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THE LARGEST
First Class Hotel in the Territory.

Having secured q lease for long term OF
years of this large and commodious house,
have renovated, refurnished and embel-
lished its roomy parlors and elegant suits
of rooms, and no expense or pains will be
pared to continue to improve and keep it
on first class principles. The tables are
supplied with the very best the markets
afford and the delicacies of the season. At
tendance unexceptionable. Terms, reason
able. o22.
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POETRY.
Castles in the Sand.

Two children were making the most of the day,
In the sand their castles building,
While out in the harbor the sunset gold
Was every vessel gliding.
But the sea came over the castles dear,
And the charm of the sunset faded:
Oh, after a labor is lost, may we
Go happily home as they did.
For we build and build in different way,
Till our heads are wise and hoary
But after all the sun goes down,
And the sea-'tis common story.
--Atkdntic Monthly.
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Josiah Cobb, who lately died in Balti-
more, created nice little orphans fund in
rather peculiar manner. Cobb was a
grocer, and in 1929 Sarah Ridgley, mulat-
to woman, bought small bill Of groceries
at his store and handed him 81, 600 bill
in payment. Cobb supposed the money
had been stolen, and gave Sarah change for
81 only. He advertised for the owner of
the bank bill, and stirred up many claim
ants, but none of them proved satisfactory.
Sarah Ridgley never made her appearance,
although many blacks and mulattoes did,
claiming to be Sarah. Cobb allowed the
money to remain at interest until 1866,
when it amounted to $374O, and he then
presented it to the Union Orphan Asylum.
Nobody knows to this day whether that
money belonged to Sarah Ridgley or not.
1t might have been honestly hers, and Cobb
may have cheated her, but he made ample
estitutiCn.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From the Chicago Inter-ocean.

VICTOR, Iowa, September 13, 1875.
1. How many Senators and Representa-
tives are there at Washington, when Con-
gress is in session.? What man did the
best fighting in the Revolutionary war?
Answer.-1. Two HUNDRED and ninety
two members of the House and seventy
four Senators. 2. We cannot say. Among
the good fighters were Anthony Wayne,
General Schuyler and General Putnam.
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A curious geographical problem is sug-
gested by the appearance at the mouth of
the Seine, near Havre, in the course of the
present month, of one of the hermetically
sealed bottles, in wooden cases, which were
thrown overheard during Prince Napo-
leen's North Pole expedition in 1860.
Wooden-covered bottles were thrown into
the sea daily in the month of June in that
year from the Princes ship, in the expec-
tation that the course taken by them would
lead to the elucidation of the direction of
the greater oceanic currents, but during the
fourteen and a half years that haye inter-
vened since then none of these bottles have
been seen till the present one was washed
ashore. Its appearance at the mouth of
the Seine seems to indicate that popular
current must be borne into the German
Ocean, and must be carried thence through
the channel to the western coast of France
Eclectic.
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BRIc-A-BRAc.

Probably but few people who read of the
explosion in a 'tcelluloid" factory at New
ark, N. j., have a very clear idea of what
sort of mandatory it was. "Celluloid y
is a newly discovered substance manufac-
tured from several ingredients, chief among
them gun-eptton and camphor, which pos
sesses a high value on account of it's close
resemblance to coral, ivory, tortoise shell,
amber or malachite, according to prefer
ence. Not only is it susceptible of the
richest and most delicate coloring, but it is
very light and at the same time very tough,
and in these respects superior to any known
substance now in use for great variety of
purposes. The coral limitations are so per-
feet that expert jewelers. fail to detect its
real character without close inspection.
The principal seat of its manufacture is
Newark, though companies are springing
up in other parts of the country. 1t is
largely used in the manufacture of jewelry
and fancy goods.
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An Icelandic Home.

The boys of Iceland must be content
With very few acquaintances or play
mates. The valleys which produce
grass enough for the farmers ponies,
cattle and sheep, are generally scattered
widely apart, divided by ridges Of lava
40 bard and cold that only few wild
flowers succeed in growing in their
cracks and hollows. Then, since the
farms must be all the larger, because
the grass is short and grows slowly in
such q severe northern climate, the
dwellings are rarely nearer than four OF
five miles apart; and we're it not for
their swift aud nimble ponies, the people
would see very little of each other ex-
cept on Sundays, when they ride long
distances TO attend worship in their
little wooden churches.
But OF all boys in the island, not one
was 80 lonely 10 bis situation as Jon 81.
gurds 3 son. His father lived many miles
beyond that broad, grassy plain which
stretches from the GeYsers to the sea, on
the swift river Thiorva. On each side
there we're mountains 80 black and bare
that they looked like gigantic piles Of
coal; but the valley opened to the south
ward as il to let the sun in, and far away
when the weather was clear the snowy
top Of Mount Hecla shone against the
sky. The farmer sigurd, joins father
was poor man, or he Voald not have
settled SO Gar away from any neighbors
for he was Of cheerful and social na
ture, aud there we're few at Kyrkedal wht
could vie with him in knowledge OF th,
ancient history and literature Of Iceland
The house was built on a knoll, unde
cid which sheltered II from the violen
west and northwest winds. Thewalls, 0
| lava stones and turf we're low and broad
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ohinese Justice.

Hon. John M. Francis writes from
Shanghai to his paper, the Troy Times,
an interesting account of his observa-
tions among the Chinese. One ofhis most
interesting experiences was visit to the
Chinese court, where a magistrate was
dispensing justice to criminals. Prison
ers who were arraigned prostrated them
selves upon their knees before him, and
were allowed to make their statement in
self-defense. The magistrate only ex.
amined prisoners and witnesses; no form
Of oath was employed. The cases were
rapidly disposed OF; some were discharg
ed, others were sentenced to imprison.
ment for specified terms. One fellow
who had stolen tFenty.iour cents was
sentenced to receive two hundred blows
with the bamboo and to be manacled
and kangued in a public street for lour
weeks. Then o man was brought up
charged with stealing some clothing; the
garments we're found in his possession.
"a professional and confirmed thief,
said the magistrate. The man made his
statement upon his knees and begged foI
mercy. The magistrate sentenced him
to be bambooed at once in the court
room With three hundred blows well laid
on, and to be manacled for six weeks.
The court crier made proclamation in
loud, shrill tones, and four lictors at
once came forward bearing bamboo
stick. The man was taken by the lictors
placed upon the floor, face downward
stripped of his pantsloons, his blouse
not being removed. One held him by
the neck, another placed a foot upon his
back, another swung the bamboo stick,
bringing il down upon the upper part Of
the prisoners thighs, each time striking
vigorously in one place across both legs,
and counting each blow. The lictors
took turns in their work. each one strik-
ing twenty blows, when there was rest
of few seconds to change of. The
prisoners countenance writhed with the
torture, but it was not until after zoo
blows had been delivered, and swellings
had punched up more than q third of an
inch on the legs, that he began to cry out
with pain. The magistrate frequently
commanded the lictors to strike harder
and harder, and at the last the man was
nearly exhausted from suffering The
work finished, he was brought up bleed.
ing and With distorted countenance, the
felou's label pasted upon board and
placed upon his neck, and he was hur-
ried of 10 endure his six weeks addi-
tional torture.
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and the roofs over dwelling. store-houses
and stables were covered deep with
earth, upon which grew such excellent
grass that the ponies we're fond of climb
ing up the sloping corners Of the wall in
order to get at it. Sometimes they might
be seen, cunniningly balanced on the
steep sides Of the rock, grazing along
the very ridge-poles, or looking over the
cad Of the gable when some member OF
the family came out of the door. as
much as to say, Get me down il you
canF Around the buildings there was
a square wall or inclosure. giving the
place the appearance Of little fortress.
On one side Of the knoll hot spring
bublled up. In the morning or evening,
whel the air was cool, quite little
column OF steam arose frem it, whirling
and broadening as it melted away; but
the water was pure ard wholesome as
soon as it became cold enough for use.
In front of the house, where the sun
shone warmest, Sigurd had laid out a
small garden. II was a great labor for
him to remove the huge stones and roll
them into a protecting wall, 70 carry
good soil from the places where the
mountain rills had gradually washed il
down from above, and To arrange it SC
that frosts and cold rains should do the
least harm: and the whole family
thought themselves suddenly rich, one
summer, when they pulled their first
radishes, saw the little bed of potatoes
coming into blossom, and the cabbaget
rolling up their leaves, in order to make
at least, baby.heads before the winter
came.
Within the house, all was low, and
dark, and dismal. The air was very
close and bad, for the stables we're only
separated from the dwelling-room by q
narrow passage, and punches of dry, sail
fish hung on the walls. Besides, it was
usually full Of smoke from the FIRE oi
peat, and, after rain, of stesm from
Sigurd's and joins heavy wooden coats.
But to the boy it was delightful, com
Portable home for within it he found shell
ter, warmth, food and instruction. The
room for visitors seemed to him the most
splendid place in the world, because it had
a wooden aoor a window with six panes
of glass, colored print of the King ol
Denmark, and gerahium in pot. This
was so precious plant that Jon and his
sister Gudrid hardly dared to touch its
leaves. They we're almost afraid to smell
it, for fear Of shifting awsy some Of III
life; and Gudrid after seeing a leaf o.
it laid on her dead sisters bosom, in
sisted that some angel, many hundred
years ago, had brought the seed straigh
from heaven. Prom the Story of Jon
Of Iceland, By BdyGrd Taylor
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XXI MEMPHIS TENN. MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER p. 1875

was neither upright nor digni6ed In
fact ! "cooned it, provided a coon can
walk with bis back downward. When |
got to where | could dare to look up |
could see the horses, mine looking down
and Giles looking up, their ears
stretched out, and each manifested the
greatest astonishment at the positions
assumed by their respective riders. Mr.
Giles seemed to have determined to go
up anyhow, and says be did. believe
him. The appearance he presented
when / last saw him indicated that he
was on the upward track. When you
see the stern OF q ship square before
you may generally believe she is
not coming towards you. Giles said
he reached the summit = there
is no one to dispute his word-without
the aid Of horse. | got down to Mrs.
Lanes nearly two hours before be did.
| think he was the worst usedup man OF
the two. he brought back both horses.
| would not have gone for mine If he had
been worth $4,000. | suppose there
vas something ludicrous, after ell, in the
way Giles got up and got down. have,
in conclusion Of this adventure, to ad-
vise-hrst, that no amateur mountaineer
attempt the ascent Of Gray's Peak un-
der the circumstances we did. If he is
ioolhardy enough to do so, and finds it
necessary to descend as ! did, 20 first to
some cobbler and have the seat of his
pantaloons halfsoled with a good thick
leather. He had better also wear bob
tailed coat, provided be expects to have
anything but mere fringe left when he
gets through with old Gray. From Gray s
Peak can perhaps be seen more land
than from any other natural elevation in
the world. | did not succeed in getting
to the topmost pinnacle, but / got up
pretty high, and suppose l saw all that
could be seen east OF the peak. What
did seeP Mountain after mountain,
peak after peak, and God only knows
what l did see; but l came down as be-
fore related.
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An Adventure I'm the Mountains.
n, n


Rocky MoHn ain News,l
The following extracts are from tou-
rist to his " home paper" Two of them
we're doing" Colorado, and started up
Gray's Peak on a windy morning
greenhorns without guide: We COM
menced our three-mile trip 10 the peak,
understanding that we could ride our
horses all the way. We had only trAv-
eled half Of the distance when we missed
the trail, but taking what seemed to be a
mere cow-path we kept on until we salts
fed ourselves that we we're on the right
track. A portion Of the last half mile
was fearful. The trail was nowhere
more than two feet in width; it zigzag-
ged along the side of the mountain,
often running up steep pitches that the
horses could barely climb, and while
watching to keep one foot from being
jammed against rock the other would
be hanging over a precipice two thou
sand feet deep, The horses seemed to
know more about the business than we
did. Finally both stopped in the
hnOWi anu WOulu uOb DuuNV oh AuSH
further toward the summit. We
dismounted and held council o.
war, peace, or whatever you MAJ
call it. AS / looked down and saw
the abyss yawning two thousand feet be
low / gave up. Mr. Giles said lie
us get our horses down where We cal
hitch them, and then try and climb;
To this ] agreed. But to rid,
down that path through the ic'
aud snow i would not have dom
Tor all the gold and silver mines in Colo
rado. / wonld 60 6rst, and II he wanted
to ride, my horse would follow his mate
without rider. Down through the icl
and snow | scrambled, but / am free !
soy my descent for o portion Of the wa
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next year.
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RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

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~ 1875:
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Mondays child is fair Of face.
Tuesdays child is full Of grace,
Wednesdays child is full of woe,
Aud Thursdays child has far to 20:
Friday child is loving and giving,
And Saturdays child works for its living;
But the child that Is born on the Sabbath-daI
Is blithe and bonnie and good and gay"