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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1902)
MMWJUMHMim eggracft'ag'gsgagygBBr-' 4,w Iril ' J III THE SUPREME TEST. There nrc fritnuh who tome 11 when hi id. arrow's ynot uet. To .Cl') with Oil OVIT 'l" do id, Friends who viPiii. m the miiNt of o.u liurt.tlic'N tm re-t To know just vvlinl ought in be M. lint the prime of them all. tvlin ,gtiiu trouble Malic by, Ami kr licit: t,iu do nothing lint bleed, 1 t'i vv who imiioi when tht'to's tin i (sflf'c nigh AiitonTiinpft t. "Ilov much ihi you 1'iilhrr. teiiilerlv bit- all the Ji otiiU I have Known U ho tame in tin- (lcitln of ni woe. r ,fttt, to -tand lij tin mile w heii I lolt eo alone, That I inipht then ivimi ith know. 0 I love cVor mil' fot en.li hitmhi.isp and lc.ll. Anil iivo shall I vvnli iheiji nmhiw't'il, Hul .1 4 town for t lit? oni.' who, when none i'li was in ir, S.ml (fll "How much tin win need?" S. V OiUi.ui,ttn 104 Angc'os lleralilf' -ilI-Si f.... m ..... fB 'urnen fBr picture Toward the Wall."! 5 ? Dy Horace Eaton Walker, ?f!w"WV WHAT (' ti tn nlioiir to relate oceiirtcd n number of yeni.s ago, a shun tliiii nrjiii- tli.it iiopiihir Mine;, 'IIi' Tiirni'il irV'r lli line Tim mil tln Willi." mine mil. I was then living nt Hi anion, our tiimlly eoiisisting ot my self. ni wife mill two children, Mat lie. uui'il ilflcen, mid Ucnrgo, aged sov I'litft it We )of"t'il ,iii organ upon which 111 llllllglltel pl.l.VOll. lii'Ol'gC "Ingine. ti in 1 Mrs. Wllii'is mill uiy-olt' (inning In on tin' t bonis in tegular iiiiuiiiy fashion. I w.i- tlu musical enthusiast nf tliu lniiiil.. anil while I iliil not like all tlu -ongs Mien extant, when oiu tlhl stilko tile J, Immediately m.iMciod It I wont into i vtaelm over t hi- puillcul.it' song, ii'ijtl whistled It in tin woodshed, hummed it in the pallor,, sang It to Minis, neighbors .i ml 1 1 lends. Miltiy ol these took tin1 fi'vi'r; lint mine was especially malignant, anil tlu song li.iunt'itl me tor weeks allot everybody i'Ivi hail caught onto soiuethlug new. M.v wife casually nientloiii'il an asvlum lor lunatics several times a day. P.ut I still topoaletl the song, the ilisi tinny on rising in uu. morning, anil the In t tiling on loMiitig at night. Then sii,, expostulated ami veiituied to hope that no more popular soups would eonii' out lor at least a year. I lealli'cd that my state was becoming aim mine Something must be done, a lid immediately. ".Mis. Wllters," I .said, "the thine .shall lu stopped." "I'm how, dearV" she queried wear ll.v. "! sinill hul: up tlu organ." Which 1 dlil; hut the song still ran in iii.i iie.itl. At last I collapsi'il. I was 111 ft oni an ovi'tilose nf music. The doetni said I would ii'otiperati' alti'r a few days of rest, hut upon my be cmiiing convalescent I must refrain 1 1 oni .ill music; I must not oven .sine "Yankee Doodle." "Hen Holt," or ".M ii.v Had a Little Lamb." Kight in the midst of this mental tiihul.ition something happeneil. Mis, Wlltors stnggoied Into my bediooin one morning, hor oye.s as latge as s.iiiceis, and exclaimed: "Sam Wllters, every picture ii the pallor is turned In the wall:" "Yes," chimed It: Heoige, Mini the or gan ih unlocked !" "And pa," added Multle. tin ore.in .slojis arc oiien where you play, 'lie Tinned Her Picture.'" Instead of throwing uie iiHo a mental fever, this information did the mveii-e. It Inoke up the musical trend ot my thoughts. "Hevet se every phi inc." I com manded. "Lock the ni'Kiiii and fetch the key to me." I was obeyed. Then I nil: "tii'oise. go titid letch my tttin fioin the attic." "Oh!" kii sped my wife "Yes. 1 will sit here in lied, aiined. and at the lirst ap)to.ieli of ikiueer. Ieai fiom it and slniot the pei'so:i who Is poipoti.UInu this joke." "Kut .von me too sick to think of tiu.vt lituir of the kind," expostulated my wife. "I shall need only to step liom the lied and lire. City It I cannot slue a popular sane! We'll s,-e about It," "It will be niuidcr." said .lattle, vvltli tearful eyes. "In the Hot deeree. too." cried (icoree, scxerely. "It won't he minder! It'll simply bi ileteii'"!' aealust a burelai' See';" They all saw: mid as I was master of the Iioiim' and lliirouehly aroused to the situation, it was decided that I should eo on picket duty that uleht "Mis. Wllleis, joji will iot If to the chamber aboic," I onleied at Icdlime. "And, Mattle. you tan :n company .vour mother. As for ,vou. (leofKe, yet a i luh I mm the wnoilhul and become a soil ot body euaid l me " As ulelii -el In the darkness of iln looms became inieiise. Not a Hickcr of Unlit inywheie. Jiisi total dm kness (I'eoiee Mit in tlie pallor behind a c.n-c id books lont.iiuliu oeti,v, pioso and cnoiieh tllitlonarles to Mate an null iiat.v liiirelar out ol his wits. I sat bolt up ieht In bed, my back lesiine aealiiM 1 hiudhoaiil, my tuist.v emi in my 'So ' le cloek.slrutk mie, Iwn Ihice The id of the bell had scaicely i eased u a loud noise tame to my ear.s. Stiikltm a uiatili, I ieeped into the loom wliere (icoiee was slttlne. lie was last asleep and his l.illlim tin! hud awakened tile. 1 Ilehted the lamp and stared at the plctiuc.s, "(j'eoieo!" 1 shouted. "WIi.il, fatherV" lie cried, slatting f"om his chair. See!" -"'rTTrf He staneeted hack. All the plelutes were aealn turned toward the wall, the oiean was unlocked and my favor Ite stops were otitl (JeorKe-sturiiil nt.tiie. . 1 stared at tleoree. "What does It mean, dud?" "You slept!" "Hut you were on ettard?" "Yes." "And did jou sleep?" "I think not." "How came jou Iiete. then?" "The falllne of your ' ofiHi nrr'sed me." "I'liiui sleep?" "I'ei Imps." Mattle and her notlier -non m rived on the scene, hut none of us could offer a solution to the uiyqtui'y. nayllclit came. The urfcnri"" stops were rcpl.iced, the orpin t clocked, and evety picture righted. The next nlelU .Mrs. Wllters and niyjclf weie to eo on euaid, she to lemalti in the pailor, as lieoreo had done the nlehl picvtottsly, and 1 In lied, as 1 was not quite stuuie oiioiteli yet to lemaln up. At mlilnleht the house was apiiu ipilet, .Mrs. Wllleis on pianl. I hoaid the clock Mi tick twelve, then one. and My hair stood on end. A seto.itn came ftom the pallor. Hastily Hehtluu a lamp. I beheld Mrs Wllleis stamllue In a corner, swlneine the club fianti cally, and scrcntuine- "I'leanor, what l:i Heaven's name are you doing?" "You neatly frightened me il death!" she gasped. "I ?" "What did j on Hie at?" I had dischaigctl the gun and it lay smoking against the tootboard. the bu reau looking ela.s having a round hole through it. "Hid I lire''" "Did you? Mr. Wllleis. to-nioirovv night Mattle shall bo on gumil. mid neither , .hi not .voiii gun can filghtcu her!" "(ireat Heaven, see!" ' Uveiy picture was again tinned to ward the wall mid the organ was open. "Kleannr. what my-teiy Is this?" My wife vva's sj eldess .lust at that moment ficorgc and Mattle appeared. "Fat her. we will tij it to-moiiow night, and falling, we'll tall in Hie po lice to watch foi us," Ceoieo said, when the situation had been ex plained And so once mole the ploluios weie turned back. "I prefer a icvol.'er to a club," Mat lie said stoutly. Thus armed we as.iin awaited events. Singular Dial I should hear lie clock stilkfng every night low mil morning! Hut so it was. It struck twelve, then one. then two. mid I leaped tiom bed. Mattle was tiling her revolver rapidly, the light levoal iug her in an attitude of despair. "Well. Mattle. what have ou hit?" "Nothing!" -he said doggedly, tliiovv lue her smoking lovolvei Into a cor ner. "Oh, yes you have! You've shot four holes thioiigh m.v now oil paint ing, costing live bundled tlnlhlis One hole in tlie pel. sped lie, one In the hackerouuil, two iluoiigh the moun tain. Cooii: .lust out hundred mid twenty-live dollars a shot. Mm He. you'll do." As wo came back to a normal con dition of mind we found thai the ple nties hud been i oversell as befoic. "II Is leirllile!" said Mattle. "Hut why did you shoot?" "I lieaiil footsteps." "Whose?" "I do not know." , "Leave me to watch to-morrow night, said m.v wile, ileteimiuedly. "Well and good; we will!" I an svveicd. When Ihi' fatal hour lame Mis. Wll ters coinmmidetl: "Mr. Wllters, you will now letlte as usual " I teilicd gun In hand. "(ii'tirge Maliie-.vour father has gone to bed. Collie" The throe left the loom, going to the spare ehamheis above What II meant I hul no moans . r know iug at the time, but II all came mil attorward. When I It'll asleep the.V lelllllioil lo the sitting loom, each holding a levolver and a dark lantern .Mis Wlltcts was at Hie head of the undertaking, bei Idea be ing to Hash Hie bull's eyes lull upon the parlor- adjoining at the siiiiiesi noise, ami should a per.-ou ho illsioveied tuniporlne with the organ oi plotutcs, to shoot him. As usual I lieaid the i lock strike twelve, one, two, and - The next I knew the pailor was suddenly Illum inated, and craik! ciaek! uack! went the l hi oo revolvers. The.v had sm pi Ned tlu man In the vei.v act ol dis placing the pictures, ami after tiring exeltedlj, lushed Into the loom. "(Ileal Hen veils!" cilcd m.v wife, lalutiug mid falling. "Ale you hint?" gasped Heoige. "Wo have shot I'm her!" seioanied MatHe. springing lorvvaid and clasping me In her amis. Matters wore soon lighted, but If m.v bold waiiior.s bad not been loo badly f tightened to shoot straleht I should not be lolling this stor.v. It is all explained by the lact thai I was a somnambulist, ami did these things In my sloop. -Win oi ley. 'lliu i:itiiitiit' Trelli. AiK'lephmil has only eight teeth alto gether. At fourteen jcais the elephant loses Its iii'M set of tooth ami a now set glows, When ti baby stops crying tlie old baeheloi thinks something must be the mailer with It, CORPSE TAKES WEICHT. HlratiRi' t'ao VVttlrh l i:rltlnc t'oiimipiit In Now York, For some lime there has Ihvu spent hit loti us to whether the body of Klmcr S. Huniliiy. who was a Hnlted Slates Circuit Coin t .luilge, was petiltled. Though til Hie time of his death, live years ago. says the Now YotirTrihuno, the .luilge weighed, only a little nunc than toil pounds, it took six or seven men to handle the eollln teecntl.v at the Moiiivlan Cemeler.v. whole the body Is now lit the iccelvlng vault, awaiting rcburlal. The pieseui weight Is said to lie mole than "(K pounds. The theory of petrifaction was toject cd by cspi'its who visited the vault and examined the body not long ago, hill there is no ilouhl that the body has undergone inaiked and cut Ions changes, ..mid the examination which wnBVtitulljlii)V:ed'til8o that the ?61or had Oh"nnA;cd to alnrxt thiIinu of bronze. "The body cottll hat illy l.ttvo become licit Hied In so slum a time as live years" said Frank H Chase, an an thorlly on embalming, "as petillleatlou Is alwiiya noeoinpaiiled by gloat age Hut an litcicase In weight might easily occur If the body were In u grave, where waters charged with mineral substances percolated. I can see no way In which the Inoicnso of weight could take place If the oo.llij wore air tight. "Hut the ptohahlllty Is that it was not. It Is extiemely dllllcult to make a metal eollln ah tight, and unless water could percolate to the body there Is no means by which It could gain weight. "When u body is enilialined, too, Iheie Is a gradual toughening of the tissues, accompanied by a disappear ance of Hie watery substances, so that in time weight Is lost instead of gained. A body weighing 1".. to l.'O pounds lit death would In a year or so weigh no tunic than twent.v live pounds. You can lift a mummy easily with one hand, but to account for an tin reuse In weight It Is neoess.iiy to suppose that miuei.il substances have been added. In a peifectly dry grave no InciciiHe In weight could take place. This Is sim ply tine to an accretion or mineral mut ter, ami such cases are "by no menus uiipieceilentetl." - Tim UMglil of I lit. tiiinptirc. One thing may bo salil iibouC'iho now alinosphoie. That of oltl'was 'slipjiosed to be mil over sixty miles' high, lis rli tbj of decrease of density seemed to1 pioviMhls. Th iitiuosphere Is now be lieved to be fully ."()) miles high. This belief is based upon a study of the fall ol meteorites. These free wanderers ot sp.no plunge Into the upper air at so gieat a speed Hint their filctioii, even with the cxtteniely laic gas at that high altitude, soon heats them tojucan iles( cute, anil they liainc into light. They have been observed to Hash out in tills way at a height of over 1(K) miles. At this elevation the air must be so "xcecillngly rate as lo render it certain that ftlntitm with scrotal bun dled miles ot It would be needed to heat meteor to the Incandescent point. Ftom this II is estimated that the up per limit of the atmnsphoio cannot be less than ."00 miles above the surface. It may be much mine The air may i Mend upwind as far as the foioo of giavlty Is capable of o vet coining Its tilfugal I'm ce. which steadily In tieaso'i wllh height. How high that Is no one can toll. Clu.ilcs Monls, In Lip piucott. Culirurnla 1'Ikx. At an lllustialloti or the curbusly illversilleil character ol the woik of the agricultural stations. It h of Inletest to note that the Callloinia station has been for over ton years c.xpeilmcntlng In lig ciiliuio. sixty different varieties having iiceu tested in that period. It has been connected ludliectly with the National ilovernuient in the study of the Smyrna lig. I: lias been demon strated thai this tie. to naeh Its high est foi in must bo lei tinned by a tiuv iii-oct whii h, in tne Old Woiltl li- re gions ei-i's on Its tuiicli'iig Journeys I loin the wild capiilig llovver to the do. inestic 11.- nee. henrhu the pollen which gives to n.,. ripened n ts j,,.. ciillar ilchiiess and '..nor. The promise now is that, ihtough the Introduction or fit liiseit. Hie ohoIecH Hiiropeaii llgs mo to be raised with piotit in Call foini.i. W. s. Hai wood, In Kerlhuei-'b. Xiilim or Suniliiy Ite. An Important tontilbullon to bclcn llllc il.ua hem lug mi the neicsslty cf Sunday icsi Horn labor has been made by a Penns.vhaiila lailioml otllcial. He seleoteil two groups ot laborers from the woiking tony of a coitnln freight house i mm oiled by his road. He ineasiiioil the working iiipiciiy of each group in let ins of tons handled dally lor a week On Stinilaj one group icslctl; the oilier worked as usual. Ou the lollowlng Monday Die men who had been i oullniioiislj at service showed a decrease nt ten per cm. in ellleieiicy as coiup.iicd with the pre vloiis Moiul.n, anil each tlav afler their coinparative delluipieiiey beeauio greater. The men who hail their Sun tla.v lespiie. on tin- other hand, were as valuable to the company the second week as th Hist. -Duliiih Herald. Hull mill Snow. Why water should sometimes fall as soli snow crystals mid at others in haul lumps ol Icy hall is a iiuesllon of Inleicsl. The illllereiuo Is entirely one ol time. Snow crystals mo turmoil veiy slowly, the fioeii atoms or walci grouping Ihetnsolves with iiialheinat leal pieclslon around dlffeieut centres, Hall, which generally rails in wnrm vve.iiher. Is min tiozen sinhlenly by a sliaip ill op ol toniperatiire In the upper air. Wind nemly always aoeompanles hall, while the linger ami more pel foot sitowtlakos me alwa.vs funned In calm nlc Chicago Juurutil, The st lentlsts ate doing good wotk In showing how volcanic illsturb.uit es happtti Hut Iheie is a sad lack of fa clllllcs t'oi determining when The Swiss Industry of vvaichmakiiie, on uliU Ii the little tepiibllc had at on time mt.aluiost complete iiinuopnl.v has lecoveicil n mil the deptesslug ell'oits of Atiieilenu competition The Swiss tinned the tables by Impelling Ameil inn w.iiihmakliig mat hlnei.v into tbeli eountty ami me said to be now iinilci selllng the Aineilean iiianufai Hitois in the Fulled Siatos. Nlneot Iheelehl.v eight Fulled Slates Seiiiilors weie boin between IS'.'O mitt J&IO.jrtiid Pottus, of Aubaina, born In 18'-M, Is J lie oldest, ' lllscolleiigi', Mor gan wa" boin in IS'JI llavvle.v. Hoar anil Hate tlr-i saw the light in IS'.'ti Of the old men ot the Senate four me .Southern hot ii. Pottus in Alabama, Moigan ami Hate In Teuiiessio. and Haw ley In Ninth Ciiiolluu. Hev. Dr. N. D mills, of Phiuoiith Church, Hiooklyii. says that a .voung college gr.itluale who wanted to go on the leetuie platfoini asked him what he would i lunge to piopaio a good lei tine to be ileliveiotl by Hie beginner as his own The clergyman Jnklngl.i tv piled that he appraised the Intcll.-et he would put Into the lectin e al S10I10. Hie humor at S.'dti. ami the pathos at .v.-.uu To his surprise, the .voung man agiccd to the tonus and otilered the lot Hue. but It gios without s.iyiue that Hie oi dor was novel tilled. The exactness of science has novel been more sttiklngly shown than Ii the piopaiatliuis now making to adjust th, illscicpancy In longitude ami time at present existing between the obseiva tory at (iieonwleh and thai at Pails The illscicpancy is only s.teen one hiiiitltcdlhs of a setond. but a largo staff. of astionomeis ami mathemati cians will undertake tlie wink of cor recting It. and it Is thought that It may take l hem a year to complete it. Spe clal buildings have boon elected at (iicciiu ifh to accoininoilate them, ami every facility that scletue can afford .will be given to aid them In their onion, lallons The print leal value of the ox actness thus soug'it lor uiiisists In the precise iletotniliintlii! of nmional hiiitu dary linos. II Is i barged by a wilier in Aineilean Medicine that cffoits to doeieiise the cost of inanufacluro of Illuminating gtis have losultod in making a danger nitslv polMinous piotlttet. Much moil it:i gi:s islsts largely of so called water-gas, whit h tontaiiis ililil.v per cent, of i m lion inono.xlilo, a lalally poisonous .substatite. On the lopo'il, In Massachttsetth. of laws llnilllng the pioiiiuHoii or monoxide In llliiiiilnmlug gas to ten per cent., H.e death late rioin gas pulsotilng at once lose. In Ihlrteen .veins pilar to this the lotal number of deaths was mil.v eight, wlillc, In the thli teen .veils lollowitig the number was l.v.i. Many puzzling eases of physical decline, the vviitet believes, aic ti.ice.ible to gas leaks In lll-vcntlhilcd houses. One of the pi iuclial assets of the Fnl ted Klngdoni K lis niei chant mailnc, which is an Indispensable aid In mak ing good the ilillcietieo between the e.v poits ami linpoits of the louuti.v Vhe need of such an ngi-iej may he shown by the latest tiaile teporls, width give the excess ot impoiis over ex pints for the nine months ending Maich or this year as i$'.iO,l(M!,oii!, an Incicis,. 0 about the millions above ihe coin hpoiidiiig llgtiio ot a j ems aj.ii. siatos the Chicago Itofoiil-Hcinlil. Sin h an "unfa voi able" lialame would, of course, be Impossible If Hiltlsh capital woie not fin incoming to settle the ac count, and as a very touslilorable poi tiuu of It is furnished by the sea ear llcts the coiic'in of the peo lo ovoi their shipping h easy to untleislaail. The Koiimu alphabet glows i imv. ami moie In fin or mIHi the nations of the en i Hi. The latest country to lake steps toward Its adoption Is Japan The Hov eminent has lecently appointed a commission to thaw up a plan wheioby .Inpnncs? writing may bo made to con foi in to modern Hiigllsli and Fieiieh foi ins. in china piogrcs, ,iu Mime dliettloii ! icpDiiod, ami nilsslonailcs Iheie say ihal ihe old ami Indexible slgn-wiltlng N sine to go. t.'cimany is inpldly falling Into line, mid the num lier of luioks anil pamphlets printed In Itommi charactcis luci oases joar by jear, lemaiks Ilmpor's Weekly. In ltussla, however, the Individual alpha bet peculiar to that couutiy Mill shows no signs of chaiige-tlie i lie cniiuliy whose Ilteiatuie Is almost inaccessible to Hid rotcigii-hotii stinleuls. Hut Horn a bioatl survey it seems Inevitable dial eventually Ihe one alphabet-Hie lto- uiuu-win iiue i uu vvuini, t (c( fnffiYMift dJi U'liHt IIik Niilliiinil llovcrtiiilMit I DiiIiik. IN Ills latest icpoil to the Depatl incut or Agtleutttite Martin Dislge, tllicctor or the ellii I' Public Itoad Infinities, makes the lollow lug lemaiks logatillug tic woik or the olllce and its needs and plans tor the ftilutc- "It Is proper Just here to tall alien Hon to a misconception which appeals to exist In the minds of some to the el feel that lni!teiisodrfjipproprlntloiis; ur this work may lend 'In nntlniial nfd. If should bo distinctly understood that the woik of this olllce, like that of many other divisions of the dcpaitmciit, is puiel.v educational "Sclculllic load bulhliiie necessitates not only the cnnsldeiatlon of lotal con tlltleus. stub as climate ami soil, lalu i'all ami tlralnage. but also a study of avaUnble matctlals aillaceiil to the load To tiniispnii matotlals a gieat distance adds so much to the oosl us lo lender loads seienlillcally cotistt tided of t'tiielgu materials Impracticable. Competent toad bulldeis should ills envoi mid lest the available mateilals ami show by practical object lessons how the most good can be made or lliom with the least possible exponill lute ol money ami labor The best ma lei I, tls are not always dlscoveied, ami I lions. mils of dollars me wasted in I his intiutiy auuttally by the use of poor materials whole a little expert study and advice would have developed good materials close at hand The best methods of uslne llieso materials me nt'tcnt lines unknown, and money Is wasted in Hieii improper application All those things retiulio scloiitlllc study ami Investigation The people of the country aie now liitcicstctl in this mai ler as never heroic, ami they are de manding ami me sorely In need of au thentic lufoi miitinii along these Hues. I'm thei foie, this Is woik which the (Jovoi iiuionl oaii do for them much bet tor ami more economically than they can tin for themselves. "Allot having coiishlctcd all loiters, requests and icsolutloiis which havu tonic to the ilepiu tiuent, ami after con sulting ami cm responding with many or Hie most piomiueiil tanners mid road advocates throughout (he country I have the honor to rci minuend that Congiess be asked to increase the up pioprhitloii lor I his olllce for the next llscal year In S7,-(,0t)0. if this Increase is granted, 1 would lcconnneiitl that Iheie bo devoted, provisionally, to In vestigations and educational woik, $1000 In each or Ihe Slates and Teni tin ics, ami that Hie balance be used in deriaylng Ihe miming expenses of this olllce and toad material labmatoiy. "The necessity of fuitlicriug the woik or this laboratory Is felt all over the country, and ul least $10,000 Is needed for cariylng on this branch of the wink for the next llsetil year. The small sum of SloOO heielofoic allotted to each or the four divisions ol' the coun try Is not sulllclenl to pay ihe salary ami expenses or competent persons. The ilepaitiiieiit should be able to com maud the entire time and attention or thole iepi"sentntlvos, but In older to tlo this at least .!!,' 0(1 should be set apart for each division "Our small rone has been so com plctel.v occupied with outside woik Hint the in cp.irat lou of didactic litcraltiie had to lie uoRl"ctotl. This bianch of the woik should also lecclve moie al lentlon. especially the collection. Illus tration, pi luting and dlstilhutloii of piactical ami scieiitlllc lufoi million. 1 Hiisl, llieiefoic. that you will llml It wllhlti .vour power lo scenic a I least .fT.'.OOO ror the use or this olllce for the next llsoiil year. "When the last report was submitted Iheie was some ilouhl as lo whether we t onhl secure a sitlliclent number or 1 1 allied men to carry on extensive In vestigations in the vat Ions States, but dining the last year the olllce has de voted a groat deal of attention and sillily lo (lie selection of poisons who aie sulliclently skilled to Inaugiiiate this woik. It Is giatifylng lo announce thai wo arc now prepaid! gicatly to e tend the work of this olllce, and the .ippiopilntiou above meiitloiietl, If granted by Congiess, will bo expended Judiciously it id wisely " I Aii liiiiortiint (Jut-Minn. There Is plenty or labor In the until My to build ami maintain good loads, If pioperly utilized. A few days' woik a year under compet-iit illioollon, sup plemented by a loiisonlnhlc tax on the pioperly. would, in a lew years, make :i maivelous tllfrcioiice It Is not to ho c.K'ctctl that all the counties can at oiiio tinileilako macadam or stone toads, most or them cannot, except in tlie wmst placet, bin a vast improve ment may bo math' In the t otumoii tliit loads, ami It Is these width must bo our llrst t out oi a. This load fiiosinu K Ihe most impoi lain question now couriontliig the peo ple of the State The toiiuti.v people mo vitally Inleie-ied in it. not only finm mi ctoiiomlt-, but ri mil a social Hmidpolui. The plcasiii" mid ndv.in tagos ol coiintt.v Hie would be so gieal l, multiplied ir iieL'hlinis had easy at tess over good loads to one auothei's houses, If 1 u thlhlieii iiiilhl go til school, ir all ! p'nple could go to chilli ll. We li, v lint too pool to build good loads. Ve aie too poor to tin without them and piosper A tiger has boin nica-uucd eighteen feet fi mn end of nose to lip ol tall. No lion ol such a sl.e has been killed. Five men can hold down a lion; It takes nine lu huld a tiger. JEWISH WIT. Humor nml Siihllclv In Nurinlltn n !! i'IiiI lllmim lrrlllcii. Wltl.v auei dotes mo occiislotinlty credited lo the Jews, but, according to a wilier In Chauibiiss .lout mil, "the .lows possess in a touim liable degree the iiiallt.v ol' humor mid subtlety In nairatlve geiiorall.v of a biting or iltoll naltiio." A number or specimens are given" Some com em Disi.iell, the host, perhaps, being Ihal leluiliig to the late Lord Hosslyn. "What can we tin with llosslyn?" Disraeli once askei ol a col league. "Make him Master or the Hiickhtiiiinls as his talhei Was," sug gested the hitler. "No," icplied the pieinler; "he swears fur loo much lor that. We will make him High Com. mlssinnor to the Chun Ii of Scotland" Many stoilos ate told of ihe Hollio chlhls, A young top who paid oin; of, the u'lcbrilioil .levvlsh bankers lilwlfg' ' was so pioiiil of his sot of tliahrehlte sleeve bullous that lie liiolishl.t liiHlsted on exhibiting them to his host. The latter looked al lliom ami then ie maikcil "Yes, il Is a ptetty stone. 1 have always liked It In the next room I liavo il imiullepiece niatle of It." The wife or one of the Hnllisohlhls lived lo he uiuel.v eight, on her ilcnlh bed she said to hoi medical nlteiiilmil: "Oil, doctor, can you tlo anything lor mo?" 'Nothing, niailani." he leplhtl; "I cannot make you young again." "No," she added, "I tlo not want that. I should like to live to gtow old." The grandfather of Ihe present Lord Holhschlhl made a practice or employ ing a eoitalii cabby to dilve him round on his business calls, psylng the man lllieially. but. not lavishly. Thai gen Ih'inmi's son also occasionally em ployed the saine driver, ami he luv.-irla-bly .gave a substantial gratuity In ad dition to the rare This tlirfeience puzzled the ealimiin for a time, till eventually he plucked up siilllclcut courage to ask the elder Rothschild to explain why his son always paid more than ho did "Mj good man." Itothsehlhl replied, "my sou has the gootl foi lime to have a rich father; I haven't." WORDS OF WISDOM. Sot rows roineiuli, led sweeten pres ent Joy -Pollock. Haihncss Is Hie fivlllifnl hut un happy parent of misfortune. Fuller. To icfoim a man you must begin with Ids grandmother. Victor Hugo. Iteciiui,iuui' Injury with Justice, and iinklmluess with kindness.-Confucius. A straight Hue Is the slimiest in mor als as In mathematics. .Marie Filge worth. IT nettled by severe raillery, conceal the sUng II you would escape a icpctl tion of the evil. Coltoti. There are few things reason can ills, cover with as much certainly ami ou-e as Its own ltisiilllclcncy. Jeremy Col lier. Hcllecllon Is the llovver of the 'iilnd. giving oni wholesome Iragrance; but rev cry Is the sinie llovver, when rank and running to seed Tupper. One of the aiost uufortiiiiale beings is a man gifted with a sense ol humor who lacks tact, ror nearly every Joke he poipotraleH oust him a friend. He tannin resist Hie temptation to enjoy a gootl Joke, even at the expense of liionilshlp. The humorist who would retain his fi lends must lefialu liom Jokes that may be Inicrpicted as Im pertinence. Success. G'tinnem In llrlilul Costumm. Continental In Ides, says the London Hrnplilc, are so conservative In their bridal attire mid customs that It Is stmuwhat sliange that two new depai lures at weddings should have been no Heed within the past few days, ami In different countries. In Spain of all lands most slow to take in new Ideas the daughter of a grandee was attended by eight bihlcsmalds, quite afler the P.uglish fashion. As a rule, Initios maids me iiuiio.xlsleni In Fiance ami Spain, the hi hie being only attended by one or two maids or honor, each tliosscd dlffeicntlj. In this last of Spanish weddings, however, the bevy ol maidens weie all In white, and walked up the chinch atlci the Initio. The hctoiid Innovation was observed at a small P.nis wedding. The Initio wore, iiinli.nl of the oithoilo.x while silk or satin, a white velvet gown, and Instead of mango blossoms or inyithi bouquets of white camellias, both ou her i oi sage ami catihliig up her luce veil, so mtauged as to 1'oiiu a peaked up ami vcr.v becoming tollluio. 'I lie Placid riotiniler. At length we sec theiii, the serene lloiindeis, ic posing in the small end or the potkets. It is hard to Imagine moie Impassive ilsli in all the seas thau those tloiimleis-hardly a squirm or u Hash out or them as they are balled over the tall and dumped iuto the well. They did swim around like happy cieatuies once they round themselves In the well, in what must have seemed lice water to them again hut that onl.v showed again what foolish ilsh ilii-i wete, as even August noted. A tat cod or u haddock, n whiting or i von a hoavy-wlltcil halibut -will kick mid snuggle when caught, with seem Ingl.v a preseuilineiu of the fate that aw alls him, but I hose Hat lloundets not a i cally vigorous kick or wiggle t mn the entire bunch -From "On a Haltle Sea Sloop." by .lames H. Connol ly, lu Sci Hitter's, Long Avenue of 'It rci, Japan has an avenue of trees fifty tulles lu length. The trees are the eryptoniora, and every one Is n perfect specimen, quite stinlght, from lot) feet lo l.'O feet in height and twelve feet to llftcen feet lu clicutufeicnee. The ave nue extends ftuiu the tuw'ti of Natuuu da to Nikko. VI 2 I ' i. - -i m flnl fi, A? H WH :.ti ,