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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-10-26, Page 2A TIMII,ILING TALE O.I+, E1M,AN Ialb'I1, CHAPTER III "hare she le, tinolo," cried Belo, who _ thou uttered a nob, and hurried away with OF AN Llou , tike could A pan 41VAUTl.It u not restraip. a rustling noise to hide the tears " Well?" "My darling!" oried the old man huskily ran ";You , sir. as he drew his child to We breast;" and am t g 1 to feel that it is quite right, and that you " No, confound you II did not ring," are hap py2" or Beg pardon, sir, I'm sure, sir, Letrlc ",011, so happy, father; so content at !bell's a.little out of order, sir, Telltales at,'—at last aha whispered aa he olung allow wrong numbers, sir." to"hint h? l wltagl- wiOtaty'the there one the admiral "I engaged a suite of private rooms in L hie hptel,and there's nota bit of privacy." ex"Leavying uomo and you." THE POTATO CROP, "Very sorry, sir, ndeed," The old man drew a deep breath full of "And look here, waiter." relief, Oh, pooh, pooh, nonsonee, my pot," Thu lndientlons refnt n toonere wrog he cried, !coking at her beautiful "peneive ""Yes, sir." face Proudly ; "don't mind that ; I'm glad Tilts gam All ever tido World. "When you address me it customary of it,r 1n this country potatoes are rising in to say Sir Mara•" "`Clad, father?", rank as an agrioulbural product. A Sew " Of course, Sar Mark ; my mistake; Sir but"Nofor nou to tto away with the man yoou my u years ago it was only in. pertain eeotione, Murk, 1'11 mind in future,',' . love' and who gooves you. I hate him for especially adapted to potato -growing, that "liar the carriage arrived? taking you, but ho is a splendid fellow, farmers spared the land to raise any con- " Not on-"Not yet, Sir Mark,", Myra.What a sailor he would have sidera,ble surplus upon. On the ordinary "Thank you; that will do: No ; a mo- made 1" farm five acres was deemed anunduly large menta' The wedding breakfast. Every- ""Yea; father," If they had nob spoiled hila by getting plantation,. In the interior the greater part thing is quite ready, I hope all that' natural history stun in his head. of the excess over producers' wants was "The head waiter has it in and, Sir But I say, my darling," he continued tie he our towns and •T+ ! M Mrt 'MSR 8 of whispering, proudly loading down bhe CQUNTY PUU El1UAli, s, 1,440, "And only one bridesmaid," whispered a lady visitor at the hotel, ").Dung widow—very Private afleir-'by the tady'a wish,' was whispered book loud enough for Myra and hor father to hear ae they passed down the stops. ' Let them Mini/ter," said the old lean to himself, "'They haven't teen 8 001 a bride. for yore,' a little crowd followed to e hotel door;, thorn woo a general waving of handkerghiofs, and ono lady, threw a baguet of white roses as the carriage door Woe DIM with a hang, the aervanb sprang up, ABegOiation of Canada is worthy of respect. and the next monteut the admiral's hand^ fel attention, This 'moiety bakes a deep interest in the oauae of prison reform and great Ni est Bud cherub, 0. , THE POOR WE HAVE ALWAYS WITH US, AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROVIDE FOR TILES!, $c 2rhUllts the prisoners' ,fl.hl septottan— Mow Bea to *Min toe Worthy Smugeat, (The following article froni the disinter. ested stand point of the Prisoners' Aid tome pair of bare dashed offtoward$ the (To mi ooamiavEn,) more especially an it relates to the suppress stem of pauperise and grime, 'This is a busy Mark, and the table looks lovely." held bis child at arm's length, admiring distributed at home, inex cities. The ort° were maintained by "Thanks. Ahem! a trifle now, I shall her, but pnahing up his hand. p leave. I s aka a Yes, dear?" the Maritime; Provinces, the vastly greater remember you when I P "Isn't this a little too—too punctilious ? 'portion of them by Prince Edward Island. little testily just minute. A little out Very lovely, dear ; you look all that a ma This has been pretty much the Daae up to the of order, waiter. Tomah of my old fever, could wish for, but it's a wedding, my net, resent but that nonto reatrfotionafn caught intim East." and you -you do not quite look like a ,p , owing 'bride." v"" the way of trade rather than to the relative Ila waiter smiled and bowed as he "What do the looks matter, she said value of potatoes, which has been going up pocketed a new five -shilling piece, and with a dreamy look in her large eyes. reoent inears. If Ontario farmers durfn fresh intereet at the fine look- "Well, I don't know. Woman ought toY g looked with r lease her husband, and isn't it a mistake the last three years have not grown more ing, florid, elderly man who kept pacing please to parade that nonsense for export then they used to raise, it is the room with a newspaper in his hand as about your being a widow." because the duty shut them out from the he tallied. "Nonsense, dear ?" said Myra,. smiling most oonvenientmailset. If admission hto e "Anything more I can do, Sir Mark, be. sadly. "It was no nonsense. Whatever before Heave the room o" that man may have been I -swore at the the United States had been easy, more oriel altar to be his faithful wife." would have been grown to send there. "Hang it all, no, sir,"r the old "Till death did yon part, eh 1 Yea,yee, Formerly potato -patches on the average officer, flashing out 00 "r 05 more irritably. yes," said the admiral testily, but he's Ontario farm were small for the reason "This is not a public dinner, and I have dead and gone and forgotten; there is no that thelandcould be more profitably r on you a vafl." need to dig him up again. to Ice linin p Y em- givenY Papa ." P Y g "0f course, Sir Mark ; and I don't meati " Well, I mean by going to what will be wmtAT AND 13AnznY. a real wedding in half mourning." "Malcolm agreed that I was right,dear." " Oh, then I'm wrong. Only, if I had known, I should have put my foot down, —hard. Why, even Edie waa hinting at it just now." "Let the past rest, dear," said Myra. gently. "After this morning—yes, my darling. But I always feel as if I ought to apologise to you, Myra." "No, no, dear." "But I say yea. The clever, plausible scoundrel dazzled me, and f thought your opposition only maidenly shrinking. Yes, dazzled tae, with his wit and cheery man- ners, knowledge of the world, and such a game, too, as he played at piquet. It was ashore, you nee, and he was too mach for me. If I'd had him at sea it would have been different. I was to blame all through—but iyou forgive me ell the misery I caused you?" "My dear father !" "Ah, there I am crushing year dress again. Stratton's a lucky dog, and we'll think it was all for the beet." "0f course, dear." "Showed what a good true -hearted fellow he was—sort of probationer, eh?" Myra turned her head. She could not speak—only clung to the parent she was so soon to leave. "Then good-hy to James Barron, alias Dale, and all his works, Myra. 013, dear me ! In is very short time it will be Mrs. Malcolm Stratton,and I shall be all alone." "No, you will not, uncle," said Edie, who had entered unobserved after letting off a fusilade of sobs outside the door, and her pretty grey eyes a little redder, " and you are not to talk like that to Myra ; she wants comforting. Unole will not be alone, dear, for I °hal do all can to make him happy." Bah ! A jade, a cheat,my dear. Don't believe her," cried the admiral merrily ; "she ham a strange Guest in her eye— Hotspur—Percy. Look at her." "Don't Myra dear. Kies Uncle and Dome back to your room,"and after a loving embrace between father and daughter the bridesmaid carried off the bride to the room where the traveling trunks lay ready pack- ed, the bridal veil on a chair ; and after the last touches had been given to the bride's toilet, the cousins were left alone. "Now, Myra darling, any more corn - mends for me about uncle? We may not have another chance." JP " Then way did you use that confounded old stereotyped waiter's expression? 1 won- der you did not hand me a toothpick." "l beg your pardon,Sir Mark,l'm sure." "Go and read ' Peter Simple, and take Chuck's, the boatswain's, words to heart." " Certainly, Sir Mark," and the waiter hurried to the door, leaving Admiral Sir. Mark Jerrold muttering, and in time to admit a charmingly dressed fair-haired bridesmaid in palest blue, and wearing a handsome diamond locket r t her throat, and a few white pearls ou her cheeks, liv. ing pearle,just:escaped from her pretty,red- rimmed eyes. Trencher scraping—shilling seeker— napkin carrying.' Ab, Edie, my darling— all ready?" do look " Yee, uncle, dear ; but ole, you cross 1" She clung to his arm and put up her lips to kiss the old man, whose face softened at her touch. "No, no, my dear, not cross; only wor- ried and irritable,. Haug it, Edie, my pet, it's a horrible wrench to lose her. No hope of that sccundrel Stratton breaking hie neck- or repenting, or anything, is there?" "Oh, uuole dear, don't. Myra is so happy. She does love him so." And her poor old father's nobody now," "You don't think so, uncle," said the girl, smiling through her tears, as she re- arranged the old officer's tie, and gave a dainty touch to tit estephanotis in thebutton hole of his blue frock coat. " And you know you want to see her happily married to the man she oyes, and who loves her with all his heart." Heigho! I suppose so." "And I've Dome down to ask if you'd like to see her. They're just putting the last finishing touches." "So we may," cried Sir Mark eagerly. "Does she look 0108 1" "Lovely, uncle ; all but---" The girl ceased speaking, and looked conscious. "Eh? Ail but 'what ?" "You will see, uncle, directly. I will not say any more about it. She would have her own way." "Here, I'll come at once." "No, no, uncle dear ; I'll go and fetch herdown." " And make a parade of her all through this confounded caravanserai of an hotel1" " cried the old man testily. " 1 can't think why she persisted in having it away from home." Yea you can, uncle dear," said the girl soothingly. "It was very, very natural. But do, do be gentle with her. She is so ready to burst into tears, and I want her to go off as happy as the day." Of course, Edie, my dear ; of course. I'll bottle. it all up, and then you and your old fool of an unolo can have a good ory to gather all to ourselves, eh? But I sey,ltttle one, no hitches this timein the anchorage.' "'Phare very nearly was one, uncle." "What 1" roared the old man, numbing. "Bet I set it right with a telegram," "What— what was it? Stratton going to shuffle? " "0h, uncle, absurd! The bouquet for the bride had not come." "Pooh 1 A woman can be married with- out a bouquet." "No, no, uncle! Bub I sent off a message, and SIr. Guest brought it himself." "Then he has been again." " Uncle ! Why, he's Malcolm Stratton's beet man." " He's the worst man I know. I loathe not come up." him." Myra took her bouquet andturnedoainly You don't, miele-" to her cousin as the maid buret out with: " Yee I do, and I'm not blind. De you " God bless you, Miss Myra—I mean suppose I want to be best to a desolate old madame. May you be very happy." age. Isn't it had enough to lose Myra The second maid was at hand to second without --- "Oh, uncle I" cried the girl, whose checks were crimson, " there isn't a mo- ment to lose '" and she darted to the door, Batt: since wheat has suffered such a dumbfounding decline, and while barley has been without a market, the return from these two grains does not put to shame the return from potatoes. If the United States tariff had notcooped up the supply in this province the crop here would undoubtedly. have expanded in correspondence with the increase in its comparative market value. The change in duty now makes it possible to export potatoes to the States, the rate being reduced from 25e. to 15o. per bushel of 60 lbs. A shortage in the Drop produced this year on the other side of the border tends to create a vacuum and a' rise in price there. This is a second oondition that should turn spore potatoes from this conn- try to the United States. But here we are to have a smaller crop than last year, if the estimates of our agricultural contemporary, Farm, Ranch, at,1 Orchard, are near the markt That paper places the aggregate crop of Canada this year at 41,81114,000 bush- els, as against a yield last year of 52,407,000 bushels. Our average yield per acre is esti- mated at 04 bushels, as against 112 bushels last year. According to the same authority crops all Europe are to be 011011TEll TIIIM YEAR than they were last. This would seem to point to higher prices all around. ,rust now car loads command about 50 c. a bag hero, but if production has fallen oft so much as it is supposed to have done, that price must be materially improved on be. fore shipping weather is past. When pota- toes are high on this side of the ocean, there is usually a rush of supplies fro,n Scotland, Ireland or Continental countries, but shortage there must keep such ship- ments within limits. However, ocean' freights are now very low. It looks, at all events, as if all the potatoes raised in Canada this year would be saleable at prices remnoerative to the growers. On- tario growers will not find themselves cramped for a market as in past years: Than they had to Ben at home nearly all they raised, and their Home markets was made smaller by the fact that nearly every non•agrionitural householders outside of the oities had his -own little. .plot under potatoes, Now the pride is likely co be a fairly good one, .until navigation closes water -freights will be low, and the dety at the United States frontier 15 10 a. a bushel less than it was last year. Unless the out- look is deceptive, potatoes should make so good a return this year as to induce our farmers to plant a larger acreage next year. "No, dear," said the bride thoughtfully. "I could say nothing you will not think of foryourself. Don't let him mise me, clear." " " You know I will not. Bless you, pet ; you happy darling, you've won the best huabana in the world. But how funny it seems to have to go through all this again." "Hush, dear—Don't—pray don't talk about ib." "I can't help it, Myra ; my tongue will talk this morning. Oh, I am so glad that it will he all right this time." Nlyra's brow contracted a little, but her cousin rattled on. " 11 has always seemed to me such stuff to talk of you as a widow. Oh, Myra, don't look like that. What a stupid, thoughtless thing I am." She flung her arms about her cousin, and was again bursting into tears when there waa a tap at the door, and she shrank away. " Come in." One of the lady's maids appeared. " Sir Mark earl, ma'am, that the car races are waiting, and Mass Jerrold will work•a-day world and very few of ne have either the leisure or the opportunity to roperly investigate these important pro- blems, We are under deep obligabione to those of our fellow countrymen, who are endeavoring to work out these problem° for ns: This article is from the pen of Dr. Rosebrugh, the onergotio secretary of the association referred to,) Our association urges the general:adop tion of the county poorhouse system. We urge, Me strongly and for the following reasons viz.: 1, We have examined the question very carefully and we find that where the system is adopted it gives gener- al satisfaction. 2. The system is fouud to largely reduce the amount of mendioiby, pauperism and crime iu the community. a It ie the most humane as well as the most economical method of oaring for the'desti- tute poor. 4. The skilled medical treatment in the hospital wards of a county poor- suppose farther, for .the convenience of house is the means of restoring many temporarily disable persona to health and strength and to self support who would otherwise become a public 'burden 58 chronic 'invalids. 5. The removal of the simple destitute poor from the county jail, to the county poorhouse is not only a aim. pie act of justice to therm unfortunate people but it fists beneficially upon jail discipline by making it possible to ofleet a better the wish, and the pair performed a duet in who as the coueine swept down the broad Business) to the admiral's room. " Time, my dear, titne," oried Sir Mark leaving the admiral chuckling. jovially. " Lome, lidith, aunt will be fur,. "A wicked little pirate! floty satin she mus 0 you keep her any longer," showed the ted flag aloft, Alt, well, We Edie took her arm, but dropped it again nature—,nature, and ono to' stn•tbe selfish. to run ane kiss her cousin cues edam. Not mach chane, I don' know what Then tripping 4o the old man's side he loci we're born for, unless it's to be slaves to her down the broad etairaase and across the other people." hall,now pretty well thronged with visitors, lie turned ever his newspaper, and be- and the servants in the background to see gen running downthe net of marriages. the departure. Bore they tire," he muttered, all going' A oo,rriage Was in waiting, with a tall, the same waygo ho stood inuring stern looking, gray lady inside, sadly upon tbee question of the young " Late, Mask," she said sharply. "Come women's quitting the old Hives, till row, my child, and let's get it over. the door was opened again and Edie "You're all alike," said the admiral, as Perrin ushered in hor cousin, tall, the bridesmaid look tar piano, Ore ; carriage much liquor is cousmned by the groan are a constant source of anxiety to the ce t l and with .that indescribable look .i started and with head, erect the Old sailor expeotanb and his friends. Titin is one of keepers and their wivee. Whatever may of graceful, owland happiness seen in a bride's eyes strode book, seeing nobody, and went up to the most enrt0na,eastems known to slime-' be the facto with regard. to the poorhouses on her wedding mord, 1 his room, to return soon after, amid abuzz logists, in Ontario it is said that in tone oounty A GROWING TRADE. AJCTOI3#';Il .20, 18 p}�oorhouses the constduotion of the building le so faulty that ""both old and young, the WIIAT IMUL1 SAN 18 At debased and respeotable, 0oa0 safferitig diaarinei�uately ieaamnlingl d Q, inwee are SS,us S OT ;NTERI ST A130iJr1' THE nob aware that this pan be said of any of HUSY YANKEE, trio. poorhouees of bltie province, States the openly peorhouIes are tinder tore 9y liiotnatlt alai mom (who"' the aupervfeion of the State Beards of !rani 1Ux 1►atly*0410050, Charity and Correction. 131)80$01 attention has, of bate yoara, been given by these Captain,Toeeph C. Parrett, manager of toelotiee to county poorhouse oonatruotion the Marinette Barge Line, and one of the and administration and as a result very eldest marine men in the west, died at }iia great improvements have been brought home in Chicago. about. A °oaeting palm in Guilford, Me., recent* The paimary aims in ratline plans for a ly coneleted of Orman Cimpher, aged five poorhoneo, a000rdiag to Sir. Letchworth, years ; hie mother, hie grandfather and his should be "economy, eionvenienue, orderly great grandfabhcry aged ninetyfour. administration, toparation of the taxes, and William Wirt Henry, of Rfohmpud, 18 a right classification of the inmates," This paid to be a grandson of Patrick Henry, he believes can only be attained by the He is a lawyer and an authority 00 all adoption of what le known as Tie Cottage matters pertaining to the history of Virgin - System, ia, Since our attention has been specially Twenty:five masked men raided a flock directed to this question we have had ex- of sheep in Charles Brown's corral in Cot- tensive correspondence with the members orado and slaughtered 2,000 animals and of the State Boards of Charity and Correct, drove 4,000 more over the cliffs 1,000 feet tion of the United States and we find that high. the conoensusofopinion isdeoidedlyinfavor Frederick Douglas, who ie something to of the Cottage System. It is true that the a violinist, has a grandeon, Joseph, who in cost Of building is rather more than for + herite the same talent and who is about to congregate institution, but as an offset to go to Europe to finish his musical educe, - this, it. is found in some oases as already two. mentioned, the farm house purchased prominent Hebrew residents of New York with the farm can be made to do duty as are preparing for the erection of a bronze the keepers, residence and thus save the statue to the memory of the late Jesse erection of one of the buildings. Seligman, the banker and philanthropist. For the purpose of making the matter as A big wood pilo otands before a hotel in simple as possible let us suppose that the Abilene, Kansas. When a tramp solilibs county municipality has puroleaeod a farm food, the wood pile is shown him, and be is for an indeatrial home ; that the farm told that an hour's work on that earns a buildings campy a good position for the meal. new home, and also that the construction Mfss Lucy M. Salmon, professor of history of the farm house is such that it can be at Yasoar, is ball and slender, with brown used both as a residence for the keeper hair brushed abruptly back from a finely and as the executive Minding ; and let us featured face of unusual strength aeedsweet e bellow that iu allthe Noethonn iiletghhoriy llutorest to Alis 00140,..mat. 41. r. 11. Steamships Troia Vancouver for the Orient leave All They (tan ➢!anile. classification of the remaining prisoners. In England and in the United States the county poorhouse system has bee„ in operation many years. In the Northern States there are very few counties without a poorhouse. Thus for instance, in the State of Ohio there is a poorhouse in ovary one of its 88 counties. In New York State there is apoorhouse in all but two counties. In 'ninths there tire 08 county .poorhouses, while in the comparatively email and aom- deecriptioo, that said farm house faces the south, and also that the barn is to the northeast of the reoidenoe. In this case, for the purpose of establishing the indus- trial home, we would proceed as follows, viz.: The cottage for the men .would be located -to the east of the residence,' while the cottage for the women would be located on the west side. The building for the kitchen, male and female dining-rooms,eto.,. would be located in the rear or on the north side of the residence. This latter building would be 15 or 20 fest distant from the residenoe,while the cottages would be 25 or 30 feet distant. From the rear of the residence a covered way, our story High, would extend east to the cottage for the men, west to the pottage for the women and'nerth to the diniug•rooms and kitchen. The covered way extending north to the dining -rooms would be divided by a parti- tion, and there would be two dining -rooms, one on the eastsidefor the men, and one on the west side for the women. The kitchen paratfvely young State of Michigan there would be on the north aide of the dining - are 71 county "homes," as they are there l rooms, and the laundry and boiler -house called. 1` would be iu the rear of the kitchen. The On the other hand, in Ontario out of a spare over the dining -rooms and kitchen total of 37 counties we can boast of ooly,l0 could be used as a chapet county poorhouses, although the province The cottages should be only two stories has been longer settled than either Illinois high, and there should be no basement. or Michigan. From this it will be seen We call the eastern cottage,the cottage for that in the provision made for the relief of the men, for the simple reason that 1n the the destitute poor of the community ourcase supposed, the been is located to thej neighbours across tine line show to much northeast of the residence. By this arrange. greater advantage. ment, both tho barn and the men's cottage The counties in Ontario that have so far would be to the sastof the residence. This is adopted the poorhouse system and received a matter of no alight importance as it is int- theGovernment grantaro as follows, viz.: partitive that the two sexes should be kept Brant, Kent, Lincoln, Middleaex, Oxford, absolntelyseparato. With the men's cot - Waterloo, Welland, Wellington and York, tare oast and the barn to the northeast,tbe In answer to a letter of enquiry addressed men iu passing to and from the barn could to the clerk of each of these countiesreoent. not pass in the vicinity of the cottage for ly, the reply is that the tax peyote of these the women. The women would of course 005ntiea are well satianed with the oounty have ayard .to themselves to the west and poorhousesystem. north of the dining -rooms, so that .the In view of the fact that several of the strict separation of the sexes would be car- eounttos of the province are at the presort rind out both indoors, and out of doors. time moving in the matter ofa county house In the construction of county homes or of refuge or poorhouse, and in view of the itousesof industry, the cottage plan presents fact that we trust this movement will soon many importantadvautagee, among which beaome general on the part of county may enumerated the following, viz:— authorities, the time seems opportune for 1. It e0'eots a perfect separation of the calling attention to cortaiu matters having ems. a bearing upon the question. A despatoh from Vancouver says :—As long as the Oriental war continues, the Oriental line of Canadian Pacific steamers will have more than they can do in the carrying line. On every trip the boat is loaded to its frill capacity with flour, pro- visions, and Ohivamen going home to fight, and hundreds of tons uf freight hoe to be left behind. With this immense quantity of flour constantly going out of the country and also by the United States trans•Paoific steamers, the price of the commodity should increase" The Australian lines also take out imm' nee cargoes to Honolulu, Fiji, and Australia. With all the Canadian Pacific steamers, it is not a question of will they have a load, but will they be able to carry the freight waiting for them. Primary Exaeoise in Latin. Daring a recent conference. at Wahpeton Minn., several of the ministers were visit- ing the Red River Valley University at that plaoe, and were taking in the Latin class, One of there chanced to pick up a copy of CSoar belonging to a certain very popular young lady student, and found the following poem m1 a fly leaf of the book : Boyibus kissibus Sweet girlorum ; Girlibus likibue Wont' enmorutn. Among the North American' residents a wedding" is usually preceded by what is called' a bachelor blow.ont," at' which 2. Caretakers are relieved of much respon- The Tama.—In selecting a site for a sibility. county poorhouse, sanitation, conveniences 3. Itis safer in ease of fire. and economy' should be kept in view. It 4. It is safer an oases of contagious din• is poor economy to select a farm with poor oases. land because itis cheap. The farm should 5. It removes the strong prejudice which have good soil, and should be of good size many of the respectable indigent poor have and of not less than 100 acres. Some against entering a oounty poorhouse. authorities say there should be two nares 0. It provides better opportunities for to each expected innate. The location providing women with little delicacies should be not far from a town of some .which sheysometimes aeeniro. size, and should be easily aeaeseible by 7. By the cottage system the rooms are rail or by boat, 1f the institution is easily better ventilated, and they receive more aoceseible it will be visited by the uiergy light and more heat from the sou, and this and other benevolent persons whose visite promotes good health and good spirits. will be beneficial. If on the other hand it In providing for the clasaifieation of the ie too easily accessible 1t willbe visited by sexes, it is ever to be borne -in mind, that a Blase whose presence is far from desk. the standard of morality among many of able. There should be an abundant supply the inmates of county houses of industry ie of good water both summer midwinter and very low indeed,. and for.thit reason they the buildings should be located on high should be so separated, that they oan never ground, free from secret springs and such either speak to or even see each other. as will admit of good drainage. Grave scandals have occurred from wont The Grounds•—Before commencing bo of proper attention to bbie feature of pcor• build, the grounds should be anryeyod and blouse adminisbrabion. Iu a certain house an aoatrate map made of alt the proposed of refuge on one 00008100 when the commis. buildings, yards, sewers, drains and water stoners were making their inspection they pipes, All extensions or rebuilding should Painted out to the Dopers wife that owing be in accordance with some general plan to faulty construotien of the building extra and as determined bya map made from a vigilance was necessary on her.pari., "Uhl" survey. In this neap should be ineltidod a laid she, "don't you fear; woare all right." in front of the buildings. On the veru next vualboftho oommiasianere. good sized lawn i There should bo orchards, small fruit and vhs greeted them as follows : "Wall, it berries, as also some ornamental shrubbery seems you wisp heads know beat after and shade 10050. There const be a reliable all. Since you ware here we find that we supply of good water. Without thin it ie have got cough a" impossible to entire oomfort and satin Hence, ib will.bsseen Lliabitisnecessary foolery managomcut, that the sexes shall bo kept absolutely Tho Buildings,—Ninny oounty poor. apurtand this separation should be Strictly houriee aro unfortunately built on a, faulty carried out not maty in the building and plan and theetrangement of the huildiegs is the yards, but aleo at church service, This neither convenient nor does it admit of a perfect isolating of the sexes eon' be at proper elassilitiation of its int -eaten, and the tamed more perfectly by the cottage eye' prop evils resulting from defective aonstruotioit tom, than by the ordinary system. Slip—"It tabes two to make a bargain, you knot," ire—" Yos.; but only ono gate it•" Mies' Susie Sterlin, the daughter of 'a well-to-do farmer of Pettis County, Mie• eouri, is a somnambulist, and was lately found to have written a very intelligible letter while asleep. Itis stated that two,fifbhs of the entire area of the United States consists of arid land, and that upon 616,000,000 agree of this land crops could be raised if water were supplied., Mr. Eugene B iggins is the richest baoh- elor in New York. He is said to be worth $20,000,000, and Ward McAllister says he is probably the most luxurious unmarried man in America. It was a Chicago woman who asked for a divorce from her husband because he object- ed to her displaying a crayon protrait of his divine predecesaor on an oak canal in the back parlor. Mrs. Leland Stanford's family allowance from Senator Stanford's estate has been in. creased from $5,000 to $10,000 per month on her representation that $5,000 per month was inadequate. When the now president of Wells Col- lege, Dr. William Waters, was a tutor at Yale, hiemerry countenance won for him the pleasant niokname of "Minnehaha," Laughing Waters. Alvinza Haywood, the retired San Fran- cisco millionaire, was in youth a farmer's "bound boy" in Northern New York and received, at 21, $100 and a "freedom suit" as ]tie stare in iife. The sole survivor of General Fremont's' famous exploring battalion is General W. F. Swasey, who was a bov clerk at Sutter's Fort ole 1845, and was the youngest officer on General Fremont's staff: Rev. dames Barrett, a baptist clergyman, who was arrested for drunkenness onthe streets at Columbus, 0., feels his disgrace so' keenly that he has gone to bed and intends to stay there till he dies. Jefferson Davis Milton, who was recently appointed chief of police of 111 Paeo,Texoe, is a son of John Milton,war' governor of Florida, who committed euioido when he learned' of General Lee's surrender. At Cob Creek, near Mince,' I. T., an old Oaddo bndias,ln-Ki- iVish,was found strung up to a tree by the heels and shot through the hood, with a warning to Indian police. to keep their hands off the Uoolin gang. Solomon Sohinder,the well-known rabbi of Boston,has left the ministry end removed to Oambridge,where he will devote himself to literary work. He announces that he had. completed a sequel to"Looking Backward." Ex -Commodore Gerry's efforts to establish a press censorship at Newport pan out poorly. It is the opinion of .the Newport press. that if he wants to put n stop to the printing of scandalous stories ho ;Mould form a society forthe prevention of scan- dalous actions. Miss Grace Cohee, of Newburn, Tad„ to play 0 praotical joke upon a visitorat her house, Mrs. Can Bock, arrayed herself as a ghoet,.aud oonfronted,him an the dark. He fired two pistol shots at her, and both bullets entered hor body, and a fatal result in feared, Mrs. Elizabeth H. W. Lord, who died ie Brooklyn in apparently destitute oiroum, stanaes, is found to have had $13,000 in savings banks at Tamer -eh, N. H., which she loft together with all her other proper ty, to Mrs. T. DeWitt Talmage, wife of thev-oll-known divine, John Markers, of Morristown, N, J., die. charged a gut 00 a horneVe neat.' The hornets dashed at him,. and he took refuge in a clusterof bushes infested by a lot of bees. The bees and hornets attacked him so vicionaly that soon his eyes were closed and 'his face swelled to twice its natural gee, The Rev. Samuel F. Smith, of Newton Centro, Mass., altthoe of "My Country, 'Tis of Tltoe," is new 85 years old and in excellent Health. He is a graduate of Hat, ward, class of 1820, and reads fifteen differ- ent languages. Nlr.. and Mrs. Smith cele- brated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage Sunday lost, Mr. Cleveland has been a student of literature all hie life. His reading clovers very wide range and be is; very fond of the English novelists, Ho prefere Dickens to Tiiaoheray and is a great admirer of Walter Scott. Mb: favorite English poets aro not English, Burns being a Sootclunan and Moore au Irishman By direction of the President a medal of honor has been awarded to SocondLieuten- aut 3. C. Delaney, Company. 1, 107th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, for most distinguished gallantry at Dabney's Mille, Va., lrubruary 6th, 18115, in going between battle hoes and bringing into the Federal lines a wounded comrade who had fallen in the lust charge. Abraham Lincoln undoubtedly was the tallest President ; lie was 6 feet 4 inches iu height. The shortest was probablyblon Jamin Harrison, although Van Buren and John Adams were very short men, The oldest President wee William Henry Harrison, who was 68 years and 1 month old when inaugurated ; the youngest vias Grant, who Was not gnite.47 years old, '