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that till would l.rouk rTl th ths ffcrat Vslumes a CV i Hi rears of ia the po' i Li 1 i I. in ia Virginia in I 1771. Ia I it yourar days J'r Gllesn "was a alavo fur Ciipt William 1'rjau, Will iam fcjolh, and Gordon, lie was married three, times, his third wife dying in 1881 The lie v. Gibson' mother lived to be 113 year old, and wa the mother of twenty-nine childrensix boy and twenty-three girls. Ilia father, James Gibson, lived to be CO year old.

Mr. Gibson ha a son now living who ia 77 year of ape, His long hair is perfectly white, lie wear no beard, with the exception of a snoww tuft on each side of his face, and hi akin. Which is almost cool black, is a mass of wrinkle. II eaya be feels as well a he did thirty year ago, and that be expects barring aooidents, to lira to be at least 123 year old. 1 via "1 Hit has 1 on il.

Vt counts Uie lut ia the moot numerous, though tii tLiid sinbnoee a very larqe naiutter. 'X'ltr are lUousanda of siu-cere but voters who ars no in-clinod to vote uU the Deiuoorats oa this iwtus, because tiiey do not uaderstand it elarly. Here is work to do anion must be done, and that promptly. 1'hs people sanst be aroused to the otu4 danger that man. sees ns when tb chief executive of the land devote bis entire Disunite to this on issue, end practically demands of his party friends ia Congress that they shall put his recommendation into th form of law.

Let no Kepublioan wants on word upon th Eastern mugwump. They ars free trader, almost to the last rasa. Iheir feel-big for Cleveland will now inoreaae almost to the point of idolatry. They will vote as he direct, and they are deitultsly lost to the BepuUtoans. Bnt the change In tbe situation give a th certainty of carrying New Jersey and Connecticut on th taiiff issue, and New York also.

Th Stat, ontsids tb city, is strongly Republican and Protectionist, New let the hundred of thousands of wag, wager in Mew Voik city sad Brooklyn hav demonstrated to tbe is clearly the fact that the striking down of tb tariff means lower wagoe, tee work, dull time, stagnation, want and suffering, and tbe Empire State will roll np a majority for protectioa that will paralyse the president The Democrats claim that they will oarry the North wett on the tariff isaae. Tharei not th slightest hop of that if th Bepub. lican of those Stales do their duty, sad instruct the farmers of that section of the real effects that will follow revenue reduction. Tbe prospects are bright for a sweeping Kepublioan victory oa this issue. Ths one thing necessary is to concentrate the fight npon this one point, and "edg the lino with Toledo Mad.

tsvmsto liens TL first book printed by tM types waa the Holy Scriptures. waa done under tha personal suv ion Utttenborr Limslt T' 4 i called the "Mazarin" fnu.i fact that the first of tbe copies kno a to be in exuitence wae found in Ct.t Maaarin'a library. Tliero aro knos i. to bo fir copies printed on vellum ana nineteen eoiiie on paper. They haw th capital letter illnminated ia go'.

I and colore, and ar. mostly bound is a magnificent manner, with bosnes a 1 clasp. They ar printed iu it. ml. is column, with very large letter, auj with black and lustrous ink.

The wonder ia how the Inventors of printing attained auch perfection at onco. Oua well known copy baa never been cut or trimmed, and. the margin show t' "signatures" and chapter numbers written by tbe hand of Gutenberg liiu' for the guidanoe of the binder and Li-nminator. It waa printed in line' about 145, but tb first printed book had no dates, and thia is derived fro; i other reonroes th.ta the title p' Ia Jnne, 1873, at th Perkins 4: i England, a vellum copy of the Gutenberg and Faust liible, "the important and distinguished the whole annals of typography," itU for 117,000. Another copy of the su i but oa paper, waa aold at the earn t- for 113,400.

The first book printed from moral" type ia Kn gland wa by Cat ton, ar 1 waa apoa the game of che. 11 ttz- -latexl many of the book he printed, 1 tha whole number was only about 1- and altogether about 18,000 pagea. A a peoiroea of price given for early book nowaday, we mv aay ttr Caxtoa' "Mirror of the World!" print ia ltal, was aold in 1812 for 1. Some years afterward a person discovered it ia the possession of a poor and ignorant widow aad bought it of her for a couple of shilling. Aa regards early aeoular works, a very large number of first editions tb classic wre aold at tb gret Blenheim sale ia 188L Thi al occupied' many day, aad people came to from all parts of th world.

Aiiw-r other treasures war aold fLfty-- volume of the very first editions of claaaioa, printed oa vellum, with -s-minated border on the first leaf, a initial in gold and colors at the brr ing of each chapter. A copy cf t' Anaereoo, on vellum, brought at CLi aale, $1,105, aad aa Arioato, alsoc vellum, Of Cnxton'e bool the "Iliatory of Troy," a folio, print i ia 1473, was aold for three hillms i i lfKX), aad ia 1812 brought over to.bj i. A copy of hia "Golden Legend," printed ia 1484, waa aold 800 after for evea shillings, and not lo- -ago th Duo d'AumaJ gave for very am copy fX or 1 1 fact, very many of th very anclw-r Stinted book ar worth much tnc: laa their weight ia gold, and are ti well to ooanoiaseur aa -bra ted diamoad and picture are. Tbe first printed book of the cia waa "Cicero," ia 14G5, and ainc t. time there hare beea edition about 1.000, and aom collector 1 hundred of thee.

A copy of "Virgil," the first 1 Jointed ia the iulio type, bv Al iomanus the first of the c. J. 1 Aldioa editiona email octavo, r. i i perfectly good condition, ba W- a much $500. Thee early made anoh a aensation that it wa fmn 1 profltabUto oounterfoit them, i waa beat done at Lyon.

Theee cou i-terfaita re now almost aa scarce ar; 1 dear aa th originals. Th first book prinUd in Cre th "Greek Grammar," at MJsn, i 147d It wa a small quarto, of only flv or six oo pie are now krxr to exist One oopy which was bor for the library of tha lritih as coat Summer ia th Tar KortH. When we reached Bt Michael' waather wa very ultry and cKk Tbe hill and lowland wereeovt-with an merald-greea carpet i r-plentifully sprinkled with LriKht flower. Th familiar buttercup a 1 bloesoma of wdd blueberry, dainty pink flower of the Arctic i berry, tud th hvy bed of aids' Moaqtiitoe innnmerable asaiitl iv -aa ba lands on th shore, and th ar vicious. Th doz lie paut.r I -for th tent of their owners, easily until strange caoin intrn and then apring apoa him at -tliat aeem Utterly at variance their former topidity.

At bt SI. i in th summer th native gather all parte of Norton Sound, and 1 -per Yukon Indiana, termed com oo th trading ateaniers as cro to assist ia navigating the iam of th pocnliaritic of the Arctic sim mer consist la the, utter aiscnro ci dark neat, and tbe natives do net -pear to atilit any conaidersble i of time in aleep. At 1st Michael an Port Clarcno saw them tilking a- 1 Isying at all hour, and as 1 a. th deck of the ship ere al most as fully occupied a if it w- high Boon. There are manyponK.c who have at ted that these natives Northwestern Alaska ar gdtod thievish propensities.

but th genera experience of cloee observer iu.lu i i that sailor on th whaler atoei th natives, and they rUtita. 1'r. those American who live in country leara that th naliv. dom steal anything from the tru. poet.

Ulasr letter. Th Bhrreet Lumber F.L That mammoth raft Uinl al launolied at Two ruvera, towed to New York, is 63 fet lo feet wide, 87 feet deep, 0.1) draw 18 feet of water. I tn tell vou with rerara to a at St Patrick' Hole, which i 1 tons, all of aolid (njar r. had seven masts and wont Kngland. It was to eave was built At the time it ws 7, cent per foot dutv.

llcr th Christopher ('tilunibus. li on tbe atocks. There e. not quit ao lurgo. hw i Parun ltonfrow.

nvr i from, tihe wns aim buSA ti rick 'a Hole. Any of the I certify tt this. (uelie; A TTerl. Mr. Bimpkins look bnio a iv wife nut lnm at thdxir wil'i a i I won't have any di I.

siiict, iliM'iiivcly. my dear," rm' "he a ironniun V'nU. Is run't Vound this honro," 1 i re- 'i'ie''' X. roU 1 res i i CciiwLs CUtemeut of tlia 1 a Eaoh Part Sustains Toward the Government. What the Democratic Party lias Been the Past It Kemaiaa This Bay.

Twin ttif Jtmw Tore Trlbna. Thousands of young man are asking the question put by a eorrespondent tu the fol lowing ieir: IAS UU VWfc-Brm: Will Voa Pi indvm what Is tfa ditfarvoe sa a hauablieaa an jMmwitf hxt yr I stall bs el a an abU ual mir Drat A It la the same difference esaeat ally wttlch has existed tn the st between a Iemocrat ana a JtedaraUst. or between a Ieinoorat and a Whig. Krora the foondaUea of tbe govenimeut there have been two Dartiea, one of which has desired less and th other more legislation on constructive iosue of Aaltonal reform and progress. Th Federalist doalrtd to ana the National Gov.

eminent with requisite authority over Ins Stale so as to tnsore its preservation. The Federalist Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton, proposed in one of hia earliest report eomprehansive scheme for the development of home lnduatries, and ths Whigs, in later times, under Henry Clay, became the champions of tariif legislation. Albert Gallatin, the find sreat Democrats financier, was a Free Trader, and hia party at every stage of its history has shown hostility to National Industries. Tbe Whigs and the Bepublioans have demanded unceasingly constructive lagiala tioo for the nurture and maintenance home manufactures.

Tb Democrats have wanted no legislation of this nature; and whenever a tariff system has beea established they have endeavored strenuously to overthrow it. The Uepablioan party wae recruited from the ranks of the Whig and Fro Soilera, whose eonsoienoes revolted against slavery as a legalised institution in a free country, it demanded legislation against a system of human bondage degrading alike to masters and slave. The Democratic party, from the beginning of its his. tory until the emancipation proclamation, wa opposed to each legislation. When civil war burst apoa th eoontry it wa till th defender of th elsvsvowning oll-sarchy; and precisely as It had opposed the Federalist dootrlne of a strong, eeatralised National Government, it resisted eoeroion of the (Southern btatee in the first inetaaee, and for four years, while the armies were in the neld, was wnif ormlv hostile to legislation for the vigoroaa and sacoeseful eon.

duct of the war. The Morrill tariff, the lepal-tender act, the estebushmsnt of tbe Kationa banks, emancipation and the constitutional amendments, the reeon-strection policy and resumption were distinctively liepablioaa achievements ia eoo-tractive legislalion. The Democratic party wae oppoesd to eaoh and every ddmsad for xeore legislation. It wanted no aegislation. What the Demooratie party has been la the past it remains to this day the party that oppoesd heart and sool to legist tion tn behalf of national interest end social and political reforms.

Under Uepnb- lioaa Hum 1 emulation ineasaads or mdos tries have beea established, and Amerieai progress has become the marvel of Chns teadom. Tbe Democratie partv stands to day for the repeat of that legUlatioa the xoonoauoa or the natton present proe- perity. Tbe Bepoblioaa party stands for the protection ol those industries bv leeis- aatioo, and als foe the protection of what should be the meet Sacred tntereeUn th sight of. every tree man the American home. Since the Maine law we enacted.

a iteaeraUoa ego, that party has beea la sympathy with everv legislative attempt for the restriction or suspension of ths drink evu. in biate where prohibition meaa meats have been carried 4he Bepnblicans have supplied the votes. In Btatee where hicb-license laws have been proposed or enacted the earns party has been the active agent or social reform, lb DemooTeuo party, true to it obelruotive instinets, ha beea the unswerving opponent of legisle tion of any kind for the restriction of Uanor tralno sod tbe rurmrossioa of intern- peraace and all the blighting evils of drink. It never was known to vole sniast a bar rsl of whisky. Before our young friend easta his Bret vote next year let tet Dim weigh well this rundarneutal difference between the party that want lee illation and the party that wants no legislation whenever iasnes involving th highest Interests of th nation re raised.

The Demooratio party to-day Is. as it ha vev been, opposed to leeiala boa by which aatioaai security, eommer- clal prosperity, and social and political reform are prooieted. I be Sepublicaa party ha always favored progreesiv legt. jaaosk A Definite Ittae. Clvehtad has settled one thing by hi message; hs ns declared what shall be the issue to be decided by tbe Freeldential paiga of ltwti It to be th protect.

lv system of the coemtry whether It la to be (oa misused or broken aowa. We give most besrty thank to the Presi dent Uiat he hs ompelisd th Deroocracy to abandon their shifty, evasive attitude on the tariff, and that be has boldly toterpreted the turgid, double-reeding plank or, ths Demecralo national platform of 18e4 to mean a reauouoa or ue rarur oa a irn which will break down it protaotiv features and render It a tariff for revenue ty. The Democratic party I to he eoa stalest in its reoord. II is to eontiDas to be tbe enemy of ths beet interest of the people and of ear nationality. Here is a clear-en issue thai most be met, and met eqnsrelv, by the liepablioaa party.

There mast be a evasion of the real point, The Kepublioan party ia planted aqoarety oa the priooiple of protection to American Industrie, end can await the book of bail! aext November In th seren eonscionsnee that the amjority of th peo ple of the nation agree wita u. This sot of th 1'residsnt render possible a nw alignment. It pot th prinolpl of protection on its trial before jury of the American people. All other isaae be. corns subordinate, and tb campaign will ooght eat oa the tariff.

Tbe frisnd of protection hav nothing to fear, if they mak good ase or tastr time to eniignten the masses apoa tbe question, end show clserlv that Clsvslands position arily mean to reduce the stipend of every maa who earns hi own living by ths work of hi hand or of hi hra'o; that it means i eduction all along the line to very body in lb country who work lor wag, for fair, or for salary. There are always, in every eommunuy, a number of people who are more or tea discontented with existing conditions. "Whatever is. I wrong," seems to tb motto on which they act. They want "progress," snd are uninlndnil of ths xaot that mere change I not necessarily pro gress, but that it may be retrogressive past as often.

There are thousands of tbsse nsonte in the United Btates to-dny, who are too joung to have so a Uly sxperlenoed the evils unil.r which the country lahnred la low lenir limes, who fsvor the i'resl-dent free trade polmy simply because it is something new, something different. This ia one of ths fonr olasees of people who will favor the breaking down of the protective system. The other thrse are: 1 be Importers ana joooers oi iorsiKn goods, whose business will be uormouly inrresned and their profit corrspond-Inly snlarrrsd snd all others to whom an inert? of import would mean money profit. ')' The men of limited experience In actnnl b'lainexs, including professional men, drssm'-rs, and a lame number of other ernons who ere rnplirated by the howy of the Colideo t'lnh props- imiHln, end silhsre to free trad bonsiifS Liv know no ie m- of i nd t- Ix-en th pec -I is to MyatsaHe tmnectwl will, ths kfaasteetare of ul atasa, t. Exebsng.

On hundred year ego, what a man disoovered in the aria or mechanioa, he eonoealed. Workmen were put npon oath never to reveal th prooeseea ased by their employors. Door wer kept oloeod, artisaua going out Wer searohed and visitor were vigorously exolnded from admiaaion, and false operation blinded the workmen themselve. Tb mysterie of every craft were hedged in by quiokaat feBoe of empirical proten ion and judicial affirmation, The royal manufaotoriea of porcelain, for example, were' long earned on in Europe with a spirit of jealous excln- aivene. ilia Alajeety, of Kaxony, waa especially eironmsiiaci Not eontent with the oath of secrecy imposed npon hi work people, he would not abate hi kingly1 suspicion in favor of a brother monarch.

Neither king nor king' delegate might enter within th tabooed walla of Msiseeu. What i commonly called the "Drea- den poroelain that exquisite pottery of which th world ha never aeen th like was prod a ceil for 200 year by a process that neither tba bribery Of prinoes nor the garrulity of operatives ever revealed. There used to be, cloee by Tempi Bar, in London, aa old chemist'e ahv Th proprietor of it, ia day gone bv. enjoyed the monopoly of making citrie acid. More favorably circumstanced than other aecret manufacturer, hia wa a proooaa that required no asstat-anoe.

lie employed no workmen. Ex-Porta ram to sample, and assort, and bottle hia prod net They never entered the laboratory. Th mystic operation by whioh he grew rich wer oonflned to himself. On dav, having locked th doors aad blinded the window, aura, aa usual, of tbe safety of hia aecret, our chemist went home to hia dinner. A chimney weep, or boy disguised as such, wide awake in chemistry, was on th watch.

Following the aeoret keeper ao far on hia way to Charing Croe aa to be cure be would aot return that day, the sooty philosopher hied rapidly back to Temple Bar, aaoended the low building, dropped down the fine, aaw all he wanted and returned, oarrying with him tbe mystery of making citric add. Th monopoly of th inventor waa gone. A few month after and th prise of th article wa redaoed by four-fifth. Tii poor man wa heart-brokca and died shortly afterward, ignorant of th trick by which he had been victimised. Lika Misa Tabitha Bramble when informed that the thunder had apoiled two barrel of beer in her cellar, he might hav said, "How th thunder hould get there, when th cellar waa double looked, I eanl comprehend.

The manufacture of tinware in England originated in a atolen aecret. Few reader need to be informed that tin-war i cimply thin iron, plated with tin by being dipped into the molten metal In theory it ia aa easy matter to clean th anrfaoa of iron, dip it into a bath of boiling tin, and remove it, enveloped with the ail very metal, to a place for oooling. In praotioa, however, the process ia one of the most difflordt of th art. It wa disoovered in Holland, aad guarded from publicity with the utmost vigil aooe for nearly half a century. England tried in vain to discover the eeeret until James Sherman, a Cornish miner, crossed the Channel, insinuated him' aelf nrreptitioualy into a tin-plate man- urociorj, roaue nimaeit master oi tn secret, ami brought it back home, Tbl history of oast steel present a curio is instance of a manufacturing ae cret stealthily obtained under the cloak of an appeal to philanthropy.

Th mala distinction between iron and steel as most peopl know, i that the latter contain carbon. The on ia being converted into tbe other by being bested for a considerable time in con tact with powdered charcoal la an iron box. Now, steel thus mad i unequal. The middle of the bar 1 more carbon- iaed than th ends, and the surface more than the center. It is, therefore.

unreliable. Nevertheless, before the in vention of east steel thr wa nothing better. Ill 1700 there lived at Sheffield, a watchmaker named Hunt man. He became dissatisfied with the watch spring in use, and aet himself to tbe task of making them homogenous. "If, thought he, "I ean make apiece of steel and cast it into aa ingot iu com position should be' the am through out aoooeeded.

ilia steel soon became famous. HunUman's ingot for fin work were in universal demtnd. He did not oaU them oast ateeL That wa hia eeeret. About 1770 a large manufactory of thi peculiar teel wa established at Attercllffe. The prooea waa than rapped ia secrecy by every mean within reach tru and faithful men faired, tbe work divided and subdivided.

large wage paid and stringent oath administered. It did not answer. One mid-winter bight, aa the taU chimney of tb Atteroliffe ateel work belohad forth their amok, a traveler knocked at the gate. It wa bitterly cold, the snow fell fast, and th wind UUVIW WIUH uw. apparently a plowman or agricultural laborer, seeking belter from the storm, awakened no suspicion, th wayfarer cloeely, and moved by motive of humanity, th foreman granted bis request and let mm tn.

Feigning to be worn out with cold and fatigue, the poor fellow sank upon the floor, and soon appeared to be asleep. That, however, wa far from his intention. He oloeed hi ayes apparently only. He saw workmen cut bars of steel into bits, place them in crucible, and thrust th crucible into a furnace. Tb fire waa nrgod to it extreme power until tb ateel wa melted.

Clothed ia wet rag to pro tect themselve from th beat, tb workmen drew out the glowing cruoi ble and poured, their content into a mould. Mr. Huotsmsns factory had nothing more to disclose. The secret of making cast stool had been discov ered. A Puktrta Wedding ond Lynching.

"The wedding which we announced last week would taku place at the resi dence of Judgo rimiUt," say an Idaho paper in its society column, facaiiie very near being marred by an awkward It happened thtw: The bride. Mis DucLio I'lunkelt, end her jteiided, Mr. Prank IS. l.llswortli, tho entcrprining young rnnchor of Piou Point, bad pint tiiium thoir plscs undor large flornl mx-Hliooti-r, and the liev. endorKiiort ws lnvimii'Hf the fciinple! bnt imprcsmve ocuimooy when the pro ceedings wore euiMenly interrupted by the anov ported arrivkl or the 1 izcn Point i non t'omrni: too, which rotni 1u' he 1 the room to a 1.

a ree i i j. in 1 1 i- -vvT Jiic, and regrets wer lni--r expreatiod on a.1 aide when Mis liuclio, with rare pree enc of mind and commendable courage, stepped forward and announced her iuteution of marry in ir the Iter. Pendersnort himself. Thi waa peived with liouta of athtuuaeia by the assembled friends, and the oeremony was performed by Justioe Woolly who happened to be present. Tbn it Will be seen that the decision and prompt ness of the young lady avoided a very unpleasant termination of th leading social vent of the The following notioe is posted ia the omo oi a Montana hotel; Onsets who teaiat 'oai'ridinV thsir': hones Bp to Utetr mow wiU be: shamed sstts.

JL Ccrrutm. A Novel ef the Ftrv Toung Augustas de Tomquin waa an aristocrat of the doepest dye. Young, with aa unlimited amount of cheek, though no ready money, he was everywhere spoken of aa a rising man. By profession he waa aa amateur balloonist. i On lovely evening in month A.

IX 2000, about half-peat 'JO, he atrode into th mansion of Mr. Oogxl, th trill-ionaire, whoee daughter be waa after. Kicking the family bulldogs right and left, he sought the drawing-room, whioh, according to the fashion, wa at th very top of the house. Th fair Angelica Goggles wa devouring her evening meal of pork pie when, by mean of th communication tube, she heard hia fairy footstep on th landing below. Quickly she dashed the pie and porter under the sofa and placed a faded rose before her on th table; drooping her lovely golden head oa her arm, ab gave a deep sigh and a start a entered.

"Swear again that you lov ana," murmured, gracefully toying with hia top boot. Angelica," cried. "I swear by yon bright orb that I love yon like all poa-eeased-blam ma if I don't, And he extended hi anna to th electric globe. He kissed her passionately, and hi mustech stuck to her cheek, but tbey did not notioe it, AH waa silent; lost ia raptur, they folded eaoh Other in their anna. Suddenly Mr Goggle entered.

"The bos 1 the boast" shrieked, wildly throwing np her arma to the oeiling. "Speak to but a moment, darling. cried; "ia he insured Bpeaohlesa with agony, sh nodded. "He haaat mad hia will!" ha want oa "You bet aot," ah replied. Ia aa instant tb young maa had drawn hi shooting iron aad laid Mr.

Goggle at hi feet "Fly! oh, fiyl' remarked, turning to hia beloved. Cold and inaenaible aba lay on the sofa. Stopping a moment to pin up ber hair, he eeixed her limp form la hie arm, and, opening the window, leaped into the street. (N. B.

It waa a five-pair fronk) Six month after, they returnod they claimed the insurance, which alia! for virtue unrewarded I wa disallowed on the ground of flo ie; but she inherited all hi property, ao they were married and uved happily. London Mart-mil. America Pearls. rarls are produced in torn of' th nnio (freeh-water mussels), of which there are many hundred species, espe cially those found la the freeh-water brook traversing a limes too country, The first pearl of any not was th famous "Crown Pearl," found by ahoemaker. Daniel HowelL while col lecting some cf thee mussels in Notch rook, near I'atnraon, rw jersey.

Thi wa purchased by Messrs. Tiffany for ai.ww in DSoa, an 1 led to the great pearl excitement Million of unio war oollecUd. and many thon aands of pearl found, and some of them verv One one. On, however, which weighed nearly four hundred grains. and would perhap bave been the finest Cearl of modern time, waa destroyed booking the mnsseh They aine then been ft abed out aa far weet Ohio.

At Waynesvill and other place on th Little Miami Paver many tine pearl have beea found, and mar recently fine one bar been found in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas. One single firm baa purchased over 1100,000 worth of poena found east of Texas, Tbe pearl ar rarely entirely round. usually a little oblong, bntton-ahaped. flat oa the back, aad imitating every conceivable form, anoh aa beetle, fish, bird wings, and bave had this feat or assisted ia th mounting of enamel and gold, after the manner of Dinrlimrer pearls at tbe famous Dree den Ureen Vault. Th color 1 rarely a trrie white, usually pink or bluuiv.

often irideeoent The necr ia smoother, if anything, than in th Oriental pearl, and they are often more beautiful; in- pi pearls hav been aold for over tiOOtk Onlv on pearl of any kind ia found la a hundred sheila, and usually one In a thousand of any value, ao that it la not a very profitable purnit The in discriminate killing of the mussel in fishing and by poisonous sewage will eventually lead to their extermination. The greatest destroyers, however, are th hogs, which kill off whol bank ia a aingl low tide. Pearl are alto ac creted by the common hard-shall clam rau mtrcenarla) these ar usually white, tinged with purple, or almost black. Tbe latter color ar preferred. although they have little value, Tbey ell at from 1 to $1,000 each, and are found as large a a hazel-ant Tb common conch (Strombm p'tffl), fJalied extensively on th Florida coast for bait, often contain th ao-ealld pink pearls.

Althongli the ar not tru pearl, they have aold at 11.000 each. Our oyster pearl bave neither value nor beauty. (Jeorgt F. Aunt, in 1arjier'M MagntinA Tin ItritisU army, a now consti- t'lted, may bo said to have originated during the reign of Charles IL, In con-oiruonce of the extinction of feudal tenure. The first five regiment of lirilish Infantry wer established be tween 1033 and NWa Dat be at sunrise among roost of tho Northern nation, at snnset among the Athenians snd Jews, and among tho lionian at midnight Mosiv nod time both have thnir value.

He who makes a bad use, or a will novcr make good nseol the IlrHKM physician have uw treated vai ion forms of nloohfio poi- mir with tryebnwo. needle llr.t I 1 rtf bran.l-tiow tooth, which bus rowu out cf a cavity from which a sucorul tooth had loen extracted 7 year I'oi Lko XIIL very fond of egri-jre an 1 1 is a passion for planting wi Oao of Lis first work after iua was to plant tlia garden of the fruit trooa and vines, and fv.r tho first time the grape jTi ftn garden are farced into 111 boliueci superintend the give the noooasary or- rsuvTr. Saob of Byracu, N. a provision in hi will, executed 1 i.lva Tt'ure ago, for a 160,000 bronae nnment to Henry Ward Beeoher in 1 ro: act Park, Brooklyn. Mr.

Bage ia III alive and propose to put up tL i amimout at once, despite the fact that riTmniuli Church intend to erect it Teecher memorial there. The design a.loptcdby Mr. Sage, which include tho l'lymoath Chnash pulpit. wera ap-j roved by Mr. Boecher several year beforebia iiAQim Millex write from hi sum home In California that the Golden is hi doorway end thai Ban Francisco is at hi fet.

Miller believe in cremation, end ha prepared hi own -nerl pile. It ia at the top of a high "When death come, says, "I be luid on that high heap of wood in the blanket in which I die. The men who lay me there will light their cigars with the same hand that light the wood-pile, and go down to brake fast, while phew I up to God in clouds of smoke. A English physician who has investigated the characteristic and surroundings of centenarian says he find that the average qualities were a good family history, a well-made frame of averse spare rather than a tout, robust, with good health, appe- tile, and digestion, capable of exertion. good sleepers, of placid temperament and good intell'gonee, very little need for.

and little consumption of alcohol ana animal food. The man who aspire to be a centenarian should therefore fit LiatBo'f' out with these qualifications. J. Tamei scientist, in writing of the eious atone peculiar to the United t' es, ha been saying some i t. jags about ehlorastrolit, a gem pe- cuL'ar to Michigan, "The only place in the world where it 1 found, he asy.

"is lale Buyale, Lake Superior. This islUil, belonging to the State of Michigan forty mile long, fire mile wide, eni about twenty mile from the is composed of amygdaloid trap, in fie almond-Bhaped Cavities of which thlfcem principally oocure. About Jl.fX) worth are sold annually." I 4 max in Lowell, ha lately beet arrested charged with the novel crihri of stealing large quantities of electricity from the local telephone ax-chaice. II has taliped the wire of the company, and is said to have tai pered with the company' meter. In Edition to the rasoalitlee, he ha al.

i boch running a private telephone mngevtitti several nbsoriber. The no steal hear will be tealing filing from some thunder-atorm. It wo Id be well for some of the officials on, itged in railway and other steal to ma this gentleman a member of their or, gf.xtlkmas who live in Petalumn, Cf, was recently exploring Mendo-ci: County in search of nnoooopied red- land and witnessed a ainguiar 1 rotiuat between a large eegi ana a coiota over a live bar vhioh had just 1.1 TV. ...1. rii i from the ground with its prey, but th coyote, which also had hold of the would pull the bird back every tii e.

A combat would then follow and fonthers and fur would fly. What t'i end would bare been can only be sidininod, as the gentleman who wit- md the combat fired hi pistol at t'Jai, and th eagle fiew oS and the ciote ran away. a max in Uenver named lvon ha a a action of over eeven hundred pen tii two uliko. Soma are of steel, aom .1, some amalgam, and so on. There pons pointed fin enough to make Y.

of mieronoopio delicacy, and oth- s.ufomlnd for men who ns th first nal pronoun a great deal in it their se ToiiJono. Those are of the hir variety and make a mark, when 1, sm b. as a tar brash would. i rouoction embraces specimens 'a Li Ireland, Scotland, Oer and other European ountric. America and Canada.

Some in' -a like shovels, other reeem-. of stovepipe, and others 'a and diminutive. i I mint slate on of th the very English girl tit have on bor desk. 1 in many aymbolio nicimit device in-' are brought out i n. 1'or instance, ono i l.i.l iu a tangle of i 1 I i tao lawn-tennis 1 s' ove it and a tiny 1 i.i a tiR.11.

which lies cf it. The engsge-, i -i tood, is really i r-ch il.iy In the i would be 1, rs it could i one knep of any 1 a prct or a Bkoihxino hie 83d year, IL Ferdinand de Lessep can look around, says the London Xews, and see but very few men of anything like equal eminence who are as old a he. The German Erawror is 90. Dr. Dollinger i 88, Moltke and Bancroft the historian are 87, Koesuttt ia 85 and Frot, Owen is but it is not easy to extend the list, Tet it is not astonishing to note the large number of living great men who have passed the ordinary limit of human life.

Of sovereigns th Top is 77, and King William of the Netherlands well on in hia 71st year. Of statesmen Mr. Gladstone will be 79 next month, Mr. Bright ia 76, Prince Bis marck is 72, M. Jules Grevy is 74, M.

Loon 8ay and M. Leroyer are each 71, Lord Selborna ia 75, Sir Rutherford Alcoeki78, Lord Sherbrook is 70, and Lord Granville ia 71 OfQenerals MaoMahon is 79, Leboanf 78, and Baisain and Cialdinl are each 78, Of poets. Lord Tennyson is 78, Mr. Brown ing ia 75, and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holme is 78.

Of musician, M. Terdi i 7X Of engineers, Lord Armstrong ia 77, and Sir John Hewkahaw ia 70. Of painters, Meissonier ia 72: and finally of ahowmen, Barnom ia 77. Per- hapa, however, M. Chsvreul, who i fairly started npou hia 102 year, ought not to beomitted.

Tax Amerioan Forestry Congress at it last meeting prepared a bill to be presented at th coming aeasion of Con- grea forth proUolioa and administration of th forests on th public do main. It provide for a new bureau in th Department of the Interior, to be under the control of a Commissioner of Forest, who shall be appointed a other bureau offioor are by th President, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Commissioner of Forests is given general Jurisdiction of th pnblie forosta and ia empowered to appoint four Assistant Commissioner one from the Paciflo Slope, one from the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, on from th State east of th 100th meridian and one from any place Where be ean be found who ahall be an expert in the ecisnoe of forestry. The pro posed lav further provide that the forest lands still remaining of the pub Bo domain ahall be divided into three elassea, including, firsV land distant from the. headwater of important streams covered by timber of commer cial value, more valuable' for forest purpose than for cultivation; second, lands paritally or wholly covered by timber, bnt suitable for home stead and toor valuable for agricultural purpose than for timber and third, mountainous or other which' for climate, eoonomio or publio 1 reason should be held permanently a forest reserve.

Th timber on the land of the first and aecondilaaai to. appraised separately rom th value of the land and to be sold either with the land, or, on the stump, a the department anay direct from time to time, while the lands of the third class shall constitute th permanent forest reserve, not open to aal or occupation at all. Twlc Hanged. Two Hungarian peasant were on night driving horn to htakad from market at Kecskemet, The road lead over a wide pusxta district, through Scent Mikloe, and just outside the latter plsoe, past the fatal hill on which some wears ago a gallows used to stand. It wa twilight, between dog and wolf.

ae the eaying la in Booth Uermaay. Th keen-ered peasant aaw sooa enough that the hangman had been at work aai dispatched a dark man of honor into the next world. Filled with curioeitv, they loft their vehicle and walked toward the gallows. Tbe cul prit we a gypsy, against whose being banged the peasant would hardly have objected but to their astonishment they found that be not onlv wa ouite warm. but that hia heart was still alowlv beat ing; After holding a little con rare ace the peasant out th man down, put him into their cart, and drove off.

lie. for long the gvpey began, to retarn to consciousness, the color came back into his face, and nothing remained of hia 1st experience but a certain feeling of discomfort. At the next publio house the peasant stopped to take a drink after their snooese ia doing justioe ont of one of her sacriQoea. 1 he innkeeper, who wa well known to al wavson th side of thieves, shook with loud laugh ter as the men told of their adventure. But the thick end of the wodge apeared when the two Samaritans, after a deep draught, came back to their cart, tor the ongTaUrui brifrand bad dr.ven awav in anlte ol tn "oertain feeling of dis comfort.

lie had, however, not qnite conntflil the cost ilie peasant borrowed the innkeeper to fresh horse and soon the gypy Ws overtaken, to lie driven back and once more bsnpod on the eame gallows, lo the truth, adds the writer, the dilottanU' were cloverer ia this cae than the pro- bangraitn, for the was this time quite xlcaL Alter a short time tho story became public; the peasants worn linpriai'nril, and their r- kept tlio rlovoreot lawyer of the day for lonir lime hard at Work. JJcrlin Freit 1'rcHHt. Tn" art of pililiiiH in wood is of very I'srlv oritru). having r.rm'f r.rt Of tiie dncorati' 'n of the Jwii.h talxirn wits. 1 i .) It.

It vns pr In liome tt alont 1 1. IL V. Th Souther Issae. v-The eolored orator end ex-Congressman, Bon. John.

B. Lynoh, of Mississippi, will be scorned end derided by the Demoorstis press, of coarse, oa aooount of hi speech fw iork eoeoarnmg th tuppreesioa of the eolored vote in the Boath. That I th only answer whioh inch speeches receive nowadays. Th fa -t are no longer denied; they are simply lsughed about to an insolsnt end boastful fashion by, thoss who responsible for thsm. It is very well known, se air.

Lynch asserts, that bnt for th system tic process of frand and violence by whiob tbe eolored voter have beea disfranchised by their former owners. "Mr. Cleveland eould ao more get the electoral vote of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Boath Carolina than he could those of Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Ohio." They go through the form of an election down there, but tn the practical sense, ss Vlr. Lynch declare, "th poUe are closed a sooa a th Democratie convention are held." Only one party la recognized for any purpose in Southern politic, and only one reee I granted th right to go to th ballot-box; tn fact, vn whit men find it ancaf aad unprofitable to vote- anlea tbey support the Damooratie ticket. These thing are notorious, aad tb Democratie party hold power by reason of them, and oheckia over them with 'ghoulish glee, a if they were right and lawful aad creditable.

There I nothing to Said in dsfens or extras of auoh a monstrous perversion of the principles aad pot posse of a republioan form of government. It ia a standing reproach, not merely to the South, but to the whole country; and it can not tie put aside with flippant and taunting rsmsrks about th waving of th bloody shirt. Ths majority of ths Amerioan people believe to the aoredn of th Constitution and tb an. foroement of it provisions in good faith all over tbe conn try; end they will esrtainly not ma oh longer tolerate a eondition of things In tbe fcotith whioh makes a mockery of the supreme Uw of the land and enable on political party to ahut out all others ss sbsotutely if tbey had no right to xlst If the particular Bute which pr-iciies this infamous policy wer alon subject to it ffeots, there might be some reason for treating th aaatter with indifference; bnt th truth Is that th evil extend to vry biais in tn union end involve wrong which touch th very safety and integrity of tbe tiovernmeot. Iber is a way to oom-pel a change ia this affair, and the lie pub- lioaa party ia bound In duty and honor to insist npon having th msdy applied.

Th threadbare cry of bloody shirt ea not distract attention from facte and events which testify beyond eontradiotion that fair leenona are unknown la the Bout. Mo other issue surpesse thi tn general lm portaoee; and It will hav to setiled sooner or later, not by any sort of compro. mi, but. according to th strict demand or justice, of honesty, and of loyalty, Ulvtmm0craK The Felly It. Senator Sherman brought tbe debate oa Mr.

Plumb resolution to a focal point wnca a spots ox in loiiy ox om passages la the President's message, notably th fouy of endeavoring to create alarm can there was a surplus of tju.OoO.OOO in th Treasury." Th Uter Ootam said something of th am kind etj the day of to delivery ox lb meesag. Mr. Cleveland himself is to blam that there is such surplus in th Treasury. Con grea provided, a Mr. barman reminded the Senate, aa appropriation of tH.OOu.OuO for river and harbor improvements, it being the opinion of Mr.

Cleveland chief of the department of engineer that nearly fonr urns as mncn eouid wisely ana pro at ably expended during th naoal year. Mr. Cleveland withheld hi assent to ths bill. Mr. Cleveland's personal following to Con res delayed the deficiency bill, with il sp propriation S.OOO.OUO, beyond the hour of iegialatir action.

Hut for the 1 rest deat and hi Congressional coterie the arplu would have been leas by IJi.000. 000. Mot Is this all; his own Becretary of tb Interior complain that that department ha been conducted with direct loss of money to th Government and loss of tints sad money to tend burn by reason of niggardly appropriation. A ilk wail I heard to tbe Postal Department Th naval appropriation hv been reduced, snd also those for the military school, for th Sol purpose of creating a fictitious surplus which might be used as a mean of creating alarm, possibly panic, that might precipitate rree-trao ieuuiauoo. hot is tbi all; th amount of th urplua been exaggerated.

Gross ha been aaed as equivalent to net; a surplus- of has beea spoken of when only remained alter liquidation of claims. liepubllean analyst, of figure baa eon- firmed to the eoontry that eonfldenoe which th message of the President Was calculated to destroy. It would really seem a If th Cobdcn-Calhoun-Cleveland free-' trad politician had deliberately resolved to excil commercial terror, after paving failed to convince commercial reason of ths truth of their fiscal dogma. Tbe Democratic party went into power, or rather into place, for a yet it has given na manifestation of power, upon false alarm of danger from the Tressury surplus. It hs not only faded to devise an oriirinal meth od of reduction, but has also fulled to use tbe method which ths Itepolihcau party left at its disposal.

The Demucrntio party incapable of making a safe and sure re- nction of either surrlns or revenue. It fictitious panics would certainly Impov erish the eonntry, and probably would increase the custom revenue. There I no diluculty in th way of a qnluk and aafe redaction of surplus and revenue other then the incspa'jiy of the Democratic party and the willingness of the Cohden Club avail tbenmelve of it. Chicago Intr-r Ocean. Kpoek ili'iOINA, having retired from the Troaanry Pnpnrtinent, is aliriKly hooked ir the pUi-e of of the lower house the fl'nlnna tifuiifinr.

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