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Interesting Statistics.

Kansas leads every state in the Union
in the yield of corn per acre, berg iorty-
three and fve-tenths bushels. New
Hampshire comes next, with a yield OF
forty-two. Vermont followswith thirty
nine Ohio, thirty.six aud seven-tenths;
Wisconsin, thirty-four; Indiana, Iowa
and Nebraska thirty Michigan, twenty
nine Missouri, twenty-seven and eight.
tenths; Minnesota, twenty five and
four tenths; Texas and Illinois, twenty
siA each.
Illinois takes the lead in the ost crop,
growing 43,7S9,5Sl out Of the total
49,, ,I07, ,159 bushels.
Iowa produces the largest spring wheat
crop OF any state, the production OF the
United States being IL, ,549, ,533 bushels,
and that of Iowa 2S,707 1872 bushels,
while Wisconsin ranks next, with a.
276, ,435 bushels.
Ohio raises the most winter wheat,
27,625,759 of the IT'S, 1876, 1913 bushels
produced in the United States, and also
more than half the FAX produced in the
country. fhe wool yield Of the state is
one-fifth that Of the United States and
double that of California.
Pennsylvania supplies one-fifth Of the
rye produced in this country, or S,s0,-
GAL bushels out of 16, 9lS,795.
California produces the largest barley
crop, or 8,7S3,490 out Of a total OF
90, 761 ,S05 bushels, and also ninetenths
of our native silk c0cOons. ..
New York is the largest cultivator OF
buckwheat, raising 9,9O4, ,03O OF total
of 9,S21 72l bushels,
Mississippi takes the lead among the
cotton-growing states.
Kentucky grows more than half the
hemp crop of our country.
New York produces more than one
fifth of the hay crop, or nearly twice al
much as Pennsylvania, which furnishes
the next largest figure in that line. New
York furnishes, also, more than two
thirds of the hop crop of the country.
South Carolina supplies nearly halt th'
rice produced in the country. Ieorgii
is next, er 1000, 900 pounds ahead o
Louisiana. Nearly all the rice come
from these three states.
Of the 272,7S4,34 pounds of tobacc'
produced in the country, 1Q6,SO5, ,S2
pounds are grown in Kentucky. Vir
ginia comes next, with 43, 3,0S6 1854 pounds
Louisiana contributes nearly all tn
sugar and molasses from cane, and Yer
mont nearly oue-third of the sugar Q
maple, while New York produces one
fourth the sugar from maple.
Ohio and Indiana produce each one
eighth Of sorghum molasses: q.
New York grows one.fiith ofthe whol
, potato crop. North Carolina produce
more sweet potatoes than any other state
New York raises one-6fth Of th
national supply of peas and beans ~,
California produces more than one-h@l
the native wine. sT'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ENGLAND is contemplating the building
os rsilwav on the east side Of the Sea oi
N Tarmors, parallel with the BOsporus'
The French artillery having discarded
A.on1s @ ordnance fOr steel breeehtoad6.ers'
grIoUd groIoU is the last country left which clings
= ~" tSs % bronze muSale- leaders
The Russians are having one hundred
...,,nJo nn boats built on the model OF lhe one
W, CHASED in England, but no part Of the
ppsder has come to that country, as inteIna'
t,% tional complications might hinder its iuinll-
meuk
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

steamers left New York for Eu.
SatuFday-the Adriatic, Egypt
wa Tor Liverpool, the Oder for
and the Canada for Londcn.
Of freight taken was almost
Hented. Indeed, more was offered
pm could be found for in the
pa IN some instances it was
in the steerage. The shipments
aggregated nearly 10000 bush
|nere were large exports of bacon
|fr provisions, in addition to
F OF flour, butter, cheese, and
IoduGis, Another consignment
c'n dry goods went out.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
COULD WE BUT KNOW.

Could we but know
The land that ends our dark, uncertain travel,
whore lie those happier hills and meadows low
Ahl Il beyond the spirits inmOst cayil
Aught OF that country could We surely know,
Who would not go9
Might we but hear
he lowering angels high imagined chorus,
Or catch, beiimes with wakeiul eyes and clear,
One radiant vista Of the realm before US
with one rHpt moment given to see and bear,
Ah who would fear?
Were we quite sure
To find the peerless friend who left us lonely,
Or there, by some celestial stresm as pure,
To gaze In eyes that here were loyelit only
This weary mortal coil we are quite cure
Who would endure2
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

.,ootipr in Cambridge, Mass,
! vas given to the effect that
.i.b I spsrrow has driven cur na-
4. from Washington and from
ommon, that insects are incfeas-
,nmfers, and that the sparrow
4 hubs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

paid that the fighting Of the
to be mainly performed rather
|ery than by infantry and cav.
pich would be in favor of such
as aie not in a position to
} great standing armies. AL
Belgium there isa very large
France of artillery. At the last
King Leopold saw on the field
pieces, which is a great deal for
consisting Of 10000 men of all
war footing, and of only
time Of peace.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

! Kiss in the Dark" was played
se by amateurs in Mount Sterling,
i to the point where the young
,es the pretty girl. Then it was
hntO a tragedy, The girls real
Hlops Of her stage lever, and dis
thst the kissing was genuine and
Eished, shot the offender on the
Fde wound was triaing, but it
/ The performance to a close,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

TEACHER With reading class.-Boy
(reading)-" Aud as she sailed down the
4iyer-S Teacher--"Why are ships
called shelf Boy (precoeiously alive to
the responsibilities OF his SEX" Be
cause they need men to manage them"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

french Quakers are not numer-
ayoung man of Sarthe, named
belonging to the sect, was lately
'ed ior the French army, and
70 DUTY lie was stripped of his
and left entire day in a tent in
with the option Of suffering the
\ upanlng the uniform presented to
toward night he sought warmth
ing I, It, but no efforts could make
IT, dc was finally court-martailed
'e9ced ! to two years imprisOn-
'of disobedience of orders. His
visited him aud encoured him to
u nls course, saying thdt he had
formerly been subjected to the
'ersocutlon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

pc very summit of the Rocky
q range, at a spot from which
I'm rises to flow into the Pacific
ld another to flow into the At
ean' a gold mineof great richness
discovered, A shaft has been
ply feet, and has yielded $1,000,
y large amount OF ore still to be
Three veins have been discov-
OF which is thirteen feet wide
y rich The core is eighteen
lde, and will assay from $1,000
a ton. The entire lead covers
ouSand feet, and is the msst val
lning property in Montana. 1t
BY N. S. vestal, who a month
heavily in debt, and considered
poor man.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

rrispin strike at Lynn, Mass !,
\ six weeks, costing the strikers
in lost wages alone, and tie
pp Of the town towards as much
IToe manufacturers have sut-
Iiderably, as also some related
ofindustry, The Crispin order
broken up practically, and the
worse off than when they start
uniformly the case.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

Bowers, the most popular actress
lIOrnia, narrstcs a singul ex-
which recently happened to her
pity. She says that she was eat.
aer, when some one tapped her on
older aud a voice said: al am
sOyeT, and have just been hanged
D, but | am innocent" She
pound but could see no one, and
learned that Rover had been
p that time, though previously
|nOt known OF his existence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

/ always teen the custom when
b. secretary Of state presents a
aectel pope with the white skull,
|the conclaye where the election
for the pontiff to proclaim that
Ialways q Monsignor) ~ cardinal
b. bis own red skull-cap upon
sretary's head. Monsignor La
bveyer was disappointed at the
lof Leo Mi, for the new pope
Fng the white cap put tho red
Shis pocket.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
FAUTs AND FANcIRs-



q. iy s.l- La.', =. t.f
II you we're lying cold and dead to-D,,.,
s9ould not isel the less and paip NV ~, bsrs{'
knows GOV, with you alive, and iS,t IA ,,,
li 4 bad kissed the snowy eyelids donp
Into the rect that knows 10 bresS IN ..,,L
should not feel The bitter meas that nov
Is mine. Win those eyes hUed Win csrolss,
frost, "''a'
And answerlesq 10 all my woe 90 bleak.
The pain were nsught to what suffer COW
With those warm, smiling lips upon my Ohs,k
Aye, kiss me fair false idol Of my dreams;
What know you Of a wound beyond reliei2
My God how hard love dies in come strong heart,
With binding Ggony and vorlless gilCii
Fanny Diiscoll,
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use OF long words which we get
sr tongues not only makes our
and our speech dim and hazy,
Us done somewhat to harm the
our people. Crime sometimes
look like crime when it is set
IN the many folds of a long
when a man steals and we call it
Atlon," we are at loss to know
olunder or a crime. If he does
'ae truth and Tsare told that it
Of pfevaricatie takes US some
|. Enow just what we should think
40 man will ever cheat himself
0ne'dOing, nor will he be at a loss
Of others il he thinks and speaks
u clear crisp English terms,-
seymour 4
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,osrto del Sol, the principal square
n !, lighted very successfully by
Iisbt. The lamp.posts are two in
Zach having six globes of opal
.els of three, They are about
,ell rs ordinary lamp-pos;s. A
I,n read a newspaper easily at r
f,om them Of thirty or even
liz
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Rpssisr d,bt has been increased
4 OCo in 1877. This includes all
|oBligaiions, bonds, paper money,
|rsy obligations. The nominal
|ciren above, $l75, 900, 600, is cal.
in Russian paper money, The
ktion On a specie basis has been
boOo, Another campaign would
|tbs debt $500, 900, ,000 more,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

Z" The jig's up were the last words Of
the man who died Of st. Vitus's dance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-08
Bismarck's Peril.

Prince Bismarck has been followed
by shoals of threatening letters to Var
Yin, Kissingen, Gastein, and the VIII
helm Strasse. Whithersoever his steps
have been bent, in quest of health, these
productions have logged him with regu-
larity. Nor are the Chancellor's nerves
what they formerly were. Since Kull-
mann attempted his life at Kissingen his
old scorn of risk and his Indifference to
menace have diminished. When in Ber-
lin he confines himself almost absolutely
to his house and garden, which are care
fully watched, at all times, by policemen
in plain clothes; if compelled by his
official duties to visit the palace he
drives thither and back in a close car
riage, with the windows up, sitting well
back, so as to be invisible to passers by.
Varzin is as carefully guarded and as
difficult to penetrate as Mecca itself !;
and at Lauenburg his park has just been
surrounded with high wall, shutting it
completely in from the public ken.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-08
The Santa Cruz Insurrection.

A letter from st. Thomas to New
York paper gives some additional par
tlculars OF the recent uprising of the
negroes on the Island of Santa Cruz:
"On the outskirts of the town on every
hand are seen blackened walls and ruins
of what were once spacious residences.
On every side, too, were patches of
green cane too wet to burn, although
the negroes did everything in their
power to destroy it, even throwing kero-
sene over it. The brutality of the ne
groes was horrible. On the second night
the mob arrived at Grove Place estate,
and found about nineteen of the estate
laborers. The latter attempted to save
some things, and refused to join the riot
ers. They were then shut up in an in
closure used for storing megass, upon
which kerosene oil was poured and the
whole set on fire. Three or four escaped,
and now lie horribly manned in the hos
pital. The charred bones of the re-
mainder are silent witnesses of the
truth of the story. This act of cruelty
toward their own people shows what lit
tie chance there was for any who OPP
posed them after their passions had been
! fully aroused. The whole business por-
ton of the town of West End is a mass
of ruins. The people have lost all they
possessed, and men and women, hereto
fore in good circumstances, are now clad
in motley and misftting garments.
There are still great variety of reasons
regarding the causes of the outbreak.
Good reasons for dissatisfaction on the
part of the negroes existed, and yet none
which were of sufficient Importance to
excite them to the fearful outrages
which were perpetrated, and, so the
affair seems mystery. / think truth
lies in the fact that no such outbreak as
occurred was premeditated. The labor
ers had come into West End seeking
new contracts, or intending to leave the
island. Becoming excited while dis
cussing their wrongs among themselves
many of them drinking liquor, they first
attacked the police, whence the negroes
obtained an exaggerated idea of their
power, and so went on from step to step
until regular instruction resulted
Fifty-one estates were destroyed, besides
large numbers of private buildings and
residences"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-08
Preserves, Pickles and Biscuits.

have just finished my grape preserves, and
will give you my recipe, which / think very
nice. 1t may be too late for this year, but il
will do for next: Squeeze the skin from the
pulp, and put in separate dishes; then set the
pulp on the stove 10 scald; when cool, pass
through a colander, put all together, add just
as much sugar as fruit, ana boil half an hour
1 am now going to put up my sweet apple
pickles, which do in this way: Seven pounds
of fruit, three pounds of sugar, one quart vine
gar one ounce cloves one ounce cinnamon, one
ounce allspice. Boil till the fruit il done; you
can tell by trying with fork. Green tomatoes
are nice done in the same way, only you must
par-boil the tomatoes first
For nice biscuits take one cOffee-cupful Of
sour milk one-half teaspoonful saleratus dis
solved IN the milk, a piece of butter the size of
half an egg, or just little of the cold drippings
of boiled beef / use the white Rose flour,
and | never have poor luck with 1t. think
nearly all of the bad luck young housekeepers
have in baking il to be lain at the door of the
-four Our husbands do not know this, and il
would take a century to teach them, but kaOw
it from experience If you happen to get good
sack of flour just remember what the name is,
and get no other as long AZ you have good
bread. | know you will have good bread If you
make il as do. | use the National yeast cakes
For two quarts of warm water, take one yeast
cake and one teaspoonful of salt, stir in flour TO
make thin batter, set to rise over night In
the morning, when light, knead into a loaf /;
knead down once, and the next time put III the
tins, let RISE and bake half an hour.
Harmonic
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-08

record of The year, abundant reason for our graft
tude and thanksgivinf Exuberant harvests, produc-
tive Mines aud ample crops OF the staples OF trade
and manufactures have enriched the country. The
resources thus furnished 10 our reviving industry
and expanding commerce are Fastening the day
when discords and disresses through the length and
breadth of the land WILL under the continued favor
OF Providence have given way TO confidence and
energy and assured prosperity. Peace with all ma
tons has remained unbroken, domestic tran
guilty has prevailed and the institutions
of liberty and justice which the wisdom
and virtue of our fathers established remain
the glory and defense of their children
The general prevalence of the blessings of health
throughout our wide land has made more CON
spicuous the sufferings and sorrows which the
dark shadow of pestilence has cast upon portion
of our people This heavy affection even, the Divine
Ruler has tempered TO the suffering communities
by the universal sympathy and succor which have
flowed to their relief, and the whole nation
may rejoice in the unity OF spirit in our
reople by which they cheerfully share others
burdens. Now, therefore, 1, Rutherford b.
Hayes. President of the United States, do appoint
Thursday the 2sth day of November next, as day
Of national Thanksgiving and prayer and earnest
ly recommend that, withdrawing themselves from
secular and labors, the people of the United
States do together that day in their respect
i've places of worship. there to give thanks and
praise to Almighty God for His mercies and to de-
youtly beseech their continuance.
In witness whereof have hsreunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington on this Both day
of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight and of the indie
pendence of the United States the one hundred and
third. X. Is. HAYES.
By the President;
VIM. NJ. EvARTs, Secretary of State.
Superintendent Vail, of the Railway
Mail Service, has resigned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-08
Music Taken Out Of n Song.

The latest sentimental ballad is emit
tied, Give Me the Home of My Child
hood" Bless your soul, we'd do it in a
minute, but-why, haven't You heard
Old Tadgers closed out three mortgages
on it in 1867 and '6S and the next year
it waU sold for tax ), it was seized for
debt in the year following; then your
oldest brother claimed that it belonged
to his wife and brought suit in her name
to recover, and before that was through
they found an old flaw in the title, and
in trying to straighten that out it trans
pired that your grandfather had no Gov
eminent patent on it at all, but had
stolen it bodily from the Indians; and
now two half-breeds have brought suit
to recover the property as the heirs.
The house was burned down about two
years ago, and the neighbors have used
the fences for kindling wood; your
wife's cousin is trying to get hold of the
lot, and your half-brother jumped the
property one night, put up little shanty
on the alley corner, and is now in pos
session. There doesn't seem to be much
show for you, but you might file your
papers, buy lawyer and sail in.-B1r-
UnqtO11 HdlCk-EUe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS aLEAN1Nas.

Intelligence received in Washington
from military officers on the Rio Grande repre-
sents affairs on the border as more peaceable.
The assertion is made that there is a larger
number of incursions into Mexico by the In
dams than by Mexicans into Texas
The letter of Secretary Evarts to
Minister Welsh on the Newfoundland fishery
squabble has been given to the public, and
from its tone it looks as if the administration
had about decided not to pay the money appro-
priated at the last session of Congress to pay
the Halifax award when it falls due, namely,
the 23d of November The letter is dated Sept
%, and is in reply to dispatch
from Lord Salisbury, inclosing re-
port of one Capt Sullivan on the
Fortune bay outrage. 1t will be remembered
that in January last the inhabitants of New
foundland village seized and destroyed the nets
of some American fishermen, putting an end to
their business for the season and doing them
great pecuniary damage Secretary Evarts re-
monstrated, and Capt Sullivan, sent by the
British Government to investigate the matter,
reported that the Americans we're fishing ON
Sunday in violation of local statute, and that
consequently they have no ground for
complaint in the destruction of their
property. Mr.. Evarts now replies that
the views of Lord Salisbury, who indorses
sulIivan's report are wholly inadmissible. Set
ting aside the question whether statute could
give justification TO an act of mob violence, the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-08
Col. mgersOll on Family Government.

Col Robert Ingersoll was asked a few
days ago to give his ideas on family
government, and replied: Il haven't
any. / don't believe in family-govern-
ment. L don't correct my children at
all. L warn them of the consequences
of evil habits, but L tell them they
could never do anything bad enough to
cause me to hate or disown them. i
keep pocketbook in drawer, and they
go and help themselves to money when
ever they want it. They eat when they
want to and what they want to. They
may sleep all day if they choose, and
sit up all night, if they desire. / don't
attempt to coerce them in any way. i
never punish, never scold. They buy
their own clothes and are masters of
themselves. L teach them that every
thing we have we own in common: it is
just as much theirs as mine. Here's
sample of the way | handle my chill
dren: One of them got valueble
illustrated book one day. and marked it
and tore it. | came III and asked the
little girl who did it. She said, L did
it. l took her up and kissed and
Rugged her and gave her lots of good
advice. She has never troubled me
since. If my children lie l tell them,
Bless my soul, I've lied myself thou
sand times, but / never made anything
by it. / tell them lying don't pay.
Don't claim before your children to be
any better than you are. Be honest
with your children if you want them to
be honest with YOU"
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A Spirited Wedding Scene.

A wedding at Constantine, Algeria,
recently, was enlivened by the following
incident a man named Petral was
recently married to a young woman of
Alsatian origin. Just when the mar
riage party were sitting down at table,
the bride left the room for a moment,
and, meeting one of the guests, shook
hands with him. Petral, seeing this,
and actuated by an inexplicable feeling
of jealousy, rushed upon the guest, and
struck him heavy blow with stick on
the head. The young woman, terribly
frightened, sought refuge in an adioin-
ing room, whittier she was followed by
her husband in state of fury, who
there stabbed her with knife in the
breast no less than six times, and then
awaiting himself of the general terror of
all the persons who had witnessed the
horrible scene, ran down into the
stables below and blew out HIS brains
with pistol"