THE SIOUX COUNTY JOURNAL.
L J. SIM MUMS,
HARRISON",
5EBBASKA-
Brother Kroger, tf the Transvaal,
seem to be quite an authority on the
making of good Rhodes.
Jaderewski has ortiinited confidence
in the financial abWty of this coun
try. He's coming back again next
year.
It la one of the peculiarities of our pol
itic that not every man who would
made a good President would also
make a good candidate.
Paderewski ie a thorough artist.
Any one can tell that by the ease and
nonchalance with which he strikes and
holds on to the $2 note.
A Toledo mail carrier has been ar
rested for destroying a mass of election
circulars. The people to whom they
were addressed will rise as one man In
his defense.
Russia Is making less noise and gath
ering In more fresh territory than any
other nation, but one good thing about
the Ciar Is that he never had any de
signs on American soil.
A New York scientist brings forward
a claim that "life Is nothing more than
a luminous effluvium." Life in New
Tork may be nothing more than this,
but the professor ought to see what It
is oat here.
The gold-bearing part of Forty-Mile
Creek, In Alaska, has been discovered
to be entirely In the United States.
The dividing line Is the 141st meridian,
and thus far the longitude of the earth
has not been shoved around to suit
British interests and pretensions.
It is not a good thing to have ill
heal rh; It is not a good thing to bare
bodily ailments; but it is a great deal
better to have bodily ailments that
work out manhood than good health
that works out iiubecllitv.
It is impossible to estimate the value
of tact In the household, even when ex
ercised only by g single member, but.
where all share in it and use it for the
general good, there will be some of the
most exquisite pleasures of home life.
The English Government has ex
plained at last that it proposes to go
somewhere or most anywhere up the
Nile to fight anylssly it meets and to
stay at any point it reaches, which as
an exposition of purpose is as clear as
the Nile itself.
Everything which takes the mind
out of self, that comfortable corner
where It loves to nestle, and forces It
into the bracing air of the outside
world, tends to develop within us that j
faculty of realising which is the root of I
all sympathy and the corner-stone of
all social welfare.
Reports from New Orleans are to the
effect that the handicapping system has
been applied to baseball with good re
sults In equalizing clubs of different
caliber. After this sucessful experi
ment It is to be hoped New York and
Loulsrille will be able to cut more of a
figure In the National League race.
The Armenians In America have dur
ing the last two months sent $33,000
from their, glender resources to their
suffering countrymen, through the Rev.
M. G. Hitchcock, of Boston, besides
what tbey have sent through other
channels. Most of the Armenians In
the United States are poor lalwrlug
men.
It Is not the indolent or the easily
worked man that has the necessary
amount of leisure for the attainment
of some desirable local or general ob-
iect It Is rather the busr man who
toy the careful husbanding of fractions i
of time which other less thoughtful i
people would waste, can and does
achieve Incomparably great and valua
ble results.
What an Inexhaustible source of
pleasure and profit abounds in that
borne wherein a tender mother dwells,
and from whom may be derived the
wisest maxims and rules of bappy life!
In snob a borne ought to be found the
dutiful daughter and the tender and
affectionate son. In that borne may be
acquired the beauties and knowledge
of tbe world, without the danger of be
ing infected by the bad example
abroad.
Ever since waralk began numerous
predictions as to its results have been
made by tbe military engineers of tbe
dally press. All that we have read
were interesting, but none seem to bare
approached in scientific accuracy that
of a New York man who writes to the
evening Post. This engineer lays down
the broad proposition that in a mod
ern naval war, as every International
conflict in these days Is bound to be,
tbe nation baring tbe largest number
f ships is certain to triumph. As En
gland at present has nearly l v, ice as
many ships as any other country in tbe
world It is Impossible to lick her. This
writer gives some facts to prove Ihnt
In nine out of every ten naval engage
ments between modern armored ves
sel all tbe combatants on both fides
are certain to be sunk. It may happen
occasionally that two vessels will meet
aader such circumstances that on.? mar
cape, bat tbe chances are always In
favor of each getting In one isx sbot
Wtleb will sink tbe other. Certainly In
l3 eotnbata where more than one ship
O axjaged mow m both sides are lore
to go to the botioin. This for iu rn
ikii. I if rax, that lbs muJcrn Ironclad
nh t.taud but little damme, and lu. a
belter skelter fig!.:t aonie effect! .v allot
are certain to lie made. Tlii writer,
therefore, argues that if. a he aTtemnt
to prove. modern naval liatth-s will be
merely battle of extermination, the
nation having the largest uu'nls-r of
ghipa ia certain to finally wind up .is
mistress of the seas. That ' to nay,
England navy can maud the loss if
more ships than any other countrv
possesses, and still tie In good fighting
condition. From the standpoint of this
argument Germany could not bold out
against Great Britain six mouths.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has rendered a decision which
denies the claim made by Theodore F.
Brown In a lower court when he re
fwsed to answer In an Interstate com
merce case, alleging that bis testimony
might incriminate himself. The decis
ion affirms the right of the court to
comiel an answer by a witness to ques
tions relating to Interstate commerce,
but It was not unanimous, as Justices
Field. Shiras. Grav and White held
that the constitutional provision is
suffii-ient to relieve Brown from the re
quirement to answer. The decision is a
highly important one, as under It the
commission will be able to force wit
nesses to testify In cases where other
evidence would not be strong enough
to convict of breaches of the interstate
commerce law. Up to date It could uot
do this, for which reason the law was
practically a dead letter, railroad offi
cials discriminating in favor of certain
Jiersou and places ami laughing in
their sleeves at the futile character of
the efforts made to compel them to
deal justly with the public. Some rail
road officials are quoted as objecting
to It; that It is a return to the barbar
ous methods of the dark ages; that un
der it a man may be compelled to go
on the witness stand and then and there
brand himself ,as a felon, incurring
thereby the contempt of the commu
nity, apart from any question of pun
ishment by the court. They sny this is
an abridgment of the constitutional
privilege of the citizen, but if it be his
constitutional privilege to commit fel
ony it at least is a constitutional right
of other citizens to know of such things
and visit with contempt where the law
may not formally punish. It will be
well if the decision by the Supreme
Court puts a stop to the commission of
these felonies by common carriers,
though It may be feared that it will
not entirely abolish the favoritism to
the few which is a rank Injustice to
the mauy.
Wafers of Gold and Silver.
The rime-houored custom of shower
ing rice upon the departing bride and
groom has Its painful side. Many
young couples have begun their honey
moon in actual physical pain, thanks
to the stony grains which have stung
their eyes and ears and found their
way. into their clothes and down their
necks. Worse disasters tbau this are
on record.
Horses have taken fright
at the reckless showering of these
gralns, and this, In some cases, has
led to the overturning of the carriage
and severe Injury of its occupants. At
tempts have occasionally been made
to mend this state of affairs, but until
lately nothing has taken the place of
rice. The problem is at last solved,
however. At a recent double wedding
confetti was used as a substitute for
the offending rice. For the benefit of
such readers as are unacquainted with
confetti, I may describe them as tiny
paper wafers, principally gold and sil
ver, with a few colored ones Intermix
ed by way of adding t the effect.
The progress of each bride down the
staircase to the carriage on this par
ticular occasion was made in a shower
of gold and silver surely quite as
good a omen for her future prosper
ity as could possibly be afforded by
the prowi ic grains of rice. The effect
of the myriads of sparkling confetti
was absolutely charming and fairy
like as they fluttered to the ground,
the sun catching them as they fell.
Certainly they clung about the dresses
ot the new,-v married couples, but they
Gia " '""J. nJ were soon shaken
off. In the bouse, as they fell on the
floral decorations and sparsled among
the roses and ferns, they produced a
result that Is well worthy of note by
those whose business It is to provide
novelties for functions of this sort.
I As for the horses, they were sublimely
i unconscious of the tiny gold and silver
pieces with which their hacks had been
; sprinkled by the time they started.
Perpetual Sunshine.
This occurs on the coast of Peru,
where, although It may perhaps be
misty occasionally, the blue sky Is
always visible through this whitish
veil. Perpetual sunshine, when the
sun Is above tbe horizon, also exists
In the Sahara, tbe great desert of Af
rica, and In the other rainless regions
of the earth namely, the high lands
of Iran, various tracts of Turkestan
and China, the plateau of Gobi. am.
also in Australia, lietween the south
ern colonies and tbe Gulf of Carpen
tarla. Should clouds appear In any
of these districts tbe beat of the sun
Is so Intense that they are dispersed
almost before they have formed.
Bpanfca and Blows.
Mother Ob, yon naughty loy. You
hare been to dada's desk and upset all
bis papers. What will he sny when lit
comes home?"
Ron (hopefully) I know what he'll
say, but you'd spank me If I told yon.
Ally Sloper.
Mrs. Townsend Does your husband
spend much of bis time at home? Mrs.
Peabody No; he hasn't been able to
in the past, but I expect that he will
have a great deal of leisure after this
He baa just been appointed to a pub
lic office. frrnierrlVe Journal.
Lii vvv r
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Kanny Spain.
The duration of sunshine In the va
rious countries of Europe was recent
ly discussed at a scientific meeting in
Berlin. It was shown that Spain
stands at tbe bead of the list, having
on the average 3,000 hours of sunshine
ier year, while Italy has 2,3o hours
Germany 1,7ki hours, and England
1.4 hours. Madrid has almost three
timet, as much sunshine as ixmdon.
Host-Covered Gold.
According to a report of the U. S. Geo
logical Survey the gold found In the
Cripple Creek district occurs sometimes
in particles too small to be seen with
tbe naked eye, and at other times In
plates and spongy masses, some of
which are hs much as a quarter of an
Inch In diameter. The gold Is generally
coated with a rusty, yellow-brown film
composed of some compound.
The Beat Whip-Stock.
The dogwood, which first adorns the
woods with Its Is-autiful blossoms, and
then splotches tbem with gorgeous dabs
of red when its berries come. Is said to
furnish the best material for whip-
stocks. The wood is hard, tough and
elastic, and Is beautifully marked with
knots. The ornamental knobs of the
dogwood are sometimes imitated In
whlpskx-ks made from other kinds of
wood, but no Imitation ever equals its
original.
Karnceat'a Bright Light.
The lighthouse at Haruegut, New Jer
sey, is to be furnished with one of th
great German searchlights shown at the
Chicago exposition. This, It Is assert
ed, will be the most powerful light
anywhere employed for such a purpose.
At Chicago, when tbe light was ele
vated to a height of 240 fet, its Illumi
nation at a distance of eight miles Is
said to have ls-en sufficient to render
newspaper print legible at night. It
Is hoped that the. light will js-netrate
fog effectively enough to warn marin
ers off the count In bad weather.
Odd Facta About Patent.
Tbe Patent Office at Washington has
on record Ht patented beehives; 10,122
different models for plows; ,348 de
vices and machines for the use of shoe'
makers; 27H patented methods of mak
Ing soda water and similar leverages;
ll.! patented buttons, buckles and
other contrivances for fastening cloth
ing and harness, and more than 16.0(a)
patents for electrical appliances. The
greatest number of patents Under ong
ueaa, tnat of carriages and vehicles.
is 20.0SHJ. For velocipedes and bicycles
alone, 2,388 patents have been Issued
Sleeping Bee.
At a recent meeting of the Entomoloz
leal Society of Washington, a descrip
tion was given of the sleeolne hablis
of two species of bees in Southwestern
Texas. Certain small dead bushes art
selected by the bees as sleeping quar
ters. The sleeping Insects erasn the
thin twigs and thorns of the bushes
with all six of their legs, and according
to tbe reader of tbe communication
describing them, Mr. Schwarz, they ob
tain additional security against falling
off by Inserting the tins of their wide
ly separated mandibles firmly into the
wood. -r
Dlatortinir the Bon.
Observations made at the Kharkoff
Observatory last year Indicate that thp
forces which produce the black spots
on the sun may have a wonderful effect
In heaping up the solar surface in the
neighborhood where the spots exist.
Some of the measurements showed that
a line through the ceuter of tbe sun
from a group of spots to the opposite
side was as much as 200 miles longer
than other adjacent diameters of the
un. This seems to show that the sur
face of the radiant globe Is swollen out
at tbe points where great eruptions
occur.
Hell am in the Mara.
In discussing thewonderful discovery
of helium, an element of the sun, now
known to exist lu certain rare miner
als on the earth, Mr. Lockyer, the En
glish astronomer, calls attention to the
fact that some stars, or suns, are hot
ter than others, and that the hottest
of all stars have atmospheres consist
ing almost entirely of hydrogen and
hell urn. The earth, which was onoo
Itself a little mud. has DiVntv of h
gen but apparently very little helium.
let, ir. Lockyer remarks, the earth
"once had an atmosphere Just as glo
rious In Its hydrogen and Its helium as
any of tbe other stars are now glorious.
What has become of that helium
This question, be thinks, will hare to
be very carefully considered by men of
science In the next few years.
Need of Permanent Arbitration.
The Immediate duty before the con
servative forces of England and Amer
ica is to organize for tbe establishment
of a high-class continuous board of In
ternational arbitration. In this matter
tbe lead may well be taken by tbe rep
resentatives of that religion which Is
"first pure, then peaceable." With the
aid of the great educational Institutions
and of the rast commercial interests of
tbe two lands, and In the present re
vived attention to tbe subject, It ought
to be an easy matter to get Parlia
ment's assent to the opinion already
formally expressed by tbe Congress of
tbe United States In favor of tbe prin
ciple of arbitration. What Is needed
la a permanent system, In place of tbe
piet-emeal and haphazard examples (o
which we are accustomed, admirable
as their results have already proved
Once established between England amt
America, such a system would gradual
ly spread among the nations of Eurojie.
the more rapidly because of the general
conviction that another continental
war would show a climax of horror.
Sooner or later arbitration would be
followed by disarmament, w inch is the
logical sequence of no other premise,
and yet will lie the'tui uiiig-poiut of
the continent toward true democracy
and progress. However near or far
the iiltimae acceptance of the idea, it
woubl, as Is-tween us and our English
cousins, take the sting out of the vljier
of war. to which, like the Lusliaudman
lu the fable, nations too carelessly give
the warmth and nourishment of the
hearthstone. In the knowledge that
disputes would l-e automatically set
tled by an i in partial tribunal, it would
no longer be jsissible to play a Isiister
ous tune upon a eople by pulling out
the stop of "patriotism." And It Is not
tis much to hoje that in the spread of
this idea the whole earth would at last
realize the great laureate's noble vis
ion of
The Parliament of man. the Federation
of tbe world.
Herein lies a groat oprtunity for
the English-speaking race--to lead
mankind to the glorious destiny of
peace. It is a mission to kindle the
Imagination and the heart. The Century.
Use of Charcoal.
Now that the so-calh-d waste of tbe
woods is utilized by the kindling wood
Industry, and small fagots may be
bought for two or three cents at the
grocer's, charcoal Is no longer used in
city houses for starting tires in the
morning. If one wished to buy a small
quantity of charcoal to-day he would
lie puzzled where to get it. The gro
cers no longer keep It. and t lie char
coal wagons are so scarce thai it Is a
rarity to see one. liiii.-bcrs usually
keep a supply on hand, mid they will
sell a few cents' worth to tlieir custo
mers. Otherwise one mtiM depend up
ou the wagons which hac certain
routes that they take every week. In
first-class hotels niiil restnurniiis, hard
wood charcoal is used for broiling and
cooking. A charcoal fire gives a brown,
crispy bsik to meat that cannot be ol
talned by any other fuel. Coal will
smoke and taint the incut and a wood
fire will burn it. Charcoal gives a
steady, even heat, and does not burn.
The licgt cooks insist on charcoal fires
for all their cooking. Those who can
afford French cooks in their private
homes are gisid customers for the char
coal wagons also. In I 'claw are County
there are a number of chemical factor
ies where the hard woods are used for
wikmI alcohol and acetate of lime, and
the chan-oal thus made would be a
waste if It could not Is- used in the city
hotels. Prepared or granulated chnr
clal for filtering purposes Is now used
I hulte generally, and the trade lu it for
lice manufacturing is rapidly Increas
iVwg. In the South this is more particu
larly true than In the North. New Or
leans Is a great ceuter of the eharcoul
Industry In the South, and many canal
boat loads are brought to the city ev
ery week to supply the retail demand.
This is then granulated or pulverized
for filtering water that Is to lie manu
factured Into Ice. Great quantities arc
put tip In small packages ami sold at
the drug store.for various punises.
The liicycle in .Ixpan.
The Japanese were Infected with the
bicycle craze several years ago. say
Theodore Wores, the artls;, and it broki
out in peculiar ways. I took my safety
wheel with me to Japan, and I found it
of great assistance. It was not much
of a novelty except In the country. 1
arranged a sketching outfit that 1 could
pack on my machine, and In this way'l
made a number of long trips Into the
country, where a bicycle attracted at
tention. One day I was Jogging along
on my wheel wheu I saw something
coming toward me which 1 could not
size up. As it drew nearer I saw thai
It was a Japanese riding one of the
old-fashioned high wheels. Probably
the machine had done service in the
United States, and had been sent with
a lot of other seeoud-haiid, out-of-date
machines to Japan. The rider was an
exert, and evidently perfectly happy
with bis wheel. He was dressed In
Japanese costume, which is not the best
adapted for bicycle riding, and he rode
without using the handle bar. In one
hand he held a gayly colored parasol,
and In the other a fan that he worked
vigorously, for the day was warm. He
managed his wheel easily with his feet,
and he was apparently enjoying the Im
pression that he was sure to make on
the natives. Of course In the large cit
ies of Japan there are many up-lo-date
wheels, but they were mostly owned by
foreigners.
A Poser.
Professor Zanker, the famous Ori
entalist, one day received the copy of
an Inscription which a friend and ad
mirer of bis declared be had found
in a mediaeval tome. The sender
promising to forward the valuable
manuscript as soon as be got It from
Its owner, a relative of his. The In
scription ran as follows:
"l.'oy era woh rosseforp gnlnroui
dKg."
For three days the professor puzzled
his brains without making any sense
of It Then his little son, a fourth
form boy, came to his father's study
and spied the strange writing on the
desk. After looking at It for a while
he asked his father since when h
had taken to writing backward.
"What do you mean?" said the as
tonished professor.
"Why," replied the latter, "If you
read this from right to left it runs this
way, 'Good morning, professor, how-
are you?" "
Every woman gives the idea hat er
social obligations run her to deat.
Better Koada.
A correiindcnt of the Youths' Com
panion sends a suggestive clipping
from a local paper. The Idea Is ad
vanced that one reason why the farm
ers of the country cannot have free
postal delivery is that roads are so
hard to travel. If the roads were g'xsl,
postuieu on cycles might deliver the
mails every w here. Tbe thought is one
which dwellers In tbe country will do
well to ismiler.
The Increasing liitcrest in the sub
ject Is attested by the space given to
the discussion of the question In the
dally newspapers and other MTlodi
cals. Iu a m-ent Issue of the New
York ludejicndeiit Professor Shaler of
Harvard University and several other
experts fill eight pages with their con
tributions respecting the need of let
ter common roads, the liest methods
of construction, and the obvious value
of highways convenient for travel.
Massachusetts sets the example for
the rest of the country, and Professor
Shaler, who is a member of the highway
commission, gives an account of the
method adopted by that commonwealth
to promote the building of good roads.
Under this system three-fourths of
the expense Is met by the State, and
the rest of the cost by the counties
In which the work Is done. The Mas
sachusetts plan of State aid has been
tried-two years without showing ser
ious defects, and Professor Shaler re
gards it as a practical method of deal
ing with the road-bulldlng problem.
An Important suggestion In these arti
cles concerns the proper technical
training of civil engineers who wish to
make highway construction a special
ty. The highest skill In engineering is
required to exemplify the best meth
ods In highway work. The study of
materials to be used and of their proper
disposition is a necessary preparation
for expert treatment of the road ques
tion. The old theory in rural districts, that
any one who could order workmen
nlsiut vigorously and make animals do
their best was fit to be a highway con
structor, is giving place to the sensible
conclusion that careful training Is need
ed for work which Is designed to In
crease the convenience and prosperity
of the community.
Oot of the Rota.
"Neglcce" is the only thing that
makes most bad roads.
Adam was the first man. but Macad
am stands first as a road-maker.
If lietter roads would be of no ad
vantage would worse ones ! a disad
vantage? Good drainage, top and bottom, will
do much toward making a road gwnl
ami keeping it so.
The spring rains are near at hand,
when farmers will again climb fences
to town and back.
Every farmer should take a "half
day off" and plant trees along the high
way. And then look after theui.
Fix the road leading past your farm.
If It is too much for you to do alone, in
sist on having the nelghlKirs, the town
ship, or the county assist you.
Street Crowds in Caracas.
One of the features of the city of
Caracas. Venezuela, that most strong
ly Impresses a foreigner Is the rapid
ity with which a crowd gathers In
the streets. This is best exemplified
when some of tbe many wandering mu
sicians. In whom Caracas abounds, pre
pare to give an Impromptu open-air
concert. Their first notes no sooner
echo through the neighborhood than
there gathers to listen a rast throng
that almost blocks up the thorough
fare. The cobblers and all the other
tenants of the entries, baring no doors
to open nor stairs to descend, are on
the spot almost Instanter. Tbey eager
ly drink in the music, but at the same
time bear a wary eye upon tbe hats
of the musicians, and no sooner do
they observe the slightest Indication
that one is about to be taken off for
the purpose of taking up a collection
by passing it around among the crowd
than tbey disappear even more quickly
than tbey came.
Phenomenal Memories.
Centuries of training have made the
Japanese memory a phenomenal one.
It Is the custom to number the houses
on a street In what you might call their
chronological order Instead of their
sequence; that is, in the order of their
erection, so that number eleven may
adjoin nine hundred and ninety-nine on
one side, and number seventy on the
other. 'Number one may be three miles
from number two. and number ten may
lie midway lietween them. In the city
of Toklo there are nearly fourteen hun
dred streets. When a street passes
through more than one ward, the
bouses are numbered Independently;
so there may Iks five or six numliered
twenty and eight or ten numbered two
-perhaps miles apart. Therefore, when
a stranger sets out to find a certain
number In a certain street, his task If
a formidable one. After hunting for
three or four hours and finding seven
or eight bouses with tbe same nnm
bar o the street tlx or eight
mil. a apart, be J"a
in the nearest tea bouw and rry or
, ,,rse a the case may I, until be geia
ended off. Then he will hire a Jlnt
klsha man. write the address on a pl--
of imi-cr. and go whirling up ami down
streets and alleys until he la lauded
at the proier place without the slight
physical, mental, or moral damage.
The Jiiirikisha men are coolies without
education or mental training. Mt of
them can read and write the names of
streets ami uieu and merchants and
factories. Tbey know tbe location and
the numls-r of every one of the three
hundred and eighteen thousand and
some o.ld bouses in Tokio. and the
name of almost every one of the one
million live hundred thousand Inhab
itants. Even when an address Is given
imi.rre. tlv they are at no loss to find
It. and If you will tell them ac
curately where you wsut to go. tbey
will take you without the slightest de
lay or hesitation. The same phenom
enal memory appears In other c1iikk-
of the people, and you have to Ik- care
ful alH.ut telling a Japanese gentleman
the same story tw ice.
Mooalc Work.
The mosaic manufacture in Homo Is
one of the most extensive and profitable
of the tine arts, and the trade is car
ried on entirely ut the cost of the gov
ernment. Workmen are ciiMatitly em
ployed in copying paintings for altar-plei-CM.
Seven or eight years are re
quired to finish a mosaic opy of a
painting of the ordinary historical size,
two men liclng constantly occupied lu
the work It generally costs from
eight to ten thousand crowns; but the
time and exwi se ar of course, r-gu-lated
by the intricacy of the subject
and quality of the work. The "smalls"
of which the mosaic picture is formed
are a mixed species of opaque, vitrified
glass, partaking of the nature of sfoue
ami glass, anil comiscd of a variety
of minerals and materials, colored, for
the most part, with different metallic
oxides. Of these, no fewer than seven
teen hundred different shades an- in
use. They are manufactured in Rome,
In the form of long, slender rods lll;e
wires, of various degrees of thickness,
ami are cut Into pieces of the requisite
size, from the pin point to an Itu-h.
When the picture Is coinplen d. finished,
and the cement thoroughly dried, it Is
highly polished. The art of mosaic
was greatly Improved with time. The
ltotnniis only used colored marbles nt
first, or natural stones, in Its composi
tion, whl-li admitted to little variety;
but the Invention of smalts" has given
it n wider rat'ge. ami made the Imita
tion of painting far doner. Outside of
tli" government establishment there
are hundreds of men who carry on tb
niaiinfacii.re of mosaics on a small
scale. Snuff boxes, rings, necklaces,
Imsiehes, ear-rings, are produced In
Immense quantities; and since the
Americans have flocked in such utiiit-Ix-rs
to Home, all the streets leading !
the Piazza dl Spagtva are lined with
shops of these artisan. .
Will IMaplay Their Products. ,
It is proposed In Utah to organize in
cooperation with neighboring Stales
nu "Arid Keglou Kxsltion." to Is.
held successively in the principal cities
of the East, for the purMisc of show
Ing the products and resources of thi
arid region and of trying to dispel the
notion that still exists In some quar
ters that the country lietween the Itock
les and the Sierras Is a hopeless des
ert, given up to sage brush and coy
otes. The exposition would be some
thing on the line of the exposition soon
to lie held in San Francisco. Specimens
of products from the fields and or
chards would be shown, with sample
of tlie mineral tre.iMiires of the region.
The exhibits would be displayed In the
chief cities first, and then divided up
for exhibition in smaller cities and
throughout the F.astern Stated. The
main Idea Is. of course, that such an
exhibition would attract Immigration
anil capital to the arid West.
Mnrria'ge of tbe Itead.
A strange custom prevails among
a certain tribe in the Caucasus. When
a single young man dies, some one
calls upon the bereaved parents who
has carried to the grave a marriage
able daughter In the course of the
year, and says:
"Your son Is sure to want a wife;
I'll give you my daughter and you
shall deliver to me the marriage por
tion in return."
A friendly offer of this description Is
never rejected, and the two parties
sflt.,n come to terms as to the amount
of the dowry, which varies according
to the advantages possessed ny the girl
In her lifetime. Cases have been
known where the young man's father
has given as much as thirty cows to
sM-ure a dead wlf for his dead son.
What Are Lake Dwellings.
In various parts of the world-ln
New Guinea and In certain parts of
South America and Africa, for In-
siance-ttie natives live In houses built
upon piles of wood driven Into tbe lied
of lakes. They use this kind of dwell
ing either for safety's sake, since
tbey cannot be attacked without due
knowledge, or because, the country be
ing marshy, dry land Is not easily to
be had for building pursues it
curious that our remote forefathers
Id this savage state-before even the
records of history began-bullt unto
themselves similar houses. In Uielr
case it was doubtless defence against
enemies that led to the construction
of such dwellings.
Husband-Here they bare brought
me an account for a ball costume; bow
I. that? Wlfe0bl don't you remem
lier? It Is for tbe green dress I wore
last year at the ball where we first
met. Huband-B-M)! and now I am
eipoeted to pay for the net with which
I was caughL-L'AnnBMJatort.
Nature Is rery kind; by"tbi time a
man la shelved socially, be I glad of It