Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1889, Page 5

_ Portland in the distance. . @ western dealer said with a smile: . ond right here can- be THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, DECFMBER 26, 1880, THE HUSTLERS OF PORTLAND. Have Mado a Great and Beautiful Oity. ey DON'T DEPEND ON OUTSIDERS. Whon They Want Anything Done the Portlanders Take Hola and Do it Themselves —The Pride of Orogon. A Wide-Awake City. Ponrraxn, Ore,, Dec. 20.—|Special to Tie Bee. | —After a good sleep at the Esmond hotel, your correspondent finds himself in the midss of & beautif v of 63,000 people, on the banks of the Willamette, with East As in Omaha there are two bridges across the river several forry boats fly between the eastjanp the wost banks of the stream. Close by graceful steam vessols are lying at the wharves and farthor up the river there are noble ships. Portlund is a city containing all colors ot men, white, black, yellow and red, but the red men are very scarce. The Chinaman 18 here seen in his pristine beoauty, with long pig tail hanging down his back below the kn. Sometimes the colestials go in crowd ; at others they flit silently as ghosts, and they meet you at every turn. As a farmer, or a laborer in top boots, blue blouse and the uviversal cigar, he is not attractive, but as a well trained house servant he is in- dispensable here. As a city Portland outranks Omaha in its architecture. True, there are not so many large and splendid structures, but on the wholo its business district is superior. 1t is composed of three, four and five story biocks of stoue, brick and iron, of which the most noticeable is the great Portland hotel, naatly complete, seven stories high, and taking up three sides of o block. It is buiit of stone and brick, and cost $500,000, every dollar of which_has been raised in Portland. When furnished the total outlay will be $525,000 Iv has a frontage of 200 feet on each siue of the block, maxing it one of the finest struct- ures on the Pacilic coast. Although, as in other cities, complaint is made of *‘moss- backs,” the only article of moss I could see was on the roofs, a feature peculiar to the climate, where every mau carrios o um brelia during thas the rainy season. In the residence portion of the city are many costly dwellings, some ranging as high as $100,000 in value. Ex-Attorney General Williams has one of the most beautiful places in the city. In the residence portion is the great Exposition building, erected by Portland money. One featurs worthy of emulation is the way these Portland men have of doing things themselves, without waiting for eastern capitalists and others to do it for them. A city nearly two thousand miles away might heed this to advantage. When they want anythiog they reach down into their pockets and pay for it. If a board of immigration is noeded w0 make known the advantages of Portland and vicinity, the board of trade subscribes $30,000 for that purpose and pays its officials liberally. It is now i successful working order. Then fol- lows the big hotel, the exposition building, cable and motor lines, big buildings aud big steamship lines. Portland men, therefore, arein possession of v st franchises which ‘will be a mine of wealth to their possessors. Other cities in turn have frittered or given away these valuable privileges to outsiders, when they ought to keep Lhe money at howe, But not so the Portlander. Through his wise foresight he has secured an enormous accumulation of capital on which he realizes 8and 10 per cent per annum, while the tea banks have a capital and surplus amounting 1o 3,000,000 and upwards, with clearing house reports of §1,900,000 per week. In 1887-8 the building record was $1,114,- 0003 in 1833-0 it was $3,500,000, with the ag- gregute real estate sules for 1886-7 at $3,026,- 0003 1887- 8 at $6,903,600, and so far the pros- ent year upwards of §12,000,000. Land around Portland is remarkably cheap. In several cases I noticed improved lands twelve wiles from the city advertised at $12 per acre. At the same distance from Omaha it. is held from $50 to 8160 per acre, und 1t is cheap at that. 1o thecity, dealers tell me property is held at avout $1,000 per front foot for the bare grouud in the business ven- ter, and about $80 per foot for unimproved lotsone mile from the principal business streets. A prominent feature of the trade of Port- land will be its wool munufactures. There are three woolen mills in the state, and one company has & large mercantile establish- ment inthe city. As Oregon and Washing- ton conain three times as many sheep as the six New England states, and 1,000,000 more than New York and Pennsyivania combined. Portland must necessarily become the seat ©of an oxtensive woolen industry, because, s “She ‘wout have to pay for two pounds of dirt and one of wool and then have the dirt and wool hauled 3,000 miles across the continent to manufacture it.” A now kind of trade is springing up in the hipment overland of frozen sturgeon. Ex- amining the apparatus one day a young man ‘was inadvertently Jocked in the refrizerator for an hour or s0. Several stimulants and a stiff walk finally restored his normal circu- lation. Vacaut dwellings are scarce in Portland and I noticed but two vacaut stores in the wholesalo district of the city and these were now. Anold and respected morchant tells me Portland’s trade is large and increasing. A few statistics in my possession can verily this, but they may be burdensome. The Wiliamette valley and the coast o Astoria and back to the east as far as Spokane and Montana is the, district tributary to Pori- land for which this city is the natural dis- tributing center. The ‘“Sound” cities, Seattle and Tacoma, are flousishing com- munities, but they can never wrest away the trade now so firmly held by Portland. On the contrary, by judicious action on the part of Portland they can be made valunble con- tributors to the future 1importance of this city. Oii Sunday one sees Chinamen hauling parden truck, while saloons, theatres and retail stores are wide open, In the oity there are 160 saloons and these are subject 1o an sanual license of $300,payuble quarterly, and resouted @ LAble showing the merits and demerits of low li- license, high license and prohibition by stat- ute: Saloons Popu- Li- Rev- No. topopu- iation cense enuo. saloons lation. Portland 60,000 $300 $48,000 100 1to 875 C. Bluffs 40,000 50 Lto 678 .130,000 1,000 200,000 200 1to 684 0 40,000 1,200 § 36,00 80 1t 1,834 This shows that according to population Portland hus four times as many saloons as Salt Lake City,while Council Bluffs has twice the number. rEr e s— Salt Kheum ‘With its intense itchiug, dry, hot skin, often broken into painful cracks, and the little watery pimples, often causes indescribable suflur’.n{,’. Hood’s Sar- saparilla has wonderful power over this disease. Tt purifies the blood and ex- pels the bumor, and the skin heals without a scar. Send for book coatain- ing many statements ot cures, to C. T, Hood & Co.,Apothecaries, Lowell,Mass, s s By Mingled Malico with Generosity. Kerrville Times: A man lately bought a pocketbook at Stewart’s drug store and when he arrived at home and opened it he discovered that it con- , tained a $20 biil, which he immediately returncd to the store. As a reward for * his honesty Mr. Stewart not ouly told him to keep the money, but gave him a doso of pills, wo. - « _Among the incidents of childhood that stand out in boid relief, as our » memory reverts to the days when we were young, uone are more prominent than severe sickness. The young mother vividly remembers that it was Cham- berlain’s Covgh Remedy oured her of oroup, and in turn administers it to her own offspring and alwaya with the best success. For sale by druggists, S bl Cozzens hotel, $1.50 and $2.00 per day. TYPESETTING BY MACHINERY, How the “Thorne" Typesettors Work ~A Story of Stendy Progress. The Post is besieged with inquiries from all parts of the country concerning the practical working of the wonderful Thorne typesetting machines, wnich are known to have been in operation in setting the type for this paper for nearly three years, and for the last year or more have been thus employed to the oxclusion of all hand composition for reading matter, says the well known Hartford Journal, The Post has four of these perfocted machines in its com- posing-room, though rarely more than three are in use, asa single machine will ‘“set” from one to two col- umns per hour easily. Tho Post has given the Thorne the severest possible tests, at times under the most unfavorable conditions, with a view to discovering all impe fections or weaknesses, and all cause of complaint which would be likely to develop under its practical use in paper and book offices, or wherever types are set for printing. The resuly is all that could be wished, and the Posy is prepured to endorse the machine fully and heartily as being a perfect substiute for hand labor and a wonder- ful economizer of time and money in the composing room. It may be of interest to readers of the Post, as it certanly will be to contem- porary publishers, to read a_brief and not too technical discription of ti workings of the type-setting machine as used in the daily production of this paper. The machines are started at 30 o'clock every morning, asmall elec- tric motor furnishing the slight power needed. Each machine hus a keyhoard, similar to that of an ordinary type- writer, and at each keyboard a young lady operator. Before her is spread the copy which she is to put into type, and her nimble fingers pass with such rapidity over the keys that she is able to set as much type on the machine in a given time as three or four compos- itors would in the same time set by hand. Her ‘‘case” i full, for the machine automatically keeps. itsolf constuntly supplied with type, and thus no time islost in “‘distributing. it be necessary to change copy any moment or any number of times it can be doune in an instant, and the in- terruption of rushing in an item at the last moment, when the machine hap- pens to be_otherwise employed, causes not the slightest inconvenicnce or de- lay. With ordinary care few or no errors are made; the machine itsell can- not make a mistake, and all errors that occur are the result of insufficient at- tention or undue haste on the part of the person operating it. Every letter is deftly divected to its proper position by the ingenious little “*packer,” with a8 much delicacy and positivencss as if it possessed intelligence, ard with such apparent daintiness of touch as to render injury to the types almost beyond possi- bility. The machine is simple in its design and counstruction; its parts areall easily accessible, and it runs hour after hour without giving its attendants any trouble beyond supplying it with copy and taking away the galley after gailey of perfectly set type which it produces during the eight working hours of every at ny. 1};5 before stated, the Thorne machine is giving perfect satisfaction here. It has proved itsolf equal to all the emer- gencies of a daily newspaper, and ha come to occupy a place in the regard if not the affections of everybody con- nected with the Post, which could not be filled in any other way. It has come to stay, first, because it gives botter sef vice than handwork has ever given; second, because it does its work with three or four times the rapidity of the ordinary compositor, and third, because it saves a large por cent of the cost under the old method. Thisis a great deal to say of any machine; but the payroll of the composing room for the last dozen years will substantiate the statement, and figures in such cases do not prevaricate. A great many persouns, first and last, within the last year, visited the Post mechanical depurtment for the purpose of observing the operation of typeset- ting by machinery. These include a number of prominent editors, publish- ers, and practical representatives of the prineipal prioting industries of the country, some of whom have subse- quently adopted the Thorae machine for immediate use in their own establish- ments, . The young ladies who preside at the Post machine are not easily annoyed by visitors, who are aiways welcome. The ern of typesetting machines is upon us, 1s the keenest critics now generally ad- mit. Employing printers recognize the significance of the fact in the stea ily incrensing number of orders for the Thorne machine which are now on that company’s books; while far-sighted com- positors are getting hold of and learn- ing the keyboard, in anticipatton of a demand for printer-operators who are sure to be preferred to fresh hands when the stampede of publishers to the machine begins in earnest. i California Oat-i-Cure. The only guaranteed cure for catarrh, cold in the head, hay fever, rose cold, catarrhal doafness and sore oyes, Restore the sense of taste znd unploasant _breath, resulting from catarrh. Easy and pleasant to use. Follow diroctions and a cure is warranted by all druggists. Send for circular to ABIETINE MEDICAL COMPANY, Oroville, Cal._ Six months' treatment for $1; sent by mail, $1.10. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. e THEIR SYMPATHIES MELTED, A Tale of Two Good Women anl a Ragged but Guileful Urchin. Two hundsomely dressed women, witn beaming snd benevolent® facas, were walking southward along Broadway by the triangle at Thirty-third street one aftornoon last week, says the New York Tribune. Goodness wus ununstakeably stamped on each womun's face and their placid looks showed that they were at peace with the world. When they reached Thir econd strect they saw o ragged urchin Wwho was in the act of icking up something from the gutter, twas a picce of stale bread covered with the dirt of the street. A shudder ran over both women as they saw the boy put the bit of bread to his mouth, It ‘was a slim shivering boy, whose woe- begone and weazen features told of poverty that would appeal to the stoniest heart. . **Poor, dear boy,” said the elder of the women, and & tear crept into her eye. ‘“You do look hungry, indeed. ave you nothing better to eat than that?” “*Na-a;w, nuffin ’tall, mum,” he re- plied in thin, shivering tones. *‘Gotno ome, no farder, no mudder; gits me livin’ in de street.” “There, there, throw away that dirty bread. Take this quarter and go and get some warm coffee and a roll,” re- nlied the good womanu, as she felt her kindly heart seem to rise up in her throat and choke her. The wretched lad took the shining coin in his begrimmed fingers and blubbered out his thanks., Then the second lady fished a quarter out of her reticule and gave it to the urchin, The boy seemed overcome by such good fortune, and between bis thaunks he stuffed the haud holdiyg the two uarters into the bosom of his ragged shirt. Then the two good women patted the wmat of hairon his hutless head, spoke cheery words to the boy and resumed their walk down Broad- way, their hearts filled with a warm glow of gladness that they had been able to relieve a case of genuine dis- tross. And the boy-he wentaround the block to the xth avenue side of the Union Dime Savings Bank, taking his erust of dirty bread with him, and prepared to work his “lay” again, Pilest Pilest Dr. Willinms® Pilest Indian Pile Ointment will oure blind, bleeding and itching pites when other oimtments have failed. It absorbs the tumors, allays the ilchmg at once, acts as o doultice, gives instant relief. Dr. Wiiliams’ Indian Pile Olntment is propared only for piles and itching of the private parts, and nothing else. Kvery box is warranted. Sold by druggists or sent by mail on receipt of price, 25¢ and 81 per WILLIAMS' M'FG. €O, Prop's., Cleveland, O. - ~ A SENATORIAL MEDLEY, What a Spectator Saw trom the Press Gallery. ‘Washington Pos Press gallery of the senate recently [ saw a Moody " Senator Beck to the Gray Butler, who seemed to understand the signal, for he promptly proceeded to Call the Stewart, who hastily procured for the aforesaid senator a Berry and a Plumb. Verysoon therealter he was seen to clasp both hands over his Vest, from which it was evident that he was suffering great Payne, Thereupon a Suwyer suggested that the best remedy was a little Bate taken out of a_ black bottle; which was promptly adminis- tered and in a short time the patient was as Hale as o country Squire dozing in his Pugh during the Sunday morn- vice George,” said _he, “that worth a king’s Ransom. Now, when I get the Barbour to give me a ice shave, and take a stroll on_the ss Platt and down through the Pad- k to the Quav. [ will feel as happy as the bank Teller who has escaped 1o Canada with his pockets full of boodle. Then when [ get to my quarters and “rye any fish caught in the Quay over a good Coke fire, T will be ready to go to bed and bid Farewell to earthly cares Now, he who cannot see the point of this story should procure a tallow-dip from the Chandler, by the hght of which he may he able to Pierce the darkness that envelops his understand- g, Sitting in the littlo FORSES L A For alame back try saturating a picce flannel with Chamberlain’s Pain nd binding it on to the efle This treatment will cure a ordinary case 1n one or two days. I Balm also cures rheumatism, sprains, swellings and lameness. 50 cent botties for sale by all druggists. of A Powerfua maginacion. It was about 2 o'elock of a chill morn- ing wien Mr. resorted himself at the door of a dentist in the village of W.,and, after_a series of thundering Kknocksat the door, with & good deal of vigorous exercise upon the bell-handle, succeeded in bringing- that gentleman to the window overheud, says the Chi- What is i1?” asked the doctor. “Do you pull teeth?” Mr. X. manded. “Yes, reply. *Then I nt a tooth pulled.” “All right. Come back in the morn- ing and I’ll take it out for you.” “Come back in_the morning!” ejucu- lated Mr. X. *“What do you také me for? Here I've been in torment for these two days and for the last two- hours I've been hnnting all over this confounded town for a dentist and now 1'd like to have the job done at once if there is any way to fix it.” The dentist at first demurred, but at last he consented to come down and get the tooth out at once, and after a due interval, in which he made his hasty toilet, Mr. X. was admitted to tl house. The chill of the night was everywhere, but X. was too intent upon getting rid of the troublesome molar to mind that and he was duly installed in the operating chair and an cxamination made. “Hold on there,” X. said as the dent~ tist, having satisfied himself which was the troublesome tooth, took up the for- ceps and prepared for work, *‘I want to take gas. This tooth has given me about all the pain I can-stand from it,” “Well,” the dentist answered, '‘the gas is a little low, but if you insist I will give you what there is. It will deaden the pain, thougy very likely you will feel 1t some. " The conventional breathing tube of black rubber was produced; and X. pro- ceeded to inhale for dear life. For a moment the dentist allowed him to pump his lungs full from the gas reser- voir and then taking the breathing tube away he quickly whipped in his forceps and whipped out the tdoth. “I did feel it some,” X. observed, when he was was able to get his mouth in a condition which allowed him to speak. *Did you?” the dentist asked, mucufiy. +*Not much, I aope? “Not 50 very much.” X. replied. Still, I knew when il came.” When, a moment later, X, prepared to pay his bill, and asked the mice, he was surprised to be toid a sum which was 50 small that it Seemed that a mis- take must have been made. *But is that all you ask for adminis- tering gas?” he asked, “Oh, bless you,” was the smiling answer, ‘‘there wasn’t any gas there. Ionly let you breath into the tube a little to satisfly your imagination.” X. did not at first know just whether to be vexed or amused, but, wisely con- cluding that the Iatter was the better licy, he wended his way home chuck- ing, and got himself to bed as the first streaks of the coming dawn began Lo show in the sky. de- when I have to,” was the sympa- " ey, Mr. T. A. Deroven, merchant, Dero- ven, Louisiana, says: *‘The St. Pat- rick’s pills went like kot cakes.” Peo- ple who have once tried them are never satisfied with any other kind. Their gentle action and reliability asa cathar- tic is what makes them popular. For sale by druggist: . Rather Meaner Than the Average. A hard case is told as follows, says the Boston Gazotte: The daughter of a wealthy Boston merchant, deceased, fell in love with a man and became en- gaged to him. Without cause he ne- glected the lady, and finally became so rude as to force her to break the en- gagement. While that lasted, however, the lady had made a will, giving to the man the sum of $25,000 or thereabouts and making him a co-executor with her mother or other relative, The lady being deeply attached to the man, his treatment of her so far affected her as to become 1ndirectly the cause of her death, She had expressed her inten- tion of changing her will as soou as she should rewurn to her home from the summer resort where she tarried, but her death came suddenly, and her will stands, It is understood that the man uot only accents the gift named in the will, but also persists in serving as co- executor of the lady’s property. It is a melancholy fact that there is no law in Massuchuseils that can reach this crucl state of things. - Beware of frauds. Red Cross Cough Drops will cure your cold. I . A VERY SAD PLIGHT. Seven Ladies and Floven Gentlemen Who Lost Their Shoes. Seven ladies atd eleven gentlemen were landed from a'1'ullman palace car in Cincinnati a feW mornings since witnout shoes to théir feet, and this is how it happened, says the Philadelphia Record: On the Pennsylvania wost- bound express out -of Pittsburg in the evening there was an unusually heavy travel from New York, and at Pitts- burg it was necessary to attach an extra sleepor. The porter selected for the run was an_eastern-rdiote man, and he dis- covered soon aftér“the train left the depot that an old friend of his was run- ng on one of the regular cars ahead. The darkies met, exchanged saluta~ tions, and agreed, after getting all their people to bed, that it would be a good scheme to polish the passengers’ shoes together in the forward cur and spend the balance of the night in social chat with inter devoted to libations from a pocket fla The porter of the extra gathered his peoplo’s shovs together in a pillowease “three Parisian petite pairs owned by young ladies of Cincinnati en route homo from Furope, four ‘pairs of matronly gaiters, and eleven heavier puirs of various ¢ and sizes bolong- ing to the men in the car. Ho took them forward to his chum’s car, each shoe carefully chalked with the number of the berth, and the two guardians of the slumbering passengers had a genial time together, so pleasant a time in fact that it wus nearly dayoreak when it occurred to the porter of the extra that it would be well to take up his people’s shoes and get back to his own car. He went back, but his car had van- ished! Tosay that he turned white with astonishment would be no exagger- ation. The Cincinnati car had n switched at Columbus, and the Cin- cinnati passengers’ shoes were spinning along at fifty miles an hour toward Indianapolis on the St. Louis section of the Vandalia express. The porter felt the gravity of the situation, so far as he was concerned, and at the next stop- ping station he disappeared rapidly to- ward the t with a pillowcase full of shoes over his shoulder. The passeng- srs did not discover their loss until the kfast hour, and the comical sur- prise can better be imagined than de- reached their homes 1n s with slightly soiled hoisery. ——— An Absolu The ORIGINAL ABI put up in large two-ounce tin boxes, and is an absolnte cure for old sores, burns, wouuds, chapped hands and all skin erup- tions. Wil poitively cure all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OIN'T MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug commany at 25 cents per bo Whittier! uht Cushion. Boston Advertiser: A well known lit- erary woman of Boston tells a funny story of a former acquaintance of her's who, in some way, heard that the poet Whittier, when he received an inspir: tion, was wont to retire to a certain cor- ner of a certain room and there kneel while he reduced his thought to woras. The idea made a deep impression upon the mind of its' discoverer, and, al- though she had not the slightest ac- quaintance with Mr. Whittier, she at once with her ownifair hands made a handsomely embroidered cushion. This she conveyed heérself to Oak Kno! and formally presented it to Mr. Whit- tier. The emotions of the poet upon receipt of this attention can scarcely be described, but they are wore easily imagined than is the spectacle of the good old man lugging a pillow about with him to kneel upon ingthe event of a bright thought striking him. For Abuse of Alcohol Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate. Dr. W. E. Crane, Mitchell, Dak., says: has proven almost a specific for this disorder; it checks the vomiting, restores the appotite, and at the same time allays the fear of un- pending dissolution, that is so common to heavy drinkers,” Railroad Ties of Fire-Clave Adam P. Hopkins of West Bridge- water, Pa., bas filed a caveat upon an “improvement” in the form of posts and railroad ties made of burned fire-clay says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The posts will be burned hard, and will have the railing secured by means of nailsdriven 1nto holes made in the posts when soft, at an angle that will bring, the heads together and hold the railing firmly in place. Holes through the ties upon either side of the rail wiil admit bolts, the upper ends of which will have wasners and nuts bearing upon the rail and holding it firmly in position. e What does the world care for dead folks? George Eliot’s grave in High- gate cometery, near London, is shame- fully neglected—ov own with weeds and grass, General Grant's fomb in New Yorlk city would disgrace a back country cemetery, it is so poor and meanly surrounded. Great people ought to make their wills in favor of cremation, and so avoid the danger of lying in negleoted graves., It has just been discovered that Mirabeau reposes under one ot the foundation stones of a new building in Paris, but the city did not think it worth while to pull up the foundations, now nearly completed, to discover beneath which stone the mighty orator’s coffin of lead is stowed away. e “‘Brown's Broncmal Troches' are excellent for the relief of hoarseness or sore throat. 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These articles will cover Aive yoars' adventures in Africa, and they will be illustrated by sketches made by Mr. Ward on the spot, and by photographs taken by him in Africa, Thess pictures will throw much light upon the manner and customs of the hitherto unknown cannibal tribes of Africa~~Rev. E. R. Young, the colebrated missionary, will furnish fifteen artiolos on the cxpericnoes and adventures of himself and his wife during twenty years' rosidence in K3ritish America, twelvo hundred milos north of 8t. Paul.——T00 Hartmann, Nihilist, writes twelve sketches showing how tho intelligent peoplo of Jtussia are becomiug Nihilists in consequence of the despotism of the Russian form of government. D BN y. SENTFREE TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS. ILLUSTRATED SOUVENIRS, 5N S o vaptionts w1 o 4 Poom by Joln (1. Whittier, ilustrated by Howard Pyle, and engraved by H. Wolf, R. G, Tiotzo and E. A. Cloment. The next souvenir will be a beautifully illustrated poem by James Russell Lowell. D D BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. SERIAL STORIES (i el wholemo snd captivating anihers s Frances Burnett, Anna atharine Green, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Robert Louis Steve Thomas W. Knox, Albion W. Tourgee, Prof. W. C. Kitchin, Robert G Converse, Harold Frederic, and others. CONTINUED ARTICLES. Continued stories will bo con- These articles were writton espocially for the ‘ Ledger” by e——————————————————————— ' WTiter8 W1oso roputation and capability establish them as the porsons most eminently fitted to treat that particular subject assigned to each.——The Hon. George Bancroft con- * tributes three articles on The Battle of Lake Erie, beautifully illustrated——Hon. Henry W. Grady farnishes six arti cles on The Wonderful Development of the New South.——James Parton contributes of articleson Incidents in the Life of drew Jackson.—-Rev. John R. Paxton, D, D., contributes six articles on Experience in My Army Life. ¥ Throughont the yoar the “ Ledger” will contain hundreds POPULAR INFORMATION. Joes popular information which will supply an e e e e e . amount of beneficial information that will be of inestimable value to those who in search of something instructive and useful.—-rof, J. H. Comstock, of Cornell University, will contribute a series of six useful papers on the study of insocts. Prof. Comstack treats of bugs that aro useful to the agriculturist, as well as those that destructive. He points out in the clearest scientific way how to destroy the pests of our fields.——I"rof. Alexander M. Sécvens will explain the mannors and customs of the Moki Pueblos, & peculiarly strange tribe of Arizona Indians.——Dr, Felix L, Oswald is, by special arrangement, contributing a series of popular scientific sketches, embracing the ohservations of the writer during his investigationsinto the unfamiliar phenomena of natural history and occult ecience.~—C., I, Holder contributes an extended series of articles on singular aspects of animallifo on sea and land. 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