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JroWABD YOUNG & CO
Ptblishan and Proprietors.
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NEWS GLEANINGS.
A Hancock county, Oa., farmer has
pair of oxen which weigh 3,900 pounds.
Athens, Oa., has prohibited the riding
«f veloeipedcs on her streets.
Eighty bushel* of rough rice to the
acre is the average yield in Florida.
Arkansas produced 705,000 hales of
cotton during the season of 1880-81.
The German carp planted in Tennes
sec ponds do not propopate well.
Farm lands in the neighborhood of
Athens, Ga., bring from 1100 to $-100
per acre.
It takes $30,000,000 for freight and
insurance to place a year’s cotton crop
in the New England cotton market.
llOver"fifty ’thousand bales of cotton
were exported from the port of Havan
aah last week.
There are fifty female* in the North
Carolina penitentiary, two white and
forty-eight colored.
Wild tnrkey* are plentiful in the
country adjacent to New Orleans on
wroount of the protection accorded them
by the game laws.
The State authorities have effected a
■tic of 000,000 acres of Mississippi river
swamp land to the Georgia Pacific Rail¬
road Company.
£A rattleanske six feet long and
twenty inches in circumference was
killed recently in Rutherford county,
Tenn.
Deer, squirrels and pheasants arc said
to be very abundant in the Shenandoah
Valley regiou this fall. Partridges arc
tearco, while wild tuikcys are about an
average. Alma (Ark.) Independent knows
The
men who saw their wives and children
put in, make and harvest this year’s
trojis, and aro now investing the pro*
ceed* in cheap whisky.
On the w harf at Key West, Florida,
arc two sticks of mahogony. One
measures twelve feet in length and is
fourteen feet two inches square. The
•ther is three feet eight liy three feet
two inches in thickr.e-s.
The cotton Htatcs consume 42,252,244
bushels more wheat than they raise, and
pay to the North for wheat, corn, oats
and hey $150,000,000 annually, which
Is equivalent to that amount of money
being literally rqnandered by (Southern
people.
The net profits of the cotton factory
owned by the Tennessee Manufacturing
Company, Nashville, for the year were
$16,000. The company declared a divi¬
dend of ten per cent. Arrangements
have Inch made for the erection of an
•ther mill at a cost of $250,000,
Tn a quarrel between Capt. Frank Hul
livan, of the bark Potter,- at Charleston,
8. 0., and a Portuguese seaman named
Sylvia, the latter drew a knife. Sullivan
sitid to him that he didn’t have “spunk"
enough to cut anyone. To ptove lie had,
the Portuguese drew the knife across
his own lircast, inflicting a deep and
painful wound.
The Matcher snd Jackson, Vicksburg
ami Ship Island, the Mobile and North¬
western, the Durant and Lexington, the
Greenville, Columbus and Birming¬
ham; the Aberdeen and F.lyton, the
Columbus, Fa vet to and Decatur, the
£az60 City ; ,ml Canton, the Meridian
and Now 0,leans are sohie Mississippi
railroads that for the present only exist
•n paper.
Mr*. Jane Gornto. a widow living
•car Wrightsville, Ga„ sent her son for
quinine. The clerk gave him a bottle
of morphine, which he made in pills and
gave hi* mother. 8he dual in forty'
eight hours.
In Atlanta the rain drops that fall
off the western side of the roof of the
First ltaptist Church find their destina¬
tion in the Gulf of Mexico, while thvse
which fall from the eastern side of tlie
loof meander to the Atlantic ocean.
Gen. Juba! Early lives at a Lynch¬
burg hotel aud practices law. Although
not yet seventy, he is as bent and
bowed as a man of ninety years. His
drooping shoulders, his long gray beard
and flowing white hair, and the strong
station which he leans, makes him look
like the idea! Rip Van Winkle. He
wears the Southern gray yet, and his
•till vigorous mind i» full of fire.
I Land Monopoly In California.
“ With more nutilled acres than there
aro m Kansas, Nebraska aua Iowa com
r -ini 'pranhs'-o* (’foinW
■ava, “ finds extreme difficulty ‘even m s,vnr
ine a home_160 a-res-at four
times as much as 160 acres would cost
him in anv ot those States. Millions of
•ere* have Uvn transferred from Gov
ermm n. to coiporabou .vuM, and tho
corporatunis, with Bingu.ar -huduess to
ions of our best acres are locked up in
ior aiivauung raws, sun ji;
wor^with^honesty ...r
not ' and MB.- ub-
TOPICS OF THE DAT.
Boston is to have a free Hebrew
school.
Petroleum oil has been discovered in
Colorado.
There are 208,830 pensioners in the
United States.
President Arthur will sign no tem
peranoe pledge.
Shoeing is not allowed at polling
places in Bouton.
Tenneriee has supplied the Mormons
with 125 converts.
Gcrr« 5 AU is pretty certain to live
through the holidays.
J loot. Folokb has taken charge of tne
United States Treasury.
American oleomargmrine is sold for
Holland butter in England.
The World’s Fair project seems to
have about fallen through with.
The desire for American independence
is manifesting itself in Camilla.
Bamjwin is very contrite. He calls
himself both a knave and a fool.
The production of rai-ins in California
this year is estimated at $500,000.
Susan B. Anthony want* the name of
Pullman cars changed to Pull-man-and
woinan.
FitouKB is of the opinion that England
can not rule Ireland. May Ire she can’t,
but she does.
The Now York Produce Exchange has
decided to erect a new building at a cost
of $2,000,000.
And bo the Star Route rascals escaped
tho first batch of charges? Still the
charges remain.
Kelly, the motor man, asks for throe
months more to perfect his invention.
He may hav* it.
The stars and stripes were vociferously
cheered in tho streets of London on
Lord Mayor's Day.
It requires but twenty-six hours now
to go from New York to Chicago. The
distuucc is 9(H) miles.
It is estimated that $60,000,000 is in¬
vested in jewelry in tho United States,
exclusive of silverware.
Brady’s anxiety lor vindication seems
to have waned—gone clear out It must
have been a myth in the first place.
New York has responded most lilier
ally to tliii upis-ul of the Michigan suffer¬
ers, She contributed something over
$125,000.
Aiuihibald Forres, tho war corresjion
deut, will write a serial for a London
newspaper under the title of “TheHouth
of To-day.”
And now, for (K-rsoual comfort, wo
long for just one slice of tho warm
weather wo had last summer to stir in
witli the winter.
Coal at Cincinnati sells at $5 a ton,
and Cincinnati u on the river lending to
Pittsburg, too. It si-t-ms that tlio coal
cm>p failed also.
Siberia line a population of 1,385,000,
and has au area of 8,000,000 square
Utiles. Russia claims that her object is
to jiopulato the country.
The (\mrtrr-Joumal says that iu
New Jersey it is “Over the Bank to the
Poorhouso. ” This is not quite right.
For “Poorhouso” read “Money-vault.”
St. Louis has eleven murdeVors in
jail, and the papers intimate that if
there is not a “hanging bee” soon, the
eitixeus may lose control of themselves.
Public opinion respecting the guilt of
the Star Routers lias not been affected
a particle by the dismissal of tlie ease on
a technical flaw. They still stand con¬
victed.
A Hotel is to be built in Toledo in
which there will bo no bar-room at¬
tached. Imt in its stead a small chapel
where guests may hold religious st-r
vices.
Those who expect to hear Adelina
Patti sing may as well commence nvw
to save up their money. From all we
can learn the popular price of admission
will bt- $10.
Clara Louise Kellogg is soon to be
married, and the happy mortal is named
Whituev. TUev sav he followed her
AU J aeviled her till she just had
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N *»' )»** *?•.’»• 1 have caught the
disease , from Ohio. Urn election returns
*■«<•" that they did a great deal of
scratching there. Tlie ticket elected is
a mixed on*
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K vnnY Mint s tiviug at Sandusky,
; n»c r^ht <me ;s twenty-two xnehes long
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It looks now as if the consump
I tiou of srn.vke iu Oiucinuati is to
mi actual fact The ordinance ha*
passed botli Boards of Common Cpun
cil and l«een signed by the Mayor,
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Marose is a man of very small stature
and iight weight, but there is perha)h
not a man in Vinrima who feels hi?heft
more than he doe*. Just now there
something more than a ton of him.
Saw-orb - *
Mr*. ,, ,, Mws V*lhe Grant, _
ht-r husband and two of their three
dren are visiting the old folks in
York, but some how or other, are
attracting so much attention a* usual.
When Gladstone rises to speak
clasps his hands behind his back. Thi.-:
attitude prevails, however, only
the opening sentences. Once
up, his gesture* are rapid, almost fori
ous. «
Xftt LabOuohebr, in hi* journal,
Truth, declares that the late Banin
James De Rothschild lost on the Bourse
iti October HO,000,000 francs or $16,000,
000, and that this loss was the cause of
his death.
Patti will start out by singing
“Home, Sweet Home,” because, she
says, America is still her home, and she
cx,jectsau will look encore something that like when a sizedl hundred up,
thousand dollars or thereabouts.
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It is hard to believe that Brady was
in earnest when he demanded an early
trial ar-d consequent vindication. He
doubtless is willing to wear the stigma
that has been placed * upon him for ' the
profits he , has . made , in . the Star
business.
A negro woman living in Meridan,
Mississippi, has given birth in thirteen
years to fourteen children, six pair of
T these "'ii'nT children, “? who t ""\ is sixty-four ?* years of
age, is tho father of thirty-seven living
childrcn.
Harvard University replied to the re¬
quest of Miss Kate E. Morris, a graduate
->f Smith College, for admission to can¬
didacy for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy, that "the corporation aro
not prepared to admit women as candi¬
dates for a degree.”
The editor of the Indiana Statesman,
at Terre Haute, has been sentenced to
twenty-five days in jail nml to pay a fine
of §300, on conviction of criminal libel.
As an editor's avocation is that of think¬
ing, what a golden opportunity this will
afford, and no annoyances, either.
At the approaching coronation of the
Czar and Czarina tho ivory throne of
Constantine, the lust Emperor of Con¬
stantinople, is to lie used. The Czarina
is to occupy a throne adorned with 876
diamonds and rubies, and 1,223 sapphires,
turquoises ami jhaoi-Is of the first water.
Mule. Elise, tho famous circus riilor”
of Paris, is credited witli being a daughter
of the Emperor of Austria. Hor circus
dress is spangled with diamonds, and
diamonds gleam from her hnir as, stand¬
ing with one foot upon her flying steed,
she directs with her other toe the atten¬
tion of hor audience to tho zenith.
According to tho extra census bulle¬
tin just issued, the great wheat States
are Illinois, which raised 51,000,000
bushels; Indiana, 47,000,000; Ohio, 46,
000,000; Michigan, California, 35,000,000; Iowa,
31,000,000; 29,000,000 ; Mis¬
souri, 25,000,000, and Wiscousin, 24 >*
000,000. In three States were produced
nearly three-fourths of the whole wheat
crop of tlie country.
The King of Ashantee is a very good
sort of a being. Tho State buildings
needed repairing, and ho desired to show
how sacrificing a personage he was, and
so he had 200 young girls, or maidens,
tilled for the purpose of using their
blood to mix the mortar. He neglected
to tap bis own fiendish heart, boivev .f
These massacres, it is said, aro custom¬
ary with the king.
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It is rojiorted thnt the Sultan has
ordered the ruins of Solomon's Temple
to be preserved, and the surrounding
place to be cleared of Mosque rubbish. Near
the place stands tho of Omar,
the revenue oj which is said to be £150
000 a year. Hitherto this sum has been
sent to Constantinople, but it is now to
1* appropriated to clearing the site of
tho Temple. This act of the Sultan is
believed to be a result of the visit of the
Crown l’rince of Austria t« Jerusalem.
Mr. Parnell, the Land League chief,
owns some house property in Dublin , on
which the tenants complain of very high
rents, but lie states that the tenants are
of the landlord class, aud that such
property is not to be regarded iu the
same category with agricultural. His
• l 8 r ’ 1 nltnr.il preptrty^ ionsEt, of 4,6.8
h ® CountTof tt icklow. estimate
b v Gnffl ^' s Ration £ 1.245 per
-
f inum ; Iho fa ™ !ltv let tlle P> w -
law valuation, which m some parts of
Iniiui is higher, iu others less, than
«• Routs •» ropdarly paid.
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Arabs are very lively in talk, quick,
full of gesticulations and Arguments, in
ffuisime. great chatterers, shout- rs, and
, screamers. They surpass .the Jews in
fanciful names. From the swarms of
au<!t<d b y American ladies, the follow
l»h translation: Mi«s Fascinating F y,
Miss Sociable Slider, Miss S.vfe
or, Miss Victor Camel Driver,
Benwvokart Old Shoe, Mis-. Pnes Thick
j Lip, Mis- Enough, Mis* DiaaMtod XI.e
I i 1 : Maker, : s-cs sad Maker, Miss Blessed Batter
so on.
Learn a f raSr.
It is wary evident that a great dis¬
proportion-exists, that kind as which reg .r<ls needed education, and
between is
j ; is of £ practical imp.rtanee, anti that
which not but which thousands ao
<|uire without any definite purpose; and
j it they deeide upon some pursuit i* is
11 chosen with that reganl to their
j j importance qoalituationesnd of the deticieijcies question requires. which the
I The young man who thinks he will
j j be a la-ryar, a doctor, or a minister, and
hopes to attain success, must decide
on his choice of any profusion by socte
tiling lx-side bis own ambition and con¬
ceit in the iHi.itor as to his fitness and
| ability f<>r the same. The detire to fill
| ! a high ;.nd influential jiosition is land
» *• - >y wlien it is not disproportioa
at--,-i ones ability.
j O * of the stroogest incentives that
influences many to ruth into the pro
! f.-ssions without that careful delibeni
i lion which the subject demands, is the
idea that these avocations will reflect
more honor and credit upon them than
a trad , but instead of sn. h honoring
I the profession, the reverse is glaringly
(*Ph‘ rent - thats hage proportion of them
had req^much sagacity Inm- to
t : at one better be a good
1,.- ,„au than a third rate lawy r, a tir.-.t
e!a> - mechanic tt.an aquack doctor.
j In r arc those who have rjx ;;t a
gn at deal of time and money in study
: mg L .1 n and Greek, and many other
thw v - which never did them any good,
F t-si ,K ; lace tl "' 1 that J y taeir time auf| might . >.*“™ have le f been J
e„., Joyed to far better advantage, In
Many young men, have after years spent
misdin cted effort, had to resort to
am thing that < fil led. Of this there are
instance* too numerous to mention.
The world is full of so-called educated
, „ ,
fcnowlego which the neSs of the country
There is a need of skilled me
chanics, capable, active men, instead of
doctors, It lawyers, ministers and clerks.
is a question of great importance
not only to the young, but to the parents,
this of preparing their children for a
business wherein they can not only earn
their daily bread, but secure to them¬
selves some of the comforts and conven¬
iences of life, and au honorable position
in the world.
When people get out of the prevailing
but foolish notion of thinking that it is
more honorable to have a profession
than a good trade, and when the reveise
of this rather is taught to the young, it
cannot fail to have a judicious tendency
toward correcting an error which has
been fostered long, and lies close to the
interests of all.
If every man had an occupation that
was chosen because he was better fitted
for it than for any other, he would be in
a condition to enjoy much in life, and
his sphere of usefulness and influence
would be greatly enlarged. Practical
education, with a careful consideration
of one’s abilities and deficiencies, with
an adaptedness to tho wants and needs
of our land, cannot fail to make our con¬
dition much pleasanter and our labor
more remunerative.
An Expensive Magazine.
Magazine “Would j'on asked like to the buy that voiced ITarpcr's
1” soft and
timid peanut on the east-bound Union
Pac flc train the other dav to n middle
aged passenger who was looking over
Harper and reading au article on the
Mormon situation.
“ No,” said the middle-aged party.
“ It is my own magazine, and therefore
I do not ekre to lmy it.”
Excuse m\ ™*d tlm poor, little
frightened his peanutter, while the tear*
came into eyes. I fear you want
to client a poor orphan lmy out of Ins
books. 1 lease pay me, or let me
have the magazine haex aga.n. All,
sir, von would not rob me of my
No, snul the stern stranger. , i Ido r i
not wis l to rob you i t jour book iny
boy but I bought this on t ie l tah
Northern Load and p.ii fur ii. When
1 went into the eating mn-e f r i reak
fast, the tram bnti-lu r to, k it ; ut of my
seat and s,.ld it to me ; rain in the after
llo0u -
“ I was in the middle of an article
when we got to the dinner station, so I
turned , down , the , leaf , . and , , lef, . it .. again in
iny seat. 1 hod to has buy it once more. and
Now the magazine cost me $2,
you want me to give it to you so thnt
you can sell it through Nebra-ka.no
doubt. No, my poor little orphan lad,
you may go and soak your head for an
hour or two and bathe vour tear-bedim
unto . -.i s but I eanni t gi.e up my $2
magazine
nt .
1 T 0, l
made oy the , Lustue Iii.bans , ut ( i icago.
bell out vour utt« stock o.niovutmgap
p.es at lar bam 1, with two prize
worms ni ea i and every apple, but do
not disturb me while I road my expen
sive periodical.
•• I will nut bother you while you sel,
your fancy mixed candies that have been
running back and forth over the road
sine.- 69. I will not interfere with you
while you sell yonr Indian curiosities
mid-e mfachaneeto all ^bo^nusevVon^m' “u*e ^tiefevri but cive h!
rtUmregukrSment” P this
conductor said it was the Marquis of
Lome. And it was, too .—Bill Nye.
An Indiana! olis scissors grinder claims
to have been with the Duke of W. ihi.g
ton m forty battles, and that lie re i mvo
l8 ‘- sword cuts and eleven gunshot
wounds. We don t belie-e tl.e I uk. ol
Je LderetocUt not sSti edltiuH
d the
Duke did have a scissors grinder, who
^^“8 a utmg tb way
ame s and shooting him eleven tin s
j with a gun. He deserved it .—Pe k'»
1 Sum
WtSHISGTOh’S FUNERAL.
( «*»«» at I lie (HiMqnin of the
Notion's f irst PmMrsb
fPrem tie Fhter County N. T. OinSte, In. t.
1800 ..
Ouwgk Town. Dec. JO.
On Wednesday last the mortal part of
Wu.-Kington the Great, the father of his
country and the friend of man, was con
signed to the tomb with solemn honors
and funeral pomp.
'™r 5?=2?. f&ZFvt *“££
Aaagg.a,Bi , ' Dt
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affecting ! how awful the spectacle of
such worth and greatness, thus, to
mortal eyes, fallen! Yes! fallen !
fallen I
In the long and lofty jxirtico, where
oft the hero walked in all his glory, non
lay the shrouded corpse. The counte¬
seemed nance, now composed and serene,
to express the dignity of the
spirit which lately dwelt in that lifeless
form. Then those who paid the last
sad honors to the bene factor of bis
country took an impressive, a farewell
view.
On the ornament at the head of the
coffin was inscribed “Surge ad Judi¬
cium,” about the middle of the coffin,
“ Gloria Deo,” and on the silver plate :
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
: I*'i>«rted thi-j Life on the 1-itb December, :
1799, Aet. 68.
Between 3 and 4 o’clock the sound of
artillery minute from a vessel in the river firing
guns awoke afresh our solemn
sorrow—the corpse wim moved—a band
of music with mournful melody melting
the si ul into all the tenderness ot woe.
The procession moved in the follow¬
ing order:
CftFAfr}' aud Infantry spiard, with arms reversed.
Music.
The General’s Clergy.
horse, with his saddle, bolsters and
pistols.
Si min*. ............I Col. Gilpin.
Payne. Biuutcy. corpse. ; Col. Maretellu.
...........t Co!. Litt.e.
Mourner;.
Maaonie brethren.
Citizens.
When the procession lmd arrived at
the bottom of the elevated lawn on the
banks of the Potomac, where the family
is placed, the cavalry halted, the
marched toward the mound and
their lines, the clergy, the .Ma¬
brothers anil tho citizens descend¬
to the vault, and tho funeral services
the church were performed. The fir¬
was repeated from the vessel in the
and the sounds echoed from the
and fields around.
Three general discharges by the in¬
the cavalry and eleven pieces of
which lined the hanks of the
back of the vault, paid the last
to the Oommander-in-Chief of
armies of the United States and to
departed hero.
The sun was now setting. Alas ! The
of glory was sot forever. But no 1
name and of Washington, President, the American
shall triumph
death 1 The unclouded brightness
his glory will illumine the future
A Perfect Cup of Coffee.
Coffee is tho fine issue of Eastern hos¬
climax of the visit. One
on entering, the sound of the
for iu every properly regu¬
household in the East the coffee is
ground, but pounded to au impalpa¬
powder, having lieen roasted that
each day its provision, and
the moment it is needed. And
one who has not drank it there and
can presume to judge ot' the bever
Ih England we roast it till it is black,
it. as we would cattle food, boiling
like malt for beer, and when we drink
le better and uunromatic fluid which
and say we have taken our coffee.
eastern coffee-drinker knows all the
of berry and preparation as a silk
haul knows the quality of silk; the
knows that to roast it a shade
tlie point where it breaks crisply
slow the pulverizing pestle is to spoil it, each and when
is done, mcas
goes into its little copper ibrik, re
its dose of Unkng water, just one
f the tiny cupsful, rests and instant on
coals to restore the heat lost in the
and is poured into the eggshell
enp, and so it came to us, each cup iu a
enameled holder. The rule in these
seems to be that few things are
worth doing but these few are worth do
ing well, aud there is no waste of life or
material by overhaste .—Pall Mall
Oa'.ette.
The Parasite of Malaria.
Prof. Laverau, of the Medical School
of Valde-Grtvse, has published a work
describing what he considers to be a
new parasite which he has found iu the
’blood of persons affected with malarial
f ever _ a notice of his discovery was
communicated to the Academy of Medi
c ino so long ago as November, 1880, but
it seemed to have attracted little atten
^on, being thought to be simply one of
t lie numerous announcements made of
late years, of the discovery of the cause
, o{ malaria, which prove ii the end to
have no foundation. The organism de
- cribcd b v Pr ? f ‘ Laveran 13 a min " te
* somewhat
.f.f’ ! St iu am^oid ft**™*™ memento He'
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“I suppose you had always a great
fanev for surgerv?” people often used to
sav to Sir Benjamin of the Brodie, The the truth great
English surgeon dav.
was that he had no more taste for it
than a fop for a pole-cat. He went into
tlie business because there was nothing
else for him to do. It is not at all prob
able that the elder Beimett ever had any
vouthful aspirations in the direction of
’onmalisin, or that A T. Stewart ever
thought of becoming a merchant. Ste
phenson was not an inventor oeeause he
willed to be oae; nor Edison an elec
trician because that was the dream
his boyhood. These men loliowed
bent of their own genius, and for
it was along the line of least resistance,
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Oxe oyster may lay as many as 2,000,
000 eggs a year.
A flow from the leg of an ostrich
*® ^rt-ak * amt's hf.
A wotr, like a tiger, having once
eaten man, prefers him to all else for a
dinner, and if he attacks a man it is
proof that he has already dined off on#
or had hydrophobia.
u "
f^»5SSftSiB5 ocean, eaa
SL—tts wsrni
naked eye. He can throw out nearly
e
According to a writer in Nature, the
small migratory birds that are unable to
perform Mediterranean the flight of 350 miles across the
sea are carried across on
the backs of cranes. In the autumn
many flocks of cranes may lie seen com¬
ing from the north, with the first cold
blast from that quarter, flying low, and
uttering a peculiar cry, as il of alarm,
as Little they circle over the cultivate,! plains.
birds of every species may bo
seen tering flying up to them, while the t wit¬
song- of those alr- ady comfortably
settled upon their backs may be dis¬
tinctly vision heard. But for this kind pro¬
of nature, numerous varieties of
small birds would become extinct iu
northern countries, as the cold winters
would kill them.
Bank or England notes arc made
from pure white linen cuttings—never
from rags tiiat have been worn. So
carefully is the paper prepared that even
the number of dips into the pulp made
by each individual workman is regis¬
tered on a dial by machinery, and the
sheets are carefully counted and booke*
to each person through whose hands
they pass. The printing is done by a
most, curious process within the bank
building. There is au elaborate ar¬
shall rangement be exactly for securing like other that no note
any in exist¬
ence duplicate ; consequently bank there never lias been
The a stock of paid note except for by forgery.
notes seven years
is said to amount to 34,000,000, and to
hll 10,000 boxes, which, if placed side
by side, w ould cover over three miles in
extent.
In England the north side of a church¬
yard is objected to as a place of burial.
The old ecclesiastical reason is this :
“ The east is God’s side, where His
tlirone is set; the west is man’s side, the
Galilee of the Gentiles; the south is the
side of the angels and of the ‘ spirit
made just,’ where the sun shines in its
strength. The north is the devil’s sido,
where Satan and his legion lurk to catch
the unwary.” Some churches have still
a “ devil’s door” in the north wall, which
was ions opened let at baptisms devil and commun¬
to the out. Miles Ever
dale, in Ids “ Praying for the Dead,”
A. D. 1515, says: “ As they die, so shall
they arise; if iu faith in the Lord, to¬
ward the bouth, * * * anil shall arise
in glory; if in unbelief, * * * to¬
ward the north, then are they past all
hope.”
The disproportion of the costs of a
lawsuit to the damages obtained was
probably never greater than in a case
argued l >3 William H. Seward in 1848.
A newspaper addressed to a Miss Felton
was received at the Syracuse postoffiee.
The Postmaster refused to deliver the
paper without letter post age, because the
'initials of the sender were on the wrap¬
per. The value lady sued in a J ustice’s court
for the of the paper, and was
awarded 6 cents damages. The Post¬
master appealed, and the case was car¬
ried successively the Supreme to the Court Court of Com¬
mon Pleas, Appeals of the
State, the Court of and the
United States Supreme Court, each af¬
firming the original decision. When the
ease entered the last tribunal $136.90 in
costs had been added to the 6 cents dam¬
ages.
The Wyoming Method,
San Francisco Chronicle,
They have learned how to live in Hil
Hard, Wyoming territory, and are pleased
w i t l, their lesson. they replenish As often this as they
get out of meat wav:
a. band of wicked-looking citizens go
down to the Union Pacific track a ways,
to where the trains run slowly and
awa i t the passage of the through express
w jtli its palace ears and tender passen
gers. As it is heard in the distance they
take their places. A stuff man made of
B t r(iw j s laid out beside two deal ooffins,
a bit of baggage keeping his face from
being seen, while the gang gather around
a living victim, whom they are about to
hang to a telegraph polo. It is a slim
chance for the poor fellow, but the pas
topped run wild at the sight. The train the
Volunteers run back to
the scene. Explanation: Two noted
horse-thieves are the scourge of the dis
trict, survivor penitent now, but the
best time to hang him is when we have
him. He’s done thousand’s of dollars of
damage. This suggests a ransom, The
passengers take up a contribution and
buy the poor devil s life for him. Then
they carried him on to Hilliard and
leave him. “Citizens in carriages ’
come riding home later with the ransom,
which they divide without a quarrel, and
there is peace and pleasantry in Hilliard,
Not an Exceptional Case.
Jenkins came to New York from a
I suburban city, and, going to a first-rate
and happy, saying that after all it is
nonsense for a woman to t-onk that she
cannot cook a 5e isi.-io. m the lrght
style. Then he got out of the train at
his station that evening he thought he
would have another tine, tender, juicy
and rich beefsteak, and, as he was used
to doing the marketing, he went into
the butcher store, bought a thin piece
of lieef from thp round for tO cents, ” t
home to find his wife at the wash tub,
and, throwing the round steak on to*
table, said : “I want you to cook that
fn the New York style, or else it is um«
ior me to starve to death. A etc for*
Herald.
Xhe king-becoming grooee —devotion,
patience, courage, fortitude.
