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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1882)
The Texas Centipede. This interesting insect is not so much celebrated for its amiabilitv of d'snosi tion as for its .rood looks but at the same time, we cannot reommend it either as a parlor ornament or as a tov fora child to play with, unless it is a second-hand child that nobodv has any particular different use for. Centipedes are of sizes, but they are all made pretty much after the same pattern They are made up of about one-third stinc-. one-third bite and one-third n-en eral cussedness. They are casemated with a shell that is as hard as th- bark of a boat-din"- bouse cranberry pie The length of The ceutip^de centipede w-a^ varies very much, but if a to ment on in the local Ibout paper he has inches to stretch him=elf out to nine in length. We have never read of one that measured less. His bode which is a succession of flat joints is not much broader than an ordinary man’s tourer. The centipede is built on the iron-clad system, although it does not make quite as much noise as the English fleet bom barding Alexandria In fact the cento pede is not musical at all but if it hap Sim pens to crawl over immediately a man it will m-ike very musical comnurinir'it Its head islirmedlvitlf^rrur or bow to °t)im -tn Ironclad besides'^ieina- of cers which as venomous as the editor o f n mrtv oro-an can bite the armld end v‘thabout off-m irei sVe Faeh le^s ride is aimeau.tn about forivshort lorty siiott le ., and an l oftwalp" k The hoSks, ceSipode‘Sminatls in pair of which, like its pin . cers n-e "innouerit red hot so we have been told bv t.^ok an ,!iek intohXm vottno- man who under t-» it W n -1 ccntinede anaiom anchors '*1 his head beinV in the fleshy vof human irons throws out his two oT-ionlino- from bis rear odd! and then draws its eight vodd. very claws together, it will bring tears to the heanof an Irish landlord to see how t|.p littlp ript hnHs L . , ‘ ,i'... ’f iV,. oiY ’.., • be ,,-avo o ( -.. time sHP.mon’t at len t ..nil leavM nn mrlv tPeVmti' sore The tb it him f f Ct ri;.etom tu heenme n timpa “rem-iina’toifim- ni,bi it L-rimlicI bip> ■ s nit seciudlil it Ttor ri, h ! hXto a f much ?eriremtn\ d 1m1n<r in bs iWW S in its the recks of old buld d'pt is l)cl ! e\id to be in sects tlmt are not as heavily armed and iron-clad Whv the eent.inedp was created ' first S in the •ilace and what mmiose it serves are nro'm nd mysteries to f he ordinary intellect. gcnfleman One even in f o- alioutdnsk i Texas of srientific torn of mhid Wttonti(.n^was was sittino on liis front 1 o-allerv An^ Ixtriorl when cahed to dinarv meieorolodcal /peculiar concatenation as circus men 11 say shaped cloud Beemedto reach d<wn from the nkjq and then draw itself uo ao-ain verv much after the e manner of those cyclonic clouds tofo wa "this meteorological interested in attributeef per turbation, which he at first to atmospheric influences, when it occurred to him that the peculiar cloud or water spout might be nearer than the distant horizon. He took off his hat, and found that his surmise was correct. Fastened to the rim of the hat by its hind claws was a beautiful centipede about nine inches lorig. The peculiar meteor olo& leal phenomena were produced by the insect drawing itself up and letting it self down in its eTorts to lind a nose or some other feature to hang on to in or dor to facilitate its descent As the gentleman had a comparatively short nose the insect was foiled. It died shortly accidentally afterward by the gentleman stopping on it about a dozen consecutive times with the heel of his hoot. As comparatively we have already stated, centipedes are rare m tbe well set tied portion ot Texas, being usually found in a bottle of alcohol on the show c„, of who lo„ . ,».to for the beautUul. In this particular, con'ipedes difler from some men. They are much more peaceful and harmless ■when in liquor than otherwise. With centipedes as with Indians, the only good ones Siftings. are those that are dead.— Texas Filberts. A writer in a Southern journal says: “The shrub which produces the filbert nut is indigenous to this climate. The writer well recollects to have them, when a boy, from the wild bushes, which produced the nuts most abund mmated antly They have, however been exter U many years. They are grown Ki/ii® 7 Z b kS ’ and $1.000,000 worth or more are an nualiy 1, imjvorted thence, none being oul Al Ant know h that i Vi" they bring a good ° r , mar price. - Gt - It is only necessary to plant the nuts in ^d and 8 c,dfi cultivate ? ’1 n the plants, ^ which h-T Par?d spring ’ well one year, and afterward they ex z'ssasi&s^ssss to the fields. Thus the ditch^'banks, ! | which are usually nuisances, whether neglected or clean by an unprofitable | expenditure of labor, may be rendered ; very profitable to the fanner and orna- I meuul to his field,.’' l Sleep, Kin- 5 ‘ — Louis, the handsome Vt eccentric young well king of Bavaria, cauuiC. Jjlay ia is known, endure to attend a c«r ! opera unless he alone constitutes the entire audience. A short time ago he , was indulging this strange taste at the I i Court theatre, Munich, when lie fell asleep in the midst of a play. Here was a dilemma. The play could not go on with the audience asleep, and nobody dared rouse him, nor dared the actors ior a moment leave their places, for fear ot his displeasure, should, he chance to awaken suddenly. One impatient ac cess threw a chair across the stage with a crash, and an actor repeated several lines of his part in stentorian tones; but still the king slept on. Thus everything was at a standpoint for several hours, until, next morning, the king awoke play and the wearied actors finished the just in time for breakfast Anecdotes of Cellini. This sculptor had an eventful life, and the story of it, written by himself, is one of the most interesting books of its class inexistence. He was born in Florence, in 1600, and died in 1570. He gives a very interesting the though improbable ac count of origin of his family, which is that “Julius Caesar had a chief and valorous Captain named Fiorino da Cellino, from a castle situated four miles from Monte Fiaseone. This Fiorino having pitched his camp below Fiesole, where Florence now stands, in order to be near the river Arno, for the conven ience of the army, the soldiers and other persons, him, said when each they other: had aocasion ‘Let to visit to us tS go to Fiorenza,’ which name they gave the place where they were encamped, partly from their Captain’s name of Fiorino, and partly from tbe abundance of Cassar, flow ers which grew there; wherefore siderin® thinking if a beautiful name, and con flowers to be of good augury, and ■!» wishing to honor Us Captain, whom he had raised from an humble station, and to whom he was greatly attached, gave it to the city which he founded on that spot,” Benvenuto was of so fierv a temper that he was early involved in a serious quarrel and fled to Sienna, and then to Bologna. Florence When and resumed he dared his he work, returned but to soon again became angry because his best ctothes were given ” to his brother, mriimS , where he* hJd he re veirr Meantime be come skillful in the making of various articles, and not only fine lus that execution but b ’ s designs were so in some respects he has never been excelled. When Cellini was eighteen years old, the Michael sculptor Angelo Torregiano-who blow had the giv en a upon nose which life-returned disfigured the Florence great sculptor for to to engage workmen to go with him winch to England had to execute a commission ho re ceived. He desired to have Cellini among the number, but the youth was so outraged by Torregiano’s he boasting refused of the disgraceful deed that to g°> in spites of the natural desire of his age for travel and variety. Dorfbtless this predisposed Michael Angelo in his favor, and led to the friendsiiip which be afterward showed to Cellini. At length, in 1545, Cellini returned to Florence, never again to leave it for any considerable time. He was and favorably received received by Duke Cosimo, a commission to make a statue of Perseus t(> be placed in the this, Loggia his del ambition Lanzi. When Cellini heard was much excited should by the be thou^it placed beside that a work of his those of Michael Angelo S and Donatello, The Duke gave him house in which to work and a salary sufficient passed for his sup port. Nine years before the riatue was in place and uncovered; but at hist the time came for the casting; everything was prepared and just at the important moment, when great, caro and watchfulness was needed,Cellini was With so severe an illness that he was forced to go to bed and believed that he would soon die. As be la Y t03S1 Pg ia a £°"Y. some one ran m and exclaimed: ‘‘Oh, Benvenu to! your work is ruined past earthly remedy!” Ill as he was he rushed to the furnace and found that the fire was 'i 0 * sufficient Bad tne metal had cooled and ceasecHMow into the mold. superhuman efforts he remedied the disaster, and again the bronze was liqum; he prayed earnest! v,.and when he saw that his iiK'ld- was fuled, to use kis own words: “1 fell on my knees and thanked God with all inv Heart, after which I ate a hearty meal with my a? sistants, and, it being then two hours before dawn, wenf to bod with a light heart, and slept as sweetly as it t Had never been ill in my life. We have spoken of his autobiog raphy, which was honored by being made a n autr»nry in the Aecadein.a della Ciu>oa on account ot .its e\}>res sive diction ahd rich use of the Floren tiiio moiiuei' of .pe-oh, ho o ,o „.,«e a art, valuable and another treatise upon the sculpture goULmith and s upon the bjonze-caitirig. these He take 1 and up his all writ departments of value. arts, He also ings are and of great of various kinds, wrote poems verses But his association with popes, kings, cardinals, artists, men of letters, .and people of all classes, makes the story of his life by far the most interesting of a!l his literary works .—Clara Erskine Clement, in St. Nicholas. ____ A Device that Held Good. Ga ° Over ; is a oooosite *£ h p f iec the « of village % ^ ud of iLSJn Elliiav all ove G ^ iai s ,. tbe rked field," be cau(je o{ foUo ^ incident: Many Years ago it was it,,, part of the estate of a ; x,),,,, w „ll to T< ts , Y ra8 stricken with disease which a council of he physicians lay pronounced incur M As at death’s door, a law ^ unmmnnel to H»aw m his will j s numerous sons and daughters f formed a sorrowful gronp arouI d his . T> Awn w .7- ^ l .. ♦ “ g ^pprtpriately t,. j „ att F ’solemn j ^ b ,v,.Ho tonps “Wl,at is u ? ' » , . , ™ „ S v *• tok ™ •*«» *‘‘o»e y .- A ‘^ 4 gleamed m the dying man s eyes 0b , - es ’ aaid be slowly, and then with - ^ bw VO : fY,’ ®* clal “? db That Ill keep for myself, , after which ^, irri ?. °ver on liis BiUe and sank into a refreshing s.ecp. In a few weeks be r - as a 7 ?*au, and for years thereafter je torkcu , , field was cultivated under ms ” snpervn-ion. Springfield, (Moss) J.e Publican. “ —The sins of “Chinatown,” San Francisco, are summed up in one month’s record of arrests, to wit: Visi agencies. tors to tan games, visitors 85; keeping lottery places, lottery 14; to 17: 13; having lottery tickets in possession, opium keeping places, opium places, 3; 2; visitors to 26: battery, obstruct ing sidewalk, 1; total. 161. O. th 'se, 41 were sent to the County Jail and 2 to the House of Corre tion Cash re ceived from fine?, $2,279. The JaWru of Senegal. The Jardm T V des . Plante, Flantes, at at Paris rarw, has has been ennched r® c ®^y b y l ® ^ ' tlQ n of various anunals. 0 One of te m^tinterestmg of the^, without ^ doubt, ! s the jabiru of Senegal, which natural »sts, m thrir not EJW* I®* 1 * t he This bird belongs , to a genus allied to ^ one containing the mantbou, which 18 well known to those who frequent ^logical gardens and to the same family as our storks. make It « the impossible reflee m examining it not to tlon animals possess a pnysiogno my in . keeping with their habits. Ihe marabou, a bird of revolting voracious “‘ !3S . which shares with the vulture the dllt y of disposing of carcasses and various kinds of tilth lying around, is repulsive in its aspect as the J abiru 13 attractive. It is, in fact, be ^use the latter eats living prey and has the bold and free step of the hunter. Living in the vicinity of ponds and divers, it hunto and fishes by tarns. It often flies, which is something that the marabou rarely ground does by as the duty latter is kept on the The its lives as a scavenger. jabmi in pairs, and the male and female another. of each Its couple of "ever leave one area distribution is quite an extended one. From the banks of the i\ lute Nile, as ^ as Senegal, having for northern limit the fourteenth degree of latituede, it lives in the, whole center and south west abundant. of Africa, although nowhere It. is larger than our stork, and its back, the upper part of its wings, its head, neck, and tail are of a brilliant black, while the lower parts of red its body and are of a beautiful white. Tbs black bill is provided with likened two pendent wattles that have been to a sad die, and that have sometimes given the bird the name of the saddled stork, In captivity it is a pleasant companion, It respects its neighbors, but wishes to be respected by thorn. Like the stork, does it has great allow regard for its injure dignity it. and Ac not any one to cording to Bennett, Who has made obser vations on Australian jabirus in cap tivity, the habits of which are much like those of tho Senegal bird, and ac cording to Dr. Bodinus, who has had several of tho latter and in his possession, suffer they are easy to rear do not from changes in temperature. Itwould perhaps be possible, then, where to they acclimate might, them in our country, while proving an ornament to our marshes, render service and by destroying vermin. frogs, field mice, other They would swallow here and there a few witness’the fish; but, since Europe the'last will ^soon (loath of heron, it would prove a certain compensation for the friends of animals if they could re place that by a bird of more sociable habits, and which effectually by that very fact would be more protected. des The new boarder at the Jardin Plantes, plumagi to judge if from the pale tints of its still a young bird. .It does not appear^to us to enjoy very yig orous health. We have seen it often, and it was always seated and making a plaintive clucking, and long partially whose open ing with a sickly air its bill, upper mandible had been mended with a piece of tin.-Za Mure. _______________ t --------- 'pj ic circumstances were these: A ] a rge firm on a prominent business street proposed washed, to have its store janitor thor oughly and so sent its ^ him g e $ SO invest me soap. in keg Something of soft induced and to a soap, he started to roll it to the office. The keg keg was and something half larger substantial, than a beer- the not so but old man got along verv well with it 1111 - til ho came to a crossing. He was roll ing it along and got to the horse-car track, when a dray wheel hit the .-ask, and in a mmuto the soap was l owing , n every direction. The old wf.il.. janitor „„ . ,Ur, „,„1. ho | vazed at tho scene of ruin, alono- He” came nattily-dressed drumir-r. didn’t observe the soft how soap slipp till he stopped in } t y ou know -ry soft soap j s . The clruinmer’s l'oct shot from un der him and he never slid two rods on his He back so quickly before in his life, scooped up about a pint of soap with each trousers togetVip le«- and each sleeve, When he tried he wont down again, and a policeman who ran to his assistance went down, too. Wh n they l finally sightf got on their feet each was and the drummer said he exoect ed to throw away every ra<r he had on and take two Turkish baths to get dean- The officer was mad, and said aomebody ought to be run in, and for "an. of a better person he was going *» take the drummer, but was distracted by seeing a fat mnn coming along and {f 4 his.feet fly into the air while his head hit a paving stone so hard it was driven an inch into the earth Then a man with a basket of peanuts struck the flood and a scene of wild excite ment ev sued, the boys who jumped in to get the nuts being piled up in all savwrta gasping, got so much the soap and filth in his mouth that it produced nausea. The horses, in their attempts to rise, bro'<e the harness, and there was trouble till the street-cleaning br 7”*«l> g®, / J) Z25,S?S officei t M; ngs _ but the savs if b( , catchcs tb( . n , an tbe r-asc’ II be heard from in court.—A’. F. Star. -------— A clkboymas who enjoys the sub K » RU (; a i benefits of a line farm was nlightlv taken down by his Irish plow man> wbo wa8 fitting at his plow, in a tobacco field, resting his horse. The reverend gentleman, being a great ecou omist, said, with much seriousness : “ Patrick, wouldn’t it be a good plan for you tubbing to have few a stab-scythe bushes along here, the and fence be a while the horse is resting >” Pat, with quite as serious a countenance as the divine wore himself, replied: “Sir, wouldn’t it be well for you to have a tub of potatoes in the pulpit, and when the congregation are singing, to peel 'em awhile to be ready for the pot?" The TevereDd gentleman laughed heartily and lelt. A Romance of Atlanta. w°“ <? time ’ 1Uld “ 0t e Y., lo ^ S a^o at that, a young man of « Atlanta fell m love with an Atlanta girl. This happens every day, and, as also hap pens, the girl fell in love with the young man. bomehow or other the parents ot ,h»» l* ".rl frownedupon that boat the union and of these *■* 0 e arts as one. they C on.mued t 0 frown until the young peo p.e, thrown upon their own resources, parental eloped, as frown young people will do, and the alluded to instead of becoming a smile and a benediction in the presence of the inevitable, widened and deepened into bitter disapproba tion. The father and mother set great store overwhelmed by their daughter and they were with grief when they d.s covered t hat for the first time m her life she had disobeyed them. They did not seek her out, for the purpose ot bestow mg In th^ir the course iorgiveness. ot time a little baby was born to the young couple-a marvelous ly and beautiful clu d we have been told it grew to be as cunning as H was beautiful. One day recently n lady aequa.nodwith the facte, amt intimate with both families, called upon the young mother, but found nobody at home but babv and nurse. An idea struck her, and she lost, no time in cany ng it out she seized the baby and ooie o mtiiumpli to its gi aiidnioth er. When she rang the door-bell at grandmothers but house the lady cool was m a tremor, the baby was as and as unconcerned as a cucumber. Perhaps wLS^HandinothLImmRll^the wnen nu, ^Mnciinotnei opLi'i ii tno door uoor ,lu; 1):h ’. r laughed and crowed m her f ace, and was as nert and as saucy as J ou And wouldn t the lady fomo m and rest hcrselt.’ Veil, nhc lady duln t know, she was just passing, 21- “ w" a ll‘ S U \vere l ' U Ullilm- " ‘“-y bu grandmother in she wen I r j sy* inu 1101 was wis aim. -ulm-r- i mg , baby , as ,t sat be perched, the Wht lady. ami ’m’jan , 'l 1011 At his yptic i -o the baby displayed d, tho ke ^ ‘■limplod i', "T V'I'-to, ittle - arms ! to its .V g^mlmot her . u motherly r, and was bosom. soon It nestling laughed agamst .uid cuddled, and ai " v-kum i when somebody made a pretense of takmg it it cuddled the closei. W hat womlorl.il bll - ht C I°? 4 had * 40 ’!' f'Vj' ? | :lt ! J ‘'J! ' ,.‘i mil J 1 ,' re. t l’lin , . SfiSthir, b;li y “ the grand- n , , , . , "... ' „£Vm*«h"h£ , , . . , , f ito J ,.i. bb , b 1, , lbv ‘ i .Miderst-ind j‘ - Cmii .. ,bl . , , 1 ra’fmltri'.ihe, fe,1 , ,• •“i.f*‘°"f ‘ ‘ arms ® ‘ ,V t and hid ‘ its . t - . , , i“ l l£,o.elSs3 k .„7i ‘ i d n wll ^ ..!.,/'; ,1, •„ s’h, ffiof ^the herStt“Khf.nSe . 1 xSilc it ■ K ltd tLi? to two old that ws» dano . hler s chi ld With tills the grand mother fell to wcepin«- pTr mid clasped this vvo ° , 1( b., „| 1 , |, v to uenmisly bre 1 st and the f p lju ,, wa | k(jd around w^fU ; , S( , v ,. s Cw . ind won w hy ho s,dv Nothm™dd do mn-i-riant tkeseold people ior, but their daughter ai-d and micli another re union revival us was held over that baby has never before been seen in At lanfa. That .wo 1 U say and stick to. A carriage passed in front of the Con stitution oUice yesterday and in it were seated ail the members of the reunited family- The baby had a front seat, and it was laughing and crowing and look fog a s pretty as a pink, and os cute— We ]i a s cuto as it could look; and if any io reader of the Con.dilution is inclined discredit this true storv, all he has to do j s to ask the griftadmot her about it. AUun lu f(la.) Con iilnUon. ____ l ,, “" <» ., MW ,,, . «*•«*■ In , the . meanwhi tlic Lmpcror . c cnjo\ s hunseltaltui tendc i on every his side style liko at 0 c lorirc ci 10 s, > | n it nceasionally openly showing- J he himsell hmpress to the slowly enemy—the public. from her confine- 18 recovering (he prostratum still ni0 " 1 ’. hut nervous rtmiains, aivl it, is said that it is largely f or ll( > r sak e that the coronation has b ':en leti . m ite pivsent unocitam eondi t ' l ! n ; * crsonally and shares she is the averse of to its coieuration v.evv erai l \ c Czar’s advisers that if he ciui iuU: Lussia , without a crown as well as with eu • why should he run the risk ™ ri ’"imst-lf ? 1 ^wiU f”* 7 ll^, *U-t-tru-itv of late 1 a arrire.i »” ' i V lw /- tim’c S whicli SS / t " ; 0 sho.t “o .from t r m X v* , 1 istmcted „,V, for »*»;*, , » f.!^. ivUS,„ hmain l. j'', 1 ra anUhc prim 1,1 f, ,ulo to tlm i ,.]'■ $ VZants S , te^utoretlm‘mli^ - 1 1 u l,H < 01 , ' * 01 of th in J o-th y‘ co ssApsp , *si yass: j 1-ire- I he ostentation that marked ev ery movement and act of the late t.zai s °f the navy, ana u tne e Grtnd i.rana SSKlch- uuk< .a ,n olas, ot the army, ha-been replaced by ’<t, rSh.l 8?M.'£jSZ5!i ing a terribly bad time of it now. No mercy is shown them m the reorganiza tion, that are daily taking place, and. as might Ik* expected, their opinion of the Czar is a very bad one and goes to swell the popular clamor againsth.m. repair and The \\ inter I’alaee is under many -lifts of apartments are ordered to 1 c furnished afresh. A few weeks ago a deal of old lumber found in one 01 tbe garrets of the palace was sold for 2,000 rubles to aaealerincuriosi ties of tbe Nevsky Prospect. The rob¬ bish filled several wagons, and although not one-half has yet been properly netted ex¬ amined the dealer has already 20,000 rubles by the sale of two valua b l° pictures he found the first day among it. — SI. Petersburg Cor. London Bost. —Bootblacks are licensed at Jackson, Tennessee, and assigned to stands throughout the city. An Unhappy Island. Poor » little ' fl4r ‘* wa v Iceland - on ® of interesting - the , the most countries in world, and a great favorite, it will be remembered, double with affliction, Bayard Taylor, is now ned i n a only with being but threat e not famine with an epidemic. A letter interesting to the London details Stand- of the a rd gives some crowing Rubles which are upon these simple, happy and sturdy people. It appears that the winter of 1880-’81 was extremely severe, even for that region, cold and the following hay summer which was so much that the crop, upon iependence is the placed, result of was this almost much a » failure. As a | ar ger portion than usual of the cheep and cattle had to be killed because and mai/.e they C ouId imported not be supported. fodder, Oats but most of wer e for the people were too poor to buy them, and at last rough weather made com mu nicati on with trading in ports impossible. The live stock died largo numbers, Owing to the cold weather this spring the lambing failed. As no grain and but very few islanders vegetables have can depend be raised . h ere, the to on their flocks and heids for subsistence and for money with which to buy cloth in „, groceries, breadstuffs and other necessities of life, all of which have to be imported. This fall they will have no trade in mutton, tallow and wool, and) wanting, as mi they lk from now their threatened flocks Lsentirely with are Lu.1*., ra m ; no In addition to those troubles, which has not been known as «n epidemic for more than thirty years, has Eland broken out anil plague. is spreading The hardy over tbe like a pooplo afllicted. Ieelaml seem snrdl-pox to ho'periodic a u / v In 1707 swept of ono4hivd famine” of tho population. carried off In 10,000. 1759 |,he “great 1 ' 1 ! on *:’ llowc d sheep plagues and dire volcanic eruptions. 1 he sympathy of world will pouftjiward this people, of whom the Standard says*. » The Icelander is invariabl*! law-abidor. educa ted, often learned, and a A child of ten unable to read is not to bo found from one end of the Island to the ot conditioll | 101 . a ot peasant ' Arran hardly ‘earberry’ above the an languages eapa bl(! jty. of speaking All them two is no rar of possess an amount of general information which ‘men of education’ in more southern latitudes might envy, ami the Copenhar-nn pub- sell Ushers can calculate with safotc on ing an edition of any good popular sci and cnt { ,! fishers „ c , w, ’ rk of ‘Island. ‘{‘V '‘Tl’’ I hi le-foniths af’n-Ih" of incapable its lava-covered, glazior-w .rn suriace human is of supporting any bcin p- ) on tbo scantily-herb orderly iged portion 71,000 woll-educa! id, sub ^ 3t ’ the island is overpopulated. Of late there has been some emigration to America. The lee lander, however, clings to his Northern waste, and feels a natural dread ofleav m strange, a ^7 and where 'T'’ trees, Wh roads,plows, °1 ^ vico and ab i‘‘ ct Poverty must bo among tho least familiar y^luc.a sights which moot his wondering a Q o Tnbun*. ---- - New S PoblloBuHdl Public Bulldlmrs iffS. Tho Federal C-vernment will soon be expensive supplied with a variety ia of all handsome of and the stn.cture. parts Union. authorized Thirty-three be begun new at buildings ihe last were to session of Congress, tho location, ulti* mate cost of the same, and present available following appropriation table: being given in the ^coSf* Ainn^ou, Va...............f fco.ooo | , -o..k'vn, .v. 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Y ............wo.ooo mm J 29-222 7*,m Wiuia ..sport, 1 a............ m.m Total......... .......pi,7i.\oo° lz,7.rJJloo In addition to this, appropriations were made for continuing buildings in course of erection as follows: Amount. Montgomery, Ala. .$ 00,000 Little Itoek, Ark... 0,100 VVnshinrloo, 1>. O. 40,Oto Hurl fori), Ot..... 20,000 K'-y West, Kla.. 4,000 Cairo, 11)........ r/>,#oo m,too Chicago, HI..... Ro.ooo Topeka. Paducah, K Ky..,. uis... •r 27,000 Now (irloan La 180,000 Halt lin'd Md.. «oo,ooo Boston, it ISM. , 170/K10 Kail Kiver. M iss 10,000 Kansas Cite, Mo 70,000 Mn..„ 1SO.OO* ...................... 4,000 »«:.=== 20,001) *5,000 H7,000 7,500 MO.OOO 4 50, IKK) 100,000 j ntt .i,, ir/ j, i .......................... 200,000 ■■.!.’* 7"V:::.'."';:::::::.':: 400 Of'O 75,000 Na . hv ;,....................... 8,000 v . ........................ 30.000 IB,000 70,000 ..... an a io *“ 0 ...... 140,000 Total..... ........ This in ilies a total of >80,357,000 to be expend'd in building during tbe year.— A r Y. Graphic. . —Tbe (ins fUe Maritime de Com mcrciale, in its news following regarding curious ocean disasters, relates tbe example of the formidable l ower of molecular forces: 'ihe Italian ship Francesca, loaded with rioo, put into port on May 11, at Last London, leak ing considerably. A large force of men was at once put on board to pump out the water contained in the ship and to unload her; but, in spite of of rice all soaked the actiy- in ity exerted, the bags and swelled 1 water gradually d, May 13, up. the ship wo days violently afterwa burst on asunder by tha was •wailiag of bar cargo. HOME A5D FARM. —A farmer in Maine reports the ar¬ rival of an insect that feeds upon th» eggs of the potato beetle. of —Cottage and milk, Pudding: One three cup table* each spoonfuls sugar of one egg, pint ot melted butter, one flour, two teaspoonfuls |of baking pow¬ der. Serve with sa nee.—The House¬ hold. —It is a singular fact, though not generally known, of that the juice of the seed stock the common parsnip is sa poisonous as to raise water blisters be* tween those the fingers and geed on the .—Detroit arms of who cut off the tops Post. —Setting hens can be cured by put¬ ting inch, water putting in a vessel to hen the into depth it, and of one the covering tho top of the vessel for about twenty-four hours. The vessel should bo deep enough to allow tho fowl ta stand up. —To secure fine tomatoes for next year evenly thoughtful shaped fruit gardeners select smooth, this season for seed. The requisites are medium size, thick, solid flesh, few seedt, rich, bright red color, and a perfect outline perfectly free from protuberances. Lay them in the sun until decomposition sets in. then wash out tho seed and dry perfectly.— St. Louis Globe. — Baked Egg? are sometimes relished by those who find fried ones greasy and indigestible. bZil1he\XlKnyZi Butter a deep earthen ... n Uu , c | ump ‘ of bitter on each [ftheoven egf/anc! t . ,s hot . ’ U,e °™ s w, will “ be 1,6 oooked oooked suflioient- 8un,clent ly in four firmly minutes. they As soon done. as tha whiles are sot are —A pretty chair back is made of an antique lace stripe put over silk. Have tho lace in tho center and on tho silk stripes of the same width at each side; embroider a pretty vine. This is lovely, made of the laoo and blue silk, with sprays of small daisies nink buds, or of cardi¬ nal satin with and butter-cups embroidered on it. The top is turned down and hemmed, and tho bottom may lie finished with lace, or be mado in points with a tassel on each point.— A r . Y. Post. —Ginger Pop: Take three-quarters of a pound of wluto sugar, one ounce ot cream of tartar, one ounce of ginger, anil the juice these and all grated togothor rind of jar, on* lemon. Put in a hlg mg water® water, let lei it it, rtLSdl si.vmi "untflTt until it °fa is lukol iuko warm; then add one tablespoonful of fresh yeast, and nearly one tablespoon fu| of wintergseon or of sassafras, let this stand for twonjy four hours, then put bottles, cork tightly, and seal; it will be ready for use m a few days.— Boston Transcript. —Old Orchards: It is not best to renew the orchard by planting young T'? tho decay ^ and **5 U destruction | e P lac « “ade of vacant the old by ones. To a certain extent the material needed for tho growth of the appto f" d 'nany of tho enemies Zh with wMoh which | he a PP le ba3 to ®“ n tead hav “ found * h.cation tliere It , is better t , to suppf Ihe vacancy with a tree of some other fru,t ; or P orh aP 3 leave it vacant and P^ 414 n « w 8006 ^orl® La i Y- B. I. lie ahl. PERSONAL AND LITE BARI. —Th® of Wight News says Viotori* Woodfmll has been for two years tho vvife of one of England’s noblest sons, wid holds a high position in tho beet or English society. _xho youngest bride on record it} this country is Mrs. Thomas i’avno. she is eleven and one-half years old. Her husband is a South Carolina par son. — N. Y. Graphic. —General (Fla.)’ Songer, tho editor of the Key West Democrat, is twenty ‘ i i obr!,« iliirtv-five nounds and J , 0 ( v V a. Sl'Zo. n Ji ft, rlt.l 11 .. fn Korldi! b ., rr . —An American priinadonna lias made b,,r debut at tho Opera, in l aris Miss Lilian Norton, who, under the name of Nordica, has obtained some sik co«s B. at Home, Milan and St Petersburg.— Y. Graphic. —Uaplain rohleigh, umler whose ad ministration l resident Garfield served as a hoy on the tow path of the Miami Canal, is now commander of an Erie canal-boat, the James A. Garfield.— B» In jit Post. --Mr Henry G. Vennor, the fnna d j an weather prophet, is dew-ribvd a* (be HM( , KHor dark, of a striking countenance, , ia | u> ith brilliant, restless eyes, He is all and well-proportioned, at and carries h ; inself with a half-mart air. —Captain Mayne Held is described m wearing odd kind of clothes, has peculiar been both in fabric and cut. He seen wearing a re 1 vest, a high striped collar, with points reaching h seyes, and coat and trousers of equally grotesque appearance. — Mr. George K. Godwin, tbe lata theatrical manager of Philade'phia, .^lO.CWQ at one time paid Artemus Ward for a lecturing season. I'.e once was tho owner of more panoramas than .-uiy mtin in the world, at a time when they were a great novelty in Awcri -a. —While working as a blacksmith, th» Kev. B. Hurst, who lately died in En¬ gland, studied the languages all hi» spare time, writing the conjugation- of Latin, Greek and Ireneh verbs on tha f ume stone of his forge. Beside? tkesa tongues, he stu lied Hebrew, Arabio, Sanskrit an I Syriac.— N. Y. Sun. —In her brilliant lecture on “ Idols and Iconoclasts, ’’ at the Concord School. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe rema -ked as to idols o r the affe tion, that falling in lovs is a th ng which has gone so entirely might out of fashion that a woman of her age b ‘‘ es'-ut® 1 for asking whether any on# of those pre.-sent had e°er dreame i what the dea of such an experience could h*. - - Heston Po iL —a Philadelphia crank, who wears a n exceedingly high striking hat, “to h m,” prevent places t fi ( . light ning from upon the roof of his house every day a y quantity of fru t for an imag nary - r to eab A small boy, who baa p-a -ned of the eccentric conduct of tho 0 !d gentleman, cl mbs to the roof much daily on a I ghtn ng rod and decs to confirm the old man’s belief in tha mythical female - - '.‘tniadelphia Press.
