging the food supply than even
cholera has worked or may yet work. It
is interesting hero to note , in considering
the theory that the spread of the diseaso
is connected closely with water , that Mur
cia and Valencia are the most plentifully
irrigated districts in the south of Europe.
The system of supply dates from the time
of Moorish occupation of Spain , and for
scientific utilization the water supply there
is still unrivalled in the whole world. The
city of Murcia is not so desperate an asy
lum as it formerly was , since the great
Hood destroyed the lower part of the.town.
It was rebuilt with more regard to sanita
tion , but the people are distinctly of the
lowest type , mentally and physically , in
Spain. But here , as at Valencia , the city
is surrounded by a perfect network of
crowded hamlets , constituting one vast
tropical garden , irrigated by a system
which permits not one drop of water to
reach the sea. The system is most marvel-
pus from an engineering point of view , but
is simply murderous now when the sum
mer's sun makes every trench a dispenser
of plague and of death. Hefugees from the
cities were quick to spread the disease
through these villages. Now more slowly
but none the less surely they are dissemi
nating it through the peninsula. When wo
consider the local mortality at this early
date it is frightful to contemplate what the
total for Spain may be and almost surely
will be during thefour or five torrid months
to come to say nothing of the probability
nay , almost the certainty of a speedy
outbreak of the plague in other southern
lands.
THE PROSPERITY OF PERU.
"
9
Report of the Committee Appointed by the
, President to Visit South America.
' , The commission appointed by the presi
dent to visit South American countries in
the interest of the commerce of the United
States , has reported under date of April
25th , to the department of state , the re
sult of its observations while at Lima ,
Peru. In a communication to the secre
tary of state , accompanying the report ,
the commission says : "The political situa
tion in Peru is not such as to make a mis
sion , like that upon which we have the
honor to come cither satisfactory or con
clusive. But as wo are gratified to be able
to report a cordial reception by the pro
visional government and from the people ,
notwithstanding the fact that they feel
somewhat aggrieved at the failure of the
United States to exercise the good offices
for their benefit during the recent war with
Chili. This delicate subject was not alluded
to officially during our visit , but in private
conversations complications of three and
four years ago were spoken of in such a
manner as to leave the impression that
our government in their opinion did Peru
more injury than good. However , there is
still a most friendly sentiment , which has
been stimulated by the attitude of Minister
Phelps , and desire to secure intimate inter
national commercial relations between the
two countries. The people privately talk
of annexation to the United States. The
newspapers openly advocate protectorate
over Peru by our government as the best
mode of securing internal peace , and there
have been many other suggestions made in
the same spirit. Commerce with this coun
try has dwindled down to almost nothing
in comparison with its former magnitude.
This is accounted for by enormous decrease
in the purchasing power of Peru and by
the fact that the steamship company which
has the monopoly on the west coast of
South America uses its influence and 'regu
lates its freight tariffs so as to direct trade
to England. It is the opinion of every mer
chant in Peru and of members of thegovcrn-
ment that these conditions cannot be
changed until there is direct communica
tion by steam between the posts of this
country and those of the United States. It
is said to be cheaper to ship goods from
New York by way of Liverpool and Ham
burg around the Horn to Callao than by
way of the Isthmus , while a passenger pays
$375 in American gold for transportation
from New York to Valparaiso. We were
formally presented to $ he president April
20th.Mr. . Commissioner Thatcher pre
sented General Iglesias with an autograph
letter of the president of the United States
and delivered an address , to which the
president replied. At the conclusion of the
ceremonieswe were invited to be present at
n , private reception room , where we were
_ presented to members of the cabinet and
attendants.
Wearing the Stripes *
James D. Fish , of the Marine bank , was
on the 30th put through the regular course
in the Auburn ( N. Y. ) prison. Lusty at
tendants bathed him , cropped what hair
he h&a , shaved off his beard and put him
into the regulation stripes. He was then
put into a regular cell , where he is locked
-all day , being one of the several hundred
men now in prison for whom there is noth
ing to do. As entered on the prison regis
ter , he is "No. 19,654 James D. Fish ; of-
lense , misappropriating funds of anational
bank ; occupation , president of the Marine
National bank ; age , 65 ; weight , 1G5J
pounds * height , 5 feet GJ inches : received
June 2S | 1885. "
A JOKE and. a boil are much alike in
-one respect. "We all think they are very
Junny wings when they are on some-
-bodyjslse.
COimXAlf 8 AGRICULTURAL COXQRESS.
A. Gathering that Promises to Call Together
Many Prominent Agriculturists.
Washington dispatch : Commissioner
Column's convention of representatives
from agricultural colleges and kindred in
stitutions early in July promises to be a
notable gathering. The commissioner , in
opening the proceedings , will take occasion
to elaborate his views about agricultural
education. He takes the ground that
closer relations between the department
and those institutions can be mutually
beneficial. It is his hope to be able to en
list them in the experimental work , sending
to them new seeds and plants and receiv
ing from them reports on the result of
these trials , which may be made public
through an annual volume from tho de
partment. These agricultural schools have
land attached , and such an arrangement as
the commissioner hopes to make would
give all the advantages of experimental
farms in the various sections of the coun
try with varying soils and climate. Mr.
Colman expects to enlarge greatly the
scope of this experimental work. Ho will
try to enlist the diplomatic representa
tive's of this government , through the state
department , in tho work of collecting new
varieties of seeds and plants in all coun
tries , to be sent homo for trial.
Ho thinks there is a great mission
for the department in showing tho
farmers of the United States new crops
which can bo raised with a profit. He be
lieves that many things now imported can
be raised successfully. He will even go into
tho realm of medicinal plants and see if
herbs and barks which are now imported at
great cost cannot be produced in thjs
country. In these projects he desires the
co-operation of the colleges and societies ,
and he believes ho can show the agricultural
professors how they can make their insti
tutions much'more popular than they are
now by embarking in this work with him.
Prof. Dodge , the department statistician ,
will read a paper on applied science as a
factor of rural prosperity. Prof. Chas. E.
Thorn , of Springfield , 0. , will present his
views upon the preparation of experimental
reports for popular use. Prof.F. G. Adams
is down for an address on the importance
of teaching agriculture in the common
schools. Prof. E. Wicks , the new president
of the Michigan agriculture collcRO , will dis
cuss industrial education. Dr. Salmon , of
the bureau of animal industry , and Prof.
Sanders , of the department , will present
papers. These are some of the features of
the programme not fully arranged.
WAIXISG FOR THE smmioxs.
Gen. Grant Xot Concerned as His End Ap
pears Xear at Hand.
Mount McGregor dispatch of the 30th :
Dr. Douglas said this morning that Gen.
Grant was visibly growing weaker and that
if he had remained in New York city ho
could not now bo removed to his present
resort. The weakness of the patient is now
evident in the lack of ability and desire
to walk upon the piazza as he did ten days
ago. The doctor acknowledges that the
end of the general's life appears to bo ap
proaching , but the question when it may
occur no one can foretell. . *
The general seemed anxious that his
physician should not construe his quiet as
an evidence of suffering or discomfort , and
in the afternoon wrote upon his pad telling
Dr. Douglas IIP had no 7 > ain and Mas feeling
as well as on Sunday. The prolonged quiet ,
however , did not assure all his Friends , and ,
it having become evident to him that such
was the case , he wrote upon his pad during
the afternoon these words :
"Do as I do. I takeit quietly ; I givcmy-
self not the least concern. If I knew that
the end was to be to-morrow , I would try
and get rest in the meantime. As long as
there's no progress there's hope. "
In some quarters the comparative ab
sence of pain and the prolonged quiet of the
general were regarded as unfavorable indi
cations. It had been felt that pain had
ceased to be experienced because of the af
fection of the nervous centers by the dis
ease , and not because the disease was less
active or progressing less rupjdly. Dr.
Douglas , when asked in regard to this mat
ter , said the indications were that the
gnawing or corroding of the ulcers was , for
the time being , abated , but that weakness
might increase without extraordinary pain.
AVashington dispatch : Gen. Dent , broth
er-in-law to Gen. Grant , said to-day : "I
have just received information from Mt.
McGregor that Grant's cancer has com
menced to inflame the jugular vein and
death is only a question of a few days. "
TZOS SEAT OF GOKEBX2CEAT.
Kscettaneous diallers of Interest at tho .Na
tional Capital.
SENATOR VEST has the naming of the
Kansas City postmaster , but thus far he
has not put in the name of his applicant.
Charges of offensive partisanship have been
prepared in duo form against the incum
bent , Mr. Case , who has held the office for
a dozen years. The principal specification
is that he went to the polls in the Second
ward last November and coerced two dem
ocratic carriers into voting for Maj. War
ner , the republican nominee for congress.
This charge is supported by several afEda"
vits.
vits.THE
THE fiscal year ended June 30 , ard , ac
cording to the receipts from internal rev
enue , customs , and miscellaneous sources ,
the falling off in the estimates for the year
was about § 10,000,000 § 2,000,000 in
the internal revenue § 4,000,000 in cus
toms and § 4,000,000 in the miscellaneous.
The expenditures have been greater for
pensions and deficiencies than was antici
pated , so that the surplus for the fiscal
year will probably be between § 15,000,000
and § 20,000,000 less than was calculated
by Secretary McCullough in his report to
congress last year , leaving the surplus at
about20,000,000instead of § 39,000,000.
MES. DUDLEY ACQUITTED'
Insanity the Ground of the Verdict.
New York dispatch : The courtroom where
Sirs. Dudley is being tried for her assault up
on Kossa was crowded to suffocation. Coun
sel for defense claimed that the prisoner com
mitted the assault fiom no personal motives ,
but for love of her country. He also claimed
that Mrs. Dudley is not a responsible person.
Saveral witnesses were fexamined , among
whom were two experts and testified to the
unsound condition of the prisoner's mind ,
Mrs. Dudley here interrupted the proceedings
by stating that "whether or not I was irra
tional then I am sane now and wish to tes
tify. " It was finally agreed to call her to the
witness stand. Mrs. Dudley made n short
statement to the jury in which she said she
was actuated in shooting Rossa solely by his
threats to commit wholesale murder of inno
cent women and children. She assured tie
jury that she was not 1 sane when she per
formed the deed. Tte jury acauitted her af
ter beine oat fiye minutes" the grounds of
insanity.
STOBX IN DAKOTA.
Lose of LIfo and Damage to Property *
A dispatch from Franhfort , Dakota , of the
27th ult says : This part of Dakota was vis
ited by a terrific wind and rain storm. It was
Tery severe'fn part of the James River Valley
and especially In the central part of Splnk
county. The wind blew a terrific gale for for
ty-five minutes , accompanied by rain , thun
der and lightning. The Catholic church in
this place was blown down , two stores
stripped of their tin roofs , and sheds and
small buildings turned over. In the sur
rounding country many barns and stables
were blown down or unroofed , and two
dwelling houses demolished four miles south
of Frankfort. In one of these all of the oc
cupants escaped to the adjoining building for
protection , but in the house of John Blain oc
cupied by Mr. Hartney. the famllv were
caught In the ruin. Mr. Hartney's father wai
killed outright and Mr. Hartnev Injured se
verely on the skull and across the chest. His
wife was dangerously injured , fiartney's
daughter had her arm broken and another
child n as badly hurt. 'I he German Metho
dists to the number of 200 were holding a
camp meeting in Fisher's Grove , on "the
James River , near Frankfort , having .nothing
but li ht sheeting for tents. Their tents
were blown to pieces in short order and they
were left to face the fury of the storm. The
Loss in Spink county will aggregate § 10,000
to $17COO and is partly covered oy tornado
insurance. No hail fell except on a fewfarrcs
northwest of here , and the fine crops are un
injured.
Hie Murderers of 1-Hippo Caruso in Cliica.
{ jo Must Jiang. I
After a trial which lasted eight days Fil-
ippo Caruso's murderers have been awarded
death penalty. The jury decided that Azari ,
Gelaidi and Silveitri were the penetrafors'
the crime , while Have and Mercuric , their al
legcd conspirators , were pronounced not
guilty. The jury found no difficulty in arriv
ing at a vertl ct , which they returned. I5ave
and Mercurio having been informed of their
probable acquittal aw aited the return of the
jurors with smiling faces , the others seemed
stolid and indiiL rent as to the fate in store
for them.
About one hundred and fifty persons , mostly
Italians , had remained in court to hear tho
verdict. Immediately upon the verdict being
read , Have and Mercurio , at a signal from
the counsel , took seats to one side. An In
terpreter then translated the verdict to the
convicted men. They heard the words of
sentence in their own tongue without the
movement of a muscle aud"aceonipanicd the
bailiff back to tl.eir cells with stolid faces ap
parently unmoved. Indictments against
Bave and Mercurio were nolle pressed and the
Judge ordered them discharged. The trial
lasted eight days and excited unusual inter
est ow lug to the horrible details pf the crime
aud the manner in which the murderers wire
discovered. It will be remembered that the
body of the murdered man was placed in a
trunk aud shipped to 1'ittsburg. Tiie murder
was committed for money.
27i3 Bloodthirsty Apaches.
Tombstone ( Arizona ) dispatch : A. A.
Huneke , a miner , brought news from Fro n'
teras of an engagement between Indiahs
and whites lost Thursday , thirty mijes
southeast of Fronteras , in which it is 'ire-
ported that thirty-six Indians and sixteen
Americans were killed and several wounded.
Yesterday further information was received
through Thomas Crocker from San Bernar
dino ranch , situated on the trailfromFcjrt
Bowie to Somers. He reports an engage
ment between the entire force under Lieu
tenant Davas and the Apaches. Sixteen
Indians were killed and from fiftee to
twenty taken prisoners. The loss of ; the
whites is not stated *
An Amusing' Incident. ' * * <
The conservative and. courteous Bish
op of some two-thirds of the common
wealth of the Keystone State gives a Irx-
morous incident that actually occumd
during one of his visitations at oneif
the principal towns not a hundred inilijs
from Harris burg.
Good Judge L. is not only an earnelt
churchman but very fond of showing his
neighbors the .way to church also , At
any special service he was sure to hayje
a couple or more of his legal friends ii
his pew with him , being very attentive
iiimself both to the service and to lis
friends , showing them the places in tSe
prayer book , and trying to keep than
contented. I
At a recent visitation of Bishop H. fie
Judge was seen passing the books , aid
at every change in the service handiag
over other books , and then devoutly coa-
tinuing his own duties. It was Sunday
morning , and by the time the solenn
litany was reached tho visitors , havirg
no especial interest in the affair beyom
pleasing the Judge , and consenting x >
listen to a good square sermon which lie
had promised them , whenever in the st-
cred programme it should be presentei ,
began to tire of the " performance , " anl ,
with a freedom more becoming the court
room or street than the sanctuary , oae
of them , finding it impossible to ke < jp
up the connection of things , blurted oat
in a good stage whisper , "Judge , tiis
beats the devil ! " t
"That is the intention ' Good Lord ,
deliver us , ' " replied the Judge , in pretty
positive tones , and in a sort of monotone
that came near to a seeming addition to
the church's liturgy not in the book.
Harper's Magazine.
An Impertinent Mimic.
Young ladies who expect attentions
from young men should not keep a toq-
well-educated parrot. A family in
Nashville has a parrot noted for its wor ?
derful powers of imitating the humaa
voice. The family also has a daughteb
whose especial duty is the care of tha
parrot. [
The young lady has a friend , a young
man , who called atthehouseoneevenin
and pulled the door bell. The parrot ;
sitting in an'up-stairs window , heard the
jingle of a bell and called out :
"Go to the window ! " The young
man was startled.
He looked at the windows below and
found them closed. He pulled the bell
knob again.
"Next door ! " shouted the parrot , in a
voice not unlike the young lady's.
The young man looked up and down
the street in a puzzled sort of a way , as
if it had suddenly dawned upon hia
mind that he had made a mistake in the
house. Concluding that he had not , he
again rang the bell.
" Go to the house ! " cried Poll from
his perch in the upper window.
"Whit house ? " exclaimed the young
man , angrily.
" The workhouse ! " shrieked the par
rot. The young man concluded to leave
for his boarding house. Youth's Com
panion.
To HHI that lives well every form of
Jife is good.
Feeding ; an Array.
For many years prior to the Mexican
war , writes a New York correspondent
to The Albanu Journal , a purchasing
commissary for the United States army
was stationed at New York city. The
extent of the depot and the amount of
supplies there obtained were very
limited for some time in consequence
of the small size of the army. It was
not until the .commencement of the
rebellion in 1861 that the labors of this
depot reached increased magnitude
ana great proportions. With over a
millfon of men in the field to be sub
sisted , a very great quantity of tho
articles of the ration meats , Hour ,
hard bread , sugar , coffee , teas , salt *
etc. necessary for many of them ,
were obtained in .this city. Not unusal-
ly cargo after cargo of coffee was pur
chased for the troops. At several times
duriiigthe war special purchases of this
article were obtained abroad , as it
could be so procured more economi
cally for the army. Under the man
agement of then colonel , afterward
Brig. Gen. A. B. Eaton , commissary
general of subsistance , United States
army , the purchases were very ex
tensive. Col. Eaton had a corps of
experts , well trained , some of the
best merchants in the city , as inspec
tors and adjusters , and secured for the
government the best articles which
could bo purchased at tho lowest
prices. A rigid fulfillment of all con-
tracts was exacted and made under
the safeguards his experienced fore
sight'had placed around him.
"To the purchase of the soldiers' ra
tions , some years since , was added the
procurement of over one hundred
articles for his comfort and conven
ience and that of the officers of the
army and their families at military
post , all disposed of to them at first
cost. There are few posts in the army ,
in aiiy locality , that will not show
some supplies procured by the sub
sistence ollicer in New York city , and
some of them many of the important
articles which those stationed there
receive. Under a recent act of con
gress , all supplies must be advertised
for , except in very extreme emergency
cases. This opened competition to all ,
and upon the purchasing officers is im
posed tho duty of selecting from the
numerous bidders and their samples
the articles at the lowest price quali
ty and condition considered. An ex
tensive knowledge of all such articles
should be possessed by officers of the
subsistence department , and many
have from long experience and associa- |
tion with the soldier knowing his {
wants close observation and study ,
qualified themselves for these trying *
and responsible positions. Some have ,
a specialty of certain articles , and are ;
.well and thoroughly skilled therein. .
Upon the receipt of the order for
upplies , public proposals are sent out.
if the stock held on hand by the depot ,
officer will not permit the order to bo ,
filled from it. Suoh quanties are ac- ,
oepted as are required , after a :
thorough comparison with the sample'
submitted. These articles are trans- '
ferred to the quartermaster's depart
ment for transportation to the posts
desiring them. All bids are required
to be carefully abstracted , and even '
the envelopes in which they are re-
ceived sent with them to the subsis
tence bureau in Washington , D. C. ,
for examination and supervision. No
'net of the most unimportent character
can bo done without a thorough know
ledge of it by the revising authorities.
At the end of each month every article
purchased , its mode of procurement ,
its price , quaintity obtained , name of.
sailer and amount is reported to the ,
Washington authorities. A monthly
report is also made of every cent re
ceived , paid out , and every pound or
pint purchased or on Ijand must bo
satisfactorily accounted for by com
plete and explicit vouchers , setting
forth also the authority for purchases
when made. Whilst the labor of pur
chasing , inspecting , and shipping army
supplies is complete and accurate ,
there is no less completeness in the
careful and unyielding exactions of
accountability which the government
requires by reports and returns of its
army agents.
The large , varied , and unlimited
market in this city is for the purchase
of subsistence supplies not only the
very best but the most important in
the country. The subsistence depart
ment has always tried to select for
its purchasing officer here one of its
most experienced members , whose
main object is advancing , protecting ,
and securing : the public interest.
There has never been a defalcation at
this depot since its establishment ,
nor have the duties required to be
performed here failed to meet all de
mands.
How We Judge a Novel.
Nearly all the stories printed to-day
have in them an attempt at something
beyond the mere telling of a tale with
trappings of scenery and puppets to
bear out the illusion. But we do not
examine this scenery to know if it is
real , or stick pins in these puppets to
learn if they are merely stuffed dolls
to play upon our fancy. In this we do
ourselves an injustice , both losing the
fine flavor of a good novel and failing
to penetrate the tinsel and stage et-
fects of a poor one , in much the same
way as a befuddled drinker swallows
Ve. Cliquot and champagne cider with
the same approval. Then , too , in order
to catch a page or two of "conversa
tion" or "action" that is valued only
as it carries forward the plot , we are
prone to run hastily over descriptive
writing that paints a vivid bit of land
scape with cameo fidelity and beauty.
Or a chapter filled with life and color
is voted dreary and slow because only
indirectly it aids in tangling the
threads of the romance. It is the
amount of "thrill" in the concluding
chanters and the agreement in doc
trine and sentiment of the writer with
the reader's personal belief sand tastes
that settles the novel as good , bad or
indifferent. The Current.
In an essay on the "Poor Man , " Burdette
makes the following Shakspeariau remark :
"Ihe father of Sbakspeare couldn't spell and
couldn't write bis own name neither can
you ; even his illustrious son couldn't spell it
twice alike.
| >
JYrd. Ward Is not yet the ward of New York
state , nor likely to see the wards of Sing Sing
for some time.
HATCHIMJ OUT SHAD.
Capt. Peetmeier , of the Fish-Hawk , Preparing
for Next Season's Fishery.
"Wo are here in tho interests of the
United States fishing commission , "
said Capt. Peetmeier , of tho United
States gunboat Fish-Hawk , now lying
at anchor off Gloucester. "We"are
hatching shad eggs. Tho process is a
simple one. Come this way and I will
show you. "
He led tho way to tho foro part of
the gun deck , which was cleared of
all implements of war for tho reception
of some of tho most scientific machin
ery of peace. In tho center of tho
deck stood a largo coppor tank , con
taining water constantly changing
from tho river , but capable ot beinjr
stopped when at sea. On one side of
this tank stood twelve zinc cones ,
about three feet in height , with tho
conical ends downward. A multiplic
ity of pipes , tubes , valves , and stop
cocks showed that tho cones were in
connection.
"This is were wo do tho hatching , "
said Capt. Peotmcicr. "These cones
are supplied with water from below
by tubes from tho tank. The supply
is regulated by a stop-cock at tho top
and tho surplus water escapes lliouirh
this zinc net-work which surrounds
the top of each of the conical tanks.
Thus we have running water all the
time. If we are in a river we allow
tho surplus to go overboard , but when
at sea , it being impossible to get the
fresh water necessary for hatching the
eggs , we allow tho water to run back
into tho main tank , and so it keeps on
running over and over again. When
the seine up is drawn we tako the fe
male fish with rocs and force thorn to
discharge the ova by squeezing them.
Then wo take tho males and bthe
same process of squeezing force them
to impregnate tho ova. The mass is
then counted , or rather measured , and
put into one of these cones and the
water allowed to run. "
"How do you count the eggs ; for 1
sec you have 100,000 eggs in this cone.
"It is done by measure ; so many
3 rgs to an ounce , a fluid ounce , I
mean ; say 10,000. Well , there are
thirty-two' fluid ounces to a quart ,
therefore there must be within one or
iwo of 320,000 eggs. Wo use an ordin
ary graduated glass druggist quart
measure. It takes from one to three
days for the eggs to hatch. Then we
keep the young fish two or three days
more and then consign them to their
native element. To put them in the
river requires considerable care. We
gather them into a bucket then lower
: he bucket into the water and allow
She little fellows to swim out.
Now let mo show you some
Df the eggs. " He took a piece of glass-
tube and pushed it into ouo of the coui-
2al tanks and , bringing it out , closed
jach end with a finger. It was lull
> f small transparent globular sub
stances , all moving about in the tube
xud somewhat dilliir.ilt to sec at first.
"If you look carefully at thorn you
ivill see young fish inside. Most of
; hem are nearly ready to come out.
There are also some of the young fish
in this tube. Do you see that tiny
jlobe hanging to each of them ? That
a the umbilical sac. The young fish
ieeds upon that up to a certain age
ind finally absorbs it altogether. You
may see the same thing attached to
; he fish still in the eggs. Do you no
nce how the eyes of the young fish are
iparkling. That is because they am
nek. They have no air in this tube. "
"Do they feel the want of it so soon
is that ? " -
"O yes. There , I will put them
back in their cone ; perhaps they may
recover. The eggs , you observe , all
remain at tho bottom of the tanks ,
unless I turn the water on hard. That
Irives them to the top but it is not
od for them , for it hatches them too
juickly. Since we have been on the
river , some weeks now , we hatched
several millions of eggs , which would
have been lost. Of course a vast numr
ber are hatched by the process of na
ture in the river. But these that wo
have produced artificially will go a
long way toward stocking the fishery ,
and would have been cooked and eaten
ar otherwise destroyed if we had not
stepped in and saved them. We have
other tanks * r hatching the eggs
smaller glass ones but they are only
nsed when we are very busy. Wo
keep the water running through them
by an arrangement of siphons , all
leading to a large aquarium. I don't
know how long we will remain here ,
but I suppose as long as wo can ob
tain ova to work upon. ' ' Philadelphia
Times.
Exempt from Taxation.
There is iu New York City $265,691-
060 worth of real estate exempt taxa
tion. Of this $178,894,060 is city prop
erty , $12,640,000 is United States
property.$40.211,500 is church proper
ty , and $33,948,500 conies under the
head of miscellaneous , belonging to
schools.libraries , and charities. At 2
per cent and the taxrateinNcwYork
City is usually higher than that the ex
empt church and miscellaneous proper
ty would pay nearly $1,500,000 a year
toward the expenses of government.
As it does not pa } ' it , others must , and
in this way secular realty is made to
pay , by force , $1,500,000 a j-ear for the
support of churches , etc. This is
pushing the excemption doctrine pre-
ty far. The same rule prevails , in
preportionate measure , throughout tho
country. And that it does prevail ,
and with little or no protest , is a strik
ing proof of the tolerant and kindly
feeling of the Amarican public toward
religious and educational enterprises
of all sorts.
We , Us & Co.
It is always best to bo careful and
precise in given directions to servants.
Col. Yerger told his colored servant
Sam :
"Go and get us a couple of tickets
for the performance to-night. "
Sam came back and only brought
one ticket.
"Where is the other ticket ? "
" 1 has done disposed ob hit. "
"What do you mean ? "
"Boss , you tolo me , 'go and get us
two tickets. ' Dar's your ticketlind I
done guv my ticket to a cullud lady I
met on de street. She will be dar ,
I
Boss. You bet she will be aar. Dar's I
no danger ob de ticket bein' los' or
wasted. " Texas Siftings.
Ho JIcded.
Betting is certainly a bad practice ,
and whether disastrous directly or in
directly , il is sure to play smash with
tho bettor and betteo before tho wind-
up.
up.Years ago , when tho railroads had
not reached tho northwest and all
travel and commerce came up tho
Mississippi from St. Louis to St. Paul
and other northwestern cities , tho
opening of navigation in tho spring
was a great day. When a largo city
stood almost idle all winter , living on
tho rofits of tho previous summer ,
tho date when she would resume busi
ness in tho spring was of great im
portance to her.
Therefore with much anxiety every
one looked forward to tho time when
tho ico would go out of Lake Pepin
and revive tho dormant business.
Along in January and February ev
erybody got to betting on the day
when tho first boat would get up to
St. Paul or some other northern point.
At Hudson , of course , it was tho
same , though wo had to tako some
chances on tho opening of Lake St.
Croix. on whose banks Hudson stands.
Ono winter. Coon and Platto got to
betting on various things to kill time ,
and finally wound ujf with a bet on
tho arrival of tho first boat at Hud
son. They were partners ina largo
grain elevator on the lake , and Platto
wanted to bet a pair of $1-4 boots that
the first boat wouldn't arrive before.
the 20th of April. Coon took tho bet !
and timo passed on.
On tho 19th of April no boat had ar- .
rived and Platto began to feel sure of
his boots. There were no telegraphs
then , and so thero was no way to get,1
at the river news till late , everything :
in tho way of news coming slowly up
through tho Big Woods by stage.
On the afternoon of tho 19th , Platto
went up in the cupola of tho ware
house with a spyglass , ostensibly to
look over some fife wheat , but really ,
to see what ho could seo down tho
lake. About sunset ho saw a littlo
steamer slowly round the point at Cat
fish bar , four or five miles below , and ,
sticking the spyglass into a dark cor
ner , ho went down and hunted up
Coon , who was on the street up town.
Ho then , by easy stages , drew him in
to a conversation on the subject of tho
opening of spring navigation.
"Toll you what I'll do. Coon ,
you've got about four or live hours
left yet , and if no boat comes in be
fore tho time's up , tho $14 boots aro
mine. "
"Looks that way , of course , " said
Coon , "but there's still a chanco
left. "
"Yes , there's a chance , but an infer
nally slim chance. What will you'
take"for your bet , Coon ? "
"Oh , I don't know. Probably I've
got one chanco in thrco. I'll tako $5
lor my bet. "
"Enough said. Here's your $5.
There's a boat down at Catfish Bar
that'll be hero in less than an hour. "
There was a crowd standing around , I
and of course everybody yelled and'
two-thirds of the town put on its hat }
and rushed down to the levee to see
the first boat como in. Hour afterj
hour passed by and the crowd swelled i
to a large mass meeting , all anxious }
to see the first boat of the season. '
After a while her lights could be dim- }
ly seen around the point , moving very
slowly against an icy current. The
crowd watched her as she struggled
bravelv up , and then backed off again.
dodged a big cake.of ice and headed )
toward the channel again. It was a
tiding time for those who stood there
and watched , most every one havingj
a large or small bet on the result , i
All kinds of JOKCS and jeers were swap- '
ped as the crowd stood there in the !
chilly April night till nearly eleven !
o'clo'ck. Just before that hour tho
steamer staggered bask and steadily !
lost ground , till finally she slowly rc-l
versed her engines ; then , when she
could get room , she silently turned.
about and went back down the lake to
Prescott , and did not gut up to Hud
son for three da vs.
SoPlattelost"his$14 pair of boots
and $5 in cash , to say nothing of tho ,
large sum that it cost him to keep the ,
town quiet enough so that lio could
live in it.
1 hope that all young men who road
this , and who may , at times , be tempt
ed to bet their nibney upon anything ,
will call to mind this sad accident and
firmly refuse to do so.
Who hath woe ? Who hath sorrow ?
Who hath redness of eyes ? Who wear-
cth his old last winter clothes all sum
mer ? He thatlookethupon the straight
flush when it movetli itself aright. Ho
that goeth to seek the jack pot. Ho
that goeth to sock tho Mickcr that he
may pick him up and skin him. Be
hold , he himself shall bo skun. Bill
in New York Mercury.
*
The Giants of Patagonia. .
The Patagonian , in the upper part
of his body , is of a huge build. His
trunk and head are large , his chest ,
broad , his anus long and muscular.
On horseback , he seems far above the
ordinary si/e of man. When he dis
mounts , however , it is seen that his
legs are disproportionately short and
slender ; the } ' frequently bend outward.
His walk is heavy and lumbering.
These are tho well-known peculiarities
which are found in the Tartars , and in
all races of men who spend most of
their time , like the Patagonians , on
horseback. But it is only a little over
two centuries since the horse was in
troduced into this region. The natives
who were first seen chased the swift
guanaco and ostrich over their im
mense plains on foot. Such activity
required long , straight and niupcular
legs. It is not too much to suppose
that the total change in their habits
of life , which has occurred since they
became a nation of horsemen , has de
tracted at least two inches from their
stature. Adding these lost inches to
their present height , we recover tho
giants who astonished the companions
of Magellan , and vindicate the nar
ratives which later writers have dis
credited Science.
A flrtld Texas steer crusted a New York man
against a stone wall the other day. The man
said between ( rasps that he never understood
the working of a Bullock press before.
" " '
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Twenty-sir million persons have crossed
Brooklyn bridge since it was opened and one
jumped over.