TIMELY TOPICS.
Treeless lown is being transformed
into a forest-oovercd country by a Inw
which remits certain taxts lor five
- s on every acre of forest trees
planted and kept alive. Over 75,000
Lros of fruit and forest trees have been
planted, and -$200,000 have been re
mitted in taxes.
The largest grain elevator in tho
world has just been completed in Chi
csgo. it capacity being 1,800,000
bushels. Tlitro are twenty-one eleva
tors in Chicago, having a total capacity
of i(i.!55.000-*say 17,000,000—0f bushels.
Allowing 100 bushels to tho car load,
these storehouses can hold the contents
of 4-' 3** freight cars, equivalent to a
string of ears 280 miles long.
The year 1880 has been indicated as
the proper time to celebrate the 500 th
.anniversary of the publication of
Wyekliffe's translation of the Bible.
That year has been cltosen because the
Uew Testament was then published,
although the complete Bible did not ap
pear until a slightly later day.
Wyekliffe's translation was the first
copy of tli" entire Bible that appeared
in the English language.
The number ;>f packages of tomatoes
put up in the United States Inst year
reached the great total of 19,968,000
Maryland leading off' with 6,840.000;
Xew Jersey, 5,598,000; Delaware, 7,884,-
(X 10; New York, 1,680,000; Massachu
setts, 960,000; Pennsylvania, 182,000:
Pacific coast, 1,200,000; Western and
Other Slates, 1,320,000. Yet many of
the present generation can recall the
time when the tomato was regarded as a
curiosity.
Hereare l>r. Thomas Guthrie's excel
lent reasons for Being a total abstainer :
I have tried both ways; I speak from
experience. lam in good spirit because
I take no spirit; I am hale because I use
no ale: I take no antidote in tho form of
drugs because I take no poison in the
form of drinks. Titus, though in the
first instance I sought only the public
good, I have found nty own also since I
became a total abstainer. I ltave these
four reasons for continuing to be one—
first, my health is stronger; second, my
head is clearer; third, my heart is
lighter; fourth, my purse is heavier.
Scarlet fever is a scourge as much to
be dreaded in Northern cities as the yel
low fever is in the South. A leading
rauseof the disease being spread is from
ladies vi-iting bouses where there are
cases, or attending funerals of those
who have died from the malady, thus
impregnating their clothing and carry
ing the genus to their own and other
fauti.ies. This disease should be treated
in a manner similar to sniali-pox as re
tards quarantine regulations. It is not
less terrible in its fatality, and not un
fre.iuently leaves the convalescent
with deafness, blindness, or sonic other
serious affection.
German statisticians ltave recently
published an estimate of lite total
amount of capital invested in the con
struction of railroads since Stephenson's
experimental locomotive first glided
over a double rail, revolutionizing the
transport system of our earth. Tito re
sult of their calculations is the amazing
sffnt of seventy-five milliards of francs,
I or $15,000,600,000. The event that in
aumrafed the expenditure of such an
amount as tiiis—nearly fifteen dollars a
head for every human being inhabiting
the terrestrial globe—is worthier of cele
bration by jubilee ceremonies titan the
anniversary of a great battle.
The past year has been an unusually
tatai one for the Gloucester (Mass.)
fishermen. A dispatch from Boston
says: There was scarcely a week dur
ing the year that did not witness de
struction. Thirteen vessels went down,
143 men were drowned, fifty-six women
wire widowed, and 150 children made
fatherless by tltc February gale. The
total losses of the year were ttiirty ves
sels and 210 lives. Eighty-eight widows
vre made and 219 children left without
fathers. This is a terrible record, but it
will probably be lengthened, for two
vse,s are now missing and grave fears
are entertained that they will never be
heard from. Since 1830. 2,118 men and
4fi-j vessels, valued al $1,606,399, ltave
been lost.
Official whippings are continued regu
larly at Newcastle, Del., and are re
garded as a matter of course by the resi
dents. On the last whipping day five
convicted thieves were punished. The
first was a German, who was not
severely lashed, and lie walked away
smiiinsr. The second was a tramp, who
'•ore the ordeal without flinching. Two
negroes, who came next, writhed and
muttered under the pain of severe blows.
The fifth was a boy of fifteen. He was
to frightened that it was necessary to
force him to tho post, ami at the first
stroke he desperately freed himseif by
pulling Itis bands out of the staples. A
handkerchief was used to fasten him,
hut lie got loose again before the pre
formed twenty blows were completed,
& nd pathetically begged the sheriff not
to strike so hard.
(ineinrati's " Society for the Promo
tion of Marriage," under the auspices of
which several persons were ruairied at
a picnic last summer, is a failure.
August Myers, one of the victims, tells
a 'tory about itis relations with the
toei'fy. He says that, instead of get
ting $75 to begin married life with, lie
got but $25, and that recently, his wife
having been sick, he sent a doctor's bill
'o the treasurer of the society, who In
mrmed him that tiie association had
dissolved and the $2,000 made off the
great picnic and anniversary, which
w*s attended by many thouzsnds of
jneinnatians, had disappeared. The
management of the affair fell largely
into the hands of a party of low polL
'l' ians and the result has been dis->s-
J"?®* The gold rings presented the
rides, he says, have been analyzed and
'"Und to be mostly of lead.
The movement in temperance known
honie protection, which, in reality, is
woman s batloV on the dram-shops, is
gaming tn favor in all parts *>f the coun
ty. rive of the annual conventions of
women s christian temperance
finions, held in tl.<? separate New Eng
!; Btatcs, ltave passed home pretec
tal! resolutions indorsing that line of
fiw' f' ,e ' Rlf ' annual meeting of
'National Women's Christian Tent-
P'ranee in ion in Indianapolis, a resolu
"on was passed to the effect tiiat "lite
'Unitizations there represented should
.. ( .i be free to choose their own
oll * °f work," thus removing all
y rut ions of that body from such State
* omen s unions as shall decide to ask
for'thc temperance ballot. Eleven State
organization* alieady indorse this movo
ment; only three really oppose it, and
their ranks, it is said, are by no means
solid
A Long Search for a Hold Dollar.
A letter from Itimbertvilie, N. .J,, to
the Philadelphia Times tells tins inter
esting story about a gold dollar: A
young lady of this place has a gold dol
lar, with a monogram inscribed upon
it, which has been the subject of agreat
deal of attention. It was attached to'a
bracelet by a chain. One evening in the
latter part ol February last, after it
sleigh ride, she missed it. The broken
chain showed how it had disappeared.
Search wits made, but it was of no
avail. Finally an advertisement caught
the eye of an habitual loafer about
town. He went to the house and said
'hat he had found the dollar below the
teps of the sleigh the morning after the
ride, and had spent it for whiskey at a
saloon. The friends of the young lady
determined to find the dollar if possible.
The saloon-keeper remembered having
received the money, but he hail paid it
to a butcher. The latter recollected
pnyiif? it over to a drover in Trenton,
rtie address of tlio drover was secured
and a letter written him requesting a re
ply at once. It came, with the infor
mation that he had purchased a ticket
to Philadelphia with it the very day the
Lambertville butcher gavo it to "him,
and that the Trenton ticket ngent had
remarked about the monogram.
The search was continued. The
agent remembered the dollar, and said
he laid it aside for a few hours, but it
was forwarded to the general office in
Philadelphia with the daily account.
The receiver of the New Jersey receipts
at Philadelphia was next corresponded
with. The beautiful monogram had
been noted, but the dollar had been de
posited in the bank. His opinion was
that _it could be obtained from the
I cashier. The cashier was communicated
; with. His attention had been called to
the iniiials on the back of the dollar by
I one of the clerks, and he had instructed
! the clerk to place it aside tor a few
| weeks. Unfortunately, in the absence
of the clerk, a gentleman, desiring sev
eral hundred dollars in gold, prepar
atory to a California trip, had been fur
nished with the amount, and the little
piece had in some way been mixed with
that sum and gone westward. The gen
tleman's name was furnished, and a let
ter was sent to him.
The events so far described took
| place in March, and the remainder of
! the spring and all summer passed with
|no tidings from the lost bangle. A few
1 days ago, however, there came a letter
| from Detroit, written by the gentleman
who ha<l gone West, which said that his
i health had been poor, so that instead of
! returning at once from California, as lie
proposed when he started, he hail stop*
! ped at Colorado Springs for the summer
'to recuperate. The letter relating the
! account of the dollar had linen delayed
and not forwarded, so that he never re-
I ceived it until he reached Chicago. He
I said he had the dollar in his possession,
as the monogram attracted his notice.
The initials were the same as those of
a young friend of his, and lie kept the
eoin on that account. Ho promised to
send the dollar as should be directed.
He was as good as his word, and the lit
tle gold piece is back in foimbertville
once more."
Caring Sardines.
Another interesting p-oduct of France
not of its soil but of its waters, is the
sardine, which is homo to every ciime,
and considered n delicacy hy all nations.
It is said to lielong to the herring family,
hut never nttains to a large size. The
uniformity of their size is een in the
boxes, which arc just adapted to packing
them, as they are found to correspond in
length. These little finny creatures are
caught in nets, and. after being well
washed, the heads nre cut off and the
fish are sprinkled lightly with fine salt.
After lying for a few hours they are
placed on grids in rows almost perpen
dicular. The frames arc then placed in
pans containing boiling olive oil. This
oil is changed as often as it becomes too
black and dirty for continuing the cook
ing process. As soon as the fish are con
sidered sufficiently cooked they arc with
drawn from the pans of oil and the
rids placed on table* cover *d with zinc,
the surface of the tables inclining to
ward a groove in the center. The oil
is thus carries! to a vessel prepared to re
ceive it- Around these tables stand
women wliose business is to pack the
fish closely and uniformly in boxes.
The boxes Icing full, the fish areeovered
witli fresh oil, and the lids of the boxe
are then soldered down. Thus lierenict
icaily sealed, they are ploeed in a wire
basket and immersed in boiling water.
The smaller boxes are thus ladled for
about an hour and the larger ones some
what longer, in proportion o the size of
the l>ox. The fish are tliPn ready for
the market, and, being parked i n cases,
are sent to the ends of the earth.
An Athletic Statesman.
The caricature that the French artist,
(Jill, recently made of Gambetta, repre
senting him ns an athlete, is said to he
a very faithful likeness. (Jambetta is
really an athlete of uncommon strength.
His arms, especially, are unusually
large and powerful. He is fond of row
ing. and is regarded as a crack oarsman.
Two years ago he began to fall rapidly
into flesh. His physicians ordered him
baths and exercise, and (Jambetta went
under a regular training to pull himseif
down. Ho sueceeded in redueing him
self, hut he still exercises like a profes
sional gymnast. Every morning he
twists himself into all sorts of positions
on the trapeze, while his secretary reads
to him in a loud voice al! the principal
articles of the daiiy papers. (Jambetta.
notwithstanding his great strength, is no
tighter, although his energy during the
Franco-I'ruasian war gave rise to the
opinion that he was p>sseased of con
siderable comhativencos. One day the
Admiral Fourichon, incensed at Gam
hctta's orders to his agents to draw lib
erally upon the marine arsenals, re
proachcd him bitterlv, and finally, in a
tit of rage, seized hfm by the throat,
(iambelta could have crushed the ad
miral with his powerful fist, but lie
never made the least resistance, end
finally reasoned calmly and good natur
edly with his fierce opponent. "That
big fellow." said one of his physicians,
lntely, "is taking such good earn of
himseif that he will surely die in the
skin of a conservative, and not in that ol
a factionist, as President (Jrcvy pre
dicted." _______
It is said that the bureau of engraving
lias not a single $lO bill in its reserve
stock. Singular coincidence. Neithut
have we.- Rockland Courier.
The Events of 1879.
A Nummary of the Year'* Important
llappenlnus.
'ANIJAIiY, —I. Resumption ol stiecie pay
ments in the United States....3. Nine
men killed and tliirty-thres wounded by
tha bursting c! a gun on the British man
ol'WHr Thunderer in the Mediterranean.
....3. Intensely oold weather throughout
the United States. Aionzo Qarcelon
(Democrat), elected governor of Maine
by tbo State Senate.... 4. Destruction ol
too Chicago postonice by Ato. Execution
ol Juan Moneasi in Madrid for attempted
assassination of King Alfonso, I'iiiluio
of the Cornish hank, of Truro, England,
for f)5,000,<)00 .... 5. Great republican
victory at the elections for Fronch sena
tors .... 7. The Now York legislature
moots in tho new cnpitol at Albany....9.
Forty Cheyenne Indian prisoners at Fort
Robinson, Neb., killed while trying to
escape.... 10. Twenty persons kiHod hy a
railroad collision in Russia.. ..11. Two hun
dred Russian officers and soldiers killed by
train breaking through a bridge in Turkey.
Intense excitement cieated in Gennany by
Bismarck's hill limiting freedom of dohate
in German parliament 12. Iho l'opo's
long circular against socialism, corn
innnism, etc., is published.... 14. Fifty,
eight miners killed by an explosion In a
Welsh colliery 20. Threatened crisis
in I* rttiico averted by ol u vote
ol confidence in the government. Several
United States Senators clotted .... 22.
Severely cold weather and much destitution
reported Irom England.... 27. Beginning ol
investigation into tho cipher dispatches by
Totter committee.,.. 30. Resignation ol
President McMuhoa and election ol Jules
Grevy as president of Fiance 31. M.
Gamhetta elected president of the Fronch
chamber ol deputies.
FEBRUARY.—3. Exciting debute in ox
ocutive session ol the United Slates Senate
on the New York nominations .... 4.
•News received of extraordinary precau
tions taken by European countries to
guard against tho spread ol the plsgue
ravaging Russia....6. Beginning ol cipher
dispatches investigation in New York hy Pol
ter committee.... 8. Mr. Tilden testifies be.
ioie Potior committee in Now York. Heavy
strikes begun in England. Russiaus begin
evacuation ol Turkish territory end defini
tive treuty ol peace between the two conn
trios signed.... 11. Fatal land slides in
Kansas City, Mo., and Allentown, Pa....
12. Opening ol German parliament li
Opening ol British parliament. Nine China
men killed by an explosion of flre-damp in
California 14. St. Valentine's day.... 15.
Bill lor restricting Chinese emmigration
passed by tho United -Stoles Senate.... 18.
Three persons killed and about twenty
five severely inlured by a train falling
through a rotten bridge near Seltna, Ala
21. Details of plague horrors in Km sia re
ceived ....22. Seventeen lives lost by an
explosion in Stockton, Col. British steam
ship Zanzibar, with complement of thirty
six officers and crew, given up for lost alter
being out front New York forty-two days.
.. - .25. Reports received ol duMMirous stonni
in France, Sjatin and Italy.
MARCH.—I, President Hayes vetoes the
Chinese immigration hi 11.... 2. Great lire in
Reno, Nov 3. Reports ol Potter com
mittee published 4. Tbo Forty-Altb Con
gress adjourns and the President issues a
proclamation for extra session ol Forty- I
sixth Congress 5. Close of the Vander
bilt will case ia New Y0rk....9. Six
persons killed at a flro in East St. I-onis, 111 1
Beginning ol international six days' walking
match in No w York.... P2. The town ol Szege
din, Hungary, destroyed by a Hood. Twelve
persons injured by the fnil ola gallery dur
ing a walking match in Now York.... 13.
Marriage of Prince Arthur, Qnoen Victoria's i
third son, to Priacesa I -noise Margaret, ol '
Prussia. Arrival ol Bayard Taylor s re- 1
mains in New York.... 15. liowell wins
international walking match in New York. \
- I
sixth Congress.... 19. Forty seven lives
lost hy the iounderingoi a French iron-clad
off coast of France J$ (several New
Orleans banks tus|>eud payment*.... 24
Rev. T. DcWilt Talinage's trial lor deceit
and falsehood begun before tho Brooklyn
Presbytery.
APRIL.—2. Election in Rhode 151and....5.
Close ol debate on arrny hill and its passage
in tho House. Cambridge defeat* Oxford in
annual boat race on the Thames , . J.
Spring eleotion* in Michigan, etc .... 14.
Attempt to assassinate the Czar ol Russia
in St. Petersburg. Disastrous tornado ,
at Collinsville, Nev 17. Syndicate of
New York and Ronton flankers' hid for
$200,000,000 four |>er cent, bonds ac- !
ccpt.-d hy Secretory Sherman.... 18. Fatal
tornado in South Carolina. Martial law de
clared in six populous Russian district* |
20. Une-ba.'l ol Eutcka, Nev., destroyed by
Are.... 24. General Dix's funeral in New
Yotk. Emperor ol Austria's silver wedding ,
celebrated in Vienna 20. Brown makes
542 Hides in six days' championrhip pedes
trian match in London.... 29. President
Hayes vetoes army appropriation hill. Una
thousand houses, comprising town ol Oren
burg, Russia, destroy (si by Are.
MAY.—7. California vote# in lavorol adopting
new constitution....B. Rev. Dr. Talmage's
trial More a Brooklyn Presbytery emis in his
acquittal.... 12. The Pope's creates c ght
new cardinal*. Veto of the "military In
terference" bill by the President.... 16.
Six executions in different parts of the Uni
ted States. ... 20. The legislative appropria
tion hill naascs United -Stoles Senate... .24.
Particinationol Brooklyn's 13th regiment in
Queen Victoria's sixtieth birthday festivities
at Montreal -., .25. Catholic cathedral in
New York dedicated....2B. End ol war be
tween England and Afghanistan offlnialty
announced .. .29. News received of a ter
riflc naval bat'le between Chilian and
Peruvian vessels. The Prarident vetoes ths
legislative appropriation bill. Serreral per
sons killed or injured ola hotel Are in
Hage re town, Mil International congress
in Paris adopts a plan to Iraild a ship canal
acresa the Isthmus ol Darien....3o. Deeor
ntion day. About fifty persons lose their
lives by a tornado in Kansas, Missouri and
Nebraska.
JUNK.—I. Great eruption of Mt. Klna report
ed.,,.2. Great strike ol iron workers in
and about Pittsburgh, Pa....3. Seoretory
ol War MoCrary nominated by President
Hayes to succeed Judge Dillon as fudge of
the eighth circuit... .9. Ke|>orts received (J
great •lestrnrtioa of property in Italy by
bursting ol dike* and inundation of river
I'j. Cessation of eruption ol Mt. Etna re
ports d.... 11. Mysterious murder ol Mrs.
Hull in New York city. Emperor William's
golden wedding oelebratcd in Berlin.... 12
Eleven persons drowned by a waterspout
in the Black Hills 10. Henlan defeats
Elliott in championship rowing match at
Newcastle, England. Beginning ol six days'
internstional walking match in London....
21. Weston wins the walking tnalcb h
I-ondon, scoring 5-50 miles.... 23. The Presi
dent signs the ariuy appropriation trill and
vetoes the jadieial expenses appropriation
bill. Cox, Mrs. Hull s murderer, arrested
in H0et0n....20. The Khedive ol Egypt ab
dicates in tsvor ol his 50n....27- Harvard
defeats Yale In animal boat race at Naw
Din,ton, C0nn....30. Federal msrihnl ap
propriation bill vetoed by tho President.
JULY.—-1. Extra session of (he Forty-sixth
Congress c105ed....2. Fatal stoim in Wis
consin and Minnewota....4. Seven lives
loet by an accident to a steamer on I.ske
Quia was mon,l, Mass. Large Are in Am
beret, Mass....B. James Gordon Bennett's
yacht Jeannette soils from San Francisco
on exploring expedition in search ol the
North P01e....10. Eight persona killed by
an explosion of giant powder in mine works
at Bodie, Col. Yellow lever panic in Mem
phis .... 12. Funeral o< French Prince lm-
C Lhiselhurst, England. Eight lives
off 11 W °' " tott,n,,r State ol Virginia
off tbn coast ol Nova Scotia.... 10 Many
rifle**! ,0 " lBn(l during a ler
. ." llu V 18 - Kl ght persons drownsd by
cups.zing of i. yaoht in St. Uwrence river,
Gttutula. News received ola great Zulu do
and ifn °? Alriou by Lord Chelmsford,
ami virtual on.l ol the Zulu war 26
DoxU-uettye storm in western Pennsyl
h.Vuin-1. ih- A oooKft'tsioual comiiilttee
™ at Ghicago un exumiuation into the
causes olthe labor depression....Bl. Five
persons drowned by the capsizing ot an
excursion yacht at Clayton, N. Y.
AUGUST.—2. Dixastrous storm in England
... .4. Kentucky State election. Filty per
sons killed during storm in Denmark. Town
ol Volcano, W. Va., destroyed by fire....
• quewtion of dtbl oompromuMj
in ionnossee. Financial panic in Montreal.
Sarajevo, cnpital ol Bosnia, ulmost totally
burner) down 9. Yellow lover declared
an epidemic in Memphis 12. Auxtiian
ministry resign.... 16. British parliament
prorogued. James MeHenry, English flnan
curl agent, lulls in London lor 85,000,000.
Falal riot ol ship laborers in (Jin-boc. Sev
oral persons killed ut the destruction by flic
ola summer hotel at Locust Grove, near
Goney Island .... 18. Trptnendous storm
along the Atlantic cost . 23. Groat excite
ment createil in Sun Francisco by shooting
of I. 8. Kalloch, workingmen's candidate t -r
mayor, by Charles He Young,sr., proprietor
Chronicle newspaper... .30. A monument
to General Custer unveiled ut West Point.
| SEPTEMBER.—3. Colllornia State election.
Mruouere of British etnWsy at Uabtil... .5.
Several persons killed or injured by boi'ur
explosion on steamer Alru-ka, I-ake Erie
....8. State election in Maine.... 11. Tam
tnany (rolls lrom Democratic State Conven
tion itt Syracuse.... 18. News received ot
the capture ol Cotewayo, Zulu king, by the
British .... 20. General Grant arrives in
| San Francisco alter two years' absence
- abroad, international walking match for
Astley bell begun in New York.... 22. Par
j licluarx received of great Are at Kiev, Rus
| aia....23. Alliance formeil between Ger
many and Austria 26. Partial destruction
| ol Deadwood, Dakota, by Are 27. Howell
wins the walking match in New York....
28. Prof. Wise and compnnion ascend in
I balloon Patliflndor, at St. Drills, and never
heard from again.,.. 28. Bloody buttle be
tween Uiritc-I States troops and Ute Indians
| in Colorado.
I OCIOBEK.—2. Monument to Andre erected
| on the spot where be was hanged, at Tap
| pan, N. Y. About Alteon persons killed
: and many more wounded by tali ola grand
1 stand at a fiiir in Adriuu, Mich ...4. Be
ginning of pedestrian match lor O'l/cary
belt in New York. Ueireral Merrill's lorce
relievus Captain Payne's troops, Irelcuguercd
by Utes, in Colorado.... 8. Capture of fa
mous Peruvian iron clad Huascar by Chil
ian vossels alter a desperate naval light....
10. Filteen persons killed and many
wounded by railroad collision at Jackson,
Mich....11. Murphy wins the walking !
i match for the O'Lcary belt 12. British
troops enter Cahul.... 14. State elections irr '
Ohio and 10wa.... 15. Disastrous floods in [
Spain.... 16. Dr. I-e Mnyne cremated at
Washington, Pa. liHnlaii and Courtney
make a Azzleol thoir boat race on Chautau
•l'Ut Isike.... 18. Diss ol Spanish steamer
Nucvo Pajaro del Oceano in Baliair.n Straits, 1
Weat Indies, by Are, and lorty ol barpaasen
ger anil crew perish 19. Formation ol
new Turkish ministry... .20. Twenty-seven
British troops and many Atglinns killed by ,
blowing up ola magazine in Cabu1....21.
lerrible drxtrm* in Hungary on account ol
bad crops refsirtsHl.... 25. Ycllow lever epi -
domic in Memphis doclared at an end.
NOVEMBER —2. Five men killed by explo
. sion ol lire .'amp in a colliery near Ncrunton,
PH....4. Elections in a nirmtcr ol Slates.
....5. Orweipiieaol General Hooker in New j
Y'ork, and ol Senator Chandler in Detroit, j
....7. Steamer Champion sunk by the ahip '
Lady Oclavia, near Cape Hculopen, and
thirty lives 105t....8. Throe live* lost and
damage exceeding SIOO,OOO dono by break
ing ola Uain through the iron bridge over
the Missouri at St. Charles, Mo. Several
persons killtsl by the lall of a cracker fac
tory in Kansas City, M 0.... 10. A parly ol I
fllty white men lrom*Ncw Mexico, attacked
by Indians in Mexico ard thirty-two killed.
.... 11. Fatal cyclone in Crnwlord county,
Arkansas.... 12. Reception to General Grant
in Chicago. Five poisons killed at a New 1
York tcnemont-houso Are .... 17. About
thirty Chinamen killed by an explosion in a
California railroad tunnel 18. Nine lives
loet by the sinking ola portion ola town on
IxtkeOntario.... 19. General Thomas' statue
unveiled in Washington. Great excitement
in Ireland on account ol the arrest ol sev
eral persons for seditious utterancca... .26.
Great sslcol 250,000 shares New York Con
tral railroad stock by W. H. Vanderlait to
a syndicate of hunkers lor f3 .000,000
27. Thanksgiving day....28 Marriage at
Madrid ol King Allonso to Marie Christina,
Austrian archduchess.
DEC KM HER. —l. Opening ol the ses
sion of Forty-sixth Congress....2. Attempt
to kill the Cxar ol Russia while on his way
to Moscow.... 3. Banquet to Oliver Wendell
Holmes in Boatnn in honor ol his seventieth
bi. thday.... 8. Opening ol the international
dairy tail in New Y0rk....9. United State*
Senate con Anns Secretary of War McCrary
to be United States circuit judge.... 10.
Kx-,Senator Ramsey's appoint most as suc
cessor to Secretary ol War McCrary con
firmed by the Senate. National agricultural
society formed in Now Y0rk....12. News
received of great floods in Transylvania
and Hungary. Deetruction by Are ol Red
Rock, 1'a..... 16. Twelve miners killed and
eight injured by an explosion in a sail mine
in Wurtemburg, Germany.... 16. Great
welcome to General Grant in Philadelphia
....19. Details received ol heavy battle
between Chilians and allied forces of Peru
and Bolivia.
Eggs and Calx In Law.
There IN A famous ca.se on the hook* ol
a Norman hotel keeper and the cus
tomer who ordered a six-egg omelette
prepared hut went away in a hurry with
out paying for it. and when he returned
fifteen years later offered the landlord
fifteen francs, being for the originnl cost
of the eggs and the interest thereon com
pounded. The landlord claimed a fabu
lous sum, alleging that the six eggs
would have produced so many chicles,
from which would have issued so many
hens; that witli the product of theac in
numerable fowls he would have bought
a farm, which in so many years would
have yielded so much money, which be
ing invested, etc. The oourt, however,
non-suited the landlord because the
eggs had been broken for Ihe omelette,
and so could not have been hatched.
The case has been outdone in an In
dian court. A, B. C and D buy cotton
in partnership and store it in a ware
house which is invested with rats. To
discourage these vermin they buy a cat.
of which each is to own a leg. The
cat break" thai one of her legs which is
owned by A, whobinds it up with cot
ton soaked in oil. The cotton takes
fire, the cal takes refuge in the midst of
the ootton bales and the whole property
is destroyed; whereupon B. 0 and I)
sue A, alleging that it was his leg which
caused the conflagration. The court
promptly decides against them with
costs, and orders l hem to pay A for his
ootton and bear their own losses, on the
ground that the cat couldn't walk on the
broken leg, so that it was the three
sound legs which carried her into the
cotton.— /torts Figaro.
Professor Stewart, a mining expert
says in the most unqualified terms Ilia
Maine is a promising siiver-bear : ng
region.
The Dead of 1879.
Afacroloulval Itti onl of the I'ai.l Vr>r,
JANUARY.—Judge Charles T. Sherman,
brother ol Secretary and Gent ml Sherman;
Cleveland; Ohio; 07 2. Caleb Lushing
prominent American lawyer and politician;
Nowburgoort, Man*.; 7a 4. Juan Mom
coal, would-be assassin of Spanish king
executed in Madrid; 23....6. Morton Mm
Michael, ex-mayor ot Philadelphia and pub
lisher ol the ATvrlh American; Philadelphia;
62;.... 8. Julian Hart ridge, Congressman
lrotn Georgia; Wuehing'on, D. C.j 46...
10. Gustavo Schleicher, Congressman from
Texas; Washington; 60;.... 12. Commo
dore John Giic.it, U.S navy; Porthstnouth,
N. H.; 67... .20. John lilalr Soribner, head
Of wcll-kuown publishing boose; New
York; 28....21. George 8. Hilliard, Amcri
can author of note; Long wood, Maun; 67
• *••27. Dr. Henry K. Lindermun, director
United States mint; Washington; 64
FEBRUARY—2. Richard Henry Dana, emi
nent American author; Itoaton, Mans; 03
....3. General George Cadwalader, veteran
ol war with Mexico; I'hiladclphiH, 73....
7. Thomas Lord, well-known New York
millionaire; Now Yoi k, 86; ....11, Henry
Goodyear, rubber mauutucttwer; Paris
17. -Mian Klandron, weighing 616 pounds;
on exhibition in u New York menagerie; 18
-...21. Shore Ali, uinutr ot Afghanistan;
66;....23. Field Marshal Theodore Kuril
Von Uoon, German minister ot war; iter! in -
, 76.
I MAItCH.—3. William Howitt, v el-known
English author; Home, Italy; 87 6.
I Klilru Burntt, " the lourned blacksmith;"
i Nw Hritaiu, Conn.; 69....9. Kev. .John
Weiss, noted lectori r and essayist; itoaton
Manx.; 61 .... IG. Major-General T. W.
Sherman, Untied States unity; Newport,
K. 1.; 06....17. Ex-United States Senator
George Goldthwaite; Montgomery, Ala.;
00 26. John M. Elliott, chief (unite
Kentucky court ol appeals; i'mnklort, Ky.;
1 69....29. 11. Y. Kiddle, member ol 46th
; Congress, la-banon, 'fenn.; 65.
AI'KIL.—3. Judge Juiiicm A. Stewart, of the
! Maryland court ol appeals; Cambridge,
Md.; 71... 4. Ma/lam i'att rson-Bonaparle,
wile of the brother ol the first Napoleon;
Baltimore, Md.; 94 6. I'r. I Henry Wil.
liaiii Dove, celebrated mcteoro.'ogiat and
writer; itcrlin, Germany; 76.... 12. Lieu
tenant-General Kit-hardTaylor, Confederats
army; New York; 53 21. Major-General
John A. Dix, ex-Governor, ex-United
Slates Senator, etc.; New York; 81 25.
liishop KdwarcJ K. Ames, of the Methodi ,t
Episcopal Church; Baltimore, Md.: 73..
30. Kuxli Clark, Coegresxman lrotn Iowa;
Wa*hin;ton; —. Clinton L Cobb, ex-Con
ercaamau; Elixabctb City, N. C.j 36.
MAS. — 1. Mrs. Sarah J. B. Hale, lor mors
than Ally years editor ol iiolry't Lady's
HOOK ; Philadelphia; 90....6. Dr. Isaac
Butt, M. P. and leader ol the Irixh Home
Holers; Dublin; 63 15. Jacob Staemp
fli, well known Swi-s politician and mem
ber ol the Geneva Court ol Aibitiation on
Ahil ajna elaiinx; Be ne. Switzerland; 59.
....17. Hear Admiral Sylvanus W. Gordon,
oil retired list Unite 1 States navy; Bloix,
France. Judge Asa Packer, president
Lehigh Valley railnscl and richest man in
Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia , 72 24.
Widiaui Lloyd Garrison, celebrated antj
slavery agitator; New York; 76 31.
Kljcii C. Ligeraoll, ex-member id Congress
from Illinois ami brother ol Bob Ingcrsoll;
Washington; 48
JUNE—I. Prince Ixmis Na;deon Bona
parte, son ol N a)-oleon 111. and Eugenie;
South Allien; 23. Major-General James
Shields, veteran of M- xi- an war, and U. S.
Senator ftom tlir- e S-aies; Oltunwa, la.;
69 3 Baron Lionel Nathan Da Roths -
child, hna-l ol famous London l-anking
house; I onion; 71--.. 4- James Woodruff,
projector Woo-lnilT wientilic expedition
around the world; New York; 39.... 10.
Commodore Poxhnll A. Parker, Command
ant United States Naval Aca-'enty; Anna
polis. Int.; 57 25. Alliert Weber, lead.
mg New York pianoiurte maker; New
Yotk; 49.
JULY. 11. Wil liitm Allen. ex-Governor ol
Ohio; Cbillicothe, Ohio; 73....18. Major-
General William 1 'tarry, commander ol
Fort Mcllenry; Baltimore, Md.; 61....
28 Baron Frederick Von Gerolt, privy
councilor In the Kmpemr ol Germany and
ex-minister to the United States; Bonn,
Germany; 80 29. Bland Ballard, dis
trict judge ol the United States Court ol
Kentucky; Louisville, Ky.; GO.
AUGUST.—-Charles Feehter, latnous actor,
Kichlnnd Centre, Pa.; 64. Inlanta Maria
del Pilar, sistertsl lbs Spanish kirg; Spain;
18....2-5. Hon. John C. Ten Eyck, ex-
I'niteil Slates Senator from New .Jersey;
Mount Holly, N. J.; 65 27. Sir Row
land Hill, originator ol the cheap postage
sytem; England; 84....30. General J. B.
Hood. Confederate army, New Orbans; 48.
BKPIEMIIKR.—7. Win. M. Hunt, eminent
American artist; Isle ol Shoals, Me.; 56
.... Count Ainiob-o de Noe, known as
"Clu-m." the celebrated Fin ch catiratur
is; Paris; GO .... 14. Suleiman Pacha,
prominent Turkish genera!; Jl-gdnd; 39
....16 Bernhaidt CoUa, <tninei t German
geologist; Germany; 85 .... 18. Daniel
Drew, well known New York financier;
N w York; 82 .... 20. Rev. Joseph P.
Thompson, noted American tl.vine; Berlin,
Germany; 60....30. Francis Gillette, ex-
United Siniis Senator from Connecticut;
Hnitlnrd, Conn.; 72.
OCTOBER -13 II nryC. Csrey. celebrated
American political econoiuirt; Ihidadel
phia; 86....14. Dr. F. JulirS Le Mnyne,
father il cremation in the United States;
Wiu-hinglon, Pa.; 81....1 V Carl Kekhart,
composer; Berlin 17. William R. Whit
tingbam, It. D., 1.1..D , Protestant Episco
|*l lualiop ol Maryland; Gauge, N.J.; 74
• ••.20. Herr Von Uulow, German diplo
roat; Berlin; 61 .... 31. Mjor General
Joae; h ILx.ker, dirtingnished officer of the
Federal army; G-udeu City, I-ong Island;
64.
NOVEMBER—I. Hon. Zaohariah Chandler,
United Slates Senator from Mirhigan;
Chicago, 111.; 66....8. Margaret L Eaton,
wi-low ol President Jackaon'a secretary ol
war; Washington; 83....10. RicbanlSche.l,
a prominent Wall street tloancier; New
York; 69....11. Rear Admiral Augustas
11. Kilty, United Stales navy; Baltimore;
73.... 16. Colonel Frederick Von Wenler,
a veteran of Waterloo and Moscow; Balti
more; 100.. ..21. Peter Gor.let, eccentric
New York millionaire; Now York; 80....
22. Mrs. Charles Dickens, widow of the
noveliet; 10nd0n....23 Cennteas de Mem.
Ujn, mother of ex-Kmprew Eugenie;
Madrid, Spainj 79.
DECEMBER.—I. Major-General Jefferaoa
C- Davis, United States army; Chicago,
III.; 61....6 Hon. Winlhtop W. Ketcham,
judge of Ihe U. 8. district oourt lor the
western district ot Pennsylvania; Pitts
burgh, Pa.; 69. William John Scott Bent
wiak, filth Duke ol Portland; England;
7d....8. Hon. A. Morri-on I*y. Congress
man lrotn Missouri; Washington; 43....
17. Ca'eralt, tbo notorious English bang
man; London.
Chicago's leal-Canning Indn-rirj.
Tito business of canning meals in tliia
city is ono of comparatively recent date.
As enormous as it now is, it is the
growth of but very few years.
During the pant year there were
slaughtered in tliis city for canning pur
poses IRIO,OOO head of cattle, the coat of
which wns over #6,000,000.
In this business over 8,000 men are
employed, and the amount of money
yearly expended in this eity in the pros
ecution of this business, for labor and
otherwise, is over #I.OOO 000.
liver 40,000 cans of meat are packed
daily In this city, and over 200,000
pounds of meat cooked daily for canning
purposca.—Ukscovo Times
FOR THK FAIR SEX.
IVew* ami !Vota for Women,
Miss Nancy Smith ha* been admitted
to the bar at Keokuk. la. The lawyers
of that place gave her a dinner.
A single hair brought eighty dollars
the other day at a fair in Alabama. It
was from the head of a pretty woman
and sold for the benefit of Gen. Hood's
orphans.
Several Chicago girls have determined
to devote themselves to charity and
benevolence, and are going to begin,
says the Boston Tramcript, by giving
their wide belts to poor horses.
Very cheap straw Chinese hats have
this year been the rage in England.
Duchesses wearing precisely the same
article as dairy maids; "but," explained
one great lady, "none of those dreadful
middle class people wear them."
Very elegant petticoats of black and
garnet satin have the back breadths
drawn into puffs, which are stuffed with
hair. Red cashmere petticoats have
bustles of curved whalebone set in at
the top.
Miss Mary Allen Vest is superintend
ent of schools in Knox county, Illinois,
and her schools have taken six out oi the
eight premiums offered in the educa
tional department of the Illinois State
fair. The superintendent of educa
tional exhibit recommended the State
ltord of agriculture to grunt a medal to
Miss West.
There are thirty-seven women in
attendance at the Ixmdon school ol med
icine for women. Of the seventy stu
dents who have entered the school since
its foundation some are in practice and
others are preparing for the examination
of the University of Ixindon. or of the
King's and Queen's College of Physi
cians. Ireland.
An old fashioned quilting party is
mentioned by the Junction City (Kan
sas) Tribune : "We attended a quilting
party last week at lied Hose farm. The
quilt was pieced inChinese pattern by t he
father of the hostess, Mrs. Of W. Hill,
who is ninety-five years old. The
daughter, granddaughter, and great
granddaughter were all quilting at one
time. The old gentleman did not proba
bly anticipate this ' trio' when sewing
the blocks so accurately and neatly."
At a recent wedding in New York, the
lovers' knot and horseshoe were woven
of solid roses. A large circular basket
and lyre composed of Cook roses, ferns,
and lillian Amazonica, completed the
decoration. At a "wooden wedding "
butter tubs and spice-boxes were used
as flower-receivers and a chopping-bowl
was filled to overflowing with rare and
costly plants. At another wedding the
bride carried an Angot bag filled on one
side with long-stemmed white buds.
VfarrlaKC ( uatomi 111 India.
Marriage customs and marriage mini
ras, did' r in some respects in different
parts of India. Thus at a marriage of
li if- highness the Mahar.-yah of Mysore
the following pretty recitation formed a
portion of the ritual uttered by the
bridegroom in musical Sanskrit:
" Who gave her!
To whom did he give her?
Ix>ve gave her!
I,ove was the giver.
I>ovc was the taker.
Ixive! may this be thine.
With love may I enjoj her!
Ixwe has pervaded the ocean.
Witli love I accept her!
Ijovc! may this be thine."
S<x>n after this the bride and bride
groom proceed one or two steps forward,
and the bride is thus addressed by the
bridegroom:
" May the ryions of spare, may air,
the sun and fire dispel that anxiety
which thou feelest in thy mind and turn
thy heart to me. Be gentle in thy aspect
and loyal to thy husband, be fortunate
in cattie. amiable in tliy mind and beau
tiful in thy person: mother of valiant
sons; be fond of delights: be cheerful
and brine prosperity to our bipeds and
quadruppds. Soma first received thee:
tlie regent of fire was thy third husband
and now a human being is thy fourth.
Soma gave her to the gtm: the sun gave
her to the region of fire; fire her to me.
With her he has given me wealth and
male offspring. May she, most con
spicuous cause of prosperity, never de
sert me."
These and many others which were
recited contain much exquisite poetry in
them. They are, to quote Max Muller,
the simplest child-like papers on record.
To Some Ulrla.
So you want to marry a rich man, do
you? You want to live without work?
Between Dives and Lazarus you would
fire I-azarus out, ch? Good. Now,
what docs the deliberate intent to
"marry rich," mean? This when in
terpreted in plain English:
You are willing that a man should
-wiv for the roof over your head the food
mu eat, the clothes you wear. You ex
pect him in addition to furnish you with
spending money. And what will you
give in return? Your company. You
are willing to supervise his household,
providing it is stylish enough and there
\re servants enough to anticipate every
sxertion. You will dress, come down
to dinner and play the charming hostess.
But is this always remuneration for his
outlay? Iha-s the rich five or ten-year
married man's life always prove it?
Are you willing for money to he simply
endured? Are you willing to sit in
vour comfortable seat and give Dives all
the scope and rein he wants outside?
After all, have you much reason on your
side for complaining if his fancy winga
itself in other directions? Practically,
you chose his money, not him. You
liaye what bis money brings. Should
you nof lie content? Did you not prefer
to eat the brea<l of a gilded dependence?
You have still what you married
money, position, diamonds, servants, a
carriage, a summer cottage. Are not
these enough? Heart? Affections?
Faithfulness? Nonsense. You did not
wed them.— New York Graphic.
Hay as Food tor Hogs.
But few men are aware of the fart that
hay is very beneficial to hogs, but it is
true nevertheless. Hogs need rough
food as well as horses, cattle or the
human race. To prepare it you should
have a cutting-box (or hay cutter), and
the greener the hay the better. Cut the
hay as short as oats or shorter, and mix
with bran, shorts or middlings, and
feed ns other food, lings soon learn to
like it, and if soaked in swill, as other
slop food, is highly relished by them.
In w.nter use for the hogs the same hay
yr.u feed your horses, and you will find
that, while it saves bran, shorts or other
I ieod. It puts on llesh as rapidly as an v.
I thing that can be given them.