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TUB" DAILY JIEUALD, rLATfSMCWTll, JCClsiCASKA, FRIDAY. bKKRIIARY 3, 183S.
,x
V THE DIFFERENCE OF HEIGHT.
Inhabitant of 1,1 iiichI mid Iti-jflonH TalIT
Tli&H !Iioh .r ;r:niil HUIrirtn.
Vv'b'-n we - ra-' i -f tall i.ml well
dJU-loied wgn-i-s It v i i i;c 'I'f' I))' liif-ri:-cion.s
---n ;.r-' I by hi-Ii dwaifi-d : as
the Akli.ts :inl Oli i wn N'iccivf that
tlt liirtrm-i- !" In ilit must l" d;i t-
ilifTcn-ifi' f r.i--, m-t to --iiliaiit in
llio jj:t;u f alMxli. I'.iit l!n r: i.rcnusci
when :i m.'iihi-d dilb-iviK-i' of l-ciaJiL i.-i
f-ertaiuly iIih to diM'i-r-i,- in tin emidi
lioiLS of lii'i-, f'r it hliows it-.-lf in ouo
and tin; hiiiiH ra-. 1 Jr. l'lid lianl, for
i'.aiii'li', Ing t i t i - since i i.i.u !.( d on
th" cliaivrc uli'cli thf rac; of ibort,
hmi, rou in I fai-cil fanners of I'!ti; I: r i 1
limli ini'iit wlicn tlu-y M-ltK-d iii Virginia
und t'arnlina, llii' race I - i 1 1 i 1 1 t:.U,
lank, (cannt and (b i v. isi rt-iii-irkaMc.
Still more nt rising i; tl.s evidence :.f-JWdi-d
within (lie -iinj:Tativ lv narrow
liinils ff S'.vii.irl.iiid and liie Tvr.il,
vl. n-it li.:s In en found tin) i;:li.'liil;r;ts
of lini"stone regions are tin a:.iiially ta'liT
than tbose living in granite or M-hi-.t-so
di; (ii :. 11. D'.trund cimllrniM the slate
v.uu'f.f Dr. A!Im-s'V lhat by liming tbo
land.-i in the noii'-idc-m ins portions of
ill'? Aveyron the a raue I-rivJit of tho
inbahikiid ' has hei ii r.ii. ed in .some part.s
by three fn'irihs of an i.ieh. in others hy
o::e and o-i--ci- hth inches, arid in others
ly more !:-,ii ;m iu"!i and a half.
Tn the iiaie ;!!! .-i- io!is of Ireland, as
I'rilchar.l 1 nr.', : inc.- iioii-I, men of re
jpai !::ih!e .s-,:;i i re an often seen, though
liie J i-!i i -ies '. : i -d lh-ir steel; of
inhali't:ii;-. i m :i !!n-:-;im- Hirers, de
KJiiiellie Mi -:. ; !:ii::oiilv cnt( li aim d ill
the I';m raid 1 '::!id I m -l ing th- racial
dll'V; ; m e Ih !,. , r. :! tuv.-lv-s and "the
l;w, ei.-.:!v and hrn'al Saxon." I'.llt
the evid. i.ee jdvin 1 y Icnt nch y in thi.s
re:-;:! : i ; ii.;:j s n.oi !-.: ii!:hig than any
other. 1'or t re, ov-r Ihewliole lime
.stolie n':-,:'i. !; avi iv; l:ci;,ht of men
lias i:n-; .-d entil the . '..' of Ki-ntuek-ians
ha-; I .-.-a:e i . erl iial, and has
given li-e to -rahle jeliei Sllfli;
ci"at evidence. d s!.;.'; I ! a'. Miri lit v of
Some of the!:', of
the av -raue Kcntm
!:e
: ior heiiiht of
:al:.
1 1 was ji Ki ii-
! i.;n v. h r. -. a!v::i'i to walk ahnxul
it ri-.-hl in Km-:! ' : '" sh. eid fall olf
tlu I 'd-- i !: ii.
;J !y r.-(!;r. ;.i I
lieo:i. and i t! ! .
' ::i!!rki.;'i invari
. l;ve chair.-i t-,:.it
':'trw. tli. t the linio
!:a-' m 'Mr-' - ; ! ! j vi: !i t his exceptional
lit-i',':'- i. i 1 1:..-' K.e'i'cj M!;esare not
v.!u !!y I;.::; ; :n . ) : ;i t ,' the ilr--l!!'e
t:in e i hat cat i le a!-.o i -aria la in tiio
lil;U. l!.d ! Vel i : :,!. l:;:d heell
eotic -d a : :: :'! - :;! in l!ie well
I;::ou:i t ::. :!!.; .;' i ,:; i '.: :;!ar;!ic. in
xvhiv-h -al.-d el' !,-:-; was i in
i.-ea:.-ir.:!'!y i:a r. t !" in h. i; ihroK;;h
rarefal le n t i-. .at K;;i-
luckv ai d i: :::! i.iv .:;;!e.
. 1 : i f..i:
the i- '. ia:i i
y c. .eiiidi! from
!::;.:v.;'i it i. th;:t
htatnr.' i.tay ! ii i-n a-i d hy jiidicioti.sly
wlcc;ed lee I. a'.1, i
should i:i -a - i'e.-i.i ( ,
' a. iy t !iat lime
no-. iter Ik' iriven
in increasivl ciiai:'.!. .' i i i!ie iVxnl whero
growth is ! I .' !!.-. 'iir.iL.-cd. Yd hm !i
Tiieanrcs ::i- 'i; t . he c .i;cl ;:!!y guided hy
llicd-cai e.i .: ; i !: ; i r i'aesante evidence
which s.ii-.w:: il.at ; ; i -l :. !i-. ions may
4'lifoi:i'a.-.e r.! i ur::-.:i! i.t-: w; :: sliows ah:o
lhat ll.cy ii..v c-:.i : a"i: '.:::a! rov.th.;
avI -1 ' vet-;. ;:.:' tit liiitiLT. 1-T
inst::::v. it ! ':e. a :-:.;u:i that iroiiro is
rhieilv J re ai'-.-t i-i re-. U. r,:.: v.-J;ere li:j
ViV '- i v.a : jrci -hitchv.! f(rin:,.ti?n.
This is not .-7i!y iie:i:-; .i in Switzerland,
which aittmst he (ailed the native
lii:r.e v;i!t;v, l-'.it ia I'.icjjland. wlioro
fcoitro :cc,,r. ;-asrw!.cal!y ia 1 )crhy:.l:ire
only, the i :c-t ca :;:."-( v.oint 'f the
iil-'jd. l'ivr Klchard A. I'rector.
jTaurr C hu.ic ii I'rar.rr.
";"?pc-a!aio of ariu rratie sport." said a
Frcr.cIif.iUti Ti-iiin; hero, -reminds me
tornv thu' our tpor; mostly jf that
charnelfv. Such ;rc;:t r-ana r. as w e have
r.ie jilavcd r.'auily hy the titled persona
r.v.d the miliiarv. Tl:3 IcdiiiLj one I
lltini: cf i - ;'. p:ti"cr c.I:af ? t m h-.)iv Luc!:,
conducted in v. ry ltiveli the same way
that the JIaLc'Lisli ! Am; ricans play
liure and h.umds. V.'i'h Uo two of the
J -Jicst Jiitrciid l.or5cr-ic:i start from a
given joir-:V.: a set ti:ao and mark their
cour-hy icr.tteriris l-'iis cf pu, tr as they
go. They not for barriers of any
dofceriv.ien and ta'in roads. The pack
cl-o tr. l:t-rEfback purines them and
catch tl:c;" if tii'.-y can. This rrnne is
rlay3 t.c-i-i- i ;t!:'.cd by a considerable
ccncou:v.L! t? ; e; -ratorc in caiTia.j,es, v.-ho
keep up -.. i;!i tl'.o p;i.--rait as best they
can by c.rivi!-.-; r!o"i;-r the roads. It is a
p:real "c. :i ":d rail.; fertile exercise of
no lii-di iterve ;:::J vi-cr. The courses
are f.vi-.i l'.z-jv: to t-.venty !niles in
le::-tu.: 2c.v Ycri: Cr. rki'adciphia
TLziez.
IJi.ta't Ilaov.- Ilcr.
"Why Jiui:"'. yr it .r;ct x: and give her
vour Efat cr permit meteive her mine i''
rvid e. wotnan U her iuts!::md. They had
jasl Set e.i" :i car. The woman's faeecx
pre.Kl Tjvi anxiety of mind. -Why
lehouid ve eive her a seati" the luisband
cskob "Jr. t becaitie she was eo richly
ircs.d. I cnpixa-v." lie added. -Is it
jxjssi'ole that you di-.l not know brr?'' the
R jfe e:celainie l. "Of Course: 1 am not
e-jpjvyicd to Irnow every well dressed
woman wi;o comes alen.-r.'' -Oh James,
cl;j '.s i:tr ce k. and I am afraid she will
trvTve.rc ut :. .cantst us o;:r lack of
couriwy." " hy cidn't you tell me?"
the bus ; v.nd c:;e!a;::i-il. TJ;e woman did
not reply, 1 trciabilu violently, leaned
h(4vily upon Lis arm. Arkansas
Traveler.
;-tiips of Ar.in-ira.
.'Hie feliov. in;; i ; a l.tte corapui:ition of
ii,. ii -ii.-.v;.!'!! i a:: i i. iiii't me jias
,p , itin-Ainericau e.mmnes: Sau-in-
vW t'h:i;- l-'-'l-nu'.:!. 100; Ar
tronline lie. -5 i: b ru-
r.-r."- "t: iliiyss. '2'J; Niea
x,'j.. :;c:v:a !a. 11: Colombia, 7;
&ivaV:er."'.-: C-ii. K'ea. -1: Bolivia. 3;
Sa"'o U'; : '-'. '-: J 1 ".;;i:s. 1: total,
Sicur.hip-L-r.-b fhili, 23;
Arontit.e J:et .:i:'uc, ; extca, 14;
Peru. C: bruaiav, 1: Venezuela,
Ilavti. 2; Cesui Tuea. 2: Ecuador, 1;
ttiAo I' .nnn-o. 1; IkiiUunis, J; total,
ICO Chi. : ;;o News.
The ol le t k .'itfirJ -f the United States
armv is W ::'iam S-iLy 1 la.rney. lie was
lxrii irar Na.diville, Tcnn., in ISOiS, and
entered the army in llS. He was
brevc-oxl rtaj i- general on 3Iarch 13,
: ISCj.
rrofeisior Virchov. in his new work.
lQclares that cancer is curable.
SUGAR CANE IN HAWAII.
Y.lrely Srcna at the Mill -Vol- of Tr.im
ltrtlon Lalxirorn' llourcw.
The hii.tr cuiut is crown mostly tijion
the plateaus or level itrctehes of. land, for
the s;ik! of irrigation, mid covers sicre
upon acre of ojx-n country, down to the
ocean shore itself. The fields are dclined
by Mil id fenws of rou;jh stones-, at once
economical, durable, arid pit tureMjue.
After the lirst crop of rune is gathered
in, there an; two or even three volunteer
crops, known as "rattoons" ; and after
the last crop the stubble is burned and
the land allowed to rest, when it is
plowed und planted aain with cuttings
from a previous harvest, so all the various
processes are Koing on at tin; selfsame
lime. When the cane is ripe, it is cut otf
with a sharp knife about a foot from the
ground, by native, Portuguese, or C'hi
iieso laborers. The tops and leaves are
trimmed to be used as fodder for tho
cattle, nnel it is then ready for the meta
morphosis into sparkling sugar.
At tho mill itself all is animation.
Down the winding hillside come team
al ter team of ox carts, laden to over
flowing with the succulent cane stalk,
each team drawn by six sturdy oxen. lh;
dusky drivers running excitedly before
them and using, to an accompaniment of
violent language, the formidable -black-snake,"
or cowhide; whose strokes, how
ever, seem to have but small elFect upon
the speed of the patient and liewildered
hurdt n bearers. Each load is deposited
in front of the mill and the teams return
t he same way they came, so there is a con
tinual stream Iioth going and coming. On
Kome plantations the cane is transported
by 1 1 lea 1 1 s o f 1 1 u m evs e x t ei id i n g f roni t h e n i ill
to the various parts of the held. The cut
ters throw the stalks into the flume, by
the armful, und the current carries them
to the mill, when; they are strained out
by a rough pet of wooden crossbars and
on these carried on to the crusher. The
fact that the cane fields are, as Ik fore
mentioned, on the levels and irrigated
makes it possible on very many planta
tions to use this cheap and eiiective
method. It is certainly the most char
acteristic of them all and is jiossible only
in an abundantly watered land. Other
modes of transportation aro employed, as
seen in the elevated railway in the fields
ol Kealia, and the flat Units from the
liottom lands in the district of Hanalei.
Sugar making does not differ mate
rially from tho methods employed in
oilier countries. There are the various
processes cf crushing and maceration, of
li'tcring and purifying, of boiling in the
vat and the vacuum pan, of passing
through the '"double eliect" into the
coolers, and thence to tho centrifugal
machine, from which it issues the lirst
euality of brown sugar, ready to be
; hipped to the distant refineries in San
I-Yancisco.
Eac-h mill has its individual village of
laborer's houses, which are either thrown
picturesquely down upon the hillside,
like cast olf pasteboard boxes, or stand
ing in neat and regular rows. There aro
also the comfortable homes of the over
seer and sugar boiler, a store ami pest
ofiiee, and perhaps a church or school.
Bertha F. llerriek in Overland Monthly.
Tho Tax Collector In Russia.
Taxes are based upon the estimates of
tire collector 113 to what can be paid.
There were appraisements of property,
and there arc appraisements yet. The list
of nobles, however, pay only enough to
keep-up the appearance of paring. The
middle classes those who have enough
property hi farms, etc., to make them a
living when worked, mid those who gen
erally become "Nihilists on account of tho
deppotisui pay the burden. The tax
collector watches closely the property cf
the-io people, and if they reroof a house,
paint, build a new structure' or a fence,
a '-reapprciscment" is directly made,
though the man may have just paid his
taxes, and additional taxes are de
manded. They must be paid instantly.
The laws about confiscatie; pre;ery of
persons who refuse to pay taxes tire
simply awful. If the property owner
makes any fuss about the matter he is
classed as a conspirator, a conniver
against tho government, anel some fmo
clay or night he is calleel upon by ofiicers
who look like innocent citizens. He
leaves his family "to go to town." and
next he is seen in the spirit land, lie
goes to the shooting gallery or Siberia.
Moscow Cor. Xew Orleans Times-Deui-ecrat.
Mended Dolls for a Living.
The cloll doctrcss, of Leipzig, Germany,
died recently. Mrs. Emma F. Schneider
had buried her husband and only child
many j-ears ago. After her bereavement
she felt an irrepressible love for children,
which she tried to satisfy. Ilcr poor lit
tle girl hael left a few dilapidated doiL.
She proceeeled to fix them and gave them
to a few little girls, who repaid her for
her kindness by going frequently to vLdt
her. When their dolls got broken they
again applied to her to restore them,
which she did. Soon all sorts of dolls
were brought to her to be fixeel, which
occupation gradually developed into a
regular and paying business. Her little
rooms wero soon filled with dolls which
covered tho floor, the tables and chairs.
And busy among the heaps the old, stoop
ing little woman moved about and doc
tored the dolL, putting in an eye here, an
arm or foot there; making new wigs for
the bald heads and stuffing the body anel
limbs which had lost their roundness j re
storing every doll to primitive yemthiul
ness. Thus she was known to all the
cHIdrcn of Leipzig us the doll doctress.
Foreign Letter,
Milli as a Stimulant.
Milk heated to much above 100 degs.
Fahrenheit, loses for a time a degree of
its sweetness and density. No one who,
fatigued by over exertion of body and
mind, has ever experienccel the reviving
influence of a tumbler of this beverage,
heated as hot as it can be sipped, will
willingly forego a resort to it be-causo cf
its being rendereel somewhat less accept
able to ilia palate. The promptness with
which its cordial influence is felt is in
deeel surprising.: Medical l?eceid.
Private Railroad Cars.
There are t?00 private railroad cars in
the United States, representing a value
of nearlv $3,000,000. They ara worth
anywhere from $1,000 to $00,000 each,
the most luxurious, probably, being that
owne'el by George M. Pullman. New
York Evening World.
MAKING A MAN OVER.
A I'ormulator" iiv Away Some
of
t tr SiTrftn of Ilia Art.
"Formulating done here," read a sign
on One Hundred and Twenty-lif th street
over a store. A re.rter who was igno
rant of the meaning ventured in to a.k.
lie went into a, clo.-o, dark apartment on
the second lloor of the building, and as
he entered h-heard then-mark: "If they
were not as vain as w omen 1 wouldn't
be here today."' Tho speak r was a lit: !,
stubby man, with small, gray eyes, full,
red lx-ard and an unctuous, flabby face.
Scattered around him on the bench on
which he sat and alout the floor were
pieces of silk, satin and serge, bundles of
horse hair and packages of half open
cotton. The little man was busily stitch
ing a blue satin quilted article that looked
like a cushion of a baby carriage.
"Yes, 1 am what tailors term a formu
lalor," ho continued, in a thin, squeaky
voice. '"The word is judical ivc of my
trade, or rather profession. My occupa
tion is truly the latter, inasmuch as it is
an art the art of improving, cinlieUish
ing or modifying the masculine figure, as
the case demands.
"1 'adding';" Yes, some might term it
that. Didn't you know that men pail,
eh? Why. ble.-s your soul, they have
liecn doing it since the day of Joseph.
There is a trite saying among our craft
that his Voat of many Colors' was made
by a formulator.
The speaker separated a thread with a
finger nail close to the garment. Then
be held the pad toward the light, scruti
nizing it critically, seized his tape line
and Itegan measuring the garment, re
ferring constantly to a small piece of pa
per with the measurements on it.
"The man I refer to is a creature of
dissatisfaction. Nothing alxuit his own
personality or make up contents him.
lie is essentially a being of observation..
If ho has a friend who is short and fat,
while be himself is tall and thin, he
forms the idea that he, too, would like
to Ik; stumpy and adipose.
"A tailor can do little for him, but wo
can. Lilicral but discriminating padding
will make him corpulent, and if his make
up is expertly jx rfected it will give him
the appearance of being considerably
shorter than when in his normal state.
His friends will remark how well he i:i
looking, ask how- he has grown so (leshy,
and the artful tleceiver will launch into
such a dissertation of gastronomy that
the horse hair appliances in his artificial
chest will shrivel up into a double bow
kneit with surprise.
"These forms are not limited entirely
to tho trunk of the subject. The calves,
hips and knees all come in for its Ix-nelit.
You know that the knee of a man's
trousers in less than a month after they
are made beveuue "baggy." This neces
sitates any amount of running to the
tailor's and having the garment pressed,
if the wearer desires to Ih well dressed.
Although constant landing of the knee is
in part the cause; of this eyesore to men,
the construction of the memlter is the;
principal reason of such a state of things.
Ne look here," and the little man
stretched one of his fat legs straight e;;t
lx-fbre him. "Feel my knee; you see
the knee cap sits Hke a hilock over the
points. lielow it the limb swerves in.
Now how an; you going to make a fron
tier leg sit smoothly he-re without catch
ing? Can't say? Then I'll te-11 you: use
forms below and above the cap. and tin
trousers will lit hke a glove and won't
bug.
"You see the form being stitched to
the lining ef the garment makes it stilt
and prevents the cloth straining. Yin:
may have noticed that the cloth never
stretches at tho knee cap, but alve and
below it. A little dressing about the W
large calf and a little doctoring at this
member' icself is a valuable aid to the fit
of he leg casement.
'You can imagine how extensively
padding is carried e:n with professionals.
Of course, the balh-t is a whole ceiliee
tion of 'fats.' but as it is consed more
or less of the fair sex, it is not my prov
ince to comment en them in my tall:
with you. But actors tragis, comic and
melodramatic nearly all pad.
" rats' are made of a variety cf ma
terials anel worn in a variety of ways.
Chest and spinal articles are made like a
sleeveless jacket of one continuous piece
of mate-rial. There is a bole for the head
and the garment is slipped on by extend
ing the arms upwarel and perpendicularly
and letting the article fail on. Over the
muscles of the chest the garme-r.t is
padded to any extent desired. Tho small
of the back is also touched up as neces
sity dictates. The body cf the article is
of silk or chamois. The chest pads in
cold weather are always worn next to
the skin. 13y this arrangement the effec t
is natural and consistent, and it is almost
impossible, c-ven by feeling, to discover
the artificiality of the padde-r's figure.
Why, there is no limit to our possibilities.
A gotxl many of our business men wear
paeldc-d undergarments, not particularly
for the effect, but because tho clothing
fits more comfortably." New York Star.
Type 3iaile from Paper.
Type rnado from paper is the latest
novelty. A process has been patented in
England by which large type useel for :
jIacards can be made from pulp. Such
letters are at present cut on wood. Tho
pulp is reeluccel to a jiowtieivd or com
minuted state, after whiedi it is thorough! v
mixeel with a water proollr.c
t r
ud cr
material, such as a paraftlne oil er a thy
ing linse'ed pil, for instance. The mixture
is then tlried r.nel subsequent !y pulverized.
In its pulverized state it is introduced into
a, mold cf the requisite construction to
produce the desired artie-lc tyje; or
block and then subjoetoel to pressure to
consolidate it and heal to reiieler tacky er
adhesive the water prooiiug material.
Finally, the type is cooled while in nieM,
eo as to cause it to retain its shape and
solidity. Chk-ago News.
Tlio Paradise of Iollj.
Sasony and Thurmgia nre the home
and paradise of dolls. The annual pro
duction of dolls stockings alone in Sax
ony is 33.000 deizen. Thousands of shoe
nvihers find" constant employment in
making doll.-. shoes. Tho exiert of dolls
to England, France anel America is very
large, and increasing every year. New
York Tribune.
The trouble; with most people who be
lieve that charity begins at home is that
they never allow it to go outdoors for
exercise. Baltimore American.
Writer and Riu!rr.
Wb.cn the dL-covery 5 once made that,
even rpart from any merit of one's mm,
there i ; an audience 1 i". idol i:i ;:da;i e
by the energy of publishers :.n.l editor,
the sen-t; of iespi:i:-iiiii'.y leccn:cs very
great, and with it the feeling that per
haps, even if what one writes i.; i::,L very
good or impot t::::t. it may a-su ne a nr
t.i:i merit through reaching oiik; one
v. ho needs just lhat word. A clevei
woman once said I hat an orator must
speak with much more- eontidence to an
audience of live thou.-and than to one of
a hundred, because anr.ng the hundred
there; might he no one who cared for the
particular filing h" was saying, whereas
among the- larger multitude there' would
probably Ik- at least .ne. Hiks the
writ, r f-r any journal that circulates by
tin hundred thousand may fe'el th.il then
is a reader always awaiting hiia some
where', air! who knows but what he- s.iys
may fit the precise ne.-el f that one-?
Nov, to have one re ader each woe k i.--really
a great thing when v.e- consider
how mue-h some stray scrap in a news
paper, jierhups not in itself especially
wise, has occasionally hiihienceil our own
lives. Nothing e-ne-ourage-d me more- to
uneler'ake the-se pape i s than a remark ef
my frie-ml. Mr. James I'arton. who (old
mi' that thi' one; part ef hi3 literary hfe
f whose usefulness he felt absolutely
certain was the series of papers that he
contributed wee-klv during manv ve-ars
Th
New York ledger. He ran lv
heard frenn the-m again, he said it
se-e:n-d a good eleal as if the-y hael be -en
written and thrown into I he-sea yet it
was em them that heiviieel tosalisfv him
self that he bad b-..-n ,f - : ' '
perninneiit i.m- to wu.i n... , i,. i.e. jo;.
e-aiver as a writer. "T. V. II." in Har
per's JJazar.
Cate-tiinij Dairy 1'e-d 1'i.sli.
Sonic mile's beyond Kurney IV Us, from
the brow of a hiil. we; looked elown h.nn
ehvds ef feet en Crystal lake, a glassy
sheet of water mere than a mile in length,
now all ::b!a::e with sunshine. Wo fol lowed
a .-loop road that led be-low to the
meadows, green as Knglish ones thai
pin-is sing of, that skirt the; re 'eel-edged
waters to v.hcva elairy stands, its low
roe'ifs trailed across by clinging help vines.
Jus t he re; the hike leaps over stony steus
a do::en fe-et in height, nnel pours its
foaming floods into a rapid stream that
hurries on to Hate-reek. These mimic
falls span 1.10 fe-e-t, and circle" many atiny
isle of riche-st grass anel flowers. The
mistress of this dairy stands on her steps
in h-isnro mome-nls and fe eds her lishe-s
ccriis. They crowd by hune'reds open
mouthed an-! eager. She take's advantage
of their hunger and elreips a hoe-k among
the-m. She; tlraws a pri::j every timer
anel throws it inte a tank to be con
venient lor the frying pan. That merit
ing she had honked twenty.
"Anel how elo jua e-atvh them again?''
I sail, watching the pre-ity creatures dart
to and fro in their narrow prison.
"That's just what I'll shew yeni now,
as I'm geing tn let you folks take them
ail li: ::;e.'" Anel seizing a pole; with an
ire.n point e;n the end this rcle'iitk-ss wo
man sjK-are-d her fish with every dash.
iley.-c.g it out em the wet floor, where ii
wriggled and panted fen a moment, anel
when it became ouiet was carefully
sti.wcel away in a basket by Mrs. Char
ley. . The- lake hid plenty more, and the
iiii: .tress never found any trouble catch
ing aii they could possibiy use. Ninctla
E.:i!ies in Overland Monthly.
A Triiil;eso::ie Staple.
Cotton is the most troublesome, staple
e;f the world:; commerce. From the
hour of picking until the moment it
passes cut ef the' loom as a fabric it
i-n.-ci i.'ihio of a million, changes, each er.e
cf which am-."ts its value on the ma; hot.
A b; le of cotton is so sensitive to heat
and moisture that the weight varies e.-verv
minute of the day, as you will i'.i-A b
:! oxi .erirne'''it.
On this account
buyers anel se-liers are represented at tho
compresses by men who are styled
'v.vighers.' but whose duties are son?
thing more than recording weights or
checking ei;T receipts. Oa their judgment
the value f a shipment e:r consignment
can ho incivase-l or diminished by ecv
eral hundred dt liars, lie: ice factories are
careful to pl ace e-rdy their clearest head
ed n;.d mej.-t reliable men at tiie scales.
A daub of mud at one corner of a 1 ale
may justify rebates with one package,
w hile on another tho seller's rcprcier.ta
tive would not consent to any deduction:-.
Tho deleterious cdeets of exposure t i
weather can be estimate! I at a glance by
a skillful man, but, nevertheless, the rto
cess of weighing is accompanie d by nieie
frequent contention than any other part
of the business. Then you must remem
ber that if any crooked v. eik has hoc:
elone, a bale of cotton can bo traced all
the way from the mill through a hundred
hands until you finally reach the plant.-!
who sold it in the first place. Globo
Demccrat. Vc7apuk the Tad in "Ni-vr Orleans.
Tho stuely of Yolapuk is tho current
fad with Nov.- Orleans ladies. It is pc
sille that not all of them could give a
tangible reason for learning a language
that appears to be a hash up of ail
others, that has no literature and which
no jxiets, or essayists or actors use. ar.d
which apparently cllers a fciore of practi
cally useless information. It is not cer
tain that all of those students will stick
until they acquire the language, although
it is believed that a fair knowledge cf it
may be acquired in less than a half a
ilozen months, Yolapuk, hewevc-r,
makes an original fad, anel the r.tudy of
it is very good training:, that may lead to
something better, mejre pleasant end
more fruitful of good. New Orleans
Picayune.
Tho mother cf "Vapoleon.
Of Mine. 3Ierc"s economical tendencies
we have an amusing anecele to. She was
once rebuked by the emperor for not
spending her million francs a year. "I
will spend it," the replied, cautiou.-;ly,
"on e'onelition that you give me two.'"
She lived in Home for over twenty-tw.,
years, greatly repocteu by eveiyt-ody,
It L a curious fact that tho e'lnjiereii:
always spoke to her in Italian, but wroti
to her in French.' There is not an h:d;au
letter written by him to his mother ex
tant, although he frequently wrote in
that language to liis bisters. Saturday
lioview.
Charity begins at home. A voile ; locks
tho door and keeps it there.
AILX IZZZs T)B OF
CALIFORNIA CAWKFD GOODS, CHEAP.
SARATOGA CHIP POTATOES,
Pure Fruit Preserves, 15c a lb.
FRENCH. AMERICAN and MUSTARD SARDINES.
"Thorn son's Relish," Something New and Nice
X 33. Bennett
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