| Show 1 EDITORIAL NOTES s germany Is preparing for dor another international exposition Thi this time it la Is tobe tobe one of or musical instruments it Is to occur at berlin and will bo be held next year fortress monroe ia Is tho the large largest at single fortification in the tho world it haa baa rel ril ready already apet of non ey tho tha water r b aitery battery fel fes considered to bo be one of the finest finiest pieces of military construction in tha the world models of it have been sought often by european government rho rhe the kho story of mrs birs lincol lincoln nar writing biting when ghei ia a young girla letter ietter in whick she the expressed a dete determination tb become the wife of a president j is confirmed by the production of a document said to be now in tho possession of general preston of lexington lexing ing ily iry it was addre addressed wed med to the daughter of governor wickliffe and aid contained a playful description af the tha gawky young lincoln to whom asbe was betrothed gho Sho sald bald c nut hut I 1 I 1 mean mem to masko rasho him president of thet thea united states all the ame rame r you will soo sea that as I 1 always told you yon I 1 will lii ill yeu yei ba the president presidents wife Y A reporter of the elmira an fn NY Y advertiser interviewed the druc drue gita if ef that city with a view of ob taming some concern ine lne the tho use usa of opium he found that some concern the tho use usa of opium he found that there are one hundred and fifty con firmed opium eaters and fifty to one hundred more persons who use li e morphine frequently and are in dan danger gerof of be caming becalming habit habitual usi uRl users of the dr drug ilg the probability Is that thebe theise figures are aro rather under than over the truth for the apothecaries would not be likely to exaggerate their business in thia direction if 11 an anything thin g like the same ratio exists in other ther parts of the country the tho op opium lum ba habit babit bit has assumed alarming proportions A correspondent of the sun san do scribes a new vf variety biety of cotton plans piano grown in georgala Geor gla gia which abich he believed beli bell evet will become valuable he fays pays that for many years yeara mr A A suber ruber of 0 macon has experimented to hybrid iza az the cotton plant which grows wild in florida with the bornt on okra ohra the now plant cont contil ains alos ns the okra stalk and ho the foliage cotton but the flower and fruit are bad hald to be quite unlike either cither cotton orbera each kach boll produces bout two pounds of very fine one long staple cotton superior to the sea island kneat and at mor mcf tho the boll thern thero anre from four to esik beada lesem bling ming persimmon beed eced it I 1 fc Is added canddo that needs no ginning the london of th til 0 man Han manchester cheater guardian baye the bulkot bulk buik or a collection of about specimens of inscribed tablets arrived at museum from the neighborhood of babylon arel are of unbaked clay and principally beloof to that now familiar class of monuments known cnown aa as contract tablets one ono co considerable n id 6 r a ble bie tablet however of the age of cyrus is a treasure as eks giving ii a fil hii fragment fragmentary ay history of babylon from the fourteenth to the ninth century ll C and aa as homp hemp a copy of the original orl ginal document from which tho very vaia vala ble bis ous history of assyria and baby lonia loni a w was as prepared the collection is 13 the re result r u I 1 t of a purchase from a greek nirm firm at ut bagdad who occasionally sio bio nally collect the antiquities of the surrounding district |
