Flats Are No Longer Good Paying Property In

New York city. Tüe n tnuih coin[ctitiou among the lanu:ord and uuroasonablc demands on the part of the tenants. A flut tenant of toda, wants coal for the rallies and pretty mucb everything bat beefsteak. Such people are car.rless in the treatment of apartments and quif. for ■llght reasous. The landlord's expenses aro large, and with increasiug coinpeütion he doesn't enjoy owniuq: flats. The other dav a MassacUusetts chareb sunt toa wellknown tbeologrlcal seminan' fur a student, speciíying as their chief deslrc that hcsjiouldbea Christian. A sister ecminary leceived about tbe same time a communication f rom a rural church running as follows: ''Wc dou't want any young mau; we want au old man or a marrled man. The younjï men cause trouble to the fond inothers, flirt with the frlrls, and give us vcal instond of l;jef." Japanese oranje trees are thus spoken of la The TvXart (Cal.) Times in connection with the arrival of a large consignment of them; "The Japanese orauge tree Is propagated in lts uative conntry in a climate where the soll freezes In November and remains frozen until February. Tbe tree is not easily affectcd by frost. It Is scvubby, seldom reaebinc the helght of sixtsen feet. The fruit in its flrat years is about two inches in diainnter, but iu time pets to bc three Inches in diameter; is seedless, tliin skinned, sweet and brings a better price lu market than the Florida or the California oranges." An advantajcouslmprovement In the manuicture of tin cans for preserving food Is beluj; iutroduced in Europc. The plan consistí tiiuply In so forminc; the lid tbat it is merely pressed on aud the can is hermetically sealed, so that no intcrnal pressure can remore the lid. Water bolled In a tin thus e'.osed bas failed to force It off, although the steam pressure has burst the lid ltself. A penny plece, bowever, used as a lever bj being placed uuder a riin formed around the fop of the cover, with the sboulder of the can as a fulcrum, raises the lid with a rcmarkab'.y small expendlture of ]ower. The principie involved iu the device is that of the wedge and lever. The ueck of the tin on nhich tbe lid fits is formed at a very sllgbt angle from tbe vertical, and rim of the lid is made at a correspondió; anrle. no solder belng used to form tbe joiut By means of tbls arran;emeiit, therefore, the opening of cans Ís reudered a remarkably clean, qulck, aud simple opcratlon, contrustIdk greatly In these respects with the IncoaTe nlent method oí openluj? now in Togue.