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THE MICHIGAN PINERlEs.

When n forest fire occurs in the pineies
of Michigan" said lumber operator from
that State, " the pine trees on the burned
tracts must be cut within a year II the owner
wants TO get marketable lumber out Of
them. The heat Of spent forest FIRE Is not
yet out Of the mir before millions upon mil
lions of large, brownish- white moths ap-
pear. One hour there mny not be moth
anywhere about the next hour the air will
be filed with them They lay the egg that
produces worm that bores into the pine
trees, honycombing them with tunnels that
ruin them in a few weeks. ! have seen
these millers covering an area Of 10000
acres Of burned woods M wa
When the rebellion broke out forest
land could be bought in Michigan for less
than 80 an acre. purchased 5000 acres
in 1860 for $4,000. Last month | sold the
tract for $250,000 / think the biggest
pine tree in Michigan is on that property.
1t is eleven feet through at the butt, and
must be $50 feet high. A New York man
once offered me 300 for fifteen feet Of the
trunk from the ground up. He wanted to
exhibit it during the Centennial Exhibition
in Philadelphia. Irefused the offer. Michi-
gan now produces one-qnarter OF the pine
used in the country. Over $lG0,0O0,000 a
year is received by the operators for the
product of her forests. In TIM years from
now, however, there will be very little, if
any, pine left in the State.
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AMERICAN soYs.

While the American father is puzzled
with what to do with his boys, the Ameri-
con manufacturer is compelled to go to
Europe for skilled workmen- -nnd this
suggests TINT, coupled with other cireum-
stances of an everyday character, our
American boys are unwilling to go through
the drudgery of apprenticeship. or course
every one with common sense secs that we
are making great mistake in not prepar-
ing ourselves to I'LL the ranks of skilled
labor in every department where 1t is needed
from the ranks of our own people, rather
than be obliged to depend upon our too
willing neighbors across the sea,
One of the baneful results of the Ameri
can boy growing up into idleness and vast
ing the formative period of his existence, II
patent to all, and needs no elaboration by
example. The young man who has been
taught to use the hand aud eye; who has
aptitude with fingers and tools, insures his
own livelihood, and such o one has q great
advantage over him who wants 10 earn hiC
bread by taking Office, keeping books OF
selling wares. Does the skilled artisan
hnrass anybody for work /? The thought
in the thinking bayonets of the Germans
conquered at Sedan. The industrial train
ing of the North was more than match
for the chivalry Of the South. IN Germany
prince and peasant must learn q trade
In France, young men pay high for the
privilege Of learning some kinds Of trades,
besides giving their entire time for several
years to their employers. In this country
We are drifting away from the .moorings on
which industrial supremacy depends
Boston Commercial Bulletin. m
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A YANKEE IN RED PAINT.
One Who Has Lived as n Head Saehem,
for Many, Many Moons.

r.o -,
a. 80 '''sp. soa"-e"'. y o"n "eio
H. 49, :. .,,n, -"
y' 9i-''' ~ "''s 'o''ien''iis discovered
'.'"' oho Vi Tue neau S'chems' VINO mao
u'ea VI 'no walker i''Ver RESERVATION ioi
years. was u wili'e man HOW the discovery
was maze is not stated' Inc Indians were
81 "ornoa up over me discovery that the
reheBaue' rearing ior ms me- came 10 town.
upon oeine in'eiVie"eo ny reporter ne
s'''u ne was u n"'iVe Oh massacnuset's ana
ior'y-SeVen years Oh age ne became en-
.angieu IN scrape when ne was eighteen
years ola, ana, running away from nome,
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49, ~s-~0b---s> -
WORKING A MINE ALL ALONE.

Martin Piantoni is of the stuff of which
bonanza kings are made. He came TO Eu-
reka, New, few years ago without money
or friends, and, taking up the Dead Broke
Mine, went to work alone. He has employ
ed no help of any kind, and during all the
time he had been delving in the earth the
world has had little knowledge of his labors.
He was known as determined and indus
trious miner, but nobody suspected that he
was running q mine Of tolerable richness all
by himself
The facts have Just leaked out. During
the last two years he has, unaided, opened
up in tunnel, drifts, WINES, SHIFTS, and
general openings 200 feet, and he has al
ready broken up and ready for shipment
1000 tons Of ore, the greater part OF it be-
ing of high grade The revelation just made
concerning the lone miner has made d great
commoion throughout this section. He has
been digging and saying nothing while hun.
dreds of others have been Dragging aud do.
ing nothing. The success Which seems TO
have crowned his efforts viii result in more
than one man following his example. Old
miners say the amount OF work done by
Piantoni IL unprecedented
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INSIDE A BASE BALL.
Haw .l.s Ropalar ray j. nIaae.

In all the toy, game, and sporting goods
stores the new supply of balls for the game
of base ball has been laid in, and the balls.
lying in pasteboard compartments and rolled
up in tinfoil, or having their coverings col
ored red or blue, are as pretty as SO many
Easter eggs, The frst-class regulation ball
for this year is no different from that in use
last year. It cost $3.50, and sells at wheIe.
sale at the rate of $15 u dozen. 1t weighs
about five ounces, and when thrown on
board floor sounds like young paving
stone. 1t is just about as solid and rs heavy
as a turnip of the same size, and though it
is perfectly round and smooth, and the
stitches are almost even with the leather, il
stings the uncalloused hand of its catcher
as if it were red hot or covered with prick.
ers.
Base balls are dear because they are made
by hand, and they are made by hand be-
cause they must be wound very tightly
carefully, and evenly The basis of each
one is little lump of Para rubber, round
and weighing an ounce. Wound around
this IN every direction is worsted yarn. In
some balls, after thick layer of yarn is
wound on, the bali is dipped in rubber,
then more yarn is wound on; then it is
dipped again, and finally yet more is wound
ON and then the cover is fitted over it. One
ball affected by many professionals has a
thin skin of concrete midway between the
cover and the rubber Girls mike all the
balls
The best balls are covered with horseskin
because it is strong and tough Many of
these are sewed with catgut, but in damp
weather the catgnt lnosens, and therefore
at such times those balls are used which are
stitched with fax.
Professionals have agreed upon the best
form of ball and have ruled tina. il shall ac-
cord with these specifications
The ball must weigh not less then Ave
nor moro than five and one-quarter ounces
avoirdupois. II must measure not less than
nine nor more than nine and one-ouarter
inches in circumference. II must be COM
posed of WOODEN yarn, and shall not contain
moro than one ounce of vulcanized rubber
In mould form, and shall be covered with
leather.
Base balls can be purchased for s, 10, 20,
%, and 30 cents. Many of these are machine
made. They are stuffed with odds and ends
Of leather, wound up with cord, pressed
into shape aLl covered with common
leather. The second time one is hit with n
bat it assumes the shape of an egg. A little
later it still resembles IN egg that has
been hit with club.
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He lifted the heavy frame to an erect po-
sition. His wife came to help him.
q The picture, is not hurt, she said; and
going behind it, she stopped, and cried out
"What is this 2" ~
g What is what ?n echoed her husband
and ran to see.
Hanging from the large hooks ON either
side of the frame. supported by the cords
and tied to them by smaller ones, was
large flat parcel. sA
They disengaged and unwrapped it. A
big red velvet box met their eyes. With
shrek, Mrs Warlock seized key that hung
on her watch chain. It fitted the lock- The
long-lost jewel casket was discovered with.
in it lay the diamonds, untouched.
The picture hung at an angle from the
wall and had formed sort of case for the
box.
Tied to its brass handles was note, writ.
TENN French. It ran rs follows:
DEAR MADAME WARLooK 1t is possible
that you may find these diamonds. As n
servant, dismissed for communicating her
ladys dresses, cannot stay to help you
aefoh AOA tticlH- ! AdNt stcieii iiotAiihS w.
you see; but why should cry, if you can
not play Hot butter blue beans success
fully? I may even laugh, if you are, as the
children say, 'cold-cold-cold'
:" II will be q little joke to me, perhaps,
all my hfe-perhaps all yours. However,
should you find them, would like you to
know who cared for them so kindly when
You left them carelessly exposed upon your
bureau. 1t was your maid-I sincerely hope
Of very long ago.
EsrELLE.n
"Estellel The woman hid them, then =
cried Mr. Warlock.
g The spiteful wretch !" cried Mrs. War
lock. but, OH how glad am to find
them-how glad Dear father, this is your
doing. She kissed the portrait, and they
dutifully hung it up again in its place.
And, indeed, she had reason to rejoice that
the box was found, for its contents retrieved
the fallen fortunes of the Warlocks, and
mds this store happily. Mary Kyle Dallas.
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VOTING IN MEXICO.


This country my be said TO BIO limited
republic--tha is, everybody is entitled to
vote, but nobody V, That ia, next TO
nobody. BY law, oil prominent residents
spaniards, Americans, Italians, Germans,
Indians, negroes, mulattoes, meztizoes and
zamboes-can vote ON arriving at twenty
one years Of age. There is no secret ballot,
but each one must be signed with the voters
name and residence.
In the country there Is voting place
near every hacienda. In the city there are
twenty-five of these precincts one for each
10000 of the population. The voting off,
ces are called caaillas electorate, Cittle
houses for election) Each precinct is pre-
sided over by judge and two clerks. Just
before election day the supervisor sends
each qualified voter paper called the
boleta, stating that n President Is to be
chosen and instructing the recipient how
and where TO vote. The latter writes on the
back of the boleta two names of gentlemen
whom he thus designates as electors from
his State, signs his name, goes to the polls
and drops il in the box. This Is what he
may do, mean, but it is also, what he
doesn't do. Probably not one man in
hundred, in Mexico, really votes for Presi-
dent. II goes by default, for some reason
that l have not yet distinctly ascertained. II
did vote, according to his honest
preferences, don't know what might hap
pen. Sometimes, thay say, the distant
haciendado, or the absent haciendado's
manager, wishing to stand well in the eyes
of the coming President, and moved by that
fervcnt gratitude which is a lively sense of
favors expected, collects the boletas which
have been received by the numerous poems
who work his lordly acres, and generously
goes TO the casilln and deposits them. Some
times, when the Indifference of city is too
numerous to look well III the returns a regi-
ment Of soldiers are, disguised in, citizens
clothes, it Is said, and marched to the casil
Ia, where they solsmnly deposit their com
pound bdleta, Which tfie lfl
come down as still
AS snowilakes fall upon the sod,
And executes a freeman's viii
AS lightning does the win OF Cod
by recording the well known preference Of
their boss
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AN AVALANCHE IN THE ROCKIES.
dow Colorado is Getting Up Reputation
as a Rival Of Switzerland.


One OF the grandest snowslides that ever
occurred in Colorado took place few days
ago just back of the Upper Twin lakes
Judge Harlan, mn eyewitness, says it was
the most sublime sight he ever witnessed
Just back of the Twin lakes are Pomeroy,
Gordon and Francis gulches, ON each side
of which the mountains rise thousands of
feet. The sides of these giants of the
Rockies had been covered during the heavy
and protracted storms with an enormous
depth of snow, until the weight had become
such that it could be sustained no longer.
The Judge says that, as it happened, he was
standing where he could see the avalanche
perfectly.
All Mt once he heard low rumbling sound
that seemed like the roar Of a distant storm,
and almost simultaneously an immense
volume of snow began to move down the
mountain side in one of the gulches toward
the road. The agitation seemed to break
loose the snow from its mornings in the
other two gulches, and almost before one
had time TO think hundreds of acres of snow
were coming down the mountain with a
roar like thunder and filling the air with
spray as they tore through the trees and
carried everything before them. As they
descended their velocity increased, until the
rapidity with which the great field of snow
and debris came down was something ter
rife. The distance, he says, must have
been q mile from where the avalanche
started to the valley where ii stopped.
So deep was the snow that grove of
lualSing asp, whose trees were from twenty
to forty feet high, was completely buried
from sight. Logs a foot and half in
thickness that lay in the way of the slide
We're snapped in two like straws. Trees
that were too tall to be covered up were
torn from their rooted places in the noun.
tain sides and carried like leaves with the
avalanche. The velocity of air produced
~ the avalanche blew down trees that were
clear outside of the track of the Slide
ID sscer Ntsos.
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EMPEROR WILLIAM.
The Home Life of lle Rnler oftle t.era,n,

The Home Life of the Ruler of the Geruinns.
The Emperor's life is as regular as an
Did fashioned eight-day clock in q New
England farm house. He rises early and
dresses at once, always in his military
undress uniform; dressing gown and slip
pers are unknown to the warrior sovereign,
excepting only for the few moments i'm.
mediately after leaving his bed. After his
toilet, the Emperor takes breakfast of
white rolls and butter and cup of tea or
cocoa. Then the days work begins by
reading the letters, to most of which vii
helm adds marginal remarks with pencil
regarding the answers to be made to them.
1t is easy to understand that great many
requests are in these letters from all classes
of people and that the monarch is asked foi
help and support in the most pressing and
varying matters. All the details of the
imperial household are controlled by the
Emperor, and the masters of ceremonies
receive their instructions almost every day
from His Majesty. Economy is practised,
but of course, royal style is observed in
all things. Whenever great State festivities
are to be held, or royal guests are to be
received, the Emperor gives personal in
structions about the lodgings of his august
visitors, while the Empress herself inspects
the rooms held in readiness to see that the
linen, NC, is all right and in place before
the guests arrival. She is very fond, too,
of looking through all the cupboaads and
closets TO see that the chinaware, table and
bed linen and all such articles are properly
taken care of by the servants.
The Emperor and Empress dine early and
every day, just before o'clock, when the
soup for their table is ready, certain num-
Der of poor women are allowed to enter the
kitchen with basins and to each of them is
given about half a gallon out of the very
same soup boiler from which their imperial
majesties will soon be served Boiled meats
and potatoes are added to this soup by a
second cook and in this way six poor
families are made happy. The Emperor
and Empress have dinel together only dur
is laid in n room next that of the Empress's
private boudoir and is served ON a small
oval table. Her Majesty sits in a red velvet
chair, with a red silk cushion at her back !;
ON the Emperor's chair is red leather
cushion. The venerable couple used, when
they dined alone, each to have his and her
own cook. The Empress likes French
cooking, while the Emperor is fond only of
German dishes. Ii is true his chef dc Cuisine
is one of the few great living masters of the
culinary art, but, for all that. he sticks to
homely fare.
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ARAcE WITH a wHIRlwINp.
How Railway Train Outran n Hurricane
Roaring on Aslern. e-llli l-l--A

"a 4
A remarkable and thrilling incident. OF
Tuesdays storm was related to the reporter
by party who was travelling on . train on
the Chester and Lsnoir Marrow Gauge
Railroad at the time the incident occurred.
The train had passed I.owerysyille and was
speeding In the direction Of Lincolnton,
when all on board were startled by roar
ing sound that could be distinctly heard
above the noise of the train aud on glanc-
ing back they saw an immense whirlwind
tearing along the railroad track, following
directly behind the train at rapid rate.
The engineer was among the first TO see. il
and realizing what the consequences would
be should the whirlwind overtAke the train
he pulled the throttle wide open and an ex-
citing race began. The whirlwind was not
more than five hundred yards behind the
train and the anxiouss passengers soon be-
came aware of the painful fnct TINT it was
gradually gaining upon them. There were
several ladies in the car and they cried and
carried on at a terrible rate, while the men
danced about the car in their excitement,
vainly yelling at the engineer to. put on
more steam.
The race was kept up In this way for two
miles, when the trim turned a curve In the
road AS the whirlwind struck the curve II
left the railroad track, speeding its way
straight on through the fields. Atthe timeit
left the track it was not mors than three hun
bred yards behind the train. II vds thrill
ing race and all the passengers blessed that
curve from the bottom of their hearts,
Charlotte Observer. 4ff4li
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The Mind l,nre.

Boston has again broken up the monot.
ony of daily existence This time it is
"mind cure.o Three women pose before
large and fashionable audiences and eradi-
cate disease and sickness by the influence
of their minds. Their theory is that there
is no such thing as disease what is called
disease is merely dehsion born of an un-
balanced mind. One Of the apostles has
cured q patient subject to epileptic fits.
None of them have tackled red-hot case of
smallpox yet.
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What Prevented.

He had been stopping at hotel for day
OF two, seemingly unnoticed by any of the
clerks or employees, gnd it struck him SO
queerly that he sat down beside man, who
appeared to be guest. and said: :" Good
many of us here ?" 60 Yes" Some going
and some coming all the time ?" Yes"
" | don't see why couldn't walk out and
take the train for home without paying my
bill" The other made no reply, and after
a minute the first one continued g What is
to prevent me from jumping my bill, as /
have no baggage?'' "Oh, nothing much,
except that I'm employed here as a spotter,
and have had my eyes on you ever since
you registered !" Ten minutes later the
stranger settled his bill up to the next day
noon, but he continued to carry the look of
man who'd like to kick somebody. Detrcf
bTes I's'ess.a gg.rTWa xEssff5fI
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STATEMENTS WIVES.
How They Watch Their Lords From the
Capitol Galleries.


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eee " so' "p"i' oeis'in poi'ionS VI 'ne
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~. u@-'e " ,'e'i''9',on 'noio.o' gwen 'nen ~
one sni0iy :. eAoiusiVeiy
~ - "'ni'es - isep,esenV''isos Vi 'nos'
WYNN snos ,'i" 'neh WIVES ieeaiu 10 sum
,o.' VI 'nein peeoi'io ,ouon aosoroet III
""',n'nS 'ie in'o VI INC oiis III "nieh 'hei
,i''o",us 'sAe sre''". 'n'e'eS'' eno 'neii
."oe9 e.io" 'ne,i on''siin VI Triumph in 'ne
80 u 'ne ees''o' ono u mem, whose
,''''o"n ~. ''''', 'eeA '""e.'ns severely WIN
u ~ Mnen io WIS ,o'oee W 20 70 'iie
iV'o. ', .oo., 'i'o- " oi,' % Biea' import
- 10 .''o, W ~ HWY o''i'
tem "so .,a 'so "'iiie 'ioie was ptospee'
-, 'no D''i eo"'i"e up "ni oa'riea WIN nei
: DoA - feii''no pms a'''' ,esu"fiy sen.
Atos, ny 'e". ~ 'ie mehipers cutlery
W. ''.e'''oi',o np'o sl''' " aoso 81 'ne ,heai'
~ e,i'o " i,ei nu'o"n' on Tue hoor Oh 'le
..vuee "l ~, VIZ 'iino "f'iSe'i iof niin W
s'''Ao ~ nus sie s'ioso 70 brace MN up
ioi 'iie 'on'os' ~ 'ne s''nie se,fie 10 Spartan
W, wives equippea 'neif HUSBANDS Tor oattie.
ne uay MS oiii was voted down sfe haa
w.''eo iof seyer"i hours win sa'chei con-
u'inii'e 'i'e piii-ooA IN nahu' ana as soon as
,ne ,o'. "''s irnounoe', wnioh was hgalhst
her nusp"na' siie arose Indignantly, packed
up sle heaioii,e anu went nome WIN iessen-
Z" nun ~ i's pi"cins enor's'
Ing "i'es, Vi oo"ise' no NOT iaii 10 watcn
from 'he gaiiery 'ne aeneanor OF their re-
sPecs,se h',so'n''s III 'heir seats below, es-
peeia''y wneii enras are Drought TO the
ia.ser' ono may VIII say TO another
neio soes e'ru 70 your husband; Won
'e' II IL IS i"ay OF gentleman wants to see
nm inoio NC Boes out ie's SEQ now
.opss nc s'"9s D anu 'nen We II know whether
1t was 4" man or "ohan' Ihere he comes
IN again. SO IL must nave been man who
was ~n,ang ior MN he'd nave stayed
longer II IL nao peen woman, certainly"
WINE some Oh !he incidents IN tins gal
iery are h'Bhiy amusing, others are often
very annoying. for instance, iateiy, low
ing wave, VINO was listening intenhy TO her
nuSo"na speecp, neard iady behind, who
was evidently unaware OF her presence, say
Is that smith speaking again, now? II
seems 70 me he Is always talking, and yet
never mas anything 70 say
An ail-night session OF the United States
House OF Representatives, especially when
IL ls occasioneo by discussion which re-
4uires either pohticai party to muster its
.uii S'rengtn, ana causes call of the
rouse 70 pe ordered and the sergeant-at-
Arms 70 De instructed TO bring in absentees,
uways hrs some iuaiorous features outside
ne nall, as well as some productive Of an
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Editor" No, Your Honor, I am not sick,
but should like to be excused from jury
duty all the same" Judge For what
reason ?" Editor have very import
ant article to write for the next issue Of the
paper" Judge" Very important, is it I
May I ask what is the subject p Editor
=" The jury system" Judge" Ali And
what ground do you take p Editor" That
all the evils of the system would be remov-
ed If reputable citizens would consent to
serve. Philadelphia Cal.
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POETRY.

A Belle Who Kept Her lseaus In Train.
She had no wealth Of flowing tresses;
She had no wondrous store OF tin;
Her hair and purse the bard eonfesses,
Were rather thin.
She had no soul enSnaring glances,
And in her cheek was ne'er dlmple;
She stirred no poets Grant fancies,
And looked half simple.
But yet she won the hearts of all men,
And had more offers in week,
From good and bad, from short and tall men,
Than Fame can speak.
You wonder, then, what was her dover?
Wen, 1 win try TO tell you briefly:
It was her taffygiving power,
Foremost and chiefly.
-Hdrrdrd Lampoon
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Cooking Stoves, Ranges and Heaters.
have very large stock Of Cooking
Stoves, Ranges and Heaters, now offered
at very low prices. Have also the Adams
& Westlake's Non-Explosive Oil Stove
the very best in use. Tin Roofing
and Spouting. Stove repairs Of all kinds
constantly ON hand. House furnishing
goods, &C., &c. j. J. LAIR, AZ Bridge St.
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Orders taken for Sheet Mueic, at
Johnson's Drug Store.