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A FRAME {BUILDINa TwENrY-rwo
MILES IN observation-disclosures who pass
hastily over the Union Pacific railroad
hardly give thoughtto tho immense
amount of work which has been per.
formed by the company. From the
Sacramento to the present terminus of
the road, at Elko, the trains are once
moro running regularly. The i'm
mense amount of money and labor
expended in cutting through noun
tains, opening tunnels, grading the
road, and laying tho track, can with
difficulty be realized by those not
familiar with the business. Not tho
least of the problems to be solved was
that of protecting the track from the
heavy falls of snow which were to be
anticipated during the wiuter mouths.
10 obviate this difficulty as far as
possible, tho company determined to
erect series Of sheds, or rather one
building, which should protect the
road over the snow line. Accordingly,
thoy have erected a building which is
doubtless the largest in the world. It
is twenty-five miles in length, sixteen
feet in width, and sixteen feet in
height, not including the pitch of the
roof. 1t is put up in tho most sub
stantial manner, all the timbers used
being of the best quality to be obtain
ed. The sides are enclosed, aud were
1T not for the fact that day light pene-
trates through the iuterstices between
the boards the whole affair would be
very like huge tunnel. The build
ing is braced together in most pecu-
liar manner, and is, in ddition, ficmly
bolted to the rocks wherever the road
is near the face of cliff. Where snow
slides are to be feared, an extention
of tho roof has been carried to the
cliffs, SO that the falling masses shall
pass over the building and lodge on
the other side. In many places,
where side tracks are located, the
building is wider than the figures
given above. More than 10000, 900
feet of lumber have been used in its
construction. 1t covers an area of
more than 100000 SOU re feet, or
nearly forty-four acres. One of the
best proofs of the stability of the
structure is in the fact that, with the
exception of few miles which had
not been really completed, it thor.
oughly answered the purpose for
which it was designed during the re.
cent severe storm, in which it was
subjected to the most severe testa.-
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The PREsIDENr ON. AIAsKA.--Pre.
sident Grant. in conversations With
the Committee on Territories, made d
sharp remark upon the Alaskk lissnf-
bances. Helsaid he saw BY The 5I,a- !
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between the Indians and the tf60ps.
If that proved "a. be 60, ,Sho Ssasd he
thought the best way TO end Id would
be to withdraw the troops, and there
being nothing else1 there for, che Tn-
dams to fight, the wartmust noccssari!
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A New York letter says: "The
hotels are filling up with the South
ern and Western merchants. A very
remarkable change has taken place
in the channels of the wholesale trade
since 1867. Our business men then
looked to the West for their best Gus
toners. They now look to the South.
The recuperation Of Southern indus
try has had wonderful cffeot, even
on their politics. Those who we're
just moderately Conservative when
the South was PROSTATE and impover-
ished, are very actively Conservative
now. Those who were openly against
the South have become Conservative
also. They sniff money in the wind,
which is sort of trade wind, you see,
and are anxious to get it. Thoy are
all as nice as you please to Southern
merchants, invite them homo to din
ner, take them out to the opera and
tho theatres, talk about the harshness
and injustice of reconstruction, and in
various other ways scultivate' the mon
thoy want to sell their goods to.
epoak only Of those who used to be on
the fence, and behind it, on the
Northern eide. The hundreds who
were always friendly to the South
have not changed, of course but there
is great change in the tone Of those
who were either neutral or unfriend-
ly. And it all comes of the better
prospects which have loomed up in
the South since the last crop was
gathered. If you keep on raising
good crops and buying plenty of goods
in the North, you will find friends in.
creasing at an amazing rata. 1t is
wonderful how folks take to man
when they see him getting on we'll in
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The MOVEMENT ron CupA.-Con-
frming the intelligence already given
to the readers of the Charleston n, ,os
in regard to the movements in this
country in aid of the Cuban revolu-
tion, the New York correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Ledger writes:
1t is no secret now that within the
fortnight past large quantities Of arms
and ammunition have been sent from
this port, ostensibly to Inagua, but
really to certain points in Cuba, un-
der control of the insurgents. Per-
haps it would be unjust to impute to
the customhouse and other Federal
authorities full knowledge of their
real destination, but certain it is, none
of them went out Of their way to in
form themselves.
The Spanish Consul, it may be add
ed, has beon in communication with
the representative of his government
at Washington, not only with refer
ence to the shipments above mention
ed, but to other vessels which he has
reason to believe are fitting out hero
on a like errand. They do say also
that there are detectives here in the
interest of the Spanish Government
commissioned to watch sharply all
suspicious passengers, going from here
on the Havana steamers.
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~
A MIXED DISNER.--A dinner call
ed press dinner was given at Del
monico'a, in New York, on Saturday
night, at which ladies and gentlemen
sat down and ate, and drank, and
toasted, and spoke until II O'Clock at
night. The women ps' for their own
dinners, and did their share Of the
talk. There was no smoking, but an
Immense amount of putting; mutual
admiration. The ladies' were of the
the literary and atrong-minded sort,
and tho gentlemen were artists Of the
bohemian order, allowing n6,hing to
go una?propriated, and making the
most of the situation. Snch dinner
could hardly be gotten up vert of the
Hudson, certainly not south Of Mason
and Dixon--if we may be pardon6d
the use Of the phrase. sab 'Ssl
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BLUFFING AN AUDIENCE. John
Palmer had very long part in new
play one evening, and was set down in
the bills to speak the prologue.
trusting 20 a quick study, he Kept
postponing his attention to both until
the last moment, and when the cur
tain bell rang, went on for the pro.
ilG0gue without knowing a word of it.
Inc house was packed, and of course
IN a terrific uproar, as always at the
commencement of performance.
the lndomitable Palmer, amid the
confusion, began to move his lips and
gestioulate, as if delivering his lines.
AS nobody heard a syllable, the cries
OF "Sllence," "IIear the prologue"
"Down in 'front.'" "Order," redoubled
from every quarter. He ceased his
motions, and with the most graceful
dexterity. pretended to be greatly dis
turbod by the disorder, and made a
token to the gallery as if to indicate
that he could not proceed unless that
part of tho audience became quiet.
hhis stratagem set the pit bowling at
the supposed offenders in the upper
regions, and amid the riotous clamor
which ensucd, Palmer camo forward,
moved his lips and gesticulatcd as be.
fore, and, just as the Babel was ceas.
ing, made his bow and went off. lie
performed his part of the play with
equal success, though ho knew no
more of the language in it tAan of the
prologue.
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Tho Parisans display great ingenuity
in showing their political opinions with
out unpleasant consequences to them
selves. On recent occasion one of the
"Conferences" now so much the fashion,
was held at the Theatre de pAmbieu-
Comique, on the Phenomena of Light. /"
a subject, one would have thought,
about as unpolit,cai as could well have
been chosen. The lecturer, in order to
demonstrate certain theories, proceeded
to enlarge some photographs of cele-
bratcd persons. This being done by
means of strong magnesium light, all
the theatre, except in the immediate
n"iShborhood Of the operator, was in
almost total darkness. The audience
could be heard, not seen. The portrait
OF the Emperor was received with a
storm of Misses and cries of "a la mort ?"
" Vtve la Rep~bIque J" III sen ira
b'eatot" dc. That Of the Empress met
with worse reception, if possible, than
her husbands. On the other hand, the
portrait of Maximilan was received
with cheers and cries of"Quira hahi 2"
Maximil!an, as bystander remarked,
probably owed his popularity to the fact
Of his having been shot. The operator,
like aprudent man, soon brought his ex.
periments to an end; and when tie gas
was turned on, the "agen,s" were very
busy looking about; but Of course, every
ono looked intensely loyal
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No MoRE PuBLIc SALES OF GoLp.
Boutwell, has clearly indicated his dc.
termination to permit no more public
sales of gold. This is we'll. The
former practice Of tho Treasury De.
partment did q great deal to facilitate
gambling in gold. 1t is believed that
Boutwell, will 60 further, and invest
the surplus gold in Government bonds
atthe market value, and thus reduce
the intsrestsbearing debt. This is de-
cidedly wise-vastly better than
keeping from seventy to a hundred
millions of gold idle in the Treasury.
This will save six or seven millions
annually to tho Government. These
two points in the policy of the new
Secretary are certainly good ones.
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OUTRAGE MAR CHAMBERsBuRa, Pa
On Thursday afternoon last o girl
l3 years old, and two young ladies,
all white, and the daughters Of farm
ers living within two miles of this
place, were ravished by negro. On
Friday o negro 10 years old named
Norris, native Of Chambersburg,
was arrested and is now in Jail as the
perpetrator Of these outrages. There
seems but little doult of his being the
guilty party. The excitement in the
community is intense.
On Friday night an effort was mad 9
to take Norris from the Jail with the
intention of hanging him. No less
than eight hundred people gathered
about the building, but number of
prominent citizens made speeches and
induced the mob to disperse. The
prison has since been guarded by a
posse comiiatas summoned by the
sheriff. The young ladies outraged
are daughters of three of our most
respectable farmers.
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LlrrIScoTT & BAKEwELL: :--.We have no
trouble with your Saws; they don't need 10
bo lined up with paper; wo put them on the
Mandrel and they 60 right along.
: Temper perfectly uniform and quality ung
surpassed. Respectfully.
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STATE TAxEs.-The Charleston
News makes the following estimate Of
what the State taxation will be, as
Stunning that the amouutto be obtain
ed is one million dollars:
"According to the census of 1860,
the value Of thetreal and personal pro-
perty in the State was $548,000,000,
aud if we deduct from this $20l, ,O0O,-
600 as the value of the slave proper
perty since emanoipated, We have left
$347,000,000. The value of our
landed property, however, has been
very much reduced by emancipation
and we are inclined to believe that
the statement of Governor Scott, that
$300,0C0,GGG Of property will be re-
turned for taxation will be found
much too high. Admitting that a
great deal of property will be return
ed which was not returned before, and
that great deal Of property will not
be returned, and taking into account
the circumstances that every descrip-
tion of property will be under-valued,
we do not see that the property re-
turned for taxation can exceed $780,
100000, upon which sum an assess.
ment of one half Of one per cent.
would produce one million of revenue.
This we can carry, without any gene
raj distress, although districts which
have heretofore been practically ex-
empt from taxation, aud now are tax
ed according to their property, will
find the burden heavy. Taxation in
these days, however, is an afllction to
which ono submits with patience, and
if VIC were inclined to repine, we
might find substantial consolation in
the fact that South Carolina-with a
negro popular majority, reconstruc-
tion government, swarm Of place
holders, Constitutional Convention
and two Radical Logislatures-is still
able to pay rate of taxation which
will meet all her liabilities and liqui-
date tho current in terest on her debt.
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DANGEROUS. There is society here
that is called the Association for the
Prevention Of Gambling It's method
OF preventing this vice is to keep spies
on duty at gambling places to get the
names Of visitors. and thel. the society
communicates with the EMPLOYERS or
business partners or other persons inter
ested in the honesty of the person, re,
porting the fact OF his visit to such
places. Now, we have an idea that a
society acting on these principles is
worse than the vice it fights against.
The dishonesty that may be in gambling
is but one phase Of dishonor: but here
ie tho whole Ggure Of that moral horror.
Even with those who believe in the
above society its motive is, perhaps, all
that just'fies it. But suppose abuse
suppose this damaging report to be
msdo falsely, through malice. What
then2 This society must be wrong some
times. 1t is as likely to be deceived IN
its agents as others are. Who started
here this Italian institution?
~ ". y. Herald.
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MEN WAN1ED.-The great want of
this age is men. Men who are not for
sale. Men who are honest, sound
from centre to circumference, true to
the hearts core. Men who will con.
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BRAINS AND FARMINa.--A writer in
the New Hampshire Farmer, says the
great trouble with too many farmers Ia
That they rely on muscle alone for sue
cess; not that they lack brains, but de
cline to use them. In other words, they
90 not believein shook farming" nor do
they calculate as clearly as men who
have carried on business as mechanics,
manufacturers and professional, men
generally. On this ground ii is assum.
Sd that, when one Of thisclass tarns his
attention TO farming he rarely or never
makes a failure off, because 'brains are
made Z to do the planning, and muscle,
selfpossessed or hired the. execution.
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= The following soliloquy was over.
heard the other night upon the Paris
Bouleyards. A devotee of Bacohus
thus addressed his hat, which had fall
en- from his head: "If l pick you
up, | fall if I fail you will not pick
me up-@: :!;sn I leave you," and he
staggered proudly away.
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SPRING FAsHIoNs.--Largc flowers
are in vogue for looping up overskirts.
The Wauttcau drapery still retains
Its hold unpopular favor.
Dresses are being made with threo
and four skirts.
The round cape will be much worn
during tho coming season.
Parasols are to be en- suite. This
refers not only to color, but to style.
With striped dress, parasol ditto ;
dress Of solid color, parasol ditto.
A novelty in the shape of square
parasols have made their appearance.
Ribbons arc coming into favor for
trimming bonnets.
Tho pointed color is not 50 fashion
able as it was.
Bismark brown and metternich
green is no longer the style.
One absurdity gone. Boots are no
longer mado with the French heel.
Satin flowers will be much used this
season.
Straw flowers will bo very much
used in trimming bonnets.
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80 Massachusetts, not liking the pres-
sent price of cotton, says "too many
cotton mills are running"