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Population of the Glehe

Until the nillenial period when the ma
ture of the earth shall all become as one
or until our fast Democracy shall hav,
annexed to this Union every other par
OF the globe, there can be no possibility
OF learning accurately the number Of hu
man beings in existence at any particu
lar time. The population of the eartl
has aud always must be a matter of con.
lecture. Bat the well reasoned coniect
ure of a careful and conscientious student
is entitled to almost as much faith as m,
ny statistical documents; for iu these lat
ter, we much fear, that wild gucsses are
as often employed as official and accu-
rate data.
A distinguished professor of the Uni
versity OF Berlin, Herr DIETRICH, has late
ly addressed paper to the Acadamy OF
Sciences ia that city. in regard to the
worlds population, and it is generally J..
greed that it is she most carefully pre-
pared and most reliable work that has
yet appeared on this interesting subject.
After some detailed estimates ia re-
gard to the five great divisions of the
world, he arrives at the conclusion that
ats present population is about ttoelCc huu
dred and et9Atyhtree millions. He esti
mates,thc population of Europe at PIP,
OOO, 600, although the biographies ouly
made it about $4,000, 900. But he
gives reasons that appear to be sound, for
his increased figures. According to cal
culatieu made in 1857, By order of Louis
AVI. of France, the population of Eu-
rope was about so, 600, 600, and in 1905
it was c'timated at little under poo. 000.
900. Since the latter date, if Herr Die.
trich's calculation is correct, the popula.
ton of Europe has increased al an aver
age rate OF con-idcrabla more than mill
lion year.
La reference to Asia, there are tolera.
bly, reliatle data FOR Cbiaa, India aud the
Islands of the Iniian Archipelago For
Japan, Tartary, Prussia, Afghani,tsu.
Arabia and other countries, it l. uece>sa
ry to trust to conjectures; but 720, ,000, 900
is believed to be correct as can be a>cer- |
tanned. To the whole of the American
continent. North and South, Herr Die.
trich allows 200 ,000, 400, which is quite
liberal and generally aboTe most esti-
mates! Australia and tue adjacent is
lands he estimates to have population OF
about two milli rs Africa has been the
most troube-ome divi~ion Of the globe to
the PruSsian ,tati>tics; for exccp, in some
of the European Colonies. there have been
no enumera:ious made of the inhabitant.
lie, however, arrives. by some means. at
the conclu ion that Africa has about 50 |
00n, goo Inhabitants. The whole esiima-
ted population Of the earth, then. may be
stated As follow:
Population Of Europe, $4,000, ,00OI
Asia. 100000, COO
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DIED.

In Stroudsburg, on the 9Th inst, after
short illness, DR.. Samuel Stokes, aged
70 years, 5 months and 3 days.
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Jam-squeeze six OF eight women, nova
days, inte-a common stage coach
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by return mail. For sale IN Strouds' urg, by
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THE DROscHKY.
From a Journey Due North


The real Russian or Moscow droscbkv .
simply cloth covered bench upon clumsy g
springs on four wheels, With a little percb in
front which the driver bestrides. You. the mas
sepger, may seat yourself astride or SIDEWAYS
on The bench. 1t may perhaps serve to give
: mere definite and pictorial idea cf tho
droschky, If describe it as a conbination of
elongated side saddle (such as are provided for
the rising generation, and endured bv lonu.snf.
tering donkeys in the vicinity of the Soaniar1,s
Tavern at Hampstead) and an Irish outside
car. The abominable jolting, dirt, and discom.
fort OF the whole crazy vehicle forcibly recall
too, that Hibernan institution There is q
leathern paracrotte on either side, to prevent
the mud from the wheels flying up into vour
face, and the bases of these paracrottes serve
as steps to mount and slight protection in
tne way OF fooung against your tumbling out
OF the rsm.shackle concern into the mud hut
the lmbecility or malevolenee Of the droscbkv.
builder has added tin or pewter covering far
this meagre flooring, aud as your bones are be-
ing ratified over the Russian stones, your feet
Keep up an incessant and involuntary skating
shufhs on this accursed pewter pavement.
Ihere 10 nothing to hold on by, save the
driver, ard sort Of saddle pummel turned the
wrong way at the hinder end OF the bench the
droschky rocks from side to side, threateninr To
tip over altogether at every moment. Yon
mutter, you pray, you perspire; your hooked
fingers seek little iDeq uslities of the bench N
grasp at, as Claude Frolos tried to claw at the
stone copiDgs, when he fell from the tower of
Notre Dame; you are jolted, you are bumped
you are sacrificed, you are dislocsted; and ali
this while yonr feet are keeping up the diabol;-
cal goose step on the pewter beneath. Anatbe.
ma, Maranatha if there be strong north
wind blowing, (Boreas has his own way. even
In the height CT summer, in Petersburgh,( and
your hat be tempted to desert ycur head and
go out on the loose There is such a bnmon
or perhaps fendish, perversity in hats, when ths1
blow of-such mean, NAL gnant, cruel and "a.
PRECIOUS persistence in rolling away and b. fI;ne
you.that l can scarcely refrain from SHAKING
my Inst at my vagrant head covering while I
am running after it, and swearing at Il when I
capture it, and punching it's head we'll before
iesettie 1t on my own. Bat what are you To do
II ! your hat flies off in droschkyP You darsnt
jump out; sudden death lies that wsy. The
driver will see you at Nishi. Novgored before
ne will descend to recover it; although he has
not the slightest shame in asking You to get
down TO pick up his whip. All you can do IS
70 shut your eyes, tie q Observation-Disclosures
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For Tue NATIONAL Era n
The SPlRlT I'll IL D.
BY eLEMMIR O.

eH
He game when the beautiful things of earth
Had awaked TO the tones of Joyous mirth; slo'
And the bright sprng- flowers had oped their leaves
And Nature garland of beauty weayes;
When the wood-birds carol the whole day long,
And the air was life with the joys of song;
And the icy streams their fetters had broke, ~
And IN freedom leaped meath the suns warm stroke
He came when all things TO new life gave birth,
And bloomed with the beaunful things of earth
He boomed-and the summer winds gentle bre aih
Kissed his siiken cheek with the hues ofheaith
And the dewy light of his son blue eye, gua
(Which had caught It's tint from the azure sky,) :.
In sweetness fell round the fountains oflove,
That thrilrd to the touch of sunlight above
And he wove in our hearts mystic tie,
More treasured Than gems that in ocean lie
And his infant smile lent milder glow
To the things OF earth and the Joys below
Thus the year sped on and that gentle boy
Was the household light and the household joy;
And summer again brought new pleasures round
With his young hearts love-and the prattling SCUM
ofhis hsPing voice, like sweet bird-notes fell
On the bosoms of those that guarded we'll
The biossoming germs of his youthful mind,
And nurtur'd the gems in his pure heart shrined.
o, beautiful sight that cherub child
When he knelt 10 pray-een the angels smiled
But the Autumn came, and the winds blew chill
Ger the mountains brow and the soping hill;
And the fields stripped of their golden sheaves
And mournfuly murmur'd the russell leaves
The flowers had faded, and the earth was stroxn
With the wiiher'd garlands The Reaper had mown
As the beautiful things of earth decay
SO that beautiful spirit passed away,
And winged on high to that Temple Of Live
God nd h.
iSchuylkiH Side, dug. 81, 1868.
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wrsppiugs of iron wire about submarine cables
for the deep sea may be dispensed with; that.
except for the shosl water, no future cable
need be larger than the gutta-percha cord which
sncases and isolates the conducting wire of the
Atlantic Telegraph and that submarine lines
Of telegraph, though the prime cost may be. lit
tie but not much more than that over other
lines, will hencetorth prove the cheaper ia the
end, for, being once down, they will require 10
repairs in the deep sea. Only 50 they cone
from the depth of the ocean to the land will
they be liable TO iriury."
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Alta STIo Tel EGRAPH.-Prof. Maury closes
an adm Fable paper on the contributions of the
Nationg Observatory Office to the Atlantic Tele.
graph enterprise, in these words:
Tbs investigations of this Office 90 forth
and warrant other conclusions of much import.
ance to- ching the future progress of submarine
telegrskhy. They satisfy me that no sea is 90
deep orso stormy but that an electric cord NAV
be SAT- " planted in the still waters at the bot.
tom that the currents and storms which spi.
tate the'surface do not reach far down into the
depths below; that under the pressure of the
deep ses there ia no decay; even those mites
OF little animals that inhabited when alive those
microscopic shells which Brokers reel brought
up from the bottom for rs, are, there is ground
to conjecture, preserved for ages down there
hence, submarine cables will last f.times at
the bottom Of the deep sea that henceforward
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WASHINGTON OCTOBER e. 1855 - IN

God only heard. All was pescefui and still.
Nature seemed striving forgisingly 10 heal end
efface ell the prints and scars which mans out.
RACES had Left npon hsrsfAir countenance, that
they might bear no witness against him to her
Maker. Herman leaned against The trunk Of q
tall hickory, and stood endeasoring TO lbreaths
her patient calmness in. t hss-af ssss eusa
aa r ef TO BE ooNTINUHD s ,ke@
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whole being, and made me bitter. and. thank
tfod, streng-ssrong with, a strenpth net NV
own; And you must yield to me, Jasper
1 "Mother," said Jasper, q ron AJAX too much
OF me-. This is q prejudice of yours-some
fruit of your thrice-accursed pride, which has
been the 'bans of your life. will not throw
away my heart and cast aside my hopes and
happiness. to pander to SO wicked a thing -
:" Boy Z" shrieked Jasper's mother, while the
biood.drops from her bit lip quenchf the flame
of the ruby on her breast !" Boy, command
youl" F-tE 80 -
He shook his head. -.
| With an impulse of irresistible passion, she
stepped towards him, smote, him twice in the
face with her clenched hand, and left the room.
Jasper felt the hot blood Jingle seorchinply
in his cheek. Flinging himself into chair,
he covered his face with his hands, and wept
like q woman. SO s ~
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Il can. So the Free.
!sns, and we laid On
3 all. It's the fortune
he did bis. There's
tile Sophyl / won
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i ! one of the judges;
, ved in, and he saw
i ID be let vote, he
!! , the only thing be
! They ran after,
! es, and tried to get
! q pluckier fellow
ays seemed one Of
slow.coaches-and
, ,tes came to help
! 81 round. Oh, d.
.ingf Such things
: onists will Kick up
.ine."
i it was. 1t was a
: aust feel it terribly;
: , prevent mischief,
for that, Marshall
i thank God, and 1
Al Can't you wait
ppre you begin With
se got to tell it Oil
'ou can see through
he'd. Let me hear |"
ete | came up. The
-, we're two or three
they knocked Rob-
{ Llot-box out Of His
Ills, crowded them,
and voted as fast as
himself Responsible
rallied his party in
eyed the polls. he
rouse. I didn't see
Touldn't give 10, un.
aaobody should vote
couldn't. 1 had no
(, only to see that the
81, not to say who
. dn't. / couldn't 90
8 .-e !
nan Go tha Eraa.
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i as q citizen, for
opinion upon the
nd so, perhaps, i
pinion from you /;
. things you have
yer since / came.
God grounds that
here only to pro.
rssctte them, my
rriors don't apply
do with general
aps with the par
Nad nit. Judge Of
iwn responsibility;
the sake of your
or your RESPONSE.
{, the example set
k and the author
ow of them var
{ they thought it
n the army, they
my /; and you do
psin in the army.
aow you now we'll
,m not mistaken.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-06-11
A TOper,s Stratagem.

Three ragged, wretched topers stood
shivering on a street corner. They had
not penny between them, and neither
had tasted a drop during the last half hour
They debated the deeply interesting
question how to obtain the next glass o.
grog. After much miserable muttering
over poverty Of the times, and many i'm
practicable suggestions, one Of them said:
II have an idea? Well 60 to the next
shop and drink"
Drink" replied bis companions
"That is easily said, but who will pay?'
Nobody. Do as tell you; I'll take
the responsibility"
Following the speakers directions, his
two companions entered an adjoining rum.
merry and called for whisky skins. The
place was kept BY Dutcbman. After
waiting on bis customers, and while en-
joying their orthodox beverage at the
counter, in walked topper No.9l. #
"How are ye?" to the Dutchman.
"How de do ?" said the Dutchman.
Topper No. glanced suspiciously at
tcpers No. and3, beckoned the propri-
etor aside, m n{.e 6nr +
"Do you know these men?" he asked,
suspiciously. ..., ~
The Dutchman started. r .-5,.1
Il know no more as dat dey call for de
whisky skins" !, ,@s
"Don't take any money from them."l
WHAT Not take any money for the
whisky skins?" said the astonished land
lord, e l 5.1es+, a. .s.n
"No; they are iniormers ?"
"Hey? informers?"
eyes. they buy liquor Of you so as to
inform against you. and have you fined"
"Ah! l understand said the Dutchman.
"Dey not catch me. Thank you, sir
Take something" ,s..5 A,
Il don't object" and topper No, ! drank
with his companions.
Whats to pay?'' said topper No. 2
putting his hand into his miserable pock-
ct. sS ~ IA. /
Nothing" said the Dutchman "me
20 sell liquor. Me keep it for my
friends" as y, ts go r,.s s,-i ~
And having smiled the supposed infor-
mers outside the door. be generously in
vited the anti.informer to take another
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-06-11
Discomforts of Greatness.
Uneasy lies The head that wears

Uneasy lies the head that wears q
crown" So wrote the Prince Of Drama
lists, two centuries and half ago, and
the sentiment was true then-was true
before then, and is true now.
David when King Of Israel and Of Ju-
dab exclaimed, "Oh, that had the wings
ola dove, for then would fly away and
be at rest"
Dionysius; the monarch Of Scicily, de-
scribed his situation as that Of person
with drawn sword suspended above
bis head by single hair and continu-
al horror lest its keen edge should be bur-
led in his brain.
When the late Emperor of Russia trav-
eled in Italy, lie was in constant trepida-
lion, lest an incensed Pole should avenge
his country's wrongs. by sending a bullet
to his heart; and never retired to rest,
without striking on the walls ofhis cham.
Der with hammer to see that all was
solid. and that there was no concealed
panel'hrough which an outraged foe could
enter.
Louis Philippe at one period Of his
reign allowed no log to be brought into
his palace until it was first examined for
fear least some Internal machine were
hidden in it.
The Dictator Of Paragua, was careful
never to smoke cigar until he had salts.
fed himself by unrolling and examining
its leaves, that the weed contained no
poison.
Napoleon the Great, writing 10 Joseph
says: "To prevent being poisoned or as.
sassinated, keep only French cooks, and
haveFrenchmeu only for your body guard.
Be careful, too, that no one enters your
sleeping apartment except your d,de,
camp. He should sleep in the room open
ing into yours. Lock the doo, on the in
side, and never open it even toyour aid
de camp, without bidding him lock the
door of his own room, to make sure that
no person will follow him."
Who can wish for crown, that press
es SO heavily on the brow Regal station
is forced to pay costly tribute and ifthat
station is reached or retained by wrong
the throne is on the crater Of sleeping
volcano. This usurpers feel and trem.
BILE.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind
The thief doth fear each lush an officer,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-06-11
.4n Tale ofL0ve.

An Old Wye in Search ofher Young
Husband.-About six months since an ell.
derly lady Of property. living in Brooklyn,
N. Y, who bought her fashionable wares
at celebrated dry goods house in Broad
way, New York, became enamored of a
handsome young man who attends there.
After many visits she decided to invite
the young man to her magnificent house
in the city Of churches. She told him she
wanted to see him on matters Of gravest
importance. He blushed and more out
Of curiosity than admiration he consented
to visit her. The young man was dazzled
at the magnifcence Of the house to which
he had been invited, and was entirely
lost in conjecturing for what purpose he
had been brought thilher. The lady, af-
ter giving her guest some vinous refresh
ments, proceeded 10 narrate the fact Of
long observation Of his respectable con-
duct. adding that she had inquired Of his
employers and found him to be a highly
moral and worthy young man--worthy Of
better situation in society. She confess.
ed that she had become ens,s ored Of him,
not Of course for his physical beauty, but
for his moral worth, and finally wound up
by offering him her hand in marriage
The lady was on the shady side Of FIVE
and forty. while the lover was not twen-
ty two summers old. The latter was in
love, too. with handsome young lady in
the millenery department Of the same es-
tablshment where he was employed.
He finally refused, notwithstanding that
she had some $4,000 which she could
place in his hands. After several inter-
views, the widow gradually won the young
man to her views, and finally he consented
to and did marry her. After the marriage
she refused to make over her real estate
to her husband, and this displeased him.
About week ago the Benedict thought
be would make trip to the country, to
see few friends. His wife consented;
but in few days, he not returning, she
concluded her bird had flown. She star
ted in pursuit Of him, and learned that the
young lady had accompanied him in his
flight. The old lady arrived in this city,
and consulted with an experienced detec-
tive. who put her after some inquiries. on
the tract Of the guilty pair who had gone
farther west. The wife says she is now
prepared to give him full control of ell
her property. if he will return alone to
his home.-- Chicago Daily Union.
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EgA Goliad correspondent Of the Go

~A Goliad correspondent of the Col-
orado Citizen, gives some curious facts in
relation to the grasshoppers in that re-
gion. He says they have an especial
fondness for wheat and cotton, but dom t
take SO kindly to corn--the only vegeta-
Bile they spare is the pumpkin--the most
deadly poisons have had no effect upon
them--fumes Of sulphur they rather like
than otherwise--mosquito nets they devour
grcedily-clothes hung out to dry they
esteem rarity--blankets and gunny bags
they don't appear to fancy--they swim
the broadest creeks in safety, sun them
selves while. and then 60 on-the
whole mass appear to start and move at
the same time, travel for an hour orIwo,
devouring everything in their way, and
then suddenly cease, and not move for
perhaps week, during which time no
feeding is noticed--and finally, they care
fully avoid the sea shore. He judges they
are not the same as those which devasts-
ted the Northern plains and California.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-06-11
s'lIother.,'

Does the word soften your heart when
you think of that feveyish couch? Have
you ever felt the touch Of fingers thai
soothed you as hers did? Have YOU ever
felt SO smooth pillow as The one she
pressed gently from your burning head?
Do you remember how she denied herself
rest day after day, and night after night,
her eyes bright with the feverish longing
to give you ease and alleviate yoursuffer-
ing? And o, when your head laid on
the bosom from which your own life had
come. and you heard the quick throbs oI
her loving heart, and knew every ose o.
those precious pulsations beat with love,
tenderness, and anxiety for you, did no,
your parched lips murmer, "Mother,' p
with strange. wild Joy, while the cheek,
scanned by the rough lines Of care, was
wet with tears?. 7'.' e@t +
"If could only see my Mother!''
Again and again was that yearning cry
repeated, IF could only see my N 9th
er!'' ,,.,,.
The vessel rocked, and the waters,
chased by the fresh wind, played musi-
cal reveille against the side of the ship.
The sailor, second mate, quite youthful,
laid in his narrow bed, his eye glaring,
his limbs stiffening his breath failing. 1t
was not pleasant to die thus in this shak-
ing, plunging ship; but he seemed not to
mind his bodily discomfort--his eye look
ed far away. and ever and anon broke
forth that grieving cry--"IfI could only
see my Mother!" S.2 a.t& pe
An old sailor sat by with Bible in bis
hand, from which he had been reading -
He bent over the young man, and asked
him why he was SO anxious to see the
mother he had wilfully left. baas a
''a "Ohl that's the reason!" he cried in an
guish; II nearly broke her heart, and 1
cant die in peace. She was good moth
er to me--Oh! 50 good! She bore every
thing from her wild boy. and once she
said, "My son. when you come to die,
you will remeu Der all this" Oh!if
could only see my Motherl" hai ,a
He never saw his mother; be died with
the yearning cry upon his lips, as many a,
man has died who sighted the mother
who bore him. The waves roll over him,
aud his bones whiten at The bottom Of the
sea. and that dread cry had gene before
God, to be registered forever. II