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The Edge Of the Cataract.

MANY years since q steamboat was
accustomed to make daily trips between
Buffalo and Niagara Falls. The near
est point at which she could approach
the mighty catarct was Chippewa Creek,
about ten miles distant on the Canada
side. One day there was q pleasure eX-
cursiOn, and several hundred men, wO-
men and children, went down from
Buffalo.
After spending the day in all sorts Of
amusements, in looking upon the falls,
admiring the rainbow, passing under
Table Rock and behind the falling wa.
ter, they gathered themselves On board
the boat toward night, to return to their
homes. By some miscalculatiOn Of the
engineer sufficient steam had not been
generated, and when, after passing out
of the Creek, the boat met the strong,
rapid current of the river, instead of go
ing forward, she was slowly borne back
ward toward the dreadful cataract.
The people on board, as may well be
imagined, became instantly alarmed
The color fed from their cheeks; they
stood in speechless horror; the roar Of
the cataract sounded fearfully distinct
i'll their ears, aS slowly they were still
borne back toward it.
At length the engineer bethOught him
of the oil with which he fabricated the
machinery. He threw it into the fur
nace-the flames blazed up intensely
steam was generated more rapidly-the
wheel moved round with increased We
/ lOcity-there was a pause as the Titan
force were cOntending for the mastery.
A moment more, and there was an up
ward movement.
Now slowly, slowly the boat made way
against the current. In short time the
point of danger was passed, and long,
heavy sigh of relief broke from the bO-
som Of every one on board. f..
\ venerable, gray-haired man was
there among them. He lifted his hat
and said, in voice trembling with emo
ton:
"The Lord hath delivered us. Let US
pray" ..-
And down upon the deck kneeled the
multitude, while the heartfelt offering
of thanksgiving went up to God, who
had wrought of them so great saliva
ton. But it did not end here. The
feeling that had been awakened by the
near approach to death did not, with all,
pass away when the danger was over,
as is very often the case. Even there
on the very brink Of that awful precip-
ice, many found their Savior. A revival
followed in the church to which many OF
them belonged Cit was a Sunday-schOOl
excursion), and many found peace in
believeing. One man of great wealth.
dedicated much of it to God i'll building
of a church, as a memorial Of his graft
tude for being snatched from destrUct-
ion, both in this and the life to come.
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California Bandu.

Mr.. Albert D. Richardson, in his in
teresting series of letters recently pub
lished in the Tribune, gives the follow
ing good ideas of real estate affairs on
the Golden Shore:
"Wild lands in remote counties can
still be bought for OneS1 and s. per acre;
nearer markets, they command from So
to SO. Ranches (there are no farms in
CalifOrnia-every thing is q rancho half
q mile outside the city of Sacramento
and three miles from the river, sell for
500 an acre. In one of the best dis
tricts, ten or fifteen miles south of San
Francisco, D. o. Mills has an estate Of
1000 acres. Though it is rot distinc-
lively a. dairy farm, he keeps four hun
dred mich cows. A railway track, for
taking his products to market, runs in
to his barn. The large, highly-imprUy-
ed ranches in that region are held at
from $3.50 to $500 per acre. Farming in
California has been wonderfully lucra-
tive. Hundreds of thousands of acres
are rated at figures which would fright
en- an Eastern man, but upon which
wool-growing alone has returned a clear
profit of three per cent. q month for sew
erRl years. The same is measurably
true of other agricultural interests.
Small farms grow in favor; but lhe old
Spanish system has left many large
landholders. To belittle immense tracts
is a general affectation, an odd outcTOp-
ping of local humor. The Californian in
vites an Eastern visitor: "COme down
to San MataeO and spend a week with
me- Have you 4 rancho there? Yes
q little place. What do you call that
little place% We'll, twenty thousand
acres'-or thirty or forty thousand, as the
case may be. Every body seems to have
O little place. The other evening I met
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General IBeale, known as an old army
officer, who led one of the Government
explorations for a Pacific Railroad. He
resides in the South, below Los Angeles,
though his summer home is Philadel-
phia. Have you a little place, tOO@ l
asked Yes, 225, 600 acres on my home
rancho, and 25,O 900 more i'm NOrthen Cal
iforniap That home ranche,' if it were
q square tract, would be nineteen miles
across. It is one-third as large as the
State Of Rhode Island. There are other
men who own 100000 acres apiece.
Beale dispenses something of old baron.
ial hospitality. Every wayfarer is well
come to table and bed without money
and without price. Some nights thirty
travellers entertained. There was pre-
valent impression that the moment the
last rail was laid Immigrants and specu-
latOrs with pockets full Of money would
pour into California to buy land. As
vet, no such movement has begun, and
disappointment is felt. Still, though
city lots, improved farms, and wild
lands have advanced from one hundred
to ItUe holadred per cent. within the last
two years, the new values hold their
own firmly.
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interesting Facts.

GLASS windows were used for lights in
$780,
Chimneys first put up to houses in 1926.
TaIlow candles for lights, 1890.
Spectacles invented by an Italian in
I246.
Paper made from linen, 1902.
WooIen cloth made in England, l34l.
Art of printing from movable type,
I44O.
Watches first made in Germany, I447.
Telescopes invented by POrta and jan
son, 1880.
Tea first brought from China in
Europe in 1901.
Circulation Of blood discovered by
Hervey in 1910.
Newspaper first established in 1929.
Pendulum clocks first invented in 1889.
Barometer invented by Torricelli in
1884.
Steam engine invented in 1647.
Bread made with yeast i'll 1850.
Cotton planted in the United States in
1859.
. Fire engine invented in 1855.
SterOtyping invented in Scotland in
1855.
Telegraph invented by Morse in 1882.
The first daguerretype made in France
in 1885,
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SickneBB

The foIIowingamusing extract is from
Mark Twain's new book, "Innocents
Abroad"
AT SEA.
By some happy fortune was not sea-
sick. That was 4 thing to be proud Of.
had not always escaped before. If
there is one thing in the world that will
make man peculiarly and insufferably
self cOnceited, it is to have his stomach
behave itself the first day at sea, when
nearly all his comrades are seasick.-
Soon a venerable fossil, shawled TO the
chin and bandaged like a mummy, ap-
peared at the door of the after deck
house, and the next lurch Of the ship
shot him into my arms. said:
"GOOd morning, sir. It's 4 fine day
said "Oh, my ~ and then staggered
away and fell over the coop Of Il sky
light.
Presently another old gentleman was
projected from the same door, with
great violence. Issaid:
Calm yourself, sir; their is no hurry.
1t is fine day, SIR
He also put his hand OH his stomach
and said: oh, myp and reeled away.
In a little while another veteran was
discharged abruptly from the same door,
elawing at the air for a saving support.
I said:
Good morning, sir. 1t is fine day
for pleasuring. You were about to say.
'Oh, myr
I Thought so. anticipated him, any
how. I staid there and was bOmbarded
with old gentlemen for an hour perhaps;
and all 1 got out Of any Of them was
oh, myn
went away, then, in thoughtful
mood. | said, this is q good pleasure
excursion. l like it. The passengers
are not garrulous, butstill they are So
ciable. 1 like those old people, but
somehow they all seemed to have the
oh, my 2 rather bad.
1 know what was the matter with
them. They were seasick. And was
glad Of We all like to see people sea-
sick when we are not ourselves. Play
ing whist by the cabin lamps when it is
storming outside is pleasant walking
the quafter-deck ia the moonlight is
pleasant; smoking in the breezy fOretOp
Is pleasant, when one is not afraid to go
up there; but these are all feeble and
commonplace compared with the joy Of
seeing people suffering the miseries Of
.Sea-sickneSS.
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Too Much Land.

We know a farmer who, ten years
ago, owned I40 acres, and was doing
well; he now owns 500, and is worse of
than before. And why? Because this
large farm is o bill Of great expense to
him; he cannot afford to keep it up in
good condition, and ithangs like mill
stone of care about his neck. His wife
and children, both sons and daugh-
ters are Obliged to work hard to keep
the great machine a-running. We pre-
sumo his boys declare they will leave
home as soon as they are old enough
and his girls say they will die before they
will marry Il farmer. Neither SONS or
daughters are educated rs they deserve
to be-they cannot be spared for this
from work on the big farm. Now we de-
clare thatsuch farm is q curse otis pos
SCISSOR and his family, and an injury to the
whole agricultural interest. If that
man wants to save himself and his
household he should sell One-half Of
this land, improve the remainder to
make it more productive, release his
children from bondage, and try to make
his home a comfort. He will live long
er, lay up as good a property, and will
train up q more intelligent and happy
famiIy.-An1CricaR AgricUlturist.
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The folIowingamusing extract is from
Mark Twain's new book, "InnOcent8
NbrOadD
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How to Keep winter Apples.

FRUIT growers who are 50 fortunate as
to have Winter apples, can prOlOng their
keeping by packing in sawdust, other
than pine, II possible. Put it in some
dry place for several weeks before using,
spread out thin, so as to be perfectly dry.
Keep your apples Oh the tree as late rs
possible, not to be touched by the frost.
Pick in the middle Of a pleasant day
when perfectly dry. Handle with care,
and leave all the stems on. Pick no
bruised, wOrmy or defective fruit. Pack
in barrels. Take them and the sawdust
to the place of picking. Sprinkle an
inch Of the latter on the bottom of the
barrel. Place the apples in layers very
carefully on the sawdust-a row next TO
the slaves, and q row next to those, and
so on till you finish in the center with
single apple. Cover this layer with saw
dust, and so continue until the barrel Is
full, with q layer of fruit and layer of
saWdIist, leaving an inch or more of the
latter on the top. Put the head in with
q light pressure, gently shaking the bar
rel and keeping the contents perfectly
tight Remove to some Outbuilding and
keep there till hard freezing weather
comes on, when the barrels should be
stored in q dry cellar, placed OH blocks
or planks so as not to touch the ground.
In this way the latest keepers will be
perfectly sound the 4th of July, and they
will be perfectly fresh, in perfect order,
and flavor unimpaired. Packingin saw
dust has many advantages over sand
First, it is so much lighter, and adds
nothing to the expense of freight. Sec
ond, the saWdust abSOrbS all the mOis-
ture and sweat from the apple. Third,
if by chance an apple rOts, it cannot
contaminate its neighbOrs by coming i'll
contact with them. If the barrels are
made as tight as they should be, the
fruit will be keptfrOm the air, and come
out as good as if canned. The above is
no theory or guess work, but has been
tested for several years.
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I will land you safely at the dock, in
Liverpool, said he, 'if you will be men,
And he did land us safely, but the YES
set sunk, moOred to the dock. The cap
tain stood on the deck of his sinking
vessel, receiving the thanks and bles-
sings of the passengers as theypassed
down the gang-plank. I was the last to
leave. As I passed, he grasped my hand
and said:
Judge P, do you recognize me?
l told him was not aware that I ever
saw him until l stepped aboard his ship.
DO you remember the boy in search
Of a geography years ago in Cincinnati ?
Very well, sir; William Haverly.'
4 am he, said he. God bless you.
And God bless noble Captain HaveF-
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WTEE.
CLASS F.

Best black spanish cock and hen, John Vance %
do do do 4ChiCkens, do do 50
do dOrkingS cock and hen, Mrs WIN Richards %
do do ( chickens, do 50
do bramRh cock and hen, James 81 COlWell. ! 90
do do 4Chickens, VIM McGil ......-.... 50
do black polish cock and hen, Nathan Ellia - %
do do do 4Chickens, do ... 50
do polish golden cock and hen. DO II %
do bantam cock and hen, Mills BOal. ....-.-...1 %
do do 4 chickens, do ....... 60. 80
do white poland cock and hen, Nathan ElliB. Z "
do cross breed do do do 100
sweepstakes 80 do JnO c Vance. ! %
do domestic turkeys, Mrs VIM Richards. ! 90
do 3yleSbury ducks, D II Garsrd. ..-..----... ] %
do silesian do do ........... / %
do domestic geese, Miss Mira e Low ......... L %
do pea fowls Mrs A Powell ..-...........- i %
do display Of pigeons. VIM Gardner .......... ! "
do DO birds, Mrs Mira Z Coulter .....3 90
do white rabbits, james II C0lwell- --------...cOm
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List Of Premiums

Awarded by tho Champaign County
Agricultural Society at their 2Oth
Annual Fair, September 2Sth5 goth {,
3Oth and October 1Gt5 1862
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ST. LOUIS.
Moro About the Indian Troubles In
Kansas-PrOPOsed Introduction OF
COOIIe ScrTdOm In the South.
ST. LOUIS. June 5.


J.E. Hemans was arrested yesterday
as party to the robbery of the First
National Bank at CIearfeld, Pa, on
the 18th of May, of 800 900. and left last
evening for Clearfield in charge OF an
officer and D. w, Moore, cashier of the
robbed bank.
The Republican has dispatches from
Hays City, Kansas, to the effect that the
mail train which left Sheridan yester-
day forenoon was run off the track by
Indians, four miles west of Grinnell.
a considerable number of Indians were
near by while the track was being re-
paired, and shots were fired by both the
Indians and tho passengers belonging
to the train, but no one was hurt. LIT.
HaW, with troop OF the 17th cavalry
camped near the mouth OF Ashe Creek
had seen and pursu ed the Indians sew
erRl times, but they always escaped.
Colonel Weir has just returned to Fort
Hays from pursuit OF the Indians who
committed the outrages at Fossil Creek.
He did not overtRke them. Another
scouting party was sent out by Gen.
Custar yesterday MOI ming. About 1OO
Indians were seen last evening within
a mile of Sheridan with red flag
hOisted.
A dispatch from st. Joseph, Mo. says:
Erred. X. Freeman, Vice President Of
the Southern Resurrection Society,
passed through here this evening on
his way to commence a lecturing tour
through the Southern States, with a
views to the extensive introduction OF
Coolie sertdom throughout the South"
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GtreQmtelliqetrer
The Sinking Fund.

Since Secretary Boutwell, commenced
obeying the plain dictate OF common
sense as well as the peremptory de-
mand of the law, he has been met with
oil sorts of abuse and arguments
against such a proceeding. The law of
February 25, 1862, provides that the
coin received from duties on imports
shall be applied: "First, to the pay
ment in coin of the interest on the
bonds and notes of the United States.
Second, to the purchase or payment of
United States, 10 be made within each
fiscal year after the 1st day of July,
1862, which is to be set apart as sink
ing fund, and the interest OF which
shall in like manner be applied to the
purchase or payment of the public debt
as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
from time to time direct. Third, the
residue thereof shall be paid into the
Treasury of the United States"
That the law was not obeyed sooner
is partially explained by the fact that
during the balance of Mr.. Chase's term
of Office after the passage of the bill, and
during MIR. McCulloch's term, the gov
ernment was a heavy borrower, and
there were no surplus revenues with
which to begin sinking fund. Why
Mr.. McCulloch did not obey the law,
during his last year of service as Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, is probably bet
ter known to himselfthan any body else.
He left $40, 900. 900 in gold and SI5. .OOO,-
600 in currency in the Treasury, and
might have done the country good ser.
vice by simply doing his duty in the
matter OF establishing the sinking fund
as directed by law, instead of wasting
his energies, disturbing business and
injurlng the credit of the government.
by his bull and bear operations in Wall
street. 1t is estimated that the govern
ment will owe the sinking fund on the
first of July next, about $lS7, 600. 900.
Mr.. Boutwell, will doubtless pay the
debt as fast rs n judiciOus use of the
revenue will allow, and thus steadily
diminish the outgoes of the Treasury.
In reply to all fault~fnders, he has but
to point to the plain statute from which
we have quoted.
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WASHINGTON.
ADvICES FROM CUBA.
WASHINGTON. June 5.

" uu0
Admiral Hof advises the Navy De-
partment from Mantanzas May 9th.
He is surprised to find that feeling of
animosity exists between the vOlun-
teers and Cuban element. 1t was much
less bitter than he had been led to eX-
pect in Havana, in fact from appC ar s
ces a stranger in MatanaZas would
never suspect a revolution was raging
In the Island. All American citizens
have left that vicinity. Lieutenant
Commander Eastman, reports that
about the Sth or 10th of May, some
bands of insurgents attacked the con-
yov of train and defeated them, and
captured 43 officers and men including
a Colonel. There are rumors that
Trinidad is environed by large force
of insurgents, and also a report that
the place is in their possession. AT
Gualenamos of the south side, near the
eastern end OF the Island, the insur-
rectionists are said to be exceedingly
strong, in consequence OF the successful
landing of an expedition in that dis
trict, and of a recent engagement with
the Spaniards In which the latter were
defeated. One thing is positive, howe.
yer, and that is the actual or supposed
successful landing of these expeditions
has infused new life into the insurrec-
ton that to all appearance was dying
out some two weeks ago..
OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Attorney General Hoar has submit
ted lengthy opinion to the Secretary
of War, in which he says he finds no
reason in law for the President with
holding his approval from the finding
OF the military commission in the case
ofJas. Weaver, of Texas, convicted OF
murder and sentenced to be hung. The
question involved was whether a mill
tary commission in Texas in Septem-
ber, 1865, had jurisdiction over citizen
not in the naval or military service.
Authority therefor is found by the At
torney General in the statute of March
I'd, 1867, placing certain rebel States,
including Texas, under military con-
troll, which act was operative in Texas
because she had not adopted a constitu
ton in conformity with the other pro-
visions of the act, and all acts of Con-
gress are to be dresumed constitutional
unless the contrary plainly appears.
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Reform Dutch ChuFch-sessIOu of
synod at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, June S.
At the session of the Synod of the
General Reformed Church, yesterday,
a communication was read by J. f.
Hartley with reference to declining the
invitation given to the Synod by the
Pope to participate in the Roman Con-
ference next fall. The communication
was referred. Also one from the COM
mittee of the Synod of the Secession
Church OF Holland, which will meet on
the 10th of June, at Middleburg, in the
Province of Zealand, earnestly request
ing the present Synod to appoint a
deputation for the furtherance OF mu-
tuaI intercourse OF the fellowship OF
the Saints, which was referred. Also
one in regard to an act to change the
corporate title OF the General Synod of
the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
to that OF the General Church
In America, which was referred.
a committee of three ministers
and two laymen, were appointed
to attend the National Council of the
Evangelical denominations in the
United States, proposed at the last ses-
sion of the Synod.
Rev. DR.. Heyber, delegate from the
Lutheran Reformed Church, made an
address in regard to the union of the
A report from the committee appointed
by the last Synod, to visit Holland |,
Michigan, giving few facts in regard
to the Theological Seminary in that Sec
ton, was referred to a Committee on
Professionals.
Rev. Abel German was recognized as
a delegate from the Old School Presby~
terian Church, and Rev. DR.. Schumacher
from the Lutheran Synod. Adjourned.
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COaHERCIiL AID FKANCIAL.
Baltimore Cattle Market.


Dc
BEEF CATTLE.-The offerings at the Scales
during the past week amounted to 90l head.
against ll09 last week. Prices to-day ranged
as follows: Old Cows and ScalawagS, al IS 90
95 so; ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows
at IS 5O96 90; fair quality Beeves at S9S 90,
and the very best BeeveS at $StG9 OO per 100
lbs, the average price betug 81 25 gross. The
market closed uuu to-day at the rates OF last
week.
SHEEP-The market continues to droop
notice q decline during the week of nc per
lb. Prices to-day ranged as follows: Fair to
good Sheep at 4 4I6c per Id gross. stock Sheep
S2Gp3 co per head. Lambs S293 go per head.
hoGS-The supply has been about equal to
the demand during the past week, but to-
day market Is firm, and quotations fully
maintained. Prices to-day ranged as follows:
Fair to good Hogs at Sl2 75Gyl3 So and extra
at 2l3 7l ner 100 lbs net.
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NEW YORK.
.rutaI Fight ON Long Island.

NEW YORK, June 4.
AT Dutch Kills, Long Island, Thurs
day, q despute terminating In
fight occurred between McNally
and Kellahan, conductors on the Green
Point Railroad, and one Morrow and
companion, employees of the Astoria
Railroad, regarding the merits of their
respective companies. Having beaten
Morrow in an inhuman manner NC
Nally and Kellahan who were intoxl'
Gated, tore up the track for nearly a
DELAY of several hours to the Flushing
train. On their return to Green Point
they were met by friends OF Morrow
who beat McNally in such a manner
that his recovery is doubtful. helia-
han ran away, and as is thought tnre"
himself into the creek. He has not slnce
been heard of.
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THE INDIAN WAR IN KANSAS.
RRv8ges on the Republican and Solo,
mon RiVers-A Raid In North.
western Kansas, and 20
RTnrdarH


western Kansas, and 20
Murders.
LEAyENwoRTH, KANSAS, June s.
The Times and Conservative has a
special from Ellsworth which says:
"Gen. Miles couriers have arrived
from Saline. They report two addi-
tional bodies being found, making
thirteen killed. The Indians are de-
vastating the settlements on the Solo,
mon and Republican rivers. Adj0tant
Gen. Moorehouse leaves Tonight for
the Republican with twenty-three
scouts, recruited here. He received
dispatches to-day notifying him that
the Indians had been in the vicinity OF
White Rock and Lake Sibley all the
week in large numbers, killing and
destroying everything"
The same paper has news that the
colonies in Jewell and Mitchell coun-
ties. in Northwestern Kansas, have
heen driven into Republic and WASH
inpton counties, and nearly twenty per-
sons were killed. Mr.. Wintelpech, an
old citizen, was killed while crossing
the Republican river. There is panic
among the settlers In that part of the
State.