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jj. F. SCHWEIER,
the co JSTmrnoi-THi innos-iiD the EsroBciifDrr op the lavs.
ZMitor and Proprieror.
OL. XXXV.
MIFFLINTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1SS1.
NO. 4.
J.
'.It EWTS OF TEI EOSIS.
ji., ,,-nvee are fadmx "4 falling,
iiu axe ruob uA mi.
1 Lt itri tixve oaM-4 their calling,
1' A let tut tell yun my child :
X- T.i.b day by diT. u it cjoeea,
darker and colder prow,
rooia of lb tripbt rel rosea
V. JJ aeep "live iu lh amw.
Ai.d a lu u lh winter is oc
Tin- lxmfaa will re
ill j asi cme tack to tin c.OTr.
Tut ewa'.iow bsck to the eeree ;
Ti.e r-Aiia will wer on his bosom
1 he vte: that is bright ud new,
Atii the hvel.e-t wmyeide bloesoni
WiJ same with euu ud dew.
bo wl en aome dear Joj loaea,
I: beauteore (maimer glow,
ll.a.k how tbe roota of the rosea
Are kei a.ir in the auw.
Frcm the Dead.
( in' i;v Frank came home, with a look
1 iriun ph. "I have 'a perfect treasure
i ,r vi u,'' lie said, in the wa of a nurse,
(ii rnid Tciuple is going to take his famJy
in Luil', and when he heard what you
vault d, offered to let us have their nurse,
tthi.ia tin v will not want."
1 lici.id a low sic,h- llora, Frauk's only
!-:-! r. had been sitting in Uie corner of the
ori.wiug-rooui. She rot now and slipped
out.
"J low ruuld you, Frank?" I said, fol-
It : 1 iir her with sad eyes. "I never heard
, ur s.siei MH'li of the Temples since she
ias lived with us; the very mention of
tl:e:r 1 !Ji:e biinns hzcR the memory of
1.. ra il's brother and all that sad tragedy.
"1 am sunT," said Frank, "but I did
l ku'W she was in the room, l'oor
i'.on. : '
"Yes : Poor t lora, 1 said to myself. But
4.neti.e blithest, loveliest little creature I
ter ru'. It is something of a.story,but
'lis 'an owcr true tale,' and I will tell it in
tue shortest wnv I can."
J jura and Frank were orphans, and old
31 rs. t Liclietter, their grandmother, had
Mil pied Flora ainxet from her infancy.
'1 lie iil lady had very ambitious hopes of
making a spit udid match for her beautiful
itiamit Liid. Hut t lora thought otherwise;
and when the was just seventeen, at the
tiii.t- of my wedding, she and Langley Tern
ic weie insane enough to fall desperately
in love with each other. Alter awhile
1-ai ,Jey was ordered to bis ship (he was
iu the navy) but frank waged battle with
grandma until he obtained a vipcnsB con
M iil Hi it the lovers inirht eorrespond.
tiiitii:ma took ruins not to let Frank know
in Fiora was tormented and tryannized
i r. until tLe pour child consented to tto
i.l uiio MH iety again; and there she met,
and ii aif ready conquests of the very man
w i. i.i iiruiiduia had intended for her beauty
lli .1 o? e Kent. Flora refused him; but
jjr ii.dii.a said, scornfully, "That niade no
ti.fJeri i.t-e. the would come to her senses
Mxii," and, to iny utter amazement, the
tin w ent or, and by-and-by we were
Lidueii to the wt-ddmg a quiet elegant af
lair, where Flora talked and walked aa if
sue were iroreti.
Ivtnt and Flora were to sail for Euror
uitiiiu a !irUiij:lit of their marriage, and
vei l to A'ahiugton and Baltimore to pass
that tune. Lett alone, one evening in Balti
more, wiih a severe headache, Flora re
n.e'i:U rid having some aromatic vinegar
iu lux husband's dressing case. Kent was
peculiar iu his careful way of locking up
nis belongings, and she took- her own
1 1. n 1 1 ol keys to open the box, when,
raliier to her surprit, she found the
key left in the box. Some listless, vague
iii.puite. which she could never afterward
aetouut for, proinpted her to lift tbe upper
tray, ailiioiiiih she had found the vinegar
already. Uuiltmeatu, to her surprise, she
li und papers, and was about returning the
tray to lit pluce, without further examina
ti m, when her eyes were caught by the
words ",My own Flora," in a dear, a too
weli-kuown handwriting.
When Kent came back that night,
he lound his beautiful young wife sense
less u un her bed, with two letters cruru
iied between her cold fingeis. One, the
laat letter tliat Langley had actually written
her; and the other, the base forgery, in
wliicii he asked to be released from his en
gagement. 'llty came back to ew York for a sin
gle d iy, Flora saw no one ut her grand
nuituer. The old lady, upon her death-bed,
raved of that interview, and vainly implor
ed Flora's forgiveness for urging Kent on to
his treachery- The newly-wedded pair
ni led in the ill-fated ship that took fire
(.if the coast of Mova Iscotia, and whose
name still cairies terror to many a heart.
Flora was one of the handful of survivors;
liir unhitppy husband fought for her pi ce
iu the boat, and remaining behind himself,
perished with the ship. Then came the
it ws that Langley 's ship had gone down
with all onboard.
Flora came to live with us about two
years bt-tore the commencement of my
sti iry. Mie seemed to feel a sorrowful re-Uioim-alKiut
her husband that was not
grief, yet it cast a shadow over her life,
"lie was treacherous and false," she said
to uie one day. "and he broke my heart
but w bat right had 1 to judge biuit ilarric,
1 lo!d him that 1 could never forgive. And
he died, thinking himself unforgiven." Of
1-angky, as 1 U 'Id you, she never spoke.
Well, the perfect treasure' made her ap
pearance, hue was rather a young look
ing woman, w ith a pleasant, low, voice
and very good manners, for one of her
Stat ion.
ue uight, Frar.k had taken a box at
the ojiera in New York. AVe lived in
1-Tnoklynand as Kellogg was to sing, 1
bejged Flora to go with us, but she de-
lined: She would stay at home and keep
house, she said.
In the uiiantime, Flora, after our de
partuie, sat lor some time writing letters
in her own n un; and at last fell asleep.
She never knew bow long she slept, but
the had a painlul nightmare sensation, as
if somebody was trying to smother her, and
idler struggling with the feel ng for some
time, she slowly, and with a great effort
; ned her eyes. Why, what has happened
to the room ( The eas must have gone out
it is tola.ly dark, save a flickering gleam
in m the dying fire on the hearth, and
what a sickening smell there a as. With a
liyutuing rapidity, which is more like in
stil ti thau thought, it flashed upon her
bat the strange scent was chloroform I
'i hen, as she caught htr frightened breath,
a..d shrank back into her chair, a low
si uud of voices from the dining rooms
rt ached her ears. The door , between the
rooms was ajar, and she saw a thread
f light from it; the voice she first hcatd
was man's
'Yer uidu't give the young "oman too
much, did yer?" it asked anxiously.
"Wish 1 had," answered Alice's low,
stealthy voice, "1 hate her 1 bb suspects
me."
"Ila, ha!" gurgled the man. 'She must
ba' been puny oncivil to yer; yer usually
gets on the right side of 'cm. Is that 'er
jiitchtr silver or plate f
"Plate. The silver is up stairs.
Fiora shook as the beard the veu.HU
that low voice.
of
tehe was Mr. Langley' lady-lore till
her old grandma stopped it-
"And wha were Mr. Langley to yer, my
girl " (aid the man.
"Hush 1 you'll wake the child, and I
didn't want to do him any harm. Mr. Lang,
lev " The woman's voice softened, "fl
never said a dozen words to me in his life
but, look you, Vincent, I worshipped
him.
"That's right. Tell me all, as I'm your
husband that is to be, he said, with
coarse laugh.
"Mrs. Kent has splendid jewels, too.
picked the lock to look at them. You can
take as many of those as you like. Come.
As soon i tbe sound of their footsteps
died away, flora snatched the deadly
handkerchief from her bead and staggered
to her leet, though dizzily. Mie was a
very spirited girl, and determined that the
pair should not escape. But what could
she do? It was vain to think of getting the
cook to alarm their neighbors at the corner.
for the next lot was vacant, and she must
cross the hall, and go past the stairs to find
her. There would be no use in throwing
up the window and st reaming; the house
was on Clinton avenue, far out, and the
policemen did not come past very often.
Ilora wrung her hands, when a sleepy
murmur oi "auntie I startled her. In
second her rejolve was taken, and she was
on her knees by Fred, kissing him and say.
ing
"r red! my darling, auntie is going to do
something very funny. You remember
how papa jumped you down from the bal
cony on Christmas day to run after the
monkey. I'm going to jump you down
now. Don't speak a word. Act like
man. There I
t red was lust four years old, but a great
hoy for his age, and he always obeyed
Flora implicitly; so he rubbed his sleepy
eyes wide open, and was carried to the
window. 1 he balcony,outside, was not far
from the ground. As Fiora looked out.
carefully, she saw, under the corner gas
light, a tall figure with a gleam of brass
buttons.
"i red," she whispered, rapidly, "run
fast to Uie policeman, and tell him he must
come right here to auntie; then go to Mr.
Jiotley s at the corner, and ring the bell
with all your cuht it is low and you can
reach it and tell George and Harry Mot
ley that Aunt Flora says there is a thief in
mcuouse. uon i be alraid, t ied; be a
man like papa!"
Over; softly, gantly.over the low railing:
and then, with a good shake of his small
person, Fred's fat lets trotted swiftly off
toward the policeman.
Directly under the balcony a voice Said.
very somy:
nimti wanted, ma am I Can you
open me trout door lor me I
"I cannot she panted: "there are bur
glars in the house, and I should be heard.
Couldn't you get up here somehow ? lias
the Utile boy gone to the neighbors?''
There was no answer to this question.
but the policeman easily followed her sug
gestion, and climbed up over the balcony,
The fire had now died out in the room, the
only light was a faint glimmer from the
halh
"Wait!" whispered Flora, laving her
cold hand on the policeman's ami as he
made a motion to go forward. '-They are
up-stair, in my room, looking for
my jewels, if you will stand just be.
hind that door, I will creep up the back
stairs and reconnoitre; if the woman come"
down to answer the bell, seize her. There
is but one man; if I want help 1 will call.
and then you must rush up the front
stairs."
"Are you not afraid ? asked the police
man, with some surprise; but Flora was
gone before he had finished the remark.
When she reached the stairs, she found
by the sounds, that the man bad evidently
goue into the silver closet, which stood on
Uie other side of the back stairs, and that
now she was between the two for she
could hear A'ice walking about in her
room. Quick as a flash, the little figure
glided up the stairs, slipping off her boots
on the lowest step; there was no light in
the ball, except that afforded by the burg
lar's lantern, for the gas was turned down
low, and the lantern set inside the closet
door. That door opened outward, ane the
key was in it; a spring, a sudden bang, and
then the click of the key in Flora's
nervous fingers, as she turned it in the
lock.
A tremendous curse came from the cap
tured thief, as she leaned breathlessly
against the door. The same moment the
gaslight was turned on. and Alice con
fronted f lore.
"You here, madam t Well, you and I
are quits, anyhow. Open that door, or
I'll send a bullet right through your head!
You didn't think of my Laving the revolver,
did you?"
vo, said Flora, looking in tbe girl s
furious eye with her peculiar! v calm smile.
Then she shouted, "lielp! Police!"
'You may split your pretty throat call
ing, said Alice, seizing her savagely by the
arm. "No one will come; the cook's drug
ged, and you're at our mercy. Give me
the key?".
"I ll trouble you for that pistol, said a
stern voice behind Fiora, as a thick, strong
arm jerked the weapon away from Alice.
Alice, with a shriek, fell on the floor, for
she realized all at once. But Flora gazed
as if turned to stone, for it was Langley
Temple that she saw.
"An, my God!" she exclaimed.
"Flora, don't be so terrified,' he (aid,
it is my yery self, no ghost. Take my
hand, love; see, it's flesh and blood like
your own.
1 he Motlevs bad time to think that
Flora was murdered before tbe pair opened
the door. Very much surprised were tbey
to see instead of the policeman they ex
pected to find, a very tall, handsome man,
strangt r, in undress uniform, r red,
now that his part of the fun was over, be
gan to roar, and Flora took him up in her
arms, while the four gentlemen, assisted
by the policeman, opened the closet and
secured the prisoner.
Langley's story is too long to be told
here; suffice it to say that, being on deck
when the Tecuniseh sunk,he had been able
to strike out from the sinking ship, and,
under cover from the smoke and war of
battle, swam ashore. There be was taken
prisoner and kept in confinement for
months, finally making his escrpe.
Langley and Flora were married very
quietly soon after. Frank gave away tbe
lovely.bride, whose fair, girlish bloom bad
come back to her, and who, under the in
fluence of love, seemed a different woman
from the pale, sad creature who had moved
so quietly about my house.
Man is like an engine It will run
well and long if it is well oiled. Cont
entment and cheerfulness are tbe oil
which keep tbe nerves from wearing
out. Busy men and w oman think that
time taken from toil for sleep and re
creation is time lost. It is really the
cement put in to till up tbe joints, to
keep out the weather and preserve the
building.
A Tea.ua of Reindeer.
Each lS'apocMr had under his or lxr charge
five deer, and, except on these five ani
mals, they did not lestow a thought, leav
ing tie others to each capture his own in
dividual five as best he could. Even the
old W'ajMMM, Nilai by name, did not offer
to assist his better half, nor did she seem
to expect such help. The animals having
been speedily got in order, the next thing
was to harness them, which is done in this
fahiou : The deer has a skin-collar round
iu shoulders, to which is fastened a long
strap, also of un tanned skin, which, going
between the legs of the auunala, is tied to
a ring at the prow of the poolk. The
single rein with which we drive is made
fast to the left side of the head, and is held
in the right hand. In steering, you must,
if you w ish to turn to the right, cast the I
rein over to the right shoulder ot the ani
mal, and pull or rather lug a Utile. If you
wish to go faster, you can strike with the
rein on the animal's sides and back, though I
if you have a wild brute this is rather dan
gerous, as it on being struck liecomes ut
terly unmanageable, and therefore it is
generally quite sufficient to raise the left
hand, as if for a blow, which will cause the
deer to run off smartly enough. The mo
ment the foremost deer starts ail the others
follow in a long line, winding in and out
according as the leader's tracks go. AH deer
cannot be induced to lead the way: in
fact, very many are trained to follow only,
as they then become much more easily
managed as baggage doer. Over all Fin
marken, and, in fact, all Lapland, one
never sees two deer harnessed together or
with proper gear. In this respect the Sa-
moyedes are far more practical, and not
only do they bring the animal to the same
stale of subjection as the horse with us,
but tl ey use entire bucks for domestic pur
poses, an unheard-of thing in Lapland,
where even dogs are considered as too
spirited to be safely used.
A Monrlan Katb.
A Moorish bath would not be a bad
thing after such a morninir, only we must
hurry to take it before twelve o'clock as
from that hour until six in the eveLing the
establishment is sacred to the gentle sex.
W e will go to the "Etat-Major,' where being
accustomed to the treatment of invalid.
we will be handled more tenderly. Notice
on the threshold as we enter, that phleg
matic-Bedouin kneading his feet as a fin
ishing touch to his bath. lie will remind
you of Gordon s picture in the Museum at
Marseilles, of voluptuous Tiberius manip
ulated by an attendant. A simple curtain
separates us from the chamber which serves
at once as sitting and dressing room, liaise
this, and if you are at all up in what artists
call clarobscuro, 1 promise yoc an agreeable
view, in the half-light produced by a
unique lamp ara softly defined columns of
white marble, a cuckoo clock, Morocco
trays, Venetian glass, and bathed m shadow
a carved alabaster fount am with a gurgling
jet d eau, and tbe galleries and mysterious
lofts strewn with sleepers and attendants
wrapped in long robes, reminding one of
the uun scene in the third act of "liobert
la Diable. At a signal from the Chief there
approaches a half-naked native, with girded
loins and iaost peculiarly-arranged hair,
who leads you by the hand to your disrob
ing place. lie murmurs a few words,
which you are to unuerstand as meaning
to pel form this action. Then with a towel
girding your loins, a turban on the head,
and your feet in sandals, you proceed to
the ordeal. The heat assists your imagina
tion in thinking the young Moors about
you as so many cannibals with their flash
uig eyes, recking chocolate-colored skins
and continual exhibition of white "teeth.
The usual kneading process ensues, with
which you are no doubt familiar from the
ordinary Turkish bath. The after pleasure
of stretching off and enjoying your coffee
and a pipe, or some tea and a riganettc, is
never to be forgotten except in tbe delici
ous sleep which follows, and from which
you are sufficiently refreshed, surely, for
whatever occupation turns up for the rest
of the day.
Skylmrks DlMppeaxing.
An enormous decrease of the number of
skylarks in Scotland and northern England
has been complained of recently. Mr. Ed
wards, a Scotch naturalist, has published
an essay in which he attempts to disprove
the popular theory that starlings or meadow
larks cause the mischief by breaking the
eggs in the nest and by killing the young.
lhat the bill of the stalling is capable ol
destroying the egg he admits, but he ridi
cules the idea of its destroying the young,
and be does not believe that the starlings
are to blame. lie attributes the evil chiefly
to the increase in eattle and the taking in
of waste ground for agricultural purposes.
"As a rule," he says, "larks do not breed
among hav, corn or barley. For one nest
I have known in such places, I have, I may
safely say. found a dozen in meadows, on
pasture lands and on waste ground. Now,
for one cow or ox that there were years
ago, there are about a score at present
Is it not possible that the great increase of
these aniiuals may have something to do
with the decrease of the lark by trampling
on their nests or maltreating them ? I
have myself, while searching in clover
fields for mollis and in grazing grounds for
beetles, come across numbers In recent
years so destroyed. Pheasants, partridges
and other ground breeding birds also sutler
severely. Besides, we have cattle and
sheep now, but more particularly the latter,
put into woods and plantations to eat down
the herbage there.' In conclusion, Mr.
Edwards protests very earnestly against
the destruction of birds' nests and the trap
ping of song birds by men and boys, by
which thousands of birds are destroyed
every year. . .
A Teat of Building Stone.
Dr. Cutting. Uie State Geologist of Ver
mont, has concluded the unique series of
tests of the fire-resisting qualities of building
stones. He declares, in substance, that no
known natural stone deserves tbe name of
tire-proof. Conglomerates and slates have
'-no capability'' of standing heat; granite
is injured beyond cheap or easy repair by
even so mild a heat as that which melu
lead; sandstone, including the variety called
brown-stone, are belter, and limestones are
perhaps the best in this respect. But even
they are injured by continuous heat of 9U0
deg., and at 1,200 are changed into quick
lime. Therefore it would seem that no
stoLe buildings are fire-proof, and some of
them, Dr. Culling even says, are as much
damaged by fire, as wooden structures are.
Brick, on the contrary, is usually uninjured
and is often rather improved by heat until
it is melted. But as most buildings are
trimmed with iron or stone, tbe damage is
often considerable, even when the walls
stand. To avoid this Dr. ('utting recom
mends soap-stone trimmings, which are
open only to the objection of expense. But
although brick stands heat so well, it isob-
jectionable because its power to resist pres
sure, without crumbling from dampness or
frost, is less than that of stone. Neverthe
less, as brick is in fact only a kind of am
flcial stone, the search' for an ideal building
material is not hopeless, but it must be
prosecuted rather by the maker than by the
quarrier of stone.
A Pjrlholi.
A sportsman who penetrated into the
jungle lying between Buddoh and Stran
goon came upon a lone hut, in a district
called Campong Bat la, upon tbe roof of
which the skin of an enormous boa or py
thon was spread out. The hut was occu
pied by a Malay and his wife, who told
the sportsman the following extraordinary
story: One mgbt, about a week previous
tbe Malay was awakened by the cries of
his wife. Supposing in the darkness that
she had been at tacked by thieves, he seiz
ed hif sharp parang and groped his way to
her sleeping place where his hand full upon
a slimy reptile. It was fully a minute be
fore he could comprehend the entire situa
tion, and when he did he discovered that
the whole of his wife's arm had been dravn
down the monster's throat, whither the
upper part of her body was slowly but
surely following.' Not daring to attack the
monster at once for fear of causing bis wife's
death the husband seized two bags within
reach and commenced stuffing them into
the corners of the snake's jaws, by means of
which he succeeded in forcing them wider
open and releasing his wife's arm. No sooner
had the boa lest his prey than he attacked
the husband, whom he began encircling
in his fatal coils, but, holding out both
arms and watching his opportunity, the
man attacked the monster so vigorously
with his parang that it suddenly unwound
itself and vanished through an opening be
neath the attap sides of the hut. The
Malay's clothes were covered with blood,
as was also the floor of the hut, and his
wife 8 arm was blue with the squeezing it
received between the boa's jaws. At day
light the husband discovered his patch of
plantain trees nearly ruined, the boa hav
ing in his agony broken off the trees at the
roots, and in the midst of the debris lay
tne monster dead. The Malay stated that
he had realized If-GO from Chinese, who
came long distances to purchase pieces of
tiie flesh on account of its supposed medi
cinal properties, and that he had refused $ti
for the skin, which he preferred to retain
as a trophy.
Tbe Lar-reat Mas la America
Lewis Rockwell, aged 102 years, Uves in
a rickeity old house in Pike county. Pa.,
not far from Tafton. lie is the eldest of
a family remarkable for the longevity of
its members. Of the Hock well family
there are eight brothers and sisters yet liv
ing. They are: Lewis Rockwell, aged 102
years; At) ram Rockwell, 9b ; Mrs. Anne
Weil, 3; Miss SaUie Rock weiL 7V; Eliza
Rockwell, 77; Mrs. Phoebe Gainsford, 75;
Mrs. Katliarine Brown, and Mrs. Lu
anda Valentine, 80; The aggregate age ot
this family is 43 years, or an average of
over bo years each. In spite of the fact
that old Lewis Rockwell has many rich re
lations, he has been thrown upon the town,
and he is now nearly the only "town charge"
in the county. Lewis Cornelius, who died
some years ago, was a connection of the
Rockwell family. lie was at one time the
largest man in America, being considera
bly larger than the celebrated Daniel l.im
Vrt, Bam urn's giant. Mr. Cornelius' di
mensions are entered upon the record books
in the Piolhonotary's office, at Milford,
Pike county, as foUows : Lewis Cornelius,
born 17 VI; height, six feet; circumference
below waist, eight feet two inches; circum
ference above waist, six feet two and ouo
Itaif inches; circumference of arm above
elbow, two feel two inches; circumference
of arm below elbow, one foot nine inches ;
circumference of wrist, oue foot three in
ches; ciscumference of thigh, four feet
two inches; circumference of calf of leg,
two feet seven inches; circumference ot
ankle, one f Dot seven inches; weight, with
out any clothing whatever, 645) pounds.
i bis is the only authentic record of Sir.
Cornelius' size extant. As he had been
sick some time, he lost over fifty pounds
of his weight; he was not weighed until
after his death, and in full health would
have tipped the scales at 700 pounds. Ills
wife was a very Slight woman and weighed
just 100 pounds. They had three sons,
whose weight was VI o pounds, an average
of 272 pounds each. The only surviving
son, John Cornelius, now weighs 100
pounds.
la a French Mad-House.
The mad patients at Bicetre present a
curious study. Those who have read the
thrilling romances which have been written,
and pondered over the stories told, about
the celebrated weU which goes down deep
into tha bowels of the earth, may, perhaps,
be tempted to imagine that truth is stran
ger than fiction. Dr. Lcgrand du Soullc,
who has charge of tbe lunatics, might write
memoirs which, as far as sensational details
are concerned, would place the works of
Paul FevaL, Eniile Gabonau and Ponson du
Terrail in the shade. The general aspect
of the wards does not .differ very materially
from that of other asylums. There is the
same strident laughter, the same heart
breaking sobs, tbe weird singing and shrieks.
The sublime touches the ridiculous, .and
Bicetre has its celebrities. There is one
patient an attenuated Italian who be
lieves he is destined to become a great
man, and that wealth and honor will accrue
to him from tbe clarionet he sucks at .for
hours without producing a sound. lie was
found wandering about the streets hi a state
of nudity, lie only speaks his mot bur ton
gue, and the warders say he is almost a ma
chine, and that his brain is completely par
alyzed. The old man, with hardly a hair
on his head, and madness in his eyes, who
sidles up to the doctor, is asked to sing.
The superintendent keens close to him, for
he is kuown to be very dangerous, and has
to remain for days and days in a straight
waistcoat, lie sings wilh a splendid tenor
voice, reminding one of Garcia in his best
days. The register of the inmates contains
his name, that of a singer who. in his time
was a great favorite wilh the public lie
had bis share of success at tne opera house
n the Rue le Pelelter,but few of those who
applauded him there would be able to re
cognize him now. Another patient has had
his reason unseated by spiritualism. lie
sets faces in the air, and points up to them,
while others of bis companions perpetually
hear the voice of some one calling them.
and sit or stand with their heads bent for
ward, as if anxious to catch the sound.
The prevailing idea has remained. Every
other feeling and sentiment has been blunt
ed. Nothing can move most of them from
their stolid indifference to everything which
is going on around them until the one chord
is struck, and then their whole being ap
pears to become animated.
borne imagine that they have become ma
chines, others that they are dead, whUe one
man Is a confirmed monomaniac, iiis mad
ness consists in an unconquerable desire to
be buried alive and before he was sent to
the asylum he nearly managed to cheat the
doctors by feigning death. Now and then
he Ues motionless in his bed, with his eyes
closed, refusing to take nourishment of any
kind. lie has bad to be fed by the stom
ach-pump, and his joy is intense when the
"attendants imagine that he is really dead.
lie springs up from his couch and asks for
food, which he devours in a most ravenous
manner, but he only renounces for the time
being his favorite idea, Tbe annals of Bice
tre contained the record of a man who fre
quently simulated dsath for the purpose of
getting a little fresh air, as he said. Iu
those days the mad were treated Uke wild
beasts. There was only one bed for everr
eight patients, and four slept while four
watched. Every now and then some poor
creature, iascinated by the calm, mirror
Uke appearance of the well, threw himself
in and ended a long life of suffering. The
man in question, more cunning than his
colleagues, shammed death, and was sewed
up in a shroud cuffias were not then given
to paupers oud taken to the cemetery,
When he reached the grave he gave unmis
takable signs ol hie and was released. lie
managed to cheat the doctors and the su
perintendents so cleverly that when he
died he was not buried until gome days af
terward, as it was though he had made up
his mind to have another excursion. Dan
gerous lunatics are shut by themselves in
cells approached by a few steps, surround
ed by stout iron bars, with a space between
them sufficient to give passage to the war
ders. These cells remind one of the wild
beast cages in the Jardin des Plan tea. Now
and then, when the lucid moments come
round, they are let out and permitted to
take exercise in the court-yard. Anioug
the criminal lunatics is an unfortunate ar
tist, who some time since made a ntme for
himself in the annals of crime, lie entered
a restaurant, ordered his dinner, and In the
midst of his meal plunged Lis knife into
the bueuui of the unfortunate woman, his
victim. She dropped dowa dead, and he
suffered himself to be quietly arrested, ad
mitting lhat he had never seen her before,
but had given way to an unconquerable de-
Siro to see her blood. lie siis sketching
all day long. II is face is drawn, his hair
unkempt, and bis eyes are dull and lustre
less, wnile a sad smile flits about his mouth
as his pencil travels along over the paper.
The doctor touched him on the shoulder
and told him to bring one or too of bis
drawings. lie hunted for a minute or two
under the blanket of bis bed, and then pro
duced three excellent designs of the heads
of some lovely woman, it was impossible
to pass over the talent displayed without
some complimentary remark being made.
A flattering tribute of praise was paid to
the aitist, who said that he could do even
more if he had the good fortune to le free.
' hat would yo j do? asked the doctor.
"I would bleed some more women," re
plied the maniac, his head bending fuward
and his eyes illuminated wilh hidden fire.
The case of this unhappy creature is not an
isolated one, for among the palieubi who
are sent by tne government none ever forget
he penchant which, once given way to,
caused their social ruin.
Growth of liie flair.
There Are three reasons why worn
hair is longer than men's. First, sh
no hair growth on her face, aud so has a
larger supply of hair-forming material for
the scalp ; second, the diameter of her hair
being larger, it is less liable to break ; third,
being usually less engaged in mental labor
or business worry, she has a more constant
and even supply of blood to the scalp. In
nations where the hair of the men is usually
worn short, the fashion, of long hair in the
male is regarded as a protest against church
aud slate, and against general customs,
taste and thought ; in Austria it is made a
political offense to be so attired. The
growth of the hair is the most rapid in the
young and middle aged, and in those liv
ing an outdoor life. At the age of eighty,
if a man Uves so long, and if his hair and
beard have been close trimmed, he has cut
off six and a half inches of hair annually,
or about thirty feet in a!L The hair is the
least destructible part of the body. The
hair of the ancient Thcbans is, alter a lapse
of 4,000 years, found to have survived the
tombs. The Pyramids and the Sphynx
are crumbling, but some of the wigs of
human hair, exposed to the mold and mois
ture of their entombed apartments, are less
decayed than the monuments themselves.
There are three coloring pigments to the
hair ycUow, red and black, and all the
shades are produced by the mixture of
these three colors. In pure gold yellow
hair there is only the yellow pigment ; in
red, Uie red mixed with yellow ; in dark.
the black mixed with red and yellow ; in
the hair of the negro there is as much red
pigment as in the reddest hair, and had not
tne black been most developed perhaps
by the action of the sun tbe hair of ail
negroes would be as fiery a red as the red
dust hau" of an Englishman.
An Appeal to Honor.
Several weeks since a prisoner was re
ceived at the Detroit House of Correction
who seemed determined to have his own
way at every cost- In twenty-four hours
he was in disgrace for obstreperous con
duct, , and he was no sooner out of one
scrape than .he got himself into another,
lie was locked up, tied up and punished
in different ways, and the other day when
be committed some new breach of disci
pline tbe deputy called him into the office
in despair, and began :
"John, bow long have you been beref
"Two months."
"How many times have you been pun
ished I"
"About a dozen times, I guess."
"And still you are lazy and impudent
and quarrelsome?"
"It un t for me to dispute you, sir I"
"I've been thinking over yoir case,"
continued the deputy, "and I have con
cluded to put you in charge of the small
pox hospital. You are too lazy to catch
the disease, and too mean to let anybody
e-ije have what you can't. Get your traps
together."
"Say deputy," replied the man, as his
eyes began to bulge, "this is the first time
since 1 ve been here that you have ap
pealed directly to my honor. When I
was ordered and commanded and com
pelled, I felt aggravated and obstinate.
Now that you appeal directly to my sense
of honor aud duty, I shall cheerfully obey.
I think I can paint more chairs than any
three men in the shop."
"You do?"
"I do, sir, and I'll prove it."
lie was given a chance, and he hasn't
given occasion for reprimands .since.
Aa Iron Mountain,
Since the earliest ages the iron of Rio
Elba, has bees worked, without being in
the slightest degree exhausted. It is a
mountain about five hundred feet in height,
composed of iron ore. In the vicinity are
other almost equally rich veins; and anong
them the Calamity, which is the true Mag
netic Mountain. The Etruscans were the
first to carry off the mineral ; they trans
ferred it to Populonium, to whose territory
the ishind belonged, and there the iron was
smelted. Tbe want of wood prevented
the operation being performed in Elba, aud
even at the present day, the ore has to be
carried to Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, or
Bastia. The mines of Rio are richer than
those of Prince Demidoff in Siberia, and
probably their equal cannot be found in the
world. At present they are worked by a
Tuscan company, and produce about 35,.
000 tons annually. Up to the present there
has not been shaft sunk, and thus, in, all
probability, the iron supply will be unfailing.
Ilabel at the Dimaer Table.
The Russian and the Swede begin, as Is
well known, with the "zakouska
"smorgost," generally served in aa ante
room, and composed of all kinds of appe
tizing snacks. llaw herring, caviare.
smoked salmon, anchovies, oysters, and
many similar dishes belong to the "za-
kouska," and cheese is tasted then instead
of after dinner. A glass of vodka or spirits
of some kind, or more frcqueatly two or
tnree, accompany this ceremony, "to open
the appetite.' Excuses are never wanting
lor repeating the dose. 'One cannot walk
upon one leg," says the Swede. "The
Trinity is sacred," says the Russian for
his third glass, and "Every room has four
corners," for his fourth.' Probably the
origin of the "zakouska" may be found in
the tact that hungry guests, arnying some
Utile time before the dinner hour, would
be ottered a snack in tbe meanwhile and
a glass of vodka after their journey in the
cold. Where things are done on a large
scale, the "zjikouska ' reaches coloisa! pro
portions. 1 have seen as many as thirty-
seven plates cn the table. Both Russians
aau Swedes attack the board wilh voracious
energy. The Swedish word smorgost'
believe to be derived from 'amor og ost'
(.butler, and cheese), lhe same custom
obtains in Fiance in a modified form in the
shape of hors cTituvrcn generally rad
isl.es, butter, sardines, etc., but without
the glass of brandy, which is replaced in
England by sherry and bitters. The
French custom of eating melon after the
soap is, I believe, derived from Spain.
Then as to the order of serving the courses.
tvery country has some different arrange
ment, and there is no universal rule for
any particular viand or beveuxe to make
its appearance at any special stage of tbe
repast. lhe French and ourselves eat
macaroni as a third course. The Italians,
to whom the dish belongs, treat it as soup.
calling it and its kindred condiments "dry
soups."
Now supposing we give a dinner to for-
eignera of different nationality, and wish
to suit each one as to the order of the cour
ses, according to the custom of his coun
try ; either many dishes must appear twice
at different times during the meal, or we
shall be quite at a loss w hen to serve them.
The northerns commence with brandy and
cheese, while we take cheese before desert,
and brandy after dinner wilh the coffee.
i he Italian consider) macaroni as a soup.
the Spaniard and the Frenchmen eat melon
before the hsh, and, lastly, the to me out
rageous fashion of taking an ice m the mid
dle of dinner has been introduced, under
the plea of reviving appetite.
Another branch of the subject presents
equal difficulties. When shall salt or sugar
be used ? hen shall fruit or jellies accom
pany the meat I With what things is mus
tard to be eaten ? The Germans serve
slewed fruit wilh many meat dishes. We
take currant jelly wilh mutton, hare and
venUon, and apple sauce wilh goose and
pork. The Italians put grated cheese into
annuel every kind ot soup or stew ; they
never eat mustai d with macaroni, borne
take pepper with melous, others sugar.
Some make fish into soup, others make
miuce-meal into pies. Where shall we
choose t
A Blf Hgpuelt.
A lean and hungry type of the Bohemian
genus gravitated towards a window of the
City National Bank a few days ago, and
bawled out in stentorian tones :
"What, ho! within!"
lie was asked what he wanted.
"Is the cashier within I" fc
"I am he," answered the man at the
window, languidly biling the wooden part
of his pen-holder.
" eU," pursued be of tbe lean and hun
gry visage, "come closer. I would whisper
to thee. I want to deposit $10,000 in your
bank."
After saying this, the lean and hungry
looking man gave a sudden rear spring, and
striking his back against a telegraph pole
on the curbstane, braced himself and cried
to tbe astonished banker. "Oh, I'm ugly.
ain't 1 ? My clothes are soiled, and I look
as if I hadn t el a square hash for nine cal
endar centuries, don't I ? And my face is
dirty ; my nails are long, my hair's f row zed
up, and 1 look as if 1 d just been dragged
through a Florida frog-pond with the
frogs got the consumption, don't 1 1 TeU
me, he shrieked, "tell me ye winged
winds that round my pathway roar, im
ugly ! Call me a measly, maggot ty, das
tardly, sneaking, cast- iron galvanized, ex
odusled, unfortunate, disreputable, skele
ton ian, visionless piece of worthlessness
and anup-paralyzer I"
Then be turned himself around, crooked
his neck, looked up to the sky, crossed his
legs, and set his arms akimbo. "Well,
what do you say ?' he asked,
"I think you're a fraud," ventured the
cashier.
"'Rah! 'rah for you. You struck in
cure as shooiin'. You're the first man that
said it to me yet, and I give you credit for
it- I'm going to get the (10,000 in an
hour or so, though it's all safe and salted
down. Won it on the election. Lend me
a dime, will you ?"
lie got the money, and screwed his face
around to a horizontal position, and scan
ning the sign-beards up the street the lean
And hungry fraud crawled off to wash his
whiskers in a glass of rock and rye.
BreaataeC tliocolate.
From its large proportion of albumen, is
the most nutritive beverage, but at the
same time, from its quantity of fat, the
most difficult to digest. Its aromatic
qualitits however strengthen the digestion.
A cup of coffee is aa excellent restorative
and invigorating refreshment even for weak
persons, provided their digestive organs are
not too delicate. Cardinal Richelieu at
tributed to chocolate his health and hilarity
d urine his later years. Tea and coffee do
not afford this advantage. Albumen in tea
leaves, aud legumin in coffee grjunds are
represented in very small proportions. The
praise of tea and coffee as nutritive sub
stances, tberefire, is hardly warranted.
Tea and coffee, tbouich of themselves not
difficult of digestion, tend to disturb the
digestion of albuminous substances precipi
tating them from the dissolved state. Milk,
therefore, if taken in tea or coffee, is more
difficult of digestion than if taken alone.
Without milk it promotes digestion by in
creasing the secretion of the dissolving
juices. The volatile oil of coffee, and the
empyreumatic and aromatic matters of
the chocolate accelerate the circulation,
which, on the other hand, is calmed by
tea. Tea and coffee stimulate the activ
ity of the brain and nerves. Tea, it is
said, increases the power of digesting the
impressions we have received, creates a
thorough meditation, and in spite of the
movement of thoughts, permits the at
tention to be fixed on a certain subject.
On the other hand, if tea is taken to ex
cess, it causes an increased irritation of
the nerves, characterized by sleeplessness,
with a general feeling of restlessness and
trembling of the limbs. Coffee, too, if
taken in excess, produces sleeplessness
and many baneful effects very similar to
those aiising from tea drinking. Coffee
also produces greater excitement, and a
sensation of restlessness and neat ensues.
For throwing off this condition freak, air is
the best antidote.
The lee Smim la Ma
The only large concern on the Penob
scot, Maine, that will cut as much aa usual
is the Philadelphia Knickerbocker, which
depends on Maine as a source of supptv.
Ii stored 200.000 tons a year ago, and will
cut as much this year, if not more. They
cut every year in a good many place
along the Kennebec river, and they also
have ponds at North BxAhbay, down nonr
the coast, where they cut for current use
during the winter. At these ponds they
take the blocks out of the water and shoot
them directly down an inclined plane to
the ships that he there loading. The New
lork Knickerbocker, which came up to
Maine last year and bought several houses
at luchmond with the ice in them, to eke
out the short supply on the Hudson, wii
do some cutting, but the extent of it de
pends on tbe weather in New York State.
A few days ago they sent orders to Rich
mond, a few miles above Bath, not to do
anything at present, but to wait until later
in the season. B. W. ii II. F. Morse, of
Bath, cut largely a year ago, and will do
the same this winter. Their business is
largely with the Gulf Slates, and is inde
pendent to that extent of the weather in
New Yurie They handled during tbe
summer 200,000 tons of ice. The Arctic
Company will prouably repeat its cut of
34,000 tons. This concern also does
large business with the south and the West
Indies. At Bowdoinham there are six or
seven small companies, which will store
50,000 tuns in all.
It costs to cut ice on these two rivers
from 14 to 22 cents a ton ; 50 cents to load
it on vessels, and about $1.50 to freight it
to market. The heights vary a great deal,
however, according to the supply of ship
ping, in the early part of the summer the
Arctic and other companies were obliged to
telegraph to Europe frequently to charter
ships for this trade, many vessels coming
across the Atlantic in ballast to take car
goes to JNew York city and the South. Ice
was selling at from 50 to 7o cents a ton,
laden on board the vessels ou the Kenne
bec, but the freights were as high as to a
ton, sometimes $4. Later in the season, as
ice rose in value, tbe supply of shipping
was larger, and freights dropped from ij4
tof3.:j5, i, 2.50, andtnally to $1 a toe.
the price of ice going up, however, recip
rocally and rapidly, and ending a month or
two ago at $tf a ton. The first lot, which was
sold as high as $2, vas sent to New York
by the Arctic Company, The New York
buyers of the first two cargoes of 1000 tons
each at that price unfortunately lost about
1500 on each cargo, on account of a fluc
tuation In values, which took place before
the vessels arrived in port; but that was an
exceptional experience. Nearly all who
dealt in the commodity the last part ot the
season make a handsome thing out of it,
and a few concerns that can be named
made fortunes. They ail sold out clean.
Their profits stirred up the good people of
Maine amazinglv, and this winter several
firms who owu vessels and sail them in
geueral trade on their own account, are
contemplating embarking in the ice basi
nets now as a new field of operation. A
number of vessels are now building w hick
expect to do a part of the freighting.
Some of these are shoal vtssels of large
capacity, which can run long distances up
the nvers. This class of schooners is par-
ularly adapted to the business, and can
usually command high prices in freighting.
This is a trade in which they meet with no
competition from steamers, and such
trades are, unfortunately for tbe depressed
shipping of ibis country, few and far be
tween now.
Maine is particularly adapted for earring
on the ice business ou a large scale, liere is
an unfailing supply of ice and an abundance
of the large vessels required for sending it
to market, lhe ice now goes almost all
over the world. Cargoes have been sent
even to the East Indies. The arrival of a
few small ships from Norway last tall,
when ice was reigning at $0 a ton, with
cargoes of the commodity, gave a moment
ary shock to the trade here. But the com
petition of Norway is not feared for the
future. No ship can afford to go to Nor
way for ice unless it is confident of selling
out at $5 or ft in the United States. The
prospect now is that this exceptional price,
will not be reached at any time the coming
season. It it be true, as rumored here,
lhat there Is ten inches of ice in Virginia,
the price will not go above $3 or $4 at the
most, freight included.
Antlpathlee.
Certain antipathies appear to depend
upon a peculiarity ol the senses, the
horror inspired by the odor of certain flow
ers may be referred to this cause. A mat us
Luaitanus relates the case of a monk who
fainted when he beheld a rose, aud never
quitted his cell when the flower was bloom
ing, bcaliger mentions one of his relations
who experienced a similar horror when
seeing a lily. In these instances it is not
the agreeabhness or the offensive nature of
the aroma lLat inspiies the repugnance,
and Montaigne remarked on this subject
that there were men who dreaded an apple
more than a musket-ball, xammcrmann
tells of a lady who could not endure the
feeling of silk and satin, and shuddered
when touching the velvet skin of a peach.
Boyle records the case of man who felt a
natural abhorrence to honey. Without his
knowledge some honey was introduced m
a plaster applied to his foot and the atxri
deL't that resulted compelled his attendants
to withdraw it. A young man was kuown
to whenever he heard the servant sweep
ing. Hippocrates mentions one Nicanor
who swooned whenever he heard a flute.
Shakspeare has alluded to the effects of the
bagpipe. Julia, daughter of Frederick,
king of Naples, could not taste meat with
out serious accidents. Boyle fainted when
he heard the splashing of water; Scaliger
turned pale at the sight of water-cresses;
Erasmus experienced febrile symptoms
when smelling fish ; the Duke d'Epernon
swooned on beholding a leveret, although
a hare did not produce the same effect.
Tycho Brahe fainted at the sight of a fox,
Henry the Third of France at that of a
cat, and Marshal d' Albert at a pig. The
horror that wbole families eutertain of
cheese is generally known. Many individ
uals cannot digest or even retain certain
substances, such as rice, wine, various
fruits and vegetables.
frlM luaacco.
A young man living on the liill, in Jer
sey City, who was in the habit of buying
a particular brand oi tooacco ai a certain
ciirar store, entered and called for a paper
i.Ahe weed. He was followed as he en
tered the door, by another man. The
young man in question picked up the par
cel, then laid it down, remaraing inai ne
was unlucky with that brand and would
change off to another, when be might prob
ably secure a prize, lie toot a paper oi
another manufacturer, and the store-keepei
was about to replace the first paper in its
box, when the second man said be guessed
that was good enough for him. The two
men opened their papers, when the young
man found m his paper a new three-cent
piece, and the other man found in the
paper which tbe first had rejected an order
tor a gold locket. The young man wasn't
very mad, but he declared that hereafter
he would never change his brand.
N'W -W ero-ra
Tbe re are
J.dtO miles f cauais In
r ranee.
A ireek soldier receive threw
cents a day.
The rpulaiioa of West Deaver.
Col- is ti.lDO.
Gener? Garfield" faxta at Muiitor
is worth IJa.OuO.
A new railroad is proposed between
Beaver aud Somerset, Pa.
It cost Philadelphia $.-,0CO u sup
port its almshouse patients.
Gustave Dore Is working hard at.
illustration c-f Shakespeare.
Gotha iu Germanv hasa Tima:orv
where a crematiou cot but i.
The zrain cron of ItaJr if this vear
larger by one-third than in 1S71.
In the United State there are 5.U.-
5o0 Freemasons in good standing.
In tbe international b'HUril match
Vimaux beat lo-won bv noinla.
Texas is adding about one thou
sand person? to its population daily.
line specimens of pure plumbago
have been touud iu Cherokee County.
Ga.
One hundred and forty-eight mil
lion copies of the Bible have beeu
printed.
An ordinary elephant eats five
bushels of corn aud -100 pounds ol hav
per day.
Kanais made 10.9Cj.U-ll pounds
of butter and 703,447 pounds of cheese
last year.
Pittsbprs: glass factories sen J their
wares to China and Japan in large
quantities.
The Urritorv of China Is nearly
six times greater than that of the
United States.
Louisiana ha set aside $20,000 to
supply her crippled soldiers with
wooden limbs.
It is proposed iu Allegheny city to
elect one woman, iu each ward as a
school director.
The American Union Telera iii
Company has contracted for two new
Atlantic cables.
A viicilii nee committee is forminr
at Nevada City to lid the place ot no-
orious ctiiiruciers.
Overone thousand printing presses
have been shipped from i'hiiajelphia
to France since 1S7S.
Chri.-tian K. Ross, father of the
missing Charley, has spent $-0,0OO In
trying to find Ids ron.
John McCullouirh. it is said, seut
Miss Helen Trafy a Christmas ore sent
in the shape of $1,100.
Senator Hamlin U one of the oldest
and Senator Bru-'e the youngest of the
members of the Senate.
The Duke of Aos:a. once King of
Spain, now lives in Turin, aud is a
widower with three little sons.
The Canadian are st .rtlej by an
Increase of S,5JO.OOO In the public debt
of lhe Dominion for the Usual year.
Duriuir the fiscal year ending, f une.
ISSi), 75,430, Canadians crossed the
boruT aui settled iu the Unite! Siates.
Ou- national debt, in silver dollars.
could be removed by rail only with the
aid of o,i ) cars, carrying 10 tons each.
Qaeeu Victoria has erected a meuiir-
al to her daughter the late l'rincess
Alice In the mau-)Ieum of Fro 'more.
Jay Gould's latest acquisition give
tl in control of 10,000 miles of railroad,
one-ninth of ail we have iu the coun
try.
The disturbed condition of Ireland
has induced the empress of Austria to
ive up her hunting box in the Greer.
ie.
Conneautville, Pa., shipped tb'rty-
ix thousand pounds of cheese to Pitts
burg the week ending December 31.
1S-
The fund of $103,000 raised by the
Philadelphiaus for General Grant Is
complete! aud awaits the General'
order.
The rew Academy of Musle at
Shenandoah was opened by Wood's
ramatic combination, from PUilaicl-
phia recently.
The large number of 11,115 he.nl of
American cattle, enroute for English
ports, were lost at sea, in three uiimth
ending Utobjr 31.
Mrs. Jessie Fremont has orzan-
ced classes in history amoni the
rown up sons and daughters of poor
settlerd in Arizona.
Notwithstanding tha ticket war.
the Illinois Central roa 1 has paid into
the State treasury $202.5t;0'JS for the
six months ending Oct. Ul.
Joseph Seligman, the New York
banker, gave away $25,000 on Christ
inas day $1,000 each to ten public cliari-
ies, and $.ou each to thirty.
The Wesleyan Conference of Eng
land reports 48,711 members, 37,245
on trial, ,o.'J ministers, besides j-l
supernumeraries, aud J-a on trial.
Youn? Wilhelm ttismark, the sou
of the German chancellor, id about to
marry Countess Irmi Andrassy, the
daughter ot the Austrian statesman.
A rough estimate of the extent of
the trade in wild game of St. Louis
tor the past year places the total
amount of transactions at $1,000,000.
Los Angeles County, with 5,673
acres of laud in viues, raised in 1S30,
i.OoO.UuO pounds of grapes, making
o00,0uO gallon oi wiue aud JJOol
oraudy.
tor the week ending Lec. lata
1SS0, the number of standard silver
lollars distributed was 41S,9U2. lor
the corresponding week iu lsT'J tie
umber was 434J'JJ.
Large cotton factories are to be built
at Charleston, icksburz aud Louis-
llle. Southern capitalists are becom
ing convinced that they can manufac
ture as well as raise cotton.
The British Postal Telegraph Ser-
vice.whicu was estimated to "produce a
uel revenue of x4j0,0O0, is now likely
to turn tu at least 500,000, which will
yield 5 per cent on the whole invest
ment.
TLe annual savings of France are
estimated at $000,000,000, and those of
Great Britain and tbe United States at
$1,200,000,000 each, making for the
three countries $3,000,000,000 per
annum.
Preparations for the coming cen
sus of Issl In London a:e being active
ly pushed, it is anticipated that the
reiurns will reveal a striking increase
the population of the metropolis,
which cauuot now be far short ot
000,000.
The St. Gothard tunna! was to be
ready, according to the original con
tract, on Oct. 1, 1330; but uiuooked-for
Ii thou I ues have caused the contractors
petition for a delay of two years,
and the liues of access to its mouth
will not be completed until July, I3d2.
During lhe commercial year end-
ng September 1st, 1SS0, 1.134,004 bales
of cotton were carried out ot the cot
.on Suites overland, the bulk of it by
rail. Something like 19 pereent. of
me erop crossed the Ohio and the
Missouri Rivers.
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