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NEWS GLEANINGS.
Ki)GKi'dfii>; S. C., -i.t to hai'c n cotton
need oil milt.
-8oMB 40,000 silk worms are to be dis-
tributed in Kentucky.
soon have s
xiotton seed oil mill in operation.
.PboiirCA hrer built 23.1 miles of rail,
road during the past year.
Knoxville, Tenn., will probably sell
10,000 barrels of coal oil this year.
A w h^Mry ’"bar for Texas is - ’’bcfhg
made in. Cincinnati whioh is to cost
$10,Wo.
Tine HipjU :ia Putnam county, Pla.,
' w °rth $? an acre two years ago, are nos
telling |or $25.
There arc now 191 cotton factories in
operation or iri course of* erection in the
southern states.
It is estimated Hint there Me twelve
west of (he Mississippi
riTC 1 :, without churches or preaching ol
any kind.
Tftit decrease of the public debt for
April, $2,357,402.85, is the lowest figure
that ,'ins been reported for ytars.
There are 808 deif mutes in Missis-
eippi, 322 males and 284 females; 31f
are white and 2^8 colored. All are
nativcs'of the State except two.
Tin; Jcilerson monument was takei
from Charlottesville to Monttcello las'
week. jrU -was mounted, on. a truch
cspccisrtl^imrde' for the purpose, and i
required two horses to draw (lie load.
Several Ihojjsoujl Georgia and Ala
liatpa cityjpl Java been slilpi cd to Texai
recently. They will be returned soutl
by way of Chicago with some accession!
of tallow, hut with few evidences oi
tenderness,
As a good deal of discussion has beer
Tile concerning Gen. Grant’s pecuniar)
mean?, it may be interesting to know
the'oxapt, tenth- The entire property o’
General and Mrs, Grant yields them ai
annual income of $0,000.
The New York Tribune wants a covei
over the East Kiver bridge to keep of
the sun and rain. This, with free sodr
wa *j r i.ifikl :r cani, ■ baud of music and
plenty of-uhidrs and settees, would mala
it a very tyygiibir summer resort.
Col, E. E. Richardson says farming
operations in Mississippi are seribuslj
interfofcd«»'itb by tile buffalo ghats. I >
ArkaiiSati-they fill the sir "in ’ black
swarms and torture the mules and hor
ses ho that it is almost impossible to di
any plowing.
Whew-the- clergyman asked lit a
church wedding in Henry county, Iowi
if anybody had «nght. to say why the
pair should not be united, a girl arose
and re^dWT h»ve^-hou6ngag»d to me.”
There was some confusion, hut the cer
emony was completed.
Tiyj exports of March exceed ed tin
importjj ..of that month $18,812,703.
The imports are still large, hut .the bet.
ter opinion is that there will soon he a
heavy decreuse in imports. If so, and if
we have good crops this year, all talk
about panic or hard times mny as well
' be dismissed*.
The sfTimes-Ujjion thus describe?
Jacksonville since the close of the sea.
son : “No bus^ hall; no yachting ; m<
rowing* fcno fgwt driving ; no gymnp 1 "
ium ; fciihty kittle Sparking—nothing
but dfeary loafing and the labor of hol
ding up the laihp posts. Can’t we start
something fresh ?”
Tit* Michigan Legislature, as well as
the Pennsylvania and Connecticutt
Legislatures, last week killed resolutions
proposing a prohibitory amendment to
the constitution of the State. In Iowa
the Sapreme Court decision invalida
ting the prohibitory amendment has
postponed prohibitory legislation’ for
some years.
Montgomery Advertiser: Now
comes ftie Anniston factory and ships
1,008 hales of cotton goods to China to
make baggy breeches for the heathen;
The South not only proposes to squeeze
the Puritans out of tha West, but the
Britishers out^ of the East. The South
is getting hoggish about this business,
a id wS-are glad of it;
One of the most magnificent struct
ures ip the world is the aqueduct bridge
nt Mam tenon; France. It is about five-
sixths of ft mile in length; more thuu 200
feet in hfeight, atid contains 242 arches,
each divided into throe rows, forming m
all 726 arches of 50 feet span. The
aaueduct thus lpis the appearance of
three small bridges, two built on top of
the other, one surmounting the whole,
which it virtually ia.
Topics'of tiie day.
Gen. Strother, Consul General to
Mexico, reports a general impetus In
mining and other public enterprises in
hat country, the result of the rapidly-
trowing railway system.
The number of graduates from West
Point this year will not equal the vacan
cies in the roll of Second Lieutenants in
the arniy, and the deficiency will-be sup»
piled from cjvil life.
It, is reported that one of the largest
amounts ever granted in any ooiiytry as
compensation for a railroad accident to
one person was recently given in Scot
land to an engineer. Hie loss of a foot
wns compensated by £8,250 or $41,250,
Some of the best English jockeys are
women; daughters of farmers, or of
tountry squirfo, who have lp”! tlielt foS
tune*. They have been accustomed to
ride to hounds from their childhood,
are perfectly fearless, and their light
weight in the saddle makes them desira
ble as jockeys.
A bill lias been favorably reported in
the New York Legislature, compelling
ill makers, proprietors nnu venders of
eicdiccl preparations “affecting the hu
man or animal body,” to place upon the
label a full and true statement of the
ingredients of . which it U.composed.
The sale of all medicino* without such a
label is made a misdemeanor. If passed,
the law will he wlmt the Yankee deacons
call very ‘Varchin’;’’
The Farnham type-setting machine
lias been on public exhibition in the
Goodwin block on Haynes street. Ilart-
foid, Conn., and attracted immense
crowds. It both' sets and distri hutes
type, and, it is claimed, can do the
work of five compositors. A- syndicate
of Connecticutt capitalists have pur
chased the Latent, and will soon take
measures to bring the machine into
practical use.
It appears that Brinish capital is
about to he invested iq American land don’t,
to • large amdnnt. 'A ion of .ittj M; Ei, '
who now is visiting this country for the
putposc of buying land,” says thist-niere
is an enormous amount of capital lying
idle in England, and that syndicates
have been formed to invest rt* lii*$rnin-.
try. Aiming those Investing ate Daring
Bros., the banker Mr. LaboqjsJttic, of
Truth,'Sir ThoiOM Brasscy, civlllord oT
the admiralty, and .many of. tlfebnnk
ingliouscH .uid numhers of large country.,
landlords as well as members of jufrlje-
She remaiked as she threw it;* “Take
that, jpu .dirty dog I” She adorned him.
kitlj Other Choice names, mid was taken
howling out of the courtroom, declar
ing she Would rot in jail before the
would contribute her fine" to thfe court’s
treasury, Hue Insists that the judge has
been trying to drive her from practicing
in his osurt. - He seems to hare succeed
ed—for tliirty days at any rate—unless
die pays her fine.
Mg. Spoepcudjko and the Dog,
“Look lioro, my dpur,” said Mr.
Spoopoudyko, ns ho led a huge and
shaggy dog into his wife's room, “ A’vo
it a dog it frioml of mino gavo me.
hat do you think of him ?"
"Good jtraeiqiis 1” cjiiojkitod Mrs
8iKOT|jpiuhfi|<., mounting a clnui in «s-
mny. “TsTio mnd?" *
" No, Mrs. HpoopeiidyUo," retorted her
husband, “ho not only isn't mad, hut
he isn’t n stepladder either, nor a blrd's-
eyo view. lie’s a dog, and, if you dou’t
got out of that clmir, ho’il probably liile
your logs oft'."
Mrs. Hpoopnndako sat flown on her
feet and eyed tlio brute with some trepi
dation,
“Maybe lio'a got the hydrophobia,”
she suggested, by way of a hcuvty wel
come.
“P’raps ho has,” agreed Mr. Spoon-
endyke ; "but, if he has, lie’s'got. it m
Ids pocket. Come here, doggee, doggoo,
doggoo 1” and Mr. Spoopendyko snapped
ids fingers persuasively.
“Why don’t he borne when yon call
him V" asked Mrs, Hpoopemlyko, deeply
interested in the proceedings,
“Because you make such a dod gusted
noise you scare him,” explained Mr.
Spoopoildyke. “Come, doggoo, doggoo,
digged” -
“I don’t quite l\ko the way ids tongue
hangs out,” objected Mrs. Spoojjeudyko.
It don't look natural.”
“Maybe you don’t like tlio way ids
tail hnngs out, oither. P’raps you think
that's artificial, too. With your Infor
mation aboqt dogs you only imoil a slat
bottom ahd a broken hinge to bo a dog
pound. Keep quid now, while I teach
him some tricks. Come hero, doggoo !
Sit up, sirl"
The doajstrotchcd out his legs, opened
a mdTTtte l ike a folding bedstond and
growled.
“What, make? liim do that? "■ asked
Mrs. Sfioopoiidyko, Hitting on tho buck
of a cliuir witli tier feet iu the scut.
"God goat it 1 ” honied Mr. Spnop-
endyke. " Wlio do yoq s'pose made
him do it? Think ho works oil a wire ?
Got a notion lie goes by stonm ? Ho
"on’t, I toll yo, lie’s alive, and lio doos
b because that's Clio burtt of his measly
mind. What are yo sitting up there
for? Can’t Vo hoc ho don’t like it?
Now, you sit stiU. Here doggoo, dog-
gee, goocj, doggoo, sit up aud beg ! ” and
Ir. Spoopeudylto hqjd up an admoui-
educatios.
torv finger.
B Till
A son of General Rbbt. iff l.d$, t!
noted sou^jern leader dtilting the cit
war, is tliei>s>(esideu^ of an witicai
institution at Lexington, Va., an
desire and taste to aid in the solid am
disciplining of the post-bellum genera
tion in the South of which thirds an
example, has many other illustrations.
One of Lae’s staff, Maj. McClellan, is
similarly BiluSted at-fdnrtnj'tOTi, Ky., fit
the Saylc Female Institute, and Gener
al Kirby Smitli is a member of the fac
ulty of the University of the South, at
Sewahee, Tci*.; Gen. J. E. B. Stuart’s
widow .controjs an Episcopal schpol in
St^untpn, Va,
Prof. Spencer.Baird, of the Nation
al Museum, has acknowledged to Gen
eral Superintendent Kiipball, of (he
Life-saving Service, the receipt of a.re
markable specimen of ( the whale family,
which was captured Off the New Jersey
coast by a Life-saving crew several days
ago. Prof. Baird says the porpoise
proves tOTepresent a species never be
fore seen in the United, States. It
belongs to a group of small sperm whales
characterized by the absence of perma
nent teeth in the upper jaw. Its pro-
jecting.head and general appearance are
not unlike the sperm whale, although
in miniature, this specimen being about
nine feet in length. It is now being
cast in plaster for exhibition at the Na
tional Museum.
The career of female lawyers has not
been extraordinarily brilliant in this
country. They seem unable to resist
the temptation of “sassfng” the judge
whet) ‘that authority overrules them.
Kate Kane of Milwaukee, who last week
threw a glass of water in the judge's
face, because lie assigned another law
yer to thedefense of a burglar, appeared
to think herself governed by sanitary
rather than personal motives, because
he dog eyed Mr. Spoopoudyko with
anything but an assuring glance.
“He’s hungry,” suggested Jits.
SpOopoudyke. “Hogs do like that
when they want to he taken down in the
yard uml be fed.”
j. “Of course you know,” grumbled Mr.
Bpoopendyko. “All you want is per
fect ignorance on tlio part of tlio police
be a dog fight. Got anything in tlio
*niso fotliiia to cat&”■*%«. v
•i “ TU<i:t’| fcfiino col'dlojuiter stew and a
|eco of custard pic— ” ..
That's it!” raved All'. Spoopoudyko.
“Timt’a white's the matter mtli the dog.
Ho wants pie:! YupVis got it. You
only hceaTi commi'tee ;uid a fight to lie
a bench show. Where's (lie oysters?
Don’t ye nco the dog pining for oysters?
Haven't yo got some eold colVoe for
him ? Give him a lemon to stay his
rtbmaeh I” anil Mr. Spoopendyko
jumped straight up jo tlio air and lauded
on tlio dog.
- Tlio dog made for thcopun air rvitli a
howl, and Mr. Hpoujioiidyke gathered up
twelve baskets of himself and looked af
ter h.s prize.
“Never mind, dcav,” said Mrs.
Htioopeudyko, soothingly, “ho'il come
ttick.”
f “If ho does I’ll kil) him,” shouted
Mr. Spoopendyke. “ See what you’ve
done. You made mo loso my dog
and' torn my bonkor*. Anything
more about dogs you don’t know ? Got
any more intelligence to impart about
dogs ? AlT' you want is a bucket of
brandy around your neck and a snow
storm to bo a monk of St. Bernard,”
with which logical conclusion Air.
Hpoopeudyke began exploring his out
lying districts for possible bites, while
his wife speculated upon tho salvation
of tho -cold oysters and the custard pie
by the sudden and eminently satis
factory disaffection of tho dog.—Hrook-
lyn Eagle,
Grows Either Wet or Dry.
Chief Justice Alunsfiold, probably
with a view to prolong his own days,
was always anxious, when old witnesses
jvere in court, to know their customary
habits of life. It so happened that two
very old men naiped Elm were one day
the objects of his inquiry.
“You ore a very old man,” said his
Lordship to the elder brother, “ 1 sup
pose you have lived a very temperate
life?’'
“ Never dr.vik anything but water, my
Lord,” said Elm.
“Nor you either, I suppose?" said
the Judge, addressing himself to the
irnttvw SMiiaiiM at«. ia #tw
inMilor) lIHm alliiii 'l liraiiulioiil tho
CtfflljcS Wurld,
Iua paper prepared by iltn UniU’d
States'Bureau of Education is inu’udcd
somjtinteresting and valuable statistics,
compiled from tuo latest ollieial reports,
shojiug cortaiu facts relating to the
eonWRtm of ilchienTliry ounealiou
tlmiiiglgiut the civilised world. Among
the jWets 4*hilnted regarding Atci conn-
try are tlio total population, tlio achool
ago as estttlillshed liy law, tlio total
school population, I lie number ot schools,
theilninhof rtf pupilH enrolled, anil the
nusA interesting ,iuets thus to he pro.
Hcuteil nfo given iu tlio tohlo printed
her*willt,
It will lio ohsi'vved, upon mfereuee to
thorfollowing taidoj that in somo of tlio
emfeti-iH tltdAfotml^r of.^mpilA oh-'
relted itipehoolsoxededs tliopilirolR'Ui'ol j
powlaiioii. l'or example, tin) school
poffijhitiqft of England and Wales was
repfetoil At 9,50(1,(MID in 1870, while the
number of pupils enrolled in sehonls in
tho siuno year was 11,710,881!. This up-
patent illssroimtieV it; etfiluilicd by the
fact that tlio olticinl school ago in thoso
cmuiIricH comprises only oluldfeii from
3'Ufin years old, llleluding thoso in in
fant schools, 'i'lie 4,500,00 ) seli ittl popu
hitiiin is an estimate, ami inoluded only
thpse children who worn between tlio
agjs of 7 aud 10 years. Of the 3,710,:
883 pupils enrolled. 1,208,010 were be
tween the ages of d and 7 years, 2,833,-
078 Wete between tlio ages of 7 and 13
years, itlifi 108,801 Wore over ID years
old. In nearly alltlioContiiiontnleonn
tries of Europe tlio sohool ago covers a
period of only seven or eight, years, usu
ally from 0 to 18 or 6 to 14; and conse
quently many children younger tlmn (I
years or older tlmil 11 yearn nre enrolled
as pupils in tho schools, all hough they do
net form n part of tho school population,
lu tho United States Ihc school ago
varies greatly in the different States.
The longest period is seventeen years,
from I to 21 (iu Florida, Alaioo ami
Now Hampshire), and the lowest bix
years, from 8 to 14 (in Texas). School
ago in tile United Slates Covers an aver
age period exceeding .fourteen yours,
whilu iu European countries the average
period is a lit lo more tlmn onc-ludf as
long. It would not lie fair to conclude
WmU, iieoanso Hnxony repotted more
thuu 100 per cent, of her, school popnla-
,ib>ii enrolled in puldio .buUcoIh in 1878,
she was therefore, in nn uducntl mill
sonHe, ahead of tho United States, which
reported only 64 per cent, of tho Hole o!
population enrolled in tho public schools
m tlio sanio year. In Saxony tho school
ago covers a period of only sight yours,
while, as lias boon shown, in tlio United
StateH tlio period oxoeod# fourteen years.
Iu this tnblo tlio sedioyl population of
Hiissiu in estimated at 15,0011,000 in
round uumtiors. This, and tlio ropoHed
school population of England and Wales
already mentioned, are the only esti
mates in the table. Of tlio 00,527
teachers reported in England aud Wales,
20,71(1 are cor tilled teachers, 6,010 nre as
sistant touchers, and 33,105 are pupil
teachers. Following is tlio table above
mentioned:
A NEW l’llOTOIJItAl’IjlC. IVOMMill.
United Button
Alf’nrln
AlHurf-Utirralno
Argentine Republic.
Auotria
Bulen
liclgiuui.
Bra Ell
Itrcibun (freo city)...
British JIuiihhIj
British Otilnmbla...
BilliKh India..
ilia.,
nd and Wale*.
ul
Fin
Franco
fJn-T:o<*
Jiu.mburg (c tj)...
Hawaiian inland*
Hungary
Ireland
Maly....,
Jamaica
Japn
IiliXI
.Mai U
nburg..
New Brunawlck..
New Houtb Wii CH.
Norway
Nova Kcotla
Ontario
Portugal
OnooiiHliind
Uouiniiula
Biixony
Hootlaiid
Hcrvia
Month Aiibtralin..
Mpaln
Sweden
Switzerland
Tasmania
VicU»rla
Wurt^rnborg
ion
uu,‘. 7:
d,4')f),UH7; 4,71 <’,'•) ■
24'),01)01 Hi ,41 1
41,; i 11 >! 4h,.j4
i rhtbci
‘271,114
I
4,0)4
r.,8!M
»I,1‘. (I
il.tiOJ
oa-2
oroporii 1,'MI,!
4,V27,r)H'2) l,lk»l,tfl7
lorc’portl r>
5,251,* 01) 2,10 ,0) 511
110,700
I, 205
J. DYI)
7,75'ilNo rcjM-rf
•20,747
10,400
port
Nrtrejn rl
b. (i,«0J
51,084
No report
yoxojo
MoH;i)orl
404,424
515,04.
4,1100,738
No report!
Non-port
7iM).00i)|
15,01)0,000
I4H,HH
501,500
o report
No report
2,503,255
755,545
441,704
No report
N'o^-ftpOft
205,023
7,71)
108,13.
4,007,77*
2!40,HOB
41,38
U)H,H24
1,213,
4 >1,324
508.4
411,7 •
12,45:
231,15
iim.urt
r.0,H2i
12,502
fo report
1.H24
4,030
2,011
6,50)1
0,1 :<A
an
a,n 1
20,iua
:i,ill 1
10,1 Ml
1 report
Tfca Miami Vfciilqs oT AalRMl LUtJiaU
Surf
The zuopraxitoseopo In a long name to
giro to a very simple qiiparulns, hut
prohtihty ndfifi other ennvoys an ‘idea so
brioily of its objects, uses and capabili
ties. l’lio insti llment itself is the z;K>gy-
roscoJJo in an Improved forin, rtttd hy
tho roVolbtJon of two discs pnridluViwitn
fliioli other, but revolting in eontnirv di-
feotiimsi certain visual lUusIrtiis are »»!•-
teiiued which iue as ustmiiHliing ns they
are inexplinahliv -''wptipg so far as
tlielr effects are governed by tlie (jonta’iil
laws appeTtiiining to tho porsistemey of
vision,
Many of onr readern will ronpmitior
tho.snrpriso and delight afforded them
llyyiq exhibition in this city, luel year, ul’
tlioiiitit udeH of niiiuuils. 111 motion, of
whioh this instrument filOMtiSd’' sHwni 1 '
tiortant snd oiijertaiuiiig a ..f.-ifLi,r^.,m|d
jieople tube therefore soimyiyiiit pry;
pared for the Imprimmumts wliiAll's
/‘out mail expected to seo liy a visit, ti
few days ago, to tlio studio of UiA inven
tor.
Apart front many essential modifica
tions iu tlio itistfiimont Itself, quite 11
largo number of movements of various
animals can no\V lie illustrated, including
111 0110 picture, horses exeunt lug various
nio.ontcul, and traveling iu different di
rections at various rates of Speed; 11 riioo-
traok, wherein one horse gradually over
takes Ills competitors iu the men, ami a
nuinbol' nf evdtuil spoe.tatnrs are waving
tlleir arms and throwing up their lints in
rolnbralion of tlio victory (if their favor
ite) a doer limit, where 11 deer, followed
successfully by dogs and horsumiui,-1rn-
verses over tho llhimiiiiiied sereeo.
An aeroli.il turning a numel'1'.aiiit iqioii
tho back of a horse. A man pursuing
Hie oven tenor of liis way is suddenly ns-
tonislind hy the appearance of a wild
hull, and seeing no oilier niouns of eseapo
turns a somersault over tin) liniiuiit'ii
bank.
When It Is remembered tliese nro sim
ply reproductions hy ptintogrnpln"ftom
the life, witli all the movements of limbs
exactly ns made liy tho living aiiiiiinl,
without any iniiigiiiiiry iiiterpolal ions,
tlleir Value to tlio artist and scientist is
self-evident.
For tlio purposo of attempting lo
study the movements of tlio horse, Aleis-
Himnicr leased a railroad and chartered a
locomotive and eni', whurolii ho patiently
sat. day after day, watching tlio animal
ns he ran or trotted at a similar rate of
speed on 11 raoa truck with tlio railro pl.
Willi wlmt inteuiHOgriitilioalion would tlio
artist AfoisHonnior or tliosoioulitie Maroy
watch the lnovmnoiits of animals as
de.limuitod hy the zoopraxcoscope, and
olitnin in a fow minnlos the iiiformntion-
they liavo boon for years patiently hives*
ligating, without seeming tho results
they have so earnestly desired.
Tlio first crude results of tlio export-
moots initde nt Palo Alto created a sur-
priso and Hiltinfiictfoli in Europe us in-
tonso tiH any revelation of tlio nlno-
toonth century. Botii (lovuruor Stanford
and Air. Muyhridgu were warmly eulo
gized -one for tho public spirit and lib
erality displayed in instituting and. caus
ing the experiments; the other for flip
unwearied zeal and fertility of his ro-
HonrecM in bringing tlio subject to a suo-
connfuhterminiitiou, It is understood lo
1 >0 tho intention of Governor Stanfold to
eotid tin: entire equipment of clcctro-
photeigrapiiio apparatus to Europe and
continue Hie experiments there, and,
also, to onthrtaiu tho various art and
Hcioutilie societies with a serivH of enter-
tiiinmoiits, tor which it is sale to besp ale
for him an appreciation most gratifying.
—&in Eruiicinijo /‘uni.
Alining Alillmlcs.
A good deal of nonaeuso is being in
dulged in by contemporaries about tlio
altitudes at which mines, and especially
silver minus, arc found ; and one para-
graph .evidently started by a man from
" the Louisiana lowlands,” says that
“See iililic men liavo proved hy actual
measiirtteicnt that moat of the great nil.
ver mines tie 30,000 foot above the pres
ent sen levej, and among the richest aro
some 2,0:10 foot higher still.” Job, of
tho land of Uz, who was doubtless bet
ter versed in geology, mineralogy, met
allurgy and practical mining than many
of the scissors editors who keep tlio
bits Qf monmnoj.
Turkic nftctupfti haw Iimii Mate li
Assossinste Qamsai.Ytetoria.. . . • ; ns
Thc t) renter of-Marcvil Uasat Bo■*,
Vas oiipnlilo of seating iHO.tti^ersons.
It lia? lioerf efftiAmtecl tiiit 3,0ftrt,lW(I
men perished ht th<f wars lieglitr V) w
cover tlio Holy . a (ref!
: William Kbnrt IlARtils.m waS'ilb
eldest man fleeted President^ and Oon.
Grant tho youngest, , ’ ’
An Italian writer says tfia^ jjOjB
opcriui I18V* 1>erti written slfih* lOOtv™
which 10,000 hswe been preduosd hyttWb
sons ul Italy,
It is stated that it tidies St),(Vo) rvaaa
to produeh half tail onfVoe of tne altar,
winch accounts for Mu high prise life-
liiiuuli’iV lor tlio lime Vtiun .
ENolan/i predratAs nteire tih'ttiAn my .
dtlu r oowntty In th* worm,' 'IhLrf >
tin mines in Bohemia, Miixiaiy^.j^(^ 1 :>
Fortngal, Alalireeu aiid.Ain,ti'iifiar
Waiiuiin Uastixod, Governor G'WeriO
of India, was tried liy the poors of Great ,
Britain for liiffh-crimes* and niisdetifonn* '
ors. One of I lie ohurgtW Wa* hi) 1 '•
anco of £100,1100 from the Nabob ,id
Oildo. Tlie trial lasted seven years ami *
three months, tcmitnritinjj iir his ac
quittal. t aJAnlvo* iawriW
Tlia White iiousn was Hint biiilt ill 4
1792, at a cost of 8330,000. It vrss n#t
occupied until 1800. It was' nfiiuilf in
1818. I in pqrtioofs wore not llukhad
until 1829. Altogether, it is eoifnptited
to have cost for Imihlitig, rebuilding and
fui'iushiiig uln>lit #1,700,UGHi. Tho whole
idrnetmelins a frouthgo oi“70 leift auil
a depth of 03 foot,' aud its vWstMiUlo f* "
50x10 foot. Tlio garden and |mrk which
inclose thy mansion sccnpy Mn iity acres.
Tilt) Cnbiiict-iuoje, 10x30 feet, is qii tho
second ''floor. Tlio Whiter ffotesiT wns
modeled alter tlie pMuiut ot Miu Duke «l
Lcioostor. ,r r « *,: j i
The phrase “Speakingfur Lrunei’mlw”
originatud ueur tiro clone :vt MmoWikte
on tlio fiimuiis “ Missouri Oqostiuii,” iu
the sixteenth Ongibss. It Was-’thwif
used by Fojix Waitor, iv)e> list’d at
WayllusVlllm in Haywood, tlio most
western comity id North Carolina,•heni'
tlio adjiuiout county' of Duhcombr,
which formed jgirt of ins district. Tlio .
old man rose lo speak, vrtiilo the Hunan
was iinpntieutly t'ldliug for tile “queo,■ '
lion" and aovurnl lucndiws gatliereil
around him, begging him todosist. Ha '
porsuvereil, however, fur a while, declar
ing that the people ot his district ex
pected it, and that, lie win bound to
“make 11 speooli for HnneOB)J)o. ■
The phrase “Ageording to-Gunter”'
refers to Edmund Gunter, a distin
guished English iimlhcnmtialiui, who
was Isirti ill 158i and (lied ill 1026. Ill)
is known as the inventor of tho. ciiwu^,,
commonly used liy surveyors for mens
uriug lull'll, and ol thii fint wooden rule
marked wit,h scales on equal parts of .
sines, eliords, etc., and also with loga
rithms of theito' variou* pails, wliiH.is ‘
used to solve problems in survoving and :
navigation mcchmm'iilly with the aid of
dividers alone. Hiyioq in tFic usq/if tlio
phrase, anytliitig is “ mvoriiing to Gun
ter ” which is done quilb right Hint aA-
mits of no improyeiityiib . .
A London paper once printed the fol
lowing in regard to tlio -’•’origin of the
ousloin of making fools on the Is# of
April:” "This U said to iiayo beguu
from tim mistliko of Noah in sending the
dove out ok tho ark liefore tlio -waterhad
trim led, on tlio lira t day of the inoptli
among tho Hebrews which answers lo
the 1st of April ; and to perpetuate the
memory of .iliis. delivering'),;,*# was.
thought proper, whoever forgot so ro-
liuirkublo a oircunistnnJe,' ’ to pfmtsh' ’
thou, by Huiidiug thcm upoii some ulesvf-
Ices errand similar to that ineffectual
na snngo upon which tho bird wfis seht
hy tho putriurch. The custom appears
to bo of groat antlfliii'y. and to have
been derived liy llid Romnns from some
of the Eimtora nations.
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now flic Snake Gets a New Suit, .
“ Some pooplo thihk that siinkes only
,h.al thnir skim at certain seasons cd thu
year,” said the keeper., wte"
take. If: they ’ aro well’fed and kept
TIIE SABBATH DAY.
right warm they clianga tlieiT edsfo
_ . | about overy eiglit weeks through tlie
aliovo quotation afloat, said: "Surely I yvar,” “ Does R pain them ?” “Nota
there is a vein for the silver, and a phve 1 |,;t „[ it,. You see the skin of a snaky
for gold where they fine (refine or pjirify) ' duos not incfiftltso in size ak tho Tcptne
it,” Ilich silver mines liavo been found Kmw „ t „s witli qs. While tlie old akin
as high us 16,000 feet, and many of them . j„ 'ng smaller liy degrees, a new one
as much as 10,000 feet above tlio level 1 ,, j<n*miug underneatli, and the other
of tlio son, liut it docs not follow that 1 gradually gets dry. When it ia ready to
silver mines are found only at sucli u 1 ti- j h |,od, it loosens around the lips, and tiie
tudes. The highest croppings of the n; j,tile mbs itself against the earth or
lord,” was f> 'op
my glass /t ta my !
“We'l, then," :
“ all we can say ir.
wet or dry.’ ”
-• ug else, my
'' ^ ai will’s took
f s ”
■0 his Lordship,
Ulm will ttouri--.il,
[Dclruil fr.o
A good square sermon, with roast
duck for dinner, is my idea of the s v
entli day.—Plato
I Iiave never boon fishing on Sunday,
but I think Sunday ove.iiing tho b at in
tho week for going to soo your girl.—
Cato.
Sweet Sabbath day of rest! Also for
riding out. Also, for a good dimmer.
Also, for cutting tho children’s hair.
Count me in.—Confucius.
Sunday is always welcome to mo, for
on that day I sew on loose buttons, wash
my feet and reflect that I am one week
nearer tlie grave.—Diogenes.
In the old Puritan days a young man
caught waiting at the church door to see
liis girl home woe!'.', liavo been set down
intone shade worse ' i.’ii a sheep-stealer.
The man who can : j sermons in run
ning brooks is most apt to go and look
for them on Sundays when trout aro bit
ing.—A’cw Qrlcans Eicv,ymej
famous Oomstoek are considerably l"ss
than 8,000, and theEherhiinU, of White
Pine—the richest silver mino in the
known world—is barely 9,000 Icet above ^
tlio sea level. The Cartliaguniau mines i miffing itself against something uptjl .
nily, which at 011c time cm- j the entire skin is worked off. Sometimes
the rock in tlio cage, and turna the up»
per part over tlio eye and thejowqr pwt
over the throat. Then it commences to
glide around the glass ease, all; the tiluu
of antiqnllj,
ployed 40,000 operatives, were scarcely
5,000 feet high, anil tho rich mines of
Tombstone in Arizona do not attain oven
so great an aititudo. In all tlio broad
mineral region of Nevada, no paying
vein of silve r ore lias ever linen found nt
an altitude of 10,000 feet. It does not
follow even that because veins of silver
are usually found iu tlio older rocks of
lofty mountain ranges, they may not
also bo found in tlio sandstones and oth
er sedimentary rocks of tlio valleys, nn
in the case of Silver Roof, Utah. • Xho
speculation as to tlio “altitude of mines"
is all nonsense, for “surely there is a
vein for tlio silver,” and that vein is as
likely to bo found, all other conditions
being favorable, at an altitude of 4,090
hh at one of 10,000 feet.—Ilutfiu. Eo'C
Press. ■»
An or.11 I nly says it is remarkable the ,
numbei of people willing to take foreign.' soda. In this way snonges may be
missions, read f lu; fears tlie home mis- j bleached more effectually aud rapidly
fionary cuuso will suffer, | than with sulphurous acid.
this takes throe days ; occasionally they
get riil of tho incumbrance in a few
hours. I don’t believe they luvven Bit
of intelligence. For all I toed them atid
care far them, they would as lief bite me
as any strtuiger. I can 'handle a good
many of them safely, bitt it’s only the - -
knack of tire tiling—not that thoy won’t
bite, hut that they oau’t get the
ohauce.” '
M. Bi.ondeau gives tlio following re
cipe for purifying and bleachiiigsponges:
The allonges are lii'st washed' in teped
water, and then in hydrochlorio acid,
which frees tho pores from tlio carbonate
of lime. To bleach them they are im
mersed for twenty-four hours iu a solu
tion composed of live parts of hydro-
I chloric acid to 100 parts of water, with
flic addition of six pints of hyposnlphate
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