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nothing for him. The man then told the Ad-
5utsnt That unless he got bed he would leave

| nothing for him. The man then told ths Ad.
tutant that unless he got bed he Hould leave
| ths bal11ct"
The aquer tres Of Japan is now being in
troduced in California A Japanese student
living there, Mr. Kendo, has published : book
speaks Of the aquer tzee as adapted to this
country. Like the ai1anthus, the male and
| female are separate trees. It Is only the fe-
male tree that yields the laquer, after the
fashion Of t1rpentine treea- Both He1es pro-
duce seed, about fifty pounds each They n1e
arated answers the purpose OF beeswa1- It il
a4 article OF extensive commerce. The Iaquer
of gapan has Hiao celebrity. On the third
l. year from the seed they begin to tsp the tree
and gather the wax. The tree resembles tho
walnut. It grows Twenty-Five feet high and
gathering the ,laquer and Of cleaning the wax
involyea Little labor OF skill
Tie Collector OF Internal Revenue at San
Francisco is very much exercised over the dis
cove1y Of q new liquor made by M1. Sum Eee,
an Asiasic resident Of, that city. and writes 70
Class Mr. Sum Kee- as iistiIler or1ectider.
+ eeens that Alr. Sum Kae mAnufactures
" no-mai.tsau" in the following manner: Hs
takca rice cakD imported from Canton, soaka
It, and boils it IN an ordinary iron pan, spreads
IT on a tnhle, rolls and mashea it with his
:
called "peng-mooi," IN article entirely
ialnlliar !; to revenue men. After harlng done
tlna he takes gallon Of alcohol and mi1es5it
with three gallons Of water, and puts it in a.
saa-ga!lon jar, when he adds pound and 3
half Of his nceeako rnixture to each gallon Of
liquid. This is allowed to stand two Or; three
Gays, when more alcohol is aided; and a.
finishing touch to the beverage MIR. Sum Eee
puts IN lot Of sugar and considerable guam
tit, of int pork The no-mai-tsau il then
ready to get drunk on, and beats gin and milk
every way. The department decides that the
liquor SO made is compounded liquor. snd
that MT. Sum Kee must, therefore, pay q
LICENSE rs tectiaer. r..
About year since A. T. Stewart, James Js,
Brown, j. .. Wolfe, Theodore Roosevelt, Wm-
+: Dodge, D. N. Barney, and about twenty
York city, determined tlat 3hero, should BE- boa =
Museum Of Natulal History in Central Park.
They subscribed and procured subscriptions 10
the amount OF 24 900, obtained chA1ter
from the State for An Institution to be called
tho American Museum OF Natural History;"
from tie collections Of Prince Maamjllian. = Of Of
NeuW1ed, and NJ Yerreau1, $500: mounted,
birds, $40 mammals, tnd 2 900 ,dshee and rep
tiles, at prime cost OF 92s, 900 in gold. About
s10, 600 il subscribed, in addition to tho $44,-
900, on condition thst $l00, 600 is raised. The
Commissioners Of the park have found room
building: Several large additions of speci-
mems have been received az donations. On
thte0 days of tho week the rppms arc open to
the public, under, regulations. established by
tho Commissioners Of tho Park
The New York Herald, in its money ard-
change IN the forenoon were hesvy under
suspicion that some OF the la1ger operators had
sold out, the drop from 1D6 to 10314 for
Reading-that most reliable Of stocks-hAv-