Show A AG GERMAN hRMAN ECONOMIST F has undertaken der taken the laborious task to figure g up the total wealth of this planet of ours his calculations give the following results the income 09 of the world is debt taxes capital sweden has the smallest debt or france the largest or the united states has the largest income and england the most capital I italy is the heaviest taxed paying 35 per cent of its income for taxes to the average 15 per cent of other nations tar USE of tobacco if its common use better bo be called an abuse or at least a misuse has be been denounced in so many ways it its dangers and evil consequences for health and wealth of the individual al have so often been depicted in press and pulpit that it seems almost supererogatory pere rogatory to say more about it still the following sail occurrence reported by the N Y sun shows the deleterious effects of the fatal weed and the criminal carelessness of some parents an indianapolis child became a smoker under two years ef of age beginning inning wi with th very mild cigarettes birbich which hid his mother taught him to use ill hi order to keep him quiet and soon taking to strong cigars with great enjoyment but at four he is in a li hospital undergoing treatment for spinal r if al troubles brought on by the tile e effect S e ct of the tobacco on his nerves if that child should die an early death which is almost its certain fate the unnatural mother ought to be arraigned before the nearest court of justice for infanticide N I electrical scie cr as we had occasion to reni remark arkee before far e is only in abe tottering steps of its infancy and undreamed of are the strides it will make when grown to fullness of maturity and experience still young as it is it has achieved what at in in past ages would have been considered ai miracles among the many unexpected developments of electrical science is an all application to the hiving of bees when they swarm successfully tried by german experimenters it was thought that by utilizing the electric light force the tile k bees might be stupefied for the necessary period of timo time without being injured and the result proved the correctness of the idea the first attempt was made upon the bees that gathered upon trees the tile insects falling upon the ground in a kind of trance which admitted of their being safely handled the next stage in the experiment was to capture the bees when they were about abou t to swarm by introducing the ends lik of two connecting wires into a fully L occupied honeycomb and turning on the current the bees were rendered inactive for about SO 30 minutes roi while no bad results appeared to follow their awakening americanization is going on with perceptible steps american railroads will prove the iron links uniting the tifa common o A on both sides of tho the rio grande the latest move in the direction of yankee dying the land of tho the descendants of the azteca is a thor thoro thoroughly ugly american city which has lately been laid out in the state of chiapas mexico the site is a beautiful plea att of land through which runs a never failing stream of mountain spring water clear as crystal full of fish and affording power for any amount of manufacturing machinery at an altitude of three thousand feet above the sea level on the line of the mexican southern railroad it is called alien city around the city are laid out and taken up twenty four coffee touching tho the city plat there will be over coffee trees in nursery cultivation at this place within the coming year all to be transplanted and raised to bearing within the next four biam years all goods and supplies agricultural ir implements clements ts machinery building material and furniture forthe colonists are excerpt from duty also all exports and imports of productions of the country and stock for work or breeding purpose purposes are exempt for ten years the colonists thus far for are from Wi california fornia J 1386 ESSAY AYou on the life of the great russian king frederick the great is a remarkable book for many reasons it ji w tile story of one of the greatest military heroes and statesmen of the world it is written by an author almost unrivaled in literary power and brilliancy it is bold sold al at a price that will certainly amaze almost any one olle only 20 cents or if to be sent by mail cents cent s it is the first book published by the useful I knowledge now ledge publishing company which attempts by its literary rebellion to take the place of the american book exchange and tile literary revolution it claims to be an fill example showing howing the tile quality and price of numerous standard works which they propose to issue with great rapidity it is certainly a very beautiful and well made book as the copy on our table will rill testify rip van winkle and other sketches by washington irving is promised tu to follow this immediately uniform in style and ar price i c e other announcements announcement with specimen imen pages of these and other works including the cyclopedias dias of science history i biography poetry fiction etc in process proem of publication will be sent on applice application aaion to the publishers the useful knowledge publishing company william st new york city COFFEE corren CULTURE is a lucrative pursuit if carried on under a favorable clim climate ate and on suitable ground now the raising of the fragrant bean has fiscina fascinated ted the speculative mind of ex governor of arizona who lias has married a daughter of ex senator alien allen G thurman of ohio lie ile has purchased cl ased acres of land and in the tile state of colima mexico 11 exico and is going into the business of coffee cottee culture un on a large scale he ile hag has 40 trees in bearing condition and expect expects ts to plant a year for four years to come romes cabbage planting dictator cincinnatus is thus repeated with the appropriate alterations of the advanced ages |