TOPICS OF THE TIM IX
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
EST ING ITEr.1.5.
Camoimla nd t rillrl.nn l i1 t pon 11m-Heinlui.-
of tUa ln.ioit. l
Wn.4T("hir.ii.' rP ,!! , f,.w,,r
u .-n.K'il t:iie. ai.l more ti-.i--fi JfcJ
Criminals.
I-'IlOPE I-IAM., Ijflittetitlaijf Is
run at a l'-of f.it. (;,. Why d'-n't
they order a In. k ut and dml down?
' .Miot i.i. hristia-is go to the
theater:'" i a screaming headline in
a Now York j-aj.iT Yes, somctim.'S,
i they wiii r.- ram fru:u wearing un
christian honieds.
Tttv the cCc t of good w 11 ;ind
hope umii the man wno has viraj.t
himself ii t he covering of a reckless
and sullen d-sj) lir, an I you will see
M-riMed the o! I apologue of the sun,
the wind and the traveler.
I vdki'kmikvt Is he who h:is no
wants which he cannot gratify with
out the leat rhk of being overtaken
by debt or terujitea U dish .nor; a
loan ten times richer, but with
twenty t ui.-.s more
reality twice as oor.
wants, is in
Tiik woman su .rage petitions
New York capturel the men
In
by
wholesale. It remains to be Keen,
however, whether the signers w,ll
vote as they petition. Many a beard
ed voter will alix his name to a
pajior when (resented by a diarming
woman and then, when he finds him-
seir In tne julvaey of an Australian
booth, will "vote her clown."
Aboi:t .'UO Hungarians and fifty
Italians have left Ilradd oek, I 'a., for
their tiatlve land. They carried all
sorts of traj.s in their bundles, and
the steamship agent says that they
had from i'.'.ini to J,ouo eaeh in thel:
pockets. The coal strike had driven
them away, and as they will be
wealthy at home, we shall not worry
if they conclude to stay there and en
Joy their otium cum dig.
Tiik hocrs in South Africa are
about to in lltuto an order of kn giit
bood to he faded HeOrdo Van nr
dicnste. They are jirobabiy moved
to it by jealousy of the numerous
members of the titled ar sto racy of
Great Britain, who, having b ft j
"'oine" for their country's good, are
now seeking fortunes In the virgin
fields of the ( a; e Colony, Matai.ele
land, and Mashonaiand.
1 1 is said that engravers In Ger
many harden their too 8 In sealing j
wax. The tool Is heated to white-1
r:ess and jdunged Into the wax with- !
drawn after an instant, and plunged !
iL again, the jtoccss being rej.eated j
until the steel Is too cold to enter the !
wax. The steel Is said to become
after this pro ess almost as hard as
the diamond, and wh. n touched with
a little oil of turpentine the tools arc
excellent for engraving and also for
piercing the hardest nietaL
Ckutaiv progressive ladies of En
gland have discovered that they have
the same right to organize themselves
Into military companies that the men
enjoy and have forthw th proceeded
to enlist a battalion of fair volun
teers. The actual service of the
amazonlan regiment will dou) tlesi
1 confined to dress parade, and
though Its members mav never bo
called upon to face powder It la as
sured in advance that not a soldier
will ever lllnch when confronted with
a necessity to powder the face.
The attempt of the Hungarian
Ministry to force the pa-sage of tho
Civil Marriage bill has been defeated.
The hill was a flagrant attack uiion
ecclesiastical marriages. I'ndor Its
operation no marriage performed by
priest or clergyman, ot any denomin
ation, could bo recognized as lawful,
unless it was supplemented by a civil
(ervlce. The measure was so strongly
urged by the Government that Its j
passage was regarded as reasonably
sure when It was llrst presented. It
was defeated In the L'pjier House by
a small majority.
Tup. east Is really waking up Tho
railroad from Jerusalem fo Jaila Is to
be extonded to N'ahlus and Gaza, and
there is a project on foot for the
establishment of a lino of steamers
on the Head Sea. The intention Is
to bring the rich jiroduce of Moab
'across the sea In a few hours Instead
of carrying it, as now, around tho
North and South end of the sea by
caiavan, a trip of four or live days
duration. The next we hear will
prohably be news of an uprising on
the part of tho camel drivers against
the nnovatlon, which Is to taite tho
tread and dates out of their mouths.
AN Italian deputy, who is not
enamoured of Kurort's system of
armed pcacfl, recently gave In a
speech somo striking statlstl s alout
tho blood tai In cadi country. Ho
bow that, while lt does not appear
cruiblng when estimated per head
r arinutii.lt really Is so, 1 eeaiise
such a large projortion of U falls uy
od the ry ji"or, and upon tl.'oe who
are hindered by the exig ndes of
military and naval service from j.ro
ducing wealth. An Italian fam ly.
for instance, the hea l of which jx-r-hip
earn l ardy 20 cent-, jst day,
and that not all the year round, Is
ground to the very dust by the an
nual war tax of for cadi o' its
immers. How lo-iff Kuroj can or
w.U - tir.d this ;niKjs'tion is a mys
tery. J :ut it io ,.ks as if the end were
not farol.
T ir i ha that a disease artificially
couimuu, rated while the patient was
in good health lost much of its
vim enee wa- not a new one lnocu
lat on with genuine ui tiijii) matUT
was quite common ii::ong the better
classes in F..glauJ before .lenner's
time,, the matter being obtained
orilnally from mild cases, and atter
ward from tho.-e inoculated. The
originality of tenner s idea consisted
in the .roiosii.on t'ua" row pox was
really smallpox in the cow, and that,
wh n communicated to the human
system, it acted as a prve.tive of
the more serious disease. Although
Jenner experienced a (treat deal of
oj.jositiou, his theory real.y made its
way with gr at rapidity. He was
first ahie to m ,ke the exj.erlmeut of
vaccination in 17!'i. and compulsory
vaccination was enacted In some
Kuropean countr.es as early as 1813.
A woman In one of the In!and
cities of New York State, who has
been sued by a lawyer for UO for
jirofcssional services in recovering a
sealskin c at. put in a counter claim
for advi.-e and assistance In enab lug
the lawyer to 11 nd a suitable spouse.
II this claim can be sustained, the
energetic dame has met the disciple
of Black- tone on his own heath, and
gives him a Uoland for hs Oliver.
No one better than he should be
able to a: predate the value of good
counsel. That the counsel was ef
fective in this case wouid appear to
if! proven bv the fact that the law
yer Is a recent recruit to the army
of Ben. -diets. The woman declares
that inasmuch as she "devoted much
time and attention to the subject,"
she believes her ervire- ''reasonably
worth :M." i n the score that lie
or she '-who lludeth a good wife
llndeth a good thing," there, can be
no doubt of this If all tnut she alleges
1 true It might even be conceded 1
that her ratc-i are ridiculously low.
Nkw Wk rmsss: If the reports
which c-ittio lrom the Wyoming !
region of Pennsylvania be true the !
Wyoming ma sacre of history has a I
,...,, t ,, , ,, ,
rival .11 recent times hardly ess
'
atrocious and a.arming In man) ;
features. The statement is made i
that during the
ast year over -'no
assassinations have occurred in that
section, while only seven o'tbe mur
derers have been arrested. Within
the last,
three months thirty-live
mysterious murders have been re-
jiorted
Not only has there been a 1
wholesale taking of human life, but
projicriy to the value of millions of
dollars has been destroyed H the
rejiorts are correct such a condition
of a II airs Is astounding. These crimes
are said have been committed by
members of an oath-bound organiza
tion made up of ignorant and law
less men, who l:y io terrorism and
bloodshed to wreak
vengeance for
fanciol wrongs. The State of l'enn-
B)ii,uii,iuMiii w our i.i r jame w. mem. Also, mat tne jiumpkin Is a
bring the lawbreakers to justice and plant that needs a great deal ofmois
to crush this latst outbreak of Moll? ! turc- which- in a" ori1 "'l,y reason, it
Maguirelsm.
Iris said that a process has been
invented for extracting nitrogen from!
the atmosphere so economically thai
sulphate of ammonia can be sold at
$22 per ton for fcrtili.lng purj oscs,
which Is only about one-rjuartcr of
its present price. The cheapening It
rendered possible by the fact that a
good quality of illumln ting gas is
given oh" as a by jroduct of tho pro
cess. The gases and vajiors of a
hydro carbon, as coal or petroleum,
are Introduced Into a retort having a
temperature of t', ''00 degrees. In
this the carton and tho hydrogen
se arato. Air Is Introduced, and
Iltno Is sifted thiough tho retort.
The hyd ogen passes off, and Is col
lected and carbureted tor Illumina
tion. The carbon, nitrogen and
alkali form a cyanide, which may
bo decomposed by bteam, and sul
phate of ammonia Is obtained. II
this material can bo offered as
i bcaply as stated, itshould be In ctior-1
nious demand, and may result in a !
great increaso in what Is known ai
Intensive farming in tho neighbor
hoods of the cities.
Whkn a man takes a cigar out ol
another man's pocket, and the man
who loses the cigar is not mad, it Is
a sign that It Is a five center.
No onk seems to have as hard a
time earning money as the womam
who marries for It
Wk hear occasionally the expression
"milk white." All the milk we see
Is light bluo
;OUJiKUIULKEAI)EKS.
SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL
INTEREST THEM.
I'nlDta on C oro ( ulf Ivatlon-Th l-annr
of the J' liiij.k in lol'trnllilig Ihr t'l.liirU
Bu(-A.Hniacr. of Tlirci-rOirw Team
Agricultural Ni.t..
t'uru Tlk.
I'.y common consent corn seems to
have het-n ((hen the r ght of way to
the -od lands. There is only one
til .'Terence o ojiinion shall this sod
be fall or spr lit; turned? The best
answer (iiveu was. it dejmnds. t oru
Is a ktoss veije table mold feeder, and
the best (rrow i h of corn is attained
in t he most a tive decamiKsitiou ot
this sod. If tall jilcwlritf decomposes
tills sod betore planting, the act ve
j.r rjcijile of corn jjlaritinir is lost, and
the increase of soil temperature with
it- it was shown that com must I
K'ivcn, as closely as jjos-dble, a cou
d tion of tropical growth, and the
de oni; o-.in of a sod Increases this
soil-heat se eral decrees and st lien
eHts the coin. Nid-plowinn where
the furrows remain frozen through
the winter is all right: otherwise
cp; ing-turned soil was liest.
How deep to plow. Since the ex
jicriment stations have sbown that
o i average soil the corn roots com
pletely fill the ground three ana of
ten more feet below the surface,
matter of an Inch or two In the
the
fur-
row's depth is inconsequential, and
more it now seems that very shallow
culture, keeping a tine earth mulch
on the surface, conserves the mois
ture as well or better than a verv
deep plowing. The 4 or o,-inch
furrow seems to have the favor of a
great ma.orlty of those who p actlee
what is known as shallow jilowing,
on Its side. Another feature seems
rap dly growing In favor that of
making the soil very line and some
what compact before planting, and
not, disturbing more than the imme
diate toj)-soll In after-cultivation,
thus allowing the corn roots undis
puted possession of the ground after
they have Is-gun to send out their
branches, which is very soon after
sprouting.
t orn cultivation is simply weed
killing often including the corn as
well and the repeated exjjerimerits
ut the Oho sUUon and elsew, ere
that, other conditions being e ual,
coin withou'-any culture g ive best
results both in stalk and grain, and
that mulching with st.nw in the
rows was j refcr.iiiie to any p an of cul
tivation, h.ive set men to wond-riii
it It Is tiol a fact that all corn needs is
to keeji the tveed growth down, and
this Is best done at the germinating
stige of the weed, not alter it has
taken root. To this end, corn is bc-
"rilled in more each year, and a
greater number of stalks planted i.er
acre. If weeds can be killed at' thel
germinating stage, then corn,
an a plant, need no culture
beyond ke -jilug the soil clear
weeds and a surface mulch,
lh"re is m vulid reasorl wy it
should bo rowed out Uth ways,
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doubling the labor of culture and
gettln( D0 reLurn for lt. Ohio
f urmer.
Ojfiwtiis; l'utupklim.
Tho decadence of the piinijikln In
ti e land of pumpkin pies is rather
remarkable. Not very many years
a" H a8 a C""1"11 sitH to sc the
; U'lll UI1U IMJiaiU liUlUn lUVUHU Willi
,if Vi'llnw tii ft: 1 ilf I no In 1 Vut tt
x()W lt u uncommon and ul most, un
known. Is this a mistake of farm-
eis? It may be. Fashions in all j
trnngs cnangn, and tanner, as well i
as other folks change with them,
without always having a good reason,
perliajis. Some argue that pumpkins j
should not be grown with other crops !
because no land hhould be expected i
to supnort two crojis at the same j
time. It Is also claimed that they '
I should not ho l.tilTiteil wif.h ei.rri t.i. i
,,,. ,,,, ', ..... ...... ' , ;
i !.,.", of the com in.etn it. V,m
must either steal from the com or be
deprived of Hut old farmers used
to Insist that they got lust as much
corn when thev raised tons of rnimn-
kins with it as when the corn i;rew
alone. If It Is the best way to grow
punijikins by themselves, and j. rob
ably it Is, there Is uothlng to jiro
vent. Tho great improvement in
winter squashes Is, no doubt, one
great reason why tho pumpkin bus
lost much of Its former jiopular.ty for
cooking pumpkins, i'.ut ii the cattle
ana pigs could have their say they
would vote for tho great oltl-timo
pumpkins that can be raisod in such
abuudance even if they are not quite
so sweet and line-grained as their
modern rivals. They come at the
time when pastures and other crops
fail, and will help to koeji up tho
How of milk at a t me when it Is ant
to fall oir. They may bo kept, If the
I am floor is slightly covered with
bay, and fed until midwinter. Some
farmers don't like pumpkins In Mio
cornfield because the vines grow
rapidly across tho rows and make the
later cultivation of the croj.s some
what dlillcult Ho.tor give them a
Held to run riot In exclusively, A
light, sandy soil will do, If liberally
fertill ed. It will give farmers
pleasure to seo them cover the ground
and defy tho weeds. Hartford
Times. .
Controlling Mia Chinch Dai;..
The chinch bug has been the means
of destroy. ug mill uns or dollars In
crops of corn and wheat, and serious
as this lass has boon, it was made
still groater by the fact that where
ever oue of those cro was prown it
necessarily procludod the other. The
croo of wheat furnished early feud
for tho first set of bugs which pro
pagated, and worn then ready to fall
upon the corn. Or If corn was grown
oo vear It left broor' of ch.nch
j- ,:-;
In the faiL ready to
and destroy the wl.eat
crop the following spring. The tale
KxpcTiuicutal Motions of Nebraska
and Kansas now provide U'tterways
of keej.ing the chinch bug in check.
This is by projiagating a diea-
among them. There are three sep
arate and distinct diseases, but the
one mo t fatal is a fungous mould
which attacks the buys, and in a
weed's time converts them into a
white, cottony substance; The more
numerous the chinch the better does
this r ruedy work. It is n it likely
that hay, wheat, and corn crojis will
ever again su er lrom this enemy as
they have done After it is once well
disseminated, some of the di.-e.isi;
germs wnl I e likely to live through
the winter in each localitv.aud check
the increase of the chinch bug lrom
the beg i mi iijj.
Manure In tlie (irtiun 1.
If there were more 'orethought as
to what the result wo.jid be there
would I less drawing of manure
late in spring and immeoiaU'ly turn
ing it under a deeii tur ow. 'The
loauure is drawn and spread whiie
the sunshine an I sp ing winds dry it
tnoioughly before i eing j lowed. In
ttie (Teat majority of Instances
manure thus j.lowed under dry in
.May never g ts thoroughly wet until
fall rains come. It takes a good rain
fall to wet down to saturation six
iuces of cultivated soil. If below
this mere is a ma-s of drv. coarse
manure, what chance does it have of
: LecuminiT moistened'-' ( inc-half of
tills manure left on the surface and
cultivated into the sol during the
summer will do more good, but it
will be urged that coarse manure
will I e in the way of cultivating the
crops. The manure ought to oe
coarse. Fo ir or live days a'ter it is
pbed it will begin to heat, and in
twice that time If forked over once
Its coarser arts will i e d ssol ed and
the mas will oe reduced to one-half
Its tormcr bulk, Then lt can be
spread on the surface, and even the
slightest rains will ca ry its fei'tilu
ing elements into the soil. Ex.
I raic. liin; Ncwly-S.-t (.l.lftl.
It o:ten happens that lt takes
some time for the newiy-set grail to
eiiect a union with the stock. The
gra ting wax around its base serves
as a jirot "ctio.'i against drying winds
of that portion of the graft, hut
when the nud starts there i a rajdd
e. aporat on roin the opening leaves,
and it is not uncommon to see them
fa ie iw.iy and die al ter one leaf has
put fo ih. As good a remedy against
this as can be wished is the jilan ot
lii titi1 a aper cap loosely over the
gralt, and tying it below where gralt
and stock come together. Jf this is
carefully done the graft need not be
disturned, and it w li make sure that
every grait will live. The cap should
be removed as soon as the graft has
la rl y begun to grow as it is linpor-
at that the lea es should get all
the sunlight there is.
I nrni .N(ws.
1'i:t pine tar on the sheep's noses if
you see them running with head m ar
the ground and stamping. The lb
which iroduees the grub in the hca i
is about.
N-w mii.i.kt, buckwheat, or lian
gar an grass on wheat land as soon as
tho crop is harvested (if tho land is
not also in cioverj and jilow the green
crop under, using lime in connect on
with the greeu manure.
I'.kk, never make an attack while
In ijuest of hone, or on their return
until they have entered the hive, says
a writer It is only In the hive and
n its vicinity that we may exjiect
them to manilest this irascible dis-
jjosltloiu
No MANfRK is necessary around
young trees the tlrstyear. They will
nave oetter ana moro roots tlie .sec
ond year, and will then make faster
growth, while manure that is ap-
jilied the tlr-,1 year will lesson the in
uucetucut to increase the root cainic-
"ty.
I) not forget to give tho poultry
house a thorough whitewashing, and
also to sjiade up the yards so as to
make them clean. Apply the white
wash hot, if jossible, s-j as to destroy
any lice that may bo In the poultry
house, and repeat the application
frequently. If the house is kept clean
of lice the bens can keep themselves
cleau with the dust bath.
Too many farmers fail to have
their manu e well decomjio-ed or
"rotted." The manure cannot be
serviceable until it is completely de
er iu posed, and the process ol decom
position must take jilace in the Held
decomposition is slow, but In the
heap it is rapid, lt will pay to de
coiujnjse the materials In tho heap, as
they will then be flue and In better
condition for spreading, whde the
hauling will bo easier and manure
handled to better advantage.
Thk farmer who is fattening cattle
can usually make the most money by
feeding only such crojis us ho grows
on the larm. That is supposing ho
grows a good variety. Good -hay,
corn, ensl.age, corn, oats, wheat,
bran, aod o 1 meal ina'fe up such a
variety: but If ho cannot grow all or
nearly all of these ho may tlnd It
more profitable to jiurchase such as
are lacking from the list rather than
to restrict them in variety. No kind
of stock will ever do Its best on a
single Item of food.
Tiik cattle need shade in the jias
ture In summer, and If there aro not
convenient trees a rough shed should
bo bu.lt Into which they can goto
escape tho burning sun at midday.
If the horn fly conies around, or 11
other Hies are troublesome, cither
keep them In tho stable during the
day or put on somothing to keep away
tho Hies. Almost any kind of grease
will do this, but It will bo better if h
little carbolic acid Is put with It.
l ub around the base of the horns,
along the backbone and on tho brisket
and flank, and renew the application
once a week.
SALMON PUT LP IN CANS
da JnriUHfry TUai VV iii K . fin iialljv Kx-t'-riiiiuar
frv hi.ihi-i i ;-h.
When i ne conies to tl.lf-k of t it
seems woi.uerml that one s;,oi:ld lie
ai ie to I) v a io nd of salmon iu a
can fiom the J'aciflc ( oast for 6
cents The fro.eu l.sh cou -u cents
a pound at least, while the unfrozen
arli-.ie i.iiiges in Eastern markets
from 1 up. he-sides the manner in
which eacn an is made to contain a
segment of almou perfectly titled
into it a; pears most surprising, the
bones even to the larger veitel.n-,
inciting iu the mouth without re
quiring so liMch as a crunch between
the teeth and the red iie--h separat
ing in beautiful, dean tiaKe-s.
letsaim-iti wo Jd be very much
cheaper than at j resent, were it not
that th.: great fanners of Aia-ka have
formed a com hi aiiou lo lest.r.ci the
i oducL Tins is unfortunate for
con umers jjerliap-, but lucky cer
tainly mr the l-sh, wiib-ii would be
wiped outaitOft'etuer within live years
at the most if tne companies en
gaged in their capture had a market
lor all they coulci produce at profita
ble rales, 'i he methods employed
aie the most destructive conceivable,
Inasmuch as the ilsiiermeu si retell
seines across tile mo ltlis of the rivers
and luku ihe tish which going up
the stream to spawn. There is a law
against this sort of thing but it is
not eutoice i. Eventually, doubtless,
ihe supply of tins valuanle tinny
game will runout and ariillcial pro
pagation will have to be resorted to.
Thus far the i nited Mates Fish
Commission has not extended its
operations with resjiect to the arii
Ucial nrecding of salmon into Alaska.
Its attempts in this line have been
limited to the Columbia and r-acra-ineato
rivers. In those streams the
suj.ply has leen successfully main
tained, and when the time arrives
there is no doubt that similar meth
ods will he applied with ej.ually
fayorablo results to the preservation
of the llsh In Alaskan territory.
Oue of the most astonishing dis
coveries achieved by civili.ed man Is
the simple process by which he is
able to eilectively create myriads ot
l.shes, which otherwise would not
! have 11 ve l, out of a lew handfuls of
j roe.
I The salmon caught In the seines
! and giil nets are brought to the cati
i nery wharf, counted and thrown into
j heaps. Chinese, their labor being
; cheaper, are mostly employed forsuo-
i-equeiit operations. They take each
j tisii, tut oil' the head, tail, and fins,
i remove the entrails and thiow the
! re-.t of the au.mal into a big tub.
j Next the ilsii is washed and placed in
I a troiiyh, where several knives, actr
j ing af er the manner of a :'een-cutter,
j sue-- it into secJons exa tly as long
i as the height of a can. These sec
I tious are set on end and split into
three j.leces each one iece large
enough to fill ihe can, while the
others are smaller. Th-.; fragments
are then placed on tables and the
I Chinese fit them into cans. Next
j the covers are put on tho cans and
soldered.
i After being soldered the cans are
j jut into hot water and watched, in
order to see If any bubbles rise, iti
i di'-atlng leaks. Tho.c which end. re
ttils test successfully are placed in an
j iron tank and boiled in salt wat-r.
j Sail water is ued in preference to
I fresh, because it can be raised to a
, higher temperature. After boiling
j for one hour and a quarter each can
"vented." This means that a hole
is punched into its top to permit the
expanded air to escape. Then the
hole is soldered up and the cooking
is lin shed by hi ther boiling in salt
water lor an hour and a half. If
they were not "vented" this sec
ond cooking would burst the cans.
Finally each can is test d by tap
jjiiig it on the head with a big nail.
If leaky, it wdl usu lly give back a
tinny" sound. Great care is taken
to avoid leaky cans, because any
which are not hermetically sealed
will inevitably burst. Tho meat de
cays, pushing up to the top of the
can. One so ailected is called a
"swell-head." If It bursts, it is
likely to luin the whole case. Thre :
salmon will ordinarily 1111 forty-eight
one-pound cans, making one case.
Tho cans are made on the premises
out of sheet tin.
Seals and sea Hons are a great
nuisance to tho salmon fishermen.
At tiie mouth of the Columbia t.iver
they watch the gill nets and grab
the caught salmon by the throats
devouring those parts which they re
gard esjiccially as tidbits. Bears aro
very fond of salmon and catch a great
many of them In the streams. They
eat only the heads. De gustlbus
you know the rest. Chinese are for
bidden to fish for salmon in the Co
lumbia Klver on penalty of being
shot, on s ght, Therefore they do
not fish.
Khopiiltii; In Turkey.
Though tho Turks cannot be called
lazy, yot they like to take their time.
1 atlencc, they say, belongs to God;
burry, to tho devil. Nowhere Is this
so well illustrated as in the manner
of shopping In Turkey. This was
brought particularly to our notice
when we visited the Slvas ba.aars, to
examine somo Inlaid silverware: for
which tho place is celebrated. The
customer stands In the street inspect
ing the articles on exhibition; tho
merchant sits on his beets on tho
booth floor. If the customer Is of
sonic position n 1 1 to, ho climbs up
and sits jdown on a level with tho
merchant. If ho is a foreigner, the
merchant is quite deferential. A
merchant Is not a merchant at all,
but a h st entertain ng a guest
Coffee Is served: then a cigarette
Is roiled up and handed to tho
Htuost." while the various social and
other local topics are freely discussed.
Aft, coffee and smoking, tho ques
tion of purchase Is gradually ap
nroached: not abruptly. ns that, would
involve a ioss of dignity: but ircam.
iqeci;y as if the buying of anything
wee a mere afterthought. Ma) be,
after half an hour, the customer has
iniie;.ied wiiut he wants, and, after
discussing the qua ity . f the (finds,
tiie customer aK8 the price in an off
hand way. as though he were not
jiaricuarly interested. The mer
chant n (.lies: "Oh, whatever
your Highness pleases," or '1 shall
be i rou 1 if your Higbue-s will do me
the honor to accept it as a gift.'
This means nothing whatever, and is
merely the int oduction to the hig
gling whi h is sure to follow.
Tne seder, with silken manners
and bra'.eu countenance, will always
name n price four times as large as
i.. Khouid h. Then the real business
begins The buyer oilers uiie-haif or
one -fourth of what, he dually e pets
to pav: and a war ol word . n a
)-! stering tone, leads up to ti-e close
of this every elay farce. The Cen
tury Counterfeit .Money.
So much ingenuity is re uired to
make a counterfeit bill, that it seems
strange a skdled workman cannot
earn money in an honest way but no
legitbitat : use has yet been found
for this particular s rt of talent,
which iu numc.'ous instances seems
to be inherit, d. Of sixteen notori
ous couutcrfeite gve were members
of oue family acd four of another.
In one branch of the Smith fam ly,
ail the scions, from the great grand
father down, have distinguished
them-elves in their peculiar line
Now that It is unlawful to have in
one's possession counterfeits or eveu
pictures of any coin, many long
cherished curious have found their
way to the Secret Service Id vision of
the Treasury iu Washington. Here
also may be seen a framed sheet bear
ing facsimiles of the postage stamps
of nearly every country and age,
artistically gro ,ped. It was origin
ally intended for a wall paper design,
but it was such an excellent Imita
tion that it has never adornen any
wall but this. The specimen is be
tween two and three feet square, and
the work is so well done thatIt takes
very close observation to .see tnst it
was not made up of single stamps
pasted on a sheet. There are also a
number of ingenious coin makers'
tools, dies and presses. A gas gen
erator and stove which would go into
a moderate si,:ed handbag, was yet
large enough and complete enough
to emit the hottest ilame on record.
This euained its owner to work sue
cesslully and sa ely for a lony time.
It takes an exceedingly hot Hre to
coin money, and usually the jilant is
bulky, hut this man was able to do
his work in a summer hotel bedroom,
v cry littie counterfeit money isever
in circulation. Frequent y com
i laiuts of bad notes come from a cer
tain section. It whl seem as if there
muiit be a lot of them in the neigh
borhood, when iu reality the trouble
may all pioceod from a single bill,
which people keep sending from hand
to band so rapidly that it seems to
multiply. Few men who have un
warily lakdi a fraudulent note are
hrnest enough to miss an opi ortuni-ty
to rid themselves of it at the expense
of another. Counterfeit coin is much
more plentiful, especially in divep.
from a dollar down to the ten-cent
piece. Even eickols and pennies are
not too valueless to escape.
Ives and His Fateful Number.
The stories of the career of the
late distinguished Henry S. Ives,
Napoleon of linance, put King Midas,
Monte Clsto and othet gilded jjo ten
ia tes into the shade in the line of
startling ellects.
ivos stiirted at eighteen, a green
farmer's hoy, ouasa ary of $2 a week,
lt took him two years to force his
salary up to do a week. Hut after
this ciose-haul boat to windward he
rounded the majority buoy, squared
away, setting all sad, and
In loss
than a year had scooped in
Six mouths later he had
:t0.ii00.
"made"
(-, -'JU4, and beiore he was
twenty-
two had "milked" 2, 000, too out of
a single railroad. Tho next year his
assents mounted -J2 1 ,000,000.
All this was accomplished in just
four years. Then began the decline,
which ended In his death at t h rt.y.
Certa uly all history has failed to
produce anothorsuch jiyrotechnlc dis
play In the financial heavens as this.
A vary remarkable feature in this
man's career will ntercst those who
incline to the old Pythagorean doc
trine that our fates are ruled bv
numbers. The fateful number oi'
Ives was eight.
He (list broke the
e'ghth com-
maudment at eighteen.
He consiuu-
mated just eight deals,
and at the
close of the eighth was
arrested and
imprisoned in IS-. He Hnished tho
eighth year of his career at exactly 8
o'clock on April 18.
(if course, any assumed relation of
our fates to numbers is fanciful and
superstitious, though some of tho an
cients believed it But as no man
can know what his fatelul number Is
until too late to recover from disaster,
the safest way Is to go easy, bo hon
est, earn what one gets and exerc so
proper economy with It llostou
olobe.
Lumps on Demand.
On tho London underground rail
ways, penuy-in-the-slot electric lamps
have come into use. lt Is two years
since tho Urst experimental lamps
were put on a few trains, tjinco then
arrangement have been made to fit
the lam, s to all trains and the work
is now comjileto They aro foui
lamjis In each comjiartment The
ordinary light Is usually Insu tcicnt.
A penny put In tho slot obtains elec
tric light which lasn half an hour.
If more light Is wanted another
penuy must he inserted. The lamps
are placed at the i ack of the seat so
as to threw tho light on the book or
paper.
a hup on marble steps has broken
mnnv a neck.