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The country, says the Albany Argus,
never possessed so many beautiful mar
riageable young women as it does at the
present time. And why do we not have
more marriages? We answer, because
marriage for love is the exception and
not the rule. The young people of
this age have gone out of fashion and
are money mad. If the dandy bank clerk
who pays one-half of his income for
board and the other half for clothes can
improve bis condition he will marry.
The shop girl who earns good wages and
can not be distinguished BY her dress
from the bankers daughter, certainly
will not plunge into matrimony unless
she can better her condition in life. If q
man is fortunate enough to possess
money, 1t matters not how old or ugly
he may be, hundreds of intelligent
handsome oung women can be foune
only too willing to become his wife
Love is an after consideration. They
marry to be supported and dressed ex
travagantly. How often do we hea
the remark: "Better be an sold man
darling than poor mans slave" Alas
too many of them are not satisfied to b
darlings. They will persist in lovin
other men after.they are married.
II can not be denied that a gres
number of the unmarried men are &C
venturers looking for wives who ca
, keep them without working for livinI
} The peace and contentment Of happ
, home is not taken into consideration
, They are willing to suffer hell upc
/, earth if they can be kept in indleness.
e our young people do not abandon tn
8 extravaganza of dress and greed Fl
!; money, our country will be filled Wi
: old bachelors and old maids. We mu
i have more genuine courtships and ma
o riages to have prosperity and happine
y in the world. Too many marry +
J. money only to be disappointed and u
n happy the rest of their lives.
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A Man who Is Waiting for his Time.

There is man in Taunton, Mass, to
whom life has been pretty much like
going through threshing machine. He
has been shipwrecked, was shot in the
neck at Gettysburg, narrowly escaped
being burned to death in a railroad ac-
cident, was confined in Libby Prison,
fell overheard from a whaler and had
two of his fingers bitten off by a shark
before he was rescued, WAS drafted into
the army, had his right arm broken in
two places, had halter round his neck
and came near being hanged in Alabama
at the beginning of the war, was crushed
by falling building in Californis and
had nothing to eat or drink for fifty
hours, and once came very nearly being
Iynchsd through mistake. If that mar
isn't little careful, he'll get hurt yet
before he is done with il.
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not the am Of nineteen and seven, but
only twensy-four miles per second.
Here rs have the distance from the
sun, the velocity per second and the di-
rection of the motion, quantities which
may be used in fixing the orbit of the
meteor in space, at least in approximst-
ing to that orbit.
PROBABLE SIZE.
The jacksonville account stated that
il appeared at an angle of about Fifty
degrees, and seemed nearly as large as
the moon. When at that altitude the
meteor was about sixty (60) miles from
the observer; and supposing that il was
only half the apparent size of the moon (;
its real diameter was at least one thous-
and feet. A body Of such size, whether
solid or not, traversing the air at the
speed of thirty-6ve or forty times that
of a cannon bail, will maks a respecta-
BILE roar all the time, whether there are
successive explosions or not. Accord
ing to the accounts it exploded near
Keokuk, over Pontiac, Illinois, which is
about one hundred and twenty-five
miles eastward from that eity-explod.
ed to the east of Erie, and was heard
near Sidney and at Delaware, Ohio
There may have been successive explo.
sions, especially if the body were solid
For, being unequally heated, it would
break, as other. brittle bodies are accus
toned to do, when too rapidly heated OF
one side.
WHERE DID IT GO?
II the preceding estimate of the veloc
ity i. at all near the truth, the body dit
not fall to the earth, but passed rapid.
by, ard went on in space. An unsup
ported body falls about sixteen feet in
second, OF sixteen hundred feet in tel
seconds, if not impeded by the air. TIL
meteor, in ten seconds, traversed abou
seventy miles; but line extended sew
! enty miles departs from the earth abou
three thousand three hundred fee
Hence, at that distance, the meteor wa
about one-third of mile higher tha
, at the starting point.
! Other inierences mi ght be drawn, bl
+ lest this story emulates too closely Il
trail of the meteor, it is well to ste
8 here, whatever may have become of II
. Wonderful meteor"
e r. w. MCFARLAND.
e AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
,. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 2, 1877.
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A Good Winter Wife.

A negro man has just applied to a
Milton magistrate to know how to get
his wife back. Milton is only separated
from the Virginia line by small creek, :,
and it seems the woman's brother had
run her off from her husband and taken
her across the creek. "How can / gel
her, boss, an what's do law in Virgin.
ny?" asked the negro. "The cheapest
way" said the magistrate, "is to have nc
law about it: just go across the crsel
and ovsrpower her and bring her home
"l'll sho do it, boss" said the negro; a
hard winter settin' in, no wood and n,
muffin; but dat gal weighs two hundred
and she gibs out heat like stove, d'onl
time when . wift's q com fort" He wa
ded the creek with steer whip in on
hand and a long rope in The other
Raleigh Sentinel.
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Secret Of Making Good Butter.

"Willard's Practical Butter Book"
gives the process of making the cslsbra-
ted Philadelphia butter, as follows:
The milk is SKINNED after standing
twenty-four hours, and the cream is put
into deep vessels having q capacity OF
about twelve gallons. II is kept at q
temperature OF fifty-eight or fity-n mine
degrees, until it acquires slightly acid
taste, when il goes to the ohurn. The
churn is a barrel revolving on Q journal
in each head, and driven by horse pow.
er. Tho churning occupies about m
hour, and after the buttermilk is drawn
off, cold water is added and few turnI
given to the churn, and the water thsr
drawn off This is repeated until the
water as it is drawn is nearly free from
milkiness. The butter is worked with
butter workers, dampened cloth mean
while being pressed upon il to abserl
the moisture and free 1t of buttermilk
The cloth is frequently dipped in colo
water and wrung dry during the process
Of "wiping the butter" II is next salt
ed at the rate of an ounce Of salt to thre
pounds af butter, thoroughly and event.
incorporated by neans Of the butter
worker. Il is then removed 10 . table
where Il is weighed ont and put int
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An AnecdOte Of Q Russian Prince.
Paris CO.. n. Y. Times

'aris Co. n. 7. Times.
It is the fashion now to tell Russian
stories, and particularly stories about
the Russian Princes that live habitually
here in France. Two have just been
published that are worth repeating.-
The Russian Princes in Paris are all
men of large incomes, ibut generally
spendthrifts. One of then borrowed
the sum of 10000 francs from money
lender, giving his note for the same
On the day it fell due the holder pres
ented it for payment, and was told BY
the Prince that he had no money to
waste in paying debts. Atthat moment
gentleman entered, and the Prince
handed him 10000 francs to meet the
losses of the night before at the club.
The Jew tore up his note of hand, and
said, when going out: "Now Prince
there is nothing between us..but 8 debt
of honor" The Prince bowed, and
handed over the money without word
The second begins In the same way, bu
when the Jew presented his note, the
Prince few in to passion, called hin
hard names, and. drawing a revolver
made him eat the note of hand A fey
days later the Jew received bis money
with a thousand francs bill thrown il
for interest. Shortly afterward the Je,
received letter from the Prince tellin
him that he was again in want of mon
ey, and telling him to present himsel
with 10000 francs, and stamped pape
upon which TO write his internal note
of hand. The Jew came with the moi
:, ey. "Where is your paper for the note!
he said, taking the money. "Here it i
j. Prince" said the Jew, drawing lari
cake of gingerbread from his pocket
The Prince laughed at the joke, ar
, = shortly afterward paid the debt with il
terest
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The First Steam Whistle on the
Missouri.

The story Of the FIRST steam whistle on
the Missouri River 10 amusing. Its in
PRODUCTION dates back to 1s44. Al that
time Tie settlers on the Missouri River
were in the habit of m kias regular
yearly visits to st. Louis to do their ira
ding for themselves and frienGs. They
we've not provided with daily inssrcourse
with the outside world, and many Who
lived back from she river, seldom, if
svsr, saw q steam boat more than once a
yaer. II happened that du,lsg the fall
Of 1874 the new steamboat Lexinatoa
started up the Missouri River loe led
down to the guards with freight. Among
the passengers were Judge Joseph C..
Ransom, nov OF this city; Theodore
Warner, o. Lsxingtos; Rea. Halliday,
afterward the famous overland stage
proprietor; Colonel Pomeroy, of Lex
named George Yocum.
The steamer Lexington was provided
with steam whistle-the FIRST used on
the Missouri. Eiver-and as it happened
no one knew anything about it except
Warner, who was a wag and lover of q
joke. The night after leaving St. Louis
the passengers were collected together
playing cards for fun in the cabin,
when the talk turned upon steamboat
explosions, then very common.
81 feel perfectly safe on this boat
said Warner, a. he dealt the cards.
Why" inquired Yocum, the planter
"Why?" echoed the rest of the com.
psny.
"I will tell you why" SAID the wag
carefully studying his cards. "Thil
boat is provided with = new patent safe
ty-valve, which notifies the passenger,
on board when it is about to blow up
1t is a concern which makes a most un
earthly noise, and when you hear it 1t il
time to get back aft or jump overheard
Notwithstanding the fact that War
ner told his story with the most solemn
and earnest countenance, some wer,
skepticsl. Not so, however, with th,
planter. Next morning, when the Lex
ington WAS steaming up the long, ,straigh
stretch of river just below Washington
Missouri, the passengers were at break
fast. The meal had been called, and al
were bu'iiy engaged in doing justice t
the kind Of meals they we're accustome
to serve on steam bosts in those day.
Suddenly the whistle com enced I
blow, the first time on the trip. Th
passengers looked at each other a me
ment. and horror and dismay spread i
self over their faces. The first man
] realize he situation and act was Yocun
the planter, who, with hair erect an
> blanched face, jumped up, crying as
;. pulled over one after another of IL
4 passengers:
r "Run, run for your lives; the d.
things going to bust. Follow me, ar
let's save ourselves"
Il OF course there was stampede for q
% rear Of the boat, and il was only by d
e exsrtions of some of the crew that 4
r. more excited were restrained from jun
ing into the river.-[ Kansas City Tim,
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MISCELLANY.
Going Over the Falls.

Some years ago, while two trappers,
large and powerful men, known as
"Buckskin Sam" and "Old Rip" were
hunting on one of the "forks" of Cana
dian River, in Indian Territory. they
were suddenly set upon by party of
hostile Indians. The odds were 30 terri
bly, against them that their only chance
of life was to shoot down the mountain
stream in their canoe. They commenced
their fight, followed by their armed en-.
emies, who had canoes of their own.
Their speed presently put safe distance
between them and their pursuers, with
the exception of the foremost canoe load,
who still kept in sight.
The river suddenly narrowed, and the
lrappers rushed into a canyon barely
twenty feet wide, and nearly rooted over
by the cliff on each side. The current
was not quite so rapid here, and they
guided the canoe easily.
This gets interesting, Rip" said Sam,
a. they went on through the narrow
pass. ave are going"-
"To our deathp interrupted Rip
Ford, in q solemn voice. "Do you hea,
the taHs'"
Through the splash of the water and
the dip Of the paddles they heard low
dead, tremulous roar, which was the
sound of falling water. For a moment
the bronzed face of Sam blanched, ane
then he drew his figure up proudly say
ing:
Better than the scalping-knifs o
stake, old friend; as the Frenchman says
'Vius Ia morp Long live death"
7 1t was, indeed, before them; for a
they shot out of the narrow pass the
n saw the fall before them-how high the
s could not tell, but the smoke whic
e arose showed that it was not sma
!, one
n keep her dead to i'll" cried Rip. az
we don't get through it's goodbye fol
y ever, Sam"
j. The swift current caught them, an
e the canoe, hurled forward with a terr
BILE force, went flying toward the verg
, A moment more, and it shot out in
the mist and went down into the u
d know depths. Each man clung to b
b paddle as he went down, held by an il
visible power, whirled to and fro, as in
maelstrom, and then shot up into Il
o. light, below the falls. Far below the
the canoe floated, and as the cure
A. swept them down the two men look
back in time to see the Indian can
N come over the falls sideways without
Or occupant. It was hurled far out, a
&c fell lightly on the water, only to be
.e, rested by the strong arm Of BucksE
tn Sam.
Tne Indians. appalled, BY their d.
\ ger, had upset the canoe in their fran
efforts to escape. What became Of th,
,le the trappers never knew, for when Ii
nd reached the foot of the rapid. far bel
nd the falls, and righted the canoe, IL
made no pause, but hurried down
ul, stream, and before night were saf
floating in the waters of the Canad
W. River. Two days later, they reacl
:he Fort Sill in safety.
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Reliable Evidence.


Mr.. II. .,R. STEVENS:
DEAR SIR-I will most
cheerfully add my testimony
to the great number you have
alreaey received in favor of
your great and good medicine,
VEGETINE, for / do not think
enough can be said in lis
praise, for I was troubled ov-
er thirty years with that.
dreadful disease, Catarrh, and
had such bad coughing spells
that it would seem as though
| never could breathe any
more, and VEGETINE has cur
ed me; and / do feel to thank
God all the time that there
i is SO good a medicine as VEG
ETINE, and / also think it one
of the best medicines for
coughs and weak, sinking
feelings at the stomach, and
advise everybody to take the
j VEGETINE, for / can assure
them it is one of the best
, medicines that ever was.
MRS L. GORE,
Cor. Magazine and Walnut
sts., Cambridge, Mass.
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Tuckolotoo or Hannah, the Esqui-
maux woman who, with her husband and
child, was among the party separated
from the Polaris and floated for $50
days on the ice foe, has just died at
Groton, Conn.,, having never recovered
from the effects Of that trying time. She
had learned 10 speak and read English
fluently, and intended soon TO join the
Baptist Church.
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GIVES.
Health, Strength
AND APPETITE.

My daughter has received
great benefit from the use of
VEGETINE- Her declining
health was a source of great
anxiety to all her friends. A
few bottles of VEGETINE re-
stored her health, strength
and appetite.
N. RI. TlLDEN,
Insurance and Real Estate
Agt., No, 49 Sears Building,
+ Boston, Mass.
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Sheep In Storms.

No good farmer will omit to provide
a shed for his sheep to 60 under in cold
fall and winter storms, because no ami
NAL suffers 30 much, when completely
drenched with rain and sleet, owing to
the long time after the storm it takes. to
dry them thoroughly. 1t does seem that
some farmers possess neither the common
attributes of humanity in the care Of
their live stock, nor brains enough to
give them q knowledge of what is to
their own interest. Some of these men
show remarkable propensity for saving
money when obtained, and it would be
perhaps, an impossibility to draw three
cents from some of them to save the
country from ruin, while they turn theiI
cattle and sheep into field in the dead
of winter, with no shelter from storms
and feed them from hay stack, throw
ing the hay upon the ground to be trod
den under foot or covered with the driv
en- snow. Such farmers are not fit to owl
cattle or sheep, and good advice to then
is in most cases, thrown away.
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In Paris swindler, who styled him
self Count Belinski, pretended to be q
Russian millionaire, hired q box at a
theater, and gave grand breakfasts at q
hotel 10 the Rue Druot. has been sen.
fenced to fifteen months imprisonment.
He is only eighteen years of age, and
alleged in court that he came to Paris to
! open q subscription for the Servians.
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Cannot Be
EXCELLED.
CHARLasrowN, March 10.

CHARLasTowN, March 10.
1869.
III. r. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-This is to certify
that ] haye used your Blood
Preparation" in my family
for several years, and think
that, for Scrofula or Canker-
ousl Humors or Rheumatic
affections, il cannot be excell-
led; and as a blood purifier or
|spring medicine, it ia the best
thing / have ever used, and I
have used almost everything.
III can cheersully recommend
liz to any one in need of such
8 medicine.
| Yours respectfully,
Mrs. A. A. DINSMORE,
No. 10 Russell street.
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While Janauschek was in the dagger
scene of Macbeth" at Library Hall,
Pittsburg, the gas retort near one of the
wings burst with loud noise, and the
stage lights were for time almost en-
tirely extinguished. The greatest liv-
ing tragedienne switched off at the side
of the stage in most hasty and undig-
nified manner, leaving Macbeth stand
ing there in the dust and smoke. with q
bloody dagger in his hand, to dispose Of
it the best he could. The flight of the
actress is described as being amusing ir
the extreme. The audience was in pro
found ignorance as to the cause of th'
commotion on the stage, and eveidently
considered it part of the play, and view
ed the actress's exit as very effectiv
! bit of acting:
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While DR.. James Adams, of the Lon
don Hospital, was, a few days ago, re-
moving the lower limb at the hip joint
from boy, an alarming collapse occur
red, and the patient sank fast. The
operator instantly had eight ounces Of
blood injected from his arm to the boy 4
and then completed the operation. The
boy is doing well.
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The Astor idiots.

Speaking of families, one is led to
notice peculiarities which are bequeath-
cd from father to son. Thus it is said
that Astors have an idiot in every gen.
Grafton. Old John Jacobs Oldest son,
who bore his own name, spent the larger
part of his life in private asylum built
for him by his father. This was, no
doubt, the finest institution of the kind
in America, and consisted of an entire
square walled in, containing residence
for the keeper, with stables. The patient
was never left unmatched. He was driv-
and was treated with all possible atten-
tion. The cost of taking care of him
was about $4,000 year, including in
terest on the property. About six years
ago the patient died, being then about
seventy-fve. The present idiot is Hen
ry, son of the late William B. Astor.-
AS soon as his case was found to be hope.
less he was placed on the farm neal
Rhlnebeck. The manager ofthis estab
lishment had care of him, and all wen
well until Henry got acquainted with ,
country girl oflow family, and was sool
decoyed into a marriage. The expecta
ton of wealth led to this, but it wa
disappointed, for the father left Henry
, pensioner on his brothers. Since the
Henry was accused Of striking chill
in cruel manner, and damages to th
;. amount Of $2O, 900 were recovered. Lik
e all idiots, he is cruel, but this verdict
only explained by the family wealth.
Q 1t has never been equaled in the record
u of Jurisprudence. The brothers wi
}, not pay 1t, and oil that can be done is
arrest the idiot and place him on II
]. limits.-[N. Y. Cor. Rochester Dem
e rrat
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Major Mcfarland, the engineer en-
ployed BY the IntSrocsasic Canal Com
mission to report on route uniting the
Atlantic and the Pacific, says that the
Nicaragua way 10 the most feasible. The
distance would be sixty -ons miles; there
is no natural hafbor at either end, and
the cost would Be about $110. .0o0, 900.
The difficulty would be greater than in
making the Suez canal. The Darien
route would be much shorter, but would
involve tunnellihg.
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The 81. Louis Times must either have
been very bad boy or had a very stern
mother. Here is his description of the
youthful discipline 10 which he was SUBJ
jet ted:
How desr tony heart are the scenes of
my childhood
When fond recollections recall them to
The shinele that mother had carved out
of hard wood,
To wallop my-trousers, until il was
blue. -
The old oaken shinsle, the iron bound
shingle,
The moss-covsred shingle that hung ON
the vell.
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pound prints. After this Il goes into
large tin trays and il set in the water TO
harden, remaining until next morning,
when it is wrapped in damp cloths and
placed upon shelves, one above another,
in the tin-lined cedar tubs, with ice in
the compartments at the ends, and then
goes immediatsly to market. Mating
is drawn over the tu6, and it is sur
rounded again BY oil-cloth so as TO keep
out the hot air and dust, and the butter
arrives in prime condition, commanding
the highest price.
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HEARTILY.

South BosToN, Feb.7. 1870.
Mr.. STEVENS:
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and general debility of the
system.
I can heartily recommend
it 10 all suffering from the
above complaints.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. MUNROE PARKER,
| Sc Athens street,
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True Love Gone Out OF Fashion.

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, I
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 2, 1877.