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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-05-04

The United States has 1854 mile,
Of railroads !; Europe has 81 ,043 miss ;
Asia hasa IA miles; Africa has A.
483 miles; AustEia has 789 miles; and
the American Continent, exclusive Of
the United States, and including Its
Islands, has 4, ,416 miles. The United
States thus shows more than one third
of the railway mileage Of the world.
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MINNESOTA
IRON WORKS
Minneapolis.
Iron and Brass Founders
:MACHINISTS.
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SAW MILLS,
MILL FURNISHING,
= sHAFTING AND
GEARING.
4: DAYTON AMERICAN / &c
TURBINE WATERWHEEL.
SEND FOB PRICES.
LEE & HARDENBERGH
J. 4. LOCKWOOD, Sup't.
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ST.. PAUL
Marble and Granite Works.
THOMAS BOWER.
Manufacturer Of AMI Dealer in
Foreign and American Marble MOnu.
ments, Grave stones, Gene.
terry Posts, &c.
Also, Agent for the State Of Minnesota
for the Chicago
Terra Gotta Co.'s Flower Vases, and
Orn&mented Terra Gotta.
Agent for the celebrated Red and Gray
Scotch Granite.
No. 354 Third street, Upper Town. St.
Paul, Mimi. vl2-n32-]y
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24
nnrlrd CIlIes.

/" Buried Cities il the name Of q new
amusement or puzzle. which offers q
/ pleasant mental exercise and refreshes
the knowledge of geography. IL con
sists in omhalming IN a sentence or verse
/ the name of one or more well-known cit
les The photography must be pre-
served, although the name may be divi-
ded 50 as 20 form the end Of one word
and the beginning 81 another. For in.
stance, bring some water. Loo IN faint
ed. The city buried I'm this sentence.
/ il quite obviously, Waterloo. Islands
may also be submerged in the same man
ner In the following rhymes no less
than iweniy-four cities are buried, aud
some Of them quite efiectnAlly as fire,
water. or the tooth Of time has ever
concealed from the eye Of Gladstone
or a Hnllam
In the palmy. radiant month Of My.
No other than ts opening day
A hoy walked over Montscrat
To b1,AniEc faf his Uncle Pat:
Mosses aud lchens be gathered enough,
EntAnelod with thurns and hrisrs rough:
Ocra couriips aud iiiics blanc
Astcrr. pinkf and the roee Ferplanr;
hai when from the mountain he came down,
PAtriu his uncle was oui u town;
80 he took a STAFF or diving rod,
To search fur Cities beneath the sod.
% many a one Ia the oidcn timo
Was swallowed mp for tts sin aud crime
And hc plunged his rod in here and there,
For deep the buried cities werc,
And hr sounded cynahsl, bccausc sound
Might shake thuee critics under ground.
Which arr chiefly on sulphur aud hitumcn found.
The boy Il tryinE 90 dig up
Saline relics. a crystal cup.
tripod found In = den oi pitch,
The bronze vase that adorned a niche,
spear once urcd Ia giants cause,
Wayfaring men Il Oh made pans"
An smhrr necklace Lots wife wore,
An opal Myrss finger bore,
baby long since petrsfied.
Tho boat oi mothers usummihod.
marble hoad-hnt stop exploring,
We all are burcd with - much boring.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24
The Ari OF CONSUMING.

A country gentleman lately arrived in
town, immediately repaired 10 the house
Of q relative, lady. who had married n
merchant The parties were glad 20 sec
him, and invited him 60 make their
house his home, as be declared his inten-
tion Of remaining in town only day or
two. The husband Of the lady, anxious
20 show his wife's relatives every cOur-
tesy that he could. took the gentleman's 5
horse 90 n livery stable. Finally his
visit became visitation, and the mer-
chant found, after the lapse Of Eve days
besides lodging and boarding the gentle
man, a pretty considerable bin had run
mp nj the livery stable. Accordingly he
went 10 the man who kept the livery
stable. and told him when the gentleman
took his horse be would pay the bill.
VERY wen, said the stable-keeper,
understand ycu.
Accordingly in short time, the coun-
try gentleman went to the stable and
ordered his horse to be got ready. The
bill, OF course. was presented TO him.
20, J" said the gentleman, Mr.. ,
my relative, VIII pay this. "
Very good. sir said the stable
keeper "please get an order from Mr..
-. IL viii be the same rs the money. T"
The horse was put up again, and away
went the country gentleman 10 the store
where the merchant kept.
We'll said he, II am going now. .
g Are You ?" said the gentleman.
"Well. goodbye, sir
"well, about my horse the man said
the bill must be pail for his keeping. I"
"Well, / suppose that is all right,
sur.
Yes-well, but you know Tn your
wife's cousin"
AYES, said the merchant, 81 know
You are, but your horse is not.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24
The Gold Dlscoverer.

General Sutter recapitulated Ia friend
recently the circumstances attendant
upon the discovery Of the gold ai his
mill at Coloma. When Marshall arrived
at the fort with the specimen washed ont
IN the mill-mce, he sought an interview
with his employer in his private office,
and with an air of mystery produced his
treasure, and, in the language of the lat
ter, made the inquiry Of him, " Is not
this gold ?" Taking down "A volume Of
the Encyclopaedia Of America, the only
scientific work nj that time in his posses
sion, Captain Sutter sought out the tests
for determining the character Of miner
ais Submitting the specimens 10 the
action Of nitric acid, th'y were found to
stand the test and the further hydros-
tatic experiments Of weighing the metals
in water was tried with like result. The
character of the mineral being establish
ed beyond all doubt or cavil, Marshall
returned 20 the mill accompanied by
Sutter, who, anticipating the stampede
that the announcement woald occasion
among the workmen employed, begged
that the matter might be kept secret
until the mill was finished but the thing
was too good to keep the whole affair
was made public in the manner describ-
cd the stampede did take place, in con-
sequence OF which the mill was never
finished, and its frame, like n gaunt aud
spectral skeleton, stood for long time
after. until from the action OF fire, decay
and the raids ofrelic hunters, every vestigc
Of the renowned structure disappeared a
number of years ago. Making the in
quiry on the occasion Of taking his pic
ture as to the whereabouts Of the dis
coverer of the gold, the old pioneer with
quiZzical facial expression and chaac-
teristic shrug replied, Oh, he's gone
away oop IN de mountains, hunting after
dc big loomps y Alas for the futility of
human expectation poor Mnrstall's an
ticipations of finding "the big humps"
never was realized and discouraged and
dishelrtened, he has lived for years past
in a sort of tumble-down tenement, with
in view of the discovery which has
rendered his name famous, eking ont
mere subsistence by raising poultry,
grapes, and other fruits. II is 10 be
hoped that he may realize something
handsome from his newly published
biography.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24
Tigers Tlpsy on Tobacco.

II seems that some beasts, tigers for
instance, are occasionally confirmed
smokers. A correspondent Of an Fast
Indian journal, the Nril3t1Tg Esotisi0r,
gives the following curious evidence on
that points Il observe, e." he says, that
YOU give nm aneciote Of tiger snatching
a cigar from a gentleman's hand and
boiling with it, 4 friend Of mine once
had a tiger cub and terrier pup in
rearing. He was q grea, smoker, and
the pets would play about the room while
he INDUCED in the weed. The sweeper
noticed that there was "a gradual decrease
Of the cigar ends thrown away 10y his
master. which could only D. due to his
master, becoming more moderate in hiF
habit or the use Of the cigar erds hy
some one else. Determined 10 ascertain
the cause. he watched. and found one
evening after his master had retired 10
bed, tha, the tiger cub was the new GUS
toner for the cigar ends. his companion,
the pup, bringing him fre-stick,
stealthily ahstmcted from the kitchen.
These are not the only instances Of
tigers taking to smoking. Mehemcl Ally.
tile most enlightened ruler Egypt had
kept a tame tiger, fnll-grown one, TO
which he always handed his hookah after
he had exhausted the scented opium bah.
On one occasion, the Pasha having gone
out 10 dinner. the hookahadcr prepared
the hooknh, as usual. and leaving the
muuthpicce on the fayorite chair Of his
HiEhness. went to watch his return.
Entering the room with the Pasha, the
first object that met their sight was the
tame tiger lying fast asleep near the
hookah. The Pasha called in vain. and
the hookabadar shook the tiger in vain.
He was dead drunk, having exhausted by
smoking every atom Of the scented opium
hall
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24

! A Texas correspondent in IA late letter
I says During the twenty-five years |
have lived in Texas stock cattle Of all
I ages and sexes, except beef steers five or
six years old, have not brought more
I than s. or ST per head, and greater
I part of the time not near that price.
/ Spanish horses have commanded $50 10
S3Oper head, and sheep from ~ 10 =,
7 But all our native stock are Of inferio-
/ quality. Wherever good stock has been
introduced II paid well. A large portion
of Texas, and especially Western Texas,
aud the coast counties, is better adapted
I 10 stock raising than anything else in
/ fact, il pays well if man takes hold of
I il in earnest. The stock costs nothing
I but the branding Those who own large
ranches keep men employed Tor tins pur-
( pose, aud every spring and fall send them
( out with few changes of ponies and a
T quantity of provisions, and they keep at
their business 50 long as their subsist-
ence lasts, or until all the stock is brand
I ed They DO not drive the cattle 10 any
particular point, but heri them at the
most convenient place They then build
fire, heat their irons, and send into the
herd the most skillfnl ropers, who throw
rope over such cattle as they want and
lead them ont aud brand them. The
cattle are then turned loose until they
are ready for market II man keeps
his cattle from wandering or dying, and
gets anything for them at all ia the mar
kct, he is making money.
Since the war beef cattle have brought
only $40 per head Before that time
Louisiana planters gave rs better prices.
Beef Is slaughtered and packed at seVe-
ral points in Texas, the establishment at
Columbus probably sending of the
largest quantity Of salted beef The
hides and tallow nearly pay the first cost,
which leaves Il margin for large profits
10 the packers. Texas should supply
double the quantity Of beef she has sup
piled at any one time yet Nothing is
done here with the energy with which
business is conducted in the older States.
believe that il is generally admitted
here that with a small capital, sheep
raising pays better than any kind Of
stock but that requires constant atten-
uon to business. A shepherd must be
kept with the sheep all the time and
then we want better stock than We now
have Men Of means and fn,lustry can
engage in stock rising here aud make
money and the prospect win improve
as the resources Of the country are de-
veloped.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24
Rules of Table Etiquette.

True politeness has its origin IN Chris
tian charity and kindness, and all stand,
ard rules of etiquette were founded for
the greater convenience and happiness
of the members Of society. Although
the reasons may not be obvious Ut first
sight, they exist aud will be apparent on
careful consideration.
LIST. Do not keep others waiting either
at the beginning or the close of meal.
9d Do not sip soup from the tap but
from the side Of the spoon.
Sd Be careful not TO drop or spill any
thing ON the table-eloth.
4th. Keep your plate neat do not
heap all sorts of food ON il at once.
9Th. In passing your plate TO he re-
helped, retain your knife aud fork.
9TH. When asked for a dish do not
shove but hand il.
18th. While drinking do not look
around.
Sth. Instruct the servant TO hand the
cup at the left side SO that il may be re-
ceiyed by the right hand
9th Do not drink your tea or coffee
without first removing the teaspoon from
the cup 10 the saucer.
10th. Use the knife for cutting only /;
never put il to the lips nor in the mouth.
llth. Break your bread into small
pieces and rest them on your plate while
spreading.
18th. DO not eat too fast, basides Civ
ing one the appearance Of greed, il is
not healthy.
18th II you find anything unplcas-
ant III your food put il aside as quietly
rs possible without drawing the atten-
tion Of Others 10 il.
l4th. Do not open the lips nor make
any unnecessary noise while chewing
18th. Do not touch the head.
10th. Do not rest the elbow on the
table.
18th. Do not speak with the mouth
full.
18th. Brush the table neatly before
bringing on the dessert.
18th. Be thoughtful and attentive 20
the wants Of those about YOU.
20th. Converse ON pleasant subjects
with those sitting near You.
2lst. Do not say any thing not intended
for al present 10 hear
nd Leave your plate with the knife
and fork lying parallel, the handles
pointing to the right
23d. Never leave the table before 9TH
ers without first asking the lady or gen
tleman who presides 10 excuse you.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24

REMEDY FOR THE FooT AND MOUTH
DISEASE. l.. Gignoux. M, d., in the
Turf. FYcid and Farm, recommends, in
the treatment of this disease. the use oi
the permangnnate of potash, and claims
that il has the following advantages over
remedies Though applied in the form
of saturated solution, il causes little or
no pain produces as complete a slough
as muriatic acid over the liberated part,
but does not attack the healthy portion
Of the hoof, an advantage which | con-
slider should recommend il 10 every one
who may have occasion 10 use any pow
erful caustic application. II is CON-
plete deodorizer. and its action in that
respect is instantaneous. For these rea-
sons | would recommend its use, not on
ly in the foot-aud-mouth disease, but as
well In diseases of q similar character in
horses and sheep" He adds Il have
tried the permnnganate Of potash in
foul hoof, in cases, and seen il tried in
thrush in horses beneticially. The way
/ have used il is, first wash the hoof
clean, apply enough of the saturated so
luton 10 cover the ulcer thoroughly, put
i'm piece of cloth or rope, covered with
tar, the object being 10 keep of the dirt,
&c. in about forty-eight hours remove
the rope or cloth and apply according as
il may be necessary, the saturated solu-
ton or milder one, and so on until the
hoof is well. "
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24

There II an island in the Pacific Ocean
which was discovered in the year 1867
and named Pitcain's Island. la 1859,
the British government sent out the
Bounty 10 convey plants of the bread
fruit tree from Tahiti 10 the West In.
dies, but the crew mntinied, aud sent
Captain Bligh aud others who would not
join them ahoat N an open boat, and set
sail for Tahiti, where they took ON board
some native men and women, again
spread their sails aud were not heard of
tiil the year l60S, when Captain Folger,
of Nantucket, found their descendants
on Pitcairn'S Island, which had pre-
viously been supposed 30 be uninhabited.
On the island there had been a bloody
fight, and only Jack Adams of the oFigi-
nal mutineera remained In 1856 the
whole community was removed 30 Nor
folk Island, but some of them afterwards
,, turned to Pitcairns. Since then they
have scarcely been heard from till with
IN a few days About the middle Of the
year 1870 Captain John Pardy, of the
ship Wilmington, sailed from California
for Liverpool, aud stopped al the island,
where he found between GO and 30 per
sous living wei, but yet ia need Of cloth
ing, medicine, &c., aud longing for news
from the ouier world. They gave him
the following letter, which, ON the 18th
of January, he sent from Edinburg 10
the Aha California:
PIrCAmN's ISLAND, October 6, 1870.
Mn EDIroR As many ships pass this
island ON the route 10 and from San
Francisco, but at too great distance 20
board them la our canoes, ID is our opin-
ION that they DO not know the island 20
be inhabited. There arc no dangers Of
rocks or shoals, and II they come Within
mile they would most always get
supply Of fruit, 6c We number sixty
or seventy persons, and We always hike
10 show hospitality to strangers and 90
hear the news. This is the third day We
have seen ships pass, and this day one is
standing in, by which we send this
The landing is on the north side Of the
island.
IL, dear sir, You would have the kind
ness 90 give this place in yonr valuable
paper, YOU would greatly obige your
humble servants,
The CoMAfuSTTY OF PucAIRS's ISLAND.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24

In the Pennsylvania House the bill 10
regulate transportation of coal was con-
sidered.
The first sectien prohibits any charge
for transportation Of coal Of more than
fifteen mills per mile per ton of 2,4C0
pounds on grades not over twenty-eight
feet TO the mile, and not more than
eighteen mills per mile on grades above
twenty eight feet to the mile: an addi-
tional allowance may be made of two
mills extra per ton per mile on dis. .es
less than fifty miles and two cents per
ton for branching at loading and ship
ping points.
The second section requires compan-
les 10 transport cJal from all collieries
on their orders.
The third section requires them TO sup
ply n sufficient number of cars 10 meet
all demands.
The fourth section inficts heavy dam
ages for violations.
The fifth section exempts companies
having special charters for the transpor-
tation of coal only, from the bill.
The bill passed through the Commit
tee Of the whole without word of amend
ment or opposition, but objections we're
made to suspending the rules for the
second reading. Mr.. Hall said the bill
could not reach the Reading road be-
cause it was chartered five years before
the constitution was amended giving the
Legislature the power to revoke or alter
charters of corporations.
After long discussion the bill went
over for week.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-24

took without a syllable, aud At our next
station we both got out. | saw his car
riagc was waiting for him and have no
4 ubt Mrs, Dean had all particulars beforv
an hour was over As for my friend, whose
card gave, never hearl whether the
dean had tried 60 find him cut or not in
fact, although | called him my friend, We
We're by no means friendly You think
the whole transaction rather tishy, eh n
calculated my companion, interupting
himself
II think il downright dishonest | said,
frankly. "uniess YOU repaid the dean y
"Oh, Ibid that, responded be. | sent
the old gentleman poSt-otlice order in the
name Of my foreign friend. I'm a racing
man, and up 10 thing or two, but I'm as
straight as a die for honesty
Well, well, | wonder where my eommu-
nicatiye friend is now, daresay the
pitcher has gone once too often 20 the well
in his case, as with the thousand other
clever fellows We read Of in their appFo-
pirate histories.
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NO. -.
The War In caba.

A convoy 0f provisions, guarded by
Dor men oi the battalion Of Reno. Left
Santiago de Cuba for Mayari. Nothing
occurred during the first day. but ON tlie
second day, when the convoy had reached
place called III Photo. where the Cnlnn
General, Donate del Mar1nol, was killed
some months ago, and when within a
hundred yards Of the idential spot. while
the troops were marching along carefully.
the FeRE-gnard at least one thousand
yards behind, "a suddan rambling Wns
heard, aud heavy boulders aud immense
trees placed. In q moment, an iBsur-
mountable barrier between the centre
and the rear Of the Spanish convoy.
Meanwhile, volieys we're poured into
the troops from the hills and from rude
intenchmenls errcted within few yards
Of the roadside. The Gubans number
ed li6 men, aud according 90 a Spanish
soldier the 5paniards had about 100 com
manded by Maxine Gomez In person.
The rear-gnard, composed Of eighty
men, broke and fed in utter confusion.
their Captain being killed az the first
fire and the Liantenant severely wound.
od. The largest portion Of the
train was saved by the Spaniarda, nh the
cnbans pursued the flying soldiers of
the rear-gnard III the accounts cam b.
relied on, the Spaniands must have lost
nj least forty men. Twcnty-thrce men
Of the reaF-guard arrived at Santiago de-
Cuba late the next dag, and explained
the reason Of their defeat by ayerTing
that their ammunition had gwen out
A remarkable change in the manner 0f
fighting by the Spanish troops since the
beginning OF the war may be noticed
here formerly the journals were flied
with bayonet attacks, where half dozen
on twenty soldiers attacked an entire tn
sHrgent camp and carried il nt the point
of the bayOnet. Nothing ever withstoOd
these bayones charges. bus as they have
gone out OF fashion the soldiers NJ III
Photo could not very vel attack Modesto
DiAz in that way. Gen. FerFer mt Iam
Tunas organized a force of nearly tif-
teen hundred men and made combined
movement against Cuban forces, which,
until lately, had things their own way
in this naighborhood. The latter stood
their ground and paid dearly for IL,
losing fifty-thnee men killed, while the
Spaniands lost twenty-one. While these
movements were going on. portion Of
the artillery battalion killed three men
belonging TO Raton's band. and the
column of Nalero, which failed to join
the combination, having had 10 fight its
way 10 the rendezvous, killing six
insurgents and lost three men The
failure Of Yalero 20 reach the spot pre-
vented n more successful issue Of
ferrer's plain, and be is now organizing
for another grand battle The official
report from the Central Department an
nounccd that fifty-two insurgents hnd
been killed during the past fiifeen days.
and that 1916 persons Of MI ages, sexes
and col0rs had surrendered 10 the
Spaniaris, seeking shelter in the towns,
having become tired Of ronghing IL in
the bush. One hundred and six.y-one
only Of this number were armed men
but 5I2 were men able TO carry arms
1906 white females I,029 cOlored per
sons, and AZ male slaves. I"