RAILROADS. Pennsylvania 11. K. Time Table. NEWPOIIT STATION.- On and fitter 'Nov. 12th, 171, Passenger trains wilt run as iouows: ' KAHT. Mall aid p. M., dully except Sunday Harrlsburg Accom 12.21 p. M., dally " Kunday. WFXT. Thro' Paw. 4.05 A. M. (Hag) dally exe'pt Monday. Way 1'asa, 8.44 A. M., daily, except Hunday. Maft 2.: p. M. dallv eocp Hunday. Mixed 6.:il P.M.. dally except hunday. Uncln'ti Kx.(llaK) 11.3(1 lM..dally, exe'pt Siifrday .1. J. HAItdLAY, Audit. P. 8.-Mall East reaches Philadelphia at U.lvr.M. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Sunday. Nov 12lh, 171, trains 111 leave Uuncaniion, 'J,.j! yva It I Cincinnati Express (flag) 11.05 I'. M. Dally. Way l'awniier. 8.12 A.M., dally except Sunday Mall. 1.50 p. m, dallyexcept Kunday Mixed, 6.47 p. M., dally except Sunday. EASTWA HI), llarls'lnirg Aecom 12.6WP. M., dally except Sunday. 4lail 6.4K P. M " " Cinoinualtl Express lu.mp. in. uaiiv. , C. K1N(1, Audit. Northern Central Railway. ' ' WINTER ARRANGEMENT. Through and IHrect Unite to and .from NWi dip ton, JtnULmor. Jiltnlra, KrU; tluS'alo, Jiochenter and Niagara fbllii. "VN AND AFTKK HUNIUYf Novemhcr 12th J 1871, the trains uii the northern Central Hall way will run as follows : ; NORTHWARD. MAIL TKAIN. Leaves Baltimore, 8.30a.m. I Harrisburir, 1.45 p m Willlainsport 7.00 p. ni., aim arr. ai i-.iiiinu, iu.so RITFFA1.0 EXPRESS. reaves Baltimore, 7.3."p.m. j Harrisburg.t0.40 p.m Willlainsport, z.a a. in. I r.iiiiua. o.. a. in. Arrive at Cauaudaliiua at 8.10 a.m. FAST LINK. Leaves Baltimore 12.40 p. 111. Harrlsburg 4-4 P-m. Arr. at WllllaiiiHport 8.16p.m., WKSTKIIN F.XPHF.SS. leaves Haltlmorcl0.05p.ni. ai. Harrlsburg 12.50a.m. NIAIIAItA EXI'KESH. Lvs. Ilaltlmore 8.110 a.m., Harrislmrg 10.55 n. in Arrives at Cauandalgua at 8.2s p. in. SOUTHWARD. MAIL TKAIN. Txtves Ktinlrn ft.40 a. 111. I Williainsnort 9.15 a. in. HarrisburK 2.10 p. in. I Ar.llaltlmore at 0.60 p.m BUFFALO KXPKKSS. Leaves CanandalRua (1.55 p. in., F.lmlra 0.40 p.m. Williamsport 12.25 a. 111., Ilarrlsburg nt 4. 05 a. 111. Arrives at Ilaltlmore at 7.2U a.iu, KItIK EXI'KESH. Lvs. Sunbury 9.26 a. 111., Ar.Hairisburg 11.20 a. in PACIFIC EXrilKSS. Lvs. Harrislmrg 11.40 a.m.. Ar.Baltimore 3.00p.m. NIAOAKA EXntESS SOUTH. Lvs CanandiiKiia lUOa.m. I Klmlra 12.15 p. m. . -' WilllainsDort 3.05n.in. 1 SunhiirY 4.40 11. III. " HarrisburK 7.00 p.m. I ar. llallimoi'e,10.10p.ui. HAUHISIH'HU ACCOMMODATION, T.vs. Ilarrlsliiiiif 7.30 a. in.. Ar. Baltimore 12.00. in. WMall Traill north and south, Fast Llnellorlh, I'acillo Express and Erie Express, daily except Sundav. llullalo Express north and south and Cincin nati express souin, leave uany. For further Information apply at tho Ticket office. Pennsylvania Hallroad liciiot. Al.rliKM it. Mnis. General Superintendent. IIKADIKCJ KAIL-ItOAIK WINTER ARRANGEMENT. Hoiulay, IVov. 131h, 1871. EKAT TRUNK LINE FKOM THE NORTH VJt inu JNorin-wesi ior rniiaucipina, rM!w iorn, lteaillui!, rotlsviiie, laniaqua. Asuiaim.miauioKip, lliainn. Alientown, EiiHton, Eplirata, Utu, Lan asier, joiuinma, sc., no. Trainslnavellarrlsburs for New York, as follows At 2.45, 8.10, A. M., and 2.00, p. m., connecllni; with similar trains on the Pennsylvania itailroau, and arriving at New York at 10:07 a. m., 3.42, and 9:45 p. in., respectively. Sleeping cars accompany the 2.45 a. m., train alt limit i.Tiniiirn. KeturniiiK : Leave New York at 9 A. M., 12.30 noon, and 5 n. m.. I'hlladclplilaat7.30. !.:. in 3.30 p. M. Bleeping cars accompany the 6 p. if., train from New York, without eiiane. leave Harrislmru for Heading, l'ottsville, Tama, Ul.....u.,llla Adt,l.,.l Mltan,lltl AII..I,. town, and Philadelphia, at 8.10,a.m., and 2.00, and 4.05, p. m., stopping at Lebanon and principal way stations; the 4.05 p. m. train connecting ior i una teli)hla. l'ottsville and Columbia only. Forfeits and Husouelianna Hallroad, leave Harrlsburg at 1. . I Kant 1'enna. naiirnaa trains leave neanniK ior Alientown. Kaston and xora ai lo.so . 1 j , ..- . .. ... Kw ViirU I I I. W l. "! " at tt.oo a. m., iz.au noon aim o.isi p. 111. aim aiicii- rL rtVim leav'e, Tf h'n'adel Phla' a: A. M.,eoiiiiectlni?wllhiinll:irtralnoii East Penu'a Jtailroad, returnliiK from Heading at 6.20 p, ttlniHihiir ut ail Stations. jaeave l oiisvuie ai iiiiibo ctwiv m um ihuiuihh mi,! a an lici-mlon ut 10.00 o'clock a. it Miamokln at 5.40 and 11.15 a. m. : Ashland, 7.05 a m kitwl k2 43 noun t AIilIioiiv Cltv at 7.51 A. M.. SHU 1.20 p. H. : Tamaoiia at .& a. m. and 2. lop. M. for Philadelphia aud New York, Heading, Harris on i, oc I-eave l'ottsville via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Kallroadat8.15A.M..forHarrlsburg,audll:45x in. r.ii Pin. I i I'nvA mill Treinoiit. Heading accommodation train: leaves Pottsvllle mi r, in a. m nuHKliiir Kradlnir at A. M..arrlvlna at Philadelphia at 10.20 A. M., returning leaves .Philadelphia at 4.45 p. M. passing Heading at 7.35 p.m., arriving ai i -oiisviue ai .zo p. m. J.1:..t.t"1."-"" A''"!;":!-. I'tiWX; 4.15 p.m. Columbia Hallroad trains leave Heading at 7.20 . in. and It. 15 l). m. for Eplirata, LIU., Lancaster, Columbia, (Sic- Returning, leave Iaineaster at 8.20a. in'., and 3.25 jk in., anu l omnilila ai s ia a. in., aim p. in. Perkiomen ltallroudtralhslcave Perk loiiien Junc tion at 725. and U.05 a. m.. .1.00 and 5.45 l. in. He. turiilliK.leaves Schwciiksville ut 6.45 a. m., and 8.11) ji. in. and 12.50 noon, aud 4:45 p. in., coiinectiUK with similar trains on HciulliiKi'oad. Ciiieln-ookilale Hallroad train leaves Pottstownat 9.40a. im., and 1.16 and tt.30p.iii., returning leave Ml. Pleasant at 7,15, 11 :25 a. in., and 2.54 p. in., connecting Willi similar trains on Heading; It. It. i'ii..ait.r Vulli-v Hallroud trains leave llridifcnort jit 8.30 a. ni.,2.05aiid6.20p. in. Heliirulim, h ave IDowiiinutown at tU5 a. in., 12.50, noon, ami 6.15 u. in..ooiiiiectliiK with trains on Heading Hallroad. On Hundays: I-eave New York at ft p. in. i Plil la. at 8 a. in. and 3. is p. m. ;uiona. in. Irani run .tin, ..ni, to ItHiillntr: Potlsvllle 8 a. in i Harris burg 2.45 A. m., and 100 p. in. i leave Alientown at and 8.35 p. in. leave lieauuiK ai T- io a, in., aim 4.N)p. M.,Tor HarrisburK, at 4:34 a. in., for New York 9:40 a. in., and 4.16 p. m.. for Philadelphia. f.,.in,n,,tntlnn Mllentre. Hearten. School and Kx 4Hirslou Tickets to and from all points at reduced rates. Hac.ir.-iKe checked through, 100 pounds allowed eacu passenger. j e wo) . Asst. Hupt. & ling. Mach'ry. Heading, Fa., nov. ia. ii. Stage Line Between Newport and Ken Herniantown. CJTAO EH leave Mew (lennantown dally at fou 45 o'clock a. in. l.annisiiiirgai i. oo . m. uimn Dti. Kw itiHiniiild at UU a. in. Arrlvliia at Newport to connect with the Ae M,,uuTlnn train kiiMt. Heturiiliiif leaves fiewunrt on the arrival of the Mall Train from l'hlladclphla, at 2.30 P. ni. Z. K10K. VrovrMur. T b 1 1 1 V 1 ttnriu.v a t !r. , I. New HiiMimUeld. PerrvCo.. Pa. omc In the Court House, with J. B. Wiuler, Ewi. Meiers ! 11. Mclutlre, Esq. Julie 27, 1871. CHILDHOOD. ; t ' ' BT OEOHOB I. PBSNTICB. 'Tl sad vet sweet to listen To the soft wind's gentle swell, And think wc hear the music Our childhood loved io well; To gnito out on the even, And the boundless fields of air, And feel again car boyish wish, To roam like angels there. There ore many dreams ofgladuess That cling around the past, And'from the the tomb of feeling, Old thoughts come thronging fast: The forms we loved so dearly In the happy days now gone, The beautiful and lovely, 80 fair to look upon. Thoso bright and gentle maidens, Who teemed so formed for bliss, Too glorious and too heavenly For Buch a world as this I Whose dark, soft eyes seemed swimming In a sea of liquid light; And whose locks of gold were streaming O'er brows so sunny bright. Like the brightest buds of summer, They have fallen lrom the stem, Yet, oh I It Is a lovely dream, To fade from earth like them. And yet the thought Is saddening, To muse on such at they, And feel that all the beautiful Are passing swift away ! That the fair ones whom we love Grow to each loving breatt, Like tendrils of the clinging vine, And perlBh when they rcBt. Why Old Dirk M as not up to Time. XN tlio early days in Kentucky, the set- L tiers wore put to great troublo with wolves. Tho barnyard sufiorcrt to a great extont in the way of pigs, calves, etc., from tlinir denredations. which frequently, in mid-winter were even carried to the au dacious extreme of attacking human beings. Indeed, it was no unusual thing for the belated traveller to find himself sur rounded by a herd of them in the woods. Borne striking stones of hairbreadth es capes and desperato adventures belong to thin nerind and condition of things. Of a somewhat amusing character was the ad venture which befell old Dick, tho negro fiddler, He was " a good-for-nothing old dar key," as the world went in tho neighbor hood, whoso solo merit consisted in lus .,.:. i,f i.ti,ou,nviiiiri,Lir as this uuu"ti "J " merit was it in reality constituted him by far tho most important gentleman of color within forty milos around. Tho fact la. untl.iiur of inv interest could occur 1 - - without his presence. On tho occasion of a grand wedding 011 a neighboring plantation, some six miles dis tant, old Dick was, of course, cxpacted to officiate as master of the ceremonies. It had been an unusually sevcro winter, an;l a linnvv snow lav unon tho ground on tlio ovcutful evening, when, having donned bis 4 long-tailed blue," with its glittoring gilt buttons, and mounted tho immenso shirt- nnllar bv tho aid of which tho dicnity of big official character was properly main tained, he sallied forth, liddlo in baud, to dare tho perils of tho distant way alone for the younger darkies bad all gone to the frolic hours ago, rru ....10 ai,I ami 41, utni-a fwitllr, led merrily overhead, as tho spry old man .,.l..afl DDav nvpr IIih priwii and creaklnir " - j Tim natli. which was a narrow one. , - , ,, . . .1,. 1 icq, ior uiegreavcr paikui uu ijr, the dark shadow of aheavy bottom forest, vt remained as wild as when the In dians roamed it, and was untravormHl by a wagon-road for many miles. On he dashed with unrelar-ing onorgy, heedless of the black shadows and hideous night-erics in tho deep forest. Wolves ,,.'1,,,wi;,,t n round him in everv direction. " . .... . , t UIIL 110 puUl 11" tt.iuilliou w nuilii,in ill, were so common. However, he was soon compelled to give moio heed to thoso animals than was by anv means i.lcasinif or expected. Ho had now mado nearly half of his journey anil tho light opening ahead through tho trees showed him the "old clearing," a it was called, through which his path led. Tho wolves bad been getting excessively noisy for tho last mile ; and to tho undeaeribablo horror of the old man, he could hear them gathering about him in tho cracking bushes on cither side, as they run along to keep pace witli bis rapid steps. Tho woods very soon seemed to Dick to be literally alive with them, as they gathered in yellow packs from far and near. Wolves are cautious about attacking a human being at once, but usually requiro some littlo time to work themselves up to the point. That such was the case now proved most lucky for poor old Dick, who began to realize the horrible danger, as a dark object would,, brush past Ins legs every few momenta, wiUl a snapping sound like the ring of a steel trap ; wbilo the yells and patter of the gathering wolves increas ed with terrible rapidity. Dick knew enough of the habits of the animal to be fully aware that to run would ensure his instant death, a the cowardly pack would be sure to set upon him In a body on the Instant of observing any indication of fear. His onlv chance was to keep them at bay by preserving the utmost steadiness until ho could reach an old but that stood in the tniddlo of a clearing not far off. Tho wolves were becoming more auda cious every minute, and rushed at him, napping as they went past in closor and closer proximity to bis thin legs. The frightened fiddler instinctively thrust at them with his fiddle. Tho sudduu sound of the strings caused the wolves to leap aside with surprise. Dick instantly drew his hand across the strings, and to his in finite relief they sprang back and aside as if he had shot amongst thorn. Taking Immediate advantage of this lucky ivcrsion in his favor, as he had now reach ed tlio edgo of tho clearing, ho made a brcakfor tho hut, .liking his hand across tho Oddlo-strings at every jump, until they fairly roared again. Tho astonished wolves paused for a moment on the edgo of the clearing with their tales between their lugs; but be had broken the spell by running, and in a moment thoy were after him. Luckily the old man reached the hut just as they were at his heels, and slam ming tho rickety door, behind him, he hud time to climb upon the roof, whore he was comparatively out of danger. Tho wolves, thronging the interior, leap ed at him with wild yells of gnashing rage. Poor old Dick had managed to cling to his fiddle through it all, and remembering Ithat it bad saved him in tho woods, bo now, with tho sheer energy of desperation, drew his bow shrieking across tho strings, with a sound that rose high above their deafening yells, while, with his f jet kicking out into tho air, he endeavored to avoid their steel- liko fangs. An instant's silence followed this sudden outburst, but old Dick soon learned to his increased horror that even wolves aro too fastidious to stand fiddling, for they commenced a renewal of tho at tack as soon as tho first surpriso was over, more furiously than ever. When the head of a great wolf was thrust up between the boards of the roof within a few inches of where bo sat, ho gave him self up for a gono darkey, and wont to fid dling " Vankeo Doodlo" with all his might With tho first notes of tho air. silence com menced ; the brutes owned tho subduing spell, and the terror-stricken fiddler, when he came to himself astonished althe sud den cessation of hostilities saw bo was surrounded by the most attcntivo and cer tainly appreciative audienco lie had ever played before. For tho moment there was tho slightest cessation of tho music, every listener sprang forward to renew tho battle, and set his pipe-stem legs to flying about in tho air again. lint he had now learned tho spell, and as long as ho continued to play with tolcra- blo correctness ho was comparativly safo The old fiddler forgot his torror in profes- sional pride, for ho was decidedly Haltered by such intenso appreciation : and entering Into tho spirit of tlio thing, played with a gusto and effect such as ho thought ho had never before surpassed or oven equalled, broad. Then we have an excellent sitting Even tho wedding, with its warm lights, room, which serves as a parlor, dining its sweetened whiskey, was forgotten for tho timo in the glow of this new profession- al triumph. But as time progressed, he began to givo way under cold fatigue, aud exhaustion. It ut ho could not stop a moment beforo they were at him again, and thero they persistently sat, that shaggy troop of con noisseurs, fidgeting- on their haunches, with lolling tongues and pricked cars, list ening to their compulsory charmer, for' several weary hours until tho negroes at the wedding, becoming impatient or alarmed about the old man, came out to look for him, aud found him thus perched upon tho roof of the tottering hut, sawing away for dear life. They rescued the old man from his comfortless position, while the lingering forms of his late audience told that they most unwillingly surrender ed the fruition of their unwanted feast. tHr It became necessary last week in the Criminal Court at Newport, Ky., in order to render a boy witness competent, to prove that ho had reached tho age of ten years, and his mother, an Irish woman, was call ed for that purpose. " How old is your son John ?" quoth tho lawer. " Indade, sir, I dunuo, but I think he's not tin yit," was the reply. "Did you muko no record of his birth ?" "The priast did, in the ould country, where he was born." "How long after your uiumauo was that?" 'About a year j may bo lias." " When wero you married?" . "Dade, sir, I dunno." " Ditl you nat bring a ceitiftcnte of your marrluge with you from the old country?" " Hey, sir? and what should I niado wid a certificate whin I had the ould moil him self along wid me?" No further questions wore asked. (IT suppose you were to seo the sun vising in the middlo of the night, what should you call that?" said a teacher to a plow boy pupil, whom be was examining on niiraclos. ' The mune pleas, sir I "Dut suppose you knew it was not the moon, but the sun, and you saw it actually rise in the middle of the night, what would you think?" "Please, sir, I should think it I was timo to get up. A Floating City. NE of the most wonderful cities' in the world is Bankok.' It is the capi tal of Biam, aud is situated on or rather in tlio great river Melnam. Tho following graphic account is from a volume of trav els : , ' ' "Tho capital of Biam I Did yon ever witness such a sight in your life 1 On cither sido of tho wide, majestic stream, moored in regular streets, and alleys, nnd extend ing as fur as tho eye can reach, are upwards of sevepty thousand neat little wooden houses ; each house floating on a compact raft of bamboos, and the wbolo interme diate spaco of tlio river presents to our astonished go 7.0 one dense mass of ships, junks and boats of every conceive able shape, color and si. As wo glide along among these, wo occasionally encounter ft a stray house, broken loose from its moor ings, and hurrying down the strcaem with tho tide, amid the uproar and shouts of the inhabitants and all tho spectators. We also noticed that all the front row of houses Bro neatly painted shops, in which various tempting commodities are exposed for snle ; behind theso again, at equal distances rise tho lofty and elegant porcelain towers of tho various watts and temples. On our right hand side, far away as we can sec, are three stately pillars, erected to the memory of three defunct kings, celebrated for some acr of valor and justice : nnd a littlo beyond these, looming liko a lino-of- battle ship amongst a lot of cockle shells rise the stnigglors and not very elegant palace of the king, where his Siamese maj esty, with ever so many wives and children resides. Right ahead, where tho city termin atcs, and the river, making a curvo, flows behind tho palace, is a neat-looking littlo fort, surmounted with atop of mango trees, over which peep tho roofs of ono or two houses and a flagstaff, from which floats tho royal pennant and jack of Biam a flag of red ground work, with a white elephant worked in the centre. This is the fort and nalacooftho Prnco Chou Fan, Kiiie of Biam, and ono of the most extraordinary and intellectual men in tho East. Of him, however, wo shall see and hear more, after weliave bundled our traps on shore, and taken a littlo rest. Now, be careful bow you step out of the boat into the balcony of tho fixating house, for it will reccdo to the force of your ollbrt to mount, and if not awaro of this, you loso jour balance and fall into tlio river. Now wo aro safely transhipped, for wo cannot as yet say land ed ; but wo now form an item, though a very small one, of tlio vast population of the city of Bankok. " Wo take a brief survey of our present apartments, and find every thing, incon voniently small, cleanly, and in other re gpects comfortable. First, wo have a littlo balcony that overhangs the river, and is about twenty yards long by ono and a half room and all ; then we have a littlo sido room fr books aud writing ; and behind these, extending the length ol the other two, and bedroom. Of course we must bring or tnako our own furniture ; for though those houses aro pretty well oil' on tho scoro, tho Siamese hao seldom anything besides their bedding materials a few puts and paus to cook with, a few jars of stores, and a fishing net or two. Every house has a canoe attached to it, audjno nation detests walking so much as the Siamese ; ut the samo timo they are all expert swimmers, and both men and women begin to acquire this very necessary art at a very early ago. Without it a man runs momentary risks of being drowned, as, wheu a canoe upsets, none- of the passers by ever think it neces sary to lend any aid, supposing them fully adequate to tho task of saving their own lives. Canoes aie hourly being upset, owing to the vast couuoourse of vessels aud boats plying to and fit) ; and, owing to this negligence or carelessness in rendering as sistance, a Mr. Ileiihnin, tin American mis sionary, lost his life sumo twelve years ago, having upset his cauoe when it was just getting dusk, and though surrounded by hundreds of boats, not ono docined it neces sary to stop and pick the poor man up." 2?" "Clerk," said a tall Kcntiickimi to a hotel olliclal, "this young lady and ino havo eloped. Have you any niarryin' facil ities 'round hero?" Tho clerk replied in tlio afliimiitive, mid tho two wero "spliced" in less than an hour. The bride-groom was evidently not yet satisfied, mid lingered around tho hotel hook. " Clerk," said he confidentially, at length, "hadn't ye better change tho register, aud givo us ono room now we're married ?" " It's already done," replied the clerk ; "you're marked fur tho same room." "Well, clerk replied tho Kentuckian, quickly, "won't you just show mo up, thou, for I'm aiffut 7y." tlf" These ladies aro like birds thnt are on tho wing," said a humorous clerk to his employer, as a bevy of shop damsels left the store. " Why so ? asked the proprietor, " Because it takes them a long time to settle upon their purchase," (porches,) replied the clerk, The proprietor saw the " point," and was gratified at his aouWuess that he at once raised the clerk's wages. ENIOMA T K V A It T M F. N T, ' ' Poetical Enigma. There Is a word of plural number A foe to peace and human slumber Now any word you chance to take By adding yon plural make ; Hut If you add an s to this, . How strange the metamorphosis i Tho word is plural then no more, And sweet, what bitter was before. Answer next week. -, Problem. Can any one sttld an answer to the following problem t Two men A and B are on a straight road on opposite sides of a gate, and distant from it, A DOS yarns, and rJ.ii 7 yards, and travel to wards each other. At what time will each he a t the same distance from the original station of the other, B travoling 'i yards and A 3 M yards each second I tT" Answer to Enigma in the Times of the Snd Inst. "Sleep." A Nhnwl Factory in Cnslinioro. OI IN II. Ireland, who travelled a long imo in India nnd Cashmere, gives some curious facts about tho manufacture and cost of a real Cashmere scarf or shawl. While in Cash mere ho visited Mooki Shah, who is tho best and tho greatest manufac turer of shawls in that city. Tho factory was a miserablo dirty building, tho work room measuring (10 by 80 feet. Hero bo found somo forty men and boys, of all ages, from six to fifty arranged In twos nnd threes, at different looms, each one having a loom to himself; for all tho most val-' liable shawls are made in looms, in small pieces according to tho pattern, and then sewed togcthei . The pattern is not put in colors and squares like our patterns of worsted work for chair backs, seats or slip pers, but the directions aro written. When the patterns are mailt) they are all sewed together. At some looms in operation the id appcaro d to bo four or live hundred small pins of wood with rolls of different shades of woolen thread, to be used in dif ferent parts of the pattern. It was aston ishing to see tho dexterity with which tho small children worked these handltxmis, and understood their written directions. The traveler bought a shawl which took fifteen men seven months to make; tho workmen received four and thru-fourth et.ntt a day 1 Mr. I. says ho cannot imagine whero all tho one, two and three hundred dollar shawls come from certainly not from Cashmere. Mootki Shah makes nono that could bo brought in London or Now York for less than eight or nitio hundred dollars. Our author, upon application to the trade, would have learned that a largo portion of tho shawls sold as real India ones aro actually mado in France, for tho Thibet goat was introduced into that coun try more than forty years ngo, and Cash mere shawls also imitated with considerable skill. There was a magnificent shawl made at this factory for Eugenie, while Empress of France. It had a whito ground or centre, and was tho most elegant specimen of Cashmere work Mootki shah ever pro duced. Thirty men wero kept steady at work on it for nine mouths. That is, 8,250 days' work were bestowed on that ono shawl. The price, when finished, 1,300 rupees, or $11.10. Buch a shawl would sell for about $4,000 in Loudon or Now York ; the shopkeepers, even if they do not visit a littlo when they stay at homo. ' Space Measuring. Imagine a railway from hore to tho sun. How many hours is the sun from us? Why, if wo wero to send a baby in an express train, going incessantly at a hundred milos an hour without making any stopagos, the baby would grow to bo a boy the boy would grow to lie a man the man would glow old an die without seeing tlio sun, for it is distant more than a hundred years from us. Hut what is this compared to Neptune's distance ? Had Adam and Eve started by our railway at the creation to go from Neptune to the sun nt therato of fifty miles an hour, they would not havo got thero yet, for Neptuno is moro than six thousand years from the centre of our sys tciu. " Ilut wo aro getting into too largo numbers again ; wo must have some swifto servant than a railway to measure spaco for us. Light will answer our purposo, for light travels from tho sun to tho earth in eight minutes. Eight minutes, then, coun ting by light, aro equivalent to a hundred years of railway express speed. It would take about four hours to gu from tho sun to Neptuno. Among the stars wo shall find that the nearest is three year oil', count ing by light. t Adroit HogutB. A hat ami fur dealer in Boston was re cently victimized by two rogues, Tho fel low wero in the Btore at tho same time, and while one was negotiating with the man in uttondence for the purchase of a hat, the other seized a Russian sable capo, wortn about 7.i, and left with it. " Has that fel low stolen anything from you '" asked tho buyer, coming to the front of the store with the hat he had been examining on his boad. " Yes," said the salesman, " bo baa stolon a sable cape." I think I can ctih him," said thief No. 3, and suiting t)' action to the word, be was gone in a twinkling, and never came back.
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