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KTHnffiTTr' TIHSTiBDlBD. TIE STANDARD. r H H fi " TAPER AVE DO ALL KINDS OF ctob "woek; IN THE " XE.1TEST MANNER AND AT THE LOWEST BATES. KLi - --.1 X , . ;j ix concord CONTAINS V.OVM HEADING ; A'l n:U '' MAN ANY OTllKIi v '!':: i this SECTION. VOL. II. NO. 24. CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUN"K S, 18Si). AY HOE NO. 76. i m ii in uriTii mum in i iiiiiiiia'iiiiB r iiii ir iiiiiiiiib m in in n iiimiiiim (J k 1 rff 'A 1TT, wTANu . TOXICA'..!. .1 ACKSON'S WAY. -i::i i. i:i:fJ".Ki:x'KTt it. mv Ojc r.'-.Uir. of Prisoners. i Hiring the Valley campaign ami i hat around Ricrmond, in 1C2, 1 was General Jackson's chief of staff, li:;- null nt reserve was noted ; it was mhIi thiil hi- never disclosed an villi!:;: f ills own military designs cxvj't i he necessary orders to his rhief of staff, or even to his major--iu ral next in command, and he chary of expressing to them his so u-hls on the general conduct of .a:- Colon..! Ak-x. K. Boteler, an .. ;j1jf1u1 scholar and statesman . : i hi-neivry aid to the General, was , !.e fi lvmost civic representative of ilie people in General Jackson's mil nary distiict. lie seems to have 1 1: i'l xd him as such occasionally as a medium of communication with t'nj u'."i riinu-at. The statement of his views for the subsequent cam Kih;:i of 18'0, chapter 15, Cedar Xrv;;;;!aii:. v.-a.-- : iven on the express if Colonel Boteler, and, indeed, almost in his words. I be lieve he is yet alive and will attest his own facts. They may be relied on as perfectly accurate and intelli gent as far as ihcy go. I was selected not by myself not having taken up the faintest idea of s::ch an attempt but by General .Jackson's family to write his biogra- pny. x sought tne neip or an suit able documents which the family i o-essed. A11 which were allowed me I employed diligently and faith fully. It scarcely need be said that I was nut responsible for such as were withheld. (-'en. Rarrhiger shows that Jack sou was thinking out, in addition to an imnudiate threat upon Washing ton with 50,000 men, a permanent plan for the future conduct of the war. The details given are full of interest. I am forced to believe that tha types here played a trick upon Con. Harringcr in describing Gen. .Tackson as planning four or more -lighr columns'' of 50,000 men each. Gen. Jackson was certainly aware that General Lee's heaviest masses wotiM hardly exceed 50,000 men, : :.d v i a'! usually be under that ..nt:: vV. as Gen. Johnston's always v.-;v. ;-':uh being the real size ot hvo grand armies of the Con f . A racy, four or more '"light col umns" of 50,000 men appear entirely improbable; the numbers should have probably been 5,000. Upon the other point General Jackson's view of taking prisoners he probably spoke as fully to me as to any one. If I am asked why, th-.n, I did not explicate these views i:i the biography, the simple answer is that Gen. Jackson gave them to mo in a confidential conversation, the privacy of which he did not give me the right to disclose. Xow that the Chailotte Chronicle asserts the authority of his family for re vealing this point, I may do so with out impropriety. Ontheisth day of May, 18G2, (I.Ltwteii the battles of McDowell and Winchester,) I was riding alone wilii the General along the Yalley of Mossy Creek, in Augusta county, ti visit the bivouac of the famous Twelfth Georgia Regiment, in our front. He was, what wa3 rare with him, in the mood of converse. Our thoughts traveled naturally upon the prospect of our struggle. En couraged by him, I expressed my own conclu. ions with the unreserve (perhaps the indiscretion) of one of those citizen -soldiers whom Gen. Jackson thought so well of. I said that, the maimer .dopted by the Confederate government for con dueling the war filled me with ap ple hensions. The government, dom inated by the technicalities of West Point, and of professional soldiering, seemed to forget what was needed in a revolutionary war such as ours. They v.vre relying upon the routine met hods, good for mercenary stand ing armies, lint inappropriate to our circumstances. In this species of tactics the- enemy's superior numbers aiid,riches, backed by Europe, would in the end beat us. The longer the cata-lrophe of the war was delay ed the more we should lose that splendid advantage we now possessed in the martial spirit of our gentry and yeomanry, for mere drill carried to completeness would replace their ''.an ; that a defensive war would b sure to wear us out and crush us in the end. The supineness of the aair.Oiities in failing to reach out after tlse. fruits of our victory at First Manassas had especially dis ci e.nv.g -d me. I seemed to hear the v -:; of history and of God at once demanding, in view of tfiat fatal omission, ''How can ye escape who neglect so great salvation?" (This inaction at First Manassas the Gen eral pronounced "a terrible blun der," emphasizing the phrase with a stem frown and a forcible gesture.) Hut he replied to me by remind ing me of how much had been done by the Confederate government in the first year in creating resources and armies. lie spoke of the vic tories already gained hopefulty, and of the kindness of the good Provi dence in which he believed. I .pro ceeded further to argue my appre hensions when he turned himself towards me in the saddle aud said, with a smile more sad than cheerful: "Stop, Major Dabney ; you make me low spirited"." I, of course, ceased to speak, with an apology for my insistence. After riding in silence for twenty paces he said, with an air and tone of profound seriousness: " Well, I do not profess any roman tic sentiments as to the vanity of life. Certainly, no man "has more that should make life dear to him than I have in the relations and af fections of home. But I do not dei sire to survive the independence of my country." The conversation, when resumed, turned upon some recent threat of bloody retaliation which Mr. Davis had been compelled to make by some one of the numerous outrages. The General said, in words to this effect, that such an emergency would not now appear had the war been begun on that plan which commended it self to his judgment. I exclaimed, with much interest, that a rumor had flitted through the army that he would have begun the war under the black flag, and that I was curious to know whether it had any foundation, or no t. He replied, very squarely: Yes, he believed we should not have begun to take any prisoners in this war, and that he should have adopt ed this plan distinctly, in the inter est of humanity. Because he felt sure the war would have been ended with far less effusion of blood. He added that this could not be like other diplomatic wars, a struggle for a boundary or a province, but for, people, a struggle for life aud death, and it would have been best for the people to have its true character un masked to them from the first. This war, before its eud, will certainly dis close its piratical character. Thus Mr. Lincoln is reported as now de claring that it is not a war of aboli tion. But whether he knows it or not, it is surely destined to become such. Then they will proceed to arm oar own slaves agrinst us. Then, said he, when these outrages are perpetrated of course it will be absurd and impossible for us to treat that war as a civilized war ! To do so will be perdition to our cause. It will be the practical admission of claims damnable to our pretensions of right aud ruinous to the morale aud self-respect of our people. Thus before this war i3 ended, Mr. Davis is going to find himself in this di lemma: The enemy will adopt means such that he will be obliged to meet them with extensive bloody retaliations or he ruined. But then these enemies will have in their hands, it may be, thousands of our friends, so that it will be attended with the fearful consequence of thereby consigning our soldiers to massacre. Now, he added, forego ing these things, I would have ad vised taking no prisoners, and teach ing our volunteers at the outset that when they went into action it must be victory or death literally for them, as it is going to be for their country. Since the administration had adopted other ideas, he obeyed. He had all along been as careful and scrupu lous to preserve the lives aud health of his prisoners as Mr. Davis him self could have been. Such were unquestionably Gen. Jackson's thoughts at that time. How prophetic they were any well informed man must judge for him self. R. L. Dabxey, Prof, of Philos., University of Tex. avli at Fyctteville. Fayetteville Observer. Mr. Bavi3' second letter, as pub lished in to-day's Observer, sets aside once for all, all doubt as to his be ing here on the 21st of November next to participate in the centennial exercises. He will be here. This being the case there are hundreds and thousands of ex-Confederate sol diers all over North Carolina from the' mountains to 'the seashore whose patriotic hearts yearn to once more gaze upon their dear old chief tain of long ago, and notwithstand ing the "bonnie blue flag " was furl ed at Appomattox and the Star of the Confederacy went down to rise no more, the cause for which the sans of Dixie sacrificed their lives upon the altar, of their country, will ever remain dear to the heart3 of our people. IMkcoii Vkpi! in War. Charlotte Chronic le. The first successful attempt to make use of pigeons was during the investment of Paris in the Franco Prussian war in 1S70. After the investment, it was not possible to communicate with the provinces ex cept by balloons, and then there was no certainty whether the balloon and dispatches carried by it ever reached their destination. The first one that left, nothing was heard of, the sec ond carried three pigeons, which returned the evening of the same day announcing that the balloon had landed in safety, and that the official dispatches would be delivered. The Parisians were amazed at this almost unexpected success, ami the 'papers were filled with the doings of the wonderful messengers, and printed fabulous tales of theirperformances. On November 4, a regular post was established by the government between Paris anil Tours by balloon and pigeons, and messages could be sent by any person at a rate of 50 centimes per word, which was after wards reduced to 20, centimes. At first the dispatches were writ ten by hand on small pieces of very thin paper, and only on one side. As this was, however, a long and toil some method, and there was an enor mous number of messages, they were finally printed, and then reduced by photography to a very small size, and read by aid of a microscope. This method was further simplified by photographing messages on a very thin film of collodion, each film containing on an average of 2,500 dispatches. One bird could easily carry a dozen of these pellicles, or films, making 30,000 dispatches. One pigeon which arrived in Paris Feb ruary 3, 181, carried eighteen pelli cles which contained 40,000 messag es, mest of them private. j The official bulletin states thatj 150,000 official dispatches and 1, 000,000 private ones were carried by pigeons into Paris during its invest ment. These messages, if copied in ordinary writing, would fill 500 vol umes. The organization of " military pig eon systems " in almost every conti nental nation of Europe sooh fol lowed '"the Franco-Prussian War. France now devotes 20,000 for the maintenance of pigeon lofts under the military authorities. Germany devotes $S,500, and their system is by far the most extensive and com plete of any nation. Russia devotes $10,000 and the birds are more extensively used in tactical operations and military man euvers than in Germany. Italy has an extensive service, mainly with a view to their employment as messen gers from cruisers off the coast. Spain has also pigeon lofts at various coast guard stations, employing the birds to communicate between the shore and the naval cruisers which in war times would be employed to intercept the enemy's ships, and in peace, to stop smuggling. Other countries, especially Bel gium, have brought pigeon flying to a bright state of perfection, and pri vate pigeon clubs have enormously increased in all countries, especially in Germany and France, where, un der the fostering care of the war ministers, prizes are given and all efforts used to increase their useful ness. Floods ol' I lie Future. Atlanta Constitution. The Concmaugh Valley disaster must not be viewed simply as a cal amity. It is a warning. When boats navigate Pennsylvania .avenue in Washington, and carp invade the houses of that city, we see the shad ows of coming events something even worse than the Johnstown hor ror. We have more than once point ed out in these columns the probable consequences of the floods that will visit this country in the future. The destruction of our forests wifl make the cloud burst as familiar to us as the tornado is to the dwellers of our western plains. Von Bebber, in his work on "The Influence of Forest Growth on climate," says: 'The old experience that the destruction of woods accentuates climate ex tremes, and more especially enhances the danger of floods, has not thus far been contradicted. Nay, it re ceives calamitous conurmation in the disasters which, in the South Tyrol, for example, recur so frequently, and which it is vainly sought to prevent by artificial works." It is clear to any that a century hence, when the intelligent Ameri can of that day takes a glance back ward; he will bitterly denounce our criminal waste and neglect in the matter of forestry, and it will be a mystery in his eyes, that we allowed so many warnings to pass unheeded aud rushed on to our doom. Queen ainrgaret, of Italy. The most beau! if ul Queen in Eu rope, is without doubt, -Margaret Queen of Italy, the lovely and bril liant consort of King Humbert, ;" to whom she was married in 1858, when only seventeen years old.. She was already by birth an -Italian princess, being the daughter of the late Duke of Genoa, brother of King Victor Emanuel, founder of Italy ; her husband is therefore also her first cousin. Under her influence the Italian" Court has become one of the most distinguished for iniellect and man ners. She is deeply interested in literature, and keeps abreast of con temporary literature; all books oil importance ' appearing in" England, France, Germany and Italy are scut to her. She encourages Italian genius in every way; a splendid edi tion of Dante's work, containing all that has been written by the poet, with the reproduction of every pic ture inspired by the poetry, all an notated by Signor Banahi, the great 1 Dante scholar, was brought out at the Queen's expense for the educa tion of her son. Her charity is marked by intelligence and influ ence, she is at the head of nearly every charitable movement of im portance in Italy. She encourages Italian industries wherever she can, and it is owing" to her fostering care, that the very important art of lace makinp in Italy has been brought back to prosperity. The art was ap parently lost, and the once thriving community of Burano was a listless and starving population, the memory of one old woman, who learned the stitch in her youth, saved the dainty industry from extinction. The Queen carries herself with a regal part and is always willing to give that which the populace is al ways ready to behold with delight, the spectacle of its sovereign in the pomp of royalty. Queen Margaret is perfectly adored by the people of Italy, the flower which bears her name has become a sort of national emblem. She is very pious and although her husband reigns ever what used to be the Papal State, she is said to be on excellent terms with Pope Leo. She has one child, the Crown-priuce of Italy, who is now about twenty years old. He C ouldn't Strike Detroit Free Press. He stood on a step-laelder trim ming the dead limbs out of a fruit tree, when a man came along with some tools in his hand and stopped and aeked : " How many hours are you put ting in for a day's work ?" . " I'm busy from daylight to 8 or 9 o'clock at night," was the reply. "Don't you know that nine hours is a day's work ?" "I've heard so, but he won't let me off at that." "Then strike on him!" " I can't very well." " Dasn't you kick ?" " It wouldn't do any good." " Some rich old cuss who wants to grinel you into powder, eh ?" "Well, he keeps me at woik. I believe I put in thirteen hours every day." " Then you are a fool I" . " Maybe so." " He ought to be talked to." " Yes.". "Why don't you quit?" " I would, you see, but I am the 'old cuss' you are talking about,' and though my man can get his day of nine hours I have to put in three or four more or things will get be hind." To Find Yonr K ick-Xajiie. Write in figures the year of your birth, and to this add four. Then add your age at your next birtflOay, if it comes before the succeeding January 1 ; if not, add your age at your last birthday. Multiply this result by 1000, and subtract from the product, G7S,423. Substitute for the figures the corresponding letters of the alphabet as follows : A for om?, B for two, c for three, d for four, E for five, f for six, g for seven, etc i-. v.:.!t:.: 4 About AaJimiiK. A lady had a tame bird which she was in the habit of letting out of the cage every day. One morning, as it was picking the crumbs off her carpet, her cat, who always before showed great kindness for the bird, ! seized it in a sudden, and jumpeel with it in her lr.outTi upon a table. The lady was much alarmed for the fate of her fuvoriie, but on turning about instantly discerned the cause. The door had been left open, ami a strange cat had just come into the room. After turning it out, her own cat came down from her place of, safety, and dropped the bird with out having done it the "slightest in- . . -:-';. u--' '? ' Persons who have the management of elephants have often observ.d that they knew very well when any one is ridiculing them, and that they very often revenge themselves when they have an opportunity. A painter wished to draw an elephant in the menagerie at Paris in an ex traordinary attitude, which was with his trunk lifted and Ids mouth op.u. An attendant on the painter, to make the elephant preserve the position, threw fruits into his mouth, and often pretended to throw them with out doing so. The animal became irritated, and, as if knowing that the painter was to blame rather than his servant, turned to him and dash ed a quanity of water "from his trunk over the paper on which the painter was sketching his distorted portrait. A gentleman of Brenchly having :hot a hen-swallow which was skim ming in the air, accompanied by her mate, the enraged partner flew at the fowler, ant, as if to revenge the loss it had sustained, struck him in the face with its wing, continued flying around him with every appearance of determined anger. For several weeks after the fatal shot the bird continued to annoy the gentleman whenever it met with him, except on Sabbaths, when he did not re cognize him in consequence of his change of dress. - j Impolite Thins. Joking others in company. Gazing rudely at strangers. Loud and boisterous laughing. Cutting finger nails in company. Talking when others are reading. Reading when others are talking. Leaving a stranger without a seat. Making yourself the hero of your own storv. Want of respect or reverence for seniors. Leaving church before the worship is closed. Reading aloud in company with out beinsc asked. Commencing to eat a3 soon as you get to the table. , Not listening to what any one is saying in company. Receiving a present without an expression of gratitude. Correcting persons older than yourself, especially parents. Whispering or laughing during worship in the house of God. lie Struck, the Right Han. Exchange. The other day an important look ins: gentleman took a seat besides a quiet" man in an Arkansas railway carriage and began a conversation. " I'm going up to Little Rock," he said, " to get a pardon for a con victed thief.. I'm not personally ac quainted with the Governor, but he can't afford to refuse me." " Is the fellow guilty ?" asked the man. "Of course he is ; but that makes no difference. His friends have agreed to give me $400 if I get him out, and the thermometer is very low when I can't get up a good talk. Where are you traveling?" " Going to Little Rock." " Do you live there ?" "Yes." " Perhaps you might be of some service to me. V hat business are you in ?" " I'm the Governor." He wasn't of. the least " service to him." Harriet Beecher ing health. Stowe is in fail. It took $3,000 to heal the breach in the heart of an Alleghany, N. Y.,girl. mi Hi' An accident occurred to a Sun day-school excursion at Armaugh, Ireland. Seventv-four children were killed. Horrible ! Edward Morrow, living near Brad ford, Tenn., while plowing last fall, lost a $2G wad of greenbacks, which his son plowed up a fw days since as good as ever. A Xiuger'M Charmed Life. Winston Sentinel. On Tuesday Dr. D. A. Dalton re moved a number of buckshot from the person of Alfred Hill, confined in Forsyth jail, who was shot by the guards on the 16th of April while trying to make his escape from the chain-gang of this county. The negro has a remarkable his tory, and appears to bear a more charmed life than the proverbial fe line. When 5 years old he was hooked and seriously injured by a cow, an ugly gash still remaining as a me mento of that occasion. "At 9 years of age he was shot by his brotheiythe shot still "remaining encysted under his skin. At 14 years of age his right eye ball was taken out by Dr. Graham, of Charlotte. When 19 years old he had the back part of his head chopped off by & hoe in the hands of "a friend at a party." When 21 years of age he was badiy mutilated by another "friend" on the railroad in South Carolina, his shoulder and back being cut and a portion of one ear removed. His last, experience in this line was on April 2Cth, when Messrs. r'e d and Saunders, the guards, had to nut four loads of buckshot into his c.ucass before they could stop his flight.- Alfred ?:v,: he feJs much lighter since Dr. Dalton removed a portion of the hist loads of shot and is once more r a ly to pursue the uneven tenor of liis wav. ('Rn&ut il.v a Ksmnlc Koioiitiflc Trick. In a large factory, one of workman carelessly allowed hammer to slip from his hand flew half way across the room. the his It and struck a fellow workman in bis left eye. The man averred that his eye was blinded by the blow, although a careful examination failed to re veal an niuiry. there beinr not a scratch yjsible. lie bought suit in the courts for compensation for the loss of half of his eyesight, and refused all offers of compromise, The day of the trial arrived, and in open court, an eminent oculist, re taincd -by the defense, examined the alleged injured member and gave as his opinion that it was as good as the right eye, and proved it. Know ing that -the colors green and red combined make black, he prepared a black card on which a few words were written with green ink. Then the plaintiff was ordered to put on a pair of spectacles with two different classes, the one for the right eve being red and the one for the left eye consisting ol orainary glass. Then the card was handed him and he was ordered to read the writing on it. This he did without hesita tion, and the cheat was at once ex posed. The sound right eye, fittei with the red glass, was unable to distinguish the green writing on the black surface of the card, while the left eye, which he pretended was sightless, was the one with which the reading had to be done. Ex. Oklahoma Hotel Bales. 1. If the bags are troublesome you'll find the kloroform in a bottle on the shelf. 2. Gents going to bed with their boots on will be charged extra. 3. Three raps at the door means that there is a murder in the house and you must get up. 4. Please rite your name on the wall paper so that we know you'ye been here. 5. The other leg of the chair ia in the closet if you need it. G. If that hole where the pane of glass is out is too much for you you'll find a pair of pants behind the door to stuff m it. 7. The shooting of a pistol is no cause for alarm. 8. If you're too cold, put the oil cloth. over your bed. 9. Caroseen lamps extra; candles free, but they mus't burn all night 10. Don't tare off the wall paper to lite your nine with. Nuff of that already. 11. Guests will not take them brick in the mattress. 12. If it rains through the hole overhed, you'll find an umbrella un der the bed. 13. The rats won't hurt you, if they do chase each ether across your face. 14. Two men in a room must, put up with one chair. 15. Please don't empty the-saw- dust out of the pillers. ' 1G. Don't kick about the roaches We elon't charge extra. 17. If thert's no towel handy use a piece of the carpet A North Carolina Invention. I Wilmington Messenger. Raleigh, N. C, June 18. A test was made to-day of Rev. Baylus Cade's railway telegraph on the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line track, just west of the city. WTires for the purpose were laid a distance of a mile. A telegraphic instrument was placed in the train provided by the Raleigh and Gaston company, and an office wa3 established on the ground. While the train was mov- ng at a speed of. thirty-five miles per .hour the following message was sent from the ground office to F. A. Olds, special correspondent, on boa'-d special car: f'This is the first larnme8saigenr'ibyEeTri!ayius' Cade's railway telegraph. Let me know if you receive it all right." The aaswerwas, "Message properly received." Experienced telegraphers N. R. Young and D. S. Hudgings, who were in charge of the instrument, declared the test perfect. There was not a hitch or break in any of the many messages sent. A line will be built to Gary at once. The system is wonderfully simple. The wires are laid .along side the track on cleats fastened to the sleepers, while attached to one side of the train car wheels is a strong frame, at the base of which are eight thin but broad two inch strips, which lightly touch the wires. It is no trouble to send or receive messages, no matter whether the rain is fust or slow, and thirty-live word3 per minute were received with out breaks. . Telegraph operators saitl that the nstrument worked well with escape between wires and did what the ordinary lines could not possibly have done. The inventor is a Vir ginian by birth and this invention is the result of twelve years labor. The cost of the system will not exceed fifty dollars per mile. The Bishop and the Hoy. Philadelphia Press. " What are you doing here my lad?" "Tending swine, sir." " How much do you get ?" " One florin a week, sir-" "I also am a shepherd," continued the bishop, " but I have a much bet ter salary." " That may be, but then I suppose yon nave more hogs under your care." The bishop was about retiring when the bov continued. " Say, can God do anything ?" " Yes, my boy." "Can he make a two year-old colt n two minutes I'" " Why," said the astonished bish op. " lie woulu not wish to uo that. my boy." " But if he did want to, could he ?" insisted the boy. " Yes, certainly, if he wished to." "What! in two minutes." " Yes, in two minutes." " Well, then, he wouldn't be two years old, would he ?" The bishop collapsed. The Meanest Man In Creation. Lineville (Ala.) Democrat. A man living in Clay, who owes us over two years subscription, put his paper back in the postoffice last- week marked " refused." We have heard of many mean men. There is the man who used ,1 he wart on his neck for collar button, the one who pastured a goat on his grand mother's grave, the one who stole coppers from a dead man's eyes, the one who got rich by giving his five chilelren a niekle each to go to bed without supper and then stealing the nickel after the children were asleep; but for ' pure downright meanness the man who will take a paper for years, mark it "refused," and then stick it back into the postoffice, is entitled to the first premium. Sitting Bull, the Sioux war chief, is dying. , The Samoan treaty hai been offi cially signed. It is said to be satis factory to the cabinet in its final shape. Col Emmons Clark, who hai com manded New York's crack regime:, the Seventh, for twenty-five jeais will resign on June 21. Gildeou L. PeaSe, of East Wilton, Me., who was a Sergeant in the Black Hawk war, is thought to be the only living United States soldier of that war. Harrison has appointed Robert Smalls, a negro, as Collector of Cu3 tomsforthe District of Beaufort, S. C. The "coons" are "gettin there " in the South. ODDS AID ENDS. Kossuth is the healthiest man for his age in Europe, He is 8G. J The Bohemian element is rapidly multiplying in New York city.' ' The Ballot Reform bill was passed by the Connecticut Legislature. ; There are twenty-seven more dogs than sheep in Miami county, Ohio. Ex-President Jefferson Davis eu-. tered upon his 82nd years June 8th. Baltimore has abolished publio commencement exercises in the high schools. ' AT rs. Oscar Wilde is one of the most popular woman orators' in England: " i: ' ' ' It is estimated that the United States has a doctor for every GOO in habitants. A dog down in Piedmont, W. Va., has two tails, and he wags them in different directions. It is proposed io construct a cable between Honolulu and San Fraucisco at a cost of $1,500,000, Ben Butler's portrait is to be hung in the rotunda of the State Capitol of New Hampshire. The ilog tax of France give3 tho state an annual revenue of about $1,500,000. : A noble heart, like the sun, showeth it3 greatest countenance iu its lowest state. June 1st the law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors went into effect in New York. Tlie report comes from Oklahoma that rich iron mines have been found near Guthrie. Dr. Chas. E. Simmons wants $143,450 for professional services to the late Samuel J. Tilden. The study of music has been in troduced with success in the public schools at Danville, Va. More than 1,000 empty patent medicine bottles were found in the house of a rich bachelor who died at Knoxville, Pa., lately. By a recent decision of the Su- preme I'ourt a pack or playing cams 3 not a gambling device. ' Sam Small says that nine-ten Ui3 of the rows at home among the children are stai ted by the girls. Senator Cockrell is credited with having used three gallons of iuk in his private correspondence last year. Ex-Senator Riddleberger says Ma- hone offered him the " Mission to Hong Kong" but he refused it. The little prayer beginning "Now I lay me down to sleep" was written by John Rogers, the martyr. Florida has $12,000,000 invested in the orange business, and the sales this year were a fourth of that big sum. It is ily time with the dishonest cashier when he tninKs nis pecula tions are on the eve of being dis covered. It is said that an English syndi cate is after the-Elgin watch factory. An offer of $10,000,000 has been made for it '. " ' . tYdolphns Andreas, the inventor of the American jack screw,, died in New York the other day, aged ninety years. . . . . -. Signor Tamagna, the Italian tenor, unless fairy tales be told, will re ceive ?2,000 a performance during his four with Patti. , The Legislature of Massachusetts appropriated $10,000 anel .the Leg islature of Connecticut 25,000 for tho fio..'d sufferers. Pete Nutt, of Dade county, Ga.,. has a chicken eating nude. He cats them raw, and will chase a. fat hen for a mile, if necessary. . An "inch of rain " means a gal lon of water spread over a surface of nearly two square feet, or a fall of 100 tons npoa an acre. The President has appointed Thomas J. Morgan, Rhode Island, to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs, vice John II. Oberly, resigned. Tin and glass have found a rival in paper as a material for making kerosene oil cans. The latter, it is claimed, wiil not rust aud leak like tin or crack like gtass. Alexander Graham Bell, in Science, calculates that a mother in talking to her infant speaks 36,000 wordi a day- equal to about four hours' con tinuous talking. . - The receipts of the Brooklyn, midge daring tip first year aftpr its . opening "in 1883. were $403,000. During the past year they aiiiotihted to $943,300. ' ' " In a hoiiiO near ITagcrstowli, MiU" desr nyed by the cyclone va? a sleep-' ing int. nt. v. ho u;is found when the blow was over, half a mile off and not injured. ,