-1 r ERIE H ; : . ...... - i . F- -. - . 1 ' , ' . . . . . . . ; v1' - 1 11 . . - . GEO, S. BAKEB, : Editor and Proprietor. TJERMS : 82.00 per Annum. , ,. t, ; ., ... f . . . : 1 " . . ' " ,' . ' , . , & ; ' VOL. IV. : LOUISBTJEG. X. C, FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1875. ""NO-14. I n Mqry, I ltd I e veil TJtee True. Miry, I believed tLce true, . Au-1 1 m blet in thus believing ;' feat now I mourn that e'er I knew ' A girl so fair and no deceiving.' Few liave ever laved like me ; ' O, I Lave loved thee too niucerely 2 ' And few have e'er" deceived like thee, Alan I dt'ceiv.?aic fot severely. -J, Tare thee well! ' , Tarn tlice well PyJt think awhile On one whoso bonom seems to doubt thee ; Who now would rather trust that tjmile, And die with thco than live without thee. Fare thee well! I ll think on thee, 1 Thou leav't mo many a bitter token ; ) For bee, dihtracting woman, see, My 'peaeb is gone, my heart w broken. JFare thee well ! , Thoyuia Moore x t: i r v- r jii ivh k ye MX A STOBV. "What a dreary New .Year's Eve!" exclaim ed Shol to Morton, as he pulled the collar of his overcoat up around hi t neck, and turned in his j solitary promenade on the deck of the steamer. Tho night was indeed very forlorn, the rain swViping down with a steady, con tinuous rush, the wind howling through the 'rigging? and the sea heaving end 'dashing in black waves around the ves sel. : It wa-'f only the -sound, J but the weather was so rough, that half of the passengers' Avere sea-sick, and, disgusted with the cWho air below, Sholto had come on deck for a breath of purer at- rnenphere. Ho was on lm way from Newj York to new liaven on nnsines3 lor tne nrm in which he wai junior partner, . and as h4 I rayod the fitorm there, bethought rue fully of lat New Year's Evja and how different it had ben to this. Then he v.as at a gay party, given to see( the .Old Year out-and the New Year in. As the clock struck twelve he had been seated biide Lulu Grafton in the alcove formed by a bow window,. j -He remembered how the snow on the window oufc-ide had sparkled in the moonlight, how Lulu had complained of bring c hilly, and ho hal drawn her pret ty vi'hito cloak around hor; then, shielded by the curtains, he had taken her hand ,iu hie, her pretty head haddrooped, and he wiw jut about to avow the love he had long folt for Iter when tho great elock . struck twelve, midnight, and an instant after Mrs. Grafton's ' voice demanded sharply :; 44 Where is Lulu ?" At this awful sound tne two young poople came out from behind the cur tains, looking, doubtless, foolish enough. At least Mrs. Grafton, glared at them sharply, art if sua suspected tlieir se cret, and since that unlucky time Sholto had) never been, invited to her house again. ' Lulu was half orphan and an heiress, and Mrs. Grafton no doubt thought that Sholto Morton who was only a clerk then and not even junior partner, was no fit match for her handsome and wealthy daughter. IJe was cut dead by not be ing invited to the grand Grafton ball, each was ' too much overcome -with the suddenness of the encounter to easily find words. At last Morton said : . ' This is a very unexpected pleasure, Miss Grafton. I had no thought of find ing you my fellow voyager." , t' No, I had no idea of being here till this morning," replied LtdtL But mam ma received a letter at breakfast time in forming her tliat Frank is ilL You know he is the cousin mamma has had charge' of so long ; he is a freshman no V at Yale College"; and so mamma at once decided te go to him, and I of course came with her." :' :v i X- - ' "And I am going to .New Haven on business," explained Sholto. A little while ago I was lamenting the necessity that drove me out on such a night and in such a storm; but now I bles3 it !" $ . Lulu did not reply, and Sholtg present ly asked: .V? - ' i ' - 44 Where, is Mrs.; Grafton now ?" . 44 She is asleep. Poor mamma! she has been dreadfully sick, -and indeed, it was. so close inside, I feared I might be ill ioo, and camoout here for pure air." -The wa3i silence again for some mo mit3, except for the angry rush of the waves outside, thq dash- of tne rain on the roof above, and the war of the wind. Oh, Mr. Morton do you think there is any danger ?" asked Lulu at last. 44 No, I believe hot ; but you are fright ened," he said, looking at her pale face earnestly." 44 No indeed, I don't think there is any causa for alarai." The desire to clasp the little trembling KIXG HA LA HA VA'H S VBJrCTH. pay $40,000,162 for wages, and 3103,343,- 430 for materials, and produce $210,159, Their 327 annually. Six States have more than rie 1 1,000 of these establishments each 77ie Nandtcich Ialandm anil Discovery The I'coule and I'roclirities. It is a singular and hajpy circum stance, says tne ew xorK iimc, tnat, . j. Pennsylvania, 3,739, wmie ine uiscovery oi uie oanuwicn llotv lie Tl on. j Tom Sanders, of Buffalo, ovna u. littl ! lazy, slow mare, that ia the ridicule of his friends. One recent evening he and Maine, 1,099; Michigan; 1,571; Indiana, j some of these friends were talking of 1,8G1; Ohio, 2,230; New Yord, 3,510 ; j horses, when he astonished them by figure in his arms was almost irresisti ble. '; ' 4 4 It is a horrible ni;ht !" she said, with a shiver. ' ' ' ,44 Yes, and you" are chilly. Let me fasten your cloak better." As he put out his hand to draw the warm folds around her. he i reaollected, oh ! go vividly, - the moment clasped, the white operi throat the vear before when he had cloak' about lier Arias- with an over- you remember I wras with you whispered the had Lulu!" he exclaimed, whelmintr impulse, 44 do a year ago to-night when at that party i" ; . ; 44 Yes." Lulu . just word, her fair head drooping as it done a year ago. . - y . A wild desire to know all to be re-i fused if he must be, butjat least to learri his fate from her lips overcame Sholto. He felt himself in a position now where he could honorably woo her the oppor tunity might never come again-rand he said, "suddenly: j 1 I 44 Can you guess what I should have said last New Year's eve,1 if your mother had not Called you?" 44 No, "faltered Lulu. But didn't she 1 really know, I wonder ? , if- t "T alirml!' Kara fnlrl imii tViaf T 1 nvoil you that I adored you, that I worshiped you; but tken, if . you had heard me, I should not have been nearly so worthy of your acceptance as I am now, for I love you a thousand times more now than I did then; I believe I am a better man, and, what your mother would regard, I Islands is recalled to memory by the erection of a monument to Capt. Ckk, the reigning sovereign of that group should be making a friendly visit to. the i United States., Modem history has been so crowded with 'adventure by sea and land that' Cook " and his voyages seem as far off as the exploits of.Hakluyt and Mandeville. The boys of this genera tion do not linger over the pages of 44 Cook's Veyages and Riley's Narrative " as did their fathers and grandfathers. Even the name of Owyhee has dis appeared from modern maps, and no longer marks the island that gives its title to the Hawaiian kingdom. Yet it is less than one hundred years since Cook sighted those islands where he subse quently lost his life: To be sure, the Spaniards, whose adventurous galleons were on every sea, . possessed some knowledge of the group before the tragical death of the great circumnavi erator brought it into the notice of the civilized world. But our knowledge of . the so-called Sandwich Islands begins with the' death of Cook. When he landed there in 1778 the natives were in a state of barbarism. The popu lation was ruled by feudal chiefs, each of whom had his small domain and hi3 special jealousies and quarrels with his neighbors. Internecine wars were common ; paganism and superstition were supreme, and the social condition of the people was as low as can possibly be imagined. The delicious climate and generous soil of the islands met every wish. There was no necessity for exer tion or for provident labor. The earth yielded an 'abundance for the simple wants of man ; and, but for the ambi tions of warring chiefs,, the islands", girt about with the warm waves of the Pacific, , might have been an earthly paradise. There is np need that, we should believe the story that Cook and his companions were devoured by the islanders. - The people were bad enough,' but it is very doubtful if they were cannibals. This strange chapter in the history of South sea adventure comes freshly back to us as we read of a monument being set up . on the : spot near which the fa mous navigator fell. The change is great in the condition of the islands since the world first learned to know them. Now the natives have not only a. consolidated government, but one that is largely elective. Indeed besides choosing a Legislative Assembly, the people have twice been called upon to give their suffrages to determine who These estab lishments annually pay $28,000,000 for the products of home manufacturers and mechanics, and $35,000,000 for farm produce ; and are intimately connected with great investments in woodlands, with railways and les interests. The Dusiness is shown, by the fats given, to extend along the whole line of Northern offering to bet a hundred dollars that he could ride his mare twentv miles in an hour. He counted out the money In a tantalizing way, remarking that bis mare had been laughed at long enough, and he had made up his mind to show what she could do. It seemed like robbing Tom, so they all said, to take his bet, but he insisted, and the stakes were put . into Jlaimino Orirlehe tn Africa. A oorre-ppndent of the Loudon Field 1 it reels be Jlmffffcd. The English papers record recent cases of the uses of the lash in criminal punish- states " that domesticated bird have ment, which was cruel but efficient. It j hatched their own eggs in the 1 loaufort is. a great mistake to suppose that the land Oathorn districts for the last eight whipping-post is obsolete in Great j years, and in the George district for four States ; more than half of the whole ( trustworthy hands. A day was chosen product $112,949,237, coming from Maine. New York. Pennsvlvania. Michi gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, though the Southern States, owing to their wealth of pine, live oak, and other lum ber, have a3 aaaterial concern as any. Dismissing a. Tedious Visitor. Gerrit Smith's house was seldom free from visitors. Tha door was open to for the trial, and when it came Tom led them to . the Central railroad depot, where the hprnely little mare was found aboard a baggage car Tom had ticketed her for Rochester by express, and when the train was ready to start he got on her back smiling triumphantly. He said he reckoned that he could ride that way twenty miles in hour, unless the time table lied. Away weut the train, with the referee holding his watch, and the 'ail III 1 V - T I M I illlUf I K V T.I Wi V lL t W Cl i . - , . i i - three fellows who had joined in the bet ! come. One day a middle-aged gentle- j . . ' pres3ion. About fifteen miles had been run in about half an hour, and Tom was grinning in anticipation of easy victory, when the car bumped over something,' and he was , thrown off the mare by hastily applied air brakes, . An axle had broken, and the train was stopped for more than hour. And Tom was not so rueful over the loss of the stakes and the failure of his trick, as he was over his tho cards for which were sent Out thej amvsurely a richer one. lell me, Liulu, day after the New Year. . . . ' " do you like me well enough to take me Of course he could not go to see Lulu j for Hfe V - ! 'j . anymore. He could only catch a glimpse ; He had stolen his arm around her as of her on rare occasions on the street jut j hefpoke, but she did not draw away, and I future good conduct of his subjects as he finished shoulder, with words that Mor at the theater, and vey soon'ehe, too, lgan to look coldly at him;, so that he despaired of ever winning, her .ud, though he loved herstill, resigned him-' wlf to tho hopelessness of his passion. He walked oil now up and llown, up and down, until he began to feel chilled, and tho wet seemed to creep through even his waterprodf overcoat. He had '. so miserable after last New Year !" forgotten all about the discomfort of the j 44 Why? v scene as he thought of how happy he 4 Because I had been a year ago, until the going out more." ofhis cigar recalled him to himself, and should be their sovereign. Education is widely diffused; there is an average of one teacher for every twenty-seven chil dren in the kingdom.. Voting is intelli gently conducted, and the laws -are lib eral and well enforced, and religious or dinances and institutions are amply maintained. Capt. Cook was murdered while attempting to seize the person of the island king as a hostage for the To iler head sank oh his some faint murmured :on certainly interpreted i to signify consent, for he pressed a kiss ; on the lips that uttered them, and for a j while there was between theni the silence I of happiness, j I 44 Oh, Lulu,"! ho said at last, 44 1 was could not see' you any lm awoke to the dreariness of the sur roundings Iwith a shiver. He would seek j some shelter.. lie could not go into the . cabin,' but perhaps he could find a com . fortablo place in the roofed deck in front of tho laAies saloon. So thinking, Mor ton went on till he reached a door which ; led . into this retreat. He looked in through the "glass to'see if he should be . intruding on any woman who might have taken possession of it. The place was entirely deserted, however, and he stepped in. It was a gloomy spot, lit only by a swayinglantern that hung from the roof, ' and filled up on one' side "with piles .of freight and luggage. Still, here Sholto was sheltered. from the wind and rain, and as there was a long settee each side of the cabin door,, ho sat down on one of them, took off his wet overcoat, and pre pared to make himself as comfortable as he could until he should be so sleepy as to insuro repose even amid the disagree ables below. ' lle had leen there but a few moments ' when the door beside him opened and, a lady camo put. She was wrapped in a largo, darkcloak, and hood.. I Morton could not 'soe her face; but just as she Btepped forth the. vessel gave a lurch. The deck wxi slippery, and she would have fallen had he not sprang up ahd '.caught her in his arms. She uttered a faint cry at the sudden clasp, v her hood fell back, and he saw whit;was. ' 44 Muw Grafton !'" he gasped. '. V Her ryes were not yet fAlly accustomed to the light, but some subtle instinct seemed to tell her who it was that held her. . v , '' 4- Oh, Mr. Morton V she exclaimed. I ' L4t me support you a moment till . you aret seated," said Sholto, and so, still with his arms about her, he guided her to the sofa, and then could do no less than sit down beside her. 44 But why couldn't you see me ? I'm sure I thought; it very odd you never came to the house 'again." j 44 How could I when you all cut me ?" 44 Cut you ! -I don't understand." . 44 Yes ; you sent me no card to your ball. Of course, after that, I could not come to your house" again, and then you looked coldly at me, and I thought I had lost your favor." 4 4 Of course I looked eoldly at you, sir. I never knew you were not invited to the ball. You ilid not call, and and I was very unhappy." 4 Then vou loved me all the time ?" cried Morton, j . 44 Certainly I did, ai refused two of fers for your sake ; but I never meant to tell you so !'-' she half pouted. ' ; 44 And I never hoped to tell you of my love, darling, and probably never should if I had not met you here. ' But what will your mother say ?" ; ' . 44 1 don't think she'll oppose us much. I was twenty -one last birthday and can do as I please, j Besides,- she told me the other day thVit she had heard you spoken of very' highly lately, and there is a card for you, I'm sure, for our next ball, if we don't have to give - it up on account of Frank's illness. I don't think we shall, though. He is a sort of spoiled child, and wanted mamma to come up and see him more than anything else, I fancy." 44 Then, darling, this will, indeed fee a happy New Year !" day the lineal successor of that nionarcli, so far as any line can exist, i j traveling in the United States. He inspects our system of material progress and manner of life with the intelligence of an en lightened ruler. His eager curiosity is not that of an' unlettered barbarian, but of an . educated, well-trained sovereign, who visits for the first time a domain greater than his own. And this man is the cnief of a people wiio, ies3 tnan one hundred years ago, were steeped in the mere sensuous luxury of existence. To day they export two or three millions of products, are desirable customers in the markets of the world, and rank .with civ ilized nations. Vv ' j I We do not forget that the introduc tion of the Christian religion is chiefly responsible for this remarkable change. 2 or need wo recall tne tact tnat even this -conservative power with difficulty holds back the native population from that lapse into barbarism which is so natural to the Polynesian race Nor does it seem that the fading out of the native population makes ' any argument in the case. Coek estimated the popu lation in 1778 to be 400,000 ; it wa3 esti mated at 142,000 in 1822' ; but ; the . first official census, taken in 1832, gave a sum man rjaid Mr. Smith a visit. lie was a perfect stranger, but he was received by the host with his proverbial hospitality. practical The visitor did not appear to have any special reason for Honoring tne lamuj with his presence. He was not a dis tinguished man ; he was not a ltrilliant man; in fact, he could properly be classed with those individuals who bear the title of 44 bores." Day followed day, and each evening the family retired with the hope that the morrow would see the stranger gone. But he came down to breakfast promptly each morning, and got up from the sup per each evening -with the evident intent of filling the same chair at breakfast tht I- next morning. i, A wak passed by, and with all the members of the family but Mr. bmith hospitality had ceased to be a virtue. They importuned lfiui to force into the dull head of the guest, if possible, a hint that he was not wanted any longer. The hint was given in a way that nothing but united charity and humor could have inspired. At family worship Mr. Smith, as usual, invoked the blessing of Heaven ! upon the different worshippers, closing a3 follows : A 4 4 And, O Lord, wilt thou vouchsafe thy fullest blessing to the dear brother who is to depart from us thi3 day." At noonday meal there was a vacant chair at the table, and more loaves and fishes for the poor when tho repast was over the dear brother: had de parted. Lore in the rcnitentiary. . A case of true love has come to light in the Ohio State penitentiary that has a romantic twinge to it. In IMay, 1873, Thomas Miles and Anna McFarland were sent to the prison from Licking county; for burglary, under the same sentence. Not long since the-oman asked a guard about Thomas, wanting to know how soon he would get out. On inquiry :of her, it was learned that they were en- S gaged to be married bef ore coming to the prison, and that she was not really guilty j of burglary, but pleaded guilty that 'she might be allowed to suffer with her lover Britain. It is not The "cat" still plays its part in suppressing savagery. At Manchester a reporter has interviewed a man who was whipped for robbery with "violence, and the proceeding was hot a pleasant one, although calculated to in spire a wholesome fear. The man him self is the narrator: '( ' The first stroke went right across my shoulders, and it was something awful" t I'd never felt anything like it before, and .1 howled out sharp, and roared as loudas I could. Just where tho lash went it seemed to burn right into me, and the ssin felt as if it bad swelled up and was going to burst. It went through me like, and if a hot iron had scorched me it wouldn't have been half as sharp. It was slow time, for I counted thirty be fore I got number two, and that came a$ sharp as the first. The doctor stood close by, and pointed out where every stroke was to drop, and the screw (warder) put it down just where he showed. He was a baA 'un. that doctor. for every cut was as bad as the ethers, andl the pain was just like dying over and over again. - The hardest pull was trying to make out where the next would drop. The doctor would point, and I waited till heard the whip coming, and then I eried ut louder every time. Sinetinie3 it stupidity in not thinking of taking the j, would drop on one of the cuts that had mare off the car and riding the rest of j gone before. I could have sworn my the twenty miles, as there had been am-1 back was as big again as it should' be, pie time to do within the hour. . for after the cat was pulled sharp back the flesh went after it and rose up till I years at least. Over one htjdml chicks were brought, out, last, season with an incubator known i as Dr. Laurence's, . which' is very 'simple and easily worked; the birds were healthy and strong. .It is a mistake to imagine tiuU tb h n ostrich does all the sitting; the truth is, that tho father does most of the work, as he takes his turn at 4P. x., or thereabouts. and sits till about 8 o'clock next morn ing, is far more jealous than the hen, arid resents any intrusion in a very un pleasant manner, by tatting but uif ; ; right or 'left such Licks- (forwar; as " . would send the strongest man spinning a dozen yards, following up , the same if the unlucky intruder should bo able to get on his pins again; if not, .the bird hammers him on the ground. Recently a man near Cape Town got a kick in the back which dislocated his shoulder. As regards the statement that tho ostrich de stroys the eggs if its nest is discovered. this is entirely a mistake; in this and the adjoining districts they frequently make their nests near homesteads tn fact, in , view from fhe windows, The following will show how little they care about be ing found out: I was .yiftting a pair of birds that were sitting; there had boen some heavy rain, 'and, to my, surprise, both birds were away from tho nest. Thinking there, must Me something wrong, I went to the nest, having, previously given tho cock bird a gotxl The Itaisins in California. vine growers, .-of California ; knew I was bleeding, and that the skin 8X0 S j1 Vmrf Tlift blood rnn down into tnv yearly paying more uueuuuii iu prcjjiu' ing raisins for market, and the raisin crop of that State is likely to assume com mercial importance Some f tho30 who have gone into thi3 business have met with remarkable success. A correspon dent of the San Francisco Bulletin writes from Yrolo county that he made last year seventeen pounds of raisins from a vine which at present prices will sell for two dollars. Having 500 Vines to an acre, at this rate the product of his vineyard would realize $1,000 per acre. This cor respondent raised last season 100 tons of grapes from twenty-six acres of vine3 of different ages. His raisin grapes are muscats, and he says some of them actually measured five inches in trousers thick, no cheese (mistake) about it. How did it hurt me ? Why every now and then the cat lapped round my chest, and that was worst of all. It knocked me out of wind,' my breath went as if I'd jumped into cold Vater, choking like, and my mouth as dry as could be. I'd nothing to chew, so I hung on to the rings with my hands as hard as I could, and this only pulled my chest across the Wood and made my back tighter. The last was as bad a-J the first, , t every bit of it, u not a trmo quicker, about ! . . -r .i i iti i :.i 1 : :r 4i.M UUb X BllOUlUXl b LUitW UllUUt'll Ik 11 111' ; U laid it on quicker. It was the slow time that licked me, and if I'd had the regula tion three dozen I think it would have done for me. It s all stupid alout not eed of Indian corn at a distance - from the nest to keep him employed. Tho nest was full of water, and the eggs were stuck fast in the mud I had just taken them 'out when the cock perceived me, and came down the field thirty miles an hour, giving me just time to divj) into the hedge, w.t?re I remained until ho thought of his food again and went ofi; the hen then came down, and the cock seemed satisfied that she would look ; after the business, and took little or no notice of my Scooping out the mud and water with my hands as best I could. The hen seenled much interest! in the proceedings, and when I had replaced the eggs she at once sat upon them, and the pair have been sitting alternately .ever since. - . rrM . A I - X tneir largest circumierence. xms variety y th firfct fiye Qr Ybur iv i j. . i : r . - is me uesi grown in uiuuruui iui umimig raisins. One man can pick and lay out for drying 800 pounds of grapes per day, while he can only pick 250 pounds for packing in boxes fresh, as more care is required in picking for the last named purpose. A Mr. Briggs, of Davisville, last year made 1,750 boxes of raisins con- j taming twenty-five pounds each, and he had 400 tons of grapes lying on the ground nearly cured when the rains came prematurely and spoiled them all. Mr. j Davis has forty acres of vine3, ancVs confident that he would have made last year over $20,000 worth of raisins if the rains had not come so much earlier than usual. In ordinary years in the climate of California vine growers can forecast She told the guard that if Thomas wa3 i ith a near approach to certainty the be still true she would marry him when they j gkuiing of the rainy season. got out. Thomas was interviewed, and he was still true to his Anna. The prison j Sad Story. authorities were moved at the situation, j William Foxcraft, a young painter, and allowed them an interview, which is j left Whitenville, R.. L, on a Monday said to have been .quite an' affecting I morning, accompanied by his wife, with scene. xneir terms expire on me same wi - . -r.' i I J - i. 1. t Al. Vnnn I'.tt-rtn-m day SaturdaVjjM-u 31, 187o. It has; been arranged, at their request, to hold the marriage ceremony in the prison chapef on the day of their discharge, the chaplain officiating. The twain will start out with freedom again after two years' confinement within the same walls, with but one interview in that time. It may be added that both have been exemplary prisoners. diys at his father s house in Putnam, Conn. They stopped at Woonsocket, and leaving his wife at the house of an acquaintance, he strolled out ostensibly to ascertain the chances for work. He became helplessly intoxicated, was cart ed to the lock-up, placed in a cell, and before the . next day dawned he was a dead man. And Tuesday morning, while a jury of inquest was endeavoring to as- j certain his identity and inquiring into the circumstances of his death, his un happy wie was not far from the scene, awaiting his return, that they might con i tinue their holiday journey to her early back don't grow dead (numb) at all, but only gets tender as you get more of it. Is there anything else like a lashing? Nothing that I know of. I've had incst kinds of knocking about, but it lick all; there's no punishment comes anywhere near it. It's as bad while you're waiting as when you're gettisg it, and both are smart. ' 77e faliie of Alaska. . Henry W. Elliott, Bpctal Agent o; the United States Treasury department, reports in reference to Alaska that the agricultural character of the Territory might be truthfully summed up in say ing that there are more acres of l tter land now lying a wilderness and jungle in sight of the car windows of the Penn sylvania railroad while crossing the Alle-. ghanies th"i can be found in all Alaska ; 44 and when it is remembered," he says, "that this Pennsylvania land, in the heart of one of our oldest and most thickly populated State, will remain as it now is, cheap and undisturbed, for an indefinite-time, in spite of its"clo30 prox imity to the homes of millions of ener getic and enterprising men, it is not dif ficult to estimate the value of the Alaska acres, remote as they ar and Varred out by, a most disagreeable seacoast china t, leaving out altogether the great West and vast'agricultural regions of Britbh America. But then, directly to the con trary, it would be wrong to hint by this statement, true as it is, that the country is worthless ; for in the Seal Islands alone the Government possesses proper ty which would not remain in the mar ket many days unsold were it offered for Englimh Military lints. The huts in which thi lato outbreak of diphtheria which has occurred in th mar- . ried soldiers' quarters ut Woolwich, aro described in the Ixinct t on th report of its sanitary commission. They are fifty in number, and " are built of brick, with out foundations, and the floors only raised seven inches atxjve ths soil. : Each hut is divided into two rooms, the average dimensions being 12 fewt by 14 i one. room is allotted to each married soldier, his wife and children ; the non-commissioned . officers have two rooms. Tho total population" of these huts is 370, which gives 3-7 inhabitants to each room, but as -the non-commisHioued officers have two rooms it is calculated that ther is an average of 4-8 to each allotted to privates. There are many families con sisting of livelind six persons. ilio children of all ages sleep in tho same room" as the father and mother, and in the same apartment the cooking, washing, and other domestic offices of tho famuy are carried on. In some huts the damp ness of th'i situation is so great, andtho floors are laid in such close proximiry to the wet ground, that Ihe floors have be come rotten, and given "way altogfther. In one loom in which this occurred six persons were crowded, and three children out of four died. ' " fr s-rr r upon' events like this. They preach $7,000,000, and from which tha annual their own sermon teach their own im- Senstble Parents. A young lady of Ballarat,. England, about contemplating, matrimony, was asked by her friends what kind of bed ding presents she would like, and replied tnat sne would preier useim io oma- s ui" - j i - . , , , cn a , . n.:.:: - Uw nwn Prmnnwh their own im-1 revenue is doubly sufficient to meet all menones xxer j and me expenditures for the proper government sisted in going from, the house of her pressive lessons, jwnj I TerritoTT. if the matter parents to a cottage in the vicinity, and cnanic oi a country rr . - . - it u . 1 u i iho, nftmfl late as tne arunKaru oi me , j 4 upon amYiug mere ona iuuuu a uaiitu ji j : . . flnnr iar of butter, n. comnleteset of I" great city. And the wife, left to spend t x ri - : ; COO King utensil, a pioue ui uit-iuiu, a nri t of crockery ware, knives, f and elassware. enough household oeries to last six months, and on . i i nhr cTiffuTin(r unman npan uu . will devfloTi into some ' -value. The ! value and probable yield of the cod a r tgn owrr t iankn of Alasaa nave uecn grewj uui' Jack and Jim Reynolds, cousins and rated, but he thinks it may be ravu- gro- her total of only 130,313. In 1872, tho na tive population had dwindled to 51,531. Contact with foreigners has done this work. , Foreign diseases are specially fatal to the race. Living simply and in the open air, they were .easily destroyed by the influences which came with a change of diet, dress, and other habits. But the detrease is not so much due to premature deaths as to the unfruitful- ness of the race under its new conditions. ! limited means, about starting out upon This fact has attracted the attention of j their matrimonial career, and was it not the reigning sovereign, who has offered j more beautiful than duplicate plated fish- I 1 1 - t l Al A 1 11 " a premium to nauve ianxuies wnse j Knives,. ana omer xrusn usuauy given healthy offspring replenish Lt gely the j upon like occasions aboriginal element " Perhaps oviliza- parlor table a receipt for the prepayment of a year's rent for the cottage, with two 10 notes pinned to a paper, on which was written, "To purchase something useful." Was not this the right kind of utiUtarianism for a young couple of Moreover, beyond a few outcrops of . - . f x 'A. I ..Tl 1 . ,1m K-fVfA what was to have been a merry Chnst- mvory cut auu ; a i mas holiday by the side of a dead bus- j oi goia ana surer, wim t - "rrVl wfwt Tt is the old story, copper intitu, nothing is known oi me lsenoia cto- i " . - : . , r rv:, n i i;ra Kr! Tirwvt r Wot- i rninena weana bo tl out. another suffering human heart lam. but he has reason to think that it is broken. ARe Fight. In: the midst of a loafers, were playing poker in a barroom near Augusta, Me, Jack had a straight. I with an ace at the head, and, to his in tense delight, Jim put dow money as fast as he raised until the pool amounted to over ten dollars. Then Jim called, and Jack threw down his straight. ,Thnj Jim threw down four aces. This indi- rsdjfA the miracle of five aces in one ably anticipated that the success attend ing tha canning of the salmon of the Columbia river will stimulate the prose cution of this industry at the mouths oi a11 the IsriTA streams and nvers cl tut Territory. Jlurned to DemttL No doubt there are " occasions when . mothers who take case of therr luKlrcn themselves feel obliged' to leave fcmall children in a room alone. But the danger of so . doing when there is a fire in tho room is imminent. Within a few days two fatal accidents occurred from this practice, one in Jersey City, the other in Babylon, Long -Island.. One mother went out on an errand, leaving Her four- year old son locked up in the rom by himself. She had gone but a Jew ?ps hen she heard frightful shrieks pro ceeding from her apartments. Rushing back, she discovered her son inflames. ' He Lad run against , the ptovo aid elothes had ignited. He was so t-iril-ly burned1 that he died a few hours UUr. The other mother lighted a fire in an open grate and left the room to ft seme ooaL leaving a little boy about two years old upon the floor. Attracted ty me snapping of tha fire, the little fellow crept toward it, when a jark ignited his cloth, and when bis mother returned die was horrified to find him euvtlcped in flame. She seized him and roAhcd out shrieking f or aid. Aiwighbor htlicd lier to put the fire out, but not before the child was so badly burned that he died in three or four hours afterward. To Make Appxe Bctteb. The best apple butter is made by peeling, corning j and slicing selected sweet apples and stewing them in sweet cider. Very little of this sort of apple butter, however, comes to market. The bulk of that sold is made from second-rate apples, peeled, alieed and stewed, and sweetened with brown sugar. A large quantity of such butter is made and sold for. ships' stores, tion miirht have done better for the Ha- i Islands ; but it might have dope play in a Cninese tneatex in low, wi-- Jack expressed his Rtrall,, i forma, two of the performers had a com-j P. was - shenanagi Dat so reausnc ana vigorous as io iii. me wanan worse, UtU OIV UU1U UCll .1 For a moment neither of them spoke, for use by the. sailors. Food for Fire j attention of the previously listless audi- A report published by the Lumber- i dence. The actors were armed with man's Association,quoting the last census, j knive,.and while they struggled with says that the 25,832 establishments for j each other on the stage, the spectators sawing lumber in all of the United States yelled and stamped their approval. At have 11,204 steam engines,! of 314,884 plast a stream of blood ran across the horse power, im addition to 16,562 water beards, and one of the contestants fell wheels, of 326,781 horse power ; that 1 1 ae'i dead. The fight had been genuine, they run 63,197 saws, employ 149,957 j the actors having quarreled about a hands,have $143,493,232 capital invested, j woman, who also played in the piece. opinion going on." He examined Jim's aces. and found that one of them wms a tray, 1 ii.e mortal remains of Captain Jack, with the end spots chalked out A fight j ahonchin, Black Jim and Boston Charley, ensued for the stakes, in which Jim was I A pj, wnite board at the head of each stabbed and Jack had his nose bitten, j with the name of its occupant but neither got the money, because j ud cf execution (Oct. 30, 1873) somebody stole it while they were fight- I mi th on. tells who lies beneath. A short away stands-the scaffold from which they swung from time lato eternity." Thtji Gkatxs. A e eeponttefct wntingom Ft KUmth : "I! A C-jj-J over to the westward of tne was rommrBoui ""k - " t a nM.iin.1l ril I l II n ifHTlfi V aa i M-. " o guara-nou.-, a . - i.ftKirr, rth. rianir above the sister soil, cover 4 - " ling- ! " Bay Ridging" is the title now girm j to the STxraraary rjcnl i burglars. few months rrt .rid roAAimended an action for di- a 1 ? 1 - r Torce, sue las mcaner-iu-iawt rs. Mary Taggatt, for $10,000. . He alleges the damag to have occurred- through an alienation of his wife's; tffection, by of constant, ateadyU'coiitrived insinuations. A heavy force of lawyers appear on each aide, and u the case ' will be contested inch by inch.