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VOL. XXXV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1SS1.
NO. 12.
B THE WOQUS.
Here on the to0"" 1 Be
De,p io the woedlati shade ;
So b.t of landscape u my 1!
Kor . d bine gleam f" OT kj'
Ktr g imp of nnllt ''d ''
Bo.h tr truuka. lowering everywhere.
Hold tbii brtd canopy in air.
frown bntncbf a si read rare pending.
Kea ins tbenielx aloof :
And e.e nU te,f tht ,ifibtlT "in6m'
lu 0bribt tit of beaotj brings
Tj furin dainty roof ;
Aud look wb ober aide I may.
Xbe aJent arches stretch away.
So bird ! no wind ! Uneerlain sounds
one family irom afar .
I User wl an we leave tarth'e bounds.
To ek no more it well known rounds,
Tl at lice, without a jar.
The Bicnnnia f rem thia .Id. loved land
Will ecbo on hi heavenly t Irani.
How war God ia ! I stem to lie
WiUiio 111- courts to-day ;
ga great ante tbroue. exalted high.
So r!i'tr ng pageant paa sing by,
la I J ma with dismay ;
Ea wa'ka m quiet tbxtingh the land.
ToneOug Ilia worU with loving hand.
Thia any vice, close at my feet ;
These mod at tufts of moss.
Are moulded info forma as neat.
Final eJ in rau;y aa couplets,
Aa tii tall uvea that h as
He r breacue in the summer gale
And sketch Ions ahaiowa o'er the Tale.
0. apiiit of the woodland shade,
loo sive me J y to-dav!
lour btantka a 1 my eoul invade ;
lour quiet on my Leart u laid ;
Ob, live wi:b mo, I pray !
Let me aLlI feel your soothinge when
1 tread the jarr.ng ki of men.
Ruth's Sacrifice-
Frank Gordon w as lazily stretched upon
a fj'.t in hit titter's luxurious titling room,
and iLe two were ditci ssiag a party given
by Mrs. lisle the previous evening, in hon
or ol her t rotutr's recent arrival from Cali
fornia, after an J ears' absence.
"Lil." Iran, said, trying to speak indif
ferently, and failing almost lamentably, '1
misted one fate 1 fully es peeled to see last
evening ilulh Wellford a."
'Kuih WeHford's!" cried Airs. Ilale in
acteois of surprise. "Ruth at a party !
But I forgot jou have been away for six
years. vi 1 y, Frank, she niuf-t Lave been
amerecbilu then."
Sixteen, and the sweetest, fairest girl 1
em knew. We were always tood friend?,
Liiy, tuough we did not corns pond, and 1
have can it d her lace and voice in my heart
in mauy a weary hour.1'
"I am Sony."
"Why! You ?ptaV as if something
creadlui nad occurred to her. she u not
dead, and 1 hurt nut heat d cf her marriage.
Wbal is it then, that makes you ciy out
with n.tzen.ent at the suggestion of her
presence it jour party I '
'ii is a long story, Frank."
Yon have ail the m'-viang to tell it."
"vhiou went away, Ruin' uncle
' v-' ...dl as.. . i - -
"Celiiuiy."
"tie niMi in flat same year. Too cay
you ntLeoiber Ruth? Then you remem
ber lis: tLe was not only pretty, modest
aud iLLLt.il, Lut one of the most generous
gula in our wLoie circle of lriencs! She
Lau a Lai-LM n.t aliowsi.ee licm her uncle
blq the titLt it lite iv, dressing exquisite
ly, and giving in charity or frienuly gifts
lrequenil . "
V en r" said Fiank, impatiently, as his
sister i a used.
"iicr uiicle died, and left ber the house
be had lived in lor years, and clear in
ctnie ot Uiiee tliocsaud dollars."
Aga.n ill a. La.e paused, and then said
suQotiiiy : .
"Me.l, Frank, since she became rich in
her own riht, huih has beanie the siave
ot n.oney, a thorough miser.
"lnibcKihle:"
"It is true the first thing she did was to
rent iLe old Louse, furuiluie and all, to the
W hiiin,;, who were elad enough to gei it,
lcrtUiuu Louhs, with such grounds at
tLat oue has, aie tcaice here, tlie uuovtd
htiseh to iLtl b.iMiubie little otlagt
wleie old jl.rter lueti so long, and then
sLe LTt wiiit olc tervant, an o.d woman,
who was with Ler inoiLer from girlhood,
tLeysay. ou know Air. Welllord wa,
vny HUtm about Kuih, and there is little
Llowu ol Ltr me beloie the ctme here, a
chiiu ol nie jeiis old. But she lives With
i.atiLt, tte old servant, in that tiny Cbt
lae, lunicLedlixm the old house, with
ILe loouu ol the lumiture. bhe wears
ILe theaiett, plaincbt cloihing, aid dues
e"y suteh ot hir own rewmg. bhe eel
Gtn. koe cut, Lut UiVariahly waikf, the
caiiiae aLd horses Leing tented with the
house. Living on the mtautst lare, she
autaily n.ls iLe extra veeiabiet fiom hei
gaioei tSgs and puuliry."
"But wLy, Lil vLat is the explana
tion ut such a thanpef
'V Lai can it be but pore avarice? She
has tot a hvj,g relative in the world, anc
tLe n-uet be LomdiLg up the money some
whtie." -It U very strange ! I suppose I may
calL"
I cannot tell jou that Since she pre
fers to live aud diets like a pauper, her olu
li.ei.ot Lave etand to cad upon her or to
invi.e her io their receptions. Hie will be
a taieh eotoe cay lor a lortune hunter ii
tit eoLtiLues to live a miser's lile, but 1
in-agiLe j eu w ouid prtler a lets soruid soul
even it i, posteseor had not one dollar to
call htr own."
Vou aie light. I am rich enough to
care tolling loi a wife's dower, but 1 can-
uoi leaiize uiue KlUi tordid, miserly and
giving. 1 uiusi call out, Lily. I'er
tsi.s ILe (ireaui ot six long years may be
tUileied by the reality of such a change,
but it wul i a bitter walking."
bid j ou love Ler hi much, Frank ?"
"to UilUi that 1 aaked htr uncle to let
n.e Lop to wiu Ltr love in return, lie told
n toe ta tmh a u.eie child he did not
with her s.uuits iLttrrupted, or her mmd
ditturbed then, but that if 1 loved her on
n.y leiuia he would not oppose my woe
it-e- 1 was not a rich man tuea, only pos
tering what was an easv incemie for a
u-gle LLau, so 1 acquiesced'in his decision,
tin the toitune 1 made wis lor her, and
the Love cl six j eais Las leen thai ol com
I g Lon e io hud htr liee, aLd my little,
oihg Koih. fcLe eid love mc, Litj,
LoUlL tLe ccarif-lv I,..,..-,.....
1 1 J " "UU. IU L I1IV BtIK
" ell, and he sighed .heavily, "1 had bet
tei have staved hue. 1 kent mv
thiukiug the wouid he Lens last night to
welcome nouie ; but you know
now why my heart w at not at j our party,
Ui, though 1 was glad to meet olu
Irienda."
Airs. Hale had no words to express her
--f .j muauiy. tu.e pressed her hps aull
'y Uoou Lue h .rri-....,- i .1... ......... j .
nerwuiy, aud r rant, reiurnius; the mule
Cwe6 r and left the room. It was
uy to wail now. Eelwr to have the
" iuch aud go on his way again with
out tl,. i. , k .
"oic. lie nerved Jumsell to
ee a alatternly weman in squalid house,
and by the lime he reached the cottage to
which Lily directed him, he would acarce
ly have been surprised If he had met
Kuth in rags, selling matches or berginz
ennies.
But the little cottage before whieh he
paused, at last, though a sufficiently strong
contrast to the W eiliord place where he
had last seen Rulk, looked cosy and home
like. The garden was neatly kept, ae.d
well filled with late fall flowers. An old
woman answered the knock, aud ushered
him into a tmy parlor, where the plain
lurniture, cheap carpets, aud inexpensive
ornameuta were in exquisite order, aud
whue a little cottage putao stood open in
oie cemier. Bdore he had waited s mo
ment, a Utile bguie in a print dress and a
linen collar, wuu short, glossy curls, and a
lair, sweet lace came into the room.
lie lorgot his sister, the painful story,
eveiythuig but the fact that Kuth i
there. A graver, paler Kuth than the one
he had kit, but the one woman in the
world who could aur his heart to the core.
"Kulh," he cried, springing lor w ard,
and then drawing back, lor there was no
welcome in the lace he loved, ouly a lojk
of suppressed pain.
"Kuth, aie ou not glad to see me I" he
cried.
"vilad, she murmured, and then the
forced calmness broke down, and tue tears
rained down her chees. "iilad," she
cried again. "O, Frank, 1 have lost every
friend, and you will go too, when you
know alL"
1 have heard he began.
'You have heard of my stinginess, my
miserly babioj yes, 1 see you have, and
jei you aie heief
.because 1 am sure you have tome good
reason lor your conduct. Tall me you aie
not changed, Kuth If"
"1 1 scarcely know."
"W ten we pai ted, "he said, yon know
the hepu in my heart, Kuth. 'tell me
now, if the love you promised me is
mine."
"It is ail yours, Frank, but " and she
drew b ack Irom the embrace he would
have given 'you may throw it away
when you Lear my tecieL 1 have hidden
it lr.rn every OLe but you, but ic-day 1 am
tieed lioiu a bondage ol six long jears,
and you have a right to hear what 1 shall
connce to no olb ehe. Y ou wul not Le
tiay toy sorrow lul Mciet, t'rankf"
"V hatever trust you put iu me shall be
sacred, Kum," he ausweied gravely, awe-J
by a solemnity upon her lace aud in her
voice.
There was siience in me little parlor for
some moments belore the low, sweet vjice
was heard again. Then steady, without
lalteriug, Ku h told ber story :
"When you lelt me, Fiank, a careless,
happy child, the shadow of what I mast
tea jou now had not fallen across my lite.
1 knew thai 1 was au orphan, aud that my
mother died away from her home ami
mentis. But 1 was still a mere Laby w hen
L'uclc Weill jrd came lor me and took me
noiue. Iheycahed n.e Kuth Wealord,
and 1 never thought of my right to the
name till my uncle died. I pon his death
bed be told me the story ol my mother s
lile. She was married against the w ishes
ol her lamily to a loan w hose only crime
ihen was poverty. Her father relused to
own Ler, and htr brother, many years her
aeuior, was stem aud outer in his resent
ment.
They were proud of thsir name, their
position, and ILeir wealth, and ILer never
lorgave their ouly daughter and sister that
the lelt ihtin lor a man ot obscure parent
age and without means to support her as
u.ey had doue. ily father at that tune,
was clerk in a dry goods bouse in ie
York, with a small salary.
"I would not wrong my mother; but my
uncle said the grew peevish and soured by
the contact with poverty, and constantly
tretled lor the luxuries she bad voluntarily
rtbigLcd. Aly father worshipped her. It
might Lave iieen his loving eieaire to grat
II V Ler. or a sudden giecd lor wealui, 1
can oen tell; but he forged his employer's
check for twenty thousand ooliais. 31)
mother was too utile acquainted with busi
ness to qcestion the suuden luSux ol mon
ey ; but iLe er.u.e was delected, my father
ariesteel, tried and convicted, and sent lo
the stale s prison lor a term ot years, tie
died there in six months; but my mother
had already precctded him to tie grave.
lier last wish, her last appeal, was to
my giandlalher and uncle, legging ihemto
oay the money and Clear li.y laiuer s naluc
ILey I el lined. Alter she died tLey took
me home, aud 1 never knew a want; btt
ihey ignoied and lepuoialed my lather
though my uncle believed ho died a truly
peui.eul mam
'In my uncle a desk, after his death 1
fouud the papeis leialing lo the forgeries,
and my poor mother's passionate at peul to
him to pay the money to wionglully taken,
bhe took all the blame upon heraell, re
penung, when loo late, Ler repining dis
ixinteiil, aud her extravagant expenditure
ol the stolen money.
ily first impulse was to yield to her
prajer, even lor so many years, and pay at
once the amount of the lorded check still
in the hands ot the firm who employed my
lather, but my uncle probably k.ew whai
1 would deaire, lor be so willed his money
to me ttal 1 can never toucn the principal.
Frank, w ith my mother's letter belore me,
1 vowed never lo ipend a dollar in luxury,
one cent more than the merest neceasiuca
of lite requued, until the debt was paid
that haunted Ler death bed. For six y ears
1 have saved all my income, adding to it a
portion ot the rent of the house my uncle
lelt me. 1 have fared poorly, dressed
plainly, and added htlle by little to my
hoard by closest economy and care."
"Poor child 1 "What a life 1"
1 was not unhappy. Martha knew all
and was lar more lricnd than aetvant, and
when my friends gave mc up 1 thought ol
my mother and was comforted."
"But you say jou are tie, Ruth?''
1 am tree. 1 sent the money to the
firm last week, and to-day, only uxlay, I
have received and destroyed the check, the
last proof of my father s crime. 1 he gen
tleman wrote me such a letter, Frank, thai
1 am sure they will always retptct my ae
crel.'' "Oh, if I had only been here Ruth, to
give you a home and protection, to make
jour life happy by my lore, while you
saved your own means for your holy pur
pose." It could not have been, Fiank. 1
would have never burdened your LI? with
my duty to the dead."
But now, Ruth! Yon are free now,
and von will be mine! Mine to cherish
and protect 1 Mine to guard from all want
and all sorrow in tbe future."
Frank I Frank! Youforiretl" Ruth
cried, her face deathly pale, her large dark
eyes dilated with pain.
forget !"
'1 am not the happy chikl you left.
am called a ndr, an avaricious, hard wo
man, wove sordid souls loots lor noiuing
hvnnd monev. 1 am thrust out of aocieiy
tor my mean dress, and my old friends
pass tue by.
A good reason for one to hold you
fast."
-I am not even Ruth Wellford, Frank,
but Ruth Mayburn, tbe child of a detected
forger, who died in state's prison.
For answer be took her into hia arms,
folding her close, and looking Into her
earnest eyes with very loving, tender
ones.
You are Ruth," be said, truly not the
careless child I left, but a woman to be
honored for the noble sacrifice of six long
years. You are the Ruth whom I love,
aud whose love I hold to be the crowning
blessing of my life. Take all other names
out of your poor bruised Lent, love, and
let me print one there in their place, call
ing you Kuth my wife."
There was no explanation given even to
Lily of the sacrifice of Ruth's young life,
but before (JbrisUias theie was a wedding,
and in the Wellford place old frieads once
more gathered around tbe bride. Kever
could she entirely forget the long years of
sorrow, but in her husband s love she finds
her compensation for her sacrifice.
Summer Tears of 1881
Already the notes of preparation for the
Summer, we being heard on every side.
The Pennsylvania Raiiroad Company wul,
during the coming teja.u, present greatei
facilities than ever for visitors to the many
mountain and seaside resorts reached by iu
All the advantages offered iu previous sea
sons in the way of excursion tickets, last
and frequent trains, Palace couches, and
splendid passengers equipment wiU be con
tinued aLd many improvements will be
a deed wu.ch will insure to passengers stU.
greater com! oris and Conveniences, W itii
its leased aud controlled lines, it reaches
direct to ad tbe popular watering places on
the Kew Je: ey coast; and all the faiuouf
mountain rt soils of Pennsylvania, and no
expense is spared to provide speed, safety,
aud luxurious accomodations for Its pa
trons. Fast express trains will be run to
Long Branch, Ocean Grove, Asbcry Park,
Ocean Beach, Spring Lake, Ki heron. Deal
Beach, Point Pleasant, Beach Haven,
Long Beach, etc. A new branch njr in
course of construction will be finished to
tsea bide J a. k, adihng auctuer dcl ghtful
ocean re sen to the already large number
touched by the lines of this gieat corpora
tion. On the West Jersey Rtilroad,
(which is also controlled by the Pennsyl
vania Raiiroad Company) which reaches
to Atlantic City and Cape May; many un
proveuients have be.-n made, most proou
nent ol wui.:h are frequent loa sidingsi,
giving all the advantages of a double
Hack; the runniug of the trains by the
system so succe-sslul on the Pennsylvania
Railroad and the placing of water tanks
be. ween the uaoksena ilinj engines Utifee
up wa er while in motion, thus allowing
trains to run through without stoppage-.
A marked fcslure ot all thtse lines is t m
thorough construct un of the roadbed, the
smooth running of tbe trains, and the en
tiie freedom from dust being particularly
ntttetble. For travel to the inouuta.os,
there will be lound the usual high stand
ard of accomodation, and :hiwe preferring
a jaunt in the country, a sojourn in tbe
saoy valleys, or on the mountain tops,
will find eveiy convenience for quick and
enjoyable transit to Kane, Renovo, Dela
ware Water Gap, Altoooa and Cressor
aa A.mtMKwra JaAet
The Czar Nicholas, of Russia, having
been engaged in inspecting a blate peni
tentiaiy in one of the provincial seats ol
Government, and took it into his head to
question some of tbe convicts respecting
the nature of the otlencea for which they
were suffering puuithment. "What are
jou here for?" he asked of one. "I am
innocent, Imperial Majesty,' replied the
prisoner, i ailing on hia knees; a victim
ot a false witness! A church was robbed
a beadle knocked on the head the peas
ants caught hold of me, and 1 knew noth
ing about it." Turning to another, the
Czar act ed, "And you'" "False witness
again, Imperial Majesty. A peddler was
doue for cose to my house. I never eveu
dreamed of such a thing. "And you?'
said Jsichola- totbe third. "Sheer malice,
aire. One of my neighbors conveyed a
lot of forged notes into my pockets, and
iu J away a lithographic stone in my bed
looiu. 1 am as innocent as an unborn
babe.'' The Emperor, obviously bored by
lueee successive Lrotes.alions of gudueuess,
cast Lis eye aioug the hue ot pi boners
until his eye led upon a ragged, wreicued
loolung gypsy, whom he beckoned tor
waiu with the words, "Of Course, you, too,
are here on a false charge?" "Not a hit ol
it. your Majesty, " replied the Teigan; "it
is all lair aud square as far as 1 am con
cerned. I stole a pony Irom a tradesman. "
vjioie a pony, did jou?" said the Cttar,
with a laugh, and tuen addressing the Gov
ernor of tue prison witn wed-asiumed
tlcrunees, "1 urn that good-for-nothing
ratcal instantly out of doora. 1 Cannot al
low him to remain a minute longer iu such
uonorable and virtuous company, lest he
pervert all these good, inuoceut people!"
bjr tea woim Intb. Dark,
Every body knows what fresh honey is
a clear, yellow syrup, without any trace
of solid sugar in iu After straining, it
xradually assumes a crystal appearance it
caneies, as the saying is, and ultimately
becomes a solid mass of sugar. It has been
suspected that this change has been due to
photographic actin, the same agent which
alters the molecular arranged of the iodine
of silver on the exciud collodion plates,
and determines the formation of camphor
and iodine crystals in a bottle, causing
honey to assume a crystalline form. Air.
scheiber inclosed honey in well corked
flasks, some of which kept in perfect dark
ness, while the others were exposed to the
Ugbu Tbe result has been that tbe por
tion exposed to tbe light soon crystallizes.
whue that kept in tbe dark remains un
changed, lieuce, we see why the bees are
so careful to obscure the glass windows
which are sometimes placed in their mves.
l'bu existeucs of the young depends on
liquidity of the saccharine lood presented
and ii light lo them, were allowed access
to this, in ail probability it would prove
lata! lo the inmates or the hive.
Ceccnl f ulnb la tiquette.
'Sar "rood morning" to the hostess, on
leaving the loom, "bo long, old girl" has
rone out in the best society.
If there are seventy-nve or one nunorea
persons in tbe company, it is not necessary
lor you to shake Lauds all around.
IX) Dot be in i aste to go down to dinner
without wailing lor a tardy guest, give
nun at least Uoiv minutes. You may have
to gel down on your hands and knees aud
cral around aud leel for a lott collar but
ton vourself. sometime.
Uoon an introduction to a young lady,
immediately ask her age and the size of her
shoes. This will put you on an easy con
versational plane.
In society, a note requires as prompt an
answer as a spoken question. And in the
L-an it requites a great deal prou.pter one.
Do not i hank aiy one who waits on you
at the table. Look wan and hungry, as
ihouuh you wanted more.
lo mi back in your chair and drum idly
on jour Lead with your fork is condemned
in good society.
A Telephone Exchange,
Curlositv Drompted ne to step into a
Telephone Exchange one night recently,
and as I entered I was greeted with the
usual 'hello." by a young man seated at
one of the boards, lie was not over eight-
teen or twenty years old. A slight mous
tache adomed his upper lip; his hair
was combed down over his fore.
head In a bang style, aud be held
ciear between his teeth in away
that is peculiar to all telephone boys. 1 did
not answer the salute at arse, minting,
probably, he was talking to a customer.
But he snnled a telephonic auule, and
said:
"Walk in. sir. Don't be afraid."
I walked uplo the board, aud said :
1 lust thought 1 would drop in and sec
how You ma nave this business, aud 1 hope
you will not think me too iLquisitive if 1
ask a few questions."
"Oh. no. sir. Our business is to lain at
all times, and to all sorts ot persons, aud
we are only loo glad when we can accom
modate any one in any way. ftow, sir,
anything you wish to know about this
great invention will be cheerfully made
known to yoa.
1 ieit tomcwhat relieved by the man
ner in which he tpoke, and immediately
began a tour of inspection of the switch
toards, transmitters, call bells, etc., n nen
I got back to where be was sealed, he
pointed to a chair and bade me sit down.
"ian you ex main tue principals oy
which the telephone conveys sound?'1 1
asked.
"Y'es sir."
'Well, sir," said L "I should like very
much to be enhguteued.
lie motioned me to come to tbe board,
to which a large humber of wires were
attached.
'This," he said, pointing to transmitter,
"is what we speak through. It is simply
an electro magnet, on which we place an
iron due, which is lelt free to vibrations ol
this disc"
VV hat U a disc ?" I asked.
"The disc is the flat circular plate yoa
see over the electric luagueU
1 saw that the young tuau evidently un
dersiood his business, and my inquiries
look another direction.
V hat is your opinion in regard to the
future ot the telephone t" 1 asked.
'Weil, sir, 1 ity,ard it as one one of the
greatest boons to mankind, and my im
pression is that the telephone is yet In its
lulaucy. '
"ixi you think it possible that the tele
phone may in lime take the place now
held by the Morse telegraphic system?"
'2vo, sir, Le aid, alter a pause, but
I lb ink the telephone will Lecotue a prec
ecal means ot intei -communication at
greater distances than at preseuU 1 have
au luea that some day we ill have tele
phonic communication with Europe.
"Do you, indeed?'
".Now," said he, "I vill relate to you a
few of the phehomena that occur ed under
my own obaeivaittim Keceuliy one ol our
Uoys answered a Call Irom a prominent
saloon, iu Ihu west part of the town. The
customer, Irom all appearances, was under
the influence of liquor, ilia voice was
searceiy audible, ana the boy had a Lard
lime to find out what he wanted. Alter
the lapse of, say nttten mil utea, the boy
reeled iroui lb. instrument in a iiruna.rn
S.upor. Yea, sir, and he was a au icily
temperate boy, loo, and strange as it may
appear, that une cannot be used yeU Come
here aud listen.
1 put my ear to the receiver, and the
biccouuna came clear and distiucu
"1 he boy, continued the bapertnten-
dent, "received an order lot a telephone
irom a ced aud dumb man recently,
aud in plain unadulterated English ex
pressed his gratitude for the glorious re
sult. But, '' said be, with a sigh, the
company is beginning to cons.der the
problem of reducing expenses. They have
leceived a letter from a prominent scientist
in Calcutta, who has made a uropos.Uun,
which, if accepted, wul throw us operators
out ot empioyiuenU lie slates thai accord.
ing to his method the expeususol operating
the lines w ill be reduced filly per ceuu
It will be a bad day lor us if his proposi
tion is accepted.
"What is the preposition I 1 asked. .
"Parrots."
"Gjod day, sir," and I bowed myself
out.
i.lv Oak.
A young man, prospecting for a South
ern home, was in Tallahassee, and was de
lighted with our little city, but hearing so
much talk of Jacksonville, he letl lor that
place. Being auile tired and sleepy, he
curled himself up in a corner and was soon
in a sound sleep Irom w hich he did not
awaken uuld next morning. Opening a
window, he was soon enjoying the morn
ing scenery, wmch, strange to say, looked
1 ami liar. Boon they come in sight ol a
town, and, looking cut, he saw a bouse
which looked like the CapitoL so tnrnhig
to a lellow-passenger he asked:
"Are you acquainted with this town,
sirl"
"Yes, sir ; this is my home."
"rt ill you tell me wnat building that
is through the trees yonder t "
1 Lai is our CapitoL
"Capitol! Why, 1 thought the Capitol
was at Tallahassee P
"And so it is; this is Tallahassee."
"What I liniKMsibel 1 could not have
traveled around the world in twelve hours.
1 lett Tallahassee lor Jacksonville last
night, and have been traveling all night
long."
"oav, Cap, did you change cart at Lave
Oak I"
"So, 1 haven't changed at alL"
"rt ell then, you went down as far as
Live Oak. and, as you did not change cars
you was hauled right backaatn.
This is the fact ot the case, but our
friend is mixed yeU
ill. IIa.d-.rehlef.
Until the reign of the Empress Jasepbine
a handkerchief was thought in France so
shocking an object that a lady would never
dare to use it belore any one. l he word
was even carefully avoided in refined coo.
venation. An actor who would have usetl
a handkerchief on the stage, even in the
most leartul moments of tue play, would
have been most unmercifully hissed, borne
time later, a translation of one of chats.
pear's plays having been acted, the word
'haudteichiel'' was used for the first time
on the s.ap, amid cries of indigba.l-n
Irom the auuience. U is questionable if
French tUgantet would car j handker
chiefs to-day if the wile of Napoleon 1.
had not given the signal lor adopting them.
Tue Empress Josephine, although really
lovely, haduly lee h. lo conceal them,
she was in the habit of carrying auiad Laju
kerchiefs adorned with cosily lace, wuifh
she continually raised gracefully to her
hps. Of couiae aU the ladies ol the Court
lollowed her example, and hanukerchiels
have rapidly become an important aud
costly part of tLe feminine toilet.
Tbe weight ot the boll of Moscow,
the bigite-ii tieil ever made, is climated
to be aii.'H pouuds, Its height la IV
feet, aud it weaa ures around the riiu
Wleet,
Discipline tbe Franca army.
General Clinchant. the present military
governor of Paris, was terribly strict dur
ing the Gerniac war, but popular all the
same ; for be was known to be jurt, and
kind too when be could afford to be so.
Having the commando! raw levies, inclined
to be insubordinate, he resolved to show
them promptly that he was their master.
Once he issued a sltingent Older against
robbing fruit and vegetables from the fields
and gardens of tbe peasants ia tbe Loire
Valley. A few rays afterward a couple
of Zouaves stole out of camp by night and
gathered a basketful of potatoes. 1 hese
two soldiers happened to be veterans who
had served in the Italian wax, and they
were brave fellows, much liked by thtir
colonel ; but this ouly niade their offense
worse in the general a eyes; "for," said
be, "if old soldiers set the example of
disobedience, bow can we expect the young
ones to obey ?" Bo the two Zouaves were
shot.
On an other occasion three young sol
diers took it Into their beads to g out of
camp without leave on a Sunday, in order
to dine with some mentis who .ived in the
neighborhood. They returned in time for
lallou, thinking, probably, they had com
mitted onlv a venial oflence. Ihey were
shut the next tnorniag. One more exam
ple will show what stern justice has to be
meted out where flogging is not available.
General Clinchant had issued orders that
on the march no soldier was to climb into
the ambulance-vans or store-wagons unless
certified lame or id by the army surgeons.
The reason of this order was that a number
of lazy soldiers used always to swarm on
to the wageuis in order to get a lift instead
of marching. One day a youngster who
was in prfe ct health clambered inside a
van, and was discovered there by a ser
geant, who ordered him to get out. The
soldier alighted, but, determined to have
his drive, he slit open his boot and inflicted
a slight cut on his toot to make believe
that he had gone lame. A corporal saw
him, aud by-and-by the lad was reported
for tbe double offense of disobedience and
malingering. When he had been court
man aled the general gave him a chuixe
of li l life by calling upon him to confess
that tue injury to his foot was self-inflicted;
but the foolish fellow, thinking to save
himself by a he, maintained stoutly that
he bad gone lame by stepping ou a fliuU
tie was accordingly handed over to the
provosl-marahal aud shoU
"What ferocious looking animal is this?"
"This Is an editor."
"Indeed ! are they very dangerous ?''
"Sometimes. When cornered up, they
have been known to bo quite combative,
and again they have been known to go
througn a convenient back window. Gen
erally they are mild aud pas ive."
"When are they most dangerous 1''
"When intruded upon by a book agent
who wants a' forty-line local for a seventy-
five cent book, or by a poet with veises
about gentle spring.
"Are editors cross to each other !"
'Only when separated by several blocks
of buildings."
"Do they often have fearful combats
with each other tn
-Occasionally, when they go mt In op
posite directions and come upon each other
by acta lent.
"Are editors ever cowhided?"
"Sometimes the small ones are, but the
big ones are very rarely molested."
"Do editors eat I"
"They da It was formerly supposed
they ale at long intervals and upon rare
occasions, but it is now a well authenti
cated fact that they eat a great deal when
ihey can get it"
"What kind of feed do they like most?"
"They are not very particular. W hile
they won't refuse quad on toast, fried crab
or toast turkey about Christmas time, they
have been known to make a hearty repast
off a dish of cold turnips and consumptive
herring."
'"Can they eat concert tickets I"
"We believe nou Some persons have
gained this erroneous impression from
false teaching in early life, but no authen
ticated insiauce oi such a thing is on
record."
Do editors go free into shows P
'Ihey do when they give a dol'ar and
hall local for a twenty-five cent ticket-"
"Are all editors bald like this one ?"
"No; only the nuuried ones are bald.
But lei us pass on ; the editor does not
like io be stared au"
Bow Officiate were once Fald.
It is not a generally known historical
fact that from 1777 to 1781 the teiritory
now known as Tennessee formed a part of
North Carolina, and that in 1765 the Ten
nesaeeans becoming dissatisfied with their
goveriunenU organized a State government
under tbe name of 'Franklin," which was
maintained for some years. The State
organization afterward disbanded, and
Territorial Tennessee was again annexed to
North Carolina. The following is among
the laws passed by the Legislature of the
State of Franklin. We copy it as tound
in a speech by Daniel Webster on the cur
rency in ISM.
'Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the Slate of Franklin, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the fame : That
from the first day of Januarv, 17&V, the
salaries of the officials of Ihu Common
wealth be as follows to wit :
"liis Excellency tbe Governor, per an
num, 1.UU0 deej skins.
'liis Honor the Chief Justice, 500 deer
skine.
"The Secretary to His Excellency the
Governor, 600 raccoon skins.
The l reasurer of the State, 450 rac
coon skins.
'Each county clerk, three hundred
beaver skins.
"Clerk of the House of Commons, 200
raccoon skins.
"Member of the Assembly, per diem,
three raccoon skins.
Justices' fee for signing a warrant, one
muskrat akin.
"To tbe constable for serving a warrant,
one niirlk skin.
"Enacted inU a law the 28th day of
October, 1789, under the great seal of the
State."
MkI Rails.
That the hardest steel is not the mcst
dtuab.e for railroads appears from an
examination of tue wear of some of the
steel rails on the Great Northern line,
England. Seven of the rails, which lay
aide by tide on this road, were taken up
and tested, and it was found in one in
stance that a hard rail had been worn
away one-sixteenth of an inch by traffic
amounting to 5,251,000 tons, while a soft
rad for the same amount of wear Lad with,
stood 8,4 J2.00J torn. In anotuer instaoce
the total was 14,531,000 tons for tue hard
rad and 33,0ol,OO0 tons for the soft rail.
he wear being the same one-sixteenth of
a i inch. Am lysis showed tuislartmd to
consist of 90,4V 5 per cenu of irou and min
ute quantities of carbon, ptiotpncrui,
kiucon, manganese, suiphur and copper.
A Child's Call.
A lady living not far from the comer of
Lafayette and feroDd streets. Detroit, re
ceived an afternoon call from a little six
year old, which illustrated the progress
children are making: The little one rang
the bell and, bting ufhered in, said :
"How do you do, Mrs. I foreet your
name my raine is Uallie . I shw you
over to mamma's hou.e tbe other day. and
as mamma was busy I thought I would re
turn thecalL Ma doesn't know it, but 1
don't care."
Tbe little one was heartily welcomed,
and alter she gazed round for awhile she
asked:
"What time do you dine ?"
'Five o'clock," said the lady.
"We always have dinner at two o'clock,
but I guess 1 can wait. Can I stay ?"
"Oh, certainly- lad to have you," said
the lady.
Then the lifle one removed her pretty
wrappings, and ber dainly hat and gloves.
Hearing the lady of the bouse call her ser
vant Katie, she took advantage of the mis
tress's absence for a moment to run down
ttaiis into the dining room.
"Katie, come here !" she cned. "What
are you going to have for dinner ?'
"soup, beefsteak, sweet potatoes and
pie," meekly replied Katie.
"What kind ot pie?"
"Cranberry."
"Well, put plenty of sugar in the pie
and lots of gravy on the steak, sure."
Then the Utile caller skipped up-stairs
and socn became jelly friends with the
lady of the house. She was very serious
in her conversation, and asked why young
ladies had lo wait so long to be married.
Then she told the lady in all confidence
that she had all eady received a proposal,
bnt had not yet concluded to say yes. Tbe
lady was considerably struck with the pro
digy, and diew her out upon all sorts of
subjects. Finally the child went to the
piano and offered to sing an ontmal song.
"1 always make up my song," she said,
and then the began in a mournful minor
key as follows :
When I am dead and in my coffin,
31 niaunia, ai e on't cure fur uothin'
Our folks w.L ery,
tlamma will aigu;
Tue utra.se wm come.
Ai.d the bai-d. wi Ii a drum.
And late me to tne awect lj and-by.
Continuing this sort of rhyme, she de
scribed herlULcral, the mourners, the pro
cession to the "burryin" ground," where
A deep, daik cave
bLad 1m luy fc'o.
And so she sang on aCected by the
spirit of the song so much that tbe tears
rolled down her lace at tbe recital and the
lady buried htr face in her handkerchief
to cover her smiles. Just as the hostess
bad piomised to have her husband "put
plenty of gravy" on the little girl's steak, a
latly, flushed and excited, rang the bell
ll was the little caller's mot her, and she had
been scouring the neighborhood for some
hours with horrible thoughts of kidnapping
runuing through her brain.
TLe steak with "plenty of gravy" is
waiting the Utlie one yeU
Liick.ry nut. and Muste.
"John Hill, you were very drnnk last
night, said his he nor as a eeud on.
'1 think cot, sir,"
"WelLyou have a right to differ. Officer,
was this man drunk P
"He was, sir."
'How drunk i"
"Well, he fell down four times in cross
ing the road, and tbe last time he settled
down for a nap."
"That's our case, Mr. HalL Have you
any defense ?"
"1 have, sir. I had not tasted any
liquor of any sort all day long. Just be
fore 1 met tbe officer 1 got choked, and
that was what ailed me when be picked
me up."
"Choked r What with!"
"With an apple.'
"Have you got it?"
"Yes, sir. Whea the officer shook me,
he shook the apple out of my gullet, and
I put it in my pocket to bring and show
you."
He thereupon pulled from his coat tail
pocket a frozen greening, larger than a
coffee cup, and laid it ou the desk.
"Do j ou mean to tell me that you had
that apple in your mouth 1"
. "lea, sir. 1 was going to take a bite
hen it slipped down luto my gullet, and
if the officer hadn't given me a shake 1
might have suffocated."
"lou cant get that apple into your
mouth. No such a story will go down
here."
"dee here, Judge," and he opened a
mouth big euouirh to take in a quart bowl,
lapsed in the apple, rallied it around, and
elropped it inlouis hand again with a smile
of triumph.
lou may go, said bis Honor, after a
lone silence. "With such a mouth as that
you 11 eat more than you can earn in any
prison. Take jour frozen apple and go
your way."
"Thank you. 1 d like to bring my
brother iu some day. and let you see his
mouth. He cau hold a piut of hickory
nu'.f and sing a son at the same time."
Uolonel Solon's Cbarlty.
The colonel came into the sanctum re
cently, and after remarking that this was
the greatest flood Od City ever saw,ptcked
up an exchange, and was soon weeping
tears of sympathy over the sufferrings of a
poor family in New lork.
"Just to think of it," said he, "they
didn't havt a thing to eat from Monday to
Wednesday, and only one little chunk of
coal picked up on the railroad to keep
them warm. Such suffering in this rich
country is terrible. 1 wonder if they would
accept a little donation. Say a hundred
dollars.
"Ctrtainly they would, colonel," said
the editor, "and be glad to get iu"
"Ym think it wouldn't hurt their feel
ings to offer it te them I"
"It wouldn't hurt their feeling so much
as staiva iun and cold hurt their bodies."
" 1 hat's sn, that's so," said the colonel.
"I 1 believe 1 11 send them a check for a
hundred dollars. "
"It would be a kind act."
"Yes; you could spare Johnny, here, to
run up lo the bouse and get the money,
aud then you can send it away io a let
ter I "
"Yea."
"Johnny, go np to my house and tell
Mrs. Solon to send me $100, at once.
Ah I" continued the colonel, "chanty
makes a man's heart lizh.er."
Theu a sudden thought seemed to startle
him, aud jumping trout his chair he rushed
io the head ot the stairs, and yelled after
Johnny, "Hi there, Johnny, come ' back.
back. You oeedn i go. V hy, do you
know," turning lo the editor, T haven't
got a hundred dollars in the bouse, no, nor
titty ceuu?, either, strange, l a ion t mutt
of that belore; very strange."
In a few moments afterwards, when the
colonel left, be was overheard askinf
Johnny for a loan of five, cents until next
week.
Bears, Bees, and Buss.
Bears have been far more plentiful this
year ttan for many seasons past. There
are many extensive forests of beech and
oak in the countries of Wayne, Pike and
Monroe, Pa., with vast outlying swamp
lands of laurel, hemlock and tamarack.
Despite the fact that these forests are pene
trated by tbe Erie Raiiroad, the black bear
makes in them his breeding and feeding
haunts almost as freely as scores of years
ago, before civilization bad made auy ad
vance in thil section. Aiong-tue borders ol
these great swamps is a wide strip of soft
mud. 1 hese swamps are almost inaccessi
b e lo man and tie Leara make ILe-n tLe.r
plates of le.'upe. WLen the Leers aie
plenty this border of mud is lull ot tLe ani
mals' tracks. In many plates tbe mud u
found hollowed out in spots eight or tea
leet long, ihiee or ldurleel wn.e and two
ieet ccep. Should lar&e patches of scrub
Oaks Le found lenea down to iLe ground
it is a suie sign that the tears have Leeu
"working there aud fee linn on the acorns.
TLey rise on tneir hauncLej among the
scrub oaks and Leal the busiti violently
with Heir foie paws,
lieais aie very fond of bugs and insects of
all kinds. TLey know just whe.e lo find
iLeui every time and know that their favor
ite iiteou siake Ue.r hou.es under the
stones during the winter mouths. The
brutes consequently select spots where the
ground is covered with stones and with
iheir paws turn liem up to get at the bugs.
leUow jackets and hornets areIavorile
morsels with the black bear. If bruin sets
a yellow jacket or hornet in the woods he
is wild uutd he finds the insect's home. He
tears madly through the woods until his
unerring scent leads huin to the spot. Tuen
he settles down lo business. nen a bear
finds a yellow jackets' nest it takes but a
few swoops ot his fore paws to turn it
wrong side ouU A yellow jackets' nest is
generally built in the ground, just under
the turf ace. As soon as tucir nest is
touched the bees swarm about in clouds
and cover the bear uulil he is as yellow as
a sunflower. He pays no atleutiou to their
assaults, though an al.ack ol yellow j jckets
on any other animal would result in death.
The hear merely shuts hi eyes aud gnus
as ho devours nest and all. He attacks
honey bees the same way, and scoops the
houey out with his paws and licks them oil
uuld the nest is despoiled completely.
O d Jerry Greening, the hunter, tays thai
on oue occaaion he shot a bear aud was
going to drag the carcass home, when be
discovered the bear had just been robbing
a yellow jackets' nest and was still covered
wuh the uery little lnsecis. F that b'ar
hed uniy been wounded I'd a waltzed right
in an' hxed 'im," said Jerry, "but a couple
o' Ihem cussed Utile hot-tailenl critters
Came after me an' 1 skipped, an' 1 didn't
dare go arter thel b'ar'n two days."
Horueis build their nests htli up in the
branches of trees or fasten Uieui lo the
rocks. But as cute as these insects are the
bear is more than their match. A bear
discovers a hornet's nest fa. out on a limb
beyond his reach, lie climbs the tree,
breaks the longest branch he can get and,
ho.ding It iu his fore paws, nils the nest un
til ii drops to the grountL Sometimes he
dancea or stamps ou the limb till the nest
is shaken oil. Should ihj nest be on a
rock the bear goes up to the top of the
ledge above it, where he gathers stones aud
sticks and rolls them down the aide of tne
rock till one hits the nest and sends n
tumbling to the ground below. The
horueis appear lo kuow what has caused
their ruin and all remain in the tailing nest
till the bear appears when Ihey aililck
hhn.
"A hornet sting," says Jerry Greening,
'is 'bout s strong 's a w back from a sledge
hammer, an' oue hornet '11 knock a bull
down, but their bite wou't raise a lump
bigger'n a buckshot on a b'ar, au'lheshaggy
critter think its fun. He'll stan' on his
hiu' legs an' tquare oil with his fore paws
jest as ef he were a boxiu' with somebody.
ouly he s duru kcerf ui l keep his eye? suet.
Ihen he 11 lay down an roil oer 'em jest
tz if he didu t kec-r a ceut ler 'em. Ouce'l
1 seed a she b'ar kuock a hoi net' ntsl biz-
ger'n a hall-bushel basket otl'n a rock au'
pick it up an tuck it under her arm au'
walk off with it ez cool ez t were oue o'
her cubs."
Silence a root "Long.
"And they always hunt in droves," said
the sad passenger, "if oue man begin
whisj.ing in tue railroad car long before he
gets to hi first breathing Sell one man and
another and another aud ihen another and
more after thai one aain take it up, uuld
the car is a perfect cyclone of chirps
and loots, and not so much ot a lragu-eat
of a tune in Uie wLoie unrecognizable
"Do you suppose," said Endymion, the
sleepy passenger, who only got on a few
siauous back aud had been sound asleep
ever siuce, "Do you suppose the man who
whistles ever listens to ibe warblings of the
other whistlers in the car 1 Because if he
did, and could bear how meaningless aud
vacant the music was, 1 think he would
never wlustle in tbe cars again."
And then having pounded his overcoat
into a comfortable knot. Endymion put
his head down upon it and slumbered.
"VVell, Ihelal passenger said, "what
shall we do with him J 1 don't really think
we ought lo kdi him.
"No," said the prisoner, '"no bloodshed.
Let us just fait upon him and plane the
floor with him."
"suppose," said the tall, thin passenger,
we take him jut on the platform, where
toere will be room to swing our legs, anu
tick him?"
"We might wait until the train was
running a utile slower," and the cross pas
senger, "and chuck him out of the win
dow." "I've a good mind," said the fat passen
ger, "just to step up and slap his mouth
whue ue s whittling. "
'We might throw him down and pull
out his teetu with a moukey-wrench," said
the sad passenger, 'to that he couldn't
whistle any more.'
Vrr we might punch a hole in his
lungs," said the man on the wood-box,
witn a brad-.Ywl, and that would let out
bis wind taster than he could whistle it
up."
Well," they all said, "lets get hold of
him and give him a little whirl anyhow,
just tor luck."
Just theu the man who had been whist
ling stood in the aisle beside them. He
wis no a kiud-looking mtn, no that be
had ceased whistling. He had only one
eye and his hair was while aud very short.
His neck was aoul the sau.e breadth as
U.s shoulders and be had an unpleasant
way, when he was not whistling, of hold
ing his chin pretty well forward, and his
nose wa all wrinkled, lie was taking off
his Coal, although the car was quite cool.
and he had ju4 thrown his hat upon the
door, altuouu there were plenty ot eaipty
rack.
'teems to me, he said, "that you
ducks am t overly fond ot my whutlliu .
seems like 1 heard ye didn't want me to
whistle no more wheu y hi was around.
Tuere as an embarrassing adent about
foot long, and the whistling continued.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Talleyrand died In 1333.
Thirty thousand Grauger reside
in P-nnxylvania-
The tigltt avenge for London
magazines is $3 a pge.
The railroad bridge at St. LaU
earns about t)10,O0O per mouth.
Philadelphia consumes 1,000,000
tons of ice annually.
The retail price of Ice has been re
duced 4J per cent, in Boston.
England import $20,000,000
worm of lertlllzT aanually.
The ylld of corn in France for
1S79 was 231.1 63,820 bushels.
Cinclunatt haa 8.0C0 Jiws.
In Atlanta, Ga.. a coffe bouse
arned ten per cent, the first year.
The est. mate ot" lire losse-s in tbe
United Saies last year is 1100,000,000.
The nail mills of the Uuicei S.ates
produce yearly about I.0jO.0XI kes.
At Napi-Citv, Cel., a single flrin
last fall made lSO.LOO gallon ot' wi.ie-
Thiers wa C3 whea he completed
his "Consulate aud E npire."
Rjfus Hatch has sold his sat lu
ih New York Stock Exchange for
15,000.
Denver City is to be lighted by
electric liUt, at a cost oi $11,000 per
annum.
The organized and unorhiizid
rnili'ia in the United State number
6,393.31)5.
In one fortnight last Augus: near
ly 2Jo children ia variou part of
Eugtand were sent to jail.
George Eliot left a personal esttte
valued at $JO0,0JO, exclusive or the
property in her copyright.
A city of London offl.-ial estimates
the gross annual income ot that utty's
cuarities at $j.500,000.
Chicago has 5,4.2) factorfus ot
different kinds, employing V2j.W) per
sons, of whom 17,0u0 are iemaies. "
Paris, in the course of its hutry,
has been besieged ten limes. I'll? fri
ilme in 5J B. C. aud the last in 137d.
The groas income derive 1 fr:n
tobacco by the farm t of the Uuiied
3La.es 1 about $iJ,0J0,000.
There i talk of re-mrvevin.; the
boundary line between Njw Yjrk au 1
PenusylvauU.
At a recent pouitrv exhibi:irn at
the Crystal Palace, iu England, there
were 800 exhibitors, su.wiu3iJj pans.
The sum oi I3.6JO.O0O ha bn wirh-
drawn Irom tha otu-t since im pas
sage of the retundiuj Dill.
im valuation oi the United S a'es
is $3J.0JU,c0W.00d, tue country st tiidm
third ou the list ol all the reat u ttious!
Mr. M. ir. Kearney, of Etaville.
Otit.no, Cauad e, ha just given bir.h '
to ber iweullelh child.
The II irLwrshave sold 31.00) c'od:m
ot the Fraukiin Square edition oi
.ndymion."
Fifty-nine national bank were or
ganized lu 1SS0, eleven passed into
voluntary liqm Jation, and three ailed.
There are 1,000 people in Chicago
who wear iclass eye, u-iaird of tbe
number being women.
The wheat crop of Ohio U worth
51,000,000, the corn crop $12,000,000,
aud tue hay crop $2),0U0,oVJ.
Cologne wa'r wa first ., oilll in
17l9, when an Italian citlz in of C jlogno
named Jouann Maria Farina prepared
it.
South Carolina will nut ah-mr .- .
OOO.Ooo worth of co:to'i anj $3.0 jo.o
worm oi rice into the markii this
year.
Virginia has 4.854 nnblie school
of which 205 are graded, in these
school 220,73:1 pupil are instructed by
4.673 teachers.
Duritur the Tear 1SS) there w-or
deceased in the city ot Uis.on 3 to pJr-
mhis wuo nan attained the a 'n o.
.'lgnty year or more.
A tonipanyot Philadelphia ranir:.
ists ha bee-n lormed to buy the ever
Iade of Florida aud draiu thani
agricultural purposes.
The statistic' of V
show a marriage rate of lti OS per 1,000
. population ; a Dinh raw of 217 p, r
l.bOO. aud a death rate of 13 52.
American glassware to the a non nt
of $1,05 worth w export! to New
South Wale In 1S77; in 1873 to the
amount of $3,735 worm.
Cardinal Antonelll wa verv fond
ot canary bird, and at one time ha 1
more than 200 of then, which had been
presented io mm.
An ad Ires to Q teen Victoria hv
the wonoeu of Canada, to be presented
.o her next birthday, i being very
generally signed at Montreal.
This ia the first season that arrnnl
icebergs hav been seen in Lika
Michigan. They have been formed
with a base below the water of diteen
feet in depth.
. Taglioui.the famous ballet dancer,
is livin in Ljndon.' rlvinir lesaan in
dancing, and ha had the chil Jren of
the I'rince cf Wales as ber pupils.
L. L' I ( .1 I - I : 1
i uuj punier is nviDg in Austria.
Iowa's total losses by fire in 1SS)
are reported at $1,11,100 against $2 -S2,DjO
in 1370. Tue total looses to ins
urance Companlt'S were IU33.30J in
1SSJ, against $1.053,7iW in la7'J.
It is computed that Great Britain
derive au income of $2J0,0o0,O0i a
year irom tue private iuvestuiema of
uer peop e in foreign coamries, which
she ha $350,000,000 in American rail
road.
The value of exports of provisions,
tallow and dairy product in Janu ti v
as $15,219,000; January last year,
$9,547,000. Value of exports ot dairy
p--oufcis i or nine mouths ended Janu
ary 31st, $21,103 000; taue time the
preViob. year $14,o5i,000
An old farmer estimates the pro
ceeds of the 4 000 hea.l ot game wuich
ell wheu last mouth tbe P.-ineo ot
V aiea visited LorJ Avelaud at $1,250,
Jestruciiun ot produce invulvja iu
rearing aud leediug it at $50,000.
The movement of grain irom the
westward ha been unusually lar-
.his year thu far. Duriu tue lire
weeks ending February 5;h, ibe ship
ments from Ui Western port amount
ed to 8.813 256 bushel in 1830, aud
7,036,93) iu 187).
luo passage over the strait of
Mackiuac. Mich., is to be made by rail
toad train una powerful Iron steamer,
capable ot carrying eighteen car at
once, aud crushing its way through ice
a toot thick. Dunug the season of
.hicter ice, track wid be laid ou tue
frozen suriace.
In 1S8) Corn and wheat exported,
$3, ('37,00-J; beef aud port, exported,
$127,S)43,a2 ; cotton in bales, exported,
212,ooO,ooO; gold and silver, product
ol 1830, $30,000,000; tobacco and it
inauuiaciuc, exported, $13,422,273;
irelroleuui, exportedor ficl J ear ,
$36,208,625.