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DETERMINING LoNGITuDE.-Ano obs,

DETERMINING LoNGITuDE.-Ano obser-
vatory is now in process Of erection at Salt
Lake City, under the direction ofU. s. Coast
Survey, in order to obtain an exact mcrid-
ian, and for the purpose Of determining the
difference Of longitude at special points
across the continent from Cambridge, Mas
sachusctts, to San Francisco, California.
An intermediate station has been estab-
lishcd at Omaha, Nebraska, 1900 miles
west Of Cambridge. The observatory is
1000 miles west Of Omaha, and little over
900 miles cast Of San Francisco. TO ob-
tain the requisite piers for mounting tho
tho transit Instruments, Brigham Young
has to send teams 10 Weber Canyon, to
bring the blocks Of stone distance Of sixty
miles. 'di io sri 'al 60, 9.isri
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GATHERINGS BY the wAYSIDE.

"A huge mountain Of rock salt has
been discovered near Pahranagat, Nevada.
Ward II. I.amon is writing the secret
history Of President Lincoln's administra-
tiOn.
A young woman in Dcs Moincs has
been imprisoned for marrying colored
man.
A swordfish has been captured in
whose stomach was contained Turkish
mail bag.
The Car Of Russia is said to have
become confirmed hypochondriac aud a
great drunkard. -.
There arc three paper mills in Cali
fornia one each in Marin, Santa Cruz
and Santa Clara counties.
The Congressional Library now con-
tains 1896 volumes, exclusive Of un-
bound pamphlets, periodicals., maps, aud
manuscripts.
About three hundred velocipedcs are
daily in use in New York, which number,
it is expected, will soon be increased to
three thousand.
A movement is said to be on foot to
have grand reunion Of the Governors of
all the states at Chicago when the Pacific
railroad is formally opened.
The Dakota Legislature has passed
tho woman suffrage bill by four majority,
and the question will be submitted to the
people at the election in October.
r r. Hatch, of Connecticut, offers
for $50 900 to ride gaily over Niagara
Falls any day next Summer, as he believes
the descent to be possible, easy and safe.
Belfast, Maine, claims a prccocious
authorcss of nine years, who has written
the first chapter Of IL novel. Two Of her
characters are twins-one Of them five
and the other six years old.
The towns along the river Amazon in
South America, in the midst of the most
productive country in the world, get meat,
-four and dried fruits from North America
and Europe, because tho people are too
lazy to work.
The bill to allow the corporation of
Portland to build railroad bridge across
the Willamette river passed both houses Of
Congress, but failed to become Il law. be-
cause it was not enrolled in time to receive
the signature; of the presiding officers.
The Androscoggin Mills. at Lewiston.
Maine. manufactures yearly two millions of
grain bags and six million yards Of sheet
ings aud shir,ings. These mills employ
one thousand three hundred hands. and
consume yearly nine thousand bales Of cot
ton.
The total length Of electric telegraphs
in the world not including the submarine.
amounts to upward of lSO, ,OOOm which
is more than enough to go around the earth
several times. OF the total amount there
are 1920 miles in the United States
nearly one quarter of the whole.
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ADVICE TO YouNa MEN.-Let the bust
ness Of every one alone and attend to your
own. Don't buy what you don't want.
Use every hour to advantage, and study to
make leisure hour useful. Think twice
before you spend dollar, remember you
will have another to make for it. Look
ovor your books regularly, and if you find
On error trace it out. Should stroke Of
misfortune como upon in your business, re-
trench, work harder, but never hy tho
track. Confront difficulties with unainch-
ing perseverance,, and they will fly at
last; then you will be honorod, but shrink,
and you will be dospised. .l,. i ,.u..,l
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TIE GREASE AND TALLow TREE or
CHINA I'm China there grows . tree
known as tho grease treo. L 10 said that
large forests Of this vegetable lubricant are
to be found there, aud they form thesourcc
of considerable local traffic. This tree,
not very long ago, was importedinto Iadia,
and it is said that the experiment Of cult.
waiting it there has proved quito successful.
DR.. Jameson, achemist, In Punjaub, has
prepared hundred weights of grease from,
this particular tree, and has forwarded on
trial a portion Of it to tho Punjaub railtead,
to have its qalitics tested - . lubricant.
The grease thus obtained, Il ID. said, forms
aa excellent tallow, burning with q olear,
brilliant and white light, emitting no un-
pleasant 0dor or smoke. a#a afv
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A BEAUTIFUL TMoUaur.-The 500 Il
the largest Of all cemeteries, and its alum
berors sleep without monuments. Al
other graveyards, in all other lands, show
some distinction between the great and
small, the rich and poos; but In the ocsau
cemetery tho king and clown, the priasl
and peasants, arc all shke usdistinguishod
The same waves roll over al, the ame re
qaien, by tho minstreh Of the ocean il
sung TO their honor. Over the remain,
the same storm beats, and the samo sun
shines; and there, unmarked, the veal
and powerful, tho rIumod aud unhonored
will sleep Oh until awakened by tho sam,
trumpet.
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The Negro and tho President.

The Civil Appropriation bill for the
year ending June Both, 1870, which was
passed by the last Congress, and approved
March Sd, contains the following items:
In connection with the late Bureau OF
Freedmen and Refugees:
For Washington Asylum and Hospital,
Washington, District of Columbia, twenty
five thousand dollars; for Richmond Asy-
lum and Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, IF.
teen thousand dollars vicksburg Asylum
and Hospital, Vicksburg, Mississippi, ten
thousand dollars for the present fiscal year.
TO aid in supporting the National Asy.
lum for the relief Of destitute colorcd
Women and Children" of this District,
five thousand dollars, to be expended un-
der the direction of the executive commit
tee Of its board of Managers.
For collection and payment Of bounty,
prize money, and other Legitimate claims OF
colorcd soldiers and sailors for the fiscal
year ending June thirticth, eighteen hund-
rcd and seventy, and for salaries of agents
and clerks, one hundred and fortyiivc
thousand dollars.
For fuel for the Presidents house, five
thousand dollars.
For care and improvement of grounds
south of the Presidents house. five thous-
and dollars.
For the annual repairs of the Presidents
house, ten thousand dollars.
For Aower-pots. glasses, twinc, ono thou
sand dollars.
For completing the iron fencing Of the
Presidents grounds on the South and
along the avenue now being opened be-
tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets,
including gates, twcnty-scvcn thousand
dollars.
For rcfurmishing the Presidents house.
twenty five thousand dollars.
For the purchase of a portrait of the late
President Abraham Lincoln, to be placed
in the Executive Mansion. three thousand
dollars. or so much thereof rs may be ncccs-
sary: Proridch, That said portrait shall be
selected by the incoming President Of the
United States.
Thus it will be seen that the snug little
sum Of $500. 900 Of the peoples money is
voted for the benefit Of the negro, and the
sum Of $4,000 for the benefit Of Hiram.
Scvcnty-six and twenty five thousand (his
salary make just one hundred and one
thousand dollars which II. L. q. receives
from the Public Trcasuary during the first
wear.
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TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, |

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON
C0uSrY OF THURsrox, q. ~
In the United States District Court for the I'd
Judicial Distsict, hs iding terms at Olympia,
W. @& sgeeRkef .g3g;sN sG@ !
"en'is''. Gordon A. srat
D.vid 9. Gordon. ~ y|lG4lIlll'
TO DAVID q. GoRDox You are hereby 40
tilted that Henrietta Gordon has filed CON-
plant against you in said court, which will
come O. to be heard at chambers bsfsrs ths
Hon. 9: c. Hewitt, Chief Justice and JUDI Of
the I'd Judicial District at Olympia, W. f. on
Monday, the 2lst day Of june, A. D. 1859. a.
the hour Of O'Clock ?. H., which il more tksn
two months ster the date Of this publicstion'
and unless you appear 1t the said dine asd IN.
swsF, the came vill be taken % eonftssed asd
the prayer thereof granted.
The object and prayer Of the said com.l.,ss
Is to annul tho marriage contract entered into
between you and the plaintiff, on the eeosnd
oi harsh and eruei treatnent and osAsr esuses
therein set forth. o. B. NcFADDEN.
's4 1fsO .s43 Attorney for Pi6.
Complaint fled April 3, 1869.
Date Of publication, April 10. 1869. :3:m:
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Beautiful Swiss CrsToM.--Thc horn
of the Alps is employed in the mountain
GUS districts of Switzerland not solely in
the sound of the COW call, but for another
purpose. solemn and religious. As soon as
the sun has disappeared from the valleys,
and its last rays are just glimmcring on the
snowy SUBMITS of the mountains, the herds
man who dwells on the lofticst. takes his
horn and trumpcts forth: Praise the
Lord - All the hcrdsmen in the neigh
borhool then take their horns and repeat
the words. This often continues a quarter
Of an hour, whilst on all sides the mountains
echo the name of God. \ solemn stiffness
follows; every individual offers his secret
prayers on bendcl knees and uncovered
head by this time it is quite dark.
Good night" trumpcts forth the herd.
man on the lofticst summit. "Good night!
is repeated Oh all the mountains from tho
horns Of the hcrdsmcn and the cleft oftho
rocks. Then each lies down to rest.
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A BEAUTIFUL ALLEGoRY.-A traveller.
who spent some time in Turkey, relatss a
beautiful parable which was told him by Q
dervish, and which seemed more beautiful
than Stctnc' celebrated figure OF the atcts-
ing spirit and recording angel: gie'sai
Every man." said tho dervish, 81 has
two angels, one on his right shoulder and
ono on his left. When hcidoes evil, the
angel on che loft writes il down, and he
waits till midnight. If before that time
tho man bows his-hcad and cxclaims,
Gracious Allah! " I hare sinued ! forgive
met the angel rubs sut the1 record 1, bot
ifnof, at midnight he s~als It, and The ~
loved angel on the right shoulder wespss
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BAKED HAM.-Most persons boil ham.
Il is much better baked, II baked right
Soak it an hour in clean water and wipc Il
dry next spread it over with thin batter,
and then put itinto a deep dish with sticks
nndsr Il, to keep it, out OF the gravy.
When il is fully done take OF the skin aud
batter erusted upon tho acsh side, and se'
it away to cool.
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HONORABLE.-One of the most mystic
rous and unintclligiblc titles in the lang.
uagc is the word @ honorable" If all men
arc free and equal, that is to say rs far as
the wisdom Of Congress deems advisable, Of
course, the appellation is surely misplaced
in our glorious republic. But now that il
is 20 extensively uscd it would be we'll il
some one could but prescribe rules and reg.
ulations for its proper application. When
does Il man become honorable, aud who OF
what makes him SO! Zachariah Chandler,
for instance, in private, answers to the ia.
miliar aud mcllifuous call of Zack," but
in Congress he is the Hon. Mr.. Chandler,
VI. c. very honorable. 1t will probably
be said that since we arc all children Of
freedom. with our bright homes in the re-
gion of the setting sun, every man has n
constitutional right to call himself what he
plcascs he can below " My name is Nor
val" or be ravished with the whistlings of
Il name" Imagine Butler styling himself
Major-t;cneral Of Volunteers. tho Hon.
Benjamin +. Butler, NJ. G., LII. d.! To
this complexion shall VIC come at last, un-
less the absurdity is laughed away. Artc-
mus Wards English landlord refused to
believe that "party' was American, be-
cause he wrote himself down plain " Mis-.
ter" only.
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~ IN Chicago the copper and brass
foundries number 25, doing business Of
over SO, ,00Q, 900 .per annum. $4,000 men
arc employed in this industry. '- ''''
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Grants Cabinet,

The following remarks, humorous and
otherwise, We find among our exchanges in
regard to Grants Cabinet:
The New York Herald says that the
leading Radicals in the Senate are disgust
ed with Grants Cabinet, aud that "they
seized the first chance ~ give him . piece
Of their mind"-which is just what he
seems to need. He might go to more
eligible place to supply the deficiency.
The New Orleans Crescest says, that the
beloved Rawlins is Secretary of War. Hi.
appointment seems to have been made in
oFdernetto disturb the symmetrical mcdioc.
rity Of the Administration. From the great
war minister CarnOt to the little war minis.
ter Rawlins. there is about as great dc.
scent as from Napoleon to Grant.
The New York World suggests as a note
worthy fact that not one Of the persons
named by General Grant for his Cabinet
has yet achieved the distinction Of place
in "Appleton's Encyclopaedia" or in the
latest edition Of the "4llen of Our Timc;'
nor had any one of them written for tho
New York Ledger.
Speaking Of Grants Cabinet, the Pica.
yune says, there is hardlya man in it whom
anybody expected to be there, and, with
due respect be it said, hardly man whom
anybody wished to be there.
In 1861, Cresswell, the Maryland scala.
wag, now Postmaster General, was strong
scccssionist.
The Mobile Rcgi.fer says, "Mr. Crcss.
well, Of Maryland, the new Postmaster
General, is the only member Of the Cabinet
that may be oct down AZ Radical. The
rest arc emiuently Conservative"
Song Of Grants Cabinet" II 10 very
soon we're done for, VIC wonder what VIC
were begun for"
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&- \ woman may bo Of great assist
anoe to her husband in business BY wear.
ing cheerful smile continually on her
cOuntcnancc. 1877
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TERRITORY Of WASHINGTON
County OF KIxa, So. !
In the United States District Court for the I'd
Judicial District: holding terms at Seattle,
W.T..
Mary A. Livingston,
David Livingstone.
To DAVID LIVINGSTON You are hereby no.
titled that Mary A. Livingston has fled CON.
plaint against you in said court, which will
come on to be heard At the first term Of the
said court, which shall commence more than
Two months after the date of this publication,
and unless you appear at the said term and
answer, the Same will be tsken ~ confessed
and the prayer thereof granted.
The object aud prayer Of the said complaint
is to annul the marriage contract entered isto
between yoa end the plaintiff, On the ground
Of abandonment, dcsertion, etc., and for the
custody Of the minor children, the issue Of the
said marriage. o. y. McFADDEN,
4,... Attorney for PIT.
Complaint fled Feb. -, 1869.
Date Of publication, April 10. 1859. 23:ml
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~ Among the mines on tho Western
slope of the sierra Madrc is one called Car
man. from which a mass l'of pure silver
weighing 425 pounds was oucc taken.
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~ 4 fountain In Bennington. w.,
sends a stream "f water one hundred and
sixty-nine feet high. m rMs
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GoLD IN THE UNITED SrArEs.-Dur-
ing the Revolution, and for many years
subsequent. "thc red, red gold" Of the
ancient ballad, or Guinea gold, was the
style of aurcate in vogue in the United
States, the hue of the metal being some
what reddish, and the supply coming from
the coast, of Guinea whereby the word
guinea came in use for coin. From 1904
to 1929 North Carolina furnished all the
gold Of the Republic, amounting. accord
ing to the mint returns, to S1lO,OOO. In
1929 South Carolina sent in her first in
stallment. $4,000, to the mint and in the
next year Virginia and Georgia swclled the
tide, the former State sending in $4,000
and the latter $4,000. In 1888 Alaba-
ma began to send small quantities branch
mints were established at Charlotte, North
Carolina, and Dahloncga, in Georgia, and
with this gold establishment so to speak,
VIC worked along till March, 1s4S. wlren
gold deposits were discovered in Califor-
MIA of such richness that before january,
1850, there was taken out $40, ,0OO, 900,
increased during the following year to
100000. From 1S4S to 1865 the total
product of California has been estimated
in official quartcrsa ut 5000, 600. 900. Before
such total it is useless to speak Of any
other yields, though once We were glad
enough to painfully extract few grains
here and there. The California gold has
quite brassy appearance, and does not
make up as handsomely as the old red
gold, now hardly ever to be seen except
in heir looms.
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b a. An cxshanee sayss two posts spill
ftpn, tho sumo log wcre sat foe gsts posts
ono top end in tho ground, the other, the
butt end in the ground tho drst" lasted
seventeen years, the other ton. 's''
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MATRIMONIAL LorTERY.-A short time
since at a wedding in South Carolina,
young lawyer moved that one man in tho
company should be selected as President;
that this President should be duly sworn
to keep entirely secret all the communi-'
cations that should be forwarded to him in
his official department that night; that
each unmarried gentleman and lady should
write lis or her name on piece Of paper,
and under It place the name of the person
they wish to marry, then hand it to the
President for inspection, and if any gen.
tloman and lady had, rociprocally chosen
each other, the President was to inform
each Of the result, and those who had
not been reciprocal in their choice were to-
be kept entirely secret. After the ap-'
pointment Of the President communion
tiohs were accordingly handed up to the
chair, and it was found that twelve young
ladies aud gentlemen had reciprocal
choices, and eleven Of the twelve matches
were solcmnixed. 'D sLei'rtAd 'sn
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~ The intoxication Of anger like that
Of the grape, shows H. 10 others but
hides us FROM ourselves. 81 IRIS -
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A MURDEROUs sSEA-FLowER-On Of
the exquisite wonders of the sea is called
the opclct, and is about as large as tho
German astcr, looking, indeed very much
Ike one. Imagine a very large double
aster, with ever so many long petals of
!. .ght green, glossy as satin, and each one
tipped with rose color. These lovely pc
tails do not lie quietly in their places, like
those Of the astcr in your garden, but
wave about in the water, while the opclct
generally clings to the rock How inno-
cent and lovely it looks on its rocky bed.
Who would suspect that it could cat any
thing grossor than dew and sunlight? But
these beautiful waving arms, as you call
them, have another use besides lookin;
pretty. They have to provide food for u
large open mouth, which is hidden deep
down among them--so we'll hidden that
one can scarcely find it. Well do they
perform their duty, for the instant fool
ish little fshlct touches one of the rosy
tips, he is struck with a poison as fatal to
him as lightning. He immediately be-
comes numb, aud in a moment stops strug-
Cling and then the other beautiful arms
wrap themselves around him, and he is
drawn into the huge, greedy mouth, and
is seen no more. Then the lovely arms
unclosc and wave again in the water, look
ing as innocent and harmless as thou, ,h
they had never touched u fish.
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WINNIE REAM's STATUE OF PREsIDENT
LfScoL1.-There viii rrobsbly be a fight
over the matter Of peyiugaNi Winnie

) WINNIE REAM's STATUE or PREsfDENv
iLfxcoLN.-Thec will probably .be- a fight
over the matter Of psymgsNiss Winnie
Ream for her statue Of President Lincoln.
It will be remembered that in the summer
Of 1865, when the resolution authorizing
her to execute the statue in marble was
passed, it met with bitter opposition from
Mr.. Sumner and others, who asserted that
Miss Ream had not the first idea of sculp.
ture. The part, imagined or real, which
the lady is credited with having taken for
procuring of the acquittal of the Prcsi-'
dent has not added to her popularity with
such accomplished amateurs il the fine arts
as Mr.. Sumner and his friends.
According to the terms Of the rcsolu-
ton, onc-half Of the contract price (s5.OOO)
was to be paid when the cast of the
statue in plaster was completed. The cast
is now finished, and Miss Ream has ad-
dressed letter to the Secretary Of the
Interior announcing the fact, and asking
for tho payment Of the 5000 according
to the contract. The Secretary sent tho
letter to Congress, and pays Miss Ream
q compliment by pronouncing the cast tV
be remarkably good likeness Of Mr.. Lin
coin. The communication has, of course,
to be referred to the Committee on Appro-
priations, and the efforts Of those who arc
inimical to tho lady will be directed to tho
preventing Of any report on the matter,
for if it is once gotten before the two
Houses. it will scarcely be regarded as
equitable or reputable to go back on their
resolutions. i,f ..-... '-...
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CHEAP PLEAsURE.-Did you ever study
the chcapness Of some pleasures! Do you
know how little it takes to make multi.
tudc happy? Such tribes rs a nod, .
word or smile does the work. A poor
widow lives in the ncighborhood, who is
the mother Of half dozen children.
Send them a peck Of sweet apples and
they will be happy. A child has Lost his
arrow-all the world to him-and be
mourns sadly, help him to 6nd it, or make
him another, and how quickly win the
sunshine play over his sober face. A boy
has done us much a. he can do to pile upa load
of wood assist him for few momt ms,
or speak pleasant word to him, and he
forgcts his toll, and works away without
minding it. Your apprentice has broken
mug, or slightly injured piece OF work.
Say q You scoundrcl," aud he feels miscr-
able but remark at am sorry" and he
will try and do better. You employ a
man pay him chcerfully, and speak q
pleasant word to him, and he leaves your
house with a contentcd heart, to light up
his own hearth with smiles and gladncss,
Pleasure is cheap. Who will not bestow
it literally? If there arc smiles, sunshine
and flowers, all about us, let US not grasp
them with misers fist, and lock them up
in our hearts. No; rather let us take
them and scatter them about us, in the
cot of the widow, among the groups Of
children, in the crowded marts where men
Of business congrcgate, in our families,
and everywhere. We can make the
wretchcd happy, the discontcntcd cheer
full, the afflicted resigned. at an exceed
ingly cheap rate. Who will refuse to do
50.