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About The alliance. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1889-1889 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1889)
PUBLISHED BY TMI2 AL.L.IANC1C FIB. CO. LINCOLN,- - - NEBRASKA. Laura WoLkokd, the colored freak, died at Lafayette, Ind.y Friday. The woman weighed a ferr months ago 904$ pounds and was three yards around the waist.- , The latest development of the auto matic machine is a Doctor Oureall in Holland. It is a wooden figure of a man, with compartments all over it, la beled with the names of various ail ments. If you have a pain, find its corresponding location on the figure, drop a coin into the slot, and the proper pill or powder will come out. A citizen of Elma, Cal., has just fin ished working up a fir tree which grew on his place. He received $12 for the bark, built a frame house 14x20 feet, 8 feet high, with a kitchen 8 feet wide, and 20 feet long, built a woodshed 14x 20 feet, made 330 fence rails 10 feet long, made 334 railroad ties, 500 boards 6 inches wide and 2 feet long, and 15 cords of wood ? All this from one tree and a part of the tree is left. The emigration to Argentine repub lic from all European, countries is enormous this season, siuch resembling in size and character the emigration of Europeans to the United States. Argentine is the most progressive of South American republics, its capi tal, Buenos Ayres, already having a population of 500,000. The Argentine government iays the passage of the emigrants from the point of departure to their destination in the interior of the country. A careful compilation from all known statistics places the number of the human family living today at about 1,450,000,000. In Asia there are 800, 000,0000, or an average of 120 to the sqDare mile, in Europe, 320,000,000, averaging 100 to the square mile, and in- Africa 210,000,000. In the new world, both North ?nd South America, there are about 110,000,000, relatively vthinly scattered, in the islands, large 'and small, 10,000,000. The extremes of the White anr1 black are as five to three, and the remaining 700,000,00 are intermediate, brown and tawny. Since the United State3 census of 1380 the population of Nebraska has increased from 452.402 to about 1,000, 000; and the number of its f amies from 63,387 to 141,107; number of live stock from 2424,590 to 4,647,030. and their value from$33, 440,265 to $81,099,941. 3Ets manufactories, which numbered -4,403 in 1880, with products valued at : $12,727,336, having- increased nearly three fold in number and more than Its crops of 'the three principal cereals which aggregated, m u,f b3,ui bushels, have since reached 185,902,000 bushels, and the trne value of its real and personal property has risen frovf $352,343,128 to at least $700,000,00 " jommi in Japan they are s9ldr,0lenk :many as eighty-s1 ''vibrations have "been noted in jingle day. A month ' Seldom passes without shocks in some part of the country, but they attract little attention. There are, however, authentic records of several severe and destructive earthquakes.- In 679 ad. the island of Kiu-Siu was visited by a heavy shock, which rent the earth in fissures, one of v hich is said to have been four miles loag and twenty feet wide. Kiu- Siu was the scene of the recent calamity,! and it is noticeable that the same phenomenon of the open ing of the earlh occurred in this in stance. Kiu-Siu is far less subject to frequent shocks than the main island of Niphon, butvthey seem to muke up for their infrequeacy by their severit7. It 1702 the walls of the Castle of Yedo were thrown d)wn and a great tidal wave accompanied the convulsion of the earth. It 1854 the towns of Shi TYin1a. and Osaka were destroyed and in tho following year over 14,000 dwell ings and 1,600 storehouses were pros trated in Yedo. The Suez canal is only 100 miles long and cost about $1,000,000 to build it. It is only one-twelfth the length of the Red sea, into which it conducts 4h Wpts oi the Mediterranean, .and these two bodies of water are nearly of the same level. They now flow into one another without locks, and the canal is well described as a ditcii m the desert. This ditch is about 300 feet wide at the top and 150 feet wide at the bottom, and the water within it is as quiet as a mill-pond.; It is of beautiful sea-green and the contrast of this color with the bare ellow sands which line the banks of the canal if. wnnrlerfullv beautiful. The canal is ?o narrow that ships can pass only at certain points, and the manage ment govern these passages just as the train dispatchers regulate the passage of trains upon our trunk lines. There are, from time to time, through the canal wider spaces where tho ships must turn in while others; which have the right of way, may pass them and at a distance these ships seem, to be walking, as it were, in single file Turmoil ' t.h desert. They are not allowed to go over five miles an hour, and this is largely due to the depth of the canal. Its average depth is about twenty-four feet, and many. . rtf tli shiws -which mss through are mora than twenty feet deep in .the wa ter. There is so little water under the bottoms that there ccn be no great speed. NEBRASKA NEWS. Lincoln' Great Flood. For tho firac time in six years Lin coln is a sufferer by flood. The large down pour of yesterday falling on a water-soaked soil simply rani off the surface, and the streams in the county have been transformed from sluggish rivulets into raing torrents. The en tire gait creek bottom is Tooded, the greatest depth not being over four feet. There are probably two or three hun dred families whose household goods and belongings have been aamaged by water. They are all poor families, people who can illy affor the loss. It is impossible yet to compute the loss, but it will run up pretty high. Dozens of houses are entirely surrounded by water and if the flood continues to rise many will be swept off their founda tions, Mhich at best are very insecure. It was reported that the bridge at E street had been swept away at noon. Reports from the country districts are meagre, but there is but little doubt that serious damage has been done along Stevens creek, Oak creek and other small streams. In the city many cellars have suffered from inundation and the excavations for new business blocks were brim full of the aqueous Tuesday morning. Nebraska Bee Keepers. Friend dispatch : To the Bee Keep ers of Nebraska : The state fair ia drawing near and the success or failure of our annual bee and honey exhibit is simply a question of whether we, as individuals, will take hold and aid in swelling the exhibit this year. The premium list in this department has been greatly revised and enlarged for the coming fair and is meeting the ap proval of bee keepers of the state, so far as we have been able to learn. Hmdreds of our eastern friends are arranging to visit our coming state fair. A wrong impression has long existed as to whether honey is being produced in this state or not, and it behooves us to join in exhibitiag the quality as well as quantity we are pro ducing. Id the past no favor asked for has been refused this department by the office of the state board of agri culture. All packages intended for exhibition in this department will be carefully cared for, entered in their proper class and placed on exhibition and returned to the owner if expressed prepaid to the "Bee and Honey de partment, State Fair, Lincoln, Neb."" I shall be on the grounds both day and night from the commencement of th& fair until its close, and the last article placed on exhibition is cared for, and' to those who desire to place articles on exhibition, as well as those who come to view the large number of sweeji. things we, as bee keepers, are produc ing in this state, I desire to sa that my time is yonrs. Bee keerers who visit the fair are cordially 'invited to make this department ther headquar ters during their stay' at the great show, and our aim a hall be to make their stay as pleant as possible. Entry blanks, premium lists, or any further information will be furnished promptly on, Application to me, at this Pee, or to tton. i. V k urnas, sec- retary, Brownville, Nebraska. , v ery iruiy, Ev Wbiicohb, Superintendent. Flood hn Nebraska. Chudron special : A cloud burst on Chadron creek Saturday evening, com- pleteiy submerged the- valley, the water rolling down, about tweaty feet high. Only one life was- lot a son of George Goodnough, about seven years old. He and a man named Benham were going home when the water struck themr and they immediately left the team and attempted to climb trees. Bejaham saved himself bat the boy was washed away. Three ether r en were encamped in the valley but saved them selves by swimming. Coroner Waller is now at the scene of the disaster, to gether with about one hundred men. All the bridges on Chadron creek in the vicinity of the cloud burst are a total wreck. A number of cattle and horses were lost. Much damage has been done to crops and it will be a hard blow to- the farmers. The dam on Chadron creek at the engine house oi tne water worns is washed out. The engine house was submerged but no serious damage was done to the maehineas. Men are now at work replacing the dam. Reports from the table land are to the effect that the hail was six to eight inches deep and very large. There was another elcud burst at Ueinchs, which washed the railroad track out for manv hundred yards, delaying all trains several hours. . Goodnonarh, the father of the unfor nate lad who lost his life, dreamed his bov was drowned and just wherp his pedy could be found. He started out towards the place ana met uennam comin or after him. He went and found the body just where he dreamed it was, The renir ins were buried with hail and were frozen stiff when found. All Over the State, An electric plant to cost $ i.TOUO. is what the people of Stromsburg are talking of purchasing. v The dam below the lake at Stroms Imrcr which was washed out a short time ago has been replaced. The Presbyterian ladies of Hastings rrorose to have Bev. L. Dewitt Tal- X A . ., mage deliver a lecture there sometime in September. Abraham Tompkins, ah aged and infirm preacher of Gandy county, has been adjudged insane by the board o insanity. . ' PfiTTietual serine is the rule at Fre mont. Blossoms were plucked from an apple tree in Mr. Griswold's orchard last Saturday. Nels Jargensen, a nine-year-old boy living near Minden, had the side of his head torn away by the accidental ex plosion of a shot gun, killing him in stantly. AV. II. Wisner, of 'remont, was arrested ox complaint of another 5 bar-, ber for violating the Sunday law by keeping his shop open. , The citizens of Mason City are hav ing considerable trouble over the loca tion of their cemetery. It is certainly a queer thing to quarrel over. A. C. Abbott, district court clerk of Thurston county, has resigned the office, because the law does not allow him to practice as an attorney. An old resident has discovered the -spot id Nebraska City where Attorney General Leese started to ascend the ladder of fame by selling cigars. James Clements, a Cozad butcher, was found dead in a hay mow. The cause of his death is thought to have been whisky, as he was a very hard drinker. , t O. O. Hefner arrived at his home in Nebraska City last Sunday with eighty Shire and English coach stallions. He also left twenty-three at New York. Catholic people are going to erect a church building east of Bashville, pro viding the town does not give them any encouragement to locate within its borders. The preliminary examination of the Omaha Indians for the murder of the little Benjamin boy at Pender, resulted in holding the redskins to the district court. The new mail route from Eushville to Lakeside and the intermediate postoffices will be established in the near future. The State Fair. The board of managers of , the state board of agriculture had a meeting at Lincoln Thursday afternoon. There were present Chairman Henry, Dun ham, Dinemore, Mclntyre, Barnes, Greer, Furnas, Marsh, Humphrey and Bowen. A large amount of business relating to the improvement of the grounds and special attractions' was done. Th board appropriated the sum of $200 for the improvement and enlarg ing of the fish hous. This exhibit will be larger than ever before. Four new large equariums will be added for the reception of a number of new kinds of fish. A numlher of offers of mew premioms have also Been received too late to be published ?n the pi emium list. T5e Sterling Manufacturing r company of Illinois has made an offer of a $50 feed mill for the best corn exhibited, and ! O. O. Heffner of, Nebraska CJity say Il0 Vias n. fcFinfVTrfvriniTiTn fo Va aworrlorli I iia the draft i'iorse department', Everv- A ml thing points toward the fact that thi3 ; fa i will be a far greater su ecess in ; every respect than those held in pre vfO'na years, although they were-all un- quaiihed successes. The outloek for the speed department is 100 per cent better this year" than it has ever? been before. This will be especially inter esting? to Lincolfe horsemen. Amng the numerous attractions will' Be the dismay of phonographs. There will be seTeral of them exhibited in an apartment cd their own. 3!5iis will be one of th great drawing cards? or there are raeaay who have neTer heard or seen tfci wonderful instm- menti. Gov. Furnas is- having made the finest and most uneue press souvenirs that have ever actorned the persoas of the newspaper raen at any state air. Hfcey wonS. be called "press badges'-'tthis year.. Tho souvenir coi-b sists of a small easr of corn genuine corn which is moiscated in solid gold They are made in two forms, a pin and a watih charm.. The pin is about an inch iisi length arnsJ the charm twcM. This corn .was growa aad dwarfed fov this especial purpose- by Gov. Furnas! himself. . He has not enough now for distribution-, but all genuine newspaper men can f obtain tEbea when the faiyn opens by calling a the secretary' office. ' A. Liucky Russian. Chicago i'I5.) Axkaaaacpacreiier, Angnst 3. The reports of the July 16 drawing' of then Louisiana State Lottery company show that. one-twentieth of ticket No. 42,758, whiciib drew the first capital ycriae of $300,000 In that drawrog.waa held by Abraham Wcin- ger of 401 iSouth Oanai street, Chicago. &a, Traveler reporter called at Mr. Weinger) place of resriesce ana wan informed tnax lie naa last gone toJaew xorK city, wnere? it is expected tnat ne will meet nis wife, who Ik now on i hoar way to America from ifiua- sia. From: Mr.. Wemger's friends - and' neighbors it was learned that he is a Iftu stan by birfin,. abotrt twenty-eight yeaiw of age, and that he has been in Ameri-isa. but sixteen' months, most of which time has been spent in' Chicago, where he has- f olio wed the occupation of tailor, which ts-. tb o trade -to which be was brought n p. . 3Br.- W einger received bos 9 1 5,uuo through i the express company a xew dayR arcer. the drawing, . It? learned that Mr. Weinger has been. a.4(j(Ue-at patron of the lottery,, but until uowwithout success. Mr. Teenager has-been all bis life a poor man, and it is-to be bopel that he will make good usa-ohis-suddenly oauired wealth. For Sale. One-halS interest ih one of th- beat weekly papers in the state.. Etolitics republacan. Is the official, paper of the city and county. A good! jpb. oifiice in. conioection. The owner has- other business, and will sell a half interest to a practical man, who will dievote all his time to the paper. $5W casJa is the price, and unless you. have the money and mean business, don't write. Italic: Sace, Care of Newspaper Union, Lqatcol Neb, THE MARKETS. Lxncoxk, Nkb, OATTLE--Butchers, steesa..$2 50 3 OJ Cows 2 00 3 70 3 10 3 00 65 20 80 19 1 35 25 2 CO 4 50 2 25 3 93 3 05 (33 15 Su 23 m 1 21 1 '40 33 2 50 5 CO HOGS Fat.. Stockers SHEEP..... WHEAT No. 2 spring OATS No. 2 BYE No. 2 CORN No 2 new FLAXSEED POTATOES. APPLES .per bbl... HAY Prairie, buli Omaha, Nxb. CATTLE Prime steors $3 80 4 15 GowB... 1 75 (33 25 HOGS Fair to heavy 8 95 C4 00 Mixed 3 85 4 00 Kansas Orrr, Mo. CATTLE Corn fed .13 00 4 15 Feeders 1 6C 3 00 HOGS Good to choice 4 20 4 30 Mixed . 3 90 4 15 Chicago, Ilxi. CATTLE Prime steers 4 21 4 25 stockers and feeders a HOGS Pacfcu ng ...... 4 20 SHEEP Natives 3 75 WHEAT .... COBN . (3 25 t i 30 4 80 6Ji THE HOUSEHOLD. Hints fr the Horn. A good way to clean an iron sink is to rub well with a cloth wet in kerosene oil. Cold tea is the best thing with which to clean grained wood. Never use amonia for thia work. Blankets should be soaked in a so lution of soap-suds and ammonia water, and washed afterwards in clear water, when they will come out white and clear. A physician is quoted as saying that he always has boiled onion dinner for the benefit of his children. "No worms, no scarlatina, no dip theria, where children eat plentifully of onions every day." If the flat-iron is : dirty tie up piece of yellow beeswax in a rag. and when the iron is almost but not quite hot enough to use, rub it quickly with the wax, and then with a coarse' cloth. If any thing hard gets into the ear; double a stout horse hair, phice the head on one side and drop the Joop into the ear, move it about until he catches the object and then draw it? out. ... Lime and Alkali stains may be re moxed from white goods by simply washing. In the case of colored goods and silks the goods should be moistened and citric acid, much dilu ted, applied with the finger. Starch Polish. -A piece of sterine, candle spermaceti or white wax as large as a robin's egg will give a nice gloss. A teaspoonful of salt to each pint of starch prevents it from stick ing. Lavender "Water. Put one pound of fresh lavender with one pint of wa ter into a farina boiler, cover and fifteep slowly for one hour, take from the fire, add two quarts of alcohol, filter, and bottle for use. "Vlith green peas, shell beans, green corn, asparagus, celery, and spinach, use as little1 water as possi ble, and let ffc boil away, leaving just enough moisture, and thus save all the desirable- soluble matter that may Save been draw off. Chemists sa that it takes more than twice as much sugar to sweeten preserves, sauce &c.y if put m when they begin to eook a it does to sweeten after th fruit icookeL Salt should aot be added to atmeal un til it hast boiled at least ten minutes. Pans c- water placed in fruifr and 13erry patches wilf keep1 birds- from eating the fruit. An English, raatur alSst claios that tie'reasiMibirds eat chtrries and strawberries is- because in the blaring heat tbey get dreadful ly thirsty. If the birds can, easily get at water tSey soon leave aft takuag: thetfruitv. Tb'close cracks iir.-irora stores tak? good ?rood ashes,. to which, add the same-qtmntity ofrflne- pulverised clay inix tSoroughljv together wvfcfo a lit&fcie snlt this mixture is-to b moistened fitfli waterrand applied to the-parts: The-stovefshouLaU be eeld! whenuipplieii. Coldslaw'dressing withostt cream, j -A Tia,ton)i egg, a tsaepoonful &t jsugarj-aipinehiof saltatdas& of pep fper,.asUiabc3at four tablesptnful of ivinegar.- Mrsxthem tegethess;. set m the stave,. and;let the whole eometo ja-boiH stirring constrmbly. ThenacCdj ja lumpof buttter and pourwhile-!,t ;over the sliced cabbage.. j Avgcnodi w-agr to use small pieces f soap is- to place tiiara a wftSe jmouthediquart bottle,- andi when hair full ac&iiai teaspoonrali of aenmcnia jand a . quart of war ei. waiter-. The 'mixture- is- then ready, foe- tafcimg; jgrease-out af. cloth ing, was&ihg paimt, iwindotwe,." r anything. tSati snaeds soap audi water to claauscit.. Larap chimneys shouM nerr h washed, in soap sudsor- cfear water. It a- tJtk wet with aJcohjol wa used : for this pusrpose, o. whatr i ranch joheapeiraii&d always at hand,, kero isen&'dil tlaere woiddi be- si perceptible j falling; rff in the mamifojctincre' and i sale oi larap chimaeys. It is- really . surprising how seldom; ehimaeys will breaks and what a fine-polish will be ! gieni them by caaning: ia kerosene or adeolral. RATY FOR 2OTATOES. Put a, i spooafal or mcae-ofbtitter, accord ing to the quaaibity oi potatoes you luTe, into a frving-pan and set over t&e fire until forowa, being careful, mot to scorch ib. Mix spoonful of flour in a cup of thin eream, or milk. if one has not cream; iour into the. browned buttery boil up, season withi pepper and a, little salt if necessary,. and turn oxer the boiled potatoes This is a "very moo way to, ser.v.O' bmall potatoes. Patty Crusts. Roll out thed&ugk to a thickness of a quarter of an inch in square-shapes; cut out the pattaes with te- cake-cutter, place them en acakftpan, which musti not be too thinfc and must be wetted with water. Take one egg well whipped anS a few drops of milk. With a brush color the- tops without touching thesides;then with a smaller cutter mark the patties, but not too deeply in the ceister, and put in an oven ho enough to roast a chicken. When cooked take out the centers with, a knife and use them as covers. To Clean the Pots. The natural color of iron is gray, and a little care will keep iron vessels this color. If they are black it is because they are dirty. It is a good plan, occa sionally, if youmust use ironware in stead of lighter vessels, to plunge such articles as baking-pans.spiders, griddles, &c, in water, with one tablespoonful of soda to each gallon of water, cover close, and cook them for two hours. Then remove one at a time and wash each piece before it dries. You will be amazed a.t the changed condition of your wares tl first time you do it, unless you are one among" 50,000 of our house keepers Any thing knit or crocheted of white wowted may be washed more easily in dry flour than in soap and water; and from the flour bath itwill come out as fine, new and fleecy ns when it was first Tnn.de. while- if washed m soap and water it will look decidedly "stringy." So if you are the possess' sor of anv soiled white worsteu sift some flour, into which plunge the article, where you may rb..a" squeeze, if you will not wring it, your heart's content. TNhen sup posed to be clean, shake oat .all the flour yon can and, hang it out of doors in a gentle breeze for an hour or so. Ifthework has been properly performed, you will find it as beauti ful as when new. - . ' The Weight ef Guilt, Did you ever study the face of a man who feels that he has innocent blood on his hands? asks the Indian apolis News. If you had attended the last meeting of the- league of ex drinkers who are trying to live up to the-Murphy pledge such a-man would have- attracted your attention. "I never lie down at night," he said1,, without offering up aprayerfor the soul of a young man I led astray. Sometimes I can't sleep and'I feel the weight of many sins. But' L believe I am honest now. The Lord' knows- I have been chastised enough?r I have been a- fugitive, a thief, a convict, a penitent sinner. When I came out of prison in a neighboring state not long ago I resolved to begin - my ca reer anew. I am working now at anything I can find to do, and if my resolution is worth any thing rPshall be an industrious, sober, honest man." "But tlie boy you led astray tell something of that." "You mil know him when I' men tion his name. He has gone down into a mirrderer's grave.. He and I were inmates of the Plaiufield reform school together would that we had tried to be-content in that pleasant place! Hewas younger than I, and ready to 'do anything I proposed. That was; nine or ten years ago. One evening when the boys were playing ball I laid a plot to escape. I told him ay plans, and the young boy readily joined in them. We Were to knock a -ball into the field, and run after ffc. Instead of returning, we were to'go1 straight ahead, over the fences bud out into the world. We did so.t The officers recaptured all but myself and the boy whom I had taken; under my particular charge. The boy would have been captured it I had not interfered. Only one officer reached us, and two ot us were able to foil him. "The boy whom I had led away from the school had been a clean, sprightly fellbwr not bad, but full of life. The bsdl start I gave him led to worse thingsv He took to drinking, then to steadings and finally he mur de-red a maia-"" "Not longiags he- wrr lhanjred at Jefferson villai. It was Maty Warner. His name iaxa synonym throughout the state for-all that is erimmal and murderous. Tb Me he wws compara tiveb innocent, fear I feel ihsait I am : the guilty one;" A StoiJjyof Paillips- Brooks The folloY?sngrs4ory is!d of Rev. Phillips Brooksc Last winter he noticed thsea-yotms mem who came to hear himquite- regulanlyr and as they lookedillke working-men ho was even mor& inittHrasted than usual. He t ook pa ins. t& find coa"trwhr they were, an(i.mutlewKa opportunity . to speak with thm. He- ascertained where th5 Hived and wlktt they did, he went tMie day to crJl cr them. Heclimbedi several pair of stairs and knoeJiad- at the doir All three of the young' jaen were-iiav and they taking their eorcifort ia their shirt sleeves. Naturally they were a trifle embarrassedi at being- awiarprised , by this miintKa'Wh.om thy looked, up with somuci) respect- Mr. Brooks shook' handball aroxnd and then saidj.T-pith.biit cheerful smile: "Well, bovs.,. ifc's a little warm here. I thinkif yoe will let me-1 will take off my ceafc,."' and he didi and sat dowa( and.adM call in Ms. shirt sleeves.. It is-need-lpss to say that those. boys will inever need any better influence' in; tit- ISTes than Phillips Brook will keep there, for it is remarkahta h;owvmaiay men heeaut carry, in bis irt.di ace keep safcr ia his influences. j A BifiBculty Atont Witnesses. "Mrl Smith," said the electric light jrjianager to his foreman, "we. want 's&xii& men to testify to the . absolute armlessnes3 of the electric light eur iuent as used by.-us. You migjji send pRoberJts " I Foreman hle was killed isdiile fix ing a wire last night, sir." "Well, Jackson will do then." "He accidentally grounded a wrong wire last wek, and; ia scarcely expected tpilive, sir." "Such awkwardness?.' Send Wil liams." "Sorry sir, but he was- paralyzed while fixing an electric- lamp on Thursday." "Bea2Ly. It's most annoying. Em ploy seme new men all once and senifc them, to testify to th committee be fore-they have time to get themselves kilhsJ." New York Herald. A Bass Slap a Man's Face.. Since a salmoa trout leaped from Conesus lake and seized by the nose a boy who was riding in a bo? j; some years ago, no better fish stoy has been told in this vicinity than actu ally took place last night on the river above Black creek. John Harris, his son, and School Commissioner Moody were coming down in a canoe when a black bass leaped from the water and struck the commissioner over the eye with sufficient force to raise a lump on his forehead. The fish tumbled into the boat, was captured, tf ied, and convicted of an aggravated as sault. This morning he was fried and eaten, Rochester Post-Express. 1 Franca tfcey have applied electricity i flic playia of orsrar. - fi tf i-ures you t bur la ; Moraox converts ar? tmre plenttful' than' for five yoaf Pa8ti' uuv wrauie-viio uus iness -in Utah i played out forever. About 5,000 people have pfceeived railroad passes to leave Johnstown. S&me of them have been sent as far as New'Alexico. The Greeks combined the cfonco" with their dramas; pantomimic daocss were in troduced upon-the Roman stagC-iB. C. A medal illustrative of the 700th aiiniver dswy of the mayoralty of the city e London isto-be struck-in celebration of theeveut." The parasols carried in the United States cost $14,000,000 annually: Think how many cigar that money- would buy for the men. It cost $1,932,346 to maintain the - fire de partment of- New York- city last yelr. There weiw 3,217 fires and the losses wero $5,433,922. A Boston' man -brags that he has lived- on thirteen centsper day, but that isn't so ex traordinary. They keep 'cm at Sinj Sing for less than -ten. There are only tfcree "men in this country who can make a circus pay, and it is a wiso and beneficent move on the part- of Provi dence that-this is so. Seven large whales were ' seen off the en trance to San Francisco Bay last week, but owing to the high price of real estate, nono of tliem ventured ii.! Tho girls at Vassar College tiro trying to- figure out what wouSd happen if an eighty- foot whale : should' rtan full speed into- au iceberg as big as a mountain. The failure of - little Annie Davis,, of Mansfield, O., to take-a prize in school for the best composition so worried her. that she committed suicide by drowning. A Baltimore woman ' dreamed of findiirgr a pot of gold in the cellar, and next day-sho went down and nosed around 'and found a Jug of rum which her .d man was keeping. hy. A hor3o lying down oa a railroad tracfcJ as a more dangerous obstruction than half a dozen cows, whiio the engineer isn't a bit worried- over u dozen-hogs or a score of sheen On a dead 'pull, being put In harness, ono of BoanTum's elephants lately drew a load weighing over four tons. If a coal dealer bad him he could bo made, to draw six tons of coal. The railroads of ln3ia have almost dona away with caste. All sorts of religions now have to mix up, and it hasa't hurt 'em a bit. Ora the contrary, fanaticism is fast disap pearing. Within the past year over-5,003 Russians liabie to military service haw been forcibly prevented from leaving thsX country for the Unid States. The Czar knows when ho has-. a. good thing.. They are going to malro- another effort this summer to find that British treasure ship s-unk oft Long Branch in 1815. Tho reaaoo they did't find it la&V.year was be cause i wasn't there. Oli Jobn Cole, a stiny ol'i 'larmer near Buriingtoti, VL, drew up valuable papers and tosad ink of his own mauuf acture to save-axpense. It faded awayin a few days and he is about 7,000 out. The; thimble is claimed ivfcfciO Dutch as an ifcvention of - their country, but It is known. that it was in use among the silk embroiderers oi Chiua hundjreds of years be f era- it was used elsewhere- MaseashxLsetts '- now has ai state law aga'.a&t dipping horse3 or reducing tho length, ot his tail until he cuot.ru longer use it aS'Otfly brush, but horse owae.ru will get somteother hobby just as fc-oiish, A rjuisoner in a Kentuckj'.- jail attempted to commit suicide by eatliir two dozen blotting pad w.th a fire insurance adver tisement printed thereon, but the doctors savedihis. Life at- a cost of fivse cents. T2e first maps of Africai published gave that oontinent seventeen rhna where not one singi stream existedi C?eoeraphers proibibiy reasoned that thentutives required a groat, deal of water to keep clean. Atu eminent English surgpom says that a kisa-onithe- lipe ought to be leikfor at least twenty minuits afterwards, aajxi that. klss--i ing produces, a sensation 7hich the system J reQuires-tokeep it in a hcaltihy state. A.Maxsdcster, England, paper says that: thaSaLvatioo.ists have cctA'erted over 20,-- v' u : 4-v- ... . l i a 1 wa yxsv&uuo. in tuab viijb,, iiiu .yet it doubted if they have neolly aided tea erumest, lonest Christiauftothe ranks," There woo"t bo much change in the eld! flag when, the additional four stars arab aHifid aad, this is a xjise- thing. A good skara erf" the American Reojpii especially on. btlidaysy can hardly mak& cut the emblem now. A Cloxieston druggitjfcairtTertised that tho OBllkof aicocoanut would re-movo freckles, and 4,30 of the nuts vaere sold at retell In tTwo-days to women frksv. He got a .com mission on all sales Ttaa freckles-. still, abides Arestaarant madaays-: "As long c-we kee frogs in a dark place their colcc.is. a dark brown. But. when we bridge thoai into the sunlight the- coior soon begins to change, until finally it become a, light greea." An Alabama iVfomaa heard a g'ost jn th bonso. Her hvi$bajavi heard nothing but rats. She stuckto. the ghost an4 he to. rats and they begrijuatsuit for divorce the.- mext day on the , gywuoid of lncoajpatabillty ot temper. An Ameri-taa was arrestefi . on , tb. Aus trian fronU&r for having in 4his luggag un mistakable dynamite boms. On. further investigatUi.they proved ta.bo.coeoanuts, something tiatthe Austrian authorities had never seHu . AccorjJi&a to Prof. Thitrson t-Jse engina of the ittujre is that wrich ultimately can be maie to work up at once to high tempera ture ond.to high pressures, andean be'made at the same time to de-elope it powers in the smallest and lightest engine. Thcbamboo tree decs not, blossom until it attains iti thirtieth year,, when it pro dlices seed profusol3-v.and.thea dies. , It is pidi that a famine Tiraa. prevented in India in lS12 by the suddon: flowering of the bam- boo.trees, where 50,OC0. icople resorted t the Jungles togatl-r. the seed for food. The modern na-ees of sizes of books are derived from thes 1 oldinf t& paper. Whea tho sheet is not &Uled it is called a folio,, and this size was-very 'fash ion able through out the sixteeniand seventeenth centuries The folio sheet doubled becomes a qwirto.; another double- constitutes tho octavo, of eight leaves or sixteen pages. There is ia existence a curious lass oi knives of tho. sixteenth century, the- blades of which have on each side the musical notes to th benediction of tho table, or grace before meat, and on the other side the grace, after meat. The set of theso knives usually consisted of four. They were kept in an upright case of stamped leather, and were placed before the singer. A simple stove for warming rooms by means of solar heat has been contrived by Prof. E. S. Morse. It consists of a shallow box, having a bottom of corrugated iron and a glass top. This device is placed outside the building, where tho sun can shine di--rectly into it. The rays pass through tho gla,ss, and are absorbed by the metal, heat, ing it to a high temperature nd warming the air of the box. The air, which on sunny days rises to 90 F., is conveyed iato tiii room to be heated, in "fefTtfnfcous AwcssTttcnf j "from the Chicago- IU- raid. ' the manage of tJw Clu'cngo Branch of a aotet New Yatk jobbing: hcaee returned ta the city from ar Eastern- trip si Wesk or go ago to find thaff in his absence' the' assessor had leen abound arid valued the stock at $50,000. In despair he sent lo th assessor. "See Iwsrey my friend," said tHe nrbariediJygotdsmaii; "you: have out? assessment altogether" $00 high this year; why 111 sell you all we have" in the building for 'a' tent! of that sum,' ..The asseseoi took a good' looli aroiind the place, sized up the bun dies of siiawls stockings, initgoothjj and Other articles which were piled 1 ilp on the different floors, raid shook his head "Those shawls there, for iilstance," eaidi- the official,, "what are they Worth? "I'll sell ydu any one in the house; at our wholesalorate at $0adozen." The assessor' stepped around to a pile and selected three dozen," he answered heroically. But the official Was satisfied and ttoey moved on. In 'this manner thetwowent throui the entire store, audi by the time the- assessor had bought enough sup plies for his own fmnilyv his mother a4 and his wife's sister'sr tfce dry-goods man had convinced lrihn that the es timate was too higWi But it was a dose call,' and the manager intends to remain home next' season -when' the annual round-up occurs. Tomb of B, C. 1000. While some repairs werelately being made under a house belonging to bar- on -di Donato, which is situated in tin northern quarter of the city; toward the slope of the hill of Capo di Mbnte, where already many ancient cata combs have been found, a doorway (over which there is a marble relief oftheheadof Medusa) was discov ered leading into a subterranean ehamber. Along the center of this chamber runs a mosaic pavement, and on each sidethere is a double row f sepulchres hewn in tho rock, the fronts of which are Btuccoed and pain ted and decorated with terra cotta and marble reliefs. Within th tombs were perfect skeletons, vases-,, and other objects, the antique lamps be ing in such good condition that yes terday, April 18, when this new find was inspected by a party of German arehflpologists.the workmen madeuse of them to light up the vaultsv The many well-preserved inacriptio-ns are chiefly in Greek, with some in .Latin, and prove that the epoch of- the.se tsmbs was about 1000 B. C. Other tombs in a second chamber havo not y.stJ been excavated. It is probable that this subterranean dwelling of the dead may extend some distance and' prove to be a portion of a lare -acropolis. Naples Dispatch tr the London Daily News. . . ' m The National Bank Sotes- ron tn Chicago Journal. The-National banks are th main dependence- of the country as- mwli- ume of money exchanges, ntnl they ought to be largely banks cf iue, av9 expected when the system was -adopted!. The present mixetl cur rency oi the country v is the bout that it ewbd, and probably tie best that eould lie devised. The basis ofk the currency is specie gold "and sil ver: Th? Government no&s, tho legal termers, or greenbacks,, are as goo! as-gold. National banknotes, are redeemable in legal-tender notes, makiiagrtbem also as good as gold. The&ilTer notes, consisting ol (lov erument certificates of deport in lieu : of actual silver, are good in.-sll tran- sa'oos of moderate magnitude, and , great as to effect tho.valuff of silver- dollars' or minor silver cosa. it -is, probaWe that the par valu silver and; silver notes in trade, is sustained, t a. iv i-., 4. 4.1. 4.1, : . UJR IrUKS" lilll IllJlt lllWr'tUlWUtJ 13 variecrated and that; bv? the use of gold legal tenders und national bank . aotes silver will never become the sole-or a principal i reliance of. tlvfl. "ecHiiitry for money.- iiirls and Itussct: Shoos, , In the matter -of. tho rus.-et -sho cr sisters this sum mw are togo far beyond the- men, says the Now- York Mail andi exreess. As. one walks along tliio fashionable streets he is not rewarded; it is true, by the bight ot veryinany. af them from bo neath dainty -skirttK. But they. will, be worn, nnd:very ranch, forthehoe jnen who hava-kn&it before fair fashr ionables testify. tliat a great. number Iiave been; boujit. Tho city may may not sea-so saany ot tbom, but the beaches, and the country roa.1 and the vlllago streets wilL Tho rus set leather thiisg for the women to put upon,their feet is in the sliaic of an oxford. tie. You may wear a bigh hoo-if you like, but the- girl that idoes is-goingto be just a,bi& uifter jent from otWr girls, mil. if you do wear- a. lowshoe on no account must it button.. These ar the cardinal principles of russet footgear. Tho woman with the large-foot bow sad ly lays ito a stock of black ixts, for slie is just as much debarred from tho russetr ties as fronii pink slippers. But tb girl of the littl feot is in all her glory. Oh, Pshaw Sliaw Shah, Oar whistling countrywoman, i!rs. Aliee Shaw, hasit is rumored, quit captivated his most illustrous and resplendent majestj, the Shall of rfersia. wnetnericis ner iuu wen rounded figure, or her thin, exacer bating sibillation that has taken tho imperial fancy report says aot; but as "fat, fair and forty" is tho Orieu--.tal ideal of womanly beauty, I ima gine that the fair dame's we'll dovelop ed charms have most to do with her "conquest of "Iran." A French man ufacturer of "mots" has dubbed Mr;. :Sliaw "Madame la Grando Cyrus" be cause she conquered Persia. Since her divorce the lady is eligible for pro motion, and the potentate's heart, liko his jewel treasury, is capacious. ;W'ho knows but that Persia may ;have an American Sultana. Women have sung and danced their way to Oriental thrones erenow why should not one whistle herself to that lolty eminence, New York Truth.