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The wise men of the country are tell- i ing speculators to go slow and look out j for squalls. There is too much loading up with fictitious values, and the rush of speculation is certain to bring on a j smash-up. When things are booming is the time to be prudent. ===== t I | In criticising Henry George's land theories, Prof. Dwight of Columbia Col- j lege, says: "Without private property j in land no man ean have an assured , birth-place or burial-place. No tred'can -j be planted that he can call his own, Tipr j can any dwelling be erected that wml give him assured shelter." | Tha Congregational minister at Rockport, Mass., duiing twenty-two months, buried from his congregation, sixteen people, the eldest of whom was 85, the youngest 60, and the average of their oges is 76 years. It is doubtful if any other town in the country can show a ? ?? ? ??J ? C J iV.n Anf A? Ana BJUiiiur rt'curu ui ucatus wuw v* church, of so many elderly people in so short a time "with so high an avcrojrn 0S?. _________ - j l An English paper calls attention to , th? movement toward building ship ^ canals. As showing the extent and | nature of the movement, it instances the Panama- and the North Sea canals, on which work is being actively pushed. It also mentions the canal across the J'"1""13 "LgmfAj'j'iielii" The fact that trade interests, large as they are, bear only a secondary part in the construction of the North Sea canal, is noted as showing the interest which Germany takes in her navy. The canal really is a military road in case of war. To make her fleet more effective Germany is willing to spend nearly ?8,000,000 on a canal. I = May bridge, the photographer of horeesin motion, has finished his long scries of experiments at the University of Pennsylvania, and has a collection of i 700 pictures, covering a very large variety of subjects, animal and human, i One of the pictures shows twelve dis- ( tinct photographs of a professional 1 catcher, in the act of catching a ball ] pitched to him with all the speed of < which a crack "twirlcr1' is capable. In ] the fraction of a second which passed, the camera shows that the catcher's < expression changed from deep anxiety, i tinged with a suspicion of expectancy ( and terror, to absolute content and hap- j Tkinncc tvKnn IVio Kail woo 4*rmnr? oofo in - bis grip. r During our civil war inducements were held out for Mexicans to raise fcotton in competition with our southern f states. From the climate and temperaturo of Mexico it would seem, says the s Cultivator, that something might be Q dope in this direction. The first receipts ^ of Mexican cotton m Great Britain wero <~~C<;reditecL In lSei^H^Pp^S^over Q 3,000,000 pounds, of E 19,000,000 pounds, i5^-i&t^^-fJ,000 t pounds, and in 1865 nearly 37,000,000; 0 yet in 1806 the Mexican shipment of cot- ( ton to Great Britain dropped to 352.240 a pounds, and in 1867 to only 2464 f pounds. Since 1867 the highest figure during any year was 93,032 pounds in < 1880. In point of fact, Mexico has t fi ialiy become a cotton-consuming coun- r try, and the" prospect is that for many j years to come she will go on increasing x her cotton acreage, and striving mainly to supply her own needs as far as possible. The southeru states stand in little fear of competition from Mexico in cotton raising. M .ny of the public arc not aware how great arc the profits made from directing the game ,of base ball as a business in j somo of the cities of the country. For j the amount of capital invested, there is probably nothing like it in any form of ammement. The expenses of base .ball are, first in hiring and fitting up the ( grounds upon which it is played; next, in the salaries paid the players; third, ^ in the traveling expenses of the clubs, j e.f rnnnirn mnr?V? -nrnliminflnf VI (UVJV I V\jU4?V AMMWM J J , outlay. There must bo a guaranteo as , regards some of them, but tho , game generally more than pays its way after the season opens. Boston, say3 tho Herald of that city, affords a good example the present year of what may be made by base ball. There will be about sixty-t^reo games of baseball played in the National League during the season, of which about twenty have been played. The attendance at them has averaged 4000 people. This, nt fifty cents a ticket, yields considerably more than $2000 a game, foi thero are reserved seats, to the aixiouut of 1200 in number, at twenty-five and fifty; cents cacb, the most of which are generally sold, and there are perquisites of the grounds which bring in money. It is a low estimate to set down the re ccipts of the season at $123,000. Out of this are to be taken, perhaps, $35,000 .or salaries of players, $2500 for ground I expenses, and a considerable sum for the j cost of transporting the players from: one city to another. It will be liberal ; to call this altogether $50,000. The fhftt. thA season of five i UIUUCOj lUWlWWAVy ? ? months will represent will be $75,000. Funeral Customs in Panama. It is tho custom among the poorer classes in Panama to hire coffins to transport their dead to the grave, after which tho body is deposited in tho earth and tho coffin brought back with . t:io mourners. Tho following is the form of a Panama undertaker's advertisement: "From this date hearses will be hired from our establishment at the following rates: $2, $5, $15 and $20. Coffin wiUbcsol^a^M^^possi^e > ( ? k Few Will Miss Theet . Few will miss tcee, friend, when thou For a month in dust hast lain,.*r?Skilful hand and anxious brow, Tongue of wisdom, busy brainAll thou wert shall be forgot, And thy plaoo shall know thee not Some sweet bird may sit and sing On the marble of tby tomb, Soon to flit on joyous wing^^y^ From that place oLflettmaad gloom, On some bough*Wwarble clear; But these son^s thou shalt not hear. Some kindi'voice may sing thy praise, Passing near thy place of rest, _FondIy talk of ' other days '? But no throb within thy breast Shall i ejpond to word* of praise, Or old thoughts of "other days." Since so fleeting is thy name, Talent, beauty, power and wit, It were well that without shamo Thou in God's great book were writ, There is golden words to be Graven for eternity. ?[Chambers' Journal. The Russian Bloodhound, In crossing the Strand, London, I dodged the pole of one vehicle just in time to be struck by the shafts of another, and, as the pavement was slippery, I went down, and the vehicle wont over me, breaking my left leg below the knee. An hour later I was in my.bachelor apartments (the work of tho surgeon finfohpdi. npd,- feeling that I -wngmrro De thankful tu ham pome vir with my life. I was in for a siege of many weeks, and I had some business which must bo attended to by an outsider. Therefore, after a day or two, I sent for Captain Jack Williams, an old acquaintance. He answered promptly enough, and we soon made very satisfactory arrangements. He was a bluff, honest fellow, out of activo service, nnd having nothing to do, and the only unpleasant feature about his friendship was the fact of his owning a monster Russian bloodhound. The brute was his shadow. Where the dog could not go the Captain would not go. Ho refusod nil parties and receptions because of the log. Ho refrained from excursions by land or sea because he would be temporarily separated from Czar, as he :allad the animal. The pair were well icnown in London, and the captain was as safe at midnight in the BlumaJther man would be in the Strand at loonday. One glance at the dog was enough to show that he 'was as danjerous as a tiger. He made no friends other among dogs or men, and had niraculously escaped a dozen well-laid raps to bring about his death. I hated Czar, and on two or three oc:asions I had reason to believe that the celing was returned. "When the Captain called and found me laid up, ho had ense enough to know that the presence if the bruto might annoy mo, and he herefore shut hira up in the servant's oom for a few minutes. The do<y was1, isrnmy prompt m uueuieuue. on ilifS iccasion ho obeyed in a grudging, sulky. aanncr, and before leaving the room hrcatened me so plainly that I became .pprchensive. The Captain agreed that ?zar should not enter my sick room igain, and in a couple of weeks I had orgotten all about tbo incident. T Vinrl anerfmonfe ATI fVtf* fl.TAAnd flftfir. <H,?vu.vu? 1 brco rooms in a row, with a hall . along he front of the Inst two. Tho first oom was for my servnnt, a man who ind been with mo for many years. The lcxt was the reception room, and the hird my sleeping room. One coming lown the hall could enter at the door of ither room. Tho bedroom and recepion room were connected, but the serrant's room was entirely shut off. It ivas a hot day in August, with all doors ind windows open, i was icimg pretty smart, although the pain was couiiderable, and a couple of my friends lad just departed, after a brief call, when Henry, my servant, came in to see what he could do for me. I was flat on nyback, as you know, with no chance to turn over on account of the leg, but [ had him "prop me up with two or three pillows. I then sent him for ice. He had but a few steps to go, and the doors were left open behind him. He had been gone about five minutes when in walked Capt. Williams' Russian bloodhound. I shouldn't have said walked; on tho contrary he came running in, head up, tongue out, and his eyes as red as live coals. I saw him th.o moment he entered, and it passed through my brain like a flash that he was mad. The door leading into tho hall was open. Twice as the dog circled around the room he seemed on the point of going out, but each time changed his mind, whined in an uneasy way, and then continued his circling. He did not look for me, nor at me. It wa3 a larec room, with the bed against the o ? ? wall, and from the way the brute bumped against the chairs I believe he was nearly blind. He had been with me two or three miniates when the hall door was caught by a draught of wind and slowly pulled to. It did not quite shut. The dog noticed the movement, sprang to get out, and the result was that- ho pushed the door shut and snapped the spring lock. The door leading into the reception room was still open, but tho door from that into the hall was shut. The animal rushed into this room, upset a chair and bumped the table, and then came back whining, his tail down and his courage gone, and slunk under my bed. That the dog was suffering with hydrophobia there could be no doubt. As he returned from tho reception room there was foam on his .jaws, and he was so weak he stagsjercd. Had I been a well man and fully armed my situation would have been bad enough. There I was, perfectlj I turned he would open it and walk in There was not the -slightest questioi but that the dog would at once attacl him. I had two or three minutes ii which to thick, and it was wonderfu how clear headed I was. I looked upoi 4 my own chances as hopeless, and there fore determined that when Henry re turned I would call out to him before hi got the door open. I wa3 also concerned for fear the dog would get out of thi building. It was a crowded neighbor hood, and he might bite a score of pco pie before he was destroyed. ' It is said that the presence 01 a grea danger sharpens the sense of hearing. ] believe this to bo true, for I have hac several personal experiences. As I la] there waiting for my servant to return ! plainly heard sounds which could noi have come to my ears under ordinar] circumstances. At the foot of tho second flight of stairs, a distance of fully 70 feet from my bed, Henry was stopped by i young man who lodged on that floor. I heard him say: "I was waiting hero to tell you thai Capt. William's brute of a dog passed up stairs a short time ago. Is the cap tain there?" 'He wa3 not there when I left." "And he has not come in after th< dog The animal had a scaly look, and you'd better be careful how you drive him out." ' "Thank von "T ' I heard my man^ome up stairs and along the halL A" soon as ho saw that mv bedroom door was shut ha saemnd tc suspect the worst, and he acted like a hero. He came down the hall on tiptoe, put his face close to the door, and sang out: 4 'Colonel, I know the big dog is in your room and I am going for help. If he comes near you shut your eyes and pretend to be dead." The sound of his voice put the dog into a frenzy. Ho growled and snarled and snapped, and as tho man hurried down the hall tho beast rushed from under the bod with a dreadful howl and began rushing around tho room as before. After making the circle of tho bedroom four or five times, he dashed into tho reception room. There he quite overturned the centre tablo, and ip his IULY-ba-xe?? nisMteeth and destroyed the upholstering' of the sofa. I was terribly excited, and had I given way to my feelings I should have screamed out liko a woman. T _1 a. u -3 ?? J. Buut wy eyes iiguuy, uruteu my uci vca by chiding myself for a coward, and when the climax came I was fairly ready for it. I knew that the dog would sooner or later turn to me, and as he left the reception room he was on the foot of the bed in two bounds. Then was an open book lying there, and he seized and worried this for a moment. Then came walking up to my face, bearing his full weight on my broken arms and hands were on the cover, and the foam from his mouth fell upon my bare flesh. He put both paws on my chest, and ran his noso over my face to snuff at me, and ho was all the time snarling and whining in a way to take the nerve away from tho stoutest man. I don't know whether he would have bitten me or not, could I have remained quiet, but such a thing as holding my nerves steady ior over a mm me utterly impossible. I was feeling that 1 must throw up my hands and scream out when the beast leaped off the bed. Ho had heard people in the hall. He ranabout the room whining and snarling, and all at once made a spring for tbo door of the reception room, which was being shut to by human hands. A space six or eight inches wido was Jeft, and when the dog attempted to push his head into this, a couple of bullets were fired into him and he backed out to fall dead. Henry, had summoned two policemen, and while the brute stood over me on the bed the faithful servant had entered the reception room and pushed the door as nearly shut t they wanted it, having believed that the dog would behave just as he did. That Czar was suffering with hydrophobia none could doubt from his looks and conduct. Inside of twenty days two house dogs which he had snapped at as he came up went mad, and then there was no further question that I had had a close shave from a horrible death.?r[New York Sun* Unveiling an Indian Image. A rogk which the Sioux Indians near Fort Yates, D. T., have worshipped for generations as the petrified form of a young squaw was formally unveiled the 11 J -?-3 /5 innlnr] 4/% r\fl Q OO finfl ocner uuv aim uvuiuiku ? ?? plenty. It appears that the white settlers of the place have long supposed that this specimen of nature's art work exerted a restraining influence on the Indians, but of late the rock was removed from its original resting place, and it was feared that with its removal its charm had disappeared. 80 the suggestion was made to Sitting Bull that the statue be placed upon a permanent pedestal and unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. This pleased the chieftain, and 500 Indians assembled to take pari in the strange medley of Christian and pagan rite3 by which tho unveiling was accompanied. For tho Children. Tf .nn want to make a srood imitation monkey that will please the children, here are the directions: Make a Jarg< rag doll, and on one side of the head glut 1 the half of a cocoanut shell that has i 1 good imitation face. Put on the head i 1 red knitted cap, or one made from rc< flannel, so that it covers the top and bacl ' of the rag head. Cover the hands am feet with any kind of dark brown cloth ' Make a red flannel jacket, trimmed wit! 1 small gilt buttons, and black velvc the doll in these clothes , lar to Ofrlental Climes. i * . Opium-Grazed Mm Seized With a Suddei " Deiire to ZiiL 9 T^T 1 Two instances omI Recently appeare 3 in our columns of mat 'strange and san . guinary custom cf tmSfcast called "run - ning amuck." "Running amuck" is phrase derived jrom the Malay wor t "amok" ("kitting") and constitutes well marked?hysterical affection of cer 1 tain races inhabiting Oriental countries. j It is rarely if <ver, manifested among I the Indian Mussilmans, while, whenever t it does occur in jlindoo3tan, the malady j may generally b( traced to the abuse ol I opium or the .Atract of hemp called ; bhang, ganja, 6 charras. The Hindoo i tobacconist sell a special confection ~ : Luuutj up ui iuuu^, up j urn, uuiura, cloves, mastic cinnamoD, and carda: mums, which, i mixed with milk and [ sugar and eate; as a sweetmeat. This . diabolical cake^ known as majum?will drive a man ijd about as soon as anything. Withle Malays, however, who 5 have given a mne to tho terrible mental 1 aberration of "hich we speak, and who ) are by far the ij>st addicted to it of all Eastern . peopl^ there is seldom any > such mtpTaihiJdM^the outbreak. Sudl denly, withoul^^mo of reason, a man will spring up jom his shop board or i couch, draw hfikrls?the wave-bladed , dagger which ^y all carry?and, with a screamoi "AJok! Amok!" striko its point into tbeJhti of tho Nearest wayfarer and darfcpwn the crowded bazaar j liko the Inn atit which he is, stabbing and cutting lj aU sides. "Amok! Amok!" echoe^rom a hundred mouths, and everybodjrtjurries for a place of refuge, fleeing ^11 directions, except thoBe bolder i^Kts who snatch up weapons of dcipse- and join tho armed throng which pursues the desperado. The path of ti chase is soon strewn with bodies ofiien, women and children, dead or feeding to death, until some lucky sfuor daring thrust disables tho murderer,jh"-. is pierced with a dozen bladeg X^^V^^/^yV^^^" J^^'amoker^ receivecNwme personal affront oi ljury or was hopelessly in debt or di jpointed in love; but more commonl; here is nothing whatever to accounior the Wild fury of his proceedings, 'ftl the Street sweepers drag his carcataway as carelessly as if a lconard had 1en slain in tho trablic 4 I * streets. So o?nar^indeed, is the occurrence that, many/towns and cities where there lis a Ujjjqje Malay population an instiTlfcfliljM kept in readiness at : every police stafh called the "amoker catcher." It jsjSmething liko an eel i spear with a C&long handle, and so ] close round ffpadman's neck and so-- " cure him hf*tssly when the iron prongs are jffcd against his nape from behjtfcDr4^. > Neither rai nor- wealth keops a i Malay from tb sudden access of homiI cidal mania ifp has the predisposition ! or has been grltly excited. Thero was ' an instanco atalatiga, in tho island of 1 Java, where tf Regent was celebrating | the marriage 1 two of his daughters, and everybodyras in a festive and joy! ous mood. Jt, .however, at tho gayest moment"of th'ccremonies tho Regent's ^''Tfrether-in-latf a high . ofRcial, came rushfifg thr^jhthe procession, stabbing everybof ho could get at with his jeweled kit Tho Regent himself, coming up tooquiro into tho uproar, was killed bya single thrust, and it I was the broth' of the Prince who ran tho "amoker".brough tho back with a spear and bro^ht him down, yet not I before he hadlaughtcred nine of the palaco pecplead wounded six others ! more or less sevcly. It might be supposed ; that a race subset to such ferocious fits would be rturally excitablo and nervous in maner; but the contrary is { the case. The Malay is of all men tho ! most quiet, digificd, and slow ofspeech and action in Is ordinary life. He seldom speaks ludly or quickly, has the most courteo* and even gentle demeanor, and uarrels very rarely with his fellows. Jfct he is coldly and Bilently. cruejf no regard for human ; life, and derives from tho Mohammedan I faith which he jrofesses its .bitterest and j most relentless d>gmas. Once started on j the 4'death run! by insult, aespair, w ; some brain troube, his only thought is to "kill, and kilj and kill," and in thtf fierce exultation his insanity he does not feel the blot which lets out his burning blood jnd puts a stop to bis j dreadful career.-{[London Telegraph. Aristocratic Hens. Neighbor?What beautiful hens you have, Mrs. Stucktip. Mrs. Stuckup?Yes, they are all im1 portod fowls. Neighbor?You don't tell me so! ] 1 suppose they lay eggs every day? Mrs. Stuckup (proudly)?They coulc ' do so if they saw proper, but our circum f. ? ? tinno orn stances are suca.iuai< mj u?ua ... ? 1 required to la/ eggs every day.?[Texa Siftings. ' For tbe Summer. "Haven't seen your brother for tb ' last week or two. Is he away?" ^ "Yes; Bill has gone off for the sum mer." H "Long Branch?" "No, not quite. I guess the Judg ^ meant the Work-houso when he sai j ninety days."--[Detroit Free Press. A Possible Patient. ^ "There goes Dr. Jones with a fli water melon. I See hinr over there?" ? "Yes. He raust^Tje going to mal ?'{Merchant Tra % Cautions Turkish Usurers* It is related that a young Perote, th _ only son of a very wealthy man, wh led a rery fast lifo, presented himsel one day to a saraf, and asked him t ^ loan him a round sum of money. H offered the saraf as security the seriou illness and approaching death of hi . father, and the inheritance that woul< follow. ''But your father may recover,'? saic the saraf. * "Impossible," replied the younj Perote; "hq has chronic dropsy; ho cai 1 not live more than five days." "No one knows this. Do not pu your trust in it. Everything depend 1 upon the physician." "The physician is Mr. L?," repliec , the tender-hearted son. "Exactiy so; he is a very skillful physician, and you will see that he will pull his patient through all right. Ic any event, I can not loan that sum al this moment. Come again day after tomorrow." They saraf utilized this delay by going to the house of the physician named at the time that tho latter made his visits in tho city. He found the servant, and offered him a 'generous gratuity if he would learn from his master the disease with which Mr. Y?, the patient of the physician, was stricken; whether it was mortal, and if so. how manv dava atill ' ?~ * * 7"" remained to the patient. The Bcy7ant obtained very quickly from his master all that the saraf desired to know, and he went immediately to assure the .atter upon tho prompt and latal issue lot the disease. When the young man psturned, he found the money ready, slf.nod tho note for a sum nearly double that given to him, and six weeks after/paid tho debt from the patrimony that he had just received.?[Cosmopolitan. "> The Homes of England, i. It is very delightful to find one'^ self in ono of these English country residences. says Oliver Wondall Holmes in^o Atlantic, The house is commonly olchand has a history. It is oftentimes itself a record, like that old farmhouse my friend John Bellows wrote to me about, which chronicled half a dozen reigns by architectural marks "The statel^iomfi^n?n5l5na" see them at Wilton and Longford Castle are not more admirable in their splendors than the "blessed homes of England" in their modest beauty. Everywhere one may seo here old parsonages by the sido of ivy-mantled churches, and the comfortable mansions where generations of country squires havo lived in peace, while their sons have gone forth to fight England's battles, and^carry her flags of war and commerce all over tho world. We in America can hardly be said to have such a possession 'as a family home. We encamp?n*it under . lasting materials which are pulled xTown after a brief occupancy, by the builders, and possibly their children, or are modernized so that the former dwellers in them would never recognizo their old habitations. Varieties of Marble. There are many different varieties of marble in use, both domestic and imported, and most of them are very expensive. Tho whito Italian is the commonest kind used, but white is rather going out of fashion now and colored marbles are becoming more popular, Tho most widelv used is the Tennesseo marble, which is a very beautiful stbtfer and as extensive as many of the imported varieties. The most popular foreign - ? /IUU V./I.H. marble is tne l'ormosu ^ liiQ uwuu- 1 tiful"), a stone of pretty purple-brown hue, slightly marked and clouded, no two shades being a'.ike. The Mexican onyx is the most> beautiful and most expensive of all, and is worth twentyfive cents per pound in the block. Jasper is also popular perhaps because it is suggestivo of the new Jerusalem, and coral marble, from the Pacific Islands, is also much in favor. "We also get a good many fine varieties from Algeria, but most of the foreign marbles come from Italy. America, I should add, also produces an excellent black marble.?[Boston Traveller. Death on a Street Tooth.' A medical plant is found in India which destroys the power of tasting sugar. This plant, the gymnema sylvestre, grows in the Deccon and in Assam and on the Coromnndcl coast. By chewing two or three leaves of it a person may extinguish his susceptibility to sweet savors. Morbid cravings for sweetmeats that injure digestion may tnus do corrected. As the gyranema is said, also, to diminish the power of eDjoyiug s cigar, great benefit may probably be dorived from it by intemperate smokers. Candy and cigarettes being the bane ol the small boy, prudent parents may b< expected to stock themselves promptly ^ with gymnema sylvestre.? [Nature. A Victim of Uver*Stu<ly. I Mrs. DeGarmo?I understand you - son is quite sick at college, Mrs fc Smythe? ' Mrs. Smythe?Yes. Poor John! Th president writes me that ho entered int his work with too much ardor and h has brokon down. 0 Mrs. DcGarmo?What seems to be th nature of the troubte? ' . Mrs. Smythe?He was hit on the hca by a foul ball, I believe they call it.[Harper's Bazar. ,fl ? (j Striking: An Average. Employer (to clerk)?Can't you g around a little earlier in the mornin, James? le James (doubtfully)?N-no, I don't fc lievo I can, sir. (Struck with a brig ce idea) But I'll tell you what I can do, si v- I can leave a little eorUqg in the eve inn; ? PEARLS OF THOUGHT. 0 The heart has reasons that reason do ? not understand. 0 Means are always in our power; cm very seldom so. a Make children love you if you wii a them to obey'you.J 1 Every day brings with it some o portunity to do good; 1 Sow good services; sweet remembrai ces will grow.-from thorn. 5 Lamentation without effort, betray 1 weakness and wickedness. Purposes, like eggs, unless they t hatched into action, will run into deem j ? . Commerce defies every wind, outridi I every tempest and invades every zone. Don't seem to be on the lookout f< crows, else you'll set other people watel I ingt If good pe.ople would but made gooc ness agreeable, and smile instead c . frowning in their virtue, how man would they gain to tho good cause 1 Consume little time in regret. Th best repentance is reformation. Whs tears of contrition are powerless t effect "an altered life easily accomplishes. . This life is but the betrinninv of a lifi O o that is to bo broader, better, longer anc far more pleasurable than this; a lif< where happiness is secured by beinj good continually. Children havo full use of their oyes anc ears before their tongues have mastered language, and, consequently, are learning lessons of good or evil sooner than many suppose. Qrit is the grain of character.. It maj generally bo described as heroism materialized, spirit and will thrust into heart, brain and backbone, so as to form part of the physical substance ol the man. ' The path of truth is as straight as an arrow. It never swerves to the right or left, and will no sooner bend to the I mightiest than to the meanest of mortals. The moment truth tries to accommodate itself to circumstances it ceases tij> be truth. this city. It con!^^^S8B8^jPB| some other meat, potatoes and bread" and butter. These are well served and a sufficient quantity is given to satisfy an ordinary appetite. Of course the profit to the restaurant proprietor is small and a great number of these meals must be sold each day to make the business pay. A Park row proprietor gives the following idea of how it is conducted: "The profit in fifteen cent meals is very small," he said. "Two or three cents is all .that wo calcclate to make under tbfmost favorablo circumstances.' Tmrrgurirv?,? , ;?r. i 3 market. Our standard has to be maintained at all hazards. There is no money in the business at any time unless you have a large number of customers. To make an exact estimate of our profits week by week or day by day would bo impossible. We hare to go by an averago for the year. But there are other articles served with theso meals which leave a very fair margin for profit, such as coffee, tea, pudding, etc. We calculate to make money at all times in selling them, and they make the fifteen cent meals a possibility, There is also a good profit in side dishes of Vegetables, beets, pens; ihwwmwhi, ma. we may be losing money on our meats our general average is pretty well maintained throughout the yoar. Ono thing, however, you may bo sure of, you will rarely get a wholesome fifteen cent meal in a small place. They cannot afford to ?. rvr? if?{| nn^ -pv_ serve tnera.'?[new xuia iUUII MUM MM' press. % ' . Buffalo Bill Cowboys. I should greatly like to say a few words respecting a topic which I much regret to find is understood in the inverso proportion to which it is discussed, says Buffalo Bill to a London Globe Interviewer. I refer to that unique specimen of humanity, the cowboy of to-day. In order to be brief I will, liko a cowboy, take the bull by the horns, and Ia> down tho axiom, once for ail, and most emphatically, that a cowboy is not i blackguard; nay, more, he is in nin cases out of ten better than his fellows more especially as in nine casj out of ten his fellows are tho off of nn effete civilization. He ho ? certain attributes that commend him t( creation. He is manly, generous am brave. He is not merely a creature c impulse, but uses tho gifts given him b t his Maker with a discretion whic , might wefl be copied by more of us. I putting in these few words for a class c men who havo only to be understood t 3 be admired, I speak after years of stud j resulting in a conviction which notbin can shake. Paper Doors. Paper doors are coming into use, anc as compared with those of wood, posse: the advantage of neither shrinkinj swelling, cracking, or warping. It formed of two thick paper board j ?j ?infft nanels. ai ^ stampeu anu uuumv<* ?? , t glazjd together with glue and potas ie and then rolled through heavy rolling After being covered with a waterpro cj coating and then with one that is fii _ proof, it is painted, varnished and hui iu the usual way. Sees Him Often. et "Yes," said Dumlcy, "I only see i tr landlord when ho comes for the rei D> He comes promptly the 1st of ev< ,e. month." hi "And then you don't see him agi ir; till next month?" iV "Oh, yes, I do. I see him often d in fir the month. \ ~ Wj } .c^M ' Stability. Last year, above the village church there swung * Upon the low-peaked tower a gilded vanet la Respondent to the lightest breeze it bang, i The sport of every gust that swept the 1 plain; Through-night and day, in sunshine and i in shade, p. Its restless, undetermined part it played. To sloping eaves below an ivy dung, _ And strove the vane's h igh vantage-ground to gala; To-day, I see its emerald pennons flung If a J5Va*T? ftff fliA nAlnf h Its tendrils stoutly grasp the Tearing blade That steady toward the sunrise now it f* stayed. -s Bo thou, my heart, by changing impulse wrung, )r Scarce for one hour thy purpose canrst maintain; jyg Would that Faith's shoots might twin^MKs^H cells among, And to Hope's dawn-flushed reetran; y " No more should all-disturbiod^BaB|^B^H Or dire mistrust to dnll dei^HKSN^H^EHi -[C. 21 H&rgeM HUMOROUS.VjHHflS Oa bis metal?A newly A friend in nedd?An omH^HhB^R An engaging smile?A > it is a wise child that HHHH richest relatives. f ' The question of the (twilignfjTfiJWr-I I Are you sure the dog ia tied? The oyster is like a man in one respect.., lie is of little use until you- get him out of hie bed. What is tho worst sinner, the man who can sing and won't, or the man 1 -who can't and will. The insane men who handle firearms never seem to miss aim. This may bo because they aro "cracked" shots. The baby believes in tho motto; "A place for everything and everything in ils place," and her place for everything is her mouth. The only reason tho world tolerates a ii Idler is because a cat has to be killed MV dangerous^tne proicuuluu WKijuuk burglar may be, he Is,.unquestionably, a . / safe man. A Vassar graduate out in the couniT " went into the stable of a f?rm' "Iiouse. "Dc?r me, how close the poor cows ire crowded together," she remarked. "Yes, ma'm, but we havo to do it." "Why so?" "To get condensed milk." Mexican Criminals. Thq criminal classes in Mexico are among the most ^ accomplfahojk artists in ?** a marvellous power of simulating innocence, which enables them to impose upon the most incredulous. They employ tho latter faculty to great advantage in securing situations as servants, in which capacity they find ample scope for their genius. If you detect them in thieving and dischargo or punish them their vindictiveness knaaa^no bounds, and they will boldly threalen^ vengeance. Nor are they slow in con^~ m cocting schemes to that end with feundry gentlemen of tho garroto or the . stiletto, who?outwardly_ as respect' uaplumigii g of their employers. The pleasant possibilities are that some fine evening when you least expect it?perhaps as you aro returning from the opera, humming a favorite morcoau, or rovolving sweet plana for love or lucre, such fancies will be dispelled by a sudden rain of cudgels upon your dovoted head, or, worse yet, by the keen thrust of a nabaja into the back of your best claw-hamracr coat just between the shoulders. If you be not killed outright and yell for tho police, the chances are ten to one (you be Ing a foreigner) that the as?&ssins will assert, in voluble Spanish, that you attempted to murder them, and the police - 11 finish what they failed to accom TV4U w j plish.?[Philadelphia Record. t a An Aristocratic Fai B "I tell you, I've moved in mighty swell society," said the boastful travel? . ? 3 mg man." "I've moved in some pretty tony sca ciety myself," remarked the quiet lookj ing man to whom the remark was nd-( dressed. "I was introduced to the S.a* ,f meso twins." y "The Siamese twins 1 You don't call h them swell people do you?" - I "Why Tes. At all events you can't "I (f deny that they were well connected."-? 0 [Merchant Traveler. * * Sizing Him Up. "Aw, waitah," said a dizzy-pated dude at an up-town hotel the other morning, "bwing me, aw, one boiled }? egg, aw." 93 "Hard or soft boiled, sir?" j, "Aw, let me think," murmured the 1 "chappie" as he pressed both hands to s, his bead. jd "Soft, I see," said the waiter. "All b, ' right, sir," and he hurrie? off without [8. J waiting to hear the result of the dude's of | cogitation.?[Hotel Mail. e lg Diet for Athletes. A less restricted diet in athletic train* ing is being favored in England, andf instead of the large proportion of meat ny formerly rigidly insisted on, physiololt. gists now consider a variety of food jry essential to the best results. The Camj bridge boat crew, in training for the jiu race with Oxford, were this year per| mitted to eat fish, pudding and dessert, ur- though still forbidden sugar with pastry.