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No Reduction ON Freight West

New York, February President
Jewett, Of the Erie Railroad, has issued
an order forbidding any agent or en-
ploye Of the company taking freight for
the West at any reduction in tariff, quash'
ing all verbal contracts that have been
made for transportation at the reduced
rates, and ordering that no contracts In
future shall be made at less than the tariff
charges, .....-
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CHICAGO.
Returned Fron Canada.

CHICAGO, February 20.-A, G. Hessing,
who was recently reported as having left
the city and gone 10 Canada on account
Of indictments pending against him here
returned this morning, and will appear
in the United States Court at the March
tarn,
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By virtue Of Decd Of Trust made BY James a:
IDwis and wIIu 10 tho undersigned Trustee, d ted
March u, 1878, and duly recorded among land 10
cords Of ohio county, West Virginia, in DECD BOX
No. 9, page t6S Iwill on
SATURDAY, Ntrch'li, 1870,
a, the fnt door Of the Court House Of Ohio county,
West Virginia, commencing at ~ closk a. y. pro
cced TO Sl to the highest aud beat bidder the iol-
lowing described real estate that Is " cay, certain
piece VI parcel u land lying and bOin hiuAted in
ChuplnO and EOii7s al ltlon TO tho city 81 heal
Ing Ia the county OF Ohio, state Of est Virginia,
and bounded as follows; Commencing al Poin!
sixty (6J leot St Of the southeast corner Of
Alley 10 and k6f street, thence cast along tho
soulf side Of said Alloy Is, tWontJ seven ~! ieot,
thence south on a l'Ge parallel With E9n st,Cct
sixty-aE (G6l feet thence west ninety W. W. tSe
10 Ell street, thenot north along tho east aldo Of
Eotf street tWeft y.two (22l feet thence cast On
line nralel With aid Alley IS, sxt' .hyO (6 teot,
theucO north on line parallel with Eod W
four GA feot 10 the alley, tho place Of 70 lDMng
being part Of the SINE property conveyed 70 Sud "
A, Lewis and wife BY Aun r Kempa aud 0lhera
BY deed dated December . 1873 and recorded 10
leo bOok No, =, psgo =, IN tho 10 ~ omG9 o.
toe County Court Of Ohio county, West Virginia.
Tan or SALE-0ne-third caSh 10 hand aud
balance In four equal install entl a. one two
three aud four years with Interest rnm DAY Of sale
Win security 70 b approved ~ tho TIutec.
X. II. GtILEsFYI Trustee.
WuKE1tSO, February Q, 1870. ie1-S
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Chester L. Root, Chief Deputy Collector
OF the Internal Revenue, was dismissed
from the service yesterday, and shortly
after warrant for his arrest was issued.
It's understood that he ha. left town.
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Died.

New York, February 2o.-Charles
Edward Hershey, the distinguished musi-
clan and composer, died in this city on
Sunday. Aged 81 years.
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Bosrox, February 2o.-A party OF As
young men left this city list night for
Arizona, the advance guard Of colony
forming here to settle in the Chiquito
Valley.
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HnsYcuoMANCY, OR SOUL CHARMING"
y How either sex may iaSciuats and gain tho
love and affections Of any person they choose In
SANITY. This ait ali can possess, ifcs by mall, for
Is cents; together with Marriage Guide, Egyptian
Oracle Dreams, Hints 10 Ladies, etc. 100000
sold. A queer book. Address 7. WILLIAM 4
IN p1IlLa phllnlnlnhla. -------
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FINANCIAL
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BANK OF THE OHIO VALLEY
successor 10 The
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rRusrEEs SALE.

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TOLUNIUs AND INDIANAT0Lls DIVISION.
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LEAP YEAR RULES.

|. Call In handsome carriage for the
gentleman who is to honor you Mt eight
o'clock sharp. Entertain the deaf old
mamma for an hour and half, till he
finishes his exquisite toilet. When he
comes down and gives you one finger to
press, tell him he looks lovely tonight,
and try to look as silly as you can.
2. Conduct him tenderly to the car
rage and stow him away on the back
scat, with all his wraps. If it be cold,
have hot brick ready for his little feet.
On arriving, lead him to the warm and
elegant dressing-room and go and stick
your coverings somewhere in the little
cold dressing-room- under the bed, if
you can't do any better.
8. Button his gloves for him and escort
him to the parlors or ballroom. Seat
him or sofa and yourself-on the wall
adjacent. Try to look happy, and rest
assured that you don't succeed.
4. During the evening see that the
gentleman is famed when he is warm,
lemonaded when thirsty, and protected
from draughts. Don't forget to say
sweet and silly things to him whenever
opportunity offers.
). If the gentleman be a good dancer
keep him to yourself, and ON no account
suffer him to accept invitations to dance
from ladies' prettier than yourself. If
he he but Indifferent leave him to the
tender mercies of the homely girls and
the wall
6. When you invite gentleman to
dance, say it'll an idiotic shipper:
"Mistaw -, may | how the plezzaw OF
iawncing this kwardwill with you ?"
In the Iancers talk interestingly of the
weather; and in the grand chain tramp
on your partners coat-tails, it possible.
I. Manage to slip out slyly several
times during the evening, and come in
chewing coffee or "tricks
s. At supper stand behind his chair
and work yourself to Il white heat keep
ing him supplyed with the choicest del
icacies, but though you faint, don't taste
morsel yourself until he has laid away
the entire bill of fare and three plates OF
icc-cream. If he wears anything which
coffee will stain, manage to spill some
on it.
.. When you leave you must not
grumble because somebody has sat on
your hat in the little cold dressing room,
or made a shoe brush of your cloak, but
YOU NAV swear a little on the stairs.
10. Put on his Arctic overshoes for
him and place him in the carriage
Now go back to the dressing-room for
him at least three times for stray fans
and gloves Yawn all the way home
Cuss the driver for not stopping exactly
before his pas front door. Say good
night. and whisper coachec Ia stop at
the grocery" on the way to your res
idcncc.
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CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, MARCH a, 1876.

l Immediately averted my head, should
certainly become insane. OF course L
WAS myself party to this strange fascina-
ton of terror, and must, no doubt, have
exercised some power of volition in the
assumption of the expression that my face
gradually presented, and which was in
no sense a distortion or grimace, but a
terrible look suggestive of despair and
desperate wickedness, the memory of
which even now affects me painfully.
But though in some measure voluntary,
1 do not think / was conscious at the
time that the process was so; and ! have
never been able to determine the precise
nature of this nervous affection, which
beginning thus in a startled feeling Of
sudden surprise went on TO such eli
max of fascinated terror.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-04
I-SEFFL KNOULEDGE.

A man walks three miles an hour; a
horse trots seven f; steamboats, run eight
cen; sailing vessels ten; slow rivers flow
four; rapid rivers, seven moderate wind
blows, seven storm moves, thirty.six;
hurricane, eighty a rifle ball, one thou-
sand; sound, seven hundred and forty.
three; light, one hundred and ninety
thousand electricity, two hundred and
eighty thousand A barrel OF flour
weighs one hundred and nlnety-six
pounds: a barrel of pork, two hundred;
barrel of rice, six hundred; barrel of
powder, twenty-five; firkin of butter,
fifty-six; tub of butter, eighty-four.
Wheat. beans and clover seed. sixty
pounds to the brshel; corn, rye and flax
seed, fifty-six; buckwheat fifty-two; bar
ley, forty eight; timothy seed, forty-fve;
coarse salt, eighty-tive. Forty dIops
make a drachm, eight drachms an ounce,
four ounces gill, four gills pint; forty
drops teaspoonful, four teaspooniuls
tablespoonful; two tablespooniuls an
ounce, eight tablespoonful gill, two
silIs coHee-cup or tumblcr, six fluid
ounces Il teacupful. -Four thousand
eight hundred and forty square yards an
acre; a square mile, six hundred and
forty acres To measure an acre: two
hundred and nine feet on each side,
making square acre within an inch
There are two thousand seven hundred
and fifty languages. Two persons die
every second A generation is fifteen
years; average of life, thirty-one years.
The standing army in Prussia, war times,
one million two hundred thousand Rus
sia, one million; Austria eight hhhdrcd
and twenty-five thousand; Italy, two
hundred thousand; Spain, one hundred
thousand; Belgium, ninety-tiFe thou
sand; England, scycuty-tiv thousand
United State, twenty-five thousand.
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OUR D1uY BREAD.
Whc,e Raised aud the -fsnomnt Rcfujrcd
load III.


Feed the World.
The United States, Russia, Turkey, and
Egypt are the principal nations which
produce more wheat than they consume.
The two. fields last mentioned are ex-
hausted by the hungry ports along the
Mediterranean, leaving the United States
and Russia to mainly supply the surplus
populations of the north. Ten years ago
Russia furnished almost half the bread
imported by England, while America fur
nished only one-eighth; now America
furnishes one-half while Russia contrib
utes only one-ffth. In 1874 the Rus
sian crops greatly diminished, leaving
little for export, while American exports
doubled in three years. The Russian
crops of the last two years have been
scanty, giving American grain a still
more signal advantage.
In 1850, the United States produced
100, 4S5, 944 bushels of wheat; in 1860,
173, 104, 924 bushels, and in 1870, no less
than 2S7 ,745, 626 bushels. Nothing but
our tremendous industry and resources
enable us to hold our own in competition
with the giant of the north.
Russia has an enormous advantage of
position. She can throw her grain into
Berlin, Paris and London ut cost of
twenty cents Il bushel, while American
wheat cannot reach its market from its
distant field for less than fifty or sixty
cents. But, on the other hand, Ameri-
can wheat is grown by intelligent free
men, while Russian wheat is produced
by an ignorant and slothful peasantry, but
very little raised above the condition of
slavery. They are no longer serfs of the
state, but they are serfs of their par
isles; they cannot own land; they are
subject to taxation and liable to arbitrary
arrest; there is penalty fixed on in
dustry, and very little encouragement
given to any man to try to better his
condition. All independence and self
reliance are prevented, and the workers
exist in communism of wretchedness
Efforts in this country towards pro-
curing a cheap outlet for wheat promise
still further to increase the lead of Amer
lean commerce. WINDOWS plan of cheap
transportation by opening the mouth of
the Mississippi so that ships could safely
pass will, when consummated. cause a
tremendous revival of the agricultural
industries of the west. The Mississippi
valley will leap into threefold wealth in
a decade after the carving of wheat to
Europe is transferred from the rail to the
river. A saving of ten cents a bushel-
which is low estimate of the difference
between land and water carriage-would
save 100000 year to the states of
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and American wheat can al
ways be grown profitably for 81 bushel,
and with the sharp competition of Rus
STA, it is not likely to average much more
than that unless methods of transporta-
ton can be rendered simpler and cheaper.
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SEEING YOCRSELEAS 4 GHOST.

The possibility of this seems to be
shown by Mrs. Kemble, in this extract
from her "reminiscences in the March
Atlantic: ] habitually read while comb
ing and brushing my hair at night, ans
though | made no use Of my looking
glass while thus employed, having my
book, | sat (for purposes of general CON
venicnce) at my toilet table in front of
the mirror While engrosscd in my
book it has frequently happened to me
accidentally to raise my eyes and sud
denly to fix them on my own image in
the glass, when feeling of startled sur
prise, a. if | had known | was there
and did not Immediately recognize nv
own reflection, would cause me to re-
main looking at myself, the intentness
with which | did 50 increasing as the
face appeared to me not my own; and
under this curious fascination my ,oun-
tenance has altered, becoming gradually
80 dreadful, so much more dreadful in
expression than any human face | ever
saw or could describe, while it was next
to impossible for me to turn my eyes
away from the hidcous vision confront
ing me, that | have felt more than once
that unless by the strongest effort of will
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right hepatic vein through the cava into
the right auricle, and thence by fine
twist of one or two worms, through the
tricuspid valve into the right ventrice,
together with Il rope of worms fourteen
inches long, stretching into both lungs.
The precise species of entozoon has not
been indicated, but it produces death
very quickly, mostly in mechanical
way, by blocking up the blood vessels
and cavities of the heart. Treatment is
difficult, AZ the disease is seldom re-
cognized during life, and when death
comes, it is So sudden IA to give little
time for remedies. Even if the worms
could be killed they would probably be
as injurious dead as alive, SO far as
choking up the heart goes. The problem
is not vet solved as to the mode of their
entrance into the circulation.
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GETTING PASTOR OFT.

In rural Presbyterian congregation
| in the western section of Canada, the
| people, for various rcasons, were dcsirou.
of change in the pastorate. A meeting
was called to consider how the desired
change could be effected. All, were
agreed that though the pastor was a
learned, laborious, amiable. and excellent
man, he was exceedingly prosy and I'M
interesting as preacher. 1t was re-
solved, therefore, that deputation should
he sent respectfully TO ask him to demit
his charge. No one was ready to under
take the difficult and delicate task. At
last two elders were induced to 60 and
talk with the minister about the matter.
They went on their mission with no lit
tie trepidation, but were greatly relieved
by the cordial manner in which the good
minister received them. He listened
quietly to their hesitatingly told story,
and at once acquiesced in their desire
that he would resign. Elated with their
success, they FASTENED to report the re-
suits to the people. All were greatly
gratified at the prospect of such an am
icable arrangement; and feeling some
sense of gratitude to the minister for his
many years of service, and especially for
his ready compliance with their wishes,
they determined to present him with an
address and purse. 4 public meeting
of the congregation was held, at which
the pastor was invited to be present, an
address was read TO him containing
strong expressions of appreciation and
gratitude for his manifold labors and of
strong personal affection for himself, and
the purse was handed to him as token
of their continued esteem.
On rising to reply, the pastor was
deeply moved, and spoke with faltering
voice. He stated that, Influenced by the
statements of the elders who had called
upon him, he had resolved at much cx-
pense of feeling to himself, to resign his
charge. Pausins for a minute as if
overcome with emotion-not few Of
the tender hearted betraying their SYM
pathy with him-he went on to say that
in view of the affectiOnate and touching
address he had just received, so very
numerousclv signed, and accompanied
by so generous gift, he felt constrained
to abandon his purpose, and would there
fore remain with them, and devote his
future life to the best interests Of
people who we're so warmly attached 10
him, and who so highly valued his hum
bic services.
The reply was so obviously dictated
by genuine simplicity that no one at the
time had the courage to rise and explain.
That minister is still pastor of the same
parish. The incident TRANSFERRED some
ten or twelve years ago, and contains
good moral.
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VOLUME XII.
TWO LOVERS.

by GEORGE ELIOT.
Two lovers by moss-grown spring;
They leaned soft cheeks together there,
Mingled the dark and sunny hair,
And heard the wooing thrushes sing.
o budding time
Oh loves best prime.
Two welded from the portal slept;
The bells made happy carolings,
The air was soft rs tanning Wigs,
White petals on the pathway slept
pure-eyed bride!
o tender PRIDE - q O.
Two faces DER the cradle bent; 49,
Two hands above the head were locked =
Those pressed each other where they rocked
Those watched Life that love had sent.
o solemn hour!
q hidden power,
Two parents by the evening iire;
The red lights fell about their knees
On heads that rose by slow detsrces
Like buds upon the lily-spire.
d patient life,
o tender strife,
The red lights shonc about their knees
But all the heads by slow degrees
Had gone and left that lonely pair.
voyage fast
o banished past!
The red lighte shone upon the floor,
And made the space between them wide;
They drew their chairs up side by side,
Their pale cheeks Joined, and said, once more
o memoriesi
Upast that is
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Total year.

Suppose, at the-a age of thirty, l had
put the 1856 out ut interest, and COM
pounded it for forty -five years, calcula-
ton would astound any man to see what
wealthy man it would make me to-day.
Let those who are following in my foot
steps take warning in time.
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How He WEIGHED His WIFE lie
Lewiston (Mainc) Journal has dis
covered the method and thus reveals IT.:
..Shc is a woman weighing, it was sup
posed, about two hundred and fifty
rounds, but her husband could not in
duce her to be weighed. :" the other
dav he was driving out with his wife
and drove up to Mr., Dorman'- store IN
Auburn. The wife did not notice that
tbe tcaur stood on Mr.. Dormans hay
sc,lc.. While he was talking with Il
gentleman at the door, his whole team
was being weighed. He then drove
over to Lisbon street and left his wife
to do some shopping. Then he drove
back to Mr.. Dorman' hay scales and
the team was weighed-minus the wife.
1t was but u simple sum in subtraction
to discover the weight of the woman.
On gettin. home the joke leaked out,
but his neighbors declare that Caleb
will never see another day of Judgment
in which he will be more sorry for his
sins than he did the hour when his wife
learned that she weighed two hundred
and forty odd pounds
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ANECDOTES OF JOHN BRIGHT.

Miss Kate Field sends from London
these anecdotes of John Bright, which
she has from high English sources /:
When Artemus Ward was here he gave
a children's party, to which one of John
Bright's sons was invited, and from which
he returned aglow with delight. "Oh,
papa" exclaimed the little bright, when
asked by the great Bright whether he
had cpioved himself, indeed | did, and
Mr.. Brown gave me such a nice name Tor
YOU, papa" "What was that p in
quircd the father. "Why, he asked me
how that gay and festive cuss, the gov
ernor was :" replied the child. Perhaps
YOU think the great Bright was highly
indignant at this taking of his name IN
vain. He laughed. He didn't laugh,
however. on another occasion, during our
civil war, when the Prince of Wales,
while smoking a cigar with him ON the
terrace of the house of commons, SAID to
him, "Don't you think, Mr.. Bright, that
this war has rendered the Americans
heartily tired of a republican form of
government, and that they'll adopt a
monarchy ?'' "On the contrary an
swered Mr.. Bright, this very struggle
that the Americans have gone through
will render their institutions dearcr to
them than ever. The Americans are
eminently fitted for a republican form
of government. They will never aban-
don it, and the English will never ahan-
don monarchy until they have king
whom they detest." Comment Is I'M
necessary.
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PECULIAR DISEASE AMONG DOGS.

PECULIAR DISEASE AMONG DOGs.-
The dogs of China are subject to a GU
rious infection known "a "worms in the
heart" the symptoms of which are v"m-
ting of blood, staggering, and death
within twcnty-four hours Of the attack,
In one instance, in dissection. n con
tinous rope of worms WAS found, four
teen inches long, stretching from the