THE M'COOK TRIBUNE.
SUPPLBMENP.
McCOOK , NEB
The wine product for 1885 is csti-
sautecl at44JpOQOO gallons.
A Danbnry , Conn.man swallowed
a live.frog several days ago for two
bottles of beer.
Aproposiiton has bceu made to erect
a Dccnuincnfc to Gen. Grant in Buffalo ,
N. Y. , by popular subscription.
The last blow to the roller-skating-
rink has been given by a Philadelphia
physician , who says that roller-skuting
enlarges the feet.
Tlie Japanese have adopted the bi
cycle , and it has become popular there ,
but the Chinese seem wholly incapable
of comprehending it.
It is now claimed that birds as near
ly as possible imitate the nests in which
they were reared , and bring to the
work a sort of rudimentary education.
Prof. L. E. Richards , the Yale pedes
trian , has walked nineteen hundred
miles thus far this year for pleasure.
Last year he made twenty-one hun
dred.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
IB soon to open at Allegheny , for the
use of its einplo3-e3 , a library , reading-
room , bath-rooms , and an assembly
hall.
hall.Fifteen
Fifteen thousand people at the open
ing of tho Chautauqua school , which
indicates that as a popular summer re
sort the school is fast taking the place
of the catup meeting.
In a recent issue of a well-known
French journal appeared the follow
advertisement "Wanted dis
ing : , a
tinguished and liealthy looking man to
be 'cured patient1 in a doctor's-wait-
ing-room. Address , etc. "
As two men were fishing in a mill-
pond at Valatie , Columbia county ,
New York , the other day , they saw a
crocodile about six fee't long crawl
into the water. It was put into tho
pond six j-ears ago , when small.
The Jews of Austria complain that
it is a great hardship that they should
be forbidden to work on Sundays , since
their religion obliges them to rest on
Saturday. The Jewish population in
Vienna alone amounts to 150,000.
Lunches at the Ascot races , eaten
on the grass or under cover , consist of
"bread , butter , and a 'ard boiled egg"
for a "threepence" or , more elaborate ,
the "periwinkle , 'ot 'ouse grapes ,
peerless pines , " and as a sweet apack-
age of acid drops.
The tribal government of tho Chero-
i kees is democratic in form , with an
Elective chief magistrate and an up
per and lower house cf iepresenta-
iives. The judiciary is also elective ,
and criminals are punished after tho
manner of the whites.
The dry weather in Texas affects
The Lulinq Wasp in this manner :
"Tho foam-covered coursers of tho
air are constantly in sight , but tho
sound of their tramping comes not ,
nor do we feel the welcome spray from
the raingod's fountain. "
Plainiield , N. J. , has an odd and
lomewhat confusing title for its cn"ief
literary and artistic institution the
"Job Male Public Library and Art
Gallery. " "Job Male" is merely the
name of the ex-mayor who has erect
ed the building for his fellow-citizens.
A horse was thrown down in New
York a few days ago by the iron shoe
nf one foot coming in contact with
the cover of a manhole for the elec
tric wires , which was affected by leak
age , while the other foot touched the
irou. rail of the Bleecker street horse
railroad.
As an illustration of the depreciation
of land valued in England , London
Trutli states that a large free hold es
tate in North Wiltshire was offered for
sale at Devizes , recently for $100,000.
1'here was not a single bid , and yet
ten years ago this property was valued
at $210,000.
A statue of Moses in the Bullruslies ,
by Herman Keiu , is to be placed at
the lily pond in Fairinount park ,
Philadelphia.
Large flocks of blackbirds in Los
Angeles cdunty , California , are prov
ing a check to the depredations of
grasshoppers.
The Dominion government has re
duced the tax on limber in British
Columbia to 15 cents a tree or 20 cents
A novel game of base-ball will bo
played at ( Jarlton , Yauihill county ,
Oregon , at an early da } ' . Uine young
ladies will play nine gentlemen , who
must be over 50 j'ears of age.
An exchange states that if a castor-
oil plant is kept growing in a room ,
mosquitoes , flies , and other pests will
not enter , or if they should they are
soon found dead beneath the leaves.
Fifteen tons of grasshoppers , com
prising , it is estimated , 60,000,000
separate insects , were captured at tho
Natoina vineyard , near Fplsom , Cal. ,
by drowning in the irrigating ditches.
Strawberry shortcake has been
served out to all the prisoners in. the
Arkansas penitentiary , despite the
provisions of the constitution concern
ing cruel amkunusual punishment.
One juror in Clarke county , Georgia ,
has caused no less than twenty mis
trials , and now it is proposed to leave
his narne'-amMhose of other men who
have actbtTin fife same manner out of
the jury lists.
The Columbia Indians in " Harney
valley ; Oregon , are much incensed
over the recent killing by white men
of two Indian horse-thieves ; and they
are reported to be holding war dances.
The neighboring whites are alarmed.
In an account of the war between
the fishermen of New Jersey and Dela
ware T/ic Cleveland Leader remarks iu
an offhanrt manner that Kew Jersey
had better annex the three counties of
Delaware , that is to say , the whole
,5tate.
There is a Hotel Boston in New
York , opposite the Central park , which
has alight sandstone front ornamented
with'blue trimmings , as if to indicate
the blue blood wTiioh is proverb.ally
associated with tho first circles of tho
"Hub. "
Blacaulay's Table Talk.
The following , from the second part
of the Grcville Memoirs , illustrates the
wonderful fullness and variety of
Macaulay's knowledg :
Before dinner some mention was
made of the portraits of the speakers
in the speakers' house , and I asked
how far they went back. Macaulay
said he was not sure , but certainly as
far as Sir Thomas Moore. "Sir
Thomas Moore , " said Lady Holland
"I did not know he had been speak
er. " "Oh , yes. " said Macaulay ,
"don't you remember when Cardinal
Wolsey came down to the hquso oi
commons , and Moore was in tho
chair ? " And then he told the wholo
of that well known transaction , and
all Moore bad-said. At dinner , among
a variety of persons and sub
jects , principally ecclesiastical , which
were discussed fqr Melbourne Iovc3
all sorts of theological talk we got
upon India and Indian men of emi-
nence , proceeding from Gleig's "Life of
Warren Hastings , " which Macaulny
said was the worst book that ever w.is
written ; and then the name of Sii *
Thomas Munro came uppermost.
Lady Holland did not know why Sir
Thomas was so distinguished ; when
Macaulay explained all that he had
ever said , done , writtenor thoughtand
vindicated his claim to the title of o ,
great man , till Lady Holland got
bored with Sir Thomas , toldMacauUy
she had had' enough of him , raid
would have no more. This would
have dashed and silenced an ordinary
talker ; but to Macaulay it was no
more than replacing a book on its
shelf , and he was as ready as ever to
open on any other topic. It would bo
impossible to follow and describe the
various mazes of conversation , all of
which he threaded with an ease that
was always astonishing and instruct
ive , and generally interesting and
amusing. When we went up stairs
we got upon theFathers of the Church.
Allen asked Macaulay if ho had
read much of the Fathers. He said ,
not a great deal. He had read
Chrysostom when he was in India ;
that is , he had turned over theleaves ,
and for a few months had read him
for two or three hours every morning
before breakfast , and he had read
some of Athanasius. "I remember .1
sermon , " he said of Chrysostom'a in
praise of the bishop of Antioch ; " and
then he proceeded to give us the sub
stance of the sermon till Lady Hol
land got tired of the Fathers , again
put her extinguisher on Chrysostom ,
as she had done on Munro , and with
a sort of derision , and as if to have
the pleasure of puzzling Macauly , sho
turned to him and said , ' 'Pray , Ma-
caulay , what was the origin of a doll ?
When were dolls first mentioned in
history ? " Macaulay was , however ,
just as much up to the dolls as he was
to the fathers , and instantly replied
that the Roman-children had their
dolls , which they offered up to Venus
as they grew older ; and quoted Per-
sius for
"Vcncri donnta : a Virgine puppaj. "
and I have not the least doubt , if ho
had been allowed to proceed , he would
liave told us who was the Chenevix of
ancient Rome , and the name of tho
first baby that ever handled a doll.
The conversation then ran upon
Milman's "History of Christianity , "
which Melbourne praised , thereligious
opinions of Locke , of Milmau himself ,
the opinion of the world thereupon ,
and so on to Strau&s's book and his
mythical system and what he meant
by mythical. Macaulay began illus
trating and explaining the meaning of
a myth by examples from remote an
tiquity , when I observed that in order
to explain the meaning of "mythical"
it was not necessary to go so
far back ; that , for instance ,
we might take the case ot Will
iam Huntingtpn , S. S. ; that the ac
count of his"life was historical , but
the story of his praying to God for a/
new pair of breeches and finding them
under a hedge was mythical. Now. I
had just a geneml superficial recollec
tion of this story in Iluntington's
"Life , " but mjr farthing rush-light was
instantly extinguished by the blaze
of Macaulay's all-grasping and all-
retaining memoryfor heat once came
in with the whole minute account of
this transaction ; howHuntington had
prayed , what he had found , and where ,
and"all he had said to the tailor by
whom this miraculous nethergarmeut
was made.
Styles in Pipes.
From llic Chicago Xews.
' 'Yes , I carry every stj-le of pipe out
but the stovepipe , " remarked a Madi
son street dealer , and they range in
price all the way from 1 cent to § lf 0.
Heretofore I have imported the most
of my meerschaum goods from Vienna.
People had an idea that any thing that
was imported was a superior article ,
but domestic goods are now very pop
ular and are largely superseding the
imported. Like the dry goods mer
chant , the hatter , and the clothier , we
are entirely at the mercy of Dame
Fashion. An article may be in the
greatest demand one monHi and the
next be absolutely unsalable. Yes ,
sir , we have our fastidious smokers.
Why , there are hundreds of men in this
city who would no more think of smok
ing a , pipe that was out of style than
a city belle would think of wearing a ,
Shak'er bonnet on her afternoon prom
enade down State street. The mer
chant prince's daughter is not more
fastidious in her notions of dross than
is the gentleman smoker in regard to
the style of his pipe. What class ot
goods are most in demand ? Oh , Isell
more of the wooden , ranging from 50
cents to $3 , than anything else. The
'average men doesn't care to invest so
much in a luxury , and I sell ten cheap
pipes.where Isell one ofthemore cost-
jy. How is trade ? Well , I have been
in Chicago twenty-eight years , and I
believe that the past summer _ was as
dull a season as I ever saw. Ilcwever ,
/.ill trade is now opening up and wo
are doing a good business. "
There are 507 miles of paved and
1,100 of unpaved streets in Philadel
phia.
FABM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm Brevities.
The manufacture of a , pound of bees
wax requires the assimilation of twen
ty-five pounds of honey.
Twenty acres of Clawson wheat in
ICalamazoo County , Mich. , yielded 1-
004 bushels.
Mrs. Julia B. Nelson permits no bar
ley to be planted on her240-acre Min
nesota farm , knowing that "the chief
demand for it is from brewers. "
According to the medical world ev-
ery farmer wears out , on the ayerage ,
two wives and a half in his lifetime.
There are near me apiaries of Italian
bees , but they do not a verge any more
to the hive than mine. I think , with
your correspondent "Joseph , " that
the Italian queen business has been
carried too far , and too much is
claimed for them. I prefer brown bees
for extracted honey in the South. At
the New-Orleans Beekeepers' Congress
I heard men who were queen breeders
say the same thing. Home and Farm.
To cure'a horse of stumbling , whHi
is caused by dragging the fore feet too
low and catching the toe , the toe
should be shortened and no toe calks
used. A bracelet of wooden balls
strung upon a strap should be worn
around the leg above the lowest joint.
This causes the horse to throw the
feet out a little and so lift them up
more. A stumbling horse should be
driven with a tight check rein , if he is
given to the habit of carrying the head
low and bearing forwavd in the har-
ness.
ness.A
A pretty elaborate as well as exten
sive structure is the barn of George V.
Forman , now nearly completed , near
Clean , N. Y. It is 20-i by 40 feet in
size , is placed upon a substantial
stone foundation with four or five
feet of space under the floor and
numerous windows in the walls for
purposes of ventilation. It will be as
warm as a house , as it has a heavy
plank floor and is sided and ceiled
with fine pine lumber. There are 27
capacious windows in each side , with
large ornamental ones in front. At
both ends and in the centre is an or
namental tower , which serves as a
ventilator.
The Ideal Cow.
The question is sometimes asked
"Can polled cattle be good milkers ? "
It is the sheerest nonsense to suppose
that horns have anything to do with
the milkfiow. Horns are neither use
ful nor ornamental , except from the
force of habit. They are , on the other
hand , both troubfesome and danger
ous , as the many cases every year of
accidents and even death , resulting
from persons being hooked go to
prove. Here and there may now be
found a dairy composed of hornless
cattle ; we have not been able to learn
that any such are less productive
than others. Were the breeds of poll
ed cattle to be further improved , by
breeding from selected animals only
for a considerable time , excellent milk
ing or other qualities might become es
tablished , and we believe a demand
could be easily worked up for such im
proved stock. An improved breed of
I'mooleys" would afford almost the
ideal family cow.
The Classification of Wools.
Tho Sheep Breeder.
This important article is divided by
English staplers into a number ol
lifierent classes and names , ail of
which , however , come under the head
of long and short wools.
Long wool is so called because its
staple runs to a great length. The
best qualities of this wool are obtain
ed from the English sheep , principally
those which are bred in Lincolnshire
and Leicestershire. The wool of the
former is very long and silky , and has
often been used in the place'of mohair.
Long wool , however , is generally used
for combing purposes and the making
of worsted yarns.
Short wool takes its name from tha
fact that the staple is shorter than
that of the long wool , and not because
it is inferior to long wool ; for , taking
it on the whole , it is more usefnll and
can be used for more purposes than
the long wool. The beat qualities of
short wool arc obtained from Aus
tralia , and are sent to the London ,
England , wool sales in great quanti.
ties. Port Philip and "Sidney wools
are about the best wools that can be
bought. Short wools are used for fine
mixtures , coatings , and a great va
riety of heavy and light goods.
Lambs' wool is shornfrom the an
imal before it is a year old. It is the
finest in quality , and best in color the
sheep can produce , although it is short
in staple in consequence of the age of
the sheep , it is the best for the fine
mixtures because of its tendency to
spread ; it will also make fine even
yarn.
Yearling wool is so called because
the sheep is clipped when a , year old.
The staple is stronger than that of the
lamb and it will spin to a good length.
Fleece Wool. Second and subse
quent years of the sheep. The staple
is thicker and longer than that of the
"
two former. It "is used in almost
every class of the woolen trade , espe
cially for heavy coatings.
Greasy Wool. This is the ordinary
fleece uncleaned. It has a fair staple ,
but loses nearly one-half its weight
when scoured.
Scoured Wool. Either lambs' or
fleece , when shorn , is very greasy and
dirty. It Is scoured so as not to cost
so much in carriage.
Handwashed Wool. This may be
called fleece wool , but the sheep are
washed by hand before shearing. It
is not a good wool and only suitable
for low purposes.
Skin Wool or Pulled Wool. This
wool is taken from tho skin of the
Sheep slaughtered for food , and in
consequence of the lime and other
chemicals used in burning the wool
from the skin tho staple is rendered
very tender. It is only suitable for.
goods not being milled , unless blended'
with other wool of a superior quality.
Hornless Cattle.
The horns of an animal can be de- ,
stroyed in embroyo with very little ,
pain in the following manner : The
small nubs from which the horns will
grow , which appear on a calf's head-
are cut off with a knife so that the
embryo horns can be cut away. This
is done with great ease and quiet
rapidly by the use of a sharp knife.
Tho wound is then seared with a white
hot iron , which is not painful , as the
great heat deadens the sensation , and
it soon heals. The horn is destroyed
and its growth prevented. Consider
ing the great danger of injtry from the
horns of cattle this operation is a
necessary one , and as it is less painful
than that of docking lambs' tails and'
far less painful than castration , any1
person who ' objects to it may bo
thought mo're nice than wise.
Grain Drops.
Farmers should eat more farina
ceous food , and less meat and potato.
Oat meal and cracked wheat recom
mend themselves as among the most
nutritive and easily digested of foods.
We have oat meal or cracked-wheat1
mush on our table for breakfast every ,
day. We run a pound or so of whole
wheat throught a coffee mill , which
enables us to have purer and better
grain than we can buy of grocers.
After buying canary seed and other
stuff mixed with the wheat at the
store , we resorted to this device , as
an experiment. It gives the best of
satisfaction to all. Those farmers
who grow wheat would do well to
sive out a bushel or two for family
use , cracking a little at a time in a
hand mill. It will pjiy farmers to plant
enough seed for family usejf nomore
Country Home
Marry a Gentleman.
It was an excellent advice , "I saw
lately given to young ladies urging
them to marry only gentlemen or not
many at all. The word was used in
its broadest tiuest sense It did not
have reference to those who have fine
raiment and white hands and the
veneering of society polish , .merely , to
entitle them to the distinction , but to
those possessed of true , manly and
noble qualifies , however hard"their
hands and sunbrowned their faces. A
true gentleman is generous and un
selfish. He regards another's happi
ness and welfare as well as his own.
You will see the trait running through
all his actions. A man who is a bear
at home among his sisters , and dis
courteous to his mother , is just the
man to avoid when you come to the
great question of yes or no. A man
may be ever so rustic in his early sur
rounding , if he is a true gentleman he
will not bring a blush to your cheek
in any society by his absurd behavior.
Thete is an instinctive politeness in
herent in such a character , which
eveiywhere commands respect and
makes its owner pass for what he is
one of nature's noblemen. Do not
despair , girls , there are such men still
in the world. You need not all die
old maids. Woman at Work.
Plain Truths for CJirls Who Flirt.
Whatever idea the young girls who
practice street flirting may entertain
of their seemingly innocent pastime ,
it may be set down as a certainty
that when a respectable young man
desires the acquaintance of one who
may some day become his wife , he
doesn't go out on the street and seek
for acquaintance through a flirtation.
But , on the other hands , the flirt of
the street , no matter how innocent
and fair her intentions may be , is the
last person he would seek as his life's
companion. lie desires purity , with
out and above suspicion. The
young lady who' engages in this
kind of pastime should bear in mind
that she not only endangers her repu
tation and leaves a stain upon her
good name , but that her name
is Hi by word among those with *
whom she flirts , to be bandied
about in the saloons , on the
street corners , and in the lowdown
unholy places in the city ; fastening on
her otherwise fair name a stigma or
stain that Avill follow her years after
she sees her folly and attempts to
mend her ways.
to Sluice a Scrap-Book.
Take a "Patent Office Report , " or
any decent looking book of no value ,
and with a sharp knife , cut out every
other leaf , the whole way through ;
this will give plenty of room between
backs for your scraps. Then make a
thin paste with flour or starch , and
apply with a brush to the scraps ; as
you paste them in the book use a
"clean cloth to rub the wrinkles smooth.
It is better to have iy good supply of
scraps before you begin to paste ; then
you can assort and trim ko as to fill
the page nicely. Thisbook is intended
for cuttings from papers , etc. , that are
too good to be wasted , but bright
pictures can be used so as to make it
attractive. Where you make good
selections , a very interesting book will
be the result , whichvill be a favorite
in the family , especially among the
young folks that are on the''look out" .
for declamation and such things. If
you can draw , the blank pages will be ,
a good place to display your talent in
that direction.
Alinseortho 3Iusclps of Baby-Eyes.
The two muscles a set for each eye
act in perfect correlation , and en
able the organ in an instant of time to
cover an infinite range of vision. No
fine adjustment of the telescope , no
system of lenses and prisms , can ac
complish this feat in an instant of
time.
Th'e utmost caution is therefore im
peratively demanded of every person
to whom is consigned the care of the
young child fron infancy to perhaps
'the ' third year of life. It is during this
time that damage to the muscular ap
paratus of the eye may be done. The
[ mother or nurse is eager to havebaby
[ see everything from the nursery-win-
clow , or from a carriage or car. How
many tired heads , languid eyes , and
disordered tempers result from this
anistake ! How often is loss of accom
modative power , or enlarged pupil , or
'crosseyethe consequence ! Worms ,
( "inward fits , " sour stomach , flea-
bites , and bad temper are some of the
morbid and moral posers which the
jmother and the family doctor pon-
ider over.
i An indication of the delicate and un-
Jderdeveloped muscular apparatus of
, the eyeball within the first two months
of life is found in the ease with which
some infants look cross-eyed. It is
well known that in sleep the eyes are
turned upwards under the brows , and
[ inwards , and that a true crossed con-
'dition of the optical axes occurs dur
ing this state.
1 An occasional temporary crossing of
the eyes of an infant above two months
of age should be carefully investigated.
The child should bo handled lightly ; it
should not be played with too much ;
| It ought to lie or roll on its back in
preference to sitting on the lap or in a
chair. Any unequal size of the pupils
should be carefully noted. It may be
either the sigh of some internal trouble
or a simple local affection of the mus
cular tissue controlling the pupil.
Babyhood.
Education of Girls.
' Louisa M. Alcott says of the educa-
jtion of girls : "lean only hope that with
jthe new and freer ideas now coming
: up some of the good old ways may ;
also be restored. Respect shown to
the aged , modesty , simple dress , home-
keeping , daughters learning from good
mothers their domestic arts , are so
'mnch better than the too early iriyolty
.andfreedom so many girls now enjoy.
JThe little daughter sent me by my dy-
| ing sister has given me a renewed inter-
jest in the education of girls and a fresh
; anxiety concerning the sort of society
( they are to enter by and by. Health
comes first , and early knowledge of
'
.truth , obedience , and self-control ;
ithen such necessary lessons as alt
'must learn , and later such accomplish
ments as taste and talant lead her to
desire a profession or trade to fall
fback upon in time of need , that she
: may not be dependent or too proud
to work for her bread. Experience is
'the ' best tearher , and with good health ,
good principles and a good education
any girl can make her own.wayandbe
, the graver and better for the exertion
.and discipline. "
Aii Ajrccl Bean's Rebuff.
In the Mary Anderson company is
plump , smooth , jolly Miss Tilbury.
'She doesn't amount to much as an
actress yet , being a novice , but her
youth and comliness are very compel
ling to the adulators of stage feminin
ity. Boquets and notes are sent to
her by the noodles , and one evening a
somewhat years-worn beau , famous
for a quarter of a century as a gallant
of the green-room , was struck hard
l > y her agreeable personality. His
social and business relations with the
management were such that he was
able , just after rehersal next day , to
be introduced to the girl. She receiv
ed him respectfully , but not ardently ,
; and he felt that he was not making a-
; deep impression. He therefore made
jsome intensely silly remarks , intended
! to convey his admiration.
. "I seem to have been acquainted
.with j'oti for a long time , somehow , "
) he said.
"That's natural , sir , " Miss Tilbury
responded. "I am wonderfully like
what my mother was fifteen years ago.
You were very sweet on her , judging
by the letters you wrote , and the in
scriptions on the back of your photo
graph that you gave her. 1 was over
hauling a boxful of her trash just be
fore I sailed from England , and we
had a good laugh over those things. "
"And who was your mother ? "
' " . "
"Lydia Thompson.
The wooer of two generations ro-
tired as soon as he conviently could.
' Cincinnati Enquirer.
Archdeacon Farrar Says tlicrc is
no Real Skepticism.
In a recent sermon in Philadelphia
Canon Farrar said he did not believe
.that a genuine atheist existed ; that
not one man in millions really doubted
the existence of God ; but. notwith-
.standing this , clergymen were con
stantly in receipt of letters from thote
who were cither fancitully or sincerely
troubled with doubts. Such anxieties
were especially frequent among the
young. As a general thing there was
, no real skepticism , but what was taken
for it was merely the result of self con
ceit or self-disgust. When honest , he
said , it should , of course , be the ob-
iject of a pastor's most anxious
and faithful labor ; but tLqse
honestly troubled should distin
guish carefully between essentials
and non-essentials ; between things
destined to be shaken and things made
to remain. The miracle wrought by
Joshua or the reality of the garden of
rEdcn were not points of saving truth , *
but of biblical criticism. Nor'did the
opinions of Augustine or Wesley , or
the dogmas of the church , he argued ,
.constitute Christianity , which was to
believe in God , the Father , Son and
Holy Ghost ; to depend upon Christ for
life everlasting ; to love God with all
the heart and to love one's neighbor as
one's self.
In dealing with confirmed infidels
the speaker advised that no time be
wasted in scriptural criticism , but
that seven questions be propounded
which no agnostic could answer.
These were : "Where did mattercome
from ? " "What is the origin of mo
tion ? " "Whence proceeded the order
of nature ? " "Whence came conscious
ness , free will and conscience ? " And
the test questions for the Christian
are : "Do you believe in God and love
Him , and do you love j-otir fellow-
man for Christ's sake ? ' ' J
Tilings Compressed.
Tho finest church in Buenos Ayres is
called the Church of the Remembrance.
It is of pure Roman architecture , in
Italian marble , and cost about $2aO-
000. It is the property ofSenorUon
Carlos Guerrero , a wealthy citizen ,
who erected it as a memorial to ms
daughter , who was murdered by a re
jected lover about ten years ago. J
An alarm against violent exercise is
sounded by the medical and surgical
examiners. They say it may be ac
cepted as a truism that any nature pi-
amount of exercise that will cause the
heart to jump or thump against the
chest-wall fa exercise carried to anex-
cessive and alarming extent. I he
athlete and the slugger , for this rea
son , are short lived. }
Norristown Herald : "The new
special delivery service is a great
boon , " said a Norristown young lady
recently , sticking a 10-cent stamp 'on
a letter directed to a female friend in
Philadelphia , said missive conveying (
the important intelligence that tho
.writer was out riding with Charley
and had an invitation to attend a ,
wedding. I
The manager of a circus which has
recently visited Canada says : "No
where else in the world are audiences
so interesting to the performers. In
Quebec , Montreal , Hamilton , and Lon
don , notable fugitives from United
States law such as Eno , Mother Man-
delbaum , and I suppose not less than
50 more are pointed out to the ring
people by some resident person.
These exiles are sure to go to the cir
cus to relieve the tedium of life in theii :
uncongenial cities ; and they are inter I
esting to showmen , just as big finan
cial rogues are to all Americans. " j
The New Orleans Picayune says : "A
queqn bee lays from 2,000 to 3,000
eggs in ninety-four hours. Ib is not
necessary to ask 'How doth the littlo
busy bee ? ' She doeth well , andshould
bo a shining example to the lazy hen
that can only be induced to lay one
egg in twenty-four hours , and then
only when eggs are cheap. " .
It is worth remembering tliat dur
ing the first visit of choleraat St.
Petersburg , in 1832 , says Iron , a firm
of iron founders employing five'hun-
dred men informed them that all those
who would not take a teaspoonful of
powdered charcoal on entering the
works in the morning must leave their
employ. The consequence was that
they did not lose a single man when
myriads were dying around them.
The Hartford Times has the follow
ing interesting paragraph : "Jay
Gould's ancestor , Nathan Gold , was
the richest man in Fail-field , Ct. , in
1070 , and was an Assistant of his
colony ( an office answering to Senator
at the present day ) . lie died in great
honor and respect as 'The Worbhip-
ful Major Nathan Gold , Esq. , in 1694. '
His son , Nathan Gold , died in office
as Assistant Governor of Connecticut
in 1723. The latter was grandfather
of Colonel Abraham Gold or Gould
( . .TajGould's great grandfather ) , who
was killed at the battle of Ridgefield ,
in 1777 , the place where he fell being
shown to the present day. "
In 1SG3 the Rev. Newton Chance , of
Texas , killed an editor in Sherman
and moved to Mississippi. At that
time he was a lawyer , but becoming
converted , he entered the ministry.
Recently he returned to Texas , and'
while on avisit to Sherman was ar
rested for the murder committed
twenty-two years ago. j
Sir Arthur Bass ( of Bass's alefame )
has puichased Chesterfield House , for
nearly one million dollars. In the
hands of a famous architect it will be
restored to its old-time glory , and
among the restorations will be the
famous mantelpieces which were taken
by Lord Chesterfield to Bretly. /
"Tliat Presidential Grub. "
When Vicksburg fell , President Lin
coln wrote to General Grant , ' 'I now
wish to make personal acknowledge
ment that you were right , and I was
wrong. " This frank avowal was
prompted by the fact that the Presi
dent had doubted the success of
Grant's campaign , though he had
wisely kept his opinion to himself un
til then. But an anecdote , told by
General J. II. Wilson , in the October
Century , brings to light the fact that ,
magnanimous as was the letter , the
capture of Vicksburg brought a new
anxiety into Mr. Lincoln's mind.
Mr. T. R. Jones , United States Mar
shal for Northern Illinois , and a warm
friend of General Grant and of Presi
dent Lincoln , was present at the sur
render of Vicksburg. Soon after the
marshal's return to Chicago , the Presi
dent telegraphed him to come to
Washington. On his arrival , he was
met at the station by the President's
carriage , and taken directly to the r
White House.
Mr. Lincoln , havinggreeted him cor
dially , led the way into the library ,
closed the door and said :
"I have sent for you , Mr. Jones , to
know if that man Grant wants to be
President. "
"No. Mr. President , " replied Jones.
"Are you sure ? "
"Yes , " said Jones , "perfectly sure ;
I have just come from Vicksburg ; I
have seen General Grant frequently ,
and talked freely with him , about that
and every other question , and I know-
lie has no political aspirations what
ever , and certainly none for the Presi
dency. His only desire is to see vou
re-elected , and to do what he can'un-
3er your orders to put down the re
bellion , and restore peace to thecoun-
bry. "
"Ah. Mr. Jones"said Lincoln , "you
have lifted a great weight off my mind ,
find done me an immense amount of
; ood , for I tell
you , my friend , no
man knows how deeply that oresiden-
Lial grub gnaws till he has ha'd it him-
"
sali" . "
