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The Harbor Springs Independent is responsible for tho allegation that M. W. Newkirk, on lbo Bsllairo Breeze, handscme.st youDg newspaper man n that región, is somewhat absent-micdei!, which explaius his seuding to bis beai giñ tho following remarkablo letlotter: "Dearest I have carefully analjzsd tho feelings I entertain for you, and the result is substantially as follows: adore you! Will you be mine? Answer. Write only on one side of the paper. Write plainly and givo full namo, not neeessirily for publicaticn, but as a guarantee of good faith." Kate Smuslky dïed on the 9ch inst, at Fort l'iain, N. Y. She has been living in a comatoso condition for several days. Death had been expected at any time, but she gave no indications of it until the last moment. There is no doubt that from tho llth day of Maren, 1884, till the day before Thanksgiving last, she did not eat anything. Upon that day she experienced a peculiar sensation like tho breaking away of aomething in her stomach, and sinco then she had been able lo tako a little nourishment in the shapo of wine or whey. She was vory much emaciatod, and weighed tciircely 25 pounds. The agricultural college bas issued its first bulletin- a paniphlet of 11 pages. It is prepareel by the chemical department and treatsof "Early Amber Cañe as a Forage Crop. " Replies from correspondents in many of the counties of the states giving their oxperinients are printad. lhis bulletin is the first of a series of papers which will bo repared by the various departments and published. A bilí already passed authorizes the publication of the resulta of exporimeütsin newspaper artfcles and bulletin patuphlets. It ij deaired to further anend tho bill- and such action will be taken in the House- that a list of prominent farmers throughout the state will be kept and to them will be transmitted these useful bits of knowlodge. All experimenta, whether successful or not, will be explained. A conference of "representativo business men of the whole country" will be held at Atlanta, Georgia, on the 19 th of May. In the circular of invitation sent out by Mr, H. L Rímball, Chairman of ne Executive Committee, it is called a National Commercial Conwntion. The general objuc1, is tociasider the most effective means to promote the business interests of tho Ucitod States. Commercial and reoiproeity treaties, a National bankrupt law, the compulsory coinage of silver, and railway transportation, are some of the subjects to be üiscussed. If intelligent and thoughtful business men, who are really representative of the gre&t commersial classes, go to Atlanta and take part in the discussions, this conference will doubtless have a good effect in giving force to public opinión on important question which will come before Congress next winter. There is one lawsuit in America alroost as old as the English possession of the c-raniry, and it concerns no less valuable property than a good slice of the city of New York itself. This is the claim concerning the f.trm of Anneke Jans, the widow of one of the earliest Dutch sattlers who departed the city of New Amstordam and this mortal life in 1637 or 1638, and whose spouio af ter - wards married Domioo Bogardus. The farm was afterwards merged into the King's Farro owned by Trinity Church, and the ürst trial aa bet ween the corporation and the heirs of Anneke Jans took place long before tho Revolution. The case is not settled yet, and that veteran guardián of the interests of N ew York, Mr. Jamos W. Gerard, tells the story of the farm and of the suit in the torth-coming May Harpor's, with the help of a number of illustrations. Apropos of the decisión of the su preurj court regarding the ante-mortem probate oí wills, the Free Press says: The decisión of the suprome court in respect to ante-mortem probate of wills not only sots aside the existing law on the subject but seems to preclude the possibility of passing any law which will reach the purpose sought to be effected. Thi3 is unfortunale; for the purpose of the law is certainly an excellent ono. It was designod to prevent, as far as possible, those unseemly contesU which periodically arise in the courts over the sanity of deceased persons. It doo3 seem, to the lay mind, as if some legal means might bo deviaed of doicg this. In the court of common sense the best possible timo for determining whether a man is sane when he makes his will is during bis hfetime, when those who are to pass upon his sanity can be confronted with Mm, and when he can meet all charges or suspicions of insanity. Bat if the courts hold the common senso method legally and conatitutionally impracticable, the idea must be abandoned. As a very filial boy once said of his mother: "Wben the courts say a thiDg is so, it's so whether it's so or not." ■ A bell ;boy with nearly a dollar in him is being mined by physicians in Portland, Me., whero he wa3 empioyed in a hotel. He was running upstairs with 78 ooms inhis mouth, when, suddenly stopping for something, he gulped the estiré amount - two 25 cent pieces, two dimes, and the rest in pennies. Strange to say thero has been no chango in his interual arrangements since. The Board of Healthof Brocklyn hai rece.ntly examined a sample of wal" papur which containod a dangerous amount of arsenic. Tho paper had a green ground. The oxamining chemist citep a large numbor of cases of poisoning resulting f rom tho use of wall paper possessing arsenical properties. A skating rink is being conslructed at Honolula. Sandwich Islands.