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pink brocade, over which was worn 9
short sleeveless jacket Of Melted steel
beads.n
why the Value of Sealskins is
Kept up SO High.

II is often wondered why the price Of
sealskin goods should remain 80 high
when the Arctic abounds with the ami
mails from which the fur is taken and
the limit allow ed by the existing laws,
as they are constructed by seal-catchers,
il comparatively bonndless. The state.
ment of the great costtof coloring and
preparing the fur is not credited by
many. and it does look rather strange
that this should be the case.
L. Gerstle, President Of Alaska Com
mereial Company, dropped a hint or
two TO q reporter on this subject. In
snesking of the total catch for the sea-
son, which Mr.. Gerstle says has BEEN
incorrectly reported, 1t was remarked
that the market at the opening. of the,
season of 1888 showed such..an over
| stocked condition that it ,wass thought
necessary, in order TO work ofthe re-
naming turs, as we'll as future catches.
to take some steps to keep the demand
and supply steady and make the trans
actions profitable to the company.
"But,', asked the reporter, .if the
supply is so great as, it is reported, why
could not the trade be. conducted ON u
! cheaper and more extensive scale@'
The round, hearty c~ountenance of the
seal merchant was lighted up by a broad
smile. and with a significant look in his
eye, he said:
"The idea is to have the popularity of
the sealskin still retained by the fash
ionable world.'
"And you intend to do this by keep
ing up values3'
EXACTLY; that's the only way and it
is in accordance with strict commercial
principles. That is not all, however. If
the sealskin should become cheap and
common, other furs which are harderte
"How ia the market regulated"
"Well," said the president, sYou know
that we have a very extensive trade
abroad and in fact, London and Paris are
the chief centers of the. fur trade. In
March of each year a meeting of furriers
or their delegates is held in London,
and to these we make orr report,
that they may know the outlook for
trade from this source for subsequent
reason. We gave them notice or our in
tention to reduce the supply OF skins
for the reason of 1883, and have fol.
lowed out that plan to the letter. Here
is a copy of the report"
GA examination it was found that
the catch for the season was 1000 skins
less than last years. The total num-
her captured or agreed to be captured
vas 100000. OF these 5000 were Cop,
per island and rs 5000 Alaska furs.
"Willthe reduction OF the annual catch
be permanent" was asked.
II cannot say rs to that" replied
Mr.. Gerstle. prior to this season the
tone OF the market had not been very
healthy, prices settling from sale to sale,
and no other remedy being offered us,
the present step waa res lived on."-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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BUILDING
A Dwelling House s Feet Wide, so
Feet Deep, and 4 Stories High.

A Dwelling House s Feet Wide, so
Feet Deep, and 4 Stories High.
N. Y. Evening Post.
The narrowest house in this city may
be e at the northwest corner of Lex
ineton avenue and Eighty-second street.
When Lexington venue was cut through
some years ago, a strip of land five feet
wide and one hundred feet deep was all
that was left ola certain lot belonging to
a person who did not own the next lot
on the street. The strip, while of little
value by itself, would be valuable to a
person owning the adjoining lot on
Eighty-second street, because it would
not only enable him to build a house
five feet wider, but would give him win.
dowe all along the sile of his house ON
Lexington avenue. The two owner
however, conld not agree as to terms.
and a house was erected on the lot ad-
joining the narrow strip. The owner OF
the latter had nothing to do butte aban-
don his lot, or build q house five feet
wide upon it. The latter course WAS
perhaps adopted because such a house
would shut up all the side windows OF
the neighboring building, and consider
ably reduce its value.
The new building, which has been
finished for some months, is therefore j
feet wide, 100 feet deep, and 4 stories
high. 1t is divided into two houses.
each so feet long, and the ent rance
doors are, of course, Oh the avenue as
there is no room for a door at either end
of the building. The law allows a build
ing at the corner of a street to have
projecting bay windows along the side
md folyIy,v 0I VIZ ~ tnrn ~ AZ, -.
stance, the architect has managed to
plan q house which, while peculiar in
inside appearance. and probably very
uncomfortable to live in, may find ten
ants. Without these bay-windows or
square projections running from the
foundations to the roof it would not
have been possible to build a house at
all, for no room would have been wider
than three feet. Each house has therefore
two bay windows, in ono of which are
the stairs and in the other one room
about eight feet wide by fifteen feet
long, upon each floor. The long passage
between the >talr-well and the room is
about three feet wide. Each house con-
tains a kitchen eight by fifteen feet and
four rooms, each of the same size, but
on different floors. There are also in
geniously placed closets at each end OF
the building and under the stairs. Both
houses are u%noccupied. One is offered
for rent at $500 a year.
If the object Of these extraordinary
houses Was simply to shut out the Ii sht
from his neighbours building, he would
probably have accomplished the same
end at much less expense 10y adopting
Mr.. George Kemp's device Of sheet-iror
shields. mir. Kemp did not wish the oc-
cupants of the building in the rear of his
house at No. 720 Fifth avenue to over
look his premises, and SO he built an
iron scaffolding in his backyard and
Gus openings, shutting out air and light
DIS completely as brick wall would have
done. This arrangement has been for
Years the source of no little comment
from the neighbors and passers-by.
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Educational influences at the
EarnA.

Professor w. III. Brewer, celebrates
the educational influence OF the farm,
whsch have lsryaly formed the charac-
ter Of American institutions. OF the
twenty-one presidents, fifteen were
farmers or sons of farmers, and five
lived on newly cleared land, and these
five were the most pro minent among all
who have occupied the executive chair.
So of others in important public posi-
tons 81 our past, The country affords
certain facilities for making strong prac.
tica' meE, that cities do not possess The
i.tr.n is Labor atory Were the student
sees aud handles The thing he is learned
sb ,ut, He is stimulated to ask guess
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"A Lesson in Finapce:

(which is the best, to owe or TO have,
something owing to your" asked Col. La.
galbeer to Gus De Smith one day.
"Why, to have something owing to
you, of course answered Gus, who is
one of the brightest society youths in
Austin.
II don't agree with you," said the
colonel.
"Well, why not?:n
Because, if you have something ow-
ing to you, YOU may never get it. But il
you W something, when you are able
to pay it You have value received,
any how, and if you never pay-why,
then YOU are sure to make a handsome
profit"
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LAYTON. who is Of medium height, wears
q number twelve aud q half, misses
size. Sac has her footgsar made at
Brussels, and her shoemaker wrote
her just before the Philadelphia Cen
tennial, asking her permission to make
some shoes on her last for exhibition, as
he regarded her foot as not only the
smallest possessed by any OF his custo n.
ers, but as the most perfect: proper
toned he had ever measured.
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Words IF tho Wise.

Weigh not so much what men assert,
= what they prove, remembering that
truth is simple and naked, and needs
Is0tinyention ID apparel her comeliness,
Sir T. Sidney.
RY desiring what's perfectly good,
eyengwhen We don't quite know what i.
ID. and cannot do what we would, We are
mart ofstbe divine power against evil
George Eliot.
SssItb another fault II he be u~ngrateful,
bNtsitis mine If I DO not give. 70 find
onethankfal man will sblige a great
many TINT are not so.-Seneca.
Hs that hath scrupulous conscience
y like q horse that ID not we'll weighed;
~ stArts ct every bird thlt flies out of
the hedge-eneca.
Aiast.ii II the principles ST contenltment
aseSnotswiitliin Us, the hight Of station
dworldly grandeur will sooi, add n
aCnbaeto tsanils stattire as too his happi
ness.-sterne.
Great falents for conversation should
be attended with great poaiteness. He
who eclipsea others, owes them great
ciyititias; and whatever n mistaken yan-
ltyH ifay tell us, 1t is better to please in
conversation than toshine in It's. r.
a@Yempla.
Wounds and hardships provoke our.
courage aud when Il fortunes are at
thelowest or wits and minds are com
monty at the best.-Charron.
Nextstec clothes being fine, they should.
veil made; and worn easily, for a
ssnan ID only the less genteel for q fine
coat. Il An wearing it he shows q regard
Tor \, and liz not as easy iii it az lit were
y ptki1 one.--Ghestertield.
6upineness and efemiEacy have min
ed more constitutions than were ever
Sdestr0yeds by excessive la5ors. Moder-
NE n ercise md toii, 30 far from preiu-.
sadicllg, STRENGTHENS and c~onsolidates the
bcdys--Dr. Rush.
flour credit be goswell built, SO firm,
that It Is not easy ~ be shaken by cal
umny q ihsinuAtion, envy then com
nlends ma alidsextols us beyond reason,
ne those npo Ri1om we denend, till
e grow Jealous and SO blow us up
.h6Its they annOt throw III down
Clarendon.
sss SaA rise and good man will turn ax-.
Alnpllescf ait sorts to his own advan-
AegesTtie good he will make his pat
eeern1 and survive "a equal Or excel them.
saY1shest,sd az. will by I'LL means avoid
.Ytaor1AsasKenipis.
IkaNshsellso f fortune turns necessarily
nun 4 d. can say within
~ 4tza1s 6tfs lahsll to-day be- uppermost.-
ESSs& E@AmNfstG
sLlkIpsiienos heepsa dear school; but
Ntll llaaa9sansinsnasctte and scarce
taials5hglk.s4ofItatr MI auayfgiye adj
kllss!s e,at|Ss. gsnnat give ccs.ducf. How,
8sSsth0Nsatiha Will nat be ~cUunsejed
caMlnoksbs llstpcd. and AAynsn viii NOT
1learsxeaeonAshe Mill surely fap5your
s1 MRektsss-sNfankJins
ssExsss&splstcEsaXnls whoIs nov build
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10 Washington, /
alSsiiddaffDsbeAhe chsstcitszsnsof Florida
3llsEasa9ITtlne n eatilaatesl y shout tire,
q 6 5iossh "a s5o.ooo a
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|I|!|ll||| |I@ll|g||I||I11Iils.


a%fssMefe0o1 thAte what ! man, I re.
~ Vanderbilt ntainer toa New
I3lxStnx Jog3ng man, afesSthe.
9gnilsosse than usiaiiyIheavy
81 EpEd0ueoe1 fyitude incident to.
Ess6f 4SSadsy evening! sAnd
d6Wn. Get straight
lhossffW6 TN takea week or
~ r. sestkhixs Nh same - they was.
@Jookyona aapy what things be like
d M xdtom drunk . $3.50 worth of
s Il ~ nothin. Of the eatin'
Adtotl6Sds kiiIdssof drnkinss which was
1heSfaiitthfn I'LL domestic seemed to be a
reflex Of The afistocratic dissipation con-
26Qnsnt upon 80 notabls an event in the
annalsof The republican royalty. eIt'e
H n0sasesn larskin mea lot O. questions
MVdGh [ can't begin to answer. Every
tking went hoff lovely as the saying Is,
though Eguess the damageu come one
al saD6ther To nigh on ter S 5000
sspyapS Mote.'sss
,HoMsdosyou mens.sss
s2ssss liz There WA Torn curfains, for
@0a6s3hh1ky 0fegsor two broken vases, an
athi Hike pfpceedin'san
$500 BatcAnnotEy0usgiye me IN idea OF
fli0s appearance or the rooms at the close
~ Mesfestivities2 ~
ssssssgEE e III, ID say the least, hold.
GAeethesGomp1n didntgo away un-
tilSftet 3 clock land some on sem
must ali ieaSts have left ,arftheir cos
tunes he'indssem.@ There wa bits Of
Lace iyih' here; q partsOfa train there, Il
II elletss dpublet e one conner while the
middle or the ballroom was Etrewn with
ra&ovTA q lnn rnrnl1n,lSrn Fnr
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tons; to observe and Investigate. On
the farm the child early learns thai he
can do something that is useful, Chat
will save the labor of others. He 10
carly identified with the workers. and
learns to look forward for results beyond
the immediate moment. He helps put
the seed in the soil and sees the waiting
for the harvest: sees the next years
wood cut and piled this year; sees that
fences drains and barns are built for the
future. lie learns to be self-sacrificing
now, that he may have an abundance at
some future time.
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I-nEwao1HER
Min Folly Bstaey PATTERSON,
In Mother Hubbard cloak
Ands Mother Hubbard bonnet
With ! most heWitching poke,

ANA nOtuef DOnneG
With ! most hewitching poke.
Ono morning met q curly dog;
He Vas of medium size
His ears were drooped, his tail was limp
And the team stood in his eyes.
Said Polly to the curly dog:
Why do Won look SO sad?n
t.Because,n replied he, with . sniff,
THE times are very bad.
.sYou sea- said he, 1.-THE streets are full
Ofiittle Mother Hubbards,
But thought I've wagged my tail most of,
They never speak Of cupboards.n
Said Polly Betsey: ssCome with me-.
Twould melt q heart of stoned
I'll give you lots of bread and milk,
And > Juicy mutton-bone."
She took him home and fed him well;
His tears were turned TO laughter;
And now, wherever Polly goes,
The curly dog trots after.
ST. Nicholas.
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Notes Tor

II sale OF shorthorns NJ OFT af Bates
City, Mo-, October % and Is at which 155
animals were disposed Of st an average OF
31a5, 1S; aggregate, $50, 4s5; Mazrnska Duke,
5275S, fc ched 1900, the highest price Tor a
buu; and H,lpa Duchess, of Willow Branch,
$54O, was the highest priced COW.
Statistician J. r. Dodge ~calcnaltes that
the country loses nearly 5000; Coo sheep
each year-mostly on account of dogs. Ex-
pGsure to storms aud severe GOLD in the
West kill q great many, and thieves take
some Scah. foot.rot, papsr.skin and
scarcity of grass'' are Also destructive.
These causes bar extension of fiockH, and in
some sections slnost annihilate this other
wise profitable rural pursuit.
Persons Intending to build, o. cistern
should have it large, so that daring drouths
it will not go dry. Build double parti-
ton through it of brick and fill WIKI char
coal; then dig two bitches, one foToutlet il
1t gets too full, n one for a lead pipe. Put
a sink in the itchen, with a good iron
pump, and connect pipe to it. Then build
an arch over the %cistern. pus Ms heavy
Il It stone IN the center, aad sodshe whole
thing over, filing up the dilcheA Have a
q strsiner put in the spout before 1t reaches
the clstern. II ynur we'll is mo- too far
away, and not too deep, pat a, lead pipe
from that to the Kitchen. Have a rain water
panp on one side of the sink, and we'll
water on the other. -country Gsnfisman.
Sugar.making IN Kansas is.now aa estab.
lished fact, says this Kansas Farmer. There
is no longer any uncertainty about it.
Sugar Is made in every effsrk to do so BY
those Who understand the work. At Ster-
ling and Hutchinson sugar is.seing made
In large quantities up to the fnil capacity OF
the machinery. There has not been a sin
gle failure at either place since the work
started. Certain methods are followed, and
they give.aniform results. The sugar is all
alike, and strip is uniform. There seems
to be little doubt that Kansas in soil. lat.
itude ansa the enterprise of it's inhabitsntg,
ls likely, 10 be exceptionally successful in
this industry.
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Fol- On Gooa.

FOR emo C0O6.
Cur1a1t jelly is better than cranberries to
serve wiah turkey.
NrcE;CooKIEs.-One cup OF butter, two
cups ofsugar. foureggs, three sp,enfuls of
sweet milk, n h1aping teaspoontul Of
baking powder, and n half of a lemon.
BAKED INDIAN PUppING.-One cup of. mo-.
leases, six tables poontuls OF meal, three ta,.
b~lespoonfuls of iour, and one quart of boil-
Ing milk. MiI and and scald we'll. Add
salt, ginger, cinnamon and raisins before.
scalding. Bake two hours.
RRulr PUrMNG.-Chop six apples fine.
crate six ounces of stale bread. add six
ounces Of brown nga and the same weight
OF dried currants, washed carefully and
IL lnred. Nd1. all together witfs, sig
OF bntter, q cup of milk anjstwo cups of
hour, IN which q t~easpoonfnl of baking
powder iawell 1aixed. Spica to taste, and
u necessary add more milk lnrthe mixing.
Tie loosely ia = padding bag and boil sthrea
hours. Serve with cream ICE Tam a
saucer OF, plate or the, botfoh Of the kettle
and ths Pudding bag will not -ticktoi 1t.
Bcsas BROWN BREhp.-TwD. cnpfuls Of.
corn meal, one cuptul cfgra1am, one third
cupful Of theb best mol asses, two oupfuM of
sora milk. one tsaspoon rounding fuIl OF
soda, and cue ~teas9opnful of salt. Xix
thoroughly, pour .into = bnstered' hsead
boiler, OF tin pail. which should bs lsscel
IN q Kettle ofDoiling watsr ant cook stead
t1ly for hva hours The pail, If use,l, shotad
be ona with a tight COVER. yfhe' kettle
should also b covered and car 4 takenstkat
tho water does not shop Ghoi,i.ns. Fill up
tins katie with boiling sater from time 20
time as. It may be needed
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-08
Fitz-JOlln Porter.

Fitz-John Porter must BIO judged by mill
tary rules il they clearly justify his course,
the court,martial was in error and he gains
standing morally which he does not hold
legally.
The case, however, must not rost upon any
afterthoughts, nor upon aay forced or doubt
full construction Of rules made to meet his
special case, because he is good follow, and
because on some other occasions no obeyed
orders and performed his duty. There was a
man named Benedict Arnold who many times
fought for his country, and yet betrayed her,
whom George Washington would have hung
like dog could he have laid hands on him.
These rules are supposed to DO we'll known
by all great generals, and especially by gem
education. Ono of these generals, in the ss-
timstion of Porter and Sloeumr is George b.
Mcclellan. On the fourteenth Of July, 1861,
Gen, Mcclellan, at Huttonsyille, telegrsphed
to Gen. Hill at RowleshuTg;
Garnetps army completely routed yesterday
Uhirteenth) at 2 p. m, at Cheat river OH the st.
George road; baggage captured, one gun taken,
Garnet killed, his forces demoralizsd. l charge
you TO complete your operations by capturing the
remainder Of his force. Ifyou have but one regi-
ment attack and cheek them until others arrive
You may never have such an opportunity again
Do not throw II away, Conduct this movement in
person. and FOLLOW THEM PoutrdAee.
This order shows that Mcclellan then
thought 1t In accordance with ruler to COM
mand a subordinate 10 attack an overwhelm-
ingly superior force, aud, as he said in another
order, fight it to the last man. His estimate
of Garnetts force was good Hills one regi
ment less than 1000. This settles the mat
ter. Pope did not order Porter to attack
such disproportionate numbers, and hence
tho lattsrs refusal TO obey because he know
Longstreet had larger force cannot DO justi
fed without justifyins Hill and every othe
insubordinats who may refuse obedience be
cause he is confronted by force hs think
he cannot handle.
Gen. Grant has come to Porters rescue
but il is to Grants great expense, we ar
sorry to say, Con. Grant made an attack a
Cold Harbor, which resulted in perhaps tn
greatest slaughter of our troops during tn
war. His justification has been that ther
are times when general must attack thong
with full knowledge that he will DO whiPPsS
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-08
What Blackburn Loses.

NCW lOTk COHlintTCtdt dutCTtSCT
And so Joe" goes into the senate. Another
ratter from tho house is transplanted TO the grim
solemnities and exasperating decenoies of that
charnel hosse Of oratory, youth, vigor, and pep
per-sauos. 1t will seem very quiet TO "Joe," we
fear, but ne will soon get used to II. Some of tho
skiest Of his old associates in tho house are over
at that end of the capitol now, browsing away
their time amid the monotonous droning Of the
dull and deoorous debate. There's no chance
there for "Joe" to FIRE his forefnger at the chair
and howl "Mr. Speaker" and prauce up and
down the aisles and skip over the desks aud swap
compliments and ouss words with Reed. Joe"
will have to sit still and twirl his. thumbs for a
year before he can do anything more than move
to adjourn-and they don't always let new sena.
tors do that the first year. He has, however, the
remainderof the present congress in which no
can caper about the hoNe and work off the ex-
uberanee of his spirits before entering upon the
solemnites Of the senate chamber. And 1t is not
impossible that with the transfer Of so many of
the risky members from the lower house the
senate itself may be stood on its head some day.
On the whole, though, we are rather inclined to
congratulate Kentucky. The chances were that
she would do great deal worse. Joe" Black
burn is not a bad fellow He is impulsive and
sometimes tells the truth about his party at very
opportune moments.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-08
Gov. Fosters Nonsense.

CiHctnnuN lOtkSOtnU.
Gov. Fosters assertion that Mr.. Arthur could not
gain the state Of Ohio. II he should be put up as
presidential candidate, is sheer nonsense. If the
republicans in congress and In the state legislature
conduct themselves in such a manner that the
state can DO gained by a republican November
next, Mr.. Arthur could Just as surely obtain the
electoral vote Of the state any other respectable
republican candidate. II the presidential cleo
ton had taken place Immediately after the death
of Garfield, Mr.. Fosters assertions would have
had some basis. for at that time Mr.. Arthur was
by no means popular with the mass Of people
Since that time, however, public opinion about
him has changed radically; the apprehensions
then existing he has entirely scattered by a
splendid administration. He has administered
his office in such manner that ho has gained tho
respect even ofthose who once were his most bit
ter opponents. II no should DO nominated now
for second term, his candidacy would not be
Judged according to what was formerly thought
ofhim-erroneously-b according TO that which
he has proved himself to be, according to that
which he is.
The American people are not so narrow minded
as to be biased BY old prejudices when they have
perceived their mistake. The American people
love and practice flair play" The fact that in =
Justice has once been done to Mr.. Arthur would
rather be Of advantage to him than otherwise, for
1t would awaken the desire TO rectify the in
Justice DONE
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-08

THE tremendous inundation that caused so
much loss and suffering in the Ohio valley in
February, 1873, seems In fair way to be du-
pliGated this week. Probably the waters will
hNdy + Sc so high as they did then, for they
went above all previously recorded marks,
but already tho lower portions Of the cities
and towns on tho river are submerged, At
Cincinnati the river Is now about siKty-three
feet above low water mark. Tho elm.
baakment built to protect LawrepcebuFg,
Ind. has been swept away, and the unfor-
tunate city Is again under water as II was
last year, Even II the food now sub.
sides, it has already caused great
destruction of property. 1t Is doplorable
disaster to the farmers of the great valley,
who, as 1t was, could lily bear the burdens
imposed by last years freshet, and with this
new sweeping away of lately restored houses,
barns and fences, to say nothing of live stock,
supplements, and crops, will now he reduced
to condition disheartening in the extreme.
If need be, however, the ready sympathy OF
their eouptrymen will no doubt be as quickly
and substantially manifested as it vas in
1883.