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Not SMift'S Comet.

A letter to the New York Tribune
saws In the account of the comet
which is now attracting popular atten-
ton, published in some of the daily pa
pers, Prof. Swift states that it was pre-
viously discovered at Marseilles on the
18th of April. Other accounts that
have appeared during the last week also
assert its identity with the comet.
Unless / am very much mistaken,
howeve the comet now visible is an
entirely new object from that discov-
cred April 18th, by Coggia, at Mar
seilles. The latter is now few days
past its perhelien, and is too near the
SIM to. be visible. It's place in the heav-
ems at the date of its discovery, by
curious coincidence, corresponds very
closely with that of the present comet
when first found by Prof. Swift.
Neither can this comet be confounded
with the one discovered on the 11tE OF
April by Weinecke as the elements OF
the orbit of the latter computed by the
writer from observations obtained on
the 18th, 18th, and 21st of April, show
that its perhelion passage occurred on
March II, and it is now rapidly reced-
ing from the sun and the earth. .
It is hardly credible that so consplcu-
ous object as this comet is, should not
have been detected in Europe prevl-
ously to the 9Th inst, yet have seen no
notice of such discovery.
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A Lightning Newspaper Train. -

The newspaper train" between New
York and Philadelphia will, sooner or
later, furnish materials for "a first-class
horror. Every morning it leaves New
York and runs at higher rate OF speed
than has hitherto been attained On this
continent. One morning recently it left
Jersey City half an hour late and caught
up before reaching Trenton, making
fifty seven miles in fifty-nine minutes.
This, however, was not its fastest time.
Near New Brunswick five miles OF the
road were run in three and half min-
utes, or at the rate Of eighty-six miles
an hour. This train was placed on the
road for the purpose of carrying the
New York morning papers to Philadel-
phia, so that they could be distributed
as early as the Philadelphia journals.
The engineer and others employed on
the train have signed paper declaring
that they will not hold the road respon-
sible for damages in case of an accident.
Not content with simply carrying tne
mails, passenger coach has been at
tached, making it a regular passenger
train. In England the rate OF mlle
per minute is not considered excessla12,
but there the roads are construc.eu w., s,5
a speciai reference 10 fast runnllB,s s;-,.,- -r,s
tbe road beds have solidity s7a "a. a.
ness r uneauaIed on this side Of 'n'
lantic.
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ROtundity Of the Earth.

One of those people with whom 'see-
ing is believing" and the deductions of
logic and mathematics go for nothing
an Englishman bearing the immortal
name of Hampden-recently risked
five hundred pounds on the assertiOs
that the earth could not be proved to
him by ocular demonstration to be
round-or, more precisely, that the sur
face of a sheet Of quiet water was fiat,
not curved. The bet was accepted by a
Mr.. A. r. Wallace presumably the
eminent naturalist of that name), and
the experiment was tried on the bed
ford Level, where a line of six miles
could be obtained. Three disks were
placed, one at each end Of this line and
one at the center, each disk being ex-
actly - feet above the surface of the
water Immediately under it. The
three were then observed through
selected and improved telescope, and
the central one was found to be about
five feet above the line joining the two
others. That rise of five feet forced
Mr. Hampden TO come down with five
hundred pounds. 1t is to be be hoped
that he pads his water money. Any
surveyor could have told him that in
running levels over any considerable
distance II IS necessary TO make cOrrec-
tions for the curvature of the earth,
as we'll as for refraction. These correc-
tions become very important when it is
desired to survey a line for the con-
struction Of a ditch or canal. A man
sighting through a telescope at an OBJ
iect ten miles distant, aud apparently
on a level, would be really looking at a
point nearly ffty-seven feet higher in
altitude than his eye; and if he made
no allowance for this fact, it might hap
pen to him, as it happened to rude sur
veyors and contractors before now, that
when his ditch was done, the water
could not run in it. At this distance the
positive error in curvature Is nearly
sixt-seveu feet but there Is a partial
Offset in the opposite or negative error
of refraction.
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The French Assembly.

AS many of our readers get so mixed
ND in the divisions of the French As
sembly that they hardly know their own
right, left or centre, we give the follow
in as an illumination
The Left is composed of the Repubi1-
cans, of whom Leon Gambetta and jules
Fayre are leaders.
The Extreme Left is Radical Repuo-
lican or Communist.
The Left Centre is made up OF Con-
servative Republicans s-the men who are
willing to accept a republic as the best
practical fo<m of government. Thlers
and Casimer Periere are leaders IN this
branch of the Assembly.
The Right is composed of the Leg'tl-
mists or Bourbons-the ultra, divine
right, white-fag, Chambord monarch
lists.
The Right G nter represents the Con
seryative Monarchists, or Orleanlsts.
who favor a Constitutional monarchy OF
a Conservative type. :,
The Bonapartists are generally ciassl-
fed with the Right, but there are only
about torty-fiye or fifty of them.
The deputies comprising the Assem-
bly number seven hundred and thirty
eight, seven hundred and twenty-three
of whom are elected in France ano NJ
teen in the French colonies.
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About Comets.

Comets are not exactly calculated to
inspire in the human heart feelings OF
confidence as to our general safety. In
all times, they have been regarded with
dread particularly was this the case a
century and half ago, when renowned
astrologer predicted that a comet would
appear on Wednesday, 14th of October,
17i2, and that the world would be de-
stroyed by fire.on the Friday following;
His reputation was high, and the comet
appeared. A number of persons got
into the boats and barges on the
Thames, thinking the water the safest
place. South Sea and India stock fell.
a captain of Dutch ship threw all his
powder into the river, that the ship
might not be endangered. At noon,
after the comet had appeared, it is said
that more than one hundred clergymen
were ferried over to Lambeth, to re-
quest that proper prayers might be pre-
pared, there being none in the church
service. People believed that the day
of judg ment was at hand, and some
acted on this belief, sure as if some
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Pulpit Franks.

We are sometimes amused-that will
be better than to say anything Sc
vere-at the posture of some preachers.
They seem not to know what to do with
tarosE 90 -.;vs ,s- a.. t,,n, and
commanding bearing, and impressive
dignity. They stand on one leg and
crook the other around it like a cork
screw, and keep up perpetual twist
ing as if they were winding themselves
up. Then they lift and wind up the
other side, and it seems all the time as
if what they were saying was worked
below. OF course such an unnatural
and ungraceful posture as this detracts
verv much from the effect of their
preaching, because it excites your sym
pathy or something else unpleasant,
for they seem to be in pain all the time.
In this position every gesture is
awkward, for the hands are needed to
SUPPORT the body. Then what a part
the y Spocket-handkerchief plays with
some preachers. One spreads II length
wise in the Bible as if it were accessory
or help to his sermon. He makes 1t
kind of Elisha's mantle with which to
divide the waters, TO make passage Tor
his ardent spirit, and he seems to rely
on it for that purpose. Another rolls 1t
up as a compact argument, and gripes
it and talks to it, as much as to say,
% Now I've got you Another makes
it into a ball, and seemingly hurls 1t at
some stronghold he is bent on demol-
ishing and still another makes rams
horn OF it, not the " little horn which
Professor Stearns so learnedly de-
scribes, but%1ch as Joshua used against
Jericho, only he puts it to his nose when
he blows the demolishing blast. We
cannot explain it, but there are some
things done by small men that would
excite mNthfulness, which IN a large
man worN produce no such effect.
And we dA not wonder, when a very
small man rose to preach as a candi-
date in a certain place, whose head
could scarcely be seen above the pulpit,
and gave out his text, "It is I, be not
afraid" that the whole congregation
were moved to laughter.
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SOUTH.

A dispatch from Hot Springs, Ark. says
Billy Davis, well known river barkeeper, was
shot and mortally wounded on Saturday by
Capt; Bill Forrest.
Bonaventure, the horse which won
the - Ladies Stake, $4,000, at the late meet
ing at jerome Park, New York, is owned by
Capt. Vim. Cottrin Of Mobile.
A negro woman was arrested in Win
chester, Ky, on Sunday, for poisoning three
children of Mr.. Echol. who lives near that
place. Two of the children have died. The
girl said she had nothing against the family
and poisoned the children because she wanted
to- Two white girls who died suddenly year
ago in the family, in Clark county, where this
negro was working, are supposed to have been
poisoned by her.
At Memphis, Chancellor Walker, in
the case Of Yenable against the Paducah and
Memphis railroad for damages, has decided
that TO such corporafiOrl-as the PaducalI
aud Memphis railroad is know TO the law, the !
authority under which the charter was granted
having been unconstitutional. This decision,
Il sustained by the supreme court, viii render
all contracts entered into by the said corpora
tion null and void.
At a recent meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Mississippi Central railroad the
action OF the directors endorsing the legisla-
tive act consolidating the Mississippi Central
and the New Orleans and Jackson railroads,
was ratified almost unanimously. The CON
solidated roads will be known the New Or
leans. st. Louis & Chicago railroad. The is-
sue ef the consolidated stock is to be one for
three of lie Mississippi Central and two for
three of the New Orleans and Jackson.
4 dispatch from Tuscumbia, Ala, of
the 29th. contains the following "a year ago
George T. Long, of good name and family,
was forbidden by Hon. J. Soss, member OF
congress from this district, to have any COM
munication with his daughter Long, indg-
nant, denounced Sloss. and assailed the girls
character, asserting his OWL too great intima-
cy. Sioss came home from Washington FRI
day evening and heard the facts from his home
daughter. Sunday evening he stood in the
wiodow of the room in the second story of his
and shot Long, who on the opposite side
Of the street. Four buckshot entered Long
one in the skull, another through the neck,
and two in the body The doctors say Long
can't live. Sloss confessed the deed and is
now in the hands Of the sheriff -
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FOREIGN.

The Spanish government are getting
ont of men and viii enforce new lew OF So.
900 men.
L'U9ipn, which first published Count
ChambOS s manifesto, has been suspended
for two weeks.
The steamer Faraday, engaged in
laying the new Atlantic cable, left Halifax
week ago. Intelligence from Paclou repre-
sents that she struck an iceberg off Halifax
and is total wreck
The North German Gazette, in an arti-
headed s. Fresh Complications in Asia" says
Caravans arriving from Central Asia bring re-
ports that Yakeaf Bey is arming against Rus
sia. 1t is believed he is prompted to this by
agents Of Great Britain. There is also possi-
biity of q collision between Russia and China
Russian papers contain reports of
very destructive fires az Beerditchen. in Vol
hynia, inhabited by Jews. One day 600 houses
we're burned, and next day nearly as many
more were destroyed. The two succeeding
days. the town again visited by fires and
whole streets were laid in ashes. Thousands
of persons are homeless.
Henri de Chambord has issued an
other manifesto. He says: France has need
The French Christian monarchy is limited
one in its very essence, with two chambers,
one named by the people and one by the king
The imported formula of king who reigns
but doef@ @hot govern France reject. AS be-
fore, An ready" The house of France is
sincerely reconciled.
Havana letter says the misery and
want existing in that city are great, and, as
consequence, crime has increased to a fearful
extent, the columns of the papers being daily
filed with assaults and robberies The Jail is
literally packed with criminals, and 1T is re-
ported that the governor-general has ordered
part of the island of Pines to be converted
into correctional or penal colony for traitors,
vagrants and incorrigibles, and that a military
colony will be established there Several Sc
we're skirmishes have of late taken place in
Cincovilla.
In the English house of commons
Mr. Jenkins cslled attention to an article in
the Standard which declared that the policy of
the Canadian government aimed at secession
to the United States. He asked DisraeI if
there we're any grounds for charging the Cana
dian government with such designs. Disraeli
replied that he did not consider it the duty of
her majesty's government to find grounds for
the allegations contained ia the anonymous
paragraphs of newspaper, but he would
state for the benefit of the house, that the
relations of the Canadian and imperial gov
ernments were cordial and satisfactory.
A letter from off the coast of Suma-
ira, under date of April 10, states that the
Atchlnese, on the night Of March 90 made an
attack on . Dutch fort capt,1red n and o,,a-
wheimed the garrison. The loss Of the Dutcb
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PATIENCE.



Why are we so impatient Of delay.
Longing forever for the time TO be2
For this we live tomorrow in to-day,
Yea, sad tomorrow we may never see.
Weare too hasty: are not rccouciled
To let kind nature do her work alone;
We plant our seed, and like a foolish child
We dig il UP to see if It has grown,
The good that is to be covet now,
We not wait for the appointed hour;
Before the fruit is ripe we shake the bough,
And seize the bud that folds away the flower.
When 8lidnight darkness reigns we do not see
ThaShe sad night is mother Of the Morn
We can not think our own sharp agony
May be the birth-pang of JOY unborn.
Into the dust we see our idols cast,
And cry that death has triumphed, life ia void
We do not trust the promise, that the last
OF all our enemies shall be destroyed
With rest almost in sight the spirit f1ints,
And heart and flesh grow weary at the last;
Our feet would walk the city of the saints,
Even before the silent gate is passed.
Teach 10 wait until Thou shall appear
To know that all Thy and times Just /;
Thou seest that do believe, and fear,
Lord, make as so 70 believe and trust
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temporary &yil was to be expected.
There was y prodigious run on the
bank, and Sir Gilbert Heathcote, at
that time the head director, issued or
ders to all the fire offices in London,
requiringShem to keep good lookout,
and have a particular eye upon the
Bank of 4 gland.
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ONE who makes human nature his
study says that when a girl takes
handkerchief and moistening it with her
her lips wipes black spot off young
mans nose, wedding between the par
ties is inevitable,
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IT doesn't look we'll for Judge Fuller
ton to be running around the country
with Goldsmith Maid. Their friends
ought to ''break the silence" at once.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT.

Regular Monthly ySfafement-Decrease In
June, S2,ISO,I96.
The public debt statement has just
been issued, of which the following Is
a recapitulation
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II is to the credit of Milwaukee that
only four men looked at giraffe the
other day without remarking that it
would be nice to have that throat-one
could taste his drink so long.
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A Csh of Floral "OTerIngs. p

The GSrtenlaube publishes an anus
ing article an the theatrical cLaQue in
Berlin, in which the following is related
about Mile. Vestvali, the female Ham
let "SheA wanted to have bouquets
and wreath 9thrown to her. I demanded
twenty dollars for it, which she said was
too much for one night. But explained
the whole thing to her. Madame,
said, the twenty dollars are sufficient
for two nights. To-day L and my men
will throw the bouquets to you from
the first tier. After the performance is
over / shall take the flowers home with
me in basket, put them in water, ard
leave them there all night and the fol-
lowing day. Tomorrow night no one
in the audience will find out that the
bouquets have been used before.
Thereupon she paid me the sum 1 had
demanded"
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TAXES.

EDITOR NEWS: As we are all in
Ierested in the tax question just
now would il not be we'll enough
To look at our tax laws? Are there
not some observation-disclosures need
ed? Why collect all the tax for
the current year the first of Janu-
airy! Would il not be as well 10
collect half at this time, and the re-
mainder in June? Then make
those VINO fail to pay the flrst in
staIlment in proper time pay the
penalty. Authorize the collector to
proceed and collect Immediately.
Ny reasons are these. BY col
lecling all at once, as now, we lock
IN All that is not Immediately want
ed, which is quite large sum. g.
Orr railroad fund interest is
twenty-eight thousand dollars
alone; SO there must be a large
sum OF money left in the treasur-
er's safe, If he does not use it for
his own benefit. 1 his he has Q
right to do, if the money is forth
coming when called for. Besides
the current expenses of the county
for the last six months of tie year
would it not be well to add twenty
per cent. penalty until sold. and az
ter sale twelve per cent. in place
of fifty? We would thereby give
the damage TO the county in place
of few money sharks.
Let us hear from theirs on this and
other subjects of importance that
should be legislated upon this win
ter. Cottonwood Valley,
Dec. 81, 1873.
TAX-PAYFR
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ITEMS.

The evening papers-Curl-pa:
pers. ~
The Artists State-Pencll-van-
ia.
To remove stains from character
Get rich. 1A|
An end always to be kept in view
Dividend.
Is STEALING a march" worse than
taking walkT' ~
Patrick is said to be the most
patrician of names.
A kangaroo is a curious chap;
when it's wide-awake it's leaping.
Money is very tight, said thief
who was trying to break open a
bank-vault. - t'1 ii a
A Maine man has put up on his
land sign reading mo GuniE
aloud Hear"
A learned naturalist thinks the
unicorn is SO called because of his
unique horn.
What Is the differences between
an oyster and chicken? One is
best right out Of the shell and the
ether isn't.
4 contemporary speaks of .
fashionable tailor as being one Of
the old Wsr-horses Of the. trade.
| 4 heavy charger, probably, s.
When does the captain of . yes.
sci comAit standardization? When
he goes on shore and leaves his
hands on board. !.
| An Atlanta man wants the thiel
who stole his Eell-bucket and rope
to GENE bsck and get the we'll, Sc
it Is Of no use nov. re
| A pocket bootiack has been in.
vented. You put your foot into
your pocket, give q spriug into the
air, and OF comes your boot. 7siE
/ "Why should we celebrate wash.
| ington's birthday more than
miner ssked the teacher. 'Be'
cause he never told a,lisF' shouted
q little boy. sas So asttzs ttg.se
/ 4 Vermont school-teacheE hai
/ struck the thing st laAt@ He makes
unruly boys turn grindstone ons
thousand times, while another boy
bears on With . stick of wood.
i The Fentlsmah s1ho has hereto
fore performed the part ofthe viii
man in . Chicago museum has con
cluded to be tame until he gets hi
last months wages.
Il In the dictionary OF tssde
which fate hes reEerved for smbsr
! ERASED manhocd, theirs IL no sue
word g ssfsil.p L II suspension
u seWefl, Pat, jim didn't quite Iii
lyop WITH the brick. did hep? @Ec
; but l. Bish he had Why sos
: ESQ that i could hare sean his
? hung the YillaiA sxss 4sse =
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FLOWERS BEST ADAPTED TO KAN.
SAS.


/ will speak first of ANIMALS,
which any one who loves flowers,
however small their garden. can
always grow securing a constant
Joy for themselves and their
neighbors. Verbena, phloX drum
mondii, sweet pea, portulacca,
mignonette, sweet alyssum, petu-
MIA, zinnia, salphiglosis, larkspur,
Chinese pink, godetia, golden bac-
toneia, escholtzia, erysimum, four
o'clock. saliva, agerateeni, datura,
crimson fax, morning glory, bal
sam, cypress vine are some which
always do we'll. Verbena, phlox,
pink, godetia, erysimum, SALIVA,
larkspur and datura are natives
of Kansas, in some varieties at
least, and never fail. Verbena
and phlox from their great variety
of color, their profusion of flow
ers are great tavorites; alone they
give us flower garden. Not only
do they adorn the door yard. but
furnish an abundance of flowers
for boquets until the severe frosts.
Sweet peas, if planted deep, have
always done we'll with me, and /
am told they have been known,
when planted in the autumn, to
,urvive the winter. Nothing can
oe more beautiful than Il hedge of
sweet peas, certainly nothing
more fragrant.
No garden should be without
ajgnvnette aud sweet all ssum,
anuSh insignificant in appearance
.--.f,trr q .tftr..,.t @. al H.,
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$50. r'Jr.u,ICra, nov Gb;bG we
as.vs the double variety, is a great
addition to the completeness of a
flower garden; a dish of them as
we had evidence at our summer
exhibition is "a most beautiful or.
namcnt. Until this year / had
despised the balsam. AS an or
nament to the garden it has not
much value, but is most valuable
in the construction OF boquets.
Petunias though not growing wild,
thrive in our gardens better than
any other imported flower. Some
of the improved varieties are very
brilliant and We can gather from
our petunia bed n bunch of low-
=. :, ...l-.os: l,SssuUs -, -.-~... -. -
o'clocks are n common flower, yet
add much to the garden. The mari
bills lengifora is the finest speci-
men of this family. If one has
room, plant Il few seeds of the da-
tura wrightei, q cultivated species
OF the jimson weed, and very
beautiful. You are all familiar
with the common varieties of the
Chinese pink, but some OF the new
varieties are truly magnificent and
grow most luxuriantly, giving us
all summer a profusion of flowers
Pansies will grow in Kansas, but
need much care. Under the shade
of n ricinus they do well, and
every lover of flowers should have
a bed of this flower, which seem:
almost TO speak to us. Cannas
and ricinus do well here and de.
serve a moro general cultivation
Chief among the climbers, o
which one always wants a few, arr
the morning glory, well named
I'cypress vine, scarlet runner, doll
chol, labiabor, hyacinthe, bean
balloon vine and thunbugio, o
prrenuiaIs, fiom experience 1 car
-, but little as my, life in Kansa
has been to- numadic 10 ALLOW q
! pl.uuiGg tpg more than one gear
yen,tSnn grows Wild an
.aocid Ge fodAd in every gar'irn
| Ihv !..rg'. rumi',r al var, 'ir- r'I'
.,-......t. H,y, ,:~'m"i