Show AMONG the popular scientific articles to be published in century during the coming year will be reports of the latest studies and discoveries made at the lick observatory in california furnished by professor holden professor putman of halyard lias written a series of papers for the same magazine on prehistoric art in which he will give the result of his own exploration of caves burial place village sites etc A detailed account of tha strange earthwork known as the serpent mound of adams county ohio will be printed and the illustrations of some of the papers will include a number of terra cotta fidares figares of men and women in a stylo of modeling heretofore unknown in american prehistoric art THE mayor of grand junction col cannot have a very good opinion of hia people budgins by the following from the democrat published in that city last saturday the people bed mod so said our illustrious mayor at the meeting of the city fathers held thurs day evening of last week when the question of water pipe was before them well henry it any fault of yours if they are not you with your jawbone clossal cheek and dude following have doie all in your power to damn this community so we will understand houi intentions just alie same and will be very lucli oblige to you besides if you will cease your disgruntled s the time of year has about arrived alien stoves are being set up for morning and evening use it is well to say a word about our chimneys before put tins up your stoves for winter examine your flues from top to bottom if there is any mortar loose or blown away by the occasional blasts of summer or drauglis gli the house point up with good mortar for these blasts have removed the protecting soot from the inside of chira neya look between floors and ceilings for mice nests and remove them by a little care in this way one half the fires fan be prevented and much property s ived THE election of general bussell A alger of michigan to commander in chief of the grand army of the republic giai swelled that gent lemans liand to nn alarming extent and he has plunged wildly into the sea of politics aiger in politics ia about as much at home as a bull in a china shop he will never get anywhere and will only do damage the news comes in a semiofficial semi official way from michigan that he will be a candidate for the presidency in 1892 and his agents are already working the grand army racket for all it is woi th liow an exchange sizes the general up AN eastern editor says a man in ew york got into trouble by marrying two wives A western editor replies by assuring his contemporary that a good many in that section biad done alie same thing by marrying one A northern editor reports that imite a number of his acquaintances found trouble by merely promising without going any further A southern editor bays that a friend of his was bothered enough when simply found with another mans wife these are a power 0 bother ONE of our exchanges speaks of a millinery store kept by a very estimable lady and says the editor was gratified to see her stocking up the editor says he was never so astonished in big born days as ho was when tho paper camo out to meet the lady and have her strike him across the brow with an umbrella and tell him he was a liar and that she would tell his wife he know what she wag mad at and be had to read the item over a hundred times to see if there was anything spiteful |