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THE PAULDING NEW ERA JAS. BRECKENRIDUE, Publisher. “ONWARD AND UPWARD’ SUBSCRIPTION: $1.60 Per Annum. VOLUME II. DALLAS PAULDING COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1883. NUMBER2. EDITORIAL NOTES. Senator Inoalls will soiu introduce Wblll providing tliat nny person who in closes nn ncrcago of public lands 10 which he has no title shall bo liable to a (ino of 3100 a day for the time such iuclosuro is maintained, and any person who ob structs the passage of another over or through tho public domaiu shall, for every offense, pay tho aggrieved person 3500. Tins Mormon church now embraces a President, twelve apostil's, llfty-eighl patriarchs, 8,885 sentinels, 3,153 high priests, 11,000 choirs, 1,500 bishops, and 4,400 deacons. In ■ r'zonn there is a membership of 2,202; in Idaho twice as many, and missionaries aro at work all over Europe and the United States. The time appears to lie coming when the Gentiles will linvo to hide their w, men folk if they expect to keop up their pro- sent domestic style. The manufacture of paper pulp int i a substitute for wood is attracting favorable attention. It is believed that it will prove much eheapor than wood, equally ns durable and fully ns good for tine work. Tho paper board will take tin finest polish, ns well ns nny tint, shrde or color. It may bo made water-proof, and ean bo morbleizod and grained. In the construction of buildings as roofing material, in making bridal enskets or for furniture purposos it is believed that pa per lumber will, ero long, come into gen eral two. One of tho largest slieop ranches in America is on Santa liosn Island. Cali fornia. On this island of 71,000 c-cs fully 80,000 sheep are kept. Lost June tho wool clip from these sheep was 415,740 pounds, which sold for 27 cents a pound, bringing the owner 3212,840.80, a cldnr profit of over $81,000. Even this was a low yield. Fonr men keep lire ranch in order during tho year, but in shearing time an additional force i-, of course, necessary. A shearer is paid five cents a clip, nnd $4 50 a day is frequently undo by a good hand Tho Santa Rosa sheep require no hording, lint two buii- 'resl trained goats run with them, answer- tig all tho purposes of shepherd dogs. Knurr, tho famous manufacturer of noavy ordnance, claims that ho has scut forth ’more than 20,000 of his terrible engines of war. His pro-eminmeois duo 3 tho fnct that he first substituted steel or iron in tho manufacture of hoavy uns. He was also one of the first to por- oivo that breach loading cannon would completely take the p aco of muzzle loaders. Krupp’s guns have been sold to every country except England nnd the United States. At present Italy nnd China are his best customers. His largest gun is over fifty-five feet in length, and it is said that not a single part of it could bo mado in America, as we have no means of hammering or working such enormous masses of metal. Fhom nil accounts tho synchronous multiple telegraph system is < estined to inaugurate a marvelous revolution in telegraphy. It is claimed that n tyn- chroniiun has boon obtained between distant rotating systemsso absolute ns to secure their rotation for weeks nt a time without a variation between the two ot 1-600 of a second. Tho application ol this principle will divide an ordinary tele graph wire into a number of eloclrie cir cuits, each of which is entirely indepen dent of the others. The inventor of this system is Patrick II. Delaney, a New Yorker, of Irish descent. Tho principle carried out in his system is capable of in finite possibilities. It renders certain the practicability of telegraphing by sound, nnd it is possible that tho transfer of ob jects photographically by telegraph may bo realized. The iinmmerless gun is one of the lntest fashi ns in fire-arms, and some patterns are quite expensive. A hand some, twelve gauge, soven-and-a-hnil pound gun can he had for $100. The barrel is of the finest Damascus steel, and the artist who engraves the lock-plates receives a salary of 13,500 a year. The hammers nre.inel sed within the I >ek plates, and are brought into cochin a position by the dropping of tho liar els in opening the gun, an automatic device at the same time locking the triggers so the gun cannot he discharged by pulling them until- the little slide is pushed forward. These gtms are considered quite sufe, and it i < predicted that they will come into general use. Another charge in gun fashions is the growing popularity of smaller gauge and lighter guns. The Americ.iu cheap guns ar improving and sell readily over imported guns of the same grade, Fashions in jewelry aro now materialis tic rather titan decorative. 1 ho designers seek models from every sottreo. Wo find pins, clasps, ear-dropj and brooches in tho form of saws, hammers, blow-pqies, watering pots and shndos. Whole scones reproduced in gold nnd precious stones. On a golden roof two swallows in dia monds are shown building their nest; the head of a terrier iu brilliant emerges through the crevice of a golden hoard iu pursuit of a silver rat; a couple of kittens in dinmouds and emeralds playing with a big pearl, mako a brooch; diamond horses galloping through n horse shoe, nnd poodles leaping through hoops are also in high favor for buckles nnd brooches. A now idon iu jewelry is. simply a thin spot i f gold sot irrogul irly with precious stones, ns if a hit of motten gold hnd boon dropped on tho tnblo and then strewn over with emeralds nnd rubies and diamonds. Black silver jew- elry is bIbo new. Every nmv publication of statistics re lating to our foreign cominerco shows that our ocoan-cnrrying trade is s owly approaching tho vanishing point. Mr. Ninimo thews iu his annunl report that during tho last fiscal year tho tonnage of American vosaela entering nt our ports wns less by nearly 134,000 tons than tho year before. Thu Chamber of Commerco report shows that of our total foroign commerce only about one-sixth is earriod on by American vcss?ls, while fully livo- -ixths gives employment to the vessels of other countries. Since 185(1, tho propor tion of tonnage of American vcstcis trading witlt American par!sluts dwindled from 7lj per cent, to about 20 percent, while that of foreign vessels has increased 'to nearly 80 per cent Of course the de cay of ship-building lias kept pace with tho decline i)> the use of American ships. J>"t year wo built only about forty thou sand tons of iron ships, largely for the protected coast trade, while in Groat Britain more than six hundred and fifty ‘hottsand tons were bnilt. The first attempt to cultivate cranber ries in this country was made in 1812 by Captaiu Henry Hall, of Barnstablo, Moss. Their cultivation him a mimed vast pro portions ; not less than 50,000 barrels being annually produced on Capo Coil, and a still lorgor amount iu New Jersey, The suite industry increase yearly in Maine, Michigan nnd Wise msin. Tho est places for cultivating tlioso berries [■ pent lings, which are near deposits of lean sand. It is a trailing, evergreen, •mi-aquatic plant which derives its suhstouanco almost entirely from air and water. It requires no fertilizer and needs no cultivation after a few years. 1 he vines once in bearing will, by judicious management, produce ngood crop yearly during a generation if not for a century. A yield of fonr hundred bushels to tho acre is not infrequent, though half that amount is regarded us an avorago crop in New Jersey. ’I he price is rarely less than $10 a barrel, nnd during February, 1809, thoy sold in Philadelphia for 332 a barrel. The cultivation consists in keep ing other vegetation down till tho vines cover the ground. Tho demand for these delicious berries constantly incre, ses. The now comet can now be seen by tho naked eye nfter sunset in tho northwest, near the star Vega, the only star of tho first magnitude in that vicinity. Through the telescope it ooks half the size of tho moon, with just the suggestion of a tail. By the latter part of January it will drop down to within 70,000,000 miles of tho sun, and it will be much brighter than when it made its starring tour in 1812. The Bar lioldi statue is made of copper strengthened by an inner skeleton of iron. For each piece a center or mold was mode of wood, on which tho copper could be worked and fitted. The sheet- copper epidermis of the figure ii made of 300 pieces, and weighs 178,000 pounds, while the iron frame weighs 264,000 ponn s. When finally erected, tho molded sheets of copper will be riveted together by copper bolts, and the iron skeleton will be secured to tho masonry by twelve great foundation bolts. Tho variations due to temperature are pro vided for by elasticity in every part, and corroding will be checked by painting with red lead wherever iron and copper aro in contact. It is reckoned that the pressure of wind upon the statue, which 'will he 150 feet high, may go as high as 190,000 pounds. Jambs A. Gary, proprietor of the Al- bertou Mills, on tho Patapsco, who is largely interested in tho Laurel Mills, said : Tli • South for the past five or ten years 1ms had u mania for putting up cotton mills. Thou tho improvements iu machinery aro suoh that oach spindle will produce three times as many goods ns it could fifteen years ago. With tho exception of the skillet! operatives, who wore drawn from tho Maryland mills, tho wngrs there aro 25, 30, and oven 50 per cent lower than wo pay, and the hours of labor ore longer. Their operatives live cheaply, and know n thing of the domes tic comforts which ours have, The Southorn mills are among the liest in point of construction. The Southern railroads mako tariffs by which tho mill products ore carried North ss sixth-class goods, while they charge the saino goods made North and sent South first-class. Cotton goods from tho mills at Augusta and Columbus, Georgia, aro carried North for forty-eight cents a hundred pounds, but the same goo.ls sent from tho North must pay $1.25. This is pro tection of tho South against Northern competition, Tho railroads claim that they mako low rates on North-bound freight rather than send ears hack from tho South empty. In tho thirty-five years of my business ex}>orienoe I think the outlook nt present is tho least satis factory I hnvo known. Tho warehouses are full of goods, lor which thore is no market except at prices that either would show a loss or no profit. Marylnnd cot ton manufacturers have lost more by tho competition of Southern mi Is than those of nny other Stato. Wo make tho co irsa goods which the South is making, and fool tho over-produetion most There are too many spiudlus, and tho spindles increase moro rapidly than tho popula tion which is to consume tho manufac tured products. GENERAL NEWS. Oyhteii canning is a growing industry in pslnehicola, Fla. Texas lias organized sixty-eight new counties within the last year. Emcuneerh are at work laying off tho nmv city of Sheffield, Alabama. Union county, Georgia, lias a prac ticing physician who is ninety yonrs old. The monoy-ordor business of Atlanta amounts to a quarter of a million per month. The largo falling off of tho yield of rico in South Carolina iB attributed to inefficient labor. Eastern capitalists arc purchasing a good deal of lurid in Cliilt in county, Ala., with a view to getting out mineral. For the year 1883, 270 trotters have trotted in 2:30 or bettor. Twonty-six of theso have trotted in 2:20 or butter. The outlay for new buildings and re pairs of stores and dwellings iu Now Or leans this year will exceed $3,000,000. Genekaii Sheridan, commander of the army, will visit Lake do Funiak, Fla , to select a site for tho Military Gulf Sani tarium. Memphis is building a flour mill with a capacity of 150 barrels a day and a grain elevator with a storage capacity of 55,000 bushels. Taxes to the amount of $814,751 due (lie defunct corporation of Memphis still remain uncollected, tho Interest on which now oxceods $300,000. The manufacture of articles fromsonp- stono is a profitable industry in Alexan dria, Virginia, tho quarries near that place furnishing an abundance of very fine stone. A census of Southern editors shows two captains, sovonteon majors, seven generals and 1,820 colonels. There are no privates UDd no officers below the rank of captain. Two cyprosB trees have roeontly been out in Smnter county, Florida. From one 33,000 shingles wero made, and from the other 37,000 shingles, nnd 6,100 clap boards wore made. Tiie cost of tho Brooklyn bridge wifi exceed $18,000,000, including interest to date, the interest on which at 6 per cent is $1,080,000 per year, of which New York pays ono-third, leaving for Brook lyn a da ly charge of $1,972.85. The city of Atlanta was first eallod Mnrthasville, after the danghter of Mr. Lumpkin, who donated five acres of ground at that point, nnd so decided tho terminus of the Atlantic and Western railroad. The name was afterwards changed by the Legislature. The disease resembling hydrophobia, which has appeared among Texas cattle in some parts, lias broken out among those near Houston. When attacked tho animals bellow, foam at the mouth and roam over the prairie with head in the air, destroying everything in sight. Georgia is tho only Southern state that pensions maimed Confederate sol diers. Those who linvo lost n leg abovo the knee receive $100 ; below tho knee, $75 ; arm abovo the elbow, $00 ; below the elliow, $10. I hose payments are now being made by order of tho governor, uuder nn act of tho Legislature. In tho negro oemetory in Amoricus, Georgia, fa a cellar tree which wns planted in a largo pitcher nt thohond of a nogr >’s grave about ton years ago. It burst tho bottom out of the pitcher and rooted in tho earth. Tho pitelier still oncirc oi the bottom of the cedar, and is without a crack. The tree fills tho pitchor com pletely, mid is about eight or ton foot high. . William and Mary College, of Vir ginia, hns closed its doors, having hut one student at tho beginning of this school year. Next to Harvard, this was tho oldest college in Amoricn, having linen founded in 1603, nud was the only one that received a royal charter, Among the most eminent men educated in its halls we o Washington, Marshall, Ran- dolpli, Tyler, Brcekenridgo and General Scott. Lynohjhjro Advance: From the report of tho O immissiouor of Agriculturo it appears that during the season just closed uo less than 70,000 tons ot fertilizers wore sold in tho 8 ate, thevahio of which from analysis was $2,657,000. Forty- five thousand tons of nminouinted super phosphates, 12,000 tons of.Jaeiil super phosphate and 13,000 tons of hone, etc., wero the representative divisions os to tho chnrnctcr of tho mnttor sold. The horse-ear railroads of Now York City paid dividends os follows in the year in (led September 80th last: Twenty- bird street, 8 per cent.; Broadway and Seventh avenue, 12 (and nn extra divi dend of 6 per cent on real estate sold), Dry Dock Him Broadway and Battery, 4 ; Forty-second street and Grand stroet Ferry, 18; Third avenue, 17; Harlem bridge, Morrisauin and Fordhnm, 5; ; Second aveuuo, 10; t hrmtophor and Tenth street, 5 ; tho Ninth aveuuo lino and tfe Houston, -Wust- wisent nnd Bavonia Ferry paid expons s Imt no dividends. Tho twelve roads earriod in the year 145,000,000 passengers or 390,- 000 a (lay. To Cure Sleeplessness. Druggists toll ns that t.lioro is n' growing demand for various modiuhios anil preparations containing opiates in one shnpo or another. People wreck their nervous systems by injudicious habits of life, and the rosnlt is nnsoninl sleep, dyspepsia and countless other evils. A little advice to such persons may not he out of place. They should, of eoiirHO, he careful to abandon that method of life wliiuh brings them into physical disorder. Their complaint may ho fed by tobacco; narcotics should ho avoided. One cause of their trouble may be that they take insuf ficient exorcise. Perhaps they drink too much tea or coffee, or eat too much flesh meat. There are a thousand practices allowed by convention which are in themselves harmful and prejudi cial to health. The quantity of sleep may lie im proved by diminishing the length of time spent in bed. A hot shower hath at bed-time cleanses the skii and pre disposes to sleep. Many a toiling business or literary man goes to lied tired and worn out, only to toss from ono side to another. His bruin is hot and full of blood, while his feet, are cold. He thinks ovi r again the thoughts thut have been engaging his attention during the day, or does over again tho business that, has called fortli Ins en ergies for twelve or sixteen hours past. His night is a round of tossing to and fro. is there any wonder that, failing to li ml out what is the trim mid until ml reyiody for his pains, he resorts to opiates, which he knows will give him temporary relief? There is one suro and safe way to remedy his pains. If, after leaving work, he would take a brisk walk of a mile or two before going to bed, mill then, after tin; walk, hold his head un der a stream of cold water, he would find relief—that is, suppo-ing ho does tliiH when lie is first troubled with sleepless nights. But, no; if he lives a half a mile or more from his work ho takes a car homo, and, throwing off" his clothes, goes to lied us quickly as possible. Tho want of balance between mental and physical labor is a fruitful cause of sleeplessness. Many a business man, whose duties keep him in an office all day, would improve his health a great deal if he were to fit up his attic us a carpenter shop and spend an hour there in after supper. This, of course, would lie beneficial only if 1m happened to have a liking for mechanics; then ho would find his occupation afforded him amusement, mental occupation and muscular effort in just the proper pro portions.—Herald of Health. Hampson, the strong party, was the fii-nt rnan to advertise. He took two solid columns to demonstrate his strength and several thousand persons ‘•tumbled" to his scheme. And he brought down the house. College students in .Siam are allowed two wives. This is llm Hiamese method of huzing. TARGET PRACTICE. Hew It Revalue Mkllle* la Ike Art al Nkaallaa, |From tlio Army amt Navy Journal.) Home years ago mi army officer who visited the pistol gallery of Travis, llm celebrated pistol shot and naked to seo him shoot, was told that Travis was then out ol “condition,” and could shisit no better than auv ono else. Before ho shot a mutch nr for exhibition ho went, it appears, through a course of exereiso similar to that takeu by a prize fighter. He walked and ran a certain number ol miles,exercised with tho clubs, whs butbod nnd rubbed down daily nnd ato and drank nconrding to rule, tobacco, coffee and everything stronger than liecr being forbidden. This regimen was followed for six or seven weeks, and pistol prac tice was milled only during the last few weeks. After tiie mntoh was over Tra vis stop|iod Ids uxcroise and soon full off in his shooting. If neglect ot or attention to oxcrcise, diet, etc., can change nn ordinary shot into a remarkable ono, or tho reverse, it Would seem that tlm question of the re lation between good shooting nnd tlm development of proper physical condi tions is ono worthy of moro considera tion than itordiuarily receives. Indeed, ono of tho arguments in favor nt ritle irimtioo among tlm Htnto troopn hns icen that its naturul tendency, so far ns it went, was to promote habits of tem- peranco and frugality. In tlm army necessary duties would probably inter fere with a regular course of exercise, hut moro attention might tic paid to this. At tho ordinary company target prnctico tlm officers smoke nnd the men elmw. As tohnooo affects tlm nerves and thus interferes with good sheeting, tho tlso of it just before prnotioc should lio stopped, Observations will show thnt scores mado directly after pay day are apt to lie poor. An offioer who tnkoH considerable in terest iu tnrgut practice thinks thnt where infantry nnd cavalry have had equnl practice tlm cavalry average better at all short ranges with tlm enrhlim than tho infantry with tho musket. The only difference In tho men is In the exercise they lake. Tlm length of tlm musket should give tho infantry the advantage at all ranges. Another matter Unit is resolving attention here, «s well ns abroad, is tlm proper shape for targets for military practice. As we hnvo before argued, tlm object is to toaeli the soldier tii hit a soldier of the enemy; and next, Imt of less importance, to hit a horse, and finally to hit and lilow up the limber box iif a caisson. Thu man who scores four enah of ton shots is considered a hotter shot than a man who scores three for each of ten shots; yet none of tlm No. 4 shots, if threo or nine o'clock, would hit a mail, while all tho No. 8 shots would, if six o’clock, and should he in that case aceorded greater value. Every tnrgot (nulesH tlio llgtiro target is used) should have a vertical stripe ten inches wide, through itH centre, from tlm ground tip to the height of tlvo feet nine inches. This stripe would cover about all tlm tallest soldier, in the position of aim, would oxpose to an enemy's tiro. Tho highest valuo should bo given to Hliots in this stripe, from the bottom up tlm lliifty ieohes from tlm ground. Tlm noxt in valuo should he hits from the thirty-inch point to tliu top of tho stripe. Aiming low should bo encouraged. Tho object is to drive the enemy’s frunt lines. A Imllet is effective even after striking tlm ground, and moving near the ground, if it miHses tlm first line, it may pick up a man in tlm second line; while a bullet traveling high is useless oven if it hits a man in the reserves. Furthermore it is greater advantage to wound a man in tlm lugs than to kill him bv hitting in tho head or body. Manners mid Customs of the Lust Century. Tlm Pliilndeljihiit gentleman of tlm last century, if lie were a man of fash ion or moans, wore it three- cornered cocked hut heavily laced. His hair wits done up in it cue, and its natural Hiiatle concealed bv a profusion of pow der. His coat was light-colored, with diminutive cape, marvelously long hack, and silver buttons engraved with tlm letters of his name. His sinull clothes came scarcely totiio knees; his long stockings were striped, his hIiohs pointed and adorned witii huge buck les; his vest, hud flap pockets, his cliffs were loaded with lead. * * * When 1m bowed to tlm dituiHels that passed him, lm took half tlm sidewalk its ho flourished his cane and scraped his foot. The historian proceeds to convince us that the dross of tlm lady, as she gravely returned his salutation anil eourteseu nearly to the earth, would seem no less strange to us. “Thosowore the days of gorgeous brocades anil taffetas, luxu riantly displayed over cumbrous hoops, which, flattened before and behind, stood out for two foot on each side; of tower-built hats, adorned with tall feathers; of calash ami muskmelonbon nets, of high wooden heels fancifully cut; of gowns without fronts; of fine satin petticoats, nnd of implanted teeth.” It appears that in 1784 this curious custom of transferring teetli from ono woman's jaw to another hud been lately introduced in Philadelphia. In an advertisement yet extant one La Mayeur announces to his fair but pre sumably mature patrons, that his busi ness is to transplant teeth, and that he lias witbin the six months just preced ing transplanted 123; and he assures those having front teeth for sale that •he will two gniiu a f".- \ ry -o uni one brought to him. -Mi Masters’ HU- toru. WIT AND WISDOM. God Ashes souls with a line; tho devil with a net. To oivn birth to • desire, to nourish it, to devolop it, to inerease it, to imi tate It, to satisfy it—this fa a whole poem. Amenities of the tennis lswn: Hho —“Yours or mino, Sir Charles 7” Ho— “Yours — aw’fly yonrs I” — London Punch, Ip there is any good in a man it fa bound to oome out; but it ahonld not come out at onoe and leave the man empty, “Yes, my wife is s good poker-player,” says a Long Island farmer; aud then he adds: “Hho is also just ss handy with tlm tongs.'’ A woman is never displeaaed if we please sovoral other women, provided sho is preferred; it fa many more tri umphs for her. Hommr Is composed of two great classes—those who have more appetite Ilian dinner, nnd those who have more dinner than appetite. “ A haiit,” says the New York Journal, “is tlio oasis of married life.” This does away with tlm popular notion that nn onais Is a quiet place. The life of a woman can be divided into three o|Kiclis; in tlm first sbe dreams of love, in tlm H(<oond aim experiences it, ill tlm third she regrets it. “Dab is many a mle,’’ says Uncle Ham, “wnt won’t work bole ways, Whisky will produce a headache, but a liendnobe won’t produoe whisky.” The daughter of a Texan cattle king hns just returned from Paris, where shs says she walked through the Tooralooral and visited a slmttoo where she saw the statues of Physio and Catherine de Medioino. •No,” haid Mr. Uyrneamonkey, “1 shall not vote. I'm bound to lm on the off side, and for the life ot me I can’t tell this year which side that fa.” It is only s coward who reproaches as a dishonor the love a woman has cher ished for him, since sho cannot retaliate by muking a dishonor of his love for her. “Yes,"said Miss Penn, “I rejected Mr. Hogg. Nice fellow, but I oonldn't I avo the announcement of my marriage appear in tlio papers under the headline Hogg-Ponn." H (Hkntist says that, properly speak- ing, color is not a property of matter, but of lit. We remember when color whs-a properly of matter, and that was about twenty yenrs ago down south.— Bouton Courier, “Do birds think?” asks a writer in opening a current article. If they do, we would like to know what a canary bird thinks of tlm fat woman who stands up in a chair anil “talks baby” through the brass wires of its onge. I (.wed a man onot an' when I spoke ter him about it lm said: “Don't think oh dal, fur it’s all right," but I noticed dnt airter I quit thinkin’ about it, be tuck it up an’ thought about it till it worried mo powerful.—A rkantaw Trav eler. A man ntely committed suicide in a Parisian restaurant after making a hearty luncheon. On a slip of paper found on tlm lalilo liefore him he had written in pencil: "Oysters aro excellent for the stomach, and old wine promote* longev ity; hut polities disgust a man with life, and that is tlm reason why I am about to kill myself." Four pounds of gold are worth $9,000. Now, then, wo linvo a little scheme to propose. If somo man will just oome in with one pound of gold, and we can slip it into the hatter jar and let our grocer sell it to us for a pound of butter, we wifi hiiyO $2,250 to divide up. Heo? Who'll i u the pound of gold 1-Bur- Hnylon Llawkcyc. The story is told in Paris of nn Ameri can Indy who nt an inn in Normandy wns deputed, ns being the best French scholar in her party, to make the arange- menls for their accommodation. She did her host—which was n long way short of perfection—hut tho clerk did not catch tier meaning, anil his remarks were jargon to her. Filially, in desper ation, she said slowly, and with awful distinctness: "Do—you—spunk—Eng lish?" “Wall, ncow, you’re jest talkin'," shouted the olurk. “Guess I'd orter speak English, I was raised teu Viiles from Bnn-gor.” A Rat Story. The following story comes from the west: “About a month ago a resident of Denver, Col., wns alarmed at night by what he thought tho sawing aud cut ting of a burglar in au upper room. Stealing up stairs, light and pistol in hand, he licgan prospecting. He finally discovered that a rat had got into au empty room and wns trying to make his way to some other part of the house. Thu aniinul had torn splinters of pine wood out of the bottom of the door two anil three inclieB in length. How ho got into tho room was a mystery, until observations wore taken by daylight. Then it was seen that the rat had climbed a scaffold pole that had been left standing by the builders, from which it leaped six feet into the window of the room, which hnd been left open on ao- couut of fresli paint inside. In leaving the room the rat made a dash through tlio window, aud probably caught on the same pole.” r i'niif. aro onlv two beautiful things in I lie world- women and msc-s; ami only two sweet things—women and mel ons,