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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-25
STUDIO, No. 1905 Market street.
FINANCE ANp TRADE.
The Features of the Money and Stock
Markets,

Iub tbhtuECh VI tHu mOhoJ hHu BLUM
Markets.
NLw YoAK, Dec. A.-MonCy on cali GaH al Sa5
percent, closing at percent asked. Prime mcr.
camille paper las percent. Sterling exchange dull
but steady at 81 7O1lA SlK.
GOVERNMENT bones Dull and firm.
BoSrs -.CllosCd bii: U. s IS, 1Og4; y. g. Is,
coupon, 129S; U. 8: AIS coupon, ll9!S Pacific e.,
GS, lOj; Tennessee Gs settlements, M; do b., 100;
do IS, w; Central lhcihC trstS, llGH; Beaver 4
Rio GrandO Alss, iivHi Denver 4 RIO qrande
Western hSts, 70; Erie seconds. 9SH; Missouri,
clio dHtE lis; Northern Pacific seconds, l03A;
Northwestern consOls, l3g; Northwestern dc.
bentures %, 1885, ", Louis 4 Ban FrantScO gen
eral mortgage, ll2IS; 81 Paul Consols 1921 y. Paul,
Chicago 4 Pacific dfEts. 10; Texas Il Pacific LSnd
Grants, 90; Texas 4 Pacific Il g extra coupons,
7S>S Union Pacific arsis, ICY; West Shore, 1914.
STATE DoNDs-Dull and steady,
RAILKoAD BoSDs-SligRtly more active; sales
O., 0i3,OO0.
oito-morrow being Christmas was excessively dull
and without special ttg!u Q. The openingY Aswsak,
tho declines from last Cvanlngs tlnAl prices rang
ing up TO Y percent, There were SONG further
slight declines In tho ea'y trading, IN
leader. The rally, which followed, was led ny
Jersey Central, which quickly reached the highest
price oil the day, altir whlth\th9 mArkpi cropped
Into dull aud UStIeSS STATE, III which te tlucluR
lions were measured by very small fractions, aud
In no case did they possess any SgnlACaHCO. The
market finally closed a. 1t had BEEN throughout
the day extremely dull aud steady. The buGl.
npSf done was small, amounting 10 1881 shares.
sroCKs CLOSED bidi Adams Exi rss, 1856: AmGri.
can Express, l07N; Canada Southern, G2JGi Cen.
iral Pacific 70; Chesapeake & Ohio, SH; do 1rSts
piCterrCd, i6M; do seconds, W, q, O., O & l.,
Si%; DenyerS Rio GrRndo, 81; Erie, SIX; do pre-.
ieffed, 7llSt Fort Wayne, li5 Kansas Texas, 3lh;
Lake Erie i Western, 49, Lake Shore, w; Louis.
Vile & Nashville, 631s; Louisville. Now Albany d
Chicago, GSt Memphis 4 Thar cSton, III Michigan
Central, 92If; Missouri Pacific, lOSIG; EghYllls 4
Chattaioogi, ~; New jersey Genital 6OH; North
Northwest 70, 1854 do preferred, $40; New York
Central, ll253; ohio u AlulSlppl, 274i do pre-.
ierTed, 9OH; Pacific Mail, vi; Pittsburgh, i47;
Reading SSH 81, Louis & eRu Francisco, 3l1I; do
preferred, G2h; do ntst preferred, ll3; u N. 4 81.
PAUL, wy; Texls Pacific, Az; Union Pacific, COX
United States Express, o.; " IT. l. GP., l8I[
do preferred, SSHi WellSFAfgo Rxples, 1911
Western Union, 0O5S.
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Ghe GnttIIigstrfer.
Oaioet Nos, % and " roartsspta Street,
A SPARK FROM THE YULE LOG,
by LOUISA Y. AICorF,
Copyrighted lsS6l

ny LoulaA Y. AlcorF.
Copyrighted lsS6l
When the yule log burns HpOn the hearth
WithCarol, CHIMES and Christmas cheer,
A fire should klndle In each soul
10 gladden. all the comlpg YEAR
A tame % bIighlen heart aud home,
And shine Is well for other eyes,
Fed by good deeds which sill glow on
When din aud cold the yule log lies,
No life 10 poor but It may knew
A spark Of this liyinest ilrei
No lie 20 beautiful and rich
But still, ilAme-liEe, II may aspire.
Then klndle yule logs far and wide
10 burn on every happy hearth:
Fit symbols Of the faith aud love
That purify and bletS the earth.
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COMMISSIONER, NorIoEs.


NOTICE = SPECIAL COMMISSION,
In KRIS SALE or REAL ESTATE.
Under and BY virtue Of q decree Of sale entered
BY the Circuit Court Of ohio EQUITY, on the l2lh
day Of OCTOBER AID 1856, In teIhin lslre IN
hcKeoWn and Ohnis ari c0mplAiAlnls aud ID,
becca !. Groves aud other arc dplchlAhu lWlll,
" Special Commissioner proceed 70 sell u the
ont door OF tho Court House Ot Ohio County, n
public sale, 10 tho highest aud bptt bidder, on
|, WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER u lsS6,
the following desCFibed real estate, that IL TO say;
A CeFtAln trGct or Parcel Of land containing eleven
nv acres two ~ rood AVID tWeny-Elx CO. pefche,
situate In the l0unty Of Ohio, on the NRteiS d
I'll II Greek, II belng the land described In exhibit
"B" 70 the I'LL Of Compliint III the above cattle
cause, bounded Is tOllow,; BEGUN ny Vt small
RSh on the bank Of the Cr'ek, n, 76Se, v, y 40
Polea % stone Ia the ereek, thence y slJ4', W,
~ polls 70 stone on the bank Ot the Greck Ihsl %
4, S5{e, u poles 70 stone; thence s, bS1i', W,
~ poles 70 4 SyCAmOrei thence s. 2ko, W, 81 $40
poles = Slon0, adjoining Bpkey thence Sl1t',
Z, " 2lG poles 70 beech a. Joining LeWisi thence
n, uIo, w. ~ gl0 poles 10 stone; htnce n. w,
=, ~ $40 poles 70 kuEaE tieei thence N, SEf'l H.
2il0 poles 70 the beginning, with AL the improve
mentg thereon, and gpplrtsnAncea thereto bclolS'
TERas-o ne-haii Of The purchase money cish,
OF aS much more ~ the purchaser may elect 70 pay
The purchaser to execute and deliver TO me two
months from tho day Ot sale with interest from
day Of sale The title 10 SRid land 70 DO EUlaiLed
until tho purchase money DO paid In full,
y u DOYENFK,
Special Commissioner.
hereby certify that bond has been given by tho
above Special Commissioner a. required by law
and thsdscEee oil said Court W NrTousr1
noy9Ow&s ClvfE,
The above sale Is nd Ourned until WEDNESDAY,
DEOE LbER y, lsS5. at ~ O'clock A. NJ;
u. II, DONENER,
Special Commissioner,
". II. HALLER. AuetIoneet. dc .
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CHICAGO, IiIR., Dec A.-Thero was light trading
In wheat friday, but the tone was firm Receipts
continue 10 ~ idlr. The market opened firm at
@ i0F AGy e on r6 70 S2S, G nG e NO Snl
dull. rrVlslons RtroIger. Flour Stt4iy sud un.
3 Bpfilg 7Ot; d0EO. 2Eed 771[G: December TIA
GESEGG 5.S Janul HS,nS Y GosE a.
sGSs RSGtiO, closing at S15Ic.. Corn, cath No. 4,
8GIlO; December JI9EA3G1S', closing Of SGiC; Jan.
aSfy SGASgc o eio;ILg ~ SSS; ts6tHlty $Sia
a SS1SCt January zoo; May sic, iIyG, cash No. y,
$50; barley dOko 2. 6lISc, Flaxseed, No. /, 81
$50. Timothy seed, prime y !ial y. ACfS pork,
cash 81 4Olll 4S December sll SbGll 20 tlnsi1g At
February Sil G0All b7tS. clos TX at 81 6ji May
I'll 26O, closing az 81 VIZ lard, cali ga
6,25c; December GSa6.2!Ne, closing a. g.22}So;
January 62Sa0,27Ifc, clio ing al, G25ci February
eloSibR al 2GINc. laoO1, Shoft Ribs, CASH 6.66a
7Oc; do shoulders 4 SOai S5O do short clear 600
R6iO. whisky, Sis. BugatH Outloai GNaGAfO;
HtRnulA'ed 6tic; ltArdATdA bhC, butter quiet;
creamery 20ay0ci dairy l9a29c, Figs, aA24o per
dozen iOt iFeGh.
NEW YoaE, Dec. A.-Flour mafkOl Atn with
fairly active trade. Wheat spot lott shade
stronger, options Opelled hagG9 Dettef lstGt do.
oiinCd SSajEc .Closing steady No. Q milwaukee, plot
tingraded red B21Savi14o; NO. red pjHoi No51
lWUItU VuUt NUS bylNhyVlnI Vlublub NJ
S0lfoi February OiA02 g.lGO, clOtlng nH9j March
70, closing al D3jtOi May O0,tAgiag Clcsl.g
al 9GM6 Corn, spot q shade easier, dull,
OPTIONS nOminAl upgraded 46ISalBtGi No.
white 4gAO; No. 2 DeueinbVf. nominal, jan
uaiy i1NCi February 1896 May bkC. CAtB
| 4 ShAd9 itfOnkef but QUIET mixed weston
SAS7C, while do B1a4iC Coffee, iAlfI Mo dull Al
| itLoj options very gulOtj DCCembOfl January,
| FS6fiafy March, kprll and May u ibalLBOC jnie
and july i2,Bjc. Bugaf,dull Eggi hfini western
Yia3ic, Fork stronger but quiOli mess Gil SKA
| IL 87x Lard moderately actlyei western steam
Sp0l ,bA6,b5ui BOrumbeft .hSa0 Oli January 6bjO
| FebfuAfy . 6St6 6ioI March OhVoi April ~ c.
ijIpiHohE, Dec. "a Wheat, western htghaf, No,
2 WInjef rcd SPOT SgtIAOOCi January pOAgHO, Feb
ftiafy pllk49llkc, Nay 9itAJjN, Coin, wCStptt
INNER and duff mixed spot ls1 bid peCembei
january February ig3
| steamer plU lid. Oats dull aud lOWetj western
white B6lSbIj do mixed 8ia9BO. Ry0 higher al bSa
90. fCViSldhs quiet and nominal Mess pOfh
St9 %, Lard ruined 7tfe, Coffee eall.ii RiO car
gOts ordinary 10 ialt, iSIEAiIAC,
CiNoiSNLfi, Dec. H,-FlOuf dull Wheat htH
and higher No. 2, red Sic, TON ttlnj No. nike!
SSaBsAG Oats qultti No, 2 mixed ls0h0, Rye dull
No. q b9Al9c, Pork quiet ~ sll ID, ltfd lfne
lAt 6lbo, Bulk meats aud bacon STEADY aud liu
CHANGED. whisky steady al u llillet Caller
SugaF quiet cheese flrtn. Rlga Aftn a 2lO,
ToLEbo, o. ben 9l-wheai dull and sitBdy
cash SSjloi May $50, Com lieAdyj tASh S1IiC
OaiS neglected. Clover seed IlCadyl cash u 20
FOGfllfy n 70I March u 10.
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Notice to Investors,
FOR SALE.

JEFFERSON IRON WORKS First Mortgage siI
Per Cent. soml.Apnual Coupon Bonds, running
from eight 10 ten years. For particulars call on
JOHN J. JONES,
Exchange BanlA
Soo,, Wheeling, W. Va.
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l ROsELAND PLANTATION.

Situated on the Mississippi river lnthe Parish q
COnC6fdia Louisiana, twenty-five miles DeloM
thtcc.io and containing two thousand ~
bundled ard EevCnty.oue acres (2O1l oil rich allu,
vial land no CRyng bank, secured w good levec
III the rear and by large government levee aDoye.
One thOuAHd acres now In cultivation; lWenS
bundled acres OF valuable timber. Fifty frame
houses now occupied with good labor Eleven
large clSlCTnS aud new Wind mill for pumping
water stabllng, blacksmith shop, store house,
church, Il large thrcestory Rin house, brick SACK
CondenSCR- II good order. Also good dwell,
lug house lltuAtCd In n Arge pecan grove, gooo
young orchard Of peaches pears tlgS and PLUMB.
now bCnrlng VIII sell i6fty mules ano otnei
stock, mud all the necessary imp emOnts for tht
cultivation Of tho plantation, now In good order
Come and Inspect the property, or for rms I'D
dress ALEXANDER 0AMPDELt+
delrlAw Fair View, COnCOTdlA PGtItl. Ia
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UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION!
" OVER BALE A MILLl0N Dl syRlBUTED
Louisiana State Lottery Company.

incorporated Ia 1865 Tor Is years by the LegiSla.
GuTe Tor Educational and Charitable purpospE, with
ICApItal OF 81, O,0OO-tO which reserve fund Of
Yef Sh500 900 has ElncA been added,
rai made pSTt Of Tic present State Combination
Id0ptod December ID, A, D., 1S79,
The only Lottery ever yO.ed on aud endorsed by
the people Of any State,
HHaer scales or pOStpOaEs.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the SemEAnnuAl Drawings
regularly evorJ SIX months Jun0 and DGCGmbei)
A SPLENDID opPoRTUNlTY TO WIN A FOR
TUNE First Grand Drawing, Glass A, In the
Academy Of Music, New Orleans, Tuesday January
II, 1857 200th Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $3.50, 1000,
sB-NouCc. Tickets arc Ten DolaS only. Halves,
q. Fiths, 81. TenthS, 81.
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Oil CITY, Dec. Q,-Opened AZ GsJtoi highest
bT9fjl l0Weit 6GIfct closed at 90 Sales $4,000
barrels, CeAfAntGl $500 hattOla charter OSl9l
bAtFelSj shipments 0l,S9i battelL
ami PlI gss1,a ~ RSS S SS'i0 So 'S RsS ~
6i3tci lowAt exc
TffuayttiN, bee A,-opOnud al 66Jfoi highest
e1ttoi lo6eat Ot1fsi cloted al 60
,Nlg YonE, pec, 9l,-ptuolsum ateAdyl unitod
Clalld a OOAtel
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T0R SALE.

TOR SALE TO CLOSE AN ESTATE,
Tha following Lots on Wheeling Island belong
ing to tho estate Of the lato VIM. Mccoy, Va.
Lots No. CO, e. aud n on Broadway.
Lots No. 50 and ~ on York street.
Lots No. W, 100 and l0l on Virginia Btleok
L0lR No, l0l, 1O6, ITO and Ill on Huron street,
Lots No. l9S, 100 and l8O on Wabash street
Lot No, IA on WAtOr street.
au21 Wv. H0GE 4 BRO, 1900 Marfet 81
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Make P. 0. Money Orders Payable and
address Registered Letters to
NEW oRIEANs NATIONAL BANK.

NEW VhLHIA1Np ENIIIVNII BHNKJ
New Orleans, La,
pEuEupED That the presence Of Generals
llLW EWuLIl lleaurg gard ORnd Early, who arc
In charge Of the drawings, Is guarantee Of Abso.
Lutte fairness and integrity hat tho chances arc ali
equal, and that no one can possibly divine what
NUM- Ger will draw Prize. All parties therefore,
advertising 10 guarantee PrlzN In this Lottery, or
holding out any other impossible inducements arc
swlndlOis, and only aim 70 deceive aud doifaud
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WANTED.

TT4NTED-BOY WITH $40 90 CASH
w security 70 act as news agent on b = 9; =,
n Apply At Union News Co, y. . y. deRoL on
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
A Trio of Noted Men.

Gen. Winfield Scott. when a young
man, was stationed at Fort Smelling at
that day perhaps the remotest military
outpost in the country. When the Black
Hawk war was begun some Illinois militii,
companies proffered their services. Two
lieutenants were sent by Scott 10 Dixon.
Ills, TO muster the new soldiers. One
Of the lieutenants was very fascinating
young man. Of easy manners, and affa.
BILE disposition; the other was equally
pleasant but extremely modest On tho
morning when the muster was TO take
place, tall, gawky. slab-sided, homely
young man, dressed in a suit Of blue
jeans. presented himself to the lieuten.
ants rs the captain OF the recruits, and
was duly sworn in. The homely young
man was Abraham Lincoln. The BASH
full lieutenant was he who afterward
fired the first gun from Fort Sumter,
Maj. Anderson. The other lieutenant,
who administered the oath. was in after
years the president of the Confederat.
States, Jefferson Davis.-The Argonaut.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
The Inventor OF Salt Herring.

Buckets was Zealand fisherman, and
his discovery was simply this: Tha,
salt fish will keep, and that fish that can
be kept, can be packed and exported.
Before his time herrinSs had 10 be con,
suned within a few days of their cap.
ture. Buckets salted them. II does moi
sound like great discovery. One
rather wonders that the system had not
been applied from the beginning. How.
ever, IN 1856 William Buckets salted the
first 100 of herrings, and. having salted
them, he packed them IN barrels. Thi.
exercise Of common sens. resulted in q
singular development III the resources ol
the country.
The English fisheries were not =,
prominent 800 years ago as they ar,
now, and Holland had for time al
most "A monopoly OF Il market winch sh,
was able 10 create and supply. Buckets
had tO wait 800 years to have hIs clam
To public gratitude recognized. Charlie,
V. had a statue erected to the hvrrin I,
salter, who became the beuelHctor of his
country. Queen Mary oil Hungary,
however, paid him even greater honor.
During her residence in Holland she dis
covered his tomb, and, seated upon it.
ate salted herring Fail Mall Ga.
zette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
The Great Coionixing Nations

England and Holland are perhaps the
greatest colonizing nations of Europe.
England has seventy-two times as much
territory outside of the island as she has
in it. and Hollands colonial possessions
are equal to fifty times her own terri
tory. In both of these countries the
colonial empire is different in climate,
institutions, and language from the
mother countries. France has been
growing colonially very fast of late years
and its possessions in Africa are now
about twice its own size. 1t governs
about 5000, 900 inhabitants there, and
controls some of the most important
trading points. In 4 sia it has her colo
nies about as large as France in their
aggregate territory, with population
less than half as large, and it has also
colonies in the Pacific islands. All told
its colonies own territory amounting to
766, 1897 square miles or more than three
times its own size, which is about 204,
900 square miles. The Frenchman. how
ever, is not the colonizer that the Eng.
lishman and the Dutchman are. He
likes la belle France too well To leave
her, and though the country has this
great colonial empire, including the gov
ernment of $4,000. 900 people. it is fact
that in all this territory there are not
probably over 500. 900 bona iide French.
men.-Frank q. Carpenter in Cleveland
Leader.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
An Old Circu. Rider Talks.

Barnum and Forepaugh are the only
successful and wealthy circus men Of
10 day. / should say they are equally
wealthy, Forrpaugh having the advan-
tagc Of being alone and getting all the
profits, while Banum has to divide with
las partners. Both are in the habit ol
investing all their surplus in real estate.
Barnum owning section Of Bridgeport,
while Furepaugh has numerous houses
in Philadelphia. In the olden days moro
money was made in the circus business.
because the expenses and risks were not
% great as now, especially in the matter
Of ground rent and license. A dozen or
20 of horses, four or live cages of ami
mails. one elephant, one camel, and
twenty people all told constituted the
outfit; there were no double mammoth
tents. no droves OF elephants. no herd VI
camels. or stud OF horses. Eaton Ssone
in New York Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
Conferring Honorary Degrees.

Graduates OF one of the colleges of
New York are circulating a petition
among the alumni for submission to the
trustees. asking that the practice Of con-
ferring honorary degrees be discontinued.
Their arguments are that socialistic titles
should represent work actually per-
formed in the institution granting the
degree, that the selection of a few
alumni for gratuitous honors will breed
dissatisfaction and disloyalty among the
rest that the crossroads colleges are
giving honorary degrees right and left
~ a reward for all sorts Of services. that
the older and better universities are be-
coming more and more conservative in
granting academic honors without ex.
animation, and finally that the board Of
regents OF that state is qualified to con-
fer all the honorary degrees necessary. =
Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19

To q person who has moderately
well supplied pocketbook and thought
full turn OF mind, there can be no moro
fruitful theme for meditation than to go
into our large halls, theatres, churches,
and other places Of public resort, and,
securing seat in the gallery or in the
rear part OF the room, look at the heads
of the audience. for no other purpose
than to ascertain by actual count how
many show signs OF badness. Unless
the expe erimenter has been in the habit
OF counting for this object he will be
surprised to learn that, in most OF the
eastern cities, fully 80 per cent. of the
men over 30 years of age show unmis-
taxable signs of badness, while nearly
20 per cent have spots on their heads
that are not only bald, but actually pol
ished with the gloss that is supposed to
belong to extreme old age alone. l
have been in the majority OF the
churches and theatres in all the large
eastern cities, as well as in Chicago. st.
Louis, and other places of the west. and
have verified my assertion by actual
count. From my observation find that
baldheaded men are most plentiful in
New York and Boston. After these
come Philadelphia, Washington and the
western towns. say 1men" for two
reasons: first, because women usually
wear their hats or bonnets on such oc-
casions, thus covering their crowns;
second, in case their hats are removed,
the hair is combed up 50 as to cover
any possible bald spot, or else there is an
artificial switch" to hide the defects OF
nature. So, without indulging in any
speculations regarding what may be, I
will confine myself to what is 10 be seen.
Here are a few observations taken in
Boston: Trinity church-243 men; II
actually bald, SO indications Of badness.
Kings chapel-S6 men; 3S actually bald,
IA indications of badness. Hollis Street
theatre, orchestra, at performance of the
"Mikado"-63 men; "a actually bald, 10
indications. Boston theatre, Judic-l26
men: 81 actually bald, 43 Indications -
Popular Science Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
THE SOULS MEASURE.

H8hap thou thinkss& "What a happy
frame!
What high a6ectionsl What holy aimln
Il may be hard to think thyself the same
Who's word and deed 30 lately were to
blame;
And looking back, with scorn and wonder
ment,
Thou may'st look round thee, lifted with con-
tent
Ds doubly heedful Of thine altered heart,
SIN, still the sarns, till thou and life shall
part
Never 80 near Temptations keenest dart,
Never does Darkness WELD 50 strong an art,
A when the soul is lettering in the light
To gauge, since yesterday, its added height
Charlotte Fske Bates in Congregationalist
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
ANTS AND THEIR WAYS.
Their Love Of Cisaniiness and Their
a Modes Of Burial.

Their Love Of Cisaniiness and Their
n Modes Of Burial
In spite of the multifarious duties and
tasks that are imposed on these tiny
burghers, they still find time to clean
and adorn their worthy little persons.
No spot, no atom Of dust or anything
else uncleanly will they tolerate on their
bodies. They get rid of the dirt with
the brushy tufts on their feet or with
their tongue. They act, for all the
world. like domestic cats when they
clean and lick themselves: and they as
sist one another at the toilet precisely
like monkeys. Their sense of cleanliness
goes so far that the naturalist often
finds. to his unpleasant surprise, the
colored marks he has applied with so
much care on his trial ants" removed
by their irritating friends They keep
their dwellings just as cleanly.
But the conveying away of their de-
ceased brethren, whose dead bodies they
appear to regard with the creates. an
tpathy, gives them more trouble than
anything else. When some members of
Of an ant community, which Mr.. Cook
kept imprisoned, died and could not
be removed, those remaining seemed
affected with the greatest horror. For
days the insects ran about seeking a way
out, and ceased only when completely
exhausted. The ants belonging to the
campontus~species seized the dead and
threw them into water pail, which
they converted into a supulcher. Ordi-
narily, though, the ants are said to treat
their dead with more reverence. They
even possess their own graveyards,
which lie in the vicinity Of their nests.
They convey their deceased companions
thither, where they lay them down in
orderly little heaps or in rows.
1t is only the corpses OF their fellows.
however, that they treat in this man.
ner. Dead strangers they throw out
like something unciean. or tear the body
In pieces. Even between the master and
slaves of the same community Miss
Treat says she has observed dissimilar
mode of burial. While the masters find
their last repose in a special graveyard,
side by side, the slaves lie like heaped-up
refuse near the nest, despised equally in
death as in life.
The ant cemeteries are often thickly
populated, for their life is short The
MAKE lives only through one summer;
the female lives somewhat longer. and
the workers die of old age in the 9Th or
10th year.-The Cosmopolitan.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-19
strengthening the Memory.

Your memory depends TO great ex-
tent upon your physical health. Assum-
ing that you possess average health, and
have weak memory, it is likely that
you are careless and inattentive. A man
who is sentenced to be hanged never for
gets the date, although he may have q
poor memery for figures. This is be-
cause he takes an absorbing interest in
the date fixed for his execution. Inter-
est and attention are the mainsprings
OF memory. Learn to take an interest in
what you zee, hear and read. Fix y6ur
attention upon it concentrate your mind
30 a. TO focus Il upon what you desire ~
remember. There ere methods that will
help you. Write abstracts OF what you
read, or converse about 1t with your
friends. At the close Of each day recall
In their regular order an ths events Of
the day, business transnceioas. the per
sons you have seen and the conversa-
tons you have had with tAsm. Kesp up
this practice all your life, and your
memory will develop phenomenslly I'M
til impaired by disease or old age.-At-
lanta Constitution.