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THE JACKSON—NEWS. I Ik 11 ARP, Publisher, iOiXMK I. ■s¥FS gleanings. ■ stilly loads el ■ -hip: cl ditH? fr.frn G'nihileri. ■ prupertv in Georgia increased ■ *,,,,airier million dollars in |Ht year. •* - - H,, /.I, Carolina the contending are called the wet ticket dry ticket. w ... „ |K of-the Ladle.-.’ CalJmua nt Association, in South Caro- amounts to nearly $70,000. female preacher from Spar is'carrying on a revival in the church at Anderson, JTP I JM II "T* 1 7 I if i I I fJI I .4.1,. . 4 who are put tn the city prison Buiwille are set to work on “ rock ■ ;l public view on one of the thoroughfares.-’ MV j ‘ ft, M } ry f\ jk ■ Martin, of Anderson county, S. from one pine tree on his place Ho i,!' straight edge lumber and rough edge lumber. Hospital has been incor ■at Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Ab K Mitchell, wife of the promirn ■Biuiikce railroad man, istbcPree ■jo: espondent of the Fredericks .-ays that be counted off the Hi “The Neck,” King George H Va., ninety yesseis‘seaaagbd'in Hystets. tfv>nr f, - ■aeon, Ga., the little two year ■v of officer W. W. Henderson luu! deaden bed.’' Ttliad slipped Hi the railings and the Toot-board H the night aud broken its neck. Hriving and profitable enterprise Hieighborhood of A meric iif, Ga, Bur trade, the skins being nrinci ■hese of the beaver, otter and ■iid a few wild cat aud rabbit ■ r Ik W. Bellamy, living sixteen ■rom Quitman, Ga., has a farm of I acres, s witli C>,po{ under cnltiva'- lovet jR® ‘netrei's . live -oil the land they raise 800 bales of cottons 111 necessary supplies. ■ Avalanche says A Href! times as IWver skins have been'brought to Bids during the past season an any past fifty years. A dam has been twenty miles from the city six feet eight feet wide and forty feet long ■ animals. * m mr Many (Ga.) NgWS: “lft> you ■Want, a ft’ said an Albany matron the otba By. “ Yes’m,” “Well, you may ft at. beax are so scarce in Albany llie girls have all resolved to catch ftst one that comes along, cage him Beep him'as si natural curiosity.” Buston (Ga.) Home Journal: A suc ■l farmer of Houston county told ■'■other day that he considered-corn ■per budielequal to cotton at twen ■its a pound. That farmer sells ■ raised corn, wheat and oats every ■'' non Davis delivered a two-hours ■h at the French opera house in Netv ■nsTuesday night, before a meeting ■l to raise funds for a building in ■h to preserve the .Sty the lap war ■vis and other papersfol t|e fcoulh ■listorical society. ■ fruit dealer in Savannah has an al ■<r in a box in front of his store, ■ms much annoyed by ucoplii pass ■long and poking ■er put up this sign: '‘'Every mot ■ '■nines aloinr is expected to shove ■* down the alligator’s mouth.” ■ alligator is let alone notv. ■idsville (N. C.) Tiirfes ■riff to Wentworth yfistß*Baym ■? he dug up on his place near that ■ !t was examined with much in* Rt hv several of the 'citizens, Col. ■-offering $lO to catch him one just ■ : '. The tail t:Apn ■dees. I TC ■hnry W. Grady says the extent of ■ g which .Senator Hill, of Geor ■ has been subjected is not realized ■'be public. One-third of his tongue ■ teen taken out—the entire left floor Hfc his mouth—the Stiffs i| tlio^M, ■"f his neck. The ra£t deration w ■ ■ -t severe, and probably success ■ When h e was put under ether for ■’ "'ll* intended to only take out a B 1 lump that had hardened on the ■g in ftm nark. Aftej ll . e "l i i *T ■ and *tem4*df to a'l|i§ ffJ ■I- treatjheri and |Aefout tiff rinjnj| ■-i- Jkljegtji |nder tltf 1 He Wanted Rest. ■ . lour husband requires rest,” said ■" lector as he came, from the sick ft-aier. He will -soon be well—-he ■ a bad attack of tickerosis.” 9 Tiekerosis, doctor; why, that’s a ft 3 'lbease, isn’t it ? ” ■ j Tes, quite new—it is caused by ft." IJml thii teckars in the brokers’ B; vs A young shaver of five or six years ■“Sheading at school one day, be oarne ft 3 ’ 1 tiie passage, ’ thy tongue K.'| ® TI I ami thy, uS-irom ft;7' et Hopeful drawled out,. " Keep— ft ~ toiijktK.—from ’evil—and —thy - ft" -from—girls. ” A 1 f ;J* -—f TOPICS OF THE DAY. Cadet Whittaker is in the West tiearehiug for .employment. Ijt . f 1 - j’,' > After all the Indians in New Mexico 4nd Arizona are to got the worst of it. The New York Sun has it that Frank Tames is at the present timp sojourning in that city. The beer drinkers of Vienna are on a demanding a decrease in, the priag of bper. ■*- The New York Legislature has passed n bill prohibiting Judges from appoint ing relatives-to office. A general exodus of Jews lias set in in Russia, and the destination in almost iyery instance !is America. ■ /* ] |H Jti There are in Arizona 2,273 enlisted soldiers and 140 officers, in addition to the forces under General Forsyth. • r* j. ; i 1 ' Coot weather, with accompanying frosts the foro part of May, should bo oredited up to Vennor. He predicted it. Cotton factories are rapidly increas ing in Georgia. One hundred thousand spindles were added during the year 1831. The arrears of rent in Ireland aro estimated at $30,000,000. ft will per haps be some time before these figures will be diminished. The English Government seems to have lost its grip on Ireland, and h‘i;i subjects .are happiei. to-day thaw they have been for years. The wife of Edmunds is fo receive a gift of a silk quilt from the women of Utah a3 a mark of their appreciation of her husband’s recent service. Said Mr. Maher to Mr. Sprague In the New York Legislature the other day. “ The if he is a gentleman, is an infernal liar. ” Wonderful polite ness.those legislator have. . /,* a i A New York scientist named Kruger killed himself because he failed in his endeavor to perfect a flying-machine. He has gone where the art of flying is; one of tho abcomplisMmehtff. — During the Parliamentary recess Mr. Gladstone recreates by writing one or two long magazine articles, and count less letters and postal cards, and fills up any spare momenta with chopping trees in his woods. There is an honest man in Italy. King Humbert nffoses to allow an ap propriation fo pay , the dfjbts, of Victor Emmanuel, but takes upon himself the honorable duty of paying his father’s debts, and lives close.*’ Poob Prince Leopold, Duke of Al bany',” (as the Queen is determined to have him ciTleflj is a sickly weak .you; iff man. Heiltts been trdtiblSd Vvith'a skfu disease since his birth and for weeks at a time is a helpless invalid. Mb. Gladstone says the charge of treasonable practices against Mr. Par nell will be withdrawn. Mr. Forster gives as the reason for _ his withdrawal from the office of Secretary of .'lreland, that he could not agree to release sus pects. The Queen has given special and par ticular orders that her youngest son is ifeyet to be styled'Duke of Albany but he is always to be described as Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany ” Her Maj esty does not wish the name of her late revered uncle to be, forgotten. and it* seems tfio asfapnomcTp hftvwAiseov-; erea a system of" canals on'tlio planet Mars two hundred miles iu width. Now let these astronomers keep on and discover tlio mules. What monstrous animals they must be. Look for their ears, astronomers! Look fat their ears! The Cincinnati Gazette sounds this note of warning : _ “Them is too much money in the Lnitea 3fates Treasury. This teaq'-ts Congress to make liberal appropriations and hqua.Jer tlio funds -yui-t'* Wt of taxoavenn ourflit to ik'UiCfi.-iaxes.yind **>““• . a* 11 ? nouW 6 poptvrfr. What it lvoii* is not popular, as members will discover when they return to their constituents. Mystf.wouslv tho saloons iu Cod.ir ville, Ohio, suddenly blow up. What it is in the whisky that explodes at so un exuicted auirour of nightaniabatters ti^f- ? Jt'&'-, A Bt T2 ,y 't uu * giurciTproluem- Hofecvef mercTseerns to bo litflo dcitbt that to conduct a saloon in that vUlage is a great risk of life. Mb. Joseph F. James, in a paper read Hi i j°n if itYr Slfpi:::; saiellce ilwago of Shakspeare in literature, the discovery of America in history and the advent of Christ in theology -’ . A *2.1,000 piano of ufipafallelcd splen dor is the Prince of Wales’ wedding present to Leopold. We never could understand how people who are 80 ents This fellow is eternally begging for money from the government be cause of the burdensomeness of his debt*. Tub jury Wore whom the M.Jty boys are being tried at New Haven lot JJpYotecT to h iff .Jackson aifA lintts Oountv. JACKSON, GEORGIA, ’WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 188*. the murder of Jennie Cramer, are all blondes. They were secured by the strategy of the counsel for defense under the belief that, they were less apt to con vict’ than a darker type of humanity would be, brunettes being regarded as possessing greater individuality aud positivenoss of character. Capt. Howgate writes to a friend in Washington from his hiding plaoe and asks for money. He indicates his pur posjj to be hand for trial any day the government may set apart, and intimates that rascals high in station may expect to be thoroughly shown up. There is no doubt but that Howgate could tell a great nijmy wonderful storms, but there is no probability that he over will, ; —*— i M The Star Route cases have” again been postponed, this time because of the absence of John W. Dorsey brother of ox-Senator Dorsey, who is sojourning in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. : The great anxiety for trial and “consequent vindication ” that sprang up so spontane ously when the charges of conspiracy were first brought, seems to have died a natural death. The Indian country is a good hiding place for Mr. Dorsey. Singe the “removal” of Jesse James Missouri seems to be satisfied. How about the rest of the gang ? or does re moving Jesse vindicate justice ? Why do the authorities regard the probable presence of Frank James in a communi ty with a profound sense of awe ? And why is there no effort made even to discover his whereabouts ? or is the State taking a breathing spell to begin again as soon as "it oan 'recover from the Into conflict? Messes. Vandf.rbilt aud Field may regard their escape from destruction by dynamite as a most narrow one. Had not ono of the machines been accident ally exploited by the jar of the car, be-, fore reaching their destination, there is no question but that they would have accomplished the purpose for which tlioy were iiftemled, during the process of opening them. Furthermore, that their senders were Nihilists there does not seem to be a particle of doubt. A St. Louis'flog, recently deceased, _ was a property holder. Hist estate con sisted of a house and lot left to him by his deceased \naster.There Was a triis-'* tco, of course ; but the income was con scientiously spent In paying for the ani mal’s food, lodging, and attendance. He •was a handseifc ijAuiCtf (tail- tlas 4ut made vaiu by his wealth, but associated with common dogs. At life death a few days ago, the trustee had him buried in a costly coffin, a hearse conveying the remain# quite ceremoniously to the fam ily cemetery. The almost simultaneous death of Adams and Jeffers op • seeded scarcely more romarkable to their contemporaries khan is the closeness fit 'time betweorf' <tho funerals of the two authors who have most contributed to the literary. fame of the United States during the last half oentury—Emerson' anti Longfr'llotv. And, looking across the water, the near ness between the deatlis of Darwin and Emerstjn reminds us that each was in_ his way a founder of it schfiohpf thought, and that by this joint bereavement both England and America lose their recog nized intellectual leuders. A Menus in citizen of St. Louis, afflicted with an ardent desire to possess, tlie two horses which lutely belonged to Je. se James, lum been the victim of a rather mdau shut amusing joke. Somebody who knew lii# dish, shipped to him a couple-of worn-out street-oyr horse#, for which' he* cheerfully paid a fancy price.* The poor beasts, in the oourse of their arduous lives, had Rencountered more than their full share of the sling and arrows, or outrageous nq-tune, ana were in a sorry condition when they reached St. Lojiis. But they were' beautiful in the eyys of their owner, and he exulted exceedingly over his purchase until some sympathetic friend iuformed him that he had made a foqf|f ’ 4! Tun Chicago Tribune relates how_Ni-.. agara tails are to be utilized as an 'elec tric apparatus. It says TUe preliminary bean- the imrcLiaso of tbo twelve acresaboowii- a# Pr-.-ip< ct I’erir, aUjacept to the falls, which substantially gives the purchaser the control of the water-power of the enllro American falls, estimated at 2,000.- 000 hotte-poner, or ten times the amount of steam-power in Chicago and all the rest of Cook County—a force espial -to that of 12,010.- 000 idea. ’ The control of this prodigious power 1 haring been obtained, it is pro posed to erect immense buildings aud ponder oup machinery upon the brink of the failin' 'wllereTke water can be easily reached, “to he rotnnitd after use.” After generating the electricity Lg.Uius unlimited,hydraulic .fosiSs.U is to be conducted- through properly imulaPd cases tp siltt-fifo |iritujit*.t AineriCtn Cite* and towns Tot ‘ilMidnatirfg puVp< la 'nMuM be used for operating machinery aud •jjtifiately for heating #unjpqp*. . AUuiUiUqr S<-4 will be ten thoasarra ’iUilct 'or #ab|a witliTaajhmfiT to pffieapond. 4, 1 1 T*R Clffd'ihfraff4bSftf Health does 1 not seem to be accomplishing much. Under its management there has been inmost a steady increase of smallpox foe ‘.o9,past four months until the number o| new cases now reach in the neighbos ! tiood of 300 a week. This i somewhat ' alarming. That the infection has turned everal ’ million dollars worth of trade haspr to other sides less unfortunate Fhere Can be no question, and that the inancjal succeM-of the forthcoming musical festival will be severely and pt/Illj&t Seriously tfßwtod by it will iW onfy too plainly shown by the dimin ished sum total of the receipts and the ibrucee of strangeis - oti’ the efre#tS. An inefficient Board of Health—aul they seem to bo the plague of many , sections—is decidedly an expensive in- I strtution to a community. Warming Up the House. “ (This, ’’- observed Mr. Niles, as the postman tumbled down tho cellar stairs with n registered letter, “this is what I call hard linos,’’ and the worthy gentle man fired si brick into the- furnace, and 1 rattled around outside "with a huge poker. 1 “ What’s hard lines ? What are you 'doing?’’ asked the postman, handing | oyOr Iris book and oard for signature. “ Trying to keep those people upstairs vprrn*” replied Mr. Niles. “Hnllo 1” ho continu'd, as a bell over Iris head began ■ to peal, “there’s the follow ou the top' ! floor again,” aud Ire opened Mid slammed | the doer and banged "Sway with the poker. “ But why don’t you build a fire? ' de manded the postman, looking in at tlio empty furnace. * Mr. Niles desisted for a moment and looked over the tops of his glasses in mild indignation. ' “ Do you know the price of fuel ?” he inquired, as soon as he recovered his speech. “ Have you any notion what coal costs?” and he humped the furnace vigorously. “Build a fire! Woil, I guess not! If they bear me rattling, around down here, they think there’s a big head of steam on, and when I com mence to heave bricks they all open their windows. See that load of bricks? That’s my fuel for this winter,” and Mr. Niles poured in a couple of handfuls and began to rake down savagely. “ Well, here, sign these anyway,? sug* gested the postman. “Wait a minute,” retorted Mr. Niles, as another bell rang. “ That's a slioek ' headed newspaper man on the second floor. Ho dou’t get enough to eat to keep warm,” and Mr. Niles fetched the furnace some prodigious thumps and slammed in more bricks. “I plugged up tho pipe to this register with carpet so the cold air couldn’t get up, and yet lie’s howling around with a chill. B— that top floor fellow 1” he ejaculated, as the first bell tolled once more. “Ycru just rattlo tho poker, will you, while 1 burn some straw ju his pipe. When he smells the smoke lie’ll begin; to peel.” “ What’s that other boll?” asked the postman, as another boll rang violently. “ Somebody’s got company in the pnr lor,” replied Mr. Niles. “Hit it a couple of licks around on tho far side. . Tliats it! Say, you wouldn’t mind raking it a bit, would you, while I give that barrel a few turns. It’s fall of stones and it sonnds liko putting in another load of coal. Shake hor up hard 1” “Hello!” exclaimed the postman. “ Wont’s that quarreling upstairs?” ■ “ Never mind him,” replied Mr. Niles, “that’s a friend of miue. He come here tb3§ times a day and bas ket' and hollers for his money for putting in two hundred tons uinoe the first of November. I’ve done him some favors and he helps me out. Don’t shake any more, you’ll break the bricky. Now kick tho door a couplo of times, while I beat truth the poker. It’s lucky for mo that this is going to ba a.inild winter.” “I’ve got to go,” said the postman. -“I wish you’d sign for the letter.” “JOst'roll tho barrel of fire bricks while I go up for a pen, that’s a good fellow,” plcafled Mr. ,Niles’ “and if a bell rings, hammer abound! inside tho furnace. Don’t be afraid, there’s no grate thero, and once in awbilo just drag that shovel across the floor a oouplo of times and then kick the' door. . It sounds beautiful upstairs.” When the postman toft him Mr. Niles thanked (dm for his trouble, and the last the postman saw of him ho was scraping the cold-air box with a hoe to givo tho impression of a tremendous draft.— Jlrooklvn F.aalc. Cruclty to Aulraabj. The cruelty of man to tho animals tlmt labor for him, 'afford him pleasure, food, and the materials for his clothing, is of ten such as to render it questionable, wltieh is, after all, the inferior beast. The establishment of humane societies in different States, cities and towns, however, is a step toward the protection of diffnb animals from human barbafity. The shame is, tlmt these are at nil neces sary in this boasted century of religions teaching and general intelligence. It is a fact, however, that the invocation of stern law is yet needed to bring many a human tiger to a aengo of what is due even to tho brutes, he slaughters. Tho ‘most /flagrant ’outfago tliat we have to unto in this direction, is afforded at the *•* M cit .v- H is, the •pSididl oi tlu*<* *a)*A bumf'Pß it is to kill the cattle at the slaughter houses, to sfteir thr'tnAvkhfa'ltiiife iA the neck, just back of the horns. It has been discov wed by tjie officers ct>f tho Igpaane so-. . <lir ty yiftt wliid Hio Aaß|ala arc resges*; and seek to evMß*ni4"kwfe, tho mad dened butellers pierce the eyes of tlm victims that they -uiay mit 8( 0 tho ap proacli of the death-dealing knife. Ar rotw oLUuise.inhuman monsters are biij ing made, andilui of packinghouses, to their crefljt tie it said, are stciauling tho society yi lfe elfoTO to put a stop to. the horrid prarfficc. Farm wff, tottnartf .boytjit aud uired MSV\ct shudder at the facts hero preßenfei*, "ryr““SoihilEfia „AjiiaaffEP Vt ns | <#/.) tH(pconsfc|.u|yJ if'fe'Pf . d'**' l " l I your work team, yonf hrfd otln r wlomestic anhnals, that you may, ns wc.l C, ~,dfr aftiilt. atilbies* Ml'tintlene- s the lower iidbli: ttw master, bWWeypa.ym dollar- Vihd evints. as well. J‘ ''.rv/’Tr. The Li-;c. A walt^never Hmilew, or,if be does, nobfthr iMi ciflche-: him at it. While on t 10'Cxty of Rflrne fftttus Jffatcii 1 wagered sL‘i that be would brintga srwle ■ to the face o ilffi’ jvaiier at hja titile be fore the steamer slgtlaiil-tlje Irish txmjjk. iHo lost. lietweercTQucenetown hnd liiv ; erpool he offered &<• ’w'Afler two sovyr- I eign* if he woftrl siivt: off hts%liin whiskers. Therolk'aa nA wli<gtioi™mt the man gave the offer the slightest consideration.; veil, when the next ines. waa (Served, ho apjiear***! with nautton • cliop whisk era, artd jiocketed his two sovereigns, saying" “Thank you, sir,” : witg a as as an owh— Prog- Leaving a Man in the Lurch. ' It'was oq a street car. A man with a very hoarse vdico looked across tlio aislo at a man with n country satchel between his feet, and said: “ Wintry day, isn’t it?” ‘ * Hey ?” called the other as he put liis hand to liis ear. “Seems like winter, doesn't it?” shouted the man with tho hoarse voice. “ Hoy? bey?” asked tho deal' man. “He says,” began a mini who was standing up, “he says it 'seems like winter.” At this moment thahoarao-voiced naan roso up and slid out of tho car. As ho did so tlio deaf man rose up, laid two parcels ou the seat, and called out: , “ Speak louder—l’m deaf !” “He says it seems like winter !” bawled the man standing up. “Who says so?” Ho turned around to tlio hoarse-voiced man, hut that person had skipped. “ Who says so ?” demanded the deaf man. “ I—l—why, I say so.” “Well, what of it? Haven’t I sonso enough to know that this is winter weather ? Don’t try any of your guys on me or I’ll knock the top of your head off!” Then tho deaf man sat down and the “middleman” sneaked out and dropped off the oar and said he would spend the rest of his life looking l’or the hoarse voiced man. A Tramp Tells the Truth. A tramp entered the door, and ap proaching with that crushed tragedian air—a heart bowed down by grief and woo—which implies so much (so much whisky punished in happy by-gone days) and struck us for ten oents. It was well iworth the money, for we could not spare the time to throw him out doors, and re taining a firm hold of the subject under discussion with our towering intellect, and one baud ou the manuscript, we passed him the coin. “ Thank you, Bir,” said he, “you havo saved rny life.” His words were tinged with that settled melancholy that come* of feeling that be ought to have struck us for a quarter, and ho passed out anil was gone from our gaze like a beautiful dream. Me chanically we glanced out of the window and across the street. A form emerged from the saloon door across the way, and the form wiped its mouth on its coat sleeve, the back of his neck or his pantaloons. We could not see tho features of the mysterious unknown, but where had wo seen that form, that' atti tude, that general contour and tout en semble 1 } We tried to recollect. Memory toyed for a moment with the long ago, and then all of a sudilon it flashed upou us like a dark lantern. Beveu minutes ago that person had assaulted ns for a dime. As we continued to look we could seo that a smile of hope, a smilo of al most perennial sweetness (lie had evi dently put sugar iu it) lighted" tip the hitherto dreary expanse Of liis counte nance. Ho had said that wo had saved his life. Aud it was so.— Peek's Sun. Homan’s Dress. “Many a plain, quiet little woman.’ rays the New York Herald, “is utterly tired of the ceaseless labor of trying to make as effective an appearance as her richer, handsomer acquaintance. But whivt would her husband say?" He would say, if a sensible man, that she was a sensible woman to dress according to her means. If not a sensible woman, it is of no consequence what ho would say. ' There is an everlasting drift of nonsense about the dress of women, such as the Herald encourages by its silly aud simpering remarks on tho subject of women’s dress. It is possible for a woman of good taste to make herself not only present able, but attractive in calico at five cents a yard. It is the art of knowing how to dress, rather than the costliness of the material usod in dressing, that tells. There is a vulgar notion abroad that a woman is not dressed unless she is loaded down with the costliest of fabrics and jewels to correspond, yet we have seen women in the plainest of dresses so admirably corresponding to their com plexion und figure thnt they outshine the more elaborately dressed women in a society gathering. What is needed is good taste in the selection and make up of material, and even then we are in clined to adopt Hr. Jotfasdirs Idea that the woman whose conversation is so charming as to make one forget how she is dressed is the best dressed woman in any assembly where a display of fine clothes it thought to be the chief point of interest. — Cincinnati Commercial. Tito Encore Kf Stance. j We have cried out again the encore j nuisance until many friends regard it as [ a hobby of ours, but even that will not ; prevent us frf&n vuiefug the sentiment of all sensible pcripMi It is time that the newspapers look tip tho cudgel in the name <9 sense ~..J —j protested against the practice of encor ing everything upon nuy and every stage, and for all performances whatso ever. ’ It is a, fearful strain upon the j nerves of sensitive people to gee tho Cat- j tain go down upon “a wot foul munbu,” and at the instance of a riotous rnbb of gallery gods and enthusiastic flats, have tb poor, gory remains re-endowed with ( UCo arid come smirking and Sailing out i hafoife tho curtain. Applause is all very 1 well und no one enjoys and appreciates it bo mttch as an actor; - hint to be called from the grave to bow npd stßttli isn’t 'ust the thing. Where the cUTtaiTi can t,e raised and a tableau presented just as the actors were last seen, it is well enough; hut, for the sake of people with I sensibilities, Jet tljpre be no resurrection i of the deal Sir hm> purposes. A call i for a linger, or some flue little speeclf Is tolerable, if not too much overdone; but I r epsled demaid# and importumUes j from these drarfltil j disgusting as they are wearisome.— 7urf, h'U Id and Farm. i Thkt had been engaged to be married fifteen years, and btUl ho had hutmjjs- Stored'up resolution enough to ask hjrt* name the lurppy day.. Oh* [g h called in a particularly spoony frame of Xnind, and asked her to sing him some thing that would “move” him. Hlie sat down at the> piano and sang, “Darhagi lam growing old.” 1 Clover Crows. T havo not said any thing about the crows, which are a feature of Y’ezo, and one which the colonists would willingly ' dispense with. There are millions of them, and in manyiplaces they break the sileuco of tlio silent land with a | Babel of noisy discords. They are everywhere and have attained a degree ! of most mipardonjiblo impertinence, ; mingled with a' cunning and sagacity which almost jutt " thorh on a level with man in sohie cfrcmtistances. Five of i them wns so imprudent as to alight on two of my horses, and so be ferried ' across the Yurnpugawa, In tho inn 'garden I saw a dog.eating a piece of | carrion in the prosouce of several of | these covetous birds. They evidently ! said a good doal to each other on the I subject, Aufl now and then oue’e* two of ! them tried to pull the meat away from him, which ho rosontod. At last a big, strong crow succeeded in tearing off a piece, with which he returned to the pine where the others wore congregated, and, after muoh earnest speech, they all surrounded the dog, and the leading bird dexterously dropped the small piece of meat within reach of liis mouth, when ho immediately snapped at it, let ting go tlio big piece unwisely for a second, on which two of tho crows flow away with it to tlio pine, anil with much flutter and hilarity they all nto, or rather gorged it, tho deceived dog looking va oaut and bewildered for a moment, after which he sat under the treo aud barked at them inanely. A gentleman told me that lio saw a dog holding a piece of meat in like man ner in the presence of tlireo crows, which also vainly tried to tear it from him, ' and after a consultation ho separ ated, two going as near ns they dared to the meat, while the third gave liis tail a bito sharp enough to make the dog turn round with a squeal, on which the other villians seized tho meat, and tlio three fed triumphantly upon it on tho top of a wall. In many places they aro so ag gressive as to destroy crops, unless they aro protected by netting. They assem ble ou the soro bnoks of horses anil pick them into holes, and are mischievous iu many ways. They are very late in go ing to roost, amt are early astir in tho morning, anil aro so bold that they often came “ with many a stately flirt and flutter into tho veranda wtiere I was sitting. I nover watched an assemblage of them for any length of time without being convinced that there was a Nestor among them to lead their movements. Along tho sea-shoro they are very amus ing, for they “ take the air ” iu tho evening, seated ou sandbanks facing tlio wind with their months open. They nro threatening to devour the settlers, and a crusade is just now boiug waged against them, lmt their name is legion.—Miss Bird’s “ Unbeaten Trucks in Japan." Agjionltnre In Arizona. Yumh and Molmvo counties embrace the great Culoratio Valley, which con tains thousands of acres of the richest toil in tho -United States. Owing to its yearly overflow, the valley is covered with a coating of vegetable mold, which joustantly enriches the soil. Vegetation is very rapid in this valley. Weeds, grasses, mid wild hemp attain an amaz ing height in a few weeks after the water has receded. In funk 'everything grows in trojiical luxuriance. If kept from Dvorlluw no better,soil for. cotton, sugar, tiemp, and semi-tropical 1 fruits is found in the Continent, in some places the bluffs come down ty the stream, and to other points the valley is from ono to live miles wide. ' Bdbw Ehrenltfirg tins area of the valley land is much greater fclixii above. To bn tig f|ie waters oi! the Colorado by canals pwr jts rich valloy, and prevent the rif'er from overflowing; would no doubt bo an cxjiensivo under taking, but the imridrt'dH of thousands ■ji ncrcs of magnificent land which would thus bo reclaimed are a prize worth strivihg to gain. A compaiiy has been formed for tho raising of hemp and sugar-cane, which lias already begun operations in the valley below tho town Yuma; but with the exception of small patches cultivated by the Indians, the rich valley of the Colorado is still soil, lietwoin file junction of the Gila ajid Colorado, there is a tract of very rich boltpin, by soma CBtfimtfiod oft 80,- 000 acres,' all of 'which confd bo brought under cultivktioh at a moderate Tho two largest streams of thy .Terri tory, flowing on cither side, would give an inexhaustible w r atct snppfv, arid the configuration of tho ground is such that it cun be easily irrigated. There are several fine rnnclie's along the valley of the Gila, in Yuma County,' which yield good crops vf grain and vegetables. The total jiimhcr of acres under cultivation i|i tlicdonuty is about 2,500. Tho valley (if the Colorado, in Mohave County, pre sents the same features as in Yuma, but |in not so extensive. The soil is equally | as rich and productive, but it requires I capital to open canals, throw up embank -1 rnents, and put the land in a condition KM - rAf lWKfpt fifrming in Mohave is eouiiued to the Big Handy, in the Southern part of tlio county, whore therearo about 1,000 acres muler cultivation, producing ftno crops frf' grain, vegetables, ami fruit. Bue iriwful farming in Arizona depends en tirely on irrigation. No finer crops are i niisecLin any country tlian in tliis 'JVrri- I torv, ivSiere water can lie had. There j life .W'uuands of acres erf priHiuctive | land in tlie leading valleys, which can he ; made avai able by a proper disiribution |of the present water supply, White the wealth qf Arizona iff in itu mines, agri culture will always be * profitable culh ffig, and tlie priyluets, of the sod cohq ! 1 mind a good price,— Resources of Ari -1 zona. Sawdust, In 'Rivers. L The marked disadvantages of sawdust Liu rivem, a.l alr'olistrnction to navigatHui, :-e beyond question. A. imipjietent United Htate* engiueer says (he dele i t< (ions effects of depositing sawdust in 'tli. Wiiishsippi by the Minneapolis’huw liiills are evident to the most, uitsual olc rftvcr, and is pm-epliblo as tar ilowu the ■hfm is Lake Fepm. A veteran steam * IJ-iareT jays that a bar forfned of 'saw dust mm-Blind is worse tbarf ono of sand alone, and the latter will wash out, but j pothing except dredging will remove tha sawdust. iKKMS: $1.64 p*r >**• NUMBER 30. HUMORS OF THE DAY. The nobbiest thing in boots is a ' bunion. Song of the cheese —“Will you love me when I mould?” A stockholder in a strept railway company—the driver. Tnit proof of tho pudding is tho rapidity with which tho children get away with it. “Well, I’ll be bound,” as the man remarked when ho heard quoted the lines, “Chains of gold are fetters still.” A man who “traveled on his shape” insulted a young lady, and her father kuocked him down and traveled on his shape, too—walked all over him. That little girl unwittingly gave utter ance to tlib principles of many of her - elders when she wroto in her composition: “Wo should make mistakes and tell lies as seldom os it is convenient. ” Girls should be careful how they aro vaccinated with virus taken from a lovor’s arm. One at St. Paul has taken to swearing, sitting cross-legged, and smoking a brier root pipe. —Detroit Free Drees. Mr. Brown wants to punish' the liquor drinker as well as the liquor seller. Fogg soys ho wiil go a step beyond Mr. Brown. Ho wants tlie liquor itself Suuished and he is willing to punish all e can of it. —Boston Transcript. “Pa,” asked Fogg’s hopeful, tho other evening, “what kind of combs do you use to curry chickens with?” “Cox combs,” replied Fogg, promptly. Fogg Bays ho believes in always answering a child when yoH can.— Boston Transcript. “No,” said Gallagor, “ I don’t keep a hull-dog bcoauso I want a dog to fight. I’d rather givo SSO than havo my dog light. But by Judas, Ido like the satis faction of feeling that he can chaw the stuffing out of any blame dog that comes along.” “Alas, we must part,” as the coat tails said when tho street-car pnssenger took his seat. “Bntwo’ll meet again,” as the coat-tails said when three fat women got aboard. “United we stand,” as tho coat-tails said “for the rest of tho ride.— Louisville Courier-Journal. They tell of a man out West who was putting a blast in a well, and it went off prematurely and blow him out into an apple tree about fifty feat away. In a moment ho recovered himself, and re marking, “The Lord knows better than I do after all; 1 guess it is almest time to go pruning,” took a large pruning knife from liis pocket and set to work. Fun at a dinner party: Tho youngest gentleman (it is his first visit) has broken the ice at last by inquiring tho uamo of the hostess’ little daughter, to which the child has replied “Ethel.” "And why, Ethel, do you keep patting me on tho arm?” “Because mamma says your a muff”—(awful pause, during which tjhnchild strokes him down)—“but you ' don't feel like one, you know. ” [Taldoaft: child complacent—nobody elo.] — Judu. MOSAICS. Ambition is tho ovil shadow of aapir- . ation. —George MacDonald. You bocomo more tho viler for dis praise.— Thoman a'lvempk. It takes a bold man to roll his own idea into tlio world.— A. S. Gardner. All up-hill work when we would do; all down hill when wo suffer. — Bailey. No man is more iniserablo than ho that hath 110 adversity. —Jeremy Tay lor. No life can bo utterly miserable that is heightened by the laughter aud love of cue little child. Youth ift the tassel and silken flower of Jove page Ss the full com, ripo and solid iu tlijs ear, Rilortiss Is Ilk(1 clinp’iiiK s mountain, ’Tin to rfcaefi tlio tip-top ; Who would Dutch H hriKlit of tho fountain Mnt wait li lor Uio water to drop. Eouoation begins tlio gentleman, but reading, good company and Tottoction must finish him.— Locke. Rkfleot upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on ycur past misf rhrnes, of which all men jiuve some. -r-( 'burden JHckcnn. Home men with nwordh may reap tho field. And plant with Jauroia wrhere they kill; lint their atroiiK nerve* at laat mm*t yield ; They tamo but one unotUor utill. ■ Though: avarice will preserve a man from being noccssitously poor, it gener ally makes him too timorous to bo weal thy.—Thomas Paine. Tub best die and tlio cunhing live. . Courage goes ahead and scales-the ram parts and falls in tile ditch. Cowardice skulks and populates the earth. If bo realty thinks there is no distinc tion between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spools. — Dr. Johnson. A noon book and a good woman are excel lout things for those who knowjust ly how to appreciate their value. There are men, however, who judge of both * i .. i./>nnl. of the covering. Two things thou hH not Joug iSr, lrUum .u.u . mind sen ne: A woman to thy wild, though (* worn • crowned qtU J'D; And tho Hooond, Wrowod money—though the ■miJing Umdf*r wty ■*. That tie will not demand the debt tUrttl the J*df inent day. - EtMrwn* Advice to Sir Charles. When Hir Charles Lyofl, the eminent geologist, was iu America, lip seems tp.. have hail some curious advice given to him alio tit traveling on the Mississippi steamiionts. “Never pay your fare until you are compelled to,” was the first of wisdom thrown at him. “And pray why not?” he queried, with English straightforwardness. “Because,” was the almost whispered reply, “your chances are better in case of trouble.” “ Will you kindly explain yourself, air?" said LyeV, astonished, beyond [ measure. ... ! “ Well,” flittered the American, with a very significant leer, “when X was traveling up the river last March, some- I body cried out, Tassenger overboard!" ! The captain hurried to the office, and 1 asked, ‘Has tho man overboard paid 1 his fare ?’ On being answered in. the af firmative, he turned to the pilot, and said, indifferently, *Go ahead; it’s all right.’”