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A California Tree for the Centennial.

Some time ago we mentioned the fact
that Mr.. Vivian was preparing q large
piece of one of the Tulare County big
trees to exhibit at the Centennial next
year. From T. j. Vivian, his son, we
timber selected will be 16 feet long and
Il feet in diameter at one end and 10
feet at the other. The heart of this will
be taken out, leaving only about foot
of the body of the tree attached to the
shell or bark. This outside shell will
then be divided into eight equal parts,
each of which will weigh 900 pounds
without the bark. 1t is necessary to
divide it into this number of parts in
order to allow it to pass through the nu-
merous tunnels between here and Phila-
delphia. The eight parts will weigh
between 30 900 and 40 200 pounds, and
will require two cars for their transpOr-
tation. One solid foot of this tree
weighs y pounds, being 10 pounds
heavier than so much water. This TIM
Der was taken out of the Gen. Lee,
tree 275 feet high, which, had it been
sawed into lumber, would have pro-
duced a sufficient quantity to have built
very respectable young town or a
large ship. 1t contained more than
200 900 feet of lumber, besides, proba-
bly,, about 200 cords of wood. The
Gen. Grant, a much larger tree than
the Gen. Lee, and the largest in the
world, growing in the same grove, is
left standing, probably for the benefit
of future generations -VisdIia (Cat.)
DeIfn
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A Story of the French Floods.

l will tell you one story among many
y Young mother is awakened by the in
undation. She has two children, twins,
at the breast, adorable little girls. The
water invades her house; it is night,
and the hour is full of terror; the hus-
band takes care of himself and mounts
the roof: but the woman thinks only Of
her children; she ties them to her
breast with a scarf, and as she is about
to swim from the house she thinks that
the bread-trough will serve as boat.
The house is tottering as the mother
embarkS in her frail boat. She Is
scarcely out of the house when it goes
to pieces. The husband disappears in
the ruins. The little boat floats away,
but strikes against Il tree and is over
turned. The poor woman seizes a
branch and climbs into tree with the
strength of a lioneSs fighting for her
Young. But the tree is young; it bends;
it will not hold all three. The mother
sees that the end has come, but her
motherhood is not conquered. She ties
her children to the strongest branch,
she kisses them again and again, she
SIGNS them with the sign of the cross,
and cries, ''TO the mercy of Cod"
This piteous drama was witnessed
by spectators who could do nothing in
aid until quarter of an hour was gone.
The mother was drowned, but the
children were saved like Moses. They
were adopted by the Sisters of Charity
of Castelsarrzin. The mothers funer-
al was an occasion of mourning in the
midst of the general sorrow. Her face
seemed sanctifed by her action. One of
my friends said to me, 81 never saw
such Il beauty" Her eyes were half
closed, her lips slightly open, her
hands crossed above her breast as if she
were still praying for her children.
There is no spectacle more divine than
that of maternity of sacriice.-PorjS
Cor. N. !. Tribune.
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number of auXiliaries; the whole force
amounting perhaps to twenty or thirty
ty-five thousand men. After pro
ceeding to the vicinity of the riv-
er WeSer, he halted and form
ed an intrenehed camp, in accord
anee with the invariable custom of.
Roman generals of that era. Had he
remained in this camp he would have
been safe, but being tempted out by
false information conveyed TO him by
the spies of ArminiuS, he again set for
word through n broken and thiekly
wooded country peculiarly adapted for
ambuscadeS The soldiers, suspecting
no danger, marched in loose order and
encumbered by heavy baggage trains
and embarrassed by Il large number of
women and children, while Varus and
his officers appear to have totally neg
lected all the usual precautions, and in
dulged in the fatal mistake of despising
the foe who had so frequently fled in dis
may before the world-conquering eagles.
This carelessness and contempt were
fearfully expiated. As the army was
slowly moving through dense forest it
was suddenly attacked in front and on
both flankS, but managed to beat back
the Germans until nightfall, when a
rude camp was built. Next morning
the Romans emerged from this slender
fortification and resumed their march,
assailed at every step by the swarming
enemy, and unable from the nature of
the ground to force n fight on equal
terms. This guerilla warfare continued
two days-Varus endeavoring to cut his
way through to the fortress of Also on
the river Lippe-but at a point near
what is now called Kreutzberg, the main
German army under Arminius stood in
the path, and the battle henceforth be-
came slaughter. When the Roman
commander saw that all was lost he
committed suicide, and as no quarter
was given hardly solitary man was left
to tell the tale 1t is said that for
months after the dismal news reached
Rome Augustus would rise from his bed
at the dead of night and pace the room
in terrible excitement, exclaiming con-
tinually: go Quintilius VaruS, give
me back my legions!"
This victory won for Arminius the
title of ''Deliverer of Germany" but
he was subsequently thrice defeated by
Germanicus, his wife captured, and he
himself was finally aSsaSsinated by one
of his own countrymen, A. ID. 19.-&.
Louis Republican.
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Ants Recognizing Their Relatives.

Huber, the younger, one day, took
an ants nest to populate one of those
glass contrivances which he used for
making his observations, and which
consisted of sort of glass bell placed
over the nest. He set at liberty one
part of the ants, which fixed themselves
at the foot of a neighboring chestnut
tree. The rest were kept during four
months in the apparatus, and at the
end of this Huber moved the whole into
the garden, and few ants managed to
escape. Having met their old COM
panions, who still lived at the foot Of
the chestnut tree, they recognized them.
They were seen in fact, all of them, to
gesticulate, TO caress each other mu-
tually with their antenn9, to take each
other by the mandibles, as if to en-
brace in token of Joy, and they re-en-
tered together the nest at the foot OF the
chestnut tree. Very soon they came IN
a crowd to look for the other ants under
the bell, and in a few hours our Cd
servers apparatus was completely evac,
uated by the prisOners.-H0n'e ana
School.
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Shoes of Snake Skin.

We saw in Winchester last Saturday
a nice pair of shoes, about No. 4, the
vampS of which were made of rattle
snake hide, and the quarters of chick
en-snake hide. Also several snake
hides neatly tanned, and three feet long
and eight inches wide. They belong
to j. II. Henderson, who lives on Big
Coon. - in jackson County, Ala. He
makes a specially of catching all kinds
of snakes, rattlesnakes in particular,
and, without injuring or killing them,
proceeds to take off their hide. These
he tans in about two months, and then
makes them into shoes, slippers, &c.
He uses a weed, which grows in the
mountain, TO meSmeriZe the snakes.
He says they viii readily become HARM
less under the influence of the weed
which he fastens TO the end of a long
stick, and, rubbing it for while about
the snakes head, soon has it inSensible,
and then he ties it preparatory to skim
ming it.-FuucheSter Glenn. Journal.
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A Four-Hundred-Mile Chase for Horse
Thieves.

About three weeks ago Thomas Bur-
ris, living near Fort Collins, in Larimer
County, took his family ON a little trip
into the mountains, leaving John Ed
wards alias John Wokiel, a Swede, in
charge of the ranch. Burris returned
in about week, and found that Ed
wards and a neighbours boy, named
John Sutor, had stolen four of his horses
and left the country. Procuring war
rant for both, he, with a man named
Lewis Skagg, started in pursuit. AT
Lost Springs the thieves had stolen two
horses from Mr.. Sterling. There Mr..
Burris struck their trail and followed it
to Living Springs, where they had
snapped one of the animals to George
Hooper for another one. At this point
Burris and his comrade lost the trail, ,
and did not strike it again until they
reached Rocky Ford, on the Arkansas
River, where they learned that Edwards
and Sutor were heading for New MeXi-
co. The pursuit was continued by these
men, who surprised and captured the
thieves near the line of New Mexico,
and recovered the six horses. The
thieves were in camp when overtaken,
and the surprise was so sudden and COM
plete that escape was impossible, and
they surrendered without resistance.
On the return and when near Tuttle's
ranch, on the north side of the Arkan-
sas, Edwards broke away and tried to
escape. Burris ordered him to halt,
and fired off his carbine in the air,
thinking to frighten him. Edwards
kept right on, however, followed by
Burris, who, after running two miles,
drew his revolver and shot Edwards
dead. The body was buried on the
prairie, short distance from Tuttle's
ranch. Young Sutor showed no dispo-
sition to get away.
The party, with their fagged-out
horses, camped at Byers' Station on the
Kansas Pacific, night before last, and
yesterday continued the journey home
ward .-DenUer NelCS.
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SOME of the most beautiful phenome

SOME of the most beautiful phenOme-
M of the ocean are caused by animals
belonging to the mOlluscous sub-king-
dom, which is nearly as prolific in light
giving species as the radiator. An
other highly phosphorescent species OF
mollusca belongs to the family of the
salpidae, which abounds in the Medi-
terranean and the warmer parts of the
ocean. These individuals swim to
gether in vast numbers, and produe the
effects of long ribbons of fire, some
times drawn straight in the direction OF
the currents, sometimes twisted and al
mostdoubled by the action of the waves. +.
In the Mediterranean their phosphor-
escence often resembles the light of the
moon, giving rise to what he French
term same ner de luit."
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Andrew Johns0n'S Love Tale.

The Greenville (Tenn J Intelligencer,
edited by Andrew johnson, Jr., has
following:
In John Savage's ''Life of Andrew
Johnson the reader is given the belief
that Mr.. johnson loved and was disap-
pointed in his affections by their object.
Such is not the case, so far as the con-
clusion is stated. He did fall in love
with a young lady of good family
and estimable character. She respond
ed in the fullest degree, and both anti
cipated great felicity in future life to-
gether. The parents of the young lady,
however, objected to the marriage upon
the grounds of Mr.. Johnson's youth Che
was vet in his minor years. and lack of
means. Upon hearing this Mr.. John
son sought an interview with the young
lady told her of the decision of her par
ents and of the course he himself had
resolved upon. With his native high
principle he said there was nothing left
to them but to part and forget what
they had been to each other. The lady
felt otherwise and frankly told him that
she would 90 with him wherever he
might lead, and that she would not hes
itate to trust her life and its keeping in
to his hands. The strong pride and
love of fair dealing of Mr.. johnson
could not permit this, and nOtwith-
standing his love he denied the prOpO-
sition and left the place, only returning
long years after, when the lady was
married and mother of a family. Thus,
it will be understood that the lady did
not prove faithless and cause any
wounded feelings to the subject of this
sketch
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who at once called in the aid of tn
nearest physician. Meanwhile the suf-
ferings of the old man were terrible.
1t was as if his entrails had been
pierced with red-hot iron, or as if he
had taken a cup of molten lead. His
face became livid; his eyes seemed
leaping from their sockets; his body be-
came convulsed with spasms. Ian
guage cannot portray his agony.
|" Water! water! My stomach, my
heart, my very soul is on fire, he
shrieked in torture. The doctor came,
and emeties were given in vain. In fif
teen minutes he was dead.-Ne10 York
HPrnld
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"This IS Mr.. Ralph's room, is it?''
said Martha, with her hands in her ruff
fled pockets, as she stood regarding the
apartment that had just been opened to
be busted and aired.
"Yes, this is my nephew's room, ="
said the old lady. ''He comes out once
in a while, and | always keep it ready
for him. I've no family of my own,
you see, and Ralph seems very near to
me -
"Dear me-" said Martha, ''what a
lot of photographs over the mantle!"
Miss Rachel nodded.
''That middle one-it looks a little
bit like you, Martha, declare
"D0es it?'' lisped Martha, innO-
Gently, as she looked into her own smil-
ing, saucy eyes under fringe of crepe
hair.
"It's my nephew's sweetheart, ="
went on the garrulous old lady, ''the
gal he loves the best in all the world. ="
"Are they engaged?" Martha asked,
the tell-tale roses dying her cheek as
she gently spoke.
''Well, no, not exactly. guess she's
rather pretty, but she's got nothing of
her own, YOU see; and there's Almira
Playfair-the one on the left-hand edge
Of the chimney
"The one with the twisted nose?"
roguishly asked Martha.
"Her nose may be a little to one
side severely demonstrated Miss
Rachel, "but handsome is that hand
some does, and Almira has $50 900 in
the bank. -
"My!" cried Martha, opening her
eyes wide; $3.50 900, ma'am! | should
think MIR. Ralph would marry her at
once
$50 he ought, - said Miss Rachel,
rubbing her spectacle glasses vehement
". ''She'd have him in a minute-so
all the neighbors say; but he's just pos
sessed in love with that little Peronel
girl. lie woHld rather work for q crust
a day, with her to share it, he says,
than to marry Almira Playfair with all
her money"
''That is noble of him!" cried Mar
tha, with sparkling yes; 81 respect
him for it. II mean | should respect
him for it if
L
one way or the other tartly broke in
Miss Rachel. ''Just give the room a
good dusting, that's all | ask of you,
for as like as not, Ralph will be here to-
night. "
'sTo-night!' cried Martha, aghast.
eyes, tonight. Why shouldn't
hep" That was Just what the little
serving damsel could not answer.
81 must 90 away this very evening, ="
she thought to herself as she polished
away at the claw-footed old mahogany
table. "Because if he should come
and and find me here-Oh, good gra-
ciouS,n
She dropped her duster in dismay,
for there stood Ralph Penrhyn before
her, with all his six feet of altitude, his
brown eyes twinkling mischievously be-
meath their long lashes.
''Patty, - he cried, ''is this the story
of Cinderella and the Little Glass Slip
per?"
''No," she answered, coloring like a
whole garden. ats the story of a
naughty little girl who would not be
satisfied without finding out whether"
''Whether Ralph Penrhyn really low
ed her or not, - he finished the hesitat-
ing sentence. 'Weu, what do you
think?n
The question was, what Aunt Rachel
thought some ten minutes later, when
she came in and found her nephew and
Martha the housemaid whispering be-
hind the muslin curtains. | know
what | should have thought-that
wedding was very imminent.
So it was; and Aunt Rachel cOnsoled
herself that, after all, $10,0 was
snug little fortune.
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MnSEMlfER


Iumnltuou. beating of my heart
BE still and let mine ewes behold
These Summer glories. that no art,
However bold.
Can paint in tints that would not be too cold.
As on the tangled ferns stand.
With the eternal skies outspread,
And the calm beauty Of the land,
And hills O'erhesd,
Earth softly seems to say, BE cOmforted.
III.
In unduating fields I see
The waving corn, the clover blown,
Promise Of iruit on every tree:
The valleys mOwn.
And hope Of earth's increase, in food seed
sOwn.
summer sits smiling, with grace
SO dazzling, that I hesitate
Yet long te meet her. face TO face,
Knowing how great
Her power TO still emotion. or create.
The dreamy days. half peace. half pain.
With evenings 81 ide. and mornings heat,
Bring something of my youth gain,
W ben life WAS sweet.
And the stirred pulses knew no aching beat.
VI
The pale wild roses grew up high
From the green wavside covered with brake;
And butterflies half drowsilv
Their gold wings shake.
As loath this Summer picture to forsake.
VII.
Aud grander still. when Nature stops
For one hushrd moment. AS to know
When the great sun IN glory drops,
With overflow
Bathing the whole world ia a rapturous glow.
VII.
q sweet midsummer! when ] close
My eyes forever, NAV wake,
To picture broader 10 repO>e,
Needing io make
But blissful Step, Gods Outstretched hand 70
TX
When the broad fields Of heaven shall lie
In fairer beauty Than our own,
No pain shall break life's harmony,
No iarring tone:
Roses most sweet, but never Oyer-blOwn.
Boston AdCertiSeT.
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The workmen in Pompeii, while pur-
suing their researches in the house
where the wooden writing tablets were
lately discovered, came on two ink
stands and the pen which had been used
in inseribing. The pen is of metal,
1t is something of the form of goose
Quill.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-12
BrTLER'S TRAP.

Our Washington correspondent in
form, us that movement is on foot to
release RICHARD b. IRWIN, the recusant
witness in the Pacific Mail subsidy in
vestigation, from durance, and SO, really
"a, the examination of the matter go by
default.
This movement, is advocated by Cen
crsl Il. +. BUTLER, hoping that he may
induce the Democrat, To vot" IN MS favor,
so that when they come into power their
own action may be thrown up TO them,
As precedent why they should not
push forward other Investigations OF 9TH
or Jobs entered into by the present and
other Congresses.
1t is to be hoped that no Democratic
member will he beguiled and captured by
50 transparent trap; but that every one,
executing, Of course, those untortu-
mates whose good mnnners have been
corrupted by the evil associates with
which they have been thrOwn-will cast
their votes solidly for full and impartial
probing Of this affair, that all connected
with it may be exposed and rewarded
according to their deserts.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-12
Charter Election.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
4.

CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
CITY or WHEELING, January lllh' 1901
ON Thursday. January rs. 1873, an
election will be held for Mayor, 'leTh'
Sergeant, Wharfmaster, Street CoinlhlS-
sionrr and Superintendent OF the WAFER
Works, OF the city of Wheeling, ana l0l
members of Council Tor the several W a.9S
OF said city, commencing M O'Clock a. ~ .
and closing at 5.O'clock L. NJ, at inc Ioi
loving places in the several Wards, viz:
In the First Ward-Nigilant Engine
House. -, Hall
In the Second Ward-At the North Hall
In the Market House. ,I,.
In the Third Ward--At the Cour! House.
In the Fourth Ward-At the Atlantic
Engine House. ,,
In the Fifth ward-At the Guards Hose
House. w., H.,
In the Sixth Ward-At the United En-
CINE House.
In the Seventh Ward the Store of j.
In the Eighth ward-Nt the Storeroon
of NJ. Heller, on the east SIDE OF jacob
street, (old Firth street.
The members of the Second Branch oil
Council, are appointed as follows;
For the First Ward, three members; tor
the Second Ward, three members; ior me ne
Third Ward, three members; Fourth
Ward. three members; Fifth Ward, three
members; Sixth Ward, tour members
Seventh Ward; two members; highth
Ward, four members. nj.
There is also to he elected To the FIRST
Branch of Council, one member Tor each
Ward, 10 serve for four years.
The election will be held under the SUI
periutendence OF such persons as his
Honor, the Mayor. may appoint.
+. \. BRITT, City Clerk.
i,nl2i
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tai. The companie, Of unques-
toned standing can now borrow
money on better terms than ever before,
and there is au eager demand for their
securities. It would seam to be wise
policy for such 10 begin this year what
ever costly improvements they will be
likely to need soon, even If they do not
need them now. They will hardly be
likely to get the money so easy hereafter,
or to get SO much for their money. We
believe that some activity may be looked
for i'll works Of this kind and also in new
railroads during the current year, but
there is no prospect that there will be
any considerable number of railroads
constructed in 1876 soiely forthe profit OF
building them, US has been the case with
thousands of miles built in the United
States since the war That field fol
making fortunes i. pretty we'll worn ou'
for some time 10 come.
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RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IN 1874

From the effect which KalIro"d COZ
.truction necessarily mas upon the
price of Iron. and therefore upon the
Iron trade generally, reliable statistics
on this point must always prove OF ~
terrst to this community.
From the Raiiroad Ga-ctts, january
9Th. the leading and most reliable paper
ON these subjects published in the United
States. We notice table containing the
work done in 1873 with that done in
1874 and also giving the amount done IN
each section of the country during these
wears as follows:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-12

VIZ are indebted to Senator HENRY.
q. DAVIS, for copy ofthe Congressional
Directory, compiled for the use of Con-
gress.
IT is full of interest, - it gives short
biography of every member connected
with both houses of Congress, and also
contains valuable information regarding
Washington, the Departments, and, in
fact, everything connected with the
present administration.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-12

VIZ place at the head Of our editorial
column, this morning the Municipal
ticket nominated by the Democrats OF
this city yesterday in Convention.
The gentlemen presented are all
worthy, and, if elected, will doubtless
make competent officials.
In order then, that the party may re-
main intact, and its influence unimpsir-
ed, we trust that all Democrats Will turn
out on election day, and cast their votes
soIidlv for the ticket thus selected.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-12
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
\ of the Fire and Marine Insurance
~ a ~ "a of Wheeling, will be held at the
otfina ~ ihe Comps February 18th, 1875,
tor the purpose OF Electing Board Of
Directors, aud taking into consideration
he nropriety of making application for a
new charter. c,rrrrp o.o,x
WHEELING, Jan. :, 1870 JansVs