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NOn-PrOgressiye Mexico.

The country along the line of the
Mexican Central railroad in the United
States would be called a wilderness.
For 100 miles 1t does not run through
field or cultivated spot, notwith-
standing it is magnificent country-I
mean so far as the fertility of the land
is concerned. 1t only needs American
enterprise and industry to make it the
most productive country on earth, but
without foreign energy it will remain
as it is until the end of time. The
Mexicans have advanced less in the arts
and sciences than any other nation.
They use pillow of the same pattern
that old Father Abraham used, and the
worst of it is they do not want better.
neither would they use it if they had
it, Their general want of progressive
ideas aud stupidity is a great drawback
TO the railroad enterprises of the coun-
try 1t is the only labor that can be
had, so we have to make the best of it.
1t looks very ridiculous to see them
packing on their backs wheelbarrows
filled with dirt, or to see them thrown
aside, and the men carrying dirt in
their aprons. They have no more idea
how to use shovel or spade than hog
has. They will in the most awkward
manner imaginable get handful of
dirt on the shovel and walk a step or
two to the place they wish to put it and
hold the shovel with one hand while
they rake the dirt off with the other.
Neither are the better classes very
much further advanced in general
knowledge For an illustration, some
time ago several contractors came here
from Texas, and brought their outfit,
among which were lot of cooking
stoves and very large cooking-range.
They were required to pay $40 duty on
each stove, but when they came to the
range they passed it free of duty, sup
posing it to be steam engine. That
is one wise thing the Government does
allow-steam engines enter duty free.
Cor. Louisville Coaaier-Jou37laL
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The Cause OF Flushing.

The physiology of blushing has long
presented a difficult problem to solve.
Many unsatisfactory explanations have
been gwen of the causes of that inter
esting phenomenon. The British Med
icdi Journal lately received an inquiry
as TO the measures to be taken for the
cure of chronic tendency to blush,
and one of its correspondents takes up
the matter in n very practical way.
Among other causes of blushing he
gives prominence "to the wearing of too
thick rtnderclothing, and especially of
too thick sacks" He adds that long
sleeyed wooden sacks or jerseys are
often a cause of blushing and, in fact,
warm clothing in general. He does
not fail to remark that the blusher
must choose in this matter between the
isk OF rheumatism and the annoyance
of blushing. As collateral evidence in
support of his views, he says" AN aunt
of mine had habitually red nose from
this cause alone. which disappeared
when she took to thinner stockings."
Regarding the matter from u social
standpoint, the writer says: The best
plan for an habitual blusher is TO laugh
and be very gushing, a, for instance,
on meeting an acquaintance in the
street, when he colors up; and he will
then feel more at his ease than if no
looks sheepish and reserved.
An obvious cause for blushing j,
over-sensitivaness and self-conscious
ness, which will wear away as the per
son becomes used to society and
strengthens his character by adopting
wise principles of thought and action.
The physiological explanation of blush
ing given by the writer Just quoted is
that it is due to paralysis of the SYM
pathetic circles of nerves surrounding
the arteries, which, not contracting
properly, allow ireer flow of blood to
the surface.
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should not have detained him an hour.

should not have detained him an hour.
Il suppose he had reasons for con-
cealing his identity" said Mr.. Brook.
"He knew you had been watching him,
and was afraid of awkward dis
closures.
He needn't have been afraid of that,
sir--though he certainly has had a rare
spree for a parson,' said the officer.
That can't be helped, and he richly
deserves his fate" chuckled the lawyer.
1T was 10y my advice that Mrs. Medd
did not identify the things. As you
appeared to have no suspicion of the
truth, it did not seem worth while TO
let you into the secret However, as
you have discovered it, suppose we
can rely on your discretion.
I'm as close as wax, sir" said the
detective, rather Indignantly I'll bet
guinea L know now what was in that
black valise, lie added. 1T contained
his clerical toggery and any articles
that would have revealed his identity.
He must have changed his clothes in
the train coming from Chichester, and
carried the valise about with him for
fear his secret should be discovered"
well, ALPS we'll that ends WELL and
/ don't think he will repeat the expert
ment," said Mr.. Brook, smiling. Bring
Mr.. Smith in cab to my hotel, and |
will give you a G5 note. London
Truth
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A Story OF a Hedge.

The place is full of Usage orange
hedges. They surround most of the
peach orchards-probably to keep peo-
pie out. Did you ever try to get over
an Usage orange hedge?" old man ask cd
me this morning. NO." replied, did
you?" EYES," he said, sadly; Il tried
once-a long time ago Did, eh?'
Eyes" "How long did it take you to
get over it?" said he, sadly. How
long did it take me to get over it?"
And the old man looked over the land
scape and scratched himself and con
tinued: How long did it take me to
get over il? Why, l don't think 1 am
quite over it yet. '-DelalcGre Cor.
p1lcE
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rhe silent chariot standsth at the door,
None heard the sonnd Of its mysterious wheels
Yet each IL presence feels.
SO hampins bits, no tramp of paving feet,
all dark ana silent up and down the street,
And yet thou my st rot keep IL waiting there
For one last kiss or prayer.
Thy words. with some strange Other inter
chinged,
Str Ike cold acrcss us Ike loved eyes estranged,
With things that are not iraughJ; or things that
are,
Fade like sun-stru(k star.
And thou too weak and agonize1 to lift
The cup 10 quench thy dying thirst. CT shift
Thy pillow, now without our help must rlse
Nor wait our ministries.
Thou, loved and cherished, must GO forth alone
None sees thee fondly To the door, not one;
No head is tuun "a TO see the go we stay
Where thou art not, and Iray.
No panel bars thy white resistless feet,
Our walls are mist TO thee; cut on the streeo
II waits, IL waits for thee, tor thee alone:
Arise, let us begone!"
Alone, alone, upon thine awful way,
DO any show thee kindness? Any stay
Thy heart? Or does the silent charioteer
Whisper, BE OF good cheer"
We know not. None may follow thee afar,
None hear the sound OF thy departing car;
Only vast silence like "A strong black sea
Rolls on 'twiXt us and thee
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Tobacco Eating Rats.

"Say, mister, couldn't you put some
thing in that paper about rats eatin' CT
gars?"
What for?'
WAL, we see, I've been hookin' some
o. dads sheroots an he kinder got onto
it an says he's goin' to lick me after
breakfast tomorrow. Now, il You
could stick somethin' in the paper sayin'
that rats sometimes eat cigars an that
once there was q bad man licked his
boy for what the rats had stole, We SEQ
the ole man might light on it in the
mornin' an think he'd better take the
chance on lettin' i.e off. It'd help me
out, an help you to fill up the paper
too. See ?"-Chscdgo Daily Nelcs.
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Honey, Hunter and Wild Cat in One Log.

mo bobcats wild cats) for me- said
Maine hunter. 1--WE been clawed
myself; one dose is enough to last all
the year around. / guided it up here
four or five years ago, and one season L
had young Teller come clean over
from Liverpool, but maxim his stay at
Gaspe-one o these ere fancy sportm'
fellers. He was a powerful sot on
shootin' bobcat, and from the way he
talked 1 reckon he kind o. thought We
had to fire at short range, draw yer
bowie-knife, and rush in. Anyway, we
was on the lookout for bobcats, and one
afternoon we come to big hollow pine
that was across the trail, and / see in
minute there was honey inside. I'll
crawl in, he says, and fetch it aout,'
and in he went, and L off intew the
bushes to git piece o wood for o
scraper. As l come back / cast my eye
on the hole where he'd gone in, an
see big bobcat goin' in. My gun was
lyin' right near her and / made Jump,
and she commenced to back aout, prob
ably havin' met him, and grabbed her
by the tail and began to pull, o. course
maxim her scratch. He thought it was
me at first. but when she let on ter
squallin' I'll swanney to swan, there
was a circus there for one while, yaoul
found 1 couldn't hang on, so 1 knitted
her and hauled her ont dead. And,
Lord bless we, if he'd seen the Liver
pool chap when he come aout ye'd
laughed yer eyes aont. He was honey
from head tew foot, but he had young
bobcat, which explained the hull thing,
and if | hadn't been araound he'd been
chawed up, sure
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HUMOR.
from the Burlington Hawkeye.l


LOWER CALIFORNIA is said to be full
of gold and copper. So is the United
States Treasury. That is all the good
it does us.
PRISONER, il is charged that you have
three wives" faint so, Judge. L
ant so unhappy as look. / alus wiz
disconsolate-lookin man, but l hain't
got nary one."
A WEST HILL man refused to buy a
velocipede for his son, because he said
the boy didn't know how to take pictures
with one if he had it, and he would
poison himself trying to learn.
w. +. GRANT, of Harmony, Me-, says
he has horse which has killed and
eaten several of his lambs. Probably
he turned the animal loose in Maine
pasture and the poor horse had to eat
something.
THE Government OF the United
States does not own one acre OF land
in Tennessee. We understand that the
Government, as soon as it found that
it owned some Tennessee land, gave it
away. 1t had to be quick about it too,
or the State Treasurer would have got
hold of it.
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The Rev. A. p. Happier, d. D.,
figures out steady decrease in the
population of China. He says the
present number of inhabitants cannot
exceed 800, 000,0 900. Chief among the
causes of the diminution is opium. He
believes that the population of Indie
will soon exceed that OF Chin, athe lat
ter ceasing TO be the most populous
country on the globe.
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DIR. II. L. HAMILTON says that nj
least once day girls should have their
halters taken of, the bars let down,
and be turned loose like young colts.
"Calisthenics may be very genteel, and
romping very ungenteel. but one is the
shadow, the other the substance, oil
healthful exercise.
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THERE cannot live more unhappy
creature than an ill-natured old man,
who in neither capable of receiving
pleasures, nor sensible of doing them
to others.-Sir W. Temple.
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CAPT. EADs has thus far received
81, 200, 600 for his work at the mouth Of
the Mississippi.
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from Carl Pretsel's weekly.l


THE only way some editors could get
out a gritty paper would be by printing
it on sand-paper.
JAY GOULD may not count his friends
by the thousand, but they count him
by the million.
THE gray dawn of an intellectual rev.
olution sticks out like the cellar door
of the corner grocery.
BE not ashamed to shed an honest
tear. If tears are sign of weakness,
it is a noble weakness.
AN editor who lives three miles from
his Office, and has to foot it, has no
trouble about his circulation.
IF black is an absence of all colors,
we can't imagine what fun there is in
attending minstrel show.
JOHN" said the foreman, "where is
that article about Dried Apples 2" Il
made 'pi' of it, was the answer.
The reason that women operators
cannot work as fast as men is probably
due to the fact that they sit down and
wonder all about the dispatch before
sending it, and then keep half of the
message to talk about during dinner
hours
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[From the Aakansaw Traveler.l

In de eyes oh do worl' luck makes a
smart man outen fool.
OARS only mighty short step 'twixt
selfishness and dishonesty. 1t is strong
selffshness dat makes man steal.
De man wild thinkin' mind is neber
alone 'cept when he's in company, an
is neber in company 'cept when he's
alone.
DE man what doan care ter be cred
tied wild de work what he himself does
amt keen ter gin credit ter oder people
fur what ia do.
Too MUCH 'portance can be laid ter
de openness oh de eye. De owl is got
heap bigger eye den de fox, but he
amt got half as much sense.
DE dishones' man often looks up while
de homes man looks down. De smut
head oh wheat STAINS up straight, but
de real head oh grain bends ober.
WHEN a man wanster prube cherry
thing what he says Use sorter 'spicious,
but when he wants ter bet on cherry
thing he says 1 knows dat he's q liar.
WHEN a rich man is short in his ac-
counts folks says, what pity" but
when a POI man is short da say, what
a rascal dat Teller is. 1 alters know'd
dat he was thief"
IMITATION is sometimes priced higher
den de 'riginal. De mockin' bird what
crows like de crow is more 'spected dan
de crow, but he suffers on dis account,
fur de white folks put him in a cage.
1t is pity dat all imitators amt shet
up.
"SHow me sensible man who is OPP
posed to capital punishment exclaimed
lawyer, while in conversation during a
recess of court. Il am, replied gen.
tleman sitting near. And why so, sir?
give your reasons" because 1 am
sentenced to be hung next month.
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WALKING STICKs.-A walking stick has
always been considered useful and grace
ful present. likely to be Of pleasant service,
and long possessed. Some are inclined to
think that the pilgrims staff, the Bishops
crozier and drum majors gorgeous mace
and the ushers wand have a common origin
with the walking stick at least, we know
the change of habit, and that most un-
accountable change of fashion, has in our
time worked some curious results the var
ious materials called into use are alone suf-
ficient TO cause surprise. Walking sticks
have been made of tortoise shell, the back
bone or vertebr;r Of the shark, the tusks Of
the rhnoceros, and wood of every conceiv-
able variety and lately one was exhibi-
ted made entirely of champagne corks, with
stout wire passed through them. The
handles have many more sources 10 boast, as
there are many materials not large enough
to make whole sticks, such for instance as
the teeth of the giraffe, tho walrus, the ele.
phant: and, in fact, most large teeth, and
all horns are useful for the purpose. 1t is q
remarkable fact that women are seldom en-
ploved at ck-making, and boys but little,
there being so much knowledge and skill
required for the various processes that men
are chiefly employed. 1t is also singular
that steam power is not in use to any large
extent machinery has the power Of turn
ing out large quantities of goods all alike,
but cannot vary them. There must not be
two alike, and if nature is humored, as it is
by skilled workmen, there cannot be; it will
readily be seen that a fixed method cannot
be applied to all, as each stick must receive
treatment peculiar to itself.
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS
HEDICTSAL.
CLIMBING THE SPIRAL STAIRS.
INVISIBLE ARcuITECrrrE IN \ New ESGLANI
pAkSNNAGE.

INVISIBLE ARCHITECTrEE IN \ NEW ENGLAND
PARSONAGE.
Yes" she said, 'our children are married and
gone and my husband and | sit by our winter
ire much as we did before the little oucS came TO
widen tho circle Life is something like spiral
staircase; we are all the time coming around over
the spot we started from, only on" degree further
up the stairs.
That is pretty illustration, remarked her
friend, musngly, gazing into tho glowing coais
which radiated pleasant heat from the many
Widowed stove. You know we cannot stop toll
ing up tho hill, though.
Surely we cannot, and for myself don ma
fault with that necessity provided the advance IN
life is not attended with calamity or suffering, for
! have had nv share of that. Not long since my
health utterly broke down. My system was luli
of malaria Nv digestion became thoroughly DIS
ordered aud my nerves were IN wfetchco Sta'c'
| was lauguid ate little and that without enjoy
ing it, and had no strength or ambition 10 per-
form even my light household duties. Mcdica!
treatment failed to reach the seat Of the trouble.
The dscase-which seemed 10 be weakness OF all
the vital organS--prOgrcssed until l had severai
attacks which my physicians pronounced 10 be
acute congestion OF the stomach. The last OF
these was desperate struggle and was given up
10 die As the crisis had partially passed, my nus
band heard of the merits of PARKER ) IONIC rs
an invigorant in Just such cases as mine. TOOK
it and felt its good effects at once. 1t appeared 10
pervadc nv body, rs though the blessing OF new
life had come to me. Taking no other mcdlcin"
| continued to improve and am now III better
health than have been for 4 long time
Extract from interview with the wife OF KEY.
T. Perry Pastor of Baptist Church, Coldnrook'
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DRY GOODS.
To Read This, is to Save Money.

We arc moi uut with flashing Newspaper Adver-
liscnents, us We arc too busy without them. Al
though ciaploy one HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
Statesmen AND SALEsLADlEs, our Customers
would suffer by the rush, il it was larger. Al! We
want to call your attention To is our Stock OF
LADIES AND CHILDREN'S CLOAKS.
All OF tn. most fashionable styles We havo mis-
calculated the QUANTITY of our purchases, and
find that IL we sell ut the ratc of one hundred a
day until the 1st of January our assortment would
still be large enough to stock amy two Houses IN
this city.
We therefore have concluded not to wait until
the latter paIt Of the Season but to reduce prices
at once to such figures rs will make them SELL
Our TES-DoLIAR RADAME SATIN CIRCULAR.
QUILTED LINING, is WORTH FIFrREN-DoLLAEs.
All our goods arc made
EXPRESSLY FOR US, OR MANUFACTURED
BY Us ON OUR FOURTH FLOOR
Do not neglect this opportunity, but call at once,
even if you have no intention to buy ut present.
A few words about our STOCK OF BLANKETS.
We have attended three TRADE-SALEs OF BLANK
ETs in New York, and find we have over
ONE HUNDRED CASES
on hand. The goods were bought 4O per cent.
Cheaper than last years prices. which lnsurcs u.
against loss even il VIC would carry them over to
next year. What we dread is the idea of carrying
them, for want OF Storage Room We shall there
fore sell them, with a small advance on cost, by
the single pair at prices which will throw all
competition in the shade.
We arc selling 10.4 Blanket at $1.2O pair.
We arc selling an all-woo warranted . lbs. at
$2.1O pair
Wholesale dealers are selling them at $3.50, and
all finer goods in proportion. Wo have them as
largo as 14-4, and guarantee you saving Of at
least 40 per cent.
We trust that our long and wcll.cstablished
Reputation for Reliability will place, with
Intelligent Public, all Statements of interruptions
Competitors Oh their Respective Merits.
Lansburgh & Bro,
42O, 422 AND 424 SEVENTH STREET,
oct31-tian1 WASHINGTON, d. c.
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OYSTERS.
VIZ III. SMITH & SON,
w, DEALERS IN
Salt Water OYSTERS,

Market Building, opposite Adams Express Office,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Having completed arrangements for the oyster
business this season. we arc now prepared to fur
nish the best Oysters at the shortest notice at all
places where ordered.
Having been engaged in the business for many
wears we feel safe iu saying we know how to
handle them to suit the trade.
All orders entrusted to US will receive prompt
attention, and our arrangements are such tnat
nersons dealing with us can depend upon being
supplied promptly during the season, including
the holidays ue1
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ELEGANT AND FFICIENT.--For lumbago,
sciatica and pains in the back, hips and
sides use Benson's Capciue Porous Plaster
% cents.
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191 WEST TENTH STREET,
NEW YORK, August II, 1850 !

MESsRs SEABURY q JOHNSON,
Gentlemen Like most of my profession. am
cautious about pinning my faith TO any new medl-
cno or curative agent. But your BENSON
CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER has broken
through the barriers and won its way 10 my good
opinion. Ny attention was first called 10 IL some
eight months ago by patient ot mine. Although
| was we'll acquainted with the superior excel
lcncc of YOU other plaster and antiscptic dress
ing. made especially for the profession, the Ben
sons was comparatively new to me. had heard,
however OF its merits as remedy, III cases OF
Lame Back, Local rheumatism Neuralgia Con-
gcstion of the Bronchial Tubes and Lungs Dys-
oepsia, Torpid Liver and the like affections, and
have since begun to experiment with it PERSONAL
Iv. find BENSON'S CAPClNE PLASTER an
exceptionally cloanly plaster to uso' and rapid IN
its action.
MANY tests of its qualities. made IN my own
family and among my patients, have convinced
me that there is no other single article so vaiua-
bc for popular use, nor so helpful in the diseases
| have named.
eShould you desire to do SO, you may nse my
name to that effect. Very truly yours,
HH KANE, AM, MD.
The genuine have the word CAPClNE cut in
the center Price 25 cents.
Seabury & Johnson Chemists, New York.
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r UsTRo. LUsTRO. LUSTRo The best arti.
1 Gle in the market for Cleaning Silver and
Nickle-plated Ware. Just the thing Tor cieamng I'm g
y hottie and be convinced Price 25 cents. For
soIo br MCLEAN & UHLER,
noyio 76 King street.
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rI,O THE PUBLIC.
We have this day re-opened our
OYSTER HOUSE

and will he prepared to FIJI all orders promptly.
Orders from the Country solicited and promptly
a+tsnded to, OYSTERS DELIVERED FREE to
any mart of tho city. J. H. MCLEAN & co:
:enfo Alexandria, Va.
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: STABLER & CO.

! STABLER Il CO..
Successors to +. II. Stablcr)
DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS,
n. w. Corner King and Washington Streets
Dealers in Patent Medicines, Drugs, Cigars and
Cigarettes. Fine Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes,
German and Domestic Cologne, Hair Brushes,
Spongcs Flesh Straps, &c. Especial care given to
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