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The DULUTH UNION NATIONAL BANK,
DULUTH, MINI.
o. S. Government Depository.
CAPITAL 1900, 600
I. NENpENHLLI Pses. q. a. WAES. Cashier
Milwaukee Produce.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Aug. 25.-Flour steady
Wheat firm; cash, $3.50; September
Ssssc; October sslsc. Oats lower; No. 2
white. 29I2 Rye firm, No. 1. sic. Barley
quiet; No. ., nominal; September, 63s4c
Provisions steady. Pork-Cash. S13.S .S2Ia
Lard-Cash and September, Ss.95. Butter
unchanged; dairy, 15@16c. Eggs higher;
fresh 14c. Cheese steady: cheddars, so
Sl2c. Receipts-FlUur. $500 bbls; wheat,
$500 bu: barley. 5000 bu. Shipments
Flour, $500 bhls; wheat, 81 500 bu. Corn,
steady; NJ. 45I2c.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
CONTRACT work.
Grading Lawrence Gnd Other
Streets.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. II, 1883. I
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their Office in said city until
IL m. on the 30th day of August. A. ID.
1888, for grading Lawrence street, from
Maury street to North street; North
street, from Maria avenue to Seventh
street; and Bates avenue. from North
street to Seventh street, in said city,
according to plans and specifications
on file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
of the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
r. L. GORMAN, President.
Official: W. +. ERWIN,
23l-241 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 25.-The live stock
indicator reports: Cattle-Receipts 2,O62;
shipments, Active and strong for
good, especially cows: dressed beef and ship
pers steers 5t10c higher; grass range steers,
l0c higher: good TO choice cornfed, ,S505.5O; (;
common to medium, S3.25@S4.T5: stockers
and feeding steers, 81 .6O0S3. go grass range
steers, SI.6oGS3.2O cows, $1.25@S2.7
Hogs - Rsce.ps, 1857 shipments, 42o I;
strong to Sc higher; good to choice,
Sc 2O063O; common to medium, S5.@25
So 10 ;skips and pigs. 81. .OO@5.O0 Sheep-Re-
ceipts, Sl3; shipments, -; strong for
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27

OFFICE OF BOARD PUBLIC Works, |
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. "a, 1888.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Public Works in and for the
corporation of the city of st. Paul, Min
nesota, at their Office in said city, until II
IN. on the 4th day of Sept, A. ID. 1883.
for the grading of Milton street, from
Ridgewood avenue to FairmOunt ave-
nue., and Roche street, from st. Clair
street to Ridgewood aveue, in said city,
said grading to be done under contract
according to plans and specifi-
cations OH file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in sum of at least twenty (2O per cent
of the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
X. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. F. ERWIN,
23s-4s Clerk of Board Public Works.
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SEVEN CORNERS BANK
foid Up CAPITA, 100000.

z. II. Newport President.
W. 3. Evans Cashier
Michael Defel. Vice President
c. = Hawks, Asst. Cashier
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MICHAEL DORAN & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ST.
PAIL, MINI

Grain and provisions bought and sold for
cash or future delivery. Commission one
eigh tn. Orders for the purchase and sale of
stocks on any stock exchange III the country
promptly executed. We have the only direct
private wire from st. Paul to Chicago and
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1.-The Burlingfuna

Union Depots, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chi
cagO and st. Louis.
Ticket Offices-St. Paul. corner Third and
Robert sts.; Chicago, corner Clark and Ad-
ans sts.; ST. Louis, 112 North Fourth ST.
Leave Arrive
st. Paul. ST. Paul.
Chicago, ST. Louis and
Peoria, daily, -. ..7:3Op p. m. 7:55 a. m.
Chicago, La Crosse,
Dubuque,and Galena
Ex. Sunday. 49,. 80 a. m. 800 D. M
Suburban trains leave union depot st.
Paul, for Daytop's bluff, Oakland. Highwood.
Newport. st. Paul Park and Pullman avenue
at 1925, 1885, and *10:3O a. ln. i; *2, - 10
and t6 40 p. M Returning, arrive, +7:25,
*S :55 a. m.; 12:5O, 80, *6:15 and IL so
p. m.
*Daily. Except Sunday.
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Confirmation of Assessment for Raung Market Street
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. "a, 1888.

of
with
granite
of Public Works
10th
shown to the contrary said assessment will be
list OF
benefited against the same towit:
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good to choice muttons at S35O0l
common to medium, slow at S1.50@3.
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Aug 25. = Cattle = Receipts,
$500 head, including 1000 Texas and West
ern cattle: market nominally steady; choice
good, So. .7O@6; stockers and feeders, 81. 80
@2.90; cows bulls and mixed, S15U@2. .S5 ;
Texas cattle firm; steers. 50. 1908 80; cows,
S1.S0@2.30 Hogs-Receipts, $500; ship
ments, $500; market 5@1Oc lower; mixed
S5.S0@635; heavy, S5.90@6.5O; light
S5.S0@6.40: skips, S4@5.7O. Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 1000; shipments, 500; market
strong. natives, inferior to fancy, S2.5O@
40; Westerns shorn, S3.75@3.9O; Texas,
S3m3 rs: lambs S466
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
Produce Exchange

The produce market has undergone but
few changes, and those are of but slight i'm
portance. Offerings of apples are free but
the demand is not heavy. except for fancy
stand fruit. The season for berries is about
over and prices are firm. Melons are steady
and in goo demand
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
Oil Markets.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25-Petroleum opened
strong at SIC, 12c above last nights close, land
vapced sharply to s97sc. on Western buying
and the market.closed strong at S95sc. Con-
solidated misunderstanding, SIC; highest
S97se; lowest, 867sc; closing, S95sc Stock
lowest, SIC; closing, s9l2c. Total sales
1881, 900 bbls.
on CITY, Pa, Aug. 25.-National Transit
certificates opened at SIC; highest S77sc;
bbIs; cleances, % ioiS, e. 900 bbis: chart Charters s2 So
936 bbls; shipments, 70, bbls; runs, A.
759 bbls; carrying, 25@3Oc.
PlrTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 25.-Petroleum ac-
tive, closed strong and higher; National
Transit certificates opened at SIC; closed at
S914c; highest, soc; lowest, S675c.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
MINING SHARES.

j. ]. WATSON, BRO. & HYNDMAN.
SO East Fourth Street,
REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE INVEST
MEHTS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.
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& ST. LOUIS RAILWAY
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,

Lv.St. Paul Ar st. Paul
chi q Des Moines Ex. *S :45 m *7:25 pm
St.Louis & Kan City Ex *S:45 m ~ :25 n m
Watertown & Pac. Div. -
Ex.....:. .......... *s:OOa m rs :35 D m
Mankato Express $3.50 nm *11 .35a m
st. Louis Through Elk rs 20 nm +9:OOam
Des Moines Kansas
City Express d6: 25n m 40 .OOam
Chicago Fast Ex. d6:25 n nj do .01a NJ
d, Daily. = ex. SUNDAYS. +ex. Saturday
80 Ticket office, ST. Paul, corner Third and
Slbiey streets, and depot, Broadway, foot of
Fourth street.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27

New wheat, 1S cars.
Other Grains-No. 2 oats, 2 cars; No.. 8
oats, cars.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat-No. 1 hard,
3S cars; No. 1 northern, ~ cars; No. 2
northern, 27 cars: rejected, l car.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Receipts-Wh heat "a, no bu; oats $500
bu: millstuff, II tons; hay, 20 tons; fruit,
ber,2l cars; barrel stock, cars; machinery,
1S7, 100 lbs; coal, 1882 tons; wood, 9S
cords; brick, 10000; lime, cars; house
hold goods, 20 600 lbs :gties, 13 cars; stone,
z cars; live stock, cars: dressed meats, 90
600 lbs; railroad material, l car; sundries I6
cars. Total, $40 cars.
Shipments-Wheat 25.OSO bu: flour, o.
$50 bbls; millstuffs, 745 tons: merchandise
1,157,920 lbs: lumber, "a cars; machinery,
10000 lbs; coal. AS tons; brick, 5000; lime.
1S cars; sundrIes. - cars. Total, AGA cars.
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments of wheat to-day, reported by Pressey,
Wheeler u Co., by private wire:
Points. Reefs ShiDts
Minneapolis. ..... ......... 25,0S0 34,77O
Dulutn .-.-.-.-...-- 1S.Z4O 1,IS6
Cnlcago. ............ 0I.664 SSl, soy
81. Louis SO,OOO 10000
1OleuO ............-lZ0.ZI I4,OIO
Phlladelphla. ................ 22,439 9I4
Baltimore. 5O,l25 1IS,21S
New 1ork .lI0,ooO 4S.o2
ST. PAUL UNION STocKYARDs CO.,
SOUTH ST. PAUL
The Yards and Packing Houses Open for
Business.
Ready Cash Market for Hogs.
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BANK OF MINNESOTA,
Paid Up Capital $6G0.O00;
Surplus s1oo, ,oo0
Vim. Dawson. Pres. Ro5t. A. Snith, v.
Pres. WE. Dawsou. .Ir.. Cashier.
St, Louis Produce.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 25.-Flour quiet and un-
ported fine weather and sharp declines at
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
ST. PAUL UNION STOcKYARDS CO.,
LIVE STOCK.

st. Paul Union StOckyards.
Receipts-12 cars hogs-1O34: 16 car cattle
-325; IA calves cars horses AZ. Sales:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
Confirmation of Assessment for
Sewer ON Brook Street.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. "a, 1888. {
The assessment of benefits, costs and
expenses arising from the construction
OF sewer on Brook street, from Fourth
street to Seventh street, thence along
the valley of Trout brook to La
fayette avenue, in the city of st.
Paul, Minnesota, having been COM
pleted-.by the Beard of Public Works
in and for said CITY, said Board
will meet at their office in said city,
at p. N. on the 10th day of September,
A. d. 1888, to hear objections Gf
any to said assessment, at which
time and place, unless sufficient cause
is shown to the contrary, said assess
ment will be confirmed by said Board.
The following is list of the supposed
owners names, description of the
property benefited and the amounts as
sessed against the same, to-wit:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
WALKER & CO.

WALKER & CO..
Members New York Stock Exchange and Chi.
cago Board of Trade.
OFFICES: New York, A Broadway; ST. Paul,
1 Gilfllan Block; Chicago, 6 Pacific Av.
STOCK, eRALK PROVISION, COTTON AND
OIL BROKERS.
Direct wires from our Office In st. Paul, No.
1 Gilfillan Block. to New York Stock Ex-
change and Chicago Board of Trade.
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r. Nj. NEWPORT & SON,
Investment Bankers,
f52, f53 and f54 Drake Block. 81. Faux
MINI.
Buy and Sell Stocks Bonds and Real Eststs

Quotations of Stocks and Bonds.
New YORK, Aug. 25.-Stocks and bonds
closed at the following prices bid:
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CLARK &c METZ.

104 E. Fifth Street, st. Paul. Mimi.
~ GENERAL COMMISSION z@
Wholesale Butter and Eggs.
consignments of Game Solicited
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NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY
M . N EK TO Lo A N,
On improved real estate at lowest current
rates. No delays.
Room %, German-American Bank.
PETER BERKEY, Presidenf
C.G. JOHNSON. General Manager.
LIVERPOOL Grain

LIVERPOOL. Aug. 25.-Wheat strong: e.
mand good; holders offer moderately. C orn
firm; demand good.
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Cincinnati Whisky.
Dry Goods.

OTnCInndCI w nfSky.
CINCINNATI. Aug. 25.-Whisky firm; sales
1, 169 bbls finished goods on basis of 81. IL.
Dry Goods.
New YORK. Aug. 25.-The close of the
week shows decided gain in the volume of
business completed, which in the jobbing de-
partments was very marked.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
q "a ST:PAul A
"a E5 MIN ~ EAPoLlS a
8 y q RAILWAY n "a

Through Trains to Princ1paIPofnts
in Central and Northern Minue-
sofa, Dakota, Montana, Manitoba
and British Columbia.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27

SEWER ON BROOK STREET.
Kittson's Addition to st. Paul.
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits
William Lindeke.... l So S192 so
same. ......... $3.50. 3 II 1914 20
same. ............. l 81 1874 70
Bass Addition of Outlots to st. Paul.
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Benefits
L. L. Campbell. North
erly p OF. of.................15 .15 SS7 SO
j. W. Bass Subdivision of Lots and 9
and Part of Lots Z, 10, II and Is,
Bass Addition of Outlots
to st. Paul.
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Benefits
III. HI. Sibley and A. II.
wider ...................4 ~ $40 20
same and same. ..46 43 Is
All objections to said assessment
must be made in writing and filed with
the Clerk of said Board at least one day
prior to said meeting.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. +. ERWIN.
240-41 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. II, 1888. I
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-07
An Intermittent Lake.

At Kirknitz, in the Australian Alps,
there is an intermittent lake which at
one season of the year is filled with wa
ter, at another is dried up and cultivat-
ed by the farmers of the ncighborhood.
An exploration just made shows in one
part of the basin an immense cave,
which, when the water has reached a
certain height, begins sucking it up till
the basin is empty. This cave leads to
long series of underground lakes all
connected with one another by con-
tinuous current.
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The Mammoth Cave,

Some idea of the impression which
Mammoth Cave makes upon the senses
irrespective even of the sight, may be
had from the fact that blind people go
to see it, and are greatly struck with it.
l was assured that thi, is fact. The
blind seem as much impressed by it as
those who have their sight. When the
guide pauses at the more intcrestin :
point or lights the scene up with great
torch, or with Bengal lights, and points
out the more striking features, the blind
exclaim, "How wonderful. how beauti-
fulw They can feel it If they cannot
see it. They get some idea of spacious
ness when words are uttered. The voice
goes forth in these colossal chambers
like a bird. When no word is spoken
the silence is of kind never experienced
on the surface of the earth, it is so pro-
found and abysmal. This, and the abso-
lutte darkness, to person with eyes
makes him feel as if he we're face to face
with the primordial nothingncss. The
objective universe is gone; only the
subjective remains. The sense of hear
ing is inverted, and reports only the
murmurs from within. The blind miss
much, but much remains to them. The
great cave is not merely a spectacle &c
the eye; it i, wonder to the ear, @
strangeness to the smell and to the
touch. The body feels the presence Of
unusual conditions through every pore.
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His Own Hat

During examination at Edinburgh
University. Scotland, the students,
owing to the scarcity of cloak rooms, in
their excitement fling their hats, or used
to, anywhere, and often on the exam
iner's desk. The examiner finally said
that if he found another nat on his desk
he would rip it up. The next day willie
the examiner was absent temporarily an
undergraduate took the examiners hat
and placed it on the desk. The ex-
aminer on entering the hall saw the
hat, and CLEAN of triumph shot over
his face. Gentlemen" he said, 81
told you what would happen if this &C.
CURED again" Then he deliberately
cut to pieces the hat amid the prolonged
applause of the students.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-01-07

There are now cables on almost every
sea and ocean bed, the total length of
wire laid being nearly 113,OOO nautical
miles. There are nine cables connecting
Europe with America, the first that was
laid dating from 1883. So great also,
has the advance been in the operative
aspect Of cabel telegraphy, that practi-
sally no more difficulty is felt in repair
iAg submarine lines than in attending to
defects in those on land. 1t il seldom
any serious arrangement of the tele-
graphic system takes place. When it
does, it is comparatively of short dura-
6on.
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Emin Pssha, whom Stanley was sent
70 relieve, but who subsequently, sent
word to Europe that oil the relief he
needed was an open way to the sea coast,
lDems to be we'll enough off at Wadclai,
not only to attend to the advancement
Of civilization in Africa, but to do some
thing for the cause Of European educa-
ton. The natural history branch of the
British Museum at London has lately re-
ceived from him q valuable collection of
African bird skins, mammals and but
teraies, besides some anthropological
specimens, with promise of another
consignment of such things at an carly
day.
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Area and Population Of Europe.

General Strelbitski, who was selected
by the International Statistical Con-
gress, held at the Hague, to prepare .
report upon the area and number of In
habitants in the different countries Of
Europe, has completed his labors, the
gist of them being that the total area Of
Europe is CESS. O6O square miles, Of
which 3, 42S, 1875 square miles belong To-
Russia, S91, 900 to Austria-Hun-
gary, 33s, 900 to Germany,
1913, 435 to France, 312,s10 t.
Spain, 2S1, 615 to Sweden, 2O3, s75 to
Norway, 196, 615 to Great Britain and
Ireland, 1907 to Italy, 1863, $50 TO-
Turkey in Europe and Bosnia, IS. $40 TO-
Denmark. SO, 1875 to Roumania, IS, 800
to Portugal, 40, 43j to Greece, 30. 37S'
to Servia, 25, s75 to Switzerland, 2O,62S
to Holland and 1s, 43O to Belgium. The
Russian Empire in Europe alone covers
more than half of the whole continent,
embracing the kingdom of Poland, the
great Duchy of Finland and part OF the
Caucasus. Russia also stands far in ad-
vance of all the other nations in respecs
to her population, which is given
by General Strelbitski at 93,O0o,-
900, the countries which come next be-
ing the German Empire al, 200, OOoh
Austria Hungary go, 900, OOO, France
(3S, 300, OOO), Great Britain and Ireland
Ga, 200, OOO), Italy go, ,OOO, Spain
DC, 900, OOW, Switzerland 1900 Oooh
Belgium q, $50, OOO), Roumania q, 4oo,-
OOO), Turkey in Europe (4,9oO, Ooo),
Sweden (4,7OO, OOW, Holland and Portu-
gal a. 400, 900 each), Denmark e, 19o''
OOO), Servia $1,000, OOW, and Norway
q, 900, OO0).
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was kindly assisted by his master to get
them past the cord, which CONSTRUCTED
his throat so that he could not other.
wise have swallowed.
"The birds arc trained especially for
the work and do not fish in the dsy.
time. Our bird was two years old, and
was considered . very bright and activ,
fisher, having on good nights, fishing an
night, caught a many as 400 fshea.
Three hundred was considered a fsi,
nights work. Only calm nights am
available, and tho darker the better.m
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The excavation for the foundation of
the new Congressional Library building
has been finished. The building when
completed, viii be the largest structure
in Washington, with the exception of
the Capitol, and will cover III, 900 feet
Of space. It will cover about 1000
feet more than the new State, War and
Navy building, about IA, 900 feet more
than the British Museum library, about
70, 900 feet more than the Royal library
Of Bavaria, and about 1000 more feet
than the new German Parliament build
inc.
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Gruyere Cheese.

The centre Of the Gruyere cheese b.
dustry il in Franche- Comte, in tho Jura
Gruyere cheeses arc sold in large flattenea
disks, which in the trade are called
wheels. A wheel of Franche- Comt
Gruyere weighs generally from 80 to 81
kilogrammes (6e to n poundS. Il
takes . quantity Of milk, varying, d
course, according to its richness, but
never less than 300 litres. NATURALLY
there are few farmers Especially on The
higher mountains whence the cheeso
originally cameo who have herds large
enough to obtain in one or even in two
days enough milk to make one cheese
Thus, from time immemorial, the farm.
ers Of Franche- Comte have dubbed to-
gether in order to obtain the quantity Of
milk necessary.
The farmers of each commune join To-
gether and form a'society, managed By
an elected committee of generally five
members. Nothing could be more print.
tive. Each member is bound in turn to
make cheese at his own home, using
the milk brought to him by his associ-
ates. This cheese remains his personal
property. He is thus in debt to his COL
leagues; but he emancipates himself BY
giving them on the following days all
the milk of his own cows. Everything
is done on very business-like footing.
Pieces of wood or notches are used, like
those employed by country bakers now
a-days. Each member keeps notched
list of his colleagues, and the accounts
are settled each day, as soon as the
cheesemaker Qor the nonce) has received
lis milk.
The preparation of Gruyere cheese re-
quires great care. After the cu-ding Of
the milk come the baking and the mash.
ing of the curd, this latter delicate
operation on which the success Of the
cheese depends. The first part of thu
cheesemakiny only takes few hours
but afterward comes the long process OF
fermentation in the cellars, when during
space of four months, and sometimes
six, the cheese must be turned, salted,
and we'll rubbed on its two sides. The
salt gives flavor to the cheese and regu-
lates the fermentation. - Pail Mall Ga
Zette.
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Some idea of the extent to which me-
chanlcel ingenuity and efficiency have
advanced may be had from the follow
ing statement: st is now possible TO
construct a complete sewing machine in
a minute, or sixty II one hour; reaper
every fifteen minutes, or less; 800
watches in day, complete in all their
appointments. More important than
this even, is the fact that it is possible
to construct locomotive in d.S.
From the plans of draughtsman to
the execution of them by the workmen,
every wheel, lever, valve aud rod may
be constructed from the metal to the en-
CINE intact. Every rivet may be driven
in the boiler, every tube in the tuba
sheets, and from the smokcstack to the
ashpan, a locomotive may be turned out
In working day, complet I,y equipped,
ready to do the work of hundred
horses" Without such machinery and
the skilled labor to operate them, tho
civilized world of today would be ar
impossibility.
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She Knew the Signs.

A traveller once put up for the night
with supplemented old couple In q
lonely farm house. As he rode up to the
door he heard tho old lady say, in tone
of deep conviction: "There! / knowcd
somebody'd come before night, for l
dropped my fork on the floor this
morning and it stuck straight up. Then
1 dropped the -dishcloth at noon
another sure sign Of company.
In entering the house the visitor care
lessly struck his foot against the step
and came near falling.
"Ah." said the old lady, quickly,
(Which toe did you stub, the right or
the left"
THE right" was the reply.
That's good its q sure sign you're
going where you're wanted. Pa, choo
that rooster of the fence. II he crows
there will be rain before morning."
A little boy suddenly ran into the
room crying out: 20. grandma, look !!
Here's . copper 1 found in the road"
I'm not bit surprised. Don't you
remember, Tommy, that you dreamed
Of finding q nest of hens eggs last night
I told you then that you'd find some
money before . week."
A young woman was washing on O
porch at the back Of the house, and the
old lady suddenly cried out:
There, there, Susan; if you haven't
splashed soapsuds all over the front Of
your dress! And if you don't get a
drunken husband for it I'm wonderfully
mistaken. I've known that sign to come
true often and often. But you can keep
it from coming true by hanging all the
clothes on the line wrong side out, and
you'd better do it."
So Susan did, as the traveller noticed
to his great amusement. - Youths Com
panion.