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G. W. ON LOVE,

4 Letter from tito First President to Bta
Adopted Daughter.
Mr. Lasstag IN fhssatieipAtu TIMES,
Ne'lio Custis wus aweet child, aud blnssomed
into a charming woman. When Rhe wns 16
years Of age she first attended ball at George
town, aud wrote On animated description Of It
to .l}er foster fathcr, then President Of tho
United States, the seat Of Government being III
Philadelphia. 1u licr letter Nellie made some
remark about hur Indifference to the bcaux. The
letter drew from, Washington arcply as follows,
which copied from the original manuscript, In
possession Of thu late Mrs. Lee, wlfo OF Gcu.
Robert Z. Leo:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 10, 17p5.-Your let
ter, the receipt OF which NH now Acknowledge
lug IL written correctly and 10 tafr characters,
which ls an evidence that you command, wllcn
you please. fa!r hand. Possessed Of tltess nd.
yantages, 1t will bc your own fault II YOU do nut
nvai! Yourself OF them, ind attention being
paid to this choice Of your subjects, you cati
have nothing TO tear from the 1nalignuncy OF
criticism. and your ideas nro lively anl your de-
bcrlptfuns agreeable.
Let: mo touch 4 little now on your George
town ball, und happy. thrice happy, for the lair
who wcro assembled on tho ocenston. that there
was man to sparc; for Ind there been seventy
nine ladses and only acveuty.eght gentlemen,
there might, ~ TUG eourfs OF tue evening. hayo
been SONS disorder among the caps; not
wthstant,lng the apathy WHICH ono OF
the company cntcctains for the ".youth Of tho
prcseut day, aud her determination "ncyer to
Rivs heFself n monclt's uneaslness on account
Of my Of then.n a hsnt here: Mon aid women
feel tie SANG inclination to each otl!cr puW thAt
they always have done, and which they will con-
tinuo to do until there ia q nuw order Of things,
and you, as othurs have done, ulay find, per
llaps, that the passions Of yuur ser are easier
raised than ailayeu.- Do not, therefore, boaHt
TOO soon Or toe s..ops,y Of y1. n.susbty to
OF the hutn4t, (raHlu thcro Is rpu deAl Of In.
, 1879-03-17

A clock haslug three times moro dial inlI~
cations u,,d moro moving embellishments than
auy clock usl GARTH" has Just Lesu finished In
Columbus, O..-the result of eiytlt years ot
toll. lu lew Jays II will hr on exhibition lu
Colut"bus ull thcu will beGtu tic grAlll tour VI
tt,r Etates. frun tlia Columbus Juura.A the
purticuluEe or thls remarkable structure aro
lcarIeu. 'ttc nuket's ucstgn WIS that It sl.ould
National h!stury.n IL bcgtn with. he hus sup
ported ii by aa pon.lernua pair OF cuglo elaws,
drapel and banded by ths thirteen stars Vt the
thirteen original StAtes." It Is live fret WiIu
, 1879-03-17

Evergreen City. While In this business
b. accumulated handsome fortune, wllrl' was ,
otherwise, until nnly n farm IN Wnnwaosn re-.
snnined, upon which llc pnstc,l sr closing ycH!s
uf s life. 1Ie lenYcs tlIrcn sons md TWO halgll'
tcrs, NIL Etown up. .....
FonT LARAMIE, Wy, March 1t'.-Cant. Avcrt
D. Cniu, Brcvet-AinIor, co,hAm1InG Company y,
Funrth Infnntry, died s.,tdeuly Mt this post TO-
day, pE cerebral npuslexy.
NEwronr, Il. l., Mnrch 1D.-A1aj j.-dca. Thomas
W, Sherman, died tll!s aftcrnuut,.
, 1879-03-17

Tho Electric Light Ak TITO UF11's" -,.,. bl3
The experiment Of lighting W eleSsI!siu es.ss iutoa
been tried with good deeseo %1,,ss,, y, Museum.
Hcretoiorv ill., fsks Of to from a.. ,hs pr. prusst.
sueaus uf lighting Aaye ptoya1itsa luz rht eiebt
iixats viii whIc ths pse.snt .p
ara estItnatel Y b. et!ua .aods 10 t nsng tof =
ars I'D 1y satf 1df'otrxs es. ta vut candles ,y;
% %put @ aat" aai reiiEled ons ly ' os to =! ITS
aud Wien all arc lighted they AIe sain iannarIarpt.
resnarkaS'y lua eject 70 H. Esss. u,
Tl.o engine, working double ~, rrsnt by indae
e2no stnn ~ tasI butdi outside o. 'lf u u
ssua,, @ Ills visitors The first night spS"A ~
llgut ~ very satisfactory.
, 1879-03-17

Dtscr1mlnntion-A Tnlo Of Grent Suffering
by Northcru Nnodmctl.
Eukc{Ql Mtp1fch 10 Tns Tribune

~. o .s. W S''o"' 0oA'1"4s
satsta, ny s1s.maea n..a,ea % "1s4su, 7Ss g4sa.x
sIs q M se,s csrn r.anre @ ss.1 G :. ass tue
Juy 10 protrst against thu discrI,ulnatnr rates
Of frerht c''nraca BY tic orana Trunk Hallway
agnlret Montreal. The meeting was larTe nlill
influential. The rates. from vnr1ous points III
tic West 10 St. john anil Ual,fax wcre uuotet,
to prove the Injustice thts city Is subjected TO-
contsnitteo wns nppudnteu 10 wait on the
Grau.l Trunk authorities On the subject. Mr..
Mrl.enn rpad a telegram from E}tcapf IN ahow
,,aL pusn n. VIC o'ou, WILL A' , sso ~ ~ 4sc"
1orR o. ~ GEMS. Wn'ie 10 Montseai - cents
sas charged, to Portland the price was only 25.
uo thought the Grand Trunk owed moro to
n"'" ~. W...os aa ~ t.a, '.t,,sh ,,,s, ,,,
Inc ,"es.cs" tta's' "n'ei aff''ea ff'cay' "aa
on beard twenty lamhesmen, whose frozen
s. @ t sas sas ssS:s' esa to S, s 1ess @
nots' aa1omaas INC nonavehsore Depot, where
tsiey were R'naly a'tcnaea 10. lhc1f ead tale, as
told by themselves, goes to dhow TINT they, with
abupt thirty otners. wero engaged IN Quebec Inst
lali W one ,a.neS M putSe'. o, .sueoee, foreman
hua ea'leE " u'e h'hl' iof oieaI montas service
In tllt woods. Gu the lat Of March, when they
Ind only tulGllcd five mouths aud twenty-ou
,,4 ~ ,ttr .,,,rn.,,,t tvo,.r f,,,, - ,,.,,
,,s"imr"e, @ os ,h"'- on,1,,,ya"a ~ T.. e
ay!sons w9 sne1 Il for a }9a TIN tnu hSs t
n., msn were worklnG 10 the oS, Woods r. as tarantl
Aufiay bai. ana. 10 feacll Tue neatest
RAILWAY ,1aaI ssaa!.n;on' AZ aa naa TO- MAKE Jour-
a'a! !ce: ono afternoon, two days after 1!,ey
tIey, were caught IN storm and lvst tl,vir WV.
lluy!aE wlth ii.ela on!y tlo s clothes on their
I no 10 70 af s%t ath Mofs
, 1879-03-17

HpRc1dE UI1kN1cH 70 7H6 1s56HHE
KocK ISLAND. ILL.,, March 16.-rhomas Ross,
tho only ono Of The four rouehs nat iulnc1Iale-
~ captured who murdered Policeman Rosen-
tsld last Tuesday night, came Into the County
he were arrested tu tho daytime thu people
might lynch hin,
, 1879-03-17
SOuTII CHICAGO.

Saturday evening ut half-past Q tho South
Chicago Watch Factory burned down. The
building was u two-story frame, 50x6o feet, nnd
employed aLout seventy hands, furnishing, u Is
sall, al,ols lni Ut ni the watclirs sold IN Chl-
t.,go, bcs.les supplying other Identities. 1t wns
briI,l; ruu 10 its full extent.
, 1879-03-17
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEW:

Nav Yonx, March 1d...Arrvet, ;lie ,t'1m 9Jr liy.r.
Land from Aptwcrp, tAu Gert''anlc 11on' A~'
pool, ami tllu noliyla fF1:a GlasEow' III. .tts1t.
FhfMouTu, Maren 3y.~-Asslyc3. .,sis',r' .ho ~
sh,p Frlsa, from New Y1rk, taf naI .,a.1f fsapffl*
ya1lia. tYoul PAiiudelphia.
, 1879-03-17
THE WEATHER.

OFFICE or THE CnaEp SIGNAL OFFICER,
WAsn1Soros, d. c., March III II. ni.-1mli.
CATIONS: For Tennessee and the Ohio vn'Icy.
rainy AMI snowy, followed by tloudy weather,
eofd north to west wluds, IND hECllcr pressure.
For tic Lovvr Lake segio1., cluuly wtatller,
with light snuw, northeast wit,ds. backug to
northwest. stationary or lower temperature,
unl falling. followed by ristne, barometer.
For the Upper Lake. Region, the Uppcr
Mississippi AID Lower Missouri va''oys, clear
Or partly cloudy weather, winds mostly north
to west, stationary or higher temperature, aud
5utctn. Ui1.licA n Tae 7rdbune
VlNoENHEs. Ind, March 10 IA furious snow
fali bcGas, u5 u II. IN. Six invlles un level
this uYoning. It Is still saluwing.
Strcia, uis1ttch IL 1hs Tribune.
Ixp1ASApof.ts, Ind, March, 10.-Aftcr dinner,
a anuw-atorn set III with grent VIOLENCE. mil be-
lore dark there wcrr several tuctlra OF Buow OH
the eruund-lluary for u sugar-snow.
LOUISVILLE, hturrh 1U.-A furious sIect aud
snpw w-slorm has prevailed hire sinre q. H.,
several Iucilrs Of snow now covering the atrccts.
LqcAL onsrsyATiuss.
EMtnA1O, atnrct lG.
, 1879-03-17
THE DITCH OF bitches.
4 Sc1len,o to Tut SGvcnty Thousand AcreA oi
Innl Under Water.

-x,.,, 1' ~
"h'le gu. MUS ale iu'nous .,c "or'u ots,
ioF 'ae'F F,ehneas' hnu pou11' noeA Itou ~.
Quarters by inc thousanus' Very la'pofteaI
o!aneA ot t'o INDUSTRY u l"c e1ate' ala o.e
winch h eons:aH''9 A"eseaa'"S' ses'os ~ ae
overlooked bS most people, ana that IS 1he
agricultural Interest. 1t llas been dctnonstFat-
cd that no brtter lnnu can be found for raising
the small graius thau the apparently barren
tan1 of mr. nloins thn tu,v tlfjlcnj:v frtnr t,,o
watering ol LIE eFops. 1n1s, o. cou1se' ID uo'e
by irrigation, uid thousands Of dollars have
been spent nnd many more Thousands mada in
building nn,l running tie larec bitches ,ocessory
n"s 1.1 ~ .,.N ,..'s'as .sa,a.,.,.,. .ss.,,n.r
W W9teF tile 1a'"coso unue''slue .1ttto.
There arc several very large bitches IN tho
State, but tho new one now building in Lariuer
and Weld Counties puts all competitors in the
.Ln,,, Eor sorara, y.,rs .bo ,nottar of ,ro,cr
nluus' 1"' no'..a' 'esa Nv .,-,-1 ~ ,."..
aug thc Tast tEaets ol seeouu Anu tnllu pottotu
ls.ia nronnd the banks Of the io1aro assd Psattc
Rivers has bcon under consideration. aud now
A,,. st. ,',.1. - 49,, 49,, 49," ~,
taRtnK te no" lo Lug na'ua u n'eo "no Hafe y"
ons hand plenty OF eapltal' anu on the otinf
1nrge experlepro In ditch-bnildfug, so that
t,mre IA nj, doubt Of fts apal sucres sfuk WORKING
The narttes hi,i1Ju, Il ore thr Colorado In.
Ano paA. u.b s ~ r.
yesth1eht q Aior1saee eo'1!paot a1i,u uie nois
Ben Eaton, Of Weld County. besldcs owning
q hhli iuterest iu TIC concern, Mt. Eaton has
tn. Il sec sonIract for .cops,ruc.ing the ditch. The
~. =, .,,,o., asn,,,,..a vii ho sov,ntv roIlns
usen' "nen soa'p'u.s' a.. p,u n ,,,ses h,,n"e', s
long, hcaa!ng iof LUG toaoFo nl'ce, pet"eea
cnst across tho Denver Pacific Railroad to Grow
rr.,r ,rha cou,rort nroyt,lrs th,t tia nor,ion
II thr atrh frn1, il,s Hand 10 tie Denver FaciiIc
WniirnnH ,hrf v.seyrn miles aln,i bo mnlrted
u',,,r. "p ,,,s ~ ,,un 1as II ia To- h" Il iba
aa .,,-.,, 10. wiz ~, tI,n b,ttnn srtth ch,,t
, 1879-03-17
CRIMINAL NEWS.
unceremonious Hanging OF Raw
isher at Newport, Ky.
Tile hlob's Work Regarded with Gen.
eral Satisfaction by tho Conn.,
! nunily.
Mysterious Killing Of Young Man in
the Streets Of Cincinnati.
ITNCIlED.
FnSrfaf })isbdtch 10 The Tribune.

LII NIL tUs
spectaf f'isnasch 70 re Tribune.
CINCINNATI, O.' March le-'he hehlnehs
bills oppos'te Cincinnati, amt lmnleualcv p.ek
of the City Oh Newport were tl'e scene "a u
picturesque hanging to'n'eM' sn.u''a1'
week ago. msdd'e'aeea' eotSHl.l.,'s.ooN.tst1
man entefea 'ne 1es'usuee " .,.a ,a1"s. "a -,
lfacbocl', noonI 'n'.o 'to" t"e n".a.ls .,s. "
Newport, al't, asecfia"n"g 'ro1'l "Ie yo""s MAa
thaf sho was a'ohe ~ l"e no"se, "'nuu el'",'
NIL ASSAULT upon Her. faasaekcu .hc 1'''asc' 'u
alter tying nef 10 t.'e aoof, le't VII" SUN
7aluao'es hs ho eoa''a ""a. .he seassh ao' NV
Villain cohtnuet autl' Jestetu"Y' "nea nv ,, "ne
lonnu coneeaisa IN .ha no"ee u s.7'e'' III I".n
city. He msue cohlcss'ot, .. .ns e9''"g, a'u WIS
!emosca 70 Ne"pofL l":' 'ast ''I"t' in's e's".
lhE' apout hata-phst oe.oe@, pioses''on ~
men, numbering se7cFa1 .nu.'useo' ca"'c 'na.sn@
loR !hlo to"a ~ o''pu't'' snu"
sriaea WIN ehos.suhss lesol'e's' auo
axes Inc couFFlAouse oeil "as 'unk'
anu IN 10" minutes tma lali was su'A
founuea W large cfo"o' LUG ieauc1s vi ,"e
hongIRe-partY ioFced '"e's "as 'l1so the cot!"'ot
ot Inc 1ai'' "ncn lhe} "efu 'ne' ny t"s H.nto'
81 fe"poft' VINO unocrlook 10 a'Rsuaue lnen
from the'r purpose bY Ha5 OF fepis, nc was
plcHea "pt eafEco o"t " Nv oa''u''s' ~, rr,'u
pitched over a fcnc0 Into the Rtrccts The
crowd then demanded tho keys
Of the IaIlcr, who uromttlv hanlcd
them over. The prisoner, whose natno
was Potter Klein, was taken out Of cell, BUR
rounded by body-gurrd, md marched out Of
the town In tho direction Of tho rrucsaei1 resi-
dcnce, crowd ot !, 200 or 1,boo persons follow
ing behind. making night htdoous with their
ygils. The man WAS taken before Mrs. Trues-
deli, by whom he was ut onrc identified. The
.fo +f,ot> eto nj &rftt Inv 40pIi
, 1879-03-17

Tosal................ ....s47a.ai3 Sill, :IS7
Tlle lntd sa!cs during Thu month OF February
were bfi acrcs, for S3,s: al.d Tho cash COLLECTED
IN land contracts wns S5,j!il The fall1Nr-0E IN
tho earnings III the Owa line Is duo 10 lily fall
ura VI the erups III that Etetlou OF tic country.
atr. Benjamin r. Patrick, formerly tirncral
Passenger Agent Ut ttir Chlcng0 Il Northwest
cru Ra'lroad in this City. hss been discharged
from Jaii at Boston, wlscre te ns ileen confined
ii, the charge Of cubbuzxlpn.rnt Of funds white
Gcncrnl Tickut md Passenger Agent of tic
Eastern Railroad uf Massachusetts,. the COM
tany declining to press the charge against him.
It Is sati thai ho has n,adv gDoh tho deficiency
III his accounts. Sir. Patrick lus the reputation
uf being MI unusually accomplished passenger
mai,, but Ills foye for Intoxicating drinks us
alwars prevented his llollns my placo Of i'm
porta,ec lung. But Ills honesty has, hefofc hts
inst cxpln,., bcen abt,ya reproacl,, antt tle sur
prisu is railroad cfsyles was lllcl1 the grcster
w1ien hc WIS found TO be M cn,bezzler. No
doubt his llnbtts Of intc,nncrure have It'd lin
into ths Inst tsnl,hle. His many friends In this
city !,opu .!snt hts Inst cxpcrlcl,cc will prove q
lesson to INN that ho will meyer f,rset, and
tint he Will let drinking utonc hereafter.
, 1879-03-17

The New York, Pttabnrg 4 ChcaHo Railroad
promises TO build nnrrnw-Caueo ronl from
New York to Chicnuo, with branches to Toledo
and St. Louis. 1t has established an Office In
town, Rnd IL negotiating Tor tho purchase OF
several small roads 1T Ohio nnu Eastern 1nalanl,
which arc 10 form D part OF the projected 'fnc.
The traffic Of the Illinois Central 1iailroad
during tile month OF Fcbruary, 1870, WIS rs
f0llows: ..
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4 scorcn mERo.

The Able Reynal was the first to
give publicity to the following remark
able instance OF Highland ingenuity
and courage: The hero Of il was SER
geant of Montgomerys Highland Regi-
ment, and his name was Allan Mac
pherson. Being taken prisoner by the
Indians, he was doomed to witness the
miserable spectacle of several of his
comrades being tortured to death. See
ing them preparing to commence the
same operations upon himself, he made
signs that hs had something to commu-
nicate. An interpreter was brought.
Macpherson told them that providing
his life was spared for few minutes,
he would communicate the secret of an
extraordinary medicine, which, if ap-
piled to the skin, would cause it to re-
sist the strongest blow of tomahawk
or sword, and that if they would allow
him to 90 to the woods with guard to
collect the plants proper for this medi-
cine, be would allow the experiment to
be tried on his own neck by the strong
est and most expert warrior among
them. This story easily gained upon
the superstitious credulity Of the InGi.
ans, and the request Of the Highlander
was Immediately complied with. Be
ing sent into the woods, he soon re-
turned with such herbs as he chose to
pick up. Having boiled these herbs,
he rubbed hiss neck with their juices
and, laying his head upon a log oi
wood, he desired the strongest mar
among them to strike at his neck will
his tomahawk, and strike hard, wher
he would find that he could not MAKE
the smallest impression. An Indian
leveling blow with all his might, cut
with such force that the head flew Of
to the distance Of several yards. Th
Indians were fixed with amazement q
their own credulity, and the addres
with which the prisoner had escapes
the lingering death prepared for him
but instead of being enraged at this es
cape Of their victim, they were s
pleased with his ingenuity that the
refrained from inficting further crue
ties on the remainder of the prisoners
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In an essay by David Swing, on
this subject, he says: The heart re-
spands to the intellect as a harp to
the sweeping fingers. God made
xsaass a 3a.ai ifI,-anaI=An zz<k-aiaaatAis. hat
the seeker should know the mora, but
that under the influence Of wider
knowledge his finer nature might
grow as flowers under sunshine. It
is not probable that the Greater or
dained the pursuit Of truth only that
that the passion Of curiosity might
be gratified, but rather that the mind
and soul might grow upon such di-
vine good. The bird and the beast
seek daily food, and thus build up
their organism to keep It in life, but
man goes beyond, fer having found
the food of his body, he must seek
truth also, the daily bread of his
soul. He whose body has been well
fed is that noble being called Man.
The pursuit of truth is not, therefore,
simple pleasure, but it is the high
struggle for the spirits daily bread.
Hence the true man rises from the
banquet of king not half 50 happily
as he rises from the pages of most
noble book, or from the banquet Of
men of science, Of art, of philosophy.
Children remember with delight the
viands they have enjoyed, but ma
turer life remembers the wise conver-
sation that surrounded the table.
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noon Of eAnrETTA ANECDOTES.

A very striking and original volume,
by AN intimate friend of the ex-dicta-
tor, and called GaDl5etta lS69-IS79,
has just been published. The title re-
calls to memories the marvellous pro-
gress which the orator and statesman
has made since he came up to Paris
and took up lodgings with his pious old
aunt on the fourth floor in the Rue
Bonaparte. No one then imagined
that he would ever achieve his present
proud position and the persons who
employed him to defend them in polit-
ical trials used to prophecy that he
would finish his career in prison. As
it is, he grasped high honors in a short
er time than any other living man has
done.
The new book sets forever at rest
many calumnies and absurd stories
which have been circulated concerning
Gambetta. 1t gives one anecdote
which brings out in strong light the
singular sweetness of his disposition.
He was one day heard repeating, with
the passionate eloquence Of which he
alone has the secret, a new poem by q
poet who has frequently said disagreea
ble things of him.
''What /" said friend, shave you al
ready forgiven the poet X-l"
Gambetta turned around quickly
with strange smile, saying
"Whom have / not forgivenf'
Theirs began by calling Gambetta
furious fool" and finished by recogniz
ing him as one of the wisest parliamen
tary tacticians Paris Corr. N. ]
Epeniag Post.
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TssE AMERIcAS FLAG.

The history, or rather origin Of our
flag, must be Of interest to the youth
Of our land We have colIated from
original sources the following facts: A
resolution was introduced in the Amer
lean Congress, June 13, 1777, "Tnat
the Flag Of the thirteen United States
be thirteen stripes, alternately red and
white, that the Union be thirteen stars.
white in blue fed, representing a
new constellation. There isa striking
coincidence between the design Of our
flag and the arms Of General Washing
ton, which consisted Of three stars in
the upper portion, and three bars run
ming across the escutcheon. 1t is
thought by some that the flag was de-
rived from this heraldic design.
History informs us that several flags
were used by the Yankees before the
present national one was adopted. In
March, l77J, Union flag, with q red
field, was hoisted in New York, bear.
ing the inscription on one side of
George Rex and the liberties of
America and upon the reverse, No
Popery." Gen. Israel Putnam raised
on Prospect Hill, July Is, I775, a flag
bearing on one side the motto Of the
I" Commonwealth Of Massachusetts" /"
and on the other, IAN Appeal to Hea-
ven" In October, I775, the floating
batteries of Boston bore a flag with
the emblem Of Massachusetts,. Some
Of the colonies used in 1876 a rattle
snake coiled as if about to strike, and
the motto, Don't tread on me" On
January Is, 1776, the grand Union
flag Of stars and stripes was raised on
the heighths near Boston, and it is said
that some Of the regulars made great
mistake in supposing that it was a
token Of submission to the king, whose
speech bad just been sent to the Amer
leans. The British Register of I776
says, "they tthe rebels) burnt the
Kings speech and changed their colors
from plain red ground to a flag of
thirteen stripes, ss a symbol Of the
number Of their colonies" a letter
from Boston, Published in the Pennsyl-
yania Ga>ette, in l776, says, .'the
Union flag was raised on the ID, a com
pliment 70 the United Colonies"
These various flags, the Pine-Tree, the
Rattlesnake and the Stripes, were used
according TO the taste Of the patriots
until July, I777, when the blue union
Of the stars was added for each new
State, but the flag became too largeand
Congress..reduced the stripes too the orr
ginal thirteen, and new the stars are
made to correspond in number with the
States. No one who lives under the
protection Of the Stars and Stripes will
deny that "the American flag is the
most beautiful that floats upon any land
or sea. Its proportions are perfect
when Il IS properly made--0ne.half as
Droad rs II is Tong The Hrst stripe at
the top Is red, the next white, and
these alternate, making the last stripe
red The blue field for the stars is the
width and square of the first seven
stripes viz, four red and three white.
The colors of the flag are in beautiful
relief, and it is altogether a splendid
national emblem. Long may it way,
untarnished
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s rME EARrn ! vAsr rrRNacE

While engaged last May in watching
the transit of Mercury, Professor Proc
tor and his assistant observed an in
tensely bright spot in the center of the
planet as it crossed the suns disc. 1t
is reported that, seen through their
powerful refracting telescope, it ap-
peared as mere vivid point of light,
central in the planet, like hole pier
ced in the middle of round, black
cardboard 1t was permanent from
the time the planets centre touched the
one limb of the sun until it left the
other limb--a period of seven hours.
ssIf the observation was reliable" says
commentator, cit proves that the
planet has a hollow axis There are
hypothethists like John Cleves Sym
mes, whohave long held thattheaxis ofthe
other planet spheres of our solar sys-
tenn, is similarly hollow, with clear
tubular passage from the North to the
South Pole. If such is the fact, it i
thought that should any of the balloon
lists Of Cheynes expedition reacl
the Pole they viii be rather warmly re
eeived, the theory being that if tn,
earth is hollow cylinder, each of thl
Poles is the mouth of vast furnace
In this way German specialist sc
counts for the Aurora Borealis, attrit
uting the mystery Of the aNortherl
Lights to the glowing crater at th
Pole.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-22
coDDLISG A STREAK or lIGHrSlxG.

A Western wife writes to the waste
column of Chicago paper At night
my husband comes home with rush,
hangs his hat upon the floor, throws his
coat upon the FIRST chair, sends his boots
flying in another direction, works his
feet into his slippers while unfolding
his paper, reads, eats, reads again until
bedtime, throws his paper down for
some one else to pick up, and rushes Off
to bed This is the programme, with
exceptions, until Saturday night. Sun
day morning he bolts his breakfast and
tears around while getting into his
"Sunday best, and rushes off to church;
comes home and bolts his dinner (never
eats), reads a little and away he goes
again. When he tries to keep quiet
he is sure to make the more noise if
he starts to 60 around mud-puddle he
is sure to step fiat into it if he crosses
the room carefully he is sure to kick
the table-leg or fall over chair and
let him 60 to table where spare clean
cloth has been spread and you will see
more of decorative art" in five min
utes than you ever dreamed could be
accomplished in SO short time. He is
temperate, naturally-kind hearted, at
tends strictly to business, and pays his
debts like man; was once chatty and
domestic, fond of his family and home,
but has allowed himself to drift with
this rushing, reading habit, until now
nothing could break it up short o.
breaking his neck. Fancy wife trying
to coddle such a streak of lightning