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FOtlEIGN GOSGIP.
Tim standing armies of Europo cost
annually 5800.OuO.000.
Mine, l'ttttt has glvon $7,00 to llio
Swansea Hospital. Slio mail" the money
'. two concerts.
Tho town of Vonlon, in Gorninny,
has just eolobrnted tlio ono thousand
ono hundredth nimlvnrsary of thu com
plotlon of its cathedral.
ltoconl oxporhnants mailo I11 Pavla,
ttaly, show that swallows tlyon an aver
ago'at tlio rnto of olghly-sovon mllca pof
hour.
Tlio first herring caught oaoli year
IT tho coast of Holland belong to tho
King, us tho first English Ntnrgcon bo
longs to Queen Victoria.
Tho consusjusttnkon in Paris gives
nomo curious statistics. It shows that
tho city contains ono married woman of
fourteen, llirco widowers of. cigiiicon
and two widows of sixteen.
A cannon has just bcon turned off
t Sir William Armstrong's factory
which Is forty-four fool long, slxtcon
and a half Inc'hos in diameter, and its
actual weight 217,795 pounds.
Tlio Oil Bias, of Paris, informs it
readers that Mmo. Patti's husband, Mr.
Nlcolinl, is a relative of tho lato Czar
Nicholas; that ho sings with a Russian
ncccnt, and that Cralg-y-Nos is in Scot
land. The lato Archbishop Guibcrt of
Paris observed his vow of povorty to tlio
end of his life, and never slept on any
tiling bjttor than a coaro straw mat
tress in a tiaroly furnished room.
1'ho tiireo groatost tonors in tho
world, Gayarrc, Xlasiui and Tamagno,
ro generally to ba found in Spain. An
enagcniont at tlio ltoynl Opera of Mad
lid is regarded is a higher honor than
ono at any of the great Italian theaters.
A parly of sity excursionists start
ed recently from Pcsth on a tour to
France, Switzerland and Italy. At
Avricourt tho leador of tho excursion
decamped, and many of tho members of
tho party wcro loft penniless and had to
telegraph to Pcsth tor money to return
home.
Thorn was a fine tiling in tlio mat
ter of color at tho Lake of ljucernoafew
days ago. First a hot sncll followed by
ft tremendous storm. Then a magnifi
cent sight presented ilsolf. Against
tho gray background of storm
nd cloud tlicro arose, span
ning the wholo breadth of tho lake, a
perfect double rainbow, with one base
of its arch resting on Gcrsau, tlio other
upon tho Soollsbcrg. Tlio space between
tho two bows was a deep purplo.
Ignorance, violation of all san
itary principles, miserable povorty, the
extromo rigor of winter and neglect by
drnukon parents are said to bo sonic of
the principal reasons why out of 1,001
ehidrcn born in Russia f-earccly 42; will
reach ther twentieth birthday. Statis
tics show that .113 out of oaoh 1,000 dio
in tho first fivo years. Tho Russian
Govcrnmontis soaking moans to dimin
ish this frightful infant mortality,
but with litllo liopo of speedy micccs",
since the ma'n cansas can only bo erad
icated by the progressive education and
reformation of successive generation', of
people.
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SEVENTY-SIX SUICIDES.
One S-e.isim'it YIcIIiiih iif tho (laming
Tultlps or Mmito Cnrlo, MniuitM).
The story is cabled from Europo of a
foreign lady who lost somo SfiO.000 at
tho JMonto Carlo gaming tables, and
who In despair committed suicide. It is
added, as an awful commentary on tho
tragic record of Monaco, that this self
muulorer makes the (ovonty-slxth caso
since the season began.
Monaco, the nanio of the principality
of which Monte Carlo is the larger part,
Is tho oldest and smallest kingdom in
tho world. Its area is eight and a third
square miles, its army numbers seventy
two mon, and its total population about
7,000 persons. The tourist who visits
it and ovcry ono who goos to Nice
rides on nine miles cast to Monaco
Is informed that an arrow can bo shot
over it in any direction, and yet it is
the center of gambling in Europe. Tho
Climate is delightful, it rivals ovon Mec
fcs a watering-place, and Haden in its
palmicnt days is eclipsed by this splendid
Beat of sin. In the year 1609 all taes
In this diminutive principality were
abolished, and the revenues aro now
derived outiroly from tlio rent of tho
Casino, where gaming is carried
On. Gambling, or rather tho gam
ing establishment, is in tho hands of a
joint-stock company with a capital of
15,000,000 francs, or about $3,000,000.
The inhabitants of Monaco aro not per
mitted access to tho gaining tables.
They, liowevor. havca dcop interest in
tlio game, as it is by it they aro scoured
completo exemption from taxation,
while at the same time large pricos aro
paid for tho use of thoir lands in tlio
principality. It is thirty years since
gambling tables weio introduced into
Monaco, in tho days when tho proscnt
Small reigning Prince came into posos
eion of his kingdom.
Homburg, in tlio Wiesbaden Govern
ment district of tho Prussian provinco of
Hesso-Nnssau, had long boon famous, or
infamous, for its gambling tables. It,
too, was a watering place back as far as
1834. Fashiou mado it a favorite abodo
of tho wealthy. Austria sent troops in
184!) to stop gambling, which had boon
prohibited by imperial decree. Tho
-peculiar institution suspended, but im
mediately renewed its demoralizing
trallic upon tlio withdrawal of tlio sol
diery. Prussia finally, in 1872, rofused
to ronow tho leaso for gambling pur
poses, and that was tho end of it.
Anion" tho leading spirits who had
flourished for a timo in Homburg and
had thon fled was ono M. Blanc, who
was given a cordial reception at
.Monaco. Tlio Monte Carlo thereafter
ftccumo a narao known tho civilized
world ovor. Nothing is wanted to at
tract and retain the visitor, especially if
ho or sho bo wealthy, for both hexes fro
quent tho tables. Tlicro is no and of
play-rooms, ball-rooms, dancing
rooms, and concerts aro given daily.
Tho sportsman can havo his pigeon
ehooting in January and races at stated
seasons. All these aro under tho con
trol of this company, who conduct thesj
vast establishments to make money
ratbor than to make character. Tho
"hotels aro among the finest in Europe.
Tho princedom, thus supported by tho
earnings of tlio gaming-tables, has also
modern conveniences, Mich as a harbor,
a newspaper, a palace, and, llko all
ood, ontorpvls'ng Mediterranean
towns, has a first-oluss patron saint,
who Is turned to exeollout account by
Imving an attractive fete given In his
Iionor nnuunlly. Louisville Courier
Journal. THE SEA SERPENT.
A Mysterious MoiiHlur Wlioito llnUtenee U
Nut lit All liunrulnililo.
When so.i-sorpont stories appear dur
ing what is oallod tlio "silly season," a
eerlaln amount of suspicion attaches to
iluuu unavoidably, uud the scoffer has-
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if' ,t 1K. tt t . JK -
tens to maico fun of tlio statement Thin
is well enough, for tho timo Is not so
hallowed and gracious as to prooimio
tho possibility of unvcraclous allega
tions touching so indolinllo a personal
ity as that of llio miirlno crcaturo ro
forrcd to. Hut wlillo tho sardonic smllo
may bo ovoked, and tho lip of scorn bo
protruded, by tho ordinary sonsatlonal
narrations of tho summor solstice, tho
sea serpent is entitled to tho benefit of
tho doubt which hinges upon tho ante
cedent probability ot his oxlstoncc, to
say nothing of tho ovldenco for his real
ity long since adduced by many compe
tent and trustworthy obsorvors.
Somo thirty years ago tho captain,
ofllcors nnd nearly tho wholo watch on
dock of II. M. S. Diudalus united in de
claring that thoy had scon tho soa sor
pont, and tho account thoy gavo of tho
crcaturo was such as nny naturalist
would admit to bo that of a wholly
posslblo marine rcptilo. In fact it may
bo said that tho Inferences of solonco
decidedly favor tho sea serpont as a
bona fide creature. There is not ono
valid objection to him, and thcro aro
many reasons wny ins oxistcnio snouiu
bo expected. The conservatism of hu
man naturo Is tlio real cause of tho gon
oral disinclination to oxtond a cordial
wolcomo to tho prolonged strangor, and
thoro Is somo clangor always that tlila
conservatism may degonorato into stu
pidity. Culture, Indocd, lias never bcon
a protection against tho chronic
temptation to gauge tho bounds
of naturo by individual know
ledge. Thus when Du Challlu
first announcing lliatintorostingbutnot
handsomo beast the gorilla, naturalists
of reputation were swift to accuso tho
travolor of practicing an imposition up
on tlio world, and declared that thcro
was no such animal; and when Victor
Hugo described tlio plcuvro or octopus,
it was gravely asserted that ho was
romancing unwarrantably, though very
much larger plouvrcs havo since been
caught off tho coast of Newfoundland.
As to tho sea serpent, there is nothing
in any way incredible about him. Wo
know, thanks to paheontology, that
huge reptiles existed both on land and
in the ocean, in distant ages, and it is
by no moans imnossiblo that somo of
tho species inhabiting tho ocean depths
may have lived on to the present day,
for thoy would encounter whero thcro
wcro noncof the changes of environment
which forced out of existenco tlio early
saurians that inhabited tho littoral
waters and tho coasts. In fact tlio con
ditions which favor tlio survival
of the great cotaccans must bo
equally kind to marino ophidians, and a
sea serpent, it may almost bo said, is
therefore necessary to tho balaneo of
tilings. Tho retiring habits of tho crea
ture, on the ono hand, and tho apparent
absenco in him of tho commercial cle
ment, which procures so hard a lifo for
the whales, combine to maintain about
him that veil of mystery which encour
ages tlio skeptical to deny him a local
habitation and a name. Hut tho woight
of ovidenco in ills behalf, added to tho
scientific rca-.ons for not rejecting tho
legend of him, will probably in timo
overcomj the inertia of conventional
habits of thinking, and tho sea serpent
will bo accepted, not merely as a pos
sibility, but as a solid and sinuous fact.
N. T. Tribune.
BARBER'S ITCH.
Niituro nnd Direction for the Cure at
Thin UlfliiRrernblo Affliction.
"Barber's itch" is simply "ringworm"
that happens to have beconio implanted
upon the parts covered by tho beard.
Tho disease is extremely contagious,
and is spread most frequently by bar
bers using tlio sanio razor in shaving
healthy persons that lias been used upon
an infected one. Ringworm is duo to
tho presence and growth of a fungus
(tlio trichophyton, sovcral varictios of
which aro known.) When it appears
upon parts covered by hair it is modi
fied considerably by its germs entering
tlio hair sacs, and growing from a local
ity mora dcoply situated than usual.
"Harbor's itch" begins with round, red
spots rapidly spreading to the
biirrounding skin, forming deep,
soft, boil-like masses which con
tain much blood and a little
matter (pus), which latter can be
squeezed out through tho numerous
opening left by tlio falling out of dis
eased hairs. As tlio d'seaseil hairs aro
filled with tho fungus, they become weak
and break oil at llio suriace. A vlsciu,
niucoiis-liko substance, mixed with pus,
exudes from theso openings and speedily
dries on the surface, thus giving a iig
l.ke appearanco to the nodulo, whence
was derived its ancient name, sycosis,
from tho Greek woid for fig. Thoro is
considerable itching and smarting with
this affection. It is to bo made out
with absoluto certainty only by tho
microscope, which shows tho fungus in
all stages of dovolopmont. For all
practical purposes, howovor, tho de
scription abovo given is sufficient.
Iiingworm of tlio scalp is tho .samo
affection as tho harbor's itch, only its
location is different. It produces round
or oval patchos of apparent baldness,
for tlio hairs break off at tho surfaco as
when the beard is affected. Tlio deepor
tissues of the skin aro not so readily af
fected, but sometimes nodules like those
of sycosis form. In tlio treatment of
both ringworm of tho scalp and of the
board, the first thing to do is to remove
all crusts and sccrotions and follow
with tho usual parasite destroyers, cor
rosive sublimate, carbolic, boraeic, sali
cylio acid, or thymol, etc. Tho removal
of tho hairs ovor the affected por
tions of tho scalp hastons tho cure.
Romoval of tho beard by pulling out tlio
hairs is not necessary it tho treatmont is
properly and vigorously couductcd.
Shaving tho board every day or ovory
altcrnato day is nccossary, and ovory
precaution must bo mado uso of not to
spread the diseaso. After shaving, tho
affected parts aro to bo bat hod in wntor
as hot as can bo borne, then all points
containing matter are to bo opened with
a fine necdlo tho slightest cut into one
of tlicbo nodules bleeds profusely. Then
tlio fungus dostroyor is to bo applied.
Tnis may bo ono of those airoady men
tioned or a strong solution of hypo-sulphate
of soda; tills must b.i applied for
suvoral m'nutcs by sponging; tho parts
should thon bu dried and covered with
an ointment of sulphur with vaseline
ono part to eight. Noxt morning the
ointment is washed off, tho "pnrnmtl
oldo" is again thoroughly applied, and
somo drying powder is kept upon tho
surface all day, At night tho process is
to bo repeated, and tho treatmont should
bo kont up for several weeks in succes
sion, ovon aftor tho disoaso has appar
ently entirely uisappearon. riming out
tho hairs from every nodulo, and for
somo dlstauoo aro unci each, is a painful
procedure", but it hastens the cure, and
tlio results nro entirely satlsraotorv,
HI, Louis Q 'lobe-Democrat.
A Philadelphia optloian says that
tliovo nro moro peoplo wearing glasses
In that city than in Boston ami Now
York combined.
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OEMOORATIOSTAJESMUN.
What Has Itoim Hold by tlio MgliU of llic
Democracy Itegitrillug Clvll-Sorvlce ltc
form. Tho opposition of tho Now York Sun
to CIvll-SorvIco reform lends it into
forgotfulnos of certain pledges made
by the Democratic pnrty in refcronco
to principles. It designates Presi
dent Cleveland's ndhoronco to this ro
form as an nttompted reversal of tho
Democratic system of politics, and
portlnontly nskst "Whoro does ho
find tho authority for under
taking it?" Tho answer to this is
very simple. In tho Democratic plat
form on which lin was clcetod. "Hut,"
argues our luminous contemporary,
" turning to tho National Democratic
platform, wo find tho sum of tho Dem
ocratic declaration regarding tlio re
form of tho civil sorvico to bo for .' an
honest Civil-Sorvico reform.' If tho
Democracy had intended, upon assum
ing tlio control of tho Government, ns
In 1884 thoy hoped to do, to make tho
civil servico non-partisan, ns Mr.CIovo
land had proposed, and to establish n
permanent tenuro of olllco, tho inevita
ble rosult of suoh a system, It can not
bo supposed that tlioy would havo
failed to record their intontion." Tho
Democracy, in that platform, offered
to tho venerable statosman, whoso
memory is dear to his party, and also
to the Now York Sun, "tho plcdgo of
our devotion to the principles and
causo now inseparable in the history
of this llopublio from tho labors nnd
tho name of Samuel J. Tildon." Eight
years before, that Illustrious states
man was nominated nnd elected
on a Democratic platform which said:
"Experience proves that efficient, eco
nomical conduct of tho Governmental
business is not possiblo if its civil serv
ice bo subject to change at overy olcc
tion, bo n prizo fought for at tho ballot
box, bo a brief reward of party zoal,
instead of posts of honor assigned for
proved ;ompotoncy, and hold for fidel
ity in tho public employ; that tho dis
pensing of patronngo should neither bo
a tax upon the timo of all our public
men, nor tho instrument of their am
bition." This, tho Sun will acknowledge, is
explicit enough nnd sound Democratic
doctrine. On this Mr. Tildon was
elected, and on this tlio Democracy,
in 1884, renowed to him the pledge
of their devotion to tho principles
and the causo thoy fought for in 1876.
On tho 'JOth of Juno, 1882, Senator Pen
dleton, whom tho Sun must acknowl
edge to bo very excellent Democratic
authority, closed ono of his most brill
iant speeches in favor of Civil-Sorvico
reform with the words: "To-day, tho
Democratic party is putting itself at
tlio head of that roturn; Civil-Scrvieo
reform is writ on its escutcheon and
emblazoned on its banner. By its
strength, and, in order to perfect it,
tlio Democratic party will, sooner or
later, como into power. When that
timo does come, when wo lake posses
sion of this Govornmonr, when wo shall
put in tho high places of power our
worthiest and best, tho President of
the United StDtcs, thcCliiof of the State,
under tho pcoplo, tho sourco and fount
ain of honor and power in tho country,
will be able to say to allosVauArtovold
said, iu rcspouio to Vanclaire, who w as
thanking him for his promotion:
" ' Supremacy of merit, tlio solo means
And broml hlKliway topowor.
meritoriously ailmlnlstor'd,
Wlillo nil Its instruments, from Unit to Inst,
cbosoa for their aptness to thoso
unds
Which virtue meditates.' "
If this is not sufficient to convince
tlio Sun that Civil-Sorvico roform is a
Domocratio institution to which tho
party is pledged, perhaps our esteemed
contemporary will hearken to tho
words of our grandest statesman. In
Mr. Tildcn's letter accepting tho nom
ination, in 1876, written in this city,
on tlio 31st of July of that year, ho
says: "Tho convention justly affirms
that roform is necessary in tho civil
servico, necessary to its unification,
necessary to its economy and efficiency,
necessary in order that tho ordinary
employment of public business may
not bo a prizo fought for at the ballot
box, a briet reward of party zeal,
instead of posts of honor assigned
for proved compotoncy and held for
fidelity in the public employ. Two
ovils infest the ollicial servico of the
Federal Government Ono is tho
prevalent and demoralizing notion
that tho public sorvico exists not for
tho business and benefit of tho wholo
pcoplo, but for tho interest of tho office
holders, who aro, in truth, but tho
servants of the people. The other evil
is tho organization of tho official class
into a body of political mercenaries,
govorning the caucuses and dictating
tho nominations of their own party.
Further on, Mr. Tildon recommends
"tho pnticnt, careful organization of a
batter civil servico system undor the
tests, wherever practicable, of proved
competency and fidelity." Is it fair,
thon, for tho Sun to characterize Mr.
Cleveland's Civil-Servieo reform policy
as bolonging rather t'o tho Republican
platform than to tho Domocratio? Tho
Sun's hatred of tho President should
not load it to tho oxtromo of falsifying
tho records of tho Democratic party.
Albany Arqus.
Will Work to Beat Blaine.
Tho overwhelming success achieved
by Senator Edmunds in tho election of
u Legislature mado up almost unani
mously of that gentleman's friends,
and, therefore, assuring his re-election
to the Senate of tho United States for
another term of yonrs, lias already had
tho effect of arystallizing cortain olo
moots opposed to a rennminntion of
Blniuo iu 1888. Tho fight against Ed
munds by tho Blniuo managers
in Vermont rallied all tho opposing
strongtli which could bo mustered.
After such 1111 indorsement as Mr.
Edmunds rceeivod ho will take an open
nnd advanced stand against tho Mnino
candidate. Between Edmunds and
Coukliug thoro exist the closest polit
ical and personal relations. In tho
contest ovor the formation of the Elec
toral tribunal to count Hayes into t,he
Presidential oilloo, Edmunds exortod
every effort to mnko Coukliug a mom
bur of that body. Colliding had aroused
tho distrust of his party by his apathy
aftor tho doubtful rosult of tho coutosl
became established, and increased that
feeling later by tho announcement that
ono of tho Oregon electors belonged to
Tildon. Tho support of Mr. Conkling
on that occasion by Mr, Edmunds
onmo very near breaking up tho Sena
torial caucus. It was only through tho
liillucnco of Senator Simon Cnmoron
ami a few others that an open ruptiiro
In the party was avoided and Frollng
huybon's selection ns a mombor of tho
tribunal was accomplished. Philadel
phia Times.
It Is said that Hon William E,
Chandler is among tlio Now Hump
uhiro politicians who think Mr. lilaiuo
Bhould be Inlil on tho shelf. Uoitan
Transcript,
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XsiM.-SX 'U.l''-
POST-OFFIOE AFFAIRS,
A Dnpnrtment WiitoU Itepiilittoaiii Rnltl
Could Not 11 Mnnnnnrl l'roporly Kx
crpt I17 Thnimftlvcn.
Tho Republican newspapers at this
timo nro watolilug closely tho l'omo
cratio postmasters, and taking ovory
opportunity, and making many of
them, to find fault with tlio mnnns-o-raent
by Democrats of tho post-oillcos
of tho country, In many oitlcs and
towns it Is vory noticeable. When
mombers of thoir own pnrty woro
postmasters, theso Republican news
papers had vory llttlo if any fault to
find, and woro generally ready with
excuses for nny actual faults of error
or nogligenco, but now thoy watch
closely and eagerly selzo upon tho
loast error, and magnify it. Tills may
be human, or rather Republican party
nature, but at tho samo timo it is
ncithor fair nor just. Wlillo thcro
may bo moro or loss friction caused by
tho changes mado in postmastors nil
over tho country, tho fnot romalns that
tho first eighteen months of this Demo
cratic Administration shows n general
advance all along tho lino in tho oftl
clonoy of tho mail service, wlillo nt tho
samo timo tlicro has boon a largo sav
ing in expenses. Tho officio! figures
show these facts.
Anotlior mnttor has had much to do
with tho ofllcioncy of tho sorvico. This
was tho election of President Clovolnnd.
Beforo his election many Republican
postmasters regardod thomsolvos as
porfectly independent of tlio pcoplo
and tho'patrons of thoir office. So long
ns thoy woro all right with tho Republic
an Senators or their own member of
Congress, too many of them rogarded
that thoy had a sure thine; on tlio offices
they hold, no matter how carolessor in
efficient may havo bcon their manage
ment of it. Tho moment tho election
of Cleveland was assured thoro was n
decided change Postmasters paid
much stricter attention to tho business
of their offices, and wero much moro
accommodating and considerate in
thoir treatment of tho people. Their
Democratic successor havo preformed
their wholo duty, and havo taken prldo
in tho promptness and ofiiency of tho
service, and their assistants nnd clerks
have for various reasons been spurred
on to increased zeal and energy in their
work.
While tho changos in postmastors
and their assistants and clerks have
not bcon as genernl as is generally sup
posedthousands of Republican post
masters, clerks, etc., yot remaining in
tho service it is a matter of congratu
lation nnd honest prido that Democrats
all over tho country havo shown them
selves capablo of taking hold of tho
mail service nnd running it without a
jar or break and with incroased clll
ciency. At tlio commencement of this
Administration many foolish Republic
ans sneered and proclaimed that Dem
ocrats were not capablo of managing
tho intricato affairs of tho Post-oliico
Department. That matter lias now
boon fully tested. Tho mail sorvico is
better to-day than it was when tlio
Democrats took hold of it. Dcs Moines
Leader.
ADDITIONAL FIGURES.
The Speaker of tlm I.utt II111110 of Roprn
icutatlvea ou Domocratio "Kxtravii
Cililco." As in somo sort a response to tlio
accusation of extravagance on tho part
of Mr. Cleveland's Administration,
which has found a place in most of tho
Republican platforms this year,
Speaker Carlisle has mado public, in
the form of an intorview, a summary
of the expenditures of tlio Government
during the past year, which is instruc
tive through its conciseness. Tho
iiscal year ending Juno 30 last is tho
first completo year of this Adminis
tration. In the usual courso of
things, it should havo been a year of
largo expenditure, by reason of tho
addition of $7,302,000 to tho pension
list. A comparison with tho year pro
coding, howovor, shows that, notwith
standing this increase, thoro was a net
saving of $17,743,000; or, regarding tho
ordinary expenditures only, the reduc
tion in tho cost of running" the Govern
ment amounted to mora than $23,000,
000. It is further notable that, while
Mr. Clovclnnd is denounced in most of
thu Republican platforms for his vetoes
nf iiriviitn nnrwlrtn Viillawlilp.h ftriinlimr.
r).. f , , ,z ..--.- --.-.
ty iiupiupui uuu uiiuu imuumuiib, 1.1113
great addition to tho pension list was
caused by the prompt abjudication, and
allowance of claims undor tho now Ad
ministration. A larger number were
thus disposed of thnn in any preceding
year. Tins, moreover, was accom
plished at tho samo timo that a consid
erable saving was made in the cost of
oporating tho bureau. Evory depart
ment, in fact, showed economy in ex
penditure over tho figures of the year
preceding.
For tho year thnt has now opened,
July 1, 1886, to June 30, 1887, tho ten
appropriation bills which provide for
the regular annual oxpensos of Govern
ment look to a still further reduction,
tho amount appropriated for tho de
partments being $6,486,000 less than
last yoar. It remains to be seen whether
tho reniilt will confirm this expectation,
or a largo deficiency be found to be
provided for; but the oxperienco of the
yoar just closed justifies the bolief that
the estimate will be found corroet The
appropriations, indeed, would have
been much groater If tho Sunato could
have had its way; but tho additions
mado by tho Upper Houso to the
amount of 813.000.000 wero chiefly in
tho shape ot rivor and harbor jobs and
unwise pension bills, and had no rela
tion to tlio logitiraato expenses of the
Government. Mr. Carlisle rofors with
reasonable prido to tlio fact that the
Houso throw out $10,000,000 of thoso
Senatorial extravagances. Boston
Post. '
m m
Tho builders of Republican plat
forms ut tho North have this year
omitted two planks which in other
times woro regarded as an ossontlal
part ot tho struoturo. Indcod, to ex
hu nn an expression which has now
passed into ancient history, wo might
call them 'tho vory "mud-sills" of tho
Republican political edifice. Wo refer
to tho "negro resolution," and tlio
"view with alarm" plank, which havo
horotoforo played such a prominent
part iu the compilation of principles
whon "our fr.londs, tho enoniy," woro
wont to air thoir politioal faith. It
would soem from thoso omissions that
tho Northorn Republicans aro no longer
iu such awful dread of tho bold, bad
Confederate brigadiors, to whom thoy
nsprlbo tlio full purposo of doing many
awful things to tlio Government and
tlio country, whon tho Domoorats
gained tho politioal uscondauoy.
Jlalti(h (N, 0.) News,
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Tho people nro with Grovor
Cleveland because ho is just, for.rloss
and mindful of tlio obligations of his
olllge, and buonuse ,1m lias risen nboyo
tho loyol of a raeru ppiitloluu. Yatl
ingtoH Pott.
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NEW ILLUMINANT.
Tho Wonderful LlgHt-Olflng rnwfM ol
llio Motitl Mngnculirin.
"Do you know," said a chomtst to a
reporter, "that tho motnl niagnoslum U
bolng Introduced Into tho United Stales
as an llluminant as a substitute for all
othor llghtsP" Tho listonor disclaimed
any knowlodgo on tho subjeot.
"Its successful introduction," con
tinued tlio speaker, "will dopond alto
gether upon tho cost of Its production,
nothing but its high cost provontlng it
practical use. A few years ago it was
gold at forty dollars a pound. Now, by
a now process, Gorman, it can bo sold at
eight dollars a pound, and thoro is llttlo
doubt that beforo long it will bo pro
duced ovon moro cheaply."
Hero the chemist took out a shining
pleco of what looked llko' a strip of
watch-spring, which ho ignited. As it
burned it produced a poworfnlly brill
innt light, moro intenso even than
electricity.
"Its uso will not bo attonded with
danger llko electricity, nnd It can bo
arrnngod so thnt oven tho romoto coun
try church or dancing hall can have it,
ns well as tlio dwellers in the great
cities. It can bo placod in a lamp, ar
ranged with clock-work movomonts to
fecua ribbon of tlio metal regularly. It
has a whlto vapor, oxido of magnesium,
given off by the metal in burning,
which will roquiro a smoke-boll whon
burned in-doors. "
Tho chemist, ignited another pleco of
tlio watch-spring, which glowed liko
tho sun itself.
"It is said," ho continued, "that a
magnesium lamp of ono thousand can
dle power throws enough light to dis
tinguish a vossol nino miles distant. A
wiro tlio sizo of this equals tho light of
soventy-fivo stenrino candles. Tli's
would make tho cost of magnesium lit
tle moro than gas, while no cxpensivo
works or street mains aro required lor
its use, making its Introduction for
lighting towns and villages a vory s'm
plo matter indeed. I predict that with
in five yenrs tho magnesium light will
bo as familiar a siglitln many places in
Indiana ns tho electric light is to-day in
Indianapolis." Indianapolis Jotirnal.
COST OF MILK.
Interesting Kxperlenco "With Vnrlonn
Foods nnd With Combinations ol
Foods.
Those who keep but ono or two cows
in tho cities, villages, and nt suburban
homes nro ns much interested in the cost
of tlio production of milk ns the farm
er or dairyman who feeds ninny. A
scries of careful experiments have bcon
made at tlio Massachusetts Agricultural
Experiment Station to determine the
cost of making milk from various foods.
Theso wero bran, .shorts, corn-meal,
(tho rcfiiso from glucose factories), hay,
corn fodder and corn ensilage.
A synops'.s of tho published re
sults shows that iu feeding bran or
shorts, cornmcal and gluton-moal, thrco
and a quarter pounds' weight of each
wcro used. Two of tho foods wcro also
combined, making six and a half pounds
to food each cow daily, and nt times a
combination of thrco kinds was used,
making nino and tin oc-quartcrs pounds'
feed daily to each cow. Tho remain
ing food was oitlior hay, dry-corn fod
der or corn ensilage. Tho highest
amount of hay eaton by any cow in ono
day was twenty pounds, and of ensilago
fifty-live pounds. Tho apparent bulk of
the ensilnge over tho hay, as shown by
weight, may bo understood when it is
remembered that tlio hay is dry while
ensilago is juicy. Tho highest cost of
milk per quart was from a llboral hay
and grain feed, boing two and throo
tcuths cents pur quart. Tho milk pro
duced at tho lowost cost was from a
modcrato feeding of ensilago and corn
meal, and was but cightV-throe-hun-dredtlis
cents per quart. Practically, it
will bo seen from tlio abovo that a quart
of milk produced by feeding hay nnd
grain costs as much as two andono
fotirth quarts produced by feedinsr
ensilago and corn-meal. It is also stated
that, so far as tlio quality of the milk
was concerned, under tho various con
ditions of feed given, no serious altera
tion in tho composition was noticed.
Chicago Times.
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
IVhy Peoplo Should Look nt tho llrlcht
and Hopeful Hide of Lira.
There was never a night so dark that
somo would not speak of tho dawn, nnd
nevor a day so bright that somo would
not think of tlio midnight. It is woll
that tho enthusiast bo balanced by tlio
conservative, porhaps, on the prinoipio
that a littlo shado improves tlio tone of
almost any picturo. It is, however, a
thankless mission that tlio grumbler en
ters upon, and his is a work that shad
ows his own mind and heart moro than
that of any othor. Most of us soo enough
of tlio hard sido of lifo, hoar enough of
tho woo nnd weariness, adversity and
animosity, disappointment nnd disaster
in life, without bolng formally romindotl
thereof. Tlio nowspaper finds moro
readors whon it announces a ship's
wreck than when it chronicles a launch.
Its column of obituaries is moro sought
for thnn its wedding announcements.
A firm's failuro is read by a hundred
persons toonowho will read of an"opon
ing," and a man who steals n thousand
dollars receives moro newspaper no
toriety than a thousand men who should
deposit a hundred thousand dollars
each. It is tho natural elasticity of tlio
mind and hoart that koops tlio nvorago
man hopeful whilo tho sod and evil
things of lifo nro running boforo his
eyas or aro being pourod into his cars.
Thoro should bo a systomatio effort on
tho part of all people to soo tho bright
side, spoak of tho, hopoful things.
When a majority of ' business mon talk
tho dark sido of linnnco thoro is a panic;
whon a majority of workingmon see tho
dark sido of lifo thoro is a Nihilistic ten
dency. Thoro is too much danger in
ovory direction for nny oncourngomont
of tho already too active tendoncy to
sco tho ovil in business nnd .society. Lot
us sco tho bright sido and call other
pooplo's attention to it. N, Y, Herald.
.
On tho northwost corner of Georgia
lies tho county of Dnde. This is known
to tho noighboring regions as tho free
Stato of Dado, owing not only to tho
wild nnd mountainous character of the
roglon whoso few and scattered inhab
itants nro in kooping with their sur
roundings, but booauso during tho war
of tlio robollion thoy openly seceded
from tho Stato of Georgia nml tho Con
fodoraoy and managed to secure a free
dom which, says a correspondent of tho
Washington Star, thoy virtually main
tain to-oay,
Governor Hughes, of Arkansas, was
reoontly presented with a oauo mado
from a limb of a tree- which was plant
od In tlio Stato houso yard at ).lttl3
Kock tvolvo years ugq by Governor
Uoyslou.
BEADING FOR THE YOUNG.
A WIOKEP STYLE.
Yen, rnninina, yosi do tnko It offl
IU oros bo coldly ft ares
A jirutty Mnl to still nnd dona
indocd, 1 can not uor.
Forororr timo I bond my head
1 ki-o ono soft Dluo whiff.
Which brings mo thoughts ot troos and
llowcrs.
And birds that sweetly sing.
I'm nnirry, tlien, bocauso my bird
Was not allowed to fly
And slnirAtid swlnif on wavlnir trees
Iloucath tho summor sky.
Yes, yosi T know It cost bo much
Flvo dollars, did I oil say?
If I woro rich I'd fflvo twfco that
To bco It tly nway.
But, mamMx, though your purse Is filled
With coins that brightly ahlno.
Tlioy'll not lirlnir back tho stolon lifo
l'o this poor bird of mliio.
That women's hearts nro kind and Rood
I hoar most pooplo say.
And yot thoy'U havo theso doar birds
killed
To make thomsolvos look gay.
I'm sorry I'm a llttlo frlrL
Woro 1 woman frrown
I would not buy dead birds, but pay
To havo thorn lot itlouo.
Hut, mamma, ploaso to Fashion wrlto
And tell Iter (do not sinlloll
That this Is such n wlokod thins
Wo wish Hho'd Quango tho stlo.
Clara J. Denton, (a A', r. independent.
A CITY IN RUINS.
Tho Colony of l.lttln Animals Which
Once I.lvi-d In Thousnnds of Cradles
Not Ho Harmless us Thoy Seem.
Nothing that wo find on tho beach is
moro of a wreck than the torn bit of
seaweed that wo presorvo and spread
so carefully and that is so beautiful;
but tho wrecks I am telling about wero
all tho homos of living animals, and
among your seaweed if you have any
I havo no doubt you can find at least
two or thrco genuine wrecks, not of
one crenturo's liomc, but of wholo cit
ies of littlo animals.
When you pick up what looks like a
bit of weed, but is rather stiff and
'horny, keeping its shape as you handlo
it, you may bo sure it is no wood. If
it is shaped liko a tiny shrub, an inch
or two high, it is one that is very com
mon on our shores, the Bugula turrita.
If you look closely nt it, oven with a
common magnifying glass or "linen
glass," you will sco that it is in little
Joints. Well, at every ono of these
joints is a littlo coll, or room you may
call it, and when it was in the sea a
littlo creature lived in each one. It
could draw itself down into n mere
lump in the bottom, or it could thrust
out a daisy-shaped bond and draw tlio
sca-watcr into its mouth.
hat is strangest about them, nil tho
little follows that lived in one of thoso
small shrubs wcro connected together
in such a way, through tlio hollow
stems, that thoy wero liko ono
animal, and lived nnd died to
gether. And, wonderful to say,
Ft is all one family, nnd grow
from ono more dot of a sea baby, which
swam around by means of tho fringe
of hairs or cilia, till it wished to settle,
when it becamo fixed on a shell or n
weed, and began. this great family of
hundreds of creatures.
Sometimes you will lind on a broad
seaweed or a shell a fiat colony of
theso littlo creatures, standing out liko
the spokes of a wheel, nnd branching
'a every direction. This is tho Crisia
tburnea, and it had its tennnt nt overy
joint Nothing could bo prettier than
this little white city when a fairy-like
blossom opened at every joint.
Ono of tlio most curious of theso
queer cities is called the leafy sen-mat.
It looks liko a thiek-leavcd plant, from
a half-inch to two or three inches
high, and of brownish color. Look
carefully at it, especially if you havo a
glnss, and you will see that it is cov
ered with littlo cells shaped liko tiny
slippers, or, as ono writer calls them,
cradles. They do look liko cradles, tho
moro so as eacli ono has its living baby
in it.
Somo of theso big soa families grow in
the shape of a lovely feather from ono
inch to thrco inches long; it is a Scr
tularia, and I daro say you havo one
among your soaweods nearly overy
ono has. It is yellowish in color, nnd
stiff, and will not stick to tho paper
liko seaweed, but has to bogummca or
otherwise fastened. The beautiful pink
coralline that you gather in the rock
pools or on shells was onco the homo
of thousands.
Littlo and harmless and weed-like as
they look, somo of them are well pro
vided with weapons. The feathery
one I spoke of has been carefully
studied through a microscopo, and ft
is discovered that each tiny dot of a
polyp (these littlo fellows aro polyps')
has a lanco, or a dart, or whatever j ou
may call it a long, elastic thread,
very strong, that usually lies coiled up
in his cell, but which ho can throw
with groat forco. It is armed with
barbs, and it in somo way poisons any
littlo cronture it touches. So it isn't
so innocent a bit of seaweed ns it looks.
It is a true wreck, not of ono, but of
thousands a ruined polyp city, in fact,
or what tho books call a l'olypidom.
Sometimes, among all theso cities,
you will find ono little follow that lives
in his cunning shell house all alono.
It is about tlio sizo of a pin's head a
minuto tubo coiled up tightly and fast
ened to a seaweed. Tho owner, when
alive, was a worm-liko crcaturo with
an elegant ilower-liko head, and a
cork-shaped door to keep out enemies.
Its namo was Splrorbls. Olive Thome
Miller, in Christian Union.
THE WISE RUBY THROAT.
The Cute Wny In Which lie Tries to
Fool" l'oople.
Under our bay-window thoro grow a
small tree, and upon one of its branch
es was a rubythroat humming-bird's
nest. Ono day it grow vory cloudy and
soon bogan to rain. I was watching
tho nest at tho time, thinking that the
poor littlo ones would get drowned;
but as soon as the drops of rain com
menced to fall, away flow tho nioth
or bird to a largo troo near by, and
thou roturnod with a lonf in her
mouth, nnd carefully covered tho
nest ovor, fastoning tho ends of tho
leaf to a couplo of twigs that grow
closo to tho nest. In this way tho
young ones wero kept ns dry undor tho
green roof as if thoir houso had been
built by a carpenter. When tho rain
wns ovor tho mother camo back and
unhooked the loaf.
The rubythroat is vory easily tnrood,
and is a most loving uud trustful llttlo
creature A friond of mlno told mo
an interesting story of n humming-bird
that used to fly around their porch
whom ono of thu trumpet-flower vines
grow, At ono timo one of thoso llttlo
oreatures oomlng to drink juice from
tho flowers, soomed tlrod. A llttlo
irl appronohod it very, gently. Tho
ird was not' frightened away, but us
tlio' girl ortmo near tlio vine she stretched
I UI HI IIUl IIUIIU, UUU HID IIUIIIIUIII-UIIU
rested on ono of her llui:ora. it was
liottso ,
kont ns n not.
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Our friond Mr. Wobor discovered
curious habit connected with thoir
nesting. He had frequently observed,
wlillo watching for their nests, that
tiio rubythroata, nftor tanvltig their
station, shot suddonly and porpondlou
larly In tho nir until thoy becamo in
visible. At last ho had tlio great satis
faction of seeing tiio femnlo bird fall,
llko a fiery aorolite from tlio sky, upon
Uio spot where sbo had built her nest;
so that this curious habit of nsconding
nnd descending must havo been in
stinctively taught to tho birds for tho
purposo of concealing tlio prcclso posi
tion of tho nest
Ho also tolls Us that ono of his capt
ured rnbythroats "played possum"
when tnkon, simulating donth in a
very perfect manner. On sovornl oc
casions ho had onticod tho living
motoors into tho room byplaclng vases
of tempting flowers on tho tablo and
adroitly closing tho sash as soon as
thoy woro ongngod with tho ilowcrs.but
ho mid always lost thorn through thoir
dashing at tho window and striking
tliemsolves against the glnss. At last,
howovor, his attempts woro crowned
with success. "This time," ho says, "I
succeeded in securing nn uninjured
captive. It immediately suggested
Itself to mo that a mlxturo of two parts
refined loaf sugar with ono of honey in
ten parts of water would make about
tho nearest approach to the nectar of
flowers. Whilo my sistor ran to pre
pare it I gradually opened my hand to
look nt my prisoner, and saw, to my
no littlo amusement ns woll as sus
picion, that it was actually 'playing
possum' feigning to bo dead most
skillfully. It lay on my open palm
motionless for somo minutes, during
which I watched it in broathless curi
osity. I saw it gradually open its
bright little oyes to peop whether tho
way was clear, and thon close them
slowly ns it caught my eyes upon it.
But when tho manufactured nectar
camo and a drop was touchod on tlio
point of its bill, it revived vory sud
denly, nnd in a moment was on its
legs, drinking witli cagor gusto of the
refreshing draught from a silvor tea
spoon. When sated it refused to take
any moro, and sat perched with the
coolest sclf-composuro on my finger
and plumed itself quite as artistically
ns if on its own favorito spray. I was
enchanted with tho bold, innocent
confidonco with which it turned up its
keen black eyes to survey us as much
as to say: "Well, good folks, who aro
you?" Christian Weekly.
A Smart Crow.
About a year ago, Golden Days told
of a smart talking crow, named Mary,
that lives at Gcrmantown, Pa. Now
comes nows of anotlior crow with an
education. This latter crow was found
in the woods near Plalnvllle, Conn.,
when it was a moro nestling. At that
timo ono of its wings nnd ono of its
legs woro broken, so that it could hard
ly got along. Even now it moves with
awkward flops, for its wing lias never
regained its strength. From Plainville
this crow wns tnken to Unionvllle,
whero lives Mrs. Frederick Hart, and
tho lnme bird becamo that lady's fcath
erod friend. It is not a houso pet, but
lives in a pino treo in tlio front yard,
wintor as weli as summer. Whenever
it sees a dog, it runs to tho tree, hoarse
ly crying: "Mother, hero's a dog!" As
for cats, it is not afraid of thorn, but
pulls their tails at every opportunity.
It was in the habit of whipping ail the
chickens of tho neighborhood, until one
day a big Shanghai rooster thrashed it
within an inch of its life. "Well, woll,
that was a cyclone," says the crow,
overy time ho sees that Shanghai. Last
spring, as Mrs. Hart's gardnor was
putting'out cabbage plants, ho went
along on his hands and knees, not
looking back till ho had reached the
end of tho long row. When at Inst ho
did lookbabk, lo! tho mischiovous bird
had just pulled up tho last but ono of
the plants so carefully put in the
ground. Most of its expressions aro
picked up from tho children of the
neighborhood. Not tho loast of its ac
complishments is tho way it awakes
Mrs. Hart, hopping to ithe window-sill
of her room at sunriso evory morning,
nnd saying, as it shakes tho shutters:
"Mother, nro you up? Aro you up,
mother?" Golden Days.
In Need of New Laws,
A Jew who had failed wont to a meet
ing of hl3 creditors to see about a com
promise. "Voll, shcntlomens," he said, "Itinks
I bays you about vifteon bor cent., aint
it?"
"Wo won't accept it," responded
ono of tlio creditors; "wo won't tnko
less than twenty-five per cent."
"Hast du geschenl Der asset vont
pay you but vifteon."
"Woll, wo won't tako it, I toll you,"
responded tho creditor. "Wo'd rather
keep the claims and collect them when
you got on your foet again."
."On, veil, uf you'ro goin' to bo mean
aboudt it dot's all right," exclaimed
tlio Hebrew. "I vas goin' to took my
vife to Europe dis summer, but uf
you'ro goin' to make a fuss aboudt it,
vy, rather than baf my rebutation suf
fer, I'll bay the othor ten conts und
vo'll only go to dor soa shore. But ven
robutamo peezness men gets low
enough to sheat a boor vellqr oudt of
his vacation, I finks it was dimo vo
got somo now bankruptcy laws, so
hellup me, Isaac" Chicago Rambler.
Roysterers Shot by a Sentinel.
A tragic event occurrod recently on
tho rampart of tho palaco facing tlio
Cumpo del Moro, Madrid. A baud of
drunken rovelers insisted on passing
tho limits allowed aftor sunset. Dc
spito tho cry of "Haiti" threo timos re
peated by tlio sentinel, tho party con
tinued to advanco, pointing sticks at
tlio soldior in tho mannor of fire-arms.
Tho lattor then, oboying ordors, aimed
und fired, killing ono man with a shot
through the neck. Another triod to
reach tlio scntlnol, who, having re
loaded, fired a second timo, wounding
tho brawler severely in thu head, Tho
man killed is an Austrian, tho ono
wounded a Spaniard. Tho Captnin
Gonoral of Madrid, having thoroughly
investigated tiio case, outiroly approvos
tho action of tho sentinel.- Jv. Y, Post.
A wagon containing George Doktor
and his littlo brothor Charles, whilo
crossing tho railroad track at Roches
ter, Pn., was struok between tho
wiiools and demolished by i locomo
tive. George Doktor, who was driv
ing, was knocked twenty foot to ono
side of the truck, and was severely
bruised, whilo his brothor was sont up
in tho air but fell buck upon tlio pilot,
whore ho managed to hold 911 until tlio
train was stopped, whon ho was taken
off, none tiio worso for his roiniuknblo
expevhinco. Both horses woru killed,
PWburah Post,
afterward taken into tho
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