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It coita no hiug to try tuo botineaa.
tog like it for raopey uT3f
BuUceM p'eant and atrtct ly Smm
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tefora the public. &4 ua your t?
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A4drees GEORGE STIS80N & OO. Jprtlafld aiarn
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MONTH .ntead. Y-
SSouacSlul not
r" in at.rt tou. nan.
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A Common Storv.
My old lore whom I loved not, '
la this your friendly hand?
Your very voice, with tremble in it
None elge could understand? v
My old love whom I loved notl
After so many years,
Parting in silence and in pain,
To meet with smiles, not tears.
My old love whom I loved not,
Do you regret not I J
That all died ont which best were dead,
All lit 3d which could not die ?
Till at the iast we meet here,
. And clasp long emrty hands, '
Keeping our silent secret safe,
Which no one understands.
You will leave a name behind you,
' A life pure, calm, and long;
But mine will fade from human ear
Like a forgotten song.
You have lived to smile serenely
Oyer a grief long done:
You will die with children round vour bed.
Bat I shall die alone.
Oh kind love, whom I loved not 1
Oh faithful, firm, and true !
Did one friend linger near my grave,
I think it would be you.
Could I wish one heart to hold me
A little, unf or got,
I think 'twould be that heart of yours,
My love whom I loved not I ,
Miss Mulock.
Baby's TTalklng-Match.
Hurrah I Baby's on the track ! ,
Got the word to 'Go 1'
Strength of limb he doesn't lack,
Toddling to and fro.
Mother is the judge so true; i
There's nououbt he 11 win.
See the pretty belt of blue
Bound his waist to pin.'
Bravo I Up and down he goes,
Holding fast to chairs;
Bosy fingers, rosy toes.
Pretty little airs. '
This is but the first wee match,
Just his speed to try ;
A much better gait hell catch,
Walking by and by.
Turns of the Wheel of Fortune.
For some weeks past the engagement
between the Eirl of Beauvray and Mies
Millicent Movie had been chronicled in
the fashionable intelligence of newspa
pers, and the marriage was appointed to
take place in Jnly. There were many
who considered Miss Moyle a lucky girl,
for Lord Beauvray was not only of an an
cient family, young, immensely wealthy
and well-looking, but he was popular
everywhere owing to his cunny temper
and perfect uprightness of character.
He was the most irreproachable of gen
tlemen, just as his betrothed, Miss
Moyle, was the fairest flower among the
bouquet of pretty - girls who had been
E resented at court in the same season as
erself. ' Millicent Moyle was a rich
heiress as well as a pretty girl; but this
was about all that could be said of her.
Her father, Josiah Moyle, a bill dis
counter of Lombard street, was a new
man of the city plutocracy one of those
financiers who have made such rapid
fortunes that everybody expects to hear
of them next in the bankruptcy court.
As for Mr. Moyle, quite conscious of
hnxr creat a niece of luck had befallen
him, he could not refrain from bragging
i i r j i i. t.1- r
Dexore ma cut ixicuub uuub uia iuiuio
son-in-law. 'the earl.'. He talked of re
tiring from business, of obtaining a seat
in Parliament through'Iiord Beauvray's
isflaence, and devoting himself thence
forth to the assiduous study of conserva
tive politics and the cultivation of aris
tocratio . connections. The poor man
had been admitted, on Lord Beauvray 's
presentation, to one or two first-rate
clubs, and he had beery introduced to so
many ladies and gentlemen of title that
his head was turned.
One sunny afternoon, just a fortnight
before the date fixed for the marriage,
thft hill-discounter's Dhaeton was drawn
up as usual alongside the pavement of
Lombard street, waiting ;tui tne stroae
nf fnnr from an adioininar steeple should
bring ont the plutocrat from his office,
when a brougham, wit a a coronet on me
panels, clattered up behind, J and Lord
Beauvray alighted. He was ghastly
Sale. The hall porter, who I knew him
y sight, and had always admired his
pleasant smile, was startled by his ap
pearance not less than by the broken
voice in which he inquired if Mr. Moyle
had left. Just then Mr. Moyle himself
strutted out, all glorious with a gerani
um in his coat and with a white hat
perched acock on his pointed gray beard.
Ah! Beauvrayr cried he, with cheerful
welcome, but perceiving the look on the
peer's face, he exclaimed: Why, what's
the matter? Not ill. I hope ?
'Shall 'we go off in the phaeton?'
stammered Mr. . Moyle, full of uneasi
ness, j- 1
No, into your room; but let us be
quite alone repeated the earl, and he
himself led the way toward the sanctum,
where' the bill-discounter; transacted
most of his business.
Mr. Moyle had a tries: when agitated
of grasping his nose with the whple of
his hand, and working it up and down
as if it were made of India-rubber which
S wished to elongate His nasal organ
Underwent a deal of pulling in the brief
nnaerwena . r . 0,.A ar,A TrrA
Interval tna aiapi
miyi .ioatv1 tncether. Then.
Stafitaff &nm in tt aro-ebwii at his
?555Sf.M. Mr.; MMTle. ed w be-
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this on the table, Lord Beauvray placed
his hand on it, and looked in the finan
cier's eyes. , - ' f. . ' -
MrJ Moyle, said he, sadly, I have a
painful communication, to make; but I
will not beat about , the bush. I find
that I have no lecral riffht to the title
which I bear, or to the fortune. which I
aw naiiiM t - - I j - i .
Eh! what?'
with a gasp.
exclaimed Mr. Moyle,
I made the diaoovary this morning on
rummaging through , a box of deeds.'
continued IjordH?an vray whose voice j
grew Bwaaier. "xou Aiow that I inter
ii-ou mo uue irom my uncle, ue was
tne eldest of three brothers. My father,
the youngest, died whilst I was a boy;
my second uncle died a few years later.
uu we ianciea ne naa Deen a bachelor,
but it appears that he was clandestinely
marnea, ana leit a son a lad whom you
know, by-the-by, for I have seen him in
your house. His name is Timbnrel '
Timburel? echoed Mr.' Moyle, with
a start; 'ycung Timbnrel, who used to
be a clerk in our firm, and whom I dis
missed for presuming to make love to
our Millie?' i
I was not aware of those particulars,'.
saia iiora ueauvray, 'but young Tim
bnrel is the man; he bears his mother's
name (she was an actress), and we used
to think he was the natural son of my
uncle; but it seems that his parents were
lawfully married.'
And do you mean to say that Timbnr
el a vulgar, conceited upstart, who is
living on his wits at this moment, with
not a shilling in his pocket I'll be bound
do you mean to , say he has become
earl of Beauvray?' j t
Not only that., but he becomes abso
lute ower of all my estates and proper
ty. My poor father left me a mere pit
tance. When I have put Timbnrel in
possession of his own I shall have noth
ing but my commission in the Guards
and about three hundred a year.'
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'Uome, come, don t say Buch bosh.
blurted out old Moyle, grasping his nose
again, it had iust occurred to him that
Lord Beauvray was hoaxing. 'He wants
to find out whether our Mdlie loves
him for himself or his title.' reflected
the money man: but in a moment this
idea was dispelled by Lord Beauvray
displaying the contents of his envelope
a marriage certificate and a number of
letters which substantiated' his story.
Then he entered into explanations. It
seems that his uncle, the Hon. Colonel
de Vray, being in garrison at Malta, had
privately-inaiiicd an Italian! actrota .
named Timbnrel. After a year's union
this fickle person had deserted him;
leaving her child to his care; and soon
afterward she died. Under the circum
stances, the colonel, though he provided
for his boy's maintenance, deemed it
convenient to conceal his marriage, and
eventually he died suddenly without
having acknowledged it. Apparently,
however, his conscience had tormented
him. so that while, lacking the moral
courage to speak the truth during his
rfetime. he had left evidence by . wich
it might be known after his death. Un
fortunately, the envelope containing his
marriage certificate had lain mixed up
with some other dcouments in a box,
which Beauvray, who inherited the de
ceased s papers, had never thought 01
examining till that morning, when ho
had begun to sOrt his family papers in
view of his marriage. These were the
facts which the young peer explained,
whilst old Moyle, with a series of wheez
es like moans, ruefully examined the
documents one by one.
Suddenly the bill-difiiQOunter crumpled
all the papers in his hand with a fever ish
grasp, and looked at Lord Beauvray.
There was an expression in his dull
eyes as of a - light behind an unclean
pane of glass: 'I' say, he whispered,
have you told anybody besides me
about this secret ?'
No; I camel to you first, as in duty
bound.' I r'
Then what prevents us from destroy.
. . Ai . T - I i iT-
ing these papers j x saau s By any uuug
about it. That young ximDurei is a
skunk and a snob; it will be ridiculous
to see him a lord, .and he'll ruin himself,
or become mad with conceit so foolish,
is he. I say, Beauvray, if I throw this
envelope into the fire, who will know
anything about it? "
I "shall, answered Lord Beauvray,
quietly; and held out his hand for the
papers. 1 j
The shifty clance of the moneym&n
quailed before the lights of unquencbu-
ble honesty in .tne eyes 01 uuo wuu uno
pened to be a nobleman in something
more than the name. ; . I .
There was a pretty hubbub in society
when it became known that tne Jiiari or
Beauvray or George de Vray, as he
now simply called liimself was going to
abandon his title and estates to a man
who had been a city olerk. Lord Beau
vray himself did his utmost io make the
thing public; lor as me iegiu uiuaui
or reinstating his consul uiw u xignus
would require some time, he was anx
ious that thejnew peer should obtain; at
least social recocmition of his rank as
soon as possible; For this , purpose he
placed the amazed and eiatea jut. xim-
burel in possession of his mansion in
Piccadilly, and i a large sum of ready
money to go on with.' ; Mr. Timburel
was decidedly a snob; Eord Beauvray
could not like him, much as he forced
cimseii to be friendly, and he was soon
forced to reflect with a surh that the
house of De Vray would be poorly rep
resented by its new chief. -
Ui course. Ueorcre de Vrav's marriacre
was postponed, i The torn in his for
tunes had thrown so muoh business on
his hands that it was impossible he
Cduld devote a month to honeymooning
nnt 1 - it was " all disposed of: besides
which., he felt bound to make Mr. Moyle
the offer of releasing his daughter from
her engagement. At first this proposal
was pooh-poohed equally by the bill-
discounter and Miss Moyle herself.
Millie, who was not quite so sensible as
she was pretty, went a srood deal at not
becoming a countess ; then she wept at
me nooiiity of George's action, which
every body, was praising. In fact,, dur
ing a week or two she bedewed a great
many pocKet handkerchiefs with her
weepings over one thing and another.
But, in the main, she was disposed to
remain faithful to George, and took
som credit to herself for her fortitude.
Now, there was staying in the house
Kf the Movies a poor, little cousin ..of
Millie's : named Gertrude Brown.
was a soft-eyed brunette of eighteen,
yery quiet and lovatle, who acted as
companion to Millie, and had to bear
much from the whimsical humors of .this
spoiled child. Gertie had always re
oeived marked kindness from Lord
Beauvray, who treated her as if she had
been his sister; and she looked upon
him with admiration as the most noble
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uvwg buo ubu ever, seen, nis renuncia
tion of rank and wealth had struck her
as an act of 'surpassing heroism, and
she could not so much as allude to it
without tears gushing from her eyes.
Gertie Brown had a heart that beat in
unison with all that was great and good.
A shrewd, merry little thing, too,j in her
way, she was capable of discerning the
difference that existed between aj genu
ine man of honor like Lord Beauvray
and a mere man 01 honor like her uncle
Moyle. " When she saw George de Vray
after his 'ruin, as old Moyle called it,
behaving with the same cheerful grace
as usual not seeking praise, but shun
ning it giving himself no airs o a hero,
but talking and laughing simply like a
man who has done his duty without any
fuss and is glad of it, she thought her
cousin happy amongst all girls, and
sighed to reflect that Millie did not,
perhaps, appreciate her treasure as fully
as she ought.
It was this enthusiasm of poor Gertie
Brown's on poor George de Vray's be
half which first began to make the enp
of Mr. Moyle's bitterness 'overflow.
That worthy gentleman had : taken to
musing that there was an end now to
his chances of sitting in Parliament,
getting a baronetcy, and all that.
George de Vray might remain a pet of
society, and by means of Millie's money
keep a sumptuous town-house, but this
was not the same as being an ean, witn
an enormous rent-roll , and I influence
over a whole county. Old Moyle hinted
as muoh to his daughter, and to make
'fee !essoTrfflOrtrftf61ble. threw "out
gloomy suggestions that his own for
tune was not very secure, and that MdT
lie might some day find herself con
strained to live on her husband's 300
a year and to make her own dresses with
the sewing-machine. This lamentable
prospect caused Millie's tears to burst
out afresh, peevishly, sO that ! she flew
at Gertie when the latter happened to
make some remark i in George's praise.
Mr. Moyle also scolded bis niece, and
very roundly, saying she was a silly girl
to think that there was anything grand
in throwing one's money out of the win
dow, so that all the world might talk
about it. Poor Gertie held her tongue,
though her heart throbbed woefully. '
She had heard that the new Lord Beau?
vray, the ex Mr. Timburel, had been
invited to dinner for that evening; and
she began to suspect that her precious
uncle was forming a plan for making of
this former clerk of his a suitor for Mil
lie's hand. "
Her intuition was not at fault. Old
Moyle had hastened to make peace with
his discharged clerk; and the ' latter,
whose vanity wab tickled by seeing his
quondam tyrant cringe before him,
gradually became a regular guest at the
bill-discounter's, though he took care
never to come at times when he was
likely to meet George there. These
visits displeased Gertie Brown, who
could feel no admiration for the vulgar
manners and purse proud ostentation of
Ralph de Vray. This young man'1 was
handsome, however, and not devoid of
talent. It was no secret to Millie that
he had aspired to her hand at a time
when such a hope was folly, and he ex-
ercised over her that fascination which
sauoy assurance and a bold 'gift of gab'
ever do over girls who are weak and
giddy. ' -
! think it rather strange,' remarKea
Girty, one day, that Lord Beauvray
should not have discovered this secret
until he had enjoyed the property several
years. It looks much to me as -if .some
other people had discovered 'it, too, and
aa if he had only acted under compul
sion. Oh, Millie, you are casting an asper
sion on one of the most noble acts I
have ever heard ofl' exclaimed Gertie,
quivering all over.
Well, it's your fault,' screamed Mil
lie, exasperated. 'I am sick of hearing
you always harp on the same string. If
you are so fond of Mr. De Vray, why
dnn't vmi cet him to marry you? That
would be two beggars together!': ;
Naturally, urerue wen w not a wm
have a good cry; but from that day she
ceased speaking about George, and be
came very circumspect in her demeanor
toward him. When he called to see
Millie she left the room. George soon
noticed these tactics, for his interviews
with Mr. Moyle's daughter were grow
ing more and more irksome by reason
of Millie's coldness and irritability. J At
the least thing she would snap and sulk;
and one afternoon, when George inno
cently made some inquiry about Miss
Brown, she fired up in a jealous pet.
You seem very anxious about Miss
Brown. I am not obliged to .show her
off in the drawing-room whenever visit
ors come. She is only a pauper cousin
'whom we have taken in from charity.'
fit's aueer charity, dearj . if you talk
of in that way,', Jaughed George. I
don't consider poverty a disgrace,
either.'
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Millie, still querulously, 'and that re
minds me : if we marry, I suppose you
don t mean to live on my money? Fapa
says his banks might break, and all sorts
of things. So I h suppose you will do
something to, get an independent: in
come?' . " :;:,.;. - ' - ' 'j 'Ii :f';V--:
Yes,' answered George, coloring deep
ly; 'L have applied for an' exchange,1 into
the line, and think of going out to the
war on the Indian frontier. I ishall
have lieutenant-colonel's rank; so if you
will wait for roe two years, Mdlie, Xmay
return with, a neW career and perhaps
ah income before me. v j '
'Oh, wait two years to become a sol
dier's wife, and go out to live in biking
Indian heat!' exclaimed Millie, porting.
I never bargained for that!' 4 j
' J ust . at this minute Gertie Brown
came in. j She had a message to deliver
to Millid from Mr. ' Moyle, and blushed
as she crossed the room to where the
pair of quarreling lovers sat. i' "j ;
'Miss Brown,' said George rising to
shake hands with her, ! will, wish you
good-bye, fori have just been telling
Miss Moyle that I am going off td the
war in India.' ! T i T
'You are going to the war! Oh,l Mr.
De Vray -if anything should happen to
you!' exclaimed Gertie; ano! tears start
ed to her eyes.
''Thank you for those tears,
George, gratefully. I shall know
said
that
one person here, at least, wm feel inter
est. Now, give me as a keepsake ! that
Now, give me as a keepsake
red.book-marker you are holding in your
hand. I I will bring back the ribbon
with something hanging to it.' . j
'The Victoria cross, perhaps, tittered
Millie, rather uncomfortably. 'I declare
that's quite poetical. Well, i goOdbye,
Mr. Da Vray. we part as friends;
don't we?' ; f l V i !
'Excellent friends,' answered George,,
as he lifted both her hands to his lips
and kibsed them playfully. I
That evening, ;when old Mr. Moyle
was apprised of what had happened, he
rubbed his nose and said: 'Weil, well,
it's he who has broken off the match;
not we.: " J suppose we've heard the last
of him now, for he'll go, out to India
and stay there.' ! ; - I
One year had passed. There had
been a triumph of the British arms in
India, and, the name of Col. Do yray
was associated with it. His name was
in everybody's mouth. Jlej had receiv
ed promotion and other honors, and Was
returning to England after the termina
No; but it's very inconvenient, 1 said
tion of the campaign as Major neratthave perfected arrangements whereby
Sir George De Vray.
As for Millie Mot le, she was betroth
ed to the hew Earl of Beauvray ; and
when "Sir George arrived in London bne
of the first things he read in the papers
was that the marriage between this
young lady -and his cousin was to take
place in a week. . '1
H no longer cared now. He went to
Mr. Moyle's house on the very day of
his return, '. in the, afternoon, and was
ushered into the dining-room, where
luncheon was taking place, tie was
received like a hero, for Mr; iMoyle liked
to be on 'good terms with; successful
men, and Millie was anxious to obtain
something like forgiveness for her jilt
ing. ' She received it freely and fully,
so lar
as could be judged from the
general's manner, for he was
young
frank and pleasant. But) after first
greetings were over he addressed him
self principally to; poor little Gertie
Brown, who sat radiant and trembling.
To her he recounted his adventures,
and oh, what a brave knight she thought
him with his sunburnt face and the
modesty of true glory that breathedlin
all his words! The new Lord Beauvray
was. not present. . j
At last, when a toast had been drank
to George's honor and Millie's happi
ness, honest Mr.1 Moyle acting as toajst-
master, the general-, drew
a parcel and
extracted from it Gertie's
book-marker.
No longer scarlet now, but
faded pink
from exposure to the air; for it had seen
many, a battle entwined wth the sol
dier's sword knot. There were hangihg
from it a Cross of the Bath, a Victoria
... . ' LJ . i jj
cross, ana sometnmg eise a weacupg
ana sometning eise a weuuiug
'Will you take all three, Gertie?'
eorge, apprbachipg Millie's litpe
ring.
said George,
cousin.' - ' I- I
Bravo. Sir George 1' exclaimed Millie,
clapping her hands, thoughJ she turned
a little paie. ,i always saia uiai wrwe
and you were made for each other.' I
Sd did I,' cried worthy Nv. Moyje;
but I say- - Hullo! what's that?' ! .
There had been a loud knock at the
door, and a footman entered!.with a . tel
egram on a tray.; Mr. Moyle opened the
missive and uttered' an ' exclamation jof
horror and dismay. 'Great: heavens,
my lord, read this I' he faltered. j
The telegram announced that the new
Lord Beauvrair i had been killed ih a
railway accident. So the Indian hero
got his family title and estates again.
He showed no elation, but seemed, fn
the contrary, much . shocked, and was
the first to lend assistance to Millie
when she swooned in a somewhat forced
attack of hysterics. I . i ,
Old Moyle had sunk on to a chair
helpless. His face was a thjng to; see.
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sings, I hid my headin a
nest of roses,' Did you, Algernon, did
you ? That was wise in yon to hide jit
among the roses. Now, if you had cov
ered it up in a nest of cabbages, when
you came to pick it out again you could
not have told, for the lifeofjyou, which
head was yours. Stick to the roses, old
boy, every time. .:
D aring her six weeks stay in London
Mile; Sara Bernhardt received $750 from
the Comedie Francaise, $5,C00 by pri
vate performances and $10,000 ' for her
paintings; to' say
fresents. Hence
eave of absence,
way with her. i
notning qi -vaiuaoo
the. -concession of f a
She has a taking
ITEMS OF GENERAL DfTEBEST.
Sir Henry Bessemer'a new gigantic
telescope cost $200,000. t -
Over $1,000,000 worth of eggs were
sold by Iowa farmers in 18785
Norfolk, Va.y did an export business
last year of over $10,0C0,0G!0. . ' ;
Augusta, Ga., is anxious to utilize the
water power of her $2,COO,O0O canal.
Wealthy citizens of Nashville have
invested $60,000 in a new cotton faotory.
The IVormillion county, .ill., wheat
crop equals the value of the land it
grew on. - S
Gen. Walker thinks the next ce&sua
of the United States will show a popu
lation of at least 48,000,000.
According to the report of the com
missioner of agriculture of North Caro
lina, dogs cost the State $6,000,000 an
nually, j ! j .
New Orleans merchants have received
orders from France for 350,000 bushels ,
of wheat, and are exuberant in conse
quence. .
An anti-Chinese club in Eureka, Ne
vada, has given thirty days' notice to
all employers of Chinese labor to dis
pense with it, under penalty of - loss of
patronage. -
The United States frigate Wyoming1
will be allowed by the Turkish authori
ties to cruisf in the Black Sea, She is
the firstl American' man-of-war to enter
those waters. , , ... ' !
The Antietam iron works, nine miles
above Harper's Perry, after a suspen
sion of five years, have been put into
operation,' employing between seventy-
live and a hundred men.
Statistics show that 4,003,000 time
pieces are annually sold, beside 2,500,
000 watches; of the latter Switzerland
produces 1,500,000; France, '500,000;
United States, 800,000; England, 200,-.'
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King Menelk, who rules over the
southern portion of Abyssinia, has sent
a letter to the English Anti-Slavery So
ciety, announcing that he had abolished .
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the siava traae tnrpugnouc ms aomin;
ions.. . i .
At the! olose of the war a young man
named Crouch, hired out to herd sheep
for; $12 I a month, in Frio county,
Texas. He now owns 150,000 acres of
fenced land, 4,000 .cattle and 7,000
sheep. .
The large fish dealers of New York
the choice fish which are only procura
ble in summer are now frozen and stow
ed away to be sold fresh during the win
ter season.
Philadelphia is . paving one of Its
streets with the aid of a steam machine
which hammers the stones into position.
its capacity being 800 square yards per
day eqtial to the work of six expe
rienced men. ' , '
A depcisit of $115 was made in the
Portsmouth fN. H.) savings bank in
June, 1836. Last Tuesday the book was
presented at the bank for the first time
since, and the treasurer entered in it
$1,310.70; dividends to July, 1879.
Heretofore the governmental minis
ters at Madrid have been supplied witl
choice cigars at the expense of the Co
ban taxpayers; but now that perquisit
has been abolished . and the Cuba;
treasury will save $23,000 annually.
Wm. S.1 Harrison, level inspector of
the canal in Maryland, has walked 25,
428 miles in the five and a-half years
that he has held that position. He
walks' on an average of sixteen miles a
day while the canal is open. He is
sixty-five years of age.
I A Boston ice company is now said' to
be manufacturing, ice by a' cheap re
frigerating process at a very large profit.
The ice sells at wholesale "for ten dol
lars per tt ton, , while the cost is only
eighty-five cents per ton. This manu
factured ice is remarkably solid, coming
out -in blocks thirty inches long and
twelve inches square, and is absolutely
pure. ' . ' ! ;
Tbe will of Gen. Jeseo H. Drake
of Tarboro, North Carolina,, be
queaths his whole propertj, about twen
ty thousand ' dollars, to three former
slaves, Calvin Drake, Aaron Drake and
Judah Drake He says Uhey have been
my faithful slaves, and remained with
me since freedom, nursing me in my
old age, and I desire to show my. grati
tude. v
The seretary of the treasury has ap
proved the opinion of the solicitor of
the treasury, and decided to remit all
fines and penalties incurred by the.
Memphis and. St. Louis Packet com
pany by carrying an excess of passen
gers during the exodus cf colcred peo
ple from the States of Mississippi and
Louisiana, and has issued his warrant
to that effect.
A famous Parisian doctor who has r
given muoh time to the observation of
children of parents who indulge in in
toxicants, publishes as the result of Jiis
study, that in eighty-three families thus
afflicted. I there were 410 children, of
whom 108 more than a quarter had
convalsions; in two years' time 169 were
dead; and of the 241 still alive, eighty
three more than a third were epilep
tic , '..
The Dalyrimple farm, in- the region
of the Bed Biver of the North, throws
the 'biggest estate in -England in the
shade. It contains 75.Q0O acres and has
yielded 500,000 bushels of wheat a year.
A correspondent describing the harvest '
says that six hundred men are employ
ed in the season and 115 reapers, which
are followed by self-binding machines.
The wheat is not housed at all, but as
soon as winnowed put inWcirs and f for
warded East for shipment1 to Europe.
The yield of wheat is from twenty-five
to thirty bushels to the acre.
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