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SOME FUNNY PIECES '' Tommy, it it a nw brother you h*e T 1 Tommy (perplx<i) " Ve-ea-er ; but one I u:iu are a girl." I.i t lie boy " How long hve you bid that doilV Little mi*. -"Thi* u a girl doll, n' you ougtita'i. to uk her age.'' " Pa, mtn tuning the piano nextdoor.' " (irenc tutfering Job ! d'ye .uppose I don't know it, child r r Tea:her " When water become. ice, What u the great change tnat take* pla:e ?" Pupil "Th change in price." Clerk " Are you going to dincharz* me, the* ?" Drufgi.t " Yea ; I think we can BpnK without you." Claude" I wool<l not marry a girl who not *:lf sacrificing." Mar:e "The girl Who inarms you, will be." "And you don't admire that new hat that young DeNoodle hai on 7" " No : there eo little in H to admire." Chollie I've got an awful cold ii> my heed. What'K 1 do. Dam-ton? Dawacn "Oh let it alone. It'll die of ennui." " Why do you not ucp begging and try to get tome work?' 1 "Because I do not wieh to give up a (are ihing for an uncer- i*i one. ' " Say, Fringe*, if yoc had a fortune, (ay $30, ift you, what'd be the flnt thing yaa'd try to get V Fringe*" Dyipepaia. 44 J u*t think, captain, the major ha* actually married the rich old maid '' " Ob- v i*u*ly he wanted to hare hi* golden wed- diag at ecce.' "Don't you think it i* rather cowardly," aid the bald-headed proteucr to the fly, "for a six-footer like you to jump on me in thi* manner?" Huabund very late from the club) "Hum ! I told you not to tit up tor me." Wife itweetly) "I didn't, 1 got up to *ee the *an rise." "That'* ton bail ! My wif* ha* gone and put my handkerchief in the wash, and I am potitive that I tied a knot in it to remind in* of something :" "Dawaoo i* awfully in lo*e with him- self." "Well, iu natural that a man ahould reciprocate the affection of the only penon who ever admired him." Aojioun inquirer (to croaty old gentle- man) "When do you tuppoee thi* ra:n n going tottop?" C.ii.iJ. "When it geta to ike ground, of couree." Sadirn " Vuu aa>y Recklii* baa sealed hit doom ?'' Cooley "Vet ; I jn.t taw bun uck an envelope which contained letter asking Mia* Boeaail to marry nun. New arrival (to .nbdued-looking maa in the hotel othoe) ''You are the clerk oi thit hotel, I suppose, t.r '" Sabdued- looking man **Oh. you flatter me, tir ! 1 am only the proprietor '." he ",Mr. Bacon cried to put hit arm about my waiat four or nve time* latt night.'' He "I* Mr. Bacon a freak or it your waul to very small ?" She "There i* a new ice box adverti.ed in which a person cau keep anything," Hi "I'll gel one, and tee if it will help you to keep your temper, dear." Office boy "I)re'* two fellen want* lo aee you. One of 'em ha* got a gae bill an' de odder'* got a 'riginal pome,' 1 Editor "Bring iu the man with the git bill.'' "\Vhur ye bin ?" aaid Meandering Mike. "Lookin' fur work," replied Plodding Pete. "Well, you wtnter look out. Yr idle cirioaity'll be the ruination of y, yil." Hickt "Look at taiggt flirting willi the girl* over there. 1 thought you >aid he was a woman haUr. " Wickt "So he it, but the woman he hates it not here." Madge "Thit it kind of a day that poett rave aboui.'' Harry "Well, they're blamed unreasonable ;hen. I: it perfectly delightful; neither too cool nor too war'-.. "What doet a Weltli rarebit look like T ' "On a plat* it it atymphony :n A g'-M, but when you are aaleep it it a rive-eye 1 ele. phtnt with eight feet, all planted on your cheat. " " That'a the moat loudly dreued young man 1 ever taw." taid one g rl tc another. in church. " The one ID the crsam colored ooat ?" " The one with vivid yellowi.loe* Toby (to eccentric man) "What a-e you doing with that box? ' Popperktq "<;o ua to make a wagon of it." Toby "Where'll you get the wheelt?" Popperkaq " Out of your head." The young man " ilracie, what i* it your lather tee* in me to object to, darling?" The young woman (wiping aVtiy a tear I " He doean't tee anything in you. Alger- non ; that't why he object*." Mr*. Yearwed (beae*chngly) " Oh, if I only knew tome way to keep my h'.itbttiu at home night*. Can't you, from yonr '< ujj mameii experience. suggett a plan 7" Mr*. Old hand (grimly) " Certainly ; ?ham him. ' Mr. K. Oonomie "Did you wrre to that man wnoaiivertise* to ibow people how to make d*a*erit without milk, and nave them richer?" Mrs. E. Conomie " Ye, and tent bim the dollar." " U rmt did* he reply ?" " I'** cream." Mr*. McPhi/ "Tell m, doctor; i* there any danger oi becoming mtane by using comwlexkon bleache* "" Dr. Blunt " None a; all. When a woman te_"n to uae them the it aUnit at cra/.y at it it ever pouibie for her to be." I e* k ". .: 1 MIU say 'Thank You' d with UNEXPLAINED FIKES. laraadrtrrat Lamp* r.-u>nt Iu Be < apablr erMawtiBz Tart*. A fir* occurred ia the butme** portion of Vutona, B. C., recently. Fortunately Uielos* was only $15,1)00, and the record* would thow the origin " unknown" but or experiment* made after the fire waj extinguished. In the upper tlorey of a dry- good* ho uae, atveral thirty-two candle- power incandescent light* were inttalled. One of the light* wa* connected with a long mtuiat*d wire, and teveral feet of pare wire allowed the moving of -he light from one portion of the room to another. Through ignpranee, or carelessae**, the globe waa laid on a pile of good*. The lire occurred ahortly after the light waa turned on at the power-houae, which <"oe* to prove that the globe wa* placed c n the good* during the day. The te*l* were made in the room where the fire originated, and wtre reported in the Victoria " Tim**" a* follow*: " Ther* ia no longer the ilighteit doubt a* to how the fire originated, a* two tett* have thown that the incandescent light wili ignite c'oth. Laat evening, in the pretence of Mr. Hutcheeoo. Chief Dewy, npres-n- tat: vet of the " Time*," and a few other*, a child'* woolen hood waa tied around the >'-J cjndle light, the latter having been turn- e.l for tn nuruutprevioutly. Steamcame from the wool almost immediately, an i then tm'ike. At the end of eight minutes the hood wa* on fire and the glolj* bant. " A timilar tett wa* nude the evening before, and the cloth ignited in tix minute*. Wool i* the leatt inflammable of fabric*, and the UMt laat evening wa* a* aevere at could b detired. All danger in tint con- nection can veryeaaily be avoided, either by hanging the globe* free from anytning that will take fire, or by placing fireguard* around them." CAN YOU ANSWER ? BIG GUN PRACTICE. Tar < ..r..I..B |. TrriMrnaoH* <! IB* Irirl.i4 |Mlrrr> lrm lr l.i ftlrra. T* on* unaccuitomed to the experience, it i* any thing but pleaaant to be on hoard of a hn* of uaitle-thip at tea when the big gunt are beiug firad Before they are dia- charged the deckt are cleared for action, and ail the chain in Uie cabin are laid down and tied together, whiiat every bit of movable furniture u tecured. The doctor goe* round ami maket tiire that every man has had hit eart tupped with cotton wool. The concutiion, when the cliarget are tired. i* iremendoo*. and the ironclad quiven from item to ttern with the vibration : in fact, the ahock of the expl*ion it to great thai every paae of glaaa in the >kyligiitt i* invariably thatlered, and much of tke ornamental woodwork i* aplintered. After a few hour* of thi* rough play the carpen- ter* have a l.uy time in making thing* look preaentabl* once more, for the thip retem- blet a wreck when the haa tinithetl her practice. Nobody like* it. The tailor* landing l>y the big guna tometime* fimi themaelve* thrown all of a heap aero** tbe d*ck, and af tr an hour or two officer* and men Become aa black a* iweepa. It it impotiible to be well out of the way i annoyance, though, perhapa, the one pla.-e in the ve***l where tb* gun* trouble the crew lii* leaat i* dawn in the engine-roori. which it beliw the level of the deck upon which mott or the armment it put. ORDERING AN ELEPHANT Berilvfr llln.n.inr f Ihr mnl *< nflhf lr era 4irel t*Bdn r. ay *f Thrr.CaIi-li <tMe.ll**. Whlrk Trip ta I p KveB Wl.e r*ip:- If a gooai'weigh* tett pound* 'and a half it* own weight What i* the' weighs f the ! * London correspondent, describing a goate 7 Who ha* not o**u tempted to r*|.ly great buiine*. hou*e of that city bell* thi* on the instant fifteen pounds '! the correcl anecdot* illu*irativ of the magnitude of answer being, of <oursa, twenty pound*. It - helr buain***. Their favorite form of ad u aetoni.htng what very ilmpl* query rtia*ns*nt i* that they " furnuh very- will sometime* catch a wie man napping, thing that man can want, from the cradle Even the following have been known to to the grave on 'J4 honn' notice." Knowing till., and winning to disconcert succeed : Haw many day* would it tail* to cut up a piece of cloth filty yards long', one yard being cut off every day 7 A snail climuing up a pole twenty feet high ascend* five feet every day and slip* down four feet every night. How long will .he mail take to reach the top of the poet 7 A wise man having a window one yard high and one yard wide, requiring more light, enlarged til* window to twice it* for- mer *ize, yel the window was (till only one yard high and one yard wide. How waa ihi. done 7 them, one of their cuitomen filed in one of their blank order form, thai he happened to have in the bouce, requeuing th* firm to .end to hi* residence the uext afternoon a large elephant. Chuckling in anticipation over the firm'* embarrassment h* wa* astonished the next afternoon to hear a commotion in the street, and on going lo the door to learn the cauae, there stood a large elephant in charge of one of the firm'* me*enger*, who touched hi* cap, laying : "The elephant you were pleased to order, ir. " The unhappy joker ruhed frantically off Thi* i* a eaten question in geometry, at the preceding were catch questions in arith- metic. The window wa* diamond-.haped ! to "iiie itabiuhment where he'had'ordered at tint, and wa* afterward made quare. | o i* elepnant, and endeavored to explain A* to the two former, perhap* it i* acar.-e- matten to the hea.l of the firm, ly neceaaary seriously to poin't out that th* " I did not reaiiy want ihs elephant, you answer to tne fint ia not fifty days, but know," he exclaimed. "I only wanted a forty -nine ; *nd to the second not twenty ' little joke." day*, but sixteen since the snail who gain') " Very aorry. ho gini one foot each day for fifteen day* climb* on the *ixteenth day lo the top of the pole and there remain*. tir, uniting retponte. ' wa* the A little urbane and joke i* only thine we don't keep mitucti, but there i* your elephant. " And the wag departed (adder and a wiier man. FarSAbo London. interetting ttati.tic. regarding "X Germany's Strict Laws. In no country is the government more strict than iu Germany. If a foreigner withe, lo remain in a town for torn* dayi he mu, t ta*.l,p...port to the police, and London have Cenli > r ^" receiv- ,n exchange tor ft, together with a ! the COUnt * COUnci1 ' Wlth <Ome .i ; . ;. i Wnlc h en- ' ** to th * PP al * llon wh ich the city may have in 1941. According to thete figure-, London already contains one and a half per cent, of all the population of England and Wale.. If the city grow* at tbe rate of the lad three decade*, in 1941 it will hay** population of IT.-MXMWO. If there be no addition* from the ouuide, a* there six-penny piece, a permit card Which en titlea him to remain there for tix months. The passport is pigeon-holed. If, however, you wish to change your lodging, both yon and your Un.HorJ must give notice to the police. This system recommend* itself not a hllle, for it prevent* pauper immigra- tion. No German ft allowed to le.ve the coun- i n v ^T" ln lhe PT'i i!"w Y , ' tryunles. h. can show be ha* done the tari11 n .' ^M wh ich come, trom raThtary service req-nred of him. If a man * of birth, ov.r death., ,t wul i.nn the point of lifting he mu.t delay ' * )nt * 1 " at "^ ' >.*" hit d.partun, until he g.l. a pas.por: London contain, about one.qnarter of all showing that he >s * free man, ! the ?"?" of England and \\ ale., and it Amott MV.nprestcenionhipii.xercited, lurnl n< * Ur K r Percentage of the cmn- and there is no free press like we know it lnmjs - , T ? wo e " Mnt " a '. P. en i Any derogatory remark relating to the ~" t "; ,<' lh " COBPIUUU 'Jo. 86 per .overeign i. viu'ted wit", hetvy puni.hm.nt, ' cent ' the wnole number from tne l " aid frequently an editor is at a total loa* to i k*ow why hi* paper ha* been seized. Foreign publication, are always scrutinized before they sre alloweii to be circulated, ami if there is any criticism reflecting on fixated 11 ' th * klDVl0m tl " **" *" C " I twenty- two penon. u, a tho u *and died In one r r e,Vat any rate, the rule it ' ^ " dun '" KS - Bronchiti. carried off beneficial. It kills off the mgloriou. .heet. >"' '." um P tlOB *'"> .?~" >BOII . W K I U H I ianil 1 tiH man '/M. tktiil C Ml I* Iff -I (MM) t'fcCll r 1'iartrr it it* total receipt*. . "' > "WOP" '.t*n FOOT law db- ^ ot a ' owei1 for ;h l ''' f d . the fth The .. nearly on- | " the P" uvuuvii. AI Kitia wi i.u luuiui iuu iioria a . . j ., of the anarch,... and oth-r paid ^itatort. | e - ( . K " ( - " d 5*S2 "^ CM>C "' > - (M ' < ch Atierman joarn.l. The Zo.iali.t7p.thei-! ,> O1 " I<H1 <; '> ut " bu " to th "cheque . ; about one-quarter .t it* total receipt*. Dyeing; by Means or Electricity. For a long time the work of indigo dyer* wa* much h imperwl by th* lilting up of tedimea: in the dyeing vat*, and when it was firtt <iemonttrated that mdig could be reduced by l?<-trolysia they hailed the mi- pioved method a* a great achievement. It wa* presently found, however, that the prolonged electrolytic treatment of indigo '.lie* a cnnuge in tne ilye-iturT, which eventually ea<i* to its total detiruction. Further retearchei ealaolishad the IACI that although the reduction of indigo can nonb* latitfactorily effected in th cold, the oper- ation can hemoattuccesafully acco*apii*he.l at the boiling temperature, doppeisroeder, wiio waa the first advocate of the electrq- lytu treatment ot indigo, has discovered a mean* wheieby the objection* to it* use are entirely overcome, ml its maximum erEciency it atlamed. The cloih to Iw <lye<l it impregnated with the imlign in a finely. powdered condition : it is theh im- merteii in a solution of cswitio *oda or Irne.and pasiedin contact between twocop- per plfe* forming electrode* in a vat. The passage of th* current through the*e pUte* -MU the reduction of the indigo in th* cloth, and on subsequent exposure to the air the cloth becomes dyed a fine blue. ically announced the other week that ;t wa* about to remove it* office* from Berlin, owing to tbe fact that it. editor* are con- tinually being lhru*t into prison. Baptismal Water from Jordan. A citi/.en ftom Philadelphia who recently ' , returned from an extended tour promised The Only Born Kin? In Europe. bi. wife before he left to bring rtome a hot- Recently Alfonso Kill, of Spam ceie- tie of water from the river .T.;rdan with brated hit Sth birthday. El Nino having | "hich to baptize a tiny baby which lind come into the world ou tne 17th of May, I jin*l the family a few dayt before.. True isv,. . He ia the one *o^erei ? n in Europe, ' to his ?""*> h* journeyed aero.. who ia born king, for his father di.d six ' Pal*Une to th. w.rred river and tilled a bnttle with the precious fluid, lhe bottle wa* not disturbed till he was crossing the Atlantic, when he undertook lo exhibit tho relic to a fellow-paaaenger. He was not aware that the watt-r tnuit be boiled to it* preservation, and when tbe month* before rn* only son taw the light. Moreover, he can claim to be a aolitary bachelor among the crowned head* of the continent. Bridf a* h*s been hi* .-eign. ..", . .. . l_l ' I Halt* he had not neaped troubl*. ; for delicate } WM health ha* more than once threatened to le-i. cork nauseou* quantity of slime was The good msn took his di*ap cut *hort hi* career, and political ancietirf , pomtment/eaeily and when crossing the ferry of which h* i* happily a* yet unconscious, to Jersey City he threw OIK the Jordan- ! have haraarcd hi. devoted mother. The j water and refilled th* bottle in the Eaat boy, according to all who have come in Kiver. The baby ws* subsequently baptized contact with him, i* bright, intelligent with it and the mother believe* that the and high spirited. They tell a story of s I aacred influence will be of great aniitance I'ance at St. Sebastian where hi* Majesty to the child in leading a moral and upright took a great fancy to a partner of hi* own life. age, and tbe young lady innocently offered hsr cheek for a royal ralute. Alfonso, however, proudly stepped back, stretched out his hand for her to kias, and exclaimed, " I am your King. M.I. rly U> the ' THY hi-.'ul. Iluiini..:: ' . -."re very K: evelMa .arc it M..I* i':i!i:f-i - perform.-*! for tv anc eve. One i in Hood's Sarsaparilla !.- 1 '<!<. ami itr<liinJ!y IHTI: tr ey - 1 can DW h>-ar and > ' r-.ia- LK%. 178 LJ - i S. V. HOOD'S PlLL.S ."" ' > l l'l. ;ui>di<: tck bcad^cte. b.Uu>u>*a. ivui ttoaatik. uansri The Female British "Drummer. " Th* "lady commercial" i* fa*t becoming an institution in Birmingham, England, a* elsewhere. She i*, generally speaking, .j '.n tea* *m*rt ai 1 reiourceful as her male competitor, and >h.r sex give* her an ad- ditional advantage. .-.Apart altogether from the dirEculty of aayiyg "No" to a woman, specially if young and handsome, the more d rustic methods of getting rid of unwelcome importunities are obviously out of the ques- tion wnec th* "traveler" is of the gentUr ex. And then, of course, the lady i. bound to have the laat word. An enterprising member of the fraternity or should I rather say sisterhood 7 called upon a local firm the other morning. She wa. assured {that the stock in her special line was lull | up. "Bnt I should like to show you my i aamplet. I'm sure you'd like them.' "Not to-day, thank you. Keides,wehaveno account with your firm." "I know you haven't, but you'll allow me to open one. i won't you 7 Only a small line, forabegin- mug ' "No, %e po-itively don't require anything ia that way jt now." "Really ! Well, co 'd morning. I'll c:ili aicain in the afternoon. Gentleman are generally more open to rot.ou when they hive d. Taught Him His Error. HisMotbtr "Johnny, alwnys rein what 1 told you. When you ate any lit, tie toy showing anger, take him aside and make him feel that he is wrong. Did yo i do to yesterday with naughty Tommy Tubb.7" Johnny "Ye.', indeed, I did. I punched him gocd, too," The Horrors of Future Battles. Hitherto the largest number left dead in any battlefield was that on Kan nock burn with it* over 30,000 a ghastly acene, for doubt le*s every wounded man belonging to How Some Largre Fortunes are Made. t|w invmdlDg vmy WM knooke a on the The largest fortune* of th* present day , nei( j. Thi. i. a gory lit, but good auth- have been a, -quired by applying an acute j or j t i es calculate that in the fint great and enterprising mind to the improvement ^^1, o f ihe next great war not lass than of the condition* of life. Some of the larg- i a million will be on the field, and that the eat amon^ them may b* trac*d to ths ex- butcher*' bill will tot up to 130,000; of the** tension of th* railroajd, telegraph, and telephone systems, to the tewing mVchine, to the automatic agricultural machines, to the application of electricity to mechanic.. XVlXMi will be slain, :C>,OJl severely and 7ii,i)W slightly wounded. This i* not the worst, the victor must follow up his IUCCCM, and theae poor wretch** will be left, behind with what surgeons CHB be spared to live to new applica-ion of chemittry to maun ' ,, r ,j le UDO n the field of glory. How prettily faoture*. Henry Bessemer, who discovered , lne glory come, in jut here, 1 wonder what a way to convert carbureted iron into tee', [ a W0 unde<i man t;iink* an ounce of tuch wa* a type. He rendered it possible lo j glory exactly worth. The woui.d* made by gri'liron this country with steel rails, and, I U1P uew M i-iui:<-hr ride are *liu<lderingly of course, he becimta millionaire. Any man who will devise a mttio<l of lireadfnl to think of. four are killed. The In every five hit bullet cut* clean making an article of general use at lets through the body like a flying dagger, an 1 i than the prevent cost, or of making it better j t llal p]y a case of bleed to death. In I in quality at th- ame cost, will make a K ]i tnls ilierc it, I think, food for thought. I fortune as he tiid. The article need not be { an important on*, to long at it i* generally ' consumed. Did Her Best Hui'oAnd " Our bills for household ex' penat. are a* large a* ever. Is Sunday the Sabbath f Chronologically speaking we are badly mixed up <>n th* question asked in th* heading No one, whether he ha* devoted al) hj , lite w tt , u jy in g the queition or hat I told you to ' jredutb r m.' !iL ^ ^ ^ ^ to j ouly ca , ually , lallced it the .ubjeot. can ! twenty dollars off oi each on.-. Ivit the, strike nearer than six days to the troe i tradesmen acted so about it I thought you'd -iabhath. No one knows whether it it pre- Moaic or purely Mo*ai* in i'< origen. True, the iivision of the we<k into .even day. originated at a period so remote that btlter go aro'.md HIK! re lace Ihcrn your- self." An Advantag-e- Motiier "But, my ton, thit young person i* a woman of no family." Son--" Why, Ithould suppose that waa in hr favor." Father "Y*% my dear. Harry is right." Mother "Will you never *top twitting me about poor, J*.\r n: >mma. it i. reckoned a* being almost prehistoric : >et the consecration of the seventh day to J.-hovah is first biblically mentioned after the exodus from Kgypt. There i* no trace of it* celebration in patriarchal times consequently th* man or woman doean't live who can te!l whinh of the .even day. I. . referred to in the commandment : " Re- 1 mcinl.et tii S*bbath .!y to keep :t holy.' ' 01EO OF A BROKEN HEART. Th> B>v. lr J.hu w. Teal. h . Mad Lea I < aililn ) .1 nrrk >:\plr> >l al Be* Krrmi.fn.1 lblr Rev. John \V. Teal. O. U., for al-n** eight yean pastor of the Westminster Pretbyteriaa Church, in Kli/ab*-!i. New Jersey, diaxt on Saturday mornmj of a broken heart, aohu phyucian*aay,!ns* than two hoar* after tbe paating away of hi twelve-year-old invalid daughter, Mabel, whom he wa* moil fond. Kvery day for yean Rev. Dr. Teal could be *een wheeling the youthful itvaltel around the streets of Elizabeth in acarriag* and, while he knew .he was crippled for life with a spinal affection, hi* solicitude for iiur car* never flagged. The Rev. Or. Teal lost hi* second wile nine year* age. He had married two aiaien, and wa* left with seven young children to look after.aad las; Monday hi* eldest daughter, Kloienoe, seventeen yean old, died from consump- licn, after her return from lhe Caukill*. She waa burietl in the family plot at Rhinebeck Wednesday. The father felt Uu* blow th* morn from the iact that at* yuntig- est daughter wa* failing rapiilly, and the physician, informed him that .he could not live much longer. To add tt hi. arrhcuod one of hi. soos came home Friday aa)*t informed his father that ne would have t*) go to Colorailo by the advice of hit physi- cian, a* hi* lung* were affected. All theae sorrows combined to break th* heart of a strong. robu*t>looking man, anil while lilting at the breakfast l*ble ihorUy after hi* youngest child'* death, tho Kev. Dr. Teal coi.apeed and fell forward from hi. cha:r and aimoat instantly exp red. Th* clergyman waa ri.ty-ii yean olii anii a graduate of Yale College and L'nioa Theological Seminary. The Rev. Dr. Teal wa* the fineat look- ing clergyman in Elizabeth anj very popular. Hit sudden death wa* quit* a hock to the community. He leave* a daugh- ter anil four son*. Since laat November, when hi* lather died, five memuen of the family have p*aed away. A WEALTHY JANITOR. J. H. thulium n dead and the Chicago Imard of trade i* without a janitor. Bright' d'.waae carried off the old man, who lor thirty-inn* year* bat had charge of the cleaning department of the great Chicago exchange. M|Dew man will be quite th* janitor that *fudlum waa. He died a rich man. He la/6, a large family that will divide up SIO', 000, Uie fortune that the ol-i janitor had amaaar.i. 1'urmg the yean he took care of the floor and tributary room* he managed to lay up thi* rdriuaa from In* wage*. Among other little thiug* of food fortune that fell to him in the way of crumb* were the sweepings of th* floor. Th* sweeping* or ih* hoard of trade are valuable. Merer ants buying and selling wheat corn and oats for spot, like real traders who cart away their purchases after acquisition, are generous in handling oi tne -ample*. Every day they paw through their band* large lota of grain. After blowing on u and flattening it out on their hand*, they throw -t away. Hudlum gathered it up and (old it to small dealers tor chicken fee.). Cancer Houses and Their Victims. Mr. Siiattock, in the Morton lecture before the Royal College of Surgxon*. called attention to the fact that cancer, like con- sumption, may frequently show itself IB certain houte*. The British Medical Journal publuhe* sn article by Mr. O'Arcy Power* in which he give** number of instance* of this coincidence. In each mataace a aerie* of cases occurred in a certain house amongst persons who were not related by blood to each other. H. observes that tnete ca*e* and others like them may be coincidences, aa merit happen when we consider the enormous mumber of death, which occur annually in Kurope from cancer. They may. however, point to a more specific origin of the disease. No eae imagine* that cancer i. directly coniagiow*. It i* pnaaible, how- ever, in epidemic ca*e*. that there may b* some condition of earth or water common to all the individual, attacked, in winch the org.ni.m, if inch there be, may pa** a part ol it* existence. An Armless Nlmrod. Aa arraU.* Nimrod i. th wonder of the people and the envy of all th* sportsmen of Back* County, Penn. Ha i* John ^imon, of /ion Hill, and hia proweat I* some- thing marvelou*. ^imon's arms were ground off above the elbow* ia machinery a fe* year* ago, but hi* lov* of nunting purred his ingenuity, aad he overcame his seeming losurmouutabla obstacle. H* strap* hi. single-barrel breech-loadinu ham- merles* gun to hi* right arm, and when ne sight, game he .wing* the piece over the itump of hi* left arm, take* quick aim ami fire, generally wi'h telling effect. Hi* mod* of loading i. a* unique aa hi* shoot- ing. He game* Hi* shell* in hi. hat, and when he want* one, bow. low, drops his hat on the ground, poll, out the empty shell with hi* teeth, and in a similar man- ner loads, then pushing his head into his hat le recover his head. I'erpite his afflic- tion, Simon ha* don* some of the be*t shooting in Buck* County th* past year, hi* record standing : Hi opossums, !> piiea*- anla, 5 iio/.en blackbirds, .'IT rabbit* aud "21 quail*. Hy a recent law New York policemen have their pay raiaed $200. The talari** ot the policemen in tht* MrM i/ra<!e thai! not be less than <I,4"O a year: in the second grade, ?1,:0: the third jfrade. $l,--'-UP: the fourth gra.le.$!,l.X>, anil lhe fifth grade. Sl.OHO. Fitly of the older Chicago mumc, ans have ptircbaaed the uniiormt. insirumciiis and accoutrements of the famous infant iv band Ilia' ailiacted >> niucli attaiuion in the (iennan village during tli> 4 World* Kair and have nrgii" ed a* theiierinan Military Band *f Chicago. Mrr. 1'hilip Sheridn is faid to b* aimoat the only widow of a great war chief who ha* absolutely declined punes, fund, and any .itch testimonials after his death, and to have rr.ilutely oppoawd all offer* from military tocietie* and othen who wished to erect hi* monumrnt.