B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE GOJSnTUTIOI THE uiioi-aid the estoxoekett op the lavs.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, APHIL 6, 1881.
NO. 14.
RCCK A BYr, BsBY.
Ko k b. bbf ; in '.be iee top.
ffuea th-wild Wow. the cr d will reck;
eo th boog bend Hie eradle will fail.
)jma tumb e baby, and cradle ud alL"
n -i, . I vb baby; the m adow'e in bloom;
Laon at be sunbeams that dauce in the
roin;
Ea'jo ibe b.id- with your own baby tnne.
Coo ,n .nusbine and flue era cf Juue.
Bxk bye, f br; softly it sing,
0 thy crsd.e tbe notber loe eiuge;
,) eoJ.us or coo u( .t even nr daen.
Whai wJl ii "ben tbe mother u gone ?
rr a bve OabT: M cioudLss the skied.
J itt. as ibe Ptu cf J ur own un0bing eyes;
tit ibe lull.by over yunr nest
Ti at ttudcily rUio htt.e biby to rest
E-ck a lye. baby; tbe b'ue eyee will dream
fJttl4,l wbn mamma's eyee over tuem
bf-am;
Sever a am will th woild seem eo fair
S eip. little bird there are o cud in the air.
r.ck a b e, ta'y; tLe bine eyee will barn
Ai.j aebe wub dial your mau.ood will learn
sw fit the years coiue with eorrow aud care
lib buid.ua tbe wee dimpled eboulders
must bear.
K ck a bra, baby; there's e. m rg a day
Wboce eunowa a mother's 1 ps can't kiaa
away:
Dta beu its roog w.ll be changed to a
ni an;
Cioaes tiat baby meet bar al al' ne.
Bock a bye. baby: tbe meadow a in bloom.
Hay nTcr tlie frueia tall the beauty in
loom ,
Bt thy worl.i ever biic'ut as to-day it is seen,
Koc.1- a Lje, laby; tl J ciaale is trten."
1 Bear AdTentare.
Di(t Barron was one of tlic most danng
ami ijl' picmers, aud be appeared to be
c.wtf ite DM unfortunate. Together
with e tLt r i cxlibors. Dick had removed
In. in Central- Colorado to the western slope
of li e Nena Xcvada niouiitaii.s. llUboiue
&.ifla wiiiil) ivniantic and laautful
fjHit. trd fi-nuie spisarc-d to eo.ile upon
Lira so far a bis peeuniaiy matters -were
c. utn.til; lor bis laud ie tied will in tbe
fi.n iiitr snd tbe uii.es gave a fair yield of
e.k'W diis' in tbe oilier monies.
Hut iia:h caii.e to the family of Dick.
lie first MH ke fell upon bis eldest boy,
a i ol tvielTe yeais of ae. Tbe liltie
( Uot ant- foLd ol buutiug, and, with bis
i.Li, be w uid olten venture a contider
a! it ctai.ce In ui hi home, aDd souie
t in wttfuj f-mcittlul in Lrinj-iug down
M.hil fiau.t. lint one Lay he w as abeint
u. ub lii i d bis usual lime, sxda search
eki veiiu bis Diangied reiuains l)iDg at
tie luii in ot a leti;:e of rocks. lie bad
efiiiea;y taileu trotii ebove and thus met
a tiidutu aud crLel ctath. The blow lell
LtuTiiy ljk.o Uick and Lis wile, but tbe
etui Ure LiaviU up ULdtr bis giiel.wbiiu
the wiixm way to lntlaLchol. .
JCot i ii; alur a Kcond child, a little
girl ol lire years Gi ai;e, sickened and died.
It ikjW b peared as ll Aira. Barion would
go Uiuu, aud fur a time ber atony as
teniLlelo LeLild. Bl'1 this Ulaoually
SLU-idi d, auu ibe mother began to slut
rhpiuly, auu in a sheri lime after abe lol
kivtu tier kule one, leaving alill ai.olber
tLiif, a daughter three yeus of age. to the
cue ot li e lIlcken laiher.
TLe (inif ol D.tk was not of an explo
sive cl.or. cler. but it was uet-p and enelur
iiig. bail be Lad sou.tUiiui; j et to bve
foi, auu be ent to w oik like a lira, e man
to j luvice lot Lit little i-va. Winter bad
hi iL. and Diik Lad come to tbe cou
ciuaii n to make as uuucb as josiibl? in the
niiLes betuie tpiiug, and men to eell hts
Wi Jtiy aud ko to fcan Francusco, where
Lc Atuu st uie the auvanugts of educa
tii.ii lur Lit, liitie one.
Fur son time tLe ncL;Lboi8 of Dick, as
weil as Liu.mii, Lad been u.uch annoyed
Ly iti It. tiveial ku.bs aLd sheep bad
Leic knitd, and .eiultiy in lare quantities
siuliu. 'lbeiewas diffcieuce ot opinion
wub le-aru to licse deuret.alious. Mme
Sa,d tkiy wtie colnniiiud by Indians,
otUiro bi wolves, am otbeis by bears,
liu! as to suow bad fallen, aud as the
giouuu was tiozen veiy hard, no tracks
coa,u be seen.
Olb nmtuiug. Low ever, the alarm was
fjvtu. A lij.ut suow bad fallen during
liic uiglit, auu tracks were ciajuvered. A
laij.e tiuiiy bear was the tbtef and de
(puuet, auu Le must be hunted down at
ouce. U was not supposed that they
Wi.ii.d Le obliged to go lar to find the
auiu.al, aud to Diet seized bis rifle and
juiueu tLe party, leaving but child still in
bed.
1 be tncks were fresh, and a dozen ex
ciied men were soon on the traiL in a
sin tl time they were on the monster; but
eatb ii.au paired, turuiug bis eyes toward
liek, auu waitiLg fur bun to speak. The
bear was siaudiug near the cabin door of
Laitun, gaziug at tbe child w ho was sealed
iu ibe uuorway, waiclung the movements
ol tlie tu.n.al with eviueut curiosity, but
wiihi-ui tiLibitiug auy signs of fear.
l'u:k felt Lis very Le.irt sink within bim
as be saw tuis; but Lis weakness passed
aay iu au instant, aud without removing
bis eye from the bear, be asked: I
'iieu, tau j ou uscyour rilles with steady
Lanils,''
ie,' replied severaL
'Ibtn iaite tbeiu and have them ready.
Leuie your aim is good, and that every
bui.tt uouill fa buried iu Ibe body of tbe
Uni in ca of unng xM hoW r gliQt
Willi i give ibe ont'
Iusiauiiy every rifle was raised.
Uick mcveu caieiully around toward the
batk of tbe cawu. It ws bis lnienlion to
eutertlie wiuuow, seize bis little one,
Jiraw Ltr Lack, aud ebbing the door save
Ler. liut now the auimai bevan to utter
"'P 6'owIn aud aovauce slowly owaid
1 Lk -1,;-lir 'bw, and exclaimeO:
My darling, ge. uji, go into the house,
aud cia-e tbe uk.'
Ibe thud looked up, smiled, and then
aiore, at.eu.piing to do the bidding of the
jaiuer. but the mousler advanced with a
leariui Lowi auu as the door was closed
:aiusi LiuN Le si ruck it with hi huge
P"t, baltering it into spliuura.
1 leaned this. J-Ve; but be careful and
n injure tbe chila:' cried tbe lather.
He enlarged btf ow i piece, aud at the
satue lime a uozen other nllcs rang out
be Uar tavt a most leartul bowl, turned
up n bis eueu.ies, glaring upon them with
ejes ot fin, ana seeu.ea just on ibe point
ot SLru ging -jpun ibeuu udkn:y, bow-
iue leaet apieaied to chause bis
bund. 'iuruing quickly arouud, the
bicnsler eulered the Cinn. A suriek was
uislautly Leaia, sua the father rushed for-
kuile in l,n.i l l.i.
liut Lc
was too lale. lor with a bound, the
I V tilL
"east Lad dMl..-,l il,n.,...K .i
u ,'uln i-va in bis teeth.
OU ue ran wim all his speed toward the
bybeat mountain eak, while the cries ot
tbe .utie one Cmlue back to the ears of the
bait-Iraut.c laiher.
Aud low the monster began iu ascent,
lUi precious burden. Onward ll
,l kua upward, climbing forward, as
KJtks tow ermg above rocks arose to ob
struct his pathway All this time it kept
tip iu fearful howling, and for a time the
wails of the child were heard; but they be
came fainter and fainter, until ' the sound
could no longer be distinguished. At
length it disappeared from view behind a
jui ting ledge.
When the intention of the animal was
first made apparent, . kind of tenor seized
upon every heart, and a cry of agony burst
iroui every lip. And weU might they have
shuddered; for they now knew full weli
that the ferocious animal was she bear,
and that she was carrying the child to ber
eyrie den as food for her cubs.
For a time tbe father had stood with face
blanched with despair, and with form
trembling like the browned leaves which
till clung to the trees around hiiiu liut
tht weakness was only momentary, for
be became again the invincible fatber.and,
with the speed of an antelope, be rushed
for the cliffs, bis eyes fixed upon tbe point
where the bear bad disappeared w ith his
loved darling. .
To any but the father, and to him under
any other circumstances, tbe journey would
not only have been a weary, but almost an
impossible one. But the anxious parent
paused not for an instant. Indeed, he
seemed ;o gain new strength and courage
at every step. .Now a fearful rocky ledge
would obstruct his way, but he would
mount upward, making a ladder of the
frail twigs which hung to their sides. On
waid and upward until the giddy height
uuon w hich be stood was horrible to con
template, liut be did not look back. His
child w as further on.
And now the point was reached where
the bear was last seen.
At this instant a strange sound fell upon
the i ars of the lather. At first it was only
the cry of a child. Then, mingling wiih
a, came me nerce growi ol tne she bear,
and following this, the yelping of cubs.
Oh. what agony tilled the father's bosom
at that moment! Could it be loesiblelhat
the ravenous beasts were already in the
act of devouring his treasure?
Dick sank upon the solid rock, while the
perspiration ro'led in streams troffi bis face
and body. A blindness came over him,
and be feit himself unable to move.
Then came a voice from below. It ex
claiiuea: 'Courage, Dick. I'll be with
you soon, and win yet save your child.'
"Child! chilu!' murmured Dick as he
stalled up. 'Yes, 1 must not give away to
this weakness so long; as my child yet lives;
and 1 can bear her voice even now.'
ftis poor lather became strong again,
lie moved forward a few steps, and paced
around a point of rock, from behind which
came the sounds.
A terrible sight met his gaze!
A little girl was lying upon her back up
on tue rock. 1 he monster was near her.
holding Ler down with one of his huge
paws, which rested upon her breast. The
little one had ceased her strufglings,
evidently in despair, and was now sobbing
as if iu poor heart was broken. The bear
was bleeding profusely, and bad evidently
fallen lruin exhaustion. The bullets which
bad been sent into ber body- bad given ber,
no doubt, her mortal wound; but she was
tenacious of life, and could accompluih
much alter that wound was received, but
before her lite was yielded. Like the
parent who now k ught his daughter, tie
Drat thought of the bear was tor ber young,
and even in ber dying agony she clung lo
the food she bad brought then.
Only a few feel higher up were tbe cubs.
Tkey saw the mother, and they appeared
to anticipate a great feast, for they were
struggling to reach it, while they lifted
their young voices in chorus with that of
their parent.
Dick knew that be must save his child
soon or it would be too late. Smd he re
solved to cieep as near as possible tc the
monster, and then sp tng upon her with
bis knile; for, in his haste and excitement,
he bad dropped his tifle.
Just as he was moving toward, the bear
turned, and their eyes met. t"he dying
beast uttered a terrific howl, and then
looked down at her victim. Then ibe
glanced at her own cubs, and again toward
IJ.ck, Her expression seemed to say:
-You will have no mercy on my young,
wby should 1 bave ui on yours! '
it was a dreadful suspense for Dick,
lie was satisfied that tbe bear could bve
ouly a few moments, liut what might not
occur in those moaienlsf A single blow
with ber huge paw and his darling would
be torn 4110 1 ragmen ts. A movement up
on bis part might cause tbe blow to faiL
The hunter becomes so accustomed to
the various animals with which be comes
in contact that be can almost read their
veiy thoughts. Their actions can nearly
always be interpreted correctly. So was
it with Dick now. lie saw the intentions
of the bear, and knew that bis own actions
must be prompt and powerful, or it would
be too hue.
lie clutched his knife, an J with his arm
nerved with desperation, hopes, and a
fatherly love, he sprang directly at the
thuya1 of the monsier, who received bim
with a tremendous howl and with mouth
wide open.
LUd the beast been uninjured the strug
gle would have been of short duration, for
the odds between a man and a gnzi y bear
would be as great as that between a lion
and a mcuse. But the monster was now
dying, and death was uear. bbe retained
all her courage and will, but not ber
strength.
Dick gave her several rapid blows with
his knife. She groaned almost as a human
being would nave done, and fell upon her
side. But she recoveied in an instant. and
striking Dick, she threw bim lo tbe earth.
But tbe father had seized his beloved
daughter, and throwing her a little apart,
she was now out of danger.
Not so with himself.
lie was now stretched flat upon bis back,
and both the paws of tbe beast were upon
Lis breast, and he could feel tbe sharp
claws euieiiug hu flesh. Tbe two great,
glassy ey es glared ii.to his own, tbe terri
ble urow 1 rang in his ears, the jaws were
extended, the Ions: white teeth glistened,
and tbe blood-red tongue was ready to lap
up his blood, lie struggled, but could not
move. A moment more, and all would be
over for bim forever, now Ibe dealb-gnp
was fixed ipon biui.
Aud, to add to bis agony, he had seen
bis child tpnng off and' run toward the
edge of the cliff. It would be dashed to
pieces in failing, even as iu brother had
been.
But could this be a misfortune, since the
father must diet Would it not be belter
for ber to join her loved ones in another
world than to remain in this cold one, alonet
Just at that instant, however, there came
the r port of a rifle. T. e bear relaxed her
hold aud fell heavily upon uie doqj ui
Dick, lie rolled the animal away and
sprang to his feet. A friend had arrived
iu lime, and not an instant too soon. lie
was holding Eva in bis arms. She was aot
hurt.
The father could not help shedding tears
over bis rescued darling, for never before
bad she auDeared half so dear 10 htm. But
he re-solved not to expose her loany further
danger of the kind, and so be took an
almcst immediate departure for tbe home
be had selecied in the Oolden stale.
Every coupie u uoi a pair
Me) Santa C-.1.
A prominent lawyer of Battle Creek.
Mich., who has been much pestered by
troop after troop of boys coining; into his
office slamming doors and committing
oiner annoyances every time a load of
wood is left in the street in frovt of the
stair ay, with tbe same inquiry, "Is this
your wood ! determined 10 break them
of it. lie burns coal, and tbe nuisance
hmt hmmm an him! I hit hon . ToH .
left at the stairs for the tenant in the attic.
who was not at home, and after seventeen
boys bad inquired for tbe job of carrying
11 up, ne began to grow furious, but, keep
ing his temper, determined to use strata
gem. A light knock at the door. "Come
in," said the lawyer. A boy opened the
aoor. "Cold day; sit down by the fire aud
warm yoursell coudo-Ubly."
The boy, rather dazed by tbe suavity
ana kinuness of his reception, mechanical
ly did as be was bid. Finally, recovering
bis assurance, he timidly inquired if "that
was his wood!
"My dear young friend,1 said the limb
01 the law, in his must beguiling accents.
"it pains me to disappoint the desires of a
young lad whose honesty impels him even
to seek tbe low best labor, instead of re
maining in idleness. Bat painful duties
must be discharged. 1 ou will observe.
by allowing your optics lo rest upon the
stove, and logically arrive at the .fact
which 1 am compelled to disclose to you
we Durn anitiracilec-MiL
The boy was dazed at the magnanimity
and grand eloquence of the informaunn,
and and out ol the room with his thumb
in his mouth, viguely comprehending thai
tlie wood did not belong there.
Anctuer knock. Programme repeated
with alight change of incuieul and cLai actor
Agaiu s lappiug at the door.
"Your woudf"
"Don'i know. Is it veneering, finished
in oil, and carved, with close titling joints,
warranted not to separate or crack ("
The lad was shrewd enough to see that
he was made game of, and disappeared up
the second fligul of stairs.
Itap tap.
"Your wood down stairs. J"
"Cau't sty; bring up some, and we will
analy ze 11; Uiecloae its component parta.
bee U it is labelled, and has an aged ap
pearance, ll may be some lost several
years ago, when a fifteenth amendment
ciuzen resided next lo my house. I un
derstand he has "got religion.
That boy did not bring up a sample.
Again.:
" aut tbe wood brought up ?"
"What do you ask ?"'
"Twenty-nve cenU."
"I'll give you that to stand down at
the foot 01 the stairs the remainder of the
day, and lell every boy you see that it u
not my wood.
Tue boy did not accept the offer.
Tne duor burst suddenly open, and in
rushed a gang of s.reel Arabs.
-l 11 brmg up your wood tor twonty-fire
oeuis." "I'd do it for twenty;" "fifteen;"
"ten;" '-five, and then throw you in a
chrouio."
Tue dignified exponent of justice, with
suppraseu hounciuai intention, pointed
ca.mly to the coal stove. They slid.
"Can I bring up this wood 1 " inquired
an Ethiopian lace thrust in at the door.
"You may."
lie went to work industriously, and
soon had it all carried up. Then he went
Ut the lawyer for pay.
"Did I say the wood was mine I"
"N u,' and the light suddenly dawned
through his wooly head.
Tne lawyer had his revenge.
A person wno enters thai hall may be
surprised to see ibe sign on the door under
the nnu name:
"This office bums coaLn
Uuw He Hob Her.
Professor Pie, school teacher, and a lady
whose first name was Iluldah, likewise a
school teacher, had kept company in Cin
cinnati for many years. The former got
to be fifty years old and the latter forty,
five, and still the courting went on. Tbe
parents of the lady began to think of this
thing. They were not very young them
selves and when they saw the gray hairs of
their daughter, and witnessed the con
tinued Interviewing going on between her
and the professor, with no satisfactory re
sult, tbey became indignant. Tbey for
bade the pn.fisssor the bouse in dignified
but firm language, and bad it intimated in
proper quarters that Iluldah was free.
1 lie professor lor his part was much puz
zled, lie had alwsys behaved himself.
W hat could be tbe matter I lie became
indignant in turn, and declared that be
would see iiuldan, and be-banged to the
old people, lie did see her, and in her
own bouse, too, and she received him
with be accustomed sweetness. 1 he old
people found it out, and assisted him in
the work by absence. lie came again,
and they shot blank cartridges at him.
Still again, and the boys of the neighbor
hood pounded him with fence rails, bev
eral times more, and finally he carried
away with him in his flight a charge of
bird shot.
It was a comfort to bim through all his
trouble that Iluldah loved him. Nothing
could change her faithfulness. She wept
with him over the persecutions ot a hollow
heai led world, and vowed that nothing
could change her affections. But there
was no such thing as privacy in bis rela
tions wiih her. The old people learned of
every meeiing in time to make trouble. If
they didn't the boys did. If tbe boys
didu't somebody else did. It was must
remarkable, lie made appointmeute that
h knew were known only to Iluldah and
himself; yet they invariably became pub
lic, lie knew ha was not given to sleep-
walkimr or ileep-Uikint. lie asked ilul-
uan if Bhe wat thus afflicted, and she de
murely said "uo." ll was extraordinary.
There was no explanation of the mystery.
The ony ihing certain a tout 11 was that 11
Lade lair to continue, and there would
evidently be noplace fur the living couple
in the world. One day a bright idea
struck the professor.
"il'iul " he remarked, thoughtfully ca
ressing his whiskers aud wiping his bald
ness wiih a handkerchief, '"see here, iiui
dahi W e must circumvent 'eut. I have
it, tbe very ideal "
"Yea, sir," said iluldah, imoothful
down ber dress aud looking respecting and
interested.
"1'beie is but one way. We must get
married, liuldahl"
. -Ou, sir," sai 1 Iluldah, blushing, and
wiih great apparent surprise,
"lucre is no other way!'' said tbe pro
fessor, smiting one of his thin limbs wub
great ue era inalion. "it must be done.
Now 1 think ol it. 1 wonder I uidnt think
of it betore. It is the only chanuel
through the difficulty. I declare 1 wUI
not be persecuted in this manner any
loneerl
"But, sir,'' raid Huldah, with some
hesitation, "is n I this rather suddenl
"ll is. 1 admit.' returned the pro-lessor
frankiv. "but consider tbe difficulty of
thoe meetings, my dear. Iieflect hoar we
luve been persecuted these these tej
tears back. 1 think." The professor
made a auht calculatisn, and lousd he
had the time about right. "This cannot
go on. I cannot do without you, iiuldan,
and these annoyances would drive me into
tbe grave in ten years mora. No, iiuldah,
there is really no other way. 11 must ne
done."
"Very weli," said Iluldah, resignedly,
and the nUhl of the elopement was imme
diately selected. The professor, by some
special interposition in hut behalf, got off
without beiuir disturbed by the otd ueopie
or the boys, and went home happier, lor
some reason, than he bad been since a boy.
the is really preay," he said lo hi.uself.
"1 never saw her look so nice as she diJ
to night, and there was a twinkle in her
ye that was surely new to her. 1 never
saw such a twinkle. And 1 think she
laughed after 1 a uie away; I could almost
swear it was a laugh. 1 ain certain it
emerged from her Mom; and it seemed lo
me that aue was jumping; and Laving a
great deal of surreptitious fuo about souie-
th.EC. Ah, well, she will tell me ail about
it hcelf, 1 dare say."
The elopemenl was a perfect success.
The old people were as sound aileep as if
tbey had entered lulo a conspiracy them
selves. There were no boy s arcuud. The
carnage made a great deal of noise, aud
the rope ladder was as akward aud noisy
as a brass bund, but nobody awoke.
Fortune favors us, liuidah, said the
professor, as they rode away.
"lea, sir, said lialdah, who was as
calm as a J utie moruu f, and so happy and
good uaiurrd thai she almost forgi 10 be
entirely respectful.
borne uays luereauer the professor pro
posed a visit to the old people. "As my
wife, you will be saved ItMii any annov-
auce from them," he said, proudly. "Do
not be alarmed, iluldah. 1 hey dare not
hurt you. That liule ceremony has
chauged tilings a good deal, my dear."
"Yes, sir, said liuKiau, smiling con
fidently, and looking as if her happiness
wanted Ler o smile more.
o the piofeseor's unbounded surprise,
be was kindly received. The old geulle
man shook bis hand nearly off, and the old
lady had tears in her eyes and kissed him
on both cheeks.
1 his u very odd," remarked the pro
fessor, looking fruiu one lo another in
I rotound astouishment. " You you are
perhaps not aware that liuidah aud I are
married?"
"When did this happen?" asked the
old gentleman, apparently wiih some
studied curiosity.
1 bree mghu ago, air," said the profes
sor, promptly.
"ihree nighu ago, heyl" roared the
old genileuiau. "And wby didn't it hap
pen ten years ago, you Sluoid old procras
linaiorf" Tne Professor was s overwhelmed with
astonishment that he seemed to be per
fectly helpless.
"You uear old, foolish old goose S" re
marked lialdah, pulling her arms about
his neck.
Then they sot down, and the old people
and tiuldaii told the protessor some little
things which he bad skipped in bis youih
in his yearning tor higher but less impor
tant information.
Hubmom 2iuer.
Bowyer Miller, a man of admirable char
acter and education, when he concluded
his legal studies decided to establish him.
self in Tennessee. In visiting the Circuit
Judges locbiain their certificate of profes
siouU qualification, he fell in with bam
Houston, Iresh from the campaigns of Ala
bama and elsewhere in the tiulf Stales, in
which he had accompanied General Jack
son, and who had dc-termined to adopt the
profession of law. The young men were
at once confidential, aud Houston frankly
avowed his own educational deficiencies
and limited opportunity of qualifying him
self, occupied as be had been for the few
years preceding in the excitement of tue
war.
'Miller,' said he, 'I shall tcil the Judges
that they needn't expect much learning
from uie. We shall be exauiiued at the
same time. If a questi jn of difficulty is
asked, dou't be bashful; answer IL Leave
those that are more easy to me. ( am not
at all jealous.
iliiier, who was well qualified, was
amused, and promised to do any thing in
his power to aid hiui.
Arriving at the residence of (he first
Judge, tins agiecuient was kept up.
Houston iuvanao y introduced tht eiami
nation by a narrative of something con
nected with tbe war, and with a peculiar
admission of bis ow e difficulties in pursu
ing his legal theories. A quest .un having
been asked upon the absliuse commou-law
doctrine of exetut jiy decrees and contin
gent reniaiudeia, Air. .Miller modestly re
peated the exposition of Lis authorities,
aud the J udge amplified the reply with re
marks upon the cbaujel of judicial deci
sions. VV e are not to suppose tual the ex
aminations were very Ux-huical or strict.
At a succeeding exau.iuau .n, however,
Houston, in rep y to a uue-tion upon the
same subject, look up tue reply and re
peated the iutonualion tuat he bad acquir
ed, and, when they called on the last
Judge, Houston observed that the two pre
ceding examinations must have b en satis
factory, aud Judge Wuite gave his signa
ture and made the youug men slay all
night. V iOiiii two years from that lime,
Houston had been elected either as Stale
or District Attorney, whi e Miller, discour
aged at tbe pnoeCt of professional suc
cess, returned 10 Yuginia.
Whj Letter uoesu'i Co.
because you forget to address it.
Because you forget to slainn it.
B cause you forget to write the town or
Slate en the envelope.
Beci use you used a once cancelled
stamp.
Bee aue you cut out an envelope stamp
and patted it on your letter.
Because you used a foreign stamp.
Because you wrote Ibe address on tbe
top of tbe envelope, aud it was surely ob
literated by tbe post office dating, receiv
ing and cancelling stamps.
And because you put your letter in a
blank envelope, and sealed il and forward
ed it to tbe Dead Letter Office, where
thousands upon thousands of valuable let
ters are daily destroyed because the people
are either careless or ignorant of the postal
laws.
And to the above we would add a few
reasons wny an answer don't come:
Because you do not nu your name.
Bccaase- you s:gc so indistinctly it can
not be read.
Becaase jm do not give name of post-
office
Because yon do not give name of coun
ty-
Because yoa do not kjve name of State.
Because you write with a penal, which
is rubbed off and illegible.
Because you use in so pale and dim it
cannot be read.
Because you write so poorly no one csa
read it.
Because you do not enclose stamp to
prepay postage on tbe answer.
The valuation ui Maine has In
creased over $11,000,000 in ten years.
Taat Prodlgmt So a.
A tall woman, wearing a sun-bonnet.
came into tbe office of the Galveston Chief
of Police recently and, sitting down hard
on the end of a bench, wiped her nose,
batted her eyes a time or so at tbe Chief
of Police, and asked in a voice that remiud
ed one of the sharpening of a saw:
"Be you the galoot what locks folks
up?" ,
I regret to say that I am occasionally
obliged to resort to such extreme measures
with refractory persons."
"I know all that; but be you the ga
loot" -
"Tea. madam."
"Why didn't you say so when I asked
your"
"1 did."
"You are a liar, and if you don't treat
me like a lady, I'll fold you up and sit
down oh you," aud she batted her eyes
some more like a terrier.
"What do you want I" asked the official,
looking as if he needed reinforcements
right away, and plenty of them,
"1 waul that uirty little whelp what
married my darter. 1 want to Ulk to him
on business, but be evades me. If I could
only get a chance to caress bim once mote,"
and she breathed hard and gritted ber
teeth until the official lelt in his pocket for
a police whisile.
"Vt bat did he dot"
"He told my daner that be would give
320 acres 01 land, with a gold mine on it,
to anybody who would amperUte my jaw
with a boot-jtck. lie said my mouth was
like ihe gate al the fair grounds.''
"He meant, 1 suppose, thai it was never
shut. 1 don't see bow be came to make
any such ridiculous comparison as that.
Did you reuiousirale with bim 1 '
"You bet 1 did. I drawed him across
the kitchen table by the hair with one
hand, while I basted him wi'b a long
landled skillet and you should bave hct-rd
bim calling me 'mother darling,' and 'pet,'
but Providence was agin me. His hat
gave way, aid he lit oul before 1 could
reason with him any more. Just as like
as nut we wid never meet again," and she
signed beavily.
"lie calm, madam; do not excite your
self loo m uch."
"1 am cairn. I like to talk about these
family secrets, ll calls up sacred recol
lections, ll makes tue L'tiuk of my darter's
lust bust laud, it was real fun 10 remoa
slrale with him. His bar didn't give, lie
was game. He sassed back; but, Lord I
what a lime they bad folding t j inuuest.
That was at Arkansas, tiefore I moved to
(ialveston. There was some of his remains
in one corner ot the yard, and a few more
remains Laugiug on the f encn, and there
was right iicart ol him wrapped around the
ax-Laudie. Ihe jury knew me, so they
brought in a verdict of justifiable bolui-
c dis, or suicide, or something .ike that.
And now, 10 think of this pesky Utile,
worthless, spiuule shanked, goegle-eyed
whelp getting clear off, excepting a lew
pouuoa of bar. 1 want you to find him
tic me. Ycu can know Juiii Ly the brands
1 uiaue on him wit j the hot saiileu Waul
ed to amputate my jaw, the hi lie brasi-y
whelp 1 Said my moutu was like a gale-,
did he?"
The official said he would hunt for him
and let her know, as she went out, she
baited -icr eyes significantly al the official
and retiarked r -
"You uk! bettor C ) that prodigal son,
cr j a,r"'V 04 in n.-io mms haealquanerx.!'
A Matter ol sbort Cake.
There is one man in Milwaukee who
dont want any more prince or princess in
bis u. When Leopold and Louise were
here a policeman found a west side man
talking to two bootblacks oul in the alley
by the Plankington House. He had some
thing done up in a napkin and was giving
the ooys some instructions nd felling them
to keep il dark. The whole thing looked
suspicious to the policeman and he nabbed
the .whole party. The man looked as
though he would sink as tbe policeman
opened the napkin and found a hulf of a
strawberry short cake on a plate. Tbe
'cop asked the man 10 explain. ' ell,'
says he, as he wiped the erspiration from
ms face, the old woman u lightning on
strawberry short cakes, and 10-nighl we
had one for supper whicu was simply
eleg.inl. As we were eating supper the
old woman says to me, 'Josiah, 1 11 tell
you what to do. You just take a half ol
Ibis shott cake down to the princess. 1
know she never tasted anything like 11, and
pue would appreciate il mor n mouey.'
Well, like a eousamed feol, Itjok 11 down
to Ibe hotel, and wcut upstaiis to the
parlor and rapped. A condemned bnglish
man came to tue door and asked me what
1 Wanted. I told him about the shortcake,
and be said tbe princess was pretty weil
fixed lor shortcake aud he helped me dowu
the stairs. Now, 1 don't want to lake the
shortefeke back borne and make try wife
fuel bad so 1 was just hiring these boys to
eai it and to take the piale back lo my
bouse and say, that the princess was very
ihanklul, and hoped my wife would send
her a receipt for making strawberry short
cake. ' 1 bad almost got Uie thing fixed
up with the boys when one of them found
there was brown sugar on the sbor.cake.
and he wouldn't eat it.' Tbe policeman
encouraged the boys to help the old man
out, and wuen they started off with tbe
plate and napkin, the old man spit on his
hands aud said he was going t sund by
the door lid thai Englishman that kicked
hiui down stairs came out, and then he
would give him a bed in tbe ear.
The Cutae of Upiun
After the first thri.liue.exciting or calm
ing effects of opium have worn off then
comes ihe reaction, and the physical suf
fering u indiscribable. All the functions
of the body are deranged, and as a conse
quence the sufferings that ensue must be
terrible. None but those who have experi
enced them can ever know their horrors,
and iheir confessions ought to be enough
10 frighten anyone from failing into lue
aiuic uirclul condition. Every ouil seems
uislocated; the whole system is burning
wub fever, and parched with an intolerable
thirst; the digestive organs are impaired,
the mucjus buing of tbe stomach being de
stroyed by tht corrosive power ui the drug;
food is loathsome, violent perspiration starts
oul from Ibe pores of the skin, lor the
opium habit seals up all the excretory f unc
tions ot the body. When ihe pores are
dried the victim must die of blood-poisoning.
There is uo nope. The eyes uecoine
duiL every nerve tbrJis and ihrobs with
pain, sleep refuses to visit Ihe sufferer, tue
slightest loucu olten causes bim locry out.
and yet he can not help tossing to and fro
in h.s misery. "Oh, the weartuess of this
never ending painl said one of these vie
tiuis tossing in his misery: "On, would to
God this maue me tired! healthily tired, so
thai 1 aould tali into a minute s dozer
Added to the pain there is generally uiu r
prostration, rendering him incapable of con
trolling a single movement. Thus, while
Ihe pain will not allow bim to remain quiel
yel he is too feeble to make a motion lor
nimself.
The St. ttotbard Tunnel will not
be finished until October.
AniOclsl Pemrla.
Many persons have no doubt been fre
quently struck with the great beauty of
artificial or imitation pearls. Those who
uu-ke it their :-usineas to produce such ar
ticles of ornamentation bave attained to e.
high degree of perfection in their art; so
much so that ia 1863, at the London exhi
bition, a Frenchman who was an' adept at
their manufacture, exhibited a row of large
real and imitation pearls alternately; and
wi bout close inspection, we are assured.
11 would bave been impossible even for
judge to hive selected the real from the
unreal. borne translations from French
and German works on this manufacture
bave recently been communicated to
Land and Water, and from these it ap
pears thai the art of making imitation
pearls is ascribed to one Jacqain, a chap-
let and rosary manufacturer at Passy, who
lived about 1660. JNoticing that the
w bittfisb, a species of dace, was of a sil
very appearance, he gradually collected
the sediment, and wuh ibis substance
to which he gave the name of cttenct
d orient aud with a thin glue, made of
parcbiuuut, he lined the glass beads of
whieh be framed his rosaries, and after
ward filled them with wax. The method
of making the louud bead is by heating
one end which has been first closed of
a glass tube, which then, when blown into
two or three tiuies, expands into a globu
lar form. Tbe workman then separates
the bead, place the end wbick has been
heater1 on a wire and Leas the other end.
This process is called bordering or edging.
The best pearls are made in the same way,
the holes of the lubes being gradually re
duced by heat to the size ot those of the
real pearls, the workman taking each bead
on inserted wire, and ey continually turn
thein round in the flame ot the lamp used.
tbcv become so true as to be strung as
evenly as the Oriental pearls. Tbe process
of coloring ihe pearl is commenced by hn-
lug the iu tenor of the bail with a delicate
layer of perleclly limpid aud colorless
parchuieal glue; and before it U quite dry
lue essence of orient is Introduced by
means of a slender glass blowpipe, ll is
then allowed lo uo; the pearl is filled
wiih wax, aud if intended for a necklace
is pierced through the wax with a .eU-bot
needle, ibe essence of orient, as it is
cul.ed, is tbe chief ingredient in the man
ufacture ot tbe pesrL ll is a very valua
ble substauce, anj U obtained from the
fish above uauied by rubbing Iheui lather
roughly in a ltain ut pure water, so as to
remove the scales; the whole is then
slraiued through a linen cloth, and left for
several days lo settle, when the water is
drawn off. The aeduueul forms the es
sence referred to. it requires from seven
teen or eighteen thousand fish to obtain
about a pound of this sulielance. Besides
the French imitation pear. a, as those above
described are called, there are the itouiad
pearls, whicu are made of wax, covered
wilb a kind of pearly luster. Bui these
do not look so well as lue French pearls;
while in a heated room, they are apt to
soften and tuck to the akin. A very ex
tensive trade is now done in the manufac
luie and sale of French artificial pearls.
v aaiiinaaas Wither.
Just preceding the inauguration of Gen
eral George Washington he visited his
aged mother. A writer gires the follow
ing graphic scene : '-There was another
female dear to the newly -elected President,
and he kept her in final remembrance at
the veiy moment of his greatest importance.
It was growing late in tne evening of the
dav, when Washington mounted his
horse, and followed by his man Billv, rode
on into the woods of Virginia with speed.
In tbe morning he was at Fredericksburg,
aud his mother was in hi arms. Marches,
perils, victories, honors, powers surrender
ed to that piteous look of helpless love.
too deep for pude to show through lU
tears, aud the President of the new Stat
was to h- r a new-born babe again ne
dearer, no greater. He was lust in time,
for she had but tbe short season of summer
to live, and, like many dying mothers, life
seemed upheld at four score and five by
waiting love till he should come. History
is ceremonious as to what passed between
l hem, but tbe parting was solemn and
touching like the event.
"Y ou will see mc no more, she said.
'My great age and disease warn me that 1
shall not be long in this world. But go,
George, to fulfill the destiny which
Heaven appears to assign you. Go, my
son, aud may U.-aven's and your mother's
b.es-iug be wilu yu always.'
"Passing troth Inat dear, pathetic pres
ence, the President-elect perhaps, did not
bear tbe plaudit of tbe people in the streets
of Fiedericksburg. lie rode all day by
tlie load he had come, and reached Mount
Vernon before evening, having exhibited
:iis power of endurance at the age of fifty
seven by riding eighty miles in twenty-four
hours. His good wile bad made all ready.
1 he equiiKige and baggage were at the
door next morning, aud, leaving Mrs.
Washiugiou and most ot the household be-
hiuil, he set out Lr -New Y'ork at 10 o'clock
on Tuursday, the 10th of April, accomp-
nuied by ihjuipsou and Humphreys, ihe
new bute was waiiiug anxiously for iu
Magistrate."
Beientlne Stinei sHooIIbb-.
The following on the practical useless
ness of the present method of rifle shoot
ing is pretty go. d: A man belonging to
a village rifle team was recently on the
plains of Wyoming lerrito y look ng for
game, f many tue party signiea an eik
at 8 0 yards and prepared to shoot him.
lie Was a noble buck. Ihe member ot
the rifle team put a blanket down among
the s gc-brusu and a lisiicaliy placed him
self upon bis back, with bis left arm like
a figure 2, supporting his neck, and hu
right arm, like a figure 7, supporting the
afl end of the rifle. The measure of the
wind was taken, and the siguu were ad
justed, while the expert made a figure 8
wuh Lis legs aud rested the rine s Duw ne
tween the toe- of Lis suoes. The measure
of bis forefiuger was now taken by a pat
ent uiacuiue, aud the trigger wa- filed off
slig tly on the near side iu order to be ad
justed to the weight of his linger. Tw.
men were then sent out to put flags each
side of the lk to tov the bounds outside
which the rifle teamster was not to fire;
bul the elk thought it had waited long
enough an run away.
Heuw Si-auol ICaosbs.
An important element in the cave of
churches, schools, concert rooms and other
balls would seem to be a thorough knowl
edge of the amount of heat necessary to the
euioynierl of bodily comfort and health.
As different temperaments disagree ia this
niatiei, il would seem important that, es
pecially in sc hools, it should not be en
entirely to the opiniwn of one teacher or
Dnnciual. In the public otncea In tng-
hind a heat of 63 degrees Fahrenheit nas
been found most useful, and accordingly is
Rene rally adopted. Would it not be wise
if exnenmenu were made in this matter,
and a degree of heat fixed which wou.d be
best adapted to our climate, and which
could hereafter be maintained in all large
assemblages, and especially where gather
ings ot children are held, as they are ihe
most suficer. uble to changes of atmosphere
Mwll Ftsartnc tm Cab.
A visitor in Havana writes they tad a
bull fight on Sunday at Keels, across the
barb-. 1 went to see it. 1 snail always
be sorry that 1 didn't stay away, because
it has destroyed my fail h in pictures. Up
on the ferry boat two ot the matadors
were the centres of observation. Tbey
were literally 'gotten up to kill.' How
they did waggerl Each bad brand new
black pantaloons gold-embroidered short
jackets, with about len yards of parti
colored silk wound about the waist, frilled
shut fronto and other trappings too
numerous 10 detaiL The red cloth, which
was destined to provoke the ire of his bull
ship, was carried over one shoulder with
jaunty effec. These a ere the gentlemen
or tbe amateur tiyhteis, and this tbe
day of days for whieh they bad so long
waited to prove their powers. In dreams.
perchance, tbey had seen themselves stand
ing in tiie cuire of the arena, with one
foot upon the slain beast, holding aloft the
bloody weapon red with the blood of tbe
enemy, while tLe plaudits of thousands of
admiring witnesses rang upon the air. The
structure where the con diet was to occur
proved to be a wooden imitaiion of the
Colosseum. A row of boxes encircled the
upper portion, which were well filled with
tbe demimonde. Sloping downward
toward the centre were the open seats
mere planks, arranged as in a circus. Tbe
central ring was about 100 feet in diameter
and encircled by a close fence about seven
leet bigu. A box decorated with tbe
bpaiuUn arms was reserved for the official?
conducting the entertainment and for Ihs
Chief of Police, a gorgeous party, in red.
blue and gold lace. A young sport ap
peared in tbe ring upon a fine Kentucky
horse and to this resplendent cavalier tbe
key of the bull-pen was thrown. Tbe gate
was opened and the performers appeared.
First, the four matadors, with brisk step
and air, wheeling smartly in front of the
directors. 1 hen came the mounted cabal
leros, whose mission was to stir up Taurus
w iih a barbed pole. Four of these, also
mounted upon tbe galvanized remains of
what bad once been horses beasu of a
build out vicing tbe steed of Don
0,uiiot6 or the historic and shadowy
Pegasus bestrode by the gallant leader ot
the u ackerel brigade. Even these poor
old hacks lell a tremor of excitement aud
pride in their ancient boues and essayed a
feeble attempt al gaiety. Perhaps the
spurs bad something to do wiih it. Be
hind these came tne "professionals, who
were to "coach" the ambitious youths in
then- Work a villainous-looking gang thai
one would not like to meet on a dark night.
Then lue ring was cleared, and a moment
later in dashed the bull, a noble old fellow,
with bis eyes lull of the lury of coming
battle, turning quickly here and there,
ready to charge anylhii g on sight. A
parti-colored bunch of ribbons Uu'tered
over his back, pinned by a cruel hook into
bis hide. How beautdul and strong he
looked, stand.ng there pawing the earth
high in the air! Now a "coacher' came
oul from behind one of the several screens
which gave refuge lo the tormentors and
shook bu cioth. Enough said: down went
the old bull's head, aud about two seconds
later down went the matador, but be was
only bruised a little and scared a good
deal. Now the animal had his hands, or
rather his horns, full of business. A
light-footed lellow managed to pin a
couple of daru (1 believe tney call them
Daudohers; into the bun s shoulders, from
which bunches ot ribbons fluttered gaily.
Another threw a clcth over his horns, aud
our am-iieur who had been rolled in the
dust got in a slight cut wiih his sword.
In the next round the bull tossed the gilt
edged youth over the fens-e, greatly to the
delight of the audience. Good again!
Score one for the buil! After this per
formance Taurus retired to tbe opposite
side of the ring; and looked as if he
wondered what ihey would try next. If
a bull ever laughed this one did when be
saw that matador sidle around the edge of
the ring and dodge nervously behind the
screens. All of the fight was knocked out
of ibe chap. The cuachers' urged him
on in vain. Now the bull went for one of
the unhappy old steeds, rolling him over
with his rider in a common heap. He
teemed to regard the horses (so called! as
beneath his notice, and became aggressive
only when the rider pneked bim with ins
lance, bo ihe sport went on lor an hour.
I he bull, they aud, could not be killed.
bo a feliow came into the ring with a lasso
and a nioineni later a cowaidiy dirk had
found a vital spot and the only hero of the
fighl fell dead. Tuen the half-gored old
equines were pushed nut of sight and a
fresh bull sent in, with a repetition of the
same disgusting aud brutal sights.
Aw Old Baraga
A circus man aver says Canada was a
big, ugly devil of an elephant belonging to
Slaybie s combination when I was with
them. We bad trouble first with him in
Chicago, where we were showing in an
iron building near the court bouse. He
had one of bis tantrums, but before he got
thoroughly started and went to breaking
things tbey tripped bim with ropes, threw
him down, and beat him untd be 'hol
lered,' which is the token of submission.
But die fit came on him suddenly a few
days afterward, and he opened the pro
ceedings by knocking down one end of his
barn, and walking; out into the street.
'He wandered about, doing as much mis
chief as a tornado tossing hacks into tbe
air, fluxing porches across the street, tear
ing down signs and lamp-posts, and play
ing tbe deuce generally. But be didn't
kill am body. Not that the citizens of
Chicago gave him much cbauce, for about
all be could gel to .see of tbem was coat
tails disappearing up stairways or vanish
ing in the distance. And they turned ibe
bridges to keep bim from getting over to
tue north or west sides of the town. Finally
ihe keeper got him under coninu 1 ben
ituy sjut nun up to Mr. Maybie's farm at
Dels van, Wisconsin, with the rest of the
menagerie, to wimer, and that was where
he played the last ail of his life. Father
and 1 were training our horses here at the
lime, and Canada s keeper was endeavor
ing to break him for some ring perform
ance. One day the brute got one of ais
spells upon him, rushed from the ring out
into Ihe stable yard, and began an in
discriminate slaughter of the animals in
thai enclosure, in a few minuies he bad
kiLed two buffaloes, a sacred cow, a sacred
ox, a couple of elks, ti ree or four horses
and pomes, and a white cani'-L He would
seize the animal, toss it up in the air.catch
il on hisiusksas it came down, and then
either jam or irample the life out of it.
When be had kided everything In sight
be sallied out tor down town. The alarm
had gone ahead of biut, and the popular
excitement was past description. A trap
was set with a long chain aud an enormaus
block ot atone to eutangle bis legs and
hold him. The chain was as thick as any
log chain, and the stone which had been
intended for a c jrner-slone, or something
of the sort, and had a large iron ring in il
was big as a bureau. When tbe trap wa
set a man ran out in sight of Canada, and
the elephant, who wouid rather kill a man
than anything else, look after him. The
trap was successful so far as making tbe
chain and stone fast,
NEWS IV KKIKF.
The army worm baa bsen known
in this country since 1713.
Maine raUes nearly 7,0t0,C09 bu.-h-els
of potatoes pr an im.
R-t. John nll has b"n offered
$30,000 to go Chicago to preach.
There r 60 OfW tewer nnJer
wheat In Englan I than In 1374.
The buy erop of Nw York Is
worth vT $60,000,000 pir anum.
The farm fence of Pa., $179.-
8.14,404, and the annual repairs $9,833,
018. About a quarter of tha Vermont
towns bav elected women as superin
tendents of schools.
A sleep'rie-car costs, ot. an avr
s?e. about $12,000 and earns about $1.
000 a month.
Harriet. Keener Stowe 1 sixty
nine years old and her husband scveu-ty-one.
From 1343 to January 1, 1SS1. Cal
ifornia furred out in gold aud silver
$2,139,253,000.
Ex Governor Walker, o( Virginia,
Is about to become a citizen ot New
York.
The first crnspsnf the United State
was taken ia 179o. The population was
3.9J9.328.
Ohio has 23,363 pensioners, of
whom 2 02d are widows of soldiers of
the war ol 1312.
The Masonic fraternity, an-onling
to the latest figure, hat 44,500 mem
bers in Germany.
Yirzlna claims live of the twentv-
elght new Iron furnaces built in the
cnited Sta'es lat year,
MezztiLto en graving was Invent
ed by '.he celebrated sol 'r and Al
miral, Prince I .pert, in 1850.
Canadian papers report an un isu-
ally large demand for hordes, partieu-
lary lor export to Ibis country aud to
Manirob.1.
The population of the German 2 n-
pire, according- u the eeusus juet com
pleted,' is 45,194.172.
The report of the Xew York riv
ing binks lor 1S0 shaves an iiu-r.as
in savings of $45,000,000.
The amount ot money invested in
manufacturing ei.ternris-'S in Xew
Jersey is about $39 UO0.O 0.
The net earnings of Sins Sin?.
Xew Yrk, Peeltenna-v for the ro jikq
of December were $2,295.
The total nun ber of Grmsn im
migrants to this country during tbe
past year whi 7d.690.
Over 150 new butter and chee-
factories will b ereced in Iowa this
year, making 4W) in all.
Two hundred and fiftv thousand
dollars' worth of California fruit was
.sold In Chiei?-) last year.
Queen Cirolinp. widow of Kinir
Christian VI 1 1, of Denmark, Udeal,
a me age of 83. She was nivrlj 1 iu
isia.
Mille. L'tta 13 ensrased to be mar
ried to Mr. Cleveland, the tenor of the
Strakosch Concert Trupe aud mana
ger as well.
The amount of money authorized to
be expended by tbe aopropnaiion b lis
which Congress has passed is $191.21.-
163.
It Is estimated that the Insurance
companies of this counlrr are no v car
rying; risks to tbe Amount ol 17.000.-
too.
There are two and a Quarter mil
lions of horses in Xuglaud au i Scot
land. Their worth ie average! a. $1 JJ
each.
There were laid In the United
Stales during tbe past year 7,207 miles
ot new railroad track ou 234 d.ff .-rent
lines.
The recelpU of tho Paten. OlUoe
for the year ending DtfCiiubir3l, lsso,
were 749,665, aud the expeuditures
533,865.
Ihe yearly value of tbe London
smeke whieh it is proposed tc convert
into u-eiul products is reckoned al
$10,625,000.
Daring the last ten years the roval
lottery has yielded the Italian gov r.i
ineul $I24,U0100J iroui l,7sa,lJ,77J
Hi kets issued.
in France the damaze cause 1 bv
the ravages of wolves bos ojen ro jzhir
estimated to reach a sum of 5j,ooj,uoO
ol iraucs a year.
Senator Blaine pavs taxes In Au
gusta, Maiue, on $15,000 w .rth of pro-
peny. 11 : also owns VJ,WO wo-tn of
Jiaiue Sjite bonds.
Xiue-tenths of the fixed canttal of
all the civilised people iu the world is
embarked iu agriculture, which em
ploys 2JO,0uO,(XaJ of uieu.
Tee Illinois Senate pissed a bill
appropriating $1,J0 to erect a monu
ment over the urave ol Sha lrock lijild
tue first Governor of thai S'. te.
The estimated value of school nrs-
penv in the scaur, ouuide Paliad l.iina.
is $19,eJ3,792. lu tn- city named the
vaiue is set dowu at $5,U3J,3J0.
It takes one 'hour and a half to
wind up the clock in Trinity cburen.
X. Y. The wire is 2S0 feel long aud
usual us a weigut i 1.50J pouuls.
General G. M. Dodge says that at
least 8,000 miles of new railroad track
iU be laid in the L aiced ataies ami
Mexico within ihd next twelve months.
Secretary Evaru is said to have
spent $2J,UOJ a year auove his saury
Ui.e ne was ai Washington, uiueu ut
it being for enveilaiuuie.iu prjperly
uarg jaoie 10 me 1 resideut.
Upward of 2,221 young girl are at
present aiteudiug tue panning and
ira wring cla.-8-si lu Suite au t milmcioal
schools iu France, while l,95j are
siudyiog music lu various coheres,
Two allopath ii! physicians, one
nou.e jpathic, aud ona ecleetie are ser
ving auiieaoiy together as a co n elUee
tppvinled by ihe Cuueouou. Egisla-
.uxe to draft a medical pi'aeuce act.
Tbe Unite 1 suites possessed only
inrtv-uiiie public lioranes in lue year
1 Sad. Ihe uumoer boa no risen u
almost 3,800, aud the number 01 vol
umes contained in thaw e it.ee ad thir
teen mi.l.ons.
Xewnham Hall, the lady's college
at Cambridge, England, bos six resi
deut lecturers aud niuety students.
Miss Miuturn, daughter of tne late
KoDeri Minium ai Xew Yurie, is oue of
Mewuhaa'e alunc.
Daring 1S31, according to tho fig
ures jjsl made up by the American
iron and Se!l Association. l'ie total
amount ol' pit iron was 4.2 (5,214 louS
against 3.o7o.375 ion iu 1370, a a in
crease ot 1,221,5J9 net ton-,.
The therunometT rajel in Fabru
ary on tbe vtp 01 M juui Wasbiugto.i
fioui 36 degrees beiow onibeseconl
day to 0 decree ubove on the 2 sib.
1 he greatest range in any onedty was
38 degrees. The highest Telocity of
the wand was 110 males per hour.
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