Show EDITORIAL NOTES the salaries of the utah judges have been raised to a year why was not the governors pay raised also terri territorial federal officials receive only the salaries of department clerks it savors of parsimony rather than economy kansas hansas is said to have the cheap est built church on the continent it only cost ten dollars its walls are built with sods tb the e roof is covered with sods and the floor is of earth its size is 26 feet by 36 it is guaranteed to last years thearty the army worm in new jersey and long island appears to have assumed the proportions of an egyptian plague ague and the newspapers altri attribute ute the existence of the enemy to the ruthless destruction of all kinds of insectivorous birds during the past pact few years A gentleman by the name of IH smith who is more liberal than erudite lately subscribed for the bu building widing of an episcopal church in a neighboring nel nei laboring territory v he was very much pleased when the church was finished to see I 1 H 8 in gold letters on the altar he took them for his initials A farmer who tried th the 0 one experiment sperl of raising potatoes fr from large and small seed reports as follows tt harvested bushels to the acre from large seed from small seed making 40 bushels in favor of the large seed this corresponds with the general experience the cincinnati ticket pleases the democrats fully as well as the cid CIA chicago ticket charmed the republicans and audit it strikes more terror into the ranks of the enemy than any ticket which tho unter rifled have framed for upwards of twenty years the contest will be heavy with the odds in favor of the democracy the immigration boom continue the exact official figures the tiie may immigration at new are now recorded at washington and the total reached is contrasting these figures with the that represent the may blay preceding we find that the immigration trebled this year and this r nate rate of increase has been going on ever since the beginning of the year the following sentiment which was found written in the family elble sible of mrs hegeman who wiio was killed in the accident at Gil mores garden new york is worthy of adoption by every man and woman on earth 1 I expect to pass through this life but once if there is is any kindness to show or any got good d thing I 1 can do my let lot me do it isnow now let bet me not nol defer nor neglect it clover and timothy should be cut when ui tn full blossom if allowed to get ripe the quality of hay is not so good by beginning early the work need not be hurried use uso the mower after the dew is off in the forenoon noo cut only billy as much as can bo be well cared for it is often remarked that the average quality of hay is not so good as before the introduce introduction tion of uie vie t the mowing g maehl machi machines nes neg from the temptation to cut the grass fast ter than it can be cured st nicholas for july 1880 ready june 25 tb has a patriotic flavor appropriate prop to the season and in an article written and thoroughly illustrated by mr daniel beard beard it tells the boys and girls agn la how to celebrate the fourth yourth of july with paper balloons how to make them and how to send them up with safety to both balloons and senders poems seasonable and hum humorous erous and pictures of fun and frolic appear liere hero and there in the number and the pages devoted to very young readers to jack jaek in the remarks the letter netter box boband and the 11 riddle kiddle box are arc filled with fresh varied and amusing items stories letters from the boys and girls and the cosmopolitan quality of the magazines of the present day is a curious and noteworthy fact in scribner for july for instance we notice apayer on the norwegian Nor weMan 1 poet and dramatist Bjorn bjornson by bv ills hia former countryman hjalmar hjorth noye Boyt boyeson son an article descriptive of nn wa excursion to the heart of the california alps 11 muir to coney island by william H bishop russia is treated of in eugene schuyler enle erle peter the great the scene of the Grandis simes Is laid in louisiana general mcclellan gives an account of his trip to sicily george parsons lathrop in the sorcery of macloon mad loon oon writes of the curse of china opium eating the negro element is touched on in miss hopkins he p amusing little sketch george JM 31 grant does full fuli justice to canada ernest in ingersoll ersoll writes interestingly es of denver colorado and charles P F thwing 0 gives an account of the experience of the japanese se and chinese students in america while mrs laura winthrop johnson travels all over europe in la somnambular |