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rAcrS roR rnE CURIOUS.

THE cuttle-fsh has three distinct
hearts,
ELEPHANTS always disturb the water
before they drink.
TuE woodpeclser can thrust its tongue
ont full three inches,
THE albatross, tho largest o. sea birds,
flies with velocity Of 100 miles an hour
The little bird called the swift darts
through the air at tho rate Of 1870 miles
an hour
The noise made by school Of fish
sounds, i'll the deep sea, like the rum
bling OF thunder
IHE horn Of a rhinoceros, when cut
through the middle, is said to exhibit
on each side the rude figure of a man,
The outlines being marked by small
white strokes.
ORANG-oUTANds, in state Of domesti-
cation, will sit at the table like men and
eat every kind Of food, using the knife
and fork; and they will drink wine and
other liquors.
The main artery in the common
whale is a pipe into which n man might
creep with ease; the heart throws out
from twelve to fifteen gallons Of blood
Mt every ptlsation; the tongue has been
compared to vast feather-hed, on
which half dozen men might find am
| pie room for repose. The whales tail
not infrequently has a surface Of 100
square feet
IF the emth could he suddenly stopped
in her orbit, and allowed to fall unob-
slructed toward the sun, under the nc
celebrating influence of his attraction,
she would reach the central fire in about
four months. But such is the compass
of her orbit that, TO make its circuit III n
year, she has TO move nearly nineteen
miles second, or more than fifty times
faster than the swiftest rifle ball, and ,
moving twenty miles, her path deviates
from perfect straightness by less than
one-eighth of an inch.
AMONG the extinct species Of animals,
tile remains of which are found manner
ica. may be mentioned the Eobasileus
coruntus, beast MS large as the Indian
elephant, but standing low, having pro
portions more MS in the rhinoceroR.
The physiognomy was very peculiar. On
either side Of the front, above each or
bit, rose stout horn, its base continu-
Gus with that OF its mate. Immensely
prolonged nasal bones supported on
each side, near the extremity, massive
reversed shovel-shaped protuberance.
These beasts probably lived in herds
like elephants Of the present day.
In Persia they bottle up their tears aa
of old, This is done in the following
manner: AS the mourners are sitting
around and weeping, the master Of cere-
monies presents each one with piece o.
cotton wool, with which to wipe Off his
tears. This cotton is afterward squeezed
into bottle, and the tears are preserved
as a powerful and eflicacious remedy fol
reyiving dying man after every Other
means has failed. It is also employed
as charm against evil influences. Thii
{ custom is probably alluded to in Psalm
: lvi., verse 8: "Put thou my tears int
bottle" The practice was once uni
versal, rs is found by the tear bottle
which are found in almost every ancien
! tomb. for the ancients buried them Will
their dead as proof of their affection.
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Corn too Thick.

One summer we had side hill on
which we planted corn--the Chester
County Mammoth--and it was in its
growth very rank. The hired man. who
was told to pull out all unhealthy stalks
and leave not more than at the least
three to the hill, did not pull any at all,
but got drunk. The field was very
beautiful, but practical men came TO US
and said that it was very nice and
picturesque, but that it was like hem
lock forest too shady. The truth i,
the hills had been pretty heavily and
hotly fertilized through the drunkenness
of the aforesaid man, and the shades
made by the stalks kept the ground cool
in the drought The result was hand
some crop of corn at time when corn
had been burned up by the sun. We
would not like to recommend this plan
tn anybody, because we think it is a
very bad one, but we relate it as a mat
ter Of illustration for some Of the
agricultural smarties.-Neao York Herald.
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A. smcK, Decatur, Ill, sends the fol

A. SMIcK, Decatur, ILL.,, sends the fol
lowing cure for Chicken cholera" to
the farmers Revie,C, saying that il "has
cured when all others have failed" 81
send you a recipe for the cure Of
cholera in fowls, which ! have tried
with wonderful success: One half tea
spoonful of ground black pepper, one
half teaspoonful gunpowder, one'half
teaspoonful soda, one-half teaspoonful
sulphur, fifteen drops laudanum or same
of coal oil; mix thoroughly with little
-four and water. Give to the fowl by
putting down its throat Dose-one
ieaspoonful twice day till cured"
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OLD LETTERS.
by r. NJ.

lis only a package Of letters,
Al faded and yellow with age
But their lines always will cherish,
Though famine and war may wage.
For friend hns kindly spoken
The words that they contain,
And Our ties-they are now br0keni-
But, perhaps we will meet again.
And now for years, have kept them
They have always been dear TO my heart;
som times | think III destroy them
50 memories from neil depart.
iris then am cruelly reminded
In after years % come,
That when 1 feel sad, twill made my hear
glad,
10 read the old Letters again.
when my course in life has run,
Aud from Mother Earth hes He'd,
The friend who wrote those lines 70 me,
hope will think Of me when I'm dead.
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there has been marked change in the
drift of cotton this season, and the ten
dency has been southwark The crop
has been augmented over eleven per
cent, yet the quantity of cotton carried
overland has decreased nearly 100000
bales from the figures Of last year 70
corresponding date, The principal de-
crease in this direction has been at st,
Louis, where there has been 10000 bales
less cotton handled than last year. The
shipments through Louisville have also
fallen off $4,000 bales,
Speaking Of the eighth anniversary
next Monday of the settlement of the
Alabama town Of Cullman, the Mont
gomery Advertiser and Mail says:
Eight years ago the town Of Cullman
was wilderness it has now something
less than 1000 people, and the region
all round is settled by industrious and
thrifty farmers. They are mostly Ger
man, and such has been the success of
the pioneers that there are now almost
daily additions to the settlements, in
duced by the reports that have gone
from the pleasant homes of the settlers.
They by no means devote their we'll
titled lands exclusively to the culture
of the great Southern staple or to grain
They are growing small fruits and veg
etables with gratifying success.
The Palatka ella Herald states that
Mr.. w. p. Wright has bought another
slice of Drayton island, 300 acres. Be
fore the last purchase he owned good
part Of the west side OF the island. Mr..
w. has been in Florida for twelve years,
and was the first who introduced into
this section the business of market gar
dening, For the past ten years he has
cultivated vegetables for the Northern
market. He has had as high as fifteen
acres in cucumbers in one season. This
year he cultivated over ten acres to cab
bage alone. II may be said in his case,
at least, that he has ascertained the pos
tive reality of the vegetable industry
and his testimony is favorable. The ad
ditionaI 300 acres just purchased by
him is for vegetable growing. It u
piece Of low, rich prairie, which, in or
der to render tillable, he is now dikinl
land draininS
1t is stated by the Sandford ella.
t Journal that General Sandford ha
! merged his large interests there and il
. Middle Florida in an English company
composed Of business men and capital
, lists of high standing in England anC
! Scotland, and called the Florida Lane
and Colonization Company (limited), o
e which he is president. The object 0
the company is to continue the import
q ant work Of improvement and coloniza
q ton commenced by him eleven year
!. ago, and to extend it over a larger terri
tory with the larger means now afforded
Sanford will naturally be the headqual
ters Of the company, which started wit
a capital of 81, ,250,O0O. It is alread
proposed to increase it to $4,000, 900 i
! order to carry out the various plans an
projects on hand. Until charter
! obtained the business will be carried o
under the direction of Gen. Sanford.
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SBEEN out of town, Fritz" 81 Yasse;
took run 10 Boston for few days.
'Meet rnybody?' "Oh, yes; met the
Beans. Know them. Very nice family;
great friend Of the Forks, Of Chicago.
Always together. Believe they're in
partnership Pork & Beans" "Aw"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-05-27

GONE In Mary Jeannettel How dare
you put on yom roller skates Sunday"
al haven't my roller skates on mother;
only one of them. Nobody can break
the Sabbath with ons roller skatel"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-05-27

THE daughter Of Mr.. Proddy, Of
Twelfth street, has returned TO her faith
er's house from a visit East, and oh how
many fond and foolish boys rejoice over
that Proddy gals return -Kdns0s city
Times.
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How Spring Crops Often Fail.

In spring, usually when plowed, the
soil is moist from winter rains and SHOWS,
and therefore compacts more readily
than in the fall. But it is well known
hat oats and barley rarely do well on
sod ground, especially if old and tough
WHY? There is strength enough in the
soil, but it is apt to become very dry
about the time the grain is heading out,
often before The sod is too stiff to pack
solid. and the roots of grain encounter
places where there is vacancy between
the particles of earth. In hoed crops we
remedy this by frequent cultivation. 1t
is this which makes the magical result
from the use of the cultivator, but di-
rectly under the hill no implement will
reach Unless the soil has become thor
oughly compacted before planting, it
will be hard work to do it afterwards.
An intelligent farmer remarked the
other day that the coarse manure he
drew on his potato ground and plowed
under last April had absolutely dam
aged the crop The sod was heavy, and
the coarse manure had lain underneath,
preventing either from rotting. In dig
ging into some of the poorest hills OF
potatoes, he invariably found hollow
space beneath the hill, and unrotted ma
nure or sod. On portion Of the field
he had used pulverizer and roller, and
there the crop was much better and the
weakly hills very few. He would have
pulverized the entire field, but heavy
rain came on when it was half-fnished
and he relied on that TO compact the
soil, but it had not done it etfectually.-
Country Gentleman.
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Others eyes, as well as mines, are ul-
rected towards the bold young English
man who ventures to ride so daringly
upon the treacherous ocean.
A cry goes up from those assembled
on the beach, cry in which my voice
joins, for the white sail of my lovers
boat is seen to dip into the water, to lie
upon the bosom of the sea; the frail craft
has been taxed too heavily, and in an
other moment it has capsized.
As that wall of agony escapes my lips
a hand is laid upon my shoulder, hand
that is ever ready in the hour Of danger
Cousin Jacks hand.
"Don't give way he exclaims, "if
Heaven grants me strength will save
himl"
And then see Jack Randall plunge
into the sea and strike out to the rescue.
A minute later / fall senseless among
tho pebbles.
When consciousness return, find
myself in bed. My first inquiry is:
Have they saved him?"
"You mustnot attempt to talk at pres
ent, dear, answers Aunt Deborah, who
is watching by me.
"But must know" cry excitedly,
endeavoring to rise.
At this moment the doctor appears
upon the scene.
81 must and aDiU know if he is
saved, I shouted frantically
zone moment, my dear, one mo-
ment, says the doctor kindly, "and you
shall have all you require hear all you
wish to hear.
Then few hurriedly whispered words
are exchanged between Aunt Deborah
and him, and she hastily leaves the
ROOM
"You have been very ill, my dear, .
says the doctor, taking my hand; "but
I'm thankful to say, if you will only
keep quite calm and quiet, You will soon
be perfcctlywell. You have been IN bed
ten days, you know"
'''ren days. / exclaim with extreme
astonishment. 1t doesn't seem ten hours
tome. But" flying off to the old topic
Il must and will know where he is-he,
Arthur Stanford, whom | love.
broke down in a wall of agony.
"Oh, don't hide anything from me,
! sob. II am prepared to hear the worst
| expect to hear the worst; only be can
did with me, and l will do anything you
please,
The doctor puts his finger on my
pulse.
"You know, my dear, that accidents
will happen to the best Of us.
"He is dead, cried; 81 know by
your face that he is dead. "
As the words pass my lips the dool
opens, and Aunt Deborah re-enters iol
lowed by Cousin Jack
cousin Jack, i" ] cry, holding out my
arms towards him; 'I know you will tel
me the truth; you who never lie, whc
never deceive anyone.
Cousin Jack has my hands-how thiI
and transparent they have become-ir
his, almost before | have concluded
Aunt Deborah having withdrawn, h
tells me the appalling truth. He tells mi
how he swan out TO the scene Of th,
disaster, but ere he reached it Arthu
Stanford was drowned. They recovere,
the body next day And then, very
gently, Jack tells me who he was, and
knew that Heaven had been merciful il
taking him. The man who had so in
fatuated me and with whom l was pre-
pared to fly, was one of the most darini
forgers that ever infested the metropolis
The papers found among his thing
proved this.
The name of Arthur Stanford was al
alias.
4
Three years have gone by since what
have recorded took Dlace Perhan
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Take Me 10 Me MAI

ut is n great thing to see the spirit
ual truth that all nature symbolizes,"
said she.
$50 it is, said he.
''And yet enjoyment is darkened by
a terrible shadow, said she.
"Hay?" he inquired
"a terrible shadow" she repeated,
"that casts depressing reflection upon
the most exuberant soul.
"Yes, he replied, I've felt it when
I've been short on spare ribs"
"On what?' she anxiously inquired.
"On spare ribs.
'fBut you should be philosophical
you should initiate Pythagoras.
"Who was he?"
'He was philosopher, an anti-epi-
curean, but he did not go so far as the
Stoics."
"Where did they go?" asked the
Board of Trade man; and gazing at hin
in amazement, his wild Western way
began to dawn upon the culchawed
mind Of the Boston girl, and she said
''Take me TO me ma. "-New Yorj
Commercial AdUertiser.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-05-27

TASTE and smell are chemical, touch is
mechanical hearing and seeing are
ethereal, the ear is emotion and the eye
intellectual. -TBndGH
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Three years have gone by since what I
have recorded took place. Perhaps
many people will say Jack Randall was
a soft-hearted idiot to have anything
more to do with one whohad treated him
as badly as / had done; but his motto
is. that oaTo err is human: to forgive di-
vine" And /, as his cherished wife, can
honorably assert never loved any one
half or quarter as much as 1 love my
Cousin Jack.
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A BosroN girl, in a moment Of dreamy
inspiration, the other day, murmured:
sfWhy is it that two souls, mated in the
impenetrable mystery of their nativity,
fIoat by each other on the ocean currents
81 existence without being instinctively
drawn together, blended, and beautifed
in the assimilative alembic Of eternal
love?" And then she mechanically pushed
her plate over for another filing Of
beans and slug of pork.
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PROFESSOR STocKBRIDGE before the
State Board Of Agriculture of Connecti-
cut: "The soil il best plowed when it
is most thoroughly crushed, twisted and
broken, with the sod well covered. On
some kinds Of land would have fur
rows Tapped an inch, as the Canadian
farmers plow. Let the air and water
have a chance to circulate underneath
the surface. Light lands, however,
should have fat furrow If we wish to
make such lands more compact" Z"
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= sausvs y tan lines Of solid ninioD.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
AUGUSTA,
Treasury Accounts Examined and
Reported Correct.
PETITIONS FOR REPEAL OF THE CON-
STABULARY LAW.
AUGUSTA.



AUGUSTA, Jan. 29-The committee on finan-
cial affairs reported having examined the
treasurers books, and found the same correct
ly cast and properly vouched. The cash
reported on hand January /, 1881, amounting
to $3.50. 33S64 was found correct, and $751;
90O.50 of that sum was ON deposit in sound and
reliable banks; $3,306.29 was on hand in the
treasurer's vault, and IS, 1915 was for an ad-
vance to the several agricultural societies in
1880 as stated in the treasurer's report The
committee in compliance with the law des-
troyed, by burning, the coupons redeemed
during the year amounting to $685. ex-
elusive of $l29,625 interest paid on registered
bonds. They also destroyed by burning $685.
900 state bonds loan of March 26, 1868, due
and paid Aug. 15 $780, and in like manner
destroyed all bonds and coupons attached that
had been converted during the year into re-
gistered bonds, amounting to $2l 900, and also
all registered bonds amounting to $4,000 that
had been surrendered and cancelled, and new
registered bonds for same amount re-issped to
other parties, and have made record Of
said destruction as required by law.
hearing will be given Feb. 10th by the
committee on interior waters to w. w. Brown
and others of Portland and Bangor on petition
to incorporate the Magallaway Dam and I'm
provement Company.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-29
EUROPE.
John Bull Afraid of a F'enian Ris-
ing.
THE COERCION BILL STILL UNDER
DISCUSSION.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-A London special
says: Either the government IS IN receipt OF
information which forecasts an immense Fen
ian uprising, not only in Ireland but in all the
principal towns of England, or else 1t wishes
the people to believe it has such information.
The most remarkable stories are told all over
the kingdom; of this impending insurrection,
and the acts of the government tend 10 aggfa-
vate the alarm into a panic. Any unusual
gathering of men, or the appearance OF any
considerable number OF strange races IN
town now suffices to spread a wild tale OF the
coming of Fenians. In Sheffield ON ihufs-
>day, there was the greatest excitement over
a rumor that 200 Fenians had arrived, ana that
henceforth the lives of the townspeopie were
no longer safe. The city officials Immediately
issued orders to all subordinates to take extra
precautions The police were increased and
a guard placed over all the military depots
and every place where there is any consider
able number of arms. The scare soon suDsld-
ed when it became known that the 2oo terrl-
Bile Irish conspirators were in reality only
few poor Irish workmen who had come into
the city seeking work.
The Greek Question,
CossTANTINoP1E, Jan. 2S.-Latest despatch
es received by the Porte show that England
is more disposed to concur with the other
powers in adhering in principle to the Turkish
proposals for negotiating here on the Turko-
Greek question.
ATHENS, Jan. ZS.-SeVerai DatIdllOnS nave
been ordered to be ready TO march to the from
tier at any moment.
Proceedings in Parliament.
LONDON, Jan. 2S-In the Commons Parnell
refused to allow a division tonight. 1t is
probable the sitting will be protracted all night
The debate on Mr. Forster's bill was re-
sumed.
The Solicitor General for ireland said the
question was whether the authorities of a re-
ant to, hn
irresponsible government superseded
Mr., Gladstone urged the closing of the de-
bate to night He assured the House that the
coercion bill would be used judiciously and
reasonably. As meetings of the Land Leagne
increased SO did the number of agrarian crimes.
edy the failure of the administration of justice
in dealing with agrarian crimes
The debate was adjourned.
The War in South Africa.
In the Commons to-day the Secretary of
War announced that Sir George Colley tele-
graphed that on the Goth IAN attack on the
Pass was repulsed. The casualties are heavy,
but not yet known. I hold camp until the ar
rival of reinforcements. The secretary said
he believed the English attack had been re-
pulsed.
Proposed Abandonment of Candahar.
A meeting of the Indian council, suddenly
summoned, was held to-day and the abandon.
ment of Candahar was discussed.
Three More Baronies in a State Of Dis
turbance.
LONDON. Jan. 2S.-Three more Baronies in
Rosscommon county have been declared in a
state of disturbance
Revolt in Turkish Armenia.
The Standard says there is report current
that the government has received information
OF serious rising in Turkish Armenia
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-29
California Mining stocks.
Gloucester Fish Market,
By Telegraph.)

FOR TIE WEEK ENDING Dan. 27. 1880.
Our quotations are Wholesale prices for fare lots
and jobbing lots command advance on our fig
ures.
Georges Codfsh-S51a % qtl for large and S3s4
for medium; picked cured Bank S31a 81 " qtl
for large; 1914 6sS3h for medium; dry cured Bank
nomnally at S4M p dtl. Shore Goldfish at So for
large and $3H2G3M for medium. Nova Scotia
Bank So " to 81 for large and S2s4 to 50 for me-
dium.
We quote Cusk at So, Haddock at S2s4 Hake at
11s@11s American Pollock st S29212, and Eng
lish do at S2G$21a qtl &c.,.
Boneless and prepared fish from 31sd4c y fb for
Hake and Cusk to 51adS for best Goldfish. Smoked
Halibut at 10Gl1c y ID. Smoked Salmon at 15c;
Scaled Herring 16924c p box Bloaters at Goc p
hundred
Mackerel-We notice sales at S150S16 % Dbl for
Is. S51adS6 for 2s S46S414 for IS.
Picked Herring at S3a$3N Dbl FOR round Shore
$5h0S61a for Labrador and Nova Scotia split.
Eastp0' and Bay Shore round S21a0S3; New
found aud do SPA @21s.
Trout Sl4 43 Dbl; Salmon $50 p Dbl; SworGfish at
S6@7; Goldfish at $5 Haddock at $31a Halibut
Heads S31s, Halbut Fins 50 bbl,s Fins and Napes
at say, Tongues S6, Tongues and Sounds at S1o;
Alewiyes S4aS412.
Market Fish-s3la IL for steak and s214 for market
Goldfish; s2s4 rG1 Haddock, 81 1s for Cask; Fresh
Tongues &C p fb.
Fresh Halibut-Last sales, fare lots, S1s asa ~
ib for white and gray.
Frozen Herring in good supply and selling at 40
to 45c p hundred.
Pure Medicine Oil at soc - gal crude do at 5Oc
Biackfish Oil 6Oc; Cod do 3Sc; Shore do 3Sc; Porgie
do SIC.
Porge scrap, $12 % ton; Fish do So to $40: Liver
do S91a; Livers 40c " bucket.