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TEE COISTrnmOI-THB UKOI-UD TEE ETTOBOE1OTT OP TEE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
B. F. SCHWEIER,
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1SS3.
NO. 2.
VOL. XXXVII.
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TBE GREAT UlNK UXU
I wandered alone and afar
on me pUlua ol ibe north, and nij
Th caught bj tne blzc of a star
That ehut through ibe pit.le- sky.
The coMneM of death, wm ticto.
The silliness of tleath In P air.
Save that over tlie wild wa-ie f snow.
The mull p-jorel Hi howl of despair.
And stricken and weary I trod.
Scan daring to f . into !,
Till the pt fo. mercy of God.
Came lalhng in tears on my face
But the meteor had passed and was gone !
Ah, whither? In vain shall t seek?
I Fund la the diead n gh al ne.
And tne voice of mj soul s'rivis to spes:
Ba.t i' fa tern, and fa: hack unspoken.
And dies Use the wolf hoal alar.
The "WxW'ghU of life ere all bn-ket.
And I am a wreck Uke the star 1
TU E UAMRLEKM WIFE.
"What new beauty liave we Here,
Carl?" 1 asked, taking a small colored
picture from among Uie mass of papers,
rau.pLkts, wrapping paper, etc., that
covered the table ami Moor of the libra
rv, aiKl which would Lave told plainly
enough to all acquaintances that Can
was at bon e oi ce more, alter this his
longest ramble in loreigu lauds, with
out tlie corroborating testimony of cigar
smoke, or the lounging figure 111 the old
roekiug-cbair.
For this brother of mine never spent
over bix months of the year in the ln
tilul country Louie o Lis childhood,
giving the other six to whatever place
or people promised most euteitaiunient
cu short nolii. The last three mouths
had leensiint in Paris, so I couject
ured the little gem ot art I held in my
hand was a Trench beauty ; the l are
outlines and exquisite complexion look
in" most lifelike as they aaided up at
me lrcin the lifted curd, Hut Lotwitb
stahumg the great beauty of contour
?ud fe ure. there was irighteneM. al
most hunted look in the dark eyes that
tola ot tragedy, or at leuat anticipated
,L vVbo is she, Carl ? The eyes affect
we strangely, witli their wild, fnghteu
ed look, 'mere is a rwgu of tenor in
them equal to the one her ancestors
parsed through. I almost see the
Shadow of the guiUoline in their velvety
depths."
jjc-t me ace ; ah, my little sister, may
vouLturkLOWtoUnrda fate as thi
pooreirl tucounterwl and succumbed
to. So, t-he is not French a Kua-hui,
butmarriea to a Frenchman. " And
Call toot the picture fio my luind buu
plucca H on a uill eusel above his
desk. -L iil tell you alHit her, Lkjuic,
if y.,u have an hour, and 1 will tell why
ltolujou.
-it was while Tom Barnes was wit i
me hibl Juue, and when we Mil Vershii
it8 loi I'ana, that 1 lirt saw llauaw
rt-r.t though 1 think the name an
attuned one. We h.td to run to pre
vent butgleft, lrtmemoer,andliru-.
out ot humor because 1 1 it. plnngeu
Lia f.ce into his Look and left me to my I
own reoiuoes.
'As toon as I was con.furiably set
tled 1, as usual, begun aciutiniang my
Uitvciimg compiajonB, and trjiLg to
ima-iue ho and ahae they vere, Inere
were lotir Utiuea t-uibelve in the car
riage. One a quiet, middlt-ageU Lug
hbhuiau, who a soon asleep m hn.
cot uer. 'lne two wno sat next, myieit
were ivid.ntlf huuaud aud wife,
thougU pani her uoiie of the atten
tion nu poiueiioss uuaUy aucoxde-i lu
pub'ac, even U ui-pened UU pnvtely.
Ue waa a laic, quiet man et twehi-
hve, lK-rh-i. rioluy but quietiy urcas
ed, ana aeviuiugiy t dang no nottoe ol
uny one uroiina him. Ino wife, tjo,
wao )do, and much as she looks th-re
iu tht uule i.cturt.
Sne aeemed io be suffering, and fre
uuently put her hand to her torehe.d ;
i;U 1 o'-eryed upon the delicately
formed, unfclovedhaudacostly ul.unouU.
it was a eauty ; uid 1 el Joyed looklbg
at the OabUiBK Uem as bho caTebsed a
small IXUsh dog thut olun looked np
at h. r with naeeuouutt r.xguitiou,
"lhe other pa.-etgel I could hot
make out at all. lie was elderly, com
mon! v diessed, aud with scant gray hair
ana lie ay whisker. Hi piercing eyes
were lie.iueully placet ou tue sueui
young married couple, and then he
see med a uiterly old vu.us of them as
they of Lira. What was his nationality?
Was he with them, er a atranger like
invseU? I could not telh And the more
I looked the more uncertain I became.
1 thought, too, there seemed aa fcfloi t
at disuse. He kept Lis face averted
ad he coidd, consistent Willi his Watch
lttlhesaof tue quiet young husbaui that
heattihieseediio very persistently
-We aped "along over the beautuul
road, tacu absorbed in his owu icd-.-c-tions,
biokeu only by an occasional 1j
sioh lre.ni the ladv, and wxia arrived al
our dcbtiiiatiou. The train alopped,
and as none of my compiUiions bho eu
any uitpobiaou to move hrst, 1 aroused
liarn. Uom the deplhs ot his romance,
and we lelt the Cairinge.
Daaier ovrr, we went to the theatre,
and alter ward, by t..e iH.isuasiou of a
lrienu, to a privala gamuhiig-uouse. I
was greatly surprised ou c-nttnuif to
eo my eideriy t.aveliiug companion
seated at the taule, his eyed and man
ner mu as ever, aud deep in a t,ameol
runjctt-nuir. It was t-aily let, and
very lew people were present ; but ev
ery sound was hushed, and the game
went on in dead silence, broken only b
the vict ot the dealers calimg the re
sult ol the games, and the ratulng ol
tne gdd us it was raked lrotii one to an
other. X ho eld man steined iu luek
for the time being, and wou very game.
1 tue uLt a g lea in ot saiistauou shone
over Lis lacu as the door opened and
our other travelling acquaintance from
Versaides the quiet, caieies husband
entered and sat down to piay.
-I uid not piay that bight, and my
whole attention was tiven to those two.
The young man kl lrohi the hrst deal.
i . . . i -r 1..I1..-U.U was twei't Lorn
the tbje by his walchiul old opponent;
i ... . ..'i Tue .are turn.
UUL DUU M- I "'J - w
he lost, and Ins lde, excited late, deCj
ly interested me, and i swjed ou auo
watched him tudii i..uj tt nutht, wneu
he kit, hn, iast iiloiou oue,
AttersUMHin; al a Oullee-hoUe, 1
went back to my room at tne hutel, but
for some causs CJUld not sleep, iae
l.eat was oppressive, andmy roomauiall;
besides, tuc tame I had been watching
had exeited me sirangely, ad 1 omj
fll nAo a troubled bleep near lnoruing.
"I was HWjkeue.t about daylight by
voices lu the ailjoLuing room those ot
, i u. .vniKiitiv. Xheman'a
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voice was low and pleading, and the wo
man teemed to be crying. I could
har wiuurfa io understand tat she was
Mfoahij iuai soma rdn.t, fox bis tones
and at I
last X beard bim say ;
Jf you rcluse me, jon seal my min
and your own. I have no more gld
and 1 mnst t.av the diamonds to re
trieve myself.
'Ilysterical solis were the only an
swer he received, .nd he cjutiunwl :
"Something tells mo I shall win to
night, and I must have the riug.'
'Xevr, Charles 1 1 cannot give it tip.
It is all I have left It was my mother's,
and I will not let it 1 ,-ave me."
"The man's voice was so choHed with
passiun that his w ords w ere inarticulate,
but with a Irarse of wild auger he left,
slamming the door after him. The
woman's sol became lower, her crying
ceased, and I fell into another nap, not
waking until near ten.
"1 saw neither of my gambling ac
quaintance's that day. and the night
found me again iu Monsieur Carlo s
rooms. The old man was again ou
hand not satisfied, I thought, with his
wiuningsof tnenight before and again
I saw a gleam of satisfaction cross his
face as his victim of the previous even
ing came iu and got ready to play.
'Make your game the game is
made up I' cried the dealer, and was
alxnit to deal the cards, when the young
mau who bad just entered called out,
in aloud voice1:
'Fifty Napoleons upon the red I
"Seeing he placed no money npon the
tabic, the croupier pnutd a moment,
then said :
"Sir, you must stake the money.
The gamtder started and tuned paler
than ever, a long, shuddering si.nh
broke froui him aa he f.dt tir.-t in one
pocket, then in another, and finally
crasi-ed his bat and tied from the room.
Tin- playing went on fer a wLile longer,
acd then cue by one they went out.
having only the attendant", the old,
keen eyed gamoler aniimysen present.
Something au indefinable feeling ot
interest iu the unhappy young man
who bad left the house in such despair
a short time before held me there. 1
inn t Bee if he returned.
Suddenly the door opened, and he
ran in, as fleeing fo' his life, I shall
never forget that right, Louie. Ills
face was ghastly, his dres disordered,
and he trembled as though with ague.
As he rushed up to the table, in the
strong glaie of lhe lights, I saw great
drops of perspiration standing on his
brow. Lie thrust his handiu his pocket
and tossed a ring down before his op
ponent. 'There ! it is worth ten thousand
francs. Sow cover my stakes,' he cried.
'I instantly recogniaed the l.-eautifal
diamond as the one his wite had worn
in the cars, and the conversation I had
heard that morning came back to my
memory, and I knew my fellow-travel
Icra were the mau and woman I had
heard tilt-puting in tue early moniluif
boms. Liut he had succeeded iu over-
cojung her determination, for he had
the nup. and my heart ached for the
iHKr wife as I wondered how he had
obtained it.
4 l;i 1 I let on tne red ! again
shouted ti e young man; and m a mo
ment the croupier caned MjiaoK wins i
aud the ring was no longer his.
'With a wild cry the wretched lowr
dod troru the hons ; and, completely
unman Med by what I had seen, I return
ed to my hotel, hoping the youug man
aould sot n lollow me.
-I touud them ad travellers, pro
piietor und servants wild with excite
ment over the wuider of the beautituJ
Ltossiau lady. An hour before her
maid had gone to her room, and fenud
htr ocluped in blood froia a wound in
her head, and dead. The husband had
been in, sud lelt some tew moments oe
loie. I went up to her apartment, aud
to the bed where she lay. iler exqru-
.ite face was iairer than in lite, lor it
had lost the unhappy look, and seemed
at peace. A 1 turned to leave the
room 1 saw this picture among a heap
ut things turned out of a man s Travel
ling case, and appropriated iu Proba
bly the husband had tossed it there in
nis search for some valuables to ri k at
the gamoliug-'abie.
1 iho mlsuiablu mau toot nis ii.e ue-
lore he was'appieheuded for his crime,
aud the old gaiubler who, hret hi one
disgnise, tuitn iu another, had lollowed
tue easily-duped victim troui city to
city and won many thousands troui
hiui, lelt i'aris letere the nus nana auu
wite were ca.-ricd to their last resting-
place iu the bvutifiil burywg-grouud
wheru ins hav lathers sicpi.
'Liouie'. this is w hy X ret oseu. to llay,
rtv.-u w iiii Mow aid. last evening, a
uave never touched cards since, aud X
sever can agaiu.
.rrj r'r I'k' roika.1
Gazinz into lhe show-windows of a
xiorrf rn?iitlv waa an individual wito
was considerably "corned." and as he
was attcmptiug to balance on his heels
i,iL in tlm slinw at the same time
along came a woman and child and hal-
t.i mm i.Ktii were lfooriv
iraml iiml .viilnntlv hard no. and the
ehlid s exclamations oi aeusui soou at
tracted the attniion of the belud.uea
lni'ividuid.
Shoyou wan' oue "er 'em dolls in yer
Chrismus stocking, eh?" he queried as
he patted tne cuuu ou me unm.
Oh. ves. sir. but we are poor," she
replied.
Poor, he? Too baz too baz. Sho
you want doll, he?"
lea. sir. out x can nave one., oou
I, ma?
"o, indeed, answered me woman.
'We have hard work even to get
bread."
Js t'-at so? Thas too baz t-jo b-.a.
.Tn' hoi cu lizzie w hde.
Lie legan feeling in hui pockets for
money, but the search revealed oi'ly a
piece of tobacco, a bottle with a little
.Imi.It iii it. and a pawn ticket for a
watch.
-Want er doll, ch ? Want it pnrzy
bad?"
"Yes, sir, but
You nezBtMf mind "bout that! Poor.
eu ? Sorry 1 r poor iotas, wis-
mu prcseus, eh? Sorry bout that.
Susy I"
'Y, sir."
w.n aix rii'lit here till Icutnbi.c'i."
H j at once pushed his way into the
store, waa aU-eui aoou uve uuuum,
...l t,.un tnnmL carrvi'iir a doll by
the leg. Handing it over to the gul he
said :
Tlias dolly fr yon. Sorry fr poor
f.,"v. Mirrt Tiias mv Chrismus
pre.-ehs. Bun now, hard as yon can I
The woman aud child uurnd away,
.,..1U. .hiuihiIt Wfll out of biubt
when tne man was arrcsteil and walked
v.-..... .hut iii .i.i.L ut went wiii-
iiilr-, cadmg back tJ the crowd :
Yoa hex I'll make somebody glad
on Chn&mus 1 Srry t'r poor 1 oiks vary
sorry 1"
became lond ard tlirt ateniDg,
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Sllftnc rBTip.
The latest wouder of the world has
been discovered in the Yellowstone
Park, by a person named James Carroll,
who is said to be repntable citizen of
Helena. Montana . Carroll says that he
was in a oeep gorge. Around him was
a scene of graudenr, toweling cliffs and
verdant vegetation. Ue sat down to
wait for his friend-, who were to follow
him into the gorge. Everything was
qtvet The stillness was oppressive.
He determined to break the silence, but
he soon found that he could not make
even a crack iu it. He called on his
fneuda. He called again, and nearly
shouted the top of his head off, but he
ecu d not hear the sound of his own
voice. A panther was passing. Carroll
Heized his rifle, and fired at the animal.
Smoke came out of the rifle, and the
panther crawled away wounded and
bleeding, but no report came from the
rifle; no sound reached Carroll's ears.
If CarrU's statement was not substan
tiated by the evidence of others, we
would behove that he was suffering
frcm a temporary deafness, or whiskey,
or that he had cotton in his ears, but
that bvnothesia won't wotk, for Lis
friends followed him into the gorge, and
there they all stood and became red in
the face, aud got sore throat, in their
efforts to have vocal communication
with each other. But not a sound could
ther hear. The place whs so packed
full of silence that they could not hear a
piu drop, and they had to use signs aud
the deaf and dumb alphabet to cxprt s
their astonishment. They explain that
some pectdiirity in the atmosphere
there makes it a non-conductor of sound.
If this is true, and wehave.no reason to
doubt the statement of Carroll and his
companions, a long-felt want will be
supplied. Companies will be chartered
to can this valuable atmosphere, or to
saw it off in lengths, pack it is saw-dust
and ship it to the bnsy haui.ts of men in
the Rist. In families where there is a
Imby, a barrel of it can be kept in the
corner of the bed' oom. By turning the
f meet thil wad of the infant will be
heard no more. Think of the soothing
eflVct of a keg of it turned loose in a
ward meeting ! A persou might squirt
a syringe full of Yellowstone I'arK at
mosphere on au organ-grinder, and all
Lis soothing strains in a moment wonld
lie but "a melancholy condensed to air,"
or some bold man might go to, say,
falmaae's church, with a can of silence,
and a patent cau-pener in Lis pocket,
and the result would be that the sermon
of the elegant contortionist would be a
voioulefs pantomime. W e have ordered
a keg of it for own use, and it makes us
smile to think of the embarrassment
that will clothe, as with a garment, the
first man who comes into the office to
read us "a little thing he dashed off last
night," and finds himse'f surrounded by
the silence ot the tomb as He claws
around in search of his voica.
A caterer Meat.
Frea'a meat of every description should
be huuz up ia a dry, cool place, and
carefully wiped every day. It ottpht
uever to lay long iu a dish, lhe time
it kIiohI i be kent varies with the weather
ia cold, dry weather it will keep fresh
mnch longer than m moist, warm
weather. Game will keep longer than
butcher meat say, two weeks birds
lieing kept with the feataers on, but not
drawn, and venison and rabbits
pauuehed, but not skinned. Beef will
require from four to ten days Keeping,
or tveu longer in CMd wtaiuor , auu
mutton, if well managed, will sometimes
hang a fortnixht or three weeks without
spoiling the longer the better. As
young meat, howe.'er veal, lamb and
mutton spoils very quickly, oce, two
or three days at the utmost suffices for
it Fowls will keep for a wfc k and
turkeys a fortnight, but a goose not
above nine or teu days. In plucking
birds which have been kept some time,
care should be taken not to break the
skin, which will have become rather
tender.
As all animal food, however good the
quality and however we'd it may be
cooked, is unetable stale, and. except
fish, will certainly prove tough if cooked
too fresh, it becomes matter of consider
able difficulty, particulaily during
summer, to fix upon the right day for
cooking a pieoe of meat which has been
kept It is only by daily examination
and narrowly . watching the change
which meat undergoes that the house
wifrt will be able to make usa of it at
that stage, just short of being tainted,
which is the proper one at which to cook
it
This is aa art which can only be
Wrncd bv exoeri nee an J its success !ul
practice evinces considerable skill, in
1,..iibp1io1i1 mauneemcnt Inns, s iouid
nnlooked for cold weather have pre
vent'd the meat reaching the proper
vwkiii!7 state npon the day calculated
on. the prudent aud active housowile
will have to provide some other dinner
for that day and keep the meat tJl next
A-w nr thn i.pit &cruD. It cannot be too
strongly impressed npon housekeepers
that even the best meat, if cooKed too
soon, will not be nearly ao tender and
oalatable as meat much inferior which
has been kept the proper time. There
are various ways of keeping meat sweet
and of removing the b:uT smell after it
has become slightly tainted, . One mode
is to rub it over with coarsely-pounded
charcoal, which has the property of ab
sorbing the putrescent gases, and thus
prevents the bad smelt The charcoal
must of course, be washed off betore
cooking. Another way is to paint the
meat all over with a solution of salicylic
acid, or rubbing the meat with the dry
acid is the simplest method, and will do
for all household purposes. -
- The Viennese have a genius for the
walu. .1
Lonis Xapokton'a StratesT
It
was oae oi tue peii-ueiusious oi
Napoleon III that he had iuher.ted his
uncle's genius as i strategist and he had
been guilty of the extreme folly of
drawing up at Paris a plan of the
Crimean campaign, as imbecile in con
ception as it was impossible of execu
tion. When it reached Ueneral Cauro
hert heo dnmuuicatedittoLordRifclan,
according to iusrmotions received, aud
the disciple of Wellington fonnd no
difficulty in pointing out its defects for
the reconsid ration of the Emperor. It
was for the carrying out of this scheme
that the concentration of the French
troops wen ordered. The famous scheme
was that CO.000 troops, half of them
French and half Turkish under the com
mand of General Borqnet and Omer
Pasha, should blockade Sebastopol,
withcut atteniptins to press the siege
any further ; that 55,000 troops half of
them EnglL-di and half Sardinian and
Turkish, under the command of Lord
Ragian, should coyer the blockading
force from the mouth of the Tchernaya
to Balakiava, and that 40,003 French
troops, reinforced by 2o,uw more
French troops, then at Constantinople,
under the command of General Catro-
bert, should embark for Alutcha, and
march to SinipheropcL, which town they
vuld easily seise, by a coup de main,
and hold as the French capital of the
Crimea, whence the whole peaiusala
would be gradually taken possession of.
Lord Ragiau curtly remarked, after a
perusal of the paper, that the blockad
ing lorce would be driven into tne sea
by tlie semes of a trarrison twice as
strous as itself; that the covering force
could cot hold a position whose flank
was turned by the garrisoa ; and that
the expeditionary force might take
SiUiphiropol, but that a nearer base oi
oierations for Sebastopol would be
formed at Baghlsheh Serai. Ee then
politely handed back the precious docu
ment to General Caurobert. and never
alluded to the matter again. The stars
mnst nave erred in determining t'ae lot
of Napoleon III, who had in reality none
of those qualities which are usmdly re
garded as the conditions of either mili
tary or lmiH-rial greatness, tie pos
sessed a smattering of several branches
of earning, aad a thoioughacqnaiidance
with none, lint he was so bunded by
conceit as to be incapable of ever per
ceivinii that he labored under an error,
ana , even when his sagacity was most
evidently at fault his self-complRCency
remained unshaken. All that he looked
lor in such a case was a convenient way
out of the troubles which he had
ironpht aliout for himself and others.
Iu tliis instance the way ont of them was
lotind for him,
A Tramp' Fortune.
Hereafter the tiiouuiru'-iuimled citizen,
in view of a recent nccurreDce, will give
beed end ear to the merry, merry tran- p
who ac-cets him with the old story of
''Just a little assistance until I bear from
boir e, where I have considerahle money
due me. Some such yarn as this al way
accompanied the frequent demands a tramp
named J-hn Wbalen made upon Distric
Aitomey-elcct J. D. Sullivan, of San
f'rtncisco. Tramp wbalen generally
"struck" for two bits at a time and was
ttolu consistent and persistent in his story
which was ibis : Ue claimed to have
small fortune awaiting him in Eiglsud,
which could be secured by any one know
ing how to legally claim it for him. The
teilow st ick to it with such earnestness
that Sir. buliivan at last concluded tba
it was worth the time nd postage of one
eticr to h'lKland. 1 bis be wioe. anc
while he waited an answer Tramp Wbalen
met the tate common to city tramps he
was ai rested as a vairrmt A letter was
recU7ed by Mr. Suhivsa outlining the
surprising information th -t the described
A baien was entitled to XA.vVV. or, la tne
dcDon.iQHlion Mr. Suliivan ia accaune.i
to inc'ude io hil own accounts, $25,C0O.
This, of course, placed Tramp WhaJen
in the light of a citizen whose whereabout
it was desirable to learn. The letter con
taiued an e.rnesl request that Sir. Sail via
should ft r ward bis peculiar cl cut to Eng
land at once. The attorney set aboul
bunting up the penpiletic Whalen and
was not much surprised to leern that he
was in the gloomy shades of the Contra!
Police Station, aw ailing sentence as a
"rag." The plot worSed admirably. Jus)
as lhe attorney, as ne would id a p:ay.
was prepaRDif to rih to his distressed
cheat, with tbe $25,000 iufomatioa. euter
meseenjer wi'h a prepaid cablegram
iranJcmng $000 for W balen's expenses
to England. Armed with this, enter Sulli
van iu Police C-urt No. 2. Wbalen,
ragged, dirty, dejected, but calm, sat in
the prisoner's d ck. Jude Ko-enbauoi
h id j H Ciid his judicial eye upon tbe
'vag," in mental debate whether to give
tn in twen'y days in tbe County J ul, or
three monibs in the House of Correction,
where his abilities could be turned to tne
making of country roads. The attorney,
with proper dramatic effects, explained
the situation to the Court. The Court
reflected, and the poetry or dramatic
unities or something occurring to bira, the
Court ordered the "vag's" discharge on
condition tuat be leave tbe city and county
of San Francisco witnin 24 hours. Agreed.
Exit attorney aud tramp.
Wbalen was fitted out with an entire
suit of new clothes, gave himself a sur
prise with a bath and a shave, and, as Air.
Sullivan rxpresaes it, "He actually did
not know himself.' He visited several
of his old haunts, restaurants where be
bad beece-i meals, etc., acd was locked
iiD.in a a taiel in his new outfit. H- letl
for England on the overland train via New
York.
iba Ldtlta i'raato.
While some steam cratt are yet in com
mission, the carrying trade on tbe lakes
for is practically ended. Tbe num
ber ot lives lost and the list ot disss' era,
great and amaiL are less than in Dicst pre
vious)ears. Single instances ot Casualties
atlendvd with the lots of more than bal
dozen lives have been rare, 'lhe notable
exceptions are tbe burning of the steamer
ilsjiiloulin and the touudenng or tne Asia
rstb of which occurred in Ueontian bay,
By the former on May 18 b between B0
and 40 lives were lost wbde oy the laitet
over 100 persons are supposed to have per.
ished. Jeser noteworthy casualties oc
curred on Thanksgiving day, when eight
men perished on the Canadian shore of
Lake Ontario near ficton, and on iake
Michigan, when the buro'.Lir of the steam
twrite Peters occurred, caused the loss ol
13 uvea. The total number of acCHieuts
and disasters of ad classes is about 106 ior
iho season, with a lost of not far from 17i
lives.
"Tne rhi"n..
A fine, stately tree is tbe chestnut, and
long-lived; but its wood, unkss it is cut in
youth, is tar inferior to oak. If it is cut
before it has reached 40 or 60 years its
limber is exceedingly sound, but after that
period its heart become deceitful and
brittle. 'When it is let to stand beyond
its full growth, ay a writer on tree, H
is the worst ot all timber, being apt to
crack and fly into fphnters. Oae variety
of the chestnut produces swee. nuts : the
French and Italians rttst and eat tbem.
Tbe trees wbieh prodace this sort of food
are called sweet chestnuts. Tbey do an
yield fine outs except they aro iriwu in a
warmer climate than ours: tbey thrive
best where grapes ripen ou' of doors. Tbe
country of Devon, however, does produce
this fruit, fairly large in size and good in
quality. Tbe finest chestnuts, it is said,
are imported from Spain.
One favored spot, where the chestnut
grows to perfection, is Va'amhrnss, in the
Apennines. Another spot where this tree
flourishes is E na: here is the world -famed
'Chestnut of a Hundred Civaliers.' so call
ed, because that number of horsemen, who
were escorting a high-born lady to Naples,
look shelter uo1er Us canopy at one time,
lu girth in 1770 was 214 feet, but it
teemed as if it were a clump of five trees
all in one. The rheitnut seems to like a
mountain side. O.ympus was once nearly
shaded by thcte trees 'It is a delicate troe,
as was proved by the great frost of 17U9.
This severe weather following on heavy
rains, destroyed whole groves of chestnut
trees in France.
We bave already said the chestnut is
most valuable lor its timber in youth 'Let
no one te at raid of cuttiug it trj voung,'
fats a great authority on trees. EVen at
lhe au of 5.' years it wiil be found Ting
shaky' wi'.hin. But it is a very valuable
tree when felled before its prime. It is
much used for the manufacture of wine-
ca'ks. It is said that wine, in these bar
rels, ferments slovly, and bw no unplea
sant tiste of wood, and the timber reeiils
tbe dry rot s i common in cellars. Chest
nut wood is alfo very useful for prists and
fencing.
The foreigners use the leaves for stuffing
their beds and f-jtl'uerin $ caitle.
We have no idea in our ciuntry of the
great use of chestnuts t tbe poor man in
the sou'h of France and the north of Italy.
The nuts are ground, and from tbe flour
are insde thick fiat cakes, porrige, and
sweetmeats. Chestnut Hour will keep
good tor many years if put in sound air
tight casks. Suiiar, ton, is made from the
ches'nut fruit. The bee is said to have
come originally from Asia Mmor, and it
trult was well known as the Sardis nut.'
The oldest and forges', chestnut in our
country is thai on LjrJ Ducie'a eslata al
Tort worth. It is supposed to have been
planted by ti e Mutilans. It is cited as
lbe Old Chestnut' in writings made in the
reign ot King John.
Food and shelter on ihw Hawse.
There are in the far W estc-m States
aud Territories wide areas with a pecu
liarly mild c imate. For several years
in succession, both cattle end sheep are
able to find their own food, aud are in
fairly good condition in spring. If the
climate were always like this, nothing
better could be wished. But there is
occasionally a severe winter ; the snow
covers the grass, and the cold piurcing
winds drivo the animals before them.
Unfortunately there are no bolts o
tindxT, or brush, or even ravises in
whic'i the aainials may find shelter aud
rest and thcy, f ten bee jnie exhausted an J
perish. Providsnt shepherds and herders
fl id that this is one of those cases in
which it is best to not "take the
chances," but to providj a store of food
each autumn, as if they were sure that
a hard winter would follow. In supply
ing food a shelter may be provided and
double object gained. The natural
grass of the ranges, though coarse, is
sufficiently lictritioiu to keep the
animals during the winter, even when
allowed to die and dry where it stands.
If it can be cut and cured while yet pari
tially green, the hay is of far better
qualify. The simplest way to keep the
hay is to set up a row of posts, about 12
feet apart ; theae are to be connected by
other bucks running along aud spiked
to th ir tops. Lighter poles are "then
Ia d from the cross-beam to the ground,
towards the north side, and near enongh
together to sustain the hay that may be
piled upon them. This will make a
lean-to shod, which, when thicdy
covered with hay, wiil afford abundant
she'ter, and at the same tune food within
reach. Af.er a severe storm the hay
may be re-adjusted, and more, if need
be, added. A more complete shelter
may be maid by setting up two rows of
uprights 12 or 14 feet apart, using tLe
sloping poles as bo lore. Tlie two rows
of horizontal cross-beams, should be
connected by light pole. This will
allow a larger amount of hay to be stored
out of reach cf the animals, and which
may be used to keep the sloping portion
of the shed ii repair. Saeltex of this
kind miy be made of any needed length,
and should always be so placed as to
aflTord protection from the severest
winds.
A Carta Calcnlatloa.
Did you ever think, asks a Paris paper,
how many male and female ancestors
were required to bring yon into the
world? i-'irst it was necessary that you
should have a father and mother that
makes two human beings. Each el
them most also have had a father and
mother that makes four human beings
Each of those four must have had a
father and mother that makes eight
human beings, Aud so we must go
back for forty-six generations, which
brings us only to the time of Jesus
Christ The calculation tnus resulting
shows that 13J,215,017,4S0.53,976
births must have la&eu place in oider
to bring jou into tiie world yoa who
read these lines. But remember we are
only taking the cae of yourself one
huuiau being aud th re are 1,000,000,
0J0 of human beings in the world with
the same history, and we have on'y car
ried back the calculation to the time of
Chiist Huw monstrous the calculation
becomes if we carry it back 6,000 years!
How ghastly it becomes if we push it
back 250,000 years, which De Alortiilet
aud others give as the age of the human
race! Just connt three gi iterations to a
untnxy, ut thirty to ever 1,000 yar.
and reckon up the history of one indiv
idual. ImaKiue the number of births
ijnuairr to hriuir iuto existence ens
aauubet of the 7,600 th generation!.
Tbw lad Btiraw Festival.
This amusing ceremony often takes;
place on hoard of Emtlish ships sailing to
Australia. On joining a ship the sailors
are advanced a month's wages, with wbicb
they are supposed to have bought a borsr.
which dies at tbe end of four weeks. A
dummy steed Is prepared in tbe forecastle,
the body being an old flair barrel, the
neck and bead of canvas, stuffed witb
straw and painted, la place ot a saddle,
a ho!e iscut through tbe holy, large enough
to admit tbe legs of tbe rider.
About balf-pasi seven in the evening a
small procession, headed by a man who
carries a baton, furnished with a rude uni
tatioo of a human face, issues trim the
forecastle. Fo lowing bim is a sailor with
long white whiskers, who holds a can for
penny contributions. He is protected by
a number of policemen, armed with canvas
clubs like those used in pautoinm es,
with Which they liv about them as freely
as a New York policeman, but with no
other rffect than eliciting shouts of laugh
ter. Tlie procession is closed by a nuini-e.-of
sailors who sin illy sea songs during
the march. After the collection has been
taken up, the party returns to the fore
cast le.
Sbor.ly afterward a larger procession
issues from lhe forccsstle, with a numtier
ol comic characters in addition to tlioee !
just mentioned, anong tbein the auc
tioneer, in frock coal and tad bat, with
a roll of pajiers iu bis hands, and atten- j got near him, and its formidable look
den by a clerk. Immediately after tbe t ing beak and tal us showed that it was
auctioneer comes the horse, nddeo, or
rnlher carried, hy a sailor dresed as a
jockey, and led by a groom. The proci s
sion parades about lhe deck, the rider
making the horse prance iu tne most hve!y j
and amusing manner.
The aucioneer tben mount; a barrel on
the quarter-deck, and after a long and
laugha'le harangue ou the merits al the
tors;, puts op the animal tor sals. Pre
vious to all this the hat has been passed
round among the passengers and officer',
and ten to fifteen pounds bave beeu c 1-
lected for tbe henefi: of tbe sailors. The
bidding is spirited and amusing, aud
ceases when it reaches the amount collec
ted, wbich is then handed to the sailors by
one of the lady passengers.
Alter the auction, tbe leading charac
ters move cS to the lew side near lbs
mainsail, and a solemn dire is chanted
abont the poT animal riving suddenly, I
1 f.ying sudJealj', I
"Poor old Horse! '
each verse end.Dg with
the horse and rider are tben hoisted to the
end of the mainyard over tbe ship's e dc.
blue-lights are lei eff, giving a ghastly as
pect to the scene, and at a given signal
lhe rope is cut and the hore fal's iuto
the sea, leaving the rider suspended in
the air, and floa's astern in the darkness,
l he procession ag tin forms and marches
aiound the deck, the sailors singing "Itj!e
lintatiuia."
Tli a Crown Xttoroa.
At the harbor uiouih of the little iNor-
man aeaoorl stands a lollly crucifix, higu
up against the suunse aud lhe suusei; tue
hgure carved realistically euougb, with
ejes gizing ever the sea, walchiuic since
lime uiunehi'Tiai ine outgoing suips. It
is tue lat pic. me oi ibeejes ol tne udier
iU(.u as Ihey sail away to ujrihtrn lati
tudes for their hard, cheerless lao ir of tne
Newfoundland coast, and Ibe first hign
landmark tuat greets thoee vl them Wuo
return;. lor tbe trad vessels that venture J
tuutier, somcaines uo tidings come again,
and ou those vessels sailing in, ofleu some
v jice fails to answer wneu the wo.uen
stream out to welcome lueni lrom the
pier h ah r'jr here there is a widow's
dtess la every youag wite s Wedd.ng
cues:, ll was wed inoughl to set i. Ibeie,
lor who so ciystically uimdnl as the (aii-
or, ever face to face wnn ibe mystery and
uisjesiy ot nst ire? A good Ihougul lor
tue.- siaiple minds t J assjuiate with the
naven ot their home wueu they start as
oce of them Queiy expressed it, inu the
great waters to see die glory of Uoi. So !
it stands mere, and ino roua sea winds
shake it, and the sea swallows rest on tbe
aruisui the irss, and at limes the spray
tains over tbe three while figures at the
base. A Utile while ago tney hunt a
scailolding around it and X saw that tbey
ere regiidiug tne crown ot thorns. Io
day there was a great sur iu the little
town.
Prom the old church, a mile up the in
land valley, a loaf processiuu ptssed
wioug the hillside road, and down ibe slop
ing streeis to lhe port. Many cuddreu.
al in while, and music and many banners
of inauy colors, came winJin on below
the great gray clltls: Utile boys iu avl-Mrs
ureas, Carrying am Kiel sni;;lhen thj ban
ner of our liady, borne by lhe virgins oi
lue town; somudimg paihullc there aiso
old wrinkled taces, two of Uie in Jet
orcsied in ihe vugin while aui'aig lue
young giris, and a coarse jeal in the crowd
perhaps, lhe sea had never brought
their .overs home, yet they !oi.oeu,
though their J early Lrajers had hue
availed. Then taen Uie choristers siug
tug -an old bras truaioet to give vo.uiue
to tne sound; men lhe priests wnn ciooe
-did candle; so along to lue Canary al lhe
a arbor m u'.h. Tney are ranged round u
now lhe priests and choristers below, lhe
tUberuien and Ibeir banner in trout, tne
wu.te children in a wider ring, and all tlie
people of lhe Lille town around. Ou one
side lhe goal ci ff, oa tne otuer this calm
sea, w.m lis hule sails uniting dowu the
lair hjrizoo. Some oue has crowned the
iair Madonna with a crown ot while
roses. A young pries is preaching at tne
loot of the cross. A few of tbe boys, in
their frstive dress, have broken away,
and, el.nibiug the steep grass bank thai
leans against lhe cliffs, are running races
down it; but the crowd is attentive, silent;
a tew women cry ing.
Kjdnl vnapel.
This edifice whire worshipped the
poet Wordsworth, is undergoing vari
ous alteration), made necessary by tbe
dry rot, winch Lad eaten through every
ioist and plank, aud the narrowness ot
the pews, which almost precluded the
povsibility of kueebug. The incumbent
of the parish writes to one of the Lou
don newspapers that it is hoped a suita
ble chancel may be built in plane ot the
present recess which serves lor oue,
aud wbiffh "has otten proved most ia
convenient when there has beeu more
than one cfhciaSug clergyman." He
hopes that couUibulioua iu aid of tnis
object will be made by the public out
jh of RTihd. "Oa accout-t of the
celebrity ot this little place," he says,
'- being intimate y connected with
some of Enitlauda greatest men.
venture to aik you, by printing this
letter, to give' further pntuicity to our
scheme than you have alreauy done,
in the hope that some of your readers
may be nidue-d to subscribe toward
making lh worshipping place of
Worilsworth and Arnold less a coulra.it
to tue natural beauty of its buiround,
inga than it kas hiluurto been, "
It ntd to take nine tailors to make
a man. Now oie good tailor, a aho
maker and a barber can make what is
aailad a soaiwty man.
A fi. Ulgereat I lrL
ilajor. H. C. Harkins, late right-of-
way-man for the Tide Water l"ipe Lin
Company, recently hail an adventure ir
Xjawrence county, X ennsylvana wmch
he will not forget until some days gi
around, at least What befell Major
Harkius while in that vicinity is as here
in related. The Major's business called
him to Cotdtown, a village, as most ol
the readers f the Guardian are aware,
which is situated in N'-shonhOi-k town
ship, i bout fotir miles north olthis city.
The M ior started on foot to transact
this business, and while proceeding
along the road about two miles from
New Castle, he was somewhat startled
by heating a singular buzzing sound to
his rear. He turned, and, to his great
astonishment, saw a laige golden eagle
approaching him rapidly iu the roadway.
The bird by its actioLS, cleurly showed
that its intentions were anything but ol
a friendly nature. The Major was un
armed, ai:d as the eagle bore down on
him, still emitting the iczzmg sound.
he began to think that his situation wa
far from a pleasant oue. When the bird
ai'lo to reduce the average man to mince
meat the Major, in sheer i:eperatum
proceeded to kick with all the strength
of his lower limbs. Tins action, instead
of frightening his feathered assailant,
only seemed to increase its ire, for the
eagle proceeded to iusert its beak iu one
of his legs, followiug up tnis warlike
demonstration by using its talons with
great energy an 1 bloody execution in
the same heigh boruood. After a brief,
though desperate strngg'e, the Major
succeeded nit xf.ricatinghim self from the
clutches of the huge bird. His blood
was cp, and while his auger was at
white heat at the thought of the scratch
es and contusions he had received in the
aftVuv- ! . r.lv.,l to be tho a&gressive
affray, he resolved to
" fi L H
party in the figtit He retrea:ed a lew
paces, and seized a dead branch of a
tree, which was conveniently lying near
by. Arui-.d in this manner he swooped
down on tht eale. The bird w as over
flow ing with pluck, aud resolutely stood
its ground. A sharp fight eisucd in
which the mau used his club, und the
bird of ireedou its talons aud leak.
For tacnty minntes did they battle in
this way, the Mnjor having somewhat
the woist of tlie tifcht. He might have
abandoned the contest had not he been
reiniorced by a stranga dog. Tue ca
nine pitched into the tight with great
gusto, but the table's bean and claws
seexed to be everywhere, aud tho hair
hide and tlh fairly dew irom the dog's
back, and that animal, with his tad be
tween hia lees, was abont to seek an
j .uomiuious flight for someplace where
he oiuld lick his wounds ia pe ace, w hen
a boy and another dog caino upou ihe
gory field. The attaekiug rJ. now
numbering four, advanced in a bod.)
upon the tagic, and another liesperaU
fight took place. Tue recent reinforce
ments however, were too niucu tor the
plucky eagle, ana it was finally exhaus
ted in its contest against odds, and was
downed, fighting to the last. Tho Ma
jor and the boy tied the eagle's feet to
gether and fastened its leak so tuat it
oouldno longer tue it The Mnj r,
bleeding from aiauy wound received iu
the fray, then started with his captive
for the" Fountain House, this city, a.
wnicu pUcj he was stopping. While
en route he met a womaa iu a wagon
who iuformed hiin that the eale wa
tho property of a young niati who re
sided about lour nil ea lrom Jo ao-
tle, and thai it had been sent him as a
present from aa uncle who lived in the
West Sne expressed a wunagcess to
return the eaie to its owner, aud the
was allowed to do so.
B-.ll Arp and Swart Fotatoe.
Kor some time raft I have been snt.ci-
patiug a big frolic tor n.e and the i hildren.
lor my sweet potatoes were erj uuc, ami
the olher Cav we got aa tarijr uicmk.
ud set in for the day. It took the plow
ryyan hour or so to ciean on inc io
for a start, and I helped mm wilh a four
nrrxigb when the plow goi i. .un i
K B ... ,1... .1....U 1.Ih K.1U.
i-mtt. llipn Die auu i"' ""j
J . , . ni..
undertook to p-ca up ' " " lt"
turnfd 'em out. I was to give a qu inei
ta the chap who found the biggest potato,
which I soon found was bad policy for it
made 'em run over an 1 skip a good man
Ultle ones and it kep'. me outy picaing up
hat they had lelt. Tne frolic was solen-
d:d !or half a day and 1 enjoyed seeing tLe
big ones roll up o the suriace a mosi as
much as I did when a boy, but after dio
n. r I didn't fetl much like going back,
but 1 had to go, and 1 went and stuck to
it until nifcbt and we bunched 'em in little
piles and covered 'em up with the vines,
and the next day we went at it again, but
1 didn't go wilh the same aiacnty, and tae
bovs got tired of hunting for tbe biggeai
one and one of 'em to k lhe headache anu
laid down lu trie shade, and X thought he
rr uhthave tverwjcked himself and sent
him to the house v rest and in fifteen
minutes be was setting the dog on s cat up
a tree and having a bulhy me. We oul
counted au a day and a halt to cl ve. om
tim job, and we worked bard and faith
ful, aud it took us three wto e days, and
I never saw the like of potatoes on an acre
cl itround, and towards the heel ol the
last day. wheh was yesterday, 1 was So
tired of feting 'em toll out aud picking
'eai up 1 wouidu t hare dug ano ner pitu
it anybody had give it to me. Tne laJ
day's digging wsaaiiioug the yarns, and
ihe unity clue lhal run out of 'em got so
thick on my bands X had lo soak and
rub and crpe 'em for an hour lo get it
.T, and it ain't all off yet, and my lingers
1-ooked Uke Ihey used to when I had beeu
hulling walnuis all dsy Saturday. But 1
believe in potatoes aud take comfort io
hlvm Dleniv of em during the winter.
and 1 Lave alwa tell a teeung ol pr de
and c nQdence in our sunny bourn, be
cause we could r use lo perfect.! n four
things that lhe Yankees can't and these
are cot on andcowpeasand Uennu ia grass
and potatoes. VV neu our iar intra learn
. .. ii..tliiiiji ti, n.rf.r-.llon wi-
uow io laiau iU- - ' "
can dafy the w.xld 4JITSl,rr
ungbt, fig. keep the old deva at re.
pacUttie distanca.
Ohio claims to have 7,000 Knights
of H tuor.
R iss:ans, in rosst'nj their cotT-e.
add a clove of garlic
There are si I to b ; ia Greca no
less thau 7J0 kinds of gnves.
Italian wine i will ba g to 1, abuud
aut aLd cheap the coming seasjiu
Lare num'iers of E zvv'i i i troop
are ordered t the S -ul iu djse-rt
The lnke of Argyll has no v stock
ed all his wo ais wi'.i wild turkey-..
Nearlv 4 5.0 d) iui nirran's eim t)
ihe United Sut .-s ia iho uiout'a oi Oj-
tober.
Feng Ting Wang was i!:e name of
the person who introiiiuv.-.l pttaiiug
mto China.
Tht? subscriptions t tho p-j l-tal
for the Bart'ioldi i-taruc in Sex York
now aniouut toS'i2.21J.
The baby burn t tho Unhand
qneen of So an a-t wee-k w is b.ip'i .Hl
Sunday at Madrid.
?dr. Kenny, taenow Hum P. lie r
member for E ini.s. is the bbyof ta
H lUsO if C.i:UHllS 21.
The three ua'ititers of Justice
Staidev Mitt. ievs wul o.itert aia 1 trgely
la Wa-sui igtou during tha st-aiou.
Oaly ca'.f lymp'a is a p-TiVjt: pra-
ventative a,'aiu-t small p U iai ta
ized lymph shoui I uat 1m u.m 1.
Plans for new Ht.'l stena crtiiiuir
vessels are wanted by t:n S.:creta.-y oi
the Navy.
The time for payment ' rCuiats
of Honor assea:meut No. 1..8 expire.
November 2j.
The mojl of the Ei ''ii'i uj .;. u
said to lie changeable euoii.-h to ivo a
new admiuistiatioj every six yeais.
A receut moilitijati u of tlid usurv
law of South Carolina allocs 1 per
cent interest under apjcial coat:acts.
Of 140.0. kuown specie of pi iuu
mau eats only 3 Jd, and leaves Vi'J .
('JO to thedocior tomaiein;.)meu:eiuj.
It is proiMJSe.1 bvauE iir'isii soci :t
that a couijress of siiortu m 1 wr.ttjis
f ail natioualities be couvujed iuLju-
don.
Wendell Philliiis has r?o utiy mida
'o the Bostou 1'uulic L brai v v mil of
13 3 bound voljuies aud 4j:- laui-
o'aiets.
Oa weighing the LifeG laris it was
found that the heavv-wei ;iii h ad lt
tud the light-weli'his had traiued a bit
m Egypt.
Capt "Jim" Bntton. of Teia-i.
has sent a chair made ot 1 1 pj!!s.ied
-teers' herns to Ojveruor-eUei Haw.
of Teuhe.-see.
Tbe tiuine! auder tiieE.V. betsteu
tlaiuour- aud tha island o! !ie.uar lor,
uow open, is 8M metres la le iCa and
eost aoout 5-3,OUO.Otl).
Hawaiian cuius to the amoHiit of
;2'J0,0jO aud co-responding iu viao
ud deuomiaatiou wi:u our silver c .i i
ge are to be struck at the S .u i'raiicL-vco
Mint
In Midubar a tree called tlu ttt'low
tree grjAs ; lrjai tha seeds ot if, w.icti
boiied, is procuie-1 a firm billow waii-u
oial.es excelle .t can les.
The last trmmph ever h-.-'d ia Ii cie
waa that givea to Stuieho in lul, wh -u
ue drove Alario out ol It-Ay . aiwr de
teafii.g him at 1'oUjnlia und Wrj.i.
A law of reutlsx lyma iaitios 's a
due of S1.00U and oue year's luiprisou
uieut ou auy persou who shll. plav-
uny or wautouly, lHj.ut or disouurxe a
guu or a pUtol.or ot'aerfiioarun, at anv
other pelson.
Fortress M inroe is th1? I ir".t siajle
oitihcatiou iu the w.,r,d. It h is ulrealy
Oot the Ojveruin jtit over S.J.U )0 UJJ.
fho water battery is coai lured oae of
the fiue.it military woiks ia tho world.
Tbe Mint olli :e-s not-j an alaiw't
illiprecedeutej aud predatoat deaiaud
for sdver dimes. ii:ues ar.j uow inada
only from 3, 5 a id 2 coat c oius aud
uiutilate.1 quarters au I ha vjs.
The New Yale cat.ilogno shows a
total of 100d students Comi'ig f.oia all
parts of the country. All 'hadeoart
aieuts are uow equalled pi au excellent
maimer and arj la the beot walking
order.
Tun entries iuto Ilosjiitai from tho
time of tue laudi .g ol tue ItiiUoU troo a
at I.sinaiiia to Oetolier 25 were 4Ji
aouuded and 7 05 s..-k, cut ol a tlal
A 25,i(JJ oiUeers and meu. Oa No
vemoer 7 there were 812 pitieuin m the
Caho hospitals, most oi theui audenug
iroui ente-rij fever.
Iu the mort tni.two-thv ii iariers
the cops of lex is fi.r t ils season ara
er-tiiu.uel at 1.4JJ,0o0 bales of cotuju
aud 15.),00O im-ihels of corn. Texas
now stands first ou the l.st ot Southern
States in the production ol colton and
corn.
The British p aeisijsiu riitra'.ia
cover 5,'7j,0iJs piaremi.es. Tad :op'i-
lition, wuile aud Colored, uuailei-s i,
835,0oX by far the greater part buiug
uonceutrated ia a fuy cities. Tho ihiut
ol the Calonies is aireaiiy uearly 10.),
000,1X10. The total exports of bread-stuffs
from the United Slates during the
eleven moths which ended Nov. mlKT
30th. IHH2, amounted in vain to $loj,
rjiJti.CJ against -210,31,l32 tor thj
oorrespoaduig periiAl ot I'vil.
Mrs. Vinnie R-a.tm-Hoxie'3 favoriUi
pets are six ringdoves, wim-h are al
lowed the freedom of her Washu gtou
house-. They are tue great great-grandchildren
of a pair of doves xiveu lt;r by
General Albert Pike, many years ago.
The 100-toa Armstrong brceo'al ad
er fired its proof rounds witu perfect
success at the recent trials at L S.' . iia,
tue Italiau naval fxrt lue hiliest
chijrge fired was 77d pniuk wi.u a
pn-j -ctile weighiug 2.00J pjua.U. Tue
muxzie velocity ol tue siiot wa l.Sl-l
leet to the secoa.l, or a tjtal eaergy of
4,G j9 tons.
Tuo priuccs aul priuc.-sses of the
early Egyptian dynasties weie bur.eil
iusu.ail pyramids wiiira oluw t I aoout
tiie larger oues devote 1 to tuo ki is.
Suojicui weie only a.ljweJ to hava
truueated pyramUU.
There are ia Sia Friaiiso fjur
palatial hou-.es, worh tag-i:'u c m rJ
thau Jl.'JUO.OJO. Taeir ova rs, ex
UjVeraor Sttatori. Cur.ei Crjnr,
Mia. ilik Uoklaa aa l d. Caatl,
r. . rasent a'uUt
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