POST AND GAZETTE.THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 1893

During the last few weeks the mercnry has gone down like Republicanmajorities in November.

A carious transpotntion will occuron the 4th of Mnreh. On that daythe only living ex -President will be-come President and the Presidentwill become the only living ex- Presi-dent.

With Eegard to Postage.

A number of people are clamoringincessantly for one cent postage.The Bontiiuont for one cent postagehas been manufactured during thelast few years. If it should bebrought about it would of courseeffect a large saving to large busi-ness linns who care not what therate of pontage is, but to tbe poorman it would not make a differauct-of a dollar a year. The redactionfrom two cents to one cent wouldcreate an annual deficit of $25,000,-000. I t would ralnco the income ofth'-HisandH of post offices that dependou the ra-icclluliun of stamps toMich a tuininmiu that tbe oftieu wouldhave to "»eok Hie man" a long timebefore finding him.

A Good Appointment.

The continuation of GovernorFluwei-'s nomination of Isaac G.l'erry to succeed himsolf as Coui-mtsttioncr of the new Capitol at Al-bany seems to have suited everybody.

The following linos taken from thoAlbany Journal show how his ap-pointment is received by Republi-cans : 9

It was a compliment such us inseldom rendered to a public man,and of which Mr. Perry may well In-proud. Still it wan fully deserved.tfurOiermorc, it ensures to the peopl« of the tfhuu tho continuance i)ofh'cn of a man iu whose hands noioiily the public money but likewisi(he architectural character of thegrand building on the hill may bereposed with confidence.

Mr. Pt-rry is recognized, on allsides, as possessed of the integrity,the executive capacity, and the profeseional skill which eminently qnuliryhim for the position of eomrnisbioil ie has labored assiduously and withHU eye single to accomplishing t ltuoslund best resulLri,and completingtbo new capitoK To cticwmpaps that'event is the ambition of his life,which he Lopes to realize.

Items From Here and There.

—Small pox is reported to be onthe Increase in Brooklyn.

—Prof. Huxley declaroa that tneproper weight of a man is 154 pounds,made up as follows : Muscles an<their appurtenances, 68 ponndsskeleton, 24 pounds; skin, lOipounds; fat, 28 pounds ; brain, 3pounds; abdominal viscera, 11ponnds; blood (that which woulddrain from the body), 7 ponnds.

—The Frost murder trial at Bath,Steuben county, came to a close atmidnight Friday night, when thejury rendered a verdict of not guilty.

—An explosion of giant powderFriday night at Richmond, Utah,killed Benjamin Lewis and woundedJames Kew. Thomas Exeter, Fred.Rainey and Elander Peart were fear-fully injured.

—There is a typhoid fever epidemic at the State prison in Jacksou.Mich.

—Robert Louis Stevenson, tinworld famed novelist, is reported tcbe dying.

—The firm of P. & L. Tessier, onof the most prominent mercantilhouses of St. Johns, N. F.,and whichhas been in existence fifty year*, hasfailed. Their liabilities are $800,000. The firm's London agents ar<the heaviest losers. Now Fonndlamcreditors will not be seriously af-f«:olfcd. Unprofitable speculation i:tho fish trade is the cause of thfailure.

—A special from GhUinabna. Mexw.\ Kayn : The Government authors

hew h<r:s havo received infoi-matim

tliHt there is trouble browing ii

H:mtn It'snli:), thin .State, brtweoi

the native Mexicans and the Mormoi

coioniKts who recently

»»d nettled npnu a large irvnt of

land granted thtui in iuo concession

by the tfoverumtnt. Tho Moxiciu

cilizftisuf SJHIIII UUHHHJI claim that,

the M«. rruons havo openly ad<#pt^d

the practice of polygtiuiy in vioi>iti,n

of tbe UTIUH under which I heir

cenees&ion was ohtaiued. The tr.cr-

cbants of the town have refused to

pet I she new C^JOMMH of KostSia

food, and tun latter have snti'.-rin!

severe hardship*,hut have estubiishx-:!

stores r.f their own. They will optr

ate on the co-operative plan.

Juitice Lamar Dead.

Justice Lucius Qntotua Ciucin-natns Lamar, of tho United StatesSupremo Court, died at Maoon, Ga.,;it 8:50 o'clock Monday evaning,agedG7 years.

Phillips Brooks Bead.

Phillips BrookB, Bishop of the'rotestant Episcopal Chttrch for the

Diocese of Massachusetts and otic>f the most distinguished pulpit orators in the world, died at bis homein Boston, Mass., at 6:30 o'clockMonday morning after a brief illness,tged 57 years. Heart fnilnre washe cause of bis death. His lastpnken words wore: "I am goingome."Phillips Brooks was the eon of

William Gray Brooks and Mary AnnPhillips and was born in BostonDec. 13, 1835. Educated first inBoston's common and Latin schools,ho graduated from Harvard in 1855ud afterwards attended the Protesttut Episcopal Theological Suminarvvt Alexandria, Va. Ordained in 1859,ie became Rector of the Church ofhe Advent, on York road, Philadel)hia. He early gave promise ofability as a pri-acher and in 1862 hf•nccuedfd Dr. Vinton as Rector ofhe Church of the Holy Trinity in theQuaker City. He finally accepted

the Rectorship of Trinity in Boston.The fire of 1872 destroyed old Trin-ity but when it was rebuilt by Rich-irdson it became one of the finestjxamples of church architecture iuhe United StateB.

It was while Rector of Trinity hegot to be the big man that he was,not only in physical but in mentalstature. He was a giant in statureind had a powerful and pleasingroico. But tho distinguishing thingibout his preaehing.besidoa the mat,ev, was the manuer. He was wontto pour fourth a torrent of word?t, is computed that ho delivered asligh as 300 words a minute. Ht>vas a terror to short h.iud reporters

He was consecrated Bishop ofMassachusetts Oct. 14, 1891, aud,lieing then in the 56th year of bii

e, was in tho iull maturity of hisIUSUUI powers and his friends and

admirers looked for a long life ofusefulness. But the promise of Rlong and vigorous sorviee has beensuddenly ended and a mighty forcelias censed to be active, except an an:xample and an inspiration.

It is natural to think of PlullipiBrooks as the greatest of New Eng-land preachers. He was one whomj.1! classes of people liked to Lear intbe pulpit. His' language was notinguiarly beautiful. Many havi

surpassed him in rhetorical graces.But he had a wonderful power o:broadening the prospect while eiinplying the form of hie thought. H<not only illuminated the intelligence>f bis hearers but at the same tim.exalted their emotions. He had thepower of true eloquence without attempting to cultivate eloquence asan art. But the secret of his highest power was not in his intellectualgifts,which were superior and abundant ; nor in the elegance of his style,which was extremely delightful; no:in the manner of his speech, whichwas electric and charming. It wasthe character of the man. Althougha giant when viewed from a physicalstandpoint, he was still larger incharacter. His heroic build andgrand presence seemed aglow withthe passion of truth on all occasions.Great as he was as a preacher, hewas greater as a man. He was foremost in all good works. Ardent!;patriotic he was a model citizenHe overflowed his parish and bisdiocese. In a sense bis parish wasthe whole country. Boston, the cityin which he began and ended his distinguished career, by his death losesher first citizen and the world losesone of tbe noblest of men.

Farm For Sale.The undersigned offers his farm,

s;taatcd one mile west of Mori:*h.consist-in!*1 of 142 acres of lainplenty of wood, well watered, goodfruit, good bouse, three barns, car

house and grain room, ."I!H;> hitentire stock of cattle, horsesf<nuing tools at a vory low \Must be sold by March 15th, if oul;•.jna half of real oalue is roceiA good ohauf.e for those iu search o!

.rrivod tln-ru i l f»nn. For further information callnpon or address,

G\EO. A. O.L0OTT, SB ,if. ' M»-»mu, N Y

D:tled Moria'n, N. Y., Doc. 1,1892.

Senator Murphy 111.

Senator-elect Edward Murphy,Jr.,aeoouipuuied by his wife and daughter,left for Hot Springs, Ark.. Fiidny.I t is said that Mr. Mnrphy is seekingrelief from neuralgia in the head andsciatic rheumatism.

~*e~«Christmas Dinners

with over indulgence in rich foodsand wines, derange the stomach,causing dyspepsia, indigestion andail bilious complaints. These con.ditions are cured by Humphreys'Specific, number ten, price 25a atall drag stores. jan.26w4

Bible Depository.

A Depository of Bibles, Testament!&c, published by tbe American BibSociety, has been 'established in this viiigc, at the store of M. P. Noxon, wbeiiiey can be purchased at the Society'iriees, from 5 cents upward.

September 1st, 1893.ltioiiAiu> L. HAND,

if. Pres't Essex Go. Bible Soc'

flontreal's Famous Carnival of Win'eiSports

ill be inaugurated on Feb. 6th and becontinued until Feb. 11th inclusive. Thecity, ns m previous years, will be undthe reign of King Carnival, and the vaona Athletic, Snow Shoe,Toboggan,Cru!ing and other clubs have prepared a programme for the entertainment of visitorwhich, with the single exception of aIce Palace, promises that the carnival wifully equal, if not surpass the carnivalsthe past.

Greatly reduced rates will be made Xythe Delaware & Hudson R. R.

Tickets will be good going Feb. 3d7th both inclusive, aud valid for retiiourney leaving Montreal until Febraai"18th inclusive.

Programmes of events and rates mayhad upon application to local ticket agentof the Del. & Hud. R. R. tf.

IN CONSTANTINOPLE, wmn&r purpose, out tne return u no- Mie sain sadly "1 thank you as anwhere so large as in the neighborhood I American with nil niy heart."of tho Balkans, where the soil and j Then the two ladies tnrned away and

GREAT OITY, WITH FEATURES . climate appear exceptionally aadpted assed out of the chapel. At tneNOT FOUND EL8EWHERE. *«« f » purpose. It may be added

that the sweet smell of a genuine Turk-Customs as Seen FromPoint of View-Ho Was-

out, trucks or Drays toed In tlioCity-Business Methods.With the Mohammedans religion

teems paramount; pleasures and. the"irt of moneymaking are matters of secinctary consideration, Near eachnosque are numerous fountains, whereie faithful are forever bathing their

and broasta, their hands and feet,preparatory to saying their prayers.Those who feel that they can afford thelime attend prayers at the mosque four

id five times each day. The poorerasses, whose time is necessarily pru-

>ccupied, are equally attentive to their•eligious duties, and can often beieen in their shops, and by the road*[de on their knees chanting their pray-In Constantinople Wstaid at the new

LOtel, the London, opposite to which isa densely foUaged park, where a bandplays aftersoon and evening. It ia thefashionable resort for all Europeans ;no Turkish women or children are everteen there, as they never visit any pub-j place of amusement.Some strange couples are united in

_iese Eastern countries. A full-bloodednegro, whose beloved wife was a Frenchwoman, was staying ui the London. Heappeared to have the intelligence, how-ever, of half a dozen ordinary white men.He spoke many languages, and receivedmore attention than any other individ-ual at the hotel. Another couple out-side of the ordinary, was a young Mo-hammedan, whose wife was a fair Eng-lish lady whom he had met while shewas paying a visit to Caloutta. Sheteemed quite satisfied with her hus*band, but I fear that many embarrass-ments await her in England if she ex-pects to re-enter society. Constant!-iople looks, in the distance, like a vol-lptuous beauty that could be likenedto a flirt or a coquette. Seen from adistance she is lovely, she is fascina-

ig. She is perfect—whether it be>m the heights of the old towers, the

Marmora Sea, or sailing up the Bos-phorus; but when you approach herface to face, then comes the usual dis-appointment j you perceive the rouge,the make-up ; you have been deceived.While you follow her at a distance sheis enchanting, but when you have em-braced her, then comes the disappoint-ment, and you prefer for ever after toview her and admire her from a dis-tance.

I think Constantinople is the onlycity in the world which makes a prac-tice of charging a percentage for allmoneys changed—if you make a pur-chase you must pay for the articleswith the exact change. Money changersare stationed at short distances all ovesthe city, and you are expected to pat-ronize them, allowing them a percent*

for supplying you with the coinsrou need.

There seem to be no wagons, trucksor drays in the city. Strings of horsesare constantly seen carrying heavy loada—winding their way through the narrowstreets—apparently perfectly under-standing evei-y word that the driver yellsto them. These horses carry all thebuilding materials, such as brick, dirt;lumber, stones, etc. A wooden rack istied on the back of the horse, on whichcan be strapped loads that loom up likesmall mountains.

The manner of doing business in theAsiatic countries is very unsatisfactory,and is especially so at the bazars inConstantinople. There are no positiveprices; you are at first charged doubleor treble what the article is worth; thenyou are supposed to make an offer andwrangle and barter until an understand-ing is reached. I intended to have pur-chased some embroideries and rugs, butbecame thoroughly disgusted withtheir unbusinesslike methods and re-nounced my intentions. If one is athorough judge of every article he de-sires there is no doubt that he can pro-cure great advantages both in assort-ment and price by purchasing at thesebazars, but a stranger who is not an ex-pert in their kind of merchandise hadmuch better defer his purchases untilhe visits London, Paris, or even NewYork.—Constantinople Corr. of ChurchUnion.

the rosebu

instant my attendant returned hi ap<parent great excitement. "My God,i ! " he exclaimed, "you have been

eaking without a L "

Deserted Nevada Towns.It is queer traveling in some parts of

eastern Nevada, where paralysis hasstruck the mining camps ana nearlyobliterated once flourishing towns. Notinfrequently one finds but half a dozenpeople in a town that once had thou-sands, and very often in a place thatonce had hundreds one finds but asingle individual—a lonely link be-tween the present and the paBt, andgenerally a gray old hermit, who lin-gers like a belated ghost whom sun*shine should have sent back into limba,Yet the place is invariably mapped andcharted as a town; has a Governmentmail service and its duly accreditedpostmaster, and to th* outside worldexists as palpably as ever.

Of course the hermit is the post*master, and very frequently he is somesort of an elective oiHcer besides. Inthe sense that he is "m&narch of all hesurveys," and that his "right there isnone to dispute," he is a sort of Alex-ander Selkirk the second; for his near-est neighbors are the scattered ranch-men who live from fifteen to forty milesapart, and his immediate society isthat of the Indians who dig in his gar-den when he happens to have one. Yethe invariably appears to be more thansatisfied with his lot, and apparentlywould not exchange positions with thePresident. With him good health,good appetite, a full cupboard, and aweather-tight • cabin, discount the gloryof the world. Moreover, he never liesawake at night to think about his sins;for the sound of the church-going bellis something that he heard but fewtimes in his life, and so long ago thatit is quite like a dream. The hereafterhas neither charms nor terrors for him.

A Unique Fly Trap.Nick Beckman has a unique* fly trap

at his place of business, on the cornerof Pacific avenue and Chestnut street.There is not another trap in Alamedalike it, and probably not another in theState. The trap is un effective one, too,and Mr. Uockmau declares that he hasnever seen one that could beat it, saysthe Alameda Argi

On the counter in Mr. Bookman'sstore is a transparent glass jar filledwith water. This is the home of twofestive bullfrogs, and they are the fly'trap.

There are perches in the jar for thoconvenience of the frogs, and here theylive, apparently happy and contented.A small platform surrounds the mouthof the jar, whore the bullfrogs sit andmasticate the flies which alight withintheir reach.

The- frog never moves a muscle whilecatching flies. Let it get its " eagle eyer"on a little fly within four inches of itsmouth and it is licked up like a flash.The frog has a tongue like a snake, andit darts at its pray as quick as a wink.

The frogs are great pets, and theynever attempt to leave their home in theglass jar unless a rainstorm is approach-ing, and then they want to get outdoors.They smell the rain in the air, and arebetter indications of a change in theweather thai

A Remarkable Speech."I have eaten apples that ripened

more than 1,800 years ago, bread madefrom wheat grown before the childrenof Israel passed through the Red Sea,spread it with butter that was madewhen Elizabeth was queen of Englandand washed down the repast with winethat -was old when Columbus was play-ing barefoot with the boys of Genoa,"was the remarkable statement made byAmaziah Dukes, a New York broker, toa reporter of the St. Louis GRobe-Demo-crat. "The remarkable 'spread' wasgiven by an antiquary named Goebel,in the city of Brussels, in 1871. Theapples were from an earthen jar takenfrom the ruins of Pomyeii, that buriedcity to whose people we owe our know-ledge of canning fruit. The wheat wastaken from a chamber in one of thesmaller pyramids, the butter from aetone shelf in an old well in Scotland,where for centuries it had lam in anearthen crock in icy water, and the winewas recovered from an old vault in thecity of Corinth. There were six guestsat the table, and each had a mouthfulof the bread and a teaspoonf ul of thewine, but were permitted to help him-self liberally to the butter, there beingseveral pounds of it. The apple jarheld about two -thirds of a gallon, andthe fruit was as sweet and the flavor asfine as though put up yesterday."

A human body when cremated leavesi residuum of about eight ounces.

The mean height of land above thesea level is 2,250 feet.

MAKING ATTAR OF ROSES.

Attar of roses is generally spoken ofas the most extravagantly costly per-fume in the world, but when the troubleand expense of raising the roses and se-curing the essence is taken into ac-count, it is really very reasonable inprice, says the St. Louis Globe Demo-crat.

speaking without a presentationMajesty, the Queen!"—New York Press.

Without Rhyme or Keason.You are not superstitious, you say?

Mien you are an exception to the rest* humanity. We all have our pettperstitions, whether we own toLem or not; and signs and incantationsvre their place in every life. There is

one peculiar thing about incantations,by the way. They are nearly always inrhyme and absolutely without reason.For example, if yen start to go some-where and have to oome back, in orderto ward off the bad luck rhieh is con-sequent upon such rashness you mustseat yourself and repeat:

"HI BitBod look will flit."

)r you may ptand on the floor and re-rolve three times, saying as you do so:

"I turn myself three times about,Thus I put bad luck to rout."

Perhaps you may be so unfortunateto upset a salt cellar. The sure

result of this is that you will quarrelwith your best friend; unless—what afortunate thing it is that there isalways a way out of it—unless yougather up all the salt, every last smallgrain and throw it upon the fire. Ifyou haven't a fire you must build one.And as it burns you must chant J

"Burn, burn and rise in smoke,Ere my friendship you have broke."

It does not make the least differenceif your inoantation is ungrammatical—it is efficacious, all the same. To havethe eyelashes out while the moon is onthe wane will never do at alL Not onlywill they refuse to grow again, they willfall ont and grow awry, and do all sortsof disagreeable things. If, on the con-trary, the curtains of the soul's windowsbe attended to while the moon is on theincrease they will grow to be long andluxuriant and curl outwt -d in a mostbewitching manner. Why? Dear me,don't ask such a question as that. No-body knows why. That's the reasonit's so. One thing very noticeableabout signs is that they have a beauti-ful way of accommodating themselves tonecessity. For example, if you sit infront of a mirror while somebody elsecombs your hair you will surely begrayheaded long, long before youought to be, and I don't know of anyrhyme that can prevent it. But youcan comb your own hair in front of theglass with perfect impunity. Onlythink how inconvenient it would be ifthe conditions of this omen were re-versed! There are dozens of otherthings which you must not do; but ofcourse if you are not familiar withthem you'll simply go on risking yourlives and your features and your for-tunes, just as you've been doing. Youmay wonder that you've escaped solong. Perhaps the fates have had pityupon your ignorance, and perhaps youwill continus> to be preserved in thesame miraculous*way, even if you arenot enlightened concerning all thethings which it is dangerous to do ornot to do.

Trials of a Mess Caterer.A young naval officer just home from

a cruise was telling of some of his trialsas mess caterer. '• The office is a volun-tary one, you know," he said, "but sub-ject to rotation through the entire mand I had my first exjjerience of seacatering this cruise. We were part ofthe time in the Pacific, and our sup-plies were chiefly preserved articles,tinned meat, vegetables, etc. There

n't room in the storeroom for all wehad to carry, and I had the stewardutilize some of the ship's boats for but-ter, and some things which were bestkept in the open air. One day a big seabroke over fhe vessel and carried off mybutter boat and every ounce of that ne-cessity we had aboard. I had livelytimes after that every meal till we madea port where I could replenish.

The next blow I had came from thestoreroom, where th" condensed milkwas stored. A steam pipe was runthrough it when I didn't know i t ; thecans burst, and the milk for the mostpart vanished. As if this was nenough, the very same day I noticedgreat falling off in the preserve closet,and inquiry revealed the fact that somistupid servants aboard had retailed ilot of choice fruits, marmalades, ginger,and the like, to the crew. Sea-house-keeping is fally equal to land living inits trials and perplexities."

TALKED WITH QUEEN VICTORIA.

If the delicious perfume were pro-duced in this country, and the lowestwages in the land paid for labor, itcould not be retailed at even three timesthe existing prices. Nearly all the at-tar of roses in the world comes from American?"the portion of Europe which used to bea part of Turkey, but which is now un-der Hussion influence. To secure a

An American's Adventure in the RoyalAlbert Chapel,

In front of the chancel of the Alber!Chapel is the cenotaph to the late Princonsort. It is an altar tomb by thelate Baron Henry de Triqueti. Its basefe of black and gold Tuscan marble.At each angle of the tomb is the figureof an angel, those at the front bearingshields, one with the arms of the Queenand the other with those of the Princeconsort.

Around the tomb in niches are stat-uettes, three on the south side, repre-senting Charity, Piety and Hope, amthree on the north, Justice, Honor amTruth. At the east end is a mournfulljinteresting statuette of Science weep-ing. An inscription runs around thegrand antique marble of its cap. Uponthe latter lies the recumbent figure oi"Albert the Good," magnificentlysculptured, wearing the armor of aknight of the Middle Ages and clothedin the mantle of the Order of the Garter.

On a recent occasion, while standiibefore this memorial—my attendanthaving excused himself for a momentand disappeared through the privatedoor leading to the deanery—two la-dies, one an elderly woman, and her com-panion a fair-faced woman of thirty,quietly entered and walked straight tothe cenotaph. They were both dressedplainly but richly and were withoutbonnets, and at the time I thoughtthem visitors staying at some gentle-man's seat or nearby hotel.

My own great interest in the magnifi-cent sculptured effigy attracted theattention of the old lady and seeminglyfrom some impulse of great self-inter-est in the figure I could not understand

accosted me as friendly as though I

uch uetter be used ior other pi*?-10363.

No grain can take the place of corna hog raising. The little pigs will be-[in to eat shelled corn at a very early

age, and long before they will touchany other food. The corn is good forthem, because it furnishes a greatamount of nutriment in the most con-densed form. The muscle-producingood in the dam's milk balances up the30m ration and counteracts its evil ef-fects. Hence the success which attendsfeeding corn exclusively while the pigsire getting a large amount of milk from

e d&m.When this latter begins to fait, it be-

lomes necessary to add some other feedrich in the elements which go to makemuscle for the balancing up the ration.Many foods will answer the purpose.Oata and corn make pork rapidly andgrow the pigs nicely. Oil meal andcom so well together. So do bran andshorts and corn. But of all combina-tions sweet milk and corn is the mostsatisfactory for making a rapid, even,thrifty growth on pigs of all ages; andevery practical pork raiser who hasgiven this a trial simply growls becausehe can't get enough milk and corn.—Practical Farmer.

Cost of Wintering Sheep.The amount of grain and hay neces-

sary to winter sheep has been deter-mined by J. Wilson and C. F. Curtissat the Iowa experiment station. Eweswere fed from December 10th to Febru-ary 1st on a grain ration of one-halfoats, one-fourth corn, one-fifth bran,and one-twentieth oil meal, the mixtureworth about one cent per pound. Theamount of groin eaten each day by onesheep was : Merinos 0.7 pound, Cots,wolds 0.95, Dorsets 0.77, Oxfords 0.95,Hampshires 0.85, Shropshires 0.56,Sonthdowns 0.27. The daily con-sumption of hay was: Merinos 1.35pounds, Cotewokls 1.62, Dcunwte 1.76,Oxfords 1.49, Hampshirea 1.67. Shrop.shires 1.64, Sonfci.dowus 1.32. Thedoily cost of feed \>av sheep was : Meiinos 1.03 cents, C<>IMVO».1S 1.35, Dorsets1.21, Oxfords 1.32, Hampshire* 1.26,Shropshires 0.97, Southdowus 0.60cents. Each sheep gained per day;Morinos 0.21 pounds, Cotswolds 0.18,Dorsets 0.12, Oxforls 0.24, Hiunpshires0.10, Shropshires 0.10, Southdowns0.7. All the Hkoup wore registeredand coming two ywirs old.

Bather Fishy.In, some of the ' big restaurants ol

Russia there is a pool of water, inwhich various kinds of fish swim about.A patron of the restaurant who desires

>h goes to the pool, points out theparticular one be wishes, and in aninstant the waiter has captured it with

dipnet and sent it to the chef.

TELFORD AND MACADAM ROADS.

iro Favorite Methods of Constructionof Uood Roadbeds.

The essential difference betweenTelfGrd and Macadam road is in th(foundation. The Telford base is mad<of six or eight inch rocks or bould<or large pieces of irregular-shaped stone,

which is placed a layer of coarsely-

TELFORD KOAD.

broken stone, and this is surfaced wit]pieces which do not average more thaithree-quarters of an inch in diameteThe Macadam road has the foundatioof broken stone an inch and a half titwo inches in diameter, a second cover-ing somewhat smaller, and the tovfiner yet. These differences are showiin the illustrations.

During nearly a century these roihave been in use, and there have beeisome changes, more in detail than ii-principle. The Macadam roadway i?

pound of essence it is necessary to haveon entire acre of ground covered withroses, and to have a good crop eventhen, and then the cultivators can notrely on receiving more than 870 or S75a pound. The labor of cultivation isvery arduous, and plucking the roses iseven more so, the work being done bywomen, whose hands are torn all topieces by the work, and whose paybarely suffices to buy food. Roses havebeen cultivated in other countries for a

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had not been a stranger, and almost assagerly, with the simple inquiry:

"Does the work please you as antnerican?""Thank you, modame,"I rejoined,

with some hesitation. -It does, butnot so much as the heroic equestrianstatue of Albert in front of St. George'sHall in Liverpool, which, in my judg-ment, is the most splendid memorial Ihave ever seen. The Prince consortwas above all a manful man. This fig-ure suggests knighthood audits trap-pings. The Liverpool statue is majes-tic in its expression of manhood."

She seemed buried in thought for amoment and nodded her gray head si-lently. Finally her eyes filled withtears, and, .gracioqsjy bowine to me.

MACADAM BOAD.

frequently made in two layers. Some-times the first covering is ouly fourlive inches, followed by a secondabout the same thickness. At otheitimes the covering aggregates thirteenor fourteen inches, divided into thrlayers. In the origiual Telford roatthe inventor iasisted that the broketstone be such as would pass throughtwo-and-a-buif-iuoh ring, and that th«surface be made of broken stone, whiiwould average three-quarters of au in<in diameter. Macadam was more p;iticaiar about weight than about sizoHis idea was tluit each stoue should h<six ounces in weight, aud, with thatia view, his help carried balances wit!whieh to tent tho weight of the sto

Iu the Telford road it was evident!the idea to put the large stones at tlbottom, in order to prevent the so.Krouud from workiug through. By mbreaking this stone, labor is saved, busworn places may reacb4he rough rockIt is fair to say that both are goovroads, as any one who has traveled ovejthe two kinds will testify. Both hav«had severe tests, and each has its Mends—American Agriculturist.

FOOD FOR PIGS.

Corn is Alter All ^nutritious to the Poi-cine 'ainily.

The fact is, the crusade against COVEas a food for liogs has been carried t<an unwarranted extreme. Every farm®of any experience knows that an exclusive aud heavy corn diet is injurious t(young animals of all kinds. It teodito make them squabs of fat at an earlyage and practically destroys growth.Very few farmers but know this, andguard against it by feeding milk'atugrass with the corn, but the latter mnsnecessarily compose the greater part cfhe Western hog's diet, and the spacLakeu up in decrying its value wouL

EXPLAINED THE LIGHTS.

Phenomenon that Met of an 3Solution.

An amusing story is told in connec-tion with Prof. Henry, of the Smith-sonian Institution, who died some four-teen years ago, says Youth's Compan-ion. It is told by a. gentleman whoonce traveled from Montreal to Bostonwith the Professor. He says that whilethey were waiting for a steamer theProfessor was talkative and communi-cative iu his quiet way and was full ofincidents of travel and adventure.

Soon the steamer appeared in sight,and while she was approaching us theProfessor sat upon the wharf lookingdreamily at her. Presently he aroused

iself and said:1 see a peculiar sparkle of the waves

near the side of the steamer, where thesun shines upon her." (It was almost

lUHot.) "I wonder what the cause of it? I have seeu phosphoresceut light be-

fore, but nover exactly like this. Andsee, there it is also upon the other, theduiker side of the steamer. Well, cer-tainly that is very curious !"

We nil looked. Indeed it did seemmrtrkiiblo. First upon the brightIe of the steamer and then upon theirk side would appear these curious

flushes-of light and disappear almostinstantly. They seemed to come atregular intervals, and it was a strangeand beautiful sight. Our reveries werepresently disturbed by the approach ofone of the customs inspectors. Heglanced at us with some curiosity andthen said : "Lookin' at them flashes ?"

'Yes," replied the Professor, rousinghimself from his absorbed meditationof the phenomenon; "I wonder whatthey are ?"

"Oh," said the inspector carelessly,'them's hot ashes they're throwin' out

of the ash pits."The Professor was nonplussed for a

moment. Then he recovered hissenses and said quietly : "Well, well,live and learn—live and learn 1" andlapsed into silence.

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Frances Obeyed Instructions.When little Frances went to her last

children's party she was carefully in-structed by her mamma what she couldeat, says Harper's Bazar. Amongother things she was allowed to eat justthree spoonfuls of ice cream.

When Prances' mamma next met themamma of the little girl who gave theparty the latter said :

"Your Frances is a very remarkablechild."

"In what way?""She was so careful about what she

should eat, and I noticed that she tookjust three spoonfuls of ice cream, andthen pushed her saucer away, remark-ing that she was onlv allowed to eatthat much. I think that was a rarepiece of self-denial in one so young.Indeed, I don't think I could have re-sisted the temptation to eat the wholesaucerful myself even now, and even ifI had known it would injure me.Frances is fond of ice cream too, isn'tshe?"

"Oh, yes, very," replied Frances'mother; "but she can always be trustedin matters of that kind."

Just then the little girl came in withher nurse, and her mamma said :

"Frauces, I am much pleased to hearhow carefully you obeyed me in noteating more than three spoonfuls of icecream at the party."

"Yes," replied Frances; "an* Iwouldn't have eated dem free 'poonfolsit you hadn't told me to, 'tause de "cream wasn't good."

Nothing, fcetfs Hope.He—"Do you ever mean to marry?"She—" Perhaps I may rvome time."He—" Have you made fc/p your mind

who the man will be?"She—"Mercy! no."He—" Still you think you will marry

somebody sometime?"She—"I may."He (desperately) — "Well — what's

the matter with me?" — SomervilleJournal.

Most Always Thus.To buy her preseuta his cash he spent.

And her words of thanks «-eru sweeter thanhoney.

But when he had squandered his last redcent

She married a youth who sav«sd his money.-New York Press.

A Consumers View of It." There's lots of money in coal these

davs," said Mawson." I know it," retorted Minton.

"Bather more money than coal."—•Brooklyn Life.

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Silence is a virtue in those who aredeficient in understanding.

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i The Cont inen ta l Insurance CompanvS of New York "

Many mysterious fires have been c o m r m u Y doin- Imslm-s* h, u,* SMVI..M 'braced directly to the careless leaving of Wo notice irom ilirir Jamitu-y, iSiHashes containing live coals near some Report, the following:inflammable material. I t is a common Casi.Csipil.al, 81.IJOO.OIM).OO.

\ Cash Assets, 5.5,s7,;i4s.>i-LReserve for security of In-

Netet surplus ubovc the capitaland all liabilities, l,OO;.\!!4s.s>4.T h e y conduct their business IUUUT tbi-

N e w York Snf.-ty Fund Law.! Th i s Company litis puiti in Lnss.s up to; this t ime over $25,000,000.00.1 In the Groat Chicago Fiiv tluv paidI about #2,000.000. Tliiiifi-n nnmlhsj after, in the Boston Fire llit-y psii.I nuarlvi $1 ,000 ,000 . " *j Ou a c c o u n t of these t ins 100 of (he

COMBINED ASH BIN AND SIFTEB. I ̂ S t a n c ^ 0 ' " ^ 1 1 1 0 " "' ' % "^ W l ' n t " "

prac t i ce t o s e t p a i l s a n d o t h e r v - . s s e b i Th i s c o m p a n y is perfrrtly safe.a>shownc o n t a i n i n g a s h e s a n d l ive coa l s d irec t ly I by their slah'iTHMit.whioh statcim-nl showso u t h e floorof s o m . o u t - b u i l d i n g . I t i s ; a'list of securitk-s lu-l«l by it. and there arecerta in ly v e r y f o o l i s h t o r u n a l l t h i s ; no better. T h e nuiua<:er*. dttkers amir isk w h e n , for a f e w do l lars , a g o o d a n d . directors are iwn ..» wor.d-wide rqintu.safe receptacle for the ashes can be i t l ^ p ieasily constructed. The engraving of I p_iJ.?Jan ash bin and coal sifter shows a sira- jpie form, three feet wide, four fee!, : t

r agents ares and bind tin-

Their a g e n t s are inp , wde, our fee!, : businesilong, two and a half feet above ground • The company pays its losses pn>ni;'t!y.

d f t bl d I t i d ! T h e y d o n o t "write on all t-la>s» s i.f 1 isk?.! i

g, gnd one foot below ground. I t is made !

from brick laid in single tier with water !li Wh l i d th i t

yThey give you insuranh d d i

from brick laid in single tier with water ! y g yliine. Where coal is used, there is great i «Kh*J"»g, and damage i.y wind st.n-ms oreconomy in sifting the ashes. Two iron • l O $ ^ v % ; i f l S S r .0 in^,v in a »oud.ar wooden bars can be placed cross- ' st r o n £ , ' 4afe companywise six inches below the top. Upon! " i t fi better to c W r ' • with n^nu wethese rests a common ash riddle with \v*•••«- rml -x'.-.n wr. v, : si '.ivn- Hiehandle projecting in front. By throw- [ |>«•! < "..ing the ashes on the sifter and closing i •*••'• i'udi'.-v d:>r- ;,. : • •> •><:'• t<> snne'ii in-the hinged cover, the coal is separated j sunr.u-.- : pawi.-s -«-ii 1^1. MIV II .-a 11 -»••from the ashes wifhout a cloud of dust, : tJ,o!u'u"!f''X < a l ! l l i : : ' m "UIU a '"1 ^ ll Ss

The handle is simply hooked to thesifter and unfastened when the sifter isemptied. Wood ashes need not besifted, but may be safely thrown intothe bin while hot. A cement floor willkeep the ashes dry. Unleached woodashes are an excellent fertilizer, and itis economy to save them in a nropercondition.

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