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FACTS FOR TIE CURIOUS.

IT is reported that 100000 holes were
bored III tho execution of st. Guthnrd
tunnel, $50, 900 pounds Of dynamite CON
sumed, and $3.50, 900 drills worn ont.
AS SIN WhnIAM THOMPSON has shown.
the sun, if il were composed Of solid
coal and produced its light by combus-
tion, would burn out in less than 6,00O
years.
TAcKs. Two hundred and fifty differ
ent kinds Of taclSs are manufactured
from brass, copper, zinc, iron and steel.
The material from which tacks are mnde
is first cut into long strips MS wide us
the required length Of the tuck. IL il
then put into q machine which cuts it
into tacks or nails, as the case may be,
as quickly and MS easily as boy would
munich a stick Of candy.
THE Cunard line has lost two vessels
in thirty-sevon years, but hns never lost
life nor letter. The Colombia, ono
of their first vessels, went ashore be-
tween Halifax and Boston. Tho passen-
gers and cnrgo were landed iii safety,
but the vessel could not be got of. Tho
Tripoli went ashore near Tuskar,
off tho coast Of Ireland, about six years
ago. The passengers and cargo were
landed safely, but the vessel was broken
up.
"TRAIN catching" says tho Hour,
ais the cause of more i'll health than
is generally supposed. Those who bolt
their breakfasts, iii order to be III time
for the morning train, know that such
course leads to dyspepsia, with its at-
tendant ills, and the violent exertion
which is made by those who just save
their distance produces an excitement
of the heart and blood vessels which, il
frequently repeated, is likely to end in
serious organic disease.
EnEorRIcrrY is used in Paris to con-
troll vicious horses. A conducting wire
runs from an electro magnet in the seat
of the wagon through tho reins to tho
horses bits. BY turning the crank Of
the magnet current Of electricity is in
duced and sent to the animals mouth.
No violent shock is given to benumb or
greatly alarm the horse, but the slight
priclkling sensation peculiar to electrical
influence surprises and subdues him.
An electric whip, to prevent rearing or
turning suddenly, is another ingenious
invention.
FROM inquiries conducted by Prof.
Hermann Cohn, Of Breslau, since 1866,
il appears that short-sightedness is rare
ly or never born with those subject Ia
il, and is almost always the result OF
strains sustained by the eye during study
in early youth. Myopia, as it is called,
is seldom found among pupils Of village
/ schools and its freuIlency increases III
proportion to the demand made upon
the eye in higher schools andin colleges.
A better construction Of school desks,
an improved Typography Of textbooks,
and sufficient lighting Of class-rooms
are the remedies proposed TO abate this
| maladY.
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when a gray shadow glided ont of the
other shadows, and stood at his side.
"Johnl' she whispered.
Dolly it's never you ?"
Yes, John, said the girl, gently but
steadily. Tim going back home with
you. !"
"God bless you, Dolly, said the young
man, fervently.
'For good and all, John, if you'll take
me-" said Dolly, slowly. 1--WE had
quite enough Of city life; and I'll help
you with the green houses, and I'll Try
and be good little housekeeper at home.
Shall /, John?p
John put his arm around her and hug
ged her up to his side.
Darling" said he, huskily, "its
most too good news to be true; but, il
my word is worth anything, You shall
never regret your decision Of this day"
So the pretty flower girl vanished out
of the bower Of smilax and rosebuds.
The Sedgewick mansion wasn't decorated
at all, and Mr. Frixham had lost his new
customer. And the turquoise ring came
back to Mr.. Fritzalan in blank en-
velope.
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MFirst Efforts"

/ long for some patent method for CON
vincing every man, woman and child,
who is poor, unhappy, or wants pin
money, that they cannot rush into litera-
ture pell-mell, and make money at will.
Above all, / should like legal penalty
IMPOSED upon every one who sends a
:" first effort" to me. 1t is an equal
"effort" and by no means my "first"
for me to read their poetry, and for them
to write it. 1 am fast becoming a
misanthrope from the amount Of trash,
earnished with neither sense, grammar,
rhyme, nor metre, that my fellow crea-
lures perpetrate with view Of fame and
fortune. Will anyone ever convince this
crowd of imbeciles that to write even
decently demands previous cultivation,
information, and common sense; or that
real genius is like any other diamond,
and needs careful culhvating and polish
ing? Isuppose notl-Atlaslttc Magazine.
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Corolina,s Sweet Sixteen.

A curious petition was that addressed
in 1888 to the Governor Of South Caro-
lima by sixteen maidens Of Charleston. 1t
ran thus
"The humble petition Of all the maids
whose names are underwritten. Where
as, we, the humble petitioners, are at
present in very melancholy disposition
Of mind, considering how all the bache-
lors are blindly captiyated by widows, and
our own youthful charms are thereby
neglected; in consequence of this, our
request is that Your Excellency will for
the future order that no widow presume
to marry any young man till the maids
are provided for; or else to pay each OF
them a fine for satisfaction for invading
our liberties and likewise fine to be lev
led on all such bachelors as shall be mar
ried to widows. The great disadvantage
it is to us maids is that the widows, by
their forward carriage, do snap up the
Young men, and have the vanity to think
their merit beyond ours, which is great
imposition on us, who ought to have the
preference. This is humbly recon-
mended to Your Excellency's considera-
ton, and hope you will permit no further
insults. And we poor maids in duty
bound will ever pray"
The forlorn sixteen would have very
much approved the edict Of the Portu
guese King, which forbade widows mori
than fifty years old from remarrying, al
the ground that experience taught tina
widows of that age commonly weddel
young men of no property, who digst
pated the fortunes such marriage
brought them, to the prejudice of chill
dren and other relatives.
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Ultimately.

A gentleman who has bill against Gil
hooly has been bothering that distin-
puished Galvestonian for weeks for set
Element. The other day he called ON him
and said: "Now, Mr. Gilhooly, want
YOU to tell me when you will pay that
bill"
aDidn't / tell you was going to pay
it ultimately?"
eyes, but want you to set some day,
"a I can make my calculations.
cru pay it ultimately"
"Can't you be more definite? Wher
viii YOU pay it ultimately"
"Well, will pay it very ultimately
New. / hope you are satisfied. - GatUes
ton News
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THE mUsECAL BOY.


BY JAMES t. flhLA
uisa ruthless toothless wigh.
Who dwells beside a wall,
And spends his time in singing songs
AS loud as he can hawl,
And casting stones at passengers
Who may neglect to call.
Tho knave deals out inflated corn
And other fluffy things,
Gum-balls, and miscellaneous pie
Ana donghnuts shaped like rings;
The peanut branch he also piles
Asall day long he sings.
O urchin rude, Of manners crude,
OF unaugeic voice,
pray iell he true, young ruflian, do,
Ifthus YOU live from choice,
Or il IN YOUR unhallowed way
You really don't rejoice.
Your wares are insalubrious,
Your carols are the same,
Your bold career Is fraught with fear,
Your traiiic one Of shame
A dark, mysterious, dreadful trade,
A deed without name.
Boy, eoase your harmful dreary notes,
And fling your goods away;
Go ret you to New Zealand, or
some cove in Baffin's Bay;
Expenses out (but no return)
Myself will gladly pay.
The rogue looks up with knowing loor,
And bids me not repine,
Then aims missile at my head,
with phrase that's not divine,
ana CrOaks still more dismal song
The words. alas are n1i1lAi
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Pat,s Snee.ch.

Pat-"Och, Bridget, did ye niyer
hear NV my great spache afore the Hi
bernian Society,"" Bridget-''No, Pat,
how shouldI? for sure ] was not on the
oround." Pat-"Well, Bridget, ye see
/ was called upon by the Hibernian So
/. xfv for a spache; and, be jabbers, !
@ose with the enthusiastic cheers of thou
sands, with me heart oyertiow9ing win
gratitude, and me eyes hlied wlth Years.
and diyil a word did / spake.
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The reason why the poets always
speak OF October as sober" is because
sober is the only word they can find to
rhyme with October.
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A SINGULAR phenomenon has been
commented on by the French scientific
papers. At Bonneville and other places
q slight shower Of yellow rain fell. M.
de Candolle, to whom were handed sheets
of paper stained by the rain, has pro-
nounced the coloring matter to be Of an
organic nature, consisting of vegetable
debris, among which could be observed
the spores of cryptogams. The shower
seems to have taken place simultaneously
over large extent, but the composition
of the coloring matter was not every
where the same-that collected at Duille
being essentially Of mineral character.
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A DANvn.LE paper tells of man who
tainted dead away while being measured
for suit Of clothes. Itwas not SO much
on account Of the novelty of the thing as
the fact that he happened to glance mp
at the back end of the store and saw the
legend s'No Trust" Clothing dealers
should have more regard for the health
of their customers. The dreary sign
'Terms CASH has prostrated many a
fair and promising youth. Norris
toicla Herald.
, 1880-11-21
AS THY DAY, THY STRENGTH SHALL Be.
FIR The Calca4o Tribune.

FIR The Caaeago Tribune.
was weary OF the world.
With its toll, aud with its strife:
wAs wenry Ut the turmoil;
wn5 wtu1ry Of my life;
I WIS weary-O 30 weary
Thut st:arcc could draw mT breaths
wns weAry-O SO weary
That sometimes longed for DEATH
1was weary OF thu ptottItng,
Or the heslv;' load ut care;
/ was weary OF the burdens
lwns daily forced to bear:
The mornings cstmc tux, early.
Aud the evenings were delayed
Till weary grew Ut sunshine.
And weary grew OF shade
Ono night. beside the water
Lnnx stood In deepest thought,
And uwelt upon the havoc
That its storm tossed waves had Wrou8
And crie,l, ~ angry wntcr.
n1n wenry-1et TIC rest
With your arms about inc clinGtnI.
And my head upon Jour hEcast!
Then the waves npon the white sand
Seemed to muttcr this reply:
=" He who from his givetsaluties
To my aE1ns for rest would tty.
Proves htnself I'M nrTant coward:
Then tho wind took up the strain.
And it whistlctl. '*Arr.,ut coward
ldrrunt cowAr0-wcAk ind vain.
And heard a low voice saying,
Though no mortal could sec,
*GIvu mot way to wenk rtplnlng-
!As thy day. thy strength shall bet
IT'S the stnfui. weak, and foolish
Who. repiniuR, ask for rest.
Though you doom YOUR cross too he4yk
Thts remainder: God knows beet!"
1AoQU11a.
, 1880-11-21
Where In the Bonrd Of Healtli7
III fhx Editor of The Ehfe1ao Tribune.


CHICAGO, Nov. a.-Your valuable morning
paper comes to my home bringing tho news
that a ship il lost at sea, a train IL wrecked. an
asylum burned, and all with loss OF life, which
read and au, profoundly thankful to Almighty
God that none dear to me wcrc among tho lost
You also announce that tho foundation Of the
great eieven-story glucose manufactory is laid
in the heart of this city, ana TINT tho Geneva
house is completed and will run LOCO bushels OF
corn per day and supply tho public with glucose
remember that lust summer the fumes Of tho
glucose house In Des Aones H. .,!a ki1!ea Tsae ane
and brought against it SO many snlts ,. Tor a oani
ages that it was removed out Ut the CITY. ana
wonder il the GRIND Pacific, tho faImcT housc;
and the multitude Of lnanufactories. afpois pa ana
dwellings, under the shadow ot Our noble eleVcn-
story enterprise will meekiy sunmlt 70 ot';atn'
their share OF its suIphurous fumes
Health Commissioner DeWof has oon9 xi1os's1 hpo
service ln stopping viii II nauu the guaT
fun ut our lives md health why dnes oe RtuI. T.,
this :. concentrated inferno" to Slowly ar1se Al
onen the little book called "fo0d Aani5e1x.. !.
+1nns: Whst We Eat and What We SHOULD EAT
aud ind that glucose has oesn Eepaa'eoV s4'
, 1880-11-21

TO the Editor ct The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20-Iavtng SO many letters
similar to tho ono answered, and Us you have
already been so klnd, will you oblige us by
giving both the letter Of inquiry anu our an
swcr7 We would say to the lady, as to all others.
that our Society Is designed to reach all mothers
or guardians, and by making 1t free OF charge.
we hope to get the cooperation Of NIL mothers OF
whatever station in life. from the thoughtlcss
and fashionable society mother to the mechanics
wives, who really have been the mothers of
very many Of our most prominent mel, and
women. And VIC. as n band nf mothers. desire
II, gather and tu1part such Information Us VIII
benefit, eughtcn. und make Il better humanity;
and atncliorate the condition OF many children
by attending to special cuaes of acgtect and
cruelty th1it may be made known to US: and
from So wide an organization OF mothers We
hope to achieve good and great results. We
solicit nll mothers to help on tho gusd work by
their prescnce among us. We request ladies 1u
dress plainly that NIL may feel on IN equality toT
solid work, and not show. The Society will meet
at o'clock .. u1., Nov. u, at the Grand Pacific
Hotel Mis- +. n. TNuDELLr Sec.
CHICAGO Nov. 15-Io the Secretarv Mothers
Socftty-nEAR MADAM: Do ! understand from
shs sse eo m af of n9 ho de&h
rnothor-a relattve-I am lett in charge Of three,
s1nall children, and I'm very inexperienced L
have been married only SIX months. anti am de-
sirous If doing my whole duty by these children
as would wish my own cared for should hc
taken from them, I would like tho advice Of
such Indies Us have had experience, wisdom. and
conscience. Their education and trimming Is as
essential to them to tit them Tor their condition.
in Iifc as their personal comfort II not uski1G
too much, will you please drop me line Ut lii
bfrs
, 1880-11-21
Keforyner White.


10 Iak E0t[or o. 1AS tH1<430 1F9ouHs-
CHICAGO, Nov. Ex-senator White has made
his debut before the public in q new role,
namely that OF reformer: and In order to
make an impression he finds it necessary to ut
tack Col. Abner Taylor, the able and geutlc-
manly leader of the First Ward Republicans
In his attempt to throw mud at Col. Taylor he Is
aided and abetted by few GRANTEES who hold
office under tho Federal Government, and who
have already discovered the fact that rotation in
office Is one of the wise principles OF rep'lb-
lcan form Of Government, ard that the next
Administration will live up to that principle
To this they are opposed and hence the REFORM
ers are 1udulKtng in ii lively kick.
Senator White will no doubt create momen-
tary sensation By his new departure: but, II he
wants the public to swallow the dose, he milst
support his claims 10 the position by reference
Of good moral character. II he will join tho
Church, and IN good faith become 3 member OF
d live temperance organfZau ton. then. and not
until then, will the people believe him sincere.
Senator Whites abuse Of Col. Taylor Is hardly
worth noticing. He Is John Kelly on small
SCALE and his entire political interest centres in
himself We're 1t not for the fact that By the
rruce Of certain committee he represents tho
First Senatorial District at Springfield, no ono
would care to hear his opinions, much less to
dispute them; us it is. no one desires to udver-
tise him. and tho writer in conclusion would
simply suggest to Mr. White not to burn his
powder reckesly. as he will have need for all his
ammunition bye and bye. EERlTAS.
, 1880-11-21
LITTLE SINGERS OF THE HOUSE.
For The <;dca09 Tribune.

Far The <,sIca0o 1ribunt-
In the hazy hush and golden CLINT OF sweet oc-
A ballad fell. US falling leaf dcsccnds to tho
GRASSY ways
At best but tender nothing, the dream Of an
Which, pleasing the heart q moment, had yielded
its transient joy:
But IN after years, wheu ii maiden was singing
The Poet s.,w No effort coa,4d be counted entire
ly vain; .... ..
Though y'ns for ssS ysars unoticed asleep on IN
To be drawn from its dusty cover, perhaps, by
the household elf,
The good to Your joy-the evil, If any there be,
For each household, in its treasures, has somo
little bird Of sonE,.
Prattltng child, or featherc1 songster, that is
=. -, singing gil day long; n. o.su.,., "a.
to those
Who sincerely love the singer for the melody
Satisfies tho crave for loving, and Of being loved
When hearts seek relief from trial, when the
Ev'ry household has its sinecr-wo can teach 1t
will;
And the senss e i t. sings are echoes of the teaeh
II we hear no music In it. surely each dlscord-
ant strain
Ev'ry household has Its singer: let the Poet aim
to teach
Songs whose soft, meiodious measure shall the
better nature reach
Songs whose cudenco shall awaken a1umb'r1ng
Memry, till n0afn
We Shall live our childhood over hu familiar
word and strnin,
Aud the sadder :recoilcctions which will haunt
the best of lives
Ehlll be hidden In the beauty of the good that
still survives,
And in homes where darkness rest ed, and in
helrts where love was cold,
Shall BIZ light. and warmth, and gladn ess, from
the tender words OF gold
Interviewer, like blessing. In the little song of
old AUGUSTUS Cu7aRKY. :.
, 1880-11-21
The Professor had some valuable sugges-
tfona In make In re9ard to

TIE PUBLIC LAND COMMISSION or 1879.
'Tlle object of this Commission" he said,
twas IL make all examination of and report
upon the physical condition and agricultural
ability, of the lands OF our public domain. It
should be understood that these lands In
cl1lue over 1,000, 900 600 Of acres. The COM
mission classified the lands as non-irrigable,
or nol-farnsing and pasturage lands. The
irrigable lands, according to the Commission,
are those that can he watered BY the conl-
nlo-"r creeks and rivers. and detour bitches
therefrom; and they held that all lands. not
i'll reach of these must always be parched,
dry, desert, and Useless, except for grazing ;
aud that, therefore, practically the entire
area of the Western, States and Territories
can never be- devoted to farming. This Is
the verdict of the Public Land Commission.
rendered In accordance with the tradition nf
army officers. One objection to this theory
and report is. that
IT is TOTALLY FALSE.
For, contrary to the reports aforesaid, the
arabic and irrigable lands, instead OF being
one acre in forty. are nearer foer-fftlls OF the
entire country. Throughout the, entire
West the common soil is. chemically con
sidered, absolutely perfect It lacks nothing
for raising the products OF the farm and
garden. The country is everywhere under
laid with extensive and Irregular. substrata
from twenty to fifty feet III thickness, ex-
tending through various depths from fifty to
10o feet, deposited by the glacial action OF
countless ages; and these beds Of sand are
filled with vast supplies OF water, contributed
by the rains and melting: SHOWS Of past geo
logical ages, and which are incapable OF ex-
ha'lstlon by any drain that may be made upon
them for agricultural, mechanical, or donles-
tic purposes. These sub-oceans are within
the reach OF the Cannon pumps to an extent
that
OCCUPIES THE ENTIRE SURFACE,
except those portions where there are rocky
ridges and mountain systems. This supply
OF water. So easily within reach Of the
farmer, or gardener. or nerdsman, forever
redeelns the country from every i1nputaHon
+. Of being desert or useless; on the contrary, it
Is bound to be equal In productive ability to
any portion of the United States"
The Professor is one of the leading men OF
his State; and the Town Of Wilbur, the
connty-seat of Saline County. is named in
honor OF him. His theory is at least instruct
ing; and, rs he resides there, and has had
ample opportunity for study, he is worthy Of
being heard. GARY.
, 1880-11-21


:, Al the theatres during the coming week
~ r.ete will be lone Hundred Wives at Nc
.seker's, Willie Edouill's "Sparks" at
= nnooley's, Shannon and Blossoms " A Golden
1aiae" at the Grand Opera, and Leavitt's
D"t'esQue troupe at Haverly's.
a Golden Game'' is said to bo of Ger
n4a origin, and has been adapted with q
.N" 70 present in the most favorable light
w. 1ro comedians. Mr.. Shannon, formerly OF
..a M.a'lacks Theatre, and Slr. EdesoB. The
aacter ~ Of Mar Strauss is described as
-. u German, half humorous, half SYM
tsauetlc; while 3lr. Edeson present carica-
sate ~ OF an American abroad. We are further
aofmed that the play i'll strongly dramatic
"a: as 'ells he story Of '' a long-lost and now
sulnea father, who guarded his daughter
~hn a,ust the matrimonial designs of villains
h.. ue ae} supposed him merely personatfng
49, ~. iatner in their interest" LII addition to
~ st31s' the cast will embrace the services
n. T. ,: 4. Chester, Ar. John Armstrong,
r. a.. ". Bankson, Miss Annie Boudirot
~ "anot Eyre, Nj, q. s, Duf}eld. hr.
, 1880-11-21
Political Part1san&htp In Women.
10 TIC Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.

CHICAGO Nov 90-An announcement wns
u'ue ~ - 4uto s-'as x - ~ "0nt "a'
supposed 70 oc "ifec- thlnRefs, toas tne mar
gcrett Fuller Society,"" recently organized BY
Mrs Lucinda Il. Chandler. md OF which Mrs.
srt,,nsor, ;s prcs;1cnt World mecr q wecr fror,
s.s.-s ,.a.,. ;. 80. ss":. .'n - r,1 w..
next honaay Ut tneif nc" na4l. No. -<A west
Nadison street, and also that as tbs Weaver and
Chambers Club OF this city had elected Mrs,
fband,er prca,darr for ,ho ona,,inr vaor, rha
1n,;;ns st,o,,1d ~ ,nn,+er ~ .l,,tr aitani tha
.naa,1,,.a tho -" ~, ~ vh1nh ,r3Htr ~ ~ haL1
Thartss1i,,1n@ cvnntr1 ~ ~ @
Simnit, and natural a. this announcement was.
IT, sarns tn have stirred IN rnn.ier,,;,tf Yntiin,r
hrI Ihers Ucr S1osh n,n,wh ~ ola ~, tho,r ~ fn..s
n1,d mich to thnir sstnnishmanf fo,.nd them
sfcnnct} ,1oon without mercy" This ia tn nerfe1.r
o..cf,r,i Vii the Htcr-,ot f,+nxs ~ - thinTs
Rrnthers lnt ,hc s,srcr tioht t,,e;r n,xn m,tt5es
wittn,,r vo,r interfer..nte Twill ~. s@on cnn.,v
1'.art ths+ o,r. .v tno a.o ,nher4,n1
rs~hta von c3ai,n ft,r rnnrscavcs
, 1880-11-21

CHICAGO, Nov. a--IIave you been s. out west
on the Ogden avenue street-cars this winter2
I teci suro you have not, or your readers would
have heard of your pleasant (?l trip through the
"airing' columns OF your paper. 1t has be-
come my hard fate to make the trip down town
and back every dny, and cannot describe half
the discomforts inflicted on the passengers who
can reach their places of business in no other
way In the first place, the CARS arc the worst
In the city, 1t not In existence. They rattle up
the tracks with noise absolutely deafening.
for there Is not window the wind does not
pour through. There is not yet q sign Of hay or
straw in any OF them, though tho thermometer
is pluylng about zero But the worst OWL is the
scarcity Of cnrs. The Company have not half
the cars on that should be, and every day secs
crowding and crushing for standing room that is
disgrace, Yesterday I rode half way down
town. having n place for one foot on the rear
platform, when I could stand 1t no longer, and
got OF and walked to keep from freezing
work nenr Madison and Market, yet cyory night
go east to StAto street to get a car, knowing
cannot get one by whiting for them to come to
mo. would not speak OF these things il the
Company were poor and could not afford better
accommodations, but they can, and they nre
taking the surcs1 and most approved method ut
inviting competition, as the growing West Side
s. BROWN,
, 1880-11-21

aAround the World in Eighty Days" at
Hayerly,s tonight for the last time.
Len Grover Is working on a new pay
which he calls "a Voice from Heaven"
The ext star at Hooley's will be Mrs.
Scott-Siadons, who appears in the leglt1-
mate.
Gen. John Haverlv. now In New 1ofK' Is
contemplating European tr1p-a1ter no'-
elites"
Robson and Crane have been quite success.
ful with aSharps and Flats !" at the StanaaFu
Theatre, New York. The press don't tn1nA