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Wealth of the Astors.

No one family in the country has so
kept its wealth within itself as the
Astors, who intend to continue the
financial policy originated by old
John Jacob Astorabout the beginning
OF the century. 1t is commonly sup
posed that he made the bulk OF his
fortune in furs. He formed gigantic
project for extending the business from
the northwestern lakes to the Pacific
by means OF various trading-posts, by
establishing a central station at the
mouth OF the Columbia, and then by
making depot at one of the Hawiian
islands, to supply China and India di-
rectly from the Pacific coast The
project was partially carried out, but
meanwhile Mr.. Astor saw greater op-
portunities for making money in city
real estate than in the fur trade. He be-
gan to buy extensively and hegrowth
OF the town was so rapid that in some
cases, the property increased q hun
dred fold. When he died, nearly forty
years ago, he was estimated to be
worth S2O,OOO,OOO. He left to his
son, William B. Astor. the bulk of his
estate, to be managed in the interest
OF the family; William B. left it i'll turn
to his son John Jacob, and now John
Jacob has intrusted it to his son-his
sole child, indeed-William Waldorf
Astor. This virtually amounts to an
entail, and prevents the wealth from
being scattered, though there is small
danger OF that. the Astors being noted
for conservatism and prudent thrift.
They have always invested in real es-
tate, buying few bonds or stocks, and
have evinced great care and discretion
in their investments. Their constant
ly increasing surplus they have, so to
speak, put into theground, reaping ex-
traordinary profits thereby. They new
er sell; they are ever buying, buying,
buying but keeping their transac-
tions as secret as possible. No
one but themselves and their agents
have any idea OF the vast blocks of real
estate in their possession. They own
thousands OF business houses and
dwellings. They never touch unim-
proved property, and now add each
year two or three hundred houses to
their immense holding. Whenit is re-
membered that wealth doubles at
! simple interest in less than seventeen
years, and in much less time when in
vested in real estate, it is easy to
understand how theirs must have
grown in the past ninety years. One
OF the advantages OF such investments
is that they increase with the value OF
the city. They are not confined, as
bonds and similar securities are, to a
fixed rate OF interest. Certain lots
purchased thirty odd years ago would
pay to-day what is equivalent to 40
or 80 per cent. per annum. There is
little doubt that the Astor estate is
by far the greatest here or in the
country. 1t cannot be much short OF
$30o.OOo,0Oo, and by rheclose of the
century, if managed as it has been, it
will be nearly doubled. What will
prevent them in another hundred
years from owning most OF Manhattan
island?-New York Cor. Boston Ad.
vertiser.
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A Tigers Strength.

Nothing shows more the marvellous
strength possessed by the tiger than
the way in which he carries bis victim
away. says Chambers Journal. re-:
member the first time l was shown
where tiger had dragged fullgrown
bullock. l could not believe it posi-
BILE; and it was not until after we had
killed the robbes. only an ordinary
sized tigress, and / had carefully gone
over on foot the ground where she
had dragged her prey, that found
that she had not only dragged the
dead bullock, an animal, l should
think, considerably beyond her own
weight, over very rough ground and
through dense ctonebrake; but that
IN some places, rs the marks plainly
showed. she must actually have lifted
the fore quarters of the bullock oil
the ground in her mouth. and have
walked several yards with it in that
position. When the victim has been
dragged to what the tiger considers q
position OF security, it will sit down
and make a good meal and then re.
tire short distance from its prey to
some particularly thin brush or tuft
OF grass and there remain until the
following night, and then return tor
another meal. In consequence OF this
well known habit, "a kill'' as it is
called, is the best OF all khubber, and
in such cases, if the tiger has not beer
disturbed, the sportsman is almost
sure to find him lying somewhere
close to the carcass; and if his ar
rangements are well made, is pretty
sure to get shot at him.
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Ignorant of Chicago's Greatness.

While the Park theater was burning,
several men in q hotel near by was
talking about it. One was Chicago
man and he had good deal to say.
A New Yorker, who probably had not
Travelled much, was listener. The
Chicago man recalled the big fire out
there.
"You remember the Chicago fire 2"
he said
"No," said the New Yorker, 'Inever
heard OF it. Had fire, eh? Did
anyone put it out?"
'Did anyone put it out?"
eyes. Gotsome engines, Isuppose. "
"Why, sir, we've got the best fire
de-
"oh, then it was put out. I'm glad
Hope no one lost anything"
The Chicago man turned away, but
pretty soon came back. A remark
about the theater's being nimsy led
him to say:
"a theater like that would not he
allowed in Chicago; no, sir, not be
allowed"
Then the New Yorker clipped in with
Have you really theater in Chi
cago?"
"Have we what? ?"
"a theater. You were speaking
about theaters. DO actors go out
there?"
The Chicago man did not answer
He seemed to be getting riled. The in.
nocent New Yorker spoke again:
"Would there be chance to start
a church in Chicago? have q friend
who feels that he was born to be q
missionary, and he thinks if he got in
| to some new settlement
The Western citizen was getting rea
mad. He squared himself and said
"Sir, you and your friend may &C
to Halifax. Ifyou ever come to Chi
cago-"
"Well, medde l will. I should like
to see one OF those new places. How
do you get there? Any railroads? p
When the meeting adjourned tn,
Chicago man looked as if he wanted te
lick somebody right away.
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Farm and Household.
Agricultural Items.

dow many of the manual iturers of
putter understand the value of a neat
package or know to what extent the
package aids i'll selling the butter? An
Chlo manufacturer sends to Elain FOR
MS butter tubs because he finds the
package made there very much neater
than thosemade at ornear his cream.
erles' and he Is sharp enough to know
.hat appearances go u long way in
butter selling, as well as in q good
many other things. Agricul.
turist.
Weakness OF the stiAe should be
treated by lamentations with warm
decoction OF oak bark. The horse
should be turned loose in a roomy
stall or stable so that he is not cranp-
eo IN moving. Sprains of the stifle
are frequently caused by efforts to rise
III marrow stall or by keeping the
morse standing in q cramped position
IN 4 stable.
An exchange suggests, if farmers
would 60 to their barn on a wet day
and spend their time in making an
caves. trough for the barn or stable,
and thereby carry away the drip
winch would otherwise fall on the
manure-pile, causing waste of the ele-
ments ofplant food contained therein,
they will make more money that day
than they could any day in the field.
Convenience OF farm buildings is an
important aid in good farming, espe-
cially where much stock is kept and
there are many chores. Water should
always be provided IN the barn-yard,
the feeding-boxe should be near
where the feed is kept, and the build
ings should not be very tar removed
IRON the house. If this results in
more neatness about barns and barn
yards than has been thought neces-
sary, it willFbe another important ad-
vantage gained.
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The Point ofDeath
From the Baltimore Daily News.

From the Baltimore Daily News.
Although usually it is easy to tell
when dissolution has occurred, yet
there are cases which occur from time
to time rendering the matter one OF
very graveuncertainty, The pointat
which the soul relinquishes the body
is among the most difficult things to
establish. Perhaps this uncertainty
is one OF the reasons why there issuch
curiosity as to death-heds and last
words. We are anxious to know how
affairs appear to those who are pass
ing away. They are undergoing the
great change through which every one
must pass. How does it look to them?
Very little more information is to be
gathered from the dying han from the
dead. Certain inferences may be drawn
from the surroundings-the departing
color, the cold, deepening stare, the
groan, the rattle in the throat, the
stlffening limbs; but they are likely to
mislea3 as not. Ard the same may
be said Of the death sayings. They
are as enigmatic as the declarations OF
the oracles. We may take sometimes
half dozen meanings from them, as, for
instance, Gocthe's.More Light! p" Was
it the sense OF earthly darkness grow
ing around HIM, or was it the break
ing of the eternal light upon his vision,
or was there yet some deeper signiti-
canoe in the exclamation? Medical
works show that people have been
resuscitated fifteen, twenty and even
thirty minutes after apparent death.
Heldon, the highwayman, is SAID to
have been dead three quarters OF an
hour. His body was cut down after
hanging that length of time and was
handed over to his friends after thor
ough examination. That night he WAS
as well as ever, except for a stiffness
OF the neck. Pryce, the Norwich miser,
was dead as Caesar, according to those
about him, and until some thoughtful
person., dlstrusting the warmth OF his
hands, administered Il stin4ulant. He
arose and lived years afterward. Cases
ofmere trance are almost innumerable.
Supposed deaths from drowning show
that resuscitatlon may take place
thirty or forty minutes after ali life
has apparently left the body, The
question is to what becomes OF the
soul in this long interval is the one
which puzzles many. But the chiei
point OF the matter is that the physi-
clans and friends should not too readily
accept appearances in tine critical hour.
There may, as in the Fraser instance,
be yet some spark OF life remaining.
AS DIR. Lackerstein claims, there is
absolutely no reason why, with there
sources he employed at hand, any one
should die of an overdose of chloro-
form or from a shock while undergoing
u surgical operation.
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Genuine Sclts,

Mlchael Davitt, in an interview III
the San Francisco Call, describes the
inhabitants OF the islands off the Gal
way (Ireland) coast, as follows:
The inhabitants of these islands are
a splendid race OF men. They are the
direct descendants of the old Celtic
race, and their greatest boast is that
not a drop OF Saxon blood flows in
their veins. They speak no language
but Irish, which is spoken in all its or
iginal purity. They are now exactly
as they were 8, 600 years ago, anoble,
stalwart race of pure Celtic blood.
One of these islands is inhabited by
the descendants of the Firbogs, who
were driven from the mainland by th
Milesians, who came over from Spain.
Their facial expression and the for
nation OF their heads are different
from those OF the inhabitants OF the
other islands.
There is q great fort on the island
called "Dnnaengus, or the fort of All.
gus, which is built of loose stones, and
is the largest OF its kind in the world.
The people wear peculiar sort Of
sandal of untanned leather, and the
men and women have the most beau.
tiful feet. They are most athletic, and
can jump on horse from the ground
and gallop wildly of. In one island
of fifty families thereis no school, chap
lain, or policeman. The priest goe.
over from the mainland twice year
The women are never attended by q
doctor. The people enjoy the most
excellent health and do not require
the services OF one. The children are
little giants. The men are splendid
| lot OF fellows, and every one who
knows them admires and is interested
in them. They are Industrious and
virtuous, q keen-witted and nat.
nrally intelligent people. Three
hundred year is the rent of one
of these islands. and ifthe people were
/ taken of it would not be worth five
cents. The landlord knows that.
One OF the people once said to me
that he did not fear eviction because
it would cost him more than the land.
lord was worth to take the people
across to the mainland. An English
landlord with a conscience would not
charge a dollar year rent Tor this
island, but the miserable "shoneens'
OF Ireland would take the last copper
the poor tenant had. On some OF The
islands there are schools. On Others
/ the "poor-scholar system" prevails.
/ Boys and girls go around from house
to house and teach the children Of the
| families, their remuneration for doing
SO being food for their daily sustenance
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Worrying Over Things.

The older grow, writes Zenas Dane
in Good Housekeeping, the less feel
like worrying over things. lam essen
TALLY optimistic in my tendencies.
Worry makes people gray and wrink-
led and bald, and cling tenaciously
to my youthful looks.
| often wonder why some men will
help their wrinkles to deepen and in
crease their badness by flying into
such tantrums when their meals are q
trifle late, Or the buttons are off their
shirts. l know Christian man, q
"perfesser, who makes his wifes life
burden 20 her because of hls ceaseless
complaining and scolding about trifes.
Do other readers know such husbands?
Heaven forbid that one such has fall
-ea to the portion OF any reader OF
this. l call such men vicious. We al
low too many tribes to vex and fret
us. | once saw a man famous for his
mental visor and great learning swell
up and grow purple with rage because
-he couldn't find his hat. How
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European Education of Girls.

Correspondence OF the Buffalo Courier.
The system carried out in Vienna
for educating girls is entirely worthy
OF notice. They are kept at thier stud.
les until they are Is years of age.
Then they 20 through course OF
taching in the pantry and the kitchen
under some member OF the family,
sometimes under trained cooks, for a
year or two years. Thus they learn
to do everything themselves and to
know the value of things long before
they commence housekeeping on their
own account, and though they may
never be required to cook dinner,
they become independent of cooks
and servants. The Austrian women
are most atfcctionate wives and moth
ers. They are as accomplished as an
English governess, are as witty in So
ciety as o Partisan, and are among
the most beautiful women in Europe.
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How to Fight n Cold.

AS soon as oppression of the chest,
obstruction OF the nasal ducts and
unusual lassitude indicates that a
"cold has been taken" it's influence
should at once be counteracted by the
purest and coolest air available, and
the patient should not stop to weigh
the costs OF q days furlougn against
! the danger OF a chronic catarrh In
case Imperative duties should interfere
the enemy must be met after dark by
devoting first halt OF the night to an
| outdoor campaign, and the second
| hall to an encampment before a wide
open window. Ii the fight is to be
short and decisive the resources OF the
adversary must be diminished by a
strict fast Temporary abstinence
| from food is the most effective and at
the same time the safest method for
eliminating the morbid elements of the
system. Towards the end OF the year
a damp, sultry day-catarrh weather
lis sometimes followed by sudden
frost and at such times | have often
found that a six hours inhalation OF
pure, cold night air will free the OBJ
! structed air passages that on the FOL.
lowing morning hardly a slight huski-
ness OF the voice suggests the narrow
ness of the escape from a two weeks
respiratory misery. But, aided by
exercise, outdoor air OF any tempera-
ture will accomplish the same effect.
In two days resolute pedestrian can
walk away from u summer catarrh OF
tnat malignant type that is apt to
defy halo windows. But the spe-
c'hc OF the movement cure is arm exer-
cise--domb bell swinging, erapple-swins
practice and wood chopping. On a
cold morning (for, after all, there are
ten winter catarrhs to onein summer), /,
! Il woOdshed matinee seems to reach
the seat OF the disease by an air line.
AS the chest begins to heave under the
s.smulus OF the exercise, respiration
becomes freer as 1T becomes deeper
aud fuller. eNpectoration ceases to be
painful, and the mucus is at last dis
/ charged en- masse, as if the system
had only waited for that amount
OF encouragement to rid it
self OF the incubus. A catarrh can
thus be broken up in a single day.
For the next half week the should
be frugal and cooling Fruit, light
bread and a little cold, sweet milk is
the best catarrh diet. fast day,
though, is still better. Fasting effects
in a perfectly safe way what the old
school practitioners tried to accom-
plish by bleeding; it reduces the semi
febrle condition which accompanies
every severe cold. There is no doubt
that by exercise alone Il cntarrh can
gradually be worked off ;" But in
doors it is apt to be steep uphill
work, while cold air-even before the
season OF actual frosts-acts upon
pulmonary disorders us it does upon
malarial fevers; it reduces them to q
less malignant type.
A combination OF three specfcs-ex-
ercise, abstinence and fresh air--will
cure the most obstinate cold. DIR. Os-
wald.
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What to Teach Our Dauglters.

At a social gathering, says the
Charleston Dispatch, some one pro
posed this question: "What shall
teach my daughter?" The following
replies We're handed in:
Teach her that one hundred cents
make a dollar.
Teach her how to arrange the parlni
and the library.
Teach her to say NO" and near
it, or ''Yes," and stick to it.
Teach her how to wear a calico dress
and to wear it like queen.
Teach her how to sew on buttons
darn stockings and mend gloves.
Teach her to dress for health and
comfort as well MS for appearance.
Teach her to cultivate flowers an6
keep the kitchen garden.
Teach her to have the neatest room
in the house.
Teach her to have nothing to dc
with incorporate or dissolute youn.
men.
Teach her that tight lacing is un
comely as well as injurious to health
Teach her to regard the morals anc
habits, and not money, in selectin!
her associates.
Teach her to observe the old rule
"a place for everything, and every
thing n its place"
Teach her that music, drawing an6
painting are real accomplishments il
the home, and are not to be neglected
il there be time or money for theil
use.
Teach her the important truism
That the more she lives within her in
come the more she will save, and the
farther she will get away from the
poor-house.
Teach her that a good, steady
church-going mechanic, farmer, clerl
or teacher without cent is worth
more than forty loafers or nonpro
ducers in broadcloth
Teach her to embrace every oppor
tunity for reading, and to select sucl
books Us will give her the most usefu
and practical information in order te
make the best progress in earlier a:
we'll as later home and school life.
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A careful and patient French OBJ
server has formulated some con-
clusions on the subject Of vocal laueh-
ter which are interesting. He has as
eertained that the persons who laugh.
with the sound OLA in father are frank.
and loyal fond OF noise and move.
ment, and frequently of a versatile
and dchangeabie character. Those who
laugh with the sound OF A ia ape are
phlegmatic, with a t4arn toward
melancholia. The !ssngh in Els that
of children, and edults who are simple,
plant, tin,sa. and irresolute The
laugh il . signifies generosity and ro-
bust boidness. Look out, "lsays the
French observer, sfor thosowho laugh
in U, because they are the inisan-
thropes."
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When to Sow Glover.
From Des Moines Register.

From Des Moines Register.
A valued correspondent inquiries
for the best time to sowclover. This,
like nearly all questions connected
with practical farming, is answered in
many ways. Clover is SO important
asa pasture plant. for hogs and cat
tie, for hay by itself, and as q great
stimulant when mixed with timothy,
to keep the soil loose and moist, and
lastly as the greatest fertilizer that the
farmer can possibly use. There is no
money in it. 1t is q necessity. 1t Is
tho farmers best friend. Without it
our farms will soon become barren
wastes. equal to the deserted cotton
fields at the South, or the mullen
wastes of Virginia.
Experience has convinced us that
no crop OF wheat, oats or rye should
be raised without sowing clover early
in the spring on winter grain, and with
spring grain as early as the grain is
sown. No matter if it be intended to
plow up the land again the next fall
for corn or other crops. The fertiliz-
ing effects OF the clover, even IN SO
short a time, will pay more than
double the price OF the clover seed and
for putting it in. You cannot SOW
too much clover, nor too many acres.
It is never in the way in cultivating
succeeding crops, but adds largely to
amount OF yield.
On winter grain we would recon-
mend sowing clover in March, on the
last snow if you can rely on weather
prophets when it will come so as not
to be too late. On spring grain it is
best not to SOW clover with other
grain, as it will get buried
by the seed too deep. Sow ait
erwards and harrow it i'll with n light,
wide slanting tooth harrow, or a
brush drag. Don't wait tor the dark
of the moon-don't wait for the other
grain to get started-and especially
don't wait until it is too late. 1t will
not in the least grow too fast and
smother the grain. In this respect It
never smothers, or hinders the growth
OF any plant, but, attracting MOST
ure IRON the atmosphere, aids
wheat, oats and barley in dry wealth
or, and does no injury in, wet. VI
course, in such q spring and summer
as the past, failure OF clover seed to
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your nose with the finger OF the left

your nose with the finger OF the left
hand thus"
Poor Smith more than suspected he
had been made victim OF a Joke, the
hero of a tale with which Jones would
resale many Masonic brother with
infinite relish. Certainly he never
seeks to discover the sign by becoming
u Mason. AS to Brother Jones, he
has risen higher and higher in the
Craft, and is not molly p. &. d. J. O.,
but p. NJ. NJ. p, L. A. p. and X. Y. Il;
also, l.. l.. d. A. S. S.--Fraternal
Record.
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statistician Lorin Blodset makes
this statement OF Philadelphia year.
ly output OF textile industries: Car.
pets, s3s,OOO, 900; cottons. $25,OOO..
900; worsteds, S25 5000, 900; hosiery,
81 S,O0O,oO0; woolens. $4,000, 600;
silks, $4,000, 900; total, $l3s,O00,.
600.
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Judge Gildersleeve said to jury in
New York who acquitted ayoung man
on the charge OF larceny: 81 do not
see how you arrived at that conclu-
sion. Three or four reputable wit
Inesses swore one way and this man
the other. If you render many such
verdict.' your services will be dispera.
! ed with"