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world.
The male tree, of course, bears no
fruit; it has merely bunch of towers,
inclosed, until msturhy, Swttkir sai
spathe. Ike females have also punches
Of flowers, which, however, can not be de-
veloped into fruit until formulated by
the motion of themals flower. To Ing
sure this result the Arabs ascend the
trees in the month Of April and insert
into every female spathe a portion of'the
pollen Of the male flower. The fruit
thDA begins. to swel sad forms, long
clusters; 'wetshing 1sSmsfwe1sy to fort6!
pdeads, eaohs tree producing from 1eN
TO 200 pounds in . season. To multiply
the date tree the Arabs do not SOW the
seed, ~ they could not then be sure Of
the sex Of the trees; they prefer to plant
tbe suckers from y !, the base Of female y
tree, whence the name ,.'Phenix;;" these
become productive inl about eight years,
but do not attain full fruition before
twenty or twenty-five. The trees are
about forty five feet. high and aegthey
G0 pl8uVou very OANss0 voH0tn0E SASoy ~
ford . dense shade, in which, however,
the alt circulates freely, SO thatall kinds
Of fruit, vegetables,i etc.. can he cgltil
waited below them. The ees will live
for aboqts2o0 years ;sttsX are not worth
prescribing xttsr century. When they
are no longer valuable for the fruit the
SAP Is extracted to make q kind Of insip-
ID wine, and the heart or cdbbage Of tkA
tree 4 also eaten. They are then cut
down md ths wood, although very in
ferior n quality. is here valuable, where
no other find can be- procured. The
roots IRE used for fencing and roofing
and the leaves are; made into mats,
baskets, sacks and cords.
Like al i0tAsr species 1T oultisStsd
plants, tho date tree has numerous va
rieties. In tho GASES Of tho .Np3s sew,
Onty distinct varieties arc 1AcQeniSed ~
The trees come into flower IN spring,
In March or April, and tho fruit Is ripe
a4 e4pblrsl TIA 1esest called the
| XII 1fthx Hsharai ~ Il fe&fde@ q
| 1hs Abk hhslitiousU u irdit: dsny q
the Arabs live on dates and bread.
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M 0lstfiIs Hs Asyel! hsp *s,s tst
time Is near dax hand wnep .chiues, :
corn, shelsE two sbreshlogg nneddle,
o,d.quilt,I . q foot-racsHe soa strRe' ono
and aurhorse1trot wiA not' .n',,a4
county agricultural exh'ol ' ''op' 9yz.7
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The Date Tree In Algeria.

The date tree requires not only album
dant irrigation but great solar heat.
The Arabs say that it stands with its
feet in the water and Its head in the fires
of Heaven. The love of the Arab for
this precious tree may well be imagined,
growing as it does in the sand, content
ingi,,af with water 50 saline aHto( de.
stroy ordinary vegetation, giving a
grateful shade when all around is burned
up by the afdenti heat of summer, re-
sisting the winds which bend but can
not bresk its flexible stem. and afford
ing q fruit sought for in every part OF the
vvOr1A
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Setting I Trap for I Thief.

(. Mr.. JamesT. Cook, of Bates County,
Mo-, . civil engineer and the owner Of HI
large stock farm, arrived in town few,
DAYS ago and put up at the St. James.
Saturday about midnight, while seated
in front of the hotel in q comfortable,
arm chair, he 0 fell ssl6ep, 4 aha o was
punched up by q peeler, who told him
no was in danger of being robbed Mr..
Cook replied rather shortly chat II the
peeler could attend to his own business
he had better not try to run Mr.. Cooks,
who was competent to attend to it him.
self.
The officer retired, feeling rather
Taggfieyed. 1T th6teception he met with,
and W. : not surprised to learn after
ward that while Mr.. Cook slumbered
peacefully in his chair some time prior
10. three O'Clock he bad been robbed of .
watch add QtVer yalsables, amounting
to about $500. This would excite but
little. interest, being pm, occurrence s3 .
common as tea for breakfast, but Mr.,
Cook de.ermided there should be .
Iseqdel tqf1e y@bfy Id1h( III Jag Of
tthe al6c& haking he fpe 6e q Spt
Esqussd, Nut PROV hidIieh tik IN
old.fashioned Colts navy, Of gigantic
pattern, Iand snewEspRand imposing
chain, took his seat the next night in the
same place, aud was soon, TO al appear
auces, sfum6eting q peacefully hs, be-.
fOre.} He remained there. until abOut
four o'clock, but was not mofested. He
Twas . perie5sring' man, however, and
Yesterday morning shortly before day.
UaS1k A3s1ata tbk. Two young fellows
came down the street, saw the watch
chain, and 04e Of them rtipgsd over
/ Mr.: Cooks legs. Mr.. Cook never
moved, and after walking past him
about fifty feet the. men returned and
shook.him ebtiihd AS1ldetb He am
swered only by grunt, and the thieves
4 went for his pockets in the latest and
most approved style. Mr.. Cooks hands
lay on his lap, one under and the other
above an old .newspapeR, and the upper
hand suddenly drew the paper sside,
a II AA 4 . A
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THE MASTER KNEW BEST.

Acertainf young ',,ias,iff being near dogs
estate. his master Judged best to trim and
shorten his ears. This the. Mastu thought
hard and complained ACCORDINGLY But as
hs grew older aud met Dogs, Of various tenn
pcrs, he was of en- opliseu 70 fight FOR him
seif md his rights: thelf lis short ears gave
grra. adExniaSA, ior they furnished no hold
II Tie eliemieX teeth, While the long 'ca, cd
!d6ttr. &n0u NJ had formerly envied, came
,fr0m(t fray torn and s,lffering!> ,'AhaV'
said tho. naaslifls ~ my. master knew better
than what was good tor me."TNd F'4''-
,t.f;utt why tya uuulsatdt r. said Towserta'<
,Towser Was hot i dog, as y6u'tlight Sup
pose, but the Nickname Of 1 boy. Exactly
|wny his school fellows should have chosen
'th1i nickname tor 9loM Kane u don't. know /:
pcrllaps /. because lthis brown, short7nossd
lace was alitale like dog'sTperhaps. pr.
cause he WAS bold, and ,resOlute, EoQd
fighter, aud tough in deieuseI Of his rights
and opinions. l hardly think It was this last
reas,n, however. Boys are MT much given
to anxIyzing character, and are apt to JVdgs
things anu people bv u 'happy-9o.lucky In
stlnd, which: so.Aetimet ie,da. them right
a,iA sometimes Nv r0ng.I rBut, whatever the
reason may hsva been dTowser W.s Nom 3
school ,aslne, and stuck n him thrpuis,h NE.
Even his wife called him sO-when he grew
up and had o; wifs-and be last time shw
! him his little girl was strokt1g big hair :tflt
saying, - Papa Towset, ~ in imitation 81
I her mother. frowser i.n't, pre- ty name,
btlt II sounded pretty from Baby Nays lips
and never heard that Tom objected to, the
/ dts, either xs man Or boy. n i! ..l-44M
But to retura,to the TINA when he was
pestx, Why mustn't 1r' X sl,a .sg.in: ~. 4!
Ike Ike 70, sver % much. "all. 1ln'',Iot IN
1T isn't question, Of likey - answered
big father, rather E4nnly. ,i''tlr'ss question
oiicau ind can It. RAll the other boys ,havs
rich fathers; or. il not ,r:ass.. they are mo
poor likeme tits well enough that theiI
cons should 81 ;ot on camping parties
Twenty Ave dollars here and twenty thett
deal fDfs YOU. Ana what's more, Tom
thefe's 'shis: that If they'd tekenyou fo'
nothing, it ISM coed thing tor you, AN!
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who chad not where to lay his head, y
might manage to squeeze through, say
on FIVE dollars day. How many of
them do this in New York or Brook.
lyn? There is something strikingly
incongruous in man who receives,
spends, and, no doubt, earns $4,000
or morea year, preaching "self-denial"
and prudence" as the chief needs Of
men who received but dollar a day,
on which to support families that arc,
as 4 rule, unable to add anything to
this income. Thers.is no doubt i'm
providence and vicious self-indulgence
among the low-paid lsborers in this
country, but the most virtuous and
frugal of them find the mere mainte-
nance Of existence hard enough with
out being taxed with miamanagement
for not "amassing q property" Mr..
Bsecher's sympsthies are rather apt
to run away with his head, but in this
instance it looks as though the process
had been reversed.
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CUMBERLAND, Jan. 10, 1881.

CUMBERLAND, Jan. 10, 1881.
Christmas was more of a red letter
day this year hereabouts than l have
known it for many years. There is
no scarcity of work and fair wages !;
consequently the outflow of good
cheer and gifts was both copious and
variegatsd. The mercantile intellect
rose to the sublime occasion and the
dry goods mind was wrought upon to
slay. Extra squads of clerks were
called in and the fux of ducats caused
the spread of smile upon the coun-
tenances of innumerable shop-keepers
that was full Of an insinuating grace.
Pocket-books of solid burghers and
embroidered port-monnaies of their
consorts alike withered and shriveled
up under the stress of the great
event. The pal ties, fetes, hou se- warm.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
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ANOTHER GOOD BOY.

A Detroit grocer was the other
day hungrily waiting for his clerk to
return from dinner and give him Il
chance at his own monday meal,
when boy came into the store with
a basket in his hand and said:
II seed boy grab up this ere
basket from the door and run, and l
run after him and made him give it
up"
"My lad, you are an honest boy"
eyes, sir"
"And you look like good boy"
Eyes, sir"
"And good boys should always be
encouraged. In box in the back
room there are eight dozen eggq,
You may take them home to your
mother and keep them and the
basket"
The grocer had been saving thoso
eggs for days and weeks to reward
aome one. In rswarding a good boy
he also got eight dozen bad eggs cal
ried out of the neighborhood free ol
cost, and he chuckled q little chuck
as he walked homewards.
The afternoon waned, night came
and went, and once mora the grocer
went to his dinner. When he returned
he was picking his teeth and wearing
a complacsnt smile. His eye caught
a basket of eight-dozen eggs as he
entered the store, and he queried;
"Been buying some eggs?'
"Yss; got hold of those from {
farmers boy" replied the clerk.
"a lame boy with blue cap on
"Yes.'
1.-TWO front teeth out2"
"Yea."
The grocer sat down and examined
the eggs. The shells had been WASHED
clean, but they were the same egg
that good boy had lugged home thu
day before.-Detroit Free Press.
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WHAT THE FARMER Is DOING.

The report of our foreign commerce
for the last fiscal year, as furnished
by the bureau of statistics, is full Of
interest to all citizens with intellec.
tual capacities above the orthodox
range. 1t is the story of a years
work by Fifty millions of people, con-
densed into . few plain facts and
figures.
Our farmers sold in foreign coun.
tries more than $6S3, 100000 worth Of
goods-almost $14 worth for each
man, woman and child in the United
States. But, great as is this achieve
ment, it is but hint Of the possibil-
tiles of our future.
Almost sighty-three per cent OF the
value of our exports of domestic mer-
chandise was in the shape of agricu'-
tural products. Let those who insist
on the duty of Government to protect
our manufactures by a rrohibitory
tariff, ponder on these figures. The
farm er is the wealth producer of the
country. Is it fair to make him con-
tribute, as he now does, to the wealth
of other classes? How long can he
be persuaded to vote for such robbery
Of himself?
For forty years prior to 1861, cot
ton amounted TO fifty-threo per cent.
of our exports. 1t is now but twenty
six per cent. The aggregate value of
our cotton export has not fallen of,
but the increase of exports of bread
stuffs, provisions and coal oil has
sent cotton to the rear, relatively.
For many years wheat must be our
greatest source of Income. We have
better facilities for the production of
this great staple than any other coun-
try. The wheat lands of Europe are
becoming exhausted. Ours have
scarcely been touched Washington
Toaf
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BEEoHER's VIEWS.

The Boston Herald of December 6,
1880, says: Mr.. Beecher's views of
the needs and the opportunities of the
American workingman are, at least,
peculiar. "What labor wants in this
land" is his latest word, "is moral
quality, not opportunity" And he
says, 1T is my belief that, with an
economical wife, who, by her indus
try, contributes to the family store,
and helpful children, who also add to
the income, prudent man could not
only support his family, but gradually
amass a property on dollar day"
Comparisons are often odious, but they
are sometimes necessary and lust. If
workingman can support his family
and gradually amass a property" on
dollar day, it would seem that 9
preacher of the gospel of Nszsrens
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sgg9petrp.
Y ~
tom WWAPPS' THREE TON CAR.

TUNE-"Such a getting up stairs"
Who has not heard of Toms big car
Has never travelled very far;
It's vast dimensions are replete
With grave presumes that Tom will cheat
Lords or Knights occasionally.
Toms mammoth craft, though perched on
wheels,
For want of grease often squeals,
And often threatens carricide
If he blackstrap did not provide
More lubricatingly.
This dry-land boat on Roman heights
Betimes asserts her natal rights
By plunging down athwart the stream,
Where ducks and geese blow off their steam
Most stentoriously.
That third too much it would not bear,
Like human tramps had borne Its share
So off went harness in the air;
Then Thomas Wwapps did curse and swear
Most diabolically.
Another tifty's gone for sure;
There's nothing left but chips and stoor ;
The Hesslans must repair this loss,
Or Pm no longer Tom the boss,
Nor yet Lord of Labor
OF foreign tramps we've had enough;
They are contentious, brittle stuff.
Just scales and weights they daily cry;
Well SIT them drifting Ivy and by
Beyond the hills of Pochy o..
Well run the wheels, you bet, ere long;
We've Swedes enough, docile and strong +;
And Hesslans too who will obey
And never grumble at their pay
A blank duebill is hunky o.
Well hire by spring o,d Jerry Hof
To build us each a fancy trough,
To feed the "critters" every day
Except those days we go to pray
For Hesslan freedom.
Our troughs salvation now and then
1t sanctifies the land of Penn,
For Hawks and Woolis are godly men;
Baers and Grumleys grunt-amen
Most pharisaically.
Grave Quaker State, thy troughs we hail |!
Grant us two more at Meyersdale;
You know our sites are very fine
We need just one for every mine,
And two at Chambers Station.
Wwapp swears he never blocked his scales,
Nor pinned their joints with horse. shoe
nails;
For Baers or Smiths he does not care;
He only means to cheat them fair
BY building cars high in the air.
Our overweight-we need it all
To help us through each dreary fall,
But railway z nights will shave our shaves,
Then stigmatize us all for knaves
Most numerically.
Toms car could make trough or boat;
On Castleman might sink or float
Might carry goods or living freight
With Thomas Wwapps as chieftest mate,
Bedecked in Pluto's costume.
Should he resolve on navigation,
And carry feed to Chambers Station,
He'll W althy grow in reputation
And prove blessing to this nation
And douhlod for Roupon;o
Capt. SHINE.
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TIE Coal TRADE.-The shipments
from the mines of the Georges Creek
coal region for the week ending Sat-
urday, January s, were 327l0
tons, and for the year to that date
F2,7l9 tons, decrease Of 1884
tons as compared with the corres-
ponding period of 1880. The ship
ments to the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road were, for the week, 26,409 tons;
for the year 26,409 tons, decrease
of 1882 tons as compared with
$780, The shipments to the Penr-
sylvania railroad were, for the week,
4,1S0 tons for the year to that date,
4,180 tons, an increase of 26S tons.
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S1OO Reward!

FRosTBURa, Md, Sept. 23, 1880.
WHEREAS, On Saturday last VAL.
w UABLE HEIFER, belonging to the
Borden Mining Company, was shot dead
by some person now unknown in one of
the enclosed pastures of the Company, and
WHEREAS, Destructive and dangerous
fires have been frequently caused by th e
wanton or malicious setting of fires in the
woods
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
the undersigned will pay One Hundred
Dollars Reward for such information as
will lead to the arrest and conviction of
any, person found trespassirlg upon the
enclosures of said Company with firearms !;
or of setting fire in the une nclosed woods
belonging to the same.
A. G. GREENE, Agent
Sept 25-3m Borc.en Mining Co.
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A CURIOUS CLOCK belongs to a ma
tive prince of Upper India, and is
iealously guarded as the rerest treas
ure of his luxuriant palace. In frcnt
of the clocks disc was a gong, swung
upon poles, and near it was pile Of
artificial human limbs. The pile was
made up of the full number of parts
Of twelve perfect bodies, but all lay
heaped together in seeming confusion.
Whenever the hands of the clock in
,!icsted the hour one, out from the
pile crawled just the number of parts
needed to form tho frame of one man,
part joining itself to part with a
quick metallic click when completed
The figure sprang up, seized mallet,
and, walking to tie gong, struck one
blow that sent the sound realing
through every room and corridor of
that stately palace. This done, he
returned to the pile and fell to pieces
again. When two o'clock came, two
men arose and did likewise and SO
through all the hours, the number of
figures being the sans as the number
Of the hour, till at noon and mid
night the entire heap sprang up, and
marching to the gong struck one
after another each his blow, and then
fell to pieces.
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Success.

The national debts Of Great Britain
snd France are now aboat equal,
France being a little ahead, her debt
being $3,927,0O0,o00. That of Great
Britain is $9,704, 100000. France
owes 1922. $4,000 more than Great
Britain. Germany owes over thou
sand millions of dollars; Austria
over two thousand millions; Italy
about two thousand millions; Russia
nearly three thousand millions Spain
two thousand five hundred millions;
Turkey twelve hundred thousand
the United States nearly nineteen
thousand. The debt Of France is but
$l,S00,000 greater now than in 1865,
while that of Germany has increased
in fifteen years $425,o0o.ooo. Great
Britain has reduced her public debt
$l44,000,000 since 1865, and is being
decreased every year from twenty-five
to fifty millions of dollars. France
has accomplished wonders, however,
if allowance be made for the trouble
with Germany, and the cost to France
of this foolish war. She has shown
recuperative powers, which indicate
her ability to preserve her Republi-
can form of government and maintain
her standing as a leading European
mower.
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WHOLE NUMBER, 4S6.

A TRIFLINa THING.-One has said
that "It is hard telling what a trife
means" Everything in nature seems
to be closely connected with every
thing else. An undue prepondsrance
of one force sets in motion all other
forces. The eddying of few parti-
cles of air may give rise to tornado.
A few drops of oil slowly leaking
from a cask may seem of little ac-
count; but in due time the vessel
will be empty. A small pin, bolt or
screw out of place may stop power
ful engine. A particle of dust may
stop or render & chronometer useless
as time. keeper. The prick of a pin
in balloon may destroy it. Another
writer has put the thought in a still
stronger light; "There is no such
thing as trife." ANY person who
has lived many years, and been en-
gaSed in tho transactions of daily
life, will certainly appreciate this
quotation. A useless expense OF
few cents daily to laboring man
will amount to no small sum in Sc
ries of years, while a judicious expen-
diture in the same, will be exhibited
in few years in the general appear
ance of thrift all around such man.
To know how to do things in the best
possible manner involves a knowledge
of thousand little things to insure
SUCCESS.
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Correspondence,
CUMBERLAND LETTER

OhristmaStids and Nep Years Festivities IN
Oum6erland-Church Dero.ions Discussed
Political Factions School a. fairs The
Lundtic Asylum-1he Y. N. O. A. Stir
ring up Zion.
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NoTE.-Time here given is Philadel-
phia time, which is five minutes faster than
Baltimore time.
Entire trans run through to Hunting
don. Through cars between Huntingdon
and Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore,
Washington and Pittsburg.
All Cumberland and Pennsylvania
trains stop at Hay street Station.
For full timetables, rates of
fare, &C., call on PETER Noon, Agent,
corner Baltimore and Liberty streets,
or EVERETT MAREAN, at the station, Cum
berland, or address THos. E. WATT, Pas
senger Agent Western District, Pittsburg,
Pa l.. P. FARMER,
General Passenger Agent.
FRANK THOMSON,
Noya7 General Manager.
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"THOUGHT OF YOU"

Kind it was to think me,
Far away from home and friends;
Though the gift my eyes do see
More and more to friendship tends.
Yet what pleases more than this,
And is friendships golden key
Is the thought so full of bliss:
Far from home, "you thought of me.
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Coal is 50 scarce in some parts of
the West that young people engaged
in courting have to sit in each others
laps to keep warm.
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BIRTHDAY AGROSTIC.

Take this as a souvenir;
Wear this jewel in your ear;
Ellen, dear, friend do hear,
Now in fear. without sneer.
Time is swift and death comes near;
Yield to God your heart in fear;
Thank him for this day and year;
Weep for sins and shed tear
Over life go short and drear.
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The ladies of the choir are inter-
ested in him-knowledge-y.