Th if. TO CORRESTONDENTS. All punled by the communications paine of the author; not necessarily for for this paper should be publication, but as un evidence of on one good side faith of on the the paper. part of Be the purticularly writer. careful in giving numes and dates Write only er to have names the are letters often and difficult to deciphor, because of tho figures plain and distinct.
Prop. caroless manner in which they are written. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE impression that confinement in State prison tends to the oure obesity is without foundation. Ex-Alderman McQuade has increased his weight considerably sinco his! employment in the laundry at Sing-Sing and the statistics of Elmira show that increaso in woight is the rule." NEW JERSEY women now hare the privilege of voting for school trustees, and, in Belvidere, the first.
town in which an clection, bas been held since the passage of the law, the women turned out with great enthusiasm and 'unanimity and their ballots in favor of a handsome and eligiblo widower. THERE is a young man in Findlay, who was appointed clerk in the treasury at Washington. Ho was removed and another appaintod in his place. Ho returned to Ohio, went to Findlay, and to-day he is worth $50,000, which he has made by dealing in gas lands. This is more than he could have made by fifty years' service in the treasury.
of the United States at the salary which he was working for. RENEWED efforts are, being made to resuscitate the Mercantile Library in Baltimore. Some time ngo a collection of forty thousand books was bought by a syndicate of ten subscribers for 000. It was then proposed to raise $100,000 to insure the maintenance of the institution. Of this amount $50.000 was promised in, subscriptions ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, and efforts are now made to raise the balance.
A NEW kind of nail, for at' aching moldings and other light lumber, which leaves no nail-holes, 'is made? with a point at each ond and with an outwardly-projecting head or shoulder midway between the points. The nail is first driven into the wood by means of a punch, which straddles the protruding point and bears oll the lead. When enough have been driven in the moulding is placed over the nails and driven down. KAPIOLAUI, Qucen of the Sandwich Islands, who is passing through this country, is an olive colored little maiden. She dresses in Worth costumes, and has an income of 000.
The bload of the Kamchamehas, Lunalilos and Kalakauns, old Sandwich families, course in her veins. She speaks English with a slight tongue Sandwich impediment, and 'is about fifty-two years old. She has never been out of her kingdom before. COLUMBUS DELANO, president of the Wool-growers' Association, has issued a call for. a meeting of the executive committee on the 9th of May; at St.
Louis, days before the national convenes. The convention will be held on the 11th and 12th, and the wool-growers will hold their convention at the same time. The object is to promote the interest wool growers and manufacturers throughout the country. IN one of the private parlors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Now York, a miniature railroad, made of wood, has been built to illustrate the practicability a railroad car." A single track underneath one overhead are all that are necessary, according to the inventor's plan. Two wheels above and below the car are supposed to be sufficient to hold it in place, while it is run through tho grooves like a shuttle co*ck at the rate of one hundred miles hour.
TIE French method of treating cases of consumption by' gaseous enemata is attracting wide-spread tention in this country. Accounts treatments by this method in New leans, Buffalo, Chicago, Philadelphia and other cities have been published. Consumptiyos in an advanced stage the diseasel have been experimented upon and without exception with favorable results, and it is believed that greatest enemy of: mankind has its conqueror. THE strongest argument in favor vegetarianism is its power as a preventive aghinst intemperance. A of vegetables, it is said, kills all desire at for This has been tried found eminently successful.
Charles Napier, the London scientist, at a lecture delivered at Bristol, cently, said that twenty-seven patients had been cured of their intemperance through the close following. of form of dict. The system belongs Liebig, the German chemist. IN the recent propositions, for vessels, an extraordinary degree speed is, demanded, as much as twenty and twenty-one knots an hour. calls for a light, vessel, powerful gines, and a large capacity for carrying coal.
The Arrow Steamship pany have raised $1,000,000 to test tain patents, which, if successful execution, will bring steamships existence which will cross the Atlantic' in five days. That is, they will approxamate an average of twenty hour. MODERN DICK TURPINS, Southern Pacifie Train Attacked by Road Agents -Tho Expross At and Mall Cars. Robbod of. Over Compolled to Assist the Thioves Under Threats of Being Blown Up by mito-Heavy Rewards Offered.
3. overland TUCSON, A. express on April the 29. Southern Pacifio road, due here at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, was stopped and robbed near Papago Station, eighteen miles east of horo. about 0:30 o'clock.
The number of men engaged in the robbery 19 variously estimatod at from five to Colonel the ongineer, when Papago, 8 silo station, was sig. naled by 8 lantern to stop. Ho slowed down, 'and 89 he approached the light noticed obstructions, on the track so placed that failed to stop the engine it would spread the track and do. itself. Immediately on stopping a dozen or more shots wore firod into the express-car, and a man with a pistol in each hand boarded the locomotive and commanded Harper to get down.
The other robbery had in the meantime been trying to pry open the express Failing to get it open, they placed a stick of giant powder under the compelled Harper to light the fuse attached. avoid being blown up the messenger opened the car and the robbers took possession after extinguishing the fuse. They then uncoupled the engine and baggage and the train and made Harper get on the engine express cars from the remainder of and pull ahead two' lengths. This being done, Harper was again put off and the robbers took charge of the engine Here they and pulled six miles toward Tucson. killed she engine and left it.
During tho run the robbers went through the mail and express cars, but did not get more than $5,000. They got two packages of railroad money, ono of $1,210 and one of 4500, and also took two packages of postage stamps going to the post-office at San Francisco. It is reported that tho express messenger threw $3,500 in gold into the stove, and so saved it from the robbors, Nothing was known here of the affair until past midnight, when a telegram was recoived from Pantano, a brakeman having walked back eight miles to that place. special was sent. down and the train brought in at six in the morning.
None the passengers were molested, and some them knew nothing of the trouble until Under Sheriff Shibell was early at the after their arrival here. scene of the robbery but could discover nothing that would leal to the identity the robbors. trailers under Deputy Sheriff M. F. Shaw have left for the scene.
The robbers are believed to be discharged railroad, Engineer Ilarper to Although show they them how comto handle the locomotive it is believed from their actions in handling the train that they were familiar with such work. SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. -Immoliately upon tho roceipt of the news the rohbery of the Southern Pacific train near Tucson General Manager Towne, of the Southern Pacific, issued a circular offering a reward of $1,000 each for the arrest and conviction of the robbers, which is in dition to a liko reward offered by the Wells, Fargo Co. Express. General Manager Towno.
says on the strength of information received by him that the robbers obtained $5,000 from Wells, Fargo left the engineer and fireman standing beside the track. The engineer and fireman followed them and the locomotive and cars back the train and proceedol westward. one was injurod. Other reports received here in dispatches to Wells, Fargo say that the train was held up three miles east of Papago in a cut, and that the mail was robbed as well as the express. Colonel Wilder, superintendent of mail service, said yesterday afternoon he had just received a dispatch from Mr.
True, mail agent, on the route between Angeles and Deming, concerning the bery. Mail and expross agents were given just one minute a half to get out, der threats of 'being blown up with pounds of dynamite, and they at once out. The express messenger saved $5,000 from the robbers by hastily hiding it. extent of the mail robbery Colonel Wilder did not know. Gladstone On America.
LONDON, April 29. -The officials of the American Exhibition gave a lunch in honor of Mr. Gladstone's visit yesterday, at which Colonel Russell, of Boston, presided. Mr. Gladstone said that the institutions and progress of America had interest always to been him.
a' subject of great Ever since, very many years ago, when he studied the life of George Washington, he had become aware, first, the magnitude of the destiny. which had been reserved for Americans, and, secondly, that the period of the birth of the American State was of more interest than any other it was possible to study. Whenever a youth desirous of studying political 'life consulted him respecting a courso of study in the field of history he always referred him to the early history of America. God Almighty made Englishmen and Americans kingmen. They ought te have affection for one another.
If they had not humanity would cry shame upon them. He rejoiced that the clouds which had obscured their mutual vision, had vanished from the political and that the future was as bright and promising as the warmest hearted among them could desire. Hundreds Lost. LONDON, April 29. -Dispatches received from Australia tell of a terrific hurricane which recently swept the Southern coast and state that.
400 boats engaged in the poarl fishing industry, having on board crews aggregating 550 men, were lost. The steamship Benton, of Singapore, has been lost off the coast of Formosa, in the China a Sea, by coming into collision with an uuknown bark. The steamer sunk almost immediately, carrying down with her 150 persons. None of the drowned wero Europeans. SAN FRANCISCO, April 99.
-Alaskan advices of April 5 say that the schooner Flying Seud. from Kodiak, was lost at sea during a heavy gale some time before. There were on board H. Anderson, the owner of the vessol; Captain Hanson, V. Grignoff and fifteen others.
YARMOUTII, N. April 29. -During gale Wednesday night boats in charge of lobster fishers of Tusket Island, N. were capsized, and six men perished. Many others had marvelous escapes.
Northrup, a prominent physician at Hayerbill, in the eastern portion of Scioto County, was murdered Wednosday by Thomas McCoy, a saloon-keeper, and his brother Alfred, the postmaster at Haverbill, aided by the sons of AlMcCoy. Dr. Northrup had inourred the enmity of the McCoys by boing active in favor of local option. They waylaid him when coming to his office and began fring on him with pistols and shotguns. He was unarmed, but drew a pocket-knife and badly wounded Alfrod McCoy before he was fatally shot.
The doctor was about thirty-five years old and unmar ried. The MoCoys have been arrested. An Ohio Haddock. PORTSMOUTH, April 20. -Dr.
W. T. THE FISHERIES. l'ublication of Correspondence on. the Subject-Various Propositions for Set- tlement.
OTTAWA, May 4. -The Minister of Fisheries brought down the fisheries correspondence yesterday afternoon. DA It is a very bulky volume, covering period from 188t down to a very recent dato. The most important letter is the roply of Canadian Government to Secretary Dayard's dispatch of December 3, proposing an ad interim arrangement and the appointment of a mixed commission to establish the limits which shall separate common from exclusive fishing ground in accordanco with the troaty of 1318, provided that it is agreed that American vesgels are not excluded from bays and harbors more than ten miles in width; to establish regulaions to secure to Unitod States fishermen the privilego of entering bays and harbors for refugo, repairs, wood and water, and to agree upon penalties and jurisdiction for the trial of violators of rights or rostrictions. Mr.
Bayard in addition. proposed that each country sond national vessels to the gulf and the south coast of Nova Scotia to superintend the fisheries and settle disputes. He also suggusted that fishing vessels of the United States be given the samo privileges in Canadian ports as other. United States vessels, including the purchase of bait and other supplies, and that the Government of Great Britain release all United States fishing vessels now under seizure for failing to report at the custom houses and refund all the tines exacted for such failure." A copy of this dispatch was forwarded to Canada, and on December twenty -eight a reply was to forwarded from the Dominion Government object.ng to all the propositions of Mr. Bayard in detail.
Sir Henry Holland wrote to Lord Langdo downe endeavoring February to 24 bring about suggesting an ad that, interim while arrangement, both parties agree to revert condition of things cxisting under the treaty with Washington. Lord Iansdowne replied February 26, accepting this suggestion. Then follows Lord Salisbury's proposition, which has already been wilely published, offering to return to the operation of the Washington treaty for present season waiving all claims upon the £1,100,000 indemnity under the Halifax award, and defining the scope of the proposed mixed commission in general terms similar to Secretary Bayard's proposal. The instructions to tho officers of the fisheries protection flect are at the end of the volume. On April 16 Mr.
Foster, after cautioning the officers not to strain the interpretation of the law in the direction of interference with the rights and privileges remaining to the United States fishermen, Bays: To this end the largest liberty compatible with the full proteotion of Canadian interests is to be granted United States fishing vessels in obtaining in our waters shelter, repairs, wood and water. Care should be taken that while availing themselves of these privileges such vessels do not engago in any illegal practices, and all proper supervision necessary to accomplish this object is to be exercised; but it is not deemed necessary that in order to effect this an armed guard should be placed on board or that any reasonable communication with the shore should be prohibited. "In cases of distress, disaster, food for homeward voyages, or sickness or death on board any foreign fishing vessel, all needful facilities are to be granted for relief, and both you and your officers will be carrying out the wishes the department in courteously and freely giving assistance in such instances." ST. JouNs, N. May 4.
-The first news reached here yesterday afternoon of anothor marine disaster that occurred at the southwest island of Channel Harbor, to eastward of Cape Ray. Last Saturday night, shortly after midnight, the inhabitants of the neighboring shore were roused from their slumbers by the sound of a steamship's horn. Hastening to the edge of the water they peered through the darkness, rain and fog to locate the position the blowing steamer, and presently rockets were observed to shoot up in rapid succession, showing that the unknown craft was in neod of assistance. Tho ship was only about four hundred yards from land, but a heavy gale and tremendous sca prevented boats being sent to the rescue. Torches and tarbarrels were burned along the beach and bells sounded in order to give the imperiled people an idea of their position, but beyond this it was absolutely impossible to make any attompt to relive the steamer.
The signals made from the shore could be seen on board, and heartrending cries from those in distress were heard. 2:30 o' clock, two hours after the alarm was first given, the ship made plunge and disappeared bencath the sea. The storm continued until daybreak, when it subsided sufficiently to allow boats to put off to the scene of the night's catastrophe. There was plenty of wreckage found floating around, and it was found that the steamer John Knox, Captain Brolly, from Glasgow, bound to Quebec with a cargo of iron, liquors and brick, had gone down. The bodies of the captain and fifteen of the crew have boon recovered, and one of the latter has been identified by a certificate of discharge found in the coat pocket as that of Fireman John McGuire.
As the steamor had a crew of about thirty, there are over a dozen bodies still missing. The Johu Knox was an iron steamer of 1,351 tons register, and was built Jarrow in 1883. She was owned by Neil McLean, of NONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALE. The Steamer John Knox Founders off tho Newfoundland Coast-'The Entire Crew Thirty Lost. Glasgow.
Abolish Them AIL WASHINGTON, May 4. -The report of the National Bureau of Convict Labor has just been completed, and will probably be issued to the public within ten days, from the Government Printing Office Washington. The abolition of all. sys-' tems convict labor is recommendcd, but in case this be not tho "State account" system is referred to as the loust objectionable. The investigation extends throughout the year of 1885.
In that year it is shown there were 45,000 persons in the prisons of the United States engaged at convict labor. The average value of their productions amountod to $45,000,000. The goods most produced were boots and. shoes, over $10,000,000 worth having been mado in that year. Hardware comes next, and after that the largest itenis are stoves, brushes, brooms and clothing.
The War in Afghanistan. LAHORE, May 4. -It is reported that the troops of the Ameer of Afghanistan were recently routed near Jellulabad, Khelat-i-ghilzai has been captured, that Chuzan ig surrounded, and that insurg ents threaten Caudahar. It is also reported that in a second battle near Maruf the Ameer's Colon 1, Sekander Kahn, and 400 men were The insurgents suffered equal losses. The Governor of Herat has sent another demand to the Ameer for reinforcements.
Ho says tho Russians are advancing their posts and exciting the Afghans. Traders arriving at Herat report that the Russians have removed the pillars erected by the boundary commission. A ROUGH ROAD. The Dimculties Which Are in Mr. Sherman's Way of Reaching the Presidential Nomination.
The boom for John Sherman as the Republican candidate in 1888 is assumunder judicious management, very promising proportions. Its most intoresting feature is its many-sidedness. largo numbers of Republicans it presents' itself as a relief from the Blaino incubus under which they havo rested so long and which they have found it so diflicult to throw off. To others Sherman is the candidate of assured financial views who can carry New York and possibly reconcile the Mugwumps. To another class he is the coming pacificator of the South who is rend asunder more effectively than any other, Republican the solidity of that section.
Yet it is not all plain sailing even in own party for the friend of the New York banks and the discoverer of Eliza Pinkston. Two formidable obstacles lie in the channel through which he must pass to a nomination; and there seems to be no present method of passing or removing them. The first is the opposition of the progressive Republicans, who believe, like Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, local self-government and the abandonment of paternalism' in Government. Upon this point, for the purpose catching Southern support, Sherman has irrevocably committed himself. In his Southern specches he avowed himself heartily in favor of the principle which lies at the bottom of the Blair bill for aiding the States to educate the rising gencration.
It was not a wholly new attitude for him. He has always been a supporter of subsilics; and there is no essential difference between supporting one subsidy to aid an influential monopoly and supporting another to secure votes. Neither the attitude at variance with the general attitude of the Republican party. It is exceedingly obnoxious, however, to the better elements of the party; and Senator Sherman adheres to it can not count on their support in convention. Upon another point Senator Sherman is 'in rank antagonism to a large clement of his party, though it is so worthy or reputable an element that which opposes subsidy tions.
While this element may be willing to cut loose from the "bloody shirt" with all that the old war cry plics, it is determined to cling still the hypocritical hypothesis that party is the special guardian of moral ideas. But Sherman has deliberately declared against the "moral idea' dodge. In effect, he has proclaimed the crasure from the party gonfalon the cabalistic 0. In his letter to the Young Republican Club of ginio. he distinctly outlined the future of the Republican party as a future voted to the development and the versification of American history.
There is to be no brooding over dead past, he says; 110 more crusading against real or imaginary wrong. end and aim of the party, next to securing of its own continuance power, is business. This will probably satisfy the nounced protectionists in the party, though many even of these will regret the abandonment of the snivel and whine. But to an immense faction the party the snivel and the whine indispensable. They would not know what to do with themselves in a that plants itself on a business and refuses to plume itself upon devotion to the righting of wrongs.
And as a natural consequence this tion can not support Sherman. All of which goes to show that way of the aspirant to a Presidential nomination is hard. Detroit Free Press. CONTEMPTIBLE CONDUCT. The Untair Treatment Which the InterState Commerce Bill la Receiving at Republican Hands.
The newspaper organs which for party purposes kept up an incessant demand on successive Democratic Congresses for the passage of an InterState Commerce bill and 1 which hailed the adoption of the present measure with much satisfaction are now very generally attacking the law, abusing the Congress which passed it and reviling the Democratic party for its incompetency. They who look to an organ for fairness, decency or sense will be disappointed, but it occasionally seems as though idiocy and mendacity were not essential to the conduct even of such wind instruments. The very journals which are now condemning a law which has not as yet had a pretense of a trial were for the most part the most reckless, enthusiastic and vociferous advocates of its passage. Such journalism, some of which is to be seen in Chicago, is nothing less than contemptible, no matter from what standpoint it may be viewed. For more than ten years the Senate, with a heavy Republican majority most of the time, defeated every attempt of the House of Representatives to legislate on the National railroad problem.
At length it sprang a dubious device of its own, which a despairing House was constrained to accept, with some modifications. No intelligent man believed that the Cullom-Reagan bill as finally offered for passage would meet the requirements of the case, for it was too palpably the work of enemies as well as of friends of the principle of National control, but it was regarded as a beginning, and for the purpose of minimizing any disastrous effects which it might have the Commissioners created by it were given full authority to suspend its operation in cases where they deemed it advisable. Many, sincere advocates of National control would have preferred to see this bul beaten, but the clatter of the very organs which are now attacking the law and the party held responsiblo for it, served to drown the warning voices that were everywhere raised against it. The bill was passed, and a commission, admittedly composed of capable men, is now seeking under many disadvantages to make something out of it. Whether they succeed in this undertaking or not, they will at least be in a position beforo many months to report to Congress what legislation is needed.
It is an easy matter for a party to "whoop up" the people in favor of any ill-advised measure falsely represented as one of relief for existing abuses. It is easier still for any blockhead to cry down a measure once adopted, of which wise and sincere men are endeavoring to make the The number of such horn-blowers and blockheads in control of party newspapers is large, but fortunately it is not increasing. -Chicago Herald. FRESH. YOUNG REPUBLICANS.
Mr. Sherman's Evident Opinion of 11s Youthful the Quaker City. Young Republicans almost everywhere aro bright youths, with the luster of newness and froshness upon them. We dare say the Young Republicans of Philadelphia are no exception to the rule. Senator Sherman has beon for many years a Republican, with all that the name implies.
He has grown old and rich in the exorcise of Republicanism. He must have, however, a very poor opinion of the intelligence of his juniors in Philadelphia, judging by the letter in which he hay undertaken to explain to them the philosophy of the continued existence of the Republican party, and to provide a programme for this and future generations of Young Republicans. Tho work cf tho Republican party is but fairly begun," That is Honest John Sherman's text. Did not another Honest John--Honest John Patterson, of South Carolinamake EL remark somewhat to the same effect a few years ago? Mr. Sherman continues: What you have to do is still further to do velop and diversify American industry." It strikes us that a good many Denocrats, young.
middle aged, and old, are at present engaged in this noble work with' no immediate intention of yielding to the Young Republicans the monopoly of development and diversification. "The education of the rising generation, with out respect to race, color. or previous tion of servitude, ought to be a constant object of desire. It ought to be, and we are happy to add that it is, without respect either to race, color or previous condition of servitude, or to the lines of party orI ganizations. We know of more than one village school in which little Democrats may be seen studying the spelling book side by side with the small brothers and sisters of Mr.
Sherman's Young Republican friends. The equal enjoyment of every civil and political right given by the constitution should be securod by every logal and constitutional means." Yes, by all means. "The shadows and prejudices of the past should be lifted by the lights of modern civiliza tion." In the immortal words of the poet, you bet! All this, writes Honest John Sherman, is the work which the all out to party its still logical has to conclusion. carry on and carry It is evident that this venerable and opulent philosopher-statesman does not believe that the Young Republicans of Philadelphia are very bright youths. however sure he may feel of their intellectual freshness.
-N. Y. Sun. Sncering Not Becoming. In 1881, ho treated the significant bolt which defeated the party outy with petulance and irritation, a.S a whimsical, ill-tempered and outrage-.
ous folly. It was not creditable to a man of Mr. Sherman's ability to misconceive so totally a movement of which he now undoubtedly perceives the inportance. The same want of perception is shown in his present sneers at the President. Mr.
Sherman misstates the fact when he says that the Administration has made no proposition to reduce the surplus, and he is evidently unaware of the strong hold that tho President has taken of "the plain poople," by the obvious good sense and intelligent uprightness of his course. Ilis vetoes of the Dependent Pension bill, and of individual pension bills, and of the Texas Seed bill, and his appointment of the Inter-State Commerce Commissioners, are recent illus. trations of an independent and ablo and patriotic discharge of public duty which have impressed the country in 3 way which no passing sneer even of so fistinguished au opponent as Mr. Sherman can affect. -Harper's Weekly.
No Tariff on Ideas. The bidding for gun steel and armor plating for the navy at Washington extorts from the Tribune the following reluctant tribute to the success of Seeretary Whitney in securing American bids: When ho succeeds in securing bids from. responsible American houses for gun steel und armor plates there is no ground for criticism. Tho promotion of American industries is always a wise and popular policy. Mr.
Whitnoy has simply gone about this business in this matter in a practical and patriotic way. Ho has sccured the best information available from all over the world. In awarding contracts in the execution of which foreign experience is of immense value, he gives the preference to American Industries. The country has reasons to be thankful that Republicans have not been able to devise a prohibitory tariff on information and Washington Star. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
-A nine-loot coal vein has been struck near the surface at Greeley, Col. --Prof. Hayden, of the Goological Survey, advances the theory that tho world is preparing, to enter upon another glacial period, which will set in about 2887. -An extensive deposit of pure as- 4 phaltum has been discovered near Thistle Station, in Utah. It is worth $40 3 ton; the expense of mining is about forty cents.
Rule. -In Germany the microphone is now 8 used for tracing leaks in water-pipes, the slightest trickling of the water being made distinctly audible when tho apparatus is brought near it. -The government of India now maintains 131 weather observatories. From these a special study of the influonce of forests on climate has been made, and the results confirm the theory that rainfall is most abundant over wooded districts. -It is not necessary to have different metals to obtain a current of electricity.
Iron in nitric acid and iron in sulphuric acid, the two fluids being separated by a porous partition, will give a current, one plate wasting away, while the other thickened. View. -One of the two component stars which make up the double star knownas number fourteen in the constellation of Orion, mores completely around the path in which it travels onco in one hundred and ninety years. This fact has recently been ascertained by Mr. J.
E. Gore, an Irish astronomer. -N. Y. Ledger.
-A German engineer, named Hen-: kels, has invented a ventilating windowpane which admits frsh air while pref venting a draught. Each square metre of glass contains 5,000 holes, which are of conical shape, widening toward the inside. The new devico has already been adopted by many of tho German -The Age of Sleet publishes a sumhospitals. -Baptist Weckly. mary of the statistics collected by the American Iron and Steel Association in the nail trade.
Theso statistics that exclusive of railrond spikes and horseshoe nails our total production of cut nails and cut spikes in 1886 was 8,160,973 kegs of 100 pounds cach, against 6,696,815 kegs in 1885, 7,581,379 kegs in 1884, and 7,762,737 kogs in. 1883. The production of 1886 was the largest the country has ever attained. PUNCENT PARAGRAPHS. -A local optician avers that education of the eve is necessary even to self-support." That is, we suppose, it keeps the pupil under the lash until itis able to say, "I-(eye)-browse for myself." -Cooing and Calls To-day, you oh his bird, his duck, his dove; girl, the man you love, But when your bonnet bill he'll scan, He'll shrick, whut a pelican 1" -Burdette are an insolent puppy, sir.
There's only one thing that keeps mo from giving you an adequate thrashing." "Ali, indeed! cowardice, And what is that?" "My Call. me, sir," ho said politely, it strikes me somewhat odd that so well-dressed a man as you are should wear such a shocking of shoes. Are you doing it on a wager?" "No, sir," was the reply, "I um a shoemaker." -N. Y. Sun.
-A lady in Portsmouth has a pair of rubber shoes which she wore when a child, twenty-tive years ago, and which each of her three children have since worn. The shoes are still in good condition and no doubt will be good for the owner's Boston Globe. b'y Dinny had a foine wake, didn't he, Mrs. Moorphy?" "Indado an' he did that, Mrs O' Hoolihan." wor EL proud day for yez." But it'll always be one of the regrets av my loife that Dinny couldn't have lived to see it. 'Twould have done his heart good, so it Traveler.
-A A little boy was recently taken to the barber's shop to have his hair cut for the first time. As the barber cut and clipped the little fellow seemed to be considerably alarmed, for he suddeuly said in anxious tones, "You'll leave enough to grow, won't you, mister?" a perfect lady that Mrs. Cobwigger is!" remarked the "She comes in here and leaves big order every day and never asks the price of any thing." wonder she never troubles herself about the price," returned Mrs. Pugwash. "And why not?" asked the grocer, slightly puzzled.
"Is she so rich?" "No," was the sapient reply, "but she never intends to pay." -Omaha you ever! People are talking of growing flax for fuel." Omaha Man- Yes, I noticed that. It is said to have more heating power than coal.11 "Why, come to think, it is a good plan--a splendid plan. There won't be any trouble with chimneys then." "Trouble with chimneys?" You know how beautifully a flaxseed poultice World. -It is singular, the queer appreciation of dramatic situations that some people have. Here are a couple of incidents connected with the performance of "Romeo and Julict" by the Mather company in this city a few weeks ago: Two ladies passing out after the play had ended, were discussing the merits of the acting, and so forth, when of them said, "I think it would have been better to have let 'em married.
The play wouldn't end so gloomy." Still another woman remarked that it was "a pity Shakspeare didn't have those two families reconciled. There was such a good Post. 1. W.r re 4. 45 wit 3 a AM bad I -p si TAN 3 4.
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