X. . II' I J it r- r CLASS NEWSPAPERS. Character and Enormous Increase la'TweatyBve Tears.- This has been aptly called Iho me chanical age of journalism. With all the powerful intellect brotight to bear, the bdnnclless knowledge of men aod affairs subserved, and the cognizance .of events near and. afar, the publishing ;of a newspaper is "but a business mat iter. To the ordinary mind, a daily (newspaper was once a sort of magical resultant, but it is now a most prosiac affair, as -regards its production and 'distribution. Once, the publication of s newspaper, whether a daily or s weekly, was a serious undertaking and well considered. Now merchants, tradesmen, undertakers, soapmen, agi stors and "fakirs" thrust their jour nals upon the public in bewildering' inumbcrs. ( The line between newspapers .and .class papers is finely drawn. Avbi trarily defikod,. newspaper is ajmb? lication whicu supplies current news 'and general information, and id issued Regularly to $&bscf ibcrs or sold to the public. All others are special papers, Whether they treat of merchandise, art 'or literature. Papers wholly or in part 'dealing with mercantile 'affairs are .properly called "trade journals." Of the 722 newspapers and periodicals .published at New York City, a little over one-sixth, or 122, strictly come under the head of news and general in formation. The journals of a special character, but also furnishing general news, and the papers and periodicals dealing with special matters of universal interest, augment the 122 newspapers mentioned to 41S. Tho remaining S09 arc purely class papers and trade jour nals. Many publications of tho class last referred to are ably conducted and of great value to the business com munity. The larger number of them, sa' 160, are but advertising mediums, in fact. At least one-half of these ad vertising sheets are of the most ephem eral character. Instead of the nomen clature which exists among them they should have such names as tittle Joker, WuVo-the-Wisp and Fly-by-Xight, as they appear and disappear with start ling rapidity, and move in mazy courses. The publisher of one of this kind of papers, ostensibly a weekly, has lived well and supported a family for thd .past two years upon advance payments 'of subscriptions and advertisements ob .taihed, and has issued but two numbers df his paper, one at the commencement of each of the two years. He is still collecting for subscriptions and adver tisements, and the third number of the" paper will shortly appear. In 1860, as regards to number, the five leading classes of newspapers apd .periodicals in New York and the five minor classes were as follows: Greatest. General news 81 Kellgrious 67 i Literary 25 Commercial .13 Medical 8 Least. Science f..T Trade (...w..5 Railroads ...' 3 Education. ....2 Mechanics...... The classification of the present time is as under: No. No, Trade 12" Commercial. 27 General news 122 Science . 25 Religion 81 Mechanics 20 Lltorary SO Kducatlou 15 Medical 31 Railroads .....14 The above comparison is particularly valuable as showing the enormous in crease of trade journals in the quarter of a century. r In I860 the existing newspapers and periodicals covered US topics. Eighty one publications were devoted to gen eral news, .57 to religion, 25 to litera tare, 11 to commerce, 8 to juveniles, 8 to insurance, 8 to finance, 7 to science, 6 to comics, 5 to trade, 4 to railroads, .4 to sport, 4 to politics, 3 to crime, 3 to temperance, 3 to agriculture, 2 to edu cation, 2 to music, 2 to mining and 2 to ja.it. Law. drama, typography, me chanics, fashion, infidelism, history, phrenology. Masonry, marine, military jand anti-slaver)' had 1 each. : At the present time the subjects cm Jbraced are 56 in number, as follows: Trade, 127; general news, 122; relig jious, 89; literary, 56; medical, S7; com jmcrcial, 27; science, 25; mechanics, 120; insurance, 19; education, 15; rail 'roads, 11; juveniles, 14; finance, 14; jsport, 13; fashion, 12; agriculture, 10; ;art, 9; law, 8; comics, 7; music, 6; 'collegiatcs, 6; marine, 5; politics, 4; temperance, 4; drama, 4; Masonry, 4; military, 4; fraternal other than Ma Isonic, 4; mining, S; typography, 3; (communistic, 3; hotels, 3; fire records, 3; matrimonial, 2; real estate, 2; cook jcry, 2; labor, 2; electricity, 2; crime, lintidelism, history, phrenology, anti Tnionopol', weather signals, social fc fform, heraldry, numismatics, express !age, poultry (fancy), municipal, green ".back, animals (protection of), UnlWd .States mail, philosophy (social), baby ihood and journalism, 1 each. Of the subjects extant in 1860 onlv one was Jlost in the twenty-five years, that of anti-slavery, while the list was in jcreased by 2S new topics. , ', Trade journals and class papers aro generally named after the business or twpic they represent, and there is a 'general leaning to brief and compre hensive titles. Life carries the banner for brevity, and the Uluslrirtc Nach richten aus Dcutscftland, OestefticJi und fier Sckwcitz takes tho heavy thunder. N. . Star. FRYING FOOD. "Why Perfect Frying: Can Dc Considered the Fcrfection of Conking. Grease of every description is capable of being heated to a very much higher temperature than water; in fact, it can be made almost three times as hot as boiling water. When fat is at its boil ing point it is so hot that any article of food brought in contact with it is actually burned, and this is precisely the reason why, for purposes of frying, fat should always be boiling hot. For any article of food, a doughnut, for example, dipped into boiling fat, is Immediately covered all over by a thin .crust of burned dough, which prevents the fat from penetrating further in and enables the rest of the doughnut to be exposed to a greater degree of heat than can be applied to it by any other process, without coming in contact .with tho fat, and the natural chemical processes go on inside with a greater ;degree of perfection than can be obtained by any other method. Perfect frying is the perfection of cooking, but so soon as the fat is uot sufficiently hot to create the burned crusts around the article fried, the fat :penetrates it and absolutely prevents .cooking from taking place at all. If :thc fat is not boiling, bubbling hot, the Erocess that takes place is not cooking, ut simply drenching the food witli a 'tepid fat and rendering it totally indi gestible. It makes no difference how .not the fat is afterward, the mischief is .done the moment the fat penetrates the (inside. All perfectly fried food has a thin, .crisp, brown outside crust (which has jin itself a relishiug taste) and is per fectly free from the suspicion of fat in side, except what was intentionally put ;there by the cook. All housekeepers 'know that to fry well their fat should Ibe hot But they do not attend to it as "scrupulously as they would if tiiey un derstood the true philosophy of it. foiling, bubbling fat can not penetrate anything, and cooks to perfection; .'tepid fat penetrates everywhere and idoes not cook at all, but -actually pre .vents cooking. Any housekeeper who reads this and chooses to profit by it, need never put any greasy, fried, half ' cooked aad indigestible food upon her table. The whole secret consists in 'paving the fat boiling hot before tin jUifS UV Put A.-09UHkuptt. A SLAVE TO CARE. The Happiness Which Is Part of a Par and Honest Life. Many persons think that, in order to enjoy perfect liberty, it is only neces sary to be free from the control of other people. If no one exacts obedience, regulates their lives, or interferes with their will, they triumphantly call them selves free. Yet there is a bondage, which is not tho less slavish because they forge tho chains themselves. There are tyrants that hold men in unflinch ing servitude, and burdens under which they bend without thinking It possible to rebel against the one or to cast ofl the other. One of tho most common forms of this unacknowledged slavery is that which wo are under, to care. Now care is something that rightly falls to the lot of all. Childhood alone niajyplahn ex emption from it. As the lifeadvancee it comes with every ncwjresponsibility, and every honest man-apd" woman ac copts it cheerfully aajiis or her share in the world's burdens. So far, how ever, care is no -grinding taskmaster. It develops power, it encourages en deavor, it promotes happiness. No one but tho selfish idler would wish to be entirely fr&'e from care, but we justlj hold him in honor who faithfully takes up that which falls to his lot and fulfils the duty it involves. Insensiblo, however, in many cases, the time arrives when the man is no longer master of the situation. Care gradually tightens its grasp and ex tends its domain until by and by he who had once gorffefd-and regulated It becomes its vi.WsyiHe has perhaps become involved" nijisiness ventures that tax all his powers of body and mind. Not only his own money, but that of Others is" implicated; not only his own welfare, but that of a depend ent family hangs upon tho issues. The ups and downs that once were borne cnecrfully now wear upon iiis nerves and irritate his temper. His brow is contracted, wrinkles betoken an anx ious spirit, the smile fades from his lips. Absorbing care has fastened upon him, and though ho imagines ho is free, he is in fact and for the time a slave. Or he has entered political life, with high hopes and bright prospects. He counts much upon his friends, ho un dertakes large enterprises, and binds himself by many promises. Prcsentlj complications arise: obstacles impede his path; friends grow cool and ene mies spriug up; his aims seem to re cede from bun, even his motives be come clouded; care overshadows him, and ho can no longer control it; Ma freedom is gone. One is extravagant, and, yielding to his inclination or vani ty, ho spends first up fo his income, then a little beyond it. then incuw liabilities Which he can not meet; and then care has gained a supremacy over him that he can in no way throw off. Another gives way to some temptation and wrecks his own life and the happiness of all that arc dear to him, and the care that guilt brings sits forever at his board. Ono is Immersed in details and takes tho cares that properly belong to many others npon liis own shoulders tyitil they weigh him to tho earth; an other by neglecting to hold the threads of life in an orderly way becomes en tangled in a web of care from which he struggles in vain to extricate himself. Thus in numerous ways do men givs np the liberty they profess to prize, and 6Ubmlt to a tyranny that fetters the soul, that palsies "the energies, that weakens the will. Who that nas writhed under such a despotism would not escape from it with gladness, even at the lost of much that he holds dear? Yet, like all tyranny, it. must cost a revolution to break the vokc. It is true that excessive care is some times the result of circumstances that can not be controlled, but usually it is not so. Often it is only a question of limit How much to undertake arid to promise? How far to accept responsi bility? What style of living to adopt? The practical answers to such questions frequently decide whether care is to be an honorable and useful servant or a cruel and tyrannical master. Our powers aro all" limited, and their best efficiency is never secured by straining them to the utmost. Always to leave a margin, a reserved force of strength or means, is a valuable rule of life. To aim at excellence in one thing, rather than mediocrity in many, to undertake few things, and those few with a whole gpul, win greatly help to ward off the tyranny of care. So above all, will firm principles that place truth, hon esty and fidelity so high that no temp tation can assail thenf, and a pure and simple life that prizes righteousness above gain and draws its liapnhiee from nobler sources than luxury or dis play. Philadelphia Ledger. TALK CORRECTLY. A Bishop's Exuortatloni on the Sabjeet ef Correct Lang-nape. Probably there is not an instrument in common use, from. a pencil to a piano, which is used so imperfectly as language. You were well taught hero, and most of you have been using the English you learned for some time since you graduated. But if you will let me be plain, I suspect it would be safe to offer a gold medal as a prize to every young lady here who will not before to morrow night utter some sentence that cannot be parsed; will put no singulars and plurals into forbidden connections; will drop no partieles. double no nega tives, mix no metaphors, tangle no parenthesis, begin no statement two or three times over without finishing it and not once construct a proposition after this manner: "When a person talks like that, thev ought to be ashamed of it." We all repeat and perpetuate conven tional blunders and hereditary solecisms without once applying the study of four or five j'ears in syntax and conjugation to our current speoch. Where is the reform to begin? I say emphatically, set about grammatic correctness, fir-st of all. Watch yourself. Criticize your self. Be intolerant with yourself. Get some housemate to expose you. Say over the thing correctly till the mistake is made impossible. It would be no more discreditable to your training to finish a picture out of drawing, or to misspell the name of one df our terri tories, or to mistranslate a line of Vir gil, or to flat in music, than to con found the parts of speech in a morning call. Nothing is to be said of slang. If I were to exhort those who are here on that matter, it should be only to for bearance, ih that thev are obliged to hear it from their ill-bred acquaint ances. "Awful handsome" and "hor rid nice" and "jolly sunset," and all thA pitiful dialeot, coming of weak heads and earlv neglect we shall have to bear with till select and high-toned schools have chastened the manners and elevated the spirit of the better conditioned classes; and, through them, the improved standard will work its Way outward and downward into the public schools and into the homes of the people. Unexpected hyperbole is often witty, but nonsense is not, nor are stale repetitions of nonsense. An ill-natured bachelor shamefully reports that he has entered in his diary a thousand scraps f talk of young women overheard in streets and houses, of which seven hundred and eighty be gin with "Says I" or "says he, and a hundred and twenty contain the combi- natinna "tftar unlanriiit " "atiilr ill' and "perfectly lovWy." . WlfW, j "CcHI"" .w f Bishop Bunt- JsottfTs Adttrets OteKOUe School LOST RIVERS. aaaaaaaaS "-'- Tfte Trltmtirf cs of a Stream Tbat Does Vet Kxlst. 3r There is one remarkable case isiwew Mexico where the lost tributaries are plentiful bnt the mam strcanpfaocs not exist This is in a vallejp-wbich Hea between tho Rio Grande1' and Pecos Rivers. The valley Jjtegins near tho Sandia Mountains.ind shut out from the streams on each side by broken mountain chains. It is a well-defined I valley, notyery broad, bnt having a jengen persaps oi inreo nunureu niiiw. Flowing into it, especially on the west ern side near the upper end, and on the eastern side toward tho lower, aro numerous lost tributaries; but the pri mary stream has so completely disap peared that its bed can only be found at intervals. In the valley He the ruins of tho Gran Qnivira, the existence of which is not only attested by the ruins themselves but also by tho accounts of tho earliest Spanish settlors. The records of the Spanish up to the latter part of the sev enteenth century, when they were ex pelled by flie Indians, are incomplete, as the Indians destroyed all that was left behind. That tho Gran Quivira was well known to them, however, is shown by the fact that the most promi nent ruin there is that of a church. There is now no water for many miles from the rains. That there must have been once can well be granted, for no largo city wonld have oeen built by human beings at a distance of fifteen or twenty miles from a scanty water supply. The valley may bo named from this city, and wonld then bo tho Gran Quivira Valley. About half way down the valley it is broken by a long, narrow, thin layer of lava, now much broken up, and making a desolate re gion, locally known as tho Mal-pais, or "bad land." Tho crater from which tho lava was derived was near the northern end or the Mal-pais. Just above the Mal-pais an old river-bed is reached at the depth of about two hun dred feet; below it tho river-bed, when found, is at a slight depth. Southwest of the Apache Reservation the old river bed runs into a large salt marsh. A stream of no mean size seems to havo once run down this valley. Not only has it now disappeared, but its bod is covered by lava and loose soil some times to great depths. As to the cause of the disappearance, it may have some connection with a tradition of the In dians, which tells of a year of fire, when this valley was so filled with flame and poisonous gases as to bo made uninhabitable. When this oc curred the chronology of the Indians is not perfect enough to tell us. That it was long ago is attested by tho depth to which the old bed is covered by a detritus, probably washed down from the mountains, and by trees of consid erable size which are found in somo places in it But that it was not so ex tremely long ago that it had become entirely uninhabitable is mado proba ble by "the comparatively late desertion of the Gran Quivira. " It is entirely possible that the Indian year of fire may havo long preceded the drying up of the part of the valley in which Gran Quivira was situated. Popular Science Monthly. TEDIOUS STORY TELLERS. A Class of Dores Who Spin Tarns Abont Every Thins;. The story-telling bore is ono of the dreariest of his class. He is a long winded biped, and invariably chooses an unsuitable time for his stories. The slightest hint will start him on one of his interminable talcs, prefaced by "that reminds me." Talk of Waterloo, and he will tell you of a grand-uncle of his own who knew the Captain of a vessel who was intimately acquainted with a man who once made boots for an officer in Wellington's army, and then, being started on a military tack, he will relate war anecdotes for hours. Discuss the increase and character of English newspapers and magazines, and he will be reminded of a friend of his who is now a California editor, and who owns a dog which is the grandson of a dog possessed by Abraham Lin coln, and which performed an extra ordinary feat during the American war, which ho proceeds to rolatc. You ask him where he purchased the hand some cane which he carries. "Ah, my dear follow, I have a story to tell yoii in connection witli the purchase of that cane. You know Harley, of Elmwood. Well. I met him one day in London about two years ago. He had just re turned from South America, and we had much to talk abont. Harley was always a great talker very prosy. I proposed lunch. He agreed. On our way down the street we met Morton you know Morton fine sister. You remember her at Brighton three sum mers ago. By the bones of Napoleon, sir, I loved that girl. Well, Morion told me his cousin Gregory had been killed in the Riel rebellion fine fol low, Gregory. He was out one morn ing on a reconnoitering expedition; bnt first I must tell yon why ho joined the volunteer force; by Jove, I had a great mind to join it myself. Did I tell yon of the row I had with my gov ernor about that? No. Well, a few days beforo Riel was captured I said to the old mnn " etc., ctsj, 'Tis ever thus. I haven't yet found out where he bought that cane. 3T. F. Telegram. m ' KING LEOPOLD. IIow the Monarch of the Belgians Appears ou the Promenade. Leopold is ono of the most demo cratic of Kings. He saunters about Brussels in the most leisurely Way, and is as familiar a figure on the Rue Roy ale or du Midi as President Grant used to be on Pennsylvania avenue. He is fully six feet tall, has an angular form and an awkward manner, and one day when I saw him on the Rue du Midi he had the gout so bad thaW he hobbled along in anything but a kingly fashion. He has a dark complexion, wears a full sandy beard that is long and tinged with gray, and his small eyes aro so close together that there is scarcely space for his big Roman noso between them. Hero is tho dress which Leo pold thinks the proper one for a King's street wear: A coat of dark bfiio broadcloth, cut in the style of a Nor folk jacket, and trousers of the same material, but a shade or two lighter in color. In all the seams of both coat and trousers was set a small gold cord; boots of heavy calfskin, with soles fully a half inch thick, cap similar to that worn by an American army private, with a miniature gold lion of Brabant over the forepiccc, and gold bowed oye-glasscs with a pendant chain. A heavy cane was held in a hand whose third finger was encircled by a gold ring that bore the square, compass and letter G of tho Masonic order, set in diminutive diamonds. His only attendants were two portly middle-aged gentlemen, elegantly dressed in black broadcloth and fino linen, who walked a few feet behind the King, and who occasionally an swered a question put to them by their royal master. Cor. Boston Post. The theory, which some eminent physicists have been disposed to aban don, that the interior of the earth is in a molten state, is strongly defended by a German scientist, who has been studying the Krakatoa eruption. In view of the remarkable phenomena connected witli this catastrophe, be thinks the heatf the volcanic furnaces can not be entirely due to loeal chein- i ical action. A FUTURE CATACLYSM. InklBs; of the Attantlo Coast aad Che' Recession of Macar Fans. The scientists have again unfolded to the public their views to the effect that the Atlantic coast line of the United States is settling away, and will be at length submerged by the ocean. The rate at which it is sinking is not such as to create immediate alarm. The most that is claimed is that the crust of the earth is falling in at the rate of a quar ter of an inch a year, or abont a foot in, fifty years. At this rate tho Atlantic Ocean will submergo Now York City about the time when by the recession of Niagara Falls to the outlet of Lake Erie at Buffalo, the chain of great lakes will be drained of a large portion of their contents. This generation will hardlv take an interest in either event, whish will occur at a period in the future so very rcmoto as to lose much of its in terest as a study. The sinking' cf the Atlantio coast has long been a theme of scientific con jecture and calculation. By what sys tem of measurement the fact has been ascertained we are not informed. In struments of a very delicate character which measure with considerable ac curacy almost infinitesimal distances have been invented for scientific cal culation, and the results which they produce are sometimes very striking. It is not impoiblo thnt. as the earth s internal fires are still cooling, the process of shrinkage also continues and that the shell falls in as a vacuum is created by the decrease in the size of the central fiery core. But there art grave reasons why it may be doubted whether any uniform rate of sinking is perccptiblo'by an) means of measure ment either 'along the Atlantic soa coast or elsewhere. But that tho Falls arc receding there can be no doubt. That they were for merly located near the outlet of Niag ara River is an established fact, and that they have receded within a recent ora seven miles from Lejfstou to their present locality is equally cortaiu. When they shall back up so far that the dam across tho outlet of Lake Erie shall give way, the outpour from the basin of the lakos will sweep down through the valley of the Ontario and out through tho channel of the St Lawrence in a flood that will de vastate the entire East Lake Michi ean, owing to its great depth, will not oWover, be drained dry, but will re code to some distance from its present shoro. This, while apparentlv leaving Chicago an inland city, will merely provide it more ground over which to Spread to tho eastward, and will sup ply a long-felt want. As it is not pos sible, however, that this event oan oc cur within the next two hundred and fifty thousand years, there will be am ple time ior iuturo generations to ihskc snenaprcparauons io .meet iws 111 apnsMr adsisable under tlkfscircu aiAricbu.-Jmkicaqo JoifnaL. r; aar A SUJ GUM Better Thau aJTraU Upon the Prairies In a Blinding: Sndwtortt. Tiro travelers "were lost on a far western prairie during a driving snow storm. Night was coming on, the trail was obscured by the swift-falling flakes and it seemed as if they were destined to perish far away from home and friends. But suddenly" one of them turned his face to the north, whence the ice-laden wind came in cutting blasts, and bidding his comrade follow, walked with swiftness and confidence against the storm. Miles onward they pressed, the one who had first faced tho storm leading always, with a step that was strong and steady and an expres sion that told of hope in his heart. Darkness Came down upon the tree less plain and the storm increased in fury. Directly a light twinkled in the distance, and, quickening their pace, the travelers were soon receiving the hearty welcome of an old settler and his kindly wife. When lus guests were enjoying'thoir pipes before the roaring blaze in the big fireplace the old settler said: "The trail you were following runs full five miles to the south of us. What good piece of fortune brought you through this terrible storm to our cabin door?" "It must have been the hand of Prov idence," said the old settler's good wife, who was removing the remains of the supper. "Well, very likely it was," answored the traveler who had led the way through the snow and darkness to the rude but cheerful prairie home. "Very likely it was the hand of Providenoe, but you, good madam, were the instru ment which that hand used to bring us numbed and weary wanderers to your hospitable door. "You woro boiling cabbage, you know, and we were lee ward, and once I got your bearings with my nose, which I think a Very re liable one, I had no difficulty in reach ing the human habitation I knew to bo somewhere in the dark and mysterious boyond." Toledo Blade. " ,m& AN ODD VIEW. What Dnmas Would Hare Done With the Ducats of the Dead Vaaderbllt. Hard it is, indeed, to sec now Mr. Vanderbilt was the better for his money. Perhaps he had 40,000,000 pounds, there or thereabouts. What can a man do with forty millions? Ho can do nothing, unless he has tho im agination of a Dumas or the tastes of a Beckford. Mr. Beckford collected a truly delightful and marvellous library of books." Mr. Vanderbilt did nothing of the sort. He had no particular crav ing for rare editions, and the master pieces of Duseuil and Le Gascon. Du mas, again, wonld have run through the money like a man. He would havo E resented Italy to the Italians and .ome to Victor Emmanuel. Perhaps he would have annexed India; very probably, at least, ho would haVe made the attempt, He would have carried Duchesses captive, and his dramas would have been magnificently per formed in Timbucto. He would have cut a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth; he would have carved Mount Athos into a statue of Athos, Comte do la Fere. He would havo seen to it that living .became a practical art, and France's navies would have pounced from the central blue on Birmingham .tnd carried off the Liberal Seven to chains and slavery. Dumas would ave released convicts and 'imprisoned Princes. He would have fitted up iu palatial style as many caves as Shelley ever dreamed of, and would have filled them with the most magnificent and most magnanimous brigands, many of them cardinals in disguise. O, great and glorious Alexander, exclaims the dazzled fancy, why hadst not thon the forty millions, while the tame Vander bilt starved on a pittance of a few yearly thousands? Saturday Review. m A manufacturer of Breslau, Ger many, has built an clastic fire-proof chimney, fiftykme feet six inches high, entirely of paper. The blocks, instead of being bnok or stone, were mado of layers of compressed paper, jointed with some silicious cement. English entomologists arc excited over the addition of a new butterfly to the British fauna, making a total of sixty-five species. What American belle is over there now? Boston Post. The most extreme age to which a chicken can live under favorable con ditions is said to be nine years, but any body who ev?r boarded knows better dkitago Ledger. SOLO THE DOG. How Josh lulling Cooled n Crowd of Tale noy. It is told of Josh Billings that once tramping, with a yellow dog as hi companion, he fell among xoiii" Yale boys in a Connecticut village hotel. They took him for a farmer from way 'back, and set out to have some fun with him. On their inquiring, with affected interest, after the health of hla wife and children. Josh, with counter feited implicity, gave them a graphic account of his family and farm. "Of course you belong to the church?" asked one of the boys. "Yes, the Lord be prated, and niv father and grand father before me.'"' "Now, I suppose you would not tell a lie," said ono of the students. "Not for the world." "What will you take for that dogP" poinding to Josh's cur, which was. crouching beneath his chair. "I won't take twenty dollars for that dog." "Twenty dollars! Why, he's not worth twenty cents." "I assure you I would not take twent' dollars for him." "Come, my friend," said tho student, who, with his companions, was bent on having some fun with the old man. "Now, you say you won't tell a lie for the world. Let me sec if you will not do it for twenty dollars. I'll give you twentv dollars for your dog." "I'll not ta'kc it" "You will not? Here! let me see if this will not tempt you to lie," added the student, producing a small bag of half-dollars, which ho built up in si) .Ul piles on the table. Josh w; sit tin ir bv tho table, with his hat in his h.i '. ..; -iit!y uncon cerned. "Tl -. ' .'.-. the student, "there re twti l-l!:us, all in silver; I will give you flmt for the animal." Josh quietly raised his hat to the edgo of the table, and, as quick as thought, scraped nil the money into it except one half-dollar, and then exclaimed: "I won't take your twenty dollars! Nineteen and a half is as much as the dog is worth; he is your property." San Francisco Argonaut. CARVING TURKEY. TcrrltoiI:i! I.nius or the "Sick Man" Dor l:i the I.nsl Tiro Ccnturlea. The Novoc Vrctnya gives the follow ing summary of the turriloriol losses of Turkey during the last two centuries: Since the capture of Constantinople in 14.VS they had gradually seized the whole of the Balkan Peninsula except ing Montenegro, the Peloponnesus, the northern shore of the Black Sea and of the Sea of Azov. In 1711 the Ottoman Empire possessed more territory in Europe than any other power except Russia, her possessions extendingwest ward to tho Dniester, tho Dnieper, tho Don and the Kuban. Thus Bessarabia, the Crimea and other Mongolian re gions were tinder the dominion of tho Turks, whose possessions ou the Conti nent of Europe covered an area of liflceu thousand four hundred and forty live square miles. But from this pe riod the decadence of Turkey com menced, and, with the exception of her temporary success against Austria in 17:!'J, she went on losing territory to Mich an extent that upon the eve of tho war wlrli iui.-sia she had onlv nine j thousand futir hundred and iifty-shc square miles of territory, of which two thousand nine hundred and forty-eight miles were governed by Princes, who merely owed her suzerainty. Tho Ber lin treaty deprived her of four thousand live hundred and fifty-eight miles, so that from 1700 to 1878 the Ottoman Empire lost in Europe ten thousand six hundred and siiy-six square miles, out of which eight thousand nine hundred and two were conquered by Russia, who has an nexed four thousand eight hundred and sixteen square miles. After the war of 1S77-8 Russia annexed four hundred and sixty-eight square miles in Asia Minor and onu hundred and sixty-seven in Europe, while Austria annexed onu thousand and seventy-three (Bosnia and the Herzegovina), and England one hundred and seventy-four (Cy prus.) TORNADO PREDICTION. The Main Peculiarity Upon Which the Sig nal Service Advices Are Based. The most remarkable and interesting featuroof the development of tornadoes is the fact that thoy nearly always form southeast of a moving center of low pressure, and their tracks, scat tered here and there, conform closety to tho progressive direction of the nutin storm. For example, on Febru- ary 19, 188-1, 44 tornadoes occurred in ueorgia, .aiaoama anu oouui uaroiiua, but principally in Georgia and Ala bama. They "developed at a distanco of from 500 to 2,01)0 miles from a storm center that moved across the northern part of the United Stales, be ginning at the northern extremity of the Rocky Mountains in Montana, thence southeasterly through Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin to Northern Illinois and Indiana, northward through Michigan across Lake Huron, disappearing north of Quebec. This sudden, sharp turn of the storm center southward into Illinois and Indiana seems to have relation to tho nnprecc dcntcdly large number of tornadoes that developed not far from the South Atlantic coast, extending inland as far as Southern Illinois and Indiana. This southward lunge of a mass of cold, moist air seems to have caused the ab normal conditions of temperature and dew-point ami the high winds neces sary to cause the most tremendous ex hibition of destructive tornado power over recorded by the Signal Service. This invariable location southeast of the storm center is one of the main pe culiarities of tornado development upon which the predictions depend. Will tarn A. Eddy, in Popular Science Monthly. VICTOR HUGO. The Great Poet's Lore for Ills Little Grandr children. Mile. Jennie seems to have been like the little girl in Longfellow's nursery rhyme, when she was good, she was very, very good, but when she was bad, she was horrid. Once she had been naughty, and her mother had to deprive her of her dessert. Victor Hugo said that if she could not cat an he would not. Now, the poet was like a healthy child in his fondness for sweets. Unforlunatefy, Mile. Jennie was no better the next day, and again the poet kept her company in her de privation. A third day the little girl trangrcssed, and the poet had no des sert. The third evening, as it hap pened, Mile, Jennie fell asleep early and was taken to bed before, the fruit was placed on the table. The mother besought the poet to eat his favorite fruit. "No," said the grandfather, "I shall not cat an'. A man must keep his word always, even when he gives it to his granddaughter." His grand children called him "Papapa. He was very fond of playing innocent tricks on them, and to this end he had invented a game of cherries, in which he took a double share for himself while pretending to make an even di vision. "One for me, one for you, and one for me," and then a pause, after which he began again, "one for me, one for you, and one for me." Gener ally it took the puzzled child a minute or two to denounce the flagrant injus tice of this division. Saturday Review. m Dealers in wild animals in Europe often lose twelve thousand dollars a year by death of the animals. The Erofits of the dealers are enormous, owever. MISCELLANEOUS. In an artesian well being sunk at 8an Bernardino. Cal.. a sound cedar i log was struck at a depth of 158 feet, ; arid at 169 feet another was Mt- countered. An exchango remarks: "Persia is very partial to maidens with marital proclivities. According to a law of that opuutry a, woman can marry anywhoro Betweon one and ninoty years." A lawsuit In New York which cost ovorjfve hundred dollars was all abont a safety pin the nurse had lost. She was discharged and refused pay for full tj'mc, but the court has decided in her favor. y. T. Sun. Ladies who wear gloves of medinm or light color aro cautioned against the uso of umbrellas with silver handles. .s they will seriously blacken tho inside of tho glove, and it is quite impossible to remove the -stain. Chicago Journal. A sciontist now state that a cock roach has threo hundred-tenth. From the facility with which tho cockroach gnaws through everything, from the re-clay backing of a range to a Brus sels carpet, tho popular impression has gone abroad that the domestic roach has five hundred tocth tipped with steel files. Chicago Inter Ocean. Those whose eyes are nice to dis cover typographical errors havo no con ception . of the mistakes which the painstaking proof-reader corrects before thoy reach tho pro. Among the ex amples of last wetk we noticed that on the first proofs "them hsoh" was cor rected to "the masses,' ant! "intcrces- sory jimjams" to "intercessory prayers." N. T. Independent. Metropolitan poverty is naturally on a largo scale. Tho New York Chari ties Organization Society reports that it found on a single street (bctwoon Houston and Fourteenth streets) 833 cases requiring relief, or with the aver ago of four to each family, a population of 3,000 people in a single street only five blocks in length, and the section referred to is generally regarded as one occupied by poor but respectable work ing people. A'. Y. Tribune. The amount of water in food is very large. A beefsteak contains seventy-seven per cent, of water. Iu buying a pound, only one-fourth of that pound is dry solid meat Cabbages contain eighty-five and ninety per cent. of their weight of water, amf succulent fruits sometimes more than ninety per cent Of substances most commonly oaten, rusks or biscuits are the driest and watermelons tho most watery of foods. Toronto Mail. Referring to the use of corrosive sublimate as a surgical drossing, the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Jbumal oitas the following remarkable fact: A child was brought in with his log so mangled bones crashed, etc. that "that three prominent surgeons decided that amputation was impera tive." Thnr told the parents that the child would die. if the operation was not performed. But the parents would not ooment to it, and, under protest, the surgeon drossod the wound in bi chloridized sawdust "The rosult," says the Journal, "was an absolutely per fect limb." Ralph Waldo Emerson's study In tho pleasant old Concord residence is kept just as the sage and poet loft it Over the low mantel hangs a 6no copy of Michael Angelo's "Fates." There is a curious old Egyptian idol, choice engravings on the walls, and busts of celebrated men here and there about the room. On either side of tbe lire place two doors open into the sunny south parlor. Iu the center of the room is a large table. It is piled with books. On one side lies tho little blot ting pad with sheets of paper, and by it a pen and an ink bottle. This is all the paraphernalia of Emerson's writing materials. Boston Journal. OLD JUNK. New Uses to Which Discarded Iroa aad Tin Are Pat. Small boys with their arms heaped full of scraps of old tin, bits of iron and similar pieces of riff raff, gathered in the strcots amid men and women, lug ging big baskets piled full of the same kind of freight, kept traversing Goorck Street all day yesterday, bearing their strange burdens to the door of the un couth two-story brick building at No. 07 Gocrck Street At the doorway stood a shaggy-haired man in working clothes, who took in all the miscellane ous stuff that came, and paid cash for it on the spot. "What are you buying all this old stuff for?" a reporter asked of the old man, who was steadily depleting his old-fashioned pocket-book. "Dunno, can't say. Couldn't give it to you straight' the old man said, pullinghis old felt hat over his left eye. "You'll have ter go down tcr tho Wan dorbilt building ifyor want ter find oat exactly what fur Ira doin' it. An affable young man on the third story of the big building on Nassau" Street, said that he knew the secret of the old man's purchase. "Great idea, he cried," and lots of cash in it. It is a new scheme to utilbse all the waste metal of Gotham that formerly usc4 to go to the dogs be cause nobody was smart enough to find out that thev could save the United States S2,OOO".00O a year outlay. That' what it has cost to import Taggnrd iron and tin from England and Ger many. Wo have discovered that we can make this sort of iron and tin out of old cans and other things just as well and very much cheaper than it can be made out of the original ore." "And how do you do it?" was asked. "Nothing easier," tha affable young man said. "We put the waste material ih an oven or grate heated by a fur nace, and beat it with rollers nutil all the extraneous material is removed. It is allowed to cool after that, and the scraps are sorted out according to the uses to which they are to bo put. The metal sheet remnants are pas-ted under a rubber-coated roller and flattened out Then they arc piled in packs and slid between chilled iron rollers to reduce their thickness. After that they are annealed, shot through tho rollers again, and then trimmed and finished off and packed ready for shipment any where. The sheets can be japanned, or tinned or galvanized or treated in any way that the material made from the original ore is treated." "What is it used for after it is fin ished?" "Lots of things. Out of the iron we make buttons, fye cans, umbrella tips, shoe lace ends, show cards, telephones, electric lights, and letter boxes. You can't get the English or German iron for this use for less than 87.50 for a box Of 112 pouudss.J, We can make it for $2 a box, and'sell it for 85. Of th tin we make butter dishos, tops of paint and milk cans, and similar small ware. It costs f 10 a box to import the tin, which i just doable what we can make it for. The tin can also be made up for ferro types at a selling price of tl5 a box of 112 pounds. The kind that comes from England costs from 935 to 950 a box. and beforo this photographers had to go to England for it because there was not any body here that would make it. Wc weren't ablo to compete with En gland and Germany ana the original ore.'bccause it cost us more than double to manufacture than it did on the other tide of the water. There is a bonanaa i it, and the proof is the profit, after wing the expense of manufacture, is 7.000 on 30,000 boxes of the iron when made from the waste material, and sold at an average of $5 a box. st- m. Sun. Be Warned In time. Kidney diseases may be prevented by purifying, renewing, and invigorating the blood with Ayers Sarsaparllla. When, through debility, the action of the kidneys Is perverted, these organs rob tho blood of its needed constituent, albumen, which U passed off in tho urine, while worn out matter, which they should carry off from the blood, Is allowed to remain. By the use of Ayers Sarssparilla, tho kidney aro restored to proper action, and Albu minuria, or Bright s Disease Is prevented. Ayer's SarsaparlMa abo prevents Inflammation of tho kidneys, and other disorders of thceo organs. Mrs. Ja?. W."Weld, Forrt TT'.H ut., Jamaica Tlaln, Mass., wrltef.: I Iiare had a complica tion of diseases, but my greatest trouble has been with my kidneys. Four bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparllla mado mo feel like a new person; as well and strong as ever." W. M. McDonald, 48 Summer st., Boston, Mass., bad been troubled for years with Kidney Complaint. By tho use of Ayer's Sarsaparllla, he not only Prevented tho dlseaso from assuming a fatal form, but was restored to perfect health. John McLellan, cor. Bridge and Third sU, Lowell, Mass., writes : "For several years I suffered from Dyspepsia and Kidney Complaint, tho bttcr being so severe at times that I could scarcely attend to my work. My appetite was poor, and I was much emaciated ; but by uiug AYER'S Sarsapariila my appetite and digestion iinrnveil. ami my health has been perfectly rt-ton u." Sold by all Druggists. Price $1 ; Six bottles, j?r. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer .t Co., I.tm c!f. Mass., U.S. A. th: OMAHA & CHICAGO SHORT X.X29TC: OF TIIK THE BEST ROUTE FramOMAIIA TO TECS EAST Two Trains Daily Between (iniuliu Chicago, and Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport, Rock Island, Freeport, Rockford, Elgin, Madison, Janesville, Beloit, Winona, La Crosse. And all other Important Points Ivist, Northeast and SouthcaHt. For through tickets i-.hII mi the Ticket Agent at Columbus, Nebnuka. Pullman Slkkpkiu anil the KiKr DiNi.Nfi Cans in the Wokli are run on the main lines of the Chicngo, .11 il waskec fc Ht. liul lty, and every attention in paid to p.-iHscncr-t ly cour teous employes of the Couip.iny. IS. Miller, A. V. II. Carpenter, General Manager. (Ien'1 I'.i-s. Ai;'t. J. P. Tucker, eo. II. Hen fiord. Am't(Jen'l Man. Ass't Pass. A't. JL'r.Clurk.GeiiM Sup't. Feb. 17-1 LOUIS SCHKEIBER, 111 All kinds of Reuniting done on Short Notice. Bngfcies, Wag ons, etc., made to order, and all work (aunr anteed. AIm sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. 3rShop opposite the "Tattersall," on Olive St., COLUMBUS. '26-w Denver to Chicago. Denver to Kansas City, Denver to Omaha, Omaha to Chicago, Kansas City to Chicago, Omaha to St. Louis, BEST LINE PROM WEST TO EAST! SURE CONNECTIONS LOW RATES BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH. 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