The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-21
NUMBER 1862.
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Montreal has an course of erection
the largest cotton mill in America. -
The capacity Of the mill viii be g. .000,-
600 yards per day.
A landslip at Caut, a small toup on
the Rhine in northern Germany, caus-
ed by the recent heavy rains, buried
8 houses and rs persons.
An Amherst man, who il someUhst
Of wag, wrote in his hat, Golgotbs,
which, being translated, means "tho
place Of the skull"
According TO Milton, the devils in
perdition are wont to dwell severely
and with emotion upon the evil pysc.
tices which prevail in heaven.
An Edinburgh tobacconist was lately
fined ESQ for having in his possession
tobacco which, on examination, was
found to contain sugar and hquorics.
1t is q singular fact that most OF the
great worlds expositions, which were
undertaken in the interest Of peace,
we're soon followed by gigantic vars.-
After the Centennial, vhatf
washington's Bible, fus copy Of
Bishop Wilson's edition, 1885, in thrss
volumes. with autograph OF Washing.
ton on the title page, is for sale Of .
Philadelphia bookstore. Price, 6s,oo0.
Two papers in Italy hare secured,
and daily put forth in their prospectus
for this year, the blessing Of His HoG-
ness for all their editsrs, printers and
readers. All for one cent, their rstail
price.
How pleasant is garland The one
placed round the neck Of the Prince Of
Wales at the conclusion of the tate
given him at Lucknow by the tulook-
dars, the other day, was valued al T.
900 rupees-s3, 500.
"Then I'll bring a suit for my bill"
said an enraged tailor to dandy who
refused TO pay him. "Do, my dear
fellow, replied the impertubabls swell,
pointing to his threadbare clothes
"that's just what / want"
At collection made at charity lair
lady offered the plate to rich raap
who was well known for his stinginess.
81 have nothing" was the curt reply.
Then take something, sir; you know
am begging for the poor"
The seniors of Wesleyan Female
College at Macon, Ca, in view OF the
hard times, have resolved TO graduate
in calico, and so save their parents the
cost of the three white dresses usually
ranutraI Tor auab nooooiOpa
Here is "hard times" benevolsnce
worthy Of imitation: A Salem, Mass,
man has Cancelled $4,000 worth Of
notes and mortgages against several
persons whose means are small, be-
cause of the depressed condition Of
affairs.
The old landmarks are disappearing
30 rapidly in Boston that snob living
there says: Zone might as well move
to Chicago and be done with it," Yes;
do move, and bring your old town q
long with you.-[ Chicago Tribune.
The Boston Advertiser has suspi-
cion that the Democratic bills to secure
q surplus reserve in the Federal treas
ury are 'the first step in response to
the monstrous claims OF the Southern
Democracy against the government for
losses during the war.
The practice ef evading the payment
Of taxes by wealthy citizens has be-
come such an evil in Boston, that the
city solicitor has prepared a draft Of
an act TO govern the question OF domi-
cile for purposes Of assessment, which
will be submitted to the State Legis-
lature.
Wilkes Spirit prints q list Of nearly
200 horses that trotted in $50, or bet
ter, during the season OF 1875. 1t
shows what training for q special gait
will do for horses. It 10 only q very
few years since it would have been i'm
possible.to find two dozen horses that
could trot in that time.
The envelope makers aud printers
assert that the Government losss $780,
900 year in the manufacture OF post
al cards, to say nothing Of the cost Of
carrying them as mail matter, and they
claim that il the Government should
abolish stamped envelopes, wrappers
and postal cards, il would save 81, 500.-
900 year.
Bob Toombs says the Democrats car
ried the last State election in Georgia
by intimidation and fraud. Bob ad-
vised it and paid his money for it. We
presume that Bob Toombs will succeed
JEFF Davis as the attraction OF agrioul-
tural fairs neItseason, for Toombs says
he is as good q man as JEFF Davis.
A writer in leading German quar-
terly says that the peasantry Of Russia
are in a worse condition than they we're
when Alexander III abolished serfdom
IA years ago. They do not live 90 well,
and idleness, drunkenness, tramping,
bloodshed and arson have increased 70
a frightful extent. The writer attri-
butes this result to the bad manage
msnt of the government. The peas
ant is the slave Of the commune, vhioh
controls his person and his property in
such way as to leave him no liberty.
The commune is more despotic than
the master used to be.