i FACI'H AM) J'lUUIttiH. Smith Australia lias n population ol rtK8U(J. Its dobt Iiiih rrrnwii from SlliOOO.OpO In 187JJ to nearly 850,000,- a i. 4 irn Tlio art of lroiiamoltinfr was known In Kngtnml during' tho Roman occu put Ion mill stci'l working was practiced tlioro before the Norninn conquest. Tlit' forest area of Victoria, tho most Houthorn colony of Australia, con tains 7;l,00:)8iunro miles of forest, of which 7l,00 Is almost wholly of tho eucalyptus tree. --Somebody has taken the trouble to figure out tho fact that one million kern els of Indian corn will measure twelve to fourteen bushols, according to tho size of tho kernel. Tho Gazctla ilr Napoli is authority for the statement that tiio number o'l deaths from delirium tremens and chronic alcoholism aro: In Italy, l.flfl per thousand; In England, 2.01; Nor way, OH; .Scotland, '2..TJ: Ilelgiimi and Switzerland, each, :i.8.'; Sweden, 0.25, mul Now York, 12.08. Kivo firms aro engaged in Pitts burgh, I'a., in tho sand and cobbio-stono business, with an invested capital of over $100,000, employing' upwards of one hundred men. From tho bods of tho rivers between 800,000 and 000,000 bushels of sand and gravel are yearly taken. Cobble-stones aro socurod about fiovoiity-livo miles up tho Allegheny River. In 1881 there were Mil silk-weaving establishments, having 18,858 looms in operation, in Franco, and in Switzer land in 1880 tlioro woro eighty-six silk iimmiineiurors, Having z.oau power looms, and 25,000 hand-looms. Tho Swiss ligures for 1872 woro: Manufact urers, 79; power-looms, 1,150; hand looms, 20,500. The ribbon production in Miislo in 1872 was estimated at 67, 000,000 francs, in 1X70 at 52,000,000 francs, in 1878 at M, 000, 000 francs, and in 1880 at 1)3,000,000 francs. A ship ought to make a round trip between San Francisco and Liverpool annually. A good many do it. Some have ipiito a margin to spare. There Ls necessarily some detention "fit Liver pool. This varies from two to six week", (onu'Umi's longer. Last year tho St. Stephen arrived at San Francisco in April in a round trip of 201 days, in cluding a detention of thirty-four days nt Liverpool. Somo of tho vessels sont off at tho beginning of tho ourrcnt coroal year aro now arriving back. Mississippi has something ovor 30, 000,000 acres of land much of thoiu tho richest known to man. Less than 5,000,000 acres aro cultivated. Tliis is, howovor, an Increase of sovoral hun dred thousand acres ovor tlio number in 1870, and nearly equal to that miliar cultivation in 1800. Tlioro aro now 75,000 farms, ns compared with 08,000 ten years ago, and -12,000 twonty years ago. Tho number of acres comprised in tlio plantations is nearly three times that actually farmed I. o., tlioro uro M, 000,000 owned, and but 5,000,000 cultivated. Chicaqo 'limes. )YIT AND WISDOM. An egotist's story oxtonds as far as tho I can reach. Boston Transcript. When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing ho litis one good roa son for lotting it alono. Livo and not to-day. lie who sjAmds one-half of his time in enjoying his to-morrows will spend tho o'tlier half in regretting his yesterdays. r. l lirccd An agricultural editor says: "Plant your pitchforks under tho sliado of your ohorry trees, points up.' ' 'Should your neighbor's boy fall from tho, troo thoy might prevent him from striking tlio ground." Tlio following is not tho worst of this sort of rhyming that has been printed: Tlioro whs a ytfmur Klrl hud two bouuv; Tlio bcHt-lookiiiK ono wan iiuiuotl Muuux, Hut toward thi' clonux Of his mill ho would iloiutx, And tnulco ti tmmt uoIho with IiIh iumuix. A soft hammer turueth away noiso: Old Ihuly "Oil, enrpontor yes while you woro at diunor I ah tied some rags round tho head of your hammer, as I found tlio noiso of 'it, this morn ing, disturbed mo vory mueli. Yoii will find It much ploasantor now." London Fun. First Hoy Aro you going to bo a pirato tills summer?" Second boy- "1 dunno." " I know vou wouldn't. You hain't got any grit.1' "I hain't, ohP l'vo got just as much as you have, but when a feller's mother is willing to buy him a goat and a pair of roller skates and a llsh-llno, what's the need of his turning pirato? You said you was go ing oil to fight Injuins, but you hain't gone." "Iknmvl hain't. You don't expect mo to go till I got big enough to sloop alone; do youP" "Pooh!" "Pooh!" And thoy rub along tlio fenco in oppo site directions. Chicago Times. The Northern Central Hailroad of ficials had commenced oxaniing em ployes of the road to ascertain whether or not thoy were color-blind or deaf, and thus lit or unfit for service. An ollicial approached ono of tlio local em ployes with: "Now, Mlank, take the cotton out of your ears and listen! Can you hear this watch tick where I now hold itP" Mlank "cocked his our pro fessional," and didn't hesitate a mo ment in assuring tho otlieial that he could "hear that watoh tiok as easy as to hoar tho blows of a trip-liammor." "Look bore, Mlank," said tlio ollicial, assuming a more serious air; " do you know that you're an awful liarP I wasn't examining your capacity, to toll tho truth, but your hearing; 'or it might go hard with you. Thhtwutch is broken, and husnlUiokod. -for ton years!" 7- What Wo llnvo Noticed. That people who wear the best cloth ing do not always wear the best. That people who boast that they al ways speak what thoy think, have some miiHity mean thoughts. J hat the man who noleots to livo within his income one day bo trying to livo without it persistently will Hint tho world is divided into two classes those who aro ambitious to as cend above mediocrity, and those who aro ambitious that everybody else shall descend below their own mediocrity. Tlint tho man who barters health for riches is never satisfied with his bar gain. That tho man who has a largo prin cipal in tlio bank sometimes snows no prineiplo in anything else. That honesty is tJio best policy in faet, that nil raro things are reckoned tlio best. . That learning is a powerful auxiliary to tho fool bout on displaying his folly. That man and wife should not bo yoked liko'oxon, but harnessed tandem. To get along smoothly, ono must load and tiio oilier follow. That tlio strongest horso is generally placed between the shafts. That tlio strongest argument against sexual equality is, that woman may be as bad as man when she is possessed ol his superior opportunities. That the married man wonders why tho bachelor does not marry, and the bachelor wonders why tlio married man married in fact, that' this is a world ol wonders. That tho girl who doclaros that slio would not marry the best man alivo quite frequently proves her .sincerity by iiiiii ij inr uiu ivur.it mini niu; uiiu llliu. That it Is the samo with thought as with money tho less olio has of either, the more eager ho is to make a display of it. That when a man is loved for himself alone, it is himself who is tlio lover. That whiio some men pick their com pany, others pluck their company. That when a man tolls you of aehanco to make money, he neglects to mention tlio hundred or more chances to loso it in the same enterprise. That when a man says, in a slighting manner, that anybody can do this or that thing, ho means that anybody but himself can do it. That the photographer who can mako a llnttoring picture is more successful than ho who makes n correct likeness. That ho who sees no good in human nature is too much given tosolf-contom-plation. That tho most precious goods aro done up in tlio smallest bundles. Tho loiter 1 is tho smallest in tlio alphabet. That people who pride themselves upon thoir nneestry do what tliov can to mako their descendants humble when thinking of them. That tho man who could do n thing if ho only tried is always vory careful not to try. .s That the man whega tjavH able tp say tho right tiling in tho right place is usually found in tho right, place to say it. That it is bolter to bo good and home ly than pretty bad. That good taste is too often confined to tiio palate. That no mattor how ugly a noso may bo, its imperfections aro overlooked by its owner. That tlio average man objects to pay ing tlio dobt of nature, not so much be cause ho Is afraid to dio as because ho dislikes debt-paying. Boston Tran script. Jay (.oiihl's Time. Sovoral weeks ago, when Jay Gould was in Littlo Rock, ho was visited in his spcolal car by a strango-looking, oddly dressed man. "Mr. Gould," said the visitor, "will you bo generous enough to give mo ton minutes of your time?'' "es," said the millionaire, in a dry, last-year sort of voice. " Ten niinutos, thank you, sir; writo tlio check?" MVhut eheckP" said tlio millionaire, in a kind of lust-month voice. " Perhaps I'd bettor explain. A noted mathema tician lias calculated your income to bo $1 per socond. With you, of course, time is money, face valuo. Now, you have given mo ton minutes, amounting, you see, to 000. lluvo you got tho money about you, or will you give mo a cheokp" Tho millionaire looked at tho man in silence. "I'll do tlio fair tiling. Mako it $500. Hanged if J don't lie easy with you, mako it $100 blnmo it, say 8200." Mr. Gould looked long and inquiringly at tho man, but didn'tsmilo Arkansas Traveler. Young Criminals. Tho criminal news of a singlo week recently makes a sad showing of boyish depravity. An Illinois boy killed the girl who rejected his addresses on ac count of his dissipation. Two Arkan sas boys quarrelled over a rabbit hunt, and one slew the other with nu ax. A St. Louis boy stabbod thopluymato who teased him for his ignorance of English. A West Virginia boy shot the rival in a girl's affections. A Virginia boy con fesses tho poisoning of two persons. A Texas boy shot a littlo girl because slio rotusod to put down a pall when ho or dorod hor to. A Kansas boy was on trial for intontloniUly drowning u play follow. Two Wisconsin boys maltreat ed a child nearly to doath. Throo boys pleudod guilty to highway robbory in Chicago. An Iowa boy is a forger. A Missouri boy sot tiro to a house. A Now Mexico boy shot a baby. A Colorado horso thiol is aged oight years, and none of tho criminals montioned aro ovor six teen. Chicago Herald. A Baptist olorgyman doolnres thoro is a tendency hi chiidron to drift away from tho church, and ho fears tlio boys of tho future will bo largely non-church-goers. Chicago Journal, IMSMUIOUS AM) JUlUCAimUlj. Tiio FremoiA, O., School Hoard has abolished German and singing In schools. Texas Is to hold cloven normal in 3tilutes in August. Tho cause of educa tion is attracting attention in that Stale. Chicago Herald. Mayor IJcmong, of Syracuse, N. Y., having vetoed an appropriation of 810,000 for tlio public schools, tho Common Council passed it over his head. Tlio bronze statuo of Lafayette, on which Mr. J. Q. A. Ward Is now at work, will cost $25,000, and on its completion in September will bo pro sontcd by J. P. Howard, of Murlington, Vt., to tho University of Vermont, tho corner stone of which institution was laid by tho French patriot in 1825. A colored man, Mr. J. K., Ballard, was recently ordained In St." John's Church, Jacksonville, Flu., which is culled tho most aristocratic chinch in tlio Stnio; by Bishop Young, in the pres ence of a 'distinguished audience. It was tlio liivt e.'iso in tlio State that a col ored man has been ordained in a white church. ChrisltunWmon. When President Arthur was n school-teacher he did not punish the big bad boys by seating tliein with tlio girls; ho placed them on tho lowest bench In tlio primary department and made them rocito the alphabet with the little ehil drn. My this siniplo method he per manently reformed one very bad school in exactly two hours by the watch. Chicago Tribune. At a recent morning service a young lady fainted and was carried into tlio lecture-room, and lay unconscious so long that Usher Wliitnoy requested Mr. Beochcr to call for a surgeon, which he did. ( Proceeding with tiio Scripture reading for a few minutes, and perceiv ing no response to his call, he looked up with a murrj twinkle in his weather eyo and remarked: "Is there no physician presentP Then the patient will probably recover." And slio did. Brooklyn Eagle Tlio annual crop of stories about tlio struggles of the student mind with tho dread realization of tho examina tion pupor begins to make its appear ance Ono student is quoted as buy ing translated "Vous etes voustrompo, monsieur.?" with "lluvo you trumped, sirP" Another recently answered that "pastoral poetry" was something sung in tho country churches, lie supposed. Anothor defined "cant" us "the impos sibility of boing able to do u tiling you nre not ublo to do." Another said you could seo an inipnlpublo object, for in llumlot's nd vice to tho pluyers ho spoko of tlioso who saw tho air. "What part of tho heavens is north of tho equator?" was asked. "The northern part" wus mo answer, ssAy M Jy Anlimotical Problems. 73 lins ribe'uTnJlcs and diviiTcsbne among his live brother and sisters. How many has ho left? lfa quart-box of strawberrios holds a pint and a half, how many boxes will it take to mako a peek, and how quick can u tramp got away witn them? If a farmer can mow six acres of grass in ono duy. how many liars will it take to mow thirty-eight acres of grass in three days? A guest at the hotel pays tho portor twoiity-livo cents to take liis trunk up stairs; ten cents to u colored boy to bring him u pitcher of water; twouty livo cents further to the porter to got his trunk down stairs; fifty cents to tiio omnibus drivor, and $!J to tho landlord as tho regular rate of tho house. How much has ho been swindled, and What is ho going to do about it? A coal dealer has a drivor weighing 185 pounds, who is weighed with 750 loads of coal during tlio winter. What would have boon tlio gain to tlio con sumers had tho drivor only weighed 150 pounds? If a policeman on night duty sleeps an hour and a half each night for thirteen yours, how ninny yours of such arduous labor will it take to reduce him to a walking skeleton? In each county in tho United States aro seventy inhabitants who boliove they would make good State Governors. Of this number only two per cent, over got to be even a constable What is tlio oxact number of constables, and how mnny law-suits can a wide-awake officer provoko in a your. A grocer lias a horso which he asserts can trot a mile in 2:10. IIu puts him on tiio truck under u watch and linds his best gait to be !5:28. What was the dif ference between tlio grocer's estimato mid tho watch, and why did he wollop the poor horso all tho way homo? A father at his doath Jolt 812,000 for tho benefit of Ids only son, fourteon years, eight months and twelve days old, tho money to bo paid him when twenty-ono years of ago, with interest at six per cent. How much inonoy did tho lawyers leavo for tho boy? A merchant who has a stock valued at 88,000 advertises that ho will dispose of it at one-fourth off. How muoh does ho inukoP A citizen has a cow which gives six quarts of milk per day, while his sales foot up nino quarts. Thoro Is nothIn for tho student to find in tills case Simply turn on tho water. A grocer buys a chost of tea weighing oighty pounds. IIo soils twonty-sovon pounds of it ns " my unupproachablo sixty cent tea," and tho romuindor as "our sploudld forty cent Oolong." How muoh did ho receive in all and how much did ho havo to givo to tho hoathon that your to quiet his conscience? A nlutnbor who does sixteen conts' worth of ropairlng desiros to charge for four pounds of solder in his bill. Pleuso suggest how it can bo dono without in', jury to his system. Detroit Free Press. A Sensible School Drill. It Is a notorious fact that while Coun cils have taken decisive stops to compel the owners of all hotels, mills, factories and other outbuildings in which men, women and chiidron aro obliged to re main during tho day or night, to take precautions to provent panics and fatal accidents in caso of fire, tho city has not tho moans to provide its own property with iiro-cscapes. Of the public school buildings which shelter over 100,000 children during tho greater part of tho day, vory few of them have fire-escapes, and many more aro so constructed ns to bo little less than death-traps in caso of lire and panic. In somo of tlio schools, however, tho Directors and teachers have taken the matter Into their own hands, and by a sys tem of drills have accustomed tlio chiidron to a system that will enable them to get out of the building in case of a fire without accompanying danger. At the Newton Grammar School, Tlurty oight and Spruco streets, tho system is now as near perfection as can bo ex pected. Tlio Nowton School building at pres ent accommodates about 050 children. On tho first tloor is tho boys' grammar ficiiool, tlio second is uscil by tlio girls, and on tlio third is a primary school of about 110 littlo children. Tho lust nnniod arrangement hud to bo mudo by the Directors, owing to a want of room elsewhere, as it is not deemed wise to have tlio cluss-rooms for tho littlo chii dron so far from tlio street. About six months ago, Miss Louisa D. Elmos, Principal of the girl's school, began drilling tlio pupils under her cliargo in marching quickly from their places in tlie school-building to tho yard. Mr. James F. C. Sickel, Principal of tho boys' school, and tho Board of Direct ors, at onco saw the importance of tlio experiment, ami in u snori lime u thor ough system wus adopted. The neces sary arrangements woro mudo so that tho teachers on the different floors could communicate with each other by means of sneaking tubes, and by which afire signal could be given from either the lir-t, s-cojikI or third lloors. At lirst tlio pupils were obliged to go through the lire-drill two or threo times a week, but now thoy havo become so thorough ly familiar with what is expected of them that the drill is loss frequent, onco u week being till that is now neces sary. This morning a Bulletin representa tive visited tlio Nowton School with two of tho Directors for tlio purposo of see ing tlio fire-drill in practical operation. It wns about ten o'clock, nil tho scholars being busily engaged at their desks, no warning having been given of tlio pro posed drill. Tho first" alarm" was sounded from tho lirst tloor. Mr. Sickol went to a speaking-tube near his desk, and blew into it sharply three timc3, thus giving tlio signal to both tho floors above At the snmo time ho -o-pented the signal on the largo gong. In an instant every scholar in the entire building was in motion, tho teachers had posted tliomsolvcs on the stairways, and the regular lines of children woro passing out tlio doors and from tbo building. When the yard wns reached the pupils remained in line just as thoy had left their places, until the signal to return wus given. Of course tho primary children were tho last to get out. but tho whole number 050 children woro out of all possible danger within a min ute nnd three-quarters by actual time. There was not tho slightest confusion, thoro was no crowding or pushing; and tho t-lireo stairways could easily havo accommodated another lino of children at tho samo time. None of tho pupils, except thoso in Mr. Sickol' s class, who saw tho signal given, know whether thoy woro simply drilling or whether tlioro really wus causo for the sudden dismission. At tlio ringing of a bol' tho pupils returned quietly and in order, nnd inside of four minutes from thn timo tho fire signal was lirst given wero at their desks. The visitors tlion went to the girls' school on the second lloor and tho drill wus repoated, Miss Elmos giving the alarm. In an instant each pupil, from the little girls in the lowest grade to the young ladies In the sonior class, was on her feet. Tlio ono nearest tlio door started at once in that direction, fol lowed by the rest in tho rosrular order in which trial lirst. i thoy had been seated. This was quite us .satisfactory as the 'In ease of a real alarm of fire th pupils would naturally take their accus tomed places in the drill, knowing by experience how quickly they are ublo to escape in that way. Thoy seem to en joy tho ooiviso vory much, and tho teachers stated that it is bonolieial in more ways than one "Wln-n I liud my girls becoming languid and dull," said Mihs Klines to-day, " I find there is nothing which freshens thorn up so much as this lire-drill, so that we are glad to train tliein in it." Motli drills this morn ing did not occupy mure than ten min utes altogether at tho mo-i. Philadel phia Bulletin. 'Father, you uro an awful bravo man," said .a Detroit youth, as ho smoothed down the old man's gra locks the other evening. " How do you know that, WillioP" "Oh, I heard somo men down to tho store say that you killed thousands of soldiers tliuiii" tho war." "MoP Why, I was u beo'f contractor for the army!" " Yes, that's what thoy said!" explained young inuo conce, as ho slid from tho kitchen. Detroit Free Press. m Tho vnults in tlio Chicago sub roasury aro loaded down with such an accumulation of tho precious motals that it is feared tho walls will sottlo. Tho bullion vault noty contains 125 tons Qf silver and two tons of gold, valuod at 85.500,000, in addition to the moro valuable but lighter paper. Chicago Tribune. DR. JOHN RHIi'S . Smith's Tonic Syrup FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER. The proprietor of this colobratod medicine justly claims for It a superiority ovor allrom edies over offorod to tho publio for tho SAFE CERTAIN , SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure of Aguo and Fever, or Chills and Fevor, wheth er of short or long stnndlng. Ho rofers to the ontire Weittrn and Sonthorn country to bear him testimony to tho truth of tho assertion that in no case whatovor will it fail to euro if tho directions are strictly followed and carried out. In a groat many cases a single dose has been sufficient for a ouro, and whole families havo been curod by a singlo bottlo, with a per foot restoration of the general health, It is. howovor, prudont, andin overy caso moro cor tain to ouro, if Ha uso is continued in smaller doses for a vreok or two after tho diseaso has been checked, moro especially in difficult and long-standing cases, Usually this modiclno will not requiro any aid to keep tho bowels in good order. 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