Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1876, VOL.’ III. NO. 26. CONDENSATIONS^ NEWS. General Hampton'* reside! mile* from Columbia, 8. C. was Friday last, during the night, burn siinultaneouiily from all pn building, and the Rtneral’a two two younser aona had only time with their Uvea. The literary woi tides of virt when H.unpt ed from the Ore of 1865, hnm i own rilrer and cloth* The ladiea escaped, King gowns; and Gen- >t n single article of he had on. The only t of General Hampton s general lodged in iug, were all hi haring only tli end Hampton clothing, excel thing saved wn of the rcvnlnth • he city that ni •f an inoendiary. There *as no insnrancc. The Littlo Hock Gazette wya not over halU crop of ettton was raised in Arkansas • hia year, and many of the planters arc very much axubarramsd pecuniarily. Jamestown correspondence of the Knoxville Chronicle: Mr. Davis, who ia an Englishman, has been cutting n road through '•lid rock foi oh of e thr oldo. OlltllS which, I am told by th< lodged in a cave at least one l fifty feet high for eighty years has spent hnudreda of dollars, within about four feet of the be Too lumber trade of Texti mid is of that , Pennsylvania, and the Inquire ■ay* that the initnd effort nlret the Philadelphia and Heading pany in it* projected establishment of n lin to BnutiL needs but be vigorously folium up to Insure the most valuable results. A Victoria dispatch says that fift rounds of ammunition have been issued t the militia in anticipation of n Fenian raid Torpedoes are being prepared nt the dock yard to repel invaders. »increas ing very considerably, and it is now thought will yield millions to thoro engaged therein. Destruction by fire of hundreds of cot ton gins continue to be reported by southern exchanges; the cause generally being incen diarism. • There ate as yet only one hundred and twenty-seven applicants for the position of messenger to the “electoral college," to ear ly tiiu vote of Georgia to Washington. There are nt present one thousand tml thirty prisoner* in (ho Tennessee state peni tentiary. About three hundred are confined within the walls, three hundred are nt work on railroads In the state, and the rest in the Buwanee, Hattie Cfeclc and Vuirau coal mine*. Guruer, the oldest man in the poni ed foi of I fire ye prison. el about a game of marbles. A suit is to be bogur Tweed to compel him to certain property held In •onnty. When Tweed w public works, nud there Croton water, he advised the L against Wm. M. sntthehendof the inga scarcity of I of alder- unty, which would git iter privileges arising load and Muhupac. J >nt«y in the city ti read offered t o right to certain of lakes Carmel, o being but little HOW T1IK MO$EY HAS KEEN SPENT flic annual renort of (leu. A. ... nni'hroys, chi^f of engint era, bna Wn npleted. It prose ut.< a detailed atatr- nt of the various operations of the engineers’ do pi rt incut during the Use; year ended Jmm i*», 1870/ * It giv. sketches of those which arc now in pn res*, and makes numerous recoinmenda ion* for tho future. The numbi dicer* holding commission* in tho i of engineers of the I’nited State* nrmv at the end of tho Usual year was on. hundred and seven to the active list an. n the retired list. The latter, how under the law of January 3b 1870 ow available for duties. In the b devolving ujxrn the corps by lav the employment of a mi Alter of ‘scum 1 assistant eugincor* bna boo careful study of the subject of • SKA .’OAST by the corps of ongi light afforded bv tin actual conflict betwe fensca and the new n system to gov of tho army and (lie and since tlien has be Honed by the act The main feature* 'em. and with tli ’Xpcrienbo of the tho rca coast do- naval ariuamcnts, the pvorn the futuro consl work* was elaborated in i 1 the approval of the general repeatedly in ongrewi, .f till* are the use of heavy earthen barbette batteries, with parados and traverses of heavy mortar batteries, and of tho obstruction* in the channel* main* \y electrical torpedoes. To hold vessels from running past the batteries reaching the cities or depots beyond them, works or this character have been steadily pro gressing since ISfiO. and in many of our harbors are well advanced toward com pletion, but in none of tho hm hors are these alterations finished, while in gome important harbor* along the gull orb od. nity fo c. put up the roon. m condition that he wr u city, with interest the; *n to mnke the transfer, allow the water to be lakes. Twenty-four building* buildings amounted to i million dollars. The assessment of i xnble property i it),4.1.1,000, ngniii.il $1,- ngo. The decrease in Of the loss I’”,410,000 ••state. The large portion of $01,351,000 is in the large fulls on si* pe.- cent., Springfi let the law take i land), date ! the 0th, the Black sen have Kerteh and Otchakoff, on rived to 1‘iireet the'servl At the same time the con has just been applied.” Edwin Booth has l>een defeated in hi; suit to restrain Jarretj A Palmer from furthe using th© name of Theatre,” to recover ten thousand dollars damages fo the use of the name since Edwin Booth’s re tiremeht from the management. The captain of a whaler recently on countered an Esquimaux who informed bin that a tribe of Esquimaux living far north ward of Climb rlaad gulf, many vr-ars dg . id Capt. Cr , the mm nkiin cxpeditic .refused to sut lition. Johnsi id five other whites w guns and amm Chief justice Johnson, of the Ui States circuit conrt has rendered an opinion in the great suit of the United State* vs. II. B. L'lnffin ii Co., for the recovery of $1,500,- 030; the penalty of alleged smuggled goods, in which the judgment of the lower court for the defendants is affirmed. There are indication? that the export cord tr.ade will be soon one of the most active auxiliaries in the establishment of the com mercial supremacy of the United States. I'iiiladvlpbia enjovs uuusual facilities for the Regarding the pres. the completion of work* in advu hostilities, Qon. Humphrey* urge* the preparation* of our hnrlxir* for Buccoa* nil resistance aguinat incursions of th© powerful iron clad* of the present day. Among estimate* for appropriation* Humphrey* earne*lly recommend* are the following: For the completion of defensive works at Fort Jackson, Mis- I sisaippi river. $25,000; Fort Phillips do., $25,000. On Ihc subject <»l river aim liarlK.r appropriation* lor the cur rent fiscal year, Humphrey* says: " Ol the amount* appropriated for public work* on river* and barters by tlic net approved August II, 1870, certain al lot men In have been made in compliance with instructions ol the hccrotary oi war ol September I, limiting expenditure* under the act to $2,000,000. and direct ing that no new work of improvement shall be begun. The following state ment exhibits the allotment* in detail: For improvement ol the mouth ol the Mississippi river, $1)0,000; surveys at south pas? of the Mississippi, $10,000 ; (inlvrston, $52,800 ; Mbwisslppi,Missouri and Arkansas rivors snaggingoperation*, $50,000; Mississippi river, between the mouth* of the Ohio and lilinoi* river*, $121,000; Mi**i**ippi river chan nel <ipiK)nito St. Louis, $25,000; He* Moines rajii.ls, $115,000; Hock Island rapids, #10,000; upper Mississippi river, $10,000; fall* ol St. Anthony, $71,000; annual exjieriHe* ol gauging the waters of the Mississippi and tributaries, $5,000; removing the raft in Hed river an i closing the tone* of Bayou Uuisiunn, $85,000; improvement of the Ohio river, $120,000; improvement ol Tennessee river, $180,000; Great ICana- wha river, $15,000; Illinois river, #10,- 000; Fox and Wisconsin rivers, $120,000; Green bay, Wisconsin, $3,000; Milwau kee harbor, $5,000; Chicago harbor, #1,000; haibor of Hefugo, Lake Huron, $75,000; Saginaw river,>11,000; Toledo barter, $22,500; Cleveland barter,$105,- 000; Erie harbor, $15 000 ; Duluth bar bor, Minnesota, $0,000; entrance to Su perior bay, Wisconsin, $500 . < Intonngon harbor, Michigan, $1,000; Marquette Michigan, $1,000 ; Ahlat.ee, Wisconsin $1,000; Two Rivers harbor, Wisconsin $1,000; Manitowoc harbor, Wisconsin, #8,000; .Sheboygan harbor, Wisconsin, $8,000; Calumet barter. Illinois, $1,000; White river harbor, Michigan, $1,000 ; Grand Haven harbor, Michigan .#15,000; Stugata harbor, Michigan, #1,000; South Haven harbor, Michigan, $0,500; St. Joseph barter, Michigan, #8,000; San dusky harbor, Ohio, $12,500 ; Vermillion harbor, Michigan, $1,000 ; Fairport, bar- l>or. Ohio, #5,000 ; pier* at the mouth of Black river, Ohio, $0 000; Michigan City harbor, Indiana, $6,000. In determining to each work named, reference has been made to balance* on hand of pre- vious appropriations for works specified. All these improvements, for the contin uance of which part* of the appropria tions that have teen allotted, are in mv judgment, c! r, improvetm onsequenc©, o protect tha The officers its ol Iehse isa.ify nt. of the Mississippi river, $150,000; for tha upper Mississippi river, $91,500 ; for tho improvement of tho Dos Moines rapids, $185,000; for the Hock Island rapid*, $50,000; for the Illinois river $80,000; for the Ohio river, $050,000, 'or the Wabash rivet; $H5,000; lor tho ICunnwhn river. #100^000; for removing snags and wreck* from the Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas wero $555,000; for the improvement of the Clcve’nnd Imrteir, $200,000; for tho itrfprc v.m of Sandusky harbor, $55,700; fo improvement* at l’ort Clinton, (l #20,000; for Toledo ligrbor, $140,Ho; Monroe harbor, Michigan, $11,000; She* bovgnn. Michigan, harbor, $85,000 ; Sue- inaw river, Michigan, - $52,000 ; Detroit river, $20,000; Harbor of Hefugo, lake Huron, $200,000; tft.-Mary's fall*canal, $800,000; Chicago harbor, #150,000 Michigan City harbor, $08,000. In transmitting these statement* of amount*, which hi* subordinate ofiiocr* say cun bo profitably expended during the fiscal year, tho chiff of enpincorc makrtf' no roeomihertdhtloh 5HiU MWn concerning thcim The Hiissinn Soldiery. Tho army which Husain can pi the field in opposition to tho foi Turkoy numbers, in it* land and strength, not loss than 2,000,000 of men. Thi* gigantic array of urmed human being* would constitute tho most in teresting martial force of tho globe. Tb Kus8inn soldier, whether a* an infantry man. a Cossack or a marine, is a study, and now muck more a *tudy would be the contemplation of 2,000,000 of such soldiers in one armed body! Since the prospect* threaten that the army of Russia will noon be pu*bed Into a test of its metal bv conflict with tho Hoini-harlmroiiH horde* of Turkey, it will not he uninteresting to consider the char acter of the oomjHmontM which would go to make up its column*. In tho first place, every nblc-liodicd man in the Rus- ian empire is compelled to servo for a ertnin length of time iu thoczar’Harmy. Ivory Russian i*, therefore, a trained ddier, who must stand ready for march- ig order* whenover national omergenev shall demand hi* service. It is tld* Mtringont military re(|uiroment of Russia 1 ! mi caused the immigration of tho combatant Mcunoniic* of that coun- o our own country within u few s. But beside* tho enforced tem- ry service of citizens, tho Russian rnmeiit sustain* a regular hlanding army—probably the largest in the world and it will Is- this aggregation of mili tary strength which will he turned upon Turkish soil, iu ease tho pending war- I of eastern Europe develop* into Inal declaration of hostilities be- i the »I»v ■gular soldier of Hiimia i* a crea- uro hardly meriting the honor of being ailed human, lie i* a machine—a sav : aro automaton which steps when told to top ; cuts when told in eat. form* in lino when told so to do, and in tun same er loads his gun, charge* t he enemy lies—all under orders, severally and mechanically obeyed. The m Infantryman or (loiwnck doe* all i “to order;" but this will not bold and drink* whisky ul all .rtunitic rlth , for he nient op- ked by checking only be < s breath. The Russian office oru the common soldier* probably lban j c the military official* of any other I ilion. They aro imperious a ting even to brutality. The s light to regard shoulder-strap* thing to bow down to, and wo be it to lie ( en fro emg i offle. ot hi* bead, afar Ixi Hilary salute, until tho glittering uniform ha* p.- d •y! The cause of thi* prohihitioi. »f uniliarity of amiy officer* with the ns n mderthom is readily explained when it - known that the Russian officers are elected from th© nobility, and are ex acted to hold the soldier* to a point of cverence which will preclude oven tho possibilit y of diuobedicnce to an order on he field of battle—a place where the Hirers are empowered to push their halanxes into bloody contest even at the point of the sword. Huch is Kussian I ilar eipl Russian army has een entirely reorganized. The old sys- •m of placing the men miscellaneously igother, regardless of the di*trict« from •hicli they <;ame, ha* been done away ■ith, and, a* a rule, those born in the ime localities aro now placed in the ime companies and battalions. It is be- eved that thi* arrangement fostcis .itriotism and makes better soldierH. In the field force*of Russia there are iifud infantry, artillery and cavalry, as i other urinic*, but tho armamentdifi'iT* i that some- oi the division* Htill use long spears and shield*, ns in olden times, ‘n buttle these ancient implements are *t effective, since (he men who arry them become alino-t demoniacal in heir savage fury when pressed against the toe by their heartless commander*. With an army of the character described desperate struggle* with such it will have to encounter in the march against the follower* of Mohnm- 1, what tale* of bloody horror would up from the battle• ground* (— Chit ,o Jov. J The report epitomized, detailed the ] accounts given by the various officers of j river and harbor improvement, etc., , now in progress under their re*pective ; management*, with *n statement of the I amount* which these officers estimate, I can be profitably expended during the J next fiscal year. Among these estimate* ' are the following: ; For the improvement of th© Mia-Usipr-i j river between tho mouths of the- Ill!:. sbippUi oj :uc producta of dun ot 1 pr4 Ohio riven, #500,000; fonberoouih IHeldau* at College. This i» a sample of the “hazing" for hich a number of silly young fellow* ave just been expelled from the naval aide my at Annapolis: “ A third-da** idct, backed by Heveral of hi* mate*, ould enter the room of a ‘pleb’ and 1 dress him thus: 'Inman ugly fcl- .w; don’t you think ho?’ Of course ic [deb would declare that he thought iin a verv handsome fellow. ‘ Then,’ ill ! clamman, ‘you n ci n to .11 me a liar.’ The trembling l*-,v ^ ill cl liumblv asKert he meant no.'- >>•/ ' t'l.at kind, but tho fellow would gra'i ini by the neck and heeda, declaring he culd throw him out of the third-*tory indow. Dragging him to the window, r would thrust the frightened pleb just r enough out to mnke him believe that nt would prccipi- . nt below. Aftc l)cdng hauled FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. The people of llio south nogleet the carrot a* a crop, and yet 1* one among tho best crop* that could bo grown.. It*uc- coeds well in our idimato and flourlshc* iu any noil that will bring good;turnips, A popular writer say* it is the most val uable esculent in tho entire range of practical husbandry on account of it* superior properties us a general article of food for several descriptions of a ihal* u-uiully kept on a farm. Win one© introduced it will over remain pop ular a* a valuable article of food for horse*, pig* and poultry of all description. Butter of tho most agreeable apiwaramY and exnuislto flavor may bo obtained for tho tamo by feeding milch cows ou car rot*, and ifHtorod for thorn during winter there will ho no diminution iu quantity or deterioration in tho quality of'their produce. In establishments for trotting ing horses, carrots are especially honnfl clal. Toward spring, .wumw tliu borne* havo been fed for many mourns K ''** ‘ , -’ food—oats, corn and liay—they troniely serviceable, indeed necessary Among horsemen they have gained tho ah a motor of being good for tb© wind but we suspect tho only merit they ciu. in this respect 1h that tlioy keep the body cool and open, by which they conduce greatly to health and condition, and coiiHequently to elounicM of wind. About .the same thing may be said of their claims t« producing a fine a wlmtover conduces to health does consequently carrots do. To any who Jins been In a racing stable, nr stable wlioro’carrots aro fed. it may si scions to say that they should bo sliced In very long slices. It is danger- to give teem cut crossways, as horse* extremely fond of them, and, If at all gmedy, would be apt to bo\t pieces of them whole, which would he quite like ly to cause some of them to stick in the throat, t’arrots, il kept in a dry place, in sand, will keep a 1 ng time; or, in 1, they will keep out of doors, if cov- 1 sufficiently with *trn\v ami then lmnkcd up with earth.—MobiU lirgitUr, n«lil Bfolcn. >f nil persons the farmer should study hi* profession. By *tudy 1 do not mean simply such things as are learned in 'looks; hut ho should study at tho plow- landlo and iu the field, among his flocks, in his orchard, and .particularly In hi* barn-yard. one sense the fanner is also a niun- uror. He changes his grass and corn into beef, jmrk, wool, butter, chocs and a variety of products. In anotlie sense he i* a cliemiat j ho so compound* manure with hi* soil as to make both available plant fond. Ilo should bean artist of arlis.tH, so as Pi bo able to pro duce the beautiful groves, orchards and lawns, for tho inferior artist* to paint, sketch and engrave. And ijbovo all, he should be a brain worker. V'Aikfl yet bow many tli«r© lire who tliirfk unv.'simpleton mm lie a farmer! Whitt i* Iho trouble with nine-tenths of tho farm* in the land? I will venture an answer: Want of brain power, properly managed. A*k .the average western fanner wliat i* bis system of rotation ol crops, and, if ho be honest, lie will tell you bo Iiiih none. You need not ask what plan* for making and saving manure— a glance al bis farm will show you that he has none. Hueh a man may ho sue- cohsIiiI in raising a few crops of corn and wheat on new land, but what will he do when IiIh land will not produce paying crops? I’rohahly he will take Greek'y’* advice, sell out and' "go west.” A* a practical, life-long farmer, this year com pleting my first half century,and twenty- seven years’ oxpcriencoof farming in the west, I am moro than ever impressed that it is a life-long work to make a good firm. A farmer need not always work like a hlavo—in fact, never like a slave, hilt like a free man. lie should have an educated, active Inain; he should have books and agricultural paper* ns a jiart of l.i* stock in trade, as well as his line stock and improved farming imple ment*, and,*above all, he should remem ber that riohcH may “ take to thein*elve* wings and fly awnv,” hut tho accumula tions of brain and heart nr© imperishable. T)ieliogi*nn animal of groat importance this country, and is everyday bccom- lorc so. Almost every family out- of large cities, and oven in the Huburlw of tlic*c can keep one or more pigs. I’ork can be grown cheaper than any other kind of meat, and wliat is of much importance, a small outlay of cap ital bring* a quick return; if kept in good condition, the pig may he slaught ered at any age after one month old. Tho next important question is, what variety i* the most profitable to keep? Where the Ghcstcr White is known, no other breed can compote with it. It i* perfection ns a hog, tl L bee It* outlin 9 beau tiful, it* disposition gentl quiet and contented, not disposed to roam and fret, so that the food it, con sumes goes to the formation of fle*h and is not spent in roaming after mischief. It is not a gross feeder, but, like all other animals, requires it* food nt regular in tervals; this care and attention is never lost on it. There is no other breed that enjoys better health. I f kept till twelve or fifteen months old, and properly cared for. it will yield from five to seven hun dred fsninds of net pork. What other animal will yield so much in so short a time, from so small a beginning, with such a small outlay of capital ? The bog, like other animals, should be kept clean or rather, it should have an opportunity of keeping itself clean. Jta house should have a good roof to turn the rain ; it* floor should be sufficiently elevated to lx* kept dry and no hollow place for puddles of water to stand in. It will do well on pasture in summer, with very little slop or grain. Clover is tho very best pasture for it. The economy of selecting the best breed of hogs for stocking farms is just beginning to lx> appreciated, the long- legged will havo to knock under, they have had thrir day. Agricultural peri odicals aro disseminating light and truth in every corner of our land, and with LVi-inf-nt IM.I/.W An,- that light and truth will go the better he i» placed between I l,rml " of ‘‘ 11 kill,lli of farm » t,,ck - the other kind. Thoro is no farmer's boy who eat* a greasy lump of shoe leather tried in a pan and called a beefsteak, who would not prefer a well boiled porter house from the baud of a good cook. Here, then, dear inadatnc, is a point of dennrtmont. Well cooked food is not only more toothsome, but it is more nu trition?). Your grandmother would have scorned a fried steak. Pork fried iu its own juice is another thing. Yet the American beefsteak, tho national dish for breakfast, is generally fried. Ills often of a pule, measly complexion. Iia dry and hard surfaco is vainly irrigated with lukewarm grease, in which lumps of soft nutter float-pardon mndnme, tho un savory details which Imperious truth possess. Is that proper food for a human being? Yet the average American hu man being is subjected to it in tho groat multitude ol honest homes. Gnu you do nothing about it? Then pie*. Even that dismayed Freni man could not deny that wo have many pics ns religions, and ho would he n bold FVonohirmn also-if lie asserted that us fond of our religions hh of our pies. Pies, indeed, there must be. They aro as ancient as thanksgiving, and tho pie on the table of that gioat day was as constituent a part of it, as the minister iu pulpit. Nay, what is festival itself but a humble and pious offering of thanks for the copious harvest of pie—in it * original material? Indeed, tho nun metaphysical inquirin’ might justly ask, as he survey* tho autumn fields gorgeotiH with massive pumpkins, what is it there for except to make pio? It is ninmia fallen upon the earth. It is a celestial hint of pie. There is a time iu the life of tho contemplative American when ho s in himsolf nascent doubts of pie. 1 lo may oven go ho far as to protest that heavy white dough, “shortened" ith heaven and the lard not know whnb not wholesome food. But what said the learned and elegant Rufus Choate, when his mouth fairly watered at tho luxury of the foreastlo and gulley of a half-starved coasting Binnck ? “On Mon day, gentleman, the wholesome and tooth ful stuff; on Tuesday tho nutritious and deliciousdumlytunic;" and in tin his rapt eye behold in virion the very transfigured material of pie, although lie idled it by a kindred name, when he ox- ilaimcd, "and on Wednesday, gentleman, with hia own hand, with his own parte mil hand, the captain dealt out to tliei •quash ; not, the cold shriveled vegetable >f our northern clinic, but tho gorgeous, the luxuriant, the exuberant squash of tho tropics.” Think, madame, that you deal with thin eulent squash or pumpkin it is all tho me ; concede that tho Gorman i nder his sauerkraut, the .Scotch oatmeal "paralth,” tho Irishman his po tato, the Italian his maccaroni, the Frenchman his frog, a* soon as the Amer ican his pie; yet are you not morally hound to consider the nature of' crust, you, us a friend of truth, assert tho wlijte, foggy Blab of "duff.” that un derlies your pie is either wholoBomo or toothsomo? Tho question that conic* homo to you 1h, can't you brown it? Can’t mako it dry and crip without loo ill reference to tho lard pot? When It is apple with which you are concerned, the responsibility i* greater, for, so to speak, your apple pio wears a full auit; ‘l has a coat and Dowsers, an upper and a lower garment; nud, dear madame. sinee "It 1h not always May,” why should ‘lie innocent fruitbenlwayselad in white? * , nindnmo, brown it!—JTarpere, Science Notes. It has been affirmed that not less thnn four nercont. of all the eo/il-ladcn vessels that have left Erglish ports during tho last five years for destination the equator have suffered either total or partial loss hy the spontaneous ignition )f their cargoes. At one point on tho margin of Lake ’angnnyika (Central Africa) Capt. Cnm- ron saw large masses of coal. In the liHtriet adjoining Mauynemu iron i* plontiiul. The people manufacture largo quantities of iron, and many of the ar ticles they make aro beautifully furn ished. Mr. Magnus condemns the use of blue glass as a protection for tho eyes, and prefers the gray and smoky glasses used in England. Hi; considers blue glass, especially, irritating to the eye, amt says that many birds, roptiles, and amphibians, have yellow or reddish oil-drops in tho eye. I u ork tho " Vo i Indian war-dance ..ul upon the upper one, the whole JCveryboby, except cannibals and the '"eluding with a done of writing j Ashantee consumers of steak* from the - *. ; ....... ,v 6 .— | living kiao, prefer* welhprep&rvd food to dom iu three uwothi, of Ani mals,” hy Laudois, additional evidence ted of the universality of vocal wrong the lower animals, includ ing the Molluscs. The anther considers .o he indisputable that ants possess a :ul speech. I»y which they arc enabled •xercise those higher mental faculties which they owe their high social or ganization. Prof. Maurice Pchni/F, of Florence, s demonstrated that tho non-edible mush-rooms, "toad-stools,” contain a common poison, miucurinr., and that its ficcts are counteracted by either atro pine or daturine. Italian apothecaries drugs in rural district*, where the consumption of non-edible fungi i* apt to occur. The hint is worthy of attention everywhere. Prof. Clark Maxwell explainnhow an nec* of air, in a dosed and fragile jar, sustain* the outside pressure of the'at mosphere amounting to several tons; ' ' he does by the theory that the 3 of air is made up of molecules hicli have so rapid a motion among themselves that they collide on the in side of the jar with hh great a force as that of the atmospheric pressure exter nally. In a balloon voyage made from Cher- boug, in August, two French aeronauts, Moie.t and Durnof, observed with sur prise, at the height 1,700 motors, that the riottom of the sea was visible in detail, though that part of tho British channel must have a depth of sixty to eighty meters. Tho rocks and submarine cur rents appeared with great distinctness. It is suggested that the fact might be utilized, a means being afforded of giving accurate representations of tho bottom for tho -benefit of navigators. The registrar-general of Great Britian and Ireland, in bis quarterly return*, states that the births of 290,350 childie 1870. Tho recorded natural Increase of population was thus 125,208. Reg!*- tercel number of person* married in the quarter ending March 81*t, 1870, wn* 117,700. Tho rosideti) population of tho united kingdom in the iniddlo of 1870 is estimated at 83,093,430; that of Eng land and Wales at 24,244 ; of Scotland at 8,527,811; and of Ireland at 5,821.018, At a recent meeting of the British un social ion Mr. Garnor stated that ho had found th© nieasurtMiieiit of bruiii capacity, and from ousts of the intorior ot skulls that tho *izo of tho brain of the dog docs not corroBimnd vory closely with tho size of tho animal. No dog hnH so largo a brain as a wolf, nor one so small as the jackal. Tho brain of a Newfoundland dog is vory Httlo larger thnn that of a terrier. Professor Macalistor, of Dublin, gave an account of tho brain of tho cel ebrated grey bound " Master Mncgrnth.” Ho bad weighed tho brains of many dog*, but Master Macgruth’s was tho heaviest of all, mid tno convolution* Tho geographical variation among North American ninimnals, particularly In rcBpoct to tho size, is treutoilofhy Mr. J. A. Allen, in tho bullotln of tho geological and geographical survey of frlio territories. IIo ha* ascertained that most northern nud arctic animals aro smallor tho furtlior southward they live while tho revoruo of this is the rule n* to tho southern animals. Mr. Allen formorly thought that tho American sablo and common black benr or thia country could not bo diBtingululled from European form, but bo 1ms now coino to tho conclusion that they aro a distinct spocicB. IIo thinks, however, that tho grizzly bear of AnToriea is wliat lie terms UHub species of tho brown bear of Europe, and our rod fox is also regarded as n Hiib- species of the European rod fox. Tho formation of nickel oroB Lancaster, Pennsylvania, i* pronounced by the American manufacturer to bo tho heaviest »o far discovered in any part of tho glob©. Tho oro 1h exceedingly rich of a grayish tint, vory heavy, and is sc hard and closely united to tho surrounding substance* that it has to ho got out by blasting. As soon ns tho ore ifl mined it ia crushed into *mnll pieces, and then transferred to kiln* of a capacity of from eighty to ninety ton* each. It in then subjected to heat obtained nt first by burning wood, and which is continued by tho conversion of tho evaporating fumes. The manipulation is concluded by tho fused metal being placed in a smelting furnace and undergoing u p; cess similar to that adopted in tno trei inont ofiron-oro. Of all the forms of energy, gravity is tho ono forco whoso relations with the otliors it is most difficult to imagine. Other forces affect each other most pal pably; magnetism forsakes a mugnot when it is made whitehot; chemical nlfinily is most sensitive to variations of temperature, and even iu somo cases to nieclmnlcal tremor; tho tiansmis- sion of electricity is favored by tho cool ing of a conductor, and so on. Otlirr- wiso ia It with gravity: a given mass of matter, however mnchnnicnllv moved, eloclrifird, magnetized, houtuu or sub jected to chemical changes, at tho snmo point of the earth’* surface, always weighs the sumo. The only force with which gravity has any analogy i* mag netism; and wero magnetism ulwnys at tractive, Instoad of polar, with equal opposite manifestatlon* of attraction and repulsion, tho analogy would bo n strong Tho danger attending tho use of porco- lain lined cooking uteiiHilH was pointed out at a meeting of tho British society of public analyst* by Mr. Tallock. He Htated that tho milk-white porcolnln en- 1 with which cast-iron cooking ves- aro now ho commonly coated is In the highest degree objectionable, on ac count of tho easy action on it ol acid fruit*, common salt and other BubHlnnce* by means of which led and even arsenic aro dissolved out iu large qunntitlr* during the process of cooking. It wn* shown that it is not so much on account of the presence of largo proport ions of lead and arsenic that these enamels are dan gerous, but Ix’onuso they are so highlv basic in their character and nro so read ily acted on hy fiibby-acid nolutinns. He thought that no enamel should bo admitted to use unless it was totally un affected by boiling with a ono per cent, solution of citric acid, which was a very moderate test. Furtlior, lie gave it as opinion that either the use of *uch poisonous Ingredient* ns lead and aisenic in large quantities should bo entirely di*continiied, or that tho composition otherwise should bo of such a character to insuro that nono of tho poisonous substances could lie dissolved out under ordinary circumstance*.” Higher Aims In .loiirnnliHin. No one known better than the editors I propriotor* of respectable newspa pers the injurious effect upon journalism which reckless and sensational edition havo recently wrought. Thoro In a cer tain classof newspapers which live by this tylcof defamatory writing. Theyare ut terly reckless in their statement*, have io regard :or private character, no ven- ration-for > ood and holy things, and no rewpeet for exalted virtue* and pure lives. Whatever will .produce a sensation and soil miner* they are rendy and anxious to publish. But the journal* of this char- actor are few. Asa rule, the newspapers of to-day seek to lie lair and honest', aro conscientiously conducted by men of high character and pood standing in so ciety, whose mission is to fairly and honestly chronicle the current news of tho day, and to intelligently comment thereon. Unfortunately, for respectable journalism, .the public svmpathizc* with and demands the reckless and sensational style. Journal* which make it a hu»i* nc*s from day today to assail and traduce private character; to conspicuously parade, with exaggerated head-lines, all the criminal acts of the depraved classes; to gloat over murderers and assassina tion*; to depict in seductiro language rapes, Indecent assaults uml outrages of all kinds, are tho journals which circu late with the greatest freedom among the .rml,,. I No niuiillxa <if thnpa Vlio wlsflty nln« (mm wings, ml l.titrnyn IW doluj-s, III glint Biirprifto. i Inti-Hi nlKiit, when Tho traveler "Us, An limply Host bough"will nisko him sigh, That ran bird slug I 1 '* T ‘ Ilul while ho hIiiU". romembnlnu Hoiv swcot tho boiik, Tho III Ilo bird on tlrvlon wing In ollinr M'rl'niHl’otli.r moil Wllh weary tent. On other nmd«, tin* Muitdo Mrnlii Ar«*tlndiiiK hwooI, Tho birds must know. Who wlso si Will ring ns they; Tho common sir ^norons wing. FACTS AND FANCIES. appears that a bulging brow is not men the sign of n great man tut a threatening breadth of mouth. Till', best tempcranco lecture is a good salt mackerel. If the man that eats ono don’t tuko water then ho is a hoplclcss A very preclso person, remarking un- Hhakspeare’s lino " Tho good men uo is oft interred with their nones,” care fully observes that this interment can generally take placo without crowding the bones. A HTtJDKNT in Pari*, alter passing threo years in the Latin quarters, wrote to his father ns follows; " I hnv*> made tm my» mind to Bet to work, dear father; there fore I should like to know whether it law or tnedicino that I enmo lo study?” Whf.uk did this baby come from?” asked a little three-venr-old girl of tho nurse who was washing tho squalling littlo stranger. " Why, from heaven, of course,” replied tho nurm*. " Woll, if It screamed luce that there I don’t wondor they sent it off,” was the stunning re joinder. Wiiokvkr has wound a clock for any length of time will readily comprohcnd the situation described in the billowing lines of an unknown bnrd : Churn whs n inun who liu.l n flock— Ills mi me whs Miittliow M'-nrs — Ho wound II rngulnr every night t hud his procluus tin An clght-diiy dock e Georok FrancisTuAiNsnys: "I ama livh'K “hell gate charged with moro^ than twenty-one tons ol explosives, and* ncreaslng tho dynanllto every day—n grand mysterious lorco in nature, with out any dcsiro of utilizing it, and yet it can bo touched off any day by any littlo three-year-old Mary Newton who trundle* her hoop and jumps hor rope through Madison park, when I oIioho to make the magnetic connection with tho entire universe.” The editor of the 8t. Joseph (Mo) Herald is about right in this: " A girl who goes to a sensible school carrier, a slate, arithmetic, spelling hook, geog raphy and a lunch in a paper. Tho modern city girl goes along with a big titter, a bustlo, striped hose, huuip backed, carrying thirty-one different books, three slates, four copy books, bot- tlo of ink, pocketful of ncncil* and pens, even dollars worth or pinchbnck jew- ■Iry, a mouthful of chewing pum, and thlrtcon red streamers danglmg after hor," It was a Frenchman—tho famous Car- lino who, contentedly laying his head upon a largo stone jar for a pillow, re plied to ono who inquired if it was not rather hard : " Not at nil, for I havo stuffed it with hay.” It was an Ameri can lecturer who solemnly said one even ing : " Parents, you may have children; if not, your daughters may have.” vns n German orator who, warming with his subject, exclaimed : " There is no man, woman or child in the house who ha* arrived nt tho age of fifty year* hut what has felt tho truth thundering through their minds for centuries.” Georok Eliot, ns cvoryboily knows, m [the iwm <fo phnnr of Miss Evans, who commenced her career as an author in Blackwood’s Magazine. During hor early life she made tho acquaintance of a heavy, critical philosopher, Mr. Ixiwis, a riter in The Saturday Fortnightly Ite- .iew, and other high-elans periodicals. They discovered a plaronic affection for each other, and after a time were mar ried. Ever since this partnership, Mr. Lewis has guided morn or less, tho pen which wrote " Adam Redo,” and his thoughts wero easily discernible in "Mid- dleniarch.” On tho eve of tho publica tion of that notable work he reviewed it in The Saturday Night and Fortnightly (anonymously, of course), and pro nounced it to ho a splendid effort of genius. In literary society ho now pro claims himself the joint author of " Dan iel Doronda.” Ho wrote every lino of tho chapter which describes the discuB- nion at the club to which Mordecai in troduced Daniel.—Now York Tima Lon don letter. Sharpening Tools hy a Rath. A razor recovers its edge if left for Saif an hour in water which contains sulphuric or muriatic acid in the propor tion of one part by weight of acid to nineteen of water. Tho razor is care fully wiped on being taken out of the nciuulated bath, and passed over an oil stone. The acid bath is said not to hurt the blades ; on the contrary, the quality of the motal iu some cases improves by the immersion. Ho with scythes and - ... ; o ----- sickles. The time lost in tho harvest masses. I he public crave sensations, and | fi e | ( j j„ t j lc <l)ir |y morning in sharpening 'i grentl/ to the credit of the very , „ cyt |,e B would hr upared by laying tho the credit of the ■ large number of rcapeetahlo journala that! hindus for half an hour'in a bath'prc- they prenorve their dignity and decency, parc( i M n bovn dmcribed. An anon in tho face of tho temptation of Bure pe-; taken out oi tho bath they bIiouUI be and the dentils ot 171,082 nernooB or both cnnlury rewards which await them by w j pa( | „, K ] „ soft mudstone bone paused registered in the united king- adorning thi; ,<?tber warn.—Minnapotii Linutr would leaven good and uniform i, ending June 80tb, 1 irlmnt. I «dg#Wtad '