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ItcoHt $1,000,000 to build tlio Ma
con <fc Brunswick railroad.
TlioGiorjjin Road cointni-sum is
cokcling a vuluiiblo library of rail
road literature.
It will cost about $1,000,000 to
make the proposed extension of tlio
M A B railroad to Atlanta.
Ron. R A IJ icon, secretary of tlio
railroad commission, Ins recently de
clined a lucrative railroad nppoint
mei.t because ho wish' s not to cave
Georgia.
Th iinasville Post: Vogeation is
putting oat and Iruit tress blossoming
for spring.
Thomasvillo is out of debt and hits
a -fittlo siirp'us tnoilfy.
Tltero is soniethiiig in store for ns all,
but it mks mot cy to persuade th*
clink to hand it on 1 .
A doctor went out for a day’s hunt
ing, and on coming inane complained
that lie hadn’t killed anything. “Time’s
k because yjro didn’t attend to your leg'.
< .inula business, b aid Ids wife.
A precocious youth, prompted by an
in|rU-a-arit recollection of tile last term,
sat s that school teachers are like d< g-,
benm-c "tlipy lick your hand. ’ This
carries oil the palm.
Hull. It- 1)1. Ti oillli.s hits been in
vited tr deliver tlio next annual ad
dress by the young men of the Mis
sissippi Kmc Umvir.-ity.
Sonic of tli - Apache Indians have
boon on tho war path 1 y.nra. Yictovi i
has a b ind ol 80 in iiutnb r, whom
the Mexican soldiers have hemmed in
arid wish to capture. Sli uld they
flee they will bo followed.
It is said the American cotton crop
lor 1879 was a hull railli- n bales mote
than ever before; that 12,000,000
pounds more of sugar was made than
in any previous year. 20.000,000
bushels more of wheat and 100,000,-
000 bushels more i corn than in any
previous year was made Yet cot
ton is higher than for two years, and
meat corn and wheut arc rapidly in-
Crca-Ong iu price.
Oreo' the most I rtiifcl and debasing
ront-sts of modem times was wiuirss-d
hv a Inigo etowd ol sjnntitig men in St.
lands, where a human bni'e luiiglil a
S'berian bloOilbo.md for 5=200 a side.—
The man whs victorious, after a riisgiist
ii.g flghi ot for y-five itdmitis, in which
his shouldets and arms were terribly
laccra'ed by die doy’s teeth. Tlic blood
hound hail his heavy lips torn off, and
was so badly maimed that he died with
in an hour.
A terrible flood ol rain occurred
on the island of St Kitts, and besides
tho ruin caused to the sugar planta
tion*, and tho washing up of the
entire crops, sugar houses, aud the
manufactured sugar aud syrup, there
were 200 permits drowned. Peo
ple and cattle were seen struggling
amid the mass of trees, houses, and
drilling crops as they floated towards
the sea.
A girl at a station on the Rochester
road was expecting to mi ct her fa
lb- r, and, in the dim light, mistook
a stranger for him, tlnew her arm*
arnun I Ids n-ok and kissed him sev
eral times. When the stranger could
say nothing but “some mistake.miss.”
She exclaimed: “Oh, forgive no-!
Won't you?” “Certainly,” said he.
“who wouldn’t.
Accounts show that no less than
10,727,009 stamps were afiixed to
patent medicines, the duty amount
ing to £132,385 19s 4|d. It follows
that more th in a million pounds muM
have been paid by the public for pat
ent pills ami other compounds. Hol
loway, the pi' 1 man, is said to expend
in advertising $l5O 000 n year. Ail
vcitisements of this class begin ns
early as the reign of Obailes 11. over
250 years ago.
A Mississippi lawyer met ft negro
In his town with eight chickens and
enquired the price. “30 cents apiece
or $2.40 for all of ’em.” Hie lawyer
objee'ed to this price but wanted the
chickens, and having done tho negro
some legal service gratuitously took
occasion to remind him of
it, as an inducement to lower price.
To that the darkey replied: “Vos,
you duu me a mighty good favor, and
I’so not gwiuo to fu git oil bur; an’
bein’ s its you, you kin hive de
chickens for two dollars an’ a half."
The lawyer paid the extra ten ctnti
and t ol jk the chickens.
IF. .1. SINGLETON. Proprietor.
VOL 5
Richmond,on the Jamas.
A soldier boy from Franklin
hay gasping on the field,
When tlio battle shock was over.
And the toe was forced to yield.
He led, that faithful hero,
’Fore loemau’s deadly aims,
On the gnary Holds of bottle,
Near Hi •hmoinl, on the James.
A soldier stood beside him,
Mis comrade in tho frav,
They had long been friends together,
Down to childhood’s hap; y day;
A...1 v.j, ei,U they struggled.
Through scenes of blood and flames,
* fint they parted that day forever.
Near Richmond, on tho James.
Old comrade, I would tell you
Of friends ill days of vorc.
Of the far, far distant loved ones
I slmil meet in life no more.
Mv lips can only whisper
Their dear and blessed names,
But. hear mv blessing, say I perished.
Near to Richmond, on the James.
Bear my good sword to my brother,
And the badge upon iny breast.
To my young and gentle sister, ,
By guardian angels b est.
Take a lock from off my forehead,
Pay love till death she claims;
And that “brother Ned” thought of her,
Near Richmond, on the James.
Oh ! would that mother's loving arms
Were folded r< and me now,
That I could feel once more her hand
Upon my cold, cold brow;
Now I think for me she's praying
With holy saint-like names,
While 1 am dying, dying,
Near Richmond, on the Jamer.
And when I am dead, dear comrade,
Close lay these fairest braids
Upon my breast - Oh ! sho was fairest
Of all the village maids,
80011, soon, we would be wedded,
But death the bridegroom claims,
And my cold corpse shall wither.
Near to Richmond, on tho James.
And you will miss me, comrade.
You will miss me for awhile,
When friends do gather round you
Kneli decked with a happy smite.
But soon mv name shall perish,
'Mid life’s glories and its shames —
Farewell ! Farewell!” — he passed away
Near Richmond, on the James.
tsutf-jervsxmmamxi rs lusass'tai
AN ARKANSA W TllA VELEIi.
The following is the original dia
logue, from wb cb was conceived the
fatuous story of “The Arkunsaw Trav
eler:"
A 1 at and bewildered Aikausiw
traveler, approaching tho cabin of
Squatter, about forty years ago dis
covered the proprietor seated on an
old wiskey barrel near tho door, part
ly sheltered by the eaves playing a
fiddle when tbe lollowing dialogue
ensued, the Squatter still continuing
to play tho same part over and over
Traveler — ‘‘llalio, stratiger! ’’
Squatter —“Hallo yourscll."
“Can I stay all night, with you?”
“You can go to h-ll."
“Have you any spirits hero?”
“Lots of ’nn. Sal saw one la-t
night by that tlmr old gun, and il
like to have scared her to death,”
“You mistake tho moaning; have
you any liquor ?”
“Had some ycsteiday, but old Bose
he got in and lapped all of it out ov
ihe pot.’’
“You don't understand; I don’t
mean pot liquor; I am wet and cold
,and want some whiskey. Have you
got any ?”
“Oh, yes, I diank the last this
morning.”
“I'm hungry; linvn’t had a thing
since na ming; can’t you give me
sum t hing to oat ?”
“11 ain’t a d—d thing ill the house.
Not a mouthful ot meat nor a dust of
meal here.”
“Well, can’t you give my horse
s; iruthing ?”
“Out nothing to food him on.”
“As I am so bold, then what might
your name be?”
“It might bo Dick or it m'ght be
Tom, but it lacks a d—d sight of it.”
“Sr, will you till mo where this
road go. s to ?”
“It's never been nnywhar sinco 1
have been here; its always thar when
I 1 get up in the morning.”
I “Wed bow far is it to where it
I forks?”
I3UENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA„ JANUARY 21, 1880.
“It don't fork at all, bat it splits
up like It- I,”
“As I nm not 1 koly to got to any
other house to nigh’, can't you lot
me shop in yours, ami I'll tio my
horse to a tree, ami do without, any
thing t) cut or drink,”
‘ .My house leaks. That's only
one dry spot in it, and inc and Sid
sleeps on it. And that thar is the
old Woman’s persimmon tn c, you
can't tic to it, ’causa -ho don’t want
tun shack off. Shu .’lows to make
b. cr ov nin.’*
‘Why don't you finish covering
your house, and stop the leaks?’
‘lt s been rainin' all day.”
‘Well, why don t you do it in dry
weather V
‘lt don't leak then.’
‘As there scents to be n thing alive
about year place but children, how
do you do, anyhow?’
‘Pu ty well, I tank you, how you
do your si II V
‘I mcn tv hat do yon do for a liv
ing?’
‘Keep tavern and soli wiskey.’
‘Wo,I, 1 told you I wanted some
whiskey.’
•Stronger, I bought a barrel more
’an a week ago. l'ou sec me and
Sal went shars. Art<r wc got it
here, wc only hail a bit between us,
and Sal she didn't want to u-e hern
(bst, nor me mine. You see I had a
spigg' t in one Cend, and she in totli
er. She takes a drink otit ov my
cend and pays me the bit (or t; and
then I'd take one out of hern and
give her the bit. Well, wc‘s gitting
along lust rate, til Dick, d—d skulk
ing skunk, ho bores a hole on the
bottom to suck at, atui the next time,
i went to buy a drink, they wutm
none thar.’
‘I am sorry your whiskey is all
gone, but, my friend, why don't yon
Tt’ny'the Iwrancn 'of*that fune?’
‘lt's got no balance to it.’
‘I mean you don’t play tho whole
of it.’
‘Stranger, can yon play tho fuddle ?’
‘Yes, sometimes.’
’You don't look like a fuddler, but
if you think you can play any more
onto t h it tkar tunc, you jest git down
and try.’
[Tho traveler gets down and plays
the while uf it.]
Stranger, take half dozen cheers
aud sot down. S.d, stir yourself
around like a six-horso team in a
mud hole. Go round in ihe ho ler,
whar I lulled that buck this morning,
cut oil some of the best pieces, and
fetch it in and cook for mo and this
gent email, directly. Rise up the
board under tho head of the bed and
git the old jug I hid from Dick, and
give us some whiskey; 1 know tiinr is
smiie left y it. Til. drive old Bose
out ov Urn bread tray, then climb up
in the loft and git the rag that has
got the sugar tied in if. Dick, ear-
ry the gentleman's horse round under
tho shed and give him some fodder
and corn—as much he can eat.’
Til.—‘Dad, thar ant knives enough
to sot the table.’
“Wliarbs big botch, little butch,
old case, cob handle, gianny's knife
and the one I handled yesterday?
That's enough to sot any gentleman's
table, without you 10-*t ’em. D—u
me stranger, ef you can’t stay as long
ns you please, and 1 give you plenty
to cat and drink. Will you have col
fee lor supper?’
‘Yes, sir.’
‘l’ll be hanged if you do, tho; we
don't liayo nothing but Grub Hyson,
and I reckon its nrghty good with
swci tiling. Play away, stranger; yon
kin sleep on tho dry spot to-night.’
(After about two hours fiddling)
‘My friend, can't you tell mo about
tho road lain to tramp to morrow ?’
To-moirow 1 Stranger, you won’t
get out of these diggins for six weeks.
But when it. gits so you kin start you
tCo t .at big slew over thar? Wei!,
-A- DEMOCRATIC FAMILYT HXTE'W' SP A P.OR,
vou have to git cro.-t that, tliiii you
take the road up tho bank, and in
about a mile y. u will como to a two
acrc-and-ft-hulf corn patch; tlio corn
i* mitcly In the weeks, but yon needn't
tniid thaq just ride on. About a
mile and a half or two mil.B from
liar youll como to tlio d —dost
swamp yo ever met in all your trav
els—it's boggy enough to tuira a Hub
dlu blanket. Thu’s a first ra'e road
about six feet under thar.’ %
'How am I to get to it ?’ '
'You can’t git at it ntiriy time till
the w at her stiff ns down sum. Weil,
about a mile buyout you conic t > a
place where thar’s two roads. You
can take the right hand if you want
to; you'll follow t a mile or so, and
y. ull find it run out; you'.l then
have to come back and try the left;
when you git about two miles oa that
you may know you arc wrong lor thar
ain’t any road thar. You'll then
think you arc m’glity lucky ef you
kin find tho way back to my h uise,
wbar you can come and play on the
tunc as long as you please.’
SLIDING DOWN A MOUNTAIN.
The trail leading to the Mafatno
ras mine is both steep and narrow,
and winds along tlie side of Proph
et Mountain from the base to al
most the summit. In places the
descent from it is very precipitous,
falling off almost perpendicularly
for a distance of 200 arid 800 tect.
Several pack mules have been kill
ed by being pushed off at theso
points, lint no accident has ever
happened to the hardy miner anti
prospector who pass over it until
a short time since, and this, fortu
nately was not a fatal one. The
snowfall had almost o'olit ;r,ited tho
pathway, making it peculiarly
dangerous, and when James
Abeam attempted to make the as
cent yesterday lie had to grope
his way blindly', trusting to his
knowledge of the route to carry
him over safely. It was not suffi-
cient, however, for when about
half way up lie slipped from the
icy crust, and, before he could re
cover himself, lie was traveling
down the side of tlio mountain at
a rate of speed only equaled hy a
meteor. While the snow was the
immediate cause of Ahearn’s dis
aster, it was also his salvation, for
it not only preserved him from
contact with the rocks as he plung
ed down, but received him in its
soft embrace at his stopping place,
sTine 250 teet from the point of de
parture. As it was, bis clothes
wcie rent and torn, so was his skin
in sundry places, and, while no
hones were broken, tlipre were ag
gregate bruises that will painfully
remind him of his experience ior
some days to come. —Eureka (Nev)
Leader.
A 1 uly contributor tells til's story:
“I had been out in Westchester coun
ty on a visit, and while there I found
a kitten, which I brought, as a play
thing for my two chddren. To pre
vent any dispute about the owner
ship of puss, I proposed, and it was
agreed, that the head should lie mine,
the body should lio the baby's, and
Eddy, tho eldest, but threo years,
should be tlie sole proprietor of the
long ami beautiful tail. Eddy rather
object and at first to this division, as
putting him off with an extremely
small share of tho anima’, but, soon
Leonine reconciled to the division,
and quite proud of bis ownership in
the graceful terminus of the kitten.
One day soon after I heard poor puss
making a dreadful mewing, and ca led
out to Eddy: “There, my son, you
urc hurting n y part of tho kitten; I
heard her cry.” “No, I didn't, m. th
er; 1 trod on my puit and your part
hollered, ’ ”
Take her up tenderly,
Fashioned so slender’y,
Young and so fair;
Handle her careful y,
Ta'k to her prayerfully—
IShe’s cross as a b ar.
In eleven years die London Oayoty
Theatre ima only closed eleven nights.
DIME NOVEL HEADING.
Willie Elliot was his nnmo. Tie
was ten years of age and liv'd iri
New York. lie was a bright b"j,
fond of reading, and thanks to ( e
carelessness, or worse, of his pa
reiits, he was able to read nil the
dime novels lie could find. Fife I
with the spiiit of adventure na
tnrully excited hy such thrilling
literature, lie ran away frmn school
ono day last summer and disap
peared. At night lie did not conic.
Search was funtilntfu'ami v'g-w -
otis'j’ maintained for two or threh
days, but no tidings wero received
of the missing hoy. Hie police
were notified, and the detectives
set at work to invent theorcs and
imagine clues, but nothing camo of
it. Tiie hoy had vanished as com
pletely as if tiie eartii had opened
and swallowed him. His bereav
ed parents finally gave up file
search and mourned him as dead
By accident, not long since, the
mother learned that a iitJc boy
resembling hers had been arrested
in September for larceny. Inves
tigation showed that this was, in
deed, the missing child; and by
following up the cluo the parents
discovered that had been ar
raigned in October for potty lur
ceny ; that lie made no revelation
as to ins identity or that of his pa
rents, and that upon trial lie plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to
three months’ imprisonment in the
Protectory. There tiie parents
found him serving out his sen
tence.
The story he told illus!rates, in
a way that can hardly fail to reach
the heart of the most indifferent
parent, the evils of the literature
referred to. When he ran away
from school he met some young
sters who persnaded him t> spend
the night with them in a barn
The novelty of the situation at
tracted him, and the subsequent
proceedings were so much like
what he had read about that he
readily consented to all that his
now found friends asked of him.—
They were all older than ho, and
had formed themselves into a band
with oaths, passwords, grips and
other paraphenalia of mystery and
secrecy. In this band they sol
emnly initiated the little ten-year
old lad, who was then told that the
object of the organiza i>n w.s
plunder. Being anew member,
lie was given exceptional opportus
nities of distingushing himself;
atid it was while engaged iu steal
ing for the society that he was
caught, with the result already
narrated. Young as ho was, and
tenderly as he had been nurtured,
lie refused to betray his compan
ions, or to disclose the name of his
paients, lest by that means the
‘gang” should bo injured. With
a pluck worthy of an older heart
and a better cause, ho chose rath
er to go prison than—as ho him
self put it up—to “squeal.”
The story might also be accept
ed as one of the dime novel yar.is
the iniquity of which it so strik
ingly sliows, were it not f r its hav
ing tlie hero in prison. In the
genuine tale the hero never comes
to grief, but always to glory or
gain, whether his career is that of
hunter, sailor or thief, It is this
feature of the infamous literature
which commends it so thoroughly
to the juvenile imagination, and
secures tor it such enthusiastic pe
rusal. In its baneful effects upon
the community, and especially up
on the youth of tho community, if
possible, than the literature which
is receiving just now such signal
condemnation. And it is so be
cause it is read openly and without
any remonstrance troin parents or
guardians, while tho other, if read
at all, must bo road secretly .
Tho populadon of our globe, estimat
ed at about thirteen hundred millions, is
ruled by twelve emperois, twenty-fire
kings, foityrsevcn peine s, seventeen
suhans, twelve khan*, six grand dukes,
s'x dukes, ono vico-king, ono nisam,
one radia, imam, one Lev, and twenty
ty-oight presidents, besides a largo nntii
hor of chiefs of wild tribes. Of the re
publics, ninteen are found ->n tho Amer
ican soil leaving only niue for tho rest
of the woihl.
Why arc good resolutions like
squalling baby at church ! Because
they should always be carried out.
ANNUAL SinsCHIPTION. * J 00
THE A UViPHONE.
Tn th s progressive ago we are not
ousilv astonish, and. Inventions ht i so
numerous that wo have come to re
gard them as every day occurrences.
Among thr many, however, there are
Borne which claim ino.-e than ordinary
attention, Of such is the audiphone,
the simple inslriumnt hy which tb
deaf arc tumbled to Inar.
A gentleman in Chicago, putting
ftf - watch between h,s teeth, and stop
ping his cars, itiscove; c.l t hat he could
hear the ticking of his time-piece.
This 1 and to tho manufacture of u
tai.-hke instrument, which, held lic
twc<*n tho toitli, greatly helps deaf
irnoj It) hear. '1 h test was appth and
to several deaf adults and children
who wore not a little surprised and
oven more delighted at the results.
As dumbness is only the result ol
deafness, it follows that by use of
the audiphone the dumb can bo
taught to speak. This may have been
taught by other means, but with great
labor, and not with entire success.
!u size and weight the uudipiionc re
st mbies an old fashioned watch, it
weighs less than two ounces and so is
cony, nicntly carried in the pocket.
It weighs less than throe ounces and
ern bo conveniently carried in the
p rckct. The scund eaters through
the instrument on tho principle of the
microphone, i 8 conducted to tlio teeth
piece, and thence through tho toetli
to tho auditory norve, So careful y
has tho instrument been tested, and
so rehablo ie it in effect, that a
man totally deaf f r forty years was
enabled by its aid to hear distinctly.
Daily Chicago News : There
never was a time in the history of
New York when so much grain
was stored there, so many vessels
seeking freights in port, and so lit
tie freight to he had. There is an
actual dead lock in ocean freights
Steamers are begging for grain as
ballast, and it has been taken at
io er rates than for several vears
past. There are now S2I sea-go
ing vessels at the wharves, } T et not
more than seventy-five of theso are
loading grain. ' This state of
things is due to the colossal sj ecu
iation in brea-istufis on tlio part of
Wall street speculators. These
parties are carrying immense quart
titles of wheat, with the expecta
tion of unleading it upon the for
eign markets, after they have
prices to suit them. But there is
danger of over-d. ing it. It looks
now as if its effects would event
ually be to demoralize our market
hy bringing on grain from other
countries where it can bo pur
chased more cheaply.
Workmen arc employed in Men
lo /’ark in further increasing the
number of lamp posts that line the
neat broad walk le dtntr from Mr.
Edison’s library to the depot
These new lamp posts will lie con
nected with tiio wire by which
thoso already standing a resupplied
with the electric current. M r.
Edison says that before long lie
will have 300 lamps going night
and day. all fed from ono dynamo
machine attached to an eighty
horse power engine. The lights
now burning necessitate the use of
only two generators, but the dy
namo machine standing in the en
gine room, it is said, will supply
fourteen generators. Seme of the
lights have now been burning
about 400 hours.
Every Dog has his Day. -A Flor
ida paper says: At Leadsville, wait
ing on tables at the Grand Hotel, is
an cx-member of the New Jersey Leg
islature, and his letters are sti 1 ad
dressed with the “lion.” prefix.
Among Iho table servers nt tlm Chr
endou lloti lare a doctor of medicine,
a lawyer, an cx Canfodmito General
and ox Judge from Freeborn county,
Minn.
Wa would urge on our farmers the
piopriety of planting hs much rice ns
possible. There is more clear profit
in it than planting c. tton, by 1 ng
odds ask any one who has tried it.
It las l)i c me a set ions unit ti< n
how Loudon is t > lie led oacli day.—
Within ten miles of Chining Cross is
collect'd th • lirg'Ht aggregate if
human beings anywhere on this
globe. These people uru mo.-t y
heavy inters ami rather particular
about the tood they eat. llo.v are
they to be ltd? London is now al
most wholly dependent on cans,—
With cans to back him,ynnrcockney
sin no danger of starvation. Jlo
can I egin with canned fi.-h, salmon
from Oregon. Of canned vegetubh a
ai.d inents (hern is every vnr.e y
roast beef from Te.\ s. roust and
boiled lamb, mutt n, chickens, tur*
kiys and game of ail kinds; even
NO. If).
pork and beans pri pared and cooked
in America and ready lor .he table.
Neither is there any lack of dessert.
Fruits of all kinds are ready in cans
and even good i Id English plum pod
ding, put np in American cans,
stares him in tiie face from shop win-
dows. In fact, one can to-day. pit*
vide a handsomo dinner in tho me
t.rnpnii wilL
out kitchen, cook or butcher, by Rim
ply patronising tho can*, nil ol them
put up in America. It is tlm* that
the modern Londoner of m Moats
means livi a comfoi tably and cheaply.
A TALE ON MISERY
The Fargo, Dakota, Argus, tells this
story of wre'chedness : Ctrl Bolati, a
German, with his family, were living in
a shanty belonging t > another man som. -
thing leas than a mile from the place
they ware preparing for a home. The
man had completed a stable, and his
house was ready to move into. They
commenced to move Saturday, and wero
drawing their goods on a hand-aleigh,
leaving their stove behind to be taken
over the next trip. When within about
one hundred steps of tbe house the wo
man was taken ill, and the two voii*>g
est toys aged eigteen months, and three
and a half vents, were left wrapped in a
dry goods box, while the man helped
his wife and two other cfeiidran to the
house. They got the woman in bed
when the girl and boy were beginning
to free***, and they were pnt in bed wi h
their mother. By this lime it began to
get dark, and when the man started out
for the children left behind, his wifo
begged him not to go, as the children
were lost, and he would freeze. ll*
could not think of leaving them with
out making an effort, so ho started and
had reached the box when he was fro
z -n. and died on the spot. The woman
gave birth to a child that night, and on
Sunday night it died. Sho laid in bed
without anv fire, or food to eat, until
Monday noon, when she got up and
managed by some means to reach the
house of Mr. Gage, about one and a
half miles distant. Search was then
made, and the man was louud lying ou
his back, near the box which contained
the bodies of his two boys. It is report
ed that Mr. Ilelau had loaned about
$65 to some man, and was unable to get
it, or he would have had everything
made comfortable Ix-fore tbe cold neat’; -
er came on. Sheriff llsggart, with his
usual true generosity and kindness, sent
some flour and provisions to the woman,
who slid remains at the house of Mr.
Gage. Deputy Shetiff llarames re
turned last night with the boy and girt,
who are badly fuzen, but will probably
recover.
Encouragement of Marriago among
Jews-
I here aro several societies in London
which furnisn wedding portions to Jew
ish girls of tho pooiei classes. They
are endowed by w ealthy members of tho
faith, and poor Jews with daughters
mako weekly contributions, from six
pence down lo a penny, in the names of
their girls. Once n year, before the
Pasover or b fore New Year's Day,
liu-ro is a drawing bv voting women
who are engngod to be married, -tho
prizes ranging from $250 lo SI,OOO, ac
cording lo the capital of tho society ami
the number ot candidates. There aro
no Mariks—each candidate draws some
thing. On the occasion of a wedding
the Jews of the rreighboiliood often
contribute toward die bride’s dowry.—
Young men on seeking wivos make tv
point of learning whether the girls they
fancy belong to any of these uooieties.
The duly on salt in Russia brings to
die St .us treasury fifteen and a half
million (L tlais annually. Now iheßuf
sian press advocates the abolition ot the
• alt duty, as il falls uhieft-r on the poor
est rla-ses, and serves ta her to depress
‘thin iin-rease the national ivelfue.