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45 Years Before the Publio.
THE QEdUlNil
DR. C.-MoLAITCS
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint.
, ' DYtrmtA AND SICK HIADACKB.
Symjttoms'pf a Disc&ked Liver.
PAIN in «M iftfhyiide, under the
edge of tu rfbs, increases on tpf*
zv IJ&SEXZ sssJu^S
on painU
felt under th 4 shouJdgr blade, and It
freqdWray extends to the top of the
shoulder,is soraetim^n^taken
tite bowels in
generally a considerable loss of merit*
ory, accompanied with a painful sen
sation of having left ( undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry aough is sometimes* an
:fej&atodßS
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
» and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex
isted, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
! APUE AND FEVER.
DR. G» MCLANE'S LIVER Puts, M
CASES or AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
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or after taking Quinine. We would
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disease to give them a FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious derangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
The genuine are never war coated.
Eierj box has a red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression Da. MCLAMK'S LIVE*
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. -«Ucd differently but same pronunciation.
ran KM* •* rmm hbbat »t.
NAITYI
(From the New York World.)
When the ex-Prince Imperial of Franca
set out for South Africa, tlie \yits of the
boalevardp amused tbeawalvti with in*
venting mock tragedies in which fignred
"Loulou"' aud ie* Zouloua, little 1 learn
ing, let ns hope* that Napoleon IV. was
indeed to die in a mealie field in Zulu- .
land by the assegai of a savage, Atrica
is fatal to tlie Bouapartes. Napoleon 1.,
with whom the line begaft. died on a
rock -off the AM'loanooaat.
Prince Napoleou Eugene Louis Jean
Joseph Bonaparte waa born al the Tuil
lerles Match 16, 1866. He was the ouly
son of the late Em neror of the French,
Napoleou 111., aud of the Empress Eu
genie do Gasman. Porto-Carrero and
Palafax, fourteenth Countess of Toba, a
lady of illustrious Spanish blood ou one
side aud on the ether of Sootiish descent,
who was the younger d«nghter of Count
Ciprialio do Montijo aud Miramla, her
sistet belt* the Dutcheas ot Alva. The
bov iu his clilldhaod was very delicate
and had to be nursed with the greatest
care till he reached the age of eleven. He
had an Engiiahnurse aud a German valet,
his mother addressed liim in Spanish and
hi* tstlher and his governors in Freugli,
so that tbe Prince Imperial grew, up a
linguist and at seven could read and speak
four languages easily, lie was quiet aud
studious, aud ►pent much of the time
when kept through tlie doctors' orders
indoors in reading his grandu.icie's cam
paigns. Wiien lie was two years old he
waa appointed corporal in the Imperial
Guard, ami at five was promoted ser
geant. For having disobeved the Em
press her Majesty caused his gripes to be
taken away from liim aid ho was reduc
ed to the ranks tor a whole year, which
disgrase very deeply affected him, tor he
was aery fond of showing off bis uniform
lipto»4bo children who were invited to
thepaMfue to plav with liim. His first
tutor was a ••philosopher" under whose
teaching the ycung Priuco advanced so
rabidly that one day at dessert he electric
dod the fiuers at the 'iuHldlVes by re
marking to an Austrian Arohdnke that
his ideas were those ot tho old times that
had passed by. "The people is au ocean;
if yon rodot U, it will sweep you away."
General Proscart was his next governor
—a clever stia ogist on paper and a fair
average scholar—ni whose charge the
Prince aud his young companion, Louis
Qpa|ieatt,fM«f the ftttbfttt surgeon who
had ,m to f escape
from tho Castle of Ham made fuir pro
gress. While a child he traveled much
in France, and not a few iritere6tfftg an
ecdotes are told ot his lite at this period,
as otitis presiding at tbe Sorboune iu
1868. When tho prices were awarded to
the students of the Parisian schools when
General Cavaignac's widow,, her sou's
name being called, rose and amid a scene
of great excitement forbade him to re
ceive his price troth the Prince. A still
more pathetic story has escaped input of
the chronlqueufs. With his father the
Prince Imperial saw Isabella 11. and her
sou Alfonso driving rapidly into Biaritx,
both of them in tears, ou their way from
Spain. ♦ Where ia tbe littl* 4K»y-going
to?' asked tlie Prince. 'To exile,' an
swered the Emperor. 'Aud what Is ex*
lie?' the Child persisted. 'O, that will
be explained to you When you grow up,'
answered his (ather.
Tlur meaning «f the word " xile" waa
to ha explained long before he gmr up
to the son of Eugene. In July, I#!*
the ww with Prussia broke out aud,
his health hfving tneaawhile greatly im
proved, he aecom|>aeled bis father
rank, bat the bullets and cauaOn balls
fell at our feet. Louiahaa kept a bullet
But in a few daysTSe whole situation
of affairs waa changed, /taat before the
battle of Sedan tbo Priuob was separated
.Hum bis fkther and sdbt across the lines
aad tried ta make hia way back 4 to his
father but was politely stopped and res
conducted to the hotel, from whioh two
eq Berries the next day conveyed him to
Dover,' whsee he landed September the
6th, hia mother joining him at Hastings
three days later. Subsequently with
his illustrious parents tbe Prince Im
perial resided at Chiaelhant.
The Prinoe joined the Royal Military
Academy at Woolwich is a gentleman
cadet and parsued his studies without,
intermission (save for the brief jieriod
at the death of his father in February
1873) till February, 1875, when he
passed his final examination, standing
seventh in a class of thirty-four, a posi
tion which Would have entitled him, had
he desired to enter the British Army,
to elect servioe in the engimfers or artil
lery. He war a general favorite with
the cadets, among wWm hO left tike rep
utation of a quiet, thoughtful youth ' of
fair parts and much application. There
ia a remarkable bust of him in the west
room at Shoeburyness. taken under droll
circumstances. A pupil at Woolwich,
who had a taste at sculpturing, asked tbe
Erinee* to allow Mm t* lake a* -cMt of
hia faoe. The request was a joke, but
the Prince enterod into it au terieux.
A mold of soft clay was prepared, and
11. L H. was bidden to kneel down and
impress his face into it. Ha did so
naively, but the hoaxer, not content,
caught him by the nape of the neok and
GRAHAM, N C-, WEDNESDAY JULY 2 1879
||ili -i- y -j ■ - ■ .
thrust him M dssp as he con Id into the
soft m«M. Tuto the uM»l«i tligi formed
a quantity of liquid plaste? was jwurtsd.-
but, through aouie accident the diineui
sionaof the noae were enormous—not less
than tea inchea. The Prince laughed
at the fan: but the
Whole thing wan done to some puipoef.
for the the bust Btlll reanaina. „
' ! On ooruiiig of age Prince Louif Napo
leon waa forinaly acknowledge* by the
imperialists as tbe head of the family;
and much anxious thought waa given to
the question. VVliom should he marry?
The Princees Beatrice, a Scandinavian
princess and lastly the Priucess Tliyra
of Denmark, no# Duchess of Cumber
land, were'all mentioned, and for some
time the well informed corresjiondente
busied themselves in settling the ques
tion of the u i iia 0 e si ttl m nt, but noth
ing Came of ad the gossip. When next
his name came before the world it was
on the 26th of Febi uary last, when the
Loudon Standard announced that the
ex* Prince Imjierial would rail on the
morrow for South Africa, intending to
join as a volunteer the column which was
likely to have the sharpest fighting, his
earnest petition for a commission in the
Briitish Army having been rejected.
He was, however, to be permitted to
join tlie staff of the Royal Artillery.
The text of his letter to M. Ruuher on
this occasion was as follows:
•My Dxau M. Uouheh:—l am about
to quit Ebropo and iny absence may last
some mouths. 1 have too many taithtul
trieuds in France to think it posalblo for
me to keep silence on the rfettsons of my
departure. For eight yenral have been
tbe guest pf England. 1 bare completed
my education iu one of her millitary
schools and on several occasions 1 huye
strengthened tlie bonds which connect
ino with tbo English Army by sharing in
manoeuvres it has executed. The War
which England, has for .r.ore than i year
» heen carrying oh at the Cape of Good
Hope has hist assumed a of
gravity which it had till now possessed.
1 desire to follow the operntiolis, and I
embark iu two day*. In France, where
I thank God, party spirit has not de
stroyed tlie military spirit, it will be felt
that I did not wish to remain a stranger
to the latigues and daiigenrqot those among
whom 1 count sb many comrades. The
time I shall devote to witnessing this
couflict of civilisation against barbarism
will uot be lost for itfo. ' Alar, >as near,
my'thonghts-wHI constantly bo directed
towards France. I shall Watcn with
interest and without disquietnde tlie
gradual phases she will pass through, for
Ham certftittGodjprotects her. 1 tain
that during my absence the partisaus of
tlie imperial cause will remain united
ana confident,and will continue to give
. tho eddntry the spectacle of a party
which, faithful to its doctrines, reuiaiiis
ever animated by sentiments of the most
ardent patriotism. Accept, my dear 11.
Rouher, the assurance of my aiucere
friendship,
"Napomcos.
i 'Cairden Place, Chlseihorat, February
26, 1879.'
Oil the 27th he sailed on tin steamer
Danube from Bonthampton,lds mother
having requested him to visit St. Helena
and beneath his great relative's willow
tree meditate and 'ask ius pi ration aud
i counsel oj that mighty shade," and
Queen Victoria, when he took hi* leave
at Windsor Castle, placed upon his finger
a : ring which she had removed from her
own as sha told tlie yonng soldier to
wear if at a mark Of her personal regard
' tor him aad kind)? t epilog jpwW hi*
r I#te i««K#and Emprsse. *fi is in
erery res poet significant,' wrote a cor
respondent of the London Daily Jfewt,
'that the French Prince Imperial, who
had his 'baptism of fire' at Baarb*ok, has
gone 10 Zulutant to seek 'confirmation in
I- b)ood,' The phrase was a prophetic
one.
Tlie end was nearer than any one
dreamed afid the 'outing' in Zulnland
something mere serious than a frolic or
even a political nave on tbe table. Tlie
last malls from the Cape announced his
arrival and how he cared kindly ior tlie
baby of a passenger on the Danube, who,
when she came to land,, waa so alarmed
at Che raging of the surf that alia left .tho
little thing beliiad her on tbe steamer.
The last malls trom Europe aanonnoed
by cable from Africa that he had been so
daugeransly ill that to r two day* his
life was despaired of. He lost not onlv
the good health he took with him, whieb
he bad since recovered, bat both hie
horses—one on tho voyage, tbe other
shortly after landing. His mother was
having mass said daily for Ms safety
is the ahapei at Otihelhuiit. Then came
tbe end. What wen hi tbe first Napoleon
have thought bad any one predicted in
in the heyday ofliia glory that be should
die a prisoner on a tropical rock, the
seconft of his race perish in an Austrian
palace, the third end his days in Eugland,
a fugitive from the republican soil of
France, and the fourth the last of the
lino and the only one killed by a foe, be
slaiu in a cornfield ia Africa, thrust
through by a negro with a bit of iron
hoop on a pole; leaving the grandson of
the repudiated Betsey Patterson tbe really
legitimate head ot the imperial family of
Bonapartej s
ssmeas a* aravt-muM,
(Wash, lettai to Richmond Dispatch.)
Mr. Thafman is the only Senator who
takes snuff regularly, but tbe custom of
keeping snuff ia the desk of tbe fiacre*
tary of tlie (Senate is still continued.
Captain Bassett, who was a page fifty
Stars ago, says he has often seen Mr.
lay stop while speaking aud advance
ana Jake a pinch of snnfi, and that all I
the Senators of that day used it. •
—• J • as i an — a* *' J-* u H m r. -^
!,' «h» aaea eta tbwm,
* [From the rbiladelphla Timp*.]
. Old John Watts was a gambler by na
ture. He would bet on eveiy thing, and
lost Tnurubiy, when be itiea in Ida llttfe
room on Tenth stnset, the iait w»rds he
uiiereil wem: 4 bM yuw I gat well. '
There were no takera, tor Ids son a re
spectod and able physician practicing Its
New Jersey, Mood b) his bedside and'
watchad ortir the only toalle
vat« the paiaauldeath, not wtibaayhope
of savinga life. Tliey carried Watts «»m
ta Meant Mariah yesterday, and tlie
little funeral cortege that paid
the last tokens at respfct to thagainbler's
utamorv passeit out ol the gate ol'ihe
cemetery as tlie h»ag line of mourner*
thai came to bury Major Magulre filed In
ostentatious huodicds u|r the road IVom
the railroad autlon. . Walts was not
known much iii Philadelphia, but more
than a'score of years ago bis face was
much aeon aa the Weetura river steam
boats, and his name waa as well known
as any maU la ffa* Mississippi Valley. He
was (lie typical river gambler. Elegant i
of address, ancxcflable, calculating,
kkilled at cards aad willing to bet on
anything iu tlie world, he lacked nothing
that could distinguish him iu his call*
lug,
A BIVKR OAMBLRR.
He was one of the men who travelled
on the lower Miaahn>ippi ia ante-bfelUtln
days, when the entire long catriae of the
sleninera were givra op to canl parties,
poker, iheir game, and the stakes
ands. It was in those days that the pis
tol and bowie knife olteu came in a*
referee in discussious over tho game bnt
that occarred ouly when somebody did a
mean thing nitb an aee or filled a pair
by stealing a card, or doing son.e such
little pleasantry in a way so shainelully
bold aud miskiltul tliat detoc' lot! could
not help but ensue. Walts wond not do
that, itiis aald." lie played tair and de
manded lair play: or fight. That tliese
encounters were not ol unfrequent oc
currence with bim two ballet holes in
his clieeks, others in his body and knife
wounds o# greatcf or lose dimension all
over bim gave * testimony. For many
years ho traveled on tlie New Orleans,
St. Lonia and Louisville line of boats.
His {lecaiiaritr of I rave*iuir was t hut lio
always made (he full trip; for instance,
it bound to St. Louis on one steamer, it
the re. was no (day, or if lock wont against
him lie: Would not drop off at Ueinpbis,
Viokobarg or 'Juiro and try a How 'lay.
He Waa a!WUys.tba best dressed mail' on
lhaitnrix') ♦•>.« J:i vwlt •»;'» « *-
OUOTHXa FilO* IHKltt STURCT- 
llis jewelry wus unoticntalious, and
his clothes affile latent fsahhun lie had
lihl lueaaure at 4a London, and
that ltegeut street artist supplied him.
A swell tailor hi New Orleans once ao»
licitad Watta for an order, and importuti««
ed him so that ho Jhntlly gat* it. Watts
ware tbe etothes tar some 'lime, and
talked inaah and in high praise ol them,
bdt refused to pay the bill'when present
ed* By this means be found* himself a
defendant in a salt ot laW, Mt,eetliughp
the plea that ia condescending to wear
the clothes ha rendered the'tailor lull
value by addhm to the reptitatioii of tbe
maker, he thua wan his caso. Although
Watte professed to be a man of ha nor—
although a gambler— h« ! was by ho means
of the very beat of morals, and he did not
obfeat to take advantage of hit fellow
man in this way. F>r instance t 1 With
his friend' and accomptleei bo would
board the boat at Louisville aud, scan*
ning tbe paasougsr list, piek out tor Ids
vlouin some ohi card players of wealth
with whom he was personally acquaint*
ed. To these people he would go vary
quietly aud say of his own accomplice.
• I'bere is % man wl>»» plays high,.aud «ve
can beat hisu; you join .tith me aud we'll
do U.' The victim agreas, the party ie
made up, but Watta alwaye sncceedod in
regulating sueoess the wrong way lor ldc
victim, and thus the would-be biter waa
olfeu bitten.
$6,000 AND A LIFt.
One time lie was acouaed of swindling
in that way, the charge being made ia
the heat ot play.by a man from Whom
Watt'a accomplice had just won SIO,OOO.
'ls that your opinionf he quietly aaked.
'Yes, sir; that'a what I think/ roared the
; loser; *you swindled me, and 1 stigma*
tize yoa as a scoundrel.' Tbe hour was
lale, and only the Watchman and the par
ly engaged in playing heard the charge,
but all of Ihem drew back and held their
breath, for they were sure Jock would
take a life to wipe out tlife insnlt. It is
said that lie has done that thing, '1 will
give you $6,000 right here if you will not
make that Opinion any farther public,'
said Watts, drawing forth bis pocket
book. 'No, air, 1 do not want the money,
you cannot buy my alienee with money. 1
Then Watte smiled in hia wicked way
aud held a pistol in oue band and the
money la thi other, aud said quietly aa
before: 'My friend, for tbe suppression
of your opinion I offered you $6,000.
You refused. Now I ofler ygu that
amount of money and your Ufa. Do yoa
accept? The man looked into Jack's cold,
steal gray eye and what be read there
was convincing. He took tbe money aad
his lite aud kept sileut.
rOOB TOM BOWLIKG.
Many storiea are told of old Watta
which are not traceable to any good
fouudat »i like ibis one, .but h:rc is
one he deiiglbed In telling, and tor wliieh
be vouched for the truth: '1 aas always
au ardent race course better, and I
followed tlie Kentucky stables for taaay
a season. My last racing was tbe season.
McGrath's great raoe lioree Tom Bowling
broke I waa breaking up myoelf
than. We werelfi Saratoga, and Barron,
the negro -minstrel singer, came into
Morrissey'aclub house one night with a
party, and somebody proposed that he
give us a song. John Matthews, tho
actor waa with liim aud urged Barron to
f;o ahead. He acceded add sat down to
lie piano. The boys turned Brontid froiu
their game, aud tlie Barron striking a
I row disrf., wtttioat otlMr prelude uraek
UP * ttiwa a sheer bulk lies poor Tom Bowling
(.•If • ~xhe darltnn of our creir,
r -lie aaug it throngh with feeling aad
expression mid I hwkfd down on my
cauls, aud. by Jove, there was a tear
rivtit on the ace. Just then in bursts
lleGrath. He eanttht Bafron by Hie
baud and piessed it ferremly, trying to
sav, 'lbank r»h' but ha couldn't.. All
he could ejaculate #s;he want out of tho
'door with bis eves full of tears wa» 'two
baskets of wine.' It was not until We
were well into tlie seeand basket thai wo
lost our impreslotis of tlie most pathethic
scenes one that mo vat more sportiiy
men's hearts than 1 ever wituessed iu a
gambling house.'
THB oaKAT STB A MHO AT RACK.
AUretatiuus concur that the great
Hteaini>oai race between the H. E. Lee
and Mateliea fhim New Orleans to B\.
Louis Iwoke old John Watts heart, dep
leted his parse ami erea unsettled bis
mind. He staked every dollar he had,
soma $20,000.0u the Nalcliec aud lost it.
lis took a state room on board of his
favorite to make the trip and to stfe the
race, but be never occupied it. Night
aud day for the tlve days aud odd hoars
tlie race lasted he stood on tlie upper
deck leaning Over the rail, jnst where he
wanted the champion trophy placed
when the Lee bad shown that lie Iras
only the sooondbest bus* *a the river,'
watching the contest ot Leviathans.
When the Natchcs fell back and tike Lee
swept by and passed on so tar ahead
that there was no lodger any hope, old
John, for be had come ta be know Mold,
stamped, raved and swore, and Anally
rushed down to the bar room *nd took
the hrst drink of liq-ior that ever passed
hi* lips. He paid ui> his losses and came
East aud took up racing as a betting
event. Iu his early life*he married a
young Ohio girl, whoso heart it. is said
was brokoii wheu she discovered bis
vocation. 8e diedeliortly leaving him
onto sua, whose education was earetully
f«r- The tchoplt cl Europe eon*
tributed to his loaning and the ukl man
stopped'at no expense iu advancing his
soa's welfare and position. Tho boy
was not ungratotul, lor when age and
adveraily had brpwkt. (he old gam
blor to the threshold of waut
his son came forward and cared ior liiui
lovingly and tenderly. ' Fbt liefcriv a
year the old aian has beoti .fa Phlladel
ph;» receiving treatment from a great
specialist Iu nervous a tied ione. Tho
old gkhibler preserved tid the day of
bis death the pack of cat da with which
he fint learned to play poker and til
' fours. They were wora but lie
would have no qthers» and ii was with
a game of soltalre with these old cards
tho paralytic old gßmhler solaced the
hist days of Ids life. Ho Iras 74 years
FAm.BMAIfD ANBCOOTKS
I
i , ».,
ST LIITLB JOUMKt.
Soma natiir niggers in Africky thay
had a big wuden idle wich thay weraliipt
cos thay eed It waa a god, and one day
thay shet up a pig in a pen wioli waa
built around the idle, cof thay aed; To
raorro we wil sacfice that, pig aad make
a burnt offer to our god.
But nex mernia Wen tho preestS' went
to kil the pig thero ' waa a mitionary
preecher, add the preecher he laft like
be wud buat| aud he aed: "I got yqu
now, you galloots, jest look wot kind of
a god yoa got #ich jbii* aftfih libbertys
as that, cos be cant he'.lup hiaaef "
8o thay looked, and there tbay aesn
the pig a aoratohin hisaaf aginat the idle
Bid gruntln like It waa mity nice.
. Jest then the pig it atop acratchin and
weat to roatin With the snoot of its noae,
and I%ne pi It got it und6r the idle and
upeet it in a aainnit in the mud. Then
tbe mitionary preecher he danced, and
aladt bis leg, and hollered wild, and and
* Wot a all po wile feller yura God is, to
be sure, set him up agin, hooray.
Then tho high preeat waa the furious
eat teller you aver saw, and he jumped
in the pen, and kicked the idle as hard
aa ever he ende, and bust all its hed with
• 1
hia tommyhock, aud all the natif niggers
thay eed. Wot a golly be damp bus
ted ole frod that idle waa, jiat like the
.mitionary nreecber sed."
Then went rite of aad
held a tbankgiven preeoh, and rote hia
bishop the joyfle news about tbe natiff
nigersea change of hart. But wen hp
cum back with a bole of wotter for to
babtiae em thay was all down on tbeir
knees a worship!n the,pig.
Pigs taQa.roasted is aplendider than
eny thing, bat a Sunday school bo jk ia
tbe fellei for m9.r~Btm IVaneitco Argo
Hawk came trom the hotel at 2 o'clock'
and tlnuglit he would take a wash. Un*
loriduately Mrs. Hawk had bean told
that a wart-bowl ot water sprinkled
with meal would catch all the mice, and
had tried tlie experiment that night.
Hawk got hit hands flalh aad, bounding
areund the room, cried, "Jerntba! by tho
Lortf llarry t I've got 'v-m again!'— Erie
Herald,
NO, 18
mfg m gttiimnr, ' >•*-
shot* dtotanee in front of lb 0«r»
fcd«.»te position at OoU Harbor were
rifle-.rita, eocnpUrd by own mt Into
them by night, sinoe by day no one dar
ed ebow hie head dbw the works ■•ultras
ha wished to get a shot ia it. On* of
these pits *h oocapied by * lieutenant
of Edgar'a battailion at the lims of ths
glinijjn., Whan lbs enemy returned nt
pulasd, ons of (Mr lieu feasants? jumped
into the pit occupied by the Canfedeint*
'You are my prisumerP eri«d the latter.
*1 don't know about that,* r-jdied the
Yankee. *i guess you are mine.' Bard*
ly, said the Confederate. 'Well |nt
l»ball we settle 1 ft^—'Well,' retted 154
gar's lieutenant, we can jrait till ntyttj
and see who holds UM* lino then. In th«
*»»• J°« r»t a pack of
AAd oo the two Bus|«ndod hostilities
over euchre and '*evea up,' tilt nt night
the Confederates charged ; the rifi«-ptte
and recaptored the whoU} line. E.igar,s
lieutenant brought In his wan in tri«
umpb,
BBMCATSINSTIOKBNTS
Tbe Now Orleans I'mms describee the
fine gold i weighing scales which *m
made, in Philadelphia for tho New O*
lean* mint, have lately been plpced iw
position. They are marvtls of mnchan
ioal ingenuity and aenrato workman
ship. The larger of the taro has a ca
pacity of ten thousand oaoeee Troy, otA
| about six hundred and eightyxrix poundo™
avoirdopoise, and when loaded to its full
weight will indicate a variation of one*
thousandth part of,an ounoe, or tho n»il-t
, lionth part of its weighing oa|Mcity.
t °|ber *?»lfo i* intended fjr
weighing gold only.. t baarMkflO
composed of the finest agates, which
have been ground with tho utmost pre
cision. So delicate is , this machine;
that it will give the precise weight- ol a
human hair, and ia susceptible to tlto»
slightest atmospheric changes.
of dollars' worth of precious metals will
be weighed annually upon these scales
How/Fa* Tux Eaglx Scrxams,—
Few people are aware that the proud
L boast of Englishmen that the sun never
sots on the British Empire is equally ap
plieable to the United atates. luatead,
Of bring tho western limit of the Union.
, San Frencisco is only about midway be
tween the furthest Alhitian Isle, acquir.
( ed by out 1 purchse ol Alaska, and East*
pjrt Me. Our territory exieuds tl.ro .gh
197 degrees of longitude, or 17 degrees
, moie than half way around tlia globe.
Tb * Rocky Mountain Presbyterian in
( com.nenting on this fact, saya; "When
f »he sun is giving ks «ood»hight kirn to
s !hc WmSu«* of
Bohring'a Sea, it itf already flooding the
, fields end forests of Maine with ita
j mossing Mil i* the eastern part of
° that Stale to more than an boor high.
,At tbe rery moment alien the A'eutian
asbertnen, warned by the approasbing
[ shadseof night, is puHing his eanoe to
ward tho show, tbe wood ehopper of
f Maine is beginning to make the foraat
eoho wilb the stirring mnsic of his axe.
PhUndUiphia Record,
WA» •■CKSNM(ICK(» IN MIW.
I Washiogton Chronicle.)
Old Major Throckmorton, keeper of
the Gait House. In LoulsvlNe Is desd.
He was a good old maw, and Kentucky
to tbe bone. Whou Dickuus came lo his >
> banse In 1846 the innjo'* gracetullly ami
hospitably addressed him thai, while the
assembled crowd looked on and listened
with admiration akin to enthusiasm:
'Mir. Dickens, we are glad to welcome
yon. We know you and admire you,
and will reckon it a privilege to extend
r to you tbe hospitalities jf (be metropolis
or Kentucky. As your especial host I
beg that yotrwitl command me for any
1 service in my newer. I* render.' Mr.
Dickon reeeivad this with a (rigid sure
'When I need von landlord,' he said
pointing to the door'l will ring.' The
next moment the distinguished author
was half way out of the widow, the
major's boots under Ms coal-tail and- |
numerous Kentucklans holding iha j|
major's ooat-iail, tor the major viewed
insults from a strictly Kentucky point ot
view, and tlto otrty mention of this '
incident in the 'American Notes' is that fl
Dickens saw a pig shooting in the streets
ol LoutsrHto, which proves that irreaC :f
novelists a?© mofe carelul about their if
fiction than their laets.
A poetess sings: "The' I were dead my
heart would beat for lite©-" This would 'J
certainly he a "dead neat;" anrt it strikes
us the poetess assnmes too much poetlo 3
Uceute.—2/orri*tWH //erala.