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There iir# in Anaei‘l(?ft 119.000,UUO of the biff old copper pennje? lyinji; unused somewhere. Few peanies get bapk to the mint. r ’i^khtat the deciduous P^^lifornia for this 10,000 car-loads, ^,Q00, au4 that the if reach 6000 ^oar-loads, Ni,ooo. An order has gone forth by com mand of the Czar that all function aries of the Russian Empire are im mediately to learn the* French lan guage. Three-fourths of them know already. I proportion of certifi- lAcheri was 48 in. every je u assistants has risen P-;^r 100. In 1870 there i and 5569 boy teachers. ?1,771 girls and only tniug the art of teach- tuer has been mak.- lomia roses and dis- ' possoss twenty per i totatile oil than the a fm n s the devel- itodustry for Cali- factories Hsriono, give em- persons. I per potttid if I thinks tiie I flat the birth % iioordiBg to should be I .fate. The re- Uiat there yeafs lS,OoO On (he av- p^i»^m l|w three births to ime'dmiht due to I population, among dttf ratse is twice that i'p e r 1000. (go Times avers that this l> away behind all the ad- ms in Europe in the ab- I Rational forestry law. V fortflry hill which, it is to ifill he adopted at tlie next Cbegress, provides for a all fuhlio lands, to ascer- aiul location, and. an- I; 'j^ftfdeut to withdraw fry all lands that are «• forest reservations. I theft he transferred to the of Agriculture, to be I managed for the public good ftWcufMtry Division. It question of suicides has up to a bkte been one which has occupied ^pOBsideratlon of life insurance mnies. The courts, however, It held ao persistently in favor of glosses of whatever character it%ation on account of solf-mur- t ha* almost altogether censed, and ioeinpanies have dropped the sui- % elature out of their policies goner- The tables o f the experience of Wenly-seveu American companies, keted for som^e years, show that I per cent of losses were suicides, ito lately published experience of a ^^furauce company 2 1-2 per cent. I i^t losses were said to be duo to cause. These tables also show I suicide is much more frequent htbe young than with the old. sure is no reason to helievo that the ^4%^®reascd mortality from suicides is . |?f '*^‘<(fttte to the liberality of the companies , ftttd to the decisions of the courts. > The commercial importance of the Amazon River is shown by Fanny B, V a rd. in a laic syndicate letter. With its affluents this river furnishes moire than 60,000 miles of navigable water.' Its eight principaltrlbutarios are each over 1000 miles long and more than 350 other branches unite to form its main stream. The largest ■hip that ever was built could sail straight up from its mouth 1000-* miles, while for hundreds and hun dreds of miles along its lower course ate lateral channels, technically called Iguripfis (canoe paths), in which boats may Ivavet without ever entering the main stream—the bayous of the low- «t Mississippi Valley duplicated on a ^reUtly enlarged scale. The Amazon basin is more than throe times as largo as tliat of the Mississippi, in- ftltuiling a vast untrodden forest fully 1^0 miles long by 1000 raiios broad, whose edges only have boon explored a few adventurous rubber humors mid. seekers after tortoise shell, wood, muihogany and other valuable timbers. JkM it* mouth the river is 180 miles irotn shore to shore ahd 820 feet deep; ft4 gautaren, the most important iiue- •1 ^ cUy of Brazil, it is ten miles m ils; awuy elf on the Brazilian from U is seventy feet deep, and 2300 ■edlM above the sea it is almost a mile The new Slate of Washinglon can boast of 20,000,000 acres of timber land. ‘‘This is a pleasant thing to re- smber,” ■ comments the Boston Transcript, “in the face of the disas trous reports coming from Southern and nearer States of late.” France has a total of 80,000 men in her active navy and Great Britain lias 58,200. Her reserve includes 150,000 men and Groat Britain’s 55,000. Rus sia has the third strongest navy, and Spain probably has the fourth, if one can judge the strength of navies by tlie number of sailors and marines in Thei’c is a vast region in the south, a^oast belt sixty miles wide, on the Gulf and the South Atlantic, and in cluding the whole of Florida, where the salt in the air makes sheep perennially healthy, and the millions of acres o f wire.grass make them cost aiothing from year’s end to year’s end. ■Wire.grass mutton (really made dn sweet herbs) is the finest on the oouti- nout, according to the Sheep Breeder and Wool Grocer. One of the earliest telescopic die. ceverios-by Galileo is that Jupiter is attended by four mooiu; one of the lateit, by Professor Barnard, with the JUnge Lick telescope, is that our largest planetary neighbor has a fifth satellite. The first discovery was received with derision by oven the philosophers of the sfeveuteenth century; Professor Barnard’s announcement, contrasts the Trenton (N. J.) American, is enthusi astically hailed by the multiludo a* one of the greatest achievements of the age. _________________ The consumption, of horseliesh h considerably on the increase in Ber lin. In the last twenty years the number of horaoflesh shops has in- creased.from seventeen to thirty-six. The number of horses which are slaughtere^^fOr food is of late years a »oiU $400, while in the year 1872 it was only 3000, !f very considerable difference. There are many horseliesh restaurants in certain piarts o f the city, which are well patronized. The greater part of the horses are bought up by the horse butchers in the prov inces, and often brought a distance of 150 miles. The New VorK Tribune exclaims^ “Potent is the spell which the mystic King of the North holds over the im aginations of adventurous spirits who have been drawn into his ice-bound realm. One of the first declarations made by Lieutenant Peary upon his return to Philadelphia was an expres sion of eager desire to return to Greenland and to complete his ex ploration of the north coast. One thing can be said in favor of such ex peditious as his. They involve the smallest possible risk to life and very large additions to geographical and scientific knowledge. Ic is safe to as sume tliat another expedition from the same winter quarters could outline the entire northern coast of Greenland from Cape Bismarck to Lockwook Island in the course of two years.” IJght Will Break Tomorrow. Wli«t ih.ough our slile.s be overcast And clouds of trouble lower? Though disappointments crowding last, Seem, lile’s ungratofu! dowei-? b trials thro ball w( 'e snccuni to sorrow?' N o 1 Xiot us gather hope, and The light w ill break ton Though jicklo fortun e hides her face. Our brave endeavors scorning, A n d robs us o f some promised grace Without a moment’s warning, Let us not tremble at her frown. Nor care and trouble borrow, But crush our dark forebodings down— The light w ill break tomorrovv.’ Beyond the shadows o f the n ight The welcome sun is shining, The clouds that loom upon our sight Have all a silver lining; The darkest hour precedes the dawn. And joy succeeds to sorrow— The longest night will yet be gone, And light will break tomorrow! —[Helen W hitney Clark, in Saturday N ight. EQFAL TO THE TEST. *'Oh, dear, no! Bessie Hun I’ll novey amount to much of 'anything. Pretty enough, if any one fancies red hair and eyes that have a yellow glint in them like a tiger’s, but that never tvas my style of beauty! Give me a girl that has something more substantial than mere good looks to fall back on if the time should ever come wliea it is-necessary, instead of a girl who has nothing more than some mouldy classic on the end of her tongue, or some frittcry fancy work forever in her fingers I” “La, sakes, brother,” feebly expos tulated Mrs. Hunt, “ you look as i f it were really going to be! I know Bes sie is fond of her books and pretty feminine fancies, but I don’t blame the girl. I used to like ’em when I washeragol B u ll know she ain’t any more like Jessica or Minerva tliau they are like her.” Abram Alvey was too doeifiy en- grossed in his subject to heed, the quiet sarcasm in the hast portion of her response. “Right, Emily,” rolorted, quickly, “no more she ain’t! Jess or Kin could lake hold and do for themselves if they should ever have (o, but BeSsio there—laugh!” 1 Nobody saw a slender shadow fl.it across the window near which Abmm Alvey sat, neither did they hoar the footsteps which approached the oj door, then stole swiftly and or girl, qui(^ away. A tali, siciidor girl, with wk'yy masses of red-brown hair clustering around a sweet, terious face, out of which slione the wide brown eyes which Ipid in them the ‘‘yellow glinf' to which Abram Alvoy objected. Unwittingly Bessie llhiit bad over- heard the whole o£ their conversation which alluded to her! She had a book in her hand, and as she turned, away there was just a suspicion of tears on the long, silken fringe of lashes around the brown eyes, a tremor in the curved, sensitive lips. “I wonder,” she murmured, as she went swiftly down the grass-grown path to her favorite haunt under a clump of graceful, silvery larches, “ if I am so very useless ? Uncle Alvey certainly thinks sol But,\ with a sigh, “I never had the strenglli to do all that Jessie and Minnie might I I wish I had, though1” Poor child, she did not know, us i she uttered tliis vain wish, that it was literally like grafting the fair, frail orchid blossom on the strong, hardy Northern rosel The harsh remarks that she had overheard rankled deeply in her heart just now. But “ truth is stranger than fiction,” Sunny skies and fair promises sur rounded Myrtle Farm and its inhabi tants at present. There was no fear of casualties in the heart of honest John Hunt, for, as lie said, he’d “ laid thought of the other possibility seouiod to trouble him. He seemed unusually restless for the next few days after his return. Ho was singularly anxious to read the daily papci “A body’d tlitnk you’d been specu latin’, John,” observed Mrs. Hunt, one day, as sho repeated some remarks a third lime before he heard her. A queer look settled over his face but he made no response. But all at once he uttered a stifled exclamation and started to his feet; Ms face had grown unusually pale and the hand which grasped his hat trem bled with nervous agitation. “I must go up to town, Emily,” ho exclaimed, “ at once I Whore’s Bess?” Mrs. Hunt looked her astonish- “To town!” she repeated, blankly. “Why, you was there only last Satur day! Anything happened?” with a glance at the paper, which had flut tered unheeded to the floor. “No, not much, only—well, never mind.” Two, three hours past. Jessica and Minerva came in, two strong, florid girls with loud voices and blunt man ners, and immediately dei^auded “dad.” Poor,mystified Mrs. Hunt shook her ‘‘I don’t know, girls, but he said he was going ili town. Business, I guess.” Humph! ” ejaculated Jessica. “Where’s Bessie? Gone with ^him?” ‘•No. She went for something; I’ve forgot. But any rate, she’s round somewhere.” The Misses Hunt exchanged glances, but deigned no reply to the patient, overworked mother, who was rather afraid of these self-reliant daughters, preferring in lier heart gentle, misun- derslood Bessie before either. Ic was several hours past Iho time for thoir early tea wlten John Hunt came home. Abram Alvey was with him, and his lips wore compressed in a tltin, hard line. John Hunt himself, during the short time ho had hcoti absent, seemed to have grown ye.ars older. He was p.ale, restless, and the hand which ho rested on the lable shook as vyith His wife came forward, seriously alarmed. “ Whathappened, John? Anything? Bo 3'0\t Juat Sit dowi> anU Jot me get yon a good, strong cup o' tea right off. It’ll do you good,” for in spite of the clouds which sometimes obscured their domestic horizon, Emi ly Iluut was loyal and true to the man whom in her earlier youth she h id chosen for hotter, for worse. Ho made a gesture of i-epugnanco a the suggestion of food or drink, “ I can’t cat anything, wife,” he 81 id, as ho threw his arms across the It »Io in a hopeless, dejected fashion, ' hid his face upon them. “I—I— her Abram.” He has been apcoulaliu’,” went on Ibi individual, the rigid lines in his fad never softening, the tones of his voip hard and metallic as cold steel; by ^lining hia family. That’s all!” A recent kories of letters concerning the conduct of Scottish soldiers in ih® last Boer war, published in Loudon papers, has thrown the Scotch into a state of high indignation. These let-* j,y7 considerablo pile to Use on a tors charge the Highland regiments with the most arrant cowardice. One writer, who was at the Mnjnba Hill defeat of the British, says that his Highlanders were the worst cowards that ever wore uidforms. They acted like a herd of calves, he says, throw ing away their arms and running for dear life. Some writers demand a parliamentary inquiry into the On- duet of the Highlanders, The Scotch papers say, on the other hand, that very few Scots have joined these regi ments for 80 years and that Scotland declines to he answerable lor the cow ardice of 'Whiteohapel Highlanders and cockneys clad in lions’ skins. The old Scotoli Highlanders, they claim, hud an milarnjshod reputation in the field, although their English sircces- sors in the Scotch regiments h'ayo dragged thoir name iu disgrace and shame* Began Alike, Braggs—I atu a self-made man, sir. I began life as a barofodt hoy. ^ ^ Cooley—Indeed! Well, I wasn’t born with khoos pn either.^—[New York Herald. among tl ing abo-v rainy day,” if the time ever came. But they hud no fear of its coming, not they I But, las for the cousistoncies of hu manity! Down in the progrossivo town, near the outskirts of which stood Myrtle Farm, once a week John Hunt carried a goodly load of farm produce: there he heard conversations which sot him to thinking. Men talked of making alifetimo fortune iu some bold speculation; o£ getting i'coniers’’ in grain, buying “low,” then Belling “ high,” and, although In did not jnst understand as clearly as he ought, he would ponder these things as he jolted liomeward ever the rough country roads, and the move thought the more fascinated and tempted he became. , At last, . one bright ftioruiag he started for the market as usual, biit beneath his coat, securely wadded into a snug roll into his vest pocket, Was a large roll of bills. Ho was going to try his luck. .1,1 would be such a flue thing for (ho home folks, lie argnml to himself, if j then smmbcd to the inevitable. he happened to come out ahead. No j then tliat Bessie, the “ nse- less QUO,” came to the fore. The “ frit- tpty fancy - work” that Abram Alvey, had so ifcornfuUy, condeiiuied, proved its worth. Blithely the bright steel needle flow through gauze- and silk, and for the dainty creations turned out by the deft fingers Bessie re ceived a snug competence. Her time was almost taken up, but somehow she managed to crowd in a few music pupils, and so add a trifle more to their income. • And it was after giving a lesson one day that she came in, and throwing aside her hat, laid her flushed, bright face on the pillow beside’her father’s. He looked at her fondly, but in a dep recating way. “My dear,” he said, in a strangely weak voice, “you will kill yourself working sol If only Jess or Min”- Sho placed her hand on his mouth with a quick, quaint gesture. •No more ‘ifs,’ papa, please,” she said, lighdy. “And I am not going to work so hard. no\v. Papa, Ralph Deane has asked me to marry him and I said—I would!” Ralph Deane I John Hunt remem bered him. He belonged to one of the best families in town. For an instant the broken man gazed into Iho fresh, fair face, then drew her close to his breast. ‘God bless you, my daughter,” he said, huskily. And Jessica and Minerva? When Bessie was married she took her father, mother and two sisters homo with her to the handsome, home her husband gave her, and they .are there, bemoaning thoir fate even yet. —[Boston Globe. is. Hunt sank helplessly iuto the neanst chair and stared, speechless, at hi brother, .Tossica and Minerva cliinl together on the sofa, an exprea. sionif almost ludicrous dismay thoii “Ijell, I never 1” exclaimed Min erva,jtlio first to break the he; .<!ilen4 that ensued. “Father, ever assessed you?” Jeska suddenly burst into a violent filt of reeping. The bent figure beside the tme never moved. “ Faierl Look up I” Witbnt a glance in either dircctioj, tall, stVight, with a bright spot burn ing in uther cheek and a brilliant glitter! her eyes, Bessie suddenly crossedbie room and knelt gently, tically, beside her father’s Don’t take it so to heart! d )o so had, and,” in a lower [ ill help you now.” It , hit Hunt raised his liead, a gleam of ope stealing into his dreary placed his hand tenderly Beginning of Our Understanding of Storms. In the year 1821 a severe storm pre vailed along the Eastern coast, which for many years was known as the “great September gale.” It held that title until September, 1869, when an other and more remarkable one oc curred, which rather aisturbed its chaiin to (ho honor. It was a littlo timo after this first storm that Red- field, while making a journey iu Massachusetts, was struck by a some what curious fact. Ho ivotioed that in Massachusetts the (roes prostrated by the wind, all lay with their heads to the southeast, showing that the gale there was from the northwest; but iu Conuectiovit the trees blown down in the satne storm lay head to the northwest, showing that the gale liad been a southeast one. Ho ascer tained, moreover, that when (he wind was blowing southeast iu Middle, town, his home, it was northwest at a place not seventy miles from there. It was then that the idea flashed across Ms mind that the gale was a progressive whirljvind. That was a great thought. It was such a flash of perception as came to Newton when ho connected the falling apple with the planets in space. It was such, an insight into the . meaning of a fact as James lYatt had when he saw the possibilities of the force that was rattling the lid of tljo kettle on his mother’s fire. 'The development of that idea was destined one day to put Redfiold in the I’auks of the great scientific thinkers of Ms day. He made this storm the basis of his in vestigations, following his researches into its movements by a careful coU lectiou of facts in relation to others like it. For ten years ho studied, and examined and compared his facts, be fore ho published his theory of storms.—[Popular Science Monthly. red-hrowii tresses clnstor- tlie high white brow. ‘‘YouJetisie?” “Yes, .ther,” sho responded quiet- mo and see.” it proved. The test ly. “T And which J ’am Alvey had often boasted had at - But utrary to nis expactations, Jessica' Minerva, the “ self-reliant girls,” J not come up to his stand ard. 'ey “liithg around,” ns he ex pressed:, bemoaning their unlucky fate aimaking the place almost un. bearal to the dislieartoned man. Ho bore nks long as bo [joSsibly cCiild, ! dirtit smmbod to the iiievitahlo. Queen Yictoria’s German Side. I heard an amusing story about England’s Queen the other day. I don’t think it has ever been published, but the authenticity was vouched for. It seems that an English woman, whose name was given to me, is on quite intimate'terms wit'li the royal family, though sho is without title; just a plain “ Mrs,” and from a country family. One timo sho, with her littlo child, three years old, was liuicliiiig with the Queen. At the table were Princess Beatrice and several other's. TheQneen, in the course of the lunch, look up a chicken wing in her fingers. IVliLle sho was enjoying the sweetness of Iho meat next the bone the littlo child looked up aad quickly said: ‘‘Pig-eel Pig-eel” Every one was horrified. The mother felt as if she would like to sink out of existence. The Queen went on for an instant with the morsel which she was hold ing in her fingers and then said; “You are right, my dear. Au English lady would not take a chicken wing In her fingers, but you must bear in mind that I am a Gorman woman.” And she calmly finished the wing. The rest breathed a low sigh of relief and the mother and child were, ou taking their leave, invitdd to coma again.—rChicago Intov-Ocean. A Keti’ical Mlnlftliirc. Her eyes displly » blendlAhue Oi'SUinWer skies and violets blue, With just a hint of April dew To make her glances bright; Bn^ lest their luster he too fair, And brighter than tbo world could besr. Long lashes like a silken snare, Befringe her lids 0 l ■ffhite. Shy apple-blossoms flushed with morn Have lent their color to adorn Her cheek, whereon is gaily born dimple with each smile. (•ay ward tress: )bon bounder Apd ever weave st •ward tresses scorn to rest By ribbon hound or fillet preat, their behest Fresh graces to beguile. Her onrvinz lips by turns recall Red roses, poppies, cherries—all That wins the eye or could enthrall A hermit or a saint. Her gleaming teeth’t were vain to hymn; The brightest words were all to dim ; The artist who their light would limn Must crush a pearl to paint. Beneath her kirtle peeps a foot That charms in slipper, gaitei', boot; Whose music m akes the birds grow mute W ith bended heads to hear. Her Land can boast perfection’s mold. In winter warm, in summer cold, * And just the temperature’ to hold A t auy timo of year. A snowy neck, a witching- chin, An ear in tint the sea-shell’s twin, A saucy nose—just put that iu— The bonnie iittle belle! Her name? Ah, there I hesitate; With many a rival at her gate, Her n ame, until I know m y fate, 'T were wiser not to tell. — [SamnelM . Peck, in the Century. HUMOROUS. Better late than never—Hushaudi. * It takes a master-stroke to smooth down a rebellious schoolboy. It is a wise child that goes out of tlie room when tlie old man smashcB his thumb. The spider is possibly the only thing living that can have a fly time of it without being punished Dotley (who notes her black velvet ribbons)—Y'ou .are in half mouriung? Dorothy—Yes, my half brother is “That’s the burning question,” announcing Gazzani, as ho laid down his newspaper. “ What is?” asked his wife. “Greiaation.” Chappie—I did not catch Mrs, Hl- Btrung’s remark. I wonder if it was intended for me? Boss—^No, I know it was not, for she said, “A word to the wise is enough.” ‘ ‘I see Miss Sanders and Miss Smi ley are together all the time. \What dear friends they must he!” “Not at all. You see, each of them has an unmarried brother.” Mollie, “Wlialovor induced you to get this horrid-looking material for a dress?” Ethel: “It Is the only way I can he sure of getting back what is left over at the drefsmakor’s.” Invalid Wife—John dear, I do hope if you should over marry ag.ain you will find a better wife than I have been. John—There, there, my love, don't worry; there will be no trouble about that. How to Make au Egg Dance. For the bey who loves to play ma- ' gician and to keep the whole family eutnralled by his remarkable feats here is a new trick, that of mukiug au egg dance: Place a hard-boiled egg upon the underside of a smooth, but dull—not polished—tr.ay. Move the tray around and around horizontally, gradually increasing iu speed. The egg, resting iu the middle of llio tray, is carried around and around by the movement and gradually begins to re- • volve on its own axis, faster and fast er, tfll at last it is seen to rise on end and spin away just as a top would do. La all experiments involving egg balancing you will find it a material aid to success to keep ihe egg upright iu the saucepan while it is behig boiled. The air chamber will iu such case be kept central with the longer axis of the egg, which will, in conse quence, be much more easily bal anced. To set the egg spinning as described demands practice, not to mention some m-ength, and, still more, address. For the benefit of those who arc am bitious to succeed at the first attempt we indicate a simple plan of pro cedure.^ Place the tray on the table lettlijg it project so far over the edo-e to bo readily and rapidly grasped by ho lM„d. PJa.o Ih. middle, and with the thumb of the left and tlie first finger of tlm right hand placed at opposite cuds, sot it Vigorously spinning. R will imme diate y n se ou end. still spinning Quick y seize the (ray a„d you wUl hen have nothing to do but to keep the edge still rotating, which is a very easy matter. This is clone by moving the tray^n horizontal circles but m the reverse direction to that in
