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'rts Is exceedingly small In this country,

perts is exceedingly small In this country,
since enormous landed estates are few here,
Therefore our correspondent will make
better use of his time, and save his little
capital for investment in the farm he desires
to have, II he enters into the employment of
some active. intelligent, cntcrprising, and
enlightened practical farmcr-and many
such may be found-and goes TO work with
him in the fields. The old maxim that no
who expects to thrive by farming must
either hold the plough or drive, IL specially
applicable to the small farmer. Such a man
cannot make living, oven scanty one,
unless he works with his own hands. and
works hard. He cannot spend his time in
thcoiilng or trying fancy experiments but
must be up by sunrise, and off in the fields,
or among his cattle, and keep at IL until sun
down. The advantage of an actual apprcn-
tlccship under practical farmer will be
that our correspondent will learn Just what
can hc done at the business just how much
may he made out of it, and how to go about
his task.
While so engaged let him read the stand
ard works on agriculture, and follow from
week to week the agricultural notes and
discussions in THE WEEKLY Sun. Then.
when he has acquired both the theory and
practice of farming, he will toe fitted to sc-
lect and buy place of his own, and when 1t
has been bought, to conduct II economically,
wisely. and successfully. But he must not
he afraid to take of his coat and 20 to work.
whether the sun shines or the rain hours.
II he il prudent. sober, and Industrious, he
Will make fair living. and enjoy the indie
pcndcncc of owning his own homo. Mean
time, let him get good wife, and his for
tune will be cnyiahlc
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curious fact that in Denmark the rite o
confirmation, upon which the exercise o
many civil franchises depends, can only bt
administered to those persons who are pro
vidcd with q certhca1 Of capacity from
tho educational authorities.
The Swiss Confederation, whose popula.
ton somewhat exceeds two and half mil
lions, Is held superior to any other European
state as regards the working Of its schools
and the qualifications OF tho masters The
aggregate expenditure of the confcderacy
Tor educational purposes Is computed at
Ssoo,OO0, apportioncd among 1000 establish
mcnts. The number of pupils is 100000,
whichis nearly equivalent to one scholar for
every six inhabitants.
Passing now to Austria-Hungary, we
observe that the children of tho pre-
scribcd school ago are estimated at more
than three and half millions, of
which at least sevcnty-iivc per cent. are
registered attendants at the primary insti-
tutions. The thirty thousand schools are
quito equally distributed between the
Cislcithan provinces and Hungary. OF what
vast import this state of things must prove
To tho next generation of Magyars may he
measured by the fact that not long ago
lightweight per cent. of the conscripts in
the German provinces could read and write,
while In Hungary the ratio fell to sixteen
per cent
We may glance next at the States of the
German Empire, and first Mt Wurtcmbcrg
which contains the most generally educated
population of Europe. With less than two
millions Of inhabitants, it has more than
five thousand schools, and the astonishing
fact is perfectly authenticated that In II 900
recruits for the army only eight ilitcrato
persons could be discovered The record Of
SaNony Is not quite 50 favorable. This ma
tion however Of about two and Il half mil
lion souls can show 1000 primary schools
and 10000 pupils. II appears that the mill
tary contingent for recent year, which
amounted TO 800 men, included but II sol
dicrs who could not read and write. In
Bavaria, with its five million inhabitants.
We find upward Of eight thousand element
AIRY public schools. frequcntcd by GDO.OOO
children. Finally Prussia, which. according
To the last census. embraces nearly twenty
six millions Of inhabitants. maintains about
twcnty-siX thousand primary schools. Ru-
dlmcntary instruction, moreover Is given
Mt great many institutions of supe-
rior grade, as well as at Sunday schools
On the whole, 1t is computed that the total
school attendance in Prussia does not fall
much short Of five millions, the period fixed
by law in this ease being from five 10 thr-
teen or fourteen years. Ii was found that
in the contingent which was drawn in the
year 1870 II, and which took part in the
franco-German war, only 81 per cent were
illitrratc persons. This fact is calculated to
remind us of tho remark made by BISMARCK
to French educational official. who had
been charged with mission to Berlin:
Two things he said, have made Prussia
what she is-her compulsory military SER
vice, and her compulsory school system"
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The Maine Democratic Endorsement of
IIaycs's Title.

Down in Maine according TO the gloss
that has been put by MI WILLIAMS, the
Democratic nominee for the Office Of Coy
ernor, upon the resolutions Of the Demo-
cratic Convention, Mr.. IIAYI.s's title to the
Office Of President Is to be held good By
Democrats as well as Republicans. More
over II the doctrine Of this Maine Democrat
Is sound, there Is nothing whatever b. pre-
vent Il repetition OF the mode Of making
valid title to the Office OF President that was
, pursued in the case of Mr. HAYES This is
the way Mr.. WILLIAMS puts IL IN his letter
l accepting the nominations
Considering the second resolution nowhere onl ip
II any Impeachment ~ uie rrc,irifs title M il,. l,i,
once winch h" now oOcuIlrs and have f.u, an
hce"ilh- 10 II my iul conc lrreuoe That ur. unnsh
biouiN contested WAS recognized and became valid %,
the dcrNiou ~ the tribunal which acted uuirr auil,t,
Of law, To Mhl'h h parties ami all the States through
UelI senator ahl Representatives in Cungres,had gwen
th'if "'n'la' hs@n t Tic fraud charged hy that ro,o
luton referred e'l understand hy ulc Language used L,
Hhhth'N"a Ml'h took place ia thc dis harse OF III.
functions 4" le Returning boards of Louisiana and other
hiaics-t-al ana fraudulent act. within tho CONNIE
tnoy OF those States respectively tod,al Win
hay" occurred rs alleged and yet be br, oud the r,
h@T Jurisdiction 10 Juiically determining NV "
We leave IT to tho Democrats OF Mama 10
@teinlno whether Mr.. WILLIAMS truly
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How TO Learn Farming.
A correspondent submits to US question
Of such Importance that it deserves very
careful answer. Here 1t Isl


SIR would YOU advise young man who wi.hc. TO
pursue the hNocauon of farming tor livelihood 10 invest
IHrt oi M money when he i.o age of the state
AGRICULTURAL schools supposng he to get about 81 upli
DO you think lac is then too old to take condensed
conr-c in aFricuiuircf
And do you think hi1 money will be amply refunded
nam IN time to come tor the amount VI time and money
expended"
We should not advise this young man TO
spend his time and money at ono Of the State
agricultural schools. In order to acquire
such knowledge of farming rs those schools
teach he would have to cXpcnd large slice
Of his thousand dollars; and when he had
got tho knowledge very likely he would
fail In the practical management Of tho
farm he could buy with SO small capital.
We do not undcrratc the value of the ag-
ricultural schools They servo a useful pur-
pose, and aid in extending knowledge of
scientific farming but the time Of young
man 50 situated as our correspondent may
he better employed than at ono of them.
lhose schools ara established IN Germany,
ana tho instruction there is OF the most
thorough sort; but their students are not
small farmers. They are either young men
VINO nave, o. expect to have, large estates of
thclr own, or those who arc undertaking to
III themselves as professional agricultural
experts, In order to be employed by the
great landlords. The demand for such ex-
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Several Colorado cattle broke loose in the
streets yesterday afternoon. and there was an
exciting chase or series Of chasos before they
were secured. Fortunately. nobody WIS killed.
though one jealous policeman had Il thorough
fright and very narrow escape. The poor
hrut"s were evidently half-crazcd with thirst;
one OF them actually tumblcd Off pier into the
river in Its caeerness 10 get water. II wild cat
lie are To become feature Of metropolitan life.
no time should be- lost in drillin., the police in
the use Of the lasso. Had not Senior PALLEcrR
Of Guatemala come to the rescue yesterday
with his trunk rope. one Of the beasts might
possibly have been at large yet.
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them turns States evidence and a number of
citizens suddenly vanish from Owen and Henry
counties without leaving their new Post ca {
addresses
In Carroll county II is the leading citizens and
the sworn officers OF the law who do tho MUIR
dering. Mr.. ANDERSON makes himself OBJ
noNious TO his neighbors. The Shcriffs house
burns down, and the Sheriff, rightly or wrongly,
suspects ANDERSON Of having set fire to it. 1t
is decided TO run the ANDEEsoSs out Of the
county. But the ANDERsoNs refuse to bulge.
The Sheriff is equal TO the emergency. lie in
vit's party of friends. including his prcde-
ccssor in Office and the teacher IT the village
school. TO join him in little fun" They take
their guns. go TO the ANDERSON place at the
dead OF night. set fire to the house then hide
behind the trees in the front yard. and, as the
door opens. fire into the rassagcway young
girl drops on her fathers threshold MORALLY
wounded, and the Sheriff cx-Sherin, school
teacher. and their respectable companions
mount their horses and ride home, having had
their fun.
1t behooves the law-nbiding people Of Ken
lucky 10 see to it that these incidents are less
frequent in the future than they have been in
the past.
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Secretary SHERMAN. in his Ohio speech.
said that s26o.OO0.oOO Of g per cent. bonds mad
been sold for coin. 4 cores pondrnt in Ohio
writes asking us if this $500 100000 of coin was
actually received or. If not. how the business
was transacted. Our Understanding OF the
matter is that very little COIN II any. was in
fact paid over for those bonds. ThNy were is
sued nominally at par in coin. but really in cN-
change FOR an equal amount of old bonds and
no more gold was employed than the small
quantity needed 10 rel resent old bonds not inn
mcdiately prOcurahlc.
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The recent glhnpses afforded the public of
me anu manners in rural kentucky are de-
cld'dly interesting, Owen and Henry counties
II seems, nave been infested for years by gang
OF oatl-bound thieves and despcradoes. who
nave carried things with high hand until this
summer A member OF this gang wanted his
young son put out of tho way; the boy didn't
get on wei with his stcpmothcr. and, besides.
WAS hali-wllted, "blab- mouthcd" brat. whose
tongue might make trouble. Some of the other
members obligingly murdered tho boy. getting
so and Il pistol for their trouble. Now one of
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How Hayes Got hi. ONCE,


'f''' nv 'F'"hNf '""isf
You are Interested in me and those with mo
" tHn. OF IN" great trust Winch, under the Constitution
anu ""s mas deNnlNcd upon rs -Hise,s Ji,,'h Y,eig
Tho President very discreotly RETAINED from
ntrultlh. MS position To- any act of the people.
70 nave gwen the devil his due he should have
mentlonedthat he owed his office Ia Wells and
Anderson. thnl brace of scoundrcls who even
now are IN washington awaiting their crca-
them from the indictment for perjury and for
gerry now hanging over them.
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The Fraudulent Administrations next
friend, Mr.. STANLEY MATTHEWS. mad. a long
speech Mt Athens, Ohio. last evening. His
topics We're. HAYEss title. HAYES southern
policy. HAYEss civil service reform. and the
dollar OF our fathers. Mr. MATTHEWS is a warm
admirer OF this coin. and says that he Joins
heartily in the demand for the remonotiza-
tion Of silver without other limit than il So
cured 10y Government control of its quantity.
guided by an experience II the results" This.
he adds, is the only safe road TO RESUMPTION.
lie is clear ~ TO the legal and moral right to pay
of the national debt in silver the only question
with him is the question Of expcdi, ncy. Mr.
STANLEY MArTHEws's utcrances on the other
matters selected by him Tor discussion are Of no
consequence.
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Sacred song Not ny a.. Washington tht,,.

II" following ar" two -tan2as Of n sacred
Smnf Mu"n Is very popular among IN. c,l-
,r'd Wnr1hpprrs of tins oity. and viii i.,-,
i"I.e run, particularly on revival oet;t,l'n-'
shake ie aus on oh my feet
A. walk barefoot ON ti, gull, "a .ir..t
knuM my h.i,', cllD 4 fIll OF Sill
b"l kno" old Pete VIII let me m
'hofus-nen rise, children. up in arrowd
Al shout an sing ltlc angels l.iI
~ rs Your eyes uu tio Ian al rc.t
Nae he. am hot as hornet nest
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HAYES informed Mr.. GEORGE Fnrsprr

HAYES informed Mr.. GEORGE FRrsBIE
HoAR and his fellow townsmcn that the terri
tory OF tho United States stretched from the
torrid zone on the south TO the frigid zone on
the morrill, This bit Of geographical informa-
ton Is accurate. though hardly novel. What
HAYES omitted 10 say was that since SAMUEL J.
IILDEN sailed for Europe, there has not been
anywhere in this vast territory n man whom the
people of the United States have ever elected to
be their President
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An Interesting Suggestion.

'TT7T7 I'TTTIT7TT
with fine scorn the New York Wo,H in
iorns the publ that il dorsn't know Mr.. Stllsnu
>. Hut'hlh- who has been reported rs srrtina
ihe purchase of that paper, nor even who he is'
~" rnndrr would lee rash T. inirr that the
Wp,Id ~ not for sale, orthRt Mr. Iutrhins will
not buy IT, WehegpnatouS nilV be- rdffi,d on
M PrluNWrdnid The UOrh. indeed, may moi
oNen kMOW Who OMMs Tho NOrLL
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An artist named MAcMAsrEn is painting n

An artist named MAcMAsrER is painting n
portrait Of the rapidly evoluiing Mr.. TRAIN.
sitting on IA bench in Madison square, sur
rounded 10y rosy children and airrctionatc spar
rows. The picture is heroic in its proportions
ten feet square-and will bc exhibited in New
York, London. and Paris. If Mr.. TRAIN is
finally compelled TO carry out his threat Of flee
ing to Asia TO escape public observation. and
establishing himself somewhere in the interior
OF that extensive continent. say in the Desert Of
Cobb. this remarkable portrait OF very re-
markablc man will be greatly enhanced in value.
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Donahue Released on $500 Hail.

CORNING. y. Y, Aug. 25.-I am released on $500
ban lohh hasseu ami Mr. Manly 7 Wagner OF Bath
nave bec"mr my securities Will my trends in New
i,"lh Hl"h the middle al next week. Mill go home 10
ulOh my OOndslntn AT hulne. BAkst, j Dos Am. -"
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The dc facto Secretary Of War announces
that Gen. o. o. HOWARD is not to be- relieved
from the command for which he has shown
himself to possess such amazing qualifications.
Carry the news to JosrpU
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How Is Mr.. RANDALL. to-day the chief nation
81 representative nt Pennsylvania Democracy L. nd ut
hs recent expressions Of sympathy with the texas lac
Nc subsidy and other Federal argrs~ to the South
te'r stringent resolutions of his partys state CanNcn
uonf-SND '2qsM hpabi"ia.
What evidence have you that he has made any
such expressions? He denies 1t. and now
bring on your proofs.
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T-T W. 'TT'F Ff0ITF1 NJ
a. ny me way, haven't tho oratorical efforts OF
Ky I'sWFli ana Cabinet officers IN Attendance tnnn
Nm Wv. is t." L-an1 been rather yaeuous and polnllcsa
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18

lection, but, as a rule, affection is merely
the result of two persons being thrown
much together, and having many interests
in common. The advice l would give to
girls intending to marry is: Keep your
head clear, and look out for the best COM
mercial partnership that you can find. If
you do not positively dislike your future
partner you will find that after you have
married him, you will like him, and in
reasonable, sensible way, love him. There
is nothing mercenary or selfish in this
view of marriage. OF course it is more
agreeable to be endowed with much of
this world s goods than with little of them.
If Brown, Jones and Robinson all want
to marry you, each one is personally, in
all probability, neither better nor worse
than the others. Therefore, if Brown is
well-to-do, and Jones and Robinson are
not in a position which would justify
their marrying, then I say marry Brown,
unless there is some very excellent rea-
son to the contrary.-Home Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-18
Fruits of Central Asia.

Eugene Schuyler, in writing of Turk
istan, says that the gardens constitute
the beauty of all the land. The long
rows of poplar and elm trees, the vine
yards, the dark foliage of the pomegran-
ate over the walls, transport one, at once,
to the plains of Lombardy, or of South
ern France. In the early spring the out
skirts of the cities, and indeed the whole
valley, are one mass of white and pink,
with the bloom of almond and peach, of
cherry and apple, of apricot and plum,
which perfume the air for miles round.
These gardens are the favorite dwelling
places in summer, and we'll they may be /;
nowhere are fruits more abundant, and
of some varieties it can be said that no.
where are they better. The apricots and
nectarines, think, it would be impossi-
BILE to surpass anywhere. These ripen in
June, and from that time until winter,
fruit and melons are never lacking.
Peaches, though smaller in size, are bet
ter in flavor than the best in England !;
but they are far surpassed by those of
Delaware. The big blue plums of Bulk
hara are celebrated through the whole of
Asis. The cherries are mostly small and
sour. The best apples come either from
Khiva or from Susak, to the north of
Turkistan; but the small white pears of
Tashkent are excellent in their way. The
ounce, as with us, is cultivated only for
jams or marmalades, or for flavoring
soup. Besides watermelons, there are in
common cultivation ten varieties of early
melons, and six varieties which ripen
later, any of which would be good ad-
dition to our gardens. In that hot eli
mate they are particularly wholesome,
and form one of the principal articles of
food during summer. When man Is
warm and thirsty, he thinks nothing of
sitting down and finishing couple of
them. An acre of land, if properly pre-
pared, would produce in ordinary years,
from two to three thousand, and in very
good years twice as many. Of grapes |
noticed thirteen varieties, the most of
them remarkably good. The Jews distill
kind of brandy from the grapes, and
the Russians have begun to make wine
but all the brandies which l have seen,
both red and white, were harsh and
strong, and far inferior to the wines of
the Crimea or the Caucasus. Large
quantities of fruit are dried, and are
known in the Russian commerce by the
name of irtum or kishmish, although the
latter is only properly applied to a certain
kind of grape. If the fruit were dried
properly and carefully, it might become
a very important article of trade, as it is
naturally so sweet that it can be made
into confotes and preserves without the
addition of sugar.
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A WISE TEACHER.-"What do We have
the Fourth of July forl" asked Broad
way boy of his mother.
Fourth of July9 Why, Freddy, I'm
ashamed of you! We have Fourth of
July to celebrate the-husband, l declare
can't think for the moment, what
is itg'
"Why, don't you know why we cele-
brate the Fourthl Who was it discovered
America"
christopher Colambus!" exclaimed
the mother and boy simultaneously.
fright; and when did he discover iti'
"Why, on the Fourth of July,
of course" replied the mother, "but
I've got the worst memory about these
historical facts"
THAT'S it." said the father, encourage
ingly. columbus discovered America on
the Fourth Of July, and the nation Gel
ebrates the day in honor Of the event.
Freddy, want you to study up. l
should feel awfully mortified had you
asked me such q question before COM
psuy."
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Sheep Thieves.

Robert Michael, a farmer near West
Chester, Butler county, Ohio, awoke
Wednesday morning to find that his
flock of sheep, thirty-six head, had been
stolen during the night. He could trace
the track of the flock down the road, and
Immediately saddled his horse, and fol-
lowed at brisk canter. AT the Sixteen
Mile House, on the Reading Road, in the
tavern yard, he saw twenty-four sheep,
which he recognized as his own.
The inn-keeper said that two men had
come by in covered wagon and with a
flock of sheep, but had gone again, leav-
ing the sheep there for safety. Some
passers-by told of a covered wagon seen
down the road, which undoubtedly con-
tanned sheep, as they were heard bleating
The farmer again vaulted into the sad
die, and followed the wagon to this city,
where he lost the trail. He reported to
the Chief of Police, who detailed detec-
tives Amptaur and Kushman to look up
the matter. In very short time these
detectives found a wagon answering the
description at a Wagon yard on Walnut
street, above Liberty. In that wagon
they found one VIM Hotter asleep. He
was awakened and closely questioned,
and finally confessed that he was one OF
the thieves, and that the other had
gone with the sheep to a slaughter house
on upper Vine street. Hotter was taken
into custody, and the detectives went to
the slaughter house mentioned. There
they found the stolen animals, hanging
MS toothsome mutton, at the SHAMELESS
They also found John Jeffreys, the other
thief.
Both prisoners were confronted by
Michael, the farmer. In Hotter he rec
ognized man who was his neighbor fol
fifteen years and only moved away last
year. 1t is thought that Hotter and
Jeffreys have been making profession
of this sort Of theft, and the officers hope
to turn up more live stock stolen by
them. Both were lodged in Bremen
Street Station.-CincinDati Gasstte.
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A COSTLY JoKE.-An English farmer
has recently been compelled to pay the
costs of practical joke. He was sitting
in the bar,room of the Greyhound Inn
one night and taking his usual fankard
of ale, when his eye Glanced to fall on
the sleeping form of a man with a long
beard. He went to the fire, and lighting
piece of paper, deliberately applied it
to the sleeping mans beard. There was
bright, rushing flame for second or
two; the man sprang to his feet in agony !;
the joke was complete, and the farmer
roared in ecstacy. The unfortunate SUI
ferer, who happened to be the village tai
lor, knew that the farmer was man of
substantial means, and acted according
ly. He brought an action for $3.50 dam
ages in the Malmesbury County Court in
due course. According to the plaintiffs
evidence, his beard was eighteen inches
long when he lay down, after having some
ale. The next thing be remembered was
his face being on fire, while man Helped
to put out the flame. The defendant sat
in his seat roaring with laughter, and did
not offer any assistance, nor did he offer
any apology for what he had done. His
lips were burned severely, his face was
blistered, his beard, eyebrows, and eye
lashes were burned to the skin, and one
eye and one ear scorched. The magistrate
awarded him $3.50 and costs.