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Behold hr comoin. and the air is nun flint
What 4, ice that COME H. ami 90 whom /, the air iu'
Thou l Ilu.f amt ,u-llrr' 'unll ~ hc auglt csc
Than t lay and festive honperf Lo' he eomeIh nnmer
ain numbers so frcat rar the optical powers OF
cannot encompass himl
He cau,ch tic harvest 10 disappear like tale that's
toif
We hchoid It in the morning, AMI NJ NIGHT mot
IT.. tAu-.fh me in.si man totor-.i li. goodness,
Ant lnn with him that j. Wick,d m cur,ng vigorously,
AMI tu make use at Language uu 'Dtmly Ia man.
I.,. pc be- lost iu ldhjrWti ul cA ito l,i-c,.
The cr of the soil is mortal bat TIC hopper never Nlcsl
Each year he 4, predatos UPON the Western harvest
And each year We hear the plnhuNe wall,
we lave hecu lnppt riuNd
That ding, Ike those IA add DC, marvel much,
Nor can good brulhel Ialmaae tell ue why AMI where
iO!c Ol Them.
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4 Goose's Fatal Fury.


Yesterday afternoon pigeon and full
grown gpos', feeding IN the promises OF Mr.. W
H. Porter. North Cumberland. got into u quar-
rel, pre-umlby over th" division Of their din
head putting ia a liftir peck whenever he
could. hut finally received blow from In"
Poosr'- bin, and II w. true 10 il habits, aiming
follow u, watching the pigeon until II be-
came necessary to con 'rntrate ia attention on
dashed ngaii-t The wall aud lel To- the ground.
doal Whom It was picka W ia neck VAS
found 10 b. broken.
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Tho following correspondence has lately
p0es Il between Michigan scholar and a firm
OF produce dealers in Boston:
PfsrwAri q. Jan No. ~
Mr. Snow Coz sir-pirl.c wuehi and ht mc kupN m
yuu want s,t amy h,e Hogs trN are fhr Sitria of
ur Inr,utiu, a yoA want tl.n Dead % A4,c AID low
a. -'ul o. 900
amt What are they Worth
NB-iha,e SGT one ia tie Tree ana can get Him wheni
want 90
The following answer was returned:
BnsroN. Jan % 1877
prr SIN. lclsohoss on Keep hiin up tlc tree Ill
nm llAl N lAIN...
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Why sccor Kobe.on'. Friend. are Rich.

nm Ne SIN Fdrrisu OfouiN.
One Of the Russian vessels of war was
damaged "A short time ago 10y a steamer running
into her stern. Parties here offered to repair
the damage tor about $500 but before the Offer
was accepted the ship was ordered up Ia Mare
Island, whore the authorities estimated tho
damages nj s9l1 and the work is now being
done al thAt llnno.
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Different families have moved 10 AMI from, In
and out Of the houses, during the umo alluded
TO- but this has failed Ia make the result less a
curiosity. W forhar 10 lp...t" thr cirrum-
stance. for fear that the owner the four houses
might not be able 90 n nj them as readily a. he
would the two which have been 80 mu Il moro
favored by Providence.
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the market closed feverish and irregular M tho
lowest points VI the day. with Indications how
ever, OF an active speculation next wcck Erie
advanced from AZ TO So. and closed strong nj
the highest figures.
The following represents the opening high.
est md lowest sales. regular way of the prin-
cipal stocks during the past week. together with
the uIlmbpr ~ shnrpg dpult in 49,
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The owner of the piano factory which was

The owner of the piano factory which was
burned the other day being now pretty well
down. the newspapers are improving the
opportunity to give him the kicks which
they ought to liave given him during his
prosperity. This Joseph P. Hale was the
head of the bogus piano business, against
which the Music Trade Reusew las been
waging war for year or two past. the
progress of its campaign being fre-
quently reported in the Times, but we never
observed that the daily papers in New
York took much notice of the business till
it was broken up through no efforts OF
theirs. Hale manufactured in large guam
titles, the cheapest and most worthless in-
struments, aud decorated them with names
which were near enough to those OF repu-
table makers to deceive the unwary buy
ers, and at the same time evade the trade
mark law. Steinmay, Becker Bros, Web
Der, Krabe, are few of the names under
which bis worthless goods were put upon
the market, and all the efforts OF the makers
whose names he thus counterfeited TO stop
his trickery seemed unayailing.s For Hale
was sly dog, and as reckless of the lives
of his employees-for his factory. 1t will
be remembered, had twice tunbled down,
killing a number Of persons each time be-
fore this last frightful disaster. It is to be
hoped that Hale's business is finally ruined
now. but it would have been more credita-
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Sleeping Position.


The food passes from the stomach at
the right side, hencs its passage is facilito-
ted by going to sleep on the right side.
Water and other fluids flow equally on a
level, aud it requires less power TO propel
them ON level than upward. The heart
propels the blood to every part of the body
at each successive beat, and it is easy to
see that ii the body is In horizontal posi-
ton the blood will be sent to the various
parts of the system with greater ease, with
less expenditure of power, and more per-
fectly than could possibly be done il one
portion of the body were elevated above a
horizontal line. On the other hand, if one
portion of the body is too low, the blood
does not teturn as readily as it is carried
thither; hence, there is an accumulation
and distention, and pain soon follows. TIA
person goes 10 sleep with the head but q
very little lower than the body, he will
either soon wake up, or will die with apo
piexy before the morning simply because
the blood could not get back from the brain
as fast as it was carried to it. If q person
lays himself down on a level floor for sleep,
| i portion Of the head, at least, is lower than
the heart, and discoinfort is soon induced;
hence. very properly. the world over. the
head il elevated during sleep Hall
.JoHrnaI of HeaIlA.
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Farmers Luck.
Davenport Democrat,

Davenport Democrat,
The Aurora, H., Herald prints list of
sixteen farmers in that immediate vicinity,
(purposely leaving out all who inherited
any property from any s0urce,) each of
whom of worth from $4,000 to $500, 900,
and each commenced by working out for
very low wages. Some Of them began by
splitting rails and cutting wood at 25 cents
cord. The object is to show that after
money has beea earned, and saved to pur-
chase few acres Of land, an industrious
man can earn enough TO support himself
and family, and each year add to his pro-
ducing capacity until he finally secures a
competence; and that agriculture has sell
dom failed to repay him who fairly and hon-
estly devoted himself to the cultivation Of
the soil. We will wager a few million dol-
lars, more or less, that Scott county, Iowa,
can make better exhibit Of formers who
have carved fortunes out of their farms
than any other county in Iowa or Illinois
either. Among all the hundreds Of FARM
ers who have settled Scott county since
1850, possibly not over one in . hundred
began with any capital, and fully seventy
Eve per cent. of them are now worth al
most any reasonable sum over Sl5, 200. It
isall the result of persavering industry and
fruitful Of soil.
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Chinese Lotteries n the West.

We gave the facts few days ago that q
Chinaman had drawn ~, 900 in a Chinese
lottery on an investment of one bit. Every
town on the coast has a branch of this or
some other scheme, and it is kept constant
" running, with drawings made every night
at 10 o'clock. The nodus OpsrGndi is as
follows: A piece ofpaperi is marked off into
one hundred squares and numbered from
to one hundred. The person "bucking " at
the game has the privilege of putting down
any sum of money he chooses--the prize
being governed by the amount put down.
Then you have the privilege of marking ten
Of the numbers. Aduplicate copy is given
yol, and the original is kept y the agent.
When 10 o'clock arrives 100 numbers are
put into . jug and ten drawn out. If throe
of them correspond with the numbers you
marked on your ticket you get your money
back; il four are drawn your money is in-9
creased fifty per csntum; five, doubled. and
SO on, and IL ten are drawn you have a bo-
nanza, indeed. One gentleman in Califor-
mia, on four-bit investment, drew 50, ,000a
He was told that il he had put five dollars.
down he would have broken the bank, so
great would have been his winnings. Many
Chinese and not few whites invest in it,
but somehow prize strikes about as often
as lightning does.--R Reno, NeU. journal.
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Death Of Admiral seznues.
Yours respectfully,
JOSEPH P. BRADLEY.

MOBILE. Ala, August 80. - Admira l
Semmes died this morning at Point Clear.
Raphael Semmes was born in Charles
county, Nd, Sept. 27, 1909. He entered
the United States navy as midshipman in
1926: was made lieutenant in 1887, and
commander in 1856. Studied law before he
was promoted, and was admitted to the bar
at Cumberland, Md, in 1884, while await
ing orders. Served as an aide to General
Worth in the Mexican War. Resigned the
Secretaryship of the Lighthouse Board on
the outbreak of the civil war, and assumed
command of the Confederate steamship
Sumpter, ran the blockade at the mouth of
the Mississippi, July, 1861, when he began
his career as blockade runner and sue
cessful rebel cruiser, capturing several mer-
chant vessels. Was chased to Gibraltar,
blockaded in the port of Tangier, sold the
Sumpter, went to England, and, with the
kind aid of our British cousins, fitted out,
in 1862, the Alabama, which was manned
by an English crew. From August, 1862,
to June 10, 1864, when Captain WinsloW,
commanding the Kearsarge, sunk the Ala
bama, off Cherbourg, France, within sight
of thousands of witnesses, the Admiral had
everything pretty much his own way on the
high seas. An English yacht, the Grey
hound, conveniently saved Semmes' e.but
his career as cruiser ended with the loss
of the Alabama. He pracriced law in Mo
bile, Alabama, upon his return to the
States, and tried the platform as lecturer,
but with varying success. He has left an
account of his hair-breadth exploits, ane
two books reciting his services in the Mex
| ican war.
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The Precious Metals Of the Land Of indian.

On the eastern coast of the Gulf of Aka
ba runs the ancient land of Midian, and for
long years past that country has been sup
posed to TEEN with mineral wealth. The
Khedive, whose viceregal rule extends to
Midian, had long desire to put rumor to
the test, and asked Captain Burton to make
visit of inspection. The party, which in
cluded secretary and an able mining en-
gineer, M. George Marie, left Suez on the
21st of March last, and proceeded by way of
MoiIah to Eynounh bay, at the entrance of
the Wady, Or valley of Eynounh, on the
eastern side of the gulf. These wadias are
curious. The coast is divided from the in
terror by range of granite and porphyry
mountains, running about parallel with the
sea but water has worn it's way as usual,
and these gorges, each with its mountain
torrent occur at frequent intervals They
are barren, rocky places, with no possibili-
ty of much culture, and yet they all bear
signs Of abundant population in times gone
by.
Large tewns, built not of mud. as Arab
towns SO often are, but of solid masonry,
such as the Romans always used, roads cut
in the rock, aqueducts five miles long, re-
mains of massive fortresses, artificial lakes
all these signs of wealth and numbers, are
reported by Captain Burton. According to
him, the reasons of it all is not far to seek.
The rock is full of mineral wealth. Gold
and silver they found, and the former seems
to exist in quantity sufficient to repay the
labor of acquisition. Quartz and chlorides
occur with gold in them, just as they are
found in the gold districts of South Amer
ica. The party tested both the rock, by
crushing, and the sands of the stream, by
sitting, and each with good result. Tin and
antimony they also discovered, and they
had evidence of the existence of turquoise
mines. Each ruined town had it's mining
works; dams for washing the sand and
crushed rock were frequently seen scorie
lie about ancient furnaces; in short, the
traces are numerous of busy mining pop
ulation, in a country which seems to DC
full of mineral wealth. From Makna, OF
Mugna. the capital of the land of Midian,
up to Akaba, at the head of the gulf, Cap.
tain Burton reports the country as aurifer.
ous. and he believes the district southwards
as far as Gebel Hassani "a mountain we'll
known to geographers-top possess the same
character. He even goes SO far as to say
thai he has brought back TO life an ancient
California. London Times
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This road, which broke the back Of jay
Cooke 8 Co., and hastened the financial
crisis under which the country has suffered
ever since. is itself doing well. The east
ern and western sections, built 5s5 miles.
are in good order, and last year gave net
earnings of $500, ,0O0 The country along
the line is being rapidly settled, and lands
of corporations are sold for cash. or ex-
changed for bonds OF the corporation.
With increased business, the road must De
completed at no distant day. Boston and
New England have an interest in this en-
terprise. The whole road, from Lake Su-
perior to the Pacific, will be built as soon
40 Boston can run II read through The Hoo
sac tlaHnel to Lake Superior 10 meet It ;
and that IS exactly what Boston needs.
Nerburgport Herald.
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WHAT TEE WITS SAY.

1t is little singular that Christians viii
spend hundreds Of dollars trying to find q
sinner in heather lands when they could
with tWenty-cent looking glass, find mis-.
sionary work for lifetime. GLASGOW (Kg.)
Tines.
A prominent citizen in neighboring
village recently died. & neighbor who
knew him we'll reported his decease at this
Office, and told the reporter he ought to say
something handsome about him. 'sGood
man, was he?" suggested the reporter. "I
should say he was, was the enthusiastic re-
ply. :" For left-handed man, you'd find
few better. "-D -DaDb9ry Nescs.
A lady reader writes to the New York
Herald for a receipt to remove freckles.
a lady IN Rome who has tried the remedy
recommends the following: "Bathe the
face lightly with cologne water after tea,
a9d ahaontt u. a n, hrnah both cheeks. tha
mustache. If this does not remove the
freckles, it will, under ordinary circumstan-
ces, cause them to be orgotten.-Ronns
Sentinel
A newspaper Office in Chicago hired a
colored janitor some time ago named Thom-
as Jefferson; not long afterward vacancy
was made and another colored man took
his place named John Adams. John cleft"
for certain reasons, and his place was filed
by James Madison, colored; James talked
some of leaving the other day, and at once
there were two applicants for the expected
vacancy, one named George Washington
and the other Benjamin Franklin. Fact
N. z. Herald. ,s.,, 1a.9
She was ironing when her sister came IN
with the news that an uncle was dead.
" Dead p' she gasped nearly dropping the
iron from her hand. Her face was very
pale, as was that of her sister, as they
both stood there looking at each
other with that awe struck expression
which a death leaves upon the faces Of the
living. 'Deadv she repeated in faltering
voice. sit doesn't seem possible. It is so
sudden, SO unexpected, so dreadful that
can scarcely realize it. What are you 60
ing to wear? ?"'-Danbury Ne,os.
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Democratic Endorsement.

Richmond. Va, Sept. s.--senator Bay
ard, Of Delaware, who is in this city, in am
swer to the question what he thought about
the policy OF President Hayes, said /
thank God for it. He has disposed Of the
only obstacle that stood between the suf-
fering South and the full enjoyment Of her
constitutional liberties. he has not only
carried out the Democratic policy, but he
has carried the Republicans with him. I
think lie has the cordial support of fully rs
per cent Of bis party Many who were
doubtful at first, now see the time was rips
for full restoration Of every 6outherA
State to self-government under the Consti-
tuition. The history OF the States since the
troops were renoved,i is one of the very best
arguments why the Republicans and Dem
ocrats should approve Hayes policy.
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Foolish Risks IN Shooting.

The Richmond, Va, Whig Of Wednesday
says: Yesterday afternoon at the shoot
ing gallery on Broad street, near Ninth,
some extraordinary feats OF Workmanship
were executed by Mr.. John Hartman, Jr.,
the proprietor Of the gallery, and Mr. ".
n. Ralston. The latter named gentleman
held in his mouth hard pine block, seven
eights of an inch thick, and third OF
an inch wide, at distance Of about 80 feet,
standing face to face with Mr.. Hartman,
Who fired the shot and pierced the centre
Of the block, without the least injury TO
Mr.. Ralston. Several other fine shots,
though fun Of risk, we're made, among
which was shooting an apple off the head
and from the mouth, snuffing . candle,
knocking ashes from cigar held in The
mouth, backward shots with looking glass,
| and several others, I
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The wool clip Of the United States for
1875 was about 200, 900, 600 pounds; OF
England, Ireland and Scotland, about 169,-
0,0O0, mostly combing !; Of the Continent
of Europe, about 463, 900, 600; of Anstral-
asia, about $50, ,ooo, 600; of Buenos Ayres
and River La Plata, about 207, ,0O0, 900
pounds. These are the principal wool
growing countries of the world, and pro-
produce 1852, 0Oo, 900, out Of She estimated
/, 419, 900, 600 produced on the entire globe.
The selling value Of the entire clip would
probably aggregate $450, ,0O0, 900. Out of
!, ,z19 ,0OO, 900 pounds Of wool (tne estimated
clip there would be fully loss Of 587,
000, 900 pounds in securing, making the
net yield of clean wool about s52, 0OO, 900
pounds. Scientific american.
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TIE FARMER's WIFE

Up with the birds in the early morning
The dewdrops glow like precious gem;
Beautiful tints in the skies are dawnins,
But she's never moment to look at them.
The men ate wanting their breakfast early;
She mnst mt linrar she mnst NOT wait -
For words that are sharp and looks that are surly
Are what men give when meals are late.
Oh, glorious colors the clouds turning.
If she would but look over hills and trees;
But here are the Dishes and here is the churning-
Those things always must yield 70 these.
The world is ded with the wine of teautr,
If she could but pause and drink it in;
But pleasure, she says, must wait for duty
Neglected work is committed sin.
The day grows hot and her hands grow weary;
Oh, for an hour to cool her head,
Out with the birds in the winds so CHEEKY!
But she must get dinner and bake the bread.
The busy men in the bayfield, working
If they saw her sitting with idle hand,
Would think her lazy and call it Sinking,
And she meyer could make them understand.
They do not know that the heart within her
HCngers for beauty and things sublime;
They only know that they want their dinner
Plenty of it---and just :" on time"
And after the sweeping and churning and baking,
And dinner dishes are all put by,
She sits and sews, though her head is aching,
Till time for supper and "chores draws nigh
Her boys at school must look like others.
She says, as she patches their frocks and hose !;
For the world is quick to censure mothers
For the least neglect of children's clothes.
Her husband comes from the field of labor;
He gives no praise to his weary wife;
She's done no more than has her neighbor;
'Tis the lot of all in country life.
But after the strife and weary tussle
With life is done, and she lies at rest,
The nations brain and heart and muscle
Her sons and daughters--shall call her blest.
And think the sweetest Joys of heaven.
The rarest bliss of eternal life,
And the fairest crown of all will be given
Unto the way-worn farmers wife.
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A Baby by EXPRESS.

People who are fond of the practical the
ory of the advent of babies which makes
them angels, escaped through the gates
left ajar by compassionate saint, will be
Mortified to hear of the modern prosalc pro-
cess of obtaining babies by express. But
it is fact. A lady in this city, desiring 2
house flower of this sort, and having fan
cy for the daughters of the Sunny South
sent description of the kind of a child she
wanted to founding hospital in New or-
leans. A day or two ago she received re-
DIV that a child suiting her description had
been found among the babies in the hospl-
tai. and that it was on its way to Cincinna-
ii. Imagine her sensation yesterday morn
inc when the messenger of the Adams Ex-
press rang the bell and announced pack
ape for Mrs.-, at the same time pre-
senting little human fairy, little giri q
tender years, with an express label tied g
one little arm. The package was duly re-
csipted for and was gladly Welcomed
Csn. Gasstte. august 2Oth.
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The freight rate on cattle from Ogden to
Chicago has just been reduced to 1920 per
car. The trans to run as fast as shippers
desire. Eighteen miles an hour is the
guaranteed time, with ample facilities at
convenient points for resting and feeding.
This brings Chicago into competition with
San Francisco on the drives that have hith-
erto been made from Eastern Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho; and will secure to this
point and to the roads leading east from
here, the traffic that has hitherto gone over
the C. p. r. r. from Winnemucca. It will
also cause great many of the Montana
cattle that, up to this time, have been load
ed on at Cheyenne, principally, to take the
cars at Ogden. This will be the means Of
throwing considerable money among our
business men. And it will render the en-
largement of the stock yards here, a neces-
sity. This should be speedily attended to
as we hear of number of droyers who
have already decided to drive large bands
here for shipment. Ogden FREEMAN.