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auvlau uiaunur Is which the are written.
THE BEST MONTH.
" Whloh month do you Uko bast!" I said
Tho littlo follow scratched hts head
And thought for qulto a Uttlo whllo.
Then answered with a winning smllot
' Please, papa, tell about thorn flr9t
Elso I might chooso tho very worst."
" All right," I lnugbcd, "but bon 1 nsltod
I never thought I would bo tasked."
In January merry bells ring In tho Now Yoar's
birth
And sproad tho Joyful tidings to tho corners of
tho earth.
With hearts mado light and faces bright with
now rcsolvos wo call
And wish a "Itnppy Now Year" to our dearest
friends and all.
In February wo are blest by trood Saint 'tal
ttno, When Cupid wings his arrows with poetry di
vine To tender honrts, both young and old, and
starts thorn bleeding, O,
With loes complete enchantment which tho
toughest of us know.
"Maroh enters llko it Hon and doparteth ltlto a
lamb;
It brings tho wind's sad frollo, making shutters
bang and slam;
Cut near its end comes gentlt spring, when
children gayly play
With tops and kites and marblcu in tho sun
shin all tho day.
In April is All Fools' Day, with Its fund of play
ing tricks
On older folks with cotton pics and loaded hats
for kicks.
Bright Easter brings sweot pleasures and tho
birds their loudest sing,
And showers toll tho flowers of the beauty of
the spring.
In May we havo the moving day, which boys
enjoy with zoat.
And also Decoration day for patriots at rest;
And May polo frolics on tho grcon where, under
festal bowers.
Wo dance around tho protty queen and strow
before her flowers.
In leafy Juno coma roses red and strawberries
nnd cr6nm,
And perfect days so fair and raro each Is a
heavenly dream.
Tho wlldwcods, dolls and meadows ore one
mass of vhld green.
And daisies sweetly nod their heads. Of months
Juno is tho queen.
July! Flzzt Bang! The glorious "Fourth" is
welcomed by tho boys,
Who with hot punk nnd erackors and burnt
lingers make a nolso;
On plcnlos nnd oxcurslons wo may bow com
mence to go,
TWhllo swinging in a hammock is delightful as
you know.
In August come tho "dog days" when tho
weather's piping hot,
And ovcrybody tries to find a cool and shady
spot
'"Vacation" sends wee scholars to the country,
whero they play,
.And Dshlng and a-swlmmlng go, and for wild
berries stray.
September I Feachesl School begins, and lit
tle scholars, brown,
On plump nnd sturdy Uttlo legs como trooping
into town.
"With books and slate they scarce can wait to
greet tholr tcachors, who
Can hardly give those rested brains half work
enough to do.
October brlngeth Hallowe'en enjoy ed by young
and old
'Wueu Brownie trloks are gayly played and fairy
tales are told.
Tho woods and hedges, all aflame with color,
are a sight.
And nuts and grapes and apples give tho little
ones delight.
November! All tat trees aro bare, the days
more Chilly grow;
With glad "hurrahs" tho children hall the first
of winter's snow.
Thanksgiving comes with pumpkin pies and
and turkey both at once
And woll, I know t luVle boy who feasts until
he grunts.
(Decsmber with its snow and lee Is of all months
tho king;
The height of childhood's happiness it ncvor
falls to bring.
On Christmas evo are stockings by thoohlmney
hung with oarc,
And when the tots are sound asleep Kriss
Kringle sure is there.
"You've heard, my little boy," said I, "about
each month in turn
Now tell mo which you like the best. I really
w Ish to learn."
'The little fellow thought some mora. Then
boldly ho expressed
The vory sage opinion that ho "liked each one
tho best."
H. C. Dodge, In Goodall's Sun.
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A CASE OF LOVE.
Or. Dinks' Diagnosis and Pre
scribed Remedy a Sad Failure.
People said Dr. Sinks ought to mar
ry. He thought so himself, but hither
to he had been too busy providing
means for keeping a wife to bestow
much thought on whom she was to be.
Be had decided that the lady must
iiavo good looks, good means and be of
a. good position; but, though several
ladies in Jemimaville fulfilled all these
requirements, his choice had not yet
fallen on any one of them. And, be
sides, ho was not in the least in love.
It would bo imprudent to venture the
assertion that Dr. Dinks had always
remained indifferent to the pretty and
agreeable girls he had mot in his wan
derings; and, being a fairly attractive
fellow, as well as Jemimaville's only
medical practitioner, it is safe to say
that eyes of ovory hue had looked upon
him with mora or less favor. Oh, no!
He had had his intermittent love af
fairs. Thero was Shady Scott, now.
He had loved her to distraction for two
months, when she wore a particularly
sweet thing in bonnets; when tho bon
net went out of fashion Dr. Dinks'
love went with it. Again, thero was
Polly Grey. His heart in this "case"
had capitulated to the peculiarly fas
cinating manner in which tho fair
damsel lisped. He overheard her
speak to her brother once, and - But
these and others were but the idle
droaralets of a day, and Dr. Dinks
sighed for the genuine article that
wears welL He oxcused his seeming
Inconstancy on the plea that lovo in a
lottery, and if one wishes to win one
.must at least play. So he accordingly
played battledore with tho hearts of
the fair ellgibles on his list of pationts
and kept his eyes open and watched his
lieart carefully expecting to expe
rience some day 'that sudden senso of
rapture thut magnlilcent thrill which,
as overybody knows, is the first and
true syinptcr. of tho proper and tho
legitimate, and the all-sufllclng lovo
tho lovo Dr. Dinks sighed for.
"It's all a matter of pulsation," tho
doctor assured himself. "If you think
you'ro in love, fcol your pulso. Cupid's
barometer is tho thing to go by."
One afternoon about four o'clock Dr.
Dinks Boated himself in his parlor and
passed his fingers thoughtfully through
his hair, wliich could not, oven in
courtesy, bo called auburn. Ho was
very weary waiting for that magnifi
cent thrill which ho expected to ex
perience somo day, and ho sighed pro
foundly as he glanced round his rather
lugubrious parlor. How uncomfortable
nnd cheerless it was, to bo sure; how
much it lacked tho tender touches of a
woman's hand, tho charm of o woman's
presence. And tho littlo, low arm
chair by tho hearth there when would
it be filled by tho sweet Uttlo form
the unknown but coming somobody
Dr. Dinks loved to picture in it? How
very nico it sounded, to bo sure! My
little wife wife. My wee wife.
My
"A letter, sir."
It was tho doctor's servant who
broko in upon his revorio. Ho frowned
as ho lifted tho letter carelessly from
tho table, and opened it slowly. It
was very brief, containing only theso
words:
"Dovecot House, Tuesday.
"Dear Sin; Please como and seo mo at onco.
Yours truly, bads Giiantlky."
"Babs," ho repeated. "What a funny
namel Something nico about it, too.
Somo antediluvian spinster, I suppose,
whoso name is tho only nico thing
about her. Imperious, too, by Gcorgel
Heard there-were new tenants at Dove
cot," That is what John Dinks,. M. D., as
he signed himself, said before ho saw
Miss Barbara Grantley; and when his
well-appointed brougham rolled along
Jemimaville's only street and drew up
in tho pretty garden in front of the
Dovecot house, our doctor, all uncon
scious of impending fate, complacently
jingled a couple of guineas in his trous
ers pocket, with tho agreeable expecta
tion of soon adding a third.
"Dr. Dinks," announced a smiling
little maid, in a low voice; and, as the
doctor advanced with a door closing
bohind him, it was to seo that ho was
in a prettily furnished boudoir; while
reclining on a couch near tho fireplace
was a lady, who immediately acknowl
edged his presence by a charming smile
and bow. And then? at last! Dr.
Dinks experienced that mognificcnt
thrill he had been waiting so long for.
His heart thumped away, just as it
ought to; his legs trembled; he felt a
cold chill shiver up and down his spine;
bis mouth opened and closed several
times in an aimless sort of a way; his
pulse but, in briof, he rapidly experi
enced every symptom which attends
and indicates tho existenco of the prop
er, the legitimate, tho genuine love.
His happiness made him almost dizzy,
and he had to seize hold of one of the
chairs for support Yes, this was love;
there could not possibly bo any mis
take about it this time.
Vainly he endeavored to assume his
usual matter-of-fact, professional po
liteness. His heart beat so ho could
hardly speak.
"My patient, Miss Grantley, I pre
sume. Would you ah, ha ," ho be
gan, advancing towards the couch,
with the assistance of the chair backs.
(How funny his legs felt to be sure.)
"Would you ah, ha ," he repeated,
taking Miss Grantley'B proffered hand
which little courtesy had tho won
derful effect of sending a second edi
tion of that magnificent thrill through
Dinks' sensitive system.
"Would you ah, ha" he solemnly
repeated, determined to have it out this
time, "would you allow me to see your
pulse, and let me feel your tongue."
Now Dr. Dinks had not the slightest
intention of being amusing, but, to his
infinite disgust, he discovered as soon
as he spoke that Miss Grantley was
greatly amused. She pressed her hand
kerchief to her face and bit her lips;
but, after a moment's futile struggle,
she laughed outright, and evidently
only checked herself when ho looked
so furious. In consideration for his in
jured feelings, she assumed an air of
mild but preternatural seriousness.
"It it isn't my pulse or my tongue,"
she 'gravely explained; "it's my ankle,
sir, and only a slight sprain."
Dr. Dinks was excessively embar
rassed. Ho was not altogether stupid;
but really when we consider the sud
denness of tho thing it amply excuses
the exhibition of a little foolishness
and nervousness. And then to be asked
to look at and touch her ankle! and a
very pretty littlo ankle it was, too!
Apologizing profusely, the doctor
carefully very carefully examined
the pretty little foot that just peeped
out from among the many folds of Babs'
skirts; and he vowed to himself that
he would gladly go on bathing and
bandaging his fair subject forever.
Babs certainly looked nice. Sho was
a small and dainty young lndy with
bonny roguish blue eyes, and a wealth
of willful golden hair that frizzled over
her brow, and looked as if it had been
ruffled by many a sunny summer
breeze. Dr. Dinks noticed with keen
observant eyo the curling sweep of tho
long trown lashes that shaded tho delicately-rounded
cheek, and, for tho first
time in his professional career, invalida
tion struck him as tho most pathetic
and attractive aspect under which he
had ever studied woman. Ho took a
long time bandaging that little foot,
and by tho tlmo it was finished ho had
quite recovered himself. His touch
seemed to do her foot good; and Babs,
watching the careful manipulation of
bandaging, and listening to tho pleas
ant, cheerful voice assuring her that she
would bo well again in a fow weeks,
felt that, strange though Dr. Dinks had
been on his arrival, sho could have no
kinder or more skillful physlclun. In
deed, by tho time Dr Dinks took his
departure sho had voted him "quito
nice,"
Dr. Dinks gave himself a month to
accomplish tho conquestof Miss Grant
loy's foot and heart; but before the
third weok wu& at an end ho had real
ized that ho had undervalued hit
powersof surgery and fascination. The
sprain had certainly surrendered to his
Bkill, and, building his faith on a dozon
or ho of smiles and glancos, ho allowed
himself to entertain tho agrooablo be
llof that her heait had also surrendered
to himself, lie had often been told
that ho might chooso a wlfo wlvAt nnd
whero ho liked, and, with consumni&t'S
conceit, ho had lately thought tho same
thing himself. Then, ho reasoned, why
should ho not chooso a wlfo now, nnd
why not at Dovocot? To Dr. Dinks'
mind thero was considerable nay, in
disputable logic in his rsasoning.
Babs always seemed glad to seo h'm,
and sho was wholly at case with lilm.
Indeed, sho was always so gay and
good-humored that Dr. Dlks glowed
mid flourished in his own opinion thut
opinion being that sho was certainly
very much In lovo with him. Truo, sho
sometimes laughed, and at such tiivcs
Dr. Dinks experienced somo difficulty
in divining whether it was with linn
or at him! But lovo Is proverbially
blind, nnd tho doctor determined to
chance his fate. Ho would propose to
her!
And then ho foil into a delightful
reverie, and pictured to himself tho
scene. Ho would kneel by that littlo
couch by the fireplace and would ask
her in tender phrases would sho bo his
wife. And then ho wondered would
his darling faint, or would sho sink
gracefully into his arms nnd whisper:
"Dear youth, I will!" And then tho
consummate dclightfulncss of It all
overpowered Dr. Dinks, and suggest
ively hugging tho nearest arm-chair,
he mentally collapsed.
Dressing one evening with tho
punctilious caro born of a long bachelor
life, and with many hesitating doubts
and fears, Dr. Dinks set out on an all
important visit to Dovecot house a
visit fraught with matrimonial inten
tions. His progress was slow. It was
just after tho early tea of provincial
life, and several of his frlonds and ac
quaintances were on tho street, and
many wero the cordial greetings he had
to exchange with them. They after
wards remarked to eacn other that tho
doctor was certainly strange in his
manner, and they hoped ho hadn't been
, and then they paused and finished
with a suggestive smile.
All unconscious of his friends' levity,
he pursued his way, and as ho came in
sight of Dovecot houso ho felt tho by-no-mcans
strange sensation that tho
eyes of tho Vorld wero upon him.
With as martial a step as ho could
command, Dr. Dinks crossed tho gar
den plot and instantly rang tho bell
very, very tenderly. Ho must not, ho
thought, alarm his littlo darling.
"I shall find my way. You need not
trouble to come with me," ho said to
the smiling maid whose duty it was to
attend the door and announce arrivals.
"Miss Grantley, I presume, is in tho
same apartment?"
"Yes, sir; but please, sir, she's en
gaged just now."
But the doctor did not hear. Slowly,
very slowly, ho wont up tho soft car
peted staircase, and paused for a brief
moment at the door before entering.
His heart had resumed its stentorian
thumping; his legs trembled all, of
course, in joyous anticipation of his
coming happiness. Leaning against
the architrave for support, ho softly,
very softly, turned tho handle and
opened tho door. But, oh! what did the
sight which met his gaze mean?
Standing in tho embrasuro of tho
window, with his arm about Babs'
waist, was a tall and fair stranger! In
his other hand he held a small golden
hoop, which he was showing to her.
"Isn't it strange, darling?" Dr. Dinks
heard this tall, and fair, and unknown
somebody say to Babs, his Babs!
"isn't it strange, darling, that within tho
little circle of this ring thero should bo
so much happiness, and love, and hope
for you and I? You must wear it, dear,
and, wearing it, remember that out
love, like it, is without end. Babs!"
he exclaimed, "oh! Babs, my darling! '
Dr. Dinks did not wait to hear more.
Softly, as softly as he had opened it, he
closed the door, and slunk down the
staircase like a convicted felon. Out
side he leaned against tho garden wall
and endeavored to pull togethor his
shattered energies.
"Shouldn't I just like to dissect that
fellow, that's all!" he muttered. "But
no, I wouldn't," he added, in the samo
breath. "She she loves him, and and
that's something."
And then Dr. Dinks inclined his head
to the angle medicus and felt his pulse,
wondering whether, after all, that
magnificent thrill that sudden sense
of rapturous delight was not a luaut
natures a freak of fats! John J. Col
lins, in Yankee Blade.
WAR ON TEA.
it Killed a Frog; and n Australian Woman
Starts u Crusade.
A.n Australian woman is conducting a
crusade against tea, which she declares
is, "next to alcohol, the greatost mas
ter of human will and destroyer of vi
tality." She goes on the remark that tea
acts on tho nervous system as docs alco
hol, but in an opposite way. Alcohol is
a stimulant poison, tea is a sedative
one. The former Is capable of destroy
ing life by producing excessive action,
tho other by preventing it.
Theine, the most important element
of tea, will, if administered in sufficient
doses, kill an animal. Half a grain
given to a full-grown frog killed it.
Tho reptile first became paralyzed, and
after a little went into a convulsed
stato and died. Tho death is exactly
similar to that caused by hydrocyanlo
acid, hemlock and other sedative
poisons. All of which is worse icouo
clasm than when wo found out that
thero was not any apple nor any Wil
liam Toll, says tho Now York Times
What would tho kettledrum or tho
five o'clock bo without tea? Can one
funey an adequate substitute for tho
'cup that cheers?" And when ono has
a heudache or a heartache, whero would
tho consoler find his weapon if ho could
not offer ono cup of tea? Poems have
been written and verses sung in its
praise, nnd now to drop it, forsooth, a
frog in circumstances over which ha
hud iA) control drunk too much of itl
A DESPICABLE VILLAIN.
DCo Llvoa by Lovylnsr Blaolraiall
on Oonsrossmon and Others.
Dow a Fluolcy Senator Dltposed of This
Exeuso for n Sinn A Natvspspor Man
Drives tlio Scoundrel from tho
Capitol In llot Haste.
Spoclal Washington Lettor.l
Nowly-clcctcd statesmen, about to
enter upon a career In tho house of rep
resentatives, will do well to hearken
unto a fow words of wisdom out of tho
lips of experience.
Thero is a professional blackmailer
In Washington, and ho has boon living
woll in his chosen profession, no has
been in tho business for at least fifteen
years, knows all about it, knows how
to discover victims, knows how to
bJecd them, knows how to keep out
of tho hands of tho polico and has
nover been prosecuted. Nobody can
toll exactly how ho operates for ho
seems to havo different schemes to suit
different individuals. Ho docs not do
vote all his timo to senators and repre
sentatives, but also burrows into tho
purses of cabinet officers nnd heads of
department bureaus,
Ho scans all tho hotel registers,
makes inquiry concerning tho business
of guests and, if ho can work a dollar
out of their pockets, he docs so. Fre
quently when office seekers como hero
ho manages to ascertain their nmbi
tions, hopes and desires; and then offers
his services as an attorney. He wears
a grand army button, claims to bo tho
publisher of n grand army newspaper,
and to have influenco with the heads of
departments. Not long since ho caught
a new arrival, ascertained that he had
been promised a position as messenger
at a salary of $00 per month, went to tho
chief clerk of the department and told
him that the man was unworthy tho
position and asked that tho appoint
ment be held up until he could prove
his statements. Tho newcomer went
to the department and was told that
thero was a "hitch" in tho matter, and
that his appointment was held up. Tho
blackmailer then saw his victim and
agreed to have tho appointment made
immediately upon a contingent fee of
S10 per month for ono year. The vic
tim mado the agreement. Tho next
morning tho blackmailer appeared be
foro tho chief clerk of the department
and withdrew his charges, saying: "I
had refcrenco to another man of the
same name." Thereupon the appoint
ment was mado out as originally in
tended, and the blackmailer gets S10
per month from his victim, besides
other monies which ho borrows from
time to time and never repays.
He has qulto a number of regular vic
tims of this kind. Ho is a blatant,
loud-mouthed fellow, with infinite as
surance, who walks into the offices of
leading officials, makes himself at
home in their presence, assumes to bo
their best friend, calls some of them by
their first name, and nobody declines to
treat him well, because each and every
body fears him.
When the Fifty-first congress con
vened the blackmailer shadowed every
new member, and he will do the same
with every new member of the Fifty
second congress when it convenes in
December. Ho will keep a record of
their doings from day to day, and will
be able to state just how many times
they drink, how often they gamble,
whether for money or for sociability;
and if they do anything worse and havo
any s-ocial entanglements ho will know
it. Then, after selecting his victims,
he will apply his augur and bore into
them for money. He will write an ar
ticle stating certain facts about them,
giving a wicked coloring to even the
most innocsnt happenings, and show
the article to tho new congressman. It
will not be libelous, nor render the
blackmailer indictable for slander; but
it will be an article which, if published
at homo would politically ruin the con
gressman. As soon as his victim reads
the article ho will be in a surrendering
condition, and wunt to do anything in
the world, even to the paying of money,
to have tlie article suppressed. As soon
as the victim commences to pay the
blackmailer, he will be in his clutches
during his entire public life. Thero are
several members of congress to-day
who are paying this villain from twen
ty to fifty dollars each per month.
There was an Iowa man appointed
postmaster of a presidential post office
once, but, before his commission was
niE PLUCKY SENATOR AND THE BLACK
MAILER. Issued, tho department discovered cer
tain facts about him which induced tho
postmaster general to withhold tho
commission, and tho president appoint
ed another man to tho position. Im
mediately thereafter, tho original ap
pointee curno to Washington to try and
obtain his commission. He fell Into tho
hands of tho blackmailer, who induced
him to bcllovo that ho could sccuro his
commission for him. Tho victim paid a
contingent fco of $20, and promibcd
6100 more when ho recoived his commis
sion. Then, accompanied by tho black
mailer, ho went to tho department to
havo un argument on tho case. Tho
postmabtcr general declined to seo
them, and they entered tho room of tho
Bri'uidcntiu uppointmont clerk. Hero
jiflNOato?i
tho blaokmnllor squared Wmsolf, took
a long breath and proceeded to mako
an ablo argument in boh"lf of his cli
ent, who looked on with approval. Tho
blackmailer had uttered but a fow sen
tences whon his scheme was cut Bhort.
Tho appointment clerk had beon n
nowspapor man, know tho Individual,
saw through tho gamo in a moment,
and said: "You cannot mako an argu
ment boforo me. You aro a dcadbcat,
and if this man has paid you any money
ho has lost it, or thrown It away. You
can do him no good. You may as well
go; and this now victim of yours may
as woll go homo nnd savo his money."
"I am an American citizen, and attor
ney in this case, and I will not bo in
sulted," Bhouted tho blackmailer.
"You aro a dcadbcat, a confidenco
man and a scoundrel," responded tho
appointment clerk, "and if you don't got
out of my room I will direct tho captain
of thb watch to arrest you for disturb
ing tho peaco."
. Ho rang an olcctrlo bell as ho spoke,
and tho blackmailer disappeared. Ho
obtainod twenty dollars from that
victim, but ho was frustrated in his
plans for getting more. Tho victim re
turned to his Iowa home, nf tor having
sincerely thanked the appointment clerk
for his official courage and determina
tion of character.
Somo years ago tho samo fellow un
dertook to levy toll upon a western con
gressman who is now a senator, but
found his match. Tho congressman
said: "I presume that I must cither
pay you or kill you, and I guess I'd bet
ter kill you," showing his revolver as
ho spoke. Tho blackmailer, of course,
immediately decamped.
You will ask why this disreputable
criminal goes unwhipped of justice, nnd
wonder that such a character can exist
and thrive in tho national capital; but
the answer is very simple. Ho nover talks
to his victims in tho presence of others.
There is never a witness present, nnd
if complaint is made tho blackmailer
would tako a solemn oath that he never
did it. Now, If two or threo congress
men would combine nnd unite In a
chargo against him, the courts would
very speedily put him behind tho bars
for a term of years or for life. But,
don't you know that pcoplo are usually
satisfied, in every case, when they aro
relieved of trouble from such sourco?
I believo that not less than fifty mem
bers of tho last congress, could have tes
tified to tho blackmailing assaults of
this creature; but they dld not do it
His victims are usually men who have
weaknesses they do not want known,
of which they aro ashamed and pain
fully conscious, and such men havo
nothing to say.
Not many years ago there was a na
tional convention being held In Chl
" YOU MAY BE KILLED," SAID THE NEWS
PAPER MAN TO THE VILLAIN.
cago, and n certain prominent senatoi
was a candidato for the presidential
nomination of his party. Upon tho
morning of tho first day of tho conven
tion a prominent newspaper man cn
tered the senator's committee room in
the capitol and there saw tiie black
mailer lounging upon a sofa. Tho sen
ator's private secretary informed the
newspaper man that tho blackmailer
had prepared a villainous attack upon
the senator for publication and wanted
money for its suppression. He said that
while tho charges were untrue, it would
be exceedingly annoying to tho senator,
and injurious to his prospects, for tho
charges to appear at such a time; for it
would placo him In tho position of a
defendant and might injure him very
materially beforo tho convention. At
tho same timo th senator could not
afford to pay tho fellow, and thus
tacitly admit the truth of his allega
tions. Tho newspaper man said: "Go
and tell the senator that I havo settled
with this scoundrel. Tell the senator
not to speak to him, not to allow the
follow to address him in the capitol."
Tho private secretary did as ho was re
quested to do, and then tho newspaper
man invited tho blackmailer out into
tho corridor, where ho said: "You un
mitigated scoundrel, you will lose your
lifo or be seriously injured if you don't
leave this building. You havo tackled
gamo which is too big for you. Tho
sergcant-nt-arms and tho captain of tho
cnpitol police aro watching you. If you
nddi i'vi tho senator you will bo injured,
nil y be killed. Now get out of
thib, quiuk."
Liko tho contemptible coward that
ho was, ho slunk away, and nover again
spoke to tho senator. SiiiTli D. Fry.
The Elephant's Memory.
The elephant has an excellent mem
ory. It recollects friends well and it
rarel j forgets an injury. It is recorded
of ono 'that it smashed a cocoanut upon
its driver's head, and smashed tho
man' head at tho samo timo, because
tho lia'y, thoughtless follow had broken
a cjctanut on Its skull tho day before.
A qu trtcrmnster engaged in superin
tending the removal of baggage in the
camp by moans of an elcpnnnt, became
nngrj at tho croaturo's refusing to carry
more i linn si certain weight, and fool-
, ishly Hung a tent-peg at its head. Some
days afterward tho elephant overtook
tho quartermaster as ho was going
through tho camp, seized him with its
trunk and neatly placed him among the
branches of a tamarind tree, leaving
him to reach tho ground aguln in the
best way ho could.
FOR OHIO FARMERS.
Yntorastlnff Btntlstlos Titkan from tho
Forthcoming Annual Report of the Sec
retary of Htnte.
Tho agricultural statistics compiled
by Sccrotary of Stnto Ryan ior his next
annual report havo beon completed and
show somo interesting facts. They aro
as follows:
vrnnAT.
Acres of wheat sown in 1MX) S.JCOOtO
Bushels of wheat produced in IBM)... 31,509,070
Acres sown in 1S91 2,013,V81
IIYB.
Acres sown In 1890 , S1.87I
Bushols produced 018,3:8
Aorcs sown In 18J1 07.0JJ
IIUCKWIIEAT.
Acros sownlnlFOO 11,068
Bushels produced in 1890 100,991
OAT.1.
Acros sown In 1R0O 07)019
Aores sown in 1891 W0 010
Bushels producod In 1890 10,010,033
11A1IMEY.
Aores Bownin 1890 31,4 10
Acres sown In 1891 S.US8J
llushsls produced In 1890 57849
COtw.
Acros planted in 1800 2,591001
Acros planted in 1801 2,070,812
Bushels (Bhollod) produced In 1800... 03,091,215
BIIOOM COItN.
l.fflS ncros yloldod 561,093 pounds of broom
brush.
COMMERCIAL VERTILIZEII.
rounds used In 1800 65 213.879
At n cost of S820.013
Pounds for IE0I 37.848 702
At a coat of 8(J35,yil
MBAOOWS.
2,037,370 acres producod, tons of hay. S,SC2,28t
cloveh.
BSrt,740 acres produced, tons ot clovor
hny 691,153
Bushels of sood 101,204
FLAX.
18,050 acres produced, bushels of seed 112,303
Pounds ot ilbcr. 3,701,111
TOTATOKS.
Acros planted In 1800 114,639
Acres planted in 1S0I 121,218
Bushels iroduced In 1890 2,67215
TOnACCO.
39.2S3 acres produced (pounds) 23,015,130
MILK.
Number gallons sold for family use.. 21,033, ISO
DUTTKll.
Number pounds mndo In homo dilrles 52.3.V1 0?8
Number pounds mado In factories... 3,001,801
CIIKFSK.
Number pounds mndo In homo dairies 1, 1.13,215
Numbor o! pounds made in factories. 17,00,03.3
soitonUM.
Acre planted 0,577
Pounds of sugar producod 801
Gallons of sirup producod 415,333
MAl'l.K IN 1891.
Number pounds ol sucnr 1,405,073
Numbor gallons of sirup 007,143
Number of troes tapped 3,500,090
))i:i:s.
Number of hl os 145.6M
Numbor of pounds of honey produced 1,271,030
Etios.
Number of dozens produced 45,5')1,75l
of whloh 1,S-'3,0I0
were shipped beyond tho state.
OI1APES AND WINE.
Acres plantod In 1890 3,300
Acres In Mnoynrd In 1810 21,870
Pounds of (jnipes (rathored 25,027,3S't
Gallons of wlt-o pressed 40t!,725
SWKET POTATOES.
Acres planted 1,075
Number of bushels produced 123,513
oiicitAims.
Number of ncrrs occupied 33.1,713
Bushels of npplos produced 1,731,411
Bushols of peaches produced 4S,4M
Bushels of penrs produc-d 30,179
Bushels of cherries producod 14,231
Bushels of plums produced 0,173
LANDS OWNED IN 1S90.
Numberof acres culthat'-d 0,t!97,0SS
Number of acres ot pasture 0,217,010
Numborof acres of woodland 3,703,033
Number ot acres ljing wasto 454,401
Total number of ucres owned 20,157,101
WOOL.
Number of pounds shorn in 1890 18,029.001
Numberof milch cows 6I3,OT
Number ot stallions 0 0(10
Number of dogs 153.SIS
SHEEP.
Numberof sheep killed by dogs 25,057
Valued at J9V005
Numberof sheep Injured by dogs.... 17.705
Valued at $40,481
DOMESTIC ANIMALS DIED FltOM DISEASE.
Number of hogs, 310,523; valued at... S317.M1
Numberof sheep, 9",0lfl; valued nt... 2l,P2i
Numberof cattle, 20.H91; alued at... 339.53
Numberof horses, 18,760; valued at... 1,100,037
LOSSES BY FLOODS.
Valuo of live stock S 4.308
Vnluo of grain 433.130
Value of houses 22,926
Value offences 49,875
Value of bonds exempt from taxation 3,033, 5.! 1
A HUGE SUM AT STAKE.
Akron nnd Clevclanil Capitalists Sued for
Over SI, 000,000.
Cleveland, Oct 13. A suit involving
over Sl.000,000 worth of property was
commenced in the United States court
Monday. The plaintiff is James B.
Mullen, a resident of I'icton, Ont., and
the defendants are Samuel J. Ritchie
and Thomas W. Cornell, "of Akron; the
Citizens' Savings and Loan Association,
the Canadian Copper Company, tho Anglo-American
Iron Company, Stevenson
Burke nnd Henry B. Payne, of this city.
Ho sets forth in his petition thut at the
January term of the United States court
ho recovered a judgment for $305,000
against Samuel J. IMtchio and tho same
has remained unsatisfied. Tho execu
tion was issued on November 24, 1890,
and tho marshal returned it saying he
could find no property belonging to
Ritchie.
Mullen also states that Ritchie is in
solvent, and that he is indobted to him
for S120.000 principal, togethor with ac
crued interest to an amount unknown,
and that to secure tho payment of the
debt Ritchie pledged to him through F.
W. Cornell 802,000 worth of tho capital
stock of tho Canadian Coppor Company,
850,000, par value, worth of tho capital
stock of the Anglo-American Iron Com
pany and 520,000 worth of the Central
Ontario railway bonds. Theso were
owned at tho time by Ritchie. Mullen
nlso states that Ritchie owes Henry B.
Payne $171,500, whloh is secured by
$200,000, par value, of tho capital stock
of the Canadian Copper Company, 3418,
000, par value, of tho Central Ontario
railway bonds, and 50,000, par value, of
tho capital stock of tho Central Ontario
railway.
Mullen claims that Payne's debt is
duo nnd that tho value of tho stock and
bonds pledged to him is largely in ex
cess of what is owed him, and that if
tho same was sold thero would be
enough left over to pay a large amount
of his judgment. Ho further charges
that Ritchie refuses to convert tho same
into money or apply the samo towards
settling with him.
DATES FROM HISTORY.
Chili was discovered by Spain in 1518.
Rhode Island was granted a charter
on Marah 14, 1044.
Ma bib was admitted as a stato to the
union on March 14, 1044.
In 1770, six days after tho British
seized tho city, it flro swept off all tho
west side of Now York city, from
Broadway to the river.
Tun union flag was first unfurled on
tho first of January, 1770, over tho camp
at Cambridge, It had thirteen stripes
of white and red and rotated tho Enjj.
llsh c b in ono corner.
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