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A 1 kJi rwfif NEW ERA r C<AA> “Onward and Upward.” SUBSCRIPTION i $1.50 Per Ann tun* * VOLUME 1. .Dallas, paTliunc; corxif 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. • • ti 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 mz< > Jw a >* Jut#* 0xi? • /