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lished to-day would not satisfy oil. AS little, however, would the monarchy or the empire. What better course, then, can be followed than to prolong the existence Of the present provisional government? The great trouble, however, is that the French people and the French political fac tions are not so wise as they ought to be. What should be done is more or less clear. What will be done is in the last degree uncer- tain. From later despatch we learn that the Princes of the House of Orleans have yielded to the remonstrances of the President and have promised for the present not to take their seats. This, we think, is we'll. But it leaves things as unsettled as ever What If the Orleanists in the Assembly should insist on pushing matters to q final settlement What if the Emperor Napoleon should some of these mornings effect land ing on the French coast, and the old mar shals Of the empire, with MacMahon at their head and the entire army Of France at their back, should hoist the imperial eagle and proclaim the empire restored2 These are not improba- bilities. The fact is that an uprising in favor Of Napoleon is one of the main causes of the present alarm. The Orleanists are impatient of delay, because delay is in the interest of the empire. Should President Theirs honestly make the attempt to carry out his new pro- gramme we wish him all the success which he deserves but we have an honest conviction that the present government has been a fail ure, that the political factions are as yet ire concilable and that France is on the verge Of another revolution.

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The argument in the Connolly case at Al bany was concluded yesterday, and Judge Learned took the papers, signifying that he should make his decision as speedily as possf- BILE. The proceedings show the insuficiency of any civil suit in the case of the city frauds. Everybody knows that the public treasury has been robbed of millions of dollars BY means of fraudulent vouchers and forged Warrants that the robberies were planned and executed in the Comptroller's Office; that the parties supposed to be concerned in them have grown in few years from poor men into millionnaires and yet, at this hate day, months after the crimes have been discovered, we find host of learned lawyers before Court arguing technical points as to whether the State has any right to sue Tweed or whether Connolly can be legally arrested on this or that affidavit. If two poor men had stolen hun dred dollars apiece by means of a forged check or fraudulent order they would have been arrested, committed by magistrate and sent to Sing Sing. No person would have thought of suing them in civil action to recover back the plunder. The only way to deal with criminal is through the criminal law; and now that the Albany argument has closed the people will be glad to hear from Judge Bedford's Grand Jury. They can reach the core Of the matter yiithogt ttschnicalities aud without lawyers. Judge Bedford has done his duty in affording them full time to COM plete the work before them. and he will give them more if they need it. Let them act fear lessly and honestly, and there will be no further need of nice legal points on one side or the other. When the guilty parties are in a criminal jail there will be no difficulty in recovering the money they have stolen.

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for further information. The Canadian Provinces-McssaGe OF tho Lieutenant Governor Of Canada West. The Message of the Lieutenant Governor of Canada West, or Ontario, to the Provincial Legislature, shows that the old strifes and jealousies existing for a number of years Canada have not been set at rest by the scheme of confederation. The original union between the two provinces was based upon the princi- pie of balance Of power, SO as to prevent either section from gaining preponderance in the united legislation. At the time the union was formed this was regarded as necessary precaution by Canada West, in order to guard against any encroachment on the part of the Eastern province, then the most numerously populated of the two. It was provided that no increase in the representation of either province should take place without q corresponding addition on the other side. Upper Canada was English and Protestant, Lower Canada was French and Catholic. Thus, if the population of any portion of the lower province increased so as to entitle the district to an additional member of the Union Parliament, it was forced to hold its right in allegiance until q new member should be added to some district in the upper province. In the course of time this restriction worked injur- ously for the upper province, or Canada West, whose population increased rapidly by immi- grafton, while Canada East remained stationary or actually lost ground. The former, therefore, demanded representation on the basis of popu- lation-a reform rendered the more imperative from the fact that the lower province managed to monopolize the power OF the government, although minority Of the people Of the union. The reason of this was that the Catholic representatives Of Lower Canada held solidly together, while they could always manage to win over some Of the members from the West, and thus command . majority In the Parlia- ment. The Western province was thus forced to see objectionable school laws enacted; the legislation of the country and the Court proceedings conducted IN foreign language, and the interests of Upper Canada generally made subservient to those of Lower Canada. The scheme of confederation Was concocted to get rid Of this sectional strife, and was con- summated none too soon. The upper province agreed to 1t in the belief that 1t would be the means Of overthrowing the increasing and en- croachng power Of the lower province. The latter, after much opposition, was induced to consent to the Dominion plan, partly in the belief that they might yet retain their superb ority and partly because they feared that longer continuance of the old condition of af- fairs would lead to serious results. 1t appears now, however, that one of the earliest acts of the new confederation, the adjustment of the liabilities and assets of the two provinces, Is likely to lead to strife and may be the means Of overthrowing the new order of things. Lower Canada objects to the award made by the arbitrators appointed by the govern @ent, and fasts all possible technical obsta- eles In the way to prevent settlement. The Lieutenant Governor of the upper province, In alluding to these facts, declares that the action Of the lower province will revive those political and sectional conflicts which for years prior to the confederation endan- gered the peace of the country. He declares that the people Of Canada West agreed to the policy of confederation mainly in the hope of escaping these critical issues, and casts upon Lower Canada the responsibility Of reopen ing them and of the momentous conse- quences likely to result therefrom. 1t Is evident that the natural enmities and jealousies between the two great sections In the new confederation are left unhealed, and must assurredly lead at last to serious con- 1ict. Lower Canada is resolved to maintain her preponderance or TO leave the government. Montreal and other portions, whose interests are closely identified with the United States, are at any moment prepared for annexation, and would prefer o union with the republic to a secondary position in the New Dominion. 1t appears probable that the confederation brought about at such cost and exertion by the Home government, may, after all, be only che preparatory step to the severance of Canada from Its British connection. and the

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In these columns this morning, informs MS that radical change in the French govern ment is imminent. President Theirs, 1t seems, has made up his mind to resign the Presidency in favor Of the Duke d'Aumale. Our correspondent states that the Duke and the President have perfect understanding on the subject. The new arrangement, it is said, Is approved of by all the members OF the Right. The Princes Of the House Of Orleans are so far pleased with the proposed arrange ment that they have agreed not to take their seats in the Assembly until the new scheme is ripe and ready to shape itself into visible fact. The principal reason assigned for the new departure-for 80 we must take the liberty to call it's that the President feels his inability to longer resist the forces Of the Right, which have been sent up from the prov inces. Another reason is that he has an in creasing dread of the influence which Il is known the imperialists have with the army. There are those who think that the Duke dAumale, who, like his father, is somewhat of q trickster, may, once he gets hold Of the reins Of government, cheat the Count de however, that the army, by declaring for the empire, may mar the plans Of Theirs and | destroy the hopes of the Orleanists. | Such is our latest budget of news from France. We did not need this piece of intelli- gence to be convinced that crisis had at last arrived in the history of the provisional gov ernment Of President Thiers. That crisis was approaching has long been apparent; and many weeks ago it was foreshadowed in these columns Of one thing this despatch makes us certain-it shows that the French people as whole are dissatisfied with the un- certainty which prevails. The masses of the people, who care little for politics, demand fixed government To them it matters little whether the government be republican, mo- narchicsl or imperial. What they want is that an end be made to this provisional regime, which, while calling itself republican, Is more despotic than the empire but which is neither republican nor monarchical, nor imperial. Thisis the feeling througbou the country. With | the politicians matters are entirely different. Each party has its own scheme and is bent on its own purpose The republicans are partly L they have not the substance. The imperial lists are not altogether dissatisfied, because the provisional government still leaves them the army, on which, when the final tug Of war comes, they know they can lean. The Orleanists are impatient because they know that but for the resistance Of the President they could carry their purpose. Such is the state Of public feeling and such Is the attitude of the different parties. We have not mentioned the legitimists, because we think the time has come when they must be counted out of the fight. No one is so fully aware that such is the state of things as President Theirs himself. For some eight or nine months he | has been asking France to wait, and encourage ing the belief that his plans were fully matured, and that when the time for action came mat ters would be found all right France has waited; the political factions have been rea- sonably peaceful; but to-day the original uncertainty remains, and no man can tell | what is to be the immediate future. Impa- tience, it is manifest, has now taken hold Of the nation and of all the political parties, but particularly, it seems, of the monar chists, and delay is no longer to be tolerated. The President is convinced that he must do some thing, or seem to be willing to do something. Hence the programme sketched in our special cable despatch. Is the President serious in this proposal? That is the question which many who know France and French political parties will ask themselves when they read the new pro- gramme. Let US distinctly understand what it is proposed to do. Arrangements are to be made whereby the Orleans Princes shall be enabled to take their seats. So soon as they shall have taken their seats in the Assembly President Theirs will resign, and the Assembly will be asked to appoint In his place the Duke d'Aumale. | This is the plan. On the face of it it does | look like an honest attempt to secure | the restoration Of the House of Orleans. 1t is notorious that the Assembly is two thirds monarchical, and 1t is not to be doubted that if M. Theirs should carry out his avowed purpose the Duke dAumale would be elected President by large majority. But the ques- tion remains-is President Thers sincere Does he really intend to carry out this pro- | gramme? Our readers must have noticed of late that NJ. Theirs no longer terrifes the | Assembly into obedience by daily threats of resignation. That game is played out 1t is no longer serviceable. May it not be that | in this new scheme we have the old threat | repeated, under new form? Arrangements have yet to be made. The purpose is not to be carried out Immediately. What If the Assembly should again take fright and seeing, after the resignation Of the President, another war Of the factions, barricades, blood and all the horrors of civil war, should request him to abandon his purpose and

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WARDS New GROUP OF STATUARY.-A happy exception to the hideousness OF which the HERALD has often complained, as charac- terzing most Of the public statues erected in this city, is found In the white marble group that now stands out in beautiful relief against the heavy, massive granite of the Equitable Building on Broadway. An emblem of the idea Of which the massive building is itself monument, 1t represents female figure of exquisite proportions protecting with shield a mother and child. 1t thus artistically symbolizes the protecting shield which life insurance holds over the widow and the father ;/ss. Executed In Italy, after model by the celebrated American sculptor, J. Q. A. Ward. Il was cut from q single block of Carrara marble Of perfect purity. II was first unveiled as the Grand Duke Alexis was passing before II on the day Of his reception IN New York. The example of the Equitable Society might we'll be followed Abolish the costly and senseless carvings that disfgure so many of our conspicuous buildings. Let the face Of each structure be made plain and massive, while the ornamentation is concentrated In one such splendid and significant work Of art. The result will soon be marvellous Improvement Ia New York architecture.

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TIE PRINCE OF WALEs.-Our latest reports Of the condition of the Prince of Wales have revived the hope that he may possibly re- cover. The probabilities, however, are SO heavily against him that we fear that at any moment we may get the tidings Of his death. Meantime, from the universal public sympa- thy awakened for the Prince, the unhappy Queen and the royal family, whether life or death Is the issue of this severe ordeal of dis ease through which the Prince is passing it is morally certain that the British monarchy will. at least for some time, be strengthened by political reaction in its favor against the radical agitators Of the great cities of England. Should the Prince live it is hoped that he will become wiser man than he has been; and In the event Of his death, the public mind being prepared for it, we apprehend no dis turbances or serious excitements in the British islands touching the government under the Queen, nor in reference to the regency by which, soon or late, she must be succeeded.

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1t is energy Of will that is the soul Of the intellect wherever it is, there is life where it is not, all is dullness aud dependency and desolation. People who have no experience Of it imagine that it is destructive to the nerves, exhaustive Of the animal spirits that it aggrayates the wear aud tear Of life oGves- siyely. But this is au idle notion, as idle as the habits aud humors Of those whe entertain it. We leave it to any man, who knows its real effect, TO strike the baance-to compare the exhaustion Of an indolent day with that OF an active one to say in which OF the two cases the subject is in better heart for work and fitted to undergo it, Whatever we may be about, one thing we believe, is certain, that if the spirits are spent by energy they are utterly wasted by idleness at worst, energy can only end in relaxation il is superior to it for a while, and possibly at last may fall into it whereas, idleness is ac- tual relaxation from first to last, and can be nothing else But even this view, favorable as it is, is yet not favorable enough p be just / The fact is, that violence is not necessary t energy any moro than tyranny is to kingship on the contrary, it is the greatest energy thai does the most work Energy, literally from the Greek, mean inward. workingness the blooming OF the flower is energy, the increase Of fruit energy the growth Of the body is energy yet, in all these there is no violence the efficacy is moi destructive, but vital without it the who'll fraine must fall at once into corruption; witt | it, instead Of corruption, We have life. Blu this, it may be said, is a refinement. 1t ma. he so, but it is true in fact nevertheless. Th ransayer will find it difficult to produce any thing from the subject of surer or more essen / tial truth

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and quarrelling between the children and the parents Are there not many households where there are little feuds that are kept up from day to day, and from week to week, and where the adversares are watching each 9th or, and waiting for chance to pay of the indignties that they have received? Ga the other hand, how many households are there that call themselves Christians, and have a right to, because all day long each one is shin ing on the others because each one is re. moving distractions, taking away attritions, smoothing aspcrities, and seeking to make all aniable and all happy2 Such are Christian households When after the long, loathsome voyage entered the channel and saw, dim, upon the horizon, the blue line Of shore, and smclled the strange odor in the air, said to my noble friend Capt. Knight, "What is this smell 2'' BLESS your heart :" said he, ait is tho land SMELL" All the smells Of the sea put togetb- er were never 30 iwcct as the land smell Aiar of the land was it LAY like a little rib bon on the horizon-and yet, it sent its odor clear out to where we were. There are persons so lovely that you cannot go near to them without perceiving they ex- hale gadness and cheer aud happiness. Bless ed are such Blessed arc the happiness makers IN w. Bcecir, IN Piynouih Pulpit

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A mother on the green hills Of Vermont was holding by the right hand her son, a lad Of sixteen years. mad with the love Of the sea. Aud as she stood there she said Edward, they tell me-ior never saw the occan-that the great temptation Of a sea- mans life is drink Promise me- before you quit your mothers hand, that you will never drink" "And, said he, for he told me the story,"I gave the promise and | went the globe over-Calcutta and the Mediterranean, San Francisco and the Cape of Good Hope the North and South poles, saw them all III forty years and never saw a glass filled with sparkling liquor that my mothers form by the gate did not rise before me, and to-day ! am innocent of the taste of liquor Was not that sweet evidence of the power Of single word? Yet that is not half "for, said be, yesterday there came into my count iug-room man of forty years" DO you know me p "'No.'" "'Wel," said he, '''I was brought drunL in your presence on shipboard you were passenger; they kicked me aside; you tool me to your birth and kept me there till hac slept off the intoxicaton you then asked nj / if had mother; said that | never hear word from her lips you told me Of your at the garden gate and to-day am maste of the finest ship in New York, and cam to ask you to come and see me- How far the little candle throws its beam. Tn mothers words on the green hills of Vermont God be thanked for the mighty power Of single word

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In early childhood, you lay the foundation of poverty or riches, in the habits of your children. Teach them to save everything not for their own use, for that would make them selfsh-but for some use Teach them to share everything with their playmates but never allow them to destroy anything. | once visited family where the most exact econ omy was observed, yet nothing was mean OF uncomfortable. 1t is the character Of true economy to be as comfortable on little, as other can be with much In this family, wher the father brought home package, the Older children would, of their own accord, put away the paper and twiue neatly, instead of throwing them in the FIRE, or tearing them to pieces II the little ones wanted piece of twine tC scratch-cradle or spin a top, there it was ii readiness aud when they threw it upon thu floor the elder children had no need to be tolC to put it again in its place.

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The best thing to give to the poor is em- ployment. Silent deeds are better than Improbable words. The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trAes to vex one, and in prudently cultiyalng an underground of small pleasures, since very few great ones are let on long leases. How easy it is to please and be pleased, as well as edited, if one will take the fra GRANGE Of the rose instead of the thorns and hold the knife by the handle and not by the edge. The only way for man to escape being found out is to pass for what he is. The only way TO maintain good character is to deserve it. 1t is easier to correct our faults than to conceal them There are many fruits which never turn sweet until the frost has lain upon them and there are many elements OF life that never grow sweet and beautiful till sorrow touches them.

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4 man named Southworth, living in May yille \. Y, has just ejected from his stomach Q frog that has been living there for fourteen rears, Mir. Southvorth has had a great dea' of trou5e with tdat Frog It used to begin to croak at the most unreasonable hours. When Mr SoutLworth would go to church, for in stance, the frog would remain silent until the congregation would engage ia silent prayer, and then it would set up such a terrific howl that the sexton would rush in aud collar South worth, and drag him out to quiet him down on the grave yard. Sometimes that frog would give nocturnalserenade alter Southworth was fast asleep in bed. and then Southwour'h would rise as mad as anything seize stomach pump, and try to draw the frog up But tbe subtle reptile had had that trick played uPon it too often during these fifteen years and 1t always shiuned up the tube piece, out oi the draught, and waited until sou,hworth exhaust~ ed himself, Southworth never fooled that frog a great deal. And when frogs were iu season southwoFth used to fish for this one with fly but it ai~ ways refused to rise, and the fly buzzed around so in Southworth's alimentary canal that It nearly tickIed Southworth to death. So South worth had to wait until the other day, when the frog thought he woul step out to see a friend and when 1t did come out Southworth closed his jaws behind it and then killed it with a fork. He says the frog used to at twice as much as he did Y; but we have been thinking it over, and it seems to us that the statement must be exaggerated. This is a plain statement of the case ot Mir. Southworth and that frog, as given by the O" ha State Register, but the Jamestown. N. Y. Journal gives the following version of the con- cuding part; The Register has nearly the whole story in. It should be stated however that the unhappy man tried to drown the frog with various kinds of Iiauors without s7ccess At last SouthTorth went into the printing business and the frog vae soon starved out Thaswas ths reason he l "rz." not for the parpose of seeing friend as the Register suPposes The worst of it ig, s supposes that the frog is still there and is trying 0 drown it with mix ed drinks

1871

THE Vallejo (Cal.) Chronicle gives the following account of spirited runaway match An exciting runaway match took place Yesterday in which the would-be bride groom, by superior speed and bottom, ovcrcame all obstacles and won his prize. The hero is c. W. Benedict, formerly leader of the Vallejo Rifles Brass Band, and at present band-master on board the California the heroine is young lady of this city. The two had formed a mutual attachment, and were engaged to be married But 1.-THE course of true love never did run smooth" and the Young lady had big brother who was strongly opposed to the match, not being satisfied with the social standing of the suitor. So a runaway match was ar ranged, and yesterday the latter engaged a splendid double team of Johnnie Brown lie. and, resplendent in naval uniform and brass buttons, drove around 10 the residence of his affianced. The two then drove off 10 Suisun. Meanwhile the brother finding his sister absent, smelt a rat. and having an idea what was up, straightway got a buggy and started after the Tunaways. The latter, arriving in SuisuI, had put up at hotel, and iancy- ing the coast was clear were enjoying themselves leisurely, when the brother | appeared on the scene. Inc couple catch | ING sight OF him, made for their team, and jumping in, started for Fairfield al d ! break-neck pace to get the license. Their pursuer whipped his horse afteI ! them and finally overlook them IN tho clerks Office. Here hc tried to prevent the clerk from Issuing a license, but both parties being OF age, the latter could NO 4 refuse. Armed with his license, Benedic handed his sweetheart into the buggy and was about stepping in himself, whsI the brother coiared him. \ serious scutii' ensued, but Benedict finally shook HIN off. and started for Suisun to find justIc TO perform the marriage ceremony, IN

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the little readers lips intently, and at the end of each sentence up go several little hands. The owner of one is selected, and he tr0ts off with an air of gratified self Importance to bring the book, or to put Jennie on the desk, as the case may he, thus showing that he has understood what his clasSmate has just said. Jem- mie, when lifted upon the desk, where he stands half timidly, half proudly, facing the company, turns ont to be tiny fellow of only five years, with large blue eyes, sunny hair, and very resolute mouth and chin. The children then take turns to write on the blackboard sentences ! spoken by their teacher. In higher class, which is next mar shaled upon the platform, there is one little maiden who lost hearing when three | years old. She has been under instruction here four years, and she speaks as well as any hearing child of her age, though when she first came she had lost speech entirely, but for the instruction she has received she would never have spoken again. A young girl of nineteen is in this class, who is a congenital mute, and never received any instruction until she came to school here, her,friends preferring to keep her at home and communicate with her by natural signs. She has been here two years, and now she speaks so as to be understood, has almost dropped the habit of using signs, and reads the lips better than she talks. Another noticeable case is a colored boy of ten, who became deaf at four years of age, and was not sent to school before being placed here some six months ago. He has never lost speech, owing, probably, to unusual care on the part of his mother. He has i'm proved greatly since being here, and talks very well but it is amusing to see how the African peculiarities in pronunciation will sometimes crop out in his talk and he has all the marked partiality of the race for making himself conspicuous-its easy, good-natured, silly conceit, and ten dency to take things easy-its impulsive quickness of retaliation and swiftly-chang- | ging moods-but he is no iaggard with his lessons, and delights to learn. Some one having asked him how old he was, he re- ! piled in loud, distinct voice, addressing the whole company, and not one whit abashed, that he would be ten years old next Jinnovary" He further Informed the audience, with grin, that he lived in ! Lennox-which he pronounced Lenx," very short-"on the right hand side of the road" This happens TO be the home of the Lieutenant Governor of the State, who was sitting not far away. The children in this class were put to writing out words from dictation on the blackboard. They were such words as Steamboat" October" " September. believe only one word was missed, and that was Waterproof" A third class was employed in writing out on the board descriptions of the vari- Gus objects in an engraving which was held up by their teacher. This was done to show their fluency in written language. They were also exercised in sums in null tiplication, calling out the figures as they wrote them down and summing up the result orally. should except one little boy, who was allowed to do it all in writing be- cause, though he talks very well, he is subject to a distressing nervousness which incapacitates him from appearing to advantage before strangers. The poor fellow suffers from a contraction of the lower facial muscles, so that his mouth is drawn to one side, and he fancies that everybody is noticing it. His teacher re- lated to me an affecting incident i'll this connection. She had the children gathered about her one Sunday and was telling them of Heavea. They had great many ques- tions TO ask. "should they be allowed to play in heaven ?" "Should they wear long white dresses ?" and questions of a like nature She told them that they would be very happy and very beautiful there, and that they would see a great many beautiful things. Beautiful ~ Il beautiful ?" "Oh, l shall never be | beautiful - cried out one and another, with all the intensity of childish self depreciation. She repeated that they would be beautiful and free from all ! bodily defects Just then she caught the gaze of the boy whom / have mentioned | fixed upon her face, with intense eager ness He waited till he saw that all the children were looking at her, and in a moment, when no one saw him, he made a rapid and significant gesture and asked, - Will my face be straight ?" Poor childi such a look of perfect delight came into his eyes when the teacher grarely an swered, &" Yes" In fourth class the children did sums in simple fractions from the oral dictation of the teacher, and gave speci- mems of impromptu composition, which they wrote ON the blackboard, and read aloud. This class all keep daily journal, which is read and corrected by their teacher each day. The highest classes were examined in the various studies taught in other schools. They gave some interesting illustrations in chemistry, under the direction of their teacher, and explained the different pro- cesses as they went along. They were also examined in physiology; and they study mental philosophy. botany and drawing. There was one little fellow so exceed inpIy bright in the scientific branches that he won from the Governor the remark that he would be heard of by and by as a lecturer on kindred subjects. ! One must bear constantly in mind that these children are taught entirely by word of mouth; that no gestures are ever used, except such ordinary ones as often occur naturally when a speaker tries in all ways to enforce what he is saying.-Ne'c IOrA EceRing Nal.

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"A correspondent in the Germantown Telegraph says that the best food to make hens lay is a mixture of bran and mid dlings. His mode of preparing the food is to mix about five parts of bran with one of middlings. In the morning." he says, Il wet up with water about four quarts of the mixture in large tin pan, taking pains to have it rather dry, though all damp. This I set in warm, sunny spot, south of their shed, and they walk up, take few dips, don't seem to fancy it like, but they soon return to it, and continue to feed from it at intervals dur ing the day"

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was adopted calling the Secretary of the Treas ury for information to the number of persons employed, and the total compensation paid there for. in the collection of Customs for the fiscal year ending June 80 1871 in the United States =. The Apportionment bill was further considered in Com mittee of the Whole, and the number of Represent atives of which the House should be composed was fixed at 2S3, and an amendment was adopted provld- ing that no new State shall be admitted having less population than the number fixed ratio of representation. and the bill, amended. was re- ported to the House and passed. without division.

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ONE OF THE RINGS OF Saturn LOST. = Professor Struve, the dis tinguished astronomer of Pultowa, has been for some years watching the rings of Saturn: and the inner one of the three rings-an obscure partly transparent mass of what ap- peared to be vapor-has been seen to approach the body of the planet. and to widen its distance from the other rings. which seemed to be fluid in character. or perhaps made up of small bodies. moving together like streams of meteors, which sup ply the periodical showers. But during several months past this inner ring has fallen more rapidly, and finally the attraction of Saturn entirely overcame the centrifugal force, and it closed upon the body OF the planet, forming a belt, which was gradually diffused over its sur face. SO that there is now no trace whatever of the ring left. Is this to be the fate also Of the other rings, or will they ultimately gather into as has more commonly been supposed?

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OUTSTANDING THE PENNIES. There are but few excuses for an impecu nious old age in this country, where labor is so we'll renumerated, and where the avenues of employment are so numerous. However moder- ate it may be. there is no one who does not receive a sufficient income to lay aside a few pennies daily; and if an individual begins to save only four and a half cents day at twenty one. the amount SO saved, including interest, will foot up to fifty eight hundred dollars when he is three score and ten. If instead of spend ing twelve cents day for a cigar, he lays them aside, he will have nearly fourteen thousand dollars at the end of the same time. How few people there are who could not save tifty-tive cents day without discom- mOding themselves in the least, and yet this sum would amount at the end of the time specified to fifty eight thousand dollars. There are thousands of men who daily throw away double and treble this sum over the seven thousand bars of New York city. There but few who suddenly acquire wealth, but look around and select those who have secured a competence, and it will be found that they have done SO by outstanding the pennies which others carelessly let slip through their fingers.

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Some financial misfortunes led Charles Stark, q German butcher doing business at 49l De Kalb ave- hue, to attempt to drown his troubles through an excessive OF ardent spirits and for the past few days he has been under the influence OF liquor Yesterday, while In TINS condition. he procured q re over and shot himself through the head, caus ing mortal wound. The unfortunate man was still alive last evening"

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The COushatta Times has this information and advice: We regret that all reports concur in the opinion that not exceeding halt a crop of has caused the bolls to open with greater rapidity than usual, and long before Christ mas, it may safely be said, the entire crop will he gathered. Taken in conjunction with the fact that not more than half erough corn to supply home demands will be realized, the prospect is rather gloomy. We invoke the commencement and prac fice OF rigid economy on the part of every herence to economical rules on the mart of al to drive pressure from the door during the planting and culture of the cron OF 1885, therefore the di. idends of the present meagre crop should be we'll husbanded for the operations OF another year.

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We find this paragraph, headed the '.New Orleans People Alarmed in the Washing. ton Chronicle: Colonel Moore, superintendent of the CustOmhOuse at New Orleans is in Wash ingtOn. He represents the situation in that city to be one of terrible excitement and unnecessary alarm because of the absurd stories set aAoat relative to the coming of an alleged tidal wave, which, according to the predictions Of some persons there, is to engulf the entire population of that city. Whoever Colonel Moore is, he should know that the people of New Orleans are not and have not been alarmed, and his ex- aggeratiOns are inc xcusable.

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Gentlemen We have been Informed that you have threatened to prosecute us to the full extent OF the law for making and selling, or any person Tor buying or using our stave peach baskets, on which you claim Letters Patent. Your advertisement in the SMYRNA TINES, May 3lst, Is also intended to prevent the sale OF our stave baskets by threatening any person VINO may buy them with legal prosecution. Inc peach growers of this Peninsula have 100 long used the stave peach baskets, and during the last two years been forced to pay entirely too high prices for them to be easily lfiSntened by such eXpedients as you seem to thlnk Will prevent the further use of them un- less bought OF you, at such prices as you may charge them, now that we are making n much better basket, and selling them at lower prices than nan they have teen sold heretofore. We desire, however, to inform YOU that we are now making our stave peach baskets and selling them IN large numbers to peach grow erS who express themselves well pleased with Them Our orders are daily increasing. ii you desire to test the legality of vour Letters Patent, as claimed on our stave basket, you now have the opportunity. We will also 1urhlsh You with the names of one or more re- sponslble persons who have bought our baskets. against whom, we are authorized to state. Won can also institute suit. Very truly, your ob't servants. WORDEN X EVANS, Smyrna, DEL

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The llALEs.-This variety of peach is prov Ing decidedly unsatisfactory, and from every quarter OF the State the complaint is the same, VIZ. that they are too frail to be profitable. The Mddletown Transcript says: Hale s Early are loosing favor in this neighborhood, many persons talking of pulling them up on account Of their dscaying and falling off before they mature. They are a highly colored peach and when they mature perfect are the prettest peach that grows. The Det0'CGredn says "The complaint is general that this peach is rOttng on the tree before it is well colore} This is especially the case where the cultivation of the orchard has been neglected. Those who have well trimm. ed, clean orchards have been most successful IN raising this variety. The opinion generally prevails, however, that it is not worth cult waiting and that it injuries the sale of later and better fruit" " The Milford Mutual Friend says: Hales Fairly Peaches are being shipped in considera- BILE quantities from this place. This variety, | heretofore so precarious, is doing better this season, especially from the trees which are five or six years old The Georgetown Journal says: "Some of our peach growers have suffered heavily by the g peach rot" The Hales early have rot ted fearfully and nearly all that have been shipped were detective" To this we might add similar testimony from our Maryland exchanges.

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THE PEACH BASKET SUIT.-Recently we stated the suit of Richard Mitchell as. Wor. den ami Evans, known as the peach basket case, was abandoned. So We were informed by the defendents in the case, but the state ment seems to be incorrect. We now state, upon the authority OF the counsel of the plain tiff, that the case has not been abandoned. but that testimony is being taken before the Commissioner Of Patents, in Washington, and it will come up for trial in October

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deserted the frer00m, now rapidly nling with water, went to the saloon and securing mou nted the hurricane deck to await their fate The first mate and two OF the naval officers made an examina- tion OF the well and freroom and found that the water was gaining on the ship The mate declared that unless the pump below could be started the ship could noat but two hours. About this time some OF our naval sailors had gone aft with the second mate, and were making a final attempt TO secure the rud DER While they were at work terrible sea broke over the stern carried away the after bukhead raised the roof Of the cabin about seven eight inches, and swept all the men into the saloon, with about SIX tuns OF water. One Of the United States Sailors named Watkins who had been foremost In the ei- forts save the ship, thrown violently against the walls Of the saloon, and had nd broken IN two places In the time two OF our officers WORKED their way forward the ship rolling violently that this must done hand hand, went down into the fore castle and sent every man on deck. force was sent to tho fire-room to bail out. The first mate, whom Lieut.. Schouler describes o fno sailor, and who did his duty completely, met with an accident In the freroom, and was seriously In jured, in consequence of which he gave up in despair Of saving tho ship. Lieut.. sehouier then took complete command and officers and men redoubled their exertions. The Captain meanwhile no had seen. 1t will be understood that during this time the vessel under the influence OF the Gulf Stream and drifting to the north had receded from the coast. THE WATER GAINING. In the freroom the water at this time was up to the crate bars. II decided TO attempt to get a fire under the donkey boiler, and thus pump the ship ont. The coal was not in condition to burn The bedding was brought from the saloon the woodwork of the berhs split up, and with the addition Of two barrels Of pork fire was got under was. 1t was now daylight, Thursday morning. and the ship was rolling heavily that one Of the Tho danger. To steady the ship Ieuts sehouler and scheley proceeded to cut away tho fore mast. This succeeded, and her head was got up to the wind Thursday was spent In pumping out and getting up steam. Success was attained about in the afternoon. The wind had now subsidized to q moderate gale from the south east The United States sailors had at this time been at work hours when the remen belonging TO the vessel went to their duty Steam up the vessel was headed directly of shore and steamed eastward five or six miles ANOTHER MIsHAP. The seampipe then way, rendering II necessary let the go down and stop the engines. IL was now p. IN. on Thursday. On Friday morning. about o'clock, Lieut.. scnetky suggested expedient that he had become acquainted with in the merchant service. Forty-fye fathoms of chain was unshackled from the anchor and paid The ship then in l6 fahoms OF water and the chain, dragging in the sand, considerably eased her. AN OBSERVATION. On Saturday morning went TO work and re- paired the mainsai This assisted i'm keeping the ship near the wind and eased her from rolling The was for the first time this morning An observation TAKEN and the position found to be about ffyhree miles to the southeast OF Fernandna Fla. Saturday evening. the boilers having been nsecuredtemporary and also the steamppe the engine started and the ship headed for Fernandina, where she made port at p NJ on Saturday, the 2Oth. On this morning the captain OF the City Of Houston da hfa on dppk by explaining that preceding the STORM he had been on duty 4s hours and that in taking stmulants TO sustain himself he had exceeded proper limit GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The mates and passengers gratefully acknowledged that but for the services officers and the ship must have been lost with all board To DR.. f. c. RushmOre, New-YOTk City, Lieut. Commander Schouer, in the Of his brother officers desires to express OBJ legations for valuable assistance. Mrs Frank, the lady passenger board, the wife Of a naval Paymaster's clerk at Key West the other cowardy passengers and crew, a commendable example Of courage she re- NAMED three days wet the skin most of the time time all on board had but little, if anything to eat. Sleeping almost out OF the question. TWO BRITISH STEAMERS WRECKED on CAPE HORN-A COLLISION. LONDON Friday, Aug. 25 1871. The British steamers Sam CearnS and Knight Errant both bound from Liverpool to San Francisco, have been lost Off Cape Horn. An unknown schooner sunk yesterday from col lision in the English Channel Eight lives lost

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clerk 10 the Treasury Department, entered the Office of ustice of Peace Wall, colored man, and fred two shots from a revolver 8, him. One of the balls seriously wounded wall in the abdomen. The latter had called on Davenport at the Department at the in stance OF woman who represented that Davenport sold her worthless stove, the object being the return of the article and recovery of the money. Davenport has been arrested

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Whether it be that age causes animals to become reckless, or that their length ened sojourn in the world has familiarized them with their strength, and impaired to them knowledge of their powers of de- struction, or that the lassitude resulting from their infrmities caused their tempers to become soured, know not. But when the old bull buffalo has separated himself from the herd, and retired; as it were, into private life, he becomes most pugnaci- Gus, and fearlessly attacks all intruders. Fortunately his activity has deserted him at this soured portion of his existence, and but little exertion is necessary to avoid his onslaught. l once saw one of these hero-veterans die natural death, an un- usual occurrence, for their enemies are numerous, and always ready to attack them when in that weak state that pre- cedes dissolution. Well, my hero was sit ting on mound, a setting fiery sun slow ly dipped the western bounds OF the landscape behind him, and made his huge outline loom doubly grand. Foo had been scarce with me, aud conse- quently l made more than usually careful stalk to get within range the doubted the possibility of success, yet closer and closer, without causing any visible alarm, | advanced. At length, when had decided that the range did not require lessening, felt convinced that l had been seen, for the head and eyes were turned toward me; but no angry shake of the horns, paw of the ground or fash of the eye evinced hostility, and, moreover, the figure appeared to lessen with each respiration; and the air of in | capacity for further exertion was indelibly stamped upon the veteran monarch of the prairie. My gun was for the moment for gotten, and l gazed with wonder, and possibly with sorrow, at the apparent ap- proach ofdeath. By degrees the veterans forelegs were placed farther and farther apart, rapidly diminishing strength in stinctly compelled this method of support ing the towering figure at length the body swayed, and, with lurch like founder ing ship, rolled on its side, and life de- parted from the carcass at the same mo- ment. Up to the termination of the career of the noble brute he had remained upon his limbs, defying decay with his last breath. With sorrow looked upon the body, regretted that life had fed although at the same time, had been drawn to the spot with the intention of executing the Office in which l had been fore-stalled. BETTING was such death to the greatest hero, succumbing only when nature re- fused to grant further support, yielding up the life and strength he had gloried in without sign of regret.-AH Round the World, by Capt. Parker Gilmore.

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they can then bear up to the anchorage In ten faith oms, opposite the native village Suva Point The land on the north and east side Of the harbor belongs to the Polynesiau Company and Is nearly all occu- pied by settlers from Melbourne and Ballarat, many Of whom have put up substantial buildings snd stores The land Is rich volcanic coil and although well adapted for cotton, it is feared that the south eastern coast Of Viii is visited BY too much rain to favor the successful culture Of cotton. A small plantation at suva Point nevertheless produces ex- celleu Sea island cotton, and the settlers are determined to give Il fair trial All the selections require to be cleared Of the jungle Of and trop ical scrub before the seed be planted aud this cannot be done without considerable labor, the pioneers have their work before them

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qner und some very strong. even-handed justice must compel the poisoned chalice to the lips Of these rampant rndians. A scene took place yesterday at the magnif- cent new Church Of the Trinity, at the end of the Chaussee dAntin. on the Boulevards. which Is worth describing by itself After stripping the building Of all the valuables and decorations, which were systematically carried of in three furniture wagons, to be sold. presume. the Fed eral Guards brought out the marble statue Of the Virgin. gem Of art, BACKED ITS eyes with char coal, made hole in its mouth, into which they stuck dirty, short pipe, and finally dressed up the statue in the costume Of a canfiniere, who dIsrObed herself on purpose. They wound up this exploit by dancing a kind of cdrmagnOls around the statue, and drinking obscene toasts.

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At the Old Stand, corner King and Bethel Streets. Large Stock Of OIL Shocks and all kinds Of Cooperng Materials constantly hand He hopes BY attention business merit continuance Of patronage which has heretofore enjoyed, and for which he his thanks. Ism

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Total .t4O, $50 The commander of the surveying cutter Midnight, which had been dispatched to make a survey Of the Nanuka Passage, returned to Levuka the 10Th Of May and made the following report to the chairman of the public works committee: ~ returned to Levuka this morning, having par TALLY carried out ;he instructions of your commit tee, to await the arrival of the mail steamer and con duct her through Nanuka passage, route to the Sandwich Islands. We arrived at the island of Ka- mia on the 9th lust, and being without any reliable information respecting Nauuka Island and its ap- proaches, l offered sufficient inducement to the natives to obtain the services OF volunteer to pilot US through the reefs of Nanuka. sent one Of my assistants and halfcaste pilot upon this service; they returned after several hours having failed In their attempts the natives reporting the impossible ity of crossing the reef in anything but canoes and then only at great risk Having but days left do all that required and fearing further delay in attempting the passage of Nanuka reef which would prevent my making a reconnaissance Of the strait, we crossed Luacaa reef through entrance not marked on the chart, and anchored of the southeast extreme end of the island where we land ed an assistant surveyor, with natives and equip ments and erected temporary light and beacon. We devoted three days in making general examin- alton of Nanuka Strait, the Island and Reef and as far as we were able to ascertain, the dangerous rock marked on the chart does exist Also, that Nanuka consists OF two islets, quarter of mile apart, lying in a north and south direction. The southern slet is the largest and contains an OF about three acres, with an elevation above high mark of about twelve feet II is thckly covered with vegetation but has no water and is placed out ,f hv ba ch. RI At taasf miles to the northeast landing can always be OBJ. tanned n southeast weather. and the situation is ad mirably adapted for permanent lighthouse. Ihnve not discovered any new dangers in Nanuka Strait, but the whole place requires thorough and com plete survey should the mail service be Subsidized as not single island reef appears to be laid down correctly the charts now in general use" Levuka, the commercial capital and principal ship ping port of the group, is located on the eastern side of ovalu, lofty island with steeple-shaped peaks situated on the eastern side Of Vita Levu, which is about seven miles from the mainland and ten or twelve from Bau. Levuka contains perma- nent foreign population Of over 50o it has fine harbor with good holding ground and Is easy Of ac- cess In the town there several large stores and hotels and the principal street is upwards of three quarters of mile n length. It attained its present prominence on account of its central position and the uuvarying kindness shown by its leading man, Tui-Levuka, to the white settlers. This probably accounts for such an unsuitable spot being selected as the site for town 1t is incapable OF extension, either at the sides the back, couple Of hund- red yards from the beach high volcanic mountain ranges rise abruptly, and at the sides the town Is Iemmed in By two immense spurs Of rock Among the most prominent public buildings are the Wes- leyan and Roman Catholic Churches, the Literary Institute. and the British Consulate Some Of the traders have villa residences on the terraces OF bills which form the background, and as seen from the harbor, have a very picturesque appearance. The first meeting Of FBian Parliament, in Janu- ary last was a decided success. Many useful laws were passed most OF them relating exclusively to KAT Wis (natives) the most important being strict liouor law, prohibiting the use Of wines, beer and spir Is, and even forbiddng trade in such Afier these things had been considered and agreed to, Tai Bau invited all the planters to dine with him, when the laws were laid before them for their con- sideratiou and approval. suva is without doubt the finest barbOr In the and is situated on the south coast Of tie large Island of Viii Il promises to become the port Of ,al for the mail steamers between Sydney aud Hcn- olulu, and it will probably be at this point that the New Zealand boats will effect Junction with the main line to San francisco. The harbor is about i've miles north and south, by four east and west; he entrance is wide aud clearly defined By the urf on the reefs that vessels can enter 1t at III times aud in all weathers. The only dangerous pot is Immediately behind the reef on the east Of n entrance aud this can always be avoided By YES els entering in keeping well in the channel until bout half mile past the surf on the reef when

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correspondent of the Sydney Mad, writing from Levuk, furnishes very interesting letter regarding affairs in Fiji, from which extract the following Notwithstanding the obstacles with which Fiji has 70 contend, progress and activity are apparent everywhere. The Franco Prussan war was great check to Us, but since the termination of hostilies the market seems to be reviving rapidly, although believe our hue abre would have soon found an ap- preciative market elsewhere even If the war had continued. believe also that 10 consequence Of this depression many lots Of good cotton were sac riheed to the advantage Of spectators. We have now almost thoroughly recovered IRON the effects OF our last hurricane aud the losses sustained have think, been partly compensated for in the lessons which the planters and residents have learned They have learned for one thing that in order to resist hurricanes in future they must build their houses a little stronger, and if they save their cotton trees they must keep them pruned during the hurri cane months. This plan was adopted by some plant. with perfect success and benefit to the trees themselves. As proof of the progress and activity which have spoken Of give the shipping returns for the months of January, February March and April, 1871, and it must be remembered that these are months in which commerce is almost entirely suspended

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From the San Francisco Bulletin, Dec. 2s.l About FIVE clock last evening young man named Massett went into Saul mann's restaurant on California street, and, seating himself ct one of the tables, ordered sumptuous repast and pro- ceeded to devour it with evident salts faction. However, he ate slowly, but in such quantity and such varieties that the tablets of the walters memory by seven O o'clook contained an entry against Glm of two dollars and half for food alone He was regarded as a hearty eater, even for Christmas time, when people seem to think they have full license to gormandize, but no one ad- vised him 10 stop work When it was thought he was near the end, or at least half through his repast, he ordered a bottle OF vine costing two dollars. The waiter concluded il was time to fnancier a little, and brought him dollar and a half bottle. IAH Il .DI The young man poured out and drank off about two-thirds of the contents. and then coolly leaning back in bis chair, drew q single-harFeled pistol from his pocket, and placing the muzzle in his mouth, fred. The report startled the people in u restaurant, and on looking around they Jaw him reeling in his seat, with blood streaming from his mouth. Several persons rushed to him, but he arose, and one Of the attendants sup ported him on his feet. As soon as he could clear the blood from his throat aud mouth, be began to express his surprise that leaden pistol bullet could be shot through mans mouth and lodge in his brain without even stunning him. He refused to give his name or any reason for his act. Al-l-- I-tLlttIf- As he continued to bleed profusely, and the crimson current fell on the fur niture and carpet, be was asked by some one connected with the establishment why be did not 60 out on the sidewalk before he shot himself, and was reminded that he had done a very improper thing. He seemed to accede to the reasonable ness Of the suggestions, but the conver- sation was soon cut short by the arrival Of a hack, in which he was placed and carried 10 o surgeons Office. On exami- nation It was discovered that the bullet

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We find the following paragraph in the Williamson Journal, published at franklin: We learn from one of our citizens living near Nolensville, that an old negro man, probably upwards of ninety, formerly a slave Of Mrs. Gamble, of Rutherford county, was taken from his home one night last week by parties in disguise. He was taken away about nine o'clock at night, and was found early next morning hanging TO the limb of tree. The object of the murderers could not be ascertained. No one knaw Of any enemies to the old man, except some negroes who had been making some reckless, but, perhaps, unmeaning threats. The first supposition was that he had been murdered for his money; but in his pockets they found some twenty or thirty dollars which had not been interrupted. The rope with which he was hung had been inserted in his mouth and passed thence around the back Of his head and securely tied. When found, his feet we're resting upon the ground.

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PrOctOrsviIIc. Michael Dugan an employee in the factory, as teamster, was considerably injured by falling upon one of the wheels of the wagon, on the 18th, he with others was loading some goods when his feet slipped and he fell, strik- ing his left side with with great force upon the wheel it is thought no bones were broken but he was con- siderably bruised. On the 10th, Mr.. A. X. Fullam while riding on horseback from Gas sets to this place, was knocked from his horse by some ruffian unknown to him. He was picked up in an in sensible condition, with a severe but not fatal cash on the side of his head.

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East BARNARD. Several of the inhabitants OF this place have dubbed together and sent West for q car load of 800 bushels of corn to make up for short hay crop. The Good Templars held pic mic at this place on the 18th. There was a large gathering.

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DIR. FLAGG'S L n h a | i n g b a l m Is breathed directly into the Lungs, and through them is carried into the blood. Then as soon as the blood will carry it, itrcaches all parts of the syst EN-, decomposing the impure matter in the blood, and eXpelling it through pores. The results from this mode Of treat ment are immediate. Patients do not have to experiment with it for months to learn wheth- er they are being benefited. Good results are experienced upon the first trial, and but few applications are necessary to effect cure in any curable case. u Patients in the country who are unable to visit the Doctor personally are requested to write out q brief history of their symptoms and forward it to the Doctor. A candid opinion will be given in all cases, and, if desired, remedies can be sent by express to your own house.

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Gentlemen We have been Informed that you have threatened to prosecute us to the full extent Of the law for making and selling, or any person for buying or using our stave peach baskets, on which you claim Letters Patent Your advertisement in the SMYRNA TINES. May 3lst, is also Intended to prevent the sale OF our stave baskets by threatening any person who may buy them with legal prosecution. The peach growers Of this Peninsula have too long used the stave peach baskets, and during the last two years been forced to pay entirely too high prices for them to be easily frightened by such expedicnts as you seem to think will prevent the further use of them un- loss bought OF you, at such prices as you may charge them, now that we are making a much better basket, and selling them at lower prices than they have been sold heretofore We desire, however, to inform you chat we are now making our stave peach baskets and selling them In large numbers to peach grow erS, who express themselves well pleased with them. Our orders are daily increasing. 1t you desire to test the legality of YOUR Letters Patent, as claimed on our stave basket you now have the opportunity. We will also furnish you with the names of one or more re- sponslble persons who have bought our baskets. against whom, we are authorized to state. Won can also institute suit Very truly, your Ob't servants. WoRDEN IL EVANS, Smyrna, DEL

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How STILL POND, MD., Cor ITS NAME A correspondent Of the Bait. .Sua, writing about the recent tournament at Still Pond, thus refers to the name of the place. The village of Still Pond is about sixty miles from Baltimore, three miles from the Sassafras river, and about ten from CheS ,ertown, and is situated in the midst of very rich level coun. ty, the vicinity for miles around being taken up with highly cultivated farms The most re- markable feature about this village is the place from which it derives its name-Stil Pond about three miles distant from the town This pond covers about half an acre of ground, sur, rounded by marsh covered with bushes, and 1t Is SAID that the ntre of it never freezes its surface is never rutfied in the least, and it has no visible outlet or inlet Attempts have been made to sound the depth of the centre of the pond and a sounding line POO feet in length has been tried, but the legend says it never touched bottom. Many speculatons are of course atioat as to the phenomenon by the residents in the vicinity, but no satisfactory conclusion has ever been reached in regard to the matter.

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NEW YORK-AN ENGLISH VIEw.-The City OF New York is at present undergoing one OF its peculiar and periodical trials. The snow storms of its Winters, which Outdo St. Peters burg, the fierce sun of its Summer, which makes Calcutta seem cool by comparison. are among these local and special troubles, and so too are the quarrels Of the Irish population. FROM the latter source arise the present diff cultlss. New York has larger Irish population than Dublin; and the Irish working classes of New I Ork are very different persons indeed from their brothers in the Irish metropolis. In DuDlln the working man is a pauper, and per haps rebel. In New York he has plenty Of spending money in his wallet" and he is every inch king No other city in the world ever was so ruled by foreign population as the City OF New ork is now ruled by the Irish. A very few years on the soil of America convert the raw emigrant from Cork or Kerry into an American citizen and when once this transfer nation is accomplished, mis- vote is as potent at an election as that of any Hamilton, or Jay. or Stuyvesant OF them all His vote has its share IN election of every public official in New York from the Governor of the State and the Mayor OF the city downward and he and his country men are so numerous, that united they can de- eide any election in the city. Therefore the Democratic party in New York have courted the favor of Pat and Mike; are proud to wear the colors and do the bidding of Michasl and Patrick; are ready to take part in any demon stratlon ordained by Pat and Mike; do not con- ceal the fact that they hold all the public offices by the grace OF Mike and Pat Now, Mcssrs. Patrick and Michael would be more than NOR tai if they did not find their heads little turn ed by this unwOnted homage They have accordingly demeaned themselves of late as if New ork City belonged to them.-7he Lon don NeicS, July Is.

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Smith says that when they told him the price he thought he must have made mistake and picked out a boys suit instead of a mans. That shows how cheap they are selling at Wanamaker q Browns.

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At meeting of the City Council Of Whining ton last Thursday evening, the application of the Board of Education, for an appropriation colorcd children of that city, was rejected bv a strict party vote. The colored people are taxed for municipal purposes the same as other citizens and the money paid by them into the treasury, is used in liquidating the interest ON the school debt which now reaches nearly 100000, as we'll as for other expenditures, thus contributing to the building of the schools for white children. 1t is therefore argued that this appropriation would be nothing more than giving them back portion of the funds that they had contributed -ReDublican.

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aIfI only had capital ;" we heard q young man say the other day as be puffed away at a ten cent cigar, 81 would do something" /. "If I only had capital" said another, as be walked away from a dram shop where he had Just paid ten cents for a drink, 81 would go into business" Tha same remark might have been heard from the young man loafng on the street corner. Young man with a cigar, you are smoking away your capital. You from the dramshOp are drinking yours and destroying your body at the same time-and you at the street corner are wasting yours in idleness and forming bad habits. Dimes make dollars. Time is money Don't wait for q fortune to begin with. If you had ten thousand dollars a year and spent it all, you would be poor still. Our men Of power and influence did not start with fortunes. You too can make your mark, if you will. But you must stop spending your money for what you do not need, and squan- dering your time in idleness. Go to work. Do whatever you can find. Refuse no honorable york until you can get better. 1t is moi honest work that degrades men Make good use Of your time. Save your earnings and improve your leisure moments by storing your mind with useful knowledge. Be true to your employer. Care fol his interests as if they were your own. Such conduct will make yoT friends, and judioious economy will accumulate you capital. Then yor msy begin for yourself whenever favorable opportunity offers; anG the same industry, economy anC attention to business will give yOJ a competence. This is the way you can attain t. power and influence. If you ge them any other way, your bad hab its will waste your patrimony anC destroy your influence. If you are unwilling to labor for them, you arr unworthy to enjoy them and viii never get them. There is still nj excellence without labor.

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God has made the sexes that wO- men, like children, cling to men !; lean upon them for protection, care, and love; look up to them as though they were superior in mind and body. They make them the suns of their system, and their children revolve around them Men are gods, if they but knew it. Women, therefore, who have good minds and pure hearts, want men to lean upon. Think Of their rev. ereneing q drunkard, a liar, a fool, or Il libertine. If a man would have a woman do homage, he must be manly in every sense ; a true gentleman, not after the Chester field school, but polite because his heart is full of kindness to all {; one who treats her with respect, even Difference, because she is a woman /; who never eOndescends O.say silly things to her; who brings her up to his level, if his mind is above hers; who is.never over anxious to please, but always anxious to do right; who las no time to be friv- olous with her; always dignifed in speech and act; who never spends too much upon her; who never yields to temptation, even if she puts it in his way; who is ambitious to make his mark in the world, whether she encourage him or not ; who is never familiar with her to the extent of being an adopted brother or cousin; who is never over careful about dress; always pleasant and considerate, but always keeping the place of the man, the head, and never losing it. Such department, with noble principles, good mind, energy, and industry, will win any woman in the world who is worth winning.-[Exeelsior Monthly Magazine.

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Some hsartless wretch who should be punished by being tied within six inches of kissing. distance Of q pair Of gbetwitehing "cherry ripe" feminine lips, with the GER tainty Of never reducing that number Of inches between him and bliss, says: A ship is called SHE because a man knows not the expense until be gets one because they are useless without employ ment-because they look best when well igged-because their value depends upon their age-because they're upright when In stays-because they bring news nom abroad and carry out news from home.

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What did the spider do when he came out Of the ark? He took ay and went home. Why is life the greatest Of all cOnundrumsl Be- cause all men have to give It up. Why are candidates who fail to get elected like the world Because they depressed at the polls What is it you must keep after giving it to an other2 Your word. What tree bears the most fruit to market9 The ar1e tree

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THE WEEPING WILLow.-The common willow is said to owe its introduction into England land it came from England to this country in the following manner: Pope, the poet, received a present of a basket of figs from Turkey, and OBJ serving twig in the basket ready to burst into bud, he planted Sin his garden, and it soon became a fine tree. From this tree all the weeping willows in England and America have come. It is known as the weeping Babylonian willow, and is really one of the best of the weeping varieties.

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To UoUsEwIvEs.-We use a Charter Oak Stove. or at least our better hall doe', and she says there is nothing in the way of cooking that can not be done easy and quickly on that stove, aud we there f,re recommend it to all.-Exchange.

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Look And then take warning from these lines Come and settle your bills before it is too late. Persons in debted to me will find their bills in the hands of an officer unless they are settled Immediately.

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A GEM. The Evening Star is the most beautiful sheet iron cylinder wood stove made. 1t is durable, econom cal aud the poor mans friend. Every body should have one Of these excellent stoves

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w uCu pSOp'0 s"0S NP P"PNA S~ heir eyes come in contact With an article hrging the cause of the publisher, it is loo frequently not read half way through. Some are afraid Of finding q sentence that may grato harshly upon their sensi- tive nerves, while others turn their attcn. tion to something else iu the belief that the article doesn't concern them, in which they arc most assurcdly mistaken, for the life Of .oo i newspaper should interest every business man and farmer whose interests arc identified with the county. Then we ask you to read on and if in the course of this article we should bear heavily upon the tips of your lower extremites, VIC will before. hand ask your pardon, and request that yo1 place yourself in a position where we cannot so easily tramp upon your toes" In the FIRST place We will address those who are not subscribers to the Herald, but who may "borrow" from neighbor ''just to see wha, is going en- at Troy" Well, the best way to keep yourself posted in this regard, is to m1nfully walk into the publishers sanctum and sub scribe pay the money in advance, and get the paper every week. We are just as well aware as you, that you can get a city paper, with great deal more read ing in it, at the same cost But local paper Is published in the interest of the county, and is dependent upon the county nlonc Tor its support. Matters are pub lished in it that your large city dalies would not notice, and that interest you directly; and because you can obtain such local information as you desire By "bor rowing" from your neishbor, are you going to withhold your support, while the county paper works out a .neager livelihood in an attempt to keep few public spirited subscribers and large army of narrow spirited borrowing read crS pOstcu IN local aHalrS! !! Many persons are inclined to look upon their support of a local paper as SO much money given in n charitable way. 4 greater mistake never was made. Ii is said that "charity covereth multitude of SINS" but if any patron OF n local paper is satisfied with this thin covering Yor his sins, he is certainly trying freezc instead of hide them. The act of charity is rather on the side of the publisher for paper Is undenably benefit to any town or county, and a faithful index o. their wealth, business and population. II order that these may be made known unto tho world, the publisher in maj or ity Of cases Gas with us) labors hard both mentally aud physically, suffer, abuse for trih,ng errors, sets himself ul as target for all who differ with hi views to shoot their execrations at, ant is brought to task by some poor.payns subscriber because he occasionally fails to make mention of some new busines transaction that interests no one but th parties engaged; and then when HEAVIER sends down its snowy sheet with whicl to mantle the closing year and swa1dl the new, he i, expected to ring out . "happy new year to all while his own i dark and gloomy as stormy night Then it is that he generally makes al appeal to his subscribers for their "char liable" donations, which charity is abou as cool as the weather. There is another class we will address if they will read on little farther-ou business men and merchants. We hav appealed to them before with about a much effect as preaching has on fashion able congregations. When we tell ther that they stand in their own light by nc advertising their business, they pay abou as much attention to it as tho aforesai congregation does when tho ministe tells them it is necessary for them t obey certain mandates in order to saliva .tion:' the one apparently has as muc business on hand as they wish to at,cu to, and the other is as we'll satisfied wit their condition as fashionable milline or tailor can possibly make them. they will for moment consider that but mess builds up locality, it will plainl DO seen that advertising will benefit thel in more than one way. In the first plat it will bring new custom to them. Yo can't convince them of this, however, fc they believe that their business qualities tious are known farther and wider tina the circnlatinn af the HernM. and v,

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men we're still doing business 10 Troy. They may continue to hold their old customers and not advertise, but what good business man doesn't wish to extend his trade? In the second place, it will give the business Of the town an appear anco Of liveliness away from home. Live men judge Of a locality by the face Of its papers, and if it have none, the inference Is at once drawn that it is not ablo to support paper and consequently, cannot DO Of much Importance. This may appear like small matter TO our hum drum, easy going business men, who are we'll cnaugh satisfied with to days deal ings as to forget that there will be to. morrow; but in the course of time it will make vast difference. Those commupi ties which indicate the most thiiit arc the first to be filled up with substantial, pubic-sp,rited men, and show signs Of comfort and satisfaction. We hold that local paper is Of the greatest benefit to a county. If ii has business enough to support two or more SO much the better; but 1t should have one by all means. Aud he who thinks it is Of little importance certainly has very little or no interest in his county, and no business worth mentioning or continuino

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See advertisement in another column Of Mr.. G.. W. Mohr's Restaurant, Con fcctionary and Grocery Store. Almost every thing that you desire in this line may te found at his store, and we arc sure his customers will be treated with the most polite attention. BE has added a new feature to his store, and is now pre- pared to furnish warm meals at all hours of the day.

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Sam p. Twins, of the Athens Post, has always been fast friend of public econ omy. He is elated with the spirit display ed by the present Legislature, as will be seen by the following: The following is the main feature of the act in regard to the public printing adopted by the present Legislature: That an act passed May the 10th, 1866, in re- gard to an advance of fifty per cent. in the fees of the Public Printer be- and the same is hereby repealed, and the prices for public printing shall be thirty per cent. in addition to those al lowed by law previous to the passage of the act this act is intended to repeal. This, if our recollection is not treacherous, is about the only measure contemplating econo- my and retrenchment in the public expendi- lures that has passed into law since the Gen eral Assembly met early in October; and lit tie study and calculation leads us to believe that as much as one dollar and half, or possibly two dollars may be saved to the State by its operation in a single year. We congratulate the friends of economy and reform upon this en- couraging and unexpected achievement, and shall look for heavy appreciation of Tennes- see securities as soon as the news is officially proclaimed in Wall street. -

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ing the time for holding our municipal cleo tions. 1t is said that the "niggers" are all at home during the holidays and are consequently here to vote IN the municipal elections if held at the regular time, on the first Saturday in JAN uary. 1t is thought that many of them who town later in the year, and there will be fewer of them here to vote. That is the only reason we have heard given. We suspect there are other reasons. Will any one posted be kind enough to inform us?

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Notwithstanding the very inclement weather, the series of meetings at the Second Presbyte- rian Church has been kept up, and the interest Der of conversions, and penitents have nightly crowded the altar. There will be service in the church again at the usual hour this evening

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There was full meeting of this society last evening and a pleasant time. The society is more prosperous than at any time since its or ganlzation. We congratulate the community upon the fact that the society is soon to give another concert.

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1867, a species OF minority representa- tion in every election Of Court of APP peals and in 1872, by virtue Of the new constitution of Illinois, the same kin d of representation Is to come into play there with the election Of members or the lower house; but, as far more gem eral in its operation than our New York provision and as OF Immediate efficiency, while the Illinois clause Is in future, "the boroughs act" as it is call. ed, of Pennsylvania, is really more i'm portant than even the constitutions, quodd hoe, Of the other States. The reader Is Of course aware that minority or proportional, or personal representa- tion, as it is sometimes termed-the APP pellations amounting to the same-is the end, and that the cumulative vote, list voting or the preferential vote, the three cornered constituency vote &C., are merely differing means and in this view it Is interesting to know that the cumulative vote is the one which finds favor in the Pennsylvania act. 1t is the same form which received such approv- al in the discussions in the late South Carolina Taxpayers convention, and has as its principle simply an entire freedom of choice. If six members are to be elected you can vote six votes for one of the six, or one and half each for four, or two each for three, or three each for two, or one each for six. The only thing in the nature of restriction and this is put in for purposes of SIM plicity in practice-is that your votes must be equally divided. 1t is to be added that the system just extended to all the town elections of Pennsylvania was first tried under special act OF Marcn A, 1870, at Bloomsbury. and worked so we'll there that it was after wards extended to several other bor- oughs, and, meeting approval in pro- portion to the sphere of its operation, Is now made general throughout the State.

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How TO DO UP SHIRT BosoMs. We have often heard ladies expressing de- sire to know by what process the fine gloss observed on new linens, shirt bos- oms, etc., is produced, and in order to crafty thems we subjoin the following receipt for making gum arabic starch; Take two or three ounces ofgum arabic powder-put it into pitcher, and pour on it pint of boiling water, according to the degree of strength you DESIRE and then, having covered it, let it stand all night. In the morning pour it care fully from the dregs into clean bottle cork it and keep it for use. A table spoonful of gum water, stirred in { pint of starch that has been made il the usual manner, will give two lawns (either white or printed) u look of new ness when nothing elseca restore then after washing. 1t is also good (mucl diluted) for thin white muslin and bob met.

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A lightning conductor is always made | of the metal, and of the metals which | are available the choice lies between iron and copper. Iron has the advan- tage of less cost per pound; in all other respects copper is better. Copper is the better conductor, is easier wrought into form, and is less liable to rust. The conducting power lies in the surface tube is as efficient as solid rod of the same diameter, and strip or ribbon which presents the same amount of surface is equal in power. The ribbon form of conductor is evil IDENTIFY the most economical in the amount of metal and it has beside other evident advantages 1t is more com pact for transportation, joints are more easily and perfectly made in it, it can be put up with less labor and more Sc curely than q solid rod, and when erect ed it is less in the way and so less liable to injury. As so little metal is required in the form of a ribbon we can afford to use copper. For these reasons we pre- fer copper ribbon conductor to any thing else which is in use. As to insulating the conductor from the building, the question is of little Importance. Good insulation, if it were desirable, is wholly impracticable Those who make great ado about glass insulators, ought to try few expert ments with an ordinary electrical ma chine, and better understand the nature Of lightning. A lightning conductor il properly constructed and put up, will furnish the most direct road for all the electricity which can get into it at it pointed end. The most important point to be at tended to in setting up conductor il its connection with the ground. Unles: a proper connection is made, the con ductor is worse than useless. There art many cases on record where there wa insufficient provision for the escape o the lightning and it struck the houses doing great damage. In cities the con , ductor should terminate on the gas an water pipes, care being taken that tn ioint has rs much surface rs the COZ : ductor. Where there are no water { gas pipes the next best thing is to lea the conductor to Il stream of water ! to we'll which is supplied bya sprins Ordinary cisterns are not sufficient, g :. the wood or cement of which they ar made might not allow the electricity t pass through them fast enough. Whe there is no body of water near at han =, the lower end of the conductor may | , attached to a plate of metal of sewers +. square feet of surface or to rods or striI a few feet long, laid horiz )ntally in tn + nearest moist earth. "a The conductor should present II , same amount of surface at all parts its length; if any part of it be marrow @ er, which often happens with old-iasl :, ioned rods at the joints, it is but lit !, better than if it were at every 9th =, part of the contracted size. n If a building be in length two - three times its width it should have least two conductors, for reasons whit IA are sufficiently obvious. There are cas- -, on record of churches which have be- - struck, al the rear end while the spi II was provided with an efficient condu' n. Scientific american.

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In commenting on this subject the World says; In the passage by the Pennsylvania Legislatureof an act extending the sys- tenn of cumulative or free voting to all the borough-or as we would say, town council--elections throughout the State, another great step has been taken to- wards a truer representation than that heretofore known to our electoral law. In New York, 1t is true, we have, by means of that judiciary amendment which the people adopted when reject ing many other constitutional changes proposed by the State Convention o

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the Democratic voters in the county instead of but part, and each candi- date will be enabled to exhibit his just popular strength in convention. The expense of canvass of the county by candidates will be reduced fully two thirds, and pure and satisfactory NOM nations may be expected to result. 1t being evident that reform in the legal elections will not be sufficient unless it shall be accompanied or followed by reform in the primary ones also, this experiment of the free vote in the choice of nominating delegates is most important and timely. THE PLAN EXPLAINED. To those unfamiliar with the free vote some explanation and illustration of it may be necessary In order to its full comprehension and approval by them. Under the old plan OF majority voting, whenever two or more persons are to be elected at one time to the same Office and for the same term of service, the law assigns to the voter as many votes as the number Of persons to be chosen, and then commands him to dis tribute them singly among candidates. 1t restrains and prevents him from eX- ercising his own judgment as to the manner of polling his votes, and, in fact, undertakes to judge for him and to determine in advance what will be under all circumstances, judiciou. exercise of his right of suffrage. But in this it must blunder extremely and constantly. For as the law maker can not know the future, cannot from sheer ignorance take into exact account it ever changing conditions, his injunction or command to the voter must be pure ly arbitrary, and must be often or com monty unsuited to the circumstances t which it shall come to apply. Henc the virtual Acknowledgement and actua non representation of a large part of tn voters is common fact in all constitu encies, large and small, throughout thu country, the inevitable consequences o which are deeply injurious and trul, deplorable. Misgovernment, injustice violence, corruption and discomfort, ar created and increased by an unnece; sary and absurd restriction upon ele, toral freedom; by wholly gratuitou and impertinent interference of la with the free action of the citizen b an open and palpable violation Of til principles of self.government upo which all our political institutions al founded. Only when a constituent shall be unanimous, or nearly 50, opinion and action can the the enforce e distribution of votes singly among Il Il whole number of candidates opera q Justly; in all other cases it must rest n in the non-representation of part d the electors, and in consequent injusti and evil.

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before God Almighty, enough TO feel that your ys Is quito good you 10 great des DOT ter But you pcrhaps come down eneugh 70 PATTY un derstand what mighty humility L. Then y9u may TO mind yourself what your contract OF love ana honor " promise made to the woman who has given you Dor an; Never mind occasional Christians Of tho African convex fresh "not impossible She" Tho notion that you can not be dcoeny and happily true. OF least IN some large tec and Adsty. u one Of the deyils own. Better 81 TO hell with red hot stopple in your guet tnan Pat desire Tor another woman is your supreme neoes sity Desire s doubtless thorn In the fesh 70 sweet less, Keeping ecentIy and honoraby the woman you by holy honor enohained TO- and manfqlly denying DO than Ia OF law Try that for ten years, T. Tton. and though many yrns win & tempt y9S and dssro may in your heart but manly EFFORT st least for the honor world of comfort to the woman who unfortunate as to marry young and tso weak TO put inteli gence and conscience into the mO6t solemn contract which any man cahAmake.

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SETTING FENCES ny MACHINERY A novel application of the pile driver has been adopted in the West, where the labor OF "makin@ fence is heavy and continuous. The implement employed for setting the posts is none other than the ordinary pile driver made of course on 4 smaller scale, and with about twelve feet drop for the ram The materials are light scantling, . by and 3 hy 8 inches, with heavier hard wood SillS to facilitate moving, and the ram of the butt of an oak log 6 leet long, banded with iron at top and bottom to prevent splitting, and about sixteen inches in diameter. Grooves are ploWed in each side TO admit OF the ram travelling readily in the guides. The power is 4 yoke Of cattle attached to the rope raising the ram This passing under one wheel at bottom and over another at top of the machine answers well, raising the ram rapidly to the top, from whence it falls with an effective blow upon the cedar post, which is pointed and held straight below. The posts are driven rapidly, and remain firmly fixed, the only being the time necessary to move the ma chine. This will suggest to our manutac- turers the attachment of q small and com pact pile-drivcr attached to a portable engine on wheels, the whole being readily moved from place to place. Such a machine will doubtless find ready sale for fence making on Western prairies. Iron Age.

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Seth Green, the fish culture man has lust returned from successful attempt to transfer young shad from the Hudson to The Sacramento, Cal. Ninety per cent Of the 10000 with which he started were taken safely to their destination They were taken from the Hudson on the day Of Matching and carried in six tin cans overland. The water in these cans had TO be changed frequently, and IN abund ancc Of ice had to be used to keep down the temperature, which at times ranged IS high as lOl degrees in the car where they were placed. Great care was exer- ciscd to procure proper water at different points on the route, as the water IN some regions would have heen fatal to the fish. The natural sac attached to each little fish supplied it with food for four days. For the next two days Of the journey they tasted, and merely showed little tame ness in consequence.

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PUNISHED FOR STEALING NEWSPAPER FILES. A pleasant piece of poetic justice is reported from town in Oregon: One morning a man called upon the editor Of the only paper in the county and asked permission to look at the files of the paper for 1869 1t was granted. While the ed itor was in bed, waiting till his wife could wash his shirt, that young man carried away the file, nor was it ever seen again until his lawyer offered it in evidence dur ing the trial of an action tor $4,000 dam ages for an alleged libel, which that young man brought against the editor. 1t i gratifying to learn that the plaintiff re covered six and a quarter cents damages, and was arrested by the editor on a charge of stealing books, convicted and sent to the Penitentiary for seven years.

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AS stated in TIE TRIBUNE of yesterday, q largo number Of emigraDt swndlers and politicians OF tho First Ward present during McDernotts trial in the Court OF General Sessions on Tuesday and mani tested than ordinary interest In the proceedings They their future action depended In mea- sure on the result Of McDermotts trial. and the an nouncement yesterday, that the jury had not agreed was regarded by them as partial triumph Before the Jury brought into Court TRIBUNE reporter called the attention OF DisrictAtorney Sullivan to the fact that the seventh in the jury had been refused by Dis Attorney Sullivan on the trial Of Ryan, the ground that he had personal knowledge OF the defendant and bis crime. When the Jury came into Court. Recorder Hackett asked the Jury, when the disagreement had been announced thing could be done to enable the Jury to come to and the foreman said that the Jury retiring, stood eleven to one and only par tial change had been effected during the night The second juror explaining that he was not asking for his own information, requested that the evidence OF Freeman might be read, and the stenographer was instructed to read from his notes the evidence bearing McDermotts conversation with johnson, the complainant as detailed by Ofcer Free man Freeman testified that when S1anson Yea didn't expect to see me again was met with tne tepy. When you were in the Office outside Of the coun ter; don't you remember had on pair OF req Sip The dsageeng juror Sr psRssea 0ai Smse y M bx asking II that had been positively sworn TO- Hseorder % s ans % ther that he laid particular stress on THIS testimony In his charge The juror then agreed with his fellows and stated that he fully concurred with the verdict and he knew of why the sentence In the case should Ryan The severe sentences imposed by himself and his colleague Judge Bedford would result he trusted In The law thus triumphed, and McDermott fenced to nye in the state Prison Moore s now definite charge has forfeited his bail and taken refuge In flight The witness against HIM Kornack, the Prussian is stil IN the House Of Detention and will stay there as long Moore chooses TO evade the officer who Ia searching for him armed with bench warrant.

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as that place not mentioned in polite society except by cergynen stand here to protest against the position that may be compelled to come into court TO give testimony in case like this upon the information and belief OF who withholds that information from your Honor The time has not arrived when such things can be done. My learned friends, they a quintuple l believe who have laid aside, understand all other have perpetrated frauds the City Treasury and hope they VIII meet G %tn SOod &c had access to the had the aid Of the Committee Of Seventy and another July hH possessed ofi Why they are constrained to into Of time they have failed collect facts enough to form complaint In this action and they cannot proceed for tSe4 R Of %uy sf sE with dsrfe al hs ignorance, they turn upon the corporation and it Of derelction Of duty for not doing every thing which they have been trying to do and have not to accomplish the end. say it is unjustinable, and cannot be maintained We have evidence in this case have been Tor long time engaged, in getting at the facts necessary for prosecution Of the same char, Counsel that he has consulted counsel and and done what friends the other side have done until he ready TO parapnrase what friends have tread" II Mr.. Havemeyer had 1T to put In his affidavit the facts and circumstances any exist tiOn OF New-York and the Board OF Supervisors your Honor might have determined that was insufficient, and protest against the substitution OF Mr. Havemeyers Judgment for the Judgment OF the Court Mr.. stoughtOn cited, !, Wawortb, AT, and, 8. Wallace 49, support of the points made, and claimed that there to be found where cestni que trust sue, except for the purpose OF enforcing pre- ventive remedy. Ex-Judge Bsrret-I guess there lie no where the trustee himself paid out the money and where the trus tee cannot be removed by law. Ex-Judge Fullerton-We have no guessing as to our cases and they do not exist in parole. like Judge Bar nards, either. And II Judge Barnards decision Is cor rectly given in The TRIBUNE he did not pass upon the cOnstitutiOnality of the law Of 1854 Ex-Judge RarrettI hope THE TRIBUNE Ia not the pa per counsel referred to as lying and centOus else IT would not be proper for him to quote from 1t. Mr.. St0ughton-I am u citizen and taxpayer, and think the press have done great service. tx Judge Fplerton-SO do J. and wish them all sue All that claim s that after the press have dis covered these frauds these gentlemen should not attempt 70 convert this Court into town meeting, nor into q Vigilance Commitee for the purpose Of having trial in that way. We want the ordinary mode OF pur- suing a trial. II Ingerson has committed a wrong, let him be punished II he has taken money fraudulenty from the City Treasury, il should be recovered but LET 1t be done according the laws Of the land violation OF law In giving edy would have IA far worse effect upon the community than the Of the treasury Of the City and County To- gcher Now, claim that the plaintiff has standing Ia Court: 1rst. because the law OF 1854 Ia unconStu

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BY JOHN HAY. Most OF those who read the dis. patch announcing the death of Inomas Todd Lincoln will never think Of the well-grown young gen. tleman who died on Saturday at Chi cago. The name of s'Tadn-a net name given by himself with his first stammering utterances aud adopted by his fond parents and the world recalls the tricksy little sprlte who gave to that sad and solemn White Mouse of the great war the only comic relief 1t knew, The years that nave followed, spent In study and travel, produced an entirely different person. The Tad Lincoln of our history ceased to exist long ago. The modest and cordial young fellow who passed through New York few weeks ago with his mother will never be known outside of the circle Of his mourning friends. But "little Tadn Will be remembered as long as any live who bore personal share In the great movements whose centre for TOUR years was at Washington. He was 80 full of life and yigor-so bubbling over with health and high spirits. that he kept the house alive with his pranks and his fantastic en-. terprises. He was always "charter. ed libertine,n and after the death OF bis brother Willie, prematurely se- rious and studious child, aud the de- parture OF Robert for college, he la. stalled himself as the absolute tyrant OF the Executive Mansion. He was idolized by both his father and moth er, petted and INDUCED by his teach ers, and fawned upon and caressed by that noisOme horde of office.seek- ers which infested the anteSroom of the White House. He had very bad opinion Of books and no opinion OF discipline, and thought very little of any tutor who would not assist him In yoking his kids to chair, or In driving his dogs tandem over the south lawn. He was as shrewd as he was lawless, and always knew whether he could make a tutor ser. viceable or not, Tf he found one with obstinate ideas of the superiori- ty Of grammar to kite.fiying as an intellectual employment, he soon found means of getting rid of him He had 30 much to do that he felt he could not waste time In learning to spell. Early In the morning you could hear his shrill pipe resounding through the dreary corridors of the Executive residence. The day passed In rapid succession Of plots and and when the President laid down his weary pen toward midi night, he generally found his infant goblin asleep under his table or roast ing his curly head by the open fire. place and the tall chief would pick up the child and trudge off to bed with the drowsy little burden on..his shoulder, STOPPING under the doors and dodging the chandeliers. The President took infinite comfort In the child's rude health, fresh fun, and uncomfortable boisterousness. - He was pleased to see him growing | up In ignorance Of books, but with | accurate ideas of practical matters. He was a fearless rider, while yet 80 small that his legs stuck | out horizontally from the saddle He had that power of tanning and attaching animals to himself, which | seems the especial gift of kindly aud | natures. "Let him run, - the easy. going President would say, ''he has time enough yet to learn his | letters aud get poky, Bob was JUST such little rascal, and now he is | very decent boy" IL was evident that, with all his | and mischief, the | spoiled child was at heart of a truth. | ful and generous nature. He treated | fiatterers and office-seakers with n | curious coolness and contempt, but | he often espoused the cause OF some | poor widow or tattered soldior, whom he found waiting In the ante rooms, and IL was most amusing to see the hearty little fellow dragging hHs shabby protegea into the Executive presence, ordering the ushers out or the way, and demanding immediate action from headquarters. une Pres ident rarely refused q 8 race OF this kind, and the dep~ads were not so | freauent as to Icse the charm Of nov 3ne or the tricks into which his and his enterprise together | ,Irove him, was the occasion of much | laughter to the judicious, aud much | horror to the respectable In Washing | ton. He invested, one morning, all | bis pocket money in buying the ! stock In trade of an old woman who sold gingerbread near the Treasury. He made the government carpenters give him board and some trestles, which he set up I'm the imposing porte-cociere of the White House, and on this rude counter displayed his wares. Every Office. seeker who entered the house that morning bought toothsome luncheon of the keen little merchant, aud when an hour after the opening OF the booth o member OF the household discover cd the young pastryman the admired centre or q group OF grinning SER wants and toadies. he had filled his pockets and his hat with currency, the spoil Of tho American public The Juvenile operator made lively work OF his ill.gotten gains. however, and before night was penniless again. Although still mere child at the death OF his father. this terrible shock greatly sobered and steadied him. His brother Robert at once took charge of his education, and he made rapid progress up to the time OF bis sailing for Europe with his mother. He has ever since remained with her, displaying thong devotion and tenderness beyond his years, and strangely at variance with the mis- chievous thoughtlessness Of his child. hood. He came back short while ago. greatly improved by his resi- dence abroad, but always the same cordial, frank, warm.hearted boy In his loss the already fearfully be- reaved family will suffer new and deep affiiction, and the world, which never did and never will know him, will not withhold tribute Of regret

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1t is not generally known how easy d matter it is to explore the bottom of n well, cistern, or pond of water, by the use of common mirror. When the sun is shining brightly, hold mirror so that the reflected rays of light will fall into the water. A bright spot will be seen at the bottom, SO light as to show the smallest object plainly BY this means we have examined the bottoms of wells fifty feet deep, wheti half-full or more of water The smallest straw or other object can be perfectly seen from the surface. In the same way one can examine the bottoms of the ponds and rivers, if the waters be some- what agitated by winds or rapid ino. tion. If we'll or cistern be under cover, or shaded by building SO that the sun light will not fall near the opening, it is only necessary to employ two mirrors, using one to reflect the light to the OPEN ing, and another to reflect it down into tho water. Light may be thrown fifty or hum dred yards to the precise spot desirable, and then downward. We have used the mirror with success, to reflect the light around the house to a shaded well, and also to carry it from south window through two rooms, and then into cis- tern under the north side of the house, Half-a dozen reflections of light may be made, though each mirror diminishes the brilliancy of the light. Let any one not familiar with the method try the experiment. 1t will per- haps reveal mass of sediment at tho bottom of the well that has been little thought of, but which may have been n frightful source of disease by its decay in the water.

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A WARNING TO BoYs.-When will boys learn to respect the Sabbath Here is one, in Indiana, who stopped to play on the banks of the river while going to Sunday-school, fell in, and so injured his clothes that his parents had to get him complete and beautiful new suit.

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Montana Territory, Oct, 1871. AS the building of the Northern Pa eific Railroad has awakened great inter- est among the people east, and is con- centrating public attention more and more upon this section of the country. Ihave thought that few notes of an engineers observations in the Yellow stone Valley would prove acceptable. write this with the more pleasure be- cause the valley, with its marvellous and inexhaustible fertility, its great extent, its magnificent surroundings in the way OF scenery, and its vast importance in the future, when it will be traversed by four hundred miles of the continental railway, is as yet but little known to the public. Though much written about OF late, I doubt whether its character and advantages are better appreciated to-day than when Lewis and Clarke tramped through its solitudes on their famous trip to the Pacific. Engineers are now engaged in survey ing the different passes through the Rocky Mountains with view to ascer- tanning the most practicable route for the railroad. Starting from different points, they cooperate on q general plan laid down by the chief, and their sur veys extend over the whole area which could possibly be trayered by the ineq

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Gus heavy powders that lie in the bot tom OF the stream. It falls at the rate of eighteen feet to the mile. No water could be purer, cooler and clearer. The |,many islands it embraces in its course, when viewed from the surrounding heights, are very charming and pictur- esque. They are generally covered with cottonwood trees of considerable size. as are also both banks of the river. The country generally is comparatively naked, though ceder trees cluster here and there in groups on the mountain tops, in gulches or in cannons, which may be counted by thousands all the way along. There is little doubt that the Yellow stone Valley contains some of the best grazing lands in the world. Whether in bottoms along the riverside, or on the hills, the grass grows in abundance; and the herds that feed on it summer and winter require no other food. but keep fat and healthy. The weather. l find, is almost the same as in the East, with rather cold nights, and an OCCASION al fall of snow ON the mountains. This is the region where it is generally believed the Sioux, the most warlike tribes of Indians, will make their last stand against civilization. They are de- cidedly opposed to the building OF railroad through the Yellowstone Valley, where the buffalo, the elk, the antelope and the deer Craze in large herds upon the mountains and in the valleys. The news that party of engineers was 60 ing down the valley to survey with q view to locate the line caused great COM motion; and different reports have reached us from time to time that we would be murdered, scalped and quar- tered. How much CT truth there is in these flying rumors time will tell. Before reaching the Big Timber OF the North, we were visited by the CHIEF of the Grow Nation, who hold an abso- lutte reservation from the government They remain friendly rs long as theil stomachs full; but they manifested theil dislike to the railroad, and call it in their OWE language "bad medicine, y that drives the buffalo away, and leaves the poor Indian helpless and dependent ON the white man The engineers are of the opinion that no better route can be found for the road than through the reservation; and they earnestly hope that Congress may so modify the treaty with the Grow Ma ton as to permit its selection. Vested rights must be respected, and national faith observed; but it is contrary to the true spirit of progress to let tribe Of irreclaimable savages obstruct the path. way of a great enterprise, which wi! carry settlement and civilization into one of the grandest regions on the American continent G. W. d.

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To remove egg stains from silver, rub with table salt. CRAMpAsxE CIDEK.-To 35 gallons of good cider put gallon of strained ho- sey. or s pounds of good white sugar: stir thela up well and set aside for q week. Clarity the cider with one quar-, Of skinned milk or 6 ounces of dessol- ved gelatine, and add fve.quarts of pure spirits. After two or three days bottle the clear eider, and it will become spark ing. How TO DEoDoR1zE On.-You may edorize any oil shnlhs5 53t with weak solution of bleaching powder which has been previously aei lulated with hydro ehloric acid. This is best done in a large bottle, into which oil and lye are intro ddced, ths.bottle stopped and now and then shaken. After two or three days pour off the oil and wash it several times with water, when it will have lost its un- pleasant odor. b PExeH-LEAF YEAsT.-One of our Southern exchanges gives the followi ng recipe: Take three handfuls of peach leayes, and three medium sized potatoes boil them in two quarts of water until the potatoes are done; then take out the leaves and then throw them away; peel the potatoes and rub them up with a pint of flour, adding sufficient cool water to make paste. then pour on the hot peach-leaf tea, and scald for about five minutes. If you add to this little old yeast, it will be ready for use in three hours; if you add none, it will require to stand day and a uight before use. Leaves dried in the shade are as good as fresh ones. As this is stronger than hop-yeast, less should be used in bread making. WEIGH RAREBIT.-Put into frying pan quarter of pound of cheese cut up into thin slices. Pour on it half pint of sweet milk. Stir in IN egg that was already beaten up, add a fourth of teaspoonful of mustard, little less red pepper, already ground, and a teaspoon fnl Of nice butter. Stir this mixture all fhe time. Then add, lastly. a few crack ers well broken up, and after thoroughly incorporating them in to the mixture, turn it all into heated dish and cover it. CAST STEEL that has been burnt OF spoiled by overheating can be partially restored by heating it over and quench- ing in water four OF five times, each of less extent than the first overheating and decreasing; lastly, hammering the steel till nearly cold. to give the greatest condensation before hardening. Some prefer the steel thus recovered for cut ting-tools, and the treatment really pro- duces remarkable change, as frag- ment of the same bar in the spoiled state will be extremity coarse, and anoth er of the restoration as extremely fine. CLEANING WINDOW PANEs.-House- wives sometimes are very much sur prised at their inability to remove the smoky and stained appearance from their window panes. Glass is often changed by very short exposure to the weather. Sunshine and rain alone, will effect most marked change in certain (soft) kinds of glass. When little soda will not remove the stains, the only way to remedy the trouble is to buy new glass. CLEANING POLISHED BRAss.-The first requisite is to remove all grease. This may be done with solution of concen- trated lye, and fine pumice OF rotten stone. Aweak solution of muriatic acid and clean securing dust will then bright ten it, after which it may be oiled, with olive or cocoa nut oil. Vinegar and common salt may be used instead of the acid. Weak vegetable acids are preferable on fine work, and vegetable oils better than animal fats. ANOTHER METHoD.-Take eight parts water, and one part muriatic acid; mix them, and put in common water lime, until the mixture is thicker than water. Shake up well before using. Pour some on a rag. and put on the brass. Let it stay minute or two and then rub. It will clean the d1rtiest brass more quickly and better then anything else, SO says a correspondent of the Scientific american. The YeIIowsfone VaIJov.

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ANOTHER METHoD.-Tak. eight parts water, and one part muriatic acid; mix them, and put in common water lime, until the mixture is thicker than water. Shake up well before using. Pour some on a rag. and put on the brass. Let it stay minute or two and then rub. It will clean the d1rtiest brass more quickly and better then anything else, SO says a correspondent of the Scientific american.

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The following is clipped from the BOs- ton Times. There is plenty of room for the immigration on this coast, and there is no fear but they will find it out, as there is mure than one interest now at work in the east to send them here: We may count OH immigration from Eu- rope this season in such volume as never poured itself out on our shores before. We are told that all Alsace is coming over, to begin with, if not part of LcT- raine. FrAnce will be much more numer> ously represented in our immigration lists than she has ever been. Whoever can get away will be sure to try it; and the plan of colonizing, which has begun to be such feature in immigration, is likely to give a still more powerful stimulus to the move mont. immigration was seusibly checked by the war, when it was at food tide !; but it will now renew itself, ard except perhaps in G-rmany, where Emperor Viii liam will be 10th to let his fighting mate> rial 90, it will wash our shores this year with new food. Europe is in confusion. and the troubles look as IT they had but just begun. When England's turn may come. no one pretends 10 prophecy, though the ap- prehension is almost universal that the understood alliance between Prussia and Russia will precipitate war on almost any day on the Eastern Question. In this state of things, it would seem quite natu- raj that the population of the different countries of Europe should look about them and seriously consider the chance of bettering their condition and securing peace and safety. And as no door is open to them but emigration, they will resort freely to that. Therefore we count on an accession to our population this year, greatly surprising that Of any year in our experience.

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Mr.. Tupper, during tie recent debate on the Union of British Columbia, in the | Canadian Parliament, argued that the SUI periority of the Canadian route for Paclt- ic Railway was indisputable and that the alternate blocks of land which would be tie property of the Government would realize enough to discharge its pecuuiary obligations respecting railways. He ex- messed the belief that the Northern Pa ci6c Company, who would have nearly 1000 miles of desert to run through, would never-seeing Canada was deter mined to push her road to the Pacific go on with their work beyond Pembina. They would extend their line from George town to Pembina and thence to the Red River. but it could never he thought, be carried further west 10 viSw of the far su, perior advantages of our route.-CGnGdian Paper. we have no doubt that the Hon. DR.. Tupper supposed be was telling the truth when he made the statement above quoted; and there is a question in our mind whether the colonial organs which circu- lated it do not accept it as truth also, so anxious are they, seemingly, to reflect discreditabIy upon anything that relates to tile Northern Railroad. If DR.. Tupper had taken tho trouble to post himself about the country through which the Northern Pacific Railroad passes, he never would have allowed himself to utter a statement so erroneous aud wide from truth. The whole course Of the Northern Pa cifc Railroad is through territory which offers unrivalled advantages TO the agricul- turalst, the stock raiser, the miner, and the lumberman. The road spans the center of the coniinpnt-its most favored portion and when once in operation will be the best paying institution in existence. The rich wheat lands of the Red river valley, the fertile valley of the Missouri, and the valley of the yellow Stone, through which the road runs FOR distance of near y four hundred miles, and which is said to be one of the richest valleys in the world for agriculture, minerals, etc. and the rich tract Of land westward to the Pa ei6e are all upon the route to enrich, and be enriched BY, the Northern Pacific Rail- road. At the junction of the Yellow Stone with the Missouri river, where the railroad will cross, will, in a very few ye:-rs, spring up city that in Importance win rival St. Louis, now the metropolis of the West. This new city will not only be general commercial center, but also of manufacturing and mining as coal and iron are said to abound in the immediate vicinity. A minimum estimate of The way bust ness of the road, when completed, not counting the through trade, has been made at twenty millions annually-the' interest on the bonds and other expenses at ten millions-leaving clear gain in favor of the road of ten millions per annuI1, with which to pay of its Indebtedness. When we add to this immense domestic trade the foreign trade that will be developed, and go on increasing from year to year after the road is completed, it becomes all most impossible 10 comprehend its vast ness-it is something like figuring up the entire traffic of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and endeavoring to make a mental estimate on it. Taking all these thinga into consideration there can BIZ little won9 der that the bonds of this enterprise ar being so rapidly taken Up. 1t is surs investment-as firm as Mount Baker and something that viii last as long-or at last until something better than steam and rails are devised for land trans portation. The Chicago Tribune in speaking of the country along The route of the Northern Pacific Railroad. after noting its marvel. ous richness and immense extent, winds up as follows: And thess territories are soon to be settled up. If one will but look at our rates Of increase he will be satisfied of the fact. If our growth should continue in the proportion that it has hitherto held, in the year 1900 we shall have one hundred and five millions of people. and two.fhrds IF I'll m IOiH be IN til Mississippi Valley and in This Nortkrest. railroads make settles ments speedy nova. days. And there are those among US who shall yet live to see this whole tier of territories noisy with the hum of thousand industries. In this, then lies the interest of the public in this road-that it will make avai'abla the millions of acres of arabic land that are now practically in accessible; that it will develop the occa- sion for the establishment of numberless | manufactures that it will increase the Weld of mines which already from Mon taua sends us alone S5.OOO,OOO of gold

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A force of 60 bridge builders have com. menced the work of constructing Howe Truss bridge across the Sacramento just above Tebama, for the Railroad Company. The bridge will be about 800 feet long and magnificent structure A large grad ing force is to Immediately commence the work of extending the grade northward frem Tehama aud it is almost certain that the cars will run to Cottonwood by Novem- Der, and the line may be graded even up to this point by that time. The Bulletin says the road will be run on the west side of the river, and the impression is that Shasta will not be left very far out in the coald

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