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EXTRAORDINARY REvoLUrIoS IN RrsIA.
The London News of the 18th contains u
letter from s.. prtersburgl,, which makes
the following remarkable DISCLOSURE
The result Of the calculations lately made
by the well known astronomer, Professor
Siruvc, ofthc University Of Dorpart, rel; :
tive to the true geographical positions OF
st. Pe,crsburgh aud Moscow, and the dis
tancc between the two capitals ofthe en-
pire, is that actual length of the railroads
is, by astronomical observation, no less than
ss.l2 wersts (about 60 miIes) shorter than
its nomical length Of COZ werss, or, in 9th
cr words, that the government, for whose
account the railroad was constructed, has
had to pay about one seventh the value, or
twelve millions OF roublcs, more than it
ought to have paid. AS the rolling stock
Of The St. Pctcrsburgh and Moscow Bail
road is furnished 10y al American company,
who are paid for the same at so much per
wcrsts, It follows that in this quarter tie
government have been paying also most
fearful overcharge. The poles erected along
the line to denote the distances have been
Systematically fixed in the wrong places, So
us to mislcad both the govcrnmvt and the
public.
The Emperor was in the most violent
state Of excitement OH learning the above,
and gave immediate orders for the strctest
investigation into the facts Of The case TO be
made, with the view 10 iniiict the most sum-
mary punishment on the parties inculpa-
ted in this ncE.rious transaction, but rs SO
many persons Of the highest rank and i'm
portance are compromised in the affair, it
is not likely that the investigation will he
continued, but on the contrary, tho matter
will be hushe,l up to prevent the public
scandal OF the real dein1uents being expo
sed and made to suffer the penalty they SO
richly deserve for the share they have ta-
ken in this atrocious fraud.
BE- PLEAsAHr.-Do be pleasant--oh
why cant you Will you feel any better
for swapping, snaring or growing 2 You
know you won't. If your heart was really
II dirty dish, and ugly emotions and cross
words were tho unclcan!incsa, it would be Il
good plan to get them all out as fast rs
possible Lnt unfortunately there can be no
such sudden cleansing of Il mans interior.
The more objectionable stuff he throws out
the more there grows to replace tits on
ly smothering and choking that suits this
case. Speak pleasantly, then, especially TO
the people in any respect beneath you
whether they be inferior to you in rank,
learning, power or age try to be pleasant 10.
wards them whether you really feel good
natured or not. Ii you get your mouth
oren to throw out spike or n dagger, shut
it till You, like the juggler, transform the
weapon into flower. Oh, do be kind and
Pleasant, everybody to everybody, and tile
millennium will come at once.
A TH1cK.-The following story is told Of
boy who was asked to take jug and get
SOME beer for his father, who had spent all
his money for strong drink: "Give me the
money, then, father replied the son.
my son, anybody can Get the beer with
money; bn! to get the beer without money
that is trick"
So lLe boy took the jug and went out
Shortly lie returned, and placing the jug be-
fore his father. said, Drink"
allow can drink whom there is no bee'
in the Jug" A.
"To drink beer out Of \ jng," says The
boy, "where thersis beer, anybody could dc
that; but to drink beer out Of jug where