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Palace Of the King OF Rome.

Soon after the birth of the King of
Rome, Napoleon contemplated erecting
a palace for him upon the banks of the
Seine, nearly opposite the bridge Of
jena. The government accordingly
attempted to purchase the houses stu
ated upon the ground. They had OBJ
taincd all except the dilapidated hut of
cooper, that was estimated to be worth
$3.50. The owner, a mulish man, find
ing the possession of his hut quite es-
sential to the plan, demanded $4,000.
The exorbitant demand was reported to
tho Emperor. He replied: @It ia ex-
orbitant, but the poor man will be
turned out of his home; pay it to him"
The man, finding his demands SO
promptly acceded to, Immediately de-
clared that, upon further reflection, he
could not afford to sell it for less than
$4,000. All expostulations were in
vain. The architect again appealed to
the Emperor. "This fellow" said Ma
poleon, "triAes with us. But there is
no help for it. We must pay the mon
ey." The cooper now increased his
price to $4,000. The Emperor, when
Informed of it, said Indignantly: "The
man is a wretch. I will not purchase
his house. It shall remain where it is,
monument of my respect of the law"
The plans of the architect were changed.
The works were in progress at the time
of Napoleon's overthrow. The poor
cooper, finding himself in the midst Of
rubbish and building material, bitterly
)amented his folly. The Bourbons, on
their return to Paris, threw down the
rising walls of the palace, and destroyed
their foundations.
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all fruits except the pear. and the culti
vation of this fruit in the West is not sue
cessful except in confined and widely sep
arated localities. The same may be
said Of sweet cherries. Plums are diff
cult of cultivation, principally from the
attacks Of curculio. The Northwest is
not, Of course, adapted to peaches; aside
from these. however, every farmer should
have other fruits III abundance. and to
spare in good seasons, and if carefully
attended to, there will be hardly year
without fair supply of fruit.
There is one thing that too many farm
ers forget in this connection. That is,
all the fruit gathered for family use is
worth just thh price asked for it by the
village grocer. It is true that many farm
ers who will not attend to their Or
chard and vineyard do not have fruit, and
will not buy enough for fair supply.
The objection made is that it costs too
much. They have set out trees, exp6ct-
ing them to take care of themselves and
bear annual crops. This trees will not
do for the best promologlsts. Why
should they d. it for the 1armcr2 Others
complain that II takes too much time to
care for them. The same complaint is
made of the vegetable garden. Precisely
the same course of reasoning might ap-
ply to every crop on the farm. No crop
takes care Of itself and pays. Farmers in
the West have become so used to sup
pose that they must run over large areas
to get money out of crops that many can
not understand how the cultivation of a
single acre in fruit and vegetables may
produce half tho support of a family 50
far as the table is concerned. Yet such
is the fact, and the sooner it is better
known how to accomplish this, the bet
ter it will be not only for the head of the
household, but for the rising generation
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A Cave That Tells q Tragic Story.

The wonderful cave which is to be
seen near Burnet is certainly one Of
the greatest curiosities of the age.
While passing through this cave gen.
tleman discovered small aperture
about six inches in width. Having
pick he broke iuto this opening, and to
his astonishment he soon discovered a
large and airy apartment. Entering
this, he found what appeared to be a
stone table beautifully carved. Several
stone chairs stood in one corner of the
room. He continued his search, and at
last in q dark corner he found the
skeleton of a man: He attempted to
raise it from the floor, but though he
exerted his utmost strength ho could
not move it. He says that it appeared
to be solid stone. It is impossible to
conjecture who was the hermit or how
long the skeleton has remained hidden
away in that silent cave.-Bs1'''aet
(Teras) Bulletin.
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Visit to q Pin Factory.

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post thus describes the mys-
teries of pin-making:
"The pin machine is one OF the clos
estapproacbes that have made
to the dexetrity OF the human hand.
A small machine, about the height and
size of lady's sewing-machine, only
stronger, stands before you. On the
back side light belt descends from the
long shaft at the ceiling, that drives all
the machines, ranged in rows on the
floor. On the left side of our machine
hangs on peg small reel of wire that
has been Strengthened by running
through compound system of small
rollers.
"This wire descends, and the end of
it enters the machine. It pulls it in
and bites it off by inches, incessantly,
40 bites to minute. just as it seizes
each bite, little hammer, with con-
cave face, hit5 the end OF the wire three
taps, and 'upsets it to head, while it
grips it in q countersunk hole between
it's teeth. With an outward thrust Of
its tongue, it then lays the pin sideways
in little groove across the rim of
small wheel that slowly revolves just
underits nose. BY the external pressure
of stationary hoop, these pins roll in
their places, as they ere carried under
two series of small files, three in each.
These files grow finer toward the END
of the series. They lie at a slight in
cination on the points of the pins, and
by series of cams, levers and springs
are made to play like lightning Thus
the pins are pointed and dropped in p
little shower into box.
"Twenty eight pounds Of pins is q
days work for one of these jerking
little automatons. Forty machines on
this floor make $50 pounds of pins daily.
These are then polished. Two very
intelligent machines reject every crook
ed pin, even the slightest irregu}arity
of form being detected.
Another automaton asserts half a
dozen lengths in as many different
boxes, all at once and unerri.glJ, when
a careless operator has mixed the con-
tents of the boxes from various ma
chimes. Lastly, q perfect genius of a
machine hangs the pin by the head, in
an inclined platform, through as many
slots as there are pins in row on the
papers. These slots converge into the
exact space spanning the length Of d
row. Under them runs the strip Of pin
paper. a handike part of the ma
chine catches one pin from each of the
slots as it falls, and by one movement
sticks them all through two corrugated
ridges in the paper, from which they
are to be picked by taper fingers in
boudoirs, aud all sorts Of human fingers
in all sorts of human circumstances.
Thus you have its genesis:
@Iall and slender straight and thin.
Pretty, little, useful pin"
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A Wonderful Dog.

Some months ago Charles Norman
moved his family from the town Of
Flowery Branch to Elberton, more thar
100 miles distant. But in the hurry of
moving MIR. Norman forgot to let his
dog, Watch, out of the kennel or dog,
house, and did not think of it until he
and all the family were in the cars
bound for Elberton. Little Willie Nor
man was very sorry, for he and WatcE
were particular friends, and, though the
Gazette doesn't say SO, it is likely that
Willie cried over leaving Watch. One
week went by, and the Normans had
nearly forgotten Watch, when the dog
suddenly appeared while the family
were at dinner at Elberton. Watch en-
tered the room with an air of injured
innocence and was soon welcomed by
all hands. The strange thing about it
is how in the world Watch could have
found the family. He probably fol-
lowed the trail to the depot and into
the same car, and then rode in the car
under the same seats that had been &C.
cupied by the family, until the train
stopped at INSTRUMENTATION (Ga.<
Gazette,
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CASUALTIES,

Five Cinnamon were burned to death
at I.onelock, Nevada, Dec II. They were
drunk with opium smoking.
At Penitanguishine, Ontario, Dec. Is,
young rnan and young lady skating, fell in.
to u hole in the ice and were drowned.
Mrs. Gault and two children were
drowned Dec. L. while attempting to cross
the ice on North Nation river, near Green
Lake Canada.
Father Doyle, Catholic priest, and
Morris Mangnha, clerk in store at Athens,
Ga, were drowned on the night of Dec. 18th,
while crossing the river ten miles from that
place. They had brn paying sick call.
A carefully prepared report from Glou-
cester Mass, gives fearful record OF men lost
in fisheries from that port, and OF vessels
wrecked the past year. The statement so far
as LOSS of life is concerned is entirely unpre-
cedentcd in the history Of the business. Scarce
II week during the year, bat has witnessed
some destruction. Thirteen vessels went
down l43 men were drowned, Sc women wild
owed, and $50 children were made fatherlcss
by single February gale overwhelming
a calamity could not fail to awaken generous
sympaty, and $282l6 was contributed in food,
clothing and shelter to the survivors Of the
the lost mariners. The February gale, how.
ever, furnishes but a part Of the direful his
tory Of the Gloucester fisheries of 1879. In
all thirty vessels aggregating $50 tons, com.
prising over one-tenth part Of the fishing ton.
mage Of the port valued at $11S,7So, sailed to
return no more, and 243 lives were lost, leav.
8S Widows and 210 fatherless children. There
are also two vessels absent for which grave
fears are entertained for their safety, the An
drew Leighton and Harry c. Mackey II these
GO not soon return it will add twenty-five more
to the number, swelling the fearful aggregate
to 264 lives. Since 1890, when the Georges
fishery first commenced there has been lost
from this port 24S men and 405 vessels, valued
at 81, 6966 $780,
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THE DEADLY BULLET.

A Convict in the Minnesota State Prison
Shot Dead by the Deputy Warden.
Saltwater was startled on the evening
Of the 18th inst, by the report that a
convict had been shot dead in his tracks
for insubordlnation. On receipt of said
information an interview was sought
with the deputy warden, Abe Hall, in Or
der to get the facts in the case. Mr.. Hall
was found in the warden's Office, and
willingly informed us of the cause of the
act and the facts incidental to the shoot
ing.
THE NAME OF THE DEAD CONVICT.
was John Clark, sentenced from Hennc-
pin county May, 1876, for two years and
five months for larceny. Since his incar-
ceration ne has shown All uDruIy disposi-
tion, which manifested itself last Friday
IN his attack on Ramsden with a putty
knife. He and two others had conspi-
racy to get along with doing as little
work as possible without incurring pun
ishment. After cutting Ramsden he was
PLACED IN A DARK CELL.
and remained there until Sunday when
he was taken out. On releasing him
from the dark cell, the deputy Warden
told him that his evil temper, unless he
mended his ways would yet get him to-
attacklsome one who would not let.him off
as easily as Ramsden did. Monday
morning he was sent back to the paint
shop to work and no trouble was expert
enced with him until fifteen minutes
past O'Clock yesterday afternoon, when
the guard, Ben Cayon, ordered him and
another convict to their cells. It was
then within few minutes Of quitting
time. Clark refused and
ARMED WITH THE sAkE PUTTY KNIFE
with W w,ich. he had cut Ran,sden, he as
sumed mcnacing attitude. The guard
then sent for Deputy Warden Hall. On
arriving he took in the situation at a
glance, and taking out his watch told
Clark that he would give him three min
utes to + ut down the knife and obey or.
ders. Clark remained immevable, and
at the expiration Of five minutes Hall put
up his watch saying: "Clark, I ask you
once more to put down that knife, put
on your coat and go to your cell room.
You are only
TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN HANDS,
Clark replied that he would not put
down the knife and put on his coat for
any person living. Mr.. Hall then shift
ed his position 80 as not to endanger 9TH
er lives, cooked his revolver, a Smith &
Wesson, size SO, and pointing it at Clark,
repeated his request, and he again said
no. It was the last time he ever spoke,
for the next moment
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Colcroft, for 4G years hangman in Eng
land Is dead.
Archbishop Hennl is lying dangerous
ly i'll at Milwaukee.
Gen. Grant ha IN enthusiastic recep-
ton at Columbus, o. Dec. u
Commodore Chester Harfcll OF the u.
8. navy, died at Vallejo, Cal, Dec. IS.
Amos Tuck, ex-member Of congress,
died Dec. 10. at Exeter, N. H. Of appoplexy.
August Thiele, editor of German pa
per in Cleveland, O., died Of paralysis Dec. 1b.
The President has nominated James
b. scnor Of Virginia for chief justice Of Wy
oming Territory.
The steamship Moravia sailed from
New York, Dec. l6. with rs colored immi-
grants for Liberia.
Maj. Rosecranz, 10th U. 8. infantry,
died at Fort Riley, Mo-, Dec. 7, and was buried
with military honors.
DR.. Enoch Cable Wines, noted prison
reformer, died at Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 10.
He was - years Of age.
At the reception given to Gen. Grant,
at Logansport, Ind, Dec. y many thousands
Of people greeted him.
Among the numerous postmasters con-
firmed by the senate, Dec. 8, was DR.. David
Day, Of st. Paul, for his second term.
All the members of the Cabinet were
present Dec ~. including the newly installed
secretary OF war; lon Alexander Ramsey.
The United States Senate, Dec II, con-
frmed the following Minnesota postmasters:
Virgil w. Hall, Glencoe; c. 8. Crandall, Owa-
tonna.
Hon. James NJ. Edwards. Washington
city Postmaster, died Sunday afternoon, Dec.
II. There are already = half score or more Of
applicants for his place.
Judge McCrary, Dec. II, took leave of
the members of the cabinet at dinner party
given by the President and Ars. Hayes, and
left next day for st. Louis.
John Hory, of Ohio, has been con-
nrmed by the senate, assistant secretary Of
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

Rev. w. II. Pledge Methodist minis
ter at Atlanta, Ga. committed suicide on the
night of Dec. 13, by cutting bis throat.
James Norval was arrested in Mil
waukee, Dec. ~, for the murder Of Mrs.
Vickcrs Of Brunston, Cooper county, Missouri,
from which place he had fled.
Charles w. Merritt, late lieutenant OF
of the tenth U. 8. cavelry, a near relative Of
Gen. Merritt, committed suicide, at Santa Fc
Dec. l2. by shooting himself
A colored expressman in Chicago, hear
ing a noise in his barn about midnight, Dec. 9,
went ont to investigate, when two shots were
fired at him, causing Instant death. The mur-
derer escaped.
; In the case Of Rev. Hayden, on trial
at New Haven, Conn, for the murder OF .
young woman, the jury, Dec. II, returned a
verdict Of not guilty. The verdict was received
with loud cheers.
At Oxford, Mich, Dec. 12, two grave
robbers were arrested and three dead bodies
found In their possession, Of well known
former residents of the town. There was
quite an excitement.
At London, Ontario, on Sunday morn.
ing Dec. 7, the farm house Of William and
Richard Needham was entered by masked
burglars, and robbed of $500, and probably,
fatally dubbed the Nccdhams.
Charles Brockman OF Cincinnati, Ohio,
Dec. Is, shot and fatally wounded William
Burk. The latter and several Of his friends
had fallen upon the fsrmer and beaten him
severely. Brockman gave himself up.
On Saturday, Dec. 13, in the porch Of
the Limerick county club house, Ireland, al
evicted tenant with cudgcl felled to the hool
Lord Fermay, who resides III county Limerick
Lord Fermay remained senseless for a time
The assailant was Immediately taken to pris
on.
Advices from Boston, Mass, of Dec. 8,
assert that a second death has occurred on
the voyage Of the ship Cashmere, the officers
Of which have been arrested. II is that Of
John Jefferson, Is years of age, who when he
shipped, was in the best OF health, but who
tho sailors allege, was so badly treated by the
mate Eanklick. by i'll usage soon after the
ship left New York, that he died three months
after. The crew made astounding reports Of
the cruelty practised Oh the ship. They say
Vankllck had frequently threatened Je1ter-
sons life
Senator Schurz sent the following tel
egram, Dec. Q, to Gen. Hatch, Ute commits.
sioncr at the Los Pinos agency: Receive the
surrender Of the Indians designated by your
commission with the understanding that they
will be guaranteed a fair trial by military
commission out side Of Colorado and New
Mexico. Inform Ouray that he will be received
here with four or five Uncompagna and three
Southern Utes snd three White River Utes
Take care that good and influential men be
selected. especially from the White River Utcs
1t will probably be desirable to have Jack here
Take possession Of the prisoners with mill.
tary guard, and convey them in the first place
to Fort Leavenworth.
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HOMES IN THE WEST.

Persons hooking westward for home,
an procure full information concerning
s!t'EARDEN SPor of Iowa and Mime.
sofa, by subscribing for the Worthiuy.
ton ADVANCE, published at Worthington
Minnesota. Send 81 for one wear; 81
or SIX months, and SO cents for thrre
months, to "ADvANcE, Worthinetou
Mobiles county, Minnesota
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In Australia experiments tor preserv-
ing meat by the injection of brine into
the blood vessels of the carcass, thus pre-
serving them whole, is said to he success
full, and a whole bullock is to be
sent to the Sydney exhibition. The
process il reported to he as follows: I'm
mediately after the animal IS killed the
breast is-laid bare, and pipe inserted
into the lett ventricle, through which a
weak brine is forced through an elc.
vated tank. Tho brine flows along all
the vessels, and drives out tho blood
through the right ventricle, when a
stronger brine is forced in, until all tho
vessels are full. It is stated that the dis
tribu,ion of the salt is thorough and the
meat is perfectly preserved by the pro-
cess.
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nULLET WENT CRASHING THROUGH HIS

! HEART.
After being struck by the bullet he ran
toward the stripers, then turned towards
Hall and fell On his face dead.
Mr.: Hall ordered the body taken to
the, cell room and sent for Coroner Pratt.
During the whole affair not a convict
loft his place.
The above is the story as supplied by
the prison authorities.
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The luckless Sultan Of Turkey has
been subjected to an indignity that is
usually restricted to less rcsplendent
mortals. His butcher, and baker, and
wine-merchant and laundryman have
stopped sending supplies to the palace
on t 9 ridiculous plea that their bills are
unpaid. Think OF Sultan without a
bOliod shirt.
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FIVE of New Yorks millionares, esti-
mated to have been worth 30S,00O, 900,
dropped off close together. "Scymour,"
writing ior the Hartford Times, says:
John Jacob Astor went first, and then in
quick succession Commodore Wander
bilt, A. T. Stewart, and William c.
Rhinelander, and now the money-wor-
shipper, Goelet. Astor's wealth was esti-
mated at $4,000, 1000. Vanderbilt's at
3100,000,000, and Stewards about the
same. Rhiaelander's property represent
ed, it is supposed, $1o,ooo,ooo, and Goe
let's is estimated at 20,OO0,OO0.
THE appearance Of the remarkable red
spot on tho planet Jupiter has excited
much interest and discussion. 1t had
been seen. under somewhat different con-
ditions, in previous years, and DR.. Tenn
pei, the director of the Royal Observatory
Of Arcetri, near Florence. has several
drawings made by him last year. This
year, he says the spot, sis more contract
ed and OF redder hue, but then the
northern equatorial streak is also redder
than it was last year. Striking is the
contrast of color between this floating
cloud and the small grey streak Upon
which it would appear to be moving.
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man." and are forever harping on the in
Justice done them, will please remember
that when they sec chance, they will
ruthlessly slay their best friends. Such
WAS Mr.. Mccker, and not only that, but
he was friend to humanity. Ncvcrthe-
less, IN the Ute outbreak, he was the first
man to be killed.
BUTTERFLIES are covered with teath
ers; hairs are hollow tubes. The sur
face of our bedies is covered with scales
like those OF fish. A single grain of
sand would cover hundred OF those
scales, vet scale covers hundreds of
pores. Through. these narrow openings
perspiration forces itself out, like water
through sieve.
Tue Mel',ou.ie correspondent OF the
London Times declares that the system
Of paying ,ncmbers of Parliment has
proved u failure, 1t was contended
formerly thai country districts might con-
tain many capable men, whose services
were lost through poverty; but none Of
these gcniuscs have yet appeared, while
there has been liberal supply of those
"who, unsuccessful in other pursuits, ulti-
mately turn their attention to politics"
IT is calculated Ivy Swiss hotelkecper
that in the season which has just termi-
mated 100000 foreigners have travelled
in Switzerland, each visitor staying On an
average between three and four days in
the country. The average daily cxpen-
diturc Of each amounted, it is further
calculated, to s., including OF course,
railway fares, payment for horses, mules,
guides, portars, etc, 50 that altogether
somo $12,00O,O0O must have been spent.
ATHENS journals publish the returns
Of the last census made in Greece. The
population Of the Kingdom, which IN 1870
was I, 500, ,450, had increased in 1870 to
1901, ,793. in 1888 when the first census
was talt.n tho number Of inhabitants
was S40.;j,,5 In 1860 Athens had pop
ulation OF $4,000 inhabitants, in 1870
1t has increased to 10000. About half
century ago Athens was only village,
now it is tho finest city in the East.
-
ATnIEvEs' supper is one of the novel;
ties Of London. In u mission hall near
Drury Lane the habitual criminal has
found friends, who, on his discharge, iH-
vite him to a festival. This is the princi-
pal, and last year 537 thus had welcom-
ing hand held out to them ON emerging
from prison. Money has been given to
some. All were entertained and lcctured
on the principle of honesty is the best
policy.
Mrs. GLADSTONE, the ex-premier's wife
is une Of the most charitable women in
Europe, and is personally known to near
ly Ill the poor in London. Her kind and
serene countenance charms at once. She
inspires respect in all, and more thar
once her deserving charity after the wal
made Frcnchmen forget that her hus
bands policy was not very favorable tt
them. She was, in consequence, very
we'll received everywhere in Paris on he1
late visit.
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CURRENT TOPICS.

THERE are about z, 200, 900 gypsies in
Europe. Of these Scotland has about
1eo, 900, England 10000 and Ireland per,
haps half the latter number.
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Foul air may be expelled from a we'll
by heating large, thick bar Of iron
section of railroad bar, for instance-red
hot, and suddenly lowering it into the
water, just so 1t is submerged. The sud-
den escape Of steam 1orces the foul gas
upward. When a fire will burn in a we'll,
the air is pure.
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for the week ending November 29th, were l.
GIG, as hundred weight wheat and 260. 129 hun
dred weight flour.