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honor Of France, ha. been found in
some Of the pres of zinc. IL resembles
zine in sonfe of its properties, but great
~ differs from il in others.
French experiments indicate hat
iron rails of excellent quality show in
three years "A wear Of O.393 inches,
while steel rails show in four years IA
wear Of only Obj inches, the table of
the rail preserving a perfectly regular
form.
Last seasons peanut crop reached
100000 bushels, valued at $4,000, 600.
The oil Of the North Carolina nut Is said
10 possess great commercial import
ance, rs il is extensively used as IA sub
stitute for almond and olive oils.
The number of all the locomotives
in the world is $4,000, representing a
capital Of $500, 0O0, 200 francs. The
United States have 1920; England,
10, 800; Germany, 800; France, A.
900; Austria, 200; Russia, 1900, and
Italy, 1000.
The I'VE great express companies
Of the United States, the Adams and the
American, employ about 5000 men,
1900 horses, l,2O0 wagons, and use
5000 iron safes. Their agents travel
more than 100000 miles daily, or more
than 100000 miles annually.
To obyiate the dangers arising from
dampness in brick buildings, a French
architect, NJ. Sebille, has patented a
simple and inexpensive process for in
jecting brick, tiles and other earthen
materials, with the tarry residue from
the manufacture of illuminating gas.
Brick, thus prepared, is said to be rem
dered absolutely waterproof.
Father Martin Egger, a Tyrolese
Jesuit priest, is reported to have taken
M a patent in Vienna for an electro
motor which makes the electro-mag-
netic current rs available for driving
purposes rs steam. The Vienna Acad-
envy Of Sciences have admitted the prac-
ticability of the invention, and have
agreed TO assist the ~inventort till his ma
chine is completed. IL will be sent to
Philadelphia.
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1t is iheopinion Of the Boston Gi0be
that tine ill-health Of schoolgirls is TO
be attributed not 30 much TO ovcrwork
imposed 10y teachers as to improper
food and dress and the ambition of their
parents To have them thoroughly edu-
Gated and accomplished 10y the time
they are Is.
The Rev. DIR. :. NJ. Hopkins, of the
Auburn Theological Seminary, has
taken this view of the Sabbath question /:
The fourth commandment rs a law is
abolished, because, under the New Tes-
lament all time is equally sacred; the
Puritan Sabbath was Jewish in its ma
ture, and its observance should be left
70 individual option; and legal enact
mcnts regarding the Sabbath are wrong.
In the sudden death Of Mary T..
Seelye, NJ. d., of Calcutta, the Woman's
Union Missionary Society has met with
no ordinary loss. A native of Wood
bury, Ct, a niece Of the well-known
Prof. Seelye, of Amherst, and Of the
President Of the new Smith College in
Northampton, admirably endowed and
trained for her calling, beloved and
honorcd by high and low, she has been
mysteriously called away from what
seemed to be a most useful and %influen-
tial career.
"A church built by the Southern
Methodi~ts of the United States was re-
Gently dedicated in the City of Mexico.
About 400 persons were present at the
opening services, the majority Of whom
were Mcxicans. The dedication SER
mon was preached by the Rev. Santiago
Pasco of Toluca; the act of dedication
was performed in Spanish by the Rev.
Joel L. Davis, superintendent Of the
Southern Methodist Mission in Mexico;
the Rev. S%ostenes Juarez and the Rev.
j. G. Mota also took part in the SER
vices. The church is built after the style
Of the churches in the United States.
Connected with it il a free school for
boys and girls.
Prussia alone contains 4 higher ag-
ricultural academies. with about so well
paid professors; Al lesser colleges, all
connected with model farms; 8 special
schools, for the cultivation of meadows
and the scientific study Of irrigation !
special school for industrial agricul-
ture; | school for horse-shocing; |
school each for silk-raising, bee and
pisciculture 20 agricultural stations
(laboratories) for experiments and for
garden culture 3 higher colleges and
- secondary schools, in which the cul-
ture Of the grape is n made "A specially.
All these schools are connected with
model farms for the practical education
of students. That Of the Academy Of
Proskau contains no less than 900 hec-
tares (2,i50 acres) Of farming land and
5000 hectares GA, 400 acres) of forests.
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k while at n ball. The girl was
dancing with a mar at the time. when
q pistol fell from his pocket and went
of. In Huntington County, Ind, Hem
~ Uphilc. an old man. and his son were
engaged in trying to shoot a beef. when
the boy accidentally discharged the
contents Of his gun into his fathers
stomach. inilicting a wound, from the
effects of which the old mar died. Near
Middletown. Ohio. James Davis was
unloading iron from a wagon. A piece
of iron struck IA revolver in his coat
pocket, causing it TO discharge. The
ball pierced his heart, causing instant
death. At West Liberty, Iowa, a son
of VIM. ) Lane, - years old. in com
pany with his sister, went 10 feed the
hogs about "A half-mile from his fathers
dwelling. lie took agun along for any
game that chance might throw in his
way. In reaching from the corn-crib
down for the gun, the lock came in on
tact with the crib, causing the cNplo-
sion, when the whole contents Of the
gun were discharged into the boy 5
brain, killing him almost instantly.
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(Fond m thinks he should have
two for that. )-L0ndOn Fun.

(Fond m thinks he should have
two for that. )-L0nd0n Fan.
Twas morning of election-day,
lie came down feeling fresh and CHEEKY,
And, bending DER her chair, remarked
who are your candidates. my deary"
She bumped her pull back just enough
To make her fsvorite paper rustic
Their names ] don't remember, but,
You'll Rnd them somewhere In my hustle 4"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
An Onondaga minister, who has
preached in an agricultural commune
ty, has had "A varied experience i'm get
ting his pay. One farmer at the end Of
the year offered Ia settle by giving him
"A buck or two dollars in money. The
minister took the latter. Another met
him one day and said 81 have sub
scribed $40 for preaching; | will give
you IA COW and call il square. She's "A
blamed poor COW, just like your preach
ing" The parson drove home the
COW
"A member of the Chicago Board
of Trade yesterday picked "A long silken
hair from his own coat and placed il
unseen on the shoulders Of "A friend. Then
approaching the victim from another
quarter, the practical joker pretended
TO espy the lo%ve-token for the first time.
and drawing it at the same time into
public view, exclaimed: "Come, now,
old fellow, what does this mean?"
why said the "old fell
low somewhat taken aback, but
suddenly recollecting himself, that's
my wife's hair" sis it, indeed re-
joined the remorseless interlocutor,
winking slyly TO a crowd of %bystanders
who had seen the performancefrom the
beginning; then how did your wife's
hair get on my coat ?'-IribUne.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Gen. Fitz Henry Warren has been
taken 10 the Retreat at Hartford, Conn,
because of "A mental illness from which
il il feared he cannot 10Y
Fortune Snow of African descent,
N Milan, Ga, is said To be l26 years
old. lie was one of Marion's men dur
ing the Revolutionary War.
Col. Warren-Bey and Lieut.-Col.
Reed, two Americans for some time in
the service Of the Khedivc, have been
discharged from the Egyptian army.
Col. Warren retired on account Of oph-
ihalmia, contracted in the Khedive's
service. lie has taken up his residence
in Paris, where he intends practicing
medicine. Licut.-Col. Reed IS now in
this country, having returned to Ameri-
ca Immediately after his contract was
cancelled. Ii is understood that both
officers retired voluntarily.
Miss Anna T.. Dickinson's lecture
appointments after Christmas have been
cancelled, because of her pending the
atrical engagement with Mr.. DAILY, of
the Fifth Avenue Theatre. IL is not
known in wha, play Miss Dickinson will
make her dcJut, albeit the critics persist
in declaring she will assume the char
acter of the Maid Of Orleans, but this
is simply conjecture on their part. We
learn that several new plays are being
prepared for Miss Dickinson Graphic.
Rev. Horatio Balch Hackett, ID. D.,
IL. D., who died at Rochester, \. Y,
recently, was a man Of very considerable
importance in the world Of religious
literature. He was the author of a Com
mentary on the Acts, was a constant
contributor to the Christian Rericw and
BibliOthccd Sdcrd, was the editor Of the
American edition Of Smiths Diction-
airy OF the Bible and was a member
u the company of American r%evisers of
the New Testament, who worked in
cooperation with the English reyisers.
"A family Of the name of Upper has
It's home AT Dies Moines, Iowa. The
mother, Mrs. Ellen >. Upper, is the
author of awork of recognized authority
on bee culture, and her sister is an elo-
quent preacher. Her daughter Cathe-
rine is studying medicine, having taken
a full course al an agricultural college,
where she supported herself by her W
work. aud another daughter, Madge,
who is just sixteen years old, is "A famous
poultry raiser. and an officer Of the State
Poultry Association, and has made
money enough in her occupation TO de-
fray her expenses through "A full cole
riate course.
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Foreign Notes.

Signal stations for meteorological
observations have been established at
Hamburg, Memel, and six other places
by the German Government, and six
teen others will soon be opened.
Weather reports are to he t~clegraphed
regularly TO Hamburg.
The Roman Catholic journals in
Europe publish the text Of a letter from
the Shah of Persia TO the Pope. The
document is very courteous toward MS
Holiness, whom the Shah calls "the
greatest disciple II Messiah and
promises favors and special esteem for
the Christians living in the Persian en-
pire.
The late eccentric Marquis of Wa
tcrford offered "A railway company f5,-
900 If they would allow him to witness
the exciting spectacle of two engines
dashing into one another At full speed
from opposite directions on the same
line; but the company could not see the
matter in a sporting light, and the of
fer was respectfully declined. 4,
Six busts of the finest white marble
representing the first six Roman Empe
rors, have been placed in the Louvre
recently. They were discovered il
Africa, and, although many centuries
old, they are as perfect as il chiseled
yesterday. The modelling of the faces
j. said To be very fine, the profile of the
Augustus especially SO.
Experiments have been made at
Bordeaux for the employment Of cork in
gas for lighting. The results were so
favorable and so economical that il has
been decided TO fit up works for light
ing the town of Nerac on that system.
The waste obtained from cork manufac-
tories is distilled in retorts, and the
flame thus obtained is said to be bright
er and whittier than that from coal gas.
"A calculation has been made of the
number of persons the great cathedrals
of the European Continent will hold.
1T. Peters, al Rome, holds $1,000 peo-
pie the Milan Cathedral holds 81. 900:
1T. Paul's, at London, holds $1,000; st.
Sophia. at Constantinople, holds 5000;
Notre Dame, at Paris, holds 2l,OO0; the
Cathedral az Pisa holds $4,000, and st.
Marco, at Venice, holds 1000.
1t is now announced, says the Lon
don academy, that Nandyck's long lost
:. Madonna with the Child Of which
countless copies exist in various parts of
Europe, has at last been discovered in
the original. The picture has formed
the altar piece TO the chapel Of an OBJ
scure German cloister, and was found
there by the Flemish painter George
Van Hammer. After slight restoration
il is now to be seen entirely uninjured,
and in its pristine condition.
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The Mississippi Victory.


IRON the New lofk SUI.
The sweeping victory achieved in
Mississippi by the Democratic-Conser
natives. rs the opponents of Grantism
in that State call themselves, will give
that party the choice Of a senator To
succeed GOV. Acorn. whose term eN-
pires ON March 3, 1877. IL is crafty
ing to know that Congressman l.. q. [.
Lamar. whose moderate and judicious
counsels had an important effect upon
the conduct Of the recent canvass, has
been reelected by an overwhelming
majority. Mr.. Lamar Is one of the
ablest and most patriotic men 40 The
South. 4 new Representative, Mr..
Singleton. who was elected from the
Fourth District, j. also likely ia give a
good account Of himself IN the new
House. He j. a prominent lawyer, and.
though he was n member Of the Confed-
crate Congress, since the war has favor
ed a moderate and conservative policy,
has been a strong advocate Of the rights
Of the negroes under the Constitutional
Amendments, and enjoys the esteem 81
both whites and blacks. The success of
the Opposition in Mississippi Is due to
the fac, that. disrcgarding All other Is
sues, the friends Of honest government
concentrated their energies upon the
one point of oycrthrowing the instru-
ments Of fraud and corruption. leaving
minor points 20 be settled hereafter. In
short, the Democrats. old Wings. and
honest Republicans united in making q
fight against the corrupt system known
az Radicalism in Mississippi. and rs
Grantism i'm the Northern States.
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Hay burning stoves are coming in
To use in Minnesota.
sheep are successfully sheared by
machinery in Michigan.
A new metal called "Gallium,' ~ in
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the ''Capital Publishing CO. In "se-
curities of the United States" there was
found. when the concern was pro-
nounced insolvent in 1874, just four
hundred dollars. The miserable trrh
was then apparent that the Washington
Ring and it, friends had descended on
the earnings of the Freedmen and di-
vided them between them, and the
Great Party had nothing to say about
the matter. Ii was too much occupied
with the ''intimidation' of the deposit
ors at the South.
The bank is now being wound up.
There was no respectable reason why
it should not be wound up under the
Bankruptcy Act, like any other insol-
vent concern. Machinery for the pur-
pose exists under the Act, and has
worked with perfect success in the case
of the Washington City Savings-Bank,
under y receiver appointed by the
courts. Instead, however, OF leaving
the affairs of the Frccdmen's Bank Ia be
settled in this way, the very Trustees
who have played ducks and brakes with
the funds ofthc institution were allowed.
by an Act Of June %. 1874. 10 nomi-
ittAAt iIlfA NNliiiliiN~iNtANA NANf WI up
proNal by the Secretary Of the Treasu-
rs, became statutory assignees. and are
charged with the collection ofthe debts
and the sale Of the assets and the distri-
button OF the proceeds among the de-
positorS. The Commissioners are al
lowed $4,000 a year each as their com
pensation out of the assets, and they
are authorized TO employ ''as many
agents n are necessary TO assist them
in closing up the said company, and to
pay them q reasonable compensation
for their service ont of the funds uf the
company" The Commissioners give
a bond 10 the United States forthe faith
full performance of their duties, but no
depositor or creditor has. under
the statute, the right 10 sue on IL.
They are not required to make
any report they are not made account
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-26

E1- TuE NEW RA1tROAp. 1t I,
with great pleasure that wO announce
that a narrOw.guage railroad from
Grafton up the Valley River seems
now to be reasonably assured. Under
private charter, soon to be obtained,
the work Of surveying the route from
Grafton to Philippi is to DO madu.-
the money for which is already secured
and as soon thereafter as necessary
preliminaries eau b. effected, the work
Of building will be commenced. The
road will DO completed to Philippi
without delay, further construction to
be in tho meantime provided for
GrJftoa Sentinel.
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H A CAPITAL SrooEsrlos.- For
some cause hes. known to those eou'
.csrncd, there has not been for years o
a good old.fasLioned celebration Of st,
Johns day by the Masonic fraternity
Of this city aud State. We understand
steps are being taken by the fraternity
to revive tue custom, aud to have on
the .4th Of June next q celebration
that shall bs memorable In view Of
this contemplated celebration, We would
offer the suggestion that the 24,h OIL
June bc appointed as the day Tor laying
the eorner stone Of tho new Capito
building, mud that tue ceremonies .con'
nectcd herewith DO conducted undel
the auspices Of the Masonic Fraternity
Wheeling Lateitigender.
we. second the motion most hear
lily; aud will Try to BE- .'thar."
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TBaEDE6lOCRRT
Monday, MNsNN 2S
u GktAr R.vlyAL on eEl LloE

B GkEAr RsylvAL ON GEE LIcK
-Wehlse received the particulars Of
the religious revival recently held at
the NJ. h. Church on Gee Lick, 10 this
county. and justly regard it as one Of
the most remarkable esents in tho his.
tory Of reyiyals that has ever occurred
in ibis section The meeting WINS
opened by tho Rev. M. Weese, Of tue
Methodist Church, aud lasted nearly
Eve weeks; although, at Intervals 9th.
er ministers assisted and sporlion Of
the time the pulpit was occupied BY
Reys Fisher, Queen md Lightburu, o.
the Baptist Church During the
progress Of the meeting there were
fas.air conversions; and but little
abatement Of interest was manifested
even at i,s close. The professors uni
ted them ELVES with the N " Church
ON Geo Lick or the Buptis. Church at
Freeuiausbutg.
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H- AS TO wks,os eminsp,

E- As TO WEstos.-1he eminent
patriot Of the Philippi Pdiadealcr, il
his Issue Of tho l7ih, has the following
brilliant scin,illation:
Weston has no axe TO grlad in this matter,
exSept the de4ire her people have Tor lie good
OF tue entire State -DENocRAr
We do not know whether Weston has an
axe to gtiud" or not, certain It Il that the
delegates from no county done more for the
removal Of the Capital TO Wheeling than
from Lawn county, II Weston desired the
good OF tue entire State II isqui,e suRHgs
that some Of her people joined hands with
the Radicals . sell out to Wheeling.
Now Lewis county has but one della.
gate, and be voted for the removal bill
with great deal Of reluctance. Bar
boar county has tleo, apd they werO
pronounced Remoyalists from begin.
ming to cad. Consequently. il voting
for removal was selling out to the Rad.
icals. Barbour county sold GU. more
than twice as much as Lewis. II it is
said that when VIM. T. Ice and s. NJ
Coruwoll voted for removal. they we're
thereby joining hands with tho Radi-
Gals, We pronounce it an infamous
falsehood. They were acting under
their osths, as honorable gentlemen,
for the bes. interests Of their cousti,u.
cuts; and although their territory is
out Of our bailiwick, we know that their
course is fully endorsed BY their people
But We would mildly suggest to the
Pluindeatsr man that Il hc asserts that
Wellington V Chidester, the delegate
from LeSis county, ever Joined hands
with the Radicals and sold out to
Wheeling" he will have the best op.
portuuity to be set up in tho boot bus.
mess that 10 has bud since ho left
Remington College.-It will certainly
be news too, to Senators Goff and Bel.
nett, and Delegates Long, Reynolds
and Farusworth to hear that they. also,
"sold out to the Radicals" Better 60
to Philippi and get absolu,ion. gentle.
men !
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EB ,FRoN Tns WksrOS DENocsAr,
We sec that Lewis county has given a
mujority Of SOC in q total vote Of
/ ,054, for a umrOW,guage railroad,
from Weston, to tap the Baltimore L
Ohio. This decisive majority looks Us
IL our Lewis friends wore wide awake
to enterprise. and strongly in favor Of
such internal improvements, as will
develop their material resources. II is
upon surh wsrks as these that West
Virginia depeudsfor brilliant future,
and q prosperity which will make her
one Of the wcalthiess States Of the
Uuiou. The subscription voted for
was for $4,000; the name Of tue
proposed road is the Weston and IVES!
Fork railroad, and its objective point
is the Petersburg Branch a. or near
Clarksburg Wheeling Register.
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I. R HououroS, Sec.
Er TuE PoroMAc AND JAWS RI

ET THE PogoMAc AND JANIS Rty-
EaS,-It is . fact not generally known
that the head. WatOrs'of two Of the most
noted and historic streams in the world
have their hrad-waters within q stones
throw Of each other, just over the bOr-
der, in Virginia. AT the little village
Of Hightown, in Highland county (bet-
ter known as Grab BOtIom) two springs
burst from the rocks. A slight eleya-
tioa separates them; but the volume Of
water coming from both seems to be
Insignificant. Aud still, when looking
at QUE, you think Of the parody
"And I'll go down 70 Richmond
To Richmond on tho Jeems |"
And When you gaze on the other. the
sud lines comc iu;o your memory
"All quiet aloag the Poto oac Tonight,
Except lleie aud there stray picket
Is shot, rs I've walks gu his beat TO aud fro,
by a riisnran hid In the thicket"
These two springs ure tie head.waters
Of the pu,omac aud james Rivers.
Diyerging from their source, they
strike Of toaards Underwater, gathering
10 the smaller streams on their route,
until they becoao mighty rivers, upon
whose bOsoms float tho greatest I'll.
.umphs Of maraiime architecture. II is
worth the travellers while, on d journey
to s,auntOn NY the pike, 10 put up at
"uld man Hessusr's," and visit this
historic spot.
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Commissioners Notice.


COMMrssioSEn's 0RFicE,
Circuit Court Le,eis county.
Wesnn. April 10, 1875
George ". Hudson, 10 his 1wn right, aud as
administrator Of the .crsonai estate d
lpllliAnl W. Hudson, drceAsed, plainIis,
VS.
John ~. Cummings, John @. Jackson, D,
u. Bailey, trustee, Mathew W. Harrison,
II. ". Spouran Nancy A., his Wits, de.
iendantsi
And
Q. P. Hudson, plainun,
John NJ. Cummings John c. Jackson, D.
81. bailey, lulatuei ND Mathew W. lar'
riSou, defendants.
IN CnAScERY.
In pursuance III un order made Jointly In
tie above uAnird cAuats by the Circuit Court
Lewis c0urt., on tie 9th day Ut Match,
1875, referring said c,luses to Il CUuiIllSsiUn-
sr Of the UUurt, " ascertain aud report
what sum Of money, payable annually,
would it III and proper Tor tile lite lnuiu-
tgnhncc aud support Vi llrzckial ". SpOur,
aud Nancy A., Ills wife, sevc,allyi mud alSU
whit Is tile pru. cut gross value stverAlly VI
their lllv maintenance aud support charge
aUle on tlui tract uf2s7 acres Of land men-
toned IN the iirst naniel cause, under tile
deed between John " Cummings and SpUur
aud wiIe, dated lOlh December, 1871, aud
what SUNS may have been paid them on the
slime, and when aud Wy whom paid tue
licus existing against the two trggts Of loud
Ia the bills llenlloncd their amounts aud
priUtllles; aud also any other pertinent
iHattet Which tile Commissioner might deem
proper.
1'AU undersigned, as such Commissioner,
doth hereby give nuiicc 10 all tile parties IN
the Two stId causvs that liz Inns fixed on tie
9l,hdly OF May, 1875, 1T his said Office TO
execute said order oil reference, and tie same
will be continued from day TO day, u nee.
eiIary, until completed.
q. y, BUTCHER,
april9G At uonlmittientr.
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w MARTlsssuEG claims seventy
Eve liueal Descendants Of Pocahoulas ;
sixteen Of them eame from ireland,
tweuty.oue from Germany aud the re.
mainder don. know where they came
from.