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NOTHING BUT AN lNsEcT.--A French
naturalist spent several years in oxamn-
ing the structure or a single insect, and
left tue wotk unfinished. In the body Of
an insect about an inch in length, another
naturalist enumerated 306 plates compo.
sing the structure Of the outer envelope;
494 muscles for putting them in motion;
"a pair Of nerves, and 4S pats Of brealh-
ing organs. The number Of lences' in
the eye Of a common hy Is six or seRsn
thousand; Of The dragon,Av, twelve tIieus
sand; Of The butterfly, seventeen ibohs>
and. On a single wing of a butterfly
have beon found 100, 600 scales. The
house>hy's wing has power Of 600
strokes in second, which can propel ia
35 feet, while The speed Of a rscchstss
is but 90feet second. So thin are The
wings of many insects, tbat50, 900 placed
over each other would only be a quarl<r oil
an inch thick, and yet, thin as they are,
each is double.-American Messenger,
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croak Of the midnight owl. The dark-
ness Of night cleared away, and the noon
appeared, to find ihe infant sufferer re-
lieyed from bodily agony, and wrapped
in the grim arms of death, with the faith
full old negro beside him; making The
fourth and last bui one of the family,
who had fallen victims 10 the disease.
Now comes the burial, the duty Of the
living 10 the dead. And how was that
performed? Let the sequel tell A
small hole was scooned out at proper
distance hom the place where The young
negro laid. a winding sheer lih"ihe term
|of rope wss thrown to the surviving
negro, who sill laid beside the paireiyiug
dead, the end thereof was lied 10 lhe,leg
of the deceased, by his fellow sufferer,
and thus The dead was literally "run into
the ground" and there would have re-
NAMED uncovered, had not the sick negro
crawled upon his hands and knees and
performed that service with his hands
alone. One end Of The winding sheet
slil adhered TO the leg Of lhs deceased !,
while the other remained above gtonud;
which, as il seemed long enough 10 bury
another negro with, was severed with an
axe, at The graves edge, and preserved
for future use. So ended this sad burial
| have been a little minute in lis descrp-
tim on account Of its novelty, ant hoping
others may profit by this example.
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GROWTH OF THE UNIoN-Tbe censes
Of 1850, as compiled by DR.. De Bow.
develops some wonderful and interesting
facts in regard to the rapid growth and
extent OF the States. In l14o, the colo>
MES contained a population Of only 265, :
600 souls. In l749 another estimate
was made and tho result was a population
of 1.O46. 600. 10 ITS the repor, was
2.s03 000-heing nearly 100000 less
than the present population ofNew York
Ia 1850 under The 6rs, censes, The popu-
laiion was 4 ,929,s27. There were tien
seventeen states and territorial govern
men,s; in 1900, 'twenly>one states and
territories; in 1910, twenty-five; in 1920,
,weniy.seven; ia 1880, twenty .eignt: In
ls40, thirty; and in 1850 thiHy-six.-
We have now ihivly-nine, having added
10 ibe list Nebraska, Kansas aud Wasll-
ington.
Our territorial extent, says Mr.. De
Bow, is nearly len times as large as that
Of Great Britain and France combined;
three times as large as the whele Of
France. Britain, Austria, Prussia, Spin,
Portugal, Belgium, Holland and Denmark
together; one and athdlf times as large
as the Russian empire iii Europe; one
sixth less oolythsn the area covered By
the SO or 60 empires, states andr, pohlics
in Europe; of equal extent with the Ro-
man empire, or that Of Alexander, nei'h-
er Of which exceeded three millions o
square miles. We have all ocean and
gulf shore line Of l2, 500 miles. an Island
shore fine Of 9,247 miles,a tidal fuw O
11.ll3, and on inland river steamboat
navigation Of AZ 355! RI $500 s
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Our VIEWS Of TlMF, AND THrNos =
Monopolizets, railroads, kings, and great
tinaDciers are heginning to fail. Mer-
chants who have injudiciously extended
.lheir business, will follow suit. Bank
rnpiey and panic are the order of the
day still, the country is sale--all the
leading interests Of ibe country are safe
AL The prominent pursuits are healthy
and prosperous (ralroa9 speculation al
ways exccpted) There is no grea, cris
sis a, hand. There is bu, enc event and
and that not very likely 10 take place,
which would, in our opinion, bring a
crisis; that event is the restoration OF
peace in Europe. The general opinion
is Ina, peace would make prosperity re-
boubd TO this country Onr opinion is
II isthe only Thing that can floor US.
u Railroad building mus, stop-it is
sNopped, ond those who have invested in
raiNoad securities must lose, and those
WIN have run deeply in debt in building
railrSads, must fail-eve'y one Of them
We ave sorry, but we feel that we have
done cur duty. For three years we have
croaked, insulated and alone, Ills true +,
aeainsttaIroad bonds, railroad stock, and
railroad paper, in every shape. We
have boped gentlemen out OF our office
for simply asking Us 10 nego,iate, a rail
road loan; such has been our hydropho-
bia thai We have repeatedly refused tn
have railroad bonds left in our safe for
safe keeping.
'Iis our fault 80 prophesy evil wbeb
The evil is so far off that nobody sees it,,
and now we prophesy good, but i, is so
confouudedB dark Ilat nobody can see
'aneht but evil We say there is no cri-
sis a, hand except isolated cases-tbere
are no cheaptimes at hand the cnr-
rency is expended, the specie basis is
ehlarged--it viii be more expanded,
and it will be more enlarged. Prosper-
i'y 10 the leading interests Of the cotn-
iy and 10 the masses abounjs: it will
more abound, always provided, that the
crowned heads Of Europe keep up The
war. Whom ,hey make peace then
stand from Thompson's Bank
Note Reporter.
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VELocrTIns.-The velocity OF ship 10
from 8 10 ~ miles an hour; Of a race
horse, from 20 tu 80 miles; Of bird, from
SO TO 60 miles; Of the clouds, ia a ssiolsnt
hurricane, 50 TO 100 mles; OF Sound, 1923
miles; Of clnnon ball, as found by ex-
pertinent, from 900 to 1000 miles; (the
common estimate is moclf too low y Of
the earth round the SUM-. 6s,ooO miles,
more than a hundred times swifer than
cannon ball; Of Mercury, 10000; of
light, abou, Soo,0o0,o00 miles, passing
from tbe sun to the earth, 95,0Oe 900
miles, in about eight minutes, or about,
million times SwiGter thaa cannon ball;
and the exceeding volici,y Of the thoughts
of the human mind is beyond all possible
estimate.
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oR1c,v oF THE TERN "JonN BuLL =

OR1clN nT THE TERM ."sJoHN BULL y
DR.. Johu Bull was the first Gresham pro-
fessor uf music. and organisi and compo-
scr cfQupen Eiz abeib. John, Ike. a
true Englishmsp, travelled for improve;
men,, and having heafd of a famous mus
sician OF 81. Omer's, he places himself
under hlm as novice; but a circuni-
stance very sonn convinced the master
,ha, he wes inferior 10 the scholar. The
musician shaved John song.-which he
eomposedin fariy pats. telling him sqt
the same time iha, he defied the whole
world TO produce person capable ofad-
ding anolhar part 10 his compasilion.r----
Bull desircd to be left alone, and. to be
ndnleed Cor a short lime with pen and
ink. In lessthan three hours he added
40 more parts tolhe song. Upon which
the Frenchmsn was so surprised, tha, ne
swore in grea, ecstacy, he must either be
The Devil or John Bull; which has evel
since been proveiblal in England. e
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Total In SO States and Ter>
ritories, ..."....,.....2,3 2, 81

rlt0ries, ,...''..'''.'...'2,3b 800 ,95S s
From this it will be seen that Ohio,
young as she is, is second to New York
alone in the number OF her Agricultufa-
lists. Pennsylvania is third in The list;
and enother Of comparatively recent seI>
Element, Indiana, comes next iothe Key
stone State. The number given for
Minnesota, $40, is probably far short Of
what the immigration for tho past four
years would make il row.
How few of all these have forethoueht
to seek any light upon the end and aim
Of all their toil--a profitable culture
profitable no, only for the present gems
eraIion, but for those to come. Tire
farmers Of the Union-of New York
alone-are u mighty host, but their
strength is wasted IN giving battle with
on, regular tactics, in seeking TO conquer
the strong fortress Of earih's fertility
without the slratage ms of skill, and heed.
less of the teachings of science or ex>
perience. To the strength Of arm and
limb, to the ready hond end active spirit,
tho willing mind must be added 10 se-
cure The highest success. Gains laid
out in the getting of knowledge Of their
craft will pay an bundled fold. Their
papers aud their societies should muster
an hundred or thousand patrons for every
one TO whom they now dispense in
creased light, aud whom they now inspire
with additional ordor. Public spirit and
patriotism can lave no finer field fol
effort than is offered in bringing the
needless beneath these kindly and en-
tightening influences.
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MODEL UNIyRR.IrY The New Ysrk
Express remarks tina, Michigan is enti~
titled to lhe honor Of being ihe Arst
State in the Uaen offsring the students
from all portions OF the United States,
complete courses OF collegiate insiruc-
tion free of charge. The income from
her university fund is now about $685.
500 per annum, and is increasing. An-
pie buildings have been erected al Ana
A.bor for tho medical and Literary Col>
leges, town remarkable for iis health
and cheapness Of living, There are
some things in Europe which CORES
pond to this, but nothing 10 compare
with il in the United States
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THE SmALLN LAW OHIs.--A
lawyer Of Cincinnati has given a very
long, il not very oblo, opinion, that tAo
small>note law Of Ohie, which is 10 GO
iuto operation on the LIST Of OciDbor, is
unconstitutional, aud "ropugnant 10 the
interests Of The people" Sosshs pee
pie Of Maryland, Virginia and PsnnSyl>.
sania were told, hut very few OF thate
believed il, and tits TO be hoped those
OF Ohio will see lha, tho law is carried
out, SO that the "wild car" currency new
foodiag that State and selling ., rs
cents on the dollar, mag he driyea eat Of.
circulation. Baltimore San. j., 4 ..3..
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THE Journal OF Commerce, in an ar
iicle on tho present European war, and
itsfffect upon the commercial interests,
particularly the United States, has the
following remarks in conclusion:
: ''EEng,ani is Americas best customer.
The states nr England must ever exert a
powerful influence here. Wherever il be
through her money market, though her
commerce, through her manufactures,
every change there operates directly and
patiently upun onr own varied and vastly
extending interests. We can never be
indiffercn, to The veal or woe OF England; +;
and il must be a great relief TO many of
those interests, benignning to be depres
sed, as they we're, under The apprehen-
'ioR Of the unhappy war by which Eu-
rope is now distracted and secured, 10
find England can bear mp so vigorously
under it, and that she will be able to keer
up her commercial intercourse with us at
heretofore, to the advantage Of all con-
cerned. Let /, be borne in mind, too
that all ihs heavy burden Of the war is
being sustained by England without ad'
ding one fraction ofimposi upon any o'
her imports. Her greatly reduced tariff
remains precisely as il was. Neither the
United States, nor anv other country, will,
in this respect. be affected by the war, 40
far as England is concerned, in the slight
est degree. True she has had TO in
crease her taxation materially; but she
has placed the additional burden entire
ly upon her own people-mainly, indeed
upon her atis,ucracy; or, at any rate. up
on The substantial means Of the nation, o
which they hold solarge portion. Sh'
has doubled her property and income fax
she has added somewhat 10 the duties OF
homemade spirits. But, size has lef
untouched all foreign products. She 'ha:
thus set an example well worthy of imi'
ia,ion, and in the practical benefits o
which there sre probably none who vii
participate so. largely ms the Americans
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The Fen AND RISS One of ,Le
embems in the coat Of arms of the city
Of Glasgow, is fish with a ring in Els
mouth. II is derived from the following
legend:
Many years ago an aged gentleman
married a young girl. The aged gentle.
man became jealous Of his wife without
cause, accused her Of coqueiry, ard made
her and himself unhappy by his Continual
complaints.
On certain occasion, while crossino
one of The bridges he was upbraidinp her
for what he called her flirting nropens;.
ties; when ste, in a fit Of djsperstio
drew Ilte marriage ring from her fipacr
and draPping ii int The Stream. ex-
claimed: "lt ! Lam virluous md true this
ring willlcome back TO me.'' q
A few days after, the aged gentleman
purchased salmon in the market, md
carried ii home fof bis dinner. The
cook on preparing the fish for The table,
fund The ring in its stomach. thus
proving the vittne of tie young wife
From this citcumsauce tic city Of Glos-
gov adopted the fish aud the ring in its
Goa, Of arms, as an emblem Of fidelity.
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A German. family in Tonawanda look
child ahou, nine weeks old 10 :bf
Catholic Chapel, to have il christened,
on Sunday last, srd upon removinc
ton lis face The klankei in which il was
wrapped, found ,ha, i, had been smo,h.
eredson the road and was a eorpse-
TBy9aIo CouS,
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ORIGINAL CoMMRNTAToR.-Thc best
specimen of original criticism we ever
heard, was in slage>coach ride To-.
Three of us were talking about Adam
and his fall. Tho print of discussion
was the apparent inpossibiliiy, thai per.
feet man like Adam could commi, sin.
"Bu, he wasn't perfec,,'' said one Of
the three.
Wasn't perfeasE' we CALCULATED in
amszemeni. -a 4.
"No, sir, lie wasna perfect" repeated
our commentator.
,e"Wtat do you meah?" we asked.
a"Wel!,n answered aihe authority, "he
was made perfect | admit, but he didn't
stay perfeci..i'
!, aHoww ~ 'S 'ssasf
b ,"Wby. did not his Makeiinke out one
6f''tfis ribs? IF he was perfec, with all
his ribs, he was not perfect after losing
obe of Lis ribs, was he, sayi"
Our say was silent.
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WHOLE NO. 7O4.

The washing statements ofihis Of,
icet, as well as some prominent features
in the Law creating the system, we intend
10 pay our respects TO hereafter.
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~ THE NEw CANADIAN MINisTRx.---
The following new members Of shs
Cabinet are announced: 9> 71sa
Liberalization. John Ross, Speaker
of,hc Legislative Council; Mr.. Spence,
Postmaster General. Conservatives
Sir Allen McNab, President ofths Coun-
Gil; John A, Mcdonald, Attorney Gem
eral; ana Mr.. Cally, Inspector General.
There is no change in the Lower Cana>
da section, ale
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MARRAeE OF THE SuLTAN's DAueH
Princess Fai;ma. eldest daughter
of the Sultan was married on the 10Th Of
August 10 the son Of Redschid Pacha
alias Gurgon late Of Limerick, Ireland /.
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EXCELLENT REPARTEE The Rev. Dr..
MIC, minister Of Douglas in Clydes.
dale, was one day dining in large party
where tho Honorable Henry Erskine and
some other lawyers were present. A
great dish Of Grasses being presented
after dinner, Mr.. NC, who whs exirava-
gantly fond Of vegetables, helped himself
much more largely than any other per-
son, and as he ate with his fingers, with
peculiar voracity Of manner, Mr.. Er.
skine was struck with the idea that he
resembed Nebdchadnczzrr in his state of
condemnation. Resolved to give him
Bit for tho apparent grossness of his taste
and manner of eating, the vii addressed
him with, CDR. M'C., ye bring me- in
mind Of the great king Nebuchadnezzar:'
aud the company were beginning 10 litter
at the ludicrous alluson, when the rever-
end vegetable devourer replied. SAY, do
mind ye o. Nebuchadnezzal? Thal'lI
be because I'm eating among the brutes!"
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sueoRsrrvs FAcrs Massachusetts,,
where the common school sysism pre-
walls, with population Of 994 500, has
bat 1851, na,ivs>born adults who conno,
read or write; while Virginia, which is
without the system, with a population
less than one half greater, has f7,005
whites who cauno, read. Lnuisiana, with
a population Of 253. .491 whites, has 81
22l natives who cannot read or write;
while New York, witIla white population
of, 3,o4sS25, has only l0,67o.-Ameri-
can Messenger.
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The important astronomical announce
ment is mode in The American AS
rennrical Journal Cor September, Of
the discovery, BY NJ. Ferguson, on the
Isl instant, Of new Astetoid, near
,Egeria sbaiag The first ,discoyerd by ihe
astronomers Of. this country. II is the
iIvirty.ffstnow sknownioCraha probsbly
innumerable collection of planntes be-
lween Mars and Jupiter, ,Washington
Globe. i.,,s {Fss y ss.s1z "a vs,s.et ,e, :.
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TRoors or THE REyoLuTIoN.--The
namberofSoldiers furnished BY each sec.
lion ofile county, is as follows :--ax -
sIBy New England, a, 5 lI7,l4l .
BY the Middle States, ~. 5657l as
By The Southern Sisies, 57,27o
The whole number of men furnished by
s. Caroline. is 7.447, while Massachusetts
Iurnishcdl67207.9 syN u x. saisr
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:. SuIcIpBsoFs A PRYspYTERIAN CLEReY-
MAN Rev. William Chi,tendeu, & GeI.
gyman ofthe Presbylerian denomination,
committed suicide, by hanging himself in
the barn Of Mr.. Henry lsham, near Wa
tertown, New York, on Saturday after
noon last.
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COMFORT FOR THE lFUsIoIsTs IA Suuihs
ern Wig paper goos in ioa,h and nail for
tho Know Notbings, especially that por-
tioi Of iheit creed which - designed 10
drive foreigners from the county, sibe-
cause alefesttic,ion offorsig6 labor will
produce an increase in the demand for
slase'lsbof, not only in the South, bus
throughout the entire country. Gin. Eng.
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The Chinese. are .emierating in. great
numbers 10 California, il appeaEs; for one
thousand were recently los, in the China
seas, Ly the wreck Of two vessels alone.
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FARMERS IN THE UNITED
STATES.

The census returns for 1850, gives the
following number Of farmers in tho States
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-01-05

alt was afterwards ascertained that the
honest Dutchman was after the Editor Of
the Standard and that cute member OF
the board who humbugged the Editor in
to the belief that the locomomotive "Vn-
ton" was called after Sdm."-M Arthur
Dfm0erat.a
Well, we have seen the "honest Dutch
man" alluded to, be informed US il, wash
Ell lie; il wash not dc Editor of de
Standard he wanted;" but said to us. Il
ish after Won leetle JackasS muddy.bOOts
vot edits de Winton county D,mmckrai." d"
We informed him that the animal might
possibly be found at No. II. "Isham
House" lie then left us to make search
and We heard no more Of him, until in
formed by an honest Farmer that he met
= Dutchman. who accoSted him by ask
ing: "Ish dis to roat 10 de McArter"-
When informed that II was, ho left. swear
ing. "Day no fool me tsh time, for pih
have Won leetle tam Jaekass. muddy .bootl
hite vor make my vrow's leetle pudle doc
von pair Of PoOts.' So We expect ere
this. that the editor Of the vinton county
Democrat, has been skinned and stuffed
In fact We don't know any thing else he
10 ft for.
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Road Notice.

Shereby given that application will be made
to the Commissioners Of Jackson County, at
their session to be held on the 9th day of March,
next for all order to lay out county road
through part of fScioto Township, in said coun-
ty commencing at the mouth Of the lane between
Frederick Bakers and William IngIe's land,
thence through the SAID lane to the northeast
corner of Frederick Bakers farm. thence the
nearest and best route TO black oak tree, about
two feet diameter, near the old path leading from
Martha Martins to Frederick Bakers, thence the
nearest and best route to the fork of the said
path, thence the nearest and best route to the
south cast corner of Jacob Gahms farm, thence
due north on the tho line between Jacob Gahms
and Notions land, and thence the same course
on the said line between Rufus Culps and JOSH
ali Culp's land. to the Old Portsmouth and Jack
son Road. aud there TO end A PETITIONER
December, %, 1883. 39-4w
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QUITE 4 FORTUNE Hector Jennings
Of Sanduskv, o 10. has been notified by
his attorney in London that he is undis
pured heir 10 one. half lhe Jennings esis
in England-about 100000 000
nF During the past month. property
to the value OF S2 I! 0000 has been de
|,royed by fire in different sections of H..
United States.
Daily express trains are to be run be-
tween Dayton and Indianapolis.
General Hinton, arrested in California
for crime in Ohio, has been liberated on
habeas corpus. and fled to the Sandwich
Islands.
The New Orleans papers tate that ar
an expedition is fitting out in that cit,
for the invasion of Cuba.
rhe New York Mirror, one of the
papers most ardent in the support o
the present incumbent, says:
"If President Pierce were a candid.
ate for reelection tomorrow, we do not
believe he would carry single State in
the Union.
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CHEAPER than the Choapsst.

TRAGo. d Co.-This new Firm have
just received and are now opening the
cheapest, and the best lot Of Boots d
Shoes, Groceries, Ready-made Clothing,
and Notions of all kinds. for the inspec.
ton Of all their friends. All those wish
ing to see the mammals, just walk into the
Menageria, Open from 6 \. NJ. to 10
clock in the evening, when the pcrfor'
nance will close. Change of program
me, daily. Next week look out for an
advertisement upon the Monkey and
Niger" question, and also the Ehiie
Polar Bear.