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t*\^srfls?sfe».fe**-** ,S4 ^^'^i^m^M?- C 7\T ;re*xs ttajfesttaed way. •-* ---x^eaed eSAtes resonnti \-.»^ii- circles smtenlng round, : ; h^wy waste appeajra, <&''^zte aattnd die pjutlnf iose sturdy latjor brings e f^.itas pomp of Sings; «««s abau be seek -*orls of ii'tng gre«n; ir tieav^a-conunaAcl Col tair^er ot tue soli. , — Ou<xr WifruleU Bournes. ELIZABETHTOWN, ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1888. NO. 11. >; ; v r ; aieans unity in th$ Jen- litA-i. 'Birds in their j little aa «e are told by the po^t. In *. *_h~ JenJdnscn family differed la ui their Little nest,\ upoh this t^ T S*ptenst*r morning. j ' ; have her in the house !'i said zi .-z, •*\ho was a large female, ; -••! r. s^Af'^ing black eyek and -!•.-•- v- i ;rjj.iiv co ^;^- . Jenkinson, a) little th and shillingj as a e and a stiff order you 1 Eistcr of this house—you or iiv bxret into tears. \ she sobbed, '' you To speak so to your w-w—«f e I\ T-l!, then, my dear,\ said MrJ'jen- •*•*.'•'• JO conduct yourself like a iaensi- end yo u hospitality in a :o my Aunt Philena.H •B-:;— v it,\ spattered Mrs. Jenktjison, Tint any Aunt Philenas Jiere J jae spare chamber, and AJeundra's schoolmate, Mi^ De what azawete do?\ said MJ|. • She has written that she a I turn my father's only s : we have her boarded somi | the neighborhood ?\ hazarded Mn i Jenkinson,\ said the . • • The Jenteneons ne g | •• Ma, don't be a fool!\ said Miss| Ira. drawing her mother cautiouBl; •a knoT perfectly well that pa JH have his own way. Let Aunt It she won't want to stay very lond }lUys mpy mattres i the guest<;haiiiber, ki aie down the paper curtain on the ^- J - -o that the morning ligltf ~\ j that the morning lighi . chain up Sacchi dow-Bacchus howls all nightj iBytiiing for dinner b md potatoes the whole time s. JenMnson smiled faintly. » I \ But, Allie,\ said she, \if yo* 4 ah !\ said Alexandra, im|>erj< anage it '.\ m Aunt Phileua arrived atlr tile a homestead—a little, -withers i, with a dried-up face like aoj |i mummy, a much- worn silk dress, sd cap. lor said Miss Phil. I niece-by-marriage,_, \Dont pay interest enough,\ retorted Miss Philena, with a grimace. \ Six per cent bond and mortgage ?\ \There'salways the possibility of fore- closing,\ said Miss Philena. \And I don* wsut no real estate on my hands.\ \ Chesapeake and Ohio Bailroad ?\ \ I haven't no faith in your railroad Mds,\ said Miss Philena, dubiously. \ Adams' Express stock ?\ \ Ain't to be had.\ \ Bank shares ?\ \ The premiums is too high,\ shrewdly nodded the little old lady. . \ Well, I declare I don't know what to jay!\ said the puzzled Mr. Jenkinson. \ Fr\aps if you oould wait a little—\ \ Oh, yes, Til wait!\ said Miss Philena \and you can fhipV it over. PVaps the president of the Mullein-stalk Bank, here, may know of some good investment it must be good, mind you, Hosea, or Pll have nothing to say to it. I ain't going to risk my money on none of your naah-in-the- p&n telegraph stock or Western mining shares.\ tt Philena curled herself up the best coverlet, silk quilt spread o dinner nap. \whir ty?\ irith Alexandra's newest ir her, to take a bef ora- \^osea whispered Mrs. Jenkinson, didnt you tell me she had proper. \ IJHdn't know it myself,\ said Mr. Jen- \How much is it?\ \ Haven't an idea.\ \ It must be a deal, ma,\ said Alexandra, \ or she wouldn't be w> independent. Why, she actually told me my Kensington work was hideous, and said she wouldn't give my wax-flowers house-room.\ \ Only to think, my dear, of your being an heiress !\ said Mrs. Jenkinson, ecstatical- ly- '' Do you suppose it's ten thousand dol- lars, pa ?\ said Alexandra, in accents of sup- pressed emotion. ; \ I wouldn't wonder if it was twenty,\ :said Mr. JenMnson, with a little sound in his throat, as if he were swallowing some- thing too big for him. \Or thirty—or even fifty!\ said Mrs. i Jenkinson. \ There's absolutely no telling j jhow much the eccentric old females may liave hoarded up. How lucky it was that 1 So this is o _ _.. What's her Well, Eliza, if you]U take Id woman's advice you won't w< <f gowns about the house ev< Id this is your darter, eh ? Al< 'a sake alive I What did you |e hot a boy's name for? She's \ « gal enough, but I don't th: Id to -wear strings o' beads aboi 1 I was young. And on the floor! Hain't y< it you could weave up ader how to manage a lo< day. gander ? could ifeasy Le heiresB f the Jenkinsons bit ||Alexandra, aunt, if you pli nred to suggest, ft used to be Alexander whei f'said this terrible old woman, id a dog to learn » Hosea about the investing • 1 Eh ?\ said Mrs. Jenkinson, her x suddenly brightening into int Philena chuckled. I^So you thought I was poor,\ did she. in't quite a beggar, Eliea, and it little I've got I don't intend td I in wild-eat bonds catered a used to be a good business m B' to consult him.\ • | Bear Aunt Philena, do sit do' oup of tea before you go up ' said Miss Alexandra, hi [ning the caddy where the best a kept. \I'] fully tired with that odi< you iclally tew in- | but what a ssented Aunt.Philei up of tea would r sugar, please, and the len • Cuke? Weil, jest a little !' I haye-been thinking,\ said M , \ that Hoaea and me could [1 sleep up stairs if you would pi [-room off the hall, Aunt Phili W cool and comfortable this hot I then there'B the stairs saved.\ I well,\ complacently remark< \ I be rather rheumaticky I be no great inconven, i, I would prefer to sleej a hastened to dress the r -door Hosea low-cases and the boijt linen Mrs. Jenkinson rushed < catch a chicken for sat amiably down to ina's financial perplexitiei. [Investments, eh?\ said h« T moustache. \ >Vhy, Aunt PI ' know you had property to in) 't l k erything,\ I Folks don't always know * the old lady, oracularly. ^ft to you, eh ?\ said her nep] kwe on it,\ said Miss Philoi •« on it I've saved.up-hero a , a Penny. And what little 1' ntoiwldonto.\ [' Wliore is it now ?\ iusinutUinu * Mr. Jenkinson. >ont yon wish 7 yon knew r si |l*n«. dosing one eye, and pnt one aide, liko an elderly either here nor there. stocks. and your irriedly Young mat be railway ishec ie here ! And you must write i jput Miss De Bourgoyne oiff, Alexandra. All bur attention and time must be devoted to |Aunt Philena now.\ '•Dear old lady!\ said Miss Alexandra. J ' I love her already.\ I Miss Philena Jenkinson spent the sum- mer at the farm, and a hard summer it was for her nephew and Ids family. The chickens were all killed, because their matutinal crowing disturbed the old l&dy's slumbers ; the barn was moved down into the meadow below the swamp, because the cows would persist in lowing at untime- ly hours and seasons; the trees which shaded the house were mercilessly leveled by the gleaming axe, because Miss Philent declared that they harbored mosquitoes, and bred blue mould. The entire household was put on a vege- tarian diet, and compelled to eat Graham bread, and drink cold water. The President of the Mullein-stalk Bank was brough up hi Hosea's buggy-w^on on an average of once a week to talk ftnanoe, and Miss Philena mailed mysterious letters at intervals to the Secretary of the Treasury, the officials of most of the metropolitan trust companies, and all the prominent bank-officers whom she had ever had heard of. Hosea Jenkinson went about musing deep- ly on percentages and profits. Mrs. J< kinson's plump face assumed a troubled and careworn expression. Alexandra her- Belf began to wonder what she should do with so much money when she came into possession of it. And summer waned into autumn, and itumn froze and congealed itself Into win- ter, and the Jenkinsons eettlod into « state of the most abject slavery and bondage to tha terrible oldj;woman who talked and dreamed, night and day, of nothing but her loney. Until one day she died. All the neighbors rallied to tho^funoral. Iven the president of tho Mullein-stalk Bank drove through the snowdrifts to bo lent at the obsequies. And to think,\ said ho, \ that she died without having found ft suitable investment for that money ! Perhaps I can bo useful to Mr. Jenkinson, for of course he will be the legatee !\ 1 Don't say a word,\ said old Deacon Lidgerfield, with a chuckle. \ The family are all up stairs in a terriblo pucker. They've had Lawyer Crocker hero to read the will. And how myah d' ye s'pose the old woman loft ?\ ; : I am sure I cannot gutum,\ mud tho bank president. Jost a hundred and fifty dollars,\ said Deacon Lidgerfield. \And that Is be- A <felTY'S BIRTH. The evelution of the North American city may be studied to better advantage along Qua route than anywhere else. We touch towns at every stage of development The youngest settlements are on the n «t part of the line, and that Is under the west slope of the EocWes, between Terra Firma and Missoula. Here you survey the town hi its earliest infancy. There is a rail- road station with a name and a siding and nothing farther. A oanvas-top wagon stands near the track. Four horses or mules are fethered close by. The settlor has driven stakes and pitched a comfortable tent, huge enough to contain two black walnut bed- steads, a table, and other furniture. His wife sits in a rooking \M* near the flap, tratching the train as it passes. From two to a half dozen youngsters are tumbling around in the sun. The cook stove is out- doors, with such other property as cannot be stored in the tent. The citizen himseli is not far off, hard at work already upon the frame of the building in which he ex- pects to make his permanent residence. Then comes another wagon with more household furniture and children. The loca- tion of the second tent as in relation to the first perhaps determines the bearings of the main business street of the city. 'By the time there are three o* f<mr wagons on the ground, and two or three frame buildings in pEDceaB of oonatruotion, another sort of tent appears as if by magic, with \ Saloon \ in big letters: across th* frput Cowboys begin to ride in and buy whiskey. The town becomes a point of, commercial importance. The saloon tent to the germ of the future Board of Trade. Now we get by rapid strides to welUstab- Ushed communities, whioh date their origin ten or twelve months back, like Gladstone and Dickinson irTDakota, and Billings and Livingstone in Montana. If built on the prairie they look like toy villages arranged 5y a ohild on a brownish yellow carpet The prairie towns of Dakota have a more arderly and at the same time a less real ap- pearance than the valley settlements of the Ueighboring territory. It seems indiscreet to leave them out at night on the wind-swept plain. The first street is always parallel with the railroad track, extending each way from the station. The second street runs off at right angles, and if the growth of the town con. Mnues it usually becomes in time the important highway. Other streets are laid out, right and left, shanties and brick build- up side by aide, and in a few ithed to Ohio!\ old lady's home out in jidintofthe Mullein-stalk Bank whistled a noiseless whistle; the funeral 'as over, and thus perished all tho ho\*m which-the Joiikinson family luul so fondly intertwined of inheriting a fortuivo \—JI«Un farrest Grave*. SIGHTS IN MEXICO. Newcomers in Uio oily of Mexico are stvr- prisod ou finding so many of tho oonv«nil- ences common, to large ultica at homo, atjoh as the telopbonc, the d loo trio light, A poUoe force, and nn excellent ntnxit-oiir iwrvfoo. Hie elootrio lights aro on tho top* of iron rods running up from tho goa kutip \K+U. Tho polioo aro far more soldierly than lha rogulnr army of tlin country. Th*y «M^ ft bhio flnnnol suit, tho (H»t buttoned up, *»<1 their onp has a covering of wbtU, whlnh, with tho atamlinK linen collar, Is ftlw*»ys imwaoulnto. In U.nlr bolt* on QUA «l<1« they carry n Hub nnd on Uio oil.or A !*r H « rovoW.tr. If ouo wiahni to a*a a J«.H«*.|UUJ h« has only to go to Uio noM-ant comer, juut he will surely find him «Uii<Uii« Utere, [tat h* h u no beat to walk over, 11M sp** which HtrcAt onn t;o la Mloulahliitf. 1^ <1MI> ttlonn aft faat *• IIUIUM cau pull itQil iw thoy approach ft oornnr Uio giv«a n loud tuot ou ft horn for tha JI of wivrtiliiK pnojtlA at tha nruanliiK to i ol th« way. \ I tell ymi.\ ani.t the boy, «H»ufl«1«»» to A group of yotitlaful frW»l», \ tny f»«i nny Miem swail cJoi.'lJbcHoTo she'd w more Hum I do, in W months the real estate agent Is prepared to exhibit a city map, plotted on a scale that would suit a place with 20,000 inhabitants, and to give you your choice of town lot* at from $26 to f 2,000 apiece. It is only about » year since the first house was erected in Billings. Now there are nearly 600 houses, and the population ia well up to 2,600. It has a brick church, a bank, »everal aohoob, three newspapers, three hotels, and a hoiM railroad. Statistic* of populatUto, kowever, on of trifling value in town* that dpubla their inhabitants in a few- weeks or a' few months. The social and business development ol the town generally follows this order: Saloons, stores in which the nooeaaari«s of life are sold, gambling establishments, dally newspapers, school houses, a bank, a church, a wholesale storo, a J&J1. For a Urns the Baloons and the newspapers struggle for numerical supremacy. The appearance of tho jail marks a distinct epoch in the crys- tallization of society. The jail at Living- stone, the, newest of the cities, was just finished, and had no inmates. It ia a one- story structure of brick and stuaco, stand- ing next to a log house with rod shades in the windows and thin sign over tho door •- \Miss Orickett's Palace.\ The Jail at Bozeman, whioh is comparatively an old place, contained twenty-Seven priiKmora, •even of whom wore hold for murder.-- N. Y. Sun. KINO ALCOHOL. IN ENGLAND. To get a juat idea at the exlmt ot King Aloohol'H sway in this realm yonr roadnra should BCO and atudy George Cruikahank'a painting in tho National Gullwy on \ Tho Drinking Onstoms of Society.\ The pio- ture there drawn tineas tho hummi being from tho oradle to Uio gram, and rev«a>)« him in nil tho variouR aooUI and hnainoaa re- lations of ill 1 ., if iiot with a glMs in hi. hand, at least with tho opportunity for i n toxioating r«freshm«ot within «My rwuih. Oruikahank'a maHtorpiooo ia wall worthy of study simply aa a work of art, but A living tragical intereat>ttachM to it from tho fact that it Is so sadly true to Hf«. The family doinostlc, in naKoUathig fttr a plnoo, iuquirsf M owofully after th* dally qiinntttjr ol b«wr sJlowad AS «»>onl th«;wa««s while in hlghwr lif* tha pnuHioe of ilrinkinu is ao g«n«nBy indulgod, and up to quit* rs~ oontly was carriod to anoh «io«ss, that It is not long sine* tho common way of spoaklng of ons much ttte wors* fo? liquor was to remark that h« n \ AS drank M a lord.\ When a visit la mado to a neighbor a«rfri«nd the first oonrtosy oxteM*/) ia to sot nut th« deoantAra, or to bring a pMebsr ot als o» stout from tho cellar, And wo* batUU tha UK>M who In opuUtlon for hoaplUlity < lsctthU form at wnlnotn tbs toddy or glnna at l.HUra pr«pArc« U>« way for ulinont «r«ry bargAin MI«1 AIIOUUM- drink BOAU th« lnni«Aotion llm uTorftgn suaa mnst h*v* bis flral sip abunt 10 In Ibo morning, tboa ho fokaa hla lunnli. Trum th» dinner AIMI Sup|v*r muat II (limn, At>d W*Ur la out <«f th< 'lite ly M Uta Dion, UiAt Uioro la A laAloa <>f r-fltioinent brAUtly (Uaks la A ai«ht UiM drink M ««n*r»L »n.l with A* ltUU pot>no|itioti T harm rn an cluing To AM rafl^U UmnMolrwi fr.ipi t tax An not asrupW to sUtxi with Uiatr hn» bands At th« |mtiU».li<niM b*r, mtuX UiMr cihllAtmi In WM tentble angry tU n*>- •A np to rt>ot •»* *Mfc oi«.rf»«a Rate •*- \ Wb«t do ytm ttm», *U, by t»- tiilUng mo «• you h*v»r • Wh*4 tU» I I«AH, s>*i.r T\ n.jillo.1 Vo^g, .joiu «.*ilty WI>«t >1o ytm wau), r«Uw» t You a»14 VA sell my mml for ft fthilltn« *nt*l'a whtl I IMlt WaU, III WAS It t«elu I dftu I UJuk ytm wool.1. tomy- f •>« m&>l offer tt «t Uwt urto., httt U>M« w^Odnt b« «,MaW»l. •i Ma u PRBSIDBNT ARTHUR'S ROOMS. a «f tka Oflc» put «T the Wklte a*mme. Under the present administration the President's bouse at Washington, and ths private apartments especially, has been im- proved and beautified to such an extent thai it would hardly be reoognteed by some of its former occupants. Particular attention haa been paid to embellishing that portion of the mansion allotted to the me of the President, and the parlors, sitting ana bed rooms are now arranged In the moat taste- ful manner. President Arthur, after the death of his predecessor, moved across the hall from the southwest to the northwest corner of the mansion, and Us sleeping room is a model of tasteM and ri<& furnish- ing. The curtain*, carpets, portieres and paper of this room are of a pale blue tint, oonunonly known as pigeon-egg blue, and the furniture, with the exoeption of the bed- stead, corresponds with the other appoint- ments. A pleaeanter bedroom oould not be imagined, and it is well Ventilated and lighted from the north by three large win- dows. Adjoining this room, at the north- west angle of the building, is the private study of the President, and it is here that he transacts the greater portion of his pri- vate business, undisturbed for any reason. Surrounded by books of ohoioe engravings, portrait* of intimate friends and articles oi vertu indescribable, a cosier nook oould not have been selected and the view on all aides la charming. Conspicuous among the pho- tographs is one of the late French states- man, Leon Oambetta, appended to whkshia hia autograph, in a clear, bustneaa-like hand. The portraits of Attorney General Brewster and his little son also oooupy a prominent position in the atndy, adjacent to »large sised photograph of Ohdatine Nilason and her autograph. Passing out of tha Mudyintoa large ball the visitor la im- pressed by the magnificent surroundings, all of which were arranged under the per- sonal supervision of the President. Several of the best works of Blerstadt, loaned by tho artist, adorn the walla, a large painting of the Yellowstone region being the most •trildng. A unique and handsome oigar stand, formed of the head of a Tolas oalf and three steers' horns, highly polished and mounted in allvenr, is placed near a favorite lounging place of the President in this hall, where, with a few favored friend*, after business hours, the finest brands of dgars discussed. A large semi-oiroular win- dow of French plate, surmounted by jewoll- ed designs in glass, at the end of this apart, ment commands a fine view of the War, State and Navy department building On th« wostjo^the mansion, while the perfume of the ohoioest Bowers In the conservatory benoath scents the all. Easy ohairs, lounges and tete-a-tetoa are scattered through the hall in abuadanoe and invite a delicious period of rest and Abandon from the affairs of state. A large carved door opens from the hall into the bedroom at the southwest angle of the mansion, in whioh the late President Oarfleld suffered from July a UU removed to Elberon, N. J., two months later. This>oom has been allotted to the use of the President's aon, and, with the exception of the single bed upon whioh the sufferer rested, the furniture has not been disturbed. In one corner of the room are two long, narrow oases, marked \ 0 . A. A.,\ containing fishing teokla belonging to the President A communicating door >pens into the large bedroom used by the lootors hi attendance upon tha stricken 'resident and from whioh the famous •ulletlns were tamed. The most noUbls utioleinthis apartment ia a hanOwaoely ourved mahogany bedstead, bearing in bold «lief the coat of aras of tha United flaUee, whole surmounted by a h-ery red silt oanopy. A pair ot atepaleajhiptoltiebed, whl<^ f our inattresaaanopped off by feather bed, woo the tired pilgrim to met, and the faruJtnre of the room la <rf » heavy, sombre antique pattern. It ia atntn<l Uiat hla furniture Is valued a* tbousftniia ,,t <\<>L and la'about the only thing about th« lannionjwbTnh oooneota the peat with UM irnsont. This room completes Uio prirftt* [Mrtmonts of the President of Um Unilod i tfaaMlofolaf W li ll.« Hhrftry, with whlnh all who bare TWM th* Whlu are faiatUa*.— PNMdphia l'r*m. \TOO \ Dnirlda* Bungs, I'M h*A mm* 'apoii. ico wilt {Mrtgr OMO, S*' Wblxw *Mwt «M y ^ who wMi a tead on d* won1 m»nh<»xl. suta o«l to U irorty All At, boss kin «I bfl polity fee. H* \Urfo 1 M« wfirk »>« 1U bs^l Ms IKMV4. his tailor, Ms x..nAk«t (M i> all Mi frWwW B* io>j» Hn' A»4 insJh HAS • soios^a HMtory, »»v« ha doAn' pAj «p. Wbmj Mills basts ftnm*- <Hly outer i*m*j4nmm*, sad *v«rv «)« • oosts •ORH^jr >»W • ^»IW. In bad y .y . «o yo%«0» HIM ttsM.- \ Yas, sab.\ \ Six months ago you h*<1 «ta*<ly work, good pay, rsspsctabhi olothea, aa' WM imUr d«bt. Ton sot ont to h* parij, AS' t<>-d*y i w.mMn't Mil hn 'nuff b> i«r T*r Am\A». 1 amnll awful nic*, but ytra <>w» a $3B boanl HU. Kr te'r mis b«KjUfnllT, hot tailor am wht«tUti« tmt hla IWBMV for dAtanlt. y.mrf.wtnAm *U«Anl, bt»l y<m haa htimnrwl mnw; unttl m, <m* wUI land l ant. T.nj amlU Uko A hutbw- jvt hat lisa » <%«s4«vfl e l4, b«t jmt bnUw Ain't paid fur I\ \ 1's* inun* to s^naj 1 np, aaJ».\ U, llroddar Hnn«a, bat I 41 t the two pieoes together, and, if it ia good, _ white froth will appear around the edges u>d also upon the two surfaces after they in separated. This signifies the presenoc of A propel quantity of starch. The mow troth the more starch, and consequently the better the potato; while the less there 1B, the poorer it will cook. The quantity of th« starchy element may also he judged by the more or less ready adherence of the two parts. If the adherence is sufficient for one pieoe to bold the other up, the faot is evi- dence of a good artiole. These are the ex- periments usually made by raportB whon buying potatoes, and are the best testa that can be given short of boiling; but < Uwy are by no means infallible. OBLKSTf AL COLLISIONS. If ever two great worlds dolreally meet b this way, it is possible to predict some of the consequenoee. To use the technical language of science, \ their energy of molar motion will be oonverted into various fornu of molecular and potential energy ;\ which, translated into the vernacular, means that there will be evolution of heat and light, while at the same time the solids present will be wholly or in part liquefied, the Hquids vaporized, and the vapors and gases rarefied And expanded. The intensity of IK* action will depend, of course, mainly upon the mass and swiftness of the colliding bodies; but an easy calculation shows that If oar earth were ever to meet another globe like herself, and moving with the same velocity, heat enough would bo generated by the shook to transform them both Into t huge ball of vapor} unless, indeed, the oentral core of the earth is much colder and more refractory than usually supposed. At *ny rate, the quantity of heat developed would be sufficient to malt, boil, and com pletely vaporise a muss of ioe fully 700 times that of both the oollWlag worlds—an ice planet 150,000 miles in diameter. If, however, ths impinging manea were, > begin with, mainly gaseous (as the san terns to be), tho effect might be curiously different. Heat would, of oourao, be genor- ated, just as in the oase of solid bodies ; but, as a oonsoqueuoe, apparently moot dll h l i nobula might of Uio bodlna paradoxical, tho renulUng actually be cooler than elthe before the encounter ; of course, it would be immensely expanded in volume. Just as a gaseous mass, contracting under Its own gravity from loss of heat by radiation at its surface, continually rises in tempera- ture, so a similar mass, expanding against Its own gravity from accession of heat within, may fall in temperature, nay, mutt fall, if the body k composed of \ perfect \ Of course, immediately after the col- Hakm, and before the ultimate expansion of balk was attained, the temperature and brUlianee of th* a raid bo for ft time vastly inoreased, but the final i sea stated. As to the DonseqaeDoes of a comet's ooL- Usion with the earth, it is impossible to predict them with aoientlneoerUlnty; pro- bebly, however, they would be inaignift- We know absolutely that the whole of matter in a comet (teohnioaliy, its \mass\) is extremely small compared with that of the earth ; but just how small uo one can say. It is impossible to oon- wadiot suthoriUUvsly either the man who •ays he oould carry a comet homa In his pocket If properly packed or one who as- aerta that a oonurt'a onolmu I* oqnlvnloot to an Iron ball one hundred miles ID diameter, pi h*a been made to get st the density of th« eentral mjoleu* on the aa- iption that it holda to ItMlf the .mur- is voluro. of the h«ad and envelopes by lta gravtUUoaal ftttratloa, u If th* nu- rounding nebulosity were an atmosphere In •qtrilibrlnm Artmnd the nncsJena • hot the aastunptlan U man than doubtful, and the flertved ooneloston, of oourae, ia of UtUs vale*. It asems, on the whole, more pro- bable thai a eom«% U throqgferat only » stood <d duat and vaper-ft mere amok* i that tW. U at the oentn any soUd kemel at pfepo&deraat a—. nvnot r*«»r baa at Ui« until™ any Ma ft mtimf tn iron, ur nr«n m ctl<M«. jwnlicni awftrm <4 «cr<»lil«« welghiiiH • tor iw Iwi «t'l«J«, oo!li»i<,n with it would <H inw ho a gf*t aeritraa maUar, a{>rwilinf 'M.V»U.m »u<] nm flA(r>U>m t KM«J>ily <»TOI r Um n)n\m mi <moa , nut •nio.inUng prt^ hmhly, Ut *JijU.ln« Ukx, • AmUn«li<m vt Uva world, trat fat HUM <li»«<rt»tw linn any n*kt> or iiiltjmnlo 9TopiUm. It la far llfc«Jjr, >w,wq,M, tbfti U»O ottcynintof with a arm** wvnid Iw cmtlniy • mM ma«nl&c«nt »n vlxrwor of aluKi(lo« stem IMUM« tur *s lunt >r two • vhetumwtvm w»,Uh <nu> Bilgi wall <UmAn lr> mm I'nf. (1 A Young, t NoriS AmmimA R~imm VARIBTIBS OF OYSTBRS. '• Yes,\ said the oyster ahucker, in reply to a question, \the season's set in sharp and good. Whenever we have a cool sum- mer and early fall it is good for the ister trade, but I don't know as it effect the later much; they're about the same all the time, only they're a-growW leas and less eve year. Most folks like York Liters and fetoh most of mine from up the Sound, used to be in the Chesapeake trade alto- gether and delivered at Baltimore and Old Point Comfort for shipment North. Tes, It's a big business, isterin' and 1 reckon there's twenty thousand persons in the busi- ness in Philadelphy, all told; fifty thousand in Baltimore and seventy thousand fn itew York. That means a heap of capital, and I reckon in the three cities that there's abouj fifty million dollars invested. New Yori inters come from different places. These ere saddle rocks you hear so much about is all nonsenoe; there used to be a big rook up the Sound of that name, but now all big laters are called saddle rocks. Prince's 1 Bay Is a good bed spot; then Blue Pints, Shrewsbury!, East River* are all favorities. According to my taste a small Blue Pint ir in the deep round shell is about the best ister; the flavor's as delicate as you please. The Shrewsbury's aJUo fine—more fiUin', so to speak; havin' a rich yailer tint they look more solid like. When I kept a saloon once I had all sort* o' customers. One old chap wouldn't oat not bin\ but Providence rivert, and paid his fifty cents a dozen like a man; another man always wAntecfSt. Johnsrjw, Florida, istors—big, white fellers and as froBh as a Pike county Alderman. ] couldn't afford to lose Ml custom, so 1 kept thorn; seventy-five cents A down he paid and took about a bar'l a week. I had 'em shipped twice a week from th* bed at Pilot- wn, north side tho river's mouth. •'Virginia istors are big and good b,ut, thoy don't begin to have the flawt of Blw Pints or some of our islers; they're a-comtn' \n now, bot ftro bent six weeks from now a it tho liwt of November. How caught Wall, thcre/s different ways. The old time way was by long tongs—and the darkies down the Virginia end Maryland shore use 'am ynt—end dug-outs; but up this way the burina* is too Ug ; so large vessels, sohoon- ars and logs arc used, nnd dredges that hold from three to five bushels. Tho tugs do the boat bwinesa, aa they can haul In any weather snd soon git a load and either pat right Aboard A schooner to ship, oi tho market Is short they rush 'em in thi ln, and when the market is overstocked Ilko, thoy stow 'em away in cars or on shore. Of oonrao, all this is reducin' tho supply, .1 if it wasn't for phurtin' the huU lot mid give out. The raisin 1 and colleoUn' of aeed iaters alooe is a big business { they are sold to dealers and fishermen along ahor* and pat on muddy bottoms sad kept for several year* and then moved to hard bottom, And eftet awhile are fasg enough to haol. The old shells are worth somethin' lo put on the bed* and thousands oi ber'ls of 'em are bought and brought back for this purpose every year. What for? Why for the young istex to oatch hold on. 1 PkOatUpMa TXmm. MAMMIB8 BEFORE THE WAR, Th« of&oe of \ mammy \ in a Southern family WM often hereditary, little mamncr Omtisto be beginning her profession as pUymate, and then waiting-maid, of Miss Mary. Bnt when yowng nfotr*** goes\ off to boarding aohool for tit* ndfshlnf fcmcb** the maM rtoes a step In rank \ Old mlaa\ promote* her to the task of holding banks, winding brooehMi of cotton, an<i Uachoa h«r to knit yam *o«k* for the \ hands.\ Hb* also become* exceedingly apart a* find tog old mlaa' spoctaoiem, A**I ipany coning a lo&g way off, keeps thi kay-beaket in pl*oe, get* watamMloas ou of the um house wbett ealled Tor In a hurry ervl ntit uifr«<ju4uUy Axula A pltvuiAal aolao* as well aa K«nU* DMOIAJ atitnulua In the -ta\ and \ o-*-U\ erf to* first I fttietaty. Tba I*- t llovavftll mdn ! Tb*e UMr* la (ho A Km atartasi t* <h* nr i. mwimUj mprnMnt, Uw»» M« U I Uw Bt.rw» How*. wM* <m» b*o4fui at wr«k HM> ladkai of UM ftmiUi lUvtm Ut o a*Mh- Than at ioiarvUa wtk IwAal ham | 4id wrt «rrHrq to ; boing ssUaAfd wit* hav. Ing th»ir IOTH letters wrtUetr by proxy, whw Mlaa M»rj OMM h<, m c f,«- U>e holl- iftra, inalMul yf, M U UM proMint custom, \ Uhinu imn la hfttxl ftt UiU prmnA 0pf>OT- tenlty,\ IOMOM UlfiT«1 <m* kno* \ thai tho u <mjt, r ti>ir «-—] h«ft)U>, .wulhQTK* Q*\ r*w Hucm will find him tbe aotoe,\ fta nlnnly nine bum1r«1Uui of l>i. n.,Un^ folks' \M**ru b««i O . At U>a r|i«c ,tt UM WI Uwl <mm of Uxa> InrfpUi 4t# aofTica l«> m buaUInu, \ il w rWJi while H la y>l iiigtit *o<\ gl »«M auto bar household.\ Well with UM girl's BUMS* AMI txr*, )fn, •ak*d &<wMm*. \ AMnUiy PitatWi tU M<mtni(u«, m •• w«n, c •' (It,, nn t I Annt M«lln<1y wa« 4* \MC»WIIM4 <<«! law, nn, nmrmi Anal 1% TlUy.ah* <U4 4 . WA*}ita« an4 .rn»d tm Um I** ao fnf as dto et«b mm M I\ • Taa. aMi.- a*nl» tit llnuldar • lluug. off <1o roll 1- 1u« ».\r*leho.\, m*h\ Y«a. aftli I\ XbooK 41s pmw bi Aa aUtyAna* I ||« tm too party to rsfMte bath « U •• r w Mm* KOm <J» TO T«LX A OOOO POTATO* ¥«,-* aai4 TUa f Ml **«t •\ *>~h k, DM «MM> M M n taaad to jrv* jwsl MMI. HO, I Ml I****** w* ft»«M» mm* I—A to ill. \U my*** -* l lmi«i;M«e. a>«wt tbfti'ft alt IM*» ta *b.MM ft * A*«WNNIitttMI U*-» ITBMS OP INTEREST. ts CmUU Vr»m H A NehnskAtown is called BasebaU. Ia the three fan dktriota of Japan 100,000 persons make fans. The number of'sawmills in Arkansas has mcreaaed from 219 to over 1,200 in the last thjeeyeais. , Mr. Mabes, of Moline, DI., celebrated Ws eighty-eighth birthdafby attending a w*d- ding and a fuheralr A Colorado rough proudly wears a ring through a hole which was made in his ear by the bullet of a barroom adversary's pis- tol. ''-•• ' • • Wilford WJlfred Vicaux, a five-year-old hoy, living oft Muskego Centre, Wis., is said to have already composed a duet and march snd to know how to play an almost indefin- ite number of airs on the violin. The sheep ranched of California are usual- ly 4esola> places:', *<*tlie herders it ia a terrible life, hoy terrible 1 is shown by the frequency of insanity among 1 them. Some- times, after 6nry a few months, a herder goes suddenly ma«/- Gen.'Withers, the Kentucky horse breed- er^ says that the best stock follows the lime- stone rather tBan olay and sandstone forma- tions. It forms a perpetual fertiliser for the land, and give* out a pasturage upon whioh Is knit fine bone and firm muscular tissue. Jbnn M.' Clark, Hot thirty years' Sheriff oi Boston, saya thai too many arrests are maaV The pmhHc has no conception— ihongh % f art is shown in a general way by the failure of Grand Juries to indict in about A tMrd of the oasee pmented-^of th* number of.persons imprisoned on mere sus- picion. Virginia ia beginning to maks flour of peanuts, of whikh she raises } 2,000,000 bowels, thia year. Peanuts, so called in ti» 014 Donftbiioh >: were introduced from Africa; and Ate Aiown \a North Carolina, ai ground peas, in ^e&nessee as goobers, and in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi at Pinders, i A, Louisville mjpther says of little girls broughtup-Jo,hotels, \that have no reserve or bashfpiness; apparently there ^ never been any restraint put upon their appetites or inclination*. Many careless mothers never se? their ohildiwn, but let tftfm wander about these great hotels unat- Wiaed. Who can wonder that they 'are bold and pert?!; ; The Bussian Mkuster of Instruction is being petitibhed for the restoration of cor- poral punishment in the schools of that oountry. The reason for this is that, oor- poral punishment, being forbidden, boys %re confined *or ^we^fty-fbW hours on a hWAd Add water diet and suftjeoted to other ttJt* severe and degrading punisKmenti. The German Ariny 1B the \most perfed mitttary machine in Mistencs. Each corpr U 0onibu«teu «o aa to form in itself a com- plete lfttle army' that can without incon- venience Writ tty time detached from the main body. During peaoe everything is keptwa«yfo»tooMlteaHonin«ase of war. If the <is«res for mobinjatibn were to be wired to-inorroV from BMlin, tbe whole deld would be neidy In A few hours. A CHILD IK A PIT. • g**\ Wflson, oi _ the past few weeks Mr. James i, of near Thamesville, Ont., haa been endeavoring to proeur* water on his place and for that purpose > drilled at several points'holes A foot in diameter and of vari- depths, filling each up before another was commenoed, AS soon as it was evident that water would not come. The last one drilled was fifty feet deep. Into this hole OAtne some water and after A time it filled half-way up with water and mud, the Utter rodnowd to a soft oonsiAtenoy by the former. Thinking, perhaps, the desired effect might be teaobed, be deoidad to await further developments before filling this up and try- lug again. The family had a little two- year-old boy playing about In tne go-as-you- please stvl* oonuoon in dountary dooryards, h#aadd*nly«h* baby WAS missed. Call- ing him and hunting for him proved futile, nntfl the father thoaght of the hole twelve faeiMS ia dlatnoter. As a taut Irebort, with- r^llr tbtnklng the oiuklMfts; there, he peexed flows th* hole, but of course could see nothing. While do/ng so,howqv«r, he thought he board the chiM'it voice, and, *fW»*4oHU Mtimmta Ht naxfoua liatenrag, meaMiaft^tthAtlw^v^.tthe bottooi, Mft twentjr-flvo foot bo^w the surfAce, apa^of anch small olrctrmferonco that «h« eaaato* <tf resono wad A problem. The ndghbon war* appealed to for advise. Aiapag «jwa*r* it WAS pcoy«s*d to dig down to QM little on*, but it would take two or- thri* ffAW, said on*, and the eh6d might OeueAwwhUe, wbikAnothsr called stterr- Itoai to *bm pro«p««t of tnootheriog or killing the ekUd b.v ok>d» falling upon him. Finally a oolored man came up and was informed of tha cAtMtroph* and dTlerama. 1U ea^oaaUdtk* nae of a mirror, and, hold- I»f4t Abort % MM, (AMd into it and saw <*• rafWioo ot th* child at the, bottom,, from fh* bAbr boy'i posit**! b* nsd eti- dmUy stepped Into th* hole, end; with hi* filled it so fall AS to sin* grsdnaiy, tfw afr'Selow offering resists to prmuA any lnfuaoosly swift Tb**plof*dnwnaa*tA*kedf(?ra ott Ih* fed* ol which h* made A loop gg ovor'th* ohUd'i bead, to t>r*mr*l weod*a strip* whioh fee 8ly >i\^\ »U1 b* jhAd on* atrif tanmty^r* U*A or tuort In Lragth. Ha dropped tWr^'down tsMfapUapd kiWAV •d Ou wwd*n atrip. Whil« BJ*o4h*r p«soo A*i4 tk* saknt ABO«A\ taw oolornd man \mm ^7 *«(*»» obaorvaUoaa ia Ux* oarror, id fAttWnOy lo pWe AM loop onr tta to i d t tb baf AnthlswaBowrtaflaBago, Bre both wtswtoowa to lame; wprtndAadAtiT. And in a wood, sear by, there Urea itas^r^. Toy last look at GuB sky, iror nevermore snaUthou or tlilne daze into mortal WJ » rae (lays spea on: the sisters twain PasaeastlenUraway, But cMloren-a chllOren, year by year The fairy wlU obey; ' Borne wearatrtnge or mat Rarer than oosOylatta, Wmie others told toetrpu- And ever hue their laces. HIS OWN PETARD. Some months agoB.H. Wilber, a saloon- keeper, of Kansas City, became Acquainted with a young man named Diw«u a pleasant Bodable fellow, who dressedwell andttved In style on an income of apparently'unfail. »ng source. Just where Mr. Dixon got his 'SUET* ^ 0TO > w he ^^y ^ ast friends. Wilber not long ago sent hia ife and family to the oountry, at about th«* lame time that Dixon left for Chicago Th« latter wrote back in a few days,^ Wi! be* the outiine of a scheme by which a big «umof money was to be realized. He in- kmned,? but as there was \big money- in it something over $1,000 was needed te «mbark in the l^ineM. wa^ ^ „ we d that no risk would be encountered »nd the promise of a big reward induced bun to embark in the project. He scraped together his savings, amounting to $1 100 and, by the advice of Dixon, started for : Chicago. He arrived on the morning train and put up at the Atlantic HoteL Dixon, who was stopping at the Commercial Hotel, called on him soon after his arrival and after learning the extent of his pile, assured him everything was Arranged and success was certain. Both then adjourned to Dix- on's room at the Commercial, where a bot- He of wine was opened and the minor de- tails of the scheme was settled. Diaon said hU plan was a new one mi so well adapted that he could take in any professional. He produced two mahogany boxes about six inches deep and the same width and twice as long and said the money was to be placed in one of the boxes, and after they were moved before the eyes of the sucker he was to make a wager on the one containing the | money. Dixon claimed he couM handle-tavs boxes hi a way to deceive anybody,. and Wilber, overjoyed at the prospect of sudden riches, turned ovei his $1,100, which Dixon said he was going to deposit in the box by way. of experiment. Directly he informed Wil- ber that the sucker was down stain waiting to bet his money and Dixon withdrew to bring him up. < \ I will be book in a few minutes;\ said Mr. Dujon,a« he closed the door, but After the lapse of A quarter^ an hom he had not returned and Wilber became anxious. H« ' waited a little longer and then took Up th« box into which he SAW Dixon put hk money. £t was suspiciously light and A hollow sound answered the impatient tap, of his fingers o» thehd. He was seized with taddeT Atom and shattered the frail X& wKh hi. fcx*. The box was empty. Dixon had token the , money with him, instead of leaving ft In the box, and Wilber was hoi** by his own petard. The detectives learned that as soon aa Dixon left his room he appeared, in th* office and called fox his TAlise. He at one* quit the house And they think by this time he has Abo quit the dty. WnberpaJdtl- 100 for his leaton and there la Mate HkelL hood it will ever profit him onbau Herald. REPORTERS AMD THEIR SALARIES. Sinoe John Bwinton made those astonish- ing statements to the Education and I*bof Committee about the pay of newspaper men, Ihavemade several inquiries in Printing House square as to $5 4 000 reporters, •SS,- 000 ooxrespondflnU, and $600,000 editors, but they don't seem to be. knownJn that quarter at all, writes a corr«p(md<Ht of the Hartford Tine*. The general Jiafpzessfam there U thAt they exist only lnM»-Swmton's imagination. To the best of my informa- tion aad belief, they never did exist ia Printing House square, thoogh that's where nine-tenth* of the newapepw uwa »» to be found. Sfaoujd Mr. fiwinton'a, jemarkable statements cause a rush of young men from the various oountry oroes-roadBtolTewTork, . with a view to beoctee nullionaires by news- paper work,IisKrtiwjWDig AW» will be sadly diaAjppointed. They will find that $5,000 reporters, ,$«,OtX> correspondent, snd $U00,06(Sf editors are not in dtanand. on the eontrsry^ fee ra^tiMoflVinttagHouaesqaaresre very dlflersnt from the picturesque idealities sketched by Mr. Swinton,. One of the first, things they wffl find on* is that reporters who make $35 a weak instead of 181,090 a year, think they are doin* pretty w,ell. A few may be discovered who make $50 to ; $75 » week at times (flot all the year round j tho^h) *• srwdal work, Tmt these Are not . ono in fifty. A reporter who earns ,$30 • ! week the year through mAf *ount himself A lucky fellow. As to^orrespoiKUnts I shal' say nothing. ' - : ' . Mr. Shaiefpeate lays that'i 'mis ha* as>«nftgei, r^tto Bry- o^piiom a boy haa •hoot tea tfhjfc**. He begins with his floi j#* pf.bree^and.a^l^s «d hair, aid feels of nia downy WATO, and Ueo fa* joins a bras* baaid arid toe*** horn, mi then h* reads novels and f*U» |n tore aodrida.*prwwix«hota«ftfld writen per- fttmed notes tobkeirl. When liis fint lem Bd o him and b*gina to ran with'anoth* f*Uow A* Arop* tot* tb* age of despair, and • •eota to go to T«xaa, tm ao«ne otttez remote Boysawmlfirtyimart nowadays.\ They [ >owaaa«osiatl«nasweusedtoknow at t r«>ty,aiidMttri(kt»«nilor t» to hatp fl ahaMpT^B. Oi«o«theseiBoirupMlftn- \\— '-* »-•«-!- — ^* •*-* otbai f
