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dollars and seusu. — Yon'cers States-
mi m.
M Ik ltivol-. Montann. is probably so
filled because of liie watur it contains.
—t'uuic.
Thu faith euro will not euro love.
Want of faith is tlio th ny for it.—Hus-
ton Courier.
A buckwheat cuke and a home-run
depend largely upoti tho batter.—ujh-
Ion liullctiii.
It seems to us that their ought to be
n brand of cigars called "The First
Baby."—Puck.
If you don't want to bo robbed of a
good name, dout .have it engraved ou
your umbrella.—Exc'tauge.
Bad nominations are liko the itch—
thoy set a good man/ pooplo to
scratching.—San brancisco AUtt.
Tho members of a Sugar Trust know
pretty well how to manipulate tho
sugar scoop.— Yonkers Statesman.
Sailors must be poor cooks. When-
ever they attempt to get up a meal they
make a mess of it.~—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Tho man who puts n $10 collar on n
ten cent dog may think he is smart,
but he'll never know enough to run a
hotel. — flolel Mail.
Kentucky distillers have organized a
trust to limit thu output of whisk v.
Now, w.ll the public organize to limit
tho input?—Toronto U'.obc.
Tho editor of tho Marlboro (Mass.)
Times is out with au elaborate defense
of Jin!as lscarlot. But if ho really
means what ho says let hiiu name his
next boy Judas Iscariot. That s a fair
t est. —Burlington Jf'ree Press.
Taking tho temperature—She (at tho
races)—"What's tho trouble on tho
judges' stand, George!" lio—"There
is sonio dispute over tho last heat."
Shu—"Aren't their thermometers all
alike, Gaorge?"—'l'exai Siftmgs.
A commercial traveler says "tho best
ogg nogg in tho world is iuade in Iti-
iliana." The explanation is easy.
Everybody has the ague out in Indiana,
and thoy can do anything well in that
Suite that only requires to bo shaken.—
Iloch ster Post-Express.
Locomotive builder (on a railroad
train)—"The reason wo are kopt wait-
ing hero is because lhe engi'uo has
broken down. I have examined it, and
if I only had lhe proper tools I could
fix it in half an hour." Helpful wife
— "Here's a hairpin, dear."—Omaha
World.
A certain family in Lincoln consists
of one grandfather, two grandmothers,
one fathor-in-law. two mothers-in-law,
three mothers, two fathers, two daugh-
ters. ouo son, one daughter-in-law, olio
son-in-law, one granddaughter, and
there aye only six persons in the fami-
ly.— Lincoln Journa'.
Inter-PIanetry Communication.
A European astronomer. M. Porro-
tin, has rocotilly made tlio positive dis-
covery, as ho supposes, that the planot
Mars is inhabited. It may not be the
tiome of men and wora6"< like our-
selves, but unless tiio astronomer is
much at fault, its inhabitants are be-
ings possessing a high degree ot intel-
ligence, civilization and sciontilic do-
velopmen t.
It has long been known that the sur-
face of the planet is cut up by long and
narrow seas and correspondingly long
and narrow strips of land. This must
make marine commerce rather indirect
and inconvenient for the planetary mer-
chants. A glanco at Mars shows that
a few groat intorocoanic canals would
be of immense benelit to commerce.
Those great canals are now being con-
structed according to M. Perrotiu.
Sundry straight linos ou tho surface
Df tho planet as it appoars to us
through the telescope, and which have
only recently appeared there,
are the evidence on which M. Perrotiu
relics.
If it be truo that tho next planet to
the earth in point of distauce from
tho sun is indeed inhabited by boings
capable of undertaking these stupend-
ous feats of engineering, it is entirely
probable that thoy are not inferior to
ourselves in gcnoral civilization and
sciontilic knowledge. It follows thai
they are, in all probability, already
Bwaro of the great works of engineering
on tho earth, liko the Suez Canal, the
Panama nnd the Nicaragua canals, and
tho Tehuantepcc ship railway. Indeed,
telescopes only a little more powerful
than those wo possess would rovetil to
them a ship liko tho "Great East-
ern" as a moving dot across tho earth's
disc.
Thus, unless M. Pcrrotin is greatly
mistaken, tho first word of inter-plan-
otary greeting lias been spoken. It
tells" e:tc'> of two planots that tho
other is il abitod by intelligent beings,
boston d it
i Was Either Way.
A west lde gentleman joined tho
lodge of Llks recently, and has had
occasion several times to remain out
till a very late hour. His good wife
was very much against this kind of
work, and not only blew him up every
time, but ant up for him on eaoli oc-
casion and commenced her blowing the
moment In entered the house. A few
evenings since, he broke the news
gently to her at the supper table, that
it was lodge night, and sho immediate-
ly began her little song, keeping It up
through the entire meal.' Being a
trifle huF' ho decided not lo go at
all, and vhlle his wife was in another
part of the house, ho quietlv sneaked
up stairs and went to bed. As the
evening wore on, the lady crew very
cross, and mentally reheraeathe little
•lecture that she intended giving the no-
ble Elk upon his return. Hour after bout
crept by, and still no sign of the heart-
less brute, and along about one o'clock,
the lady was in a mild war, furious. As
the clock struck three, she rose from
her chair, threw d book at the oat, and
went to bed, where she found the
object of her wrath, Innocently sleep-
ing the sweet sleep ot the just
Ho would probably have never known
anything about the rMl of hie wife,
had not she aroused nlhi and told him
what she thought of his outrageous
actions. Hereafter, he Intends to go
to every lodge meeting, for he says he
gets scolded any way.—fccfc'i Bun.
RURAL ECONOMY.
Pertinent Points Regarding
Farm Management.
fho Raising of Early Fruits and V getab'.ej
No Long':i- Profitable in till Nortlu-Tha
Slow Growth of Trees on Laa.t Too'
to Frocluoa Cjmraou Field Crop?,
Thirty years ago tlioro was proiit in
raising vegetables under glass. Tlio
:ost of producing tbom was great but
they brought, very high prices. Not
jnly tho cold-frame and tho hot-bed,
but the green houso paid. Glass and
tloani-hoiitiiig apparatus wore costly,
but people who ate lettuce and rad-
ishes in March and cucumbers and
string beans iu April had to pay very
sxtravagant prices for thom. Tlioro
:iro iu all largo cities many who will
purchase fruits uud vegetables pro-
iuced in advnnco of the season, bo
their price ever so high. The desiro
to mako a display of their wealth pro*
bably induces many to purchase fruits
and vegotables produced by the em-
ployment of artlicial heat several
weeks before they can bo raised in tho
opeu air ill England. It is prolitable
to not only raiso fruits and vegetables
:iudor glass, but to raiso lambs,
chickens, aud ducks iu buildings that
ire kept warm b.' tho rays of the sun
or by artilioial heat. Lambs, fowls,
groon peas, aspuragus. cabbago, cauli-
flower, and strawberries put oil the
market before Easter briug almost
fabulous prices.
During tho civil war raising vege-
tables under glass or iu buildings
artificially boated whs prolitable in tho
vicinity of most northern cities. Soon
nfter the close of the war numerous
railways wore built to connect the
states bordering on tlio Gulf of Mexico
with those on the border of Canada,
and steamboat linos wore established
on tho Atlantic coast Communication
was also opened with California. New
transportation companies did nil thoy
could to encourago tho production of
small fruits and vegetables in the
south so as to have thom t© transport.
Uroat attention was soon given to the
industry known as "truck farming."
Il was'found to be much cheaper to
raise fruits and vegetables iu tho open
air and transport thom a thousand
miles than to produce thom under
glass near tho place whoro they wore
ueedod. Southern competition has
nearly destroyed tho business of rais-
ing early vegetables in the north.
Apparently tho businoss of market
gardening or "truck farming" is re-
ceiving too much attention iu tho
south.
Northern farmors, gardoners, and
fru t raisers continue to Hook and to
cultivato early varieties, thinking that
they will derrivo more proiit from
thom. The truth is that nail,* varie-
ties of fruits and vegetables are not
generally profitable in tlio north. Farm-
ers will lind it to their advantage to
raise early potatoes,squashes, cabbages,
and other vegetables for supplying
their own tablos and for selling in
country villages, but tho oliancos are
that thoy will mako uothing in raising
them to dispose of in a great city that
has railway or steamboat connections
with tho south. In comparison with
tlio products of Louisaua and Florida,
the first fruits and vegetables raised in
the northern states will not bo early.
Many of the people of Chicago have
been eating strawberries, peas, cucum-
bers. and several other vegetables two
months before anv are produced in the
apun air iu the latitude of tho city.
High priccs arc no longer paid for any
of theso things. Now potatoo3 are
aro now sold in all northern cities be-
fore northern farmers liavo planted
their seeds. The like is truo of nearly
all garden vegetables.
Early varieties of grains, fruits or
vegetables are scarcely ever as product-
ive as late ones. They maturo at a
time when they must bo immediately
disposed of or thoy will be lost. Vege-
tables and fruits that mature bofore
hot weathor occurs or during tho heat
of summer can not be kept for use the
next winter unless thoy are cooked and
canned or dried. Thoy will bo injured
in a few hours after thoy are gathered
and left exposed to the air. Unless
they are put in refrigerator cars they
can not be sent long distances to mar-
ket. If they arrive at their destina-
tions iu good condition they arc likely
to be injured bofore they can bo sold.
In many cases they can not be dispos-
nd of for onotigh to pay tho cost of
transportation. As thoy rank with
perishable articles tho commissions for
soiling them arc high. Theie are no
such troubles with late potatoes, apples,
cabbage, squashes, or turnips. Thoy
maturo when the weathor is cool. They
can be sent to market in ordinary cars
with little liability to injury. They
can be held till there is a demand for
tbera. Thoy can be stored and kept
for use during the coming winter and
spring.
Trees on Poor Land.
Much has been written during the
past few months in advocacy of plant-
ing trees designed to furnish timber,
posts, and fuel on land so poor that it
is of no value for producing crops.
Farmers have boen reminded that the
pine, larch, and hemlock are often
found on land whore nothing olse will
grow. Their attention is also callod
to the fact that rocky hills are gonor-
ally covered with maple, beech, birch,
and hickory trees. They, too. are in-
formed that the swamp oak. American
larch, willow, and poplar do best on
land (hat is too wet to plow or even to
produce good grass. The impression
is given in various ways that timber
treee do not do well on land that is
rich enough to produce corn, potatoes,
and the various kinds of small grains.
Most of the first settlers on the prair-
ies were of the opinion that common
forest trees would not grow on them.
They found them treeless, but they
saw trees of various kinds on the ele-
vations in the vicinity and along the
wpter courses. They came to the con-
clusion that prairie soil was too rich
for forest trees.
It la true that the sand plains and
ridgns of Michigan were covered with
pines and other kinds of overgroon
trees. So whs the almost barren soil
in many parts of Now England nnd
tlio soiitlicru slates. Almost till thu
mountain ranges in the couutrv are
covered with trees of somo sort. Much
of the very low land in tho south is oc-
cupied by cypress troes, while cedar
and tamarack trees grow in swamps in
many parts of tho north. It is not
true, however, that these localities and
theso sorts of soil aro the bost for tliem.
Thoy llourish not buoauso their condi-
tions aro tho most favorable to them,
but for tho reasons that thoy can adapt
themselvos to unfavorable conditions
and mako the bust of them. Thoy
show that they can mako a bravo strug-
gle for existence and can succeed in
spite of very unfavorable circum-
stauces. They do not indicate the bost
places to plant trees to insiiro the larg-
est or the quickost growth. In many
casos thoy simply show that tho stones,
barren soil, or moisture have prevent-
ed their being destroyed by fire,
Persous who seo trees of cousidernblo
size on satyly plaius or rocky hill-
sides or in swamps do not consider
how long it took them to attain their
growth. Many of them in all proba-
bility were growing and wero of con-
siderable s zo when the continent was
diseovered by Columbus. Theie is no
jtarcoptible change in tho>r height or
circumferonco during a decade. Thoy
did not pass from small lo lar<;o trees
during the lifetime of a man uor dur-
ing many generations of men. It may
bo well to sot out trees on unsightly
portions of land to which no manure
has been applied and which has never
boen prepared lor planting. But the
planter should not expect that, tho
trees will mako a rapid growth or
that ho will over derive any pecuniary
bunolit from them. Tho most that can
reasonably bo expected from them
is that they will cover the nukoducss
of tho lnndso the owner will not bo
ashamed of ir. — Chicago Times.
A Baur Story.
Tlio children listened, cagcr-eycd,
While gruudmn rend uioud, one day,
The story ol a little girl
Who from lier playground strayed away.
And on, nnd on, through wild-wood paths.
With danger near on every slilo,
Where'er hor frolic fancy led,
Sho followed till the eventide.
When, wearied out, she chanced to reach
A nook timid the thickest deep.
Well overspread with moss and leaven.
Where lay au infaut bear asleep.
And, clad of such a resting placo,
Within the cozy nook she crept,
And soon upon her new found bed,
Iu fcurless innocence, she slept.
And when the mother bear returned
And saw the stranger In her nest,
Compassion for the huinnu child
Was awakened in her savage breast.
And through tho night, In gentle mood,
She crouched behind lhe slumbering form,
And shielded it wlib watchful care
Against the chl.llng winds and storm.
And here at dawn a hunting-baud
Beheld the friendly trio laid.
And swiflly to her stricken home
They lore In joy tho truant maid.
And none could raise a hand lo harm
The creature thai had spared lhe child.
They left her in her own domain
To routu at will the forest wild.
—Jt. E. N. J/at'iaioiy, In Imlnjeiideiit.
How tho Teeth Come.
While tlioro is no absolute rule for
time of their eruption, some children
being born wiLli teeth, and others be-
ing deprived of them beyond the
average period, yet thoy usually ap-
poar at tho a<;es in order as follows:
The middle two tooth at from tho
sixth to eighth month; tho next from
the soventh to tenth month; tlio eyo
nnd stomach teeth, from twelfth to
sixtoenth month; tho first molar or
grinding teeth, at from fourteenth to
twontiotii month; and tho soc-ond molars
from second to third your. The teeth
in the lower jaw generally precede tho
upper by from two to three weeks.
Tho second set commenciug to appear
about tho s'.xtli year, from which time
great care must bo' oxorclsed in the
supervision of a child's teeth, as there
will be some of each sot in the mouth
until usually tho sixteenth or seven-
teenth year.
Tho permanent teotli erupt at about
the following agos: The mid-
dle two botwoou tho sixth nnd eight
years; lhe next two between tho
seventh and tenth years; thu lirst
bicuspids or liltlo grinders (new teeth)
between the%iuth and tenth years; tho
bicuspids between tho tenth and
eleveuth years; tho eyo anil stomach
teeth between tho olevont.li and
thirteenth years; tho lirst mo-
lars between tho fifth or sixth
years; tlio second molars between
the twelfth and fourteenth years: and
tho third molars, or wisdom' tooth, be-
tween the seventeenth and twenty-
fifth years.
It will bo seen by tho above tables
that there aro but twenty temporary
teeth, while the permanent sot has
thirty-two. I wish to call particular
attention to four of these now teeth—
that is. the first, or six-year-old mo-
lars which by reason of their appear-
ing at about the sixth year, are suffer-
ed to bo neglected, the parents fondly
imagining that they will "drop out"
and others come to take their place.
The toeth should be counted at about
this age, and if a third '.'big tooth" on
oach or any side of the jaws is found,
remember tbey are promature, aud if
once lost will never be replaced by a
natural substitute. It is this ignorant
sacrificing of these Important teeth
whilo-the jaw is forming that loads to
so much irregularity at the contour
of tho toeth and, therefore, deformity
of the mouth. — Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Tragedy.
A young man who tried to ilnir bass
Made such a horrible fass
That the rest of tho choir •4MI
Arose In Its olr f
And llred him out of the plass.
—vj'e.
A Stroke of Lnck.
Landlady (of fashionable boarding-
house to applicant): "Have you chil-
dren, madam!"' Applicant: "!fo; I
had a little boy but he died last sum-
mer." Landlady: "You are very
fortunate, for wo never take chil-
dren.— Lift.
ASCtNSlON.
tit Abn<i(|on Mm IhIiiikI Ont-
|>o*l X*«iir llio nl Niiftoit'oti.
Ouo of the ltiKt links which coilll'-et this
country with what St. Thiers calls the "Na-
poleonic legend'' is about to be snapped, says
the f.oudou Tetv'jrin.'i. In August, 1S15, lhe
great Napoleon was transfcried flora Uelle-
roplion lo the Northumberland, of seventy-
Tour guns,which eouvi-yod lilm to 3s. llclcua.
Shortly before that dav the lirltlsh govern-
ment, mindful of tbe fact lliat the French
iinpuror bad already esc.iped from Klba, and
lad been tho cause of all the anxiety and
Jloodshed lo which the hundred days aud
lhe battle ot Waterloo gave rise, made It
ivideut that they were llriuly determined not
.o allow their dangerous aud Irrepressible
iiiplivo to get free again. Accordingly they
lent a man-of-war to take possession of the
sland of Ascension, which is the nearest
and to the rock of St. Helena, from which It
If separated bv 709 miles ot water. Asceusloti
ies nearly in the middle ot the South Atlantic
ocean, about half way between the coast ot
^rlcu nnd that of Sonth America, aud Is ouo
it lhe few Isolated or single Islands oil tho
'ace of tho globe. Liko IU nearest neighbor,
St. Helena, it Is a barren aud rock; spot,
irlglunlly upheaved from the ocean by vol-
ninie action, and tortured by tho mysterious
force of i-ubterraucau lire Into mountainous
jelilts and deep-sunk ravines. Although dis-
.•overed by the Portuguese, who first sighted
t on Ascension day, so lar back as 1501, It
lad remained uninhabited for more thau
.lirec centuries, during which It was surren-
lered by mail lo tho occupation of tho wild
•ahblt «ud the mountain goat. In 1815 tho
English ministry, who had borne the heat
md burden of tho tremendous effort do-
minded from them to put Napoleon down,
■oiicuivcd the Idea that some foreign power
niilht se'/.o the Island ot Ascension, and
ifllord opportunities to ouo of the Emperor's
brothers or sisters to plot and maneuver with
i view to compassing his escape and return to
Franco.
The lirltlsh government had made up their
nilids that no such opportunity of cvnsiou
diouid nrlse. They were well aware of tho
uts'lgues, bribes, and machinations by which
ills sislcr I'atillue, the wife of Prince Borg-
use, had coutrlvod to rescue btr brother
from bis cue to J ans at Elba, and were liruil v
Mis.lived that they should not bo repealed at
St. Helena. Among many steps taken bv
Lord Liverpool's ministry to Insure the Rafoty
if their prisoners lhe Island of Ascension
,vns seized aud held by an English maii-of-
ivur and its crew In 1815. From that dav to
III* It. has remained under the custody of the
lirltlsh admiralty, who have ahvavs unpointed
i iinval olllcei- lo the command of the Island,
.vliicli has been treated as though it were olio
if the war-ships of tho royal navy. Upon it
lie board of admiralty caused a steam factory
md naval victualing yards to be established,
o which a small coaling depot was Butxe-
luently added. Seeing I hut many sick sailors
were brought to the Island in want of medi-
:al relief during the protracted voyages of
lulling ships returning from India some ex-
:ellciit hospitals wero built tiler,! for their
iccommodation. On the craggy uplands
•iibbits mill wild goats have always abounded,
md n few pheasants, guinea fowls, and pnr-
:ridges afforded amusement to an occasional
iporteman. From January lo May in eucli
uiccesslve year the island is visited bv shoals
□f sea turtle, which lay their eggs in the
sandy beach, and sometimes attain an enor-
mous size. It. is said that lllty or sixty tur-
tles, some of them weighing seven hundred
pounds, are occasionally cuuglit in one uiglit
md •transferred to ponds close to George-
own, the only station on the Island. The
IItie town is protected by a single fort, with
Ujoitt us much power to resist the big guns
>f modern lroti-elads as is possessed by the
Wiirlollo towers, which in 180') tins third duke
)f Iticlimond, then master ot tlio ordnance,
icaucred along the coasts ot Sussex, Hump-
•.hire, Kent, und Essex. Little surprise will,
lierofoi'c, be lelt at the. announcement that
he iidinjj'ulty have resolved to abandon As-
ict'ision And to withdraw from It the small
m.vnl station which has been established
there since 1815.
In Ascension there nrc said lo bo nt this
noment no more than 150 Inhabitants, a'l
told, consisting of' English oilieers, seamen
mil marines, with n few Krooinott inter-
spersed among them. The chief exports of
lie tropical island are turtles and birds'
!ggR, and being within the inlluenco of the
loutlieust trade winds, Its area of thirty-
sight square miles Is lilcs-ed with n dry,
lulubrlous elimule. Yet ou the entire surfnee
if the island there are less tiiiin ten acres
inder cultivation, ami, according lo a hu-
norous'American traveller, who recently vis-
led St. Helena aud Ascension, the product Iu
vhicli they most abound Is rats of cxtraordi-
iiiry und amazing Impudence. It Is notorious
hat Lougsiood, Napoleon's residence at St.
Uclenu, swarmed willi these ubiquitous
•odents, which made such a noise at night
;h t sleep was almost Impossible. The British
impire will not moult u single feather of Its
lize uud strength by reason of Its surrender
>f the Island of Ascension us n naval station.
The tiny islet will still have Its placid life,
ind the waste of waters, with a smaller pop-
llatlon aud even a quiet and less noticed
SHERIDAN'S HOME LIFE.
(tow tlio Itncliclor Soldier Mot and
Married IIIm Kclovect Vv'lfe.
(iencral Sheridau's house has been hcslcg-
id with Inquiries. His four little children,
irtlessiy pluying on tho lawn, have been oh-
ccts of tender interest bv all who pass by.
I'herc are Mary, Irene, Louise und l'hlllp.
dury Is twelve years old, and took her first
tommunion vows at St. Matthew's ou Ascen-
ilon Day. Irene end Louise nrc twins. In
1871 General Sheridan, who bad been regard-
id us a co lillrtned though gallant bachelor,
narrled Miss Irene Uucker, daughter of Gen-
•rul Kucker, U. S. A., only six months out of
itudcnt life In a convent at St. Louis. He
Irst met her us bridesmaid at a marriage Iu
.lie army circle, aud the liero of rnnny battles
luccumbed at onco t'j the charms of the scv-
'iitccn-yesr-old maiden. Their domestic life
las been idyllic In Its happiness, marred only
jy a severe Illness ou her part two years ago
Irnm Inflammation of the colon, when fatal
esults were feared, and by occasional pre-
nonitlons of the attack with which he is
low prostrated. They have been building a
:ottage at Nonqultt this spring, and Mrs.
Sheridan on her recent return trom a Journey
.here had a sharp recurrence of her old
disease and is not yet strong. Much sympa-
thy Is felt for her. When in health their
)cw at St. Matthews', snugly filled with the
jravc General, his young wife and their pret-
y little group of youngsters, Isone of lhe at-
.ractlve features of that vencrab'e place
>f worship, where nearly all the diploimitls
:orps attend. The children are dav pupllc
it lhe Academy of the Visitation on Counectl-
jut avenue.
Oeneral and Mrs. Sheridan have given no
arge entertainments sluce hw Illness two
rears ago, but their faces are pleasautlr fa-
miliar at leadlug events in society, and his
ilttle Impromptu receptions In the Green Par-
lor, adjacent to the Blue Parlor, on occasions
•f ceremony at tbe White House will have a
ulslorlc value to the future chronicler. No
:me in Washington was m ire simple-hearted,
more approachable, more neighborly In tbe
tiost sense than General Sheridan. His peril
aas made • sad Sunday here, brightened
■omewhat by tbe more cbecrful news from the
•Ick room "this evening Ills i.ist appear-
nce at an evening receptfon Is believed to
iiave been the one by Senator and Mrs. Pal-
oer to the members of tbe Woman's In-
ternational Congress the first week of April,
where he whs one of the most genial guests,
■nd was constantly pointed out to the eager
risltors, who seemed as if tbev could not
leo enough of bis "good gray head" tad
• tordy soldierly frame.- - t Cor.
Ph ladelph a J'rtsi. _,
UNCLE SAM'S NAVAL ACADEMY.
Tlio <}it liit Old Town of Aitlinpolla
a ut mmiibililnir .vbout lliu Yoiiiiu
sou l>mj< Who Aro AiixIuii* to
I'.iuiiliilu I'erry, l'orter, una Fnr-
rugii t.
One of the quaintest old towns In tlio Usit-
ed Slates Is Annapolis, .Md. The stroets are
crookcd. the houses old, uud Irregularity and
disorder ex st everywhere. Did 1 i v every-
where! Well, that's a mistake. There Is one
csiutillshineut exempt from the surrounding
confusion uud that Is tho naval academy.
Forty-three years ago congress passed n
law establishing a naval school at Annapolis,
to be located on laud occupied by Fort Severn.
The fact, by the way, still oxlsta, but Its days
of battle aro over. It is occasionally besclg-
ed, however, by young ludles from Baltimore
und Washington, who, nldod by the cadets,
merrily dance oil tho smooth floor. At first
the course of study nt tho academy was fixed
at live yeurs, the lirst and last being at Anna-
polis aud the other three at sea. This, in
1S50, was changed to a service of seven years,
the first two und last two In school, tho lu-
tcrinedlato time being spent ou the oceau.
Tho pre so nt term calls for a servlco of six
years, the first four being at the academy.
Some years ago cougress passed a law provid-
ing that commissions should be Issued each
year to tho extent of existing vacauclcs In
the navy only, the other graduates to li if
granted a year's sea pay (81,000) uud un hon-
ors! bio discharge.
It is rather bard on this year's graduates.
The clus4 numbers tweutv-two, one of the
smallest In the record of the ucudemy, nnd
us there aro only seven vacuncloa, fifteen ac-
complished but disconsolate young sea-dogs
growl their discontent. Six vein's ngo nlntv-
elglit brilliant young gentlemen, anxious to
emulate the example of Perry, Porter, and
Farrugut, answered to roll-cull iu Ibis class.
Seventy-six huvo fallen by the wayside, nnd
of those remaining an ungrateful govern-
ment relegates fifteen to private life.
The academy is most bcnullfullv situated.
The Clicsnpiiiko bay is on the cast, the
Severn river oil the north, nnd south aud west
tho grounds nre protected by n high wnll uud
a squad of marines. Woe to 'tlio unlucky
endet, who attempts to "French" II. Ho is
prettv sure to bo captured, court-mnrtlnlod,
nnd dismissed. For the ncadenilc board be-
lieves that us the coverumcut can use but n
few of the cadets It Is u senseless uud useless
practice to gruiluuto u lurgc number. So they
enforce the law literally and construe It
strongly In favor of tho highest, requirements
In every department ot discipline.
The grounds nnd buildings at the ticntlemy
nrc stocked with various relics, some of thom
of greut interest. For Instance, nt tho cn-
trnuco to Eilucntloniil hall stuuds a little
Iron cniiuon used by Cortes in tho conquest
of Mexico. It is nit insignificant looking urt-
Iclo of war fine nnd carries n bull weighing
less than a pound. Under the hont-shed.down
neur the Severn, in the northwesterly part of
the grounds, is n row-bout that has quite n
romantic history. Some ten years ugo tho
bark Mamorn was wrecked in the Pacific
ocean. Tho fifteen men comprising tho crew
took to this bout, the only one not stove In,
and attempted to reach land. The second duy
n storm nroso and four of the occupunts were
washed overboard. Three weeks later tho
boat was discovered by u United States man-
of-war, nnd Its only freight, wns a single
corpse, nnd one dying sailor who survived on-
ly long enough to tell how, day by duy. their
numbers hud been thinned, ni:d the bodies
ot his comrades hail been consigned to the
deep. Tho boat, which wus in u leaking con-
dition, was tuken nhosrd the government ves-
sel nnd brought to be added to the naval
museum.
Naval ofilecrs always make special efforts
to be assigned to Annapolis. Tlio pay Is not
ns high us nt sen, hut the surroundings are
pleasant und nttriictlve. 'lhe government
gives each olllcer n residence, nnd theso
dwellings, co/.y, homelike, nnd adorned with
souvenirs from many lands and the treasures
of many sens, udd to the academic grounds n
tinge of homelife which is particularly enjoy-
able to the men who "go down to the sen in
ships "
All tlio cadets nro required to attend divlno
service once each Subbut.h. Tlio little rustic
Episcopalian church, with old-fashioned seats
und still oiiler fashioned pictures on the
wulls, whoro services uro held by the nnviii
elm plain, draws most of the cadets within Its
fold. Here may lie seen, not only the aca-
demic students of to day, but, from time to
time, many former students of the ucudemy
whoso insignlu of rank shows recognition of
service, nnd rnnny of whom have curved their
names upon tho puges of u grateful country's
history.
It is very Interesting to n stranger, but ns
ono of tho cadets remarked: "After a short
time It gets monotonous, to us, nt least."
The prayer-books In the chapel are fre-
quently embellished with artistic off-hand
und Icad-pcncll pictures by the cadets who
liuve the volumes for the time being. Por-
traits of tbe chuplnin predominate, portraits
that that worthy gentleman and his friends
would hardly recognize, anil comments upon
"Holy Joe," ns parsons uro called Iu tho nuvy,
are numerous.
One disconsolate young gentleman, who
had probably been served with his dismissal
papers, penciled the following equations on
the 11 y-leaf of a hymnal:
"Hone—Bilge or Bust," "Gouge X boot-
lick— Graduate." Translated into Engl is Is
this rends: "Study nnd \ on will fail or be
expelled." "Cheat nnd bend down to the
authorities aud you are sure to graduate."—
Chica/jo Timet.
Centipedes and Prairie ltiiniici-H.
Those who have inndo n slulyof the cen-
tipede say he never turns Ills mind to any-
thing but mischief. He will crawl Into a bed
In the middle of the duv und wult pntlontly
until night, when tbe rightful owner crawls
Iu, so he, the intruder, can improve his op-
portunity to get even with tlio human racc,
against whom he lias a spite.
Hut man has a friend in tlio prairie runner,
which Is the name of a bird whoso mission In
life Is to aupurrlse tho centipede census.
This bird has a fondness for cuntincdes au
natural. If It were not for these Industrious
birds centipcdcs would be as plentiful us men
who think tliev understand all about the tar-
iff question. When a prairie runner discovers
a centipede lie takos the Insect In Ills bill
and runs off with lilm. What the object of
the bird is In rtiuulug I cannot Imagine, un-
less he, the bird, wants tho centipede to ad-
mire the grace and swiftness of his motions.
Alter giving the centipede a ride the prairie
runner pauses and nasses the Insect with a
sldewise chewing-gum sort of motion through
Ills bill. Very much as a liuen collar Is passed
through a patent clothes wringer Then the
centipede ia pale and cold in death, and the
prairie runner, which must lie provided with
a digester lined with sheet Iron, swallows tlio
Insect eudwise.—1'itUbnr// l) *pntch.
Agricultural Instruction in Prussia.
An annual grant of £.l3,(i'23 Is placed at the
disposal of the Prussian ministry of doinslus
and agriculture for agricultural instruction,
In addition to a ffirther annual grant of £i9,-
401 for veterinary colleges, Institutions, aud
services. The grant of $10,021 supports two
agricultural colleges, Berlin and l'o| pelsdorf
(a farm adjoins the latter college, hbtcliis
in the vicinity of Bona), the pomologies! In-
stitutes of 1'roskau aud Geisenhelui, and a
station near Welsbaden for experiments In
agricultural cbemlstrr, wltb the museums,
laboratories, sod rtsffa of lecturers stid In-
structors attached to the eolleges and Insti-
tutions. Tbe grant Is also spplled in provhl-
i*ig stste subsidies to the various provltic al
schools of agricultural Instruction, adminis-
tered and supported by local boards, but in-
spected and controlled by the central execu-
tive of the province. Of these schools there
•re sixteen of Intermediate Instruction, re-
ceiving from tbe stste snnual subsidies
•mounting to tbe sum of £l3.tM1. The num.
erous local winter schools of slementsry In-
structlon In farming and agriculture receive
state subsidies to tbe stnount annually ol
£0,648; the remainder of tbe grant Is applied
to the various scientific and educational
Uurposes connected wltb the agricultural
epartment. „
HEKfc AND TMERfc
Chicago has about 3.000 Chinstnoik
Mummy c oth Is revived for dresses. \
Julia Ward Howe is at San Jose, CsL
Claru Louise Kellogg Is In poor health.
White lists are numerous in New York.
Miss Mather cleared |3t),OUO this season.
Ellen Terry ucvcr plays the same part twice
alike.
It Is said sn imitation maple sjrup la
patented.
Ico cream served In nstural tulips la a
fresh way.
Rings worn on the thumbs are becomlait
very stylish.
Mind Reader W. Irving Bishop has started
for Australia.
Dr. Mnngold, of Kiel, is golug to rescue
Henry M. Stsulcy.
John L. Stoddard Is writing up (or kla
tenth lecture sesson.
A novel just Issued In Chlcsgo Is entitled
"A Pure-souled Liar."
"A cool aud rainy May la good for grala
and hay,"* Is au old-time saying.
Tbe notorious Jose Mansfleld Is not dead,
as reported, but la living In Paris.
Dr. Holland, Montlcello, Go., has worn hla
Marseilles vest forty-eight years.
It cost UufTulo Bill $12,000 to bring hla
"Wild West" back to New York.
Miss Edna Deuh Proctor Is on a visit t*
Heuuikor, N. 11.. her nstive town.
The Detroit tower electric lights can be
seeu ut Romeo, forty miles distant
The largest diamond plu In New York
coruscates ou Murcus Mayer's sliirt.
It Is ssld that Kentucky is tbo only State
which has no State Bar Association.
There are 40,000 reptiles In one room la
the Smithsonian Institution at Washington,
Truants In San Francisco uro punished by
having a mustard plaster put ou their backs.
There aro twenty-two papers In Milwaukee
published in Gnrman aud ouly six In English.
Now Is the time when Mrs. Pnnl Pry wants
lo know whut your plans aro for tho summer.
Miss E. M. Barrett, of West St. Paul,
Mluu., bus made ¥00,000 as a real estato bro-
ker.
A correspondent In tho coltinius of a con-
temporary ppu'ilvB of puio water us a "rara
nvls I"
Tho other day a St, Louis father returned
his son's overcoat, twouly-four years after be
hud borrowed it.
Tho burking of a faithful dog iu San Fran-
cisco uwnkened Its master, who found the
building on lire.
A few days ngo n bear killed a large cow
near Hay view, Flu., and dragged it to a swamp
that wus near by.
Mlulstcr McLano says ot Boulsngcr that he
Is not u revolutionist, but simply a clever and
popular politician.
A letter addressed to a person at "Salt
Sent Mrcc, Mlkeugslu," reached the right
man atSaull. Ste. Mario, Mich.
An lnshne couvlct escaped from the peni-
tentiary at Decuiur, 111., aud walked thirty
miles, wearing his handcuffs all tho way.
Fragments of tbe big raft that was broken
up while being towed from Nova Scotia to
New York huvo been encountered 1,H;0 tulles
oust by north of tbo placo where it was losL
A KentuuUlan who won ?JI,0j0 ou a horse
rnco figured up bis odd debts undfouud he
would luivo just left uftor paying them,
lie therefore skipped tho country with ths
money.
A woman residing In Mnplcwood, Mass.,
nnd suld to bit worth t20,0J0, wus recently
refused the privilege of riding in the horse
curs of Aluldcn ou tlio ground tliut sbo was
too uncouth iu uppearauce.
Mrs. William M. Hathaway went out with
u revolver at Grund llaolds the other day te
mulct! a bole through tho rabbit that woe
eating her garden truck, aud succecded in
planting a bullet in her own foot
Wllllatn Spoucer entered In bis fourth
matrimonial vcuturo recently st tbe age of
seventy-eight, while his bride aged soventy-
four, Is Indulging in her sixth. Both sre la
robust health. They livo at Sholbyvillet
Indiana.
Tbe avcrago wages per month of Isborera
in Michigan without board are 125.20 and
with board, (10. Iu 1S70 It was *32.88 with-
out aud (12.70 with board. The avcrago day
wages in harvest uro (1.80 without and 11.40
with board. ,
Tbcro was s Baltimore girl In tbe party,
and when thin conundrum way glveu: "Why
Is a kiss liko tbe esrthl" sbo skipped tbe
suthorlzcd answer and scored ono lor Balti-
more hospitality by announcing: "Because
it goes rouud."
Miss Kato Bishop, sn sctress In Austrslls,
wears a silver bracelet on tbe left srm night
and day. Her ouly sister locked It there be-
fore she sslled for America to get insrrlod.
The ship went down with all hands, and the
key Is with the drowned girl.
Tbo largest Irou casting ever attempted la
America was recently made st Bethlehem,
l's. It was tho base for tbe steel compressor
to bo used In tbe new gun steel works, and
124 tons of molten metsl wero used. It will
be some weeks before tbe huge csstlng wIU
be cool enough lo examine.
The longest tunnel In the world, accord-
ing to tbe Bsuselluog fuer tingsrn, is that al
Scbemnltz, Hungary, It Is over ten tuUee
long, has been building many yesrs, and hsa
cost about |5,0j0,000. It Is used to drain the
extensive mines In that region, and saves la
pumping shout 180,000 a year.
A wonderful Isndscape on exhibition la
Paris has been executed In Europeea aad
foreign Insects. Every desired tone Is sup-.
plied by 88,000 coleopters la tbe foreground,
and 4,000 verities of the Insect tribes for tbe
remainder of the pictures. Ths work requir-
ed four yesrs of the srtlst's time.
People who are more or less whimsical nay
find s certsln support snd comfort In a report
made by s Boston man the other dsy to a
friend who reproached him with being
crotchety, "tin, yes," was tbe reply.
know it, 1 like It, I cultivate crotchets ss at
once the cheapest aud the most fruitful
source of smusement open to me."
A rerent deer bunt nesr Martin, Tena^
came to a queer end. After tbe sportsmen
had chssed tbe deer for several miles, aad
the bounds were close at Its heels, the fright-
ened animal turned suddenly, end running ay
to one ol tbe hunters, tucked lis besd under
bis arm, ss If for protection. No ooe bed
tbo hesrt to kill tbe pleading animal, and tbe
bunt was abandoned.
From Chalons, France: A young gentle-
man made e bet that be could swallow a raw
sgg without breaking tbe shell, aad be did
so. A few daye afterward be experienced
violent peine, tbe doctor administered a
strong emetic, the egg came back, bat brok-
en, snd out sprang a young chicken. The
warmth of tbe yoneg maa's stomach had pro-
duced the unexpected reeall. _ .
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