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"'V'* ' i -r. bonght any improved Cum maohinery, ndiUkktookanhoneiudc iCnoCUl/fllAL. for the potaasfam oxide, the value per t«m of 3 )̂00 pouada of tide cotton meal la set down at $25.48.--JV«o York World. OF TALUK. MET THEIB FAfE. AT Bbrldce t o~a*h%, Mfcer F Twenty-nine Hen KiBedina Battway Aorfdent Bear Toronto*.. I. VANlUMfcMtorartl 1-McHBHKI, THE Navajo of New Mexiotf, ] will this year hare a wool clip of 810,- 000 pounds. The hides and pelts they will handle will amount to about 600,- r?§"900 - Ex-Gov. COBUBH, of Maine, reoently sold $800,000 worth of Western land in /, a single lot, and it is said that it was A the largest sale of ooontry property •ever made in the United States by a single individual. THE young daughter of a Catholic banter in Toronto was some months ; since seduced by a medical stndent. He objected to making reparation by marriage, as his father had left him $60,- 000 on condition that he should not have a Catholic for a wife. The union was forced upon hi™ at the point of a pistol, and the vice chancellor annulled 'it became of compulsion. "-vfj NEAR the mo^th of the Little Chey­ enne; River, in Dakota, is a rook with curious indentations. It is twelve feet loug by seven or eight wide, and rises above the surface of the ground about eighteen inches. Its edges are angular, its surface flat, and it shows little effect ; of ice action. It appears to be magne- I aian limestone, and its whiteness makes ! it a conspicuous object. On the surface are several deep and perfect footprints, as though made by the left moccasined foot of a woman or boy. It is known to the Indians as a religious rock, and they worship it. None of the present Indians know anything of the orjgin of the footprints. THE tobacoo habit is by no means so easily got rid of as Borne unused to it may imagine. Here is an illustrative case of attempted reform. A Hartford boy, who has served his employer faith­ fully, and whose only conspicuous fault was an inordinate fondness for tobacco - chewing, was offered $5 last Saturday by a gentleman who feels an interest in hint if he would give up the habit for a year. Two other men made similar offers, and the boy resolved to earn the $15. The next day he felt sick, on Monday he was worse, on Tuesday he shook like a delirium tremens victim, and on Wednesday he took to his bed, from which at last accounts he had not been able to get up. IT is wonderful what novel and cu­ rious information we can sometimes pick from unexpected quarters, when we fall' in with persons who may be deemed experts in their specialties of business and work. A hair-cutter recently had under his scissors the abundant locks of Mr. Lloyd, of London, a famous law­ yer, and complimented his customer on his fine head of hair. "It's the brain that does it," he said. "You see, sir, the brain is in the skull, close to the roots of the hair. The brain is a soft substance, and nourishes the hair." "Ah, indeed; is that so? Well, you are •of course, an expert in hair, and yon •ought to know." "Yes, sir; it percolates through the skull and nourishes the roots. That's what it's for, sir." A HOUSB built to withstand tornadoes --so the Minnesota Tribune says--is that of a banker, the wealthiest man in Osakis, Minn. All the corners are acute angles, and the sides sink back into other angles, giving this architectural freak the contour of a star. From the highest point of the roof the gutters .sink suddenly, making great depres­ sions. This angularity was, it is said, inspired by the banker's wife, who lives in constant dread of storms. The cor­ oners were made very sharp, to split tor­ nadoes. The cellars are of unusual thickness, and the timbers of the struc­ ture are anchored in them, so that the house may not be blown down without taking up the foundations. All the weather-boarding ia put OSi in oblique lines. ' AFTER noting the proposal to erect a new home for the President of the United States, and to surrender the Executive Mansion to public business, a correspondent says: "Many people wonder why it costs so much to keep the Executive Mansion in good • order. Col. Rockwell says the wear and tear •of the furniture exceeds that of any hotel in the country. The people, to the average of 500 a day, insist upon seeing the White House. They must tread upon the carpets and rest them­ selves m the tempting chairs. They must examine, with their eyes and fin­ gers, all the upholstery and drapery. When it is remembered that this is re­ peated every day in the year, it will cease to be a mat^^ waj^ l|^,the wear ia ao rapid." . ' V x *<£A JOES SELLERS, an eccentric farmer, lives three miles from Philadelphia, Ohio. He has a flock of sheep that has not been shorn for six years. The wool has grown over their eyes, and is •so long that it drags on the ground. -On being asked why he did not shear his sheep, Mr. Sellers replied: "God put the wool on their backs to stay there and keep them warm, and I do not propose to interfere." The flock is a great ooriosity, and people come from miles aroand' to see the sheep. Mr Sellers never shaves, cuts his hair or finger nails. Hi* hair hangs down his back, and has the appearance of never having been combed, his whiskers are long and' shaggy, and his general appearance is entirely different from other men. He lives with his sister, and owns a. good farm. Ha has Haver PHOTOGRAPHY ia truly said to-be run. ing a race with electricity. A photo­ grapher of New York has succeeded in pezftoBiing the wonderful feat of pho- togimphing sound waves instantan- eously. By this process pictures can be produced in one twenty-four thous­ andth of a second. The instrument by which the sound wave was visible is in its effect a new telephone. The vibrating diaphragm upon which the voice is projected, has a fine metalic point mounted on the center of its re­ verse side"?* This point meet* the pointed end of a conducting wire so nearly that when at rest the interval between the two points can be discov­ ered only through a strong lens. The thing to be done was to show in a pic­ ture of the instrument, or rather a series of pictures, the alternate contact and separation of the points from the vibrations imparted to the diaphragm by the voice, involving the closing and opening of the electrical circuit and the consequent reproduction of the same rate of vibration in the receiving instrument at the other end of the line. Mr. Rockwood was assisted in his study of the problem before him by recollect­ ing an experiment by Herschel in pho­ tographing with the electric spark. Among the lovers of science this latest development will receive, the fttten i t j u s t l y d e s e r v e s . , , ' J THE Italians employed in building a Maine railroad have lately made a little village in anticipation of •winter. Two forked sticks are driven into the ground and a pole laid across. Other poles are leaned pn either side against this, making an "A" tent. Commencing at the ground and going to the peak, sods of turf are closely laid. Between the roof of poles and the turf a layer of boughs is placed. The ends are con­ structed in the same way as the sides. A hole answers the double purpose of door and window. A singularly con­ structed furnace and chimney warms the hut, dries the macaroni, cooks their food, and carries off a part of the smoke. Some of the structures are of good size, while others are not much larger than a dog's kennel, which they much resemble. A visitor, on entering one of the better sort, was astonished to see an unfinished portrait of the daughter of Gen. Hancock. This and other pictures in oil betrayed the work of a genuine artist. Surrounded by his family, comprising a young and intelli­ gent wife and three bright children, the artist seemed much out of place. The lady remarked that they were willing to put up with the inconveniences for the sake of the money they got, and, if she could only keep her children well, she would try and put up with the dirt. Her husband was the boss of the gang. . • "OF all the plans for economizing space," said a patent lawyer, "the man who just left this office evolved the funniest. He had a. drawing of a sleeping-car that he wished me to get patented for him. He thought it was a good thing, and would hit the railroad managers hard, because it nearly doubled the number of berths in a car. I saw right away that the beds were ridiculously short. I asked their length. 'Four feet and a half,' he re­ plied, 'and that's plenty long enough A careful investigation has proved to me that there is really no use in a bed being as long as the person in it. Not one man in fifty ever sleeps straight­ ened out, and women invariably draw up their knees, so that they don't re­ quire more Mian a four-foot bed. It is a discovery of this fact as to sleeping that I wish to protect by the patent. I should stick up in each compartment a printed notice explaining that the middle of the car is much safer than the sides,' and, therefore, the closer their legs are hauled in toward the center partition, where their heads are to be, the loss they are liable to be hurt by collision.'" The lawyer did not take the case. He also declined that of a man who wanted to patent a spring bottom for coffins, the idea being that, if people were so generally req^y to buy ea9y couches for their bedrooms, they would be still more desirous of comfort in their graves. A Pawled Jury. Clergymen are often accused of preaching above the heads of their con­ gregations. The accusation is well- founded in some cases, and doubtless the old woman was right when she asked her pastor, just after he preached a learned but obscure sermon, "Sir, did did not the Master say, 'Feed my lambs?' Why, then, do you insist on feeding the cameleopards?" But the pulpit is not the only place where ob­ scurity enters, as the following anec­ dote shows: A good law Btory is told of a case in the United States District Court at Al­ bany meany years ago. A patent-right suit was on before Judge Nelson. William H. Seward was counsel on one side. In summing up he occupied a whole day. The counsel on the other side also made a long speech, and the Judge charged. After the jury had been out about two hours they came into court, and the foreman said: "Your Honor, the jury would like to ask a question." Judge--"You can proceed." Foreman--"Well, your Honor, we would like to know what this rait ia about."--Exchange. THE great historic country houses of England are now seldom occupied by their owners. In the season they are in London, and when that, which now extends deep into August, is over, aa the Court*Circular shows, they make for Scotland for shooting or for the Continent. So the splendid old places are left to aolitude and American tour* Isr mowing lawns, allow a gradual higher growth as autumn approaches, •o as to have a thick mass for enduring winter. COL. CUBTCS says a patch of sory- ghum, to cut in September to feed the pigs, has become a necessity. A quarter of an acre sowed in dmta will keep twenty pigs growing for a month. He always says it is good to induce a full flow of milk from the cows. A CORRESPONDENT of the Rural Xew Yorker says a neighbor of his had his orchard defoliated by the canker worm. It bore no fruit that year, which was the bearing year, but the following year it produced a large crop, and the bearing year was permanently changed. MR. A. M. PURDY has whitewashed his fruit trees for thirty years and closely observed the results, which have invariably been to make smoother bodies and healthier trees. He, there­ fore, designates the articles in some of his exchanges which oppose white­ washing as injurious to trees as "mere bosh." DIRECTOR STI-UTEVA^T, of the State Experiment Station, infers, from ob­ servation of over 100 different varieties of corn, at least 90 per cent, of which showed hybridization, that most of the kinds raised in our fields are not pure, but cross-bred. Concerning the few- exceptions, he says: "In the small percentage of seed which appears true we may notice that the majority are of those varieties which, through earli- ness, bloom far in advance of the varieties ordinarily grown, and through this accidental relation have been able to preserve their variety intact. .Tims the Golden Pop may be grown with almost any variety, if planted at the same time, without danger oL mixing, as its pollen has already disappeared before other varieties commence to show their bloom."--Chicago Journal. IN answer to a correspondent, the Country Gentleman says: "Catalpa trees are easily raised from seed, which may be sown in spring in a seed-bed of rich, mellow soil, not over an inch deep, and when the trees are large enough, or five or six feet high, they may be set out in rows each way, say four feet apart at first, for permanent planta­ tion. Black walnuts should be kept from dying by mixing with leaf mold or sand, or covered with sods, and planted early in spring two inches deep. They are better without crack­ ing. It will save some time in their growth if the seeds are planted where they are to remain, and they may be made to alternate with hills of corn or potatoes, and all-be cultivated the first year together. They are commonly re­ garded as difficult to transplant, but we have never found any difficulty with them if carefully taken up when three or four feet high. It is better to have them set not over four feet apart, to cause them to grow up straight and prevent side branolies, and afterwards to thin out to eight feet apart each way, and still further for the growth of sawlogs. They will require trimming when young, but the most important attention which l>oth catalpa and black walnut trees must receive is thorough and clean horse cultivation for a few- years until they completely shade the ground. Black walnuts grow best and most rapidly on very rich land. GRAPE FERTILIZERS.--The grape vine requires at the same time nitrogen, phosphate of lime and potash; the first two seem to give the plant a power­ ful vegetation, and the third appears to favor the production of sugar in the fruit. All fertilizers containing these three elements in suitable proportions and sufficiently assimilated may, there­ fore, be advantageously applied. Stable manure contains from four to five- tenths per cent, of nitrogen, from seven to eight-tenths phosphoric acid, and about four or five-tenths potash. In France, according to Professor Faex, of the agricultural school at Mont- pelier, from twelve to twenty-three tons are applied to the hectare (two acres, one rood and thirty-five perches) every four years, in a rather fresh state in impermeable clayey land, and more or less decomposed ip soil that is light or of average consistency, and especially where calcareous. Sheep's manure contains .72 per cent, of nitrogen, 1.52 per cent, of phosphoric acid. As far as known it is richer than stable manure. Its effect on vegetation also is more ap­ parent and shorter of duration. A dose of twelve tons is used every three years. Reeds, seaweed, chips, etc., may be ap­ plied in heavy soil, after having been coarsely chopped, or in lighter soil after being previously decomposed. These divers fertilizers contain nitro- ?en in the following quantities: Box, .17 per cent.; seaweed, from .40 to .45 per eent. Soot contains 1.15 per cent, of nitrogen and a rather large propor­ tion^ phosphate of lime and salts of potash. Therefore, it produces very remarkable effects on the vine, especial­ ly in calcarious soil. Two or three tons are used to the hectare. Its action is annual or nearly so.--Prairie Farmer. FODDER ANALYSES.--A special test for sulphuric acid in gluten-meal--the refuse from glucose manufacture--made at the Massachusetts Agriculture Ex­ periment Station, proved the absence of any objectionable amount of that sub­ stance. The rich nitrogenous character of the "glutenmeal" places it between the brans of our grains and the oil­ cakes, and alongside of leguminous seeds, as beans, peas, &c. Its peculiar­ ity as compared witii the above fodder articles consists in the low percentage of mineral constituents, a point which requires careful consideration in its ap­ plication. In fodder analyses made and reported on in Bulletin No. 1, sent out by Professor C. A. Goessman, the rate of digestibility of the various feeds is given. The total number of pounds digestible in a ton of 2,000 pounds of wheat meal is set down at 1,217 and a fraction over; rye bran, 1,134.20; corn meal, 1,457.64; linseed cake, 1,411.2; cotton-seed meal, 1,102.41 pouods. The above stated rate of digestibility of wheat bran and linseed cake were as­ certained by feeding the dry material to steers. The rye bran and corn meal were fed to pigs and the cotton-seed meal to sheep in these experiments. The rate of the digestibility of corn­ cobs was not ascertained by actual feed­ ing experiments, and no statements re­ garding the digestibility of this mate­ rial is given; but Professer Goesman thinks there is little doubt that the ad­ dition of cobs to meal deserves recogni­ tion in regard to their nutritive value as well as to their beneficial mechanical influence upon the digestion of the corn-meal. An analysis of the coarse portion of cotton-seed meal for fertil­ izing purposes indicates the presence in a ton of this material of 118 pounds of nitrogen, 46.82 pounds of phosphoric acid and 35.94 pounds of potassium oxide. Allowing 18 cents per pound for the nitrogen, 6 for the acid and 4} . - . " ' - v.i .,-v . . ^OUgBlffiEPEBy HELP*, PAISTING silver withaaolution ofcol- lodion in alcohol is said to keep it from tarnishing. The eoUedfcm may be washed off with hot water. No TWO after-dinnor coffee cups should be the same, says an exchange, and this will enable china collectors to show what they have got that is old, new, odd, unique, exclusive and pretty. PUDDING SAUCES--RICH SOUR SAUCE. --One cupful of butter, two cupfnls of powdered sugar. Beat butter to a cream; add sugar gradually; when very light add a teaspoonful of vinegar which has been made hot, a little at a time. Place in a bowl or basin of hot water and stir a few minutes. It should then be smooth. CREAMY SAUCE.---Half a cupful of butter, one cupful of powdered sugar, one-fourth of a cup of cream or milk, one teaspoonful of vanilla or lemon ex­ tract. Beat the butter to a cream; add sugar gradually, beating it all the while. When light and creamy add extract and cream, a little at a time. This is a delicious sauce, and when well beaten will be white and foamy all through. FOAMING SAUCE.--One cupful* df but­ ter, two of powdered sugar, the whites of two eggs and a fourth of a cup of boiling water. Beat the butter to a cream first, then stir in the sugar; now the whites of the eggs, unbeaten, one at a time. When all is light and smooth pour in the boiling water slowly. Stir until smooth and frothy, which will be in about two minutes if set into a bowl of hot water. For rich puddings. CUSTARD SOUFLTE.--Two scant ta- blespoonfnls of butter, two tablespoon- fuls of flour, two tablespoon fnls of sugar, one cupful of milk and four eggs. Let milk come to a boil; beat flour and butter to a paste. Add to boiling milk, cook eight minutes, stirring often. Beat sugar and yelks of eggs together, add to the cooked mixture and cool. Now beat in whites of eggs l>eaten to a stiff broth, turn in a buttered pudding dish and bake twenty minutes. Serve im­ mediately with sauce. Swiss.--One teacupful of flour and four tablespoonfuls of butter rubbed to a smooth paste; stir this into a pint of boiling milk flavored with the grated rind of a lemon. Cook five minutes in a double boiler, stirring constantly. Into' this stir the yelks of five eggs which have been thoroughly beaten with three tablespoonfuls of sugar; remove from fire and set away to cool. When cold add the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth, turn into a buttered mold and steam forty minutes. Turn out upon a dish and serve with cream sauce. CABINET.--One quart of milk, four eggs, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, half a tablespoonful of salt, one tablespoon- ful of butter, three pints of stale sponge cake, one cupful each of raisins, citron chopped, and currantB. Beat the eggs, sugar and salt together; then add milk. Butter a three-pint pudding mold (melon shape is nice), sprinkle skies and bottom with fruit, and put in a layer of cake. Alternate with fruit and" cake until filled; gradually pour on the cus­ tard; let it stand an honr or two, and steam an hour and a quarter. Serve ^itli creamy sauce. CUP PLUM PUDDING.--This is equal to the choicest English pudding: One cupful of flour, one of oread crumbs one of sugar one of raisins, one of cur­ rants, one of citron, one of chopped suet well floured. One teaspoonful each of cinnamon, ground cloves, allspice, mace and nutmeg. Four eggs and a teaspoonful of salt. Mix all ingredients dry and thoroughly, then stir in eggs and just enough milk to make a stiff batter. Pour this into a bag, which has been dipped in scalding water and after ward well floured on inside. Tie loose ly, leaving room to swell. Plunge into boiling water and boil five hours, the longer the better. Be sure that the wa­ ter is kept boiling. A plate or saucer in bottom of pot would prevent its stick­ ing. Serve with a rich sauce. Au Old Mexican City. Chihuahua, the capital of the State, has from 15,000, to 18,000 inhabitants, and was once noted for its dullness; but it ia now rapidly improving, and is feeling, as all Mexican towns must feel, the stimulant of railroad enterprise, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The city is well laid out, having broad, well-paved streets, which cross at right angles. Here, for the first and probably the last time while ia Mexico, you will see the American omnibus and hack, whose drivers have little regard for anything except the money they think you owe them, whether you are rich * or not. The depot of the Mexican Central Bail road is over a mile from the center of the town, and this necessitates your riding in a carriage or taking a street car. The city is quaint and curious, as are all Mexican towns, and dates back to the close of the seventeenth century. It is said that in 1160 the Aztecs occu­ pied the site of the town and erected upon it their temples. In the center of the town is the Plaza Major, which is an open plot of ground of about the same size as one of the squares of Chicago. It is one of Chi­ huahua's most attractive places, l>eing filled with flowers and surrounded by fine walk, lined with seats, where both natives and foreiguers gather twice a week a listen to the excellent music of the military band. Music is given every Thursday and Sunday evenings from 8 until 10 o'clock, and they are called music nights. Sunday evening is the principal music night of the week, and then the town can be seen at its best. It is then a very in­ teresting place, being filled with gaily- dressed ladies and gentlemen of all ages, nationalities and countries, who make this the pleasure evening of the week. There is none of the loud talk­ ing and laughing so common in the United States, ail being quiet and sub­ dued, and all seeming to be enjoying themselves. It is certainly a very pretty sight to see the very brilliantly- dressed ladies and gentlemen walking &nong the flowers, keeping step to the music of a fine orchestra, and all in the cool and invigorating air so common to this climate. According to the custom of the coun­ try, the ladies, both young and old, promenade the plaza by walking around and around, always going from right to left, while the gentlemen all walk from left to right, thus meeting each other twice in going around the plaza once. This custom dates back to "time im­ memorial." and is a part of the etiquette of the country.--Letter from Mexico. FOB ordinary woodwork use whiting and ammonia to rub the dirt off. Cnuxaa that have been smoked with a kerosene lamp should be washed off with soda Water. A.N excellent furniture polish is of equal parts of shellac varnish, linseed oil and spirits of wine. CAKE OP THE SHOES.--Kid shoes can be kept soft and free from cracks by rubbing them once a week with pure glycerine or castor oil. The luster of morocco is restored by varnishing it with the white of an egg. Apply with a sponge. DR. DONALD PADMAN, of Louisville, says: "To quiet a baby roaring with colic, lay it upon its back and pat it from the neck downward over its little abdomen, taking care not to pat up­ ward. This usually not only brings re­ lief to the infant, but to the family and the neigh bo mood, and all young mar­ ried people should have the recipe." A HANDSOME satin jptimacassar may be made in this way: Take a piece of pale blue satin a quarter of a yard wide and one yard long. On either side sew a strip of pale pink satin six inches wide. Embroider or paint on the ends of the blue a design of morning-glories, trim the edges with lace, gather the center in scarf fashion, and when fasten­ ed to a chair spread out the ends. A LOVELY cushion for a' gift or to adorn your own parlor, is made by em­ broidering a spray of old-fashioned pinks on a ground of pale blue. Around the edge of the cushion put a full puff of pale pink satin. Where the puff is joined to the blue satin sew a good-sized pink silk cord. The cush­ ion when completed should be about half a yard long, but not quite so wide. BEETS retain their sweetness and flavor best if baked. Wash them per­ fectly clean; put them in a pari with a very little water in it, and bake them until they are tender; the time, of course, varies with the size of the beet, an hour being small enough allowanoe for a beet of medium size. When they are done remove the skin and serve in the same way that you do a boiled beet. A BEAUTIFUL tidy for the back of a large chair is made of a sqnare piece of cloth about ten inches each way; on this is sewed patchwork of plush and velvet in the form of a wide-spread fan. The corners of the block are of black velvet, and on the top, drooping over the fan, is a spray from a moss-rose bush, in ribbon embroiderv. The edge is finished with lace. This design ia pretty for a block in a quilt or sofa- pillow. To KEEP CLASPS BRIGHT.--It is a common thing to hear women lament that their pocket-book clasps are tar­ nished, but if they would take the same care of them that the dealers take, they would always look as well aa they do in the shops. Two or three times a week every one of the heaps of books that one sees in the show cases is care­ fully rubbed with chamois skin, and the smallest speck of rust is cleaned away.--Boston Budget. OATMEAL DRINK.--Mix one-half pound of oatmeal with five gallona of cold water, boil it for half an hour, and Btrain it through a rather coarse gravy- strainer; add brown sugar to taste while hot. It ia very much improved by the addition of one-half ounce of tartaric acid. The thinly-cut rind of two or three lemons or oranges may be boiled in it, or a still cheaper flavoring is to add, before boiling, a bit of cinna­ mon stick or a few elovee. To be served cold. A TABLE scarf of olive felt is made handsome and tasteful by having one end a corner of plush. The piece of plush is shaped like a triangle. Where it joins the felt there are some fancy stitches with bright colored silks. The other end of the scarf has a straight band of plush put on with fancy stitches also, and instead of being an inch or t\Vo from the edge of the scarf there is a space left of at least ten inches below the plush. Both ends are finished a row of fringe. ' "w': of Others Burned, Almost Beyond Hie Necessity of Pnnr it; The theory that pure air is an indis­ pensable adjunct to good health was not formerly so well understood as now. It has become, in its scientific aspect, more important since the introduction of plumbing, elaborate sewerage, cel­ lar furnaces, gas lighting and number­ less other improvements which are the natural concomitants of advancing civi­ lization. For the want of that knowl­ edge, fresh air was systematically ex- lnded from the sick chamber, and myriads of people were thereby sent to their graves, when they might'have re­ covered if left to the curative resources of nature. It seems a wonder that any sick person survived in the days when fresh air and sunlight, ice and cold wa­ ter, stimulants and nourishing food were denied ailing mortals, no matter how strongly their instinct might crave them. It is a noticeable fact that those who habitually labor in the open air are as a rule more healthy and live longer than those whose occupations confine them indoors, especially when the work to be done is of such a nature as to en­ force closed windows and doors. The brawny frames of men who toil over the puddling furnaces of a fonndry bear testimony that extreme artificial heat is not prejudicial to health if the heated air is not impure. It is especially iml portant if students and writers who iass their dayB in elose rooms would ivcep the mind in a healthy condition that they should not neglect outdoor exercise, by which the physical health is repaired. There is no doubt that a great part of the sickness in the world is due to carelessness. The accumula­ tion of decaying vegetable or animal matter or filth in any form, breeda the seeds of disease which no eye can see or analysis detect. To keep everything sound and clean, and insist) that others shall do the same, is, therefore, clearly i duty. Those who, through ignorance or heedlessness, fail to keep their prem­ ises and all their belongings in good order should be compelled to do so. An official sanitary espionage, not only of cellars and sinks, but of saucepans and dish-cloths, would cost a great deal of money, but the improved health of the inhabitants of every great city would amply compensate the outlay.--Ex: 'oranto tekgtpj free from any tty. opens the new year with one of tbe worst in its rcoord, by which twenty-nine persons were almost instantly killed and double that number badly or fatally wounded. The acci­ dent occurred in the vicinity of High Park, near the Dominion Bolt and Iron Works, from the employes of which establishment the list of killed and wounded was taken. The dummy train which conveys the men to and from their work at the iron-works started with its usual load of between seventy and ninety persons, and had got as far as the place mentioned when it collided with an eastern freight train tiom Hamilton. The engine of the dummy train was shot back, telescoping the front of two cars, which composed the suburban train, and killing instantly some fourteen of the occupants. Both engines were at onco overturned, the dummy lallin? over the northern bank and the large engine on the southern bank. The tubes on board burst and scalding water and steam were thrown over the men who had fallen on the track from the telescoped cars. The dummy in falling had crushed the men on the northern side of the passenger car underneath it. Those were the persons who were killed outright. The sight was horrible in the extreme. Some of the men, with their legs crushed and burning, were unable to extricate themselves, and filled the air with their cries. At last J. J. Melntyre, one of the foremen in the works, come along and sat to work extricat­ ing the bodies and the wounded. The con­ ductor of the dummy set oat for Mimieo to stop all traflle and telegraph for a wrecking party, medical assistance, and an auxilliary- ear from Toronto. When they arrived the scene had been gathering more hideous features. Many of the wounded had not been removed from the oar and were being consumed by the flames. Men were lying in till directions, burnt, btuised, and bleed­ ing. The men around the scene of the disaster had begun to busy themselves, and soon the dead were lying in a car and ready to be rent down to the city. The doc­ tors sent up on the auxiliary were busy among the wounded and dying. The sur­ roundings of the dying made the calamity appear even more frightful than it was. Limbs scattered over the track, pools of blood and pieces of the bodies of the suffer­ ers all told terrible tales of disaster and death. Where the disaster occurred was on the bend of a curve, and none of the persons on either train oould see the other till they were too elose to do anything to save their charge fro n a most terrible death. The bodies were soon put in the cars and taken down to the morgue, and those of the wounded and dy­ ing were transported to the hospital. The impetus of the freight train was ao great that the engine actually mounted the truck of the dummy, which kept the rails and remained on a balance. To add to the horror of the soene, the boiicr of the dummy exploded, and steam and boil­ ing water scalded and carried death or terri- b'e injuries to the mangled and bleeding men. Then Are broke out ana completed the sick­ ening work of destruction. Several poor fel­ lows, suffering untold agonies,' with limbs and bodies burned to a crisp, piteonsty im­ plored those near them to pour water npon their scalded limbs or put an end to their Buf­ ferings. The wounded men bora their sufferings with fortitude and patience, a few groans being the only indication of their intense agony The scene at the morgue beggars description. There are fifteen bodies laid side by side in rows on opposite sides of the room. Mothers, Sisters, fathers and brothers are to be seen passing from body to body and, with trem­ bling hands, lifting the coverlets to gaze on the faces of the dead. Now and again a cry of anguish tells too plainly the discovery of some dear one carried off in the prime of manhood. One man, John Rowlett, died shortly after Arriving at the hospital. When found among tie debris he spoke cheerfully and askod to be allowed to walk. On looking down, he cried; " O, God! my legs are off!" And so they were--burned off. Of those killed eleven leave widows and children, Barber, the oonductor of the freight train, was placed uniter arrest immediately after the accident. Mproedy, the engineer, disap­ peared, and it was rumored that he had lied into the woods near the scene of the collision, and had hanged himself. Search is being made for him. The conductor admitted that he bad received orders at Hamilton to run to Queen's wharf, Itoronto, avoiding all regular trains. He looked at the time-table, but for­ got that the suburban train was on the list. The Grand Trunk is likely to lose heavily by the accident, as it has been conclusively shown that It resulted through the careless­ ness of (Hie of its employes. The oonductor claimed that he had been overworked and had not had time tc rest. Prominent railway officials here say the relt tivos of all those who fwcro killed and injured can easily recover S eavy damages, and it would not be surpris­ ing if the Grand Trunk was mulcted $£,- 1(00.000. »n,. . . iyra ------- : : , | BROKEN DAM. Xwe Houses Wrecked and Browned Six at Henghten, Mich. . . tfc [Hoathtoa (Mich.) Dispatch.]* Many years ago a dam oovering several acres was built by the Huron Mining com­ pany to supply water to its stamp mills. This dam has always been considered safe, but this morning it gave way, and the immense body of water rushed down through a nar- rcw valley, a distance of about a mile, to Firtage lake. The residences of Mr. Charles E. Raymond, Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank of Houghton, and of Mr. Stephen E. Clevee, proprietor of the Eureka Iron works, were situated near the lake in the direct course of the current. Mrs. Haymond, on the first sound of danger, seised two of her little children and rushed through the anew, protected only by her night-dresa, to the high land near the house. The rest of the family delayed for a moment and were swept away. The names of those lost are: Charles K. Haymond, Assist­ ant Cashier of the First National bank of Houghton, his son and servant girl, and Howard Ray­ mond, wife and son, of the Allouez mine. The family of Mr. Cleves remained in the up­ per story of their house and passed through the terrible ordeal safely. The buildings are still standing, but are filled with debris. In Mr. Cleves' house the floors gave way and the cellar and lower floors are filled with trunks of trees and stones weighing tons, the remains of • piano, stoves, and other furniture, all frozen into a compact mass. The trscJrof the torrent, which was covered with a heavy growth of timber, Is swept clean Mpthe surface of the rock. Presidential Post (Washington dispatch.] Under the provision of the last PostofBce Appropriation bill, when the compensation j sons who died from heart disease afterward, and she waal a revolver i* her hand . heart. Nocowssisssalfcisfttaft hot disappointed love ia suspected. ^ConrAinr D, Third regiment, Oapt. ~M.'_ & fltolp, has been easiest way to solve tte Mnd^ the Adjutant General and Os remes the ̂ ̂ Captain. Capt. 8t*i* received m. <pj0a*s* order of the late muster and hMpaetfS ̂'h« ̂\:v was notified on the day that the V •' General was to be in Aurero, Djf ̂ to have his company in ttne at a uei'tafa hetiSV' , The result was an extranet? Md HfiWlagL and the Inspector General too* possesitfon the muskets held ty the command. , - GKOROE A. LAMAR, of Cbieage, haa'haVMi^" suit in the Superior court ag•i•iia||Mf#,;•&:|;:;>,*^ Ball for f 10,000 damages fog - through a booties* courtships tjuiaar . , that the woman represented brr?elf to he • ^ , single woman, and he has courted he* Mdii§l| ' > for three years past. It is now loMWnt ttitf'./' •"' the woman is the wife of James H. Bid.' - . accepted presents of money from Liuaar af r different times during their courtship. Thi« ' < •' false pretense on the part of the won an. anot­ her carrying away all of hiagcod love, iamat thinks is worth tlO,000. . . * • Faou her home in Balt!a>ore Hiereea 8tur*>' » lata sent her love and remembrance tofibee .. . whom she left behind her in tt«fe*Sale prisma. •' atJoliet. The twenty-wren fcmalS eoevSflwJ , ^ both white and colored, each recelv«?d a per*'< \ < sonal letter written by the Italian. Bae^ letter contained a beautiful Christmas car<% - ~ ; and the letter said that the writer was i: home with her mother, living a correct life* ^ and that she was still firm In her determinsi* ^ tion of continuing so. Several of the female conv'cts wrote long epistle? to Theresa, V._-'» knowledging the reoelpt of the cardB an^ ; ?:r| giving the news of prison life since she toes her departure. 4 ' '• ATTORNBV GESKRAI. MCCAHTXKV has livered an interesting informal opinion ii| „ whioh he holds that the Illinois taw afil amended by the last Legislature practicall|[ '. prohibits the sale of inioxisating UQuorlt r within two miles of any ipeoeporeled ' town, or village. The prohtMtloa arises tat ̂ peculiar manner. Selling liquoriO * leas than one gallon without a Uepnee Is l. bidden by the general license lawi, but by i oversight no officials are given yoiir grant licenses in this iHtle bell and trustees are invested with the MMOSta ̂ power in cities, towns, and villages, aaflt County boards are similarly empowered 1$ v the rural districts, with the expRpp e^M)Mioj| ^ of the belt of two miles contiguouSto atow^.*: village, or city, and thus It happens that ne saloonn can be legally run on the outskirts c€«' * any town in the State. ^ GSORQK F. DUNNIVAKT, a WEU*NOW|^ , printer, of Chicago, died reoently at his wdbij dence In that city, after an illness of otom*r¥ - three years. "Don" had been a esespositot- on the Journal for about eighths* Jlfleidt .. . having charge of the coapoeitleaeC tie 'n# - ' vertiseinents for the greater rorttoeof tMf ;.' time, in which his skill was ve»r - marto*, . He was born in Pennsylvania ago, where he learned the He soon went South, and, on the out of the Mexican war, joined Bcott's i serving in the campaign that ended 1 fall of the City bT Mexico. On the ment of that army he settled In'ltelH where he worked at his trade tt& the ' , ing out of the rebellion, when he the Confederate army, but went to Chloago, where he Mr. Dunnivant was one of the sentativesof a class of printers mon thirty years ago than now. He #ai*i educated, a skillful and fast workman, bad a natural ability that would him for a much higher calling. JrnOa Eit/umrs S. WHUAM, who died : heart disease, at Chicago, left hoets friends who will be deeply grieved to Isarnef* his demise. He was been May 22, IMMm Salem, K. Y„ his family being of old -Msnff England stock, and Ills father a promineo|g lawyer. His father removed to Hadt^ ^ ley, HI., and in 1843 Judge WUliafg^ came to Chicago and entered the otteiTdP Butterfield k Collins, with - whom he Siudlid6 law, being admitted to the bar in 1M4 an|$ made a member of the above-named^ firm. Mr. Butterfield being appointed aboil after ^ United states ComaUesiaaer ef Patents Washington, the firm's nfaas waa changed tte Collins * Williams, and so oaMtnued anttl* ? IBM, when Mr. Collins died of irk. Mr. Williams then termed nershlp with his brother-in-law, Woodbridge, and William In 1858 he was appointed Master in for Cook county, holding the position unti$p|^. 1803, when, Judge Manierre dying, Mr. Wiltjte lams succeeded him as Judge of the CL"cult£J. court. He was twice re-elected by large nxa*v jorities, serving as sole Judge In the Circuit^ oourt for sixteen years continuously. lot ' 1870, upon the adoption of the new constftu-* tion, he became an Associate Judge, S l U w g . that position till 1879, when, in common with*1;' all other Bepubllcan candidates for judged? ships, he was defeated. Praoe then hr heUro ̂ been engaged in the successful practice of^: " the law. Ass Judge he exhibited superior ability, good judgment, fearlessness, firnw; ness, and scrupulous Impaitialltjr, winning ; , the reepeet and reverence of the entire bar..;' •, He had been twice married, first to Rebecca^ t, M. Woodbridge, a sister of the present part-* ' ner and of the Bev. Dr. Woodbridge, ef ley, Mass. By her be had four children, two ̂ - of whom are still living. She died in IMA, twelve years after whioh he married widow of the Rev. Mr. Morton, of Waukegaa, f I who is still living, and by whoa^-hp had one child, a daughter. ^ ' ** 1 »ed a portoS' »-law, JohiL C. Grants A cursory examination of the books of tha Ooroaer of Cook county discloses the faet uu _ that during the year 1883 he was busily em- j&L#® ployed. Excluding the inquests held on per-1 IT is now alleged that John Brown loved Sootch whisky not wisely bat too welL THE educational statistics of the Brit­ ish army show that out of every 1,000 soldiers 30 can neither read nor write, 28 can read but not write, 186 can read and write, while 756 are of superior ed­ ucation. Twenty years ago 134 could neither read nor write, 173 could read but not write, 641 could just read and write, while 52 only were of superior education^ THE utility of virtue is so plain, that the unprincipled feign it from policy.-- Van vena ryes* 'of any postmaster of the fourth class reaches $350 for four consecutive quarters, exclusive of commissions on his money-order business, he is to be assigned to the Presidential grade. The following-named fourth-class offices have been placed on the list of Presidential' offices, with the salaries of postmasters as stated: Lebanon, 111 $l,000'Jonesboro, Tenn..$!,000 Grayvllle, III l.OoO Temple. Tex 1,400 Wrights Grove, Dl. 1,400 Brown wood, Tex. 1,400 Goodland, 111 1,000 Maxo Manie, Wis. l.tioo Manning, Iowa.... l.OoO Marahfield, Wis... 1,100 Ad I. Iowa 1,000 Anaheim, Cal 1,100 Frankfort, Kan... l,200 La Prate City, Ia.. 1,100 Lindsborg, Kan... 1,ion Walnut, Ia 1,000 Howard, Kan l,l< 0 Casaopolls, Mioh.. 1,100 Harper, Kan 1,400 Mar acia, Mich... 1,100 Carbondale, Kan.. l,000 Motmd City, Mo.. 1,000 sudden, though natural, causes, the Coroner Crystal Fails,Mlch 1,000 Pentwate-, Mich.. 1,100 Kalkaska, Mich. .. l.iou Bangor, Mich 1,100 Billings, Montana. 1.000 Loudonvllle, O 1,100 Medfor t, Wis 1,900 Kentiand, Ind 1,000 Homer. Mich l.lO1' P -nnington, Ind.. 1,100 Howard City .Mich 1,100 Manson, Ia 1,100 Leslie, Mich l.lOO VaU, la 1,000 Little Fal'iu Minn. l,«oojOsage Mission,K"n 1.300 Perbam, Minn l.Oto Glendale, M'nt'na. 1,000 Monroe City. Ma. 1,0(0 Athens, Tenn 1,100 Hnntsville, Mo... 1,100 HUlsboro, Tex 1,200 Albany, Mo 1,000 Lulln^', Tex l,too (alifornia, Ms.... 1,1C0Dardanelie, Ark.. 1,000 Madison, O 1.000 RusseiIvill •, Ark.. 1,000 New Richmond,O. 1,000 Fort Davis, Tex... 1,000 Port Clluton, O... 1,000 Port Townsend, Monistown.Tenn. 1,200! Washington..... 1.000 h the PWROUBM has been discovered Punjab, Hlndostan. • v . * . , - » • other MS V I held inquisitions on the remains of 05? per- t ? sons, who met death by violence or accident, if These cases are divided as foUOws: Murders andhomtaidee Suicides Railroad accidents Elevator accidents Drowned Runaway and streat-esr mililtrta(t. Fell from scaffolds and down stairways.... Burne t to death. Miscellaneous--Poisoned by mistake, explo­ sions, aelf-shooting through aocideat, etc.. Total 1 The murders and sniotdea by < pare as follows: ' -Hurdewaad Months. i A' hominldes January... 3 February, dfe'.1!; • March...................... June July August . Bep ember October November December. ....,,4,^, OOMPAXT D, fifth Attain, has been newly , 4 t*. j . mn 'Ml • « *