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the payment of the state debt. This
provision III BOW being carried out under
tho mcaus provided by tho last lcgisla-
turc.
Jared II. Buell., of Indianapolis, and
Susan ID. Gilbert, of Atho], Mass, have
married" themselves by written con-
tract, which is to "be in force during
our physical lives, provided our mutual
love natures ever blend rs now-but to
terminate without prejudice by tue wish
of either party, if love shnll ever cease
to be mutual"
In 1870. New York CITY had pop,ln-
lion of 9l2,292, and IL municipal debt of
So, $50, $50. In 1871, London had n
population of :, ,2G6, 9s7, and city debt
of 25,91S,00O. These figures are i'm
posing. The city and county debts Of
The whole union arc estimated to be to
day &35, 900, 600; but ns this estimate is
only for those having ono million and
over of liabilities, the total may be set
down mt Il thousand million. Add the
state and national debts and there re
suits Il heavy load for posterity.
JT is quite 1iscouraging to know that
the importation of fire crackers for
fourth of July purposes this year will
amount to 800, 600 boxcs--a large excess
over the receipts of last year, owing
fn In & ;nl
The Chinese and Japanese mako good
thing ont Of the squibs, MS they alone
cnl! manufacture suoh explosives, the
attempts to reproduce them in this
country having failed The invention,
however, is deemed by many people,
not highly creditablo to Juhu China
mars civilization.
LIE inundntions in Southern France
have called forth the ready sympathy of
Tho F."nch people, for tho sufferers,
anu relief fluids, so familiar to Ameri-
can cars OF lato, arc being raised every
wlere.. The city of Toulouse. which
has suffered SO terribly. is very ancient,
having been IL leading city of the Gauls
when the Romans conquered their coun.
try. Massive walls of Roman work
manship havo been broken down by the
recent floods from the river Gasonnc,
on wllose banks the city is built. The
loss of property IL now placed ut $780,
100000.
LATER at1vices fccm France confirm
previous reports of the frightful charac-
ter OF tho in,ndation along tho river
Garonnc. Many towns Lave been sub
merged and whole sections of country
ovcrllowcd. More thnn thousand ii YES
were lost, over two hundred dcnd bodies
being found i'll ono village. Twenty
thousand people are homeless and suf-
fering. President MucNIahon has de-
parted for tho scene of dcsolaiion to
render such assistance rs may be nee
essary. The Garonno rises i'll the
Pyrences, on The confines of Spain, and
is eubjcct to overflow, OIL account of the
general ilatncss OF it's banks.
PEOPLE SEQ things differently. For
instance, the terrible earthquake TINT
recently destroyed San Joso e!n Cucuta,
in Columbia. When tho catastrophe
began, most OF tho iDhabitnnts went
down upon their knees and prayed for
relief and mercy. Yet, in The midst of
tho scene, when tho Garth was hcaving,
buildings falling, and tho dying groans
and sllrieks of men, women and children
filing the nir, a wild horde of demon-
acal thieves and robbers swarmed into
the towns, sacking houses, pillnging
bank vaults, and plundering the dead,
and even numbering. If MI earthquake
WILL not quicken mans conscience,
there is no telling what will.
THE New York World makes the
establishments IL geological garden III
Philadelphia tho occasion for the pre-
scntntion of some interesting facts con-
cerning the famous London geological
gardens. The London collection in
1873 included 500 quadrnpeda, ,227
birds ard 225 reptiles, and was at that
time, as yet, the largest in existence.
The first ,hiDocerOs cost c1 900; the
four giraffes ,e700, and their carringo nj
additional ;e700; the elephant and Il calf
.cS0O, and the hippopotamus, though ,
gift, was not brought home and housed
for less than .el.00Q. Tho cost o
maintaining the London gardens is vcr,
great, but tho receipts are ample t.
meet it.
The American rifle team has achieve,