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| hned ten dollars.
LAST WEEK was tho only ono for many
months that Boston has been exempt from
death by smallpox.
FIVE hundred DostonIaus say they won't
use any more gas until Il Is made Of better
quality and cheaper
/ luE Boston Post has purchased az a loca-
| uOh lot US new building the site of the birth.
place OF Benjamin Franklin.
| NJ depends upon who Ia the quickest on the
/ trigger, whether an Arkansas doctor coiiects
| his bill or not Of a convalescent patIcn,
A CALIFORNIA nrm recently Skinned a hun.
ired bales OF cotton to Liverpool, being the
lrst consignment OF California grown cotton.
IT ls estimated that twenty thousand per
,ons have signed the pledge In Maine during
he prevalence Of the present reform move
ment
APETRfPIED Indian haA Just been expressed
70 Yale College, the body having been discov-
cred and dug up In the bluffs on tho North
rlatte, last summer
A YALE SCIENTIFIC PARTY is about to start
LOT INC lava-bed regions. Anything that Is
worth living for Is worth dying for, and that's
The case with science.
PEoniBIToRr liquor laws led thirsty New
Gnglander TO break into church at Spring
leld, Mass, last week, for the sole purpose 81
stealing the communion wine.
LADY called at drug store and breath
lossly remarked There! | have serenaded
al inc way down hero to get recipe pro-
'oIiooui ana dlsremember the combustibles."
"a IMPORTER for Wisconsin paper writes:
inose who personally know our esteemed
lellow-cltiEen, Colonel -, will regret 10
near that no was ,brutally assaulted last
evening, but not killed.
FIGARO, out Of fun, started story that tho
report OF Louis NapOleon's death was a sham.
Inc article was extensively copied, and there
Me sald 70 be many people In all parts OF
England who swallow Il.
BOSTON has seventeen public baths this
year, and they will remain open from the ist
of June until tho end Of September. The
cost last year was eIO,4G5. Five Of the
WESTERN papers never allow the wind to
1low 10 q commonplace manner. At Bur
lngton, Iowa, they tell OF breeze that shly-
red board fence into kindling wood and
packed II Into mans wood-shed.
russell and Baldwin apples, sound and
good, have been picked under the trees In
Maine and New Hampshire this spring. Tho
ieep snow preserved them from the extreme
cold oil the last eIcoptionablc winter.
The average value Of the products Of man.
liacturcs per head Of the population by the
census OF 1870 was, in New York, slIp, In
pennsylvania, S202; In Connecticut, $500 in
massachusetts, ESQ; In Rhode Island s5l3.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand seven hundred and
eighteen cattle were received ln the Union
'tock yards In Chicago during tho last
Seck-tho largest number ever known TO
that time.
BARsUM wanted to spread his tent over
Rhode Island, but was forced to 90 over the
Inc, as his show would interfere with the
'priug Photograph trade In the State, and
stop all sitting while bis canvas shut out
The blue sky.
TnE nth annual insurance report OF tho
state auditor shows that Illinois has now In
good standing ono hundred and eighteen FIRE
ma marine Insurance companies They re-
ceiyed In cash premiums last year IS, T0i, SOL;
their losses were sl,4T7,Ol7; their expenses
iro estimated at sl,7ll ass; leaving a net
profit OF e, SD, osj.
CANADA is getting excited at tho prospect
81 the early extinction OF her oyster beds.
The last fisheries report says that while the
Yearly consumption Of oysters In Canada Is
valued at sl4O, 900, the product of the PROV
'nces Is worth only s43, 900 The remainder
y tho annual consumption Is supplied by the
United States.
The question Of consolidating the cities OF
view York and Brooklyn under one munich
al government Is loading to considerable
discussion In both places. New Workers ap-
Dear to bc rather anxious for the union, but
me Brooklynltes seem to be afraid 1t will re-
SAT- In heavier taxation for them without any
corresponding benefit.
THE fourth Cincinnati Industrial expos
uon VIII DO opened 10 the public from the 8
81 september to the 4th of October. Thu
institution Is under the direction Of the board
d commissioners appointed By the Chamber
d Commerce, the board Of trade and Ohio
Mechanics Institute, and Is a signal illustra-
lion OF successful enterprise.
1T Is not best for members OF secret So
iletles TO recognize signs. Mrs Scott. of
Rochester, having occasion to wipe her noso,
vas accosted by Mr. Kimball, who Thought
ler daughter OF Rebccca In trouble. lie
earned his mistake when Mr.. Scott arrived,
IN assault and suit In the police court
we're the consequences.
EDITORIAL life In Germany has been made
more tolerable by the enactment OF A new
press law which limits prosecution for press
offences to within ak months OF their perpe-
tration, or three months for minor Infringe
,nents, thus prohibiting the trumplng up of
iong-forgotten articles against Obnoxious
journals by their enemies.
Gov. SMITH, OF Georgia, says that the four
states OF Georgia, Alabama, Florida and
south Carolina use every year $1,000, 900
bushels more OF grain than they produce
They must look to the Western farmers 10
supply this deficiency; any attempt 10 raise
corn Tor themselves would be at the expense
of their cotton crops, and would cause them
a loss OF at least ESQ Oo0, 900 a year.
THE wild man" has made his appearance
In Florida. He has been chased to a cave
near Oceola, where he bid defiance 10 his pur-
'uers. lie Ia described as man OF gigantic
ranging apparently from dye TO
seven feet In height, covered with long
whitish hair OF brlstly stiffness, and so sin
yular wlthal as still TO leave the pursueTs In
doubt as to whether man or beast.
A STOCK COMPANY lie to be formed ut New
Haven for the conversion Of old muslin de-
laine Into wool. The process Is not like that
OF the shoddy manufacture, as the fiber of
the wool or cotton Ia left In Its original length,
and the wool Is, barring the color, the same
as though II had been woven. Material cost
ing two or three cents a pound Is quickly
converted into material worth twenty-thrcc
cents pound.
A FLORIDA coast letter says: "Nfost Of the
Inhabitants here wear wrecked goods. Even
their hats and shoes come from stranded
ships. Their wives and daughters have
dresses and aprons mado OF wrecked calico.
their tables arc covered with wrecked linen,
aud their beds are spread with wrecked mus
lin. good wreck will supply an economl-
cal family for years, The ship ashore Is re-
garded ~ legitimate prey. The people arc
honest and passably industrious, but they will
go for wreck like gulls for dead lsh."
A NEW LAW has Just gone into effect In
Pennsylvania regulating the sale Of burning
oils. II forblds the sale OF any product OF
petroleum TO be used In lamps as a burning
oil which Ia Of a lower hre-test than ITO deg,
fahrenheit. Violations OF the law are PUNISH
able by fine of not less than S25O, or i'm
prisonment not less than one year, or both,
at the discretion OF the court. Any ono sus.
tanning danger TO person or property by rea-
son OF the use OF oil which Is not of the legal
standard can collect damages Of the dealer
who sold the oil.
FASHION plays strange freaks and shows
Itself In strange places. The passion for for.
elgn finish, the delight In swelling titles and
In French twist to name, are not confined
to the aristOcratic avenues. An ambitious
and Initiative stable-keeper In East Broadway
ahronts the astOnished eye with a big Sign
upon his barn, hearing the strange device
Hotel de Horse" His horses arc doubtless
a. dainty as their master and refuse their hay
unless made up In salad, or desplse their
oats u not served In the Partisan style. Il Ia
certain that the hostleTs In this stable would
strike II called on to groom stecd whose
pedigree was not faultless.
A. II. SMITH, OF Texas, Ia a mighty Nlmrod In
his particular line which Is wolves, lie kiila tha