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tslimpsss Of Sunshine.


Visitor from out of town addressing the
schooD-In the year 1925, my dear young
friends, several boys walked from Salem to
Boston and back, distance of thirty milns.
to hear Daniel Webster speak If there were
no railroads or means of transportation TO-
day, would the boys of the present genera
tion undertake such journey, do you think?
Small Boy tafter long silence)--No sir.
Visitor-Ahl and why?
Small Boy-Because Mr.. Webster is dead.
A CARELESS COOK
Customer Ito restaurant pToprietor) IL find
this piece of shoe string in my soup, sir.
Proprietor-Shoe string, sirs Ito waiter)-
Here, you, get this gentleman another
plate of soup and tell the cook to strain
i. ITO customer, apologetically) cook
has strict orders to strain the soup, sir, be-
fore serving, but sometimes she forgets, and
then there is always dissatisfaction.
ACCURATE INFORMATION.
Wife-AIrs. Smith is an awfully slovenly
woman. She leaves everything to her SER
wants, and her three children Just run wild.
Its shame.
Husband How do you know all this, my
dear?
Wife-How do I kndw it ALA Am I not
!. over there half the tinles- New York Snn.
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Liquefying Snow in Paris Streets.

The Partisan authorities Systematically
liquefy the snow with salt, except ON ma
cademized streets (where the process
causes disaggregation of the stones).
This practice has obtained since 1851
Rock-salt is used, costing in Paris about
81 francs q ton. Large quantities are
stored in the beginning of winter in diff
ferent places, and when snowfall occurs
a number of werkmen repair to these and
each fills q barrow, and takes it to sprinkle
ON that part of the street assigned to him.
The salt produces it's full effect only when
the passage of vehicles has mixed it suffi-
GENTLY with the snow. In two or three
hours liquefaction is so far advanced as to
allow Of the streets being swept. The salt
is little used on pavements. The employ
ment of salt in the way indicated is found
to effect considerable economy ON pre-
vious methods. - Frank Leslie's Illus
trated
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A NEW WHITE HOUSE.
A PRIVATE RESIDENCE TO BE BUILT
FOR THE PRESIDENT.

The Early History of the First National
Building In America-Designed After
Dublin Palace-Its Attempted De-
struction by British Soldiers.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Senator. MorriIls
bill, which has been reported favorably by
the senate, and is likely to pass both houses,
is designed to furnish the president an appro-
pirate dwelling place. The present White
House has long since been inadequate to the
demands of a presidents residence. Out Of
the thirty-one rooms in the building, there is
but one room on the first floor, the family
dining room, and six chambers on the second
floor are all that is left for the use OF the
presidents family. The rest are devoted to.
the requirements of official receptions. and to
the executive offices
This is very different state OF affairs to
the days of that good housewife Mrs. John
Adams, who used to have lines swinging
from one pile of lumber to another in the
East room, and hang the clothes there to dry
on wash dayS ..a'5-
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10 Bring . Horse to q Halt.

1t is a difficult thing to Suddenly stop
horse going at full speed Tfyou pull him
up suddenly. you are liable to throw him
down, and perhaps break his neck. find
it best, and most practicable, particularly
for my business. where horses are at times
run for nearly all they are worth, to train
animals to move or step by command of
mouth. break my horses in from three
to six months, and the animal am tiriy-
ing now understands every word say in
this regard. It viii walk, trot or gallop
af my direction. and by simply calling to
it, when running full speed, / can stop in
side of forty feet on the smoothest pave
ment in the city. You would hear of fewer
collisions if horses were trained in this
manner, as they can bring themselves to
a halt far easier than driver can bring
them by pulling on the lines. Assistant
Fire Chief Hester.
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An Unvarnished Account of Liberia.

Anderson Fl. Jones, a colored man who
went to Liberia six months ago from Mis-
souri,, writes home from Brewersville, q
village fifteen miles from Monrovia, giving
some account of the country He says that
there are no horses, no mules, and no oxen
in the whole settlement. All the farm
work is done with the hoe, the rake, and
the ak. He says: Il have been all over
the settlement, and I found the largest
number of people in a suffering condition
for something to eat and for clothes to
wear. There isn't any doctor in this set
tlement-the settlement is too poor to sup
port one. Calico is 25 cents per yard A
common laborer, when he can get any
work to do, is paid 25 cents per day
Picked pork is 25 cents per pound; shoul-
der meat, Is cents per pound.
"An the flour and meat used here is i'm
ported from England and America Corn
meal is 10 cents per quart. Common -four
is SIS per barrel. The only slow way the
settlers have to make money here is by
raising and selling coffee. It will take
newcomer like myself from five to six
years to get a coffee farm in trim for sell
ing coffee. The public schools are poor.
There is class of people over here who do
not want the true condition of things writ
ten back home. Chicago Herald
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THE EXCHANGE BUILDING.

April Z, was the day set apart for the dedi-
cation of this building. 1t is situated on tine
corner Of Hudson and Harrison streets in the
midst of the wholesale grocery and produce
district
This exchange, though the youngest, prom
ises to be the liveliest of them all. tt was or
ganized in 1878 by few dealers in dairy
products; it now numbers some 800 members
Its success is largely due to the catholic
spirit of its governing committee. They
realize that this is the age of combination and
cooperation and consolidation, and they
hope to have the seliers of butter and boots,
of dry goods and drugs, as well as grocers meet
together on the same floor for barter and ex-
change and the prices which rule here will
likely rule the country. m
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Punishing a Regiment in Persia.

The shsh was driving. along the high
road one day when some soldiers APP
preached him with u petition setting forth
their grievances. They had not been paid
for nine raonths. The son of the minister
of war. who accompanied the shah on
horseback, galloped UP among them and
Iashed them across their faces with his
whip. Some stones were thrown, and one
of them l.roke window of the sh;lh's car
riage. The aide-de-camp shouted to the
coachman to start the horses at full speed,
crying out that an attempt was being
made to assassinate his majesty.
The following morning the regiment OF
Ispahan, to which the mutineers belonged,
paraded in the courtyard of the palace.
The shaL appeared at window, and, at
his order, every tenth man was seized and
strangled Though his conduct was Sc
verely criticised, Europeans here think
him as cxcusable rs Peter for his severity
TO the Strelitz regiment, and his firRlness
prevented massacre of Europeans oy the
turbulent troops. Persia Cor. New York
Herald G8t5
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FIELD INSPECTOR n.
n. AlGHT,
Kansas Jack.

Out of some 800 officers stationed in the
$50 posts in this country are selected two of
the typical ones. Capt Westbrook was one
of the first Salvation "lassies - to land ca
our shores. She is not possessed of very
liberal education Grammar and she are
perfect strangers, and though she plays fast
and loose with her his she is a worker who
has not ceased shouting since the day she
landed Field Inspector and Treasurer Mil
ton K Light, strange to say, is converted
New York drummer.
Until 1884 the Salvation Army in this coun-
try was under the charge of Gen. Booth OF
England, Gen. Moore being simply COM
missioner. When it became necessary to ae-
auire land here. on which to construct forts,
Gen. Moore found it would be impossible for
Gen. Booth, being an alien, to hold the prop
erty in his name as he does all the posses
sions, amounting to millions in England So
he broke off all connection with the English
forces and has had his army incorporated
under the laws of the state of New
York, their property being held by five
trustees. He also abandoned many of ths
t'dime museum features of the meetings.
ssAsh Barrel Jimmy ssTha converted Seal.f
and like curiosities are exhibited only by e.sss
American branch of the Eng' sn army, which
is also meeting with wonderful success here
When e convert enlists u the Salvation
Army he does so on ths aoudition that he
obey his superior abseeu'siy. He is not to
expect any eompensati.p for his services He
must even supply his own uniform, and must
keep himself in condition to fight, not only all
summer but night after nigtG as long as he
lives ON the principle that the enemy never
sleeps, therefore he cannot. After long
and severe trial the recruit or cadet may be
promoted to the rank of lieutenant, 1nd
later to captain, when he is entitled to draw
pay at the rate of IS per week from the profits
of the forts post at which he may be placed.
The army funds are derived from collections,
which are an important feature of the war
fare The inco,ic from this source is about
$4,000 year.
When = raid is contemplated on new
town, captain. lieutenant and cadet are
ordered to advance on it They secure
barracks in the town, after which theJ
parade the streets with banner and drums.
If they are arrested and locked up so much
the better, II attracts attention. NotorisGy
q half the battle won When the barracks
are reached the crowd follows, and then the
battle begins in earnest ending sometimes
after midnight Next day report is sent to
headquarters of the number of prisoners cap
tured.
Ridiculous as all this may appear, don't
cur people do just such fool things in cam
paign timess s. Il HoRGAM
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THE RARBARIsM OF CIVILIZATION.
Crime in Paris-A ThieFs Confession
Coddling Crinainals-Egoisn.

Crime in Paris-A ThieFs Confession
Coddling Criminals-Egoism.
What is 20 be done with the eyer-in
creasing army of crime and vice which is
rendering security in Paris m yths In
the current number of The Nouvelle
Revue, the Able Moreau, formerly
almoner at the prison of La Grande Ro-
quette, has begun to write his souvenirs
of the world of prisons, and his conclu-
sions, good Christian as he is, ARE alto
gether sad. The abbe's long experience
has shown him that crime is rarely an
accident in q mans life, but generally
trade OF passion, and that there thou
sands whose only means of existence is
theft, and who consider this means rs
legitimate as labor.
The abbe quotes an experienced thief
who is of d philosophical turn. and who
writes: Il do not believe much in the con-
version Of professional thieves and Grim
inals. A thief will always be thief and a
murderer a murderer, just as drunkard
will always be drunkard There are, of
course, few exceptional crimes due to
overexcitement and passion. But if were
to give advice to the government, it would
be to shoot us or fling US into the sea with
cannon ball tied to our feet, the whole
gang of us brothers in crime, who are
united by the bond of blood Repentance
or even change in the manner of life is
very rare among u.s."
The whole Of the Abbe's article is full of
spirit of reaction against the modern sys-
tenn OF coddling criminals and keeping
them comfortably in cellular retreats
which are models of ventilation, cleanli-
ness. and hygienic disposition. What win
the humanitarians find to say against this
profound return to the severity of primi-
tive legislation? A return to barbarism,
1t will be said. 1t is precisely this return
to barbarlsm, the outcome of modern
civilization, which has made profound
impression on the contemporary French
mind, and led to all sorts of manifestations
OF pessimism, which may be noticed in the
literature, the art, and the life of the day.
The tendency of French, and one might
say OF European civilization generally,
seems to be to break all the bonds that
formerly held human societies together.
The modern man need be neither husband
nor father, nor brother, nor friend, he need
contract none of those bonds of duty, with
out which it was impossible to live for
merly. We are gradually arriving at a
state OF individualism and ferocious ego
ism which allows us to enjoy the advan
tage OF association-not to say of society
without assuming any of its burdens. The
bonds of family, OF fatherland, of friend
ship, having lost their strength men grow
disgusted and tired of living in times and
i'll a society where all that makes the
charm and interest of life is daily disap-
pearing more and more.-Paris Cor New
York Sun.
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Gen. sheridan and the sentinel.

Gen. Sheridan was once halted by G. N,
Woodward, of Wisconsin, when the latter
was ahigh private" in the Army of the
Potomac and on picket duty. A man on
horseback came along, and he greeted him
with the proper salutation: t4Who goes
theres" "a friend" was the reply. aAd-
vance, friend, and give the countersignl"
said the young private "I am Gen. Sher-
idaa," said the horseman Woodford gave
him to understand that he didn't care if
he was Gen. Sheridan-that he wanted the
countersign; and he brought his bayonet
into close proximity to the generals per-
SON and demanded the proper answer
Sheridan smiled, gave 1t to him, and, as
he rode away, turned to remark: aYoung
man, there's regiment of infantry COM
ing just behind me. Don't molest 'em.-
Chicago Tribune
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II Was the smaller Pup Of ths Two.

When Chicago woman wants To get q seas
IN street car she wraps up her poodle dog
and carries it in her arms as though it was
baby But the trick is now becoming known
and doesn't always work. The other day
lady got into full car with what looked like
an infant in her arms A very rapid looking
young man inspected her for a moment and
then said: Madame, il that is kid you can
have my seat, but If it is pup you can't.
aWell, it's pup snapped the lady, "but
not as hig one as you are" The rapid look
ing young man at once got of and went to
the wheat pitp-St. Louis Whip
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WHOLE NO. 876.
FORT BOWIE, ARIZONA.
The Station to Which Captain CrawforG'
Body Was drought.

Ane STATION to which Captain CrawforG's
Body Was drought.
A place of considerable importance this
Old fort is becoming latterly. It is from this
point that news of the hostile Indians is sent
70 ashlngton, when any news arrives that
can be depended on for two days at time.
One day Geronimo is captured, the next day
he escapes. Then he is recaptured and,
prestol next day he is gone again.
Here at this fort, which you see in the pic
ture, he promised faithfully to appear and
deliver himself up to the United States
authorities and thereafter keep the peace.
Instead of doing SO, he fled to the mountains
as fast as he and few trusty braves could
get away considering that they We're loaded
down with 200 rounds of ammunition each It
was the third time Geronimo had broken his
solemn promise to the United States govern
ment. He is as treacherous as weasel The
safest way to dispose of him next time he is
caught will be to shoot him on sight. But
when will he be caught to staya
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How 20 become am Artist.

You know how you became an artist. You
buy hsok and learn all about chiaroscuro
and high lights and middle distances and
other Italian vocsbles, and away you 60
When you buy this book you buy lot Of
paints and brushes, and having mastered all
the technicalities of art in its broadcast and
grandest form, you steal a rose out of q
neighbor's garden and try to paint it. You
go and gather lot of weeds on the Alameda
marshes or out at the Presidio and you paint
them. EVERYBODY says they're lovely, and
then you're an artist Then somebody comes
along asks who in thunder painted those fear
full messes You kick him out, and then you
throw away the paints and things He's told
the truth You know It, but you never for
give him. --C Chronicle aUndertones."
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The Comfort of the italian ''scaldino."

The Comfort of the italian "SealdinO." !"
The poorer Florentines are even more
unfortunate than the casual visitor, as
they can seldom make any fire at all, ex-
cept in the kitchen. This is probably the
reason why they are so fond of scaldini-
earthen vessels, filled with glowing char
coal-whfch are generally treated with an
undeserving contempt by foreigners. Even
Goethe, with all his careful study Of
Italian life, seems never to have perceived
their true use. To put small jar of
embers in the midst of a lofty and
draughty hall seems merely to be mocking
the misery of it's forlorn inhabitants. Yet
when properly managed scaldino be-
comes comfort. To derive any benefit
from it You must sit upon it much as a
hen does upon her eggs; that is to say.
you must place it between your feet, and
wrap thick plaid sor rug round it and
Che whole lower part Of your body. When
treated thus it produces real, though
somewhat limited satisfaction.
Review ...-r..-.r .s --.--.-.
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Earl of Surrey as a Rioter.

Apropos of the recent London riots, it
may be interesting to recall the fact that
the famous earl of Surrey was once ac-
cused before the privy council of rioting in
London streets and breaking windows
with crossbow. His defense was sin
gularly ingenious one. "My metive," he
said, twas religious one, though confess
it lies open to misconstruction. It grieved
me, my lords, TO see the licentious man
ners of the citizens of London. Was / to
suffer these unhappy men to perish with
out warnings Common charity forbade
l therefore went at midnight through the
streets and shot from my crossbow at
their windows, that the stones passing
noiseless through the air and breaking in
upon their guilty secrecy might remind
them of the suddenness of the punishment
which the Scriptures tell us divine justice
will inf1ict on impenitent sinners, and so
lead them to reformation of manners"-
Chicago Tribune.
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AIRED Flag Before a Mad Buli.

can hardly understand how the Morgan
syndicate are gifted with SO little foresight
and common sense as to attempt to put up
the price of coal in the face of the stand taken
by the labor party, more especially when
they show such enormous power. Some
weeks ago / ventured to point out tc
these capitalists that labor was begin
ming to assert its power, and yet
find that combination, representing s
capital of over 5000, ,0O0, 600, are banded to-
gether with a view to advancing the price OF
one of the necessities of life 1t looks as ii
they were shaking red flag before q mad
bull, and if ever the bull does get among them
there will be lively rattling of old bones,
Financier in Town Topics
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nreaninr of the rerm ..Hors.. power.,,

It is sometimes said tnat the term horse
power was incorrect, because it does not ex-
press the actual power of an average, or even
an exceptional, horse. This really makes no
differences. The animal should be entirely
eliminated from the mind, and the term
taken at its exact meaning, viz: the raising
of 5000 pounds one foot high in one minute
of time. A horse would fall far short of do
ing this for ten hours day. a steam engine
viii do it for twenty-four hours.-Bostcn
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An Interview with wait whitman.

But soon found there was not SO much
to gather from the aftermath of Walt
Whitman. He, too, seemed going slowly
the way of the old apple tree. His brain
went very leisurely, with only an oeca-
sional flash. He gave us one more image,
thought a powerful one. was alluding
to the unknown, immeasurable public
which seems to ingulf immense cheap edi-
tions of books. aWho buys, who reads
these tracts, tales, poems, sermons, which
circulate in millions, and which we should
never care to open?" "You forget" said
Walt, .there is q sea below the sea. We
are but ON the surface 1t would have
been difficult to hit upon more graphic
image or one more nicely to the point
Rev. H. K Haweis in Pail Mall Gazette.
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This old fort, to which brave Capt. Craw-
lords body was brought by slow, sad marches
has history of its own. The story dates as
far back as the second year of; the late civil
war. In July, 1862, Gen. Carleton camped
here on his way east to the war, with body
of California volunteers He stopped here
because water was struck at this spot
Water was more precious than gold ON those
long desert marches It was necessary to
guard the springs from the Apaches, in order
to keep the route of travel open. So COM
pany of soldiers was left, and the place was
named Fort Bowie
There was not recommendation to the
spot except that springs Of fresh water were
there. 1t was down in the heart of a savage,
desolate mountain region. The mountains
slope to the north. Their sides are covered
with sage brush and cactus, and the ground
is wild and broken with rocks
The place is on the military route from
Tucson to Santa Fe. The soil is like much of
the rest of the country hereabouts, only bar
rem from want of irrigation. As that is
being accomplished the region of what the
old biographies called the Great American
Desert is gradually being transformed into
grain fields and gardens. They say the word
Arizona means arid zone"
Bowie is the Oldest garrisoned fort in Ari-
zona. At the outbreak of the war the other
military stations were abandoned, and when
Gen. Carleton left the little company of Cali
fornia volunteers at this place in 1862 there
was not United States soldier in the terri
tory. The Apache Indians were as hostile to
the government then as they are now, and
when they saw the other forts abandoned it
is said they fancied they had conquered the
United States. 1t is to be hoped Geronino's
repeated escapes wifi not incline them to the
same opinion now.
Fort Bowie has been greatly improved i'll
the last few years.
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NRW sl'aFFR DECISIONS

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ostonSe-Wnethet erected to his name or another'k
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pay all arrearases, or the publisher will con-
10 sehd II until payment is made and collect the
Wpofe amount, whether thePaper is taken from th
office or not. ~ 80
Ihe courts have decided that refusing to take
.ns ae"spapers or periodicals from the Postoffce or
removing and leaving them uncalled for is nri,nn
Tdete evidence of intentional fraud,
apers osoered to any address car be changed to
anDthei aodfese at the option of the subscriber
hemittances by draft, check money order. or reois
Tered letter may he sent at our risk All postmasters
are required to register letters on application.
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M.n,. strenctla Jnst Arter RISING. :

Alderman physician has experimental 70
ascertain the hour Of the day at which man Is
at his best and able TO do the most work with
the least fatigue, and has concluded that be
is the strongest at the time OF rising. ne mas
shown, HisU, tHHt - =. %. -
AFFECT OH the muscular powers, and urges
early eating for these who rise early Ex-
: change.