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YJdministrator 1 s Sale. |,;RKEABLY to an order of the Court of Or- I arv of Jackson county, Georgia, will be ft n the first Tuesday in March, 1880, be ■•s* Court House door in Jefferson, in said ■ ■ within the legal hours of sale, the foliow ■ p rty. to-wit: All of the right, tjtle and 1i,..! ,if Alfred Smith, deceased, it being the tiier. after the expiration of the dower or Ktte #f Mary K. Smith, in and to all of that ft;nflantl situate and lying on lhg Sandy Creek, E rson county, La., and the place whereon Bed Smith resided at ths time of his death, and ft- n Mary K. Smith now resides, and odjoin ftidhounded by the lands of William T. How- I; i the west, by Susan .Johnson on the west ■ north, by the lands of Warren Hawks.dc fttd.on the north and east, by Z. J. llardman fcc cist, by .James Thurmond and Dianah |j v rson the South, and by Andy Sailors on the ami containing two hundred and tvventy- Hitacres, more or less. Said place is well irn ■ved,with all necessary buildings ; up-land and Imii land in good state of cultivation ; sufficient nl land in original forest to make this one of i most attractive places in the county. Tift Iceland sold as the property* of Alfred Smith, cof said county, dec’d, subject to the life es i ! Mary K. Smith, tenant in Dower, and for Wr.elitof the heirs and creditors of said Al i Smith, deceased. A plat of the premises can - oat the Clerk's office Jackson 'Superior art. Ke-sojd at former purchaser’s risk. N. 15. CASH, Adm’r. M. K. SMITH, Adm’x. WPodjjonod Alortgag-e Sale. BkHLL be sold, before the Court House door. ■' m tin-town ot Jelfcrsoji, Ga., on tlie tirst Beday in March next, within the legal hours Bale, the following property, to-wit: fact "I land Hi said county, containing one ■ >! and ninety acres, adjoining lands of 11. ■ liivinan, A. l\ \ carwood and A. DeLaper- Bm" ! others, and known as part of the Moore dn saul place there is a comfortable B' .;; lintise, with the necessary o\vt houses; ■ ■ Aut sixty acres of fresh cleared land in a latent cultivation; the remainder in old B'hii.) forest. Levied on as? the *pro- ■ r, . r 01 -h h. Silman. to satisfy a mortgage fi. fa. B"ied trom the Superior Court of 'Jackson ' I •ft the August term. 1870, in favor of II;' 1 1- Stapler vs. .1. B. Silman. Property ■ r ‘ I mit by plaintiff’s attorney. Notice given ■ h silman, and Tlvonuis Bennett, tenant in as the law directs. T. A. McMLII AXNOX-, Sh'ff. KMtltf.it, .lin ioim County. K!* HEW'’S, j Jackson C 4 t of Ord’y, I • hll’i’E, et al, [March Term, 1880. ■ u 1 Application to causae ■ • lAlllhW S, Ex’r, titles to be made to ■ •'O u-irs at law of land, in pursuance of V Mathews, dec’d.^l bond of testator. I hpcaiing to the Court that Mary Niblack, ■ U Caroline Grant. Nancy. ,JEd f l; ‘* Elizabeth Mathews, all heirs? at law [ scease l. reside without the State— ■ • ' ‘K red. that, service be perfected upon said ■ : i'o\, ot the above application, by publica- I ' ::*T'' r oncc a week for four weekfc in I “*>i -NEWS, a paper published at Jefferson, f -"OH county, Ga. I in under my official signature, this January 11. W. BELL. Ord’y. || !,, “"lb Jackson County. I ii- ' ' Eosby, makes application to I LT T f c nx * ur betters of Aministratiou on I Gances U. Cosby, late of said coun ■:: .-'re i'.. to .'* tc a persons concerned, kindred ■ r '^ 1 °rs, to show cause, if any they can. at I ■' 1r , 1,, nn of the Court of Ordinary of said I' irhv >e on the tirst Monday in March, !•• Sa| d letters should not be granted the l V 1 ‘ I( b‘r my official signature, this January k 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. ‘ Kl b Jacksou Comity. | 'th' Un ,T °'‘ n Pettyjohn, col’d, makes appli- "r u' n l ,ro P er form for Letters of Guar- B V, 1 llL 'person of Dave Pettyjohn, col'd, B• < \ Rebecca Pettyjohn, col’d — B 1 '! credit ° Clte persons concerned, kindred B t 0 °ause, if any they can, at B “ term ot the Court of Ordinary of said B iett. r t ' rst Monday, in March, 1880, why K , o, dd not be granted the applicant. B~ k m , IU or my official signature, this January B _ __ 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. Bp .lacU.on County. B n b' mf N 10mas A. Scott makes application 1 n c,,',r )per form for Letters of Administra- B.intj- °f John A. Long, late of said Bd or,,iV 0 c ‘ te a P persons concerned, kindred B r c o. „° r> ’ s how cause, if any they can, at B :, ;intv r \ erin . °f the Court of Ordinary of said ■uj i;.’."' 1 tae hrst Monday in March, 1880, why I', ou id not he granted the applicant. K: t , U.j' u cr )’ official signature, this January i H BE m Ord’y. * K Jackson County. Bi'.le Louisa Millsaps, Executrix of May- K-nts t,i fV, ap ?' * ate sa >d county, dec’d. repre ■ has f, ji . our b by her petition duly tiled, that i * - a '!ministcred the estate of said de- P'har-, Crms the law, and is entitled to a I Thi s ' ' % ■tors, tn\v° C ' te a P concerned, kindred and cred- K°nda v • 10 ) r ca,ls e, if any they can, on the tirst ■ °urt nr < L i at the regular term of the ■bsmis,: Ur '* IH ary of said county, why Letters of I Liven n , not be granted the applicant, ■or 51,-, Ur >der my official signature, this Decem -11. W. BELL, Ord’y. THE FOREST NEWS. I!h 1 topic (licit- own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. TO CONTRACTORS. WhhJ' ]?L I* l f I |C lowest bidder, before tlie “ ousc door in Jefferson, on the 24th A'f/’ f hebndse known as the McClcskey Bridge, ncros! nosl r?."' 0 , n T' Said bri<, =’° t 0 l,c hum a queen post truss bridge, on a level with the banks of the river, with three spans—one Snan to be a swmgmg span-fifty feet long. All mud sills to e tortyfeet long and of good size ; uprights to arches 12 bv 12 inches ; cap sills-12 by 14 inches • rafters TO by 10 inches r shippers $ by 12 inches! 1 ! i over c fP sills ; flooring 2by 12 inches unn 14 fpet long ; bolsters 8 by 12 inches : open banisters of 3 inch-scantling ; the iron rods used m truss to be 1 inches diameter, of good rod iron, with taps and washers ; arch abutment to be put m on each bank by letting down mud sill six or eight leet in ground, and fill in on top of said sill '* i All timbers to be good heart, and jt hewn must be smoothly and well done b ond and security will be required of the person bidding oft the contract, immediately ’after the ettmg, conditioned for the faithful compliance of the contract according to tho letter and spirit of tlie specifications, in double the amount of the bid, with two good solvent securities. Upon the completion of said bridge in accordance with the specifications the same willjoe paid for. Full and complete specifications can be seen at this office. J L 21st. lBoi 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. JiM-liSoit County. C. W. Mathews, ] Jackson C’t of Ord’y, vs. I March Term, 1880. John M. Matiiews, 1 Application to cause Executorot j titles to be made to Milton Mathews, | land, in pursuance of dec and, and heirs at law J bond of testator. It appearing to the Court that Mary Niblack, Elizabeth Bostick. Uiroline GraiU, Nancy Ed nuinson and Elizabeth Mathews. all heirs at law of said deceased, reside without the State— It is ordered, that service be perfected upon said heirs at law, of the above application, by pub lication of this order once a week for four weeks in the f OREST News, a paper published in Jeffer son. Jackson county, (ia. Given under my official signature, this January ’2Bth, 1880. ‘ ll! W. BELL. Ord’y. ‘ AUGERS, DRILLS, HORSE POWER Machines, for Baring and Drilling wells. Best in A m erica ! s* 23 A DAY MADE EA S [ LY. I look Free ! Address LOOMIS & NYMAN, Tiffin, O. 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I was very busy one afternoon last winter, when I saw a little boy coming into the store, whose face attracted my attention at once. It was not a very handsome face, but it was earnest and bright. The boy was poorly clad, but his clothes were clean and whole. “ May I see the boss ?” he asked. “ I the boss,” I answered, “ what can I do for you ?” “ I want to ask the price of a first-rate ma chine ; not a fancy one, sir, but a good worker.” “ A\ ell, sir,” I said, *• I can give you a good machine for sixty dollars.” “ Sixty dollars ? Well, Mr.” said he, ear nestly, “ can I work it out ? I have every afternoon from half past two till seven, and , I can run errands or do any work about the store. You see, sir, this is how it is. Father died two years ago, and mother wants me to stay at school a year or two longer, but she has to work awfully hard to keep me there. Father was a brick-layer, and mother owns the little house lie almost built himself, but that is all. She sews, sir, and she could make twice as much if she only had a machine. But we never can spare sixty dollars, sir, so I thought I would see if I could earn one.” “But it would take you a long time,” said I. 41 If [ gave you a dollar a week, it would be sixty weeks.” 44 Will you give me that ?” he said, his eyes fairly dancing. 44 1 can come all day Satur day.” 44 Can you ? Suppose we say a dollar and a half? and if you do well 3*oll can have the machine a little less than the retail price.” Every day he ea-mc, punctual to tlie min ute, rain or shine, and he was the most prompt and reliable errant! boy I ever employed. Little by little the dollars rolled, up on the account until one evening in the fall, I was here after dinner, just before yon an ! your mother came home from the country, when the door bell rang, and in walked Harry Cum tilings, -,ny errand boy. 44 1 found this, sir,” he said, 44 when I was sweeping out the store,” and he hande 1 me a roll of bank notes I had thought safe in my pocket. 44 Please see if it is all right, sir,” he said ; •‘it was under /the counter.” I counted the notes, two hundred dollars and then taking out one twenty dollar note, said : 44 I should have offered a reward for this, Harry, if you had not found it.” “ I am glad I saved you that, sir,” he an swered. 44 I'll bid.you good-night.” 44 But you have earned the reward,” I said, putting down the twenty dollars, “will you take it or pass it to the machine money ?" “ Mine ! all that! Oh ! sir, pass it to the machine. You see I’d have to tell mother where I got that money, and the machine is to be a surprise.” 1 never spent twenty dollars with so much pleasure in 1113* life. Susy ! This afternoon when Harry came, I told him to pick out a machine for his mother. We selected a first-rate one, and I promised him that one of our best teachers should go and show his mother how to work upon it. When on the cart, ready to go, I invited mj’self to go with Ilarry and see it delivered. So away we went, and when we reached the little house, the cart was just turning the corner of the street. Harry opened tl'.g door very softty, and the men lifted the machine into the parlor. Then Ilarry lei me to a small sitting room at the back of the house, where a pale woman in a widow’s dress was sitting sewing busily. She arose and offered me a chair, and I told her I came to see if I could obtain Harry’s services in the store at five dollars a week. You should have seen the boy's e}*cs. He can go to the evening school,” I said, “ and I will see that he has some time to read and study. I cannot spare him now, having had his services so long.” “My afternoons and Saturdays, mother,” Harrv* said. “ I told you that I was not in mischief; I was earning you a present. Come and see.” And he fairly danced into the parlor, his mother and I following. “ It's yours,” he said, dancing around the machine, “ all paid for, and lessons on it, too. Ain't it splendid ?” His mother was delighted, as he expected. “Oh, sir,” she said to me, “ he's been a wood boy since his poor father died. Every morning, summer or winter, lie's up and makes the fire while I am dressing, and while I get breakfast he brings up all the coal for the day so I won’t have to go into the cellar, and every step he can save me he does. But how he ever made all the money to buy a ma chine out of school hours, I cannot under stand.” “ I got a dollar and a half a week, mother, for errands, and ten or twenty cents extra when there was snow to clean off the side walk, or any other odd job, and Mr. Weston gave me twenty dollars.” “ No, 3'ou earned that as well as the rest.” I said, and his mother fairly broke down and cried when I told her about the roll of money. So, Susy, now you know what pleased me so much to-day. To-morrow Harry becomes ray errand boy, and I know he will be a faith ful one. There is the making of a noble man in the boy who can work steadily and faith fully for months for such an object as Ilarry had, never taking one cent from his hard earned money for his own pleasure. ‘‘But, papa,” said Susy, “you are rich, why didn’t you give his mother a machine ?” 44 Because the pleasure would not have been as great to either Ilarry or his mother.” “ Any mother would be proud of such a son,” said Mrs. Weston, gently, “ and when he has a holiday you must let him speud it hcic. We will be glad to see him, will we not. children ?” THere'w&s a hearty ma’ra,” and then the brother and sister opened their school books and went busily to their duty for the evening, Johnny wondering a little if he ever could have tlie self-denial, industry and pati ence of Ilarry Cummings.— S. Annie Frost, in Every Youth's Paper. Perils of Riches. Christ's Advice to the Young Man in the Goppel—Sermon By Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. “ The perils of riches” was the subject of Mr. Beecher’s discourse in the morning, and the text, which was in itself a little ser mon, was selected from St. Mark, x., 17-27. ThisWcuth in the- text, said Mr. Beecher, had followed after righteousness, and though very rich was really seeking something higher than that which riches gave him. Whem he found that Jesus was near he came running and prostrated himself before Him and said, “.Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ?” The 3*oung man was very sincere, but very weak, and there is a large number of young men such as he was springing up all over the war! L Christ replied to him not according to theology, not according to ethics, but as one who instrueteth children ; for if we find out what it i ; that is in the child’s heart it is easy to answer, and Christ taught this young Jew on that principle. The young man replied, ** I have kept these com.mend ments, an 1. vhut was.more to the point, 44 from my youth up.” He was a virtuous and amiable y *nny man. but brought up strictly not to deviate from any of the external tenets of vjrtaq in i mor-i.tv. He had, doubtless, a great de and iit him that was excellent, because it is sai 1 that Jesus beheld him and loved him. When .Jesus said, “Go sell all that thou hast and give to tlie poor,” Christ loved him on the spot and wanted him in Heaven with Him. But the young man had not ex pected this command. If C-krist had asked him to make a pilgrimage to Home he would have done that, or he would have whk sack cloth for 3’ears ; but the 44 follow Me” and the loss of his possessions was too much for him. When he put character in one scale and riches in the other Die riches weighed down the character. He did want to be a better man, but upon the whole lie wanted to be a rich man more than anything else. The ques tion comes, Was t his answer necessary for his salvation? No. it was not, if he was willing to do it; but if lie was not willing it was. Tlie mah who is willing to give up his life is the only man who is fit to hold it. The man who is ready to give up his possessions is tlie only man fit to administer them. I don’t know that the Saviour would have made him do it if lie had expressed his willingness to do it. Was it then a condition of diseipleship to Christ that the young man should be poor ? Each age has its relative necessities. In ordinary times tlie amassing of property is a duty, but there come times in the history of the world when the amassing of propert}* is not a dut3 r , and it was so in tlie times of Christ. PERILS OF POVERTY. When the disciples asked, after Jc3us had said it was not easy for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God, “ Who then can be saved ?” Jesus replied, “ With God all things are possible.” In other words, God can save a rich man. For all times and all history teach the perils of riches, but they also teach the perils of poverty. What is a man worth who has just enough faculty to be able to feed himself? If you aro to develop meu } T ou must develop civilization, and if you are to develop civilization you must have the power that comes by possession. People will not rise very high if the3* are poor; if they do rise high then riches will come to them. A million industries that work out into ever\ r form of society are the ways in which the human race develops it self. Manufactures and agriculture are the two great breasts at which men feed, and which arc the sustaining strength of a na tion. Now one of the wa) r s by which men are taught is by the inculcation of the lessons which poverty brings. But there is no way by which we are able to appl3 r a test to man and say that he has riches enough. When a man has attained to the possession of $5,- 000,000, and it is suggested that he should stop there, he replies, “ What! I’m standing on the top of the mountain, and I see all the glories of the world, and, Ity Heaven, I am sure to have it.” Now, one of the perils in the getting of riches is the possession of the idea that riches in and of themselves create happiness. It is true that riches do bring certain pleasures, and lhatpoverty necessarily entails certain limitations. It ia also true that riches rightly applied bring happiness, but they do not of themselves bring happiness Man is like an organ. I don’t care if Bethoven’s music is put before an organ, if you have not got a pipe in it you do not get any music; and if there was nobod}' who k(,icw how to play it you would not get anv music. M here you have music you have two things—a good intrument and a good per iormer upon it. Now, riches was tho per former, but what it plays upon is often a windbag, a rough iron chest. The richest men are not the best men of tlie world. It is true that many rich men lire happy. But then some men can only be happy a little bit. It depends upon the extent of the nerve power and the depth of the affections of a man whether he is happy or not, whether his entire being is in harmony with his physical or ganization and his surroundings. If there is to be .perfect music there must be harmony. When a man has good manners and is a gentleman good clothes are very becoming, are pleasant to him and are pleasant to see ; but good clothe3 don’t make the man. If he be of the right stuff he will be a gentleman despite his clothes. WEALTH INSTEAD OF WORTH. Then comes the idea that riches are a sub stitute for good qualities in the eyes of men. There is an impression that if a man is only rich the world will accept that in lieu of worth. There are times in a man’s history when, for the accomplishment of a purpose which will give him inofe leisuro and more room to develop himself, he ma} r centre a few years of life on that pupose. But tlie getting of riches should not so thoroughly absorb a man as to give him no leisure for culture, none for the cultivation of friendship. It is in this view that the observance of the Sabbath is so great a blessing and would be obligatory on mankind even if there were no Divine command regarding it. This, then, is tlie question of our times—llow shall man obtain and administer riches and yet obtain his Christian manhood ? For many genera tions this country must be a business country, aud our young men will have to confront this question. It is the duty of the pulpit so to guide the thought of tlie business community that it shall realize tiie responsibilities and obligations that come with tlie obtaining of large possessions.— N. Y. Herald , January mh. A Small Hole to Get Through. The proprietor of a tan-yard, adjacent to a certain town in Virginia, concluded to build a stand for the purpose of vending his leather, buying raw hides and the like. Debating what sort of sign it was best to put up for the purpose of attracting attention, at last a happy idea struck him. lie bored an auger hole through the door-post, stuck a calf’s tail into it, with the bush end flaunting out. After awhile he noticed a grave-looking personage standing near the door, with his spectacles, gazing intently on the sign. And there he continued to stand, gazing and gazing, until the curiosity of the proprietor was greatly excited in turn. lie stepped out and ad dressed the individual: “Good morning,” said he. “ Morning,” said the other, without moving his eyes from the sign. M You want to buy leather ?” said the store keeper. “ No.” “ Do you wish to sell hides ?” “ No.” “ Are you a farmer ?” “ No.” “ Are you a merchant ?” “ No.” “ Are 3'ou a lawyer ?” “ No.” “ Are you a doctor ?” “ No.” “ Who are you, then ?” “ I’m a philosopher. I’ve been standing hero for an hour, trying to see if I could ascertain how that calf got through the auger hole. I can't make it out, to save my life.” Should Cousins Kiss? Number three of a series of prize questions promulgated by the London Whitehall Review is, “Should adult cousins, male and female, be allowed to kiss each other?’’ Some of the answers received are as follows: Yes, because Jacob, after having persona led Esau, kissed his Cousin Rachel as soon as he saw her, and their parents approved. Then they will care for it as little as gro cers’ boys Jo for sugar. Shakspear say’s, “ Kiss me, sweet coz,” and Tennyson says of himself and his “Cous in Amy” : “ And our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.” Asa lady i3 concerned it must be consid ered a fair proceeding. If she is married it cannot be amiss. Brothers and sisters kiss, and their chil dren should follow their example. “ One touch of nature makes the w r hole world kin.” A kiss being a touch of nature, they should kiss to make them still more akin. Family affection is a tender and beautiful plant which cannot be too carefully nurtured. According to Joseph Cook, Boston has eight miles of grog shops. No wonder her I streets are so crooked^ s TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM# ( SI.OO For Six Months, General News. hile a collection was being taken tn nf church at Heath, Mass., the pastor remarked that he would rather have buttons dropped into the box than lead coin, because good* buttons had some value. Two miles of railroad have been built on’ the ice crossing the St. Lawrence River at Montreal. The ties and stringers are laid Hat, and then water is pumped between them to freeze, thus makimg a solid bed. The ten orphan children of Gen. John 8.- Hood are to reside in Austin, Texas. They will be under the especial care of Mrs. K. R. Hennon. to whom they wers consigned by- Gen. Ilood just heioro his de..111. Saturday night balls at FaII River are stopped at 12 o'clock by the police, at the request of the clergy, whose principal com plaint is. not that late dancing is a desecra tion of the Sabbath, though that point i*. mentioned, hut that the dancers aro too sleepy in church on the following morning to* pay attention to the sermon. A whip with a lash six feet long and an inch thick is used to drive hogs in the Chi cago slaughter houses. An experienced maa t can take out a piece of a hog’s tough hide at. every stroke. Another instrument of tort ure is a pliant strip of wood with a heavy knob at the end, with which the brutes’snouts are whacked. A wagon follows every drove to pick up the disabled hogs. One of the most portly and dignified of’ the Mormon Bishops was lately seen running in a Salt Lake street, closely pursued by a woman, who whacked him with a broomstick whenever she got within reaching distance. She was the first and only wife of Brother Jones, and she had heard the Bishop advis ing her husband to practice the precepts of the church by taking an additional spouso or two. Miss Bonfield, a schoolmistress at Shel byville, Ind., is white, and her affianced hus band, Mr. Turman, is black. Their engage ment was made public by Turman’s discard-- ed sweetheart, who found a love letter fromi Miss Bonfield in his pocket, and sent it to the school trustees. The schoolmistress was immediately dismissed, but one of the local newspapers and all of the clergymen demand her reinstatement. Elder Rounds, pastor of an advent church, at Portsmouth, N. 11., has completed a chart 260 feet long, on which is the result of seven, years of hard figuring. It proves conclu sively, he says, that Christ will como in Sep tember, 1881, and remain a thousand years, during which time “ all nations will be con-‘ verted, and at the end of that time the world will be destroyed and rebuilt, and we reign forever in Paradise.” * . Prof. Colladon, of Geneva, has effected an important improvement in the ingenious con trivance for enabling deaf mutes to hoar through the teeth, lately discovered in thi® country. For the India rubber apparntut used by the American inventor, which is some what costly, the Professor substitutes apiece of elastic card-board. By this simple expe dientdeaf mutes are enabled to hear voices and distinguish the notes of a piano. s Young Pelham, of Manorville, Win., de* sired to commit suicide, lie swallowed poi-" son in the presence of a young woman, in her own parlor; but she said that a scandal would be the result if he died there, and he obligingly took the antidote that she got for him. Soon afterward ho drank poison in whiskey at a bar : but the proprietor com plained that a suicide in the place might lead to a revocation of the license. So Pel ham submitted to the use of a stomach pump. His next and effectual effort was to hang himself. - The physician and the clergyman of Rush ville, fnd., are in a curious controversy. The’ Rev. Francis M. Pollitt sues Dr. D. S. Mo- : Ganghey on a note for SIO,OOO. They were formerly close friends. The minister testW fics that the physician borrowed the money to give to a woman who was blackmailing him, that being the only way to avert a ruin-' ous exposure. The physician as persistently" swears that the minister forced him to sign the note as a reparation for a domestic in jury, threatening him with the alternative of being killed. f The celebrated pigeon roost in Scott coun ty’, Ind.. is now, as it has been for seventy five years, the roost of millions of pigeons.- Thcy fly away in the morning to their feed ing grounds, many of them going to such a distance that they do not return until mid night. The timber on thousands of acre* covered by' this roost is broken down badly,* large limbs being snapped off like reeds by the accumulated weight of the birds. Thou sands are killed nightly’, but the slaughter seems to make no diminution in tho vast' flocks that congregate there. - - The conductor of a certain train on tho Union Pacific Railroad charges that a fly having alighted on one of the glasses of the engineer’s spectacles, the engineer thought? it was a buffalo on the track ahead, and turned on the air brakes to avert a disaster: The engineer retorts that one night the con~ dnetor saw what he thought was the head light of an approaching locomotive. He kept his own train waiting a while, and then, some what confusedly, started her. “He is the safest man I ever ran with,” says the engi neer. “ Venus is millions of miles away, and he waited twelve minutes on a side track to allow her to pass ” To those who would alter the character of street locomotion, an incident which is just reported from Paris may be mentioned with advantage. For some time past steam tram*- way ears have run from the Bastille to Mount Parnasse railway station, and the line in a certain way has proved a success. But Paris, like London, is not built altogether on solid ground, and a day or two since an engine while dragging its load suddenly disappeared | into the catacombs below. Happily, the car [with the passengeis remained above. NUMBER 36,