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what an Inch of Rain Means.

Few people can form definite idea of what
is involved in tho expression. can inch Of
rain" 1t may aid such 10 follow this curious
calculation: An acre IS equal to 6.272 $40 square
inches; an inch deep OF water on this area will
be- a. many cubic inches Of water, which, at
227 to the gallon, is 25,OO0 gallons. This i'm
mense quantity Of water will weigh 10000
pounds, or 100 tons. One-hundreith Of an inch
tO.0Il alone is equal to one ton of water to the
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A smarl.snlarl.d Official.

IL is believed that the watchman Of the vii.
lage Of Spriugstile ia Hes-en, Germany, has
the smallest salary Of any official in the world.
lie gets four pfennigs 4 day, and as it takes
100 pfenngs TO make mark. which is equal
in value TO 81 cents in our money, his monthly
salary is less than 80 cents. He gets another
four pienngs a day for clothing and boards
around among the people Of the village.
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Which Was IN

Saith, Gray sE Co.'S NonRlyl
Rev. Stiggns-n0n't forget, young man, tho
bible Injunction that 1.-THE love of money is
the root of all evil :"
VIII Dotes-Haven't you quoted that
wrong, Elder2
Rev. Stggns-In what nartcuar2
Will Dofes-D Doesn't il read "lacl:" instead
OF lover"
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Taking ma Risks

Mrs. Gaddshy-Is IL true. ~ I've been told,
that your husband proposed by telephone?
Mrs. De SrhTiet-Why, no, that's a silly
story; he only asked Papa's consent that way
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

Mr. John Bland. chess player. proposes to
rovoulluniEe the game by making the board nine
sq,rsrc. v ide. and adding be~ides pawn smother
niece To- be called the Z" PFemter" " possessing the
combined powers Of queen aud knight.
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No Wonder.

No wonder dogs spend 80 much time In howl
ing. Think OF the kind Of men who are al
ways going TO them.
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Only Trmnararily.

ISmiih, Gray 4, Co.'S MorHlyl
Customer lin Boston stOTo)-DO you keep
neckties?
Clerk-Not any LONGER than we can help.
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A reliable article for Agsnts-OdOrless Kettles.
]. Ii. Day x Co, Cincinnati, D.
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I'm the Spring

Nearly everybody needs a good medicine. Tho
impurities wloh have accumulated Ia the blood
during the cold months must be expelled or when
the mild days come. and the effect 81 bracng air
j. los, the body il liable 10 be overcome by de-
bility or some serious disease. The remarkable
success of Hoods SarsapaHih. Hud the universal
praise 1t has received. make il worthy your con.
hdcHce. IL il the " ideal Spring Medicine"
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Tariff Pictures.

You hear good deal from free traders about
tho protected copper trust, but you don't hear
from them that, largely as q result Of the de-
velopment Of Americas copper mines, the
average price Of copper which was
liz rrnEs n r.nnnH
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Tariff Pictures.
~ y prsUl

This Is how American plato glass has forced
down tho price OF imported plate glass in the
last II years: The average import prico Of un-
silvered plato glass in 1873 was
ssss & z.ss-.ssysl
- cents . square foot.
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Tariff Pictures.

FfA8I
The average price Of our imports Of tin in
lss5 was p cents a pound.
tFsg7a - .l1's7f- lssss
Harrison was elected, the development Of
American tin resources assured and the aver
age import price for 1890 was % cents a pound.
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Hoods s
Sarsap aparilla

For many years have taken H.oI's sarsa-
pariiia la tho carly spring when / ann troubled
with dizziness, duuess, unpleasant taste la my
mouth la the morning. IL removes this bad taste,
relieves my hcndHche aud makes me feel greatly
refreshed. Tie tao bottles 1 took this spring
hayo been worth many dollars t0 me-" louS
BIEN= GG2 s3l Street, town OF Lake Chicago. III.
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HOod's s
SarsapaFiIla

last spriu: was completely tagged out. My
strength left IRE aud iei sick aud miserable all
the time. Hoods SarsApariIla cured me- There
is nothing like il" L. G. BEsoLE, Editor Enter
prise. BelcyiIe, Mich.
After taking Hoods Sarslparilla feli Ike a
new person. That tired feeling: has gone my ap-
petite returned" C. W. PHELPs, Shirley. Mass
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HAD ITALY GONE TO WAR.

In 1870 il was 30 cents.
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~ g z z
in 1850 fell IN
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received by several thousand persons.
who extended hearty welcome. The
council. the provost and the town
band aided in the festivities, and the
ovation went far to heal the wounded
feelings Of the harouet Lady Mid
dltton. sister of the groom. and who
Altyre. accompanied the bridal party
and added to the eclat with which Sir
William aud his party were welcomed.
Violation Hall, where Sir William and
Lady Gordon-Cummiug spent the first
days of their honeymoon, is one of the
most perfect specimens Of Elizahethan
domestic architecture in Great Britain.
For more than three centuries the old
castle bravcd the storms which have
swept across the islands. and scarcely
stone has crumhlel in all those
years. The halls where the ou:lawed
society king and his bride sought
refuge from the harsh world have rung
with the tramp of many maii-clad
heel. and about the stern turrets fierce
battles have been fought and won.
When the Armada sailed from the
coast of Spain the castle stood com
T. WiIloughby, eight years being con-
sumcd in the building. The material
is Ancaster stone, brought from Lin
colnshire on paekhorses, ana ex-
changed for coal found on the estate.
During the reform riots of 1881 the
house was threatened with the fate of
Nottingham Castle. but the brave veo-
men who went to the rescue drove back
the advancing mob and saved the gray
walls from destruction. The park,
comprising $50 ac,cs of undulating.
beautifully wooded land. is on the edge
Of Nottingham. \ beautiful winding
avenue of lofty lines leads fto.n the
great gates to the hall, and here the
troths of nine generations of lords and
ladies' have been plightcl.
Surrounding the park is q massive
Trick wall, which excludes the interior
from the vulgar gaze, and on which,
tradition saws, one man spent the en-
tire period of his apprenticeship.
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How Some Queer Fish Dine.

The carp carries his teeth back in his
throat, So that when he las a sore throat
he does not know whether to send 70,
the doctor or the dentist. lie resembles
the cow III the respect that he chew> his
cud. 1t is a pity that some of the othci
virtues of the COW do not also pertain to
the carp, for he would be much more
useful tisi. if this were SO, although il
would not be possible for him to give
milk. as does our good bovine friend,
owing to the certain destruction of every
drop of it by the river in which he lives.
and which, as many Of the readers Of
this paper know, is full Of water.
The horseshoe crab chews its foot
with is legs, which Is very cuiiou>
thing even for crab to do. while the
oyster feeds with its beard. The oysters
would s'arvc to death i! they had Ia
wait as long as little boys and girls DO
for their boards to grow but fortunately
they have to do nothing Of The sort. al
though, to tell the truth, the oyster.
beard is hardly more perccptibIc than
that of he smoothcst faced little boy O,
girl in the world.
The jelly-t hasn't any teeth, bu.
uses himself Just rs if he were piece Of
paper when he is hungry, getting his-
food, and then Wrapping himself about
it. The star.ish, on the contrary, turns
himself inside out and wraps his food
around him, and stays that way un-
til he has had enough. The prongs of
the stariish look like teeth, but in reality
they are not, being nothing but orna
ments 10 his person.
These are but a small proportion Of
the queer things about queer tish, bat |
think we have learned enough to IN Ike
Us al! glad that we are what we are, and
not fish, especially about dinner time. -
iilarpers Young People.
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other bit Of ignominy for me. but / have

other bit Of ignominy for me, but have
to take it in with the rest
Ever morning after breakfast all
stccragc passengers must get upon deck
while the doctor makes an inspection of
the compartments
A f-opinionatcd little fellow is this
docto", who seems TO imagine that he
IS placed there for no other purpose
than to keep his mustachc in or,cr and
full view. ! ask him for some cOd-liycr
oil.
"Why don't you bring your own cod
liver ol?" he replies.
venture to suggest that I don't keep
drug store.
"Ncithcr do l. Passengers bring their
own"
All! At last am passenger" at any
rate. / had begun to think / was orly
a thing.
Later on I remarked that seidlitz
powder would be II e.nl, at which in
timation he slammed the door In my
face
/ find that the matron of the steeragc
daily gives the doctor a ton2uc-I IaShing.
and that everybody Oh board hates him
However, after dinner to day he has n
| chance to show his brutl ity
We arc all mustered down stairs, and
those who are vaccinatcd receive tickets,
"vACCINATED. EETAIN THIS.
Those who a:e not vaccinatcd have to
pass under this bl utal scalpers hands
lie just gives them dig or two roughly
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He stares al ME and says:
"Why. where IS the piece Of ine you
had Just now?"
Things run very much thr same until
our sc ,ond sunday night then the bar
be Eg closed fer vry long time, the
whole gang of lrishmen assemble IN
front of It, and form themselves int u
Come all-yc choir. The tunes are very
quaint but the verses '-m intcrminl-
BILE. aud the vigor Of the vocaiists rather
repeiS than attracts.
by and BY III Scandinayians seize the
opportunity of q lull and star. their
quaint. but still more unmusicai ditttcs
that IS. til" rendition is unmusfral he
causo II embraces too many contrary
keys Then the Irish get renewed en-
crgy and start again. But the Scandi-
na ianS won't give in, 50 the result +
general pandcmoni'tm and no bar.
But when all have tired themselves
ont and dwind'e ed away, the artful Louis
quietly crecpS up to the bar window and
taps II is opened, and Louis says,
with a fearful innocen q:
81 didn't sing a notes"
He gets rink
On Tuesday retire sullcniy for We
are due IN New York. Wednesday,. ]
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crn times to its foundation, has thrown
n glamour of romantic interest about
the belongings of the principal actor
in the scene, the unfortunate Sir
William Gordon Canning.
The accompanying cuts give an ex-
cellent idea Of the appearance OF two
of the gentlcman's favorite haunts-
Altyrc. at Forrcs, in The north Of Scot
land, aud Violation Hall Lord Middle
toms seat in Nott,. Altvre is fine
old mansion al,ont which center many
memories of times long gone by.
How far is il called to Forrest" An
quired BanIuo of Macbeth, and the
query OF the original of the famous
ghost has been repeated, with varia-
tions and additions. many times since
the skeleton has been discovered in
the closet Of the popular baroEet.
The town of Forres is on the highway
to the Inverness, and is very popular
among tourists. The principal Oh
iects of interest are q Nelson monu-
ment. erected on the summit of the
Cllnv hill. an elevation to the east of
the town, hydrop patlic establish
ment and q massive perpendicular
stone bearing curious prehistoric hero
glyphics.
When Sir William and his Amcri-
can bride arrived at Forres they were
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-08-06
grandest view Of the volcanoes can be
had from the Pacific Ocean side.
Esquimaux Are Superstitloua,

Like all other ign ,rant people, the
FsIuinauX are firm believers in witch
craft and spirits generally. They also
believe III the traasmigration of souls.
that spirits enter into animate and imam.
innate nature, into rocks, winds, tides and
animals; that they ate good or bad ae-
cording As the business Of the community
or individual is successful oi unSuccess-
fii They also believe that these con
diiionS can be changed by sorcery. by
suitable incantations they firmly believe
that they can control the wind and tho
clements; that they can reward friends
and punish enemies.
The foundation Of their whole
religious system is this belief in spirits
and the appcasing ot evil spirits This
demon or evil spirit worship colors thei,
whole life and all its pursuits Every
particular animal hunted, every phe.
nomenon Of nature, every event of life
requires a religious observation Of il.
own. 1t is a heavy and burdonsom,
work that darhens their life; it leads tt.
many deeds of unnatural cruelty.
At the mouth of the kushkok w.n
river an old woman WAS accused of hav.
ing tht!Scu me tltttii Oh several ttilluEth
of being a witch. This was So tirml,
believed that her own husband pounded
her to death, cut up her body into small
pieces, scvcring Joint from Joint, and
then consumed it with oil IL a fire.
The head and front Of this great evil
/ is the shaman, or sorccrcr He is be
licvcl to be the only one that can con-
troll the cvi! spirits and protect the pco,
pie from them. They represent ths
shnnans as divided into seven degrees,
being graded according to their knowl
edge OF SprituallSm vcntgiloguism, feat.
Of legcrlcnaiu aud general cunning. 1t
is claimed that those of the seventh de
gree are immortal. and can neither bs
killed nor wounded; that those of the
sixth degree can be wounded and not
killed.
The ordinary shaman belongs to thu
lower degrees and claims only To 90 into
frances, in which state his spirit leaves
the body and roams abroad, procuring
the information that his patrons are III
search Of As Q rule the shamars arc
unscrupulous frauds, thieves and muir
dercrS. and should be put down by tbs
strong hand of the Gencral Government.
- New York journal.
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feel NOR and more homcsrt a. the day
passes by and no FIRE Is and IS III sight
At last we sight the lighthouse, and J
can't hc p falling on my knees
When ~ reach Sandy IIoot almos st
dance with 10y. But when W" arrive at
quarantine. after shutdown and find We
have 70 anchor there all night. within
The morking sight of Liberty Statue and
the lights of Brooklyn bridge, / sink
sull"Hiy into despair again. So ncar
and Yet 80 far.
No chance to sleep that night No
body tries to, The men rear. yell ani
Jump with their excitement at heina
within sight OF the promised land. The
women answer with >hricils aud screams
of laughter and snatchcS OF song
At = o'clock the donkcy-cnginc goc
b!ng. bang. bang, drawing mp the bag
gage from the hold At & O'Clock We &C
forward on deck and are Inspected hY
the Health Officer, and ut o'clock We
reach the desired haven, pass through
the necessary formalities, and my pur
gatoriai career as an cmigrlnt is over.
Ii .ERI, II ARLINGTON
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His Own E'uncras.

Capt Ben Wakefield. of Biddeford,
who lost his life Monday, once at
tended his own funeral, being one OF
the few men who have had that privi
lege, says the Bangor fMe.) CONNER,
cial. He had gone on fishing trip
down on the Grand Banks and had
been away from home q good while
without his family hearing from him.
The same season had proved very dis
astrous to number of other fishermen
who went out from thereabouts. and
the vessel Capt. Ben was in had her
share of hard luck. and the report
reached home that she. with her crew,
was lost. Time passed and Capt. Ben
did not return. until at last his family
gave up all hope that he had been
saved and day was set for the mem
orial services. The services were held
in the church at Gaze Porpoise. The
minister had offered prayer for the alb
sent fisherman who was supposed tc
have found his grave in the sea, and
was just beginni g his sermon when
Capt. Ben walked into the church.
THE evidence thu, fa~ adduced in.
dicates that Sir William Gordon Cum
ming married the pick Of the Garner
family and that he isn't likely to be
spoiled by being takel in.o the best"
society.
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NATURAL HISTORY PALACES.
Most of Them Compile ely Exploded but
Some : i'll Survive.

Most of Them Compile ely Exploded, but
Some : ill Survive.
Less than century ago, in the lime
when men had not penetrated SO deeply
into the study of nature, there was n
nccted with animal life that had been
slowly bat surely driven out as the
study advanced.
Travellers returning from unexrlored
regions told strange and Incredible
stories about the wonderful wild
animals they had encountered; but in
vestigation has rent asunder these
fanciful tales, and left only cold facts
in their places.
lam the owner of natural history
written by one Riley and published
about the year 11S?. 1t is a quaint old
book, and its yellow leaves and odd
type furnish the reader with a number
of strange accounts. Among others
may be found something hke the
following: THE digestive apparatus
of the ostrich is said to be very strong.
indeed, that bird not only being able
to digest such things as stones, bits Of
glass and iron, but it is even said that
it makes good meal of u bed of live
cGals"
We laugh a. such a statement, but
no dorlb: at the time of publication it
was stated for fact.
What right have we to laugh? 1t is
not long since almost every one be-
heved the porcupine capable of shoot
ing its quills like arrows. and regas ded
it an animal we'll able to defend itself
against almost any foe, instead of the
quiet, inoffensive little creature that
curls itself in ball at the first ap-
proach of an enemy. trusting solely to
It's spine-covered skin for protection.
Men who lived only a short time be-
fore us did not question that the
pretty. graceful swallows that skinned
so lightly DER the blue waters in sum-
mer buried themselves in the mud at
the bottom of our rivers and ponds
when the season was over to await the
return of spring.
It has been but short time since
investigation has shown that the sup
posed happy family made up of the
prairie dog. the burrowing owl, and the
rattlespake is not only not happy
family but does not exist at all. Our
first idea was that these three animals,
of such different habits, lived in per-
feet harmony, like the so-called happy
families Of the modern circus; but our
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-08-06
Wild Grasses OF the Plains.

One of the leading problems for the
Western land owners is that of forage
plants for the plains. Over that vast
grazing region the native grasses are
fast losing their hold, and it will be
necessary to fill their place with those
well adapted to the new conditions.
Dr.. Besscv. who has made an extended
study of the subject. is convinced that
no one kind will suffice; in fact, several
species are required, as grasses thrive
we'll together, and above all they must
be perennial. In those arid regions it
goes without saving that they must be
able to bea; the trying conditions of heat
and draught that frequently obtain.
Grasses introduced from the East, in
ordinary localities, have done only fairly
well, and it seems quite evident that the
subjects that are to prove best must be
from the best Of the native species, but
greatly improved under the care aud cul-
turc that man can give them Thus the
kinds Of wild rye, the wild wheat grass
and several other species may possess
possibilities yet not dreamed of. With
the experiment stations of the States of
the plains nearly all working upon this
very important problem, we may hope
soon to record important steps of pro-
gress.-lAmcrican Agticult.rist.
Germanv proposes to abolish the sngas
D0ultlhS Within fva
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All around me- are what appear to be
tnnumerable canvas shades. seven feet
wide, two covering the sIaro between
roof and floor. NJ intervals between
these shades are seven doorways, each
representing the entrance to q compart
ment and each compartment containing
a double tier of hunks on either side
with thrc"-foot passage down the cen
ter These seven compartments are
arranged tO hold two hnn:irrd and TWEEN
t. human bcings-our hundred and
fourteen on the nrhoarh-but only one
hundred and ci.h' on the lort side. the
remaining space here being nrupird by
the StPcrNgc stewards
] groIr my way into the ccnt'r com-
partment on the port side. Already
Sonorous music has begun. and wonder
If shall have 10 endure these sounds
night after night. Luckily my bunk
isn't thcra try the next aud believe
that l have found my com;ci!c at last
start to climb up 10 en- apparently
empty bunk. AMI am quickly lift"1 By
cOnccn ed foot over onto the other side.
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Americas First Strike.

"Do you know that this government
hal been i'll existence over fifty years be
fore such Il thing rs a strike was known
among the laboring peoplc:' asked
Frank GrasSncr. of Cincinnati, as he
leaned thoughtfully against the ciga,
stand at the Occidental "Ycs, sir, fifty
years, and it was reserved for Ohio to
be the scene of the first revolt. 1t was
in 1910, in June, | think, that the en-
ployecs of Wolf 4 Co.'S foundry in Gin
cinnati struck for an increase in pay
and in few days it spread SO a TO i'll
clu1c all the iron workers of the city.
For more than a month both sides held
ont, and at the end of that time the
laborers succeeded in securing money
with which 10 start cooperative
foundry. They chose a business mana
ger and a superintendent from among
their own number. and started out with
Il great boom. At the end of three years
they went to the wall, ana after every
thing was cleaned up they were still
$500, 900 behind. AS each of the in
corporators was personally +, spon>lbIc
under the Ohio law for the liabilities of
the concern, without Limitation As to
time, every one of the strikers was com
pcllcd to leave the state in orler to pre-
vent their savings from being seized to
satisfy their creditors. SO ended the
first strike. y San Francisco Call.
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"Io' pa-htur' hab ter 'nounce ter dis
congregation dat on lie forfcomin'
Chusedav ebenin Perfesher Nozzel-
tester will glib Interpretation on
char'cter as rcrfiected in de art OBJ
snorin', an 70 de puppus er maxim de
casion full cr marrcr ter de presen'
comperny he will erplv lie funnygraf
ter de nasual fackelties er sutton egs-
pcrts il dis fol, an' afterwards, in de
course oh de lectur. tu'n de crank an
let de rerfeshernal snorers er dis
chu'ch hear fo' darsefs de sortar music
dey s'plies d.ir breddern wild endurin'
dc sarnons. Elder Iawp, Dea con
Blzztiue, Drudder Bundle an Sister
Treetode am speshually quested Ter
bring dair double barrcled trombones
wild EN- on dis ercasion. an low de per-
fesher ter can few er dair bes' nasual
oblergatters TO comparison wild de
works er some udder shelf -dovcrs in
dis lile. ."-BOston Courier.